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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. JUNE 18, 1921 a Bank Failures of Past Year Due to Bad Management "Let's Clean Out Financial 'Vampires' That Infest Ne braska," Plea of Speaker To Convention. That practically every bank in Nebraska that closed during the past year failed on account of poor man agement, was stated yesterday by T. L. Mathews of Fremont, Neb., before a business session of the Ne braska State Bankers' association in Omaha. "Let's clean out the financial 'vam pires' that infest Nebraska," he ex claimed. "It's time to stop the sympathy stuff that is so Renerously expressed for the managers of wrecked banks on the plea that they were overcome by an unselfish desire to help their customers," he continued. Wants Speculating Reported. Mr. Mathews urged bankers who knew of any of their colleagues who were speculating, to report the fact to the president of the state asso ciation, who would report the spec ulating banker's name to the De partment of Trade and Commerce. At the annual election of officers, C. H. Randall was chosen president to succeed J. H. Flanigan of Stuart Neb. Randall is vice president of the Security National bank. Executive Committee Elected. The following members of the as sociation were elected members of the executive committee: H. C. Wel lensick of Harvard; Carl Weil of Lincoln; H. C. Nicholson of Omaha; J. Weekes of O'Neill. Elmer Williams of Grand Island was named chairman of the new executive committee. The council meeting shortly after k. .nf:r, .A,,riA r eUrtpA 1 urer, and W. B. Hughes, secretary. Omalians Attend Banquet to Sims Dr. Fitzsimmons Impressed by Popularity of U. S. Admiral In London. Dr. A. W. Fitzsimons of Omaha, traveling in England, met Mr. and Mrs. David Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Cowell and their daughter, Mona, in London, May 26, he wrote in a letter to Otto Nielsen, secretary of the Elks, in Omaha. "We held an impromptu reunion," Dr. Fitzsimons wrote. "We dined together and read The Omaha Bee," he added. The Omaha physician and David Cole had the distinction of sitting At a banquet table of the Pilgrims' club in honor of Admiral W. S. Sims. U. S. N., May 26. It is certainly pleasing to know the popularity of Admiral Sims ere, he wrote. Dr. Fitzsimons will tour Belgium and Germany before returning home. Youth, 16, Confesses to Passing $200 in Bad Checks Steve Austin, 16, of Lincoln, ar rested Thursday by Detectives l rapp and Munch, confessed to passing $200 worth of spurious checks, ac cordinar to oolice. Austin told police that his. father is a prominent business man in Lin coln. He said he. joined the army when he was 14 years old during the beginning of the world s war. The votith stated that he served nine- months before army officials discovered his age and gave him a discharge. Police say they have information that the youth cashed checks total ing $300 in Lincoln. He was turned over 'to the ju-nile authorities. No Inquest To Be Held Over Nurse Who Killed Herslf Investigation into the suicide of Miss Catherine Wheaton, 27, nurse, who was found dying in her room at the Delmar hotel Thursday night, showed she had been brooding over marital troubles, according to county authorities. No inquest will be held. Records in the court house show Miss Wheaton was divorced from Albert Wheaton March 12, on charges that he beat her and later deserted her. Yf.'tc Wlnartn ic iirvivpft hv 9 sister, Mrs. A. J. Palmer, 3820 North Eighteenth street, and a brother, in Logan, la. Heads of Police Department Demand Better Protection Police Commissioner Henry Dunn and Chief of Police Dempsey de manded better police protection of patrolmen, detectives and special officers at a meeting held yesterday in the court room of the new police station, Eleventh and Dodge streets. To emphasize their demands for efficiency, from the "men on the beats," the police heads pointed out the discipline placed on Art Bowers and Ed Gutschow, who were recent ly suspended for inattention to duty. The new headquarters will be oc cupied next week. Letter Carrier Injured In Spill From Motorcycle Clarence Turpin, special delivery letter carrier, will be unable to re turn to his duties for three or four months as the result of a motorcycle spill at Twenty-ninth and Fowler avenue. Turpin struck a pile of rock which had been left in the street. He was thrown from his machine against an ice wagon and suffered a broken leg and badly bruised arm. He is at the Presbyterian hospital. He lives at 2957 Farnam street. Cash Drawer Rifled Beatrice, Neb.. June 17.- -(Special.) A sneak thief who was seep loit ering about the office of tha F. H. Tucker auto tire repair shop lifled the cash drawer of $31.25 dur ing the absence of the bookkeeper, v.ho lyid stepped out of the place for a ifw minutes, Sl- ! III 1 it) k; x naif The prettiest baby in pictures! At 3 1-2 years, Philippe de . . 1 ' . 1 iVl.' 1 1 est war m mstory ana an esiaousnea mother, cared for him, adopted him, brought-him to this country, and, without difficulty, found him "work" in pictures. Little Philippe furnishes a special charm in "Without Benefit of Clergy," Rudyard Kipling's first motion picture soon to be released. Downtown Programs. Rialto Elsie Ferguson in "Sacred and Profane Love. Sun Viola Dana in "The Little Pirate." Strand Thomas Meighan in "The City of Silent Men." Moon Jane Novak in "Kazan." Empress May Allison in "Extrav agance." Muse "The Ghost in the Garret." Neighborhood Houses. Grand J. Warren Kerrigan in "The Coast of Opportunity." Hamilton Tom Mix in "Desert Love." Rene Adoree was dancing in a Shu bert musical show in New York when Victor Schertzinger, noted di rector, came east to take scenes for "Made in Heaven." He saw in her screen possibilities and cast her for the role of Tom Moore's sister in the play. Before the play was complete the star and Miss Adoree were mar ried. Penrhyn Stanlaws is now at the Insanity Now Fad For Murderers Ancient Law Invoked in Be half of Three Men Having Tryst With Rope. By TnlTeroal Service. ' Chicago,' June 17. All the men who have been sentenced to death in this county recently are going crazy. They admit it At least their attor neys do. An ancient law, dating back to 1845, provides that a prisoner who shows signs of insanity after he has been sentenced to death, is entitled to a stay of execution until a jury can pass on his sanity. Attorneys, it seems, had forgotten about this law, for it has not been invoked in. more than half a century until last week. Then a lawyer for Gene Geary, who was to have kept an. appointment with the gallows, discovered it. ' Geary was granted a stay of exe cution until July 24 so his sanity can be investigated. Then Carl Wanderer, who killed his wife and a stranger, suddenly went crazy. He hears strange voices, his at torneys say, and imagines his wife is in the cell with him giving him advice about earthly matters. His tryst with the rope has been postponed until next fall. Now comes Harry Ward, the "lone wolf bandit." He became crazy He imagines he is the manager of a great industrial enterprise on an island near Chicago. He killed two men last September when they in terfered with a holdup he was stag ing. ' Nebraskans at Capital Washington, June 17. (Special Telegram.) C. H. Gustafson of Lincoln is in. fhe national capital, as are Dr. Howel Davis of Genoa and Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Pearl of Sparks, Neb., who are spending their hon eymoon at the Hotel Washington. AT THE THEATERS THE BRAT" will say goodby to Omaha this week with today'! matinee and evening performances. She will clear out bag and baggage after a successful week's visit to make way for "Mother Carey" and her "chickens." "Mother Carey's Chickens" will arrive Sunday afternoon and remain all week, with visiting hours Sunday. Wednesday and Saturday afternoons for the children and every evening for the grownups. "Mother Carey" wants especially to see all the little folks in Omaha, for this la their play this week and there will be children In the east. The big act at the Empress this week Is the delightful offering of the Dens more Sisters and Lou Howland, who give one of the most entertaining of harmony singing, dancing and comedy numbera seen here for aome time, their repertoire being varied and showing aome Interest ing novelties. Brady and Mahoney are a couple of comedians who tickle the risibilities of the audience with' a line of smart comedy ratter in conjunction with a repertoire of aongs of a comedy nature. Lacey is a veteran of the great- . T T . 1 T7- movie acior. ne was Dorn in rrance lighthouse location on the coast of southern California, where the most dramatic scenes at "At the End of the world" are being shot. Betty Compson is the star and Milton Sills is the leading man, with Mitchell Lewis, Casson Ferguson, Joseph Kil gour and others prominently cast. James Cruze took his company back to the Lasky studio this week from Catalina island whither he had gone for additional water scenes in "Should a Man Marry," starring Ros coe (Fatty) Arbuckle. Harriet Ham mond, Mary Thurman and others appear in the leading roles and the picture is an adaptation by Walter Woods from the story by Sarah Y. Mason. Now that Betty Ross Clarke is about to be married to Lieut. Arthur Collins, Lila Lee hopes the rumor will die out that she is to marry Captain Collins, whom she has never met. Lila isn't engaged to marry anyone, she declares, and insists she really ought to meet a man socially before being plunged into matrimony with him. Charges Collusion To Get Insurance on Stolen Automobiles Some owners of automobiles are in collusion with car thieves to collect insurance on the stolen cars, accord ing to a statement yesterday by Lieut. John Pszanowski of the auto thief bureau of the police depart ment. With the arrest of Clarence Love, chauffeur, 612 North Sixteenth street, Lieutenant Pszanowski stated a web of evidence is being tightened against a gang of "fixers" whose business is to get in touch with owners of cars who want their machines stolen for the insurance. Love will be given a hearing to- day. , i I Garden Hose! In a Special Saturday Sale blip A Very Limited Quantity On Hand. 16c foot. Thi hose is of the finest quality and abso- ' lutely guaranteed. It is a -inch moulded rubber hose, non-kinkable, and a mighty strong value at 16c. Any length desired. Ring Sprinkler All brass, fountain type Special 89 C TT 7T MiiroNr .JLYJLL & SONS CO Hardware and Walker Hailine Heads Nebraska ' Laundry Owners Resolutions Declare Prices Shall Be Based on Cost of Production and Wages Of Women Not Cut. Walker Hailine of Grand Island was elected president of the Nebras ka Laundry Owners' association at the closing meeting of the associa tion's convention at the Hotel Rome yesterday afternoon. D. J. Drummond of Beatrice was named vice president and treasurer. M. P. Hinchey of the Hinchey laun dry on the South Side, Omaha, was voted the "best looking man at the convention.'' In an interview Mr. Hinchey ad mitted that those attending the con vention were the best of judges on appearance. "I concur, agree and believe they're right," he said with becoming mod esty. Will Not Cut Wages. That laundry prices shall be based on the cost of production and that the wages of female help shall not be reduced was the substance of a resolution introduced by Mr. Hinchey, which was passed by the convention. Prominent laundrymen declared the state association was not a price fixing organization, but said the res olution indicated that no immediate reduction in. laundry prices was to be expected. The educational program of the association, which includes the con struction of a model laundry for experimental purposes, near Chicago, was endorsed by the convention. Street Signs Criticized. Street signs advertising certain discounts in laundry prices, used by some Omaha laundries, were criti cized by O. J. Fee, Lincoln laundry owner, at the morning session of the Nebraska Laundry Owners associ convention. r Mr. Fee said people from Lincoln saw these signs in Omaha, then re turned and criticized Lincoln laun dries for not doing the same thing. An Omaha laundryman admitted the signs might be misleading, in that the discount was announced in large letters and that requirements necessary to get this discount were often in small letters, A motion that these signs be taken down was held to be out of order by Chairman H. A. Jacobberger of Omaha. Discussion of wage and price prob lems of laundries in the state showed a consensus of opinion in favor of maintaining the same prices rather than reduce wages of help. "To reduce wages would simply enable other industries to bid our help away from us," one laundryman declared. . Postal Clerk at Casper Held on F"il Theft Charge Cheyenne, Wyo. June 17. (Spe cial Telegram.) Chester L. Chand ler, clerk in the postoffice at Casper, Wyo., is being held in jail here on a charge of mail robbery at Casper. It is alleged that Chandler took a letter containing currency from the Casper postoffice. His case will be tried before the federal grand jury in November. C. Marion Coverdale, postmaster at Cold Spring, arrested Wednesday on a charge of embezzling postal funds, was held to the grand jury under $1,000 bond, following arraign ment at Glenrock. Wyo. Painter Falls 20 Feet Beatrice, Neb., June 17 (Special.) B. H. Oden, veteran painter of Beatrice, fell nearly 20 feet yester day when the scaffold on whi:h he was working at the Rialto theater pave way. He was badly cut and bruised, but escaped serious injury. Kicked by Horse Beatrice, Neb., June 17. (Special.) Byron Dolen, jiving northwest of the city, was cut and bruised on the legs when a horse wheeled and kicked him, in the pasture. He was brought to this city for treatment. The Lowest Price in the City. Hose Nozzle Solid brass guaran teed Special 72 C 5 HARNEY Kitchenware Good Looks Win Him Honor at Convention Junior League Members Donate to Milk Fund Generous Contribution of So ciety Will Save Lives to Some Infants and Bring Health to Scores Members of the Junior league of Omaha have contributed $200 to The Bee's free milk and ice fund. The contributions will do untold good among the poverty stricken homes of the city. It will un doubtedly save the lives of some in fants and bring comfort and health to scores of others. Need for Contributions. There is perhaps a greater need than ever before for contributions. The heat wave which has settled on the city shows no sign of abating. Federal weather bureau records show the temperature is far above normal for the fore part of June. It is in the home where ice and cool milk is a seldom-experienced luxury that this fund brings relief. The fund is a highly efficient medium through which ill-health and genuine misery among frail babies may, be relieved. Contributions. Previously acknowledged $107.00 Mrs. 3. V, Kempb 5.00 "Mae" 1.00 F. II .5 Cash .23 Cash 1.00 Junior League of Omaha 200.00 Total : $314.60 Officers Installed by Masons at Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, Neb., June 17. (Special.) The following officers of Crescent lodge, No. 143, A. F. and A. M., -were installed: William C. Tredway, W. M.; James H. Watts, S. W.; Wesley G. Stigile, J. W.; Henry L. Robinson, treasurer; William A. Gibson, secretary; Lawrence V. Spence. S. D.; Ivel B. Flinn, J. D.; George R. Dobson, Tyler; Silas A. Wilson, master of Ashler lodge No. 33, Grand Island, Neb.r was the in stalling officer. MEN Here's News of Interest to You Saturday We Offer an Enormous Sale of Athletic Union A large purchase of more than 3,000 fine quality athletic union suits will be offered at about i the regu lar price. . These are the kind of garments which will assure you summer comfort, for in the first place the work manship is of the best and they fit. The materials, too, are right, for they consist of fine quality checked nain sook, woven madras and This Woman Says She Cannot Live On $400 a Month Mrs. Leflang Smiles Gracious ly as Witnesses Tell Court Of Reductions That Have Taken Place in Prices. While Omaha grocery and depart ment stare merchants testified in district court yesterday that the cost of living has dropped materially, Mrs. Caroline J. Leflang, beautiful wife of Arthur C. Leflang, Omaha capitalist, smiled graciously. She is attempting to show the court that she cannot live on the $400 a month income which was bestowed upon her by District Judge Sears in a decree of separate main tcnance last November. Meat.prices have gone down 171-2 per cent; groceries, 35 to 40 per cent; underclothing and stockings, 40 to 50 per cent, the merchants tcs tified. Smiles at Testimony. Mrs. Leflang. in a brown sport hat, georgette blouse of white, white tricotine skirt, white shoes, white silk hosiery and green silk sweater, sat m the court room smiling as the merchants testified. Thomas Flynn, president of Hay- den Brothers, testified coffee has rrone down 30 per cent since last Uctober, lurniture, 3i per cent, ana lingerie, JO per cent. Rents Advance. T. P. Redmond, vice president and general manager ot Burgess Nash, testified to big reductions. Alfred Kennedy of the Peters Trust company, testified that a five-room apartment in the Georgia apartments, 1020 South Twenty ninth street, rents for $75 a month, having been raised from $65 since last October. Mrs. Leflang now lives at the El wocd apartments, Fiftieth and Dodge streets, where she pays ?U7.50 a month. Lewiston Newspaper to Quit : Editor to Steinauer Table Rock, Neb., June 17. (Spe cial.1 In the last issue of the Lewis ton Post, the editor, A. B. Edson, announced that the plant would be moved to Steinauer, where he will continue publication of the paper tinder the name of the Steinauer Star-Post. The Steinauer "Star sus pended publication the first of the year. Mr. Edson says the patron age given him at Lewiston was not sutficient to meet operating ex penses. Trooper Seriously Hurt When Thrown Erom Wagon Cheyenne, Wyo., June 17. (Spe cial Telegram.) First casualty of the encampment of Utah National guard at Fort Russell occurred when Private. John Chapman, H troop, Utah cavalry, was hurled from his seat on a wagon in a runaway, suf ering concussion of the brain. Chapman was driving a team of mules when a rifle was accidentally discharged, causing the team to bolt. The trooper was hurled against a wagon wneel. He regained con sciousness several hours later. EVERYBODY! STORB -At- other cool cloths. Sizes 34 M0 Brief City News Ike's a-Flshln' Ik Miner, vet eran secretary of the Omaha Elks, has not disappeared. He's just cast ing; the rod at Iake Okoboji. he wrote to Otto Nielsen of the Etks club yesterday. Finger Print Trial John Lattier. negro, held by police on finger print evidence for the murder of O. Ru bens, grover, 623 North Seventeenth street, March 26, will lie tried in district court beginning Monday. Held for Holdup Detective Rob ert Heller arrested Herbert Golda brough, 703 North Sixteenth street, yesterday for an alleged assault on Tony Fredsen, Ninteenth and Capi tol avenue, a popcorn vendor. Fred sen was robbed Wednesday night of 1600 in Greek money and 50 in American money. Iron Workers Agree Members of the Bridge and Structural and Workers' union agreed upon a new wage scale of $1 an hour at a meet ing held Thursday night. The agree ment Included re-establishment of the eight-hour day, $1 an hour for eight hours' work, time and a half for the next two hours and double time after that. Hack From Convention J. J. Cameron returned yesterday from Kansas City, where he attended the annual convention of the xsationai "The Blue Lens with the Black Visor" j Complies fully with the new State Headlight Law. , , Glaring headlights are dangerous and no longer permitted in this State. Arrests are being made every day. Ypu can't afford to take a chance with illegal, unsafe lenses. See your dealer at once. Let him tell you about the Safe White Light of the Violet Ray, the Blue Lens with the Black Visor. $3.00 per pair, any size ASK ANY DEALER Western Auto Supply Co. 1918 Farnam Street OMAHA Phone DO uglas 5041 Hwbamtil, L E. Smith Glass Co., Mt. Pleasant, Pa. The Above Lens Installed by TROUP AUTO SUPPLY CO. 2027-2029 Farnam Street underwear to 54. -At $LS0 The lot consists of fine quality woven madras, mer cerized striped nainsook and other fine quality mate rials. Sizes range from 34 to 46. Main Floor Association of Retail Grocers. J. K. Kirk, president of the Omaha Retail Grocers' association, and Ike Mos kovltz, together with Mr. Cameron, wero delegates from this elty. Fifty one grocerymen of the city attended the convention. Omaha Woman Becomes Mistress of Valuable Estate in Dutch Borneo Mr. and Mrs. Louu Landrock, iS24 Farnam street, left last night on a long journey to Dutch Bor neo where Mrs. Landrock experts to establish herself as mistress of thou sands of acres of fertile land which she has inherited under unusual cir cumstances. Mrs. Landrock had to show she was the seventh generation in line from Prince Wolfert Webber of Holland to establish her lineage, she said. This proof she declared, required years of efforts and cost thousands oi dollars. She explained it was difficult to establish her lineage back 250 years. She retained an Austrian expert who has given many years to the study oi the case. Officially Approved By Nebraska Motor Velicle Department Omaha, Neb. 5. Suits
