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VOL. 53—NO. 97. ZVZ* ? OMAHA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1923 * M..0.*'?, ?JZW'JSrt&S.Mi,Z,,&2: » "» TWO CENTS w WeS
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M)maha Ideal
Place for
Army Depot
Hint at Politics in Move of
Corps Area Supply Station
to St. Louis From
Here.
Farm Center, City Asset
The intermediate depot of the
United States army, formerly located
in Omaha, has been closed more than
a year.
Kxact reasons for stopping sales
through this depot have never been
made public, but it is rumored politics
was involved in the action.
The quartermaster depot had
charge of what was the central de
partment before the origin of the
corps area system. Another of these
depots is at Kt. Paul, Minn.
The general intermediate depot for
the Seventh corps area is now lo
cated at St. Louis, Mo., on the east
ern boundary of the area, which con
tains Forts Omaha, Crook and Robin
son in Nebraska; Forts Leavenworth
and Riley in Kansas; Fort Des
Moines in Iowa; Fort Mead, S. D.,
and Fort Snelling, Minn.
Supplies State Militia.
The Seventh corps area has juris
diction of the Army and Navy Gen
eral hospital at Hot Springs, Ark.,
and furnishes supplies, such as for
age, etc., for tho National guard in
North Dakota. South Dakota, Minne
sota. Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Mis
^^^sourl and Arkansas.
At present all agricultural and
produce supplies bought throughout
the central west are shipped east to
St. Louis and as requisitions come in
' are shipped back over practically the
same territory to military points for
distribution.
The general intermediate office at
Chicago in the Sixth corps area at
present supplies a large part of the
demand mads by the north section of
the Seventh corps area. Purchasing
for the forts Is iargely done in Chi
cago or St. Louis.
Omaha lies in the center of an agri
cultural district which has no super
ior in the L’nited States. The city
could and has supplied the demand
around It in the line of commissary
equipment.
Warehouses Are Here.
The largest primary grain market
and second largest packing house
center in the United States are lo
cated here. Omaha has large mili
tary warehouses on railroad tracks
and is a logical railroad center for
the distribution and gathering of sup
plies needed by all posts and stations
within the Seventh corps area.
Freight rates are less to practically
all forts In the area than from any
other commercial city of conseqi/encj.
From Omaha to Fort Des Moines
the distance is about 14* miles. Of
this. 143 miles are government land
grant and therefore the freight rate
is even lower than the government
levee on other, stretches.
The city la the center of the flour
milling district with practically un
limited capacity. This would be real
ized in the event of necessary mobili
zation In case of war.
Better Distribution Point.
It would be easier to draw sup
plies to Omaha from the agricultural
district and distribute from here
than to necessitate transportation of
supplies to St. Louis or Chicago, to
be distributed from those points.
Omaha has never been handicapped
by strikes or other disturbances in
the movement of freight, either in
coming or outgoing.
The reopening of the depot would
Increase the activities of the area
and speed up requisitions, which now
take from three to six weeks to be
received here for distribution through
the office of the Seventh corps quar
termaster.
At present one of the former build
ings of the depot is being used to
house offices of other departments.
Many Winners in Red Cloud
Better Babies Contest
McCook, Neb., Oct. 7.—The Red
Willow county better babies contest
closed here with the following prizes
-nnounced: >
Six to 12 months group: First
prize: Catherine Bernice, 7 months,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sul
livan, McCook, route 3; score. 100
per cent. Second prize: Marjorie
DeGroff, 8 months, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. DeGroff, McCook,
93 5 per cent.
Twelve to 18 months group First
prize: Viola Dodot, 15 months, 98.5
per cent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Dodot. McCook, route 2. Sec
ond prize: Warren Clifton Smith, 13
months, 98 per cent, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. R. Smith, Indtanola.
Klghteen to 24 months group: First
prize: Clayton Harmon, 23 months,
98 per cent, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Harmon, McCook. Second
prize: Charles Dean Kllburn, 21
months, 97.7 per cent, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. Kllburn, McCook.
Twins: Mildred and Margaret
Weaver, 24 months, 93.6 and 92.6 per
cent, daughter* of Mr. and Mrs. O.
],. Weaver, McCook.
Honorable mention: Too old to
compete for prizes: Nina Louise
Abernathy. 26 months old, 99.2 per
rent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Abernathy. McCook.
Iowa Girls Are Arrested
for Shoplifting in France
tty I'nlversal Service.
Nice, Oct. 7.—Hilda Beline and Vir
ginia Bellne, slBters, giving their ad
dress as Lemars, la., have been ar
ri ated here for shoplifting. They are
reported to have confessed.
^ Wed in Bluffs.
Table Rock, Neb., Oct. 7.—David
Jones of Lincoln snd Miss Mae John
son daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. R.
Johnson of Table Rock, were mar
rled recently at Council Riuffs. la.
Th«-y will make their home in Lin
coln.
Furs Re-Enter Fashions
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Monkey Fur, Ostrich Plumes and Swansdotvn Used in
Wholesale Fashion of Gowns W'ftrn in Smart Paris
Dancing Palaces and at Races.
Paris, Oct. 7.—Furs have made a
startling re-entry Into the fashions.
Not only the most elaborate "fur
gowns" were worn by the throng of
beautiful women at this afternoon’s
race for the Arch of Triumph cup at
Longchamps, but furs, especially
monkey fur, ostrich plumes and
swansdown, nre used in wholesale
fashion in the latest evening models
seen at the smart dancing palaces,
most of which opened with larger
crowds than ever.
The ”silhouetteJ’ presents the curi
ous anatomy in that from waist up
ward the style remains narrow and
form-fitting, practically identical with
last year's styles, whereas from the
hips downward the skirts assume the
most elaborate and ^n some cases
most eccentric shapes.
A favorite model worn at the open
ing of Rector's, which Harry P1I
cer, Pearl White and others have
combined to make fashionable, was
a Paul Garet creation of sheer white
horizontally* pleated in gold lace and
trimmed with hare fur down the
sides and a wide hem of soft swans
down, giving an indeserilaibly beauti
ful effect, especially during a dance.
A really startling gown In a bold
design of black and white was worn
by Princess Vlora at the opening of
Oscar Mouvet’s My Sister's Garden,
one of the loveliest of the dance re
sorts frequented by Americans.
Mile. Spinelll, vivacious comedy
star, wore a mustard velvet gown
trimmed concentrically with black
peacock quills, making her look like
a huge bird.
Flood Victims
Sue City for
Ditch Damage
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Writ of Mandamus for Drain
age of Pettibone Ditch Is
Sought in District
, Court.
Petition for a writ of mandamus,
forcing the city of Council Bluffs and
the Union Pacific railitoad to open
i’ettibone ditch for the drainage of
the inundated area north of Broad
way. between Thirteenth and Twen
lieth streets, was filed in district
court Saturday by nearly half a hun
dred property owners in that vicinity.
The action names as plaintiffs, Bd
Thrush, George S. Steinberg, J. L,.
Walker, L. R. Kramer, H. Nichols,
William Bt^ltz, W. A. Ward and 40
other property owners and taxpayers.
It also requests a mandatory injunc
tion, obliging the defendants to leave
the ditch open.
The petition alleges that the open
sewer, known as Pettibone ditch,
drains the entire area from Avenue
C, north, between Twelfth and Twen
tieth streets, carrying flood waters to
Spoon lake, which is situated, near
the Union Pacific right of way.
It charges that track extensions
made by the railroad have blocked
the ditch from an outlet into the lake,
and that improvements along Broad
way made by tlyS city have narrowed
the passage of the ditch through that
thoroughfare to an inefficient stage.
An attempt made by residents of
the district during the height of the
recent flood to cut channels through
Twentieth street for drainage pur
poses was blocked by police and mem
bers of the National guard, called by
cltiiens living on the other side of
the ridge.
No date has been fixed for hearing
uprtn the application for a writ of
mandamus.
Wife of Priest
Slays Rector
Churchman Accused of False
Statements Killed While
Accepting Confession.
Chicago. Oct. 7.—Rev. Basil Stet
suk, Greek Catholic priest, was shot,
and killed by Mrs. Emily Strutynsky
of Ramey, Pa., as she knelt before
him ostensibly to make a confession,
at the 9 o'clock mass at the St.
Michel Greek Catholic church here
today.
Mrs. Strutynsky declared to the
police that Rev. Mr. Stetsuk had ac
cused her husband, himself a Greek
Catholic priest at Rainey, Pa., of ap
propriating church funds while he
was minister to a Chicago congrega
tion.
She said the aligbd charges were
false ansU said she came to Chicago
from Ramey nine days ago for the
express purpose of slaying the priest
to avenge what she believed the
wrong to her husband. She went to
the church last Sunday, she said, but
the opportunity to kill the priest did
not present itself and she decided to
wait until today.
St. Charles White Corn
Makes 101 Bushels to Acre
Red Cloud, Neb.. Oct. 7—The sec
ond of the corn variety test plots
planted in this county last spring un
der the direction of County Agent
Fausch was husked and measured on
the George Ohrnstede farm, south of
Guide Rook. The corn measured out
as followers in bushels per acre:
Reid's rough yellow dent. 58.6: red,
87.3: St. Charles white, rough, 85.5;
St. Charles white, smooth, .69;
Boone county white, 53.2; Iowa silver
mine, 71.5; Nebraska yellow dent.
66.4; Kearney county yellow, 53.2; red
whltecap, 54.7.
Mr. Ohrnstede took the party to
one of his fields, where a measured
acre of his own corn was husked.
This was of the St. Charles white
variety. The yield was 101 bushels
for the acre.
Bartley Man Is Bound Over on
Second Degree Murder Charge
Spslil PlKpitt,-h |o The Omaha Bee.
McCook, Neb., Oct. 6.*—Preliminary
hearing of Steve G. Carver of Bnrtley.
charged with slaying Wilbur Jennings
of Hartley, September 2», was held In
county court here today. Carver was
held to appear at the January term
of district court to answer a charge
of second degree murder. Mo gave
110,000 bond for his appearance which
was readily signed by numerous
neighbors.
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Karth Treors Felt.
Washington, Oct. 7.—Earth t re mot -
Indicating a severe earthipiake ap
proxlmately R.oflo mtlea from Wash
Ington were recorded last light and
early today at the Georgetown uni
voralty aelsmogullcal observatory. t
Servant Girl
Problem Solved
in German Homes
” (U Most Pitiful
t.itios—Wages of 50 to 70
Cents a Month Now
Paid.
Iljr l nlvrrsal Service.
Berlin. Oct. 7.—Germany's servant
girl problem la solved at least so far
as the hausfrau is concerned. The
high cost of living has done it.
Until very recently, the cook or
servant girl was boss of the German
house, before whom every member
of the family trembled Just as they
do In the United States. Servants
were hard to get and still harder to
keep. They dictated their own work
ing conditions.
Owners of employment bureaus
grew' rich from bribes to entice good
servants away from one place to
send them elsewhere. ^
But, almost overnight the German
hausfrau has passed from purgatory
to paradise, so far as the servant
problem is concerned. With factories,
shops and stores closing, thousands
of girls thrown out of work are
crowding the employment bureaus
seeking housework.
In New York, girls doing house
work get from *60 a month upwards.
There are few cooks in Germany
who get ati entire dollar in a month.
The majority of servants receive be
tween 60 cents and 70 cents' upr
month and sojne discarded clothing.
The cost of living has risen so that
hundreds of families are cutting
down their staff of servants by half
while others are dismissing all be
cause they? if.nfiui aff.-rd to fee I
(hem.
Servants in the Germany cities to
day are the most pathetic of all the
working classes—ragged and often
fed on sparse crusts. The month's
wageR, if they get any at all. Is
hardly sufficient to buy a pair of
stockings. A week's wages will not
buy a ticket to the movies. The
hausfrau is now often a merciless
dictator of terms, and the terms are
often simply a place to sleep, not any
too much food, no wages, lots of
work, and no day off.
President Obregon
Is Critically 111
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 7.—Pre«i
dent Obregon. who ha* been ill for
several days, ha* suffered a collapse
and grown weaker, following which
a consultation of physicians took
place at the Chapultepec castle. A* a
result of recent complications, the
president Is said to he critically 111,
according to city of Mexico press
dispatches.
Civilian Polo Teams
to Organize Here
Now that King Ak-Sar-Ben has
added a polo field to his possessions,
it Is necessary to find teams to use It.
Two army teams came to Omaha to
(May during the Ak Bar Ben festival
this year.
Next year thing# will be different,
that Is Charels Oardner declares that
they will. He announced that three
polo teams were to be organized
among Omahans and would play at
the field throughout the season.
Mr. Oardner announced that, be
ginning with the close of the festival,
pol6 teams would practice on the
new field each day a* long a* the
weather permitted. General Duncan
and Colonel Stone are encouraging
the development of the game, and ex
pert civilian team* to he formed in
Des Moines and Minneapolis to com
pete with Omaha.
Judge Confiidere Receiver
for Insurance Company
Des Moines, Oct. 7.—Decision on
petition for receivership for North
American National Insurance com
pany will be given here October 22,
District Judge Benner announced
Petition was file?! by J. B. Hpear
of Greene county nnd hearing held
today, Plaintiff alleges officers mis
used company’s fund*. Another ca#e
pending against company is suit for
$58,000 filed by I/Otils R. Heeslof.
Ladies' Aid Society Will
Peddle “Kickless" Extract
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 7.—Monro#,
Neb., known for Its temperance
proclivities and anti-cigarette cam
paigns, the town where Gif’ W. C.
T. t'. maintain* Gin public library,
now come* to the front with a cam
paign to sell nonalcoholic flavoring
extracts. Fund* are being raised by
the Dadles' Aid society of the com
munity church there which the wom
en will use to buy flavoring extract*
containing no alcohol nnd sell them
from house to house at cost.
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|Cooli dge
May Speak
Id Omaha
Trip to Mexico Duriug Christ
mas Holidays Is Given
Consideration by
President.
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Would Meet Obregon
Hy Universal Service.
Washington, Oct. 7. — President
Coolidge, during the coming Christ
mas holidays, may make his first ap
pearance before the country since he
entered the White House.
He has announced a policy of de
clining all invitations for engagements
out of Washington before congress Is
convened Monday, December 3, but
lias under consideration a trip about
the first of the year.
The chief purpose for which a
swing through the middle west and
southwest Is being urged is to meet
President Obregon of Mexico at the
international borderline separating
the Mexican and American towns of
Nogales, In the states of Arizona and
Sonora. En route to and returning
from the border conference, the presi
dent undoubtedly would accept some
of the many invitations which would
be extended to him to stop and de
liver addresses.
The business men and commercial
and civic organizations in Arizona,
New Mexico and Texas are pressing
the suggestion that Mr. Coolidge meet
President Obregon. Senator Ralph
Cameron, republican, of Arizona, has
presented the matter to the executive
and suggested the Christmas holi
days as the best time to make the
trip, It was learned today.
The senator pointed out that the
chief determining factor probably
will be the action of the senate on the
two conventions with Mexico, which
Mr. Coolidge has announced he will
submit to the senate for ratification
the first day congress Is in session.
If these pacts are approved and the
American ambassador to Mexico
named, making complete the resump
tiotv of relations with the southern
republic, and a reasonable recess for
the holidays Is taken by congress,
Cameron believes It will be possible
for the president to get away.
There Is no Idea that the president
should make of the trip a speaking
campaign. The Impression Is rather
that he would make only a few
speeches at centrally located points
along the route. He could go via
Chicago and Denver, for example,
and return by the southern routs.
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Poincare Firm
for Guarantees
From Germany
Speaking at OKI Headquarters
of American Bombers. Pre
mier Replies to Lord
Curzon.
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Paris, Oet. 7.—"It does not matter I
what men rule Germany, amt It does
not matter what sort of government
It has, we intend to rest on our posi
tion. which Is a clear demand for
guarantees both for our security and
for the full payment bf reparations.”
Thus Premier Poincare, speaking at
Llgny, which during the war was
headquarters for the American bomb
ing squadrons, replied today to Lord
Curzon's speech in hope that France
would now make new propositions for
the settlement of the reparations and
the Ruhr question.
The French premier gsve England
plainly to understand that France
will not back down an Inch from Its
position that the first proposals must
come from Germany. Referring to
Lloyd George, the premier said:
"The former ministers criticize the
French policy In weekly newspaper
articles: let them make a grand lec
ture tour and propoganda against
Frnnce. We shall not he silent. We
refuse to be dupes of their machina
tions ”
Chancellor Stresemann’s concilia
tory speech before the relchstag Sat
urday Is received here wtih general
pealmlsm. coupled wtih some relief,
that the revolution has not yet hap
pened. In high quarters there Is doubt
whether Ktrespniann ran succeed in
enforcing his policy, while few dlplo
mats here retain any Illusion as to
Germany’s present capacity for pay
ment.
Madeline Frank Brnndeis
Directs Hollywood Films
Mrs. Madeline Frank Bramlels Is
assisting In directing at one of the
large motion picture studies In Holly
wood and has moved to that city from
San Francisco. She occupied the
house of Milton Pills when she first
went to Hollywood, but has now taken
another house which hes a large
garden, where little Mary Madeline
Hrandela plays.
Mrs Ittandels. while she lived In
Omaha, won greatly Interested In the
i-lnema. She had a picture machine
of her own and took many plot urea
which she screened for the pleasure
of her friends st the Braudels hotne
In Fait-acres.
Naval Disaster Inquiry
to Be Finished This Week
San Diego, Cal., Oct. 7,-AWIth throe
weeks pf detailed testimony on the
Honda destroyer disaster Incorporated
In its record, the naval court of in
quiry investigating the wreck of
seven ships and consequent loss of 2S
lives Is preparing to bring Its ses
sion* to an end early till* week with
the examination of witnesses from
tits IT. s. S. t'hauncey, one of the
wrecked vesstl , aim from two ships
farthest astern in the column when
the Kle\enlll destroyer squadron
grounded.
"If the French were to sell their
paintings, they could pay their war
debt and all other debts," declared
A. L. Sutton, addressing ths Ameri
can Philosophical society at its quar
ters in Patterson block yesterday
afterndon. "But they would never
agree to do so,” he added.
"France is a land of monuments.
Everywhere one goes, monuments
meet the eye. Big monuments and
small monuments. Statues of every
person who ever did anything unusual
in any line. There are monuments
to artists and political leaders. Where
a certain French king was murdered
there stands a monument. Where
the first American soldier stepped
out of Belleau wood, in the famous
battle of the late war, there stands
a $25,000 monument.
"That part of France that Is not
devoted to monuments is used for
farming and manufacturing. Most
of the people live In the towns and
cities, which are usually only a few
miles apart. The people go out to
their farms In carts drawn by ox
teams."
There are 100 ox teams to every
automobile In France, according to
Mr. Button. He added that the great
majority of those who work in the
fields are women.
Mr. Sutton recently returned from
Europe.
Bluffs Clinic
Will Be Opened
Within 10 Days
Doctors Already Occupying
Offices in New Building
—Unique Features to
Be Noted.
Nearly nil of the interior finishing
in the new $100,000 medical clinic
building in Council Bluffs has been
completed and the structure will be
ready for formal opening within 10
days, according to Dr. Donald Ma
crae. head of the group which
planned and constructed the build
ing.
There Is no other building In the
country so thoroughly designed for
clinic purposes, the doctor states. The
plan for the structure is a composite
of similar edifices in all parts of the ;
United States, snd It embraces the
most practical features of them all.
A modern hvdrotherapeutirs de
partment has been equipped in the
basement for the treatment of both
men and women, the light fixture*
used in the building have been Im
ported from Amsterdam, Holland, and
rrrfiny trther similarly unique feaidre*
will be noted by the public when It
Is opened for inspection.
Dr. Mary L. Tinkey, Dr. Matthew A j
Tinley. Dr. C. A. Hill and Dr. Erick- j
son Hill already are occupying their
offices on the second floor of the
' i linic, while others who have moved
into their new location include: third
floor, Drs. f». W. McCall and B. F
Gibbs, dentists; Dr. W. E. Ash and
Dr. M. E. O'Keefe; fourth floor, Dr.
Donald Macrae, Dr. Karl R. Wern
riorff. Dr. A. A Johnson. Dr. V. L.
Treynor and Dr. J V. Treynor.
Nebraska College Boys
Win as Swine Judges
Agricultural College. Lincoln. Oct.
7.—The University of Nebraska Agrl
cultural college swine Judging team
placed third as a team in the inter
collegiate Judging contest at the na
tlonal swine show at I'corla, III. They
were beaten by teams from Iowa and
Ohio, In the order named. Teams from
most of the corn belt stntes competed
In the contest. Lee King of Central
City tied for seventh place snd was
the high man of the Nebraska place
Ten classes of hogs were placed and
reasons were given on five of the
rings.
Lee King of Central City, Clyde
Wslker of Waverly, Alfred Daniels of
Bancroft, Clay lord Hatton of Edgar,
and Frank Wilkinson of Westboro,
Mo, were the members of the Ne
braska team. They are nil senior* in
the agricultural college of the Univer
sity of Nebraska This Is the first
contest to be held this year between
teams from the different states and is
a measure of their comparative abili
ties In swine Judging alone. Nebras
ka will enter a team in the contests
at the American Itnyal at Kansas City
next month, and at the International
Livestock exposition at Chicago the
first week in December. In each of
these contests all kinds of stock will
lie Judged.
Civil War Veteran Die*
at Milford Soldiers' Home
Beatrice. Neb, Oct. 7.—Fay- Shaf
tier, pioneer resident of Beatrice, and
civil war veteran, died at the soldiers'
homo at Milford, where he had been
living t!i« last few years. He was
about SO years of age. and Is sur
vived by several children. Ills wife
died years ago.
Man Struck Down l»y Auto
Whose Driver Speeds Away
Struck by an automobile Saturday
at Twenty fourth and Seward street*,
fleorge laiyme*. 5S, 2237 Seward
atreet, was taken to Lord Lister ho*
pltal suffering from Internal lnjurle*
and a broken leg.
Tlie driver of the «pe*ding ear did
not atop.
P.-T, Association of 70
Member* at Liberty. Neb.
Beatrice. Neb., Oct. 7.- A parent
lonelier association wai orga tilted At
Liberty* •nuthwmf of Beatrice, with
.1 innnbt i cihlp of TO. A number of
IUvitrieo resilientfi drove to Liberty
and futnudnl In luuiKhliitf the organ
j iiatk>u«
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Disaster Which Cost Five Lives
(Pacino and Atlantio Photo *
American balloon striking Belgian balloon, which was ripped to pieces
In mid air during international race.
The international balloon race which started In Belgium, was the most
disastrous in history. Five of the aeronauts were killed and another seriously
injured/ Three balloons were struck by lightning and a fourth fell into the
sen. The above photo hsows a collision in midair. The Ill-fated American
balloon is seen striking the Belgian balloon, which was ripped to pieces
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Car Shortage Is
“Ancient History”
Plentiful Supply Results
From Co-Operation of Car
riers, Shippers and Public.
Car shortages are a thing of '♦he
past and will continue to be. In the
opinion of Trenmore Cone, secretary
of the publicity committee and mem
ber of the committee on building sup
plies and road materials of the Cen
tral Western Shippers' association,
provided railroads and shippers co
•perate in the future as they have
n the ytast feW months.r To prove
that car shortages are ancient his
tory. Cone points to the following
facts:
Railroads moved more tons per
mile last month than ever before in
their history.
Railroads moved 1.092.060 cars of
freight during the first week of Oc
tober, which was 22.000 cars more
than was ever moved before In one
week and ha)l more than 66,000
*mpty cars to supply any car short
Ige that might exist.
"This state of affairs was brought
about by cooperation amt>ni| car
riers. shippers and public In the last
rear," Cone said.
"In that time seven regional car
■ervlce shippers' associations have
i on formed In the t'nlted Slates, all
working together. The membership
’onsists of general managers of rail
way commissions, and every big and
little shipper who wishes to Join.
"Bach state in turn selects its own
ommitjees on various classes of
traffic. The district in which Ne
braska is located consists of Nebras
ka, South Dakota, Colorado. Utah.
Idaho, Wyoming, part of Montana
and Council Bluffs. The next meet
Ing of this district will be held at
Pocatello, Ida., the first week In De
’ember. H. Q. Taylor of the State
Railway ootnmlaslon Is chairman, and
B. Chllde of Omaha Is secretary.
"In addition to the committee of
»ach state serving Its own commodity
with first hand information, there la
me man in each district whose word
s law in car movements.
"Carriers were asked to put In
their storage coal in the summer.
Nearly all roads did so.
"All public service corporations
were served with a similar notice and
nearly all complied. As a result,.great
stock* of coal are on hand, more
linn 96 days ahead of the mines.
' Nimy railroad* have long since
provided thousand* of car* of sand,
■tone, lumber* cement and other
hint.* In anticipation of their needs,
■o that the public may have the cars
n rush seasons."
Horn in Pawnee County
Out of Danger of Frost
Table Rock, Nob , Oct. 7 —Pawnee
-ounty corn Is now out of w 11 danger
from frost, except in occasional field
planted exceptionally late. From a
llsplay of corn at the Pawnee Colin
y fair. Just closed, the crop will
>o much larger than for several
rears and of exceptional quality. The
■ mount of winter wheat already
■own Is much smaller than usual,
•wing to many having waited for
.slier weather for seeding to svoid
h« fear of harm from the Hessian
fly and chinch hug* Much wheat
will yet bo sown as the yields, owing
lo th* abundance of rain recently r*
-elved, are in fine shape for plowing
■ome fields even j et being too muddy
to plow.
Mud Geysrr Discovered
in Crater of Mount Gntmui
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 7 —C. M Ken
ner, a scientist from the Carnegie
nstitute, Washington, D C . here to
lay from an extensive exploration
it ip In Alaska, announced he bad dis
covered an emirmou* mud geyser In
I lie depth* of the stuokutg and tutu
btlng ebattr of Mount Ivatmal.
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To Develop Own
Talent in Village
Hattie Creek Women's Club
Will Replace Imported
Lvceum Entertainers.
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Battle Creek. Neb.. Oct. T—Feeling
that Battle Creek Is not able to fi
nance a high grade professional win
ter lyceum and knowing that It would
not support one of the inferior qual
ity, the Women's club has planned a
group of concerts and ptograms to re
place tlte entertainment formerly pro
vided by outside talent.
This is not an entirely new slven *
ture on the part of this organization.
Last season It put on two programs
of reading, instrumental and vocal
music that aroused much enthusiasm.
The reception that these two pro
grams received urged the women to
enlarge uport the work this year. The
programs will not only be more In
number, perhaps five, but will he bet
ter selected and arranged. With one
or two exceptions, these programs
will be given by local talent.
At present the operetta. "A Com
munity Fair," with a cast of 25
characters, is In preparation for the
middle of November.
As the club has chosen entertain
ment and not the mere making of
money. Its cl^ef objective. Its efforts
will enlist the support and good will
of the community, something that the
commercial lyceum has lost In the
smaller towns.
Knox County Livestock
Body Elects Officers
Bloomfield, Neb . Oct. 7—At the
annual meeting of the Knox County
Better Livestock and Fair associa
tion the following officers and super
intendents were chosen for the en
suing year:
Piesident. Henry Kuhl. Flainview:
vice president. J. F. Mattem. Wtnne
toon; secretary. W. H. Weber, Bloom
field; treasurer, C". T Heckt, Bloom
field.
Directors: T C5. Reetz. Bloomfield;
J H. Gesler. Bloomfield: P. H. Green,
t'relghton: E. H. Mason. Bloomfield.
C. A. Holmqulst, Wausa; E. N.
Powell. Bioom4ie!d.
The bylaws wet* amended, ehang
Ing the number of directors from six
to nine and the other three will be
c! «en later from towne In the coun
ty not represented on the board.
Superitendents: Swine, E. N
Powell, cattle. J. D. Pollock, horses.
.1 R Gosaard. agriculture. John Kam
iner: pig club. L. B. Crew: speed, J.
C. Hansen; poultry. J. H. Gosler; geti
eral superintendent ladles' depart
ment. Mrs. E. H. Mason.
It was voted to hold a four-day fair ,
next year, the week following the -
state fair. This year's fair waa a
success. The receipts fully paid out j
and also paid for a new hog bam and j
a number of other building Improve ■
ments
Klan in Iowa Town Denies
Attack on Newspaper Man
Fort Madison, la , Oct. 7.—The Ku j
Klux Klan of Ponnellaon today was
attempting to identify persons respon \
si.b!e for distribution of literature dr j
nounolng the organization and palm i
Ing a warning on the building of the
Donnellaon Times ordering the pub
lisher to leave the town.
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Fantastic
Death Tale
Is Promised
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Figure in Webb Case Whose
Motives Have Been V eiled
Expected to Be
Indicted.
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Big Estate Is Involved
By I?nl venal Service.
White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 7.—A
story so fantastic that it might aeem
to spring from the brain of a Poe or
Conan Doyle will be told tomorrow to
the grand jury investigating tho
mysterious death of Mrs. tier-tie (Jon
man Webb at the fashionable West
chester-Blltmore club the evening of
September 25.
While the consensus Is that no one
will be Indicted for the actual mur
der of the woman, who left an estate
valued at more than J2.000.000, it is
believed possible that a figure in the
case whose possible motives have re
mained veiled may be Indicted on one
of these charges:
. Possible Chargee.
Committing perjury as to the
actual circumstances of death.
Engendering or entering Into a
criminal conspiracy to makh It appear
the death of Mrs. Webb was un
natural.
Criminal negligence in connection
with Mrs. Webb's illness and death.
It Is held certain that men promi
nent in the medical profession will
testify that In their opinion Mrs.
Webb died a natural death.
Dr. William Meyer, although ha
refused to sign the death certificate,
has stated that Mrs. Webb was suf
fering from chronic kidney trouble,
also heart disease. Physicians present
at the autopsy are expected to swear
that Mrs. Webb also was suffering
from pneumonia when she died.
Doctbrs Disagree.
Dr. Meyer, who was In sole charge
of the sick room, has made It plain
that he will be prepared to contradict
the most prominent pathologists who
[ may disagree with his medical views.
An important question for the
grand Jury to decide la:
What happened In the sick room
during Mrs. Webb's illness?
TMe two nurses who attended Mrs.
Webb, it was learned tonight, will be
summoned to clear up this phase of
the mystery.
A further twist In the death enigma
concerns certain notes written by Dr.
Meyer to Charles Webb, the dead
woman's husband. In one note, writ
ten two days before the death, Dr.
Meyer is said to have written:
Notes From Doctor.
"I am gratified at the patient’s con
dition. Things are going nicely.”
The day before Mrs. Webb died
I>f. M S’ei, It is understood, wrote to
ths husband:
"Please have this prescription
filled.”
Dr. Meyer said tonight It was not
until the morning of the day of death
that he suspected poisoning. It was
on this occasion that he and Mrs.
Margaret Johnstone, intimate friend
of Mrs. Webb, obtained the ante
mortem statement in which the dead
j woman is purported to have said:
"Mr. X. mixed tablets and water
and gave them to me I took them
often. He always gave them to me."
The Investigation is expected to
| last all week.
James Regan Hurt;
Thrown From Horse
—
James Regan, SP«S South Thirty
second street, livestock salesman for
j Wertheimer & Degen, South Omaha,
Is at his home suffering with a slight
concussion of the brain, sustained
when a horse threw him at the etock
yards Friday. The animal became
frightened and ran up several aieps.
throwing Mr. Regen off. His head
struck the cement pavement.
New Grand Island Hotel to
Have Elaborate Opening
Grand Island. Neb., Oct. 7—Open
ing .of the new Yancey hotel le be
ing arranged under the auspices of
the chamber of commerce for about
the last of the present month or the
first of next. A banquet, at $5 per
plate, Is being provided and the com
missioner of the chamber la receiv
ing registrations for the limit of OX'.
It Is to he an informal affair, the
first registered being tha first
served. President Cowton and Com
missioner Traill of the chamber hav»
been authorised by the board of gov
ernors to add representatives of the
traveling men organ.ration ar.d oth
ers to their committee on general
arrangements All of the furniture
has been unloaded and placed In the
building and only the final adjust
ment of light fixtures and the laat
touche# of tha painting and other
decorations remain to he done.
Alkali l.akc “Monster" to Be
in Grand Island Parade
Grand Island. Neb.. Oct. 7 —The
Alkali lake •'monster" is In Grand
Island. It will he harnessed and
placed In the electric parade of the
Grand Island fete day Thursday eve
ning. next, the promoters solemnly *
affirm, it being fed in the meantime
cn six calves daily and snorting for
more. Commissioner Traill of the
chamber of commerce and others
claiming to ho training the hruto
sufficiently to keep It In trim for
display Wednesday and Thursday
are being put on the calendar by the
merchants as special days with in
dustrial and contpdy parades and
other entertain madkon the side.
Kami of 1 <>4.^ Afros Near
Killo Soils for $18,720
Healriee. Not ixt. 7 The Frank
Kiaher faun of l#rt acres, three mile*
southeast of Fllley, was sold to R
M Raynor -it sheriff's site for IIS.
7X0 The tom is fully well uM
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