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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1920)
r f -illlllTTPP OBIA -MMK.t Mid SKINNER BOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE Stockholders Chosen at Sat urday Meeting Report On Examination of Accounts of Company. Denouncing the so-called "Com mittee of Nine, the committee of 21 stockholders in the Skinner Tacking company, chosen at the stockholders meeting last Saturday, yesterday gave out a statemer. that an exam ination of the books of the company has been made since Saturday and they have been found to be in ex cellent condition. Sixteen of these 21 men were nres ent at last Saturday's meeting. They own ?272,100 worth of stock in the company, according to Arah L. Hungerford, Crawford, Neb., land man. He also declared that the 21 men own $380,600 worth of stock and that the nine men of the "Committee of Nine," opposed to the Skinners, . own only $1,800 worth of stock. t "We have worked day and night for several days checking over the books of the Skinners, said Mr, Hungerford, "and we have discov ered that charges that the Skinners took more than $177,000 out of the company are false. The books are in good condition." The financial books were gone . over by T. F. Newton, banker of weaver City, Neb., and Thomas G. Bowker, banker of Rulo, Neb., who both stated that they wre against the Skinners at the beginning of the controversy, but since checking over the books they have discovered that the charges are not true. Dr. Cameron of Kearney and O. M. Wiltsey of Falls City, Neb., stockholders, have drawn up reso lutions asking the state to withdraw litigation against the Skinners. At torney William Ritchie, jr., who is counsel for the Skinners, said that Assitant Attorney Generals Dort and Laverty and G. T. Touvelle of the state board of securities were present at the meeting last Satur day. Mr. Newton stated that 10 of the 16 men present at this morning's meeting were members of the Farmers' union and that they strongly resent the action of their president. Mr. Gustafson. who has been against the Skinners. Says Wife Loves Bright Lights Better Than Child Walter G. Basslcr, in an answer and cross-petition filed yesterday in district court, to the divorce petition of his wife, Louise C. Bassler, asserts that she loves the bright lights of the great city better than she does their child. IT t . ne says sne len tneir nome in the country and came to Omaha where 'she tnnk a inh a ioprrru crr of I the Conant hotel. He says she I spends much time at amusement parks and automobile rides some times until 2. in the morning. Recent Storm Was Merely Summer Shower, Says Welsh From a meteorological standpoint Omaha's blow Monday was merely a good summer shower, according to Forcaster L. A. Welsh. Only .57 of an inch of rainfall was recorded by the local weather bureau. . Wind velocity was 25 miles an hour with twisters and strong currents in spots. The wind was not alarming, ac cording to Welsh. Rainfall was general in Nebraska and western Iowa'. TWO YOUNG GIRLS NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH FROM BOLT Lightning Strikes Two Feet From Bed at Home of C. F. Schwager. Lightning struck the home of C. F. Schwager, president ot the Ameri can Live Stock Insurance Co., on the West Dodge road at 1:45 a. m. yesterday. Helen Schwager, 15 years old, and Ellen Frances Bradshaw, 1 1-year-old daughter of D. E. Bradshaw, chief counsellor of the Woodmen of the World, narrowly escaped death when the bolt struck two feet below the bed in which they were deeping. Damage done to the home, "Moon kisc Acres," will amount to about $1,000, according to Mr. Schwager. Two ragged holes were torn in the wall of the sitting room by the light ning. The Victrola and piano were also damaged. About 200 feet of telephone wire was torn loose and burned to a crisp. The largest piece of wire to be found after the storm was but two feet long. Furniture in the parlor and sit ting room of the home was dam aged by the lightning, which failed to ignite the house, however. "The thunderclap awoke me," said Mr. Schwager. "And I saw the blast of fire leave the house. "It was an awful realization. I feared the house would either burn down or collapse and we would all be buried in the debris." Besides the two girls, Mr. and Mrs. Schwager and their 7-year-o!d son, Charles, were sleeping in the home when the crash came. Gas Bills Being Paid At Office of Water Board Temporarily Gas bills are being paid at the Metropolitan Water board's office in the City hall until the board shall have installed a cashier in the gas offices on Howard street, beginning Thursday. R. B. Howell, general manager of the Water board, has advised all employes of the Omaha Gas com pany that "all necessary employes will be retained by the city when the gas plant goes into municipal ownership, July 1." G. W. Clabaugh, secretary of the Omaha Gas company, will not re main with the Metropolitan Water board when it assumes management of the plant. VVe were unable to find a S7.5UU a year position for Mr. Clabaugh," said Mr. Howell. Julius A. Sayles will be retained as chief clerk of the office staff of the gas department. Autos Collide; Driver Arrested; No One Injured His wife and four children nar rowly escaped injury Monday, when an automobile, driven by John McDonald, 47JO North f-ourteenth street, collided with a car belonging to Herman .Peterson, 3912 North Twentieth street, which was stand ing at the curb near Eighteenth and Paul streets. McDonald was ar rested for intoxication and reckless driving. Consults Austrian Socialists Vienna. June 29. President Sietz of the Austrian republic continues his efforts to solve the ministerial crisis and is consulting with leaders of the socialist and social Christian parties, both of which desire to hold the portfolio of minister of the interior. THE ESSEX Made 3l MILES on 1 Gallon of Gasoline (Certified Measure) Tuesday, June 29th (This car started from 16th and Far nam Sts. at 12 o'clock and traveled for 2 hours and 20 minutes on 1 gallon of gasoline east and west, north and south from 24th St. to 10th St. and from South Omaha to Florence, pulling against a strong head wind at least 25 of the way. GUY L.SMITH ONLY SIX CITIES SURPASS OMAHA IN RAPID GROWTH Increase In All Others Due to "Mushroom" Industries Solid, Progressive Ad vance Here. Only six cities in the country ex perienced greater growth than Omaha in the past decade, accord ing to census figures, which, accord ing to Arthur Thomas, manager of the publicity bureau of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, is giving business men considerable consola tion for the failure of official figures to reach 200,000. Akron led all, with a growth of 201.8 per cent. The rubber indus try centered there, augmented by the production required by the war and the present inflated demand for automobile tires, is held responsible for this growth. Detroit, with an 'increase of 113.4 per cent, comes second. The automobile industry alone is responsible for this growth, it is pointed out. Los Angeles, with a large tourist population and the horde attracted by the motion pic ture industry, had an increase of 80.3 per cent. Dallas and San Antonio, Tex., con centration points during the war and centers of oil booms, had 72.6 and 67 per cent increases respectively. Ycungstown, O., the only other whose growth exceeded that here, experienced an enormous increase in population through boom industries (luring the war. Omaha enjoyed none of these mushroom industries, business men are telling each other. Its growth, they insist, is rather the effect of solid, progressive, essential indus tries, and represents the normal ex pansion due a city possessing such a location. The increase accredited by the federal figures is 54.4 per cent. Pieces of Plymouth Rock in Gavel at Church Conference Boston, June 29. Congregational ists. from many lands were here to day for the fourth decennial inter national Congregational council. Nearly 3,000 delegates, representing 13,000 Congregational churche? in all parts of the world, have registered. The council, which will continue through Tuesday of next week, will celebrate the Pilgrim tercentenary, Pilgrimages will be made to sev eral communities with whose early history is interwoven the founding of American Congregationalism. Every phase of the church's ac tivity will be considered and heads of national and international districts will address the delegates. Among the more important questions to be discussed is the church unity move ment. The Rev. R. V. Busfield of the Church of the Pilgrimage, Plymouth, Mass., presented to 'the council a gavel containing a piece of Plymouth Rock, and the Rev. Charles Harbutt of Portland, Me., also presented & gavel containing a piece of stone from the church in Leyden, Holland, in which John Robinson, first pastor of the Pilgrim church, preached. Viaduct Is Dangerous M. O. Cunningham has notified the city council that the viaduct on Hamilton street, across railroad tracks, is in a dangerous condition. The public improvement department was directed to investigate at once. THE BEE: OMAHA', WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1920. AUTO OWNER WILL HIRE SLEUTHS TO COLLECT EVIDENCE Will Press Charges Against Tom Kelly and William Maher. Pinkerton detectives arc to be em ployed by William B. Hughes, sec retary of Nebraska Bankers usrocia tion, in the hope of collecting evi dence against Tom Kelly and Wil liam Maher, who are accused of stealing his Cadillac automobile and transporting it to Denver. Charges against Kelly and Maher were continued in police court yesterday until July 7. Kelly and Maher were arrested in Denver two weeks ago bv Denver police following the finding of Hughes' machine. Kelly admitted in police court he had purchased a quantity of blue paint to paint the car but denied he had "camouflaged" it. Harry B. Fleharty, attorney for the pair, indicated the defense would attempt to show it was impossible for Kelly and Maher to steal the car, as they were not in Omaha at the time of the theft. Omaha Climbs Notch Forcing Birmingham Out of 34th Position Omalia went un a steo on the DOD- ulation ladder of the larger cities of the United States yesterday, accord ing to figures compiled by Arthur Thomas, head of the publicity bu reau of the Chamber of Commerce. Figures were given out yester day whereby Omaha was shown to be the 35th largest city in the coun try. These figures estimated the pop ulation of Birmingham, Ala., at 197,670, or 34th city in size. Official census count from Wash ington yesterday announced Bir mingham as 178,270, which forces that city below Omaha, giving the Nebraska metropolis 34th place in the list. Family Locked in Room by Woman; Cries Bring Police A family of three was imprisoned for more than an hour in a room at 2230 Burdette street yesterday morning. J. H. King, his wife and their 8-month-old baby boy, Rollin, were released by Policeman Joseph Potach after neighbors called police following King's shouts for help from a window. Mrs. Minnie Vaughan, who locked the trio in the room, is an aunt of Mrs. King. She came to their room this morn ing and threatened to "ship them out of town," according to King. "She seized the baby's pocket book which was lying on the bed and showered the stairway with more than 100 pennies," he said. Chicago Druggists Will Fight Attempt I To Exact License Fee Chicago, June 28. The Chicago city council revenues committee to day decided that drug stores should pay a license of $500 a year, after a delegation of druggists had protested a proposal to add to the recom mended license of $50 an additional charge of $500 for drug stores sell ing liquor for medicinal purposes. Druggists announced they would fight the recommendation. "The drug stores have taken over the business of saloon," Alderman Michael J. Kenna said. "Those sell ing liquor are profiteering. They should pay a license approximating that paid by the saloons." To Plan Celebration of Pilgrims' Anniversary A meeting of the general commit tee to complete plans for the ter centenary celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims will be held in Hoo Fontenelle, Tuesday afternoon and evening, July 6. John L. Webster, chairman of the committee, states that a general business meeting will be held at 4 p. m. and that at 6:30 p. m. the at tendants will be taken for an auto mobile drive and will be entertained at dinner at the Omaha Country club. This committee comprises many prominent men and women selected by Governor McKelvie from various activities and organizations of Ne braska. Negro's Fast Pedals Give Out; Police Enter Scene After an exciting chase from the Sanitary bakery, 1609 Cuming street, to Twenty-second and Nicholas streets, Arthur Davis, negro, 908 Capitol avenue, was arrested hiding in a coal shed Monday night and charged with highway robbery. Davis threatened Mrs. L. Blend, proprietor of the bakery, and looted the cash drawer of small change, police say, but fled when Blend came into the bakery from a rear room. Organize 4J. S. Pool to Underwrite Merchant Marine Washington, June 29. Organiza tion of a pool of American insurance companies to underwrite the Ameri can merchant marine was vir tually effected at a conference of officials of leading-insurance con cerns and members of the shipping board. Contracts will be signed in New York Wednesday, it was an nounced, and the association will start functioning at an early date. Riots Break Out In Shanghai Due to High Prices of Rice Shanghai, June 29. Labor disor ders and strikes are spreading with incipient rioting and looting of food shops in the industrial districts. due to the price of rice having mounted to $15 for 20 peculs (a pecul ap proximates 140 pounds). It is esti mated that there is only a four-dav suocly of ice available. , WILL COMPLETE GRANDSTAND FOR RACES NEXT FALL Saunders County Visitors En joy Ak-Sar-Ben Show Membership Exceeds Last Year's Record. Visitors from Saunders county to Ak-Sar-Ben were thrilled by the wonders and mysteries of the order and the musical comedy, "Sky-Low" Monday night at the Den despite ravages of the wind which shattered the ravages of the new steel grand stand on Ak-Sar-Ben field. The board of governors announced last night they expected the grand stand to be completed in time for the races next September. The old car nival grounds at Fifteenth and Capi tol avenue may yet be used for this year's carnival, the governors said Monday night. Ed. Palmer, acting secretary, announced the paid membership of Ak-Sar-Ben last night as 3,991, or 500 more than last year at this time. W. R. Wood and his hustling com mittee plan another drive Friday to secure the membership of some 2,000 who were members last year but have not paid their dues this year. Between the end of the last act of "Sky Low" and the refreshment par lors Monday night, Mayor Ralph Hayes of Ashland made a few ap propriate remarks, and Everett Buckingham, governor, made some clever suggestions about each knight present. M'Kelvie to Attend Directors' Meeting of Omaha Auto Club The "Compton boul," on West Center street, may get an airing Thursday, when Governor McKelvie attends a meeting of the directors of the Omaha Automobile club and the public highways committee of the Chamber of Commerce. It is understood that the road im provement program in Douglas county will be the topic for general discussion. The grading, widening and bridging of the "boul" that con nects the holdings of A. D. Comp ton, county commissioner in charge of highways, and his relatives, with Omaha is the only road improve ment going on in the county, aside from a short strip of pavement be ing laid on the Lincoln highway. State Engineer Johnson, who ap proved the plans and expenditures necessary for this improvement, will accompany the governor. Revival Meeting In Michigan Concludes In Fatal Gun Fight Robidoux Corners, Mich., June 29. A detatchment of state police and Attorney General Groesbeck reached here last night to preserve order and investigate a gun fight which re sulted Sunday night in the death of one man and the wounding of an other, the outgrowth, it was reported, cf a religious controversy. Rumors that friends of the victims planned to avenge them, brought the state officers here. According to Sheriff Pupard it ap pears that a speaker at a revival meeting had been warned to desist from alleged criticism of another church. The service was broken up when the warning went unheeded, it was said, and the pistol fight fol lowed. Walter Gilday, a former sheriff of Monroe county, was killed and M. M. Drouillard was shot through the chest. Yankee Missionary And Wife Disappear Near Tarsus, Turkey Constantinople, June 29. A mes sage from the United States De stroyer at Messina, dated June 24, says that the American missionaries, Paul Nilson and his wife of Whea ton, 111., who were recently captured by bandits near Tarsus, went into a vineyard beyond the French lines June 18 and have not been heard of since. The French authorities at Tarsus are holding 20 Turks as hos tages, pending the return of the missionaries. Communication from Tarsus is interrupted. Lenine Receives French Socialists for Conference Paris, June 29. Marcel Cachin and M. Frossard, French socialists who are visiting Russia, have been received by Nikolai Lenine, Rus sian bolshevik premier, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Echo de Paris. The message states that Lenine told the frenchmen that rt conciliation between the bolshe yiki and western European social ists must be conditioned upon the adhesion of the latter to the third internationale and the recognition of the right of the bolsheviki to car ry on their propaganda. Schooner Crew Reports Vessel Was a Total Loss New York, June 29. The steam ship Monterey arrived here today from Havana, with five members of the crew of the American schooner Pauline M. Cummins, which went aground in the Bahamas June 5. They reported that the vessel, which was carrying a cargo of logwood from St. Marc, Haiti, to Chester, Pa., was a total loss. St. Paul Street Carmen Will Accept Mediation St. Paul, Minn., June 29. Repre sentatives of the St. Paul street rail way men agreed to accept mediation in their wage demands and pending the decision of the board the strike set for Wednesday has been post poned. Minneapolis street car men accepted the arbitration oroposal yesterday Inter-Church World Financial Drive Is Halted by Committee New York, June 29. The billion dollars campaign of the interchurch world movement has been aban doned, it was announced, following a meeting of the executive commit tee. The entire project may end July 8, it was said, when the gen eral committee will meet to consider what steps, if any, will be taken to carry on the other aspects of the campaign. i Several reasons were back of the Will Shoe The heat only stimulates the demand for these Sum mer Shoes now selling at this way below value price. Just here let lis urge you not to confuse the Shoes we offer with the ordinary job lot, because the price is low. No better Shoes are made than these hand-turned, French heel, high vamp, soft kid, fashion formed foot wear in whites and blacks. Low Shoes, Pumps, Oxfords and Slippers that have sold from $9.00 to $15.00. A lot of interesting numbers. Wednesday Featuring White Shoes Wednesday A Before-the Fourth Sale of Nile Cloth and Kid Low Shoes of exceptional quality, and the styles you want. All grouped together at $55 Which means that that we give you this week late season, prices. No time in all the year is so apt for the sale of summer garments as the WEEK BEFORE THE FOURTH. Cut prices are usually deferred until later. Blouses and Tub At $2.95 Cool Blouses of plain and fancy batiste, some with lace edging on collar, others high shades in stripes with dainty hemstitched collars and cuffs; also sheer voiles in Buster Brown effects, with touches of col ored linen as well as dozens of other styles. Very Special , At $5.95 Cool Blouses of voile and organdie in light blue, pink and white with touches" of lace and embroidery; also Blouses of pongee and geor gette. Values to $14.75. QC Sale Price p).Jd Extra Large Sizes to 52. Beaded Georgettes, both navy and high shades, as well as Blouses of crepe de chine and pussy willow.. Values to $18.50. Sale Price -Cool Tubbable Skirts- One never has quite enough of these comfortable Skirts for Sum mer wear and now is the time to buy them, so that you will get a full season's use this year and remember, the styles are so con servative, yet attractive that they will be quite as satisfactory, next season as they are now. There are various styles from which to choose; the materials are cotton gaberdine, poiret and surf satin, with tailored, tucked and stick-out pockets. VERY SPECIAL.....! $2.95, $4.95, $795 decision, the. committee stated, the principal one being the present prevalence of "drives of various, kinds" which are being carried on throughout the country. Spanish King Overcome With Heartiness of Reception Barcelona, June 29. King Al fonso, who tor the last two days has been the guest of this city, lef to night for Madrid. His appearance everywhere during his stay in Bar celona evoked most enthusiastic demonstrations. The king was so overcome with the heartiness of his reception dar ing the ceremonies in the afternon that he virtually broke down. om povcutx jthjst roR romy yean WEDNESDAY Be Another Merry Day of eMSim $595 Benefaction However on Wednesday we place on sale Blouses and Tub Skirts that are cool and comfort able, while at the same time dis playing the vital features of Modern Fashion. New, crisp, seasonable garments at REAL SALE PRICES. $2.95 Values to Sale Price Blouses $11.75 Nightmare Choking Not Cruel, Judge Opines; Dismissed Chicago. 111.. June 29.-Judge Jesse Holdom, in dismissing a di vorce suit in the circuit court re cently, handed down an official opin ion of a nightmare. , Mrs. Ellen Harris, in suing her husband, William A. Harris, testi fied that one night while she was asleep he grabbed her by the throat "and almost killed me." Other charges were denied by Harris, and the suit was dismissed. Pair Take some fancy work with you on your vaca tion. We are prepared to' help you with new and complete assort ment of 'ROYAL SOCIETY PACKAGES Also all the Necessary threads. Sale Skirts At $7.95 This group is largely composed of fresh new Blouses of Georgette, lace trimmed and with short sleeves; also Voile Overblouses with sash tie in back with lace touches, as well as Sheer Voile Blouses, hand embroid ered , with filet trimming. Values $10.75. 7 nr Sale Price v $1jD At $9.75 Blouses of tricolette, crepe de chine in stripes and plain colors; also voiles in tailored and fancy effects. $19.75. $9.75 Other Blouses- In order that our customers may have a still wider range from which to choose, we have selected other beautiful Blouses in a variety of ma terials and colors, and reduced them $T2.95. $14.75, $16.95, $1975