Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 15, 1920, Page 4, Image 4
v v 1 TrIE . OfljAHA. SA1UKDAY, MAY 15,V lU; Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha P. A. Barrow. Correspondent-1 Bee i: V 1 i FACTIONAL ROW AT DEHQ MEETIMG IS THREATENED Qrjan apji Anti-Bryan ; Dele- gates May Meet in CohTest ' S)f Lancaster County st"'". Delegation. 7 ' Cliicoln, Neb., May 14. (Special.) ' '. Tliat the democratic state conven ' tkijj in Omaha next Tuesday may dcvrlop into one of tlie kind of love traits which A ave characterized former, state conventions when the Bryan and anti-Bryan factions have . 'clashed is evident from the. rumors I whijph are heard that the conven . tioit, may be called uponto decide Whether the Lancaster county dele gation is entitled to-seats. , , s , The coirtention is, that .the dele patfon is not a legal delegation un derjthe law." The law states that county conventions shall select dele gates to he state convention from jts twn membership, y ' If js said that about half of the ' delegates selected at the Lancaster county convention" were,, not dele " gates at the convention.and upon thi oroDOsition a .contest may be ;'. made of the riirht of these dele gates to sit in the state convention. Charles W. Brvan heads the dele gatton which is said to be strongly of Bryan hue. : Continue Drive Against t t " . Fraternities in Lincoln , , tshicolrf, Neb., May 14. -(Special.) -Tbree more high school students, MarW JDuskih. Asa Waters and Ed v Lanjes, were suspended Friday pend ing fjurtner action Dy ine Doaro-oi education foralleged me'mbership in -fraternities in violation of the r state law and regulations of the schdol board. Five students were suspended earlier jn the week. Furth er suspensions are expected. t - i '.. ' . ' . , Governor Speaks to Graduates Lfcltoln. Neh.'. Mav 14. (Sbecial.) 'Governor McKelvie went to 'Ge neva Friday to deliver tlie com mencement day address befdre the High school graduating class. , Spring Ceremonial Held r By Winers at Hastings Hastings, Neb., May 14. (Special Telegram.) Seven hundred mem- hers; of the Mystic Shrine, coming from all sections of Nebraska, espe cially from points west of David City; assembled in Hastings to at tend the Shrine spring ceremonial. There are especially large delega tions from Lexington and North PJatte. ; Mayor L. B. Stiner of Hastings, -potentate" of Tehama, presided at the banquet as' toastmaster. The speak ers yere W. Hr-Suhr,' Grand1 Island; Rev.j W. N. Tompkins, Lincoln, and . Wil Rinderspacher, Hastings, past ' potentate- of Tehama. The Shriners helds a, parade during f he afternoon. V The'ceremonies closed ',. with the ' "Grand Mufti March" at midnight. 1 Kearney Commercial Club -f Buys Site for Auditorium Kearney, Neb., My 14.-(Spe- cial.f A special meeting of the j chamber of commerce has secured . a site for- theffiunicipal auditorium and rwill proceed at once to raise funds necessary, for its purchase. This; tract will be presented to the j city.6 The committee encountered peculiar ideasrro(f- land valuations while site hunting. One tritct, the assessed valuation of whigh was fig tired at $5,000. could not be bought ' , for $15,000. In another instance welMp-d6 resident, interested in the auditorium movement, vblunteered to remove his house from Suitable lotsi-and sell1 them at a fair. price. I Then the city stepped, forward and ouerra to aouaic sue v . Kelrney Plans United Drive on All Dirt in City Masons Protest Tax ' On Lincoln Temple in ) Appeal to.High Court Lincoln,, Neb., May. 14. (Special.) The Scottish Rite building com pany of Lincoln, which owns the temple erected a fewvyears ago, has filed with the supreme court its brief in appeal from the Lancaster county district court , from an or der holding that the temple was sub ject to taxation. - . ''- v , The .brief holds that, the society which owns the temple , is a chari table -one and that the temple is used only for the purpose of charity. It recites the provisions of the arti cles of incorporation, which ceads: "This corporation is not organized for profit, but only as, auxiliary to the ' fratefna bodies atoresaid and no dividends shall be paid upon any of its shares." ' The .brief holds that the evidence is strong that the property is used for religious purposes and that it is almost , impossible . to x distinguish between religious purposes -and charitable ? purposes when used in a liberal sense. ',- , , - v MARINE PROBLEM IS DISCUSSED AT TRADE MEETING Shortage of Fuel Oil and Its Potential Effect On. Jtti Burning Vessels Is Debated. ('j ' j offered to i Kelrney ! l -f ,t Kearney, fl ciali) Fdsl u I Neb.. May 14. (Spe- -Fdstered by the city adminis tration, . Chamber ot s commerce, Nineteenth Century club, Rotary - clubhand Boy Scouts and supported by public schools, Kearney will en- . ter apon a cleanup campaign Satur- - dayj, when for one Nveek all atten i. tion, will be centered, on polishing .. p -the city. ; A , systematic Cam- pajgjp has been mapped out by those taking the initiative in this move meat, which promise! to be the most successful drive on dirt ever made in Keirney. Personal canvasses and appeals to citizens to extend their : liclji, in this movement were made . by Boy Scouts of the city. , , District Declamatory ; I - Contest Held in Beatrice ' Beatrice, Neb., May 14. (Spe- rial.). 'In the district declamatory contest held here between represen tatives ofJ2 towns, Mabfe Lake of DeW'tt won first in the, dramatic clasi, with Miss Bertha Fishback of Beatrice, second. Agrtes McCarn of Ashiand was first inthe humorous, witht Sylvia Kunc of Wilber, second. Ernest Beam, Beatrice, was first in the extemporaneous class with -Ellis j Lucps of Ashland, second. -I y " , . :$2000 Lynch Hospital " I To Be Enlarged at Once Lfecb, Neb..,' May 14. (Special.) 4 Te new- Lynch hospital, which willlbe operated by the Benedictine . sisters nf the Catholic church, will be rtady for occupancy in about two ' weeks. The structure will cost $25,- 000 and the equipment an additional $18,800. An additional story 'to the bailing will be started immediately to cost about $15,000. The hospital will accommodate IS patients. . - : Commercial Club Eleet. ' Beatrice, Nebn May 14. (Spe cial.) At the annual meeting of ' the ?DeWitt Commercial club Ed . . gar 3?ossister' was elected president t for ihe coming 'year. " Other offi rersrare J. F, Brier, vice president; v K. E, Leeper, secretary: jf. A. Row Hase trcasurjb Lincoln Garage Burns; . Loss Will Be Over $20,000 Lincoln, Neb., May 14. (Special.) Fire of unknown origin in the garage of Rutlage H. Morse here caused a loss estimated at $20,000 to automobiles stored on the second floor. Damage to the building could not be estimated. Many of the cars were nwnd bv ocivate ' individuals and the insurance carried could- -nol determined. ; ' . Former Cashier of Defunct - Valparaiso Bank Held Lincoln, Neb.. May , 14 R. A. Lower of Lincoln, former cashier of the Valapraiso State bank, closed by the State Banking bureau,.1 was bound over to district cOart by County Judge Parmenter at Waltoo on an information ''charging hiin with embezaling $61,30 , frdm the bank.' ' Ask Bank Charter. X 'Lincoln. Neb., May 14. (Special.) Application for a charter has been filed with the state banking bureau for the Farmers State bank at Til den, with a capitaf stock of $25,000. John Lemly will be president, B. Whit Jenkins, cashier. Rep. McLaughlin Paid Fine Compliment in House Washington, May 14.-WS6ecial.) Speaker vGillett paid Representa tive McLaughlin of ,iork, reb., a very gracious compliment today by calling the Fourth district congress man to the chair for a period while the hduse had the conference report on the agriculture bill under consid eration. This is quiet an unusual honor to extend to a first term member.-?- ! ' ' , Mark T. Martin secretary assist ant treasurer of the Payne Invest: ment company of Omaha is in Washington. . " Candy Company Will Build Big Factory at Beatrice Beatrice. Neb.. May 14. (Special.) The "Hested company announced that Beatrice has been selected as the location of their plant which will manufacture thevMortoandy show cases. The company has: been capi talized, for $100,000, with $25,000 paid up stock: The plant will em ploy about 30 workmen. Kansas Gets Assembly. 'BeatriceVNek. May 14. (Spe cial.) The annual summer assembly of the Brethren church, which nas beenfheld in . this city for a number of years, this year will be held at Sun Springs park, near Sabetha, Kan., August 17 to 22. 7 7 Queer Lightning trick. Norfolk, Neb.. May, 14.-(SpeciaK) During an electrical storm here the infant son of Dick Walton was burled from its crib 'to the bed oc cupied by "its parents when lightning struckxthe house.'- the parents were thrown from . the bed to the floor, but none of the family was injured. San Francisco. May 14? Prob lems N6f the American merchant ma rine as they affect the foreign com merce of the United States drew the attention ?today of delegates to the seventh annual convention of the National Foreign, Trade, council in session here. Shortage of fuel oil aVd its oo- teiitial,effect upott the; large number oi on ourning vessels ot tne united States Shippinsr board oceunied much df the session, together witlv discussion . ot - coal , conditions tiiroughout the world. Marine in surance also attracted consideration. Oil Man Speaks. Speakers at Ihe-general session and their1 topics were: i . A. C. Bedford, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, "Fuel Oil and For eign Trade;" Hefldos Chubb of Chubb St Sons, New Yofk, "Ameri can Marine Insurance;" E. J. Enney, president of the William Cory Mann-Qeorge corporation, "Ameri can Crtal and Its Relation' to For eign Trade." and Jolwi E. 'Barber of Harris, Forbes & Co New York, "Marine Securities." - Group sessions today were, on the subjects, "Practical, Problems of the Export; Manager," "Webb Law in Operation," "Pacific Problems," and "Latin American Trade Relations." A Propose Trade Exhibits.1;;; vV ' Delegates from 10 Pacifia coast commercial organizations "made pub lic a letter to Secretary J. W, Alex ahder and Admiral W, S. Benson, chairman of the shipping board,-was requested hat provisions be made fot sending a commercial exhibit of United States products to"oriental ports ior educational purposes. The commercial orgamzation re quested that the steamshipIris be allocated for a seven months' trip to 10 ports in tne tar east to display the exhibit. It was, proposed that the exhibit. remain in Shanghai following the cruise to the other ports, as a permanent exhibit. The delegates further proposed to have the American 'Chamber of commerce in anangnai prepare a Automobile Is Burned When Motorist Tries To Drain Gas Tank itwer, vice president, and Earl LUimilar exhibit of Chinese products to be carried by the Iris" for display in Pacific coast parts. Training on the proposed trip of 100 young men as "officers in the merchant marine and. trade emissaries in -the far east was suggested in the letter. C.C. of C.C., Kvof C.dall Society Event in O'Neill O'Neill Neb., May 14. (Special.) The eighteenth annual ball of Cljarles Carroll of Carrolton council, Knights oi Columbus, this city, the annual society event of this vicinity, Was(held in Knights of Columbus hall. The function, regardless of bad weather and worse roads, was well attended. A large delegation of the 'O'Neill knights will attend th Omaha initiation Sunday. Thieves Loot York Store : l" Of $tj00 in Merchandise ' York, Neb., Ma. 14. (Special.) Thieves broke into the Read drvl 1 - . , T" . 1 -ITZX goous store ncre rriuay morning and stole merchandise valued at $1,' 700, The loot consisted of ,,five women's suits valued at $600, tnree dresses Votth $23Q, and silk valued at $850..' ; . ,.i , Fairbury Pioneer Dies. Fairbury. Neb., May 14. (Spe cial.) Frank Ryburn, pioneer f of tajjbury, died here Thursday. He was .60 years old . and- had resided here . 'more than 50 years,. .His father, Bird T. Ryburn, was the first probate judge . of Jefferson coimty. , , , Lynch Bank Sold. Lynch, ifeb., May 14. (Special.) The Security State; bank, one of the oldest banks in Lynch, wassold by C. F. Roe, president, to Harold Halbert. of Foster, Neb. Mr. Roe will devote his entire time to his farm interests. ' N . , ... . . Striking a match to better aid the draining of his automobile tank of admixture of kerosene and gasoline in Elmwood park at 8:45 Thursday night, J: B. Crabby 2706 Webhrr street, accidentally set fire tot his car in whiqh his wife, mother and three smalt children - were sitting. All occupants of the car escaped without serious burns, but the auto mobile was practically destroyed. Mr. Crabbe had filled his gasoline tank earlier in the' evening, and while driving in Elmwood park no tic.ed that the engine was not work ing- well. . He stopped to investigate and discovered the errpr. Another motorist who stopped to ;offet' aid, told 'Mr.' Lrabbe to drain his easo line tank while he went to get some gasoline for him. ; Denies He's Member of ; Firm Sued On Account Edward Harmansky. proprietor of a drug store in the Millard hotel biocx.denied .to Judge fatnek in municipal court yesterday-morning that any business' partnership ex isted between him and Joe Vas- ko, jr. -; Vasko, who had charge of the Millard hotel up to January 10"of this year, insisted That he and Har mansky, had been partners. ' ihey appeared as co-defendants in suit broutrht by the American Products company for $43.75 for supplies. ' "? ; , 1 (The court continiieH -the ras in Saturday morning to give Vasko an opportunity to prove the partnership ah .: . i v -rtr-. : Detectives Hold Woman . F,or Tjieft ofPocketbobk Mrs. L. 'Newland. Nineteenth and Charles streets," was arrested, yester day atternoon by JJetectives branch and Heller following the theft of a pocketbok containing $2.50 belong ing to Mrs. Max uavis, isui worth Twentieth street, in a grocery store near her home. Mrs. Davis told police she laid her purse down on the. counter in the stbre and when she came back to pick it up it had disappeared. She ac cused Mrs.' Newland of taking the purse. . . , Mrs. .Newland denied the charge and was released on a $25 cash bond. Omaha Balloon Companies ; , Transferred to Seattle The i Fourteenth and . Twentv- f fourth balloon companies, which left Port Omaha April 10. for tem- porarMffduty on the Pacific coast, left . San Francisco yesterday " for j Seattle, according to information received by Lieut. Col. Jacob Wuest, commanding officer at .the fort. Thev' balloon Companies furnished! aerial observation or coast artillery finng practice. After similar service at beattle stations the companies wtH participate in the summer field I maneuvers of : heavy artilleryat Camp Lewisi Wash.'; ; Council Bluffs" Delegation Guests Local Kiwaois Club ' A delegation from Council Bluffs was. entertained by the Kiwanis club at dinner at the Fontenelle hotel last I niehtr: Mayor Ed -P. Smith wel comed the Iowans in the name of Omaha and the club. Mayor Louis Zurmuehlen of Council Bluffs re sponded. Others who "Spoke Were j J. J. Hess and Harry-Palmer; : . MISSING GIRL MET FOUL PLAY, PARENTS THINK Bertha Wittulskr Disappears .Monday Neighbors Tell of ; Suicide Threats Quarrel- . ed With Her .Father. Sleuth Loses Keys. Detective Anton Francl was out I .doing a bit of detecting .for himself yesterday afternoon following the Joss of a bunch of keys. The sleuth learned of the loss when he wanted to call the station and could not open a nnlirp Knv : ' ' . -' Arrest Alleged Murdeyer. Sioux City, la., May '13. Charles Richardson,-who, the police say, es caped from the Kansas City jail in 1919 while beingheld under a 10-1 yea'r sentence on a charge, of killing a policeman, was arrested here. ' - Plan $5,000 Driv. North Platte. Neb.. May 14.- (fSpecia-1.) A financial campaign for $5,000 to'fit up'a permanent summer camp for Boy Scouts and Camp ( fire girls here will be started Mon day.- - 1 ; Born in 1839 Dr. CaldweU Stffl in His Office Daily .Wonderful vigor of the founder of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Millions now use his famous prescription v ' Phyiucians know that good Jiealth depends largely upon proper digestion and elimination . ' and that much aickneu resultairom constipation. No one knows this better than t , the "family' doctor, the general practioner. DR. W. B. Caldwellof Mon ticello, Illinois, was and is a family doctor. The whole human body, not any small part of it, was his practice. More than half his ''calls'' were on women, " children and babies. They are -'the -ones most often sicki But i heir illnesses were usually of a, Biinor nature colds, fevers, head . aches, biliousness and all of them required- first a thorough 1 evacuationThey were constipated. : Mothers are giving it ' to their children, who vera given it by their mothers. Every second of the working day someone some where is going inter a drug store to buy it, for Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is selling atthe rate of over 6 million bottles a'year. Its great success is based on . merit, on repeated buying, on one satisfied user telling another. There are thousands of homes in this country that are never with out a bottle of Syrup Pepsin, and wonderful success. D Patdvpll in th mnru nf 1(1 years' practice, for be was grad-""1 formula tor of that PTescrip- uated from tlusn Medical UoUege llou iurwiuj uviug wmiu back in 187S, had found good ' deal of success in such cases with y a nrescription of his own contain' inf simple laxative herbs with pepsin. In 1892 he decided to use this formula in the manufac- ' ture of a medicine to be known as ' Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, and yin that year the preparation was . f first placed on the market. The . ' picture of Dr. Caldwell that ap f ' pears on the package was taken in that year. ; 'v ' . . 1 The preparation immediately had u great a success in the drug stores as it previously had in the doctor's private practice. Today the third generation is using it. Women; children and elderly ' people are especially benefitted by Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. While it is promptly effective on ine most rouusi conauiuuoa una in the most obstinatecases, it is mild and gentle in its action and does not cause griping and strain. Containing neither opiates nor narcotics, it is safe for the tiniest baby and children like it and take it willingly. , ' " ., .. Every drug store sells Dr. Cald well's Syrup Pepsin. Keep a bottle in your home. Where many Uve someone is sure to need it quickly. !( J 0 DR. W., B. CALDWELL TODAY ' Born SbalbyvlUt, Md.. Mreh 17, 1139 Bf o tbl mnufcturt of hi famous pr- - , icripUoninlSM, In spice of the fact thai Dr. Cold well'sSyrupPepsinisthelargtst'scUing liquid laxative in the world, there " being ever 6 million bottles said each year, many xuko need its btnejitt have not yet used it. If you have not, send , your name and address for a free trial htde to Dr. W. B. CaldweU. 311 Wtahington St., Monticello, Ilnnois. . . Neighbors of Bertha. Wittulski, 17-ycar-old ,daughffr-, of Mr. and Mrs Max J. Wit tulski, Fifty-ninth and U streets, fear that the girl ,may ., have, committed suicide. She has been m i s s i.n g , since Monday eveliing, failing to return home ..from work at 1 the ot- dcf nf the .Np. braska Telephone Bertha Wmulski. company at Nineteenth and Doug las streets where she is employekas a messenger. r.S' ' .. . Parents of the eirl-fear that -she has met with foul olav, or is.beinsr held somewhere against her will. They declared that they know of no reason why she would, wish' to re main away from home. I The mother said 1 that Bertha was subject . to periodsv of nervous depression . and that Monday morning iefore going to work quarreled with her father. Suicide Threats Told. v Freouent threats 1 of the ffirl to take her .own life were told b neigh bors, who said tluu she was often morose. One advanced the theory I that she may have jumped off the Douglas ''streetbridge.. Mrs. Wittulski said that her daugh ter had no sweetheart and does not believe that romance is connected with her disappearance. 1 Bertha worked ' Monday, but lias not been seen since that evening. Her wages for,' the previous week were due Tuesday, but she did not return for her check. She had but 25' cents when fshe went to work Monday morning, her mother said, j Welfare Board Notified. 1 Her father, who is a car r-epairer for the Burlington at the South Omaha yards, has been conducting a wide ' search for the missing girl aid yesterday reported her disap pearance to the City Welfare board., She is described as being about five feet, two inches tall, weighing 105 pounds, and of dark comolexion. On the day of her disappearance she wore a pink dress, a long green coat with gray fur coWr, a black sailor hat and black shoes. ? Brogan Denies Unpatriotic Utterances on War. veterans, F. A. Brogah, president of the Chamber of Commerce, last night denied statements attributed to him by William Ritchie, jr., attorney, who charged President Brogan in a private conversation with him had made unpatriotic, utterances in cqh nectioa with discussion of the merits of proposals, for bonuses-' for war veterans. "I iwant to deny T made the state-, ments which Mr. Ritchie' is nuoted as having said I made," Mr. Brogan stated. 1 ' 1 ' t- Attorney Ritchie, member of the local and state executive committees of the American Legion, claimed President Brogan said, "veterans of the great war demanding a general bonus were showing a brand of patriotism inferior , to that of , vet-1 erans of the civil war." . i Bee Want Ads Produce Results. HOOVER GOMES OUT STRONG FOR OPEN SHOP PLAN Tells Senators! "Principle of Individual Freedom Re quires It" Against Use -V -v' of Courts. - Washiifgton, May 14 "Tbiyprin-. ciple of individual freedom requires the open shop," Herbert Hoover de clared today in tesfifying before the senate, labor committee at hearings on proposed legislation for the set tlement of industrial unrest. Mr. Hoover, who was, a member of President Wilson's second indus trial conference, said he did not be lieve the relationship between em ployers and employes could be set tled "hy any form of legal repres sion, whether it be by injunction, compulsory arbitration or industrial courts." . ,' -. - "Fundamentally," he'declared, "all such effort leads inevitably to the use of jails as a solution for disputes' as to respective participation of la bor and capital in industrial profits, and proceeds swiftly . toward com pulsory labor, tfr compulsory wages, or martyrdom. . , Mr. Hoover heartily approved the plan of the second industrial con ference for voluntary settlement of labor troubles through co-operative agreement. Senator Jones,' demo crat, New Mexico, wanted to know if labor had not been disturbed by, excessive profits, -v. T , "It has," replied Mr. Hoover, "but j it is difficult to say how far this has helped to cause industrial un- rest, now with the rising cost of living. There is no question as to the enormous increase in profits, but what weight is to be given this re onires very careful attention. ! There has been a big increase in profits over the cost of labor, but I "cannot t say ar to proportion. . , , ', Woman 91 Years OH Contracts .Fatal Cold On Long Outdoor Walk An outdoor walk of 13 blocks two weeKs ago brought onserious illness to Mrs. Mary Redwinski, 91 years old, pioneer settler in this etty. She the1 home bf her son, Frank Red winski, 174S . South" Twenty-sixth street. . ; . ' She contracted a cold in her lungs a day after she walked from her home to1 lhirtcenth ,and Williams streets to visit a friend. She was born in Poland and came to America 34 years ago, settling in Omaha with lier two sons, Frank and John, who survive. ' , Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Monday morning at the Immaculate' Conception, Catholic church, Twenty-fourth and Bancroft ' street's. Burial will be in St Marj V 4 juagaaienes cemetery. Sailor Named Harrison , Dying at Mare Island y Omaha oostoffTce officials were asked yesterday to attempt to lo- f cate relatives . here ot .Nelson L Harrison, who enlised in the marine coros at Los Angeles. Cal., last . February, giving his home address as umana. -. . . . . He is dying at the Mare Island, ' Cal., naval hospital, according ta a letter sent hero by a comrade The. letter says Harrison was er . ployed by the Iten Biscuit Co. Ike Greatest Dress ' Bale Ewffempfe 1 Illk, 1 fil i. V, rift 50 Owing to the iiiilumerable phone calls we have had from ladies unable to get downtown in time for this event on Friday, we hive depided to extend this sale for one more day Saturday . Dresses to $50 Dozens upon dozens of the season's smartest new models to go at Iess4han the cost of materials, Tricotines N Figured Georgettes' Best Taffetas f Georgettes Silk Foulards Charmeuse Beaded Georgettes Crepe Meteors Rich Satins V? v. $ Saturday II Owing to tne extremely low price during this sale we can not allow) any exchanges, re funds or charges. Every 'sale I must be final. Coats . Three-quarter and full length Coats of fine Men's Wear Serge, Ve lour, Silvertones, etc., in a charming variety of modes for motor, sports or street wear. v Radically Reduced-- . i t - , - .5.0 : $19 lisational Suit. Sale On Saturday vou will have the ODDortunitv of'selecfinff from a wonderful selection of A our Detter suits at a saving or almost, iialr. These are splendid qualities in the materials so much in demand this year-many of them designed for all-year wear) to $ $59.50 V Suits ... I -. " X 7 i r 1 KL An A' EMSMkMMMMdNnHtMMpNNMl 1 1" v. S