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Agricultural ' Bill Reported Measure, Given to House. Would Appropriate $17, 700.000 for Roads. By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 22.—A total of $56,758,513. of which $17,700,000 would be available for improvement of high ways during the coming fiscal year, Is carried in the annual agricultural bill reported today by the house ap propriation committee. The total Is 516,082,940 less than the appropriation a year ago, when $32,300,000 was allotted for state aid road construc tion and Is $471,312 less than budget estimates. For the enforcement of special laws by the Department of Agricul ture the bill carries $2,627,000, the Items Including: Packers and stock yards act, $452,540; grain futures act, $104,460; plan quarantine act, $324. 426; insecticide act. $140,575; grain standards act, $500,000; warehouse set, $163,000; cotton futures and cot ton standards act. $185,000; too dand drug act, $716,000. For Meat Inspection. An additional $1,071,150 Is provld ed for meat Inspection, $308,000 for market inspection of perishable food and $6S2.4SO for the department’s _4, news service on fruits and vegetables. An appropriation of $20,000 Is au thorized to enable the weather bureau to give warnings throughout the country to fruit grow-era ns to frost and advice on harvest weather and fruit spraying conditions. To Fight T. B. In Cattle. The bill carries $3,277,600 for eradication of tuberculosis among cattle, the major portion of It to be spent In indemnities: $660,000 for eradicating cattle tick, $184,000 for eradicating hog cholera; $328,480 for blister rust control, $411,315 for bar berry eradication, $572,360 for pre venting the spead of moths and $216, 350 for preventing the spread of the European corn borer. Provision is made for appointment of delegates to the international seed testing conference to be held In Eng land during 1924. The committee's report in dealing with expenditurs of federal funds for highway improvement brought out that since 1917 federal appropriations to the amount of $392,817,600 have heen made available to the states, of which $284,380,339 had been paid to the states prior to January 1 last. Estimating that expenditures are being made during this fiscal year at the rate of $6,000,000 a month, the committee went on the theory that $72,437,160 would he available July 1 for expenditure in the coming fiscal year in addition to the $17,700,000 carried in the bill. Russian Naval Tonnage Fixed By AhocIiM PrM>. Rome, Feb. 22.—Permission to build 419,00ft tone in capital ship* has been asked by Russia of the conference here under league of nations auspices for extending the principles of the Washington naval treaty. Admiral Behrens, representing Rus sla, set forth the difficulties of its position with Its frontage on three seas and pointed out that it had pot received any guarantees froth the other nations for its security. The conference offered Russia 125, 000 tons, but its representative re fused to consider that tonnage and after much discussion the figure was reduced by Admiral Behrens to not mors than 800,000 tons, in exchange for which he aaked certain guarantee^ for the Baltic and Black seas. The Russian representatives said Russia could not construct warships at present, but did not wish to tie itself down to any agreements which would prevent It doing so in future If circumstances permitted and it had need to exercise the privilege. Rome Miller to California. Rom# Miller, majority stockholder In the Douglas Hotel company, own ers of the site and building of Hotel Fontsnells. left Thursday for Cali fornia. He expects to remain In Cali fornia Indefinitely. ■ - ■ 1 ■ ■ Has Your Carrier Boy a Radio?-Use Coupon and Help Him. Get One , K_ ' Why not help the boy who delivers your Omaha Bee get a radio set? In this Issue of The Omaha Bee you will find a coupon entitling you to one vote In a contest being conducted to deter mine the most pop ular carrier boy for The Bee. Fill It out with your car rier's name, and _ hand It to him, or mall It to The Omaha Bee. The boy who receives the most votes will receive as a prize, a com plete radio receiving set, with a range of 1,000 miles. For the boy receiving the next largest number of votes, there is a complete set of parts for building the set. and a similar prize for the out of-town carrier receiving the largest number of votes. Your vote costs you nothing. Turn to the Women's Page now, and clip the coupon. EDDIE’S FRIENDS A Funny Situation I Sothern and Marlowe Delight Audiences by Their Wonderful Art By T. W. M'Cl'LLOL’GH. Many reasons might be cited why the Sothern Marlowe engagement at the Braudels was opened with "Romeo fljid Juliet.” Probably, the chief Is that none of Shakespeare's tragedies has so potent an appeal. It has the ecstasy of youth, the cholerld Impa tlence of domineering age, the Impetu osity of hot love, the gallantry of combat, the comforts of philosophy, and the bitterness of remorse and death. And these components are so mixed that neither the beauty of the one nor the horror of the other com pletely dominates. In the swiftly changing contracts of the play's ac tion one or another of the Impelling motives of 'life sways for the mo ment. to give place to Its opposite, so that the pattern Is shot full of charge, and yet remains the perfect picture that reflects a well-rounded story. Chiefly, It Is a cail to youth, full of life and vigor, quick In conclusion, and sudden to perform. The passion of the young lovers has been the won der -of commentators for centuries, and will be; but through all these cen turies, past and to come, It will ever remain the same. An enigma, never answered, but tested to Its dregs again and again by those who feel Its thrall. And. in Romeo's own words, “He jests at scars who never felt s wqund." Marlowe a Charming Juliet. Julia Marlowe playa Juliet with all the tenderness of sympathetic under standing and with the charm of her own personality adorning the role. Nothing In the swiftly mounting range of experience, from the awak ened love of the Innocent girl, to the last moment of devotional despair, when she sucks the poison from Romeo's lips, and then dies by the dagger, la omitted, slighted, or un duly emphasized. In the first great moment of her passion, the famous balcony scene, she gives herself to her lover without reserve, and yet with no Intimation of wantonness. From this the action sweeps her to tha cre scendo of the potion scene. Many recollections of Julia MarloWe In a long list of rolea falls to disclose any In which she attained a greater height than she did last night. Htr speculations as to the fidelity of Friar Lawrence, the possibilities of awaken ing alone In the charnel house, bal anced against the certainty that her father would pursue his threat to wed her to Count Paris, showed the per plexity that beset her, and In no better way could Juliet show that In the course of a day and a night had she changed from a girl to a woman. The audience hung silently on the words and watched Intently every movement of the star In this scene, and rylie' ed Its tension at the close wit# Ihe truest applause of the eve ning. i Romeo and the Rest. Mr. Sothern 1» a very satisfactory Romeo, though by no means a tradi tional one. In this, as In his other roles, he shows his Independence of thought, and really adds greatly to the character Iff the manner of Its treatment. Romeo disturbed hy a fickle mistress and Romeo upheld by a truly loving wife are different men. A tenderness and sincerity mark the scenes between Romeo and Juliet. Just ns a light and healthy humor tinges those between be and Mercutlo, and Tybalt, while he strikes sorrowfully a righteous wrath sways him against but earnestly at Paris, not knowing who hs Is. Ills scenes with Friar Lawrence are carried with the perfect art of the actor. Mercutlo has always been s favorite role for the actor, and In the care of Mr. Frederick Lewis It lives splendid Vote for Your Favorite Carrier Boy February 22. 1924. The Omaha Bee, Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen: I wish to vote for.. .. . (Put carrier boy's name h»ia) Of ........»...... (Put name of toxtn h»ra> aa the moat pc/pular carrier boy for The Omaha Bee Signed . (Subscriber msy mini hsis »U though It Is not (squirrel) On Page 1 of this Issue Is an announcement telling how a complete radio set Is to be given to the most popular Omaha Bee carrier boy. Tear out the above coupon and hand It to yolr favorite carrier, or mail It to The Bee office. Even If you do not know his mime. Just give him 'he coupon—he'll do the rest. L__■> ly. He touchee It with truth In all Its keys, and leave* one regretting more than ever hla early taking off. Mr. Albert How-eon has the part of Friar .Lawrence, and does It with extreme care and fidelity. Miss Lenore Chippendale takes on the rather ardu ous task of visualizing the nurse, d does It very well. In all ways tne company Is worthy support to the stars. A spontaneity, too often missed, and a perfect balance of parts, is the outstanding characteristic, a pleasing thing to note, when one recalls the numberless Ill-proportioned perform ances of Shakespearean drama that have been displayed In late years Mr. Sothern's Idea of a permanent company hns borne worthwhile fruit. New Idea In Staging. Incidentally, the play Is well, even lavishly, mounted, and yet so well ar ranged Is the scenery that the six acts and 1* scenes are carried through expeditiously and with no tiresome waits on any. This In Itself Is a noteworthy achievement. Shakespeare altogether too frequently has to stand aside for the etage hands, but not In this tnstance. "Twelfth Night" will be the bill thle evening, with Mias Marlowe a# Viola. Mr. Sothem 'ae Malvollo, Mr. Lewis as Orslno, Miss Chippendale a* Olivia and Mr. Bailey as Sir Toby. Patrons are warned , that the curtain goes up at 8. Many were not eeated until the end of the first act last night because of .coming late. * Coit Assumes New Post. J. CUrke Coit, formerly president of the Lee-Coit-Andreesen Hardware company of Omaha, began hla duties Friday as president of the Winches ter-SImmons company of St. Louis, according to information from St Louis received here. <■ -\ Hirohilo and Bride Visit Tombs to Inform Ancestors of Wedding . .. ^ 07 AHorl*t«d Pm*. Tokio, Feb. 22.—Prince Regent Hirohito and Ills bride left Tokio today for a week's wedding tour. They will visit the national shrines and imperial tombs, and, according to the ancient Japanese custom for mally report their wedding to the spirits of their ancestors. They will return to the capital February 29. The route over which the royal couple motored from the palace to the station was guarded by 6,000 police. Numaiu, where the couple will stay tonight, was visited yesterday by a disastrous fire, which de stroyed 200 housrs. Hie Numnzii palace, however, was unharmed. Coal Demurrage Unknown to State Bryan's Agents Not Interested —Say Coal Purchased by Omaha Yards. Dispute over the ownership of 47 cars of coal billed to the Omaha mu nicipal coal yards from Governor Bryan and which are piling demurr age charge* of 1235 a day. failed to Interest Bryan's assistants last night. They claimed to have no knowledge of the situation and stated they had received no complaint from the Oma ha yard. ,r. R. Farris, state purchasing agent, and C. A. Out-rle, personal agent of Bryan, stated that they had been told not to ship coal to the Omaha munlei pal yard after February t. as the mar ket was flooded, and that they had obeyed the Instructions. They ac counted for coal arriving on Febru ary 1« hy atatlng that It took over two weeks for shipments to reach Omaha from the mines. They declared they had no Idea who would be forced to pay the demurrage charges. Omaha officials claim ownership of 21 additional cars of coal now on the tracks which are being unload ed at the rate of two cars a day. The total demurrage on these cars was figured yesterday at ?642. George Parks, Jr., Is Fined $10 George Parks, jr., 271$ A street, son of an Omaha contractor, arrest ed last night on a charge of operating an automobile while Intoxicated, was fined $10 In municipal court Friday morning. The charge of operating an auto mobile while Intoxicated had been scratched out, and a charge of reck less driving substituted. He was released following his ar rest Thursday night on bond signed by Dean Noyes, city commissioner. Just Received A Carload of the Bast Pennsylvania Hard Nut Coal* We Hava Sean ' Order today enough to last tha rast of the season. 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Quinn, national commander of the American Legion declared here today In an address to American Legion representatives from southern state*. "Everyone except big business felt veterans compensation was an obliga tion that was owing," he said, adding that the railroads, wartime contrac tor* end shipyard worker* received large sums and civil service employes received and still receive bonuses. Commander Quinn said President Harding was Induced to veto the com pensatlon bill "by an astounding mis calculation." 8370,000,(100 Balance He quoted figures which ha said rame from a report by Representative A. Piatt Andrew of Massachusetts showing that the government paid out In the year the bill first passed, $211, 000,000 more than the legal require ment on the war debt and ended with a balance of $370,000,000 to Its credit. "This year," he continued, "when the adjusted compensation again came to the front. Secretary Mellon could no longer disguise the condition of the treasury, so he comes out with a slogan, ‘no tax cut If ths bonus passes.' This was the cleverest politi cal trick of the age. Bonus With Tax Cut. "Secretary Melien proposed a re duction of $380,000,000 If no bonus passed and he added to that by say ing that If a bonus did pass taxes would probably go up and prevent any reductions for years to come. We Investigated his figure* and found that he had estimated the cost of the adjusted compensation at approxi mately $84,000,000 per year for the first four years. We told him about that, showing that th* adjusted com pensation could be paid and still re duce taxes $248,000,000. We showed him that by reducing ail the taxes ex cept the surtax, that the money col lected on surtaxes from 22,000 war made millionaires would pav the cost of the bonus. “I say that taxes ran be reduced a* much or even more than Secre tary Mellon contemplates without hardship to any person and you have heard the figure* that prove it. I leave the issue to your conscience." Girl, 18, Drinks Sample Perfume Anna Cadle, 18, 29 North Seventh street. Council Bluffs, drank several sample bottles of perfume she Ob talned In different drug stores, after an altercation with her mother, at her home Thursday nlglft. She waa attended by Police 8ur geon H. D Kelly She was reported to be Improved this morning. Y-*) New York ^ -Day by Day By 0.,0. McINTYRK. New York. Feb. 22. — Thoughts while strolling around New Y'ork: The morning clatter about the Metro politan opera. Child prodigies and the opera struck trying to see the manager. Inside the rehearsals. Pianists with serene brows and elec trical fingers. Booming bassos. No one yet to succeed Caruso. Never such a paucity of operatic tal ent. Across f Broadway song and dance teams being tried out for mu sical comedy. Flippant chorines. Olng-dongy bracelets. Fluffy dogs. Ths aristocrat of theaters—The lem pira. There goes Otis Skinner. A Per sian cat on top of a limousine. Stage hands who smoke stogies. A new playhouse with gables and gargoyles. Wish sumtnsr would hurry up The flock of witless curb comedians. A rosy checked roly poly man with a long black beard. Santa Claus from Pittsburg. A brokerage shop. Alive with ges tures of the worldly wise. Sophisti cated young board chalkers. Men nervously • chewing cigars. And bathed In a cold dew. Filled with leaden premonition. Others who ap pear grotesque in their nonchalance. Gloomy caverns where cabarets once flourished OO la-la! A Frenchy looking elrl carrying a Shepherd's crook. Forty-second street sheiks. The eerie whistle of wind around the Times building Newspapers from home. And a poet eating com beef and cabbage or I'll be cow kicked. A hotel for burlesque plff-awmers. A group of dwarfs chattering like magpies. I have an office around here somewhere Must visit It some day. The last time an office boy told me I was out. Ooldstone! A good name for a Jeweler. Ned Waybum must be rehearsing He wears his sweater. Slme, of Va riety. Indian medicine men selling 'spring blood purifiers.” Rea Irvin, the artist. Hope this walk will give me an appetite. I'm invited out for dinner. They tell of a certain Broadwayite who waa down on his knees looking along the ground, lie had a rather stormy might. "What are you looking for?" a po liceinan asked. "I Just lost sixty dollars on the next corner." "Why don't you look there?" "There's more light here,” was the reply. There is a sidewalk hawkey of vio lets who dresses in Keeping with his wares. The other noon he appeared along the public library wall with his tray of violets—wearing a monocle with a huge black string and a pair of snow white spats. Forty second street is becoming the New York Rue de Rlvoll Nearly all the big stores have given away to small specialty shops. Speciality tlon has developed some odd places. There is one place devoted entirely to fans. Then there are others given over solely to engagement rings, pocket knives, shaving materials, gold and silver pencils, scissors, flasks and wrist watches. Old Abe fias quit “carrying the banner." For more than 15 years he has paraded mid town encased turtle like in sign boards He was a ne'er do-well -from a western state. Not so j tong ago he was recognized by a friend of,his son. The son came to New York and persuaded hie parent to return to the corn-belt. The little cafes resort to many sub terfuges to foil prohibition snoopers In one the booze is kept In small hot ties in a row of innocent looking overcoats hanging in the tear. When a patron ordois the waiter govs to the overcoats and brings the potion. XCopyrisht. 1*14.) Poisonous Food Kills Two Persons Chicago. Feb. 22.—William I. How land, retired tea importer of Evans ton, a suburb, and Mrs. Merta Orne his sister-in law, axe dpad and Mrs Annie Howland, his wife, and Vir ginia Howland his daughter, are in a critical condition, as a result, phy sicians say, of eatir.g food at dlnnei last night containing ptomaine poison. N. Y. Senator Sees Bonus in 2 Weeks Copeland Declares Measure Will Pass Over Presiden tial Veto. i J * By A 1*0Wiled ftr•». Baltimore. Feb. 22.—Congress will pass a soldier Bonus within two weeks and will pas* It over the presi dent's veto, if necessary, it was pre dicted by Senator Royal H. Cope land of New York at the annual banquet of tho Baltimore chapter. American Institute of Banking, here last night. The bonus at *1.25 a day for each day In the service, will cost the overoment *1,385,i>OO.uOO, Senator ! Copeland asserted. “President Coolidge recently eaid ' In New York that a soldier bonus would cost $5,000,000,000. Secretary Mellon said it would eoet $4,500,000. •00 Bmh are wrong." Renatnr Cope iRnd said. "Paying the former service • men cash. It would cost the country j ? 100.000.000 the first year and the i*ntire amount would be paid off In <;0 years in ever decreasing amounts. | “Why the interest on the money Crest Britain owes us would more [than pay the bonus. "Seventy of the 96 senators art i early for the bonus. We can pass : and pass it again o\er a veto." Frankfort. Kv . Feb. 28.—The gen eral assembly adopted a joint resolu tion memorializing congress to pess immediately a national soldiers' bonus 1 measure. Hotel Rome Cafeteria The Best Thaft All BLUE CAB CO. 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