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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1923)
Mine Layoffs Boost Coal Cost Federal Commission Finds Miners Given Only 220 Days' Work Per Year. Washington, Sept. 12.—The cost of bituminous coal to a mine operator ranges between $1.20 and $2.80, the coal commission reported to Presi dent Coolidge yesterday, submitting the latest installment of its report on the industry in compliance with in structions from congress. The cost study was based on statistics from 266 mines located in four states and covered operations in 1918, which was selected because conditions through out that year were considered ap proximately uniform. •'The advantage and economy of full time operation Is clearly indi cated," the report said. "As between two similar mines each having a cost of production of $2.60 per ton If working 25 days per month, the mine which enjoys the best working time under conditions of car shortage and a strong market for coal, will make the larger profits because of lower cost: or under conditions of poor market, one may undersell the other and realize a profit, because with more days worked the cost will be lower. “Taking again a base cost of $2.60 per ton for full time (25 days) opera tion it is found that when working 20 days (5 days a week) there was no difference; when working 16 days (4 days a week), the difference was negligible, 2V4 cents a ton; when working 12 days (3 days a week), the difference was 10 cents a ton; and when working eight days (2 days a week), the difference was 15 cents a ton. One day a week brought the difference up to 40 cents a ton. "There Is thus no notable differ ence In unit cost of production caused by short time operation whether this broken time be due to lack of transportation or lack of market. The real difference enters in the reduction in the base cost, which can and quite generally Is reduced In times of Inactive demand. “It may be inquired, in view of this factor of cost of Idle time, what effect on the country's coal bill the fact may have had, that In the past 80 years the soft coal mines have worked an average of but 220 days or about 72 per cent of full time. If the price paid by the consumer were cost of production or a direct function of cost, then the answer would be that the total cost to the country was about 8 per cent more than It would have been If few mines working full time had produced this :oal.” Poisoning Suspect Married Seven Times Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 11.—Harry R. Roshon of Warren, O., who was arrested here last week under the tame of A. E. Wooda, suspected of -omplicity In the poisoning of Anna Daniels at Seattle in 1916. but who ater was cleared by authorities of any connection with that Case, con fessed today, according to the police, hat he has married seven women in various parts of the country, six of '.hem within the past four years. Des Moines, la.. Sept. 11.—An order 'or the detention of Harry R. Roshon /vas pecured here tonight by Vernon Roush, son of Mrs. Mae S. Roush, former high school domestic science teacher, who was the sixth victim of Roshon’s martial venturer. According to her son, Mrs. Roush married Roshon after a brief court ihip in Des Moines, October 21, 1922, and was deserted by him five months later. Sunday School Meeting. McCook. Neb., Sept. 12.—Red Wil low county Sunday school convention will be held at Marion, September 18 and II. A number of state officers will be present and a full program will be carried out. Marks Never So Low. By Associated Press. New York. Sept. 12.—German marks wsrs quoted here today at 114,940,000 to the dollar, the lowest record of all time. Premier of Portugal Escapes Assassins London, S*pt. 12.—An unsuccessful attempt was made yesterday to as sassinate remier De Silva of Portugal, according to a Dally News dispatch from Lisbon. The premier was leaving the minis ^®try building when he was attacked by three syndicalists, who were ar rested. No Drops— By our system of EYE EX AMINATION drops srs unnecessary, thus avoiding any ill after-effects or discomforts. Our LARGE SHELL SPEC TACLES OR EYE GLASSES, $0.00. Will meet any ordinary require ments. BIFOCAL LENSES — Distance and near vision in one lens. Lenses only, $7.00. Same service in our South Side ^k Store, 24th and N Sts. MA 07M. Flitton Optical Co. 1318 1.1 N.l'l HU. JA I #8.1 New Club Room of Catholic Daughters of America Many visitors have been welcomed tills week at the new clubroorn of f the Catholic Daughters of America, shown in the nbove picture. 'I his spacious room on the fourth floor of BoldstelnChapman store, in the Paxton building, was opened Sunday with a reception attended by 1,500 persons. A tearoom adjoining the clubroorn will be opened formally on Monday. Lunches will be prepared and served by committees of the Catholic women, working under the direction of Mrs. L. Boroff. The entire new quarters of the Catholic Daughters of America include this large reading room, the lunchroom, and a kitchen. ___ A Queer World Fruit Dealers May Employ Song Writers to Boost Sales—Many Bananas Sold. _' A Secret. Santa Rosa, Cal., Sept. 12.—"Sell them with song" bids fair to become the fruitful slogan of the fmlt grower. President E. M. Sheehan of the California Grape Growers’ association revealed the secret in an address to local growers here last night. A popular jazz ditty, with A title more puzzling than grammatical, "Ac tually hHS increased the consumption of bananas in the United States 30 pec cent,” he declared. Mr. Sheehan made no direct recom mendation but intimated the grape raisers should subsidize a song writer. Not Blue. Portland, Ore., Sept. 12.—A mother forgot the color of her baby's dress —and then things began to happen. Out of police headquarters dashed motorcycle riders. Policemen raced to the spot where the child was sup po^bd to have been lost. Chief L. V. Jenkins took a personal hand In the search, dropped all business and superintended the work of dispatch ing riders to the scene. The mother had left two children at a nursery maintained In connec tion with a cooking school. When she called for them she asked for a pink-clad child and a blue-clad one. The pink dress was located at once. Nobody could find the blue one. The hubbub and the alarm ensued. The mother went back to the nursery to wait, weeping loud ly. There she found the missing child, draped In white. "Oh yes. I remember now," she said. “I put her in white today." Stung to Death. Torrlngton, Conn., Sept. 12.— Charles S. Schelwitch, 50, was stung to death by a hornet while at work on his (arm in Harwinton. His body was found In a pasture. The mark of the hornet's sting was on the back of one of his ears. Central States Raise Jap Fund Chicago, Kept. 12.—Central division Red Cross contributions to the Japa nese relief fund, which yesterday ex ceeded the $800,000 quota, had reach ed $866,309, when all reports from the work yesterday were received. Walter Davidson, division manager, announced. Pioneer Farmer Dies at Springfield, Neb. Springfield, Neb., Sept. 12.—Willard Hale Davidson, 70, who settled near Springfield in 1867, died unexpectedly last night. He had been in tailing health for some time. Mr. Davidson took up a claim near here in the early days. He took an active interest in business affairs after moving to town. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. i 11-1 nnouncement We take pleasure in announcing the celebration of the Second Anniversary of THE BRANDEIS STORE / RESTAURANTS Saturday, September 15th at Seven o’clock P. M. combined with a TABLE D’HOTE DINNER At $2.50 per person DANCING Music by Randall's Royal Orchestra Maks Reservations Now. Jackaos 665$ We also take this opportunity to thank our patrons for the wonderful support they have given us in the past two years. We trust that the efforts of this establishment will be ' sufficiently successful to keep your friendship and patronage in the new season of 1923-24. j | J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS. ! ____________ -j 10,500 wo 40.000 1914 60,000 These groups of stockholders illustrate the rapid growth in ownership of the Dell System. A Community of Owners Nation-wide “Who owns the company?” "What is behind it?” These ques tions are asked in appraising the soundness of a business and in de termining its aims. The American Telephone and [Telegraph Company is owned by more than 270,000 people living in every state in the Union. Could the stockholders of the Bell System be gathered to one place, they would equal the population of a city about the size of Providence or Denver. They constitute a representative cross-section of American citizen ship. Among them, of course, are bankers and men of large affairs; for the idea of ownership in the Bell System appeals to sound busi ness judgment and a trained sense of values. In this community of owners are the average man and woman, the storekeeper, the clerk, the salesman, the professional man, the farmer and the housewife—users of the telephone who with their savings have purchased a share in its own ership. 1 he average individual holding is but twenty-six shares. No institution is more popularly owned than the Bell System, none has its shares distributed more widely. In the truest sense it is owned by those it serves. “Bell System” Northwestern Bell Telephone Company One Policy, One System, Universal Service, and all directed toward Belter Service I Olive Dealer Davidson; three sons, James and Floyd Davidson of Spring field and John Davidson of Chicago, and a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Davidson Hinckley of Chicago. Prince of Wales Lands at Quebec Travels as Baron of Renfrew to Escape Crowds, But He Doesn’t. Quebec, Sept. 12.—The baron of Renfrew arrived In Quebec ^oday. The baron of Renfrew Is none other than his royal highness, the prince of Wales, heir to England's throne. Tiring of being hailed as the futuie ruler of the British empire, the prince of Wales chose one ot hi* many other titles to travel under and thus escape ine formalities accoided a personage rf royal blood. In short, he wanted to dodge the plaudits of the multi tudes, enter Canada quietly and be on his way to an Alberta ranch, where, the papers say, he will eat boarding house hash and other simple fare. Did he succeed In dodging the multi tude? He did not. t Bright and early did the crowds gather at the pier to meet the baron, and as the Empress of France stetm ed to Its dock, a lusty cheer greeted the uum who only three years before had won the hearts of Canadians and Americans with his Bmlle. Despite the crowds at the pier today, however, Baron Renfrew's visit to the American continent Is sharply contrasted to the one of the prince of Wales made three years ago. Then he toured the continent, was greeted everywhere by huge throngs, attended numberless social functions and danced with even more untold num bers of American and Canadian girls. On the ranch Baton Renfrew will live as a rancher. He will ride west ern horses In a western saddle: will be up early and In bed early; dancing partners are warned to keep away and, in short, the prince of Wales— pardon—Baron Renfrew will lead the simple life and, as the papers say, eat boarding house hash and other simple fare. Bandit Suspect Kills Self. Marshall, Tex., Sept. 12.—Cornered by Sheriff Sanders In the rear of a lunch room here early today a young man, about 25 years old believed by local officers to have been the bandit who robbed the bank of Morlngsport, l.a., of approximately $5,000, yester day, shot and killed himself today. flip* ^ _ Omaha’s Largest Display of PHONOGRAPHS For Fall and Winter Season Now Ready for Your Inspection Victrola—Bruns wick—Columbia In Fact, We Have a Style and Finish to Suit Every Taste, a Price to Fit Any Pocketbooh and Our —Phonograph Club— Makes It Possible for Everyone to Own One of These Instruments « i Uprights or Consoles At 10% Less Than Regular List Prices York Model Come in and select the Bruns wick you want—Royal, York, Colonial. Tudor, Stratford— deduct 10% from price and PAY ON OUR CLUB PLAN. Own One of These Phonographs “The Brandeis Way99 Pay Nothing Down Just select the model you like best. 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