THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. MAX lb, mi. Enormous Sum x Available for Road Building More Than $2,000,000 Could Be Spent Daily on Highways National Essay Contest Closes June 15. Edgar Couple Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary Washington, May 15. Approxi mately $2,000,000 is available every working day during the present year for expenditure upon highways of the United States, according to a statement by Professor C. J. Tilden, director of the highway and high v.ay transport education committee. The actual sum available from state and county bond issues and federal aid for the year is $600,000, 000, a sum of50 per cent greater than the total cost of the Panama .anal, according to figures obtained irom the bureau of public roads. This point was made by Profes sor Tilden in stressing the need for more courses in highway construc tion and economics in colleges and universities. To spend this amount wisely, he said, would require the services of more than 10,000 trained highway engineers. At this time, un; vrsities arc graduating only about 1,000 civil engineers asnually, of whom only a small percentage turn to highway construction. The sup ply is far short of' the demand, ac cording to Professor Tilden. Highway Economics. Through the agency of the com mittee of which he is director, Proi fessor Tilden is endeavoring to per suade institutions of higher learn ing to include courses in highway economics in their regular curricu lums. Professor Tilden occupies th chair of engineering mechanics t Yale university, but is on leave as director of the committee. Another and more popular cam paign is being undertaken by, the committee by means of a national essay contest among high school pupils on the subject, "Good Roads and Highway Transport." Several hundred letters of inquiry are re ceived daily from all sections of the country. Even the island possessions and the territories are seeking in formation on the contest. Contest Closes June 15. News of the contest has' been con veyed to pupils by their teachers and school superintendents in response to an announcement sent out Dy ut. P. P. Claxton. United States com missioner of education, who is chair man of the highway transport com mittee. Essays must be not more than 500 yards in length and must be in the hands of local committees not later than June 15, when the contest closes. Only pupils of hrgh school grade are eligible to compete. Virtually all state superintendents are naming state committees to award state honors and prizes, and are an nouncing the contest to their pupils. Commissioner Claxton will name the national committee which will award the main prize. As a means of encouraging pupils to write essays, the committee re quested one of its members, H. S. Firestone'. Akron, U., to oner a na tional price. Mr. Firestone put up a four years' university scholarship, with a value of not less than $4,000, ?3 the award for the best essay writ ten on this subject. A similar contest held last year resulted in approximately 200,000 es avs being written. The Firestone scholarship was awarded Miss Katharine F. Buttcrfieldd, 16-year-old high school girl of Weiser, Idaho. Death Car Driver is Sent to Hospital Atlantic, la.. May 15. (Special.) John R. Loveland, president of the Audubon Canning company, was sentenced to the inebriate ward m the hospital for the insane at Inde pendence. The sentence was im posed by Judge Rockafellow in dis trict court, wlio then paroled Love . land to the sherift on condition that he abstain from the use of drugs and liquor and that he refram from operating an automobile. A few weeks ago Loveland. speed ing in an automobile, -went off a bridge near Audubon, instantly kill ing George Gleason. an occupant of the car. Loveland was not seri ously injured and a son of Gleason, who was a member of the party, escaped with a few. bruises. , Young Gleason said Loveland had 1.... jrivinr and at a soecial ses- , sion of the grand jury he was m- a;A (nr mansiaue iter ana ivn , ......... J driving car wnnc Pnnrtprs Aic Required T Hand Woman in Patrol ..:At,",A unman, who SUti Jn uiwut-ii."' j i.. i. in a randv store at Sixteenth and Cass streets Sunday morning grew violent when placed m the pohce patrol automobile, requir ing the attention of six burly ot i: - ..etr.in -ipr She was take to the St. Joseph hospital. Police say they Deitcve tnc woman was affected by some violent poison which caused ner to go xem ci. ..... ,.-.11 Arreted, hut the onlv .JIM. 1" nJ .-' -t... t,- irlontitv WM 2 trUtUC check from Lincoln to Sioux City in her pockctbooK. FiinM-al Services to Be Held . Monday for Mrs. Leonard Funeral services tor Mrs. . l.. kj t i ...u A',A at Fiirer'hoS' pital Thursday, will be held at 10 o'clock Monday, morning from the hi-r sister. Mrs. oam Mrs. Leonard was the wife of U r T ...J ki.lnrnn inr the L'MOn j, i.cvildl u, iuaiw.w Pacific and a veteran railroad man of the west. She was ou years oia. cl. t.-J v..m ;n .1t- months. ' CL. ...r.:-mA Kv rr husband. JllC 19 PUIH'VU " J two sisters. Mrs. Sam Hardy and Mrs. W. H. Colvin of Omaha, and W father. Fred T. Beers Ot Car roll, la. Builder of First Wooden Building and Wife En tertain? at Home Still In Good Health. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Stayner cele- oraiea tneir oum weaatng anniver sary here. They came to Edgar in , w ana in partnersnip wnn ,a. i. Caldwell established the first coun trv store in the villatre. The build ing was constructed of wood, the only one in the community. All other buildings were either bunt ct sod or dugouts. uyrus aiayner marriea aaran c. Scriven in Jones county, Iowa, May 9, 1861. He shortly after joined the army and served with Sherman on his march to the sea. Mr. Stayner is 84 and his wife 32. They are the oldest residents of Edgar and vicinity. Both are in fair ly good health, although Mr. Stay ner frequently speaks of his infirmi ties as being caused by the hardships of army life. At thfir anniursarw relphration all of their living children, grandchildren and great-granacnuaren were pres ent to participate iu the .festivities. Their living children arc: L. W. Stayner, McCook; Mrs. Martha Fer ree, Edgar; Mrs. J. B. Hazelbakc.-, Lincoln; J. E. Stayner, Edgar; E. E. Stayner. Lincoln; Mrs. S. A. Hill, Lincoln, and Miss Evie and C. L. Stayner, Edgar. . Lecture, on Advertising Plattsmouth . Keh.. Mav 15. (Sd cial.) The Business Men's Ad clu'j of Plattsmouth has arranged for the appearance m mis of Business Expert G. L. Farley, ana his illustrated lecture on uetting it,. riut nf Advertisine." Mer chants, salesmen and clerks from the different stores will attend Markers To Be Put on Graves of Ex-Service Men American Legion Official? Hope to Hold Ceremony ' As Feature of Memorial Day Exercises. j The county commission has author ized the purchase ot 100 official American Legion grave markers for dead ex-service men buried here. Le gion officials hope to have the markers here in time to place them on graves Memorial day. Adjutant Hough of the American Legion has requested that all serv ice men participating in the Mem orial day parade weir their uniforms and Victory medals. A post meeting of the American Legion will be held in the city hall council chamber next Friday night. There will be vaudeville acts by part of the Junior League Revue and a speech by "Jim" Dahlman. . Mary Jordan will be present. All in all, it will be one of the most interesting post meetings ever held, according to Adjutant Hough. The adjutant wants it known American Legion men may get a 20 per cent discount on tickets to the Mary Jordan con cert by coming to him in the legion office at the court house. c,: 1,m,i rtraninor is fumish- - ' i 1 ?t .ivmow n ing employment for many ex-service men out of jobs, accoraing to rec ords of the American Legion em ployment bureau. Dozens of women are calling tne Dureau ior wtu w help them clean house, but there are still many men needing employment, Adjutant Hough says. Woman Sues Relatives Of Husband for $25,000 Tuvirttfh VpS " fav 15.- fSoe- cial.) Mrs. Caroline Propst has filed -t in district court against Robert L. Propst, Lynn X. rropst ana ansa Mayola Propst for $25,000, alleging ;nfini- in the marital rela tions of herself and husband, Dwight A. Propst. The petition recities that upon their marriage in 1916 the plaintiff was 16 years oi age and her hus band 21; that tne relatives oi u i,..,u.nj Umtn?A tn disinherit him if he continued to associate with the plaintiff; that subsequent to the mar riage a baby daughter was born, the I 1 1 An.r.11H tf Vl CI t ffl wife and baby clandestinely for fear of arousing the wratn or tn ae fendants; that later they poisoned the mind of the husband against the plaintiff by statements of alleged un- ihieU r"An A Hft nil VlPT nart. indue ing him to abandon the wife and cnilu ana join utc mw otm.v v. the United States to prevent his fur ther association with the plaintiff, leaving them dependent upon the support of relatives ot tne motner. W. R. Patrick of Oma ha represents the plaintiff in the claim. Y. W. C. A. Will Observe "Do A Kindness Day" TWi -i t-i'nrlnctt rfav" Will bfi ob- served by the Council Biutts i. w, r a nn satnrdav. Miv i. in mem ory of Miss Grace H. Dodge, who was the founder and first president of the national board ot tne x. vv. r A hv rnntrihntina thfOUSTh ItS Vy. .... vj ..... . n - fc. rtnh and classes to . the China famine relief fund. - On the afternoon of Saturday, May ?1 cnm. nf tho rlasxes of the KVm- na'sium will enjoy a revel in Bayliss park, which will be in tne nature oi spring pageant ' Pittsburch Slillionaire Gives Wallace Town Hall North Platte, Neb., Way 15. (Soe iat Th villatre of VVrallace. lO' cated in the south part of this county, will soon besin the construction of a $25,000 community building, the funds for which wnf nrovjded tor in the will of J. R. Johnston, -Pittsburgh millionaire, who made annual visits to Wallace to shoot praine chickens. Chevenne Man Killed When Train Hits Automobile rhveTin Wvn.. Mav 15. (Soe cial Telegram.) William Butler, 27, car repairer employed by the Union Pacific was killed by a passenger train just north of Greeley, Colo., when a train hit an auto in wnicn Butler was driving to Denver. Rail road officials here are unable to lo cate relatives of the dead jman. Yeggs Attempt To Blow Second Safe In Bluffs Robbers Give Up Job in Dis guest After Burning Three Fuses to Ignite Charge Of Nitroglycerine. - For the second time in one week, yeggmen operated in Council Bluffs Friday night. They made an un successful attempt at the office of the Bluff City Lumber company to blow the safe dpor. After burning three fuses in an effort to ignite the charge of glycerine, tttey apparently abandoned the job in disgust. C. B. Gano, cashier, discovered the attempted robbery when he opened the office at 900 Fourth street yes the office at 900 Fourth street Sat urday morning. He found the safe door and a hole bcred near the lock. The nitro was poured into the hole just above the combination and three burned splotches indfeated where three separate fuses had been touched off to ignite the explosive. A smear of finger prints was found around the combination and an expert was assigned to the case by police to protograph the prints. Wdnpsdav nisrht J3l veKK gang ...,,nA Ur. c-jf. nf the Krcttek ' " ---- t).i..re rv!il mmnsnv. Tenth street 1.1 1 utiivi a vi w...- . , and First avenue, but obtained no money. . , Congressman Good of Iowa Will Quit House wci,;nirtnn Mav 15. (Soecial Telegram.) Congressman James W. r.A ,.f rAr TJaniH. Ia.. chairman of the appropriations committee ot the house, Will quit conxress oi'wii. June 1 to join a well-known law firm in Chicago. On Thursday evening of next week members of the appropriations committee will give a farewell din ner in lronor of the chairman at the Chevy Chase club. While there is considerable uncer tainty-as to who will succeed Mr. Good, it looks as It congressman Madden of Illinois has the inside track for the place, although Repre sentative Davis of Minnesota is ranking member. Conzressman Evans of INebraska, hrr of the committee, is a us." ... . ..... . - - - . .....J ,i' tti uhnm he snOUla III uauuij ... f . vote for, not being enamoured ot either Davis or Madden. Man With Fractured Skull Found by Bridge v . ' ' Police found an unidentified man beneath the Burlington bridge at EV.rtti and Pierre street in an a- conscious condition at 9 Saturday r.ight. , He wate taken to the St. Joseph hospital where an examina tion revealed tnat tne man naa sus foinrd a fractured skull. Police surgeons said the man had been drinking and evidently had fall en or jumped from the bridge. There was nothing in tne man s ciouung by wTlteh he could be identified. Hospital attendants said he was in a sprious condition. He had not gained consciousness early Sunday morning. Wyoming Ranchman Killed By Kick of Saddle Horse Chevenne, Wyo., May 15. (bpc cial. Telegram.) Robert McDonald, niAn..r ranrliman. livinor near Dia mond, 36 miles north of here, was killed when his saddle horse KicKea Viim in tli rhfst The shod hoof struck MacDonald squarely over the heart. Physicians say death was in stantaneous. The animal kicked when unsaddled after an afternoon's work. ' Limior Charse Removed Charges of unlawful possession of i u.,.. imoxica.ling nquui against. a .i- Mollner, South Side resident, were dismissed by federal Judge, wood pnntrVi whn held that the search war rant ncd in nhtaimnor evidence as in valied because it was signed by a po lice officer who was neither a state or count yofheer nor a freeholder, Moratorium Law In Iowa Upheld By Judge Hume District Court Rules Federal Act Does Not Supersede State Measure Exemp tion Not Necessary. .in.- i Des Moines, la., May 15. (Spe cial Telegram.) American Legion members and former soldiers ob tained a victory iu district court here today when the Iowa moratorium law was upheld by Judge James C. Hume. Judge Hume held the fed eral soldiers' and sailors' relief act does not supersede the section of the Iowa law and there was no necessity for soldiers to file a homestead ex emption, in suits affecting their prop erty under the value of $10,000. Former Soldier Fined. The technical error of naming Lulu Henderson as his mother instead of his common-law wife in an ap plication for war allotment and al lowance during the European con flict cost George McGee, negro, for mer soldier, a fine of $100 in United States district court here today. Mc Gee pleaded guilty to the offense, but explained to the court he believed at the time he was doing no wrong since he wanted provision made for the woman during the time he was at war. Fleetness Foils Footpad. Flcetness of foot and the timely appearance of a street car saved Miss Flossie B. Cram, wealthy daughter of Frank Cram, building material dealer, from attack by an unidenti fied man Friday night. Miss Cram tnH loft her hnme tn mail a letter. As she turned the corner a man clutched at her shoulder, bhe scream ed and ran. but he oursued her. Zig zagging across the street she ran for nearly a block when the motorman of an approaching street car saw her. He stopped and the man fled. Miss Cram fainted as she was helped onto the car. Former Omaha Man Held In Cheyenne Probe of Big Jewel Mystery rhpvrnnc. Wvo.. Mav IS. ( Soe cial Telegram.) J, R. Glinn, former superintendent ,of the city dumps here, was arrested in connection with ihp dUannearance a week asro of diamond rings valued at between $3,000 and $4,000 and owned by Mrs. Vivian Jrltfnderson, wite ot narry n. Hcndprson. rashier of the W'vominST Trust and Savings bank. Glinn was arrested following a statement made by his 10-year-old daughter. Mrs. Henderson offered a reward for the recovery of the gems and hp littlp ffirl rose in the school room and announced her father found them on city dumps. When the father was questioned he denied Hip find vicnrniislv and the little girl reversed her story and then be came badly contusea ronce oeciare the child had been carefully re hearsed in an effort to protect her father. . The gems are alleged to have been sold locally, but recovered Friday r.ight by the owner. Mrs. wenaerson rarripd thp rill cm in a small black leather bag and lost the bag. Glinn is charged with retaining possession when he knew the rightful owner, which under Wyoming statutes con stitutes larceny. ; Glinn came to this city two years ago from Omaha. Motorist Nabs Man He Finds in His Car A man eivine his name and ad dress as Howard Kahler, S14 Wil liam street, was arrested Saturday on the complaint of B. K. Bitney, 1140 North Nineteenth street, who alleges that Kahler and a companion were about to drive off with his auto mobile. Bitney told police that when he returned to his car last night, after having parked it at Fourteenth and Dodge streets, two men were in the machine, -apparently just ready to drive away. One of the men leaped out and escaped, but he collared the other, who pretended that he was drunk, according to Bitney. Bitney said he believed Kahler assumed an intoxicated air in order to avert suspicion of the alleged at tempted theft . Treasurer of Plattsmouth Eagle Lodge Robbed of $17 Plattsmouth, Neb., May IS. (Spe cial.) The first holdup in Platts mouth in many months occurred Fri day night when two unidentified men relieved James Rebal, treasurer of the local aerie of Eagles of $17 in currency, while en route home from the mee'ting. The opening of a nearby door frightened the robbers away before completing their search, although the only remaining thing of value they might have secured was checks aggregating $150. Plattsmouth Lodge Forced ' To Pay War Tax on Dances Plattsmouth, Neb., May IS. (Spe cial.) The internal revenue depart ment recently picked tip the Eagle lodge for failure to make returns of war tax on dances given by the or der. Officers of the lodge were un der the impression such entertain ments were exempt, in as much as given for the maintenance of their benefit fund, and although they had not collected the tax they were com pelled to turn over some $600 due the government. Esther Van Sant and Isaac Ely Wed at Home of Bride Isaac F. Ely, 4807 Burt street, and Miss Esther L. Van Sant, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Van Sant, were married at the home of the bride's parents, 2309 South Twenty-second street, at 3 Saturday afternoon. Rev. C. C. Wilson of the Grace M. E church performed the ceremony. Alleged Bank Robber Held on Farmer's Word Atlantic, la.,' May IS. (Special.) On the strength of a farmer's ability to identify John Watters, held in the Guthrie county jail, largely depends the state's chance to convict the latter of participation in the robbery of the First National bank and murder of J. K. Meyers, night watchman. This farmer, Jungman by name, declares Watters is one of five men in an antomobile who stopped at his home for water on the mornmg of the crime, sev eral weeks ago. Watters was taken to Guthrie Center following his arrest in Des Moines a few days ago. He sought his freedom through habeas corpus proceedings and failed. Watters says his mother lives near Panora, and that he is a horse man and attended the Guthrie coun ty fair with a string of horses sev eral years ago. Sheriff Kennedy is taking no chances on his prispner escaping. He has a guard ported outside the jail day and night. Mysterious Green Bugs Damage Nebraska Alfalfa Pawnee City, Neb., May IS. (Special.) A peculiar specie of green bug which local agricultur ists have been unable to name has made its appearance in the alfalfa fields of local farmers. It is doing considerable damage to the crop. Mac Brown took a double handful of the insects from just two stems of alfalfa from his field. He says that the plants are covered with them. The variety of the creature is a mystery. Specimens are to be sent to the experiment stations for analysis Men Have Chivalry in Divorce Court, Says Jurist London, May 15. Perjury :n the divorce court by men to shield women from blame has been de nounced by Judge McCardie. "We are a nation of humbugs," said Holford Knight, a well-known lawyer. "Hundreds of men would rather lie on oath in court than let a woman down. I don't find that women are ready to do as much for men. They haven't the same mis taken sense of chivalry." Money Scare False Alarm Falls City Auctioneer Says Pawnee City, Neb., May 15. (Special.) Bart Clark, auctioneer from Falls City, was in Pawnee City yesterday to cry the sale of a local farmer. Mr. Clark says that this' scare of scant money supply in the west is a false alarm. At a sale recently cried by himself, the total amount sold was over $6,000. Less than $500 of this was sold by note, the remaining being hard cash. Woman's Nose Broken, Men Hurt When Auto Overturns Mr. and Mrs. A Romhercr. Elm- wood . apartments, and M. Romberg were injured last night when the au tomobile in which they were rid ing crashed into the curD at lnir tieth and Cuming streets and over turned, pinning the occupants be neath. Mrs. Romberg sustained a broken nose and bruises on the head. Winner of Holdrege Air Tourney Pawnee City Boy Pawnee City, Neb., May 15. (Special.) Hogens Smith, ex-army aviator, who took individual honors for acrobatic flying at the recent Holdrege aviation meet, is a Paw nee City product.. He grew to man hood, here, his father being pastor of the Second United Presbyterian church. Baby Is Drowned Minden. Neb.. Mav IS. (Special.) Kathleen Helen Wisker, infant Aincrhtpr nf William and Katherine Wisker, was accidentally drowned in a water tank at the parents tarnv near here. English Agents of : Cudahy Packing Co. Entertained Here M. R. Murphy, manager of the local Cudahy Packing plant, has been entertaining Richard Nickson and son, J. E. Nickson, and George, Marples. all of Liverpool, England. The Nickersons are the Liverpool representatives of Cudahy & Co. Mr. Marples is foreign representative of Cudahy & Co. The Nicksons have been representatives of Cudahy & Co. for the last 30 years. The elder NicksOn and Mr. Mar ples left Friday for Chicago, and the son will leave this morning for Salt Lake City and the Pacific coast, where he will spend some time be fore returning home. This is the first visit to the United States nf J. E. Nickson and he expressed great surprise over the magnitude of the packing house and live stock indus try of Omaha and predicted Oma ha would fast overtake Chicago in the handling of live stock. Yankton Men Advocate Railroad in West Nebraska Mullen, Neb., May IS. (Special Telegram.) Sam Lcsh, auditor of the Meridian Highway Bridge com pany, and W. C. Lusk, editor of the Yankton Press, addressed an audi ence of 500 people here iu the inter est of the new bridge and the new railroad project that will connect the Twin Cities with Denver. The project has been endorsed by the Commercial club and many of the prominent ranchmen and farmers in Hooker, Grant, Thomas, Cherry, Mc Pherson and Arthur counties. Former Casper Postmaster Held for EmbcEzlenient Cheveune, Wy6., May 15. (Spe cial Telegram.) W. W. Sproul, former postmaster at Casper, Wyo., was arrested today charged with cm bezzelment of United States funds. Sproul was removed from office last winter following alleged irregulari ties. He was a candidate for UnitedN States senator ' on the democratic ticket in 1918 and defeated by John E. Osborne, Rawlins, Wyo., for the nomination.. In 1917 he was minor ity floor leader in the state house of representatives. Sproul was re leased under bonds of $2,000. The amount of embezzlement is said by postoffice authorities to exceed $5,000. He was indicted by the fede ral grand jury Thursday. Bee Want Getters. Ads Are Business PRICE REDUCTION ON- TIRES The High Grade Universally Popular 30 x 3,2 TRAFFIK NON-SKID $ 1 SoOO A complete stock of all sizes in TRAFFIK, RUGGED and CORD For Sale by Reputable Dealers ? South Side Brevities Forced out of buitnesa -Millinery. Eaitmui Kodaks and album. 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