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The Omaha Daily Bee .VOL. 51 NO. 14. Una Swaf-CUn Matter Mur U. ItM. t Onli P. 0. Vito Ae ( Hank S, Il7t. QMAHA, .MONDAY, JULY 4, 1921. By Mill (I yur). Dtlly tA Sutdty. 17. W: Oilly uly. tit SuKty. 12.M; It Hint I Uiltaa UtM, Cam mi Mule. THREE CENTS -S Fiasco In Sub Edict Is Charged Senator King of Ulah Urges Congressional Investigation Into Building Activities Of Naval Department. Denby Opposed to Probe By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chirac Tribuaa-Omalm Be Jad Wire. Washington, July 3. Although congress hat authorized the con struction of 157 ..submarines alto gether, at a cost of $130,000,000, the American navy today has only 51. submarine ships in working order and ready for immediate service. None of these is a fleet submarine, capable of cruising more than 7,000 miles without replenishing fuel. They are of small types chiefly suitable for . coast defense. ' These are the charges made by Senator King of Utah, in pressing the adoption of his resolution pro viding or senate investigation of what he pronounces the American submarine building fiasco. He will lay before the senate this week the , information he has obtained con cerning the alleged defects in sub marine construction as a result of which many of the underwater boats have proved unserviceable and unsafe. Fore. Depleted. "An anal-iS of the Navy depart ment reports," said Senator King, "shows that out of a total of 157 sub marines used by congress, we actual ly had ready for service on April. 1, 1921, nearly two and one-half years after the armistice, only five first line submarines of the 800-ton type, 25 submarines of the 500-ton type, and 21 second-line submarine; of the till smaller type and no fleet sub aarlnes. In other words, our sub marine force at this time, nearly, three years after the war, and after expending about $130,000,000, is hardly equal to that of Germany when she started on the unrestricted submarine campaign with 30 sea-going submarines in the early spring of 1917." - Senator King asserts that in the construction of ' successful and ef fective submarines, the United States is far inferior to Great Britain, Ger many and Japan. Secreary of the Navy Denby is op posed to an investigation of the sub ject by congress. In a letter , to Chairman Page of the naval affairs committee, who had referred the Kiog resolution to the secretary for advice, Mr. Denby said. .: Si'Tf- Denby, Opposes Frobe. "As the preamble to the resolution seems to have no more substantial llm ihan claims urged by anony- mous individuals, and as the Navy department is thoroughly conversant with the situation respecting subma rines already in tervice or building, I do not believe that the investiga tion proposed is either necessary or desirable. Questions affecting the design of submarines and other types of naval vessels may well be left to the judgment of the responsible of ficers of the Navy department, who are as desirous that our submarines fhall be at least the equal of those of any other nation as can be any in dividual or group of individuals out s.id the service, who cannot possi bly have the means for obtaining ac curate knowledge of foreign designs . that the Navy department has. "Regarding that provision of the resolution which contemplates the creation of a bureau of submarines rnd the organization of a separate submarine corps in the navy, I am of the opinion that there is no more necessity for such a bureau and such an independent organization than tl.cre is for a bureau of battleships with a separate corps for operating them. ' s-. - King's Statements Denied. . T. , . j v It js therefore recommended that the committee take unfavorable action on the resolution. . lire Aavy ucuaiuuciii uispuics Senator King's assertions and figures. According to the Navy de partment, there are 104 submarines in service, of which 68 are in full commission. The department's figures follow: Submarines in commission: First line in full commission, 45; in reserve, 10: total, as. Second line in full commission, 21; in reserve. 23; in ordinary, 3; total, 47. : Fleet submarines, 2.' Total, 104. Submarines under construction or authorized: . First line, 36; fleet, 10; total. 46. Submarines out of commission: A First line (sunk), 1: second line lio oe soiai. o, xoiai. . aW nT r:il F.-mallv Golf Club W ill ormally Upen L.IUD noUSe JUiy' l Grand I si Sid. Neb. . July 3. (Spe cial.) The Woodland Golf club will formally open its new club house on Monday, July 4, with an all-day program for members of the organization. The club has a beau ' tiful links two miles south of the city on the S. Y. A. road and the . main highway to Hastings, Tennis courts are also provided and the club house is for general social en tertainment . A tournament for both men and women golf players, races for the children, and fireworks and dancing in the evening are features. Giant Tanker Launched At Pacific Coast Port Oakland. Ca!.,Jly 3. The tanker Tamiahua, built for the Southern Pacific comnanv and said to be the freest vessel ever constructed at a Pacific coast shipyard., was launched l.rre last night. Mrs. William- Sprout, wife of the president of the Southern F.-.cifie company, sponsored the 23,-000-ton ship. Men More Particular Regarding Grub Since National Prohibition Chirac Tribuna-Omaha Boa Laaaad Wire. Chicago, July 3. "Salads and sweets are taking the place of beef steaks and heavy food on the menus of men since prohibition went into effect. The day of the famous beef steak dinner has gone," according to Gilbert Cowan, president of the American Caterers' association, who will be one of the speakers at the opening of the American hotel and restaurant equipment exposition. One of the important questions that will come up before the hotel and restaur ant men of the country while here, Mr. Cowan says, will be that of "the changing palate." "Never before in the history of the world," he continued, 'have men's palates been so sensitive and particu lar. Food must be better prepared and more carefully seasoned, and of superior quality. It must be more appetizing than in the days when one or two pre-dinner cocktails stimu lated a jaded appetite." Independence Day Statement Issued by Legion America is Land of Visions Made Real, National Com mander Emery 1 Says. . Indianapolis, July 3. John G Emery, national commander of the American Legion, today issued the following Independence day state ment: . . ; r -y "Ours is a land of visions made real. Oppression brought to a self reliant race of colonists the vision of an independent nation. Statesmen of those colonies met, drafted and 145 years ago signed the matchless document which proclaimed that vision to the world. Soldiers and sailors of those colonies, through seven years of war, fought in sup port of that declaration and at York town achieved the victory which made the vision an accomplished fact. ' "Over the Alleghanies, acrosa the Mississippi and the westward prairies, beyond the Rockies and to the waters of the Pacific was carried the national frontier by those who marched onward in fulfillment of the national vision. ' This vision of a nnited country triumphed in Civil war over the vision of a divided one. "With the world aflame with the conflict between the forces of op pression and autocracy from which our colonists fought themselves free and the forces of democracy and freedom which the victory of 1783 established in the world, we crossed the ocean to fight again. The vision which first revealed itself on these shores 145 years ago found a rebirth in the victoroy of 1918. "While proclaiming the effect, let us not overlook the same cause which made possible t he world triumph ol the vision of American ideals and in stitutions of government. The cause lies in the fact that in the in dividual responsibility and obliga tion to the, state. What was true then is true today. " Each of us, as individuals, has our duty and our obligation to our country. And in the loyal performance of that duty resides the hope and the security of our national institutions. . "The American Legion can have no higher mission than to continue to work to instill in the hearts of all, this sense of individual obligation to community, state and nation." Pershing Urges Strict Eeconomy in Army Washington, July 3. General Per shing called high officers of the army into conference to urge every nncaihl pconomv in administration of I their deDartments. They were irt- : formed of his plans to co-ordinate ' : u. i;t, f i.nnc I ,eared duriK the war and to hold j conferences wnn department heads at interval Attention was caiiea to tne oraer permitting enlisted men to be dis charged during July upon application of their corps area or divivsional commanders without affecting their right to travel pay allowances, for the nuroose or reducing me ennsiea ; strength to the 150,000 mark fixed by congress. General Pershing said inquiries had been reqeived from 40,000 persons relative to admission to the citizens' training camps. Receipts of Government Exceed Disbursements Washington, July 3. Ordinary dis bursements of the government for the fiscal year ended June 30, totalled $5,- 11SO?7i0m wViil receiDts amount I ed to $5,624,932,960.91, an excess of , ordina receipts over orAnATy dis- bursements of ?509,W5,l.Ol. The total ordinary disbursements for the fiscal year 1920 were $6,403, 343,841.21 as against receipts amount ing to $6,694,565,388.88, an excess of receipts over disbursements of $291, 221.547.67. ... The gross public debt on June 30 totalled $23,977,450,552.54, which was an increase of $24,708,960.11 over the total on May 31. ? It was a decrease of $321,870,915 from the total a year ago. - Defaulting Treasurer of t Clarke County Sentenced Osceola, la., July 3. Charles W. Judkins, defaulting treasurer of Clarke county, was sentenced to hard labor in the Fort Madison peniten tiary for a term not to exceed 10 years and fined $22,000 by Judge Fuller in district court here.. Judkins was brought back from Gary, Okl., Friday, where he gave himself . up to authorities after a country-wide search had been insti tuted for him. Showdown On Sweet Bill Near Present Week Will Show 'At titude of Senate on Meat- ure to Aid Disabled Soldiers. Early Action Promised Chirac Tribnns-Omaha Baa Laaaai Wire. Washington. July 3. Events this week will indicate whether the sen ate is disposed to expedite or delay passage of the Sweet bill to establish a veterans' bureau, designed to end the scandal of mishandling of care and relief tor ex-service men. Senator Smoot, chairman of the ! sub-committee to which the bill was 1 referred, has promised to call a meet- j ing "on short notice" and has stated i that he "hopes to hold hearings" on j the measure this week. The former i soldiers, who are victims of the ores- i ent haphazard system of uncoordi nated relief agencies, rely on Senator Smoot to make good his promise of immediate action. . John Thomas Taylor, vice chair man of the American Legion's exe cutive committee, pronounced the public health service largely respon sible for the failure of the govern ment to provide adequate care for disabled soldiers. r" Raps Health Service. "The greatest weakness in the gov ernment's problem of caring prompt ly and adequately for the disabled." Mr. Taylor told the senate investi gating committee, "lies in the serv ice rendered by the United States public health service. " It may be that without restriction and with Suffi cient sums, the United States public health service could have thrown its organization into high and provided for the disabled in a proper manner. "This service, however, preferred to consider this hospitalization prob lem as a temporary problem. It has regarded this hospital care and treat ment for the disabled as an emer gency has struggled along with it but it has never whole-heartedly set out with a definite , program to promptly care for these maimed de fenders of our country. The person nel of this organization is composed, for the most part, of doctors who have been in the service for years. They are not administrators. The service is over 100 years old and they are just installing a cost ac counting system." . "An examination into their plans and-specifications indicates that they do not know how to estimate the cost . of a hospital. Take, for in stance, the Speedway hospital in Chicago. Repeatedly they returned to congress for more money to com plete this project Witness the Daw son Springs hospital in Kentucky. After the foundation was prepared, it was found necessary to change all the plans and subsequently they have been changed again and congress has appropriated an additional $750,000 to complete this project. Committee Still Working, "It is also quite evident that the secretary of the treasury, Mr. Mel lon, did not consider the public health service as competent to han dle the appropriation made by the previous congress of $18,600,000 for the building of new hospitals, as he appointed a committee of doctors, eminent in their profession, to make recommendations on how this ap propriation was to be utilized. . It is well to note here that this com mittee appointed by Mr. Mellon, has been working for 90 days and so far as can be ascertained today, has only recommended a total expendi ture of $7,060,000 of the $18,600,000 appropriated. .'.', "Considering the urgency of pro viding promptly sufficient hospital space, it would be expedient to con fer with the White committee, ap pointed by Mr. Mellon, and to ascer tain when and how the $13,600,000 appropriation will be utilized. . An additional , appropriation for the building of -more suitable hospitals should also be considered by . the committee, as the need is great and each day's delay makes it more diffi cult to salvage the lives of those men disabled while serving the re public." - - : . Slight Increase Reported In Production of Soft Coal Washington, July 3. Production of soft coal recovered slightly during the week ended June 25, but was still far short of 'the 8,000,000 ton mark. The total output was estimated at 7,669,000 tons, an increase of 1.5 per cent over the week preceding, but still about 250,000 tons below the rate maintained from July 14 o June 11. In contrast to the bituminous mines, the anthracite mines .continue steady. A slight decline in the pro duction oi anthracite occurred during the week, but the rate was still above the average in - recent years., : The totaf output for the week was esti mated at 1,847,000 tons, a decrease of 94,000 tons compared with the pre ceding week. - ' . Revival of Foreign Trade Shown in Packing Industry Chicago, July 3. The long-looked for revival of foreign trade is ap parently started so far as the pack ing industry is concerned, according to the monthly review in 'Armours Magazine. The review adds: "This means that in the near future it should spread to other lines of busi ness and a market will be found for surplus goods produced in excess of domestic consumption." Hays Confers With Bankers Sullivan, Ind., July 3. Will H. Hays, postmaster general, opened a series of conferences with middle western bankers explaining his plana for changes in the postal savings bank system. The Avestern confer ences follow similar meetings in the ast . Garpentier A cm. lento Define Stand on Wage Reduction i .' . ' -, Formal Statement from Union Chiefs, in Session at Chi cago, is Expected Today. Chleaea Tribune-Omaha Be Leaaed Wire. Chicago, July 3. A formal state mentsetling forth railway labor's at titude toward the impending abroga tion of national working agreements avd the-12 per. cent, -wage reduction is expected tomorrow from the 1,500 union leaders who have been in ses sion here since Friday.. : The statement, it was said tonight, will deal chiefly with working rules, which are now recognized as the primary issue. Indieatioas are that the rail unions are prepared to abide by the wage reduction order with little more than a formal protest, but they want assurance that working conditions will remain satisfactory. "I don't believe there will be la strike," said an officer of one of the biggest four .brotherhoods tonight, "but there will be dissention until the roads meet us on , working agree ments.' The men won't yield with out a struggle what they have been years in gaining." The rail chief's attention was called to the facts that first, opera tion of the United States railroad labor board order terminating na tional working agreements had been stayed for an indefinite period," and second, the board recently ruled that the abrogation decision did not disturb agreements the brotherhoods have had with individual railways. ; "I know," he replied, "but the labor board left the way open for railroads to petition for termination of their agreements with us on work ing rules. The board said it would consider petitions, and some of the roads already have served notice on train service employes that they a going to bring the issue , before the labor board." f Com Near Kearney Is Constantly Kept : Under Irrigation Kearney,' Neb.; July 3. Several thousand acres of corn land near here are constantly -under irrigation, this being the. only known place in Nebraska ; where the irrigation' of corn is practiced. ; There have been few bad crops on this land and the irrigation project is growing constantly, so that a con tinuous , safeguard against drouths is being formed. - During some reasons it is unnec essary to water the corn, but as an average of one season in three is too dry for, good crops the farmers .feel it is a profitable investment and, owing to the. locality,' a comparative ly cheap protection. , ; Water can be obtained in most sec tions of the local country at a depth of 15 feet, owing to the proximity of the Platte river,- and gasoline pumps are used to draw water, for ithe fields. f ' ' f i ' ' -. Pawnee Community Club j V Names Officers for Year Pawnee. City, Neb., July 3. (Spe; cial.) The-board of directors of -the Pawnee - City Community Service, club, the business men's organiza tion, here, met at a luncheon at the Exchange hotel and elected officers for .the coming year. Fred Barcley of Sawyer", Barclay & Co., clothiers, chairman .'of . the board, chairman over the meeting. Ross W. Nelson of Nelson & Brooks, general mer chandise, was elected president and Dr. W." R. Boyer, head of the Paw nee hospital,, was elected vice presi dent, . . " T- ai -a m Kailway 1VJ Takes. the1 Count---Jack' Dempsey Wins (Man Fatally , , , . , . , i , - , , ! - , . - . (4: 4 Here is a mcture showing challenger for the heavyweight championship of the world, taking the count of 10 in the arena at Jersey City just after the present champion, . Jack Dempsey, had administered the knockout blow. . i . Carpentier is shown crouching on hands and knees, vainly trying to get up. Dempsey stands behind, apparently confident that the fight is over. . 4 Arrival of the pictures in Omaha in time for publication in this edition of The Bee is a further demonstration of the possibilities of aviation. : i This picture was rushed by airplane from Jersey City to Cleveland, thence by special train to Chicago, and then by air mail yesterday morning to Omaha. If it had not been Sunday, the picture could have been printed in the after noon issues of The Bee. -:. One Man Killed, neinjufed lii" Dakota Twister Small Town Near Aberdeen .Wrecked by' Tornado Damage Estimated at Near Half Million. Aberdeen, 5. D., July 3. A tor titdo. struck Frederick,. S. D., last night, killing one man and 'causing $100,000 damage. Practically every building in the town was demolished. Arne Anderson, son of Mike An derson, who was assisting his family to the basement of their home, was killed in his effort to esj when the house. was torn from its foundation. ' The tornado broke at Aberdeen at 8:30 . o'clock last night, accompanied by an 80-mile-an-hour wind.-.. Nine injuries, not considered serious, were reported here today, over practically demoralized lines of communication. Damage here is estimated at $350,000. Starting along- the . Missouri river near' Pierre, the storm traveled northeast and . broke with , full strength when it reached this ' city. Rain and hail followed the strong wind.' Damage by Wind Storm.' Redfield, S.: D., July 3. A heavy storm - of almost cyclonic propor tions caused heavy damage in Red field and vicinity Saturday night., Several farm buildings were badly damaged, trees were blown down and a chautauqua tent was ripped and blown down by the wind just after it had been emptied. ' ' . ' .Twelve automobiles were hurled in-' to Cottonwood lake, 14 miles south west of here. Farm buildings in the vicinity of Tulare, Doland, Frank fort, Mansfield, Mellette,' Ashton and Warner were badly damaged. The rain was. exceedingly heavy, amounting to. a veritable cloud burst. . , ' " Big Drop in J Temperature. . . -Sioux -Falls, S. D.,-July 3. Rain with a 'decided drop in temperature was reported generally over eastern South Dakota today, coining just in time to prevent disaster to the small grain's and, in some instances,- corn Agricultural reports from over .the state Saturday indicated that another two days of heat without rain would have caused heavy danjage. Cror summaries show the damage" already to small grains extensive. , . : All Fremont Streets to.be; Paved in Decade, Predicted Fremont,,. Neb., July 3.. Sixteeti blocks of cement 'paving we're " re cently, finished here and city officials predict that within' 10 years every street m Fremont .will be paved. In addition' to this work the city: ha? borne' its share of the burden in the extension of the Lincoln highway from Fremont to Ames. .Wind Does Damage. .. I Beatrice, Neb'.July 3. (Special.) r-.Some damage was done at Lewis ton by the windstorm which swept through Adams and vicinity. Sev eral plate glass windows were 'blown in and outbuildings overturned. Corn in some places was 'leveled to tb Ground. - ' . f) : ' IT Georges Carnentier. FrencW Mutud Wives Are Best of Pals Women Live Together While Husband Awaits Trial On Bigamy Charge. Chicago Trlbnne-Omaha Bre teased Wire. Chicago, July 3. Two pretty young women, wives of Edward Breuer, are living together in Eva ton, awaiting the trial of their hus band on a charge of bigamy; : The wives are the best of pals. "What's the use of being jealous?'.', asked wife Noi 1, who was Miss Sophie Doehr of Syracuse, N, Y. and married Breuer October 28, 1916 "It would not do one bit of good to get angry and besides, I could now dislike Frieda. She is a dear. . Breuer, a former United States army sergeant, left his first wife to come west and in Evanston he met, wooed and won Miss Frieda Shoem They were married December 4, 1920. "Of course I am not jealous," con tinued iwfe No. I. "Why should 1 1 be? Frieda and I are living together now and are very happy and it would be most. foolish to tear out her. hair or attack her or threaten to shoot her as so many wronged wives often do. What would I gain? What would she gain? vve have a mutual feeling of contempt toward our: mu tual husband now, and are deter mined to punish him." ' The young trianwas sent to jail to await trial.:,', ,' . . ' ? Recently he wrote wife No. l a re quest for money to pay his railroad fare tb Syracuse. - - ' "T suspected something," Miss Daehr said today, ."and instead of sending money I came to Evanston, where I met Frieda aand learned of their marriage,"' ' 1 . . L . . Hot Weather Causes Ice . . ' Shortage at Pawnee City Pawnee City; Neb., - July '3. Pawnee ""City is experiencing a near ice famine which may .! prove acute very soon if relief -is not obtained. The local ice plant is running full capacity day and night, but is fail ing to meet the. demand.- .The sup ply ran out and Ed, Bloss,-. proprie tor of the plant, searched the coun try round, but found no town where ice could be, spared. ' . Finally .the plant .at Humboldt,. .Neb., . released one truck-load and' tided , the. city over.. . .If "cooler 'weather does not come soon,, thus .cutting down consump tion, the. city may. suffer materially. Old Settlers' Reunion to , . : Be Held at Union" in August Lnion, Neb., July 3. (Special.) Thirty-third annual reunion of old settlers will be held here August 19 and 20. ? Following officers of the association have, been elected for this year: President,' G. W, Cheney; vice president, C F- Harris; secretary, Charles. hi. Graves; treasurer, J. M. Patterson; executive committee, ' L. R. Upton, .R, D.' Stine and T. E. Hathaway. ,t . V. - Arrangements may- be made for the American Legion and civil war veterans to, have encampment and program on the first day of the re union, - . .- , . ' .... .. . lil':a'iaV&i'::"'L''t Man Shoots Wife, : Then Kills Self After Argument Husband Ends . Altercation Over Divorce Proceedings By Wounding Wife and Taking Own Life. , Grand 'Island, Neb., July 3. Spe cial Telegranj.) Entering the home of. his wife unannouncedly during the night and resuming an argument with- her ahout-the, divorce proceed ings pending between them, Roy Taylor, 33, Union Pacific switchman, shot twice at the" woman,' wounding her in the leg, and then killed him self with the revolver. .Taylor filed a petition for divorce against his wife some time ago. The answer day was set for the coming week. Attorneys in the case thought they had the details fairly well set tled, Mr, Taylor to withdraw his pe tition and Mrs. Taylor to file the same and receive the custody of the daughter, about 12. Mrs. Taylor, the daughter, and a woman friend had retired as usual, , but evidently had left one door unlocked.- . Mrs. Taylor awakened suddenly to find -her hus band standing beside the bed. She turned oh the light and an argument ensued bearing on the divorce pro ceedings. Suddenly he drew a revolver from hjs pocket. H shot twice at the wife, the first .'time missing entirely and the second time striking her leg whife she was , attempting . to get away from him. All three of the women left the. house.' .They heard another shot and the surmised result was established when neighbors entered the residence. "Mrs. Taylor's condition is not se rious, , - v . Airplane With Fight Pictures Forced to Land Near Fremont : I -- . "' - ''.' Fremont, Neb.1, July 3. (Special Telegram.) Italian An'saldo plane, piloted by . Ralph C. Diggins, presi dent of the Ralph 'C Diggins com pany, commercial aviators of Chica go, carrying pictures of the Dempsey Carpentier fight, was forced to land five miles north of Fremont at 2 this afternoon because of bad weather. , The . machine is . a six-passepger ship, - with i a 75-horse power Fiatt motor. It left , Chicago at 6 a. m. today and fought: a rain storm from Atlantic, la., to. Fremont..-, t.-. The- pictures, were forwarded by train to Cheyenne. They .'will be re layed by plane from there to. Frisco. The plane, here will return to Chi cago in the morning. . ' Overseas Yank Buried. Beatrice. Neb.; July, 3. '(Special.) The body of Charles Fulton, for mer Wymore boy, who was killed in action in France, was taken to Cuba, Kan., for burial.. A military funeral was held there, a number of Wymore citizens attending. . , The Weather - i Forecast.. : -..' Nebraska: Unsettled weather Monday and Tuesday; possibly show ers, in south portion; somewhat warmer Monday .in north portion. Iowa: . Probably fair in- extreme west; thunder showers and cooler in east-central portion Monday; Tues day generally fai rand cooler Hourly Temperatures. a. m.. A a. m. . 7 a. m.. a a. m.. 15 ...'. .Sl t . ...... t p. m.. . , . 3 p. m. . , . . 4 p. m...!. p. m..... p. m 1 p. m I Pi a. in.. 10 a, 11 a. m. It ues Iniured in Auto Crash Sustains Fractured Skull When Machines Collide Two Others Seriously Hurt in Wreck. Accident Toll Totals 14 One man is dying and 13 other persons are injured, two of them se riously, as the rpsult of .four autd accidents yesterday. One arrest was made by police. ' Leo Dargazcwski, living in Sheeley, is reported to be dying at the Nich olas Senn hospital. He suffered a fracture of the base of the skull. mobile, driven by August Netzel, switchman.' 2859 Oak street, which collided with a machine driven by . Louis Roirers. florist. 319 South Six teenth street, at Twenty-eighth and Harney streets, shortly after 4 yes terday afternoon. Those in the Nctzel car besides Dargazewski were: John Osage, Spring street and Deer boulevard, who received a bruised arm f Joe Hynowski, Sheeley, bruised body, and John ' Sobctska, 1746 South Twenty-fifth avenue, bruised arm. Netzel received cuts on the face. Three of the men were taken home by police and Sobctska was arrested and charged with intoxication. Five Occupants Injured. , Rogers was taken to the Nicholas Senn hospital. He sustained a pos sible leg tracture and head bruises. Four men in the Rogers car. were injured. Fred W. Johnson, clothier, HoldredgCt Neb., who was taken' to the Methodist hospital, suffered cuts on the face and body: Harry Lohr man, salesman, Hotel Rome, cuts on the face and body; J. D. Bowers, Henshaw hotel, bruises on the left leg; Al Zerzan, leg bruises. The last three were attended at the Metho dist hospital, but left after being given medical attention. "I was going slowly north on Twenty-eighth street," said Netzel, "and saw the other car speeding down the hill, but before I could ap ply my brakes I found myself in an empty lot." The othef men in Netzel's car were hurled in several directions. Denies He Wat Speeding. ' Rogers told police that he was not speeding, but was coasting down" the hill. Witnesses told police that Rogers maclue struck the rear wheel of NetzetV .car. Both ma- Mr. and Mrs. W. G Lansing, 314 South Twenty-seventh avenue, were playing cards on their rear porch -when they heard the crash and saw ' Dargazewski hurled 10 feet in the air. The injured were attended by Drs. T. L. Houlton, Floyd Kenyoun, , and Thomas Boler. Dorothy Oiln, .16. 2617 North Eighteenth street, suffered a bruised foot when she was struck by Sn auto mobile driven by H. E. McAvoy, . 231 Park avenue, about 5 yesterday afternoon at Eighteenth and Grace streets. She was attended by Dr. T. . L. Houlton. In the McAvoy car were the driver's mother, Mrs. Pa tricia McAvoy, and Irene Coady of Council . Bluffs, No arrests were -made by police. Girl Run Down by Car. Elone Nelson, 16, 1149 North Eighteenth street, received-a bruised right ankle when she was run down by an automobile driven by M. Hin kcl, 3437. Decatur street, at Thirty fourth and Seward streets. Ben Lindenbaum, 2523 North Eighteenth street, was slightly in jured when an automobile he was driving collided with a Swift & Co. machine at Eighteenth and Clark streets. Lindenbaum was -arrested and charged with reckless driving. . An unidentified speed maniac col lided with a machine driven by Mrs. C, M. Bell, 8U North Forty-third street, near Elmwood park and the Dodge road. Mrs. Bell was not in jured but her machine was ''ghtly damaged. Lincoln County Will Vote ' On Issuing Bridge Bonds North Platte, Neb., Julv 3. (Spc- tiat.) The county commissioners of Lincoln county have called a special election August 3 to vote on the proposition of issuing SI 65,000 bridge bonds. This issue is to re fund approximately $50,000 of former bridge bonds and the balance wilt be used in repairing bridges that were damaged by the high, water in the South Platte river last month. All bridges in Lincoln county that suf fered by the flood have been tempor arily repaired and travel from the south is now uninterrupted. Men Seriously Hurt in ; Auto Accident Recovering Beatrice. Neb., July 3. (Special.) H..K. Penner, Paul Barasch and John Beetcm, who were severely hurt in an auto accident north of the city, are recovering from their in juries. Penner and Barasch were badly cut by glass when they were thrown through the wind shield in the collision. Bectem, who is a farmer living near Pickrell, sustained a broken rib and minor bruises. Community Club Formed. Diller. Neb., July 3. (Special.) A community club has been orga nized here with a strong member ship. F. H. Hale was elected presi dent; C. L. Tinsman, secretary, and S. C Hutchinson, treasurer. The by laws provide that the women of the community shall have honorary membership. Safe and Sane Fourth. Beatrice, Neb., July 3. (Special.) Beatrice will hold a safe and sane Fourth in the evening at the Ath letic park. There will be a concert by the Beatrice Municipal band, fol- owed by a displv H firwmrka 7
