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Postal Increase Bill to Coolidge Measure Carrying Salary ftoost Goes to \Thite House f for Approval. Washington, Feb. 27.—Congress sent the new omnibus postal bill to the White House today lor President Coolldge's approval. The measure, which will become a law as soon as the president signs it, will provide $65,000,000 wage in creases for postal employes and exact a s milar amount of Increased postal revenues from higher postal rates. T.ds provision was added by congress to meet the objections raised by the president when he vetoed a. pay in crease bill last year. In its present fi rm, It is said to meet the president's approval. The bill also Included a new corrupt practices act, providing for complete publicity on campaign expenditures and contributions, and limiting the campaign funds of senators and repre sentatives. A limit of $10,000 to $25, 00U for senators, and $2,500 to $5,000 for representatives was provided, varying with the population of the candidate’s district. DES MOINES BODY IS COMING HERE Members of the Greater Des Moines committee will visit Omaha March and will be entertained by this ■ater Omaha committee, he Iowans will arrive here on the •k Island train at S:25 in the mine and will be met at Union tlon by a committee which will srt them to Hotel Fontenelle and vide them with rooms for their - during their stay. J. E. Davidson, chairman of the Greater Omaha committee, has noti fied them that cars will he at their disposal to take them wherever they ■want to go and that they are to be guests of the Omaha committee at luncheon and also at an informal din ner In the evening, both at Hotel Fonveneile. POSTAL BRANCH AT ORCHARD WILHELM Postal officials Friday announced that a branch postoffice would be • opened in the Orchard & Wilhelm store at Sixteenth and Howard streets Monday. The new branch will handle all pos tal business. "The south end of the business district has been without a branch postoffice since the closing of the Burgess-Nash store and the de mands are such that It Is necessary to establish this branch." YOUTHPAROLED IN LINGERIE THEFT Paul Ross, 18, was paroled to Probation Officer Jnjgph W. Morrow by District Judge Goss Friday after he had pleaded guilty to the theft of lingerie worth $lo7 from the home of Mrs. Ella Smith, 317 North Twenty I first street. " >s.*' mother had left a trunk at Smith's home, and after her h Ross packed the trunk, and put in it some of Mrs. Smith's lingerie. She had declared that it was -worth $1,000. RESIDENTS ASK PAVING OF ROAD Twenty representatives from Ben nington, Neb., appeared before the county commissioners at their meet ing Friday to ask that nine miles of ^ paving be laid on road No. 9, leading into Bennington. All but tjvo miles of this section is already graded, G. M. Mangold, one of the delegates de clarcd. Mangold said the cost of the paving I would he about $273,000, of which half would be borne by the stole. * WALL COLLAPSE KILLS 7 PERSONS i Sarreborg, France, Feb. 27.—Seven persons were killed and 15 injured here yesterday when the workshop In which they were employed was crushed by a wall blown over by a J high wind. Veteran Tearher Dies. Mrs. Eliza A. Gibbs, 68, a teacher in the Omaha public schools for the past 35 years, died Thursday at the home of her brother, Dr. W. S. Gibbs, 3702 Mason street. He is her only survivor. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m., Saturday, at the Burket chapel. Burial will be in Proapect Hill cemetery, beyond Elk _ “Know Omaha” Meet. 'he first meeting on behalf of now Omaha" week will he held at 1* Y. M. C. A. Friday night. It will he under the auspices of the geogra phy section of the Omaha School ) forum. Those to speak at the meeting will I be Mary Marato'n Kinsey, Dr. Jennie Callfas and I.eon Smith. I White Answers Suit—Harold E. White, who Is now In England, filed an answer In district court Thursday asking that the* divorce petition ot I hla wife, Virginia Crofoot White, be t dismissed. Hla answer denies that he failed to support her, or that he com i pelled her to return to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Crofoot of Omahs, as her petition charged. Students Hear Mike—"Hinging Mike” 1m. Porte, former cabaret : singer, now held In the coutjty Jail on a murder charge, entertained two groups of visitors to the county Jail Thursday. The first group was the i 78 county treasurers, In convention ■ In Omaha. An hour later he sang W "t-a Paloma” and “O Hole Mlo" for 6 40 Central High school students who ■ were Inspecting the Jail. ■ Missionary Meeting—The Omnha H Federation of Women's Missionary I sacletles met st First Methodist ^k|MrfAtnirch at 10:30 n. m. Friday. Mrs W. p. Harford led the devotional serv Ice Following the luncheon at 12:30 ft p m., Dr. Paul C. Calhoun of ttie I First Presbyterian church of Council ft Bluffs was to speak on the world nils W Sion conference recently held In Wash J Ington, D C. Officers wcrg to be ft elected Frl,,aJ' afternoon, r KIWANIANS TOLD | OF UNI OF OMAHA “It is really opportune for Omaha as a whole to become interested in the expansion of the University of Omaha.“ W. P. Baxter, member of the Greater Omaha committee told members of the Klxvanla club Friday noon at the Hotel Rome. "A satis factory demonstration of a nucleus of the college has been made," said Mr. Baxter, “and the citizens should awaken their interest and enthusiasm in the institution. The university has existed for 17 years and has built up a substantial business A profit was made last year. The Greater Omaha committee has already passed a reso lution to make the establisheinent of large educational institutiohs one of their aims. One thousand pupils were registered at the university last year." Frank W. Judson, chairman of the Greater Omaha committee, gave a brief outline of the work and plan of the committee. WEST CATTLE MEN NOT SO HARD HIT Nebraska cattle men are not in as bad financial straits as cattle men of other states, according to John N. Flannigan, Stuart, Neb., banker and former head of the Nebraska War Fi nance corporation, an Omaha visitor Friday. Flannigan said the state has plenty of cattle, although not as many as have here to fore. “What we need Is a better price for cows. Steers are bringing a good price but cows are not. If there Is to be a shortage of “T-bone" steaks it won't be due to the Nebraska cattle men," Flannigan said. HARRY LAUDER IS ORDERED TO MOVE Harry Lauder must relinquish oc cupancy of the premises at 217 Francis street, according to Munici pal Judge Frank M. Dineen. This defendant is no kin of the famous Scotch entertainer. Mrs. James Malloy, 225 Francis street, brought an ouster action against Lauder, who has been in de fault in payment of rent. EBERT UNDERGOES SECOND OPERATION Berlin, Feb. 27.—A second opera tion was performed on President Ebert this afternoon. It was an un usually difficult puncturing operation made necessary by peritonitis which followed the first operation for ap pendicltis early Tuesday. His condi tion was "precarious” his physicians said, OFFICERS PLAN SUMMER CAMPS Lieut. TV. H. Clendenin of St. oLuls and Col. T. A. Pearce of Minneapolis, will arrive here Saturday and meet local army officials in connection with a program to be mapped out for the summer training camps in this district. The conference will be held In the army building. THREE TRAINMEN KILLED IN CRASH Gardner, Me., Feb. 27.—Three trainmen were killed today when a freight locomotive on the Maine Cen tral railroad plowed Into the rear of a potato train. Firemen were called to extinguish a fire which started after the crash. Traffic was tied up for several hours. Iowan Dies Here, Miss Anna Elder, 41, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Georg© Elder of Hender son, la., died Thursday at a local hospital after a short illness. The body will be sent to St. Joseph, Mu., for burial. Barthelmess Stars With Wife in Film i t cm&wL. msstiwffiffi w ^II ;(ii,w,wm,,,,,,,,.s^>^WM«w^ 'f R.icha.rcLBa,rthelnifess *»^Wary Hay i& KawToya PARKING LAWS GAIN RESPECT Om^ha motorists have acquired new respect for the parking laws since police began towing in illegally parked cars, according to Lieut. Frank Murphy, in charge of traffic. Only four wrongly parked cars wore towed in by Murphy's squad Thursday night. They were owned by ,T. G. Starbuck, 3215 North Twen ty-fifth street; Lester R. Rush, 4931 Webster street; Mrs. M. Hall, YVe mont, and Ollie Perry, 723 South Six teenth street. Lieutenant Murphy said Friday that the practice of towing in wrong ly parked cars had met with marked success, and that it would be con tinued indefinitely. RITES SATURDAY FOR SWITCHMAN Funeral services for Edward Har eld. 27, Union Pacific switchman whose body was found at Fifteenth and Marcy streets Monday under cir cumstances which Were believed to point to murder, will be held Satur day afternoon at Korisko's chapel, 5003 South Twenty-third street. Rev. Charles W. Savidge will officiate. Hareld's survivors are his wife, Corrlnne; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy King of Chicago; and two brothers. Wil liam and Eugene of Denver. All his survivors will attend the funeral. Burial will be in Bellevue cemetery. DAY REFUSES TO VOID MARRIAGE District Judge It. B. Day refused Friday to annul the marriage of Leslie S. Jones, 20, and his wife, formerly Evelyn Engle, 25, of Dixon, 111., who are now living at 114 North Eighteenth strret, Omaha. He turned the ease over to juvenile authorities. Jones' mother, Mrs. Nellie Jack son. 518 North Nineteenth street, op pcared before Judge Day at the hear ing on her petition for annulment, and declared that her son had been "Inveigled" Into the marriage. 27 YEARS AWAY, WOMAN TO RETURN Mrs. G. M. Covers, Atlanta. Neb., is coming to see Omaha. She wrote the Omaha Chamber of Commerce Thursday that It will be the first time since 189S that she has visited the city. ‘‘I have three days to spend In Omaha. Can you send me some data as to how to spend my time?” she wrote. Accompanying Mrs. Covers will be her daughter. ”1 want to see Father Flanagan's home for boys. They have visited our city,” she said. Headaches From Sllj^lit Colds Laxative HltOMO QUININE Tablets relieve the Headache by curing the Cold. A Safe and Proven Remedy. The liox bears the signature of E. W. Grove. 30c.—Advertisement. Theatergoers who visit the Rialto theater to see Richard Barthelmess In "New Toys," will doubtless wonder about the identity of the baby in the picture. Barthelmess and his wife, Mary Hay, play the roles of a young married couple in "New Toys,”—and the newest top of the drama is their baby. The child is played by Baby Pat O’Connor and not by Mr. and Mrs. Barthelmess’ own daughter, Mary Hay Barthelmess. Hundreds of film fans have written to Mr. and Mrs. Barthelmess asking if tiny Mary Hay will appear sometime on the screen. Barthelmess says that will depend wholly upon Mary Hay II, herself, when she gets big enough to decide the question. The film is showing for a week, commencing to day at the Rialto in conjunction with the Rlalto-Herzberg style revue. “The Thundering Herd” Is Big Western Film Ix>ls Wilson, feminine etar of "The Coveted Wagon," cornea to Omaha again In the leading feminine role In a big western film, "The Thunder ing Herd,' which opens today at the Strand theater. The film ie aald to rival "The Covered Whgon” in en tertainment and Instructive value. It has tremendous dramatic value, yat the thrilling story it narrates, the ad venures and Incidents It unfolds and the scenes if pictures are based upon facts that are historically true. Jack Holt and Noah Berry are In the sup porting cast. "Playing With Souls,” Thomas Ince corporation production, with Clive Brook and Mary Astor, recently com pleted under the direction of Ralph Ince, will l>e March 1 National release. TONSIUTIS i Apply thickly over throat— I cover with%ot flannel — Peer if MiBimm Jmn (W Kearfr Its coolness and mellow “body” are a revelation, to pipe smokers [j Back about 1870, Jam« N.WHIman which juft seemed to^y>Vith''l] • II developed a secret tobacco process a pips. No one else ever knew I o(l which won infant and widespread his secret until we acquired Iw I hvor. It yielded «jkller-bodud "toUlnUHft Method and by its IS [I richness, mildness nndfngrnna means midc'GmngcrRpughOsr IJ Granger Rough Cut AT Till. JHEATERS I ■ - While the present vaudeville en gagement of Mrlnlyre and Heath marks a period of 51 years of stag association of this foremost black fg.ee comedy team In the theatrical world, they are still as spontaneously funny as if they were two boys just beginning their career, and they work just as hard. They are coming to the Orpheunt theater next week as the headline attraction and this en gagement marks their last appearance in vaudeville. Mr. Heath is 69 years old and Mr. Intyre is 67. Heath is straight as an arrow and looks 29 years younger than his age. Mein tyle looks 37 instead of 67. In years they have grown old tngeth '' hilt in work they have kept young to gether, as is evidenced by the vim and enjoyment which they bring to their stage work. It may be of interest to readers to know that Manager Johnson of the Gayety considers the present attrac tion, "Let's Go!" with Manny King, and the five following attractions bonked for March showing the six strongest hookings of Columbia bur lesque to be offered in succession dur ing the present season, each of the six shows being headed by a name that meqbs much to burlesque fans —and let it be known that burlesque has it* favorite players as well as any other branch of theatricals. The attractions in question are: Manny King in "Let's Go!" (now playing); Harry- (Rib) Shannon and Artie Leent ing in "Come Along," opening Sun day; after which will come in succes sion Harry Siteppe in his own show: Dave Marion, "Sliding Hilly” Wat son. Watson and Cohan, Harry (Hic key) Le Van, These are all "draw" names In burlesque and should mean a busy 6 or 7 weeks for the Gayety. Magazine-Cover Girl to Appear at Gayety ::: •••• •: »•/ dk :s Unity Hurroughs. "Where have I seen that girl be fore?” Probably on any one of a dozen ^^ncthe^Vonde^Show| .„I2 RIALTO-HERZBERG Spring Style Show GARDEN of FASHION With Ivan D. Martin's LIVING MODELS Assisted by Professional Singers, Dancers Comedy—Orchestra—News EMMA h.™;_w.w The 17th U. S. Inf. Band In a Concert Program Thursday, March 5th Mat. and Eve. Tickets on Sala Now Omaha’s Fun Center Mat. and Nite Today Columbia Theater, B’dw'jr, Summer Run Hit —YOU 441 CT»C |ff Columbia SAID IT: LC. I 9 wVr Burlesk i With MANNY KING (“SO LONK“) CPF The Funny Broadcasting Station March of the Wooden Soldiers. j FRI.—“Garter Nite.” 115 Caeh to Patron*. Ladies* 25c Bargain Mat., 2:15 Week Days I Funday Matinee «fc Week: “Come J Alone .Shannon & Learning. magazine covers. Her name la Betty Burroughs and she comes to the Gavety Sunday with I " "Comfr Along." Betty ts a favorite model for the magazine-cpver artists, who special ize in head figures. She also has heen pictured In millions of Impres sions of the lithographing presses. Artists who draw or paint girl's heads have many difficulties In flnd*,^ lnjr models. If the head shape, i|f ik right, the hair is wrong, or vice v^stfipS But Betty seems to be the S combination. A well-shaped hfg^wl pretty features and golden curls. So she's much In demand and It's only her liking for the stage that brings her to Omaha in “Come Along.'* : . j i ■-T*4 vi 0! * , j u 4 TODAY A truly great event We are proud to announce that Omaha will be the first cities of the country to witness ZANE “THE THUNDERING HERD” When we presented “The Covered Wagon” we felt the pride of accomplishment. But we feel we have ful filled even a higher mission in offering such a drama as “The Thundering Herd.” And we feel that Omaha is just such a city as will rise to the occasion. Pardon this show of pride, but we ARE proud to offer “The Thundering Herd” at the Strand Theater, start ing today. - On the Stage, ■ ■ ■ — ■ ■ ■ Randall’s Royal Fontenelle Orchestra Presenting a New and Novel Act ' r - -- 2i3o— SOW PI.tVI.1G—»i20 S. $. LEVIATHAN ORCH. With Nelaoa Maple. PlanUt Director. _»nd Fmmett O Mara. Tenor Banned Kyle | <.o7~don * Kn^Htmi KLEIN BROS. Heller 4 Itilft AlthiV L«r^ A To | ERIC ZARDO BEE WANT ADS BRING RESULTS. aClGHBOSHODD TMEAT03 HAMILTON - - - • 40th and Hamilton Constance Tainted go In “The Goldfish** Comedy and Serial GRAND.. 16th and Binary Fred Thompson in “Galloping Gallagher** Review and Aesop's Fables LOTHROP.24th and Lothrop Buster Keaton in “The Navigator” Comedy and Aesop's Fables BOULEVARD - - 33d and Leavenworth Thomas Meighan la 'Tongues of Flame* Comedy 3 ‘ Far Superior to the Old Type b^bbhuhhhhhbm of Classified Advertising ’ * .fifths The J. M. 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