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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. MAY 20, 1921. Ashes of Lane to Be Scattered to v Winds From Peak Body of Ex-Secretary Cremat ed at Chicago No Funeral Service Will Be Held at His Request. Chicago, May 19. The body of Franklin K. Lane, former secretary of the interior, who died in Roches 4er, Minn., yesterday, following an operation, was cremated here today and the cmains will be taken to the top of El Capitan peak, in the Yose mite valley, California, and scattered to the winds, in compliance with a request made by' Mr. Lane prior to nis tieatn. Relatives of Mr. Lane explained , the unusual request by saying that he had spent much of his life in the Voscmite region and had grown to ' love it so much that he wished his re mains to be taken there when he died. , The body arrived here this morn ing from Rochester and was' im mediately taken to Graccland ceme tery for cremation. -There were no funeral services another request of Mr. Lane's and only the immediate lamily attended the cremation, la body was accompanied by Mrs. Franklin K. Lane, the widow, and G. V. Lane, a brother. The remains will be taken west im mediately, it was said. The following message of con dolence over the death of her hus band was received today by Mrs. Franklin K. Lane from Grosvcnor B. Clarkson, former director of the council of national defense, of which Mr. Lane was a member while sec retary of the interior: "My deep and profound sympathy go to you, a sympathy pervaded by the sense of losing the friendship oi one of the noblest and most human Americans of his iime. From the early days of the war and of the council of national defense, of which your husbaud was a vital member, he always gave me counsel that was wise and sustaining and remarkable it: its understanding of the needs of the country and of our allies, and, above all, of the human heart in a time of war. His courage was ex emplified by the blunt manner in which on his own initiative he told about the actual losses caused by submarines when we were but half awake to our part in the war. As illustrating his vision, I recall dis tinctly that in the council of national defense meeting of March 24, 1917, he said plainly that we would need 4,000,000 fighting men and that we should provide for them immedi ately. ' "He was a superb servant of the republic, and no less so because he was alwavs for the under dog. Hi memory should be as warm and as resonant and as colorful as was his . own attitude toward life. 'GROSVENOR B. CLARKSON." Rocky Mountain Limited to Go Faster on New Schedule Changes in time schedules for the Rock Island system out of Omaha were announced yesterday, Effective Mav 29. The Rocky Mountain Limited, Train No. 7, will leave Omaha at 11:55 p. m., 30 minutes earlier than at present, arriving in Denver at 3 p. m. one hour and five minutes ear lier than at present, and at Colorado Springs at 2:45 p. m., one hour ear lier. The Rocky Mountain Limited, eastbound Train No. 8, will leave Omaha at 2:30 a. m., 35 minutes later than atf present, arriving at Chicago at 3:55 p. m.. one hour earlier. Train No. 9, the Iowa local, will reach Omaha at 4:05 p. m., one hour ear lier than at present. Creamery Protest "Will Not Be Considered Now Washington, May 19. (Special Telegram.) The Fairmont Cream ery wired Congressman Jefferis ask ing that amendments be inserted in the emergency tariff measure, now in conference, denning more explic itly the definition of cream. Mr. Jefferis presented the matter to the house conferees and was told that the senate would accept no changes in the measure under consideration, that it was an emergency measure pure and simple and any modification or clearer definition of any of the schdules would have to be made in the general tariff bill which is now being whipped into shape by the re publican member! of the ways and means committee. Meatrice Rabbitry Looted By Timber Wolves or Dogs Beatrice, Neb., May 19. (Special.) Wolves or dogs made a raid on the rabbitrv of A. E. Neuman here and killed 50 fine rabbits, some of them does and bucks valued at $10. The only ones which escaped tvere a few in nests underground. Prints of teeth on lath which enclosed the pens could easily be seen, some of the wooden strips being gnawed in two. A number of the rabbits were par tially devoured, and this leads to the belief that the raid was made by timber wolves. Beatrice Youth Admits Robbery of Two Stores Beatrice, Neb., May 19. (Special.) Joe Robesikl, 16, the youthful burglar wlto was caught in Friday's store Sunday, and later admitted rob bing the Dann grocery the same morning, pleaded guilty when ar raigned in Judge Ellis court and was bound over to the district court. On account of age he will probably be given a term in the reform school John Cauhlin, Omaha, whom Kobesikic1aims' assisted him rob bing Dann's grocery, was released. Marshal Recommendation To Be Considered Saturday Washington, May 19. (Special , Telegram.) Senator Norris has called a meeting of the republican members of the Nebraska delegation at his ofice Saturday to take up the question of a successor to former Marshal James Dahlman. Acting - Marshal Nickerson chances to re ceive the endorsement of the delega tion are looked upon as very promis ing, in view of the large number of testimonials filed in his behalf. V B Wnt Adi for. .Results, Operation Described by Lane As Bet On High Card With a Chance to Win Former Cabinet Member Leaves Remarkable State rment Telling of Impressions Upon Entering Valley of Shadow of Death. By The Associated Fhn, Washington, May 19. Word of the death of Franklin K. Lane came as a peculiar shock to the nation's capital, for so many years even more his home than California There were manifestations of grief from the president to the messengers in the interior department, who had known so long the kindly, humorous but emcicnt public servant. To some of the former secretary's most intimate friends, there had come betore his death a remarkable message dictated by him in the hos pital at Rochester, Minn., after the operation. The message showed that he had undergone the operation with full consciousness and accept ance of the fact that he might not survive. Message to Friends; The message follows in part: "It is Wednesday afternoon and I am now sitting up in bed talking to my good iriend Cotter. Until yesterday I did not clearly visualize any one thing in this room and did not know that it had a window ex- crpt that there was a place that noise rame through, but I did know that it had a yellow oak door that stared at me with its great big square eye all day and all night. "Last Friday, you see, about 10 in the morning, I took the step that I should have taken months, yes, years, ago. Today, most tentatively, I crawled on to a chair and ate my first mouthful of solid food. But four days ago 1 managed to shave myself and 1 am regarded as pretty spry. "I have seen death come to men in various ways, some rather novel and western. I once saw a man hanged. And I have seen several men shot and came very near going out that way myself two or three ticies, but always the other fellow aimed poorly. I was being shot at because 1 was a newspaper man and I should have been shot .at. "There must be public concern in what is printed, as well as its truth to justify it. That is something news papers should get to know. After the earthquake in San Francisco I saw walls topple out upon a man. And I have had more intimate glimpses still of the picturesque and of the prosaic ways by which men come to their taking oft. Record Class Graduates From Beatrice High School Beatrice, Neb., May 19. (Special.) Commencement week will be ob served here May 22 to 27. The High school class sermon will be given May 22 in the First Christian church by Rev. E. C. Lucas. Class night May 23, at High school auditorium; alumni picnic.-Mav 24'; operetta, "The Maid and the Middy," May 25; class play May 26, and graduating exer cises May 27, at Christian church, the address to be given by Adrian M. Newans of Lincoln. , Beatrice graduates the largest class in its history this year, numbering 97. Ord Shriners Organize And Plan Entertainments Ord. Neb., May 19. (Special.) Ord Shriners have perfected an or ganization which is to be known as the Ord Shrine club. Paul Perry man was elected as "Pote," E. M. Williams recorder. . A standing en tertainment committee was appointed to plan a series of Shrine activities for the summer. Arrangements prob ably will be made for the club to at tend the Des Moines conclave ; in a body. Jailbreaker Shot in Nebraska City Dies Nebraska City, Neb., May 19. William Beasley, charged with breaking jail at Rockport, Mo., who was shot by Sheriff Fischer here Sunday while attempting to evade arrest, died in a hospital today. C See where the finger points Perhaps you have , a ' burning sensation cramp, or just a callous spot, at the ball of your foot This is the advance notice nature give YOU of future troubles coming. You NEED SHOES THAT FIT Don't put off telling your troubles to Stryker. Hun dreds of Omahans will tell you of the severe illnesses they have had from shoes that didnt fit properly. We study feet we know why the shoes ' have' to fit and hefore you get a pair ; of our shoes we know that they will give you real comfort that they will restore the natural shape of your Baying shoes that fit once will teach you the value of this BETTER SHOE SERVICE. W. S. Stryker Douglas Shoe Store (Inc.) 117 lto. 16th StOpposite Postofflc "But never before have I been called upon to deliberately walk into the valley of the shadow and, say what you will, it is a great act. I have said during the past months of endless examination, that a man with little curiosity and little humor and a little money, who was not in too great pain, could enjoy himself studying the ways of doctors and nurses as he journeyed the invalid's path. It has, indeed, made a flow ery path for me, as much as any path could be in which a man suf fered more humiliation and distress and thwarting and frustration,- on the whole, than he did pain. "But here was a path to the end of which I could not see. I was not compelled to take it. My very latest doctor advised me against taking it. I could live some time without tak ing it. It was a bet on the high card with a chance to win and I took it." At this point occurs details re garding the preparations for the operation, with a note of the fact that a general anaesthetic could not be applied on account of the pa tient's heart which "had been cutting up : some didoes." The statement continues: Nerves Not at Best. "For two days I had knowledge that tin's operation was to take place at this time and my nerves had not been just as good as they should have been. Those men w ho sleep 12 hours perfectly before being electro cuted have evidently led more tran quil lives than I have, or have less concern as to the future. "Ah, now I was to know the great secret! For 40 years I had been wondering, wondering. Often I had said to myself that I should summon to my mind when this moment came, some words that wouia oe somewhat a synthesis of my philo sophy. Socrates said to those who stood by alter he hart drunk tne hemlock, 'No evil can befall a good man, whether he be alive or dead.' I don't know how far from that we have gone in these 2,400 years. "The apothegm, however, was not apposite to me, because it involved a declaration that I was a good man, and I don't know any one who has the right to so appreciate himself. And I had come to the .conclusion that perhaps the best statement of my creed could be fitted into the words 'I accept,' which to me, meant that if, in the law of nature, my individual spirit was to go back into the great, ocean of spirits, my one duty was to conform. 'Lead kindly light,' was all the gospel I had. I accepted." THE SIGN OF THE COFFEE CLUB. Look for it in store win dows. The dealer who displays it can advise you in the right selec tion and making of Cof fee necessary to real Coffee satisfaction. JOINT COFFEE TRADE PUBLICITY COMMITTEE 74 Wall Stmt New York SREE out me painOTe foot, - M 700 Pressmen of Curtis Company Are Dismissed Strikers Fail o Comply With Ultimatum by Time Set and Dismissals Then Become Automatic Philadelphia, Pa., May 19. More than 700 striking pressmen at the Curtis Publishing company were automatically dismissed yesterday when they ignored an ultimatum is sued hy the company to return to work by noon. The men have been out since Monday. The board of ' director of the Curtis company met with the execu tive committee of the pressmen's union and delivered their ultimatum. Only ten men returned within , the specified time, the company an nounced today. The typothatae labor committee met with 80 employing printers pledged to combat the 44-hour week, which the employes seek and heard an announcement of the Curtis com pany's action. A committee was appointed to in vestigate the advisability of starting a school for pressmen. Advocates of the plan said that "capable ambitious young men" could be trained in three months to be competent press men. The Curtis company has an nounced that arrangements have been made to have the Saturday Evening Post and Ladies Home. Journal, two of its publications, printed in New York and Chicago. Until today, the company employed about 800 "pressmen and helpers on its pay roll. plus the freshness, made possible by an air-tight package. I .1 t - LI III I L.I 111 I ta.. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. Officers Arrest Farmer ' WHo Helped Them Deputy Sheriffs Johnson and Hal ter, as they were driving toward the house of John Swoboda, a farmer near De Sota, yesterday, got stuck in the mud, and while trying 10 gel om ran oui oi (jasoune. iiiey were going to arrest Swoboda on a complaint filed by his divorced wife, .... ..... -f n't. Frances. They walked up to the house and asked Swoboda to help them get their car out of the mud. "We have a warrant for your ar rest, they told him. "Oh, that's all right." said Swo boda, and proceeded to work vali antly to help them out of the mud. He even gave them a gallon of "gas." After the car was released they ar rested Swoboda and brought him in. His former wife, from whom he was divorced four years ago, charges that he is the father of her child, re cently born. Swoboda strongly declares that he is innocent of the charge. Son of Omaha Woman Will Be Buried in Beatrice Beatrice, Neb., May 19. (Special.) The body of Private James E. Babh, who lost his life in the war in France, will arrive at an eastern port May 21, according to word re ceived nere. it win be Drought nere for burial with military honors. Babb formerly lived in Beatrice, and it is said his mother is now a resident of Omaha, Veteran Ravenna Editor Recovers From Operation Ravenna, Neb., May 19. (Special.) C. B. Cass, editor of the Ravenna News, who recently underwent an operation, has returned home. Mr. Cass has been editor of the Raven na News for more than 30 years. plus the flavor of Burley and other choice Domestic tobaccos. .. . aV 0fJ w Rickcnbacker to Make But One Stop Ace Will Fly Reconstructed De Haviland on Washington Trip. , San Diego, Cal., May 19. Capt. Eddie Rickcnbacker, who is plan ning a cross-continental flight to at tend ceremonies in Washington to mark the sailing of the first Amer ican contingent of troops to France for the world war, will come here Saturday to test a reconstructed De Haviland airplane in which he in tends to fly, according to word re ceived here today. Men at Rockwell field, army flying base, will equip the plane along the lines of that used by the late Lieut. William D. Coney in his attempt to make a non-stop transcontinental flight. After testing out the plane Rick cnbacker will fly to Oakland, from which city, according to announce ment, he will start his flight to Washington. , He plans to make only one stop, at Omaha, rscb. Sleeping Sickness Fatal To Nebraska City Woman Mrs. Milton Thorp died Wednes day night in Presbyterian hospital of, an illness diagnosed as sleeping sick ness. She slept the greater part of the last 30 days. The body will be taken for burial to Nebraska Citv, where Mr. Thorp is assistant post master. Postoffice Orders. Washington, May 19. (Sperial Tele gram.) Civil nervice examination will be held June 21, lor presidential poatunster at Firth, salary 11,100, and H-Mi1vson. alary (1,1)01). 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