THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. FE1JKUAUY ' 21. 1U21.
Boiling Is Freed
Of Graft Charges
In Shipping Probe
Rrothcr-In-Law of President
Given Clean Bill by House
,r Committee Payne Re-
views nonunions.-
Teacher Would
Ban "Babv-Talk"
' .Washing. D. C, Feb. JO. W inging
up its 13 months of investigation of
-shipping board operations, the house
- committee headed by Representa
tive Walsh i.isuvl a 'statement
.lidding K. W. Billing, brother-in-law
of President Wilson and
treasurer of the board, was "not
guilty of soliciting or accepting any
bribe, gift or gratuity," as charged
i)V Tucker K. Sands, in connection
With a contract awarded by the
board to the Downey Ship Building
corporation.
This was the second statement
issued by or on behalf of the com
mittee exonerating men whose
names were bought into the investi
gation. The first said the conimit-
. tee members did not believe Charles
Schwab had received expense
.: money from the government while
serving as director general of the
emergency fleet corporation as had
been charged by an accountant who
examined the books of the Bethle
: hem corporation.
- Boiling Recalled.
'"' Today's statement came after Mr.
Polling had reappeared before the
eonimittee to reiterate his denial of
Mr. Sands' charges and A. M.
Fisher, a committee investigator, had
testified that he found that there was
nothing irregular aboui transactions.
' Mr. Fisher said the transactions
were of a personal nature. Mr. Boil
ing testified previously that they had
to do with payment of funds due
him by Mr. Sands on ,a house con
structed for the latter some years
ago.
Secretary Payne, former chairman
of the shipping board, reviewed con
ditions as he found them when he
became chairman soon after the
armistice. He said he found the
"accounting system in bad shape and
"dismissed several officials and abol
ished some bureaus in a general
shake-up of the organization.
Raps Marine Bill.
He criticized yie merchant marine
bill plan of a shipping board of
seven, saying that cue executive
should handle the work. He also
Attacked congress for proposing
abrogation of commercial treaties
so preferential rates might be put
into effect.
.'He also declared that the govern
ment could not compote with private
shipping interests in operating mer
chant craft and reiterated his belief
that if American liners are to oper
ate successfully in competition with
foreign liners, they must be permit
ted to sell intoxicants outside the
three-mile limit.
Seliool Principals Urged to
Use Influence iu Stopping
Harmful Practice.
Circulars which have been sent by
J. II.. licveridgc, superintendent of
public schools, to ail principals, con
tain 'the following announcement
by Mrs. Sarah Barber, who has
charge of speech correction in the
schools.
"Will principals please enlist the
co-operation of the children in an
effort to eliminate baby-talk from
the homes. I his useless and harm
ful custom has been allowed to go
on practically unchecked, and it 'is
responsible for a large percentage
of speech defects in the grades, stam
inering included, ,
"It gives the child, wrong impres
sons of sounds at a' time when cor
net impressions are very valuable.
After the wrong sound has been
learned in babyhood, it sometimes
takes months of drill to make the
correction. It even has been said that
lisping and baby-talk are attractive
in a very young child's speech. This
is a statement made in. utter ignor
ance of the great harm that may re
sult to' the child, should this defect
become firmly fixed.
;The results of the "baby-talk"
are many. The child is kept back in
his grade; he is socially ostracized;
he becomes self-conscious and shy,
and sometimes he even is considered
mentally deficient. An ounce of pre
vention is worth a pound of cure.
If we cm enlist the help of the older
children to do away with "baby
talk" at home, it will prove of inesti
mable value to the child who soon
will be entering school.
"A new class for stammerers is
held at the city hall at 8 o'clock
Wednesday morning. This clafts is
especially for those students who
have been attending speech class and
are now entering high school. There
is room for a few more. Please leave
the names of any who want to enter
this class in the "Vocational Box."
in the city hall, sixth floor. High
school students may also attend this
8 o clock class.
Grocer Arrested
Following Fire;
Arson Suspected
Oil in Cafuly Bucket Explodes, j
Hurling Blazing Fluid
Through Store Front and
Injuring Fireman.
850,000 Raised. ; "Rev." Jenkinson
For Irish Relief I Promoting Oil
Joe Logreco, 1532 Webster street
proprietor ot a bakery store at ,1614
Webster street, was arrested at 11
Saturday nijrht following a blaze in
his store w hich was extinguished by
firemen from the station at Sixteenth
and Izard streets. He is held in jail
pending investigation.
because of flic character of the
fire, which originated in two 20
(juart candy buckets containing oil,
firemen said the blaze appeared to
be a plain attempt at arson.
Flames burst from the front of
the grocery store .Hid, swept beyond
the curb line when the oil in the
candy bucket exploited just as the
iueiiun answering the call started
to combat the blaze.
Plaining oil covered firemen and
fire appart&s. Clarence Brewster, a
fireman, 3811 North Fifty-fifth street,
was painfully burned by the ignited
oil as he was leading a group of men
into the building. He was taken
to the Ford hospital, where attend
ing physicians say his injuries are
not serious.
firemen touna the liuckets con
taining the oil just behind the show
case, the nuid was burning slowly
and was noticed tirst by Chief Salter.
I he moment the chemicals reached
it the oil exploded. The bucket was
seized and thrown into the street
and the flaming oil spread into the
gutter.
Little damage was done to the
store because of the quick work of
the firemen.
According to John C. Troutan,
fire warden, who questioned Logreco
at the city jail List night, charges of
arson will be filed against the bfkery
proprietor. 1 routan said that Lo
greco carried $3,000 in insurance
Five Hundlcd Sympathizers
Give $100 a Plate at
Chicago Banquet.
Nebraska Pioneer Dies
At Home in Springfield
Springfield," Neb., Feb. 20. (Sep
cial.) William H. Peters, one of
the early pioneers' of Nebraska, died
at his home in Srpmgtield. Mr.
Peters came to this state from Ohio
in 1854 and located at Bellevue,
where he resided until moving to
Srpingficld in 1883. He is survived
by two brothers, John Peters, Belle
vue, and Charles M. Peters, Hoger
man, Idaho; two daughters, Martha
Peters of Srpingfield and Mrs. John
Gorder of Plattsmouth; and two
sons. Dr. J. A. Peters of Springicld
and J. W. Peters of Omaha.
Arizona House Passes
Anti-Asiatic Land Bill
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 20. The anti
.5siatic land ownership bill was
- passed by the lower house of the
Arizona legislature. The bill had al
ready been passed by the senate.
Rat on Wife's Photo Has
. No Bearing on Divorce
y i -
y (Cuntlnustl from Pat One.)
our home today. Today at noon, as
papa went into the parlor to put
away his good suit, he saw a great
big live rat sitting on the frame of
your photograph, and many people
came to see it. Some of the people
.said you were dead, and others said
it was a warning. Father 'Sullivan
also was do.wn to see it.-
Kids All Scared.
"The kids are all scared they
won't go in the parlor or anywhere
alone, and w hen papa came to the
store and tojch me about it, I couldn't
speak and when, I did come to my
senses I said mamma must be dead.
Then I went .straight down to Lak
ey's, but there was nobody home, so
1 sawjlarry Kadcker at the depot
arid asked him if he had seen you
-.today, and he said that you and Mrs.
Lakey had bought a ticket for Til
den. Papa was the only one that
had the nerve to walk up and take
, the rat off your picture with his
. li-e hand and throw it in the stove.
' 'Cic rr.t acted so calm and didn't
ejren trv to bite him. and when he
tfrew it in the stove it burnt for
trior half $n hour and everybody
sjiid it was the biggest rat they ever
spw, and that it was impossible for
aSy rat to get ur there on such an
ckld-shaped photograph. Mamma.
aicii't you sorry now, that the last
I vVords you told Bernard last night
virre 'to hell with papa,' as you know
ifcamma this happened on the first
ifay of Lent and we are all glad that
we went to 8 o'clock mass this morn
ing, and intend to keep it ap all dur
iflg Lent. I think there is something
tp this trouble between you and
papa as it all shows so plainly every
ojic was afraid, but papa had no fear,
sp he must be innocent."
Chadron Normal '
'President Elliott returned Satucilay from
tile meet In J of the stato normal board.
At this meeting the new gymnasium was
aScepted and Riven over to the school.
'Hie building win be publically opened
February 1 S.
'The annual T. "W. C. A. banquet, held
in the normal dining hall February 11,
was a decided success. The 141 guests
vers seated at specially assigned tables,
and a good spirit of fellowship was shown
by the class songs and jells during the
evening.
The English club held an open tpeetina:
Thrusday. when Miss Clark gave a very
interesting Illustrated lecture on the city
ot Florence. By means of the ballopticon
many beautiful pictures of the city and
Vbrks of art were thrown on the screen.
The members of the English class who
studied George Eliot's "ilqmola" last
semester, were especially Interested
Miss-Fern "Wileo discussed the west In
rceent art, dwelling especially . on the
iriirks of Lorado Taft. John Castek gave
.j n interesting discussion or it own serv
ice and his poems.
The Northwest Nebraska Farmers' con
gress was held In Chadron. One of the
features of interest to the school is the
rural school conference held in connec
tion with the farmers' congress.' Tuesday
morning. Prof. C. H. Bright gave an ad
dress to the rural conference on "A Mini
mom Standard in Rural Education."
s - ..'
' Midland College r
Midland was quite unique la having
Ue Dow. an evangelist, deliver a memor
ial speech in Lincoln. Monday. De low is
now holding revival meeting at the
Methodist churcti or mis. city, x-roieroor
Kchols. assistant to De Dor, also director
of singing, gave two solo. '
The T. II. C- A. Is very original In the
manner in which it furthera its work of
"Making the Oirla of the College Ac
quainted." A series of tea parties are in
progress a given by the T. M. C. A. and
all tha girla of alt departments of the
eoll-ge are cordially welcomed.
The student volunteer band took charge
f lbs chapel services, Wednesday.
Bandits' Attempt to Halt
Auto Thwarted by Driver
While M. C. Tolmatier. 3332
Meredith avenue, was driving his
automobile west on Ames avenue
Saturday night a masked man ran
into the street and tried to stop the
car at Thirty-first avenue.
When Tolmatier refused to stop
the man tried to leap 611 the run
ning board, but a sudden burst of
speed dislodged the man's footing
and the would-be holdup was foiled.
f ' :'
Yankton College Student,
Wins Oratorical Contest
Yankton, S. D., Feb. 20. (Special.)
Prof. M. M. Fogg, English depart
ment, University of Nebraska, as
sole judge of thought, style and
presentation at the South Dakota
Oratorical association's 33d contest
here, in which seven colleges were
represented, awarded to Arthur Wil
son of Yankton college, the first
honrs a $50 prize and the right to
represent South Dakota in the six
state contest in North Dakota, in
April. Professor Fogg also gave an
address on "The Principles of Ef
fective Public Discourse."
Cliiristian Minister at
Humboldt to Resign Soon
Table Rock, Neb.. Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) Rev. Ernest Molloy, pastor of
the Christian church at Humboldt,
has tendered his resignation to ttke
effect March 13, at which time, he will
deliver his farewell sermon. On the
following1 day Rev. Mr. Molloy and
family will leave for Mound City.
Mo., where he has- accepted a call.J
He has been pastor of the Humboldt
church since September, 1919.
Chicago, Feb. 20. Five hundred
persons raised $5U,000 for relief work
in Ireland by paying $100 each for
a dinner given by the American
committee for relief in Ireland.
Senator David I. Walsh of Massa
chusetts, in an address, said that
a ; l. i
wnne no unencan, nau a icciiug
against the English people or de
sired to create dissension net ween
England and the uniteu Mates, mis
country could not maintain a hands
et ft policy as to Ireland.
"The people of Ireland arc pass
ing through the valley of death."
he said. "More than 100 towns have
been more or less burned and de
stroved. Nearly a quartcrof a bil
lion dollars' worth of property has
been confiscated. More than 2UU,-
000 men. women and children are
in need. Industry has 'been de
stroyed." "
No American dares to think ot
bringing about any incident in re
lationships that would lead to seri
ous misunderstanding between Eng
land and the United States. It is
because we desire friendship between
our nation and Great Britain that
we seek to impress on England the
necessity of ending the unhappy
state of Ireland.
"But neither America nor any
other civilized nation can stand idly
by and allow the conflagration to
sweep through Ireland. The policy
of "hands off" is a policy of stagna
tion and death."
Jefferis Afraid Air
Mail Item Will Hit
Snag in Lower House
Washington, D. C, Feb. 20.-
fnerinl TVW'am.l Congressman
Jefferis, speaking of the action of
the senate in voting $1,250,000 for
air mail service in the postofhee ap-
nronriation bill. 'Said that he has
serious doubts if the house will con
cur in the senate amendment, know
ing the opposition which 'developed
against the item when the postol-
nce bill was betoie trie house.
Under the new rule the senate
amendment will have to be voted
upon by the house before the mea
sure is sent to conierence ana neis
afraid that Representative Madden,
who had charge of the postoffice
bill during its consideration by the
house, will throw the weight of his
influence against the item.
Of course Mr. Jefferis will make
a fight to retain the amendment and
will endeavor to secure the help of
the New York, Iowa. Nebraska and
western delegations for the item, but
he is not over-enthusiastic in bring
ing the tie-up about.
Nebraska Uni Drops 59
Delinquent Students
Lincoln, Feb. 20. Dropping from
the rolls of 59 students was an
nounced by the University of
Nebraska authorities practically
account of delinquency in studies
None of the delinquents, it was said,
had more than half the credits neces
sary to continue in their classes.
Would you
have nerve enough
todotfiis?
i
Suppose you were married
and had a child and every
thing went wrong and you
couldn't make headway fi
nancially. Would you have
nerve enough to pull up
stakes, to begin all -over
again, wiping out the ad
vantages of several gene
rations? Would you be
willing to start consider
ably lower on the social
scale? Before you answer,
read
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KATHLEEN NORRIS
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j Finn in Chicago
Gained Notoriety by Arrest
Alter High Finauee, Says
He's "Cleaning Up."
Amid the fiiK.'sc of luxuriantly
furnished offices in tlic htart of
Chicago, Kohcrt I.. Jenkinson.
50UUK breaclicr-promoter, whose
escapades from pulpit to jail in
Omaha and Denver last September
along the route ot high finance,
Rained him notoriety, is carrying on
the promotion of his oil halc hold
ings in Colorado on a magnificent
scale. i
His young v.ife, formerly Miss
Martha. Peterson, 4212 North For
tieth street, who stuck with him
through thick and thin, has not lost
faith in his activities.
This information came direct
from Jenkinson's offices, suite 1241,
at 127 Nortlr'Dearborn street."
Boasting of his success during the
last four months, Jenkinson said:
"I'm cleaning up $10,000 in this
town where I made $10 in Omaha."
It is said that intimate acquaint
ances of the voung preacher-promo-
f , . . .i .
icr in umana arc nueresieu again
with his company, the United Oil
Shale Products Co.
Investors in the Windy City arc
staring open-mouthed at the pro
motion activities and apparent
wealth of younjr Jenkinson.
J II make the public like my
ways, Jenkinson is quoted as con
fiding to a friend.
The visitor to Jenkinson s offices
is greeted w ith gold lettering on the
door. A card admits him into an
outer office where a petite stenog
rapher requests him kindly to await
the chief executive's bid to enter hi
private office.
Mahogany desks, velvet rugs and
richly upholstered chairs attract the
visitor's attention.
Thus is described Jenkihson's of
fices by an eye-witness.
Jenkinson's boast when he left
Omaha was that he "would" make a
million off my oil shale holdings
The young preacher's dealings in
h!&h finance I rgaij with the organ
ization of the Voting Men's Business
association, with headquarters at 116
North Twcnty-iiflh street, Omaha.
Abandoning the organization, Jenk
inson eloped to Denver via a "fliv
ver" with Miss Martha Peterson,
whom he met while preaching at a
church in Mimic Lusa addition.
Passing a spurious check led
to his arrest in Denver. The case
against him was dropped in district
court ot Douglas county .
Determined to start lite anew,
Jenkinson and his bride left Omaha
in October to established themselves
in Chicago.
Reavts Unsatisfied
With Amendment to
Give State Tractors
Washington, D. C. Feb. 20.
(Special Telegram.) Congressman
Reavis stated today that the Ander
son amendment- to the fortification
bill, whereby a certain number of
tractors will be st apart for the use
of the highway departments of the
state, was not entirely satisfactory
to him and that he would make an
effort to have a more comprehensive
amendment inserted in the army bill
as it comes from the semftc.
"What we want in Nebraska are
caterpillar tractors and we want the
War department to give them to us."
said the congressman. "I am ad-
ised that the Ward Co., of Illinois,
which manufacturers these tractors,
has a clause in its contract with the
War department stipulative that the
tractors shall not be used for other
than army purposes. '
W e need these caterpillar trac
tors in building our dirt roads, and
I think we will get them before we
"vet through."
Post of Ameriean Legion
Organized at Table Rock
Table Rock. Neb. Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Brown-Hays post,
American Legion, has been organ
ized here with 22 members. The
post was named in honor of John
Lee Brown and Merran Hays,
veterans of the world war buried
at Table Rock. Officers were elect
ed as follows: post commander. Dr.
Leo D. Harman; vice commander,
William Vondrasek and adjutant, j
Harrison E. Madden.
Billiard Attacks
Proponents of
Disarmament
Commander of Second Corps
Area Says Any Plan to
Reduce Armv or Na v
Is Trick.
New York, Feb 20. Major
Ocii-
the
cral Bullard, commander,, rf
second corps area, opposed dis
armament in an address before the
National Republican club, which he
punctuated with rvbukes lor its pro
pouements.
"Any proposition of disarmament
or any limitations of armament is
a trick," he said, "either to gain or
maintain an advantage.
"Coming from representatives of
different nations, the discussion al
ways consists of, fust, a diplomatic
expression of profound benevolence
and friendship toward all other na
tions; second, the truth, regretful,
but to them undeniable, that thev
are forced by the other nations to
arm and keep armed. J o hear them
is to laugh."
The subject from a "purely
merican standpoint," the general
declared, would mean the ibaudou
ment of our financial superiority
over other nations.
No Bar to War.
"We have it," he added. "Are we
willing to abandon it to put our
selves on a level with others? That
would be asinine kindness."
Disarmament jlone, he continued,
does not obviate war, for "unarmed
or ill-armed peoples are continually
at war." Culture and arms were
linked by the speaker, who pointed
to Great Britain and Japan now and
the Germany of prewar days as ex
amples. Japan was alluded to as
a marked example of "progressive
ness and rapidly increasing enlight
enment." Monkey Development.
"It is a significant fact," he de
clared, "that from the monkey to
the American, the state of their cul
ture and their advancement corre
spond to the state of their argu
ment. The monkeys that had had
sense enough to pick up and use a
stick developed into men. The
others remained monkeys."
Rear Admiral Sims declared that
the navy is useless unless it is pre
pared.' He emphasized that new in
ventions should be tested. The toi
nedo boat, lie said, had horn Innkeil i
on as a formidable , antagonist
against any battleship and remained
so until the destroyer was invented.
At the beginning of the war, he
stated, the submarine was declared
impracticable.
Favors Airplane Carrier.
"Many things are claimed for the
airplane," he said. "If claims could
do it, the navy would be abolished."
He advocated adoption of the air
plane carrier, saying this would be
the battleshp of the future.
Speaking of the use of gas, the
admiral admitted it was brutal, but
characterized it as a legitimate
weapon.
"The object of war is to destroy
lives," he added.
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