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Tornado In
South Kills
50 Persons
Heaviest Loss to f Life Appar
ently Has Been Inflicted in
Two Counties in
Arkansas.
Late Reports Raise List
Birmingham, Ala., April 16. Ten
persons were killed, more than 100
injured, and scores of homes wrecked
in a scries of storms which were
widespread over northern Alabama
today. ieven. deaths were reportea
from the Aycock community near
Tuscumbia, and three from Balph,
Tuscaloosa county. More than 40
persons were injured at the two
places.
Death List Grows
Little Rock, Ark., April 16.-A
rapidly mounting death list that
may exceed 50, dozens of person in
jured and property damage as yet
uncstimated air results of a tornado
that cut a wide swath across parts
of Miller and Hcnpstead counties.
Arkansas, and Cass county, Texas.
Reports coming into Little Rock
from the, storm area augment, rather
than diminish, the report of the
damage, and because of paralyzed
wire communications, officials were
of the opinion that days might
elapse before the full extent of the
damage is definitely known.
Apparently the heaviest loss of
life and property was caused in the
two Arkansas counties. In the
rural sections of upper Miller coun
ty, near Texarkana, 11 persons are
known to have been killed and a
large number injured. Near Hope,
in Hempstead county, press dis
patches stated that from 15 to 20
persons were killed and scores in
jured by the storm, which swept
the entire, length of the county
The storm aoDroached within a few
miles of the town, according to re
ports here.
Prescott is another town in Hemp
stead county that may have been
struck by the storm. A brief mes
sage received late last night said
there were several bodies there, but
it was not known just where the
fatalities occurred.
" . School House Wrecked.
At Shiloh, six miles, east of Tex
arkana, a school house was wrecked,
a woman and four children being in
jured. The school house at Trigenta
was wrecked just ..after, school had
been dismissed. :? V . '.:'""
Everything on the Boyce, Potter
and Sims plantations, H large
places with many tenant houses, was
destroyed. ' . ,
The Chamber of Commerce here
has organized .relief parties to send
t6 the devastated district and all
available, doctors have- been - called
out. .
Stonn in Mississippi. .. "
Jackson, Miss., April 16. A severe
' storm swept through Hinds county
about five miles west of here late
Friday. Buildings were blown down
and trees uproqted. A heavy rain
fall accompanied "the , wind, and
. (tin t f-f Two. Column Ona.)
Bonds of Federal Land 7
Bank to Be Opened for
Subscription Monday
Washin eton. April 16. Forty mil
lion dollars of 5 per cent, 20-year
federal land bank bonds would be
nffrriM for stibscriDtion at par Mon
day, through 1,000 investment bank
ers over the country, it was a"
rounced tonight by Secretary Mel
Ion The bonds also will be obtain
able from federal land banks and
farm. loan associations. .
- Thf hands will be redeemable, Mr,
Mellon said,, at the option of the
issuing bank, at any time after 10
vmm from the date of issue. Man
atrer oi the investment bankers
group, formed to . handle the issue,
will be Alexander crown pon,
Lee Higginson & Co.. National City
company, Brown urotners o.
Harris, Forbes & Co. and the Guar
antv rnmninv.
"The suoreme court of the United
' " States has firmly established the
federal land banks," Secretary jMel
lon said. "In view of the satisfac
tory financial condition of the banks
and the exemption ot tne oonas is
" sued by these banks from federal,
state, municipal and local "taxation
and with the very adequate security
back of these bonds, they , should
prove an attractive security to in
- vestors."' - :;. - : ' ' v -"
Former Leader of Carranza
Army Reported in Mexico
Laredo, Tex., April 16. General
Pablo Gonzales, former leader of
the Mexican army under the Car
ranza regime, probably is in Mex
ico again, it was learned today at a
Laredo bank where he carried a
deposit Notwithstanding denial at
General Gonzales temporary .home
here last night of reports that he
had returned to Mexico to lead a
revolt against President . Obregon's
government, it" was stated at the
bank that Gonzales left Laredo
Thursday afternoon for an , un
known destination. His : family
stated here today t they were un
aware of his whereabouts.
Total of 325 Men. and Three
Women Taken at Stag Party
Minneapolis, . April 16. ---Three
hundred and twenty-five . men : and
three women dancers were arrested
late last night m a raid on a hall in
the residence district, where accord
ing to the police, an objectionable
stag party was in
nrogress.
Police said it was the largest raid
in the history of the citv. The 328
persons 'were locked up for the
night without charges being placed
aaainit them,
E. A. Benson Accepts Helm of
ure-ior-uommissioner uuo
Sense of Duty" Declares
Willi U ll-Ullipi uiilioiU j.xuu-ovjr ou
Constructive Ability. .
E. A. Benson, prominently identi
fied with Omaha civic affairs for
many years, has accepted the chair
manship of the Ure-for-Commissijn-
er club, supporting the re-election ot
City Commissioner W. G. Ure.
n answer to a question as to his
reasons for undertaking, to head the
Ure camoaicn. Mr. Benson said:
"I accepted, the position through a
pure sense of duty as a citizen. Mr.
Ure is one of the most valuable city
officials Omaha has ever had. I do
not think there is any room for doubt
about this in the minds of informed
men and women, and if he does not
receive the vote of every well-meaning
citizen in Omaha, it wijl be be
cause such citizen is not informed
or because he allows some prejudice
or personal interest to overshadow
his duty to the city.
Ability Never Questioned.
"In saying this I do not mean to
disparage any other present or former
official. I am simply stating what I
believe to be an universally recog
nized, fact. I, have never heard a
man or woman question Mr. Ure's
ability,, or his integrity, his value
as a public official or his fidelity to
a trust.
"I know there are some who will
vote against him because he has been
too faithful in guarding the interests
of the city. This is the penalty ev
ery honest and courageous public of
ficial must pay, but it is not the re
ward the people of Omaha are going
Deadlock Looms
In Legislature
Oh Two Measures
Senate and House Unable to
Agree on Provisions of
Appropriation and Re
venue Bills.
Lincoln, April 16. (Special.)
The fate of Senate File 65 remain
ed undecided today when the house
adjourned.
, That an effort of uncertain di
mensions will be made in the house
next- week to again inject a 4 or
mill intangible tax, seemed probable.
Then, too, there. was talk of leav
ing the intangible and tangible tax
the same with a 50 per cent valua
tion put on the market value of In
tangibles.' " " "''''.'
The seasonal merchants, coal
dealer, sugar dealer and others, who,
it is declared, have for years failed
to play square with assessors and
emptied their sugr and coal bins and
oil tanks just before assessment
time, still have trouble before them
either in the lower house or in the
senate. . . . , ,
Late this, afternoon a number of
house leaders predicted the deleted
taxation bill would be advanced to
third reading in the house,, passed
on third reading in the same body
and turned back to the senate tor
concurrence.
The senate's attitude, judging from
its original vote on the average cap
ital ana miangioie -propcuy
stronefv in favor of that part of the
tax bill cut out by the house com
mittee. " . ' i
The senate was expected to rein
sert these stricken clauses in the
hill and send it back to the house.
Meantime, sentiment and informa
tion will crystallize and the house
members will get anotner oppor
tiinitv to vote.
Everything indicated a deadlock
in the closing days with the senate
balking on the big boost in univer
sity and board ot control appropria
tions made bv the senate.
' Members of the house and senate
are anxious to get certain bills pass
ed and tradine and uproar, the cus
tomary procedure at the. end Of a
session, is at its zenith now.
The senate revenue committee had
a meeting with Governor McKelvie
this morning relative to the future
course of the revenue bill.
Passenger Train Goes :
In Ditch Near Joplin
ToDlin. Mo.,' April 16. St. Louis
and San Francisco passenger tram
No. 324 from Kansas City to Jop
linwent into the ditch 16 miles
northwest of here this afternoon
according to word received tonight.
Permanent Camping Park
Is Obtained in Ogallala
Ogallala, Neb.,-April' 16. (Spe-
riaU Oealla is to have accommo
Nation acain this vear for tourists
The free camping park proved to be
such an asset to the city last sum
mer that a location has been ob
tained south of the Platte river
hridcre for a oermanent park.
The "Keith County Community
club has taken over the project and
will' install a swimming pool, city
lights, plenty of shade and all other
conveniences for the tourist As
high as 30 tourists were camped at
the park in -one evening last sum
mer, and many spent several nays
camping in Ogallala. -
Seven Arrested After Man
' . Killed in Fall From Room
" Detectives arrested seven men in
a second floor room at Seventeenth
and Cuming streets yesterday after
I William Dixon, . 35, 2715 South Fif-
1 teenth street, was , found dying on
I the sidewalk just beneath the room.
The officers believe Dixon w'as hurled
I out of a window during a drunken
fight He died in the Ford hospital.
Ure Has Served City
to bestow on election day. There may
be those who will vote against him
on account of lack of hair on top of
his head, or other reasons equally as
potent, but they are tew and tar be
tween.
garfrSubhcfficial from the
viewpoint I would a private
"I re
same viewpoint I would a private
emolove. If one in mv employ serves
me with ability, and integrity, and
conducts his transactions with un
compromising honesty, I care noth
ing about his religion, his race or the
lack or the abundance of his hair.
"Would any big bank or corpora-
n of any kind even think of letting
tion of any l
an employee like 'Bill Ure go, es
pecially in times like these? Mo even
ask the Question seems preposterous.
These are perilous times for all of
us. .
Patriotism Needed.
"Real, unselfish patriotism- is
needed now as much as during the
war, and the city neved needed
steadv men. men of exDcrience. of
integrity and of constructive ability'
and with the knack of figuring things
out as much as it needs them now.
No informed and patrotic citizen will
deny that Ure possesses these quali
ties equal to any official that has
ever served the city.
"Briefly and hurriedly expressed,
these are the reasons why I am will
ing to disregard my ease and natural
inclination and humbly but gladly
act as chairman of Mr. Ure's com
mittee." Man Lives Years
After Crowbar
Pierces Skull
Surgeon Who Performed Op
eration Cites Accident
Skull Now Used in Medi
cal College at Harvard.
Boston. April 16 The fact that a
crowbar was driven through a man s
skull here without causing death was
cited today by Dr L. Vernon Briggs,
eminent alienist commenting on the
removal of a bullet from the brain of
a prisoner at Sing Sing in an effort
to cure him. of suicidal mania. . !
.Years later just before he died, the
man willed his head to the Harvard
medical school. The skull is at War
ren museum and is used m lectures
almost daily.
Lives Many Years
' VL-rlnrro c'H h man was hold-1
ing the crowbar, which was being
struck bv another man with a sledge
hammer. The man moved until his
chin was directly over the top of the
bar. .....
Not noticing the change in position
ot his teiiowworh-er me man w
the hammer struck htm a smash ng
bldw on the head, driving the bar
upward from the chin through the
head and out of the top of the skull.
T. Warren, the eminent surgeon,
performed an operation removing the
bar and inserting a suver piate ai
the point in the skull where the
crowbar emerged. The man lived
many years.
used at acnooi
The skull now reposes at Warren
museum with an iron bar running
through it to illustrate to students
just how the accident occurred.
Dr. Briegs. Dr. ueorge ju. iviine,
head of the state department of men
tal diseases, and City Health Com
missioner Woodward, all said that
only time can tell whether the iing
Sing, prisoner will be cured of epi-
, . .
lepsy ana smciuai urnum vj ms.
moval ot the buuet. ,
Nominations to Rail
Labor Board Are Sent
To Senate By Harding
Washington, April 16. Nomina,
iri tri fill the three vacancies on
thm railmad labor board, considered
particularly important because of the
controversy between the roads and
their employes, were sent to tne sen-
ate today. . .
As labor's representative, Presi
dent Harding named Walter L. Mc
Menimen, acting president of the
Brotherhood of Railway trainmen.
Samuel Higgins of New York,!
former general manager of the New
York. New Haven & Hartford rail
way, was named to represent thej
management group, while former i
Governor B. W. Hooper of Tenne;
see was appointed to represent the
public.
All three . of the nominations
caused more or less surprise, none!
of the men having figured prom
inently in gossip abo-.it the vacancies.
Quick confirmation by the senate is
expected by officials.
Omaha Firm Gets Contract
For Norfolk High School
Norfolk. Neb.. April 16. (Special.)
Alex Beck of Omaha was awarded
the general contract for the con
struction of the new senior high
school at an executive session of the
board of education. The contract
price for completion of the building
nn to a ooint ready for plaster is
$239,439. The heating, plumbing and
ventilating contract was awarded to
the Orr comDanv of Sioux City' for.
$59,897, which will include "roughing
in" work together with the boilersj
fans and other heavy mechanical
equipment
Observe "Slouch Day"
Pawnee City. Neb April 16.
iSoeciaU Pawnee City high school
observed their annual "slouch day."
The students dressed in slouchy
clothes and many of the costumes
were unique, if not dignified.
Mystery in
r, t?:,.
r cu. 111 x' 11c
I mrflVPIPfl
Youth Burns Home Contain'
ing Skeleton of Negro in
Effort to Thow Officers
Off Trail.
XrRaV PllOtO UpSetS Plan
J
" Lancaster. Mo.. April 16. (Special
Telegram.) Interwoven in the artairs
of Orval Dooley, wealthy young
farmer near here, was a thread of
finances creditable to a Wallingford.
rr.i i r .innnA 1 - c
ln.e ur"'n ""( "u"
VY, f .fi1BJ?f f-f lit
presumably his own, and the subse
quent discovery that they were tnose
of an imported skeleton, have brought
to light a rrfasterful and intricate plot
to defraud.
Dooley was last seen about 9 Sat
urday nieht bv one of the tenants of
his farm. At 10 his wife and 7-year-
old son returned from Queen City
and found their home in ruins, bun
day human bones were found in the
. i . i . . i.
ruins, t-veryone accepted tnc ineuiy
that Dooley had perished in the nre.
Bones Upset Plans.
Then A. D. Morris, prosecuting at
torney for Schuyler county, began an
investigation. The bones were
scraped of debris and each was found
to .be perforated with the regularity
of a taxidermist preparing a Specimen
for mounting. An anatomical special
ist was called. He said the bones
those of a ncero. the thickness
f the skull indicating that, and that
thpv had heen strune on wires, lor
studv or surgical reference.
T)ooW was "known here as an
energetic, ambitious, youthful Midas,
whose touch turned cattle and sheep
into negotiable currency. While the
town boys talked in "tens" Dooley
was dealing in "hundreds." While
the bankers here were building cot
tages. Doolev was constructing
nalarp on his farm.
And so it has gone on for months,
Thi hanks have loaned him money,
Tt was not until recently, when the
Ricker , National bank at Uuincy
loaned him $20,000, that the other
banks here became uneasy.
Sold Mortgaged Cattle,
It was learned Dooley had given
260 head of rattle as security when
he really had only 90. Recently lie
i0 the cattle while they were still
under mortgage.
Tt was the same with hogs and
sheep. Dooley, with his magnetic
nersonality. had convinced the bank-
ers that he would repay all his loans,
and on the strength of his promises
they recommended that the bank
at Qumylai!nTrt!is - money.
Last week the yuincy Dame aemana
ed repayment. Several times it de-
man Hed it. Then followed the nre
and the subsequent disappearance ot
Dooley. It has been brought to light
that Dooley's liabilities were between
$75,000 and $yu,UUU.
Has Life Insured.
. m. in ih, fire
Dooiey . had taken out $20,000 in life
frnm tvon ' . stir,u-
insurance from two companies, stipu
lating' double pay in case of death
by accident. The policies were made
payable to his wife and son. His
home was insured ior $10,000.
But whatever plans Dooley had,
whatever ingenuity he showed in de
vising, them, he overlooked one im
portant detail, the aestruction oi an
X-Ray photograph of his lower jaw.
This detail caused Mr Morris to in
struct the coroner not to issue a cer
tificate of death.
Photograph Undoing. .
The ohotograoh wa taken by his
brother-in-law, Dr. Roy FoUts, of
Falls City, Neb., a few weeks ag.
Dooley had dental work done by a
iuuk T iinu uv.il km
dentist in Coatsville. , He brought
the pjctur t0 show the source of
trouble and neglected to take them
home. - - -
During the investigation the jaw
bone ol the skeleton found in the
rums was being examined. Toe
dentist was among those present.
He produced the old plates. They
were not similar in any respect.
When the family was confronted
with the evidence they admitted that
Dooley was not dead, at least not in
the fire.;.
Smoot Will Address Farm
Bureau on Tax Questions
Washington, April 16. Considera
tion of a committee report recom
mending repeal of the excess profits
tax and imposing a tax on corpora
tions was postponed by the Ameri
can Farm Bureau federation 'confer
ence to hear a speech Monday by
Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, on
the sales tax. ' t
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features of ;
The Sunday Bee
"Tramp. Tramp. Tramp." a Story
of Adventures of the Omaha Walk
ing Club Part 4, Page 1.
Camera Masterpieces Rotograv
ure Section, Page 1.
Hoosier Friend, a Short Story by
Jack Lait Part 4, Page 2. ,
Third Installment of "The Story of
the War," by Former 'Secretary
Josephus Daniels Part 1, Page 8.
Cartoon, "Event of the Week in
Omaha" Part 1, Page 7.
The Married Life of -Helen and
Warren Part 2, Page 8.
Sports News and Features Part
j3t Pages 1 and 2,
Editorial Comment Part 4, Page 4.
Where the Minute Men Fought
Rotogravure Section, Page 4.
i Gibson Cartoon Part 2, Page 8.
For the Children-Part 4, Page 3.
A Diplomat at the Peace Confer
ence, by James J. Montague Part
4. Page 5.
Letters from a Home-Made Father
to His Son Part 4, Page 8.
Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller
r-Part 4, Page 2,
I MMMMi I 1
The Complete Building
( The Mgt pPulr Exhibit)
Girls Are Picking
Older Husbands,
Says U. S. Expert
Modern Miss Passes Up Dream
of Romance for Life With
' More Reliable
. ' Male. lV,--
J Washington, April 23. "Wuethet
it is suffrage or some other influence,
IT ia a fact that the marriageable
young woman of today prefers to
pick her future husband from among
men of maturer age," according to
Captain Krolk th ecapital's marriage
license clerk.
The psychology of the girl who
contemplates marriage has experi
enced a decided change during the
last two years," observed Cupid's of
ficial intermediary, who insisted that
a girl these days has an eye to a
safe future ' with comfort with a
husband with good sense, even
though older than herself, rather
than a "life full of romantic uncer
tainty with a handsome youngster
who may change ; his mind over
night and get a divorce the next
morning."
Colonel Kroll was not prepared
to say whether this rather startling
development in matrimonial con
temnlation 'would be lasting or
whether the principle of "like likes
like" -would again gain the upper
hand. . "It may. be that the girls de
sire more independence and it may
be they think an older man can
wnafantee such a state with more
facility than a young husband just
starting out in life. Young hus-
lianHs as a rule are also jealous and
wish to dominate over their brides,
while men with more experience are
more .tolerant .
Minneapolis and Omaha
Road Reports Increase
Chicago, Aprd 16. Earnings ' ot
the Chicago. St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha Railway company were
larger in 1920 than since mo. when
there was a surplus, of $1,627,754
after all charges, according to tne
annual report. In the year ended
December 31, 1920, after all deduc
tions and balance of profit was
$871,683 compared with deficits of
more than a million dollars in the
turn voars Tr"redincr
Total operating expenses for 1920
amounted to $23,767,080 and total
operating revenue was $26,489,816.
Operating revenue in 1920 deceased
$l,Z4l,AM trom 11. wniie opcii
ing expenses increased $450,601.
Gomprs and Mrs. Neuscheler
Married in New York City
York. Aoril 16. Samuel
Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, and Mrs.
Gertrude Gleaves Neuscheler,
whose engagement was announced.
last night, were married nere toaay
in a hotel. The ceremony was per
formed by Supreme Court Justice
Rohert F. Wagner. Only a few
close personal friends of the bride
ana oriaegroom were in aiitnuauw.
These were guests at a bridal
breakfast immediately after the
ceremony. . .
Community Bargain Day
Is Planned at Superior
Superior, Neb., April 16. (Spe
cial) Plans have been perfected by
30 of the leading merchants of Su
perior, members of the retail mer
chants' bureau, of the Superior Order
of Shifters, to "unite in holding
monthly community bargain day
sales, the first of which will be held
April 27.
The Superior Base Ball associa
tion will open the local season on
that date,
Senate Advances
16 House Bills
First Saturday Session of Up
per House Speeds Up Action
On Minor Measures.
Lincoln, Neb., April 16. (Special.)
The senate, holding its first Satur
day morning session, ground away in
the committee of the whole and
threshed out- 16 bills of minor im
portance, killing only one of the en
tire number. ,
The bill killed was. H. R,
58S,' for-
hiddinor the removal of goods soldlertcv tariff bill while the senate dis-
on conditional sale contracts from
the county without the seller's con
sent. . . .
Three bills were advanced without
discussion, providing for relief of
persons injured in. the employ of the
state. They were:, ti, k.- ooo, giv
inir C.E. Olson of Saunders county
$500 for injuries received when his
automobile ran into roaa macninery
at night; H. R. 462, giving J. V.
Dunn of Cozad $2,825 for the loss of
his hand in road machinery, and H.
R. 592. to reimburse Mrs. Dean
Focht $5,000 for the loss of her hus
band, electrocuted while working in
the boiler room at the Lincoln state
hospital. '
H. R. 483, providing for a state re
formatory to cost $300,000, was sent
along without discussion. The orig
inal bill was replaced. By one oxauea
by the governor and makes only two
changes one being to locate it
close to the penitentiary on a iuu
section of ground.
Omaha Retailer and
Wife Leave to Attend
English Convention
C. C. Belden of Thompson-Belden
company accompanied by Mr
Belden, left Saturday evening for
New Yorlc whence they will sail
for Europe.
Mr. Belden is one of 40 members
of the National Retail Dry Goods
association who are to be guests of
British retailers. They are to be en
tertained in London and then taken
on a motor trip through England
and Scotland.
Employes Qf Thompson-Belden
company presented Mr. and Mrs.
Belden with many "ship letters" and
with two volumnes of "Innocents
Abroad," one for each.
Girl Recovers Purse When
Finder Reads Story in Bee
"That certainly was a good writeup
you gave me in The Bee last night
and I got my purse back this morn
ing," said Miss Minnie Levy yester
dav. Miss Levy lost her purse contain
ing $30 at Eighteenth and Douglas
streets. This morning J. T. Ran
dolph, 713" Telephone building,
called her up and said he had
found it.
' Minnie lost no time speeding to
Mr. Randolph's office.
"I picked up the purse and then I
read about your losing it in The
Rrc " he said. '
Minnie offered him a $5 reward,
but he politely declined it.
Farm - Assessment Values
Reduced in Merrick County
Central City, Neb., April 16.
County Assessor C. E. Lind - an
nounced a 20 per cent reduction on
farm land values in Merrick county
this. year. He previously an
nounced a 15 per cent reduction.
Lower House Adjourns
Lincoln, April 16. (Special.)
The lower house of the Nebraska
L legislature adjourned at noon today
until 10:30 Monday morning.
Show
New Legislative
Program Will Be
Rushed This Week
Immigration Bill Up in House
-Senate to Consider
v Tariff and Knox, Peace
Resolution.' ,.v
Washington, pril i 16. In the
first week of 'thef extra session of
congress the house passed the emer-
Vussed the ' Colombian . treaty under
agreement to vote Wednesday. Lead'
ers declared it .would be ratified by
half, a dozen votes.
fDelaved somewhat by lack of
committee, organization, the big leg
islative. program will be taken up
with a rush next week with the lm
migration bill having right-of-way
in the house.
The Knox peace resolution artd
tne emergency- tariff are awaiting
consideration by the senate. The
Knox measure -is to be taken up
Wednesday by the foreign relations
committee with plans for an imme
diate, report ;
The emergency -tariff bill is to be
taken up Monday by the senate
finance committee, which will begin
limited hearings Tuesday.
After passing the immigration bill
the house will begin work on the
army and navy bills.
The senate judiciary committee
will .meet Monday for organization
and is expected to consider the ques
tion of loans to the allies.
The senate was in session only
an hour today and the house had
an off day. " '
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Discrimination in
Freight Rates Will '
Be Reduced Soon
Lincoln, April 16. (Special) The
Interstate Commerce commission,
whose discrimination order, effective
March 10, "froze" into a 35 per cent
freight rate increase in Nebraska,
several hundred arithmetical and
typographical .errors in, the schedule
and "froze out" some 50 favorable
shippers' rates established by the
carriers themselves, will modify the
order to correct these existing evils.
" This condition was brought about
bv th order which took the schedule
as of July 29, 1920, when the railroads
when ftacK to private ownersmp in
stead of the rate at the time of the
order for the basis of the increase.
Wife Tried to Scald Him
With Coffee, Huhhy. Says
Tames J. Konvalsn charges m a pe
tition for divorce, filed yesterday in
district court that his wife, Mary,
has attempted to scald him with hot
coffee, that she has caused him
trouble on the streets and at his
place of employment and that she
has threatened his life.. They were
married in November, 1919. He asks
that custody of their child be given
to his mother.
The Weather
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Protect shlpmcnti Aurlna the nest ?4 to
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North, out and watt. 10 dre; aouth,
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Nebraskari
Loses Wife
Number 3,
Chicago Girl Freed Jcroui
Pseudo War Hero Who Left
Trail of Fogred Checks .".U
And Broken Hearts.
Man Still Has Wife No2
t.t
Chicago Trlbune-Omli Be Iaiml Wtra,
Chicago, April Glen T. Aldrich
of Nebraska City, the gay "lieutenant
naval commander," who traveled
from coast to coast in the fall of
1920, leaving a broad trail of forged
checks and lacerated feminine hearts,
lost one of his wives today.
Mrs. Lillian Dombrow Aldrich ot
Oak Park, who had been his brjde
for a period of three days, was
granted a divorce and $800 alimony.
In her bill she. charged her hus
band with misconduct and named a
Portland (Ore) woman. ;,,
Set Society Awhirl. , "ir
Aldrich dawned upon social circlet
here shortly after the war. Arriving
from Washington, where he said-he
had been commissioned lieutenant
commander," he set society awhfrl
with tales of bloodthirsty sea bat
tles and prodigious deeds of valor
on many a gory field. He was pro
fusely decorated with medals and
after a whirlwind courtship he mar
ried Miss Dontprow. Three - days
later she awoke to find herself with
out a husband. Weeks later he was
arrested in Portland on charges of
forging $4,000 in government
checks.
' At this time another wife Mrs. .
Esther Carlson Aldrich of Ausiim,
111., popped up and announced :shs
had been married to him five weeks
before he met Miss Dombrow. Gov
ernment sleuths stripped him of his
medals, honor stripes and glittering
shoulder straps, which he had bought
in a supply store, and brought him
back to Chicago. Subsequently he
was released on the bigamy charge-
when his wives refused to prosecute.
First Victim Toa Dancer.
' Kathleen Elsmere, cabaret toa
dancer of Seattle, is said to have been
the first victim of the gay cavalier's
winsome ways. Aldrich said that he
married here in 191Z, but that she
divorced him a year later. ' ' ' -
- When being returned from Port
land, Ore.Qto Chicago after his ar
rest in thr former city on a check
charge, Aldrich was met at the Union
station in Omaha the night of Octo-t
(Turn to FKe Two, Column Three.) i
Wife Accuses Man of :
Gambling in Answer T
To Divorce Petition
Mrs. Phoebe Bushee "comes back
at" her husband, George, in an an
swer filed yesterday in district court ,
to his petition for divorce. She saya i
he is a gambler: and a bootlegger
. The Bushees were married in 1917
and she says she was' forced to leafe"
him in November, 1918, at Grand
Island, because ef his alleged drunk
enness and . bootlegging. He had
liquor shipped to Minden,' Neb., she
alleges, which he disposed of ;to
customers in Grand Island and
Kearney. "
When she came to Omaha she took
a position as milliner in the estab
ment of Drahos & Luttig, Seven
teenth and Douglas streets. r
Mr. Bushee alleged that his wife '
cooks in the apartment of Chad Lut.
tig of the millinery firm. '
Mrs. Bushee alleged that her hus
band has been arrested and fined re
cently for being drunk and disorder
ly in Omaha.
Townley and Workers
Arrive at Norfolk
Norfolk, Neb.,' April 16. (Spe
cial.) A. C. Townley of St Paul,
Minn., president of the National
Nonpartisan league,, arrived in Nor
folk with a staff of prominent Noii
oartisan leaeue sneakers and wdjtk- Z
ers. Among them were Professor
Wilson of the extension serviceof
the University of North Dakota Ihd
A. E. Bowen of Minneapolis, promi
nent league orator and advocate,'"
Hearst Likes President's 2 5
Stand, He Says on Stop Etjre
William Randolph Hearst rewspa
per magnate, munched salted peanut!
as he wandered about the Unionist a
tion during the 20-minute stay of $i
westbound Overland Limited her
yesterday morning. .He is en route
to San Francisco on business. ""
Mr. Hearst admitted that he liked
President Harding's message to con
gress and pronounced his utterances,
especially on international, subjects
as "sound, businesslike, . progressiva
and safe." . . .
"The more I see of Mr. Harding
the more I am convinced that he is
the right man in the right place," said
Mr. Hearst. ,
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Co-Operative Truck Line : ,
Case Decision Withheld
Pawnee City,' Neb., April 16.-nj
(Special.) District Judge Raper hat
taken under advisement the suit of
Dr. . E. L. McCrea and 20 other
stockholders in the Co-operative-Garage
and Livery company against
W. W. Day and T. L. Simmons of
Lincoln. The stockholders charged
that the two organizers of a pro,
posed truck line dissipated the funds
of the company and forced it .into
bankruptcy. One of the division
points was to have been at Table
Rock, where a fine garage was built;
Large Graduating Class; ;
Alexandria, Neb., April 16. (Spe
cial.) The largest class in the his
torv of .the high school here will
graduate May 19. The senior class
will give the plav, "And Billie Dis
appeared," April iL
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