Nebraska Newspapers

    THE iEK: OMAHA. .TLUSJJAX. AUGUST '2, 1921.
Com in Paris of
Nebraska Suffers
From Lack of Rain
Phone Patrons
On Strike Vote
To "Sit Tight"
Bloontfield Subscribers, at
Meeting on Rate Raise, De
cide Against Audit of.
Mrs. J. M. MetcalPs
Sister Dies in Omaha
July's Weather
Figure Breaks
Another Record
Nebraska Girl Will
Lecture on Near East
Man Killed bv
I.W.W. Hoboes on
Freight Train
Holdups, ollii) Tramps
And Forcing Them' to Sign
Cards, Shoot When He
Ureaks Away.
Kairhurv, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special
Fugitive Banker's Family
i
Condition of Crop in Main
Holt, HowcVcr, Is Excellent,
Declares Hureau of
Estimates.
Lincoln, Aug. 1. While the con
dition of corn is excellent in the
main corn belt of Nebraska, parts of
the south central and western coun
ties have suffered from a lack of
moisture, according to the weekly
report of A. E. Anderson of the fed
eral bureau of crop estimates. He
t'lso says that much of the wheat in
the southeastern quarter has badly
bleached by rains and the test
weights are running low.
Although much of the ccm crop
is nearly made, all of the crop could
make use of a heavy general rain,
the report states, to "put on the
finishing touches." Parts of the
south central and western counties
have suffered from drouth and the
damage ranges front slight to 50 per
cent. Kearney, I'helps and Harlan
counties arc reported badly dam
aged. Showers appear to have been
local in the southwestern and west
ern counties and considerable corn
is reported damaged there also.
Wheat Is Damaged.
The July1' rains damaged the un
Ihreshed shock wheat in the south
eastern quarter of the state by
blaching and lowering the test
weight. The quality of wheat west
of this section is generally excellent,
i c Ih.ra itae loca toin ntil miiMi nt
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the wheat is cut with the header and
ttac!cd. Many of the farmers are
now plowing for fall wheat.
J. he reports on 6ats vary, but the
report states that the yield may
equal the 10-year average. There
has been some damage to the grains
from rains. The reports on spring
wheat show further damage to that
crop from drouth.
Drouth Has Been Felt.
Reports on the potato crop are
being lowered slightly each week.
The harvest of the early commercial
potato crop in the Kearney district
continues, but the drouth and high
temperatures make early picking
necessary to prevent injury to the
potatoes. Some parts of the ' dry
land commercial section in western
Nebraska need moisture.
Some of the cane and sudan grass
fields in Kearney and Phelps coun
ties are badly burned, according to
the report, which states thatwhen
Mich drouth-resisting crops are in
jured to that extent a severe drouth
n indicated. The wheat stubble
fields there are not green with veg
etation as they are at Hastings and
Red Cloud. Tlowing in Fhelps
county is rather difficult, due to the
dry, hard soil, the crop report states.
Knights of Columbus
Refuse to Join Move
I Hi wAmmh u i J J ?A !
- Mrs Myrtle Sputum Uaiyflvter Vivian., J
Mrs. Myrtle Spurgin, right, and her daughter, Vivian, wife and daugh
ter of Warren C. Spurgin, alleged wrecker of the Michigan Avenue Trust
Company bank of Chicago. It is alleged that statements of experts, after
looking over the books, dcclace there is a shortage of more than $1,500,000.
Spurgin is said to have had more than $300,000 in cash and bonds in. his
possession when he left Chicago.
3 Omaha Hikers
. Scale High Peak
Ten Members of Walking
Club Back After 90-Mile
Jaunt in Rockies.
For Blue Law Revival
San " Francisco, Aug. 1. -The
Knights of Columbus convention
here this week cannot consider an
appeal received from the Interna
tional Reform Bureau in Washing
ton, asking co-operation in reviving
Sunday blue taws, it was announced
by Supreme Knight James A.
.Flaherty, following a meeting of the
board of directors of the order.
Applications seeking establishment
of branches of the organization in
Russia, India and Rumania received
from citizens of those countries prob
ably will not be granted, according
to Supreme Advocate Joseph C.
Pelletier of Boston.
An exhibition of work by disabled
former service men in Knights of
Columbus training classes operated
in marine and military hospitals, was
opened today.
Letter of Legion Head on
Debs Pardon Case Scored
Washington, Aug. 1. M. G.
Sperry, national president of the Pri
vate Soldiers' and Sailors' legion, in
a letter to President Harding made
public tonight, declared that the
"amazing insolence and effrontery of
the language used by John G. Emery,
conimancier ot the American region,
in his telegram to you on the Debs
rardon ease, certainly should be
sharolv- rebuked."
"I denounce as absolutely false,"
the letter continued, "the claim of
bloncl Emery that he represents the
sentiment of the great mass of ex-
service men and women, in his de
liberately malicious and misleading
statements."
Man Badly Frostbitten When
Locked in Icebox by Bandits
New York, Aug. 1. While New
Yorkers have been suffering from
the heat wave, Fiorella H. Mallo, 30,
is frost bitten and being treated at
the Lincoln hospital.
Mallo, an ice dealer, was locked in
a huge ice box by three bandits
after they had robbed him of about
$40. He was rescued this morning
after a. night in artificial iceland.
Hospital internes say his condition
is serious.
Oldest Civil War Veteran
Dies at Age of 101 Years
Benton, 111., Aug. L William
Moneyham, 101, said to be the oldest
Civil war veteran and the oldest
mason in Illinois, died here last
night. ' !
Road Conditions
(Furnlshfd by Omaha Auto Club.)
Lincoln Highway, east: Roads muddy
to Denlson.
Lincoln Highway, west: Road muddy
to Fremont, Schuyler; (air to. Columbua;
muddy to Grand Island.
O. L. D. Highway: Roads In bad condi
tion at Ashland: rain to Lincoln.
Highland cutoff: Roads muddy.
S. Y. A. road: Fair.
King of Trails, aouth: Roads fair.
King of Trails, north: Roads muddy.
Black Hills Trail: Road work Omaha
to Fremont: Fremont to Norfolk, fair.
George Washington Highway: Take
High road to Blair; roads muddy to Slouz
City.
River-to-River road: Muddy.
White Polo road: Muddy.
Blue Grass road: Muddy.
Weather reported cloudy overywhero,
clearing at Columbus.
While Omaha sweltered in
splotches of heat waves during the
past two weeks, members of the
Omaha Walking club slept in fur
lined sleeping bags and climbed
mountains while clad in woolen un
derwear, shirts and stockings on
their hiking outing in the Colorado
mountains. The hikers returned to
Omaha Sunday afternoon.
Allie Houston, Maude Watson and
John Bath succeeded in climbing to
the top of Long's Peak, Colorado's
highest mountain, last Thursday
and Friday. The club walked about
90 miles in the two Aveeks' outing,
members said.
"It was a glorious trip and we're
going again next year," they all de
clared, upon arriving at Union sta
tion from Rocky Mountain National
park.
Those who made the trip were
Allie Houston, Corrine Armstrong,
Maude Watson, Bess Turnek, Irene
Higbee, Clara Norris, Edwin Jewell,
S. O. Barenek, Homer Pennock and
John Bath.
Storms in New York
Cause Seveir Deaths
New York, Aug. 1. At least
seven persons were killed and many
seriously injured in severe electrical
and wind storms that swept various
sections of the country yesterday
and Saturday night, four of the
deaths' were attributed to lightening.
Loss to buildings struck by light
nine; and damage to crops, parties
larly in New England, was said to
amount to thousands of dollars.
At Travers Island, N. Y., 30
members of the New York Athletic
club had narrow escapes from seri'
ous injuries, all of them being
knocked to the ground by a bolt of
lightning.
Hail accompanied the rain in sev
eral eastern states. One hail stone
picked up after a storm in Passaic
county, New Jersey, was reported
to have weighed 11 ounces.
Negro Womap Killed;
Police Hold Husband
Inquest into the death of Tosie
Howard, 26, wife of Charles Howard,
both negroes, who died in Fengcr
hospital Sunday night from a gun
shot wound in the breast, will be
held this morning at 9 in Silas John
son s morgue, Twenty-second and
Lake strets. Police say she was shot
while her husband was struggling
with her for possession of the re
volver. Howard is held for investi
gation and Ernest Cox and Tohn
Peoples, negro roomers at the How
ard home, are held as witnesses.
Howard said his wife kept the gun
in the house because she was afraid
of her former husband whom she
divorced five years ago.
Man Gets Jail Sentence
For Annoying Young Girl
James Rollo, Thirteenth and Dor
cas streets, was given 60 days in the
county jfcil by Judge Foster for
improper advances towards Kuth
Wing, 12, 104 Turner court, at the
Empress theater. Sunday.
The girl ran screaming Outside of
the theater, where she saw Patrol
man Charles Whalen. Rollo was
arrested.
Judge Foster and Acting Captain
William Russell said they intended
to consult government immigration
authorities in regard to the deporta
tion of Rollo, whose family and six
children live in Italy.
One Person Killed, One Hurt
When Plane Falls 500 Feet
Waukegan, 111., Aug. 1. Crashing
500 feet in a new airplane which he
had just purchased. Ralph Stewart
of Elgin was killed and David Ba
lumbo, pilot, was. seriously injured.
It was Stewart's first trip in the
plane which he was taking back to
Elgin with the assistance of
Balumbo.
Trail of Banker
Shifts to Mexico
Missing Chicagoan Believed
To Be In Mexico Deposit-
Await Report.
ors
Chicago, Aug. 1. State bank
examiners who have been going over
the jumbled affairs of the Michigan
Avenue Trust company will make a
report today to the receiver ap
pointed by Judge Brothers. Deposi
tors are anxiously awaiting this re
port which will give them some defi
nite idea of how much they can sal
vage out of the wreck left by War
ren G. Spurgin, the fugitive presi
dent of the institution. Intimations
have been given that the bank may
be able to pay 60 to 80 cents on
the dollar and there remains hopes
that one of the strong financial in
stitutions will take it over and re
habilitate it.
Detectives on the trail of Spurgin
reiterate their belief that they will
soon close in on him. x esterday
thev asserted that he had been seen
in Detroit last Wednesday, endeav
oring to slip into Canada, but today
it was said he was headed for Mex
ico and if he can cross the border
he will be practically safe from ex-
tradition.
Through his connection with the
Eurades mine at Ouray. Colo., Spur
gin came into possession of a card
from the Mexican government that
would pass him across the border
without the formality of passports
or reporting to the authorities.
Illinois Man Kills Baby,
v Then Commits Suicide
Streator, III., Aug. 1. Ray Det
mering, 30, slashed the throat of his
2-year-old baby and then his own
with a razor at his home here this
morning. Both are dead.
Detmering, a car builder and
giant in strength, returned late last
night with his wife and child from
an automobile trip to St. Paul, where
he had recently been working. He
acted queerly on the trip and made
threats against his family. The wife
says these he repeated on their ar
rival. Mrs. Detmering went to a
neighbors to call a doctor, first tret
ting the promise of her husband that
he would not harm their sleeping
child. On her return five minutes
later, she found the child dead and
the husband unconscious.
Film Man to Boost Big
Omaha Air Meet in West
The announcement of the interna
tional air meet which is to be held
in Omaha in November has created
much comment in air circles in all
parts of the country.
Yesterday M. A. Tancock. man
ager of the bureau cf publicity of
the Umaha Chamber of Commerce.
received a letter from Capt. Bogart
Kogers, publicity anager for the
Ince company, Los Angeles, in
which he agrees tp be the western
publicity representative for the
Omaha meet.
Bogart and Tancock were "bud
dies" in the Royal Flying corns and
as members of the same squadron in
trance had many adventures to
gether.
Postal Welfare Man
In Omaha Thursday
Lee K. trankel of Washington. D.
C, supervisor, of the welfare council
of the postal department, will be in
Omaha Thursday, according to word
received by Postmaster Daniel.
rrankel notified Daniel to arrange
a meeting with representatives of dif
ferent bureaus of postal service here,
with a view to organizing a local
council.
'I will explain the department's
welfare plans at that time," wrote
Frankel.
He will visit the Council Bluffs
postoffice at the same time.
Strike in Tokio.
Tokio, Aug. 1. (By The Associ
ated Press.) Six hundred employe!
of the Tokio Textile company have
struck following rejection of their
demands and it is believed the strike
may spread. The minister has an
nounced plans for adoption of de
cisive measures to insure peace.
Company's Books.
Bloomfield, Neb., Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) Subscribers ot the Union
Telephone company, 500 strong, will
pot submit to the 23 per cent rate
increase granted the Company last
April by the state railway commis
sion. That was decided once and for ajl
r.t a mass meeting of farmers aid
citizens this afternoon, called to de
cide whether or not an examination
and audit of the telephone com
pany's books by an expert employed
by the city was to be made. Sub
scribers voted unanimously against
the audit, asserting that they would
not pay the increase j rates, regard-,
less of what the examination might
disclose.
At least 00 patrons have had
their telephones removed because of
the raise, it is said. Citizens of
Bloomfield have been without ser
vice since inauguration of what is
said to be the first telephone strike
on record. Strikers, who "went out''
four months ago, are "sitting tight"
awaiting developments.
l he 23 per cent raise was granted
in April and will continue in force
until December 31, 1921, when the
old rate will be restored. The raise
cannot be withdrawn before that
date unless the company should ask
the state railway commission for the
change, repudiating its former statement.
A. C. Grace, local manager of the
company, asserts that citizens were
given an opportunity to file a pro
test against the increase last De
cember, but that no protest was
made within the 31 days allowed for
the filing.
According to T. A. Anthony, pres
ident of the company, officials are
willing to arbitrate in any fair man
ner. Because of a reported declaration
by General Manager Beggstrom that
it will cost subscribers from $3 to ?5
to have their phones reinstalled, a
resolution was passed at the mass
meeting demanding that no charge
be made should the patrons decide
to have the instruments replaced in
their homes.
Great Northern Road
To Pay $7.73 Per Share
New York. Aug. 1. The Great
Northern Railway company, in its
annual report for 1920 just issued,
shows net corporate income for the
year amounting to $19,304,097 and a
balance transferred to profit and loss
of $1,815,496. This is equivalent to
$7.73 a share earned on the $249,478,
250 outstanding capital stocck of $100
par value. In 1919 the company's ac
count showed a net corporate income
of $22,139,586, equivalent to 8.87 per
cent earned on the $249,558,414 cap
ital stock, as compared with 20.063.
269, or 8.04 per cent earned in 1918.
The Great Northern has paid an an
nual dividend of 7 per cent on its pre
ferred stock continuously since 1899.
Mannix in Queensland.
London, Aug. 1. Archbishop
Mannix, returning from England,
landed at Thursday's island, Queens
land, without hinderance, according
to a Melbourne dispatch to the Lon
don Tjmes. Irish enthusiasts at
tempted to hoist the Irish flag, but
were prevented by the officials.
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Mrs. Ada Cornish Hertsche, resi
dent of Portland, Ore., for the last 28
years, died Sunday evening at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Joseph M.
Metcalf, 1234 South Tenth street.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 at the Met
calf residence, George A. Magney,
Christian Scientist, officiating. Burial
will be at Forest Lawn cemetry.
Mrs. Hertsche was a daughter of
the late Col. J. N. Cornish, promi
nent in business affairs here years
ago. Judge A. J. Cornish, late mem
ber of the state supreme court, who
died in Lincoln a year ago, was a
brother. Mr.s. Metcalf is the only
surviving sister.
E. J. Cornish of New York City,
president of the National Lead com
pany, arrived in Omaha last week in
time to be with his sister before death
came. Mr. Cornish had just re
turned from Europe when summoned
to Omaha.
Mrs. Hertsche is also survived by
two sons, Joel and Edward, of Port
land, Ore.,.nd a daughter, Mrs. J.
A. Reid, of Los Angeles. There are
seven granchildrcn.
Bible Institute Sessions
To Close on August 12
Summer sessions of the Omaha
Bible institute will close August 12.
Dr. S. S. Hilscher of Lincoln will
give a series of morning lectures
on the Epistle to the Hebrews at
10:30 this week, and evening lec
tures on "The Kingdom," at 7:45.
Dr. B. M. Long of Lincoln will be
the lecturer next week.
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Thursday Alice Lake
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Month Euds 7-Mouth Period
In Which Temperature
Averaged 7 Degrees
Above Normal.
July weather figures break, an
other record of the local bureau, ac
cording to M. V. Robins, meteorolo
gist. ,
"It marks the end of seven months
cn a continuous stretch when the
temperature ranged 7 degrees sfbove
normal each day since January 1. It
is the only such period in the history
cf the station," said he.
"To get a normal mean for the
rest of the year, it will have to be
10 degrees -below normal, the rest of
the year. July alone recorded 3 de
grees above normal or a mean of
79.5.
1913 Warmest Year.
The warmest year on record was
1913, a comparison cf the monthly
figures of which with this year,
shows 1921 to hae prospects of
beating it a long way.
The mean temperatures were:
11)13 1021
January
February
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Marrh
April .
May ..
June
July
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14.4 H.4
19.8 T.
The mean temperature in 1913 was
52.9, as compared with 47.7 in 1875,
the coolest year..
July rainfall was .66 of an inch in
excess of the normal, 4.33 inches, ac
cording to Robins. The fall regis
tered 4.99 inches.
Report Heavy Rainfall.
' Every station in Nebraska report
ed rainfall yesterday, amounting
to an inch and slightly over. Fair
bury, North Platte, O'Neill and Val
entine had one inch and western
Iowa reported about the same.
Willi never a bit of public speak
ing experience in her life before,
Miss Josephine Huse, Fullerton,
Neb., girl, who 'returned Saturday
from two years of relief work in
Syria, goes on a lecture tour
through the state this week for the
benefit of the Near F.ast relief.
"I will do anything in my power
to help this wonderful r.wl most
necessary work," said Miss Huse,
who is ,a University oi Nebraska
girl.
"It would be a sin to leave the
helpless children in Syrian and Ar
menian orphanages in their present
plight. If our orphanages close
they must go into the streets to beg
or die of starvation."
Sunday's rainfall in the city
totaled only .03 of an inch. 1
The forecast was for showers and
slightly cooler last night; fair today.
f Telegram.) Hccause he attempted
to escape from two aimed hoboes,
who had forced him ,uid other tramps
riding on a Rock Island train to sign
I Y. W. membership cards, K.
Wells, address unknown, was shot
and killed Sunday morning.
1 he body was found lying near
the tracks at Janscn, Neb., by Dave
Ireland of Falrbury. engineer on
Rock Island train No. 27.
About '0 tramps who were riding (
on freight No. 94, the train on which
the fatal shooting occurred, and who
know of the murder, were arrested
at the station at I'lynioutii.
These men said thut the two ho
boes had been going through the
train, holding up th! other "passen
gers," robbing them and forcing
them to siwn I. W. V. cards. Well
was held up when, the train arrived
at Janscn. hen re broke away
from his assailants In an attempt to
leave the car, one of the bandits
opened fire and Wells fell from the
car door, according to witnesses. .
The holdups compelled 10 other
tei.iK.u (a Inii'A ilio Irnltl ot TanCJMI
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1 lie men wamcu inrougn iiravjr
rain to Plymouth, where they were
arrested by Jefferson county authori
ties. Wells, who was identified by an
I. W. W. card in his pocket, was
apparently about 25.
Shopmen Return
Sioux City, Aug. 1. Two hundred
:id fifty men who were laid off May
28, rcturntd to work in the Sioux
City shops of the Chicago. St. Paul,
Minneapolis S: Omaha railway this
morning.
August Fur
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$100,000 Fur Stock
An immense stock to choose from.
But the Bargains are so great and
the Prices so low that we urge an
early selection.
Our August Prices Are 40 to M
Below Last Year 's Regular Prices
Make Your Selections Immediately
Here are some of the bargains
Sealine Coat
36-inch length - large shawl
collar and bell cuffs of opossum,
also belt, full sweep
$98
Jap Mink Stole
Rich, dark brown; 14x82
pockets and trimmed with 22
claws and 27 tails
$98
Muskrat Coat
36-inch length; large shawl col
lar and belt; a very smart model
for the miss
$149
Fox Scarf
Very stylish for the fall suit or
dress, in Taupe or Rose shade,
18.50
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