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Warrant Is
Issued for
Bank Head
Missing President of Blair In
stitution Charged With
Violating Law on Four
Counts.
State Offers Reward
Fred H. Claridge, president of the
banking house of A. Castcttcr at
Blair, whose disappearance February
27, uncovered one of the most dis
astrous bank failures in Nebraska
history, today fs a fugitive, uot only
from the wrath of trusting patrons
whose confidence ht betrayed, but
from the criminal prosecutors of the
state itself.
A reward is offered by the state
for Claridge's arrest, Attorney Gen
eral Clarence A. Davis announced
Saturday night. Complaints citing
four specific counts against him were
filed and a warrant was issued for
his arrest. v
Secretary J. E. Hart of the depart
ment of banking and commerce, and
Mr. Davis, began checking up the
bank's affairs Saturday. The ex
amination will probably be concluded
next Tuesday, when a receiver will
be appointed.
Cannot Be Opened. '
The bank cannot be opened, Mr.
Davis declared. '
So great is 'the financial loss
through "bad" paper that it will
take weeks before an accurate check
ing can be made, according to Mr.
Hart.
A partial report from the state ex
aminer shows the straits of the bank
involve discrepancies of more than
$800,000.
Attorney General Davis character
izes it as one of the "most disastrous
bank failures in Nebraska."
J Embarrassments of the bank hre
summarized roughly by examining
officials as follows:
Worthless securities, $250,000.
Doubtful securities, $300,000.
"Frozen" securities, $250,000.
This makes a total of $800,000. Of
this amount, however, a considerable
part of the $250,000 "frozen" securi
ties represents loans on which a large
sum will be realized eventually.
Much of this is tied up in real es
tate investments, -which will take time
to liquidate. There will be some
salvage also in the $300,000 listed as
"doubtful securities." The nearest
present estimate .fixes the finalj loss
at upward of $400,000.
Davis Issues Statement.
Attorney General Davis issued this
statement tj reassure depositees, and,,
""" others concerned- in the bank's af
fairs: ' ; '
"The affairs of the bank will be
handled in such manner as will safe
guard every interest. We shall go
to extreme lengths, if need be, to
avoid 'squeezing' those who "are in
volved. This applies both to deposi
tors and signers of notes. Depositors
(Torn t r Three. Column One.)
Law Must Take Course
In Case of Irishmen ,
.Condemned to Death
Dublin, March 13. (By The "As
sociated Press.) The lord mayor
,v:s informed tonight that the law
should take its course in the case of
six prisoners in Mount Joy prison,
and the executions will be carried
out tomorrow.
A demonstration against execution
of the six prisoners who are accused
of complicity in connection with kill
ing of intelligence officers and par
ticipation' in ambuscades, was held
l)y women today.
Banners bearing such legions as
"English murders the innocent in
vengeance," were carried through the
streets.
Reaching the prison, the women
lined up two deep along the wall and
planted their banners opposite the
gates. Then they knelt and recited
the Rosary, after which they dis
persed. The lord mayor of Dublin and
Father O'Flanagan, visited the con
demned men today.
They reported they were facing
their fate with composure, lne men
will be hanged in pairs beginning at
6 a.m.
Democratic Senator Urges
People to Support Harding
Sheridan, Wyo, March Jo. ue
claring. he would do everything in
his power to assist the national ad
ministration in "achieving policies of
which it aspires," United States
Senator John B. Kendrick, democrat,
speaking to his fellow townsmen at
a banquet, said "Harding is
president of the whole people. It
would be most unfortunate if the
minority party obstructed rather
than assisted him."
Senator Kendrick endorsed the
Fordney emergency bill and added
that he favored a tariff on wool.
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Couple Held in California
Waive Extradition Action
San Francisco, Cal.. March 13.
Bert N. Morgan and his wife, arrest
ed here yesterday on a telegraphic
warfltnt, have waived extradition and
,. .-ii.nirn tn Baltimore to face
charges of having obtained under
ialse pretenses, goods or a toiai vaiue
of $10,000, the police announced.
Mnrcran ia said to have been con
nected with a candy concern having
ofhees m New York, nttsDurgn ana
St. raul.
Body of Missing Man Found
Huron, S. D., March 13. The
dealer who had been missing for six
month, was fdund in a shed loft be
hind his Jtsidcnce. County officials
advanced .the theory of, suicide.
Genoa Boys Narrowly
Miss Death in Crash
Seward, Neb., March 13. (Special
Telegram.) Eight members of the
Genoa High school basket ball team,
returning home from the state
tournament at Lincoln in a motor
car, narrowly Escaped death or seri
ous injury half a mile north of Sew
ard when the machine collided with
a car driven by Al Clark, a fanner,
residing west of here.
Clark was travelling south. He
saw the other car approaching, but
blinded by the driving rain storm,
thought the car was standing at side
of the road, he said.
Both machines were wrecked com
pletely. Ted Holdmine, a member
of the basket ball team, sustained
several broken ribs. All the other
members were badly cut and shaken
up by the collision. They were
brought to Seward and given medi
cal attention.
Showdown in Rail
Union Squabble
Due Next Monday
Federal Labor, Board Orders
Employers and Unions to
Appear for Hearing on
Wage Fight March 21.
By ARTHUR M. EVANS.
Chiracs Tribune-Omaha Bee Lcawd Wire.
Chicago, March 13. The issue of
whether a federal court can override
the United States Railway Labor
board moved toward a showdown
today, when the board notified the
receiver of the Atlanta, Birniinghar.i
and Atlantic railroad and representa
tives of IS railroad unions to appear
for a hearing, March 21, to determine
whether wages had been cut and a
strike called iu violation of the labor
board's decision. '
The A. B. and A. controversy has
been regarded as furnishing the la
bor board a "test case" on the con
stitutionality of the transportation
act. The hoard takes the position that
both Col. B. " if. Bugg, receiver
of the road, and the employes have
violated the board's mandates. The
case, as it now stands, involves the
question of whether a carrier.
through receivership process, might
toddle out of the jurisdiction of the
labor board. The unions in particu
lar regard it as an important case.
. In brief, after the board had re
manded a proposed cut in wages
back to the management and the em
ployes for joint conference, the A.
B. and A. went into a receivershin.
The federal court, after making Col
onel Bugg, who was president of the
road, receiver, ordered a wage reduc
tion to be put ihto effect, March 1.
The employes struck. .
t, . Mediators Walk Out.
"Two federal .mediators .walked in
to mediate, but walked He-lit nut '
again Friday and said they would put
me maner up to president Harding.
ioaay tne labor board took the
matter up in executive session. In
a ruling it said that it has been the
legal duty of the A. B. and A. to
pay the scale of waees set bv the
board in its decision of July 20, 1920.
"until othenrates of wages are agreed
upon by the carrier and by duly
authorized representatives " of the
employes concerned, or until con
ference has been sought and denied.-
or it has not been possible to agree
in conference as to what wages shall
constitute just and reasonable wages
and the dispute has been referred to
this board for decision."
It. says also, "that it is the lccal
duty of both carrier and men, to ex
ert reasonable effort and adopt every
available means to avoid any inter
duption to the operation of the car
rier, growing out of any dispute. If
unable to reach a settlement, it said.
the dispute should have been referred
to the board.
Both Violate Decisions.
The carrier, in cutting wages, and
the men, in striking, it field, have
violated the board's wage decisions.
The Erte railroad announced in
New York that it has restored fhe
old rates of pay for common labor
and has wiped out the cut put into
effect January 31. In this, the road
adds that the" railroad, carried out
the order of the board.
The Erie states that "a sliehtlv im
proved condition in business" has
made the return to the old scale
possible. The road, in line with all
the other large barriers, will sub
mit the question of wages to the
labor board in the shape of "definite
controversies." ,
The effect of the Erie announce
ment was to strengthen the prevail
ing, impression that the big roads
would adhere to the provisions of
the transportation act. It was in
terpreted in various quarters as an
indication of the attitude of the car
riers. Meanwhile the roads, large and
small, are going ahead 'with their
preparations for conferences with em
ployes, with a view ot bringing pro
posed wage cuts before the labor
board, as directed, in the shape of
"controversies." Some roads report
that judging from the attitude mani
fested by the men in preliminary
conferences, reductions in common
labors wanes in some instances
will probably' be through direct
agreement with the men and with
unemployment growing, this idea
gains weight.
Negro Charged With Murder
Lynched by Kentucky Mob
Versailles, Ky., March 13 Richard
James, negro, charged, with the mur
der of B. T. Rogers and Homer
Nave, at Midway, October 8, was
taken from the Woodford county
jail by a mob early today and hanged
from a tree, two miles from this city.
Five Men Burned to Death t
In Furniture Store Fire
Richmond,' Va., March 13. Four
firemen and another man were burned
to death, and more than 15 were in
jured today in a fire that destroyed
two furniture stores.
The'property loss was estimated at
$500,000,
By
Due Today
Men Balloting on Proposed
Strike Against Reduction
And Return to 10-IIour
Working Day.
Little Chance to Agree
My TIip sorlutet Proas.
Slous City, In.. Marc-h 13. Eighteen
hundred union employe In the luree pack
lint houses here voted unanlinoimly today
not to go out on strike tomorrow, de
finite the niiiioniH'ement of the parkem
that wanes would be redueed 8 cents per
hour on hourly paid work und l'-Vi: per
cent on piece work. ,
Chicago. . March , 13. With more
than 100,000 employes in the packing
industry .balloting on a proposed
strike, wage decreases amounting to
12 1-2 to 15 per cent, together with a
readjustment of working hours, will
go into effect tomorrow..
Both the packers and union of
ficials yesterday agreed to meet Sec
retary of Labor Davis, who offered
his services as mediator in the hope
of averting a strike.
Tonight representatives of both
sides said that there was little pros-
rnrt mrrprmpflt.
Union leaders pointed out that the
'packers, in agreeing to scud two rep
resenatives to Washington, had said,
"we assume that the justice and nec
ccssity of wage cuts wilt not be at
issue; nor can there justly be an
issue on the matter of hours."
According to representatives of the
men, this left nothing to be dis
cussed. Says Packers Want Strike. .
"We know the packers are hoping
snmf of our men will engage in a
runaway strike tomorrow," said
Dennis Lane, of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher work
men, "and in fact we have evidence
thcV are aggravating them. However,
the'international officers have warned
our membership to remain on the
job until after the vote has been taken
and until the international executive
board has issued strike instructions.
"When the strike occurs, it will be
national and will have occurred be
cause of the packers repudiating' an
agreement with the government and
because of their desire for a strike
to accomplish the purpose of de
stroying the workers' organization
and unloading at profiteering prices,
the innermost quantities of meat now
in cold storage, which )hey bought
at the lowest orices paid for live
stock -since 1915.". , ' .
A meeting of the union leaders to
take action on the proposed strike
will be held here Wednesday. By
that time the resultqf the strike bal
loting will be "knownit was expected;
Davis Waiting Replies.
Washington, D. C, Mrch 1 3.
Secretary of Labor Davis tonight
was awaiting replies from four of
the five leading packers and from
packing house employes, to his offer
of mediation in the controversy aris
ing' from the proposed wage cut.
Wilson and company, in a tele
gram received today, agreed to the
secretary's proposal of a conference
between the packers and their em
ployes in which Mr. Davis will par
ticipate with Secretaries Hoover and
Wallace as advisers. The telegram
reported to have been sent from Chi
cago by Dennis Lane of the em
ployes unions, had not been received
-tonight.
Secretary Davis is anxious to set
the date for the conference as soon
as possible. He lias had experts
place before him data regarding
packing industry labor, and he has
spent much of the last three days
digesting the information.
Marry Early, But Not.
Too Early, Advice of
Dr. Hall to Young Men
. "Young men, marry!"
So advises Dr. Winfield Scott Hall,
junior dean of Northwestern univer
sity medicaf school, in his lecture on
"Manhood,'' delivered at the Y. M.
C. A. Sunday afternoon.
"If you are 22 years old, making
$90 a month or over and have a girl
20 years old, get married," he said.
"You may have to live in a two
roont house in the suburbs and live
the simple life, but don't keep your
girl waiting!"
The double standard of morality,
"spooning" and "off-color stories"
were condemned by Dr. Hall.
"You don't play a foot ball game
with a different set of rules for each
team. You shouldn't play the1 game
of life with one set of rules for the
girl and one for the young man."
Early marriages, but not too early,
usually result in happiness for the
couple,, according to the doctor.
Boys should marry between the
years of 21 and 23, girls between 19
and 21, he said.
Grading Work in Creighton
Park Addition Resumed
Grading work which was started
in Creighton Park addition last fall
at the east end of the residence sec
tion has been resumed and will be
completed this month, according to
J. W. Johnson, secretary of the
Creighton Park Improvement club.
Other development work, including
the laying of water and gas mains,
sewers and ornamental lighting,' will
be begun as soon as the grading is
finished.
Chicago Police Probing
Death of Des Moines Woman
Chicago, March 13. Police are in
quiring into the death of Miss Jessie
Newman, 21, of Des Moines, whose
body was found on the sidewalk out
side of a hospital where she has been
a patient. She had recently under
gone an operation for appendicitis,
and it was believed she leaped from
the window of her room during a
period of insanity.
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Ruling on Beer as
Medicine Will Stand
Washington, March 13. The rul
ing of former Attorney General Pal
mer permitting the practically un
limited manufacture of ; beer, wines
and whisky for -medical purposes will
stand, Solicitor General Frierson
snid, despite protests, unless the
Treasury department should ask for
its reconsideration. Such a request is
not under contemplation, it was said
al tht treasury.
A review would be made, he said,
on motion of the department origin
ally making the request and a change
made where an error of law was
found.
Regulations to provide for the use
of beer medically will be issued when
they can he prepared, prohibition or
ficials declared.
LTndcr this most recent interpre
tation of the prohibition law, officials
declared it would appear that a pa
tient for whom beer was prescribed
could obtain it bry the case, as it
would probably be ordered as a tonic
and it would appear unreasonable to
require a person to procure only one
cr two bottles.
Plane Bombing
Raid Staged by
Omaha Pilots
Flyers Circlfe City for 45 Min-
utes Dropping Explosive
Fireworks; Will Try for
Altitude Record Today.
While hundreds of theater-goers
thronged .the downtown streets
shortly after 9 Saturday, Jack At
kinson and R. L. Dunlap, profes
sional aviators of Omaha, thrilled
them with a miniature bombing raid
from an airplane. The raid was
carried out under the condition of
actual warfare and for more than
45 minutes the heavens were lighted
by the vari-colored lights of explo
sive firework bombs.
Circling the city at an altitude
of 4,000 feet and in the face of zero
weather at that altitude and against
a strong wind, the exhibition flight,
although the first one ever attempt
ed in Omaha, was the most success
ful, according to attaches at the Ak-Sar-Bcn
flying field.
Hundreds Throng Field.
Hundreds of persons thronged
around the air mail hanger at the
flying field during the early part
of the evening awaiting the hop
off of Atkinson and Dunlap.
The plane was equipped with
wing flares for landing purposes,
but, during the course of the down
town bombing the wires became
disconnected and the landing was
made without the use of any light
except the bonfires at each corner
oi the field to assist in locating the
hanger; ;:' . ' ".
The plane was piloted by Jack
Atkinson, while R. L. Dunlap, also
a pilot, occupied the passenger cock
pit and lighted 'the bombs. Both
men were suffering severely from
cold when they alighted. -
Ideal Night for Flying.
"Omaha certainly was a pretty
sight," declared Atkinson when he
landed. "The atmospheric condU
tions over the city were ideal for
night flying. It was very clear
and the air was very smooth."
Five complete circles of the city
were made, extending from the river
westward to Dundee and southward
to below South Omaha.
The weather conditions at the field'
however, were not of the best. The
clouds were hanging low and im
mediately after the take off the
plane penetrated the clouds and the
bright searchlights attached to the
lower wings of the plane were not
discernible to those on the field be
low . ;
At 1 this afternoon Atkinson will
make another flight from Ak-Sar-Ben
field at which time he will at
tempt to break the local flying field
altitude record made the first part
of this week by Captain Cook of
Fort Crook. He, will be accompanied
by Jack Hughes who will make a
leap from the plane and come to
earth in a parachute.
Ord Schools Arrange
Industrial Exhibit
Ord. Neb., March 13. (Special.')
The Ord schools are arranging an
extensive exhibit of school and in
dustrial work. The exhibit will be
of an unique nature in that it will
bring to the attention of the people
of Valley county the great variety of
work done by the modern public
school. The Ord schools indirectly
carries its work into the homes and
directs the pupil during most of his
unemployed time, and for this reason
the children .of Ord engage . them
selves in a trreat variety of useful
activities outside of school. Among
these are weaving, sewing, basketry,
carpentry, gardening, and raising of
pets for profit, making art jewelry,
etc. The exhibit will have depart
ments for caged pets, a baby show,
a picture exhibit and a pure food
show. Carnival attractions and
probrams by pupils will add zest to
the occasion.
City
Ticket Nominated
At Pawnee City Caucus
Pawnee City, Neb., March 13.
(Special.) A caucus here nominated
the following candidates for city of
fices: Frank Colwell, mayor; Harry
Flory, city clerk; Harve Tracy, city
treasurer; Fred Barclay, city en
gineer; John Pyle and Will Potts,
school board; August Bcnz and John
Shepherd for city council. All of
these men were nominated as candi
dates for election to succeed them
selves, and all were the unanimous
choice of the body.
Pawnee City Girl Dies of
Blood Poison From Carbuncle
Pawnee City, Neb., March 13.
(Special.) Miss Helen Tracy died
of blood ppison caused by a car
buncle on the lip. She was em
ployed at the telephone .office.
Prized Birds
" A" '
Asserts England
Can Get Peace by
Removing Army
Irish Representative Says That
Britain Carrying on Assassi
nation Behind the Smoke
Screen of Propaganda,
A telegrahrfrbm Harry J. Boland,
representative of the Irish republic in
America, and former private secre
tary to Eamonn De Valera, presi
dent of the Irish republic, to the
association for the recognition of
Irish freedom in Nebraska yesterday
states that "England can have peace
tomorrow by withdrawing her army
of occupation from Ireland.
This telegram was sent in answer
to an English manifesto issued Sat
urday that "England has launched
a new peace offensive."
Boland characterizes the statement
as a "smoke screen of peace" created
by England.'
Text of Telegram.
The telegram reads:
"A, new peace offensive is being
launched against the Irish republic.
England would have the world be-,
lieve.she is anxious for peace at the
time she is carrying on her campaign
of assassination, v burmng, looting
and reprisals - behind the smoke
screen of peace thus created by her.
"Side by side with the manifesto
we read that General Macready's
court-martial has sentenced to be
hanged Bernard Ryan, Patrick
Doyle, Thomas Bryan and' Frank
Flood. This is the peace England
offers Ireland. This peace propa
ganda is in line with England's tra
ditional policy to get the world to
believe she is anxious for peace, and
at the same time , her troops are
guilty of every possible abomination
in Ireland.
Ireland Wants Peace.
"The republic of the Irish people
has time after time expressed its de
sire for peace. England can have
peace tomorrow by withdrawing her
army of occupation in Ireland. Dail
Eireann has issued a manifesto to
the world pledging the people of Ire
land and their representatives to be
faithful to a cause of. an independent
Irish republic until death.
"Our friends in America need no
assurance for her liberty on this day.'
They can best aid in answering this
peace propaganda'of England by a
determined effort to secure the
recognition of the Irish republic from
their government."
York City Council Boosts
- Pay at Adjourned Meeting
York, Neb., March 13. (Special.)
The city council met in an ad
journed session and boosted the sal
aries of city officers. Only those
whose term of office expires at the
spring election will get the new rate.
The following schedule was adopted:
Mavor, $100 to $500; councilmen, $50
to $200; clerk, $600 to $700; treasurer.
$150 to $500; attorney, $240 to $500.
Caruso to Appear on Opera
Stage Again Next Season
New York. March 13. Belief that
Enrico Caruso will appear' on the
operatic stage next season and that
his illness will not impair, the qual-J
lty of his voice, was expressed to
night by his wife. When his condi
tion permits traveling, she said, they
would go to Naples.
American Legion Tea
Mrs. Donald Macrae, 809 Fifth
avenue, will give a tea at her home
on Wednesday for the women of the
Muerlran Legion auxiliary and their
guests. Every member is urged to
attend.)
Should Be Kept on
'lOwrirhl: 18S1: Bj The Chlouo Tribune"!
Nonpartisans in
Kansas Tarred
Leaders of Organization Are
Forced to ' Apply Oh Coat
ing by Mob at Great Bend.
Great Bend, Kan., March 13. De
tails of the anti-Nonpartisan league
demonstration in Butler county last
nighty which Reached a elimax.in the
escorting from- Great Bend, of J." R.
Burton, former senator from Kansas,
and the tarring of J. O. Stevick and
A. A. -Parsons, revealed today that
Stevic' and Parsons were compelled
to apply a coating of tar to them
selves while undressed. After they
had been forced by several hundred
men to roll on the ground their
clothing was returned and they were
told to leave. ) ' .
The whereabouts of Stevic and
Parsons, who are state organizer and
state .secretary, respectively, of the
league, were not known tonight.
Neither had word been received as
to the whereabouts of Burton, or of
Professor Wilson, another organizer
of the league.
Burton and Wilson were on. their
wav tn Ellinwood to address a meet-
Jig today. When they did not appear
btevic and parsons . came to learn
their whereabouts. The latter two
were then taken out of the city and
told not to return. .When they re
appeared they were tarred.
300 Men Are Arrested
In Kansas City Raids;
Scores of Guns Seized
Kansas City, Mo., March 12.
Three hundred -men were arrested,
thousands of dollars worth of liquor
and drugs seized and hundreds of
guns, knives and much ammunition
found today in. police raids in Kan
sas City's "Little Italy." . .
-The raids were continued tonight,
with more than !60 detectives partici
pating," .They followed ( reports to
the police that a plot to kill. high
police and federal .officials and cre
ate a reign of error had been formu
lated. - Gunmen,, according to re
ports, were imported from other' cit
ies; and they were-to 'receive .their
pay from a fund of $15,000 or more
raised.
Today's raids were of a house-to-house
nature and at many places en
trance was forced. Stills, some of
them in operation,' were confiscated.
Pawnee City School Boy '
Is Burned by Explosion
Pawnee City, Neb.. March 13.
(Special.)-i-Maurice Wilson, High
school student, was badly burned!
on the hands and about the face
when .the gasoline tank iu his auto
mobile exploded. - He put a stick
into the gasoline tank to measure and
lighted a match to see. the wetness
on the stick. The car was not
damaged. " ' '
Thomas- W. Miller Is Named
; Alien Property Custodian
Washington, March 13. Thomas
W. Miller of Delaware, a former
member of the house of representa
tives, was appointed alien property
custodian by President Harding.
The appointment docs not require
senate confirmation.
U. P. Laborers Wages Cut
20 Per Cent at Cheyenne
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 13. The
Union Pacific railroad posted notices
here that wages of common labor
would be reduced 20 per cent
immct'uately. Wages of skilled la
bor wll not be affected, it was said.
Safe Perches
Adjournment of
Special Session
Is Postponed
Failure of President to Submit
, Nominations to Shipping
Board Overthrows Plans
v Of Senate, Leaders. ;
: Washington,- March 13. Plans of
senate leaders to end the special ses
sion were overthrown by fur
ther delays at the White House and
capitol affecting importing appoint
ments. Failure of President Harding to
send in his nominations for the
shipping board is understood to have
been the pijncipal barrier to ending
the.&ession. It; .was indicated that
the president was having difficulty
in inducing some of the men he
wants to accept.
The senate heard also that Mr.
Harding might ask it to pass judg
ment before adjournament, on the
nomination of Col, George Harvey,
New York editor, to be ambassa
dor to Great Britain. Selection of
Colonel Harveyi, is understood ,to
have been definitely decided and
although Mr. Harding was not ready
to transmit the nomination today,
republican managers received ad
vance information and they conduct
ed a poll of the foreign relations
committee on the confirmation.
Another cause for prolonging the
session was .provided . by Senator
La.Follette, who objected to imme
diate consideration of the nomina
tion of Former Representative J. J.
Esch of Wisconsin to be a member
of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion Under the senate rules the
nomination had to be put over until
Monday. ; " v
Meantime the senate cleaned up
most of its slate of accummulateu
nominations. The nomination oi
Mark Potter of New York to the In
terstate Commerce commission was
one of those confirmed. Others
favorably acted on were William W.
Husband of Vermont to be commis
sioner general of immigration; Harry
H. Billany of Delaware, to be fourth
assistant postmaster general and
Carl Mapes of Michigan, to be soli
citor of the bureau of internal reve
nue. The belief tonight was that the
Harvey nomination, along with sev
eral selections for the shipping
board, probably would be ready to
send to the senate early next week.
Thieves Abandon Auto
Stolen Saturday Night
Thieves filched the big automobile
belonging to Walter; Stephan, mas-,
ter plumber, a few minutes after he
had parked it at Broadway and Scott
street Saturday night. Police found
the car Sunday morning at the curb
in front of 1011 Avenue F, where it
had - been abandoned and partly
stripped. VThe car was locked when
it3 owneA left it and it was still
locked when found. Police believe
it had been dragged away by the
thieves behind another car and aban
doned ' when- they were unable to
start the motor. The theft of a new
tire was the chief loss.
The Weather
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Auto Show
Gates Will
Open Today
Alluring Display of Lfp-to-the-Minute
Models Likely to
Give Attendants Case
Of "Motor Fever.'i ( '
Cars Are Riot in Color
The sixteenth annual Omaha Au
tomobile show will open at 2 this
afternoon in the Auditorium, with
lighting effects and car arrangement
completed.
Workmen, under, the supervision
of Clarke G. Powell, manager of
the show, toiled busily Sunday add
ing final touches to the displays.
And when the orchestra lead
er waves his baton and the vari
colored lights flare on at the Audi-
torium, the portion of Uniaha s pop
ulation which will be able to crowd
into the building will view the most
perfect automobile show in the his
tory of the city, automobile men say.
They will see long rows of artis
tically arranged, .shiny bodied cars
There will be tempting sedans, com
fortable touring cars, lean, racy
roadsters, queer shaped sport mod
els, soft cushioned limousines, aristo
cratic laundalets and here and there
a cute little coupe, built just for two.
Large Attendance, Expected.
Indeed, if anyone expects to vis
it the auto show this year without
catching the motor fever he should
be innoculatcd with anti-motor se
rum, in the opinion of , automobile
dealers.
Dealers are confident the show
will shake the automobile business
from its somewhat lethargic state.
Thousands of out-of-town people
will attend, and with the approach
of spring the lure of the road is
growing stronger, they say. Even
the rural resident will be able to for
get .the prevailing corn prices when
he enters the Auditorium, say the
dealers.
New colors, as well as new styles,
v. ill be seen. It is reported that
Harding blue will "be a popular col
or for motors this year, but the re
port has not been substantiated.
Cars of Many Colors. '
There 'will be large, white enamel
lifnousines, yellow cars, green cars,
pink cars, and striped cars, accord
ing to reports. Chauffeur's uniforms
to match the new colors may be a
serious problem. .
Dealers say the cars on display
this year will be up to the last min
ute in mechanical perfection the
outgrowth of years'- of building ex
perience. ' ,
No expense lias -been- spared jt&
make the 1921 show a complete
success. Dealers predict a larger
attendance than ever before. Be
ginning Tuesday the show will open
at 9 a. m. and close at 1:30 p. m.
President Casts Off
All Cares of Office
During Sabbath Day
Washin&ton, March 13. President
Harding today cast off the cares of
office and rested.
Accompanied by Mrs. Harding, he
attended the morning service at Cal
vary Baptist church, and after din
ing with a few friends as guests,
strolled through the White House
grounds and took an automobile
ride.
The church was crowded, word
having spread Mr. Harding would
attend the service, and hundreds
unable to gain admittance waited
outside to get a glimpse of him.
Dr. J. S. Durkee, president of
Howard university nrr nnirt th
pulpit. i
During an afternoon of almost
summer-like weather. Mr. Harding
took advantage of the first real op
portunity to Bet ACnukintt-A '-a-UU 1,?.
surroundings at the White House.1
There was no intimation as to
whether any important nominations
including those of the shipping board,
would be sent to the senate before
it adjourned, probably late tomor
row. Boy Barely Escapes
Beheading in Fall
Through Big Window
Frank Shea, newsboy, narrowly
escaped beheading when he pushed
headlong through a plate glass win
dow in the Harket clothing store,
021 Broadway, Sunday morning. H$
plnnged through the window near the
bottom, smashing it the full length.
The upper section fell like the
knife of a guillotine, catching the
boy's neck between the two cutting
edges. He would have been hurt
badly, if not killed, if the back oiJ
his neck and throat had not been
protected by a heavy coat collet (
turned up to his ears.
The boy. was carrying a big bundll :
of papers to deposit in the entry way
when he was given a playful shove
by Art Smith, former newsboy and
now a railrnar) rlorU Tt. .-
promptly called the proprietor of the
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aiurc aim reported me accident to the
police. The window cost about $150.
York College Wins Debate
With Cotner on . Immigration
York. Neb.. March 13. (Snecial.;
The Interstate collegiate debate
between Cotner and York colleges
was won by York. Question: "Re
solved. That Immigration from Ja
pan be Admitted to the United States
Under the Same Conditions as Im
migrants from European Countries."
Lotner was represented by: Barton
lonnson, ueorge Kofob and Richard
McCann; York, Myrv.-.n Cannon,
Ralph Sawyer. Marion Mulvancrw
Supreme Court Judge Reed was tlij
judge of the contest.
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