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VOL. 53—NO. 86. 122 ? TtST SfZ Wrt™. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1923. * SUSP & WS-??. ZT& TWO CENTS " 0r7^eSi
Legislators
May Meet in
U. S. Court
Will Desert Oklahoma Capitol
to Escape Interference of
Militia, Report — Au
thority Is Given.
Women Plan Procession
By Universal Service.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 25.—Okla
homa stands tonight before the
marshaled forces of battle's stern ar
ray. Fighting men are the city’s in
flammable fortress into which a
spark of temper at the crisis would
touch off the flames of war. Moder
ation stands tonight the bulwark of
peace for which the state invokes
prayer. ,
Such tonight was the situation here
as two opposing and enduring fac
t'ons approached final conflict to
morrow noon over what each in its
grim conviction believes to be a right
ful struggle for the preservation of
constitutional law.
Governor J. C. (Irop Jack) Walton
stands pat tonight on his “shoot to
order” levelled at the legislative
quorum which he condemns as a "Ku
Klux Klan legislature seeking to as
semble in defiance of law.”
President Coolidge and Attorney
general Daugherty were appealed
to tonight by Governor J. C. Wal
ton to use their good offices to pre
vent members of the lower house
of the Oklahoma legislature from
eonvenlng in any federal building
in the state.
Supplementing Walton’s order to
stop the "unlawful assembly” any
time and any place by the use, If
necessary, of all the armed military
forces of the state, Adj. Gen. Raird
It. Markham issued a special military
order from G. H. Q. commanding
tersely that "such attempted meet
ing or session will be dispersed.”
Would Incite Riot.
He issued the order “on the
grounds that such a meeting Is an
unlawful assembly and calculated to
bring about a breach of the peace,
provoke riot and institute a reign of
anarchy and bloodshed,” and for
bids the assembly being held.
Insofar is could be learned to
night. the state capftrd stW -stands
as the theater of action in tomor
showdown between the
Klan in Session.
Muskogee, Okla., Sept. 25.—The
fiery cross of the Ku Klux Klan
is blazing tonight over the local
"Klavern,” where a meeting is
said to be in progress. High Klan
officials from Atlanta are reported
in the city. The klan cross was
recently barred in Oklahoma by
Governor J. C. Walton under a
martial law, decree.
"rebel” legislators andN the gov
ernor. However, there was an un
confirmed report current here to
night that a sudden switch in
plans by tile legislative quorum had
centered on a scheme to meet in the
• federal building here, where it was
said the members would be free
from interference by state troops or
executive order.
When the opinion of 1'nited
States Judge John H. Cottcral was
sought here he was quoted as de
clar that lie knew of no reason why
(Turn to Pag* 3. Column 1.)
Columbus Man Victim of
Highwayman in Omaha
Columbus, Neb.. Sept. 25.—Olen
Provost, Columbus automobile dealer,
reports that he was held up and rob
bed of $450 in cash and checks and
his wrallet stolen at the point, of a
pistol by a bandit who accosted him on
prominent downtown street corner
Omaha at 10:30 p. m.
Provost says he felt a hand in his
hip pocket and turned around to
feel the barrel of the bandit’s pistol,
concealed in the highwayman's coat
pocket, prodding him in the ribs. The
bandit procured the wallet and con
tents and fled Into the crowd where
he disappeared.
Provost said he did not report the
holdup tc the Omaha police. He said
he did not mind the loss of the money
ho much as the loss of his wallet.
Temperature Climb* to
96 Degrees at Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 25.—Today has
been the hottest of the fall season,
the temperature registering 1*6 de
grees. Because of the warm weather
corn Is ripening fasts and Is out fit
the way of damage by frost. Prac
tically all of the winter wheat has
been planted and former* report the
ground In fine condition for seeding.
Nebraska City Ready for
Transfer Day Ceremonies
Nebraska City, Neb., Sept. 25.—
Nebraska City Is ready for the ob
servance of transfer day here on
Thursday, when the city will cele
brate In connection with the transfer
qf Arbor Lodge to the governor, who
Will represent the state at the cere
monies, (lovernor Bryan was highly
pleased with the appearance of the
estate.
Southern Pacific Traffic
^ Manager Is Dead in Frisco
^0* Kan Francisco, Sept. 25.—Charles
M Fee, traffic malinger of the Mouth
mi Pacific railroad died at the Mouth
#rn Pacific hospital here today after a
protracted lllnes*
Former State Solon
Visits Son in Omaha
—Uatchell Thoto.
Edwin M. Searle of Los Angeles,
Cal, who Is visiting at the home of
his son, Edwin M. Searle, jr., presi
dent of the Omaha Life Insurance
company, came to Omaha in 1867,
following the civil war.
He enlisted at the age of 15. Fol
lowing his arrival In Omaha he en
tered the service of the Union Pacific
at North Platte, at that time the
weste/n terminus of the road.
He was a member of the Nebraska
legislature from the 77th district in
1913. |
Former Omahan
Freed in Chicago
Released on Habeas Corpus
After Taking Children
From Council Bluffs.
After spending a week .in jail for
breaking a screen door at the home
of his father-in-law in Council Bluffs,
and taking his three small children
away, Howard Walker, formerly of
Omaha, was freed yesterday In Chi
cago.
"You can't arrest a man for steal
ing his own children," said Chief Jus
tice Caverly of the Chicago criminal
court in releasing Walker on a habeas
corpus action.
Walker’s wife W’as killed In a street
car wreck last winter, he said, and
his father-in-law, W. F. Losey, sued
the street car company and took pos
session of his grandchildren and left
Omaha. Walker learned they had
l>een taken to Council Bluffs and for
cibly removed them to Chicago. The
three little ones, Harriet, 5; Howard.
3, and Thomas, IS months old. were
in court.
Yeggmen Enter Two Storeg
and Pogtoffice at Benson
Sperlnl DSpatrh to The Omaha llpe.
Lincoln. Sept. 25.—Yeggmen last
night broke Into the safes of two
stores and the postoffire at Benton,
Neb., according to word received by
the state sheriff's office.
The stores broken into were, the
Benton Hardware and Implement
company, where the burglars obtain
ed $30 in cash, and the office of the
Corn Belt Lumber company where
the'snfe contained nothing of value.
At the postoffice the prowlers broke
open a package of pennies nnd scat
tered them about, hut took nothing.
Tools from a blacksmith shop ad
joining the hardware store and from
a Burlington too] house were used to
gain entrance to the stores.
The robbery was discovered by J.
Miller, proprietor of the hardware
store, when he opened the place this
morning.
Efforts Made to Collect
Paving Project Pledgeg
Columbus, Neb., Sept. 25.—Efforts
to collect the unpaid subscriptions to
the Bnrnurn creek paving project, In
order that funds may be available to
pay fpr the riprapping now being
installed to protect the south bank
of the Loup river and prevent the
current from cutting around the
south end of the Loup bridge, are
being made by the county supervisors.
Unpaid pledges total about $5,000.
Administrator Ig Named
for Egtate of Judge Pogt
Columbus, Neb., Sept. 25.—County
Judge John Gibbon appointed the
Guaranty Loan & Trust company ns
administrator of the estate of Judge
A. M. Post of the Sixth Judicial dis
trict of Nebraska, who died here last
month, following a petition filed In
probate court by Mrs. Post. The
estnte amounts to approximately
$15,000.
Woman and Boy Are Injured
When Two Autog Collide
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 25.—Lynn
Speaker, 17, was severely cut and
bruised when the uuto he was driv
ing nnd the car driven by Mrs. Kd
Dunn collided. Mrs. Dunn also was
cut. Both cars were completely
wrecked. Cecil Diehl, 19, who was
riding with Mrs. Dunn, escaped with
out Injuries
Politicians
Beat Jail
Feed Bill
The Omaha Bee’s Campaign
to End Douglas County
Scandal Fought at Last
Legislature.
Endres Predicted Riots
Four members of the Douglas voun
(y delegation In the lower house, with
Sheriff Endres, precipitated defeat
of a senate bill last winter which
would have ended the jail feeding sys
tem that caused Sunday’s riot in the
county Jail. Therte men are:
George B. Collins, George 8. Col
lins, A. tV. Elsasser and Charles
Kautsky.
These merf were looked upon In the
legislature as the active floor mem
bers Interested in manipulating legis
lation in the lower house In such a
manner as to kill by avote of 51 to
26,
It was a significant fact that 2$
members of the lower house member
ship mysteriously disappeared before
there was a roll crII on this bill.
Upheld by Democrats.
This same bill, introduced by State
Senators John J. Earkin and William
N. Chambers of Omaha, passed the
state senate by a vote of 22 to 10.
Every state senator from Douglas
county voted for the bill.
The Douglas county delegation in
the lower house split along straight
party lines on the bill, the democrats
voting solidly against it and the re
publicans voting solidly for it, ex
cepting Tom B. Dysart, who Joined
the democrats and voted against the
bill. Here is the Douglas county vote
on the bill:
For: Allan, Dyball, Baldrige, Beld
ing, Strehlow, Timme, Smith.
Against: Collins. G, B.; Collins, G.
S.: Dysart, Elsasser, Kautsky, Quinn.
The bill provided that the sheriff
should order and prepare the food
and that instead of the sheriff re
ceiving the difference between the
amount allowed by state, federal and
county governments it should revert
hack to the taxpayers and go Into
the county treasury. Under the
present arrangement the sheriff re
ceives 50 cents a day for feeding each
county prisoner and 75 cents for fed
eral and state prisoners.
The introducers of the bill, together
with a representative of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce and the Doug
las county commissioners, developed
facts Indicating that the Douglas
county sheriff clears from $7,000 to
$10,000 a year In feeding prisoners.
Another fact developed was that
at the county hospital inmates are
/ed at a cost ranging from 14 to 20
cents a day against the 75 and 60
cents collected by Endres for county
jail inmates. Then, too, If. was shown
that prisoners wait tables at the
county Jail while waiters must be em
ployed at the hospital.
Kndres Predicted Iviot.
Endres or one of Ills deputies was
on the ground constantly from the
time the bill was Introduced until It
was killed In the lower house.
"Why if you take the feeding of
prisoners from me it will cause riots
In the jail, the men will break up the
furniture and I must control them,
through feeding him," lie said.
"It's the old gang In Omaha after
me, to get my scalp for defeating
Mike Clark. They want to cause a
lot of trouble among the prisoners by
taking the feeding of them away
from me *o I can't make good my
election promise to clean up bootleg
gers and gamblers In Omaha.
“ lam feeding the priaoners better
than they were ever fo^l before. They
are perfectly satisfied."
Headed Off Action.
The hard, undisputed economic facts
presented to both the senate and house
committee forced the bill out of both
committees with a favorable recom
mendation. But by demanding one
hearing after another on the hill in
tho lower hnuHe committee, Endres
kept the bill from consideration on
the floor of the house until near the
close of the session.
Meantime, his “faithful quartet,"
the two ColHnses, Kautsky and
Elsasser, was busy. Probably more
than one half of the members of the
legislature go to Lincoln with a pet
hill or scheme. They want votes badly
and they are willing to trade votes.
The "faithful quartet," aided a num
ber of "the boys in putting their stuff
over," republican and democratic
members ns well. They had two or
three months to prepare for the flnnl
vole on the bill.
Ilefendeil by Newspaper.
Klnnlly, Itepresentatlve Ed Smith of
Ornnha, who was storing the hill In
the lower-house, admltter only two
things that would save the .bill as a
result of the lobbying of Endres and
floor work of his quartet.
One was editorial support of tho bill
by a democratic newspaper In Omaha.
The other was, word from Governor
t’hnrles W. Bryan to his democratic
brethern In the lower house to vole
for the bill. Bryan, as vlters on other
hills he was interested In showed,
controlled nearly every democrat lo
vote In the lower house.
The Omaha Bee had supported the
lilll stanchly in news columns and
editorials. The democratic newspaper,
now hurling rocks at Kndres for the
riot at the Jail, his profits from feed
ing prisoners and Ills poor food served
to prisoners; never opened Its editorial
mouth once In favor of the bill.
Newspapermen asked the governor
for public approbation of the hill. The
governor absolutely refused to be
quoted upon
Man Critically Hurt
in Motor Collision
Motorcycle ridden by Arthur J.
Benash, 4407 North Twenty-fifth
street, employed as a carpenter's
helper at the Union Pacific shops,
crashed into a three-quarter ton
Orchard & Wilhelm truck at 50 miles
an hour on South Twelfth street Tues
day noon. Benash was knocked un
conscious.
He was taken to Lord Lister hos
pital. The only thing which saved
him from instant death, according to
witnesses, was the fact that his head
struck a spare tire on the truck.
The truck driver was George J
Haller, 716 North Twenty-second
street. Witnesses to the accident
said tie slowed down for the Inter
section, but that the motorcycle was
traveling at too high a speed to avoid
the oncoming truck.
When the call arrived at the station
no doctor was available. The injured
man’s condition was reported critical
at the hospital.
Police emergency car was sent to
the home of his mother, Mrs. Joseph
Benash. 1622 North Sixtieth street, to
take her to the hospital.
Blue Sky Board
Gives 6 Permits
Minneapolis Concern and Be
atrice Oil Company Denied
Right to Sell Stock.
Special Dispatch to The Oir.aha lire.
Lincoln, Sept. -25.—The bureau of
securities announced today the follow
t ing permits of stock issues:
The Meridian Highway Bridge com
pany of Yankton, S. D.. to issue $100.
000 worth of stork, to he used in build
ing the Yankton bridge.
An amendment of a permit previous
ly given to the Block Brothers Flour
Mills of Beatrice permitting the com
pany to Issue $75,000 in common and
a similar amount in preferred stock,
the company now being allowed to
issue $125,000 in preferred stock and
and $25,000 in common stock.
Ellnger, Inc., of Lincoln to issue
$20,000 in stock, the company being
considered as a closed corporation.
The Fremont Packing company of
Fremont to issue $30,000 In stock, this
company also being a closed corpora
tion handling produce.
The Overland Mortgage & Finance
company of Omaha, another closed
corporation, to issue $100,000 In stork
to he used in financing a mortgage
and real estate business.
The J. M. Koilol company of Colum
hus to issue $11,000 in stock, provid
ing certain restrictions imposed by the
burenu of securities are observed.
The bureau of ecurities denied ap
plications from the White Salmon
Development company of Minneapolis
and from the Blue Valley Oil A- Gas
company of Beatrice. The Minneapolis
concern desired to issue lO.OOn shares
of stock with a par value of $12.50.
Its request was refused on the
ground that the nature of the com
pany was such that a proper inves
tigation was Impossible. T^r Blue
Valley Gas & Oil company planned to
is»ue $125,000 shares of stock of the
vnlue of $1 each.
Big Prizes at Cozad s
Harvest Festival
Cozad. Neb.. Sept. 25.—Th*1 fall
festival will open here tomorrow’ and
run for three days. Seldom have
there been better crops nn<l never
finer livestock to be celebrated.
Business men of Cozad have put up
$2,000 in prizes. The farmers of Daw
son county will show at least 150 fine
horses and a great number of cattle
and hogs. There will also be a nuiTt
her of educational exhibits.
Missionary Society Will
Convene at Central City
Central City. Kept. 25.—The Wo
man’s Missionary society of the synod
of Nebraska will hold its annual
meeting here October 0 to 12. Ap
proximately 100 delegates are ex
pected and such nationally known
women as Mrs. K. H. Silvertone of
Chicago. Mrs. Marie / Preston, Chi
cago; Maude Ktnnburg, Pittsburgh,
and Mrs Susan Doty Miller, mission
ary to Korea, will Conduct study
classes. The meetings will be held
at the Presbyterian church and prep
arations are now under way for the
entertainment of the delegates.
Big Masonic Picnic Is
Planned at Red Cloud
Red Cloud. Nell.. Sept. 25.—The lo
vnl Masonic lodge plans to hold a pic
nlc at the Country club grounds,
southwest of Pod Cloud, on Thursday.
Invitation has been sent to the Ma
sonic lodges and Knstern Star chap
tors at tluide Hock. Cowles. Blue
Mill and Riverton. Neb., and Lebanon
and Ksbnn. Kan. It is planned to have
the grand master here for an address
in the afternoon.
Son of Nebraska Farmer
Fatally Hurt in Chicago
IiihvhIp, Nell., Si'pt. 25 The body
nf Roy cFtty, 23, mill of If. H. Fetty,
prominent farmer near here, was
brought here from Chlentfo for burial
lie WSV a taxi driver in ChliaRO and
Huffeted an Injury to hi* arm in an
aietdent. Infvi'tlon net In. rauelng
Ida death.
Pioneer Woman Dies.
Wymnre, Neb., Sept. 25 —Mrs. An
rui Cooper Jones, SI. a resilient of
southeastern tinge county for 40
years, died following a stroke of pa
ralysis at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. Torn Vase.v, two miles west of
Rlue Springs. She 1 survived by
three sons ami four daughter*
Strange How Different She Looks When You Introduce Her to the Family
and When Out With “the Bunch” on Broadway
^ - FOLKS. *
I I WANT YOU
TO MEET THE
GRANDEST
Little GtTRL
I XH THE WORLD
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Ex-Bandit Hero
of Prison Fire
Bill Carlisle Fights Blaze at
Wyoming Pen Until Over
eome by Smoke.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 25.—Bill
Carlisle has appeared in a new role.
At the state penitentiary at Rawlins
Sunday afternoon the once notorious
train bandit, who attracted national
notoriety a few years ago by his dar
ing exploits in holding up Union Pa
c.fic trains and then making his es
cape, battled for five hours against a
fire that rased the prison shirt fac
tory and threatened the remainder of
the plant..
Sticking to tlie front line of fire
fighters and taking all manner of
risks, Carlisle finally was overcome
by smoke and forced to retire. He
was taken to the prison hospital
where lie recovered several hours
later.
The prisoners were at play in the
yard back of the main building when
one of them. It is suspected, broke
throlgh a window in the shirt factory
and set the building on fire. Within
a few minutes the wood and rement
structure was a mass of flames.
The convicts were ordered Into their
cells, hut the former handit asked to
be allowed to remain with the trusties
and guards to extinguish the bln
When his request was granted, he
ami Frank Ford, a trusty seized one
of the nozzles of the Rawlins fire de
partment and worked until after dusk
in confining the fire to the one build
ing.
Senator Made Examiner
of County Treasuries
Special Ill-patch In Tlia Omaha lice.
Lincoln. Sept. 25.—Slate Senator
George Wilkins of Kmerson was today
provisionally appointed county treas
urers’ examiner by State Auditor
George \V. Marsh. The office has
lieen held hy (\ K. Crandall who ha*
resigned to study law.
Confirmation of Wilkins' appoint
ment depends on an Interpretation of
the state constitution which forbids a
member of the senate to accept a state
office. Stntehoiise officials are of the
opinion that the office of treasurers'
examiner Is not Included lu the list
barred hy the constitution and antici
pate no trouble In confirming the ap
pointment.
Now Cattle Loan Company
Organized in Callaway
Callaway, Neb. Sept. 25.—A cor
poration under the name of the Fred
erick Crttlle Loan company has been
organized In Callaway. The new or
ganization will loan money to farm
Crs to tmy cuttle, and to finance
those who are feeding. The capital
ization of tho cofhpnny Is $25,000.
Lewiston Man Is Charged
Willi Deserting Family
T*awnep City, Nob.. Hrpt. 25.—Harry
McDaniel* of l,owi*ton wan bound
over to dint riot court by County Judge
Neill on a charge of wife and child
Abandonment. 11•> wan unable to give
bond of $1,000 for bla rtdceee and wee
lodged in the count;
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Cabinet Weighs
Tariff on Wheat
Reduction of Rail Rates on
Grain Also Considered as
Possible Remedy.
By Associated Pmi.
Washington. Sept. 25.—Reduction of
freight rates on wheat and flour des
tined for export and increase of the
present tariff on wheat were consid
ered for the Ills of the wheat farmers
of the northwest.
The discussion, which resulted in
no definite decisions, followed presen
tation by Secretary Wallace of a re
port on the world wheat situation, pre
pared at the direction of Mr. Coolidge.
Both plans, in the opinion of the presi
dent, are worthy of serious considera
tion. and. as either requires action by
congress, it was believed that the
president has in no wise ohanged his
mind against calling congress in spe
cial session.
Sand Hills Stock Is
Now Getting Fatter
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A string of fin* feeder rattle was
brought to the Omaha market by J.
E. Enters of Emlers lake ih the sand
hills country. He said that within
two weeks there would he a large
number of cattle pent to the Omaha
market from the sand hills country.
•'Ornss Is commencing to get cured,”
said Mr. Enders. "but it has been
too soft to fatten cattle on for the
past few weeks, which has caused
the delay in shipping from that sec
tion. The cattle have not tieen show
ing up good as a consequence of the
soft grass.
"The flies also were an Important
factor In keeping the cattle In poor
condition, but during the last two
weeks, the flies have disappeared, the
grass Is getting good and the cattle
are showing signs of Improvement."
No Shortage of Cattle
Is Feared in Atkiiikon Area
"There will lie a lot of cattle from
the Atkinson district this fall," snid
Henry Hookstra, “in spite of the talk
of a shortage. There has been little
calf trading on the rnnge There Is
lots of feed for them and they are
being held for a later market and
fattening."
Mr. Hookstra was at the Omaha
market with a shipment of cows He
said crops were in fine shnpo around
Atkinaon and the fnrmers all doing
well.
Railway Trainmen Oppose
Henry Ford's Candidacy
Lincoln, Sept. IS.—Capitol lodge
No. 170 of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen today made public a
resolution passed it a recent meet lug
of the organisation, which puts the
lodge on record as being opposed to
Henry Folds candidacy for presi
dent.
The resolution states that Kurd has
openly opposed organised labor and
gives this ns the reason for the la
tier organisation's opposition to his
candidacy
Slight Lull in
Labor Demand
End of Harvesting Causes a
Temporary Surplus of Un
skilled Workers Here.
Men returning from harvest fields
in the northwest have created a tem
porary surplus of labor In Omaha,
according to the report of the United
States Department of Labor, through
Its employment service, for the
month of August.
These men. however, are being rap
idly absorbed into other lines of work,
the report says.
Skilled labor In Omaha Is finding
plenty of employment on projects un
der construction, and this condition
is expected to continue for some
time.
Road construction in the city and
county, as well as railroad work, con
tlnues to draw heavily on available
semi skilled laborers. General farm
help is In demand, with an acute
shortage of this class of labor
existing.
Domestic and clerical workers and
salesmen are In fair demand.
For the state as a whole, road con
struction, railroad work and other
activities are drawing heavily on re
turning harvest field wdtkers. Mois
ture has retarded building and road
work somewhat, but operations un
der way and contemplated promise
adequate employment of skilled and
semi-skilled labor until cold weath
er sets In.
A slight surplus of common labor is
reported from Lincoln, with a good
call for general farm labor.
Similar condition Is reported front
Hastings. Grand Island and North
Platte. Additional contracts for
[street paving at North Platte award
ed since last month have augmented
the demand for common "labor.
Five Men Are Fined on
Intoxication Charge*
Albion, Neb. iSept 24—Rootles tie i s
did some business at th* county fair
here. Five men were arrested for
drunkenness These arrested and
fined were Orris Holton and Dun J.
Mach, each $10; Carl Anderson o(
Ttlden. $15; Ralph Townsend. $15. and
l'tifene McRrlsn of gpaldlnir. $25.
Farm Close to Beatrice
Sells for $125 an Acre
Reatrice, Neb. Sept. 25. — Mrs.
t'ltarle* Elliott disposed of her farm
of SO acres, three miles southeast ol
the elty, to Mrs .lulls Winn for $125
an acre, or $10,000.
The Weather
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Total. Oi Total sine* Jniiumv 1* SI •»5;
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22 Arrests
Netted in
16 Seizures
Federal and State Dry Agents
Invade Omaha’s Best and
Worst Places to Get
Liquor.
Sleuths’ Car Is Stalled
Omaha’s bonton beer Joints, where
the city’s gay night life has been
holding sway, were closed with a ae
ries of raids made yesterday by
agents from Federal Prohibition Di
rector Rohrer’s office and Thomas
Carrol, state liquor officer.
Sixteen ’’beer castles,” homes, soft
drink parlors, and ‘'hole-in-the-wall”
types of intoxicating liquid dispensar
ies were caught in the dragnet. Twen
ty-two arrests were made.
Two places, noted as the city's
most fashionable establishments were
invaded. One was the Chicken Dinner
farm, operated by F. A. Parr, 6755
Military avenue. At this place, as
the hour hand approached midnight,
the electric piano was given "juice”
and to the accompaniment of jazz
music Omaha's finest and the city’s
worst danced the latest steps.
Rooms Curtained Off.
The building, a wooden structure.
Is about 100 feet long. The piano is
in one comer of the room and on
each side Is grouped small private
"drinking rooms.” Each place is se
creted by heavy curtaina.
The other well-known place raided
was that of Charles Sapp, 1314 Pierce
street. The f^leral agents confiscat
ed 73 gallons of whisky and a quan
tity of wine.
The activities of Rohrer's agents
took {hem to the extreme parts of
the city. While trying to get to "No
Man's Land,” an island, five miles
south of Bellevue, the automobile in
which the agents were riding broke
down. They had to walk more than
two miles to get to the suspected
place. They found 800 gallons of
mash, part of a still and five gallons
of wine. Ben Squires, alleged owner,
was arrested.
Other Places Raided.
Following were other raids made:
l Rose Palermo, 2149 North Nine
teenth street; illegal sale.
David Robb. 2012 Clark street (rear),
two quarts confiscated.
Lawrence Bchstead. Bellevue; 248
quarts ofc beer taken; Frank Jones,
alleged bartender, arrested.
Joe Cheskek, 18 Chandler road. 184
quarts of beer and three gallons of
wine confiscated.
Raney Veneski, 1719 Monroe street;
164 quarts of beer and 18 gallons of
wine confiscated.
Bennington “Visited.’’
Henry Ott and Chester Wette, Ben
nington; one gallon of alcohol found.
John Grasso. 1721 South Tenth
street; Illegal sale.
Jerry Ceceka. 5460 South Twenty
fourth street; one gallon of alcohol.
Jack Wilson, 5225 South Twenty
fourth street: 43 quarts of beer found.
Mrs. Joe Morgan, 5423 South Twen
ty-third street; illegal sale.
Nichols Herbolich 1424 South Thir
teenth street, bartender for James
Sutej. 1424 South Thirteenth street:
sale and illegal possession. The agents
charged that Herbolich poured the
whisky into a sink but a pint was
obtained by hurriedly jerking out the
Pipes.
Lincoln Boy, Crushed
by Ice Wagon, Dies
Sperial Dispatch to The Omaha Dec.
Lincoln. Sept. 15— Lincoln suffered
its second fatal street accident in as
many days today when Kenneth Wil
liam Take!, 4. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Yakel, 614 B street, was
crushed beneath the wheels of an tea
wagon.
The boy was rushed to St Elizabeth
hogpital where an operation was per
formed. but he died two hours later
without regaining consciousness.
There were no witnesses to the ac
cident and it is presumed that the
lad was playing on the rear of the
wagon when the driver, who came
from the other side of the street and
could not see him. shouted to his
horses to start. There is no bla^tie
attached to the driver, John Wunder,
155 t? street, who is employed bv R
C. Haskell, 9J7 L street.
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Farmer Get* Black Eve
When Auto Crank “Kicks**
Wvntore. N’eti , Sept IS,—Chester
Novotney. > fanner near Odell, this
county. Sunday received a severe
bruise on the temple and above the
eye, when the automobile which h*
was attempting to crank, "kicked."
and the crank was Jerked from hia
hand. The eve is black for a radius
of three Inches around. Recently his
wife fell while going to do the milk
ing and broke her right arm above the
elbow.
Cage County Farmer* Are
Busy Plowing for Wheat
Wymote, Neb , Sept. IS.—Southern
tinge county farmers are now plowing
In full force for fall wheat sowing.
An aveiase of one field in four ia
plowed, and some farmers have the
seed sowed The acreage put in wheat
appears to be considerably less than
the previous year Ninety eight per
cent of the farmers claim corn is now
out of danger of frost. In southern
(■age county.
