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-THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY,- FEBRUARY 10, 1921. Board Asks Court s Officers to Pass On Parole Cases Report Regarding Neal and Katleman Fprwarded Oma- ' M' Police Oppose Release : vo OjE Robber Teacher. , . -..iutv :. v ',''' '-- , Lincoln, Neb Feb.' 9. (Special.) Resolution asking recommenda tions from the coimty attorney and district judges of '- Douglas county with regard to the "Red" Ncal and Morris Katleman cdses, now before the state board of pardons and fa roles, was passed by the boaid to day. ' (. ' ; . '"Neal and Katleman are serving pentences for aiding and abetting au tomobile thefts. They are :ligible for parole and have petitioned for re lease. :. S'i When notified of the action taken today. by the board of pardons and paroles regarding ihe Neal and Ka tleman cases, officials at the court house declared full repoit on 4hexe two cases had been forwarded to the ! boa'ci and that 9 tion was now up to tiif-m. J Of the 14 applications for paroles lieard by the board today four re ior Omaha men. - Prisoner Makes Plea; jf;:v Robert Harvey, sentenced to from three to six yearj for robbery, made a sneech'Sn his own behalf. Harvey is well educated and a teacher at the prison school. The' Omaha police force opposed granting him a parole on the grounds he was a member Of 'jin organized gang of robbers. There was no opposition to the ap plication for Harry S. McKay, sen tenced to the penitentiary last March to from one to seven years for big amy. His road camp recdrd was found to be good by the board. James S. Wilson, sentenced to from one to 20 years for forgeryr ap plied for a parole and no opposition was evident. He had been a taxi driver in Omaha. , i .. The fourth Omaha man to apply was Edward Downey,, sentenced to from one to 10 years for breaking and entering. It was his third of fense anil he merely asked to be commuted to the state tubercular hospital. : '. , Other Cases Heard. . ' Other applications up today were: Earl Henry, 'Lancaster - county, one to 40 years, auto stealing. Ob jected to by County Attorney Mat son and Sheriff Ira Miller of Lin coln. ,- ' ' - - , v: - .' Sherman Huff, Dawes county, one to seven years, grand larceny; pre test filed against releasfc. by County Attorney Csites. . , . ' 1 George B.' Poague, DaWes county, one to seven years, grand larceny; protest filed by County , Attorney Crites. Joe Hqffman, Knox county, one to .10 years, burglary;' no objections. 1 '., Ernest Howard, Knox county, one to 10 years, burglary; no objections. Henry Bauer, Knox county, one to 10 years, burglary; no objections. f John liosteder, Dodge county, one to seven years, grand larceny. Pro tested by Secretary Andes of the Welfare bureau, Sheriff Condifand Special Agent Burke of the express company. Recommended by Judge Button-and county Attorney Cooke. Arthur Carr, Polk county, three years, assault. No objections filed. Clyde Sheets, Lincoln '.county, three to 20 yearsilmrglary, Protested by Judge Grimes. , ' John Eckhoff, Lincoln county; one to 20 years, forgery. No objections. , to IS years, assault. Protests filed. by County Attorney Vasey and Sheriff J. L Shick. ' George Cratty, Lincoln county, one to 10 years, grand larceny. No objections. ' -i " After hearing 14 applications, the board adjourned until Thursday morning, when the remaining cases will be heard. Tractor School Given for " x Farmers Near Aurora Aurora, Neb., Feb. 9. (Special.) A tractor school wasv given farm ers of , the county through trie ef forts of Gus Snndtn. 'Motion pic tures and lectures were used. Three Hundred' farmers came to town through-'-snowdrifts to be present. Agriculture students were excused from "classes inthehigh scjiool ro Municipal Politics in 4 Kearney Gets Flying Start , ,' Kearney. Neb., Feb. 9. (Special.) --With a filing of the petition of D. . Wort for city commissioner there followed a rush of others willing and ready tjo "act should their candidacy Je favorabje to 'a majority of voters m April. Frank L. Grammer, H. L. Stephens, and, Dr T. J. ,ToW .are r. v. Then it Aspirin Warning! Unless you see the name "Bayer' on tablets, ; you are not getting: genuine Aspirin prescribed by : physicians for 21 years nd proved safe by 'millions. Accept only an "unbroken package" pf "Bayer Tablets of ; - Aspirin," which contains proper directions for Colds, Headache, , Pain, Toothache, Neuralgia, ; Rheumatism, Neuritis, Lumbago. . r - Handy .tin boxes of 12 tablets cost but a fr cent Larger packages. JUtttrt la UM trMt mark t Bmrt Maauf aetoM i Moaotoettocldwur of fttnUVTam President Wilson Moves Into : i c-' &3&A life mB il ;;ffl lr. Hce' p i -f I,: ) Vp ll 1 4 I all in the race. Indications are that additional names will be received. with a prospect of sufficient num. ber of candidates to make up a pri mary race. Three city commissioners are to be elected. No other issues will be brought before the yoters at the spring election. Change of Venue Asked In Tf ial of Arson Cases Nebraska City, Neb., Feb. 9. -Attorneys for Frank Popel, jr., charged with arson in connection with the destruction of the Frontier hotel in this city have filed an ap plication in the district court for a change of venue. The attorneys for the defendant declare that their client cannot have a fair and impartial trial ht this county "on account of bias and prejudice of the citizens of the county." It is also contended that "the said cause has been once tried in this county in said court, taken to the supreme court on error and that since said trial a, great number of persons in said county have- in terested themselves in said cause and have prejudiced the sentiment of said county against the defendant." Franklin Community Club ' Holds Annual Banquet ! Franklin, Neb.. Feb. 9. (Special.) At the annual banquet of the Community club here Rev. J. H. Beital gave a memorial address in honor of Rev. W. S. Hampton, who was .to have been the guest of honor. District Judge Dilworth spoke on the child, welfare movement. 'Others who t spoke were: Rev. G. W. Mit chel. Mrs. H. B. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. C. H. Rose, W. H. Miller, A. H. Byrum and George J. Marshall. District Court Session Held First Time in Franklin Franklin, Neb., Feb. 9. (Special.) Judge W. . A. Dilworth of Hol drege presided at the first session of the district court to be held in the new county seat of Franklin county. A test suit to determine" the constitutionality of the law under ' which the election was held moving the county seat frpm Blopm ington was postponed until March 2U- ' ,- . . ' ':. r- Ravenna Men Plead Guilty To Robbing Freight Car Kearney, Neb, Feb. 9. (Special.) George Bays,- Ernest Eyster and Joe Svanda, all of Ravenna, were given a sentence of from one to sev en years in the penitentiary in dis trict court here after they pleaded guilty to having broken into a box car in the Burlington yards in , Ra venna" last December and removing a case of shoes and three sacks of sugar.-. ,v..-- --.., i ' is Genuine Baby Plane of U. In Grand Island To Omaha Flislit .,::::.ir Grand Island Man Pilots America'a Tiniest Complete " Airplane in Speedy Noii , Stop Flight , . ;- " America's smallest complete air plane made a nonstop flight from I Grand Island t;o Omaha in one hour and a minutes I uesday. ' Warren Kite jpf Grand Island pi loted the baby plane on its record trip. V' . , The Taby plane was built" by A, H. Fettersr 2711 Poppleton avenue, and Edwin jN. Greeyy, 2914 Hickory street, Omaha engineers.. The ship weighs; but 335 pounds, complete, and is equipped with a three-cylinder motor, which devel ops 33 horsepower, , The. span of the wings is 24 feet and the plane from propeller tb nose is but 16)4 feet longt' , Pildt Kite made the maiden trip in the baby ship three months ago. - Neither fetters nor Greevy is a pilot and. Kite took the plane to his home in Grand Island on a flight, during which he made two stops. On his nonstop flight yesterday he averaged a speed of 100 miles an hour. ' -,; The builders of the ship were sur prised when he landed on Ak-Sar-Ben field to see that he had dressed his aircraft in brand new orange arfd black paint ; ' The plane is the smallest in th United States. . - Chamber of Commerce at Lexington Names Officers ' Lexington, Neb., Feb.- 9. (Spe cial.)R. E. Falkinberg was elected president of the Chamber of Com merce here. J. G.' McKee, vice presi dent; Sirtt Bonsall, treasurer, C. C Rosenberg, D. P. Rankin, RayEmer son, G.4 E. Hammer ahd Will Vdr walder, executive committee.. A" sur? vey of the past year showed many improvements in roads. C A. Ross of Omaha, with the- Union Pacific, Congressman Kinkaid, Attorney General Davis, Senator Hoagland, Mr. Wiese of Scotts Bluff. A.' G. Wolfenbarger of Lincoln and others spoke. Much good is expected to be done this year. " Ashland Ice Companies s ' j Ask Lower Freight . Rates - Lincoln, Feb. 9.(Spec1al.)--The mild winter having prevented the big ice companies of Ashland from getting their annual harvest, they have asked the Northwestern ' and the Burljngton to ' grant them a commodity rate of llVi cents a hun dred on carload shipments from Val-1 ' j ' Tt- t .1 - . . l ciuinc, nzu., wnere ine winier nas been moreigorous, , : ' v The Northwestern recently made a similar " request to reduce rates from Valentine oh ice to Omaha plants fronf 21 to 14 cents, and 1he railway commission granted "i, thfc request ' : -. - ; . 0 Telegraph Company Cuu i Hours of Dnty of Manage Nebraska City, Neb., Feb. 9. (SpeciaL) The manager of " the Western Union Telegraph company here was notified that his hours will be reduced to eight and that his sal ary would also be cut proportion ately. All messages will be phoned and the messenger boy relieved of duty. Slack business was given as the cause of the action. , , Sentenced for Burglary - Auroral Neb.. Feb. ' 9. (Special.) Cecil. Lyons pleaded guilty in the district court of robbing the fence hardware store here. Judge Cor coran sentenced him to from one ; to 10 years in he penitentiary- at hard labon r ?' , , ... Drops Dead Loading Hay Madison, NebV Feb. 9. (Special.) H. R. Herrington dropped dead while loading ha at his larnr home near Warnerville, v" His New Home Evidently moving day for the president i, of the United States is just like moving day for anyone else. President and Mrs. Woodrow Wil son are to make their iuture home at 2340 S street, Northwest, in Wash ington. The pictures show . their goods piled in the street in front of their new. home, with Mrs. Wilson superintending the unloading opera tions from three iriotor vans, which brought part of their effects from their old home at Princeton, N J. Every housewife knows what a joy ous time moving day is not. Prospect for Early Improvement in Trade Relations Is Bright Washington, Feb. ,9. World trade conditions have, shown" little improvement since the first of the year, excepting in the Scandinavian countries and Belgium, but prospects for the future are somewhat brighter, the Department of Commerce was informed, in reports from its repre sentatives in Europe, Asia and South America . . , Living costs in Belgium and Scandinavian countries were describ ed as lower by Trade Commis sioner Cross at Brussels and Com mercial Attache Anderson at Copen hagen. Improvement in the ex change, situation in Norway, Swe den and Denmark was noted -by M . Anderson. " " ' - Great Britain was described as on the verge of financial improvement by Commercial . Attache Page at London, who said the British were decreasing speculative operations and that the banks had bolstered the, money market by permitting greater freedom in the matter of loans. ,;. Parker Whitney Made , Defendant to Divorce , San Francisco, Feb. 9. J. Parker Whitney, clubman, millionaire and hero of many romances, was yester day sued for separate maintenance by Mrs. Louise Carpenter Whitney, who became bis bride at a midnight marriage six years ago. Immediately after the filing of the suit Harry I. :Stafford, attorney for Mrs. Whitney, secured an injunc tion tying up all of Whitney's inter ests in the several million dollar es tate of his late father, J. P. Whit ney, pending trial of the suit. .Mrs. Whitney charges her husband with drinking to excess and giving her numerous beatings. She says when his supply ; of liquors ran short he made it a prac tice to drink her cologne and the toilet water belonging to her maid. Also that he' taught their 4-year-old son to sing sacrilegious songs and forbade her to teach the child to say its prayers. , l; She asks the court to award her the custody of the two children and an "quitable allowance of mainte nance. Former Monarch Protests Against British Mandates London, Feb., 9 Prince Emir Feisal, former king of Syria, in be half of his father, King' Hussein of the HedjaZ, has protested to the British government against the man dates for Mesopotamia arid Palestine, contending they are not in accord ance with pledges given to Hussein by the British government The Arabs, he adds, do not object to help from Great Britain and desire the continuance of the alliance ex isting during the, war; He suggests u;ai inc expenditure ureat xriiam is jmaking might be saved "by. help ing the.Ataba to form a government 6 ..their -iwa under British advisors for. territories in question." Man and Woman Stowaways Discovered Aboard Liner Bostcm, Feb. 9. Two stowaways, a-woman and a mail, were brought here today aboard the ' steamer Susquehanna and the ship's officer scented a . romance. .' Neither. - one would admit knowledge of the other, however. "' . ' Minnie Probst, 25, a-German and Jnlius Franzak, a Russian Pole, had slipped abroad at. Breman and secreted themselves in the , coal bunkers. The ship will proceed to New Xork and only stop here to put ihe 2,000 passengers through the disinfection process because of con gestion at Ellis Islandi , ' Michigan Rates Raised Washington, Feb. 9. State pas senger and Pullman fares in Michi gan,, were ordered today by the In terstate Commerce commission to be raised to the sameJcvel as interstate rates effective March 19. , . "Onward Omaha" Bee Want Ads. ' -.... Lesion Boxing Bill Is Revived , By: Lower House 'Vote to Overturn Committee Recommendation Indicates Measure Has Good Chance . i-.C'.. ' of Passage. S' ' .W.."Jf.i - . ,;,;' .'i ' "Lincolti, f cb. 9. (Special J! Tele gramsThe American Legion's bill to legalize boxing bouts, under con trol of a state athletic commission, was revived by the lower legislative notify today by a vote of 78 to 15. ' A standing committee of the house had recommended that the. bill be killed., Within 24 hours, protests against this summary action flooded the house. - This morning Reed of Logan county, himself an Amcricau Legion man; moved to over'urn hc committee report. r Reed i reviewed the bill, pointing out. that it author izes bouts only under the auspices of clubs or' other organizations regu larly incorporated for at least a year; He declared that it will wipe out frameup boxing and wrestling matches and provide clean sport. Representatives Rifddy, Sand quist, Williams, Hascall and Doug las also- championed the' bill. Web ster of Burt county and Epperson of Clay 'cbilnty opposed it. characteriz ing it aa an opening wedge for legal ized prize-fights..;, '. All Douglas county . member present voted for the .bill. ; . . The. 15 opposed were Anderson of Hamilton, ' Behrens, . Epperson, Franklin, , Frazeur, Gilmore, Good, Goodrich, .Johnson, Lauretsen, Sprickv Stephenson, Strong, Vance and Webster. While the bill vet has to run the gauntlet of consideration on its mer its," today's overwhelming vote indi cates it has a good , chance of pas sage. - Legion Launches Membership Drive "Peanut Polities'' Assailed by Dr. Frank G. SmithBuck - Private Praised. -Lucy Page Gaston missed some thing Tuesday night. , She should have peeKea into tne juouee oi inc Douglas county post of the Amer ican Uegion in the cuy council cham ber in the city hall. ' For cigaret smoke was so thick one could cut it with a knife. But these fellows, who did their .bit to ward stemminsr Germany's war tide. were launching a mammoth member ship driVe and Lucy would have been out of place. "Who won the war?" shouted Han ford Mac Nider, national vice com mander and state commander for Iowa of the legion. -."Why, the spirit of the buck private." Dr. Frank G. Smith, pastor of the First Congregational church, was theered lustily when he attacked the "peanut politics" of Washington and advocated a soldier bonus measure. A , lively cock fight between two blooded roosters belonging to Ralph and Don Peters closed the entertain ment, . ' , .-' 1 State Cleaners and Dyers 1 To Hold 1922 Meet in Omaha " Final meeting of the Nebraska As sociation of Cleaners and Dyers in the ' Romei hotel Tuesday closed with the re-election of all officers to anftther term. Dinner at the' Rome dosed the convention. Omaha will get the 1922 conven tion, it was voted. Officers of the association rej elected are: Max , I. Walker v o Omaha, rjresident: E. W. ' Truman, jr., of Lincoln, vice president; F. C Wilrnoth of Omahar secretary; Guy Liggett of Omaha,, treasurer; E. W. Truman of Omaha, sergeant-at-arms; At Dresher of Omaha, Fred Stewart of Fremont, Claude Lam bert of Fairbury, and C J. Jenson of Midden, directors. . ' ; ' . . Founder of Gage County Town Buried in Blue Springs (Special.) S. A. Kinney, 60, pioneer of Gage county,- who died at Gree ley, Colo., was buried here. He es tablished the town of Kinney on the Burlington and was prominently identified with the business .inter ests of the county . ADVlCKTlSEMENT IF KIUMEYS ACT BAD TAKE SALTS Says Backache is sign you bave Deen eating too V ' - much meat. , r . When you wa)e up with backache and dull misery in the kidney region it generally means you have beep afinr tnn much meat.' savs a well- known authority.; Meat forms., mjtf acid which overworks tne.Kianeys m their effort to filter it from the blood and they become sort of paralyzed and tnerarv. - When vOur kidneys get sluggish and dog you must relieve them, like you relieve your dowcis; removing all the body's urinous waste, else you have backache, sick headache, dizzy spellsjour stomach sours, tongue is coated, and .when the weather is bad you have rheu matic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often get sore, !water scalds and you are ob liged to seek relief two . or three times during the night. , Either consult -a good, reliable physician at once Or get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoon ful in a glass qf water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize acids In the urine so it no longer irritates, thus ending bladder Jad Salts is a life saver for regular meat eaters. It is inexpensive, can not injure and makes a delightful, effervescent lithia-water drink Police Confiscate . Fake Revenue Stamps J In Printing Office "A'Waslungion, Feb. 9. Arrest of five, men in ; Philadelphia in a raid bpon .a prhiting shop where alleged Countcrteit internal revenue liquor Stamps were being produced was an nounced here today by Chief Moran of the secret service. Chief Moran Said ;about ;100,000 strip stamps, as ea as liq!uor,.laHeIs were seized. Recent rids ty , secret service agents, Chief MoraR asserted,-have disclosed liquor bearing j 'internal revenue stirups and brand labels so cleverly' counterfeited, that the. bot tles could . hot be told from, those regularly; withdrawn from ppnd, -except 'upon, the closest examination. An analysis of the liquor1 contained iti: some p thesi bottles, Mr. Moran declared, showed that the contents were adulterated sufficiently to kill. Sleeping Sickness kes First Cincinnati Victim Cincinnati, U.eb: 9. The first death from s'feeping sickness in Cin cinnati was, reported last night. Her bert ' Geyeri 28, was the victim. He became ill" January 29. Light in weight, jfet affording ample rootnintu for all passengers, at this view of the tonneau indicator THIS IS O O - ) THE Omaha Aviator Reaches Chicago In Four Hours Jack Atkinson and Passenger Delayed at Lynnsville, la., by Fog, But Pushes Through ' . to Windy City, Delayed by a dense fog at Lynn ville la., Inear Des Moines, Jack Atkinson, Omaha . flyer, ahd his brother-in-law, R. L; Dunlap, city fireman, who left Omaha by airplane Tuesday morning at 10:15, readied Chicago : in the afternoon', ac cording to a message from Atkin son received this morning. Flying time for the trip totaled but four hours-, and 20 minutes, ac. cording to the message, which stated "one1 landing at v Lynnvillc dense fog." ..'.-"". -'J Atkinson and Dunlap flew to Chi cago to attend the funeral, services for their cousin. Mrs. Ethel Olson, daughter of Dr. George W. 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Forced to thff earth by the fog at Lynnvillc, the flyers wired ahead of their delay and the funeral services were postponed' until 2:30 yesterday, afternoon. tI' General inclement flying weather Tuesday delayed the air mail serv ice, but Atkinson and Dunlap were not deterred from their trip by this condition,- - . ' ' They will probably return to Oma ha by air today. Exhibit of Guinea Pigs Is Added to Rabbit Show A large exhibit of guineapigs has been added to the Nebraska Rabbit Breeders' association show in the court house. There are about 200 entries of rabbits and guinea pigs. "We are goings to entertain the biggest national rabbit convention and show ever seen in this country next November," said II. L. Shrode, president, of the association. ."W will have 3,000 entries, I believe. Ai last year's convention in Syracuse, N. Y., there were 1.800 entries.",.. Organizing Farm . Bureau Grand Island, Neb., Feb. (Spe cial.) The work of organizing farm bureaus in Hall county is continu ing with the county more than half organized by townships. . : South 8mi . 2550-54 Farnam St Phone Harney 067$ ; ,'. c , YEAR Bee s tr1