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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1921)
THE BEfcr OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 1921. Big Boy Leaves Home; Fags and School Blamed Youngster of 11 Shuns Class mates Smaller in Size Has Man-Size Desire. i A boy of 14, cast in a man's size frame, has (roubles that the average vzed boy doesn't know. "Shucks, mother. 1 can't go to the sixth grade in the fall with all those little boys," Harry Saunders, 14, but tu k u Mri IK- X f year-old ciothes, has been telling his mother, Mrs. Lillian Tabor, all summer. But mother in- Harry Saunders, sisted that Harry complete his schooling. The boy was morose. As each day brought him closer to the end of the school vacation and nearer to the day when he would have to march back to class with boys much smaller than himself, the spirit within Harry rebelled. A week ago Monday he disap peared. His mother, who lives at 4173 Cali fornia street, believes he may have headed for relatives on a South Da kota farm. We were on the farm several -years ago and Harry liked it im mensely there," she said. "He likes to do odd jobs to earn money and probably is making his way north." Harry had another "worry" little boys don't know. He thought his man-size entitled him to be permitted to smoke. His mother thought otherwise and re proved him. Harry has been living with his grandmother. Mrs. Marion Pruden. .562.1 North Sixteenth street, and at tended Druid Hill school. Kansas City Wreck Victim Believed to Be Omaha Man Kansas City, Mo., July 27. (.Spe cial.) Two bodies Were recovered from the Missouri river here yester day, victims of the wreck Monday morning of a Burlington freight tra:n. One was that of Lewis P. Niel son, engineer. The other was that of another member of the train crew, believed to.be an Omaha man be cause of an oval pocket mirror with the name Beddeo Clothing company, 1417 Douglas street, Omaha, on the back, found in his pocket. He has not been identified. He was about 50. six feet tall, weighing 280 pound?, had blue eyes, gray hair and light complexion. He wore a light brown suit with a black pin ytripc, tin shoe.? and carried an open lace Elgin watch. Many Citizens to Camp For" Military Training ... A total of 1,265 young men from states which comprise the Seventh army corps will attend the citizens' military training camps, August 1 to September 1 at Fort Spelling, Minn., and Can. Pike, Ark., it was announced yesterday by Maj. Fred L. Lemmon, who had charge of re cruiting the men. The number who will go to Fort Snclling by states follow: Iowa, 272; Minnesota. 149; Nebraska, 114; North Dakota, 4.5; South Dakota, 54. Three hundred and four men from Missouri, 226 from Arkansas and 10.5 from Kansas will report at Camp Pike. Aged Hastings Man's Leg Cut Off by Railway Car Hastings, Neb.. July 28. (Special Telegram.) John Schaefer, 74, was run over by a car which was being switched in the Burlington yards. He was cutting weeds near the end of the car when it was suddenly started. His right leg was amputated above the knee. Because of his advance age ne has small chances to recover. Farmer's Neck Broken. Sanborn, la., July 28. Winn Bey ers, farmer near here, was instantly killed when a falling hay stacker struck him on the bead, breaking bis neck". Kiwanians Plan Picnic Hastings, Neb., July 28. (Special Telegram.) The Hastings Kiwanif club accepted the invitation of tin: jrand Island Kiwanis club to a picnic in Grand Island August 4. . .v fl a f ft Be one who smiles when winter conies not the one who needs rush to a coal office in order to keep the home comfortable. Plenty of Heat and Satisfaction in Updike Coal Summer Prices Now Updike Lumber & Coal Co. Phon WAInut 0300 Name W. J. Bryan Means Nothing To Cops in Wilds of Sucker State Chicago, July 28. William Jen nings Bryan had delivered a lecture at Delavan, Wis., and was making a fast automobile jump to Waukc gan, a Chicago suburb, where a chau tauqua audience awaited him. His driver had been doing a little better than SO miles an hour when he slowed down for a curve at Antioch and made the acquaintance of Mar shal J. B. Congdon. "Where are you going, and who are you anyway?" was the introduc tion. "I'm going to Waukegan. I'm William Jennings Bryan and I must deliver a lecture in Waukegan in just a few minutes." "Live in Waukegan? What's jour business?" "I'm a writer on subjects of politi cal economy. I've been in politics 41 years. I have been a candidate for president on several occasions and have served as secretary of state. In Lincoln, Neb., where I Rail Man Reports Grain Crop Good Business Conditions in West Better Than East, Great Western Official Asserts Business conditions are much bet ter in the west than in the east, es pecially those which particularly af fect the railroads, according to W. R. MacFarland, Chicago, general passenger agent of the Chicago Great Western railroad, who was in the city yesterday on an inspection trip. "Manufacturing centers in the east arc in a bad way," Mr. Mac Farland declared. "Manufactured products are not moving and the absence of business is harming in dustry as well as the railroads. The railroads are hauling little freight and many concerns have called in their salesmen because of the lack of business. "In a majority of the grain dis tricts of the west the grain crops are good. In Iowa I heard the oat crop had proved a failure, wheat was marketing well and the outlook for a bumper corn crop was en couraging." Mr. MacFarland has been maki-" a tour of the western lines for sev eral days, getting a line on business conditions in general. He will leave today for Des Moines, where he will make a similar visit. "Marrying Parson" Meets Sou Of Couple He Wed Years Ago When Miss Mary StefTon and Ar thur Daughcrty of Woodbine, la., came to the home of Rev. Charles W. Savidge to be married Wednes day afternoon, the minister inquired why one member of the party re mained in the automobile outside. They explained that he had been burned by shellfire in the war and preferred to remain in the open air. His name, they said, was George Bolt. "Well, well," quoth the pastor, 'I married his father and mother 30 years ago." The records of the "mar rying parson"" showed that the elder Bolts, Harry and Mary, were number .506 in his list of wedding ceremonies. He has now passed the 5,100 mark. Battle Creek Woman Killed Iu Automobile Collision Battle Creek, la., July 28. Mrs. Alva Baker, wife of a farmer two miles west of here, was almost in stantly killed when the auto in which she and her husband were riding was struck by a car driven by a son of I. N. Adudcll, neighbor ing farmer. Road Conditions (Furnished by Omaha Automobile Club.) Lincoln Highway, east: Light nhowers; road still good; clar at Missouri Valley. Lincoln Highway, west: Detour Elkhorn to Valley: light showers; rough at Co lumbus. Roads west are fine. Highland cutoff: Rough. S. V. A. road : Good. o. L. D. Highway: Bough at Ashland: detour Greenwood to Waverly; wct of Lincoln roads are fine. ack Hills Trail: Road work Omaha to Kreviont; Fremont, light showers; Fre mont to crfolk, good. King of Trails, south: Road good. King of Trails, north: Roads good: rough at Missouri Valley and for a short distance- north. . R'ver-to-Rlver road: Fsir to Pes Moines. White Pole road: Good to Des Moines. TVtue Gross road: Rough Glenwood to Mulvern; east roads are fine. live, I am fairly well known as a law-abiding citizen." "That may go in Lincoln, but I never heard of you Mr. O'Brien. You will have to tell the judge about it." At the village hall a democratic politican recognized the commoner immediately and after apologies, Bryan sped on his way. There was no further adventure until Zion City was reached, where a motorcycle drove the machine to the curb. "I'm William Jennings Bryan," said Mr. Bryan to a request for his name. "Glad to know you," said the mo torcycle cop. "I'm Woodrow Wilson and that man in uniform across the street is Robert E. Lee. Christopher Columbus is out shooting craps with Queen Elizabeth." The commoner for one.1 in his life had no answer ready and the party proceeded to polic; head quarters. The police chief took one look and said: "Let me shake the hand that raised grape juice to its present high state." Mr. Bryan complied and sped on to Waukegan. Two Killed When Boy Drives Auto in Front Of Interurban Car Clinton, la., July 28. Coroner C. F. Kellogg is holding an inquest on the death of Mrs. Edward Rhodes, 41, and Mrs. Edward Bell, 31, who died as the result of injuries re ceived when an automobile in which they were passengers was struck by a Clinton-Davenport & Muscatine interurban car. Lloyd Evans, 14, driver of the au tomobile, is in a serious condition. His mother, Mrs. Ida G. Evans, a sister of Mrs. Bell, and Morris Bell, 10, son of the dead woman, are suf fering minor injuries. The boy, warned of the approach of the inteurban car, practically stopped the automobile, then started across the tracks directly in front of the car. which struck the rear end of the automobile and turned it end for end. The two dead women lived only a few moments after the collision.- Bank Robbery Suspects May Be Tried at Beatrice Beatrice, Neb., July 28. (Special Telegram.) The two men being held at Nelson, Neb., for robbing the Nora State bank are believed to be the parties vhq raided Starlin's store and the postoffice at Filley on the night of July 9. If no case is -made against them at Nelson, Sheriff Emery will bring them here as their description tallies with the two men seen driving in Filley on the evening of the robbery. Drunken Bandits Biud and Rob Woman and Fire House Sioux City, July 28. Four drunk en bandits broke into the home of Minnie Proctor, 2750, Smithland Road, early this morning, robbed her of .$160 and, after binding lier to the bed, set fire to her bouse ond drove off in a motor car, leaving the victim to burn to death. Passing motor ists, who saw the house in flames and heard the woman's screams, saved her from death. Wedding Postponed While Best Man Answers Reckless Driving Charge The wedding day of Miss Nellie Cloyed of Syracuse, Neb., and Leoni das II. Archerd of Clay Center, Neb., Wednesday will be memora ble for more than the hymeneal cer emony. They were hurrying by automo bile to the home of Rev. Charles W. Savidge. With them were the bridesmaid, Miss Daisy Cloyed, sister of the bride, and the best man, Ralph Donahoo, Elkhorn, Neb. As they were passing Nineteenth and Clark streets, another automo bile also was passing. There Is No Supposing About It Milk is a perishable product, easily eontainirrtril. 1'ure at its source, on the farm, unless constantly and intelli gently guarded, its purity and cleanliness" will be sacri ficed by the time it reaches you. So that "trusting to luck" that the milk you are get ting is pure and clean and SAFE is like fooling with a loaded gun and hoping it won't go off. You ought to be SURE of the milk you buy. Sure that the dealer from whom you buy it is competent to give complete protection to it every step of the way from the farm to your table. Our organization of men skilled in handling milk. o'ir equipment, sfford our customers absolute assurance that the milk they are getting IS pure, clean and SAFE beyond all doubt. Sooner or later you'll recognize the importance of us ing nothing but AlatoMilk Evangeline Booth Pessimistic Over Winter Outlook Worst Condition, Industrially, Country Has Experienced for 15 Years, Forecast of Salvation Army Head. New York, July 28. Commander Evangeline Booth, head of the Sal vation Army in the United States, says that the country is facing the worst winter industrially it has known in 15 years. "In New York City alone," she declared yesterday, "wc are receiv ing an average of 800 registered ap plications a week for regular em ployment, riir.t is less than onc ihi'd of the actual number applyivg because we do not register the transient or unskilled men; nor docs it include the hundreds who come to us daily for food and lodging. Of the applicants for work, today 34 were really professional men whose credentials entitls thtni to good uy iiV positions. "Most of the r.icn wl o apply to 'is l'cr relief arc young men under )0, who are will;:iir :o work but there are no jobs for them. I ast week we h?d 84 families to care for, with ut ile children wl:o were actually stag ing. Eviction because the rct't money was lacking .vjs imminent for most of them." Sioux Falls Newspaper Levied Upon by Sheriff Sioux Falls, S. D July 28. (Spe cial Telegram.) To satisfy a judg ment of $20,000 held by the Sioux Falls National bank against George V. Egan. since December 1 editor and publisher of the Sioux Falls Daily Press, Sheriff Wangsness levied upon the property of the Sioux Falls Press and took possession. Egan was reported out of town so permission was given by Sheriff Wangsness to issue the newspaper Friday morning. Attorneys of the bank state that if Egan could raise $37,000 by Fri day he would recover possession of the newspaper, otherwise it would be retained by the sheriff and sold to satisfy the judgment of that bank. It was found that the only way to levy on the the judgment was to clear a mortgage of between $15,000 and $16,000 on the paper held by another bank. Aurora Prisoner Freed Before Iowa Sheriff Acts Aurora, Neb., July 28. (Special.) County Judge Fred Jcffers freed Ernest L. Bird on writ of habeas corpus. Bird has been in jail for five days on request of the sheriff of Henry county, J a., who wanted him on charge of wife desertion. Some time after Bird was discharged by Judge Jeffcrs, the governors office telephoned that .he Iowa sheriff was there and wanted his papers honored Bird, has refused to return to Iowa without requisition. Bird claims that his wife refused to live with hnn in Iowa and she refused to go with him to Kansas when he moved there scV' cral years ago. Chautauqua at Randolph Randolph, Neb., July 28. (Spe cial.) The 10th annual Randolph Chautauqua will open here July 31 The program lasts seven days. It was driven by John Jepsen 2502 Cuming street. The wed 'ing car, driven by Dona hoo, collided with the Jepsen car, And the wedding party was escort ed to the police station, where the best man and Jepsen were charged with reckless driving. When the desk sergeant learned that the party was on the way to a wedding, he gave them his blessing and bade them go. They arrived at the pastor s residence two hours late, but the ceremony was performed salely Alamito "Milk White" Dairy Leavenworth St. at 26th. Phone Douglas 04C9. Drug Addict Held in Fremont for Rifling rrt t r unices or uoctors Fremont. Neb., Julv 28. (Special.) William Carter, JS, race track bookie, was arrested here in a critical condition from the use of narcotics. His arrest followed the looting of three physicians' offices where it is alleged he stole a large quantity of cocaine and morphine. Tubes and tablets of the narcotics were found on his person when ar rested and also two hypodermic needles. One of the instruments was identified by Dr. F. E. Braucht Dr. James C. Agee was the victim of a dope thief as was Dr. K. T. Van Metre. The locks on their office doors had been picked during their absence and their medicine cases rifled. Carter is held here for the Holt county sheriff, who sent word that the addict is wanted m O Ncill, where the horses now here appeared re cently. Carter is remembered by doctors as a visitor last year during the races, when he made several at tempts to secure a supply of mor phine. He appeared at the office of Dr. Braucht here a few days ago and pleaded and begged that the physician administer a shot of dope. Contracts Awarded For Federal Aid Road Atlantic, la., July 27. (Special.) Cass county's first federal aid pro ject, embracing three miles of new highway extending from Anita east to the Cass-Adair county line, has been contracted for. The contract has been let to an Omaha firm for 22.3 cents a cubic yard. This is one of the lowest figures at which a fed eral aid project has been let. The project includes the construc tion of a new route for the White Pole road. The new road will run parallel to the Rock Island railroad east from Anita and will eliminate many hills and turns. That part of the project which lies within Cass county will be completed this year, say the contractors. There are 79.- 000 cubic yards of earth to be moved. T.he contract for the construction of 10 bridges and culverts on the new project was let to a Des Moines firm for $25,000. Beatrice Elks Vote to Remodel Present Home Beatrice, Neb., July 28. (Special.) --At a meeting of the Elks it was decided to retain the old Lyric build ing for a home instead of buying a lot and building. The building will be remodeled and put in the best possible shape. The lodge bought it about a year ago for $13,500. 1 Dispelling the "Home Baking Myth" Tliere are undoubtedly many housewives who con tinue the unpleasant task of baking simply because they have in the past been convinced that bakers' bread is not up to the standard "that Mother used to make." We venture the assertion, however, that ninety-nine out of every hundred of these cases have never tasted Hard Roll Bread. fad Ml Bread Monticello Now Offered for Sale To United States Home of Thomas Jcffersou Can Be Purchaser! hy Na tion for $300,000-Comprise 700 Acres New York, July 28. After rcluv ing for many years to sell Monti cello, estate of Thomas Jefferson, in Albermarle county, Virginia, Jeffer son M. Levy now offers the historic mansion and grounds at private sale, but would be glad to sell it to the nation for $500,000. It has been in the possession of his family since 1833, when Commodore Levy of the United States navy acquired the house and grounds seven years after the death of Jefferson. "The place has become a great care and expense to me," said Mr. Levy yesterday, "and I am getting too old to stand the burden." Mr. Levy added that several years ago both Andrew Carnegie and Jacob If. SchifT had told him they would be willing to buy the historic estate and present it to the nation as a Jefferson shrine. Both offers were refused, Mr. Levy said, because be had the idea at that time that the nation itself might buy the Jefferson mansion as a summer White. House for the president. Mr. Levy said that be expended more than $1,000,000 on the estate, now comprising 700 acres, ond its price to private buyers certainly would run into the millions. If the mansion went to the government, he said, he would give the art o' Jccts. which experts say would bring at auction $250,000 or more. Mr. Levy estimated that 50,000 persons visited the mansion annually and added that it had been neces sary for him to charge a fee of 50 cents. Work on Barneston Dam Rushed by Contractors Beatrice, Neb., July 28. (Special.) Twenty-five men are working day and night on the new hydro-electric plant on the Blue river north of Barneston, and Cr. . Stcinmcycr. who is in charge of the work, states that more men -will be added to the force. It is the intention to have the plant completed and in operation by next spring. It will cost about $200,000, and will furnish electric current for towns in this section ol the state. We heartily invite these home bakers to try a loaf of this delicious bread with the next grocery order; we feel confident that in Hard Roll they will find a bread as good as they themselves can "bake, and it will relieve them of a most unpleasant hot weather task. Ask your grocer for PETERSEN & PEGAU BAKING CO. ALSO MAKERS OF TIP-TOP BREAD Fremont Utilities Company Would Sell Fremont, Neb., July 28. (Special.) Henry L. Doherty Co. offered its gas and electric light plant in thin city to the city council for $1V0,MH) and promise to retire from the field if the proposition is accepted. The municipal electric light plant has been realizing a profit and it can easily handle the extra load. The Doherty concern attempted to in crease its gas rates in this city last fall, but met wilh considerable ob jection. The attitude of the public re sulted in the decision on the part of the utility company to cll its holdings in Fremont. The city coun cil will take no immediate action on the question beyond a thorough study of the appraiser' figures, which were submitted ty experts on behalf of both the firm and the city. The decision to buy the gas plant will entail the voting of more bonds and additional taxation. Two Nabbed in Ford With Load of Whisky Two men were arrested with a Ford car equipped with speeding de vics and loaded with 25 bottles of bottled-in-bond whisky yesterday at Eighteenth and Leavenworth streets by City Detective Summitt and Federal Officers Anderson and Ben Lynch. The gasoline tank had been re moved from under the scat to the rear of the car, leaving this space free for other use. There were high tension generators and magnetos on the car and other means to provide (or an extra high rate of speed. The men gave their names as Theodore Fcda, Council Bluffs, and William Watson, Sarpy county. They arc charged with illegal trans portation of intoxicating liquor. Grand Island Convict Makes Third Attempt on Life Grand Island, Neb., July 28. (Special Telegram.) Clarence Murphy, county jail prisoner, sen tenced for six mont:is for attempted forgery, made the third attempt on his life with a safety razor blade that had fallen behind a radiator. "Speed" Partlcy. a fellow prisoner, observed Murphy's intention and prevented the execution of the plan. Murphy's first attempt was a cut across the throat which did not go deep enough. The second, by hanging, was frustrated by lack of room. Visit Camp Sheldon. Aurora, Neb., July 28. (Special.) Sixteen members of the Christian Endeavor societies of Aurora went to Columbus, where they will spend 10 days at Camp Sheldon. Unidentified Man Killed by Switch Engine at Fremont Fremont, Neb., July 28, (Special Telegram.) An unidentified man, about f'0, was instantly killed here in the Northwestern yards when he was mangled by a swiKh engine Thurs-day night. It is not known whether the man was run down in the dat knots or whether he deliber ately planned suicide. His body was found by the rnsin rrew afier the train had pased over him. It was lying between the track with the head completely severed from the shoulders. A small purse containing a few pennies and a nafcty razor were his only posses sions beside a tin can apparently used as a drinking cup. The officials are of the opinion that the man was either attempting to ratch the freight train or wandered into the railroad yards from the Lincoln hiuhway nearby. He wa about five feet in heigh, weighed about lHI pounds and bail gray hair and grav nuMaclie. Beatrice May Legislate Taxi Stands Off Street! Beatrice, Neb., July 28. ( Special.) An ordinance ha been drawn up by City Attorney Dutton at the re quest of the city commissioner which will mean a severe jolt to taxi and auto bus men in the city, anil it is understood that the measure will be passed at a special sining of the commissioners Friday. The or dinance makes it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to es tablish stands for such vehicles on the principal street in the citv. Drivers of such vehicles will be al lowed to take passengers and leave them at hotels and other plans, but arcord:njr to the ordinanrc they will not be allowed to tarry about thu places, and must make stands out side the boundary line indicated in the ordinance. When doe the clock strike The Witching Hour? THE CHARM OF A BEAUTIFUL COMPIEXIOH And How To Attain It To be attractive to be Rdmlred i the secret desire of every woman, but , few know how to attain this accom plishment. 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