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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA.. SUNDAY. MARCH 20. 1921. 5 A K Air Mail Trophy Is Given by Ik S. To Rickenbackcr famous Anicricati Ace and Major Reed Chambers Pre sented With Paris of Ger .man Plane They Bagged. Oakland, Cak March 19. As a re minder of their victory over a Ger man Hanover plane which they shot down intact the only enemy plane capable of being flown after a vic toryand a plane from which much information of German air motors was learned, Capt. Eddie1 Ricken backcr and Major Reed Chambers, foremost among American aces, re cently added to their collection of war souvenirs two tokens presented them by the United States govern ment, y Gets Barograph. To Captain Rickenbackcr went the barograph, or altitude -recorder of the stiip. and to Major Chambers the machine gun. The barograph record of the last German fight of the famous Hanover plane is of his torical interest because it gives an accurate record of the aerial figlt. On the 'barograph record are the German letters-"FLZABT-D," which translated, mean a German airplane instrument, type D. Tile record - is 'in meters. The mute chronicle of the baro graph of the flight shows that the Hanover took the air at 20 minutes beyond the hour and climbed to an altitude of 1,500 meters, or about 5,000 feet. It was at this point that the big two-seated Hanover encoun tered the American acc of aces ptain Eddie Rickenbackeri. Brought to IJ. ,S. According to ;.- Rickenbacker, tic battle was an easy one, though -t was a case in which pilots and ob servers matched wits for position md firing angles. The German lane was brought down a .full two miles Vvithin the American lines. Captain Rickenbackcr disposed of the ob server, Major ChamheriMaking care of the pilot. The Hanovrr plane was brought back to the United States and has been exhibited in a number of places , over the country. Berlin Revolutionist Held in Upper Silesia , . - , x v Oppclln, Upper Silesia, March 19. (By The Associated Press.) Captain -Leneh, who was an adher ent of Dr. Wolfgang Kapp durlnf the short-lived revolution in Beflm last March, and who was head of the press section of the foreign office during Dr. Kapp's regime, was arrested here yesterday by Italian occupation troops. It was alleged he was at the head of a military organization aiming to up hold German claims in Silesia by force, if necessaryr should the pleb iscite on Sunday go in favor of the V roles. He was released later, how ever, on offering to procure proof r1 fiat he was a reporter for a German .newspaper. ' ' , ? Ope: ning of Children's Home Is Postponed Formal opening of the Masonic Home for Children, scheduled for yesterday, has been postponed until April 12, due to the delay of furni ture shipments and repairs on the building, which is on the northwest corner of Twenty-second and Dav enport streets. About 20 homeless boys will be tiiken into the home Monday, how ever. Rev. Carl M. Worden, superin tendent of the 1iome, said. These boys have been boarding at va rious places in the city, wraiting for completion of the home. , The formal opening on April 12 will be in the nature of a visitors' day. Rev. Mr. Worden said. - Iowa State Bank Head is 'Exonerated By Committee Des Moines, March 19. M. VV. Henderson, jr., state banking stmer imendentwas completely exonerated ef charges of misconduct in connec tion with the granting of a char ter to the Farmington State bank of Farmington. Ia., , by the report of the house departmental affairs com mittee today. 1 he house committee, in tts ma- .rity report, declared the change o! tieciswn on ttie part ot tne oanu- ig head, was brought about by a ruling of the retrenchment and re form committee, which held that charters could not he refused bank en the ground that the town al ready had sufficient banking facili ties, unless it was clearly- shown that the new hank tas organized tor "spite" purposes. - - - ' Flood Gates of Emigration .To U. S. Open Until March 25 London, March 19. One thus and persons emigrating from Eu rope to the United States will sail on board the steamer Adriatic March 23, it is announced here. The floodgates of European emigra tion will remain open' until MarcU 23. iCvis said at the American con sulate here, officials having received instructions to dcfeY until that time enforcement of the regulation re .V quiring a period of quarantine prior to tneN departure oi cmsgiams. Illinois Central Will ncuuv - -1 - - j Waterloo. March 19. Reduc-l ton of wages of two classes o. em- ployes isroposed in notices posted. Illinois Central round- house and vards; effective April 1. In class "1. track and all common laborers in maintenance of way de partment, and in and around shops r.nd roundhouses, and in class freight handlers and all common la borers in and around stations, store houses and warehouses, are included. Suanishiladicals Deported - New York March 19. Sixty-fifive Spanish radicals were deported to day on the steamship Mongolia, bound for Vigo, Spain. They were brought tothis port by Department t Justice officials from Seattle, Nor folk, and oticr. cities., Honor Society j Started In Nation-Wide Organiza tion, "Fathered" by Cen tral Principal, Pat terned after Phi Beta Kappa. High schools arc to have an honor society, patterned after Phi Beta Kappa, in colleges. Joseph G. Masters, principal of Central High school, is "father" of the organization, which is tobe known as the "American Torch So ciety." It is a nation-wide movement en dorsed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, on the Omaha man's proposal. Membership will be based upon high scholarship, worthy character, effective leadership and distinguish ed service within the school, ac cording to -Mastess. Not a Fraternity. Not, more than 15 per cent of each graduating class may be elected to this honon The choice will be made from among those ranking in the first fourth of their class in scholar ship. Graduates in the June class at Central High -ill share the first honors in the Torch society. "This is not a fraternity but an honor society." Principal- Masters emphasizes. "It is our hope to stim ulate? the highest devotion to scholar ship and a fine sense of honor and service among high school students in the United States." ' Principal Masters proposed the honor society at a meeting of prin cipals in Chicago in 1919 and was appointed chairman of a committee to draft a constitution. This he did with special reference to Phi- Beta Kappa constitutions. It was reported back to a, subsequent prin cipals' meeting in Cleveland in 1920 and revised and adopted at the recent convention in Atlantic City, March 1 A national emblem will be chosen. Candidates will be elected by facul ty ' committees. A council of nine Demand Removal Of Police Head In Des Moines Failure to Interfere in Fouh- j dry Strike Reason Given By Business Men for Asking His Dismissal. Des Moines, March 19. (Special Telegram.) Representatives ot th Chamber of Commerce and business interests demanded today the remov al of Public Safety Superintendent Marshall Miller from his position as: head of the police organization. Charges against Miller greSLjput oi recent refusal ofthe police to take any part in disturbances between,, foundry workers en strike and ft l ported strikebreakers, Councilman Miller elected for his first term at the last election was formerly president of the trades and labor jsembr' here and made his campaign on a labor platform. The committee, which todr.' caliw! upon the city council for removal of the police head, declared tha police stationed in the vicinity of tcundv riots took no action to maintain or der and they were acting under th.' directions of Superintendent Mibef. American Legion Moves Into' Court House Rooms The local American Legion post has moved into the big basement room of the court house, with the entrance on Seventeenth street. This will be made into a club room for legion members. H. C. Hough of the legion has made a call for ftffniture to put into the room. Information regarding state bonuses Kranted in North and South I Dakota, Maine,. Vermont, New Yorld and Rhode Island is available at the legion office. Charles Lchmer has. resigned as member of the executive committee. His successor will be elected at the next' meeting of the legion. . Bank Clearings Fall Bank cleanngs for tne week end ing March r9 show a decrease of more than $3,000,000 over the clear ings of a w eek ago. The clearings for this wee.k were $45,585,911.30. For. last week they were $48,403,833.74. Last year for the- corresponding week they were $82,331,512.47. . ; .!vkktim-:.mi-:nt "DANDERINE" Girls! Save Your Hair! Make It Abundant! v- Immediately after a "Danderine" massage, your hair takes on new life, lustre and wondrous beauty, ap pearing twice as heavy and plenti iul, because each hair seems to fluff and thicken. Don't let your hair stay- lifeless, .colorless, plain or scraggly. You, too, want lots of long, strong, beautiful hair. A 35-cent bottle of delightful "Danderine" freshens your scalp, checks dandruff and falling hair. This stimulating "beauty-tonic" gives to thin, dull, fading hair that youthful brightness and abundant thickness All druggists.' Will Be High, Schools J. G. Masters. ' principals will control the affairs of the national organization. Merle Prunty of Tula, Okl., Claude Briggs of Iyfikcwood, 0. Ed ward Rynearson of Pittsburgh, Pa., and George Buck of Indianapolis, Ind.. served with Principal Masters on the organization committee. Legion Charges Discrimination In Postal fork Of ficers Says Provisions of Act Giving War Veterans Preference of Civil Serv Ignored. ice Indianapolis, March 19. -Lemuel Holies, national adjutant of the American Legion, in a statement is sued today, declared the Legion would soon place a protest before Postmaster General Hays alleging "discrintihatton against postal m-: ployes because fcicy served their country during the war." Theodore Roosevelt, assistant sec retary of the ;nevy and members of the Legion's mmittee, will place the protest before the postmaster general, said Mr. Bolles. "Appearing as personal represen tatives of F. W. Galbraith, jr., na tional commander of the Legion," said Mr. Bolles' announcement, "the lUIUilllllcu will Lite Hiaidiivta nv S which provisions ot the act giving war veterans preference in civil serv ice examinations have been ignored. Ex-service men returned from over seas duty to find themselves demot ed in the postal department, it will be alleged, and many civil employes sound sacrifice for their country a handicap rather than an honor.": House Agrees to Pay Fares Of Rent- Probe Committee Lincoln, March 19. (SpeciaU Following a change of heartaf'r a good night's sleep, the lower house of the state legislature voted today.lv",:" y maigon Vm, , , jr lumps of distress in stomach, heart- 10 pay ine rauiodu idics ui u.c investigation committee to Omaha after the house had refused last night to bear any of the expense of the probe. This "rent investigation committee will be in Oniaha next Thursday and Friday at the city hall in a receptive mood to hear the stories of the land lords and tenants. . ' Artificial Teeth ' ' ' The natural expression of the mouth and face is lost when the teeth are extracted, ecafise of the shrinkage of the jaws and consequent fall ing in of lips and cheeks, -ahd can be restored only by properly constructed plates. We restore the fullness of the lips and cheeks with carefully fitted plates that replace ac curately the absorbed tissues, and we reproduce the 'lost expression by the use of Triubyte and Bite-rite teeth, whch are exlict duplicates of beautiful, natural teeth in form and color. ' An accurate fit i assured by .the Hall and Green-Supplee methods of taking impressions. Consultation,' Advice-and Estimate Free. TEETH l Aspect - 1324 Farnam Sts., Corner 14th and Famam. , Phone Douglas 2872.' Witnesses of Boy, Condemned to Die, Held for Perjury Men Fighting for New Trial for Confessed Slayer Pre sent , False Affidavits to Court in His Behalf. Redding, Cal., N March 19. Two witnesses in the effort-'of Edward II. Norrts, Tcrre Haute, lad., youth, to obtain a retrial of the charges that he murdered City Marshal J. YV. Rieves of Redding, were arrested for perjury Friday. Putative affidavits by tlhc two man, DcwVy JDavis and Joseph Callaghan, had been offered to the effect that the district attorney, L. W. Smith, had threatened Norris with a pistol in an effort to induce him toconfess that he killed Rieves. Men Amplify Statements. On the stand the two men ampli fied the statements made in these documents, declaring Smith had threatened also to turn the youth over to a mob and that loca.1 officers struck Norris in the face after he had been arrested. While theywere testifying, a tele gra'm was received from Seattle peace officers declaring that the judges before whom the affidavits purported to have been made did not exist. Soon after they had finished testifying the arrests were made. They were based, however, on testi mony according to the warrants. Mother At Hearing. Norris at his first trial pleaded guilty and was sentenced to be hanged. Judge Charles C. Busik, who presided at that trial, also is presiding over the present Rearing which is on motions for a new trial and to rVcrmit Morris to change his plea to not guilty. ' Eleven affidavits have been sub mitted so farVsome of them in direct contradiction regarding the circum stances of the former trjal. The twojnen arrested Friday were examined 4y Smith in person. Mrs. Fannie Hall Norris. the youth's mother, attended the hear ing, ibut the accused boy was not brought here from his cell in San (Juentin prison. Serbian Bishop to Preach at Trinity Cathedral Sunday Eve Bishop Nicholai Velimorovik of Ochrida, Serbia, will occupy the 'pul pit, at Trinity Cathedral Sunday night, Serbians of Omaha will be present to greet the bishop and upon his entrance will sing a Serbian hymn according to a custom which prevails when a bishop of the Serbian church enters. , Sunday morning at 11 the proces siqn of palm hymns will be held. Gas Company, is Ordered To Refund Consumers San Francisco, March 19. The Contra Costa, Gas company was ordered by the state railroad com mission to return 10 per cent of its August and September, 1920, bills, because, in the opinion of the com mittee, poor service complaints against it had been, sustained. AIVi:RTlhF.MErti iiinifiRTinN II 1WIM hVS IIVI1 CAN'T STAY! I Stomach Pain, Sourness, Gases,- and Acidity ended with. "Pape's Diapepsin" Out-of order stomachs feel fine it once! When meals don't fit and you belch gas, acids and undigested food. W'l r.l j: burn or headache. Here is instant relief. Just as soon as you eat a tablet or two of Pape's Diapepsin all the dys pepsia", idigestion and stomach dis tress caused by acidity will end These pleasant, harmless tablets of Pape's Diapepsin always put sick, upset, acid stomachs in order at once and they cost so little at drug stores. McKenhey Dentists South Sea Islanders Demand Whisky Bonus For Loading Vessels San Francisco, March 19. -Demanding an increase in pay from 4 to 10 shillings a day and a bonus of a quart bottle of Scotch whisky, na tives in the S"Uth Sea islands have gone on strike. i Until their demand arc met .thou sands of natives of the Gilbert, Ton ga and Marshall group of islands have refused to load any, 'of the many, vessels now awaiting cargoe This news was brought to San Francisco yesterday by. Captain C. j . ii.iv it, riiiw m mm mi" nix, w cr William H. Smith from Tarawa. Police Do Not Believe Story That Robbers Killed Social Leader J-juffalo. March 19. I nvestigation today of the fatal shooting of Luther V. Graves, Yale graduate and so cially prominent, cast doubt on the first theory that Graves had been shot by burglars whom he surprised at work. Detectives today were in clined to the belief that Graves was shot from ambush, by some one who had a "grievance against him. He'was shot early Friday morning while walking from his garage. In his death bed rstatenuits he insisted he had been shot by "a robber," but could give no details of the attack. , c No suspects arc being ftcbd by the police. A reward of $5,000 has been of fered for information leading to the arrest of the slayers. Decrease in Lumher Rate From ".Northwest Announced A decrease on lumber freight rates from the nqrthwest Pacific coast iO Omaha and other' Nebraska points was announced yesterday by the traf fic buiau of the Chamber of Com merce. The decrease is from Hy. cents a hundredweight to 60li cents a hundredweight, making a cut of 7 cents. This decrease will mean a saving of at least $200,000 a year to building material men of Omaha. Corning Man Convicted Corning, la., March 19. (Special.) Earl Curry was found -guilty of seducing Miss Vesta Richey, school teacher, by a jury in district court here. 25 Silk and Wool Dresses, worth to I3S.00 $5 II if lOMoreDdysandthe Slaughter ofNew DRESSES v Involving Values to $55.00 The mighty hand of . circumstances has again, forced down the prices on these beautfiul Ureases. Here is the greatest opportunity for remarkable savings ever presented to Omaha women. Final Smash SUITS Stunning new Easter Suits developed from the ' ridicufous prices. Drastic Sacrifices on COATS and WRAPS! ''Jaunty new Coats sale. Buy Wraps Late Returns on Strike Vote Show Great Increase Total of 41,799 Favor Walk out, With Only 618 Opposed Stock Yard Workers' Rep resentatives Go to Capital. , ChicagoV March 19. The two rep resentatives of the union packing ! house employes, accompanied by ex ecutives' of nine other unions, signa tories to the wartime arbitration agreement in tlyr packing industry, today were oil their way to Wash ington with representatives of the packers to appear before Secretary Davis of the Department of Labor next Monday. Ballots of the em ployes at packing centers throughout the country received up to today showed a vote of 44,799 to 618 in faor of a strike if the union leaders fail to obtain revision of the packers' recciMly instituted wagucut and re arrangement jof working hours. ' Mr. Lane announced today that the official count in the Kansas City vards showed 5,224 men authorizing a strike and 79 voting against one. Other vote results announced to dav follow. i ' ' ' St. Joseph, Mo.for- strike, 1,614; against. 17. Wheeling, W. Va., for 522; against. Cleveland, for, l,769xagaiust, 42. Before leaving for Washington, Mr. Lane issued the following state ment: y "We are going to WahingtAi ready to arbitrate. Wc will stand on our rights, however, and unless wc are given an absolutely square deal the men will be called out c :i strike." At the stock yards the situation was 'reported normal. Armour & Co. said its 'men were too busy electioneering in the employe rep resentation elections to worry about a strike. jtfcCook Postmaster Rcsigus McCook, Neb., March .-(SpecialsPostmaster K. J. Brady ;f this city has resigned, effective March 31. - He will engage in the commis sion business in partnership with Mike Walsh. ' II. H. Woolard, deputy postmaster, is a candidate for the position. Dili i bvnivws ,ISiq-2l DOUGLAS STREET at Prices on Involving Values to $85 The assortments are wonderfully complete. Values Included to $49.50 y and Wraps in extraordinary assortments, are included in this forced to vacate' and Coats Monday; such opportunities are indeed rare. Thieves Use Ruse to Steal Farrier's Auto F.mil Buleval. a farmer .living near Valparaiso, Ken., has lost his faith in humanity. Last Wednesday Buleval's phone in Valparaiso rang. This conversa tion followed: "This is Detective -Robinson in Omaha talking; - Your car collided with a car here. One man was in jured and 'the car wrecked. If you don't se the county attorney in STEINWAY Style M Grand Piano Mahogany Case $1375 This is the smallest of the six styles of Steinway grands, but much larger than the "baby grands" of other makes. We callt "The Miniature," but its length is 5 feet, 7 inches, giving sufficient sound-board area and string length for the best effects of the grand piano. Every extra inch of strings. in agrand, multiplies the values of tone and volume so tremendously that buyers should be cautious of "grands" thatvire grands only in shape. : We cordially invite yoiTto call at our salesrooms and hear the incomparable STEINWAY tone. Liberal allowances made for instruments of other makes in ex change! Convenient terms of payment arranged if de SCHMOLLER ,1514-lfl-18 Dodge St. PIANO CO. Exclusive Steinway Representatives for Nebraska Aid Western Iowa. II' j IBM WreckersAreHere Further Sensational Sacrifices Go Into Effect Monday $ fl 1 richest of new Fabrics and offered Monday at these 995 $95 Omaha by Saturday at 9 o'clock we wijl come and get you." When the clock struck ( cstcrilav morning Buleval was in the county attorney's office, where he met Pnut Steinwender, wko referred him to police. But when Buleval hit to go) U Central station his machine was gone. Buleval ran to police head quarters and told his story. Repass lionus Bill. Des Moines, la., March 19. The senate of the Iowa legislature re passed the soldiers bonus bill today after makingan amendment correct ing a technical error. & MUELLER Omaha, Neb., 100 Georgette Crepe and Taffeta Blouses, worth to $7.50 $2.49 95 $1795 and U ' r-
