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Friends Cheer Harding as He Casts His Vote Republican Leader Plays Game of Golf While Fol lowers Plan Celebration ' In His Honor. Marion, O., Nov. 2. While the nation was recording its decision today on his candidacy for presi dent Senator Harding put politics out of his - attentions and gave ' over the greater part of his time to a game of golf. Precinct C oi the Fourth ward of Marion was the senator's vot ing place today. It returned a democratic majority at the last election, but the local republican managers predicted that it would go for Harding by a big margin Setiator and Mrs. Harding reached ttie precinct voting place shortly after 10 o'clock. They were cheered when they entered the build ing and several of those who were waiting ahead of them offered to fcive up their places. The senator refused, however, and took his place 13th in the line, with Mrs. Harding just ahead of him. A ha'.f dozen spotlights were cojj centratcd on them and a battery of cameras clicked away as the nomi nee and his wife waited their turn. Mr. Harding took orders from . the photographers good rtaturedly "and got the crowd laughing by mimick ing the movie men. "That's right, let's keep this scen ario going good," he . said, "you know you only vote for yourself for president once." Mrs. Harding's voting number was 303 and her husband's 304 in a ward whose registered vote is about 500. As they emerged from the vot ing booths the spotlights flared on them rgain and there was another burst of cheering as they handed over their ballots to the election judge. After he had voted Senator Hard tug re.iained near the votinsr place tor a half hour chattrfg with his neighbors as they crowded around to express a hope that he1 would be viclfljious in the day's balloting. Many of them also extended birth day greetings, for Mr Harding was bom 55 years ago today. A great bundle of congratulatory birthday messages and advance felic itations on the election result had been received at Harding headquar ters long before noon. Will Get Returns. Tonight with Mrs. Harding and a circle of relatives and friends he will learn the result of the ballot ing at his home, where local re publican leaders have planned a red fir? celebration in his honor. If there was in the candidate's mind any apprehension over the outcome it did not manifest itself in his outward demeanor. He wore the sanfe air of smiling con- . fidence that has characterized his manner throughout his campaign, and there was apparent an addi tional touch of satisfaction that the stress of political debate and ma neuvering was over. Mrs. Harding Confident. Mrs. Harding, his constant com panion during his campaigning, appeared equally confident and she insisted on doing her full part to the end of the fight by. accom panying him to the polls and cast ing her first vote for him. A slight qold kept her indoors yes terday, but sne said she felt much better today. Vacation plans are in fVrrmla .. ticn for Mr. and Mis. Harding, but details have not been announced.- s Many of the senator's admirers, confident of a republican victory, already have given him the atten tions of a potential' president, and the inevitable procession of office .secKers nas oegun. requests iui .j, appointment to positions ranging from cabinet member down have reached Harding headquarters in quantity, and there has been a rush for poitmastersliips by many who are not aware that recent legisla tion has put these positions under the civil service. One of those who offered to serve as secretary of state wrote the senator that although he was young and inexperienced, he had honest purposes' and high aims, and was willing to takeadvice. His name never had been heard before by the candidate or his advisers here. Funeral for Omaha Clubman Held Tuesday Afternoon Funeral services for C. King Den man, 3153 Farnam street, Omaha clubman, who died Sunday morning from blood poisoning contracted while on a hunting trip in the moun tains of Wyoming last week, were held yesterday atternoon at 2 from Burket's chapel. The body was to be buried in For est Lawn cemetery. Pallbearers are J J. i- Stewart, J. F. McGee, W. A. Pixley, W. N. Chambers, Robert Burns and Fred Hamilton. Denman is survived by two sisters and two brothers, Miss Sada Den man and Mrs. Hervey, Wells of Omaha, J. S. Denman of Hay Springs and D. S. Denman of Lin coln, Neb. Senate Investigators Will Probe Rent Situation Here Members of the senate committee who are coming to Omaha Novem ber '3 to investigate housing con ditions include Senators Calder of New York, Kenyon of Iowa, Edge of New Jersey. Walcott of Delaware. Gay of Louisiana, and Secretary F. G. Miller, according to information received yesterday bv T. J. Fitzmor ris, secretary of the State Building and Loan Association of Nebraska. Air Head Goes to St. Louis. Maj. Percy E. Van Nostrand of Washington, acting chief of the bal loon and airship division of the United States army, who has been at Fort Omaha for several days on official business, was to leave last evening for St Louis. Maj. Van Noxtrahd was stationed at Fort Omaha as executive officer during the war. Bee want ads are best business gettehs. Man Who Helped Save Mayor Is Named Detective Chief Charles H. Van Deusen, Veteran of Omaha Po lice Department, Is New Head of Sleuth Department. v . Charles H. Van De usen, oldest Omaha detective in pohit of service, was promoted to thief of the detec tive bureau Mond-iy after noon by Chief of Police Marshal Eberstein. Chief Van Deusen assumes his., new duties Wednesday and replaces Acting Chief A. C. Anderson. "The .appointment comes as a complete surprise." said the new chief yesterday. "I am going to do my best to build up the detective department to its greatest efficiency." Van Deusen has been on the po lice force 13 vears. He was appoint ed detective Februiry 13, 1905. His record is one of the best made by any man who has been on the de partment. He is a favorite with po lice officers and detectives 'alike. Van Deusen was named a detec tive when, unarmed, he captured a negro firing two revolvers at him following a robbery at Sixteenth and lones streets. He later distinguished himself in capturing at Scribner, Neb., a Mexican who had 4not and County Is Sued for Fatal Motor Wreck Douglas county and the Allied Contractors. Inc., were sued yester day in district court for $100,000 for the death of Mrs. Emma Nancy King, whose automobile plunged off of the Lincoln highway near Elk horn October 4. The car plunged into a ditch, killing Mrs. King, but leaving her two small children un injured The accident occurred along a stretch of road now being paved by the Allied Contractors. Inc. The suit was filed by Ludlow King, husband of the deceased woman. Negro Janitor Charges Discrimination of Inspector The city council yesterday re fused to take any action in protest of Napoleon Washington, negro en gineer and janitor, against the de cision of the boiler inspection bu reau that he should have only third grade special engineer license, which would bar him from serving at the Walnut Hill school, where he has been employed. Washington told the council that he had been the victim of discrim ination. Commissioner Harry Zim man said that the board had held that an engineer of Washington's qualifications should not be allowed to have charge of the boilers in school buildings although he is quite capable of handling low pressure plants elsewhere. ' Hundreds of Teachers Register for Convention Omaha tarhrc ttr rarictrinr yesterday aMiotcl Fonienelle in or der to avoid tne rush tomorrow when the 54th annual session of the Ne braska State Teachers' association will be held. At noon yesterday more than 800 had registered. 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Students in 47 Schools Deposit $4,685 in Bank Greater Omaha school children in! 47 schools have started a total of 6,348 accounts with a total of $4,685, according to the report of J. E. Mansfield, ha.d of the school sav ings bank system. Ten schools are not included in this report. In Omaha proper 28 schools show 4,755 accounts totalling $3,120. Kellom school leads with 293 ac counts. Park school has the largest amount of money with $187. The Cass school has the larcest single account, $20. 1 Girl, Seeking Red-Haired German, Finds Too Many Belinda Atwatter, Concordia, Kan., was sweet on a red-haired German. "She met him at a South Side fair last summer, then lost him. She wrote Postmaster Herbert Daniel last month asking his aid to locate him. Her note made the front page of the newspapers. Postmaster Daniel got another note from her yesterday. Four red-haired Germans an swered her appeal but none of them was the right one. Zimman Bets Tie Harding Will Carry Ohio by 100,000 "Why, Cox won't even carry his own state," declared Harry B. Zim man in the council chamber yester day morning. "I'll bet that he will be beaten by 100,000." "What!" exclaimed Butler. "I'll just bet you " "A nominal bet," interposed Zim man. "A good hat," said-Butler. "A nominal bet, I said," protested Zimman. "All right, a tie," replied Dan. ADVERTISEMENT stops nose running; relieves head ache, dullness, fevertshness, sneez ing, soreness, stiffness. 'Tape's Cold Compound" is the quickest, surest relief known and costs' only a few cents at drug stores. It acts without assistance. Tastes nice. Contains no quinine. Insist on Pape's! Wonderful Are the Values Offered in Stoves This Week , at the Greater Bowen Store. Your dollar is again reaching its full purchasing power at the Bowen store, and this week you can buy that heater or range you have been wanting at from 25 to 50 per cent less than former prices. A visit to this store will prove to you conclusively that it is no longer necessary to go without heat in the house when vices such as we have made for the weeK are yours to accept, neither is it necessary for you to be without a range, one that is a guaranteed baker and will give universal satisfaction, when you can select the one you prefer from our large stock and have it sent to your, home for im mediate use, paying for it later. It will be a source of delight for those wanting a heater or range to visit our stove depart ment, fourth floor, and accept one or more of the many big values offered at the Value-Giving store of the H. R. Bowen Co. t Several fortunate purchases at low-ebb market prices enable us to again furnish homes com plete at value-Giving prices. At this store your dollar is again reaching its full purchasing power, so come here, select what you want, and as usual, pay us as it is found 'most convenient. THE BEE; OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1920. Cox J36th Voter For President In His Precinct Governor and Wife Arrive Early at Polls Friends Wish Candidate Best Of Success. ' ' Dayton, O.? Nov. 2. Governor Cox. the democratic presidential candidate, was an early voter to day, but on arriving at the polls found more than 200 of his neigh bors had cast their ballots ahead of him Accompanied by Mrs. Cox, the governor reached the polling place, a combination barber shop, store and print shop, at 10 o'clock, but the line of waiting voters delayed the deposit of their ballots until 10:17. The polls were in Carr monte, a suburb of Dayton, and about a mile from the Cox home, Trails End. Tha vote cast by Mrs. Cox wis not her first, she having lived in Illinois and voted at a state election a few years ago. In the voting booth here she showed hejr knowl edge of the old Australian ballot, marking up four different forms, composing it in two minutes and beating her husband by 30 secorida. Neighborly greetings and good wishes from his friends greeted the candidate as he arrived at the polls. A battery of cameras was centered on him, as, joining the line of vot ers, the governor remarked to an elderly woman: "There's a lot of excitement in Carrmonte today." "Yep, this town needs to be waked up," was her rejoinder. After getting his ballot No. 236 the governor foirnd himself without a pencil, but many were offered him, and the one he borrowed was re turned to the ownerwho remarked: "I'll keep this as a keepsake from the next president." The candidate responded with a smile. Mrs. Cox's ballot was numbered 235, showing that 234 voters had preceded she and her husband to the polls. Pullman Porter Killed, Two Injured in Collision San Francisco, Nov. 2. Reports were received at Southern Pacific railway cjffices here that a Pullman porter was killed and two passengers injured in a collision of two sections of a Southern Pacific train at Coram, northern California. ' j I SEE OUR WINDOWS TODAY Armed Officers on Guard in Southern Cotton Gin Districts Montgomery, Ala., ' Nov. 2. Armed county and city officers and cttizci volunteers were on guard today in the soiJhern portion of this country where the burning of cetton gins, dwellings and churches yesterday ang todav has led to the arrest of eleven nfcgroes and the death of three oihcrs. Reports from the region were conflicting and mea ger, but indicated that , order had been restored. ' The fires were attributed to night riders in early reports, but the day's events were viewed as indicat ing that a threatened negro uprising had been checked. The property toss so far reported due to the fire3 was estimated at $100,000. Warren Taylor, one of the ne groes killed, was shot to death by officers while resisting arrest.' An other negro reported having been attacked and robbed and was treated for bucksHot wounds, but officers later found the safe he had reported stolen concealed under his bed and took him int custody. Airplane Service to Cuba From New York Is Opened Havana, Nov. 2. Two airplanes, the nucleus of a future passenger mail service between New York and Cuba, arrived from Key West yes terday, having left New York Sat urday last. If you fe el off color and suspect coffee is the cause, a change to Instant POSTUM will prove things out HEALTH IS WORTH THE EFFORT "There's a Reason FASHIO N WITH THE SINCERE INTENTION OF CREATING AN ECONOMIC PURCHASING CONDITION FOR tOU. 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In closing he said he wanted especially-to call attention to the pro gram of the opposition headed by Mr. Wray as being one which would be detrimental to the farming in terests of the state. "The farmers of Nebraska are now developing a large co-operative business along many lines, he said. Mr. Wray and his party would have the state enter the same field and come into competition with these- co-operative interests and when it does the co operative interests will have to suf fer, for the state will be able to run the business without a profit and in the end disaster will come to those Days Tell p,A R K . OVERCO AT S CUSTOM SERVICE WITHOUT THE ANNOYANCE OF A TRY-ON READ Y-T O-P U T-0 N TAILORED AT FASHION PARK ALWAYS PRICED TO WARRANT, VALUE i Tmt cwfy tf "TV Mmtm 4 fct m Srtss, u rtj Mens, Younger Young Mens and Boys Clothing Second Floor Main Building and Annex IZks.J it 1 JJJII APPAREL FOR MEN AND engaged in the business now so largely covered by co-operation by the fanners." Before the governor spoke, the chairman, Richard Stout, introduced the state candidates. I.ieut. (jov. V. A. Barrows, State Treasurer Dan Cropsy, Attorney General Clarence A. Davis, railway commissioner, and the county candidates. State Audi tor George Marsh and Land Com missioner Dan Swauson were not present. COAL For Steam Plants i Sunderland has unusual equip ment to move coal quickly to Oma ha steam plants, regardless of lo cation. Locomotives and portable cranes with grab-buckets unload railroad cars direct to overhead gravity bins. Each crane can unload a car an hour. " Trucks or wagons are loaded in less than two minutes by the push of a lever. Trucks vary in size from two to seven tons capacity and are always on the job. First grade coal is on hand for rush delivery, at lowest prices con sistent, withvfull weight and high quality. Ask us to send our man. Sunderland Brothers Co. 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