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Boy Drowned J After Heroic Work of Pals Companion Tries to Save Him and Narrowly Escapes Death Himself: Third Lad to Rescue. Carter Lake claimed another vic tim Friday afternoon when Benny Valien. 14, Twenty-eighth and Blondo streets, was drowned, desplt the hero ic efforts of two of his boy compan ions to save him. Arthur Ellsworth, 15, 3416 Parker street, narrowly escaped being drowned when he tried to save his companion, but was dragged down again and again by the Valien boy, w ho did not know how to sw.m. The hero of the tragedy was Cecil Lee. 15, 3309 Parker street, who saved Ellsworth from drowning and tried to save the other youth. The three boys, together with Charles Empey, 13, 3425 Charles street, had been fishing and were on their way home when they decided to go swimming. Valien was the most enthusiastic about the Idea, al though he could not swim. When the boat entered some weeds about 300 feet from the railroad trestle Valien plunged Into the water. Said Water Shallow. When Valien got out of the boat his companions tried to stop him. but they got the answer, “No. It's shal low. See?” And he showed them how the water came ju^t to his waist. He took a few- more steps and disap peared. Ellsworth tried to save him, but Valien kept pushing him down. Both boys had gone down twice when Cecil Lee leaped Into the water. He dived off the boat, knocked them apart, and knowing that Ellsworth could take care of himself, went after Valien, but to no avail. In Water Three Hours. The boys hurried to the Lee home and they notified police. Three hours later the body was recovered. Fred Watson, 3330 Parker street, and John Bunnlng, 3709 North Seventeenth street, waded out and dived for the body, but could not find it. Finally Ace Whitehead. Carter Lake, came with a boat and with the help of the others brought the body up by means of grappling Irons. Ellsworth, whom narrowly escaped drowning himself, said “I couldn't let | him go down. I knew I could get out I all right myself, but I had to help Benny.” "I saw them go down together so 1 dove off right to where they were,” said Lee. Ellsworth's rescuer. “As I soon as I could reach them I sepa rated them, pushing Arthur away so I could try to save Benny. Arthur was nearly gone himself. Hand Slips; Gone. "Benny got me around the neck and I thought he would choke me. 1 was in such a position that I couidn't hit him to make him let go so I could pull him up. I used all of the strength I had but I couldn't pull us up. Pretty soon I felt Benny's hand slip and he was gone.” Lee is small compared to the boy I he saved and the one he tried to save. He learned to swim in the Y. M. C. A. pool several years ago and since ; then has developed into a good swim mer. Funeral services will be held Mon day at 2 at the Hoffman-Crosby fu neral home with burial In West Lawn cemetery. SIX GIRLS SET UP WAILING IN COURT A pandemonium of wailing came from the anteroom of juvenile court where half a dozen girls were held Saturday morning. It was started by Pauline Sweet and Bessie Lane who recently told of being taken by two young men in an automobile on a ride to Plattsmouth and of »» > » com pelled to walk. The other girls joined tn the crying and court officers had difficulty In quieting them. DAHLM an; NOYES, DUNN ON PICNIC City Commissioners Dahlman, Dunn and Noyes will be among the 600 per sons to be entertained by the Regina corporation's Omaha salesmen at a picnic at Nathan's lake, 10 miles north of Florence, Sunday. Fifty c ars carrying the picnickers will lea\e Seventeenth and Dodge streets at 9:30 in the morning. ANNUAL NOVFNA AT ST. ANN CHURCH Masses at 6 and 8 a. m. followed by special services at 10. noon, 7:15 and 8 p. m. will mark tho annual novena in honor of St. Ann In St. Ann's Catholic church, Twenty-fourth and Poppleton avenue, beginning next Friday, In charge of the Redemptor Ut fathers. Whisky Wrecks Burglar. Whisky was apparently the ruin ol a burglar who broke into the home ■cf W. E. Garrison, 47-10 Capitol avenue. When the family returned, an empty bottle and evidence of con viviniity weie evident but the prowler had departed again through the win dow without taking anything. f---' rGirl, 13, Plays Mather to Six; Wins Fathers Release From Judge y__— Anns Goodman Isn’t quite 14 hut she Is the mother to her six little o* . brothers and sisters, to say nothing of her father, William. Anna rims before Judge I.. B. Bay Saturday to plead (or her father who was In again for In toxication. “We need him at home,” she sain "How could we live without lather and what he earns? I am sure he will do better now. I am busy all day long rooking and washing and making beds and tak ing rare of the rhildren Just ns mother asked me to do before site l.ri a year ago.” “Oo home,” said the Judge to Goodman, "and he thankful you l avi such a good daughter.” i Diagram Showing Carter Lake Drowning Tragedy I Diagram No. 1, representing Benny Valfen, who was drowned in Carter Lake Friday afternoon; No. !, rep resenting Arthur Ellsworth, who tried to save him and was almost drowned himself; No. 3, representing Cedi Lee, who dived off the boat and rescued Ellsworth but f ailed to save young Valien, The pictures are of the three boys and their fourth companion, Charles Empey, who saw the tragedy from the boat. Father Slain by Mother, Uncle Killed by Auto, Brother Drowned, Little Girl Meets Tragedy Thrice in Three IK ears _____...___ L=====J §m «a ■ E tM Mary Valien and Lillian Valien. Benny Valien. 14, Twenty-eighth and Blondo streets, was the third mem ber nf that family to meet a violent death in a little more than two years. He was drowned in t arter lake Friday afternoon. Emil Valien, his fattier, came home at 2 the morning of February 25, 1922, and bpgan abusing his wife, Lillian. She shot and killed him with a gun which she had hidden in a closet. Mary Valien. then 5, witnessed this tragedy. Mrs. Valien was freed by a jury on grounds of self-defense Valien was president of the local Iron Moulders’ union. Shortly before this slaying, Magnus Valien, brother of Emil, was killed in an automobile accident. Pat on Y/rist No Stop to Bootlegging, Says Judge McGee as He Jails 3 More When Robert Samardick agreed to withdraw a charge of illegal sale of Intoxicating liquor against either Casirnir Zywlec. or his wife the sturdy husband pointed to his wife and said: "You've got to do it." Without a word Mrs. Zywlec turned and walked before Federal Judge Mc Gee and pleaded guilty. Judge Me Gee sentenced her to three months In the county Jail. Later the wife exp'ained that she didn't haie a job and her husband did and he could support the family while she was In jail. A jury In Judge McGee's court found Joe Marchese guilty on two counts Friday afternoon. He was sentenced to two years In the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth with a $5,000 fine added. He was given a 15 day stay of execution so he could arrange for support of his wife, who Is In delicate health, and his seven children ranging in age from 2 to 14 years. Marchese’* attorney pleaded for -—N Going South! Deputy l nited Slates Marshal Davis with two assistants left Saturday morning with scren prisoners under sentence to the Leavenworth federal prison. Six are bootleggers sentenced by Judge McGee. The seventh is Lewis Fair child of Lemoyne, Neb., sentenced by Judge VVoodrough for sending obscene letter to his daughter, v_' leniency because of Marcheae's pre vious good reputation. "A man who hides behind crime on account of a good reputation Is one of the most dangerous men we have to deal with," judge McGee replied. A pat. on the wrist will not stop bootlegging." Jack Marketl. charged with Vol stead violations, pleaded guilty Fit da afternoon before Judge John F McGee and was sentenced to three months in the county jail. Rain Starts Down as Music Starts Up for Reservoir Roof Dance of Bankers It was a grand plan the local bankers had for entertaining 150 California, Washington, Oregon. Idaho and Colorado brethren who stopped here Friday night enroute to the convention of the American Institute of Banking In Balti more, Md. An al fresco dance In the pavilion of Walnut Hill reservoir, high above the surrounding country, with the lights twinkling 'n' ev'ry thing. Fred Eyler and Wayne Dresser arranged the entertainment and then met the visitors at Fremont nnd escorted them to the scene of the festivities But, In some way, they had over looked M. Veracity Robins, local weather forecaster. Result was that Just ns the music stsrted up the rain stnrteed down. The men of money with their wives nnd sisters, nnd local beauties crowded Into the center of the pavilion and tried to protect their garments from the elements. They were Joined here by 10 Omaha bankers and proceeded to the east at 10.30. Japs Holt Movie Boycott. fly Auoflltfii Pr#M. Toklo. July 12—Four distribut ing and producing companies which engineered the boycott of American films, allegedly as a protest against the American exclusion act, have cancelled their boycott agreement which had become practically Innp eratlve because of the public demand for American pictures. W ire Ignites Bed. An electric light wire burned through Its Insulation and fell on a bed. starting a fire in the home of S. Tt Yates, 715 IVest Broadway, up stalra, at MS Saturday morning Damage was slight. » Bombing Plane Breaks Record Ship in Air 15 Hours, 19 Min utes—New Mark for Navy Plane. By International New* Serylcs. Washington, July 12.— A new world's record for sustained flight by sea planes was established today by the naval bomber CS-2. The plane piloted by Lieuts. F. W. Wood and John D. Price was in the air from 3:20 p. m. yesterday until B:30 a. m. this morning. The official flying time, according to the Navy de partment was 15 hours 19 minutes, which breaks all previous flying records for planes of that type. It was first announced by the Navy department today that the CS-2 had failed to break the record but this was later found to be inaccurate and another announcement made. U. P. AUDITOR IS GIVEN NEW HONOR George E. Blssonnet, general audi tor of the Union Pacific system, was plected second vice president of the Railway Accounting Officers associa tion at its convention in San Fran cisco, Friday, according to word re ceived here. This means that he will be elected fit st vice president next year and president in 1926. He is a member of the executive committee and, as second vice president, will continue n that committee. CABLE RECEIVED FROM BRIDEGROOM A cablegram from Frank Bullta. assistant to the president of the Northwestern Bell Telephone com pany. who Is honeymooning In Europe as well as attending the con vention In London of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, was received by Omaha friends Saturday morning. The message was cabled Friday from London and contained greetings to Omaha friends from both bride and bridegroom. MATE DRAGS WIFE BY HAIR, SHE SAYS Emmet Lindsey. 2201 South Thirty first street, struck and kicked his wife, Lida, on an average of once a month, she alleges In a divorce peti tion filed in district court. She says he dragged her around the house by the hair and caused abra sions and wounds on her body. In June last year ehe bought, a home for $S,000 and also owns a rooming house at 251S N street. PRESIDENT AND FAMILY ON CRUISE Bv International Nrr\lri». Washington. July 12—A week end cruise Into Chesapeake hay on the yacht Mayflower was scheduled for the Coolldge family this afternoon, The party will include the president and Mrs. Coolldge, Col. John C Coolldge, the president's father; John Coolldge. the president's son. and Mr and Mrs Frank W. Stearns of Bos ton, MOTHER-IN LAW BLAMED BY MATE Willis Wescott In an answer to a divorce petition of his wife, F.ster. declares that too much moth er In-law" Is the cause of their domestic Infelicity. They lived hup pily till his wife's mother r.uue to live with them, he says Papers Found. A bunch of pnp'i H including an inmimnop policy »<f John l .nn;. I Mnlno*. w i* found .it Thin \ • jrhth street find Ninth nvonuo \<\ \\ A. AVarnork, 1i»*S \N>at HronU way, and turned over to police i Bryan Will Go Through City Monday Democrats Plan to Meet Vice Presidential Candidate at Station on Home ward Trip. Charlie Bryan, referred to by local democrats Saturday as "our next vice president," will be In Omaha Monday morning at. 8:30. The word came from Governor Bryan in this telegram to James Hanley, president of the Davis-Bryan club: "Telegram announcing organization of the Davis-Bryan club and con natulatlng me greatly appreciated. I ass through Omaha Monday morn ing on Burlington train which leaves ■ hlcago Sunday evening at 0:18." looking for House. The telegram was sent from Wash ington. ''He r" just down there getting ac quainted with the city and looking about for a house I guess," said Mr. Hanley. Omaha democrats are extremely busji, arranging for the reception of the democratic nominee . Mayor James C. Dahlman has been selected to head the reception committee which will be at the Burlington sta tion when Mr. Bryan rolls In. It will be a large committee, benefiting the great honor which has been thrust upon Nebraska's governer, Hanley said. Declines to Talk. The Anti-Saloon league Injected It self Into the contest for a guberna torial candidate to take Bryan's place. A letter from F. A. High, the league's state superintendent, has been sent to each member of the democratic state central committee urging selection of a candidate satis factory to the drys. Governor Bryan met W. J. In Washington Friday just before the latter proceeded to St. Louis. The governor declined to discuss national affairs. Proclamation. / To the People of Omaha: Governor Bryan will arrive at the Burlington station at S Monday,morn ing. where a monster welcome will be extended him by mer^ and women of every political creed. The signal die tinction conferred upon our 3tate in •.he selection of Mr. Bryan as nominee for the vice presidency should be a matter of pride to every loyal Ne braskan. Upon this occasion every thing else will be effaced by the fact the the governor of our great stair has been nominated for the seco vi highest office within the gift of the American people. I sincerity hope that every man, woman and child in cur city who can possibly do so, will attend this reception for the sou purpose of showing our appreciation 'of the honor that has come to cut state through Its governor. respectfully, JAMES C DAHLMAN, Mayor. Heavy Rainfall on Friday Night Roadhouse Strurk by Light ning; Plate Glass Win dow Blown Out. Seventy-six one-hundredths of *n inch of rain fell In the Friday night storm in Omaha. The wind blew at the rate of 42 miles an hour. Th( rain began at 9:20 and lasted Inter mittently till midnight, the weather j bureau reported. A double plate glass window was blown out at The Fair, Twelfth and Farnam streets and clothing and dummies were strewn In the streets The Schesche roadhouse near East Omaha was burned to the ground, George Schesche, the owner, said il was struck by lightning. The rain was general over south eastern Nebraska, the following pre cipitations being reported: Auburn .90; Ashland, .77: Lincoln, .45; Red Cloud, .71; Hastings, .67; Columbus. .69: Fairfield, .75. Hottest In Omaha Friday was 86 At 7 Saturday morning it was 70 Partly cloudy and not much change In temperature Is the forecast. KLAN MEETING REPORT IS MYTH Several hundred motorists, curious to see the weekly ceremonies of the Ku Klux Klan in Council Bluffs, drove out to the aviation field at Lake Manawa, where an announcement In a local paper said the Kluxers would appear at 8 Friday. When nothing happened hy 8 3ft the report went round that the ceremo nies were In Dodge park by the riv er, five miles away, and many cars dished thilher only to find all peace ful and deserted there. Some sped bark to the aviation field. But tf there were any klan doings in the Bluffs they were more secret than usual. AUTO MAN SUED BY PHYSICIAN Hr C F4 Foltz fil*d suit in district court $25,000 HR.iinst Guy L Smith, automobile dealer, for injuries sustained when a oar driven hy one of Smith's employes struck Foltz'? rir at Twentieth street and Popple ton avenue, Pr Foltz says be wakes tip aud denlV it night obsessed with the fear that be is about to collide with «n other rat ■ «<*• % H M M H II M M M M IS M II •9*,»«*• • **• t r*v .* Large Spring Chicken A Cc Family Style Hotel Rome Cafeteria Open - I hours every day. ■agaaiactgma£igg£. Race Horse Man Dies at 81, Poverty Stricken Edward Corrigan, 82 years old, re tired racetrack man. died Friday, July 4, at a Kansas City hospital. Mr. Corrigan came to Kansas City seven weeks ago from Akron, O. He began ailing about two months ago. While In Kansas City he made his home with his sister, Mrs. Bridget Burke, 33X9 Flora avenue. Shortly after his arrival, however, his illness took a turn for the worse and he was removed to the hospital. Although Mr. Corrigan at one time was financially Independent, having made and lost several fortunes, his circumstances were poor during th# last few years of his life. JUDGE M’GEE TO BEDSIDE OF WIFE Federal Judge John F. McGee left Omaha Friday night on receipt of a telegram stating that his wife is seri ously ill. She is visiting in Illinois. He was notified Wednesday that she was ill, but later got word that she was better. SUITCASE STOLEN FROM AUTOMOBILE Mrs. Lucy Howland of Silver Creek. Neb., visiting at 2012 Binnfy street, told police a suitcase containing $23 worth of personal effects was stolen from an automobile. Nebraska-Iowa j Campaign Fields First Campaign Guns to Be Fired Announced Today. ■ - t By Awoclat^d Pr*M. Chicago, July 12.—Representatives Alben VV. Barkley, democrat, Pad ucah, Ky . and J. X. Tincher. republi can, Medicine Lodge, Kan., will face each other in five western states in a 25 days' debate on campaign issues, Everett Sanders, diretor of the repub lican speakers' bureau, announced to day. Representative Barkley is a coau thor of the Howell Barkley bill, which was taken out of committee on petition under a new rule, during the last session of congress, but which failed to come to a vote. It was backed by 18 railroad labor organizations Representative Tinch er, a member of the republican steer ing committee in the house, is a co author of- the Capper Tincher act, a "farm bloc” measure relating to trad ing in futures. They will debate in 26 communities in Colorado, Oklaho ma, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. The itinerary, as reported to re publican national headquarters by Representative Tincher, follows: Greeley, Colo.—July 18. Boulder, Colo.—July 19. Cheyenne, Wyo.—July 20. Kimball, Neb.—July 21. Morrill, Neb —July 22. Curtis, Neb.—July 23. Calaway, Neb.—July 24. Broken Bow, Neb—July 25 Cozad. Neb—July 26. Osceola, Neb.—July 27. York, Neb—July 28. Fullerton, Neb.—July 29. Schuyler, Neb.—July 30. Henderson, la.—July 31. Elmwood, Neb.—August 1. Hebron, Neb.—August 3. Washington, Neb.—August 4 . St. FYancia, Kan.—August 5. Oberlln, Kan.—August 6. Downs. Kan.—August 7. Lindsborg, Kan.—August 9. Halstead. Kan.—August 10. Cherryvale, Kan.—August 11. Miami, Okl.—August 12. Sedan, Kan.—August 13. This is the first series of campaign speaking engagements to be an nounced. VISITING NURSES MAKE 5,000 VISITS Tile visiting nurses made 5,000 visits during June, the report of Head Nurse Florence McCabe shows. Five baby stations are maintained and the nurses get milk for starved babies through The Omaha Bee Free Milk and Ice fund. f-— ■ < “Yeast King" Leaves Wife With Soulmate; Says, “They Truly Love” _I___' By International Newt Service. New York City, July 12.—Julius Fleischmann, millionaire yeast king, former mayor of Cincinnati, will not contest the divorce suit by his second wife in Paris, it became known today with the return of Fleischmann from Europe, where he accepted service In the suit. He will settle $5,000,000 on her anti permit her to w ed Jay O Brien, polo player, it i*as said. Both Mrs. Fleischmann and O’Brien are now in Paris, where, it is reported, Fleischmann saw them and came to the conclusion that the pair truly loved each other. Eva King Starts I ler Prison Term Convicted Bluffs Woman to Begin 25-Year Sentence at Rockwell City. Mrs Eva King, young, petite and modlshly gowned, left Council Bluff* at 7:40 Saturday morning to spend 25 years In the women's reforma tory’ at Rockwell City, la. She »aj in custody of Deputy Sheriff Frank Owens and Mrs. Owens. Mrs. King was found guilty of com plicity in the murder of a North western railroad special agent In s battle at the Eena Schneider farm, north of Council Bluffs, October 14, 1921. Her husband was among those killed there. Her ca^e was appealed to the supreme court, which recently handed down a mandate upholding the jury's verdict. J. J. Hess, her attorney, says he has hopes of obtaining a parole for the woman In two or three years. WOMAN SUES WIDOW OF SON Maggie Yopet filed suit in district court against Mabel Yopst, widow of Maggie Yopst's late son, George, ask ing the court to quiet her title In her home here which she says she paid for when she came here recently after selling her home in Sedalia, Mo. 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