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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.
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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
