Nebraska Newspapers

    O.A.C. Campaign
Success Assured;
$95,650 Collected
“Work Bound to Be Slow,”
President Says; Other
Large Subscriptions Not
Yet Paid to Swell Total.
The $100,000 mark In stock sub
r riptlons was practically reached
Saturday night In the Omaha Athletla
club re financing cnmpaign.
The annual amount of subscrip
tions In the auditor's hands was $95,
t'r.Cl. This amount however, accord
ing to President Wilcox of the club,
does not include a large number of
subscriptions that have been signed
but pot turned over to the auditor. A
few of these subscriptions that are
outstanding are for large amounts It
was stated at campaign headquarters.
Officers and directors of the club
ere confident of the final success.
They agreed that a large amount of
Work will be required to finish the
Job, but that it will be finished.
"We are practically certain now,"
President Wilcox said, “that the
Omaha Athletic club will be saved,
With subscriptions of practically
$100,000 from less than 50 per cent of
cur membership, we know that we
will obtain signers for the additional
$75,000 which is necessary. A large
number of business men who do not
belong to the club have Indicated that
they will subscribe to the fund for
preventing the club from closing Its
doors.
"This Is a slow campaign, but that
doesn't mean that It won't be success
ful. It’s foolish to talk about letting
the club close Its doors. Omaha can
hot afford to let that happen.
“A few members of the club have
been criticizing the campaign ever
elnce It started hut all they can sue.
reed In doing Is to delay us in reach*
lng the goal. We are gradually dis
posing of the critics. One group of
men who had not been in sympathy
with the campaign, on Friday agreed
to co-operate with the majority and
backed up their action by subscribing
a total of $1,400. This spirit of co
operation will prevail throughout the
entire membership.
, "The present campaign organiza
tion will continue to function for the
next few days at least. Later in the
week, there will be a re-organization
of workers to complete the job."
Officers and directors of tho club
ffb well as the campaign organization,
are convinced that it will be an easy
matter to obtain the necessary new
members for putting the club on a
permanent self-sustaining basis. Al
though the efforts have been centered
upon raising money to discharge the
club's debts, the directors have al
ready received 189 applications tor
new members.
President Wilcox believes that the
necessary membership applications
mn be obtained In a few days, once
the stock subscript id ns £0 tn the
$176,00 mark.
Borglum Case
May Be Dropped
Requisition Papers Are With
drawn ; Indictments May
Be Dropped.
Greensboro, N. C., March 7.—Requi
sition papers looking to the extradi
tion to Georgia of Gutzon Borglum,
the sculptor, were withdrawn late to
day and Borglum decided to remain
here and fight to have all Indictments
against him In Georgia nolle prossed.
Habeas corpus piroceedings Insti
tuted by Borglum after his arrest
here last Saturday were dismissed by
order of Judge Michael Sohenck of
superior court after representatives
•if the state of Georgia had dis
patched requests to Governor Mc
Lean at Raleigh to return the requisi
tion papers to Georgia.
Borglum brought habeas corpus
proceedings in the face of request of
the Georgia authorities and a hearing
on this action was to have been held
tonight. At the same time Sheriff
McCurdy of Decatur, Ga., had with
him here warrants cHarglng larceny.
He said late today, however, that
they would not be served after the po
sition of Governor Welker of Georgia'
had become known and messages had
been received from the executive
committee of the association stating
that they hod resolved ‘‘never to huve
any mors dealings" with Borglum.
Difficulties developed between Bor
glum snd the association several
weeks ago after he had sold the as
sociation was without funds to com
plete the memorial. The association
replied that Borglum himself was the
only one holding up work on the mf
mortal.
I Atlanta, Ga., March 7.—Hollins N.
Randolph, president of the Stone
Mountain Confederate Memorial asso
ciation, said tonight:
“Thers is no doubt, whatever that
the association can get a sculptor or
sculptors, and the highest rank, to
carry on the memorial, and steps to
that end are now in progress.
"Re-employment of Borglum Is out
of the question and would not be con
sidered by the executive committee
under*any circumstances."
Rev. Leighton Parks
Expected to Resign
New York, March 7.—The New
York Evening Post say* today that
Rev. Dr. Leighton Parks, for more
than 20 years rector of fashionable
8t. Bartholomew church nn<l In re
cent years a standard bearer for
modernists In the Episcopal diocese, Is
expected to resign soon. Rev. Dr.
Robert Norwood of 8t. Paul-Ip-Over
brook, Philadelphia, will probably be
his successor the Post says.
Masaryk Honored.
* Copenhagen, March 7.—On the nr
faslon of the celebration of his 75th
birthday, ths king of Denmark today
conferred the Order of the Elephunt
upon President Masaryk of Czeeh
filovik*. He Is the first foreign com
moner to recelvs this order, which
bad been confined to members of the
royal house and foreign monarch*.
/
The following pictures wrere snapped Saturday night at the scene of the robbery.
I'pper Left—Exterior view of the Securities State bank.
I pper Light—Interior view of bank, showing various positions of bandits and guard. No. 1, where first ban
dit stopd at window of teller; No." 2, where second bandit covered teller with two guns; No. ;i, where Patrolman
Tom Iiaughmun, hiding on the balcony, opened fire on the bandits and then dropped to the floor when his gun
jammed;'No. 4, where last two bandits entered with guns in their hands and opened fire.
Iielow—Employe* of bank and patrons present at time of robbery. Left to right: 4. S. Krainolisrh, cashier;
Felix Melonis, cashier; Edward O’Connor, messenger; F. L. Vlach, vice president; \V. A. Jfathsark, president; Mil
lie Peterson, bookkeeper; Lorraine Parker, stenographer; Edward Murray, customer.___
BATTLE FOR OlL
LEASE LAUNCHED
(Contlnurd From Tag* One.)
cles that neither will give testimony
of importance. Both are under in
dictmente in connection with the Tea
pot lease and it Is regarded as almost
certain they will stand on the consti
tutional rights and decline to answer
questions of government counsel on
the ground that their testimony
might be used against them.
/ Charges of Conspiracy.
Seeking annulment of the lease
given the Mammoth company and re
turn of the oil land to the govern
ment, the latter will attempt to prove
that the late President Harding Is
sued the executive order transferring
the oil reserve from thk Navy depart
ment to the Department of the In
terior on “false representation from
Fall, who desired to deal in the lands,
not In the Interest of the United
States," but to the advantage of the
“Mammoth Oil company and Sinclair
in particular."
To support Its charges of conspir
acy between Sinclair and Fall the
government points to the fact that the
lease agreement “was made in secret
hv private negol lotions. without ad
vertisement or compel hive bidding
and that-Fall discouraged proapei live
bidders for the lease.
The Mammoth company, as well ns
the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing
company and the Sinclair Pipe Dine
company, who also were made de
fendants In the action, entered de
nials of the allegations In the gov
ernment's petition.
First, Witnesses Arrive.
The first of the government wit
nesses arrived today. They included
Finney; Cleorge Otis Smith, Director
of she geological survey; K. C. Heabl
of Yale university nnd formerly asso
dated with the geological survey; A.
K. Watts, vice president of the Sin.
clalr <Consolidated and one of the Tea
pot Dome receivers; Lieutenant Com
mander H. A Stewart of the navy,
representing the government as one
of the rceeivers of Teapot Dome,
and Naval Commander I. K. iJindl*.
Ulrio .7. Mengert, sent to Paris t i
obtain depositions from O'Neil nnd
Blackmrr to be used by the govern
ment In the trial, also arrived and
went into conference with govern
ment counsel. Mengert said Blnrk
mer and O’Neil refused to answer
•juestions concerning Teapot Dome.
"They answered one question all
right," said Mengert. "T asked them
when they expected to return to the
United States."
They replied, Mengert said: "We
don't know."
EDISON’S SON TO
WED GIRL SCIENTIST
Boston. March 7.—Marriage Inten
tlons were filed today tn Cambridge
by Theodore Miller Edison, the young
eat son of Thomas A. Ldlsotl, Inven
tor, and Miss Anna Marla osterhout,
daughter of one of Harvard's ablest
biologists.
Young edlson Is 2fi years old and a
graduate of Massachusetts Institute
of technology. Allas Osterhout Is 23,
and a graduate of Vasear.
The girl Is the daughter of Profes
sor ami Mrs. Wlnthrop .1 Osterhout,
rhatrnnn of the department of bio
logy at Harvard, and lives with her
parents at Buckingham street, Cam
bridge
They will b* married In the Apple
ton chapsl st Harvard eomesifiis Up
April, probably early in the inopUh
r * a
Burgess Bedtime
Stories
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By THORNTON \V. M R(iESS.
F,>n f’fhlng is with diinp^r fraught —
Ths fisherman is aoraetjmoei caught.
—Plunger the Osprey.
Thr Fisherman (aught
Seldom has Plunger the Fish Hawk
known fear. Only when King Kagle
has threatened to strike him to make
him drop a fish has Plunger
known fear. And then he has known
that all that was necessary for safety
was to let go of the fish. But now
Plunger did know fear. He had
seized a fish so big avid heavy that
he could not lift it from the water,
and he had discovered that he could
not let go of it. You see he had
sunk his claws into it so deeply that
he could not withdraw them.
Now that fish was strong. While
Plunger was siruggling to lift him
from the water he was trying his
best to drag plunger under the water.
At last I hr water was so shallow
that the fish eonlil no longer pull
Plunger henenlli It.
•Plunger knew that If he should be
dragged under the water find kept
there he would soon drown. •
Plunger, the famous fisherman,
Wns himself (Slight, lie knew now
something of how the fish he hnd
caught In the past must tl.ive felt.
Hoe he had no lime lo think about
this. With all his strength he bewi
those great broad w ing* of his lo keep
himself above the water. Mrs. Plun
ger had flown up the river to
fish, and so she was not In sight.
There was no one to help him. My.
how strong that fleh was! In spite
of all he could do plunger was drag
ged under water. But It was only
for a moment. More frantically than
ever he heat those great wings, and
reached the surface.
Plunger had always been very
proud of those great, curved, sharp
pointed claws of his. They are his
fishhooks, you know. Now for the
first time he wished they had not
been quite so long and quite so
curved. Had they 1 een shorter and
lf>» curved he might bmp been able
-- , L"l.~
to withdraw them from that Mg fish.
Plunger actually screamed In sheer
fright. Then he began to use his wits.
He couldn't lift, that big fish above
the surface of the water, lie couldn't
let go. AVhat couM ha do? As he
struggled he looked this way and
that 'vjth those keen eyes of his.
He saw that ha waa hearer one shore
than the other. If he could get that
fish to shore, or at least into shallow
water where he could not be dragged
below- the surface he might be able
to get his claws free.
So Plunger headed toward the
nearest shore, and little by little he
dragged the fish through the water
in that direction. His great wings
were growing tired. Every now and
then the fish succeeded in pulling
hint under water. But each#time as
he regained the surface he saw that
the shore was a little nearer. Would
his strength hold out? He was be
ginning to doubt it.
It waa theu that he saw a long
sand bar running out into the Mg
river. The water was only a few
inches deep over this. The sight gave
him new strength. Already the water
waa growing loss and less deep be
neath him. The fish knew this ton
and struggled harder than ever. At
last the water was so shallow that
the fish could no longer pull Plunger
beneath It. Hope grew In the heart
of the great bird as he struggled on.
The next story: "Weary but Tri
umphant."
tCepyrlght. 1» JS 1
RAW SUGAR PRICES
MAKE NEW RECORD
New York. March 7.—Raw- sugar
prices established new high records
for the season today when slmost
in.000 bags of Cuban sugar were sold
to refiners anil operators at 4 S4 cents
a pound, duty paid.
The advance was attribute*! to the
recent rise of raw sugar futures,
which have responded to Wall street
and commission house support, based
on the belief that present trade condi
Hons will lead to Increased buying,
Itrfined sugar prices, while steady
around * cents a pound, have not
kept pace with the advance In raws
Omtiban Obtain# Lionise
to Marry at Jarksomillr
Jacksonville, til., March 7.—A mar
riage license was Issued hers today
to (Iharlea Wolf Rhodes. Omaha (Neb.)
manufacturer, and Miss Florence
Leonard Masters of Jacksonville. The
wedding WUI take place next Tuesday.
Artist# Get Prises.
Chicago. March 7.—Prise* totalling
$4.37.1 were aw-arded Indiana artists
exhibiting in the Honsier salon, un
der the suephes of the Laughters of
Indiana, tonight. Eugene Savage,
New York city, was awarded the
John r HrhaelYrr prise of $.100 for hla
“Recession*Iadjudged the best pic
ture of the exhibit.
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FORD TIRES [RMETIES I
$3.50, $6.50, $7.50, $8.95, $9.50, $9.75,
$10.50, $11.95, $13.00, $15.00, $15 50, $23.75
ALSO
KENYON’S CORDS
.SPRflQUE TIRE CO.
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New Ambassador
Already Chosen
New York Man to Get Ger
man Post, Say Political
()beervers.
Washington, March 7.—President
Coolidge has decided upon a new
American ambassador to Germany—
a New Yorker—hut His identity was]
a matter upon which the White House]
would not romroent tonight.
There were reports today that
Charles D. Hiiles, republican national
committeeman from New York, had
been selected, but later development*
tended to cast considerable doubt as
to their authenticity.
There were also reports that Hr.
Jacob Gould Kchwrma.i, now minister
to china, and ex Congressman Fred
erick C. Hicks had got the call, but
confirmation was similarly lacking.
The belief prevailed in some quar
ters tonigiit that l)r. Schurman will
get the post. He has been marked
for diplomatic advancement for some
time. He was proposed once as am
bassador to Japan, but the Japanese
government pronounced him Unac
ceptable because of certain of his
Chinese policies and the proposal was
withdrawn by this government. Prior
to his going to Pekin, Dr. Schurman
was president of Cornell university.
Republican leaders of New York
have beeh divided upon their candi
dates, some endorsing Hiiles, some
Schurman and some Hicks.
The last two American ambassadors
to Germany have been from New
York—Alanson B. Houghton and
James W. Gerard—and President Cool
idge has yielded to the New York
leaders that this patronage should
remain in the empire slate.
BURGLAR EGOTISM
LEADS TO PRISON
Home. Marcli 7.—An Italian burglar,
nicknamed "The Squirrel” because of
Ills amazing ability in scaling walls
and facades of houses, is languishing
m prison due to his desire to "show
off” before comrades who doubted
his ability to climb the front of a
certain house.
A plain clothes policeman was the
unseen watcher to n performance by
"The Squirrel*’ in which he climbed
up a drain pipe and over a wall with
astonishing agility. He\also heard
him boast to his admiring rommdes
that he had "traveled'' over much
more difficult surfaces.
The policeman thereupon disclosed
himself and arrested "The Squirrel'*
on suspicion. Since his imprisonment
the epidemic of daring burglaries in
Home has eeased.
RAILROADS PLAN
TO SEEK SETTLERS
Washington, March 7.—Representa
tive* of all railroad* entering land
settlement projects of the west will
meet in Chicago, March 10. with IV.
Kllwood Mead, head of the reclama
tion bureau, in an effort to formulate
a cooperative policy whic h would on
courage successful homesteading, it
was learned today.
Method* of giving settler* advice ns
to the crop* to glow in certain IncalU
ti^s and the inauguration of a 1 follow
up” system, to aid them in getting a
proper start, are among thp topic*
which "ill ho considered.
Hibernans Will
Give Big Program
ft ft
Special Celebration on St.
Patrick's Day; Speak
ing, Dancing.
A special St. Patrick’s day celebra
tion will be given by the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians March 17 at the
Elks club rooms In South Omaha.
The program will open with a ban
quet, followed by several short talks,
vocal solos and dances.
The committee in charge of the pro
gram is composed of Thomas Keane,
J. J. Curtin, Edward Star, James She
ahan and Edward Koran.
Mayor Dahlman will make a short
talk and Henry Dunn will sing sev
eral popular songs.
The program is a* follows:
Chairman of the evenings. P. J Martin.
T«*n*r solo. J J CJIIlin, Jr ; accompan
ist- Mias Ce« iIh Broderick.
Remark*. Ron J. C. Dahlman.
Vocal solo, Mr* E. J Hlnchay; accom
panist. Ml»a Marie Dally.
Speaker if the evening. K. F Dough,
ert •*
Selection, preheat ra
Remi'kr, H-v. Patrick Moran.
Rea.lin* Mr* K A gtrahl.
Remark* M t a. 1*. 1 Lennalian. atato
prefident Ladies' auxiliary A O. H
Irish dance. MIm Loretta Denniaon.
Vocal solo. Dr Ala t hew Severn; accom
panist. Miss Arnes Corcoran
Remark* Dr. M. J. McCl40ft* state
p?s*|fl*nt A. O. H
v .. *1 solo Mr* Dr T T O'Hsarn,
Piano solo. Mias * •» »!» Rroderick
\ oyal solo. Henry W Dunn; accompan
i«> Mrs R. Hager
Irish dan* e* M *• Marie Imnnhua; sc.
companlst. Miss »'eclla Rroderick
Remark*. J H Hanley
Star SparsDd Bannei.’ Henry W.
Dunn at d audience
Gen. Mitchell to j
“See It Through”
Refuses to Discus? Rumor
That He Will Run for
Senate,
11* VnlirrMl i-crrl*-..
Washington. March 7—“I am go
Ins to see this thins through!"
This was the answer of Brigadier !
General Mitchell tonight to a ques-^
tlo'n as to his plans for the future. )
Suggestions by some of his friends j
that Mitchell might resign from the 1
army to run for the United states
senate, from Wisconsin, at the ex
piration of Senator Lenroot’s term in
1B2S were received l>y the general
with an enigmatic smile
“That s news to me.” he said.
Whatever Fighting Billy" may do
in a political way, however, will have
to wait until he is retired from the
at my, he clearly indicated.
Mitchell returned late today front
Fortress Monroe. Yd., where he
supervised the airplane phase of yes
terday's demonstration of firing by
anti-aircraft guns.
While declining further comment
on the tesutls of yesterday’s tests,
the general clearly was elated at what
is generally conceded to be a com
plete vindication of his claims as to
the lack of effectiveness of antiair
craft liatterjes.
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Elks Will Give
Fashion Show
for Band Fund
Merchants to Co-Operate
With Display of Lingerie
and Gowns on Living
Models.
In an effort to raise funds to send
tlie band to the annual convention
at Portland this summer, Omaha
Elks, No. 39, will stage a fashion
show and exposition at the Audi
torium for the week of May 2 to 9.
The fashion show will contaip 20
models In the fashion world. They
will wear a wonderful collection of
lingerie, gowns, wraps, specially Im
ported from New York by local mer
chants.
A contest to find the four most
popular women, relatives of Klks will
also be conducted in cbnjunction with
the show.
The city has been divided into four
districts and a winner in each dis
trict will be awarded a trip to Port
land with all expenses paid. .
Several local merchants have rent
ed space at the show and will estab
lish booths.
Local officers of the lodge are
sending the band to Portland in an
effort to land the national convention
of the lodge for Omaha in 1928.
The committee' in charge of the
show for the Klks is: A. V. Heckman,
C. S. McGill, John A. Gentleman, H.
H. Stubbendorf, V. G. Belknap, Harry
G. Cox, H. E. Dellinger, C. A. Haight,
Allen Kohan and W. A. Barron,
Train Injures Man
From Vicksburg. Miss.
Tom Booze, Vicksburg. Miss., was
injured Saturday night when struck
by a Missouri Pacific train on the
tracks at South Omaha. He was
taken to Lord Lister hospital.
IMUNY
J-H
I Coal Yard
« City of Omaha
H Selling Good Coal of
S Known Quality
iKentucky
I $8.50
|Dahlman
1 $9^00
Colorado
$9^50
I TONS OF
2,000 POUNDS
*J. C. Dahlman, Supt,
Orders Taken at
Office of City Clerk
Yard. 1114 Nicholas
Phone ia 1176
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AIM TO BE TESTED
ON 13-MILE RANGE
I.o<i Angeles, March 7—l nlqua In
the history of target practice on the
Pacific coaat. the V. P. P. Tennesson,
the only first line battleship not on- •
gaged In navy maneuvers, will at
tempt Wednesday to shoot over the
Santa Barbara islands at a drifting
target, naval officers announced hero
tonight.
The Tennessee will shoot at a range
of 23,000 yards, or about 13 miles.
The targets will he towed to a point
on the opposite side of the Islands
and cut loose. Scouting planes will
locate them and give the range ami
position to the Tennessee.
BEBE DANIELS
—AND—
Ricardo Cortez
—IN—
“ARGENTINE
LOVE”
ON THE STAGE
Thompson-Belden’*
Spring Style Revue |
WITH
RANDALL’S ROYAL
-ONTENELLE ORCHESTRA
I Now
Kenneth Harlan
Helene Chadwick
Mary Carr, Sazu Pitts
HAROLD BELL
WRIGHT’S
‘RE-CREATION
of BRIAN KENT’
-ON STAGE
Boston Opera
Co. Artists
Musical Momenta Supreme jj
HELLO HOLLYWOOD |
?::o— now mmS
rxt ttab of
uommshnckmam
ROSTOCK’S R III 1 Y (• SCHOOL
harry hoi.rITook
YORK & LORD JOE OMirEr
__ no> Vai.frio_ ^
EILEEN SCHOFIELD
tO/*m a «X*f7< Om*h»'» Fun
M*t. and Nit* Td*y
—4 01.1 MBIA Bl R1.K*K—
HARRY STEPPE AHN£ BIG SHOW
WITH HVRHY O'VEU
1 *ft* !• th# almw «f|frtfd for the summer
ran. < olutnbl* Theater. New York Clt*
rues.. ‘SURPRISE NITE". I^aiphology stuff
Thurs.. "OPPORTUNITY NITE". A novel? v
Fri.. "SILK HOSIERY NITE". Dcxens ol
;*air* free to lucky lady patrons.
lo'litV 2$e Harjrain Mat.. 2:15 Week Otj*
HEIGHBORHODD THEATERS
GRAND.16th and Binney
Milton Sills and Viola Dana
in "As Man Desires"
Comedy, "The Cat's Meow." News
BOULEVARD - - 3^d and Leavenworth
Doris Kenyon and LJovd Hughes in
“If I Marry Again." Comedy
HAMILTON .... 40th and Hamilton
Patsy Ruth MiUer in "Fools in ‘he
Dark." Also "Days of Daniel Boons"
ARTHUR
MIDDLETON RECITAL I
Tuesday Evening, March 10
Technical High Auditorium
Tickets on Sale at Patton's Music Store and School Lobby
Phone HA rney OS73 Reserved Seat. 50c
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