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THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. mi.
Blaze Destroys Chemical Plant
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F. E. Maxcy Named
: King Klcaglc of
K.K.K. in Omaha
KlK'rman of- Omaha nJ
Davit of York LUrd as
V( Klgl? Organization
Hqiort Progroi.
' ' The force organising the Ku Ktux
kln in NcbraU la. been in
Treated since the visit r"' 'a
.Omaha Saturday by V. II. McF.lroy,
'general kleagle of Atlanta. Ca. Mr.
McKlroy alter an inspection uur i
the 24 organized klan in ill- state 1
Ut week returned to Om.thj and
held a conference with local klcaRlet !
Saturday night. He reported more .
than 5(i0 new members were being J
Initiated into the order each week,
necessitating the increase in or
Hirers. During the several week in which
organisation has been going on in
the date, only one act ot tnnnity
has been reported, the general
Miaglc mated.
lie declared that one of the or
ganizers recently was met at the
railroad station at Nebraska ,City,
iy two men.
Given "to Sundown. . ,
. "We give you until sundown to
neVijut of town," the men said.
"I iiiKjtd to stay until 1 a. in.," the
HganizerVcpIiciI, and went to the
Grand hotel, After making inquiries
it learned the two men .had made
threats against the organization.
Several trips have been made to Ne
braska City since, but no trouble has
esulted.
"I get threatening letters every
day," the Omaha klcaglc said yesterday.
"The writers threaten me with dire sprained shoulder, and a scalp cut fore his death and made her a bene- Charles I'etersoii. 1545 North. Six
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minisfimcnr ii i uon t leave LJma'ia ' v ,,a umi ohuvk i.j hvwii stumm-m uitiuing uc
and stop nil organization. Needless ? falling debris, Dr. E. A. Connolly estate in three parts, of which the
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Flashlight photo of blazing Eckman Chemical company building.
William II) land, the fireman who
was injured, during the spectacular
fire at Sixteenth and Clark streets
Sunday night, was reported in a
satisfactory condition by Ford hos
pital authorities yesterday.
lie received .a bruised spine, a
which suffered the most damage ing company storage house, $10,000;
from the flames, was a part of the the Eckman Chemical company
estate of the late Ellsworth M. Eck- building, $60,000; the II. C. Hauna
man, whose will was contested in home, 1539 North Sixteenth street,
county court by his two married $1,000; the home of S. Bosco, 1541
daughters. Eckman had married his North Sixteenth street, $1,000; the
nurse, Glendola Petty, shortly be- home of F, M. Donaldson and
io say, me threatening letters are
never signed,
Maxey, King Kleaele. '
"From now on I intend to turn the
letters over to proner authorities."
The New York World, which has
been publishing a series ol articles
regarding the Ku Klux Kbn, in its
tdition Friday printed the names of
kleagles in various realms of the In
visible Empire.
For the realm of Nebiaska the
names of F..E. Maxey, king kleaple,
Omaha; J. A. Ellcrnian, kleaglc,
Omaha, and Paul Davis, kleagle,
York, Neb., appear on the list.
Body Identified
Tram Laborer
said, llyland lives at 4819 South Nine- two daughters and his widow shared
tecnth street." He joined the fire equally, was affected after much liti
department in 1907. He was a pipe- gation. Emmctt Hannon, a son-in-man
at Station No. 3. ; , ' ; law of the late Eckman and manager
Fire department officials are in- of the chemical company, said the
vestigating the origin of the blaze. plant was a total loss.
The Eckman Chemical company, The fire damaged the Storz Brew-
the G. N.
North Six
teenth street, $1,500
Brooks, company, 1547
tecnth street, $1,500.
The blaze originated in the Storz
warehouse at 10 p. in. Every piece
of fire-fighting apparatus in the city
was called to the scene.
Several explosions in the chemical
plant hindered the work of firemen.
"Missing Link" in
Road Designated
North Star Highway Through
State Will Be Completed
By Next Spring..
Alliance, Neb., Sept. 12.-(Spe-cial.)
With the action of the Morrill
county commissioners in designating
a route through that county for a
state and federal aid highway, the
"missing link" question in the con
struction of the North Star highway
! through western Nebraska has been
j solved, after agitation covering a
period of several years,
t Ten years ago a group of good
j roads boosters in Alliance endcav
t ored to persuade Morrill county to
S build a north and south road to con
! nect with a road through Alliance on
the north through Chadron ana the
Clack Hills. Lack of funds and dis
agreement as to the most feasible
route have delayed the project until
the Morrill county board gave their
support in a resolution ca'ling for
the immediate beginning of con
struction on the route.
The new road will be from Bridge
port, north through Angora, Alli
ance, Chadron and to the Black
Mills and will be a part of the re
cently organized North Star high
way, which starts at Brownsville,
Tex., and traverses the continent to
Canada. Because of -the sand hills
and rough topography of that sec-
lion, Morrill county hat long been
tne dread ot auto tourists, who gave
it the name of the "missing link" in
the route from Sidney to the Black
Hills. The completion of the road
will furnish a direct route from the
Lincoln highway north from Sidney
through Cheyenne, Morrill, Box
Dutte and Dawes counties.
J. S. Klicin of Alliance, president
of the North Star Highway asso
ciation, has just returned from Lin
coln, where he met with Governor
McKclvie, George Johnson, state
superintendent of public works, and
Senator James W. Good of Dawes
county, and secured their promise
to take early action in formally ap
proving the new route, fi w ex
pected that a Qiuiderb amount
of construction work will l domr
this fall and the road will t com
pleted early nest summer.
Auhurii School Trathrr
Find Snake In Side-hoard
Auburn, Neb, Sept ! (Special.)
Miti Virginia Ailor, school teach
er, received severe scare while
preparing for her departure for I4n
ruin, when she opened drawer to
a sideboard to obtain some needed
sriulrs and found a huge snake
curled up in the corner,
She stood terrified while the ser
pent, wlul was nearly four feet In
itngtb. uncoiled itself, and crawled
fain of the drawer between her arms.
The make glided across the floor
and through an open door, disap
pearing in the garden, brfore she
Mat able to articulate her feara in
succession of screams which at
traded the neighbors to her J assistance.
About half of South Africa's to
bacco crop it raited in the Transvaal.
"Now that's
what I call
Good!"
eVilgimSL Cigarette
f J and for titarettts
. yirginia tobacco is the best
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
Police Seek ' ChUni of Man
Found Dead on South
Side. ' '
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The body of an unidentified man,
adlv decomposed, and minus ' a.
lead, found Sunday morning half a
mile north of the L street viaduct on
the Missouri. Pacific right-of-way, is
that of William E. Smith, 25, who
lived at 832 South Twenty-fecond
street, Detectives Kean and Brink
man reported yesterday.
When found, the man wore a ring
bearing the initials "W. E. S."
According to the detectives. Smith
formerly worked fbr the sheet rail
way company, as a laborer. He
worked for the company from Aug
ust 4 to September 2.
Mrs. L. L. Williams, his hndlady.
told police he left home the afternoon
of September 2; saying he was going
to work for a box factory near the
Ak-Sar-Ben field. He had lived at
the South Twenty-second street ad
dress for 'three weeks, previous to
which .he had lived at 2412 St. Marys
avenue, and" belore that at 2522 Jones
street. ' '
Police believe he came to Omaha
from St. Joseph, " Mo., .and that he
has a divorced wife there.
He was last seen in company of
George Clark, with whom he is said
to haveNeen intimate. Police are
looking for Clark. , ,
Killing Frosts in West,
Weather Bureau Reports
Killing frosts at Sheriden, Wyo.,
where the mercury dropped to 20,
and 30 at Rapid City, were reported
yesterday by the weather bureau.
A drop to 22 at Baker City, Ore.,
will do much damage to the apple
crop, it is thought
While killing f ro9t has not yet
been reported for Nebraska, such
was the case September 18, 1921, ac
cording to local records. '
It was 26 in Yellowstone Park
yesterday, 36 at Lander, 38 in Valen
tine, and 42 at North Platte.
Geneva.; School Teachers
, ' Are ? Guests ' at . Reception
Geneva, Neb.; Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) A reception to. the teachers
of the public schools was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Peterson. The social affair was in
the form "of a garden party on the
spacious grounds ."which, were light
ed and seated'for iritcrtauiingthe
large crowd.- After introduction of
the teachers, a program of music
was given by camp fire , girls and
kindergarten pupils. Ice cream, fruit
and cakes were served by a score of
school girls. " t
Buena Vista College Will
, Start New Term Monday
Storm Lake,-la., Sept 12. (Spe
cial,) Buena Vista college opens
Monday. There are six new mem
bers on the college faculty including
Dean Gh Hallenbeck of New York
City; Prof. J. F. Saylor of Spokane,
Wash.; Prof. Anna S: Eick of Cor
nell college; Prof. N. R. Chatteriee
and Profs. C W. Smokey and D. W.
McCracken. .
Tourist Tfaffie in State '
Showing Marked Decrease
Bigsprings, Neb.; Sept 1 12.
(Special.) Tonrist traffic, - heavy
during, the months of July and Au
gust has dwindled the last week.
The hoboes, who were so tls;ck on
trains in July that from 100 to 500
could be counted on -each freight,
have dwindled down so that the larg
est number now traveling on a single
train docs not exceed 12.
Naturalization Is
Sought by Many in
Colfax County Court
Schuyler, Neb., Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) The following persons have
petitioned the district court of Col
fax county for naturalization papers:
From Clarkson Valclav Kroft,
Frank Zdcnek, Valcav Nadrchal,
Kari'l Kutin, John F. Havtl, Adolph
Rack, jr., Joseph Havel, Joseph
Pavel, Frefrick A. Thalken, Joseph
Gloscr, John Sodomka, Bernard
Thalken, Rudolph Heitmck, Frank
Coufal, Robert F. Novontony, John
Janecek. Joseph Sup, Andrew Necas,
Albert Svoboda, Joseph Bolchrad.
From Howells Frank P. Belina,
Alexander Hruby, Adolf Zach. Emil
Siskowsky, Valcav Charvat, Joseph
Orel, Anton F. Janata, Kerel Cerny,
Charles Suchad, Theodore Knust,
Jerry Vrbicky, Vincence Tresnak,
John A. Siskowsky, Frank Scbek,
Frank Miller, John Peiper.
From- Schuyler Joseph Syasek,
Alois Vchdrck, Rudolph Najoman,
Frank F.- Cech, Joseph ,V. Tuma,
Chris Unkbv William Shoultz, Frank
Tuma, James Smejkal, Joseph Bata,
Thomas Qciger, Willian- Schuldt,
Fred W. (Gaeth, Frank Sima, Fritz
Seehase, Charles Peca, H. A. Pay
zant, James E.. Browne,, George
Harzke, Herman Harzke, Louis. Ro
gatzke, Frank Saur, Robert A. Step
pat, Frank Dibelka.
From Leigh Henry G. ; Oldigs.
Christian Neilson, Fredrich Stulth
mann. .'-.
From Dodge Conrad Eikemier,
Emil Stodola. ; :i ': .
From Richland Digiuseppe Sal
vatiorae. ' 1
From Rogers Herman H. . Dahl.
Attendance at Schools ,
In David City Increased
David City, Neb., Sept. 12.
(Special.) David City public schools
report an enrollment of 532 pupils in
all grades.- The high school num
bers 233 this year, 16 more than last
year's enrollment. ' A change , in
the time schedule has been made for
this year. ' In the morning school
begins at 9 and closes at 11:40. In
the afternoon it begins at 1 and
closes at 4:20. The last two periods
of the day are devoted to drills in
music, gymnasium, home economics,
manual training or dramatics. The
class periods of the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades have changed from
30 minutes to 40 minutes, giving
Supervise study i time , each period
with the teachers. '
Locust Grove Woman Dies
. When Scalp Is Torn Off
Shenandoah, la,, Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) Injuries inflicted when ner
hair was caught in a washing ma
chine and the scalp torn off, resulted
in the death of Mrs. Lee Dickinson
of Sheridan, Wyo.,. whose body will
be buried at her. old home, Locust
Grove, near Shenandoah."
She was injured three week ago.
The scalp vould not grow back.
Jdrs. , Dickinson died in a hospital
at Denver. '
Negroes Parade,
Emancipation Day
Barhccue Lunch
Sports and Games at Cele
hratioh in Omaha.
; Several hundred Omaha negroes
joined in celebrating- Emancipation
day at Krug park yesterday. A pa
rade led by Dan Desdunes' band
marched . through . the downtown
streets at noon and then went to
the park to participate in the celebra
tion of the anniversary of the date
whe Lincoln issued the proclamation
which freed the negro from bondagei
The celebration was under the aus
pices of St Johns. A. M. E. church
and is in charge of Rev. W. G Wil
liams, 2416 Binncy street. The after
noon was spent in sports and
games, followed by a barbecue lunch.
Omaha packing firms donated the
meat and bakeries have furnished the
bread for the big feed.
In accordance with the proclama
tion of Mayor J. C. Dahlman ask
ing the people ot every race and
creed to reflect on the memorable
pronouncement of the immortal Lin
Follows com on tbis da.v many employers
ot negroes allowed them the aiter
noon off that they might take part
in the celebration.
Proceeds of the celebration will
go to the building fund of St. Johns
A. M. E, church, which has planned
a SIUUUUU structure at Iwcnty-sec
ond and Willis avenue, for which
ground has already been broken.
$250,000 Damage Results
From Sioux Falls Tornado
Sioux Falls, S, D., Sept. 12. With
the wreckage being cleared away and
telephone and telegraph service near
in? normal, estimates of the prop
erty damage caused by the tornado
that struck the farming district just
west of feioux Falls early Friday
night reached S250.00O this morning,
Three men were killed by the twister
and several were seriously injured.
Specialty Coal
Nice Large Lumps
59.00 perTn
Delvd.
Specialty Egg
Thoroughly Screened
Delvd.
$8.50
per Ton
ALL SIZES RADIANT COAL ALL SIZES
.y . The Best From Franklin Co., 111.
CLEAN 7 J LONG LASTING HOt "
Delivered
S12.00
per Ton
Gen. Penn.
Hard Coal
$22.00
per Ton .
'Consumers
Coal
& Supply Co.
"Dealers in Good Coal"
; DO uglas 0530
Petroleum
Coke ;
All Heat, No Ash
$20,00
. . f : pr Ton
Road Conditions
(Fornlahtd r Omaha Auto C lub.)
Lincoln Highway. at RoJ fair
MlMourl Valley, and to DenUon; wtatner
ClLlnlii Highway. Wat-Batntag Fre
mont, Schuyler. Columbus, Central City,
Grand Island, roadi muddy, can go
through with chalna: detour from Water
loo to Valley, putting In gravel road
from Central City to Chapman, good d-
lr' Y tv' iTtSwv Rnadi renorted In
bad' condition at Aahland, muddy to Lin
coln, use chaine.
S. T. A. Roada Fair.
Highland Cutofr Muddy.
Geonro Washington Highway Koadi
very muddy. Follow the High Road to
Blair. r . . ' -
Black Hills Trail Boada muddy. Soma
wnrlr frnm Dm ah A to Fremont.
King ot Tralla North Roads fair.
King of Trails South Construction
work on Twenty-fourth itreet. Follow
Thirteenth street to Harrison, west on
Harrison to Twenty-fourth street. Roads
muddy, in chains; rough from Atchison
to Learenworth, Leavenworth to Kansas
City, under construction.
Caster Battlefield. Highway. Roads re
ported by tourists as' being la good con
dition. . -
River t" River Road Very muddy.
White Pole Road Very muddy.
I. O. A. Short lane Very rauJily.
J31ue Grass Road Reported muddy.
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where. Wherever you go or work or live,
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strength, energy of mind and body the essential quali
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Shop workers break production
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Wolfe Electric Co., Omaha.' American Electric Co., Omaha. . Harper-Abbott Co., Sioux City, la.
Corr Electric Co.; Omaha. G. H. Alwine it Co., Omaha. Damon Electric Co., Council Bluffs, la.
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