THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30. 1921.
$30,000 in Two
Weeks Goal of
Chinese Relief
Vice Chairman of Nebraska
Workers Predicts This Sum
Will lie Realized $5,000
Sent Yesterday.
I. V. Carpenter, vice-chairman of
the drive in Nebraska for funds .0
aid the starving in the famine tis
tricts of China nit yesterday that
the committee hope to raise $30,IXR)
within two weeks.
"All our committees are working
hard, and with the aid of he
churches in Omaha and the rest of
the state the k"1 set for the two
' weeks should he collected easily,"
' said Mr. Carpenter.
' Air. Carpenter since the drive was
launched has spent hut little time in
his office at the Carpenter Tacking
company. He joins the drive work
ers in canvassing for funds.
Lauds Work.
The third installment of $5,tl)0,
making a total of $15,000, was snt
to the i. :ional headquarters of the
Chinese famine fund yesterday.
Mr. Carpenter lauded the work
being done by the churches dunim
the drive. A collection at the Cal
varv Liawtist church Sunday netted
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Unly $4 is neeoeu,io save a n
now," said Mr. Carpenter," becai-se
of the approaching harvest. Mean
while if the contributions do not
come in generously thousand upon
' thousands of men, women and chilr
drcn will die."
Endorses Plan.
Mr. Carpenter heartily endorses
, the plan of Omaha business men to
'miss one meal and donate the
1 money which the, meal would have
f cost to give many meals to the starv-
in? Chinese.
P&uKhtem ol American Revolution t 76.00
I Uncls 8am BreKrat rood to iu.ou
A Mrs. C. C. Shlmer 10 00
) Kalrbanka Mors & Co 60.00
Frank V. Judaon &0.IW
Charles Harding 25.00
Mr. and Mn. Frank J. Hugcs 10.00
A, C. Dewlta 10.00
O. C. Cannan. 5 .00
A friond 1.00
Omaha Merch. Express & Trans
fer Co.i 60.00
Nebraska & Iowa Steel Tank Co... 35.00
Kimball laundry r... Sfi.00
A. Lauraen 2 00
Calvary Baptist church 123.U
Widow of Man Hit by Train
Sues Railway for $100,000
Lula M. Long, widow of ChaVlcs
V. Long, filed suifc in district court
yesterday against the Burlington
railroad for $100,000 for the death of
her husband. Mr. Long was driv
ing a truckload of furniture from
Omaha to Lincoln July 3, 1920,
when a train struck the truck as he
was crossing the track near Ashland.
He survived by his widow and
four children. ' ,
Former Officer Held Not
Guilty for Woman's Death
Not guiltv was the verdict given
at 1J Monday night by the jury in
District Judge Troup's court trying
Charles Swan, former motorcycle
officer on a charge of causing the
death of Miss yAnna Jensen, 37.
teacher at Train school, who died
M,, 7 frrtm ininric receiver! when '
struck by awan s motorcycle as sn
was alighting from a street car. The
jury had retired for . deliberation at
4:30 in the afternoon.
Declamatory Contest
Chappell, Neb., March 29. (Spe
cial.) Miss Consuelo Stevens will
represent the local high school in the
, dramatic division of ( the declama
tory contest to be held at Alliance
this week. Miss Margaret Ferris is
the representative in- the humorous
class.
Y. M. C. A. Drive Nets
$18,397 on First Day
The first day of the V. M. C. A.
campaign for $50,000 brought in
Sl,397."50, reports of the workers
showed when they met in the "Y"
building at luncheon yesterday.
This is more than one-third of
the total to be raised in the six-day
drive and there was much enthu
siasm when progress was announced
by Mayor Smith, chairman of the
campaign.
The team which brought in the
niostmouey was that of which R.
M. Crossman is captain, with $1,750.
The division having the most money
to its credit was that commanded by
Major J. T. Maxwell which had
$3,100.
The "flynig squadron," made up
of the executive, committee of the
campaign, headed hv Gerdon W.
Noble, president of the Y. M. C. A.,
reported subscriptions amounting to
$10.0().
Meetings to report progi ess will
he held each dav at noon in the
V. M. C. A.
No Trace Found of Aged
Man Who Left His Home
No trace has been found of I. Rev-
i nolds, 76, who disappeared from the
"home of his daughter, Mrs. W. F.
fcitncr.JJW hort street, Monday
morning.
Mrs. Eitner, who asked police for
aid to locate her father, said that he
had $6,000 worth of Liberty bonds
and $500 in cash, which he had with
drawn' from a bank.
Police yesterday wired Carson
Citv la., to ascertain Vhether he
had gone there to the home of a
sister.
Stfow Practically Gone
Lodgepole, Neb., March 29.
(Special.) Summer temperature pre
vails, and the big snow of Easter
Sunday is practically gone. Its val
ue to the wheat crop cannot be esti
mated. Telephone crews are still
busy repairing, lines.
Postmasters Appointed
Washlncton. r. C, March 28. (Special
Telcuram.) Post mast era Appointed Ne
braska)' Santce. Knox county, cTliartes H.
Moody." vice Jesse G. Barton, resigned.
South Dakota Wheeler, Charlea Mix
county. Mac F. Murrhy, vice John F.
Nichols, resigned.
Wyoming Dull Center, Converse coun
ty. Walter B. Dull, new office; Freedom,
Lincoln county, Godfrey A. Newswander,
vice Edwin Vincent, resigned: Lawver,
Campbell county, Anna. II. Rose, new
office; McFaydett, Carbon county, Sarah
D. Nichols, new office.
ADVKRTI8KMEST.
FORDS RUN 34 MILES
ON GALLON GASOLINE
Start Easy in Coldett Wather
Other Cars Show Proportionate
Saying.
A new . carburetor which cuts down
gasoline consumption of any motor and
reduce gasoline bills from one-tbird to
one-half is the proud achievement of the
Air-Friction " Carbureter Co., 928 Madi
son St., Dayton, Ohio. This 'remarkable
invention not only increase the power
of all motors from 80 to SOper cent,
but enables every one to run alow on
high gear. It also makes it easy to stert
a Ford or any other car in the coldest
weather. You can use th very cheapest,
trrade of gasoHne or half gasoline and
half kerosene and still get more power and
more mileage than you now get frog) the
highest test gasoline. Many Ford owners
say they now get as high as 46 to 50
miles to a gallon of gasoline. So sure
are the manufacturers of the immense
saving their new carburetor . will make
that they offer to send it on 39 days'
trial to every car owner. As it can be
put on or taken off in a few minutes by
anyone, all readers of this paper who want
to try it should send their name, address
and make of car to the manufacturers,
at once. They also want local agents, ta
whom they offer exceptionally large prof
its. Write them today.
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Our Street Railway
There are 'many interesting stories told
about the old "horse car" system baek in
1869. Taming wild horses, educating the
old ones, the need for faster time and tak
ing the "balk" out of the balky ones.
But today Omaha has none of these troubles
instead we have the finest cars to be seen any
where in America. "We have rapid service, depend- '
able in every way. And ,to recall the character of
the improvements our street railway is making we
need only to remember the way the new paving '
was done between the rails on Farnam street, or the
work of extending the lines to the Ak-Sar-Ben field.
A city can only grow as does its transportation system.
Omaha is fortunate in having a street railway system that
has long beon the example for cities many times her size.
Why not give credit where credit is deserved? You can
be proud of our street, car company. If you doubt it, just
take a trip to some othsr city and compare the Bervicc and
cars with those at home. "
Finger Prints to
Cause Release
Of Slayer Suspect
Those on Bloody Razor Found
Near Scene of Murder of
Grocer Fail to Tally With
Those of Negro.
Failure of his finger prints to tally
found near the scene of the murder
of C. Ruben, "0, 623 North Seven
teenth street, Saturday niglit, caused
the release yesterday of Frank
Luqas, negro, 220 Soih Thirteenth
street, arrested as a suspect Monday
liy the police, according to Chief of
Detectives Van Ueusen.
Fifty other negroes, taken in a
cleanup drive by detectives working
on the murder, will also be released,
the chief said, with orders to leave
Omaha or face vagrancy charges.
Perfect Finger Prints.
Perfect finger prints were found
on the razor which police believe
was used to stash the dead man's
throat. They do not tally with those
tiken from the negroes arrested for
investigation.
Neither do they tally with prints
taken from the dead riian. Bertillon
Expert Hans Nielsen took prints of
the dead man's fingers last evening
because of a cut on one of the
fingers, which led detectives to be
lieve the old man had struggled with
his slayer in an attempt to take the
razor from him.
Boasts Cause Arrest.
Statements of Lucas in a negro
cafe that he "had closed a grocery
store" about midnight Saturday were
investigated by detectives, who
learned he had made the statement
concerning a. grocery store at Thir
teenth and Pierce streets, far from
the scene of the murder, when he
was intoxicated.
He had entered the store to buy
pop, it was learned, and the store
was closed by the proprietors them
selves as soon as he left. . '
Eight detectives, assigned to solve
the murder, are still working on the
case with no clue except the finger
prints on the razor.
Dry Agents Will Save
Booze Taken in Raids
Chicago. March 29. Sensibilities
of old sources are not to be lacerated
hereafter by the spectacles of federal
agents knocking in the heads of bar
rels of booze and permitting it to
pour into the rivers or sewers. Thou
sands of gallons of hootch have been
disposed of in this manner, but here
after it will be sold to druggists, but
the government stipulates that the
druggist must be of good standing.
In this connection, it is noteworthy
that some former notorious saloons,
closed by the dry wave, now bear
placards announcing that they are
soon to be reopened as "first class
drug stores." One hundred and
one gallons of confiscated whisky
was sold today to the highest bidder
among recognized druggists and
brought $465. Wholesalers say the
price of good whisky is around $6
a gallon, but the moonshiners and
bootleggers are getting five times
that amount for inferior stuff.
i Dalton to Vote on Bonds
For Electric Power Line
Lodgepole, Neb., March Z').
(Special.) The neighborboring
town of Dalton will vote on $21,000
bonds, which, if carried, will orovide
for the building of an electric trans
mission line from Sidney to that
place. The proposed line will pass
through the most prosperous farm
ing section of the county, and make
it possible for farmers to talte ad
vantage of the system for private
purposes.
Takes "Moonshine" for Cold;
Nebraska Journalist Dies
Chicago, March 29. Will Reed
Dunro, dramatic editor of a week
ly magazine here, and formerly con
nected with Chicago daily newspa
pers died here early today, sup
posedly of alcoholic poisoning. It is
said he had taken "moonshine"' whis
ky proferred by a friend to secure
relief for a cold. He was born in
Lincoln, Neb., and was a graduate of
Nebraska university.
Girls' Glee Club Here.
Monmouth College Girls' Glee'
club appeared in concert at the Cen
tral United Presbyterian church last
night. The Glee club is making a
tour of the central west.
Expert Declares
Inefficiency
Has Hurt Roads
Economist for Labor Organ
izations Declares Inadc
quacies in Management
Is Root of Trouble.
Chicago, March 29. The root of
the railroad problems is not national
agreements, but in the inadequacies
of management, declared V. Jett
Lauck, consulting economist of la
bor organizations, in beginning pre
sentation of railroad employes' ex
hibits before the United States rail
road labor board today.
Conservatively stated, if railroad
management was characterized by
reasonable efficiency and had avail
able for its use "proper capital or
credit, labor costs would have
shown a radical decline under na
tional agreements," Mr. Lauck de
clared. "Savings- in operating ex
penses of at least $1,000,000,000 an
nually would be made. We shall
demonstrate this fact by reports pre
pared by reputable railroad engi
neers and exper-ts.
Have Many Precedents.
"We seeVto. establish these facts:
"1. The policy of establishing na
tional agreements or uniform rates
of pay and working conditions is in
conformity with custoni and
precedent in the transportation in
dustry and in accordance with the
best public policy, as shown by the
awards of boards of arbitration, and
the acts and recommendations of
other official agencies during the pre
war period.
"2. In other leading industries of
this country collective bargaining on
a national scale, and national agree
ments as to working conditions and
relations, have been found to be the
best means of stabilizing conditions,
promoting industrial peace and ac
celerating production.
Compulsory in Britain.
"3. 'That in Great Britain these
facts have become so clearly recog
nized by both employes and employ
ers that national agreements are en
couraged by the Federated Indus
tries and the Federation of Trades
unions as a whole and the effort is
being exerted to make them com
pulsory upon all employers and em
ployes in a given industry.
"4. That the former railroad ad
ministration in entering into national
agreements therefore, merely leeog
nized a tendency which had almost
reached complete development vjrior
to, the war, and which was sanctioned
by enlightened opinion both within
and without the transportation sys
tem. '
v Arguments Are Od.
"5. That the representatives of the
railroads have given their sanction
to national rates of pay and working
conditions of engine and train crews.
"6. We shall further show that the
arguments of the railroads are the
same which have been urged in all
past years to prevent the establish
ment of human standards iu indus
try, and shall demonstrate that the
railroads are now consciously ,end
deliberately taking- advantage of a
temporary industrial depression to
destroy human standards which are
sanctioned by the thought and prac
tice of the leading industrial nations
of the world." i
Valueless Mail Sack
Given to Holdup Men
Chicago, Match 29. Quick think
ing by Robert Durdett, driver of a
mail "truck frustrated the plans of
three bandits who tried to obtain
legistcrcd mail from him ' today.
Commanded under threat of pistols
to throw the "money bags" into their
automobile, Kurdett tossed two
sacks of non-registered mail into the
thieves machine.
They compelled him to ride two
blocks with them, then pushed' him
out.
Burdett ran back to his truck,
drove to a suburban postal station in
the Cicero "district and reported the
occurrence.
President WiD Play '
On His Own Golf Links
Washington, , March 29. Presi
dent Harding is having an 18-hole
golf course made to order for him.
Edward B. McLean, tiewspaper pub
lisher and close friend oi the presi
dent, Is actually building the course,
but inside stories hve it that 11 of
the president's pet ideas in link golfs
engineering are being adopted.
The private golf course has been
laid out wholly within the big friend
ship estate of the McLeans in the
District of, Columbia. It is to bo
one of the most pretentious in this
country. While close friends of
both the men involved deny that the
course is being built expressly for
the president, it is admitted that his
playing there will be natural.
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