Management
Negligent in
Theater Fire
'* \ • ■ ■ ' ■
Blamed for. Inadequate Film
| Booth; Dearth of Fire Ex
tinpuiflherB; Failure to
Heed Complaints.
The management of the Princess
theater, 1317 Douglas street, was.neg
ligent in taking the proper precautions
against fire hazards and had failed
to comply with state and city laws.
It was found at a hearing held Mon
day morning by the city board of ex
aminers of motion picture operators.
The Princess theater is operated hy
Sam, and Harry Goldberg, who also
control the TVorld, Sun, Empress,
Moon and Muse theaters.
The board of examiners, making in
quiry Into Saturday morning's fire at
the Princess, found the management
had been lax in the following points:
1. Inadequate film hooth.
2. .Vo fire extinguishers In film
boot h\
3. Only one fire extinguisher
available in theater whereas film
booth alone should be equipped with
jwn extinguishers.
4. Management failed to heed com
plaints of unsatisfactory conditions
m^e O'er period of years. •
Operator Commended.
Th* -hoard ot motion picture exam
Iners' consists of Tt. E. Edgecomb,
chief engineer In the city building do
partment; Israel Lovett, city elec
triclan, and John Daley.
Ed Gregory, who waa in charge of
the film hooth at the time of Satur
day's (Ire, was exonerated from any
blame and was commended for his
presence of mind In averting what
might otherwise have been a serious
affair.
"The Aim booth at the Princess is
too small," aaid John Daley of the
board. "There ia not enough room in
thia booth to have upturned the fire
extinguishers if it had been inside the
booth, as it ahould have been, instead
of hanging on the Wall outside and
several feet below- the floor of the
booth, Harry Goldberg told me he
hoped the matter would not be given
publicity because he might he re
qulred to spend a few hundred dol
lars remodeling the booth. There
should* be’ two Are extinguishers in
the hobth."
Over Several Teara.
City Electrician Lovett said that
most of the matters complained of
against the Princess theater have heen
referred to the management during a
period of several years. He also said
the building was old.
At the hearing Daley jffA that
Manager Goldberg had censured some
one for having summoned the fire
department.
“It Is my understanding that op
erators sre supposed to can the fire
department whan there is a fire," Lov
ett commented dryly.
Intolerable Floor Conditions.
At the conclusion of the hearing
Chief Engtneer Edgecomb stated: "I
agree that the building Is not suited
for the purposes of a motion picture
theater, but you must Understand that
the ordinance is not retroactive
neaist old buildings. TVe would not
permit the erection of a building of
i his kind today for motion picture the
ater use. The rity council has au
thority to declare the place a nuisance
if it can he shown that it la a nui
sance. The Goldbergs have agreed to
install a new booth and equipment
according to the requirements of the
city building department, and they
will place a new floor in the theater."
Mr. Edgecomb added that his in
vestigation last Saturday afternoon
showed that there was a fire ex
tinguisher inside of the film hooth
and also one on Ihe outside. Operator
Gregory testified that he did not ob
serve the inside extinguisher.
An investigation last Saturday after
noon by State Kite Marshal John
Trouton. Deputy State Vire Marshal
Ed Hayduk and city Eire Inspector
.1. T. Dunn disclosed an intolerable
w floor condition near the east rear exit
which leads to the alley and over
eight steps.
Minptare Deeply Stirred
hy Evangelistic Meetings
Bridgppoi t, March 0.—With more
than *100 converts in two week*, re
ligion* fervor In Minn tare, V here
Rev. Charles F. Robel i* holding n
eerie* of revival meetings, i* at while
bfat.' More than a dozen business
houses that have beep In the habit
of holding open until ft o'clock each
evening are closing at 6:30 to allow
proprietor* and clerks an opportunity
to attend the meeting*. Many lodges,
societies and clubs are postponing
their meetings so' that members may
attend the services.
Fight in Real Estate Office
Results in Arrest of Pair
BeaiTice. March 8.—After attacking
H. #S. Tonnemaker, real estate dealer,
In hi* office Saturday afternoon, Lll
Smith' and Tom Brook*, were lodged
In jatt. Several blows were exchanged
hut none of the jwrtlelpanta wa* In
STOMACH MISERY
Chew a few Pleasant Tablets
Instant Stomach Relief!
Thk moment. ‘Tape'* T»la pepaln"
reach** the alomarh all dl*trea* goe*.
Lump* Of Indlgepllon. gases, hear!
burp, gourpe**, fullna**, flatulence,
palpitation. vanish.
Ease your atnmaeh nowl Correct dl
g**»Jon and acidity for a few cent*
Druggist* tell million* of p*ck*ge*.
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Editor Who Found “Floyd Collins”
at Haddam, Kan., Is Out Just $50
Too much enterprise tn the news
paper business h^s left Samuel T?. B.
Clarke, editor, $50 out of pocket.
Clarke, who owns th» Washington
Gvan,) Palladium, discovered ' Floyd
Collins" of Haddam. Kan. He was
lamenting the fact Monday while he
visited Omaha.
"I gave the man $5ft for his story.
Then they locked him up. And when
they let him go they kept the $50
to pay his hoard hill."
Will Sue City.
Clarke says he "isn't going to let
the city council get away with that."
He. Is entering a suit against the city
to get his $5(1 hack. He feels that
It belongs to him more than tn the
fake "Collins" or the city.
"Collins’ " real name, according to
Movie Star Sues
Manager of Tour
B r y .t n t Washburn Seeks
$150,000 as Result of Hotel
Bill Tangle at Omaha.
TVs Moines, In., March O.—Three
flamapre suits aggregating $1 58,000 w ere
filed in district court today by Bryant
Washburn, screen star from Holly'
wood. Cal.; Mrs. Klsie Schluob of San
Francisco and Raymond Morgan of
Fort Worth, Tex., against the Cos
mjc Production company and H. A.
Devaux, under whose sponsorship 10
motion picture actors left Hollywood
on a personal appearance tour of the
I'nited States and Canada.
Mr. Washburn asks $150,000 be
cause of the appearance of his name
in newspaper articles relating the ar
rest here of six of his colleagues on
Omaha, warrants charging them with
defrauding the Hotel Fontenelle of
that city. He also seeks $.‘1,000 as four
weeks’ salary. Mis. Schlueb requests
$6,000 loaned to Devaux and $200 for
salary. Morgan alleges he received
only $5. from Devaux and seeks a $60
judgment.
Devaux chewed nut. of a local hotel
after notice of the suits had been
filed, and is said to have told his as
sistants he was going to St. Louis and
Chicago. Devaux recently gave notice
here that he would sue Washburn for
alleged defamation of character and
conspiracy to Induce movie stars to
breach their contracts with him.
Washburn’s petition alleges that
Devaux represented prior to com
mencement of the tour that he had
arranged a bank credit of $10,000 and
that transportation had been arranged,
but that these statements were un
true. He further charges that all of
the stars, including Cullen T^andis and
Anna May Wong, have yet to receive
their pay and that at Omaha Devaux
said he would take care of the hotel
hills, leaving the actor* with the Im
pression that th* bills bad been paid.
Sidney Couple Celebrate
50th Wedding Anniversary
Sidney, March 9.—Mr. and Mrs.
V. P. Johnson, long-time residents
.of this olty, celebrated their ROth
anniversary by the retaking of the
marriage vows at *h« -’Methodist
church. After the ceremony the
ladies of the Methodist church served
a delicious dinner to S3 guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were married
at Galesburg. III. February !R, 1S75.
They have had 19 children, nine of
whom are living today. Besides 30
grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
have 1ft great grandchildren. Six of
their children attended the golden
jubilee.
Randolph Farmer Turns
Hogs Into Corn Fields
Randolph. March 9.—Hoggin? dowp
com at the close of the winter sea
son. although out of the ordinary', Is
a plan being carried out by .T. W.
Stagemqn. a farmer near, here, who
has 2.’> .at re* of standing, corn whb h
w is gathered? last. fall. Mr.
Stageman ha* shipped In two lots of
hogs from the vicinity of chadron.
one shipment of several carloads con
slating of 300 hogs and another ship
mont of ISO hogs.. After these 4K0
hogs have hogged down the 2?» acre*
of corn Mr. Sufgeman will feed then*
for the market.
Distress Warrants Issued
to Enforce Tax Payments
York, March IF—•Diet ress warrants
for back taxes are being issued by
the York county treasurer and
turned over to tho sheriff for serv
in?. Several hundred warrants have
ah early been issued. In some r ases
the taxes run hark for several year*.
Banquet Held at Blur Hill.
Blue Hill, March 9.—Ninety per
sons attended the first, annual ban
quet of the Blue If III Commerce club,
j held In the high school auditor
j luni. The home economics class of
i the high school prepared and served
| the banquet under the direction of
! their instructor, Miss Marjorie Ault,
j Lloyd C. Thomas, secretary of the
Hastings Chamber of Commerce, was
the main speaker. Frank Britton,
president of the Commerce club, was
toastmaster.
Early Hill Settler Dead.
Cor.«dt March 9.—John Matz, 84, a
Dawson county pioneer, was hurled
here last week. Mr. Matz came to Ne
braska 40 years sgo and settled In
the hill country north of Coxad end
began a cattle business that hss made
him one of the leading ranchmen of
the state. He owned several sections
of land In the grazing country and
had big feed yards about his home
place.
Ire Plants Opening..
Randolph, March 9 With ap
proach of warmer weather, ire house*
and Ice plants are being opened in
the various town* In northeast Ne
braska. The Randolph Tee company
has appointed II. L. Hherwnod man
ager of the Joe plant heie. which i«
opened and ready for operation.
Fhlireli In (iive Fair.
Columbus. Mmvh 9. Members «*f
Rra»e Kplacopal church are romplet
Ing plans for s One day fair to he held
April 1 f». at which the» hope to raise
sufficient fund* to pay off q large
part of the 12,000 debt hanging over
ths parish.
Clark#, 1« Clifford Reins, and he
hails from Rockwood, Tenn. He con
fessed that he pretended to be Col
lins only because he was hungry and
saw an opportunity to make someone
pay for his hoard.
Reins, according In Clarke, was
well acquainted with the cave region,
and in this way was able to tell a
story which rang true.
Don’t Blame Youth.
"f don't hold anything against the
hoy for telling a He.’ said Clark
Monday. "They kept him in jail until
last Wednesday, when he began pro
testing vigorously. Then they let
him out, and he was broke. 1 gave
him another dollar. Rut it was worth
it. ▼ got enough subscriptions to pay
more than the $50 1 gave him."
Smith Employes
Given Positions
Salesmen Are Hired by Dry
Goods Houses From
Ollier Cities.
Any proposed nucleus for a new or
ganization to take the place nf the
defunct M. E. Smith company was
practically broken up during the last
two days, according to employes of
M. E. Smith company.
First, they say, 20 men connected
with the sales force of the organiza
tion have been employed by wholesale
jdry goods companies of St.. Joseph
and Chicago, and are to he given the
same territory they had with the
bankrupt organization.
A report in Omaha Sunday was
that Burt Clough, vice president of
M. E. Smith company, has been em
ployed hv the four St. Joseph dry
goods institutions to manage a de
partruent to he known as the whole
sale dry goods department of the St.
Joseph Chamber of Commerce.
Clough is now' in St. Joseph. It Is
said Clough will Immediately start
organizing merchant, market weeks
the same as he did while chairman of
the Omaha Chamber of Commerce
merchant market week committee.
O. J. Qossard, treasurer of the com
pany, who has also been connected
with the defunct organization for more
than 25 years, will probably join the
John O. Farwell company of Chicago.
Sunday morning Hotel Fontenelle
resembled a. convention of wholesale
dry goods salesmen* They were being
Interviewed by sales managers of
many of the largest dry goods houses
in the country.
Employes of M. E. Smith company
Monday said that approximately
of the factory employ#* of M. E.
Smith company hav# been employed
by th« newly organized Brody-Lewi*
company in the former Deputy Hat
company building.
Staff* Secretary Given Talk
at Sunday Srhonl Convention
Cn'zjift, March 9.—Nearly -very Sun
day school in Pawson oe'intj’ wai rep
resented hy delegare* *r jh* Sunday
school convention held her* laet week.
Mis* Ellen Margaret Frown, state
secretary, who recently returned from
a trip to the Holy J>and, gave an
address on her travel*.
Tiie next eonvention will be held at
T.exinjftnn. Officer* elected for the
next year are: A. W. Tarbell, J.ex
ington, president; O. D. Smith, mayor
of < Viand, vine president; iliss Kiel,
I.exIriKton, secretary.
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Omaha Girl Is
Killed in Iowa
by Interurban
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Blanche Altman Die* on Way
to Hospital After Cross
ing Crash Near
Fort Dodge.
RIanche Altman, 13, 2340 South
Thirty-second atenue. was killed in
stantly early Monday near Fort
Dodge, ’la., when the automobile in
which she was-riding was struck by
a freight interurban locomotive.
Four other persons tn the car were
cut and bruised in the crash. The
driver, M. Sternberg, said he did not
sec the train until too late.
The party was returning to Fort
Dodge after attending a dance In Deg
Moines Sunday night.
Miss Altman is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. Altman, 2113 N afreet.
Mr. Altman is a well-known real es
tate operator of South Omaha.
She was graduated six ypars ago
from the South Side High school, and
had since been private secretary to
her father. She went tn Fort Dodge
a week ago to visit relatives.
Miss Altman. Aaron Glaser, 25, and
Kthel Sternberg, 20, were In the hack
seat, according to Sternberg, when
the accident hapened. (lla/er and
Miss Altman were thrown out of the
the car. and her head struck a rail
of the tracks. Her skull was frac
tured anil she suffered a concussion
of the brain.
Sternberg said he would accnm
panv the body to Omaha Tuesday
morning. He said the dead girl was
In Fort Dodge to visit his sister,
whom she had known for a year. She
formerly lived at Rock Island, III.
"When I picked her up,” Sternherg
said, "I asked her If she was hurt.
She said ‘no,* and fainted. She died
on the way to a hospital.”
Former Columbus Men
Successful in Oil Business
Columbus, March S.—The Home
stake Oil company, with headquarters
at Great Falls, Mont., organized sev
eral years ago hv Kd Goolldge, for
m»r Columbus man, who Is now its
president, paid 30 per cent dividends
during the last year, has 13.10,000 of
stork outstanding and has td.Attl.OOO
of oil lands and leases as appraised
for federal taxation. The company
has 23 producing wells on Its proper
ties In th» Cat Creek (Mont.I and salt
Creek (Wyo.) fields. Another for
mer Columbus man, A. D. Becker, Is
secretary-treasurer of the company.
^ nman Severely Injured
by Tripping on Stair*
Beatrice, March t.—Mrs. George
Hackstadt sustained several broken
ribs and severe hodv bruises when
she tripped snd f*!l downstairs at
her home.
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Madam Vogue Invite*
You in
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1812 Farnim St.
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KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
It’s Easy—If You Kndw Dr.
Edwards' Olive Tablets.
The aecret of keeping young ts
to feel young—-to do this you must
watch your liver and bowel*—
there’s no need of having a sallow
complexion—-dark rings under your
eyes—pimple*—a bilious look in
your face—dull eyes with no
sparkle. Your doctor will tell you
ninety per cent of all sickness
come* from inactive bowel* and
liver.
Dr. Kdwarda. a well-known physician
in Ohio, perfected a vegetable compound
mixad with olive nil tn act on the liver
and howela which he gave to his patient*
for year*.
Dr. Reward#' Oliva Tablets, tha substi
tute for calomel, ir* gen*'* in their action
vet alwaya effective. Ther bring about
that natural buoyancy which all ihould
enjoy by toning up th# liver and clearing
the system of impuritie*
Dr. Kdwarda* Oliva 'lahlef* art known
by their oliva color. 16c and JlOe.
South High Graduate
Killed by Interurban
Rlanrhn Allman.
Camp Sheldon Booster
Program Broadcast by Radio
Columbus, March 9.—A 30-minute
boost program for Camp Sheldon, the
Y. M. C. A's state camp for boys, lo
cated at Columbus, was broadcast by
Columbus talent from Station WOAW,
Omahri, Monday night. It comprised
short talk by Rowell L. Walker, presi
dent of the Y. M. <\ *A. here, and
Charles Sheldon, jr., representing the
boys, and several quartet numbers by
Otto F. Walter, Dr. F. G. Rhode, Dr.
C. D. Evans, ,1r.. and Phil Hocken
herger, local business and profession
al men. One of the quartet numbers
was an original song, “Camp Shel
don,” written by John R. Armstrong.
Columbus business man and former
superintendent of schools at Wayne,
Neb.
Barbers Raise Prices
at Columbus Shops
Columbus, March 9.—Thirty-five
cent haircuts are soon to pass into
history in Columbus barber shops
Along with them will go the 3
o'clock closing hour. A new scale of
prices effective Monday, March 16,
has been adopted. Haircuts will lie
raised to 40 cents; tonics and sham
poos will advance from 65 to 7 5 cents.
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Burgess Bedtime
Stories
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By THORNTON \V. Bl RCiESS
Wfen *trugg!es on snd won't give In
Triumphantly at l«.*t will win.
THinger ths Osprey.
Weary But Triumphant
My, my, my. such a splashing ns
there whs on the sandbar that ran
nut from one bank of the Big river
How the water did fly! Plunger the
Osprey had succeeded in getting
the big fish be ,couldn't let go
of nut of the deep water Into the
shallow water that covered the sand
bar. Now be was no longer fright
ened. The water wasn’t deep enough
for him to be drowned. If he could
just, keep that big fish from getting
bark into deep water he knew that
he would win the battle for his life.
The big fish knew the same thing.
My, how he did flap and stniggle!
He did his very best to get back into
deep water and drag Plunger with
him. Plunger was by this time so
tired that his wings ached with wear
iness. p,ut if ho gave up he would be
dragged back. Kit her he must drag
that fish to shore or the fish would
drag him Into deep water. So he
flapped and flapped his great wings
and struggled with all his might to
g°t that fish ashore.
At last with two or three hard
flaps of his great wings he dragged
the big fish out on the sandy shore,
such a relief as it was to be dear of
the water. He still couldn't let go of
i hut big fish, but he knew that after
he h*d rested he would he aide to
tear his great claws free. The big
! fish was doing his best to flop back
into the water, lie threw' Plunger
this wav and that way. Plunger
felt If his legs would break. But
now he was where he could use that
neat hooked bill of his, and in a few
moments the big fish stopped flop
ping.
Plunger didn’t even try to get his
daws free just then. “I’ve got to
rest,’’ he panted. “I simply must
rest. In all my life 1 never was so
•tired. But anyway I've got the fish,
and it's the biggest fish I’ve ever
caught- Won't Mrs. Plunger s eyes
open when she see« it!”
Weary as he was, Plunger was ex
perieneing the most glorious of all
feelings—the feeling of triumph.
Sure that the struggles of the fish
wei e at «n end, Plunger was content
to just lie there and rest for a while,
tie lav so still that had you come
along and seen him you would have
thought that both he ami the fish
were dead. Plunger's great claws
were still burled In the hack and
sides of the fish, lie was still a
prisoner. P.ut he was no longer a
worried prisoner!
When he was sufficiently rested he
got the claws of one foot free, and
it was easier to get the claws of the
Oklier font free. Sueh a relief as It
was to he able to s'and on hia feet
“I’ll not eat more nf this fish now,"
said I’lunger.
anrl to know that he was free! His
toes ached, but he didn't mind that
now. He ate a little of the fish and
then he tried his wings. Now that
he was rested the strength had come
bark to them.
“I’ll not eat more of this fish now,"
said Plunger. “I’ll go get Mrs. Plun
ger to share in it, and we will have
a feast together.”
Ip, Up, tip lie circled. Then he
started straight up the Pig River In
search of Mrs. Plunger. How good it
was to lie high In tile air! "I wish 1
could have brought that fish along. '
said he. "But after all it doesn't
matter much. I'll soon be bark with
Mrs. Plunger and then we will have
a feast.”
The next story: "A Dinner for one
Instead of two."
(Copyright. 19 25.)
Double Vi cdding Kept Secret.
Columbus, March 0—Four Colum
bia person* figured In a double wed
ding at fllenwood, la., February 11,
and succeeded in keeping it quiet un
til last week. Ed Boettcher married
Mi*a Mary Gertsch and Ernest
Lus* he married Miss Helen Bartells.
Mr» and Mrs. Beett« her announced
their marriage when they prepared
to move to a farm northwest of the
city.
Driver Held in
Auto Tragedy
Bluffs Jury l rpes Manslaugh
ter Charge in Death of
Officer s K\-AA ife.
Because witnesses testified fbst
Cirnrge Carmichael, 33C* Avenue A.
Council Bluffs, was “Jiggling-’ the
steering wheel in an effort to shnw
off nr frighten other passenger* when
the accident in whlcch Mrs. Elmer
Heller of Council Bluffs was fatally
injured, a coroner's jury Monday
morning u»gcd that Carmichael ha
held for manslaughter.
The inquest was held at the Heafe\
Heafey undertaking establishment
at lb The act ident occurred at Thir
ty sixth and Jefferson streets Friday
morning. Mrs. Heller, the divorced
wife of a police officer, died from m
juries to her skull in St Joseph hofc
pital Saturday noon. She and two
other persons were in Carmichael’*
car.
Barrymore on Radio.
J/ombn, March 0.—John Barry
more's broadcasting of excerpts from
Hamlet" last night was a great sue
revs.
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