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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Oil Tanks at Casper
Burn Steadily for 48 Hours

Casper, Wyo, June W.-After
burning steadily for 48 hours, the
fire which was started Friday when
a bolt of lightning struck a big oa
tank on the Midwest Refining conf
pany's tank farm. finally was ex-
tinguished last night, with nothing
but huge heaps of smoking debris
and piles OF melted and twisted steel
to mark where had stood the seven
giant tanks destroyed. According to
an estimate given out at the COM
pany's Offices this morning, the loss
will amount to 400, which does
not include $4,000 estimated expense
in fighting the. flames for two days.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
International Trade
Conference in Mexico

Mexico City, June 20. : lBy the
Associated Press.)-The first inter-
national trade conference in Mexico
City, organized by the chambers OF
commerce of Mexico, was formally
opened by President Obregon with
more than 500 delegates presep
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Fleet.
NavalPolicy
Continued
Leading Strategists Lose Cam.
paign for Reuniting Ma.
tion's Sea Forces in At.
lantic Ocean.
Pacific Fleet Stronger
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINc

BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington, June 20. - The Har-
ding administration has decided to
continue the Daniels policy of divi-
sion of the navy into an Atlantic
and a Pacific fleet, despite the opin-
ions of the leading naval strategists
that such dispersal of the antion's
set forces brooks disaster in the
event of war.
The Pacific fleet is to be made
stronger than the Atlantic fleet by
the assignment to the Pacific of all
the newer and more powerful oil
rburning first line hattleships and the
assignment to the Atlantic of the
older coal burning ships.
The total tonnage OF the Atlantic
feet as reorganized will be 679,473.
:. exclusive of submarines and that OF
Y the Pacific fleet 835,2o6. The Pacific
feet will be given two more first line
battleships eventually than at pres
ent. these ships being now under
construction. but will lose one second
line battleship. In the aggregate the
Pacific fleet will be $500 tons heav-
ier than now.
Nine First Line Ships.
There will be seven Eventually
nine) first line and six second line
tattleships in the Pacific feet COM
'pard with II battleships of all
classes in the Japanese navy. The
Japanese have in addition four bat
tie cruisers and arc building eight,
while America has none and is build
ing six. The tonnage of the Japa-
nese navy is s40,426.
Secretary of the Navy DENLY an
rounced the plans of reorganization
OF the navy this afternoon When
asked if these plans indicate the pol
icy of the administration on the ques-
ton Of reuniting the fleets he re-
Piled:
1T means a continuation of the
policy of two fleets"
The secretary declined to state the
reasons for continuing the Daniels
policy or to discuss the matter
further than outlining the reorgan-
ization plans. The decision to main
tain the navy in divided state was
made by the president. it transpires,
after consulting with Mr.. DENLY,
Secretary of State Hughes and other
menberr Of the cabinet. .E =,
s Composition Of Fleets.
The failure Of congress to prorids
Pacific coast bases adequate tor the
maintenance of the entire navy in the
Pacific is said to have been a factor
i'll the decision. At the same time
the administration believed it unwise
on account OF the international situ-
alton in the Pacific to withdraw the
trurn to Page Two Column Three.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Vera Cruz Marine Workers
Renew Contract 3 Months

Vera Cruz, June 20.-Marine work
ers who have been on strike here
have reached an agreement with the
Mexican Navigation company to re-
sumo work under the old contract
for three months. The agreement in
cludes a stipulation that all strike
breakers employed during the strike
will be replaced by union men. The
conflict arose over the annulment of
wage contracts between the employ
ing company and the maritime union.
the copany insisting that these con-
tracts be replaced by a system OF
individual understanding.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Funeral Services Held
For Congressman Mason

Chicago. June 20.-Hundreds of
personal and political friends, includ-
ing a delegation of congressman, at
tended the funeral of Congressman
William E. Mason today at the
Third Unitarian church. A wreath
from President Harding was on the
casket. Cablegrams of coincidence
from several foreign countries were
received. Burial was to take place
at Waukegan. Ill.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Four Persons Killed When
Electric Car Strikes Auto

Fremont, O.. June 20.-Four per-
sons were killed and two injured
shortly after II O'Clock last night
when an eastbound car on the Lake
shore electric line struck an automo-
bile about three miles east Of here.
The dead are L. R. Silcox, Harold
Silcox, q, his son: Mrs. Eva Black
and Miss Olive Miller. All lived in
Norwalk, o.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Murder Mystery Blows Up;
Body Found Is Old Mummy

Pueblo, June 20.-What promised
to be a murder mystery of the
great food here followed the finding
last night of the skeleton of a woman
in a box in an alley off the main
business district. Today R. H. VIM
mer, manager of the Gallup Saddlery
company, blew the "murder" theory
to pieces with the announcement that
the body" was the mummy of a
cliff dweller which had been in the
store for at least Is years. The
mummy hoated into the alley dur
ing the food.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Woman Assaulted as Thug
Holds Gun on Companion

Des Moines, June 20.-(Special
Telegram lotto Rasmussen, clerk,
was held up here Sunday night and
robbed and his young woman COM
panion was assaulted while one of
the thugs held a gun on Rasmus-
sen. The couple were attacked on
lonely road and could not summon
help.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
State Inspectors Visit
6.l64 Nebraska Kitchens

Lincoln, June 20. - Especial. y
Restaurant kitchens, numbering
6,164, have been inspected in the
last year by inspectors from the
state department of agriculture, ac-
cording to a report issued today.
There have been 633 sanitary orders
issued and rs prosecutions started
as . result of the inspections.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Four ElectrOcuted

Beliefonte, Pa, June 20.--Four
MEN were electrocuted in the western
pcnitentiary at Rockview today for
the murder of Szima Florian at Erie,
Pa, last September. They were
Milton Hudson, Robert Tramncl,
William Stragin. negroes, and Steve
Schiop, foreigner
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Sunday Sale of Gasoline
In Iowa Declared Legal

Des Moines, June 20. -. Especial
Telegram. )-The sale of gasoline on
Sunday in Iowa was decided legal in
test case decided today.
Sunday blue laws prohibit any
work except of necessity. 1t was
decided sale of gasoline is a necessity.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Plan Aeroulane Meet

Nelson, Neb., June 20.-(Special)
Arrangements have Just been COM
pleted by Nelson business men for
the first interstate aeroplane meet
and show to be held here Thursday.
Friday and Saturday. July IA, IS
and Is. A dozen ships with as many
expert flyers have already been
beoksA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Mondell's Water Supply
Bill Is Passed By House

Washington, June 20.-The house
passed today Representative Mon
dell's bill to permit equitable appor-
tionment of the water supply of the
Colorado river among Arizona, Cali
fornia, Colorado. Nevada, New Mex
leo, Utah and Wyoming. The meas
ure now goes to the. senate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
Senate Conferees Decide
To Agree on Army of 10000

Washington. June 20.-Senate
conferees on the army appropriation
bill decided today to recommend
that the army be reduced to 10000
enlisted men by next October
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-21
The Weather

Forecast.
Tuesday fair; not much change in
Evening star., 1921-10-09
LEO j RoCcA

Now Ellerson Wifle
Had lots of dough,
And people all knew it
Wherever he'd 60.
Whatever he bought
Was always the best,
From the tires on his Gear
To his satin-lined vest.
But Benny Messed
Was a Woodworking skate
Who got a small salary,
But that was his fate.
He had an old fivver
Whose best days had been
seen,
And it ran on a mixture
Of soft soap and benzine.
Flow both of these fellows
Went to see the same girl,
Her last name was Coughdrop,
I1eI HISC name was carl.
Ellerson stood in much better
Because of his car,
But I'll show you where that
Didn't get him so far.
His car was so handsome
1t was stolen one day,
While you couldn't have paid
'em
To take Benny's away.
And ever since then
Benny's supplied Pearls de-
mand
For a car, and I heard that
He won the girls hand.
Evening star., 1921-10-09
REPUBLICAN AUTO PLANK
ATTRACTING ATTENTION
Favors Reciprocity Between Dis
trict and Maryland to Do Away
With Two Tags.

| Much interest has been awakened
among auto owners of the District
land Maryland by the auto plank OF
the Maryland republican platform
| which was adopted at the convention
| in Baltimore last Friday. This plank
which was suggested and dratted oy
Senator Oliver S. Metzerott OF Prince
| "We favor the al!n:cat!o: oe TIE spe-
c:a, tax .: ..er who ea-: tss!- cay
| bread by driving automobiles. THIS IS
| an occupational tax and wholly un-
| fair, We also favor such reciprocity
| with the District of Columbia as Will
preserve the state revenue, oat DO
! away with the present annoying two
tag system. We favor reoaction M . oi
| elimination of the title fee for auto
mobiles, which IS out oe az propo--
| - 10 tie .SIU-- cost u. V1-Ce % t--C
| 5e y.Le -.--.01-cn.
| ca3 aa.n,sr supper, for Just aao
| equitable -eSuIlr4ons 20 yo'sso aulo
mobile ira ilc and provide better roao
was championed by Senator :ielzerotl
controller OF Maryland). in the legis.
.ative session at Annapolis in 1916
when he introduced and had enacted
a bill providing that any road con-
structed under authority of section "a
of the public civil laws shall be
state road and maintained as such
The act providing for the construc'
ways" between the, District and An
napolis-a measure of great benefit tc
automobilists and the general public
WAS put through the legislature by
Senator Metzerott, who also original
ed the name to be given this highway
This boulevard to Annapolis is now un-
der construction.
Evening star., 1921-10-09

that to take it apart you merely have
to turn the handle instead Of having
to unscrew all three of the bolts.
Mr. Sniffle really devised the appli-
ance for his own use. so that he could
carry a f1ivver in his tool box when
he went on trip. He found that
without taking it apart the flivver was
too bulky to f1t neatly into the tool
box. After he had made use of his
invention himself he realized the pos
sibilities for 1t, and decided to put 1t
on the market. His enterprise is
looked upon with great interest and is
said to be backed by some of the best
known men in insane asylums all over
the country.
Evening star., 1921-10-09
WILLIAM SCH|MPF
|AGA|N HEADS BOARD
Widely Known Leader in
Motor Sports Chairman
on Contests.

William Schimpf, one of the most
widely and most favorably known
men in the world of motor sports, is
again at the head of the contest
board of the American Automobile
Association to fll the vacancy created
by the recent resignation of Richard
Kennerdell.
Mr.. Schimpf's return to his old posi-
tion is only temporary. however. and
is the result of a personal request
from President George c. Diehl that
he assume the chairmanship until the
selection and appointment Of a per-
manent chairman can be made.
No Other Change In Board.
With the exception of the change
of chairmanship the personnel OF tne
board will remain as 1t has STOOD 1or
several years. 49,
The contest board of the A. A. A:
Is that branch of the great national
organization of motorists which has
to do with the conduct Of automo pie
racing, endurance tests, hill climbs
and all other motor events In when
officially recognized records are
sought. Practically all the speed
kings of the world drive in America
under the banner of the A. A. A.,
while all motor events of any mo-
ment are conducted under the sane
tion and the watchful eyes of the A.
A. A. contest officials.
Was Chairman Many Years.
Mr.. Schimpf was Mr.. KennerdelIs
predecessor in Office, holding the
craftsmanship for many years. espe-
cially during the days when proving
the power, endurance and general
stamina Of motor cars was an impor-
tant function Of budding car manu-
facturers, and when a governing
body in such affairs was real neeo.
The offices Of the contest board are
located with the metropolitan divi-
sion Of the A. A. A., at SOL 9Th ave-
nue., New York city.
Evening star., 1921-10-09

by the generator, and when that cur
rent becomes excessive the work
much work for battery to take a
charge as it Is to give it off1 be-
comes burden to it and overheating
results.
Most car owners know by this time
plates, destruction Of certain kinds
Of Insulation materials com monty
used and short circuits. Escape from
this danger may be had by burning
the headlights while on lop.g day
trips. particularly when reSent test
has shown the battery to be fully
charged.
Evening star., 1921-10-09
"Y0UR LIGHTS ARE ON"
Eyes, | KNOW THEY ARE"
Familiar Daytime Greetings as
Autoists Learn Care of
Batteries.

''Your lights are burning. mister;
yes, know it," is an inscription
which will be seen on more than one
automobile in the coming year. At
least. until the remainder of the mo-
toring public come to realize that a
car with burning headlights is not
the result Of an all-night joyride or
accidental turning Of the light switch.
sign when told by battery service
man that long daytime trips and
high charging rate Of his generator
under such conditions meant certain
disaster for the storage battery on
his car unless he burned the lights.
In that respett, at least. the Euro
pean name. "accumulator." by which
storage batteries are known over
there. is more literally correct. An
automobile battery merely accumu-
lates the surplus electricity developed
Evening star., 1921-10-09
More New Regulations I'm Eject.

New regulations regarding motor
vehicles were issued at midnight last
Thursday by the garbage department,
and are to. take effect for ten minutes
on the first Wednesday Of each month.
1. Sunday motoring is to be abso-
lutely prohibited on all days except
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
2. Flivvers used after pm. shall
be equipped with maximum silencers
on the hood, tenders and running
boards.
8. Headlights on all cars shall show
plainly for thirteen blocks in all direc-
tions, and will be permitted only in
the daytime.
Evening star., 1921-10-09

Local Motorist Makes Novel Invention.
Mr.. Joe Sniffle. local motorist, has
just applied for a patent on a much
needed invention. The device is one
that converts any f1ivver into col
lapsible one. 1t Is accomplished by
putting clamp handle onto thee three
Evening star., 1921-10-09

W. c. Durant's new factory at Long
Island City, N. T., is expected to pro-
duce more than 1000 J1urant four
cylinder cars by January L. Maximum
capacity Of the factory is $50 cars
day.
Evening star., 1921-10-09

J.. Albert Rosenheim. field manager
of the Bayerson oil works of Erie.
Pa, who has been visitor in this
city for the past few weeks. has left
for Detroit, to visit several of the
automobile factories and to hold
Evening star., 1921-10-09

The American Bosch Magnetic Cor
poration of Springfield. MasA, has
sprung an innovation by placing on
the market a battery ignition outfit.
Evening star., 1921-10-09

Drawing for space for the national
automobile show, to be he'd in New
York city, in January, will take place
Thursday. A large number of fac
tory executives will attend.
Evening star., 1921-10-09

W. E. Severn, for many years auto
mobile editor Of the New York Globe,
has been made advertising manager
of that publication
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-28
MANY FOREST FIRES
START THIS SEASON
Department Prevent More Than
Average $4,000 Loss.

MONTPELIER. Sept 27.-Damage to
Vermont timber from forest fires this year
will not much exceed the average annual
reported loss of $4,000 in spite of the
fact that as many fires started in the
woods this year a. in the five preceding
years combined. according to State For
ester w G. Hastings The menace of
summer unusual for its drought was in
part met by public education against for
est fires and by constant circularization
of the town fire Wardens The state en-
ploys Is men TO occupy fire lookouts and
notify town wardenS of fires. 1t also en-
ployed this year five patrolmen who
watched the most frequently travelled
trails for campers and sportsmeps fires
All We're stationed at camps esnnecteI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-28

with the town fire wardens by telephone
Supervision rests with Mr. Hastings who
is assisted by a state fire warden and a
number of district wardens.
If the sum of $4,000 a year, represent
ing one cent per acre per year on Yer
mont timber land, could be expended for
forest fire prevention, Mr.. Hastings said
inside generation there would be no
signs of the ravages of forest fires on
Vermont hills and mountains. The num-
Der of men employed as lookouts should
be tripled TO give adequate protection, he
said
Vermont's appropriation for forest fire
prevention is now $4,000 a year, Mr.
Hastings said. In Pennsylvania. which
has 16,000,OOO acres of timber land, the
yearly appropriation is 81 5000 while
Vermont with a quarter as much timber.
spends only a hundredth as much money
to protect it. The federal government
furnishes about $1,000 a year for this
work, and the Vermont Timber Manufac-
turers' association. which employs 10 or
II patrolmen of its own, contributes on
the one cent an acre a year plan, fur
nishing about $1,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-28
MRS. O'LEARY DIDN'T
START CHICAGO FIRE
Learned She Was in Bed with Sore
Foot Fifty Years AgO-NOt Sure
About Cow

CHICAGO, Sept ~2S.-AIrs. O'Leary
and her celebrated COW will have no
part in the observance of the semi-cen-
teHnial of the Chicago fire, to be held
here Oct. 2-l5, it was disclosed today.
The reason being that a search of the
records Of the fire department shows
that both Mrs . Leary and the COW
had retired an hour before the fire
started, and had nothing to do with
starting the blaze, although it did start
IN the, O'LedTF COW Shed These rec
ords show that there was a rumor at
the time that neighbors had slipped in
TO the barn to milk the COW for mate
rails for an oyster stew or milk
punch, and another that bunch of
boys from the neighborhood were smok-
ing in the barn.
A broken lamp was found in the ruins
of the barn the day after the fire. This
gave rise to the report. now become a
legend, that Mrs. O'Leary had gone to
the barn in the evening carrying a lamp
and that the COW, piqued at being dis
turbsd, had kicked her mistress. who
dropped the lamp, and the big doings
were on
The ire department investigators
learned that Mrs. OIeary had sore
foot on the day of the fire and had re-
tired at $50 that evening. 1t was
deemed unlikely that she would have
arisen and gone to the barn after the
chores were all done, especially with a
sore foot hence she was absolved from
blame. But the popular rumor outran
the official RECORDS, and the things best
remembered about the great disaster
are Mrs. Q 'Leary and her cow
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-28
STATE FAIR OPENS
MONDAY NEXT
School Children from All Over State
Admitted Free on That Day. 10
Big Entries
bIs I-IITIta. ----- =

4
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.; Sept. Is.
The Vermont State fair begins on Mon
day next, and this day will be known as
school chifdren'S day. admission being
frde TO pupils but by,ticket ISSUED IN adj
vance 1t matters not in what depart
inent of the school, from the primary de
partment to and including the high
school, pupils Will be admitted to the
fair, provided they have secured tickets
through their principals. -, ....,e....
Principals of schools should notify Sec
rotary Davis at once the number of tick
cts desired and they will be'forwarded to
the principals, who VIII then distribute
them. ~
over 1000 tickets win be distributed to
the pupils of the schools of Hartford
town. The pupils in the schools of Wood
stock, Windsor, Claremont, Lebanon, Han
over, Norwich, Sharon, South Royalton
and Bethel will also be given tickets, re-
quests having already been made by prin-
cipals. Eahs r3tH-
Any principal in any school in the state
will have his request for tickets honored
Immediately it is received.
One feature of the Vermont State fair
that is sure to interest all visitors rs the
Vermont exhibit made last week at the
New England States Exposition at
Springfield, Mass.
This exhibit, which is the most extern
sive ever made by Vermont at any fair OF
exposition, will arrive on the fair grounds
this week and be placed in building
especially given up to the showing OF
this feature.
At Springfield the Vermont exhibit was
a center of attraction and high was the
praise given it. There was shown mar
bic in the cutting, memorials in granite
tveneer in many forms from the biggest
veneer mill in the world, toys, clothespins
| bobbins of all sizes maple sugar in the
making and maple produce and a large
and most interesting display of agricul
tural and horticultural products.
One decided novelty was the transport
ing of an apple nec loaded with full ripe
| Macintosh apples from the Vermont or
chard to the exposition.
! The trotting schedule, the largest ever
! planned for the state fair. Will show many
of the fast ones and as purses aggregate
$4,000, this is sure to be warmly con.
tested.
! The new automobile building will have
the biggest showing Of autos ever made in
, New England north of Boston.
! No return checks are to be issued this
year; and visitors coming by auto should
store their cars within the grounds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-28
Lowell & Teller
BrattIeborO's Oldest Reliable
Hardware Store
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED
ISL 4.-A AN INVOICE OF


'slirq % Blankets
for street and stable use, and we have
been able this season to procure them at
price that is reasonable, and a quality
that is of the very best
IF YOJ WANT YOUR PICK
OF n real assortment, in which there is
not one of last years stock of A No.
quality and of eGlOrS that are reliable
and patterns that are attractive.
MAKE PURCHASES EARLY.
We are also offering new lines of tools
at this time that ought to
MEET YOUR APPROVAL.
We also have some special aut0mObiliStS'
tools such as Valve Lifters and Com
preSsOrS, Wrenches, etc, that are worthy
of your inspection.
Come in and examine you're always
welcome whether you buy or not, and our
store is
PROMINENT PASSAGE FOR
PEDESTRIANS
from Main street to the welI-Imewn
business houses i'm Harmony Place
GET THOSE ROOFS REPAIRED
before the severe Winter storms come !;
have everything i'm readiness for the
Comfort and Care of your stock. and for
this work we are Offering line of roof
ing that is
SECOND TO NONE .-s
and better than a great many and at a
price that Is very reasonable. for there
have been a good many reductions made
within the last month along all lines.
LINSEED OIL
prices are soaring, but we have a stock
that can and will be sold Mt the
LOWEST PRICE OF THE SEASON.
Paint and repair for you're always re-
paid by years of wear.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-28

Octave Bushey of Winooski. 40. had a
narrow escape from death Monday night
railway bridge over the Winoski river
between Burlington and Winooski. into
two feet of water, 60 feet below bridge.
One leg was broken and one arm frac-
tured. He may have suffered internal
injuries. . At the spot from which he
fell the bridge is very dark He is I'M
able to give an account of just how the
accident happened.