The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, July 12, 1923, CITY EDITION, Page 2, Image 2
Today 1,000 Big Bonds. Two States, Two Women. A Japanese Triangle. 13 Million Motors. By ARTHUR BRISBANE Wertheim, London art dealer, immortalized in Sargent’s painting now in the national gallery, once had a Bank of England note for £1,000,000. A plain piece of white paper worth nearly $5,000,000. It was made especially to please him. Uncle Sam^has some pieces of paper about as valuable, 1,000 bonds, each for $4,600,000. England has sent them to the United States to settle the $4,600, 000,000 that Rhe owes us. A thousand separate bonds, beautifully engraved, worth close to $5,000,000, sounds big. But the total is small, in the wealth of this country. Senator Capper re minds you that the annual produc tion of American farmers amounts to $15,000,000,000. It would take 3,000 of those big British bonds, every year, to pay what the farms of America produce. New York state has arranged to kill Mrs. Buzzi by shocking her to death in the electric chair. Illinois plans to kill Mrs. Nitti by putting a rope around her neck and chok • ing her to death. It will be the first official killing of a woman in Illinois, if it goes through. If the governor, expressing pub lic opinion in Illinois, decides not to turn a woman over to the hang man to be choked to death, com muting her sentence to life, in stead, and if New York kills its murderess, which of the two states do you suppose wiH seem more civilized, in the opinion of pos terity? Both women, of course, com mitted the murder on account of a man. The New York lady, jealous, thought her man meant to leave her. The Illinois lady helped an other man, whom she preferred, to kill her husband. Vile crimes. But no murder committed by an individual in hatred or jealousy could be as vile as an official kill ing by a great state. Japan has not borrowed all our western ways. Witness the sad death of Takoo Arishma, popular Japanese novelist, in Tokio. He was one angle of a triangle' that dates back to Adam, Eve and the snake. Akiko Hatano, head of the Japanese woman’s movement, was another angle. Her husband was the third. Arishma and Mrs. Ha tano, their angles having become acute, hanged themselves together, leaving the obtuse husband angle to follow his own devices. Had they understood western methods, the two angles now dead would have gone to Paris. Dudley Field Malone would have got a nice French divorce for the lady, and all might have lived to be in many more triangles. The Japa nese take things seriously. In America, things change rapid ly. There are now in this country 13,048,128 registered automobiles. In California, that earthly haven to which many of the wise, good and prosperous go before they die, there is one automobile for every four persons. It would be possible for the en tire population of the United •States to ride on rubber wheels at • the same time, packing the babies in a little closely. All that has happened within the memory of people still young. And the nation never made a better investment than those 13,000,000 automobiles. If you haven’t got yours, go and get it. In Texas, 460 acres of cotton were thoroughly sprayed with poison for the boll weevil at a cost of 15 cents an acre. A flying ma chine did the job in three hours, charging $69. To spray 460 acres, thoroughly, would take a man and team of horses several days. One man with a flying machine and a few gallons of gasoline does it in three hours. •Machines for such work will soon be made for $300 apiece. Henry Ford ought to be making Jhem now. He would be making them if he were as young as he was when his automobile was first introduced. Tens of thousands of machines for mail, fast express and passen gers, watching forest tires, per haps flying low and extinguishing them with chemicals, sowing seeds of forest trees on denuded moun tains, scattering lime over vast regions to save farmers the trou ble, patrolling our coast and ad jacent waters and with their power to carry destructive bombs, mak ing any idea of attack from abroad impossible. Wall street bets $1 against $20 that Mr. A1 Smith will be the next president of the United States. The broker offering those odds bets one against, three that if Ford is nominated by either of the big parties he will he elected. * A. D. I.asker, before sailing on the Leviathan, offered to bet $7,000 to $5,000—the money to go to charity — that President Harding would succeed himself. This Is too soon for betting to mean anything. (Cspnisat, mi , State Official Quizzes Officers, of Robbed Bank Vice President, Indicted on Fraud Charge, May Have License Revoked—In surance Covers Loss. Special nUpatrh to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, July 11. — A. W. Sprick of Fontenelle, former member of the legislature and president of the First State bank of Nickerson, which was mysteriously robbed, and C. E. Regus, vice president of the bank, were In consultation today with K. C. Knudson, state secretary of trade and commerce. Regus was first to appear before Knudson. Later Sprick was called in and talked with Knudson behind closed doors. “There will be nothing to give out until tomorrow,” Knudson said at conclusion of tho Interviews. Regus Indicted. Regus, according to official records in hands of state officers, is one of 16 bankers under federal Indictment at Omaha for participation in an al leged fraudulent showing by the Lion Bonding company, which failed sev eral years ago and is now in hands of a receiver. Knudson announced prior to the interview with Regus that he would be given an opportunity to clear mat ters up, and that if he is unable to do so his license to engage in the bank ing business probably would be re voked. In addition to $3,000 in notes miss ing, according to state officials, records of the bank show that re ceipts were given customers for $20, 000 in Liberty bonds turned over to the bank, which are not on hand at this time. President Sprick, so far as state officials know today, was not closely connected with the hank's business. He is a wealthy farmer and popular in his community. Insurance Covers Loss. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Fremont. Neb., July 11.—Announce ment was made today by officials of the First State Bank of Nickerson, robbed last Monday of nearly $26,000, that burglary insurance will com pletely cover the loss. The insurance carried against theft is $601,10 greater than the amount of money and bonds taken from the safe of the bank by unknown parties who evidently were acquainted with the combinations of the big vault and an inner safe. The $20,000 in Liberty bonds taken from the customers' safety deposit boxes were all owned by residents of Washington county. Bonds and other valuable papers belonging to Dodge county customers were left untouched. It will be very difficult to trace the missing bonds as they were kept In the personal compartments and no check was held by the bank. Tracks Found. Sheriff Condit and Detective Pfeiffer of the Pinkerton agency again went over the scene of the robbery. Tracks were found on the roof where the robbers had gained entrance through a skylight, but it le believed impos sible to identify these tracks. Condit now holds the belief that the affair was a daylight robbery com mitted Sunday afternoon while the residents of ths town were in at tendance at a ball game. The time lock set for 14 hours on Saturday afternoon, was opened Sunday. It was not set again until 6:30 Sunday ofternoon, according to Cashier Frank Bullock. There is a possibility that the rob ber entered the bank during this in terim, severed the wires on the time lock and then came back at night to complete the job and carry off the plunder. Fire Started by Electric Iron Burns Woman Severely Special Otepatrh to me Omaha Baa. Fremont. Neb., July It.—Mrs. John Heinz, Fremont. \v asseverely burned about the face and body attempting to extinguish a fire that was started by an electric Iron. Mrs. Heinz was ironing clothes In an upstoirs room when ahe left her work for a few moments to go to an acCoinlng room. When stye returned the electric Iron had ignited the board and the fire waa spreading to the furniture and the walla of the room. The fire department waa called and In the meantime the husband arrived. While the firemen administered to Mrs. Heinz and extinguished the blaze. Mr. H'inz carried his 13-year old daughter to safety from a smoke filled bedroom where ahe had been sleeping. Damage amounting to about 1100 was caused. Rain Fall Lower* Mercury Sperlal Olipalih In The Omaha Bee. Columbus, Neb., July 11.— Rainfall here amounted to .59 inches, breaking the 99-degree temperature today and sending the mercury down to *4. Many farmers in this section of the Platte Valley believe, however, that the corn crop will not be able to eurvive because of late planting prolonged drouth and the hot sun following the late rain. Man Dead From Sun*troke Special l>l«patch t* The Omaha Bee. Columbus, Neb.. July 11.—Joseph Kawa, 30, farmer who lived four miles southeast of Oenoa, was found dead following a sunstroke suffered while he was in the field plowing corn. He was married only a short time, was a world war veteran and la survived by his wife. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. All Sick People ewe It to themselves te at least investifete Chiropractic. The Thomas Chiropractic Offices Cardiff Bldg., ITU Dodga. AT If3 I Girl Speeder Is Pardoned by Mayor Here arc pictures of Hose White ‘in jail.” At the left she is shown reclining on the matron's ditan. At Hie right, she appears, broom in hand, ready to help "dean house." After a reprieve of 24 hours granted her Tuesday by Police Judge Frank Dineon, Pose White, 2427 Mary street, vivacious and modi.shly gowned, appeared at the dty jail yesterday morning to begin her sentence for two days for speeding. % / Being in jail worried Pose not a bit. For one reason, she isn't really a speeder, she said, and for another reason, papa was to see the mayor and get her a pardon . As she reclined on the divan in the matron's ward, reading "The Beloved Woman," by Norris, she laughingly Invited reporters to take a ride with her this afternoon. But the-whole affair appeared to bore her. The languid droop of her manicured fingers pantomimed ennui un speakable. She was arrested Monday while on her way to buy some ice cream for her father, after she told two motor cycle officers they had no right to arrest her when she was in a hurry. “And I'm not a real speeder.” she explained yeeterlay. "I wasn’t going fast just for the thrill. I Just wanted to get the ice cream home. "Why, out in California I have gone 50 miles an hour and they didn't catch me; and Just the other day I got down town in six minutes; but I'm not a speeder.” At noon her boast was made good. She was pardoned by the mayor. •Fremont Rebekah Lodge Suspended Charges Against Organization to Be Laid Before Grand Lodge. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Boa. Fremont, Neb., July 11.—Reports stating that the charter of the Fre mont Rebekah lodge had been taken away by action of the state president, Mrs. Clara Montgomery, Lexington, were emphatically denied by officials of the lodge today. The activities of the lodge are sus pended, however, until the annual meeting of the grand lodge in Oc tober when Mrs. Montgomery will prefer charges against the Fremont lodge before the eexcutlve body and argue that recalling of the charter would be Justified. The claim that Mrs. Montgomery's action followed an alleged refusal to pay the per capim tax of tne lodge, was also emphatically refuted. Mrs. Charles EaJduff, oecretary. stated Inla afternoon that the local lodge had already paid Its taxes and this matter was in no way connected with the president’s action. Officials of the lodge say they can give no reason for Mrs. Montgom ery's action In suspending the lodge. She arrived at the local lodge rooms and attended the weekly session wholly unexpected. The Fremont lodge, with a mem bership of over 300, is the largest In the state. The properly and regalia of the order arc transferred to the grand lodge until final action is taken at the October meeting. Fisherman Finds Huge Tooth in the Blue River •pwlsl IHiptlch to The Omaha Boo. Barneston. Neb., July 11.—While fishing at the Beatrice Power com pany’s hydroelectric dsm south of Wymore. L. V. Wuainlante of Barnes ton found a huge tooth, supposed to have come from a prehistoric mam mal. The tooth was found In the bed of the Blue river. It measured 10 Inches in length, four wide and seven high. The upper part Is In an ex cellent srate of preservation, while the lower part appeared to be petri fied. The top Is very Irregular and Jagged, and badly worn, plainly showing marks of heavy usage by Its owner. It weighed six pounds Dispatchers Hold Picnic Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee Wymore, Neb., July 11.—A plcn.c was held at Fink's Amusement park, southwest of Wymore, Tuesday eve ning by train dispatchers from the division offices of Wymore, Falrbury, Lincoln and Omaha. Oniahan Named Boy Scout Head (Walter W. Head Elected Vice President of National Organization. Bear Mountain, N. Y.. July 11.— General Pershing voiced opposition to the introduction of military training in the Boy Scout movement yester day' In an address to the national council of the Boy Scouts of America. "I believe that discipline the world over is the same," he said, "whether under the auspices of civil or mili tary organizations. I would not in troduce military discipline or train ing into the Boy Scout program if I could. Governor Smith of New York and Governor Sllzer of New Jersey ac companied the general and with him inspected the encampment of 3,000 Boy Scouts and the Girl Scout wel fare camps In Palisades Interstate park. Officers elected today were: Presi dent Warren G. Harding, honorary president: Woodrow Wilson, Chief Justice William H. Taft. Daniel Car ter Beard, and William G. McAdoo, honorary vice presidents. Active officers elected were: Colvin H. Livingstone, Washington, presi dent; Mortimer L. Schlff, New York, Milton. A. McRae, Detroit: Benja min L. Dulaney. Bristol, Tenn.; Walter W. Head. Omaha, Neb., and Charles C. Moore, Snn Francisco, vice presidents: Daniel C. Beard, New York, national scout commissioner; Mortimer L. Schlff, International commissioner, and George D. Pratt, New York, treasurer. Frame Depot Lifted From Foundation by “Twister" Soeei*l Dispatch to Tho Omaha Boo, Fremont. Neb,. July 11.— Reports reached here today through division headquarters of the Chicago A North western that the railroad station at Kilgore, Nob., a frame building, was moved seven Inches off its foundation by a jornndo that struck that vicinity Tuesday morning. It appeared that the atulion was caught in the edge of the twister that preceded a general rain atorm. Bank Bids in Property Special Dispatch to Tho Omaha Hoe. Pawnee City, Neb.. July It.—The First National hank. David City, bought the land, buildings, machinery and other assets of tho Table Rock Brick and Material company at a sheriff's sale at the courthouse In this city, bidding In the property for $14. OOP Children cry for I MOTHER Fletcher’s Castoria is a pleasant, harmless Substi tule for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, prepared for Infants in anna and Cliildrcn all ages. To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of Proven directions on rath package. Physicians everywhere recommend it Unequaled at the Price— INC Soft-Cou/ " Delivered in Omaha in Full Wagon Load*, Per Ton Investigates Cases of Two Abandoned Automobiles Special Dispatch to Ths Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Neb., July 11.—A wrecked coupe left In the ditch on the Corn husker highway, six miles north of Beatrice and another deserted car found near the South Sixth street bridge, are being investigated by state and county officers who are trying to link them with the so-called Wilber nest. It is said the former machine was occupied by two men and a woman of Lincoln who were taken back to that place after the accident without their identity being known. Bov Injured Second Time in Same Flare on Street Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Plaintietv. Neb., July 11.—William Johnson, 12, son of S. T. Johnson, a grocer, was tripped by an unknown boy and fell on the jutvement, break ing his right arm Just above the wrist, home time ago tha boy fell in the same place, breaking a front tooth. _!_J.J • t .t a t t t. * t a a a a a e a a a a Officers Lauded for Breaking Up Auto Theft Ring Bryan Commends Omaha Police, Slate and Two County Sheriffs—28 Cars Recovered. Npvriul l>l*l>utrli to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, July 11.—Omaha police de partment, the slate law enforcement department headed by Tom Carroll, Mate sheriff, and Sheriffs Clinton of I’lattsinouth and Hensel of Lincoln were publicly commended today by Governor Bryan for their activities in breaking up a statewide automobile theft ring and recovering over a. score of stolen cars. “I feel that Nebraska is to lie con grot ulated on the work of the-se of ficers. It will convince auto thieves that this is a poor place to work. It will have a good effect on law en forcement in Nebraska in ail its branches," the governor said, Twenty-eight curs, rounded up after the arrest of Charles Klliot and Leroy Keese at Blue Hill. Neb., on a charge of stealing an automobile, were lined up today on Wesleyan college campus. It is expected that more cars will be recovered and others implicated by Elliot and Reese will be arrested. A car seized in a dope raid by fed eral authorities, confiscated and later sold, was one of those among tho stolen automobile*. i Insurance men who examined the automobiles found that in several in stance* they had paid losses to right ful owners. Manager of Gas Company Goes Into Oil Business Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee, Beatrice, Neb., July 11.—Ben S. Conlee, manager of the Nebraska Gas and Electric company here since 1512, has resigned and will engage In the oil business. He Is succeeded by Ed Bchmid. formerly manager for the company at Missouri Valley, la. Harry Davis, plant superintendent, has also tendered his resignation. Beatrice Gets Needed Rain Special llift'intcli to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice. Neb , July 11.—The heat wave was broken here this evening by a severe rain and electrical storm. The moisture come* at a time when it is badly needed for corn, pasture lands and garden*. L-A-S-T C-A-L-L Hata Mata Hala 1 81.00 82.95 83.95 ! Every hat In the store to be sold J this week Pan Velvet*. Felts, ete.. hats up to $16.00 and more. ISIS Fiirnam Before Camping or Touring visit Scott’s Auto Tourist Store. You will find it chuck-full of essential things needed to make outdoor life, camping and touring a pleasure. A Few Suggestions NESTING COOKING OUTFITS—Complete set d»C Cf) nesting into size of small pail, up from. LITTLE- BROWN JUG—Keeps liquids and food hot or cold. Non-breakable. Holds one gallon or more, O C up from ... CAMP STOVES—Gasoline, folding into small C/A spate. 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Chicago, July 11.—A restaurant owner la liable to hia patron* to the extent that he mu*t protect them from "vicious character* and take steps to avoid accidents resulting from the actions of such person*.” according to a ruling by Judg* J. W. Prelh*. here todav. The decision was made In overruling a demurrer presented by attorneys for A1 Tearney. cafe owner and presi dent of both the Western and Three-I ball leagues, who was sued for $25,000 by Mrs. Alice L. Golden, who was shot wlille In Tearney's cafe during | a. revolver duel In which Han Mc Carthy killed Stephen Kelliher. Both were labor agents. The case will be tried on the facte. Two Men Faring Assault Charge Are Bound Over Special Dispatch t<» Tha Omaha Bee. .. Beatrice, Neb.. July II.—Walter Hill, charged with attacking and criminally assaulting Mrs. Melvin Stanley at her home in west Beatrice on the night of July 1. and Dutch Terry, charged with attack to com mit assault, were bound over to tho district court hero by Judge El lis, liorid being fixed at $3,090 and $1, 500, respectively, which the defend ants furnished. According to the evidence of Mr*. Stanley and Shrriff Sailing, both men were drunk tyhen taken In custody. Corduroy Robes $3.95 A negligee you will find com fortable the year ’round and an excellent traveling companion if you are going up North or to the mountains for your vacation. Made of narrow wale corduroy in American beauty, French blue and wisteria. Third Floor I A Cool Place to Shop ! tj Cool Crepe ^ Underwear Requires No Ironing Night Gowns, a full cut slip-over style with dainty touches of colored embroidery. 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