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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
Support Pledged at Lincoln
Meeting to Submit Pro
posal at Next State y
Election. =
All Ranks Behind Plan
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.

Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, June Fifty Nebraskans,
representative of every walk of busi-
ness and political life. met today and
pledged themselves to support circu-
lation Of initiative petitions calling for
q short ballot to the voters at the
next election.
The meeting, replete with testi
monials of inefficiency of the present
dual system of state government and
the long ballot. ended when, on mo-
ton of w. NJ. Stebbins of Gothen-
burg. Elmer G. Lamb of Tecumseh
was chosen as chairman of the short
ballot organization. with power to
select IL committee members, two
TO be appointed from each congress
sional district. The appointments
will be made within two weeks.
This committee has power to ap-
point as many subcommittee as it
sees fit and to draw up the initiative
petitions and arrange for their cir
culation. 1t will require approximate
~ 10000 signatures to insure presen-
tation of the short ballot proposition
to the voters.
Has Power to Choose.
The same committee also has power
to determine on the shortness of the
ballots, whether only the governor,
or the governor and lieutenant gov
ernor and state superintendent shall
be proposed as the only state officers
elected
Personnel of these in attendance
at the meeting was admitted by
every one TO be as cosmopolitan. po-
litically. as any meeting ever held in
Nebraska to launch a governmental
reform project.
1t included w. NJ Stebbins. veal.
thy conservative republican banker:
Arthur G. Wray of York. leader of
the so called Independent radical
thought In Nebraska; 7. J.. Neff, cen
servative democratic member OF the
legislature; George Williams. Fair
mount, conservative Nebraska farm
er: +. l.. Bollin. Lincoln, progressive
democratic nomination for attorney
general; State Senator {. +. Allen of
cozad, conservative republican lead
er: state Senator John C. MCGOWAN.
labor leader and C. II. Gustafson,
farm cooperative society leader.
Shun Party Politics.
Nearly every. speaker urged keep
Ing the proposal out of party politics.
The only reference to the opposition
OF Governor Bryan and his charge
made today that the short ballot was
supported by big business came when
w. NJ. Stebbins read an excerpt from
a speech delivered by the governors
brother, William Jennings Bryan, be
fore the constitutional convention at
Lincoln July IL, 1920. in which Mr.
Bryan urged adoption OF the short
ballot by the convention. That part
Of the Bryan speech read by Stebbins
follows:
"A word to offices. The governor
should, in my judgment. be elected
for four years and made ineligible 10
reelection. 1 believe in the short bal
lot. Instead of having all the state
officers go before the people when
1t is impossible for the people TO know
these men personally or to weigh
their claim with intelligence. / think
that we should elect the more i'm.
portant ones and then put upon them
the responsibility of selecting those
VINO are to be associated with them."l
unrn to Page Two. Column Twol
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
l. 5. Birth Rate Declines.

Washington, June "A decline in
the birth rate and a slight increase
in the death rate in Is29 was shown
in provisional census bureau figures
for the year announced today by the
Department OF Commerce.
For the % states reporting birth
figures tho rate for 1929 was ga for
each 1000 of population against n
rate OF ss.4 Tor 1921. For 50 states the
death rate last year was ii.s against
II 6 for 1921.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
Mother of 3 Graduated
from Barnard College
BY International News Service.

New York, June Mrs. Katherine
Bouton Clay of Newark. n. j., mother
of three children. was graduated to-
day from Barnard college here with
a bachelor Of arts degree and special
honors In modern languages.
Motherhood proved somewhat OF a
handicap to her. she said. but she met
1t by doing almost all Of her studying
in the subway and tube trains going
to and from the college.
But an A. Il. degree Is not Mrs.
clay's ambition. This summer she
intends to take a course I'm italian
and later get a master or arts degree.
Mrs. Clay's husband, Clifford Clay,
is a writer for trade papers.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
STREET CAR
RUNS WILD:
TWO INJURED
Council Bluffs Motorman by.
ing as Result of Trans
Plunge When Brakes
Fail to Hold.
Woman Hurt in Leaping

| One man who received a fractured
skull is not expected to live, WON.
an suffered a broken arm and six
others were uninjured Thursday night
| in Council Bluffs when an incoming
northbound Fairmont park street car
got beyond control at South First
and Knepper streets and careened
headlong down the hill to Broadway,
about five blocks away.
| The car was equipped with hand
brake only. As IL neared First and
knepper streets, the motorman. J.
Geary Oyster, 1215 Fairmont avenue,
remarked to the six passengers that
the brakes were slipping. A moment
later he shouted to the conductor.
Richard Stevenson:
my God, The brakes aren't hold.
| ing, Pull the trolley
The car gained momentum as It
plunged down the incline and got
| beyond control.
Try to Escape.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Colburn, so
Commercial avenue; Colburn's broth
er. II. Colburn, and his wife Of Perry.
Ia; Miss Inah Weir. Warner apart
ments. and an unidentified man,
| rushed to the rear entrance and
pleaded with the conductor who was
! holding the trolley from the feed wire,
to open the doors. He refused.
At Pierce street Motorman Oyster
opened the front door and jumped or
was hurled to the pavement, striking
n, h ~f.~k,
one succeeded in opening the rear
door and Mrs. Frank CoIburn fell
backwards through the opening.
fracturing her right arm and receiv-
ing deep gash TO her cheek. She
was taken to Mercy hospital and
Oyster was taken to Jennie Edmund
son hospital where his recovery Is
doubtful.
The car continued its plunge until
it arrived at the intersection of First
street and Broadway. 1t jumped the
track, crossed the street, knocking
down an electric light pole and kept
on for half block with two wheels
on the curb and the other two in
the street.
Autos Bowled Over.
Three automobiles which were
parked end to end AZ the curb were
piled up and wrecked by the onrush-
ing street car.
When the car came toa halt. Con-
ductor Stevenson opened the door and
the five passengers who remained in
side during the plunge aligted- They
were frightened. but were apparently
unhurt
When the electric light pole was
uprooted. taking large block OF ce-
ment walk with. ii fen on Broadway
and Erazed a woman and child who
were hurrying from the path az the
wild tram.
The trucks which were damaged
We're parked on the west side Of First
street and were owned by the Bartel
& Miller Grocery company. A tour
ing car owned by Henry Masters wa.
also struck. No one WAS in them al
the time
Misses Another Tram
One Of the large omahabound cars
stopped short at the intersection.
missing the runaway by less than 10
feet. eye witnesses assert.
Mrs. Eva Taylor. els Perrin ave-
nue.. and her small daughter. Jean.
were crossing First and Pierce streets
when the car approached. Jean was
pulled to safety by her mother. The
two were so close that they could
have touched the car. the woman
stated
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
7Die as 10000
Riot at Leipsic
More Than 100 Wounded in
Demonstration Against
Ruhr Occupation.

Berlin, June 7.-Seven persons were
killed and more than 10e wounded in
yesterdays disorders at Leipsic. it is
announced in special dispatches 10
day. The dead include one policeman
the head watchman. while there are
many policemen among the wounded
81 Of whom are In a serious condition.
The demonstration was in protes,
against the Ruhr occupation and the
insufficiency of the unemployment
doles. Some 10000 persons, It is said
took part Order was restored at 2
o clock last night.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
Honduras Communication
Resumed After Two Week:

San Salvador. Juno 7.-communi-
cation with Honduras. which had
been cut off for the past two weeks.
was reopened yesterday. \ message
received from Tegueigalnh. the cap
ital, says President Gutierrez has Is.
sued decree granting unconditional
amnesty 10 all political exiles.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
Northwestern Train Kills
Man Mile West of Fremon,

Fremont, Neb.. June IA man
believed to be II. s. Kendall. 80. Los
Angeles, died at the Fremont hos
ptal yesterday morning shortly after
being struck by Chicago & North
western train No. a. one mile west
of this city. Engineer q. ID. Altman
stated that he discovered the man
lying with his head on the tracks too
late 10 stop his train.
The theory is advanced that he fell
from another train and had suffered
injuries that rendered him uncon-
scious.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
Boy Killed by Lightning.

Logan. Utah. June Eleven. year.
old Horace Kent, son of Melvin +.
Kent of Lewiston. was instantly
killed late yesterday when he was
struck by lightning while working
in beet field on his fathers farm.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
BY GEORGE r. AUTHIER.
Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee

Washington, June THE stormy
debate prccipitated by Chairman John
T. Adams Of the republican national
committee with President Harding
over the world court program ap-
pears to have been amicably adjusted
Mr.. Adams spirited protest against
European entanglements appears 10
have borne fruit. When President
Harding starts on his western trip
he will advocate the world court. bu,
he will make II clear this nation and
the present administration does not
intend TO permit itself to become en-
tangled in European affairs.
In his previous protests against
European entanglemenis. Charl-
man Adams has carefully re
Trained from inveIghlng against the
world court. What the committee
has been fearful of has been that
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
Pastor Created knight

Paris, June The Rev. Chauncev
W. Goodrich. former pastor Of the
American church in Paris. who s
returning 10 the United States. has
been created a Knight Of the Legion
of Honor.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
Messenger Boy, l8,
Held for Sl4l. 900 Theft
By Associated Press.

New York. June flames Foley.
is.yearold messenger for the broker.
age house OF Charles Barney & Co
WAS arrested today ON charge of
stealing Sl4l. 900 in bonds which he
reported on Tuesday he had lost.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
The Weather

Fcr 81 hours ea.iins , m. suna :.
Temperature.
NAL ts - het-
Total deficiency since January F, .xx
Relative Humidity. fcrcent@xN
. - ~, - hean. Is y re., rt
A, vtsi. .et total sipes January 1. itsts
deficiency. -
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
Free Milk, Ice,
an Ideal Charity
Fund to Protect Infants from
Heat Disbursed by Visit
ing Nurses.

Two features make the Free Milk
and Ice Fund an ideal charity.
First. the fund is distributed
through the Visiting Nurses. and
therefore without expense.
Second. the fund is drawn on to
supply pure milk and cooling ice ex.
clusiyely to the babies and small
children of the poorest homes who
positively have no other means of
getting these life necessities of the
hot weather.
Already the preliminary heat has
made itself felt. A slight lull Is here
at present.
Heat on Way.
The torrid waves will descend with.
out warning and unless prepared for
will take their toll Of baby lives.
So, for the babies sakes, don't de.
lay sending in what you can spare
right away. The calls from the help.
less little ones will come in by the
dozens at the first hot spell. And the
help must be available Immediately.
Hundreds of good people have saved
babies lives through this fund in
the past. Hundreds will do the good
work again this summer.
Privilege and Opportunity.
You may be one of them. II may
be a privilege and opportunity which
VIII return good fortune to you In
many mysterious ways.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-08
In Reference to the Omaha
Bees Growth in Circulation

Yesterday The Omaha published
clearly that the Omaha Bee had gain 1905
while the second newspaper had gain 7184 while
the third newspaper had suffered 1882 daily
circulation as taken from the latest audit figures of 1929 and
1921.
1t not the of The Omaha readers
statement has been made by the World which
show comparisons other
hope msead and dcred the chart published
Bee.
In figuring the inch papers Omaha
Bee has used the audit circulation figures the
advertising published by newspapers
the three thousand-inch contract basis
Cost Per Thousand Papers Per Inch
OMAHA o2 o6
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
SWANSON WILL
FACE POLICE
JURY
Mrs. Tribby Also Scheduled to
Be Tried on Liquor Viola
ton Charge.

William Edward Swanson and
Mrs. Minnay Cayell Trihby. alleged
bootleggers to Washington soci.
ETY., will face police court jury
tomorrow on charges of violating
the national prohibition law, ac-
cording to a schedule made public
today by the prosecutor in charge
of violation.
Swanson. whose arrest. police
declare, will clean up one Of the
greatest liquor combines on the
eastern coast, was arrested at his
rooms in the Chateau Thierry
apartments, 1920 8 street north.
west, by prohibition agents re-
Gently.
The raid on his apartment is
said to have yielded the biggest
find vet made by the police, con-
sisting Of about $4,000 worth OF
''reaI stuff" A $4,000 automo
bile was confiscated as a result OF
the raid.
Letters. kilograms and a note.
book. containing a list Of alleged
customers, also are said to have
been taken.
Mrs. Trtbby was arrested by mem.
bers Of the police, revenue and
prohibition departments following a
raid on her house, 1925 Morrison
street northwest about three months
ago.
Nineteen persons are scheduled
Tor trial on liquor charges today
while fifteen besides Swanson and
Mrs. T.ribby are listed for tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
BURNED
FROM BASE
OF stone
To Be Sent to Brooklyn, Where
Holes in Bronze Will Be
Plugged. :.

workmen today completed the
task of removing the statue OF
George Washington from its gran.
lite pedestal in Washington Circle.
and it is being Grated for ship
ment to Brooklyn. n. Y, where
more than 100 perforations in the
bronze will be plugged. 1t is ex-
pected that it will be at least
three months before the statue
will be back in the Capital
Several hundred persons watched
the final work of burning the
statue from its base, two acetylene
torches-or burners being used,
after efforts at cfiselling had
failed to bulge the ton and a half
Of bronze. A derrick was used to
hoist the huge statue to truck.
The statue was taken to the
headquarters of fhe moving con-
tractor at Twenty-sixth and D
streets northwest. 1t will be
shipped this week to Brooklyn.
Sparrows had built nests in the
horses head, and they created
some lively commotion today when
they witnessed their home being
ruthlessly drawn away by four
horses.
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
WASTE BASKET BLUES.

WASTE BASKET BLUES.
("JAY BIRD" recently vrote
a rhyme about THOMAS J.
FORD and the UGste basket and
Ford make GnsWey:)
When you've hit the waste basket with
some Of your rhyme,
Like I've hit the waste basket with
some few Of mine.
You'll wonderfully In thunder-why.
that was just fine.
When IL hits the waste basket like
some few Of mine.
You cit down to write with an outline
And You grCpe and yOu grasp for some
word to rhyme.
Perhaps i . night when you start in
And you NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a
hclluVa line?
You may write about trees and the
Eleas and the cheese,
Ana the bresse and the bees--a wheeze
You may rhyme seize and please and
again eneeZe and keys,
And hit the waste basket with the
greatest OF ease.
It's hard to just tell what Price will
let pass,
For ne has all that stuff piled MP in
mass;
But he has his rules, and he must try
70 please,
So try, try agaIn--dOn't get weak in
the knees.
From out Of the "sticks" Of Silver Spring,
7 Write--yes, most any old thing
OF m0on-splashed nights soon to come,
OF Lovers Lane-yes, it's fun.
And IL bubbles out of my real Irish
soul
To tell you to write, you will yet hit
the goal.
And tonight as 1 write from the place
where board
i thank you In rhyme-frOm ThOmaA
j. Ford.
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
CECILIA BARkLEY Is
RECOVERING RAPIDLY

Despite the fact that ashe had
a setback two days ago. Cecilia
Barkley. 729 Tenth street south
east, the cashier at the Betty Way
Corset Shop. who swallowed two
hichloride tablets is recovering rap.
idly at the Emergency hospital and
will be able to leave within week..
physicians said today.
Miss Barley. say police who in
vestigated the incident, took the
tablets following a lovers quarrel.
They say that she probably owes
her life to DruRRint Lanham at,
O'Donnell's next door TO the Betty
Way. who r4Adered FIRST aid.
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
MYRTLE M. OHM SUES
FOR LIMITED. DIVORCE

Drunkenness, cruelty and deser.
ton are alleged In q suit for a lin.
tied divorce filed yesterday in the
District Supreme Court by Myrtle
M. Ohm against George Ohm.
The couple were married January
%, 1918, and got along happily until
April IS. 1921. when the wife claim.
ed her husband began to drink and
neglect her. Plaintiff claims she
discovered her husband in Virginia
in company with two other men and
three women on one occasion.
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
JUNGLE CHARLIE" BACK !
AT WHITE HOUSE POST

"Uncle Charlie" Patton, late of
Marion, o., who boasts knowing
President Harding since the execu-
tive was ; knee high to a grass
hopper and was one of the first
persons to get a job under the
present administration, has returned
from four-month vacation spent in
Ohio, where, he says, he made
forty-seven speeches" in schools.
Although he is eighty-four years
old, ''U,ncle Charlie" makes himself
generally useful around the White
House grounds picking up stray
scraps of paper and busting off the
flowers during the summer. but
there is not much in his line Of
work In the winter, so he "canl.
paigned' among the folks back
home extolling the greatness of his
chief.
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
BOARD TO DISCUSS USE
OF MUZZEYS HISTORY

The Board of Education will meet
in the Franklin school this after.
noon and discuss Muzzey's Ameri-
can History. a textbook which has
brought strong protests by organi-
cations which allege the book is UNI
American.
Last year the hoard considered
protests from the Piney Branch
Citizens Association, but took no
action toward eliminating the book
from the school system. Recently
the board has again taken up the
question. and a vote Is expected to-
day.
1t was said board members feel
that the book is not Objectionable,
and will vote to continue its use in
the schools.
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
SOCIAL HYGIENE SOCIETY
TO HEAR FOUR SPEAKERS

The March meeting of the So
cial Hygiene Society Of the Dis
trict of Columbia will be held to-
morrow night att s o'clock in the
lecture room of the First Congrega'
tional Church, Tenth and G streets
northwest.
The speakers will be the Rev.
Jason N. Pierce, pastor of the
church. who will also preside; DIR.
John M. Cooper, of the Catholic
University: DR.. Abram Simon, presi.
dent of the Board of Education,
and DIR. Royal s.. Copeland, recent
Iy elected Senator from New York
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
HOUSEKEEPERS' ALLIANCE
HEARS CANNING EXPERT

A method of canning which pre-
clud6s the possibility of danger of
botulism, a poison, was explained
by DR. w. ID. Bigelow, chemist of
the National Gamers Association,
at the meeting yesterday afternoon
Of Ahe Housekeepers' Alliance at
the Art Center.
DR.. Bigelow said that the elimina-
ton of this danger is effected by
bringing the food to a sufficient
heat to kill the germ which caused
the trouble. DIR. w. Estes also
spoke. Mrs.. Harvey w. Wiley
presided
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
MISS WENTWORTH WILL
ADDRESS Y. w. c. A.

An address on 1.-THE Orient" win
be given by Miss Margaret Went
worth. writer, who served with the
army in France during the war. at
the e street branch of the Young
Women's Christian Association to-
morrow night at $50 o'clock.
Miss Wentworth recently re-
turned from "trip around the
world. For two years she taught
Ct Boone University. Foo Chow,
China
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
WILL LECTURE At Y. M. C. A.
ONU. s. MAP CHANGES

Morris Bien. assistant director of
the Reclamation Service of the In
terror Department, will deliver a
lecture in the assembly room of the
Y. M. C. A., tomorrow night at 8
o'clock. on Changes in Geography
by the United States"
The talk will be illustrated with
coIored slides and motion pictures.
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
R0POSS
ID BUILD
NEEDED
HOMES
Two Corporations interested,
II Plan 70 Provide for
June Evictions.

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JOLT plusLs nvl.SAl,x q
the UnICeu States GhampeE ~
Commerce, and q group Of prom
inant Washinpt0n citizens. are
ll.sa :. ;fs 49,. 80:
n 1ns 10y $1,000 q. 2 8. j 2 -
70 eV0lvlne some lasss. 81 y q ~
ing large numper e h0nsss ~
care IOE ailey uNeiisLs Wal0 ~
law VIII pc eHcte0 !LOM uneik
homes on June " Decame
known today.
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ss.u ...s.s 49, 80. IN
49, 49, s.l ~. " saS,sss.4ss.,,
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1870;
e.ls 80
company, EOk " ls.sl 8. 49,
tr0l ABOUT Svvs s;ls nohlies q -
CITY !, E. q. -. ......,s.
was asaThs9 ~ sss's.s5
cia.ea VIII 1nIaer pan e 1872 1872
tnsaI nous..s 49,, 80 - 80
So g.s..l 49,. - -, -
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81. -. $500 Z, & ! - -
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
General Hines to Speak.

Brig. Gen. Frank r. Hines. newly
appointed director of the Veterans
Bureau, will be the principal speak.
or at the March luncheon of the
Military Order Of the World War.
The luncheon will be held in the
Army and Navy Club, Friday after.
noon a. 1870 o'clock
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
Child Scaldad hv Tea

Scalded by an overturned teapot,
Warlield Matthew's, colored, nine
months, of 1883 Montello avenue
northwest, 10 in q serious condition
at the Casualty Hospital. The boy
was burned on the body and ON his
Jeff leg from the hip down.
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
OH! YOU LOVING LOU.

Dear Bill: According to the
testimony in the sMit of GER
ALDINE FARRAR for divorce
from LOU TELLEGEN, Lou
scGs loving taco qUongeh at once
and a third one WGs casually
mentioned. InGsntWch as Lou Is
not in the bootIegging business
there Is probably no 1VGy the full
list Of has Uomen lovers may be
made public. There is no a0Gy to
make Lou TeII-GgGin.
Lou seems to be q wholesale lover
4 type Of the Three Musketeers";
Just to love one 10 not enough,
He would surely break into tears.
His heart 10 biG. bold ana warm:
1t can take In all wOmankind--
He must love five or six at once
Or he may begin to pine.
ARIZONA IKE.
The Washington times., 1923-03-21

There was . young lady from
Newport.
who wanted for Russia . passport;
She rot there all right.
Had with the Soviet q fight.
From her there is now no report.
who against prohibition Wm6 armed
u still he Det In
Made rye. corn. and gin;
! drank it; now SIM alarmed.
LOUIS PURNELL.
The Washington times., 1923-03-21
AN ARITHMETIC PROBLEM.

Dear Bill: This problem ought
10 De interesting to the ntGth.
sharks IUtO reGd-the column:
A man puts SIS, 900 into a gro
Gerry store and credits right and
left.
How long before he decides
everybody is crooked?
JAKE JOHANSEN.