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DEFICIT SHOWN
IN OPERATION OF
STREET RAILWAY
Company Presents Financial
.Statement' at' Hearing on:
Employes' Petition for.
Higher Wages.
A statement showing that "the
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street
Railway company showed a deficit
of $74,000 duriiif? the last nine
months' was introduced as evidence
against paying increase of wages to
street car men in the hearing before
the state railway commission yes
terday afternoon. .
In their financial statement the
company presented figures that no
dividends were paid on either pre
ferred stock this year or on common
stock since April 1, 1918. The com
pany reported $10,6(V paid for in
creased taxation and $8,000 for in
creased price of coal due to higher
wages paid coal miners.
Attorneys John I,ee Webster and
Alvin Johnson for the company als
presented figures of wages paid to
the men who have worked at least
25 days during May. The maximum
wages for 25 days at 57 cents is
$204.98, according to the company's
statement. The minimum is $109.83.
The company gave figures that out
of 858 men, 052 received an average
of S15S.53 during the 25 days in May.
The attorneys also stated that the
company was giving better service
and was more efficient compared
with years pastj according to figures
of accidents presented to the com
mission. For the first five months
of the year , with 38,134,546 passen
gers, there were 1,891 accident or
one accident to- every 20,166 pas
sengers. Part of this testimony was
"introduced by the company to ic
fute testimony of employes in regard
to service.
Y. J. Nicholson was the only wit
ness for flie company in the after
noon hearing. C. F. Sroufe, 5420
North Sixteenth street, and Hardy
Mtdlin, 3009 South Twentieth street,
conductors, were witnesses for the
employes. They told of the expense
of living and the nature of their
work. Stroufe said street car men
work 3o5 days without i vacation
anfl Meilliu testified that he asked
for a night, oft for five days and was
denied this privilege. Mcdlin said
he made $142.06 during May, but
with no vacation.
The hearing will be resumed this
morning., Members of the commission-believe
that he, hearing will end
Thursday.
WHY?-
Does the Moon Change in Size?
(Copyright, 1920,' by tli a Wheeler
Syndicate. Inc.)
What wc know as the change
in size of the moon growing
from the tiny thin crescent of the
"new" moon to the great silvery
disc of the "full" moon is, of
course, only an apparent change
produced by positions in its or
bit. The moon itself remains of
the same size, as may be seen
on a clear night when the dark
oval of-the unlighted section can
be distinguished outside the,
crescent-shaped new moon.
When the rnoon is opposite the
sun, the earth is between it and
the sun and the light is reflected
from its entire suface. This we
call the "full" moon. But, when
the conditions are reversed
when the moon is between the
sun. and the earththe light of
the sun shines full on its op
posite, side and it is invisible:
From this position the moon
gradually passes on in its regu
lar, predetermined orbit and its
illuminated surface becomes
more visible until, at the end of
approximately 29li days, it is
once more "full."
The plane of the orbit of the
moon being inclined to the plane
of the orbit of the earth at an
angle of about 5 degrees, the
moon is almost always below or
above the plane of the earth's
orbit. When the full moon is di
rectly oh this orbit, an eclipse,
of the moon ensues, and if the
"dark"" moon ' crosses the orbit,
the sun is eclipsed.-
Tomorrow Why Does a Camel
Have a Bump?
To enable an automobile to be
used; as a tractor a Missouri farmer
has. invented a frame on which it can
be clamped to drive tractor wheels
through gearing.
CHEVROLET "Four-Ninety"
Touring Car possesses all "the
qualifications necessary to -satisfy
those who wish to spend only a lim
ited amount of money and yet pos
sess an automobile whose all-round
capabilities equal ftose of any motor
ar- -":
Chevrolet Motor Co. of Nebraska .
' 1 Retail Stare . .jpfV' -
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2215 Farnarn Street , -
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Chtmlrt "FetnvViartjr" rme
Giant Aluminum Monoplane
From New
The htiL'e aluMoun Rionoalane
carrying Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lar
stn of New York, tajhe wedding of
Miss Canita O'Brien and Tohn Mar-
i kel here tomorrow, landed at Ak-
har-Ben field at !:.-Q . n. yesterday,
after a non-stop flight of four hours
and 20 minutes from Chicago.
The plane, which was piloted by
Bert Acosta, appeared on the east
ern horizon at 1:35. and circled over
the city once before heading toward
the landing field. It then circled the
field once, and glided down, almost
scraping house' tops, trees and tele
phone wires in its downward course.
It touched the field, then with a roar
from its motors it again ascended,
circled the field and glided ddwn to
a fanding.
T, J. O'Brien, father of the bride.
T. J, O'Brien, jr., Marv Mildred
O'Brien. Mrs. M. J. Reilly, Dixon,
111., and Mr. and Mrs. John B.
Mansfield, Flint, Mich., were on
hand to greet tiie Larsens.
' Bride Is Absent.
Jon H. Market of Lincoln, the
bridegroom to be, and Mrs. T. J.
O'Brien arrived at the field a few
minutes after the plane had landed.
Miss. Carita O'Brien was attending
a luncheon in her honor and was
not at the field.
Mr. Larsen was the first to step
from the enclosed body of the ma
chine. Mrs. Larsen followed. Maj.
L. B. Lent, general superintendent
of air mail service, was apassenger
cn the plane from Chicago.
Wallie Bugh, mechanic, and Pilot
Acosta completed the "crew."
No Wedding Cake.
"No we didn't bring a wedding
rake," said Mr. Larsen, smiling
broadly. "We didn't forget the
L'ride, though," he added, as he be
gan pulling traveling bags and suit
cases from the plane.
"The trip was just delightful," ex
claimed Mrs. Larsen, as Mr. O'Brien
assisted her from the plane. "It's
even smoother than a Pullman car
in a big plane like this."
"We made almost a perfect trip
from Chicago," declared Pilot
Acosta. "The plane travels about
120 miles an hour-at an altitude of
10.000 feet. Its landing Speed is 50
miles an hdur. The , field here is
HOLDING A
Adele Garrison's
Revelations
"If You or Margaret Would Ever
Think of Asking Me About
Things 1"
The hours ii which I lay awake
wondering over the long buried
tragedy of my father and mother
were the last idle ones that I had
for many waks. The preparations
necessary for our trip south and the
closing of the house, which the ab
sence of Jim and Katie made neces
sary, left me positively breathless
all day,. and tumbled me too tired
for anything but sleep into my bed
at night.
To my surprise, for I had not
realized how completely I had taken
over the reins"" of my household
menage -since I had quitted my
teaching position at Bayview, there
was no member of the family who
did not come to me for advice or de
pend upon me to find anything mis
laid. I found also as I imagine
does every woman at the head of a
household that no matter what
went wrong, even tf-the personal
j5
V J ptrCv UQSEN STEPPH&X
I ) FROM PLANE-' ' -
feiteS 7 Xfcv &rj ASSISTED BY TJ.
SiM ie ML , 'miSi Ilr.J.o'RieN . Jl .
tfie&vductof "Experience
Car, $795, a. FUmt. iiick.
M
York to Omaha Lands at Ak
ljl&kjtv'fe4 Ml ! j
good, but it is a little small for such
a plane." '
The plane is painted orange and
black. Its body Is entirely enclosed
with ribbed metal. The wines are
also of metal. C. F. Redden, alsc
of New York, remained in Chicago.
NctyEngine Trouble.
During the entire trip from New
York to Omaha no engine trouble
was experienced, Pilot Ac,osta said.
The plane is equipped with a 185
horse power German engine.
It left New 'York at 1:45 Friday
afternoon and arrived in Albany at
3:45 the same afternoon. It left Al
bany at 10:30 a. m. Saturday and ar
HUSBAND
New Phase of
of a fife
negligence of the person complain
ing was at fault, I was given the
blame.
As a natural consequence by the
, time the day drew ncafor our de
parture I was in the condition best
described by the moth-eaten phrase
"worn to a frazzle."
"Margaret," my. mother-in-law ob
served, not unkindly one morning
when she found me in Dicky's room
frantically searching through piles of
handkerchiefs, collars and -underclothing,
"whatever is the matter?
You're as nervous as a cat. Can I
help you?".
To my horror, her unexpected
consideration she had been as .rest
less and pestiferous as an agile
hornet ever since she learned pf
our projected trip, brought the quick,
nervous tears to my eyes. I bent
over Dicky's Handkerchiefs to hide
them and waited an .nstant to steady
my voice before I replied.
"There is nothing the matter,
Mother, hank you," I recalled as
cheerily, as I could. "I fancy I am
a bit nervous, for, of course, there
is much to see to."
"And if you'd exercise a little
more executive ability, making other
people attend to their own things
instead of playing t:ie martyr and
attempting to do everything your
self, you'd get along better," my
mother-in-law retorted tartly. "Now,
when I was running trie house "
Dicky Is Perturbed.
Even Dicky's impatience was a
welcome interruption, for though I
knew that ray mother-in-law meant
to be kind, yet I felt I could not
stand one of her lung-winded dis
sertations upon her own record and
ability in the management . of a
home.
"Have .you found 'em yet?" Dicky
demanded, coming back from the
attic, from which he, with Jim's aid,
had been getting the handsome
wardrobe trunk, which is one of my
husband's pet possessions. -!
"Not yet, Dicky," I returned. "In
fact, I can't find them at all. You
m(ust have lost them."
"Lost them!" He fairly howled
the words at me., "If that wouldn't
put frost on your whiskers! I
haven't used those new handker
chiefs at all. They're the ones
mother gave me last Christmas. I
haven't seen them since. You said
you'd have Katie launder" them and
then you'd put them away. I'll bet
Jim" ' w - -
I tipped over a chair with a loud
crash as I tugged frantically at
Dicky's sjeeve..
"Don't say y anything, more," I
whispered, "Jim is not out of ear
shot yet, and you know how sensi
tive they are."
"I didn't . say anything," Dicky
Bringing Wedding Guests
rived in Buffalo at 12 noon. Leaving
Buffalo at 5 Monday morning it ar
rived in Chicago at 9 a .m.
Former Omahans.
Mr. and Mrs. Larsen. who are to
be guests at the O'Brien-Markel
wedding, are former residents of
Omaha. They moved to New ork
about 15 years ago.
Pilot Acosta promised to take Mr.
M'arkel and Miss O'Brien on 'a pre
nuptial ride tomorrow-. They will
circle the city or go for a long dis
tance flight as the bride-to-be wishesJ
mot costa saia.
Field Superintendent Smith of the
air mail service here, said-the plane
Japanese BoyPlay Soldiers.
Why are the fish flags all made
just like the carp in the pond at the
Temple?" asked Take.
"Because the carp is such a
plucky" fish," the Father answered.
"He isn't a lazy fish that only wants
to swim downstream, the easy way.
He swims up the rivers and jumps
up the falls. That's the way we
want our Japanese boys to be.
Their lives must be brave and
strong, like the carp."
"And clean and bright like the
sword, too?" Taro said. 4
"Yes," said his Father. "I'm glad
you remember about the sword."
When the fish flags were bobbing
about in the air, the' Father 'and
children went back into the house.
There were the steps in the side
of the room again, just where they
were when Take had her birthday.
And" Taro had his dolls, too. They
were not 'like Take's. They were
soldier dolls, enough for a whole
army. Taro set them up in rows,
as if they, were marching! There
were general dolls and officers on
horseback and bands. There were
even two nurses, following after
the procession. There were toy
grumbled, but in a lpw tone. Then
he added impatiently: "But I can't
wait around all day. For the love
of Mike, try to remember what
you've done with them and then get
out. I want to get this trunk
packed some tinje today. Are you
sure, you didn't send them to the
laundry instead of giving'them to
Katie? That laundry of yours "
Madge Braces Herself.
I braced myself for one of Dicky's
diatribes. It is one of his little ways
to call the laundry or the grocery
or the meat market or anything else
which momentarily displeases him
"yours," as if I had capital invested
in the concern.
"Richard!" - . .
His mother's voice, incisive, acid,
brought him to attention as it al
ways does. I love and admire the
deference to his mother which
Dicky always exhibits, but some
times I cannot help wishing that he
would' spare a little of' it for his
wife.
; "Yes, mother."
"If you or Margaret would ever
think of asking me abbut things I
could have told you long ago. that I
took charge of those handkerchiefs
right after Christmas, had them
laundered, and have kepf them for
you safely. I will get them now."
(Continued Tomorrow.)
- Sar - Ben Field
is the largest, that ever landed on
Ak-Sar-Ben field.
The interior of the great mono
plane is trimmed with brown cor
duroy, and the seats, which are built
to accommqdate eight passengers,
not including the pilot, are slanted
at comfortable angles' and are up
holstered, j
The doors, which fit almost air
tight, prevent the low temperatures
of high altitudes from creeping in.
"I didn't get a bit cold any of the
way," assfxted Mrs. Larsen when,
she stepped from the plane. "And
I dressed just as if I were on the
street." ,
guns, and ever and ever so many
flags all in ;a row.
,Taro was so excited he could
hardly eat any breakfast! As soon
as he had-finished, he sprang up.
from his cushion. He almost upset
his table, he was' in such a hurry.
He put on a play uniform like a
soldier. And he had a wooden
sword! ... . ...
There's going to be a war!" he
safd t Take. ' ,
"Where?" asked "Take; "can I see
it?"
"It's going to be in the, street.
Im the general," said Taro.
"Oh, how I wish I could be a gen
eral," cied Take.
But Taro never even heard her.
He was. already on his way to join
his regiment.
In a few minutes Take heard, the
"rap-a-tap, tap! rap-a-tap, tap!"
of- a .' dfum. "They're comingt
They' coming!" she called to her
Mother and. Father. The" Mother
rolled BotVChan on to her back.
Tajce took her Father's hand. They
all ran to the gate to see the pro
cession. The servants ' came out,
too, and last of all Grannie. They
gavei Grannie the best place to see.
Soon around the corner came the
procession. ;
First marched a color-bearer with
the big Japanese flag; Then came
Tar. He . looked very proud and
straight, walking, all .alone at the-
head of the pr6cession. He was j
the tieneral because he had a
sword! . ' ,
All the boys carried flags. They
kept step like little-soldiers.
"Oh, doesn't Taro look beautiful?"
said,. Take. She climbed up on the
gatepost. She waved a little flag
with all tier might, but Taro never
lopked , round. He just marched
straight along.
Just then "rub-a-dub-dub" came
the sound of another drum. Around
the next corner came another army
of little boys.
They carried flags, too. They
marched straight toward Taro's
army.
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Divorce Petitions.
Oscar J. Keller against Julia Keller,
cruelty.
Flavia Petrovlck against Marko Petro
vlck, cruelty.
Adam Llppert against Elizabeth Llppert,
cruelty.
Maud Combs against Charley Combs,
cruelty.
Divorce Deereea.
Harvey James front Catherine Jamft,
qruelty.
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By J. H. BEVEKIDGE.
1. What is known as the "fever ol
40?"
2. What was "Clinton's Folly?"
3. From what state does the fa
mous Bedford stone come? '
4. Who was the first man to suc
cessfully send messages over the
magnetic telegraph?
- 5. Who is the author of "The Vic
tory Ball?"
(Answers Published Saturday.)
SATURDAY'S ANSWERS.
J. Who is a Bedouin? The Arab
of the desert. I
2. What animal is called "the ship
of the desert?" The camel. ;
3. What is the name given to the
ruler of au Indian tribe? A chief.
4. What is the largest fish. market
in the United States? Boston, Mass.
5. What is the largest city west of
St. Louis? Los Angeles.
Winner: Mvrtle Lee Cattcrlin,
Dumfries. Ia.. K. F P. No. 1-
Bryan Leaves Helena
On Way to Convention
Helena. Mont.. June 22. William
Jennings Bryan, accompanying the
Montana delegation, left here today
AMTREMF.NT3.
TCNIGHTp3m
Only Performance
THE NOTED YIDDISH ACTOR
. MR. MAURICE SCHWARTZ
And Entire Irviu Street Theater Caat
IN A 3-ACT DRAMA
"TEVIE THE FARMER"
Yiddish Life in Rutaia
Ticket, SOc, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00
Ipnotopurri-
4 1!2!I.
Vaudeville at 2:40, 6:40 and 9:00
ONCE UPON A TIME
George Austin Moore, The
Rosairei, Frank and Ethel '
Carmen, Ben Harney
Kinoframi and Topic of the Day
Photoplay at 3:55, 5:30, 8:00 and 10:15
ELAINE HAMMERSTEIN
in .
"The Shadow of Rosalie Byrne"
mm
LAST TIMES TODAY
Swiss Song Birds
A Morning in the Alpa
THE RIALS
Aerial Ring Flirtation
ESTELLE DESPON
Dramatic Soprano
THE VANDERKOORS
Burleique Magiciam
Photoplay
Attraction
Gladys
Brockwell
The White
Lie
LAKEVIEW PARK
TONIGHT ONLY
OUR ANNUAL
CARNIVAL DANCE
Free Carnival Novelties
for Everyone.
KRUGPARK
TONIGHT
' Those seeking refined, high
class entertainment go to
KRUG PARI.
They make it their evening
nome during the bummer
months.
Again .tonight the
UIIIOII PACIFIC BAUD
will be at the .Park to enter
tain you.
SIGIIOR LIBERATI
World-famed cornet soloist will
be there, too.
GREETERS'
ASSOCIATION
of Hotel Men will enjoy the
privileges of the Park Wednet
day afternoon.
THOMPSOIJ-BEtDEfl
& CO.
, Employee hold their outing
I and picnic at the Park Wednes
day evening. Wednesday is
going to be a big day at Krug
Park, so be there as you are
sure of meeting many frienda.
BATHING BEACH
Now open. Arrange a Bathing
Party. Beach opens at 8 a. m.
YOU CAN
Dance, swim, enjoy more rides
and have a better time at
1 Krug Park than at any other
place in Nebraska.
for the democratic convention at
San Francisco. Mr. Bryan declined
to comment upon his prospective ac
tivities at the convention next week.
PHOTO-l'LAVS
LAST DAY
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON'S
TREASURE
ISLAND
KID'S MATINEE Up to 5 P. M.
Daily, all children under 16 year of
age, admitted for 10c.
No Piay.ng- u.get ohow inOmaha
JACK
PICKFORD
in O. Henry' Famous Story of a
Texas Gun-Man
"The Double Dyed
Deceiver"
FATTY
ARBUCKLE
in a Ton if Mirth
The Village Vamp"
KAAI HUE'S
HAWAIIANS
In a South Sea Symphony
"A Night in the Tropics"
OMAHA'S
PRETTIEST
WOMEN
Nine on the Moan Screen Now. Prizes
If You Indentify Yours
MOON NEWS
MOON TOPICS
Henry ft
kwALTHALL
Rosemary
, THELBYi
KIRKLAND
Thomas
JEFFERS0TL,
Ann
P0RR?ST
Constitute
Cast Presenting Harold j
mac urams veu lcno-vn
Story of TkrilUti Adveil
tare, Love, Quixotic
BravetnGhosis iidL,
Buried Treasure
SPLENDID
UAZARD
Produced by tkat
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Today and Thursday
"The Mayor
of Filbert"
ALL-STAR CAST
The women in Filbert had the
vote as'well at the men, although
only about one out of 10 eligible'
voted. Despite the ballot, the raw
suit was a foregone conclusion
in that town.
But at 5 a. m. on the day be
fore this election everybody in
Filbert became interested ia poli
tics. On this morning the people
yawned and rubbed their sleepy
eyes at the newsboys' cries of
"Extra I The mayor of Filbert
an impostor!"
Now Playing
A picture so vivid
Athat it fairly leaps
from the screen
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