The Omaha Morning Dee
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VOL. 53—NO. 62. SET R Wt^knl OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1923.* i,^ZZ ~*Tm TWO CENTS *
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Western
Farmers
Optimistic
Joy M. Hackler Finds Pioneer
Spirit of Faith Prevalent
in Western Nebraska
and South Dakota.
A first hand report of conditions
in western Nebraska and South Da
kota was brought back yesterday by
Joy M. Hackler, a business man of
Omaha who formedly lived In that
country. He found a spirit of con
fidence and optimism on every hand.
New buildings are going up, good
roads are being built, and bountiful
crops are In prospect, with less small
grain raising and more diversified
farming.
"It would do any city man good
to go out In the country and note the
confident spirit with which those on
the farms and in the small towns are
handling their affairs,” said Mr.
Hackler. “They know that they are
coming through all right. In an auto
mobile trip of a week through the
Hos Jbud country in South Dakota we
the general conditions much
I better than I anticipated. I crossed
the Nebraska-Dakota state line about
16 miles south of Gregory in Gregory
county and was very much impressed
with the excellent conditions of the
road from state line to Gregory and
from there on west through Dallas,
Colome and Winner.
Ix>ok to Omaha Market.
“All this vast country is Omaha's
trade territory, and looks to Omaha
as Its market place. However, It be
hooves Omaha business men to glye
more attention to this section. Sioux
City and Minneapolis concerns are
looking to this region also and offer
ing many inducements.
"The natural trade routes favor
Omaha. After all, South Dakota is
the same sort of country as Nebras
ka, and it is only an imaginary line
on the map that separates the two
states. At the rate development is
progressing in the western end and
as patents to the Indian lands are
issued to new settlers, this will be
one of the busiest and most prosper
ous sections in the country.
"In Gregory I saw several new
substantial buildings in the course
of construction and while the defla
tion of the last few years has left
its marks on the farmers and busi
ness men in that community, they
are, nevertheless, feelin'g optimistic
and have gone to work in a practical
way to continue the advancement of
themselves and their country In gen
f "In Winner I found miles of paved
streets and the people going about
their various pursuits in a confident
manner. Winner is the terminus of
the Bonesteel branch of the North
western railroad and has one of the
largest producing territories to draw
from of any town I know of.
Have Great Hopes.
"From Winner T went to Carter, n
town about 17 miles west on the
Northwestern survey and from there
I drove on to Mission, an inland
town in Todd county about 12 or 15
miles from the Rosebud Indian
agency. Mission is a new thriving
(Tarn to Page Two. Colnmn Five.)
Shipper Finds Omaha
Best Market for Hogs
H. Frate, livestock shipper of Brule,
brought in a load of fine hogs yester
day to the stockyards for which he
received *7.80 a hundred.
According to Mr. Frate Omaha la
the most attractive market for hogs
because of prices. He said for a
while Pacific coaat buyers were pay
ing high prices for hogs, but had got
hack in line and that the^ are not of
fering as high as local buyers.
"Our section 1r full of llveRtock and
here will he lota of feeding done.”
■aid Mr. Frate. "There are more
hogs than ever before and cattle are
plentiful. We have a big crop
prairie hay being exceptional
on account of the wet
weather."
County Fairs Now Being
Held in State Announced
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, Aug. 27.—County fairs In
jrogress In Nebraska this week are
burning county at West Point, E. M.
Bauman, secretary; Dixon at Concord.
E. J. Hughes, secretary; Dodge at
Hooper, Anton Tunherg. secretary;
Frontier at Stockviile, C. A. Warner,
lecretary; Hamilton nt Aurora, W. C.
Eleo, secretary; Nemaha at Auburn.
Col. H. Ernst, secretary; Pierce at
Pierce, E. B. Franske, secretary;
leward at Seward, Erie Smiley, sec
retary; Sheridan at Gordon, Joe Lee
lorn, secretary; Stanton at Stanton,
E. E. Pont, secretary; Thayer at Desh
ler, E. J. Mitchell, secretary; Valley
it Ord, H. D. Liggett, secretary; Sioux
at Harrison, Rex T. Coffee, secretary.
VThoIesale Grocery to Be
Established at Red Cluod
Red Cloud, Neb., Aug. 27.-*-Thls
city Is to have a wholesale grocery
house. The Russo Wholesale flroc
ery company, with headquarter* at
Falrbury, has rented a large building
from W. R. Frame, In the McFar
land block, and Is arranging to ship
In a stock of goods from which It
will supply the extreme western part
^«f Nebraska and the territory in
[“"northwestern Kansas to which goods
I are now shipped with too long a haul
to be profitable and quick.
Tecumseh Pastor Dies.
flperlal DUpntch to The Omih» He*.
Tecumseh, Neb., Aug. 27.—Hev.
| William H. Cooper, pastor of the
Flret Preabyterian church of Tecum*
ech for four years, tiled at the family
home hers today of pue union i%
Two Blackberry Pies Nearly Wreck
Hopes of Aviators in Record Flight
Long Distance Fliers Take on Fuel and Food in Air
Without Accident—Richter
Gets Thrill.
San ltiego, Cal.. Aug. 27.—Two
blackberry pies in a metal lined
bucket to which was attached 50
pounds of lead nearly wrecked the
hopes of Capt. Lowell H. Smith and
Lieut. John Dichter. who are trying
for world air record laurels here to
day. (The incident occurred at 11:50
this morning, when the fliers, after
going aloft at 5:04 and covering 750
miles at an average speed of 92.44
miles an hour, signalled for some
luncheon.
Another plane at once went aloft
and made contact with Smith and
Richter's craft, lowing the pies and
some sandwiches. Richter, standing
in the pickpit, had grasped the bucket
containing the pies, when a sudden
gust of wind caused the upper plane
to nose up. For a few seconds
Richter, clinging to the bucket, was
literally suspended in midair. Cap
tain Robert Q. Ervin, pilot of the
contact plane, quickly whipped the
nose of his plane downward and
Richter settled hack in his seat with
the blackberry pies and sandwiches in
his hands.
The aviators set a whirling pace
on the 50 kilometer course, speeding
at 92 miles an hour all day in their
effort to break the world's endurance,
distance and speed records for 2,500
kilometers and over.
Fuel, lubricating oil and food were
taken abroad in mid air with consum
mate skill and almost incredible
rapidity.
The first contact was made at 1
triis morning, Lieut. Virgil Hines and
Frank Seifert handling the refilling
plane.
Because of the glare of the sun,
Hines and Seifert waited until the
racing plane had passed pylon No.
2 near Nestor and headed toward the
north before the* let go the 40-foot
hose. Within three minutes, 90 gal
lons of gasoline had been transferred
to Smith and- Richter’s plane, and
long before the big De Haviland had
i passed the sighting wires at the
marine base, Hines and Seifert were
back at North island.
Additianal contacts were made at
2, 4 and 5:30 for gasoline at 5 for
lubricating oil and at fi for food.
At 3 tomorrow morning, if the fliers
are still in the air, the first world’s
speed record will be broken. This is
for 2.500 kilometers. Every four hours
thereafter until the 4,000 kilometer
mark is reached, the aviators will
smash speed records now held by
Lieut. Oakley Kelly and John A. Mac
Ready. No records have as yet been
established by any American or
European aviator for distances great
ier than 4,000 kilometers.
Public Won’t
Stand Strike,
Pinchot Says
Warns Miners and Operators
Welfare of Nation Takes
Precedence Over Any
Dispute.
Harrisburg, Pa.. Aug. 27.—The pub
lic will not tolerate a strike In the
anthracite fields September 1 Gov
ernor Pinchot today warned the war
ring bperators and miners, assembled
In confer^jice at the call of the Penn
sylvania executive.
“The public Interest demands that
this controversy shall be settled and
that a suspension of mining shall be
avoided,'’ Pinchot charged as the
meeting opened. "The thing is pos
sible—and it must be done.”
A grim determination was evident
on the part of the governor as he
launched his opening plea for a set
tlement. In plain, outspoken words
he called to the attention of the eight
men representing the two factions
the dangers of a strike at this time.
He pointed to a huge loss of profits
to the operators, a huge loss of wages
to the miners—but particularly he
stressed the Inconvenience and even
actual danger that a shutdown of the
hard coal industry would work upon
the public.
Means Loss of Health.
"A shortage of anthracite means
logs of health among millions of
American families, loss of comfort, of
working power and of time,” he said.
"A strike or suspension such as now
threatens is a public calamity, and as
such every reasonable public means
must be used to prevent it.”
Hope was expressed by PInchot that
a settlement would not be impossible.
"The eleventh hour is upon us—
and the crisis has now been reached,”
he told the delegates. "We must do
in this eleventh hour what should
have been done before. It can be done
and must be done. There is still time.
Let us use this time in an effective
spirit of common counsel so that this
common danger may pass, with due
regard to the rights of all, and with
due credit and honor to all con
cerned.”
Public Rood Paramount.
"The Roosevelt platform of 1912 as
serted that ‘the public good comes
first.’ Do not forget that the public
cannot look with Indifference upon
unnecessary industrial conflict over
private rights while It suffers In
health, comfort and the very essen
tials of life.
"As the representative of the peo
ple of the commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, I am here to tell you that
the rights are to be recognized and
uprotected also.
“The public does not and cannot see,
with your eyes and appreciate with
your experience the background and
(Tarn to Tear Three. Column One.)
Table Rock Brick Plant Is
Sold to Lincoln Concern
Pawnee City, Neb.. Aug. 27.—The
Table Hock, Rrick and Material com
pany plant which waa recently bid In
by the David City bank at sheriff's
sale haa been sold by that concern to
a company headed by O. W. Holland
of Lincoln.
It la the Intention of the members
of the new company to put the plant
in operation aa soon as possible and
to this end a crew of men Is already
at work putting the equipment In
shape and cleaning up the yard. A
superintendent ha* been chosen.
The Vacant Rooms
Were Soon Rented
To Desirable Renters
An Omaha Bee .“Want" ad
soon searched out among its
thousands of readers those
that were interested in Rooms
for Rent.
Mrs. Lentz, Franklin street,
had to wait hut a few hours
after inserting her Room for
Rent ad in The Omaha Bee
until people commenced to
arrive and a party had taken
the rooms.
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Crops Ruined,
Barns Wrecked,
5 Hurt by Hail
Disastrous Storm Sweeps Large
Area in State—Stones Are
as Large as Base
balls.
Norfolk, Neb.. Aug. 27.—Reports
from the stricken area indicated that
Sunday afternoon’s hail storm, which
swept a path from Wood lake on the
west to Fremont on the east, was one
of the most disastrous In many years.
Livestock and poultry were killed,
corn stripped of its leaves and ears
and In at least five Instances persons
were injured by the huge stones,
which were declared to be as large
as baseballs.
Otto Burkhart of Norfolk, who was
riding in a motor car with his wife,
was rendered unconscious when a
huge hall stone crashed through the
root of his car. A child near Madi
son required medical attention after
being struck. Henry Massman of
Battle Creek suffered a fracture of
the arm when he was struck by sn
icy bullet. An go-year-old man near
Meadow Grove, reaching from his
doorwav to pick up a stone, was
struck by another and his wrist
broken. A Rattle Creek woman w.is
struck on the head and six stitches
were required to close the wound.
At Battle Creek practically every
window on the north side of Main
street was broken and church and
school windows were riddled. Stan
ton also sniTered severe damage.
The hall at Long Pine was declared
to be the worst in 20 years.
Hail Destroys (tarn.
Special ItUpatch t« The Omaha Be*.
Byron, Neb.. Aug. 27.—An unusual
ly severe hail storm visited .Bvron
and vicinity late last night devastat
ing a strip two miles wide extending
through Thayer county and Into Re
publican county, Kansas.
On the farm of Henry Miller, three
miles west of Byron, on the state
line, the hail stones, which were said
to have been as large as baseballs,
pounded a large frame barn complete
ly to places, broke up the concrete!
foundation and killed many ehickefts.
The horses fled to safety.
Practically all the north windows
in Byron are broken. The storm
reached twister proportions. Many
trees, fences and outbuildings and
(Turn to Psc* Three, Column Kivf.l
Ambassador Harvey
White House Guest
Washington. Aug. 27.—George Ilnr-i
vey, ambassador to Great Britain, and;
Mrs. Harvey were guests over tin)
week end of President and Mrs. Cool
ldge at the White House.
No announcement of the visit of thn
Harveys was made through official
channels. It Is significant, however^
that the matter came on the eve ofi
Secretary of State Hughes' departure
for the west.
The visit may he regarded ns a fare
well call on the president before the
ambassador sails for Kurops, Ilnf
vey's last announcement was that lie
planned to return to Liondon -Septem
ber 1,
Hard Luck Hits Show and
Exhibition at County Fair
MiiscInI Dlftpntch to Tlio Omnlm lire.
T)e*hlrr, Neb., Aug. 27.—Thayer
county fair ground* I* alive with race
horses, pure bred livestock, shows
and concessions. Voting Bros, with
their shows and rides, If. J. Wesse)
with nine hend of Angus, A O.
Buschow with IB head of Red Tolls
and five ear* of rare horses arrived
Saturday evening on a special train
from Bladen.
Threo animals of Mr. Weasel were
hurt by being run Into by an sulo
while driving from his farm to Blue
Hill to load. North Bros.' tent was
Mown down In the cyclone nt Clyde,
Kan., Saturday night Hnd destroyed.
They open tonight without a top. A
new top Is due here Tuesday. Bind
Bros, circus is on the ground.
Spilliiuui in Minncup f./v.- I
Npct lnl l>l*putcli to Tint Omnlm IWw.
Lincoln, Auk. 27. Attorney <»rn
cihI O. H Spillman \n attending th»'
rntl» iml conference of attorney gen
uula ut Miniicapulla.
300 Homes
to Be Built
Over T£ dit
Cap** tS 0°,'c / Across
^ . Demand
, O „r Rents and
*■ reaper Living.
To Be Omaha “Suburb”
A suburb of 300 homes to rise
"over night" on the Iowa side of the
Missouri river, a short distance from
the,Council Bluffs end of. the Doug
las street bridge, is the plan of Omaha
and Council Bluffs capitalists, it was
learned Monday.
The low price of ground on the
Iowa side of the river, the Scent
street car fare through the purchase
of mileage books and the demand of
persons working in Omaha for lower
rents has brought on the plan of the
suburb of reasonable priced homes,
one of the proposed syndicate said
Monday.
Meetings Held.
This Omaha business man brought
out that a person who resides in this
suburb will be able to travel to Omaha
on the street care for 6 cents a fare,
while his fellow workers pay 7 cents a
fare, or four fares for a quarter.
Meetings of those who expect to
take part in the syndicate were held
in Omaha and Council Bluffs. The car
rying out of the plan is almost a cer
tainty, according to several inter
ested.
Under the present plan the houses
—300 of them—will be erected the
way the cantonments were erected
“over night" during the war and the
way complete suburbs are being
erected in California within a short
time.
“Quick Job” Promised.
E. A. Wickham, contractor of Coun
cil Bluffs, has consented to take on
the task of erecting the suburb nr.d
advised the syndicate that he can do
a "quick Job." It Is his plan to use
several hundred workers. With «
large number of carpenters and other
workingmen on each house he ex
pects to finish all the houses at about
the same time.
Wickham’s paving and sidewalk
ganga meanwhile would be paving the
streeta and building the sidewalks
The suburb will be ideal from the
standpoint of reasonable priced homes,
plenty of room between houses, wide
streets and sidewalks and proper elec
tric lighting, gag and sewer arrange
ments.
More Planned.
The syndicate of business men who
will build the suburb hope to receive
a fair return on their investment and
it the same time meet rhe problem of
furnishing low rents to the mass of
laborers.
If this suburb proves a success sev
eral more may be erected.
A special appeal will he made to la
borers In Industries near the river
front, such as the American Smelting
and Refining company.
“Barkeqf’ofCluh
Saloon Is Jailed
Scrihner Man Whose Select j
Trade Included (lops
Gets Two Months.
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Special Dispatrh to The Omaha Bee.
Kremont. Neb., Aug. 27.—Tony Bar
rano of Scribner was sentenced to two
months' Imprisonment ti» the Dodge
county Jail today following a raid on
hla alleged saloon on the grounds of
the Srribner Gun club early Sunday
morning.
County officials srrlved at the place
while business was in full blast. They
made several purchases of beer, they
said, and then Identified themselves.
Twenty customers who were enjoying
the hospitality of the place immedi- j
ately became penitent and aided in
the destruelion of J7 cases of beer
found on the premises One rase was
taken to Fremont ns evidence
Barrano. formerly an employe of
a Hastings ronstrurtlon firm, gave
up his pick and shovel to operate the
alleged saloon. He had taken posses
sion of the Gun club cottagn and I
entered to a select circle.
State Officers Carl Schmidt and
Claude Vogel and Sheriff Condit pre
tended to be thirsty customers. They
were supplied with all the heer they
cared to drink, they testified.
While the otflrers gathered evldenee
more customers arrived at the club
house. They zealously aided the offt |
cers In destroying the contents of the ]
cases In their desire to win leniency.
Barrano was the only one arrested
and he pleaded guilty In Justice court
tills afternoon.
California Hibernian*
Send Message to He Valera
Vallejo, Cal., Auk. 27—A resolution
of felicitation to Kamonn de Valera
was adopted ami dlapntehed today by
the state convention of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians In session hen*
Thp message read:
"The convention sends you greet
Inga and best wishes for your success
In today's elections. Stand fast for
the republic. Our efforts ami finances
are pledged for the success of the
cause you Imly represent."
Editor I* Kidnaped.
Mexico City, Aug. 27.—The publico
tlon of article* denouncing the Ku
KJux Klnn end denying the existence
nf that organization In Mexico l* l»e
llevcd to have been responsible for
the kindaping Hnturdny night of Jnae
Cnmpoa, director of the newspaper Ex
celslor.
Honor Campos wan held captive f»»r
four hour* by masked men In a sub
urb. lie was not harmed, but wbr
forced In promise to publish an arti
cle admitting the existence of the
klun in Mexico.
Since the Word Got Out That the Man Who Wrote
“Yes, We Have No Bananas” Got $60,000 for It
fWELL1. IE HE GOT
1*6,0000. FOR THAT
I WERES WHERE I
\ BECOME A.
,! MILLIONAIRE ,
Vu STE N TO THIS, MA r
|PL/ r'cAN'T. IM WRITINcT
. j 1 ONE of MY OWN
NOWlONt**
I CANT W)?ITt
one. you
eoucj got
ALL we
leap
a*t Mr0Li
Whole families are going in for tong writing.
I DON'T KNOW ANN TUNC, ABOUT MUSIC
BUT XVe THOUGHT uPATUNe that'll
make us Rick au. you've got to
S 1,0 IS TO'NRITE it S>CPWN VJHILE r 4
( whstle. it and then we'll GET GOME
_L_Soot TO SOME WO REA TOR. IT
k t’Tij C.OT "EANNWIAS* BEATEN A
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Minds that never have worked before have been stimulated to action.
MUSIC PU0USHU*
p. HOUSE
And it it estimated over 400,000 imitations of the banana song have
already reached the publishers.
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But we haven't heard any of our friend* mention* trying for the
Bolt world peace price.
500 at Inquest
of Woman Found
Dead in Bath Tub
Body of Mr*. Clara L.
Quinn Found With Hoad
Bruised and Broken
Milk Bottle Near.
Npe«l«l IMupntrh t® Th* Omaha II®®.
Lincoln, Aug. 27.—Fully 500 pers
piring Lincoln residents attended an
inquest tonight Into the mysterious
death of Mrs. Clara L. Quinn, 32. uni
versity graduate, whose nude body
was found In a bathtub filled with
water In her home at 1 this morn
ing. At least that many more were
turned away from the undertaking
parlors where the Inquest, which con
tinued until after midnight, was held.
The husband. Clarence Quinn, and
hla mother, Mrs Henry Quinn, were
held by the police pending outcome
of the Inquest.
When pollee were summonded to
the Qutnn home at 2 this morning,
the naked l>orty of Mrs. Quinn was
found til the hath tub with a dozen
bridges on her forehead and a broken
quart milk bottle near. According
to physicians, Mrs. Quinn died of
drowning. She was soon to become
a mother, according to a statement
by police.
Mntlifi in I,a« Tell* Story.
The story, a* told by M re. Quinn,
the mother, was that aha went to
her aon'a home at 10 laat night at
ihe request of her son. who had told
her that his wife had been hysterl
cal during the day.
"When 1 arrived, she asked that
my non get out of the house and stay
out." Mrs. Quinn said. "Then she
went to bed. I asked her where to
put the milk Imttle.
"She said: 'Clive It to me.'
"I did. Soon I heard a crash. She
had struck herself with the milk hot
tie and staggered toward the door of
the bathroom and I ran for help.”
The huaband was found by police at
a hotel early this morning. He stated
that twice nfter he left the home
following the arrival of his mother
he had called at the house to see
"that things were nil light." and
when lie called the second time he
gave his mother money to purchase
milk.
lied Slept In.
Police a Merten It would \ e hern
difficult for Mr*. Quinn to full Into
the linth tub In the position In Vhlrh
she wild found. Their ws* evidence,
pollre ssaerted, the bed had been alcpt
In and n pair of trouter* wa* found
hanging over the back of n chair.
Investigation by police revealed
thnt the Quinn* had been outranged
at one time and a teconclllatlon af
fected later. Mr* Quinn wa* a gradu
ale of the University of Arkansas.
Her mother lived at Pratt, Kan.
A piece pf cloth, tightly drawn, waa
found mound her neck by police.
Quinn had at on e time heen a
traveling salesman, but lately had
heen out of employment.
Western Tariff Congress
to Meet at Denver, Oct. 3
Soil Lake City. Aug. IT.—The
western t n i iff conffreiui, recently
called t«> nwt in Denver, will be held
October 8, it wa* derided nt n epe
••ini meeting vt th»» organization com
milieu her® today
Bryan Endorses
•/
Boom for Senate
Gratified Over Formation of
Club—Still Mum on An
nouncing Candidacy.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. Aug. 27.—The Bryan boom
for t'nlted States senator, which
opened in Omaha Saturday night,
when a number of Omaha politicians
formed a Bryan for-Senator club, with
•Hariand L. Mossman as president, r«
ceived no discouragement today from
Got. Charles W. Bryan.
"I certainly feel gratified at tha
confidence such an endorsement in
dicates." the governor said. '
Asked If he was ready to announce
his candidacy, the governor replied:
"Right at this time I don't care to
discuss candidacies for high off eea.
However. It has never been my prac
tice to stifle such public sentiment
as the Omaha meeting indicated. Such
action would not he democratic. I'll
let nature take its course."
Omaha Is Center of
Rich Inland Empire
Omaha Is the center of the rich
est Intend empire In the world where
ngrieulture Is the basic Industry; the
Chamber of Commerce publicity bu
reau announced In a bulletin Monday.
The bulletin read:
"The officials of the Omaha Retail
Credit Men’s association estimated re
cently thnt Omaha's retail business
was worth $110,000,000 annually.
Compared with Omaha's population
of little more than 200,000, it Is esay
to recognize the magnitude of this
business, done purely In retail stores.
“But Omaha's position as a mar
chandtslng center may be better de
termined by the fact that she doe*
a wholesaling business of $434,000,545
annually, surpassing her ’ manufac
turing volume of $345,446,385 by more
than $88,000,000. which substantiates
the merchandising position which Is
assured by Omaha's location as the
huh of this great middle western
empire.
"I^ast year Omaha manufartured
$2,551,325 worth of candy and $1,
236.310 worth of Ice cream These
are the only confections hnndled to
any great extent by Omaha con
cerns."
Omaha Man Has Accepted
Joh as Pe Molay Lecturer
Dr. Zoro D Clnrk, 2207 South
Thirty second street. Omaha dentist,
for many years connected with the
local order of De Molay. has ac
cepted a position ns Grand T.ec»urer
of I>e Molay, with headquarters In
Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Clark left Sunday for his new
post.
Eugene K. Clark, 20, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Clark, was named secretary of
Ihe state organization at the first De
Molay annual state convention held
at Hastings, Neb., August 22. Eugene
Is a former Omaha Central High hoy.
Flight Halted on Border.
Laredo, Tex . Auk 27.—Joseph
Halta, altii* M:\ralni wanted In Chi
cago anil Warren, Mas* . on charges
of ataconding with bond* valued at
$250,000, taken from national Kinks,
was attest* d at the International
bridge here 11<* l* held in county
.'ail in ilifault of $100,000 bund
l
Irish Election
for Dail Eireann
Marked by Quiet
Polling Is Light and Little In
terest Taken—Few Dis
order* Are Re
ported.
Br Associated Press.
Dublin, Aug. 27.—The electorate of
the Irish free state went to the poll#
today in 29 constituencies for the
election of the 150 members of the
new dail eireann, and up to the last,
the elections maintained the unique
character of the previous campaign
and were quiet and orderly, almost to
dullness. This was particularly the
case in Dublin, while reports from
the provinces tell a simlar tale, with
trifling exceptions in a few cases,
where enthusiasm outran discretion
and caused slight disturbances.
The universal verdict 1* that this
has been the quietest election In Irish
history. There was no excitement, no
laughter at the polling booths In Dub
lin nor in any of the waiting lines
of voters. Judging from appearances,
the public is taking only small inter
est in the affair, and the polling has
not been heavy.
Civil guarda and others responsible
I for keeping order were at their
posts, but were not required in this
model election, and seemingly there
has been only the very smallest amount
of Intimidation, personation or at
tempts at personation, this being due
to the heavy penalties provided.
According to some reports tonight
there has b*n a poll throughout the
state of about Rh per cent of the
electors. The only places where any
briskness or excitement was shown
were Cork, Waterford and Kilkenny,
where the balloting Is said to have
been heavy; reports from all other
places Indicate a certain amount of
apathy.
Baltimore Knginecr
Is Killed in Wreck
Sunman. lnd . Aug 27.—Train No.
13 of the Baltimore A Ohio railroad,
an express bound from New York to
Chicago, was wrecked here early to
day when it ran Into a washout, Tha
looomotlvif and IS cars left the rails.
Engineer J. Ixivsngrr of Oarrett. Ind..
was killed
The track had lieen washed out for
10 rail lengths The locomotive
overturned. The wreckage was strewn
over all four rails of the double track
line, tlelng up traffic In both direc
tion*.
Four Sltof iu Mine Hiots;
Street Meetings Prohibited
Frosthurg. Md.. Aug. 2?.—Since
the rioting here throughout last night
in which four men were shot because
of intense feeling over the slaving
of a union miner. George Porter, con
dition* are far from reassuring today.
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Belgium Is
Helpless
in Muddle
Answer to British Note Mild
and Cordial, hut Offers
No Constructive
Proposals.
Favors Secret Parleys
By I'nlcrrsal Knife.
London, Aug. 27.—The Belgiat
note in answer to the recent British
memorandum, which arrived tonight,
while It tries to he as mild and cor
dial as possible, Is pathetically help
less.
The note does not contain a sin
gle constructive proposal and m&kei
not even the slightest reference t
any Impartial International commit
slon to investigate Germany'* e»
pacity to pay.
Proposes New Agreement.
Though the note overflows with as
surances of gratitude to Britain to
its help, and with expressions of sym
pathy for its burden of unemploy
ment and trade depression, and re
pudiates any idea that Belgiun
wishes to deprive Britain of its dues
it proposes the substitution of a ne*
percentages agreement based on me
terlal damage only and excludini
damages to persons. This plan, whil«
nearly doubling Belgium’s share ant
materially Increasing that of France
would seriously depreciate that or.
Britain.
About one-third of the note is de
voted to a discussion of the Belgiat
claim to priority, citing numerous
diplomatic declarations in eupport of
the claims, including one from ex
President Wilson, together with a
summary of facts and figures, and a
list of concessions made by Belgium
in previous conferences from the Spa
congress to the London meeting in
Decetnebr, 1922.
Repudiates Annexationist Aims.
While repudiating any aim to as
sist the annexationist movement on
the Rhine, the passage relative to
the progressive evacuation of the
Ruhr has been emasculated by
Premier Poincare and left painfully
vague.
The note wrinds up with the hope
that there will be no more notes but
that there will be a return to private
conversations or a resumption of
secret diplomacy.
Oil Men to Confer
W ith McMaster
South Dakota Governor's In
vitation Accepted by
Standard Officials.
Chicago, Aug, 27.—Col. Robert VV.
Stewart, chairmag oV the board ot
the Standard Oil company of Indiana;
Allan Jackson, vice president, and
ether officials, left tonight for Pierre.
S. D. at the invitation of Governor
W. H. McMaster, to hold a confer
ence with Governor McMaster there
Wednesday on the gasoline situation.
The officials of the Standard Oil
company leaving here tonight for\
South Dakota, where the price cut
ting competition started a few weeks
ago, professed not to know the pur
pose of the conference that Governor
McMaster had invited them to attend.
Governor McMaster ordered public
service depots of his state to eeil
gasoline at 18 cents a gallon, after
which the Standard Oil company of
Indiana met his price and later re
duced gasoline 8 8 cents throughout
the territory served by tt. Independ
ents either met the reducUon of the
Standard or made smaller reducUons.
Both the Standard and the Independ
enta have declared that the 8 8 cents
cut mans selling gasoline below costs,
but the Standard declared It would
keep the price down as long as Gov
ernor McMaster did In South Dakota.
Independents In the state tried to
boost the price to 20 cents a few
weeks ago. but the Standard claimed
the raise was not general and refused
to raise their price. The independents
of South Dakota recently issued a
statement attacking Governor Me
Master and declaring he >u playing
Into the handa of the Standard i»
making radical price reduction#, point
ing out that the independents will be
driven out of business.
No Chance Properly to
Feed Stock Here, Claim
IJncoln. Aug —Two complaint*
of stock shippers against railroad
companies wore received today by the
stale railway commission.
H W. Cockertlt of Richfield assert*
that under present freight schedules
on the Rock Island from Richfie d to
Omaha he has not an opportunity to
properly prepare his cattle for mar
ket after their arrival In Omaha.
Cockerill. one of the biggest cattle
feeder* in hi* section of the country,
contracts with cattlemen in Wyoming
to feed S.000 and 10,000 head of cat
tle and sheep just before placing than
on the market. Cockerill purchases
nearly all the corn produced around
Richfield to feed these cattle.
Hundreds of allien* of West Point
presented a petition urging the com
mission to order the Northwestern to
prepare better cattle yards M that
point. ,
Maine Chamber of Commerce
Boosters lmitcil to Omaha
Th«* Omaha Chamber of Oommarro
plan* to tnvit* th* Portland (M«* 1
Ohnnihor of Commute hooattr* to
^ i*lt Omaha when they journey to
Portland. Or*
Th«* Main* boo* ter* will leave their
Portland on September t to travel
to thr weatern Portland. ‘ From
Portland to Portland** will l'* the
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