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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1921)
4 IHfJ KKK: OMAHA. TUESDAY! FEBRUARY 22, 1921. Omaha Pilots Will Make Night Air Mail Flights Siutpss of New .Transconti uental Service Depends Upon Flyers Who Make Headquarters Here. Night air mail flying starts to d;.y. Upon the Omaha division of the service falls the greatest burden of making it a success. Pilots of the Omaha division will ouerate the planes which will fly bv night in the dual flights between Now York and San Francisco. Hetween Omaha and Chicago and Omaha and Cheyenne, bonfires will he maintained on various emergency landing field for the guidance of the pilots. Fields in Nebraska. In Nebraska these fields will he at Fremont, Grand Island and Coluii lus. , The planes themselves will bear magnesium flares on the tips of the wings. At the Omaha field bonfires made 1 of waste soaked in oil and gasoline will be maintained at the four cor ners of the field and electric lights and flares will be placed on the Ak-Sar-Ben grandstand, the hangar and the wireless station. ( Reach Omaha at Night. One plane will ' leave New-York this morning at- 6. Fresh pjlots will take the Cockpit of this plane at Cleveland, Chicago, Omaha, Chey enne, Salt Lake City and Reno. This plane will reach Omaha at, 9:30 tonigh and leave for the" west at 9:45. It is scheduled to reach San Francisco at 6 Wednesday morning. The othar plane 'will leave San Francisco at 6 this morning, and fresh pilots will assume charge at the same cities along the route as the westbound planer Due Here at 2 a. m. t i lie eas t bound plane is due to reach Omaha Wednesday morning at i and New york at 4:55 .the same afternoon. William I. Votaw, superintendent of the Omaha air mail station, is in charge of arrangements for the re- ception of these two planes and their subsequent hopping off to resume the trip. , Tie schedule calls for the. trans- rrilltinnfal rinin iO LiMirc Trio Who Attacked Norfolk Nurse Are Still at Large Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 21. (Special Telegram.) There are no uew de velopments in the kidnaping case of .- Jennie Shaffer, student nurse, who outwitted three captors on lonely read near here on , Friday night. Miss Shaffer is in a local hospital suffering from nervous shock -and from bruises, which tell a- tale of a terrible struggle with human fiends. A .belt torn from the girl .in the, struggle is believed , to have been picked up Sunday by a driver of a mysterious car. : Feeling here is running high against the nurse's as sailants. Police are following sev eral clues. - '. Fire Totally Destroys Home and Household Goods Nebraska City, Neb. Feb. 21. (Special) The home and household goods of Mrs. Daisy Carson, 14,15 Second avenue, were destroyed completely by fire. Mrs. Carson was at Dunbar at the .time and the origin of the. blaze is a mystery. Wheo first discovered by neighbors' the flames were confuted to the top of the door under the front porch and had not gained much headway. The fire department was unable to save, the building. . Excavation for Pier of ! Yankton Bridere Started Yankton, S. D., Feb. 21. -(Special Telegram.) Excavation for pier No. 1 of the Meridian highway bridge across the Missouri river here was begun today, marking the first defi nite stco in actual construction on this larsre protect. All work so far done has been of a preliminary ha lure, hut with' derricks and power "plant now place construction of the superstructure can dc pusncu. Fair Weather Scheduled For Omaha This Week Omaha will . enjoy fair weather this week, according to M. V. Rob ins, weather man. - No, storms arc in sight, he de- clares! High pressure in the north west that precipitated a heavy storm ended over Yellowstone Park, the weather map shows. However, slightly ' colder weather is predicted for today. Suspended Omaha Officer Visits Relatives at Beatrice Beatrice, Neb.; Feb. 21. (Special Telegram.) Detective Ollie Far rand of'-Qmaha.'one of the, officers -suspended at that place last week on the charge of accepting money for the protection of John Burns, alleged operator of a . still is visit ing with relatives here. -He stated that he would present his side of the case upon his return to Omaha. Former Beatrice Woman Killed Instantly by-Car Beatrice. Neb., Feb. 21, (Special Telegram.) Mrs. W. E. Boddy, formerly of this city, was killed, in stantly at Jacksonville, 111., by being struck by a car as she was crossing the street, according to word re- ceived here. The driver of the ma ' chine has not' been apprehended. i 1 . ' Fanner Loses Finger Nebraska -City, Neb.. Feb. 21. (Special.) George TIeng, farmer residing southwest of the city sus tained injuries to his left hand that resulted in the amputation of the little linger. He was assisting in the removal of a heavy pump from the family well when the Jack upon which it was rest'ng slipped and the pump struck his hand. 350 Cars of Live Stock Wymore. Neb., Feb. 21. (Special Telegram.) Three hundred and fifty- 11.... tsl nicoArt -' o r the Wymore divisipn of the Burling . ton -Sunday bound for the Kansas , City and St. Joseph markets. The stock" was shipped from Red Cloud an. :esu .. , Aurora, Aurora, Neb., Feb. 21. (Special.) Aurora, the county scat of Ham ilton county, Nebraska, is the small est town in the world to have a Rotary club. The last official cen sus of Aurora showed a population of 2,961. The officers of Internation al Rotary have in times past said that they would not charter a club in a city with less than 5,000. Just how Aurora slipped past the inter Patriotism Cure For Modern Ills, x Says Sen. Walsh Massachusetts Democrat, Here For Patriotic Addresses, Ad vocates Naval Disarma ' ; nient Measure. Modern man is not adjudged by his wealth or social standing, but by the service he -renders his country society and- humanity, Senator David I. Walsh, democrat, of Massachu setts, declared in a speech tit the Chamber of Commerce luncheon yesterday. Senator Walsh is in Omaha as the guest of honor and principal speaker at the annual dinner of the Omaha , , .t. . 9 ciud mis evening, in commem oration of the anniversary of the birth of George Washington. Facing a dining , room filled to overflowing with business and pro fessional men of, Omaha. Senator Walsh paid high tribute to the next president of the United States, Warren G. Harding. Patriotism Is Powerful. "As a democrat," said he, 'T sin cerely peheve Senator Harding will make a zood president. ' Senator Walsh touched 'on many things of national importance during his talk. Patriotism, above all, is powerful, he declared, and can remedy many of the so-called ills of the present day. "American ideals would progress more rapidly," he said, "if there were less politics and more down right patriotic endeavor." Production of material 'is not as important as the production of real men, true men, men who keep the interest of their nation and hearth-. stone paramount, he declared. Against Heavy Taxation. Selfishness of the German public officials was the true cause of the great world war, he declared, and from such men the nation of the United States must be safeguarded. It is up to the government to insure happiness and prosperity to every man, woman and child of this great common wealth, he maintained. Senator Walsh expressed' himself against heavy taxation. "These United States are no long er on a war basis," said he. "The heavy burden of excess taxation must be removed from the people." Against Protective Tariff. This democratic senator from Massachusetts declared himself to be agaiit a protective tariff, espe cially on European goods which do not affect the American market. But he said he is in favor of a pro tective tariff on things which arc made in Europe on the basis of cheaper labor and which disturb the American market. N "Our war loans to Europe can be paid only by reopening commercial relations with European nations," he declared. Senator Walsh was accorded a warm welcome to Omaha by the audience which heard him at the Chamber of Commerce. He will leave for. Washington some time Wednesday. While in Omaha he is the house guest of Ward Burgess. Collar Bone Broken Nebraska City, Neb. Feb. 21. (Special.) Theodore ' Thompson, employed by the Lincoln Telephone compnay, suffered tlie fricture ofJ his lett collar bone and two ribs when a heavy reel of cable he was unloading from a truck supped and pinned him against the side of a building. He was tafcen to a hospi tal where his injuries were attended. Neb., Smallest national board is an interesting story, but the fact remains that the town has tin: club and is making good. Its charter number is 594. The Aurora Rotary club had its first birthdav anniversary last week and it was celebrated by a big party at Highlander hall at which tfyc wives of Rotarians were .guests. The club now has 35 mem bers and holds its sessions each Conflicting Spirits , Cause Hubbell to Ask Return of Barton Home Washington, Feb.' 21 Acting upon the advice he says, of the spirits of the late President McKinley, Gen eral Grant and General Ben Butler, Julian B. Hubbell, a lifelong friend, has brought action in court to re cover the residence of the late Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, froyi Mrs. Mabel R. ' Hirorts. ;- Mrs. Hirons, according to deposi ions filed in the .Montgomery, coun ty court, persuaded Hubbell to sell the homestead to her for $10,000 by going into a trance and representing the ghost of Miss Barton as urging the transfer be made. Mr. Hubbell then made out a receipt to Miss Hir ons for $10,000 but he swears he never received a cent. Mr. Hubbell was confidential sec retary to Miss "Barton for more than 30 years. She bequested him the property in recognition for "faithful services rendered." Mrs. Hirons was also a lifelong friend of , Miss Barton. After he had transferred the prop erty to Mrs. Hirons, Hubbell con sulted Mrs. Julia C. Warnecke, a Washington medium. It was through her, according to his deposition, that the spirits of McKinley, Grant and Butler advised him to bring suit to recover the property. ,' ., Mrs. Hirons denies emphatically, mat sne went into a trance or that she exerted anv other unusual in fluence upon Hubbell. ' Superior Man Secured to Conduct Tecumseh Band Tecumseh,. Neb., Feb. 21. (Spe- ciar) the management of the Ie cumsch Military band has.closed a contract 'with Prof. J. J. Fialo of Superior to conduct the , organiza tion the coming year. Professor Fialo,': a ' graduate .of a Baltimore conservatory of music, has studied in England, ,-lle Jias had charge of the band at Superior the past year, previous to which he conducted the band at Holdrege, for three years. Get Acquainted in IE acquired a title serrral . wrrk ago. Liken the new "handle" and all that, hut no one reports Kj mp- J toms of "ou- . . . JL C.uess be isn't that nort. The title U AssiKtant Ad t e r 1 1 Ins Manager o f The Kre. That's I.ee Smith. It's an ci acting sort of a jtih, with golis of grief i n various forms attached to It. The grift seems not to bother tee. He -repts it as a purt of the daily grind and always conies up smll- ing. v '.Along with other jublnts of toil. . he wsjks out a daily piuile in placing display ads in The Ilee in such a manner as to satisfy the "position" desires of a long list of advertisers. There are complica tions, convolutions and intricate tangles Involved In this' process. Working It out requires finesne and Judgment. Lee seems to he "there" with both. . tiood thing for The Br be' knotwi over In Washington. " s not J. They J ,11..!.. ! might draft him for the iliplo- . i .. i . t v . 4 i i Town in World to Have Rotary' Club' Wednesday in .the, Aurora hotel. Clay Jones, the landlord, is a Ro tarian and he serves just one meal a week to the Rotarians. He does not open his dining room to travel ing men or other guests. But the meal he puts on for the Rotarians is known throughout the districf, which consists of Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota. "Billy" Coppock of Council Bluffs, district governor, Brief Is Filed in v Suit o Enjoin Payment by U. S. Solicitor Denies Any Money Advanced to Kerensky Is Still Under Control of Sec retary Houston. , Washington, Feb. 21. Denial that any money advanced to the Keren sky government of Russia is still under the 'control of Secretary Houston was made i by Solicitor General Friersou in a brief filed to day with the district supreme cour.t in response to the suit brought by William Randolph Hearst of New York, as a taxpayer, to enjoin the secretary of the treasury from fur ther financial transactions with for eign governments. The brief also denied there was any intention on the part of the secretary of permitting funds under his control to be paid to the Ker ensky or any othpr Russian govern-mnt.- Mr. Frierson declared there was no occasion for an' injunction. as the defendant has no intention of establishing further credits to any foreign governmets "as must have been knqwn to the plaintiff when he filed his bill." Pledged by Congress. With regard to the -pay men t - o the unexpended balantes now exist ing in favor of. Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Italy and Liberia, the solicitor general Contended the faith of the government was pledged" because these credits were established 'under . authority of congress. Describing the transactions be-, tween this government and the Kercnsky government the solicitor general declared the credits were established and advances made "just as they were made to any other for eign government" and when made were entirely free from the control of the secretary of the treasury. 'It is not true, Mr. Frierson said, that there is any existing credit in favor of the Kerensky or other Rus sian government, nor that -any funds belonging to the United States have been placed in , the .National City bank, or any other bank subject to the check of the Kercnsky or other Russian government with the ap proval ot the secretary. Fund Was Deposited. At tire time of the overthrow of the . Kerensky government, - Air. Frierson explained, the balance of the credit in its favor was with drawn and there remained in tb' hands of tjie Kerensky representa tive in this country about $56,001', 000. 1 'While this money had been paid I over just as advances to other gov ernments were paid, the solicitor general asserted, "and the secretary of the treasury had no control over it,', he was anxious to sec that it was applied to the satisfaction of obliga tions which the Kerensky govern ment had 'incurred in this country,1 and succeeded in securing an agree-' mcnt by which it wasMeposited.it!.. the National City bank to the credit of the Kercnsky government or its representatives with an understand ing that the secretary of the treasury should be notified helorc with drawals were made from .the. de- posit. Bandits Get Little Ogtlen, Utah. Feb. 21. Two ban dits early this morning struck down William Oram, watchman at the m tcrurban station here, tied him to a chair, rifled the ticket office, and es caped in an automobile, but their gains, railroad officials said, would not, exceed ?4 i" small changg, " says that Aurora jjcts .the best din ner of any Rotarian , town. " Jt The officers of the Aurora Rotary club are Frank Edgerton, president; Fete Refshaugc, vice president; Jap Cole, secretary, and Clarence Scovil, sergeant-at-arms. Jap Cole has been elected .delegate' to the next, meeting of International Rotary, which will be held in Kdinburg, Scotland. . The Aurora" Rotary club repeat Tecumseh Water Bonds Sold to Omaha Firm Tecumseh, Neb., Fev: 21. -(Special.) The Tectiniseh city cbuncil has sold the ?i5',K)0 water extension bonds to the I'ctcrs 'Trust company of Omaha. The price was par, less attorney's fees and printing of bonds, which made a reduction of a little less than 4 per cent. The coun cil sold the paving section bonds of ,$18,000 to the Bosworth-Chanutc company of Denver on about the same basis. Wns. is the; last ot trie paving bonds "to Be" sold, and one twentieth of them, are payable an nually. There were, eight Mds for the water bonds and one bid only for the paving bonds. ( , : ! Men Sentenced to Prison . For Robbing Freight Cars Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 21. (Spe cial Telegram. )s Pleading guilty to burglary because they threw good from a freight car while a train wa standing at the Elk Point depot, in tending to pick up the loot after wards and carry it away in an auto mobile, Jim Sullivan, alias Frank Smith, and James Lowrey, alias Frank Lewis, whose real name isj known"' to be James Lony, were lodged in the Sioux Falls penitcn itary to serve terms of five years each. They are said to be Sioux City men. Yeiser Rescues Two of His Bills frdm Untimely Doom Lincoln, Feb. 21. (Specials Representative' John O. Y6iser, jr., today won his initial legislative vic tory when on the floor' of the house he rescued two of his many bilss away from an adverse committee report and .placed them on general file. Th'e&e bills, House Rolls 6 and 7, provWcs for issuance of .warehouse receipts by elevators and packing houses. They were kilted in com mittee and Yeiscr. after a' long talk succeeded in getting them on geiv oral lile. Fire Docs $20,000 Danube To High School at.McCook McCook, Neb.. Feb. 2T. (Special Telegram.) McCook's $.308,000. high school builing was damaged' to the extent of $20,000 by a hie which started trom an overheated steel fiue in the furnace room following the burning out of the soot. The (ire occurred before fhe opening.; of school in the morning. Work of clearing up the wreckage was begun at once and school wasi resumed in the undamaged part of the building in the afternoon. Head of CookCounty Board Of Commissioners Dies Chicago, Feb. 21. Peter Reinberg president of the Cook county board of coimnisMoners and for many years prominent in the democratic party in Chicago, died at his home here to day of cerebral hemorrhage. ,!VKKTISK.!KNT I CATARRHAL DEAFNESS? MAY BE OVERCOME If you have Catarrhal Dpnfnerfs j or are even jut a little hard f ; hearing or have head noises po to Y your riruKteiftt and tret 1 ounce of ; Parmint (double strength), and' add j to it 4 pint of hot water and a V little granulated HUtrar. Take 1 ! tahlespoonful four times a day. r J, This will often brinp' quirk relief -.J. f rotn ' the distresninr head TmnVrs. Clnjffired nostils should open, breath- Intf become cany and the murus stop J. dropping into the throa'. It is ra.y to prepare, eostfl little and i pleasant to take. Anyone losing A hearing or who hat; Catarrhal I)af- . nrsH or had noises should viive this prescription a trial. ; edly has held the highest place for percentage of attendance among' the clubs of Nebraska. The latest bulle tin shows the highest percentage of attendance in the state for tire past moii th. , ' t The Aurora Rotariiuis declare that Rotary is driving air "small town stuff" out of the business life of their little city and that the club is making Aurora the biggest town iii .the world for its size." Recent Butter Ruling Protested by Legislators. Lincoln, Feb. 21. (Special Tlie lower house 'adopted a resolution today introduced hy Representatives h-ppersoiv Williams and Mellor protesting to Nebraska .representa tives in congress against a recent ruling of the United States attorney general relative to the sale of butter made from neutralized cream. AHVKRTISKIET Women! Dip Old Faded Garments in Diamond Dye "Diamond Dyes" don't Streak, Spot, Fade or . Give a "Dyed-Look" Omaha.' women can dye anything with a package of Diamond Dyes An efld, worn coat, skirt, waist, sweater, kimqna, dress, or faded stockings, gloves, draperies, por tieres, chair covers anything, whether wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods.' can be diamond-dyed to look 'like new. Easy directions in each package , guarantee perfect re sults. Druggist has Color Card showing actual materials diamond dyed in a wondrous range of ridi, fadeless colors. Don't risk yur material in a poor dye. KRqsultsofcttys 3 rime onset by Before retiring tonight give your face a treatment with ltesinol Soap. Hub the lather well into the pores, then rinse carefully and apply Resl jiol Ointment to anyMotehes or Irri tations there may be. See how the gray and grimy look has disap peared. A few days of .such care end you will doubtless be surprised to note how much clearer and fresher your skin looks. You can get the Eeninol producla from your druggist. t-31 1 Appetite Keen and Bowels Relieved You can relish your meals without teat of upsetting your liver . ; , or stomach if you will put your faith in AnTPn'e c.Her-. L.iti. CARTERS Foul accumu- Yf i rra laiions thatj IIJLY 5. poison the 4 H PILLS pelled from the bowels and headache, dizziness and sallow skin are relieved. Smll Pill-Small Dom-SimU Pric Teacher Unable To Stop Battle Of School Boys Desperate Struggle Goes on Behind Locked Doorsjdn terior of Room Is De molished. Petersburg, Neb., Feb., 21. (Spe cial.) A. long-standing" feud be tween pupils of the rural school seven miles east of here resulted, in a desperate fight which the teacher, Miss A. Jennings, Was unable to stop, according to' reports reaching here today. When Miss Jennings stepped from the school rdjm the larger hoys locked the doori Then the battle started. The teacher Was unable to gain entrance and ran nearly a mile to the nearest telephone. She called the school director, who rushed to the scene. With great dif ficulty he succeeded in stopping the struggle. Furniture was smashed, black boards demolished and broken glass covered the floor. The fight also resulted in many badly scarred faces and bloody noses, according to re ports, which indicate several of the participants have been expelled. It is. feared that although peace has been established the feud may break out again, with even more serious results, and special precau tions are being taken. Many of the smaller pupils are afraid to return to the school, according to reports. The school is in district No. 37. To Celehrate Holiday Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 21. (Special.)' All of the offices at the state cap- itol will close Tuesday afternoon to allow the employes to observe Washington's birthday. Women's Wool Jersey Spring Placed on Sale Wednesday al $17.75 . Sizes 1 6 o HO . For Shopping- Sport 'Wear Traveling Motoring Hiking Business College Campus Wear. 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