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THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA. JUNE 25. 1022.
Kisses Valued at $12,500
Gentians Work
Five Years on
New Wire Code
Nation May Claim to Have
Mont Comprehensive and
Complete System in
World.
By KARL H. VON WIEOAND.
Btrlin, June 24, Germany my
now claim to have the mou com
plete and comprrhentive telegraphic
code in the worM. Five year have
I'een required lor the compilation of
this material, and the work it in
vetted with an unique quality by the
(act that not only technical code ex
pert were employed upon the naff,
but an additional group of ipeciaU
Nt from all the outstanding branches
of German industry. Exporters, im
porters, banks, insurance and ship
ping companies all contributed their
quota of knowledge and experience
to the stupendous mass of material,
which is called the "Rudolph Mosse
code," in memory of the late pub
lisher and owner of the Uerliner
Tagehlatt, to whom it owes its in
ception. liefore the war Germany was sole
ly dependent upon an I.nglish code
for its telegraphic intercourse with
other countries a plan which had
decided disadvantages for the Ger
mans, as they learned to their cost
during the war. Cut even without a
war, a foreign language code im
posed certain well defined restric
tions, a in order to be able to use
it exhaustively and intelligently
something more was required than
a superficial knowledge of the for
eign idiom.
War Gives Impetus.
It was the war, however, which
gave an impetus to this new code,
which contains a seemingly endless
collection of complete sentences and
phrases, together with an equally
comprehensive list of technical terms
taken from the industrial, commer
cial and economic phraseology,
whereby the users of the rode are
able to form literally millions of
combinations.
There are supplementary lists of
the outstanding articles sold in the
world markets; lists of the leading
manufacturers, banks, shipping and
insurance companies and railroad
lines; geographical lists of cities,
rivers, canals and waterways; a spe
cial division devoted to medical
terms, thus facilitating an exchange
of messages between physicians; and
still another division in which is to
be found the sportsman's phraseolo
gy in all its ramifications.
109,000 Phrases.
This exhaustive material is divided
into more than 109,000 phrases, all of
which are presented in the most lu
cid manner. Indeed, this is one of
its most important features, as the
majority of hitherto existing codes,
are a veritable chaos of phrases,
through which one is obliged to
work one's way at a tremendous loss
of time. There are innumerable fin
gerposts scattered throughout this
work to keep the user from going
astray, and everything has been done
in the choice of type, much of which
is in two colors, to lessen the strain
upon the optic nerve.
All the five-letter words in the
Mosse code can be combined into 10
letter tax-words by simply hanging
one onto the other, as all these words
meet the international code require
ments. This system is not new, but
it has never before been so exhaus
tively applied.
The new feature of the Mosse code
which carries its scope beyond that
of the system as already known is
to be found in the so-called "three
letter key," consisting, as the name
indicates, in a list of words composed
of three letters, any three of which
may be combined into one tax word.
Another Innovation.
Another innovation is the Mosse
"condenser" that is to say, a method
or syst-.n by means of which figures
ma- be transferred into code words.
Everyone in the habit of using a code
knows what the mutilations to which
his messages are subjected mean in
the loss of time and money. The
greatest possible precaution is taken
to avoid this by having every code
word differ from the others by at
least two letters. In this way mis
takes may easily be eliminated, as
should only one letter be missing or
mutilated, the user has only to re
fer to the "Mutilating Table" in or
der to find the correct sequence of
the letters.
There is a special code for the
transformation of secret messages,
the deciphering of which is practi
cally impossible for any uninitiated
person, and there is also an interest
ing secret cipher system which may
be used in regular as well as tele
graphic correspondence.
Quite as remarkable as the content
and makeup of this work is its price,
which, despite the high prices of
print paper, labor and expert work
manship, is only 500 marks for the
home trade and 1,000 marks for the
export trade, which at today's rate
of exchange would be less than $2
in Germany and about $3 outside of
Germany.
101 Quarts of Liquor Hidden
in Shipping Board Boat
flalveston. Tex.. Tune 24. Customs
officials last night confiscated . 101
quarts of liquor found concealed in
the ceilings o several cabins aboard
the shipping board steamer Lake
Slavi, N. F. Brunkenhoefer. customs
inspector, reported today. The stew
ard of the vessel was arrested and
was arraigned late today before
United States Commissioner C. B.
Dibbrell. His bond was fixed at
$300. , .
The liquor was not claimed as part
of the ship's stores nor was it claimed
by any member of the crew, officials
said.
"West Virginia Court
Authorizes 1,000 Sheriffs
Clarksburg, W, Va., June 24. The
Harrison county court authorized
Sheriff Locol Young to deputize
1,000 men to assist him to preserve
order in connection with the miners
strike in this region. .The court took
up the question after it received re
ports of an attack by a mob on a
street car carrying nonunion miners
and officials of the Hudson Coal
company. Two men were killed in
the fight
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Miss Mathilda lienkhardt, a former student mirse in the German
Deaconess hospital in Chicago, is suing Dr. Justine I., Mitchell, staff phy
sician, for $25,000. She alleges he kissed her twice, the kisses being timed
three years apart. He denies the charge.
One Out of Seven
Army Officers to
Be Turned Out
War Department Makes Es
timates Following Com
promise on Annual Ap
propriation Bill.
Washington, June 24. (By A. P.)
Approximately one out of every
seven officers in the regular army
must be turned out into civil life by
January 1, next, according to a pre
liminary estimate made yesterday at
the War department of the meaning
and effect of the compromise reached
by senate and house conterees on
the army appropriation bill.
The unofficial study of its pro
visions indicates that 2,000 or more
officers must be dropped entirely
within the next six months.
Of those officers to go the great
majority will be from the line and
many others probably will be de
moted one grade. .The compromise
bill provides for a total of not ex
ceeding 12,000 officers after January
1, 1923. There are now in the ser
vice 12.822 officers of all (trades.
The only second lieutenants, how
ever, are the hundred odd recent
graduates from the military acad
emy, while the bill, in fixing the
number of officers in each grade
after January 1, provides for 1,771
men with this rank. It further pro
vides that not more than 800 demo
tions of one grade may be made in
reducing the corps, while the total
number to be eliminated within the
time set is 2,596, including line and
staff.
As the bill is read at the War de
partment, authority is given to either
carry 800 officers as extra numbers
in grade until absorbed by the nat
ural losses in each grade or to de
mote that number one grade each.
Where it may be decided to carry
such officers as extra, promotion
from the grade below would be
blocked until the extra numbers had
been absorbed.
Better Economic
Conditions in Europe
WaeTiin crtnn Tun 24. Favorable
developments in the European eco
nomic situation during the last
month were noted in reports issued
tact niirlit- hv the Commerce depart
ment from its representatives abroad.
A certain amount ot reliet to tne ten
sion in the French financial and in
dustrial world, according to Com
mercial Attache Huntington at Paris,
was afforded by the passing of the
May 31 reparations crisis, but the
subsequent failure of the internation
al bankers' committee to negotiate
a loan for Germany has created a
new element of uncertainty. How
ever, he declared, French cotton tex
tiles, shoes, building and metal in
dustries show very satisfactory ac
tivity. .
TTmnlmrmpnt lin tlPPtl nraCtlCaUV
eliminated, he added, and agricul
tural prospects nave improved.
CnntimteA imnrovement in the Ital
ian financial and industrial situation
was reported by Commercial Attacne
Mart an at Knmt. There has been
a marked decrease in unemployment.
General recuperation in an Classes
of British exports, occurred in May,
Commercial Attache Tower at Lon
don, advised the department. Ex
ports during May, he reported, were
about 3,000,000 pounds greater than
the previous montn. wnne exports
advanced by 8,000.000 pounds, the
largest increase in both exports and
imports consisting of raw materials
and articles mainly manufacture.
Belgian business and industries
generally have assured a more fa
vorable aspect, according to Com
mercial Attache Cross at Brussels.
Convict Admits Perjury
in First Obenchain Trial
Los Angeles, Cal.. June 24. Mrs.
Madalynne Obenchain sought to per
suade Paul Roman, now a convict,
to give false testimony for her in her
first trial for the murder of J. Bel
ton Kennedy, Roman testified yes
terday in her second trial.
He followed up his assertion by
identifying about a score of letters
as having been written by Mrs. Oben
chain from her cell in the Los
Angeles jail to him in Folsom prison,
where he is serving a sentence for
grand lanceny.
The letters teemed with expres
sions of affection and also referred
to a "story" Roman was to tell
Bride Deserted
by Mate While
111 in Hospital
Pride of Daughter of "Finger"
Stevens Covers Up Defec
tion Both Parents
Behind Bars.
Love's young dream is vanished
for prelty Marie Stevens Burton, 20,
and already a deserted bride.
Grown cold is the passion that
flamed in the heart of Young Ray
Burton, last December, so that he
overcame many obstacles to marry
the pretty daughter of "Finger"
Stevens, then on trial for the murder
of Frank Fogg.
The young husband left Marie two
months ago, when she was ill in a
local hospital. No word has come
from him since.
Parents in Jail,
Pride induced the youthful wife
to cover up his defection.
"I think he is looking for work
and probably has not found it yet.
He doesn't want to write that he has
no work, so he don't write 'at all,"
she offered in explanation.
When she left the hospital, after a
three weeks' stay, and found him
gone little Marie of many trials and
tribulations went back to her old job
with the Iten Biscuit company.
Her father is serving a year's sen
tence at Leavenworth on a dope
charge. Her mother, May Stevens,
is now in the county jail, also under
sentence to the woman's reformatory
at Jefferson City, on a dope charge.
Lonesome Without Them.
Marie has stood by both parents
through thick and thin. Her devo
tion to her father in the days when
a network of testimony was closing
in on him was one of the touching
features "of the case. The same de
votion for her mother induced her
to take afternoons off from her work
to visit her mother in the county jail.
"It will be lonesome without them
this next year," she admitted, plain
tively. She intends to live with
friends at Fortieth and Charles.
Her husband is only 21. He was
out of work for several months be
fore he went away, she aid.
Harrison Charges Will Be
Probed by State Department
Washington, June 24. The resig
nation of Frank A. Harrison as resi
dent commissioner of the United
States Brazilian exposition commis
sion, which was presented to Presi
dent Harding several days ago, when
a demajid was made of the executive
by Director General Collier that Mr.
Harrison be removed from office, has
not been accepted, it was made
known at the White House yesterday.
Charges by Mr. Harrison involving
the finances and policies of the com
mission are being investigated by
State department officials with the
approval of the president, it was
explained, and no action, it was in
dicated, would be taken until this
investigation was completed.
Government Tax Receipts
Reduced Over Billion
Washington, June 24. Government-tax
receipts fell off by more
than $1,000,000,000 during the 11
months of the current fiscal year as
compared with a year ago, accord
ing to the classified collections for
May issued today by the internal
revenue bureau.
"Parsifal" in Movies
Chicago, June 24. The opera
"Parsifal" is to be produced in mo
tion pictures. According to the plans
a 'complete picture of the opera, with
musical accompaniment, has been arranged.
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