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Newspaper
Omaha Morning Bee
Location
Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
1
Four constitutional amendments and repeal of the Sherman act were urged by the AFL special policy committee to counter court rulings against labor. Proposals include a congress veto on Supreme Court decisions and child labor limits in mines and factories.
County Attorney Shotwell announced that Fred Brown will be brought to Omaha soon from the state penitentiary to be identified by witnesses. The move follows an official police report presented to Shotwell detailing evidence linking Brown to the Sieiken oil station holdup and other Omaha robberies.
Fred Brown, wounded and captured near Medicine Row Wyoming, arrived in Lincoln at 8 40 am from Fremont. He is held in the penitentiary hospital under Sheriff Gus Hyers and Warden W T Fenton after a 500 to 600 person depot crowd witnessed the transfer from an ambulance. Brown offered no statement beyond noting the trip fatigued him.
Local police report no trace of Sylvia McDowell 15 Effie Miller 13 and Geneva Irwin 14 missing from Laverne Minnesota since last Sunday night. Sioux Falls aides searched after Harry Irwin father of one girl urged help. The trio left home for a walk without wraps or money and have not been seen. authorities fear foul play as they were content at home and not out with boys.
Wilbur W. Anness of Dunbar Nebraska, aspirant for congress from the First district on the Republican ticket, has five Fourth of July invitations on his desk. Two invitations come from Lancaster county. He plans to speak at Table Rock on July 4. He also has three picnic dates scheduled. A movement seeks Walter L. Anderson of Lincoln and Wilbur Anness to appear together at a series of meetings.
In Herman Nebraska a special election produced a 176 to 3 vote in favor of a 20000 bond to build an electric light system. The city contracted with Continental Gas and Electric of Omaha for the current and bonds were sold to Peters Trust of Omaha at a premium. Construction bids open June 22.
William E. Pussyfoot Johnson will sail to Liverpool aboard the British steamer Scythia to renew his prohibition campaign. He rejects traveling on American ships, criticizing U S ship campaigns and calling American and European appeals to ride on American liners ridiculous.
Washington reports Senator Robert M. La Follette plans to lead a radical movement toward a new party, aiming to amalgamate agrarian and labor factions, pursue a constitutional amendment to empower Congress against the Supreme Court, and challenge the GOP in the next election. The effort mirrors past farm labor alignments, with support from radical labor figures but not from Samuel Gompers.
The American Federation of Labor convention without debate backed an investigation into alleged Harvard College plans to bar Jewish students. It condemned any departure from liberal tradition and denied any policy denying educational access based on race or religion. The meeting also urged a federal inquiry into parcel post rates and ordered officers to review the Federated Press for fair labor news coverage.
New Bedford Massachusetts June 21 a battered 30 foot schooner hulk drifted near West Island. A half starved man named Osmand Erickson claimed to be from Boston and New York and said he had drifted to the island. He was found eating grass on the beach by a summer visitor. The vessel carried a flimsy jury rig and patches kept out water. There was no food aboard.
Returns from Minnesota's statewide primary show Anna Dickie Olesen leading Thomas Meighen for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate. Kellogg is renominated by Republicans to face Olesen in November along with Henrik Shipsted. Grace F. Kaerscher is GOP clerk nominee. Prues and other state officers are renominated.
Cloquet Minnesota June 21. A. P. reports the family of three in Cloquet celebrates a victory. The wife is Anna Dickie Olesen but is commonly Mrs Peter Olesen. Her husband, Cloquet's school superintendent, prefers Anna Dickie in references.
Edgar Howard former lieutenant governor and Columbus Daily Telegram editor accepted the Democratic filing for Congress in Nebraska's Third district after talks with local leaders. The note also says his lieutenant governor filing would be withdrawn and hints at shifts with progressive and nonpartisan groups while Hitchcock Bryan and a potential Bryan campaign stance are discussed.
Four hundred feet of levee gave way on the San Benito irrigation district near Brownsville Texas flooding lowlands of Cameron county. About 1,000 Mexicans are marooned as Los Indios faces threatened inundation and levee work rushes to restore protection. Floods span Starr Hidalgo Cameron and Zapata counties with 50 foot river depths and widespread displacement across the border region.
Fairbury announces harvest progress with wheat starting a full two weeks earlier than any prior Jefferson county record. Drought problems dampen hopes from a week ago while corn shows resilience as farmers weed and till the soil.
Elks from 19 Nebraska pastures converge on Columbus for the state convention opening at Maennerchor hall. About 100 delegates registered with 100 more unofficial. attendance expected to double. Officials arrive early as York and Falls City contingents lead, with music from the York military band.
The Omaha Bee will publish eight full page advertisements beginning today under the Know Omaha theme. The series targets all residents of Omaha and surrounding territory and uses photographs and historical text to depict Omaha's growth as a retail market center and trading point.
The Cheyenne County Farmers Union annual picnic was held at Krueger's Lake six miles east of Sidney Nebraska with about 2000 attendees. Music by Bunker Hill local band and a Sidney male quartet accompanied the event while C. J. Osborn state president gave the main address. A county locals baseball game entertained attendees and local businesses closed at noon for workers to attend.
Orville Jones democratic candidate for attorney general filed mandamus in Lancaster county district court to compel Secretary of State D M Amsberry to submit the Nebraska code law to a November referendum. Judge Fred Shepard issued an alternative writ with return date set for July 16.
Fourteen men killed and more than twenty wounded as an armed crowd of strikers assaults the Southern Illinois Coal company mine six miles from Herrin. Guards and nonunion workers clash. weapons plunder hardware stores. arms captured for drive on the stockade amid a wave of mobilized miners.
The Nebraska vital statistics report shows 32,186 births and 13,353 marriages in 1921, with 12,022 deaths and 3,758 divorces. Births increased by over 5,000 since 1914 and by more than 1,400 since 1920, while marriages fell from 1920 to 1921. Deaths dropped by 912 from 1920.
Builders report a slight rise in new house contracts in Grand Island Nebraska with total permits near 100000 dollars. The largest contract exceeds 6000 dollars. Paving and sewer projects plus new business blocks provide jobs though material shortages limit immediate employment.
Dawson county potato growers visited 15 fields totaling 2000 acres in a countywide inspection tour. The trip supported a campaign to promote potato farming in the area. H. O. Werner of the college of agriculture and a potato specialist provided expert guidance to the growers.
Dry spell breaks after a June 21 shower in Ellsworth Nebraska ending a drought that had persisted since June 1. Local prospects improve as rain brings relief and optimistic forecasts for crops and water resources.
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