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Closer Tie
Is Europe’s
Only Hope
i.ack of Uniformity in Lan
guage, Customs and Govern
ments Breeds Misunder
standings.
U. S. of i-i-rope Proposed
By MARK SI I.MVAN.
For making dear a fundamental
fact about Europe which lies at the
heart of many of its difficulties there
is no better means than to elaborate
a device once used by H. G. Wells for
the same explanatory purpose.
Imagine an American living in In
dianapolis about to take a trip to
Boston; or an American living in San
t^yancisco about to take a trip to Des
^W.ines; or an American living in New
Orleans about to take a trip to Phila
delphia: or an American living in St.
I.ouls about to take a trip to New |
York.
Each of these trips is from 1,000 to
1.500 miles or thereabouts in length.
Each of them takes from 24 to 36
hours, or thereabouts. To an Amer
ican such a trip presents no concern
whatever. He packs his dress suit
rase, he goes to the station, he gets
aboard his train, and in due course
he is delivered in the midst of the
dtv in which is w'.ants t(»be.
European Travel Different.
But imagine a European wanting
to make a business trip of the same
length—a Londoner, let us say, want
ing to do business in Hungary. First
of all. the Londoner must equip him
self with a passport. He must go to
the appropriate government office at
least once, and perhaps oftener. He
must give details of his age, parents,
place of birth, color of eyes, shape of
chin, contour of nose.
He must then, if he has not already
done so. go to a photographer, have a
picture taken and deliver three copies
of it to the government—one to be
pasted on his passport and the others
to be kept for use In such ways as in
g< riius governments hnve devised to
check the theft or other improper use
of passports.
All this will have taken the intend
ing traveler not less than a full day.
it were merely one full day—if you
uld start in the morning and com
piste it all by sundown, that would
not be so bad; actually, one of the
annoying features of It all Is that
it consumes portions of several dif
ferent days.
Next, the intending traveler must
take this passport around and have it
(Turn to Page Nine. Column One.)
Bigg3 Is Freed
Without Doing
Time in Prison
Parole Board Makes No Public
Announcement of Action
—Served 14- Months
in Jail.
Manford K. Higgs, who was sen
tenced to serve a term of from two
to five years for embezzlement, was
recently paroled, although ‘‘he never
spent a (lay” at the penltfntiary, his
confinement being in the county jail.
Higgs' parole came as a surprise
to his friends in Omaha. Even the
newspaper* were not told of It until
Higgs made his appearance In the
county Jail Friday wearing a new
suit of clothes and a straw hat.
For snrpe unknown reason. Higgs'
k name was not made public by the
~ > hoard.
Biggs told county jail attaches that
ha was doing "housekeeping wrork,”
implying that he was out of a job.
He said he was picking cherries for
recrea tion.
Biggs was arrested for embezzling
$12 ,500 from the Omaha Ice and Cold
Ktorage company, of which he was
treasurer. He was a Iso treasurer of
the Third Church of Christ, Scientist.
While In jail Biggs frustrated a jail
break. In which Fred Brown, Benson
chain man, serving a life term, was
tlie ringleader. Biggs was slugged In
the head with a sharp instrument hy
Brown. For this reason he pleaded
for a parole.
Biggs record at the county jail
shows that he was incarcerated for
11 months. While in jail Biggs was
appointed a. "trusty” and had charge
of the hooks Rnd also uniforms given
new prisoners. Biggs never wore
the jail uniform or garment and was
never locked in a cell.
Biggs was called the "Samaritan"
of the jail by men who were dis
charged because Biggs always saw
to it that they w-pre properly clothed
when they were discharged.
Two young girls located hy police
nt the time Biggs was arrested told
tales of rides in his “big red automo
bile" and parties he had given for
them They told how easy he was
wilh his money and of the fltje gifts
Ji>- lavished nn them.
, Hair Fnl in Rescue
From I filler Wrecked Auto
sic-i-ltil DUpatrh to The Omaha lire.
laike Andes. H. II., July 7.- Mrs.
B. J. Kush of Tyndall was extrl
inted front beneath an automobile
demolished near here after her hair,
which became tangled in the wreck
age, was clipped.
Mr. Kuss, his daughter, Elisabeth,
and Miss Catherine Flgge, other oc
cupant* of the car, were bruised
when it plunged oft an embankment,
Tiny Jim Herman Is
Being Primed for Title
Bout With the Champion
New York interests like possi
bilities of Omaha heavyweight
and will seek to bring him out fol
lowing his match at Jersey City
Thursday.
Nebraska state golfers start
annual tournament at Omaha
Country club Monday. ('proof
ing the golf "bloc” of three play
ers is the ambition of all entered.
Little Itill Johnston of Califor
nia wins world’s tennis title by
defeating Hunter at Wimbledon.
Cleveland breaks American
league record for runs scored in
first game of double-header with
Boston.
Complete details, returns and
gossip about all sport interest can
be found by turning to pages 1, 2
and 3, part 2.
Leviathan Marks
New Milepost in
Deep Sea Craft
M iiilen Voyage of Giant Liner
Contrasted With Passage
at Time of Civil
War.
Special nUpntch to The Omaha Bee.
Boston. Mass., July 7.—“Arrived
at Pierrepont Stores. Brooklyn, North
German Brig Fortuna, Captain Sode
mann, London to New York, 365 hgils.
sugar, 100 hhls. root ginger, 25 tons
iron rails. Consignee. Funch. Edy &
Co., William Street.”
The above item appeared in “Ship
News" in The New Y'ork Herald of
July 10, 1S69.
The reader who noted the “sail
ings” from American ports in any
newspaper which devotes space *o
“ship news" on the morning of June
20. 1923, discovered that the “S. S.
Leviathan” sailed from Boston on
the afternoon of June 19.
The Omaha Bee correspondent en
tered the port of New York as the
only passenger on the Fortuna when
that sturdy old tub passed quarantine
on the July morning 54 years ago. He
was also one of the passengers on the
Leviathan when she sailed through
ihe tea-stained waters of Boston ha
bor on June 19, 1923.
Tw o Vessels—Like and Inlike.
There is a similarity and a differ
ence between the two vessels. The
similarity lies in the fact that both
are, or were, products of German
shipyards. The difference is every
thing else. In the social hall of the
Leviathan is a mantelpiece almost
wide enough and broad enough to
accommodate the Fortuna as an orna
ment. There is room enough in any
one of the staterooms of the B deci^
of the Leviathan to house the entire
personnel of the Fortuna, including
captain, mate, carpenter, stowaway
and passenger—13 in all—and at the
.ante time furnish ample space for
the captain to work out his reckon
ing.
Yet in 1869 the American merchant
marine would not have neglected the
opportunity to add to Itself even so
humble a tub os that Nordeutscher
brig the fortuna, which made the
run from London to Brooklyn In 43
days! But the. German owners of
the Fortuna were not In the market
for the sale of the brig, and, besides,
the United State* shipping laws
would not permit the registry of a
foreign-built vessel unless she had
been wrecked and repaired In an
American shipyard.
When the Fortuna hoisted her flag
and sailed out of the Jtlver Thamea
there was not a single American flag
at the peak of a solitary ship In all
that vast array of tonnage between
the Nore and the Victoria docks on
the Thames. There was no American
merchant marine in 1869.
A Big Advertisement.
When the United States look over
the Vaterland and changed its name
to the Leviathan it was the pride
of liie German merchant fleet. It
was converted into a transport, and
literally thousands of the boys of the
A. E. F. were conveyed to Brest, on
the French side of the Atlantic. In
It. The American doughboy is a
souvenir hunter by nature. What he
did to the fittings which still remained
(Turn to f’nxe Two, Column fltt.)
Former Engineer Dies
San Francisco. Cal., July 7.—MaJ.
Henry H. Wadsworth, formerly en
gineer of the California debris com
mission. died here today after a brief
illness. He was a native of Connecti
cut and was 60 years old.
Approval of
Naval Pact
Welcomed
Uncertainty Regarding Dis
position of American Fight
ing Ships Dispelled by Ac
tion of French Chamber.
Big Diplomatic Victory
By Amociatol Prf**.
Washington, July 7.—Word that the
French chamber of deputies had rati
fied the naval limitation treaty was
received here as one of the most en
couraging pieces of news that has
reached Washington from abroad for
many a day. For many reasons, not
all of which have been apparent on
the surface of events, favorable ac
tion by France has been awaited with
unusual concern. Although the
French senate still must give Its as
sent before the circle of ratifying
powers Is complete, there appears to
be little apprehension among Ameri
can officials of serious opposition or
delay in that quarter.
Foremost among the causes for
gratification here is that French ac
ceptance of the treaty will put the
cap sheaf on the most porteltous
diplomatic undertakings of the Har
ding administration by actually giv
ing vitality to Washington confer
ence plan to end competitive building
of first line ships of war. All the
other signatories, Great Britain,
Japan, Italy and the tJnlted States,
already have ratified and are await
ing only the pledge of France to put
the Washington program into effect.
I ncertainty Cleared I'p.
Beyond this, there le a measurable
degree of relief among practical navy
men at the prospect that the uncer
tainty which has surrounded Ameri
can naval policy for more than a year
soon may he cleared away and the
expense of keeping in a state of
suspended animation, naval units des
tined to be scrapped, may be erased
from the balance sheet. A compre
hensive plan for putting the new pro
gram into effect, including details of
scrapping the discarded vessels, has
been on tile in the Navy department
for months awaiting the word of exe
cution.
Still another element contributed to
the favorable reaction aroused here
by the French element, and an ele
ment of which officials will say little,
lies in ttie unusual state of world
diplomacy. During the last few
month* It has been an open secret
ifi diplomatic circles, at least, that
the delay of France was looked upon
as a possible factor in the general
policy it has followed In dealings with
its allies. Again and again French
statesmen have denied that failure to
ratify the treaty had any connection
with the French effort to bring (treat
Britain to Its way of thinking about
the Ruhr, but the denials have not
serve,) to entirely «et at rest specula
tion on the part of diplomatic repre
sentatives of other powers.
Hints Given France.
It is certain that during the long
wait for French approval of the
Washington agreement, the other
signatories found means to let their
disappointment become well under
stood at Paris. In some quarters It
was suggested that a broad hint as
to the attitude of Japan was con
veyed to the French capital less
than a week ago by a story amnnat
ing from Tokio, to the effect that the
Japanese government expected to ap
prom h the t'nlted States and Great
Britain on the subject of reducing
the five-power treaty to a three-pow
er basis. '
It is assumed here that any such
plan now will disappear If the action
'of the French chamber really re
fleets a purpose to complete ratifl
j cation. There are some officials who
are not entirely confident that the
French senate will take the requisite
(Turn to l*»ae Seven. Column Thrre.)
Man, 60, Beheaded by Train
Near Seottsbluff, Neb.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha lire.
Soottsbluff, Neb., July T.— K. Bar
dels. 60, was decapitated when lie
placed his head beneath ft moving
freight train r.t MlnatHre, seven miles
east of here. Waiting until the en
gtne had passed him, he lay upon the
track and death was Instantaneous.
He leaves no known relatives. County
authorities will bury tiie body.
Zero Hour for Dishwashers Is
Jerry Howard’s Proudest Moment
Special DUpnlrh to The Omnhn Bee.
JJncoln, July 7—Jprry Howard of
Omaha, the governor's new labor In- j
vestigntor for the metrniiolls, was
busy prior to the reception at the
governor!* residence describing the
proudest moment of hi* life"
This particular fiO seconds was only
a few days ago at 10:10 In the evening
In the kitchen of the Omahg Country
club.
"Exactly at that moment," asserted
Mr. Howard, "I steppad Into the
kitchen of Ihn Country club and an
nounced that I was Jerry Howard.
Omaha’s new labor Investigator, and
wished speech wllh the president of
the otgaulzntlon.
"In a few minutes the president ap
peared and I Informed him that (he
zero hotir for dishwashing was 10 and
It was JO minutes past JO, Needless
to say, there wits no more dlshwash
lng In the Country club that evening,
unless the wives rtf ths members did
It."
With this description completed,
Mr. Howard, with his first month's
pay check cashed and the money re
pf»sing In his pocket, ordered a kick
less beer bartender to produce an
other round of the remnants of the
pre-Volstead days.
“Believe me, I've told some of
those big guys up there that I didn't
come to Omaha on n load of hay,” he
affirmed.
The only bit of sadness in connec
tion with Mr. Howard's new position
is Governor Bryan's failure to release
to the press a copy of Mr. Howard’s
review of labor conditions as he found
them in Omaha.
"It would have read like n novel/*
Mr. Howard asserted with a twinge
of wistful pride.
The governor, when he was asked
for Mr. Howard’s masterpiece, said
“III let the newspapers have it when
I conclude rending It; but I can f
promise that 1 11 ever complete the
report/* ,
t
Man, 702, U fio Started
to Climb Pikes Peak
Last Friday Missing
Colorado Springs, Colo., July 7.—
Pat Murphy, 102, oldest man in Colo
rado and the oldest Knight of Colum
bus in the world, is missing, whether
on the rugged slope of Pikes peak,
which he planned to climb in realiza
tion of a lifelong ambition, or else
where is not yet known.
Pat came to Colorado Springs from
his ranch near Monument, on the
divide, several days ago, to celebrate
Fourth of July. Early Friday he
slipped away, presumably to climb
the peak, and up to a late hour to
night had not returned.
Bloodhounds will be put on his
trail Sunday unless daybreak brings
developments.
Whipping Boss
Guilty of Murder:
V
Penalty 20 Years
Thomas Higginbotham Is Con
victed of Deatli of South
Dakota Youth in Florida
Convict Camp,
Lake City, Fla.. July 7.—Thomas
Walter Higginbotham late today was
found guilty of murder of Martin
Tabert of North Dakota In the second
degree, by a Jury here. The jury
was out one hour and 20 minutes.
Higginbotham was sentenced to 20
years imprisonment. He was re
leased on $10,000 bond pending hear
ing of appeal.
The former convict whipping boss
was accused ofc having caused the
death of Tabert as the result of a
beating administered while the North
Dakotan was serving a term in the
Putnam J-umber company convict
leased camp.
The death of Tabert finally result
ed in an investigation of the whole
convict leasing system and its abol
ishment by the Florida legislature.
That body also prohibited corporal
punishment. Before the Florida leg
islature convened, the senate of North
Dakota adopted a memorial asking
the Florida lawmakers to investigate
the death of Tabert.
There was no demonstration In the
courtroom when the verdict was re
ported. Attorneys for the defendant
immediately made a motion for a
new trial. The verdirt harries s min
imum sentence of 70 years and a max
imum of life imprisonment, fliggln
botham was tn court when the jury
announced its decision.
Motion for New Trial.
Higginbotham went on trial here
13 day* ago. the state charging him
with having whipped Tahert so se
verely that it brought about trau
matic pneumonia, which resulted In
death four days after the whipping.
The defense admitted the whipping,
but contended It wa* "within the
law." basing this on testimony ad
duced from witnesses that only ft • tn
eight to ten lashes were struck. The
Florida convict camp regulations at
that time permitted administering as
many as ten lashes. The defense con
tended Tahert tiled from lobar pneu
monia. using the I’utnam Lumber
company's camp physician. Dr. T.
Capers Jones, as a witness. He testi
fied there were no signs of trauma
tism on the body when he examined
Tahert. Six expert witnesses cor
roborated Jones.
“Slush Fund” Charged.
The defense charged a “slush fund"
had been raised In North Dakota to
aid In the prosecution.
Tahert wa* whipped while serving
as a convict in the lumber camp.
January 27, 1922. The defense claimed
he dlt-d February 2. O. Crimson, as
•Istant attorney general of North I'a
kota, investigating the death, spent
several weeks in Florida. On his re
turn to North Dakota he submitted
his findings to the North Dnkota leg
islature. then In session, which ap
proved a resolution calling on the
state of Florida to Investigate the nr
rest, conviction and death of Tahert.
The Florida legislature abided by
the request, appointed a Joint com
mittee and a thorough Investigation
followed Testimony adduced from
scores of witnesses resulted In die
missal from office of Sheriff .1, R.
Jones and County Judge Ft. F. Willis,
who arrested and sentenced Tahert.
Tahert was arrested for riding s
freight train through Tallin.- <-e and
sentenced to three months.
No Defense in Action of
Whipping Boss. Bryan Says
Uncolii. July 7.—W. J. Bryan a* a
resident of Florida, commenting here
today on the whipping of prisoners
tn the convict camps of that state
said no defense could he made for
what was done.
"Yet." said Mr. Bryan, "some facts
have been overlooked It limy not
be generally known that the state
abolished the contract system for
state prisoner* years ago and only
one-half of the short term county
prisoners are under the contrs. t ays
tent.
"Only * per cent or the prisoners,
stale and county, were In rumps that
were criticised The man who did
the whipping which Is said to have
resulted tn fhe death of a prison*-!
has lieen prosecuted snd the bulge
who was Implicated was removed 11
Man Severely Ciul When
Bnn Down l>\ Automobile
Tony II. TuniH. UMfl t'h!* »>••> *dr*» t,
wftg rut unci bruin*d list
night when bo wax run down bg ftn
nutnmoldio drivrn |»y K IV Willlrunn,
3022 Houth Thirty M'rnnd Strrrt, jit
!*J K'htrrnth and (’hhako Mtr^otR.
Turna wax walking firm** tbo ntto»d
ai.d did not M*o \\ ilMmnt mn*htn«
nin-rofu hlriR Ho wan attended by Ibo
police surgeon and tuken to his home.
Democrats
in Powwow
at Lincoln
W. J. Bryan Noncommittal on
Candidacies for Presidency
—Says Smith Has No
Chance.
Opposes Third Party
Npfeial Dispatch to The Omaha
Lincoln, Neb., July 7.—Excluding
state office-holders and thc.no seeking
offices still at the disposal of the
governor those in attendance at the
governor’s reception to democrats at
the mansion tonight to shpke the
hand and seek the guidance of Gov
ernor Bryan and his distinguished
brother, William Jennings Bryan ol
Florida, were Lincoln friends of the
Bryan brothers.
Congressman John II. Morehead of
Falls City was the only real demo
cratic medicine mixer present at the
reception, admittedly a forerunner of
an attempt of the Bryan brothers to
gain control of the Nebraska delega
tion at the next democratic national
convention.
Such men as J. N. Norton of Polk,
Mayor James C. Dahlman of Omaha,
Dan Butler of Omaha, Congressman
Ashton C. Shallenberger of Alma,
Theodore Osterman of Merrick, for
mer Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock,
Arthur Mullln, W. H. Thompson of
Grand Island and W. J. Taylor of
Merna. whose presence at a demo
cratic function spells harmony, were
not present. Sheriff Mike Kndres.
Lee Herdman and Jerry Howard
were among the comparative few rep
resentatives of Omaha democracy
pr< • at.
Governor and Mrs. Bryan and Wil
liam Jennings Bryan were on the re
ceiving line. Because of the extreme
heat and advancing yearn Mr. Bryan
was obliged to remain seated while
meeting his old friends.
Would Be Delegate.
William Jennings Bryan announced
that he would he a candidate for dele
gate to the national convention from
Florida. This was taken to mean
that he would attempt to gain control
of the Florida delegation and the re
ception tonight W is'one of tl.e first
moves to attempt to obtain control of
the Nebraska delegation, thus making
the Bryans certain of two solid blocs
of votes on the convention floor.
In the same Interview Mr. Bryan
denied authenticity cf an interview
purported to have been held with him
several weeks ago in which he was
quoted as being hehind the candidacy
fTurn in Vase Two. Column Two.I
rnl ice Believe Drugged
Girl Too! of Robber Gang
B.v International »m MrW.
Cincinnati, July 7. — Marguerite
Peggy May, pretty McKeesport (Pa )
boarding school girl, found drugged
at the home of Charles Weldemann,
wealthy h, r en mi here, w * the un
willing tool of a clever robber gang,
the police believe.
Miss May was questioned by the
Juvenile court and sent to the Good
Shepherd convent, pending further In
quiry.
Weldemann. while at a roadhouse
near Newport, Ky,. received a mys
terious telephone message to return
home at once. Actions of two men
and a woman In an automobile in
front of his house caused him to de
tour around the block.
As he entered the house a few
minutes later he stumbled over the
body of the girl. believed to have
been drugged .
WHERE TO FIND
THE BIG FEATURES OF
TIIE SEN DA Y BEE
PART ONE.
Page | — Mark Mtlllvitn ft! It or. Au
thor uml Poll!leal Alithorlty . Ad
iiinrf* Itr*n*« in* Why There should
lie a I lilted Stole* of In rope
I’age |—A ( mil pari miii of the Keren!
'I tiden \n\age of Hie Hiant Ocean
l.hnr, inthan. With "**.,» I’a**agr
In < 'y II W or Time*.
I’age m—I'd I tor la 1.
Pago I*—••Helen and Warren "
Page **—1 ry*tn llnient of “Rough
Hewn.** by Horothy Canfield.
I* MIT TWO.
Page* l. 1 and 3—The Beat Sport
Page* In Omaha.
Page* 4 and ft- into Section.
I’age H—Market*.
I’age* 7. M |.|«(| !>—<4u*« *Hrri Ad*
Pace lo—smith h . Ilrookhart, I'nited
state* Senator hum lima. I and*
flic I o-operut ly e I miirm at I din
burgh.
PART TURKK.
Page* I. ?. 3 and 4—Society.
I’age ft—Mmpplrg With Polly.
I'age H— \mii-<niput* and Tiaiel and
Keaort*.
I’age 1—Movie section.
Page ft—I low t«u* Miller, Formerly
♦ f Omaha. Pot the N-w State Re
formulary at Mneoln "On the Map.**
P \14T I Ol It
1'iMir Page* of the Mod Popular I'om
PART FIVK.
(Mngatlne Section I
Page I — An Intereatlug Short Mon
About t atrip*, in which Bookkeeper
< oulrin f lllrle At hat He'd Hone and
an Auditor i ouldn l IIhie What lie
I ell, by W 111 tarn Dudley l’ellcy .
Page i A T lie of an Ancient t hlne*c
• i*tom of idling the '■ Mn me n{
the limfeit" oil tlcean A r**el* a*
mi Appeal f'*r y Smooth Aoyng.
An llln-dated st.iry.
Page l—“How to l.|ye In New A ork "
a Sparkling. Ilumorou* story In O.
0 Alclndre, Noted laugh I’rmlucer.
Page ;t — Abe Martin. With Subtle
I’h I humph le a I Humor. |il*«'<,ur»e* on
"Idle « luh Women." 11 •• nhv,
They're a* "bM| a* an I i*thoumi
floba.'*
Page* | and ft l»r. Hu**ell II fan
well, I 'l«tiomd»he>l I eetHfer ( lergx
man and Phllanthro|»i*t. I \plain*
In a Speei dli Illu-I rated story.
Iloyy lie W M C 'mint rue I a Model
III*.
Page »l. — II uppi 1, for the kiddie*
Page Y*—letter* I rum l ittle f olk*
of llnpiii land.
Pago M - l a*hloit fanny
P\RT NIV
fKutogruvitre Section.!
Page I V I nil Page of Picture* of
Hoigha Society at a Saddle llreak
fa*t t.|y eu by M. ( I'eter* at the
1 al.>>mn t lull.
Page » A Page of lntere«tlng Scene*
In .lautah-a Snapped liy foul* II
It »« nick, Omaha I’hotogi apliei.
Pugg Mlterllgueoua Ptclurea.
Daughter of Omaha Banker
Is Engaged to Parisian
Miss Audrey Vernelle Head
and Raymond A. Baur to
Wed After New
/ Year's.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Head of
Omaha have announced the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Audrey
Vernelle Head, to Raymond A. Baur,
eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
C. Baur of PariB.
The wedding will take place soon
after the first of the year.
Miss Head was graduated from
Rosemary hail, Greenwich, Cotin,
and apent a year at Bryn Mawr.
She was princess of Ak-Sar-Ben In
1921, when Miss Gladys Peters was
queen.
She ip a member of the Junior
league and sang a solo in the Junior
league revue two years ago.
Miss Head and Mr. Baur met two
years ago in Paris, and renewed their
acquaintanceship last year while
Miss Head was abroad. Two weeks
ago, Mr. Baur arrived in America
for a visit at the Head summer
home at St. Joseph. He was born
In America, but was educated abroad,
where he makm his permanent home.
Miss Head will return to Omaha
ftom St. Joseph July 18.
Her father is president of the
Omaha National bank.
Relief Corps to
Give Milk and
lee Fund Partv;
Georg*- A. Custer Chapter
^ ill Boost Omaha Bee
!• und for Bahie6 on
Friday.
—
George A. Custer Women's Relief i
1 '>rps will give a party for the bene-1
fit of vhe Omaha Bee Free Milk and
I'-e fund at the home of Mrs. Arthur
QWynne, 2604 Fort afreet. next Fri
Pay afternoon at 2. Members of the
Old Guard post and all patriotic so
cieties ard invited.
Ordinarily this would just have been
a not h*** item on the Wooten's page.
But the eoitor of the Free Milk anti
Jce fund se;z*d upon It. fo nt is such
a good example of the steady, quiet
work that Is being done for the fund
by the worth w hile organizations of
the city, and for that matter, the en
tire state.
It Is unnecessary to point out the
desperate need of the babies in poorer
homes of the city during this hot
season. But It is necessary to keep
reminding people of it. for we are liv
ing In a swiftly moving age. when it
is harder to remember than to forget.
Most of us realize that the Free Milk
and Ice fund is one of the worth
while things, and most of us also in
tend to contribute to it before the
summer is over. The money is need
ed as quickly as possible, for we are
rn w entering the 'crisis" of the sum
mer for the babies.
"EticI- sed In this letter is 11.50.
our Fourth of July fireworks money.
Please use It for the poor, hungry
babies "
This letter, written In a childish
scrawl, Is signed by Harold Dahms
and Raymond Dahms, of Seward.
Neb. It is a glowing example of the
sacrifice of two boys for a g---*:
cause. The jwrrents and friends
these boys should be proud of th
The Sliver Creek Threein-One «
of Tekamah, Neb . Is one of the t • w
contributors.
!*:• ualy acknowledged contribu
ll.-n. *«&o *0
Mrs C C'- shinier.. ■ 2.50
Hareal nrul Raymond Pahma. Sow
ar.I. Nab . If 0
Father Nataon. Harlan, la ...... . 6.no
F A S. Prniaon, ta. 5 00
*inr Baby Boys.. 5.on
O". too
.1 C Buffington. - 5 00
Silver Crash Tbrra-ln-Ona club,
Trhamah. Neb. 4 no
Total . 1*1» «*
Cadillac Salesman
Returned From Texas
Detective* Clrh and Boiler returned
Saturday afternoon front I'allas. Tex .
with Huy T. MoNeal, former sales
man of the Hansen Cadillac company,
who recently absconded with a new
Cadillac and MOO In cash which he
had accepted as payment on a sale.
MrNeal'a only reason for his act
was that his wife needed a change of
climate.
Leviathan Lovers 554 Miles
on Third Day of Journey
By 1 n|v*r**l SmW.
Aboard the t.evtathan at Sea. July
7 The average speed of the Levta
than at noon today was 23 k knotsnn
hour Five hundred and fifty four
miles were covered on the third day's
i ii n.
The While Slur liner. Majestic,
bound for New York, psssed 30 miles
north of the Leviathan at to this
morning. Captain Haves exchanged
wireless greeting with Captain Hart
ley of the Leviathan,
Conditions for I valuation
of Turk Capital Accepted
By Intermit loiittl Ncw< *ertlrf.
Loudon, July 7 - Turkish conditions
for the evacuation of Constantinople
have been accepted by the allied pow
ers al tho near cast conference and
the treaty of peace may be signed
within a week, according to a Central
New s ill'patch from Lausanne
The French, British anil Italian rep
raaentntlv rs reached a final agree
incut after receiving instructions from
their guverumenu. the dispatch said
The Omaha Bee
to Carry Ads of
Big Association
Chosen Among Choice Group
of Papers by Group of
Old Established Busi
ness Houses.
The Omaha Bee has been selected
among a choice group of newspapers,
Including, among others, the Phila
delphia Public Ledger, the New York
Times, the Chicago Tribune and the
St. LpO'j!* Globe-Democrat, which rep
resent the highest type of influence
and circulation In America—to tarry
the announcements of the Rice lead
ers of the World association. Manu
facturers are members of the associa
tion. each in a different line of indus
try, extending from the A'lantic to
the Pacific ocean.
After an early career, in which he
was fortunate to know business men
who were unusually honest and
straightforward, Elwood E. Rice
founded this association in 1912.
When Mr. Rice became acquainted
with heads of business whose houses
for years, and sometimes for genera
tions. had held a reputation for high
standards of goods and service, he
found that they had strong, human,
personal qualities, which they put in
to their business dealings.
Su' h manufacturers. Mr Rice
thought, were worthy to gather into
an assi ciation with an emblem, which
should be known In the I’nited States
and throughout the world as a mark
of business character and a means of
identifying them to customers.
Benefit to Public.
He deemed this to be of public ser
vice. He knew thousands of people
uld benefit by learning to purchase
lucts of manufacturers without
t or hesitation So he fashioned
emblem of true worth for itami
.urefs attested hy a long record
i t honorable business dealings. Manu
facturers accepted into membership
(Turn to Purr Two. Column V»rn.)
Man Sa\«'<l Front F.xecution
May Yet Fare F iring Stjnatl
Ity International New-. Service
Salt latke City, July 7.—George
Gardner, convicted slayer of Deputy
Sheriff Cordon, who was reprieved re
cently from a death sentence by Gov
ernor Mabey on the grounds that he
was insane, may face a firing squad
after all.
Following a report to the third dls
trict court hy physicians who have
examined Gardner that he was "fool
ing" the authorities. Judge Hanson
continued the case until July 27.
Testimony at the state prison,
where Gardner has been confined,
bears out the statement of the exam
ining physicians, the court was told.
200 Families Destitute
\ftrr Fire at UoldfioM
San Fraildteo. July 7.—Two hun
dred families were rendered destitute
by Friday's Are m GoldAeld, Nev . ac
cording to an appeal for aid tele
graphed to a local newspaper today
by the GoldAeld rel.ef committee. The
appeal read:
"Yesterday's disastrous Are ren
dered destitute seme loo families Re
lief committee needs several thousand
dlolars for necessities and will apple
elate anything that can be done Re
mittance* should be made tv*'able to
A Ferguson, treasurer, at the John
s. cook bank. GoldAeld. Nev.'"
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Air Craffl
Located In
Lake Erie
Partly Inflated Oas Bag and
Uniforms of Missing Pilots
Found 22 Miles From
Shore.
Planes Join in Search
Cleveland, July 8.—Harry A. Bruno,
vice president of the .\er« Marine
Airways company, said early this
morning that I'ilot* C. E. Sliiller and
Charles Richards and I*. E. Eastern,
Cleveland manager, will start at <>:30
this morning in the flying ship Nina
for a five-hour search of the lake,
in the hope of finding I.ieuts. L. J.
Roth and T. If. Null, lost when the
naval balloon fell.
He said that Admiral W. A. Moffatt,
head of tlip naval air service af Wash
ington, had asked him to make tin*
trip.
Cleveland. July 7.—All hope that
Lieut. L. .1 Roth and his aide, Lieut.
T. B. Null, pilots of the missing navy
balloon A-6698, which left Indian
apolis on July 4, in the national
elimination air race, were living, was
abandoned here tonight.
The crew of the tug Prank H. Stan
ley found the ill-fated aviators’ com
plete uniforms, leather coats, log.
records and charts entangled In the
drifting, half-inflated balloon hag
about 22 miles southwest of Port
Stanley. Ont.. about noon today.
On all sides the crew of the tug
found mute evidences of a heroic
struggle in midair. Evidently over
taken by terrific winds and an elec
trical storm. Roth and Null fought
desperately to get rid of their ballast
and rise about the gale. Somehow,
the basket jras ripped from the buffet
ed bag. which was found seared and
water-logged.
The log show% that the airmen had
been sailing at an average height of
SOO or 900 feet before the storm en
gulfed them. Then comes the signifi
cant item: “Threw 49 pounds of bal
last overboard. Rose from 1.200 to
2.500 feet." Later on just one word
appears: “Broken.''
Complete Outfit Found.
Entangled in the rope* attached to
the basket were found the complete
outfit* of the aviators, leather coats
and all. which they must have doffed
before they leaped from the doomed
balloon. It Is believed. A letter ad
dressed to Roth and some penciling*
on newspaper clippings also wera
(Tars to Page Two. Columo Four.!
Germany Ignores
Allied Threats to
Break Relations
Chancellor Cuno Says Vio
lence in Ruhr ’’Outcome of
Population's Tortured
Mood.**
B* Intern*: »<>rml Neon Serried.
Berlin. July T.—Threats of Franca
and Belgium to break off diplomatic
relations with Germany unless the
Du.sberg bs mhing and other acts of
■ sabotage in the Ruhr district were
publicly and unequivocally'' dis
avowed were without effect tonight.
Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno told the
French and Belgian envoys the vio
lence "was the outcome of the popu
lation's tortured mood.”
To the joint demand that the Ger
man government give it# assistance
In arresting and punishing those
guilty of sabotage. Cuno replied da*
German government had been de
prived of all means of investigating
the Duisburg Incident.
Brussels dispatches said the Belgian
representative had been Instructed to
inform the German government the
Belgian ambassador would be re
called immediately If the demands
were not met.
The chancellor*# statement that the
German government is without mean*
of investigating the Duisburg explo
sion is believed to refer directly to
the cordon of troop- thrown around
the area immediately'after the explo
sion, the curtailment of passage
across the border line of occupied and
unoccupied territory, curfew regula
tion* and oler repressive measure*
put In operation by the military forces
during the week.
Man Overcome In Heat
Pie* fwo Hour' 1 atrr
Highest temperature in Omaha
Saturday was :<5, one degree lower
[than Friday's record.
Frederick 1' Wolf, a laborer, was
overcome by the heat In IJneoln
yesterday afternoon while working
on the street and diet at hi* home
two hours later. The maximum tern
perature at Lincoln was M.
Wymotx' teixirtel 9S degrees am) a
hot wind. Norfolk yesterday t>"k
the place held by Columbua Friday
with ldO degrees.
Father Flanagan's Hoys*
Hand to (»ivc Hat h t oncert
Vnthor KIjihaoui » Hoys* ikAml will
wl\«* h otmoert at KrnK ptrk this Af
lornoon star! mu At * v m Tim
t'Antt is of 3*' awvI is
f**t eninlng as on* of \
th* Juvtnll* mimical orf*ni*A
lions in the west. It will .wav* In •
few week* ©a tut vkt«4?«||.cui.