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Strong. Air
e Urged
For Navy
Retired, Rear Admiral Be
lieves Supremacy Will Rest
With Nation Possessing
v Best Plane Fleet.
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Aircraft Major Weapon j
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
tbliego TribuM-Omlu Be Leaaed Wirt.
vvasningion, f ep. !!.--While de-
timing to discontinue or suspend the
bi'ilding of capital ships, congress
has been aw.akened to the necessity
cf providing for the contingency that
giant aircraft may become the most
; formidable instruments of i.aval war
fare at no tlistrnt date.
The general board of the na-vy
. recommended the construction of
; airplane carriers, of which Great
flr'tain now has, a fleet built and
luilding,, : Secretary of the Navy
, Daniels did not press the recommen
. tI;tioti, bctitf? content to remodel the
collier, Jupiter, into an airplane car
I tier, though its speed' is half that of
the British craft. ,
The senate committee on naval af-
f-jirfi iirw line rrnmmiiif1pfi the mil-
ruction of two airplane carriers in
p:ace oi several uesiroycrs anu uincr
essels, and the indications are that
the suggestion will be adopted.
Supremacy in Aircraft.
fore
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiskc,
' retired, the foremost American au-
l : tliority on naval problems, believes
W the -so-called "capital ship" has seen
its best days. The American who
' has to his credit the greatest lis.t of
inventions achieved by R'T one naval
officer in the -world thinks naval su
premacy a year or two hence will
belong to tliat nation which pos
sesses the most powerful fleet of air
craft. Asked his idea of the future,
navy," he replied:
"It seems to me it will be vastly
different from the fleets of, today. It
probably will consist of large ves
sels without smokestacks or masts,
or possibly with internal combus
i tion engines, Every one of those
ships will . carry as its major
weapons , three kinds of airplanes:
First, aircraft for scouting duty
both over water and over enemy
coasts; second,' bombing planes for
dropping' explosives on ships and
fortifications; third," torpedo - planes
carrying projectiles to be launched
against the hulls of surface ships."
Profits From World War. -""Is
that the sort 5f future' navy
Admiral Sir Perry Scott is crusad
ing for in England?" Admiral Fiske
vas asked. '' '?s",f-:;;; '
"In general, " yes, - he replied
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t . Wnt..,tf.fc.
profit
ing,jrom,ii,. icssun j. w uk
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Iowa Sheriff Killed f ; '
In Gun Battle With
Holdups at Bingham
Shenandoah. Ia., Feb. 12. (Special
Telegram.) Deputy Sheriff Burt
Patton. 45. was instantly killed in a
pistol battle- with two holdups at
Bingham, five miles from here, shortr
ly after 7 tonight." V
' The two unidentified bandits held
up a crap game in. the railroad yards
,here and walked out of town along
'the railroad tracks. Sheriff Patton
and City Marshal J.- P. Garrett fol
lowed them on a train.
The two officers jumped off the
train before" it stopped at Bingham
and were met by a fusillade of shots
by thd two bandits who recognized
tlicnt immediately. Patton fell dcd
on the" second shot. Garrett- con
tinued shooting until the two men
withdrew und&r cover of darkness. .
A posse is being organized here
and will scour the country. Feel
ing is runring. m'dh as Sheriff Pat
ton is popular in Pace county where
he has held office for a number of
years. . , .,- ' , - : "
He is survived by a write and tlirce
children.
Over 200,000 Polish Troops
Mobilized on German Front
Berlin. Feb. 12. Germany has in
formed the governments in London
Paris, Rome and Warsaw, that 212.
000 Polish troops, are concentrated
on the Polish-German frontier, ac
cording to latest information.
The communication-gives details
of the distribution of the troops and
maintains the information proves the
Polish army is, not , being de
mobilized. -
Move Made for "Political
Poi" in 1rtlTlaTfc-nin !
Fargo, N. D.. Feb. 1 2. A move for
political peace in North Dakota" and
co-operation between all factions and
interests was instituted in letters sent
"to the various cities of the state by
the Fargo Commercial club. The Ut
ters suggest a series of meetings to
which the Nonpartisan .league, all
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na a.i Kinas oi larm ana co-opera-
tive organizations shall be invited. J
Anti-Syndicalism Act
Upheld by Supreme Court
Topcka, Kan.. Feb. 12. Consti
tutionality of the anti-syndicalism
act passed 5 by the 1920 legislature
was vpheld by the-state-supreme
court in denying a writ of habeas
corpus to William Danton, under
arrest on a charge of Violating the
law. , ' . - " .'
Nationalist-Communist
Vy 11 !ght Causes 1 wo lieatns
Y , London, Feb. 12. Two persons
J were killed and l.S wounded yester-
r : ,day in a ? conflict between corn-
muhists and extreme nationalists at
y the naval shipyard at Monfalcone,
I Italy, says a Rome dispatch to the
v Central News, "which quotes a re-
port to the Epoca. .
frHni M Sttaae'-Clate Matter
Omaha P. 0. Uadtr Act at
Nebraska Pioneer
Dies in Texas, Age 79
Corpus Christi. Tex., Feb. 12. P.
A. Clark, 79, died here today. He was
born in Otsego county, New York,
and moved to Fremont, Neb., in 1808,
wnere he engaged in the insurance
and implement business. He later
moved to Illinois, where he taught
school and was partner in a whole
sale drug house. He moved to
Omaha in 1878, where he engaged in
the same business.
He moved to Madison, Xeb;, in
1879, selling lumber and coal. He
owned land that later was sold as
town lots and was instrumental in
securing a railroad through that city.
He held several county offices in
Madison county.
j Tw'fl SllQIIPPtC 111
A " U UUOpVlylQ HI
Swindling Game
Arrested Here
j Men, Representing Selv es . as
Father and Son, said to Have
Passed Bad Checks at
Several Stores. ;
Alleged to have been carrying on
a wholesale swindling game at the
expense of Omaha merchants, a man
giving his name as George Stock
ham, about 40, and Joe Kine of Des
Moines were arrested by Detectives
Heller and Francl late yesterday
afternoon.
According to police, the two men
had been passing spurious checks on
retailers in exchange ' for clothing
and other merchandise, receiving in
cash the difference between the cost
of the purchases and the amount of
the checks. The clothing was then
sold to second-hand stores and pawn
shops at a fraction of its . value,
police say.
The man giving his name as
Stockham asserts he is a farmer liv
ing near North Bend, Neb.
Represented Self as Farmer.
Police say that Stockham repres
ented himself to the merchants as a
farmer visitor to the city and that
Kine was supposed to be his son.
The men brought a pair of shoes
at the Star shoe store, according to
detectives, giving a worthless check
for $13.50 in payment. The shoes
are said to have been sold at a
second-hand store for $4. A $30 suit
purchased at the Nebraska Clothing
company was turned over to a
second-hand dealer , for $8, police
say. A suit of clothes . and a pair
of shoes bought at the D. & M.
Clothing - store with ' a worthless
check for $39 also was disposed of
for $8, according to detectives.
Worthless Check for Tires.' v
At the Farmers and Breeders Ex
change a worthless $50 check was ac-
ceoted for $45 worth of automobile
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followed their attempt to pass a
check at .the Palace Clothing com
pany, where their request", was re
fused. Police, were notified and the
two men were arrested by detectives
I at their room m the Reno hotel.
i hirteejitn ana Douglas streets.
Kine is said to have made a con
fession and taken detectives to
various pawn shops and second-hand
stores where he and his' partner had
disposed of the clothing. All of the
merchandise has - been recovered,
police say. t
Stockham and Kine are held for
investigation. ; -.
Road Builders Want
Lower Freight Rates
On Sand and Gravel
Chicago, 111., Feb. 12. The full
strength of the American Road
Builders' association vrfll be put be
hind a demand to reduce immediate
ly freight rates on gravel, sand, ce
ment, stone.' brick and other mate
rials used jn road building when
consigned to officials or contractors
for actual use invsuch construction.
Resolutions calhnp on the Interstate
Commerce commission and , other
bodies to reduce the rates were
(adopted at the closing session of
the association today.
Another resolution asking produc
ers and contractors "to lower costs
of material and operations to a point
which will permit of the greatest
road building era in the history of
America," was passed.
They'll Rattle That Family Skeleton if Talking
- Sickness Ever Hits This Village
An item in the paper yesterday
told about a new disease the doctors
have found. A little girl in Illinois
las been talking continuously for
more than a week. She can't stop.
She's in good health, except that she
can't quit talking. .
Doesn't isecm serious. But is it,
friends, is it? Or isn't it?
We view witli alarm this new
complaint ,
And we make bold to say.
And we make bold to say, gosn
j, it lW ;f m3V iaj to cmnns
con,e-nnce..
Suppose it should spread! Just
- supposin it should spread to umaiiai
Gosh, all hemlock! v-
There's that peerless statesman
and business magnate, R. , Beccher
Howell. Can't you just see him,
walking up the street muttering con
tinuously; i
, Says It Again and Again.
"House Roll No. 1, -House Roll
No. 1, House Roll No. 1. Wc have a
plant now in operation making elec
tric light and power. House Roll
No. 1. House Roll No. 1, House
Roll No. 1." : . '
.' In his office, out on the street,
early in the morning, late at night,
he would talk about House Roll No.
I. Wouldn't it be awful? Bad
enough now!
And J. E. Davidson, president of
the Nebraska Power company. He'd
talk a blue streak about R, B.
' ' " 7"
May ?l. I MM. at
March J. 1171.
Ma v Start
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ail Ask Con-
impeach Federal
Judge if Reported State
merits Are Confirmed.
Starts Over Bank Clerk
llj The Auoclatrd Prean. '
Washington, Feb. 12. Senator
Dial of South Carolina announced
today in the senate that he would
bring ' impeachment proceedings
against Federal - Judge Landis . of
Chicago if he obtained confirma
tion of statements credited in the
press to Judge Landis in the case
of Francis J. Carey, a bank clerk,
charged with embezzlement.
Carey, who pleaded guilty to em
bezzlement Of $96,000 from the' Na
tional City bank of Ottawa, 111., was
released yesterday on his own rec
ognizance by Judge Landisj who
was quoted as saying the bank direc
tors really were responsible for the
theft because they paid Carey only
$90 a month.
"Any man' who utters that kind
of statements," said . Senator Dial,
"is noteworthy of public confidence
and should be impeached."
Senator Dial said he had written
to Chicago to obtain confirmation
of the statements credited to Judge
Landis. If confirmation is had, he
declared, he iwould "bring the mat
ter to the attention of the house
where impeachment proceedings 'are
required to-originate, and, ask his
impeachment."
Senator Thomas, democrat, Colo
rado, interrupted to say. that Judge
Landis, besides his salary as fed
eral judge, received an "enormous,
princely salary from some base ball
organizations." , -
No. Announcement,
On O'Callaghan
Officials and C tnsel for Lord
Mfayor of Cork Hold Con
ference at Capitol.
Washington, Feb. 12. Confcrencs
was held today, between Secretary.
Wilson, Judge Lawless, M. t F.
Doyle and Counsel for Lord Mayor
O'Callaghan of Cork, who had been'
given until yesterday by the secre-.
taryK to leave the United States, but
no definite announcement was forth
coming other than that "the situation
cuuiiiiK tuner man inai
becretary, ; Wilson made tins an
nouncement;,ut declined to com
ment on - reports that an extension
of time had been sought for the de
parture cf the local mayor. The lat
ter arrived several weeks ago as a
stowaway, but it was ruled he had
technically come as a "seaman", and
as such would be allowed to depart
within 20 days. The time expired
yesterday. ;
. Judge Lawless refused ' to say
whether O'Callaghan purposed to
remain 'indefinitely and would not
comment on reports that an exten
sion of time had been requested. He
said that so far as he was concerned
the status of O'Callaghan Was un
changed. ' , .
O'Callaghan was reported today
to be conducting a speaking cam
paign in New York state, although
officials of the Department of Labor
had announced yesterday if - he
did not leave within the tiie. limit
a warrant for his deportation would
be issued, i' .,. :
Bonus Item Stricken From
Appropriation Measure
Washington. D. C Feb. 12. The
provision in the legislative, execu
tive and judicial appropriation bill
continuing the present annual boniiR
of $240 to virtually all government
employes, was stricken from the bill
on a point of order by Senator Cur
tis, republican, Kansas, after a hot
fight over extending the bonus, to
employes of government navy. yards
and arsenals. Senator . Curtis, how
ever, announced he would consent
next week to restoration of the gen
eral bonus item if navy yard and
arsenal employes are not , included.
Howell. He'd say but. not' This
is a family newspaper. Wc must not
quote his remarks on this subject
Let us pass on, instead, to a con
templation of the- words of some of
our other fellow citizens if they got"
en attack- oi the talking sickness. ,
F. A. High's Topic.
F. A. High of the anti-saloon
league would have certain remarks
to make about Jim Hanley, federal
prohibition enforcement : agent for
Nebraska: :,
"Flying squadron. Flying squad
ron.. Flying circus. Catch 'em on
the fly. Put 'em out of business.
Get the flying squadron to work.
Nab 'em! Sting "cm! Stick 'cml"
Let us turn to happier thoughts.
The Rev. Charles W. Savidge, would
glub in this wise: .
"I'm the marrying parson. I'll
soon break the record. I'm going
strong for 5,000. Hallelujah I Get
married! Man should not live alone.
Marry early and oft er marry
early. Get married by the marry
ing parson." ...
"Cupid" Stubbendorf would be
taken with a spasm of words thus:
"Lying about their ages. How. can
I tell how old they are. Come in
here and swear they're of age. Give
them a license. Then the parents
come in and kick. Ought to tattoo
the date of everybody's birth on
their foreheads. That's only way."
So
SenatoW Sy
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grcss toV
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1921.
Reports on Relief
! Work Sent to-Senate
Washington, Feb. 12. Additional
reports from American representa
tives in Europe regarding the need
for relief work there were sent to
the senate by President Wilson.
Rar Admiral Bristol, American high
commissioner at Constantinople,
told of the thousands of suffering
refugees at Constantinople, in Bul
garia, Armenia, Turkey and other
near eastern countries. He said par
tial statistics showed that the Ameri
can ' relief institutions collectively
expended $10,000,000 in the near eas't
iji 1920 and that generally the work
was well done.
Hugh Gibson, 'American minister
to Poland, said an investigation of
conditions there showed , that "if
food, clothing and medicine are not
obtained from abroad, serious preju
dice must result to the coming gen
eration." .
Secretary Baker
Called on Carpet
In Probe of War
Asked to Give Reason for Re-
fusing Investigators Permis
sion to Inspect Depart-
ment Records.
Washington, Feb. 12y-A resolu
tion which is expected to shift the
congressional investigation of the
conduct of the war into a new field
was introduced by Representative
Flood, democrat, Virginia, member
of the general investigating body.
The resolution called on Secre
tary Baker for all facts connected
with the application of J. M. Hill
and C C. Lindsey "for permission
to inspect the secret archives of the
War department and the refusal of
the department to grant ' such per
mission." The two were' employed by an
investigator who wa!s employed by
the Johnson sub-committee and not
directly by the committee, the chair
man explained. A voucher of $2,400
for their work, or part of it, made
out in the name of their employer,
is held by Chairman Ireland of the
house committee on accounts and
has not been paid. '
Their names were brought before
the general investigating committee
last June. Mr. " Flood ia denying
charges then by republican members
that the War department's attitude
was unfavorable to the investigation,
declared the only, refusal was in the
case of Hill and; Lindsey who were
seeking certain f secret documents
containing the settlement of con
tracts. This action, he charged, was
taken after the department authori
ties had found that their real purpose
was to obtain money from, a news
paper for information supposed to be
dTT.fite f scmong-: Tgxt cmroc.nt!-rtcortfcji
"in the event they were unable to
otyairt a large sum through black
mail."; - . i , . vi,?
Chairman Ireland, in the house this
week, criticized the expenditure of
large sums by investigating commit-i
tees, declaring he had seen "no real
application of concrete results" from
the war investigations and that his
committee undoubtedly would have
disapproved many of the contracts
had it known about it.
Sister of Late Lord
Mayor of Cork Speaks C
At Auditorium Today
Th storv nf rnnrtitinnc ?rt" Tr
laud and her struggles as revealed
in the life of Terrence MacSwiney,
late lord mayor of Cork, will be told
by his sister. Miss Mary MacSwiney,
in the Municipal auditorium.
Rev. R. L. Wheeler. Daslor of the
Wheeler Memorial Presbvterian
church. South Side, will preside. Miss
MacSwiney will begin heraddress
at 2:30. .
In view of her speaking engage
ments in Lincoln tomorrow she will
make only one miblic anoearance in
this citv. ,
She will arrive in Omaha this fore
noon from Des MnitlPS Ta will
remain here over night. Miss Mac
Swiney is on a speaking tour to the
Tn:nA .i i -1 , .
. aum. luaji, uicntc sue wni return
Ui Washington.
; Miss Catherine Flanagan of Hart
ford, Conn., who is widely known
for her work in the national woman's
rartv. will acrnmnanv Mi: Mac
Swiney to Omaha. , '
Mayor Smith is convalescing from
a slight attack. - He sits in his of
fice and babbles:
Mayor is Convalescing. ;
"Free bridge. Free bridge. Bridge
ought to be free. Build a free bridge.
Free people, iree, country, ought to
be a free bridge, too. Must be a
free bridge. $1,000,000. Free bridge."
And here's dear old A'tluir Mul
len who lit, or alighted, with such a
thump last November. Listen to
Arthur:
,"Our dear brother, Hanley. ladies
and gentlemen. Let mc tell you
what our dear brother, Hanley, has
done for prohibition. Our dear
brother, Hanley,, hasn't done any
thing for enforcing prohibition. That
is what our dear brother, Hanley,
has done. He hasn't done anything
at all, out dear brother, Hanley,
hasn't. At any rate, what our dear
brother, Hanley, has done hasn't
been done right. Our dear brother,
Hanley, has done everything wrong."
And so on, all day and all night.
For that's the way the world knows,
Rev. -Mr.-High feels that way toward
Brother Haniey. Thus does lie feel,
though they are supposed to be
brother enemies of the dreadful
liquor traffic (may its shadow de
crease!) , In fact, they live on the
liqupr traffic that is, you under
(Tnra to Faf Six, Colnmn Flt4 '
What Makes the World Go 'Round?
' "
Army Aviators
Searching for
Lieut. Pearson
Concerted Drive Instituted at
Dawn , for Pilot Missing
Somewhere in ;, Western
v Texas for 40 Hours.
El Taso, Feb. 12. Army planes
from every station in Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona left Fort B'liss
at dawn today to search for Lt.
Alexander, PcnrsoiV.,Twba , has Jbten
missing" singe he left here Thursday
at 0 a. m. Wireless and telephone
messages have" been sent to all sta
tions and postmasters 1 along the
route between El Paso arid Houston,
a distance of 800 miles,' in an effort
to locate the misiiing pilot, who ex
pected to land r at Houston late
Thursday. ' : . r . . : ..
A new crank shaft Was fitted in
Pearson's machine at Columbus,
N. M., 90 miles west of here, on
Tuesday, and officers at Fort Bliss
express the fear that bearings may
have run hot and caused a sudden
and possibly disastrous landing at
some remote place in the sparsely
settled country 1 west Texas.
At 2 "clock this morniug the
aviator had bee.t missing 40 hours
and officers are of the opinion that
had he landed unhurt even in the
most remote of the Big Bend terri
tory Lieutenant Pearson would have
had tinnlto walk to the nearest tele
graph station and wire news of his
location. .
Lieutenant. Pearson, when he left
here, was en route to Pablo Beach,
Fla., from .which point lie was to
make a transcontinental flight to
San Diego, Cal., in an effort to es
tablish a record for the flight from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. Before
leaving here he expressed the opin
ion the flight could be made in less
than 24 hours. t v .-
Shipment of Wheat to West
Coast Is Recommended
Great Falls. Mont., Feb. 12. The
marketing committee of the Mon
tana State union, American Society
of Equity, recommended at the; an
nual convention here that 200,000 pr
300,000 bushels of wheat be shipped
to western and coast markets im
mediately. The report was adopted by the
organization. The-report also urged
that the 1921 crop of wheat in Mon
tana be sent to the same markets,
where it was declared that from.. 10
to 30 cents a bushel could be saved
to the producer. , .
Omaha Police Asked to Hunt
For Missing Young Actress
Geraldine Cole, 18, actress, is miss
ing, according to a telegram' re
ceived yesterday by Omaha police
from her brother, r George. Cole,
Doland, S. D., who has asked the
officials here to hunt for her.
The girl was last heard from at
the Millard hotel, the telegram "de
clared, and is of fair complexion,
with blue eyes and dark wavy brown
hair. '
She is pretty, the telegram adds,
weighs about X III pounds, is hvcj
. t ? , . , t. y
icei jour inencs lau, nas a Roman
nose and is a good dresser.
The Weather
Forecast.
Sunday fair and-colder.
Hourly Temperatures.
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WHERE TO FIND
the Big Features of
The Sunday Bee
"Last Hours with Doomed
Mur-
derers" Part 4, Page 1.
"Nebraska's . Valentine" Roto
gravure Section, Page 1.
' "Married Life of Helen and War
ren" Part 4, Page 8.
Juvenile Screen Stars Rotograv
ure Section, Page 2.
Gibson Cartoon Part 4, Page 8.
News for Music Lovers Part 4,
Page 7. ;
"Heart Secrets of a Fortune Tel
ler" Part 4, Page 8.
"Letters of a Home-Made Father
to His Son" Part 4, Page 2 ;
"Dr. W. A, vans'.Heaith Talk:
art 4, ge 4. . .k
"Montague in Prose" . Part 4,
Page 5 . :x
Catholic Bishop of
Cleveland Diocese
Dies in Tennessee
Knoxville; Tenn., Feb. 12. The
Right Rev, John P. Farrelly, Catho
lic bishop of the diocese of Cleve
land, O., died this afternoon at 3:12
o'clock at the residence of Alex
ander Bonnyman. here.
Bishop John Farrelly was born
in Memphis, Tenn., March 15, 1856.
He was the fourth bishop of the
diocese of Cleveland and was named
by Pope Pius X in March, 1909. He
had served as spirtual director of the
American college in Rome for ,25
years. . ':.".
Under ' his ; administration the
diocese of Cleveland has become one
of the largest in the United States.
Bishop Farrelly left here early in
February to assist Bishop Thomas
Byrne in Nashville. Several days
later he wen to Knoxville where he
was taken ill, February 7.
" The body will be taken tomorrow
to Cleveland, where the funeral will
be held Thursday.
U. S. Agents Confiscate Much
German Beer on US. Vessel
Galveston, Feb! 12. A quantity of
German beer and wine concealed in
the bilges of an American vessel
Vhich recently arrived from Ger
many was-confiscated today in a
raid by 'United States customs in
spectors. Several cases of German
cutlery not shown on ; the ship's
manifest was seized also. The name
of the vessel was withheld by cus
toms officials. ;
Bee-Offers Prizes for Essays by Students on
"What George Washington Means to Me"
Boys and girls!. . .. '
What do you knvw ab6ut George Washington?
To Omaha children of today the life and deeds of Washington should
mean much. ' v ,.t 1 ., , . ,. . - ,
There never was greater need than now of widespread following ot
his high ideals of tfie duties of citizenship. There never was greater need
of appreciation of those ideals by school boys and girls.
, There are, many lessons to be drawn from his unselfish patriotism,
unswerving loyalty, unfailing honesty and broad and farsccing views of
men and affairs. . : , ; " , , . '
The right sort of an essay of appreciation from an Omaha boy or girl,
The Bee believes, would be a fitting tribute to the memory of Washington
in commemoration Tuesday of hcxt week of the 189th anniversary ofhis
birth. - S". '. v," - ! v-- ' : '
Though dead for more than a century, Washington influenced the
lives of countless thousands of the generations which have followed him
in the work of upbuilding this mighty nation." - , . -
How greatly is that influence extending into the lives of Omaha school
boys and girls of today? .
The Bee offers boys and girls a chance to answer this question through
competitive essays on "What George Washington Means to Me."
All students of Omaha graded, private and parochial schools and ot
the city's high schools are eligible to enter the competition. The contest
has the endorsement of school officials.
Essays are limited to 300 words.
The Bee offers $30 in prizes for the best essays. There will be a first
prize of $10 and a second prize of $5 for the best essays submitted by high
school students; First prize also will be $10 and second prize $5 for
essays from boys and girls in the grades below high school. ;
' Essays must be brought or mailed to The Bee office, not later than
Sunday, February 21. Address letters to Georore Washington Contest
noitor, i tie uee
Trize. winning essays will be
H. Bevcndge, superintendent of
Police Seize Five
Stills in Two
Raids Saturday
Apparatus in Operation, 3,000
Gallons of Mash and 150 Gal
lons of Whisky Taken ;
. Four Men Arrested.
Five stills in' operation, 3,000 gal
lons of. mash and. 150 gallons of
whisky were seized by police in two
raids late yesterday afternoon, tout
arrests were made
" Three, of the five ' stills, all of
which were steaming merrily when
discovered, were toutidT'at .- tz
South Fifth, strceet. Gcarfo Alfis
and Nocipa Antonio, Italians, the
latter of whom has been in tins
country but 85 davs. were arrested
Police found a quantity of mash and
lKiuor"m the nousc.
In a raid on the home of Hector
Granole.-516 William street, two
stills and a considerable amount of
mash and whisky were unearthed.
Joe Fornellc, . 1039 South Twenty
third street, who was in the .house
at the time of the raid, was arrested
with Granole. Granole is believed
to be the owner cf the two stills.
All four men are charged with 51
legal possession and manufacture of
nquor.
Driver of Death Auto"
To Face Murder Trial
Columbus, O.. Feb. 12. What is
believed to establish a precedent in
criminal annals was the holding of
Jesse B. Haley on a first degree
murder charge as a result of an auto
mobile accident m which Henry
Seibert was killed.
"In the trial of Haley," City Prose
cutor Paul M. Herbert said, it will
be undisputed that he was operating
the car without regard for human
life and with utter disregard of any
consequences." v -
,Ships May Be Used for Actual
Purposes of Air Bombing
Washington, Feb. 12. Resolu
tions proposing an actual bombing
of naval vessels by aircraft were in
troduced today by Senator New, re
publican, Indiana, and Representa
tive Anthony, republican, Kansas.
They direct the secretary of the
navy to turn over to the army air
service one obsolete battleship, two
obsolete destroyers and two auxili
ary ships for experimental bombing.
selected by . committee appointed bylriMitS
schools. Chairman fimnn. ..' -.7miVef'
TEN CENTS
Attemp
t to
Mob Editor
Is Foiled
Crowd Makes Effort to Break
Up Meeting Being Ad
dressed by Publisher of
The Nation.
Police Subdue Outbreak
! Cincinati, O., Feb. 12.-Whilc Os
wald Garrison Villard, editor of the
"The Nation," ws addressing a
combined meeting of the C'ty club
and the Woman's City club here this
afternoon, a crowd of 30 men swept
aside the police and detectives at the
outer door, but was prevented from
entering, the auditorium where Vil
lard was speaking by other police.
The men who rushed the outer
door made their way -into an ante
room, but got no farther. One man
was cut on the hand by glass. Wom
en who were in the audience became
alarmed at the disturbance, raised
the windows facing on the street and
called for the police. Their cries at
tracted a throng. ;
. Police Clear Room. ,
Police, led by,Chief of Police
Copelan, threw the men out of the 4
anteroom, and cleared the sidewalk.
Villard did not lose his composure
during the uproar and kept on speak
ing. Cries of "Lets go!" and "We de
mand to hear this man," preceded
the attempt to force entrance into
the meeting room of the club.
Herbert Seal, whose hand was cut
during the melee, was escorted from
the place by the police. He was
said to have been in the crowd that
tried to break up the meeting. , He
is the son of a live stock dealer and
his brother was the first .Cincinnati
soldier killed in France.
Resumes Speech.
After the police had cleared the
hall, staircase and sidewalks in front
of the building. Mr. Villard re
sumed his speech, concluding it with
out ' any further interruption. He
was escorted out of the hall to an
automobile by police aud went to a
hotel. . .
A charge of assault and battery
was preferred against Herbert Seal
by Guy Mallon, an attornev. Seal
said that he was pushed up the stairs
by a crowd behind him and some one
cfrnrlr liim' . Atnrrtv Afallnn -n
f struck in the face by one of the in
vaders. - ;
"0" for
- First U. S. Airway v ;
Laid at Boiling field
Washington, Feb. 12. The "cor
nerstone", of America's first airway
from Washington to Dayton, O.. was
laid at Boiling field here, with appro
priate ceremonies, designed as a part
of the celebration of the anniversary
of Lincoln's birthday. High officials
of the army, members of congress
and aviators of note attended.
Army, aviation officials described
the event as a "milestone in the prog
ress of American aeronautics."
A feature of the dedication was the
first public appearance of Ihe Ameri
can messenger airplane, one of she
smallest in . the . world,? .' which is
planned to take the place, of motor
cycles for certain messenger work.
The plane has a wing spread of only
20 feet and stands seven, feet high.
It will carry a Joad of 240 pounds
and with its 60 horsepower motor
makes 95 miles an hour.
Jury Here Fiiids Woman
Guilty of Manslaughter
When Mrs. . Mary Newell. 1409
Ohio street, was' found guilty ot
manslaughter for killing Jess SilNk,
last December 5, by stabbing him
with a butcher knife in. a brawl at
the Elmer Lathrop home, 2620
North Thirteenth ' street, Douglas
county's second , conyiction of a
woman on a murder charge was
written into the court records. .' '
The verdict of the jury was given
at 5:30 Friday afternoon, after - a
deliberation from 2 o'clock. Mrs.
Newell was on - trial in District
Judge Troup's court most of the
week.
Sillik was stabbed during a party
at the Lathrop home celebrating his
release from jail following hi arrest
on a liquor charge,. November 20.
The only other woman found
guilty in Douglas county on a mur
der charge was Mrs. Lizzie Free
man, convicted of manslaughter Tune
23, 1911. She had killed, her "hus
band. Mrs. Freeman was paroled 10
days after her conviction and never
spent any time in the penitentiary.
Omaha Negro Shot in Head
Following Pool Hall Row
S. Moore, negro, 2737 Caldwell
street, was shot in the head bv An
drew Stinback, negro, 1424 North"
Twenty-sixth street, following an ar
gument in a pool hall at Twenty
fourth and Hamilton streets, last
night. Moore was attended by the
police surgeon and taken to hi
home. His condition is not serious.
Stinback was arrested
College Unveils Memorial
To Late John Purroy Mitchel
New York. Feb. 12. Unv eilinir
a memorial tablet to Maj. John Pur
roy Aiucnei, a lormer mavor of
ew York, who was Lilled ivlll.lt t,ie
airplane fell at Gerstncr field. -
Louisiana, on Tut 6. 1918 in
cluded in Columbia univeritv
alumni day exercises here today. He
was a member of the class of 1899.
Grain Hearings Monday
Washington. D. C, Feb. 12.
Hearings on hi'U in ,,i- -
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