Nebraska Newspapers

    s"c“osB,r,oN | The Omaha Sunday Bee 1 1
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PART TWO OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1925. 1—B
Callahan Cleared in Samardick Attack
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New Loop
for Bluffs
Tram, Plan
Retail Business Men Want
Street Cars From Across
River to Go West to
Twentieth Street.
Circle Downtown Area
Many Omaha business men west of
Sixteenth street, between Dodge nnd
Harney street, want, to see the Coun
cil Bluff street cars closer to their
plares of business.
rj^^ftey want the Omaha end Council
Bluffs Street Railway company to re
route the Council Bluffs cars so that,
instead of bringing the passengers
around the wholesale district where
no benefits are derived, a new loop
reaching lntot the retail district be
created.
The plan, according to the retailers
who have given It careful study, Is
sound.
It la the hope of the business men
to induce the traction company to
have cars go as far as Fourteenth
and Harney, Instead of Fourteenth,
and Howard streets, then west on
Harney to Twentieth street, north of
I Twentieth to Dodge street, east on
Dodge to Tenth street, south on
Tenth to Douglas, and then to Coun
ji cil Bluffs.
! Circle Business Section.
I It will circle the entire downtown
section, say the. retailers. Every
large department store, public, and
office building would be included In
the loop.
Passengers from Council Bluffs at
present must walk fro'm Fourteenth
street to Omaha's retail center. "When
the route was first established It was
In the heart of the business area.
Now It Is too far away from the
business section.
The retailers also say the company
hlready has a track built at the vari
ous turning points on the proposed
new loop. They say there will not be
i a hill to climb and the street cars
i will go ddwn the Dodge street grade.
Company Too Busy.
B. A. Deussler, general manager
traction company, said his
company was too busy to worry
about any new loops or extensions.
He also refused to say whether the
loop plan was possible.
Paul Kuhn and H. Malcolm Bal
drlge are to outline the loop plans to
the members of the executive com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
who will be asked to aid the retailers.
Clarke G. Powell, commissioner of
the Chamber of Commerce, said the
proposed loop would he a good thing
for Omaha.
SUMMER CAMP
FOURTH FULL
Camp Sheldon, the Omaha Y. M. C.
A. summer camp near Columbus,
Neb., has already filled up one-fourth
of Its entire quota for the summer.
The camp period for boys from 12 to
15 years ha* 35 paid applications.
Only 128 Omaha boys will be accept
ed for the camp period and all the
boys who have enrolled so far are old
campers, some of whom are going to
Camp Sheldon for the fourth consecu
tive summer.
Registrations for new campers
opens next Saturday morning at 8:30.
J. H. Beveridge Is chairman of the
camp committee of the Omaha "Y"
• HU J. O. Masters, Dr. Frank O.
Smith, W. Dale Clark, J. S. Hedelund.
Victor B. Smith, Herman Crowell and
E. E. McMillan are other members of
1 the camp committee.
E. E. Mlcklewrlght. boys’ work sec
retary of the Omaha "Y,” will be
Camp Director and J- Shaller Arnold,
t superintendent of schools at Benton,
ksekaw. will be associate director. Carl
tvTfce will be camp physical director
and Howard E. Ohman will ba In
charge of nature study, musio and an
tsrtalnmsnt. Morgan Mysrs, of ths
Unlvarslty of Omaha, who has spent
• years St Camp Sherdon. will bs
camp banker and storekeeper. There
will be a leader for every eight boys
but these leaders have not all been
selected as yet.
KLINGBEIL GUILTY
Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 21—Ar
thur Kllngbell was found guilty of
grand larceny by a Jury In district
court here today. In connection with
the Chapman bank robbery, for
which he waa tried.
The Jury returned Its verdict at
140 p. m., and attached a recom
mendation for euapended sentence.
IRodDscveEt - Lodge Letters
Begin in The Omaha Bee
Next Sunday
THE Intimate pereonal letters Which passed between Theodore Room
velt and Henry Cabot Ix>d*e during years when they occupied high
places at the head of the nation's affairs will appear In The Omaha
Bee In a notable feature which will etart Sunday, March 1, and appear
dally and Sunday for alg weeks.
"Dear Cabot” la the way the president addressed the senator. The
senator salutes the president es "Dear Theodore," and they discuss Inti
innte sffalrs of their families snd personal pinna as well as affairs of stale.
fh The letters Include the time when Roosevelt was governor of New
York and was considering running for the vice presidency and continue
up to the period following his election to the presidency In l!»»4. Home of
them go back to the ’80s when Roosevelt waa a ranchman. They are
written from various places where the two happened to be, at their homes,
on vacation trips or campaign tours or In the national capital.
They form a record of great event* In the nation * history, written hy
two remarkable men who took leadlnr parts.
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Proposed New Loop for Bluffs Trams
It
Court Sessions Too Far Apart in 71;
Slayer Made Will Then Hanged by Mob
Special Plapatch to The Omaha Bee.
St. Helena, Neb., Feb. 21.—After
the recent publication of the story of
a lynching here In 1884 which was
thought to be the earliest and only
event of Its kind In this town. It was
learned that John McBeth was
hanged hy a mob here in 1871 for
killing Henry Locke, a settler In thle
locality. A few of the old settlers In
northern Nebraska and southern
South Dakota recalling the event.
McBeth crossed the Missouri river
from Vermillion, 8. D., being driven
out of South Dakota after having
been acquitted at Yankton on a
technical point of the murder of a
fellow soldier at Fort Buford, and
took up his abode with Lo'cke, a Her
man settler who lived alone on the
bottoms and cut wood for a living.
Shortly after, Locke was found dead
in bis cabin and Jameson was gone.
A reward of $500 for hks capture was
offered and several months after the
crime Jameson was found on a farm
near Omaha and brought here b>
Sheriff Plnney. The entire neigh
borhood gathered on the scene and
quite a number of people from Tank
ton were present, all bent on seeing
the man punished.
There was no Jail here and courl
did not meet for months, so, aftet
considerable debating In which It was
said the prisoner could not he held
until a legal trial and had alreadj
escaped conviction, a vote was taker
and a large majority voted to hang
him.
Informed of the decision, .Tamesor
made a speech on the front porch ol
the hotel, admitting the murder ol
both l^)cke and the soldier at Fort
Buford, lie then aakeil for a priest
to whom he made his last confession
Then he made his will, giving one
third of his property to a slater lr
Howling flreer, Ky., one third to th(
St. Helena Catholic church and the
other third to the prlestI after which
he was taken to a scaffold on a hll
and hanged.
PASTOR’S WIDOW
INHERITS HOME
UpM-lal Dispatch t* Th* Amah* Ha*.
Shenandoah. Ia., Feb. II.—A $12,000
hom* In Ivis Angeles has been In
herltad from a alster by Mr*. A. A.
Walbum, widow of th* lat* Rev. Mr.
Walburn, who was once paator of
many Iowa Methodist church*#.
Mr. and Mr*. Ben Perkins will move
west with her. Mrs. Perkins is s
daughter.
Duke of Westminster
and Wife to Separate
lyindon. Feb. 21.—Negotiations are
now going on between lawyer* rep
resenting the duke and the durheaa
of Weatmlnater with a view to avoid
Ing th* divorce proceeding* which the
duchess Initialed several months ago.
In all likelihood they will settle their
matrimonial difference* by signing a
deed of separation, the Universal cor
respondent learned today.
NEBRASKAN, 86,
DIES IN OMAHA
Daniel Daggett, 84, pioneer resident
of Nebraska, died Friday morning at
the home of hie daughter. Mrs. C. R
Kennedy, 1320 North Thirty eecond
street. He oame to Omaha to ]lv<
with Mr*. Kennedy and Dr. Kennedy
13 years ago. He was a retired ranch
man of Keerney, Neb., where he had
lived for more than 40 year*.
He was a member of the Cored lodge
of Odd Fellows. He la survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Clyde Moore
Mrs. Kennedy end Mrs. Minnie WIs
ner, a teacher at Maaon school, and
a son, Willis Daggett, of Kearney.
Funeral services were held Katur
day at 3 p. m., at the Stark funeral
home. Burial was In Forest Lawn
cemetery.
MISSING PARTY
OF AUTOISTS SAFE
T.ns Angeles, Feb. 21.—Fear that in
automobile party containing four
women and a Jx>s Angeles real estat*
dealer had been lost In tha mountain!
near her* during a snowstorm wai
allayed tonight when th* parly tel*
phoned they were safe. They hsrt
been held up In th* mountains by
severe rains and snow.
Composer Dies.
By Wireless to The Aaaorktteit Press.
Aboard Steamship Degrnase, At
Sen, Fell. 21.—Marco Hnrlco Rosal
organist and composer who wrote 11 •
notional music ami presided at tin
organ in the maiTlage of the kins
and queen of Italy In 1894, died yea
terdav after a brief Illness.
Death came to Signor Mossl ns he
w'a.s on hi* way to his home land, two
day* after the Degrease sailed from
New York f'>r Havre. He "** born
In April, 1101,
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College Senior
| Lies Down to Nap;
I Dies in His Sleep
James Walker Gilmore, 23, senior
student at the University of Ne
braska college of medicine, died Fri
day evening of acute pneumonia at
the University thospital. Gilmore
went to sleep Wednesday evening
and could not be wakened by his
fraternity brothers at the Alpha
Kappa Kappa fraternity house, 3817
Farnam street. Ills pulse beat was
found to he rapid and his tempera
ture went to 103 8 10 at the hos
pital where he was Immediately
taken. lie never regained con
sciousness. Ills case was * acute
pneumonia, said Dr. Irving Cutter,
dean. It is rare that a person's
temperature reaches that degree,
said Dr. Cutter.
Gilmore was a resident of "Mur
• ray. Neb. Funeral services will be
held Sunday at Murray. A number
of his fraternity brothers will ac
company the body to Murray.
Tax Law Repeal
to Be Considered
Marriage Law and‘Anti-Sheik
Bill Also I p This
Week.
Il.r Asuoelated I’reM.
I.Incoln, Feb. 21.—Revision or re
peal of the intangible tax law, pass
age of the bill repealing the 10-day
notice clause in the marriage law and
consideration of the "anti-sheik" and
child labor bills are high lights in
the legislature's program for the com
ing week.
It will l.e a short legislative week,
however, for sessions will not start
‘until Monday afternoon, and prob
ably on Thrusday afternoon both
branches will adjourn until Wednes
day, March 4, to nllow members to go
home and wind up mortgage and loan
matters.
A joint open hearing on the child
labor proposition is to be held Tues
day evening by senate and house con
stitutional amendments committees
and shortly thereafter it is the inten
tion of friends of the proposed federal
amendment to bring tho question of
ratification out on the floor. Recause
dozens of other bills on general file
have precedence, however, a vote on
ratification Is not expected until at.
least the week after next.
Tax Hill I p First.
The Intangible tax hills are head
Ing the list up for consideration In the
house committee of the whole and
probably Will be debated Monday
afternoon or Tuesday morning. That
of Gilmore Adams, a farmer, repeals
the whole law governing the taxation
of securities, while that of Byrum of
Franklin, a lawyer, makes intangibles
taxable at 75 cents on the dollar in
stead of 25 cents, os is now the law.
With repeal of the act, they would
he taxed at 100 per cent as is real
property.
Senator Cooper's hill, making It n
felony for a person to allenlate the
nffecilons of a wife or huaband, Is
one of the foremost measures await
Ing action on tile senate floor. This
bill, aimed at "sheiks and designing
women," Is likely to come up Mondax
afternoon, with Senator Cooper fight
ing to advance it to third reading.
The marriage bill is due to be
passed by the house Monday. It Was
laid over today at tile request of
Marker of Lancaster, who wished
tlnn deferred until r full membership
was present.
DAIRY SOCIETY*
PROGRAM TOLD
The Nebraska Dairy Development
society, organized last year, expect*
to increase the efficiency of cows by
taking away the nonproducers and
popularizing the producing cow, ac
| cording to Otto H. Llebers, manager
of the society, Friday at ths Chamber
of Commerce.
He said a campaign would he held
this year whereby the organization
would advocate the use of purebred
, sires, streee ths Importance of good
feeding and care of dairy cows, sow
more pastures to sweet clover and
encourage boys' and girls" club*.
Llebers ssld cows In Nebraska pro
duced an average of only i.tiOO pounds
of milk, or 102 pounds of f.«t, last
year. The average of the country h
4 200 pounds of milk, or K.O pounds
of fat, per cow.
Nebraska Baby Boy 14 Pounds at Birth
KllMls, Noli , l oll M I ho flr-l Im In Inn nf Mr nml Mr*. I'rfd Wolf,
farmer* ll\inu four mlln oust nf Into, weighed II pound* hI birth, wn* 211
Imho* lone mill Iho lireesl IihIn o\or horn In fill* part nf Iho nlnlo. Ilr. If.
II KaMon n.ai* ll In Iho hirer*! Ii.lln ho Inis nor soon llo Im* taken measure
men!* fur 111* rernid*.
Ro> mild* I* ’i nml hi* wife 21. Thr> me of Iho (1011111111 stork wlilrli
•rttlod till* part oi the stmt.
[Deadlock
Seen in U. S.
Plums Here
Howell ami Jefferis Head
Rival Camps Over Appoint
ment of Postmaster and
Federal Attorney.
Senator Against Black
Nebraska politicians are eyeing the
federal plum tree, which Is to be
shaken next July.
Four jf the choice federal appoint
ments Iri dlils district will be made In
that month as follows: T'nlted States
district attorney, collector of Internal
revemie, T'nlted States marshal and
postmaster for Omaha.
Two rjval camps, headed by Sen
ator R. R. Howell and Former Con
gressman Albert W. Jefferis respec
tively, have already been formed to
support two set* of candidates. The
fight will center principally on the ap
pointment of the United States dis
trict attorney and postmaster.
Howell Opposes Black.
Senator Howell Is known to be op
posing to the reappointment of Post
master Charles E. Black, which Is
urged by Jefferis. Howell Is believed
to be supporting the candidacy of W.
G. Ure, former city commissioner,
who Is a close friend oT Robert
Smith clerk of the district court and
a local republican leader.
On the other hand, Howell Is sup
porting the reappointment of J. C.
lvinsler as United States district at
torney, while Jefferis is throwing his
support to T. J. McGuire, assistant
state attorney general.
Compromise Expected.
The deadlock over the appointments
to these two offices will probably and
In a compromise between Howell end
Jefferis, It Is predicted, each naming
the appointee to one office.
The reappointment of Dennis H.
Cronin as United States marshal is
looked upon as a foregone conclusion,
as both Senators Howell and Norris
are supporting him.
Albert R. Alien Is also expected to
be reappointed to be collector of In
ternal revenue, as Senator Howell Is
strongly supporting him and Jefferis
has r.• it the field.
YOUTH SHOT WHILE
RIFLING GARAGE
Sperlnl DUpatrh lo The Omaha Bee.
York, Neb., Feb. 21,—Victor Neu
jalir, IS, residing in York county, near
Sunrise, lies In r hospital In York,
suffering from r gunshot wound re
ceived when he was found rifling the
cash register at Cane's garage at
Gresham.
Karl Cane, the garage owner, has
be»n robbed several times recently
and had arranged an alarm, which
sounded when the register was
opened. While out of the garage he
hpnrd the alarm and saw Nepjahr
emerging from behind the counter.
Neujahr failed to stop when ordered
to do co and Cane shot him, the bullet
passing through his leg. Marked
money was found in his possession.
LAWYER FREED
IN FORGERY CASE
Spri Ini UNpnteh to The Omehe Bee.
Hnstin;:», Neb., Fch. 21.—At 4:05
this afternoon Judge W. A. Dilworth
sustained the motion of the defpnsc
and instructed the Jurv to relura e
verdict of "not guilty" In the case
of the state against James R. O'Con
nor, Kansas City attorney, charged
with uttering and publishing a forged
will of John O'Connor.
It was O'Connor s second trial. He
was previously convicted end sen
tenced to from ! to 7 years in the
penitentiary on the charge, but the
supreme court remanded the case on
the ground of Insufficiency of evi
dence. Judge Dilworth held the* the
state had failed to show more evi
dence.
Farmer Fine<l for AjmibU.
Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 21.—Paul But
ter field. Virginia (Neb.) farmer, wae
fined $f»0 and cost* by County .Tudg«
\fcaamor* on a charge of aaaaultlng
.John (bMiff, farmer. The costa and
th* fin* witp remitted pending good
behavior. lUitterfleld, It 1* aald. had
pleaded guilt v before a Juatlc# n* Vir
ginia the day before and had paid a
fine . n the wm* charge.
Incumbents of Omaha Federal Jobs .
that Go On Auction Block in July ,
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Northwestern Road Is
Trying to Keep River
Flowing Under Brdige
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Special Dispatch In The Omaha Bee.
Missouri Valley, la.. Feb. 11.—The
Northwestern railroad Is trying to
protect the Blair bridge, eight miles
weet of here, against the danger of
finding Itself off the river.
The bridge crosses the Missouri
where the river makes a wide sweep
snd touches the Nebraska bluffs,
doubling hack a few miles south of
where it flows under the bridge, about
the same distance east. This leaves
a tongue of land two miles wide snd
over three miles long, that the river
makes sn annual effort to cut
through.
Workmen are constructing a mon
star mat. several thousand feet long
and 75 feet wide that will be sunk
along the shore north and east of the
bridge The company has spent hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to pro
tect that part of the river bank In
past years, and nearly every spring
the work has to he done again.
T-ast year the river, south of the
bridge, cut to within a few hundred
yards of Noble s lake, a fine body of
water a few miles southwest of hsre,
and men who have watched the river
for years, sav It will finish ths Job
this year
CHARLES WOOSTER
DIES ON FARM
Charles Wooster, 49, only son ol
the late Charles Wooster, sr . died
Friday afternoon on his farm near
Silver Creek, where he was born
Heart dlseaae was the cause
His mother and sister, Margaret,
are on thair way from Northampton,
Mam. to attend the funeral, which
will ha held at the lu>me Monday
afternoon. The body will he taken
Omaha Monday evening for Maaonlt
servlrea Tuesday morning, afte
which It will lie cremated
He Is survived by hla wife and five
children at home. Five alstera and
his mother live In other atates. Hla
father. Charles Wooster, "the sage of
Sliver Creek,'' died eeveral months
ago.
Purr Bred Milch Cow*
Bring Good Price* at Sale
*P*Hal Dispatch to The Omaha Hee.
Beatrice, Nab , Feh. 21.—Silty five
head of purebred Holstein milch cows
were sold near Wymore, Neb., today
by Jaap*r Mitchell. The average
price was a trifle over $100. The top
was $190. Buyers w«r# present from
points In Nebraska and northern
Kansas.
Beatrice Get* New Well.
lMapatrh to The Omaha Bee.
Hentiloe. Nob. Fob. 31 The 1 .ana
\V«*tern company of Kan*** tlty will
alnk ;««I * 1111 < * n 11 wotlM hero in an of
fori to Mcum an Attenuate ftupply of
oily waltM The cnVnp«iny will bw
paid on a eliding m ale according to
tha \ohinu» of water aeon red. and if It
la unmiooeMMful It win coat the city
nothing It la aau| w urk will I**
•ttrttd at one*.
3D.jy. Croni
O'n/eiLL.
Virginia Faire
Denies She Even
Knows Peterson
Mi's Virginia Fair*, the young
woman named hv federal officials as
hiving accompanied Frank T^. Peter
son from Omaha to Chicago. New
Orleans and Havana. Cuba, denied
Saturday In an interview at the
Grand hotel. Council Bluffs that she
knows Peterson.
"I am an actress have appeared
tn several New York companies and
am here visiting friends in Omaha
and Council P.luffs, 1 she said.
Brunette Beauty.
The young woman declined to so\
who heb friends are. She Is tall, dark,
extremely good looking with snapping
black eyes and Is dressed In the
height of fashion.
She Is said to have been In Ha
vans when Peterson was apprehended
there and she came back to Omaha
the day he was brought bark here,
February is. He is Tinder SS.OOfl bond
to answer charges of disposing of
5.nan gallons nf alcohol the proper
ty of the Bossville company of which
he was local manager.
Peterson Successor Named.
Emmet S. Fowell has been arpotnt
ed manager of the Roseville company,
alcohol distributors, succeeding Frank
L,. Peterson.
Powell has been assistant manager
of th* local office for two years and
received hie appointment Friday.
Prohibition Director Elmer Thomas
concurred In the appointment of row
ell as a successor to Teterson.
Farmer Hangs Self.
'Allen, Neb, Feb. St.- Fred Rensted.
5S, farmer near here, committed sui
cide by hanging. His eon found the
body hanging In the corncrth several
hours later. Ill health was the cause
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Barnyard Yowls Anger Tavern Guests;
Humane Shelter Gets Livestock;
“They’re Stolen,” Cries Farmer
John Bader, a farmer, drore In lo Omaha Friday yyith a irm kload of
pig* and ralve* K.ncine trouble on the way delayed him and when he
arrived here he parked hi* truck in front of the Hotel Home, engaged a
room for hlm*elf and went to bed
Along about II. the pig* and calve* got hungry and began to let the
world know In thr customary manner.
Tlir ralve* "malt h h ed" long and piercingly. Thr pig* squealed im
patiently and loudly.
Folk* trying to sleep In th* hotel began calling thr clerk and wonder
ing "ythal'a the hies In thr barnyard attachment to thl* tavern?”
Thr clerk went out and looked at the truek. Thr tdg* and calve*
renewe«l their clamor. Hoy* wa* the rlerk to know the hone*t farmer was
snoring in hi* room.
Hy midnight It w.*« a question as to which wa* making the most
uproar, the animal* or the hotel guest*
\t lt:X0 poller were notified Ity I, Manager John Boucher of the
Nebraska Humane society was on the job and at ? the truck w.»* landed
at thr humane society headquarter*. Twenty second and liaivl street*,
haying been towed thither.
Mr Rader, arising befory> daylight, rushed to the hotel clerk and said
hi* Intek of hog* and ealyes had horn stolen
Then hr wa* told yylterr to find them \nd h« > Saturday morning
thr animal* werr safely disembarked In the stockyards and had a
bounteous breakfast.
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Innocent of
Attempt to
Hurt Charge
Jury Deliberate* but Three
and One'Half Hours on
Case; ^ erilict in at
2:30 O'Clock.
Goss Hears Home Looted
Frank Callahan, 4369 J.afayette
avenue, a produce dealer, was acquit
ted Saturday afternoon of charges of
shooting with intent to kill and shoot
ing with intent to wound. Chief Fed
eral Prohibition Agent Robert Sa
mardlek.
The jury at first stood 9 to 3 for
acquittal and reached the unanimous
verdict at 2:30 Saturday afternoon aft
er deliberating three and a half hours,
in the jury room of District Judge
Goss’ court.
The alleged shooting occurred May
15, 1924, at Twenty second street and
Poppleton avenue, while Samardick
was making a raid.
While waiting for the verdict. Judge
Goss received word from his wife that
thieves had entered a store room of
their apartment in the Stratford Ter
race and stolen a suitcase and some
preserves.
Youn<r Vt ife May
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Die From Bums
Kerosene Lamp Explodes.
Igniting Her Clothing;
Rushed to Hospital.
Mrs. Ben Sigler. SO. Is In Jennie
Edmundaon hospital. Council Bluffs,
probably fatally hurt from burns
which she suffered at her farm home,
eight miles southwest of Missouri Val
ley. at 5 Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Sigler was filling a kerosene
lamp near the kitchen stove, in which
there was a brisk fire. The fumes
and oil exploded, drenching her cloth
ing and setting fire to It.
She ran. a human torch, into the
yard, screaming.
Ed Brown, a Missouri Valley truck
driver, happened to he driving past
lie leaped over the fence, caught the
frantic woman and heat out the
flames, hut not before they had con
sumed practically all her clothing.
She was hurried to Missouri Valley,
where doctors gave her first aid. and
she was removed by train to Council
Bluffs.
Mr. Sigler was working at a neigh
bor s place, shelling com. and did not
learn of the tragedy till some tims
later.
Ex-“Star'’ Reporters
Glasses of Sleeper
Smoked by His Pal
of Omaha Spin Yams
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Lucien Stephens. Ike Miner. A1
Sorenson. Jim Haynes. Tom Black
bum and a few other Omaha men
who were newspaper writers In "the
good old days ' enjoy an occasional
yarn of the time when they "took
notes."
Stephens told a little story on Ike
Miner In the presence of comps.ny
the other da' It happened In the
days when Miner was one of the
"star" reporters In Omaha He
worked on a particular right until
he was tired almost to exhaustion.
It was a big story and Miner covered
every angle for his morning paper
"When daylight cams Miner was
asleep in his chair and was wearing
spectacles." Stephens reminisced.
"Some w ag took Miner • glaaaea off
and dimmed them with smoke When
Miner swoke he looked through
smoked glasses and thought it was
night, »o he lighted the office lantern
and sallied forth to a filling station
on Twelfth street between Famam
and Douglas streets—to get the lan
tern refilled."
"If Stephens says It la so. then it
must be so." is the only rebutta'
from Miner.