fri” The Omaha Sunday Bee EPS1 ________ , , , . . - '■■■■■. ■■.iT-jr-ja-— ■ ... , .... only jour diapa^p.—Splacfpd. CITY EDITION 54—NO. 2 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1924. • X X FIVE CENTS -' V~- — 1 ' By Mml| (i Year): Dally and Bunday. >5: Sunday, 12.80. within tha 4th aona. Oattida tha 4th Zo.ta Cl Tear)* Ualty and ftunflay. Ill: Wunday only, tl. _ ■ ■■ mmmmm Auto Brake Test Drive This Week Every Motorist in Omaha In vited to Profit in Safety Campaign of The Omaha Bee. Service Is Free to All Omaha's automoWta brake-testing drive is to start Monday morning at 8, on Capitol avenue between Four teenth and Fifteenth streets. The drive will last six days, giv ing every Omaha motorist an oppor tunity to reassure himself regarding the eondition of his brakes. Realizing the importance of know ing the brakes of their car and trucks are in good working order, several big business organizations and two taxicab companies have already an nounced their intention of submitting their fleets of vehicles for the tests. Taxis in Line l"p. The Blue Cab company will line its automobiles up for the test be ginning at 8 Monday morning. Dur ing the day the Nebraska Power company plans to have all its cars and trucks inspected and tested by the experts on Capitol avenue. Beginning at 9, the Yellow Cab company will start sending its big fleet of cars to the testing place, and by nightfall Manager S. A. Houser expects them all to be tested. Hundreds of private motorists are also expected to submit their cars for I sts and inspecitlon during the first day of the drive. Six Brake Experts. There are to he six brake experts on hand from 8 in the morning till * at night, and the test will require only about 15 minutes. Those submit ting their cars will be under no obligations. They will not be per mitted to pay fees or give tips for the service William G. Cavanagh of Detroit will have charge of the tests. The six men in charge of the test ing are experts in the matter of brakes, to the conclusion of all other factors of the automobile Industry. They will give their time and energy with the idea of making the streets s fer for pedestrians and motor cars safer for the drivers. The brake testing drive is being ■sponsored by The Omaha Bee, with tile co-operation of the Omaha Auto mobile Trades association and Police Commissioner Henry Dunn. The com r-tissioner will place several uniformed policemen on duty between Four teenth and Fifteenth streets on Oapl to) avenue. These officers will guard against all unnecessary congestion and against danger of accidents. Officers Enthusiastic The hrnke drive has the hearty sanction of Clarke, G. Powell, com missioner of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce: of Victor B. Smith, ret'r log chairman of the chamber's traff-c safety committee, and Bert LeHron, chief of the citizens’ volunteer traffic police. All of these men are authorities in traffic matters, and like Police Com missioner Dunn, they are enthusiastic ocer the brake testing drive. LeKnii estimates, and has statistics to ba"k up bis estimates, that between Oh and 75 per rent of the automobile ac cidents are caused by brakes which faii to work. Similar brake testing drives have and are being conducted in other big cities. A majority of cars nave Pleasured up in tests completed In other cities, but some were found to h« inefficient, and few with practlc illy no braking power. The experts will simply give a! vise to motorists whose brakes are not operating properly. They will not send motorists to any particular re fair establishment or garage, ror will they recommend any particular l-ind of material. Owners of cars whose brakes work properly will be presented with wind shield stickers to the effect that th"ir Makes are good. In case a motori"" * brakee are not working properly he may have the repair work done where he pleases, then return and obtain a sticker. ENGINEER URGES AUTO BRAKE TEST Tile brake testing drive which Is to si art. in Omaha Monday morning if on important step In Insuring the ,-afety of Omaha motorists and pe destrians, In the opinion of I.ew R. Palmer of New York, conservation engineer for the Equitable Life Assur ance society end a representative of the National Safety Connell. Mr. Palmer (topped off In Omaha en route to Salt Lake City, where he Is to speak before the safety aectlon of the American Railway association. He conferred with Union Pacific offi cials here Saturday, and announced when Interviewed that the Union Pa * clfle system for three consecutive years has h»en declared lowest In ac cident frequency among the major railroads of this country by the Inter state commerce commission. A former all-American end at Princeton and a football coach at the University of Nebraska back In 1902, a jeer during which the Cornhuskers were not ecored on. Mr. Palmer la an • •dent follower of both Princeton and Nebraska teams / World-Vi ide Traveler Here to Plan for Lecture Tour Dr. Owen Home O'Neill, world wide traveler and author. Is in Omaha making arrangements for a lecture tour to be made next winter of Okln homa, Kansas and Nebraska. Dr. O'Neill is the author of "The I’rotei tlon of Barbarism against Civiliza tion," “Adventures In Swaziland" anil other books on far countries He was horn In South Africa where his father was vice president of the P.oer repub lie. He was surgeon to a party that surveyed a railroad near Cairo. Dr. O'Neill has also toured In Portuguese East Afrles and In India. Pioneer Revisits Wymore. Wymon, Neb., June 21. —J. E. Hagan, now a merchant at Scott City, Kan., s hardware merchant of Wymote In the early days, is visit Ing In Wymote, the first time In 2.’p years, in the early days Mr. Hagan bought ISO seres of land near the south line of Cage county, paying only tSOO for It, and when the family removed from Wymore 25 years ago, he sold the same land for IS,00ft, and It Is now worth $20,000. . -.- ■ ——i Homeseekers Attention! We rail your atten tion to this week’s Choice Value Real Estate papre, whirh runs every Sunday in the Want Ad sec tion. Look for It Today. WHERE TO FIND Tfu> Ric Features of THE SEN DA Y BEE PART ONE. Pag* I. Auto brake teSf drive to alarf Monday Three youth* li**H fm luring girl* f* ..it homo Omaha prepare* to entertain 3,000 I,Iona Woman *rd* her life by Inhaling gas. Two membeta of British expedition to Mi Kverest killed by avalanche Heat-tortured children rail for cool milk. Puge t. Storma wreak deuMi and fleafructlon In central sta*es Ifarry B Kleharty will place Gov ernor Bryan m nomination at demo cratic convention. I’nge 3. t"o operative murker plan of farm bureau Fargo hna» trashes Into I’. S. alr plnne at Rangoon Page g. Nebraskan kill* eagle aa It awonpa down for pr*>. Two boy a hike from New York to Omaha in eight da vs Page 7. Real estate and business newa. Pngi« M and 9. Automobile section. PART TWO Page* I. 2 and 3. Vlrglnlua wlpa stock) arila darby at Ak Sar-Hen race track M’laeball. ra* * * end other apart a frige 4. Narrow ring--* in pfIce* feaiur# stock itiai kef. Wheat take* drop In abort Irregular | trading. Pages V * Mini 7 Brother of murdered Frank* boy ! urge* honglnr of nlayera. Classified advertising. P..go M p \nr THitrr,. Page* I and 2. Omaha society. Page 3 Fount'll Bluff*, Hanson and Fremont society. I'aje •«. Shopping with PiJII' I’nge *». Happy land ft" l.ltlle Folk* Puge* 0 ii i'«| 7, Feature* mi »i ige .»nd screen. Puce a. lidltoriu I" •’n inny Side l i by Will M Maupin Puge 9. Fill »»f Millerumi m Fran-e due »•. attempt to emulate \VH*rtn. Lloyd | George d*'lHrp*. H i • Wall* preilieia schools will found n*" n»>« • 11 o-de- in Vmet|t* i h ugwollopr? s d* ,iio« i atp platform hv Win M. Maupin. Pilge l«. Week » radio ningram. puti mi ii Four pages <■( m«»ei i»»• i• uii*r tpoiiis \ M Ol.lt \4 I Hr akl ri«N. Four pages ef( plcturta. « Beauty Sues ’ uoman ■JBi In a suit that will bring her, if won, at least half a million dollars, Mrs. Muriel lluell, beautiful divorcee, began an effort to force Jefferson Livingston, retired merchant of New Iork and Chicago, to pay her a month for life, as she claims he promised, if she would not sue for breach of promise. Lions Clubs Delegates to Consume 30,000 Cups of Coffee, Carloads of Food; Omaha Makes Ready for Guests Mother Omaha is expecting com pany. Three thousand Lions will he the guests. From every state in the union and from Canada they will come by train and auto. California will send a delegation of 200 sons and daughters; Texas will be here In force, by auto caravan and railroad; from Chicago ' will come a special train of 12 cars. The big family will gather for the eighth annual conven tion of the International Association of Lions clubs. Monday morning at 11 the Nebras ka-Iowa district Lions coi vention will open In the Auditorium. Meanwhile delegates and their wives will be com ing in for the international conven tlon, which will convene at tlie* Audi torium at 9:30 Tuesday morning and continue until Thursday afternoon. Special entertainment has been planned. For Monday night there will be a big reception at the Audi torium; Tuesday there will be a parade, special races at Ak Sar Ren field and a western barbecue and en tertainment at Krug Park; Wednes day there will he a theater party and entertainment for the women visi tors and a special show at Ak-Snr Ben den for the men. 2T.OOO Cups of Coffee. Entertaining a family of 3,000 mem bers is no small undertaking. When 3.000 disembark from Pullmans and autos at the same time, hotel clerks are likely to call for help. The convention Influx means crowded hotels, not to mention visi tors at clubs, private homes and even the tourist camp. Assuming that tlie 3,000 are lurked away, their first rry In the morning will be "When do we eat?" Mother Omaha must have coffee pots dis tributed among the restaurants of the city to pour out over 3.000 cups of coffee three times a day during the convention. Nine meals for 3,090 persons means 27,000 cups of coffee plus extras. But coffee is only a minor item In the 27,000 meals. Carloads and carloads of foodstuffs will be con sumed by the visitors. Other needs of convention visitors are endless. Hostess Omaha, for these accommodations, gets more than thanks from her visitors. They will leave gold. Ten dollars a day is what the con ntion visitor spends on an aver age. That means $90,000 for the three-day visit of the 3.000. Advertisement of City. This money is "outside" money, brought from other cities and other states to the convention city and left behind. On the other hand, all con vention expenses are paid with money which does not leave the city, but remains at home in the form of wages to workmen and pay for ma terial. The visit of 3,000 guests also means advertising of Omaha. The vanguard of visitors is ex pected to arrive Sunday night. A few officials and early delegates reached Omaha last week. Frank Myers, chairman of the convention committee, received a letter from Melvin Jones, international I.lons secretary, Friday, from headquarters In Chicago that the Burlington line (Turn *«» I**i k ** Knur Column On**. ) r--“-- \ Supposed Thief, Caught Red-Handed, Turns Out to Re Company Manager ; _1/ A man entering a second story window of the Pennsylvania Tire and Rubber company, Eleventh and Dodge strerts, Friday night, was arrested by Officer Tidhall, just coming to the police station, across the street. Brought to the station, it developed that the man captured was Frank E. Nagle, city sales manager of the com pany. He had come to the station eirlier in the night and asked for a ladder to enter the building to get two tires for an out-of-town customer. As he had used this mod* of en trance before, nothing was thought of it. “Well, we know that the boy’s on the job, anyway," declared Captain Bert Thorpe, when the matter was cleared up to everyone's satisfaction. MacDonald and Herriot Conferring Premiers of Great Rritain and France Discuss Reparations Problems at London Meeting. May Speed Dawes Plan By EI THER A. III STON. Interjmtlunnl New. Kervire Slaff Cor mfHiD'Irnt. London, June 21.—The firat Anglo French reparations conferences since the laborites came Into power In Great. Britain and the socialists ob tained domination of the French gov ernment, opened at Chequers Court tonight. Discussions which will b« Informal and esecret, will contlue until late tommorrow afternoon when the French premier, Edouard Herriot, will leave for Paris. Premier Bamsay MacDonald was confident that the conferences wilt re sult In a strengthening of the Angla French entente, the bonds of which have been nearly broke more than once during the stormy ministerial career of Pjsymond Poincare at Paris. Issues To Be Discussed. It was anticipated that tha fol lowing issues would be discussed eith er directly or indirectly: 1. Best method of hastening exe cution of the Dawes reparations plan. 2. The length of the Franco-Bel plan troops occupation of the Ruhr 3. Security and guarantees for France, not only to protect the east ern frontier but to make sure France obtains be money due her from Ger many under he Versailles treaty. 4. The armament situation In Ger many which is soon to be Investigated by the League of Nations. 5. Advisability of admitting Ger many to the League of aNtions if the Berlin government shows sincerity in meeting all the obligations of the Dawes plan. Inter-Allied War Debts. k. Interallied war debts, notably France's debts to England and the United States. 7. The advisability of foregoing an Interallied conference to consider the Dawes plan In Interests of greater speed. S. A proposed common front" by France and England toward Germany. It was anticipated that the pre miers also would touch upon Russia's position and the advisability of France and England acting In concert upon the question of recognition for t|i» soviet government. The meeting Is entirely Informal and there will be no Important de visions effected unless they are first approved by the cabinets and the parliaments of the two countries. According to the present plan, no communique will be issued. Salt Lakr Man Discover* Natural Gas Vi rll in Yard Rail Lake City, June IS.—The much heralded high prlre of light, gas and fuel nirnn* absolutely nothing to Henry Nebeker of Salt Lake City, for he ha* a natural gas well in the rear yard of hie home. Prilling to a depth' of 535 feet. Nebeker encountered enough gaa to take rare of all Ids home need* and he bn* a 300 gallon nater tank for etorape purpose*. Nebeker line estimated that the flow from hi* well I* about 24 time* what he ran possibly use. but ns yet be ha* made no attempt to supph other residents of hi* neighborhood. Liner Goes Aground. Southampton, England, June 21.— A large ship, believed to be the 25.000 ton American liner h. . ! S ftaymnnd Linden. Omaha .. .. "i Alim Murray. Omaha 1' ’•’hn Mnrrla v dne< Net*.. i Kit# Shell, Sidney. In . 19 Ma l ph t 'ln>d. Sidney, la Z 4 Merit n**lltne. Penlv«l. hi . tA Ittirr*-* Urlinu* Helnlt, Wl* . Unity limdriv. Ashland, NeH. . T»r (• an* l)e»h>, Omaha ... .Sf» laabel Khukerf. Omaha . .,30 t» W Quinn. Pefiame. t«» . ... A? !!a*et Inrdan, I'nunOl Hluffa 33 Lit Shuahn tar. Omaha . SO Maty Suietch, Omaha »,,,,.1* Mother of 3 Finds Death in Gas Oven Sends Youngsters to Grand ma's; Mate Raises Window, Boosts in Girl to Unlock Door. Tiff Over Cutting of Hair By sticking her head In the gas oven and tucking a comforter about her neck. Mrs. Nellie Murdock, 29, 308 Woolworth avenue, committed sui cide by asphyxiation Saturday morn ing. She had sent her three children, Robert, 10; Clifford, 8, and Frances, 6, to the home of her mother, Mrs. J. W. McDougall, 1919 South Twen tieth street, at 8:30. "Goodby, Bobby. Take care of Fanny,” she said, as site started them off, according to Peter M.ver, 312Vi Woolworth avenue. Mrs. Murdock was last seen alive at 10 by Carl Petersen, 12, a neighbor boy. Husband Removes Window. When the husband came home he found the house locked and believed his wife had gone downtown. In order to get in he removed a front window and had Louise Petersen, 7, 306 Woolworth avenue, climb through and open the door for him. The lit tle girl, unable to reach the catch on the front door, ran through the gas tilled kitchen and opened the back door. The keyhole of the door had V>en plugged with cotton and the < rack along the dour ledge with a pair of old overalls. No Motive Given. No motive for Mrs. Murdock's act Is known. She has never been strong, but never complained. Friday after noon while the Murdocks were down town, Murdock remarked that his wife was not looking well. "I don't” said she. The Murdocks were to have left on a vacation trip to Chicago Sunday Frank Murdock told police they had a minor quarrel over the cutting of the children's hair Friday. They have been married 11 years. Murdock is a clerk at Union Pacific headquarters. Mrs. Murdock is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Annie Kelley and Mrs. Laura White, and a brother. The body is at Cole McKay mor tuary. ~ ‘ Mountain Climbers Believed Dead on Highest of Peaks Mrml»rr« of British Expedi tion to Scale Mount Everest \ ietims of Huge Avalanche - Pv ROHKRT .1 PRKtV. I nlrmal Smlrr Staff f orreftpondent. Specisl f able IMapatrh. I.ondon, June 21.—That Mallory and Irvine, members of the British expedition to the roof of the world atop Mt. Everest, were overwhelmed by an avalanche at an altitude of 27,000 fret la the general belief of Alpinists here. This evening the Royal Geographical aoclety had re reived no further news from Colonel Norton, lender of the Everest expedi tion. It Is announced that the expedition has been abandoned and the tragedy is likely to dlacourage further at tempts to scale the unconquered mountain for many years. Mallory knew the east Rongtaik glacier, on which he met his death, better than any member of the present party, for this Is his third Everest expedi tion. Broke All Records On the previous expedition* he hroke all records by leading his party to a height of 26.$00 feet without artificial aid like nxvgen. It Is sur mised he was In the neighborhood of this point on the glacier when he Was caught In a terrific blizzard which caused avalanches. Sir Francis Ynnnghushnnd, Tibetan explorer, said today: "It seems as If Mallory and Irvine In compnnv with some Himalayan porters were attempting to attain tlis mountain ridge. Mallory must 'have been weakened by the blizzard. He was a man of great courage and no nobler nor more unsslfflah nunm tnlneer could he found. Mallory he Moved that Everest could he scaled before the monsoons set-In." Met Midi Bllztaril*. The expedition has had a aeries of terrific blizzards to contend with and both Mallory and Irvine knew they were faking their lives in their hands when they set out for Everest s un trodden summit. * » twine was a youngster who left college last \oar and had had little mountaineering experience, hut he yearned to share In the conquest of Everest e rt lie I peak. He carried In his packet a small t'nlon .lark which he hoped to plant on the summit at th* moment of triumph Federal Officers May Make Search Without Warrant Judge McGee Kul Proliibi- i tion Knforcetuent Men Ma\ Paid Vi hen Odor Is Detected. If a federal prohibition agent has a keen sense of smell and has trained his nose to detect alcoholic odors that emanate from a place hy which he chances to pass, the agent has a right to enter and make an arrest without a search warrant. Tills was* the ruling made In federal court Sat i unlay hy Federal Judge McGee, The case under trial was that of I.eopoldo Mlrhelottl, Joe Mangrmelli, FilidelfoJ i a polo and Sam I.omhardo, charged with owning and operating two large stills on s farm eight miles west of Omaha o nthe Podge street road. Officer Had Warrant "If an officer going by a place smelled mash and recognised the odor." said Judge McGee, "tie has a right to go Into the place without a search warrant." Although the search warrant used i>y Prohibition \gcnt Karl Schmitt, r., was (he (list to he Issued hy the I'. S. Commissioner on the charge of smell, the agent could hnve torn the warrant In two and made an ar list, rilled the Judge. Attorney l,o\e !v for the defense had objected to the use of a search warrant on the grounds that the warrant did not In clude tlie right to search the home.! only outlying sheds. The arrest of th« four men was made on May a by chief Federal Pro hihitlon Agent Samardick and sex eral of hi* men. Plat e Termed PiMlIh-i j . I'nlted States District Attorney J C. Ivlnsler and Aastatant V. S. At forney George Keyser are conducting the prosecution upon the issue tha* j the four men have committed a f*i | ony for violation of the old internal revenue law which proves that it is unlawful for any person to operate a distillery without first having a per mit. Such a permit cannot be issued in the state of Nebraska. When the national prohibition act went into effect the question was raised as to whether the old internal revenue act was repealed or still in force, according to Attorney Kinsler. Then congress passed a bill, known as the Willis-Campbell bill, that provided an amendment to the national prohi bition act making the old internal rev enue law still in force. Attorney Lovel> for the defense en ( deavored to prove that the stills were! used for a purpose other than to make •‘moonshine” whisky but Judge McGee* ruled that any distillery could not be run without a permit under the old internal revenue act. took roach Kv Hence stricken. IV. G. I>. Little, professor of chem istry. testified that liquor evidence brought Into court was found to be “moonshine' whisky when put tindei test. The 50 gallon stills in court could be used for other distilling pur poses, he said, hut he had never seen them equipped for that purpose The courtroom spectators laughed when Attorney Lovely asked that tes tlmony brought out as to cockroaches In the liquor be stricken from the court record. Tha judge complied with his request. The Weather L-i I or ?4 hour* •tiding T r m . January II. 1574 T»’im»rr»1nrf. 7 a *u dn bulb wet bulb, a? noon .11 \ bulk 75. net bulb. -5 To m . «l»\ bulb 75 bulb *7. biaheat. s:. mean. 7. nornmi. *3. Total ildi. !i>m i elm** Januarv \ ,»i s Ki'littixf* HumMil*. IVrieiiimr. 7 a ni . 75 noon. ».o 7 \* in . rirHliltnllon. Im hr* ami lb:mlrp«l|h» I'ntal, *' I'ntal »n h® made out the same. Jap* Prepare for Third Scientific Conference lie 1‘rtta Tokio, June SI —The department of education is already making plana for th« third l'an 1>» elite aelentlflo conference, to be held ta Tokio In ISIS, V propartion committee bas been named, with Prince Kan in as patron, the premiei and minister* of foreign affair* and education a.* honorary pee aider! * of the Imperial, Kelo and \Va*eda unl\t siiiea vs honorary v.on pi <■' dent* 1 aron Puriuehl. former dire, tor seneial of the Imperta' gee Mimrti! "a? «, is active cbalmian of the committee. Twenty two ne> tier* have signified their Intention ta send del* gates to th* conference l V# i “She’s Just My Girl,” Says Count, Telling Why He Married Peggy By International \»-wi fertile. Chicago, June 21— Count Costa Morner lie Moijanda, 2T year-old scion of one of Sweden's oldest families, who is the fourth and latest husband of Peggy Hopkins Joyce—the love husband, site says—told why, on a hurried business trip here, he married Peggy. His trip was hurried because he wanted to rush right back to New York and fetch Peggy to a honey moon apartment here on the fashion able North Shore. His bride has had three previous honeymoons, all with millionaire hus hands whom she subsequently di vorced. Rut Costs Is her first count A Million Reasons. "Why did she marry me?" he re peated at the Hotel Ha Stile today before returning east. "Well, now. that's something you'll have to find out from her. But why I married her, that's different. There are » million reasons." The count s voice sank to a rever ently low pitch. "She's just my girl, that's all.'" Why Peggy Took f ount. But the reasons why Peggy took the count are apparent without elaboration from Peggy herself Count Gosta Morner is the kind of unspoiled boy most any woman would want to shield front the cold, cruel realities of life. Besides, not to be passed lightly by are the count s athletic physique, his chestnut hair, azure eyes and bee stung lips, his lemon colored spats and the family crest which adorns his scarf pin. The countess is tired from her hard work on the stage." he ex plained. "I'm going back to fetch her here. "No. T don't expect the countess will exactly become a housewife. 1 shan't expect my wife to rook for' me. "Our Kuropean honeymoon has been postponed only temporarily, not permanently. 1 naturally am eager to present my wife to my family. Both ray mother and father have ca bled their approval of my marriage." Hi* countess, {he count admits, rather likes her title. "I never bothered with the title In my business relations here, but now, of course, it's different." he said. Didn’t Notice Suspense. For all his seeming lack of guile the count accepts with amazing aplomb Peggy's prescription for the proper treatment of men. ' Keer them in suspense." We were married about five weeks after we met. which left little time for suspense." he said modestly. "I had just returned from Sweden with a letter of introduction from a mutual friend there. I called on her In her suite at the Congress and pre sented it. 1 believe in love at first sight. So does she, now." Chivalry Vet I.ives. He was grieved to think that some suspected he liked the public ity he was getting, because it might help his toothpaste business. "I don't care to have my wife pay for my business schemes.' he said in dlgnantly. "Chivalry yet lives. "Publicity." the count added, "is very painful to the countess, any way." Besides, toothpaste is merely a means to an end. for the count. "I want to retire as soon as possi ble and give my time to painting." he explained His father is one of Sweden's most famous men of letters. The Count P.irger Morner has just published a volume on "August Strindberg as 1 Knew Him." base,-) on Strindberg * correspondence with him.