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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1921. Nebraska Rate Expert Pleads for Lower Freight U. G. Powell Testifies in Be half of Lower Grain Rates Shows Hardships Now Imposed. By E. G SNYDBR. Wo.hlnfton CorrMpeaAtnt Omaha Be. Washington. Aug. 24. (Sjc!al Telegram.) Nebraska got its sec ond wind at the grain and hay raw road rate hearing before the Inter state Commerce commission when Sate Railway Commissioner Thome Brown of Lincoln, who. is represent ing Nebraska at the hearings, called U G. Powell of Lincoln, expert rate man and statistician of the Nebraska railway commission, to the witness stand. Mr. Powell was in the witness chair for less, than three-quarters of an hour and made what was consid ered a good witness for those con tending before the commission for railroad rate reductions. Earn More Than Share. In restyling' and in cross-examination by attorneys for the railroad, Mr. Powell insisted that grain earns for the railroads more than a fair share of the revenue when compared with other freight that moves in large quantities. He also contended that coarse grain, particularly corn, is unduly burdened now by freight tates by reason of the fact that Di recor General McAdoo, in 1918, had raised the ,corp freight rate up to the wheat rate, thereby giving it an extra upward jump compared with wheat. Mr. Powell showed that at the time this was done corn was worth about as much as wheat and so it stood the extra increase, as h,e ex pressed it, "quite handily." Now, however, he said, the pr'ce of corn has slumped so much fester even than the price of wheat that when coupled up with the extra increase in the freight rate, which it 'received during the past four years, it is far too heavily oppressed. Compares Earnings. To support his testimony that both wheat and corn cam more than their fair share of the railroad '.Venue, he compared the carload earning on various grains wi4h such other com modities a9 cement,v petroleum, ap- pies and ? lemons " from" California, butter arid eggs from Iowa and Ne braska to Chicago, agricultural im plements from Chicago and lumber from the south. ' , With Mr. Powell's testimony the group of middle west states com pleted their case in asking the Inter state Commerce commission to grant rate reductions and tomorrow the carriers will present their side of the question. .It is expected they will consume about two days in testi mony and that arguments will then be heard. It is believed a Dromnt decision will be handed down by the Bishop Stuntz Dedicates Church at Stromsburg " - -9 If Stromsburg, Neb., Aug. 24. (Spe cial.) Eight hundred people wit nessed the dedication of the new $40,000 Methodist church here. Work was begun two years ago, the cor nerstone was laid July 4, 1920, and the edifice was completed last week. Fourteen ministers took part in the ceremony, chief of whom was Bishop Homer C. Stunta. When the day of dedication came a debt of $16,000 hung over the church, but this amount was raised in a short time. The buliding is modern in every particular. It is built of dark red brick, with stained glass windows. In the basement are a gymnasium, din- in e room, kitchen and bathroom. Up' stairs are the main auditorium, large Sunday school room, choir rooms and smaller Sunday school rooms. V. H, Van Horn is the pastor, Railway Officials Will Inspect Route For Proposed Spur Lincoln, Aug. 24. (Special.) In answer to request of citizens living between O'Neill and Thedford, Neb., H. L. Cook and B. E. Forbes of the State Railway commission: Prof G. E. Condra, E. Flynn, general superintendent of the Burlington; W. F. Thiehoff, general manager, and Judge J. H. Berryman of Bassett, Neb., will make a personal inspection of a proposed right-of-way between the two towns. Friday. The party will leave O'Neill Fri day morning in motor cars and in spect the right-of-way and interview citizens in towns in an attempt to ascertain the feasibility of the pro posed Burlington spur to run be tween the two towns. Residents interested in the prop, osition intend to petition the Inter state Commerce commission to issue an order forcing the Burlington to build the spur. It is hoped that fol lowing the trip the railway commis sion wilt recommend the building of the line to the Interstate Com merce commission. O'Neill Man Arrested for Threatening Aged Father O'Neill, Neb. Aug. 24. (Special.) Because he threatened to do vio lence to .his own wife and children commission in view of the emergency an(l to his aged father, and to burn nature of the case, Continue Investigation? Of 'Nebraska State Bank Lincoln, Aug. 24. (Special.) In vestigation of the Nebraska State bank at Sidney will continue, it was announced by Assistant Attorney General J. B. Chase upon his return from Sidney. Both Chase and J. E. Hart, secre tary of the department of trade and commerce, refused to state what dis coveries had been made in the trans actions of bank officers. E. G. Stoll, bank examiner, is stilt at Sidney and is continuing in at tempting tb unwind, the complicated affairs of the bank. , . J. Jorgensonj a Sidney, real A. estate man, has been appointed , re ceiver for the ?, bank. Chase i.'ai nounced. O'Neill Divorce Granted; ; . 45 Minutes After Filing O'Neill. Neb., Aug. 24.-(Spciai.) Forty-five minutes after heft peti tion was filed and. her husbiind jmade voluntary appearance, Pearl - Jutte was granted a divorce from Walter Jutte by Judge Robert R. Dickson and her maiden name, Densberger, was restored. Pearl was a June bride. The divorce is not the Holt county record for speed, merely the runner-up, six minutes being the rec ord, established several years ago. At the conclusion Judge Dickson raked the attorney for the speedy action. Radio to Announce Prize Winners at County Fair Hooper, Neb., Aug. 24. (Special.) The wireless station at., the Dodge county fair at Hooper will send out bulletins at 4 and 7 in the afternoon of each day. Reports of winners of prizes in the live stock divisions will be sent out the first evening, August 30, at 7. : Seek Check Artist Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 24. (Special Telegram,) Edward Fenton, itiner ate window trimmer, who visited the city the other day, is being sought by the officers for passing a number of worthless , checks on business men amounting , to approximately $50. Sheriff Emery learned that he boarded a train at Lincoln for the east down the barn of the latter, which contained 420 bushels of new wheat, unless the father paid him $200, Wil liam Thomas Adams of Ewhig is in the county jail here under a $500 peace bond. The son and family have been living with the father, Herbert Adams, on the Joseph Fish er ranch, five miles north of Ewing and have had considerable trouble. Reward for Slayers Lincoln, Aug. 24. (Special.) Governor MeKelvie offered a reward of $200 for the apprehension of the murderers of D. S. Bingham, former Lansing (Mich.) newspaper man, who was found dead on top of a box car at Naponee, Neb., on July 17, It has been presumed that Bing ham was shot by I. W. W.s. , Baby Is Suffocated Lincoln, Aug. 24. (Special)- When Mrs. Leslie Sanders of Lin coln awakened Wednesday morning, the hand of- her 4-months'-old' daughter, Perline, was cold, Inves tigation revealed the child was dead. A physician stated that the child died of suffocation. Road Conditions (Furnished by Omaha Anto Club.) Lincoln Highway, Eut Good at Mil ourt Valley, rouch at Danlaon, we&thtr cloudy. Lincoln Highway, Trt Dctoar Elk horn to Valley, roads good to Grand Island, weather cloudy everywhere, put tinr In graveled road from Central City to Chapman. O. jl D. Highway Roads Tough t Ashland,- raining at Aahlaad and very aHprwry. detour Greenwood to Waverlv. Better route to LtncoLn. take the K. T. to Union, follow the O ' street road to Lincoln from Union. Highland Cutoff Road rough. S. Y. A. Road Fair, detour on and na-aalf mile 8eward to Tamora. George Washington Highways-Take the High road to Blair, read very muddy at Oakland. still raining. Weather cloudy everywhere. Black Hill Trail Road work Omaha to Fremont; Fremont to Norfolk, road fair, some shower. King of Trails. North Road good, Hfht showers north of Missouri Valley. King of Trails, . South Road fine, weather cloudy. Rtvar to River Road Fair to Dec ' Hetties, weather cloudy. Whit Pl Read Good to Pee Main as, weather cloudy. Blue Oraasj Road Roads geod, WMth.tr gioudy.:.. ADVKBTISKSnOT NEVi YORK HAS SOLD 625,000 BOTTLES OF IT Biggest Thing of Kind Ever Seen in That State, Says Big Wholesaler. The fact that 625,000 bottles of Tanlac have been sold in the state of New York since its introduction less than cne year ago is a big busi ness item that will attract unusual attention throughout the entire east, for nothing ' like it has ever hap pened before. It breaks all records. Mr. George B. Evans, manager of the Gibson-Snow company, the well known wholesale druggists, with branches in Albany, Buffalo, Roch ester, and Syracuse, recently an nounced that the preparation was now selling m their trade territories alone at the phenomenal rate of apt proximately 500,000 bottles a year. "If the present rate continues," said Mr. Evans, "this state alone will probably require considerably over 750,000 bottles a year. This is a tre mendous figure, but I am really con servative in making this statement." Tanlac is sold in Omaha by . the Sherman & McConnell Drug Co. and by leading druggists everywhere. Moweris. Value-Giving Store Dining Furniture At BOWEN'S This Week at 30to50 Diicoant I Will Inaugurate New System of Automobile Numbering Next Year Lincoln, Aug. 24. (Specials Next year a new system of number ing automobile licenses will be in ef fect under a plan being worked out by George Johnson, secretary of the department of public works. Each county will have a key num ber and all cars in that county will run in serials. Douglas county's key number will be 1. The first auto owner to get his license from the Douglas county treasurer will be given a- license plate numbered "1-1," the next to apply will get license plate rtumbend "1-2," and so on. Lancaster county's key number will be "2'J and under present plans the key nimbers will be issued by the state In accordance to the size o the counties. Bank Changes Hands Nelson, Neb., Aug. 24. (Special.) President George Kern and Cash ier John Yung have sold their inter est in the Cadams State bank at Cadams, this county, to C. A. Golden of Firesteel, S. D. The change takes effect at once. .Mr. Golden is an experienced business man and banker. Mr. Yung will remain with the bank for a time as assistant cashier. Explanation of Expense Bill of Governor Asfced Albion Man Inquires Why Mc Kelvie Charged $5 to Slate 'Tor Subsistence1 Wfcen Entertained by Senator. Albion, Neb., Aug. 24. (jSpecial Telegram.) Explanation of an ac count of $5 alleged to have been charged to the state by Governor McKelvie "for subsistence!" when here as a guest of State Senator W H. I Man is asked in a letter written to the governor by James Auten of thjs city, farmer and former state representative. Auten asserts Senatotf Illian denies charging the governor any thing for his room or meafs during the executives stay in Allnon when he delivered a high school com mencement address here Itast spring and suggests that taxpayers would appreciate an explanation ' of the $5 expense bill McKelvie to Make Reply To Charges on Saturday Lincoln, Aug. 24. fSpecjal.) Governor McKelvie left for Orleans, Neb., to be gone until Saturday. Be fore leaving he announced that newspaper men wished a statement from him concerning tihe charge made by a citizen of Albion, Neb-, that while Governor McKelvie was a guest of Senator Illian , there lie charged the state $5 for sustenance, he would be ready with one then. The letter, a copy of , which was sent to an Omaha newspaper un friendly to Governor McKelvie and received yesterday afternoon, did not reach the governor's office until this morning. Alleged Head of Boxcar Thjeve.8 Sent to Prison Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 24. (Spe cial Telegram.) Judge Medin of the circuit court sentenced Antonio Dovali, a Mexican, to a term of two years in the Sioux Falls penitentiary for robbing a freight car in the rail way yards at Canton. Dovali is said to have been the head of a band of noted box car thieves who during the past four years operated exten sively in Illinois, Iowa, South Dako ta and other states. Paroles Alleged Bandit Beatrice, Neb.,-Aug. 24. (Special Telegram.) Robert . Newton, who recently was bound over on a high way robbery charge, when Mr. and Mrs. George Monroe of this city were held up and relieved of $300 as they were en route home in their car, was paroled by Judge Colby. Paul Geister, his pal, was sentenced a few weeks ago to from one to seven years in the penitentiary. Both are Beatrice boys, 19 years old. W. C. Dorsey to Assist In Grand Jury Probe Judge YV. C. Dorsey of Blooming ton has been named to assist Attor ney General Davis in the grand jury probe of wildcat stock selling schemes in Umaha next month. Alliance Mayor Joins National Budget Move Alliance, Neb., Aug. 24. (Special.) r-Mayor R. M. Hampton of Alli ance has accepted the invitation of the national budget committee to serve as honorary chairman of the local committee of that organization, which is engaged in a nation-wide effort to gain popular support of the efforts of General Dawes, director of the budget, to affect a reduction of the burden of federal taxes. The mayor will join with the chief mag' istrates ot l.oyu .other cities through out the country in fostering the spirit, of popular approval ot the pol icy of federal retrenchment. " Says Rich Hubby Forced Her to Do Manual Labor Lincoln. Aug. 24. (Special.) After 22 years of married life, Mabel Luick is ready to quit and. in a petition for divorce filed here today demands $25,000 alimony, a motor car and custody of the child. The husband, Otto J. Luick, is a wealthy Lancaster county farmer. Mrs. Luick charges her husband forced her to do manual labor ana struck and abused her. ' Fined on Liquor Charge Beatrice, Neb-, Aug. 24. (Special Telegram.) "Bill" Kennedy and Charles Ottinger pleaded guilty in district court to the charge of hav ing liquor in their possession and were fined $100 and costs each, which they paid. The auto, which was con fiscated by the officers when the men were arrested, was released, as there was no evidence to show that the men were transporting liquor. Logan County Farmer Sues Lumber Concern For $1000 on Stock Lincoln. Aug. 24. (Special.) Charles W. Brown, a Logan county farmer, is another man holding a good-sized money sack, waiting for big dividends in a stock-selling con cern. Brown today filed suit in the Lancaster county district court against the Sarvis Lumber company and Ferry Anthony of Lincoln, a salesman, in an eifort to net back $10,000 which he alleges he invested in $100 shares of barvij Lumber company stock. In his petition. Brown alleges that Anthony held out the following inducements to him to purchase stock: Company owned large tract of timber lands in Colorado on which three saws mills were located. Company was manufacturing and selling lanre quantities of lumber. Company was paying 12 per cent dividends and would shortly make 24 per cent dividends. Company guaranteed 7 per cent dividends. Company officers were capitalists. And all of these inducements, Brown charges, proved false. Alleged "Peeping Tom" Pleads to Intoxication Alliance, Neb., Aug. 24. (Special.) Arthur Reynolds, Burlington pas senger brakejman, accused by a num-1 ber of Alliance residents of "Peep ing Tom" activities in the residence districts, pjeaded guilty in county court to a charge of intoxication and was fined $50. Reynolds was ar rested following an escapade in which the, complainants said they saw him peeping into the windows of their homes late at night. The entire neighborhood was aroused and pajama-clad heads of households, revolvers in hand, sought to intercept the intruder as he flitted from house to house, but he was captured only after a chase of sev eral blocks by two husky young high school lads. Lincoln Commissioners To Control Motor Buses Lincoln, Aug. 24. (Special.) Lin coln city commissioners in an or dinance ready for passage plan to control motor busses which have grown in great numbers recently in the following manner: Force owners to get licenses, give exact running schedule, give fares charged and in the event they fail to keep schedules fine them. Every li censed bus must operate not less than eight hours a dav and a fine would be assessed for honking of horns to , attract pedestrians who might ride in the busses. Man Who Violated Parole Is Captured in Oklahoma Lincoln, Aug. 24. (bpecial.)- Word waa received here that John Potter, a : Darole violator from jtbe state penitentiary, had been captured in Oklahoma. Officers left to bring Potter back. Potter was sentenced from Douglas county for breaking and entering in May, 1920. On April 28 he was paroled to a farmer living near YValthill and shortly after be ing paroled disappeared. Scott's Modern Caravan Is Headed by a Cleveland Six Read What General Scott, himself , says about this wonderful, modern Car: Omaha, Neb., August 24, 1921. Mr. Ralph W. Jones, Manager, ' s Card-Adams Motor Co., ' Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir; Before leaving Omaha for Buhl, Idaho, permit me to thank you for having examined my CLEVELAND. Six, and your report that the car is in perfect condition is just what I expected when you took the car from Elmwood Park , to your service station. This car has been running in abso lutely perfect condition from the start. It may interest you to know that my CLEVELAND SIX which has been the pilot car of SCOTT'S MODERN CARAVAN from Brooklyn, New York, to Buhl, Idaho is the only car of the caravan which has required no , repairs since entering upon this journey at Brooklyn ; on July 28th. The small consumption of oil and gasoline is the most remarkable within my knowledge of automobiles, and I have driven several different makes during the past fifteen years. During the past four days my engine has run without any additional oil whatsoever, and I have been averaging better than 19 miles on each gallon of gasoline, and pulling a trailer which weighs more than 1,000 pounds. In brief, my CLEVELAND SIX has demanded no attention whatsoever, and I have started it each morning with the utmost confidence that it would function perfectly. Although your service stations from New York to Omaha are most convenient, I have skipped many of them, due to the perfect condition of the car, and I thank you for having examined and given me the favorable report which you have done this day in anticipation of our departure from Omaha tomorrow morning for Buhl, Idaho. Yours very truly, :;?. . - (Signed) Wm. D. Scott. The CLEVELAND SIX ii distributed in Omaha and Surrounding Ter ritory by the "Automobile House of Courtesy and Service," CARD-ADAMS MOTOR CO. 2421-23 Farnam St. A New Hartmann Wardrobe Trunk At a New Price Including the lift cuah ion top, ho box, laun dry bag, curtain and attractive lining. All 1921 feature trunk unequaled at the price- urn Every trunk we sell bear the Freling & Steinle trademark. Nearly everyone in this vicinity knows our label and what it stands for. One year of selling anything but the best would tear down the result of IS years of building. Naturally there can be no choice for us but to sell what we know to be the best. FRELING&STEINLE 1803 Farnam Street Here 15 Years Be one who smiles when winter comes not the one who jieeds rush to a coal office in order to keep the home comfortable. Plenty of Heat and Satisfaction in Updike Coal ORDER NOW! Updike Lumber & Coal Co. . Phon. WA Inut 0300 Thursday's Big .Feature "Children's Juvenile SmV Mil AU of our broken lines of Children's Wool Juvenile Suits. 125 suits to choose from, sizes from 2 to 8 years. (Mostly Small Sire..) Blue Sergei TwMdi Worateda Black and Whit. Checks and Handsome NoveltiM. Extra fine qualities that sold as high as $15.00 will be sold Thursday at $4.95. AND Boys' Knickerbocker extra School Pants; all sizes from 6 to 17 years, in all the desirable ma terials and patterns, and splendid qual ities that sold to $6.00. YOUR CHOICE THURSDAY for 4 $?95 ALSO A great assortment of broken lines of Yeong Men's Suits, sizes 85 and 36, and Boys' first long Pants Suits, sizes 32, 83 and 84 all choice materials and swell models. These suits sold regular at $25.00, $30.00 and $35.00. THURSDAY.. 17 Browning, King & Co. 15th and DoujUt St. Harry H. Abbott, Mgr. N . 19 V V, 1
