The Dmah :Daily):Beb
VOL. 50 NO. 84.
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OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920.
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THREE CENTS
New Laws
A nnrnvpfl
By Voters
Amendment to Constitution
Increasing Number of Sena-
tors to 50 Only One on
.Which Vote Was Close.
Suffrage Given Women
Forty of the 41 proposed amend
ments to the state constitution were
passed by an overwhelming vote and
the one remaining was put over by
a safe majority in the special elec
tion Tuesday.
The only amendment on which
the vote was shown to be at all
close was No. 6, which increases
the number of state senators to 50.
On returns from 456 precincts, rep
resenting a vote of more than 21,000
and estimated tq be half of the entire
vote cast in the state in the election.
No. 6 led by 2,000 with a count of
12,.) 17 for and 9.417 again!.
Lancaster Opposition Overcome.
A v6te of 5,181 to 2.W8 in Dong
as county in favor of No. 6 over
came ouisiaic oddosii o l. v.n r l was
wnere a vote ot i.itu to voj was
cast against the amendment in a
tal of 43 precincts. The vote m
J53 outstate precincts exclusive of
Lancaster county, was 6,174 to 5,232
in tavor ot jo. o.
Formidable opposition on the part
ot labor unions succeeded in mak
ing the vote on Nos. 1, 5 and 38
rathe r close in Douglas county. No.
1 authorizes a five-sixths jury ver
dict in civil cases, No. 5 requires that
counties entitled to two or more rep
resentatives or senators shall be di
vided into districts, each district to
(I fleet its own member, and No. 38
permits creation of an industrial
commission to administer laws rela
tive to labor disputes and profiteer
ing. American Legion Loses Fight.
Thet American Legion's opposition
to No. 21, whiclf prohibits the sale
of school -land except at public auc
! tion, waged on the grounds that the
amendment would do away with the
possibility of favoring ex-service
men, failed to rally any appreciable
support either in Douglas county or
1:1 the state.
The vote on opposed amendments
in Douglas county was as follows:
Yes. No.
No. 1 . 4,338 4.248
No. 5 4.175 3.897
No. 6 5.181 2.998
No. 21 6.339 1.10O
No. 38 6.470 3.455
-,,Th outside vote, exclusive of Lan
caster county and including' 253 pre
cincts, was: Yes. No.
o. 1 9,689 1.334
o. S 8.981 2.294
No. 6 6,174 5,232
No. 21 9.564 2.034
No. 38 ..... 8.786 . 2.397
Vote of Douglas County.'
The total vote cast in 160 of 168
precincts in Douglas county, 43 of
So precincts m Lancaster county and
253 other precincts scattered through
the state, making a total of 456 of
the 1.849 precincts in the state, was
as follows:
Yes. No.
No. 6 12,317 9.417
No! 38 14,95 1 6,334
The total vote cast as above with
the exception that 27 Lancaster
county precincts included instead of
43, making a total of 440 precincts,
was as follows1 ' ( '
' YES. No.
No. 1 ........14,639 6,410
No. 5 14,049 6,516
The vote on No. 18, the amend
ment providing women's suffrage,
in 456 precincts was 18,062 for and
3.129 against. A total of four pre
'cincts gave 27 for- and 52 against
suffrage, the only returns so far re
ceived showing a majority against
the suffrage amendment in any part
of the state.
Although he vote was extraordi
narily light' throughout the state,
running from oue-fuorth to one-third
of normal, the returns were very
slow in coming in. Thirty-five coun
ties had completed partial counts last
night. There wre Valley, Box Butte,
undv, Washington, Kearney, Web
er, Antelope, Lass. Lincoln, Keith,
Phelps, Hamilton, Hooker, Burt,
Dodge, Saunders, Thayer, Nuckolls,
Colfax, Fillmore, York, Polk, Rock,
Hall, Howard, Saline. Gosper, Jef
frson, .Perkins, Buffalo, Dawes,
Thurston, Dixon, Douglas and Lan
caster. The vote in Douglas county to
talled about 8,500, or approximately
IS per cent of normal.
County to Be Redistricted.
Amendment No; 5 will cause the
redisricting of Douglas county "for
the purpose of electing legislative
representative!.
Among the important amendments
passed were: That providing for the
election of judges to the supreme
court by. districts; that granting
equal suffrage to women; that re
quiring public utility corporations
to report to the State Railway com
mission; that providing regulation
of minimum wage and conditions of
employment for women and chil
dren; that permitting metropolitan
cities to adopt their present char
ters as home rule charters; that
continuing the present state offices
and providing an executive budget
fnd board of pardons.
Some opposition was developed in
Lancaster county to No. 17. which
Jtovides for the election of judges
of the supreme court by districts.
DU
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but it was not dangerous. In 43
precincts the vote was 1,319 for and
796 against.
Cholera Spreads In Seoul;
9,000 Reported Fatalities
Tokio, Sept. 22. Fifteen hundred
new cases of cholera have been dis
covered in Korea, according to an
official statement issued at Seoul
This makes the total number of vic
tims of the disease more than 20.000.
pfrhom more than 9,000 have died.Jjjooa.
Ancient Egg Tells
Own Story in Court;
Grocer Is Fined $25
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 22.
Tony Grisnick, grocer, was in po
lice court after having been ar
rested by Lee Nelson, food in
spector, on a charge of selling
antiquated eggs.
"Is there anyone here a judge of
good and bad eggs?" Judge Don
C. McCombs asked.
No one responded. Nelson stood
over the judge's desk toying with
one of Grisnick's eggs.
"I guess we'd better give Tony
the benefit of the doubt, and "
began the judge.
He was interrupted by a loud
"pop." Nelson had dropped the
egg.
"You're fined $25," said the
judge. "My nose knows."
Traffic Corps
To Wage War on
Speed Maniacs
Plans Made for Night Raids by
Citizens Against Motorists
Who Violate Safety
Regulations.
Traffic safety committee of the
Clumber of Commerce met at the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday
for the purpose of perfecting the or
ganization which is to wage a ruth
less and untiring war against speed
maniacs and reckless motorists on
the highways and byways of the
Gate City of the West.
The meeting was well attended
and great enthusiasm was expressed
by all members present for the cam
paign which is to be inaugurated in
the very iicrt future.
Decision was first made that a
special investigator be named who
will check up on all accidents in the
city. The moment the accident first
occurs this special investigator will
apply himself to the case and will
probe causes and ettects ot tne acci
dent to the conclusion of the case.
If the driver is found guilty of
misconduct in so far as to be sen
tenced to serve a term in the city or
county jail, this investigator will fol
low the case to see that ne serves
his full term.
Names for the proposed traffic
officers' corps arc already in and
Police Commissioner Ringer notified
flip rnmmittee he would swear them
into the service within the next 10
davs.
This corps will meet at regular
intervals and will be drilled.' Night
raids on motorists will be made on
special nights tinder the personal
supervision of the police commis
sioner. A speakers' bureau.. to. train men
on how to makfc addresses on -traf
fic regulations is to be opened by
the committee.
Financial support for the move
ment is to be given by the Cham
ber of Commerce, while the work
ing capital of the committee is to
be gathered up in the form of $1
voluntary subscriptions by all Oma
ha citizens who are interested in
making the streets of thcj city safe
for humanity.
Postcard Warnings
Of Bomb Explosions
Received in 2 Cities
New York, Sept. 22. 'Warning
that the Brooklyn postoffice should
be ''cleared at 12:15 Saturday" was
received there today on a postcard.
It was characterized as a joke by
B. II. Gardlier, collector of internal
revenue, but he took measures to
guard the structure. ('
Cleveland, O., Sept. 22. Postmas
ter Murphy today received an anon
ymous letter at noon that two wag
onloads of high explosives were be
ing brought into the city and that
the Federal Reserve bank, the
Union National bank and the Cit
izens Savings and Trust company
were to be blown tip before mid
night. Federal authorities com
municated with the police and auto
mobiles filled with detectives and
police were rushed to each of the
three institutions.
Chicago Foot Ball Team's
Chances Grow Brighter
Chicago. Sept. 22. University of
Chicago foot ball stock for 1921
took a big jump today. Milton
Roinney. all Rocky Mountain con
ference halfback from University of
Utah, reported for practice. He
will not be eligible this fall, but by
next season will have completed the
one-year residence requirement and
can wear the maroon.
An older brother of the new Ma
roon hope was captain of the Utah
basket ball team, which Norgren
brought to Chicago in 1915 to clean
up the I. A. C. for the national A.
A. U. title. -
Another western player showed
up for practice. Lambcrton, a huge
tackle from Colorado, reported for
the freshman team.
Banker Defeats Oil Man
In Race for XL S. Senate
Denver, Colo.,' Sept. 22. Com
plete unofficial returns from the
state primary of September 14 as
compiled by the Denver Times gives
to Samuel D. Nicholson of Lead
ville, mining man and banker, the
republican nomination for United
States senator by a plurality of 536
over his nearest opponent, Karl C.
Schuyler, Denver attorney.
Fruit Train Wrecked.
Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 22. An extra
Denver and Rio Grande freight
train, east bound from Salida, was
derailed at 8:30 this morning at
Taylor's Point, about 30 miles west
of Canon City. Eleven cars of fruit
left the tracks and were considerably
damaged. No one was injured. A
wrecking crew from Pueblo expects
to have the tracks cleared this after-
Four Badly
Injured In
Auto Crash
Truck Smashes Into Car
Throwing Occupar" unvV
Pavement Charge -
With Reckless Drivi"
Aged Couple Victims
Four persons were seriously in
jured in an automobile accident at
lwenty-nmth and Dodge streets at
3 p. m. vesterdas".
The injured arc:
Sam Haller. 70, Blair, Neb., pain
ful bruises about the legs and arms
and severe gash in the forehead.
Sarah Haller, 68, Blair, Neb., frac
tured right leg, wrenched left hip,
bruises and lacerated head.
Mrs. Herman Aye, 5012 Capitol
avenue, bruises and cuts about legs
and arms.
Katherine A. Aye, 16, 5012 Capitol
avenue, crushed head and lacerated
hands.
The four were riding in a Ford,
driven by Mrs. Aye, at Twenty-ninth
and Capitol avenue, when a truck
belonging to the Ralston Rendering
company, and driven by Frank Van
Vlict of Ralston, crashed into their
machine as it rounded the corner.
All four occupants of the Ford
were thrown out to the pavement.
Van Vlict escaped injury. The Ford
was demolished.
The injured people were taken into
the home of H. D. Walker, 2902
Dodge street, pending arrival of the
police patrol.
An ambulance was called and the
injured taken to Ford hospital for
treatment.
The aged Haller couple is said by
the atending physicians to be in seri
ous condition due to their age.
They were visiting at 'the Aye
home for Ak-Sar-Ben.
Van Vliet is held by police for
reckless driving.
Harding to Speak
' Here on October 7
Speaking Dates For Campaign
Trip of Republican Nom
inee Are Announced
Marion, O., Sept. 22. Plans for
two campaign trips for Senator
Harding during October, made pub
lic hem: todavJcQalnipIate .a -swing
tntV tns 'border .'states' as far south
as Chattanooga, 'Tenn., and one in
to the middle west as far as Kansas
City and Omaha.
The first trip will start on October
6 and the candidate will deliver ad
dresses at the following places:
Des Moines, la., forenoon of Oc
tober 7; Omaha, Neb., evening of
October 7; Kansas City, Mo., eve
ning of October 8; Oklahoma City,
Okla., evening of October 9.
The second trip, starting October
12. will include Chattanooga, Louis
ville, Indianapolis and end at St.
Louis, October 16.
McCafferty, Pioneer
O'Neill Settler, Dies
O'Neill. Neb., Sept. 22. (Special
Telegram.) Judge John T. McCaf
ferty, 73. oldest continuous resident
of O'Neill, died at the family resi
dence here Tuesday morning of
acute dilation of the heart.
He was internationally known as
a leader of and a writer in the cause
of Irish freedom. Before coming
to this country he was a figure in
the capitals of Europe. His actual
experiences in the early days of Den
ver and in the memorable invasion
of the Black Hills, then sacred In
dian territory, were more thrilling
than those of the heroes of histori
cal fiction, and when with others
he was driven out of the hills by
federal troops, he walked 400 miles
to O'Neill through hostile Indian
country. He lost a fortune in Oma
ha real estate during the panic of
the nineties.
His widow, three daughters and
two sons survive him.
Imported Hen Is Made
Sacrifice for Yom Kippur
New York, Sept. 22. A black
bantam hen, which had traveled
thousands of miles over the seas to
its temporary home on the East
Side, was offered up as a sacrifice
by its mistress, Mrs. Lizzie Asher,
in her preparation for the Hebrew
day of atonement.
Jacob Asher nnd his wife came to
this country from Constantinople
less than eight weeks ago. The
troubles of traveling in the steerage
were augmented for them by the fact
that Mrs. Asher had insisted on
bringing with , her the tiny black
hen.
Mrs. Asher explained that the
bantam would be her sacrifice at the
first Yom Kippur spent in America.
It was.
San Francisco Police Seek
Bergdoll; Has Been Seen
San Francisco, Sept. 22. San
Francisco police today started a
search for Grover Cleveland Berg
dolt, wealthy Philadelphian, wanted
for evading the draft. The search
was started when Department of
Justice officials advised the police
that several people had reported
they had seen Bergdoll here.
Jap Exports Gain
Washington, Sept. 22 Japanese
exports during July i exceeded im
ports by $3,000,000, a consular re
port received here today said. The
island empire during July sent
abroad goods valued at $157,000,-
000, despite the industrial situation
experienced during the summej
Campaign
Fund Probe
Reopened
1.vV 'o4 . f Democratic . and
,c ' "finance Commit
.,. Testify Before Senate
Investigating Body.
"Hard Job to Get Money"
Washington, Sept. 22. Details of
the financing of the democratic and
republican national campaigns were
sought today bv the senate invest!
gating committee from James W.
Gerard of New York, chairman of
the democratic national finance com
nmtee, and William Boyce Thomp
son of New York, chairman of the
ways and means committee of the
republican national committee.
Mr. Gerard testified that his com
mittee had collected $128,821; 6e-
clarcd that a national fund of $2,000,
000 wonld be sufficient for the demo
cratic campaign, and said he would
be thankful if the committee Taised
SI. 000.000. Contributors listed in
records he produced were B. M
Baruch, $5,000: E. L. Dohenv, $6,500
August Belmont, $5,000: Charles B
Alexander, $5,000, and Secretary of
War Baker. $50.
Mr. Thompson said he had seven
states and the District of Columbia
uarticularlv under his observation
and that all of the funds collected
by his committee were turned over
to Fred W. Upham, treasuret of the
rational committee, ana would ap
near in his records. He had a heated
colloquy with Senator Reed, demo
crat, ot Missouri, regarding the to
tal of the funds the republicans
sought.
Hard to Get Money.
The witness said the quota fixed
for New York state by Mr. Upham
was $1,600,000, and added that "it
was a dead hard job" to get money
"with all this talk about slush funds
and corrupt politics." He character
ized such talk as "bar room poli
tics."
"Now, let's see about that," said
Senator Reed. "The total for the
country will amount to $7,000,000
when you get through."
"Your candidate is now taking
about $30,000,000," Mr. Thompson
said, rjoundintr the table. "The
democrats will have the Wall street
committee this year. Cox is no
strancrer to Wall street, too."
"Where .did he get his money?"
Senator Reed asked.
"I've heard about securities, Ohio
Cities' Gas and railroads, he has
hmicht." reohed Mr. Thompson.
"Do vou know of Governor Cox
speculating in Wall stre.etJ"S,enator
Keerr demanded. ,
"I do not," Mr. Thompson re
plied. "All I've heard are the
rumors."
Both Senator Reed and Mr.
Thompson finally agreed that "both
Cox and Harding are fine, clean
American citizens."
Senator Reed said he wanted to
know "what big financial interests
are supporting Cox.
Mr. Thompson mentioned three
New York newspapers, the Evening
Post, the World and the limes,
"I'm not finding fault," he said.
"I'm just telling you that there's big
money on both sides in spite of all
this bunk about campaign tunds.
"You mentioned the New York
Times. Do you know whether it
has connections with big moneyed
interests?" Senator Reed asked.
"It is the paper most of the mon-
(Contlnued on Tuite Two, Column Two.)
Chase of Many Days
Ends as Assailant of
Woman Is Captured
Broken Bow, Sept. 22. Frank
Schwab, 28 years old, was captured
last night by a posse pf citizens
from Buffalo county following a
chase of several days' duration, fol
lowing his attempt to murder Mrs.
Christine Jacobson, wife of his em
ployer. Mrs. Jacobson was alone at her
home on a farm near Kearney when
Schwab entered the house and at
tempted to take her life. An alter
cation with her husband, a few min
utes prior to his departure for
Kearney is said to have been the
cause for the attempted murder.
Immediately following the assault
Schwab left the farm. Mrs. Jacob
son was not found until the return
of her husband, several hours after
the attack.
Schwab was trace'd by the posse
from the farm to Mason City, thence
U Anselmo and finally to the Phelps
farm near this place where he was
working when taken into custody.
He was taken to Kearney where he
will be held, pending his trial.
Dies of Thirst in Desert
When Very Near Water
Los Angeles, Sept. 22. Patrick H.
Porsney died of thirst in Death val
ley last week, though water was only
half a mile from the spot where his
body was found, according to word
broueht here today by A. G. Kirby,
.superintendent of the Death Valley
mine, where Porsney was a toreman.
Kirby said Forsney went for a walk
last Thursday. and apparently lost
his way. His body was found Sun
day. Annual Plowing Contest
Scheduled for Wednesday
Aurora, 111., Sept. 22. The annual
wheat land plowing match, open to
plowmen of the world, will be held
tomorrow near here. A crowd of
15,000 is expected. Chief interest
row centers in tractor plow competi
tion, although horscdrawn events
are still on the program.
Sociologist Dies
Geneva, Sept. 22. George Na
smy th of Ithaca, N. Y.. American
sociologist and internationalist, died
typhoid fever here Moni
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Much of Michigan
1 Fruit Crop Rots
Thousands of Bushels Going
To Waste Within Four
Hours of Chicago,
Chicago, Sept. 22. A half million
dollars worth of the greatest fruit
crop Berrien county Michigan, has
grown in live years lies rotting on
the ground four hours from Chicago
by boat or rail.
I his estimate was made bv expert
growers to "an investigator ,for the
Chicago Daily News, which publish
ed the story. Men interviewed de
clared the crop of peaches, pears,
apples, plums and cantaloupes to be
worth Irom $8,0UO,UUO tfc $1U,U00,UU0.
ihousands of bushels of fine
peaches are being fed to the hogs
or dumped on the ground to rot.
tanners, commission men and
farm organization experts gave va
rious reasons for the situation. Some
of these w ere car suortage, inability
of boats to handle the huge crop.
a sudden general ripening due to the
ate warm weather, nia welshing
by commission men through "jok
ers in contracts made last spring
with the growers.
Peaches which are selling in Lhi
caco for $2.50 to $3.50 a bushel, are
going in Benton Harbor market for
75 cents to $1.25 and the farmers de
clare the cheapest peaches they have
raised have cost them $170. The
Elbertas, which have brought $4 to
$6 a bushel in this city have been
sold in Benton Harbor for $2.50.
Growers admit, the article said,
that their only salvation is orgau-
zation such as the men of the Pa
cific coast have perfected.
Robbers Get $30,000
In Daylight Holdup
Detroit, Mich.. Sept, 22. Four
armed bandits held up a branch of
the First State bank at Mount El-
iott jrhd Mack avenues, here today
and escaped with an amount esti
mated by bank officials at $30,000.
The bandits held off bank employes
with pistols, seized the cash and
escaped in an automobile.
Bryan Declares Women
Will Put Out Hooch V iper
Washington, Sept. 22. William
Jennings Bryan, generalissimo of
the dry forces, today forecast that
women baiioters will crusii tor an
time the hooch viper in the United
States.
"I have great hope for the fu
ture," said Mr. Bryan, "because
women who : nave sutterea most
from the two great evils, war and
liquor, now have been given the
vote."
Mr. Bryan made this statement
in the course of a brief address yes
terday at the International Congress
Against Alcoholism.
Woman, Brooding Over HI
Health, Commits Suicide
Beaver. City. Neb., Sept. 22.
(Special Telegram.) Mrs. H. A.
O'Dell, 50, shot , and killed herself
at the home of her son. Cecil
O'Dell, ;near" Hendley. late Tuesday
afternoon. Her husband commit
ted suicide ' by shooting December
13, 1918.
Brooding over this and ill health
IS
supposed to nave deranged her
Iraind,
Hedging On the League
iCopyrlfbt: 1920: By The CMco Tribune. 1
Today's Parade
Will Start at
., 2:30 PrM. Shari)
Twenty-Three Floats and Six
Marching Bodies Will Be in
Line Route Same as
That of Last Night.
PABADK ROITE.
The route of the daylight parade
toilny le the Kame a that ot lat
nijclit'ft parade, a follow:
Starting at Sixteenth and Cuming
Btreetx.
South on Sixtrenth to Douglas.
Mtt on Douglas to Tenth.
Sonth on Tenth to Farnam.
West on Farnam to Twenty-fourth.
South . on Twenty-fourth to Harney.
EaMt on Harney to Sixteenth.
South on Sixteenth to Howard. f
TCaftt on Howard to Fourteenth.
North on Fourteenth to Dodge.
Wert on odge to Fifteenth.
orth on Fifteenth to Capitol ave
nue, where parade disbands.
The Ak-Sar-Ben daylight parade,
commemorating the 300th annives
ary of the landing of the Pilgrims
at Plymouth Rock, will move
through the streets of Omaiha this
afternoon, starting at Sixteenth and
Cuming streets, at 2:30 o'clock and
following the route shown above.
There will be 23 floats and six
marching bodis.
The floats have been presented
for the celebration by cities and
towns of the state, by organizations
and by individuals, and were built
in the Ak-Sar-Ben shops by Gus
Renze and his men.
They represent the various his
torical events connected with the
Pilgrims' landing and their early his
tory, and include events of revolu
tionary and civil war days.
Indians brought from the Omaha
reservation will depict the Indians of
New England in the time of the Pil
grims. War organizations will also
march. There will be 10 bands.
Irish County Councillor
Is Killed In His Apartment
Dublin, Sept. 22. County Coun
cillor Lyncha prominent Limerick
Sinn Feincr, was shot dead this
morning in his hotel apartment in
the center of Dublin. His assailants
are alleged to have been "black and
tan" police.
The murder took place at 3 o'clock
this morning, according to the Press
association's account, when uni
formed men entered the hostelry,
the Royal Exchange hotel, and go
ing straight to the room of their in
tended victim, shot him dead.
Naval Regime of Samoa
Ordered Investigated
' Washington, Sept. 22. Investiga
tion of the naval government of the
Pacific island of Samoa was ordered
today by the Navy department. It
will be conducted by a court of in
quiry at the head of which will be
Rear Admiral Charles F. Hughes.
Japs Electrify Roads
Washington, Sept. 22. The Jap
anese railway authorities have de
cided to substitute electricity for
steam on all 'lines within the em
pire, according to reports reaching
the Department of Commerce to
day. . The change, which, it is es
timated, will cost 200,000,000 yen,
is expected . to reduce the number
of locomotives in service by; 40 per
Annual Parade Of
G. A. R Takes Place
More Than 10,000 Veterans of
'61 Pass in Review Ne
hraskan May Be Head.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 22. The
dwindling hosts of the army that
more than 55 years ago took up
the gage of battle for the preserva
tion of the union, today were pass
ing in review. More than 10,000
members of the Grand Army of the
Republic, here for the annual en
campment, were to participate in the
crowning event of the week the an
nual parade.
The procession was scheduled to
start at 10 a. m. The route this
year was considerably less than a
mile in length. But for those whose
infirmities prevented them marching,
automobiles were provided.
The Sons of Veterans were to
elect officers this afternoon. Lt.
I Gov. P. A. Barrows of Nebraska:
Congressman Clifford Ireland of
Peoria, III., and Frank Shcllhouse
of Indianapolis are being considered
for national commander, it was an
nounced. No Appreciable Change
In MacSwiney's Health
London, Sept. 22. Terence Mac
Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, today
began the 41st day of his hunger
strike at Brixton prison, there being
no change from his condition yes
terday, according to the report of
the physician of Brixton prison to
the home office. No reference was
made in the report to the prisoner
either accepting or refusing nourish
ment. The Irish self-determination
league's midday bulletin said:
"The lord mayor's condition has
suffered a setback. His sister Mary,
who has just visited him, says he is
very weak, almost as prostrate as
he was yesterday."
Woman Appointed Dry
Agent for California
San Francisco, Sept. 22. Mrs.
Gladys Kimball Warburton of San
Francisco was appointed acting
state prohibition enforcement agent
for California Tuesday, pending ap
pointment of a successor to Loren
A. Handley, who was killed in an
automobile accident near Lodi, Cal.
Mrs. Wrarburton is to assume her
new duties at once.
During the war Mrs. Warburton
served in the. military intelligence
bureau.
Clemenceau Takes Trip
Paris, Sept. 22. M. Clemenceau
left last night for India, where he
will spend several weeks hunting.
The Weather
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Thursday, unsettled; not
change in temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
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Big Parade
Viewed By
Thousands
Ak-Sar-Ben Electrical Pageant
Depicting "Famous Love
Stories" Hailed as Sii
perh Triumph. '
125 Actors Take Part
Cupid ruled supremely over the
twenty-sixth great electrical parade
of Ak-Sar-Ben' which would its won
derful way through the business
streets of the city last night, accom
panied by the music of 10 bands and
applause of 100,000 people.
The theeme of this great parade
was "Famous Love Stories," a sub
ject of universal appeal to tne hearts
of men and women.
More than 125 actors, costumed to
represent famous lovers of history,
rode upon the floats. The only char
acter not represented by a living
actor was Galatea who, in mythology,
was a statue of a beautiful womar
with which its sculptor fell in lov
and which was brought to life .bv
Venus. An artist, brought here froir
the eeast, worked three weeks tc
mould the statue of Galatea. Such
is the perfection with which Ak-irar-ben-ic
things are done.
Enormous Crowds.
Such crowds of out-of-town folks
have not been seen in Omaha for a
long time. They had conic fn on
many special and regular trains and
by automobile.
They began gathering along the
line of march long before 6 o'clock,
and by 6:30 the principal corners
were packed with people, though the
parade did not start until after 8.
Streets were ammed with auto
mobiles which, by special arrange
ment, were allowed to park on in
tersecting streets along the parade
route. Every window along the
way was filled with spectators.
They looked down from trolley
poles, from the tops of buildings,
from cornices. The scaffolding
erected in front of the courthouse
by workmen repairing the building
was well filled with people. The
grand stand on the south side of
Farnam street from Seventeenth to
Eighteenth streets was full. So
was the other grandstand across
the street and the reviewing stand
in front of the city hall.
Parade Forms at Den.
Under the superintendence of Gus
Renze, Ak-Sar-Ben artificer, and
Arthur P. Guiou, governor of Ak-Sar-Ben
and chairman of the parade
committee, the parade formed at the
"den" and then moved in darkness
to Sixteenth and Cuming streets,
where the trolleys " of the floats
were placed on the electri wirts
and each float burst into glorious
illumination and- proceeded along its
four-mile course before the eyes of
the applauding multitude.
The course of the parade was
lengthened this year by having it
proceed west on Farnam street to
Tweniy-fourth street before turn
ing south and returning east on
Harney street. Heretofore the pa
rade turned south at Nineteenth and
Farnam streets.
Most of tlie subjects of the floats
are familiar to the people, and this
understanding added greatly to the
interest of the pageant.
The last float was occupied by a
regal figure, representing King Ak-Sar-Ben
XXVI, the new monarch
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Brokerage Clerks
Held for the Forgery
Of $220,000 Bonds
New York, Sept. 22. Accused of
misappropriating $220,000, We&Jey
Doran, 25, and Vincent Morisa, 34.
were arrested today on complaint
of the brokerage firm of Duff, Frei
tlay & Co. Both men are held in
$10,000, specifically charged with
grand larceny and forgery. It is
alleged that these men obtained this
sum of money by forging the names
of customers of the firm to drafts.
Chauffeur Holds Gems '
Found in Cab for Reward
Chicago, Sept. 22. Jewels valued
at $35,000 belonging to Mrs. J. M. .
Hixon, wife of a Los Angeles mil
lionaire, which had been missing
for more than a week, were recov
ered here today with the arrest of a
taxi driver.
The chauffeur said. Mrs Hixon
had left the jewels in his cab and
that he had been keeping them for
a possible reward. He was released
when Mrs. Hixon declined to prose
cute him. '
German Wife Is Loser
In Will of Mother-In-Law
Hartford, Conn., Sept. 22. Arthur
C. Johnson's German wife is frugal
and a good housewife, but through .
no fault of her. own she has become
a costly possession.
The will of his grandmother filed
for probate here today cuts him off
from her $38,000 estate because the
grandmother "does not want any of
her effects to go to a German wife."
The grandmother expresses dis
pleasure at his marriage to a woman
born'in'the country with which this
country was at war.
Poles Open Offensive '
In Region of Grodno
London, Sept. 22. Polish forces
have commenced an offensive in the
region of Grodno, on the northeast
Polish front, according to an offi
cial statement issued yesterday in
Moscow and received here by wire
less ' , '
The statement declares the Foles
have advanced along a front 33
miles in length, large numbers of
troops being engaged. Fierce fight-
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