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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1924)
Two Farm Export Bills Come Up Before Congress After Hearings on Norris-Sin elair Plan, Senate Agricul tural Body Will Consid er McNary Measure. By P. U. FOWELU Washington Correspondent TJho Onuilm lh*o Washington, Jan. 22.—Hearings on the Norris-Slnclair bill have occupied nearly the entire time of the senate agricultural committee since congress opened. From east, south, north and west, farmers and representatives of farm organizations have come to Washington urging favorable action of the committee on this blit, for which Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska has been fighting for yea rs. Senator Smith W. Brookhurt has appeared before the committee, and urged favorable action. The Iowa senator asserted that through this hill a groundwork would he obtained for the gigantic co-operative move ments he is urging. Senator Norris, chairman of the agricultural com mittee, demurred against tacking any co-operative amendments to the meas ure at this time, declaring himself content for the time being in getting the hill as it stands, providing for a corporation headed by three men who will purchase and resell abroad farm products of the farmers in the name of the government. Rivalled by McNary Bill. At a time when the N'orrts-Slhclair bill was at the height of its popular ity, the McNary bill, followed close ly by the recommendations of Secre tary Henry .1. Wallace, bobbed up in committee. The author of the hill Is Senator McNary of Oregon, and many members look upon it as an ad ministration farm measure. The McNary bill probably will he considered shortly after hearings on the Norris-Slnclair hill are concluded. It may be that in the end a compro mise measure may bo prepared em bodying features of the two hills. The McNary bill provides for a huge ex port corporation whlrh would as sess farmers for any losses suffered by the corporation. Urges Importance of Water Power. While consideration of this meas ure has occupied much of the time of Senator Norris, he has been ac tive in meetings of the Superpower association In Washington, an organ ization bent on acquiring hydro power sites for governmental opera tion. . "The people of Nebraska as well as the United States should awaken to the economic possibilities of water power, becoming more valuable each year as the price of coal advances," Senator Norris said In discussing the waterpower question. ‘‘Unless we do awaken when the waterpower age ar rives we ll find a majority of precious power sites in the hands of private interests, who will charge, us their own price for light and power." For 20 years Senator Norris has at tempted to put a bill through con tress providing for erection of a ^^liower site at Great Falls, near Wash ington, Once the measure went through the senate and was killed In the house. He has reintroduced the measure and has appeared before 'ommlttees recently urging favorable action upon the bill. One Horse Killed, Another Injured in Sleigh Accident Wymore, Neb., Jan. 22.—Harry "ampbell, deliveryman for the Tony Hlrmon meat market here, removed :he wheels from his buggy and sup plemented sled runners made of curved gas pipes. When he rounded a curve on his route, the smoth, rounded surface of the pipes pre * vented them holding the road, and the rig skidded and tripped the team, 'ampbell was thrown clear and Into a. snowbank. The rig was demolished. One horse broke its neck in the fall tnd the other was badly Injured. Campbell baa been a cripple for Ihe last 22 years, caused by a horse which he was riding, stumbling and falling through a culvert near Wy more. Philadelphia Mayor Drives Rivet on Bridge Mayor Freeland Kendrick, who Is busy riveting tlie lid on rhiladelplila. drove a rivet for good lurk while in specting new bridge on Delaware river. Reported Divorce oi Bossie Investigated Special Dispatch to The Omaha IJee. Washington, Jan. 22.—The State department is endeavoring to locate Claude Bossie and Ruth Wanisley, the woman with whom he is said to have eloped, somewhere in France, and instructions to this effect were wired to the American consul at Cher bourg. Until the department finds Bossie. details of his alleged divorce from Mrs. Bossie .at Omaha and marriage to the Wanisley woman at Kansas City cannot be ascertained. The de partment says Bossie and the woman will remain on French soil until the reports are provtVi untrue. Thieves Get Big Coal Haul. Bloomfield, Nob., Jan. 22.—A rail road detective was here investigating thefts of coal from the M. & O. yards. The stealing has bee n going on for some time, it is said, and the thieves did not confine themselves to small amounts, but drove off with big wag on loads. Hpiidaf'hm From Nllght Cold* Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablet* re lieve the headache by curing the cold A tonic laxative and germ destroyer. The box benr* the elgnatur® of E. W. Grov* 30c. —Advertisement. When in Omaha Hotel Conant BLUE CAB CO. Meier Rates—Prompt Service CALL AT-3322 — —I !Vvorthea claims 4 out of 5 Can you afford to take diances with your teeth and health when four persons out of every five past 40, an d thousands younger, have Pyorrhea? Far better to play safe against such odds. Forhan’s For the Gums is a refreshing tooth paste and a Pyor rhea preventive as well. Use it twice daily. tMore than a tooth baste— it checks Pyorrhea 35c and 60c in tubes fbrhan’s FOR THE GUM3 xv // Mm Sheriff Quinton Is Found Guilty on Six Counts Cass County Officer Acquit ted of Protection to Liquor Law V iolators’ Charge-— Seeks Retrial. Platts'mouth. Neb.. Jan. 22.—The jury in the Sheriff Carl D. Quinton malfeasance ease in district court here returned its verdict at 5 this afternoon, finding the Cass county officer guilty on the five counts charging him with failure to report fees and on the one eeunt charging him with making false reports. Quin ton was acquitted of the two counts charging that he gave protection to liquor law violators Walter Sams and Julia Kaufman. The defense called for an open court poll of the jury when the verdict was read. It will file a motion for retrial. Quinton now will be called upon to ; vacate his living quarters in the city I jail which he has continued to occupy since his Indictment. The jury In the case was unique in the fact that It was composed en tlrely of young men, none of whom had ever served on a jury previously i only two of the members ever having smoked and only four ever having played cards. The jury was out 2i . hours, i ' - Lentral Boosts Vi ages. | New York. Jan. 22.—A wage in crease' of approximately 5 per cent | has been agreed upon f'jr 15,000 en I gineers and firemen of the New York Central lines. • Shooting Report Is Found Just “Craps” Responding to a report of a shooting at 964 North Twenty-eighth avenue Tuesday afternoon, Detectives Fred I’ahntag, James Hughes, William Cummings, William Ournett, Frank Murphy and Arthur English made a trip to the scene in an emergency car. They found three persons shoot in d craps in the kitchen. In the base ment they found two stills ir^ opera tion. That was all. (lurnett returned to Central station for a warrant and the patrol wogon. He also notified federal authorities, and a federal search warrant was issued. Then Edward Edwards was arrested ori a charge of Illegal possession of liquor, stills and mash, and the stills were confiscated. ' Injured iu 15-Foot Fall. Columbus, Neb., Jan. 22.—Joe Nel son. 55. employed as a feeder at the Swift & Co. packing plant here, is in the Columbus hospital following se vere Injuries received when he stepped Into an elevator shaft and fell 15 feet. f The winter fruit 1 / EATMOR ( 1 CRANBERRIES I j are just as good # f now as at 1 / Thanksgiving \ Ex-County Hoard Member on Trial _j_ Former Lincoln County Com missioner Arcus e«l of Tak ing Bridge Funds. liv AsMN'iated I'reM North Platte, Neb., .Ian. 22.—A jury to try T M Cohagen, former county commissioner, on charges of obtain ing some of tlte county funds by fraud, was selected here late today, and the presentation of testimony and opening arguments by the state will begin tomdrrow morning. It is alleged that f'ohagen, in connection with the Lincoln county eourt scan dal. for which Samuel M. Souder, former county treasurer, was sent to the state prison on a charge of ar son. fraudulently secured 53,900 worth of county funds which be said Dinner Bacon Something New and Appetizing Breakfast bacon is a fond tradition. Now prepare the bacon this way: Cnt the slices ratherthick. Fry them, not too crisp. Lay them on i| toast and covcrwith a brown j gravy well seasoned with IEA&PERRIRS' SAUCE 4 The same wonderful Raisin Bread you have been used to getting every Wednesday—rich, fruity’, filled and flavored with the healthful goodness of Sun-Maid Raisins. As I continue to bake it special for Wednes day, the demand for it grows. Everybody, it seems, likes Raisin Bread. Everybody is serv ing it on Wednesdays. Other Wednesday treats These, also, I bake for you special every Tues day night—rolls, cakes, coffee cakes, cookies, “snails”, muffins, Raisin Pie and other tempting Sun-Maid Raisin Foods. * They come to you fresh and fragrant from my ovens, every Wednesday. By bakers everywhere The finest Sun-Maid Raisin Bread and other Raisin Foods are prepared “Special for Wednes day” by bakers every week—everywhere. You can get them at bakeries, grocery stores, and delicatessens throughout the city. Serve them for dinner tonight—for the chil dren’s and your own luncheon. And—try Raisin Toast for Thursday’s breakfast! California table-(rapet and California tunjktni — in a pul Hatsim Cookies!—all ikt t ksUrtn lav* ike ms Many kinds of Raisin Rolls —frisk and limpltagl I r I ndorsed hy hakert everywhere, hv American Hakcrt' Association, and hy Retail Hakert' Association of America Raisin bread special on Wednesdays I hi paid to contractors for repairs on <i bridge over the Platte river which was neatly destroyed by the floods of 1921. The depose, it was said, will con tend that Collagen paid the money to the contractors in small dribs and failed to keep any account of who received the money. Members of the jury are farmers llritig outside of North Platte. Yerdon War Veteran Killed by Limb Falling From Tree Kporinl IHspnti It to Th* Omntia II**. Kails City, Neb. Jan. 22. Fred Sample, 2M, of Verdon, disabled over- \ mi.is veteran, w s almost instantly1 j klled by a tailing limb while cutting? timber a quarter mile west of Ver* tlon shortly before noon today. IIi« companions, Jess Robins and Joe Welch, rushed him to Verdon, but he died with in 15 minutes from a frac tured skull. Sample is survived by a wife and two small children. His father, James Sample, lives in Dawson, this county. Sample was gassed over >♦ as and received further injuries from the explosion of a boiler in a hospital in France. Howard Out fur Thieve?. Frenmnt. Neb., Jan. 22-—Three hundred dollars reward has been of fried by Sheriff Condit of Dodge countv for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the bfiftd lot robbers who recently ransacked I the Ivarson merchandise store at Uebllng and committed like raids In various parts of this section. Total loss in the UehUng robbery has been rstimated at $2,418.70. 7 Misses’ Dresses 14.88 37 Misses' fine dresses grouped on the rack, for quick sale at ... 14.88 I Come Early Check Your Favorite HARD COAL Heat quality Pennsylvania Anthracite. I’.lack and shiny. Free from impu rity. 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