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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1923)
I % if Ait HISTOI- ■ I CAL IOC U*l¥ IJW| WEATHER FORECAST L,MC0^" Nebraska: Mostly cloudy YVednes- " PITV day, probably showers; not much Cl 1 X chance In temperature. __ - tj(~\t fro \ta inc EntirwJ at Second-Cfa«« Matter May 28. 1888. •* V vJJu. Ou—WU. lvO. Omaha P. 0. Under Act -at March 3. 1879. N OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1923. * II, Mall <1 Vaar)! 0.11, .ad ■dad... 19: S»ad.,. UN. «HtM. ».. 41. TWO CENTS " 0r",«*C!:f. ?|U^LS",m Outside the 4th Zone <1 Year): Dally and Sunday. 112; Sunday only. M * fT w ^ s^ Flee Coats Eleowhoro Dan Butler Js Removed by Council Henry Dunn Returned to Po lice Commissioner; Vote Is 4 to 1; No Demon stration. Mayor, Hopkins Absent City council Tuesday morning trans ferred City Commissioner D. B. But ler from the police department to his old department of accounts and finance, and assigned Commissioner H. W. Dunn to the commissionership of police. This was accomplished by the votes of Commissioners Joseph Koutsky, J. B. Hummel, Dean Xoycs and H. W. Dunn, the latter acting as presid ing officer of the council in the ab sence of Mayor J. C. Dahlman. Com missioner John Hopkins went to Cali fornia last Friday night. The action of the council came in the form of a report and resolution from the mayor who has been in a hospital since last Saturday night. These documents, dated October IB, were written last Saturday. Commis sioner Dunn visited the mayor. at a hospital Monday morning. To Station Together. The resolution, transferring Com missioners Buyer and Dunn back to their former departments, contained a clause which provided for imme diate reassignment of departments. A few minutes after the council meet which adjourned at 11, Commis sioners Butler and Dunn w'ent to Central Police station together. Since he assumed jurisdiction of the police department last March 22, Mr. But ler has maintained his office at po lice headquarters, Twelfth and Dodge streets. The council’s formality yesterday was not attended by any dem onstration. Commissioner Butler an nounced that he voted against the resolution because he was opposed to turning the police department back to "Dennison and his friends." Mr. Butler was affected by the action of the council, although he suppressed his emotions. Mayor’s Report. Tha mayor's report which accom panted his resolution referred to var ious documents which were referred to his department during the last two months and affecting the police de • partment. One of the matters re ferred to him was a resolution adop ted by the Tenth Ward Improvement club on the matter of transferring the police commissioner; another was a signed protest from residents along Pierce street, Sixth to Tenth streets, against alleged unwarranted search of automobilea and persons by the •^!flce, and there was a letter from 8. Salerno, Italian consular agent, against search of automobiles. Ths mayor referred to the hearing held In the city council chamber on the action of police in the Sixth and Plerco district, and Twenty-fourth street and Poppleton avenue; also to charges heard against members of the police morals squad which result ed in the suspension of four officers. There was also a letter from the Bohemlan-American Improvement club demanding the transfer of Mr. But.er from the police department. The mayor submitted the following con clusion in his report to the council: Personal Observations. "In addition to the foregoing I have been Informed by individuals of other matters concerning the administration of the police department, and have also mad^ personal observations. "I have given the matters careful consideration and it is my conclusion that the public service and manage : aent of the affairs of the city would bd benefited by transferring the pres sent superintendent of police to the department of accounts and finance, and by transferring the superintend ent of accoupts and finance to the department of police. A resolution to that effect Is herewith submitted." Humored for Weeks. The transfer back of Commission ers Butler and Dunn has been a sub Ject of rumor for several weeks. I<ast ^Tuesday morning Commissioners VNatertslcy. Dunn and Noyes conferred with the mayor. One of the rumors was that an effort was made to In duce Commissioner J. B. Hummel to take the police department, In a recent public statement Com missioner Butler Stated that the city council did not have the nerve to transfer him back to the department of accounts and finance. Transferred in March. The transfer of Butler from account and finance to police department last March, followed a series of criticisms of police department administration by Butler In the council chamber. At the time Mr. Butler was as ■lgned the police department the city council transferred the health depart ment from police department to pub lic affairs department which is In the Jurisdiction of the mayor. Recently the council also transferred the mu nicipal cpal department from accounts and finance to public affaire depart ment. During his former service as commissioner of accounts and finance Mr. Butler had charge of the muny coal department. Too Abusive. Commissioner Koutsky offered the following comment this morning after the council adopted the mayor's reso lution: "I think the mayor was right. ^Vc have had the most abusive pollen ad ministration under Butler the city tias ever had. He went after friends of the administration rather than the law breakers. If Btjtler had performed his duty the council would have been with hint. If anyone was a friend of Dahl he was In fear of being raided.” ' Commissioners Koutsky and Hutler ' have engaged In bitter clashes In the council chamber. Brunson Unmovsd. Tom Dennison registered neither Joy nor grief following the deeaplta )?■—■ •- •>»». C olumn HU.) UP AND DOWN AND ROUND ABOUT OMAHA Thomas J. Eawlins of Wakefield in the city and boasting of being about the only democrat In Nebraska to be selected for a federal position under present administration. Tom Is serv ing as a Juror in federal court, and appointment will soon lapse. William B. Price, who clings tenaciously to old forms and customs. Knew him the minute I glimpsed the white vest and carnation on coat iappel. Habit must be good thing for laundries and florists. Most of us have our idiosyncracies. William’s is white vests and buttonhole bou quets. Nine is short hair in order to avoid wasting time combing It. What’s yours? Young women carrying swagger sticks now. Inclines 'hie to belief mothers could have made better use of them several years ago. The "I Knew Him When Club” continues to grow. H. H. Fish, grand mogul of Western Newspaper Union. Gotten away up in the world, physi cally and in business way, since first we met. Just as easy to approach in his mahogany furnished office as he was when he presided over branch of fice at Lincoln, where his desk looked like a relic of Noah’s navigation of fice. Was going to see Tom Mix or Bill Hart on the screen. Saw shooting affray on Farnam and lust for war fare satiated. Heard one bullet twice —first time when it passed me; sec ond time when I passed it. Can’t resist the opportunity to say that Butler was Dunn brown, with out much Noyes, and presume that things will now Hummelong in good shape. First and last offense. Crisp autumn air. 1 Recalls old days of hick'rynuttin’ and pawpaws and persimmons. Expect this to get a rise out of all former Missourians now liv ing in Omaha. 'Possums come to mind, also. Very democratic city. Parked un der office window are three cars. One in center, classy six-cylinder, bright blue, flashing nickel trimming. On each side a battered flivver. Driver of classy car backs out to let flivver get away. Driver of other flivver descends and holds smiling conversa tion with driver of classy car. Two big trucks tangled in narrow alley. Ears somewhat accustomed to emphatic language terribly shocked by exchange of courtesies. Disap pointed,, however, that It all ended in language. Not greatly embarassed, of course, never having enough of them on my person to worry about, but simply can’t become accustomed to getting one dollar bills instead of silver dol lars in change. Prefer the silver, as I can hear it rattle. Interesting and attractive display of ladies’ intimate wear, draped over shapely forms—inanimate, of course— in the show windows. Can't under stand how the ingenious ad writers manage to keep up in descriptive adjectives. My vocabulary, and purse wholly inadequate. Out-state folk coming to Omaha fail to find evidences of city being wide open. Most of them agreeably surprised: a few disappointed. Either stories and rumors greatly exaggerat ed or hold up men wise. Haven’t been held up yet although out quite late at night very oftetl. Can remember when E. W. Julian wore first belted overcoat seen on the streets of Omaha. Everybody but me wearing ’em now. Would put belt on overcoat if I had one. I "mean over coat. Belts creeping up towards shoulders, too. But simply can not understand utility of the quart size patch pockets these camelized days. Must be mere male fad. W. M. M. ‘Wet’ Publicity Is Criticized in W. C. T. U. Speech Speaker Charges Press With Fail tire" to' Mention De feat of Dry Law Repeals. Hastings, Neb.. Oct. IS.—Urging al legience to the constitution, and that her fellow workers report to proper authorities iuly Infractions of the na tional prohibition law, without fear of "some violence that might come to them or to their property," Mrs. Lela G. Dyer, president of the Nebraska Women’s Temperance union, ed dressed the convention of that body here today. "Antlprohlbltlonlsts are aiming to restore the manufacture and sale of light wines and beer, and our loved state Is named as the stamping ground for concentrated activity,” Mrs. Dyer declared. She then urged the women to “an awakening out of our tendency to be content In the ranks of 'General Apathy,' " Mrs. Dyer charged newspapers with ■g'lving us daily doses of wet stuff,” and with "using glaring head lines for this poison.” "We sit back and withhold the dry antidote,” she added. The W. C. T. U. preaident then urged that members who believed In the "social, moral and economic value r>t prohibition,” furnish prob ably skeptic neighbors whlth "a flow of facts that will not fall to convince." Returning to the subject of the na tion’s press, Mrs. Dyer charged that while the newspapers always give "first, page positions" to news of pro posed repeal of dry laws, they "failed entirely to publish news of the failure of these attempts." She urged a "march of allegience to the polls,” to kill an attempt which she said the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment was going to make to elect a wet congress. "We will continue our educational campaign through the S. T. I. de partment In the puhlic schools," she declared, adding that the union would "co-operate In the campaign against the drug evil.” After mentioning the value of the W. C. T. U. paper. The Union Call, Mrs. Dyer concluded her address with recommendations concerping the busi ness of the union. _ Brownville Young Man Injured in Auto Accident Brownville. Neb., Oct. 1(1.—Roy Sarvis, 19-year-old farm laborer of near thin place, nairrowly escaped death Monday afternoon when he mn his auto directly In front of a freight train on the Burlington tracks, a short distance from the depot here The train, just coming Into town, struck the auto hack of the driver’s seat and hurled It several feet, throw ing Sarvjs out and badly Injuring one leg ard >. otherwise bruising and scratching him. Goodbye OP Timer That’s what the owner said after he had plnced a two-line advertisement In The Bee which read: "Quick Meal gas stove for sale; part white por celain; phone HA. -” He had to say “goodbye,” for there were plenty of folks who^Vanted to buy the stove. So he sold it, then called a Bee ^d Taker to have his ad vertisement cancelled. Now he is spending the money gained by using his head plus a Bee classified nd. We can sell your stove, too. Phone AT. 1000 and try it. It’s Results Per Dollar That Count Hastings Girls Wildly Cheered at Frisco Meet _ / Cadet Corps at Legion Con vention Given Ovation for Performance in Coast City. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Boo. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 1*.—San Franciscans .stirred to a high pitch of enthusiasm from 10 days’ associ ation with the host* of world war veterans, cheered themselves hoarse this morning when the girls' cadet corps of Hastings. Neb., passed in re view and orally proclaimed the Ne braskans the undisputed feature Of the monster American Legion parade. About 200 Nebraskan*, 'or more than half of the Cornhuaker delega tion, took part in the convention parade. A steady drizzle, contrasting the kind of climate California adver tises, greeted the parade at Ite for mation but left no outward effect on the proud stepping Nebraska girls In West Point uniforms. Their straight columns and Various military "Uniforms elicited one long cheer that seemed to last from 8 o'clock until noon, as the cadets wound through miles of streets lined with two solid wails of people. Mb], Laurence Jonee put them through their various maneuvers and these were signals for renewed out bursts of cheering. Where bands were lost because of their common ness. the cadets were singled out for applause because of their uniqueness. The cadets were guests of honor on the battleship Arizona, flagship of the Pacific fleet, yesterday afternoon and entertained Jackies and visitors with their maneuvers. Last night they went through their paces in the ball room of (he Palace hotel during the promenade of the allies. Commander Alvin Owlsey, General Haller of Poland, Gen. Liggett Hunter und Admiral Coontz were some of the spectators. Highway Grading Being Rushed to Completion Kearney, Neb., Oct. IB.—Grading of a new road bed for the Lincoln high way from Kearney east to the coun ty line, has progressed as far east as (Jibbon. The work la being rushed In hope of completing grading before snow and permitting the road to set tle sufficiently during the winter months so that gravel surfacing can be undertaken early In spring. The hlghwaw Is not closed to travel while theg work Is In progress. Country Club at Kenrnoy Not to Close This W inter Kearney, Neb., Oct. it—L. A. Denison has been elected president of tile Kearney t'ountry club for the coming year, George Fairchild, vice president, and A. H. Herblg, secretary. It waa decided to keep the clubhouse and grounds open through the winter, with caretaker In charge and ground upkeep assured. Last winter golf was Indulged In prnctlcolly through out the entire winter. ' Pioneer Cregton Couple Obgerveg Coltlen Wedding Columbua, Nob., Oct. 18.—Mr. and Mr*. Andrew Alphnnae Handing. Crgaton, Neb., for 40 year* realdent* of thla atate, celebrated tlielr 00th wedding annlveraary today. They were given a reception In the Dan Welaer home In c'reaton and after a banquet, a barn dance followed ill the evening. They have four children, 19 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. $2,1)00 Fire- Fogg H|)«m |nl llUpMch to Th# Onmh# Bo# Heatrlc*, Neb, Oct. 18 -Fir#, curly thl# morning, dcutroyed Mi# horn# «»f li. A. Mueller, In west Hcatrfe#, with nil It# content# Tfce family wn« nt Western, N>h , when the fire oc curred. rl'lif» Ins# i# $2,GOO, with no Insurance.' Tht origin of th« fit# Is unknown * Father and Son Hurt When Train Hits Auto | Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Columbus, Neb., Oct. 16.—Will Fyfe, farmer, sustained three fractured fibs and his youngest son, Billy, 2, is in a Columbus hospital with three toes gone, as the result of their automobile being struck by1 a Union Pacific freight train at Gardenier, Neb. Fyfe and his two sons, Donald. 6, and Billy, were driving to Gardenier when the accident occurred. The freight train approached and Fyfe stopped his machine until the train passed, then started across, failing to see another freight on the other track. The engine struck the front end of the car, completely demolish ing the machine, and throwing all three of the occupants out of the car. Bonacci Found Guilty of Attack on Wife With Ax Jury Out 15 Minutes—Expert Testimony on Man’s Mental State Given by Dr. , Young. fhter 15 mnutes deliberation the jury In District Judge Goss’ court try ing Raffele Bonacct last evening re turned a verdict of guilty of assault with Intent to do great bodily injury to his wife, whom he attacked with an ax June 24, A few moments after the jury filed out at 4:45 Judge Goss called the members back to receive additional instruction*. Formerly he told them to find Bonacci either guilty of as sault with Intent to commit great bodily Injury, guilty of assault and battery, or Innocent. He recalled them to add that they might find him innocent on account of insanity, In which case he would be committed to the Insane hospital. Expert testimony about the possi bilities of the case was adduced by Dr. Alexander Young of the Univer sity of Nebraska college of medicine. Dr. Young expressed the theory that an uneducated and Impulsive Italian might do what Bonacci did the night of June 24 and be perfectly sane meanwhile. He admitted on cross ex amination that, if the motive were no more than anger over his wife'* automobile ride, the act suggested epilepsy or some other nervous seizure. Coffey, attorney for the defense maintained that Bonaoci suffered from hysteric atonla at the time he nttacted his wife, and quoted from Dr. Young’s testimony in another trial to Indicate that a man In that condition could not distinguish be tween right and wrong. Malcolm Baldrige, deputy county attorney .argued that Bonacci had had friction with his family for years and had deliberately set about to kill hla wife. He cited Bonaect’e act in rutting the telephone wires before he made the attack, and in throwing up his hands when the police officers found him In the back yard, as evi dences of sanity and of recognition of the consequences of his act. Ralph Bonacci. who sat with hla mother and sister In the courtroom throughout nearly the whole trial, re mained at the courthouse to learn the verdict of the Jury upon his father. Big Attendance at W. C. T. U. Meet Members Are Urged to En courage and Organize Baby Conference. Hastings. Neb., Oct. 16.—Nearly 100 delegates had registered at the open In gseaalon of the W. C. T. 17. today. I^la O. Dyar of Roone, Neb., atate president. gave her annual addresa thla afternoon. Mra.’ C. H. Engllha. who has been at the head of the atate dlvlalon of general hygiene alnce the Shepard Towner act went Into effect, rrged the members of the W. C. T. 17. to encourage and to organize baby conferences In their home localities in order to give mother* the best pos sible opportunity to learn the proper care needed by babies. 17. S. Rohrer of Omaha, federal pro hibition enforcement officer, will he the principal speaker tomorrow. One hundred and ninety-six delegates and visitors a I ten led the annual hanquet tonight. Man Jailed by Muny Court Out on Habeas Corpus Writ Catorlna Ktrilra. who has been In county Jail since September 26, serv ing a sentence of 90 days Imposed by the Smith Omaha municipal court on a charge of carrying concealed weap on*, was released yesterdsv on a writ of habeas corpus by District Judge Goss. Judge Goss held that the complaint on which the man was tried was de fective. and that In sentencing him to 90 days In Jail, the municipal court exceeded Its authority. Haiti Near Pawnee City Delays Cornlumking Pa whop City, Neb. Oct. 10 Al though Pawn** county com ha* rip ened In practically all of the field* In the county, It I* feared that the con tlnued wet weather will keep It from drying out *o that It can he stored In cribs or large pile* thinking will he delayed for several week* On ac count of the rains. Farmers of Albion Are Shipping Out Obi Corn j Albion, Neb., Oct. 1# W hile most * of the corn grown In thi* vlvinlty 1* fed to livestock, 2 car* of old corn ha* been shipped from thU point In the last 30 day* This l* clone to 60,000 bushels nnd lias brought to the farm ers approilmately $40,000. There t» still considerable corn yet to be Bold Ex -Premier Fears for Democracy Lloytl George Declares Free Nations of Earth Im periled by Wave of Autocracy. k Cites Russia’s Example Hj Associated Pres*. Chicago. Oct. 16.—Five years after the world war. democracy which In 1918 won a great victory over autoc racy. is In peril, David Lloyd George, the war time premier of Great Bri tain, declared In a luncheon address here today. A wave of autocracy seems to he sweeping over the world, he said, but against It the United State, Great Britain and France will stand together. “Russia threw over democracy a few months after starting the exper iment,” the former premier asserted. “Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and now Ger many is talking about a dictatorship. Democracy is in peril, in peril live years after the greatest triumph de mocracy has ever had. “Why 1s democracy more sure, safer? It Is slower to begin. It does not hring Its forces Into action In the way perhaps an autocracy does, but in a struggle it is the heart that tells, and democracy sustains the heart, and what happens is that democratic institutions alone can produce and train men that are able to appeal to nations, to rise to those heights of sacrifice which are the last citadels of freedom In all lands. “Now .when democracy Is In dang er, when I can see the throne of de mocracy tumbling In one land after another, here you have a land of de mocracy. ' Britain Is a land of de mocracy, and France, I believe, will stand by democracy, and whatever happens these three great lands to gether will stand against this wave of autocracy which seems to be sweeping over, the world.” . The arrival of the distinguished vis itor In the city was marked by a great demonstration. Met at the sta tion by a reception committee headed by Kayor Dever, Lloyd George was taken on a drive through the loop section, preceded by a band from the Great Lakes naval training station and an escort of cavalry, and flanked and followed by mounted police and official cars. Crowds packed the side walks while others hung from win dows and other place* of vantage high up on the buildings. Confetti and streamers filled the air, while there was a continuous roar of welcome as the automobile bearing the former premier with hared head passeJ fh rough the streets. Murder Charge Filed Against Three Vajgrts Father. Mother and Daughter to Be Arraigned in Con nection With Slaying. Seward, Neb , Oct. IS.—Adolph Vaj grt, hla wife and their daughter, Alby, were formally charged with murder at the Seward county courthouse here today, in connection with the death of Anton I^ana, Vajgrt'e farm hand. County Attorney L. H. McKll lip announced today. Mr. McKilllp said he did not know the exact date on which the three would he ar raigned, but expected it would be be fore the end of the week. Lana was shot and beaten to death on the Vajgrt farm. October *. His body was partly burled under straw In an Improvised shed, mode under a hay stack. At a coroner's Inquest which fol lower, the daughter. Alby, confessed that she killed Una while they were scuffling over a revolver. She stated that she was to become a- mother soon and that Lana was responsible for her condition. Later Vajgrt and Mrs. Vajgrt each confessed that they killed the farm hand after he had said he was going to leave. Mrs. Vajgrt declared that she nnd her Slaughter were the ones that killed Lana and that the farmer had noth ing to do with the art. Attack on Garage Owner Result,of Disputed R>'l Beatrice, Neb, Oct. 16 -As the re-; suit of a dispute over a small bill. Henry Lounabufy, proprietor of a garage on North Seventh street, was stashed several times, with a knife, by a man named Moore, who claims he lives at Lincoln. One wound was Inflicted near the neck, and It was some time before the flow of blood was stopped. The other wounds were slight. Lounsbury would not file a com plaint against his assailant, and "hat artlnn. If Hny, the authorities take. Is not known. Osage Oil May Re Sold. Washington. Oot. 16.—AccUfuulated stores of oil. representing the royalty Interest of the Osnge Indians, can be sold, Secretary Work ruled today, at the higher posted market prlej by operators holding leases of oil lands on the Osage reservation In Okla hnmn. The stored oil. representing the operators’ Interest need not he dis posed rtf at the same time, lo* added. Dance to lie Meld on New Vi illium Street l\n iug Street dance In celebration of the I'pavliu if William street between Tenth and Seventeenth street* will he held on the new paving by busi ness mm In the vicinity of Thirteenth and William streets Wednesday night, October 17, it was snnounetd yesterday « New Chinese President y£&.rfxvad T•Kitrt/ Marshall Tsar-Kun, military governor of the Chinese province of Chihli •tnd leader of the Chihli militarists, has just been riected president of the Chinese republic by the Peliing parliament. The charge was later openly made that he bought the presidency by paying $5,000 a vote. Vigilance Body Will Help Trail Grave Vandals Committee to Aid Officers in Running Down Parties Who Desecrated Fre mont Cemetery. Fremont, Neb.. Oct. 16—A vigilance committee made up of members of the Catholic church, whose names are withheld, will co-operate with the Dodge county officials In an effort to run down the vandals who wrought destruction at the Calvary Catholic cemetery', on the outskirts of Fre mont. during the past few njghts. A meeting called by Father O'Sulli van. pastor of the local church, ex pressed Indignation over the depreda tions caused by unknown persons who tore down and disfigured monuments and markers at the cemetery. The names of the committee were withheld In order to make their ef forts more successful. Those present at the conference offered to furnish a continual guard at the cemetery In case the sacrilegious destruction con tinues. Although no motive for the destruction has been uncovered, rel atives and friends of the deceased, whose graves were disturbed, are in censed over the outrage and they will take every means to bring the van dals to justice. The destruction In the cemetery was discovered when the caretaker made his usual inspection trip through the burial grounds. Father O'Sullivan revealed th* vandalism from the pulpit to his congregation Sunday, and considerable feeling to ward th* guilty parties has developed. Youth Playing in Street Is Hit by Car, May Die Lad's Skull Fractured When Auto Knocks Him to Pave ment as Pal Chases Him in Tap Game. Walter Hughes. 12. win of Mi and Mr*. Ralph Hughe*. 701 North Eight eenth street. Ho* In St. Joseph hospi tal with a fractured skull received when he was knocked to the pave ment by the car of Herman Ever*. 554 South Twenty fifth avenue, at Sixteenth and Capitol avenue yester day afternoon. HI* condition 1* said to te» serlou*. Walter went to the Omaha Public Library yesterday after school to take out his first book. On the way'home lie wan playing tag with a boy com panion and at Sixteenth street and Capitol avenue Is said to have inn dfrectly In front of Ever*’ car. The boy was knocked down, hi* head striking the pavement. Ever* is musician at the Rialto theater. F. E. Cramer, who witnessed the acci dent, declared Evers was not at fault. Ralph Hughes, the child’s father, is employed by the Alfred Bloom com pany. Ever* is held under $2,500 bond*. , Church at Shell Creek lias 50th Anniversary Columbus. Nob.. Oct. 16 More than SOrt people, Including a number of visitors from other churches in the Nebrnska district, attended special services held here In observance of the noth anniversary of the .Shell Creek Herman Baptist church, north of Columbus, which Is one of the oldest church organisations In the Platt* volley. Hev. Henry Koch Is poster Jewish Welfare Hotly Is Seeking 500 New Members Jl'h* Jewish Welfare federation of Omaha lias-start* a drive for 600 pew members. One fourth of the quota has already been added. fbtmuel Schaefer, superintendent of the federation, I* head of the mem bership campaign. Headquarters is on the third floor of the l.yrlc build ins. Nineteenth and Knrnsm streets. The federation now boasts 1.236 mem her ^ 7 Nebraskans Elected 33d Degree Masons Several Others Named Knight Commanders by Supreme Council — Investiture Takes Place Here. Washington, Oct. IS.—At the bien nial session of the supreme council the Ancient and Accepted Scottish j Rite of Freemasonry, southern juris diction U. S. A., and upon the rec- ! ommendaHon of Frank Cargill Pat ton 33d degree, sovereign grand in spector general In Nebraska, the fol lowing prominent Scottish Rite Mi tons of Nebraska were elected to re ceive the rank and dignity of the 33d degree: Alfred William Charles Beckman. Lincoln; Searle S. Davis. Platts mouth; Alfred Powell. St. Edwards; j John Tannehlll Bressler, Wayne: John William Cooper. Omaha; James Ed ward Fitzgerald, Omaha, and Earl Root rttil»s. Omaha. At the sAme session and also upon the recommendation of Mr. Patton, the following were elected to receive the rank and decoration of knight commander of the Court of Honor: Frederick Eiche, Lincoln; Harry Iverus Forney, JJncoln: Carl Petrus Peterson, TJncoln; William Wilson i Whitfield. Lincoln: Walter Byron 8a ! flilek. Schuyler: Elbert Johnston Latta, i Hastings: Robert Erwin Osborn. Haa I tings: Harry Earnest Ayres. Mitch | ell; Charles Elliott Cobbey, Bethany: | John Adams Ehrhardt, Stanton: ; Thomas Wesley Gee. Alliance; Monte I Seaman Hargrave*. Alliance; Clen denen Wolph.Mitchell. Chadron: Sam uel Henry McIntyre, Council Bluffs; ; Robert Olenmore Simmons, Scotts I bluff: Nathan Bernstein, Omaha; j Charles Edward Black.* Omaha: Louis Frederick Easterly, Omaha; Joseph I Barnett Fradenburg. Omaha: Frank j Alvin Hughes, Omaha; Edwin Hart I .Tenks. Omaha; Addison Trevor Ismm. Omaha: Oscar Gustave Lie hen. Omaha; Oscar Peterson. Omaha; Irf-wis Everett Smith. Omaha, and j John R btnson Webster. Omaha The ceremonies of conferring the 33d degree and Investiture of the newly elected knights will be observed at the Scottish Rite cathedral. Omaha, during December. $30,000 City Water Works Completed Last Monday Chester. Neb.. Oct. 1«—The city eater system, started her* early in th* summer, was completed and for mally turned over by the contractors, Knudson and company, of Lincoln. Th# system covers all the business section nnd most of the residence dis trict of the town, and there are nearly one and one half miles of water mains i with fire plugs at all important cop | nets The plant cost 130.000. for which bonds were voted last spring ■ tier several former unsuccessful at tempts. The system works perfectly snd is a needed improvement to the | town. I Parole N iolator ^ ill Be Returned to Face Charge Beatrice, Xeb.. Oct. 16.—Kay Gar i < who was paroled some weeks ago after being brought back front Kan sas on a charge of deserting his wife and child, is under arrest at Chey enne. Wyo . and will be brought here for trial on the charge r.f violating the court's order. Hotel Changes Hands Columbus Neb., Oct. 16—Otto Has rndbach, ownef of the Meridian hotel tor the last three years, has sold the business and furnishings to Edward and Frank O'Connell. O'Neill, Xeb . for $16,000 on a five year lease. He will receive $600 a month rent for the hotel building. The Weather For • 4 hour* rnritn* 7 r m 1 >»»t !**• 11* t nrt. Hlflhrat, ft iohmi. if* , tnnn if: nor m*l. i>4 Total ritifia atm * Januarv 1, ! 5 «* .... Holatl*f Miimltlllt . lVrv<-nf**n 7 a m . tr Noon Tt 7 m *4 I’rn i|il|«ll<»n, Inrtir% anil Humlrr«ltln , Total, 54 Total ajtti'f Jamiai > I, ft «T; ! atcaaa, l.it tlourla Tnmnrralum h a m ..... ♦.* * a m.. M ; 7 ft m. * m m. . „$i ! * a m . b$ 1«> a m . «l t M a m . ^11 aoon .ifc , i p m.tf J 4> m . ...it s r m. 4 p m it* * pm.it * p m.«** ? p m.4« * pm. Coolidge to Let States Fight Rum Will See Thai Uncle Sam Stop# Smuggling and Checks Withdrawals From Warehouses. May Shift Enforcemen* By Universal Service. Washington, Oct. 1?.—President Coolidge let It he known today that he had no Idea of personally taking charge of dry law enforcement and that the various states will be called upon to bear their share of the bur den. This was the administration's reply to Governor Plnchot of Pennsylvania, who, at the citizenship conference just closed, charged the federal gov ernment with responsibility for laxity in enforcement and said that there is an "emergency" which justifies the president taking the wheel. Late today Mr. Coolidge called into conference Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. Assistant Secretary Moss and ’ Collector of Revenue Glace. These t|iree are responsible for the func tions of the prohibition unit. They discussed for nearly an hour the pro gram which President Coolidge will submit to state governors in session here Saturday. L\ S. to Act on Smuggling. “The states will be called upon to look after the hlppocket cases. The federal government will check leaks o falcohol and withdrawals an del op smuggling. Thl$ Is the program in a nutshell." a spokesman for the con ferees said. ‘It was emphasized at the White House that the president could not take personal charge of dry law en froeement under the law, even if other matters permitted him to devote the time to it. A special bureau is set up for the purpose and this Is ac countable to the collector of revenue and in turn .through the secretary of the treasury to the president, it was stated. The treasury officials told the presi dent that enforcement of the dry law should be vested with the Department of Justice, it was etated. Secretary Mellon, in particular, feels that this should be done as soon as possible, because of the fact that the Justice department is in charge of prosecu tions. It was pointed out, however, that this plan is collected in a depart mental reorganization committee re port which is to be submitted to con gress and the transfer cannot be made until that time. States to .Aid U. S. For temporary purposes, however, it was learned that the president's plan for law enforcement calls for the states giving much greater assist ance to the federal government thaa now is being done. It was pointed out that the dry act gives the states concurrent powers with the federal government, but that instead of employing this power, the majority have shifted the burden to the United States. This has resulted in such congestion of courts that dry law violators cannot be brought to trial while violators released on bond continue to play their trade, it was said. The president will urge that when city, county, or state officers make ar rests. the cases be brought to trial under the laws of the state, instead of in the federal court, it was said. They will also be urged to make arrests in stead of relying on the “handful of federal agents to do so." For the federal government he will .promise that all the available agencies will be employed to prevent smug gling and the withdrawal of liquor in quantities from warehouse*. In do ing this he will ask the treasury to use the coast guard service, customs service and internal revenue agents on a larger scale than Is now being done. Governor to Attend Washington Meeting Specie* Dispatch U The Oaukt D<*. Lincoln, Oct. 1*.—Governor Bryan announce d today that ha would at tend the meeting of governor* called hy Pre-sidTnt Coolidge for Saturday, October SO. "I feel that It Is iny duty to at tend." said the governor. In discuss ing the trip. "I will be unable, how ever to go to the conference of gov ernors now being held at West Ba den. much as I would like to do so. The governor plans to leave Lincoln tomorrow afternoon for Chicago, where he will spend the day with coal mine owners, In an endeavor to gft further light on the oil situation. He will leave Chicago Thursday night and go direct to Wash‘ngton. His trip has forced him to refuse the invitation to take part in the stadium dedication ceremonies which will be held hers Oct0l>er SO. and he so advised Chancellor Avery th i morning. First \id Lecture* \rr Given Triangle Memben Member* of the Triangle dub are now better informed on first aid to the Injured Vi the regular luncheon of the chib yesterday noon tn Hotel Fontenelle l^- J Frederick Langdoo and l>r. F F Fwing gave the club a series of demonstrations. The doctors explained how to apply bandages according to approved me. thod* and they demonstrated the S. haefer and Sylvester method* "t resuscitation Fn-sl trewment tn cases of ordinary Injuries was explained or a practical manner. killed lay Train. stoux nty, l.i. tVt. li Harley Frew, IS year old son of Mrs IV M Frew MtUago, WTs was fatal!' in Jured tn the railroad yard' today "hen he w;.- mil ever >» a traJJi V '