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THE: BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1920.
Train Hits
Omaha Man
And Woman
Couple (Jiving Names of C. M.
Skinner 1 and MisiT Mary
Cooper Injured In Crash
In Iowa.
An Omaha couple wa injured at
Denison. la., yesterday when North
western passenger train No. 1, west
jound, sttuck their au'oinohilc sedan
at a crossing three-quarters of a
mile from tte city limits.
The car was demolished.
The man drivinc the car cave hi
name as C. M. Skinne;, 4J0 World
Herald building, and the young
woman as Miss Mary Cooper,
Harnev street.
The pilot of the locomotive. which
was traveling at a speed of 45 miles
an hour, crashed into the rear end
of the sedan, throwing the car for
10 feet and hurling the couple from
the machine.
The train was 'stopped and the
injured pair taken aboard, with the
train backing into Denison, where
the man and woman were taken to
a hospital.
Neither was injured fatally. Their
hurts comprised cuts and bruises
about the head and body.
The license number of the sedan
was 35-280 Nebraska.
C. M. Skinner. 4.16 World Herald
building, is a bro'her of Paul and
. Lloyd Skinner and is interested in
a bank at Ralston.
At 2822 Harney street.lives Victor
Adolph. Mrs. Adolpm skid no Mary
Cooper lived at that address. She
said she knows no Mary Cooper, but
that a Grace Kclley, a stenographer,
lived there.
Miss Kellry, she said, had left, the
city several days ngo and was ex
pected to return home, yesterday.
She has not yet arrived, though,
Mrs. Adolph said.
At his office, it was reported C M.
Skinner was over in Iowa, having
left Omaha two days ago.
Plans Are Made for, Meeting
In Omaha of State Farmers
Flans were completed Monday
for the 12th annual session of the
Nebraska farmers' congress in Hotel
Fontenelle December 14-16, at a
meeting of the executive board in
the Chamber of Commerce. J. B.
Grinnell, secretary of the state or
ganization, declared efforts would be
made at this conference to stabilize
the prices of farm produce.
Pacific Fleet Men Hear Girl
Sing Through Wireless
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Two admirals and the entire lorcc of the Pacific fleet let official busi
ness "stand by" recently while they listened to the first concert ever given
via wireless telephone. Pretty Miss Mabclle Burch, brilliant young colora
ture, who is singing with the Metropolitan quartette, has a brothcrCarl
ton, on the submarine F2. Miss Murch asked permission to sing to her
brother at sea by wireless telephone. The request was granted by Ad
miral Hugh Rodman and an order issued for the entire fleet -to-listen in.
The photo shows Admiral Rodman in his cabin on board the Pacific fleet
flagship, New Mexico, listening while Miss Burch sings by wireless phone
to her brother at sea.
Tub of Butter and Two
Suits of Clothing Stolen
One tub of butter was stolen from
the Kirschbaum & Son creamery
Monday night, according to police
reports.
Burglars stole clothing from the
home of Max Kaplan, 2502 Franklin
street. i
Two suits were -stolen from the
Live Wire cleaners, 610 South Six
teenth street. .
John G. Neihardt. 3022 South
Thirty-fourth street, reported the
theft of a suitcase containing cloth
ing valued at. $155 from him at the
Webster street railroad station.
A inackinaw was stolen from W.
M. Peterson, 840 South Twenty
third street.
Bishop IsXJiven
Judgment Against
Pastor's Estate
Special Master Gives $369,
762 Verdict Following Ex
amination of Books Kept
lv Dead Priest.
New York, Nov. 2. A referee's
report liled today in surrogate's
court recommended that the claim of
Archbishop Hayes for $369,762
against the estate of the Rev. John
H. Strzelecki, pastor of aPolish
Roman Catholic church here, be al
lowed 'iu fuM with interest. After
the priest d'ed, letters of administra
tion' were ranted his brother J. F.
Strzeilecki, whose statement de
clared the priest left only $65,000
personal property. An examination
of the church's books resulted in a
suit to recover $369,762.
The referee has been taking testi
mony six montlis. The priest re
ceived $600 a year as assistant pas
tor and then $800 as paster. Later
this was increased to $900. The
day after the priest died his brother,
according to the referee's report,
took from a safe in the rectory,
bonds and securities valued at $162,
000, besides two bank books show
ing large deposits.
' "o satisfactory explanation has
Fire in Basement.
Rubbish in the furnace ' room in
Ihe basement of the F. D. Wead,
Company, Eighteenth and Farnam
streets, caught fire at 8:30 yesterday
morning. Damage was slight.
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Fine with milk,
cheese, peanut
butter or jam.
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SERVICE is the
cry of tiie hour.
'And standards that
were acceptable five,
three and even two
years ago are out-of-date
today.
Red Crown service has
done" much to make
motoring the pleasure
that it is. Convenient
ly located filling sta
tions along most every
highway and byway
, of the state, courteous
salesmen, the finest
gasoline and motor
oils these are evi
dences of our desire to
erve.
There are different grades
of gasoline, made from
different grades of crude
oil by different refining
processes. It will pay you
to discriminate. Users of
Red Crown gasoline find
that it is high powered,
starts easily, "picks up"
quickly, leaves little car
bon over long periods. It
is economical because it
costs no more and is actu-
ally better.
Economize on oil by using
Polarine. It is made in
four grades, differing in
body but not in quality.
These grades are . ' .
Polarine
Polarine Medium Heavy
Polarine Heavy
Polarine Extra Heavy
For winter use the Polar
ine and Polarine Medium
Heavy grades are recommended.
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been made of the disposition of these
funds and securities," said the ref
eree's report. While the dead priest
was in charge of the church it was
shown that the largest yearly col
lection of pew rent was $4,100,
while during the first six months in
1919 his successor reported pew rent
of $10,000. An analysis of a ledger
for from 1911 to 1916 indicates, it
was said, that rents of $16,000 never
were credited to the church.
Juniors and Seniors Meet
' In Annual Class Contests
Yesterday was Junior-Senior day
in the second annual Purple and
White week at Central High school.
Members oi these classes entered
into friendly rivalry for first honors.
Monday was Freshman-Sophomore
day. The freshman class pre
sented characters of Mother Goose
rhymes. The sophomore,? portrayed
the choice between the good and evil
elements of the school. Debates
were held on whether the grading of
Dodge street is beneficial to the high
school. Winners will be announced
next week. Sopliomore girls won
over the freshmen in volley ball.
Sophomore boys won thi military
'spelldown." Freshmen boys de-
feated the oph.imorei in basket ball.
Jo to S. The two classes broke even
in track events,
Explosion Victim Will Not
Lose Eyesight, Doctor Says
Frank Dunnigan, 1026 South
Twenty-eighth street, victim of an
explosion of a stofc battery a
week ago, will not lose the sight of
his eyes, according to Dr. A. O.
Peterson, who is attending him.
Dunnigan's eye9 were filled with
sulphuric acid when static electricity
in his body caused a storage bat
tery to explode. He was working
at Fairbanks-Mors: company, Ninth
and Harney streets, at the time of
the accident.
Striking New York Bakers
Get $6 Weekly Increase
Xew York, Nov. 2. Leadets of
union bakers, who went on strike
in Brooklyn, demanding a .flat
weekly increase of $6, reported that
nearly all shop owners had acceded
to the demands and less than 300
workmen were idle. More than 300
of the 36S shops signed agreements,
they added. The strike affected
between 5,000 and 6,000 workers.
Man Is Arrested
For Larceny In
Sale of Stocks
Secret of Revolutionary "Dis
covery" of Gasoline Sub-
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Oil lit 11. I
uncovered r roves
to Be Hidden Tank.
New York, Nov. 2. "Professor"
P. John Chaster of Brooklyn was
arrested Monday on a charge of
grand larceny in connection with a
"discovery" designed to revolution
ize the motor fuel industry bv mix
ing cornstalks, can? sugar and yeast
as a substitute for gasoline.
A test of the substitute is alleged
by him to have beer! approved at
Ramsey, N. J., by chemical experts
of West Point Military academy.
Assistant District Attorney Laza
rus said the real secret of the test
was two barrels of grain alcohol
concealed behind a wall and con
nected by a pipe to a tank. Clus
ter's arrest followed an investiga
tion by the district attorney's office
cf a complaint of a delegation rep
resenting 200 persons of the East
Side. m
Chasler was specifically charged
by Ehrich Bares, a dealer in precious
stones, with misappropriation of a
$5,000 check made payable to the
Fermogas company. Cares alleged
that the check represented payment
for 500 shares of stock in the Fcrmo
gas company and charged Chasler
with depositing it to the credit of
the Industrial Research company,
which, Bares said, s a "personal
concern" of the defendant. ;
Bee want ads are business gettera.
DR. LEE W. EDWARDS
Chiropractor
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