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GREAT AIR PILOT TO
REMAIN "SKY PILOT."
Mineola, Oct. 18. Although he is
nailed as the greatest airman in
America and one of the foremost
pilots of the world, Lieutenant May
nard. who left the Baptist ministry
two years ago to enter the military
service of his country, plans to ob
tain his discharge from the army
before Christmas and to re-enter the
Wake Forest (N. C.) college, where
he still has two years' work in his
theological course. He is 27 years
old. married. , and the father of two
girls, aged 5 and 4 years.
"FATTY" RESIGNS AS
BASEBALL "MAGGOT".
Los Angeles, Oct. 18. Roscoe
Arbuckle announced Saturday he
had resigned as president of the
Vernon club of the Pacific Coast
league. Arbuckle said he had ex
pected to purchase the club, but had
abandoned the plan because certain
rights he had asked could not be
granted. E. R. Maier, one of the
owners, succeeded Arbuckle as president.
OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YkOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.
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PARSON IS
WINNER IN
AIR DERBY
INDUSTRY PARALYZED
ALL OVER EUROPE.
New York, Oct. 18. "There is a
paralysis of industry all over Eu
rope. One exception is Belgium, but
that is the only one." Frark A. Van
derbilt told the American Manufac
turers' Export association today.
France and England, he said, were
rapidly increasing their paper cur
rency. Banking credits, he said, were
inadequate to relieve the situation.
"Then should be the creation of
some security," he added, "that will
CO to the investors of the country
that wiil providfc the funds to get
Europe back to work and unless that
is done, the tragedy that Europe
faces will be one that we will be in
danger of having extended to us.
Whatever it costs the civilization of
Europe -must be saved."
AUTHOR MARRIES
SOCIETY WOMAN.
Greenwich, Conn., pet. 18. Mrs.
Beatrice Rogers Benjamin Pratt of
New York and Newport was marJ
ried Friday to Preston Gibson, au
thor and playwright of Washington
and New York. The marriage was
performed by Judge Stephen S.
Radford' of the probate court after
Rev. Miner Howard of the Diamond
Hill Methodist Episcopal church
had declined to marry the couple
because they had no marriage li
cense. The necessary license was
obtained from the town clerk before
Judge Radford was asked to offi
ciate. GRANDDAUGHTER OF
H. H. ROGERS IN ELOPEMENT.
New York, Oct. 18. Preston Gib
son, a playwright, and Mrs. Beatrice
Rogers Benjamin Pratt, divorced
wife of Lieut. Alexander Dallas
Bache Pratt and granddaughter of
the late Henry H. Rogers, eloped
in a taxicab today ana were mar
ried at Greenwich, Conn. The
elopement was said to have resulted
from objections to the match on. the
part of the bride' parents, Mr. and
Mr. ' William Everett Benjamin.
ZEPPELIN SOON
TO CROSS ATLANTIC
New York, Oct. 18. A 600-foot
Zeppelin which was about to start
.cross tin Atlantic to drop three
tons of bombs on New York when
the signing of the armistice ended
the', war. will soon come to these
shores on a peaceful mission under
the command of American officers.
Emil U Simon, a radiator engi
neer, who arrived today on the Adri
atic, brought the story of the air
monster. "This machine," he said,
"is the largest of the kind ever built.
It is the only one built for war pur
poses that was not destroyed by the
Germans It is in a shed at Spandau.'
WONT ENTERTAIN BELGIAN
ROYALTX AT WHITE HOUSE.
Washington, Oct. 18. Owing to
the illness of President Wilson.
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of
Belgium, and their son, will not be
entertained at the White House dur
inging their stay in Washington
from October 27 to 30. They will be
the gueits instead of the Vice Presi
dent and Mrs. Marshall.
King Albert will be received by
the senate and house October 28.
Leaving Washington October 30 the
party wiil proceed either to New
York .r Newport News to embark
tor home
Whi's in Washington the visitors
will occupy the home of Assistant
Secretary Breckenridge Long of
the State department, which has
been placed at their disposal.
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL
GLAND. OPERATION.
San Francisco, Oct. 18. (By Uni
versal Service.) The 10th success
ful operation in gland transplanta
tion to. be performed at San Quentin
prison within a year took place fol
lowing the execution of Thomas
Bellon. The interstitial gland, re
moved from the body of Bellon im
mediately after he had been pro
nounced dead, was transplanted to
the body of a prisoner afflicted with
premature age and a depleted phys
ical condition. The operation was
completed within an hour after Bel
lon had been pronounced dead.
As described by Dr. Kelker, the
patient on whom the operation was
performed was a man 60 years of
age but appearing much older. He
was much under weight and ap
peared to be undernourished, having
the appearance of a man compelled
to oerform hard labor with insuf
ficient food. For some time past
his eyesight has been failing and his
movements indicated extreme weak
ness, while his mental condition was
that of a man who had lost all in
terest in life.
This condition generally describes
of all the orisoners who have been
operated on at the prison, according
to Dr. Kelker. in every previous
ooeraton. he said, an immediate im
provement had been noticeable,
sometmes becoming evident within
24 hours after the performance of
the operation. This improvement
ha been manifested by a restora
tion of fairing senses such as sight,
hearing and appetite, and also a re
viva! of interest in life and surround-
inzs. indicating a pronounced im
provement in the mental condition
of the patient.
Lieut. Maynard First to Com
. plete Second and Final Lap
of Transcontinental Flight
in Which 62 Participated.
WIFE AND CHILDREN OF
MINISTER GREET HIM
St Louis Increases Its Tax '
of Profiteer Landlords and
Collects Share of Spoils
Assessor Says Just Proportion of Increases Is Due City
Over Five Millions Added to Values Already and
More Than $132,000 Collected Rent Raises Justi
fied Only by Added Improvements to Property.
Seven Aviators or Observers
Lose Lives in Flight and
DozenSmash Machines and
Fail to Finish Race.
Chicago, Oct. 18. Lieut. B. W.
Maynard today wonthe transconti
nental airplane race today by land
ing at Mineola at 1:55:05 on his re
turn from San Francisco after an
elapsed time of slightly more than
10 days, three ot which were spent
in San Francisco under the rules and
another being lost in repairing his
machine at Cheyenne on the west
ward trip, and at Wahoo, Neb., on
the homeward Uight. Just how many
hours of the six days' actual flying
lie consumed in the air has not been
calculated, but he was slightly under
50 hours for the 5,402 miles.
Second m the race tonight, with
an enforced delay over Sunday
under the rules, was Cant. T. O.
Donaldson, who today reached Buf
falo on the second continental cross
ing, 323 miles from the finish. Next
in the contest was Lieut. E. H. Man
zelman, at Rock Island, Hi., with
985 miles separating him from the
goal at Mineola.
1 hird place in the pursuit ot Alay-
nard's record was held jointly by
Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lieuten
ant Queens, westbound, who
reached Cheyenne tonight, 1,005
miles from their destination. They
were closely followed by Lieut. E.
Cj Kiel, first to reach the Atlantic
from the Pacific, who flew to Sid
ney, Neb., today, 1,098 miles from
Sin Francisco.
Pearson Sixth Man.
Capt. Alex Pearson, who had
been Lieutenant Maynard's nearest
contender until he broke down at
North Platte, Neb., 1,491 miles from
New York, was still there tonight,
sixth behind Maynard. He expected
fto resume his flight eastward Mon
day, alter installing tne maie oi me
Martin bomber plane borrowed by
the "flying parson" when he broke
his crank shaft at Wahoo, Neb.
Of the 11 flyers who have made
the first crossing, only two others
remain in the contest, Lieut. H. W.
Sheridan, spending Sunday at Salt
Lake City, 2,083 miles from New
York, and Lieut. R. S. Worthington,
westbound, at Buffalo, 2,348 miles
from San Francisco.
Twe.ity-nine Make First Lap.
Of he 62 who started in the derby
only 29 tnanagjd tp make the first
lap of 2,701 miles, the rules provid
ing that those who did not arrive be
fore sundown today would be dis
qualified. Capt Felix Steinle, the
fifth man to reach San Francisco to
day in a borrowed plane at 4 p. m.,
was the last aviator to get in under
the time iimit. The only man to
reach New York today 'was Lieut.
Paul Richter.
Of the other 33 starters, a dozen
smashed their machines, causing the
deaths of seven aviators or observ
ers, while the rest were only able
to get within striking distance of
the first! objective too late to qualify.
At least three of those completing
the first lap will not start back.
There were three wrecks today, but
no one was hurt. Maj. A. H. Gilke
son, trailer of the westbound con
tingent, hit a ditch in landing at
Rawlings. Lieut. D. B. Gish wrecked
his plane on reaching San Francisco
and Maj. Harry Abbey fell at Au
burn, Cal , only 100 miles from the
finish oi the first lp.
Family Greet Hint First
The first persons to greet him as
he stepped from his machine were
his v.;,"e and two little girls, who
rushed across the field amid the
frantic cheering of the hundreds of
spectators v. ho were marshaled at
a safe distance by special details of
soldiers.
The first words uttered by Lieu
tenant Maynard when he put his
foot on mother earth again, were a
generous tribute to Sergt. W. E.
Klein, his companion on the flight
"Sergeant Klein deserves the
greatest credit" said the lieutenant.
"It is all up to the lieutenant"
promptly . retorted the sergeant.
"He is the greatest pilot on earth."
Wife at the Plane.
Between Lieutenant Maynard and
his wife, however, it was not a ques
tion of words. Mrs. Maynard was
at the side of the airplane almost
before it had come to rest, and her
husband leaned from his seat and
embraced her silently. His two lit
tle girls were lifted up'one after the
other to :kiss their triumphant
father. -- . , "
Lieutenant Maynard's second pub
lic announcement following bis
tribute to his companion in the great
race was a signal proof that neither
his courage nor nerve had been af
fected by the gruelling test to which
St. Louis, Oct. 18. (Special.)
The assessment of residence prop
erty, on which landlords have in
creased rents during the period of
complaints of profiteering, has been
increased $5,650,000 to date and in
creases will be levied on other prop
erty of this class as it is reached
during the assessment period which
ends in December.
Thus the landlords so far as
sessed will contribute $132,775 of
the increased rents they will col
lect before December, 1920, to the
city in the form of increased faxes.
These are figures of a statement
by Assessor Wollbrinck in response
to an inquiry as to what progress
the city had made in its effort to
check rent profiteering.
Increases Made. 1
The districts so far assessed and
the increases 'made on the assess
ment of dwelling, flats and apart
ments rented within them follow:
Delmar boulevard to Easton ave
nue, from Taylor avenue west to
the city limits, $2,300,000.
South side of Delmar boulevard
to Manchester avenue, west of Tay
lor avenue, $1,000,000.
Manchester avenue to Magnolia
avenue, from Grand avenue west,
$1,000,000.
Easton avenue, north to Natural
Bridge road, west of Taylor ave
nue, $500,000.
South of Tower Grove Park (Ar
senal street) to Gravois avenue,
from the Mississippi river' to the
city limits, $850,000. i '
Value Belongs to City.
In explaining the method em
ployed. Assessor Wollbrinck made
the following statement:
"Where the landlord has increased
the value of his property by im
provements and has given more in
value received to the tenant than
heretofore, the landlord is wholly
within his rights in increasing the
rent and his taxes should not be
changed.
"Where there has been no phys
ical improvement on the property
and the increased rent was made
possible by the pressure of increased
population or the scarcity of build
ings, then if the landlord increased
the rent he is appropriating values
he did not and could not create.
That value was produced by the
people collectively of the municipal
ity of St. Louis. In that case it
seemed wholly proper, right and fair
that the property should be revalued
and assessed accordingly, because
the municipality is entitled to a just
proportion of the increased revenue
derived from the property.
"District assessors have been
working diligently since June 1, in
each instance asking what rent is
paid and whether there has been an
advance. They have reported each
Saturday, their information showing
that increases in assessment are war
ranted in nearly every case of in
creased rents.
"The assessors have used a basis
of 10 to 1 in their assessment. If
the annual rental is $1,200 a . year,
the property assessment has been
fixed as $12,000, with such modifica
tions as the surroundings seem to
justify, so that increased rents have
become an important factor in the
city's revenue from real estate
taxes. This system has not been
applied to business property."
VEILED WOMAN AND
MALE COMPANION
ROB PEDESTRIAN
save
Victim Unconscious
After Taking Coat
and Purse.
Mrs. Fern French, 29 years old,
1138 North Seventeenth street, was
attacked at 6 last night at Forty
sixth and California streets by . a
heavily veiled woman and a man,
knocked unconscious and robbed of
$7.20. For half an hour she lay f
onscious in a field nearby unnoti' 1.
Dazed, the injured woman f ;'jn'd
her way home after borrowing car
fare from a woman pedestrian. John
French, her husband," called the po
lice. Mrs. French told the police she
was securing names and addresses
for the Omaha City Directory com
pany when attacked.
Woman Heavily Veiled.
"I sat on the curbstone at Forty
sixth and California streets to rest,"
Mrs. French said. "A woman,
heavily veiled, with a fur wrapped
about her throat and mouth, ap
proached me.
"The veiled woman said, 'Here
she is,' and a man's voice answered,
'All right.' .
'Tri matt c!v1 n a (mm Kt-In
'and put his hand over my mouth,
I remember the woman took my
pocketbook and the two of them
started to carry me away. I think
he must have struck me on the
head. I don't remember any more,
and when I awoke, I think a half
hour later, I had several big bumps
on my head and a bad headache.
Left in Field.
"I was lying flat on my back in
an open field. My plush coat had
been taken off and was nowhere
around. I stumbled along till I
came to a street, and asked a woman
there to give me some carfare. She
put me on a street car. After that
I must have gone into unconscious
ness again, because when I awoke I
was standing at Twentieth and
Cuming streets. From there I was
able to find my way home."
Police surgeons who attended
Mrs. French said she had deep
scratches on her back and breast
and several bumps behind her right
ear. Mrs. French's pocketbook was
gone when she awoke, and papers
from it were scattered about where
she lay.
Miners' Strike Certain
Unless Operators Yield
Des" Moines, la., Oct 18. (Spe
rial Telegram.) Representatives of
miners' local unions in district 13,
United Mine Workers of America,
in session here today, declare that
a strike November -1, is inevitable
unless operators meet demands for
increased wages and shorter work
ing days. 1 . '
First installment of War
' -" Indemnity Paid by Huns
Berlin, Oct. 18v The Cologne Ga
zette says, it understands that Ger
many has paid the first installment
of the war indemnity. The news
paper, says it consisted of deliveries
of various commodities, amounting
Ito 20,000,000,000 marks.
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Here Is First Telegraphed Picture,
Which Will Be' Exclusive Bee Feature
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"Mike" Gilhooley, champion stowaway, guest at a New York hotel.
SAY OPERATION
WONT" BE NEEDED
TO CURE WILSON
President Spends Comfortable
Day, According to His
' Physicians.
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Washington, Oct. 18. President
Wilson passed the best day he has
known since his present illness be
gan, Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray
son, his physician, said Saturday
night. No operation will be neces
sary to relieve the swelling of the
prostate gland, which has compli- j
cated the case and the president is
making slow but satisfactory prog
ress toward recovery from his ner
vous exhaustion.
The decision that no operation
was necessary was made by Dr.
Young, the Baltimore specialist.
This, was the conclusion reached
by the six attending physicians af
ter a consultation which lasted more
than an hour and a half. Their op
timistic views were reflected in the
following bulletin, issued at 10 p. m.:
The president had a comfortable
day. He has been taking abundant
nourishment and is somewhat
stronger. The improvement in the
prostatic condition has been main
tained very satisfactorily and no
change in the simple treatment em
ployed in contemplated.. (Signed.)
Grayson, Dercum, Young, Fowler,
Ruff in and Stitt."
Test of Invention Here
Proves Pictures by Wire
Is No Longer Idle Dream
Photograph of Lad Taken in New. York Hotel is Repro
duced in Omaha Only Few Hours Later Watch
' Bee for Other Pictures. ' " '
The first of the telegraphic pic
tures to be published by The Bee,
as shown above, while exhibiting a
lack of finish to be found in photos
taken direct from the camera plate,
is still an excellent photograph and
shows the wonderful possibilities
for the future. In addition, and
pending the improvements which
the experience of the past, with all
inventions indicates, is certain to
follow, the fact of the timeliness of
the graphic representation makes
up for any faults that might be
pointed out.
This picture was taken Saturday
afternoon in New York and imme
diately forwarded to The Bee by the
wonderful telegraphic process.
Master Mike Gilhooley gained
fame through his insistence upon
being admitted to the United States.
He was a Belgian war orphan,
adopted by an American regiment
during the progress of the fighting
and at the end of hostilities stowed
away on a ship bound for the land
of his adopted parents, the members
of the regiment. On landing at El-
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lis island he was immediately re
shipped to the old country, but
came back again. This was repeat
ed five times, until national atten
tion was attracted to his exploits,
and then offers of adoption began
to pour in upon the emigration offi
cials. A woman in Milwaukee made a
bid for him, but was a little late, as
Mrs. Marian Gilhooley Curry, a
wealthy woman of New York, has
already made a claim, and posses
sion of ihe boy had been delivered
to her vending formal arrangements.
Mrs. Curry had been attracted to
the boy, not only because of his per
sistence, courage and daring, but be
cause his was her maiden name, Gil
hooley. She installed him in her
apartments at the Vanderbilt hotel
in New York City, and the young
stowaway began to live the life of
a modern Aladdin.
The above picture will be followed
by others, to be published in The
Bee whenever events of importance
transpire that are worth photo
graphic reproduction, and where the
enterprise of the newspaper dictates
that the picture should be placed be
fore its readers immediately without
waiting for the slow transmission of
the mails.
Watch The Bee for other pic
tures. j
Coflective Bargaining
Agreement Reached by
Industrial Conference
Washingon, Oct. 18. A tentative
agreement on collective bargaining
was reached by the general commit
tee of the national industrial confer
ence after an all-day session. Com
mittee members will consult with
their respective groups Sunday and
final action on framing a report to
the conference will be taken by the
general committee tomorrow night.
The committee agreement was
reached by taking the declaration
of the public and labor groups as a
basis and adding to the sentence
recognizing the right of wage ear
ners to organize "in trade and labor
unions" the words "shop and other
industrial associations."
The proposed compromise' also
substitutes for the sentence of the
original declaration recognizing the
right of organized labor to be. rep
resented "by representatives of
their own choosing" the words "by
representatives chosen by a major
ity of their own members."
D. S. C. for Brave Deeds.
Washington, Oct 18. Retroactive
awards ' of Distinguished Service
crosses were announced by the War
department to Maj. Gen. C. D.
Rhodes. Col. Henry H. Sheen and
Majors A. M. Ferguson, Edward L.
King and Charles F. Humphrey, jr.
Their citations were for acts of hero
ism in the Philippines in 1898 and
1900
INTEREST HERE
IN GRAND OPERA
r AT HIGH PITCH
Rush for Seat Reservations
Causes Maintenance of Open
Box Office All Day
Sunday.
Opera is a gigantic undertaking.
Nobody knows this better than
those who are in charge of the Chi
cago Grand Opera company's two
gorgeous productions, "Aida" and
"The Masked Ball." , .
To be sure that the electricity was
working, that all lights were in their
proper place, that the wings and
dressing rooms were all in readiness
to receive the singers Monday and
Tuesday nights, the management
sent an engineer to Omaha three
days in advance of the company.
With him were 2.700 pounds of
tope, colored electric light bulbs,
trappings, trimmings and fittings of
'all kinds. The scenery is to be
exactly the same as is used in Chi
cago and the productions are guar
anteed by Campinini to be 100 per
cent perfect, if such a thing is pos
sible. Self Tickets Sunday.
Mrs. Florence E. Whiteside, who
has been in Omaha six weeks pre
paring the city and the company for
their musical fete, announced Sat
urday that the box office would be
open all day Sunday to accommo
date the crowds who are anxious to
purchase tickets.
"It was with some difficulty," said
Mrs. Whiteside, "that we found
some one to hold this ticket post at
the Auditorium during Sunday, but
we finally succeeded. Reservations
are coming in so rapidly that it
would be impossible to handle the
sales, with any degree of accuracy
or ease, without the Sunday 'open
box office.' "
Added interest is being shown in
the Monday night performance,
"Aida," because of the eight beau
tiful giris who will super in . the
great triumphal scene. They are
Misses Ruth Bieber, Elsie and
Frieda Paustain, Adelyn Wood, Ger
trude and Ellen Anthes and Mrs.
Walter Don Cameron, pupils of
Miss Mary Munchhoff.
Omaha Becoming Metropolitan..
From the Glee club and some of
the leading Omaha choirs there will
be 75 men taking part in the same
scene.
The "Masked Ball" is very differ
ent in theme and music, and Emmy
Destinn, whose marvelous voice is
one of Ihe brightest spots in the
Metropolitan opera this year, is a rare
treat. She is one of the world's
notables and has stirred great in
terest not only with her voice but
her personal career. j
She was held prisoner in her home
for three years, in Austria, as a spy. !
And Mine. Destinn declares she
would certainly have taken all the
information possible to her people,
the Czecho-Slavics. In fact she says
that on several occasions she was
able to pass word to them.
With the coming of grand opera,
Omaha, it is declared, takes one;
long leap toward a metropolitan I
city. I
OLSIVI
B
CAN'T HOLD
FORT L
ONG
One Dispatch Announces Yu
denitch's Cavalry Already Is
in Capital, But This Report
Lacks Confirmation.
DENIKIIME IN SOUTH
PURSUES SUCCESSES
Bolshevik Minister of War
Says "Pack of Bourgeois
durs Is Worrying Body of So
viet Russia on All Sides."
London, Oct. 18. (By The Associ
ated Press.) Petrograd tonight was
so closely invested by the anti-bolshevik
forces, according to the latest
official advices, that military experts
expressed the belief that little short
of a miracle could save the hard
pressed bolsheviki. Indeed, "one
newspaper dispatch reported General '
Yudenitch's cavalry in the capital.
But there is no confirmation of this.
Neither had British official con
firmation been received of the re
ported surrender of Kronstadt, al
though the war office states that the
Esthonians on Friday, operating in
conjunction with Yudenitch, got
within four miles of the Krasnia
Gorka, facing Kronstadt. Thus
Kronstadt would be in a dangerous
position as, with the capture of Pe
trograd, it would be cut off. Coinci
dent with these reports comes an an
nouncement by Leon Trotzky, the
bolshevik war minister, referring to
the anti-bolshevik forces as "a pack
of bourgeois curs worrying the body
of soviet Russia" and declaring that
Petrograd will not fall. .
' In the meantime in the south,
General Denikine has been pursuing
his successes. But he is meeting
with strenuous resistance in the Orel
region, where the fiercest fighting
is going on.
Say Petrograd Entered.
Further reports from Scandinavian
sources that Petrograd had been en
tered by forces of the Russian north
western army were -received this af
ternoon. The Skanska Dagbladet of
Stockholm, according to a message
from the Swedish capital, reported
that the cavalry of that army had
reached Petrograd.
A bolshevik wireless communique
claims the capture of Fastov, a rail
way junction 40 miles southwest of
Kiev, on the road to Odessa.
An earlier bolshevist announce
ment reported that Kiev itself was
captured Wednesday by an impet-.
uous surprise attack; General Den
ikine has not reported the loss of
this town, one of the most im
portant in southern Russia.
Curs Worrying Russia.
The following description of the
situation in the Baltic is attributed
to Leon Trotsky, the bolshevik min
ister of war, by a wireless message
from Moscow:
"A pack of bourgeois curs are
worrying the body of soviet Russia
on all sides. Polish knights are"1
gnashing their teeth. The German
consul, von der Goltz, under in
structions by the stock exchange
and the offscourings of all lands, is
seizing the Baltic country with the
(Contlnnd on rata Four, Column Five.)
Omaha Girl Seeks
Heavy Damages for
Ejection From Hotel
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct 18. (Spe
cial Telegram.) How many good
round dollars should a girl be given
for injury to her reputation in be
ing ejected from a hotel when the
management believed her presence
was undesirable?
Pretty Miss Irene Anna Stecher
of Omaha says not a cent less than
$10,000. and she has '.filed suit'
against the Hotel Clark for that sum,
but 'Miss Stecher says her injuries
amount to more than a mere char
acter damage. Her sufferings, as
outlined in the complaint filed by
Attorney Lester W. Roth in the '
United States district court, are:
"Hurt in character and reputation.
"Injury to nervous system.
"Humiliation and disgrace. . . ;
"Shock and sickness. : ' '
"Great pain and chagrin.
"Mortification and aneuish of hnti
and mind."
Miss Stecher claims that she left
Omaha,' where she resides with her "
mother, July 12 for a trip through'
the Canadian Rockies and down th
coast. An old friend of the family
was visiting in Los Angeles and they
met He was the only friend she had "
in me city. Miss btecher claimsand
occasionally visited her at the hotel.
He was present on the evening of
September 22 about 6 o'clock. Miss
Stecher alleges, when she wii tuft
ed. She charges the employes of the
noiei aaaressea ner in "vile and abu
sive language, falsely and unjustly
accusing her of being a disreputable
person and of conduct imputing
guilt of impropriety and immoral- :
lty.
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