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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 309. I.Hft u MMatf-CIlM Mttttr Mv It. JIM. t Oatkt . 0. Uitor AM at Umk L 1(71. OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1921. Until Jim . ky Hill (I Vr.), Dtlly San.. 7.U: Dilhr Out, :. M-M Oattftf 41k l iw). Dally mi laaday, lit: Dally Oaly. H: ua Oaly. II THREE CENTS ( I x Bluffs Man Mobbed by Angry Vets Negro Dragged From Street Car and Beaten for Alleged Derogatory Remarks About Army Uniform. t Forced to Salute Flag Because ho made insulting re marks about the American army uni form, warn by two former soldiers who boarded a Fifth avenue street car at Seventeenth street and Fifth avenue, Council Bluffs, a negro was dragged from the car when it reach ed the armory at the corner of Pearl treet and beaten by a mob of angry veterans. The entire affair occurred within the space of a few minutes and or der was restored before police were notified of the incident and arrived at the scene of the excitement. The negro's name is Huntington, the po lice learned, and he lives near Four teenth street and F.ighth avenue. Car Was Crowded. The streetcar vas crowded with citizens on their way to the joint funeral services for three soldiers whose bodies were recently returned from France. When the two vets boarded the car, the negro, who was accompanied by a woman believed to be his wife, pointed at their uni forms and said in loud tones, "Them's only Jew rags, the Ameri can uniform is a Jew uniform." Although he made other insulting and sneering remarks, the two soldiers ignored them, apparently. Many other passengers in the car hissed, a At .Pearl, street the two youths jumped from the car and ran to the armory, where several hun dred boys in uniform had gathered to form an escort to the funeral corteges. An instant later a crowd of them boarded the car. Tear Man's Clothing. One group of men pulled the trol ley from the wire, to prevent start ing the street car, while their com panions dragged the negro to the ground. His clothing was nearly torn off in the beating which was ad ministered, pleas of his wife proving unavailing. Then the angry exserv ice men ,forced their victim to apolo gize for his remarks and to salute an American flag which they brought from, the armory. The whole affair was prompt, orderly and efficient, according to passengers on the car, who were per mitted to witness the proceedings by the action of the soldiers in pulling the trolley from the wire. In less than three minutes after the man was 'dragged from the street car he iiad been beaten, forced to salute the flag and taken, back to his place. The car" had left and 'the men in uniform were conducting themselves in an orderly manner when the police arrived. Twenty Chapters of Red Cross Present At Alliance Meeting Alliance, Neb., June 12 (Special.) The Red Cross onference held here was the largest in respect to the number of chapters represented, of any Red Cross conference held in' the state this year, according to the officials. Forty out-of-town dele gates attended, representing 20 west ern .Nebraska chapters. ; An all-day program was held, with addresses by R. C. Branion, assist ant manager of the central division at Chicago: Thomas Temple, field n nrcsentative of the central division; JIiss Ada Baxter and Miss Minnie Ahrens, state nurses; Miss Catherine '. Feather, superintendent of schools of Keith county, and- others. An ad dress welcome was given by E. G. Laing of Alliance, in behalf of the local chapter.- ' , .- Many important problems, includ ing the peacetime program and the Christmas roll call, were ' discussed and plans outlined for an enlarged program of each of the chapters rep resented. Chapters represented at the conference were: Valentine, Rushville. Chadron, Harrison, Hyan nis, Mullen, Thedford, ' Dunning, Broken Bow, Tryon. Staoleton. North Platte, Oshkosh. Bridgeport, Bayard, Scottsbluff, Gering, Harris- 1 YT' -t. fl. f l ourg, xvimnaii ana oianey. Many Attend Funeral Of Irvington Soldi One of the largest funerals ever held in Irvington, Neb took place yesterday afternoon in the Irvington Congregational church when serv ices were read for Walter Sundell, former resident of that village, whose body arrived last Fridcy from overseas. Rev. DrV G. H. Schleh of ticiatcd. Rituals were sung by a choir of little girls followed by a quartet. A fir ing squad of members of the Ameri can Legion accompanied the body to the grave at Mount Hope ceme tery. '. . Yank Who Died in France Is Buried at Lexington Lexington, Neb., June 12. Funer al services for Ira Wellever, whose body was sent from overseas, were held here with the American Legion in charge. The attendance was the largest on record t a funeral herfc Rev. Bryant Howe officiated. Pro cession to Mount Hope cemetery contained 175 automobiles. Chautauqua Dates Set. Chester, Neb., June 12. (Special.) Chester chautauqua vulf be held July 28 to August 1. The town, for a number of years, has support ed a chautauqua, and this year's ses sion promises to be up to the usual standard. Hoover and .Wallace Discuss Farmers' Aid With Western Senators Washington, June 12. Views on measures for agricultural relief and development were exchanged at a conference tonight between Secre taries Wallace and Hoover and a score of western and southern sena tors comprising the "agricultural bloc" of the senate. Senator Kenyon, republican, Iowa, chairman of the "bloc." said that the conference was for an exchange of ! opinions regarding farmers' relief : legislation. ' The principal subjects under dis cussion, he said, were the export sit uation, agriculture credit extension, including the proposal of Senator Norris, Nebraska, for ;i $100,000,000 farm products exporting corporation and amendments to the federal re serve act in behalf of agricultural producers. OgallalaPuts Up Hottest Fight For Reformatory Western Half of State Backing Town Five Reasons Ad vanced for Location in Keith County. Oaallala, Neb.. June 12. (Spe cial.) Keith County Community club at Ogallala is said to be put ting up the hardest fight of any town in the state to secure the lo cation of the new $300,000 state re formatory. Practically every com mercial club in the western half of the state is working in co-operation with the town to have this new m stitutio located at Ogallala. These cities and counties cover a territory which comprises 52 per cent of the area of the state, 29 per cent of the total population and yet this territory has only two state in stitutions out of nearly JU m the state. Attractive Proposition. Ogallala in its estimation, has of fered the state board. of control a more attractive proposition than any of the other cities now bidding for this reformatory. It has offered ex cellent farming land, from one to three quarter-sections at $100 an acre, which adjoins the city limits, Free use of the Keith county fair grounds with its six large buildings to house the prisoners while the in stitution is being built, has also been offered. These grounds are equipped with city light and water and sew erage is close, by. The Keith County Community club has offered to the board of control the following five reasons why the reformatory should be lo cated at Ogallala. . The first reason is. that being on the mam line of the Union Pacific, the Lincoln highway, the new Yellow stone highway and state aid roads, the city is easily accessible from anv nart of the state. Second. That the cost of construc tion in Ogallala would be less than at most points in the state, due to the low price of land, that gravel mav be had 900 yards from the Platte river, that excellent brick can be made upon the proposed site. Upkeep Less. Third. That the cost of the upkeep would be less than at other points, due to the close proximity of the coal fields, fertility of soil in the Platte river valley and that there are many different articles which could be easily and profitably manu factured. Fourth. The altitude of 3,100 feet is one of the most healthful in the world. Fifth. Owing to alleged neglect of the western part of the state in the past and the demands of the entire western half as a whole that they be given their just share of the state institutions in return for the taxes they pay to the state. The principle cities boosting for Ogallala are North Platte, Alliance, Scottsbluffs, Gering, Sidney, Chad ron, Crawford, Valentine and 'May wood. - Besides these there are 46 other towns all boosting for Ogallala. Self-Confessed Wife Murderer Given life Webster, S. D., June 12. Daniel VV ampler, living near Hecla, Brown county, was sentenced to life im prisonment by Judge Frank Ander son in circuit court. H pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife on their farm near Hecla May 17. According to Wamplers confes sion he struck his wife over the head with a two-by-four, threw the body into a, wagon, hauled it to a hole, where he had been digging wolves out of a den, and threw it in. Later he planted com over the place. Jealousy because his wife would not get a divorce and let him marry his stepdaughter, Bertha Wampler, led to the murder, he said. Boy Injured When He Falls Into Undergrounds. Silo Loup City, Neb., June 12. (Spe cial.) Charles Williams, 14, son of H. R. H. Williams of this city, was seriously injured when he fell into an underground silo on the Aufrecht farm northwest of town. The boy, with a companion, was trying to reach a bird's nest when some earth slipped and' allowed him to fall 18 feet to the cement floor. - Both arms were broken above the wrists, one knee sprained and he also suffered cuts about the head and in ternal injuries. He is expected to recover. Will Celebrate Fourth. Tecumseh. Neb., June 12. (Spe cial.) The Tecumseh Community club is backing a Fourth of July celebration for Tecumseh and will spend at least $1,000 for this purpose. Music will be by the Tecumseh Military bandand many attractions are planned. . Passage of Peace Plan Expected Test Vote in House Shows 208 Members in Favor Of Porter Reso lution. Final Action Monday Chicago Tribuna-Omaba Bn Laaacd Wire. Washington, June 12. Adoption of the Porter peace resolution by the house Monday was clearly fore shadowed when on a test of strength, supporters of the measure won by a vote of 20 8to 105. Indications are that the mauwr in favor of the resohUi,6'' somewhat larger tliv , by today's test vottl democratic congress! voted in the negative are ejected to join in support of the resolution on the final roll call. The test came on a rule to close all debate and bring the Porter res olution to a vote at 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. The vote was rintLp.artyrines wit!1K,?1,ly fiVxr?Wmaii Wounded hy Husband ceptions. Two republicans, Beck ' and John M. Nelson of Wisconsin, voted against the rule, and three democrats, Favrot of Louisiana, Lankford of Georgia and Martin of Louisiana, voted in favor of it. No AmenGments in Order. Under the provisions of the rule, no amendments will be in order. This means that the house is. de termined to stand pat on the Porter resolution and insist on the scrap ping of the Knox resolution, which the senate passed six weeks ago by a large majority. The consequence of this will be interminable contro versy between the two Tiouses while the nation continues in technical state of war with Germany. Only direct intervention by the presittent could bring about prompt settlement of the dispute, it is be lieved, and reports have been in cir culation at the capitol for some time that certain powerful influences in the administration are quite con tent to have the resolution remain in a state of suspense for a while longer. In opening the debate on the res olution today. Representative Por ter of Pennsylvania, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, explained the reasons for the long delay in bringing the measure before the house. . Put House in Order. "It may not be out of place," he said, "to call attention to the fact that when the peace resolution reach ed the house the allies had invaded Germany for' enforcement of the'ad-'1 justment of the reparations and your committee decided that it should forego action until Germany had con" ceded the demands of the allies and had shown its good faith by the payment of the earnest money in the form of the first installment of the indemnity. We have given the allies the traditional American 'square deal' and now ve intend to put our own house in ordci." Mr. Porter sharply criticized the language of the' Kno. resolution which repeals the declaration of war agamst Germany, while the Porter resolution merely declares a state of peace. Democratic members, notaDiy Representative Linthicnm of Mary land, wanted to know when Mr. Porter discovered that Jhe Knox resolution was so bad. Representa tive Linthicum read the record show ing that "Mr. Porter had twice voted tor the Knox resolution last year. Representative Cockran of New York, democrat, vehemently assailed the rule forbidding amendment of the Porter' resolution. He harked back ta the good old days of-30 years ago and declared that since then the house has sunk to "depths of abasement" nnparalMad in Amer ican history. He ascribed the decay to "too many rules" wh;cit tie down individual members. Nail Dqwn German Vote. Reoresentative Pou of North Car olina, democrat, declared that "Berg- doll will hail the adopt.on ot tne res olution with delight." ' "Everv traitor will feci tliat you have done what he would have you do," said Representative Fou. "You may nan aown tne uerman voic with it, but you can t nail clown tne American vote, thank God." . Representative Campbell ot Kan sas. reouDlican. saia tne resolution was made necessary by the "dismal and lamentable failure of President Wilson to make peace." " ' "How about the failure to make peace during the last three months?" asked Representative Garrett of Tennessee, acting leader. " Hasnt that been rather dismal and humili ating?" , "Oh. no. answered Kepresenia- tive Campbell. "We've been. busy cleaning up the most colossal waste and extravagance in the history ot the nation." ' New Buildings Planned For County Fair Grounds , Tecumseh, Neb., June 12. (Spe cial.) Managers of the Johnson county fair expect to build a large chicken house, hog houses, racing stables and a cattle barn and sale pavilion on the fair grounds during the summer. The finances for a oart of the program have already been taken care of and the other re quired funds are available. $500,000 Bond Issue Sold For Court House and Jail Rapid City, S. D.. June 12. (Spe cial.) Two local financial institu tions were the successful bidders for bonds of $500,000, which have been issued by Pennington county for the construction in Rapid City of a new county court house and county jail. Work on the new structures will commence at an early date. New Question May Delay Settlement of Chicago Building Row Chicago Tribune-Omaha B Lcaaad Wlra. Chicago, June 12. A storm blew up between the two big building em ployers' associations today, which may delay the settlement of the build ing tie up. The associated builders of Chicago loudly protested against the arbitra tion program agreed to between the Chicago Building Construction Em ployers' association and officials of the Building Trades council, under which Judge Landis was picked as impartial umpire in the wage con troversy. The Associated Builders declared that in their view much more is at stake than the breaking of the pres ent deadlock that the whole build ing industry needs the mop and the scouring brush to cleanse it of con ditions which the Daily commission is dragging to light. They took the ground that before arbtfHion can be considered the ,-v smust bo in lor a house clean- , l get rid of officials under the Dailey commission. Victim t V.l,rf ! ItUlll Ul UllUl In Theater May Recover. Report Resting Easy Police still Seeking Man Who Escaped. Mrs.- Myrtle McCauley, 922 South Twentieth street, who was shot through the back by hcY husband, Harry McCauley, ?.t the Rialto theater just after the first show Saturday night, was resting easy last night and had a fair chance for recovery, according to attendants at Wise Memorial hospital,- where she was taken following the shooting. The bullet entered the right shoulder and came out under the right breast, penetrating the lung. Dr. Floyd Kinyoun, police surgeon who administered first aid to the woman Saturday night, is not so sanguine of her recovery. "There is great danger of pnen monia or other complications from a bullet wound -through the lung," Dr. Kinyoun said last night. "In my ex perience a small proportion of vic tims of such wounds recover." McCauley, who escaped by jump ing over two rows of seats and run ning from the theater immediately following the shooting, has not been apprehended. The McCauleys have been married about three months, he being her third husband. They had quarrelled frequently, neighbors said, and on Saturday , Mrs. McCauley had "kicked" " her " husband out of the house and told him not to come back, -McCauley followed his wife and women friends into the theater Saturday night, ' and taking a seat behind them, attempted to effect a reconciliation. When his ftife spurned his advances, he pulled out a gun and shot her. Body of Man Found Floating in River Unidentified Body1 Recovered By Fisherman North of Camp Gifford. The body of an undentified man was found floating in the Missouri river yesterday afternoon, a half mile north of Camp Gifford, near Childs Point. No marks of identification were found on the clothes. The man was about 45 years old, 5 feet, 8 inches 170 pounds and of sandy complex ion, with a brown mustache. He wore a heavy grey shirt, dalyw trousers, brown socks with red stripes,' black shoes and had a blue 'bandana handkerchief in a pocket besides a bone handled knife, a rubber stem pipe, $3.12 and two Omaha streetcar checks. . Joseph Nenecek, S42S South Seven teenth street,, recovered the body while fishing. The body was taken to Koriskb Bros., undertakers. .. . Leaders of Boys and Girls v Clubs to Hold Conference lv Geneva, Neb., June 12. (Special.) A county conference of leaders of boys' and girls' clubs of this county will be held here June 14, starting at 10, and continuing through the day with a basket picnic at noon. Lee Thompson, county leader, has arranged for discussion of county and state fair exhibits, demonstration and judging, conducting meetings and keeping records, a county picnic and plans for a tour of the clubs of the county. Mr. Robson, a national official, will attend the gathering and give addresses. ( Telephone Poles Along Highway Will Be Marked Friend, Neb., . June 12. (Special Telegram.) At the regular meeting of the city council it was ordered that the telephone poles along the Q-L-D highway be marked with the letters "D-L-D" through the city nd a mile each way from the cor porate limits. It was also ordered that a public resting place be provided on a vacant lot where there is plenty of shade, in the main part of the city, for the convenience of tourists. Friend has one of the best camping parks for tourists on the highway. Drown9 in Mill Race. Superior, Neb.,' June 12. (Special Telegram.) Earl Pedrick, 26, was drowned in the mill race here. He was unmarried aud was employed by his uncle, C. P. Dcdrick, publisher of the Superior Express, 1 Harding to Sign Bills On Control President Expected to Ap prove Measures to Regulate Packers, Grain Exchanges And Coal Industry. Feels Acts Are Justified By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha fls Leaacd Wire. Washington, June 12. Endorse ment by cabinet members of the pending bills to regulate grain ex changes, packing establishments and coal production and distribution is believed to indicate that President Harding is prepared to approve these measures and to defend them as harmonizing with his pronounce ment for "less government in busi ness." . Secretary of Agriculture Wallace approved the grain exchange and meat packing bills, while Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Secretary of Interior Fall went on 'record as favoring the Frelinghuysen bill for the stabilizing ot the coal industry. Secretary Wallace, however, ap proved amendments to the grain ex change bill as pending before the- senate committee on agriculture which would eliminate some of the features which have been most ob jectionable to the grain exchange. It is the understanding also that the administration is inclined to favor the meat packers control bill as passed by he house, rather than the more drastic senate bill. The .administration is against any radical regulation of the coal indus try, preferring to confine legislation to the Frelinghuysen bill, which gives the secretary of commerce and the Department of the .Interior power to make, investigations and obtain full information relative to coal production, consumption and prices. , Legislation Justified. It is the understanding that Presi dent Harding will veto tylls more far reaching than those approved by his cabinet officers. The administra tion takes the view, however, that some legislation is justified and will not be an unwarranted interference on the part of the government in business. "Both of these bills are the result of agitation and dissatisfaction ex tending over a long period of years," said Secretary Wallace. "They have sprung out of a belief on the part of large numbers of farmers that our grain exchanges are places where the prices of grains are manipulated to the disadvantage of the farmer and that our large packer enterprises arc conducted in such, a way as to pro duce violent and unfair fluctuations i in the prices of live stock. ! "Everyone who has studied our f - systern, of -making prices on grains is forced to admit that, up to the present time, it is the best system that has yet been developed. But it is a matter of common knowledge that around these grain exchanges abuses have grown up, to the detri ment of every legitimate interest. We know that there is manipulation by large operators, which, at times un fairly, depresses the price of grain to the injury of the farmer, and at other times unfairly advances the price of grain to the injury of the consumer. The legislation now being considered is directed toward the removal of these unfair practices. No Unfair Control. "It is inconceivable that in admin istering such a law, the Department of Agriculture should do anything that would interfere with the legiti mate operation of institutions con ducted for the purpose of arriving at fair prices for farmers' products. "So, also, with the proposal to ex tend' government supervision over the meat packing plants. For years there has been severe criticism of some of these plants. Their owners are accused of combining together to the detriment of both producers and consumers, and this agitation has gone so far as a demand by some socialistically minded, that the government itself take oyer and op erate the larger packing plants. "It would be greatly to the dis advantage of our agriculture if any thing should be done which would impair the efficiency with which these plants are conducted or impose unjust additions to their cost of op eration. But the farmer is entitle to know that these plants are op erated in such a way as to give him just prices for his live stock and the consumer is entitled to know that the meat products are marketed at a reasonable cost." Circuit Bar Association Formed in South Dakota Hot Springs, S. D June 12. (Special.) At an adjourned meeting held here by attorneys of the Seventh judicial circuit, the work of organizing a circuit bar association, to be auxiliary to the state bar asso ciation, was perfected. The follow ing officers were elected: President, Walter G. Miser, circuit judge; vice president, P. F. Ward; secretary, Harold D. LeMar; treasurer; George Williams. Delegates were elected to the annual meeting of the state bar association to be held in Sioux Falls in August. Farmers' Union Elects Officers at Lodgepole Lodgepole, Neb., June 12. (Spe cialsThe Farmers Union Co operative Grain and Stock associa tion elected a board of directors and officers as follows: H. H. Meyer, president; J. W. Billeter, vice presi dent; Oscar Olson, secretary; Joe Lindley, treasurer; H. H. Misegadis, ; IT T - i c r rv ! i - ii' ' Wise and J. K. Dykman. A. R. Jameson, jr., is manager of he ele vator department and W. C. Mon roe manager of the .mercantile de partment of the association. Merc' Soars, But Can't Break Record Tis 'Said One Could Make Omelets on Sidewalk, But Few Stayed to Try It; Cooler Weather Promised. With the mercury parking around 94 degrees yesterday and Old Sol beating down from an unobstructed sky, it was said that one could fry an egg on the sidewalk, but very few people hung around the side walks to try it. The downtown streets were all but deserted, , most Omahans going early to the parks where swimming pools and shady benches offeted an escape from the sultry heat. ' Not even a local shower, such as have blessed Omaha with gratify Flood Waters Enter Streets At Dolores, Colo. River Reported on Rampage 60 Miles From Durang Many People Driven From Homes Denver, June 12. The Denver Post received a telegram from its saying that the Dolores river was on a rampage and had entered the main street of Dolores. Dolores is 60 miles northwest of Durango. Citizens were reported taking to high ground. Railroad tracks, bridges and roads were re ported washed out. Silverton, according to the tele gram, was cut off from all commu nication tonight. The town , is 60 miles north of Durango. Heavy rains have been falling several days in the Durango district. Unusually warm weather has pre vailed, causing heavy melting of snow in the mounatins. Dam Endangered. Fears were felt tonight in Du rango for the safety of Electra dam, 17 miles north of that city, accord ing to the telegram. Waters from the dam flow into the Animas river, a small, narrow stream,- which runs flat with the land in lie Animas liver vallev. Electra dam holds 30.000 acre-feet of water. The lake behind it is six miles long and from one-half to three-quarters of a mile wide. Its depth ranges from a few feet at one point to 100 feet at another. Below the dam lies the rich Animas valley. Families Leave Homes. Grand Junction, Colo., June 11. Scores of families are leaving their homes in the valleys of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers near here to night .following flood warnings from the weather bureau.- Lowlands along the rivers' J)anks already are flooded and Some farms inundated. The Colorado river is two inches above the highest mark of last year and still rising. Reports from the upper Gunnison district say the river is the highest in years. .Melting snows are adding to the volume ot water. . Crops in the upper Gunnison valley have been flooded and many bridges washed out, ac cording, to reports received here. Joth streams are carrying large quantities of timbers, trees and driftwood. ' Gustafson Named Head Of$100,000,0WFarm Finance Corporation Chicago, June 12. Final steps in the organization of the $100,000,000 farmers finance corporation were taken, when the executive commit tee of the United States Grain Grow' ers, Inc., received word that the ar tides of incorporation and bylaws had been hied at Wilmington, Del. C. H. Gustafson, Lincoln, Neb., was elected president and Frank M. Myers, Fort Dodge, la., secretary. These officers hold similar positions in the United .States Grain Growers, Inc., of which the Farmers Finance corporation is a subsidiary. They will serve until the next meeting of the full board of directors, when per manent organization will be effected. The finance corporation was de signed to enable the farmers grain marketing machinery to finance the movement of crops raised by mem bers. Cheyenne Speed King Is , Injured in Cycle Crash Cheyenne, Wyo.. June 12, (Spe cial Telegram.) William Wright, lo cal motorcycle speed king, probably was fatally injured at Frontier park when hit by a machine driven by James Tindel. The two were tun ing up for a race Sunday when Wflght's machine skidded and threw him into Tindel's machine as he shot around a curve at an estimated speed of 80 miles an hour. He struck Wright as he was getting up from the wreckage of his machine and hurled him several feet. His arm was fractured in three places, sev eral ribs broken . and internal in juries. Tindel was slightly injured. Platte River Overflowing Banks Near Lexington, Neb. Lexington, Neb., June 12. (Spe cial.) The Platte river at this place has raised dangerously in the last few hours. ' Water is over the banks and spreading over farm land north of the new cement bridge. The fill is expected to be washed out with an additional 15-inch raise. A wide stream is flowing through the country club grounds and the water is coming up in the pits of grain elevators along the valley. Will Hold Picnic. Lodgepole, Neb., June 12. (Spe cial.) The annual Farmers' union picnic will be held at Lodgepole June 24. Prominent Farmers' union speakers will be on the program, and a ball game,, races and other tports will be staged. ing frequency during the last week, broke the monotony yesterday and the heat continued into the night. Those fortunate enough to own cars made good use of them last night, taking advantage of all the breeze they could stir up. Unfortunates contented themselves with "peeling off" and sitting on the porches. But once before, this season, the last week in May, has the mercury touched the 94 point. Cooler weather is promised. Man Belived .to Be Brains of Auto Thief Gang Taken Harold McLaughlin, Lincoln Cafe Proprietor, Thought to Head Ring of Mann Act Violators. Lincoln, June 12. (Special Tele gram.) In the arrest of Harold Mc Laughlin, proprietor of a leading Lincoln cafe and cabaret, at 3;30 this morning, State Sheriff Gus Hyers announced he believed that the brains of a gang of autohieves and Mann act violators operating in three states had been apprehended. The arrest followed the return of Hyers from Nebraska City, where he found six motor cars, stolen in Nebraska and other states, hidden in a cache near a ferry which runs from Auburn, Neb., to Langdon, Mo. When Hyers entered the cafe at an early hour this morning he couldn't find McLaughlin and continued his .search until he reached the roof. He made a motion towards his hip pocket when I put the flashlight on him," Hyers said. "I covered him." Maintains Innocence. When taken to police head quarters a .38 calibre revolver was found in his pocket. McLaughlin continued to maintain his innocence throughout the day. A key and a note in his pocket led officers to a garage in the city where they found a car which they claim was stolen from W. B. Hughes of Omaha on May 26. Hyers went to Nebraska City Sat urday morning, following a tip that there was a motor car thieves'v cache near there. He found a car stolen from Har vey Rathbone of Lincoln and a ma chine claimed by a Nebraska City man in addition to four cars be lieved to' t have been stolen ' from other states, Sev!""!s"' v, :: jiyers siaiea inai ne learncu irom people ' living in the neighborhood of the cache that other cars ' which had later been driven to St. Joseph and Kansas City had been hidden in that vicinity. Hyers stated that eight men, ex cluding McLaughlin, had been ar rested in connection with the thefts. Five, he said, are in the Rockport, Mo., jail and three in jail at Ne braska City. Today Lincoln police were search ing for a woman who, it is believed, was connected with McLaughlin in auto thefts, and also with a whole sale violation of the Mann act in Nc braska,Iowa and Missouri. County Bankers Meet To Form Organization Broken Bow, Neb., June 12. (special. I About 4U representative bankers trom towns in Custer county and also from' Dunning, and Thed ford met in Broken Bow to form an organization. The meeting openea witn an elaborate banquet at the Grand Central hotel. R. B. Wal ker of Mason City, toastmaster, in troduced the speakers, most of the topics dealing with the crop and stock industry and their relation to the banking business. This meeting was a sequel to a temporary organization made at An selmo recently and the temporary officers chosen at that time were made permanent. They are R. B. Walker, Mason City, president; A. F. Phillips, Sargent, vice president; R. S. Kuns. Broken Bow, secretary. The three officials above named were designated to draw up a constitu tion and by-laws and also to decide on the time and place of .the next meeting. They will also decide uoon a name for the new organization. The meetings will be held quarterly. Auto Races at Alliance. Alliance, Neb.. June 12. fSoe- cial.) Three automobile races will be held at the Alliance race track June 18, under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. Six spe cial speed cars will be brought here from Torrington, Wyo., for the event, which will be free to all who care to enter. The first event will be a five-mile race for Ford cars only, the second a 10-mile free-for-all and the third a 15-mile free-for- all. Cash prizes will be awarded. - The Weather - Forecast. .Nebraska Fair in east: unsettled in west portion Monday. Tuesday unsettled. Not much change in temperature. Iowa Fair Monday, possibly be coming unsettled Tuesday; continued warm. Hourly Temperatures. 5 . m. a. m. 7 , m. a a. m. 9 a. in. It a. m. II a. m. :s '. ..... "fl Sft 1 1 p. J p. J p. 4 p. ...9. ...S3 . .. . . ...94 .. SJ . . .US m. m. P. m. p. m. 1 p. m. p. m. 11 Car Driven By Woman Kills Baby Omaha Boy, 6, Runs Into Path of Automobile Piloted by -Mrs. A. A. Allison. Going to Sunday School While on his way to Sunday school shortly after 9 yesterday morning little Lucien Carr jr., 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Carr, 6215 Florence boulevard was run down and almost instantly killed when he was struck by an automobile at Twenty-fourth and Kansas avenue. The automobile, driven by Mrs, A. A. Allison, 2S69 Bauman avenue, was headed for the Forest Lawn cemetery. Mrs. Allison was driving her mother, Mrs. W. C. Buskirk, 2204 Larimorc avenue, who went to the cemetery to visit the grave of her husband, who died three weeks ago. Auto Going Slowly. The youth, with his brother John, 12, were going to the St. Johns Fpiscopal Sunday school at Twenty fifth and Brown streets. The two boys had just left the sidewalk when the automobile, said by witnesses to have been traveling slow, struck Lucien while John man aged to avoid the accident by run ning ahead of the machine. "My daughter was driving slow," said Mrs. Buskirk, who with Mrs. Allison are prostrated over the tra gedy. "We saw the boys we,re at tempting to cross the intersection and Mrs. Allison honked her horn three times. The boys evidently Mere turning back to let the car pass but the little boy ran squarely in front of the machine, although my daughter attempted to dodge him." Brother Faints. Te car passed over the youth s body. While John fainted from the accident, pedestrians picked up the njured boy and took him to the home of Mrs. Katherine Gue Bowie, 6105 North Twenty-fourth street. Dr. S. McClencgen, who lives near the accident, and Dr. Morrison were called and rushed the youth to the. Methodist hospital. He died 20 min utes after he was put in a ward. Mrs. Buskirk told police that another car obstructed her daugh ter's view, but believed that if the boy had not plunged in front of the car the accident would have been avoided. The dead youth attended the Mil ler park school. His father is a sales man for the A. Y. McDonald Plumb ing company. The body was taken to Haynes' mortuary. Police say an inquest will be. held today, --They .made no rrfU, due to the condition of the two women. ! Make Effort to Tax Burlington Railroad Property Near Alliance Alliance. Neb., June 12. (Special.)! Many thousand dollars worth of Burlington railroad property which ha hitherto escaped city taxation will be brought under city assess ment, if the efforts of the county commissioners and State Tax Com missioner W. H. Osborne are suc cessful. Mr. Osborn came to Alliance at the request of the county board and inspected the railroad right-of-way, on which is located a large amount of valuable property on which the city is not receiving taxes, due to the fact that the south corporate line of the city runs through the center of the right-of-way, with nearly all of. the more valuable property, includ ing most of the machine shops, stock yards and round house, just over the line in a country precinct. The right-of-way contains ap proximately 160 acres of ground which, Mr. Osborne stated is more, he believes, than is allowable by the state tax board, which has jurisdic tion over all railroad right-of-way property and roadbeds. . Air Officers Reprimanded . For Financial Interests. Washington, June 12. Major Gen eral , Menoher, chief of the army air service, and Brigadier ' General Mitchell, assistant chief, have been advised by Secretary Weeks that their financial connections with the company publishing the "United States Air Service," a magazine, arc not, in view of their official position, deemed to be to the best interests of the army. Secretary Weeks said that the mat ter had no relation to the row in the air service which led to the request of General Menoher for the removal of General Mitchell. One of Two Thief Suspects Paroled; Other in Ja Beatrice, Neb., June 12. (Spe cial.) In the case of James Lang ley and Russell Peterson, two boy of this city charged with breaking and entering, Judge Colby paroled Peterson and remandi.d Langlcy to the county jail to remain until his cousin, Morgan Langley, can be found as a witness for the state. Both boys were recently, bound over to the district court, Peterson, officers say, has confessed his part of the robbery, but Langley stoutly maintains his innocence. Geneva Camp Fire Girls Plan Outing at MUford Geneva. Neb., June 12.--(Special.) Camp Nee Chea, local Camp Fire Girls' organization, expects to go to Milford to the summer camp of tht Lincoln girls, Camp Kiawanii. Th Geneva girls are earning money for, their expenses. Miss Barbara South. worth, guardian, whose horn to in Lincoln, is here to assist tht firia im their enterprises for lecurhjf ttA&k
