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-i -r THE BEE:. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1920. Citizens Join In . ; Drive to Boost Civic Projects New Nonpartisan Organiza tion Headed by Banker to 1 Campaign For Im provements. A nonpartisan movement to boost for the adoption of eight develop ment projects outlined by the City Planning board is under way. The Citizens City Development commit tee was organized Monday afternoon at the University club, representing all interests and organizations in Omaha. John L. Kennedy, presi dent of the United States National bank, was chosen chairman. These improvements, which will come up before the voters in the November elections, include the River drive and seven down'town "projects. Chariman Morton of the City Planning board explained the downtown needs. In discussing the River drive, Dr. Harold Cifford said it was essential that the ground be taken at once to prevent its acquisi tion by private interests. Property Ownen to Piy. The, bond proposals will not come vp at this election, but the question of bonds will be deferred until the market for municipal securities pay ing 5 per cent interest is more favor able. It was stated, that on many of ,the projects the costs will be paid by the owners of the abutting prop erty which will be benefited. This is said to be true oi the JDougJas street plan, as it has been of Dodge street and St. Marys avenue. s Mr. Morton estimated the total cost of the eight projects at $4,500, 000, and that not more than a third , would have to be paid by bond is sues. Under these - circumstances, j -work on the improvements could be i begun at any time foljpwwg..the':a(p s proval of the voters, "Nvithout We.it- ing for bonds. The election on the j fcor.ds probably will not be held un- t)l spring, Mr. Morton. satd, s-rr PX To Meet Civic ClubjjjV; f) Chairman Kennedy has arranged for a meeting with, the board of di- rectors of the Chamber of Com merce next week, at which lie. will outline the design of the Citizens' City Development association Pcnn . Todrea, W. B. Cheek, H. R. Rowen, 'x W. W. Head, Henry Wulf, Mrs. W. E. Bolin, I. Shuler, Joseph Barker, Mrs. C. J. Hubbard and others pledged the support of their respec- tive organizations to the movement. Chicago Man Gives Self Up to Answer Arnstein Charges Chicago Trtbune-Omahs B leased Wire. Chicago, ept. 14J Lloyd" Hiram Wilson, Chicago advertising man and bond broker, arrived from Bill ings, Mont., to answer chargesMhat v"Hre has been connected with transac- lions ' in stolen bonds, particularly securities stolen by the "Nicky" Arnstein gang. It was explained that Wilson was s only technically under arrest, that he had returned voluntarily, paying his own expenses and he claims he - will be able to demonstrate his in nocence of any connection with the Arnstein gang. He was accompa nied by-TJetective Sergeant Gegan of the New York force and two de tectives from the Chicago bureau. From the train Wilson was taken to n outlying station and held incom municado until he has been ques tioned by the state's attorney. He will be taken toajeveral bank's where he has had dealings in Liberty bonds. - HiS"-attorney . claims Wilson aci quired all his bonds in a legitimate manner and disposed of them. In the Bame way. Detective Sergeant Ge gan has been on Wilson's trail for several lionths. Wilson went into bankruptcy here on December 4, 1899, Scheduling liabilities of $71, 394.03 and assets of $370. Ex-Service Mcrf to March : t.. t; i f i i?lo Plans for the participation c'of American Legion men in the Pil V grim tercentenary celebration pa- rade to be heid September 23 were announced yesterday by Kendall Hammond, adjutant of the Douglas county post. All ex-service men will march in front of the float portraying Lib erty," which will be last in the line The Legion band, directed by1 Mar shall Craig, yill "accompany them, as also will the naval recruiting band from the Great Lakes station at Chicago . ' i ' '-. ' Man Fractures Wrists T 11 'TV Til in ran xrom juaaaer Afall froma a ladder at the Union station resulted in the frac ture of both wrists of L. G. Mullen; 30, Twenty-fifth and Dewey avenue. Mr. Mullen, who is a roofer, was visiting the foreman of the work on the mail shed at the station. He climbed up 20 feet on a ladder, ' which fell with him to the platform. He was taken to St. Josephs hospi tal. Big Breaks Occur Today in wneat and iorn rnces Chicago, Sept. 14. Big breaks in the price of wheat corn and oats . took place today, started by acute depression of sterling exchange. -Wheat dropped as much as 9yZc a bushel, ahd closed semi-demoralized' at the (bottom figures of the day, $2.39 to 2.40 for the Decem ber, delivery, aad $2,364 March. Clothing Company Passes ' ' Its October Dividend New York, Septl4. Directors of the National Cloak and Suit com pany decided today tOiOmit the Oc tober dividend on the company's common stock. ' t 'It was stated that the board con sidered sales satisfactory, but be lieved it prudent to conserve the company's cash. . . ; '' - To Discuss Amendment. A neighborhood meeting to dis cuss the proposed amendments to. the state constitution was to be held last evening at 8 at the home of P U I ,.rlv im Qnnth Tu-pntr. second street. H. H. Baldrige will , - be the speaker and will give an out j line of the provisions of the pro . ffty-l anTnrnejiJ-- , - ;-; . Trotzky Pushes Drive Against Poles in Person 1 . I ' w j' Leon Trotsky, Russian soviet, min ister of war, has arrived at the front near Bialystok, Poland, to person ally djrect the bolshevik drive, on Warsaw, according to reports reach ing here. ; t 1 This photograph of Trotsky is' one of the most recent to-teach this country. ' . Grocer Says "Let ' PublicKnow" Ultimate Consumer. Should Know Truth About Gro- , eery Business., Sight '.into the inside workings of the grocery bilsinesj for the ultimate consumer was urged Monday night by Paul Findlay, nationally- known retired grocer of Los Angeles, in a blackboard talk for two hours be fore the Advertising Selliug league in the Chamber of Commerce. Re tail grocers, jobbers and business men were present as guests. Findlay's talk was replete with facts and statistics on the distribu tion of foods, particularly fruit and vegetables. " C. . Duffie. T5refident of the league, presided at the dinner, while J. David Larson, Chamber of Commerce commissioner, was in charge of the entertainment. , . Ex-Conflrressman Pollard urced all business men of Omaha 'to vote1 on the 41 amendments to the state constitution. Get Rich Scheme Is Halted by Arrest of ' Greek, N. Y. Promoter New York, Sept. 1 14. With the ar rest today of George D. Pterotis, another prosperous flimflam, game crashed to the ground. He was ar rested on indictments charging him with being the head of an interna tional swindling scheme which earned its profits by forging bills of lading. Three others were taken into custody shortly after the arrest of Pterotis. . Letters of credit were established with New York banks "hrough agents that the, young mairhad in Greece. Thereafter the., corporation ;hich he organized quoted sugar and coffee prices tq merchants in Geec.-and received a great many orders. Shipments of three or four bags of sugar and coffee were 'sent and the ) bills of lading changed. These bills were recognized by New York banks without a question. Pterotis is charged with the theft by forgery of $250,000. It is said that this-- does not represent by half tile total haul made by the forgers, ludictments were1 returned on Sep tember 3 charging seven men with forgery, Legion Opposes Sale of School Land at Auction vThe Nebraska American Legion is making a fight on constitutional proposal No. 21, which provides for the sale of school and at nublic auction, and is supporting constitu tional amendment Mo, J, which pro vides that the official language in the state shall be the English lan guage. . ' The basis for the opposition to constitutional amendment No. .21 is the contention that if this proposal carries the state legislature will be unable to provide any means., for giving ex-service men preferred rights, because the land would have to be sold at public auction. - " Funeral Services Today . Ftfr Late Welfare Worker Funeral services for e late T. H. Weirich, former superintendent of the Omaha board of public wel fare, who died Saturday night in an Omaha hospital after an illness of seven weeks, were held at 1 p. m. yesterday from the home, 2108 Chi cago street. Rev. -Titus Loweof the First Methodist church offi ciated. - 'At S p. m., two sons, Leonard and Paul, and one daughter, Mrs. Hazel Hardin and her husband of Knights- town, Ind., left Omaha with the body for Monroe, Wis., Mr. Weirich's boyhood home, where burial will be held. 300 Pounds of Lead Is Stolen From Plumber Three . hundred pounds of leadi was stolen from Twentieth and Bancroft streets Monday night, where J. F. Brennan, Seventeenth and Center streets, has been doing plumbing work for the last few days, according to police reports: Exchange Declines. New York, Sept. 14. Exchange on London-continued to decline to day, although rates on Paris ' and ctherv European '-centers, - Germany excepted, recovered slightly. As low as $3.434 was quoted for Brit ish demand bills in the first. hour, a decline of 1 cents to the pound from yesterday's lowest quotation. Before noon, however, the price ral lied to $J.44&, . Circus Elephant Is s Put to Death After It Goes on Rampage Salina, Kan., Sept. 14. It re quired five rounds -from five army rifles here Monday ;to kill "Snyder," a trained elephant be longing to a circus. The animal had gone mad with hundreds of persons massed about the aniyjal tent, upset many cages containing other animals and threw one cage, containing four lions, 30 feet. The afternoon performance was abandoned. ' Two Young Wives , Agree to Go Back To Aged Hubbys Domestic Quarrels Ironed Out, Charges Dropped and All Made Happy by State ' Prosecutor. Cupid shot his darts with true aim at Central police court yesterday and effected ' reconciliations between youth and old age when Mrs. Sylvia" Robertson, 23 years old, of Mel bourne, Mo., and Mis. John Darby, 30 years old. 4410 South Twenty seventh street, v decided reluctantly to return to their deserted husbands, both of w hom are past 50 years eld. . Responding to an alarm after mid right that a number of shots were heard near the Bancroft school, Po liceman Bugle wicz found Mrs. Dar by and her 4-ycar-oid girl sleeping in the wet grass in a ravine near the school. A man's coat was spread over thcm. Beside hem lay Ed ward Boyd of Kansas City, Mo. County authorities filed charges against Boyd. - ' Detectives arrested Mrs. Robert son with her two children, 2 and 4 years Old respectively, at 8902 North Thirtieth street, late last ni.cht. A telegram from the sheriff at Tren ton, Mo., showed, that she ?eft her husband five weeks ago. ."Well. I guess I'll go back to him once more,' the runaway wife re marked. Japs and America Seek Settlement Colby and U S. Ambassador Put Forth Efforts to Pla cate Nipponese, Declares Viscount Uchida. Tokio, Sept. 14. (By The Asso ciated Prcss.)-Efforts to reach a "peaceful and satisfactory" settle mentof the Japanese problem in California are being ma.de by Roland S. Morris, .United States ambassador to Japan, and Bainbridge Colby, American secretary of state, said Viscount Uchida, foreign jjiinister, Monday. His statement was in an swer to questions 4rom leaders of the opposition party who visited the foreign office. He added that if thej pending anti-Japanese bill should be passed by the California legislature it would involve an encroachment on acquired rights of Japanese in that state, and that, therefore, the Amer ican and Japanese governments "probably will take the proper steps to come to a mutual understanding." The foreign minister declared that both Mr. Morris and Mr. Colby de clared the question very important both to Japan and the United States, and that President Wilson also was desirous of reaching a peaceful solu tion. Kijuro Shidchara, Japanese am bassador in Washington, is conduct ing the negotiations with Secretary of State Colby and firmly believes a settlement is in prospect. Viscount Uchida asserted. He added thaJ cmpnasis snouid lata on the tact that the question presented difficulties. v 2dth Infantr Band Will Give Last Concert Thursday Farewell concert of the 20th In fantry band of Fort Crook, which has been giving public' concerts in Omaha for the past 'two years while stationed at the fort, will be given Thursday at 8 p. m. in the iobby of the Y. M. C. A. bjiilding. The 20th infantry has been or dered from ort. Crook to Camp travis. Tex., and probably will leave the last of this week. Members- of the band, which was known as General Pershing's favorite band on the Mexican border, will be en tertained at dinner Thursday by the Y. M. C. A. officials. Negro Woman Knocks Tooth From Mouth of Policeman When Patrolman Paulson placed Mary Williams, negress, 1506 Cum ing street, under arrest Monday night for vagrancy, Mary braced her teet against a curbstone and swung a hefty right arm to the patrolman s aspect. A tooth from Paulson's lower jaw fell lightly" to the pavement and Mary had to be held until the arf rival of the patrol. She received a jail sentence of 10 days in Central police court today. Omaha Needs More Homes To Cut Rents, Says Realtor Labor conditions on the Pacific coast are much more settled than in Omaha, according to E. T. Hey den, Omaha realtor, who ha5 re turned from three weeks irtLos An geles, where he has been doing some building during the past year. Unless building speeds up in Omaha, rents here will continue to climb, he declared. Supply and demand as well as the higher cost cf building will keepentals high for,some"-tiine to come, he said. Parcel Post Department $ Moved to New Offices Omaha' parcel post department is being moved.' Beginning today Omahans who have packages tvmail by parcel post will have to go to 1507 Capitol ave nue to the new 'department head quarters. The change in location of the de partment was made necessary by'the vast amount of business handled by the Omaha office, according to Act us irQtW&ttX erbej:t Daniel Sheriff Offers Reward ty Cateh uscapect i rusty Jailor Who Failed to Heed Su pervisor's Orders Severely Reprimanded Following - Escape of Prisoners. Sherman Clayton, chief, jailor of the county jail, was wprim'anded se verely yesterday by Sheriff Mil Clark for allowing Frank Monroe, one of the two prisoners who es caped Sunday night to be a trusty, contrary to the sheriff's orders. Monroe and Russell Bailey sawed two bars of an outside window with a saw supposed tohave Deen smug gled in to tlfrm, crawled out to the ledge at the fifth floor of the court house and descended to the ground on a scaffold erected by workmen who are repairing the courthouse. "We never allow a 'bpund-over' to be a 'trusty' in the county jail," said the sheriff. "I feel worse about Monroe than I do about Bailey, be cause we were holding Monroe. tor the sheriff of Thurston county. Hel said over, the telephone, however, that he didn't have a very strong case against him. And Bailey had only 66 days Tf his sentence still to serve. "We have no trace of the men yet, but they will be picked up without a doubt, I believe. V The sheriff will not suspend Jailor Clayton. "I know there will never "be an other man made a 'trusty' in the county jail who should not be trusted," he said. v Clayton has been active in the work of trying to' get track of the fugitives. No trace has been found yet of them nof of the two women, wlin visitpft th men last Fridav in the jail. Sheriff Clark offered $50 ( reward out of his own pocket for the apprehension of either of the men. , Indians Demand Pay for Parading Committee Representing . Red Men's . Union Make Con tract With Ak-Sar-Ben. "Lo, the poor Indian, Whose untutored mind " Secretary Gardner of Ak-Sar-Ben is convinced that some financier has been tutoring the poor - Indian's mind. A deleeation waited upon him Monday from the reservation with reference to the 150 red men who are coming down to be in the davlifrht parade. The contrnittee said that the red men's time was too valuable to be spent in parades unless paid for at the regular exhibition rates of the Indian union. And the advancement of the red man since the cfays when the Island of Manhattan was sold by them for $14 to the present day is slrown by the fact that the committee returned to the reservation with a contract which will cost Ak-Sar-Ben about $1,500 for the 150 Indians in the parade. Hide Company Chiefs Held for $48,972 Theft s ' Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept.' 14. Biar Crohon and Phil Paris, oresi dent and secretary, respectively, of the Western Hide company of Bos ton, were taken into custody here Monday on a grand jury warrant is- sued'in Boston charging grand lar cenv of $48,972. The warrant, according to local officers, was issued on complaint of the Anglo-South American bank of New York and the International Trust company of Boston. Crohon- declared today his arrest was due to a misunderstanding. Franihis'e Sought For Auto Bus Company Here Ed Blackmore appeared before the city council yestewlay to ask for a franchise for the Oniaha Auto Bus company, which proposed to operate a line of auto buses (in Omaha. Mr. Blackmore explained that the proposed buses will seat 30 persons each and would traverse some routes not served by the street ' railway. The company of fers to give the city 2 per cent of net revenues. The city council com mittee of the whole will consider the proposition next Monday morn ing. - Faulty Alarm Clock Saves Motorist From Sentence When Howard Hobart. 2420 Bin ney street', appeared in Central po- ece court yesterday tp lace a charge of violating traffic rules he carried an alarm clock. "You're late," Police Judge Fitz gcrald told him. "Here's proof that I set the alarm," Hobart replied, "but it didn't ring. "Well, take your time and haye it tixcd, the police judge added. Ho bart was dmissed. Burn Carson Castle. Belfast. Sept. 14. Castle Lambert House, in Athenry county, Galway, where Sir Edward Carson, th Ul ster unionist leader, was born, was burned, presumably by Sinn Feiners. r. TheSugftr Saver amon cereal foods No added , sweetening needed ;TSu11 like theappeal inf flavor of. this , sugar-saving food. SOLD BY. GROCERS EVERYWHERE t A Grape-Nuts! Grunau Unable To Hold Outlaws StrfitiKg Switchmen in" Chi cago Vote to Return to Work. t'hlraco Tribune-Omaha Br LaiM Kw. Chicago, Sept. 13. John Grunau today admitted that the "outlaw" railroad strike is ended. For 24 hours after the men had voted to return to work, he had insisted thCiw ork Tlmn-Chlra Tribune Cable, count showed a majority of about 300 in favor of continuing the strike, The men ignored his claim and early today began flocking to the railroad terminals in search of employment. "We voted to end flie strike," they told railroad officials, "we don't care what Grunau says we're going back tor work. - 7 The chief obstacle has been the question of seniority rights. The railroad managers and officers of the regular brotherhoods gave re peated warnings to the outlaws that unless they returned to work within a certain time, they would forfeit their seniority rights. That time limit expired many weeks ago and the rail officials Say they do not intend to deviate from the warning given at that time.-They could not safely restore, the oulaws to all their former rights, as this yrduld bring on a clash with the loyal brother hood men who.stuck by-the. roads during their trouble and who have continued at work, despite hourly sluggings, shootings and constant violence that has even reached to their homes and to other members pf theirlamilies. Wot much has been said in the press vabout these outrages, but scoresof brotherhood .men have been violently slugged by the thugs in the outlaw ranks. There has also been constant sabotage in the yards, although scant mention has been made of .this 'in the newspapers. Locomotives and entire trains have been turned loose in the yards, endangering the lives of hundreds of passengers on other trains; cars have been burned, loco motives destroyed or put out of commission by the removal of parts of or by putting emery dust in the bearings; switches have been spiked, rails loosened, all sorts of deviltry indulged in to force capitulation. 'Today there was a great rush by the outlaws to get back upon the payroll. , The roads are employing them as rrew men, but any, known to have been guilty of slugging, sabcrr agi or violence will not be taken back under any circumstances. It is apparent that Grunau has lost his hold upon his followers. Bee Want Ads Bring Results. 1 ! 1 i ,v, I I' ranco-Italian Frontier Closed, Is Paris Report Serious Situation Below- Bor der Excites Fears in France New Move Made to Settle Fiume Problem.' By FLOYD GIBBONS. Copyris-nt, 1120. Fatis, Sept. 14. The Franco-Ital ian frontier has been closed, ac cording to a Paris report which the French foreign omce refuses to de ny. "Paris fears that the situation in northern Italy is growing worse, and believes tfiat the frontier clos ing may mean not only a cessation of frontier travel but also suppres sion of press messages. By HENRY WALES. New lork Tlmea-Chicago Tribune Cable Copyright, 1920. Aix Lcs Bains, Sept. 14. Rap ping President Wilsons policy re garding intcrfcreing in the Adriatic, Premier uiohtti. in an interview to right, declared that Italy .would -deal directly with the Jugo-Slavs m an attempt to reach a settlement of the Fiume problem along just lines. The Italian premier also stated that France and Great Britain agreed that the. Adriatic question concerned Italy and Jugo-blavia only, and, significantly, did not mention the United States "Germany will not be barred from admission to the league of nations until the treaty has been executed." Premier Giolitti -said. 'This will take too long a time. Germany wiH be admitted when she has ear ried out certain requirements and has given evidences of her good faith." Premier Giolitti, speaking of the' ninerent viewpoints of Kome and Paris toward Moscow, said: Italy guards her liberty of action toward Russia. Ihe Italian govern mcnt is free to act at will politically or economically. The French gov ernment does not desire to recog nize soviet Russia. The Italian gov ernment is free to stake whatever course is desired. "Yes, I am 111 complete accord with Premier' Milleraild-' regarding the execution of the treaty of Ver sailles, and another treaties. "Great Britain, France and . Italy agree on broad, general principles. It would be unffrtunate if these three powers, which have fought to gether all these years, could not re main in accord. We1 are in accord. Premier Millerand is satisfied, and so am I." f Ignace Paderewski returned to Paris from Ai LesBains tonight. J WATCHED guy, 1 IN A moTls how, RIDS THE sam. plug. a a NINE THOU8AND zaUeo. a a ' AND FIRE Ml liuhootw. ALU AFTERNOON. a WITHOUT RE.LOA01NO, ANDyffHEN, la cloM HE ROLLED UMk WITH JUST 9 kud, AND I tried it ttyielf. yiRST WITH OM BUd. THEN WITH two. 1 a a THEN WITH my mouth, a a a AND THE fortytalM trUL STAYEOPUTIoas CttOOlL. ' FOR ME to Ufht it a a a AND I thought I had ltT a a a AND THEN It splUfd. 1- . . LIKE A Roman cudltt, a a a AND BURNED the rof. a a a AND BURNED my clothe e a a AND EVERYTHING, a a a 80 I'M convinced. a a a I'LL NEVER get THAT ACTOR' Joh. a a a AND I know now. THAT THE only thtofi. a a a . f CAN roll with one nana. ARE ROLLICKING demiaou. a a a AND I'M fol&s to stick. - a a a TO MY regular naokaa. a a a FOR THEY ntltfr. a French Baron Hopes Olive Thomas' Death Will Reform Paris 'llrag-o Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. , Chicago, bept. 14. If the tragic death of Olive Thomas, the beauti ful cinema actress, has the effect of stopping the "wild ight life of Paris, she will not have died in vain," said Baron Antonio De Mandat Grancy, former chief of staff of the French navy, who arrived in Chicago today. "I am shocked to hear of the death of Mme Thomas. She was ence a passenger on t,he same boat by which I was traveling, and I re call $0 well how happy she seemed tfhen her young friends came to bid her farewell. "For. years tthe officials of France and Paris have contemplated curb ing the wild night life of the capital. 1 ou know, the tourist does not get the true idea of Paris. He sees the Folies de Bergere, the Casino De Paris and other places of enter- nian at the port of Enzili on Septem ber 8, and that the Cossacks evacu ated Resht, retreating along the Resht-Mengal road. It Is also reported British airplane; Opportunity.1 Are you interested in recognized, Staple business one that pff ers un limited possibilities and can be easily nd quickly mastered by anyone a, business that practically guarantees an incOe of from $15,000 to $35,000 or more, per year. , ' . - If you are prepared to make a Safe, Sane, Sound and Practical investment of from $6,000 to $8,000 you can immediately own and start a business the same that is paying handsome returns in every city in .the United States. To Businessmen, Merchants, Doctors, Lawyers and men in all other professions with limited or unlimited capital, this offers the very opportunity you, are seeking for yourself or sorT. Interested parties will please address, Opportunity, Greenville, Michigan With can iautata. Wrangel Cavalry -tyef eats Red Army By LARRY RUE. "S'ew York Tlmea-Chlrago Tribune Cable. Constantinople, Sept. 14. General Wrangel's Cossack cavalry has de feated the Red .second army cavalrj near Alexandrovsk. From another source it is learned the bolsheviks succeeded in landing heavy reinorcements along the Cas tainment, maintained almost ex clusively for" foreigners and he never becomes friendly with the real, the beautiful, the wonderful Paris." are, co-operatins with tlie Cosiack forces against the bolsheviks, bom barding Red ships in the, harbor at Enzili. ' The official communique by Gen eral Wrangel's headquarters states all the front is quiet except in the region of OrieTchov, where heavy fighting is continuing favorafcle to his forces, and has resulted in the capture from tbi -eds of six can non, several machine guns, muni tions, and prisoners. engaging in a Nationally acknowledgment to K. C. B. ( 1 ' - ' '' ' ' ' S ' ' ''B!'i pVER k s "clofl-trp" of real cigarette. 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