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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1919;
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South Side
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AUTOMOBILE NOT
"MOVING" WHEN
WHISKY FOUND
Attorney Argues Machine Can-
- not Be Seized as It Was Not
" "Transporting" When
Officers Appeared. . (
' The confiscation of an automobile
by Charles E. Foster, sitting in the
South Side police court yesterday,
offered an unusual situation.
- The machine was Kund at Twen
tieth and Q streets, September 8, by
Detectives Franc! and Heller, who
reported that 480 pints of whisky
were concealed in the car. No ar
rests were made. The officers re
ported that as they approached the
automobile four persons were ob
served walking away.
Twelve packages of whisky bot
tles were on the ground. The car
'was taken to the p,olice station, but
jfio claimant appeared. xUnder a seo
'tion of the prohibitory law, a com-
plaint was filed by the state against
the car and the hearing was held
yesterday.
Eugene O'Sullivan appeared in
court for Henry Ludwig, whom he
said was the owner of the car, and
argued that when the police seized
the machine it was stationary and
was not being used at the time in
the transportation of liquor. Mr.
Ludwig did not appear in court.
The court ordered the car confis
cated and further ruled that no ap
peal can be taken in the case unless
the owner appears in court.
South Side Women
Forming a League'
To Get Profiteers
YihsmSiZo filmland
"PHOTO PlAY- OFFERING J FOR TODAY
THOUGH the Douglas Fair
banks' picture playing at the
Muse and Sun theaters now
is as peaceful a film as the lively
Douglas can make, he was mate
rially assisted in making it by a
lot of Uncle Sam's fighters. The
director of the picture is Corpl.
Joseph Henaberry, this being his
first motion picture work since his
return from the army. The camera
staff is under the supervision of
Lieut. Victor Fleming, late of the
United States Signal Corps. Billy
Shay, who assisted in the editing
of the film, received military dec
orations in France and as though
this were not enough military aid
for Douglas, 300 returned soldiers
were given work in the construc
tion of the French village which is
used in the picture and which cost
something in the neighborhood of
$40,000 to build.
Strand "The Miracle Man" has
been transplanted from the Rialto
to the Strand and there is no doubt
that it is still wanted, as the Strand
was filled to capacity last night.
The presentation of this production
shows what heights can be reached
in the photo dramatic art. It means
a getting away from the mediocre,
by " offering the public something
distinctly high class in film enter
tainment Brandeis Jack Randall, leading
character in "Whom the Gods
Would Destroy," moved to love and
protect a pretty little Belgian girl
he met just before the war. This
photo play will be seen at the Bran
deis theatre for three days begin
ning tomorrow.
Rialto "The Hoodlum," with
Mary Pickford, is bringing record
houses to the Rialto. She puts a
ticrht liH tn Frpnrh tipple ennrts
I :j .1,,.
and becomes a professoress' in crap
shooting, the conductor of the
hurdy gurdy, a chambermaid for
bums, and the enemy, of soap and
water. It is the story of a girl
that loves her poor father more
A league to punish profiteers, both
; retail and wholesale, will be formed
I by South Side women at a meet
J ing Wednesday afternoon at the
South Side Congregational church.
"We are going to see what we can
t do in the way of getting after the
I profiteer," said Mrs. John Wells,
J one of the promoters.
The women of the Ladies' Aidso-
cicty will also discuss the subject
at their quilting bee Wednesday.
I Fair Run of Hogs
L at South Side Market
There was a fair run of hogs here
.'loday, the largest since the second
(veek in September. Trade was ac
tive, . though rather uneven. The
""market generally was 10 to IS cents
;lower than Monday, making the av
erage cost about $17.
Receipts for the two days are
-about the same as a year ago, but
.show a slight increase over last
week.
--Gibbon Man Here to Buy ,
Large Lot Feeder Lambs
A. Ti Hibbard, from Gibbon, was
-at the stock yards yesterday morn
ing looking over the sheep market
-with the intantion of buying a
"-.bunch of about 1,200 feeder lambs,
f He reports plenty' of good feed in
his part of the country this season,
Vwith all crops exceedingly good.
South Side Brevities
-n Pennant lodge No. 6, Ancient Order of
r-ICnlted Workmen, will meet Thursday at
M at Workmen temple, Twenty-fifth and
-VI street.
The Ladle' EaRle Booster club will give
ra public card party Thursday afternoon at
,2 at Eagle hn 11. Twenty-third and N
.street!. Prizes will be given.
Jim Stuart, 2809 North Twenty-eighth
ratreet, wai fined $10 and costs by Judge
f Poster Tuesday morning at the South Side
; police court, on the charge of drunken
. ness.
K W. Tanta, 3718 North Thirty-sixth
"street, was fined $5 and costs by Judge
Foster at South Side police court Tues
iiy morning, for violating the road rules
and passing a street car on the left aldai
SI Ibs Claire Manternack of St. Paul Is
? spending a month with her parents, Mr -J
and Mrs. William Manternack, 2617 Mon
7ic9 street, and her two sisters, Mrs. C.
i Wi Kline and Mrs. J. Chase, 3833 South
, Twenty-third street.
James Murphy, well-known South Side
ilive stock man, la now In Washington to
l protest against the Kenyon-Kendrlck
packing house bills, having arrived from
i Atlantic City, where he attended the
4-American meat packers' meet. He is ex
. pected home soon.
Mrs. C. L. ' Rhfnenunch, 2346 North
5 Tlilrty-thlrd street, Informed South Side
I police Tuesday morning that a young man
.of about 19 years had snatched her purse
yat 9 the night before. The purse con-
tained (4 and an annual pass on the Bur
a iington railway.
. Men employed !n the hog yards pre
rented Emmett Armlntrout, a buyer of
J hogs for Swift & Co.. with a handsome
J-watch and chain. Mr. Armlntrout left
--for St. Joseph, expressing the hope he
might always meet the mint class of fel-
lows he found In Omaha.
xH. L. Peterson Badly Hurt
I When Auto Overturns
I Harry L. Peterson, Twenty-sixth
Jand Leavenworth streets, an. em
ploye of the Billings Dental com
i'pany, is in a serious condition in
f Swedish Mission hospital as the re
'Jult of being pinned beneath an
overturned automobile at 11 last
night at Sixteenth and Laird streets.
J Mortimer G. Sproul, 1815 Maple
street, driver of the car, and Jim
4 Mason, 1925 South Twenty-fifth
street, a passenger, escaped with mi
:nor bruises and lacerations, while
. ; Peterson suffered severe bruises and
-cuts over his entire bodytand a se
rions blow on the head. He was
still unconscious at an early hour to
"day and his condition pronounced
serious and uncertain.
Sproul thinks some defect in the
steering apparatus of his car caused
: ;:the accident. The car was badly
.wrecked. Sproul was attempting to
fturn into Laird street from Six
teenth street.
i Peterson was taken into the home
tof J. A. Kelly, 1606 Laird street, and
,. -;- given emergency treatment by Dr.
:-"A. J. Edstrom before being taken
the hospital. .
- Thrown Through Windshield.
1 1 Marvin Turley, 12, 1117 South Fif
' ty-second street, and Ralph Coburn,
fll, 1124 South Fifty-third street,
yvere badly cut about the face and
r.eck at 6 last night when they were
thrown through the windshield of an
4 automobile truck af Fifty-second
f aud Spring streets. L. C Turley,
father of Marvin, was operating the
1 track. The car struck a hole in the
AT THE
THEATERS
THE young woman who walks in
her sleep along the ledge of
an apartment hotel, 16 stories
from the street level, innocently
clasping bridegrooms and making
off with a deadly and secret explo
sive, in the funny farce, "She Walk
ed in Her Sleep," written by Mark
Swan, which, under the direction of
A. S. Stern and company, in asso
ciation with George Broadhurst,
will be the attraction at the Boyd
opera house forfour days, tom
niencing Sunday, September 28,
with the usual Wednesday matinee,
in real life, is -one of the beauties of
the stage. Her name is Miss Ruth
Hammond. She first came to the
attention of the producers when
they saw her in a round of charac
ters that she played in Ziegfield's
"Midnight Frolic," in New York.
"It is certain that the average
graceful figure'orao. . . .puaelH
woman can. have health and a grace
ful figure." This is the assertion of
the physical culture expert, Mile;
Nadje, who is at the Orpheura this
.week, and who will give a free lec
ture exclusively for women at that
theater on Thursday morning at 11
o'clock. The headline offering is
the brilliant musical comedy, in two
scenes, "A Reckless Eve." which is
presented with a company of 20
people. '
"Lombardi, Ltd.," which Oliver
Morosco will offer at the Brandeis
theater the last times today, matinee
and evening, is one of the most
amusing,- interesting and popular
attractions of the season and is sat
isfying as well. All of last year it
occupied the stage of the Morosco
theater, New York, from which play
house it jumped direct to San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles and later an
engagement of two record-breaking
months in this city.
Richard Carle and his own com
pany will be at the Boyd on Friday
night to open the season at that
theater in "Sunshine," the new mu
sical comedy ' by Alexander John
stone. It has to do with the adven
tures of an American life insurance
agent and a moving picture star in
Spain. Among other things assured
is a Richard Carle chorus.
The stellar act at the Empress,
"On the Mississippi," is a singing
and dancing sketch with real south
ern characters. A great laughing
act is "The Raw Recruit," in which
Danny Simmons, Scotch comedian,
impersonates a Scotch soldier who
has just joined the ranks.
So apt to the present local in
terest in the worthy efforts being
made for the Salvation Army is
the finale of the first act of "The
Victory Belles" at the Gayety this
week that one would not hesitate
to believe that it was produced for
this week alone. The return-of the
boys from "over there" is shown,
officers are introduced and a Red
Cross nurse arrives. But the entire
ensemble is only preparatory to the
entrance of the Salvation Army las
sie and then, oh, what a salvo of
cheering by the audience 1 Matinee
daily.
Say Presbyterian Missionaries
in Korea Got a Fair Trial
, Washington, Sept. 23. A State
department report of the trials last
April of Rev. Eli M. Mowrey, a
Presbyterian missionary, for harbor
ing Koreans engaged in anti-Japanese
propaganda, and of Rev. Eu
gene Btll for careless driving of an
automobile which resulted in a fatal
accident, was trarfsrnitted, to the
senate by the White House.
Rev. Mr. Mowrey, the report said,
had a trial of "reasonable fairness"
and, it was stated, committed a
"serious oversight" in failing to seek
a continuance of his trial. Sentence
of four months' imprisonment was
suspended and the prisoner paroled
to American Ambassador Morris, at
Tokio. The American ambassador
declared that "the evidence might
be construed as sufficient to allow
the inference that Mowrey did un
lawfully harbor five young Koreans
who. he 'guesses,' though did not
actually know, were fleeing from
the police."
The American authorities, it was
stated, took every precaution to
protect he missionaries' right, v
4 1 Neighborhood Houses
LOTHKOP 24th and Lothrop. BERT
LYTELL In "BUACK1ES RE
DEMPTION." Ford Weekly. Com
edy. "YOU COULDN'T BLAME
HER."
HAMILTON tOth and Hamilton.
HAROLD LOCKWOOD In "PALS
FIRST." .
APOLLO !fth and Leavenworth.
MARION DAVIES In "GETTING
MARY MARRIED."
COMFORT 24th and Vinton. BES
SIE BARRISCALE In "A TRICK
OF FATE." Lyons and Moran com
edy. DIAMOND 24th and Lake. MAE
MURRAY In "DUST OF DESIRE."
Comedy and Pathe News.
GRAND 16th and Blnney.. PRIff
CILLA DEAN in "THE WICKED
DARLING." Also Elmo the Mighty,
episode No. 7.
than her rich grandfather, and in
the loving discovers a hero whose
measurements exactly fit her ideal
of a husband. A lot of human
touches helps this most entertain
ing domestic play along, it is quite
as popular as "Daddy Long Legs."
Moon That the spirit of com
radeship, of mutual help, is more
pronounced in men than in women,
is the discovery Tom Moore is said
to have made. It came about
through his appearance in "The City
of Comrades," now showing at the
Moon theater, of course; but even
so, he is likely to be the recipient
gf a storm of written protests from
nis feminine admirers.
,
Empress "The Profiteers" is an
expose of the greedy, grasping
methods by which an unscrupulous
food trust took advantage of post
war conditions in order to fleece
the American public. Fannie Ward,
in the leading role, once more dem
onstrates beyond question that she
is one of the few great emotional
actresses on the screen. The pic
ture will be shown for the last
times today.
AVERY TELLS OF
GROWTH OF THE
NEBRASKA UNI
Chancellor, in Annual Address,
Attributes Success of
State School to its
Freedom.
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 23.-(Special.)
Chancellor Samuel Avery today
addressed the opening convocation
of the University of Nebraska for
the school year 1919-1920. He spoke
on the progress of the university
during the past 10 years.
Chancellor Avery pointed out the
cause of the university's growth as
its freedom from "embarrassment
of demagogues and cheap politi
cians." "I know of no institution any
where that has been able to con
duct its business with legislators,
state officers, public school officials,
more nearly on the basis of 'friendly
relations with all and entangling al
liances with none' than the Univer
sity of Nebraska," he said.
"A brief survey of the develop
ment of the university's activities in
the western part of the state will
convince any person that the re
gents have been sympathetic to the
r.eeds of this great and rapidly de
veloping portion of our common
wealth. Farming can be made as
profitable there as anywhere if ex
tended over greater time and greater
space. A large acreage, the use of
tractors, proper blendhig of farm
ing with stock raising, an ability to
conduct operations on the basis of
10-year averages raher than depend
ence on an immediate crop, these
words tell the story that ends with
success and not failure.
Value of State Farm.
"The farm at North Platte ac
quired 18 years ago has been ex
ceedingly valuable in determining
just those conditions, both agricul
tural and economic, under which the
so-called arid" portion of the state
can be successfully handled. The ex
periment station work at North
Platte has been supplemented by a
school at Curtis which wilfendeavor
to do in a teaching way what the
station is doing in an experimental,
way, and it is believed that the grad
uates of this school, having the great
advantage of being educated in the
environment in which they will
work, will be an important factor
in developing the less developed
western sections of the state. The
farm of 600 acres and buildings and
improvements valued at ; $200,000,
with an increasing faculty and stu
dent body, represent this phase of
the university's educational develop
ment in western Nebraska.
"In the decade the college of arts
and sciences has increased three
fold, although students formerly
counted in that college are now en
rolled in the newly-formed college
of business administration, the col
leges, also new, of pharmacy and
dentistry. The faculty in the col
lege of arts and sciences has in
creased from approximately 70 to
over 100. It still maintains first
rank in the university both in the
number of students, teachers and
general influences throughout the
state. , , .
Other Signs of Growth,
"The college of agriculture has
grown in the decade from about 100
to nearly 600; the faculty has in
creased from 26 to 83. Its work
and bulletins are approved widely.
The colleges of engineering and
medicine have made great progress
and performed valuable service.
Ihe total registration in the en
tire institution, making due allow
ances for difference in- methods of
5 CARS, ENGINES
GOING, READY TO
AID COSGROVE
Stood 100 Feet From Court
House When Prisoner
Came Out
Five high-powered cars were
parked close to the county jail when
Jimmy Cosgrove was brought down
from the police court to serve 30
days, after he had been fined $100
for reckless driving and $25 for driv
ing an automobile while intoxicated.
The engines of the cars were pur
ring softly and the drivers sat ready
at the wheels.
The conviction is fixed that
Jimmy's friends had planned effi
cient assistance if he succeeded in
making a sudden dash from the of
ficers. Two of the cars were driven by
enumeration, during the last year
before the war was approximately
twice that of the registration of 10
years ago.
"During the last 10 years, 4,023
students have received degrees,
which is just approximately half of
the total number- of degrees given
by t he institution since its found
ing, 51 years ago.
"The total list of the instructors
in the infant school could have
been easily accommodated at the
dining table of an average-sized
American family. Ten years ago
there were on the faculty about 150
of professional rank, that is, above
the status of instructor. There is
today approximately an increase
over that figure of 100, for we now
have listed on the faculty about 280
men and women of professional
standing."
women One was stationed in front
of the public library building and
another cu tne south side of the
court house. A third was stationed
on Sixth street in front of St. Paul's
church, all being within a few hun
dred fset of the jail entrance. Others
were stationed further away.
In two of the cars, driven bv
women, the doors had been thought
fully opened.
After Jimmy was safely locked up
inside the steel cylinder, the cars
quietly disappeared.
If Jimmy had been able to make
a dash he would have found a high
powered car with engine Tunning
and a driver ready to "pull her wide
open."
Jt was recalled that the cars bore
Nebraska numbers.
Cosgrove will be brought before
Judge Wheeler in district court
Wednesday or soon after and Judge
Wheeler will be asked to revoke his
parole, which automatically will send
Jimmy to the penitentiary for five
years. A few days ago Cosgrove
quietly slipped into district court,
accompanied by a lawyer, pleaded
guilty to bqth grand jury indict
ments returned against him in con
nection with the double raid on the
Rodenberg farm and was sentenced
to five years at Anatnosa on one
charge, the other being dismissed.
He was paroled at once to permit
him to obey Federal Judge Wood
rough's exile order. His return
Tuesday and wild escapade violates
some of the cardinal points of his
parole and makes its revocation cer
tain. Negroes Endorse Lynching.
, Athens, Ga., Sept. 23. Negroes at
a mass meeting near Lexington,
Ga., have endorsed the action of
whites in lynching Obe Cox, negro,
accused of attacking and murdering
the wife of a white-farmer. At the
time of the crime the negro was
under indictment for an attack upon
a negress. He is said to have con
fessed to both crimes.
Kansas Cattlemen
Tell Packers Prices 1
Must Be Revived Soon
Chicago, Sept. 23. Owneri of
300,000 head of Kansas cattle, head
ed by W. R. Stubbs, former gover
nor of that state, yesterday told rep
resentatives of the "big five" pack
ers that the cattle industry is doom
ed unless prices are restored imme
diately. Thomas E. Wilson of Wil
son & Co., in turn, suggested estab
lishment of government credits for
famishing foreign nations that .
would permit sales to those coun
tries and revive faltering prices. The
stockmen agreed to this.
Arthur Meeker of Armour & Co.,
declared "agitation against the pack
ers" had "libelled the packing inter
ests." The producers said they would ap
peal to Herbert Hoover at Washing
ten to aid in getting the government
to stabilize prices. ;
At 92 He Is Father
Of a Bouncing Boy -
New York. Sept. 23. Ezra Hollo
way, 92 years old, a Hudson river
barge captain, is a father again.
Ihe aged boatman beamed with
oride when a nurse came from his
wife's room in the Bellevue hos
pital here and announced: "Its a
boy, and a beautiful baby, too."
This is Captain Holloway a ICth
child, all of whom, are living, Mrs.
Holloway, who is 41 years old, is
his third wife. She has five chil
dren by a previous marriage, so
that in reality Captain Holloway is
the father of 21 children.
Invented in Great Britain. Lon
don may install an underground
railway on the switchback principle.
gravity accelerating the speed of
trains to as much as 60 miles an
hour.
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