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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1921)
THE BEE; OMAHA. FRIDAY, APRIL 8. 1021. .r v:.V Wheat Forecast Is Announced as Fontenelle Hotel Taken Over By Sioux City Man 62i;000,000Bu !New Owner of Omaha Ho tel Is One of the Young- Kstimate Based ou Condition AprU 1, Which Was 91 Per Cent of Normal Condi' lion Increase Noted, est Big Operators in the Country. i : Wasliington, April 7. A wheat , crop, fourth largest K. C. EoDley. one of the youngest big operators of hotels in the United ' Sutes, took over the 14-vcar lease winte." I artj fnrnishiiitrs of the Fontenello in the hotel' yesterday, having brought country's history was forecast to-1 tlem rom K. Harkley, Lincoln, ijr) uy me ucpaiwtH.ui jk i receiver ior me ncurasKa noiei ture with a total production .01 621,000,000 bushels. This is 44,000, 000 bushels more than harvested test year. The condition of t he crop im proved 3.1 per cent from last De cember 1, the April 1 condition be ing 91.0 per cent of a normal. The crop of 1919 was the largest of winter wheat ever grown, with 729, 000,000 bushels. The area sown lat fall was 40, 605,000 acres and it is believed the abandonment has: been small. The 1920 crop was sown on 41,757,000 company, yesterday. With the Fon- tenelle lease Mr. Eppley bought the land and building of the Lincoln ho tel, and real estate and property site of the old Capitol hotel, Lincoln; building and furniture of the Lin4 coin hotel, ScottsblutI; Lincoln ho tel, Franklin; Lincoln . hotel. Table Rock, and the building of the Efvans hotel, Columbus, now operated by Owens and Howe. In addition to the string of hotel taken over today, Mr. Eppley oper ates a number of other hotels. They ate the Montrose, Cedar Rapids, la.; It iffitr I Actor Addresses Local Kennel Clul 'acres of which 37.77J.000 acres were i Caroeiitcr and Cataract hotels. Sioux 1 harvested while the record crop of Falls, S. D.; Martin, Sioux City, la., , 1919 was harvested from 49.105,000 acres. Production of rye was forecast as 66,386.000 bushels from a condition of 90.3 per cent of a normal. Winter wheat condition April 1, last year, was 75.6 per cent of a nor mal and production 577,763.000 bu shels, on April 1, 1914, it was 99.9 per cent and production 729,503,000 bushels, while the 10 year average condition is 83.6 per cent. Rye conditions a year ago was 86,& per cent of a normal -and pro duction last - year was 69.318.000 bushels, in 1919 condition -was 90.6 and production 88,909.000 bushels , and the ten year average condition is 88.4. winter wheat condition ty prm- and the Norval and Lima House, at Lima, O. In all Mr. Eppley oper ates 1,815 rooms, his properties ap proximating more than $3,000,000. Contracts were signed for posses sion of the hotels' today. Other le eal phases of the transfers were ex pected to be attended to in the next I 1CW UdJ S. r According to Irvin A. Medlar of the Mid-west Hotel Reporter, Mr. Eppley has declared he will make many changes in the Fontenelle and improve the building and service in every way. '"Mr. Eppley has promised to give Omaha a reai hotel, and T know he can do it, as he is one of the best hotel operators in the country," Mr. Medlar said today. At present Mr. Eppley maintain executive offices at Sioux City, la., hut it is thought he will probably es tablish himself in Omsha. Orpheum Performer, Noted Dog Fancier, Will Speak at City Hall Tonight. Frank AV, Hollis of the t.tm of Kenney and Hollis, at the Orpheum theater this week spoke before mem bers of-the new Omaha' Kennel club in the city council chamber at 8 last night. He has offered a prize of $5 to th member who submits an ac ceptable iii.'ignia for the club Mr. Hoiks owns the Chemung ken nels at BrMgewatcr, Mass., which he tails "home, sweet home." He has won recognition at bench shows with his Airedr; l "Chemung's King," also with St. Bernards, "Hell Gate Car men" and "Carmen Czar," interna tional champion animals. His collies ami-Pekingese spaniels are also win ners in leading kennel shows held in New York, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia. He also owns some race horsfs and imported llolstcins at Pino Hill farm. - , At the kennel club meeting last night Dr. J. J. .Warta of this city and Geor::- Ainsworth of Havelock showed their prize dogs, which re cently won prizes at the Chicago and St. Louis f-ench shows. - Omahans Give Dinner For Judge R. S. Lovett Woman Made Reporter Directors of Lioil in juage uoss uuri n i- folll Out of Town Board Members Summoned Here for Meet On Reinsurance. Sty -3skf terian headciuarters in the Peters Trust building where thejndian cou ple were married ny Kev. V. it. ir ti.. : i5... .1. ieii ru: IVCHIHS. 1 IIC Will 11VC HI 1VU V,llt- fornia street. Jack Knight Battles cipal producing states was: j SnOW btomi On flight Pennsylvania (TiMliuourl -...93 j. 1W ' kwmi Wll t uglii Ohio H7 Nebraaka 93 Indiana 89lHnias , SS Illlnola jelTfinn SS , Mary Ann Young Son and Redskin Sweetheart Wed . Two descendants of the original owners of this country were married - yesterday, according to the cus toms of the pale faces. They are Beverly Deeorah, 29, son of Frank Deeorah and Mary Ann Young Son; and Maud L. Stacy, daughter of Frank Brown Eagle and Annie Snake. Both were born in , .- Wisconsin. The groom, who called at the .. county judge's office, asked where Displaying the same nonchalant bravery and unconcern for his own safety "for the good of the air mail service" .vl.ich made him the hero of the fir;t transcontinental night air mail flight from Omaha to Chicago, Pilot Jacic Knight flew into Omaha Wednesday with Uncle Sam s mail after battling a blinding snowstorm most of the way from Cheyenne to North Platte and then on to Ak-Sar-Ben field. He reach d Omaha at 3 p. in. He left Cheyenne at 8 a. m. Superin tendent W. I. Votaw of the Omaha he .could find a Presbyterian mini- field feared for his safety until he ster. He was referred to Presby- arrived, because of the radio report of the b'inding stnow storm raging along the toute. Pilot Pickup waited 'at North Platte to get a report of the weather from Knight before going on to Cheyenne. Knight said the storm was" getting worse, but radio mes sages from Cheyenne reported Pick up arrived all right. Knight's only complaint was that the snow slowed his propeller and forced him to fly so low he skimmed the trees. Martins Return to Home Under City Hall Window The martins are here. Thev come every rear to -Omaha 'during the early part of April and it is .known that they migrate thou sands of miles during the springtime to seek northern climes. ' . These happy little feathered friends usually seek cities and towns. They come to the city hall every season. tielle M. Kyan, assistant superintendent of schools, has a martin house beneath her window at the sixth floor of the city hall.1 Mrs. R. A. Finlcy was appointed yesterday by District Judge Goss to be his court reporter. Judge Goss took up-yesterday his new duties to which-he was appointed last Saturi day by Governor McKelvey. He is. presiding over a suit for personal injuries. ' ' : ' - Mrs. Finley was formerly -connected with the Near East Relief office. In the "Billy" Sunday cam paign six years ago, she organized the business women's council, which held noonday luncheons and prayer meetings every Tuesday. She is. ac tive m church work. Judge Robert S. Lovett of Nw j York, chairman of the board of di ' rectors of the Union Pacific, was I guest of honor at a dinner givenlat ithe Omaha club Wednesday night bv Carl R. Gray, president of the L principal speaker of the evening, icciting reminiscences of the early days of the-Union Pacific system. Talks were made by N. H. Loomis, general solicitor for the tailroad; J. L. Webster, Emmet Tinley, W. W. Head, - Charles E. Black, J. H.' Baldrige, and Carl R. Gray. Omaha men who attended 'were Mr. Grav. Mr..Loomis. Edson Rich. H. A.'Scanretr,v R. L. Hunt-1 signed agreements ley, W. S. Basingec, Gentry Waldo, needleworkers. ,. . mm t -w X t V. - . G. u. liissonet, a. vv. wooorun, l. W. Carpenter, W. W. Head, J. L. Kennedy, F. R Davis, Fred Hamil ton, W. M. Burgess. L. C. Nash. W. E. .Rhoades, N. B. Updike, M. C. Peters, C. H. Pickens, E. Buck ingham, G. W. Megeath, F. W. Judson. Sam Burns, J. E. Davidson. A. C. Smith, Harry Doorly, C. E. Black, H. H. Baldrige, W. F, Gur ley, F. H. Gaines. J. L. Webster, A. A. Lowman, W. F. Thiehoff, F. A. Brogan, L. F. Crofoot, A. B, Out-of-town directors of the Lion Bonding and Surety company, rein surance of which is now pending with the Employers' Indemnity com pany of Kansas City, were sum moned to a meeting yesterday in the Omaha offices. The Kansas City officials, together with insurance eNaminers. finished their scrutiny of the company's book; yesterday. Directors will then pass on details nf the proposed transfer which will involve $1,250,000, accord ing to E. R. Gurney, the president. Gurney expected to !eave last night for Kansas City, where it is thought the reinsurance papers will be ex ecuted Saturday. Gurney said he anticipated no hitch in the proposed deal. Ex-Police Chief Succeeds Sheriff Under Booze Probe 17npnmp T 1 t n , , Marshal J. C. Emery, one time chief of police here, was appointed today by Judge Colby to succeed Sheriff J. L. Schiek, suspended by the gov ernor yruuiiig in vcsu&ai-""! ui rharces of extortion and violation of the liquor laws. Adam McMul.-' len signed Emery's bond of $10,000. Emery announced the appointment r TI 1 A 1 J A A -a oi i am rtcion as ms uepuiy. rvciou has been night otticer here tor years Currie. Dr. C. A. Hulh V R. Mur- phy, Gould Dietz, E. S. Westbrook and J. R. Webster. Council Bluffs men who were present were Dr. i Donald Macrae, Emmet Tinley.'j A. lckiiam. U (j. baunders and George S. Wright. In' New York more than 500 small manufacturers of waists and dresses 1 resumed operations when . thev with 35,000 How to Meet the Shortage of .Dwell. ; : A . jigs in America , When the call came to feeJ starving millions across the seas, American generosity, effi ciency, and foresight were not wanting. Now comes a call to provide shelter for a great nation without homes enough for its growing population and that nation is the United States. In the largest city of the country, 100,000 families are doubling up with one or more other families; there are places in the city where twelve persons live in three rooms; where four persons sleep in . a kitchen eveiy night; and hundreds of rooms in which four of five persons sleep' There is tu berculosis and there have been isolated cases of typhus. These conditions exist and this descrip- , tion appears in a report of a committee of the United States Senate which calls for government actioji to help build homes for our people. '.-,-' ' ' -- ; In tHE LITERARY DIGEST this week, April 9th, the leading article is devoted to tha housing shortage and the steps that are. being taken by Federal and State Governments, Build ers' Associations, and other agencies toward alleviating the condition. Among the other striking neSvs-articles in this number of THE DIGEST are: Tearing Up the Turkish Treaty While the Allies and Turks Are Engaged in This Action, the Greeks Wage War on the Turkish Nationalists in Defense of the Treaty Friday the Last Day Of the 'Thor' Vacuum Sweeper Exhibition Union Outfitting Co. $1 Down, $1 Week Brings a "Ihor" to Your Home Thor Given Away. Tlnn't: Hplnv TtViilatr it tVia 1ot day of the big -Thor Electric VaiMinm Plcnnpn rtomnnafi-afinTi - - - uu.u.l, during which $3 will be allowed for vour old Carnpt Kwppnoi- fn apply on a $39.75 Thor. The Union Outfitting Company, located out of the TTih Rent- District, with its eight floors of iNew rurniture at Jew LOW prices, and a mammoth ware house, never consider a trans action complete until the cus tomer is fully satisfied. " Advertisement Emery has heen deputy county clerk for the past two years. Ambassador Named. "A Buenos Aires. April 7. Dr. Jose Evaristo Uriburu has been nomi nated as Argentine ambassador to Great Britain. What Viviani's Visit Means To Cut Taxes By More Borrowing Lenine's Gold Declined Germany's Rampageous "Reds" Greece Having It Out With Turkey The Bolshevik-German Partners Is a White Australia Unfeasible? School Punishments Guarding the People's Cash Electric Dust Expl6sions Colonial Inheritance in Architecture The Japanese Problem in Fiction The Y. W. C. A. and the "Class Struggle" The Sunday School vs. Bolshevism Problems of Democracy ' A British Spy Among the Bolsheviki How Daugherty Helped Harding Into the White House Has Belgium Annexed a Little Alsace-Lorraine? The Germans are in Paris Again Best of the Current Poetry . Topics of the Day 1 Many Interesting Illustrations, Including Cartoons April 9th Number on Sale To-day News-dealers 10 Gents $4.00 a Year FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publishers of the Famous NEW Standard Dictionary). NEW YORK Tfie Three-Day April Shower of Special PricerBrings to s FridaySaturday A Sale of Women's Hosiery In Two Lots at 50c and $1 t Offering an accumulation of "Special Purchases" of women's high frade hosiery, bought at below present market prices also, ln iluding odd lots left from a heayy early season's business. Offering values and savings on fashionable, first quality hosiery, the like of which Omaha women have seldom seen. Lot I -$1 Full Fashioned Silks with seamed back, seamless foot. Fine full fashioned lisles Lace silks with lisle garter tops In Mack, white, brown, greys, and other wanted colors. All Sizes. Lot 2 50c Full fashioned boot silks. . . Silk and fibres seamless. Lisles in light and medium weight. - . Not all sizes, all colors in each style but hose Herefor every one in Black, m bite, brown, grey and other wanted colors. Regular and outsizes. Hosiery Shop- -Maln Floor The Store.of Specialty Shops, results-) convenience and economy come from' Ine daily xtae or 1019 rnmX millv Save 40-' to 50-' On Dining Room Suites Next Saturday At the Union Outfitting Co. Few of the Many Remark able Bargains Now on Display in Windows. This bitr sale of Dirh'ner Room Suites, which takes place at the Union Outfitting Co. next Satur day, is one of the trreatest money saving events of its kind Omaha has known in years. There are Suites in every wanted wood, and, best of all, it is GOOD Furniture you can de pend upon to (rive years of satis faction. In the windows you will find a few of the Suites which will give you an idea of the sav ings. As always, you make your own terms. Advertisement Bee Want Ads little, but mighty. Only two more days left of our Children's Big Vacation Time Sale Event To outfit your children in warm weather school and playtime apparel at Special prices to merit your closest consideration. Shop Friday Saturday Tiny Maids' Dainty Wash Dresses Broken Lines Rumpled Soiled Hand embroidered hand finished Were to $8.50 Were to $15 $3.95 $5.95 Girls ' Bungalow Aprons Special 69c Ages 2 to 6 Children s Creepers Special $1.39 Were to $2.50 Sizes 6 months and 2 years Boys' 2-Pant Suits $10 Sizes - 7 to 14 years A "Wonderful Special Boys' Kaynee Blouses $1 $1.50 Ages 5 to 16 years Boys' Koveralls " Spedal-$1-$1.25 Sizes 1 to 8 years Boys' Hosiery 5Pairs $1 .Fast Black Service Giving Girls' Middies In sizes 6 to 22 Special $1.95 In all white andwith red. cop ra, navy collars and cufJs Girls' i Spring Coats For Misses 8 to-16 and 1315-17 years specially priced in two groups $13.75 $23.75 Girls' Spring Suits Special $22.50 , ,;. Sizes 13 to 17 years .it he Store of Specialty Shops.- s A