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The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26
By Associated Press.

Chicago, June 24.-Detectives and
investigating threatening letters re-
Gently sent to wealthy Chicageons
were undecided tonight whether the
missives were the work OF cranks
with a perverted sense Of humor, or
a band Of extortionists bent on eapi-
talizing the recent kidnapping and
Staying OF Robert Franks to frighten
wealthy persons into meeting their
demands.
One of the letters was received by
Edward Hines, wealthy lumberman,
from a man who signed the missive
Farewell and called upon the re-
cipient to bury $4,000 under an ash
pile at designated point before July
or forfeit his life. The writer rep
resented himself as suffering from
tuberculosis and with less than two
months to live, which he said he ex-
peeted to make g easy for himself
as possible. Numerous warnings
were interspersed with bits OF poetry
and philosophic musings.
Another letter, neatly typewriter,
was received by DIR. Homer S. War
rem. the writer's signing themselves
THE Red Peppers and demanding
$4,000 under threat of exposure.
DIR. Warren told police that he had
deposited a decoy package and had
received a second threatening letter
as result. Evidence that a woman
also received one OF the letters was
found by police in the personal
column of a newspaper which a few
days ago carried a note addressed 10
THE Red Peppers" and signed Mrs.
NJ" In which the writer asked more
time to meet the requests made. Po-
lice are trying to find Mrs. N. The
police expressed the opinion that all
notes have been written by the same
person Of persons.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26

tho long peak which she liked to
wear In the sun.
Hair was nuisance in speh wealth.
er. She plunged hard into tho
mess OF its coils. STICKY. II only II
could he cropped-not merely bobbed.
but cropped close like a boys. Shin
gled. A lot of red hair could he sold
to somebody. You could buy some.
thing with the money.
When sho tweaked the knot the
mass leapcd like a flame. Her shoul.
ders WINGED Mt the hot tickle of H..
In nm airplnnc the whole thing would
stand straight out. On some days II
would be blown gorgeously II you
stood on the very top of the Pail
sades, facing that other way. where
YOU could JUMP oti into The world 4.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26
Topping Machines Used
to Harvest Grass Seend

Clarinda. Ia. June 25.-The Page
county crop of blue grass seed is be-
ing harvested with topping machines.
Eight of these huge rollers are now
farm north of Clarinda, heading the
100 acres Of bluegrass. The seed is
sacked directly from the machines
and removed by trucks.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26
PART ONE.
The Spouting Devil.

As for 10 Ellen. if you had been in
search of her you might have missed
her altogether. The grass had been
precocious that year. Where IL
sauirmed in the hot wind, and espe-
cially where the clover and wild car
rot spattered the slope, n slender fig-
ure was easily immersed.
The girl sprawled with her feet
toward the river. She had been in
the shade OF the maple when she
flung herself backward. Now the sun
sad crept to her neck. Presently IL
would pry open her eyes. Her bare
legs glistened in the light One OF
them carried a pale red scratch run
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26
McAdoo Forces
Still Confident
of Vote Outcome
No Significance Attached by
Manager to Anti-Klan
Demonstration on Con-
yention Floor.

New York, June DENOMINATION OF
William G. McAdoo by the end Of the
week Is the objective of his support.
ers. Balloting at the demoaatic con
vention. they predict will begin
Friday.
After today's session. dozen OF
more OF MeAdoo's advisers went into
conference with him to canvass the
situation and perfect plans for the
battle OF ballots afterwards. David
Ladd Rockwell, his campaign mana.
ger, declared he was convinced the
convention was in no mood for dead.
lock stretching into next week and
that every effort would be made by
the McAdoo forces TO wind things up.
at least so far as the presidential
nomination is concerned by Saturday.
Claim Reserve Strength.
Continuing 10 express confidence as
10 the outcome. Mr.. Rockwell said the
McAdoo Lines not only had been held
intact, despite reports from rival
camps to the contrary, but that the
would surprise his opponents.
Mr.. Rockwell declined to make any
prediction as TO the strength McAdoo
would poll on the first ballots, or as
TO how many ballots would be re-
quired to name candidate.
Apparently confident that McAdoo
early will roll up a majority and of
the opinion that IL this occurs. many
delegates will conclude that a pro
traeted deadlock can be avoided only
II McAdoo is named. his managers
seemed convinced il would be good
strategy to press the issue at the out.
set.
Developments Encouraging.
Developments during the day, ii
was declared at McAdoo headquar-
ters. were encouraging from every
angle. The demonstration given the
candidate at the convention after he
had been placed in nomination ap-
peared to please his lieuteants. Then.
too. they said. reports reaching them
from various delegations indicated
that all is we'll. although some of the
faithful had been uneasy earlier in
the day on account Of the activity Of
the enemy in attempting to make IN.
roads In the MoAdoo ranks.
No significance. at least with re-
card 10 Mr.. McAdoos candidacy. vas
attached by Mr.. Rockwell to the anti
klan demonstration on the conven.
tion floor. The charge was made by
him, however. that some leaders in
the party. among them George L.
Brennan. democratic national commit.
teeman from Illinois. was seeking to
stir up row over the khan issue in
the hopes of embarrassing Mr.. Nc
Adoo.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26

She dropped backward and the
grass seemed TO flow over her with.
out dimming the ruddy fash. Against
this daub OF color the warm white
ness OF her face and neck showed
sharply. She looked into tho leaves
overhead with wide. clear eyes. The
CLINT OF green and mauve between
the lashes might have been borrowed
from tho setting or might have be.
longed TO them. when the lids came
down. the lash lines were deeply
curved, There WAS a moist glow In
the hollow AT her throat and In tho
prophecy Of the breasts that rose and
foil I'm a steady, participating tran
quillity.
Emma Trsub. . bony, long slimbed
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26
Ord to Have Fair.

Ord, Neb., June s6.-Loup Valley
Agricultural association will hold a
fair In Ord this year. opening on
August 2s. Differences with the
county board over assistance have
been adjusted and the fair will be
held as usual
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26
Reckless Driver Jailed.

Clarinda, Ia. June 25.-Gien Burge
was arrested for reckless driving fol.
lowing collision with truck of the A.
A. Berry Poultry company. He was
fined s2S and being unable 10 nay
cash Is serving 10 days in taii.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26
Tromble to Speak.

Columbus. Neb.. June 25-John
Tromble. president OF the Kansas
Farmers Union. viii speak at Platte
Center Friday evening. June ~. The
meeting Is under auspices of the
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26
The Weather

1874 -
frecinlihucn, inches and hundredths
Total. T. Total sinoe January /. l.ft.
excess. Is.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

We Join ourselves to no party that
does not carry the flag and keep step
to the music Of the union.-Rufus
Choate.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26
WEATHER FORECAST

Enthusiastically thunder show.
ers; not much change in temperature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Music Teacehers Association

The Music Teachers association con yened at the Southern club on Wednes- day, the business meeting being followed by a luncheon. Mrs. G. Houston Da- wis was made chairman of commit tee to revise the constitution, and serV- ing with her will be Mrs. J. W. Luke and Miss Pearl Rosenfeldt. The pres ident Miss Abigail Crawford, appoint ed a committee that will be termed the complaint committee, to which may be referred for adjustment and infringe ment of the rules regarding music pupils and teachers, already adopted and dls- tributed by the members of the Birmlng- ham Music Teachers association, and any problems that may confront the teacher in her relations with pupils ana parents. Mrs. Grace Mccoy Redburn is chairman of this committee, with Misses Doris Herman, Cornelia Perry man, Mrs. Allgood, and Mrs. c. W. Phillips. Mrs. D. T. Rice made an announcement about the State Student contest, and asked the cooperation ot teachers. Mrs. George Houston Davis told of the national contest for young musicians, between the ages of twenty and thirty. The prizes will be $500 in cash, or a scholarship for one on one of the leading conservatories, Boston, Cincinnati, Philadelphia. The contest will be held in March.
 Miss Kits spoke of the conference of music supervisors, and asked for the support and cooperation Of the MUSIC Teachers association. The association will cooperate with any movement to erect studio building.
 Dr. Roy E. Hoke delivered another of his series of lectures on Psychology the subject on this occasion being Glands and the lecturer said they af fected, even controlled, personality. The talk was unusually interesting and H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Gain Beauty And keep it-as I dd.
 By Edna Wallace Hopper

! As a girl, multiplied my beauty until it brought me worldwide fame. After 40 years in stage career, l have kept that beauty. To the thou sands who see me daily look like a girl of 19.
 That is due to cultivation and to scientific care. Not to ordinary beauty helps. I have spent years and for tunes to secure the utmost science offers.
 Now I have had those helps conn bined so a dozen are applied at once. And I am placing them at every woman's call.
 One is a super-cream. It is sup piled by all druggists and toilet counters as Edna Wallace Hopper's Youth Cream.
 It is far more than a cream. It contains products of both lemon and strawberry. Also all the best that modern experts know to foster, soften, feed and protect the skin. All in one application. I cannot believe that there exists another beauty help to compare.
 My Youth Cream comes in two types -cold cream and vanishing. They contain the same important ingred- ients. I use the cold cream as a night cream, the vanishing in the day. Never is my face one hour without it. The result is a complexion for 40 years admired.
 I wish I knew how to induce all girls and women to adopt this super cream. It means so much to them. l will gladly send you some to try if you will mail this coupon. Please do that if you wish to know how much a cream can do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

Especial interest centers in the night performance, when they will render the great Ceasar Franck Symphony in D minor. This will be the first time that this wonderful symphony has been given in Birmingham. Another very charming number on the program will be MacDowell's "To a Wild Rose" the orchestration of which has just been completed. The night concert will be sponsored by the Birmingham South ern college Glee club, who are making elaborate plans for summer tour through the Canadian Rockies for next summer. Their tour of the west last summer proved so successful that they are encouraged to try another. A per centage of the receipts from the night concert will go towards defraying the expenses of this tour.
 The afternoon concert has been given over to five thousand school children who will hear the program free of charge, through the generosity of well known business man of Birming- ham. This is indeed unusual liberallty, and will go far toward encouraging the musical growth and progress of Birmingham. Great things may be ex- pected of a city whose influential men take such an interest in making it pos sible for children to hear the fine things in music, and so develop taste for good music. MT. Erickson expresses the hope that each year kill afford at least one opportunity for the chil- dren to hear the great symphonies, for they will make up the symphony au- d1ences in the future.
 It will be recalled that Fritz Reiner is the conductor who created such sensation in conducting the Stadium concerts in New York last summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Here Is Bridge Problem
 To Test Your Playing Skill

(This problem is presented for tue editicataom of aU readers Uho interested in Bridge. Solutions
 ay be mailed to Mr. Lena in of hts newspaper This greatest of bridge authorities aOi either reply personally else you aOU find your solution comes under general consideration aDhich may be giUem a these columns Solutions should be mailed to reoch this office not later than FridGy) n ONT BE GECK! | J Is your bridge game good, bad or just so-so?
 If you believe that you play well, here is chance te prove it.
 Playing in tournament, "The Champeen sitting in the South position the contract at Four Hearts, Doubled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

When the play had progressed to the last six tricks, he required four of them to fulfill his contract Of course, the hands were not played openly, only the Dummy being exposed, but to make it easy, you are asked to play Double Dummy"-all the cards shown and take in four of the six tricks against the best defense of the East and West players. The lead is in the North hand and hearts are trumps.
 If you can do it you will be as good as "The Champeen."
 The names of the winners, together with the correct solution, will be pub lished in next Sundays AgeHerald.
 Here are the cards:
 Better not try it unless you play a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Mrs. Blair To Be } Honored At T e a

one.~of the most interesting of the
 ,,;dav festivities to be announced IS
 % tsa to be given by Mrs: Nelson Snow
 ,d her mother, Mrs. c. E. Bigsby. tho will entertain jointly in honor of re re Riesby's sister, Mrs. Henry Blair, ] Wankasha, Wis, the afternoon of 18. MT. and Mrs. Blair will
 rive Tuesday, to be Mrs. Shows |,,as+s Mrs. Snow and Mrs. Bigsby e;il he assisted in receiving by Mrs. koscoe Harris, Mrs. Clyde Pippin, Eisses Adelaide and Marjorie Fox, Mrs. fohn Cox, Mrs. Anglin White, Mrs. Ben !Errgan, Mrs. William Sadler, Mrs. n Means, Mrs. Bass Berry, Misses abeth and Louise Fox.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

can songs. given in modern costume. In the second group she will appear in Martha Washington costume for songs of an older period. The third group will be Indian songs. the songs of Lieurance, Troyer. and Cadman, sung in Indian costume. The entire program will be all-American.
 Miss Beverly Hester will play the ac- compartments, and also several instru- mentaE solos.
 On last Monday evening the club greatly enjoyed the reading by Mrs. A. S. Keith of Artemus Calloway's clev-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Random Notes

The Graduate Nurses association Of District No. 1 will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2 80 at the Business and Professional Women's clubrooms. A full attendance is urged.
 Misses Mary and Julia Bowers of Santa Barbara, Cal, will be among the out of town guests at the Hammond Bowers wedding December Is.
 Mrs. W. B. Gupton and children or Nashville will arrive Saturday to visit her parents, MT. and Mrs. c. B. Lewis. Mrs. J. B. Conyers and small daugh- ter, Madge Pollock, will arrive soon to spend Christmas with MT. and Mrs. George Pollock.
 Mrs Lloyd Noland has returned from New York.
 Miss Virginia Foster is visiting Miss Margaret Yeager in Knoxville.
 
 MT. and Mrs. F. G. Shook and Miss Margaret Shook will spend Christmas in Nashville as the guests of MT. and Mrs. Edwin Price. Miss Mary Hansel Shook will be with her cousin, Miss Lucy Eastwood, during their absence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Social Calendar

The Woodlawn School Parent Teach er association will hold its regular neeting Thursday afternoon at o'clock
 Na. interesting program has been ar
 Y.ed in which the mothers will take
 Et. The Baptist ladies are to be
 1stesses. This will be Christmas
 &rty. All. mothers are urged to be )resent.
 The South Highland Parent-Teacher
 ssociation will meet Thursday at 6 :1o |. m.
 The Active and Advisory Board or
 .e Mercy Home will have their bl-
 bnthly meeting Tuesday morning at
 80.
 At 8 o'clock Sunday, the Misses How
 rds' school for girls will give their
 acred Christmas service. All friends
 if the school are invited to attend.
 The Yancey chapter, U. D. C., will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2;5o on the mezzanine floor of the Tutwller.
 The ladies of the East Lake Orphans Home association will meet Monday afternoon at 2 80 at the Knights of
 olumbus hall.
 IATbe Central Park parentTeacher l3sociation will hold their regular
 V,nthly meeting Thursday afternoon at at the school. A full attendance
 urged.
 MT. Paul Pim will address the Col Vge club Tuesday afternoon at o'clock R.t the Blue Triangle clubrOoms. Mrs. c. A. Gary and Miss Jean Blach will be hostesses for the afternoon. 3rbe board of managers of the Ala ,ama Vocational School for Girls will Reet Wednesday morning at 10 :3O at led oodlawn.
 Y. W. c. A. board of directors .ksIl meet Tuesday. morning at 10 o'clock. .ysThe Pierrian club and Junior Pierian .Ellb will celebrate Alabama Day Fri .Ely, December 12, at the home of Mrs BblP. Dawson.
 paIhe Avondale Parent-Teacher asso. [it Etion will meet Tuesday afternoon al 6fT15 at the school.
 poThe Hadassah society will give their Rfhanugah bridge party at the Y. M. H M Wednesday afternoon at Z o'clock Htte the benefit of the medical unit al A eeusalem. Everybody is invited. Pieces linen will be used for making res Nations. Reservations may be mad' N phoning Main 6325-J or Main 6S19-J ESbaThe womans club will meet Frida! Ebrning at 10 o'clock at the Woodlawl NNxbrary.
 # LM3e preliminary oratorical contes lance tbe held this evening at s o'clocl ,veniI 4{e ballroom of the Y. M. H. A. ,,,..I1he Jefferson Davis chapter, U. D |Euc, will hold their regular monthl! N ;xAeeting at the Blue Triangle clul N Fboms Wednesday, December 10, at M ,Fclock. All members are urged to b. N lresent.
 j The regular semi-monthly meeting 0 l he Business and Professional Women a Hub of the First Methodist church vii 4 be held in the Sunday school building M Thursday evening, December Il, at I! \ o'clock. Miss Ann Weaver, chairman
 of the music committee, will hay
 charge of the program on this occasion \ IAll the business women of the churcl A are invited to become members of thi \ club. Call Main 7940 and get you \ reservations in before Wednesday noon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Allied Arts Club Tn Meet

The meeting of the Allied Arts club tomorrow evening will be held at the residence of Mir. and Mrs. John J. Nyhoff in Idlewild Circle, when cos tune recital by Mrs. T. o. Simmons, (Mary Emma Pearson), will be the feature of the evening. Mrs. Simmons has given this recital both in Cullman and Alexander City. with great success. Her first group will be modern Ameri-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Paul De Launay HOnOred

Prof. Paul de Launay, director of music at Howard college, and head of the De Launay School of Music, was called to Lakeland, Fla, last week to give an organ recital on the great or
 gan in the Southside Baptist church of that city on the evening of Tuesday,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Birmingham Music And Art This department Of the Age-Herald is deUoted to chronicIing the actiUities Of Alabama's con stantIy increasing list of deUOtees Of tue CHI- turaL Arts: conducted by Alice Graham.

yr1E outstanding musical of the week will be the
 here on Tuesday afternoon and evening of the
 Cincinnati Symphony orchestra under the baton of the oru This orchestra touring the country this with an aggregation of eghyfve probably the largest mum Der of players ever brought this city by orchestra and they are all musicians of high cabre having been personally selected by Mr. Reine European orchesrs and others from the cities of America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
TURKEY FEAST FOR MEN

On Thursday evening the men of the Old First Presbyterian church were en- tertained with a turkey feast, in the Sunday school auditorium, by the mem- bers of Mrs. Dan Webster's circle.
 Nr John Taylor presided at the din- ner, which was enjoyed by sixty mem- bcrs. Several impromptu speeches were made by members, including one of Dr. Trevor Mordecai, the pastor.
 During the evening, Miss Stacey Ar line Roberts, one of Birmingham s gifted expression teachers, rendered a selection which was immensely enjoyed by the members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

December 2. His program on this oc- casion was pretentiops and varied, open ing with the Grand Suite for Organ, by Dubois, and continuing with selections from Richard Wagner, Saint-Saens, a group by composers belonging to the Neo-Modern French school, classic group by Schubert, Goddard. Gabrielle Marie, and Greig, including the Peer Gynt Suite.
 Of special note was his own beauti- ful Improvisation in Rondo form, on the Christmas hymn, "Adeste Fideles.' v He also gave improvisations upon pop ular hymns as requested by. the aud ience.. The Press of Lakeland, and Tampa praised Professor De Launay s playing in the highest terms. lie IS graduate of the Conservatory of Music, Paris, France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

Perryman is chairman, and gives much time and attention to this little band of juveniles, who are to be the musi- clans of the future. The last meeting was held at the home of Mrs. J. C.. Derby, with Lois Barnhart and Mar jorie Derby as hostesses. There were songs by the club chorus, piano solo, by Edith Hughes, and readings by Lu- cile Ludlum and Helen Walker. They discussed the lives of great musicians, anl have been learning much about the orchestra and its instruments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

CT story, Uncle Titus" that appeared in recent issue of Hollands magazine. Mrs Keith gave an excellent lnterpre- tation of the story, so entertalningly told, as this gifted Birmingham writer s stories always are. It relates the ln- cidents in boys life who rebeled at being modelled after the family lumln- ary, Uncle Titus, and brings in most cleverly a raccoon as his deliverer. MT. Galloway delineates a boys character well. He has also written some good animal stories, or, to be more accurate, stories of wild life. The music of the evening was furnished by Miss Rebecca Bazemore and Miss Beverly Hester.
 The club will celebrate Alabama Day on December 15, at the Administration building. Members are looking forward with pleasurable anticipations to the club banquet on :, December 16, when there will be many entertaining fea- tures-stunts, speeches, music, proml- nent out-of-town guests.
 If you want a hot oven and the fire is a little low, twist up newspapers ;,.o , rotbor tipht roll If saves kin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
TOM THUMB WEDDING TO BE PRESENTED

The Tom Thumb Wedding, presented by the beginners department Of the West End Methodist church, will De repeated Friday evening, December lZ, at o'clock.