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to closest friends the contents of the letter. But at 3:20 Saturday afternoon, ac companied by Sam Beber and Joseph Pepper, he took a train for Gales burg, where he will arrive at 2:39 Sunday morning. Mr. Lapidus arranged before leav ing here to flood the country around Galesburg with circulars and news paper pictures of his son. A telephone message received here Saturday stated that Lester spent last Tuesday night with a farmer four miles east of Burlington, la. The lad asked the route to Peoria. IANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL PRAISEI jl Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, Aug. 9.—Following Loiuugh investigation into the ages of mistreatment at the Gen i va industrial school by four girls who escaped from the institution a week ago, tho state board of control announced that the charges were groundless. The announcement was made after Miss Sue AVard, matron, and Miss Mary Donohue, an assistant, had been called to Lincoln and every thing was explained satisfactory to the board. Members of the board admitted that the girls were put into “solitary rooms” as punishment and part of the time their diet was bread and water. “The Geneva school is excellently managed and I feel certain that every kindness possible is accorded to the children there,” A. E. Allyn, a member of the board, said. “Such punishment as is given girls is well deserved and there is no cruelty con nected with it.” WOMAN ASKS HELP IN QUEST FOR MATE Fremont, Neb., Aug. 9.—Mrs. Wil liam Carter, AVoodbine, la., appealed to Fremont police today for aid in the search for her husband, who dis appeared several days ago. “I want to try to persuade him to go back home with me,” she said. “I think he will go if I can find him.” The Carters have three children, and with the father absent, Mrs. Carter is unable to support the little ones. The children have been placed in a home while the mother is in search of her mate. She is unable to attribute any reason for his dis appearance, explaining that It is the first time their home life has been disturbed. She has traced hint as far as Fremont. Cass County Valuation This Year Is Decreased Plattsmouth, Neb.. Aug. 9—The to tal assessed valuation in Cass county this year is $56,189,983, or $300,000 less than last year. One hundred thousand dollars of this decrease is in railroad properties, while the balance is largely on farm lands. This year's average on the 341,803 acres of im proved lands is $111.54 an acre. Last year's average was $111.62. Radio equipment in the county, a new item on the assessors’ listing, is valued at "2,640. There are 3,534 autos, with ■ t average assessed valuation of 94.71, and 1,868 dogs’*valued at $18, or 69.99 each. yron Farmer Binning Wheat for Higher Price Byron, N>b., Aug. 9.—Threshing, which has been delayed In this vicin ity for the past six days on account of wet weather, was resumed Friday. Twenty machines were working with in a radius of eight miles of Byron Friday morning in an effort to finish up the grain. By a canvass of the country, It was found that about two thirds of the grain raised here this year is being binned and will be held for higher prices. The crop this year is the best in the last 10 years. Man Falls 40 Feet. Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 9.—Ray Blrsell came near being killed today when he fell 40 feet from a school building on which he was working. He landed feet first In a box of mortar and was uninjured. The breaking of a scaf fold caused the accident. Ptettsmouth — Father Ferdinand Suesser, pastor Bohemian Catholic church here, has departed for Du buque. la., in which diocese he will be assigned to a new pastorate. Fath er Hancetk of Prague, Neb., succeeds Suesser- Father Suesser just recent ly returned from an extended Euro pean trip, during which he visited the holy land and enjoyed a call on the pope at Home. I Now You Can Buy The New Model J. W. York & Sons SAXOPHONE *125 With 10 FREE Lessons The cancellation of the War Tax now enables us to ! | offer the New Model J. W. York & Sons C melody j \ Saxophone, triple silver plated, with Kold bell and tips, at the low price of $125 with 10 FREE lessons from any teacher you choose. See this beautiful new model—it is the latest thinj? in improved saxo phone model3. Other Models at $70. ' UH lfrB-Dod^e St.-” OnuiW Exclusive York Representatives. « Scenes at Spectacular East Omaha Oil Fire r """■TV1,;.. W . Jk. fprtoro* sV UweuJ Above: Charred metallic crude oil rIill which caught Are at the plant of the Omaha KeAning compuny, Fast Omaha, Friday. Below: Heavy smoke from the Are a? viewed by a large crowd of spec tators. Moonlight Ride With Bob-Haired Girl Last Trace of Lester Lapidus; She Tells of Soft Words, Sweet Song Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee, From a Staff torreepondeot. Des Moines, la., Aug. 9 —The "sweet pain" of a first boy-and-girl affection touched the heart of Lester Lapidus just a few hours before he disap peared from the citizens' training camp at Des Moines last Sunday night, Sonia Robinson, 17, graduate of North High school, Des Moines, late last night told about her last ride with Lester, the tender words they spoke, the sad, sweet song she sang to him. There were four young couples In the big car, she said. She and Les ter, Harry Wise and Eva Caspe, Joseph Bernstein and Edith Cohen, Morris Rosenbaum and Lillian Denel sky. The evening was charming, the air still, the moon hanging In the west ern sky. IJUed Each Oother. Sonia has brown eyes and dark brown bobbed hair, a pretty girl. "Lester and I had only known each other a few days, but I liked him very much,” she said, "and I'm sure he liked me. "After a while he' said, ‘What wi,» you do when I go away?’ and I said. ’You won’t go away If you like me.’ and he said real quick, ’You know 1 like you terribly much; why do you talk like that?’ "Then I began a little song. Here It Is.” The girl showed a copy of a late popular song of peculiar sadness. It was this chorus she sang to him, as thev sat there in the automobile; “What’ll I do when you are far away. And I atn blue— What’ll I do? What’ll I do when I am wonder ing who Is kissing you, What’ll I do? What’ll I do with Just a photo graph To tell my troubles to? What’ll I do with only dreams of you That won’t come true, What'll I do?” As the sad, tender notes fell from the girl's lips she noticed that Lester was weeping softly. When she stopped she sat in silence for a time and then the youth said: "Will you give me your photograph, Sonia?" Call From 1 ester. And the girl, changing mood, an swered lightly: “Oh, you don't love ma enough to ask for my photograph.” Miss Robinson declared she noticed nothing ejdranrdln.iry about Tester. He seemed normal aside from the natural emotions of the moonlight evening and their tender feelings. Sonia startled searchers for the boy Friday by declaring she heard from him in the early hours of Friday morning. She was awakened by the ringing of the telephone bell, she said. Hastening down stairs she took down the receiver and the opera tor told her X.ester Lapidus was call ing on long distance. "Hello, is that you, Lester?" she says she cried. "Tes,” he answered. "Where are you? Everybody Is searching for you," Sonia exclaimed. But there was a click In the in strument and then silence. 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They- are Convinced that he Is alive. Always high«trung, th» ex citement of coming to the training camp and of meeting this beautiful girl might easily have caused him to take a drastic step, police believe. Theories Abandoned. The theories that he was overcome by heat or feared parental or army discipline for infraction of camp rules have been abandoned. He and his father, Harry Lapldus. were on the bee' of terms. Mr. Lapl dus recalled today that Just before Lester left for Das Moines he was at his father's office. Mr. Lapldus said, "There was something I wanted to tell you, but 1 ran't think of it right now." "Oh, I know," said lister. "Tot: wanted to tell me to be sure and write a letter every day.” "Yes. that was it," said his father "YY’ell, I'll be sure to do it." said Lester. And he did. Mr. lapldus re reived one letter telling of a party I,ester had attended. He answered the letter but lister could not have re reived tho answer before his disap. parnnre, be said. Mr. and Mrs Lapldus returned j Airmail Service Is Up to Public Initial Success Insures Perma nence If Patronage Warrants/ For 30 days the night air mail has been tested under weather conditions as severe as any that may be rea sonably expected, and lias carried the mail of the United States without a serious accident of nny kind, but, de spite its success from a physical standpoint, its continuance Is not as sured unless the public lends adequate support. This epitomises a report of Col. Paul Henderson, assistant postmaster general, In charge of sir mail, to his chief, Henry New, head of the United States mails. “X now have no hesitancy in pre dicting its success so far as the physi cal operation of this New York to Knn Francisco route Is concerned,” writes Colonel Henderson, and then warns, "whether or not the service will be supported by the public to e degree which will warrant Its con tinuation Is still an open question.” Revenue Insufficient. The revenue from air mail stamps in excess of ordinary postage exceed ed $51,500 for the month, says Colonel Henderson, but this sum does not cover the cost of operating the serv ice. An average of 21,000 letters were carried dally. In order to arrive at some conclu sion as to the advisability of con tinuing the night air mail Colonel Henderson suggests a "stock taking” at the end of five or six months "of the whole operation, its cost, its in come and its performances.” Colonel Henderson further finds that letters Intended for air mall sometimes get Into pouches sent to Hie trains because air mall stamps "are not sufficiently distinctive.” Clerks also find It difficult, he says, to catch air mall letters, due to their scarcity compared to the volume of mall handled. Time Needed for Adjustment. ”1 do not think there Is anything in this situation which warrants criticism of any part of the postal organization, however,” he says. "It is, of course, natural that it will take some time for the thousands of peo ple In this service to learn In detail Just the sort of treatment to give this new class of mail.” The air mall was scheduled to fly 173,9X0 miles In July, and ail sched uled miles were flown. It was not found necessary in any case to dis patch mail by rail. The report points out the bad weather conditions which were fought by the planes in the month of July, especially at night. During the first 20 nights there were only six with clear weather straight through from Chicago to Cheyenne. The remaining 14 nights were cloudy, haxv, rainy, and windy. There were frequent local storms home from De« Moines Saturday morning, and will await news of their son here. Every possible thing has j iieen done to make the search I thorough. Harry Wolf, Henry Monsky, Dr. A. Greenberg, Sam I.eon and Harry Malashock, who went to lies Moines Thursday to help, also returned, leaving Morris Jarobs to watch devel opments in Des Moines. Boys Capture Strange Bird; Wear Gloves for Protection --——— Wmmmfrwmw A bird believed by the raptors to be so unusual that it might be dangerous was found Friday by three small boys against the win dow of St. f’aul Kpisropal Church Thirty-first and California streets. The bird is of gun metal hue, has a sharp curved beak and <|uilts in its tail that spreads. The wings of the bird, which is a little larger than a sparrow, are longer than on a bird of that mIic. The hoys who raptured the bird are, left to right. In the picture: Edgar Soknloff, 3(133 California street; George and Chester lx>ng stein. 3037 California street. George I.ongstein is wearing gloves to pro tert his hands from the bird. Radio Set on Overland Limited Picks Up Stations Withiin 600 Miles The Westbound Overland JJmlted train on the Union Pacific, which went through Omaha Saturday morn Wig, was equipped with a radio re ceiving set. the first train thus equipped to pass through Omaha. It was In charge of K. A. Stark, representative of the F. A. D. An drea Radio Equipment company of New' Tork, who is en route to attend the radio exposition in San Francisco this month. amounting in certain instances to cloud hursts and tornadoes. There were also many electric storms which are particularly disastrous to flying. Despite the unfavorable weather conditions, a very good record was made in regards to the time. The scheduled time westbound was 34 hours and 45 minutes, and the sched uled time the other way was 31 hours and 35 minutes, and this schedule was kept comparatively well. Hardy. The annual chautauqua started here Friday afternoon, sup ported by the business men of the town. It is the fifth consecutive sea son for a rhaulauqtxa here. Bee Want Ads p-oduce results. In spite of bad weather conditions and static, the receiving set has been in constant communication with sta tions within 600 m!!es' radius of the train. Just after leaving Pittsburgh. Pa., the set picked up the powerful broadcasting station at Hastings, Xeb. Railroad officials say this is in the nature of experiment and that re ceiving apparatus may be regular equipment of trains in the near future. AGED IOWA MAN DIES IN FREMONT Fremont, Neb., Aug. 9.—J. X Mitts, S3. Council Bluffs, la., died here at the home of his son, Edward Mitts, late Friday night. Mr. Mitts was a pioneer resident of Council Bluffs but came to live with his son a short time ago. He is survived by his wife, two sons, Charles of Den ver, and Edward of Fremont, and one daughter, Mrs. C. R. Howland, Cal han. Col. The body was taken to Council Bluffs for burlel Sunday af ternoon at 2:30 in the Woodring chap el. Storm Toll Nine in Middle We^t 2 Honsiers Electrocuted ^Tien They Seek Shelter T nder Steam Shovel. Chicago, Aug. 9— In th* face <•£ further rain and wind storms pre dicted for today, Inhabitants of Wis consin, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana, districts that were *r®tten by cyclonic winds and deluges of rain for the last four days, are striving courage ously to dig themselves from the debris which strews these section*. Latest reports place yesterday'* and Thursday night's death list at nine. This total does not Include six <*r eight deaths due to storms earlier in the week. Property damage In cities and towns In the path of the blow, and to farm crops, will run Into m.l* lions. Early today a storm of terrific In. tensity, accompanied by hail and lightning, cut a swath through cen tral Indiana. Two were killed at )ji Fayette, two at South Bend and on» at Petersburg by lightning. The fi) *C two had sought shelter under a steam shovel. Preceding a deafening se-lal ex plosion, a bolt of lightning curled its way through the mechanism of the ! great shovel, ripped the mechanism apart and electrocuted the two men. Eleven others were badly shocked. The two at South Bend were bo a seated on a steel plate fishing. At tracted by the metal, the lightning flared In a freakish sheet of flame over the plate surface, instantly kill ing the boys. There were many other freaks of the storm. Perhaps the weirdest of these was a bolt at Oak park, which slithered down the trunk of a tree, followed the roots and broke t P through the pavement to a velocipede being ridden by 3 year-old Lizette i Bentbim. She was burned to death by the sudden sheet of flame that ensued. RESERVES RETURN 1 FROM LAKE CRUISE Six officers and 43 men of the Fifth regiment of the naval reserves, beaded by Commander 15- C. Buell, have re turned from a summer cruise of th# Great Lake* aboar dthe s'eamer Pa ducah. They left Duluth, Minn., July Wvmor*.—J. A. 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