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THREE CENTS
The
Pickf ord
, Freed of
( All .Blame
Police Commissioner Says
Olive Thomas Died of Acci
dental Mercurial Poison
k ing After Probe.
Oil Supply
For World
In Mexico
Shortage " in United States
Gives Emphasis of Impor
tance of Ieace in
v Near Future.
Hunt Is Made for Later Will of Neal
The Principle of Self Determination
Friends Certain Reynolds Company Manager
Changed Bequests of Document Offered for
(" Probate Youthful Omaha Heiress Left in
, Quandry. v
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Husband Near Collapse
By HENRY WALKS.
Xfw York Tlnira-f'hlrafo Tribune Cable,
Copyright, ID2U.
Parts, Sept. 12. "Accidental death
by mercurial poisoning" was the
verdict at Ncuilly of Police Com
nissioiier Catron, after an investi
gation of the circumstance of the
leattt of Olive Thomas I'ickford,
vhich he, insisted should he con
ducted before he would grant a
leath certificate. 1 ,.
Jack , I'ickford, husband of the
:iiicma star, is on the verge' of a
:ervous breakdown. Haggard, nef
. tous, and at times almost incoher
ent, he insists to his friends that he
i! id nothing which could have led
pis wife to purposely drink the pois
onous draught which killed her,
and that she simply grasped the
h rong bottle when reaching for her
medicine, .
It was stated here today that
American life insurance companies
had cabled to the French authorities!
tor full particulars of the aftair.
Pickford had planned to sail for
America today on the Aquitania
with his wife's body, but was or-
dered to -attend an autopsy at the
morgue on Monday. It is probable
that he will sail next Saturday on the
Maurentania. .
Noted Merchant to
Address Ad League
At First Meeting
Paul Findlay of Los Angeles, a
mired grocer of national reputation,
will talk to the Advertising-Selling
league this evening at 6 o'clock at
its opening meeting at the Chamber
of Commerce.
'The Present High Cost of Busi
ness" will be his theme. Although
lie wijl dwell on the retailing of per
ishable foods and fruits to some ex
tent, his principles will be of general
interest to advertisers and retailers
in any line. . - ,
His practical talk is accompanied
by blackboard figures, which give
the theory and practice of margin
computation, and therefore is of in
terest to the clothier, dry goods
merchants, hardware and shoe men;
in short, to every line of business. r
During the last 20 months Findlay
has traveled nearly 60,000 miles into
ill the big marketing centers of the
:ottntry, investigating and gathering
.lie best, most practical and most
effective ways of advertising, dis
playing', pricing and Railing merchan-
Itc. at retail ' t
Findlay is an cld-tini retailer
mmseir, naviug spent uvea; jo years
behind the counter. He knows mer
chants' problems intimately, as a re
sult of his own hard knocks. For
many years he has used his experi
ence as a background for authorita
tive articles in the trade press of the
United States and Canada.
The Omaha retail grocers will be
the guests of the Advertising-Selling
league at this meeting..
Large Quantities of v
Coal Rushed to West
By Lake Steamships
Clileago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, Sept. 12. Coal is
being rushed to the northwest by
lake vessels from Ohio ports at a
rate which promises to avert the
threatened shortage in the states at
the head of the Great Lakes next
winter. . This is indicated by the
weekly report o fthe geological sur
vey on coal production.
h is shown that in the week end
ing September 4 the coal dumped
at Lake Erie ports totaled 1,074,
756 tons, of which 1,035.372 tons
were cargo coal and 39,384 tons ves
sel fuel. While this total was 16 per
cent less than the prececding week,
yet it was twice as great as the
quantity dumped in the correspond
ing week of 1919 and but little less
than that of 1918. It-was twice as
great as shipments during some of
the weeks early This season when
the traffiic congestion caused a situ
ation, which resulted in the issu
ance of priority orders by the Inter
state Commerce commission to in
sure a supply of coal for the north
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"Doctor;" Charge No License
W. P. Custard, 623 North Twen
tieth street, was arrested Saturday
night on a charge of practicing
medicine without -a license.
Mrs. Julia Skripsky, Twentieth and
Q streets, swore out the warrant for
"Dr." Custard's arrest. The "doc-
-tor" is alleged to have charged Jo
seph Skripsky, her husband, $300 for
treating a cancer.
Custard was released on a $500
bond pending his trial.'
Decrease in California
Peach Crop I9 Predicted
Fresno, Cal., Sept. 12. The Cali
fornia Peach Growers' association
will not receive any further orders,
for the present season's crop, A. L.
Sturtevant, jr., sales manager, an
nounced here, because the present
crop, from latest indications, will
show a decrease of 11,000 tons, or
24.000 tons total, compared with 35,
000 tons last year.
Cholera Epidemic in Korea.
, Tokio, Sept. 12. Fifteen thousand
cholera cases have been reported of
ficially from Korea, with 6,000
deaths, in the present epidemic. .
The will of the late John Neal,
millionaire Omaha tobacco man, was
offered for probate in the superior
court of Winston-Salem, N. C.
Saturday.
Franklin A. Shotwell of Omaha,
co-executor of the will, with the
Wachovia bank, was present. Mr.
Shotwell was in ' conference there
Saturday with officials of the bank,
which is executor of a fifth of the
estate.
The will is attracting wide inter
est in Winston-Salem and the vicin
ity, according to reports from there.
It provides tha,t more than half a
million dollars be placed in perpet
ual trust, income from which is to
be divided equally between the Meth
odist Children's home there and the
Masonic orphanage at Oxford, .N. C.
It is the largest individual charity
gift on record in NorkJ Carolina, re
ports state.
,It was at the Masonic orphanage
at Oxford that Mr. Neal spent his
younger days, and when he left there
lie was furnished highest recom
mendations. He went to Winston
Salem to complete his high school
course, and he attended the Old Sa
lem boys' schook He worked for the
R. J. Reynolds company in the sum
mers while attending school, dis
patches from Winston-Salcfn state.
Wally Shepard ,
Now Champion
i . Omaha Golf er
Happy Hollow Siar Wins First
Flight in City Tournament
At FieM Club With
v Score of 324. '
Wally Shepard of Happy .Hollow
club, won the city golf-championship
yesterday at the Omaha Field
club when he shot an 81 in the
morning round and then- duplicated
his .score in the afternoon session.
Sam Reynolds of the Field club
was second; W. J. roye of the Uma
ha Country crub was third; Jack
Hughes of the Field club, fourth.
and rred Vitte of the field club
fifth.
The result, of the tournament
might have been a bit different if
Sam Reynolds, Field club star, had
not "fallen down" coming in on his
afternoon rounct yesterday. Reynolds
canie back in 42 while Shepard ne
gotiated the inside in 37.
Shepard shot lour-' 81s '; in ' the
tournament. He shot the Happy
Hollow course in 81 in both the
morning and afternoon rounds qual
ifying day, September 5 and du
plicated his score yesterday.
Reynolds qualified with a score of
164 and shot a 79 and an 83 yester
day( for a total of 326. ,
W. J. Foye who ranked third, shot
a 334 and Jack Hughes, who placed
fourth, shot a 338.
In the second flight, Phil Kendall
of Miller park, shooting a 352 won
first place,' and Douglas Peters of
Happy Hollow with a 361 won sec
ond. A. O. Nichols of the Field club
won the third flight with a 372 and
J. H. Conrad of Happy Hollow was
second with 380.
Blaine Young of the Field club
shot a 79 yesterday afternoon, low
score for the afternoon play.
Olson Will Appeal
Attempted Murder
Verdict at Fremont
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) John Olson, convicted of the
attempted murder of .Harm B.
Lueken May 12, announced that he
would -appeal the case. Within a
week a motion for a new trial will
be filed. T : .
No trial in the history of Dodge
county attracted so much local at
tention. Farmers who had been
neighbors of the Luckens when they
lived in Maple township, let their
machines stand idle, in the field
while they crowded ,the .ourt room
to follow the testimony.
Members of the Lueken. family re
fused to make-any comment upon
the conviction t)f Olson, nor the fil
ing of the alienation suit by his wife
against Mrs. Sophie Lueken.
Coal Heaver Arrested.
After consuming one-half bottle
of" "Toni's Gilt Edge" 45 per cent
''lemon extract," Jack Taylor, a coal
heaver of Sioux City, la., was ar
rested Saturday night for being in
toxicated at the Union station.
Police found three and one-half
bottles of lemon extract on Taylor
and a ticket to Sioux City, la.
The New Constitution
The Bee continues toda- lis explana
tions of the various amendments to the
state constitution, proposed by the state
constitutional convention t J submlte4
to a. vote of the people at a special elec
tion to be held September II. This elec
tion Is In many respects the most Im
portant held In Nebraska In a generation.
An intelligent ballot can be cast only
after a clear understanding of the villous
proposals submitted. There ara 41 pro
posals and each la submitted for separata
vote.'
Proposition No. 37.
Authorizes legislation regulating
hours of employment for women
and children and providing for a
minimum wage for such.
Proposition No. 38.
Authorizes legislation "for the in
vestigation, submission and determ
inationtof controversies between em
ployers and employes in any
business or vocation affected with
a public interest and -for the preven
tion of unfair business practices and
unconscionable gains in any business
or vocation affecting the public wel
fare." Authorizes the creation of
an industrial commission.
and whcti he finished his education
he became permanently associated
with the Reynolds organization. This
was about 13 years ago.
Believe He Made Late- .C j
Close acquaintance' f j '"-eft , i
Omaha still conten ? '.aWvA'1'
later will. wb; . t " V,ill
change man
of thi
will now o. - ., .
Gray Shee 0V' ynolds com
pany here, VgfS -i Meal's closest
friends, Saturd1 telegraphed Reyn
olds company officials in Winston
Salem, urging .them to conduct a
search for a more recent wjll. '
; "Mr, Neal told me positively he
made out a later will than the one
of March, 1919," said Mr. Sfceck.
"He told me he had left me money,
but that I would have to marry be
fore I could get it because he didn't
want me running around lose."
"Even Attorney Shotwell began
looking for a second will as soon as
Mr. Neal died. He got a court order
and .came up to search Neal's trunk
in our offices. When he failed to
find any important papers there, he
asked me to go with him to Neal's
safety deposit box in the Omaha Na
tional bank. We found the box
empty."
Mr. Shcek now believes the new
(Continued on Pace Two, Column Two.)
Advocates Lew
For Fair Ground
Improvements
Board Member Says Receipts
, Insufficient legislature
May, Bel Asked for
y Apportionment.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 12. (Special.)
The next Nebraska legislature" may
be asked by the state board of agri
culture1 for a state lew of a quarter
of a mill to raise $200,000 a year for
permanent improvements on the fair
grounds.
George Jackson of Nelson, former
member of the state legislature and
a member of the board of managers
of the state fair, said Saturday that
the state fair ought to have a quarter
mill levy for five years, and at the
end of that time jt could be con
tinued or dropped, according to the
condition of the grounds.
' "The revenue from the fair cannot
be expected to do more than keep
up the grounds, care for emergency
needs and defray preliminary ex-i
penses entailed in organizing it for
the coming year," hf said. '
Many Improvements Needed
According to members of the
board, among the:; immediate needs
oiVthe grounds are: ,
An educational building featuring
boys' and girls' club work.
Completion of the coliseum, now
only half built. .
' A horse barn to replace the old
row of sheds near the entrance.
A made-in-Nebraska buildine for
housing the industries of the state.
An automobile building to replace
the old machinery shed against
which auto exhibitors, have long been
complaining. , i
Permanent . walks and pavctf
streets.
More laiid to add to the present
'inadequate 183 acres, of which less
than 165 acres are-dependable.
Estimate $50,000 Surplus.
Before the board adjourned Sat
ardy, no figures were presented on
the' receipts and expenditures for this
year, but at any event, the profits
will only take care of emergencies,
upkeep and the preparations for the
1921 fair.
Officials "guessed" the gross re
ceipts would run above $200,000. A
net surplus of $50,000 might be ex
pected, according to Secretary E. R.
Danielson. ' Hope is expressed that
it may run up to $75,000.
McCook "Americanization"'
Night School to Open Soon
McCook, Neb., Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) McCook's school, under Rev.
Ferdinand Sattler; will reopen next
Tuesday evening. Regular sessions'
will be held on Tuesday and Friday
evenings. Americanization, the Am
erican language nd the common
branches are taught foreign-speaking
people of this city free, and a
splendid work is being accomplished
especially among our German-Russian
population.
3,0000 Attend Qornerstone
Laying at Ainsworth, K b.
Ainsworth, Neb., Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) It is estimated there were
3,000 Ainsworth- visitors in attend
ance at the laying of the corner
stone for the Brown county hospital
Saturday afternoon.
The address was given by Rev. H.
VanVaulkenburg, formerly of this
city. Knight' Templars an'! Masons
from Valentine, Wood Luke, Long
Pine, ISassett and Stuart lodges were
present. ' .
Railroad Men to Assist
Italian Metal Strikers
Kologna, Italy, Sept. 12. The
Railway Men's syndicate has de
cided to show its solidarity with .the
striking metal worker by preventing
the departure . of any train trans
porting police or troops towards
northern Italy.
Several trains have already been
stopped in conformity with the plan.
Landslide Wrecks Train;
Both Enginemen Killed
Grand Junction, Colo., Sept 12.
Denver and Rio Grande passenger
train No. 1 was wrecked near De
Beque, Colo., killing the engineer
and fireman and fatally injuring
Russell Hager of Dayton, O, when
it was struck by a landslip
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Imports Show Increase
.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee' Leased Win.
Washington, Sept. 12. A peaceful
and orderly Mexico would produce
mere oil than is now produced in
the entire world, according to a re
view of the Mexican petroleum.-industry,
issued by the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce.
With the oil supply of the United
States doomed to exhaustion in 20
years, and Great Britain and France
annexing overseas fields capable of
producing for 200 years, new empha
sis is given the importance to Amer
ica of peace in Mexico and full do
vclopment of the $390,000,000 Mex
ican oil properties, 73 per cent of
whch are owned by American inter
ests, 21 per cent by British, 4 per
cent by Dutch and 2 per cent by
Spanish-Mexican capital.
Imports of oil from Mexico into
the United States in the fiscal year
et.ded June 30, 1920, showed an in
crease of more than 100 per cent
over the imports of 1918. The June,
1920, imports of Mexican oil into
the United States amounted to 340,
197,600 gallons, or slightly more than
8,000,000 barrels.
Increase in Consumption.
"The nations are interested as
never before in the oil supply of the
world," says the review. "The enor
mous oil requirements of the war
period have not lessened under peace
conditions; in fact, the consumption
of oil in the industrial world threat
ens to overtake production. The de
velopment of the oil resources of the
world promises to be one of the most
important activities of the recon
struction period- The United States
contributes approximately tw7o-thirds
of the oil supply of the world, but
40 per cent of the producing fields
in this country have become ex
hausted, and it is estimated that the
oil reserves of the United States will
not last longer than 20 to 25 years
Already this country consumes more
oil than it produces."
A comparison of the production
figures for Mexico, the United States
and other parts of the world since
1918 shows that the Mexican produc
tion has multiplied more than three
times in the last seven years. While
in 1913 Mexico supplied only one
fifteenth of the world's prpductipri
of oil, in 1918 it furnished more than
one-eighth. ,
. Large Production.
'The world's actual production of
oil in 1918 was abour 515,000,000 bar
rels," continues the statement. "The
potential production of, Mexico dur
ing 1919 was 547,000,000- barrels. By
the term 'potential production' is
meant the amount dl oil that would
be produced if each well were per
mitted to flow without any restraint.
In 1919 Mexico was potentially able
to produce 32,000.000 barrels more
oil than was actuallv produced in all
other countries in 1918, and 170,000.
000 barrels more than the United
Sfates production of 377,000,000 bar
rels in 1919.
"The application of new legisla
ture to the industry, the effect of
v hich it has not been possible to
i'u'lv ascertain, has tended to halt de
velopment operations .Yet, the ex
ports of pi from Mexico in the first
hali of 1920' show a notable increase
over the shipments in previous
years." i
Jt is stated that of the investment
in the oil industry id Mexico, 97 per
cent is held by foreigners. This is
in contrast to the petroleum indus
try of the United States, of which
lull 4 per cent uf the total amount
invested is foreii capital.
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Packers File Reply
To Wholesale Grocers
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, Sept. 12 Replying
to a complaint of tlje National
Wholesale Grocers' association, the
Armour, Morris, Wilson and Swift
Packing companies, in a brief filed
with the Interstate Commerce com
lnission, declare it would be cpn
trary to the public interest to re
quire the removal of butter, oleo
margarine, cheese and lard from the
packers private refrigerator cars.
The grocers, in. a case instituted
prior to the cousent in the decree
under which the packers agreed to
give up the handling of grocery
lines, sought to prevent them from
obtaining preferred transportation
service through the use of the so
called packers peddler cars. Since
the entering of the decree the fro
cers have sought to have commodi
ties still handled by the packers
other than meats barred from these
cars.
Says Husband Married Her
For Money; Asks Divorce j
, Lincoln, Sept. 12. (Special.)
Charges that her husband married
her for her money and fraudulently
obtained possession of all her prop
erty are contained in a petition for
divorce filed in the Lancaster county
district , court by Ella Simmons
against John. Simmons. She also
alleges extreme cruelty.
Mrs. Simmons asserts that at the
time of their marriage in November,
1918, she owned real estate valued
at $30,000 from the estate of her de
ceased husband. Simmons induced
her to deed the property to him and
now holds the key to thtvsafe deposit
box where the deeds and her other
valuable belongings are kept, she
says. .
Judge Morning granted a restrain
ing order enjoining Simmons fronu
disposing of the property while the
suit is pending.
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ICoryrtfhl: 1020: IfyTbeCh1-co Tribunal
' Pr$idnt Wilton rtUattd it to harais Germany, but '
Double Guard Is
Put on Prison of
Mayor MacSwiney
Death of Cork Official in Eng
land Is Expected at
' Any Hour by
Officials.
London, Sept. 12. A bulletin is
suel early tonight by the Gaelic
league announced that Lord Mayor
"MacSwiney qf Cork was much
worse and in vety great pain. -'2'
London, Sept. 12. -mayor
of Cork is in
"The lord
a very ex
hausted condition. He is still suf
fering severely in his head and body,
but is still conscious.''
This bulletin was issued at 10
o'clock last night and the general
impression is tnat lereuce Juac
Swiney's death is expected at any
hour. Officials apparently take this
view because the police guard about
the prison was doubled .tonight.
Mrs. MacSwiney received numer
ous telegrams today. Among them
was one reading:
"Cork men in Dublin extend sin
cere sympathy to you and family.
If Terry dies we shall have venge
ance." One message, of sympathy came
from "The Rebel .Cork Benevolent
association of San Francisco."
Outbreak Among Strikers.
New York, Sept. 12. Picketing of
British steamship piers continued
yesterday, attributed by the police
to friction between longshoremen
striking in sympathVwith Archbish
op Mannix and Terence MacSwin
ey and negro strike breakers.
While members of the "American
women pickets" were opefating at
the'pitr where negroes were unload
ing the liner Adriatic, whites and
jicgroes clashed several blocks
away. Several shots were fired and
one bystander was known to have
been injured by missiles.
Violence occurred when a fight
started at the Stewards' club, an or
ganization of negro ship employes.
A white man is said to have at
tacked a negro after the latter re
fused to join the strikers. Fellow
club members came to the rescue
and the white man pursued several
blocks. Four shots were fired at
the fugitive, who made a stand after
being reinforcedby a score of white
longshoremen.
The free-for-all fight which fol
lowed 'was broken up by police re
serves. A negro was arrested on
charges of inciting a riot.
J. U. Mason, Resident in
Omaha Since 1885, Dies
J. B. Mason, 74, one of the old
residents of Omaha, died Saturday
morning" at 545 at his home, 4724
North Twenty-second street. Mr.
Mason had been sick for more than
j a year. ,
He came to Omaha from Illinois
in 1885 and was a faithful member
of the Clifton Hill and First Fres-
Mr. Mason is survived by his wife,
one brother, a daughter, Mrs. Noyes
Spafford of Missouri Valley and a
son, Dr. Claude Mason, a medical
missionary to Siam, who is now on
his way home on furlough.'
Man Arrested for Alleged
Murder of Messenger Boy
Chicago, Sept. 12. The police re
ceived word that Lord H. Wilson of
Chicago had been arrested in Bill
ings, Mont., in connection with the
alleged murder, August 12, 1919 in
Connecticut, of a New York mes
senger boy and the theft of $173,
000 in Liberty bonds. The boy had
started to deliver the bonds to a
brokerage firm
Wilson will be brought to Chi
cago.
It has returned to embarrass the Allies.
Raps G.O.P. Stand
On League Islie
Daniels Accuses Republicans
of Straddle on Greatest
Moral Question.
Kittery, Me., Sept. 12. The re
publican attitude toward the league
of nations was described! as a strad
dle and the party was 'accused of
paltering with the greatest moral
isSue that ever confronted mankind,
in an address by Secretary Daniels
here.
Secretary Daniels referred to the
speech of Governor Coolidge -.at
Portland Sis a disastrous attempt to
extract his party from its "selfish
and parochial position" and said the
burden of the 'iddress was that
America must mix with men and
prosper and not isolate itself from
the world.
"The first half of his speech," said
Mr. Daniels "w'as to declare for
American participation in world af
fairs and it was essentially sound.
But by reason of the straddle policy
of his party Governor Coolidge had
to repudiate his splendid recital of
American duty to the world as well
as to itself, and, he mnde a lame and
impotent conclusion bv approving
Harding's toothless Hague tribunal
and lauding such reservations to the
league as were put there to befog the
issue and enable republican senators
to scuttle, without assuming respon
sibility for going back upon the
noble issues . for which American
boys fought and died."
Noted Auto folo Men
Wijl Arrive Today for..
"Ak-Sar-Ben Match
Members of the AU-Anicrican and
Pacific coast auto polo teams will ar
rive in Omaha this morning to get
their machines in readiness for the
battle to be put on tomorrow after
noon as the opening feature of the
Ak-Sar-Ben exposition races.
So fast that the movies cannpt fol
low it, the game has earned the name
of the "Twentieth Century Sport" in
cities where it is played often. The
thrills when a car runs its front
wheels over the engine of another;
as the wheels of the two cars are
crushed together - and the drivers
fight to get them apart these sensa
tions are but a part of the game.
New cars are kept at the goals con
stantly to replace those which are
literally smashed to bits during the
crashes.
Each of the two teams who play
here are top-notchcrs. While the
Ali-Americans hold the world cham
pionship, the Pacific coast men have
met them twice before this season,
nearly defeating them in one scries,
and in this string of games they in
tend to wrest the title from the pres
ent holders.
Man Killed in Argument
Over Drilling Oil Well
Shrevcport, La-, Sept. 12. As the
result of argument in connection
with a well being drilled in Harrison
county. Texas, W. L. Hudson, aged
26, of Shreveport was killed at Mar
shall, Tex., by W. P, H. Lasatcr,
aged 50, of Amarillo, Tex., who
broke Hudson's neck by striking
him on the head with a small board.
Lasater. claiming self-defense, sur
rendered 'and was released under
$2,000 bonds.
St. Louis Contractor Gets
Contract for U. S. Arsenal
Ogden, Utah, Seept. 12. The con
tract for the construction of the Og
den arsenal was signed here by W.
M Sutherland of St. Louis, head of
a construction company, upon re
ceipt of a telegram from Quarter
master General Rogers at Washing
ton that Sutherland's bid of $1,174,
947 was satisfactory.
Arrest Lovers
On Complaint of
Girl's Father
Sixteen-Year-Old Daughter
Says She Will Marry Shoe
maker in Spite of Par
ents' Opposition.
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After a year's romance, pretty
Constance Walters, 16, daughter of
Fire Captain E. M. Walters, 2438
Larimore avenue, and Carl La Rosa,
1715 Chicago street, shoemaker, are
in jail ts the result of a complaint
filed against both by the girl's, father
yesterday afternoon.
Walters told Police Captain Haze
that the girl has been "too friendly"
with La Rosa for the last year. It
was while La Rosa was visiting the
girl at her home that the police were
notified. He is held for investiga
tion and the girl is charged with in
corrigibility. The father hinted that La Rosi
would face serious charges as the
result of courting his daughter, who
retuses to leave her lover for her
father's sake.
While talking to Captain Haze,
the girl wept and told her father
that she was ready to marry La
Rosa tomorrow. When reminded bv
her father that she is only 16, the
girl denied this and said her niothe'
told her she was 18.
With her arms around La Rosa's
neck, the girl said, "Father, I love
Carl and you nor anyone can stop
me from gettting married to him."
In the presence of her father, who
cried while the girl was being taken
to the matron's ward, the girl kissed
La Rosa several times.
"Mrs. Walters is informed of my
courting with Constance," said La
Rosa. "She has never objected fo
me calling on her. I am ready to
marry her any day."
The girl was turned over to the
juvenile authorities last night.
The father told Captain Haze that
he would never give his consent to
the"' marriage, r
Legion Band f nnrprt
Sunday Scores HitJ
Playing to a large audience in the
Brando's theater, the American Le
gion band of Omaha scored a de
cided hit by its first public concert
Sunday afternoon.
"The Omaha Legion," a march
dedicated to the Omaha Legion men,
composed by Marshall B. Craig, di
rector of the band, was especially
well, received and the burst of ap
plause following the playing of the
piece was a glowing tribute to the"
musical ability of Mr. Craig.
Other features of the proKfam
were selections by the Y. M. C. A.
quartet and a violin solo by litte
Rose Dubnoff, accompanied by
Flora Sears Nelson. Many Promi
nent Omaha citizens and army of
ficers attended the concert.
Auto Race Driver Draws
60-Day Term for Speeding
Sacramento, Cal., Sept- 12. A. M.
Kastcr, garage owner and widely
known as an amateur automobile
racer, was sentenced to 60 days in
the county jail for driving faster
than 60 milesan hour on the high
way near Sacramento.
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska General! v fair Mondav.
with continued mild temperature.
nouny .temperatures.
8 a. m st i p. m M
'.l p. m H5
1 a. rn l 3 p, m ha
n M p. m M
9 a. m 71 5 p. m. 7
M a. m. 7 p. m H'j
11 a. m SO 7 p. m 7!)
12 noon 83 J p. m 78
Two Make
Getaway
From Jail
One Had But Short Tim to
Serve in Douglas County
Jail When Escape
Made.
Discovered by Dr. Kenl
Sawing through two bars which
permitted them to reach the cornice'
of the court house, two prisoners ati
the county jail climbed down the
scaffolding erected by workmen re
pairing the building and escaped.
The two men were trusties and madc
their break for .freedom some time
Juring the dinner hour, about 8
o'clock. x
Their escape was-'discovered by
"Dr." H. J. Kent, being held await
ing trial in connection with the find
ing of two babies; in a well. He
notified, the guards fand a search ,was
started" immediately.
Russell Bailey, one of the men
who escaped, lives on the South
Side. eH was serving a six months'
sentence on a charge of breaking
and entering, and had but 66 more
days' to serve. Frank Monroe, the
other prisoner who escaped, was
held on a similar charge for th;
county sheriff of Thurston county.
Both men were well-thought of by
the officers in th'e county jail and for
some time had been trusties work
ing in the laundry.
While the other prisoners vcre
eating the two men entered the bath
room where they sawed the bars. Alt
other prisoners after a close ques
tioning denied any knowledge of the
plan to escape or when the saws .
were smuggled into the jail.
Bailey, who is said to be an ex
convict, is about six feet tall, Weigh
ing 160 pounds. He has blue eyes
and wavy brown hair. Both men
were wearing blue shirts and whaki :
pants.
Monroe's home is in Sioux City.
He is about five feet ten inches tall,
weighing 160 pounds and light com
plexioned. He is suffering badly
with asthma.
T. H. Weirich, Head of
Omaha Welfare Board,
Expires in Hospital
T. H. Weirich, 65, 2108 Chicago
street, superintendent of the public
welfare board, died at the Methodist
hospital Saturday night. He had been
taken to the hospital for treatment
seven weeks ago,
Mr. Weirich had held the secre
taryship of the welfare board for the'
pa"st two years. He was formerly in
business here, having established the
T. F. Weirich Fixture company.
He was born in Washington, O.,
and came to Omaha 23 years ago.
He was a member of the official
board of the First Methodist church
here and for a time superintendent
of the Sunday school.
Survivors of Mr. Weirich are:
Mrs. R. H. Hardin, Knightstown,
Ind.; Leonard Weirich, Rawlins,
Wyo., and Ralph E. Wierich, Alberta,
Canada. Funeral arrangements will
not be made until word is received
from the latter son who is on his
way to Omaha. j
Seven Persons Meet
Death as Automobile
, Plunges Over Bank
Tarrytown, N. Y.. Sept. 12. Sev
en persons were killed and one ser
iously injured when an automobile
in which they were riding crashed
through a railing duriilg a thunder
storm and fell 20 feet to-the New
York Central railroad tracks at
Dobbs Ferry.
The dead, all of whom lived in
New York City are:
DR. GEORGE H. MCGUIRE, a
physician. ,
MRS. FLORENCE MCGUIRE;
his wife.
GEORGE II. MCGUIRE JR., son,
MARY MCGUIRE, daughter.
JOHN J. IIAWLEY. buitdinf
inspector.
f.
M Rc. ANNA HAWLEY, his wile,
EDWARD MULROONEY.
rancis McGuire. 12. the onlv sum
vivor, sunerea a oroKen leg.
The party was returning to New
York from Orange Lake, near New
burgh. Dr. McGuire was driving.
Man Drowns When Auto
Plunges Off Ferry Boat
Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 12. A man
lieved by the sheriff's office here to
have been Joseph Broderick, brother
of Hugh Broderick, Townsend,
Mont., was drowned in the Colorado
river at Ehrenburgh when he drov
an automobile from the shore out
upon the ferry boat, crossed the
boat and plunged with the car to
the river bottom, according to word
received at the shenff's office from
a deputy sheriff at Quartzite, Ariz.
Twenty Persons Injured
In Denver Street Car Crash
Denver, Colo., Sept. 12. Twenty
persons were hurt, some seriously,
when an eastbound Colfax avenue
street car split a switch, plunged
into the curb and turned over.
According to report to the police
the switch had been held open by
a stone wedged in between the
switch tongue and the rail.
Constitutional Election
Fails to Arouse Voters
Fairbury, Neb., Sept. 12. (Spe
cial). Very little interest is shown
by the voters here in the comintf
constitutional election. Under ths
auspices of the Womau's League
of Voters, C H. Denney addressed
a mass meeting Fridav night at
Endicott, and John Hartigan at
Helvey. Other meetings will be
in other parts of the county next
week.
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