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CITY EDITION 54—NO. 46. OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1924. * TWO CENTS”
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Eleven Die
as Victims
of Storms
Rising Flood in Lowlands
Near Fond Du Lac Makes
Residents Flee for Lives
—Situation Desperate.
g Damage Totals Millions
Chicago, Aug. fi.—With lowering
skies threatening still further down
pours today, rivers throughout the
mlddiewest were slowly rising to
Hood stage as a result of the heavy
rains of the last three days. The
streets of many cities were flooded.
Fariy this afternoon five more
deaths were added to the storm and
flood toll around Milwaukee, bringing
the total to 11.
As the day wore on, the situation
in the upper Milwaukee river valley
became more serious—the worst In
its history. The river is rapidly ris
ing. Residents of villages in the
vicinity of Fond du Lac are fleeing
their homes, as continued heavy rains
threaten dams between there and
Campbellsport. Raging water has
torn a gaping hole in the dam at
Campbellsport. If it goes, all lower
portion of Fond de Lac will be
flooded.
Three Children Drown.
Many sections of the country were
littered with ruins wrought by ex
cessive rainfall and cyclonic winds.
Three are drowned at Fond du Lac,
and three children lost their lives in
the swollen creeks about Milwaukee.
Damage to the territory In a radius
of 200 miles of Chicago will run Into
the millions.
Fond du Lac, Wis , reported the
most serious condition. Damage there
will ieach a half million, while dam
age in the county will exceed a mil
lion. Seven inches of rain fell in
thr> e days, sweeping away concrete
roads and railroad tracks.
The dam at Campbellsport, Wis.,
16 miles southeast of Fond du Lac,
threatens to give way any minute
today. Should this happen, the lower
parts of Fond <V* Lae would be
flooded.
Homes Swept Away.
Summer homes along the Milwau
kee river were being swept away to
day as the river was slowly rising.
The section in the direction of
Prairie du Chien, Wis.. was recover
ing front the terrific rain and hail
stornj which wrecked small buildings,
uprooted trees, flattened crops, flood
ed valleys and paralyzed the railroad
service here late yesterday. More
than 150 tobacco fields were seriously
damaged by the hail.
The rain played havoc through
northern Indiana also, blowing limbs
from trees in many cities and towns
and flooding the streets.
OMAHAN JAILED
IN FAMILY ROW
Special llepntch to The Omiihu lice.
Plattsmouth. Neb., Aug. <i.—Frank
Matirer, 2038 South Twentieth street,
Omaha, was arrested Monday after
noon after he an-i his wife had en
gaged In half an hour's battle along
the highway north of here. Maurer
was charged with assault and battery.
Tie was sentenced to 30 days In Jail
by Judge William Weber.
The Maurers and their little daugh
tn were motoring to Plattsmouth. On
the way, Mrs. Maurer testified, her
if husband had been drinking. The
windshield of their car was broken by
a club, hurled at her by Maurer,
which Mrs. Maurer dodged.
Maurer claimed his wife was Jeal
ous and their quarreling over this led
to the trouble.
Massena Pastor Returns
From Do* Moines Hospital
Atlantic, la,, Aug. 6.—Rev. P. J.
O'Donnell, pastor of the Massena
Catholic church, has returned home
from a Dos Moines hospital where he
was taken last spring to he treated
for serious injuries received when a
mud-chain on his stalled automobile,
which he was pushing out of a mud
hole, sawed through his shoe and
lacerated the foot.
We Have
With Us
Today
Dr. Ad.un Knnlgtnticlter,
Physician and surgeon;
Hen l„ Moyers,
I Tilted Fngiiie & Machine to.;
Ilotli of Fresno, Cal.
"Where do you get all this stuff
nbout everyone leaving California and
coming hack east.” these two men
queried on arrival In Omaha for a
brief visit and vacation.
"Why. next venr California is going
to sp'-nd $300,000,000 for good i Dints
alone.”
"Omaha looks mighty good at that.
Seems rmo-e meti'oplltnn thnn It wns
In the days of my youth," admitted
Dr IConlgmacher, who formerly lived
In Council Tiluffs.
0* “No, we didn't drive through from
the coast. Wo let the trHln crew
do the worrying while we enjoyed the
trip.”
Dr. Knnlgmaclier will go to the
Mayo clinic In Rochester, Minn., for
pporlfll study before returning to his
practice In Fresno.
SHENANDOAH
BOOKS QUERIED
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Shenandoah, la., Aug. 6.—Shenan
doah city records will be audited fol
lowing the filing of charges with At
torney General Ben Gibson that the
city payroll had been "padded."
Four city employes at the pumping
station have made affidavits that no
such a person as Joe Miller was em
ployed there, although pay checks to
taling $145 have been Issued to that
name by Frank Sanman, city clerk.
Most of the six checks were endorsed
by W. Ross, First ward councilman.
Loeb Was Actual
Slayer of Youth,
Defense States
Final Touch of Grotesque
Added to Strange History
by Testimony of Dr.
Bernard A. Glueck.
By JAMES WHITTAKER,
I'niversal Service Staff Correspondent.
Chicago, Aug. 6.—To put the final
touch of grotesque on ths history of
the Robert Franks murder and Its
perpetrators, the defense today Iden
tified effeminate Richard Loeb as the
actual murderer.
His long and shapely hand—the
fist of a harp player—held the Im
provised bludgeon of chisel and tape
f-\
Demented Woman
Asks Jury of Rabbis
The judge's chambers were In
vaded after adjournment by an el
derly' woman who said she was
Mrs. Anna Lurie, the wife of a
Jewish rabbi of Houston, Tex. She
urged that a jury of rabbis be
called to hear the trial. She was
taken to the psychopathic hospital
for observation.
As members of the Loeb and
Leopold families left the criminal
courts building, a tall, frail young
woman dashed to their automobile
and stood bare-headed in a driving
rain trying to gain attention until
policemen ordered her away.
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which pounded four dents In the
skull of the Franks boy. It was Dick,
not Nathan I^opold, Jr., who washed
blood from his hands in the culvert
where the corpse was found, May
22. last.
The tale had been saved by the de
fense to confound State's Attorney
Crowe, who long ago made the lay
man's conclusion that Nathan of the
clubby hand and the satanle eye
brows had done the work of butchery.
It also had been saved for telling by
Dr. Bernard A. Glueck, New York
state alienist, by virtue of hlg posi
tion of public trust the most credible
of the three defense psychiatrists who
have now been heard.
Recss Declared.
The end of Dr. Glueck's testimony
being the proper and artistic moment
for the fall of the curtain on an act
of the courtroom drama, recess was
declared in mid afternoon, the defense
stating that t lie other witnesses
scheduled to follow Glueck were not
in attendance
it was Glueck's Job to give form to
tho diffuse material for a biography
of souls which two defense alienists,
as if with purpose to confuse, had
littered the preparatory record.
In so doing, consummately, he ex
posed defense strategy, which has
been to allow Crowe to draw empty
buckets from the well, before they
pulled up the final truth.
No I-egal Victory.
In transferring the blond guilt from
Leopold to Loeb, no legal victory has
been won, but If It is remembered
that the tilal has transcended Juris
prudence long since and Is now •
problem In psychology. It Is seen that
Darrow has won the same advantage
earned by the commander of n
masked battery.
Dr. Glueck, describing pretty Dick
as the ''Jieartless arch criminal" of
the pair/exploded the unexpected. If
he has more humor than his solemnity
on the stand would Indicate, ho can
return now to New York to chuckle.
None of the others made tho prose
cution Jump.
When Crowe found himself on his
feet unharmed, he recovered quickly
and hit at the witness with the first
thing which came to nand.
Crowe Makes Challenge.
“Show us the page in your notes
where Dick's confession is written,”
tie challenged by way of opening tho
eroHs-exanilnntion.
Tlie doctor answered the lawyer's
feeble fire with an awful blast of
choctaw from the lore of ills craft
and obligingly read the following
from his notes:
“Professional lack of adequate
emotional response In presence of In
tact Intelligence.”
"And that means—'I hit Robert
Kinnks with a chisel?'" queried the
dizzy man of law.
"Why, yes, of course.” It Is barely
possible that the doctor's ryivs
twinkled.
A tecess Was called to allow the
witness to search his papers for a
more definite statement of Loeb's
blood guilt, Mr. Crowe protesting:
Crowe I’rolesl*.
"I don't want those notes In his
hands for sn hour and a half."
Neither Dr. Glueck nor Justice
Cavsrly took cognisance of tha state'*
attorney * broad Intimation that he
(Turn to r««s Five, Cellists U*e.)
Davis Asks
Bryan 0. K.
on Address
Democratic Presidential Nom
inee Sends Notification
Speech to Running
Mate for Approval.
Governor to Reciprocate
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 6.—J. A. Ed
gerton, Washington, D. C., personal
representative of John W. Davis,
democratic nominee for pfesident, ar
rived at Lincoln Wednesday morning
to confer with Governor Charles
Bryan.
He brought a copy of the Davis
notification speech for the governor
and expects to return with a copy of
Bryan's speech tor Davis. The two
then will agree on alterations and
changes so that the speeches will
not conflict.
Much speculation followed the
knowledge of the purpose of Edger
ton’s visit.
Wants Speeches to Track.
Davis' Wall street leanings, and
Bryan’s ultra radical leanings are
the cause of this effort on the part
of the democratic presidential candi
date to make sure their speeches of
acceptance track.
Rumors have recently come from
sources close to Davis that he would
declared against government owner
ship. N
Govsrnment in business Is one of
“Brother Charlie's" favorite doctrine*.
Speculation Is thus natural as a re
sult of Edgerton's visit. Davis In his
viewpoint of the campaign Is anxious
to please the east. Bryan, It is un
derstood, wants to bring forward some
sort of a government ownership
panacea In the hope of offsetting La
Follette.
The question being discussed here
Is twofold.
First. Will Bryan modify his plans
to suit Davis?
Second. Will Davis modify his
plans to suit Bryan?
I .a Follette Pulling Demo Votes.
Those who have elxed up the pres
ent political situation feel that In the
end Davis will yield—thst the Issue
In the campaign will force the "con
servative liberal” to move over clos
er to the "liberal radical" position.
Indications are daily pointing to a
greater defection among detnocrata to
I.a Follette than among republicans
to La Folletts.
The Gompers endorsement of the
Wisconsin senator Is regarded wholly
a* a democratic loss.
Those who know Davis' real feel
ings will watch with Interest the ef
feet of Governor Bryan’s blue pencil
on the acceptance apeech of the presi
dential candidate.
“Hryan Will Wield Blue PtncU.”
W. J. Bryan was strong enough to
put Brother Charlie on the ticket.
Singe the nomination he has an
nounced that Davis Is "on probation.”
A strong Bryan man here, close to
(lie governor, said:
“If the eastern Influences In the
democratic party think they can die
t<ite the Issues of (his campaign they
are mistaken. If there Is any Wall
street tinge to Davis' speech you can
rely upon Governor Bryan to run hi*
blue pencil through It.
"The Bryans have accepted Davis
as W. J. said, ’on probation.' and they
will put that speech through the mill,
never fear.
"Of course, ths world will never
know how much Governor Bryan cut*
cut. but Ju*t keep your eye* open
for Davis’ speech. You will see the
Bryan blue pencil there all right.”
“Jim” Edgerton la well remembered
In Nebraska as one of the old-time
populist leaders, and a great cham
pion of William Jennings Bryan. He
went to Washington a number of
years ago, to take a position in the
Postofflre department, where he ruse
to be chief purchasing agent.
SLAYERS OF MRS.
EVANS CAPTURED
Rr Aaoflitet Pres*.
Mexico City, Aug. <1.—The assnsslns j
of Mrs Rosalie Evans have been |
captured according to a report given I
out this afternoon at the War depart I
ment. The report cnriie from Gen
oral Roberto Crux, military com |
mander in the state of Puebla, where
Mr*. Evan* was *hot and killed near
her hacienda last Saturday.
“I tnke plea»ure In reimrtlng that
Genernl Antonio Gomcx Velasco, my
chief of staff, Inform* me from Tex
melucan that the a**a»*lns of Mr*.
Evan* have been captured," said the
message from Oeneral Crux.
Married in Council Bluff*.
Thi fnllnwtn* portonR «bl»ln#<l mar
ilrtR* Itcanaa* In Council Rtufffl y#*tar
flay:
N*fTl# Ka*trfanC# A**
.loaaph H Hmithnff Trantnn. Ill .... H
Mnrgnrn Fhay. Phillip*, 8 1> .......
• 'hurl*" H .fn'mion, »»mnha .... 4ft
Mae I, Plaroc. mnnha .. . 4*
Thaorfnra KI"*k*, Wavarly. Nab ... 411
Moil* Hpry, Wivurly, Nil)
William If Thornhill. Mathany, Nab ft*
May I. Walrf, (.Tntvaralty I’lin, Nab 44
ftaymonrf Hillman. Oinahn 21
Oanavleva Hpwarth, Council Rluffa
Frank Flnnhar* Wlanar. Nab, . 24
Alim Frarh k*. Wlanar Nab. 14
D. F Murrav. Omaha . 41
Olarfya V MrRrlrfa. Omaha ... 24
William Flnhwar. Hloomflalrf Nab |ft
Mlnnl# Whlta. Oklahoma CHy. Nab 1ft
ftoy L. Ahattuck Om«h# ..
UaiftrM Dunn, urnaba »»> «
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’’’ f.-ifi' ’ Robber Suspect Is
Identified by Motorman; Bound Over
Walter Groom, 908 Capitol avenue
arrested by Detectives William Davis
and Tom Farmer, former court ser
geant, was bound over to district
court Wednesday morning to face
trial on a charge of highway robbery.
Groom Is the alleged "shoe and
brick bandit." He was Identified by
G. O. Brlsby, street car conductor,
3203 South Twenty-fourth street, a»
the man who held up him and Miss
Dorothy Shipman, 2416 South Twenty
fourth street.
The couple is said to have been
Wade Will Get
New Plane and
Finish Flight
Government Aecedes to Scores
of Requests J’hat World
Flyer Be Given An
other Chance.
By Cnlvrr-lll Service.
Washington, Aug. 6.—Lieut. Leigh
Wade, world flyer, who was forced
down because of engine trouble off
the Faroe islands, will be provided
with a new plane and allowed to
complete the flight, It was learned at
the War department today.
Secretary Weeks, at the request of
Major General Patrick, head of the
army air service, has authorized the
sending of a plane from Langley
Field, Va., to PIctou Harbor, Nova
Scotia.
Wade and Ogden, his mechanician,
will arrive at PIctou on the cruiser
Richmond, which picked them up
when they abandoned the "Boston."
The plane which will be sent Is the
first Douglas world cruiser which
was built for the army and Is Iden
tical with the other cruisers now on
the flight. This plane will be chris
tened "Boston the Second" and will
accompany the other two planes dur
ing the remainder of the fllglst.
The plane will he flown from l.ang
ley Field to PIctou Harbor by Lieu
tenants George C. McDonald and Vic
tor E. Bertrandlas of the army air
service. It will make stopa e.t Key
port. N. J., Boston, at either Bar
Harbor or Rockland, Me From
there It will fly to PIctou Harbor to
await the arrival of the Richmond.
The date of departure from Langley
Field has not yet been decided.
TWO BOYS, 13, II,
DIE IN RESERVOIR
Mile* City. Mont., Aug 3 —Over
come by cramp* while ewlmmlng In a
reservoir near Falrvlew, Mont.,
Chalice Howe, 13, was drowned, drag
glng down with him Mack Kemph, 11,
who went to his rescue, hut was un
able to break the hold with which
Howe gripped him.
The efforts of Avon and Aaron
Kemph, twins and brothers of Mack,
to form a living chain to reach the
drowning pair by hanging onto roots
on the hank proved unavailing
BROKER MUST PAY
ALIMONY OF $750
New York. Aug 6—Archibald B
Gwnthmey, wealthy cotton broker,
must pay alimony of 3750 a monlh to
hla wife, Mrs Isabella C. Gwathmey.
pending the result of her action for a
Judicial separation, under sn order Is
sued today by Supreme Court Justice
Thomas W. Churchill. Mrs Owsth
mey's appeal In her divorce suit Is
also pending.
Gwathmey, who obtained a divorce
In Texas, married Mrs Betsy Judd
on July 4
North-South Highway Hotly
to Holt! Meeting in Kearney
Kearney. Neb , Aug 5 - A meet
Ing of the North-South like Highway
association la to he held st Kearney
Monday, August 2,5. This Is the an
nual meeting, called by President F.
J. Atibott of Sargent,
The North South Highway extends
Kan. Much of th* highway, through
Knn. Muchc of ths highway, through
Nebraska, Is federal and state aid
road and the mileage not already
built up la designated for such aid
The entire length of the road, through
this state, was marked only recently,
with atecl markers on standards of
the same material. It Is known as
highway No. 10 of the state system.
The Kearney Chamber of Commerce
will tender delegates to the road meet
Ing a complimentary luncheon.
Walton Still Aht-ad.
fly AllMH'liilftl
Oklahoma City, ok I , Aug. 3—J. C.
Walton, former governor, continued
to forge ahead of K. B. Howard, con
gressman from the first Oklahoma
district, for th" democratic senatorial
nomination ns returns were tabulated
here early tonight,
With I lls precincts out of P !>5S In
the slate recorded. Walton s total was
57,31(1 ss compared with Howard's
53,234.
Judge Cnlhy Improving.
Beatrice, Nch , Aug. (! Judge
I.eonArd Colby, who was brought
home Inst week from Rochester,
Minn., where he underwent a serious
operation. Is able to sit up part of
th* time end 1* gmdually gaining lit
strength,
seated In Brlsby’s ear In front of
Miss Shipman’a home.
Brisby said the bandit told him
not to be frightened that he Just
wanted his money. Brisby laughed
and offered him a tobacco sack.
".Don't get funny,” said the robber.
Brisby threw the sack Into the
street and gave the robber several
dollars In change which were In his
pockete.
After the robber was gone he pick
ed up the tobacco sack, which con
tained $60.
Activity
Abroad Sharper
During Month
Lessened Tensity in Interna
tional Relations Is Result,
Says Report of Reserve
Board.
Washington, Aug. $.—Continued
recession in almost every business
field, with agricultural producers fav
ored by rising prices, constituting en
outstanding exception to the trend,
was shown In the federal reserve
board's monthly review of business
conditions, made public today. The
countries of Europe at the same time
were declared to be experiencing a
commercial revival of sizable extent
Steel, textile, automobile and non
ferrous metal Industries of the United
States entered July with decreased
employment, the review eald, while
railroad shipments, running 15 per
cent below the volume of a year ago,
and sales In distributing channels of
the retail and wholesale trades, alike
dropped off. Accompanying declines
were noted In wholesale price levels
and In the value of commercial loans
extended by banks.
Drouth Adverse Factor.
The redeeming condition In the line
of agricultural production was noted
chiefly In the cereal growing regions,
although cotton was said to he prom
ising a fair sized crop at prtcee some
what above spring levels. Drouth In
tbs western range country and bad
weather In scattered tobacco growing
sections were adverse factors report
ed In the agricultural field.
Building operations, which have
proceeded apace lie the United States
for many months. In June were de
dared to have shown season contrac
tion but to be still Involving construc
tion with a value considerably above
the average.
Business actllty abroad has shar
pened, the review said, under the en
couragement of better national fiscal
and currency policies and lessened
tensity in International relations.
European Condition* Better.
"Economic conditions In Europe
during the first half of 192* have
been characterized by an Increase In
Industrial activity,” It was added, "a
growth In domestic and foreign trade,
and In many countries by smaller
fluctuations In prices and exchange
rates. Countries whose currencies
depreciated violently in 1922 and 1923
have since adopted financial reforms
resulting during the year In greater
stability and In consequence business
in those countries was no longer un
-ler the constant necessity of adjust
Ing Itself to wide uncertainties In
monetary values, and was conducted
more directly with reference to gener
al economic developments
"Beginning with tbe latter part of
1923 and continuing until May of this
year, unemployment through s large
part of Europe has diminished, pro
duction In basic Industries has In
creased and In contrast to producing
years the time and character of
change In the business situation In
tbs different countries has shown s
considerable degree of uniformity.
More recently there have been Indl
at Ions of slackening In production
mil trade, but for the first half year
as a whole, business has been more
ttctlve than for corresponding periods
in either 1922 or 1923."
SALEM FARMER
DIES FROM HEAT,
Special PI.pnt.h Uc Tim Omaha It**.
Kalla City. Neb. Aug t.—Elmer,
w. IJnderman. 54, farmer living four
miles south of Salem, was overcome
by hent while threshing and died at
Ills home two hours later. Tuesday.
It was the first heat toll taken In
Richardson county. Temperature of
;• S was recorded A rain curbed the
climbing mercury.
Pigeon Released lo Carry
Chautauqua Message
Shenandoah. la., Aug. *.—Following
a lecture on ‘‘Pigeons” by Frank II
!tollman, president of the National
Pigeon association and editor of the
American Pigeon Journal, a homer
pigeon was released on the opening
day of the Redpath-Vawter rhautau
<iua to carry the message to the head
Uonrters at. Cedar Ilaplds that Shen
andoah had "gone over the top" on
its advance ticket sale, which totaled
over $1*00 May Valentine a pro
d lotion of "The ttondollera'' was the
evening attraction.
Rotary to Cleveland.
Chicago, Aug. * Holary Interna
tlnnal'a 1*th annual conentlon will he
held In Cleveland, CV, June 1$ tv 1*
neat year, the council decl<
Giant Ship
Shenandoah
to Stop Here
Mammoth Navy Dirigible to
Visit Omaha on Tour of
West, Under Present
Plan.
Omahans Wire Capital
Another big event In aeronautical
Circle* la to be enjoyed by Omaha.
The giant dirigible airship, Bhenan
doah, la to he sent west and prob
ably will stop In Omaha, according
to dispatches from Washington.
Omahans Wire Washington.
The big ship la In charge of the
Naval department. Secretary Wilbur
of that department Wednesday an
nounced a tentative Itinerary which
Includes Dea Molnee, Omaha, St.
Louis, Kansas City and Denver. The
ship is to start westward on about
August 26, and to he in Des Moines
during the state fair there. Dis
patches state that the Itinerary has
not been approved as yet, however.
To make sure that Omaha wll not
lose the privilege of viewing the
Shenandoah, the biggest dirigible In
the world, the Chamber of Commerce
bureau of publicity and Randall K.
Brown, chairman of the chamber's
federal relations committee, will send
messages to Senator Howell and
Secretary Wilbur, urging that Omaha
be included when the itinerary is
finally approved.
Notified hy The Bee.
These telegrams were dispatched
when word that the ship is to make
a westward cruise was relayed to
them by The Omaha Bee.
“We were so successful In our ef
forts to have Omaha placed on the
route of the American round the
world fliers that we enter Into effort
to bring aerial events to Omaha with
great enthusiasm," said Mcntagu
Taneock of the publicity bureau.
“As far as I know this will be the
first time that Omahans have been
given a view of a dirigible balloon,
and the fact that the Shenandoah Is
such a big ship adds to the Interest
In lta visit."
INDIAN RELICS
FOUND AT GENOA
Oolumblis. Neb., Auk 6—E. E.
Blackman of Lincoln, curator of the
Nebraska Historical society, who has
been making excavations near Genoa,
Neb , has found hundreds of pottery
specimens mad# hy Indians and one
four fifths Intact.
The relics are of plain design with
straight marks and V-shaped Imprints,
but some enterprising squaw oc
casionally pressed the rough side
of a leaf against the clay Jar before
It was baked, leaving Its Imprint.
Among the finds of bones and pot
tery are Innumerable arrow heads and
pleoea of flint. Since there is no flint
In this section Mr. Blackman believes
it may have come either from the
Republican river valley or else from
the Cumberland mountains In Ten •
nessee.
Potsherds and knives of flint, long i
pieces, both edges of which still re
tain enough sharpness to cut wool,
are among the finds which Mr. Black
man has obtained.
FLOODS IN INDIA
COST 100 LIVES
Madras. Prltlsh India, Aug. * —The
floods In southern India which, ac
cording to previous dispatches sub
merged half the state of Cochin. eau»
e<! at least 100 deaths at Malabar, ac
cording to official report* The loss
of life elsewhere was comparatively
small. It Is estimated that 50.000 [ver
sons are homeless, while thousands of
acres of crops have been ruined.
Iowa Relief Corps Heat!
('alls District Convention
T>en!snn, la., Aug. *.—Mrs. Jennie
R Jones, department president of the
Woman's Relief corps, with headquar
ters at Penlson, has called 17 district
convention* In September and Octo
ber and plans to attend them,
Iowa has the largest membership of !
any state, IS,SSI. In the quarter end j
Ing June 50 507 new member# were
Initialed The order gave assistance
(Turin g the quarter to STS veterans
of wars and members of the organisa
tion.
Slate officers and representative*
from Iowa will open headquarters
August 11 at Poston, where the na
tional convention Is held The Iowa
women will present to the lows O A.
R. headquarters a handsome banner.
The stale president will he absent
from tows until the latter part of
August
Kxploror Return*.
Adelaide, Australia. Aug S —Vlth
.tnlmur Steffansson has returned from
his exploration of central Australia
reporting that only a water supply is
needed to make more than half of
what now Is barren country pro
ductive. lie believes that water osn
he found
Alcohol l’p 2 Ct'iit*’
New York, Aug. *,—The pile# on
all grades of aleohol was advanced 1
cents a gallon by the United States
Industrial Alcohol company, •
Legion to Survey
City as Part of
m
Convention Work
Committee to Determine What
Will Be Necessary Should
National Meeting Come
to Omaha.
The Omaha post of the American
Legion took lie first steps yesterday
toward making a complete survey of
the city In order to ascertain what
will be necessary If the national
American Legion convention 1s
brought to Omaha.
According to Hird Stryker, who has
been appointed chairman of the sur
vey committee, leading Omaha busi
ness men say that the $50,000, with
which to Invite the convention to
come here, will be forthcoming.
The ditizens committee headed by
Everett Buckingham, which is raising
the money, will make its report on
August 15.
Committee Named.
Between now and that time the le
gion survey committee will compile
its report. The committee consists of
Hird Stryker, chairman; Leo B. Bo
zell, ex-officio: Allan Turkey; William
Bitchie: Clinton Brome; Anon Ray
mond: Sam Reynolds: Walter Byrne:
Harry Hough; M. Tancock and Mor
ris E. Jacobs.
The special committees, which are
to make the survey, consist of; hous
ing and feeding. Allan Tukey; enter
tainment, Walter Byrne; political.
Anon Raymond; meeting places, Sam
Reynolds: convention contests, Harry
Hough; national and local publicity,
Morris E. Jacob*.
Chairman Stryker said that other
legionnaires will be added to the gen
eral committee.
Housing Surrey.
If the $50,000 Is raised and the con
vention is swarded to Omaha, the
general legion committee will be
joined with a citizens' committee, and
the cha Avanships will he filled by
Omaha's most prominent citizens, ac
cording to Stryker.
A survey will have to be made to
see how many persons the hotels can
accommodate and then ascertain how
many can be given lodging In private
homes, says Tukey. More than 60,
000 visitors will have to be furnished
with food and lodging during the days
of the convention, he declares.
The entertainment committee will
make tentative plans for the enter
tainment of the guests and the recep
tions for prominent visitors who
would come to Omaha If the conven
tion Is held here.
VdvertUing Campaign Planned.
The political committee will make
plans for winning over the state dele
j cations for Omaha, in case a contest
Is on for the convention place. Rey
nolds will make a survey of all the
auditoriums, halls and other places In
Omaha where meetings can he held.
Adjutnnt Hough will gather infor
mation In regard to contesta usually
held between the various visiting dele
I cations.
in case the convention Is brought
| to Omaha a publicity and advertising
campaign will be conducted on a lo
cal. state and national hasis. in order
to "sell" the Omaha people on the
convention, and In order to Induce
large delegations of legionnaires to
come to Omaha for the national gath
I erlng.
Deluge Falls Near Ponca;
FIk (.reck Out of Banks
Tones. \>h , Aug 5—A cloudburst
descended tlx mile* southeast of thi*
rl'tce early Tuesday. Lightning
killed a horse on ths FYank Rush
farm. On the Tom Rush place sev
eral stacks of grain were Ignited
and burned
Train No. 11 was delayed two honr*
by flood waters which covered the
track to a depth of three feet when
Rlk creek overflowed Its bank* one
■nd a half miles nest of Jackson,
‘ Neb
'Ian Hurled From Bed
" lien I ightning Strikes
I’lattsmouth. Neb., Aug « —John
ningaman, Plattsmouth resident, was
hurled from hla bed when lightning
struck the telephone line leading to
hla home. The wire* were grounded
through the water pipes and a streak
of Mack aert^sa the kitchen sink in
dicate* the Intensity of th* electrical
discharge which did not cause a fire
however Ritigaman was bruised
about the head In hla fall from bed
The Weather
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Britain to
Be Favored
With Trade
Second Treaty Provides Claim
Settlement and Guarantees
Loans—No Figcres Es
timated in Pacts.
Lloyd George Says Fake
By ROBERT J. PREW.
Universal Service Staff t'orreepondfat.
London, Aug. 6.—The house of eonrv
mon« was electrified tonight when
Under Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs Ponsonby rose and announced
that two treaties are about to bn
signed with Russia. The announce
ment followed the declaration ywtter.
day that the Anglo Russian confer
ence was adjourning without success.
One of the treaties is a commercial
pact giving Britain ' most favored
nation treatment unconditionally."
Britain admitting soviet exporta In
a credit scheme. The second treaty
is a general agreement providing for
the settlement of British claims in
Russia, guaranteeing loans, reducing
Russia's debt, and the granting by
England of diplomatic Immunity to
certain soviet officials and trade
delegations.
No Figures Given.
Posonby explained that he had n-d
attempted to arrive at any figure*
which the settlement would repre
sent. but said the treaty providee’the
machinery to reach such settlement,
Britain having obtained admission
from the soviet regarding the princi
ple of liability on the part of the so
viets.
The commercial treaty will bn
signed tomorrow. The Daily Hera id,
official organ of the labor party, re
veals that tha result of the confer
ence Is due to the work of a number
of Individual members of parliament
belonging to the labor party who met
the Russian delegation In a room In
the house of commons and then met
officials of the foreign office this mor
ning producing a formula v . !ch pro
vide* for the agreed setriemen* of
debts for Insertion In the second
treaty.
"The action of these members of par
liament has turned a heartbreaking
failure Into a splendid success, adds
the Herald
"Fake" Says TJnyd George.
Former Premier Uoyd George,
speaking for the liberals, announced
that they would not commit them
selves to any proposal which they had
not seen. He described the agree
ment with the Russians as a "fake"
and pointed out that all the figure*
were left blank In every Item to be
discussed later.
He said that the government would
“sign and trust to luck.” but they
could not tell within IW.OOf 000
pounds sterling what the agreement
Is going to cost.
Member E. C. Grenfell, who la con
nected with hank'tig circles, declared
that the hankers would not lend mon
ey to Russia without guarantees,
while Commander Kenworthy con
gratulated the government on get
ting the agreement.
Kenworthv said the head of the
Russian delegation had told him that
the terms to be offered to bondhold
ers would be fifty per cent. Including
arrears In Interest, the amount t ■
be spread orer dfty years, or twent- ■
five per cent of the claims cash down.
Outlaws Slay IT.
Mexico City, Auc * —Seventeen de
fenseles- person* were killed and 1#
others wounded when a band of HI
armed outlaws attacked a hacienda
near Opichen. state of Tueatan. ac
cording to a special dispatch front
Merida to El Universal today.
Good Morning, George!
Bv Cinnamon Toast
V _/
Good morning. George'.
Good morning, Mr. Toast!
Anything exciting In the Morning
Messenger this morning. George?
Tes sir. something rather tlckty
for tha almost near departed and
still wart of funny like A feller
kidded his stummtk with a Mg drink
of some kind of horee medicine. Read
on the Wattle that It would do more
things for a horse than a politician
would do for rotes, so he took a H?
swaller and It knocked him for a
long row of box stalls.
Don't know how he dopes It out
what's good for a horee ought to b*
O. K for him but guees he lust got
reverse English on It ruse It sure d:d
K O him.
The old feller who chauffer* tha
lawn mower next door used to drt'*
horse* a lot *o I asked him if he ever
knew of any horse medicine that was
worth while filing away secretly ant
he said he awallered acme one*. I
asked him how It made him feel.
Said ho tried lo put on some hors*
sh<s>s Itv-tead of hi* tegular l<oots;
had the horse collar around hi* neck
and was just trying to make the
haltsr Into a fancy string tie when
the bos* of the plac* came along ami
gave him leave of absence without
a return stub.
Say* he figured It out the best way
to use horse medicine was Inside of
a horse.
It1* your golf game da> air. ao 1 U
ba along w ut^ th# cat at V