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    Nor ill Omaha
Bottoms in Peril '
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issouH Breaks Into Florence
Lake--Farmers Work Fev
erishly to Check Rising
Waters.
The Missouri river broke into
Florence lake Sunday midnight and
is threatening farm lands in the
Nwth Omaha bottoms.
Farmers worked feverishly all day
Sunday in an attempt to check the
rising flood waters of the Big Muddy.
They abandoned their efforts to
throw up bulwarks in low places
when the swift currents of the river
broke through a dike near the mouth
of Willow creek.
H. Millman, Julius Molnar and
other farmers living in the bottoms
have been working the last three
days building stone dikes as a pre
caution against the steadily rising
waters of the river.
Breaks Into Lake.
In the last 10 hours the flood
waters of Florence lake have risen
two feet, according to Mr. Millman,
who' lives on high land east of the
lake.
"The water broke into Florence
lake Sunday night. It is continually
rising and is threatening all the farm
lands south and east of it." he said.
Mr. Molnar said he and three
other farmers worked feverishly
til the river broke through the
rudely constructed dikes.
Waters Seep Through.
The river has been threatening
I
for the last week." he said. "Wc
J built several dikes in the low spots
f but the flood waters seeped through.
'Yesterday the strongest dike we con
structed broke."
The flood waters are just one-half
block from Mr. Molnar's corn crib,
he said. ,
Mrs. G. H. Harris, living near
Florence lake, reported the water
slowly rising and Willow creek com
pletely inundated.
The rising Waters have not yet
covered the area that was inundated
a year ago by the flood.
Farmers are throwing up tem
porary dikes about their lands to
protect their crops from the waters.
Bennett Youth is
Drowned in Sight
i Of Both His Parents
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Crete, Neb., June 27. (Special
Telegram.) Paul Somers, 14, of
Bennett, was drowned in the Blue
river six miles northwest ot Lrete,
this morning about 10 o'clock. Mr.
and Mrs. B; Somers, with their
daughter, son and a girl cousin, ar
rived Saturday afternoon at the farm
home of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Ci
zek, who live near the West Blue
bridge. They pitched camp for the
night.
During the night Dr. DeWolfe and
Will Kasmiissen- a vouncr man. ar-
L from Bennett ana joanea ine
parPJttW nvrnmg tne Doy anu n;s
sister - girl N about 17, and their
cousin, "a girl also 17, went swim
ming in the river just below the
bridge.
The father was standing on the
bank when he saw the boy go down.
He called to Mr. Rasmussen to get
him. Mr. Rasmussen swam to him,
but the boy grabbed him around his
neck. Then one of the girls also
seized him and the three went down.
The girls attempted to get the
boy, but the mother feared they
would lose their lives and called to
them to come out. A phone call soon
brought medical assistance from
Crete, as well as expert divers, who
plunged in the 20-foot hole . and
brought the body of the boy to
shore. '
Plane of Nebraskan
Plunges at Red Oak
Red Oak, la., June 27. Donald
Seefeldt, 17, received probable fatal
injuries, and Paul Green, aviator of
Grand Island, Neb., was seriously in
jured when an airplane in which they
were riding crashed 300 feet to the
earth at the flying field here Sunday.
The plane was one of 17 others tak
ing passengers up for pleasure trips.
Physicians said that Green would
recover. '
Japan Gets Large Cargo
Of Shipbuilding Material
Tokio. June 27. One of the larg
est cargoes of shipbuilding mate-
1 1H1S lildL liaa ITVI avnv.M
"wme recently on the Inaba Maru,
a Nippon 'Yusen Kaisha ship from
England.
The ship carried 3,000 tons, in
cluding heavy boilers, bulky ma
chinery and other kinds of ship
building material, and no sooner had
these shipments been checked in by
Japan's ambitious naval men than
they were shipped to naval yards
and shipbuilding works to be put
into various vessels now planned.
Young Berlin Girls Rob
. Old Woman for New Dress
Berlin, June 27. With the desire
and longing for a new Sunday dress
stronger than the moral restraint of
conscience or fear of prison, caused
two young girls, Elfriede Schulze
and Frieda Regenwald, to gb Frau
Guldner, an aged woman of 68
years.
The two girls had no new dress
for many a month, and the small
pittance they earned left littfe pros
pect that they would be able to get
themselves the desired dress for
many more months.
New England Resort Town
Is Badly Damaged by Fire
Hampton Beach, N. H., June 27.
The business and residential section
of Hampton Beach, one of New Eng
land's popular summer resorts, was
swept by fire Sunday; the damage
being variously estimated at from
$300,000 to $500,000.
i
Steamships.
Arrived.
. Nw York, Jan JS. ZMland. Antwerp;
Nigr. Bordeaux; Ulua, Criatobal.
Sailed.
America, riymouto. Cherbour and Bremen.
Over the Top
Iff tftSi rfcpiil iS
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A Belgian police dog demonstrating his ability at a recent dog show
in Los Angeles. The dog climbed up and over the high board "fence"
with ease, carrying a wooden dumbell in his mouth.
Predicts Coal
Famine Again
During Winter
New Jersey Senator Says De
feat of Pending Fuel Legis
lation Will Result in In
evitable Suffering.
Washington, June 27. Defeat of
the pending legislation will mean a
coal famine next winter worse than
ever experienced before, Senator
Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, author
of, the seasonal freight rate bill and
the companion coal stabilization
measure, asserted today. The senate
will continue discussion of the sea
sonal freight rate bill tomorrow.
Senator hrelinghuysen repnea to
charges by tht coal industry that
the legislation would be the first
step toward government operation
or control. He declared himself op
posed to government regulation, but
said that if the coal industry suc
ceeds in defeating the pending meas
ures, they will face something more
drastic later. .
"For the past week two bills in
troduced by me have been before the
senate," said Senator Frelinghuysen.
"They will again come up for con
sideration tomorrow. As this -is a
supremely important question in
volving the happiness, the health, in
deed, the very life of the public, the
country should understand what the
light means, it tnese dhis arc uc
feated, a tragedy next fall and win
ter in the naturei of a coal famine
worse than ever experienced before
is inevitable. The fact is, owing to
existing conditions, I doubt if this
tragedy can be averted. But we can
prevent a second - tragedy a year
later." - -
Knights of Columbus
Consider Plans for
War Veterans' School
Chicago, June 27. Plans for the
institution of the largest correspond
ence school in America were laid
before the supreme board of the
Knights of Cclumbus today by a
committee tha.had formulated the
plans after a survey of correspond
ence systems.
The plans call for the formation
of a system to accomodate at the
outset 100,000 former service men
and the estimated cost of developing
the system was placed at $1,000,000.
It was proposed that' the present
Knights of Columbus schcol system
be made the basis of a new system.
William J. McGinley, supreme sec
retary of the Knights, said final -tension
on the plan wou'd be nade
at the international convention in
San Francisco, August 2 to 4.
J. H. Reddin, suoreine master cf
the fourth degree of the Knights
of Columbus, reported to the board
that more thm 100 college profes
sors had volunteered lo aid the
Knights in their movement to pro
duce an American history free from
piopaganda.
Man Who Left Wife and
Child Is Nabhed at Pueblo
Ben Gilmore is a member of the
Colorado National Guard and' was
called out for duty during the Pueblo
flood. Through this, his wife, Hazel,
of Omaha found out his where
abouts, county officials say here.
Yesterday Deputy Sheriff Nick Hal
ter went to Denver to bring- Ben
back to face a charge of wife and
child abandonment. Ben is a street
car conductor in Denver. The chil
dren are 5 and 7 years old.
Kentucky Man Wins
Bet That He Could Fry
Eggs on Capitol Steps
Washington, June 27. "You win,
John!" gasped Representative Jo
seph C Pringey of Oklahom?
as he mopped his brow and lost a
wager to Congressman W. Langley
of Kentucky.
Langley bet that it was hot enough
yesterday to fry eggs on the steps of
the capitoL
Pringey said it could not be done
Langley secured a pair of eggs
from the house restaurant and start
ed his culinary task. The frying was
slow, but when Langley flipped the
eggs over ad spoiled a "sunny side
up," Pringey admitted he had lost.
With Ease
Flo Leeds Spoke
Of Stillman as
Child's "Daddv"
Three More Witnesses Named
Which Defense May Intro
duce Includes Trained
Nurse, Doctor, Driver.
New York, June, 27. Three more
links in the chain which the defense
in the Stillman divorce suit expects
to forge between James A. Stillman,
former preseident of the National
City bank, and Mrs. Florence Law
ler Leeds, former chorus girl, were
disclosed today.
The first, according to reliable in
formation, will be constructed out of
the testimony of a trained nurse who
will be one of the 50 or more wit
nesses which John "F. Brennan of
Yonkers, and John E. Mack of
Poughkeepsie, counsel for Mrs. Still
man, and Guy, will place on the wit
ness stand before Referee Daniel J.
Gleason.
The nurse will testify to the
things she saw while acting as nurse
to "Jay Ward Leeds,", during .the
period of the Leeds' tenancy of the
seventh floor suite in the apartment
house at 64 East 86th street, where
lived "Leeds of secret service."
Usually, it was said, the nurse
would swear, Mr. Leeds reached the
apartment at 5 in the afternoon. He
seldom missed a day, and his first
"questions were always about baDy
Jay. Now and then ne wouia come
into the nursery at the dinner hour,
when the baby was beieng fed, "and
sit with the baby and watch him eat
his supper," also, the nurse n y in
corporate in her evidence, this state
ment she made recently:
"Mrs. Leeds, in speaking to the
child alwavs referred to Mr. Leeds
as 'daddy.' "
The second witness, whose exist
ence was revealed today was a chauf
feur who was in the employ of Mrs.
Leeds during the period when she
and "Mr; Leeds" were guests at the
Hotel Plaza.
The third witness will be a phy
sician who will testify to the birth of
Jay Leeds
.
New Prohibition Chief Is
Expected in Omaha Today
Emerson E. Hunt of Minneapolis,
new supervisor for the federal pro
hibition enforcement department of
the northwest, is expected in Omaha
today.
J. H. Hanley, Nebraska chief, has
requested five or six additional men
for this state, and Hunt's visit is
taken to indicate he will look into
the matter and possibly consider ap
pointees, Hanley said.
Two reappointments were an
nounced yesterday. Ben Lynch of
Omaha was renamed a prohibition
enforcement agent anad James J.
Tooley of Broken Bow was renamed
an inspector.
Secretary Says Church Can
Replace Labor Department
Toledo, O., June 27-Secretary oi
Labor Davis, speaking at the First
Reformed church today, declared the
greatest force for good is the church
and that he believes the church can
organize to get employer and em
ploye together so there will be no
further need of the Department of
Labor.
The secretary said that after he
had talked with the labor element
about the eight-hour day, he sug
gested that its members go home
and give their wives an eight-hour
day.
Record Cargo of Mail is ,
Carried by American Ship
New York, June 27. One of the
largest cargoes of mail sent from
this country to Europe 9,000 sacks
was aboard y the United States
steamship company's passenger lin
er, America, when she sailed today
She is the largest passenger ship to
leave this port flying the American
flag. She was formerly the Ger
man liner Amerika.
Divorce Court.
Petition.
Baltier acalnat
Mabel
cruelty.
Petar Baltter,
Frank Warcok against Joanna Wareok,
cruelty.
Aucustua Atben avalnat Mint Alben,
cruelty.
Mildred Mllg-ate afataat Frank Mllrata,
cruelty.
Flora Kelly agalnat John Kelly, non
aupport. Decree.
NVIMe Mutx from Albert Mutx, nonaup-P0FM
THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1921.
Prospect for
Bumper Crops
Much Reduced
Weather and Crop News Most
Essential Factors in Grain
Markets Last Week; Slow
Business in General.
By CHARLES D. MICHAELS.
t'hlraco Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire.
I Chicago, June 27. Weather and
I crop news were the most essential
I factors in the grain markets last
i week, but their effect in enhancing
values was greatly reduced by the
i light outside trading. Many of the
j professionals were inclined to the
! constructive side of the market for a
j considerable part of the week, only
to unload at the last. A number of
j the commission men, as well as the
j professionals, have pronounced con
structive opinions as to wheat values,
and expect to see them hold between
$1.25 and $1.50 for some time to
come. There are also a few who
are emphatic in their opinions and
predict much higher prices. -
There is an unusual amount of ma
terial on which to base a construc
tive position. Crop prospects in the
United States have been materially
cut down. The Kansas crop which
in May promised 136,000,000 bushels,
or the same as last year, is estimated
by the June report of the Kansas de
partment of agriculture issued on
Friday at 113,000,000 bushels, or 23,
000,000 bushels short of last year.
Oklahoma has a wet harvest and
some of the wheat remains uncut.
Taking the winter wheat crop in all,
it will mostly be cut by the fourth of
July, and with good weather possibly
before. Very little threshing has
been done, and scattered reports in
dicate disappointing yields.
Spring wheat in the northwest is
spotted and has lost its bumper
prospects. There is some black rust
in South Dakota, but as the crop is
well advanced, it is doubtful whether
there is serious damage. s
There is drouth in the Don and
Volga districts of Russia, which are
important wheat sections. France is
suffering from drouth, and the oat
crop there is expected to be affected
more than wheat. Argentina needs
rajns, and-has 76,000,000 bushels of
wheat to export.
Estimates made by New York
exporters are that European import
ing countries will need to import
575,000,000 to 600,000,000 bushels the
coming season, or about the same
as for that just closing. This has
an important effect on views oi those
who are friendly to higher prices.
With Russia out of the export line,
and with no surplus, the world-over
consumption of the new crop will Be
started almost as soon as it is har
vested. Considering the financial and busi
ness conditions, the slow business in
general, with the public mind look
ing for deflation rather than inflation
of values, it is well to stop and
weigh the main constructive and de
pressing" factors. Ordinarily during
recent years of war inflation the
present wheat situation would invite
heavy speculative buying and higher
prices. Under existing conditions
traders who weigh all important fac
tors on both sides of the market say
that it is best to allow a discount of
50 to 75 per cent in the effectiveness
of present influences on values on
the constructive side. In other
words, when one stops to consider all
the strengthening influences, it is
best to take into account this point.
There are enough bullish factors to
make an advance of 25 to 50 cents a
bushel in wheat under conditions
prevailing the last few years, but at
present an advance of around 25 per
cent is about all the market is en
titled to until business and financial
conditions improve and speculative
buying enlarges.
R. C. King Named Head of
State Bureau of Banking
Lincoln, June 27. (Special.)
R. C. King of Graf today was ap
pointed chief of the state bureau of
banking by J. E. Hart, secretary of
the state department of trade and
cbmmerce.
King will be in charge of investi
gations of state banks. The office
was created at the last session of the
Nebraska legislature at the time of
the failure of the Bank of Castetter,
Blair, Neb.
King formerly was connected with
the state superintendent's office, was
superintendent of public instruction
in Otoe county for nine years and
has been cashier of the Bank of
Graf for the last three years.
2,090,132 More Males Than
Females in United States
Washington,, June 27. There were
2,090,132 more males than females in
the United States in 1920. making
the ratio 114 to 100, as compared
with 106 to 100 in the period of 1900
1910, the census bureau announced
tonight.
A preponderance of males has
been shown in every census due
primarily, the announcement said, to
the considerable number of foreign
born residents who are preponder
antly males.
Tourist Restrictions in
Yosemite Park Removed
Yosemite, Cal., June 27. All re
strictions on tourist travel into Yose
mite national park were lifted today
by Supt. W. B. Lewis. Recently,
because of congestion, tourists with
out hotel reservations or camping
equipment were barred from the
park.
Costs W00 to Print
Words Spilled During
One Week in Congress
Washington, June 27. "Stop talk
ing and save money," said Repre
sentative Alice Robertson. Here is
the score by words of last week:
Senate. House.
Monday 25,000
Tuesday ....84,000
Wednesday . ,t 41,000
Thursday 56,000
Friday .....36,000
41,000
45,000
43,000
55,000
11 Ann
........... O&IMJ
Saturday
no sess. no sess.
Totals 242,000 216,000
X C.ranH tntal lintk AZ9 -
1000: cost of nrtntiriB- $9 90ft
"Human Semaphore"
Goes Back to a Beat
Omaha's human semaphore will
gyrate no more to the edification of
crowds at Sixteenth and Farnam
streets.
For Joe Dudley, veteran traffic
otticer, win now
patrol a beat.
Dudley has been
waving his way to
fame at Omaha'a
busiest corner for
five years.
Dudley asked to
be removed from
his post and placed
on a beat, accord
ing to Chief of Po
lice Dempsey.
But the "human
semaphore himself
declined to dis-
J. J. Dudley cuss the change.
Dudley quit the force once, not
long ago, because of its monetary
recompense.
And last spring he entered the pri
maries in the campaign for election
as city commissioner. He wasn't
nominated.
17 Nebraskans
In Shipment of
Soldier Bodies
77 Bodies Due to Arrive
Wednesday for Distribu
tion in Middle West
era States.
Bodies of 77 American soldiers
who were killed in action or died
from wounds or illness during the
war are expected to arrive in Omaha
Wednesday morning for distribution
in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Mis
souri. A majority of the bodies are for
distribution in Kansas towns.
The bodies of Nebraska soldiers
expected are:
Paul Paulsen, Company G, 258th
infantry, son of Mrs. Tina Paulsen,
1109 South Seventh street, Council
Bluffs; Norman E. Lovell, Company
D, 341st machine gun battalion,
Springfield; Farley Fletcher, 51st
company, 5th marines, Bancroft; Ray
Henry McVay, 79th Company, 6th
marines, Clearwater; Charles O. Pow
ell, company I, 355th infantry, Exe
ter; Corp. Julius H. Lafrens, com
pany K, 355th infantry, Tekamah;
Ralph A. Piper, company B, 355th in
fantry .Wood Lake; Sergt. Henry
Teigelcr, jr., company A, 355th in
fantry, Fremont; Sergt. Edward H.
Larson, company H, 355th infantry,
Genoa; George S. Palmer, company
K, 355th infantry,1 Grand Island;
Sergt. George Rosencrantz, company
H, 355th infantry, St Edward; Paul
Nagel, company F, 28th infantry,
Staplehurst; Charles G. Fulton, com
pany B, 253d infantry, Wymore;
Sergt. Harold E. Weber, headquar
ters, 110th sanitary train, Linden;
Delbert D. Powell, company Q, 258th
infantry, Minatare; Arthur E.
Stuckey, company A, 7th infantry,
Ansley, and Herman I. Bond, com
pany G, 355th infantry, Benkleman.
Strange White Bird
Puzzles Experts at
Aurora This Season
Aurora, Neb., June 27. (Special.)
A strange bird has come to town.
The folks are all looking at him
curiously and the other birds that
flock into this community regard
him with suspicion. None of them
will associate with him.
With every feather snow white and
with pink eyes and bright yellow bill
and legs, this new bird is the won
der of town. He lives in the mul
berry tree at the home of Frank
Johnson. Some people say he is
nothing but a white black-bird,
while others say that he is an albine
robin.. He is too small to be a
blackbird and he does not resemble
a robin greatly. He has little to
Lay and is busy making a living and
keeping out of the way of irate blue
jays, robbins and blackbirds that
have little or no patience with a bird
who wears a white suit every day in
the week.
If he would only sing a little or
chirp the local experts in ornithology
would be able to hazard a guess as
to what species the stranger belongs.
But so far, he has minded his own
business and has let out neither song
nor chirp.
Editor Loses Life in Fire
Trying to Rescue Woman
Placerville, Cal., June 27. J. C.
Horn, owner of the Georgetown,
Cal., Gazette, was killed and M.
Firsch, mining man, was injured se
riously in a fire here today which
destroyed a hotel and three business
establishments. .Horn died in an ef
fort to resccue a woman from one
of the burning buildings.
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ONE-ELEVEN
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To save 25
on your
cigarettes
is important
But-to
pleaseyour
taste is more
important.
Just buy a
backarfeand
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Constable Sneers
With Scorn Over
$1,200 Trick Dog
Bull Dog Over Whom Auto
Salesman and Actor Battle
Makes No Hit With
Him.
"Bob." the English bulldog who
is claimed by two men, may be al
lowed to choose his master wV.n
the case to determine who owns
. ... !...! I
him is neara in municipal mun
July 5. .
This means of determining owner
ship was suggested to Municipal
Judge Holmes, who admitted it
sounded practical.
'Tt wnnM he sort of rcversine the
Solomon method," said Judge
Holmes. "We could station the ri-
val masters on opposite sides of the
rnnrt rnnm. nlace 'Bob in the mid
dle and see which one he went to.
"Then again, we might try tne
regular Solomon method offer to
cive each would-be owner half of
the dog."
Court Must Decide.
"Bob" is claimed by Edward C.
Haynes, 2569 Madison street, and Ted
La Rue, Carlton hotel. The two
men and their wives attempted to
settle the matter at Central' police
station Saturday, but failing, agreed
to leave it to municipal court. "Bob"
was placed in care of C. E. McClain,
superintendent of the Humane so
ciety dog pound.
The thought of "Bob" being in with
common dogs at the dog pound must
have been unpleasant, however, for
late Saturday night Mr. Haynes ob
tained a writ of replevin from
Municipal Judge Patrick, and with
the aid of Constable George G. Mc
Bride rescued the dog, from the
pound.
Constable Scornful
"I can't see why they make such
a fuss about that dog," complained
Constable "McBride. "When I went
in to get him he growled at me and
tried to show his teeth. But say
that dog hasn't got any teeth left.
"This LaRue fellow says the ca
nine is trained to jump through
burning hoops and things and that
he is insured for $1,200. Why, that
dog couldn't jump a foot in the air.
They almost had to lift him into Mr.
Haynes' automobile."
The writ read as follows: "One
English bulldog named 'Bob.' Color,
yellow and white, with harness and
spiked collar."
"I got the harnessi and every
thing," said the constable proudly.
"It's probably worth more than the
dog."
The wives of the rival masters
showed great fondness for "Bob"
Saturday, however, and declared
they would go the limit to keep him.
Too Much Noise in Park,
Seven Are Held by Police
Four boys and three girls were
nrrectpd Snndav durincr an aooarent
contest to see who could shout the
longest, loudest and most effectively,
according to E. G. Haisington, 3615
North Nineteenth street, and C A
Appleby, 3519 North Nineteenth
street, who complained to police
against the noise in Kountze park.
Those arrested were turned over
to the juvenile authorities after giv
ing their names to police as Joe Mc
Breen, 17, 1823 Corby street; Rob
ert Murphy, 17, 1621 Pinkney street;
Louise Jensen, 15, 1102 South Sixty
third street; Elsie Johnson, 16. 191
Webster street; Harriet Banan, 16,
4907 Webster street; John Kcnney
18, 3212 North Twenty-first street,
and James Riggs, 18, 1508 Corby.
Woman Is 30 Days Late
In Reporting Theft of Gem
Detectives Francl and Walker yes
terday hit the trail to locate a $1,800
diamond ring which was stolen trom
Mrs. William McCabe, 1816 Harney
street, May 27, while she was shop
ping in a downtown department
store. Mrs. McCabe explained she
eft Omaha to attend a funeral in
South Dakota, from which she re
turned today and reported the theft
of the diamond upon her arrival.
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The Fight Is On
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Surf-ride on the waves to your heart's
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channels. Hike in the big forests where
hay fever is unknown. Golt on the
green links surrounded by lakes and big
woods in tact, do anything but work.
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Man Drowns While
. Wading in Platte
Ogallala, Neb., June 27. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Carl Lance of
Grant, Neb., drowned in the Platte
river while he and his wife and two
other families were wading west ot
Ogallala. Lance stepped in a hole
and a strong under current pulled
him down. One man grabbed him
but was unable to hold fast, The
other man was unable to swim.
Lance sunk out of sight as he
grasped a willow branch in full view
of his wife and others. Immediate
search for the body was started,
continuing until dark with no avail.
The river is almost normal, but ex
ceedingly swift and full of very deep
holes, which makes search difficult
and dangerous. Due to the very
muddy water and brush in the river,
it is doubtful if the body will be
found soon.
Lance is survived by his wife and
baby. He was a son of Charley
Lance of Grant, Neb.
Body of Crete Woman
Found in Locked Room
Crete. Neb., June 27. (Special.)
Mrs. John Luick, sr., was sound
dead in her home in the southwest
part of the city yesterday. She had
been up town two days before and
transacted business at the stores and
bank. Neighbors grew suspicious
when they did not see her about and
notified the officers, who made an
investigation.
She was found locked in a room
upstairs and the body was badly de
composed. It is supposed that she
had been dead about two days. She
was past 70 years of age and leaves
two sons and one daughter, Mrs.
Amos Hatcliff. She leaves consider
able property.
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You may love the hills and
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scenery is your picnic hamper;
And the best thing in it are
those Heinz Baked Beans.
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or at home, Heinz Baked Beans
are the most convenient, most
nourishing and most appetiz
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Be sure they are Heinz Baked
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' heat preserves the rich flavor
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One of the
Plan for Mint
In Omaha Still
Up in the Air
W. W. Head Reports After
Conference at Washington
NoVction on Secretary's
Request.
Whether Omaha is to be the loca
tion of the new mint proposed and
iccomniended by former Secretary
Houston is still undetermined, ac
cording to W. V. Head, Omaha
National bank, who has returned
from a scries of conferences at the
White House, at which President
Harding presided,
Following the conferences at the
White House, Mr. Head, who is
chairman of the executive commit
tee of the Chamber of -Commerce,
met in conference with Congressman
Vestal of the weights, measures and
coinage committee, relative to the
establishment of the proposed mint
at Omaha. Mr. Head represented
the Chamber of Commerce.
According to Mr. Head the whole
matter is tentative and as yet noth
ing has been done. Congressman
Vestal will calh for a conference in
the near future, at which Omaha will
be represented. At that time some
definite action may be taken.
2 Negroes Hold Up Man
Two negro highwaymen held up
and robbed Philip Stone, 1530 South
Thirty-second avenue of $25 at Thir
tieth and Pacific streets while he was
on his way home Sunday night, ac
cording to police reports.
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