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CITY EDITION 54—NO. 2 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1924. • X X FIVE CENTS -'
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Supposed Thief, Caught
Red-Handed, Turns Out to
Re Company Manager ;
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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 <leorg«
Washington, went aground off Cal*
shot epit this evening. Jln poeitlon
was not dangerous and It was be
lieved it would he refloated when the
tide name In.
Married in Gounrii Bluff*.
The follow In* perenna nhtatned mart-lane
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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.
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Mountain Climbers
Believed Dead on
Highest of Peaks
Mrml»rr« of British Expedi
tion to Scale Mount Everest
\ ietims of Huge
Avalanche
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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.
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& laidens Get
Lodging at
Toll Bridge
Smith Omaha Maidens Say
Were Asked to Go Riding
to Country; Forced
jv to Walk.
Parents Nearly Frantic
Three youths are held for Invept ga
llon by South Omaha police In con
nection with the disappearance of
three young girls Friday night. The
girls were returned to their home*
Saturday afternoon by the sheriff at
I’lattsmouth.
The boys are James Thompson,
4031 South Twenty-sixth street; John
Kerwin, 5220 South Twenty -fourth
street, and Emmett Long, 2415 3
street. •
The girls who were missing ars
Bessie Lane, 14, 1805 S street; Elea
nor Lauderback, 8, 5429 South Nine
teenth street, and Pauline Sweet, IS,
3409 U Street. The sheriff at Platts
mouth arrested the three girls on In
formation furnished by the toll col
lector at the La Platte bridge, where
the girls sought shelter for the night.
Returning from Show
According to the Lane girl, they
were eturning home from a show
.lout 9 Friday night when the thre«
yetuths droye up In a car at Twenty
fourth and O streets, and asked to
escort them home. After they en
tered the car, the boys suggested
that they go riding They consented,
tile said, and they headed south.
"After’ they had gone some dis
tance, we wanted to go to Nebraska
City, and the boys consented to taks
us there. When we came to La Platte
bridge, they wouldn't take us anv
farther and told us to get out and
walk. The girls walked to the toll
bridge about 2 a. m. and were given
shelter for the night. The sheriff was
notified Saturday morning and they
returned to Omaha st noon.
Kermin, one of the youths held,
said the girls asked them for a rid*
and after they had been riding a
short while, one of the girls suggested
that they go to Nebraska City. Ker
win declared they only intended to
go as far as the La Platte and when
they refused to go any farther the
girls got out of the ear. He said
they asked them several times to
get back in and they refused.
All Night -Search
An all night search over the city
by Glenn Lauderback, father of Elea
nore. proved fruitless and almost
dro\e the mother into hysterics. The
other two girls were reported missing
Saturday morning. Re«sie Lane and
Paulinf Sweet are cousins.
The girls were turned over to Ju
venile authorities.
Heat-Tortured
Children Call
for Cool Milk
Readers of The Roe Mas
Make Religion Practical by
Subscribing to Milk and
Ice Fund.
The rail of the heat-tortured chil
dren has been heard by acme of th*
generous-hearted readers of The Om
aha Bee,
But there is enormous r.eed for
more money right away—<juick.
The hot weather has mad® this im
perative Several babies in wretched
homes are hovering on the dangerous
edge
Will you help them hack to health?
Will you make your religion prac
tical by helping these helpless littl®
waifs”
Bemenihcr that every dollar you
cur to the Free Milk and Ice Fund
is 100 per cent efficient. Every cent
goes to buy pur* milk or io* to cool
it for specially needy babies. Th®
\ isitlng Nurses dispense the fund
wtthout cost.
The Omul's Hee . i IM
K t Krlmin . . p M
Tel si Sl.Ml®
M ike your contribution right .now.
Put it in an envelope and address
Free Milk and Ice Fund. Th®
Omaha Bee Omaha.” Check* ma> 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.