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Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Picnickers Almost
Drown in Platte

Grand Island, Neb.. Aug. Is
Especial John Fines, jr., OF Shell
ton and Miss Eunice Musgrave oi
Raymondville. Tex, narrowly es-
capped drowning in the Platte river
so miles southwest OF this city. After
both had gone down twice, the girl
was rescued by a young farmer from
Prosser and Fines managed to swim
to a point near the bank ard was
assisted by his father. who waded
out within a few feet OF the deep
hole and helped his son to shore.
Sevreal families had gone to the
Platte river for an outing and
number of young people, including
Mr.. Fines and Miss Musgrave, were
wading along in shallow water when
the two stepped off into deep hole.
Their cries for help were heard by
other members Of the party and
when the young man from Prosscr
reached the scene, both had gone
down the second time. He jumped
into the water and, taking the girl
away from Fines. told the latter OF
swim to shore while he rescued the
girl.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Butter Regulations
Are Now in Effect

Washington, Aug. 25.-(Special
Telegram. )-Senator Hitchcock was
advised today OF the issuance OF
treasurer regulations affecting butter
made from sour cream, in line with
Attorney General Daugherty's opin-
ion, holding that butter made OF
sour cream and reduced by an alkali
was not adulterated buttered within
the meaning of the food and drugs
act.
The treasury regulation is as fol-
lows: Butter manufactured from
sour cream, the acidity Of which has
been reduced by the use of lime
water before churning, is not adul-
tcrated butter within the meaning of
section four OF the act of May 9,
1920; however, manufacturers pro-
ducing butter from filthy, decom-
posed or putrid substances or, who
add to their product any deleterious
ingredient are subject to prosecution
under the food and drugs act"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Andrews Explains
Vote on Rail Bill

Washington, Aug. 25.--(Special
Telegram. )-Congressman Andrews,
who was the lone legislator from
Nebraska to vote against the bill pro-
viding for funding securities offered
by the railroads for Indebtedness that
they are under to the government,
which passed the house late Monday
night. said, in explanation OF his
negative vote, "the treasury should
not assume any additional unneces-
sary obligations. The account should
be balanced and the difference paid
to the party in interest. If the bal
ance is due the roads they should
receive it, and if to the government
the national treasury should receive
it. The attitude and financial condi-
ton of the roads toward the govern
ment bring renewed demands for adj
ditional cash from time to time. The
national treasury should cease to be
the banking house for the railroads
and the taxpayers should be relieved
from those burdens When the roads
reduce their excessive rate and show
a disposition to finance their own ell
terprises, the country will receive the
relief to which it is entitled"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Table Rock Man
Commits Suicide

Table Rock, Neb., Aug. 25.-(Spe-
cial. .)-Enos Jones, 81, prominent
citizen of Table Rock. committed
suicide by shooting himself He had
been in poor health for some time,
and his mind was said to have been
affected.
While his relatives were away
from home, he took .22 caliber rifle
and fastened it i'll a plum thicket,
so that it was on a level with his
head. Then he stood in front of the
gun and pushed the trigger with a
stick. The bullet entered the brain
just below the ear, causing instant
death,
Jones had formerly been promi-
nent in community affairs. Ele was
county commissioner for some time.
For the last few years he has been
in poor health and spent three
months at sanitarium in Lincoln.
He was not married but lived with
his sister and her husband.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Change Made in
Commitment of
State Charges
Research Board to Classify
Children as to Whether
Morally, Physically or
Mentally Delinquent.

Lincoln. Aug. 25.-(Special,)-
First steps toward a revolutionary
change in committing delinquent and
feeble minded children to state in
stitutions were taken today by the
state board OF control when kath-
crime Worley. chairman, announced
the appointment OF DR.. B. +. Will
liams of Lincoln as consulting di-
rector Of the state bureau OF juvenile
research, and DR.. Martha Koenig of
Lincoln as field officer of the bureau.
DR.. Williams will receive $500 a
year and DR.. Koenig, $1,000 year.
Under the new plan effective Oc-
tober |. section of the state ortho-
pedic hospital at Lincoln will be re-
served as clearing house for chill
dren. There children. unmanageablc
because of pure ''devlment" in their
systems, children unmanageable be-
cause of defective minds and children
OF all other descriptions will be
classified and sent to various state in
stitutions for treatment.
Children to Be Classified.
1t means an end to m;I.y COM
nlitments to state institutions by
juvenile courts. Instead, when a
child persistently causes trouble, he
will be sent to the board of juvenile
research at Lincoln, where tests will
be made to learn whether he is NOR
ally, physically or mentally de-
linquent and treatment for whatever
kind OF delinquency which the board
diagnoses will be given.
One of the first duties Of the new
board, as outlined today by Miss
Worley. will be reclassifcation of
many children now in state institu-
tions.
Under the system in vogue now
Miss Worley said, "children have
been sent to the reformatory who
should have been in the orphanage
and children i'll the orphanage who
should be in the reformatory and
children in both of these institutions
who need operations of various kinds
which would make good citizens of
them in the years to come"
Clinical Psychologist.
The board plans to announce the
appointment of a clinical psychologist
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Brictson Tire
Hearing Held Up
Despite Protest
Attorney for Rubber Man OBJ
tains Continuance by Claim
ing Audit Is Compiia-
ton Of Charges.
The Winner.

Over the protest of A. F. Mulhn-
ger, attorney for stockholders of the
Brictson Tire company, Federal
Judge Woodrough postponed yester-
days hearing on an application to
appoint receiver until next Monday
morning at 9.
The Judge granted the delay on the
plea of w. M. Giller. attorney for O..
A. Brictson, president Of the COM
pany, that he needed time to prepare
to meet charges contained in an audit
of the company's books, submitted
by Mulhnger for today's hearing.
Charges, Not Audit.
These figures are a compilation
OF serious charges rather than real
audit of the company's books" Giller
stated to Judge Woodrough.
Turning, to look full face in the
direction of Mr.. and Mrs. O, A..
Brictson, he promised:
There will be no spiriting away
of books or records Of this com
pany while l have anything to do
with this case"
Mulhnger here intcrposed a
strong protest against the postpone
ment.
Facts in this case warrant i'm
mediate and summary relief; every
days delay is all injustice to my
clients" he declared.
There are charges and serious
charges contained in this audit, the
principal statement being that there
arc no books and records at all.
such as a company should have. All
we found were notations on slips
of paper, nothing from which the
auditors could strike any balance at
all. We didn't get any, even after
a weeks work"
Brictson's Figures.
Mulhnger argued there was no
necessity for delay to permit the
Brictson attorney to examine the
figures because all the figures in the
audit were submitted by the Brict-
sons themselves.
They worked right with the
auditors and have everything in the
way of information that we have
in fact we had to take their word for
all the figures we have
He said there were only 10 rows OF
figures in the whole audit not sub
mitted by them.
Gillcr contended that adequate
books and records would be fur
nished to the court, whereupon the
court announced a recess until Mon
day.
That day, August %, is Judge
Woodrough's birthday. he acclaimed
proudly when Mulhnger asked il
next Monday were not a holiday.
"les. it is, my birthday, but well
hold court anyway" said Wood
rough. ....
Mulhnger asked the judge to in
struot Giller to turn over to him the
original check paid to Lee Fluff
prominent Omaha automobile man
for his Brictson stock. The amour,
/ is said to be $4,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Omaha Schools
Plan Drive for
Better English
Common Errors of Speech
Listed in New Course Of
Study-Children to Get :
Daily Drill.

Correct English will be the watch
word of Omaha public school teach
ers during the coming school year,
according to an announcement Tues
day morning by J. H. Bevcridge,
superintendent of schools.
A new English course OF study,
prepared by a committee OF Omaha
teachers in conjunction with the su-
pcrintendcnt. contains the following
IA phrases commonly incorrectly en-
unciatcd:
Gimme I en- git it
Lemms Eetch 'em
I dunno Wouldja
Looky here, or Couldja
Loollit here And
En- lister
Can't chew" Don't cher sec.
Plan Daily Drill.
In every class at least five min
utcs a day will be devoted to speech
drill and the teachers will be re-
quired to plan thoughtfully to make
these drills junction. At intervals
Better English" week will be ar
ranged for the schools. The aims
of these drills will be to cause the
child to discriminate between cor
rect and incorrect forms and help
him form the habit of correct speech
through daily usage.
Children will be encouraged in cor
recting each other in a positive,
courteous way.
The new course OF study also con-
tains list of 81 common errors made
through the various grades, this hav-
ing been determined by observation.
Sixth Grade Weakness.
A common sixth grade error is "He
sits in back of me-" instead of "He
sits back of me-"
"Whcre is he at??' seems to be IN
error peculiar to the fifth grade.
The error of my father. he did it,"
is to be corrected in the second
grade.
The teachers will be expected to
be exemplars i'll the correct use Of
words and also in articulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Radio Market Report Puts on
Heavy Fall Wave Length

Ii you haven't been getting your
wireless weather and market report
regularly from the government air
mail station at -Sar-Bcn field, you
will be relieved to know that it is
only because the report has put OH
its heavy fall wave length.
From the 800 meter wave length
formerly employed, the market report
has been changed to $500 meter
wave length it was announced yester-
day, following complaint from several
amateurs that they have been unable
to pick it up
The report is sent each morning at
11:l5.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Nebraska Rate
Expert Pleads for
. Lower Freight
u. G.. Powell Testifies in Be-
half Of Lower Grain Rates
Shows Hardships Now
Imposed.
BY E. c. SNYDER.
+. shinston COrrespondent Omaha Bee.

Washington Correspondents o"'an" nee'
Washington, Aug, 25.-(Special
Telegram. )-Nebraska got its sec
ond wind at the grain and hay rail-
road rate hearing before the Inter-
state Commerce commission when
safe Railway Commissioner Thorne
Brown of Lincoln. who is represent
ing Nebraska at the hearings, called
l.. G. Powell of Lincoln, expert rate
man and statistician of the Nebraska
railway commission, to the witness
stand.
Mr.. Powell was in the witness
chair for less than three-quarters Of
an hour and made what was consid-
cred good witness for those con-
tending before the commission for
railroad rate reductions.
Earn More Than Share.
In testyting and in cross-examin-
alton by attorneys for the railroad,
Mr.. Powell insisted that grain earns
Tor the railroads more than fair
share of the revenue when compared
with other freight that moves III
large quantities. He also contended
that coarse grain, particularly corn,
is unduly burdened now by freight
rates by reason of the fact that Di-
recor General McAdoo, III 1918. had
raised the corn freight rate up TO
the wheat rate. thereby giving it all
extra upward jump compared with
wheat.
p Mr.. Powell showed that at the
time this was done corn was worth
about as much as whea, and so it
stood the extra increase. as he ex-
pressed it, quite handily." Now,
however. he said, the price of corn
Mas slumped so much t;ster even
than the price of wheat that when
coupled up with the extra increase
in the freight rate. which it received
during the past four years, it is far
too heavily oppressed.
Compares Earnings.
To support his testimony that both
wheat and corn earn more than their
lair share Of the railroad 'evenue, he
compared the carload earnings on
various grains with such other COM
moditieS as cement, petroleum, ap-
pies and lemons from California,
butter and eggs from Iowa and Ne
braska TO Chicago, agricultural inn
rlemsnts from Chicago and lumber
from the south.
With Mr.. Powell's testimony the
group of middle west states COM
pleted their case in asking the Inter-
state Commerce commission to grant
rate reductions and tomorrow the
carriers will present their side of the
question. 1t is expected they will
consume about two days in testi-
monv and that arguments will then
be heard. 1t is believed a prompt
decision will be handed down by the
commission in view of the emergency
nature of the case.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Wounded Cop to Receive
Paw While in Hospital

Grand Island, Neb., Aug. %
Special. AT all informal meeting
OF the members Of the city council,
q, conjunction with the mayor. il
was decided that the salary of Oh
ficer Buswell. shot by eN-Chief OF
Police Maloney as a result OF raid
on the Savoy hotel, should continue
throughout his confinement in The
hospital and that the city will pay
all doctor and hospital bills.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Former Members of Church
Hold Picnic and Reunion

Friend, Ncb., Aug. 25.~-(Special.)
Former members OF tie Turkey
Creek Center L. E. church, which
was established in 1895 south OF this
city and disbanded in 1918, held
reunion at the farm home OF Oscar
Johnson on the Blue river west OF
Beaver Crossing. There were 20
present, coming from Denver, Colo;
Geneva, Phillips, Friend and Cor
dova, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Motorcyclist Injured As
Machine Strikes Curbine

Beatrice. Neb.. Aug. 25.--(Spc-
cial.)-Ernest Rasmussen, motor
cyclist, was cut and bruised on the
body when his machine crashed into
tho curbing. He turned out to avoid
a collision with a car and in doing
so lost control of his machine which
dashed into the curbing, throwing
him violently to the ground and
smashing the front wheel.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Breeders Body Will Make
Trip to Inspect Live Stock

Ord, Neb., Aug. 23.-(Special.)-
Company Agent Dale, secretary OF
the Loup Valley Pure Bred Stock
Breeders association, has planned a
booster trip for members to inspect
some OF the high-bred stock i'll Val
ley county The trip will take place
Monday, August %, and after all
all-day trip members will meet i'll
the Ord club rooms with their fam
lilies and friends for a big picnic
dinner. A number OF Ord business
men will make the trip.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Small York Girl Dies
On Station Platform

Grand Island. Neb., Aug. 23.-
Especial Telegram.)- )-Viola, 8,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. B.
Foley, tourists en- route by automo-
lille ii I'M SabethaJ Kan. to their
home at York, Neb., died on the
Burlington station depot platform
Just as members of the family were
about to send her by train to the
hospital at York. Efforts were made
to get a physician, but death came
too quickly. The little girl had been
sick several days and late yesterday
became worse. The funeral will be
held at York.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24

ter to members OF the state park
board announcing a meeting OF that
body in his office, September 7.
Members OF the board are: Dr.,
Harold Clifford, Omaha; G. d.
Butteriield, Norfolk; w. A. Harri.
son, York; A. J. Weaver, Falls City;
]. L. Cordeal, McCook.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24

in a short time who will perform
operations and be at the ju, emile re-
search headquarters constantly. DIR.
Williams will be more Of an advisory
physician than anything else while
DR.. Koenig will be out in the state
constantly examining children who
are causing trouble and sending them
into the research bureau at Lincoln.
A $4,000 appropriation for the
establishment of such a bureau was
made by the last legislature. 1t is
one of the few child welfare plans
which survived the legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Man Badly Hurt as He Falls
From Roof of School House

Superior, Neb., Aug. 25.-(Spe-
cial.J-Vern Crosby icll from the
roof Of the school house at Abdal
while doing some repair work, sus-
tanning a broken shoulder, wrist and
several ribs. He was rushed to the
Lewis Memorial hospital at Superior
ior treatment.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Visitors Pleased With
Tourist Camp at Aurora

Aurora, Neb,, Aug. 23.-(Special.)
The camp for tourists which has
been prepared by the Rotary club
and the park board Of Aurora is
pronounced by visitors to be one
of the most complete and enjoyable
camps in this section OF the country.
1t is located in Streeter park, just
north of Aurora, and the tourists
are permitted to camp on the grass,
with water close at hand and also
stoves for cooking.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Aged Cothenburs Pioneer
Stricken bv PARALYSIS

Gothcnburg, Neb.. Aug. 2j.-(Spe-
cial. Parsons, Is. probably
will never be able to walk again be-
cause of stroke of paralysis in his
right side. He is unable to move
either his right arm or leg. Mr..
Parsons caine TO this vicinity more
than 50 years ago, before the town
or the Union Pacific were built. and
has lived here ever since.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
C. l.. bort Says He Will Not
Run for Attorney General

Lincoln, Aug. 25,-tSpecial, y
Assistant Attorney General c. l..
bort today announced positively
that he would not be a candidate for
attorney general TO succeed .Attor-
ncy General Clarence A. Davis. That
leaves Representative James \. Rod
man of kimball as the only man
who has announced publicly bis
willingness to enter as republican
candidate.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Resigns
From Orthopedic Hospital

Lincoln, Aug. 23.-(Spccial. =
The state board OF control toGay an
nounced the resignation of DR., B.
\. Finklc. superintendent ci the
orthopcdic hospital at Lincoln, and
his appointment as state prison ply
scian to succeed Dr. J. c. Munger.
DR.. !. II. Mathai OF the state hos
pital at Newberry, Mich. has been
appointed superintendent Of the
nrihoncdic hospital.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
F Former Omaha Teacher
Dies at Home in Cering

4 Miss Agnes Lackey, for several
Wears a teacher in Omaha schools,
and for the last two years teacher
OF art at Comenius school, died a;
her home in Gering, Neb.. Friday.
August lo, according to word re-
eeNed here.
She had been i'll for seven months.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Fire Destroys Hardware
Store at Hardy: Loss $4,000

Superior, Neb.. Aug. 2j.--(Spe-
cial: 1.-The air-Bryan hardware
store at Hardy, Neb,, was destroyed
by fire. The blaze was discovered
when the report of exploding gum
powder was heard. The loss &c csti-
mated at $4,000. Origin OF The fire
is undetermined.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Will Probe Charges Against
CLAW Center Postmaster

Clay Center. Neb.. Aug. 23.-(Spe-
cial.)-Two special inspectors for the
Postoifce department arrived here to
make thorough canvass OF the city
to investigate reports and writer
charges against Postmaster L, A
Thompson.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
All Nebraska Heat Records
Broken: lO6 at Fairbury

Nebraska broke all its 1921 rec
ords Monday
Fairbury headed the procession
with a temperature OF l06, accord
ing to report of the weather bu-
reau yesterday morning
Auburn came second with l04,
while Grand Island, Hastings,
Holdrege and Lincoln reported l02
At Red Cloud the mercury
climbed to 10l.
Omahas highest temperature was
op1,, 90
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Face Burned by Acid

Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 23.-(Spe-
ial.)-Ed Elliott of the mechanical
department of the Swift & Company
plant here, sustained a badly burned
face when he attempted to pour
muriatic acid into a bottle. The fluid
boiled up, striking him i'll the face.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24
Franklin County Fair Will
Be Held. Septcmbcr 1916

The Franklin county fair will be
held September IS to 10, Several
new buildings arc being erected for
the care OF stock and poultry
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-24

Clothes to canary birds arc offered
for sale in The Bee want al columns.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-07-06
NEW BOOKS At
CITY LIBRARY

Following is list of the books
which have been added to the public
library during the last two weeks:
Fiction. Mehitable, The Counsel of
the Ungodly, Cream of the Jest, Mig
ger of the Narcissus. The Little
House, Rosa Mundi, This Side of Par
adise, The Orange Yellow Diamond,
Awakening, Other Main Travelled
Roads, Montagu Wycherly, Eve to the
Rescue, Verena in the Midst, Pagan
Madonna, Famous Psychic Stories,
In Red and Gold. Feast of the Ian
terms, Shandygaff, A Case of Camera,
Slippy MsGee, The Crimson Blotter.
Sister Sue, Silver Sixpence, An Afri-
can Farm, 100 Per Cent; the Story of
a Patriot, Alice Adams, White Moth,
Gods and Mr.. Perrin, Tales of Mystery
and Horror
Non -Fiction-~South of Suez, West
err Wild Flowers, Outlines of the
History Of Education, Modern Amer
lean Plays, A Kiss for Cinderella,
Elementary English Grammar, An
thology of Magazine Verse for 1920,
Empress Eugene in Exile: Uses of Di-
versity, Citrus Fruits, Making Ad-
vertisements and Making Them Pay,
The Secret of Everyday Things, In
the Tracks of the Trades, Autobiog-
raphy and Personal Recollections of
John B. Cough, The Way of Martha
and the Way of Mary, A Heap o.
Livin', A Philosophy of Play, Two
Argonauts in Spain, The Butterfly
Guide, Men and Books and Cities. The
Junkman and Other Poems, Fieldbook
of Jncactc Pahayior of Crowds Nor
vous Housewife. Collected Poems,
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Every
day Problems in Child Training, The
Faults of Childhood and Youth, Italy
and the World War, Practical Queen
Rearing, AnatOl, Ballads of a Bohe-
mian, Fifty Contemporary One Act
Plays, Betty Stevenson, Y. M. c. A..
Radiant Motherhood. Egg Farming in
California, Russia in the Shadows
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book, The Book
Of Games and Parties, Almost a Wom-
an.
The following books are included in
Imperial Valley press., 1921-07-06
4 YEA RAGO.
nv Fill IInmack)

Do you remember that year ago
this week:
Ethelda Bleibtrey set, new world
record for 500 yards at Brooklyn,
swimming the distance in 7 minutes
% % seconds.
That Mike ODowd scored a tech
meal X. O. over Gordon Mckay at
Pocatello, Idaho, in 13 rounds.
That Salt Lake headed the standings
of the Pacific Coast League.
That Walter Hagen the American
golf pro. won the French open cham
pionship at Versailles.
That the Princeton Track team de-
feated combined Oxford and Cam
bridge team ut London.
That Bill Tilden and Bill Johnston
defeated the French team in the Davis
cup matches.
That Duke Kahanamoku defeated
Norman Ross in the A. A. U. 100 yard
championship at Chicago.
That Charlie Paddock won an. invi-
rational 100 meter sprint at New York
equaliing the world record of 10 3-4
seconds.
That the race horse "Man O. War
won the Dwyer Stakes at New York
setting new world record of l AZ Ia
for mile and furlong fer three year
olds.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-07-06

a course of study in reading for par
ents issued by the bureau of educa-
ton. Members of the Parent Teachers
association who are taking this course
win find these books Ok, - special shelf
in the library,
Ethics for Children, Practical Moth
erhood, Beckonings from Little Hands,
Marriage and the Sex Problem, Stu
dies in Child Development, Misunder-
stood Children, Training the Boy,
Training the Girl, The Dawn Of Char
acter, The Development of the Child,
Love and Law in Child Training,