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Mayo
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Howell in
Gas Debate
"Boys Get the Money," I)e
. partments Motto, Says City ,
. Executive, Whoe Figures
Are Disputed.
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Plant Manager Amazed
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Ret the money," . is thc
motto of the gas department of the'
Metropolitan Water board, accord
ing to a fervid declaration uttered
by Mayor Smith yesterday noon
during a debate between himself and
R. B. Howell, before members ot
the Lions club at the Rome hotel.
"I am atiiazcd and I am shocked
over the, figures which your mayor
has presented here today." said Mr.
Howell, adding that if the mayor's
statistical and financial exhibits of
the operations of the gas plant were
to be accepted, then he (Mr.
Howell) was not fit to appear be
fore the Lions club.
"There is no justification for the
service charge which has been
adopted by the municipal gas de
partment." continued the mayor.
. "There is no system in the imposi
tion of these service charges, or else
they have been infamously estab
lished." ' ,
I Shows Receipt.
The mayor showed the receipt
stub of a woman .who lives in a.
hree-room house at 4606 Burdctte
street. He stressed this instance as
a horrible example of the unfair
ness of the service' charges and re
peated his declaration of "Boys, get
the money." ,
"And ihey are getting it," he
added. "We don't object to the
gas department accumulating a sur
plus, but we do not believe they
should endeavor to retire the bonds
in one year."
Reviewing the "history of the
condemnation of the gas plant and
the fight between himself and Mr.
Howell during the dayts when the
city council was considering the
question of accepting or rejecting
lie appraisal price., the mayor as-
serted rthat Mr. Howell took the
'position of exercising the ka'ipertsm
of pewet over' the gas' plant " to
avenge alleged sins of the past. ,
The mayor quoted figures given
to him by the gas company; show
ing that during the first six months
of this yeac the company had a net
surplus of $264,773. and he insisted
that the planf could be operated as
profitably under, municipal owner
ship. . 7 . i
Says Prices Soar.
Mr. Howell, in rebuttal, stated
that the prices of steam coal, oil
and coke have been soaring' beyond
all previous prices and he offered
figures, the correctness of which he
vouched for, to show that the in
treased prices of coal, oil and coke
ivoiild amount to nearly $600,000 for
the year beginning last July 1, as
compared with the year ending last
June 30. .
"I am just amazed that the mayor
should have given vou the figures
which he did," said Mr. Howell. "It
must be because he is a lawyer
rather than a business man."
Mr. Howell stated that the gas
company had "jimmied" the people
for years and he also stated that
he forecasted as early as last spring
the situation which now confronts
the gas department of the Metro
politan Water board.
Mayor Smith renewed his chal
lenge to Mr. Howell to render to the
pople of Omaha a statement of op
erations of the gas plant during the
first two months of municipal owner
ship and management.
,Wnke Says G. 0. P.
Paid for Maine Success
New York, Sept,
14. Commcnt
of yesterday's
mg on the result
election in Maine. George White,
chairman of the democratjc national
committee, said: ' ,
"This is the republicans' day of
rejoicing. They planned, labored
and paid for it, and I would not by
any utterance of mine rob them of
any of their meed of joy."
'iWith a splendid organization and
with the expenditure of every effort
possible with great finances, they
prepared the republican state of
Maine for this state election in the
hope of persuading the country that
the trend is heavily republican in
the national ra.ee," he continued.
"We shall have votes for the league
in November from thousands of the
men and women who supported
Colonel Parkhurst.' On a certain
morning in November, our time for
rejoicing will come, and in the mean
time we gaze cheerfully upon to
day's republican demonstration and
do not begrudge it to them at all."
Find Mutilated Bodies of
Three on Railroad Tracks
Satina, Kan., Sept 14. The muti
lated bodies of three young men,
all wearing American Legion but
tons and carrying cards indicating
they , had been employed by a cir
cus, were fotmd along the Union
Pacific tracks today near Arcolla.
None has been identified.
Charge Fremont Men "With
r Pulling Mule's Tongue
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 14. (Spe
cial.) Lloyd and Leon Harlan, ar
rested at Schuyler yesterday, are
chaged with pulling the. tongue from
a mule belonging to Charles Sweet,
Elkhorn towushipj farmer. Spite
work is said to have caused the act
Plan General Campaign Against -f i
Automobile
Extensive Publicity Will Be Given Movement to Make
, Streets Safe by Chamber of '
Commerce Committee.
A general campaign against au
tomobile accidents will be under
taken by the Chamber of Commerce.
Widespread publicity will be given
the movement to make Omaha
streets safer by billboard and news
paper advertising and by animated
signs in moving picture shows.
Under a' plai endorsed by the
executive committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce Tuesday,' a cam
paign of education for safety first.
together with strict law enforcement
tor speeders, and reckless or intoxi
cated drivers will be backed up by
'intensive publicity.
this movement will be managed
by a general committee consisting
of the municipal affairs committee
of the chamber, which originated the
plan, together with one representa
tive each from the publicity depart
ment of the chamber, the Automo
bile club, Associated Retailers,
Manufacturers' association and the
Auto Trade.associaton.
Use Safety Slogan,
Among the recommendations are
that those using1 large street signs
block off a space admonishing care
ful driving and obedience to traffic
laws, and that retail merchants and
automobile dealers using large space
in the'Uewspapcrs always include
some safety slogan.
Insistence .will be placed on the
continuance of the present practice
of punishment by jail sentences of
all second offenders for reckless
driving, speeding and driving while
intoxicated.
A letter will be sent to each one
of the 3,000 members of the Cham
ber .of Commerce outlining the
Nebraska Man"
And Woman Held
In Kansas City
Young Daughter" of Campbell
Merchant Sobs Story of
v - ; Betrayal to Po- : t
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Kansas Ci'.y, Sept. 14. (Special.)
"I've lost faith in all men. I wish
I was back at work in my father's
store." Irma Genercaux, 22 years
eld, a dark well dressed young
woman, bared her heart in that man
ner to the police yesterday. In the
matron's room at headquarters she
is trying to be Lravc, but every once
in a while she is conquered by a sob.
Miss GenereauxHold the police her
story yesterday after her arrest Sun
day lu'ght with C. M. (Jacki Greg
cry, who said his home was in
Omaha, Neb. The young ' woman
and Gregory had checked out of the
Sherman hotel without paying their
bill, and the management had them
arrested. . -
"I left home a month ago, telling,
my lather, who runs a general store
at Campbell. Neb., I was going to
visit n:y sisters in Los Angeles,"
Miss Genereaux told the police. The
girl admitted she had secret long
ings tp be a film actress. In stop
ping off for train connections at
Omaha, she said, she met Gregory,
who said he was an "Omaha shoe
salesman,' and also was going cn a
vacation. , ' ' .
Planned "Con Jobs.','
Gregory, 26 years old, suggested
they go to Kansas City together for
a while. Miss Gene'raujc said she
Mid. Gregory had been living at the
Sherman hotel for three weeks. He
had told her he had a wife and three
children in Denver, she said.
"We met two other men who
rtayed at the hotel, and who said
they were organizing a 'con mob,' "
the girl told the police. Talk of
"confidence jobs" was new. to her,
she asserted.
Hold Them for U. S. Agents.
She related how she was desired
by the men as a "lure."
"'You will make rno.e of a hit in
this business than in (Tie movies,' "
she told the police the men informed
her. The four had planned to meet
in St. Louis yesterday, the girl said.
All checked out at the hotel at the
same time, she said. The other two
men disappeared.
Gregory is in a cell at police head
quarters. He refuses to talk. The
police are holding both for the fed
eral authorities.
' Take Red Brigade.
Sebastopol, Crimea. Sept. 14. (By
The Associated Press.) Troops
commanded by Gen. Baron Wrangel
on the Taurada front, northwest df
the Sea of Azov, have surprised and
captured, near Pologui.
Engineer Marries
Blonde Who Nursed
Him Through Danger
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 14. Spe
cial). Russell E. Willard, Chicago
civil engineer employed by the
Northwestern railroad, had most of
his bones i broken in an accident
near here June 23, and 'was brought
to the Fremont hospital. It was
believed he would die.
Miss Blanche ' Sterner, his nurse,
Mue-eyed and blonde, fought for
eight weeks and brought him back
to life. : . -
Mr. and Mrs. Willard have gone
for a Colorado hoilfynioon. , Dr.
O. O. Smith of the Congregational
church married them in the pres
ence of other hqspital attendants.
Accidents in Omaha
movement, enclosing a copy of the
traffic ordinance and asking indi
vidual co-operation. Employers will
be tirged to dismiss truck or motor
car drivers wlwfare habitually reck
less and the suggestion is made that
records of drivers going from one
employer to another be kept, that
'.hose who have been careless may
be eliminated.
Business men are asked to hold
conferences with their delivery
forces to impress them with the im
portance of avoiding aecidents. At
tention is called to the fact that it
is unlawful to transfer a. driver's li
cense from one man to another.
Will Check Police. ,
To aid in the enforcement of the
street regulations, a checkup with
the police department is contemplat
ed in order to learn what action is
now bciug taken by it on reports of
violations made by volunteer traf
fic officers. The active aid of all
police will be enlisted, whether as
signed to traffic duty or not. and
discipline for officers who fail to
enforce the motor laws or who bring
them into disrepute by discourtesy
or unnecessary incivility will be
asked.
Twenty persons, have been killed
in mot,or accidents in Omaha this
year. The effort of the campaign of
publicity will be directed, toward
bringing home the personal respon
sibility of each owner or driver of a
car or truck, The desire for sjfeed,
which, impels men to go at 40 or 50
miles an hour, will be fought by one
which directs attention toward the
consequences. .
Hitchcock Is
Latest to Join
Cox Campaign
Senator Fr o m Nebraska
Speaking v Before N. Y.
Club Assails Harding
;V, and Republican.
,' New' Yorl. Sept. 14. United
States Senatoi Gilbert M. Hitch
cock of Nebraska, speaking before
the 'Arkwright club here today, de
clared Governor Cox, if 'ejected,
would exercise the' powers of his
office as they ; were exercised by
Wilson, Roosevelt, Cleveland, Lin
coln and other strong men of both
parties, while Senator Harding, if
elected, would exercise his presiden
tial powers "under some form of
dictatorship by a senatorial oligar
chy in control of party machinery."
"If this question can be .fairly
considered "by the voters," he said,
"it seems to me a majority will de
cide in favor of an individual pres
ident, rather than a president acting
as a figurehead for a combination
of senators. ' , ,
Picks on Harding. '
"The republican managers, rely
ing on the belief that their party is
the strongest; have adopted a plat
form which may be interpreted in
several different ways, after- the
election, on a number of important
issues. They have nominated a
candidate of 'their own choice and
have" restricted him to his front
porch. They have brought before
him hand-picked audiences for fori
mal addresses, and meanwhile, hav
devoted their energies to the collec
tion and use of campaign funds to
be used in organizing for the cam
paign. '
They are living up to the idea
that all that is necessary is to 'get
out the krty strength to insure a
party victory."
The democratic program, the sen
ator said, consists of a direct ap
peal, to fhe people of the cdlnfry
without regard to party, on the is
sues of the dav.
, Praises Demo Platform ,
"The democratic platform is bold
and outspoken," hs continued,
"while the republican platform is
ambiguous and doubtful. Governor
Cox is not only the party candidate,
but a party leader as well, while
Senator Harding in becoming the
candidate, does not apparently as
pire to interfere with party' leader
ship, Wvhich remains with those who
made him the candidate.
"Senator Hording says he believes
in party government and if he is
elected the republican party - will
govern. It rounds at; thoughhe
rank and file of the republican party
were to reach important decisions
and shape party policies. The real
meaning of it, however, is th3t the
party caucus of United States sen
ators in Washington would in those
circumstances run the government
just as the ran the late republican
convention. Obviously; this is a
party5 campaign of misrepresenta
tion and falsehood. It harmonizes
with dodging the issue and deceiv
ing the voter."
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Soviet Government Says
Red Army Totals 4,750,000
Washington, Sept. 14. The soviet
government of Russia has published
figures clainiing that under the 1919
program the total red army strength,
actual, and potential was 4,750.000
men and that this program has been
restored as a result of the Polish
campaign. ' The announcement was
made, according to advices to the
State department, in connection with
the corning peace negotiations at
Riga. . . ' . '
Cox Boosts
Amount of
Slush Fund
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Asserts on Western Tour That
Republicans Are
$30,000,000 to
feat flim.
Raising
De-
Holds To League Issue
llv The Associated Press.
Boise, Idaho, Sept. 14. A fund
of from $.25,000,000 to $30,000,000 is
being raised to defeat him, Governor
Cox of Ohio, democratic presiden
tial candidate declared today dur
ing his tour of Idaho and eastern
Oregon. Although the governor's
charges heretofore were that the
total opposition fund would be not
less than $15,000,000, he raised that
figure today.
The governor's statement was
made during an hour's speech from
the second story veranda of. a
Nampa, Idaho, hotel and in response
to a question from his audience ask
ing how he expected- to return con
ditions to normal "wMen 80 per cent!
or ine wean.'i is nciu Dy i. per tciu
of the people. ' '
"If 80 per cent of the people will
forget their politics," the governor
replied, "and help me lick the 2 per
cent that i raising a fund of from
$25,000,000 in $30,000,000 to beat me,
we will mate government an agency
for the 100 per cent and not the
2 per cent.
Eight speeches, dealing mainlv
with the democratic doctrines of
"peace and progress" were delivered
today by Governor Cox. '
Disregards Doctor's Orders.
Disregarding hisxphysician's ord
ers, banning outdoor speeches, the
governor believing . ibis attack of
"speakers' laryngitis" on the wane,
delivered a string of rear platform
and, other open air addresses and
closed his day with a speech Jo a
large meeting here tonight at Cody
Athletic Park. His voice still was
quite hoarse, but Jic weathered an
other strenuous clay of campaigning
in good shape, he said.
At Huntington. Ore., early this
morning the candidate began 'work,
and enroute lierc made addresses at
Ontario. Ore and Wciser, Fayette,
Caldwell, Meridian and Nampa,
Idaho.
The league of nations was preached
by the governor in all and was
emphasized here in the home city
of Senator Borah, republican "ir
reconcilable" foe of the league. By
i a coincidence. Senator -Borah was
said to be speaking today at Dayton,
O., Governor Cox's home.
Scores League Opposers.
Governor Cox told his audience
that opposition to the league was "a
political plot" against America as
well as world civilization, designed
to continue "disorder" to increase
(rontimiril on Tsge Two, Column Six.)
American Soldiers
Confess to Theft of
' Relief Supplies
Constantinople, Sept 14. Six for
mer American soldiers, who have
been arrested in connection with
theft of supplies from the American
committee for relief in the Near
East, have virtually confessed and
have promised to tell in hope that
leniency will be shown them, ac
cording'.ta officials investigating the
situation. The thefts are said to
total hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. '
Charles Allen, American consul
rrcre, is conducting the examinations
of the six men.
A long investigation is anticipated
for the purpose of determining the
extent of! the thefts from the com
mittee. "Officials declare that the
losses from thefts, together with
manipulation of funds and supplies,
may be far larger than at first sus
pected. It is declared they extend
over a period of a year and a half
and involve officers' of other charity
war organizations, who worked
temporarily with the old American
committee for relief in 1 the Near
East and then returned to the
United States.
Dead Mans Wife Held
. ' Jo Clear Mystery
Jopliu, Mo., Sept. 14. Mrs.
Charles Dorman, 24 years old. is
held in the Cherokee county jail at
Columbus, Kan., in connection with
the death of her husband, a mine
operator, who was found dead in
his 'home atTreece, Kan., Sunday
morning with a bullet wound in his
head and another in his chest. .
Dorman, 30 years old, was garbed
in n ht clothing. A revolver lay
on the floor near the bed. The Dor
mans have three childrenrt but none
was at home at the time.
Coroner's Jury Frees Man
From Blame for Wife's Death
Washington, ept. 14. Roy H.
Kuehling, held by the police for in
vestigation in connection with the"
drowning of his wj", Gertrude V.
Kuehling, was released today after
the grand jury in the District of Co
lumbia court had voted not to re
turn an indictment against him.
Kuehling was exonerated by " a
coroper's jury yesterday from blame
in connection with the deafh of his
wife, which occurred while they
were canoeing on the Potomac river
last week, '. - "" ,
THE WET BAIT WILL SCARE AWAY THE
LEAGUE BAIT WILL SCARE AWAY
0 (-TrlEr WET BAIT U 1 S
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The LEAGUE BAit'll
Baby Killed and
Four Injured in
Auto Smashup
Mother, Father and Three
Children In Fatal Automo
bile Wreck at '43rd and
Hamilton.
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Eight-niontlisold Catherine Kerns,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Kerns, 3527 Charles street, was
killed, and her father and, mother
and two sisters. Helen and Theresa,
Were inured at 2 p. m. yesterday
when the Ford automobile in which
they were driving to the business
section of the'ticy caught in the
street ,car tracks at Forty-third
street and Military avenue and
turned turtle twice.
A passing motorist, whose identity
has not yet been learned, rushed the
five injured persons' to MethdVlir.t
hospital where the baby died soon
after its arrival.
The mother suffered internal in
juries. The father, who was driv
ing, suffered painful bruisesand cuts
about the face. '
Helen, 3J4, sustained bruises and
cuts about the arms and neck, while
'J'heresa, 2, received a severe gash
in the right leg, laying the bone bare
:is the flesh was pushed aside.
Baby is Crushed. 1
The youngest baby, Catherine, was
crushed beneath the car, her head
and chest completely smashed. She
died on the operating table.
Cause for the accident js at
tributed to the fact that the clutch
stuck and the brake would not work
when Kerns attempted to turn the
corner at Forty-third and Military
avenue, the tires clinging to the
street car tracks and the force of the
machine turning it turtle.
"I don't know how it all 'hap
pened," Kerns said' at the hospital.
Driving Slow.
"We were driving-slow, and I
was just going to turn the corner.
But the clutch stuck and the brake
wouldn't work. '
"The next thing I knew the ma
chine had turned over and Nve were
all thrown out."
KernS is a stationary engineer.
Urges Sovietism as Proper
Government for- Canada
Windsor, , Ont., Sept. 14. Soviet
ism as the proper form of govern
ment for the Dominion of Canada
was suggested by a delegate to the
trades and labor congress of Can
ada today.
( During debate on the report of
the executive committee regarding
direct political action, Peter McCai
lum declared (definitely in favor of
a "workers' republic, with a "board,
or soviet form of government." The
declaration received a mixed recep
tion. . ,
Yellow Fever Raging in -Famine
Dis'rict Near China
Peking, Monday, Sept. 13. Yellow
fever is raging among the 15,000,000
people of the famine district in north
west Shantung, south Chihli, and
part of Shansi provinces, according
to reports reaching here today,
based on an inspection made by A.
D. Heiningr of the American board
of, missf6n.5. 1 .
ICoprrUM: 1920: By The Chlcavo Trtbuna.l
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Man Escapes From
South Side Jail
Grocery Clerk, Serving 30
Days for Intdxication, Gives
Jailer the Slip.
Arthur Belmont is a good grocery
clerk when he's sober according to
police.
' But he has served a number of
terms in the South Side jail recent
ly for intoxication.
Monday night, while celebrating
his release from jail, he was rear
rested for intoxication and spent the
night in the place he has now
(earned to call home. '
Yesterday he faced Police Judge
Foster and was given a sentence of
30 days for, intoxication.
Judge Foster specified he should
serve h;s term in tvhe South Side jail
as assistant jailer to James Mc
Ancney. At noon, Belmont set down to a
boufitiful meal presented vhim by the
city and aftcr allowing his food to
settle well, he was assigned to clean
the gobboons about the station, by
Jimmy.
Belmont carried one set to the
front lawn of the jail and weat to
work.
Jimmie kept his eye on him for a
while and when Belmont returned
with the cleaned articles and took a
second batch out he turned away
with the decision thai Belmont
would need no more watching.
At 3 p. m., Jimmie looked out the
door and there was no sign of Bel
mont. Careful search of the jail
failed to find Ijim.
Jimmie sounded the alarm and
now the entire South Side police
force is .on the lookout for the way
ward grocery clerk.
Pilot and Mechanic
Perish in Flames When
Air Mail Plane Burns
Cleveland, O.,' Sept. 14. Air Mail
Pilot. Walter Stevens and Mechani
cian RusseJlThomas, both of Cleve
land, were' burned to death at 3
o'clock today when their plane
caught fire at an altitude of 500 feet
at Pemberville, O., 15 miles south
of Toledo.
"Nickey" Arnstein Again
Cited for Court Contempt
New York, Sept. 14. JuleS'W.
CNickev) Arnstein, central figure in
New York's $5,000,000 ' "bond, theft
plot." today was cited for contempt
of court for the second time, when
he refused to answer certain ques
tions in bankruptcy proceedings in
stituted against him. Arnstein de
clined to testify on the ground that
he had a constitutional right to .re
frain from giving answer which
might tend to incriminate, and de
grade him. . ,
The court granted a request ct
Arnstin's counsel that the matter be
put over until tomorrow.
Iowa Bank Safe Blown Open;
Men Get Away With $,000
Lone Tree, la., Septf 14. About
$5,000 in cash and securities was
obtained today by thieves, who
broke into the Farmers' Saving bank
here, and blew, the vault, open,
WOMEN AND THE
THE MEN
Connecticut Is .
37tli State to
Ratify
Suffrage
State Legislature Passes
Amendment in Spite of
Governor's Protest
Little Opposition.
Hartford, Conn., Sept. 14. The
Connecticut legislature this after
noon, by concurrent action, ratified
the woman suffrage amendment to
the federal constitution, making
Connecticut the 37th state to ratify.
The resolution was taken up de
sp'ite Governor Marcus H. Holcomb's
message, read when the. legislature
was convened in special session to
day to change the election law of
the state so that women' would be
enabled to become voters this fall.
The governor said the legislature
had no constitutional power to
enact any other legislation than that
for which it was. summoned to act
upon.
When Republican House Leader
King rea the resolution , for pas
sage of the federal suffrage amend
ment in the lower branch, Speaker
Walsh asked if there was any ob
jection to the resolution and there
was none. It was ruled in order by
the speaker, " . v
"Every legislature is a law unto
itself," "he said. The remark was
cheered and the roll call was be
gun. The vote in the house on the reso
lution of ratification was: Yes, 216;
no. 11. i
In the senate there was no vote
in opposition.
Great Britain May ,
O 11 n
T '
oeii uerman
To Former
Liners
Owners
. Washington, Sept. 14. Great
Britain has under consideration the
sale of 40 former German liners and
a number of cargo vessels to their
former owners, according to advices
received by the American govern
ment from London.
The sale of the ships, which were
awarded the British by the repara
tions comkrission, practically has
heen derided nnmi thpsp aHviri av
but define action has been held up
until existing law can be modified
so as to permit of the sale of the
craft to the Germans.
Some officials of the American
government profess to see in this
plan an attempt to hinder the devel
opment of the American merchant
marine, but Chairman Benson of fhe
shipping board declared that imme
diate acquisition of. a considerable
tonnage by the Germans would in
novway defeat the purpose "of the
agreement between the American
Ship and Commerce corporation and
the Hamburg-American line for the
opening of former German trade
routes to American shipping.
- The Weather
FORECAST.
Fair and' continued warm Wednes
fit ...". "
Ak-Sar-Ben
Festival Is
Under Way
Great Western Circuit Meet
ing Opens Auspiciously on
New Mile Track Before
Over 5,000 Spectators.
Heats Closely Contested
The Great Western cirdit race?,
the first on Ak-Sar-Ben's new mile
track, opened yesterday before a
crowd of more than 5,000 persons,
The carnival wilT open today.
The day was a glorious ne, re
plete with thrills and characterized
by close heats in every event.
The program opened at 2 in tli
afternoon with a parade of the Board
of Governors and Omaha's horse
riding society. The cavalcade. was
reviewed by Governor Sr R. Mc
Kelvie, Congressman Albert W. Tef
fcris and Maj, ; Gen. Omar Bundy,
commandant of Fort Crook.
Floral Horseshoe Given Buckingham
'Everett Buckingham, president of
the Board of Governors, was pre
sented a large floral horseshoe.
After short addresses by Govern
or McKelvie and Congressman Jef
feris, the horses were called to the
starting line for the 2:22 trot.
Less than half of the seats in the .
great steel and concrete grand stand
were filled but more than 400 auto
mobiles lined the fence in the center
field.
The events on the afternoon's
crowded program were called in
quick succession. There was a
thrill in every event.
Stage Polo Contest.
After the first race had been con
cluded and three heats run off in
each of the other two harness
events, two teams of auto polo play
crs staged a polo contest on the
track in front of the stand. Mmc.
Stella, hanging by her teeth, slid
dowr. a wire from the top of the
grandstand into the center field.
Flory, champion high diver, dived
90 fret in a tank of water. The Six
Tip Top Tumblers presented an ac
robatic exhibition that was well re
ceived. Miss Daphne Peters .thrilled
with her hurdling horse. Jack Wil
liams, the human fly, stood erect
cn an airplane as it swooped down
over the track. Williams then slid
out onto the end of one wing and
hung head down by hisnees.
Full report of races$n first sport
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Get Still on Farm
' At Platte Center
Man Held for Intoxication
Tells Officers Location of
Source of Booze Supply.
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Columbus, Neb., Sept. 14. (Spe
cial Telegram). Deputy Charles
Jaworski left this afternoon to con
fiscate a still, which John Rippen
admitted he operated on his -farnv
near Platte Center since July.
Jack O'Neill, following his sec
ond arrest upon intoxicatioj
charges, told officials that he ob
tained his booze at the Rippen farm.
Rippen appeared voluntarily at
the sheriff's office and admitted that
he found the still in his cornfield
in July and has ,manufctured nine
gallons of moonshine whisky with
it .from peaches and other ingredi
ents. He said that he had sold none
of the booze, however, and that
O'Neill must have stolen- his sup
ply from the oat bin, where it was
concealed.
Italian Guards Are .
Fired Upon by Red
By GEORGE SELDES.
New York Tlmen-Chirat-n Tribune Cable
Copyright, 1930.
Milan, Sept. 14. An exciting fight
took place tonight around Acciaierie
in Lombardy. Two motor trucks
conveying the royal guards in pur
suit of burglars, were sighted by
red guards and fired upon.
lwo hundred shots were fired and
15 hand grenades were thrown
against the troops while the burT
glars made their escape. v
Jlhe sates in several factories were
fcrced by the operatives who, how
ever, failed to find any money.
A large number of senators and
deputies wil meet tonight in Milan
eventually to decide whether or not
!hc operatives' plans for control of
industries should be applied.
MacSwiney Reported
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Loudon, Sept. 14. Terence Mac
Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, was
appreciably weaker this morning as
a' result of his hunger strike, which
he is continuing in Brixton prison.
A bulletin issued by the Irish Self
Determination league states Mac-,
Swiney had a very bad night, but
he was still conscious and his' mind
was active. Today is the thirty
third day of his hunger strike.
Reports to the home office from
prison physicians who are attending
the lord mayor did not agree with
the bulletin issued by the league.
They reported there was virtually
no change iu MacSw incy's condition
and that he had passed r resttul
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