ssz.’Tsz.;- The Omaha Corning Bee pngii. _ > » > s _:__ , ... -... ... ---— VOL. 53—NO. 101. *2-- “ •S^n? OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1923.* fcJT.tt \TZ,n* TWO CENTS “ °F^>,C",‘, fSZXT ANDITS KILL 3. BLAST MAIL CAR Brute Force Triumphs Over Brains Four Home Runs Feature World Series Ball Game— Pennock Pitches Easter ly Ball for Americans. Score: Yanks 4, Giants 2 By DAMON RUNYON. By I'niversal Service. ^Poio Grounds, New’ York, Oct. 11.— It has been written that the world series of 1923 is a struggle between brute force and a master mind, the first represented by Babe Ruth, huge, ponderous, formldlble; the second, by -John J. McGram, pudgy, gray and ^ crafty. That being true, It must be set down that the acorte of the second game at the Pool grounds this afternoon w as: Brute force, 4. Master mind, 2. Socrates, Aristotle nd all the heavy thinkers of the ages couldn’t have •stopped Ruth today. Two Home Runs. The mighty hitter of the New York Y'anks slugged the American leaguers to victory over the Giants with two home runs, those runs proving the margin of the Yankee triumph. McGraw, sitting back in the shadow of the Giants’ bench, thinking, think ing, thinking, could not produce a single thought to offset the fierce hinges of this big fellow in the fourth and fifth innings. Once Kuth smashed the ball into the upper tier of the rightfieid stand. Again, he drove it into the lower tier. Twice he got his base on balls, and in his fifth and final appearance at bat, he brought a roar from the 45,000 people packed in the green stands, by hitting a ball so hard and so high that it was almost lost in the mist above the field before it settled in Casey Stengel’s glove. Brute force was loose in that game. —JCothing could hold it. Ruth was ltuth, mammoth, majestic. The think er on the Giant bench seemed to dwindle into nothing more Important, nothing more impressive than a short, a fat old gentleman. First Win in Nine Games. It was the first game the Yanks have won from the Giants in nine games played since they began meet ing In the world series, which was in 1321. It was their first victory after eight consecutive defeats, with a tie game among them. It was the first time In this long stretch that brute force really became unfettered, which is surely not an impressive record for brute force. it was a game of home runs. Aaron Ward, the Arkansas man, who plays second for the Yanks, made one. "Irish" Meusel of the Giants made another. These home runs were both hit into the left field stand. They were per haps as important In their way ns Ruth's home runs, but they did not evoke the same cheering. That Is the curious tiling about Ruth's home run hitting—his home runs always seem more terrific than any other home runs, though they may be hit no farther, or harder. Others Need Mention. It would be Just as easy to pick Aaron Ward's home run as the run that won the game for the Yanks, perhaps, counting Ruth's two home runs as merely part of the Yankee general score, but Ruth's two home t^mns will be remembered long after Ward's one has been forgotten, That is another curious thing about Ruth's home runs—they are always the ones that teem to count the most. A spidery young man named Her boi l Pennock. a young man with thin arms and thin legs, and not much (Turn (a I’uka T#*n. Column Five.) • Columbus Fair Exhibits > Placed in Store Windows Columbus, Neb., Oct. 11.— I. B. Gates, Howard Clarke and George Itrinnlrn, all of Columbus, have been appointed to act as Judges for live stock and agricultural products at tlie threo-day county fair opening here Monday, Judge* to pass on klteh en and needlework exhibits ofered by the women will ha appointed by the Columbus Business Women’* cluli. " The phase of the fair that marks h as unusual la the fact that tho show windows of 45 downtown stores will he devoted to the exhibits and used as booths. Rach merchant has cliurge of the exhibits In his windows and will give prizes for the product he shows. Only one class of exhibits will be placed In every window. Several livestock entries of hogs have already been made. In f addition there v, III hr exhibits of every type of ill in .11 product and livestock r i- d in the county, as well as needle ''work. art. drawing, linking and edu rational exhibit*, i Special entertain n.cut features will mark the In-1 day of Hie fair. ’ Polio V ictim Dies 1 Columbus, Nell. Oct. II Infantile paralysis claimed its first victim here, with the death of Marguerite Phelpr 3 year old daughter of Mrs. Mat I'helps. Cattle Cleaned Up in Buffalo County Cattle are being shipped out of Buffalo county at a rapid pace, ac cording to F. C. Mortenson pf Ra venna. Neb., who was on the Omaha market with a load of stock. He said the most of them had been shipped out in the last five weeks. "I do not expect feeding operations to be very heavy in my neighbor hood,” said Mr. Mortenson, "but hny will be a little heavier than last sea son. Old corn is getting scarce, but the new crop will run heavy, prob ably from 25 tp 35 bushels to the acre.” School Boy Run Down and Killed Vernon Johnson, Six Years Old, Struck While Crossing Street Near Lothrop School. Driver of Car Arrested Vernon Johnson, 6 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Johnson, 3808 North Seventeenth street, died at the Swedish Mission hospital at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, just three hours after he was struck by the car of Joe Johnston, 1810 St. Mary ave nue, at Twentieth and Lothrop streets. Little Vernon was on his way to Lothrop school, where he was en rolled in the first grade. With him was his elder sister, Margaret, 8, and a group of playmates. Witnesses de clare that, when almost across the street, the little fellow left the group and darted back directly "Into the path of Johnston's car. The car car ried the boy 20 feet before It was brought to a stop. The small Ind, suffering from con cussion of the brain and a fractured skull, was rushed to the Swedish Mis sion hospital by Mr. Johnson. The boy died without regaining conscious ness. Johnson was taken from the hos pital to the police station, where he was charged with reckless driving. He is held pending a coroner's. In quest. Carl J. Johnson, the lad's father, is a car inspector for the Illinois Central railroad. Vernon is survived by his father end mother, in addition to a brother, 'Robert. 10, and a sister, -Margaret, 8. Ford Silent When Told of Nebraska Support I.lncoln. Oct. 11.—llenry Ford re fuses to lie brought into the open on the presidential question by a lettei from Secretary of Stnte Pool, Inform •ing him that his name haa been filed in Nebraska by his supporters. In a reply, received by Mr. Pool today, E. fi. Leihold. general secre tary for Mr. Ford, acknowledges the letter, and says that his employer was "very much interested in tho .primary election figures of 1922," which were enclosed in the secretary of state's letter. No reference Is made to Mr. Ford's future intentions. The letter sent by the secretary of state reveals the fact ,that 1,828 per sons signed the petition for Henry Ford, although but 983 of theae were allowed, the remainder being thrown out because the signatures were1 im properly written. In the First congressional district there were 191 petitioners, 108 In the Second, 21.9 In the Third, 114 in th ^Fourth. 122 In the Fifth and 189 in the Sixth. Car Thief at Albion (»Pt* Year in Penitentiary Albion, Neb, Oct. II.—One year In (he penitentiary was the Sentence given Kenneth Wayne, following his plea of guilty to stealing an automo bile. I.ast August lie came to Albion, claiming he was soliciting students for the Norfolk Business college. Frank Hlnane loaned him his car to go out in the country to sec a pros pect. He fulled to return and the authorities were notified. He was ar icsted at Council Bluffs, where he was caught .changing numbers with an IfiwR car. He was brought hack here, and at a special session of dis trict court. Judge Button received his plea of guilty. Yea: Those That Are Empty Shall Surely be Filled # So says Mrs. Cone of Thirty first St. Her four apartments were empty until she put a Bee Art on the joh. Now all four are rented. Use Bee Classifier) Arts. It’s results per Hollar that count. Rail Unions to Demand Wage Hike Consequence of Granting Pay Boost to Miners That Exceeds Wartime Peak. To Hit Northwest Roads By MARK SULLIVAN. Washington, Oct. It.—The prepara tion now under way for a formal de mand by the railroad brotherhoods for an advance in wages back to the wartime peak, which was the highest in history, is causing more thought in Washington than apparently it is In the rest of the country. On the economic side the move is deplored as seriously a* possible. If granted it means a new upward hitch in the cost of living. If denied, it means, presumably, a strike. Aside from these deplorable economic aspects there is A good deal of under standing sympathy for the railroad men, or at least understanding of the emotions that animate them just now. As many see It, if the strike comes It will be regarded as a direct conse quence of the granting of a 10 per cent increase to the anthracite miners. The miners were already at their wartime peak. They, practically alone among all classes of the community, had succeeded in retaining all the advances they had got during the war. This unique success was due to the determined aggressiveness of their leader, John L. Lewis. Bring Pressure In Bear. When the railroad workers saw the anthracite miners retain nil their war time advances and get 10 per cent more, there arose among them a psychology that brought pressure on their own brotherhood leader* to see if they could not do as well as Lewis. These brotherhood leader* get very large salaries, as large as some city bank presidents, and they must re spond to pressure from the men. Up to the time they saw the egample of the anthracite miners there was no Very strong inclination to demand higher wages among the railroad workers. But they say that more than half the miners will now he getting higher wages than the railroad workers. And the railroad workers regard them selves as a more deserving claw and 1 letter entitled to high wages. In their view fhey are skilled workers In a sense that most of the miners are not. They feel that, they are almost all native American*. while the coal miners Include masses of foreigners. Aware of Responsibility. The railroad workers think that they have, and I've up to, a sense of responsibility that does not at tach to miners. For the present emo tions among railroad workers there l.s a good deal of sympathy in some well-informed "Washington quarter*. It is felt that the railroad brother hoods and their leaders, who are men of high quality, have been disposed in act with a sense of responsibility toward the government and the coun try. It should be borne In mind that the railroad strike of last year did not com® from the brotherhoods hut from the shop workers. The ‘‘transports tibn brotherhoods,” who are now de mnndlng increase*, Include the engl neers. conductors, firemen, trainmen and switchmen. The section of country where the railroads will be most affected by this demand Is the northwest. While the railroads In other parts of the conn try are, doing well Just now the northwestern railroads, according to Interstate Commerce commission statisticians, nro earning less thsn 4 per cent. Against this scant margin of net earnings there are now two demands. One from the farmer labor political leaders, for a reduction In freight late* on grain and some other com modities; nnd ono from the brother hood leaders ft>r an Increase In wages. As between these two It Is tli» better guess that If either wins it will be the brotherhood demand for higher wages. Farmem Near (iolumlms Will Have Power Service ('iilnmbui, Nell., Ort. 11 Hy n vote nf two to one. farmer* In h territory immediately north «»f t'oluinbu*. com prising nine sections of land, decided hi a special election to Incorporate a rural district through the medium of which their farms will be supplied with electric current for light, heat and power by tier c'nlumbns Light. Heat and Power company. This will he the first run I electric district In Platte county and the second to he organized in Nebraska under the new state law authorising the format ion of districts, the first being item Wn hoo District bonds of about $ 1 T»,000 will be issued to defray the rust of erecting n distribution system. I Joy (I (.forfe to Niagara. Toronto, Ont . Oct. 11.— David Lloyd Georgs and his party hoarded their .special train today *n routs to N'isg nra Falls, which ths former premie? of Great Britain hops* to view this afternoon. Dog, Weary of Waiting on Mistress, Calls Her by Honking Auto Horn WYifoRE, Neb., Oct. 11—Mrs. H. A. Greenwood, Wymore pioneer and society woman, keeps a pet English bull dog. His name is Buster, and everywhere Mrs. Greenwood goes, Buster goes along. He has been trained to wait In the sedan, when it is parked anywhere,-'for the return of his mistress. A few days ago the auto was parked in front of a resi dence andremained for several hours, while Mrs. Greenwood attended a so cial function within, where a number of women of the neighborhood were gathered. Buster got tired of wait ing, and having seen his mistress push a certain button to sound the horn and call some one for whom she had been waiting, he jumped over the front scat, touched the button with his paw and sounded the horn, where upon Mrs. Greenwood came rushing out to ascertain wrhat the trouble was. Judge Lovett to Represent U. P. in I. C. C. Cases Resignation of Chairman of Executive Body Accepted —More \&ork Falls on Gray's Shoulders. NVw York, Oct. 12.—Responsibilities of Carl R. Gray as president of the Union Pacific railroad were enlarged yesterday ns tha board of directors accepted the resignation of Robert 8. Lovett, chairman of the executive committee, effective January 1. Mr. Gray v.ng placed In full charge of the operations of the property in the west. Judge Lovett's action was t.ikrn on the advice of his physicians. The of fice which lie crates is the chief ixecutlye post of the company. "Mr. Lovett has, however, con sented to continue his association with the property and in particular to direct the representation of the Union Pacific's interests in railroad consolidation matters and *n the valu atlon of railroad properties upon which the Interstate Commerce com mission is now engaged," stated Carl R. Gray. "To this end, the office of ■ hair nvtn of the board was created, and Mr. Lovett was elected to it yesterday with specific jurisdiction over these two important matters but without duty or responsibility with respect to the general question of management, although he well remain a memlirr of the board of directors and ex-officio a member of the finance < nwmlttre.” Lovett Visited Ilefe. Judge Lovett lias lieen In Omaha and through here a number of tinie He was guest at a dinner given by President Gray of the lTni nrded street car after day's work. l.Utle/'negro girl In seat ahead in ntly reading. Interested in know what held her close attention and glanced over her shoulder. Surprised tu note she was reading "Sonnets from the Portuguese.” in 10-cent clastic form. Iteinind»d me of Booker Washington's story of little fellow at Tuskt-tee, who said. "Wes a risin’, massa.” It used to be a dark area way be tween two tall buildings. Hated to pas* it late at night. Kxcellent place t ghosts to haunt, but knew they didn't although had fears. Now well lighted, with stairway growing In creasingly popular. Light furnished hy electric sign reading ' The Omaha Bee.” Stairway leading to Bee busl n< - * office. Now I know a -ghost walks there. Have met It a couple of times recently. Mighty welcome ghost, too. Don't care how big it gets. W. H Lee of Mitchell in tow n witn eotiMsnraem of fine steers. Joy to meet him again. Most unusual sort of fellow is Mr. Lee. Said he was sat isfied with |price received for steer* and admitted that he had made a good profit If I had been on the night desk Mr. T.ee would hnvo ap np pen red In front |wge Ih'x. The unusual always make the besl read ing. Lx State Senator Howell, chewing oil same black cigar he had In his mouth at close of 191T session. In. aisled he WHS nut of politics and then talked It for 10 minutes Kd couldn't be kept out when the battle opens. Twenty-ninth anniversary of great event comes tomorrow. Never get over wondering how she has been able to stand It through all those years. Beatrice Pair Ha* ;i7tli Wed,ling \ niiix ersary Ucalrlci NVb. Oet. H.—Mr. and Mts. I. It. Clayton, pioneer residents of (ing" county, cetabratod their fiftyn venth wedding anniversary. at tl -'ii home In this city, In the pres ence of their children and other lel.lf t\ e» The couple received a nutn tier of presents ss i-emembrances of the occasion. They have 15 great grandchildren and 25 grandchildren. Mr. Clay ion was at one time promi nent In republican nollllce In Ilia county, i"rvlng an' represcntatlva and cbalrman of the county bosid of auperv laors. llirunt joltiison Petition* • t irnilatcd in l.iimdn Lincoln, Oct ll Petitions to plat # tli*» name of Hiram Johnson. t'allfm Ha senator, on the ballot in Nebraska ;im cundidats for president, hn\« been in circulation In Lincoln for shout thr** wt*#kr, John Maher. member of tho I’ommltt^# hsr* which drew up I hi petitions, said today. Basket of pawpaws in fruit store window. To be regretted that the pawpaw- doesn't ripen the year round. Sight of them recalled flood of mem uric* of boyhcAd days in Missouri. Felt a lot better rest of the day. Young business man riding In ex pensive limousine and getting to his place of business at 10 a. m. Re member when his father rode a bi cycle and got Sown to his Job before '• I'm still walking. Small town stuff In the big city. Fellow Just behind me st picture -how insists on reading titles out loud. Woman in front insists on humming tunes played by orchestra. Gum parked under chair by former occupant. Collided with George Brophy a few hours ago. Gedrge now way up ofll i in! of Cnlon Pacific. First knew him while he was conductor of a mixed train on the Stromsburg branch. Al ways accommodating Would stop train at road crossing to let a friend off. or pick up basket of eggs to take to town for some farm woman. May be one reason w hy he is now way up official. Guest at hotel where I am stopping taken suddenly III. Physician called puts In hurry-up call for nurse Sax nur«e when she came In later. Sick ne«« h is h>st much of Its terror. Interested lrt Tom Dennison's re ported determination to leavs Omaha and make his home In California. In ili.il event am wondering what some local politicians will do for an excuse for one thing and another, Duks of Argyle maintained scratching posts for his people Removal of Tom Den nison from our midst mean* loss of mighty handy kicking post for some politician*. S i:n on South Fourteenth "Meal* t.'i rents and up. ' 1 should tlftnk so. Wry fond of hard rolls for break fast Still searching for restaurant ih.t will s.-rve more than on* thin slab of huttvr with the rolls. l*>*tng hope rapidly. After s round of window shopping nm w ondering how a middle aged, rather portly gray haired man would loid< in a slate colored, helled over coat with patch pockets W M M. The Weather — - :_ k or *4 hfttir* aunuiwntiirf llllhMl. 71 mrftn 44. n*l f*i. Toltl Mt f*» n'n. • January » . * < |\» Humidit' P*’*#T»ta*p- T a. m-. *4 uf»op 7 y m , 71 ?*!••« ipslAilop In- h's An.1 Hundredth* ’ >t«! oi Trial »itt # January I. t4 .14. ayppaa, S 21 Tf l » p *n • am ftjti iv hi 4> 10,,,,. n 11* •- it < i ? r m ll u*e« .T1 » p nv .... 4k Express Is Dynamited in Tunnel Engineer, Fireman and Brake man Shot—Unaldc to As certain Amount of Loot Taken. Passengers Unharmec San Francisco. Oct. 11.—Thret members of-the crew of the Southern Pacific train No. 13, Portland to San Francisco, were shot and killed, and the mail car on the train was blown s up by bandits who halted the train as it was entering a, tunnel near the Oregon-Californla line today. A posse from Yreka, Cal., under Sheriff Calkins of Siskiyou county, Is in pur suit of the bandits. The train is the southbound San Francisco express. The train came to a jarring atop after the locomotive and mail car had entered the tunnel. An explosion wae then heard. Conductor Marratt and Brakeman C. O. Johnson, pro ceeded to the head of the train, where they encountered the bandits. Johnson was shot through the chest and died within a few minutes. The bandits fled as the conductor ad vanced. He continued bis search and found the body of Engineer S. L. Bates on the ground on one side of the engine with a bullet through his head. On the other side he found the body of*Fireman Seng, also with a bullet through his head. The mail car was wrecked and all of the winjiws in the nearest chair car were shattered. No passengers were hurt and, as far as is known, there was no panic. The condition of the mail car pre vented an immediate survey to de termine if any mail matter or mor.ey had been stolen. The mail car was set on fire by the explosion, but wm quickly extin guished. Cells for help were sent to Ashland, Ore.. 17 miles to the north, to Yreka and to other points A wrecking crew cleared the track a few houra after the holdup. Lincoln Firm Is Given Hardware Job at Capitol Lahr Company Awarded Con tract for Furnishing Sec tion One at Cost of $16,500. Lincoln. Oct. 11 —The I-ah'r Hard ware company of Lincoln was award ed the contra t for hardware in sec tion 1 of the new capitol building by the capitol commission at its meet ing thfa afternoon. The company submitted the lowest bid. its tic".re. tor all hardware, with the exception of Ornamental hardware for the gov ernor s office and several other office* being 115.500. Two other firms. Rudge A Guenzel of Lincoln, and Milton Regers A Sorts Co. of Omaha, submitted bids, the Lincoln firm* figure totaling $15,804.11 and the Omaha '-oiiiparr offering to fulfill the cotmnis- or. » specification* for $17 950. Sargent A Co. of New Haven, t. r n , will furnish the hardware to lie in stalled by the l,ahr com pan? Tie commission approved the completed plans of the Guastayina company for the decoration of the dome of the vestibule, the approved pri e bring $13,000. The plans call for the w -k to be done In tile, of glaze col- :- and gilt, according to sketches submitted to the commission by Architect Bert ram G. Goodhue, who was present at the meeting. The disputed question of the alter nate design for the eas tand west en trances was carried over to the next meeting of the commission, it bring felt that Governor Bryan should b* present before any action te taken, lhe governor Is out in the state on an inspection of state fisheries. Bids will be asked in two weeks for special ornamental woodwork, the architect having prepated sketches of what will be needed Tli» sum of $75,000 is allowed in the ot ci nal contract to hAiidle this work. One f the requirements of the commis sion will he that all wots done on the woodwork must be in the shops of the firm to which the contract as iw arded After checking at .1 appro', c »er may I'd.