BRIEF
RIGHT
REEZY
BITS OF NEWS
BRIDE'S NAME TO
DISPLACE HUSBAND'S.
Berlin, Sept 3. To prevent the
dying out of old family names, the
Prussian minister of the interior
has issued a decree permitting mar
rying men to include the names of
their brides-to-be in their own, pro
vided they make proper applications
and these are granted. There is
said to be great danger, as a result
of war losses, of the names of some
of Germany's oldest families other
wise becoming extinct because there
are no male members left to per
petuate them.
"CANNED SERMONS"
LOOM AS POSSIBILITY.
Lake Geneva, Wis., Sept. 3.
"Canned sermons" are a possibility
in pastorless Presbyterian churches
as a result of action taken at the
Presbyterian New Era conference.
It was 'disclosed that 3,000 of the
10,000 Presbyterian pulpits are va
cant. -
Dr. V. S. Marquis of Chicago, as
sociate secretary, endorsed the
recommendation that phonograph
records of approved sermons by or
dained ministers be provided for use
in vacant pulpits.
OUR ARTISTIC ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION MAKES THE SUNDAY BEE UNIQUE.
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FEARED ON BOARD.
Copenhagen Sept. 3. The Ger
mans have protested to the peace
conference against the inclusion of
the French professor, Paul Verrier,
as expert on the commission which
is to have the administration of the
districts of Schleswig in which a
plebescite will shortly be held.
It is charged in the protest that
Prof. Verrier is a "professed Ger
man hater." He is quoted as having
said in the spring of 1918, when a
Scandinavian journalist told him
that no Frenchman would go to the
Olympic meeting in 1919 if Teutons
were to participate:
"That's in two years! Why, I
don't propose to speak to another
German as long at I live."
REMARRIES AT 125
AND BECOMES FATHER.
Lexington, Ky Sept. 3. John
Shell, said to be the oldest living
man in the United States, today
celebrated the 131st anniversary of
his birth here.
The aged mountaineer celebrated
his birthday by taking his first auto-'
mobile ride. He told friends that
this is the first birthday on wheh
he did not work, and said he was
anxious to get back on his farm,
on which, he said, there was a
mortgage.
Shell told newspaper men that he
does not expect to live to see an-
other birthday. "I am getting old
ow," was his explanation. He
came from Leslie county to attend
a fair. .
Mr. Shell is exhibiting himself at
a fair here, and will use the money
derived in paying off the mortgage
on his farm, he said.
Shell was first married at the age
of 19 and lived with his first wife
for more than 90 years. He lived
75 'years in one house. He is the
father of 29 children, the oldest
now living being more than 90 years
of age.
Six years ago he married again
at the age of 125. By his second
-wife he had one child, a boy aged 5
years. He was at the advanced
age of 74 during the civil war. He
was born near Knoxville, Tenn.,
12 years after the battle of
Bunker Hill, and was full grown
when the war of 1812 began. He
has seen the United States de
velop from a small nation to a
world power. .
He bears his age well. His mind
is clear and his eyesight is far bet
ter than that of many men still in
their youth.
SHOTWELL
MAY FILE
CHARGES
Not Satisfied With doroner's
Verdict Placing Responsibil
ity for Shooting of Negro
Bellboy on Holman.
SPECIAL DETECTIVE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE
County Attorney Will An
nounce Names of Officers
Today Against Whom a Com
plaint May Be Asked.
County Attorney Shotwell last
night declared he was not satisfied
with the verdict of the coroner's
jury, holding Edgar Holman for the
murder of Eugene Scott, the negro
bellboy, who was shot and killed
following a raid by .the police on the
Plaza hotel early Monday morning.
Certain members of the Omaha
morals squad still are under suspi.
cion by the county attorney.
Mr. Shotwell declared indictments
likely would follow.
"Eugene Scott came to his death
as a result of a gunshot wound in
flicted by Edgar Holman on Septem
ber 1. 1919, at Omaha, Neb., and
we recommend that said Edgar Hol
man be held for trial."
This was the verdict of the coro
ner's jury.
"There are other features in the
case which I shall go into further,"
said Mr. Shotwell.
"While Holman may have fired
the fatal shot, in the light of the
testimony, I cannot see why the po
lice are not guilty."
The county attorney said he would
give the matter his first attention
and make an announcement within
the next 48 hours.
Raid Law Violation.
"Scott was killed. The police
were in the Plaza hotel on a raid
ing party in violation of the law,"
Mr. Shotwell declared. "Nothing
developed at the trial to show that
the bellboy was guilty of a crime.
If the poice had not gone there,
the boy would not have been killed.
"It makes no difference whether
the boy had a bottle of whisky or
a case of whisky, there was no ex
cuse for killing him."
Paul Sutton, Elmer Thomas'
private sleuth and director of the
morals squad, who was the first de
tective to encounter Scott in the
hotel, gave instructions to his men
to shoot and kill the bellboy, be
cause, he said, he thought "Scott
had a bottle of whisky under his
shirt," according to the testimony
LINDSEY RETURNS
npvwiire rn "KTDS"
Denver Sept. 3.-Deciaring the I of Mrs. Margaret Roberts of Minne
uerrver, pi of j apolis. who is stopping for a few
n-iestirm one of principle ana noi oi v re
paying the fine, Judge Ben B. Lind
sev of Denver said he was returning
hnndrfiU of oennies sent him by
boys throughout the country to pay
the fine assessed against him tor
contempt of court because he would
not reveal a boy's story, told him
in confidence, at a murder trial here.
To each boy who is contributing
toward the fund Judge Lindsey is
writine a letter, explaining his ac
tion in refusing to accept
, money.
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GUN-RUNNING SCARE
IN IRELAND CONTINUES.
Dublin, Sept. 3. The gun-running
"scare" continues. -Admiralty ves
sels in Dublin harbor 'arrested
five more ships suspected of com
plicity in the reported plot to sup
ply the Sinn Feiners with large
quantities of arms and ammunition.
Those vessels are now being search
ed. Officials at various ports have
sent word that they believe they
have secured vessels which are load
ed with munitions.
SENSATIONAL GOLD
STRIKE IS REPORTED.
Winnipeg. Sept 3-Robert Wach
man, a Chicago salesman, has re
turned from a prospecting trip in
the Contract bay region with news
that will divert a large section of the
rush of gold seekers headed for
Copper lake, north of the pass,
where a sensational gold strike was
reported a few days ago.
Wachman's news ishe discovery
of a pay-streak containing from
$200,000 to $300,000 worth of gold to
the ton. and surrounded by ore that
will produce more than $100 worth
of gold to the ton.
The strike is in a district known
to be rich in precious metals where
thorough prospecting had just start
ed when the war broke out, and had
been at a standstill until thisNsum
mer. It is on the shores of Contract
bay, 70 miles from Kenora, and
about 200 miles from Winnipeg.
Ore was struck at the surface
worth about $700 a ton, Mr. Wach
man said. This proved to be a ledge
that widened at the bottom ten feet
below the surface, where free gold
appeared. The ledge is about a foot
wide at the surface and widens to
28 inches at the base, 10 feet below.
This ledge has been traced to the
edge of th bks, more than 1,000
feet sway.
Roosevelt Will Be
Legion Guest During
His Visit in Omaha
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., will be
met at Union station this morning
by Allen Tukey and Ralph Coad,
president and vice president of the
Omaha council of the American Le
gion, under whose auspices the dis
tinguished young American will
speak here.
Mr. Roosevelt is due to arrive at
11:40 a. m. from Minneapolis. Im
mediately after his arrival he will be
taken to the Army and Navy club,
thence to the city hall ;o visit Mayor
Smith, and will have dinner at the
Omaha Athletic club with members
of the executive committee of the
American Legion.
At 1:15 p. m. he will be taken to
Lincoln by Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Henry
in an automobile, Mrs. Henry agree
ing to drive. He will spea at the
state fair at 4 p. m. and will return
to Omaha in time to speak in the
Auditorium this evening at 8:45. "
Nominated for Assembly.
New York, Sept. 3. Lient Col.
Theodore Roosevelt won the nom
ination for assemblyman in the sec
ond district, Nassau county without
opposition in Tuesday's primaries.
He will be opposed by Elias Raff,
also a war veteran. -
SEATS RESERVED
FORNEBRASKANS
AT WILSON SPEECH
Route of Presidential Auto
Trip Here Is
Selected.
PRESIDENT
STARTS ON
LONG TOUR
Leaves Washington Wednes
day Night to Explain to
American People His Part in
Peace Negotiations.
FINAL SENATE SURVEY
GIVEN BY HITCHCOCK
Nebraskan Says Every Amend
ment to Treaty Involving
Any "Killing" Reservations
Would Be Defeated.
davs at the hotel.
Mrs. Roberts declared she heard
a scuffle, which, according to wit
nesses, took place on the floor be
low between Detective Thestrup
and Scott. The bellboy's shirt
was torn off, but no - whisky was
found.
A half-dozen witnesses declared
Scott plunged from the front door
of the hotel. He was followed by
Detectives Herdzina, Armstrong
and Brigham east in the alley from
Fourteenth to Thirteenth street,
where he was killed 10 minutes
later by a gunshot through the
heart.
Ordered, "Kill Him."
A half-dozen witnesses declared
they heard Armstrong echo Sut
ton's instructions, "Kill him."
Armstrong called out twice, dur
ing the chase down the alley, "Kill
the , according to wit
nesses. Witnesses testified that they saw
Detective Brigham fire pointblank
at the fleeing negro.
"The police certainly are to blame
for the death of this boy." said Mr.
Shotwell. "I simply want further
time to look into the matter."
The county attorney declared he
believed Holman fired the fatal shot,
but the entire responsibility did not
rest with the private detective.
Brigham's Revolver Missing.
Attention has been called to the
fact that Brigham's revolver was not
at the police station the day follow
ing the shooting when Investigator
Dempsey called and asked to see it
Holman's revolver was found in the
safe, but Brigham's weapon was
missing, declared F. M. Cashman,
special agent for the Union Pacific,
who also has been investigating the
affair.
The coroner's physician testified
that the bullet taken from the dead
man's body was kept in his custody
until it was offered as an exhibit to
the coroner's jury. "This is un
true." said Mr. Cashman, "because I
had the bullet in my hands for 10
minutes after it was removed from
the man's body. I showed it to
other persons and it was dropped
and lost on the floor of the under
taking establishment. It was some
time before the bullet was found."
Despite the county attorney's
opinion and the jury's verdict, per
sons who viewed the bullets from
(Continued Pe Two, Cvtama Ihice)
Five hundred seats will be reserv
ed for out-of-town guests at the
Auditorjum when President Wilson
speaks here next Monday morning,
according to Gould Dietz, chairman
of the reception committee.
Mr. Dietz is receiving scores of
telegrams from residents of Nebras
ka towns requesting that reserva
tions be made for them at the Au
ditorium. The Manufacturers' association is
to be asked to close factories of
members Monday morning to per
mit employes to welcome the presi
dent. Speaks at 10 O'Clock.
Large tables will be placed directly
in front of the stage at the Audi
torium for newspaper men accom
panying the president and for local
men. Further details of the recep
tion will be announced today, after
Mr. Dietz has conferred with an
advance representative of the presi
dent. '
The president will speak at 10
o'clock. An hour has? been set
aside for his address. Mrs. Wilson,
who will be on the stage with the
president, will be tendered a recep
tion by 25 women immediately af
ter the chief executive's speech.
According to Gould Dietz, 35 or
40 counties have already asked to
be represented at the reception.
Only four men will be permitted
to greet the president at the sta
tion when he arrives. The names
of those four men and of the per
sons occupying cars in the presi
dent's touring party will be an
nounced today ' or tomorrow, Mr.
Dietz said.
Route of City" Tour
Following is the route of the trip
the party will make around the city,
starting at 9 o'clock:
Leave Union station at 9 o'clock;
north on. Tenth street to Farnam
street; west on Farnam street to
Thirty-eighth street; south on Thirty-eighth
street to Pacific street;
east on Pacific street to Thirty
sixth street; south on Thirty-sixth
street to Woodworth avenue; east
on Woolworth avenue to Boulevard;
north on Boulevard to Leavenworth
street; east on Leavenworth street
to Sixteenth street; north on Six
teenth street to Chicago street;
east on Chicago street to Fifteenth
street; south on Fifteenth street to
Douglas street; west on Douglas
street to Nineteenth street; south
on nineteenth street to Harney
street; east on Harney street to
Fifteenth street; south on Fifteenth
street to Auditorium.
By The Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 3. President
Wilson left Washington tonight for
? country-wide speaking trip to tell
the American people first-hand of
his part in the peace negotiations
and to make a personal appeal that
the peace treaty be ratified without
amendment.
The president's special train on
which he will live nearly all of the
time for the next 25 days, departed
at 7 o'clock. The first leg of the
trip of nearly 10,000 miles will be
completed tomorrow morning in Co
lumbus, O., where he will make the
first of his 30 scheduled addresses.
The president and his party
reached the station at 6:45 o'clock
and were given an ovation by the
crowd. After escorting Mrs. Wilson
to the private car the president re
turned to the platform, where he
chatted with friends until the time
for his train to leave.
Accompanying the president, in
addition to Mrs. Wilson, were Jos
eph P. Tumulty, his secretary, and
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, his
physician. Nearly 30 newspaper
correspondents were aboard the
train in addition to the force of offi
cial stenographers and secret serv
ice men.
Arduous Trip.
The trip, perhaps the most ardu
ous ever undertaken by a president,
will carry Mr. Wilson and his party
as far west as the Pacific coast, al
most to the Canadian border on the
north and almost to Mexico on the
south. He will speak in every state
west of the Mississippi except four
and will make up for the omission
of these speeches in Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky and Tennessee.
Although the detailed schedule
was held in confidence in the inter
est of safety to the presidnetial
train, it is understood that most of
the stops will be only for three or
four hours. In Des Moines, Seattle,
Los Angeles and Louisville, how
ever, where Sunday stops are made,
the president will have apportunity
for brief respites. In Seattle he will
review the Pacific fleet.
The speech-making schedule is a
vigorous one from the start. After
his address at Columbus tomorrow
Mr. Wilson will go to Indianapolis
in time for an evening mass meet
ing. Then he will continue west
ward, reaching Des Moines Sunday
for the week-end.
The following week will take him
far into the west by the northern
route, with speeches at Omaha,
Sioux Falls, St. Paul. Minneapolis,
Bismarck, Billings, Helena, Cour
d'Alene, Spokane, Tacoma and Seat
tle. After that will come Portland,
San Francisco, San Diego, Los An
geles, Reno, Salt Lake City, Chey
enne, Denver, Pueblo, Wichita, Ok
lahoma City,' Little Rock, Memphis
and Louisville. The return to Wash
ington will be on September 30;
Shorter Speeches Expected.
In addition to these scheduled ad
dresses, Mr. Wilson is expected: to
make some shorter speeches from
his train at intermediate stops.
Although it is expected that the
president will devote most of his
attention to the peace treaty he
probablv will touch on the high cost
of living and other domestic prob
lems. It has been pointed out that
much of his itinerary lies through
the northwest, where labor and so
cial unrest has been pronounced.
A final survey of the senate situ
ation was given the president late
today by Senator Hitchcock of Ne
braska, ranking democrat of the for
eign relations committee, who called
at the White House at Mr. Wilson's
request. The president was in
formed that republican leaders plan
(Continued on Page Two, Column One.)
Says Shantung Will Be
Restored Within Year
New York, Sept. 3. Restitution
of the province of Shantung to
China by Japan within a year was
predicted here Wednesday by Yo
suke Matsuoka, secretary in the for
eign department of Japan and a
member of the Japanese peace dele
gation. Mr. Matsuoka has just ar
rived here from Paris on his way to
Japan.
"I should not be at all surprised.'
he said, "if our government opened
within a very few months, or even
a few weeks, negotiations with the
Chinese government with a view to
settling the Shantung question in a
way satisfactory to all concerned.''
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can always reach me
by just addressing me
WASHIN6T0N-REASE FORWARD
TWO SISTERS TO
MEET PERSHING
ON HIS ARRIVAL
General WiHf Be Formally
Welcomed at New York
by Congressional
Committee.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 3. Miss May
Pershing and Mrs. D. M. Butler of
Lincoln, sisters of General John J.
Pershing, will leave here Wednesday
for New York to meet the general
when he arrives there from Europe
on the transport Leviathan.
Arrange Formal Welcome
Washington, Sept. 3. General
John J. Pershing, who is returning
home aboard the transport Levia
than after more than two years'
service in France as the commander
of the American expeditionary
forces, will be formally welcomed
at New York by a congressional
committee.
This was decided upon today by
the joint committee cfE the house
and senate arranging to welcome
the general back home. The com
mittee will consult with him regard
ing plans for his reception at the
capitol. Composing it will be Sen
ators Wadsworth, New York,
chairman of the military committee;
Warren, Wyoming, General Persh
ing's father-in-law, and Represen
tative Kahn, California, chairman
of the house military committee;
Republican Leader Mondell, Wy
oming, and Democratic Leader
Clark, Missouri.
May Present Sword
Presentation of an ornate sword
and some special congressional
decoration to the general and the
passage of resolutions expressing
the thanks of congress for his serv
ices also were discussed.
President Wilson, before leaving
on his tour, signed the bill to make
permanent the rank of general for
John J. Pershing, commander of the
American expeditionary forces, and
sent the nomination to the senate.
Confirmation of the nomination is
expected before General Pershing
reaches the United States early next
week.
Handclasps Lame Right
' Arm of Prince of Wales
Algoma, Ont.. Sept. 3 Enthusias
tic demonstrations greeted the
Prince of Wales 'as he orogressed
through western Ontarife Wednes
day. Thousands of people were
gathered at all the stations along
the railway. In several of the larger
towns the prince made brief ad
dresses and participated in. ceremo
nies arranged in his honor.
The prince did little handshaking
Wendnesday, his right hand being
sore as a result of the heartiness of
the grip of hundreds of Montrealers
who had greeted him Tuesday.
What little handshaking he did was
done with his left hand.
Definite Pledge Lacking
in League of Nations,
Bar Association is Told
V
No Guarantee That Nations Signatory to Pact Will Up
hold International Law, According to Former Am
bassador to Germany, in Speech Delivered in
Boston to Members of Legal Fraternity in U. S.
Boston, Sept. 3. Criticism of the
league of nations covenant as lack
ing a definite pledge that the nations
will uphold international law was
made by Dr. David Jayne Hill, for
mer U. S. ambassador to Germany,
in an address before the American
Bar association Wednesday night.
Dr. Hill spoke on "the nations and
the law."
He said:
"We must repudiate as inconsis
tent with the nature of the truly con
stitutional state, any form of inter
national association that does not as
sume as its first duty the value of
international law over all nations.
"It would be an error to suppose
that imperialism is essentially dynas
tic. Its present phase is that of
race domination and economic con
trol. Imperialism is not so much a
form of government as it is a lust
for power.
"The object of our participation
in the great war as a belligerent na
tion was the preservation of the
rights of our fellow citizens secured
to them under international law.
We then turn with more than his
torical interest to inquire what have
been the fortunes of international
law' in the settlements of peace.
"We wiscover, to our disappoint
ment, that the covenant of the
league of nations, which we are told
is to be the instrument for the
maintenance of peace, contains no
declaration that the sovereign states
as such possess any rights what
ever. We find in it no provision of
law by which their conduct toward
one another may be judged; no
promise of a court before which
their wrongs may be brought and
their legal, rights judicially deter
mined; no method by which a weak
state may legally enforce its rights
against a great power, if that power
is indisposed to recognize its claim'.
"It is true there is in the pream
ble a reference to understandings of
international law, but it contains no
pledge to observe the law or to
adopt it as a judicial rule, or to ac
cept it otherwise than as a subject
of separate 'understandings.'"
Girl Trails Negro
She Says Assaulted
Toot! Toot! Toot!
Traffic Moves Today
Her Three Weeks Ago j Under New Ordinance
Anna Glassman, 12 years old, 1118
Davenport street, last night trailed
the negro she claims assaulted here
in her home on the afternoon of
August 16, and turned him over to
the police. .
John Williams of Kansas, City,
Me., is the man she accuses. Will
iams was arrested and held for in
vestigation. He denies the charge.
"I was looking out our front
window about 7 o'clock," Anna told
the police. "I saw this man go by
the window. Later he came back
and looked in the window and I
recognized him as the man who at
tacked and assaulted me three
weeks ago. I told my mother and
she and I trailed him for more than
half an hour. When we got near a
telephone she called the police.
"I am positive this is the man,"
she said.
Postal Clerks Ask Raise.
Washington, Sept. 3. Resolutions
favoring an increase of approximate
ly 60 per cent, in the salaries of
postal employes, establishment of
a 44-hour week with time and a half
for overtime, and allowance of 30
days, annual sick leave, were adopted
at Wednesday's session of the
eleventh convention of the National
Federation of Postal Employes.
Traffic officers will begin this
morning to adopt the whistle sys
tem of signals, similar to those in
use in eastern cities.
One blast of the whistle will be
a signal for east and west traffic
to move and north and south to
stop; two blasts will mean that
north and south traffic may move
and that east and west shall stop.
Three blasts will be a danger
signal, indicating the arrival of the
fire department.
Pedestrians are advised by Chief
of Police Eberstein to follow the
traffic whistles or move at their
peril.
Recommend Driver Be Held
for Killing Boy With Truck
A coroner's jury at an inquest
held Wednesday into the death of
Robert Drier, 6 years old. 1324 South
Twenty-fourth street, who was run
over by an automobile truck last
Friday night, recommended that H.
Hess, driver of the Orchard & Wil
helm truck, be held to the district
court. Hess was arrested at the
time of the accident, but later was
released on $500 bonds. Young
Drier died Monday night. The ac
cident occurred at Twenty-fourth
street and Woolworth avenue.
NOW HELD
iN STORAGE
IN DEPOTS
Municipalities May Buy It by
Carload Lot, According to
Word Sent Out Yesterday
From War Department.
SUGAR MUST BE SOLD "
FOR LESSTHAN 13 CENTS
200 Tons Seized by Federal
Agents Company Making
Sale Charged With Profiteer
ing by District Attorney. ;
Washington, Sept. 3. Five mil
lion pounds of frozen meats, now in .
cold storage in New York and Chi
cago, was offered by the War de
partment today to municipalities for
resale. The offer will remain in ef
fect until September 25.
The meats in storage include
1,250,000 pounds of frozen poultry
at-New York and more than 1,000,
000 pounds in the Chicago zone.
This will be sold at' 32 cents per
pound. Large quantities of frozen
mutton and pork shoulders and
loins also will be offered at from
16 to 27 cents. Since these products
can only be transported fn refrigera
tor cars, no order for less than a
carload lot will be accepted. ?
Seize 200 Tons Sugar.
Chicago, Sept. 3. United States
District Attorney Clyne today or
dered 200 tons of sugar whicH was
seized yesterday by federal agents,
put on the market for sale at a price
lower than 13 cents a pound. The
sugar was sold by J. Aaron com
pany. New York, to a local firm
for $13 a hundred pounds, but Mt.
"jm mu "c wuuiu oracr,. Tetund
of the purchase price and force the
Aaron company to sell at a lower
figure. ,
"Our evidence shows that the
Aaron - company purchased the
sugar at $8.90 a hundred pounds,"
said Mr. Clyne. "We hold that this
is a pure case of profiteering and
have so informed the district attor
ney of New York City."
No Supplies on Hand.
Sale of army foodstuffs through
the postal stations was resumed to
day only to be stopped when Lieut.
Col. J. P. Castleman, zone surplus
supply officer, notified the superin
tendent of delivery at the postoffice'
that there were no supplies on hand
Delivery of foodstuffs ordered two
weeks ago through the postoffice
will be started next week, according .
to Supt. L. T. Steward, who has re
ceived many complaints from those
who ordered the supplies. - - j
In accordance with the recently"
announced plans for federal stores
Lieutenant Colonel Castleman said;
four stores would, be opened here
September 15. He explained that
the recent postal sales were of food
delivered to the army and not used, :
while the new government stores
would handle goods contracted for
hut not delivered to the army.
LAWSON AIR LINER
REACHES BUFFALO
ON WAY TO N. Y.
Plan to Start on Last Lap '
of Voyage Early This ,
Morning. 1 ' ?
By EDGAR W. CROFT.
(Bee. Representative Aboard Law son Ttmuw i:
continental Airliner.)
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 3. (Special
Telegram.) We left Cleveland ; at
12:15 Wednesday on our way to But
falo. We flew very high all the way,
veachinp an altitude of from 10,000
to 12,000 feet. We struck a little
bumpy air, but the trip for the
most part was very fine. The sky
was bright and clear, making it ideal 1
weather for flying.
Colonel Hartz, who is flying -sround
the rim of the United States,
left the Martin field at Cleveland
the same time as we did. He it
bdund for Toledo and Chicago.
There was a large and enthusiastic
crowd to see us pff.
We flew over Lake Chautauqua oi
our way here, and the scenery whil .
crossing the lake was very fine. Ouf
ship behaved splendidly and our
landing at Curtiss field here was per
fect. Charles Cox is piloting the
machine with Captain Lawson.
We have orders to be on the
field at 6 a. m. Thursday as Mr. '
Lawson intends to lose no time geti
ting to New York. ,
Necklace Brings $52,000.
Ne.w York, Sept. 3. Anna Held's
famous pearl necklace was sold for
$52,000 to Charles Roberts at an "
art exhibition and sale of her jew '
els, costumes and other personal ef
fects at the Waldorf-Astoria Tues
day. The necklace, which was re
puted to be worth $100,000, hai S
pearls, and is 16 inches lon
