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Federal Officials Probe Mystery of Sea Cabaret Huge Liner, Equipped as Ho tel, Reported Lying to Just Outside 12-Mile Limit. New York, August 17.—Federal nuthoritle* have moved to learn i the Identity of the 17,000-ton "sea going booze palace" which was re ported today by the Herald Tribune i to be cruising off the 1'2-mile limit, dispensing pre-prohibition concoc- I lione to wealthy landlubbers, i Little stock was taken, however, in i the newspaper reporter's evidence that the huge passenger ship on 1 which he told of having spent a ] _ night in the company of gav and i liberal drinkers—men and women— : was the former North Herman Lloyd | liner Frlederich Her firosse. i The description of tlie vessel, her < dimensions and equipment tallied ( more closely, said the authorities, | with that of the North Herman i Lloyd-built liner Kronprlnz Wilhelm, i which was interned during the war, i became an American transport, was lenamed the Von Steuben, and disap peered from official records last ■ March 14, whpn the shipping hoard sold her at Baltimore for scrapping purposes. Officials Disagree. ' •OITicials disagreed as to the ex tent of the government’s jurisdic tion over the floating saloon, or those wealthy visitors from shore i who went by power boats, rum run ner or private yacht to partake of the myatery ship’s conviviality. Capt. W. E. V. Jacobs, commander of the coast guard, New York dis trict, announced he had started an Investigation to establish tho Identity of the craft. Then, he said, the gov ernmentu nder whose flag she is leg- ! istered—the new* reporter said the > British flag—would be called upon to 1 suppress the vessel’s activities. Furthermore, said Captain Jacobs. 1 the coast guard could arrest, fine and 1 reprimand, on charges of "going for eign" the crew and passengers of any small boat that crossed the 12 mile ' limit In the direction of the mysffery 1 siiip. llomaine Q. Merrick, divisional pro- ' hihitinn chief for New York and northern New Jersey, held an op posite view of the government's jur i.sdiction where the doings of a. ves sel outside the 12-mile limit were in- 1 volved. He held, In fact, that the government held no juriadlction, ^ eilher over cabaret ships or those ( persons who braved the bouncing Ml lows In quest of its booze dispensary. Captain Skeptical. I Although Captain Jacobs took steps to learn tho IdentPy of the unknown craft aboard which the newspaper man got his thrills, he continued to oixockeve that such a craft actually bad been serenely entertaining guests utt Fire Island for more than a month, as reported. Coast guards men, patroling from Cape Cod to Cape May, had never seen or encountered si.cn a salt water oasis, he declared. ^ The captain advanced a theory that , the vessel described was a member of (he permanent Jersey coast rum tleet, and that its skipper, bored by dull times on the row, might have held occasional receptions off Fire. Island for rum running patrons, boot leggers, and their guests. f The news reporter's description, however, was not of a bootleggers' ' party. He told of engaging passage, with several other men wiih feminine eompanions, on a high powered launch hound for the nameless ship 1 whose huge bulk by day and mass of cllmmerlnp lights by right had mys s.fied tho rez'denta of L-r* Islae-l. lie told of hoarding the huge craft, of paying a cover rharge and $5 for a stateroom for the night, of be ing ushered into the presence of a jazz orchestra, a stall of busy bar lenders, and a party of 60 revelers who drank and danced the night away. His narrative included the descrip tion of a menu of beverages where the cheapest drink was Scotch at $1 and the most expensive was mint .julep at $2.50, with wine at 20 bucks and upward, by the bottle, and c-bam pagn? by the bottle could be had in abundance at fat purse prices. The oi: T h ters of the story include a captain in a British uniform who • lid not drink, a crew of nattily dress ed sailors with cockney accents, nu merous and sundry wealthy men and women, old and young, of polished manners and democratic demeanor, a negro jazz orchestra, bartenders, waiters, stewards and stokers. DEPUTIES ON GAS BIKE IN CRASH Many bruises and much confusion proved the lot of Deputy Sheriffs W'avrln and Paxton Saturday night while chasing a speeder on West Q si reet. The officers, on a motorcycle apd side-car, were howling along at. a merry rate In pursuit of a rapidly moving motorist. At Sixteenth and Q street complications began to arise A car hit the motorcycle from the i »ar, knocking It out of ahape and off the road. The two offirers went with the dis figured motorcycle, crashed at the side of the road. So great was the force of the collision that. a. loaded shotgun in the bottom of the aide i ar was hurled 50 feet, striking a fpnee post and exploding loudly, ns shotguns do. Wavrin’s finger was badly cut and both he and Paxton were bruised. WEDDING FEAST SERVED IN AIR London, Aug. 17—Two transfusions wedding breakfast was eaten today by John Sterling, a Chicago engineer, md his English bride, who waa Miss Marguerite Ellis. The couple were mauled In Lon don this morning amt took a special plane to catch the Aqilitanla at Southampton. When they entered the machine they found bieakfasl railing, with a miniature wedding cake especially prepared by the Sa Voy hotel chef, all laid and ready in rat on a tiny table. f Omaha Hotels Able to Accommodate 25,000 Visitors; Facilities Here Superior to Other 250,000 Cities Omaha la well equipped to rare for and entertain 50.000 American Le gion delegatee and their friends, should Its hopes 1* realized end the national convention coma here In 1925. Statistics prepared by, the Omaha Hotel Men's association for the use of the Legion convention committee show that from the standpoint of hotels r.o city of 250,000 population Is better equipped than Omaha, to make the Legionnaires comfortable. "Oiven a reasonable notice, Omaha hotela alone can house a convention of 25,000 visitors, and house them satisfactorily," stales the report. “Oiven the wholehearted co-opera tion of the Omaha citizenship Omaha hotels and private homes cnn fur nish sleeping accommodations for 100,000 convention visitors, ” con tinues the report. "We know fur ther, that Kansas City, which re cently entertained the American le gion convention, at that time one of the largest conventions ever held cannot satisfactorily accommodate Its normal hotel patronage nearly as well as can Omaha.” *50,000 Being Raised. Preparations for making a strong Labor Situation on uEven Keel” More Satisfactory Now Than in Years, Federal Re- • port Shows. By HARRY WARD. International \swa Staff ('orrsapoudeet. Washington. Aug. 17.—The labor situation in tlit* United States ia more satisfactory tins summer than at any time during the past several year*, the Department of Labor announced tonight on the basis of reports from all parts of the country. "Labor la on an even keel." Hugh L. Kerwin, chief of the conciliation division of the i.abor department de clared. "Aside from the strike of silk work ers in Paterson. N. -T.. Involving (1,000 workers, and that of the garment workers In Boston, in which 4,000 workers are affected, the country ia tree of labor disturbances of any magniture. "The Great Lakes fishermen, whoee operations extend from Krie, Pa., to Port Huron, Mich., have declared a truce in their threatened strike and wilt send a committee to Washington to confer with l,abor department of ficials in an endeavor to bring about an amicable settlement of their dif ferences wilh the employers. About 5,000 men are Involved in this dispute which in over wagee and working con ditions. ” Several coni missions of conciliation are working on the Boston and Pater son casea and officials are hopeful of reaching satisfactory agreements in these cases during the coming week. SAMARITAN GETS BROKEN WRIST Fremont, Neb., August 17.—Dave Rookie, 70, veteran Fremont newsie and now proprietor of a auburban grocery, went to the rescue of a neighbor when bis flivver stalled, only to suffer a broken arm, a badly lacerated leg and other Injuries, when the motor backfired and kicked. “I know all about flivvers and have started them hundreds of times," the veteran newspaper vendor weld, offer, ing his aid. Allen Rhodes, the own er of the cat, warned him to lie care ful of the dangers that lurk In a recalcitrant flivver. "I'll show you how to start it,” In sisted Rookie. On the second turn of the crank the engine kicked. Rookie wa* rushed to the hospital, where an x-ray disclosed a broken wrist In addition to a gash extending from hla knee to hla ankle on his left leg. BREAKING OFDIKE FLOODS VILLAGES Pekin. Aug 17. — A break in the Grand canal dike near Knhslen, weal ern Shantung, haa flooded 15(1 vll lagea and totally destroyed crops, re ports received here Indicate. Some 8,000 people are affected by this lat est Inundation. Jn other parts of China the floods are subsiding. Hankow reports that ths Yangtze river Is steadily falling, being already three feet below the high point of ths year. A dispatch from Kiuklang In northern Klangel confirms the reports that ths flood Is disappearing In many places. News from Foo Chow Is to ths effect that the original estimate of damage of over 112,000,OhO In the Ytiki district, south of the Min river In Fuklan province, Is unverified and may have been exaggerated. 600 FROLIC AT U. C. T. PICNIC Retween *00 and 700 persons frolicked at the United Commercial Travelers of America plcnle, at River view park Maturday afternoon, given by Omaha Council No. 11*. Ded by a band, the picnic, proceaalon marched through downtown etreets and thence to the park, where a field day waa followed by a picnic supper end dancing In the park pavilion. The Omaha council baai-ball team defeat <*d the Council flluffa council team, •fohn Kotza waa chairman of the en tertalnrnent committee anil Mr*. Wil liam Wakefield was .aeetetnnt. MORE NEWSIES SEE MOVIE “AMERICA” More than 100 Omaha Jlee news Iwj# htvt *een the picture •'America” being allown at the Urundeia theater and the rna nagement ha* pt omitted 'hat more than 200 Mill gel to nee it next week. Iseat Weduced* v olghf they ■lull'd letting 15 of the boy a In at every per forma me end ha*e kepi h iii> elm r then, mmh to the enjoyment nf *11 the boy* Mho ha \ e seen It *nd who egpert to see It anon. ,A bid for Ihe 1925 ,-ipr l Iona I convention of the Legion ore progressing rap idly. The Omaha Region post, which boHsla ihe largest membership of any In the country, has organized committee* to handle any exigency that may arise In extending Omaha's invitation to the Legion men. Rapid progress is reported in the drive to raise 330,000 necessary to bring the convention here. The special convention committee, on which are representatives of every big Industry of Ihe city, is to meet Wednesday noon, by which time It is anticipated the entire amount will he pledged. And when the Omaha legionnaires go to St. Bail! this fall to the 1924 national legion convention which is to be held there, they will not only have the hacking of the entire city and o'f scores of. middle west posts, but they alsd will lie equipped with statistics to augment their argument* in favor of Otnahd. Statistics regarding hotels are re garded as Ihe tnofftr important of all. and in preparing Am for the legion men Ihe hotel meMiivf made a com parison between Omaha and lies Moines, which has entertained many large conventions. Omaha Exceeds in Hotels. "Tn the last seven years lies Moines has built one new first class hotel, the Fort Dee Moines; rebuilt one first class hotel, the Savery, and has enlarged several of Its smaller hotels," declares the hotel men's re port. "In the last seven years Omaha has built five new. first class hotels: the Fontenelle. the C’onant, Ihe Castle, (he Hill and the Black stone; built one first class apart ment hotel, the El "Heudor and lias enlarged four of its major hotels, the Hanford, the Koine, the Wellington Inn and Ihe Keen. "In the last seven years, using fig ure* of the Ues Mollies Hotel Men's association, lies Moines has added 1,115 hotel rooms. "In the last seven years, using fig lire* of ihe Omaha Hotel Men's as sociation, Omaha has added 1.795 new, fireproof hotel room*, as follows: "Hotel Fontenelle, 350; Hotel Blackatone. 250: Hotel Castle, 300; Hotel Conant, 250; Hotel Hill, 200; Hotel Hanford, 150; Hotel Rome, 50; Hotel Wellington, K0; Hotel Keen, 35. end Hotel El Heudor, 200. The El Beudor la included because of the in clusion of apartment hotels in the Des Moines count." Compared With lies Moines. The report compares lies Moines' seven first-class hotels with seven which it declares are ihe equal or su perior of the lies Moines group, as follows: lies Moines Group: Omaha Group: Fort lies Moines Fontenelle Havery Conant Cham berla I n Home Kirkwood Bax tun Franklin llensbaw Randolph Hanford Brown El Heudor "Then," continues the report, "we find the following flrat-clas* Omaha hotels against which there are no lies Moines hotels to he compared; Hill, Blackatone, Castle, Loyal and Wellington Inn." The VTport then Ihts 14 Bes Moines and 33 Omaha hotels not named in former comparisons, and turns its attention to third-class hos lelrles and rooming houses, where again Omaha is found to have an ad vantage. "The checkover of Omaha metro politan first and second-das* hotel* discloses the fact that Omaha has 5.193 rooms In hotels of these classes," continue* the report. "The Omaha Hotel Men's association is authority for the statement that a canvass of the remaining third-class hotel* and dooming houses of Omaha sill show a tula I of looms easily In sites* of 4,500. Tills, with the 5,193 better class rooms gives omafia ap proximately 10,000 transient guest rooms to offer to any convention. I'n der capacity preaaure these hotels no doubt could sleep 50,000 guests." Added Attractions. But arguments favoring Omaha for the next Legion convention do not atop with II* excellent hotel facilities. The gre^t Ak-Har Ben festival, which Is to the middle west what the Mardl Gras is to Ihe south, will he carried out tn * manner to pIch**j Ihe le gionnaire*. "The city will he at It* bc*t," was the assurance of E. Buckingham, chairman of the special convention committee and a leading spirit of Alt Sat Ben. "The boys will certainly enjoy themselves here If they accept our invitation. And 1 imagine we Onithana will also enjoy ourselves." “I am quite confident IhHt the con vention r an be brought to Omaha.” Is the comment of Leo Bozell, com mander of Omaha post, FORMER DANCER TO GET DIVORCE ChltBRO, Ail*. 17.—Judge John J. flulltven ha* Indicated Hint he would giant n divorce to Mn. Violet Ha Rumen, former dancer end film «<• trtiH. Mre. liegemen, who married R. 5*. H«t fie men. heed of the Ed 1 eoll Electric rompanv of I*oe Angelee, June charted deeertion. Son of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood Nicks Wall Street for $360,600 IIv I nUrrMl N«w York, Ann 17.--A muK#m<*nt Hllod Wall utreet wh*ii It h*»nrd that Oaliorna ('. Wood, ion of MaJ. Clan, f-ennnrd Wood, had Ju»t taken another <300,000 Hway from It l>r*r Ill-ally overnight. And ha accomplished It bv cable# from Pail*. Tnla naweal roup follow* hi* phe nomenal winning* of <000,000 late lu«t year when the young man di rected hie operation* over 10,000 mile* of apiu e when he wo* realdlng In the Philippine lain ml*. Iti-aid*** all that. Wood 1* fftild to have mud* a root 1200,000 more *t III* gaming table* In lliarrllx and other foreign reaorl* within the Inal few week*. "|i I* the B'*«*e*i rnniame of Wall alreel." declared a vetei an aim k dealer Ind.i' "Till* yimngaln only 37 Jchi * old, niiighl III* lip* »" fur »w»y from Ilm center of thins* and played »f the proper lime t confeau I don't know how he did It." The particular alock that hrouitht tile former army nftlrcr hla two for tiinea wtta I’nlted Stale* ( nat Iron Pipe, which made a -to point lump recently. * Immediately following hla ttOO.OOO Ullllns lnat fall, when he atm ted an army Inveatlsnllon. l.lentenunl Wood la aald to have promlaed hla father not to mmhla any more. Then he re alened hla commlaahm In the army and went to I’arlu llxmielon* to Monte Carlo and Hlarrlt* have rut hern unprofitable Krnro I'aila cornea the newu thut \oiin* Wood refuara to lie Inter ! viewed, hill Hun from hla nppeuranre he la anythin* hul downhearted Ilia ambition. H l» aald, la to enter the diploma t Ir arrvlre, wheie prraonal fortune* come in hand). » Hall Shy in His Expense List, Is Claim of Sommer State Finanee Seeretary Left $700,000 From Expendi ture Record. Account ant Charges. Lincoln. Auk. Itf. State Account ant Sommer, who for several day* has been trying to straighten out Finance Secretary Hall's accounts, is sued a statement today charging Hall with leaving out of the record of state expenditures more than $700,Q00, either "deliberately" or because he is "muddled." Sommer's statement does not mince matters and Finance Secretary Hall is facing a situation where he will he called on to explain. Sommer sets out the figures in de tail. If Hall admits he is "muddled" he places himself in a tight position. If he doesn't, he will he faced with the position of admitting that for political purposes he left out the huge sum "deliberately." • Three Funds Cited. Hall has been pleading that the dif ference between his figures and those of Sommer is accounted for in the temporary school fund, the forest re serve fund and tlie hail insurance fund. The first two of these are not covered in appropriations. The last Is made up of premiums paid by farmers. Sommer charges that this is an evasion, that he has not included, these items, that leaving them out Hall is still $700,000 short in his fig ures. Sommer Hives Figures. ‘‘The figurea 1 quoted several days ago." nakl Hummer, ".dioulrt have straightened •ait Hall, hut since tin wan unable to *»-e t hh point, I will give him the figures front a different angle. "Th« expenditures for the laid fiscal year an per wsrrunt* lasued from July 1, 1923, to June 30. 1924. amounted to ll 2.1 14,027.7: "Deduct: Temporary school Sl.loT.644 61 Forest reserve 4 uv 9* Hsil . 17,411 39 M 19,34© 9$ Leaves expenditures of state 10.914,696.74 Hall shows only ... . 10,214.663.62 Hall left out ..t 700,033 22 "Mr. Hall is leilalnlv wrong when he asserts his statement includes all expewdi turea of the state. To show what he left out. and that he cannot befog the Issue by talking- about I be temporary sc hool fund, I submit the following; What Hall left out; Legislative expenses . .$ 1ft.6*9.79 Judiciary expenses . 16,313.4) Executive offices . 6*.71ft.64 Code department . 70.16*.28 Roads and bridges . 31.248.71 Capitol building . 132.629.93 •Sundry departments —. . . 61,711.93 Mist eDsneotis appropriation 1.944.0* Educational Institutions . 138.*61.43 Renal and char Stable Inst Duttons Jftft.2ft7.20 Revolving funds . 11,701 92 Total as above . 1700.013.22 "My criticism is perfectly fair snd proper The people of 'hia state are en till'd to know the truth about the states vX peudlt ur as. Asks Pertinent Questions. % "I would ask Mr llsll against what period he * ould « barge this $700.000 00 expended during the last fiscal year? Would he add It to t lie previous fiscal y#ar? Then compering the two years, he would be e ble to show a savins of two times $700,000 0", or e toiel of 91, 400.Oft©.00* "This reminds me that when the gov ernor la quoted a» having aaid that the legislature. In making the appropriation, raised hi* budget figures some $1,200 000 00 Hall undertook to back up the governor I submitted figures to show that the legislature cut Governor Bryan's budget recommendations $468,000.00, end challenged Hall to disprove them To this he has made no reply. The differ ence here la over $1,600,000 Oft and would have represented quite a saving 1 "The governor with his many duties cannot be expected to work out detail figures \amrallv he must rely on his finance department, but Hall ought to know better As secretary of the finance department h* ahotild have the facts about appropriations «nd expenditures at bis fingers' tips. If the figures given out hy the finance department * ennot be relied upon, what is th* use of having a finance depart ment?’* FATHER AND SON VICTIMS OF GAS Newport, Wash., Aug. 17.—Frank Glimmers and his son, Fred, sre dead here tonight from the effects of poisonous natural gas In a 50 foot well on their ranch near her*. The boy luwered himself Into the well to remove some burned boards after a fire had destroyed ranch buildings. Failing to get a response when he called, Gummera also low ered himself Into th* cavern and later a neighbor who waa let down on a rope was also gassed, but will live. When pulled up by grappling hook* Ihs Glimmer* were beyond medical aid. SON GIVES BLOOD BRITISH PEER DIES l.nndnn, Aug. 17.—The first aerial of blood from hi* son and heir failed to save the life of laird Nunburn holme, who died yesterday. His son, Charles John Wilson, a healthy youngster of 20, gave up a pint of blood when the surgeons pnonotinced th* transfusion operation necessary. Th# new peer Is apparently non# th# worse on account of the operation. Bullet Km!* Crime Career. Joplin, Mo., A.UK- 17 --.V eureer of (Time extending over nmn* than two dorado* was Honed Imre when detective*’ bullet* riddled the body of Hoy Daujjherty, 54, ex-mnvld, notor ious bank robber end nlloired slayer r>f ]9 men. when he resisted arrest *t a house where he whs In hiding here Burgess Bedtime Stories " —j Hy THORNTON W. BI'RfiKSS. ► nil iiiuslvr uf hlniMlf l« hi" Who noisier uf hi* f»u* would he. OLii Multi*.! Nature. The Real Mauler of the Old Pasture. peter Rabbit eat In a bramble-tangle dose to a bend In the old path In the Old Pasture and watched Huffitall the Rattlesnake taking a sun bath In the .middle of Ihe old path. Very thought ful was Peter Rabbit. "It doesn’t do" thought Peter, “to jump Ht rondu sions. Because Reddy Fox, than whom there is no otie 1 fear more, wax afraid of Old Man Coyote and therefore waa polite to him, 1 thought that Old Man Coyote was master of the Old Pasture. Then Old Alan crfyote by Ills very politeness proved his fear of Buster Bear, and 1 thought Buster Bear was master of the Old Pasture. But Buster Bear politely stepped aside for Jimmy Skunk. And then Jimmy Skunk politely walked around 1 Ye*, »ir, It was Farmer Brown'* Boy B»7.ztail the Rattlesnake. Not once had I thought of Buzztail. But now I guess there Is no douht that Buzz-, tail Is really the master of the Old Pasture." For a long time Peter continued to sit there thinking and out In front of him Buzztail the Rattlesnake continu ed to take his sun bath In the middle of the old row path. But at last Peter heard a noise up the old cow path. Some one was coming, liagerly he looked to see who It was. Who do you think It was? It was Farmer Brown's Roy. Yes, sir, it was Farmer Brown's Boy. He had a big, shiny pall In each hand. He had come to the Old Pasture for hi* share of those delicious berries. Peter turned to look at Buxxtail. Buzztail had colled and his head was raised as he stared straight ahead of him without winking, lie knew some one was coming. "Oh!" thought Peter. "I wonder what will happen now! I do hope Buzztail will warn Farmer Brown's Boy In time." Buzztail did. He always does give warning if he has a chance. Farmer Brown's Boy stopped short. “Hello!" he exclaimed aloud. "There must he a Rattlesnake la the path just ahead " He put his palls down on the ground. Then he looked for a stick. At last he found one to suit hltn. Aery carefully and watchfully he started around the bend In the old cow path. He saw Buzztail the Rattlesnake colled In the middle of the path. He whs shaking his rattle as hard as he could. Farmer Brown's Boy stopped. Buzztail remained roiled only long enough to see who it was standing in the old cow path. With supriaing quickness he uncoiled and glided straight Into the very bramble-tangle in which Peter Rabbit was setting. You should have seen Peter, Rabbit le4ve that bramble tangle'. He didn't wait to see w hat Farmer Btown'i Boy would do. No, slree, he didn't wait. He got out of the bramble tangle as fast aa his leg* could take him. Farmer Brown's Boy did nothing. H« simply stood still. He couldn't get *t Buzztail In that bramble tangle and he knew It. At last he spoke. He ha* a way of talking to himself when he is alone. "Buzztail left In a hurry." said he. "I’ve always said that a Rattlesnake la an honest Snake. He Isn't looking for trouble. II# givea warning when he has a chance to and then avoids trouble If he can." Farmer Brown's Boy one* more picked up his paila and contin ued on his way. AA'hen Peter had a chance to think things over he knew at laat he had discovered the real master of the Old Pasture Buzztail the Rattlesnake, whom all others feared, had run from Farmer Brown's Boy. Th» nnt story: "Appetite Over come* Caution." MAN TRAMPLED BY SCARED HORSE •liwlll IHapilrk 1* Tile Omaha Be*. Fremont, Neb., Aug. U, — J. tv. Charleston, farmer, six mile* north of Fremont, was painfully Injured when he *»« knocked down and trampled hv a horse. Charleston was carrying a pltchfoik at the time and one nf the tine* penetrated his hand causing an ugly wound. Charleston *»» attempting to *ep» rRt# the hots* from a Iteid of six In hia pasture when the accident oc curred. The animal suddenly became frightened and bolted toward Charles ton. knocking him to the ground underfoot. NEW MAIL CARS TO FOIL BANDITS New Volk. Aug. 17.— In an effort to prevent railway mall robberies, the fulled States pustofflee deportment. It was learned today, has contracted for the building of S.000 specially tlb signed cars, armored so heavily and equipped with such protective devices as in dsfeat attacks by armed des peradoes , A spokesman of tlie department said one of | lie CM Is lias already been delivered to the railroad yards at Mel rose, N, V., and If 11 meets the tests to which It will he subjected the oth ers mil tie lushed to loinpletlon. Ohio Motorists Must Pay for Damage to Trains in Smashups Columbus, <>., A»g. 17.—Motorists who have a thirst to race wllh death at grade crossings are up against a new problem in Ohio. When rating with a Scioto Valley interurhan train they either win by a length or no, or they lose; place and show have been erased from the board. Should the gasoline Jockey arrive at I lie grade crossing just a few sec onds ahead of the train, lie's a candi date for the morgue or tlie hospital. if he attempts to cross the tape just a few seconds after tlie car takes the heat, his mail very shortly is cer tain to contain a hill from the inter urban company for damages, If ho scars their cars. Speeders who disfigured tlie inter urban carp before the inception of the pay-for-whot-you break plan thought they were lucky—many even considered themselves the winners— if they came through without per sonal injury. Now, when they scan the hill for Wife Too Warlike for Sailor Fighter Champion Boxer of U S. S. M ississippi Files Suit for Divorce. ■r T’nivereal Service. Chicago. Aug. 17.—Joseph K. Bon ner, champion pugilist of the 17. 8. 8. Mississippi, has tired of battling. Encounters with his shipmates in the squared circle provided zest, but when they were removed to his home, Bonner said today in his suit for divorce, he knew he had enough. Mrs. Bonner, reminding him of his pugilistic record in the navy, chal lenged him to roll up his sleeves and show her how to fight. They had an argument, the petition declares, and when Bonner refused to exchange blows, Mrs. Bonner waded In and gave them. One in particular wss a hard right to the left eya. A few weeks later, the pugliiirt sailor declared, Mrs. Bonner laced in with a sharp crack to the mouth, splitting his lip. and another right to his eye. When he returned to his ship in l.os Angeles harbor, Bonner s petition declares, he was hard pressed to ex plain the facial markings. Mrs, Bonner. Recording to the suit, had four husbands by the time she was 21 years old. Scotch Rebel at Holy Stone Fee w ant Sacred Kock Returned to Kd in burgh From London. Eondon, August 17.—Suppose tlie state of New York should sand an ex pedition to Massachusetts to steal Plymouth rock and bring it to New York city. Then suppose the city • barged everyone who came from Massachusetts .-• dime to sc* the took Having made these suppositions it will be easy to understand how Scots men feel about their Stone of Des tiny." In 129R King Edward 1 of England led an army to Edinburgh and stole the "Stone of Destiny" from Holy rood palare. It wss brought to Eon don and ever since has been in West minster Abbey. Of late vears the custom lias grown up of charging sixpence to see the stone. Now S2S yeors after King Ed ward* invasion, David Kirkwood, a Scottish member of parliament, has Introduced a bill In the house of com mons te remove the "holy stone" of Scotland hark to Its ancient reposi tory at Holyrood. Scotsmen every where are clamoring for the passage of the bill. It is probable that the English would have got awdy with it for a few more centuries if they had not started rharging Scotsmen that "sax pence" to gaze upon their beloved stone Scottish pride might stand for England having custody of the stone, hut Scottish thrift never could stand for that affront to a national * hararteristic. 4 I I I I1'! this ■ 1 L » J E I WEEK I “The Lone I Well” B WITH I JACK HOLT | DOROTHY DALTON I _ OUR GANG 1 J||j in a blowout of laft! 1 TIRE TROUBLE” N.~~ N O O w w LIONEL BARRYMORE UNSEEING EYES On lit. S|«t. A IRENE FLEMING ON THE la Son|» JOB NEWS ORCHESTRA NEWS repairs to the several ton intercity car, they have u change of heart. For automobile repair*, cost S* they do, can't even approximate the defla tion of the full pocket hook when it cornea to reconditioning electric street cars. Officials of the Scioto Valley coin pane, becoming weary of the mo notony of paying for new Journal boxes, replacing steps and repainting cars damaged by reckless drivers, hit upon the novel scheme of permitting the speed demon to shaie in the ex pense. The time will come, according to J. O. Bradfield, claim adjuster for the Scioto Valley company, when all rail roads, steam and electric, will adopt ttie policy- of his company In forcing foolhardy automobile drivers to pay for the damage they cause to the roll ing Btock. "it isn't so much the money we get that we care for," Bradfield ex plained, "but it helps teach these madcap motorists a lesson. "The next time they approach a grade crossing they will be doubly careful, and perhaps the toll of hu man lives at these Intersections will he reduced. In many instances these persons pass the word along to their friends, too. and their friends are more careful." Since the inauguration of the plan 10 persons have paid varying amounts into the Scioto Valley com pany’s coffers, after striking an in terurban car in the front, rear or amidship, Bradfield aaid. Strangely enough, none of those persons to whom bills for damage were sent offered any protest, but joined in the spirit of the movement and remitted checks, according to the claims adjuster. The greater percentage of accident? called to the attention of the claims adjuster are the result of the auto mobile striking the car, Bradfield as serled. Various civic organizations throughout the state have approved the Scioto Valley- company's plan, and it has come in for commendation from certain state officials who are ( barged with the responsibility of re ducing grade-crossing accidents to a minimum in Ohio. Conferees at the safety first parley called by Governor Vic Dona hey here recently lauded the new method of impressing upon the motor car driver the seriousness of grade crossing col lisions. "If they don't value their lives enough to stop, look and listen st the Intersection, then we must en courage safety first through their porkotbooks,'* Is the attitude of the carrier concerns. SLAPPED BY GIRL. YOUTH ENDS LIFE B-rliii, Aug IT.—Because his 7 year-old sister slapped hla face In a childish quarrel. Gerhard Krueger, li, committed suicide by hanging himself be for her eyes The children had undertaken a po tato peeling race which ended in a quarrel. When the siete-r slapped him the boy climbed on a table, put a string sround his neck, tied it to a hook in the ceiling and jumped. ills littls sister ran screaming to the street- Before the neighbors ar rived the hoy was dead. Bes Want Ada Produce neeultg. A Diamond Ring for the Prettiest Shingle Bob H Wednesday Nite Shingle Bob Contest 1 at Prime. Diamond Ring 2d Priaa. $20 in Gold 3d Frime ...,...$10 in Geld Primes will be Awarded on Merits ef Bob. For the Most Elderly Lady Present With a Shingle Bob a $10 Cash Prixe Will Be Given. Ex-Gage County Residents Hold Annual Outing Tributes Paid to 35 Settlers Who Founded Colony by ' Their Descendants in Omaha. Sixty-seven years ago last May 5| a group of 35 settlers traveled up the Missouri river on the good ateameg Hannibal, and met in Omaha to ore ?anize a colony which founded Gags county in this state. The Gage County Picnic asooclatlen if Omaha held Its fourth annual out. ing in Kim wood park Saturday, where they honored the memory of their courageous forebears who established the county of which Beatrice is the seat. Prominent Omalian* Named. Kuril]* Madison, secretary-treasurer jt the association, referred to various Omaha business and professional men who started life in Gage county. In the list were Charles J-ane of the I'nion Pacific freight department, Pr, Paul Kills, Harry P. Van Arsrale. 'arl Kinlnger, TV. TV. Johnson, C. P. Swiler, Dr. C. H. Ross. Herman Os. wald, Harvey New branch, TV. TV, Madison. J. Bednar, Harvey Dimmirt, Klmer Plank, O. K. Burlngton, Frank Newell. Mrs. TV. C. Dagwell. who attended the outing, stated that her mother, t| L’arrie Crawford, w-as the second white ohild born in Gage county. Kate Towle was the firat girl born in the county. Mrs. JAP. Mumford was the first woman who settled in the coun ty and her husband was the first county treasurer. McMullen Speaks. J. Bednar, preindent oi the Gage—efiunty snx iation. introduced Adam McMullen, native of Gage coun ty and republican candidate for gov ernor. McMullen stated that he ,s proud to he a citizen of Gage county and of Nebraska. The beverage—tea, coffee, cocoa and water or milk are those most commonly served. 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