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zr-”.. | The < imaha Sunday >ee - tbo“" wanner. • ' Principle Is ever mj motto, not ev ■■■■ nedlenrv.— Disraeli. CITY EDITION --=- - ■ ! ' ' ' • J _ == ,■ - - — ■' __VOL. 54—NO. 9. --vo OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1924. • XX FIVE CENTS -/ ar^n _____________ . — i I. . .—. ... . . .... .i. . No Trace ^ Lapidus Boy in Galesburg Prosperity in Nebraska Contrasted Omaha Bee Representative Will Ride Wheat Train and Trace the Grain From Producer to Consumer. 40 Years Ago and Today By WILL M. MAIPIN. Sidney. Net)., AUg. 3.—The epic story of Wheat is being written these day* in Nebraska. During Wednes day, Thursday and Friday of last week there were received at the Omaha grain market, 1,051 car loads, or approximately 1.471,400 bushels. ' Delivered in Omaha, this wheat brought to the farmer a total of $1,731,744. At the point of delivery to the railroad Nebraska wheat is now netting the farmer close to $1 a bushel. The wheat now being delivered in Omaha is about five times the de livery during the same period last year and the money paid for it is approximately six times the amount paid last year. Where is all this wheat coming from? I am here in Sidney today to find out. Not all the wheat poured i:.to Omaha comes in over the T’nion Pacific railroud hut a great deal of it does and mu li of its comes frr.u tlie rleh country of which Sidney is lire center. One of the things that seems strange to me is that the farmer this year should be in such haste to get his wheat to market. Notwithstand ing the world's shortage of wheat, If Die American farmer piles up his crop in city* elevators and at the ex port points, he Is liable to find him self deprived of much of the better 5* price that belongs to him this year. However, the wheat is rolling to market and I am in Sidney for. the purpose of rolling to market with part of Nebraska's great wheat crop. I ,-annot resist the temptation to toll the story of ray impressions while spe«dln.; westward through Nebraska. Now and 40 Year* Ago. 1 watched the mile* reel rest- dis playing great fields of waving corn, multiplied acre* of alfalfa, richly Uiecn under the glowing sun. broad l.cids of stubbie of wheat end oats nd rye. and whatever direction the eve* turned they *a\\ tile spiralling „rnul;e of thleshing engine*. At every motion the elevator* were pouring their stream of golder wheat into boxcars and before each one v/ngons were wading to dump their ! ads into the elevator. Along Hip wagon road* were more wagon* and •trucks heavily laden with grain. Almost 40 years ago 1 took the same journey over the same route— \ Ih the “Hide door Pullman. Then fields of corn were not nearly =r. numerous nor extend ns quite so 1 ,r west. Alfalfa was practically an -unknown crop. Only a few settlors believed that winter wheat would thrive in Nebraska. There were few wheat Held* and the open range whs still in existence, grazed over by long I . rned steers. It. was along about that time that a governor of Nebraska declared it fecllsh to destroy a country, designed by the Almlghtv for open lange, by trying to cultivate It. The prosperous J.exington of today was still Hum Greek: Grand Island had not even ill earned of a sugar factory: North Platte was merely a division point whh a little group or railroad shop ^ men and known to fame only a* the home of Buffalo BUI. There wasn't an Incandescent light in Nebraska outside of Omaha, Lincoln, Hastings and Grand Island, and mighty few in thfise cities. There was not a block of paving in any Nebraska town out side of Omaha, and the 1'nlon stock yards had just been born. The spirit did little city of Sidney wa* merely another division of the 1 nlon Pa cific, with a stage line running to the Black Hill* country, dependent upon that and the existence of a military post for Its business existence. Return on Wheat Train. The day I made my first stop In Sidney at the urgent request of a brakrinan. there wasn't an acre of w heat within sight from the tall bluff Just north of town. Wheat and rorn were shipped in then, Instead of being shipped out in enormous quantities ss is done today. My objective was Sidney; my pur to stHrt from back east on a ./tie,-it train to lie collected between Buahnel and North Platte. It i* thta Dory of the wheat that I am com missioned to write. Jn my Insldo tail ket I* a bit of paper bearing a message that will permit the former typographical tourist to even delay t lie train for a few minute* wherever I think there is something that will interest the reader* of The Omaha Bee. With me at all times will be either n division superintendent or his representative, to assist me in gath ering facts and figure* and “local color" that will. In some small mens ine, at least, tell th* *|ory of Ne braska's development and make plain th» reasons for the wonderful busi ness revival *o long hoped for snd now well under wav. Rail Situation Improved. Plsttsmouth, Neb., Aug. 3 (ef fective today th* Burlington ahops her* hsv# resumed full time op eratlone In all departments. The rsll road situation locally is generally Ini proved, I Secretary of State and Ambassador Meet in London _ ■ ———————————♦ ” 1 • Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes are seen with Ambassador and Mrs. Kellogg at Crewe house, London. Mr. Hughes is in Kngland as a member of the Airteriran Bar association. _ 'kIt Tendeth to ; Poyertv/’ Says the Scriptures Hi*ward Conies to Thoee Wlio Give to Worthy Charity —Milk and Ice Fund an Example. -1 “There is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." Proverbs xl-24. In other words, according to the Scriptures, he who holds on to his money most tightly, ignoring the de j monds of worthy charity, is headed straight for poverty. Those who give to fh* Free Milk nnd Ice Fund are free from the suspicion .in this text. They have invested their money where ‘ moth nor rust corrupt and where thieves cannot break through and steal." A very wise Investment with sure re turns. Much hot weather is abend this month and in September and the fund needs money to provide the health-sustaining milk for scores of helpless babies and small children in fatherless homes. A check or cash fiom you will help relieve their suffering, perhaps save a little life. It's “up to" you. Do it now. Address “Free Milk and Ire Fund, rare of The Omaha J*'*e.“ llrradv \« know b ilged X1.0IM.7S Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wilson t.OO A Oner of lluhitN S.IMl MI/.nhHh P. Harbor. Milford, Neb 5.00 H. I . I). 1.00 Mrs. ftrd Pel*. Holdrege, Neb 1.00 A Friend 5.00 A Friend of Huhim. Fiinti*. Neb. VW it I . Kuhn 1.50 A Friend 3.WI kronr Spencer. Atlantlr. lx. 1.00 \ Friend 1.00 lln by John 1.00 Mr». Henry F. tiernnndt 1.00 K C. t»u«*taf*on. Hordvllle. Neli 1.00 Kiln \. 11 limpet 5.00 Onifiln* llm I 00 Margaret. Itlnir. Nel».. 1.00 Our Itnhv Hoys 10.00 II ami f\ Millar 1 5.00 Total . .X 1,070.10 WHERE TO FIND The Hit: Features of THE SUN DA Y REE • PART ONK. Puge I. Ilurry lutpiilti* goes to (inl«*burg, III., in search of mining son. Prosperity In NVIirmU 40 years ago uiiti today contrasted. Pugc ?. ( ontinuaiire of nlr mull setvlea up to public. Page 3. I -orb-1 .eopold trial runtlmies at Chi* cago. Page 4. Fishc* breathe cosier as might fish ermen return; Illustrated. Children'* Society finds good Itonie* for unfortunate*. Page R, Man and two children shot by boy, 10. nl Kearney. Neb. I nited States Minister Jay return* from Russia. Page fl. Week's real estate transfers in Omaha total AiMHMMMI. Ftiormon* wheat yields seen by deal er* In farms. • Page 7. Omaha woman, 0 1. burns to death. Nomination for goiernor accepted by l»uii liutler. Mobilisation day. September I?, sixth unii »ersary of 00th division's l»apl>*.m of five at St. Mihiel, \\iihon ships mamifaetiired prmliu 1 all over I nited States. PART TWO. Pages J. t and 3. Kaseball, run**, uml other sports. Page t. hritin, livestock uml financial mat kets. Pages ft, ft and 7. < lasaified advertising. Puge ft. Automobile section PAKT THKF.K. Pages I and 1. Omaha society news and gossip. Page 3. I oiincil muffs, lleniMMi and Fremont society. Pages I and 0. Pent urea on sfuga ami screen In Omaha. Page ft. Pdlf orlnls. “Sunny p Side I p," hy Will M Mini* pin. Page 7. “In Self. We I iml the Key to Sue. cess." “Has ( nmmunUni a Putore?'* by II <#. Wells. the Martin on “lodegieodent \ntln\" Winners of school essay eontrst con dinted by state bar. Page 0 Happy land for l.ltlle Polks. Page ». Shopping with Polly. Page III Week's radio program*. Perry Hammon's New York letter. PART PCM R Pour pages of best comic* AM.tHiRAVI Hf, SUCTION Poor pages of pictures. BANK BANDITS GET BIG HAUL Casper, Wyo , Aur. 9.—Two masked bandits entered the bank nf Halt Creek at I.avoye in the center of the Halt Creek oil fields. 45 miles nortb of here to day. held up four clerks and escaped with two sack* of money. The loot was said to have amounted io several thousand dollars, the total being unknown. Japanese Floods Take Toll of Life S'\ertlv-Three IV-rsons Known Dead in Overflow of Tamsui River. By \M«rlalfd PreM, Tokio, Aug. 9.—Seventy'thrift p#r ron* are known to be dead and 57 nt.ss*ing as the result of the over flowing of the Tamsui river in North ern Formosa, according to advices re reived here today. Approximately 40,000 houses were inundated, of which 3,000 were de stroyed, while thousands have been rendered homeless, including 7,000 in the city of Talhcku. It is expected that the casualty list will grow when complete reports ire received from the districts of Taihoku and Olran, which were five Chief sufferers. The government is organizing re lief. Ily \»Miriatrd rrme. Pekin, Aug. 9—Hundreds of vil lage* in northern China hive Iw< n inundated by floods which have awep: on to the lowlands under the urge of the excessive jams of the past two weeks Much suffering has resulted, though the loss of life has been small. It Is believed, Adequate warning having been given the populace in most cases. In most sections subject to pc nodical floods, the villages ate built on higher ground, and In these in stances, as In others, escaped serious damage. (Growing crops, however, have been ruined in many localities. WAR MOTHERS ARE FOR DEFENSE DAY Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 9.-—A pledge of the support of the American War Mothers In the ohsei vance of national • >feiise day; Heptember 32, has Iwen sent to Secretary Weeks by Mrs. If. H. McCluer of Kansas City, president cf the national Organization. Mrs. McCluer, who recently re turned from a trip through 4lie nortb West, said there ore fewer pacifists in the tanks of her organization than in almost any other group of women. 75 ARRESTED IN WHEEL TAX WAR Over 7.V have been haled Into court in the | mi si three days in the war on car owners who have not paid wheel tax. The drive will continue. Pair, \IiiiohI Decapitated l»y Wire, Sue for Damage* Atlantic, la., Aug. 3. Harold Jones has filed suit ngainst the l(o< k Is land railroad anti the Western Cnlon telegraph company in the Casa coun ty district court for >400 damages to his car und self, caused when he struck a low hanging telegraph wire which had fallen across a highway. .Miss tlertrude Toepfer, a companion, also 1ms filed suit for >1,100 for al ieged damages. The wire Is owned by the telegraph company and used by the railroad. The wire caught the couple under the chin snd nearly d» clpltated them. La Follrllc F*tal>li*hc» Hr-giuiial Headquarter* Lincoln, Aug. 3, Headquarters for the Nebraska and regional campaign for Senator l.»» ft’olleft* were e* tabllshed in a downtown building here today. Frank A. Harrison. Nebraska man ager and regional adviser nf t hs La Follette forces, rented a suMa of rooms on a prominent corner. Plans Under Way for Reception to Charles G. Dawes Nfainmolli Parade to Be Staged August ^ hen Republi can Campaign Opens in Nebraska. Special Dispatch to Die Omaha Bra. T.lrtcoln. Aug. 9—Preparations for ihe opening of the republican national campaign in Nebraska on August 29 when Charles O. Dawes, vice presi dential candidate and former Nebraa kan, will speak at the university sta dium, were being completed today. H. K. Sarkett. chairman republican state entral committee, and Dr. T. W. Bass, secrefarv, announced chairmen of nine committees who will co operate with them In making August 29 one of the biggest republican ral lies in Nebraska history. The chair men appointed follow: Mirk W. Woods, reception: John Sellerk. stadlumfB Bert George, deco | rat inti*: Boss I’. Curtice, music; K. T*. Stephenson, finance; John Bushneli. Iiruuiam: Charles Schwartz, M. t. i’otoet and Maj. IT, C, Stein, parade;] | Ir. l; Mattlson, rndlon; Phil Wad I. •m'. publicity. VS * ■ ds, chairman of the re n rommlttee. announced that he v.’i-nlil place at least 3.000 republicans r the state to serve in the committee .it; him Kvery county In the state will be represented on the committee. • t ier chairmen are authorized to np •ii nt as many committee members as 1 h - y desire. The exact time of Dawes' arrival on August 29 has not been determined, it Is expected about noon and will bo met by a monstrous crowd which will j organize into a parade and mar* h up the principal streets of r.incoln to a hotel. Me Is expected to make a j short .prei-h from the porch if the hotel. However, the Principe 1 address will lie delivered at I lie stadium In the evening. It Is expe< ted at least 30,000 will be In attendame. The committed chairmen will meet iu (lie next few days and arrange complete details for the n publican Kill.! day. August 29. FREMONT YOUTH HURT IN FALL Fremont. Wh„ Aug. 9 —Jack Row kowakl, 10, non of Mr. anti Mrs. Fred Howkowski, fractured hi* left arm In ii fall from a tree at the annual V. M. <*. A. t amp outing on the eland south of Fremont. The youth was one of the 2ft bova who left for the V. M. <\ A. camp last Monday, lie had climbed up Into the tree while a picture war being taken. Me fell tn the ground, land ing on hi* left side and breaking the nrtit. * I.awver, Wife. Soil. Dan^lilcr lujurcil in Automobile Crndi • Plntteninuth. Neb, Auk 9 At tornev *\ It. Page, wife. *bn an! daughter t^eie Injured a ini Hielr Htiick sedan demoliahed when the altering gear gave way ns they turn cut out to pan* a trip I ne«r V'tilon. The Injured were brought to Murray. Mrs. Page was removed at nine t.i St. tlgtherlne hospital in Umnlm. The Page family are resident a of Tupeka, Kan., and were on their way to Make i ikohojl, l«., for an outing, Mia I'Hgr'a condition is serious. Married in domicil llliiflv Ths fallowing person# obtain*'.I non mm -« lir-anse* in Ccmtiell Mluffs yeaterdto lv'ildie Hander#. Omaha .31 cleota Kins, Omaha ... 1? At A. t*pr#liis*i, < ential t'llv \*l< A•> Hath Emery, (Uriah* ... ii Erad .l«hn*'»n, Omaha ............ *' Margate! Madmen. oinalm .. 1**J| pilnev V|Av#lnii-. Neb .2° Itnrothy W*vi>rt*hf l»|n» eln. N#b.,.,..t* «'«►! F .tsaoliKc o. Onieh* . •** ion# Hcliei, Ogden I *ah >« i .foe Metlrhef, OntHha . . .. 5f •ran* /.email. Ornsha .27 Waller t*. O'Hara. c'mmitl lil'tffa .... 3* Mabel Hwanaon. fritter 11 Htoff* . 7 W' f Yniimi Havelock. Neb hit KaPnia M. Ilroadwaier, HivelOtk. Not* 4* Edward tttliim Morthcat, Chicago .40 Marta Vivian llettatl*. fnunrt) llbiffa. *7 Jnaeph Pnrtar. t'ntintll ftluffs . 2 4 tannta r«!*r«on, founrU Stuff*. 34 I-’inmU Shepard, t.lneain. Nab ....2? A'elda t.’atiai , l..n< uln. Nab. ..., *... *., * .11 Stepmother Slays Boy; Asks Death Prefers Gallows- to Necessity of Suicide; Crime Without ' Parallel in Iowa Annals. Boy Pushed Into River Waterloo, la., Aug. 9.—The crim inals of Iowa today failed to reveal a parallel for the crime by which 6 yeai old Nicholas Maharies was thrown into the Cedar river to drown by his stepmother, Mrs. Mario Ma haries, because, according to her signed confession, she "hated the boy and wished to hang for the murder” rather than commit an often contem plated suicide. Thea uthoritiea refused to believe Mrs. Maharies when she told them Thursday shg had killed here step son, but with the finding of Nicholas' body today the theory that Mrs. Ma haries was demented was discarded and a charge of first degree murder was brought against he--. The county prosecutor said he would a«k the death penalty. In custody in the county jail, Mrs. Maharies haa maintained a stolid in difference since she made her con fession, hut today when she was told Nicholas’ body had been found, an expression of jubilance crept into her face and she consented to eat a light meal, the first since Thursday. She said she was glad she had b-eii proved truthful. Plan Carefully I.aid. The story of Nicholas' slaying, as told In Mrs. Maharies’ confession. I« one of cunning and of carefully laid plans. She told how her “extreme hatred” for her step son, coupled with her wish to end her life, led her to plot, the slaying of Nicholas in the -hope that she would not only vent her desire to rid herself of him, but also to he put to death for the crime. She told how she had selected, after several trips to the river, a deep spe and then lured the boy there Thurs day on thy pretext that she would allow him to go w-ading The hoy apparently was jubilant over his step mother's unusual kind- I ness and went with her clad only in j blue overalls, without stockings or 1 shoes. When they reached the river. I Mrs. Maharies said she waded ini' the river twice to feet with a stick ‘ the depth, and finding a spot sufti- j cientty deep, she lured the boy away I from the bank. Then she allowed the boy to pass In front of her and while she, with seeming nonchalance, threw atonea into the river, she waited un til the boy had reached the perilous position and then gave the thrust which sent Nicholas to his death, the signed confession relates Indictment Prepared. The hoy's father has refused to see Mrs. Maharies since she made her confession, nor did he profess a will- | ingness to aid In the search for Nirh j olas' body. An indictment against Mrs Maharies has been piepared and her rasa will be heard as soon as the j necessary court procedure has been ! compiled with, the county prosecutor said, —-- -----. INTEREST GROWS IN EXPORT TRADE lit Internal Point \rwa Vr»kf. Mu.-hington. August 9 — The grow ing Interest of American business men In export trade is reflected In the fact that during July the Depart ment ut Commerce received more than 126,000 inquiries regarding for eign trade opening* Business men, both those of the in land cities and others of the Pacific Atlantic nnd Gulf consts, Indicated their desire to And an outlet for their ! goods abroad. In 1921, when the first records of commercial Inquiries were kept, about 30.0(H) letter* were received by the de partnient. The figure grew rapidly. having reached a maximum of 131 000 inquiries hi May of this year. Officials said that they expected the Indicator of Inquiries to start up iigain within a few months. PIPE LINE TO BE LAID IN HASTINGS Kremont. Neb.. \ug. 9 City <*ffl Hills of 1 biotin*’*. Net)., were In K»e moot today to Inspect the plant «*f a local title dotjipany prior to letting contra* tni the l t>ii»r "f a four an*! i.ne half mile pipe line in a new sewer :extension district at Hustings. The party was headed by Mayor [Churl** ln«ciham and Included Cit> Muffineer Perry T Naylor, Council men llowmon and P.iitxuris sn*i Don aid Prbf, reptrsetu.itive of a cement company. Th# guests also took occm sion to Inspect the *-ittv light and ter plant. ( Tfinirr\ In Muk<* 000.000 Pound* of Kuilrr \nnimlK Kremont. 4ttg 9 K K, Pratt, manager of the Gold# n !* nl Creamery t'tv, announced today that the tee cream department of the firm h»Si been discontinued with the aim of concent rating on the manufacture of butter with a goal of 5,000,000 pound* per year. On the present scale, the ftrm has been shipping about 1,900. ooo potinda of butter each year. Air Poster Girl, Now New York Model, Sued for Divorce by Youthful Husband _ Ill I.eo Loomis .lames and .lack -lames. A “cute little flat in the shadow of Broadway'" was the goal of Beo Boomi* .lames, IS year old bride of .lack James of Fremont, when she passed through Omaha with her hus hand in the spring of 1922, hound for New York and happiness. But the lights of Broadway were not conducive to marital happiness and the > cung Fremont girl who at tained fame by posing for a poster advertising the Omaha Aero congress was sued for divorce by her youthful husband in Fremont Saturday, ac cording to word reaching liete Satur day night. Their marriage was an elopement Jack, Ihe husband, was only IT. They had been sweethearts in h.gh school. Beo was noted for her beauty. Her lithe, boyish figure added rf dash to the poster typifying the spirit of the nlr. and her beauty was broadcast over the entire country in tHe adver tising of the air congress But hen had cast aside all persons] Three Plunge to Death in River Truck Moll« Down Incline Into Stream. \t ith Woman ami Children. Ht Inieetifttlonnl New* Jterrhe. Sacramento, t’al., .Auk S.-A4r»ih* inK down a steep ferry Incline when the brake* felled to hold a light truck plunged into the .Sacramento river at Paintersville bite today, carrying a Japanese woman and her ! two children to their death. Another Japanese woman and her; baby would have suffered a similar fate but for the heroic efforts of T Takimoto, truck driver who went to j their reeeue and succeeded in carry -1 InK them to shore. Two Japanese laborer* Jumped a* the truck rolled down the embankment and escaped without Injury. BRYAN FINISHES HIS ACCEPTANCE T.inooln. Neb.. Aug. 9 Governor j liryan, the democratic nominee for vice president, announced today that hi* speech of acceptance of the nornt ; nation, which is to l#e delivered when he i* officio 11 > notified here Auguf IS. a a* finished venter dnv and for warded to democratic headquarters in Washington. Two copies of the speech were •cut. one goiug by airplane mail and the other by special delivery regular him 11. the governor said. The governor spent hie full day In official duties about the atatehouse today for the Aral time In nearly a week. . He ha* been in seclusion at the mansion fur several days writing the address. MARSHAL’S SON ELECTROCUTED Whe.Hon. Ill . Aug t*—('hat ie« S. McCluv'K. 21. *"»i of ilie Vnilfd State* marehall at IJmotn. Neb, w*« elec* trcxuted at W heat on last night while working with a line gang repairing •lettrlc wire* downed hy the wtorm of yeetciday. Mi-Olwrg rain# In contact with a high rnwlon wire In a tangle «'f wire* brought down by fallen tree* lie whs employed by the TVoetern tin* A Light i*o., ,.f Wheaton. It.nlroad \pprtil* lt< Tax \ (dilution lo Supreme (.ntirl I.lnroln, An*. 9—Nolle* of appeal from Hi* initiation of »9,573.1*1 plnood upon It. Nebraska prop*rtl*a by 111* atstr hoard of *<]ualltatlon for aaaraatnant and tax*, waa filed to il* y with Slat* T.x t\>tnmlaalon*r W H. Smith on hohalf of ih* Ifork la land railroad. Th* appeal, undrr Ih* Inxy. will Im> taken In the .lair aupr*tn» coon Th* Hurlinjrlon, Northwestern and M .< O. road.. It la expected will follow different procedure, Kolna lo fetters 1 com t» fm injunction. .train.t ill* lax coiiiiiilaaloncr and county tcca.ur*ra. Than* mad. have joined pravlmudy in r*.l»ilriR th* valuation* Kut'ittn Drlrgatt'* I t'avf. 1 jondon. A iik :> 1l\t**ian delegate* to the Anglo Ru**t«n treaty confer* enc*. headed hy t’hnirman RakovuM. departed for Mo*cnw today, taking with them the two treat tee ntgned yeeteniey, ambition' when she passed through Omaha Wi’h her husband, bound for New York two months after their se« ret marriage in Lincoln. “All T want is to be a good wife,*’ she said at that time. “.Jack and I expect to find happiness in our little New' York apartment.” Now the husband's petition for di vorce alleges extreme cruelty. Ilis Fremont attorney added. “Jneompata* bflitr of temper.” Friends whispered. “Bright lights uf Broadway.” The youthful couple returned to Fremont recently, but Mrs. .James re mained there for but a short time. Then she returned to New York. She Is now said to be working as a modiste’s model in New' York. The young husband had a position in New* York with an advertising: agency when they were married. I>eo ■ lived in Omaha with Mrs. H. C. HeaJv in Dundee for some time prior to their elopement and marriagp. They were married on .January 28. 1922. Mercury Records 61 Degrees at 7 Saturday One of Chilliest Augii-l Days in Omaha History. With a temperature of 61 Just be fore T S ifurday morning, one of the chilliest August day* of history was recorded. ll whs a sudden drop from ST at 2 Friday afternoon. The coolest August 9 In the history of the local went her bureau was In 18S4 with 53 degrees. The coldest place in the state Sat urday morning was Valentine, where the thermometer stood at 52. GERMANS OBJECT TO U. S. ALIEN LAW Washington, Aug. S.—The German si'»rnm»ni protested today to the l’niled Slaty* against tbe provision i f the new im migration law. which make* master* of vessels liable for fines in case their alien seamen come, ashore in this country without spec: fic authority from Immigrations agents at ports of entry. The fine in such cases Is i! 000 for each seamen and the immigration bureau has authority under the law to detain any vessels until Ihe fines are paid. The German government maintain i J that such a provision might tie up ships when the masters had no knowledge that seamen had come ashore in violation of the law. RAIL MEN ON INSPECTION TRIP Fremont. Xeh . Vug t'hknfo £ Northwestern ra timed off trie Is aboard :he V ue Presidents Special’* were m Fremont this morning enroute to rasper. \Vyo„ on an inspection tour of the main line weal of the Missis slp|H river. In the party were M R. Psngle. I'hicago. H. K. Dickinson, general superintendent. Omaha i* T. Bonne. «i\i!Mon superintendent. Nor folk : Mr. Walters. Phlcago, and Vice President M**v n Hugh it t, ji The si*eelal train was made up in Fremont with a |o».il crew. Dickinson Joined the party here CUMING COUNTY VISITOR IN CITY O. H Thompson of i'tuning countv Is m farmer who kee|*e in touch with economic and political nihditionp of hi* territory. In Omaha Saturday he stated that agricultural conditions In his section have been Improving and he added that there is a decided drift" In <'liming county toward t'oolhige. | The Weather ~] l *| hours rn4 «* ? r Au(n*( t R'*ti«ttv» httiiMitU) t • n'< , A«, S«n»r 14 J e i«t , If rm l^ Ullun. lathes sad hun»tr*«Uh* Tu»st, T total MS«e Jseusrt l, it II in< Vi»* ! SS in* hr* Tempera Is re*. I |» m . *4 I r w. . . , , . . «4 i I*, a «.«•«.* ,tt * * *v . *, . * \ * p m »t * * m.*«**»,..as i e *** »t t • • S' «t t e *w «• * 1 * •«'..*»* * t |* ..M It seen ,$T Youth May Have Gone to Chicago Father Depart# for Illinois Following Receipt of Let ter With Friday Postmark. Airplane Used in Search Spe< tal Dispatch to The Omaha Her. Galesburg. 111., Aug. S.—Theater 1-apldus, missing Omaha high school youth for whom nn almost nation wide search Is now being conducted, has disappeared from Galesburg, si though he was seen here early Sat urday. It now appears that the hurried trip of his frantic father. ‘ Harry r x Harry I^apidu# wired John W. Thompson, proprietor of the .Ar lington hotel, to advertise for the boy. He said: “If lie Is there cheer him up. Tell him his dad and mother will forgive him. •‘.Also please tell him they only want their boy back home. Give him anything that he may want. Mire 11s any information you may have. Make him comfortable.” v_/ Lapidus, from De* Moines to Gales burg. may be unavailing, for a thor ough all-day search has failed to re veal .the !<o Vs whereabouts. Authorities believe the, boy has gone on to Chicago, declaring that he probably stole a ride on a freight train. He Is believed to have teen seen at the Burlington station by a railroad man Saturday morning. Had Vo Money. "How can I get to Strea-or, Hi., and then to Chicago without any money?'' tha boy asked the railroed man. 'I'll have to bum my way be cause I'm out of money.” The railroad man directed him to ths Santa Fe railroad, which run# through Ga4s*hurg to Ptreater and I then to Chicago. It wa* found that young Lapld- « had entered the Arlington hotel In Galesburg and that he wrote a letter to his father and then vanished again. l!e wrote this letter Friday. John AY. Thompson, proprietor of the hotel, talked to the youth's father by telephone. The father told Thompson he would take the next train to Galesbu.op. Boys Board Train. The search Is now being extended to station# between here and Chicago, l'ohce learned that three white boy# end a colored lad had boarded a Bur lington merchandise freight train bound for Chicago at J o’clock Satur day morning. *_ One of the white boys answered the description the father had given of the Lapidus !*oy. He wore a felt hat. presumably of army style, a wile ’ white shirt, and Wire serge trousers. He was collarless and wore black ox ford shoes. Morris Jacobs of Omaha, who is assisting the l^pMua family !n their search for l^ete. arrived in Gales burg from lie# Moines shortly after 7 p. m . In an army airplans. use of the plane being granted by military authorities to aid In dlie »earoh, dua probably to the fact that young I.apl dua wus attending the cltlsens' mili tary training camp at Pes Mcdnea A package was left In the Illinois pool room be\ r Frjday by a youth an-wering that description of young l-apidu* The youth called fir th® package later In the day. The theory that young Lapidus Fri day attempted to call his sweetheart. Bunny" Sonia Robinson of Pea Moines by telephone was exploded when loot! phone company officials made a check and found that no such call was made from here. Writes l etter In Hotel, leater l^ipidus. l?-year-old son <>t Harry laipidu*. owner of the Omaha Fixture and Supply company. Fridav at noon, bareheaded and coatless, walked Into the Arlington hotel here and asked for stationery and an enve lo|>e. He wrote a letter to h'» father at Omaha A stamp he hnl carried tn his pocket failed to stick to the envelope and 1 ester asked John W. Thompson, proprietor, to loan him a mucilage pot * Young l.xpnlus affixes! the stamp, thanked the proprietor and left. The letter reached the father early Saturday morning Ijtpi.lu# immedi ately telephoned Thom peon and asked ,a thorough search of the ettv for Laphltm. which is being prosecuted here today. The hotel man said the hoc looked tired That he had not eaten for #om« time xviis another suggestion that I came to the proprietor after observing the lean lad who shambled out of the hotel with the letter In his hand Harry Lapidus. Saturday morning received a tetter from his ey, \ ester. It wa* the first word front the b*»y amre he «1iaappe«ied from the .ill sen * Haloing ramp lvs \t r-• last Sundix night A reward of ILPTO for the boy'# re covet > ha# been offered hr Mr 1 .apt du#, an Associated I've#* dispatch from Qgleaburg ##\# The letter was postmarked at Galesburg III Friday. Mr. Lapidus declined te reveal men