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.’’_
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IQTJ3 f*STSN'Rht .SOc *° *3
lift ft V# Matinee, 50c to $2.50
Real New York Show and Cast
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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
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= 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:
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.Lila Lee |
“Coming Through” m
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Randall’s Royal B
fontenelle B
Orchestra gj
2*30—NOW Vis \ \ I ><;—_
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With KtlMlI 'tuple
i Fiunint Director
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_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'
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A Picture the Whole Country’s
Talking About. j
A Vast Thrilling Spectacle—
And a Heart Appealing
Romance. a
Smashing All Attendance Rec
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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
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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 wa<i\ an
nounced by Cap
tain of Detec
tives Ben Dan
haum, who stat
ed that the ap
pointment would
lie confirmed by
the city council
at its meeting
Tuesday.
Fritz Franks. Danbaum also
announced that Detectives J. B.
Janda, and Thomas J. Farmer, who
have been on probation for six
months, would be confirmed at the
same meeting.
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Broken Bow—Highway Commis
sioner J. A. Van Sant has be^n com
missioned to serve as deputy state
sheriff during the present state ad
ministration.
Callaway—Higbee and Keyes hard
ware store has been sold to Harry
I„amb and Pat Stephenson. Higbee
& Keyes were in the hardware busi
ness In Callaway for over 20 years.
Broken Bow—Knights of Pythias
of Broken Bow celebrated the 61st
anniversary of the order with a ban
quet and program.
Falls City—Dr. T-athmp Stoddard,
author of "The Revolt Against Civi
lization," and other books of sociology,
will lecture here under the auspices
of the Falls City Woman’s club
April 15.
Alliance—Twenty-nine candidates
were Riven the three degrees of the
Knights of Columbus at Chadron Sun
day, members of Alliance lodge doing
the work.
When in need of help try Omaha
Bee Want Ads.
York County Church School
Holds Three-Day's Meeting
York, Fob. 24.—York county ohurcli
school opened at the Congregational
church In York Sunday afternoon with
a large attendance and continued
Monday and Tuesday.
The faculty was composed of direc
tors of religious education from
churches, Including Rev. S. M. Rregg,
Miss Lucy Wetzel of Rloomington,
11!.; Rev. fllenn McRae, director of
religious education for the Christian
church in Nebraska; Charles Mur
phy and Miss Lucy Borovitch of Lin
coln. Pr. Bean of Boane college,
Crete, gave an address at the York
Methodist church Sunday evening.
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Cow Killed I»v Lightnings
Harvard, Feb. 24.—A milk cow on
the George Koehler farm, aouth of
here, \vaa blatantly killed Monday
evening by a bolt of lightning.
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