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Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07

ing pigeons. Mrs. Loghry was
photographed for the Sunday maga-
zine sections of the newspapers, re-
leasing General Pershing," one OF
the best-known of the army pigeons.
" Pigeon to Wilson.
AT, the Erie, N. Y, exposition the
colonel also got himself into print
BY giving the first practical demon
stration of wireless telephony ever
shown in that city. While there he
,released 10 homing- pigeons, one
bearing note to President Wilson
from the mayor and another carry
ing billet douk to Mrs. Loghry in
Washington, Dc ,-
An Erie newspaper carried the
following: i,
"Col. Loghry is painstaking in his
explanation of the wonders of the
wireless apparatus and he might easa
lily be called the king Of recruiters.
He was in charge of the wireless
service overseas. and hassmany stor-
les of interest to tell of thesimportant
part.played by the singnal corps. He.
is authority for the statement that
within, six months the government
will have perfected a wireless tele-
phone apparatus that will enable re-
connoitering parties in airplanes to
establish direct communication with
their base, more than 100 miles away.
Wife Born in Omaha.
While in the -adio service over
seas. Col Loghry had 900 to 700 men
in his charge at various times. Much
of his work was what is known as
intercept work." being the inter
ception of enemy wireless messages.
Jules Greevy OF 1882 Davenport
street has ,known the colonel for
years, having met him frequently
while i'll France and returned with
him to the states on the same boat.
Mrs. Loghry was born in Omaha,
where she was known as Rena John
son before her marriage 10 years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Election Sweeping "..n ~,
Victory for s'Drys,," :. )
Leader. Declares

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington. Nov. 6-Results OF
the election were described as "the
most sweeping victory for prohibi-
,, ton in the history of the movement,
in a statement issued by Deets
Pickett, research secretary of the
board Of temperance, prohibition and
public morals cf the Methodist
Episcopal church.
"The New Jersey and New York
slum leaders who succeeded in
wrestling control of the democratic
party from its better elements at San
Francisco on the plea that they could
deliver the votes of the wet cities
and the entire east, have demon
stratsd their stupidity and futility
with gtotesque completeness" said
Mr.. Pickett.
"Just as an indication of the sweep
ing character of the American YER
dict against hyphenism and saloon
ism it can be instanced the fact that
of 231 house members voting for the
Volstead act on original passage and
who were renominated. EVERYONE
concerning whom reports have been
received at this time, l56 in number,
have been reelected.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Australian Premier Denies
Mayor MacSwiney Marty,

London, Nov. 6.-Premie
Hughes, during a debate in the Aus
tralian parliament OH the Irish ques-
ton, denied the contention of some
Of the members that Lord Mayor
MacSwinney had died in a just
cause. While the premier did not
defend all the government policies
in ireland, he said he could not ask
Australia to censure England in the
face of Sim Fein crimes.
The Australian parliament, de-
clare Dc Premier Hughes, was not pre-
pared to stand quietly by while en-
deavors were being made to estab-
lish republic within such range Of
England. In his opinion settlement
of the Irish situation was beyond
the strength of any parliament.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Original Land Grants
Presented in N. Y. Trial

New York, Nov. 6.-Records OF
land grants made by Peter Stuyves-
ant before the end of the Dutch re-
gime in Newfork, were presented
by the city i'll its action to prove
title to a stretch of land along the
Hudson river side of Manhattan
Island, now occupied as right of
way by the New York Central
railroad.
The strip OF land in litigation ex-
tending about eight miles from
Seventy-second street, Spuyten
Duyvil, counsel for the city asserts,
is city property under provisions of
the Dongan charter vesting the city
with title to all vacant. unpatented
and unappropriated land"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Boy P stor i,
Says He Has
Made Fortune
AE U.4'
Il Have Struck 1t, Lucky .
Wires ''Oil Shale' POM" =
From His Chicago
Office. a's'


Has the dream of Robert L, Jenk
inson, preacher-promnter, -, ONE
true? --s --r--- a-.'-- ~
Charles Pipkin, head OF Pipkin'.
detective bureau, received the fol
lowing telegram yesterday fro Jen
kinson, who is iu Chicago t,,
Have struck it lucky. have
cleaned tip; notify air Stockholders
Will pay them spot cash. for their
stock; l>appreeiate their faith IN sns
"R. Z. .JENK1NSON."
Has oil been struck On JenRin-
sons land in Colorado? s,g
Has he obtained sufficient hRan-
cia! backing to work the shaieShim
self? gs'sMsf
Nobody Seems to- Know. II:
HasIhe promoted. another. get
rich-quick scheme? ~.
His acquaintance, and linvcstoEs
in stock Of the UhitedfOil. Sha1e
Products, of which he4was president
and general manager,s arc Wondering,
"I'il make good. WStch me, r was
Jcnkinson's plea to his Creditors
who turned against him when c. A.
Stalcup Of Blair, Neb:, formere!rss
ness associate, had him aFrsstfd jim
Denver bn September 2l while
honeymooning by automobile with
his bride Of a week, formerly Miss
Martha Peterson, 42l2 North For
tieth street, this city. .s-
A charge of passing a worthless
check for $500 is still pending in
district court against Jehkinson.
though the complaining witness has
made public declaration that he
would not appear against hin. y.
g. Pastor of Church. II
Other persons known to be holds
ing notes against Jenkinson, declare
they have utmost faith in him. and
recognizo>his business ability.
Jenkinson came to Omaha a year
ago as pastor eof church il, Mime
I.Ysa addition. He maintained his
connections with thes church while
promoting his oil shale scheme.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Commercial Body
Gives Concert in
Honor of Teachers
MARY Jordan, Contralto, and
Local Artists Appear Before
Visiting Pedagogues at
IT," N Auditorium. , t

Mary Jordan, contralto. was the
Visiting artist at a complimentary
concert rendered the Nebraska Stat,
Teachers association by the Oman;
Chamber of Commerce at the Audi
ftoriufn Friday night.
Admission to the concert was by
badge, and by the appointed time the
huge building was practically filled
Miss Jordan, Henry Cox of Ora-
ia, and the Omaha Stringed orches-
ira united in presenting the program,
which did not contain one song or
instrumental number without indi-
vidual merit, but as whole lacked in
contrast and brightness, for the ma
jori:y of both songs and numbers for
strings were of the quiet, serious
type.
Beautiful Voice (
=. Miss Jokdap gave the larger part
of the program. Her voice is a
gorgeous organ, of pure contralto
quality, with unusual sweetness and
power. It has a natural depth and
velvety contour Of tone that is as
rare as it is beautiful Her exquisite
low tones frequently resembled these
ot!a cellq, in their mellow resonance:
.-Miss Jordes1 opened her share of
the Concert with an effective inter-
pretation of 90 Don Fatale" from
Don Carlos" by Verdi A group of
French songs followed, including
some rather unfamiliar to Omaha
Two interesting novelties
were "Alger lie ,Soir" and "Chanson
Norvegienne" By Fourdrain. A
group of four songs in English
Brought Kursteiner's remarkable
to Eros" and Il Passed
bv Your Window" "In the Wood
cf Finvara," composed by Burleigh
and dedicated to Miss Jordan, was
one of the most interesting songs OF
the evening. 4
Fourth Group.
A fourth group, with violin obli-
cato by Prof. Henry Cox, included
/ Tschaikowsky song OF grea,
beauty, "Ye Who Have Yearned
Alone" and lie Nil by Leroux, in
which voice and violin mingled
with delightful result =,
Miss Jordan was greatly aided by
he excellent accompanimentss OF
Powell Weaver
Henry Cox, who is widely known
IN local musical circles, gave a
splendid Interpretation of the lovely
svendsen Romance, with string ac-
,es1paniment by the Omaha
str;nged orchestra, and responded to
IN encore with Lemare's "Andan-
mo" effectively accompanied by
Mrs. Cox. .,a,. :, |
The Omaha Stringed orchestra
vas also heard to excellent advan-
age under Mr.. Cox's batch in two
,roups which opened and closed tn,
,rosram, and which were greeted
With enthusiastic favor by the
isteners.
The stage was. artistically decor
ted with palms and flowers;
H. NJ. r.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Union Pacific Will
Now Put Trains On
Pre-War Schedule

Psewar passenger. schedules, on
the Union Pacific srRilroad was an.
nounced Friday BY A. /. Craig,
general passenger. agent, Omaha
The return is effective November
l4 Running time ON Omaha, Chi
cago and Pacific coast lines will Be
reduced.
Most important revision >-for
Omaha, according to Mr.. Craig, is
the addition of a new section to the
two Overland limited trains, with a
change in schedule and reduction in
running time of these trains.
Overland Limited No. will leave
Chicago over the Northwestern at
z:lQ p. M. and arrive in Omaha at 9
a. m. and San Francisco lat 1s30 p.
M. with a running time Of 68 hours
and; 20 minutes. Previous running
time was 72 hours. ~ = * ~
Los Angeles Limited No. 7 will
leave Chicago at 7 p. m, reach
Omaha at $50 a. m, and Los, An
geies at I:30 p.f m. Running time
will be 68 hours and 80 minutes. ut
was IL hours.
Oregon-Washington Limited No.
u will leave Chicago al. 9;30.p., m.
reach Omaha at II so, a, M, and
Portland 7:30 p.~nl Running time
will be 72 hours 1T was 74N hours.
Pacific Limited will leave Chicago
over the Milwaukee at 10:E p. m,
reach Omaha at 1:20, pick up the
Omaha Cheyenne sleeper and reach
San Francisco at $50. Running time
II hours and IS minutes.
Continental Limited No. 10 will
leave Chicago at 1880 a. m., reach
Omaha at LIS, Los Angeles at $50
and Portland at 8:30. Running time
to Los Angeles viii be~73 hours and
to Portland II hours. Eastbound
overland trains will give a lfke ex-
pedited and improved service.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
EW. Bubb Is Elected Head
OF Omaha Kiwanis Club

Charles Gardner spoke on Ak-Sar-
| Ben and Miss Irene Rowe of New
York spoke on the X. VIC. 4. be
fore the Kiwanis ctpb !. Friday
noon at Hotel Ronit& H,NH Bubb
was elected president OF the club
and Howard Baldrige and Dr4 H.
NJ. McClenaghan vice presidents. Il.
w. Rose was elected secretary, Ford
E. Hovey treasurer and John ]. Cpr-
rea district trustee. The following
board OF directors was chosen: ].
A. Sunderland, M. D. Cameron, John
Day, DR.. B. Truesdale, J. H. Scharf,
]. P. Cooke, w. B. Cheek, Charles
E. Olson, Z. 7. Rector, Lew Sholes,
B. /. Scannell and Lester Ladd. -
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Gov. McKelvie Invited to
Sneak Before YW.C.A., Here

In telegram OF congratulations
on his reelection sent to Governor
MeKelvie Friday night, Mrs. Frank
Judson, chairman of the $40 600
Iudget drive of the Omaha 7.
". c. A., asked the. governor to de-
liver the principal address Mon day
night at the dinner at the Y.gW.s e.
A., with which the fund oafsspaign
will start.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07

Lieut.. Col. Robert Loghry, Wash
ington, D. c., attached to the Unit
ed States army signal corps and now
in charge of recruiting for the sig
nal corps school at Camp Albert
Vail. near Long Branch, N. J., has
advised his wife's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James sJohnson, Sill North
Twenty-fourth street, that he ex-
poets to be retired soon and will
make his future home in Omaha.
The colonel has had long and
varied military experience, beginning
with the Spanish-American war. He
served two years in France as chief
of the radio work Of the American
battle front. Because of his two
years experience in Alaska he was
called in by the heads of the aviation
section of the army to lay out the
route for the Mineola to Nome air
trip which was recently completed
by four army airplSres.
He served about two years at
Fort Omaha before the world war,
then went to- Fort Leavenworth as,
instructor, then to Alaska and then
overseas.
In Charge Of Exhibit. III
A few weeks ago he was in charge
of the United States army signal
corps exhibit at an electrical show,
held in the Grand Central Palace,
New York City, where he was given
considerable attention by the news
With several expert assis-
1ants he demonstrated the uses Of
the wireless telephone as applied to
showing how this appara-
tbs may be used from ground to
plane or from plane to plane. He
likewise demonstrated the pack
set" which is carried by two mules
and can be set up in five minutes.
this feature being an adjunct Of the
cavalry and used when the men are
away from their base. He created
interest by releasing Belgian hom-
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
British Explorer to>Join
..a:a's Antarctic Expedition

San Franciseo,s Nov, 6,4Capt. &c.
HfSWilkins, Britt 81 explorer. was
here on his way to Montevideo,
where he said he would join a. British
antarctic expedition, scheduled TO
leave the southern port in two
months aboard the steamer Thor.
This Thor; he said, is on its way to
South America from Standjdford,
Norway. Captain Wilkins was with
Vilhajalmur Stefansson, Canadian
explorer, in the arctic between, 1913
and 1917
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
'Ceneya, Woman's Club Plays
s'Standish of .Standish'

Geneva, Neb,,. Nov 6.-(Special)
The book review department OF
the Woman's club presented the
play, "Standish OF Standish," at the
city auditorium, The play is of he
Pilgrim days and antique articles
used in the staging Of the drama
were on exhibitions at the close OF
the performance. Z
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Coal Restrictions In ss' "
England Are Removed

Washington, Nov. o.--American
Ships will no longer have to take
aboard at home ports sufficient coal
to make the round trip TO England.
II was learned today at the British
embassy that as a result of the set
tlement of the coal strike in Eng
land the restrictions imposed on the
supply Of bunker coal had been re-
moved. d. ....4..s. .-.,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Plans Are Made to Test
Anti.Alien Land Measure

San Francisco, Nov. 6.-An-
nouncement that lie. intended to test
the California anti-alien land meas
ure, passed at Tuesdays election, by
leasing land to a Japanese after the
law had been proclaimed by the sec
retary OF state, was made here by
John P. Irish, Oakland, who wrote
the ballot argument against the law:
u Irish said he would lease some of
his property near Stockton, Cal, and
will have the lease recorded. He
will then notify the attorney general
of his action.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Scottsbluff Elks Plan r,
Big Program November II

Alliance, Neb., Nov. 6.-CSpecia!l
Telegram.)-A large delegation OF
local Elks is planning to attend the
annual smoker to be given by the
Scottsbluff Elks November IL. The
entertainment committee has ar
ranged a number of first-class at
fractions including a 10-round box
ing bout between kid" Graves OF
Omaha and Clever" Clancy of De-
troit. Three good preliminaries have
been arranged. Delegations from
many towns in the valley are also
planning to attend.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07

dent superintcndents' and principals
section, formerly-superinteudent OF
schools at Omaha. ....>..-
Belle Ryan vice president of SUI
perintnedents' and principals section.
assistant superintendent of schools,
OAaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Price Of Newsprint Paper
Around $l3O Ton i'm 1927

:. Montreal, Nov. 6,-Thc price OF
the newspIint paper for export SO
the United States during the, first
quarter Of 1921 probably will behbe-
tween. 6H and J cents a pound or
$3.50 to $40 a, ton, it was announced
semi-officially Here, While definite
information sis lacking as to the
prizes at which Canadian producers
Silf renew contracts with CONSUMERS
i, the United States,siF Was stated
tEit official information Dwill ',be
forthcoming within a few days.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07
Rail Force Reduced.

Lafayette. Ind, Nov. 6.-Notices
were posted at the Monon railroad
shops announcing Is per r-cent re-
duction in the working force OF the
locomotive department, to take CT
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07

feet November TO- This is the Sec
ond cut since September. The new
order will put $50 wen out OF
work.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-07

Has the dream of Robert L, Jenk-
inson, preacher-promnter, -, come
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-05-07
BELOVED COLE CAME FIRST
Little Things Like Marital Ties and
the Demands of Business Didn't
Worry These Devotees.

A golfers wife had just told her hus-
band that she intended to leave him
for ever, not because he was golfer,
but for some other reason.
''Will nothing alter your decision
Will nothing induce you to stay?" he
asked.
The wife was obdurate.
well" he said, sit is terrible
shock, but while you are packing
think will go out on the lawn and
do little putting J"
This is reminiscent of story of one
Of the heroes of golf, an Edinburgh
innkeeper, who lived a hundred years
ago or Whereabouts. He was so devot-
ed to the game that he started playing
at dawn and was seen at night putting
on the green's by the light of can
die. At last his wife applied for a
separation on the ground that her hus-
band was not attending to his BUSH
ness.
He went to the court, admitted the
impeachment, and said: She can have
all / got if she will give me SO much a
week to buy golf balls. She can look
after the buSiness''
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ALL SHE WANTED TO HEAR
Possibly Clerk Had More information
to Give Out, but Elizabeth
WouIdn't Wait.

Elizabeth tripped blithely into the
country postofice.
II want to know" she demanded
with tell-tale blush as she handed
the clerk pink communication adj
dressed to her lover, "how long it will
be before get an answer to this
letter."
'That depends" he answered; ''if
he's in jail they will let him write
once month only; If he's dead
broke he'll have to wait till he can
earn the price of stamp, and have
no data upon which to base an opinion
of his earning capacities. If he's i'll
in bed he may not care to dictate dis
interested third party, and if it's small
pox they won't let him write at all;
ditto, if he's dead Then, again, if
he's got new girl"
At which moment he realized that
the fair Elizabeth had flown Pitts
burgh Chronicle-Telegrap
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CHAPTER V.


He wakened early; and in that state
Of half conscious revery which has less
of worldliness in it than perhaps any
other state Of human existence, he lay
negotiating, subtly aware that he was
very peaceful and content; but pres
emily, when his brain had yawned and
stretched itself, and begun to set
about its usual functions Cor, in other
words, when billiard was sufficiently
aroused to resume his usual introspec-
tiveness) he was extremely unhappy,
and not in the least vainglorious.
He scowled, and struggled to remem-
Der what it was that had risen out OF
thin air and angered him last night,
at the very instant of his dropping off
to sleep. Not the Cullens, nor Carol
himself, nor Armstrong but wait
a moment! Who was Armstrong?
Whence and whittier, Armstrong? A
newcomer to Syracuse (that is, within
two years. and already proprietary
billiard frowned, and rubbed his eyes,
and wondered anew. He was trifle
amused and trifie ashamed of him.
self; was it credible that he could be
jealous of a man who had merely APP
propriated what billiard had no fur
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toned place, with the military Polon-
aise' perched open on the rack.
Then his pupils narrowed to gray
necks Of ice; for memory, by one of
those tricks against which there is no
defense, told him that he stood in
this same position, in exactly this
same spot, when two years ago the
doctor had pronounced his sentence,
and Carol, in terrible silence, had then
and there confirmed it. His magma
ton conjured up that scene again;
his blood chilled he could fancy that
Carol and the doctor were actually be-
fore him, and that he was staring at
them in the flesh, and feeling the lash
of the doctors quiet peroration. :.
At the threshold there was faint
rustic of fabric, and billiard turned.
Carol! His hands went out mechan-
ically, and hers, to him; and billiard,
tasting the acid of his somber mood.
smiled benignly.
Il mustn't keep you waiting, he
said, dropping her hands. "Tve brought
you the letter I spoke about" He
gave it to her, and coughed his en-
barrassment ''I'm positive it's for
you. And I'm sure you don't want
anything to prevent you from read
ing it at once, so if you'd rather pre-
fer to have me come back later for
the talk you wanted
He was already moving toward the
doorway; she restrained him gently,
although her eyes couldn't be dragged
from the folded paper he had given
her.
mo" she said, please don't go. I
particularly want you to meet my ia
Their, Mr.. billiard. He's anxious to
see you, too. Won't you wait while I
call him ~
He inclined his head; followed her
with his eyes to the hallway, strained
his hearing, and knew that she had
opened the letter as soon as she was
out of his sight. His lips twitched
cynically-and then, as he remem-
bered Angela's injunction, straight
ened. After all, this much was pure
charity. Down the hallway, there was
the reverberation Of closing door,
and silence
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set in granite; he caught sight of it in
mirror, halted and himself was
stunned by the transcendant mask
which covered his soul in revolt. The
work of the surgeons was not far
short of miraculous; he couldn't upset
it, not by any effort of his will. The
eyes might flash, or lower, or chill
the other features were still calm and
strong in their splendid glory. Even
now, the face. which he saw reflected
in the mirror was one to convert the
most hurried of all passing strangers
to new, if uniformed, assurance in
the brotherhood of man.
you dirty blackguard!" said Hill
lard. showing his teeth. He went
pensively back to the letter, studied it.,
gazed at the floor.
"But after ALL" he said, mo matter
what she or anybody else did to me
=. and if I can kill two birds with
one stone, and be what I've wanted to
be-all except this damnable way of
though this internal lying letter would
please her-that's not the point it's a
quicker way to get at the doctor. !. /.
Well, it gets her letter never in
tended to write and Dutout's
war cross, too ). that'll make it all
the easier. I'll give her that.
Angela was going to have it, still.
~. So I was 'one of her dearest
friends was /? What's that worth to
Henry Hilliard, bringing back the
news from the front?" He shifted
scornfully "Ten thousand dollars-I
hope. And the doctor'll make twenty
out of it. :. Cad 3! that's turning the
other cheek with vengeance !!
Hanged If I don't almost wish he'd
lose his rotten money! But that can't
be helped-Tll get some satisfaction
somehow"
He reread the unfinished note, fold
ed it, creased it heavily for versimili-
tude, and gave it the final examina-
ton.
Business is business he said,
musing. '"That was pretty sporty
thing for me to do !. i. to tell her
there was letter. BIT OF cnance,
too. And after smashing our engage
ment, she could stand there and tell
me oh, rubbish! So suppose we
say =. /. fifteen thousand from the
doctor! But confound 1.-THE better
salesman I am, the more get out of
him, the more he makes Whew
Where's the satisfaction in that? !"
His pupils had narrowed again, Civ
ing the lie to the sweetness of his
! smiling mouth. Then the smile faded
and billiard was staring f1xedly at the
document in his hands.
81 wonder who in thunder that man
Armstrong isl" said the masquerader
who had prided himself that he no
longer cared.