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THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1921.
Cooper's Slayer
" Says Hell Play
: On Prison Band
Operates Slide Tromhone, lie
Declares Advises Young
Men to Stay Home With
Parents.
Xonnan Johnson,(31, doomed to
'spend all the rest of his life behind
prison walls and bars for the murder
of City Detective Arthur Cooper, the
ilight'or January 28, viewed his fate
. with calmness 'in his solitary cell in
"xounty jail yesterday. A Bible,
'given him by a jail missionary, and
a pack of cards rested on a cross
Abar of the cell..
i'';Vith the knowledge before you
pat all the rest of your life must be
spent in prison, wouldn't you rather
have the electric chair?" he was
asked. He thought for a moment
and then replied in a low, conver
sational tone: ' .
"No. I Wouldn't. I don't want to
"go that way."
"You probably get used to being
in prison, don't you," asked the in
terviewer. ; 'Oh, yes," said the young man.
r'Tm going to try to get in the band
down at the big 'stir.', I play the
- slide trombone. Yes. if the Nebraska
'stir' is a decent one, and I hear it!
is, I'll get used to it."
Has "Done" Si Years
s row jong nave you spent in
in.!;.?!?'" 1
- .''Let' s see," said Johnson, lighting
a .cigarct. "I've 'done just about six
i years altogether.", i- , ' . ' ,
1 J'Do youf 4?', much reading in . the
penitentiary? ' ; i; '
: ;'Not mSai," - replied' Jdhnson.
j"WIien I .was doing time in the Col
drado penitentiarjr I topk a corre
spondence course in commercial
drawing. I'm pretty good at it."
He was asked if he regrets slaying
Cooper. "I'm sprry I killed him,"
he replied. , "
Asked what advice he would give
young men, he said: )
"Tell them to stay home with their
parents and take care of them. If I
only could undo what has happened
in the last few weeks I certainly
would settle down and take care of
m v mntlipr T fni trial T..k
..."..... a u v4 n .nil uiaiu j. uu"
lie Defender Baldwin put up af good
Acqiiaiiited
Jt'.'h
At? he penitentiary and. after some
vra linv naccrl miirK T will U
pardoned." '(..
He has said goodby to his mother,
, sfster. brother and aunts. Who vis
ited him in jail yesterday. He is
V tcheduled to be taken to the peniten
tiary on day. ,
Senior from Is Staged ,
' ; JYithoiit a SngleJteh
: The "law" AVas there with an eagle
eye.
, But the "Senior Prom." whose
striking poster .roused the -welfare
board and high school officials, went
off; with a whizz Friday night
; .More than 300 youngsters crowded
th .floor, ranging in age fromi4 up.
I the balcony were 30 persons
1 ho might have been parents and
one lone policeman. ' L
j But the dance sweet little high
school girls, clothed in simple school
girl fashion or latest evening dress
with very low necks, very short,
1va a nA vrw chnrt 1?irta - urrm
.whirled merrily over the waxed floor
by tender youths in informal attire
and unhampered by the , dowa of
adolescence. " 1 '.': '
' ; Nothing to cause alarm or attract
attention 6"ut that v jaz?. poster,
which depicted a air of sybarites of
Vanity fair m most intimate terpst
phorean embrace, caused the welfare
permit given the two khlgh school
fads to hold the dance to. be with
drawn, and papa had to jget another
Mirs. Al Scott Reported
j X Unchanged at Hospital
r Condition of Mrs.xA. C. Scott, wife
of Al Scott of the Scott Omaha Tent
jand Awning conipany, was reported
unchanged by Fenger hospital au
thorities yesterday. Attending phy
sicians had "given up hope of Mrs.
3cott's recovery from a relapse,
fn hich followed js. recent major opera-
If fm o1 moJIm bow much
ft ro totting for roar money
m aboarihor of Tbo Boo, Irl
maklla Book
tell ro.
BV Tbo
Beo'i clrcaU
tloa monoftr.
Ilo liiwi
e v o r r olc
a a 4 corner
to which Th
Boo pnM
trateo from
Bagdad to
Dublin, from
Crctcont to
Culhoun.
If jou like
The Beo, he'd
bo slnd to
have jou toll blm
are thlnr about it you don't Ukt,
he'd llko to know about 'em. ,
The Bee' lrrultton hae been
Increased by leap and bounds.
"Juat setting a good itart,
thoufh," Kook optimtotlcalty pre
dict ,
Anyhow, whether jou read The
Beo or some other paper, you'll
llko Rook and hli pointed talk
about what The Bee t doing and
planning
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Potash Survey of
State Published
Research Director Estimates
Supply Will LasylO Years
' At Present Rate.
why. If there
Washington. D. C, Feb.-IS?. (Spe-
cialTelegram.)Amost. interesting
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Duueun nas jusi ucpii jssucu jujt uk
United States Geological ;Suryey on
the - potash 'resources' of .Nebraska.
George Otis Smith," the director of
the survey, in reviewing the bulle
tin, states that the first" domestic
commercial production of potash
from sources other than wood: ashes
was in 1915, when the Nebraska lakes
furnished about 80 per cent of the
total. In 1916. other raw materials
having been made to yield commer-
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Ciai poiasn sans, ieura5a iurmsiicu
30 per cent; in 1917, 45 per cent; in
1918, 53 per cent, and in 1919; about
29 per cent.
Mr. Smith further says: -
As Nebraska has furnished so
t " ... As
r. 7ul "Cape 1 ,1 large a part of the domestic produc-IZ-JT
bfhaIe myselftion of potash, it is pertinent to in-
quire to her resources. When the
first production was put on the mar
ket it was predicted that the supply
of raw material could hardly last
more than a year and a half."
In 1918, Dr. G. E. Condra tsti
mated that the productive brines
would be reduced greatly in four
years. Mr.'. Smith's estimate, after
careful study on the ground, is about
10 years at the present rate of utili
zation, and in his report mention is
made i the possibility of iringing
into use some of the lakes which
are at present non-productive. ,.
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It is a gtartjingr fact that 50 per cent of the post
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pitals in New York City revealed that death was not
due to the original diagnosis, but was directly attrib
utable to a diseased condition of the teeth. ,
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Parents Frantic,
As Lads Start Out
On Winter Hike
Eleven Mason School Boys Be
come Weary of Tramping
After 2 A. M. Arrival at
Valley.
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Winter hiking lost its glanjor for
11 Mason schoolboys, ranging in age
from 8 to 11, when they reached
Valley, Neb, at 2 yesterday morn
ing after setting out from school
Friday afternoon for a -jaunt.
. The eleven lads appealed to R. T.
Smith, train dispatcher in the rail
road station at Valley, for warmth
and aid. ' x
They were shivering from the cold
and were hungry, ravenous.
Smith 1 took pity on their little
souls and put them to bed on the
hard benches of the station. Then he
called the Omaha police and told
them of his brood of youngsters.
Meantime, Mrs. James Ryan, 134$
South Twenty-fourth stret, had ap
pealed to the police to find her boy,
Earl, who had been missing several
hours. They' told her he was safe at
Valley with 10 schoolmates. So Mr.
Ryan raced to Valley in his auto
mobile yesterday morning and
brought back eight of the youngsters
all he could cram into his car, aftd
the other three were placed aboard a
train.
The 10 companions of Earl Ryan,
whose parents began to besiege the
police headquarters with queries thjs
morning, only to be told of the hije,
are Tom Latta, Donald Lindqujst,
Joe Biono, Charles Marco, Toriy
Bresa, Joe Barone, Pete Leonardo,
Durrell Honnct, Xick Estellc, and
Sam Amato. . -,..
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Charges of Inhuman
Treatment Are Filed
Against Ship Officers
.
Philadelphia, Feb. 19. Charges of
inhuman treatment of enlisted men
have ' been lodged with congress
against officers of the U. S. S. Michi
gan by the municipal department -of
public welfare, it was said.
It was alleged that five men dis
charged at the expiration of their
enlistments were discharged penni
less while money due the men. was
withheld.
In a communication to Thomas S.
Butler, chairman of the house naval
committee, Mrs. Lena Roberts, chief
of the social service division, said
the men sought aid of the division;
after their discharge Thursday. I
Bitter, Attacks
Fail to Change
H Landis' Policy
Federal Judge Releases Two
t Mdre Men Charged With
ThefTold to Come
Back Later.
CJiicato Tribune-OmohB Fire Lcord Wire.
Chicago. Feb. 19.: Undismayed Jy
attacks made on him in Washington
recently because he temporarily re
leased the 19-year-old bank cashier,
Francis T. Carey. Judge Landis dis
posed of two burglary cases Friday
in a similar humanitarian- fashior.
. When Robert J. Green, 22, admitted
stealing; parcel post packages from
the mail department at Sears, Roe
buck & Co.., the judge sat back in
his chair, knit his brows and stared
at the ceiling.
ji m. sucn a nard case tor me
to decide," pondered Judge Landis.
"Here's this boy, who admits tak
ing this jewelry from the mails. And
here's his young wife, soon to be
come a mother." ,
"Son," said Judtre Landis sud
denly to Gref n, "you go back home.
Take your wifo "home with you. In
a month, after your hi!d is bom,
come back here. Then I'll decide
what to do with you." , r
Back in Two Weeks.
Soon afterward John VV. Fleming,
subclerk ' a$ . the postoffice, was
brought before Judge Landis charged
with taking several registered letters,
containing money. An assistant dis
trict attorney told 'the courtof
Fleming's remarkable army record,
covering two years of, fighting in
France.
After remarking that military serv
ice gave no man a- license to steal,
the judge pondered acain. Perhaps
lie was thinking of the long nights
of worry when his son. Maj. Weed
Landis, was crossing the line on night
patrols. Any way .
;'I will think it over," said the
judge softly. "This is another hard
job for me. Fleming, you report to
the marshal, then go home and come
back here- in two weeks. You tin
derstand? In Uyp weeks.
Immigration Legislation
To Be Acted on Late Today
Washington, Feb. 19. Passage of
immigration restrictive legislation
before adjournment today, was pre
dicted by leaders when the senate
committee substitute for the house
bill was taken up immediately after
the senate convened, Senator Har
rison, democrat, Mississippi gave
notice he would move to have the
senate reject the substitute and pass
the house bill with an amendment
eliminating the latter's provision per
mitting immigration of dependents
of aliens now in the United States.
A score of trained and skilled
demonstrators "to show you
how," in the spirit of service.
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Xh- A" ill0f!E ' feu milk7'
Public Invited to ." .
m "Better Kitchens
Exhibit"
1 f T '
XA constitution formed b$ iheltvcnt)-three Food and Equipment concerns named below) f
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Orehard
Open 11 a. ra. to 6 p. m.
Women
ALL THIS
Especially:
Wilhelm
and Evenin
Go
gs 7 to 9 p. m.
WEEK
u ram to
A -few days ago, twenty-two enterprising
business' Concerns, interested in the sale of Offjce
Equipment, invited Omaha Business Men to see
the hundred and one machines and appliances that
make for office efficiency, under one roof. The
- invitation was accepted by large numbers every
day for a whole week. The benefits were? mutual
and very obvious. . Y
Now, in arid around Omaha there are
, at least 100,000 kitchens, where the chief
executive is a woman. It is easily possible
to make each" brife of -those kitchens more
efficient, so that the work of that woman
may be "cut down all the way from 5 to
- 75 and better results obtained.
It it: worth it?
Ask any woman, i
If Do you realize that
taken place in the
means by which it can
Attend
great, silent revll cut from
taken place in the preparation of food anttei-eVifl'the choicest- of prize cattle
be nandied in tne atcam4&v-.j-: t4:- il-J-'-' ' " j ,
Conyenient size packages, sanitary, fresh; ;ftfJeH
livered a used. ' ,'- y "Pvr
J Liquids in. handy size, sterilized bottjes and cans
delivered on time, according to your needs. - r
:1f The most nutritious parts of grain reduced to "the
easily cooked and prepared," and available all the '
year around. '
f Foods'from thousands of miles away, at hand to di
versify your mnus. ( '
$ 'Fruits that heretofore were seasonable, :now fresh
, and brought to your kitchen any day in the year.
fl,The dainty candies and confections made -by cooks,
who would in days gone by have served only in royal
honjBehoIds, now serve you.. - '
Bread, macaroni, breakfast grain foods, anef crackers
of a quality that passe the high tests of expert
chemists and dietary experts.
The Following Firms Are
Exhibitin
Iten Biscuit Co. N . -
Midwest Milk Producers.
Fairmont Creamery Co. '
Jay Burns Baking Co.
Skinner Mfg. Co. ;
Paxton & Gallagher Co.
H. J. Hughes Co.
rv , Armstrong Linoleum Co.
Uncle Sam Breakfast Food.
Perfection Oil Heater Co.
American Ironing Machine Co. .
Orchard & Wilhelm Co.
Swift & Co.
Harding Cream Co.
Omaha Flour Mills Co.
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co.
J Ice jiream, and iced foods eyeri day in the year, as
near w you asyour reiepnone. f
t Poultry, butter, eggs, cheese, certified, and ready,
f Sugars and: syrupsr that- replafce the sorghum of a
;::few short years ago, nowavailable to everybody.
J Coffee,' deliciously fragrant, packed, handy, re
pliable, and available for every man's breakfast.
H Ranges with ovens that bake evenly and economize
fuel, in sizes and styles for every kitchen.
fllFireless cookers that will cook while you sleep.
1 Scientific refrigeratora-that keep food cold without
? mixing flavors or odors. .
Kitchenwares that lighten the drudgery of kitchen
work. - .j
If Kitchen cabinets that figuratively stretch out a hun
dreds hands to help,
f Laundry plants that cut the work in half.
Alamito Dairy Co.
Gordon Rainalter Co.
Armour & Co, I.
Trimble Brothers.
Detroit Jewel Stove Works.
Yoss Washing Machine Co.
-Estes Laundry Tablets
Women should bring their husbands ivho
work in efficient offices so that-they to
may see the plans for 'Better Kitchens" i
Tlie Management particularly ask that
the, public follow the route laid out so
as to avoid confusion and congestion