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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1921)
THE BLfcj: UMAMA, WIMJJNfc,SIJAI, JUNE 10, ITOl. Platte River Out Of Banks at Many Points in Nebraska Burlington Railroad Employ ing Small Army in Effort To Save Bridges and Other Property. (Continued from Faa Om.) of iti banks at this pUce and the Mile bridge has been closed, being pronouncjed unsafe for travel. De spite the fact the river is from 20 to 30 feet deep, aside from probable bridge losses, no further damage is anticipated due to the width of the river at this place. Second Warning Issued From Lincoln on Flood Flood waters from Colorado are racing into Nebraska in the Platte river, which reached its maximum stage yesterday and is carrying all the water possible. Bursting of dikes along the Platte and inundating of Fremont, Ash land and other towns in the state are the dangers cited yesterday by George Johnson, secretary of the de partment of public works, in a sec ond flood warning issued from his UllllC J J J Xllll-UIll. Persons living south of North Platte have been eut off from the city by the sweeping away of two piers of the Platte river bridge there. Slightly Receding. At Grand Island the river was re ported at its high mark but prob ably slightly receding by Commis missioner Traill of the chamber of ' commerce. . The Platte is out of its banks there now and a foot of water is re- Other roads to Platte bridges are not yet inundated, it is reported. Dikes from Ashland to North Rend running through Gretna and Fremont are almost certain to break under the pressure of the flood water now entering the western sec tion of the state unless strenuous ef forts are made to repair and ' strengthen them. Dikes &naangerea. The flood waters now rushing on Nebraska from Colorado promise the greatest flood in the history of .t.. i i i. . . i : . 1.1. uic xmiic river, ctituiumB iu juuii son, who declares these dikes were , never made to withhold such a pres sure. Automobile parties went to the scene in' such numbers Monday even ing that there was a near stampede when the waters rose and began to overflow the lowlands. Cars Go Into Ditch. Two cars, venturing too close to the edge in the jam, went into the ditth. Two more collided and one man was injured, not seriously. Sheriff McCutchenf Commissioner Traill and several others stood guard at an intermediate small bridge and kept the rush of cars toward highc ground in something like order. At Cozad the Platte river is re ported still rising. ' The bridge there, which is one mile long, is stril passable, but roads be tween the bridge and the town, a distance of about a mile, are inun . dated. ' - , . , Land I Flooded. At Blue Channel, two miles west of Cozad, the .river is out of its banks and much of the land south of the Union Pacific tracks is flooded. The mile bridge is constructed of wood and is considered weak Le cause of its width. It is expected by citizens there to withstand the strain, however. - At Maxwell, 14 miles east of North Platte, and Hershey, eignt miles west, traffic has been stopped over two bridges which have been con demned. Ferry Service Planned. ; Ferry service is planned by the North Platte Chamber of Com merce, to begin today, by which mail will be uninterrupted and food and supplies may be shipped' in to the farmers and residents of the area affected. Should the flood waters get be hind the dikes along the South Platte valley, . Fremont and other towns in the valley would suffer three to five inches of water, with untold property damage and possi ble loss of life according to Secre tary Johnson. ine greatest proper ij uniuc, ? however, is expected in the west portion of the state where the land lies very low and the Platte river bottom is so wide. 10 Miles Wide. Johnson estimates the Platte west of Kearney would each under pressure of the flood an area five to 10 miles in width. - He declared the flood would bring 400 per cent more water into the Platte river than it has at the pres ent time, and it is now at its maxi mum carrying stage. Today Johnson was wiring points along the Loup river, which joins " the Platte at Columbus, endeavoring to find out if the high water is com ing down the Loup also. In case a flood is impending in the Loup, Johnson declines any at- tempt to forecast the extent of property and life loss. Past floods along the Platte river in the eastern part of the state have been caused largely by the Loup river overflow. Loup river floods ordinarilx are the result of melting of ice gorges in the west at its source. No Heavy Fains. Johnson was optimistic, however, regarding any possible flood along the Loup river." He understands the ice gorge swell is over and there hasrn been any extraordinary amount of rain along the Loup. In the ordinary bed of the Platte river in the lowest part of the valley, sand and stone has been washed down for years artd has been thrown up by the river along the sides and spread over the valley. Through this process, the hanks f the river are higher than the land which slopes downward until it , reaches the hills where it is lower than at the river. If the water gets aroufid back of the dikes this is the land which would puffer from the floov Hermit Is Found Murdered in His Hut Near Chicago Gypsy Band Blamed for Slay ing; Money Belt and Wallet He Carried Reported to Be Missing. Chicago, June 14. Jack Edwards, 72-year-old hermit, was found mur dered in his lonely cottage two miles west of Naperville today. He had been dead for several days shot through the head with a rifle bullet. The money belt and the wallet he was known to have carried were missing. The Naperville police .believe Ed wards was shot by gypsies. "About 10 o'clock last Friday night night a farmer called me up and told me a band of them were prowling abuot near Naperville," said Night Policeman , William Mooney. "I am told they tried to enter the hermit's house, but he drove them away. The shot passed through the window and hit him as he was sitting inside. The gypsies prob ably did it." . Little is known of Edwards' his tory. He established his lonely house on the prairies years ago some say 20. others more. There he lived his solitary life. So for as is known he had no relatives. -' All Grades of Crude Oil Are Reduced in Price Pittsburgh, Pa., June 14. All grades of crude oil quoted in the Pittsburgh market were reduced 25 cents a barrel by the principal pur chasing agents today, making the new prices as follows: Pennsylvania crude, ?75; Corn ing. $1.65: Cabell, $1.56: Somerset, $1.35; Somerset light, $1.55; Rag- land, $1. ' i Get one of these Mctrolas for stammer entertainment Victrola IV, $25 Oak Victrola VI, $35 Mahogany or oak ' Victrola VIIL $50 Oak Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. War Blame Placed On German Labor Men (CwitlnHcd from Far One.) eration shall immediately compile a list of English-made goods and firms backed by English capital and send it to every one of the members of organized labor in the United States. Appointment of a committee of three by the federation to co-operate with the British trade unions to bring pressure to bear on the British gov ernment to recognize Irish independ ence and withdraw troops from Ire land was also asked. Mr. Vind declared that the resolu tions were drawn by "high officials of the Irish republic," but declined to state whether Eamonn De Valera "president of the Irish republic" had taken part in their drafting. Opposition Develops. A large faction of the delegates have announced opposition to the official resolutions and have repre sented to the committee a resolution demanding recognition of the Irish republic by the United States, with drawal of British troops from Ire land and repayment by England of the $9,000,000,000 loaned to her by the United States. Four other reso lutions of similar character have also been submitted. The delegates opposing the boy cott resolution declared that it would be detrimental to the labor move ment and an affront to the members of the federation who are connected with local unions in Canada. Any resolution embodying a boycott, they assert, will be defeated on the floor of the convention. Despite the protest of supporters of the official resolutions Irish sym pathizers at the mass meeting de clined to substitute them for all other resolutions. Supports Boycott Move. When Peter Brady of New York, who was presiding, asserted that Harry Boland, secretary to JJe Val era, had expressed a desire that the delegates decide upon their own res olution Mr. Vind protested and asked that permission be granted to hear personal representative of Mr. Boland or Frank P. Walsh." This flIS MASTERS VOICE This trademark and die trademarke'd word"VictroIa"identifyallourproducts. Look under the lid I Look on the label I VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. Camden, N. J. ' would be granted in executive ses sion, Mr. Brady said. In supporting the boycott resolu tion Timothy Healy of New York asserted that the executive council had failed to carry out the provision of the Irish resolution adopted at the convention last' year in Montreal. He asked that the resolution be so worded as to force the council to take action this year. "The executive council has not been on the square," he said; "it has not done its duty." Besides the introduction of reso lutions, the only order of business before the convention was the ad dresses of the fraternal delegates from the British Trade Union con gress J. H. Thomas, president of the British Railroad Workers' union, and W. Walker, president of the Steel Smelters' union. Dakota Sunday School Meeting Breaks Records Mitchell, S. D. June 14. Early registration at the South Dakota Sunday School association, which opened its annual convention in Mitchell today indicated that the ses sion will be the largest of its kind held west of the Mississippi river this year. A total of 1,500 delegates are expected to attend. Every coun ty in the state is already represented, some of the delegates having come nearly 300 miles to attend the meet ings. Mother of Sinclair Lewis Dies Suddenly at Home St. Cloud, Minn., June 14. Mrs. E. J. Lewis of Sauk Center, promi nent club wciman and mother of Sin clair Lewis, the author, died sudden ly of heart disease today. She was born May 12, 1849. Sinclair Lewis is in England.. Form New Lions' Cluh Norfolk, Neb., June 14. (Special Telegram.) Thirty charter members of the Lions' club made known the formation of the organization by eat ing 66 black bass at a breakfast in a local out-of-door den at 5 this morning. Webb Rice is the first president and Donald Mapes, sec retary of the club. There are so many places and so many times when one of these portable Victrolas fits right s in with the occasion They not only meet the need for summer ! entertainment, but meet it any where that need arises Besides giving you the best music when ever you want it, they enable you to take it wherever you want it indoors or out And they play any of the more than 5000 records in the Victor Record catalog. New Victor Records demon- strated at all dealers in Victor products on the 1st of each month Victrola IX, $75 Mahogany or oak Theatrical Man Leaves Estate to Stage Favorite Alf Ha) man, for Years Charles Frohman's Man ager, Cuts Off Wife In His Will. New York, June 14.J-The will of Alf Hayman, for many years general manager for the late Charles Froh man and after his death president of Charles Frohman, Inc., was filed for probate today. The bulk of the estate, estimated at several million dollars, is left to Ann Murdoch, ac tress, who in private life is Irene Coleman, Miss Coleman's mother, Mrs. Theresa Coleman, who, with her daughter, lived at Mr. Hayman's home at 615 Fifth avenue, where he died May 14,. receives $10,000. Mr. Hayman left nothing to his wife, Mrs. Rose Hayman, of New York City, nor to his sisters, Blanche Meyer, of St. Louis and Rose Hoch stadter of New York and did not mention a number of nephews and nieces. He gave $10,000 to a niece, Corrine Bauman of St. Louis. Miss Murdoch made her stage de but in 1908 in "The Offenders," when she. was only 17 years old. She had a small part, but when Robert E. Edson went on the road with "The Call of the North," a more important role was assigned to her and her work was so impressive that she was made Mr .Edson s leading woman. V Two White Men Are'Held for An Attack on Negro Girl Richmond, Va., June 14. Two white men were being held under ar rest here today for an alleged at tack on a negro girl late last night which at one time threatened to re sult in a race riot. Crowds of angry negroes who gathered at the scene of the alleged attack were dispersed. Chiropractor Body Is Split in Meet Here (Continued from Fate One.) scattered to their homes,' Monday night, leaving the convention in a puzzling predicament yesterday morning. Hold Joint Session. An hour past the scheduled meet ing time, both factions got together and by comman consent, decided to hold a joint session as a courtesy to the out-of-town speakers and I V V 7HAT summer ward vv robe could hold too many blouses? Count less models are ready. Our frilly, bouffant designs are for slen der girls. The trim tail leur always finds her own. The over blouse has a Announcing a Reduction $OAA on TOURING GAR w and ROADSTER Effective at Once Price Now $995 f, o. b. factory w estern FARNAM ST. AT delegates. Dr. Joseph C. Lawrence, retiring president, presided. Dr. Paul O. Bergcr of Waukegan, 111., who won national fame for cur ing Miriam Rubin of talking sick ness, told how he did it. Simple Adjustment. "It was a simple chiropractic ad justment. I worked no miracles," he modestly disclaimed, attributing the credit to the Palmer school and its teachers. The child had been chattering in cessantly for eight days and nights when Dr. Berger, a slim, youthful appearing practitioner, located the axis of the nerve controlling the 'Style is the dreg of thoughts." CHESTERFIELD. The Indispensable B LOU S E gift of long lines to slenderize the full figure and will you have silks or cottons? Must they harmon ize or contrast with costumes? We are prepared for all tastes purses. oiuson,el6maa on of Motor Car THE BOULEVARD. PHONE HARNEY 0868 speech center, adjusted ir into posi tion and quieted the child to nor malcy on the third day. Picturesque Figure. ' Dr. S. E. Julander of Des Moines, Dr. 5. W. Schweitert of Sioux Falls and Dr. N. C. Ross of Fort Way ind., were otner speakers. Dr. Palmer, a picturesaue with his long hair and beard and his flowing artist's tie, was the speaker at the Lions club luncheon this noon, which chiropractors attended. 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