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HE ^ >MAHA jV ORNING BEE ed,tion VOL. 52—NO. 312. «*- “ "jsrrw OMAHA. SATURDAY. JUNE 16. 1923.* Sluft" & v4r *«??. :.\~S TWO CENTS " t ______ -_—--- - - ■ ---■-■■■ .... ..—-! \ In The Omaha Sunday Bee k The true-to-life love story of a etalwart young athlete and a beautiful, accomplished young wo man is “Rough Hewn" which starts in The Omaha Sunday Bee. “Rough Hewn" is the foremost work of Dorothy Canfield, a Ne braska product who has gained much fame in the literary world. "Rough Hewn” Is the kind of novel that appeals particularly to inhabitants of the middle west. 2. "—So, for everybody's sake, stop strutting and get back to busi ness.” In these words does David Lloyd George, ex-premier of Eng land, warn the allies, commenting upon the latest reparations offer of Germany. A special cable dis patch written by Lloyd George especially for this newspaper. You will find it in the news sec tion of The Omaha Sunday Bee. 8. “A wife who nagged and a hus band who took a chance with money that wasn't his.” That, briefly, is the plot of “The One Hundred Dollar Bill,” one of the best short stories Booth Tarking ton has ever written. It is the kind of short story that both in terests and pleases. You will find it in the magazine section of The Omaha Sunday Bee. 5. Is the prince of Wales really .stage-struck? England is greatly disturbed by rumors that he is ^ more interested in staging a very "girly” musical show than in the prospect of acquiring a wife or preparing for the job of ruling his country. An illustrated story in the magazine section of The Omaha Sunday Bee. I. Did you ever go auto shopping with the wife? O. O. McIntyre did. He looked over all the new cars, then he went riding in one slightly used. The outcome is a story that bristles with chuckles. Read It if you like to laugh. Per haps you've had similar experi ences yourself. In the magazine section of The Omaha Sunday Bee. 7. Nicaraguan natives “go wild” over first ball game. Baseball Is the national pastime in the United States, but they don't care much about it in most foreign lands. In Nicaragua, however, the game caught on immediately and every body in Pearl Lagoon City had a bet down when the first game was played. The story is told by t Adam Breede of Hastings who was a visitor in Nicaragua at the time. In the magazine section of The Omaha Sunday Bee. •••s^High lents, "0 cent bread and un steady migration of girls from the home* to wage earning positions down town seem to have affected the June wedding business. At least that's the way it appears to Abe Martini who loves to solilo quize on the eccentricities of the human being. Do you like to laugh? Then never miss Abe Mar tin. In the magazine section of The Omaha Sunday Bee. 9. The famous Ziegfeld Follies have enjoyed prosperity in New York for an entire year, and still they’re running strong. Why? Usually three or four months sat isfied Gotham, whereupon Ziggy and his beautiful coryphees start ed out to collect whatever stray shekels might be uncovered in the provinces. Among others who wanted to know the reason was Percy Hammond. So he started out to find out. He gives the re sults of his investigation in the amusement section of The Omaha Sunday Bee. 10. Are the people of France militar istic? No is the answer of Mark Sullivan, famous editor and writer now in Kurope. Yet they are solidly behind the government In its demands for reparation from Germany, he says. A story that clearly indicates the situation as it exists in France today. In the news section of The Omaha Sun day Be». |1. A full page of pictures of the graduates of Omaha Technical High qchool in the rotogravure ’ section. Other pictures in the rotogravure Beetion show the ifews of the world In photograph. The only rotogravure section pub llshed in Nebraska. P The best sport section in Nebras ka. John J. McQrew's own story of the National league pennant race. Complete form chart of the Ak-Sar-Ben races. All the news from Great Kalis and Shelby where Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons are preparing for their championship match. Complete box scores of the National, Amer ican, Western, and Nebraska State leagues, and all the rest of the I news In the world of sport. 13. Three great wire services. News from all over the world by The Associated Prss, the International News Service and the Universal Service. The Omaha Bee Is the only Sunday paper pubilshd In Ne braska that gives its readers the news of three Saturday night wire services. 14. Complete society news. Six pages devoted to news for women and social events In Omaha, Council Bluffs and vicinity. In the same section you will find nil the latest news and*gossip from the moving picture studios. (15. You will find many other Interest ing features in The Omaha Sun day Bee. Kor instance, four full pages of comics in colors, includ ing Bringing Up Father by Me Manus. Mr. and Mrs. by Briggs, Little Jimmy and the Katzenjsm mers. Then there Is the love story of Helen and Warren, Happylsnd for the youngsters, a page of editorials and many mors. « Ex-Premier of Bulgars Is Killed Stamboulisky Struck Down by Bullets Fired by Arm*-1 Peasants Attacking Captors’ Car. Surrendered to Soldiers By Associated Press. Sofia, June 15.—Former Fremler Stamboulisky of Bulgaria has been killed while trying to escape. Tlie end of the peasant leader’s ca reer follows a series of dramatic de velopments beginning with the over throw of his government in the early hours of last Saturday and the for mation of a coalition government in cluding ail the opposition parties with the exception of the communists. By Associated Press. London, June 15.—The Bulgarian semiofficial agency here this after noon announced the death of cx-Pre mier Stamboulisky and added that he was killed during a fusillade after a party of armed peasants had attacked the car in which he was passing through the village of Slavoxitza. The agency statement reads: "Stamboulisky was captured at 7 o’clock Thursday morning at the village of Golak hy a party of troops. Stamboulisky addressed the com mander of the troops, saying he wished to surrender. He was taken In a motor car to Tatar Bazardjlk where a crowd hooted him and wanted to lynch him. “In order to avoid trouble Stam boulisky was again removed and while passing through the village of Slavovitza, a party of armed peasants attacked the car. Orders were im mediately given for his arrest and tranfer to Sofia under a strong escort, escort. “In the course of the pursuit a fusillade occurred and Stamboulisky was killed. "The government regrets what has happened and has given orders for a searching inquiry.” The death of Stamboulisky was dramatic. A few days before he was deposed he Is said to have declared: ‘If any one of the opposition lays hands on my body, Sofia arid the other cities of Bulgaria will go to the cemetery and the streets of Sofia will run red with blood." Wichita Struck by Cloudburst Rain Driven by 54-Mile Wind —Houses Destroyed, Trees Uprooted. Wichita. Kan., June 15.—Driven be fore a 54 mile wind, a terrific rain of cloudburst proportions swept Wichita late yesterday threatening to send neighboring streams out of their banks again for a second time this week. In an hour and one half more than three Inches of rain fell. Hail accompanied the downpour. Two houses In the residential dis trict were wrecked by the wind, trees w'ere denunded and streets of the en tire city w'ere flooded. Merchants who had Just laid aside their supply of sandbags—their only protection from the recent flood— banked their doors high again to night as water In the street rose over the sidewalk and invaded their stores. Oklahoma City, Okl., June 15.— Oklahoma City paused the crisis of its worst flood yesterday and last night the North Canadian river was slowly falling. At noon the crest of the flood brought the river up a foot higher than at any time since recoVds have been kept here by the federal weath er bureau. Tulsa, Okl., June 15.—The task of rehabilitating the muck-smeared and water soakPd flood area between Tnlsa and Sand Springs and In West Tulsa was under way last night as the Arkansas river continued to re cede At 6 tonight the river gauge showed 16 feet above normal, a drop of nearly four feet from the high mark of early yesterday. Cattle Are Killed. Osceola, Neb., June 15.—A rain, es timated at six Inches, fell In the north west part of Polk county yesterday, causing much damnge to crops, roads and bridges. During the storm seven head of cattle were killed by lightning, some of them high-priced pedigreed animals. 4-Year-Old Girl Coughs Up Pin Lodged in Lung Spri-lnl Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. West Point, Neb., June 15.—The four-yenrold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rreltbnrth swallowed a white headed straight pin. She was taken Immediately to the physician's office where an X ray was takers It was found that the pin bad lodged In the child’s lungs. While the little girl was being taken to Omaha In an automobile she was eating an Ice cream cone. The machine struck a hump In the road and the child began to cough. The pin was discovered in her mouth, hrouRht up by the tit of coughing. Thayer County Resident for 57 Years Dies at 81 Mperial Dlftpntrh to The OrtmliH Her, Hebron, Neb., June 15.—Mrs. Mary Ann Garrison, 61, a pioneer resident of Thayer county, died at her home Thursday. She had lived In Thayer county for 67 years, coming front Iowa wllh Itpr husband, Kllas Gar rison. in October, 166B. They home steaded on land southeast of Hebron. In 1503 they moved Into Hebron. Mr. Garrison died December 27 of that year. They had no children, / Prince of Wales Is Voted Premier Social Dancer of the World New York, June 15.—The prince of Wales has been voted the premier dancer of the world by the National Institute of Social Dancing which announced today it had sent him a number of new steps, o' ^ named in his honor. Addressing the prince the A . lute, through its secretary, Artfrj*' Murray', said: ^ “As a token of our appreciation of your many courtesies to Ameri can women on the ballroom floor, I take pleasure In forwarding to your royal highness on behalf of the American members of the national institute of social dancing the en closed new dance steps, one of which, because of its distinctiveness, we have take* the privilege of nam ing after your royal highness. “It is our unanimous vote that your royal highness deserves first place among the dancers of the world by reason of which position we find it only befitting that your royal highness be the first to learn the steps.’’ Widow of Croker Is Given Estate by Irish Court Children Lose Battle to Break Will of Former Boss of Tammany Hall—Ver dict Cheered. By t niver.nl Service. Dublin, June 15.—The great Croker drama ended tonight when the Jury found in favor of the will and declar ed that Mrs. Beulah Croker, widow of the old boss of Tammany Hall, was never the wife of Guy Marone. The jury was out only 90 minutes considering the 13 points put by Lord Chief Justice Maloney, whose c harge to the jury seemed to favor Mrs. Croker. He told the Jury members they should place themselves in the posi tion of the father. When the son drew the sword by the service of writs, he said, it was bound to react upon the father. lawyers Protest Questions. "Was Mrs. Croker, at the time of her marriage, already married, her marriage of Croker bigamous, and during his lifetime was she living In adultery?" asked the justice. The onus of such proof, lie declared, rested with Mrs. White, daughter of Croker. who had been unable to state where the marriage had taken place. When the jury retired, Attorney Lardner. for Richard Croker. objected to the way the Justice had put the queslions and the way he dealt with them. The Judge refused to recall the jury. Attorney Jellett, for Mrs. White, also objected and handed in his pa pers. There was a dramatic hush In the courtroom, thronged with women, many of them wearing as favors the racing colors of Mrs. Croker. Cheers Follow Yerdirt. When the Judge had concluded the reading of the verdict, vindicating Mrs. Croker on every point, there was a mighty cheer set up. The police and court officials tried in vain to quell the cheering, and the Judge expressed annoyance and re gret at what he termed a "disgrace ful scene." He assessed the costs against Richard Croker and Mrs. White. As Mrs. Croker left the courtroom, a cheering crowd escorted her to her automobile. She was all smiica and as she drove away waved her hand to the crowd. Interviewed tonight, Mrs. Croker said; "The scene in court thoroughly im pressed me that my honor was vindi cated for all. I wish that my late husband could have been at my side In the courtroom when the jury re turned the verdict and could have seen me cleared of the charges, and the congratulations of the crowd " Goodhope Mine Director Sentenced to Prison By AMorintni Pr*««. Werdenn, June 15.—Paul Keller mann. director general of the Good hope mines at pberhaiisen. was sen tenced by n French court martial to day to five years Imprisonment and n fine of 163.300,000,000 marks for re fusing to make reparations coal do liveries to the French and failure to pay the coal tax of 40 per cent. The fine, which amounta to five times i he coal lax in arrears, Is the equivalent of 24 000,000 French francs. Seven other men are being tried on the same count. x Pioneering With Edward Rosewater Iri the beginning of things In Nebraska there was The Omaha lice. To go over its pages from those early ila.vs is like viewing a page ant that dramatizes the story of lliis great middle western rommon wriittli. In a series of arfieles republish ed from the tiles of (he 70s. 80s and 80s, The Omaha Itee will re fieslien the memory of those strong mid stirring days. Through this dally feature Nr hiasltans will lie enakled to vlew I lie growth ami development of their slate through Ihe eyes of Kd ward Kesewatrr, founder of The Omalm Itee. There Is iiiueli lli.il Is pungent, slinging mid caustic in these pieces of pioneer Journalism. Much also Hint Is Inspiring, en lightening anil even amusing. I.lfe was rillTercnl then, when ihe fouiulnlIons of today were being hewn nut of the roek and cement ed together. Keml (lie first nrllele In this daily feature on the edllorinl page of The Omaha Sunday Itee. Rum Drive hy yP’f Agents p'* .ectives Aid Samardiek and Knox in Raiding 75 Places in Center of City. Ten Already Arrested What is said to be the biggest booze drive in the history of Omaha was in progress yesterday, with Robert Samardick, federal prohibition of ficer; Sumner Knox, prohibition of ficer from Council Bluffs, and Detec tives Killian and Davis in th^ ranks of the invading forces. They were armed with more than i'5 warrants, and were swooping down on one place after another in the central districts of the city on all of which Samardick said they had proof of sale, arresting proprietors on charges of illegal possession and sale of liquor. At 1^30 p. m. eight persons had been arrested and hooked at Central ■police station. They were Josephine Mitchell, 722 North Sixteenth street; Louis Simon dios, 511 North Eighteenth street, and his wife, Louise; Joe Richardson, 1224 Davenport street; Sebastian Circo and ■fames Conta, 314 South Tenth street; Charles Jamme, 518 North Fifteenth street, and Sam Giluco, 512 1-2 South Thirteenth street. In Default of Bond. All were held in default of Il.OflO bond. lastcr arrests Included William Lewis, 1104 South Thirteenth street, James Kudlek. bartender at the Prague hotel. Thirteenth and William streets. When the squad raided Ihe home of Josephine Marcuzzo, 718 Hickory street, they found four inmates, seat ed around a table, drinking what is alleged to be beer. The alleged inmates were arrested and Josephine and her daughter, Katie. 16, were ordered to appear at the police station Saturday. Three More. Twenty minutes later, when they |returned to look for a lost flashlight, they found three other persons sit ting about the table being served with drinks by Katie. These alleged in mates also were arrested, and the Marcuzzo woman will be charged on two counts. Consternation spread like wildfire through the ranks of the Omaha boot loggers when the extent of the raids became known. There was a scurry ing to get under cover, and many places surreptitiously destroyed i^nck*. Nearly a score of bondsmen congre gated at police station to provide for the release of those arrested. They «'f-re accompanied In many cases by relatives, who kept up a constant furore outside the bull pen. The patrol wagon was kept busy making trip* to bring in pet sons [taken by the officers in their raids Three desk sergeants worked from 12;3rt on, booking the prisoners brought in by the wagon. Need Good Memory. Only a small amount of liquor was confiscated, which is characteristic if government raids, where evidence of sale is obtained beforehand Many of the prisoners professed to be unable to remember ever making a sale of liquor. "This sale that got you In jail might have been three months ago," one of them was told. "Gee. you gotta have a good mem ory In this business." was the re joinder. 4 Bandits Kidnap Man, Take $4,000 Pocahontas, 111 . June 14—Four armed' men In an automobile kid naped John Green, postoffice nies aenger here today, escaping with a mall pouch which the messenger was carrying, confining a $4,000 payroll of the Pocahontas Goal company. Green was carrying the pouch from the Pennsylvania railroad "station to the poMoffice when the robbers jump ed from their car. struck the mes senger over the head with a revolver butt, dragged hint Inlet the autonio bile and drove away. Teacher Who Threw Dog Out of Window Fined $o0 Dnvenport. In. Juno "Guilty, and coats.'' declared Judge Met calf In poll* e court today after heat log evidence In the < aue against Prof, liny McClellan. dixmiHsod Instructor in chemistry at the Davenport High school. Mtrt'lellan was charged with cruelty to animals In that lie threw a stray dog out of the third-story window of the high school Imilding. The animal was killed. McClellan appealed the < ass. Solon* to Consider Stir\ey of Postal Facilities Here Chicago, June 1:» latently coin pleted surveys of pontal facilities In n minihcr «»f wesiern and mlddlewest ern cities. Including <>msha, la* An gcles, Han Francisco and H*attic will l»e considered hy the Joint emigres sional commission on postal service at a meeting here today Senator Thomas Stirling of South Dakota is cliairtiumn of the corn mission. Kiplit Person* (mured hy Homh I nder Ocrmwi Train lly \ mm1 In (I Prea*. Dusseldorf, June 1.’*- Fight pas* sengors rjn a train hound for Paris were injured last night, when two coaches were detailed hy ttie explosion of a bomb on the tracks. The rx plosion occurred near Mayonoe. Home of the Injured were Herman civilians. Two similar explosions were re ported near Offenhurg and Bonn, hut In thes* cases, no ups was lujuicU. Just Wfyen Everybody Had Settled Down for a Nice Quiet Picnic in the Woods Bry an's Claim of Machine Tactics Met With Denial Group 3 Bankers Say They Took Hart's Advice in Naming Candidates for Commission. Special Dl.pntrh to The Omaha Bee. Norfolk, Neb. .June 15—Statements' attributed to Governor Charles IV. Bryan that machine tactics were Ueed by the third district group of the Nebraska Banker* association in nominating tundldate* fur a plare on the new state guaranty fund commis sion have caused considerable com ment in Norfolk especially among the ! bankers w ho attended the meeting I which was held here. A number of these hanker* deny the charge that machine tactics were used although they made no secret of the fact that the governor's ap pointee. Charles McLeod, of Stanton, | received a very small vote They declare that practically the same thine o! curred at the meeting of bankers of the Fremont group and also at the imeting of the group at Wood I-ake. The banker* declare that the meet ing In Norfolk in no way resembled machine at an "old time political convention." a statement which news paper reports attribute to the gov ernor. Harry A Cheney of Creighton was chairman of the third district meet ing in Norfolk on Mny 22. Carl A. Silas i.f Norfolk secretary of the meeting, had tills to say: "I saw nothing of any political machine tac ti-s at the third district meeting. J. H. Hart, secretary of the slate bank ing board, was present and bad charge of the meeting and from what I observed the banker* present listened carefully to the secretary's tnlk« and practically acted on his suggestion* In the transaction of business at the meeting.” War \ cts Gamp at Creston. hpninl DUpntch f«» Th# Omaha Hr#. Creston. la. June lit,—Plan* are now complete for the annual Hate Encampment of Spanish War Vet erans anil the moinhera of the auxil iary, which will open In Creston Wednesday, June 20 and continue over June 21 and 22. How About Your Room? Pint Friday Mr*. J. If. Pike, 2t2« Wirt Street, telephoned the fol lowing nd to Th.e Omaha H<*e: f.AlUSK room. WTtchanat tc. daair adult*, fuinlahvd. naaonafol*. WK 03 <1_ The nd wan to begin In the Sat urday morning edition. The nd wan ordered to tie run nevt n time*, for Mri*. Pike knew that nhe could cancel it if her room* were Ailed befor* the nd had run the full noven time*, and came) it nhe did. Hright and early Monday; the rooms had been rented. Mr* PlUa wanted to rent her mom* and and nomeone wanted a home. Hoth want* were natlafted. Head and n«e Oinnltn flee Want \#l*. The lie#' line to Keaultn. Printed hv patmiaainn ef Mrs. Pike) Decision on Bus Hearing June 23 Judge Hastings Reserves Edicl After Attorneys Present Final Arguments. District Judge Hastings, after con clualon of arguments of attorneys yesterday In the hearing of a pertna nent Injunction to restrain the Bou levard Transit company from oper ating busses on the streets of Omaha, stated that he would give a decision June 23. Pending the decision the order still Is in effect, said Judge Hastings. Attorneys for the bus company stated that the city busses would not oper ate until ordered to do so by the court. The action was brought by John L. Webster for the street railway com pany. who stated that because of the franchise obtained by his tom pony through proper channels it had • xeluslve right to the streets as against other common carriers which have no franchise. Two Murderers Pay Penalty for Crimes B» International News Pwitri. Chicago, June 13—Caspar Pastroni, convicted of having slain Mrs. Eliza beth Wltchell and her U-year-oW daughter, Agatha, when Mrs. Wltch ell refused to desert her husband and elope, was hanged here today. Pas troni attempted to commit suicide at the time of the crime and was half blind and practically deaf front self Inflicted wounds. By tiMrlitH Press, Eddyville, Ky.. June 15—,Tmms Powers, 2*. of Covington. Ky . con vlcted of complicity in the murder of Morrtea Lee. Covington motion pic ture manager, January 22, 1922, was electrocuted in state penitentiary here at 12:35 o'clock this morning. Powers went to his fate without apparent sign of nervousness, it was said. Flight of l . S. Planes Halted., Hy AutM'lalri] frr*l. Rautoui, III . .June 15.—The at tempted flight of seven army aviators from Selfridge flajd. Mount A’lemons. Mich., to Son Antonio, Tex . was halted In Illinois this afternoon hy s heavy rain. An attempt to reach Scott field, Helvtlle, III., will be made when the downpour hero subsides. "The planes will make Scott field before dark, and rest there for the night." said Maul, H. A. McGinnis, commanding I'hanute field here. Vi isconsin Assembly Votes Dry Law Repeal By \Moelnlfil Prew. Madlsun, AVIs . June 15—The Tuck er bill providing for repeat of the Sexerson prohibition enforcement law In Wisconsin was finally missed b\ the assembly of the Wisconsin leg.s latino today. 39 to 35. This measure noxv goes to the "dry" senate, where Indefinite postponement Is Hntlclmxtcd by both those opposing prohibition cn forcement and those favoring. American Sailors Received in Audience hy Pope Pius Rome, juiu '5.— Hope Plus yester day received In audience Rear Ad inlral r\ndrew t ong and his staff, s group of 50 sailors front the United States cruiser Pittsburgh, the ad mlrnt'a flagship, which Is noxv an ehored at Naples. Tha Americans xvere Introduced to the pontiff by Monsignor Kugena Rurke, xlca rector of tha Amfintxn college. Congress Ready to Act to Avert Prohibition War Spokesmen for Both Major Parties Favor Legislation to Remove Question From International Affairs. ____ I By International »ws Sort ire. Washington. June 15—Legislative action to remove the Volstead law as a subject of diplomatic warfare be tween the United States and Euro pean nations will be taken by the next i • ngress. it was declared today by spokesmen for both major parties. Congress stands ready to help the administration avert the "prohibition war" brewing as a result of the dry ship ruling, it was said, and to take any other action necessary to in sure international amity over enforce ment of the Volstead act. The State department's peace proposal of giv ing concessions to foreign nations on the ship liquor ban in return for a new extended lf-miie "search and seizure" zone, it was declared, would be approved quickly by the senate, if written Into a treaty. Would Ratify Treaty. Party leaders also declared in fa vor of Independent action to remove the whole prohibition question from internal affairs. Wet and dry spokes men were agreed that prohibition is solely an American institution. "I think the senate would quickly ratify any treaty proposed by ths sec retary of state to relieve the interna tlonal situation caused by our dry law," said Senator Curtis of Kansas the republican ' whip." l>emocratlc support was forecast by Senator Overman, dry democrat of North Carolina, ranking minority member cf the senate judiciary com mittee. Need of Remedy. "The national prohibition situation, too. suggests the need of a legislative remedy," said Senator Overman. "We are getting to be a nation of law breakers and there is drinking every where. This situation ts a constant blow to patriotism and must be stopped. There seems to be a great popular demand for modification of the Volstead act and the remedy may be In raising the restrictions on al cohollo content. "I am an advocate of prohibition, but the international and national ait nations are serious. There must be some legislative remedy. With agita tion tn New York. Wisconsin, Illinois. Missouri and Georgia even, the prohi bition problem become* national 1 think the next congress will solve It.” Train flits Auto; 4 Pcatl. Ili Intrrnstlrnsl News Hertfre. Buffalo, N Y , June IS—Four per sons are dead and another dying, the result of a New York Cent ml freight train hitting an automobile at Hot Springs, a suburb of Buffalo. The dead: Oscar Richardson, chief of the fire dr)>artment. Woodlawn: Mr*. Ida Richardson, his wife; Charles Bray Woodlawn: Charles ltray . Jr.. * >ears old. Mr* Charles Bray is In a hos pital and her death Is expected. \ ag Charge on Sinclair, l.o* Angeles, June K> -Charges of Inciting a riot and addressing an unlawful assemblage, preferred re ocnily against I'pton Sinclair, au thor, were dismissed today in the l.o* Angelrs police court and a charge of vagrancy substituted Trial on that charge was set for June 27 Mr. Hi nr lair, who lues u Pasadena, [is at Ubetiy on nominal bond. Nebraska Stream Out of Its Banks Part of Ogallala Flooded by South Platte Rise—No Pre cautions Taken Is Charged. Rail Traffic Hampered Special Dispatch to The Omaha Be#. Ogallala, Neb., June 15. — South Platte river was at flood stage In Ogallala at noon today and out of Its banks, flooding all the homes between the Union Pacific tracks and the river. The water la within 10 feet of the tracks and still rising, due to heavy rains west and the big irriga tion reservoir breaking near Brigh ton, Colo., last week. Bridges at Merino, Sterling and Sedgwick, Colo., are washed out. Resi dents near the river had taken It upon themselves to cut a grade ap proaching the river to lower the flood water. County commissioners were warned by state engineers last Monday of approaching flood and were urged by citizens to riprap the grade and dike the river banks. The commissioners refused to act and citizens are indig nant. The flood is traveling at the rate of 30 miles in 34 hours. Track Swept Away. Fremont, Neb., June 15.—WJth 500 feet of track swept away by rising waters in the vicinity of Kennard, Washington county, traffic on the Northwestern railroad was consider ably demoralized, according to local officials. Rains of Thursday and Friday all over the system resulted in soft road beds that made traffic slow and pre carious, Reports of a washout near Wanton have not been verified at the local office. Several Bridges Out. Several bridges were reported out an the Black Hills trail today between West Point and Pilger. Belated re ports of lightning damage in Thurs day's storm brought word that Har vey K;ser, employed at the Ernest Allen farm east of North Bend, was struck by a bolt that knocked him temporarily unconscious. He was re moving his overshoes on the porch when struck. Allen, who stood five feet away, was uninjured. Mrs Roy Lamley. North Bend, who was found unconscious after she was struck by lightning, is still in a serious condiiion, but will recover, doctors aay. Roads in Washington county were veritable streams and autoists re port water up to the running boards on the Bee-Line highway. Chose Carl Kramer State Elks* Head Convention at McCook Fol- * lowed by Parade and Bar becue Supper. Special Dispatch «* The Omaha Bee McCook. Neb . June Is.—The con vention of Nebraska State Association of Elks at its closing business session today elected the following officers: President Carl Kramer. Columbus: secretary VV. J. Gregorins. Columbus: treasurer Frank Real, McCook: first vii e president Dan Butler. Omaha; second vice president H. VV. Eckles. Norfolk; third vice president A W. Shilling. North Platte; trustees C A. McCloud. York: A. P Jones. McCook; Walter Nelson. Qmaha. Trustees wall determine the neat place of meeting, Omaha. Beatrice and Norfolk being mentioned. Chair man Edgar Howard read report of resolutions committee and it was adopted. A mammoth parade was staged shortly after adjournment of convert tion. hundreds participating, headed by two bands. The parade ended at the City park, where the crowd enjoy ed -j barbecue auppcr. given by Mc Cook lodge H34 A bend concert, ad dress by Congressmen Howard and a big pavement dance with music by the McCook Elks' hand closed the con vention. Several thousand peopls witnessed the stunts. General Terraza? Die«. EI Paso. Tot . June 15—Gen I.uls Terrasas died today at hi* home In Chtahuahua City. General Terrasas’ family and numerous friends were preparing an elaborate celehratlon of his Mth hlrtlv day anniversary. July !*. The aged general has spent the greater part of his energy the past >ear In fighting a federal decree e* proprlaling the last of hie east estates. The fight was practically lost at the time of his death. A spe rial loan bank Is In process of or ganisation In Chihuahua City to finance the apportionment of the estates, ahout acre*, among small farmers and ranbhera The gen eral. under the terms of the decrees reported tn the American preaa. wws to receive only a nominal rart of Its actual \alue, about If 000.009. The Weather For 34 h»>ur* *ndt*c T A. m Jaaa IK IKS. MilhMl <3. tAATAtt. *T m#*A. T4. AOTIAAt. T»(a) rvi-M finf* Junuttv l*t, 1 31% Krlkdif tfumtitlG lVrrfntAI*. ; ? M m 44 41 T »» w . II I'rfflutimWiK. Infhr* on«t TgIaI •' Totnine* J»n l»t, ti ll, d# ficlAAci 1 44 llmiflt T.*mpfr^l«ry*. • tn 4 4 ' r i" 4 * tn a ; t* A’. T * «n . . . * S n m .... * 4 ' * »v :: « a m .% > •' 4* m .*4 ft a 4* 14 • m Tt « a n> ..tv \ t > m . . * 4 Taw t 13 tec* . J* 4 r m .%.,tl 4