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THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1320. oi I the VlwTh .Humane Society Takes Slapat Wild West Shows Colorado Delegate, in Final Meeting, Says Alleged Cruelty of Frontier Day Must Go. , The 44th annual meeting of the American Humane association, - in progress since Monday, ended yes terday with resolutions of thanks 10 the newspapers, to the Hotel J Fonterielle management and those in Omaha in chargs of entertainment arranged for delegates who came from all parts of the country. The last thing done by the humanitarians w?$ to take a. slap at certain alleged cruelties existing in wild west shows. They must go, Frederick B. Fanger,' the Colorado delegate, declared. While referring to tjie exhibitions in question as wild west shows, Mr. l-'anger remarked that in every community in which fhey were per mitted they were called by different names, such as the Rodeo in Cali fornia, .Frontier Days in Wyoming; Stampede in Tex ts and so on. .Wild West Shows Scored. A typical wild west exhibition, he said included riding bucking burros, relay race for cow girls, relay race for cowboys, fancy trick riding, cow-pony race, Roman standing race, bull dogging steers and roping steers. "Of the number named," he said, "not (one of them actually takes w -piace on the rang; in tnc business ot lierding cattle, with the exception of J i steer roping. The so-called sports . ' V. I . V' I. . ' V. ...II llllll tl. II '..v.v .W turn away . in disgust might be summed up under the heading of riding buckirfg broncos, steer roping, bull dogging and wild hor&e racing." '- A general discussion followed. A delegate from Wyoming stated that 1'0 per cent of the people of the s-tatc favored the . Frontier day and reat drtticu'.ty would , be encoun tered in abolishing it. Wires Prdtest. Dr. William O. Stillman, president of the. association, stated that com mercial clubs in many cities en couraged such entertainments. Doctor Stillman stated that he wired yesterday to the president of the national association of commer cial club secretaries in sesfion at Chi cago protesting against further en couragment Of such entertainments. The selection of the next meeting place was left to the board of di rectors to decide at a iuture dat. Philadelphia and Fort Worth both j want the 1921 meeting, t A proposition is under discussion f to divide the society and have one ! section devoted entirely to animal 1 humane work while the other would , look after the children's welfare. An attempt to pass a resolution against children's insurance failed. The association went on record as i( .'sympathizing with the Colorado 'so ciety in its fight to keep a statute on ' the books forbidding the writing of y such insurance. . w r JJVife Asks Hubby to i - Meet Her here; then ' Causes His rresjt ' When John T. Tranel, a traveling salesman for the Cram Atlas com ' pany, Chicago, answered a summons from his wife, Mrs. Anna Maurer Tranel, - daughter , of Ed Maurer, iormer Omaha restauranteur, to come' to" Omaha and meet her here, he unwittingly placed himsetf in the hands ot a deputy snerur, wno brought him to District Judge Sears' couruyesterday to answer a charge of nonsupport. The Tranels weremarried in pma ha, January 14. 192ft Last Monday Mrs. Tranel filed suit for divorce from her husband in the district court, alleging that he has been cruel and- that -re-ued -$1,600 of her,s for ' Judge Sears decreed that 'Tranel 1 . V should pay his-vvuc a montn, S20 every two weeks, and that he should return her rings. He was vlaced under '$5,000 bond to guar antee the fulfillment of the decree. Mrish of Nebraska Will Pray for Hunger Strikers The Friends of Irish Freedom have asked all of the Catholic clergy of this . state to .offer prayers for the hunger strikers in Ireland. Next ursday hat been, designates -as occial memorial day. There will be no demonstration in Omaha, ac- iJbrding to announcement f On Friday evcning'Noveraber 12, at the Brandeis theater, Rev. Owen Lovejoy, representing the Protes tant Friends of Ireland, will speak on "Irish Freedom." ' Soldier Makes Flight , ; In Balloon to Win Bars Lieut. Col. Thjmas F. Baldwin and Maj. W. F. Pearson, who came to Fort Omaha last week to take in struction in balloon flying, left yes terday for Arcadia. Cat., where ihey will complete their training in .i the balloon corpse. 4 Master Electrician M. E. Mans field m.-tle his solo flight yesterday, in a balloon. This .is one of the ti.ghts required,of a student before iualifying tor commission in the La'loon corps. . , Man Leaves Wife Married After Cyclone Courtship Charles M. Hancock walked into the Harmony cafeteria, 1509 Harney street, September 10 at 1 in the after noon, with two hanger cravings to satisfy food and love. He . dis posed of the first in jig time, then languidly let his gaze" fall on Bertha, a waitress. At J'thev were married. .Four days later he de camped, Bertha Hancock, his wife, told District Judge Sears yesterday, Tno , granted Bertha a divorce. Veteran Conductor Dies. Superior, Neb., Oct. 28. (Special Telegram.) Robert" Reilly, one oi the Burlington's oldest conductors. , who. died at St. Joseph, is to be buried here Sunday, UNINSPIRING mew , ism ncn "It is fascinating to meet such a "After I have been playing to for the next Month ' , , Brief City News Soldiers to Fort Crook Company E. 49th infantry, Kort Snelling, has been ordered to proceed Lto Ifort Crook, for duty. . Two' offl&jrs and 60 men will thus be added to the personnel of the local post Charged With Shooting Luciano Radicia, jr., is on trial in District Judg-e Troup's court, charged with shooting with intent to -kill. His father was tried and acquitted sev eral months ago on a murder charge. ... ' ; Meeting Postponed The meeting of the volunteer' traffic officers, scheduled for last night, when they were to have been given detailed. in structions, Was called off because-of the large number ot other njeetings prevailing. . . , To s Give Dance The Beacon Booster club of Beacon lodge No. 20. I. O. O. F., will give a dance Sat urday evening at the Odd Fellows' hall. Fourteenth and Douglas streets. This is the first of a series of enter tainments' proposed by thfs' club. Denman Improves King. Den man; manager of the Truck and Tractor corporation of Omaha, who became infected with blood poison ing while on a hunting trip near Dubois, Wyo., last week, was reoort ed improved at the Jmmanuel "hos pital yesterday. ' ' . , Boy Needs - Bicycle Clement Mertz, Bee carrier, 4220 Farnam street, issues an appeal to the per son who took his bicycle from the basement of . St. Cecilia school. Thirty-ninth and Webster . streets, Tuesday afternoon. The lad needs hls wheel t0 carry "papers. Gypsies Hunt Homes Two hun dred gypsies were out scouring for homes yesterday when ordered by the police to vacate their camp at Thirteenth and Missouri avenue by 4 yesterday afternoon, following a pe tition signed by 400 citizens of the South Side requesting their removal. Mother Recovering Sirs. Helen Bender, '241G South Nineteenth street, foster mother of Hazel Ben-, der. 17, committed a month ago toj the girls' industrial home at Geneva for. incorrigibility, who was reported dying at St. Joseph hospital Wednes day, was much improved yesterday. Kills Self When Rudolph Isaac? son, 1012 South Eleventh street, re turned home for lunch at 11 o'clock yesterday morning he found his' mother. Mrs. Carrie Isaacson, dead from the effects of inhaling . gas from two wide-open jets. - Ill health was assigned as the reason for her suicide. She is survived by her hus ADVERTI9EMKNT 'They Work- while you Sleep" Stop growling around like a cross bull pup. You are constipated, bil-0'.i-yo-j need Cascarcts tonight Miro for liver and bowels. Then you J will wake uo w oni1rinB -what became celebrated man. Tell me, when do an appreciative audience. I ,don't '' . ' V band. John, two sons and one daughter. Warrants Issued Warrant's ' were issued yesterday for the arrest of Earl Wallen, 3831 Parker street; F. Jj. Barnes, 4004 Hamilton Street, and T. B. Baumgardner, Ak-Sar-Ben den. when they failed to appear in justice of the peace court-to answer to the charges of fishing without licenses. Retains Nam The name of the Skinner plant will not be changed when it will be opened under a working agreement with the Jacob Dold company within the next two weeks, Paul Skinner, president, an nounced yesterday. All' products will bear the Skinner name, Mr. Skinner stated. Ride With "Dare Devil" Pressure of business prompted two Omaha live stock men to take a chance with William F. Brooks, daring stunt avi ator of Blair, who appeared in po lice court Wednesday in answer to charges of "reckless driving," and were whisked away skyward to Stan ton. Neb., where they transacted a deal. -. Girls Discuss Iieague A dozen girl employes in the city hall- lis tened to Miss Louise Shumate, May or Smith's secretary, expound league of nations doctrines in the mayor's private office yesterday. "They were all republicans, .anyway," said Miss Shumat, when, at the- closer of the meetings, the girls seemed uncon vinced. Woman Gets Long Term Five years' imprisonment in" the Iowa state reformatory at Rockwell City was the record sentence meted out to Mrs. Alice Randolph of DeWltt, Neb., for the alleged theft of a car belonging to J. A. Lyons, Birchwood apartments, Omaha, at her trial, held at Winterset, la. She has ap-' pealed her case. East for Harding County Clerk Frank Dewey, returning from a two weeks' trip to Washington, D. C, and other eastern cities, said yester day that not only dOea the entire east seem to be overwhelmingly for Harding and Coolidge, but even the democratic states of Kentucky and West Virginia appear to be strong for the republican nominees. Officer Iicaves Joseph P; Olan don, 617 "South Thirty -first street, formerly assistant, manager of the Vanderslice-Lynds- company, grain men, who was recently commls, sioned first lieutenant in the quar-' termaster corps, will leave for Washington,' D. C, Saturday, to take instruction in grave registration for subsequent service in France. . The first policewoman in America is now a deputy sheriff in Maine. ADVERTISEMENT of your, nervousness, sick'headaclic, tad cold or upset stomach. Ko triping no - Inconvenience.- Chil dren love Cascarefcj, too. .10, 25, 50 cents. ,;,;: . . . By Charles Dana Gibson Copyrlfht Utt Pub. Co. y j SESg-l.-JUa Published by Arrangement With Life. ' you do your best composing?" expect to write anything now . - . . " L Wisner Man Thrilled ; By Speed of Holdrege 1 Man Seeking Money L'. C. Thernke, Wisner, Neb., thought he saw a daring robbery being enacted in his room at the Paxton hotel Monday night when a man mysteriously,' dashed into his room in the dead of night, and pulled three bags containing something that clinked familiarly,.' from under the mattress upon which he had been sleeping. . The man had aroused him from a refreshing slumber with a loud knock and insisted upon being ad mitted, claiming that he had left part of his laundry in the room. After a few movie-like maneuvers, the in truder disappeared with ; the three bags, locking the door on the out side behind him. Thernke turned the case over to the police, who found the intruder to be V. J. Newton, a respectable citizen of Holdredge, Neb.,.- and it was revealed that Mr. Newton had returned for several bags he left in the room, which he had previously occupied. The bags were filled with pennies. Vonderful Are the Lace Curtain Values Offered at Bo wen's This Week Housewives who. are in need of or desire new curtains for their home will f ind at the Greater Bowen Store this week several thousand pairs offered at astonishingly low prices. An enormous shipment bought at low-ebb market en ables this big, growing store to meet the declining prices in a most startling manner, and following the policy and custom of the store, we are passing the values on to you.Vi Included in the sale , are fancy x voile curtains, fine hemstitched scrim curtains. Nottingham curtains, Brussels web curtains, Marie An toinette curtains, Irish Point curtains and Filet net curtains.- If you are at all desirous of purchasing curtains at a sav ing, yet at the same time se curing the best for the money, attend this sale. , We know we have curtains you want; curtains that will lend an ar tistic finish to your rooms. ". I Norfolk Woman Killed. Norfolk, Neb., Oct. 28. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Sherman Willey is dead and her husband seriously in jured at Tama, la., where their auto mobile was struck by a street car. Mr. and Mrs. Willey were old-time Nebraskans and conducted the Travelers hotel in Norfolk for sev eral years. Wilton, Velvet, and Tapestry Carpets Reduced in Price The logical time to carpet your office, the reception hall, living room and bed room of. your home is when it can be done to. advantage and at a saving. The H. R. Bowen Store offers thousands of yards of the best carpeting made, in beautiful weaves and colorings at prices little to be dreamed of this early autumn. Measure your rooms, then come to this big, growing store and select what you want from our immense new display. You will find it money to supply, the things needed for your home from the Bowen store of Value-friving Prices. t. In packagf 30 prrafrf by ajMWai moiafara - proof wrapper. JUao in romd AIR-TIGHT tint of 50. Omalut Man Invents Device He Claims Will Save Coal Thomas G. Holt, ' 2520 Farnam street, is preparing to market exten sively a device of his own icntion which,, he declares, will materially reduce the coal required to heat the ordinary house. Mr. Holt's apparatus consists of an : : '" ' v . ' ' . This man received a very large salary for ten years, between the ages of 30 and 40, the most, productive period of every man V life; but he, like many other men, was so self-confident, he gave no thought to the future. He and his family en joyed all the luxuries of life, spending all of the income from month to month. This man was taken suddenly ill, and was confined to his bed for many months, his recovery left him heavily in debt and without his old position. He WASTED the best years of his life; he had to start all over at the age of 40. , . ' ; ' . , " : Get the Saving Habit? ' . : 1 This man took great pride in himself as bemg a good pro- . - v ' vider, by giving his family all the niceties of life ; but he, " " - I ', in reality, did them a great INJUSTICE. Picture yourself at . . the age of 401 Are you preparing for the RAINY DAYt i - SAVE a little of your income EV35RY weeki Open a SAV- ! : INGS ACCOUNT in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Be V This Clock Is Always Correct. . ... ... . . . I :'.:.. SPEAKING OFeleetton. BUT GENTLY, If possibly TO AVOID Woodshed. . . . YOU KNOW what chase. A REPUBLICAN OP GETTING Totec, IN THE "SoM SottOC WELL THERE W IM, WHO RAN for 0004 ON THE BeptfbBcaa ghM, IN GEORGIA, rf alt plm i v AND WHEN tte - WERE FIGURED wrt, HE HAD tworotw. 2- A ANOTHE election offldatt, , : HADHIMarrwMt, POR REPEATING. ' ... SOALLytravotw WHO WANT t rieat, DONT DO ttvHfcvotaa, GO TO Mm amoke akop. AND CAST a lmQot. ' FOR CHESTERFIELDS. THEN YOU'LL "repeat" YOU JUST can't help it. AND NO elecUon offlclaL CAN PINCH you. either. .. FOR "COMING back." IN FACT, we hear. i FOUR MILLION smokers. OF THIS cigarette. - - REPEAT REPEATEDLY, "THEY SATISFY." air-tight metal, cylinder attached to rhe top of a liot-air furnace, with a rubber diaphragm at its top., As the temperature changes the diaphragm moves and operates a plunger which opens or, closes the furnace drafts. By this means, Mr. Holt says the temperature of the house may be kept uniform and waste may be eliminated. . prepared if an emergency should United States National Bank The Bank - E310 i?5L(346 wed to return :.!t N' O other candidate has &haneevit& Chet- tarfietds in the smokers hare picked Cbeatexfields, and every return swells the votes. It sorely is a land slide for the "satisfy" platform. Are you. on? m N l.ii " u ' arise. WHO KNOWS! . of PERSONAL Attention, W. Career 16th and Farnam t.' With ackaowlodgmanU to K. C. B. ronninr. Over foor million X - - 7 V