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Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Intensive Drive Staged in Holt
County to Exterminate Mr.. Grow

Holt county no more is healthy ior
the crow and he seems to realize it
In some of the territory hunted over
early this spring the crows escaping
TIE hunters guns have entirely dis
appeared and rarely even fly
across it.
Grow hunting in Holt county is an
organized campaign. More than $50
were killed on the big L. w. Arnold
ranch on Eagle creek, 20 miles north
of O'Neill. Thirty-five hunters par
ticipated in t:re drive, and as many
more drove out to look on. At noon
ranch dinner was served to all at
the Arnold ranch house and after
eating the hunt was resumed. At
another time the hunters assembled
at the Ryan ranch, on the Elkhorn
river, west of O'Neill, in a territory
also infested with crows. Next Sun
day another section where the crow
crop is thriving will be selected.
James McPharlin and Ed O'Don-
nell, noted marksmen and hunters,
both OF O'Neill, are the captains OF
the Holt county crow hunters and
each. already has several hundred
crows and many nests to his credit
for the season, but Loren and Col
mar Simonson and John Crandall of
single days shooting. The Simon
sons and Crandall killed 81 crops in
one day.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Fire Destroys Amy
Barracks at Ft. Bliss;
Two Soldiers Injured

FL Paso, Tex, May Fire last
night destroyed the stables OF the
82d United. States field artillery at
Fort Bliss. The fire extended to the
ammunition stores of the regiment
and exploding shells and small arms
ammunition endangered the lives of
the firernen.
City fircmen who assisted the army
department in fighting the blaze, es-
timated the loss at $35,000. Army Of
ficers placed the damage at $4,000.
A number of the artillery horses
rescued from the burning stables
broke their halters, rushed back and
peished in the FLAMES. Hundreds of
the horses stampeded across the des-
ert.
Two soldiers were reported hurt
by flying shrapnel. While the fire
was in progress the lights in Juarez,
supplied with current from FL Paso,
went out. Something ikea panic en-
sued among the more ignorant Mexi-
cans, who, hearing the explosions at
Fort Bliss, thought battle was in
progress
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Nee Corrnick is Named
Head Of Republican
Senatorial Committee

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, May 1.-Senator Me
dill Mccormick of Illinois has been
selected chairman OF the republican
senatorial committee.
Announcement to this effect was
made by Senator Lodge OF Massa-
chusetts, republican leader of the
senate.
This committee will cooperate
with the republican national commit
tee and the republican congression-
al campaign committee in the 1921
elections and in any bye-elections
which may occur between now and
November Of next year.
Senator Mccormick succeeded
Senator Poindexter of Washington,
who retires from the chairmanship
because he will be candidate for
reelection in 1922.
The other members of the commit
tee are Senator Capper OF Kansas,
Senator Elkins of West Virginia,
Senator Jones Of Washington, Sena-
tor Wadsworth Of New York. Sena-
tor Watson of Indiana and Senator
Moses Of New Hampshire.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Hdtches Chick From,
Broken Egg Patched
With Adhesive Tame

Indianola, Neb., May l.-(Spe-
cial.)-
'.Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had bad fall.
All the kings horses and all the kings
men
Cannot put Humpty together again"
What is it?
Not an egg. says w. B. Mayes
OF this city.
He received consignment of ex-
pensive setting eggs a few weeks
ago and in unpacking them he ac-
cidentally dropped one and broke
it, making hole as large as the end
Of an adults finger.
Did he throw it away?
Not he. He called for some ad-
hesive tape and covered up the
broken place. A healthy chick EN-
erged. from the egg the other day.
Mr.. Mayes is saving a piece OF
the shell showing the cobbling lob
to convince doubters.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Southern Planter
Teaches Pet Geese
TO Bri1Q Hin, Fish

Chicago Tribuns-O Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Natchez, Miss, May III. T. Kerr,
planter. of Concordia Parish, La,
and member of the Fifth district
levee board, has a pair Of trained
wild geese. He says they are equal
in intelligence to the famous hunt
ing hog OF Col. Tucker Gibson OF
Natchez and Tensas Parish.
Mr.. Kerr has just finished teach
ing the geese to fish. He declares
they knew how to swim and dive,
so it was only necessary to. teaci,
them to catch the fish and bring
them to the boat which he rows
alongside.
Speaking of the geese, Mr.. Kerr
said his greatest trouble was teach
ing them to select only perch. bas:
or trout. He says they learned that,
as he is ready to demonstrate at
Lake St. John, in Coneordia Parish.
at any time.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Democrats Join
Combine to Amend
US. Army Measure
Small Force Advocates Sue.
ceed in Fixing Strength at
100000 Men in Fight
In House.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington, May l. The small
army men in the house, effecting a
combination with the democrats,
out-gcneraled the republican leaders
and succeeded in amending the
army bill so as to fix the size OF
the army at 100000. This action
was taken despite the request of Sec
retary of War Weeks that the arny's
size should not be reduced below
175,000. The house adjourned with
out passing the bill after a pro-
longed debate during which the re-
publican leaders pleaded for a good
sized army because of the disturbed
world copditions.
The situation which permitted
the democrats and small army men
to amend the bill and reduce the
army to 10000 was brought about
by a well-mapped out program di-
rected chiefly by the democrats who,
in the last session by combining their
strength with small army adherents
on the republican side, succeeded in
holding the army to the size. as
agreed to today. The house bill was
not accepted by the senate, but after
a long wranglc in conference, the
conferees compromised on an army
OF $4,000. The bill was vetoed by
Wilson.
The bill as reintroduced in the
house provided for an army OF lo8,-
600. Representative Kahn, chairman
OF the military affairs committee, Of
fered an amendment to provide for
an army of l75,000. Representative
Fish presented an amendment to
this for an army of 10000. The
Kahn amendment as amended, was
defeated by vote OF 81 to "a and
then Representative Byrnes of South
Carolina moved that the army should
be fixed at 10000. This was adopt
ed by a vote of 100 to 81.
By reducing the army to this size
the appropriation for the army for
the next fiscal year is reduced from
100000 to $72,000,000.
Representative Kahn pleaded, with
the republicans to accept the recon-
mendations of Secretary Weeks and
the army officers. He asserted that
the disturbed world conditions justi-
fed the United States keeping a
strong workable army Of l75,000 and
insisted that the army officials would
accept a cut as soon as conditions
justified reductions. Republican
Leader Mondell also exhorted his
side to stand by the administration
as did others, but the house standing
bY economies had its way.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
MayDay Revolt
Is Huge Flivver
Police Reserves Held for En-
ergency Find Nothing to Do;
Parade Without Disorder.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire:
Chicago. May 1.-Chicago's fore
casted t'Msy day revolution" didn't
happen.
For the first time in several years
10000 workers paraded Chicago
streets in a celebration of ."interna-
tional labor day" but no disorder
occurred.
The police reports for the day
showed several thousand reserves on
duty, half dozen arrests, some radi-
cal literature seized and one of two
red flags conhscated. There were no
instances Of "red" maneuyers to over
throw the government, no .uprisings
as predicted by the corilmunists-it
was, in the wordssof one police Of
fetal zone of the quietest May days
in 20 years"
Perhaps the most striking demon
stration was that sponsored by the
socialist party of America. Ten
thousand adherents of the party met
at Roosevelt road and Blue Island
avenue and formed a parade whose
line of march extended to the Colise-
un1. There 10000 more awaied them
the giant hall was packed to the
doors.
Peter Zalenskis was arrested early
this morning. for distributing sedi-
tious literature. VI
Gust Karnizke suffered like fate.
Carl Schlke and John Bearin were
taken when red flag was found dis
played in front of the Hungarian
Dramatic club" former Hungarian
church. The flag was conhscated.
Asks Freedom of Reds.
Mexico City, May 1.-(By the
Associated Press. Protests against
imprisonment of radicals in the
United States, Hungary, Spain and
Italy, and demands that the Mexican
government take action on certain
labor reforms were voiced during the
May day demonstration by the con-
federation of laborers of Mexico.
The parade was Disappointing in
point of numbers and was lacking in
enthusiasm, although several Ameri-
can agitators attempted to harangue
the crowd with TRADE against
American capitalism. In front of the
United States consulate protest was
launched against ''the undenocratic
policy pursued by the American gov
ernment, which conternplates not
only the oppression of labor within
it's own limits, but wishes to embrace
the entire world within its jurisdic-
ton"
This sentiment and similar ones
were accepted in silence by the
crowd. which then marched to the
Spanish consulate and the national
palace. where there We're more
speeches.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02

passes even the helpless sparrow,
sent Mrs. Rupright to her side, Mrs.
Grammer- Henderson believes.
A sympathy letter brought the
two women together.
Wrote Sympathy Letter.
Il followed newspaper accounts of
the trial and my heart was won by
the young girls faith" was the un-
usual story Mrs. Rupright told. Il
wrote to her, expressing my SYM
pathy. We corresponded, and when
she told me she had no place to go,
I was afraid she would 60 on the
street in her desperation. So wrote
her to come and live with me"
Mrs. Rupright's husband, Paul F.
Rupright. chef at the Fontenelle,
shared his wife's views that human
kindness was virtue to be exercised,
not talked about, she said.
The world is cruel to jibe at
Elizabeth's marriage" exclaimed
Mrs. Rupright indignantly.
"She was alone, helpless, broken
in health and spirit Charles Hen
derson had known her for long time.
He was good to her, pitied her and
offered her the protection <of his
name and home. His family were
nice to her, too, and did not object.
So they were married"
Hoped to Keep Secret.
Wehoped to keep it secret, but
trouble-making relatives, determined
to hound her, we, believe, revealed
the secret of their marriage by
Judge J. N. Wheat in Papillion.
February g.
A bad cold developed into "fu, -
resultant ear trouble and an injury
to her hip, sustained in fall when.
in her weakened condition, she tried
the stairs at the Rupright home
all this topping the nerve strain OF
the past four years, conspired to
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02

wreck her health completely, &C.
cording to Mrs. Rupright, who has
nursed the girl like a daughter
night and day for the past two
months.
"She has been so i'll she has no;
stepped outside this house or been
down town since her marriage" said
Mrs. Rupright. Sometimes she
threatens to make an end OF it all.
Mrs. Rupright is trying to :nteres,
the young woman in needlework and
simple household tasks, to get he,
mind off her haunting mental ills.
81 want to take her to Sunday
school, too, as soon as she IS able
to 60 out, for it was at church tina,
| received the inspiration to write
her the letter of sympathy through
which we met" said Mrs. Rupright
Mrs. Grammer-Henderson was
only IS when she was first married
1t was a year later. when she was
only 10, that her aged and wealthy
mother was found dead at Falls
City.
Her daughter, Elizabeth, then
Mrs. Grammer, was i'll in the hos,
pital at the time, knew nothing di-
rectly OF her young husbands &C.
tions on the fateful night and be.
lieved his protestations OF inno
cerce.
Husband Is Hopeful.
Her present husband, now travel
ing for a local automobile concern
is. most kindly and patient and hope
full that his wife will be able to
react from her present nervous con-
dition.
"We hope time will heal all tina,
she has suffered" said Mrs. Rup-
right.
Neighbors and club women friends
Of the older woman, who has three
daughters OF her own, as we'll as
the former Mrs. Grammer's relatives
have voiced censure for Mrs. Rup-
right too, for taking the girl into
her home.
Il shall not heed them; my con.
science is clear and my husband
stands by me in my desire to helr
this girl back to health and normal.
cy," said she.
As soon as the girl is able to trav.
ed, Mr.. Henderson will take his
wife away from Omaha, Mrs. Rup-
right said.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Annual ''Tin-Can Wee" !"
Is Held at Lexington

Lexington, Neb.. May 1.-(Spe-
cial. Fifth annual "Tin Can week"
inaugurated by the Majestic theater
here, neted a pile OF discarded metal
containers 80 feet long by 10 feet
high. Four big hayracks were re-
qiired to haul the cans away.
"Tin Can week" is scheme de-
vised to rid the town of refuse and
to cause a general cleanup of alleys
and yards. Every string of IS tin
cans carried to the Majestic theater
lot by child entitled the bearer to
one admission to a movie show. Ex-
tras, such as ice cream cones and
balloons. were added to the induce
ments this year. The Lexington
Women's club also offered six cash
prizes to the children bringing in the
largest number OF cans. Winner of
the first prize gathered 1856 strings
of cans.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Three Widows
Wait for Body
OF Air Pilot
Tiny Christensen Will Be
Buried in Blair-Funeral
Arrangements Not
Complete.

Blair, Neb., May l. -. Especial
Telegram. Mrs. ]. T. Christensen,
wife of the air mail pilot who was
killed at Cleveland Friday, accom-
panied by her mother, Mrs. Emory,
arrived here from NNinnebago, where
her mother lives. Mrs. Christensen
left her husband at Chicago Wednes-
day and arrived at Winnebago
Thursday. She received a telegram
announcing his death Friday and Sat
urday she received a letter from him
written just before he started on his
fatal trip. ... ~.
"Tiny," as he was called by his
near friends, had expected to spend
Sunday with his mother and brother,
DR.. Fred Christensen, WHO live at
Racine, Wis. ....f
Blair was Mrs. Christensen's home
for many years. she grew to wonl-
anhood and became tealher in the
county schools here.
A sad scene was witnessed in the
llIliC COttdSC ti1lS CVCilllS W4lClC tAi-
young widow, her widowed mother
and widowed grandmother, Mrs. L.
A. McEvers, anxiously awaited fur
tLer details of the fatal accident and
the arrival OF the body Of the noted
aviator, which will be buried in the
Blair cemetery. From information
Sc far received the body will arrive
some time Monday and the funeral
will be he'd Wednesday. No definite
arrangements can be made at the
present time.
Mr.. Christensen, besides the moth
er and brother in Racine and two
brothers in South Dakota, who will
be here for the funeral. haA one sis
ter and brother in this city, Mrs.
Lars Jensen and K. t. Christensen.
Mrs. Christensen said tonight that
while she could make no definite ar
rangements yet. she expected to go
to Chicago accompanied by her
mother and remain during the sum-
mer where her husband had bought
them beautiful hanle.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Lists of Draft
Eyaders Ready
For Public Soon
Copies Covering Sixth Army
District to Be Sent County
And State Authorities
Last OF Week.
Chicago Tribune Omaha Be. Leased VIII

Chicago Tribune-O Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, May 1.-The first official
list OF draft evaders in the Sixth
army corps, embracing Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin, was re-
ceived Saturday by Col. E. M. Hell
mick, chief of staff at Fort Sheri-
dan. With it the War department
sent instructions on how to round
up the 10000 slackers in that terri
tory.
The list will not be made public
for four or five days, Colonel Hell
mick said. 1t was sent to the mill
tary printing office. at Camp Grant,
where 200 copies will be struck off.
These lists will then be sent to TIL.
newspapers, postofiices. draft boards,
state adjutant generals office. coun-
ty sheriffs, United States marsials
and chiefs of police.
A reward Of $50 is offered for the
capture of each man named on the
list, and every citizen is authorized
to make an arrest. according to one
Of the articles of war.
The first list contains about Is
names. Similar lists will be sent eacn
day. 1t is proposed to publish them
in installments so police, soldiers,
marshals and sheriifs will have am
pie time to investigate a certain num-
Der per day.
The old guard house at Fort
Sheridan is being repaired for the
slackers. Other places to which they
will be taken are, Fort Brady, Sau1t
Ste. Marie, Fort Smelling, St. Paul,
Camp Grant. Jefferson barracks,
Chanute Field, Rantoul, ILL.,. Rocl,
Island arsenal, Fort Wayne. Detroit
and Camp Custer, Battle Creek.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
High PRICES
To- }ness
Retail Rates Sticking Pro.
cess in Country's Readjust.
ment Process, Federal
Reserve Board Says.
Improvement is Shown
Improvement is Shown
. BY the Associated Press.

Washington, May Retail prices
appear to be the sticking point" ii,
the country's readjustment process,
he federal reserve board said tonight,
in its April review. Other factors
retarding readjustment were said to
be high transportation charges,
wages and coal and steel prices.
Increasing apprehension of the ma.
ture of readjustment process in busi-
ness circles and the community,
however, the board said, is forcing
attention on the factors delaying re-
covery and is promoting discussion
with a view to removing obstacles.
Complete business recovery, the
board continued, has been slower
than was predicted Nevertheless, it
added, April has given evidence of
an improved feeling developing.
Less Uncertainty.
While there is still some uncertain
ty as to mhen an end of the read
justment period may be expected and
though business and industry in
some sections are still beset with
difficulties, some factors of uncer-
tainty are either being eliminated or
are diminishing.
The fall in wholesale prices. which
has been continuous, it declares, ap-
pears to be in a process of arrest,
having shown a greater degree of
stability during April.
Some unevenness i'll yrice reduc-
tions, however, the board said, is one
feature i nthe industrial situation.
While in many important lines of
wholesale trade, prewar prices exist,
in other lines commodities arc being
sold at twice or even more than twice
the 1918 values. The same uneven
ness exists, the board explained, be-
tween raw materials and the finished
products.
Raw Cotton Low.
Raw cotton, the board declared, is
lower than the 1918 level, and wool
is about a third higher, but cotton
goods are at least 20 per cent higher
than in 1918 and woolen cloth is ap-
proxinnately twice as high.
In the hide and leather industry,
the discrepancy is greater, the board
asserted, the price Of skins being one
third, under prewar levels, while the
price of shoes is twice as high as
in 1915.
While labor has been participating
i'll the readjustment process, the
board continued, the participation
has been uneven. n
The agricultural situation was
characterized as generally favorable,
although the fruit growing sections
suffered from cold waves.
Little demand for coal is reported,
the board said, but petroleum has
gained. Continued increase in the
manufacturing activity of the silk
mills was reported.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Nomination OF
DryLaw Officer
Suits Shotwell
Omaha Attorney Denies Re.
port That He Would Pro-
test Selection by Nebras-
ka Delegation.
By E. c. SNYDER,
Washington Correspondent Omaha Bee.

Washington, May l. Especial
Telegram Frank A. Shotwell,
who is one of the directing forces
in the movement to elect coalition
commissioner ticket in Omaha on
Tuesday, arrived in Washington Sat
urday from Winston Salem, N. G.
Mr.. Shotwell has been east on busi.
ness connected with the John Neal
estae in which relatives of the Om-
aha attorney are beneficiaries under
the will and in which he was named
as one of the executors.
Speaking of newspaper stories cur
rent in Nebraska that he had come
on to Washington to protest against
the nomination of u. S. Rohrer of
Hastings as prohibition enforcement
officer for Nebraska, Mr.. Shotwell
said:
"There is not a word of truth in
that statement. I am in hearty ae-
cord with the action of the congress
sional delegation in selection Of mel,
to fiji the federal positions in Ne
braska and l think the republicans
of the state will agree with me that
they did remarkably we'll under ali
the circumstances. 1t is easy
enough to criticize, but it's hard to
make nominations when you have 20
or more candidates for each job to
be filled.
II ain reminded of the sign in
the Deadwood dance hall, Don't
shoot the piano player; he is doing
the best he can I am for the ac-
ton taken by the Nebraska delega-
ton in congress in setting the pat
ronage question"
Mr.. and Mrs. Shotwell left this
afternoon for Omaha by way of In
dia,,aoo1is
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02


The last straw to break the iron
will which sustained the now 2l-
year-old girl through four years OF
trial and suspense was the finger OF
scorn and censure pointed at her upon
her marriage, six weeks after her
husbands execution, to Charles E.
Henderson, then railroad messen-
ger of Omaha, Mrs. Rupright said.
The reading public remembered
only her "black-watch" cry to her
doomed husband:
Vincent, | love you. l never shall
marry againV'
Shadow of Former Self.
Racked by narrowing dreams oi
the execution, as we'll as memories
of her murdered mother, whom she
yet stcadfastly maintains her first
young husband did not kill; grief
stricken that her brothers, her only
living relatives, cast her off with
odium when she took her stand by
her husband, she is today a weak,
covering, weeping shadow of the
spirited young woman who fought
to prove her husbands innocence,
working ceaselessly to earn the
money for this and her own support.
"I'd rather be dead than have peo-
pie talk about me like they do
sobbed the thin, faded bit of woman
hood huddled in her chair, her teeth
rafting like castarets from nervous
ness.
Wants to Forget.
Il want them to let ME alone.
don't bother any one. I want to for
get, oh, how | want to forget!' was
her anguished cry.
The only friend she has in the
world, besides her husband, is Mrs.
Rupright, who opened her home to
the friendless girl, Immediately after
the execution.
A just God whose love encom-
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Farm House Destroyed
When Hit by Lightning

Alexandra, Neb., May 1.-(Spe-
cial.)-1he residence OF Leonard
Haddan, a farmer living in this vicin-
ity, was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground during storm.
A large cottonwood tree standing
near the.house was struck first, and
the streak of fire followed bough
which hung down over the roof of
the house, igniting it instantly.
About $500 in household goods
were saved, but the rest was entirely
destroyed. Most of the loss was
covered by insurance.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Chicago Live Stock
Handlers on Strike

Chicago, May Between 1900
and 1.500 members Of the Live Stock
Handlers union struck today at the
Union Stock Yards, in protest against
proposed reduction of 8 cents an
hour.
A. G. Leonard, president OF the
Union Stock Yards and Transit conf
pany, declared that the company had
urged the men to submit the wage
cut to Federal Judge Alschuler for
arbitration. He said that the employ
es had refused and that the strike was
called in violation of their agree
ment.
"The places of these men will be
filled at once" he said
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Auto Runs Presses

Rock River, Wyo.. May With
electric power cut off by the closing
of the light plant, Royal A. Young
got out today's editio nof the Rock
River Review by jacking up an auto
mobile and rigging up a belt over
the rear wheell to the cylinder press.
The edition was run off at rate
Iof 1900 an hour,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-02
Farm Work Being Pushed
Rapidly Near Lodgepole

Iodgepole, Neb., May 1.-(Spe-
cial. Farm work is being pushed
rapidly in this section OF the state
despite the fact that the weather has
been holding back the work. Much
rainfall and several heavy SHOWS fell
here during the month Of April.
George Kintz, who farms on a
large scale. has corn planted and a
number of others will begin this
week