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"Jobless"!
Conference!
Is Openedj
Harding Characterizes Indus
trial Depression as War In
heritance Oppotes Relief
From V. S. Treasury.
Committee Is Appointed
Washington, Sept. 26. The na
tional unemployment conference
completed its first session today with
the adoption of its organization com
mittce'i report, forming nine sub
committees and calling for reports
from'them by Wednesday, October I
5.
The organization committee of the
ronference completed early in the
afternoon recommendations for the
conference program and suggestions
for the formation of subcommittees
to handle detailed work were pre
pared. Theconfercnce- was formally
opened by President Harding.
Addressing the half hundred indus
trial, economic and labor leaders
comprising the conference, the presi
dent described the present industrial
depression as "a war inheritance"
throughout the world, "for which as
applied to the United States," he add
, ed, "he would have little enthusiasm
for any proposed relief which seeks
cither palliation or -.tome from the
lublic treasury.
Benefits World Wide.
Belief was expressed by the prcsi
dent that the results of the confer
ence would be felt beyond the bor
ders of the United States and that
the delegates in their deliberations
would be performing a service to
the world."
The president declared that the
open, sure and onward way "to rid
. the nation of the war's aftermath of
depression involved liquidation, reor
ganization, readjustment, . re-establishment,
taking account of things
done and sober contemplation of
things to be done." Any other way,
lie added, was only hugging a delur
sion.
The delegates were told by Mr,
Harding that they had not been in
vited into the conference "to sohe
the long controverted problems of
oar social system" and that Secretary
Hoover, whom he had designated as
chairman of the conference, .would
lay before them the program of discussions.-
-. ,.
- Is War Inheritance. .
"The industrial depression which
we are feeling is a war inheritance
throughout the world. We saw 'hu
manity stressed in that . production
which is impelled by nations desper
ate in self preservation.-
. From such a test- there is inevitable
reactions. With the world
involved there is no escape for any
of the world from the valeys of de
pression. Though we suffered less
than many of these with whom w
were associated, and less than any
Transformation
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. In all his career "Fatty" Arbuckle has never been able to portray
the expression of deep gloom more realistically than he does here. This
is a photographic conception of Arbuckle behind the bars of the cell in
San Francisco. . s -.-..... ...
Osetopaths of
State Denied
Liquor Permits
Haynes Rules Application Is
Not Consistent ' With
V Teachings ' Of f ,
v of those against 'whom we con
tended, it was inevitable that we ex
perience the fever's aftermairi and
come to know depression before we
could become normal again. '
"Liquidation, re-organiiatjon, re
adjustment, re-establishment, taking
account '' of things done and sober
contemplation of things to be done,
the finding cf firm ground and the
rpen, sure ana onwaro way aa
tlicsc are a part of the inevitable, and
he who thinks they might have been
voided by this plan or that, or this
-policy' or that, or this internaional
relationship or that, only hugs the
delusion, when reason is needed for
safe counsel, v . ;
Unemployment Always.
"Vcu have been summoned to
rounscl all America,, to apply your
l.nowledge and your experience in
relieving a condition which concerns
all America," the president further
told ,the '. conference. "Specifically
vou are to deal with unemployment,
16 suggest a way to. repairing the
arterial circulation which is -the. very
liteblood of the reoubhe. X
"There is always unemploiTtient
, Under most favorable conditions X
s.m tolg, there arc a million and a
half in the United1 States who are
not at work. But there is excessive
unemployment today and -we arc
concerned, not alone about its dimin-
- under the involved condition, lest it
grow worse, with hardships bf the
winter season soon to be met. The
problem of unemployment is the
most difficult with which we are
confronted. ," ' -. -
"There are no problems affecting
our national life and the welfare of
the American people which we can
not and will not solve, v If we fail
today we will try again tomor
row. Don't Solve Social System. .
"It is fair to say that you are not
Rsked to solve the Ior.st controverted
problems of our social . system. We
have builded the America of today
and the fundamentals of economic,
industrial and political " life which
made us what we are and the temple
requires no remaking now. ' We are
incontestably sound. We are con
stitutionally strong. We are merely
depressed after the fever and we want
to know the way to "speediest and de
pendable convalescense. . V hen w
know the way everybody in America
capital and labor, employer and
employes, captains of industry and
.the privates in the trenches will g;o
over the top in the advance drive of
. peace, r rankly, it is difficult to know
whether we have reached that bed
rock to which reaction runs before
the upward coarse begins, but here
are representatives of -tie forces
which make for all we are or ever
be reliable.
"I would have little enthusiasm for
any proposed relief which seeks
palliation or tonic from the public
treasury. The excess of stimulation
from that source is to be reckoned a
cause of trouble rather than a source
(Tu t ran Two, Cabuu Blav) .
" By E. C. SNYDEP. -WaMMnttan
Cortcipapilcnt Omh Bee.
Washington, - Sept. 23. (Special
Telegram.) Osteopaths and chiro
practors, of Nebraska have ,been im
portuning the members bf congress
from the state ' to1 bring pressure to
bear , on Prohibition . Commissioner
Haynes - to -change - the ' regulations
and permit the representatives of
these medical schools to write pre
League Will Not
Make Blockade
Plans Until Used
Assembly Committee Decides
Individual Cases Must Ap
ply Rather Than Set of
General Rules.
j Genevan Sept. 26. (By The As
sociated Press.) Details of applying
the economic blockade -against any
member violating the covenant of
the league of nations cannot be de
cided before hand, the , blockade
committee of the assembly reported
this morning. . It proposed that the
council of the league suggest a plan.
The committee held that interrup
tion of diplomatic relations should
scriptions for ; liquor.- V Mr, Haynes be begun with the withdrawal tf
has flatly refused to" modify the reg
ulations in a single degree. . j.
Representative Tefferis,. who prob
ably has more osteopaths and chiro
practors in his district than in any
three other districts ..of ; the state,
took up the request of the osteo
paths with the officers of tfcs prohi
bition director's 'bffice.' .Director
Haynes in a letter to the congress
man refusing "to make, the f change
suggested says:
"As understood by. this bureau the
osteopathic and chiropractic schools
of ' medicine discourage or condemn
the "administration ' of drugs :,and
chemicals . for : therapeutic purposes
and depend upon manipulation of
the "anatomical . structures for " cura
tive purposes. . .Under the ethics of
these schools, therefore, it would ap
pear that drugs and chemicals can
not consistently be. administered for
therapeutic ' purposes. 1 ;
"The mere fact that a physician
of' the osteopatlu'c school is licensed
to practice his profession does not
necessarily carry wfth'it'the right to
prescribe . or. . administer drugs for
their therapeutic effect. . It appears
strange therefore,; that physicians of
these schools should be insistent upon
prescribing intoxicating liquors,
when practically, all other forms ol
drugs are repudiated, particularly as
whisky is no longer listed , in the
United' States pharmacopoeia.'' - -
The osteopaths' and chiropractors
of the state urged that alcohol -was
beneficial in cases of Snake bite, an
tidote for carbolic acid poisoning and
was extensively used sis an' antiseptic
for bad sores, - contused wounds and
for baths. They asked that the reg
ulations of the prohibition bureau., be
made to harmonize with the laws of
Nebraska, covering' the practice of
osteopathy, and its associate school.
Disorder Marks Meeting
" Of United Mine Workers
Indianapolis, Sept. 26. Efforts of
rupporters of Alexander Howat,
president of the Kansas miners, to
force a vote in the convention of the
United Mine Workers of America
cn President John Lewis', recom
mendation that Howat be required
to order strikers back to work, were
blocked today ;by Vice , President
Murray, who, as presiding officer,
declared he would not permit the
convention to be stampeded into
making its decision. Disorder among
the delegates marked the morning
session. - 1 . : -; , , -
Chicago Cabaret Puts in
After Theater Dinner Menu
Chicago, Sept. 26. One of Chi
cago's best known cabarets in the
days before prohibition,' today an
nounced a dinner -. service - for after
theater parties. A cafeteria service
was also announced for other hours.
Boiled lobster prices were quoted on
the theater dinner menu at 50 and 60
cents.
heads of diplomatic missions. In the
proposed resolution it was provided
tnat certain states, in case or spe
cial danger to them, might be re
leased from blockade obligations. '
Before the blockade committee res
olutions are voted on it is said that
an effort will be made -to obtain a
vote abrogating the rule requiring
unanimity, as it is believed an anan
imous decision on ' committee rec
ommendations is impossible.-
In addition to resolutions inter
preting the covenant of the league
the committee proposed an amend
ment of Article XVI.' of the covenant,
which provides - for united action
against a state violating that agree
ment. - ; - "
The amendment follows:
"The council of the league will
give an opinion whether a breach of
the covenant has; taken place. When
the council gives such opinion the
votes of states charged with having
committed. a breach or the covenant
and of states bringing the charge.
whether, they"; are members of the.!
council under Article IV or have been
specially summoned, shall not be
reckoned in determining whether or
not there-has been a unanimous de
cision. x "
Majority of Railway : Kl
v Trainmeri Favor Strike
" Chicago, Sept. .26. A. majority of
the"186,000 members of the Brother
hood of Railway -Trainmen have
voted to strike rather than accept the
recent wage cut ordered by" the
United States railroad labor- board,
(.general chairmen of the brotherhopd
indicated today a they began an ot
ficial canvass of the ballots. .Fifty
seven general chairmen, who arrived
during the day. privately repoi ted to
Vice President' James. Murdock that;
their men were m tavor or a strike
unless, their, demands .were " met,
"Our past experience-has been," Mr.
Murdock commented, "that S)8 per
cent of the men wJl always vote for
a strike."' - -.
BlacknK.I-If 'Let Us Keep These and Drown the Others"
Defense Of!
Senator Smoot.
Arbuckjfc'
Columbus Barber Convicted -'
Of Bigamy Is Paroled
Columbus. Neb., Sept. 26. (Spe
cial.) Charles Ballard, Grand Island
barber," convicted .of bigamy in, the
district court was paroled to his' at
torney, August Wagner. His parole
was made conditional upon his con
tributing to the support of his three
children., Mr. - Wagner secured the
court's permission forhis,. ward to
go to South Dakota, where he will
go to work, and be near his children.
Insurance Head Dies .
Petesoky. Mich., Sept. 26. J. R.
Clark of CinciBnati,-president of the
Union Central Life Insurance com
pany died last meht followm - a
I stroke ot paraivsis.
Attorney for Prisoner Accuses
Semnacher and Mrs. Del
niont of Plot to Extort
Money From "Fatty." -
Grand JurTWill Probe
San Francisco, Sept. 26. An as
sertion in court tody by Roscoe C.
(Fatty) Arbuckle's chief counsel,
Frank Domingitcz, that he believed
blackmail had been contemplated
against the film comedian and that
this motive figured in the defend
ant's arrest on a murder charge,
was ordered put before the grand
jury tonight by District Attorney
Mathcw A. Brady.
Brady issued subpoenas (or Dom
inguez and his associate counsel,
Charles II. Brennan of San Fran
cisco and Milton M. Cohen of Los
Angeles, to appear at tonight's grand
jury session and repeat their chai ges.
The action was taken. Brady said,
on the request of Alfred Semnacher,
who was accused by Dotninguez to
day of having conspired with Mrs.
Bambina Dclinont, the complaining
witness against Arbuckle, 'to take
torn parts of the clothing of Miss
Virginia Kappc to Los Angeles to
extort money from the defendant,
who is charged with the murder of
Miss Rappe.
Refuses to Allow Questions.
Domingucz made, his assertion
after long questioning of Semnacher
regarding his previous testimony in
the case. Domingucz declared that
previous conduct of Mrs. Delmont
in Los Angeles, where he said she
made claims against a man named
Earl Lynn, lent color to his accusa
tion. Police Judge Lazarus, before
whom the hearing is beind held, re
fused, however, to allow Domingucz
to question Semnacher along this
line, saying it had no part in the
present proceedings.
Semnacher s testimony took no
most of the afternoon session. In the
morning Dr. Arthur Beardslee. house
physician at the Hotel St. Francis,
who treated Miss Rappe after, the
revel' in Arbuckle's suite, out of
which the murder , charge grew, tes
tified he discovered . evidence of a
ruptured internal .organ after the
party and that he advised her re
moval to a hospital.
- Sticks to Diagnosis.
The defense was unable to make
liint admit that she' couM hav; been
suffering from anything else. ;
Keprying to a hypothetical ques
tion, he said an . injury such as that
described by the prosecution prob
ably would have been caused by an
external force,' such as a fall or
blow, although contortions incident
to violent vomiting might have pro
duced that ettect,
Evidences of alcoholism were
overshadowed by Miss Rappe's suf
fering trom the rupture. Dr. Beards
lee said. He testified that Mrs. Del
mont, who attended the injured girl,
snowed no signs ot beine under the
influence of alcohol or drugs.
Asked about Mrsi-Delmont s con
dition at the party, Semnacher testi
fied that she was dressed in vellow
pajamas and appeared "lit up" or
about half drunk" when he first en
tered the Arbuckle suite. He denied
hearing any screams from the room
where Miss Rappe afterward was
found in distress.
May Have Misunderstood.
The defense drew from Semnacher
the admission that he might have
misunderstood Arbuckle's exact
language regarding the ice incident,
he said Arbuckle had described to
him and others, but later told the
prosecution that he did not mistake
Arbuckle's meaning. - . '
Dommgues questioned him closely
bout his stay at the Palace hotel
the-night before the party at the
St. Francis. Mrs. Delmont and Miss
Rappe also stayed at that hotel. Sem
nacher testified that the door be
tween his room and that occupied
by the two women was unlocked
most of the time. but that he entered
their apartment only when the trio
met in the morning to go to break
fast. '-'-. . ,.
. The ' hearing will be; resumed in
police court tomorrow morning.
Among witnesses yet to be heard are
Mrs. Delmont and Zeh Prevost and
Alice Blake, two show girls who al
tendei Arbuckle's party.
Cannot Find Farm for
Which He Paid $4,000
Nick" Malin to vick, '3429 V, street,
caused the arrest of Tony Borta,
same address, yesterday. "Malinto-
vick said Borta took him to an al
leged land agent at the Paxton hotel
a week ago. later he got together
$4,000 which he paid for a farm sup
posed to be near bcottsbluft. Alalm
tovick declared he could not find the
farm. - He had Borta arrested in an
effort to locate, the alleged land
agent. -
Girl Riding With Speeder
X Is Shot gy Policeman
" Sioux Falls, S. D.. Sept 26.
(Special Telegram.) MissMartha
Skadsen, 22, of Dell Rapids, is in
a . Sioux Falls hospital with little
chance of recovery as the result of
being shot through-' the lung by Po
liceman Cook.
The driver of the car in which
the Rirl was riding is alleged to have
been speeding in the. northern sec
tion of the city, and also was run
nine without a tail light and did not
obey the signal of the officer to stop.
Policeman Cook tired at the rear
tire. The bullet was deflected and
struck the girl in the back, penetrat-j
itig the lung. Policeman Cook has
"j not been arrested.
Prominent Men
Plan to Attend
a
Waterway Meet
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Former Governor Harding of
Iowa Will Be Present
Nebraska Leaders Say v
They Will Attend.
- Lincoln, Neb. Sept. 26. (Spe
cial.) Unusual interest is being
shown in the conference called by
Governor McKelvie, to meet at the
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce at
11 Wednesday morning: for a consid
eration of the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence waterways project.
Charles P. Craig, executive sec
retary of the Great Lakes-St. Law
rence association, is to report upon
the present status of the project and
upon a tour of 16 western states
which he isMust comoletinu. Forme:
Governor Harding of Iowa and
Governor lAlcn of Kansas, will at
tend. ,
Project Excites Interest.
The project has excited interest
among agricultural associations par
ticularly because ot the promise it
gives of increased, prices for : farm
products, due to lower transporta
tion costs to European and eastern
markets. Transportation and export
authorities have estimated the saving
t from 8 to 12 cents a bushel on
wheat alone.
Governor McKelvie. invited repre
sentatives of various organizations
to the Lincoln conference and will
welcome others who may be inter
ested.
Hearty response to the invitations
sent out inviting influential Ne
braskans td attend the meeting has
been received by Governor S. R. Mc
Kelvie. Nebraskans To Attend.
Among . prominent Nebraskans
who have acknowledged Governor
McKelvie's invitation and will attend
the meeting are: '
W. E. Pierson, S. P. Johnson, Os
ceola; J. W. Shorthill,' Omaha;
Frank Myers, Omaha; E. A. Bur
nett, Lincoln; W. R. Dutton,
Nemaha; C. L. Aller, Crete; Rufus
M. Geer, Grand Island; H. G. Gould,
Lincoln; C. M. Aldrich, ; Nebraska
City; C. E. Jones, Beatrice; Rollin
H. George, Lincoln; J. C. Harpham,
Lincoln: F. C. Crooker, Fillcy; F.
Montmorency, John Ii McCague, E.
b. Westbrook. M. L. Corey, J. A.
Kuhn R. C. Howe, C. E. Childe
Thomas Coleman, Guy C Kiddco,
H. M. Goulding, W. F. Thichoff,
John Campbell Omaha; J. C. Sea
crest C. B. Towlc, O. II. Zumwinkle,
Lincoln; Harvey A. Morrison, Col
lege View; J. E. Palm, Lincoln; E.
R. Purcell, Broken Bow; Represent
atives of Nebraska Crop Growers
association, Lincoln ; Dan Morris,
Kearney; R. F. Howard, Lincoln;
Charles Y. Thompson, West Point;
C. E. Barron, College View; A. R.
Kinney, Grand Island; E. R. Daniel
soji and board of v managers' Ne
braska State board of agriculture;
George S. Austin, ' Orleans; K. L.
Murray, Lincoln; Frank Hammond,
Fremont; representatives Holt
County Improvement association; J.
H. Sweet," Nebraska City; E. J.
Miller, Wymcre; Frank O. Edge
combe, Geneva; F. L. Carroll, Schuy
ler; C M. Hubner, Nebraska City;
T. F. Green, Valley; J. S. Mullen,
Ashland; Gene Husc, Norfolk;
Clark Perkins, Beatrice; Thomas E.
Adams, Beatrice: George" BriggsJ
Clay Center; O. O. Buc'i Harvard;.
Children Killed
As Trolley Breaks
Four Electrocuted When Pole
Falls From Street Car at
Kingston, Mass. ; ; v
Kingston, Mass., Sept. 26.i-Four
school children were killed today
when a trolley pole came off a car
which was carrying- them to. their
homes, broke the feed wire and
caused their electrocution when they
jumped out of the , car. The car
was set on fire, but other children
escaped serious injury. ; ,
Nine other children were held in
the car, which was a one-man Jrolley
of the Plymouth & Boston Street
Railway company,' by the motor
man. He caught a fifth youngster
as he tried to leap out.
All the children lived in Kingston
and were on their' Way home from
school.
The accident occurred late in the
afternoon as the car approached a
bridge. The trolley pole slipped off
the wire and broke the feed line
carrying thousands of volts. One
end of the wire fell on the roof of
the car setting it afire. The other
end fell to the bridge, charging the
rails.
The children screamed and rushed
for the door. The motorman tried to
hold them back, but four jumped out.
They came in contact with the rails
and were electrocuted. The clothes
were burned from their bodies. -
Telephone Strikers .
Call on Commission
But Get no Reduction
Live Stock Loans
Urgent Need, Says
War Board Head
Lincoln, . Sept. .-26. (Special. )
Striking patrons of the Monroe Tele
phone company -will stand pat.
bo will the company.
So will the state railway commis
sion. :
Eight of the." "strikers" called on
the commission today . to inform
that body they didn't intend to give
in to the telephone company.
The commission " informed the
"strikers" it belieyed the increase in
rates, which caused the strike, was
justified- and the . Commission didn't
intend to give in either.
The "strikers" went- back home.
British Educator Dies
London, Sept," -26. Prof. Henry
Jackson, one of the best known edu
cators in the British Isles, died to
day at Bournsmouth.' He was well
known as a writer on ancient Greece.
The Weather
ami
' Forecast.
Xebratka Fair Tuesday
Wednesday; cooler on Wednesday
and in west portion Tuesday.
Iowa Generally fair Tuesday and
Wednesday; warmer in east and
south portions Tuesday; cooler
Wednesday. . ',
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Funds Available,, to ... Relievo
Pressure on Industry, He
Says Predicts Easier
Money Rates. "
One of the most important linan'
cial problems confronting this Coun
try is. that of rehabilitating the live
stock industry, which is in urgent
need of emergency financing, ac
cording to Eugene Meyer, jr., man
aging director of the War Finance
corporation.
Mr. Meyer arrived here yesterday
and left at 3 p. m. for Des Moines,
beinsr on a tour of the 16
zones of the corporation, advising
and directing-the state committees
in the various zones in the machin
ery of loans and at the same time
studying agricultural and live stock
conditions. '
The personnel of the? Nebraska
committee of the War Finance cor
poration is Fred W. Thomas, Oma
ha, chairman; C. H. Randall, Ran
dolph;. Carl Weil, Lincoln;' E. P.
Morsman and A. W. Pratt, Omaha,
who accompanied Mr. Meyer on an
inspection trip of the stock yards
yesterday and later conferred with
him at Hotel Fontenellc.
Think of Future. , "
"Our object,"' said Mr. Meyer,
"is to help the live stock industry
and to get the industry to think of
the future rather than to worry over
the past.' We have the money and
the funds arc available ' to stop the
pressure in this industry, a pressure
which is causing immature market
ing, forced liquidation and depiction
of herds. The administration at
Washington is anxious to help the
live stock industry. I am optimistic
over the live stock situation and I
have reason for my optimism. My
optimism extends to the general agri
cultural situation as well. Conditions
are improving. Money will be more
available ana at easier rates.
Mr. Meyer started in the morning
at 8 o'clock and was busy up to the
very minute ot leaving tor Des
Moines. He . met live stock men,
bankers . and representatives ot co
operative and other organizations of
producers. Loans are not to be
made direct by the finance corpora
tion to producers, Mr. Meyer ex
plained. The local committee passes
on applications for loans which arc
made through domestic banks. Un
der the amended -war finance cor
poration act, farmers will be able t6
borrow from 60 to 70 per cent of the
value of harvested . crops or (trow
ing live stock. No loans are to be
made on planted or growing crops.
The finance corporation has author
ity to loan $1,000,000,000.
' Have Money, Too.
"And we have the money," said
Mr. Meyer.
Mr. Meyer asserted that Nebraska
has a splendid committee and he ex
pects hearty co-operation in this
state with the corporation. He ex
plained that $15,000,000 will be loaned
in' Minnesota and the Dakotas to
move the wheat, loans on fruit in
California and on tobacco in the
south. He pointed out the ad
vantages of loans being made
through country banks and irus re
lieving the city banks.
Loans will be made through the
local banks and will be made to ma
ture in one year, subject to renew-
(Tan to r(t Twa, Celuaia XaoJ
CashTo Aid
Stockmen
Is Assured
Hanks Will Form Corporation
To Advance $1,000,000
For Cattle Raining In
dutry of Nebraska.
Interest Rate 8 Per Cent
Kcbraka is to gtt prompt sid
from the War Finance corporation,
(tankers live stork raisers and grain
men who met with Hugeiie Meyer,
jr., managing director of the federal
agency, in Omaha yesterday, found
reassurance in In conservative
optimism.
The first remit of his vii.it prom
ise to be relief for the cattle grow
ing country of northwest Nebraska.
Representatives of 58 banks in group
6 met with F. W. Thoma. local
chairman of the war finance branch,
yesterday afternoon and voted to
form a corporation or association
which will bring $1,000,000 or more
into the and hills section for tin
benefit of the cattle men. This or
ganization, which will include banks
with a total capital and surplus oi
more than $2,000,000, is counted on
to bring the much ' needed loam
quicker and to offer better security
to the war finance board. Tin'
money may commence to flow back
within 10 days.
Cash In Nick of Time.
"Unless northwest Nebraska gett
aid within 60 days," said a banket
from Cherry county, "everything
will shut down. Farmers there ar
selling oft their breeding stock iit
order to get ready money and pa
off some of their obligations. Y
country would be stripped and ths
live stock market glutted if this wci
to continue. Government loans havs
come in the nick of time."
J. M. Flanagan cf Stewat. was
active in the formation of the live
stock loan corporation. With him
on the committee which is to draw
up articles of incorporation to be
presented to the bankers of his dis
trict in Omaha tomorrow are: O. J.
Schweiger cf Chadron, E. C. Colo
of Cody. N. J. Uck of Woodlake and
C. A. Minnick of Crawford. C. H.
Cornell of Valentine is chair
man of the general meeting and
William Parker of Woodlake, sec-,
retarv.
"The farmers of the hay belt have
been 30 years building up well bred
herds, which threatened to be de
stroyed in the processof deflation,"
said Mr. Flanagan. WhaT, as. an
want to do is to keep these broad
backed cows on the range that they
may produce beef for the nation and
wealth for their owners. It is not a
matter of stocking up the range, but
of holding on to - what is already
there. A great deal of immature
stock is being sent to market, "and
unless this is stopped prices might
go clean down cut of sight."
Will Stabilize Business;
Country banks in Wyoming and
Utah already have formed similar
live stock loan corporations. The
Salt Lake company, with a capital
of $500,000, expects to rediscount
paper with the war finance corpora
tion to the value of $5,000,000., Thd
Nebraska corporation probably will
have a capital of $200,000.
At a dinner in the Fontenelle
hotel presided over by O. T. East
man, president of the Bankers' club,.
Mr. Meyer made it plain that the-
object of loans from the War Fi-
(Iarn to Fare Two, Column Two.)
Roy Gardner, Mail
Bandit, Writes to
v Friend in Frisco
San Francisco. Sept. 26. Roy G,.
Gardner, the California mail car
bandit, who escaped from the McNeil:
island, Washington, federal prison on
September 5, has written an account
of his escape to George L. North, as
sistant managing editor of the San
Francisco Bulletin, in which he ad-,
mits having been shot twice by the
prison guards. The wounds, he said,
are in the fleshy portion of his right
leg, four inches below the hip, and in
the left below the knee.
Enclosed in his communication to
Mr. North was a letter addressed to
President Harding, which appealed
for a pardon and an opportunity "lf
prove to the world that a criminal
can reform and be an asset to society
and a good husband and father." For,
two days, Gardner said, he hid in the
loft of the prison barn and nursed his
wounds. He said he crept back to
the barn about midnight on the day
of his break from prison. - i
Gardner wrote that he had escaped i
to the mainland and since has been
in bed recovering from his wounds, I
Columbus Church Will .
Stage Drive for $30,000
Columbus, Neb., Sept. 26. (Spe
cial.) Members of the Federated -church
at a largely-attended meeting
voted to put on a campaign to raise'
the necessary funds to insure, com
pletion of their beautiful new church ,
and to finish it free from debt. Al-
ready $55,000 has been expended, and
to complete the work in the style
desired, it is estimated will require
$30,000. Of this amount C. C. Shel
don volunteered to give $15,000 if an
equal amount is pledged by others.
Mother of Draft Dodger
Sues to Recover Property
Philadelphia Sent. 26. Mrs. Emma
C Bcrgdoll, mother of the convicted
army draft dodgers. Grover C and
Erwin Bergdoll, filed suit in federal
court today to have ' Thomas W.
Miller, alien property custodian, re
turn to her certain property seized
by him some months ago as belong
ing to Grover. She contends her .
son has no interest in any o(it
H. Smith, York.
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