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THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, JULY 31. 1921.
Movie Men Plead
To Have War Tax
On Tickets Lifted
Representatives Declare In
dustry in Serious Condition
High-Priced Stars Go
As Slump Hits.
Prisoners Build Own Prison
Washington, July .10. The mo-
t!on picture industry is in a serious
condition, representative s of the in
' dustry told the house ways and
means committee today.
A delegation of producers and ex
hibitors, headed by William A.
Brady of New York, representing
the National Association of Motion
l'icture Industry, urged the commit
' tee to repeal existing film taxes and
the taxes on admission to motion
"'picture theaters. They were as
' "Mired by Representative Garner of
" Texas that the democratic members
of the committee would support
! their demand.
The btisiness depression hit the
motion picture industry harder than
nny other, the witnesses told the
v committee, and there is no prospect
-of an eatly recovery to normal.
. Saniuel'E. Rogers, vice president
of the Fox Film company,, told the
committee that the days of high
salaried movie stars had passed,
i .' "It is true that there are some stars
who get big salaries," said Mr.
, P.gers. "But there is only, one
Mftry Pickford, one Charlie Chaplin
, afi one Douglas Fairbanks. You
count the high-salaried stars on
.-.the fingers of one hand. The day of
..the high-salaried star in the movies
, .is passed."
( One-third of the movie studios
now are closed down, Mr. Rogers
, said. Only one studio is operating
in the east, and in California there
"x is only 30 per cent of normal pro
duction, he added. Only one motion
" picture company was able to pay
dividends last year, the witness told
the committee,
. , "The public' has got to the point
, where the shifting of the tax cannot
" be continued any longer," said Mr.
Rogers. "The public does not corn
er lain to congress but they complain
Jo us."
g Mr. Brady told the committee that
che depression hit the movie industry
lt hard blow many moths ago.
, 'The depression in the ' motion
picture industry is so great that the
jbig salaries have been stopped,"
Vsaid Mr. Brady. "The ' big-salaried
ipeople almost entirely disappeared
during the last few months."
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Fremont Men Identify
I Alleged Safe Blower
jf Fremont, Neb., July 30. (Spe
cial.) Sheriff Condit asserts that
. 1$Foot-and-a-Half " . Butler, . Alleged
:yegg and yt how'n fa Nebraska
criminal circlei.KJias .-been identified
by the managementof the Standard
MJil station "as theman who visited
the place a few -hours' previous to the
5 dynamiting the firm's safe and
Itne steanr,K of about $1,000. It is
claimed that Butler is the man who
pplared at the station and asked
i permission to use the desk to ad
.. dress an envelope. While he was ap
Vparently busy at the desk, it is be
flieved that he made careful note of
.-.the surroundings and also "threw"
the combination on the safe door.
; Butler denies that. he had any
thing to do With .the robbery, and
. insists that he has never been -in
' Fremont. He was arrested in Ne
braska City and brought back to
Fremont by Sheriff Condit. If But
ler manages to wriggle out of the
'Fremont charges, the federal author
ities will ask him held in connection
'ivith the disappearance of a number
of Nebraska automobiles which were
recently found hidden in willows
Jiear Langdon, Neb.
iKanred Wheat Makes Heavy
' Yield in Saunders County
Wahoo, Neb., July 30 (Special.)
.'County Agent Walt Roberts has
been keeping records of the produc
tion of kanred wheat in Saunders
'bounty fields that have been certified
Vby the extension department of the
University ef Nebraska. So far 12
farmers have threshed and reported
i total of 278 acres, making an av
erage of 31,8 bushels an acre. Last
"year the average yield-of winter
: wheat, all -varieties, for Saunders
: county, as reported by the depart
viment of Agriculture, was 22 bushels
i an acre.' It is predicted that a large
i percentage of the wheat sown in
; Saunders county this fall will be the
;.;kanred variety.
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Table Rock Farmer Hurt
i: When Thrown From Horse
Pawnee City, Neb., July 30.
I (Special.) John Petr.asek, a farmer
living near Table Rock, was found
Stmconscious in the road by, dogs be
vtonging to Frank Warner, a neigh
bor. He was taken, to his home,
inhere he lies in a stupor from which
doctors are unable to rouse him. He
"had been visiting at the home of a
"neighbor and at noon started to re
turn home on horseback. It is be
lieved that he was thrown from his
vhorse and the exposure by the hot
un aggravated his injuries.
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iExpense of Neligh Schools
'r Is Estimated at $35,000
V Neligh, Neb'., July 30. (Special.)
-The board of education estimate
vof $35,000 was ordered certified to
Pthe county clerk as a budget of ex--penses
for the coming year. All
Jiion-resident pupils attending the
'grade schools are to be charged $6
a month.
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jFillcy Ball Player Hurt
When Struck by Pitched Ball
t i Beatrice, Neb., July 30. (Spe-5eial.)-
In a ball game with Sterling,
Percy Noakes, shortstop for Filley,
Vas struck in the face by a pitched
ball and the corner of his jaw bone
jf ractured . and several back teeth
loosened.
oxk Rotary Club Will
f-; Give 35 Boys An Outing
'York, Neb., July 30. (Spe
cial.) York's Rotary' club will
take 35 boys to Beatrice for a two
weeks' outing on the Blue river.
Marion Mulvaney will be physical
director and Rev. Ira Carney will
H in f bJg fii tfj camp,
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Mail Clerk Shot
By Bandits Who '
Rob Pennsy Train
Robbers Board Manhattan
Limited, Line Up Postal
Men and Escape With
Pouches.
Lincoln, July 30. (Special.)
These men aren't digging their own
graves, but they are doing seme
thing, almost as weird.
They are prisoners from the state
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First Brewery in
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Unique History
Grand Island, Neb., July 30.
(Special.) The history of a house
here is recalled in the -removal of a
small frame dwelling, made neces
sary by the opening pf a new street.
It-was built in 1870 by August En
gle, still residing here, for John
Kraft, who soon sold it to George
Boehm. ,
Boehm had come here from
Omaha to establish a brewery, and
the first beer brewed in the city was
made in this building. When a larg
er brick plant was built, the building
was made into the Hanns park dance
hall, small as it was, and served this
purpose until John Hanns built a
larger hall, now occupied as the
Eagle hall.
At thai time it was moved to its
present location and made into a
dwelling. It has now been moved to
a remote street, where the men who
moved it declare it will serve for
50 years more. Its sills are 12 by 12
and of cottonwood, which furnished
the main rough and heavy lumber
of the region at the time, being na
tive along the Platte.
penitentiary who are preparing a
prison for themselves.
Each day these men pile into the
truck shown in the picture and drive
from the state penitentiary to the
old Hayward Military institute, four
miles from Lincoln, and begin trans
forming the institute into a place
suitable for a new state reforma
tory., They go and come without a
guard.- H. P. Larson, the foreman,
who is wearing "cit" clothes and a
cap in the picture meets them at the
building in the morning and puts
them to work.
The state board of control plans to
begin housing some of the men now
confined in the state penitentiary in
the new refo'rmatory in a few weeks.
However, barred windows and a
big wire fence, enclosing the build
ing, will be necessary before prison
ers in any great number will be con
fined in the new state institution,
Men, from 16 to 30, convicted of
felonies for the first time, will be
eligible to entrance in the reformat
tory. ' '
The legislature appropriated $300,
000 for a new reformatory. The state
board of control purchased the . old
military institute for a "song"'.Vand
after it is transformed into a build"
ing suitable for housing 200 or 300
men, steps wi'I be taken to teach
these men trades.
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Pittsburgh, July 30. The Man
hattan Limited, premier train of the
Pennsylvania lines, en route from
New York to Chicago, was held up
bf four bandits at Cassandra, Pa.,' at
2.40. o'clock this morning. After
wounding A. J. Laniz, a mail clerk,
and rifling the mail car, the robbers
escaped.
The robbery occurred between
Gallitzen and Cassandra, while the
train was in motion, two robbers
having boarded the train when it
gine which assists heavy passenger
trains over mountain grades.
Boarded the Tender.
They climbed down over the coal
in the tender and while the other
two were at work in the mail car,
ordered the engineer to stop the
train. This he did, and at almost
the same moment a series of shots
sounded from the mail car.
Two of the bandits upon boarding
the car, ordered seven mail clerks to
throw up their hands. They quick
ly complied, and the bandits select
ing Lantz, demanded to know from
him where the valuable mail was
kept.
Lantz told them there was no val
uable mail on board, at which one
cf the bandits opened fire on him,
shooting him through both legs.
Then, selecting a sack of foreign
registered mail, the two roBbers and
their two companions on the loco
motive dropped off at Cassandra.
Loss Is Undetermined.
Federal and . county authorities
and 6tate police soon were search
ing the mountain country and a
mail bag, slit open and empty, was
found soon after daylight.
Neither railroad nor civil authori
ties were able early today to give
an estimate of the value of the loot.
Lantz, the wounded mail clerk, is
expected to ' recover, lie lives at
Thompson tow n. Pa.
Officials of the Pennsylvania rail
road hero., said that the. robbery is
the first of a mail train in the long
history of the Pittsburgh division.
The Manhattan Limited, and its ri
val, the Twentieth Century Limited
of the New York Central lines, were
on an 18-hour schedule before the
war. Both trains were taken off,
but after the war were rctsored on
a 20-hour schedule.
20-Horse Team Used
By Night Riders to
Move Rural School
Ellsworth, Neb., July 30. (Spe
cial.) During the quiet hours of the
night, - ranchers living near Spring
Lake, 35 miles north of here, moved
the school building to a location
more suitable to them, two and a
half miles distant. The building is
30 by 36 feet. A 20-horse team was
used to move the building.
The 20-horse team is now one of
the most famous institutions in
Sheridan county. The move caused
considerable dissatisfaction, as it will
force many of the students to travel
considerable farther. The question
of removal has been under discus
sion for some time and a special
meeting was called to vqte on the
question. The majority voted to keep
the building at its present location.
The manner in which the building
was moved was so like methods
used in the early days of the west
that the ..unsuccessful majority, in
the spirit of the old stage coach
days, simply, "give up."
Franklin Chautauqua Closes
. Franklin, Neb., July 30. (Spe
cial.) The five-day chautauqua pro
gram closed here. The attendance
more than paid the expense of the
enterprise.
Kearney Youth Held
On Worthless Check
Charge at Tecumseh
Tecumseh, Neb., July 30. (Spe
cial.) A young man who has given
the sheriff the names of John It.
Davis and L. . Springer is being
held here to answer for check trans
actions. Under the name of Davis he
contracted to buy a garage and resi
dence property in Tecumseh and had
the man from whom he was to buy
introduce him at a bank. A deposit
of a check for $250 was -made and
later some of this was checked out,
A check for $300 was offered at an
other bank and refused. Springer
paid his hotel bill with a check on
the Central National bank of Lin
coln, and it developed he had no
funds there.
He claims he was acting as agent
for John H. Davis in the buying of
the. property here, and that Davis
and three other men, Homer J.
Smith, a Mr. Brown and Robert C.
Springer, of the same name but no
relation, borrowed $150 from him.
The parties are in Omaha, Springer
says, but they cannot be located
there. -
Springer says he has attended the
Kearney High school and the state
normal at that place. He says- his
father, Louis J. Springer, lives on a
rented farm near Kearney. Springer's
wife is at a hotel here.
Widow Asks $50,000 for
Husband's Death in Fight
Pawnee Citv, Neb., July 30. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Mary N. Johnson of
Humboldt, widow of H. O. John
son, has brought suit against Rob
ert Carsch for $50,000, holding
him responsible for the death cf her
husband. Carsch and Johnson en
gaged in an argument on the streets
of Humboldt a short time ago, which
resulted in blows. Johnson was in
stantly killed in the fracas. Carsch
also faces criminal charges as a re
sult of the affair. Mrs. Mary N.
Johnson has been made admin
istrator of the estate.
Jury Exonerates
Truck Driver in
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ratal Accident
Police Still Sock Man Who
Disappeared After Collision
Caupiug Death of
Bicyclist.
Ed Noren, 2402 St. Marys avemir,
who disappeared, police say, after his
auto truck caused fatal injuries to
Dominick Lancra, 2036 Poppleton
avenue, was exonerated by a cor
oner's jury Friday from blame for,
the accident. ",
Witnesses examined at the inquest
in H oil man's morgue disclosed that
the driver of the truck tried to stop
his machine al Twentieth and Peip
pleton avenue when l.anera rode1 Ji
bicycle in front of if, last Wednes
day. Noren was not at the inqust.
Inquiry at Noren's rooming place
and at the garage of the L. V. Nich
olas Oil company, whose truck
Noren was driving, still fails, to lo
cate him.
Funeral services for Lanera were
held at 11 a. m. yesterday.
Threshing Finished and -ivi
Pawnee County Farmers PJqw
Pawnee City. Neb., July 30.-(S.n-cial.)
Threshing in this section has
been completed, for the most ..part,
although some machines are' still
busy. The grain is being marketed
fast. Entire train loads pass through,
here on the way to market and Ttlie
elevators are being run to capacity.
Fall plowing is well under way.
Many farmers who completed
threshing early are now neanjjr
through with the plowing. vi
Camp Fire Girls Camp
r.ntlifiilinriT. Neb.. Tulv'30. (Spe
cial.) Several groups of local Camp
Fire Girls have been in camp af'Laf-
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