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THE BEE: OMAHA, FKiDAx, juli zz, irzi. Brilliant News Writer Slain on Nebraska Train mi ' Cs Man Killed at Franklin Who Carried Hod Carrier's Union Card Once Au thority on Politics. Detroit, Mich., July 21. (Special Telegram.) Dewey S. Bingham, who in the days of the late Gov. Hazens Filigree was recognized as one of the most brilliant newspaper men in Michigan, but who of late has been a wanderer under a sad aberration of mind, met a violent death Sunday night at Franklin, Neb., when seen riding a cattle train and shot by the guards. On his body was tounci nis cara showing him a member of the International Hod arriers' union. The news of the death of the vet eran newspaper worker and later vagabond made a sad sensation in Michigan newspaper circles. Steps were immediately taken to have identification perfected and the body brought to Lansing, his native town, for burial. He w,ill be laid to .est in his old home city, not in the memory of his later years of cloud ed wandering, but with recollections of his brilliant youth and early man ' hood. Family Was Distinguished. Dewey S. Bingham, one of the most individual and one of the most lovable of newspaper workers, came of a distinguished family. His grand father, Insley S. Bingham was gov ernor of Michigan from 1855 to 1859. Stephen Bingham, father of Dewey, was prosecuting attorney of Ingham county, served as postmaster of Lansing and was at one time chair man' 6f the republican central com mittee. Stephen Bingham was a man of marked political astuteness, but also of strong individual character istics. His son, Dewey, inherited the bent for politics and was even more marked in his individuality. He seemed possibly ' the most high strung member ot a nervous pro fession, the most intense worker of all the contending political reporters, He had his first experience as reporter on the State Republican, in Lansing. About 1893 he came to Detroit as a reporter on the old Detroit Tribune. There he began career which at the most brilliant per iod lasted less than a decade,, but is still a great memory to the older news paper men. . He combined in extra ordinary degree a capacity for pro longed and arduous labor with keenness and vividness of insight in to public affairs which made him as politic as he was brilliant. Creating Life's Cloud. However, the brilliant reporter was sowing the seed for the malady which later clouded his life. He took his recreation in conviviality and these recreations often cost him his job. He once said he "had the record for being fired." But always when he had recovered from one of hese. experiences he was around the newspaper office again and was eag erlv snapped up by some editor. Then came another period of bril liancy, and another failure.. The mi ' portance and brilliance of his work increased steadily, as he reported several sessions 'of the legislature and national conventions. Unques tionably the foremost authority on politics, in his best days, was Dewey S. Bingham. His last legislative ses sion was that of 1901. Starts Life of Tramp. In 1904 he acted for a short time as publicity manager of one of the candidates for governor but proved unable to do any effective work, .Then he began his life of wandering, spending a part of the time in an asylum, part of the time in rough work of all kinds, part of the time merely tramping. Twice in the last few years have desperate efforts been made by old newspaper friends to rally him, to draw him back. Onlv a few vears ago one such ef fort was made, but physicians and newspaper men combined or alone could accomplish nothing. He went to wandering, to working in lumber yards, to traveling about from coast to coast. Occasionally he would drop in suddenlyon an old haunt, and talk to old friends, and he would at times talk with fascinating inter est. Occasionally he .would write a letter, a letter often brilliant in patches. Then would come a period of silence and this last period, be- fore the news from Nebraska, has been the longest of alL Giant Cottonwood Tree, Being Felled as Menace, Crushes Two Men to Death as Toll for Destruction Howell Leaves for Europe On Wireless Probe Sept. 1 T D IJ 11 - 4,v In. Europe about September 1 to serve as chairman of a commission of three to be sent by Postmaster Gen eral Hays in connection with radio telephone investigations. Mr. Howell will be away six weeks. Other members of the commission will be representatives of the Department of Agriculture ana tne rosiomce de partment. A statement by Mr. Howell fol lows: A radio aervlcs commission has also beit Appointed by tha Imperial conference at London to consult with the ministers at the head of the board of trade, the air ministry and postofflce department to consider practical means available for the development of Imperial communications. Including broadcasting by radio telephony aa well aa telegraphy. This commission la composed of Wins ton gpencer Churchill, secretary for tha colonies, as chairman, with one repre sentative at Canada, Australia, New Zea land, South Africa and India. Columbus Legion Seeks To Defend Language Law Columbus, Neb., July 21. The American Legion today filed a peti tion in district court here asking that it be allowed to participate in the injunction proceedings begun by tha Evangelical Lutheran church against the language law enacted by the last legislature. The language law provides that no public, private or parochial school shall dischimi nate against the English language. The legion asks leave to appear as a friend of the court in support of the constitutionality of the law. Gideons Open Convention t At Sioux City; Ends Sunday Sioux City, la:, July 21. The Gid eons' 22d annual convention opened in Sioux City today with delegates presenffrom all parts of the United States. t ii ,iuW i, , lil' i... .1.1 II hi mi rTn 'vi-iVV ( -, , i i ,riniV-r i' i i r I rSfV i a Woman Attorney Refuses to Take Orders; Removed Ashland Still Celebrating Fourth of July Incident Mayor's Brother Held For Violating Law. Ashland. Neb., July 21. (Special.) Fireworks' arc still being dis charged in Ashland as a result of celebrating Independence day. The big display is expected Saturday when seven youths will be given a hearing before Police Magistrate J. X. Moon for exploding firecrackers in violation of a city ordinance. City Attorney Mrs. J. C Buell has bten removed from office as a result of the impromptu celebration. In cluded itJ the celebrators was Perry Anderson, brother of the mayor. The mayor was out of town when the celebration was held. The place of business of. Constable Martin was the chosen place of the boys to cele brate. The noise was obnoxious to the constable's wife. He requested them to cease and finally appealed to Acting Mayor Harvey D. Cole man. Coleman instructed the night watchman to stop the noise and it required the arrest of seven to carry out the order. On the mayor's return he attempt ed to quash the proceedings. The woman city attorney refused. Coun cilman Mullen is alleged to have sold the firecrackers. A special meeting of the council was called and the city attorney removed. The entire city of Ashland is tak ing sides and arguing the question pro and con. The hearing will be held Saturday with a former county attorney appearing for the state. It's Getting Warmer, But Cooling Breezes Are Due Slightly warmer but no contin ued hot spell, is the weather fore cast made by M. V. Robins of the local bureau. Cooler weather in the northwest ern part of the country, due today, will spread to this vicinity in time to offset the rising temperature, he said. A high level of 85 and 69 for the low were Wednesday's figures. Broken Bow reported .02 inches of rain. Northwestern Is Sued for $10,000 for Death in Wreck Suit for $100,000 against the Chi cago & Northwestern railroad was filed in district court yesterday by John O. Yeiser, jr., administrator of the estate of Frank Bosnar, Lander, Wyo., one of the victims of the train wreck at Big Cottonwood creek, near Chadron, June IS. Five were killed and more than 30 injured in the wreck which oc curred when a sudden flood in the creek bed, which is usually dry, washed out the bridge. Lincoln Tourists Held For Larceny in Denver Denver, Colo., July 21. (Special Telegram.) Two young tourists from Lincoln arc in the city jail here following an evening of revelry at Elitch's Gardens, where the youths were caught in the act of removing spotlights from automobiles , parked in the resort. They gave the names of N. T. Chaddcron, 24, and H. Ger hart, 23. CLARK'S 17th ORIENT CRUISE by iumptuoua 8. 8. EmpreH of Scotland, 18.000 sross tons, 18 dy in Egypt and Pslnttna, tie. Frli. 4. 11)22; ft! d ti00 up. Incluillnt Shore Kii'iirninnn. Hotels. Uuldn. Irlw, Kees, ele. FRANK C. CLARK. Times Building. New York W. E. BOCK, 407 8. 131b Bt., Omilia. Neb. This giant cottonwood tree killed two men as it crashed to the ground permaturely while being felled in front of 3610 Hamilton street. Above, at the left, is a picture of Lee W. Reno, who died in Methodist hospital two hours after being ground to the earth by the falling tree, and above, at the right, is a picture of V. T. Milbourn, who was killed by the falling trunk. 3608 Charles street. Sid Kohler, 4390 Nicholas street, who was hurt by the tree, was taken to Methodist felled by human hands Wednesday night , as a menace during wind storms, took as tool for its destruc tion the lives of two of its destroyers'. The tree crashed to the ground after its 40-inch trunk had been sawed nearly through. The men who were killed in the crash were V. T. Milbourn, 72, 4355 Charles street, and Lee W. Reno, 28, hospital this morning wit'h a proba bly fractured shoulder. Sways in Storm. For years the monarch cottonwood shaded with its far reaching branches the home of Ferdinand Schulz, 3610 Hamilton street, but it had swayed so during the recent summer storms, Schulz grew to fear it. He contracted with Sid Kohler and Joe Milbourn, son of the man who was killed, to cut down the tree. They started work at 3 Wednesday afternoon, went Jiome to supper, and asked the elder Milbourn and an other son, Jess, to help finish the job before dark. A block and tackle was set in place to guide the fall of the tree. Three Wives Are Left Stranded By Ex-Soldiers ; t Postmasters Meet in Des Moines Fake Spiritualist Arrested After Giv ing "Message." Des Moines, la., July 21. (Spe cial Telegram.) The love castle of Mrs. W. L. Sanders, 18, a bride of week, tumbled about her ears Tuesday night leaving her trembling in tears, her confidence in mankind shattered. Her husband, formerly a soldier at Fort Des Moines, deserted her, she told police. Reports from two other deserted wives, married to soldiers at Fort Des Moines re cently, came to police less than a half-hour previous. The three men were discharged from the army Tuesday and left the city Tuesday night, leaving their brides stranded. Mrs. George Simpson said her hus band, formerly of troop F, 14th cav alry, left Tuesday afternoon and has not returned. ' Mrs. Harry Lusman has learned that her husband accom panied Sanders on his trip to Chi cago. Postmasters Convention. H. H. Cate of Anita was re-elect ed president of the Iowa branch of the national league of postmasters at the 16th annual convention here, Mrs. Laura M. Smith of Montour was again named vice president and A. S. Lynd of Blairsburg was con tinued as secretary-treasurer by ac clamation. Des Moines was chosen as the 1922 meeting place over Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown, Davenport and Sioux City. Spiritualist Arrested. After police today had listened to oitiful tak as to how an unfor tunate woman had been duped, an order was issued for the arrest of Mrs. E. C. Head, one of the leading sniritualists in Des Moines. The in formant was a pretty little bride who had asked Mrs. Head': aid in search ing for her lost husband. A few days after this conference, a woman investigator was sent to Mrs. Head. The spiritualist was again asked to locate a missing husband. "Your husband has gone with the blonde with whom he has been cor responding ever since you were mar ried." the medium explained. "If it were I, I would not put myself to any trouble to seek his return; he loves the blonde more than he does you, was the advice given tne tem- inine investigator. The investieator oaid the medium $1 for the "message" an! informed Mrs. Head that she was unmarried. The spiritualists arrest followed. Purse Stolen on Overland Limited Thief Takes Woman's Pocket book While' Train Is in Union Station Road Conditions, (Furnished by Omaha Auto Clu. Lincoln Highway, East Roads food to tentson. Lincoln Hlghwsy. West Detour eik- horn to Valley. Roads (air to Grand Island. West fine. O. L. I. Highway Roua-ti at Asniana. Some detours. West of Lincoln, fine. Highland .Cutoff Rough. 8. T. A. Road Oood. Oeorgo Washington Highway Talta High Road to Blair. Oood Blair to Oak land, fair to Sioux City. . King of Trails Highway. North very good. King ol Trans HIgnway, eouin rine. Black Hills Trail Rnsd work, Omaha to Fremont, rood to Norfolk. , River to River Road rair to ;ea iloine. White Pole Rosd tiooa to Des Moines. Blue Oras Road Good. While arranging some bundles on the seat beside her on the Overland Limited at Union station Wednesday night, Anna Arnold of Chicago missed her purse containing $21 and valuable papers. A search of the car found the empty purse at the end of the coach. She dismounted from the train and reported the case to the Omaha po lice. She, told police she was on her way to Fremont to visit relatives. C. E. Nelson, 3036 Hamilton street, reported thieves climbed through his basement window and stole sugar, herring, sardines, ham, 75 pennies and a quantity of chewing gum. Three sacks of sugar were re covered by Detectives Graham and Franks in a vacant lot at Thirtieth and Hamilton streets. . Mrs. E. H. Shuncman, El Beudor apartments, reported her platinum wedding ring either lost or stolen in a downtown motion picture theater, and Thelma Secord, 4626 Dodge street, reported the theft of her hand bag containing papers, kodak pic tures and $3 from her office in the Kennedy building, M. McAndrews, 2624 ' Far'nam street, told police he was held up and robbed of $50 in a soft drink stand. Glaring Headlights of Car Basis of $25,000 Suit Glaring headlights are blamed for a $25,000 damage suit filed in district court yesterday by Walter Ryan through his father, William Ryan, against Christian Kuehl and his son Henry Kuehl. Walter and Henry attended an en tertainment in Oakdale school on the West Center street road the night of October 22, 1920. After the entertainment Walter started to ride home on his pony while Henry drove his father's car. At Big Pappio creek the approach ing automobile threw such a blind ing glare from its headlights that the pony stood still bewildered. The impact killed the pony, and made the boy unconscious for a long time and kept him in bed many weeks, declares the petition. He was form erly a normal and obedient child, but is now restless and disobedient, his father declares. Jeff eris Asks for Use of Equipment At A.E.F. Reunion Action of Military Affairs Committee on Des Moines Meet Causes Request for "Sandstorm" Assembly. By E. C. SNYDER. Washington, July 21. (Special Telegram.) Following the action taken Tuesday by the military affairs committee of the house in ordering a favorable report on Congressman Dowel l's joint resolution authorizing the secretary of war to provide cots and bedding for the reunion of the Eighty-eighth division. A. E. F., which meets at Des Moines in Aa eust. Congressman Jcfferis today in troduced a similar joint resolution relating to the Thirty-fourth (Sand storm) division meeting in Omaha. The Jefferis resolution authorizes Secretary Weeks to loan to the Thir ty-fourth division, which meets in Omaha during Ak-Sar-Ben week, 8.000 iron cots, 8,000 mattresses, 16, 000 blankets and 1,000 galvanized iron buckets now at Fort Omaha. It further provides that before the delivery of the property the secre tary of war shall execute a bond with the organization for the safe return of the property in good condition and that the whole transaction is to be without expense to the federal government. Neighbors gathered to see the down fall of the mighty cottonwood. The three Milbourns, Kohler, Reno, Henry Schulz, IS, with Chester Decker, 3605 Charles street, sat down on the embankment east of the base of the tree, to rest. With a cracking of wood as the only warning, the huge tree fell, first to the south then swaying to the east, smashing the porch of 'the Schulz home as it went, stripping limbs from three maple and catalpa trees in its path. The group fled. The elder Mil bourn was pinned beneath the trunk and was dead from a fractured skull, crushed side and fractured leg when removed fom beneath the trunk. Reno was caught by the upper limbs of the falling tree and ground to the earth. His skull and spine were fractured. Hp died at Methodist hospital two hours later. jvomer and Milbourn -were to re ceive $10 for the work. MIMIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIISIIIUIMllllll.llllllll.Hllll"ll.llllnlli I Crowds of Satisfied Shoppers I thronged our great Bargain Basement Thursday and took ad- j I vantage of the exceptional bargains to be found there. I Two More Days Remain of This j ! Great 3 -Day Sale! i In Omaha's Largest Bargain Basement 'j i Investigate the Great Reductions in f Draperies Coats Drugs Linens Dresses Jewelry I Underwear Hosiery I Corsets Suits Notions Shoes China Domestics Candy Neckwear and Ribbons Men's Clothing House furnishings ilnlni:iillriiiliil;lliil!;ininlNlHliiliiliillillililliiliilMl:il 'JIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllll;illllllllllilllllllll!ll:il!IIIIIMIM Baby Playing on Tracks Run Over by Train; Unhurt Sioux City, la., July 21. The 15- nonth-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Jakich played on the railroad tracks near their home this morning. A freight train came along and before the engineer could bring his train to a halt the locomotive and eight cars had passed over'the child, whicn was found lying uninjured except for a few bruises where it had been hit by the rods of the cars. 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Sometimes, the advertisements keep you from making an unwise purchase by pointing out the reasons why one article suits you bet ter than another. And always they identify for you goods of unquestioned value. When a store or manu facturing concern puts its name on goods and tells you about them, you may be sure that they are worth consideration. It does not pay to advertise merchandise that is not good. It's worth while to heed the voice of reason Read the advertisements The Omaha Bee
