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Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-09
SPECIAL
TO Be run OVER
NEBRASKA SOON
College Of Agriculture to
Run Train Over the Po-
tat0 Belt With
Specialists.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. S.-As a part
of the work of the college OF gri-
culture to encourage the growing of
more and better potatoes, special
train will be run over the railroads
OF the potato belt of Nebraska be-
fore planting time. The train will
carry exhibits, specialists, growers
and officers of the Nebraska Potato
Improvement association, and the
gospel of better methods will be
preached at every stop in the po-
tato section of the state.
Special emphasis will be placed
on the need of better seed, and bet
ter growing methods in general.
One car will contain an exhibit
showing the best methods of treat
ing seed, disinfecting cellars, grad
ing. insect control, etc. Stops of a
day each will be made at the prin-
clpal potato towns of the state.
II. .. Werner, college of agriculture
specialist and secretary of the Ne
braska association, will explain what
the state is doing to encourage the
growing of good seed. A seed in
spection service has been estab-
lished which follows the production
of seed from the time the potatoes
are planted until they reach the buy
er. Twenty-Five thousand bushels
were produced in Nebraska last
year under the eye of this service.
The demands from the south for
good Nebraska seed exceeded by
Il times this amount of seed.
The potato special will be op-
Grated in Nebraska, Colorado and
Wyoming by the colleges of agri-
culture of the three states. 1t will
be in Nebraska probably sometime
in March.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-09
Lincoln Bureau on.hs & nhs Bee
!, Barrows, Correspondent :
Nebraska Retailers Will
Meet at Fremont This Week

Fremont, Neb., Feb. S.-(Special.)
Plans have been made to entertain
400 Nebraska retailers who will
come to Fremont this week for the
fourteenth annual convention OF the
Nebraska Retailers association. The
sessions will begin Monday evening
and continue till Thursday after
noon. The Paper and String club
banquet will be given Tuesday even
ing and the Commercial club will
give a complimentary banquet
Wednesday evening. A. L. Ander-
son of Wahoo is president of the
association.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-09
AirpIane Used to Guard
70 Sim Eein Prisoners

Queenstown, Feb. 8.-Seventy
Sim Fein prisoners, strongly
guarded, were shipped for England
aboard two naval vessels. An air
plane accompanied the vessels util
they we're well out of sight OF land
to guard against any attempt to
escape,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-09
Saunders County Pioneer
Dies After as Years Here

Fremont, Neb., Feb, 8.-(Special.) }
Jesse Gidley, for As years resi-
dent of Saunders county on the farm
he homesteaded when he came to
this country from Canada, died at
his home in Sand Creek, southwest
of Cedar Bluffs, Saturday.
Mr.. Gidley was II years old and
prominent in Masonic circles.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-09

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critical periods Of . woman's exist
ence. This good old-fashioned root
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Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-09
Clergyman Editor Dies.

Morristown, N. J., Feb. S.-The
Rev. DIR. James Monroe Buckley,
IS years old, clergyman, editor and
author, died at his home here. For
so years he was editor of The Chris
tian Advocate, and for 90 years
was prominent in the affairs of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-09
Plan Ice Cream Factory.

Fremont, Neb., Fab. 8.-(Special.)
Fremont is to have another ice
cream factory. Henry M. Landroth,
travelling salesman, and Lloyd H.
Sterner, president and manager of
the Sterner Grocery Co., have Or
ganized the Real Ice Cream COM
pany and will start their factory
about April l. The company will do
wholesale business only.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-09
Must Clean Fremont Walks.

Fremont, Neb., Feb. 8.-(Spec.al.) }
Forty Fremont property owners
were notified to appear in police
court and explain why they had
failed to clean the sidewalks in front
of their property of snow and ice.
Bankers, lawyers, merchants and
other professional men marched to
the station with laboring men. Fines
were renitted.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-09

British experimenters with
method of controlling distant electri-
cal apparatus with sound waves have
driven an automobile with a whistle
blown as far away as q mile,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-09
FROM F0RTY.F|vE
TO SIXTY
A Word of Help to Women
Of Middle Age From
Mrs. Raney.
Morse, Okla - ''When was As
years old Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-

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through the criti-
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Change Of Life in
safety. ! am over
60 and have raised
a family Of eight
children and am in
fine health. My
daughter and
daughters-in-law
recommend your
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Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-09

The heroic bust of Thomas A.
Edison, by Onorio Ruotolo, noted
Italian sculptor of New York, which
is said to Re the most striking and
lifelike portrayal of Americas cleo
trical wizard ever made. Mr.. Edi-
son will celebrate his 10th birthday
on February 80. Ruotolo attracted
much attention by his famous
prince of Sparrows" bust of Car
dinal Mercier and his bas-relief of
Belgium" which was presented to
the heroic cardinal during his re-
cent visit to this country.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
Phoenix Park Only Open
To Public Durinu Hours

Dublin, Jan. An order has
been issued closing Phoenix park
to the public from a half hour after
sunset until half hour before SUM-
rise.
The Sim Fein leader, Arthur Grif-
hth, in an interview, comments upon
what he calls a conspiracy of silence
on the part OF, the English press
concerning the coercion of Ireland
and the police and military activity.
He declares:
There exists a cauorra in Dublin
castle which has been working to
provoke the people during the past
two months. Nearly 1000 raids have
been made on private houses; there
have been arrests and deportations
and assaults on private people by
the military and police, acting under
orders of the castle, not single one
of which has been mentioned in the
English papers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
BROWNS CHUM
REARRESTEDIN
MURDER CASE
Floyd Provost Stands on Con-
stitutional Rights When Ques-
toned by Officers.

Mount Clemens, Mich. Jan. T.
Floyd Provost, a former close friend
OF ]. Stanley Brown, was again
taken into custody Thursday for ex-
animation in connection wit h
Browns death, December q.
When brought to the county Jail
Provost refused to answer questions
by the officers, standing on his con-
stitutional rights as he had in re-
fusing to testify at the coroner's in
quest earlier in the week.
Neither would he discuss the case
when confronted by Mrs. Cecil YES
ter, who told the authorities story
discriminating Provost and Mrs. Ruth
Brown, the young widow.
Prosecutor Lynn Johnston de-
clined to say whether he would ask
warrant for Provost Such action
would be taken, however. he stated
if habeas corpus proceedings were
instituted.
Beyond accusing Provost of COM
pliclty in the killing of Brown,
whose bullet-riddled body was found
in his automobile on a country road
near here, Mrs. Vester added moth
ing to her version of the tragedy.
So far she is the only person direct
ly charged with Browns death. Of
fcials are quoted as saying they be-
lieve she was not responsible, but
has knowledge that will aid them in
clearing up the mystery. Mrs. YES
ter's hearing has been set for Sat-
urday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
GEOGRAPHY LITTLE
CHANGED BY THE WAR,

St. t.Louis. Jan. 1.-The teaching of
geography i'll the schools will not be
rcvolutiouized or materially changed
w the shifting boundary lines OF
European countries resulting from
the world war and the formation Of
new nations. in the opinion of DR.,
Mendel F. Brapom of Harris Teach
ors' college. St. Louis, speaking be
fore the American Association of
Geographcrs at the convention o'
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
The climates will not change he
said "The people will be the same
and they will speak the same Ian
guage. A few arbitrary boundary
lines will be rearraneed, but that will
not affect The study of peoples. re-
sources and customs. We now think
in regions rather in political bout
dary lines and the new alignment
will apply only to descriptive seog-
raphy and not to- physical seog-
raphy."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
POLICE FAIL TO
LOCATE BENSON
BANK ROBBERS
Detectives AlIege Two Gang
sters Have Been Iden-
titled as Members of
Kirk Gang.

With the finding of the Cadillac,
car in which the four bandits who
held up and robbed the Farmers and
Merchants bank at Benson of Sis.
GOO Wednesday morning made their
escape, the police are combing the
city for new clues that might lead TO
the arrest of the desperadoes.
IT is the opinion of Chief of De
tectives Dunn that the bandit gang
is hiding in the city. The aban-
doned car, bearing an Iowa license
No. 213357, was found Wednesday
afternoon standing in Chicago street
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets.
Detectives Are Recalled.
Detectives that were dispatched to
points SO miles in the country to in
vestigate reports that the bandits
were seen speeding along country
roads returned to Omaha yesterday
The latest clue to the identity OF
the bandit gang is the identification,
Of two of the robbers as Frar'
Adams, alias John Appleby. ami
Thomas Mckay, notorious gunme'
Both were members of the gang
that held up and robbed the Maa-
shock jewclry store in Omaha on
January 80, 1918, in broad daylight
Mckay and Appleby are suspected
of having teen implicated in other
recent robberies in Omaha.
F. C. Kuhl, Sixty-third and Maple
streets, identified a picture of Apple
by as the exact resemblance OF one
of the holdup men he saw enter the
bank.
Trace Route of Escape.
Other witnesses to the escape of
the bandits identified photo OF Nc
Kay as a member Of the bandit gang
Police have photos and finger prints
of both men. No report of the iden-
tihcatien of the bandits through
photographs or finger prints of the
bandits that were taken by Hans
Nielsen, Bertillon expert. has vet
been made. Detectives expect abso-
lutte Identification of the robbers by
the finger print photographs.
The route taken by the bandits ir
their escape from the bank was east
or Military avenue, north on the
krug park road. east on Anes ave-
nue., south on Th;rtieth street, east
on Lake street, south on Twenty
fourth street, east on Willis avenue,
south on Twenty ty-second street.
thence by various streets to Twelfth
and Chicago streets, where they
abandoned the car.
Police have traced this route
through reports received from per-
sons who witnessed the speeding au-
tomobile.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
112 RE DS ARRESTED RAIDS
DR.. R. W. CONNELL
DROPS DEAD IN
HIS APARTMENT
Former Health Commissioner
Stricken With Heart Dis
ease Last Night.

DR., Ralph w. Conne1I former city
health commissioner, dropped dead
in bis apartment at the Blackstone
hotel shortly after midnight last
night Heart disease is said to have
been the cause Of his death. He was
90 years old.
DR.. Council was born August 5,
1889, at SchrooE Lake, Essex county.
New York, and after attending the
public schools entered the New
Hampshire State Normal school at
Plymouth, N. J, He was graduated
from the Putte Medical school at
Cincinnati in 1882 and took post
graduate course in Chicago in 1892,
1898 and 1894 and in New York City
in 1898 and 1899.
He began the study Of medicine
with his brother, DR.. Robert D.
Connell in Richmond, in 1877 and
after graduation practiced with him
until 1884, when he came to Omaha.
He practiced his profession here
since that time.
Dr.. Connell was first appointed
health commissioner in Omaha by
Mayor James c. Dahlman in 1906
and was reappointed in 1909.
He was married to Katherine F.
Walch in Cincinnati, December Is,
1890. He is survived by his widow
and two sons. Herbert J., and James
f., both of Omaha and one daugh-
ter, Regina, living at home.
He was a member of Nebraska
Lodge No. I, A. F. & A. NJ; w. O..
W., A. O. U. w. and supreme medi-
cal director Of the Royal Achates.
Attorney w. J. Connell, a broth
er, is away from the city on a
business trip to the Pacific, coast.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
No New Years Reception
Held at the White House

Washington. Jan, New Years
day was observed so quietly in
Washington today that it was much,
like an ordinary Sunday. There
were no public receptions. and
church services were not different
from those in hundreds of Amer
can cities.
President Wilson's illness forced
abandonment of the customary
White House celebration. Sur.
rounded by members of his family,
the president spent two hours N a
wheel chair in the sunshine on the
south portico, away from the wind,
and later received greetings from
heads of many foreign nations.
The usual exchange of calls were
made by diplomats and members OF
the cabinet entertained at luncheo l
and receptions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
DUBLIN CASTLE BEING
FORTIFIED BY BRITISH.

London, Jan. Dublin castle
and the vice regal lodge, Lord
. Freuch's residence, are being trans,
ferrcd into veritable fortified camps
by the British government i'll Ire.
land. according to Dublin dispatches.
4 large squad of workers began
10 surround the lodge, located in
Phoenix park, with barbed wire Ell
langlcmcnts, barring the public .ror.
the park hereafter between late aft
crnoon and daylight.
A barbed wire belt also is BEING
placed in position outside the Dub
lin town clerks office, which com
inands the view OF the chief secre-
tary's Office adjoining the city hall.
A large, sullen crowd stood BY
watching the military engineers IL
grim silence. 1t is openly stated in
Dublin that the wire belts are being
installed to prevent an attack on the
castle by way of the town clerks Of
fee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
Kansas City to Make Bid
For Democratic Convention

Kansas City. Mo-, Jan. With
approximately $4,000 of the $4,000
convention fund subscribed. and the
rest in sight. and with St. Louis al
ready withdrawn as a contender, the
prospects for Kansas. City securing
the 1920 democratic convention are
looming up brightly.
Twelve subcommittee Of the
committee to raise the funds for Sc
curing the convention today reported
nearly $4,000 subscribed. There are
IA more subcommittee yet to re-
port.
Edward F. Goltra. democratic ma
tional committeeman, from Missouri
announced that St. Louis had with
drawn from the race, and would
swing its support to Kansas City.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
FROLICKERSUSE
DOUGLAS HILL AS
COASTING TRACK
Boxes and Scoop Shovels Made
To Serve as Sleds by
Theater Crowds.

More than 1000 young men and
women, boys and girls tied Up traf
fic on Douglas street between Sew.
enteenth and Sixteenth street:
about II last night by breaking in
sliding track down the Douglas
street hill.
The police riot squad put :
damper on the evenings fun by
scattering the frolickers. Some oi
the sliders returned later and began
sliding again.
Early in the evening, several young
men used the freshly fallen snow
to slide on. They developed a spfen-
did track on the sidewalk Just cast
Of the Athletic club.
Come Back for More.
Young men and girls on their
and came back for more. About lC
the sliders realized that business
wa. too good for such limited space
as the sidewalk so they transferred
their attentions to the hill east OF
Seventeenth street on Douglas.
The sliding party soon mounted
to great proportions. The shouts
of hilarious boys and young men
mingled nelodiously with the
shrieks Of girls.
An automobilist attepted to run
the gauntlet shortly before II. A
dozen or more young men seized
the big touring car and whirled il
completely around on the glazed
track.
A police officer heard about the
big toboggan party in the heart OF
town and forgetting for the nonce
his frantic efforts to locate the Ben
son bank bandits sailed over to see
the fun.
Slide on Tin Cans.
1t was certainly great to see sew
cral hundred young men and girls
enjoying themselves. Some were
sliding down the hill on boards,
some had tig cans. some had dry
goods boxes that would accommo-
date whole families and one enter
prising young soldier was using a
scoop shovel
1t was too coed to miss. Mr.. Po-
Ice Officer couldn't resist extending
an invitation to some of his fellow
bandit hunters. ....
He called the police station.
A dozen "peclers" motored up in a
big touring car. They wanted to
slide. too, and cop-like they wanted
the whole track. Then, too, when
one cop went to slide some one
pushed him. That was rough stuff
and entirely uncalled for. There was
nothing to do but run" all the
civilians home.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
Kansas City's Leading
Thirst Emporium Closed

I Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 1.-The
Frank Jones" bar, located at 170S
Walnut street, and for more than
80 years the leading thirst en1por-
ium of this city, closed its doors
Wednesday night. Known as the
Frank Jones place." although it
has changed hands several times
since the death of Mr.. Jones, years
ago, the place has been historic
landmark in the life of the city.
The fixtures were said to be the
costliest in the city. The bar and
rear bar were of mahogany, with
French mirrors, and cut glass fix
lures. Costly paintings were hung
on the walls. and the fixtures were
valued at $4,000.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
To Ask Death Penalty for
Men Held at Wichita Falls

Wichita Falls, Tex, Jan. l.-Dis
t-ict Attorney Fletcher Jones an
nounced that the death penalty
would be sought in the trial of Jack
Wolford and Blackie Harris, alleged
highwaymen. arrested Saturday fol-
lowing the aNempt of the robbery OF
e store at Waggoner City. the oil
town "A miles northwest of this city.
More than 80 cases of highway
robbery have been reported in the
Gil regions of this county during the
past four weeks
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
NO BLOND MAIDENS
To PLAY ANGEL PART.

Chardon, O., Jan. l.-Chardon's
Christmas celebration was. forced to
worry along without an angel.
And here's the reason: There were
no blond maidens to play the part
in Chardon. A careful taking OF
stock revealed the fact that all OF
the young ladies of the village were
decidedly brunette, and therefore
could not portray the part OF the
Christmas angel.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
Iowa Midshipman Killed
BY CIasSmate by Accident

Annapolis. Nd, Jan. .I.-Midship-
man Carroll Joy of Keokuk. Ia,
member of the second class at the
:;aval academy. died from the Il
fects of a bullet wound accidentally
inflicted by NJ. G. Thompso,, !
classmate, while target shooting IL
the woods near here last TuesdaT
\ third mdshipnan was in the
larty. Thompson had fred al, tn
target and while he was attcmpt;nr
to adjust the safety catch of his re.
'olver the weapon was discharged
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
ID REF
r lG H T
- R E E ZY
BITS OF NEWS
WOOD ALCOHOL
BLINDNESS INCURABLE.

New York, Jan. l.-"Blindness
caused by drinking wood alcohol is
incurable," said an official of the
New York Association for the Blind
adding:
IN my eight years OF experience
4v-sh the association | have known
but one case where the victim OF
wood alcohol poisoning recovered
his eyesight. In that case the pa,ien,
was placed under treatment only a
few hours after drinking the stuff
His case, however, was peculiar ~
many ways aid cannot be considered
in..he ordinary category
There is nothing new in the effect
OF wood alcohol upon the eyesight
lie stated, occasional cases hav'n"
been recorded for many years past
The only thug astonishing about the
effect at this time he said, was the
tremendous increase in the number
81 persons blinded.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
EDITOR QUITS JOB
TO GATHER ACORNS.

Cottonwood. Cal, Jan. 1.-With
print paper gone skyhigh in price, IS
il profitable for publisher to issue
Burney ]. McNamar, editor and
owner of the Cottonwood Enter
prise, answers this best in his ac-
tons. He has left his editorial chair
to gather acorns in the forest.
Acorns are now selling at $1.5O per
sack. They are used for fuel.
Editor McNamar has gathered IN
o8 sacks this month. In his absence
his wife edits and gets out the paper,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
Tenant Safe Who Cannot
Find Another Abode

New York, Jan. 1.-Judge Strahl
of the municipal court has decided
that tenant cannot be dispossessed
lawfully for refusal to comply with
his landlords demand for a higher
rate it he can find no other place
to live. ..
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
ANTI.DYSG,srERY GERM IS
DISCOVERED IN JAPAN.

Paris Jan. 1.-The discovery of a
new microbe capable of killing he
dysentery bacillus is announced at
the Academy of Medicine by Profes-
sor Roux.
DR.. Kabechima, a Japanese naval
physician, discovered the new mi
crobe in the main intestine of sew
eral patients. One injection of Sc.
rum made from dysentery bacill'
purified by this mtcrobe gave i'm
munity within five days in experi-
rr1ents with rabbits.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-02
MAN FALLS DEAD ON
SPEEDING MOTORCYCLE.

Geneva, Jan. IA dead man on
a motorcycle rode through one OF
the principal streets here recently.
Samuel Bellone, p years old, son
of an ITALIAN deput. was riding on
his machine when he had a sudden
heart attack and died while travel
ing at a good speed, his hands still
holding the handles, though his head
had fallen forward on the bar,
The machine G -,tinued running
for more than 100 yards before col
lapsing.