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THE BEE: "OMAHA, 'MONDAY," JANUARY 24, 1U21."
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Men in Overalls
Welcome at3pera?
New Manager Sjys
Official of Chicago Compan)
Declares Most People Take
Entertainment Too Seri-
" ously at Present.
S ( !(' vo Tiibuni'-Omuhit ! Uml Wlrv.
Chicago, Jan. J J. "The average
iiitelligtmt Chicago man 'looks uooi
Koing to grand opera with the sam
uervous hesitancy that he cxerci.se
iit accepting a position as honorary
liallbeaiif at a public funeral," saV
(Jeorge Miller , Spauglcr, newly
appointed business manager of tl
Chicago Opera company1. -
"The result is that he does not
- support opera. lie Keeps awav
through fear, nothing el.se. I have
found a rather disparaging attitude
toward opera among the business
men. They go occasionally because
their wive' insit upon it, but they
dislike the stiff clothes and the cere
monial and al! the preparation..
'Now this attitude is going t be
remedied.- If the men don't want to
wear their 'soup and fish,' why, they
don't have to. It's their support,
not their dress suits, we want. Even
if they wear overalls, they're wel
"come. "
"We intend to make opera as pop
' ular in Chicago as bise .ball. We
want the business Snen to be opera
fans and to regard opeft not enly as
a great thing for, the r.ity, but as a
bully good entertainment. We have
been taking opera too seriously a,
something ior the classes instead o
the masses. In another year men
will be going to the operas not to
' olease their wives, but because they
like it." , y ,
Mr. Spangler' was asked how he
expected to get along with Mary
Garden. - t . ' '' ;'
"Fine," was the reply. ''They cat!
ier rrmperamentai. wavne sne is.
Ml of ;is are, ' Miss, Garden is like a
-aceVhorse. She is a most Iitireniotw
."Oman, a diamond ipf marry facets
ITer artistic direction will be bril
'iant." - ,: , ; . .. j
utoists Asked
To Use Caution!
'
bafety Campaign Manager
Says Motorists Bring Danger
To City Streets. .
' A warning, to Omaha automobile
drivers that safety on the city
streets lies largely in their hands and
a request that they observe the ut
most caution in operating cars has
been issued by R. C." Hudson, mana
ger of the safety campaign being
-conducted by the Chamber bf Com
merce. Mr. Hudson says: v
J "As soon as the automobile driver
realizes that he and not the pedes
trian, brings the danger into the
streets of Omaha, we shall see a de
crease in the number of automobile
accident in the city. - .
"The one who 'jay-walks' makes a
i mistake, a serious mistake, but it is
not so serious an effense that.it justi
fies any driver's reckless disregard
for the one who walks.' On (the other
hand, there is need for closer ( co
operation between pedestrian and
driver. , , f -.
"The traffice safety committee of
( the' Chamber of Commerce has as
its object the enlisting of this co
operation from the public in the cam
paign now being conducted to, reduce
accidents in the iity. i..'-, ,
"I f the aveage drivir, Vfio is
sometimes inclined to speEd or to
drive recklessly, woild go through
schools and hospitals for crippled
children and seeome of the terrible
results of accidents -that were en
; tirely avoidable and what it means
1 16 these children, he wohld undoubt
edly do Ws share -to redlice acci
dents.". i.; .
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Twins' Suffer Attack ofj
Sympathetic Appendicitis
Maynard, Mass., Jan. 23. It ap
pendicitis catching like scarj.et fever
or the whooping cough, itr is the
case which is now ; perplexing the
learned doctors of this community
one of psychological or "syn:pat(iet
:c" appendicitis?
'That's what the doctors here want
to know. .
When Robert Allen, 11, was taken
down with appendicitis -nrid went to
the hosoital for an operation his
.' iwin brother, Richard, immediately
began to get sick also, and a few
-days later also went to the hospital
to hate his appendix removed.
Dr. McCarthy, who performed the
operations on the twins, says it is
the first time he ever heard of such
a case, and the itherdoctors .and
nurses at the hospital are watching
the pair's progress toward complete
recovery, interested to see which of
Njiem will be the first to get well.
Wholesale Prices Take
Heavy Drop Iu England
London! Jan. 23. According to the
"Economist." wholesale prices in this
country show a heavy drcp during
last month,"1n comparison with pre
vious months of this Vcar. .
i In spite of this fact retail prices
as yt show very little decline and
merchants and manufacturers are re
sponsible for the statement that if re
tail prices would move as quickly as
thev ought o the change-over pe
riod would hot be so severe atrfj so
prolonged. - -" '
ivfl., mi ti,q irYmm nu
In Hungary 3lU8t WeaTvv est to east whatever that may
Londou, --Jan. 23. Hungarian
newspapers state that in pertain vil
- lages in Hungary an order has been
published according fo .which all
Wn over the age of 18 who are able
-I to maintain a family must marry
within two' months.
The objects tf the.order are to re-
duce immorality anf to increase the
birth rate.. , f .
, " 1 Store Damaged by Fire.
Bloomfield, Neb., Jan. 23. (Spe-
' cial) The Golden. . Rule clothing
jitore was badly damaged by fire
starting in the cleaning and pre
sing department. -Water added con-
' sidcrably to the damage which could
not be estimated. - t
. To Part a Cold to One Day
Take Grova'g LAXATIVE BROHO QUI
NINE blti. The ftnuln br tn
. flntur of K. W. Orove. JOo. Adv.
Gets $2,000 Monthly
From Father's Estate
, i n i i in i ii in mi ii
t fs ' vHii
11 -.a if
; c y J
Jacqueline Lebaudy, 16, who is to
receive $2,000 monthly from ' the
estate of her lather, Jacques Le
baudy, who w.as slain by her moth
er, Mrs. .Margaret Lebaudy.
Surrogate Howell of Nassau
county, in which New York City
is located, ordered the coadministra
tors with her of the estate to pay the
money. i
Mrs. Lebaudy is. to receive $12,000
for, extra expenses incurred in her
daughter's support. Jacqueline's
share of the estate is estimated at
$1,000,000. -
Famous Cruiser
Stripped tojlake
Naval Craneshi
Vessel Thrust Aside as 'Freak'
, Passes From Fighting Line
Without Having Fired
Shot in Battle.
Washington, Jan. 23. Launched
amid the Spanish. warvstir of 1898,
the old battleship Kearsage, then ex
pected to revolutionize naval war-
JL fare, has passed out of the fighting
Jme .without having fired a gun m
anger. Long ago the. ship, a giant in
her day, was thrust aside as a naval
4'freak." Memories that lurked in her
historic name, proud imaginings of
her future that once filled the press,
could not save her. She is to become
naval craneship No. 1, a peaceful
plodding handmaiden to the present
fighting crafts. Beside them she will
be almost'a pigmy.
At League ' Island navy yard the
ship is being stripped of war-gear.
Guns that have fought cnly mimic
battles are going over side into scrap.
The great superimposed turrets are
being torn out. Cage masts must go.
Steel walls of the conning tower
will disappear.- MucH of the sjde
armor will be stripped away and
only the. hull and engines left;.
On this base will rise a monster
electric crane capable of lifting 250
tons. To support k, the ship's sides
are-to be bulged to a beafh of 92
feet amidships as compared to he
present 72 feet. The lifting machine
wjll be used to hoist aboard modern
battleships sections of the three-giin
turrets for -16-inch rifles, which
weigh 200 tons, snd the great rifles.
The ship will go from yard to yard
as needed. She will Jiave storage
space for twA three-gun turrets. -
Pretty Manicurist Sues ; r
Wealthy Engineer, for
; $250,000 Heart Balm
Chlco IVIhune-Omuha Bee Ix.aw-d Wir.
New Tork, Jan. 23: Papers on
file in the supreme court revealed
that Anderson H. Tyson, wealthy
consulting engineer, is being sued .by
Miss 'Grace M. Wilson", pretty man
icurist for $250,000 damages for al
leged breach of promise.
Tyson is 6$, a wjflower.'and the
father of grown children. But, ac
cording to Mfss Wilson, during the
period of his courtship lie sent her
as many as-three letters a day. Miss
Wilson, a divorcee, is 28. u
Tyson asserts thAt an agreement
hart been signed by Miss Wilson
releasing him from any damages
Tson says Miss Wilson was on
too friendly terms with several men.
Mfcs Wilson said that his daughter
had been the, cause of her troubles
and had given her an "icy" recep
tion. , .
Doctor Says He's Found ;
Out How t Live to Be 100
'London, Jan. 23. Dr. L. H. Goi
zct, well Known European scholar,
studied an old tree on his estate,
went into the house and wrote a book
(telling in great detail how ta live
more than- 100 years. It is exciting
comment in London.
Dr. Goizet confesses he obtained
his idea from the tree, but the con
nection, ,betweep the, tree and the
treatment is somewhat hazy He
says:
"ItVa method of light rubbing all
ovV the body, beginning at the top
of the head, the brain bein the
home of ego, and the center of grav
ity of our being.
i he movements should be gentle,
mean). The treatment lasts lbout
an hour, and should be given at
least three or tour times a week.
The result of this will be to make,
the body erect and the, contour and
proportion of the body normal, the
muscles supple and the functions
satisfactory." ' -
Woman Routs Holdup
With Hot Dishwatkr
Crclsea, Mass., Jam 23-That a
masked "burglar with an automatic
pistol is no match for. a -woman
armed with a panful bf hot dishwater-was
proved jby Me. Elsie
Waite. The intruder poked his
head and pistol through the kitchen
doorway and demanded all 1he
money in the house. He got about
a gallon ot boiling suds.
jftSuper-Seiiate"
Is Advocated by
Frank Vanderlip
Elected Council With Super
vision Over Department of
State Suggested as Basis"
For Readjustment. .
New -York, Jan. 23. An elected
council, a, sort of supet-senate. with
supervision over the Department of
State and the country 'stealings with
the .world.was suggested by Frank
A, Vanderlip as basis for constitu
tional, readjustment of the United
States' machinery for foreign rela
tions. . y 1
This organization would, make im
possible such a situation as 'that
"fraught with danger" now existing
between America and Japan, he said.
Sneaking: at a 'meeting of the
league of political education.
Mr,
.Vanderho launched his scheme "just
! t i - i i . . i
constitution would "provide the sug-
gsted new arm of the government
6t about 30 members chosen at large.
Ten-Year Terms. . .
"We would have this body of 30
elected with terms of .10 years, three
members retiring every year,! he
said, "and I would have them sit con
tinuously in Washington, but never
half of them. I would provide that
one-half must always be abroad-
"Ihink that would eventually
build an intelligent body to deal with
foreign affairs. ' : "
"I would take from the senate its
treat v-makinc .. nniiHTj., 1 Rroadlv
pSp'eaking, it would be, idle to think
that you could get the senate to
agree to abrogating anyof its power,
but if there were 30 men in the sen
ate who might go into a super-senate,
and . if there were 96 men. who
thought they might, they might look
with some degree of complacency on
this new body. .
President to, Retain Powers.
VI wouldn't change anything in
gard to the president's relations to
foreign affairs he must initiate
treaties ; he ma still appoint the sec
retary of state; he must appoint am
bassadors and ministers. Their con
firmation should lie in the, hands of
the council on foreign relations.
"I know a little of the Japanese
situation, but enough to know it is
fraught with danger, and. unneces
sarily fraught with danger.' There
isn't any reason that there should be
a clash between these two great peo
ples, it it comes, it will arise from
prejudices,, from misunderstanding,
from lack of vision, from fin fair, un
friendly discourteous acts." -
Manufacturers Urge 1
Reduction in Cost or
Building Materials
Chicago, Jan., 22.. The conference
of 200 manufacturers called to con
sider means of starting ..a national
building boom to aid in -reducing
rents, passed a resolution urging- all
manufacturers of building materials
to reduce prices as much as possi
ble. The resolution met opposition,
however, and carried by a slight ma
jority." About half ' of the manu
facturers refused to vote, holding
that the passing of reilutions
should be deferred until the na
tionaMiousing conference 8v Wash
ington, January 27 and 28
The resolution declared the
ignited States-was short -2,000,000
homes and that, a slack period in
building had caused unemployment."
Reduction .of- the cost of . building,
it said, would tend to relieve the
housing condition - and unemploy
ment, v . f
I Another resolution urged congress
to modify the Adamson railroad act,
the Clayton tact and numerous other
Hold .Baccalaureate
Service at South Side
" High School Tonight
i
The" Junior-Senior reception of
Side high school was held , at the
Blacksone hotel last ? Wednesday.
Ofer ISO students attended, Friday
was given over'to "Senior day."
The baccalaureate scrvfce will be
ReM this evening in the Hfgh school
auditorium. The principal speaker
will be Rev. R. H. Wheeler, of the
Wheeler Memorial .Presbyterian
church. The South High orchestra
will pVay and a special chorus will
sing, i - "
The graduation exercises will be
held January 2S at 8 p. m.' at the
Central high auditorium. . ; -. '
Warlike Tojs Blamed
, 'As Cause of War Spirit
London, - Jan. 23. The, mother
who gives her boy a lop cannon on
hi birthday may be the cause ot an
other European war." ; ' .'f
This, -at any rate,'.' is one of the
theories advanced by-Miss Margaret
Uondfield, one ' of theyleaders of
woman suffrage and lately the dr-
rfeated candidate 'forV'parlfarnent
from Northampton. -. '. v;
- "If the mother would only 'realize
htr immense influwice and become
acutely conscious of her responsibil
ities she might affect the whole atti
tude of humanity.
"There are a tew mothers whdare
aware of this. sYou won't find them,
giving toy vsoldiers to their children
or rushing-with them to the window
when troops march past or allowing
hooks that glorify war to lie about
the house. . j '
"They realize the intimate connec
tion between the nursery and the
future. They know that their chil
dren will make the future."- , J
Breeders' Association
Sets Date for Spring Sale
McCook, Neb., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) The Republican Valley Short
horn Breeders association held its
annual meeting in McCook. The'as
sociation decided to hold its spring
sale in McCook, April 8. The elec
tion of officers resulted-in the choice
of T. F. .Humphries' of Culbertson,
president; Frank Carver of Bartley,
Archie Taplin of Palisade, J. A. Mo
drell of McCook and J. A. Lafferty
of Marion, vice presidents. A ban
quet in the evening closed the meet
ing. -.'
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1 Railroads to Protest
, To Senate Against
- x Unfriendly Bills
, ' .
' Lincoln, Jan. 23. (Special.) The
railroads are scheduled to appear be-
i fore- the senate committee on rail
roads Monday to tell their woes re
i suiting from a series of alleged uii
5 friendly and expensive bills intro
I duced at this session. - V -
For two weeks railroad statisticians
have been busy preparing data show
ing the high costs of proposed
changes in road building and employ
ment proposed to this session of the
legislature. . y
One bill providing for en increas.'
in' crews on freight trains is claimed
to be a "kick back" to the forced
discharge of, hundreds of railroad
men recentlyvas a result of high
wages and hard times. The broth
erhoods, it is claimed, are endeavor
ing to force a "full crew" bill
through iiVan endeavor to-ompel the
railroads to te-cmploy some of the
men. ,
Another (billwhich, it is claimed,
would empty the railroad purses
would force the roads to build
trestles over all public roads if
Certain nvmber of farmers demand
OUJ'" yw-cuurc -
NewTork Banker Asks
Elastic Sinking Fund
' For National Wajr Debl;
New York. Jin. 23. dtto H.
Kahn, New York banker, in an ad
dress here, advocated an clastic
sinking fund to amortize the coun
try's war debt. He assailed the
war revenue laws of 1917, "re-enacted
essentially unchanged for 1918
and 19W as a "breeder of grave
harm by the inexorable test of
actual experience." . ;
Continuing, he said, "In offering
my suggestions for tax , revision, I
shall assume that the aggregate to
be raised by taxation for the next
fiscal year will be in the neighbor
hood of $4,000,000. I believe with
Prof. Edwin Sel; gman, that it is
not necessary to consider ourselves
rigidly obligated to set aside some
$300,000,000 each ytar as a sinking
fund to amortize the war debt. I
can see no reason why that debt
should be retired with undue rapid
ity.. I think wY shouId be justified
in treating the sinking fund pro
vision elasticaily, that is to say, ,
when times are good and revenues
abundant, aliment that fund liberal
ly! and in lean years suspend" its
operations in whole or in part.
Jriple Murder Case
'Is Reported in Alps;
FirstTime in History
Geneva,, Jan. 23. A story of
murder in the Alps, a thing unheard
of before, has been reported by the
fiiqnks of trie St. Bernard nospice,
Which stands at an elevation of
8,100 feet. The monks and 4heir
dogs were aroused early Friday by
revolver shots. W'th the aid of the
dogs they foundVthe bodies of three
well-to-do Italian Alpinists in the
deep snow. . . r-.
.The bodies of two , were found
first, riddled with bullets.. They had
been robbed. After a longer-search
with the help of the Swiss patrol, the
third man was discoveredyThe three
Alpinists; had started from AostaJ
without guards. They were last seen
at Gignod, 3,260 feet.
The murderers used skis. Both,
the Swiss and Italian passes are be
ing guarded by the Alpine police and
the monks and dogs are aiding them
in the search for the murderers.
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Message of De Vaiera
Causes Little Stir
In Official Circles
London; Tan. 23. Thp
"td the Irish" of Eamonn De Vaiera, 1
ti. li! , . F r
repuuuean leaaer, is causing
no perturbation in official circles, it
was declared today.
"It is such ' a colorless, unper
suasire thing, that it wjll probably
fall , far short of its obvious pur
pose it certainly could not be
styled inspirational," said one
official. -
.. "It is only vivid in its oorttaval
of De Vaiera s luckless "position i
1 - e a . .
me gears oi nis American machine
have been stripped by the split in
the Irish-American organization and
his discovery that his influence in
Ireland has been minimized. We are
incited to think the message is not
De Valera's long awaited mani
festo. It is probable that a length
ier exposition of the Sinn Fein posi
tion will be forthcoming." 1
Teacher Dies From Burns
Received in Starting Fire
Kearney, Neb.. Jan. 23. (Special.)
Miss Crystal Elmore. 23, Miller
teacher who wajs severely burned last
Wednesday,. died before regaining
consciousness. v ,
' Miss Elnjore sustained her fatal
burns when she undertook to start
fire in the school house stove With
the aid of kerosene. Her clothing
caifght fire and she rushed toward
Miller, three miles (away, for help,
falling exhausted by the road half
mile from the school. A passing
farmer saw the teacher, by the road
side and called assistance, but Mic
had suffered such serious burns that
death was but a matter of otirs.
Du Bois Citizens Lease
Lak,e and Ball Diamond
DuBoiV Neb., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) Ten DuBois ' citizens have
leased Krummel lake and a base
ball "diamond across the line in
f?aiisa's for amusement purposes.
They propose to spend $5,000 in
improvements. The lake will be
given a continuous supply of fresh
water and the bottom sanded foi
bathing. Special provisions will be
made in the surrounding woods for
picnics.
V'Aged Du Bois Man Dies.
Table Rock. Neb., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) John Vanier, 87, one of the
oldest resident in the DuBois vicinity,
"died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Mary Church, near Humboldt,
Neb. He is survived by three sons
and two daughters. Burial was in the
Cincinnati cemetery by the side of
his jyife. ' y
State Farm Cows
l V
HidixProducers
01 Butter Fat
Top List of E.Vperimeut Sta
tion Herds and But Few -Private
Herds Equal
Showing.' j
Lincoln. Neb., Jon. 23. 'The dc-
: ve'opment (if eight cows with a ycar
i ly average of 903 pounds of butter
:cach places the dairy herd at the
university farm anionjf'thc best herds
jit; the United States and at the top
the list of agricultural experi
ment station herd.-;., There are pri
jvately owned herds inthe country,
; which have developed eight cows
equal iu liicsc ciK'U r eurasKit tuns,
but thse herds art few in number
All eight of the , high-producing
cows are Holsteins. At the head
of the list is La Verua, champion
milk and butter producer of the state
and one of the best 16 cows of the
worjd. In a year ending December
21, she produced 1,310.56 pounds of
butter and 29,554 pounds of milk.
Among the eight also is Sultana,!1
champion 2-year-old butter, producer
of Nebraska. She produced 866.9
pounds of butter in one year, a re
markable record for a 2-year-old, and
exceeding all irevious production
figures in this state for a cow of her
age.
Another wonderful cow in the
fcroup is Katy Gcrben, who was the
3-year-old champion of the world.
She is now 18 years old. At 6 years
of age she produced 831 pounds of
butter in one year. In seven milking
pejidas she produced a total of 115.
12s pounds ef milk containing 4,4110
pounds of fat. The- nutrients in
this milk equal the carcasses of 47
1.400 pound steers. Kayt Gcrben has
produced six bull calves which sold
for $2,900. -
The dairy herd at the university
farm consists ot 102 head, represent
ing the -Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey
and Ayrshire breeds. Fifty-five head
of cows and heifers are of milking
age, The head of the Holstein herd
i.5 Ktng Piebe ontiac Segis, for
which the university has refused $16,
500. A son of this sire and La Verira,
champion cow, is held at a price of
$10,000,.. Hews 13 months" old.
This remarkable dairy herd rep
resents a- dozen or more years of
careful breeding on the parfof the
experiment station and the college
c agriculture. Extension experiments
are being carried on along several
lines of development, with the view
of demonstrating the possibilities of
breeding and feeding, and to encour
age the dairy jnd'istry. While Ne
braska is not commonly thought of
as a big dairy state, Omaha manufac
tures more butter tTian any other
city in the world.
Rush of Legislation ;
Expected on Final
Day of Introduction
Lincoln, Jan. 23. (Special.) All
, ' ... . -T . . ' BlIU IVel t. VIIQI11IJIUII iJIIUl IIIV1II3I
the statutory ills of Nebraska mtist.th champion Hereford, and won 10
be prescribed for during the coming
week, as Friday, w,ill be the last day
for introduction of bills at "the
fortieth sesion of the Nebraska legis
lature. If history of previous sessions re
peat themselves, Friday will be the
banner introduction day of the ses
sion. For many -of those with ideas
in-thcir heads for legislation always
wait untij" the las. day, and in order
to give' all an opportunity, an eve
ning session usually is held..
In fact, the adjournment called
Friday until Monday was for the
avowed purpose of giving members
an opportunity to go back home and
discuss matters with friends and
neighbors for the purpose of ascer
taining whether they want anything
done in tthe wayof changing or at
temnting to change the statutes.
Bills introduced in the lower
house number 211 and those in the
senate, 149. a total of 360..
Methodist Church at Ord
Has Community Programs he"? wi'hiamme.rJ ?nfiL
... T . 't, ...reprimand ftfr the accident, the boy
Ord. v Neb., Tail. 23 (Special
Telegram.) The Methodist church
of Ord has initiated a community
night program., which is proving
very popular. The'progratn has for
its sole purpose that of making the
church of greater service, to the
community. The prograrh consists j
of a sociaJLtuue, a. connmiiity sing, j
motion pictures and eats. Each pro- j
gram is attended by an audience
which numbers from 300 to 500 per
son.1". . i it
.inesc events are uiannea ior cvnv
other week, and for special da? s-as J
Lincoln's and Washington's birth
day anniversaries.
28,obo Weeping Water
Church Is Dedicated
Plattsmouth, Neb., Tan. 23. (Spe-cial.)-The
now $28,000 Christian
church-flt Weeping Watcf was dedi
cated by George L. Strively, of Lew
iston, III. The new edifice will seat
00 and has 12 modern class rooms
for the use of the Sunday school
Facing a debt of $20,000 incurred in
its construction the members raised
826,000, so the edifice now stands
free pf all encumbrance.
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Bankrupt Furniture Store
f III ICkamall Sells SlOCk
Tekamah, Neb.. Tan. 23. (Special'.
The entire stock of the Barrett"!
t rw l i n if r - -
furniture and Undertaking com
pany 0? this city was sold ?t pub
lic auction, as wa9 household furni
ttire from the beautiful residence.
The firm is. bankrupt and the sale
was necessary to pay off the remain
i;igjuortgagcs. Over 200 Farmers. Attend
County Farm Bureau Rally
McCook, Neb.. Jan. 23. The Red
Willow county farm . bureau rally
here drew over 200 farmers from
over Red Willow county.- The prin
cipal speaker of the' meeting was
State Organizer J. A. Crawford. A
county executive committee was or
ganized by the election of a member
from each precinct in the county.
Pays $212 an Acre.
Wymore, Neb, Jan. 23. (Special.)
Robert S. Jones, wealthy stockman
of this section, has purchased a35
acre tract of land fronvfrs. Mary
Noe for $7,500, an average of ap
proximately f $212 an acre.
Millionaire's Wife
Strangely Missing
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Mrs; Ella E- Bercntsen, wife of
Richard Berentsen, millionaire manu
facturer of Mount , Vcruoii.N.' Y.,
who mysteriously disappeared from
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Mrs. Berentsen was suffering fromJ
a nervous breakdown and returned
to her home . from a sanitarium in
Connecticut. -- ,
Bereneii said his wife retired at
9 o'clock. Before retiring he went
to his wife's room and found she
had disappeared. Her clothing and
handbag were missing.
Nebraska Wins ;
Denver Prizes
Six Championships 14 First
Prizes 'and Eight Second
Prizes That Total $900.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 23. The Ne
braska college of agriculture carried
off the lion';; share of the prizesat
the National jWestcrn Live Stofck
show at Denver. 1 won three cham
pionships on hogs, 10 first ' prizes
and four second prizes on cattle, four
-first a,nd four second prizes on hogs,
and a large number of minor plac
irigs. t
The Nebraska, college of agricul
ture judging team was second in the
intercollegiate, contest, being, beaten
by Kansas by the narrow margin -of
40 points. The Nebraska team also
was second at th International Live
Stock exposition Chicago last No
vember, A. K. Hep'perly.bf the Ne
braska team was awarded highest
honors-as a colletre iudce at the Den
ver'show.
Exhihitintr 14 Iip.k of steers, the '
Nebraska , college -had the champion
and reserve champion Shorthorns,
firsts, four seconds, three thirds and
one fifth place. The size, of the col-1
lege's Hereford herd was sixth in his
class. 1
With 14 head of barrows. Nebras-
ka had the champion and reserve
champion Hampshires, tjie champion
and first prize heavyweight Poland
Chinas, won second and third in
lightweight Dtirocs, and on Hamp
shires otherwise scored as follows:
Three .firsts, one second one third
and one fourth. A
.Thecollege won a total of $900 in
cash premiums, $725 on cattle and
$175 on hogs. j
Youth, Firing Cartridges'
With Hammer, Loses Eye
Murdock, Neb., Jan. 23. (Special
Telegram.) Everett Heier suffered
the loss of his left eye when a piece
of cartridge penetrated the member.
Witha companion, Ecjward Hemke,
he was exploding the Cartridges Dy
placing them in a vise and hitting
stopped the flow-of blood and said
nothing of the matter until his con
dition became so serious that he was
taken-to a hospital where the eye
ball was removed.
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Hushand's Cruelly Started
'WeMding Day, Woman SayS
Columbus, Neb., Jan. 23. Special
Telegram.) Mrs. Ruby Moschen
ross filed suit in district court in
Platte county, asking that a divorce
and a mi
and alinionv be Sfranted her. She
cites, in her plea, a long list-of al
leged cruelties, which -begun on the
night of their marriage in March
two years ago. Both parties had been
married previously, she haviwg one
thild, a little girl of 5, and he
having three children. Airs, juos
chenross savs her husband is worth
$60,000 or $70.000.
Farmer Accidentally Shot
While on Hunting Trip
Fairburv. -Neb., Jan. 23. (Special
Telegram.) Thoma. Lowe, farmer.
Diller, Neb., was accidently shot
while on a squirrel huntiug trip near
Goodland, Kan., according to a tele
gram received by his brother, F. V.
Lowe of Steele Citv. Physicians
tliavo little linne for his recovCrv as
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the shot entered his bark and passed
through his kidneys. The shot was
fired by another , member of the
party.
Wine of Pepsin Causes
Youth to Go on Tantrum
eentcrville, S. D.,'Jan. 21 (Spe
cial.) Wine of pepsin, which has
been placed under tiic ban as a bev
erage in South Dakota, found as a
victim a 13-ycar-old school boy here.
A sensation was created in the
schoolroom when he staggered in
and soon became hysterically vio
lent. He foaincd at the mouth, and
screamed and apparently was insane.
Pastors and Laymen of
Church Meet in Columbus
Columbus, Neb., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) Pastors and laymen of Con
gregational churches h this district
will meet in Columbus. January 31
The churches of that denomination
nre holding a series of special con
ferences for pastors and lajvnen a
varioui poin'-. in Nebraska in con
nection with ihe world church move
incnt j
At
Captured Cannon to
I Be Donated Legion
Post at Plattsmouth
.'Plattsmouth,' Neb.. Jan. '23. (Spe
cial.) Hugh J. Kearns post No. 56,
American Legion, of this city is com
pleting the outfitting of club rooms
in the, business section of the city.
membership drive now nearing
completion has netted the post 150
members for 1921. Besides the home
guard company's funds, amounting to
' nearly $400, the post has been the
1 recipient of numerous gifts, including
a" deed to a cemetery plat of nine lots
granted by the city council tor me-
niorial purposes. - Congressman
' Reavis has promised to see that a
: captured cannon is voted the post
tor use on this lot at an early date
Rifles were recently obtained from
the Rock Island arsenal and a firing
squad is being drilled for ceremonial
occasions byJohn raljjek.
N'ew post officersfor the year in
clude Emil Hild, who was reported
Harvey J. Henegcr, finance 'Officer,
and Elmer Webb, adjutant.
Among the prized donations to the
new club rooms furnishings is tlie
original "Doughboy's Return" that
graced the walls of the Red Cross
canteen at Brest, France,, where it
was seen by thousands of homeward
bound service men who embarked
from that port. When the canteen
was dismantled, .the pictures Were
distributed among the workers, -and
Miss Edith Martin, the only one
representing Ute middle west, came in
for this prize painting which she has
presenfedthe post. ;
Wakefield Host to
Delegates to Older
Boys' Conferepce
Wakefield, Neb., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) Wakefield is host to over 175
boys, delegates to the Older Boys'
conference. The boys were enter
tained at a banquet by the Commer
cial club: Mayor C S. Beebe, on be
half of the city; Rev. P. M.
Orr, representixng the Commer
cial iclub, aud Rev.- E. N. Littrell,
repesenting the churches, welcomed
the boys. O. R. Deihl, state high
schpol boys' secretary, and Dwighn
IM..1 Louis ot ties Moines delivered
addresses.
Melvin Collins of Wakefield was
elected president, Theo Holmquist of
Oakland, vice president and Henry
Ley of Wayne, secertary.
Saturday the Jboys held a basket
ball tournament and were entertain
ed by motion pictures of Nebraska
foot ball games and Camp Shelton.
Captain-elect Swanson of the Univer
sity -of Nebraska foot ball team gave
a sborf talk. Rev. Holmes, and D. E.
Braemd of Wavne also talked.
Inspector to Decide oju-'
City Delivery of RTail
Plattsmouth. ATeb.. Jan. 23. (Spe-
cial Telegram.) Postmaster D. C.
(Morgan has received word that a
postottice inspector will be here
soon fo make recommendations
either for or against the proposed
. . a
city delivery service which has been
petitioned for by a large majority
of Plattsmouth residents. . A simi
lar effort failed several years ago
because of the poor condition of
sidewalks in tlie outlying districts. Lis
bince this ditticulty has been met
and the' Commercial club is backing
the move, it is expected there will
be little ditficulty m securing the
desiredsservice.
Autos Cause Delinquency,
Says Reform School Head
Kearney,' Neb., 23. (Special.) R.
V. Clark, superintendent of the State
Industrial school, in an address be
fore tne Kiwanis club here, stated
that Ihe automobile was responsible
fftr a, greater per cent of delinquency
among young boys than - all other
elements combined. Intoxicating
liquor, cigarettes and the movies did
not exact a greater toll of erring
boys than the auto, in the opinion of
Mr. Clark.
Legislation This Week
Of Importance to Omaha
, Lincoln, Jan, 23. (Special.) Two
events of vital importance to Omaha
are scheduled to occur in Lincoln
this week.
One is the initial hearing on House
Rolf No. 1, the bill which would
throw the power of calling a munici
pal light plant election into 'the hand3
of the--Metropolitan Water district.
The other is the, introduction ot
the codified and- .revamped Omaha
charter bill.
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University Begins Pract
Schooling for Fanners
During Slack Winter
Months.
Lincoln, Neb,, Jan. 23. Tlie win
ter short courses for practical fann
crs will open at the university school
of agriculture today. The course.)
are open to all men W years old and
are especially designed for farmers
who wish to study during the &lacl;
period of the winter. The courses
run four weeks. - ' "
Students may take work hi ?et;
eraU agriculture, animal husbandry,
dairying, poultry raising, crops and
soils, rural economics, and automo
biles and tractors They may con
centrate, on any one of these sub
jects or they may scatter their work
over a number of them.
All Work in the short courses is of
practical nature, Those taking work
in animal husbandry will dv actual
judging oP-all classes of breeding
and fat animals, as well as discuss
ytlie principles of breeding and feed
ing. In addition they will have an
opportunity to witness and assist in
the slaughtering of animals, the
dressing of carcasses and tlie curing
of meat.
The courses jn - rural economics
will deal with farm bookkc cpiner,
cost accounting, simple farm tecords.
marketing, farni-prganization, farm
equipment, distribution of capital on
the farm, qualifications of a success
ful farmer, (actors affecting 1 farm
profits, and many other interesting
subjects of this nature. .
Likewise, practical work will he
given in poultry raising, animal and
plant diseases, dairying and crops'
and soils.; Students may specialize
in automobiles and tractors,, farm
carpentering and blacksmithing.
Special four weeks' courses are given
throughout" the winter, in automo
biles and tractors, 25 new students
being received every Monday in
these courses. ,
Three Plattsmouth Banks
Elect Officers for 1921
Plattsmouth. Neb , Jan. 23 Spe
cial) Three of PlattsmoufVs. four
hanks have elected officers for 1921.
The First National re-elected H. X.
Dovey, oresident; F". E. Schlater pud
A. G. Cole, vice presidents; Georg-
O. Dovey, cashier. ..The only change
in ine icrsonnei or ine uireciors wa
brought about through the death of
Dr. E. W. Cook, who is sticreeded
by Gror.venor Knapp. The Platts
mouth State elected J. H. Becker
Cass county land owner and-financier,
president to succeed Joseph M
Roberts, who died; Henry Horn was
named vice president and Henry A.
Schneider, former mayor of Pla tu
rnout.!, was retained as cashi?r. Th
Farmers State re-elected Tom TV
terson cashier and Leonard T. Me:
singer assistant cashier.
Attend "Y"
Meeting.
lNekaham. Neb... Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) jiTen Tekamah high school
boys went to Wakefield to attend the
Northeast Nebraska Y. M. C. A.
meet. ,
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shortbread-LoRNA Doone
Biscuit. Superb in flavor.
Just enough richness. Al
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has them.
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