^Elfliie to Bomb River Ice Jams Reaches Omaha Second Ship Delayed—Bombs Held Here in Readiness in Case Ice Gorges Threaten. A plant Martin government bomb ing plane to be used in breaking up •river ice jams arrived in Omaha yes terday from Chanute field, Illinois, at 4 in the afternoon, piloted by Lieut. John F. Whiteley of Cincinnati, O., nephew of G. H. Alwine, 1538 South Twenty-eighth street. The plane piloted by Li«ut. A. Lindenberg has not yet arrived at Fort Crook. The planes were scheduled to ar rive at Fort Crook at 11 Thursday morning, but could not make thoir journey at the highest rate of speed. Officers at Fort Crook were at a loss to understand the delay of the second plane. A carload of government bombs now on the Union Pacific tracks hero is :under guard of railroad detectives: •In case the planes are needed to blast •the Ice gorges in the Platte and the Loup rivers, the bombs will be shipped out immediately. - The Union Pacific railroad property ;Tiear the riatte and Loup rivers has not vet been damaged, according to Olmstead, assistant to the gen ■NTTl manager of the Union Pacific. r’'An ice jam was seen about two and .one-half miles west of Schuyler, Neb., but no reports of danger have been sent out. - The Burlington railroad property near the Platte and the Loup rivers is reported to be in pood condition, according to M. K. Flynn, general manager of the Burlington. ■ The Loup and Platte rivers are re ported to be very high for this time of the year. Towns bordering the Platte near Schuyler are said to be endangered by rising Ice gorges. Fremont Youth Robbed of $3 by Two Armed Bandits Special Dispatch to The Omalui Bee. Fremont, Neb., Feb. 28.—Two young men held up and robbed A. C. John son, son of a local merchant, at a late hour Wednesday night in the residential section. Upon orders to “stick them up," Johnson was forced to permit the holdups to ransack his pockets. They got about $3 in money but passed up a valuable watch. City and county officers scoured the town for the gunmen, but failed to find any trace of them. Former Beatrice Woman Rescued in Hotel Blaze Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. >' Beatrice. Neb., Feb. 28.—According to word received here, Mrs. R. S. -Bibb, formerly of this city, had a nar row escape from death when the -Valdes Hotel at Valdosta, Ga., was destroyed by fire. One hundred tguests were driven out thinly clad, ."tfrg. Bibb was carried down a ^^Rder by her nephew, C, E. Poston, Jo safety. The late Mr, Bibb was formerly county attorney here. Parole of Convict Who Gave < No Fund Checks Is Revoked Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 28.—Frank Fogarty, who secured about $100 here n few days ago or. no-fund cheeks, was returned to the state reformatory from which he recently waa paroled, having had only one more week to serve when he was given his freedom. He was working here for W. TV. Krug When he was placed under arrest. Part of the money secured on the bad checks was recovered. Sunday School Meeting to Be Held at Fairmont Fairmont, Neb., Feb. 28.—The an nual Fillmore county Sunday school convention will he held Saturday and Sunday In the Methodist church. The program begins at 2:30 in the aft •rnoon each day. The officers of the *ounty association are: L. F. Teeter *>f Shlckley, president; Edward James $f Geneva, secretary and treasurer. JVllss Margaret Ellen Brown and Mr. 3Cimberly, state officers, will be in attendance._* Alleged Wymore Forgers Given Parole for Year " Special Dispatch to The Omaha nee. Ltrice, Neb., Feb. 28—Oren sr and Solomon Stelnmetz of ore. Neb., who have been In Jail tiers, charged with forging a check on Charles Fulton while he was serving lime at Lincoln on a liquor charge, •were paroled today for one year— tfCooper to his brother, Ray, and Stein jneti to Deputy Sheriff Assenfelter. Osterman Will Not Enter Race for Representative l Central City, Neb., Feb. 28.—Theo M. Osterman, who for five successive -terms has served Merrick county In jth• stat* legislature, will not again Jtlle for this office. Immediately fol lowing Mr. Osterman's statement, Lora Aurand of Chapman filed his Intention to hecome a candidate on ths repifbllcai^ticket. Uniform Blag Decoratitm System XJse«l at Fairmont '* Fairmont, Neb., Feb. 28.—The uni form flag decoration plan has been Adopted by the business men of Fair tnont, sponsored by the American Legion. Fifty flag staffs liavo beer: placed along the principal street nt the edgo of the sidewalk. The flags will l>e displayed on ail national boll fays. Kearney C. of (]. Banquet. Kearney, Nob., Feb. 28.—Nearly KOO men attended tlio annual Cham ber of Commerce banquet last night. |j. V. Clark, superintendent of Ihn ■Mate Industrial school, presided, and '"•’rank Tomson of Lincoln and Wil iam Suhr of Grand Island responded to toasts—Tomson on "liuslness To Jay and Tomorrow,” anil Kuhr on * iespect for Law." j . '< Washing ion, Feb. 28,—Debate on | Teapot Dome and prohibition Inves ‘(tlgatlng resolution again delayed 'consideration of tho Norbeek farm ^relief bill In Iho senate today. The bill Is still nt the head of unfinished business <)i the senate calendar. Dr. George Brash, 53, Dies at Beatrice, Neb. Special Dispatch to Tho Omnlut nee. Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 28.—Dr. George H. Brash, physician and surgeon of Beatrice, died at a hospital here this afternoon, death being due to tumor of the brain, for which he was op erated on at Boston, Mass., last sum mer. He was a native of Ogdensburgh, N. Y., and at the time of his death was 63. , He came to Nebraska 30 years ago, locating at Albion, where ho practiced until 25 years ago, when he came to Beatrice. He was one of the leading physi cians of Gage county and took an active interest in affairs of the city, lie was a member of the Beatrice ledge of Elks, and Masons. He is sur vived by his wife and two daughters, Katherine and Marguerite Braish. -. Union Heads Back New Railroad Bill Twenty Federations Support Proposal; Labor Board Is Declared Failure. Cleveland, O., Feb. 28.—D. D. Rob ertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men, today announced that tho three Cleveland railroad brotherhood chiefs are backing a bill to be introduced concurrently in the senate and house, entitled "the railway labor act,” re pealing title 3 of the Esch-Cummlns law, creating a separate railway labor act, and the railway labor hoard. The keynote of the bill Is the obli gation to negotiate agreements and to abide by such voluntary contracts. The local brotherhood chiefs back ing the bill are Warren S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers; W. G. Lee, presi dent of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and Robertson. Robertson, in a statement, said: "The railroad labor board is an ad mitted failure. Its operations have been thoroughly unsatisfactory to employers, employes and the public. Under the existing law discord and strife have been promoted." The railway labor act has the unan imous approval of the national labor organizations representing more than 2,000,000 workers in the employ of the railroads, the statement says, adding that the new bill has the sup port of 20 railroad brotherhoods and the American Federation of Labor. Former Omaha ^ oinan Dies in California; Burial Here Mrs. Blanche Brown, 62, wife of Dr. Ewing Brown, resident of Omaha for 30 years, died Tuesday In San Pedro, Cal., where the doctor and hia wife went two years ago for Mrs. Brown's health. Mrs. Brown was an active worker for charity in Omaha for many years. She is survived by her husband; two brothers, John Brotherton of Omaha and Robert L. Brotherton of Water town, Pa. The body will arrive In Omaha next Monday. Funeral service* will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the Burket chapel. Suspect Held for Thefts From University Gym Lincoln, Feb. 28—Following con siderable loss of money, jewelry and wearing apparel from the locker room of the girls’ gymnasium of the Uni versity of Nebraska here, a young married woman of Lincoln was ap prehended by Miss D. M. Clark, in structor in the gymnasium, as the woman was going through pockets of coats hanging in the room. The wom an was released on probation and not turned over to city authorities. Her name was withheld. Culverts on State Highway Conceal Still and Liquor Newcastle, Neb., Feb. 28.—Parts of a still, which when put together, made a complete outfit, were discov ered under two culverts on the high way between here and laurel. The discovery was made by the highway patrol while cleaning out culverts. A. boiler and coll with a considerable amount of liquor was found in the first culvert, and the rest of the still was found under another culvert a mile away. Two Contracts Awarded for Highway Work by State Lincoln, • Feb. 28.—Contracts for road work awarded by the stats In clude: Thurston clunty, between Oakdale and South Sioux City, grading and paving at 21.9 cents, amounting to 821,070, to George Condon, Omaha. Cuming county, road, tyest Point to Wisner, to Tant Construction com pany, Omaha, i Howell Offers New Rail Bill Proposes to Abolish Present Labor Act—Compulsory Arbitration Provided. By P. C. FOWELIj, Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee. Washington. Feb. 28.—Repeal of the railway labor act and setting up of new governmental machinery to settle railway labor disputes is pro posed In a bill intrdueed today by Senator R. B. Howell. The bill provides in cases of dis putes not settled In conferences be tween representatives of railroads and labor are to be referred to a national board of adjustment to be named by the president. * Four of these boards are to be named to handle cases of the follow ing classes of railroad labor: Train service men, shopmen, clerks, sta tionary firemen and maintenance of way men and marine workers. Members of these boards shall eon isist 'of equal number of representa tives of labor and railway owners. If either railway owner or em ployes refuse to abide by finding of this board, a second board, know as the board of mediation and concilia tion, is to be appointed by the presi dent. 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