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Bulgar, Denied
Vise, Kills Self
Wife Had Changed Her Af
fections to Another While
Absent.
Sofia, May 17.—Nickola Ghecheff,
s young Bulgarian, could not obtain
a passport to go to the United States,
so he shot and killed himself in the
office of the American vice-consul
here.
Ghecheff had lived In the United
States several years, but returned to
Bulgaria three years ago, intending
to take his wife back with him to
America. He found, however, that
his wife had transferred her affec
tions to another man, and although
he spent three years trying to win
her back, she refused to return to
hint. Furthermore, she refused to
refund the $5,000 he had sent her
from America.
Ghecheff appealed to the American
vice consul for aid in getting his
Ihoney back and also for a passport
so he could return to America and
^ forget his unhappiness in Bulgaria.
He was told that nothing could be
done about recovering the money and
that he could not have a passport
now because Bulgaria's quota for
this year had been filled. Disappoint
ment at his inability to return to the
United States caused him to end his
life.
Passport officials declare that
many Bulgarian men and women
have threatened suicide when refused
visas for Jthe United States.
Newest Panhandler
Is Gasoline Borrower
Allentown, Pa., May 17.—Police be
lieve they have discovered a brand
new panhandling^ game, when they ar
rested Thomas Smuckley here re
tently.
Smuckley, they said, appeared at
private homes, saying he was em
ployed by a "prominent" man and had
Just run out of gasoline. In almost
♦ very case he obtained the gasoline,
hut the lenders failed to get it back.
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Nebraska’s Base Hospital Unit
Overseas to Hold Reunion Here
Staff officers: left to right front row, l.ieut. Col. I.copold Mitchell, Maj.
E. I.. Bridges and Maj. John Sherman, a guest.
Bark row: left to right, Maj. C. A. Hull, Maj. A. C. Stokes.
By ARTHUR GREEN.
Doctors and nurses of the Nebras
ka base hospital unit 49, who saw
service overseas durinv the world
war, will hold their fifth annual re
union next Saturday with a banquet
at the Burgeas-Nash tea rooms.
While in France the Nebraska base
hospital, organized under the Red
Cross and the Universltw of Nebras
ka, had 35 doctors, 150 nurses and
250 corps men. The entire organiza
tion was under rommand of Col. A. C.
Stokes of Omaha.
The unit arrived in Allerey, Frande,
late in 1913.
"It was not much of a center when
we arrived,” said Dr. Stokes. "Our
uen slept on the rloor the first night
and ate as Mfct they could. Trucks
were too valuable for use at the cen
ter, and equipdent was carried on
the backs of the cen. They were all
at the front at that time.
"Unit 49 proved so efficient that It
wns soon divided into two sections,
each averaging 1,500 beds, or a total
of 3,000. .
"The hospital often had to taye
care of extra patients, and at times
the conditions were so crowded that
Red Cross tents had to be used to
secure a resting place for the wound
ed, according to Dr. John B. Potts,
who was one of the majors In Allerey.
Base hospital 49 was the second
best equipped Red Cross hospital sent
across the sea. First rank was given
the I'niversity of Pennsylvania unit,
and Nebraska is said to have been
second. Nebraska citizens contribut
ed $70,000 of this unit of which it
was so proud.
Home of the out of town guests ex
peeled to attend the reunion are:
Lieut D. B. Park, Randolph, Neb;
Capt. J. C. Daddell, Pawnee City,
Neb.; Lieut. Col. I/eopold Mitchell.
New Orleans, Capt. O. Chambers,
Rock Springs, Wyo.; Lieut. F. A. Sin
clair, Hampton, Va.; Lieut. R. C.
1’anter, Dorchester, Neb.; Lieut. W. ’
R. Peters, Stanton. Neb.; Lleuts. E.
O. Davis, Lincoln, Neb.; J. S. Simms,
North Platte, Neb.; H. E. Flansburg,
Lincoln, Neb., and R. C. Machal of
New Haven, Conn , of the quarter
master corps.
SWITCHMEN PICK
CONVENTION CITY
Denver Colo., May 17.—Kieotlon of
two national vice presidents, a board
of directqns comprised of five men
and consideration of numerous #eso
lutions was to be the order of busi
ness today for delegates to the tri
ennial convention of the Switchmen's
Union of N'vth America, acco'rding
to T. C. Cashen, international pre’si
dent of the union, who was re elected
at yesterday afternoon's session.
Following the selection yesterday
of Buffalo, N. Y.. as the 1927 conven
tion city and formal approval of
’amendments to the‘union constitu
tion. It was possible the convention
would adjourn today. President Cash
en said. Awarding of the next con
vention to Buffalo was brought about
by a constitutional amendment pro
viding all future conventions should
be held In the city where the' grand
lodge headquarters Is located.
RITES FOR PIONEER
HEAD ON MONDAY
Funeral services for George A. Wil
cox, 72. 312 Houth Fifty-first street,
president of the Douglas County Pin
nears, who died Friday, will be held
Monday at 3 p. rn. at the First Rap
tlst church. Rev. A. A. De I.qrme offl
elating. Burial will be In Forest
Uawjy cemetery. .
Jerry Howard Raps Bryan;
Dismissed Officers Listen
The majority of the officers recently
dismissed from the police force by
Commlasloner llenry Dunn recently
attended a meeting at the l.yrlc build
Ing Friday night to dlacuse means of
aiding women workers In obtaining
enforcement of the fitnnle labor Inw
of Nebraska. Jerry Howard, former
deputy latH>r commissioner, presided.
"I worked hard to help elect Gov
ernor Charles Bryan.” Jerry snid lu
speaking of the labor conditions of
the women. "And whnt did J get? I
was appointed a deputy labor com
mlssloner and the first time I did
anything 1 got fired.”
Rev. J. b. Beebe and T. .T. Mc
Govern also addressed the meeting.
MOTHER STOLE
CHILD IN BLUFFS
Belief that the kidnaping of Kath
ryn Hunt, 8. was promoted by the
child's mother, Mrs. Della Hunt, was
confirmed In a letter of Mrs. Hunt’s,
written to Mrs. T>. It. HeaSton, 302
.West Pierce street. Council Bluffs,
which is now In the hands of police'.
The mother states ,ln the letter, po
lice claim, that she hired the fictitious
"uncle” that abducted the little girl
from the Avenue E school two weeks
ago.
The letter was written In Omaha
May 7. but was not posted until May
14.. at which time‘the mother Is sup
posed to have started for the eouth.
Search for the missing child has been
renewed.
The girl's parents are separated
and the rhlld has been In the care of
her grandmother since birth.
GILLETT PLEDGES
SUPPORT TO G. 0. P.
Washington, May 17.—A pledge to
"support whole-heartedly the policies
of President Coolldge" If elected sen
ator from Massachusetts Is given by
Speaker Oillett in a letter to it. M.
Washburn, secretary of the Roosevelt
club at Boston. The speaker also de
da red "there Is not til# slightest
chance of any substantial change In
the Volatenil law.”
Declining an Invitation to address
a luncheon meeting of the dub today
because of his Inability to get away
from Washington. Mr. Oillett re
ferred to President Coolldge ss the
"greatest asset of the republican
pnrty.”
VIRGIN MARY RITES
HELD AT SEMINARY
Mt. St. Mary sopilnary, Fifteen'll
and Castdar streets, was the scene
Friday of exercises In honor of the
Virgin Mary, 80 girls participating.
Miss Catherine Keane was queen
of tha May and Miss Mary-Worth
was the Fairy Queen. The attend
ants of the queens were Muriel
Scheme!, Bita Walsen, Catherine
[cumlnga and Winifred Uuneuo
Bottom row, left to right: N. C. WIckland, I’liil Helgreu. P. E. John-*!
son, Ernest Holquist, Rudolph Giljequist, Elmer Borg, F. Al Carlson, Albert
Sandn, Carl 0. Lof, Alof Anderson, J. W. Johnson, Victor Eundiers, Paul
Pohlson. r
Second row: Clemems Thorson, O. A. Dahlgren, Rudolph Swanson, Gil
bert Olson, A. Joel Smith, A. W. Wickstrom. A. E. Peterson, George A. Ix>f,
O. B. Anderson, John F. Olson, Dr. E, E. Benson, I,. A. WIckland.
Third row: E. G. Peterson, Martin E. Eof, H. W. Nygren, Frank F. I-of,
Julian Swanson, Arnold Walilstrom, Axel Olson, C. O. I-armon, Alvin Hel
gren, G. Seabury, Duane WIckland, Gus I,. Wirkstrom.
Top row: Joe E. Sliolin, Irving Eskelson, Ernest Eundgren, George W.
Lof, Harold J. Anderson, Fritz Nielson, S. J. Gottneld, Ralph Swanson, Elmer
Thorson, X. I,. Sholls, Gus P. Swanson, Xels W. Johnson.
Quality and originality will stand
out In the music at the 1924 Ak-Sar
Ben Den shows. The Orpheus chorus,
composed of 60 young men of Omaha
under the leadership of Fritz A1 Carl
son, will furnish the entire chorus.
The Orpheus singers have been to
gether for three years and comprise
one of the best balanced singing or
ganizations in the west. Each mem
ber Is a finished singer and must pass
certain examinations before he Is per
mitted to enter the chorus.
Every number of the Den show
program Is an original composition
written especially for the show by
Professor Carlson. There will not be
an old or hackneyed tune on the pro
gram: every number will be a real
musical unit to fit the big production
All orchestrations have been spec
ially arranged by Jack Virgil, a com
poser and a master of the art of In
strumentation and harmony. Mr.
Virgil Is thoroughly competent to give
Mr. Carlson's compositions the proper
setting and color to make them stand
out as masterpieces.
Rehearsals for both principals and
chorus are being conducted three
nights a week and Gus Rense advises
that the entire production will be
ready for presentation on Monday
night, June 2.
“Booze” Cheeks
to Be Evidence
Committee Asks Court to Ob
tain Remus Evidence in
Daugherty Probe.
Washington. May 17.—The courts
will be asked by the senate Daugherty
committee to help it secure the can
celed checks of Georgs Remus, Ohio
liquor operator, w’hich he has testified
will tend to verify his story of large
money payments to the late Jess
Smith, companion of former Attorney
General Daugherty for "protection.'
After a conference with Attorney Gen
eral Stone the committee held nn
executive session today to arrange for
legal proceedings. There was no
friction between Mr. Stone and the
committee. Chairman Brnokhart eaid,
hut court action was considered neces
sary because Remus Is serving a term
in the Atlanta penitentiary.
Wants to (jet Papers.
Remus testified yesterday, when
brought to the committee from At
lanta, that his check records of mil
lions of dollars In liquor transactions
would throw additional light on his
assertion that he paid between $2;t0,
000 and 1300,000. He Is still under
guard In Washington and desires to
go to Cincinnati himself to get the
papers.
Resuming Its hearings after the ex
ecutlve session, the committee railed
to the stand Warren Grimes, special
assistant to the attorney general, ami
Senator Wheeler asked him If he did
not know that "part of the $100,000
paid Albert B. Fall by E. T„. Doheny
was for the purpose of starting a
revolution. In Mexico. The witness
said he did not know%.
Senator Wheeler also questioned
Grimes about prosecutions against
several committee witnesses whlj-h
the senator charged were started
"with the purpose of Impeding the
investigation."
The rommlttee prosecutor got
Grltnei to euy that he knew Fred
Dnto, a brother Ip law of F.stabnn
Catu, former governor of lyiwcr Cali
fornia, was under subponen ns a com
mlttee witness along with former
Mayor Abbott of Calexico, Cal., and
Fred Gershon. All of the men named,
Senntor Wheeler's examination Indi
cated, had some knowledge of an en
terprlae for smuggling arms Into
Mexico. He drnppeil the Fall Doheny
Inquiry with the single question.
Turning then to the question of
prosecutions sgnlnst some of those
named, Senator Wheeler naked:
"The reason for this action Is be
cause these men bad been called here
and you and W. J. Burna wan fed to
arrest them and prosecute them to lit
tinddnte them."
"That Isn't true," Grimes retorted
Thero Was Record.
"The truth Is that there was In
your office a record of violations of
the neutrality law, a conspiracy In
eluding Fred Dnto, that was still go
Ing on. and thero were no proaecu
tlons?" pursued Senator Wheeler.
"That Isn't true. There was a lot
of matter In the files ns to Dnto. Our
files will show that General Cantu,
Dato and others went to New York,
cams to Wanhlngton and have at
tempted to get money to start a revo
Imlon."
"Now Gershon was the man who
got the Information to atop the mu
nition*?”
"Our later files show exactly the
reverse.”
"Sow, after Gerehon got theae
guns. Burns ordered them returned
to the people who had them, and Ger
shon was fired?”
"That Isn't true. Two United
States attorneys refused to prosecute,
and the, testimony of Burns Is that
Mr. Daugherty ordered the guns re
turned after a cabinet meeting, where
the matter was discussed."
Senator Wheeler suggested that
Fall was then a cabinet member.
"Don't you know your file* show
that I2D0.000 went to Cantu from
the oil interests?"
"I don't know," Grimes said. "It
may be there."
Senator Wheeler had a lot of rec
ords which purported to he copies
of Department of JustltY. files.
Reading from a report wri**en by
Grimes, the eenator suggested that
Grime* had recommended that "Dato
be carefully handled” to get him to
testify ngainst Gershon.
"Dato can't be hnndled like an ordl
nary crook,” Grimes said. "He is
understood to have paid money to
Gershon. Let me say that the Cantu
rebellion hasn't been taken seriously
by the State department or anybody."
There was a case of bribery of
an United States officer to be fol
lowed up, Grimes said.
"So our $ole purpose was to prose
cute Gershon?” Senator Wheeler
asked.
Wanted Gershon
"My sole purpose was that which
Is held in hundreds of eases. Grimes
said, "to get evidence for preparing n
case.”
Wheeler rend him another extract
from the file* signed by W. J. Burns.
It said that Gershon was "posing
around as a moral uplifter and house
cleaner of the government service"
and directed S, Wheeler, agent in
charge at Los Angeles, to prepare a
case against him.
"I wrote that for Mr. Burns."
Grimes said. "We wanted to get Ger
shon becauee we felt he nnsa crook."
Senator Moses, republican. New
Hampshire, objected that Senator
Wheeler was "impugning the mo
tives" of Grimes.
"It s about time that somebody
ftlrt some Impugning of motives." Sen
ntor Wheeler returned. "They are In
d.ctlng and scaring every witness they
can."
Senator Moses replied that he
hadn't objected to the "testimony of
men dragged nut of Jail.” hut did oh
Jcrt to attacking "an honorable man."
"I haven't been trying to protect
anybody," Grimes said, after the row
had quieted. "I didn't meet Mr
Daugherty but nnee, and I was there
leng before he was.”
Agetl Wife Divorced
Young Spendthrift
Bridgeport. Conn., May 17—Ada.1.
Wilson Gill, 6!. gray-hatred and
feeble, hoa been granted a divorce by
Judge Banks from Francis L. Hall
Gill of Darien, VI. \ widow for 14
years, since the death of her first
husband, she said she was captivated
by Gill, whom she married a year ago
after an acquaintance of a week.
Within two \vcrks of their marriage,
sho testified, GUI obtained 112.000 of
her funds and she was forced to ob
tain an Injunction to prevent dissipa
tion of (lie remainder of her IDO.000
fortune.
Youth, 23, Paid to Spend $1,060,000
Annually for Eppley Hotel Chain
Has Distinction of Being Pur
chase Manager for Largest
Group of Hostelriea
OWned by One Man.
By J. T. ARMSTRONG.
If the average youth were suddenly
informed that he must spend $1,000,
000 a year he would probably stand
aghast at the prospect.
Vet Hugh R. Stroh, purchase man
ager of the Eppley %otel chain, who
is just 23 years old, not only superin
tends the spending of $1,000,000 each
year, but receives good pay for doing
it judiciously.
The circumstances under which
Stroh was bom and reared did not
enable him to get much experience
at the business of spending money.
He was born on July 9, 1900 In Still
man Valley, 111., a hamlet of 300 per
sons. His father ran a drug store,
but not with much success: and final
ly went Into the real estate business,
which proved even worse.
Despite the scarcity of family tank
accounts, young Stroh attended grade
and high echool. Ths spring he was
graduated from high school he ran
away from home. Strangely enough,
he obtained a job two days later In
Cedar Rapids, la., peeling potatoes in
a restaurant. In his spare moments
he began to learn something about
the culinary art, and within a few
months he had been placed In charge
of four amusement parks soft drink
stands.
That fall he obtained a Job at the
Hotel Montrose, which Is now one of
(he chain owned by E. C. Eppley. He
went to the Montrose In the capacity
of a storeroom man. but was Injured
the second day "he was at work, and
after leaving the hospital three weeks
later he was ktven a Job ss storeroom
bookkeeper.
The hotel business had a fascina
tion for Stroh. He worked at the
Montrose as elevntor boy. bellman,
clerk. lunch room chef, Inside steward,
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the dieease will gam rapidly, which
means loan of teeth and lna« of health.
It la dangeroua to uae any prepara
tlon which a reputable dentlnt can
not recommend.
The proper remedy for pyorrhea In
"Pyroa.” because "Pyroa” la a medl
(Ina containing healing anllaepllc
agenla which penetrate through the
gums to the hidden pua aace, which
ordinary coinpounda fall to reach.
To treat pyorrhea or to avoid this
dream disease, use n little bit of "Py
roe” every day, according to direr
tlona. It la a wonderful mouth wnah
and an excellent dentifrice,
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pantryman; and at tha age of 17 he
was made a ateward.
When Eppley took over the Ne
braska Hotel company properties
Stroh was transferred to the Hotel
Lincoln at Lincoln, where he served
as steward and assistant manager.
He was then transferred to the Fon
tenelle in Omaha, the headquarters of
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“Theosophical Society Lectures”
L. W. ROGERS,
National President of the American Theosophical Society
Tuesday and Wednesday, May 20 and 21—8:15 P. M.
NEW THOSOPHICAL HALL
201 Arthur Bldg. 210 South 18th St.
Tuesdav Eve., May 20th. “THE LIVING DEAD"
Wed. Eve.. May 21st, “THEOSOPHY and the BIBLE"
Admission Free Collection.
the eight hotels owned and managed
by Eppley.
Now. as purchase manager, he
superintend* the purchasing of all
canned goods, linens, silverware, china
and glassware. The purchasing of
perishable goods Is^lso under his
supervision. Stroh holds the distinc
tion of purchasing for the largest
chain of hotels owned by one Indivi
dual In the United States. ^
EX-CITY STREET
EMPLOYE DIES
A. M. Oliver, €5, employed by the
Omaha street depai^fnent for 15 years,
died at Haines City, Fla., recently.
He lived for 55 years In Omaha. He
went to Florida because of falling
health.
He died at the home of hie eon, F.
J. Oliver. Haines City, who, with his
wife, will accompany the body to
Woodbine. Ia., where services will be
held Sunday afternoon.
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