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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1923)
-A ■■ ■■ ■ ' . .. Larmon Quits; Knouse Will Succeed Hunt Chief Engineer of Metropoli tan Utilities District Quits “Out of Courtesy,” He Declares. Theodore A. Leisen, general man ager of the Metropolitan Utilities dis trict, this morning announced ac ceptance of the resignation of F. P. Larmon, chief engineer of the or ganization. Homer V. Knouse, who has been in charge of construction, has been appointed temporarily to position of superintendent of the Florence wa ter plant, succeeding A. B. Hunt, who tvas relieved of his duties by the board of directors this week. Mr. Leisen said he had no reason at this time to change the status of C. D. Robison, engineer in charge of operations and particularly Iden tified with the gas plant operations. Out of Courtesy. | Mr. Larmon, who has been with the organization five and one-half years, said: "I resigned out of cour tesy for Mr. Leisen. It is all over and everybody is happy. My resigna tion was presented on Thursday, the same day Mr. Leisen came to Omaha." General Manager Leisen spoke complimentary of Mr. Larmon's abil ities as an engineer, adding that his services here have been entirely sat isfactory. “I have appointed Mr. Knouse to the superintendency of the Florence plant as a temporary proposition and I am not ready to state whether the appointment will be made perma nent,” Mr. Leisen explained. Robison in Charge. The general manager stated that be will f«eturn to Detroit next Monday for a few days to finish Some busi ness there, and he added that Mr. Robison will be in charge during his absence. "I am not prepared to stale whether we will have a chief engi neer to take the place of Mr. Lar mon." the new general manager con tinued. *The question of spreading the duties of the present employes is under consideration and may be worked out.” Mr. Leisen said that the recent water investigation carried with it some valuable experience which he will not overlook. He Indicated that he is establishing a revised systeiv of records of water plant operations, to the end that he will know from day to day exact details of opera tion*, including washings of basins, condition of river water, amount of water pumped from river and the out pumpage. He visited the Florence plant yesterday. Robison Retained. Mr. Larmon, retiring chief engineer, announced that he will take a vaca tion. for several weeks. He was re lieved from service this morning. He has no definite plans for the future. Mr. Robison, who will be retained by the new general manager, ad mitted during the recent water In vestigation that his department did not realize the full gravity of the situation at the time of the muddy water. As head of the operating depart ment Mr. Robison was Mr. Hunt's superior. Death Car Driver Sentenced, Freed Ernest Grainger of Lincoln Pleads Guilty to Charge of Manslaughter. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, Nov. 3.—Ernest Grainger, son of H. B. Grainger of Lincoln, pleaded guilty to a charge of man slaughter in district court here this morning in connection with the death of Edna Boorman and Charles Sprin ger, and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary by District Judge Stowart. He was then paroled from the bench, and forbidden to drive a mo tor car for five years. Miss Boorman and Springer were killed when an automobile driven by Grainger, in which they were riding, struck a telephone pole and overturn ed, on a road near Lincoln, more than a month ago. Grainger must pay $10,000 to Mrs. Sadie Boorman. mother of Edna Boorman; $5,000 to D. J. Springer, father of Charles Springer, and $1,000 to Helen Stott, fourth occupant of the car, who was injured. Letters were received by the court from I. 8. Chapin, brother-in-law of Miss Boorman, D. J. Springer and Miss Stott, urging leniency. Graing er appeared in court, but the plea of guilty was entered by hi* attor neys. Priest Chases Boy Suspect, 16 After a chase of seven blocks by Father John Schultz of St. Cecilia cathedral, Emmett Weimer, 16, 340 North Thirty-fifth street, student at Technical High school, was captured yesterday. Later, aenrdlng to police, he confessed to robbing coin boxes In the cathedral shortly before C last night. Doling the chase, the priest fired several shots In the air. The boy refused to halt when ho called to him as he was leaving the cathedral, Father Schultz said. A woman worshipper first became suspicious of the boy's actions when she saw him enter and leave the church several times. She walked to the parish home and notified Father George A. Smlskol and Father Schultz. Manager Uuyrf Out Employer. \V. S. Hart, for three years maria c -r of Dm branch office ()f the Flan ley Grain company of Hloux City, has purchased the Flanley company'* In terests In Omaha and will continue the business under the firm name of flic Hart Grain company, with office* In the Grain Exchange building Mr. Hart ha* been In the grain buxine** fur many years anil has a wide aiujpghitHUcc among shippers. Early Day Theaters, Plays and Players Reminiscences of Old Time Omaha Trouper | 'Hilly • | In an Ivy-covered little cot. About a mile aid a half from town, l.lvea a maiden there I dearly love. I'll meet hgr when the run aoea down. Her eheekn are like the red. red rose. And her hair U a beautiful brown. For she's the idol of my heart. I’ll meet her when the aim aoea down. Chorus. Oh, how I love my prettv little Mary. She's the keeper of a dairy. Oh. my little turtledove. I’ll meet her when the aun (roes down. Forty years ago, "I'll Meet Her When the Sun Goes Down," was the popular song hit of the day. It was Rung at the old Academy of Music on Douglas street by Sully, Whitehall and Paynter, a blackface trio of re nown in many towns. Billy Taynter now resides at 302 North Twentieth street. AVhitehall of the old trio, is John Withnell, now employed on the stage at Brandeis theater, and Sully is the same Dew Sully who was here at the Orplieuni about a year ago and is still making the rounds, doing twice a day in vaudeville. Sully and Paynter traveled In blackface for 17 years. Recalls Academy of Music. “ ‘The Nigger and the Bee’ was an other of our songs of 40 years ago," Mr. Paynter reminiscently related. The Academy of Music was unique Here Is the Occidental hotel. Tenth and Howard streets, 4ft years aRO, of which John I. Paynter was proprietor. In the early days of stage entertain ments In Omaha. This temple of umusefnent was opened by Fatty Glenn and Jack Nugent. In those "good old days" variety shows cor responded to vaudeville of today, al though more limited in scope. Black face acts were the rage. On the cur tain of the academy was the legend, "Variety is the spice of life.” Mr. Nugent, previous to his management of the academy, operated the St. Elmo and Buekli\ham theaters, institutions where conviviality and music filled the air. The old Buckingham had a green room in which men attendants were permitted to meet the ferpinine enter tainers and buy liquid refreshment. The Buckingham was erected on the site of the St. Einio at Twelfth and Dodge streets. The St. Elmo in Us palmy days consisted of a theater In one long room with a saloon In the adjoining room. Began Careers Here. Mr. Paynter recalls that many prominent stage entertainers were started on their careers at the St. Elmo, Buckingham and the Academy of Music. Among the notables are McIntyre and Heath, prominent today in the entertainment field. They were newsboys on Omaha streets more than 40 years ago. McIntyre and Heath Minstrels made their premier in Omaha. Jack Nugent was the first manager of this minstrel show which made a hit throughout the country. Nugent became famous as a minstrel show impressario. “The first amateur minstrel show In Omaha was "organized by the late Steve Melio and the show' was given on the stage of the Academy of Music." Mr. Paynter stated. "Among the members of this show were Frank and Billy Fretwell, Jim and Stacey Itiley, Arthur McDonald, Charles Marks, Jack Withncll, Charles Sul livan, who took the stage name of I.ew Sully, Frank McCoy, Ed Fitch and Professor Vehuto’s three-piece Italian orchestra of violin, picolo and harp. Our first show netted $30 and we lost that on the second night." Among the variety show favorites of the days of Buckingham and the academy, according to Mr. l’aynter. were McKee and Barker, Hawkins and Collins, the Fretwcll boys, Keat ing and Flynn, Conroy and Fox, Barry and Fay, Halllgan and Hart, Johnny Bray, Maud Heath, Sylvester and Geyer, Charles Whitney, Miles, Ireland and McHugh, Tony Pastor, Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and West, Dookstader Bros., Henry1 E. Dixie, Matt Dec, R. J. Jose and Raymond Moore. Dan Keating of the old. team of Keating and Flynn is now known In Omaha as Dan Carroll. He operates oil filling stations at Fifteenth and Webster, Fourteenth and Howard and Twenty-fourth and'Parker streets. A few of the old songs nre "White Wings," "Two Little Girls In Blue,” “Down West M Ginty," “Baby's Lost a Tooth" (by Billy Rleet. "Sally In Our Alloy." "When the Robins Nest Again." "I'm a Dandy but I’m No Dude,” “I 11 Take You to Your Home, Kathleen." Then came the days of the old Boyd theater, at Fifteenth and Far nam streets. "Do you remember Kelly, who had charge of the gallery and who pounded on the railing with s stick and shouted, ‘Hats off?' " Mr. Paynter asked. He remembers sitting In the old gallery and seeing Jolly Nellie Mc Henry, Frank Daniels, Roland Reed, Kate Claxton, Fay Templeton, Joe Jefferson, Tom Keene, Robert Man tel!, Joseph Murphy, John T. Ray mond, Robson and Crane, "Samuel of Posen," "Fantasma,” "Superba," "Eight Bells," Sol Smith Russt 11 and others. Mr. Paynter was bom 58 years ago on a farm In Sarpy county. Ills father, John I. Paynter, came to Ne braska In 1852 and managed the Oc cidental hotel at Tenth and Howard streets, which hostelry In Its day en joyed first-class patronage. Originally the hotel was known as the Atlantic. Billy Paynter worked In the hotel while preparing for his stage career. Farm Federation Raps Commission Firms By Annotated !’r«ii. Lincoln, Nov. 2.—The Nebraska Farm Bureau federation today filed an Intervening petition in the hear ing before the T’nited States Depart ment of Agriculture, packers and stockyards commission, at the Kansas City hearing of the complaint by the Producer!)’ Livestock commission against several commission com panies, It was announced late today at the office of C. B. Stewart, sec retary of the Nebraska federation. The complaint of the produceis' commission at Kansas City is against alleyld unfair and discriminatory pracuPes engaged in by the commis sion companies. The farmer co oper ative organization, in the complaint, accuses the commission companies of using unfair means in keeping busi ness from the producers' commis sion. The Nebraska intervening pe tition was filed to bolster the com plainants' charges, according to Mr. Stewart. Rollins Chills ^ ith Forecast. Get out your overcoats and tdankets. It's going to Ire colder tonight and Sunday. This chilly prediction Is given out by M. V. Robins, meteor ologist of the weather bureau. The mercurey will reach a freezing point by morning, he said. Fair weather will accompany the drop In temperature. Rain is ffbneral through the south eastern part of Nebraska. Temper ature was 30 ifegrens at North Pintle this morning. Snow is reported at Cheyenne. Pee Wa/it Ads Produce Results. DR. BURHORN’S Chiropractic Health Service DR. BURIIORN Experience has proved time hi aj;ain that 90 to 95 per cent of ti diseases are caused hy nerVe pre sure. The X-Ray will show that thi; pressure exists in the spine. To you who are nilinjr. I ask you to cal! and investigate what can he done in your case without any ob litration on your part. We accept no cases that we can not help. Phone JA 5347 for Appointment Office Hour* From 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. X-Kay Laboratory—Lady Attendant Suite 414-426 Securities Bldg., Cor. 16th & Farnam Stsj CADILLACS Better Values Always Interest the Conservative Buyer “A Safe Place to Buy” means your protection and with the advent of the new V-O.'t was are now enabled to offer some excep tional bargains in Type 61 cars of all body types. Re-newed and demonstrators. Phone Us for Your Sunday Demonstration i J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co. HA raey 07149 i Farnam Street at 26th 4 v?p'yV V*Vf■' ’• e* # Hank Clearings. Ilri'nk clearings this week were $39,104.556.49 correspumllns week of last year, $41,634,325.87. October. 1923, $181,078,683 66 Octo ber. 1922, $185,720,685.78, First 10 months this year, $1,784, 950,029.26; first 10 months last year, $1,637,953,458.47. Auto Accessories Taken. C. A. Pettit, Thirty fourth street and Avenue B, Council Bluffs, re I ported to police the theft of nuto Ac cessories from Si is car parked in the rear of his home. U. S. Views on Debt Meeting Cloud Future Coolidge Holds Restrictions Spoken by Poincare Would Doom Inquiry to Failure. v . , By Associated Freni. Paris, Nov. 3.—Myron T. Herrick, the American ambassador, called on Premier Poincare today and had a long conversation with him. The strides* secrecy regarding the sub iect of the conference is maintained at the French foreign office and the American embassy. lty Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 2.—Statements at the White House that President Coolldgo would view the placing of restrictions on the proposed expert committee inquiry into Germany’s capacity to pay reparations as com mitting the plan to almost certain failure had a dinstlnetly depressing I effect today on the entire outlook. What effect the Indicated desire of Premier Poincare of France to limit the scope of Inquiry may have on the question of American participation was stated at the White House when the president’s views were disclosed yesterday to be as yet uncertain. It remains to be disclosed what stipula tions France may attach In Joining the allies in a formal invitation for an unofficial American representative on the committee, find it was indi cated much would depend on the lan guage In which these may be couched. Should they appear to place defi nite restrictions on the scope of in quiry it was indicated that the Wash ington government probably would agree to American participation, but only after plainly stating its belief that an attempt to settle the repara tions question in that way would b« futile. Such restrictions as press accounts of Premier Poincare’s recent public addresses indicate the French desire to place upon the inquiry were said to he regarded hv the president as altering completely the basis upon which the original American proposal was made for a study of the repara t'ons problem. What was contem plated in that It was said, as an es sential condition for any promise' of success of the undertaking, was a "complete and inclusive” examina tion of the whole question. On the question of selecting Ameri can representation on the proposed committee It was said at the White House the president had decided that both because of thpir official status and the necessary absence from Washington Involved, no member of the cabinet would be selected. Court Controls Council Action City Fathers Unable to Stop! Gas Tank Erection Now. Unless the district court decides that the construction of a new gas containt r on property belonging to the Metropolitan Utilities district at Twenty-fourth and Dorras streets is a nuisance, the citjr council Is power less to aid property owners in the vi cinity who have appealed lo the council to stop construction. This is the information conveyed to members of the council by W. C. Lambert, corporation counsel, after the protest of residents, including members of the Castelar Tmprovemet club, was placed before the council at its meetig last Tuesday. Work l nder Way. Tile new container, on which work already h is started, will he 200 feet All Coal Is Re-Screened at Our Yards § Phone AT lantic 9146 Coals for Every Purpose and Every Purse Colorado Lump is a hifth-jrrade, hand-picked coal. It is smoke less and Bootless; it doea not crumble or slack. We are EXCLUSIVE dealers for this cleaner high - (trade coal in Omaha. Consumers Lump is one of the hottest and lonscst lasting coals on the market. It is mined within, a stone's throw of Frank lin county. Illinois, yet it sells for a much lower price. It is re-screened and (tuaranteed to (tive satisfaction. Genuine Franklin county. Illi nois, small ecit size. This is the same quality you hnve been asked $11.50 per ton for else where. An all-purpose coal, especially for stoves and fur naces. W itard Semi-Anthracite Coal is the PUREST coal on the market. It i-• absolutely clean, holds fire M m hard coal and has very little ash. No smoke, no soot and no waste every pound is consumed. Rumember. fine coal is necessary to correct heating. Consumers Coal & Supply Co. “DEALERS IN GOOD COAL" ,AT Until 9 14t> AT Un<lr 9149 Get Acquainted Club of First Unitarian Church Offers Cozy Place for Strangers to While Away Winter Evenings Sunday night. In a big room filled with long, green tables with cards upon them. People crowded about the tables. The music of an orches tra wafting down from a platform hung with orange velvet curtSlns. No, It Isn't Monte Carlo. It's church! And the cards, on second glance, turn out to be Pit and Flinch, with here and there a checker board for variety. The Get Acquainted club of the First Unitarian church of Omaha grew out of the realization by some of the church members that there are hundreds of lonely people in a city. Sunday night Is often a dreary time to the stranger. And these lonely ones stand more In need of wholesome friendship and recreation than they do of preaching. So, the members of the church quietly Bet about to supply the great er need. The room downstairs, with its green-covpred tables and dance floor, was the first step In that undertak ing. Here, every Sunday evening, the church is at home to as much of the city as can crowd inside the doors, between the hours of 7 and 10. All Creed* Represented. The extent to which this hospitality is appreciated is shown by the at tendance, which averages 160 and up wards. Last Sunday only 10 were members of the church, the others being of all creeds and ages. Many attend who have no church connec tion at all. They are not urged to Join or attend the church. The spirit of the church is expressed In actions rather than words. A host and hostess, who are mem bers of the cl^ urch, meet the new comers as they arrive and introduce them to the members -of the Get Acquainted club. Mrs. Paul K. Harlan, director of the club, scats the newcomers at the tables with some of the older mem bers and starts them out on some of the quiet games which are played the first part of the evening. "The nicest way for people to meet one another is through the church,” declares Mrs. Harlan in explaining her view of the club. "In our city the old ways of getting acquainted have most of them broken down. We no longer call on the newcomers shortly after their arrival, as they do In smaller towns. Neither do we entertain for them, unless we hap pen to have known them elsewhere. It is easy enough for newcomers to meet the wrong kind of per- n-. hut unless the churches take a ! in introducing and entertaining * :n it is often d.ffieult for the right sort of people to find friends among their kind." Music ana Headings. A program of miudc or readings is one of the features of every Sunday night meeting. The Ge| Acquainted club orchestra, organized of club members by C. Ostergaard and di rected by Eli Rasmussen, is a new organimtion which is going to en liven club meetings. It contains 15 pieces and gave its first concert last Sunday night. After the program. in diameter and 200 feet high when fully extended. At present, tfce corporation counsel points out. the area in which the structure is situated is not affected by the city soning ordinance and to amend the ordinance to include the area would be retroactive legislation, so far as the construction of the con talner is concerned. The council, however, may act if j the district court decided that the i container is a nuisance, in ruling on I an injunction suit against the Metro ' polltan Utilities d.striet. filed in dis trict court. everyone Joins in community sing ing, led usually by Harry O, Palmer. And how they do sing! They might keep it up all night, had not the di rectors of the club solved the prob lem of how to stop the music by the introduction of hot gingerbread and hot chocolate at the psychological moment. Mrs. C. J. Emery is the genius who turns out pan after pan of the most delicious hot gingerbread in Omaha every Sunday evening for the enjoy ment of the club members. Hut should anyone slip away after refreshments he will mis* the best part of the fun. After the ginger bread has vanished everyone joins in lively "mixing games," led by Mrs. Harlan. And mixing games indeed they are, requiring players to "step lively” and give them little chance to remember their troubles. Some times they are newly devised games, but often they are those old favorites, the party games of our child hood. "The Miller Boy,” “Emmy L.ou" and "Jump Jim Crow," are always received with glee. The Get Acquainted club does not confine its good times to Sunday night alone. Every other Wednes-' day It gives a dance for club mem ] only. Music is furnished by the own orchestra. The dance is not open to the public, but anyone who has attended one of the Sunday evening meetings 1* considered a club member and is Invited. A number of interesting meetings have taken place in the club meet ings, as when two women who had known each other as girls in St. Paul and then moved to opposite sides of tho continent, suddenly recognized each other and renewed their friend ship. No charge is made for admission Into the club. Expenses are paid by donations front members dropped In a little box near the door. But this does not begin to pay for the time and attention and friendship given by the members of the First Uni tarian church to planning and direct ing the affairs of the eluh. That is repaid only by the enjoyment club members have from It. DONT GET FOOLED REFUSE CHEAP IMITATIONS INSIST UPON im's cap Look for Label / with ou.r! 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