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Bone Drys Retain Decisive Majority in Next Congress Few Wet Leaders Hold Any Hope for Early Restora tion of Beer and Light Wines. Washington, Dec. 23.—Restoration of beer and light wines by the next congress appears extremely improb able In the light of a careful canvass of the attitude of new senators and representatives elected last month. The advocates of liberalization of the Volstead act' gained strength hi both houses, but the bone drys re tain a decisive ftiajority In each. Few of the wet leaders entertain any real hope that the 68th congress will tilt the lid, most of them admitting that the wets can not expect to go over the top until the 1924 election when the R9th congress and a president will be chosen. In the senate as now constituted there are 68 drys and 28 wets, while after March 4 the lineup will be 57 drys, 30 wets ;n#l nine doubtful, a dry majority of from 18 to 36. In tlie house at present there are "07 drys and 126 wets, a dry majority nf 181, but In the next congress there will be 248 drys, 154 wets and 30 doubtful, a dry majority ranging from 64 to 124. l.oolt for Reaction. Those wets who are confident of notion favorable to their cause by the next congress muinluin that a con siderable pro|H>rtion of the ”48 mem bers listed as dry is prepared to sup port a moderate liberalization of , the Volstead act In consonance with the reaction In popular opinion against absolute prohibition manifested in numerous parts of the country. They also look for a further reac tion In the next year which will in fluence senators and representatives hitherto- classed as dry to ."vote for modification. In this particular the Sexpectations have been fanned by the observations of President Harding In his recent message to congress. "If the statutory provision for Its (the 18th amendment's) enforcement are contrary to deliberate public opin ion. which I do not believe, the rig orous and literal enforcement will concentrate public attention on any requisite modification.” The president has undertaken a more rigorous enforcement and the wets believe the motyfioatlon referred to will be found requisite. Mr. Hard ing and the governors of 15 stntes ex changed Ideas on more stringent en forcement a few days ago and the president purposes calling another and larger conference of governors to con tinue the discussion as soon as incorft ing state executives have taken office and the work of state legislatures Is well under way. In place of Representative Vol stead, republican, Minnesota, a bone dry, who was defeated, ths chairman of the house Judiciary committee will ho Representative Graham, republican, Pennsylvania, who ha# the- reputa , tion of being a liberal on the prohi bition quest ton. The congress no soon er will b« ‘organised- than the beer and light Wipe fight will be on and the judiciary committee will be swamped w ilh bill#, to relax the Volstead law. Pair samlpes of them are afforded by measures introduced within the last month. Believe In Tax. Representative Hill, republican, Maryland, would permit the sale of beer and wine containing 2.75 per cent alcohol and taxed at 20 cents a gal lon. Representative Britten, republican, Illinois, proposes 4 per cent beer and 15 per cent wine to he sold, however,, only In such states as authorize It by referendum. He would tax domestic beer $10 and Imported beer $30 a bar rel; domestic wines $2 and Imported still wines $5, and Imported cham pagne $10 a gallon. Representative O'Brien, democrat, New Jersey, propaes 7 per cent beer and 15 per cent wine. “Prohibition Is here to stay, and there will be no <j$iange of the law save to make It nidre effective," said Representative Fees, republican, Ohio, elected to the senate last month. “Congress," said Represenative Tlnkham, republican, Massachusetts, "has constitutloal authority to de termine the alcoholic content of liquor for beverage purposes, declaring what or what Is not In Its opinion intoxi cating and there exists a wide latitude In this determination. In the opinion of all well balanced and Impartial in terpreters of the 18th amendment. Congress with deliberation and care - should redefine what degree of aloo * hollo content Is. and what is not in toxicating. Congress should forbid the consumption of any liquor upon the premises where it Is sold, which would abolish the saloon and many objec tionable features of the dispensing of alcoholic beverages in the past. Con gress should forbid the search of con veyances and persons without war rant by imposing heavy penalties. “These propositions, with others, should be advanced In the 68th con gress as a solution of the unspeakable nnd infamous conditions which now exist. They may not be accepted, but T have little doubt that after the presi dential election of 1324, rectifications of the present conditions will be com pelled by circumstances, political and social, which congress cannot- resist.” Relieves Act Will Be Modified. Representative >1111 Relieves that in Ihe next congress the Volstead act will be modified. “In the 68th congress," he said, “there will be a group of lib eral constitutionalists, as I may call them, who will be well organized, con stantly on the alert and working at all times to repeal or modify the Vol stead act arid restore the balance of( state and federal rights and duties upset by the Volstead act. I believe that this liberal constitutional group, composed of both republicans and dem ocrats, who scorn political hypocrisy and oppose Volsteadism In all Its forms will hold the balance of power In the next house.” 4* Woman Bitten by Ctmel. Tndlo, Cal.. Dec. 23.—Miss Eleanor Pnardman, the leading woman qf a ino'ion picture company working here, waa severely bitten by one of the cam ^s being used In the production. Physicians said the lose of her right arm was probable. • . . »--w Noted Surgeons Get Only i $15 a Month in Vienna - ( But $15 Equals 1,000,000 Kronen, Says Omaha Doc tor Back from Austria. Famous surgeons, who duriug the days of monarchies were the court 1 physicians of Europe, now are hold ing positions in the hospitals of Aus tria and Vienna at $15 a month, ac cording to Dr. Phillip Levey, who re cently returned from Austria, where lie studied for several months. Rut $15 In American money Is equal to 1,000,000 Austrian kronen. Quite a tidy sum even with the high prices In Austria. * "Professor Eiselsberg. who is con sidered the Mayo of Europe, and who performed a very important opera tion on the king of Getce, received kronen equal to $14 in American money,” Dr. Levey said. Dr. Levey paid 75,000.000 kronen to study and practice in the mammoth hospital operated by the University of Vienna. Seventy-live million kronen in American money is equal to $1,000. “I would have needed an express wagon to cart that money from the bank to the hospital If I had to pay it In kronen,” Dr. Levey sHid. "I paid it by check. The hospital need ed the money, for the rich Austrians are 'broke.' Hospital authorities now depend on American surgeons ‘and physicians who study at the hospital to pay most of the operating ex penses. The hospital is a mammoth place, having 3.000 beds under one roof.” As a reward for the 75,000,000 kronen, Dr. Levey was permitted to select the operations he desired and he specialized In abdomen surgepy. "The German and the Austrian ap peared to have no hatred toward Americans, but they have the highest form of hatred against England and France, and especially France,” he said. While in Vienna Dr. Levey visited with an Omaha boy, Morris Schlaifer, now in the American consular serv ice. Young Schlaifer returned to Austria following the war. He was among the llrst government officials to enter Austria after She war. He is the son of Philip Schlaifer, 1113 South Tenth street. Steamship Firm Attacks "’Bone Dry” Decision Brief Filed in Supreme Court Holds Sale of Liquor at Sea Not Prohiluted 1»T Law. Washington, Dec. 23.—A plea that Ameriean ships cannot justly be pre vented from serving liquor on the high seas under the prohibition laws, is set forth in a brief filed in the supreme court Friday by the Interna tional Mercantile Marine in support of Its appeal from the interpretation given the Daugherty "bone dry” ruling by Federal Judge Hand at New York. The brief also declared it Is not un lawful for vessels to bring their ship stores of liquor Into American ter ritorial waters. In this respect the position taken by the mercantile marine is similar to that set forth by the foreign shipping concerns in a i brief filed recently with the court. Declaring that should the decision I of Judge Hand be sustained "it will | be impossible commercially to operate American flag steamers in the pas senger trade of the wbrld” the brief sets out that the great foreign trans atlantic liners will always be able to sell liquor on their westbound voy ages and against such competitions the American lines will be seriously handicapped because. It says, Euro peans will not travel by American steamers when they can come l>y for eign ships and enjoy their usual wine. Competition In Pacific. Similar conditions, it adds, will pre vail In the South American trade on trie northbound voyages, while vessels southbound in that trade can stock up with liquors at Bermuda or Havana. The most serious competition will come, It asserts, on the Pacific, where in the far eastern trade, ships sailing from Canadian ports would have diverted to them practically all the passenger business. "It seems Inconceivable that con gress would have intended to extend prohibition to ships,” the brief as serts, "whan the result of doing so would be to nullify the national policy of the United States with respect to shipping so Mr as passenger traffic is concerned.” The liquor which It is proposed to exclude from American ships was not manufactured, sold or transported within the territorial limits of the United States, the brief declares, a«l none of it is imported Into or ex ported from the Unted States. The liquor, embodied in the ship as part of its sea stores, never leaves the ship, the brief states, but Is consumed wholly upon the high seas or in for eign ports. Would C*ise Bootlegging. Unless the supreme court reverses the action of Judge Hand, the report declares, the majority of the stewards and other minor employes of Amer ican vessels will become bootleggers.” "It is lawful,” it adds, "to pur chase liquor In foreign ports. To smuggle on board and bide It there would be easy and practically im possible of detection. Stewards and other minor employe* of American ships, tempted by large gains, would undoubtedly have available a suf ficient supply of liquor for any of the passengers who might wish it. In any event, the crews of Ameriean vessels, as soon as a ship touched a foreign port, can reasonably be ex pected to stock up with whatever they may wish, at least for their own con sumption." Should Judge Hand's decision be sustained by the supreme court, there .would be a “gradual elimination of 'the American flag froirt passenger trade on the high seas,” the brief states. Congress did not state in the constitutional amendment or in the prohibition enforcement set that either was to apply to American ves sels on the high seas or In foreign ports, It declares, and prohibition, it adefe. should not be extended by im plication when congress has the pow er to legislate expressly on the sub ject, "but has not done so." Employe* of varlou* French aerial lines operating in Europe are to wear special uniforms. Gold anil silver braid are to distinguish the rank* of operator* Council Bluffs Railroad Bridge Damaged by Fire n Great Western Traffic Halted and Motorists on White Pole Road Forced to Make Detour. Fire practically destroyed tlie Great Western railroad trestle across the White Pole highway and a small creek just east of the city limits of Council Bluffs yesterday. *The structure, which was built en tirely of wood, was reported In flames so<Vf after No. 5, westbound passen ger, crossed it and entered the city at 2:45. The next train, No. C, an east bound passenger, was scheduled to letwe the Bluffs at 4. Scores of automobiles were blocked In the highway ottjxdh sides of the trestle, most of them driven by farm ers en route to the city to do Christ mas shopping, or returning to their homes after a day in town. As soon as the congested traffic straightened Itself out, these machines detoured through Dutch IIollow. Railroad officials last night were unable to state whether the trestle caught fire from sparks from passing engines, or whether it was of Incendiary origin. The blaze was spectacular In every sense of the word, with fire and smoke rolling high Into the air and flaming timbers dropping with crashes to the ground. The pumper from No. 4 fire station was sent to the scene. The only water supply was the shallow creek. In which there was only a foot j>f water, sufficient for only one line of hose. The blaze started at the east end of the structure and totally consumed at least half of it before the flames were cheeked. V Great \yestern trains are being routed over the Northwestern tracks, pending repair of tho trestle. The burned structure was 100 feet high and more than 750 feet long. One sec tion of it was destroyed by the tor nado which visited this vicinity on Faster Sunday In 191!, Damage as a result of till* fire Is estimated at 125,000. Stockyards Fever • Breaks Out in West Washington, Dec. 23.—Reports have reached the Department of Agt'lcul-g ture. of outbreaks of shipping fever or stockyards fever among cattle and sheep in the middlewg'st. The disease known as hemmorhagic septiceinin, is a blood poiSoning which proves fatal quickly, according to the Bureau of Animal industry. Disinfection of stockyards, which may be effective temporarily, cannot he relied upon to protect animals shipping to farms for feeding, according to the department's experts. They suggest vaccination of susceptible animals from stockyards as an effective means of controlling the disease. Officials of the local office of the bureau of animal Industry stated to day no cases of this fever had been found In the Chicago yards. 'Constant watch is being kept not only for in dications of this disease but other ani mal ailments and shipments from western points are given thorough in spections. -T Attempted Jail Delivery Nipped in Bud at Beatrice Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 23.—A jail de livery attempt seems to have been nipped in the bud here today after Sheriff J. C. Emery had received a telephone message from the E. Bigler hardware stores to the effect that Mrs. Frank Stewart, wife of a pris oner, had purchased a hacksaw. She was on her way to the jail to visit Stewart, who Is held for the murder of Charles Wolf, when the message was received. The sheriff called her to his office on her arrival and she hid the saw in a stairway, where It was found later. She was released. Iowa State Fair Date Set. Des Moines, Dec. 23.—A. R. Corey, secretary of tli^ Iowa department of agriculture, has announced that the dates for the 1923 Iowa state fair have been fixed at August 22 to August 30. • Club Acts to Bar Arbuckle Films in Omhaa Omaha Woman's Club Com iniltce Will Appeal to Theater Managers — School Head Against .“Comeback.” The civics committee of the Omaha Woman's club, led by Mrs. W. S. ^ Knight, chairman, will conduct a canlpaign to prevent a return of Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle films to the screens of Omaha theaters "We have not yet formulated de tailed plans." said Mrs. Knight, "but our first step will be to go to the 'theater managers and make a pica to their sense of decency and in the interest of public policy to refuse to show Arbuckle films her% If that effort should fail, then w% have in mind another way to accomplish the desired end. But we feel that the managers will agree with us on the proposition that It would shock public decency and would be against the In terests of the motion picture theaters to revive the Arbuckle films." J. H. Beveridge, superintendent of public schools, was outspoken on the subject In a statement Saturday morn ing. Bishop Sends Wire. “I don't think it would be advisa ble to make a hero out of a man like Arbuckle, or at least the kind of a man he is reported to have been. I don't think it would be policy, nor for the best inftrests of our boys and girls, to see Arbuckle films again on the screen.” The National Education association, of which Mr Beveridge is an officer, went on record In a resolution con demning the effort to return Arbuckle to public favor. A further protest against the rein statement of Arbuckle In the movie Industry was telegraphed to Will Hays from Omaha Saturday morning by Bishop E. V. Shayler. Episcopal bishop of Nebraska. It read: ‘‘Thousands of clean Americans In Nebraska protest Arbuekle's reinstate ment. Give him a chance for repen tance. but give millions of people a chance for amusement and cleanliness. Listen not to the demand of dollars. Reinstatement means greater loss to you and to entire picture Industry. "In the name of the Virgin Mother and the Holy Child of Christmas, lis ten.” Ilis letter, besides raising the point of why he was not consulted, declar ed that ‘‘unfortunately the Impres sion fias gained ground that this Is due to pressure of financial Interests invested in Ahbuckle pictures.” Mr. MacFarland quoted the follow ing telegram from the St. Louis Fed eration of Churches: ( liurrlv, I’eople Incensed. "St. Louis church people are in censed over the proposal of Will H. Hays, on behalf of moving pictures interests, to bring Arbuckle back Into the films. Strong supporting resolu tions will undoubtedly be passed In St. Louis by denominational minis terial alliance and by church federa tions. Is federal council taking ac tion?” "The enclosed telegram,” Ills letter said, "is merety an indication In my judgment of the general expressions which are coming and will continue *o cortie from our religious and moral forces, relative to your decision in the Arbuckle mtetter. "May I raise the question as to why there was no consultation what ever with persons representing the church whose co-operation you have sought. It would seem as though this would have been a matter on which above all you have wanted counsel and advice from people who represent these large bodies reflect ing so wide an area of public opinion* Queries Hayes. New York, Dec. 23.—Rev. S. Mac-i Fariand, general secretary of the fed eral council of the Church of Christ in America, today made public a let ter to Will H. Hayes, head of the motion picture industry, calling for an explanation why lie, as a member of Mr. Hayes' "committee on public relations,” was not consulted about the reinstatement of Arbuckle. Mr. MacFarland, as general secre tary of the church federation. Is a member of the executive committee of the committee on^publlc relations, which Sir. Hayes organized recently from various religious and civic or ganizations, to aid him In putting the movies on a higher plane. Retiring Deputy Writes Tribute to Mike Clark The following appreciation was com posed by Deputy Sheriff Charles T. Johnson: “I fe*l th»t*T cannot go out of nfflca as deputy sheriff without expressing: my appreciation of the consideration always shown by Sheriff Mike Clark, under whom I have worked for the past three years. Anyone who knows Mike knows that he is a man of the highest type. “As for the field deputies, C. W. Hoye, Nick Halter. Pat Welch. V. D. Quacken bush and Harry Dworaky, with whom I have Worked, will say that we have made raids and confiscated hundreds of gallons of liquors, yet I never saw or beard of any one of them tasting a single drop of It nor doing a dishonorable act. All were loyal to their oaths of Wflcs under the honest direction of Mike Clark. "Without flattering, I want to say that T consider it one of the greatest privi leges of my life to havs served under plain Mike Clark and I want to take this public means of expressing It." Farragut Elevator Sets Record for Grain Buying Shenandoah, la., Dec. 23.—(Special.) —Ross I-amb, manager of the Far mers Co-Operative company at Far ragut, issues a challenge to all ele vator managers In the state buying grain direct from the farmers to show a greater amount of gr^ln handled by one elevator. From January this year to Decem ber 20 the Farmers elevator of which lie is manager bought and shipped 126,553 bushels of wheat and 381,480 bushels of corn. This means about 84 cars of wheat and 254 of corn or a total of 338 cars. The same company shipped during that period 130 cars of hogs. Iowa Engineer Drops Dead. Esthervllle, la., Dec. 23.—As he started to cltmb into his engine cab to pilot a Chicago, Rock Island * Pa cific passenger train from Esthervilie to Cedar Rapids, Frank Ilaller dropped dead. Haller was 50 years old and a veteran Iowa railroad man. Department Head in Store to Open Here Ernie Cottinire. Ernie Cottmlre hae been chosen head of the suit ami coat department of the Croldstein-Chapman company, which will open the "store of Individ ual shops" in the former location of the Eldredfte-Reynolda company about February 1, according 5.0 announce ment of 11. E. Chapman of t“ho new company. , Santa Ignored in Soviet Russia Communists Leave Kris Out of Celebration—Russian • Christmas January 8. Moscow, Dec. 23.—(By A. P.)—San ta Claus is apt to find Christmas lit tle to his liking in the principal cities and towns of soviet Russia this year, in fact, to the young communists, he will be "persona non grata.” Members of that organization con tending that Christmas and St. Nich olas both are worn out myths, have announced that the celebration of the Russian Christmas, beginning Janu ary 8, will be marked by a series of elaborate carnivals in which Santa Claus will be assigned no part. They have further decided that the singing of Christmas carols shall be dispens ed with and the figure..of an angel may not be displayed on a Christmas tree appearing in public. Instead, the celebration plans call for torchlight processions, masked balls, dinner parties and gay theater performances, day and night, togeth er with various other forms of amuse ment designed to suppress and offset any religions ceremonies. The young communists contend that Christmas legends have fooled chil dren and their elders long enough and that every one should know better. The Omaha Bee _Free Shoe Fund Though The Omaha Bee’s free shoe fund closed several days ago, many additional contributions have come in. Nq more contributions are solic ited. Previously acknowledged .92,542.58 llohbl* llyde 2 . (K) Mrs. John Kruse, Oakland, Neb... 2.00 Vyrl Swan, Upland. Neb.. . 1.00 W. P. M., Kustls, Neb. 1 (»0 Mrs. K. If. Farr. Havcnna, Neb... 3 00 Adrian Srb, Howells. Neb.. 1.00 Margret and Caroline \X upper, Beemer, Neb.. 10.00 A Friend. Cednr Bluffs. Neb. 2.00 Kiddies* Friend, York, Neb. 3.00 And Ang, Polk. Neb. . 3.HO No Name, Herman. Neb. 1.00 A Friend. Bancroft, Neb. 2.00 . 2 00 Mrs. William Anderson, Mouth Omaha .. 1.00 C lay Center. Neb. 2 (H) Mecond tirade, Henry Yates Mehonl . 7. (Ml Chris T. Miller, Hampton, Neb... 4 00 Israel Lovett . 5.00 F. H. Orrutt, Council Bluffs. 1.50 L. A. I,. Kensington. Hhclby, Neb. 5 00 William I.oby. tiiltner. Neb. 1.00 Charles Harrod, tiiltner. Neb...-* 5 Oft Ernest Johnson, PendeK Neb. 5.00 A other . 2.(M) F* Krueger. 2'50 Mrs. Augusta Cook, founril Bluffs . *3 00 A Friend . 2.IM) Stanley Peterson . 1 00 31 rs. II. M. R. 1.00 M. JJ. C. 2 0(1 H. H. Bughee. 2.50 William Cathroe . 5 00 No Name . 5.00 M- G; W. . 1 00 J. Kllz. Glass, Cozad, Neb........ 5.00 . 1 (hi Unit Arlan Society, Ord, Neb. ft. 00 Cash . ft. 00 Gladys Marie Knapp, Broken How'. Neb. .. 1.50 Presbyterian Sunday School. Class 7, Wahoo, Neb.. 3.00 Georg* if. Wilson, Falrbault, Minn. 2.00 Mr*. J. 31. Shackleford. 1.00 Omaha Jim . 1.00 Allc* <1. Abbott. 3.00 Fred J. Erickson, Oakland, Neb.. 1.00 Hazel M. Silsby, Missouri Valiev I® . 1.00 Woodmen Circle, W'elrome Grove No. 54 . 2 CM) Walter C. Bizney, Central City, Neb. £.00 Esther Johnson, Pender, Neb. ... 1.00 No Name, Wakefield, Neb. ft.00 K# C. tioddord . 10.00 A Friend . I 00 Wide Awakes. Ord, Neb. ....... 5.00 N. J. tiruenlg .. 2.50 Mrs. John Morrison . 2.fti>! K. C. S. 5 (Ml Goodwill Sunday School Class Sidney, la. 5.00 A Young 3lothrr 1.00 A Friend, Gresham. Nel». 1.00 Fifth tirade Class, Tllden, Neb. . 1.00 The O. K. Club of Omaha 10.00 Karlicl Boris Bard, Wakefield, Neb . 4.10 Aliie and Buddy .5.00 Mrs. C. Bucbtcl . 10.00 31rs. M. Mortensen . 2 o0 A. R. l«e Murr, Sidney, Neb. 10.(Ml Peter Burk, Garrison, Neb. 5 00 II. O., Sliirkley. Neb. f 99 (•race Irene Hester. Ezlra. la. ... 2.00 Friend . 2.00 No Name .... 2 00 lash ... 1 .00 31 rs. C. J. D. 1 (Ml Friend of C hildren .. . 1 .50 Mary Clair* Butchel . I (hi Mary Estel BeYanct I 00 Henry K. Erickson, Wakefield, Neb. ft. 50 Ada W. < bomberlin . 2 00 George Thomas and Jack Hins dale, Palmer, Neb . 3 00 Yietorla ladles Aid Society. Elm wood, Neb. 2.00 Ruth Halm, Havens, Neb. 1.00 ( ora G. Weborg, Oakland, Neb. .. 1.00 J. II. Mtubr, Woodbine, la. I 00 J. C. Buffington . ft.00 Grace P. Johnston, Osceola, Neb. ft 00 Pierce. Neb. 1.00 A Friend. Kimball, Neb. 1.00 Mrs. Sarah M. Young, Nehavrka, Neb. ft 00 Helen V. Rustfrll . ft 00 Total * , .*_*_». • • Ui •auijxu.i • •f2»807.99 I Committee Delves Into Affairs of Two Oil Companies Presidents of Firms Testify in Senate Investigation — Questioned Closely \bont Prices. Washington, Dec. 22.—Affairs of two oil companies, the Prairie Oil and Gas company and the Standard of New York, were delved into by the j senate oil investigating committee j with the respective presidents of the I two corporations, James K. O’Weill land Folger. ns the principal wit nesses. inquiry into the identity of the larg er stockholders of the *two concerns was pursued at length through ques- , ! tions by G. E. Roe. attorney for the | | committee, and brought from Mr. 1 1 O'N'oill that eight Interests owned 37 j per cent of tire stoejs of his company and from Mr. Folger that four inter ests held approximately 35 per cent of his corporation's stock. Principal Stockholders. Mr. O'Neill gave the eight principal stockholders of the Prairie company with the percentage of their holdings to the total outstanding stock as Ed ward S. Harkness. 3 per cent; North- ! ern Finance corporation, -t per cent; John P. Rockefeller, jr., 12 per cent; A. M. Harkness, 3 per cent: Trustees of the Henry 11. Houston estate, n lit tle more than 1 per cent; General Edu cational board, about S per cent; I^ura Spellman Rockefeller memorial, 3 per cent and tlie Rockefeller Institute of Medical research, 4 per cent. The larger stockholders of the Standard Oil company of New York with the percentage of their hold ings as compared to the entire out standing stock were given by Mr. Folger as John P. Rockefeller, jr., 25 per cent; A. M.* Harkness. about j 3 per cent; Edward S. Harlfness, 3 I per cent, and the Northern Finance J corporation,, 4 per cent. Questioned .About Prices, i Mr. O'Neill was questioned closely by the attorney and also by Chair man La Follette as to the reason that prices for the crude oil posted in | the midcontinent field by the five lead [ irg buying companies had risen and fallen simultaneously timing li)2l and I 1022, but declared that It could not ' lie considered unusual and was a na ; tucal process. He asserted emphatic I ally that the rise and fall of prices Paris Representative • of Herzberg Store • - Heyn photo. Helen I’. Biclifl. Helen Farmer Hlekel, style expert, who has been secured as Now York and Paris representative fur the Herz ben? store. Miss BickM recently re turned from a trip to Europe stialY inj? spring styles. She Is now in Omaha familiarizing heivolf with the wishes of Omaha women. She plans to visit Omaha several times each season. was not preceded by any conferences between Jho competing companies. The Prairie Oil nn*l Gas' company president declared that production of crude <»1 in the Pnlted States had reached its peak ayd that within 10 years American refiners would be forced ttf get at least HO per cent of their supply from foreign countries. Cash dividends amounting to $85, 050.000 and stock dividends of 400 per cent on a capitali'/.ntion of $75, 000,000 have been deflated since P.M 1 by the Standard of New York, accord ing to a compilation presented to the committee by JWr. K^ger, who added that during the same period his com pany had paid $75,500,000 in taxes. The figures did not take account of stock dividend of 200 per cent recently declared and now being paid. Cries of Baby Scare Bandit: $80 Is Taken Window of Apartment Pried Open and Flashlight l set! to Wake Sleeping Couple. Waking his victims by thriving the lays of .1 flashlight in thei“faces as they lay sleeping, a bnndlt forced I.. A. Kaiser, a resident of Terrace Court, l’ark avenue and Mason streets, to pass out of his window a wallet containing $80 in cash at 2 yesterday morning. Cries of a baby in an adjoining room fbiglitencd away the robber be fore be could increase the amount of i bis booty. Mrs. Kaiser, in an effort to drive away the intruder, offered to Rive him her watch and ring if he would leave. Her offer was spurned by the bandit, who demanded the cash. Tim couple were sleeping in a first floor apartment. They hud a win dow partially open. The robber forced up tlie window, flashed his light on tho sleeping couple anil pointing a gun nt them demanded that Mr. Kaiser get up and turn on tho light. Tho frantic pleas of the wife were of.no avail and until tho light per mitted the bandit to survey the room ho was adamant in lus demands. As the lights flashed on iio saw tho pocUt thoolt, width ho demanded. As Mr. Kaiser passed out the money, the baby started to cry and accomplished what a woman's pitas .uni t mail's threats failed to do. (ilirislinas for Officers _ (»i\en Reverse Ki*lisli Boston. 1 tec. 33.— rude Ham came lo tin antithesis of Santa Claus Fri day in the minds of 400 officers of 'the Mas ichusetls National guard ; when they received notice to turn back to fhe federal government sums ■from *30 to *80. paid them in error. In Massachusetts, it was Teamed. ■*11,000 must lie returned to the fed eral quartermaster on account of misinterpretation of the national de fense net when tlie National guards were encamped last summer. Noiseless rubber composition pav ing blocks,' estimated to wear 15 years i and made at a price to compete with ordinary creosoted wooden blocks, have been Invented in Kngland. J fMUSIC fvhileyou dine on Christmas Ttay CHRISTMAS and MUSIC ! The two are inseparable. No feast day has so much lovely music associated with it. How much added pleasure your family and you will have on that day of days, if as you sit by a crackling lire on Christmas eve, you can hear “Holy Night” played softly, yet with rare feeling, on a fine piano; or hear on Christmas morning the glorious Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah; or while* you gather around a nferry dinner, hear skilled unseen hands play the Christmas music we all love, “O Little Town of Bethlehem", “It Came Upon The Midnight Clear", or Muriel Pollock’s delightful, new musical setting for the children’s favorite “T’was the Night Before Christmas /” All this, and a wealth of other music, classic and popular, is at your command at Christmas or any time, if you possess . AMPICO o / The Ampico is a Reproducing Piano. It plays exactly as the world’s greatest pianists—Godowskv, Orr.stcin, Levitzki, Rachmaninoff, the cele brated Russian composer-pianist, and a hundred more, recorded for it. To possess one, is to add a musically - gifted member to your home circle. 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