THE BEE: OMArHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1921.
Two Nebraskans
Win Hero Medals
In Phone Service
Woman; Chief Operator at
Homer, and Dakota City
Manager Risked Lives in
1920 Cloudburst
Two Nebraskans are in the quar
tet of telephone employes awarded
Theodore N. Vail Memorial fund
medals for heroism during the year
1920 by a committee of 16 of the
Northwestern Bell Telephone com
pany. The awards were announced yes
terday. The quartet will be decorated
with the medal and a citation set
ting forth the meritorious perform
ance early in the fall.
The honored employes are:
' Mrs. Millie Lothrpp, chief opera-
tir. Homer, Neb.
Frank Forrest, manager, Dakota
City, Neb.
Mrs. Nora Newman, night chief
operator, Merrill, la.
Julia Dickinson, chief operator,
Minneapolis.
v Warns o! Cloudburst
On the night of May 31, 1920,
Mrs. Lothrop remained at her
switchboard without thought of her
personal safety calling residents of
Homer, warning them of a cloud
burst in Omaha creek, threatening
their lives and homes. Thousands
of dollars' worth of damage to live
stock and property was averted b
her deed. t?.j..
On the same nigm jmi. -unvt
hearing of the flood while at his
hoome in Dakota City, risked his
life in getting through the raging
waters to Homer, where he estab
lished communication with the out-
fc. side worm ana uiuugm n.v.
SFjJWastated village.
T f'. 7 T.ivcs Saved..
Mrs. Lothrop has been chief op
erator at Homer since October 15,
1914. She has five sons, two of
them veterans of the war. Mr. For
rest began his telephone career at
Ida Grove, la., in isyv. nt n
statements from 57 Homer residents
testifying their lives were saved by
Mrs. Lothrop's heroism.
On the night of November 15,
1920, Mrs. Newman left her switch
board in the care of an assistant and
went aloone into the night to warn
a train crew not to cross the North
western railroad bridge because of a
report it had burned.
Struggles With Bandits. ,
Miss Dickinson struggled with two
armed bandits the night of De-
amliM 11 in th cwitrhhnarrf room
where the girl operators were at
work in an effort to save the cash
pay envelopes and keep the excite
ment from spreading to the opera-
i tors and interfere with the eservice.
, This is the first annual award of
'Y these medals.
' v They were designed by A. A.
Weinman, New York sculptor. On
one side is a vigorous portrait of
Theodore N. Vail. On the reverse
side is a woman representing serv-
a TiM1tnifr in hpr hanrte wirpa river
which spreeds a winged message. A
youth upholds her arm as loyalty to
Medal far Noteworthy Service" is
eprvir and another vnuth stands in
Js-un attitude of devotion. "The Vail
the legend.
Two Hurt in Auto Accidents;
Boy, 8, Is Hit by Street Car
James Wilson, 204 South Thirty
fourth street, was hurt about the
head when his car collided with an
other driven by Jack Harvey, 443
North Thirty-eighth street, at Thirty
sixth and Farnam streets Tuesday,
Wilson was treated by police sur
geons and taken home.
G. D, West, Douglas county
farmer, is in South Side General hos
pital with injuries received when an
If unidentified motorist ran mm down
at Twelfth and N streets.
Edwin Kratochvil, Bancroft, Neb.,
was arrested for reckless driving
after his car collided with pnedriven
by Harry Corbett, 1205 South Elev
enth street, at Thirteenth and Mason.
Bruno Laco, 8, 2616 North Fifteenth
street, was cut and bruised when hit
by a street car in front of his home.
Telephone Employes Who
Risked Lives for Others
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Overseas Soldier
Buried at Wood Lake
Wood Lake, Neb., July 5. (Spe
cial.) Ralph A. Piper, overseas
soldier, was burid here with military
lionors. Ralph A. Piper post of the
American Legion was in charge of
the funeral services, assisted by the
Brown County post of Ainsworth,
the Leo Brinda post of Valentine and
the Ainsworth Military band.
Owing to the large number of
friends and acquaintances of the
Piper family, the services were held
in the chauttauqua tent to accom
modate the large crowd. Rev. A. F.
Cumbpw of Oshkosh, Neb., deliv
ered the sermon.
Ralph A. Piper was born July 9,
1893, at Irwin, Neb., and was killed
in action at the battle of St. Mihiel
on September 13, 1918. He received
his training at Camp Funston and
was a private in Cqmpany B, 355th
infantry of the 89th division. He is
survived byjiis father, Lucian Piper,
and four brothers, Herbert P., Ar
thur L., Glen R. and Melvin B., all
of Wood Lake. Burial was at
Mount Hope cemetery.
I. 0. 0. F. Lodge at Schuyler
Installs New Officers
Schuyler, Neb., July 5. (Special.)
Schuyler lodge, No. 28, I. O. O. F.,
installed the following officers lor
the ensuing year: Noble grand, L.
C. Garnetts; vice grand, Cephas
Peters; R. S. noble grand, John
Spidele; L. S. noble grand, John
Nelson; chaplain, George M. Gates;
inside guard, L. H. Rouse; warden,
Sam VanHousen; R. S. vice grand,
Ernest Gaeth; L. S. vice grand,Wil
liam Luke. Installing officers were:
R. O. Brownell, district deputy
grand master; George M. Gates,
district deputy grand warden; John
Spidele, district deputy grand mar
shal, and Georges M. Gates, deputy
grand chaplain. Harrey E. Miles
was' installed as secretary. . .
Fourth of July Speech Made
By Ex-Congressman Sloan
Superior, July 5. (Special.) De
spite threatening weather most of
the day, and a good rain during the
morning, the Fourth was observed
here by an address and general
neighborly gathering.
Charles H. Sloan, former congress
man, was the orator, and he was
forced to postpone his address un
til evening, speaking to a crowd that
numbered nearly 2,000 people.
Defaulting Treasurer
Sentenced to State Prison
Osceola, la., July 5. Charles W.
Judkins, defaulting treasurere of
Clarke county, was sentenced to hard
labor in Fort Madison penitentiary
for a term not to exceed 10 years and
fined $22,000 by Judge Fuller in the
district court after he had pleaded
guilty.
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The Omaha National Bank
Farnam at Serenteeat
Capital and Sorplis, $2)00,000.
Mexican Killed in
Fight Over Dice Game
Fort Morgan, Colo., July 5. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Clutching a pair of
dice in one hand, $4 in the other and
with a bullet hole through the heart,
the body of Pedro Vargos, 10, a
sugar factory worker at Eaton,
Colo., 'northwest of this city, was
found at his 'shack late Tuesday.
Bicente Hernandez, another Mexican
sugar factory worker, was arrested
shortly after the finding of the body
by police whtn found a mile from
the scene of the murder. He offered
no resistance and claimed he shot
Vargos in an altercation during a
dice game.
Police believe the two men be
came involved in a quarrel during
the game and both drew guns, Var
gos getting his man first. Both men
came to Colorado from Grand Is
land, Neb., last spring to tend sugar
beetns.
Family Has Narrow
Escape From Death
Mobridge, S. D., July 5. (Spe
cial.) Members of the Frank Gosch
family, residing on a farm in the
Glenham district, had a narrow es
cape from death when lightning
struck their home. The lightning bolt
struck the chimney and tore it out
of the building completely.
Upper rooms were demolished and
an outside stairway leading to the
cellar was wrecked. Gosch and his
wife and children had been working
outside when the storm suddenly
struck and were hurrying to the
house when the bolt descended.
They were so close to the house
at the time that Mrs. Gosch received
a severe shock and was hurled some
distance. -' Gosch was stunned, but
the children escaped unharmed. The
house was not set on fire.
Army Air Service
Plans System of
Model Airways
Routes Will Cover Country
And Appurtenances Will Be
Made Available to All
Operators.
Washington, July 5. A system of
model airways, covering the entire
continent is planned by the army air
service for the use of all operators
or owners of aircraft. It contem
plates various chains of well organ
ized landing fields, supplemented by
frequent emergency fields and iden
tification markers connecting the
principalities.
Because of the lack of federal a(V
propriations, air service officials said
today, it was their purpose to appeal
to the Chamber of Commerce, aerial
clubs and civic organizations to as
sist in creation of the airways. -The
Boy Scouts' organization already
has pledged its co-operation, it was
stated, and will construct identifica
tion markers, guard wrecked planes,
submit monthly reports on emer
gency landing field conditions and
generally assist aviators in trouble.
The plan calls for the first model
airway between Washington and
Dayton, O., with fivernain stations,
10 subsidiary stations and 20 emer
gency fields.
Each main station will be pro
vided with a municipal landing field,
wireless and telephone equipment
and a meteoroligical station which
will forecast weather conditions and
wind dftections and disseminate this
information to the flyers along the
route.
Other airways tentatively approved
by the service to be included in the
national system include one from
New York City to Langley Field,
Va., connecting the principal cities
between the two terminals; one from
Jacksonville, Fla., to San Diego,
Cal.; another from St. Paul and
Minneapolis to Seattle, to be known
as the Yellowstone trail, and another
proposes to connect New Orleans,
La., and Chicago, 111., taking the
Mississippi valley route.
To Hurt in Collision
Big Spring, Neb., July 5. (Spe-'
cial Telegram.) Two automobiles,
driven by Loui3 Waterman and E.
O. Jtfielson, collided in the hills east
of Big Spring, injuring both men
and damaging the cars.
Student Comes to
Grief in Big Muddy
j
I Richard oey")
After struggling for neany an
hour with high waves caused by a
storm on the Missouri river near St.
Charles, Mo., Monday, Richard
Scholes, University of Omaha stur
dent, "flat-boating it" to New
Orleans, was hurled into the muddy
waters when his boat was snagged
and sank. He swam and waded
through a mile march to shoie. He
sent a telegram to The Bee, saying
he would continue his journey south
on foot. He left Omaha the aft
ernoon of June 14.
Yeggs Get $45.
Mitchell, S. D., July 5. Yeggs
blew open the safe at the Standard
Oil compony's office here last night
with the aid of nitroglycerine and
secured about $45 in silver. The ex
plosion shattered three windows in
the office. No trace has been found
of the safe blowers.
Superion Shifters Will
Hold Second Trade Tour
Superior, Neb., July 5. (Special.)
Results from the 1, 000-mile trade
trip, in which 8 towns were visited,
were so encouraging that the Su
perior Order of Shifters has ar
ranged a second auto excursion to
embrace other territory. On their
recent trip, the Superior boosters
were given luncheons at Benkel
mau, Oberlin, Cambridge, Franklin
and McCook. At Curtis they were
entertained by the School of Agri
culture. Large Yield Expected From
Winter Wheat and Rye Crops
Sioux Falls, S. D., July 5. (Spe
cial.) Good progress is being made
in harvesting winter wheat and win
ter rye in the southern section of
South Dakota, and in other districts
where the excessively hot weather of
iune pushed this grain to maturity,
armers who are engaged in har
vesting thee two grain report that
winter rye especially is very good
and promises a large yield, while the
winter wheat also is a good crop.
Much of the winter rye and winter
wheat already is in the shock. Har
vesting these two grains report that
commenced in some localities. All
small grain promises to yield well,
the hot, dry weather up to a few
days ago having generally been fa
vorable for it.
Yield of Kanred Wheat
Exceeding Expectations
Hastings, Neb., July 5. (Special
Telegram.) Kanred wheat is ex
ceeding all expectations in yield in
Adams county. One field near here
produced 55 bushels an acre.
Practically all wheat in this coun
try so far reported ranges above 20
bushels an acre. , There have been
numerous yields of over 35 bushels
an acre.
Two-Day Rain Is Declared
To Have "Saved Corn Crop'
Norfolk, Neb., July 5. A two
day rain Sunday and Monday which
extended to practically all portions
or north Nebraska and southern
South Dakota, was hailed today as
having 'saved the corn crop."
The ground in nearly all parts of
this territory is thoroughly soaked.
Since Sunday morning 2.81 inches
of rain have fallen here.
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Regular term begins, Thurday, September
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