Search Starts for Detective Missing for Three Weeks Killian Fails to Re turn After Leave From Duties Granted in January. Frank Killian, Omaha city detect ive, has been missing since the last week in January, Police Commission er Henry Dunn admitted Tuesday morning. Killian asked his captain in South Omaha for several days off, to be ap plied on his annual vacation, which is < ften taken in sections by Omaha" police. The total number of days thus available to Killian expired Monday, recording to Dunn, but in the mean time no word has been received from him even to indicate he might intend to take his full vacation at one time. Heads of the department became ala l ined Tuesday when no wrord had been received from him and admitted they have communicated with several cities in an effort to locate him in the last two weeks. Killian has heed a model officer, his South Omaha captain stated, and was admired by all the men on the force. He wals formerly a wall guard at the state penitentiary for Warden Fenton, and came to the Omaha police de partment June 16, 1921; was shot in the leg by Ben Filley, prowler, July 27, 1921; commended by the commis sioner February 21, 1924, for the cap ture of Joe Dunn, who shot Detective Frank Aughe; promoted to detective 16, 1924, and commended again I^Toccmber 31, 1924, for the rapture of Henry Davis, notorious burglar. His home is in Boston. Mail Uncalled For. Killian’s clothes and mail are still at,the home of Mrs. Thomas Horri gan, 3504 Harney street, where he lived. She said he got a telephone mes sage February 5, went out in the afternoon and she has not heard from him since. William Davis, wounded detective, convalescing in Lord Lister hospital and who was paired with Killian for many months, was shocked when told of Killian’s disappearance. "There never was a finer partner, ' said Davis, "and I fear foul play. He was a hit despondent* when our team was separated. But I know he wouldn’t harm himself. "He lias -a father, brother and sis ter in Boston.’’ Mgr. Mugan, chaplain at St. Joseph I hospital, who has been a confidant of Killian since the war, also was much surprised when told of the search for him. "The last time I saw Frank.” he said, "was when they brought Jimmy riff in fatally wounded to the hos pital. Hasn’t Been Back. "Frank then told me, 'Father, I'm pretty busy these days, hut I'll be down to have a good chat with you Boon'. "He hasn’t been back. “I fear for his safety. Some mis guided soul, bearing a grudge from ^k^i^idays as prison guard or police ^^officer, may have harmed him.’’_ I TODAY 3&L IQTJ3 f*STSN'Rht .SOc *° *3 lift ft V# Matinee, 50c to $2.50 Real New York Show and Cast r: HENRyW. SAVAGE JBS IkJ i i— , :n hex big musical hit « TH^ MA451C PINft ThUar*da?isEve'’ February 26 The London String Quartet ' James Levey . 1st Violin Thomas W. Petre, 2nd Violin H. Waldo Warner . . Viola | C. Warwick-Evan* . ’Cello Auspices TUESDAY MUSICAL CLUB -Public Sale Now Open Tickets: 50c. $1.00, $2.00, $2.50 ^ III l il I'H'I I • ■ ■ I ■ I ■ I ■ ■ • • ^ = Shrine Grand Revue \ Movie Ball “ Auspices of : Tangier Temple A. A.O.N. M. S. : Talk to them. “ Dance with them. ■ Positive Personal t A ppcarance - CULLEN LANDIS : WANDA HAWLEY I PHYLLIS HAVER f- BRYANT WASHBURN - ANNA MAY WONG - If ELEN HOLMES I CARL MILLER - RUTH STONEHOUSE : KATHRYN McGUIRE : JACK DAUGHERTY I ENA GREGORY. ■ 1925 Babv Star ; JOE MURPHY : March Tickets ? nl $1 50, $2, $2.50 cLC\ Plus Tax - Tickrts on Sale at Beaton Drutr Co., • Can6y land. Sun* Drug Co., Unitt-Docekal Drug Co. i Muni • Auditorium Omaha'* Fun Cental Mat and Nile Today BV*^Cnlumhia Theater, Il’dw'y. Summer Run 111 V -.you “LET’S GO!” .T l SAID IT: J Biirltak With MANNY KING ("SO I.ONK") The Funny Bimdcastinir Station wtll March of the Wooden Soldiers. TUF.S.- “Surprise Nitr. New Funny Stunt PHI "Garter Nit*” S 15 Fm-Ii to Patron* Ladies* 25c Bargain Alat., 2:13 Waek Dayi Meighan Has He-Man Part in New Picture Thomas Meighan is at the Strand until Friday night in hi„s latest Para mount picture, “Coming Through,” a picturization of Jack Bethea's story, “Bed Rock.” Tom has the role of a real "he-mnn,” superintendent of one of the toughest mining camps in the country. As Tom Blackford, em ployed in the offices of a steel com pany, he had asked for this opportu nity to prove himself capable of do ing bigger things than keeping ledgers. When he gets his chance, he finds it a man-sized job. Miss Elia* Bee is featured in support of Meighan in the production. Wallace Beery Is the villain. AT THE .THEATERS Emma Trentlni, who returned to America on Christmas day, after a three years’ absence in Italy, to fill a vaudeville engagement, through which she is appearing at the Orpheum the ater this week, declares that she Is a great admirer of Italian architecture and American husbands. When the vivacious Trentlni left America after a phenomenal success in “Firefly” and "Naughty Marietta,” she declared she would never leave her beloved Italy again. Fortune Gallo, however, acting as special emissary for the Or pheum circuit, persuaded the famous diva tp change her mind and come to America for a brief vaudeville ap pearance. But Trentlni finds America sadly changed. “In the three years I have been away, they have torn down the New York I knew and built an other," says she. However, if Tren tinl does not approve of our cities, she Is strongly in favor of our men, because, she says, “If I ever get mar ried, It must be to an American man.” For a. rapid succession of beautiful scenes, comedy skits, specialties, musi cal numbers, novelty features, clever dancing, and all around pep, theater goers are referred to Fred Clark’s “Bet's Go,” the Columbia burlesque, which will nil week, with matinee, daily, hold the hoards at the Gayety theRter. Truly this is the show that “has everyCiVg.” It has diversity to appeal to the eye and ear, yet it Is typically burlesque—burlesque In Its highest form. For Instance, 14 songs are Included in the performance—and each song is accompanied by a scenic setting and a change of costume on the part of the chorus of young and graceful beauties whose ability to sing and dance matches their enthusiasm and ginger. There is Manny King, fea tured comedian, who can make you laugh even If your rent Is past due: Nan Palon, who will win you with her beautiful ballads: Arnette Creighton, classy soubrette: Fay Tunis, Helen Flynn, Walter “Pep” Rmithc, Andy Price, Harry Peterson, and many other features. Friday will he “Garter Nlte,” $15 In cash being given free to lucky patrons. Here's an Idea. If they made congress enforce every law it passed before it passes another, we have an Idea there would be quite some failing off in the law passing business.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Thomas Meighan g: —AND— mL .Lila Lee | “Coming Through” m _ ON THE STAGE- || Randall’s Royal B fontenelle B Orchestra gj 2*30—NOW Vis \ \ I ><;—_ * —ll1—■ ^ ys.sMm*wA« With KtlMlI 'tuple i Fiunint Director ii owaTiU J (ToruoFa _K Y LI-; I 14 AOWLTOIT KLEIN BROS. Heller A HI ley Alt hen Loin 4t Co. The < elelirujoil Little I'rimti Dniimt MME. EMMA TRENTINI and ERIC ZARDO The DlatlnRiiialieil Concert I'lnnlat. ; NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS GRAND.16th and Binney | Richard Dlx and Jacquelina Logan in . “Manhattan.” Also “Telephone Girl” l LOTHROP.24th and Lothrop I Richard Baithrlmeaa In “ClaaemAtaa” l Comedy HAMILTON - - - - 40th and Hamilton » Mae Murray In “Fauhlon Row” “Go-G*|tera” and Comedy BOULEVARD - - 33d and Leavenworth Eleanor Boardman In “Wine and Youth” Comedy Bluffs Grocers ' Cited as Models State Food Retailers in Ses sion Hear Trade Talks at Fontenelle. “If you grocers want to see the llv est grocers' association In the'United States, just go to Council Bluffs," sold Penn Fodrea of the Iten Biscuit com pany to the State Grocers' and Meat Dealers' association section meeting of the Federation of Nebraska Retail ers, Tuesday morning at Hotel Fonte nelle. “They get results,” he said. “There is less chain store competition In Council Bluffs than Iff any city In the country. And the grocers of Council Bluffs sell more goods per capita than those of any other city. "They advertise. Every Friday they have three, four, five pages of food advertising in the paper. They put on the best food show.” HO Per Cent Membership. President Bartel of that association, who happened to be present, said the Bluffs association has SO per cent of the grocers in its membership. "We are friends and neighbors,” he said. “When my father^ ran a gro cery years ago, he wouldn’t speak to his competitors nor they to him. That idea has changed. We realize we gain most by working together.” s I. Moskovltz, president of the Omaha Butchers' association, de clared. "The butcher and grocery busi ness is a nice, clean business. You jnake a good, clean living. You got to work like the devil to make It, too. "I buy some of my goods outside of Omaha now because the jobbers did me dirt here by selling to restaurants and boarding houses. If they take my nickels, I'll take theirs. The trade of hoarding houses and restaurants should belong to the re tailer.” Grocer, Proud of It. Ernest Buffett, president of the state association, declared his pride in being a grocer. "I am in just as good a calling as the banker. The opportunities of service in my business are greater, I believe. I deal In things that people have to have.” Several grocers from out-state cities told how they have banded together to get, some of them, as many as nine holidays In the year, most of the gro cers closing on those days. Buffett stated that on a recent visit to Winnipeg, Canada, he learned that one department store there does 55 per cent of ail the retail business in the city and that It closes all day on Sat urday. Delegates to other sections of the federation spent the morning visiting wholesale houses, and the afternoon was spent by all delegates In the job bing houses. Boy Confesses Theft of Pony He Was Riding Randolph, Feb. 24.—Thomas Legg, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. George I.egg of Newcastle, was arrested by authori ties here after he had stolen a pony belonging to Erwin Cook, also of Newcastle, and ridden it here, claim ing to he looking for work. Ques tioned by the officers, the boy con fessed and he and the pony were returned to Newcastle. Erwin Cook Is the 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cook of New castle, who Is recovering slowly from a broken neck, received several months ago when he dove Into the Missouri river. Two Beatrice Educators Off to Cincinnati Meeting Beatrice, Feb. 24.—Superintendent W. H. Morton and Principal Julius Gilbert of the Beatrice High school have gone to Cincinnati, where they will attend the annual meeting of the department of superintendents of the National Education association. Norma Talmadge Has Role of Flower Girl Here is Norma Talmadge ns the flower-girl in “The Lteiv,” the photo play attraction at the Rialto theater for the week. This is one of Norma’s best pictures. The locale of the story is in England and France, cov ering a period of 20 years. Miss Moonbeam, internationally known In dian pianist. Is pelaslng Rialto audi ences with her talented performance. Her repertoire Includes both classical and popular numbers, assisted by Miss Ruth Lowe, soprano. Husker Breaks Half Mile Mark Lincoln, Feb. 24— O. W. Roberts, of Owatonna, Minn., freshman at the University of Nebraska, broke the half-mile Indoor varsity track record this afternoon when he hung up a mark of 2:02 2-10, running alone against time. Roberts clipped five-tenths of a sec ond from the mark hung up by Beck ord, of Waco, last Saturday when he made the distance In 2:02 7-10, beating three other runners to the tape. Roberts was a track man at Owa tanna (Minn.) High school and had received considerable training there. A. Mandery hung up the best record In the broad Jump of 22 feet and 1 inch. DOUG MEASURES XIME IN MILES Do'liglas Fairbanks ts probably the only person In the world whose day is measured in miles instead of hours. When he gets up in the morning, he is usually 10 miles from noon and probably 20 miles from bedtime. This means that during the day he will wttfk, leap or run 20 miles. By 8 a. m., Doug has had break fast. has had his morning Jaunt about the house and grounds and has arrived at the studio. Distance cov ered, two' miles. To him, then, it Is not 8 o’clock but eight miles to 12. In other words, he still ha» eight miels to do l^fore lunch. At 9, he is on the stage “doing his stuff ’ e-s Don Q, hero of the play of that name which he Is now produc ing. Meantime he has annihilated two more miles, looking over work in progress at the studio. Doug always averages 10 miles between 8 and 12. In the afternoon, between 1 and bedtime, he manages to clip off an other 10 miles, thus bringing his total up to 20 miles for the day. Figured on this basis, a year Is not 365 days to Doug, it Is 7,300 miles! Harvard Editor Wins Prize. Harvard, Feb. 24.—Word ha* been received here that the school news seation of the Harvard “Courier’’ has won for its editor. Q. N. Harris, the Nebraska educational Journal cup of fered for the best page in a contest sponsored by the Nebraska Press as-, sociation. The page, titled in the Har vard Torrh, is written and edited by the students of the Junior and senior high schools. Mark W oods Back From Trip South Has Only Praise for Vene zuela; Given Inauguration Ticket l*y Coolidge. Mark W. Woods, an Inveterate buy er, builder and user of railroads, stepped off a train in Omaha Tuesday after a little Jaunt to South Amer ica and back. He brought back with .him a word of praise and a word of blame for American exporters, a boundless en thusiasm for the new South Amer ican spirit of progress and a healthy coat of shipboard tan. Mr. and Mrs. Woods were members of a party of 14, most of them tlnan ciers interested in the Pure Oil com pany, who went to Venezuela to in spect an oilfield of 600,000 acres on which the company holds a conces sion. Dinner With Gomez. Their trip combined business and pleasure. They inspected the oil field tested Venezuela's new hard-surface roads—‘‘and they are great,” Mr. Woods comments—and had dinner with President Gomez of Venezuela. “We had dinner with him on his fleet,” said Mr. Woods. “The fleet con sists of one gunboat. It's not a bad gunboat, but it's not a ^ood gunboat, either.” They were later President Gomez' guests on his ranch. “You don’t find ranches like that in America any more,” said Mr. Woods. "It’s 160 miles square* and he has 500,000 head of cattle ok it. They are a hybrid breed, a crossing of the native cattle with the hardier American breeds.” Mr. Woods was full of praise for the new president of Venezuela, who has brought prosperity to the country and sent the money up to par. “It is now a wonderful field for American investments and for Ameri can exports,” he said. "Before the war Germany had 60 per cent of Venezuela's export trade. Now the United States has 60 per cent, and this could be Increased to 80 per cent if the exporters would push the market. They are not working as hard as they should. To Attend Inaugural. Mr. Woods and his party, which in cluded Mr. and Mrs. Ross P. Cur tice and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Caldwell of Lincoln, with B. G. Dawes, presi dent of the Pure Oil company and brother of Vice President Dawes, left New York January 8, on the steamer I’astores. They stopped first at Havana, and from there went to Panama, where they were the guests of officials of the Panama railroad. Their steamer then touched at several ports on the northern coast of the continent, until they left it at La Gualra. the port for Carcacas, the capital. Mr. Woods stopped in Washington on his return to Omaha, and conferred with President Coolidge and Vice President Dawes. President Coolidge presented him with a ticket to the On the Stage MOON BEAMS The International Pianist LLOYD HAMILTON in ”HPOKED” Rialto Crossword Orchestra Organ Greater- Far Greater Than “The Covered Wagon!” ADOim ZUKO« **• JESSE L USKT mn»T Herd' r&dm} J r- ' w _ . f A Picture the Whole Country’s Talking About. j A Vast Thrilling Spectacle— And a Heart Appealing Romance. a Smashing All Attendance Rec ords. * ! CAST HEADED JACK HOLT—LOIS WILSON-NOAH BEERY And a Big Supporting Company of 1,0QP. | RANDALL’S ROYAL ORCHESTRA mwjmiWmrzmt “TOYLANP” [ Starting Starting Saturday Saturday I iisr. anur r ■ ■~V| —t i inaugural ceremony, March 4, and Mr. Woods will return to Washing ton to witness it. The ticket is one of 25 which were allotted to the presi dent for his personal distribution. POLICE SERGEANT MADE LIEUTENANT Detective Sergeant Fritz Franks was elevated to the rank of lieuten ant, with the title of acting chief of detectives, Tues * day. H i s appoint ment to the new rank wat Coslin &. Warner I Fernando* & Fair I Florence Calver 2 Dream Maida < Senaationat Dancera * Singer Suprema V