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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1920)
V THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 1920. 3 .College Boys Work As Laborers Trio of Omaha' Youths ; A Work as Section Hands .i, 1101 f ' Jen Son of Congressman Jefferia T!.o Others Make $45 : Per Week With Rail,-. :'':'.' 1 road Gang. ' ' ' v vi i Albert V. Jeffcris, jr., son of Con . grcssr.ian Jefferis; Jordan It. Peters, l4 North Thirty-eighth street and Robert M. Dpwns,,127 South Forty first, could have spent the , summer vacation at some lakeside or seaside '.resort, swimming, boating ami danc- ' ". v . .. J , - They did none of these .things. They worked with track-layiiy? gangs along the Union Pacific rail way ii Kansas and earned an aver age of $45 per week. , These young men gained' techni cal knowledge, acquired sOme wealth -wild in the cases of Jefferis and" ret ers.x their "adinose tissue was "in creased.- "Jeff" gaineiNlen pounds. Jefferfe and Downs will leave soon ior union college, ocncneciauy, auu Peters will return for. his second yeir at Cornell, to resume his study of electrical engineering. Peters is studying civil engineering. The con gressman's son is 18 years old and his companions arc 20 years old. These young men removed steel rails from flat cars with a derrick and at odd times they unloaded heavy rocks from cars for rip-rapr ping. Peters fired the derrick for a while and Downs served as assist ant timekeeper for a short period. They hauled ice and. otherwise made themselves generally useful. They slept in a bunk car on track arid every Sunday morning washed their own clothes. . Jefferis was tha most adept clothes washer of the trio, the other two said. 76 Cents an Hour. The pay received was 76 cents an hour, 'wit'1 H, hours pay for w 10 hours wqrK per. oay r eiers aim Jefferis vearncd about $500 each dur- Sine summer.- Auwiia-- wa v- red to return nome earner man liis cnmoanions. ; They worked along a stretch of tqack wSere old75-pound rails were being replaced by 90-pound , rails. 1 Gangs of Mexican and negro work ers followed up with the tamping and leveling work. ( "This was our first experience at this'kind of work and we enjoyed it, said Mr. Peters, who was-the instigator of the enterprise. . - "Tell him atout our experience j - , v , , mm miriBiii m " mi 'Iji miim ill ' ' " ' " iy-Yg;''"-"-'1 -- - - Ti v: Three Omaha lads who spnt their vacation working on a Union Pacific section gang instead of summering at the seaside or in the moun tains.' They are, reading left to right: Robert M. Downs, Albert W. Jefferis and Jordan H. Peters. r Guv H. Beckett. -Golf Champion Divorces Wife Girl, 5fRa lses Groom Who kWa , Led to Altaf Now Siies For Divorce But Bride Files Cross-Petition 30 Minutes After Her y Husband of Three N . j Week Jean Gates came to( Omaha, out of the great, tree, open west less than a month ago to wed Gerald Gates, son of Fred Gates. 6522 Bhjndo street. She wedded him Au gust 12. . ' i Yesterday he filed suit through his attorney, H. J. Bremers, for a di vorce in district court. Scarcely halt an- hour later, Jean, with her attorjrey, Ross Shotvvell, He WasThysical Wreck", a Few Weeks After Marriage Account of Her Violent Temper, He- Says. Guy H. Beckett, amateur golf ex pert and stepson of Federal Judge Wbodrough, was granted a divorce from Claire Beckett yesterday by DisfHt Judge Goss. ( t ' The married life of the Becketts, according to the testimony and dep osition, was stormy and short" Beckett was in the navy, stationed at NewxYork, when he met Miss'! Claire Vreeland, who was employed V when we were chased by 4hex sheriff- short time after the wedding. He at Daklev. "Oh, yes " said Downs. "Wewere watc-hinc a noker came dowirTiear ' r- , - ' '' Kan.," urged Jefferis the stock yards when the sheriff and -four deputies came Jp for a raid. Peters' lost most of his trousers when he was caught in-a barb wire fence and Jefferis lost his hat. But we , got away and 28 others wcc catight' in the raid." ' ' : ' "Aud I'll say we did sleep Sound ly in that old bunk car", said Jef feris. "Working 10 hours on track laying promotes slumber." , If there is any more track-laying work lying around in the west next summer, these young men hope to repeat their experience of this va cation season. And the feel proud of the money they earned this summer. E. E. Hdtvell to Head v State Demo Fund Body .c. E. E! Howell harbeen designated by the democratic national commit tee's finance department,, to serve ) v 'as executive for Nebraska m rais Jn funds for the national campaign, f Arthur F. Muller has beeiVassigned f -' ' by 9te Chairman Keith Neville, to "serve in a similar capacity for the S ": ti. Nebraska campaign. - ,VS Messrs. Howell and .Mullen will " 'work together, according to infor ' ;nation received yesterday foftm f': s- democratic official sources. They "" V will go to Lincoln on Friday to at k ' , tend a meeting f the state execu- B ,.; tive committee. - . i . . Members of tbe lopal democratic! j, j . p j -.c-.. with tear drops mwih.c v liaHniiarters their eyes, announced, yesterday morning that their rational -. ex chequer is almost without a dime ''and that their state treasury is tfe, ' Pitted, :- , - f J Bus Service in Bluffs Put .. ' Off by Delay of'Ordinance fra;inri of, the Council fluffs city council Tuesday toxpasf -on final reading under suspension of rules .the ordinance granting a franchise for the operation of motor bifs lines in the Bluffs, the JohnL, R. . Lawton bus. all ready to start, was .not put in service yesterday morn ing. , , ; - The ordmantc was passed on hrst Vcadinff and will take its r regular course in the council before it will become effective. - ' Man Loaded Down With Weapons, Nabbed by Cops tVilham ,Szablak. Utica, N. Y was arrested yesterday morning by . police at Tenth and Douglas streets for havinar a small arsenal in his possession. Szablak had a box containing tw revolvers, a supply of shells, a dag ger and 14 large knives. He was unable to give police a satisfactory explanation for having the, weapons .and was lodged in jail pending further investigation. t Nebraska Osteopaths WW. Meet in Omaha This Month The Nebraska Osteopathic 'asso ciation will hold its twenty-first con-j-ention at the Hotel Castel here, September 28 and 29, according to announcement by Dr. Byron S. Pet arson, secretary. Everything from hay fever to obstetrics will be dis cussed Among the speakers will be Dr. Jennie M. Laird of Omaha, Dr. Minnie JoDon of Lincoln, H. V. Hal . ladajr, Kirksville, Mo., and Dr. C B. Atzen, Omaha. ' , -L i y- Speaker Says Prohibition . J, Idea of American Cranks . Adelaide, South Australia, Sept. 8. - Resolutions favoring prohibition were rejected by.the Angloan synod, in session here today. During de bate on tbe' resolutions one of the speakers." Rev. - Walker, said: "Pro- , lubtion is anti-Christian and the idea of American, cranks. , Thirty-third street and Sixth avenue.' s Refused To Cook. They were wedded. Roy R. Richard, au attorney in Platts burg, N. Y., in a deposition read at the 'hearing today, declared that he visited the home of theyoung couple at 40 West . Thirty-sixth street, a says the young bride refused to pre pare the dinner to which her hus- band had invited him. "Jf there is any . -house , work or cooking to be done, you can get a maid,"sshc remarked. ' ! don't in tend to do anything tl that sort." .'Later Richard and another man wer,e invited out to dinner by Beckett' On that occasion the young bride! refused to come dut of her loom and her" mother and sister finally came in and prepared the mca. The testimony also declared that at house parties- she was disagree able and insulting to her hosts. ; v Richard's deposition declared that Mrs. Beckett had an ungovecuible temper, that she cursed her htifuand and that he eas a "physical wreck" within a few weeks after the mar riage. United States Destroyer Completes 14,700-Mile Trip ' San Diego, Cal., . Sept. 8. All traces of recent slides in the Pan ama 'canal have been .removed aud the channel of Culebra cut is being widened and deepened, according to word brought here by the' United States destroyer Morris. The Morris on arriving here, completed a cruise of 14,700 miles, which took the boat to every important port in the Ad riatic. A new destroyer, Psrrott. built at the Cramp yards in Phil adelphia, accompanied the1.' Morris here from trie Atlantic. . For Nurses Generous Contributions Are Mjide by Omahans on Tag Day of. Association; $15, 000 Is the Goal y ) K flizabeth Ann Davis,' S-vear-qld daughtcr'of Mr. and Mrs. T.'L. Davis, collected $62- before noon for the Visiting Nurse association tag day fund. This little miss went through her neighborhood and then to Sixteenth and Farnam streets and at the noon hour she decided to take forty winks before starting on her afternoon quest.- " - ', This is illustrative of the success which the Visiting Nurses experi enced , yesterday and expect to achieve before they call it a day. The first round of collcctioas this at the office of Benjamin Strung mor.ing ypd $i;009 at headquar ters in ine r-iisi. nauuua vaun. Gould Dietz gave a check for $100 and Mrs. L. L. Kounjze gave the same amount. W. J. Hynes gave $50 and others contributed, liberally. Nearly 800 volunteers will not stop today until they have gained rneir objective, which is to raise a fund of not less than $15,000. Commerce High Grads To Hold Banquet Friday The September Graduates of. the High Schol of Coinmerce will hold their class banquet Friday at the Happy Hollow club. About-60 students who will graduate on Sep tember 17, when they will be pre sented with their diplomas, will at tend. ' , - -r. Lee Waple president of the graduating class, will act as toast master. Superintendent of Public Schools J. H. Beveridge will be the principal speaker. His subject, will tue "Landscape Gardening." Princi pal D. E. Porter of the High School of Commerce also will speak. His theme will be "Luther Burbank." Other speakers will be as follows: Charlotte Funk, "Migonette;" Hanrj Cohen, "Asters;" Bertha Berger, "Bachelor Butters;" George Han schuh, "Roses;" Clarence Brownr "Snapdragons," and Edalyn Benson, "Forget Me 2Cots." - ' Ths class Isermon will be deliv ered Sunday, September 12, at the Knintze Xtemqrial Lutheran church Dies at Tako in Canada Beatrice. Net.. Sept. 8. (Special.) Ormand Townsend, 32, son oL-Mr. and Mrs. William Townsend, pioneer residents of Barneston, this county, died last week at his home at Tako, Saskatchewan, Canada. The body was brought to Barneston yesterday tor burial. Townsend leaves his widow, who was,,, formerly; Miss Mabel Townsend, a teacher in Gage county, "and two children. Milford Qrl Killed When Auto Goes Into Ditch Near Gretna Gretna Neb. Sept. 8. (Spycial.) Tina Stien, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Stien, Milford, Neb., was killed early last night when the automobile in which she was riding with other members of her family overturned in a ditch at the side of the road . between Ashland and Gretna. ' The parents, a brother, two sisters and an unidentified man, other oc cupants of th? car, received slight in juries. Tina was pinned beneath the automobile with her head held under neath the water in Hie ditch for 20 minutes. Dr. L. C. Hilfadcck, who made an examination of the body soon after the accident, expressed the opinion that death was caused by a ibroken neck rather than drowning. I he Stien family was on the way home from the state fair at the time of the accident. Passing tounstssis, came to the rescue and the girl was N". i . - . - i f .. v ;;nsnea 10 ureina in me nupi: vi iv ing her life. I , City Parcel-Post To Be Ready for -! - Xmas Shoppers Federal Delivery System Will Cut Costs For Omaba Dealers, Merchants' Secretary Says. No Signs of Weakening In Anthracite Walkout Wilkesbarre, Pa., ept. 8. There was no 'general movement pi an thracite mine workers hack to work. iU ports from the entire hard coal regionsiiidicate that at least 100,000 men are. still idle. The miners were '.issatisfied with the recent wage awird, although union officials ac- ceptcit. i ' .Use of the parcel post for making stort deliveries in Omaha probably will be under headway in time for some of the Christmas trade, James W. M?tcalf secretary ofythe Associ ated Retailers, said yesterday. TJfe parcel jiost department will be sepa rated from the federal building and housed in a station between Fif teenth and Sixteenth on Capifol ave nue. A parcel post roVmi at the Union, station, with 30,000 feet of space, will be used 7or packages onsigned for out or town delivery. I he saving to the retailers will come through the abolition of. cost ly duplication in delivery service, according to Mr. Mctcalf. One shoe companJtiere has been mailing out its shoes for three years, at a cost of 5 cents a pair, while- the cost of private delivery for .its competitors has run as high as 20 cents. Deliv eries are estimated to cost the large store more than 8 cents an article now, and the smaller, stores as high as 25 cents. By establishing one route for eai-h wagonthe govern ment, it is believed, can do the work cheaper than the stores themselves, and make a profit on it. Old army trucks will be fitted with new bodies to carry the packags. About 20 stations will be established in different parts of the city. Par cels will be delwered by carrier in a five-block'zone around these. All others will he carried on trucks. A3shrdl cmfwy vbgkq xzfifllf v bg Omaha Contractor ' V Tried for Shooting Fremont. Neb., Sept. 8. (Special.) -f The Dodge county district court was Crowded yesterday for the open ing of the trial of jMin, Olscn, Oma and CouncilBluffs contrac tor, who is charged with Mrs. Sophia Lueken, with shooting the latter's aged husband with intent to murder, late last. spring. Mrs. Lueken will be tried after Olsen's case is dis posed of. . Selection of the jury took most t f the time of court today. . - The case is one of the most mysterious in , Dodge county criminal records. Lueken, 78-ycar-old retired farmer, ran from his home in the early dawn, bleeding from bullet wounds in head and" breast, and unable to describe his assailant. His wife and Olsen, a few moments after this, were seen going to Omaha on the same train. 'Both deny any knowledge of the affair. Complicated calculation of' the flow of liquidsK steam or gases through pipes has been made easy hy the invention of a simple slide lule. ' Fall From Horse Fatal. Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 8. (Special.) j-Nora Fink, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will FinkN of Quintcr, Kan., was killed at her home Sunday by falling from a horse. The body will be brought here for burial. a AOVI'RTISKMKNT. MOTHER! , , "California Syrup of Figs'. Child's Best Ilaxative Accept "California Syrup' of Figs only loDk for the name California on the package, then yOu are sure vour child & having the best . Bud most harmless physio, for' the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children love its fruity taste Fulkdirections on each . iwttie. - x ou ,must say laillUMIll. Jean'Vjaros. came into the office "of the cltrk of the court and filed an answer an cross-petition, demanding a divorec Jean is a beautiful young girl. former school teacher, and has grown upon her father's Montana ranch. She met Gerald out there and it was all arranged, even to ask' ing her father for. her Jiand. But wheiffean arrived here, Ger aid wasn t on hand to meet her. Sh consulted Mr. Shotwell and the two of them consulted a oonstable. Th constable "met up" with Gerald and Gerald told him he was going be married. He was looking for Jean. . So -tltey were married and lived happily ever . No, no, that isn't right in this case. The divorce in this case was file just ' three weeks and three day; after the: wedding beljs rang. Gerald, . hi . his petition, filed to day, alleges that his wife went out joy riding with another girl and two taxi drivers the very 'nqxt eveniriff after they were married. He sayi that on atother occasion his ' wife went with another man tct the Dub-a 3 lin ' inn., aixty-mth aud Centj streets, at 3 in Ahe morning. ' " it s just awtui tor him; to say that when he knows I went out there looking for him,", said Jean today. - His-uncie, I. J. O Brien owns the Dublin Inn, atid when Ger ald didn t'come home I became wor ried aud drove out there to find him." -i. V . Mrs. Gates, in her answer, declares that her-Jiusband has treated - her cruelly and " inhumanly and that he has become infatuated with another woman. 1 heir married ute, she says lias been one series of sorrows and heartaches. Man Commits Suicide. When play will be giveuon September 15 and 16 in the Central High school auditorium. , t ; Urge Standardization of ' " Bath Tubs to Rush Work '. bt. Louis, Mo., 'Sept. 8.Stan ciardization of bath tubs as a, means of. Speeding up building was urged at the convention of the American Society of Sanitary Engineers, which opened here. , - Gibson Is Signed. Pittsburgh, Sept. 8. Barney Drey fus of the Pittsburgh National league base ball club, . aniounced today that he had signed George Gibson, present manager, to manage the team next season. San Taken for Shooting Girl Mateo. Cai5 Sept. Ma-' lilda Lee. 11 yeari old, was shot and killed while on her way to school near here todav. When Thomas by the Rev. O. D. Baltzly. The class! Nelson,: sought m contraction with the shooting, was , surrounded, he shot himself. f t t.'.The police said ' Nelson, after hooting rhc child, approached her mother as she was boarding a train for San Francisco and informed her of bis act. No motive Jias been found. . N ' Alleged Sioux City Forger Arrested Here Charged with' being a fugitive from justice, James F. Hudson. 2121 Leavenworth street, was arrested yesterday morning by Detectives Heller and Francl. Detectives' sav that he is . wanted in Sioux City for .alleged forgery. A Sioux City police officer is expected in Omaha today to take criarge of tiuds&n. I is distinct in form! and flavbi among ready-to-eat cereal foods T 1 added TI T ' m ivo sugar neeq oe in serving Grape-Nuts9 for it is naturally sweet yith its own suar developed by twenty; Konrsbaani ' . v. 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