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. ' ^ The ( IMAHA N' < iRNING BEE - ss " . rWf A 'Ll A U’PnVITCin A V ATTf1TTQrr 99 109*1 • lv Mill (I vnr): Dally and Sunday. 18: Sunday. I.'.SO. within tha 4th TWO CE^*TS 11 Vi*alhufw,,Jf!# trni "o xta C7 Entarad at SaaondClaw M attar May M, JMI.JI OMAHA, \> LUaloUA I , ALviUol —*-» 1 «*~o. Outalda tha 4th Xe *a (I Yaar): Dally and Sunday, 912: Sunday uniy, 9® Pirn Cauda Elaaahuru l V l/U 90 Atu. 9 1. Omaha P. O, Undur Aat uf BuraS S, 1179. _ , - - - NIGHT MAIL FLYERS nACE TOWARD OMAHA ' _ ____ ■____ Avery Is Expected to Quit “IT Impression of Faculty Mem bers Is That Veteran^ Chan cellor Will Resign From University. Pressure by Legislature By P. C. POWEIX, •staff Correspondent, The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, Aug. 21.—Chancellor Samuel Avery of the University of Nebraska will resign before ihe next session of the Nebraska legislature. This seem* to be the tacit under standing of a majority of th? mem bers of the university faculty. It also coincides with stories pub lished at the time the university in vestigation committee reported to the legislature and failed to divulge its findings, on the published under standing that sooner or later dras tic pction would be taken at the uni versity. At that time it was stated that resignation of any prominent faculty member probably would not occur immediately, and instead details for changes would be worked out so an institution representing the property and educational value of the univer sity would not become a victim of political malice or pressure. Plots In the Faculty. Those professing to know any thing about the situation believe that the board of regents have nevfr. discussed a resignation with the chancellor, and, if interviewed, all persons concerned, the chancellor and board of regents, could honestly denv ever taking the resignation un der coijsideration. However, it was stated eandidlv and confidentially by member* of 'he university investigation committee that following a series of secret meet ings with the board of regents that they had been promised, action to satisfy critics of the university would be taken If full publicity would be withheld. Even those hot in sympathy with the administration of Chancellor Avery admit that he has been remark ably resourceful in handling the in stitution. one of the largest in the United States. It is considered won derful that he ha* been able to hold ein* in such a varied and ambitious ► 'Tnr'nd of faculty members for such an extended length of time. Time after time exposes have oc burred srowing where clever pints to unseat the chancellor had been fos tered for months. Each time sue^i a plot was exposed, h* has necessarily made able and powtrfui enemies \fter 15 5 ears. Throughout the United States there is only onr other man who hoe i»‘ld the chancellorship of a state univer aity lonc»r than Chancellor Avery. This yrar marks the loth that Chan rellor A "fj has guided destinies of the Cniversity of Nebraska, a des tiny Which has to date carried Ne bt'tskas'chief education^ institution to the highest in the nation. chaneelloi Avery is reaching his noth yrar. Me is known- to lie a man . ■" considerable financial m* il»s. ready unless political capital is again made of his institution, to stop an dtake a longAlesired and needed rest. Tlir consensus of opinion here is that when ihe resignation does come the board of regents will not pick a member of the present faculty foi tlie chancellorship and will go out of the state inorder to select a man free front the elkfuts and factions always to be found in a faculty as large as toe one at the university. • t ut tost of Summer School. Meantime, despite tit'- heat of N'ebraska summer Chancellor Averp has continued with his duties with his customary vigor and is planning to ^ provide summer courses in the future ’’^•yi^-ut cost tfi taxpapers. A bul letin issued by the chancellor on the 1923 summer session of the univer sal v follows: ‘•The total registration of time posted names increased from 2.3GG in U22 to 2,5€9 In 1923. In preceding years some classes were badly over crowded and some subjects needed by lliosc wlm attended were not given. Tills year the load was somewhat better adjusted by an increase of 15 *oer cent, or approximately 34 Oca |n the budget. I Diversity l-'iiiance* Imprine. "Also collections from student* In creased from $21,650 in 1922 to $30,451 In 1923. Not counting the overhead. n*aintename and upkeep and annual salaries of panltors and officials, who received no extra remuneration for the summer and would have to be paid in any case, the education of these 2,569 students cost taxpnyers only $1,072. '•Another year. If attendance eon linues to inerease. with new- schedule of fees In operation, the summer ses sion, not counting overhead, will cost taxpayers nothing and will ever pro duce enough surplus to pay partly for general maintenance of the univer sity. . , | "At the same time, the schedule of fees will continue to be. It ts believed, lower than that of any university of similar standing In the country. | jsnowrrru sun ■ fill" special Dispatch to Th* Dinah" Hce. Beatrice. Neb.. Aug. 21 Mr. and, Mrs. r .1 OJe is, living five miles; west of Hfoitrloe, celebrated their r,2(l wedding anniversary tyonday at their home In Ihe presence of ihelr hllriren and neighbors. A sumptu ous dinner was served and the host and hostess received » number of e. .i - . ' Samuel Avery, Who May Leave University Genoa to Stage Three-Day Rodeo August 23-24-25 Broncho Busting. Calf Roping, iltl Mule Rijing to Fea ture Roundup—Tom Ogden in Charge. Sprriul liispHtrh to The Omaha Bee. Genoa, Xeh.. Aug. 21.—Ride ’em, cowboy! A roundup, broncos, mave ricks, ’n'everything. Yes, sir, for three days, August 23. 24 and 2.">. Tom L> Ogden will put on a regular old time rodeo. a Things will start moving after John Williamson. "last of the old scouts," fires a pistol shot. The first day’s program includes bronco rid ing contest, calf roping, wild mule riding—with loose, rope—bulldogging longhorn steers and a maverick race. To the one wty> can ride Telescope, a wild mule, ami stay will be gisen $200. ~ On the second day there will be a wild eou'lnilktns contest. The last day’s program is repetition ! of the first two days, except a three change relay race substituted for the making contest. Prizes for riding are from $5 to $25. The management states that all entries are free and that the contests will be entered at the rider’* risk. Contestants must enter for the three days. Each night there will be a dance at L.es Greek's ranch. jWork Advances on Sinclair Oil lane in State j Sixt\-Five Farloads of Pipe: \rri\e in Two Shipments —Route Is < >ut liued. special llispntrh to The omulm Bee. lifwM-w, Neb. Aug. 21,—Fifty car loads of heavy iron pipe fron: Ohio (have arrived here and 15 at Angus, southeast of here, consigned to the Sinclair ripe JJne company, to lie used in construction of the oil pipe line from Tea Pot Borne, near Casper, Wyo., lo Freeman. 51".. where the line will tup the Chicago main. The pipe line is being laid rapidly from the northwest and has progrfrs <ii into the nerthwest counties of thi- state The gang of over 700 men, with cooks, camp and supplies, Is expected to enter this county in the near future. The line will pass a mite east of here, where it Will cross the Burling ton tracks, and pass south of Angus, running to Dcshler. Neb., where the. first pumping station south of here is under construction. The second pump station south will be at Wash ington, Kan., where work has also been started The closest pump sta tion north Is at Ayr. near Hastings. Water, Water, Everywhere; None Is Fit to Drink Hog'killing at practically all the packing houses was halted Thousands lined the roads leading to Elmwood park and other springs last night. Every known kind of receptacle wag carried. Eaimdries are lifting water obtained from the Nebraska Power company and Council Bluffs. ( :\ iru<kfl will be upied haul water for hospitals and bakeries. “Don't use the city water under any circumstance*," said Dr. A. S. Pinto, city health department. J. J. Yager of the Fontenelle Min eral Spring* company said he ini* 3,000 gallon* «»f water going to waste! every hour. He will giro i‘ for tho faking. Distilled water was *old for 6 rents a glass at the Sweet Shop, Sixteenth and .lacknun street*. I Industrie* and private bonu s were warned not to use the dirty water In heated hollers Pop and soda parlors ^ doing a big bimlnesN^'esterday Thej» ip no bathing at the Omaha > Athletic club or the Omaha club. 0 Omaha Dry; City Water Unfit to Use Arlesian Wells and Springs Dww Big Crowds—Council Bluffs Aiding During Emergency. Water Laden With Mud Omaha awoke Tuesday morning to find that its water supply was so qnuddy as to be unfit for use. As a result the springs at Elmwood park have been packed with citizens seeking drinking water: milk com panies are swamped with orders for milk and drug stores are overwhelmed with .orders for all varieties of fluids which can be substituted for water. T. P. Larmon, phief engineer of the Metropolitan Utilities district, an -uounced shortly before noon yester day that there are no prospects of bet ter water for seven days, and possi bly for an even longer time Larmon predicted that the water will be even worse today than it was yesterday, and urged that citi zens obtain buckets and other ves sels and permit the mud in the water to settle before endeavoring to use it. This, he pointed out, will be Aarify , ing the water in the same method 1 used by the city apparatus, on a small scale. Circumstances. "The dirty water is the result of a combination of circumstances,” said Chief Engineer Larmon. “In the first place we were building a new pump, and to do this it was necessary to lower the watqr in the reservoir to extend a pipe from it to the pump. This slowed up the settling process. "Then heavy rains swelled the river and caused it to change its course slightly. The river began cutting into a mud bank above our intakes, and the bank caved in so that thick mud is being thrown into the intakes. We also were washing out basin No. J, and this Interfered with the normal settling process which makes the wa ter clear.” All park policemen were stationed at file Elmwood park spring to pre vent accidents and to see that the crowds obtain water in an orderly fashion. T.ater in the forenoon city police were called to the park to help. Mayor Dahlman went to the Bluffs and conferred with members of the water board, who assured the Omaha executive that Council Bluffs will fur nish all the water It can spare. The mayor then arranged that nine street flushers of the street depart ment shall be requisitioned at*once to j serve Omaha hospitals, hotels and j bakeries with water. ( all Jackson Ian,. These institutions needing water are requested by the mayor to telephone Jackson 1 SOT, stating amount of water needed. City flusher tank trucks have a capacity of nearly 1 ,Q(Kl gallons each. They will he kept In service j day and night if necessary. As the day grew on and the city water became muddier instead of clearer, Omaha began to realize the seriousness of the situation. Barge industries, hospitals, hotels and offices pressed in every means of conveyance to get water. Every known kind of receptacle was put into service. (Several of the hospitals hired trucks and sent them to Council Bluffs to get water. Barge wash tubs, boilers and steel tanks were used. Every spring and well furnished drinking water for many who found them, ( arry in Buckets. Men ami women carrying bucket* of water In each hand could be seen walking to their homes. « Kxpress wagons were busy hauling barrels of water to factories. Officials and employes at the county court house were told that they might drink water from the hot faucet on ac count of the mud in the pipes. Most preferred to go thirsty and hope for a speedy clarification of the city wa ter. Only Judge Crawford's court was 1n session, so « minimum of law yers had to argue with parched I throats. * Packer* Hard Hi*. O. i*. Willis, generai manage! of Armour & Co., reported thnt due to the muddy condition of the water it was necessary to clone their hcef kill ing department, at Morris A Co. Other parking plants were also affected in a lesser degree, hut had closed down no departments. Armour St Co. pos sesses an artesian well, which fur nishes drinking water for employes. Every laundry in the city suspend ed operations Tuesday morning, ac cording to TT. A. Jacobberger of the Kimball Foundry. “A few of the laundrymen called at the water department Tuesday jnorn ing arid we were told that it will be about four days before we may ex pact clear water/* m Jacobbt said. “Wo are helpless. 1 understand that some of the cleaning plants also will have.to dose. Wa have a filler plant, but it cannot meet on emer gency of this kind." Home of the bakeries were required to clone on account of water r.ondi 11 oris. 1 The manager of tin- l*ders»n A began Making company stated that hi* plant is able to filtci water !•> meet the situation. Several other bahci es are hauling water from Council Muffs to supply ; heir plants. ^ Hospital attendants were tn a pre liivroent this morning. The situation | is aerloui, avoiding is uiaujf Str?' *e Seems to Be Urging a Special Session of Congress „> iVlaintain the Price of Gasoline Above Cost ^ '\ . ' _ • _V___ - , JFS»f or I Brothers and Sisters Fight in Columbus Court for $25,000 Estate Battle Over Burial Place of Parents Still Undecided When Contest for Kinnan Estate Is Launched. ! Special Dispatch to I’ll# Ornnh* Bee. t'olumbus. Neb., Aug 21.— Admit ting that Mies J*ssie and Miss Dollie Kinnan remained a* home with their mother and caued for her during the last 12 years of her life, but contend ing among Other things that (heir services to her were gratuitous, other heirs »>f Mrs. M. J. Kinnan have filed answers in district court to the petitions recently filed by the two sisters in which they claimed a right to r>ne half of the rotate. Jessie and iJollie Kinnan. following the death of their mother in the fall of 1921, filed claims uf each for services given thefr mother in the last years <<t her life. These claims were recently dismissed in probate court and suits instituted1 in district court, each claiming one half of the entire est-w- valued nf $25,000. Th**v raised the contention their mother promised that they should have all of her property, if they would stay whh • I her and care for her until th* time af her death. It. la contended thaf th»!r present action Is to •(etude Herbert ft. and J. U Kinnan. Mr*. Harry Ellsworth and Mrs. A. R. Groves, all brothers and sisters, from obtaining their 'ust shares of the setate Only a short time ago, the two sis ters, Dollie and Jessie, along with Mrs. Groves demanded that the die frigt court grant them the right to place their mother * body, now In a vault In a cemetery In Omaha, In a costly mausoleum which they had erected fo her here. The two brother* and Mrs Ellsworth opposed them, asking that the mother he hurled with the father in the cemetery In Os ceola. Neb. The court Informed the sisters and Mrs. Groves that they could place the mother's body In the mausoleum here if they would remove the father * body. No other action ha* been taken. Red Cloud Pastor ♦Goes to Rural Church Sp*«-ml OiipHtrh to The Onmlt* Red C'loud, Net)., Aug. 21 Rev. IT [ A. Frantz, who has been pastor of the Brethren church here, has re signed to accept the pastorate of the Bethel rural church near Carleton. Hl« new charge is one of the im portant churches of the stale It has a new and strictly modern edifice and Is located' in a progressive com munity. County Fair to Open at Hooper oil \iif!ii-t i?8l N|^l«l to I'll** Unalllt lire Hooper, Nch., Aug. 21 eighteenth annual Dodge county fair will he held In Hoop«i August 2V 29. :t»» and 31. The fair board Is getting -everything In readiness anti the fair this year has all the appearance of being a banner affair. All available pens in the llvesto k division * ere taken up some weeks ago. The hnselmll program for each afternoon of fhe fair Is hooked \* one of the foul urea. Woman Informer \rreMed and Liquor Supply Seized i Special IM«pn t« li to The Omaha lire. Norfolk, Nob, Aug. 21 Norfolk police raided the hotn** of Mr* Mary Renner, confiscate*! many gallons of beer, moonshine md n «till and arrested Mrs. Renner, who recently gave police evidence which reunited In confiscation of a big ca» he of grain alcohol. This i* the second big raid of liquor inches tlift/* week. Four stills nnd 400 gallonn of mash and moonshine were taken on farms near Newman by pi ohii itlon agents Two 1*1 :tlift, nl \\ \ morr for Full l‘t'Mixiil Work Wyinoi •*, Nib \ ui *.*l. Two a planes, driven by L-liu f Rowlian and ho assistant. arrived at Wynne making the cross countr> flip of -if* miles from Raima. Kan to Wynfuie I .U .j UiHUIlu*. $ 10,000 Fire Razes Yutan (Neb.) Building •__ *|**«i*l llUpiilch to The Omali* Hre. Fremont. Neb., Aug, 21 Fire j>( unknown origin resulted In nearly MO,000 damage at Yafan, Saunders county, early Tuesday morning when the Rhoden shoe store and the real estate .office of It. H. Peck were burned to the ground. ,• J. M. Peters, Yutan hanker and owner of the destroyed building, stated today that the loss is partial ly covered by 15.000 insurance. The fire burned out a transformer in front of the building and shortly after the fire was discovered the vil lage whs without light or electric power gg The /ii>. in the heart of the busi ness district, was checked through | the off*-i ts of the local fire depart ; rnenf and the aid «»f the W alton fin truck, that responded to a call for help Woman. Mead of Drilling Company. Dios at Hastings Hjtwlxl lnt»|iHtrli In The Omaha flee Red Cloud. Nob., Aug. 21 - Minn f.cncvicvo Matson. 3t\ lotnl manager for the C. S. Drilling Co . died nt the Mary running hospital nt Hastings Saturday afternoon, shortly after 1*». ing taken there for treatment. She line here a few months ago to look after affairs In connection with the proposed oil well northwest of this clta She was nn experienced oil oplrntor, having been engaged in thin work in Montana. No relatives live nearer than Oregon. C<mut\ Mridgr N«*arl\ t umplrlc at Itl.M.infi. Id npCH'Isl OUpat* It/to l’h* Omaha IW. llloonifieltl, Neb., Aug. 21.— The work of putting in the new steel bridge across tli#> Karile ereek I* tween town and the depot b in started ind will b»* pushed o» completion n^ rapid I > a* possible It |m a count.\ bridge and the work is being done undei supervision of l !•' Noecker [aupuvUui' I4|vui lUiJ iU Contract Is Let for More Paving at North Platte I Additional 16 Blocks to (.out plcte Road Program— Lincoln Highway in Good Shape. -........ i Biapatt h to Tha OtntH* Bee. North Platte, Aug. 21.—'The Abel | Construction company of Lincoln bas been awarded an additional contract, for 15 blocks of asphalt paving. This completes the 1325 paving program of as blocks, or a total of 1S3 blocks for a two year period. Petitions have already been filed with the cite coun cil f< r the • reation of two new dls tri ts to bo included in the 1324 pro gram. The Allied Construction company of Omaha which had the contract for building the Lincoln highway from North Platte to Brady, a distance of 21 miles, ha, completed the grading and graveling and turned the road over to the county With the exception of five miles on the newer portion win, h needs drag work, the Lincoln highway from Brady through North Piatt* to Sutherland, a distance of 40 miles is a splendid graveled road. Adams County Fair Nets $ 1.000 Gain Over 1922 to The Om«l» Bee. Hastings. Neb.. Aug 21.—Adame county fair realized n total of $6,000 profit—an increase of $1 0(»o over Inst > ear—during the four day fair that juat tloeed. Total attendance was 40,000. New buildings nt the fair, which will be practically paid for by the earnings in 1923. bring the total valuation of the plant up to $47,000. Ilridt't* <yi Federal Hoad in (low It's I" * .oiii|deled HpeelsJ I>l«|»Mteh to The Oronh» Bw lied Cloud. Neh., Aug. 21.— A new concrete and steel bridge 40 feet long and of 20 ton capacity h o been com pleted on the Hasting** Ued Cloud fed* ernl highway in the »ast part of Cowles. 7*he structure was built partly to d>» away with a dangerous turn In the highway. The grading is to be com pleted and the bridge opened for travel September to. Washington County Old Settlors' Picnic. Sept. 1 l SprcUl DIftpilrh to The Omaha n^f. Fort Falhoun Neb. Vug. Cl —The Pioneer* amt OKI Settlera* association of Washington count* "111 give Its picnic ntul homecoming celebration September 14 at Fort Falhoun. The committee Is composed of Mis. Joe 1.azure chairman; Mr> A. \V Sprlck. vice chairman. Mrs John Arnsoti secretar.* ; VV. li Wo<»d.*. hi** otrian. and llmry rb>hnn*r, treas urer. l illin^ Station KoIiIhmI. Nebraska Fit *. XVh . A tig -1.— While tl * tmtnimn • f the Follln* filling station **a* abs# itt from Ii.m office th« cash flSjk t*n* robbvl Of nodil* ^ \ ' Powerful Lamps Guide 30-Hour Coast to Coast Air Mail Pilots in Test Fivers Keep Close to Schedule During Daylight Hours—Crit ical Period I- Over Nebraska and Iowa Where String % of Beacons Every Three Miles Guides Them to Landing Fields. Eastbound Plane Forced Down for Gas at Laramie By Aiftvciatfil Guided by powerful beacon lights, two government mail plunc* rtiAhee 14,ward each other through the night over the states of the middle-west to night. *knnewhere over Nebraska, thej were scheduled to pa«s. One of them carried mail that left the f,olden t.ate tills morning, th» other sped westward with mail that left New York a tew hours later. The flight marked the inauguration of trials in the proposed 30-hour transcon tincntal air mail service. Eastbound Plane Is Forced Down to Get Gasoline Hea\y Clouds at Laramie De lav Flight—Pilot Pre pares to Pass L p Cheyenne. Laramie, Wyo.. Aug. 21.—Air Mail Pilot If. A. Collison. fly.ng from Hock Springe to Cheyenne, took off from the filing field here at 6:53 p. m.. mountain time. He had passed over the city late in the afternoon, but was forced to return here for gasoiine. There was a heavy fog and block clouds loomed In the east, but the aviator determined to continue his flight. He circled northward from here in an attempt to avoid the cloud oank. A telephone message from Cheyenne sajd that the sir there was clear When Colylieon encour.treed a heavy fog over Sherman Hill, he said he decided to return to lAramie and take on more gasoline. Then, he pointed out, if weather conditions made it imposs ble for him to find the landing field at Cheyenne, he would have sufficient fuel aboard :o '•arry him to North Platte. Neb , If 1 -iecoee*ry i The work of refueling :t.e plane began almost immediately after Col lison returned to the field here. Collision said that he reached Raw Hns. Wyo.. 55 minutes after taking off at Rock Springs. He flew directly over the postoffice, very low, when he arrived here and circled over the busl i ness district four times, waving to ward the landing field. At first, he said, he thought he was greeting members of the .American Legion in session here. Newspaper men hurried to the land dug field in automobiles Just as Col lision was coming down. The pilot was suffering from cold and tha news paper men quickly provided hot coffee an dfood Collision planned to take the air again as soon ns refueling the plane is completed. The gasoline tank bolds 97 gallons. The plane was con suming "5 gallons of gasoline an hour. Parents Leave Babies ITriter IT ants ludpn to lecture Families Alone in Homes Nights -* Special Plkpanh t« Thr Omaha Bw Columbus Neb . Aug "1—"I want to ask you for « little information.' read a letter written to County Judge John Gibbon toda>. "There are families in this town that leave their babies alone in the house nights until in and It o'clock i want to know whether there is any thing that can he done about it." Evidently i fthere was anything to be done about It the writer of the le" ter wanted tho Judge to do It. The writer enclosed postage to write to the persons named in the letter so the' the Judge might reprimand them for their shortcomings Judge Gibbon says he’s mixed f o in enough dottiestio relations now by way of tlie court route and that he 'sn t hankering for more, Mae McCray. Colunibu* Cirl. Winner of Popularity Contest Hi pee 1*1 BUpntth l« Th* linuiht lire ColunYbup. Neb.. Aujc. 21.— Ml** Mae McCray, employed at tlie National atorr. la tho winner of the $12.r* dia mond rin* offered ah .*» prire in the popularity emit rat conducted by the Anurirnn Legion In cminc* : *n wit the carnival which cloe* d here Sntur day nlKlit. Twenty five (Vluvnhue : irN Mere • * »i«l In the content. Mis McCray polled 5.*00 votce. Tricity Picnic. 'peAat IMapatrh' to Th» Omaha llr* Hailing*. Nab.. Aug. St.—Kiwan Ians of Hastings ara making elaborate plana for tho entertainment of the i tuba of Superior ami lbtdirgr, which they sponsored. The event nil) he the form of a tlicity picnic at Hast u se Amusement park Thura.lay, < The Weathei ' *4 hnura irutius r s m \ t tu.. I* IKS; " TfiniM'diu?!*. H tin nonu**. 4 T. •*! * «*» .% n •<* .1 «k:. i*i • Kclstlir ItiimMIti l>r. ent ice T * m . «i* nnof *4 n in l‘r*ri|Mliitliin Iih hN mttl M wnttr*«tllt* 1 ' * I I ' ' -t IIIHI J e I1 in r '■ I P C hliuliuo 2 50 Jf all goes well, the eastbound plant will wing Its way to earth at New York tomorrow afternoon, while th» westbound ship will drop with it; burden of mail at San Francisco. The westbound plane entered tli* area of night travel between Chicag. aid Cheyenne, when it hopped of in Chicago at 6:56 p. m., centra, standard time, piloted by Dean Smith its companion, winging it* way e&e: ward, flew up to meet the night from Chej enne. Several Planes l sed. The day travel of the two< p)ar»s, • or in realty •eve'-al planes for plane; and drivers were frequently changed was little more eventful than the da;, mail flying that has long been In pro gres". The night flying betwee Chicago and Cheyenne, howeve marked an innovation in the plan for continuous sir mail service betwee: •ran Francisco and New York. The plan®* tonight ar» following what at their height seerne a lighted pnthwav over the 5*5 rr les of r.igh' fiyinc of the :.6SOrnile Jourr.e: across the continent. Their path is marked by a series of remarkable lights rang -g in in tensity from 5.000 to 500,OOtYooti nandlepower ami visible from three to 150 mile* Small beacon i'ght* are only three miles apart and at distance* of J5 miie* are gres- aearcl llghts. while the larding f.eids aior.g the pathway of the speeding plane# , ar» 3iso brilliantly lighted and tfce ships thetn«»lre* are equipped w emergency x-irohlichte for nee in ease of forced landings. Pilof I# III Pilot C. Eugene Johnson ws. :.i when he reached Cleveland from Net Tor kon the firat leg of the east-lo west flight. He was indisposed wfcr he left New York, but 1* was neces sary to help him from the plane a: Cleveland. Pilot Purr M. Winslow started the journey from ’he Golden Gate at .7:59. Pacific coast time. with C» pounds of mail, while Pilot Johnson left New York at 11.03, eastern time, with *4 pound* of mail. Pilot Johnson larded at Cleveland at 4:14 and Pilot Art Smith 1 ef* the nhio city at 4-.1R p, m 1* minute* behind schedule He reached Chicago at R:7P. only five minute* behind schedule, but hie successor. Pilot Dean Smith, left Chicago «ix min utes lator. four minutes ahead of the scheduled time for departure. Forced to land , Pi It Winslow, hurrying ees- wee relieved at Reno. Nev , by Pilot Rlar.chfield. who left there at T.S« a. m . 25 minutes ahead cf schedule Pilot Scott too* the east ?ourvd eh'.p from Klko. Nev . to Salt Lake C.ty. RJO miles from San Francisco, a" riving there at 3:1S p. m . mountain time, and nine minute.* later Pilot Robert Ellla hopped off for Rock Springe, which was reached at ? and Pilot Colll*on hurried away two minutes later for Cheyenne, but was forced to turn back to Eeramie be cause he wa* almost out of gasoline. Ife wa* nearly exhausted and suf fering from cold w hen he came down Forger, 20, Caught by Letter, Is Sentenced Special Dispatch io The Omaha Bee David City Neb . Aug. ?t.— Sher • T. J. Roberts returned to David CiD Saturday with Robert F Graham who was arrested in Buera Vista Colt > n a charge of forging efceo :• in David City a year ago. The arrest was made after the young man bad written a letter ■A merchant complimenting him on the wearing qualities of !..« goods He ended the letter witl^ "atole sweets are always the sweetest." * mat be gloves bought on forg checks are beat to wear. He was sentenced to three yeatg the penitentiary by Difttact Judge I. S. Hastings. He had just finished a term In the boys' reformatory Colorado of nine months on a charm* of minor burglary. He is SO vea * old. Plane \re Being \rrangetl for Platte County Fan Special Piapatrh M The Onmhii Bee Cotumbuf Neb Auk. ?!—Vlaps that may lead to Platte county fo» teriiiK a county fair, which haa not been held In thi* county for rwary years, sre belnK prepared for subfn's aton to the Chamber of Commence in the anticipation ihnt the board c? rector* will sp( nsor the move. W heat ^ ichl- 2.? Bushel' to Vere on Beatrice I am Bea \, s v | $*hei vlll. hvinti northeast of Beatrice report* that he secured a yield of ’"I bushel* of wheat to tbr aore fro -y his field of 4>i a. res The k vn tey' and » .» c C • . U * ...i... y . *