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Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Ak Festival
At
l:30 Today
l2.Day Reyels to Open TO
Blare Of Music at Carnival
And Thud Of Fleet Hoofs
At Race Track.
Entertainments Abound

With blare OF music from the
new Ak-Sar-Bcn arch at Fifteenth
and Capitol avenue, the champing OF
bits and the thud OF fleet hoois at
Ak-Sar-Ben race track, the Ak-Sar-
Ben fall festival will open at 80
p. N. today for u days OF coloriul.
mirthiul. ,hrilliul entertainment.
Ard from the opening this after.
noon To the last glitter OF the coro-
nation ball the evening OF Friday
September 2S. every hour is filled
with a continuous program OF events
Six Races Day.
At Ak-Sar- Ben field, starting tliis
afternoon and continuing Wcdnes"
day. Thursday and Friday aiter-
Moons. will be Great Western cir-
cult harness and running races. SiS
races are scheduled for each after
noon.
To add TO the lure OF glistenina
horses. the bright colors OF the
Jockeys and the excitement OF pick
ing the winners Ruth Law and her
hying circus will perform new
auto-airplane change act every att
ernoon at the field. .tt
Pyrotechnic Display.
Nor will the great grandstand at
Ak-Sar-Bcn be given a res. at night,
for on the evenings OF Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and
Saturday the thrilling pyrotechnic
display. known as "Montezuma," or
the Last Days of the Aztecs," is
scheduled. Ruth Law will make il
Illuminated airplane flights each of
these evenings, and as an added but
nonc-the-less important attraction is
scheduled the musical production.
"Smiles Of 1921" A concert band
has been obtained to play at the
field both afternoons and evenings.
The roar of liigh-powered motors
which will hurtle veteran dirt track
drivers about the Ak-Sar- Ben track
will lure crowds to the field the aft
erroon Of Saturday. September II.
34th Division Reunion.
| On Sunday is scheduled the ath-
letic exhibition of the Nebraska
state Tel Jed Sokol society at the
City auditorium. Monday will be a
day of comparative calm. The jazzy
strains of music from Ak-Sar- Ben
arch and the 20 Siegrist & Silbon
| Wonder shows within, the chant OF
spielers, the roar of the wild man
and the swish of confetti is ex-
pected to lure thousands through
the arch's gates on this day, and
on every other day, for that matter.
1t is OH Monday. too. that .
first grand reunion of the Saith
"Sandstorm" division of the A. E.
F. starts its three-day session. Ar
rangcments for the free billeting of
these men have been made.
Floral Parade.
The floral parade, which will wend
its gorgeous way through downtown
Omaha Tuesday afternoon, promises
to be one of the most successful ever
held here. Fifty floats have already
been entered and Is more are ex-
ipected.
Almost. every type Of industry will
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Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Man Refuses to
Drink Beer: Is
Kicked to Death
Fellow Lodger Offers Bever.
age, Resents Refusal-Wife
OF Victim Also Attacked by
Slayer, Who Escapes.

A week ago William Ernest Bles-
sic, Al, car repairer for the Missouri
Pacific railroad, was married. Mon
day afternoon he was kicked to
death and his alleged murderer,
Oscar white" Gabriel, employed
at the Dold Packing company, es-
capped.
Blessie and his bride and Gabriel
and his wife occupied apartments in
the same house at 46l0 South For
ty-seventl1 street.
Blessie came home from working
at 5 yesterday afternoon and went
into his apartment where he picked
up paper and started reading.
Refuses Invitation.
Gabriel, so police say, went into
Blessie's apartments and invited him
into his apartment to drink beer.
Blessie refused and an argument en-
sued. Gabriel then invited Blessie
outside to fight. Blessie and Gabriel
went outside aud during the en-
counter Blessie was knocked down.
Police say that Gabriel then kicked
Blessie to death. Mrs. Blessie in-
terfered and attempted to save her
l,usbf nd and Gabriel knocked her
down, according to witnesses.
Gabriel escaped in an automobile.
He had not been caught early this
morning.
Dr.. William Melchior was called
and declared Blessie had been kicked
to death. There were bruises on
the left side of his face and a bruise
on his forehead. Several teeth were
knocked out and there was severe
cut on Blessie's mouth.
The body was removed to Brew
er's mortuary after the coroner had
been notified. Mrs. Biessie was re-
moved to the home of friends at
2016 P street, where she is in crit
ical condition.
Held As Witnesses.
Mack Luckey. 4035 L street, and
Frank Jessie, 4414 South Thirty
fourth street, who were drinking
beer at Gabriers home and who wit
messed the alleged murder, are held
as witnesses. Luckey, police say.
is a former city fireman, stationed
on the South Side.
The new ordinance requires
physician to make reports OF !. all
cases they attend in which, violence
has been done went into effect Mon
day. DR.. Melchoir, according to po-
lice, was the. first Omaha physician
to make such a report. After he
had examined Blessie's body he
called police and notified them of
the murder.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Provisions
OF Tax Bill
Approvs..s.' y
Senate Finance Committee
Adopts Proposal to Increase
Exemption on Personal
Incomes Under $1,000.
Surtax Rate Decreased


Washington, Sept. 1.-Two OF the
four major provisions OF the house
tax bill were approved today by the
senate finance committee. One gives
the minimum income surtax rate OF
Il per cent, as compared with the
present 65 per cent and the other
increases by $500 the exemption al.
lowed heads OF families giving net
incomes OF $1,000 or less and by $500,
the exemption allowed for each de-
pendent.
Chairman Penrose announced that
the committee would vote tomorrow
on the effective date Of the repeal OF
the excess profits tax. Even those
senator's iavoring Secretary Melons
proposal to make the repeal retro
active to January !, were OF the
opinion that the committee would
accept the house provision for repeal
as OF next January !.
Many Approve Plans.
Should the house date be approved,
it was said that the committee prob
ably would approve repeal of trans
portation taxes as OF next January
|, and most OF the other tax repeals
provided for in the house bill. Sec
retary Melons proposal for reten-
ton OF the transportation lcvies next
year at half the present rates and the
restoration OF tax on cosmetics,
perfumery and proprietary medicines
were predicated upon retroactive re-
peal OF the profits tax.
In voting 10 reject Secretary Mel
Ions proposal that the maximum in
come surtax rate be reduced to 25
per cent. the committee took under
consideration treasury plan to re-
duce the rate in each income surtax
bracket by | per cent to tighten the
taxes OIL those having incomes of
less than $4,000, as we'll as those
whose incomes exceed that amount.
New Proposals Up.
Several new tax proposals are to
be presented, but Chairman Pcnrose
said it had been decided to have
final vote on the bill Friday, to give
craftsmen and experts time to put
the measure i'll shape for presentation
to the senate September n.
The question of the amour. of the
increase to be made in the corpora
ton income, tax as an offset to the
repeal Of the excess profits tax has
not been reached. The house bill
fixes the total at II 1-2 per cent in
stead Of the Is per cent recommends
ed by Mr.. Mellon.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Sleeves Most Important
Thing in Style for 1921

Chicago, Sept. 12.-Women will
be interested in knowing that the
sleeve is the most important thing
in the 1921 styles. Sometimes they
are tight at the elbow, but at that
poin they begin to flare and at the
bottom are nearly as wide as the
skirt. Sometimes they are whole,
sometimes split and the dips and
cuffs resemble a pelican's bill.
"A boat line neck and sleeves that
flow like gentle river from shoul-
der to wrist is the description given
by Miss Esther Winkler. dress
maker from Sharnokin, Pa, who is
attending the convention OF the fash
ion art league OF America, which op-
ened today. More, than 5000 de-
signers. modistes and buyers are here
from all parts of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Two Probes Under Way
: OF Collapse Of Bridge

Chester, Pa, Sept. 1.-Two in
quiries into the collapse of foot
bridge across the Chester river, caus-
ing the loss of "a lives Saturday
night, were under way here today
with county and city officers in con-
troversy over the condition of the
bridge.
County Commissioner Thomas
Feeley, while admitting the collapse
was due to the unusual weight
thrust upon a badly rusted and
broken supporting arm, declared the
county engineer had pronounced the
bridge safe 10 months ago.
Police Chief Davenport asserted
the bridge had been Condemned sew.
eral years ago and That only one OF
five bolts in the SUPPORTING arm was
capable of withstsnding pressure.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13

with sorrow. IL don't want 20 go 10
the coast now. | would kill him.
Virginia said she blamed Ar
buckle for her injuries. That is
just like her. She would rise from
the dead to defend her dignity. Ar
buckle is beast. | directed him for
year and half. finally had to
tell him that ii he didn't keep out OF
the women's dressing rooms !
would see he was through.
Bitterly Scores Him.
"That's what comes OF taking vul-
garians from the gutter and giving
them enormous salaries and making
idols OF them. Arbuckle' came into
the pictures nine years ago. He was
bar-room boy in a San Francisco
saloon. Not a bartender, a bar-boy
who washed glasses and cleaned spit
toons.
"Such people don't know how to
get a kick out OF life except in a
beastly way. They are the ones who
resort TO cocaine and the opium
needle and who participate III orgies
that surpass the orgies OF degener-
ate Rome. They should be swept
out OF the motion picture business.
"I'm no saint, but ! have never
been on one OF those parties. Vir-
ginia wouldn't associate with any
one she knew was vile like that. Her
friends were people like Charlie
Chaplin and other decent men and
women"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Over 100 Bodies
OF Texas Flood
Victims Found
More Than Score Of Families
In Brazos Bottom Reported
Lost-Most Of Dead
Mexicans.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. r.
More than 100 bodies Of food and
storm victims in the low lands aloag
the San Gabriel river in William.
son and Milan counties have been
recovered, according to the corre-
spondent OF the San Antonio Ex-
press at Taylor.
The correspondent telephoned the
following:
"One hundred and nine bodies
have been recovered from flooded
low lands along the San Gabriel
river in Williamson and Milan
counties as a result of more than
20 incses of rain between last Fri
day and Saturday morning. Most
OF the dead are Mexican farm labor
ers."
Another. dispatch to the Express
from Rockdale, Milan county, says:
More than 20 families in the
Brazosbottom are reported lost.
Five persons are known to have
drowned on the Ed Green farm in
the San Gabriel bottoms"
Death lists from the different
towns and communities reported
here, follow:
Thorndale, IS bodies recovered, all
Mexicans.
Laneport, % bodies recovered, all
Mexicans.
San Gabriel, eight Mexicans.
Alligator creek, FIVE Mexicans.
Roy Bland farm, near Taylor, fou-
Mexicans.
Elm Grove, % Mexicans on Jake
Bowers place, seven miles southeast
of Taylor.
Two unidentified American chill
drcn, drowned in Brushy creek, near
Taylor.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
'Buddies" to Pay Final
Tribute to ZR-2 Victims
British Cruiser With Bodies Of American Dead
Due to Arrive at New York Navy
Yard on Friday -Cere-
monies Saturday.

in which high government officials
headed by the secretary OF the navy
will participate. Gates to the navy
yard will be open to the public.
Joining with sorrowing Ameri.
cans will be representatives of for
cign governments.
Officers and men Of the Dauntless
will attend, while Capt. S. R. Bailey
and Air Commander L. +. O
Charleston, attaches Of the British
embassy, and Consul General Arm
strong will be guests.
Moreover, the French cruiser
Vile .d'Ys, now in American waters
will be moored in the yard, SO that
her crew may attend the ceremony
The yards athletic field has beer
chosen for the ceremony. Near the
caskets will be placed $50 chairs for
relatives.
Ceremony to Be Brief.
The ceremonies, it was stated
will be brief. comprising the Cath.
olic and Protestant rituals. 1t is
expected Secretary DENLY will de-
liver the address.
After the ceremony, taps will be
sounded and marines and b1uejack-
cts will fire the final volley.
Commander L. H. Maxheld
Lieut. Valentine NJ. Bieg and Chiei
Machinist's Mate George WEIGH vii
be buried at Arlington. The others
will be sent to their homes.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Famous Physician Here
For Phi Rho Meeting

Delegates and visitors to the 18th
biennial convention Of Phi Rho Sig-
ma medical fraternity in Omaha will
attend the horse races at Ak-Sar.
Ben track today.
The convention opened yesterday
at the Hotel Fontenelle. Among
the prominent men who registered
attendance from various parts OF the
country was DR.. Richard Cabot, faa
nous diagnostician and author of
standard text books in medical COLI
leges throughout the country.
Proposed establishment of a fund
for research fellowships in medical
schools will be discussed at the con-
ference, according to DR.. Stuart VIII
son OF Detroit, president of the Phi
Rho Sigma.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Train Hits Motor Car
Caught in Cattle Guard

Grand Island. Neb.. Sept. 12-
Especial. William Vickery and
wife, lost their touring car here this
morning when it was struck BY
Union Pacific train No. lo at a
crossing west Of the city. On their
return from Denver. where they had
taken daughter, they had camped
west OF the city during the night. A
cold rain setting in they decided
about 4 o'clock this morning to
break camp and come to the city.
At the crossing Vickery became
confused, ran off the roadway
and into the cattle guard, and
there the front wheels lodged. Mr..
Vickery tried to flag the train ap-
preaching at some distance but
failed. Mr.. Vickery got out in time.
The car was almost completely
wrecked.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13

By LOUIS FEHR,
Uni,.rsaI Service staff Correspondent.
tCop,riEht. 1891. by Universal seriveJ
New York. Sept. l2.-"I could moi
face Arbuckle. | would kill him. II
he wants TO live he had better be
punished
That is the statement made here
by Henry Lehrman. motion picture
director and first and last sacred
love" OF pretty Virginia Rape, film,
star, whose death in San Francisco
following an orgy in Roscoe Fatty
Arbucklc's rooms has resulted in
Artuckle's arrest on a charge ci
murder.
Lehrman is at present directing
Owen Moore, former husband OF
Mary Pickford, in Selznick produc-
tons. During the interview he
ncrvously fingered pair OF plati'
rum cuff buttons given him by the
actress who, in her dying breath, ac-
cused Arbuckle of her injuries.
Asks Only Justice.
Inscribed OH these buttons were
the words:
ITO Henry. my first and last sa-
cred love. Virginia
Lchrman raised his hollow, weary
eyes to a large photograph OF the
dead film player. 1t showed her
girlish face silhouettcd against a big
picture hat hanging from two velvet
cords about her neck.
my prayer is that justice be
DONE" he said in a voice vibrating
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Soviets Declare War
Against Bessarabia

Riga, Sept. 12.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.)-The Russian soviet
government has declared a state Of.
war in Bessarabia, the Roumanian
frontier zone.
According to the Rosta News
agency, Leon Trotzky, bolshevik min
ister' of war, has gone to the Uk-
.raine, apparently connection with
reported mobilization of Roumanian
or anti-bolshevik troops recruited in
Roumania.
At hitonlir, according to the Rosta,
Trotzy said:
We want peace, but those who
want to penetrate Russia forcibly will
collide with the armed red fighters
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13

New York, Sept. 12.-Comrades
in arms today were preparing to
pay their last tribute to the Ameri-
can officers and men who perished
in the ZR-2 disaster. Tbs British
cruiser Dauntless will bring the
bodies OF the 16 Americans to the
New York navy yard from England
Friday. There American bluejack.
cts will receive their own dead and
the following afternoon will accord
them full naval honors.
A fleet Of dcstroyers, aircraft and
possibly several battleships will
escort the Dauntless into port.
A special chapel is being built to
receive the hag-shrouded caskets
There two guards of honor, picked
from marines and seaf1en, will
watch over the dead.
The victims will come home as a
unit. 1t originally was planned that
the Dauntless should pause to con-
sign to the deep the body of Lieu
tenant Commander Emery Coil, in
accordance with his wish. It was
decided. however, that his body
should first rest on native soil. When
the burial later is made in the At
lantic, it will be from the deck oi
an American warship.
Services to Be Pubic.
Plans for the memorial service as
announced today, called for service:
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
White Russia Reyohs
Against Red Regime

London, Sept. 12.-Whito Russia
is the scene of an insurrection
against the soviet authorities. says a
Warsaw dispatch to the Daily Mail.
The trouble began, it is said, as a
result of forcible food levies by the
bolsheyiki. The inhabitants os this
section OF Russia fought to protect
their supplies and the insurrection is
declared to be spreading.
Bolshevik commissairs are being
constantly murdered, the dispatch
declares and the soviet authorities
are fighting the insurrection by all
possible means, there being num-
Der OF mass executions reported.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Tecumseh Pioneer
Commits Suicide

Tecumseh, Neb., Sept. '2.-(Spe-
cial. Henry Bartels, 4 retired
farmer living in Tecumseh, com.
Initted suicide today by cutting his
throat. He had been respondent fol
some time.
Mr.. Bartels was born in Illinois
and was Is years old. He is sur
vived by his widow and seven
grown children, all living in this
section with the exception of one
son, Chris Bartels, who lives al
Deshler. Mr.. Bartels had lived in
Johnson county for AZ years and
had been prosperous.
The funeral arrangements have
not yet been made.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Patrons Of Nevada Owl Club
Robbed by Pair of Bandits

Reno, New, Sept. l2.-Sheriff
constables, deputies and citizens are
searching through the hills ior two
bandits who held up the Owl club
at Gold Hill on the Comstock Sat
urday night. Sixteen men in the
gaming rooms were lined up by the
masked men and all the money on
the card tables and in the safe was
taken, said to be $1,000. Officers
declare it is the first holdup in Vir-
ginia City for 40 years.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Harding Congratulates
Man Nearing Century Mark

Huntington, w. Va. Sep. H.
| John T. Gibson, retired arTuy man,
who will celebrate on next Saturday
the Tooth anniversary Of his BIRTH
day, yesterday received a congratu-
latory message from President Hard
ling.
Il have to congratulate you on
having lived a full century, the
most eventiul and important. I am
sure. in the worlds history; and
hope you will have many more years
lvouchsaied to you in what I believe
will be a yet more important and
fruitful time,'' the president wrote.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Dali Eireann Courier May
Be One of Sim Fein Members

Dublin, Sept. l2.-Robert c. Bar
ton, who was the official Dali courier
i'll the last exchange of notes with
Mr.. Lloyd George, did not make the
journey this time. This was con-
sidered to strengthen the rumor that
lie would be one of the p!enipoten-
tairies for the proposed pea:c nego-
tiations.
Dublin messages Sunday night
stated it was believed the Dali Err
can cabinet had completed the draft
of the reply to4the. latest note from
Premier Lloyd George regarding a
settlement OF the Irish questicn).
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Court Holds California
Alien Poll Tax Law ILLEGAL

San Francisco, Sept. 1.-THE state
alien poll tax law was declared un-
constitutional by the state supreme
court in unanimous decision which
held that the measure was in viola
ton of the 1Ath amendment to the
United States constitution and to the
treaty between the United States and
Iaparl. -
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Root Definitely Declines
Place on Court of Leagu

Geneva. Sept. l2-(By The Asso-
ciated Press.)--Elihu Root has
definitely declined to be considered
fer election as judge of the interna-
tionaf court OF justice. In a cable
gram to DIR. Manley o. Hudson, who
is here in the capacity of American
observer, Mr.. Root declares he will
be unable to serve on the court be-
cause of his age.
The refusal Of Mr.. Root is said to
increase the chance of either John
Bassett Moore, or Prof. Roscoe
Pound. two other Americans nomi-
"ated for the court to be elected.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Man Held in California
Admits Shaving Officer

Oakland, Cal. Sept. 12.-Mike
Mccoy. alias E. w. Brown. confess
ed to the police here to the murder
OF a patrolman in Parsons. Kan. on
August IS, 1919. Mccoy has been
employed until recently in lumber
camp at Standard, Cal. He says in
his confession, according to the po-
ice. that he fired on the officer while
resisting arrest,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Drug Firm Passes Dividend

Boston. Sept. l2-Directors Of the
United Drug company passed the
current per cent quarterly dividend
on common shares. The f5-4 per
cent quarterly dividends on the first
preferred and IL per cent on the
second preferred were declared as
usual,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Colorado Miners Resume
Work at Old Scale Of WAGES

Trinidad, Colo, Sept. l2-In pur-
suance OF an order issued by the
state industrial commission late Sat-
urday restoring the wage scale in
effect in Colorado Fuel and Iron
company mines prior to September
!. when reduction in wages in some
mines was to become effective, min
ers returned to their places when the
whistle blew this morning. All the
company mines operating at the time
the controversy arose are working
fuII shift
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Sarpy Court House
Bond Issue Carries

Papillion, Neb., Sept. l2.-(Spe-
cial.(-The proposal for the issuance
of $150000 bonds for the erection
OF new. Sarpy county cohrt house
was carried by vote Of 1926 to 55l
at the sepcial election today. Pre-
cincts which favored annexation of
sarpy to Douglas county piled up
big maporifies. for the bond issue.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Snow Stops 'Threshing

Lethbridge, Alberta, Sept. H.
Wheat threshing operations were
checked throughout this region today
by a snowfall of five inches. Gut
ting OF the wheat crop had been
completed within the storm area
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Bandits Rob Bank

Sioux City. Ia, Sept. 1.-Two
bank robbers held up the Greenville
State bank at Greenville today, se-
cured $500, and escaped in an au-
tcmobilc,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Spanish War Vets Meet

Minneapolis, Sept. l2.-Business
session of the 2lst national encamp-
ment of the United Spanish War
Veterans. began here today. Ma
tional auxiliaries also are meeting
here,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
The Weather

Nebraska-Showers Tuesday and
possibly Wednesday; colder Wednes-
day and in west portion Tuesday.
Iowa-Showers probably Tuesday
and Wednesday; not much change
in temperature.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13
Bayarian Cabinet Quits

|. Munich, Bavaria, Sept l2.-(By
The Associated Press.)-The entire
Bayarian cabinet resigned today.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13

Plans for the memorial service as
announced today, called for services
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-13

Here is her statement:
about 8 p. M. Tuesday. Septein-
bef 6, was called by Mrs. Delmon.
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