Today When Fulton Saw Napoleon. * A Job for Ford, et al. Cheap Garages Wanted. ^ By ARTHUR BRISBANE ^ One hundred and sixteen years ago, last Friday, Fulton’s steam boat made its first trip up the Hudson. It traveled slowly. Spectators laughed. Serious men said a steamboat was interesting but, of course, would never have any practical commercial value. A short time before, Napoleon Bonaparte on his side of the Eng lish channel was fighting because contrary winds made it impossible for him to land an army on Eng lish soil. An American wanted to see him about a new idea. Napoleon said: “Tell that American I can give him two minutes.” The Amer ican was Fulton, who wanted to tell Napoleon about a boat run by steam independent of wind. Napo leon had no time for “nonsense.” If ha had listened a little more than two minutes history might have been changed. Keep your mind open for new Ideas, that’s the hardest thing to do. After 60 it’s impossible, usually. By the way, this nation is treating the flying machine al most as foolishly as Napoleon treated the steamboat. Nobody in our government seems to realize that war has moved up into the air, from the surface of earth and ocean. France dictates to Europe and sneers at England, not because it has 600,000 soldiers under arms, but because it has the world’s greatest fighting air fleet and could destroy London, within six hours of a declaration of war. An army of a million would be worthless against 10,000 flying men with the right machines. England knows it, realizes that its super-dreadnaughts have gone to join the dodo and the hansom cab and is trying hard to catch up with France in the air. A dispatch by Universal Service tells of British double-deck flying .'hips for passenger traffic. Sepa rate engines are on each deck, “a luxurious refreshment buffet, wireless apparatus, private apart ments for men and women,” are features. American genius invented the flying machine. American capital leaves it to other nations to de- . velop it. It is announced that Ford, get ting full value out of coal, can produce gasoline for 6 cents a gal lon. Probably that is more a hope than a fact, at this moment. But Henry Ford and other makers of autos should combine to solve the fuel problem. Before autos came in, newspaper men bought gasoline to clean ink from type, and paid 6 cents a gallon for it, sometimes less. Prices ranging from 25 to 30 cents in a majority of the states, are pre posterous. Automobile makers ought also study the problem of cheap ga rage space in big cities. In New York or Chicago it costs as much to store a cheap car, for one year, as it costs to buy the car. That is a tax of 100 per ^ent a year, just for storing an auto. . Garages should be built with “lockers” each containing a car, the owner holding the key. A little car oc cupying 100 square feet of space should be stored for $100 a year, $2 a week. One dollar a square foot per year is good rental in cheap buildings on cheap real estate. Such garages in the big cities would increase by millions the numbers of autos in use, and in crease 1,000 per cent the happi ness of big city dwellers. What Is near interests us. A hrick falling from a building, be side you, means more than the biggest meteor landing on a dis tant mountain. A newspaper has in large type the line, “Car Parns Burn. Loss $W0,000.” In small type it an nounces “Great Typhoon Sweep ing Hong Kong, British Submarine Sunk, Many Ships and Lives Lost.” A typhoon at Hong Kong leaves us cold, as cold as would the de struction of an entire solar sys tem, a few ‘‘light years” off in the “milky way.” Man Dreams Father Buried in Cellar; Only a Dream Chicago, Allg. 26.—August Koloja* d.iko dreamed the body of his father, Peter, who had vanished five years, was hurled In the cellar of hla broth* er ln-law'* home. He told police. They helped hlrn dig I he cellar all day . Tonight it proved only a dream. The greatest depth eounded Is In the North Pacific near the island of tlutm, which depth is only 66 fret short of *lx miles. South Omaha Brevities. 7.r irlfr » on I i .. 1 'i burn DEnu «HS1 •till It. MA f>OH!.—g«r. 'British Press j Grows Bitter Against France (Premier Baldwin, Departing for French Holiday Resort, Uncertain of Seeing Poincare. By (Jnivenal Service. London, Aug. 16.—Prime Minister Baldwin, leaving for AixLes-Bains, France, announced that no ar rangements had been effected for a personal talk with Premier Poincare, I but there is little doubt felt here that he and Lord Curzon, the foreign minister, will meet the French leader. He took with him copies of all the leading weeklies which agree that the only concessions in Poincare's latest reply to the British note is an invita tion for further conversations. The New Statesman, voicing the consensus of opinion in its weekly review de clares: “The hypocrisy of France is re vealed in Poincare’s confession: 'We did not go Into the Ruhr to find j money to pay reparations, but above all to create in the German mind the will to pay, and to take guarantees.’ This complaint that Germany has not made any attempt to balance its i budget comes with poor grace from a country which, by declining to pay its debts, takes itself lighter than any other nation among the allies. "Germany has nothing to gain by attempting financial readjustment as long as France is determined to plunder it by force without regard to the productive industry of the country.” The Spectator says:*, “In the light of Poincare's note we feel more strongly than ever that the British government must not be drawn into protracted negotiations. We should earnestly invite France to agree at once to an international in quiry into the assets of Germany, and for a withdrawal from the Ruhr. “If France refuses we should, in accordance with the British policy outlined by Prime Minister Baldwin and Lord Curzon, go on our way with out her.” Wife “Purchaser” Sued for Divorce Spouse Alleges Englishman Paid Her $12,315.26 trt Marry Him. I.o* Angeles, Aug. 26.—The price of a free born American white woman with a grown, married daughter, was fixed at $12,316.26 In the as sertion of Mrs. Florence Newcomb that this was the sum she accepted from John James Newcomb In con slderaUon for her marriage to him in Manila three years ago. Such was the startling charge made by Mrs. Newcomb, with the filing of a divorce complaint against her "put chaser.” She also charged In her di vorce complaint that she and her husband had fought In many impor tant cities. * Newcomb, an Englishman, 63 years old. Is said to have considerable means. After his marriage to the woman he is alleged to have "bought,” he threw a butcher knife at her sev eral times and threatened her life with a revolver, It is charged in the complaint. "The money Idea was his own,” Mrs. Newcomb fald. "However, in a suit against me he claims the money was given me to invest. My attor ney is now preparing an answer to this suit, wherein It is stated that the money was given in considera tion of marriage to him. 1 have a fasclmile of the draft and it will be used in court.” Mrs. Newcomb said she met New comb while traveling in Manila and later he Insisted that they be mar ried, and offered her 25,000 pesos, equivalent to $12,315.26 in American money. He gave her the amount, she said, made out a draft in her name at that time—Mrs Florence Vanwormer. That was February 2, 1920, and they were married two days later. The. Newcombs came to a final part. Ing last July, the complaint said. Woman Seriously Cut in Brawl on Street “That man was the cause of it all." wailed Mrs. Kdna Kosco, 1209 Cass street, when police found her with n badly cut arm at Thirteenth and Cass streets. “That man" was George Williams, laborer, living at 1219 Cass street. Williams, It became known, had roused the Ire of Mrs. Rosco's Mexi can husband, who went after him with a knife. Mrs. Kosco happened to be between. Tho result was that she had her forearm cut to the bone, all the muscles and arteries being severed, while Williams received only a slight slash on the stomach and Is held for investigation. Rosco is still at large. Green Off to Kurope. New York, Aug. 2B.—W, H. Green of Omaha, first v^ce chairman of tlie federated farmer labor party, has sailed from New York for a tour of Fiurope where he will Investigate farm conditions. Sioux City Orphanage Roys' and Girls' Home Requeathed Rig Sum Is “Adopted” by Will Sioux City, In , Aug. 28.—W. It. Lower, Sioux City business man who died r tew days ago, and who had no children of Ills own, Indirectly adopted an entire orphanage nn one of tho Anal acta of Ida life. The orphans at tho Sioux City Boys' and Olrls' homo are left $330,000 In Mr. Lower's will. The will Instructs that the residue of the estate shall be held In trust and the Income be used for mainte nance of the boys' and girls’ home. The estimated value of the estate Is $800,000, leaving more than $300,000 for the orphanagw When a Feller Need* a Friend. By Briggs Bach firok* the Summer camp Up ■ T> im.'t 'f ltiBuMf HC. ' Omaha Water Makes Come-Back With New Filtration Plant in Operation, Flow Is Clearer Than Ever before—But Boil Until Further Notice. _ With water clear as crystal flowing out of the city water works, Omaha has heaehed the end of its water famine much sooner than the most optimistic dared hope last week during the catastrophe. The water now issuing from the pumping station Is clearer than ever before In the history of the station, says A. B. Hunt, superintendent of the metropolitan utilities district. Mud and filth, however, still lurk In the mains, and it will require two or more days for the clean water to flush the dirt out of them. During that time faucets on some of the smaller mains may still run dirty water. The water will not be safe to drink anywhere until it has been boiled. Well Water Not Safe. Ths only recipe for safety is to follow the warning of the health de partment and boil the water until notification is received that. It Is purified everywhere. The utilities dis trict has chemists taking samples from all mains, and will give notice when the water is fit to drink with out boiling. One of the greatest dangers to public health, according to Mr. Hunt, lies not in the city water, but In the strain which lias been put upon old wells and cisterns during the water famine. Many of these wells were none too sanitary in the best of times, and still less when they are low. Some of tlieiii have been drained to the dregs by thirsty mobs during the mild deluge. Few took the precaution to boll this water. All who depend upon wells, springs or cisterns, says Mr. Hunt, should boll this water just as inurli as they Mo the city supply. The mud deluge was due to an un likely combination of circumstances which could hardly take place a sec ond time. The Missouri Is nearly al ways low in August. Recognizing this, the authorities started upon a series of important improvements and enlargements calculated greatly to increase the capacity of the plant. Remarkable Comeback. But tho Missouri, Instead of sink ing to its usual August level, re malned as swollen as In early sum mer. Finally, while the water plant was at the most critical stage of Its reconstruction, the river ate out a mud hank and came rampaging by the plant. At uny other time of year such actions might he expected of a Nebraska stream, hut not in August. Granting tho extent of tile catas trophe, however, the plant has re covered Itself better than its own officials believed It could. The pumps without a single breakdown stood the strain of pumping viscid mud Instead of water. The new pipe lines are complete and are now In use. Two additional filter units are in use. making the water now issuing from the plant clearer than ever before. Heavy Dosage of Chlorine. This water I* being overcharged with chlorine to kill any bacteria now In the mains. The city water '» normally purified by treatment with Thr Muddy filuc* Gone am de days when my shirt was young and gay. Gone am de starch from my collar 'n cuffs away. AH covered wid Nebraska mtid I know, I heard dat old Missouri roarin’, Omaha Black Joe! I’m cornin’. I'm coinin'. Though my tongne am hangin' low; I hear dem water wagons rollin', Omaha Black Joe! Hang up «le tool brush an' leav# it on the wall; Hang up de ’raier. It ealn't he used a'tall. Take up de shubhle. bury me deep. I know A yard more dirt will make no difference to OinAha Black Joe! ' ■ -—- “ i a certain amount of chlorine, hut that amount haa been increased so that the sediment in the mains wilt gradually be sterilized. Water is also coursing through the mains at the rate of 31,000,000 gallons a day, an Increase of several million over normal consumption. It is hoped that before the end of the week the new pumps will te working. Then the completed filtra tion plnnt can pour out 60,000,000 gallons of clear, pure water a day. if necessary, and the flushing of the mains will he completed. Confidence In llowell. "I have no doubt that R. R. Howell haa handled the water plant In th best way It could possibly he done," declared George T. Prince, Well known Omaha engineer, Saturday evening. "I have absolutely no sym pathy with the criticisms being leveled against him on account of the recent accident to ttic water sup ply. I hnvo not Investigated the causes of the muddy water anil im ftot prepared to make a statement on them, rflut 1 had charge of the sedi ment basins for six years and have watched Mr. Howell for 30 years, and 1 have absolute confidence that ho did the best thing for the water plant under the circumstances which con fronted him." Evader's Buried Gold Is Found Bergdoll Treasure, Which Led to His Freedom. Dug I p by Worker. Bj V nivenml Sen ire. Washington, Aug. 26.—Three years ago War department officials per mitted Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, un der sentence as a draft dodger, to leave the military prison at Gov ernor's Island to search for $100,000 In gold he said he had buried in the vicinity of Hagerstown. Md. Berg doll escaped and department officials were held up to ridicule for having believed the story of buried treasure. Lee Hauser, member of a high way construction crew working jUBt outside of Hagerstown, drove his pick into a tin box from which soiled a stream of $20 gold pieces. The tyjx was found to contain $10,000 in all. War department officials to day expressed the belief that the gold is part of the treasure Bcrgdcafe buried. Bergdoll, in the early days of the war, spent several weeks under an assumed name at a hotel in Hagers town. He took frequent automobile rides and invariably carried a small, but apparently heavy, package, which was missing on his return. Hauser, who is 28 nnd a bachelor, has been besieged with offers of mat rimony since his good fortune. "The women didn't want me when I was poor, so I don’t want them now I've got the money." he declared today. Ah far as can be determined at this time, the money legally belongs to the finder. Former Nebraskan Admits* Slaying Wisconsin Farmer Baraboo, AVIs, Aug, 26 —Alvin Jen sen. held by the Sauk county authori ties with John Galloway oh « charge of murder in connection with the death of Robert Jaeger. Black Hawk recluse, confessed today that he struck the blows which caused Jaeg er's death, according to authorities. Jensen salii he formerly lived in Ne A young American in l'aris makes Ills living by selling hotel labels to tourists on their baggage. A com plete set of labels is furnished rom famous hotels front IJsboti to Mos cow. The price charged Is one franc per label. Brief City News | Father l»ies M. A' Robins met ereol"glMt ■ ha* been railed to Huron, S. !>., because of the death of hi* father. Nurses Entertained Graduating rinse of mimes of the Swedish Mission hospital were guests at a banquet in the Hrandel* restaurants Saturday. Mail Airplane? Prove Success of Night Flying Continent Is Spanned Eight Times in Four Days on a Definite Schedule in Relay Flight. By Associated Frees. Chicago, Aug. 26.—One of the most severe aircraft tests In the history of aviation was completed when mall planes dropped out of the sky at New York and San Francisco and disgorged their burdens of letters. Since hist Tuesday the airplanes have roared across continent, span ning the country eight times in less than five days, four times from east to west and four times from west to east. In testing the feasibility of carry ing mail between the Atlantic and the Pacific by continuous air route. During the time of the transcon tinental flights eastward and west ward, the planes operated on a def inite schedule of a little more than 24 hours without an accident and in re laying the mail from coast to coast flew at night over a lighted airway from Chicago to Cheyenne. Postal officials said even before the tests were completed that the practicability of the project had been proven and an nounced that a conference will soon be held to determine the future of I transcontinental airplane mail serv I Ice. Ijind At New York. The planes that landed today finish ed the fourth transcontinental journey started yeRterday morning. The easj bound plane landed at New York at 11:17 o'clock, having made the trip from San Francisco in 26 hours and 17 minutes, three, minutes behind the record for a transcontinental flight established by the mall plane landfng in New York yesterday. The westbound plane landed at San Francisco at 1:44 p. m. having spanned the continent in 29 hours and 40 minutes, two more minutes than was taken by the plane landing at the Golden Gate on Friday. There was a lapse of about 40 miles In the first eastbound flight, the plane having been held up at Laramie beyo/id its scheduled time for departure, and its successor leaving Omaha before the relay of mail was completed Aside from breaking the record for a transcontinental flight, a record for the longest night flight was broken in connection with the tests when Pilot Jack Knight last night flew from Cheyenne to Buchanan, Mich., nearly a thousand miles away when he re ceived a telegram that his father was not expected to live and received per mission to use a mail plane to reach his bedside. The pilot arrived at Buchanan ^Saturday morning to find his father, Dr. M. M. Knight, still alive. Kecord of flight*. The record for the eight flights over the 2,680 mile course across jhe con tinent follows butbound. Tuesday—Left San Franclaco ir.d reach ed I.aramte. second plane left Omaha and traveled to New York Laramie to. Omaha not flown Wednesilay — I*eft San Francisco at 6 21 a. m . reached New York 12.22 p. m. Thursday. Time- 27.$«. Thursday—Left San Franclaco 6 a m . reached New York 11 14 a. m I»riday. Time: *6 14 Friday—Left San Franclaco 6 74 a m ; reached New York. 11:14 a. m. Saturday.' Time: 2G:17. Westbound. Tueaday—Left New York I! ?1 i rr : reached San Franclaco 6.24 p m Wed nesday Time; 24 23. Wednesday—Left New York 11 91 a. rr reached San Franclaco 145 p m. Thurs day Time: 2.4 44 Thursday—I/eft New T^rk 16 76 a m : arrived San Frartciaco 1.54 p. m. Friday Time 29:311 Friday — Left New York 11:04 a m . reached San Franciaco 1 44 r. m. Satur day. Time 2t;40. Kidnaped Baby Clues All Prove Futile New York. Aug. 36.—The day's two most probable clues to the discovery j of 3 month-old Lillian McKenzie hav- , ing proved ns futile as all the others the police and detectives have run j down Since the baby was kidnaped from her perambulator in front of a store a week ago, Mrs. l’eter McKen zie, the districted mother, gave lip hope. One clue came from Phil adelphia, where the finding of an infant In a park was reported. The infant, however, proved to be a boy. In this city, the finding of a baby on the stairs In a subway, raised the hope of the searchers, hut again they were disappointed: the baby was not Lillian. Bryan-for-l .-S.-Sonator Club Is Organized in Ibis City A “Bryan for-United States Sena tor'1 rlub was organized in Omaha. Omaha. Of friers are H. I*. Mossman, president; Deborah McLeod, vice presi dent; George B. Collins, secretary; Mrs. T. R. Ward, treasurer. Similar clul fur company. An accomplice stood guard outside of the building to aid them in their work and an automobile with motor running was parked near by to aid In their escape if detected and to carry the loot if their plans worked opt. Touched Off Alarm. The tunnel wag completed, just large enough to permit a man's body to squeeze through. The furs were th»n passed out and piled on the floor of the vacant building. Every nook in the fur store was searched and only the best of the furs taken. The plans were working out accord ing to schedule, when the man search ing the store accidentally touched off the telegraph alarm to the American District Telegraph offices. Police were summoned and a large squad of detectives and partolnren rushed to the scene in automobiles. The approach of the officers w s discovered by the guard and his com panions notified. They rushed from the building and the tail lights of their automobile, speeding from 'he scene, were the only glimpse of bandits obtained by police. Have Motor Number. A pedestrian passing the building at the time they escaped noticed the license plate on the car and word was flashed to every patrolman in the city to be on the lookout. Motor cycle officers and patrolmen in auto mobiles from the pillbox stations im mediately started 'enuring the city in search of the robbers. Piled on the floor of the vacant building the police found the furs tied in bundles ready to be carried to the automobiles in which the rob bers escaped. F. J. Hallbach was summoned and after a brief check was of the opinion that none of the furs had been taken. The furs were mostly owned by individuals and had been placed in storage for the summer. Many valu able pieces and sets were in the collection! Not Enough Wheat if People Have Plenty There is no surplus of wheat, bv an underconsumption, due to low wages and too high prices for bread Benjamin C. Marsh, managing dire tor of the farmers' national rounr l stated here. He continued: “If the American people consumed a« much wheat per capita as in 1S19—8.9 bushels—we would have an actia*^ wheat shortage. Doyou ' Know? The wholesome between meals hoe. LORMA DOONE Shortbread The short cut to short cake. Easy to digest if made by the baton of Uneeda Biscuit The National Soda Cracker NATIONAL atSO/TT COHP>M