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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1921. Tar and Feather D a A If rr rurues iireiriany rc Throuehout South First Attack Ever Reported Against Woman Occurs at Teneha, Tex Bigamy (Is Charge Dallas. Tex.. Tulv 18. Authorities I in widely sparated sections of the southern states today are taking cognizance of a series of attacks in which the victims are tarred and feathered, apparently by widely or ganized secret groups. The in stances now number a score or more within the last three months and indicate the existence of a secret or ganization similar to that of the Ku Win Klan of reconstruction rlav. J he secrecy of the perpetrators has usually kept hidden, even to the exact motive of the attacks, although they have generally seemed for "moral reasons." The latest attack was the first ever reported as made against a woman. Mrs. Beulah Johnson was last night taken from a hotel porch in Teneha, Tex., stripped and tarred and feathered. It was aileged that the woman was a bigamist. The attack was said to have been made by men wearing whit? uniforms. Firearms Arl Displayed. Driving up to the hotel with a dis play of fire arms, they are said to have taken the woman into one of their motors and to have proceeded several miles into the country where Mrs. Johnson's clothing was re moved and she was given a coat of tar and feathers. She was then placed the automobile and returned to he town. According to information the authorities have, Mrs. Johnson had been married three times, the first husbmd being dead, while the other two are still living. The third mar- i v riage, it was said, took place within the last 18 months. Beating of a man named Mc Knight of Nacogdoches, Tex., by masked men at Timpson is reported as another Saturday night develop ment in border towns. Archdeacon Also Victim. At Miami, Fla., eight masked men waylaid the Rev. Phil S. Irwin, white, archdeacon of the English Eoiscooal church and head of that church's work among south Florida negroes, on Sunday evening, took him into the woods and whipped him, then applied a coat of tar and feathers. He was returned to town and dumped from an automobile into the street. Irwin said his assailants told him he had been preaching social equality to the negroes. At Warrensburg, Mo., on Sunday night Richard Johnson, a retired farmer, "was seized and whipped by v three masked men. He was warned mto leave the country, he said. R. F. Scott, world xwar veteran. was dumped from an automobile in a coat of tar and feathers at Beau mont, Tex., on Saturday night. He was seized by masked men while riding along a country road with two women. Consolidated Bands ' Will Give Concerts Tecumseh, Neb.'," July 18. (Spe cial.) Arrangements have been made ' for concerts by consolidated bands from Nebraska City, Auburn and Tecumseh, one concert to be given in each town named. The augmented band will have an instrit menation of 75 or more. Concerts will be held Sunday afternoons. The schedule as follows: Concert in Auburn, July 24; Tecumseh, August 21; Nebraska City, August 2& At the coming Johnson county fair one day is to be set aside as "Nemaha county day." On that day music will be by the Auburn band. In turn a day at the Nemaha county fair is to be "Johnson county day," when the Tecumseh band will sup ply the music. General Pershing to Attend 88th Reunion at Des Moines General Pershing is expected to attended the 88th division A. E. F., reunion at Des Moines August 26-28, as is also Lieut. Gen. Robert Bulard, commander of the Second army in France. Four former division com manders Generals William Wiegel, E. H. Plummer, W.D. Beach and Robert Getty have been given spe cial leaves of absence to go to the reunion. Work on plans for special trains .from Nebraska and the six other Hncipal states from which troops for the division were drawn was started today. Cool Downpour Is Boon To Growing Nebraska Corn Nebraska corn profited by the cool ing downpour which visited the east r.nd south sections of the state Sun day night, according to the federal weather office. The corn already was two weeks ahead of schedule, according to M. V. Robins,- meteoroiigist, but this shower gave it a further boost. In Omaha, the shower was accom panied by fireworks, with plenty ofj lightning and deep grumbling thun der. ' The federal report shows 1.46 inches of rain felMin Omaha. Patrons of Closed Bank Anxious About Accounts Lincoln, July 18. (Special.) Two hundred patrons of the American State bank lined up in the lobby of the Continental State bank here to day to get information relative to their accounts in the first named Vank. The doors of the American State hank were closed Saturday by J. E. Hart, secretary of the depart ment of trade and commerce, and it was announced that the affairs of the bank would be handled by the Continental State bank. olice Hunt for Woman Drug Addict Who Fled Hospital Detectives are searching for Clara D'Hearn, 35, who escaned from the - county hospital early yesterday. The woman is a drug addict, ac cording to the police, and was due to be taken to Lincoln tomorrow. Her police description says she has ne tooth (hissing. Man Drinks Health of America From Trophy Jock Hutchison of Chicago, on reaching New York on the Carmania, drank America's health from the golf trophy he won in England. Jock won the British open golf champion ship from a large and talented field. Will Temporary Rate Raise Suit Omaha Tram Co.? Some Watchers Hint That Street Car Concern Might Drop Permanent Increase Request for Temporary. Lincoln, July 18. (Special.) Will the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street tailway company drop its ap plication for a permanent increase if the state railway commission grants it the temporary increase it has asked? Getting temporary increases and then getting them extended for an indefinite period has been a success full plan carried out by several large corporations recently. The Northwestern Bell Telephone company went before the commis sion six months ago and under a showing of "absolute necessity" was given permission to charge its patrons a 10 per cent surcharge. The same tactics were pursued by the Lincoln Telephone and Tele graph company. "Hard Luck" Stories. , In the last month both com panies with further "hard luck" stories have appeared before the commission and obtained a continua tion of the surcharge. At the same time they asked to increase their person-to-person calls 15 per cent. A decision on the latter proposed increase is expected soon. Then, there is the story of the Lincoln Traction company, which rings much the same. This com pany went before the commission with a story of losses several months ago and asked for temporary increase to an 8-cent fair. It was granted. , A week ago the state railway commission granted another tem porary continuance of the 8-cent fare and the people of Lincoln, accus tomed now to the 8-cent fare, didn't protest. ' The Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company first went before the commission with figures ealore on their investment, net and gross revenue, depreciation and other items synonymous witn cor poration life and asked tor a per manent increased fare. Asks Temporary Increase. Then, suddenly it jumped in with a pressing, insistent plea for a tern porary increase to save it from al leged heavy losses and an order on this application will be issued soon bv the commission. Close .observers' of corporation af fairs as they are handled .are won derine whether eventually the com panwwon't drop the application for a permanent increase and endeavor from time to time to get the tem porary increases continued as sis ter corporations have done so sue cessfully recently. The Omaha company today filed a report with the commission in which it was shown by the com pany's figures that its June 1920 transportation revenue was $312,166. 59, while its revenue for June, 1921, was $Z96,159.ZI, a decrease of ?16,- 007.38. Powdered Buttermilk New Product of Creamery Co. Superior. Neb.. July 18. (Special.) The Farmers Union Creamery company here has begun the manu facture of powdered buttermilk, with an output of 1,550 pounds daily. But termilk has heretofore been a matter of absolute waste at the creameries and the manufacture of it into the powdered form not only produces a revenue, but is found to be in de mand and a very handy ingredient for biscuit making. Hearing on New Bread Law Postponed Until Monday Lincoln, July 18. (Special.) Hearing on the application of Oma ha bakers for an injunction against enforcement of the Smith standard loaf bread law will be held before the Lancaster county district court next Monday. C. L. Dort, assistant attorney general, stated today that the hearing, scheduled for today, had been postponed until Monday. Head of Nebraska Control Board to Speak at Aurora Aurora, Neb., July 18. (Special.) At the union services of the churches of Aurora next Sunday eve ning in the court house square, L. C. Oberlies of the state board of con trol will speak on the subject, "What Nebraska Is Doing for the 5,500 Un- Iioriuiidics m xi er institutions anu Asylums." ' j C :k Omaha Seeks to Extradite Couple As Hotel Robbers Police Try to Connect Pair Held in Missouri Cities With Big Thefts at Fontenelle. Omaha police yesterday started the wheels of justice toward returning a woman held in Kansas City and a man held in St. Louis to this city to face charges of several big hotel robberies vet unsolved. The woman is Henrietta Davis, 26, who was arrested Saturday with seven suitcases filled with jewelry, silverware, expensive clothing and room keys to leading hotels of mid dle-western cities. Her husband, Ralph Milton, alias Ralph Davis, alias James Roberts? alias James Driscoll, alias . C Brooks, whose real name Omaha police claim is Perry L. Gray, was arrested in St. Louis after a motion picture actress' room in a hotel had been robbed. Probe Bryce Robbery. Lloyd Toland, house detective at the Hotel Fontenelle, and Chief of Police Dcmpsey are now working to connect these alleged hotel Kat fies' with two recent daring robberies at the Fontenelle and room robberies at other Omaha hostclries. On April 25, Elizabeth Bryce, ap pearing as the headliner at the Or pheum theater that week, stopped in Room 605 at the fontenelle. Furs worth $3,000 were stolen from her room.' On Tulv- 1 . Miss Maude May, leader in Fremont society, occupied the same room 605 at the Fon tenelle. Jewelry worth $1,000 was stolen from her possessions. Detectives made two arrests in connection with these robberies, but were forced to release the suspects because of insufficient evidence. s To Seek Extradition. Since then Chief Dempsey has learned the pair held in the Missouri cities was at the Paxton hotel June 30 and on July 2, the morning fter the May robbery, at the Fontenelle, they left Omaha for Kansas City by automobile in a blinding rain storm. Chief Dempsey has wired St. Louis and Kansas City for pictures of the pair to be used in an effort to get them identified by hotel men here as suspected room prowlers. Then he proposes to institute ex tradition proceedings to return them to Omaha for trial. Assessment Aclion Held Up by Lack of Reports Lincoln, July 18. (Special.) Action on assessments for county real estate by the state board of equalization was made impossible to day because, as yet, assessments from 21 counties in the state have not been received by W. H. Os borne, state tax commissioner. , The delinquent counties are: Ban ner, Cherry, Dakota, Dixon, Doug las, Garfield Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Knox, Lincoln, Logan, Morill, Richardson, Rock, Sarpy, Scottsbluff, Seward, Sheridan and Arthur. Farmer Gets 675 Bushels Of Wheat From 15-Acre Field Superior, Neb., July 18. (Spe cial.) Glen Elliott, a young farmer living six miles northwest of Su perior, is marketing 675 bushels of No. 2 wheat that he produced on 15 acres, an average of 45 bushels to the acre. Thatparticular section is ex ceptionally productive, many of the farmers there having a yield of 28 to 33 bushels. Three Railroads Demand Assessment Reduction Lincoln, July 18. (Special.) Representatives of the Burlington, Union Pacific and Northwestern lines appeared before the state board of equalization, demanding that a 15 per cent reduction on assessments be made on railroad property. They pointed to the reduction on farm property as a reason for reducing their property. James H H. Hewett Named Receiver at Alliance, Neb. Washington, July 18. James H. H. Hewett was today nominated for receiver of ' public moneys at Alli ance, Neb., and Jules Haumont for register of the land office at Broken Bow, Neb. Thousands show you the way Increasing numbers of people who could not or should not drink coffee and who were on the lookout for something to take its place have found complete satisfaction in ItfSTMT fftaJIl Postum has a smooth, rich flavor that meets every re Quirement of a meal-time beverage, and it is free from any harmful element. Economical-Made Quickly "There's a Reason lade by Postum Cereal Company.Inc Find Loot From Store When Man Arrested Watertown, S. D., July 18. (Spe cial.) Loot, consisting of silks and other goods to the value of about $800, found in the possession of Frank Johnson, who was arrested here, has been positively identified by Mrs. Spratt, representing the firm of Spratt Brothers of Crocker, as goods taken from the Crocker store. According to Mrs. Spratt, burglars gained entrance to the store through the basement window. They con fined their theft to dry goods. Mrs. Spratt said they had not reported their loss to the sheriff when word came of the apprehension of John son at Watertown with dress goods in his possission. Wheat Acreage In 17 Countries Is Below 1920 Canadian Crop Forecast Is Excellent Suffer in France From Lack of Rain Ar gentina Outlook Bad Washington, July 18. Estimates of the amount of wheat sown in 17 countries for which statfstics are available show an acreage of 151,- 000,000 acres this year, against 155,- 000,000 last year, according to a summary of foreign crop prospects made public today by the Depart ment of Agriculture. The estimates were based upon re ports from Belgium, Bulgaria, Po land. "' Roumania, Czecho-Slovakia, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, France, England, Italy, Luxemburg. Nor way, Tunis, Canada, India and the United States. Comprehensive esti mates of the areas for 1921 harvest in this hemisphere are not available, the reoort said. Wheat in Canada shows a condition of 102, against 98 at a corresponding date last year; on oats, 100 against 93; barley, 99 against 98; rye, 101 against 96; mixed grains, 99 against 101; hay and clover. 97 against 95; alfalfa, 101 against 94, and pasture, 100 against 94. i Crops in France are suffering from i lack of rain. Climatic - conditions in Germany have been favorable for growing crops. The reserve of grain in that country is sufficient to last until the new crops are harvested. Showers and light rains have lm proved conditions in the United Kingdom, but the quantity of rain was not nearly what was needed, in the southern hemisphere crop con fhtions have-been reported favorable. Rains have been reported m Aus tralia and prospects for the coming crops continue favorable. Keports from Argentina indicate the crops at present are badly in need of rain, Town of Sterling to Have Modern Amusement Park Tecumseh. Neb., July 18. (Spe cial.) Sterling, this county, will have a nark. Max Warnke. a farmer liv ing near the place, has bought -15 acres of ground from William Knee' land, the tract bordering on the town on the northeast. Mr. Warnke has a crew of men at work erecting a fence about the premises, building a swimming pool, dance pavilion and refreshment booth. A base ball diamond will be laid out and amphitheater provided It is expected the place will b opened in two or three weeks. Neighboring Clubs to Be Guests of Aurora Rotary Aurora, Neb., July 18. (Special.) The Aurora Rotary club is making preparations for the entertainment of neighboring clubs at the picnic to be held in Streeter park, August 10. The clubs at Lincoln, York, Hastings, Grand Island, Columbus and Broken Bow have been invited. It is expected that the new governor, Luther A. Brewer of Cedar Rapids, la., wW be present. Burglar Grabs Bathing Suit And Dives Through Window Birmingham, Ala., July 18. Even burglars must keep cool. One entered . the home of T. H Seelbinder and after taking a course of iced luncheon from a refrigerator heard members of the family enter ing. He grabbed a bathing suit and dived through a window. He is re covering in a hospital. Officer Denies Wells to Head Schulyer Mills Secretary Asserts Scarcity of Wheat Caused Shut Down; Admits Reorganization Under Wav. Fremont, Neb., July 18. (Special Telegram.) According to G. W. Williams, secretary of th Wells-Ab-bott-Nieman Millintr company of Schuyler, Neb., previous reports as to the condition of the concern and the future prospects have been badly garbled. Mr. Williams is in sole charge of the plant at Schuyler at present. He stated that the affairs of the company are in the hands of a com mittee composed of holders of pre ferred stock and Mr. Llarkson of the Peters Trust company, as a pre liminary to a reorganization. He de nied the statement that Mr. Wells of New York City, who is now in France, had been selected to assume management of the company. The mills were shut down on Saturday night, he said, because of a scarcity of old wheat. The company has orders for at least a 10-day run for flour made from old wheat and a number of carloads are expected today or tomorrow, which will en able the mills to reopen Wednesday morning. N. E. Fuller started the mill more than 50 years ago and operated it for some time. After Chauncey Ab bott, sr., assumed charg of the busi ness it began to flourish and later Wells and Nieman were added to the firm. These owners are now dead and their widows hold a ma jority of the stock. It is expected that it will be several weeks before reorganization plans are perfected. Grocer Fined for. Assault On Sheriff With Knife Beatrice. Neb.. July 18. (Special Telegram.) H. E. Rrown, Glenove grocer, was fined $50 and costs tor assaulting Sheriff Emery wtih a butcher knife when the officer stepped into his place to search for nnnic. " One hottle of "hootch" and about 300 empty bottles of lemon extract were tound.. A ou-day con tinuance was taken in the liuor case and Brown was released on bond. Rancher Acused of Horse Theft Is Held for Trial Oacoma, S. D., July 18. (Special.) Charged with grand larceny, M. C. Hendrickson, prominent rancher of the Little Bend district, was held for trial in the circuit court under bond of $1,000. He waived his preliminary bearing. He is accused of stealing a horse from the pasture of Bert Rosser of Kennebec Youth Sentenced to Prison for Robbery Beatrice, Neb., July 18. (Special Telegram.) Paul Geisterm, 19, ar rested here recently in company with Robert Newton for holding up and robbing Mr. and Mrs. George Mon roe of $303 the night of June 4, as they were going hime in their car, pleaded guilty in district court to the charge of grand larceny and was sen tenced to from one to seven years in the state penitentiary. Newton is out on $2,000 bond and will have his hearing in a few days. Both are Beatrice boys. Woman Burns to Death in Garage Rushes Into Building Set on Fire hy Lightning as Gaso line Explodes. Broken Bow,, Neb., July 18. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Leland Rapp, 26, was burned to death in a fire started when lightning struck the garage on the farm home six miles east of Broken Bow. The woman's body was burned to a crisp. A blinding flash of lightning awak ened the family and the garage burst into flames a few minutes later, ac cording to Mr. Rapp. The husband ran to a neighbor's home for help. Mrs. Rapp rushed to the garage. Just as she entered the building a large tank of gasoline ex ploded, hurling its contents over her body. Neighbors found the charred body .beside the door. Mrs. Rapp was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Simonson of Broken Bow. She is survived by her hus band and two small children. Singers' Association to Meet at Brookings, S. D. Brookings. S. D.. July 18. (Spe cial.) The Sioux Valley Singers' as sociation will meet in Brookings, August 3 and 4, when about ISO of the best male voices of Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Canton and Brookings will be heard in daily concerts. Entertainment of the visitors is under the management of the Viking male choir of Brookings. Miss Esther Broomquist of Chi cago, a former music teacher in the city schools, has been obtained as soprano soloist for the occasion. Ex-British Ambassador To U. S. Returns for Visit New York, July 18. Viscount James Bryce, former British ambas sador to the United States, and Mrs. Bryce arrived here today from Eng land on the steamer Celtic. THE OMAHA BEE Silver and Burglar Tools Believed to Be Bank Robbers' Cache Beaver City, Neb., July 18. (Spe cial Telegram.) What is supposed to be the cache of the two men ar rested here last week on charges of burglary of the Bank of Nora, Neb., was discovered by Harvey Noel in a small grove near his farm one mile cast of Beaver City. The find consists of $108.75 in sil ver coin. One hundreds dollars was vrapped, evidently ready for ship ment to a confederatae. Other articles found are an electric drill, "jimmie," wrecking bar, sledge hammers, two automatic revolvers, two new automobile tires and small tools. Advice received by the sheriff in dicates that some of the war savings stamps found on the suspects had been stolen from the postoffice at Cooper, la. MEN!! New Fall Styles ARE HERE FROM THE CELEBRATED STRATFORD SHOPS The styles are correct in every detail. You will note that the lapels are a little wider, they button higher, are somewhat looser at the hips and come in one, two, three and four-button, single and s double-breasted models. COME IN AND SEE THESE STYLES AT 1809 Farnam Street Bricklayers Wanted Jennie Edmundson Hospital Addition Council Bluffs, Iowa FIVE MONTHS' WORK Parsons Construction Co. 618 Keeline Bids:., Omaha HOW many figures could you fill in on a picture of the newspaper circulation you buy? Do you know the percentage? Do you consider that percentage in buying spade? 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