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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Only One Mile OF
Road Is Completed
In IA Months Work
Failure of County Commits
sioners to, Use Brick Re-
suits in Tieup of $3,-
100000 Project.

Although IA months have passed
since Douglas county voted to spend
S5,000,000 for paved roads, the coun-
ty today has realized about one mile
Of paving from the ambitious pro-
ject. IL.
By the time winter closes in, the
county may have five and one-third
miles of brick paving. And there is
no immediate prospect OF getting
more.
Failure of the county commits
sioners to stick to their signed prom
ise to use the money for brick paw
ing is responsible for the holding up
Of the work. Early~last spring the
commissioners awarded contracts
for paving the Lincoln highway from
the end of the present paving to the
Dodge county line, about II miles.
Public Is Surprised
The people were astonished to
learn that all of this except five and
one-third miles was awarded for
"bitulithic" paving. Leading citis
zens went into the courts where aa
injunction was readily granted pre-
venting the contractors from laying
the composition paving. This case
is now in the supreme court.
On the sole contract which has ac-
tually been kept under way by the
$3,000,000 bond issue, most of the
five and one-third miles of concrete
has been laid and the brick surfac-
ing is down for more than one mile.
When the bond project was being
voted on the county commissioners
expected it to suffice for 120 miles
of first-class brick on Douglas coun-
ty roads.
Money Draws Interest.
Bids showed that the price was
about $4,000 a mile, twice what was
anticipated. 1t is said to be even
lugher now. On the last contracts
for which bids were asked no bids
at all wereTeceived.
The federal government has ap-
proved the Lincoln and Washington
highway and OLD road paving
projects. A large amount of grad
ing has been done and is being done
on the Center street, Q street and
OLD roads. ~
Only $l,O0O,OO0 of the S3,000,000
bend issue authorized has been Is
sued SO far. County commissioners
say no interest is being lost on this.
Pending payment of contractors the
money is invested at 51a per cent
interest.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Dinner Pail all Hosts
Force Restaurants
To Cut Their Prices
lBx Universal Seryicel

Chicago, Sept. 25.-Chicago
restaurants will revise their prices
downward in few days. Nothing
altruistic on their part, but the re-
suit of city-wide revival of the old
dinner pail.
Everyone is carrying their lunches
these days-it's fad. Shop girls
and business men alike have joined
the protest against gouging on food
prices.
City officials are backing the pro-
test. .r..-
'"They will either bring their
prices down or we will keep after
them until they do" was the ulti-
matum today of Alderman Max
Adamowski. chairman of the coun-
Gil high cost of living committee.
"The La Sale hotel already has
agreed to reduce it's prices" Adam
owski continued. "Others, l believe,
will do the same. AS soon as we
get the wagon started down hill all
the restaurant keepers in town will
climb on"
And while the council committee
does its work everyone is carrying
their lunches from home. The move
ment has only been on few days,
but, backed by the press, it is be-
coming general.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Keys Assumes Control
OF Airplane Company

New York. Sept. 25.-Acquistion
oi control of the Curtiss Airplane
and Motor corporation by c. M.
Keyes, vice president and chairman
OF the financial committee of that
company. was announced through
the Manufacturers Air Craft asso-
ofation. Mr.. Keyes said he, would
assume control of the voting trust
and the financial and manufacturing
policies of the corporation"
Il have bought substantial block
of the stock of the Curtiss Airplane
and Motor corporation" said Mr.
keyes, for the WHY'S Overland and
the J. n. WHY'S interests and will
take control of the voting trust.
The control of the financial and
manufacturing policies of the corpo-
ration will, of course, also come into
my hands. Mr.. Glenn H. Curtiss
will continue to be head of the en-
gineering division of the corporation
aud closely associated with me in the
management. Changes in the board
OF directors and officers will be
made at a meeting of the board
scheduled for next week"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Small Boy Fatally
HURT When Heavy Box
Is, Blown Over on Him

Meyer Oster, 81, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Oster, 1913 North Twen-
ty-fifth street, lies in critical con-
dition at the Wise Memorial hospital
from fractured skull and internal
injuries received while at play yes
terday afternoon
The small boy had been playing
with companions on a sand pile in
the back yard of his parents home
when a box truck body, leaning
against the fence nearby, was blown
over by the high wind, pinning
Meyer beneath it.
Instead of attempting to help the
boy, his comrades ran away, leav-
ing Meyer underneath the body, ac-
cording to police. who Were sum-
moned as soon as the accident was
discovered. The tiny lad was rushed
to the hospital in the police ambu-
lance. Physicians have little hope
for .his recovery, police say.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Heavy Rain and
Windstorms in
State Reported
Cloudbursts at Nacora Tie Up
Telegraph Wires-Southern
Nebraska Has Bad Storms
No Lives Lost.

A severe cloudburst was reported
from Nacora, 100 miles north of
Omaha, at 7 o'clock Saturday night,
according to Western Union Of
ficials. Wires were torn down and
much damage was done. No loss of
life was reported i'll the early bull
letins.
High winds tore down many
wires north and south of Omaha
during the day.
A heavy wind storm struck the
south side early in the evening blow
ing over large trees and signs. Con-
siderable damage was reported. 9th
er sections of the city were not ma
terially damaged, according to early
reports. ...~
Heavy rains were reported from
Fremont, Lincoln and Sutton.
A bad storm swept the territory
between Omaha and Waverly.
The storm here was accompanied
by a sharp drop in temperature.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
United States Trade
. Balance Shows Big
Decrease This Year

Washington, Sept. Is. - The
American trade balance+for the first
eight months of 1920 was $l,483,-
100000 compared to more than $3,-
000000,000 for the corresponding
period of 1919, according to figures
made public by the Department of.
Commerce. They showed its import
trade is expanding at a more rapid
pace than export trade. Imports
for the eight months of this year
exceeded those of the II months of
1919 by approximately $lOO,000,OO0.
Imports in 1919 established new
high record.
On the other hand, exports for
the eight months period ending with
August were $2,437,17l,S69 less than
those in the II months of 1919, and
were only $2l1,000,000 greater than
the exports for the first eight months
of last year. The total of exports for
the eight months was $5,483,254,l2l.
The total imports for the eight
months was $4,00O,627,4 ,445 as COM
pared with $2,26i. .550,440 for the
corresponding period in 1919.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Big Crowds Coming
To Pure Food Show
Many Outside Cities Enter
Exhibits for Display Here
October l6 to %.

The pure food show to be given by
the Retail 'Grocers' association al.
the Auditorium, October 10 to 2S, is
expected to break all previous rec
ords for attendance.
Anticipation, for the large at
tendance is based on the merits that
this years show offers. The dec
orations will be much more attrac-
tive and elaborate and the display
will be much larger than in past
years, many outside cities having
entered exhibits. Among those cities
will be Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chi
cago. St. Louis, St. Joseph and New
York.
The country store, which proved
such an attractive feature last year,
will be accorded more space in the.
coming show, and several other new
features will be added.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Enginemen g Jump
FromCab toSave
Lives in Wreck
Grew Escapes Fatal Injury
When Belt Line Freight
Train Crashes Into
Switching Train.

Engineer F. H. Baker and Fire
man L. A. Bleything, both of Falls
City, NeL., narrowly escaped fatal
injuries yesterday noon by leaping
from their speeding extra Missouri
Pacific freight train moment before
it crashed into switching train at
the crossing at Thirtietli and Boyd
streets.
Both suffered painful injuries from
their leap. Their locomotive and
six freight cars were thrown from
the track by the crash.
H. Courson, 7718 North Twenty
eighth avenue, and E. H. Bogard,
3422 Cass street, crew of the switch
ing train, whose engine was push
ing the freight cars into which the
extra crashed, escaped injury. They
said they did not know what had
hit the train.
- Warehouse Damaged.
One freight car was hurled into
the warehouses of the Bowman-
Kranz Lumber company, damaging
the buildings but little. Wheat and
coal were hurled 50 feet into the air
by the collision, according to E. H.
kranz, who witnessed the accident.
Failure of the air brakes to work
is given as the cause for the crash
by Engineer Baker.
1--WE were rounding the curve"
he said. II saw man at the cross
ing waving his arms. | threw or
the brakes and jumped. + didn't
know what was coming"
when Baker threw on the air I
jumped, too" said Fireman B1ey-
thing. II didn't know what to ex-
rect."
No Flagman at Crossing.
There was no fagman at the
crossing. The extra train was trav-
cling east and the switching train
west August Voss, assistant yard
man at the lumber yard, was the
man who waved his arms to the ex-
ira train and probably saved Baker
and Blcything from fatal injuries.
Baker suffered a wrenched knee
and lacerated hir. Bleything was
severely Jared by his leap. He may
be suffering internal injuries.
Work of clearing the tracks of the
derbis from the wreck was begun at
once and the right of way is ex-
pected to be open within a few
hours.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Family Is
Reunited
B,yTragedy
Father of Cirl.Widow Will
Fight for Freedom of Help.
meet Who Shot
Son-in-Law.
Separated for One Year

Mike 1ierney, stone mason, hus-
band of the little woman who shot
to death her son-in-law, Ray Dun
lap, 27 years old, Friday noon<be-
cause, she said, she did not believe
him fin to be married to her l6-year-
old daughter, Ethel, has been re-
united by the tragedy with his wife.
IRON whom he has been separated
tor year.
As soon as Tierney heard of the
shooting he hurried to the family
home, to which he had been =
stranger for many months, to take
care of the children. He heard that
his daughter, Ethel, was stopping
with the family of w. H. Downing,
switchman. at Second and Spring
streets. and went there after her
Yesterday morning.
Dunlap. Tierney declared, was
responsible for his separation from
his wife. The friction started when
he barred Dunlap from his home be-
cause he had led his two elder boys.
Mike and Burt, to the underworld
of Omaha, he said.
= Mrs. Tierney at that time opposed
the father. he said, AMI ensuing
quarrcls estrapged the pair.
Tears Fill His Eyes.
Tierney, a grizzled. tanned
>plau. gazed with fearful eyes at the
bent frail little woman sitting in
the court room while witnesses told
of the shooting. He hovered around
timidly when his children kissed
their mother goodbye, his eyes be-
speaking his deep yearning to help
her.
After the little woman had dis
appeared in the big automobile 'of
til. county sheriff to be taken back
te sjail he swore to nigh heaven
that he would do all in his power
COR her, that he would light, fight,
light for her.
Tierney stood looking helplessly
down the street where the car had
gone and cried that he wanted her
back with her children
Prays For Assistance.
In the meantime Tierney is at the
hong waiting, hoping and praying
trat his little helpmeet, who did
,her duty though it takes her to
|, The shadow of the electric chair,
will be freed so that they may be-
sin all over again!
The coroner's jury held Mrs.
Tierney to the district court. Coup-
~ Attorney A. V. Shotwe1 said
al information charging first de-
tCoutinued on Page -Four. Col. Two.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Police Seeking Writer
Of Card With Warning

Salt Lake City, Sept. 25.-Police
here today<were working to appre-
hend the author of the letter re-
jceived by Chief Of Police E. P.
FBrundage, yesterday stating that
the Vermont building would be de-
istroyed. The possibility that the
letter was written by the bandits
who robbed the Sugar bank as a
ruse to draw reserves from the CEN
trail station, has been abandoned.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Sentence Horse Thief at
Oshkosh to State Prison

Oshkosh Neh., Sept. 25.-(Spe-
cial.)-District Judge Hobart sent
enced Glenn Brummett to the state
renitentiary from one to 10 years
folling his trial on a larceny charge.
Young Brummett, who says his
home is at Marysville, Mo-, came
here few weeks ago to work in the
hay fields and the first of this week
departed suddenly with a horse, sad
die, chaps and other expensive rid
ing equipment that belonged to
fellow Workmen.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Divorce Granted to Wife
OF Son of Senator Elkins

Washington. Sept, 25.-Chief JUS
tice Mccoy of the district supreme
court Yesterday signed the final de-
cree OF divorce in favor of Mrs.
Mary Kenna Elkins, who sued
Blaine Elkins, son of the former SEN
ato- from West Virginia, charging
misconduct with Washington
girl. The court held that the final
decree will not operate to dissolve
the marriage until the time allowed
for taking an appeal in the case
has elapsed.
During the proceedings testimony
taken several months ago revealed
that Frankie Miller" manicurist
of this city, was the correspondent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
American Congressman
, At Honolulu on Way Home

Honolulu, Sept. 25.-Members of
the American congressional party
returning from tour of the far
cast, including I the Philippines,
China, Korea and Japan, on the
transport Madawaska, arrived here
Friday and expected to depart Sat-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26

asked Senator Harding to join them
in at least one piece during the stop
here. ..H. ...
And since they have received no
regrets" from the senator, they are
assuming, because Silence gives
consent" he will demonstrate.
The Legion band will furnish the
music for the parade and speech of
the senator on his Omaha visit.
1t also will furnish the music at
the meeting next Tuesday evening
in the Auditorium when Mrs.
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, sister
to the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
will speak for the republican ma
tional ticket.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Columbus Youth Seriously r
Injured by Electric Shock

Columbus, Neb., Sept 25.-(Spe-
cial Telegram).-Peter Sheftic, 9,
narrowly escaped being shocked to
death here when he took hold of a
live wire which carried 2,200, volts.
Passersby saw the boy holding the
wire, his flesh burning, and ran to
a neighboring store for aid. A
clerk pried the boy, loose with
stick, but he was apparently dead.
eli was taken to nearby physician,
who gave artificial respiration He
probably will lose use of both hands,
but will live.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
War Cripples From State
i. Aggie School Visit Markets

Seventy-five agricultural students
from Iowa state college of agricul-
ture at Ames spent Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday visiting the
markets and factories of Omaha.
They were under the direction of
Prof. ]. c., Cunningham. Half of
the students were war-veterans, who
were disabled, and are studying ag-
riculture with the assistance of gov
ernment funds.
Two days were spent at the
Omaha stock yards, and a "trip was
made to the Iowa state experiment
tai orchard near Council Bluffs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Senator Harding VIII Jazz Mean Trombone
During Visit Here Next Month, Legionaires Say

Senator Warren Harding will jazz
a mean trombone when he is in
Omaha October 7. -..
AT least such is the claim of
American Legion band officials Of
the Douglas county post.
Senator Harding is known to be
a devotee to music and somewhat
of an expert on trombone and cor
net.
His pet trombone is of the sliding
variety, that which oozes out those
nasty, vibrating tones that send
creeping chills down the spinal
chord.
Omaha Legion band officials have
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Body of Olive Thomas
Arrives in Neu. York ,
Aboard Mauretania

New York, Sept. y25.-The body
of Olive Thomas, motion picture
actress, who died recently in Paris
of mercurial poison, arrived here
today on the steamship Maure-
tania. The funeral services will be
held next Tuesday in St. Thomas
Protestant Episcopal church,
where Miss Thomas worshipped.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Wrangel Takes 10000
' Prisoners During Week

Sebastopol, Sept. ,25.-(By The
Associated ess.)-General Wrang-
el, commanding Russian anti-bolshe-
vik forces on the southern front, has
taken more than 10000 prisoners in
six days; his cavalry surrounding the
holsheviki along front of 100 miles.
He is now reported to be cutflank-
in red forces on the Dnieper river.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Two Suspects in Train
Robbery Under Arrest

Chicago, Sept. 25.-Two men were
arrested here early today as suspects
in the robbery last night of north
bound Illinois Central train No. ,.
known as the New Orleans Limited.
Only registered mail. which officials
said might be anywhere between
few thousands and 100000 in value,
was taken.
One of the men answers closely
the description given of one of the
two bandits. The suspects will be
viewed by the mail clerks.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Valves Examination -on
Charge of Forcing Checks

Fl. Worth, Tex, Sept. 25.-Ed-
win A. Lake. Of Pueblo, Colo,
waived preliminary examination be-
fore United States Commissioner
Mitchell on a charge of being impli-
Gated in forging and passing LibeSty
bonds: The complaints were filed
in Pueblo. Mrs. Lake was arrested
yesterday at Waco by secret service
agents and released. on bond
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Heavy Rain at Fremont
Follows Extreme Heat

Fremont, Neb., Sept. ,25.-(Spe-
cial Telegram. )-Breaking one of
the hottest Septembers on record,
rain fell in torrents here tonight,
starting at E o'clock. 1t will not
damage the, corn crop and may
prove valuable to fall plowed and
sowed feldsy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Cooler Weather Promised
For Nebraska Coming Week

Washington, Sept. 25.-Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday are: Upper Mississippi
and lower Missouri valleys: Fair and
much cooler at beginning of the
week with some probability OF
frosts in north and west parts of
the district. Generally fair and cool
thereafter
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Two Offer to Sell Auto
For SlOO. Police Nah Them

Trying to sell an automobile for
Sl00 at Forty-second and lizard
streets Saturday afternoon. Harry
B. Bradley of Corliss, Wis, and Va
lois J. Patrick of Charles City, Ia,
were arrested as suspected automo-
bile thieves. Police say the auto
mobile they were trying to sell was
stolen in Charles City this week.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Suit for Inheritance Taxes.

San Francisco, Sept. .25.-Suit for
s1,7O0,145 inheritance taxes, interest
and penalties. alleged to be unpaid,
was filed in the United States district
court here by the goverrfm sn.
against the estate of the late Benny
Miller, millionaire California cattle
man.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Clearing House Reserve
Shows Gain Over Last Week

New York, Sept. 25.-The actual
condition of clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week
shows that they hold $23,501 200
reserve in excess of legal require
ments. This is an increase OF $4,-
205,850 from last week. This in
cludes first report of Equitable Trust
company. / ..
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Pickpocket Suspect Admits
He Deserted Camp Grant

Frank Clark, arrested Sunday as
IN alleged pickpocket, and who con-
fessed to being deserter from. the
United Sattes army, was taken back
to Camp Grant by Sergi. Lorin
Davis Saturday afternoon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
81 900 Bottles of Beer
Poured Into Chicago Sewer

Chicago, Sept. 25.-Twefity-one
thousand bottles Of real beer was
poured into the Chicago river here
today by U. S. deputy marshals.
The beer was confiscated from sa-
loon keeper in August 1919.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Boy Arrested for Circus
Tricks on His Bicycle

Doing circus tricks on his bicy-.
Gle in downtown streets Saturday
afternoon, despite heavy traffic,
Bernard Convoy, II, 1908 Cass
street, was arrested for disorderly
conduct s s..
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26
Saunders School Wins.

Saunders public school won the
annual Omaha public school relay
in connection with the Y. NJ. c. A.
open house yesterday from field
OF 4S public schools.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-26

These photographs were taken but
a few moments after the Belt Line
train wreck at Thirtieth and Boyd
streets at l o'clock yesterday. .
The upper photograph shows the
engine of the freight train, which
crashed into the switching train.
Engineer F. H. Baker and Fireman
L. A. Bleything escaped injuries by
leaping from the cab just before the
collision. ......s
The lower picture shows merchan-
disc scattered over the right-of-way
when one car of the train plowed
into the warehouses of the Bowman
Kranz Lumber company.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-16
Greek Policy in Thrace.

Nothing better can be wished for
Greek administration in eastern
Thrace than that il may be as sue.
eessful as the military occupation OF
the territory. The little campaign
will probably be finished this week.
II has proceeded without check. and
with hardly more than a show of re.
sistance, the Turks almost everywhere
laying down their arms without at
tempting TO fight. They could not
prudently do anything else With Ad-
rianople, Kulel-Burgas, Kirk Kilisset.
Lule Burgss, Rodosto and the railways
in the hands of the Greeks, and Con.
stantinople held by the British. the
Turks were so surrounded that they
could save their lives only 3y sur.
render. II the garrison Of Adrianople
was unable to hold the citadel, there
was no hope for the small insurgent
bands elsewhere, their oompstri6ts un-
der Mustapha Renal having hcen driv-
en- even from the eastern shores of
the straits by the Greek expedition
from Smyrna And the Turkish peas.
antry may have been more than willing
TO accept Greek rule for the sake of
peace.
1t is now by their upbuilding of
just and peaceful administration that
the Greeks have TO prove their worth
mess Of the Tnracisn trust. They will
do this if they carry into effect the pol
icy declared by the venizelos govern.
ment It is the policy Of economic
prosperity for all, putting away the
thought Of vengeance for the seiz. I
ure Of Greek property and the depor.
tation Of the owners, and making the 4
country ~ TO live in, not only fer the
Greeks. but also for the Turkish and
other inhabitants. II the Greek ad.
let tire Moslems have re.
ligious freedom and assist in the main.
tenance Of the mosques and Turkish
schools, IS Foreign Minister Politis
promises. half the peace battle viii be
won. No doubt, as he saws. reconstruc-
ion is huge task, involving as it
foes the problems Of housing. roads,
'orts and forests, in the track Of war
md Turkish devastation. but its per
.ormsnos vii rebound 20 the honor Of
'reecs and insure the happiness cf
I brace Americans nav well oor.sid-
2 the invitation % take q hand in
'ort development a. the Piraeus ara Y
'aloniki There nav BE- further uork
g ksvls and Dsdssestch- Greece i
growing nstion.-Boston Herald