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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1921)
Urges Change in Machinery of ' : Vet Aid Boards ' i Stale Commander Ritcliie .Vrpuwd at Failure pf Many m Diiabled Service 'Men ' !'. 'Jo Get Relief. ' .'!; '' ..': V ' "Slny caiei of disabled veteran of th world w not receiving the jroptf aHtntlon. nd. r t the htd bf the overnment bureau, al most daily preientinu themelve- to Legion official in Omaha and Ne braska, prompted Wrlliam Ritchie, jr.: atate commander of the Ameri can Legion in Ncbrasla, to address the following letter to Colonel Char ' ! Fart, of the Veteran', bureau, Ju'Washlngton: : r '. AA- 'V';..-'1;. Peer Rlrt , , . Aa etet eemmander of the 1i on ror Ktbrukt It his com to my attention re yeatedly that eea with your new system many eases o( disabled men ere nt re ceiving either prompt or fstr considers, lion. I bollrv you are aware of thle fart as-Well es t am. and I know, from your pest ertlvltle that you er aniloua in remedy auch faulta. I. therefore, beg av .o offar tha followln- conitructlv erltlelsm of your present system: It seems lo ma that tha dam In tha stream la tha present appeal buard sye tm. Aa 1 understand It. you hava oil your appeal boards a doctor, a lawyer, and eoma third perann representing an Industrial antarprlaa. These boards meet at on place and do not to over tha terri tory. They vary seldom aea tha Indi vidual! who ara making tha appeal, per sonally, or any Individuals who might be ab'e to aiplaln their altuatlon and throw light on their raae. When tha board meeta to paia upon a ( there la no onic, praacnt .to -represent tha appellant anil bring out-ithir strotic J nolnta at hit raae. nor Is there anyone 1 present to repreaent the government. Thla naturally creates a mental attitude,' on tha V&rt of tha appeal hoard memoera wmcu Is not Judicial but la mora or lesa reprea alva In character, and under this situa tion they In effect becoma tha attorney for the defease without any person repre senting tha appellant being there to pkad bin case. , Tha natural result ts a perfunctory passing on claims, a lack of real Insight or action on tha merits of Lhecaaes, and a failure of tha board to operate In tha. most beneficent fashion and Hi. the fash ion which tha public at large i wishes It to operate. . . -' .- I, therefore, suggest, In order o rem edy thla condition, that your appeal lidarif'b changedae follows:. That tire re Ue - two Individual what shall make a cir cuit of tha district.: appearlng-at certain elated Intervals, and frequently, to hear caaea.ln each of the towns where a local veterans" bureau la maintained; that in each town where there Is a local veterans bureau there- b appointed a district rep resentative fit the, appeal board who ahall sir-with the board, at that -particular point and who will hava power to 'administer emergency relief during the time that. Hie entlra board la ' not- present,' auch relief to be subject to curtailment at subsequent meetings of tha board. I In addition to this, I auggeat that the government appoint an advocate to repre sent all appllcanta and to see thst their cases are presented on their merits, and also; a government . representative to see that nothing la put over that should not be. While It may appear ts you that this Is 'Increasing ' th present machinery, I thick that obleotlon Is' abaolutely im material when It la proven that the ma chinery which Is now operating is act ing aa a daraTbi 'tha. iantlre -syeteoi. 1 also . bellf va.Uiwt Jtlita operation will not coat mora and In fact will be leas -lohe've'. because If a prcjpejr edvaente 1 selected t ;xaralne the merits of lb aarlouaV esses he will be able to dis rruraga tfcos casea which are not wor'hy f attention and have nb special merit from taking up the tlm of the appeal board and will Insure a more considerate and ayrapathetlo hearing of those cases which arc actually brought before the feoercL I an giving thla tatter ta tha publie preae (or -tha reason that I dealrs to bring tha matter tojtka? attention of other official la the leglSrJ and other persons in tares tad In tlr orlc , of the veteran', bureau and with- tlie:'tfeslre not to criti cise -th administration of the dopartment from desfruettv -Standpoint, 'but mere ly to atlmulate suggestions of a ,likB character aaala' you In aoltring this problem ln,,the, mapuar that I know you desire to have It .selred. I sincerely hops and . trust that yokwin -riva- this plan various conslderati Tand will give pub licity to you fepf, nw '"'. vry truly. V'ri'ifA .v- nt: Telegraphic Briefs , ' LcTtathon to Ball Again. ' "'New Tork, Nov. 30. For the second tlm within thre years, American engi. nterlng akIU has triumphed over obstacles tending to prevent io giant steamship Leviathan, the fottnirprlda of Oermairy merchant fleet !ni' olDg to aea. no wlll operat tK 'Levlathaniwhen restored to service and,, Ulrder wltrth. houaaflar tt wlll aall 1 ya-;tcl b'datermlned by tha Shipping boara..'.;"-- ' ', ;' J'Ha'liiaT:on'pUa. ' CUeVelandNaVKy SO. Irhrnedtate release, of Rugena?V, Dab and other alleged vio lator f th fplnag act; la, asked In a telegram ent: , President Harding by the national.' 'mitlv committee of the artclallat party at .th. closing session , of, lta thre da1V taeetlne her today. Coaatantlnople. Nov. 30. (By Tha Asso " elated Freer.) The Turko-Italian negotia tionn hav reached a deadlock, the Italians refusing to renounce their economic phere and accept abolition of the ca pitulations. Favorable outcome of the negotiation I viewed hero with 'much pessimism a Italy la not prepared to sacrifice lt.rlht an eiaraple to Franc. ' th Bsltlsh o: f ar - are keeping al'oef. , ;. o . .,: '.,.. Army'-Ontacv EmbeiaWr. Dr Moines, via..Nov. 30. Pleading guilty in United. Btatea district court to emhassllng lf.600 of government money over which he had control at Camp Dodge. iWllllam K. Evans wa given a chance te pay back approlmtely the same ameunt In the ahape-oTj-to fine. Judare: Martin J. Wade, fine ;':tVs .-army officer . . . . . .1 J k,M 'W(a n W )i,FV ina miiowvu mwiiu0 ....... . w . .. able him to pay It 'Within a reasonable - tia V.; v ' ?' vw Tlanet" I Asteroid. I 'Cambridge, Maes., Nor. 10. Th "plan et"' reported yesterday In dispatchea from South America te have been discovered by Profeseor Hartmann of th University of La Plata, Argentina. Is- merely an asteroid, on of th Innumerable small bodies which revolve In the solar ays tent between " th orbits of the planets Mara and Jupiter.' it was stated today at th Harvard colleg observatory. Dr. Augaetn H. Strong Vies. - Pasadena. CaL, Nor. SO. Dr. Augustus nnaktme 8trone. orealdent emeritus of the Baptlat Theological Seminary of. Roches- I ter. it. t., ih cna or me most eminent theologian ana educator of the Baptist denomination, died bare aged 85. " - i CsnMtt hrg Or .InJaaetSoB. New Tork. Not. SO. The Garment Mak ers union,- whoa member hav been on strike her for, the .paat three weeks, ob tained an injunction from Supreme Court Justice Charles L. " (Tut,- enjoining the cloak, - ault- and garment manufacturer front - violating th wage, and working agreement between the union and the. Manufacturer association which does not expire until June 1. U2!. This Is said to be the first time that a labor union ha Invoked the compulaory law against tn: employer in taa way. I . I ctMa fat Selene Bolt. j Beaton, Nov. S. A petitlon.asklng the supreme court - to permit Herbert TV. . Eustace and Paul Harvey to resign ' aa trustees of the Christian Selene Publish ing society was filed lata today by Sher-. maa U Whipple and Lothrop Wlthlog toa, eeuneel for th trustee. The trustee auw' aaked th court te appoint their sue teaser and te aathoriz them "to traaafer. tb trust property ta their bauds t auch new trustees.? . .. yawspepias la Beaae. . f Rene, Nor. SI. Th first newspapers elnee Sunday moraine appeared rester elar even Ins. Iarinc th three dara thal Italy tea been wltfeoet newspapers there -ba seast ne Instance ef diserders. Rome u especially tranquil; there seemed lesa esafsjeiea and leea .afreet disorder . th dty Uklnf th aspect of a qeiet -hellday. The peried la which the citi sjen hav been ebilred te de wlthent - Aa&jvanw. has aha aerved to calm thoe? LiarBdasaDtated hj- th allered Sehaaxer- I aSftarf-mMeat ' Omahan Made Officer Of Missionary Board First Evidence Today, In Mrs. King s Trial (Continued From Page One.) ( taken. Many women were among the spectators.. They occupied nearly all of 'the'' cWiirs nearest the railing and a. dozen or more were given chairs inside the, railing. . There was not a thing about the frail-looking midget-woman who sat behind her counsel, facing the jury, that escaped their- analysis. . ' v-' She. appeared' to.: be oblivious of the fact that she was playing the star part, in blazing publicity, on the judicial" stage... She scanned the faces "of the-jurors evtn more. Keenly thanshe herself was -scanned, by the hundreds pf pairs of eyes." Nothing Escaped Her. Apparently not. one word 'said .by a juror escaped her, and when the jury arose to be sworn she took a mental physical photograph of the men. When they werer seated," lis tening to the instructions . of the court,- she appeared to be' making a Still keener psychological analysis of them. Never once did her ' gaze waiver ' nor was thVre the faintest quiver of nerve or muscle. Only once during rh'e 'long afternoon did she raiseNJier face and look at the women around her. The gaze was almost pathetic, as if she had mo mentarily yielded to ,the womanly instinct and sought the sympathy of her sisters. Then the impassive 'aspect returned and she. was again an "unemotional sphynx woman, y "I he opening arguments ot the at torneys' will, be made this morning. The state's witnesses will be the 6f ficers who participated -in the raid and made the arrests. It has; been intimated that the state may "not try to show that Thomas E.' King, dead bandit and supposed husband of the woman, was Tommy Doye, notori ous yegg and gunman , of South. St Paul,- Minn., and thus connect her up with "one of fh'e mjst dangerous bands . of criminals in the , middle west. .'-Photographs of King. , made at the 'Cutler morgue,' were'not iden tified -byjStePaul police as Doyle. There is also declared to be lack ing identification of Frank Tierney, wounded Schneider -"farm' bandit, as Tommy Dolan, another. member of the St. Paul gang of gunmen. 'Attorney Hess has not disclosed his line or defense, but declared last evening he. was confident of ac quittal. Muny Christmas -Tree. . .v:C. F.' BosSie, city clerk is arrang- inrr -the isdetatls of a municioal jCfef.istmas tree- Celebration to be held in the-VAuditorufm Saturday -night, December ;v v Majestic Electric Heaters "Best fn Creation for Heat Radiation" Keeps OH FoUu Comfortable ia aaewreci wkesa a jfajemic ia'm in room- tfte-r are a safe, econ omical eaaTcaieace lot the isotne orocSec Majajabei are the original , patented keatera of this P . . ' ; Msirstk Ifcdric Drieapstt Cassftary - sseeiw.ni or auutsnc rrrATatoe tucratc warts t aaasaaCay SesFn Rev. Titus Lowe Namcjl fprjligh Methodist Post Omaha-Pastor Elected Secre tary ' of Foreign Mission Board-Duties Will Takt Him From City. Xcw ' Ygrk, Nov. 30. Announce nient was nude by the board of bish ops of the Mcthodint Episcopal Church of the election of the Rev. Dr. Titus Lowe, pastor of the First Methodist church of Omaha, as cor responding secretary of the board of foreign mission, to succeed S. F.arl Taylor, who rcigiifd August 1 be cause, of .failing laUh..' .' . Dr. Lowe 'is now in.Xew York, following his attendance at the meet ing of the board of bishops, which closed at Syracuse last Sunday. He is expected home Friday or Satur day. 4j ' , ' Not Unexpected. v 'While this 'announcement is not entirely unexpected, since we know Dr. Lowe's name had been proposed at the conference. I had not heard that he was elected," Mrs. Lowe said yesterday. .. .- - ' : '. "While' I, know that personally Dr. 'Lowe would prefer to remain in the ministry, I think there is no doubt' that he will accept." . Salary $7,500. f With the Election of Dr. Lowe, to this post, bth the secretary of 'the forcijtn board and the home board of injssious of the Methodist Epis copal church are western men, ac cording to Dr. Clyde Clay Cissell, e.cutive secretary of the Omaha area. Dr. Forsyth, secretary of the home, board -atA Philadelphia,, is a member of the Colorado conference, 7 BQWEN'S. Value-Givirig Store Eldredge Two-Spool SEWING MACHINE Saves Dressmaking Bills and at Hi e same time permits you to have more clothes for much less money. - Own a machine and keep the profits at home. . 't As i usual,; yoji are vprivi- ' leged to make yqur own -terms. , j.-.. Select your Sewing Machine now, having it to use while paying for it. Eight handsomo models from which to choose; priced from $22.50 to $98.00 Ask for demonstration and remember it pays to read Bowen's small ads. ,. 4 i r".'.'-.' I'JltBdweJtt (b '- Hewsrd St,'Bt. 15th and lflth. 1 Til a7aftfflilWt'JCTO' ' THE KEE: OMAHA',' THURSDAY. lUXKMHUt 1, ISBI. and for many years was connected with the .Nebrnka conference. Dr. Lowe'i new position payi $7, 500 t year, according to Dr. Cissell Hit present salary is $6,000. Hit new post will neeeiiale his moving from Omaha to New York. Alliance High School Pupil Captures Golden Eagle Alliance. Neb.. Nov. 30. (Spe. ciau William icg, Alliance jngn school pupil, and on of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Zieg, ranchers living near Ellsworth, captured what is be licved to be the largest golden eagle ever taken in this part of the state. The bird was caught in a coyote trap, which the boy bad set in the hills near Lakeside. It measures seven feet front tip to tip and weighs li pounds. Farm Sale JNear Geneva . - Draws Record Crowd Grneva. Nrh.. Nov. 30. (Succial.) The most largely attended' sale ever heiu m this county toon place when the Youngers estate and R. A. Burns disposed of stock and farm machinery at the old Youngers farm. The crowd was estimated at 1,000. Warehouse Is Robhcd Alliance, Neb., Nov. 30.-(Spe- Ciai.) I hicves broke into the rami ers union warehouse here and stole 12 sacks' of flour, I'ntrance was pained by prying off a padlock, They carried their loot through a door which opens onto a much trav eled street.- 'An automobile truck was used to carry the loot away. Mail Boxes Provided. . Snlendid co-onpration ' of nfvrral thousand householders, In providing mail linxps. anrt rorrpllv inrliralinir the addresses' of their homes, is re nortcd bv Aetincr Postmaster Daniel. referring to a request made by him a week ago. '-' !V'U: :-''-. .'? '''" -' '-i-i.'.--, '-i&ffVtA ... ; ' " . ' ' .- . - - ,s - .:VV.....;:; -- ' " ; On Recount of our desire to-MdM - Company , exclusively a feminine store, and to enlarg women's; misses' and girls' ready-to-wear departments - Youths - at -prices so low;:that posal of every article 'The stock 'ComDrises the finest : :; plete;lihes:of Stem-Bl .'.r j,' .-!;-'- Sale and will continue until all men's and boy's apparel has been sold. ' - ; , ... J.. , ' :, This unusual eyent will afford the people of Omaha" and vicinity an unprecedented opportunity to pur-; - chase men's and boys' apparel at a tremendous saving, just at a time when it is needed most and at a time "when Christmas gifts are'being selected: ' - - .. . ' ; Included Are- A. - .... y; -, . -r j . Ms SuM 1 v : Men's Overcoats ; v . Boys' Overcoats . . - - Men's and Boys' ' Hats and Furnishings t a All contract merchan dise is excluded from the sale except at regu lar prices. . Education Week Proclaimed by: Gov. McKelvic Social Life of Children of School Age Demoralizing,' Chief Executive of State ' Declares. Lincoln,' Nov'. JO. (Special.) Social life of school children at f i rear nt is demoralizing and ISe raska should not attempt to nieas ure its educational achievements by the dollars spent, Governor Mc- Kelvie declared today in a procla mation iestied settiii( aside Decem ber 4 to 10 as American Education week. ' . "In my opinion, the governor said, 1 lie social life of the children of school age at the present time is actually demoralizing, not alone, be cause it is not always surrounded with the proper moral safeguards, but because there is too much of it. "Fine school buildings, expen sively " equipped laboratories and high-salaried teachers will not be. able to instill common sense and good judgment into the minds of children whoe time, outside of school hours, is given over largely to social activity and play. "Nor is it possible for the forces of education to control this situa tion, so long as it is encouraged and condoned by parents and sockty. The home must be regarded as an abiding place and not a mere whis tling post-along the line of social engagements.,.. In directing attention to Ameri can Education week I hope that we may regard the results achieved by1 i --.f;' announce bur and Boys' Clothing and Furnishing Lines OUR ;ti'i' .' - ' j .. '.trv.v-' '.J .''.''"' : ':' , ,'.'.'- ;!.'-:' i " ' xa;t .t f r ' '. . - ..'" ". " - -..'i t i . . : "'''' i" ' ' ' '""k' '''' ''.' i "'. '-.,:'.- - ' ' -: ',. " ' - -.' 'v -v. . i ,';...:.., . ... Men's- Youths' and Boy v . ' -'p.'-.;,. . ." ' , . ? '.. - ; ' ' . ' ' ' ' " Apfearef ol" Sale ' ihy ' : .''-";' ' - ' '"-H?w'i'rJ'- ".' -V ;. s ..'.'.' '"- '.' ',t. . ' . - .-"'. -. ' " ' ' "-' - , i '- '.iv - " ". ';..- -' ',.'- ' . r ' . i ' . ' ' ' ; -. , ... - . . . Starts : Thursday, the Store of Specialty our cdtiiatAual ytc:il during tune when it was not abundantly endowed tiiunnully, but received its impetus more largely from the hon est desire on the part of educators, parents and children to evolve type tif citizen who would be suc cessful and have the highest ideals." Legion Pout ut Albion Gives Musical Comedy Albion, Ncb Nov. 30. (Special.) "Ching Chong," a musical comedy, was presented here by Mandcrsoti Lehr Post, 16J, American legion. Three weeks were spent in the preparation for the play. The pro ceeds will be used for the securing of a lease and the equipment of a permanent hall for the post. Two performances were given. About 30 persons were in the cast in "Chjtig t-nong. . , ADVrKllHKMr.NT TRY SULPHUR ON AN ECZEMA SKIN Costs Little and Overcomes Trouble . Almost Over Night. Any (breaking out of the skin, even (iery, itching eczema, can be quickly overcome by applying Mcntho-Sui- phur, declares a noted .skin specialist. liecau.se of its germ-destroying properties this sulphur preparation instantly brings ease from skin irri tation, soothes and heals the eczema right up and leaves the skin clear and smooth, .t . ' '-.. It seldom fails Ho wtieve the tor ment without sdelay." Sufferers from skin trouble jtltoulil. .obtain, a small jar of,' Afentho-Sulphur from, .any , good-druggist and use it like coldi creanu t ;'. ;; ' '.' retirement ' : Therefore We Will Place KNTIRK STOCK of they will :effect an immediate d in our men?s and boys' departments 1 quality j of mercha ' '. r. .',- ' ,! . '.I--'"' Woman' "Poison" Cricu Call Police to Home Kuoiucrs at 1709 California street called police yesterday when Mrs, limil Anderson suddenly filled the hou.se with screams and cries that she hud taken poison. The woman refused to allow the police surgeon to minister to her, but submitted to treatment by a private physician, who said he could not hud traces of poison. Her husband, who works in a packing house, was called home. W. W. Head to Prtcidc. Walter W. Head has been chosen to act as toastmaster at the sales men's Christmas dmnpr'in the Audi. toriuni on December 29 when 2,000 "drummers" working out of Omaha CANA0IAN PACIFICj Once In California you are glud that you came her oranges and rosea and winterless days make you 'pleased with the world. And the going or' coming can be dono with delight by way of, Victoriaand the- . Empress Hotel , ' Quaint Victoria," with Its iustly celebrsted Kntpresi Motet, ' enthroned at the liead of th harbor, haks In th soft airs of the Japan Current and lures you to plsy golf on numerous boautlful. courses.,) Vancouver. Seattle, Taooina and Portland are ail on the line to ban Francisco and Southern California: 1 Stop at Banff fn th Canadian raclfic Rockies wonderful place for winter sports two. first-class hotel open ' all . year around. ' i ! '-m . -i The standard of servica on Canadian Pacific train both ; winter and summer insures cornier all th way;'" , ( Canadian. Pacific Railway , Thos. J. Wall. General Agent ... ' W' 140 So. Clark Street, Chicago, 111. - ' ' .. .V " Or Consult Yeur I-ocal ArentNs. - S"AILWAVJ from the Men's, ' - in-.;'' - , t . ,- . S '..'' ''' '.;' December Extra salespeople will be at your(eervice dur ing: the sale to help you j make your selections. v Shops. will be guests of the Chamber r Commerce. John L. Kennedy wil be the principal speaker. 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