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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14. 1920.
BUMPER CROPS
PREDICTED BY
STATESURVEY
One of Heaviest Yields in His
tory of Nebraska Prom
ised by Recent Report
On Situation.
Frospects for one of the largest
crop in the state's history are seen
in a crop survey issued by the
Northwestern railroad yesterday
covering all sections of the coun
try west of the Mississippi river.
Indications are that the wheat
crop will be a bumper, the survey
reports. Heads are extraordinarily
long this year, and where harvest
ing is going on, predictions are made
that the yield will be at least five
bushels to the acre more than the
original estimate. Harvesting has
begun in many sections, of the state.
According to the report, Nebraska's
corn is in good shape, in spite of
the 'late season and the necessity
replanting in some parts of
the state. Hay and pasture lands
are. in excellent condition, it was
found. Fruit suffered, however, and
the crop is expected to be short.
The. Oklahoma wheat crop, near
ly all harvested, looks like at least
35,000,000 bushels, and indications
are that the Kansas crop will
amount to. 110,000,000 bushels. Mis
souri wheat will also be heavy.
Northern and northwestern states
have ideal outlooks for big yield?,
the survey reported. In the south
the .cotton crop is said to be late,
but should harvest out better than
normal, in the opinion of experts.
In all sections of the country
more .farm help could be used, the
report stated, but the shortage did
not appear to be as serious as pre
vious reports indicated. It is be
lieved that no crops will be actu
ally lost for lack of harvest hands.
LUTHER H. TATE IS
SUED FOR DIVORCE;
CRUELTY CHARGED
Wife Alleges Threats of Per
sonal Violence in Petition
Seeks Alimony.
Charging extreme cruelty, Mrs.
Francis M. Tate, 4810 California
street, yesterday filed a petition
for divorce against her husband,
Luther H. Tate, cashier of the Corn
Exchange National bank.
The petition states that they were
married in Omaha, November 26,
1912. Mrs. Tate alleges that her
husband has cursed and sworn at
her without cause or provocation
and has often called her vulgar, vile,
and vicious names.
The petition further states that the
plaintiff has been threatened with
personal violence.
Mrs. Tate seeks to secure alimony
and costs of the suit She has not
been advised of the amount of
property owned by Mr. Tate, but
states he owns their home, which is
valued at $10,000.
Gommands Long Flight
Aged Nebraska City Woman
Killed by Passenger Train
Nebraska City, Neb., July 13.
(Special Telegram.) Miss Henriet
ta Wale, 81 years old, was struck
?nd. instantly killed here this after
noon at the South Eleventh street
railroad crossing by a Missouri Pa
cific northbound passenger train.
Her body was badly mutilated.
Miss Wale was hard of hearing
and it is thought she did not hear
the train approaching. At the place
where the accident happened there
is a sharp curve and one approach
ing cannot see a train from the
south until it is but a few yards
away.
She had been a resident of the city
for the past 40 years. She was
Horn in England and has a nephew,
Harry Perry, residing at Callaway.
Beatrice Company Wants
Increase in Gas Rates
Beatrice, Neb., July 13. (Special.)
B. H. Conlee, manager of the local
gas company, will go before the city
commissioners Wednesday and ask
for an increase in the price of gas
from $1.75 per thousand cubic yards
to $2.15 per trousand cubic yards.
Increased cost of production is given
as the cause for the proposed ad
vance in rates.
Lightning Strikes Fremont
High School; No One Hurt
Fremont, Neb., July 13. (Special.)
Lightning struck the Fremont high
school building yesterday, tearing off
KriL-c on rl tAnc k nit nAa.:..l.,
damaging the building. A class of
boys in the manual training summer
class was not disturbed.
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Treasurer's Wife Dies.
. Beatrice, Neb., July 13. (Special.)
Mrs. J. A. Barnard, wife of
County Treasurer J. A. Barnard,
died at a hospital here last night
where she was operated upon Sat
urday. She was an old resident of
Gage county and is survived by her
husband and three children, two sons
and a daughter.
Burglars Steal Eevolver.
Beatrice, Neb., July 13. (Special.)
Thieves last night entered the
home of William Drenter in west Be
atrice and stole an automatic revolv
er and other articles of value. En
trance was gained through a rear
door while Mr. Drenter was away
from home.
Take Testimony of Man
Who Shot Lover of Wife
Fresno. Cal., July 13. The taking
of testimony in the trial of M. E.
Pittman, charged with the murder
of Andrew Nicholson, March 23,
began here today. Pittman killed
Nicholson, his attorneys said, after
he had witnessed two meetings be
tween his wife and Nicholson. He
then surrendered to the police, say
ing: "I have just shot a two-legged
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Captain St. Clair Street at work on the huge plane which he will at
tempt to fly from New York to Nome, Alaska. Captain Street will be in
Eommand of a group of United States army aviators who will also at
tempt the long flight. The start will be made from New York on July 15.
One of the major purposes of the trip, the longest ever attempted by
army men, is to make photographic maps of their route which may be
used by United States mail planes.
Former General Manager
Of Milwaukee Road Dies
Seattle, July 13. Wallace Green
Collins, prominent lumberman and
formerly general manager for the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Faul
railway, died at his home here last
night. He was 69 years old. Since
his retirement from railroad work
in 1000 he had been identified with
the lumber industry in Minnesota
and in the northwest, being presi
dent of the Pacific Fire company.
Cargo of $3,150,000 in
Gold Reaches New York
New York, July 13. After having
943 third class passengers removed
to Hoffman Island for observation,
the steamship Imperator docked to
day with $3,150,000 in gold, con
signed to Kuhn, Loeb & Co. The
ship was held at quarantine a day
until the steerage passengers were
taken off, as it was alleged they had
not been examined in accordance
with quarantine rgeulations at Cherbourg.
OMAHA LEADER
SAYS DRYS WILL
FpRCEJOX OUT
Herdman Predicts Third
Party if Both Cox and
Harding Fail to Declare
Themselves Soon.
iCLOSE DOORS OF
PAGE BANK UPON
DEATH OF HEAD
Experts Find Accounts in Queer
Condition and State Exam'
iners Are Called.
Robert E. L. Herdman, democrat,
and one of the most astute political
analysts in Omaha, has returned
from San Francisco without any
roseate account of the nomination oi
Governor Cox.
"There is no question in my mind
but that the wet and dry question
will be the all-absorbing issue in
this campaign," said Mr. Herdman.
"Cox is going to make a bid for the
vote in the sections that are known
to be wet and he is going to put the
soft pedal on the league of nations
question for fear of offending the
German and Irish vote which 's
largely wet and opposed to the
league of nations..
"The women are generally op
posed to Cox because of his known
wet tendencies and because of the
fact that his nomination was ob
tained by the wet element of the
party.
"Before I left San Francisco I
heard an Illinois delegate state that
Cox will lose that state by 100,000 to
150,000 this fall. Cox is going to be
asked by the drys to take a definite
stand on the wet and dry issue and
it is anticipated that he will either
make knowij his wet predelictions or
at least decline to be counted as an
out-and-out dry. A similar request
will be made of Senator Harding,
and if he refuses to 'make a declara
tion satisfactory to the drys, then it
will mean that there will be a third
candidate backed by the dry ele
ments of both parties.
"The Cox managers do not ex
pect to carry any state west of the
Mississippi. They are going to cen
ter their efforts on the east and the
south."
Mr. Herdman insists that if any
one believes the league of nations
is going to .be the issue this fall, he
is mistaken.
An electrical process for drying
unbarked logs or lumber in piles has
been invented by a Frenchman.
O'Neill, Neb., July 13. (Special
Telegram.) The Farmers' bank of
rage, a state bank, was closed Mon
day morning on the advice of Sena
tor James A. Donohue of O'Neill,
counsel for the stockholders, and
the state banking board was re
quested to take charge.
Eugene Smith, president of the
bank, was found dead in a cow
pasture near Page Tuesday morn
ing of last week, his head and shoul
ders submerged in a half barrel of
water used as a watering trough
in the pasture, smith had the act
ive management of the bank, none
of the stockholders concerning
themselves with its affairs.
Experts from O'Neill banks, who
have been going over the bank
books since Smith's death, found
them irregular and incomplete and
were unable to' ascertain the bank's
true condition from them.
The last balance taken by Smith
was on June 30. One item appar
ently showed a balance in a biou
City correspondent bank, when nons
was there. Several drafts on the
bank went to protest the week be
fore Smith s death.
A bank examiner is expected to
arrive Monday night.
Council Bluffs Boy Dies
Of July Fourth Accident
Lockjaw resulting from a slight
wound on the Fourth of July when
a .22 caliber cartridge was dis
charged accidentally in a pistol he
was holding, caused the death of
Lugene Beaumont, 12 years old.
son of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Beau
mont, 2504 Avenue F, Counl
Bluffs Monday.
Urge Priority Shipments.
Washington, July 13. New emer
gency orders from the interstate
commerce commission granting pri
ority to the shipment of coal to the
northwest and New England by op
erators having contracts in those
sections will be proposed by the
bituminous coal operators to the
railroad executives in New York to
morrow as a plan for improving the
transportation situation.
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CASHIER AVERS
SHE DEPOSITED
MISSING MONEY
Bank Cashier Denies Receiv
ing $861.99 From Pretty
Bookkeeper of Omaha
Chemical Firm.
An investigation is being conduct
ed by officials of the American State
bank and the Ail-American Chemical
Co., 1210 South Sixteenth street, into
a shortage of $861.99 said to have
been deposited in the bank on June
17 and 18 by Miss Julia Nepere, 18
years old, bookkeeper at the chem
ical company.
The company's monthly statement
for June from the bank shows no
record of deposits on June 17 or 18.
Miss Nepere stoutly affirms she de
posited $400 on June 17 and $461.99
on the following day, both of which
are recorded in the company's bank
book.
J. W. Hastings, receiving teller it
the bank and expert accountant, de
nies absolutely that Miss Nepere de
posited the money.
Police Question Girl.
The girl was questioned by Cap
tain of Police Vanous late Monday
night at Central police station.
"I turned the money over to Mr.
Hastings and he recorded the de
posits with fountain pen in the pass
book," Miss Nepere declared. Mr.
Hastings denies the handwriting is
his.
The girl sought to swear out
warrant for the arrest of Mr. Hast
ings yesterday, but was advised in
the county attorney's office to await
further investigation.
W. P. McKinney, president of the
chemical company, is neutral in the
case, he declares.
President Behind Her.
"If I find the girl is innocent of
the shortage, I'll stand behind her '
he said.
He said the two entries in
the pass book of the chemical com
pany show the handwriting and
color of ink is different from the
other recorded deposits.
When brought face to face with
Mr. Hastings Monday, Miss
Nepere unflinchingly stood her
ground, declaring outright before
officials of the bank and her em
ployer that she handed the money
over to Mr. Hastings on the dates
mentioned and that the deposits,
were recorded in the pass book by
him.
Other Book Missing.
Bank officials questioned the girl
concerning her home, recent pur
chases of fine clothes and her ac
quaintances. Miss Nepere has been in the em
ploy of the chemical company sine?
lat April and has been making all
deposits in the American State and
First National banks for the firm,
Mr. McKinney said.
Incidental with the discovery of
the shortage, Mr. McKinney in
formed police that the company's
pass book to the First National
bank is missing.
Bankers Behind Cashier.
Besides his connection with the
American State bank Mr. Hastings
has charge of the books of Ak-Sar-Uen.
Miss Nepere lives at 2882 Fred
erick street with a sister. Her home
is in Buffalo, N. Y.
Mr. McKinney stated that unless
the matter is rectified, he will in
stitute action.
Officials of the bank are standing
behind Mr. Hastings in the case.
New Risk Rates Will Meet
Modern Woodmen Deficit
Lincoln, Neb., July 13. New in
surance rates effective July 1, 1919,
for the Modern Woodmen of Ameri
ca, a fraternal order with 1,054,131
members, will meet a deficit ,ol
$8,000,000 incurred under old rates
since 1917, says a report filed with
the state insurance board by exam
iners of Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana
and Mississippi.
Influenza losses were $6,732,000.
the report shows. Revenue exceeded
losses by $1,200,000 since January
this year.
SOVIETS HAVE
NOT REPLIED TO
ARMISTICE PLEA
No Word Received From Reds
Regarding Cessation of Hos
tilities With Polish
rurces.
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spa, juiy io. toy ine .'ssociaica
Press.) The Russian soviet govern
nient had not replied up to this after
noon to the request of the alliei
that an armistice be arranged with
Poland.
Ladislas Grabski, the Polish
premier, is due to arrive In Warsaw
today from Spa bearing the assur
ances of the allies that ample arms
and munitions will be supplied Po
land in case the Russians do not
agree to an armistice or unduly de
lay their reply.
General Pilsudski. the head of the
Polish state, lias taken no steps on
his own account toward an
armistice, according to the Polish
delegation here, the matter being left
in the hands of the allies.
The Polish military authorities
have informed the allies that they
can put into the field an army of
1,000,000 men. but that they need
400,000 rifles, 5,000 machine guns,
1,000 field guns, and armored car
and tanks, together with a great
variety of munitions.
Terene Apartment Owner
Joins League of Tenants
Dr. T. E. Dailey, controller of the
Terene apartments, Fiftieth and Cap
itol avenue, is the first landlord to
join the Omaha Tenants league, or
ganized to fight high rents, accord'
ing to W. Whittaker. secretary of
the league.
Dr. Dailey said "any good land
lord will welcome a movement to
stop p?ofitecring, in rents by some
landlords," when he signed applica
tion for membership, according In
Whittaker.
Wednesday We Have Radically Reduced, to N Effect a Quick, Decisive Clearance,
Children's Cool, Comfortable, Hot Weather "Toggery."
200 Kiddies' Creepers
Placed on Sale at Compelling Reductions
Tor the weeest of tots aged 6 months,, to the real lively youngster of 2 years.
- Unusually toell made, fast colors, plain and checks.
Of gingham, repp, chambray, French cambric.
Regularly $1.95. Regularly $1.50.
Wednesday $1.47 Wednesday $1.05
This sale warrants immediate attention from mothers of little ones as you cannot buy
the same quality of material the thread, buttons, tape used for the amount of the sale
price aside from the fact that you are saving time and labor in making them.
Tots' Shop Second Floor
A Sale for the Benefit of Thrifty Mothers
Boys' Tub
Knickers
Khaki Linen Crash gray and white mixture.
150 in the
lot
$1.85
Reduced
from $2.45
Just what you want for that boy of yours for
wear,, for cool comfort, for a neat, natty appcarano
the more you scrub 'em the better they look,
For Boys Who Want to Swim, a Sale of 1
$2 Bathing Suits $1.50
Sizes 8, 10, 12, 14 years
Colors are black with orange trimming and navy with Kelly green stripes.
Boys' Sfn. ' Balcony
An Out'of' the-Ordinary Sale of
Girls' and Juniors'
Summer Dresses
OP GINGHAM Ages 12 to 14 years.
Regularly to $5.
$2
Of Gingham and Chambray Ages 8 to 17 years.
Regularly to $8.50.
$5
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IN o vet Bimpie oecommK in pitun tuiure n umutu " "
dresses designed to tub and plaids and contrasting collars. charmingly unique collar, fanoy
Iron easily at a fraction of ff b u pocfcetg touches of belts pockets of plain colors
jgjrt it would cost to make whlte
Decidedly Reduced Are
MIDDIES Sizes 6 to 20 all white and white with rose and copen collars
Regularly $1X0, for 9 5 c
BUNGALOW APRONS Sizes 8 10r-12.. , KIMONOS Mostly small sizes.
Regularly J 1.50, for 95c Regularly $1.95, for 95c
Q,W Shop ' . : Second Floor
r . formerly BenscivTHome
And in handsome plaids with