3owa Inventor £ of Gyroscope * Takes Own Life i- f^ear of Spending Life in In pane Hospital Cause of Act—Educated at Hastings. By Anorialfd Pr«« t*' 'Camden, X. J., Feb. 6.—Prof. 12. J. Christie of Marlon, la.. Inventor of a gyroscopic unicycle, which lie hoped could obtain a sperd of 250 miles an i g _ “California Fig Syrup" Dependable Laxative for Sick Baby or Child Hurry, Mother! Even a bilious, con sjjjpated, feverish child loves the pleas ant taste of “California Fig Syrup" and it never fails to open the bowels. A teaspoonful today may prevent a sick child tomorrow. Ask your druggist for genuine “California Fig Syrup” which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother! You must say "California” or you may get an imitation fig syrup. - ADVERTISEMENT. Lemons Bleach | the Skin White j The only harm less way to bleach the skin white is to mix the juice of two lemons with Ihree ounces of Orchard White, which, any. drug gist will supply for a few cents. Shake well in a bottle. ; ml you have a whole quarter pint of the most wonderful skin whitener, softener and beautifler. Massage this sweetly fragrant lem on bleach into tile face, neck, arms - rid hands. It cun not Irritate. Fam oi* stage beauties use it to bring that clear, youthful skin rosy-white com plexion: also to soothe red. rough or chapped hands and face. You must mjx 'this remaikable bleach yourself. Itjcan not be bought ready to use be cause It acts best immediately after it is prepared.' hour, committed suicide in a hotel here today. Professor Christie had been at the hotel elni« September. He lived quietly and seemed to be possessed of funds. He was a graduate of Iowa uni versity and waa a friend of the late Charles H. Stelnmetz, electrical wiz ard. He served as an instructor in mathematics, astronomy and chem istry In Indiana Normal university and later was on the faculty of Saint John college, Annapolis, Md., and Hastings college, Nebraska. He was for a short time president of Garfield university, Wichita, Kan. During the war he did experimental work for the government. During his lessons in astronomy he used a gyro scope" made especially for him to demonstrate the rotation and momen tum of the earth. This led him tq speculate on the possibility of apply ing the principle of the gyroscope to some new form of locomotion. He constructed his first model at Cedar Rapids, la., in 1919. Christie's body was found on the floor fully dressed with a pistol in his hand. On a bureau was a note addressed to Coroner Robert G. Schroeder of Camden, which read: "I have taken my own life because I would rather die now than spend the rest of my life In an Insane asylum. Kindly prepare my bodvsnd notify my brother. Honorable John T. Christie, Marlon, la." In his pocket was found a Phila delphia newspaper clipping describ ing his work on the gyroscopic unl cycle In a workshop In Philadelphia. Christie was about 58 years old. Bossie and “Wife” Sail From France Deposed City Clerk Returning to United States on Beren garia to Face Charges. By Associated Press. New York, Feb. 6,—Claude F. Bos sie, deposed city clerk of Omaha, Neb., and a woman said to be his wife, were reported to have sailed from Cherbourg, France, on the steamship Berengaria, a message re ceived hero today said. Bossie is charged by his first wift1. who is now living in Omaha, with de sertion. He is said to have left the first Mrs. Bossie and gone to Kan sas, where he married a woman said to be Mrs. E. Walmsiey of Redlands. Cal. He is. being returned to the United States because his passport was alleged to have been obtained by fraud, in that he represented the wo man accompanying him as his legal wife. The first Mrs. Bossie, It is said, has not been notified that she has been divorced from the former clerk. Martin Ryan Dies. Martin Ryan, 79, retired farmer who was a resident of Omaha for 18 years, died Tuesday at his home, 422 N'orth Thirty-fourth street. He Is sur vived by two daughters, Mrs. Jere miah Ryan, Omaha, and Mrs. Steven Conners, Carroll, la., and seven sons. Funeral services will he held Friday morning at 8:30 from the home to St. Cecelias cathedral. Nebraska City—Mrs. H. T. William son, 70, was seriously burned this afternoon when her clothing caught on fire from a heater at her home. The (fames were not extinguished un til they had burned from her body. Her condition is regarded as serious, but hope is entertained for her re covery. Ex-Professor Wins Bok Peace Plan Prize Charles H. 1-evermore. Philadelphia, Pa.—Charles H. I.ev ermore of New lork, student of in ternational relations, writer, and for mer college professor, was announced as the winner of the $100,000 prize of fered b>' Edward W.-Bok, Philadelphia publisher, for the best plan to pre serve peace among the nations of the world. 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A beautiful $200 value; our eale $98.50 =^T FURNITURE -^TS — - COMPANY 5 Dodge 13,7 ■ i “We Always Sell for Less” ■ Beet Growers r Agree on Scale Mexican Labor to Be Relied Upon to Replace Russians Who Take Farms. Gering, Neb., Feb. 6.—The Great Western Sugar company, having reached an agreement with the beet growers upon the scale to be paid for the 1924 crop of beets. Is now engaged in making labor contracts for tlie season. It is probable that the labor contract will be similar t.o the one recently made with the Colo rado beet growers. $23 an acre, with a bonus of 50 cents a ton over 14 tons per acre. Each year has seen an Increasing number of Mexican* Imported to work in tlie beet fields of this auction. The labor supply heretofore drawn from Russians in Lincoln, Hastings and other cities has been dwindling rapid ly of late years. More and more these Russian workers are becoming land owners, making It necessary to,re cruit Mexican labor. Tilt new beet Beale Is baaed on $5.50 a ton minimum and a 50-50 sliding scale contingent upon the average market price of the sugar made from the year's crop of beeta. The same minimum and a 43 52 sliding scale last year brought the beet growers * $8.01 per ton. The new scale is ex pected to increase this very materi ally. Because of the better price outlook and also because of the opening up of new irrigated territory highly suited to beet culture, it Is expected that the beet acreage this year will be by far the largest in the history of the Industry. Village of Old-Timers. London. Feb. 4.—Sutton Walden, a remote and sleepy village In Devon, claims t1ie record for longevity, and the combined ages of Its Inhabitants make a census return look Insignifi cant. Out of a total population of about ,150 the village boasts that 13 of Its members are over 80, six are over 90, and one has passed his 100th birth day. Its oldest Inhabitant still dhes work on a farm snd enjoys an occa sional omnibus ride. Aches and Pains Quickly Relieved by t PAIN DBSTROTBS Apply hot wet thwel end then nib pern with the magic Campborub All Good Drug Stone Thursday at 20 o’clock SMOKE SALE SMOKE SALE Smoke is no respector of Style and Quality and during the Food Center fire smoke invaded our premises; insurance adjusters have ordered immediate disposal of Thorne’s Entire Stocks Coats * Dresses - Suits - Blouses Skirts - Sweaters 1812 Famam a The above map .how. the motion, of our telephone ,y.tem in Iowa and Sebra.ka, where M» by Sunday night: .leet .torm. About iJOO of them pole, were on the long dwtanee Une.and lines. In addition, the heavy coat of ice on the wires and the strong wind caused thousand | long distance and exchange system in this territory. , Telephone Damage $200,000 hi Sleet Storm The sleet storm which swept over Iowa and Nebraska last Sunday afternoon and evening, caused about $200,000 damage to telephone property. A survey of the destruction to telephone property shows the following. 3,800 poles broken down or destroyed. 34,0 miles of wire out of service. $200,000 property loss. > It is a tremendous job to re-set 3,800 poles, to re-attach the cioss arms ^ and wires to them and re-establish communication, but service is being restored as rapidly as possible by more than 600 repairmen, most of whom have been on the job constantly since the storm. The anitea snow on the roads, particularly in Iowa, is making the restoration o service very difficult. We take this opportunity to thank our customers for the splendid way in '*hich you have accepted the unavoidable interruption of telephone service, an assure you that we are doing everything possible to hasten the re-opening communication. If you desire to talk to any point to which service was shut off by the storm, please ask “Long Distance” if the lines are yet open. Every hour, almost, some line is reopened. NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY , BELL SYSTEM One Policy - One System - Universal Service