Rohrer, Bryan and Endres Hit by Dry Complaint “Samardick Only Dry Sleuth on Job at Omaha,” Claim of Faction Seeking Re* moval of Director, Discharge of V. S. Rohrer. federal prohibition director for Nebraska, was il Miianded Thursday by Ktmer Thorn es, secretary of the ‘‘Commutes of r>UU0," In a conference with Senator Course W. Norris In Washington. Thumus, according to dispatches, declared that not only Rohrer. but ul.-o Governor Bryan snd Sberitf Dmires have been grossly negligent in prohibition enforcement. Thomas wtjH foimcrly a warn! supporters of di \:mi and l'lndrcs. “There are at least 1,000 foreigners in Omaha with stills in their homes and practically nothing Is being done liy the governor, sheriff or federal authorities," said Thomas. "It must tie stopped." » lie showed emotion after his con ference with Senator Norris and ex pressed determination to “get action.' Praises Samardick. Asked whether Robert Saniardick lias done good work, lie replied, "Yes, but he is only one man." When Informed that Federal Prohl bltlon Lforulssloner Roy Haynes was scheduled to stop in Omaha Thursday, Thomas rushed to a telegraph office and wired W. T, Graham In Omaha, asking him and other prohibition workers to call on Haynes here and urge the dismissal of Rohrer. "I am only afraid Haynes' visit to Omaha may be forestalled In gome manner," said Thomas. Rohrer s Office Locked. U. 3. Rohrer wa? not in his office tills morning. His private office was locked. Inquiry at his home brought no information of his whereabouts. At his office some stated he was there Wednesday; others declared they hadn't seen him. Last Tuesday he left early, saying he was going out of town, but not telling where. "Bob” Samardick left Wednesday for St. Louis to be a witnes* in li quor cases. Prohibition workers here who for merly were supporters of Rohrer have lecently criticized him severely for! failure to produce results. Rohrer a • defense has been that his office is; kept busy issuing permits. Ilsynes Here at Noon. Commissioner Haynes was sched tiuled to arrive at 12;35 Thursday afternoon. Washington dispatches stats that Thomas will have another conference today with Senator Norris and Assistant Prohibition Commtsstonei j Jones. "They seem to think here the trou nie is between the United States at ; loiney and Robert Samardick on one side and Rohrer on the other,” Thomas said. "That may b« trouble P** for them, but for us the trouble is lack of action and we Intend to get that."’ Senator Nqrris stated be lias re ■ lived numerous complaints regard ing prohibition enforement In Om aha. Agents of the federal intelligence department recently completed an In vestlgatlon of charges against Roti fers office and have sent their find ings to Washington. Action from this is expected soon. Dry Folk Stage Race to Haynes v .1 * ‘ , ;>are Ls K> Minutes"— Plea; “Leaving Soon,” His Reply. i;,'.,.ied b.v U. S. Rohrer around the rear end of the train and down the naat end of the baggage room at TTnlon station, United State* Prohlbi tlon Commiaaioner Haynes entered Omaha at 12:40 Thursday noon. The effort to avoid, dry workers, who had been notified by Elmer Thomas from Washington to see Haynes and impress on him the de sirability of removing Rohrsr from his office as prohibition director for Nebraska, failed. W. T. Graham and J- Dean Ringer sprinted from the front end of the train, down between other trains, splashing through snow and slush ind arriving st the rear of the bag gage room Just as Mr. Rohrer had engaged a taxicab. . I/eating Soon. Taking no notice of Rohrer, they Introduced Ihemsehes to the com missioner, and also to H. N. Duncan of Minneapolis, prohibition divisional chief. "fan you give us 15 minutes for a conference?” asked Graham. ''I am unable to say. 1 am leaving soon,” said the commissioner. "When do you leave?” "1 don't know yet.” * Eventually the two Omahans and Haynes and Duncan stepped aside and conferred for a moment. Then Rohrer, Haynes snd Duncan departed In the taxi. Met by Rohrer. "I have nothing to aay regarding possible changes,” said llaynea. "1 haven't yet looked Into the case. We consider Rohrer a good man. We con sider Hamardlck a good man. I am going on to Denver from here.” "Rohrer Is absolutely Incompetent," said Graham later. Mr. Rohrer wen up the line last night and met the train on which Haynes came, conferring with him en route. Mr. Haynes had. merely noth led Mr. Rohrer that he would ar rive In Omuha on the 12:35 train. Warehouse Men Meet. Lincoln. Feb. 21.—Twenty ware house men. members of the Slate as social Ion, attended the bimonthly if* meeting st the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, Omaha and Grand Island representatives were pi,-sent. Legisla tion to be presented at the next ses sion of the legislature was discussed. John Boaklns, president of the nsso slation, and Vincent Haskell, sr., both of Omaha .attended the meeting. _t. .■ — ■ EDDIE’S FRIENDS ^ n«m -* * frtE \DIA1 \t>l OT} s musT -yB ^BEN lAJVW DIDN'T ^OO CA&4 p-^QtA SOIAB CSTAER \ / /Z\ TMlS CU\P IM - A &AAB. = X DON'T y ( T'AJo dollar cMiP £&kibv\serop- >4—^-=g poTTiNC* Any r>-— CU1PS IN (AM A.V^A) ^ " , POCKET /i/SWE'S SOHB. \ / v tonight yjfcAosB theh f T COULD'VE , ^S S' ONUS WON ' BOUGHT A NEVO . ( ‘XlR IM^TeAdJ ( PAIR OP S1&CK7N6S ' ' \ OF#nted Friday, February22; (Central Standard Time) (By Courtesy of Medio Digest.) Note: All limes given are p. m. unles* otherwise noted. KDKA, Pittsburgh (326)—6:46. chil dren* period; 7 ::<», concert. KFKX. IliiMUngs (All)—Itebroadcest • program of Kl'KA, KH.I, l.ou Angeles (396)—6:60. Chll* £®r‘" peilod; JO. entertainment; 12, or* cheat ra. KVW, Chicago (516) r r.o, bed time a tor lea; 7, concert; 6. program; 10. mid night review KHD. fit. J.oula Post Dispatch (446)—|, piogrnm. WUAP. Fort Worth Btar Telegram <470—7:10. orchestra; 9 36, concert, gram. WCAF, Pittsburgh (426)—7:30, prn WDAft, Philadelphia <3l)u) — 0.30. talk; 6;60, talk; 9:10, impart. tVI»AP, Chh a«<» (i»fl<>)—7. music; 10, program; 10, musical. WDAF, K'-w Viol (492)— 6, program. WFAA, Dallas News (470 -H:3«». pro grnm. WDAF. Kansas City Star (4111 — a. school of air; 6. novelty night . 11.46, night -hawks WFJ, Philadelphia (396) 5. tall*; R;«0. music. VVcjJT, Puffoln (3 io i 30. music; 6 10, news; h, concert: f if*, address. WuT. Hrhensctady (.1401—G.44, ad* drear. 9, music. tV HA. Madison (1601—7:30. Washing ton program. WHAo, l.oulsvll'e (4r»o»— 7:30. concert. WHK. Cleveland (363> — f., mumf WJAZ. Chlcaso <446) 10. orchestta. WMAQ Chleago News < 447 f.) 7. pro gram 9, program. WMC, Memphis 6 0, concert; II orchestra. WOH, Dswnpmt (4M 1 7.20 ftundav School leseon: h. program WO AW, Omaha 4 .. entertainment \\ W.I. Detroit News (61* 1- ti. enter 'Oinnient. He# Went Ada Produce K«etil(n. ! Runaway Wife Seeks Divorce W unutu Who Left Husband for Bluffs Deputy Sheriff, Now Charges He’s Cruel. Maebello Spencer filed suit for di 1 \ ores in Council Hiatts district court Thursday morning against her hus band. Clark Spencer, former Council Bluff* deputy sheriff. charging cruelty. i Eighteen months ago, Mr*. Spen leer, at that time the wife of George Gbaugh, Council Bluffs orcheatra leader, ran away with Spencer. Gbaugh subsequently obtained a di vorce, and the runaway pair was married In Kansas City. Kan.. Sep tember 4. 1923, They separated Feb ; i u uy 4 of this year, the petition says. Mrs. Bertha Branch filed suit for idivorce Thursday against Harry V ! Branch, charging that he carries on la love affair with an Omaha woman .openly, that he visit* her five or six .nights a week, and cornea home In toxicated. She asks custody of their two children, Margaret, 2. aid lino crene, 6 months. She also obtained a restraining order, enjoining her hus band from molesting her. Eleven other divorce petitions were filed in Council Bluffs this morning. Litigants are Gertrude Mastin, who seeks a divorce from Harry D. Mastin, asking custody of a minor son, Rob ert. 18 months; Helen E. Eastman, who sues Benjamin H. Eastman, asks custody of three children. Benjamin, Jr., ", Leroy. 3, afid Betty Jane, 1; Mary Smothers against Ernest Smothers, Mary Wood against Harold Wood; Raymond B. Liddell against Nellie Liddell, and asking custody of a minor son, Donald, t: Hilda Slamon ugainst Jack Slamon. seeking custody of Elolse Slamon, 2; Zora Brunski against John Brunski, asking custody of four children, Barbara, 6, Mary, 4, Josephone, 2 and Nicholas, 8 months; Blanche M. Barton against Floyd L. Barton; Gertrude Reed against Charles W. Reed; C. O. Car ter against Ora- Carter. Cheaper Coal Promised Here Opening of New Anthracite Mine in Colorado Means Freight Saving. Omaha 1* to have cheaper snthra otte coal. With the completion of the new Moffat tunnel In Colorado, the longest tunnel In the United Stales, tho enormous anthracite coal field* of flout t county, Colorado, will be opened to the world. This announcement was made Thursday by K. S. and K. HI. Montgomery, 678 Brandeis Theater building. Not only are these flelde the only anthracite fluids in the United States outside of Pennaylvania, the freight haul shorter and the freight rate less, hut there Is eald to he enough fuel In the field to supply the entire United Stales for l.&i>0 years. Th$ price of anthracite coal In Omaha to day Is $21 per ton and there 1* little of It at that price. Freight from Pennsylvania on anthracite 1* $8.64 a ton. The rale from Colorado Is $6.45 a tone. It Is believed omnlm will be able to buy anthracite coal at lean than $18 a ton. Bishop Stuntz Cannot Recover Physician* attending Bishop Homer C. Stunts, recently stricken with parnivelH at Miami, l''ln., say there Is no hope for his recovery, according to n special delivery letter received Thursday morning by Mrs. Howard Hushton from her husband, who ac companied Mra. Htunt* (o the bishop'* bedside following the atroke. The bishop'* mind remains alert, the letter says, although he does not appear fully to realize that he It paralysed, Physicians declnr* that he has strong heart muscles, and that this fact may delay the Inevitable for sev eral weeks. The next two or three days probably will determine whether j or not he will be granted this respite,! the doctors say. Ml-, and Mis (ieorge Uialldets will I give u dinner on Thuradav evening at j their home • I Sympho'rc Band at Gayety Tomorrow Bon Meroff's symphonic bend, opening at tha Saturday matinee. Is termed the high spot musically In tha current season at tbs Qaysty. Ths band comes as a gsnarous por tion of the "Nifties of '24" company and la direst from a tour of Keith vaudeville theaters In the aast. The organization Is intact and under the skillful direction of Ben Merotf. He Is master of several Instruments, be sides dancing with degree of speed and dash that leaves himself and his audience almost breathless. Frank and Milt Britton are featured members of the hand. (—-\ Your Ballot May Help Your Carrier Boy Get' 1,000-Mile Radio Set i ■» Help the boy who brings your Omaha Bee get a radio set. In an effort to determine who Is the most popular carrier with his natrons. The Omaha Bee will present n complete 1,000 mile radius radio outrit to the boy who receives the moot ' vote* tn a contest (which begins to » lay. - In tomorrow's is ’ sue of The Omaha Bee will appear a * coupon entitling you to one vote, till It out with the name of your favorite currier and hand to him or mall It to The Omaha Bee. The radio aet to bo given tha boy who receives the moet votaa Includes a mahogany cabinet, head phones, vacuum },ube. butteries, serial und ground wires and Instruction bine print. The dials may bs logged for different atatlona with aa much ac curacy as the nnutrodyne. Watch for tha coupon! Mrs, If. Von W. Schulte, tea at her home, for the faculty of Creighton Medical university. The Famous Broadway Musical Comedy Success “The Love Doctor” ON THE SCREEN ' “Whispered Names** Clever Mystery Play and Sec ond of the New Comedy Series “The Gumps” Real and Unreel By Dan H. Eddy, Hollywood Correspondent of Omaha Bee j Von Never Can Tell. Some of these days you wMl prob ably go to the pitcher show nnd see a piece named "Two Wagons—Both Covered," an<| laugh your head off .'it Will Rogers, und the home town critic will write a piece for the paper end call It the greatest comedy of the >eor. Which is what they have been doing out here in the goldarn west And that Just goes to allow wlwt It says at the fop of tins here squib. Hal Roach hired a bird mimed Hob Wagner last fall, and set him to directing Will Rogers, and they started In on this wugon picture. Now Rob has a kind of dry humor, and file Roach higher-ups. who of course knew everything about com edies. thought It was the bunk. They couldn't even litter. And one day. about the middle of the picture, they had the work stopped, and Rob quit. Well, fhey didn't even bother to stick the film together, and It was kicked around for a couple of montha until one day a newapaper critic went out apd asked to see it, so they apologized and showed it to him, and he liked to laughed himself to death. And then these wise eggs, who of course knew everything shout com edies, began to get a headache and stuck the film together and took It down to a sieighborhood theater to try It out, and the folks did every thing but tear up the floor. And, incidentally, that Is partly why Rob Is back on the Roach lot, directing Will Rogers again. The other part Is only dollars and cents nnd contracts and such, and none of our business. Our Observation. Wlille all these birds are hollering about It’s going to be the greatest year In the history of pictures, we would like to meekly remark that it looks to us like pictures’ greatest un dressed year. W# were over on the Bennett lot watching the bathing girls, and we thought that was going pretty far. So from there we went to the Metro lot and watched Barbara I-aMarr do a Dan McGrew dance, and dinged If she wasn’t wearing less than the bathing queens. So from there we went to the L'nb vi rsal lot, and there was Grace Dar mond doing a chorus girl dance, and hummed if she wasn’t wearing less than Barbara LaMarr. So from there we went straight home. There Is no use taking too many chances, out that way, alont. Two Vlew|Miints. The other day we dropped in and passed tbs time of day snd this and that with Blanch# Sweet. Somehow, we got to talking about traveling and Blanche said she was Just broken hearted because she didn't get to New Tork and Florida this winter. ’’Do you know." said she sobblngly, "I haven't been east for so long, I'm Just mad to gst back!" So we sympathized, and a little later Vaudeville—Photoplays P) ij Saves Days Sarting TOMORROW Vaudeville's Highest Salaried Sitter Team WATSON SISTERS World-Renew.aed Fuamakera Clever Supporting Show 1 Deluding tbs Famous Comedy Preteen Artlot BERNARDI Ploying 35 Different Cherectere Himself A Delightful Screen Feeture ‘A CHAPTER IR HER LIFE’ by Clars I ouUo Burnham and Introducing tho Now Juvonllo Rtor j JANE MERCER Everybody's Favrlte in a Picture Everyone Will Love THOMAS MEIGHAN In “Pied Piper Malone" Omaha's Fua Cantor mW Mai. and Nils Today Luipoaoiy Book,d for Aula Show Wooh Radlnl'a “ CHUCKLES ** nsF | With Cliff Brafdoe and Coo-Coo Monlsaoy Crsatsat Show an Earth for tha Monay Xlrsl^i'."" tPirtn'SS',?'.' Ladlaa' ZBr Bsrsaln Mat.. ZrIB Wash Days Hat Mat « Wh.i” Nlfttoa of 'll" with BILLY rosrtd, WILL M. COHAN A happened to be over at Cask}* and ran across N’ita Nnldi. And, some how, we got to talking about travel ing again. "Just got bsck," said Nlta. "about 10 days ago. Ping the luck, anyway' They tell me III have to go bsck to New York in another month or so. I'm getting so I feel like screaming every time I hear a train. I'm get ting »o darned tired of traveling I don't know what to do. Might aa well be with a medicine show." Kolbs Is Funn.>. The other noun, up in one of our expensive hen -lies, we ran across jobyna Ralston, She was sitting all alone, delicately dining upon a baked bean sandwich and other 11slit viands Seeing she had lost her appetite we deduced -that something was amiss, and with our usual subtlety asked: ' What smaller?" Arid Jobyna. shed ding a salty tear or two into tho soup, replied as follows: “We've finished the picture, and Harold's gone to New York and so has Tommy Gray and Joe Reddy and most of the hoys around the lot." Jobyna, as of course you know. Is Harold Lloyd's loading lady. “And I don't care so much shout having them go to New York." said Jobyna, "but It seems to me I'll die If w*> don't start work again pretty soon.” And she's under contract, and the old pay check Is waiting every Sat urday night, and she don t have to work for It. and still she feels that—! but. oh, shucks' It ain't natural. Jobey. They Learn Young Consider young Mickey McBann. ms Jacqueline Logan says she found him. sitting well back from the drip ping eaves of the stage oti a cold and rainy morning, busily tearing rags into strips and binding them around the wheels of his toy automobile. “What's the Idea. Mickey?'* asked Jacqueline. “Skid chains." said Mickey, and went on with his work. But that isn't the funny Ihlng about this story. The astonishing thing Is one plnver telling a good story about another player. iHiftiwJdk1 Tjatf.ssr gk E. H. ■ ■ JULIA Sothern-Marlone TWELFTH NIGHT Sat. Mat.. .TAMING OF THE SHREW Sat. Eve.HAMLET Tickets.SI OO, 13.00. S3.S0, $3M 4 SUNDAY0 MARCH 21 MAIL OIIERS ROW The Most Stupendous Success tho Winter Carden Has Ever Known Tickets M»n4ay, SI to S3, Pies Tas a" " a—————^ Suiepf Chicago's Audience Off tte Feetl A MOST REMARKABLE PHOTORLAvl fnm i CZECHOSLOVAK IA ? <0t CROSS AVBBOOK ALSO tASC'NATinO SCRUM TRAWStOOW* .'PRAOUETdKv*. PBESIOCNT MASARYK IN MIS INTIMATE SURBOUNOIMOS * [tP SuHjUbs 'n loth Enclijh t Caech Unjuagi] ONU* SUN. k.ON. TU«S. RES S4» »*• » «S» •umui too s 4ce tnv*o ip» s *oo»« j pens t3£ ! Now Play in |—StrO and d)2d STASIA LEBoVA hi TKp Mott Gotftoui oimI Mott Eittn _«l«» Ptnduatlcn In Vandavllla "Thant Yau,'~6nctarK H. KRANZ A AL WHITE SIGNOR miSCOE f Artistic Tw*r_ _____ Sirekil 4 Marfan* DOUGLAS LEAVITT^4 RUTH MARY LOCKWOOD PatKf Nmi TBfc r- ■ Monday to Saturday, Inclusive -. Ev’nga. 22c. 41c. 48r. $|, p|ut Taa I j Matins** ... 3Sc and SOc, Plot Taa | /second week H Starting Tomorrow 8 rrm D,i,y •* I Mary Pickford in 'Rosita' j S|1 * * i ■j Spacial Matin** for ||| ll»a C Kildran Tomorrow Taxpayers’ Body Made Permanent North Platte. Neb.. Feb. 21.—Lin coln f'oupty Taxpayers' league met In convention In Dickey's hall In North Platte this afternoon. This Is the league that hacked the cleanup cam paign in Lincoln county that caused the Investigation resulting In indict ment# by the grand Jury and finally convictions of county officials and Others At the meeting organization was made permanent and a constitu tion and bylaws were adopted. Wil liam K. Sbumnn was elector presi dent for the next two years; Herman Kerr, secretary and treasurer, and Lincoln Carpenter. Huy Fear. Carl Orrin, George Feibracke and George White members of the executive committee, with the president and secretary-treasurer. The plan adopted wss three delegates from each pre cinct of the county to be elected be fore each primary election. The league is to be nonpolitical. Pal of Slayer Gets Jail Term Dale Libes, alleged by Sheriff P. A Lainson of Council Bluffs to have been a partner of Joe Gtizewee*. alias Joe Dunn, accused slayer of Detective Frank Aughe. was sentenced to one year in the Iowa state reformatpry In district court at Glenwood. la.. Wednesday on a charge of roliWiig the railroad nation at Gh*nwoovf. Kibes was arrested some tliruf ago In Omaha charged with a robbei^r In Nebraska, but w*>* not convicted of the charge. He was also held at Council Bluffs for a short time on an auto theft charge but was turned over to Olenwood authorities because they hud a stronger case against hlrn. Morrell Funeral Saturday at 8:30 Funeral services foi Miss Madeline ill. Morrell. 39, who died Wednesday at a local hospital following an oper aiion, will lie in-id Saturday morning at 8:30 at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mis Adam .Morrell. 4S0S IXmglns street, and at t. Cecilia s cathedral at !i Katin r J Hmtekol will la- hi charge of the services as fisted by Kafher Bernertl Klnne of W. Mary Magdalene church end Father J F McCarthy of fit. i’fter's church. Burial will l>e in St Mery Magdalene cemetery. Congressman Dies. Washington. Feb. 21.—Henry Gar land Dupre. m»inber of congress from the Second congressional district of Louisiana, died this morning at his home here following a stroke of apoplexy Flora Finch. >lar of tng movies in the days when John Bunny e name waf a household word, has a part in "Monsieur Beaucaire." Valentino's new one. No Advance In Price For This Big Show I 1,1 "■ k SPECIAL—One Performance Only Sunday, 1:00 to 2:00 O’clock Popular Symphony Orchestra NO EXTRA CHARGE 40 Musicians on the Stage Direction Harry Brader Popular Classic* Jazz Symphonic* .4 Story of Blind Husbands and Indiscreet Wives Jealous Husbands, Featuring Lane Williams Geo. Siegmann Jane Novak -1 “Bull” Montana and the Wonderful Ben Alexander Rialto—Herzberg Spring Style Revue An Elaborate Display of Spring and Sport Styles Perfectly Displayed by IVAN D. MARTJNS New York Beauty Models On “Hors«-Shoe" Promenade Over Audience One of the Greatest Comedies Ever Made by the Original Larry Semon He thought he’d try to become a world’s champion “pug" with “Horse Shoes” “Always the Best Music” Rialto Symphony Orchestra 21 Artiste Harry Brader, Director Playing an Eatremaly Interfiling Overture 4ampa GEO. HAUPT — EARLE TICKNOR ra7.^|gir "Call Me Thin. Qua" Starts Sunday HOUDINI i« "Haldane of the Secret Service" TOMORROW “THE GREAT MAIL ROBBERY** neighborhood theaters •Of l EVARD - . .tjd and Lm%hivmtb Vro4#viIU m*4 "TNR BRASS BOTTU" j Cow*dv and "Rutli of Ranp," No. |4 LOTHROP .... J4\b mn4 l "All Ihf lltolhm Wlr« Valiant'1 Aaiaji’a l altlaa mn4 "Go Wool** grand.iaitt