Nebraska Newspapers

    McAaW May Work
for Nomination of
Gray If He Fails
.Omahan Looms as Dark Horse
to Frustrate Plans for
Selection of Smith
of New York.
(Continued From Pace One.)
Pd the Californian with bo many evi
dences of distinguished consideration.
They wanted McAdoo to remain In
the race so as to gather to himself
delegates that could not be gathered
Into the Smith fold from the start.
Then when the scandal blow-off came
In the New York convention the Smith
forces could put their man o«r be
fore the McAdoo forces could rally
and form an offensive against the
New York governor.
Couzens Makes Discoveries
One hint is to the effect that the
Couzen's committee has discovered a
lot of things not at all to MoAdoo's
credit, and that these findings will
he available mighty soon after the
New York convention In case McAdoo
wins. Another hint has to do with
an appearance by McAdoo before the
War Finance corporation and secur
ing an advance for the Morse Ship
building corporation, which same
Morse was a resident of the federal
prison at Atlanta for a brief season.
The story is that for his services in
securing this advance for Morse Mc
Adoo's fee was approximately one
lialf the amount.
The Nebraska delegation will, of
course, vote for its favorite son, Gov
ernor Bryan, for a few ballots, but
nobody has any idea that Governor
Bryan stands a ghost of a show for
the nomination. For this reason
hoth the Smith and McAdoo forces
are laying plans for getting the Ne
braska delegation when the favorite
son string is played out. This ex
plains the why of the mysterious
telegrams. The Smith men are con
fident that when the break from the
favorite son conies Smith will have
not less than four of the Nebraska
votes, and the effort is now to make
this quartet the rallying point. If the
Smith men can convince the other
delegates that Mr. McAdoo is Im
possible, and Smith the logical man.
then Nebraska's 16 votes thrown Into
the Smith hopper would be a tre
mendous Influence In favor of the
New York candidate.
Gray and M’Addo Friends
When McAdoo was director-general
of the railroads, President Gray was
at the head of the railroad adrainis
tration board, and during those stren
uous days the two men struck up a
warm friendship that has grown even
stronger with the passing days. This
fact, connected with other facts that
are coming to light, give a basis for
the rumor that McAdoo, If he real
izes he can not m^ke It, would go the
limit to defeat Smith, and that he
would prefer an upstanding, able ex
ecutive of big business calibre like
Carl Gray, to a Tammany wet like A!
Smith.
Another reason advanced for believ
ing that McAdoo, whose first choice
js, of course. McAdoo. has Gray for a
second choice Is that being a man of
big business himself, he naturally
leans towards a big business execu
tive. And everybody who knows Carl
Gray knows he is Just that. As one
time vice president of the Frisco, Mr.
Gray is well and favorably known
throughout the southwest. As one
time president of the Western Mary
land he is equally well and favorably
known in the southeast section where
that road operates. As president of
the Union Pacific he Is equally well
and favorably known from the Mis
souri river to the Pacific coast.
But there is a cloud, now scarcely
bigger than a man's hand, that is be
ginning to worry both the Smith and
McAdoo forces.
Bosses Fear Bryan.
Tammany, Taggart, Brennan add
others are vastly more Interested In
local matters than in national, and
that fact is pretty generally known.
Hence the fear on the part of the ul
tra progressive democrats that If they
cannot win for Smith they will "lay
down" and let the nomination go by
default. Upon the floor of the New
York convention will be a man from
Florida who Is an admitted master of
floor tactics and political strategy,
William Jennings Bryan.
The fear In the hearts of the Smith
men Is that after milling around for
four or five days without making a
nomination, somebody will yell,
“What's the matter with Bill Bryan,”
’
and precipitate a stampede to the Ne
braskan-Floridan.
That, in the opinion of a lot of radi
cal democrats would head off La
Follette 'and win the support of the
Wisconsin man to the democratic
ticket.
And the Smith men also fear that
Bryan would make certain the Im
possibility of Smith’s nomination. All
that would be left to the bosses then
would be to go home and make the
best bargain they could for saving
their state patronage.
Harmony Has Fled.
And while these maneuvers are
going on the plans are all laid for
the democratic special train front Ne
braska to the New York convention.
There are rumors, however, that a
few more reservations would make
surer the reduced rates figured on.
What for a time appeared to be
harmony in the ranks of the delegates
now seems something else again, for
there are rumors of a sharp difference
of opinion as to where the Nebraska
vote shall go after the few desultory
votes for the favorite son. McAdoo
men claim they have a prior right to
the delegation after Governor Bryan
has been eliminated, but there are
some known Smith men on the dele
gation. Their first choice is Smith,
and their last choice Is Smith, but
they are somewhat bound to suppress
their feelings for a few ballots and
throw them away on Governor Bryan.
So it is that just when things were
body comes along and throws a mon
body comes along and throws a man
keywrench Into the cogs and sprinkles
sand on the bearings.
HELICOPTER TRIAL
FLIGHT A SUCCESS
Aldershot, England, June 17.—The
helicopter, built by Louis Brennan, the
English inventor for the air ministry,
had a successful tryout Monday
morning. The plane hovered at a
height of from 10 to 15 feet above
the ground for several minutes, ac
cording to unofficial reports of the
test. Elaborate precautions have
been taken to keep the trial secret,
part of the airdrome being screened.
A thorough search was made outside
for spies.
The test was witnessed by only a
half dozen experts. It is said the
helicopter behaved perfectly; that It
rose gracefully and, after staying
aloft for several minutes easily was
brought to earth. No attempts were
made to fly horizontally. Some ad
justments are to be made In the ma
chine and another trial of It Is to be
made later In rougher weather than
prevailed this morning.
POLICE SEEKING 3
MISSING PERSONS
C. T. Gulnne, 2604 Fort street,
asked police to find his sister, 19,
whom he believes has eloped with Bob
Simmons, a sweetheart.
Simmons was employed at the bat
tery station at West Lawn cemetery
and is alleged to have threatened to
run away with the girl if objection
was raised to their marriage.
Pete Rasmussen, 504 Twenty-firet
avenue, Council Bluffs, reported that
his wife. 27, had disappeared from
home, leaving him with their two chil
dren.
He thinks she may have been at
tracted by a stage career.
Sid Salvin, 35, 1101 North Eigh
teenth Rtreet. has been missing from
home since Friday.
KOUTSKY ASKS
SIGN REMOVED
Commissioner Joseph Koutsky rec
ommended the removal of a sign
board at Forty-eighth and Leaven
worth streets at the request of the
West Leavenworth Improvement club
Tuesday morning. He objected to
being asked to recommend the move,
however, on the ground that the sign
board advertised a home in the dis
trict that was helpful to the future
of the district, and should, therefore,
not be considered a nuisance.
Union Outfitting Company
Gives Away Sacks of Flour
Special preparations are being made
by the Street Railway company to
handle the crowds that will attend
the summer outing which the Union
Outfitting company Is giving for its
friends and customers at Krug park
on Wednesday evening- -Many Inter
esting events have been planned,
among them being a distribution of
smart swagger sticks to ladies on
the dance floor and a grand award of
100 sacks of flour at 10 p. m. Every
child entering the park will receive
a souvenir. Free tickets can be se
cured by calling at the store.
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«yf«occasional dost of
DR CALDWELL'S'
SYRUP PEPSIN
"Keeps young girls ftl
False Modesty Wrecks Health
T HE young Indy just assuming *ev" misiers, iscs 01 energy ana
1 the responsibilities of a woman appetite, sleeplessness, indigestion,
is very apt to be self-conscious of A dose can be given in these
her physical functions, and in conditions to any member of the
consequence neglect them. There family however young or old as
is no time, however, when it is Syrup Pepsin is a simple corn
more important for her to look pound of Egyptian senna with
after them. Chief _ among her pepsin and pleasing aromatics,
troubles is constipation, and her and perfectly safe,
suffering will be serious when she
gets older if she does not regulste Public RtCOjnlZM Merit
her bowels now. Mrs. Mary You will quickly see the differ
Kellar of 132 Benton St., Sister- ei,ce between a mild laxative like
ville.W.Va., was perplexed about pr- Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and
her daughter until her own drug- castor oil, or roiigh cathartics and
gist told her they used Dr. Cald- physics. Syrup Pepsin acts gently
well's Syrup Pepsin at his bouse, and does not gripe. Increased
and she did likewise. Miss Irene doses are not necessary. A bottle
Marierska of 90 Peter St., Buffalo, can had at any drug store,
N. Y.. is glad her attention was »nd ■ ,tP00.nful ,e“ th“*
Sale for Youn» and Old
Let mothers with growing having been sold in drug stores
daughters interest tiirmselves in 'ast year. Keep Syrup Pepsin in
this matter and see that their your medicine chest.
judgment is enforced. .... _ _ . ___
A rule followed by You W..«t. Try I.rBrfnr.
«A tfik« a Vrup F«p«in, S17 WashlAgton |
many IS to laaa a MoaiIcaIIa, iiiiaaI.. j
'P®®™™ ttr. L.ald- / ngr({ m motd laratiaa and uould Ilk* la prat* total
well S Syrup Pepsin you lay OSoul Dr CaldvalVa .Syrup Papain by aelual leal.
once a week until the Send ma a frta trial battta. Addraaa la
bowels function daily, Nama.
and at such other times ..._
r* there is headache, .
biliousness, sores and • ...v'• vj,'I'.uy• v■ i—
Firms Summoned
by Tax Querists
Equalization Board Accepts
Eppley's Fontenelle Tax
Valuation.
_
The following business firms were
.ordered to appear before the county
board of equalization next Friday to
show cause why their intangible tax
valuations should not be raised:
American Smelting and Refining
company, Townsend Sporting Goods
company, 1309 Farnam street; Swen
son Bros, company, 212 South Tenth
street; Holland Lumber company, 1923
Farnam street; Jay Burns Baking
company, Wolf Manufacturing cor
poration, 1102 Capitol avenue; Omaha
Flour Mills, Twenty-fifth and Krug
avenue; Stewart Motor company, 2525
Farnam street; Carlisle Burn Grain
company. Frellng A Steinle, 1803 Far
nam; M. C. Peters Mill company,
Douglas Motors corporation, T. G.
Northwall company, Drake Realty and
Construction Company, Daily News
Publishing company, Walrath A Sher
wood company. Western Bridge and
Construction company. Master Sales
company, Lyman Richey Sand com
pany, Hayward Bros. Shoe company.
Eugene Eppley came before the
board Tuesday protesting a valuation
of $148,000 intangible on the com
pany operating the Hotel Fontenelle.
The board accepted his figure of
$115,000.
DIXIE MACK. DOPE
QUEEN, THROUGH
(Continued From Puff One.)
In Kansas City, after she had been
arrested for a murder In Chicago.
"I was given the worst kind of the
third degree to get me to confess.
"After the officers failed to get m*
to confess, I wns Identified by Nar
cotic Agent Bradshaw. The officers
were then preparing to take me to
Omaha where my bond had been de
clared worthless and they wanted me
to put up a new one.
"I saw the most terrible things In
my life in the Kansas City Jails. I
saw several dope fiends suffering. Oh,
how they were In misery! It was then
I came to myself. I said, 'Dixie, you
shduld pay for some of this suffering.’
I will never again engage in this
traffic."
Says Many Wealthy Omahans Patrons
Dixie stated that dope (lends are
not as dangerous as habitual drunk
ards. "A dope (lend Is a coward and
will seldom harm anyone, while the
drinker with his moonshine will kill.
Dixie, 36. a graduate of the Sacred
Heart sollege of Wilmington, Del.,
Ijared also some of the inner work
ings of the dope ring.
She told how men and women,
some of whom are prominent in
Omaha, bought various forms of nar
cotics from her.
She told how wealthy women would
drive to her little country home near
Seventy-second and Pacific streets.
She says she had to give up her
country place and city home because
of the money It took to get her out
of these various “affairs” with police
and federal authorities.
On her first dope charge she was
fined $200, the second case Is still
pending in the circuit court. She re
ceived a year and a day on this charge.
In the meantime, Dixie is trying
to get a bondsman.
MOTHER OF 12
ASKS DIVORCE
Belle L. Bradley, mother of 12 chil
dren and married for 29 years, ap
plied to the district court Tuesday
for a divorce from John A. Bradley.
On the day before Christmas, 1885
they were wedded. Eight of their
12 children are living, ranging In
age from 36 to 13 years.
Mrs. Bradley says her husband be
gan to drink 24 years ago and has
kept It up. For the last 12 years
he has not supported her, she says.
COURT REMANDS
CASE OF O’BRYAN
Special Dlupairh to The Omaha Wee.
Lincoln, Neb., June 17.—The su
preme court remanded the case of
Robert C. O'Bryan, Omaha, convicted
several years ago on a charge of con
splracy to defraud In connection with
alleged control of the sale of stock
in the Great Western Commercial
Body company, to Douglas county
district court.
The court holds that the Indict
ment was not properly drawn.
Wheeler in Tilt.
Washington, June 17.—A sharp tilt
between Senator Burton K. Wheeler,
democrat, of Montana and Mrs. Ma
bel Walker Willebrandt, assistant at
torney general, in charge of prohlbl
tlon enforcement, enlisted a session of
the Wheeler-Brookhart Investigating
committee today.
Mrs. Willebrandt was on the stand
as witness for the Department of Jus
tics when Wheeler charged that vari
ous governmental agencies were "kick
ing prohibition enforcement around as
a football."
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Muddy Streets Cause
Noyes to Turn Inventor;
Snow Tractor Is Used
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Recent rains have caused Dtiin
Noyes, city street commissioner, t»
turn Inventor. Great quantities of
mud have hern washed from un
paved streets to the streets that are
paved. Mud Is from two Inches to
two feet deep over the paving.
For days the crews of Noyea’ de
partment have been out with
scrapers and flushing tanka, but
their tasks has been Herculean.
Then the commission thought of
the powerful sweeping apparatus
which the street car company uses
to clean snow from the tracks dur
ing winter,
A great revolving broom has been
mounted on the front of a tractor,
ft hns been geared to the renr aile
of the machine and adjusted to turn
at a speed three times greater than
do those of the street car company.
A flushing tank moves ahead of
the "sweeper" and pours water. >
under pressure, Into the broom and 1
onto the mud.
Noyes aaya It cleans the streets
better than a gang of men could
with scrub brushes.
FIRE HYDRANT
ROW IS UP AGAIN
An echo of the hydrant tax con
troversy of last year was heard Tues
day morning In the meeting of the
city council when a resolution from
the board of directors of the Metro
politan Utilities district asking that
the fire hydrant rental system be
abandoned and a tax imposed was
presented.
The resolution provides that a tax
amounting to $1105,560 be collected to
take the place of the hydrant rental.
Commissioner Joseph Koutsky moved
that the resolution be referred to W.
C. Lambert, as the matter of hydrant
rental was now before the supreme
court of Nebraska. Mayor Dahlman
objected to delay on the grounds that
the trouble last summer might be re
peated. The resolution is to be placed
before the committee as a whole next
Monday.
NURSES ATTEND
NATIONAL MEET
Miss Homer C. Harris, superin- i
tendent of Clarkson Memorial hos
pital; Miss Melinda Miller, student
nurse, and Miss Charlotte Burges.
superintendent of the University ol
Nebraska hospital, are in Detroit l<
attend the biennial convention <,
three of the largest nurses' organir.a
tions in the country. National League
of Nurses, American Nurses’ associa
NEW YORK’S
GREAT GOD
is Four-Flush. This
Is the idol in front
of which a million
footed city genu
flects—-says 0. 0.
McIntyre,
in July
(Sinopolitan
Now On Sale ;
(ion, and the National Public Health
Nurse*' association.
Miss Miller, the student nurse from
Clarkson, is the first to be sent to a
national convention by a hospital in
the west, according to hospital au
thorities. ,
SCHOOL TEACHER
SUES FOR $11,500
Alice May Ranee, 3002 Seward
street, a school teacher, filed suit
In district court against the city ask
ing $11,500 for damages which she
holds her property will sustain by
reason of the opening and widening
of Thirtieth street,.ordered by the
council from Ersklne to Cuming
streets. The board of appraisers al
lowed her $7,150.
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