THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1920.
STATE COLLEGE
MAN SAYS HALF
FARMERS RENT
Tells Rural Pastors That Land
Owners Are Better Church
Attendants Than
Tenants.
Lincoln, Neb.. July 20. (Special)
"Nebraske is approaching the atate
when 50 per cent of the farms are
tenanted by renters." said J. O. Ran
kin, of the state agricultural college,
Monday, before the school for rural
pastors at Nebraska Wesleyan uni
versity. "Since 1850 an increasing number
of farms have been held by renters.
A canvass has been made of the
farms in the vicinity of Geneva. It
was there found that 66 were tenants,
of which 44 were share value farm
ers, and 4f were owners. Grain
farming lends itself to share ten
ants. Rise in land values enables
a man to sell a part of his farm and
clear himself on the remainder.
"Ownership of land brings re
sponsibility to society. The young
farmer who buys his lands and set
tles upon it stands in the way of ac
quiring more wealth than the ten
ant. A successful community must
have such men. Church attendance
was found to be higher around Gen
eva amoner owners than among ten
ants. The nonresident landlord
gives, often, generously to things
which benefit his community. The
church aside from its relation to the
future," declared the speaker, "is a
great sociological factor."
Publicity was the theme upon
which Rev. Peter Jacobs of Ran
dolph. Ia., spoke. In his home
field he has developed an elaborate
scheme of church advertising which
adopts all the desirable methods of
the business world. He maintained
that if the church was to hold its
own this was the course to pursue.
He carried with him samples of pro
grams, invitations and bulletins
which have been used in his parish
He commended the newspaper men
and urged pastors to co-operate with
them in supplying good news when
ever they had it. Personal publi
' city was berated by the speaker with
vigorous language. Rev. William
Walder of Leadville, Colo., cor
roborated the speaker's plea for
church publicity on a regular and
businesslike basis.
Gladys Legg of the state college
of agriculture discussed the clothing
of the family and talked at length
on the proper care of the feet and
the selection of shoes.
Professor Moore will continue his
talks this week on rural organiza
tions and co-operation.
Hold Ringer Funeral in
Lincoln Friday Afternoon
Lincoln, Neb.. July 20 (Special.)
The funeral of Frank I. Ringer of
Lincoln, secretary of the Nebraska
Manufacturers association, who died
at La Jolla1, Cal., where he had gone
in hopes to recover from a serious
illness, will he held Friday afternoon
at 2:30 in Lincoln, at the First
Christian church.
A large number of Omaha people,
where Mr. Ringer was well known,
are expected to attend the funeral.
Mr. Ringer died last Sunday morn
ing and the body is expected to ar
rive in Lincoln over the Burlington,
Thursday at 1:20, accompanied by
Mrs. Ringer.
Samson Arranging Lincoln
Night at Ak-Sar-Ben Den
Lincoln niht at Ak-Sar-Ben den
will be held Monday, August 2. ac
cording to a message from President
E. Buckingham and "Governors
George Brandeis, Charles Black and
R. W. Wood, who, are in Lincoln
today, making arrangements for the
meeting.
Visiting Rotarians from Sioux
City, Sioux Falls, Fremont, Colum
bus. Grand Island, Hastings and
Norfolk will also be guests of Sam
son this night. Omaha knights are
sure to attend, because Oscar Lieben
has consented to have' the famous
Shrine band play.
Lincoln Traction Company
Gets Another Rate Raise
Lincoln, Neb.. July 20. (Special.)
The Lincoln traction company has
been granted another raise in car
fare rates by the state railway com
mission, which, thougH small in
amount. Is expected to raise about
$40,000 a year.
The present rate is four fares for
a quarter and under the new rate,
which will go into effect next Sat
urday, the rate will be three fares
for 20 cents. The commission came
to the conclusion that the road was
entitled to the raise because the au
tomobile had been a large factor in
cutting down street car revenues.
Three South Dakota Men
Held for Horse Stealing
Deadwood, S. D., July 20. (Spe
cial.) A sensation was created by
the arrest of three Lawrence coun
ty men. August Hett, Henry Eyster
and Peter Christenson, on the
charge of horse stealing. The men
are ranchers of the Limestone dis
trict of the Black Hills.
Recently a Harding county ranch
man missed several head of his
horses, and got trace of them head
ed toward the Black Hills in charge
of three men. He followed the trail
to this city and secured the aid of
the officers.
Governor Asks Fffeturn of
1 Man Wanted in Omaha
Lincoln, Neb., July 20. (Special.)
, Governor McKelvie issued a re
. quest to the governor of Oklahoma
today asking for the return to Oma
ha of Patrick Downes, wanted for
drawing a check on the Merchants
National bank for $25, in favor of
G. H. Hanson, with no funds on de
posit Downes is under arrest in
Muskogee and in charge of the po
lice there.
Surgeons of World Meet.
Paris. July 20. Premier Miller
and welcomed the International Sur
gical sociey which opened its fifth
congress here today with many pro
minent surgeons present, inducing
2Q American.
Ringer Declines to
Say Any More About
"Mystery Girt Case
Police Commissioner Ringer had
no tatement to offer yesterday on
the "mystery girl" case, nor on the
offer of the city council to provide
necessary funds for following clews.
"Will you take advantage of the
offer of the city council?" he was
asked.
"Not until I have a conference
with Grace Ballard, county attorney
of Washington county," he replied.
"Has Miss Ballard confided to
you the time of her prospective ar
rival in Umahaf was the next
query.
"I have not heard from Miss Bal
lard," he. replied.
DRYS AWAIT WORD
FROM LEADERS
ON THEIR ISSUES
Convention Plans Will Depend
Upon Statements From
Will Hays and Either
Of Nominees."
Lincoln, Neb., July 20.Prohibi
tion party leaders here for their na
tional convention today were at sea
concerning what course they will at
tempt to steer when the delegates
gather tomorrow for the first ses
sion. Whether the party will carry out
its previously announced program
of "a fight to a finish'" in the com
ing campaign, with possibly Wil
liam Jennings Bryan as the leader
of the fight, depended today upon
whether satisfactory statements
from four political leaders are re
ceived. Virgil G. Henshaw, chairman of
the national committee, said today
that he expected telegrams from Will
Hays explaining "why the law and
order plank adopted at the republi
can convention has not been in
cluded in printed copies of the plat
form" and that he hopVd to receive
from either Governor Cox or Sena
tor Harding a firm statement against
weakening the Volstead enforce
ment act.
Should these statements be re
ceived, the prohibition party tomor
row will sing its swan song and re
tire from national activities, Mr.
Hinshaw said. Without these state
ments, the finish fight program is
expected to be carried out.
Should an active campaign be de
cided upon, it is not known wheth
er Mr. Bryan would consent to Head
the ticket and a statement from him
also is awaited by the leaders.
The executive committee met this
morning, arranged final details for
the convention and formally an
nounced Aaron S. Watkins of Ger
mantown, O., preacher and school
military instructor, as its Keystone
speaker.
County Assessors Favor
New Plan for Valuations
Lincoln, Neb., July 20. (Special.)
County assessors of Nebraska,
meeting today with the state board
of equalization, gave their approval
to the plan of the board for making
valuations of real and personal pro
perty in the counties.
The plan of the board has been
to assess land on the sale valuation
and reach an average for each coun
ty. This will raise the assessments
in some counties.
Objections to this plan, expected
from Nicolls, Holt, and neighboring
counties, did not develop in the
course of the meeting. The ap
proval granted by the assessors was
practically unanimous.
TELLS OF ATTACK,
LIKELY MURDER
OF MYSTERY GIRL
Eyewitness to Gruesome As
sault on Locust Viaduct
Draws Convincing
Conclusions.
An incident, which adds further
plausibility to the theory that the
"mystery girl" whose body 'was
found in a ravine north of Florence
last November, was murdered fol
lowing a quarrel in an East Omaha
roadhouse was brought to light yes
terday by John Anderson, 803 Lo
cust street, a former coal dealer.
Anderson tells or an after-midnight
assault, a man and woman,
in the tonneau of an automobile on
the Locust street viaduct early Mon
day morning before the Thursday
the "mystery girl" was found.
Anderson was returning home
from visiting friends over Sunday
night. He had missed the last street
car and decided to walk across the
viaduct. Near the center of the
bridgeway, wljere a stairway leads
down, he said he heard, shrill
screams of a woman, seeming to
come from under the viaduct.
Screams, Then Moans.
Anderson stopped and started
down the stairs to investigate. He
paused on the first steps to locate
the moans, which now seemed to
be moving.
Then, for the first time, he heard
an automobile in motion and thought
the sounds of distress came from a
car which suddenly appeared on the
viaduct and came to a stop oppo
site tlje head of the stairs.
He made out three figures in the
car, one in the front seat and two
in the rear, the tatter huddled down
as if tied or badly hurt. He was
only a few feet away, but afraid
to move.
"You Know I Love You."
Anderson said the two in the rear
seat kept moaning. The man in
the front seat stepped out to the
bridge floor, opened a door of the
tonneau and began beating the oc
cupants with some weapon.
He said a woman began to scream
again and beg for her life. The
prostrate man continued to groan.
While beating his victims, the man
repeated over and over again.
"You know I love you!"
When an automobile appeared
the assailant jumped to the front
seat and sped away to the west.
Other cars passed, but Anderson
was unable to make one halt, and
he made his way home.
Anderson said on the same Sun
day night there had been, according
to later report, an attack on a
woman at the old roadhouse near
the lake owned by Leonard Blodell,
but rented by persons whose names
he did not know, and who dis
appeared mysteriously the night
alter the "mystery girl" was found.
Police Spurn Report.
Anderson had heard that the
woman assaulted at the roadhouse
had been nearly killed, but as far as
he knew, the incident had not been
followed up favorably by the police.
Anderson said on the day follow
ing the assault of the man and
woman in the car, he notified police
headquarters, but the officers, after
a casual investigation, failed to de
velop any clue leading to the ident
ity of the parties involved.
One thing that led him to believe
there might be a connection between
the assault which he witnessed and
the finding of the "mystery girl"
four days later was that the automo
bile when it left the viaduct was
headed in the direction of Florence,
and that if the assailant had actu
ally completed the tragedy of which
he had seen a part, the murderer
might have gone to that distant and
out-of-the-way point to secrete the
bodies. V,
Shotwell Asks Facts
to Use in Search for
"MysteryGirr' Slayer
"Whenever they present any facts
to this office I will put all the ma
chinery into motion to catch and
prosecute the murderer of the 'mys
tery girl,'" said County Attorney
Shotwell yesterday.
"It is easy to talk and there has
been a lot of talk lately. Officials
have hinted that they know who
murdered this girl. But we must
have more than talk to catch a mur
derer and decidedly more than that
to convict. I have told the county
board of commissioners that a re
ward can be offered legally, and I
think that reward will be offered.
"The activity of Miss Ballard in
Washington county is commendable,
but I'm afraid she is a long way
from finding the murderer or mur
derers. "My office has run down a lot of
clews only to find them ending in
nothing. But we stand ready to
run down any number more if they
are found. The law never forgets.
The perpetrators of this fiendish
crime may be found years from
now."
Stock Sale Permits Granted
By Bureau of Securities
Lincoln, Neb., July 20. (Special)
Tlie state bureau of securities has
granted permits to the following to
sell stocks in this state:
Ro Metal Specialties Co., Omaha.. $ 55.0n
National Co-op. Co.. Omaha 15,000
Mirt-States Wholesale grocers, Oma
ha : 200,000
E. B. Weeks Seed Co., Ord 35.000
The Farmers' Co-op. store, Funk.. 16.610
Farmers' Union Co-op. association,
Bennett 16.900
Kansas City Wall Paper Co., Kan
sas City 20,000
Nebraska Wall Paper Co., Omaha 25,000
Applications before the bureau of
securities for permits to sell stock:
Record Publishing- Co., Osceola . .1 5,000
Zivonechek and Aksamit Milling
Co., Wilber 10,000
Farmers' Union Elevator Co., Rich
field 10,000
Omaha Refining Co 400,000
Ancona ana 3iauro wnolesate Gro
cery Co.. Omaha
Nebraska Wall Paper Co., Omaha..
Kansas City Wall Paper -Co., Kan
sas City and Omaha
E. B. Weeks Seed Co.. Ord
Scott Auto Service Co., Wymore..
Deweess Farmers' Union Elevator
Co., Deweese
Cuahman Motor works, Lincoln....
25.000
25.000
20,000
35,000
25,000
16,700
307,000
Miner Buried Beneath
Tons of Rock in Shaft
Lead. S. D., July 20. (Special.)
James Toms, a miner, was crushed
to death in the Portland mine of the
Trojan company, some miles from
Lead, when a mass of rock from
the roof of the drift, in which he
was operating an air shovel, be
came loosened and fell upon him.
Toms and the shovel were com
pletely covered by the masses of
fallen rock.
The body of the unfortunate miner
was badly mangld by the weight of
the rock and it took some time to
extricate his remains from the fal
len mass. He is survived by a wid
ow and two children, who reside at
Terry.
Former State' Agent Held
On Worthless Check Charge
Grand Island, Neb., July 20.
(Special Telegram.) Wayne . M.
Diehl, married only a week ago and
formerly in the employment of the
state forces under Gus Hyers, is un
der arrest here on the charge of
forgery. He is charged with pass
ing a worthless check for $10 on
a local oil service station. The ar
rest was made at Hastings. Diehl
says it is the first time he has ever
been involved in any trouble. He
has wired for his father at Lin
coln and expects the latter to come
to his assistance.
Chews Cop's Thumb
Eugene Golden, who police say
has no particular address, suddenly
became belligerent while en route
to jail yesterday and chewed the
thumb of Officer J. Ransom. Ran
som's wounds were dressed by a
police surgeon.
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SKINNER SUIT
DISMISSED ON
STIPULATIONS
Controversy Ended by Agree
ment to Cancel Watered
Stock and Shares Held
By Robert Howe.
Lincoln. Neb., July 20. (Special.)
Stipulations to the mutual satisfaction-
of factions in the Skinner
Packing company controversy were
agreed upon this afternoon and the
case pending in the supreme court of
the state was dismissed upon the
recommendation of the attorney gen
eral. Attorneys for the' Skinners, At
torney General Davis and his as
sistants appeared before the supreme
court with the stipulated agreement
for the settlement of the difficulties.
Attorney Albert S. Ritchie asked for
a dismissal of the case with preju
dice. This was opposed by the at
torney general and Mr. Ritchie fin
ally withdrew his objection.
Rival Factions Appear.
Attorneys for C. H. Gustafson
then appeared and stated that Gus
tafson and his faction had not been
notified of the intended agreement,
had not favored the stipulations and
did not desire a dismissal of the
suit. A conference between fac
tions in the office of the attorney
general followed, at which an agree
ment was finally reached.
The principal stipulations are the
cancellation of all watered stock,
fixed at the amount of $176,000, call
ing in all floating indemnities, and
cancellation of stock held by Robert
Howe, former manager of the com
pany. They also provide that hold
ers of preferred stock shall exchange
it at the rate of six shares for one
share of common voting stock not
later than December 1, 1920. This
will give stockholders, exclusive of
the Skinners and their partners, 80
per rent of the stock.
According to the agreement, the
affairs of the company will be super
vised by nine directors, five of them
to be selected by a mail referendum
vote. The other four directors will
be Paul Skinner, president; Robert
Gilmore, vice president; D. C. Rob
ertson, secretary-treasurer, and W.
H. Ferguson of Lincoln. Six out of
the nine directors shall contribute
a quorum.
yictory for State.
Other stipulations are that no
voting stock shall be issued with
out authority from the state and
hat the company
that the company shall hold semi
annual meetings in Nebraska, one,
two weeks previous to the regular
annual meeting in May of each
year, to give stockholders opportuni
ty to provide representation at the
annual meeting.
Attorney General Davis says that
he regards the agreement as a com
plete victory for the state, that all
has been realized that could possi
bly be accomplished by litigation
and that popular control has been
placed in the hands of the stockholders.
English Woman Found
Murdered' in Detroit;
Husband Is Arrested
Detroit, Mich, July 20. Mrs.
Michael Greeson was homesick for
England. Her husband, who brought
her to this city a few months ago,
had lived here several years, liked
the wages and would not live in
England. Over this neighbors say,
they quarreled.
This morning the woman Vas
found with her skull crushed. On
her throat were the marks of a knjfe.
Her husband, though there are no
charges against him, is being held
by the police.
The husband, an employe of the
Detroit Automobile Scale company,
declares he was with his brother in
another part of the city Saturday
night and Sunday. The brother,
Morris, says yes as to Saturday
night, but added that Michael left
about 3 o'clock Sunday morning,
remaining away until about 10.
From that time they were together,
Morris says, until after 7:30 this
morning.
Greeson had been corresponding
with a girl in England for several
years while living here. Then he
went to England, married her and
came back here on April 19 to live.
Their home was at 427 West Forest
avenue. Neighbors say the bride
was pretty and kept pictures of a
movie actress whom she resembled.
week, waived preliminary hearinf
yesterday and was bound over to
the United States grand jury by E.
C. Boehler. Gibson was released
from custody on a $7,500 bonds.
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Second Drug Addict Held
Charged with violation of the Har
rison drug act, A. B. "Speck" Gib
son, arrested by federal agents last
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shortly you lift it right off with fin
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Your druggist sells a tiny bottle
of Freezone for a few cents, suf
ficient to remove every hard corn,
soft corn, or corn between the toes
and the calluses, without soreness Ot
irritation.
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July Clearance
Saks
Are Economy Buys.
Are Ton Attending
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Wednesday Lunch, 50c
Fried Baby Trent
In Butt.r
LoronnalM Potitoea
Cream 81aw
Rout Lea- of Veal
Onion Dreaatnf
Buttered Beet
Ke Potatoes In
Cream
CTilclten Pot Pie
Family Style
Sliced Tomatoes
Steamed Cherry Pudding
Hot Rolls and Butter
Coffee. Tea. or Milk
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Choice
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Priced Low for Quick Clearance !
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4.25 to 9.95 On5U
Values, at Oi )TT
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Wednesday
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This remarkable specialoffer is made Every garment is fresh and clean
for one purpose onlyto reduce our right out of the box, with the exception
immense stocks and make room for new of a few pieces which are slightly
fall shipments crowding in on us daily. soiled from handling.
First class Italian silk garments of the best workmanship; cut full and
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The Chemise
Bodice and regulation style; eith
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The Vests
Plain tailored and hemstitched or
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No Phone or Mail Orders.
The Bloomers
Most of these are plain, but a few
fancy models are included; all are
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. Brandeis Stores Third FloorEast
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July Clearance Sale of All
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Linen and Crash
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&C3 to 10.00 Values
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Wednesday
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There is nothing better for the hot
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Regular 1.65 Values
In all the different shades and stripes; eut
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Wednesday, at
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A Big July Clearance Sale of All
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Nearly All Hand-Embroidered
For Children 2 to 6 Years
Priced for Quick Clearance!
$10 - $11 Values $12 $18 Valves $23.50-32 Vtfls.
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Children's rompers In both high
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Infants' Caps
Of dainty lawns, muslins and
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Infants' Straw Hats
Fine Mllans in tailored models
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Infants' Coats
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