Progressives Plan
Vigorous Attack
on Railroad Act
a i.... i—
Fight for Repeal of Transpor
tation Law to Be Led by
Smith Brookhart, Sup
ported by La Follette.
By GEORGE F. ALTHIER.
Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee.
Washington, Deo. 3.— Barked by
what they Interpret as a mandate
from the people, progressives In the
senate propose to launch their attack
against the Esch-Cummins transporta
tion act, immediately after the con
vening of the regular session of the
congress In December.
President Harding, In his message,
will advise amendment of the act,
this to he followed by Introduction
of an amended bill by Senator Cum
mins, chairman of the committee on
Interstate commerce. The struggle
will be complicated by a flank move
ment by Senator Capper who will seek
to secure Immediate repeal of the so
called guarantee clailBe of the act, and
to restore the powers of the state
utilities commission as the first step
in the direction of reduced freight
rates.
The Immediate fight for the repeal
of the transportation law will be lead
by the newly-elected senator from
Iowa, Smith Brookhart, who will be
supported by the Jji Follette bloc,
headed by Senator I .a Follette. The
bloc Is expected to include in this
struggle as the fight passes on to
the next congress, Frazier of North
Dakota, ghlpstead of Minnesota and
Howoll of Nebraska. All of them are
pledged to repeal of the act as a
Whole
Wants Act Scrapped.
Senator Brooklinrt was unready to
discuss his Immediate plans today, but
cited his platform which calls for
Immediate scrapping of the entire act.
He says he is pledged to certain
things to his people and proposes to
attempt their accomplishment at the
earliest possible moment.
Neither side In the pending railroad
fight expects to get results either In
the winter session or In the new con
gross, each relying upon the other to
block positive action. The progres
sives plan to force the issue, however,
and forsee the railroad question as the
paramount Issue In the next presiden
tial election.
The administration forces will wage
thclp fight on the assumption that the
ulternfi.tlve is government ownership,
while t'he progressive group, lighting
to squesse water out of the stocks
and reduce freight rates admit that
forcing the roads into receiverships
would result In economies.
Reamed From Wreckage.
"Komis that have been operated by ;
receivers," Schator Brookhart said,
"have been rescued from the wreckage
into which private management hud
plunged them."
The Brpokhart program alms to do
these things:
Reduce capital value of the roads
so it will not exceed the value of the
stocks and bonds. This, he claims,
will remove $7,00(1,000,000 upon which |
Interest must now be paid.
Stop the capitalization of unearned
Increment.
Define the adequate returns to
which the roads are entitled so they
shAll not < -greed the Interest on bonds.
Cut oui the graft In the furnlBhing
of supplies by which at least $1,200,
000,000 can be saved. By this means, i
the Iowa progressive says, the money ;
saved can be translated into lower
freight rates. The tentative valua
tion of $19,000,000,000 placed upon the
roads by the commerce commission,
coupled with the guarantee clause, he
claims. Is the flrt time in history
when watered stock has been legal
ized.
The recommendations which the
president will make In his message
are still under consideration In the
conferences among the administration
senators.
Want Board Eliminated.
It has been decided by the adminis
tration group, among other things, to
recommend the elimination of the War
Labor board and placing the additional
responsibility upon the Interstate
Commerce commission of determining
both wages and rates. This, it is ac
knowledged, would necessitate the en
largement of the commission.
The amendments which Senator
Cummins will offer call for writing the
“living wage” principle into the bill
and will include provisions which Sen
ator Cummins anticipates will save at
least $500,000,000 in economies.
They are:
Compulsory consolidation of roads
Into regional aystems.
Organization of a general holding
company which will own and operate
all interchangeable .car service.
Provisions for the organization of
terminal companies in the larger cen
ters and compelling pooling of all ter
minal facilities.
Common Sense
Make Family Glfta the Beet.
It is too often the case that when i
economies are to be practiced at
Christmas time the closest relatives
are the ones upon whom the gteatest '
cuts are made.
This friend or that friend must not
be given anything ‘'cheap.1
So the presents of wife, mother,
Bister, brother and father are cut so
far as amount in money is concerned,
In order that outside friends may re
ceive expensive gifts.
This is a course pursued by too |
many persons.
The nearest and dearest must suf 1
fer so that the outside friends, often
merest acquaintances, may be ex
pensively remembered.
Our liberality should be extended to
Our own family flrst.
The true friend would have it this
Way.
Those who think otherwise are not
worth consideration.
Usually It is not those to whom we
Should give our best love who cause
us the greatest selfdenlal.
Why not follow another plan this
year and make financial reductions
on those outside the family and re
member our nearest and deqjest more
lavishly.
(Copyright. IMS.)
Fishermen in France place a tiny
mirror directly behind the bait. The
fish is supposed to mistake Its own
Image for another fish, and thus to
be hurried into snatching the hook.
Big Testing Laboratories
Veritable Wonderland
Institution Maintained by National Board of Fire
Underwriters Is Topsy-Turvy Place, Wilder
Than Famous Alice of Story-Book Fame
Ever Dreamed of.
Chicago. Dec. 8.—(By A. P)—An
Iron telephone pole swinging from the
roof like a giant pendulum hit a sta
tionary automobile bumper and bent
it badly. Then a derrick lifted a red
hot steel safe high above a third floor
roof and dropped It on a p.le of brick
bats far below.
The day's work had begun at the
Underwriters laboratories, Inc , a
topsy-turvey land wilder than any
thing Alice in Wonderland ever
dreamed of— a place where experts
burn and smash and break the crea
tions of other experts, all to make life
! and property safer.
The glowing safe, fresh from a fur
| nace with a temperature of 1,700 de
crees. failed to break under the strain
[of the long drop, so scurrying work
! men bundled It back into the oven
; for another hour's cooking. If it sur
I vives that they will chisel, burn and
I smash their way into Its compart
ments, and If the bpoks and papers
there are found In good condition the
manufacturer may attach an "Un
dorwirters Laboratories, Inc.” label to
his product.
Test Auto Locks.
Upstairs a little automatic machine
is sticking keys in automobile locks—
three locks at a time—unlocking
them, locking them again and then
locking them up and then withdraw
ing the keys. An automatic counter
records Its operation. The locks must
stand the strain of BO.000 similar op
erations.
In the heat testing rooms flameg are
seeping through the cracks of a wood
lined, metal covered fire door, built
Into the brick f-ont of a furnace.
Nearby an attendant with electric re
cording devices Is studying what Is
happening In the 1,600-degree inferno
behind the red hot door. Suddenly
the entire furnace front, door and all,
rolls away on an overhead track and
a workman plays a stream from a
two-inch fire hose over the glowing
door. The color dies away. Inside
the metal covering is a mass of char
coal, but the steel plates have with
stood an hour's baking without letting
sufficient fire throufn^ to ignite any
thing beyond the door.
Test Concrete Pillar
Nearby a cement-covered steel pil
lar, such as is used in modern build
ings, is being installed in a tall fur
nace by brick masons. Its base rests
on solid concrete. Hign above a gi
gantic hydraulic press clamps glown,
applying an enormous pressure. The
furnace front is sealed, the gas turned
on, the heat gradually rising, until,
at the end of eight hours, it will reach
i 2,300 degrees. If the pillar still
stands the hydra ulldi press, with a
maximum power of 545,000 pounds to
the square Inch, will be turned loose
to crush It.
From the tangled debris experts will
construct the theories on which fire
proof pillars are to be built.
In the roof-testing room the testers
have completed a miniature roof of
patent composition shingles. A gas
flame at the end of a long wind tun
nel sweeps up over the eaves and
plays along the roof surface. Asphalt
In the roofing catches fire, but when
the blast Is shut off the names die out
The roof has passed the test and
would resist the usual Hying brands
from other burning buildings.
Gasoline Fire Quenched.
As the burning roof dies out a
workman pours five gallons of gaso
line Into a nearby tank and lights it.
Up abovo an automatic valve opens
and fills the tank with a foamy chem
ical, smothering the fire.
A party of visitors is coming down
the hall. An engineer builds a small
fire on the tile floor. The flames
crackle for a minute or two. Then an
automatic fire door, which functions
If the temperature changes 10 de
grees In two minutes, closes, an auto
matic sprinkler head blows o(T and the
fire Is out.
The Underwriters Laboratories,
Inc., was founded by W. H. Merrill,
Its president, with funds furnished by
the national board of fire underwrit
ers. The Institution Is self-supporting
through nominal testing fees and the
servico charge for factory Inspection
and the sale of its labels, which are
familiar on hundreds of different
devices.
Many Samples Tested.
In addition to the original test, the
laboratory follows up all labeled prod
ucts by testing samples purchased In
the open market or received from
users from time to time. The automo
bile lock department alone, passing on
locks which, by their use, decrease In
surance premiums, examines thou
sands of samples yearly.
An inventor appeared at the labor
atories recently to have a new auto
mobile lock which he had perfected
tested. Besides what he believed to
be an absolutely burglar proof lock,
he had equipped his cor with a sig
nal device intended to blow if anyone
tampered with the machine.
While he was arranging for the
test an assistant in the laboratory
went outside, picked the lock and hid
the car. The inventor was satisfied
with the demons.ration of the labor
atory's efficiency.
State to Connect
Great Lakes and
Mississippi River
Illinois lo Advertise for Bids
on Deep Waterway at Once
—Work Will Start in
Spring.
Chicago, Dec. 3.—(By A. P.)—Plans
to advertise immediately for bids on
the Starved Rock lock of the Illinois
waterway—connecting link between
the Great Lakes and the Mississippi
—were prepared here by Col. C. R.
Miller, director of public works and
buildings', and M. G. Barnes, chief
engineer of the waterways depart
ment. Bids will be received in 60
days and teork will start In the spring.
Governor Len Small Friday ordered
the department to proceed with the
work which will involve the expendi
ture of $19 000,000 in addition to
$1,000,000 already spent on the Bell
island lock at Marseilles.
Five Locks Planned.
Five big locks, each 110 feet wide
and 600 feet long, will raise and lower
barges plying between Chicago and
Mississippi river points as far south
as New Orleans. The locks have been
designed to handle fleets of nine,
barges of 1,000 tons capacity each at
a time. The most economical barge,
according to Engineer Barnes, who
designed the Tanama locks as well
as the Illinois waterway, Is about 190
feet long with 30 feet beam and
drawing about seven feet of water
when loaded. With these dimensions
in mind, the locks of the Illinois
waterway were designed.
When completed the new canal will
follow the Illinois and Des Plaines
rivers for 60 miles from Lockport, 11..
to LaSalle, below Starved Rock. The
Illinois river already is navigable be
low LaSalle. At Lockport the water
way will connect with the drainage
canal at Chicago. The first of the
locks with a drop of 41 feet—11 feet
greater than the Panama locks—will
be built at Lockport. At Brando.i
1 Roads, near Joliet, the second lock
will have a drop of 31 feet. At
Dresden island a third lock will have
a 17 foot drop. The Bell Island
I lock, which is 96 per cent completed,
has a 11 foot drop and the Starver
Rock lock will take care of 13 fLit
more.
To L'se Old Canal.
The old Illinois and Michigan canal
is to be retained from Brondon Roads
to LaSalle to take care of small boats.
The old canal, with ancient hand
ruerated locks which have been In
service since 1848, will paralled most
of the new route. The lot ks of the
old canal, 16 feet wide and 100 feet
long, could be placed eiosswi«>e In
the 110 by 600 foot locks on the new
channel.
Dams at the five locks will furnish j
power to develop 75,000 herse power,
the state engineers say, saving coal
valued at $3,500,000 each year.
At Brandon roads shops and dry
docks will be provided for the barge
fleets.
_
Honeymooners Sail.
New York. Dec. 3.—Lord Louis
Mountbatten, cousin of King George,
' and Lady Mountbatten, England's
' richest heiress, sailed for home on the
i White 8tar liner Olympic, after spend
ing two months in the United States
on a wedding trln. during which they
truveled from coast to coast and went
j as far south as Florida.
Man Confesses
to Helping Bury
Woman Alive
Garage Owner Tells of Help
ing Decoy Wife of Friend
to Shop Where Murder
Took Place.
Oinnha H«e Leaned Wire.
New York, Dec. 3.—A signed confes
sion and description of his part in the
murder and concealment of the body
of Mrs. Jennie Becker was obtained
from Reuben Norkin after question
ing by District Attorney Glennon of
Bronx county.
Norkin's confession makes him out
guilty of murder in the first degree,
according to Assistant District Attor
ney Cohn and an indictment against
him will be sought Monday.
Norkin, according to his statement,
helped to decoy Mrs. Becker to Nor
kin's auto repair shop in the Bronx,
where arrangements had been made to I
kill and bury her. While Norkin
stood guard, according to his story,
Becker hit his wife on the head with
an iron bar as she was leaning over
the hood of his automobile, at her
husband's request, to listen to the ac
tion of the motor. This stunned her
and then the two men tied her and
buried her alive in the grave previous
ly prepared, according to Norkin.
''Why did you do this?” Norkin
was asked.
•‘I did it out of friendship for Beck
er,” he answered.
The district attorney's office, how
ever, has information that Norkin did
it for $100. They have a witness who
reported that Becker had said:
"It cost me $100 to get rid of my
wife.”
The theory that Norkin and Becker
had committed previous crimes to
gether and thnt Becker could force
Norkin to do anything by threatening
to “squeal” has been investigated by
the district attorney's office but no
evidence of this has been disclosed.
Salt Lake High School
Lad Killed by Bandits
Salt Lake City, Dec. 3.—Rulon J.
James, 16, student at the West Side
High school, was shot and Instantly
killed early Saturday night by on*
of a supposed quartet of bandits dur
ing an attempted holdup of the D.
and D. drug store.
As a sequel tc the killing there oc
curred a street battle between the
bandits aqd J. C. Donovan, owner of
the store. Half a dozen shots were
exchanged. Donovan was uninjured
and the bandit fled.
An hour later every available mem
ber of the police force, both night and
day shifts, was called out to search
for the robbers.
Ocean Travel
Arrivals.
Yokohama. Nov. 30.— Shldxuok* Maru,
Seattle; Alabama Maru. Seattle.
Wellington. Dec. 2 —Tahtl, San Fran
cisco.
Sydney, N. S. W., Dec. 2 —Helen. Port
land.
Departure#.
Gothenburg, Nov. 17.—Peru, Vancouver.
Cebu, Dec. 1.—Simaloer, San Francisco.
Cristebal. Dec. 1.—Albert Jeffres. Los
Angeles, Hague Maru, San Francisco.
New York, Dec. 2—Caronla, Liverpool;
Cedric, Liverpool; Nordam. Rotterdam;
La Savoie. Havre; Olympic, Southamp
ton; Finland. Antwerp
Kobe, Dec. 2.—Amur Maru, San Fran
cisco.
N»-w Castle, N. S. W., D«c 1.—Canadian j
Transportation, San Francisco.
London, Dec. 1.—Royal Star, Seattle. j
War Threatened
Within Two Years.
Borah Declares
Idaho Senator Advocates Rec
ognition of Russia as a
Means of Avoiding
Great Conflict.
Boston, Dec. 3.—Within two years,
owing to the near east situation, there
may be another great war, Senator
William ft. Borah of Idaho said in an
address here.
His subject was “The Recognition
of Russia,” and he advocated that
step by the United States as a means
of averting another European confla
gration.
At the close of the senator’s ad
dress, the police guard at the hall
was called on to prevent a riot when
a questioner, who said his name was
MacDonald and that he was a world
war veteran, mounted the stage. Amid
shouts of "put him out,” Senator Bo
rah insisted that the questioner be
heard.
“Why is there no American flag
displayed here?” MacDonald asked.
Turmoil broke loose afresh and
many rushed for the stage to eject
the stranger. Police intervened and
the incident was closed.
Calling for unqualified recognition
of the present government of Russia,
Senator Borah told the crowd that
the recognition of a government did
not necessarily carry approval of that
country’s institutions.
"Just as we eliminate suspicion
and fear of other nations, we shall
return to conditions of peace,” Sena
tor Borah said. “Every conference in
Europe since the end of the world
war has revolved about the Russian
question Within two years the near
east situation is likely to bring about
another war. It Is up to the people of
the United States whose boys would
be called on to fight in this war to
protest against the present policies
at Washington in falling to try to
avert such a catastrophe."
Progressives Hear
Views of Norris
La Follette Group Accord Ne
braska Senator Enthusi
astic Reception.
By GEORGE V. AITHIER.
Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee.
Washington, Dec. 3.—(Special Tele
gram.)—Senator Norris of Nebraska
received a hearty reception at the
hands of the I.a Follette progressive
group, when lie addressed the gath
ering on the abolition of the elec
toral college and the application of
the direct primary in all elections.
Senator Norris is intensely in ear
nest on this subject, and will Join
with the rest of the group in urging
upon legislators everywhere to pass
statewide presidential primary laws
this winter.
Senator Norris developed fully the
ideas he had previously expressed on
tills subject. He believes the voters
have the right to name their own
candidates free from outside influ
ence. He regards tho convention sys
tem ns subject to manipulation. He
thinks the nomination of candidates
in convention is an antiquated sys
tem and should be abandoned and the
states express their preference direct
ly for their candidates. The electoral
college he regards as another anti
quated Institution and says the people
as a whole, the nation constituting
the unit, should say by majority popu
lar vote who shall be president. He
thinks a system which makes It possi
ble for a candidate to have the major
ity of the popular vote and yet fall
of a majority In the electoral college
or vice»versa is a travesty on popular
government. The senator urged, also,
the seating of congresses immediately
after they are elected.
Ex-Mayor of Kansas Town
Files Suit Against Klan
Fort Scott, Kan., Dec. 3.—-Theodore
Schierlan of Nowata, Okl., former
mayor of Liberty, Kan., filed suit for
$30,000 damages In federal court here
against the city of Liberty and the
Coffeyvllle Ku Klux Klan organiza
tion. The suit is the result of the
flogging of Mr. Schierlan by a masked
band recently.
The petition Includes Frank M.
Beneflel, who, it is alleged, is "Cy
clops" of Klan No. 7, said to be the
Coffeyvllle branch of the Ku Klux
Klan: George West, who It represents
to be secretary and 958 other alleged
members of the body, whose names
are unknown to the plaintiff. The pe
tition asks that the two alleged offi
cials be compelled by the court to re
veal these names.
Motion for Acquittal
in Murder Case Denied
Denver, Dec. 3.—Attorneys defend
ing Bert J. Lowe, on trial at Greeley
for the alleged slaying of his sister
in-law, Miss Edna Fern Skinner, were
overruled on a motion for a directed
verdict of not guilty, made Immedi
ately after the state re%ted Its case,
according to a dispatch to the Denver
Post.
The motion for the directed verdict
was based on the claim that the death
of Miss Skinner had not been proved
by the state and that evidence against
Lowe was not sufficient to connect
him with any crime.
Little Change Reported in
Conditon of Wanamaker
Philadelphia, Dec. 3.—Little chance
was noted In the last 12 hours in
the condition of John Wanamaker,
the Philadelphia and New York mer
chant who is confined to tils home by
a serious cold. The bulletin issued by
his physicians read:
"While perfectly comfortable on the
whole, Mr. Wanamaker's condition
remains unchanged, although no en
couraging improvement can be re
corded."
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7ZO Patera Tnsat Bldg.—Omaha
“Tiger” Urges America
to Take Hand in Europe
(Coattnurd From Pace On*.)
Tour case is just the other way- You
are the genl in the bottle and don’t
want to come out. I call you, by the
bottle.”
He reiterated that the Monroe doc
trine had been outgrown by Amer
ica, adding "you have grown faster,
allow me to say, than your Ideals. You
are a very complacent people.”
America, he continued, owed it to
Europe to help enforce the terms of
the Versailles treaty, because she
had so large a hand in the making of
its terms, and because its terms—par
ticularly those referring to repara
tions and disarmament, were being
flouted by Germany.
Coming finally to the league of na
tions, he said:
“I don't believe in a society of na
tions ns a wpy to suppress war, at
least now. When we have progressed
more, I hope for it. But I don't ob
ject to the best being attempted, to
get even the least, which is some
times worth counting.
"That society of nations exists there
somewhere in Genoa. It has already
done good; it has done something in
the case of Austria. I say If you
think fit to come, you conie. You will
be well received and we will work,
French, British and Americans, to
gether. That is my program. You
know small beginnings may have great
endings. If you choose to get into
the family of the society of nations,
that is your business; but under the
situation, I dare say that you will be
obliged to come some way or other
and you had better take care that it
won’t be too late."
The warmth with which the
“Tiger’s” message was received was
in marked contrast to the reception
he got in the long parade through
downtown St. Louis on his way to
the Odeon.
Police Guard "Tiger."
The crowds were large but demon
strations were sporadic. This was due
in part, perhaps, to the fact that the
“Tiger” was bo surrounded in his
automobile by plain clothes men that
many failed to recognize him.
Lavish police protection had been
provided because of the receipt by
local authorities of letters threatening
his life. But the nearest approach to
hostility that developed was when a
curious fat urchin of 13 slipped
through the police lines and trudged
for some distance beside Clemenceau's
car gazing at him. He had a bundle
under his arm, but instead of a bomb
it turned out to contain only a pair
of shoes.
The plain clothes men shooed him
away, however, as soon as his pres
ence was detected.
Clemenceau left shortly before mid
night on a special train for Baltimore.
Ho w'ns scheduled to make a five-min
ute speech to members of the Society
of Friends at Richmond, Ind., in the
morning. He will arrive at Baltimore
about 9 Monday morning.
Police Hot on Trail
of Girl’s Murderer
Hachensack, N. J., Dec. 3.—The au
thorities are on the trail of the mur
derer of Christian Hervish of Wal
lington, N. J., whose mutilated body
was found Friday in a field
there. Professor Hart declared in
denying the reports that a formal ar
rest had been made. He said that the
foreman of the mill In which the mur
dered girl had been employed was
questioned. The slaying had literally
wrung the neck of the girl.
The police also investigated the tale
of an aged couple who said they saw
two men beat a young woman on a
lonely road near Carlstadt Thanksgiv
ing night.
The couple said they saw the men
beat and knock down a girl wro arose
and ran after them up the road to
VVi 'lington.
Th police declared the story pro
vided a 'me discrepancy, since the al
leged assault was declared to have
taken place at about 9 o’clock, while
the girl was said not to have left the
home of a relative here until at about
half past 10.
Berlin Police Disperse
Raids on Market Places
Berlin, Dec. 3.—Raids on the mar
ket places here following the Inabil
ity of dealers to place meat at fixed
prices were dispersed by police. But
ter was fixed at 770 marks a pound,
although the dealers proved that the
cost of butter is twice that.
At Aix-la-Chapelle, following a
communist meeting, demonstrations
occurred in the market place. Mount
ed police dispersed the demonstrators.
Stormy scenes followed, the mobs at
tacking the police with sticks. In
one quarter the police were forced to
draw guns.
International
Livestock Show
Draws Big Crowd
Ten Thousand Entries to Com
pete in Various Classes at
Annual Exhibiton in
Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 3.—The 23d annual
International Livestock Exposition
swung Into action at the Union stock
yards here with 10,000 head of
cattle, horses, sheep nnd hogs com
peting for honors. Stock raisers from
nearly every state in the union and
many Canadian provinces were in
cluded among the exhibitors and a
number of Europeans had stock sched
uled.
Tonight, designated us Chicago
night, was given over to the horse
show, equine aristocrats from Chicago
and vicinity being on exhibition. Judg
lng has already been started in the
900 classes entered which will particl
pate in the 3100,000 in premiums.
Prominent among arrivals were
ministers of agriculture from various
Canadian provinces as well as stock
men from Mexico. South America and
Europe. Georgia has entered hogs
against the best Minnesota can pro
duce: shepherds from the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts are pitting their sheep
against each other while Maryland's
draft horses are competing against
entries from Nebraska.
Lula Mayflower, last year's grand
champion heifer, Is again competing
for the honor. The California heifer
was the first to win the grand cham
pionship which heretofore had fallen
to a pampered steer.
The hay and grain show held In con
nection with the exposition Includes
entries by the dukeof Sutherland and
Canadian provinces as well as most
of the grain producing states of the
union. J- W. Lucas of Cayley, Al
berta. who won last year's oats chain
plonship, and W. Kraft of Bozeman,
Mont., last year’s wheat sweepstakes
winner, are back seeking further
honors.
Victims of Mexico
Tragedv puried
Huge Ciowtl Follows Bodies to
Cemetery—Small Supply
ok Water Available.
Mexico City, Dec. 3.—(By A. P.)
—Nino of the victims of Thursday
night’s tragedy, members of the con
federation of labor were buried, more
than 2,000 workmen following the
bodies to the cemetery.
The automobiles on which the
bodies were carried were heaped with
flowers and bore banners describing
the victims as martyrs and heroes.
A small supply of water was avail
able when the city engineers suc
ceeded in repairing .temporarily one
puqip, but this was wholly Inadequate
President Obregon’j declaration that
the elections would be held Is taken
to mean that federal troops will super
vise all the voting. It is not ex
pected that any great number will
vote, but. ample preparations are un
der way to prevent certain radical
groups from becoming too boisterous.
The present situation is made tense
by the enmity existing between the
co-operistas and the laboristas or ex
treme radicals. The former are at
tempting to hold the city administra
tion, being opposed by the extremists.
The other party factions have dropped
out of the campaign, permitting tlio
two liberal greupb to contest.
Finding of Woman’s Body
Puzzleis Chicago Police
Chicago, Dec. 3.—The discovery of
the body of a woman in a lonely
swamp spot here revealed what ap
peared to be a mysterious murder,
virtually without a clew.
The body was that of a woman
about 45. The clothing was com
plete. but without any identification.
No purse, jewelry or money were
found on the body or near it. There
was no indication of any struggle nor
any mark of violence upon the body,
as far as could be observed. Death
occurred about five days ago, it was
estimated.
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cember 1st
we will hold
regular
weekly con
tests. For
the beat alo
gan submit
ted each
week a tlO
Yellow Can
Coupon Book
prize will be
awarded.
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THE THINICWG FELLOW. CALLS A YELI-OW
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No. A-7325
If this number is not pre
sented to the Secretary at
Moose Temple by Thursday,
Dec. 7, 12 o'clock sharp, a
new number will be published.
‘ W. A. BARRON,
Sac. Mooia Lodge
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Regulate
* the bowels
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When in Omaha Stop at
Hotel Rome
AMATEURS TRY TWO DETECTORS
An Interesting experiment for ama
teur radio receivers is suggested In
the "Radio World." Hook up in cir
cuit both a crystal detector and a
vacuum tube detector with a one step
amplifier. You can then use either
jou prefer and with tho aid of an ex
tra stage of amplification, signals will
be nmplifted to a certain degree of
sensitivity.
A novel effect would result if both
detectors were lined und each one
tested out separately. This would
give an Idea as to what both detectors
do. When using the vacuum tube'as
a detector, care must l>e taken that
tho switch in line with the crystal
detector is open. If the crystal Is to
be used, merely close the switch, shut
off tho rheostat on the detector tube
and adjust the crystal.
Sparks
The radio section of the Department
of Commerce has found It necessary
to use a larger broadcasting map, the
old one having become too small for
practical use In locating the 6t>4 broad
casting stations now In existence. The
now map, which is 5 by 7 feet in size,
Is divided into radio district, and each
st. tlon is located in its approximate
position.
A lighthouse station on the Maine
coast reported to the district office by
telephone that a large can buoy had
broken adrift and was moving away.
A radiogram was sent to the tender
working on buoys a few miles away.
The buoy was recovered and returned
to its place before sunset. Radio
saved the buoy and probably a day’s
steaming of the tender. It also safe
guarded shipping by promptly replac
ing the buoy on station.
Neat hard rubber plates and handles
for use in Radio sets can be success
fully made from cracked and broken
phonograph records. Heat the compo
sition wth a blow torch, roll the ma
terial Into balls of soft rubber and
mold them into any shape desired.
Place the rubber mass between two
hot metal plates. Thin rubber sheets
result when the rubber and plates are
run through an ordinary laundry
wringer. A high poish can be put on
the handles and plates by using a fine
emery cloth Hnd oil
Giant Still Destroyed
by U. S. Revenue Agents
Huntsville, Ala., Dec. 3.—What Is
believed to be the Inrgest illicit still
ever captured In Alabama was de
stroyed in a raid in Rock Creek val
ley late Friday night by revenue
agents and state, olllcers. The plant
consisted of a wooden tank of 600
gallon capacity heated by a series of
steam pipes from a large boiler. It
Is estimated that the output was
about 160 gallons of liquor a day.
Rickenlrarker to Start
Airplane “Flivver '
Fdttory in Detroit
Detroit, Dec. 3—Upon hts return
from Europe, where for two months
he has been honeymooning, Capt.
"Eddie" Rlckenbacker, the great
American nee, announced that I>e
trolt will son have an airplane "fliv
ver" factory, constructing engineless
planes weighing approximately 100
pounds to sell for less than fl50.
Capt. Rlckenbacker says plans for
the construction of the planes In
large quantities are already under
way and that the gliders will bo pro
dured In the Rlckenbacker automo
bile factory. The tlrst flyers will ho
turned out within the next b0 days.
"Planes runnot be used for com
mercial purposes at present because
of the expense," said Rlckenbacker.
"Rut right now 1 can look ahead and
see the air filled with planes pro
pelled by small and uncostly motors
with some of them carrying trailers
just as you see trucks doing on city
streets.”
IF you do any hauling
on dirt roads, you
want the Goodyear
Cord Truck lire, with
its extra thick sidewall
of toughest tread stock,
its pneumatic cushion
ing, and its famous
All-Weather Tread.
U it one of the complete
line of Goodyear Track
l Tires sold and serviced
by your Goodyear
Track Tire Dealer.
GOOD^fEAB
RUSCH TIRE SERVICE
AT 0629 2205-7 Farnam St.
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Bee Want Ads produce results.
How Much Heat Per Ton?
Soft Coal comes to Omaha from a dozen States.
A ton from one mine may produce one-fourth
more heat than a ton from another mine.
Scientific tests, made
b y government e x -
perts, show that
ZEIGLER Coal con
tains much higher heat
value than some West
ern Coals quoted at a «
lower price.
ZEIGLER Coal lasts 20
per cent longer.
Make a test yourself—it is the cost per month
that counts. The price per ton is not the
standard.
•
If you buy ZEIGLER you will save money. We
are ready to prove this. Let our Combustion
Engineer examine your furnace and show you
how to economize. No charge. Phone us.
AT. 3424.
PEOPLE'S COAL COMPANY
QUALITY DEALERS
Peters Trust (Bee) Bldg. 17th and Farnam
Farnam Street Entrance
I Old Books for New!
If There are some books which you wouldn’t part with, others
you buy simply for one-time reading. After that they
merely take up space.
1f Why not sell the books for which you have no further use?
There are plenty of buyers for them. Instead of having
your bookcases filled with volumes which you do not read,
you will have your pockets jingling with extra cash.
1fHow to find these buyers? That’s easy! Simply insert a
■mall “Want” Ad in the “For Sale-—Miscellaneous” column
of The Omaha Bee. The money received in this way can
be invested—if you wish—ih the new books which you are
eager to read.
If Telephone AT lantic 1000 NOW and ask for a “Want”
Ad taker.
Three Lines—Three Times—Ten Dimes
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