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Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Crews Of Two Boats
Battle Over Bottles;
Both Prove to Be Dry

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 16.-Two 10
gallon wine dcruijohns floating
down the Detroit river, not far from
the foot of Woodward avenue. al
most melted warfare between the
United States government NAL boat,
c. F. Bielman, jr., and the city tire
boat, James Battle.
Bobbing their way merrilv down
the river, the two wickcr-covered
demijohns were far too conspicuous
to escape notice. Which of the
boats saw the bottles first IS of NO
consequence. ...
Only important is the fact that
both boats, with tull steam up and
crews assembled on the fore peaks!
bore down on the bobbing johns"
Twenty gallons Of wine was too
precious flotsam to float by dry De-
troit. r.,
The usual waterfront habitues
shouted advice from the docks.
"Run ''em downl Hook the bottle !
Grab it!" a.. :.
The crews did grab. ,Boathooks
flashed in all directions. TIE neck
Of one dernijohn was broken. Finally
the two crews concentrated, each on
a single bottle. The mail bolt land
ed the John with the broken neck.
The other was carried off in triumph
by the fire-fighters.
Although both bottles were empty,
they bore a remarkably enticing
odor
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
General Census Will Be
Announced In September

Washington. Aug. l6,-The total
population Of the United States will
be announced. about September l,
according to statement given out
by DR.. Joseph H. Hill, chief statis-
t;cian of the census bureau. He said
that during the intervening period
population figures for all the towns
cities, counties and states in the
country will be made public. The
agricultural census will not be
completed until after the population
census, while the census OF manufac-
tures will follow that of agriculture.
The bureau has decided that de-
tailed statistics covering the number
os persons of different nationalties
residing in the United States will
not be made public until next year.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Cafe Man Shoots 49,.
Stranger Who Tried
To Enter His Home

When a man, believed to be Chris
tian Van Knut.l, attempted to. enter
the home of Milton w. Armour. 159
North Thirty1fifth avenue. Mr.. Ar
mour shot and perhaps fatally
wounded the Intruder, according to
the story told to police by Mr..
Armour. The shooting occurred
about 7 las. NIGHT.
According to Mr.. Armour, man.
ager of the grill room at the Hotel
Conant, Van Knuth followed him to
,iis home in an automobile. When
he reached home Mr.. Armour. sus-
picious OF the stranger, who parked
his car in front OF his home armed
himself He said that he shot when
the man attempted to break into the
rear door. of :feir home.
Mr.. Van Kruth was taken to the
St. Joseph hospital.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Negro Man and Woman Shot
In Illinois Race Riots

St. Louis, Aug. l6.-A race riot
broke out today in Cutlerville, ILL.,, a
mining town 40 miles sotth of here,
according to report brought here
by railroad men.
A negro man and woman are re-
ported to have been shot and their
house burned. The trouble was
caused by the importation of negroes
to work in the mines. it was said.
It is reported negroes are leaving
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
A U 7 H 0 RI TIE S
CONTINUE PROBE
OF P0Nz|'S WORK
Exchange Wizards Friends
and Attorney Continue Ef-
fort to Secure Bondsman
for His Release.

Boston, Mass, Aug. 16.-The in
quiry into every ramifcation OF
Charles PonzIs spectacular financial
activities again occupied the atten-
ton of state ald federal officials,
but they took up their task with the
assurance that the discovery of fur
ther damage to the financial fabric
of New England was unlikely.
PonzIs counsel centered their ef-
forts today on attempts to obtain
the bail necessary to effect his re-
lease from the East Cambridge Jail.
Should a bondsman be found. the
sheriff was ready at the jail with a
warrant upon which Ponzi would be
rcarrested for the state authorities
on charge of larceny. The bond
required by the federal court is $25,-
0O0.
A heavy guard remained around
Ponzis home at Lexington and sew
eral of them accompanied members
of his family whenever they left the
house. Threats are said to have
been made against Ponzi by persons
VINO were dttTdCteu Dy HIS oIeI VI
$50 per cent in IS days"
A search for possible hidden
funds entrusted to the Old Colony
Foreign Exchange company, which
wa. compelled to close last. week,
was made today. Charles M. Bright
we'll. Raymond Meyers and Fred
Myers, three officers of the company
who were locked up on charges of
larceny, have not procured bail.
They are held il default of $4,000
bonds each.
Bank Commissioner Allen an
nounced that the audit of the liabili-
ties of the Hanover Trust company,
which the commissioners closed last
week, was almost completed.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Arrest Party Of Six
In Car for Throwing
Bottles In Street

Rcy Jenkins, Vincent, Neb., was
fined SIS and costs by Judge Foster
in Central police court yesterday
for reckless driving and breaking
bottles on a public street.
Jeakins, with a party of friends,
was arrested at Thirty-eighth and
Farnam streets at 4 o'clock Sunday
morning by Sergeant Emery.
Henry Johnson, 2Sl3 North Sixty
thirG street, and Richard Budde,
2Sl4 South Sixteenth street, were
also each fined S. for throwing six
bottles into the street.
: Francis Coon. 538 South Twenty
fourth street, Dora Thompson and
Jean Valentine, other occupants OF
the car, were discharged after a
rcprimand by Foster.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Radzymin Again Captured
From B0IShevikj bV Poles

Warsaw, Aug. 16.-(By The AS
sociated Press. )-Fighting at va
rious points on the Warsaw front
is reported in last nights official
communique Radzymin, to the
northeast of the capital, is again in
Polish hands, after an all-day fight.
The Russians attacked on both sides
of Radzymin at Zegrezi and at Oku-
niew, less than Is miles due east OF
Warsaw
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Shortage of Harvest Hands
Brings Out Girl Volunteers

Hagerstown, Md, Aug. 10
Alarmed at the statement bv County
Farm Agent Stanley E. Day that
Washington coun,y's peach crop
might be lost on account of the
farm labor shortage, young women
and girls from miles around are
rushing into the breach to help
gather the crop. These include
many high school girls and girls just
home from college. who assert their
Willingness to 60 into the orchards
and assist in picking, packing and
shipping the cropt
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
MCGraW Is Questioned About
Purchase of LIQUOR at Club

New York, Aug. l6-Fcderal pro-
hibition enforcement agents were
ordered today to bring John J. Nc
Graw, manager of the New York
Giants, to the United States district
attorneys office to be questioned
concerning a report credited to him
during the Slavin investigation that
he had purchased liquor at the
Lambs club.
These agents were directed by
their chief, James Shevlin, to pro-
ceed to the McGraw home, where
the base ball>man is RECOVERING from
blow on the head Mr. Shevlin
declared that if McGraw refused
voluntarily to accompany the fed
eral agents he would take steps to-
wards having him subpoenaed.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Wilson Plans to Stay in
Capital After March q

Washington, Aug. 16.-It is quite
possible that the president will make
Washington his permanent home
after March J. 1t is reported that
he and Mrs. Wilson will occupy the
charming colonial mansion known
as the Nodrsemanse, north Of
Friendship" the late John R. Nc
Leans show place. Noursemanse
was purchased seveal months ago
by Admiral Cary Grayson, the pres
dents physician, but was never oc-
cupied by him.
A. the .ime of the purchase it
was reported that Grayson was
merely all agent for the president.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Americans Rid Guayaquil
of Yellow Fever Plague

New York, Aug. 16.-Yellow fever
experiments conducted at Guayaquil,
Ecuador, by the Rockefeller Insti-
tute for Medical Research have rid
that notorious seedbed of the dis
east for the past Is months. Guay-
aquil had not been free OF the men
ace since 1912.
The technique developed in hand
ling the scourge in Ecuador will be
Of worldwide benefit in reducing
mortality. DR.. Hildeyo Noguchi,
institute bacteriologist. conducted
the research at GuayaquD
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
1858 Vessels Cleared
u. S. Ports in Six Months

New York. Aug. 16.-A total of
1858 vessels. carrying 37,398, 1874
tons of cargo, entered and cleared
United States ports during the six
months ending June so. the United
States shipping board announced to-
day. Among these were $3.50 ships
of the American registry, which car
ried 60.8 per cent of the total cargo,
as compared with AZ per cent during
the same period last wear.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Key Pittman Will Direct
Demos Western CampaiQn

New York, Aug. l6-Senator Key
Pittman of Nevada will direct the
democratic national campaign in
states west of the Rocky mountains,
it was announced at democratic ma
tional headquarters today. Senator
Pittman, after settling with National
Chairman George White the amount
of territory under his jurisdiction,
will leave for San Francisco to es-
tablish his headquarters.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Suit Filed by Railroads .~
To Prevent TWo-Cent Fare

Chicago, Aug. '6.-Suit was filed
in district court today by seven
railroads to restrain the public utili-
ties commission and Attorney Gen
crai Brundage from enforcing the
2-ccnt fare law. which is to become
effective August 81, when govern
ment control ceases.
The suit also asks that States At
'orney Hoyne be restrained from
enforcing the intrastate fare law.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
FATHER OF man,
36, CHARGED WITH
LEAVING chill D
Civil War Veteran Brought to
Omaha From Dayton for
Abandonment Is Given
Freedom.

J. r. Lucas, 1858 Brown street. 7,
years old. was brought back to
Omaha from Dayton, Q, yesterday
to answer a. charge of wife and
child abandonment" but when
Judge Sears heard Lucas story he
released him without bond.
The child in the case, according
to Lucas and his attorney, is FRANK
B. Wilson, 36 years old, a business
man Of Perry, Ia, a son of Mrs.
Lucas by former marriage.
Veteran of Civil War.
Lucas is-a civil war veteran and
carries scars received at Gettys-
burg and the siege of Atlanta. He
has been active in G. A. R. work
for many years, he says. Last
March he went to the soldiers
nome at Dayton. O., on business.
When he and his wife disagreed,
Lucas went to Excelsior Springs,
Mo-, from which place he mailed to
Mrs. Lucas deed to the property
where they reside. Before leaving
home, he said, he had given her all
his other worldly possessions except
what he could carry in a suitcase.
He gave her the key to a safe de-
posit vault which contained his
money and securities.
Brought to Omaha.
Then Lucas went to the soldiers
home at Dayton to live. Last Satur-
day deputy sheriff appeared and
brought him~here to face the charge
of wife and child desertion.
Mrs. Lucas has been employed as
a saleswoman at the Brandeis stores,
he says. He was employed there
as shipping clerk until the trouble
came up and he decided to 60 to
DAYTON.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Government Prepares to
Sell All Steel Vessels

Washington. Aug. 16-Prepara-
tio,.s for the sale Of government
owned steel merchant ships will be-
gin at once, Chairman Benson Of
the shipping board stated today.
Plans for an extensive advertising
campaign to place the vessels on the
market As underway, he said. and
actual disposal OF them will start as
soon as the necessary details have
been completed.
1t also was stated that an active
campaign to sell the wooden ships
would be launched. Definite plans,
however, still are under considera-
fion
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Germans Make Protest to
Boundary DermarCation

Berlin, Aug. l6.--On receipt of a
note addressed to the president of
the German peace delegation in
Paris regarding boundary demarca-
ton in the West Prussian pleDiscite
area the German government has in
structed its representatives in Lon-
don, Paris and Rome to present a
note to the supreme council and to
the governments in the capitals
named in which, protest is made
against cutting off East and West
Prussia from the Vistula. according
to a seni-official communique pub
lished today.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Cox Denies That He Worked
AGAINST SUFFRAGE in N. C.,

Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 1o.-Gov-
ernor James M. Cox, the democratic
presidential nominee, in a telegram
to suffrage headquarters today en-
phatically denied reports that he had
sent private emissary" here to
work against ratification of the fed
eral suffrage by the North Caro-
lima legislature.
The governors message, sent in
response to queries sent him by suf-
frage leaders, reads:
There is not word of truth in
the report that have sent a private
enissary to work against ratifca-
tionein North Carolina"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Former County Judge Is
Held on Forgery CHARGE

Abilene, Tex, Aug. l6.-After
wandering for several years in for
eign countries to escape charges OF
forging warrants of Taylor county,
Texas, Tom Bledsoe, former county
Judge here, was i'll custody today.
Bledsoe was arrested at Gordon,
Tex, i'll 1918 but escaped
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Polish and Russian Peace
DELEGATES Arrive at Minsk

London, Aug 16.-Announcement
that the Polish and Russian armiS-
tice and peace delegates had met at
Minsk was made by Earl Curzon,
secretary tor foreign affairs, in the
Horse of Lords today. Negotia-
TORS we're doubtless proceeding, he
added.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Blowing of Whites Will
Mark Opening of EIks' Drive

Blowing of the giant Union Pa
cihc whistle, the Omaha Smelling
works whistle and the Shrine siren
at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning will
mark the opening of the drive of the
Omaha lodge of Elks for member
ship of 5000.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Man Admits He Hired Boys
To Burn His Wheat Fields

Salina, Kan, Aug. l6.-Confessing
that he employed two Arkansas
youths at 500 each to set fire to
his wheat field in Kiowa county in
July, A. N. Wilson is in Jail at
Greensburg, Kan. He had insured
the wheat in two different firms. he
says. The boys are under arrest.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
One Killed, Eleven Hurt
In Bju Fire in CHICAGO

Chicago, Aug. l6.-One woman
was burned to death, her husband
and lieutenant of the fire depart
ment were seriously burned and nine
other persons narrowly escaped
when a series of wooden buildings
on North La Sale street were de-
stroyed by FIRE early today.
The dead woman is Mrs. Arthur
DAME
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Boost Trans Pacific Rates.

Toxic, Aug. l6.-Trans- Pacific
passenger rates Will be raised 20 per
cent September IS, it was announced
here. The increase will make the
cost of first-cabin passage from ia
pan to the United States $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Mason City Bank Robbed
Of Currency by Bandits

Mason City, Ia., Aug. l6--Six
armed bandits in two automobiles
escaped with 81 000 in Liberty bonds
and currency alter lAoting the Firs.
National bank at ThUfnton, 20 miles
southwest of here, early today.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
Dispatch to London Paper
Says Staff Of the Fourth BoI-
shevik Army Took Up Quar-
ters in Capital Sunday.
SOVIETS TAKE TOWNS
IN WESTERN PRUSSIA
Armed FIoti|Ia 'PatroIing Wis.,
tuIa River in Effort to Check
Advance-CavaIry Attempts
to Break Lines.
by The Associated Press.

ny Ine fFtSS.
London, Ang. 16.-Russian So
Wet troops have entered Warsaw,
the Polish capital, according to the
Kovno, Lithuania correspondent
of the London Times.
The dispatch says the staff of the
fourth bolshevik army entered
Warsaw Sunday.
Berlin, Aug. 16.-The Russian
advance continues, and the soviet
has taken Lautenburg, Strasburg,
LoeAau, Lucken, Renden, Grau-
denz and Thorn, in west Prussia,
according to Allenstein dispatches
to the Morgsn Post.
Farther south the Russions are
outside Novo- -Minsk and the
northern forts of Modlin. On the
road to Novo- -Minsk. they have
pushed farther to the south and
have taken the Polish forces on
the Bug in the rear.
Boats Patrol Vistula.
Warsaw, Aug l6.-(By The Asso-
ciated ess.)-An armored flotilla
is patrolling the Vistula river be-
tween Warsaw and Thorn to pre-
vent the bolsheviki .from crossing to
encircle this city. Many of these
boats saw service along the Prepita
and Dneiper rivers, some having
been captured from the bolsheviki.
Soviet cavalry is working west
ward and was reported at several
points west of Warsaw. These horse
men are raiding districts, endeavor-
ing to drive in behind the Polish
lines, and are spreading consterna-
tion among the peasants. 1t is re-
ported there are several thousand of
them, ~ A
Reds Use Cavalry.
The bolsheviki have a cavalry di-
vision upon their extreme right that
has been making Roadway and
against which armored motorboats
and other fighting craft are pre-
pared to battle/if the cavalry trying
to force the Vistula sever the
Warsaw-Dauzig railway.
Trains leaving the city continue
crowded. but Warsaw is really
quieter than week ago.
London, Aug. 16.-The Russians
are pushing their fight for Warsaw
within a dozen miles of the capital
on the northeast. It is indicated from
Sundays official statement from
Moscow. ...
They report-the capture of Radzy-
min, in this sector. and the cCntnua-
tion of battle along this front, and
also near Novo Georgievsk, to the
northeast of Warsaw.
Soidau is Captured.
The capture OF Soldau. II miles
northeast Of Mlawa, also is an
nounced. The statement reads:
1--WE captured Soldau after fierce
fighting. Fierce fighting is pro-
cecding along the line of the River
Vkra and the regions Of Novo
Georgievsk and Izgerzh. On August
IS we captured Radzymin. Fighting
is continuing on the front OF Radzy-
min. Okunicw and Dyubo station"
Advance at Grubiesgoff.
In the vladimir Volynsky region,
fighting is proceeding, the enemy
having started an advance near
Grrbiesgoff.
"In the Brody region our cavalry
advanced near Radziechoff and
Toporoff and occupied Radziechoff
village. Along the Dnestcr and the
shores of the Black Sea shere is no
change.
an the Crimcan sector fighting
continues on the south bank of the
Dnieper."
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-17
The Weather

Forecast.
Nebraska: Fair t1d slightly
warmer Tuesday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-04

reasonable to suppose that there ar
multitudes OF others. For all we can
tell. there may be more dark stars IN
the Universe than shining ones. All
Of them are doubtless burned-out
suns.
Astronomers estimate the number
Of suns IN the Universe az somewhere
between 500 and 1000 billions. At
least a great majority OF them prob
ably possess families OF planets.
which, where temperature and other
conditions happen to 5e suitable. must
presumably support plant life and
animal life.
The Universe-meaning thereby the
stellar Cosmos upon which we look
outs not OF infinite extent Space.
OF course. is infinite. but the Universe
OF stars has been approximately meas
ured. Il has. roughly speaking. the
shape OF disk. the diameter OF which
is perhaps five times its thickness.
The distance across the disk from edge
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-04

times as large as our sun. In other
words. II is more than 1000, 900 times
the size Of the Earth. There is no
good reason for supposing that 1t Is
not Inhabited.
World With A Revolving Sun
The bright star Castor Gin GeminD d,
bigger than our sun, revOlves around
a much larger. dark and viewless
globe most remarkable phenom-
enon, inasmuch as ii presents the
spectacle OF a sun circling about a
world. as the ancients supposed that
ours did.
Perhaps a dozen other dark stars.
all OF them OF huge dimensions. have
been discovered-some OF them seen
by the reflected light OF the suns
whose compan ions they are; others
located by observation OF perturba-
lions they cause in the movements OF
visible heavenly bodies.
80 many having been found. It Is
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-04
Beyond The Gap or Space

Four little planets-Mercury. Venus,
Earth and Mars-circle about the
sun. Four very big ones-Jupiter.
Saturn, Uranus and Neptune-do the
same thing. but far distant from the
central orb. Between the two groups
is an immense gap Of space.
The notion of trying 10 communi-
cate with Jupiter tive times as far
from the sun as we are) would be
absurd. inasmuch as that mighty
planet. 1900 times as big as the
Earth. is a burning mass only half
extinguished and in a semi-gaseous
condition. With the other three Il is
much the same way; they are unfn-
ished worlds. That they ever will be
inhabited seems more than doubtful,
inasmuch as even Jupiter. the nearest
OF them 70 the sun. obtains from the
latter only one twenty-fifth Of the heat
we get from that source.
One OF Jupiter's four moons Is J. 900
miles in diameter-as large as the
planet Mercury. II may concelvably
be inhabited. deriving warmth from
the hot planet around which it re-
wolves.
Thus far we have been considering
only the Solar System. which is a very
small affair n the mechanism OF the
Universe. How about the stars?
We know what the stars are like
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-04

Of plant and animal life. Il Is about
100000 miles more distant from
the sun than we are. and hence must
be frightfully cold.
on the other hand. the planet Mer-
curry. which Is nearest the sun. is so
hot that the temperature on its sur
face must be at any time above the
harbor no forms OF life such as we
are acquainted with.
How about Venus? There Is a diff
ferent proposition. Her distance from
the sun Is one-third less than ours.
She receives from that luminary twice
as much heat as We do: but the eff
feet OF this must be agreeably reduced
by the dense clouds which at all times
I'll her upper atmosphere. Owing 70
this cloud-envelope. our astronomical
Observers are never able 10 see the
surface OF Venus; and. II she has in
habitants. II seems likely that they
never get a glimpse or the sky.
Venus Is the Earth'S true twin. She
Is OF about the same size as our own
terrestrial globe. and. being plentifully
supplied with water. there is no rea-
son that we know OF why she should
not possess a luxuriant vegetation and
a varied fauna. The latter may even
include beings like ourselves.
II interplanetary communication Is
ever established. the chances are that
the first messages will be exchanged
between the Earth and Venus
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-04

because we have one under close-at-
hand observation. We call It the sur
All the stars are blazing suns. Blu
doubtless most. If not all, OF thesl
suns have planets of their own. Many
of those planets are presumably in
habited by intelligent beings. with
whom we would nightly like 70 talk.
Near, And Yet So Far
The star nearest the Earth is Alpha
Centauri-visible only in the skies OF
the Southern Hemisphere. Observed
through a pair of good field glasses, it
is seen to be in reality a pair Of stars.
each OF which. as a matter OF fact. is
several times the size OF our own sun.
Alpha Centauri is so far distant
from Us that a ray of light starting
from that source today would not
reach US for more than four years.
Light travels $4,000 miles a second;
a radio message goes at the same rate.
II we had been in regular communi-
cation with Alpha Centauri by such
means. the folks out there would now
be getting news OF the first invasion
Of France.
Conspicuous in the night sky Is
Sirius. the Dog Star. a sun twenty
times the size Of ours and 100 times
as brilliant II has a dark companion.
half as big as Itself. which It's light
renders visible now and then.
Here IS indeed a giant world-tsn