The Omaha Daily Bee
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OMAHA. MONDAY, MAY 29, 1922.
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Retailer' Canvass Give The
. Bee More Subscriber Then
It Claimed The Sunday
Bee It Beat Advertising
"Buy" in City of Omaha.
Aeiocistrd Retailers of Oinilis
have completed an exhaustive sur
vey hirh rcvrali interesting (aril
ol nrwtpapcr circulation in Omaha.
The Haviie Advrntsvig seency,
working lor the Attoriaied Re
tailers and under direction of a com
in it ire of in member, canvassed
alniO't I.'.IHK) honiei, approximately
oiif.lourtli of all the home in
Onuha and Council IUiHU. I'poil
the bai of the fact thut disclosed,
the investigator omputrtt the
circulation of the Omaha news
tapris and compared these figure
Mith the patters' 0n cUimt.
The reult showed the follow inn:
- The Omaha Bee was credited
, with a greater circulation than it
. claimed; neither of the other two
papen was credited with at much
ai it claimed.
The Omaha News waa credited
with 10701 lets weekday circula
tion than it claimed and 5,373
leas Sunday circulation.
No Omaha paper ia delivered
by carrier to more than half the
homes in Omaha and Council
Bluffs, it being impossible for any
paper to claim truthfully that it
alone covers the field.
The Omaha Sunday Bee offers
; the "bestvbuy' of any advertising
medium in ita field. Its advertis
ing rate per inch per 1,000 circula
tion is less than that of any com
petitor, the World-Herald rate
being 10 per cent higher and The
New 21 per cent higher.
The average value of the homes
into which The Omaha Bee was
taken was shown to be $6,273. the
highest of any paper. Over 73.12
per cent of The Omaha Bee sub
scribers owned the homes in which
they lived, this again placing The
- Bee substantially in the lead over
its two competitors. This gave
important evidence of the "buy
ing power" of The Bee readers.
"These computations were made
by the Hayncs Advertising agency
for the Associated Retailers after
a corps of investigators had worked
for many days. The canvassers
visited nearly 12,000 homes and rec
orded the number of the house, the
newspaper or newspapers taken, the
Tahie of the property and whether
or not the occupant owned the pro
perty. The whole canvass was
directed by a committee of retailers
including H. E. Moss of Burgess
Nash company. Harold Thompson
of Thompson-Bcldcn company, R.
L. Metcalfe of the Bra,ndeis stores,
Patrick Johnson of Hayden " Broth
ers, H. A. Abbott of Browning
King company and W. S. Stryker
of the Douglas Shoe company.
Morning Bee Leads.
The Omaha Bee was found to
have the largest morning city circu
lation, home delivered, of the two
morning newspapers by approxi
mately 20 per cent.
The duplication of The Bee ajid
World-Herald circulation the num
ber of homes in which both papers
were taken was found to be less
than the number taking both the
"World-Herald and the .News.
Similarly, the number of people tak
ing both The Bee and the News
was less than those taking the
World-Herald and the News.
7 Bee Claims Verified.
The investigators used the canvass
of o.nc-fourth the homes of Omaha
and Council Bluffs as a basis for
computing the circulation in .the two
cities as a whole. On this adjusted
basis, The Bee showed 100,3 per
cent of the home delivered city cir
culation it had been claiming and
was the only Omaha newspaper
which showed, by the adjusted com
putation, as great a circulation as
it claimed.
".The total net paid circulation of
The Omaha Bee. "adjusted on the
basis of difference in carrier circula
tion between the papers claimed and
our census" (quoting the exact lan
guage of the investigators' report),
was shown to average 71,481 on
week-days and 79.549 on Sunday.
The former figure Is 214 and the
latter 238 more than claimed fcy
The Bee. -y
This verification of The Bee
circulation is considered an unusual
proof of the honesty of its claims.
It is especially interesting in view
of recent revelations of the circula
tion policy of another Omaha news
paper, reflected in the investigators'
report.
Only 3,698 of the 50,232 homes in
Omaha and Council Bluffs were
shown to take no Omaha paper by
carrier deliver". This is only 7.4
per cent of the total. i
Sunday Bee "Best Buy."
' .'. Circulation of advertising rates
was reduced to the basis of "per
inch per 1,000 circulation," this be
ing considered the fairest and most
absolute test of advertising rate
values. On this basis the rate of
The Omaha Bee on week-days was
found to be 2 cents per inch per
1.000 circulation, as low as one of
its competitors and considerably
lower than the other.
Proof that The Sunday Bee is the
"best buy" in its field was shown by
its rate of 1.79 cent per inch per
1,000 circulation compared with 1.97
cents for the Sunday World-Herald
a,nd 2.17 cents for the News. This
is considered an important show
ing, inasmuch as up-to-date advertis
ers calculate the worth-of their
purchase of advertising space by this
method. It indicated that The Bee
rate for its entire circulation makes
it a "best buy" for advertising
throughout Omaha trade territory.
Prosperity
Reigns in
Nebraska
Omaha Trail Exrursion He
turns From WeckV Trip
Optimism Is Fouiul
Ya cry where .
Buying Power Returning
By PAUL GREER.
Huff t vrrriKnni,ml Omah H.
Overflowing with confidence and
enthusiasm, the Omaha trade excur
sion ended. Not one of the more
than 100 business men would cxpret
the slightest doubt of the improved
outlook, (
From the first call in Wynot at
8 in the morning, 21 towns on the
Chicago, St. Taut, Minneapolis and
Omaha line were visited yesterday.
The route lay down the Missouri
valley, a region great in buying
power.
Oakland, which boasts of. rankins-
first in the world as a cattle feeding
renter, was one of the main points,
l'uhlic improvements are in full
swing there. Eighty-two blocks of
paving are now being laid. A large
swimming pool is under construc
tion, and employment as well as
business is good. At Thurston a
water works system soon will be
installed.
The last stop outside of Omaha
was at Blair, where Dan Desdunes'
band gave a concert and J. P. Nes
tlebush gave his dance while the
business men made their calls.
Opinions on Conditions.
Representative opinions from
some of the representative Omaha
men back from this 1,500-mile tour
of Nebraska, Iowa and South Da
kota follow:
H. C. Nicholson, Vice President.
Packers National Bank: Financial
conditions show marked improve
ment. The liquidation in the past
six months has been really remark
able. Corn-fed cattle and hogs have
solved the problem. ,
George W. Sumner, Treasurer
Fairmont Creamery Company: My
survey of conditions in this territory
indicates a material increase in pro
duction of dairy and farm produce
over previous years. Experience has
shown farmers that dairy cattle are
a most dependable source of income
during periods of low prices. Herds,
accordingly, are being increased and
the quality of cows improved as rap
idly as financial conditions will per
mit. The outlook is decidedly en
couraging for better business in
creamery and allied lines.
E. H. Hoel, Secretary Carpenter
Paper Company: After having spent
a week traveling through a good
portion of the rich Missouri valley
territory, one cannot help but feel
thankful to a kind Providence for
being permitted to live and work in
such a favored country. This re
gion, both east and west of the river,
certainly looks fine.
Optimism Is. Noticed.
The thing that impressed me the
most was the spirit of optimism that
prevails among the business men.
Conditions are gradually improving
and there are good times not far
ahead. I am certain.
F. S. Geogh, Secretary Paxton &
Gallagher Co.: Merchants generally
have taken advantage of the winter
and spring months for shaping up
their stocks. They are buying care
fully and selling along more conser
vative lines, which tends to the well
being of the future. There is a gen
eral trend to improvement.
L. B. Clough, Vice President M.
E. Smith & Co.: The trade trip has
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Six U. S. Destroyers
Taken From Service
San Diego, May 28. Six United
States destroyers, representing a to
tal construction cost of $9,000,000
and comprising the eighteenth divi
sion of the Pacific destroyer force,
were erased from the active list of
the navy in one of the most dramatic
ceremonies ever seen in these waters.
A few minutes before the- stars
and stripes were lowered, Rear Ad
miral Guy Bnrrage, destroyer force
commander, led his officers and men
in giving three cheers for the divi
sion. Then, as the cruiser Charles
.ton's band played the national an
them, the officers and men, grouped
on the after decks and fantails of
the war craft, stood rigidly at atten
tion. As the notes of the anthem were
dying away, the six quartermasters
and signal men on the destroyers
slowly lowered the ensigns.
The officer and crew personnel
will be distributed to other vessels in
active service.
Readers
Who Buy
Readers of The Omaha Bee
average a higher buying
power, because of The Bee's
recognized quality circulation.
Whether Ton want to rent
room, fell ft house or bur a
pet for the youneterf. Bee
"Want" Ad do it the quick,
economical way.
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The Omaha Bee
Norfolk Woman files
for State Legislature
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Norfolk. Neh.. May 28. (Special.)
Mrs. Jean Whitney, the first re
publican woman candidate to file for
the oilice of representative in the
state legislature from the 49th dis
trict, is a member of the firm of
Whitney & Nichols, gift shop. She
has taken considerable interest in re
publican politics and is a member of
the state executive committee and
woman' chairman in the third Ne
braska district.
Mrs. Whitney, who is a daughter
of the late Isaac Powers, prominent
in Nebraska politics and a member
of the state constitutional convention
in 1876, is running on the "lower
taxes" platform and expects to se
cure much of her support from
women voters. It is said rri organ
ized republican circles that she will
have no opposition.
Harold Henwood
Released From
Colorado Prison
Slayer of GeorgeT. Copeland
in Denver Hotel Freed
. on Pardon by Gover
nor Shoup.
Canon City, Colo., May 28. Par
doned by Governor Shoup after
serving approximately 10 years of a
sentence of life imprisonment for
the murder of George E. Copeland
in a Denver hotel barroom, Harold
F. Henwood was liberated from the
state prison here. , '
As he left the penitentiary, Hen
wood was accompanied by John T,
Bottom, Denver attorney, who de
fended him in his two trials for
murder, and who lias fought consist
ently for his release.
Henwood appeared overjoyed at
his release. He was attired in a
natty suit of dark material, in strik
ing contrast to other prisoners who
have been discharged fearing the
attire provided by law.
Under the provisions of the pardon
granted him by the Colorado execu
tive. Henwood can never return to
Denver. Through the efforts of
Mrs. Thomas McCue, widtfw of- Sen
ator McCue, who was a firm friend
of Henwood and his financial back
er, a position has been obtained for
him in a middle western town, she
declared today.
Denver. Colo., May 28. Judge
Charles C. Butler of the district
court, who as trial judge sentenced
Harold F. Henwood to hang,
wrote to Gov. O. H. Shoup, who
yesterday pardoned Henwood from
the penitentiary, that "I cannot
recommend Henwood's release."
King Will Sue Gambler
for Wrecking His Auto
Paris, May 28. To charge head
long into a king's touring car on a
lonely road in the Alps and narrowly
miss sending a . crowned head dowji
into a ravine has been the experience
of Gregory Vagliano, the famous in
ternational gambler, notorious for his
huge winning at Deauville, Biarritz
and Monte Carlo.
President Approves
Eight-Hour Work Day
- for Postal Employes
Washington, May 28. (By A.
P.) President Harding took ac
tion affecting more than 50,000
postal clerks and carriers throughout
the country when he approved a
recommendation of the Postoffice de
partment for the establishment of a
strict eight-hour basis for postal em
ployes. '
The president's approval of the
plan followed a conference at the
White House with Acting Post
master General Bartlett, who ex
plained that thousands of employes,
by reason of the exhaustion of ap
propriation for auxiliary clerks, were
obliged to work from one-half to two
hours overtime each day. The presi
dent was of the opinion, it was
Understood, that additional clerks
in sufficient numbers should be put
to work at all points where overtime
now required in the discharge of
postal duties. To make such a move
possible, the president was said to
have advised Mr. Bartlett that he
would ask congress for an additional
or deficiency appropriation.
Records in
Morse Case
Made Public
Attorney General Give Out
Secret of Name, of Con
freemen Who Aled
Pardon From Pricon.
Senate Attack Renewed
Ir The Atsarlalrd ITtu.
Washington, May 28. Naming
scores of members of the senate and
Iiouhc, both democrats and republi
cans, and others prominent in official
life at the time as having petitioned
for the release in 1912 from the At
lanta penitentiary of Charles W.
Morse, the Department of Justice
made public the record in the
Morse case, "a disclosed in
the official files," which indicates, the
statement (aid, "beyond any ques
tion that Mr. Morse was released
upon the report of reputable physi
cians and United States armv sur
geons showing him to be suffering
from a serious illness."
"The release came," the statement
continued, "as the culmination of
probably the most remarkable public
demonstrations on behalf of any fed
eral prisoner ever convicted in the
courts of the United States."
Notwithstanding the "high charac
ter" of those occupying positions of
"responsibility and trust" under the
government, who were among thou
sands signing the petition, the Mate
ment said, "it was not in response to
any public demonstration, strong as
it was at that time, that Mr. Morse
was released, but solely upon the re
ports of the medical examiners."
Attacked in Senate.
Before the statement of the De
partment of Justice was issued, At
torney General Daugherty was again
under attack in the senate by Sena
tor Caraway, democrat, Arkansas,
and Senator Watson, democrat,
Georgia, with others joining in the
debate. . The Arkansas senator
charged that Mr. Daugherty in act
ing as counsel for Morse in 1912,
had "betrayed" former President
Taft and now was "betraying" the
present administration. He also
charged that the Department of Jus
tice was employing its - agents to
shadow senators ana representatives.
Incorporated in the statement is
sued late today by the Department
of Justice were reports of physicians
which were part of the record of the
Morse case. These showed that Maj.
David Baker, an army medical offi
cer at Fort McPherson, found Morse
suffering from arteriosclerosis, with
myocarditis and renal sclerosis. This
malady was incurable, it was said,
and Mr. Morse had "not very long to
live."
Reports Disagree.
Prior to examination of Mr. Morse
by army officials, civilian physicans
made an examination at the request
'(Turn to Pace Two, Column Three.)
Turkish Women Try
to Reform Mere Man
Constantinople, May 28. Since
they have had a touch and a sight
of Paris and particularly of dances
and dresses, Turkish women are mak
ingattempts to reform their male
masters and are threatening to dis
card the traditional veil. Many have
already done so, causing the chief of
police to issue an edict proclaiming
that women dancing in public "dis
guised as Europeans" are liable to
prosecution. .
Turkish women's clubs are creep
ing up everywhere, and tea dances,
dinner dances and similar amuse
ments have been introduced in all
classes. In many homes veils have
been done away with, and pretty Pa
risian evening dresses and walking
out costumes have replaced Turkish
draperies. One club has hired rooms
for dancing where fnly competent
Europeans are allowed entry. This
is considered a serious offense, and
the population is astir as to what will
happen to the "guilty ones" when the
chief of police carries out his threat
to prosecute. ' .
"Rattlesnake" BiU in Bad
New Jersey Celebrity Draws Wrath of Police Judge
When He Attempts to Put Pershing in Shade
at Laying of Cornerstone.
Omaha, Bee Lensed Wire,
Newark, N. J., May 28. When
last seen late yesterday "Rattlesnake"
Bill Van Home, who earned his
sobriquet by virtually ridding two
counties of this state of rattlesnakes,
was headed from Newark and the
general direction of the county line.
He was going away from here at the
suggestion of Acting Police Judge
Rooney that Bill needed a change of
air.
Gen. John J. Pershing was present
Friday at the unveiling ot a monu
ment in Memorial park, Kearney, N.
J, in the memory of the 61 men of
that city killed in the war. During
the ceremony the general attended
the cornerstone laying of the Newark
Athletic club.
"Rattlesnake Bill." just having
spent 10 days in seclusion in a county
institution for the reception of citi
zens too full of the best known cure
for snakebite, was on hand for the
cornerstone laying. It had been
Negotiations on
Collins-DeValera
Pact Deadlocked
Meeting at London Adjourns
Without Reaching Agree
ment Lloyd George
Warns Against Break.
By HENRY WALES.
CopyrlKht IDS!.
London, May 28. Unable to reach
a satisfactory agreement regarding
interpretation of the Irish treaty, the
representatives of the British and
Irish ' governments discussing the
new Irish situation arising from the
Collms-De Valera pact, adjourned
until next week. The conference
was attended by Prime Minister
Lloyd George and Winston Church
ill for Great Britain and Michael
Collins and Arthur Griffith for Ire
land. At the session, which tasted two
hours, Mr. Collins said that neither
he nor-Mr. de Valera intended to
violate the peace treaty, but they
sought a compromise, agreement with
the ainn frein.
The calling of a general election
in the south of Ireland next month,
as the treaty provides, to decide the
free states policy to ulster torms
the principal stumbling block, Mr.
Collins insisting that there will be
insurmountable difficulties if the
balloting is held in the near future.
The Irish urge delay under the coali
tion government, as provided in the
Collins-De Valera pact, pending the
abatement of bloodshed, the restora
tion of order and the assumption of
complete control over the free state
by the newly created authorities.
They claim that peace in Ireland
was the primary object of the origi
nal treaty and the secondary agree
ments and pacts are aimed with the
same end in view, to coincide with
the spirit of the treaty.
Bill's misfortune to bump squarely
into a bootlegger soon after he was
turned" out by the sheriff Friday
morning.
While the motion pictures were
grinding away, catching Gen. Persh
ing going and coming. Bill flitted
back and forth, in and out of the
picture, dancing hornpipes, standing
on his head and making fantastic
gestures.
A little of that was not so bad.
Even Gen. Pershing laughed for the
first five minutes, but when Bill in
sisted on performing all afternoon
and finally assumed that it was he,
not the cornerstone, that was to be
laid, the(club members and the po
lice got peeved and William was led
away to the hoosegow.
Yesterday Judge Rooney plastered
Bill with a six-months' jail sentence.
The blow gave the rattlesnake killer
a new style of staggers. Then the
judge informed him sentence was
suspended on condition he reduce the
county's population by one.
Another War Is
France Capable
of Making War,
Clemenceau Says
Nation Will Not Permit Van
quished to Become More
Powerful Than Victors,
Declares Ex-Premier.
Bjr The AMorlntri Pme.
Paris, May 28. "France does not
wish to abandon her allies, but she
she will not permit the vanquished
to become more powerful than the
victorious," M. Clemenceau, France's
war premier, declared in an im
promptu speech at a banquet after
the unveiling of a monument at Nan
tes to the teachers and students who
fell in the war.
"We will not abandon our al
lies; on the contrary we desire to
remain , united with them," M.
Clemenceau continued. "However, we
demand a .little justice in our be
half. We shall not forget the as
sistance which was given, nor shall
we forget our duty. We ask that
cn their side they understand that
they do not accuse us of ulterior mo
tives. '
Capable of! Making War.
. "They must not sacrifice our in
terests for the interests of others.
We want to do all that is possible
to make peace, but there is a limit
beyond Vhich we will not go. We
did not wish the war, but Ave did
wish .peace. However, we are cap
able of making war. Nations are
like their people. For the moment
we are friendly, but unfortunately
we have not ended wars. .
- r "We seek no addition today, but
neither do we desire a dishonorable
peace. I prefer to see my country
in an honorable position, even though
that honor be very dearly bought."
M. Clemenceau asserted that the
very people . that were accusing
France of a desire to bring about
war again had said in 1914 that
France was' not able to. fight and
win a war.
M. Clemenccau's speech at the
University of Nantes this afternoon
developed into a touching farewell
iu me siuutms oi me scnooi ne once
attended. Concluding his address, he
said. '
Parting Forever.
"I am leaving this life; we are
parting forever. I to die, you to
live and to make a future for France.
Goodbye, my dear friends. 'Thank
you for listening to me. Forget me,
roll up your sleeves and make your
destiny."
France's great war premier sum
marized the meaning of life in the
following terms:
"Life is not a party; it is a duty,
a battle to found a family, to make
it live, to make it prosper a battle
for those for whom it is one'i duty to
live, a battle for courage, for nobility
of character, for generosity."
Man Charged With Treason
Found Not Guilty by Jury
Charlestown, W. Va., May 28.
William Blizzard, charged with treas
on in connection with the armed
march of miners on Logan county
last fall, uac fnnnrl tint criiilt, kir a
. V V
jury here. '
On
Noted Artist's 77
Model Attempts
to End Own Life
Audrey Munson, Said to Pos
sess Perfect Form, Swal
lows Poison Despond
ent for Several Days.
Omnha Bee Leaned Wire.
, Syracuse, May 28. Miss Andrey
Munson, 28, famous artist's model
and said to be the possessor of the
perfect female form, attempted to
commit suicide at her home in Mex
ico, a northern New York village,
Miss Munson swallowed poison
after receiving a . telegram which
may haye , come from the man
she had intended to marry this sum
mer. Her condition is - extremely
critical. '
Miss Munson has been despondent
for several days. This afternoon
she received a telegram and her
despair became aggravated. She had
intended to marry Joseph J. Steven
son of Ann Arbor, Mich., this sum
mer, and her friends in the village
think the message was from him.
Miss Munson first attracted atten
tion when she posed for the statuary
at the Panama-Pacific exposition,
and her form also appears in the
Maine Memorial and the Municipal
building, both at New York city.
In recent years Miss Munson had
been unable to obtain employment
and from a star at $15,000 a picture,
which she claimed to have received
for playing in "Purity," she was re
duced to dire poverty, with her
mother compelled to sell .kitchen
utensils from house to house to eke
out an existence for her daughter
and herself.
Miss Munson attracted world-wide
notice a few months ago when she
announced she would wed the man
who possessed a masculine form as
near perfection as her own was
femininely perfect. Until a few
weeks ago she had been touring
through the west posing in theaters
where one . of - her films was dis
played, Prisoner Shot, One Escapes,
in Colorado Jail Break
Anonito, Colo., May 28. Jose
Risos was shot and seriously
wounded in a jail break at Cone
jos, Colo., and Louis Gonzales
is at large being pursued by
a posse and a pack of bloodhounds
Poth men were prisoners. Ben
Hayes, another prisoner, returned to
to the jail after running a short dis
tance. Ben Martinez, the jailer, was
overpowered by the prisoners as he
opened the door to put food into
their cell.
He was knocked down and the
men fled. Recovering, Martinez
seized a gun and shot Rios through
the chest. He is expected to recover.
The Weather
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SeclionMen
Slashed 5
Cen Is Hour
RetliirlioiiK Affe. -ling 400.000
Maintfiianee-of.Way Work
er Aiiiinunred Iy I'ttitetl
Stair l.ulmr Hounl.
Other Cases Are Pending
H The AmkIuM rue,
ChicaKo. May 28,-More than
$43.0U(,0Ht wan tlahrd from the
wage of 4H0.IXH) railway employes in
a decision by the United Slated Rail
road Labor board tonight. The de
create, which averaged five rents
an hour in the majority of raei, fol
lowed ruts of 400,000.00 made lat
July by the board. Today's deition,
however, affected mostly mainte-nance-of-way
worker, although de
cision are pending affecting other
classifications.
If the ' wage cuts made in the
latest decision are extcoded to the
decisions expected soon, it wan
pointed out in railway circles that
much of the $600,000,000 increase
given by the board in 1920 would
be wiped out and wages restored to
a level which railway officials had
told the board would lead to a new
era of development and open the
way to the employment of 200,000
men.
The decision was signed by the
three railway members of the board
and the three members representing
the public. A dissenting opinion was
filed by the three members represent
ing the labor group.
The majority opinion said that the
wage cuts, effective on July 1, were
made in accordance with decreases
in the cost of living. The minority
opinion contended that the wage
scale provided in the decision was in
sufficient to sustain life on the basis
of American standards.
Move for Cloture
on Tariff Is Doomed
Washington, May 28. Although
the question still is open, it became
increasingly probable, after a con
ference of tepublican senators, that
the . move to invoke cloture dur
ing consideration of the tariff bill
would be unsuccessful. - With " the
democrats regarded as solidly against
the proposal, an informal canvass on
the republican side, leaders said,
showed that a sufficient number of
republicans were in opposition to
defeat a cloture rule in connection
with the tariff. , , .
Police Start Drive
on Midnight Parties
"Midnight parties' must slop," po
lice heads declared last night, and
suited the action to the word by
raiding the rooms occupied by Mrs.
Emma Metcalf, 630 South Seven
teenth street, and arresting 12 in
mates, men and women. ,
Paul Floth, 2618 Leavenworth
street, was also the victim of a raid,
nine inmates being taken. A quan- ,
tity of liquor was siezed in both
raids. The work was done under
Sergeant Frank Williams?
Two Hundred Missing
in Blumau Explosion
Vienna. May 28. (By A. P.)
Two hundred persons are missing .
and between 100 and 200 in the hos
pitals as a result of the explosion of
an ammunition factory at Blumau,
near Vienna, Thursday, according to
reliable reports. The official state
ment gives only 19 dead, but details
are refused. Property damage is
said to amount to more than a mil
lion dollars.
Governor Will Dedicate
Platte County Court House
Columbus, Neb., May 28. (Spe
cial.) Governor S. R. McKclvie
will deliver an address at the dedica
tion of the new Platte county court
house here June 19. Judge J. J. Sul
livan of Omaha, a former member
of the Platte county bar, will talk
on J'Platte County Reminiscences."
The dedication exercises will he held -in
Frankfort square, opposite the
new building.
Head of Scribner Schools
Resigns to Enter Politics
Fremont, Neb., May 28. (Special
Telegram.) Prof. E. II. Koch, after
serving as superintendent of the
Scribner schools for seven years, is
retiring from the teaching profession
and will move to his former home
in Seward. Mr. Koch was county
superintendent of Seward .county be
fore going to Scribner and has again
entered the race for that office in the .
same county. A petition was circu
lated and signed by over 100 asking
his acceptance of the nomination.
Wayne Man Is Named Chief
of Animal Industry Bureau
Lincoln. May 28. Dr. D. D. To
bias of Wayne has been appointed
by Secretary Leo Stuhr of the State
department of agriculture to be chief
of the bureau of animal industry. Dr.
I. R. Woodring, who has been act
ing chief since the resignation of
Dr. W. T. Spencer, has been desig
nated a assistant chief.
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