THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1921.
Jefferis Starts
Today on Trip to
Panama Canal
Omaha Congressman and
Colleagues in House to In
vestigate Locks and
Toll SjHtem.
By E. C. SNYDER.
Waahlnrtoa Corrtapoadwit Omaha Rm.
Washington, Dec. (Special
Telegram.) Congressman Jeffcris
and a number of his colleagues in
the home will leave Washington to
morrow for the l'anama Canal zone.
The trip, which will be a compara
tively hasty one, will nevertheless
embrace a businesslike, ' compre
hensive thorough investigation at
first hand of conditions in the canal
zone.
The delegation will studv es
pecially the lock system and the ad
visability of adopting a similar sys
tem for the proposed St. Lawrence
canal. The matter of canal tolls will
also be carefully investigated with
a view to forming an accurate judg
ment as to the effect of a possible
repeal of tolls on western transporta
tion. The itinerary has been so arranged
that the congressmen will cover
much ground and gain the necessary
information for future canal legisla
tion in time to be back in Washing
ton the first week in January.
Congressman Kinkaid has been ad
vised by the civil service commission
that the results of the August ex
aminations for postmasterships of
the second class in the Sixth con
gressional district will be made
known a few days before Christ
mas. These will include the offices
at Kearney, Broken Bow, Gothen
burg and Valentine. The report of
the examination for the Scottsbluff
vacancy, however, will be delayed
and announced shortly after the
other offices have been, filled.
The civil service commission has
set January 10 as the date for hold
ing competitive examinations for
nostmaster at Aurora. Kimball and
Gering, second-class Nebraska of
fices.
Nebraska senators and representa
tives today received a telegram from
H. D. Lute, secretary of the Ne
braska Farm Bureau federation, urg
ing that the proposed purchase of
10,000,000 bushels of corn for Rus
sia be increased to ZU.UUU.UUO and
that an additional appropriation be
made for the purchase of needed
dairy products. The proposal will
probably receive the support of the
Nebraska delegation provided it can
be done without endangering the
original appropriation.
Nebraskan Convicted
Of Evading War Draft
(Continued From Paga One.) .
had never received a notice of any
kind in reference to his draft.' He
said he had no intention of evading
the' draft and was ready to Serve in
the United States army now.
At the close of the defendant's
testimony, Judge Advocate Greer
pointed out to the court of inquiry
that it was incumbent under the law
fof a person selected for draft to
keep the respective draft board ap
1 prised of his whereabouts at all times
and compared the selective draft law
with the old axiom of 'Ignorance of
the law excuses no one."
Verdict Comes Quick.
The defendant's counsel pleaded to
the court that Bausch had not wil
fully evaded military service.
After a few moments' deliberation
the court martial returned a verdict
of guilty and sentenced Bausch.
The findings of the court martial
will be turned over to the command
ant at Fort Crook, who will review
them and then the verdict of the
court martial, with all the evidence,
will be sent to the secretary of war
for approval or disapproval. If ap
proved, the only hope for freedom
for the defendant is a pardon from
President Harding.
Bausch was apprehended at Leigh,
Neb., November 11 of this year, and
has been confined in the guard
house ' at Fort Crook awaiting trial.
According to Judge Advocate Greer,
there are several hundred cases sim
ilar to that of Bausch, which will
come up for court martial hearing at
Fort Crook this winter.
"The government of the United
States may forgive, in some cases,
but it never forgets," said Judge Ad
vocate Greer, "and every draft evader
of the great war, drafted by the
United States, will eventually be
brought to justice."
Heirs of Missionaries to
Hawaii Transfer Land
Honolulu, Dec 13. Transfer of
title to the only tract of land known
to have been granted by the chief
tains of old Hawaii to the early mis
sionaries has just been completed,
the title going from the heirs of
the Coan, Lyman and Wetmore fam
ilies to whom the grant was made,
to the Hawaiian Evangelical associ
. ation of Honolulu.
The land, for the most part an
old lava flow extending for several
miles into the fern forests above
Hilo, was given to its original own
ers by one of the chiefs of Hawaii
as a personal reward for their- al
truistic services to the Hawaiian peo
ple. As there was no such thing
as individual land ownership in Ha
waii at that time, all lands being
considered the personal property of
the chiefs to do with as they chose,
an outright gift of this sort was
considered very remarkable. The
land is valuable only for its water
"rights, which are now leased to
one of the sugar plantations.
Prison Officer Wounded
By Three Convicts Dies
Marquette, Mich., Dec 13. Depu
ty Warden F. C Menhennit, who
-wis badly cut and beaten Sunday in
knife battle with three convicts in
Marquette prison, died of his wounds
yesterday.
By extension of the area of Ko
rean cotton cultivation, Japan ex-
pects to become independent of for
gn sources of supply.
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While representatives of nations of the world are haggling over disarmament at Washington the Navy
department announced Uncle Sam's latest terror of the seas, the submarine S-Sl. It is the first subsca vessel
to carry fixed six-inch deck guns with specially constructed ammunition magazines located in the conning tower,
Farmers Divided on
1 Grain Growers' Body
(Continued Frofa F One.)
as a whole toward the U. S. Grain
Growers, Inc. and the committee of
17 before they endorsed their pro
gram. Above all it should have
abided by the rules of our organiza
tion. '
"Mr. Shorthill is taking too much
for granted when he makes these
'recommendations,' particularly those
pertaining to the grain growers. Let
the state association make its own
recommendations.
"I have studied the Grain Growers, (
Inc.. plan of marketing, its contracts
and everything pertaining to it sin
cerely and honestly, and I consider it
the greatest enemy of all farmers. It
has no money with which to carry
out its contracts and the state denies
it the right to raise money in Ne
braska. "The organization has been in
existence for eight months and as
far as I can learn hasn't bought a
bushel of grain. '
Hastily Introduce Next Speaker.
Following : Mr. Wooster's attack
there was a flurry of excitement,
which was covered-by the hasty in
troduction of the next speaker.
All was serene' again until W. F.
Dale, University Place. Neb., de
livered his address on "The United
States Grain Growers, Inc."
Mr. Dale outlined the progress the
grain growers has made in the eight
months ot its existence ana now it
planned to market the grain of ths
grain growers of the nation.
In speaking of Mr. Dale's address
after the meeting had adjourned, Mr.
Wooster said:
"Mr. Dale outlined very cleverly
the plans of the United States Grain
Growers, Inc., but his address- was
full of ambiguous statements which
he did not stop to explain. He also
chareed the irrain dealers, outside ot
the Grain Growers, Inc., with many
irregularities which he did not
enumerate.
' Claims Right to Know.
"If the erain exchanges and
boards of trade of the United States
are cheating we producers have
a risrht to know it. . If Mr. Dale has
facts it is his duty to produce them
and enlighten us.
"Mr. Dale said the U. b. Oram
Growers, Inc., had 200 elevators and
between 6,000 and 7,000 members
signed up in Nebraska. That may
be true, but the membership of the
various co-operative societies is many
times that and the elevators oper
ated by this state organization alone
are 461 and there are almost as many
more elevators operated by co-operative
societies. I can see nothing in
his figures to brag about."
Mr. Wooster said that at the morn
ing meeting today an effort would
be made to bring .the discussion of
the U. S. Grain Growers, Inc., to
the floor of the convention in an at
tempt to sound out the true senti
ments of the organization regarding
the national organization.
Foresees Split.
"I have talked with many . farm
ers," he said, "and many are against
the national organization.. There are
many for it, too, and I foresee a hot
discussion and a possible split over
the question," he declared.
Charles S. Deneen, former gover
nor of Illinois and legal representa
tive for the milk producers of Illi
nois and Indiana in the "milk war"
against distributors in Chicago dur
ing the late war, described the activi
ties of the milk producers, how they
organized to comabt the distributors
and their methods of price fixing.
Mayor Dahlman delivered an ad
dress of welcome in which the flag
was waved gloriously for almost an
hour. His speech was answered by
C. Vincent, representing the Omaha
Grain exchange and who was one of
the principle organizers of the. state
organization 19 years ago. He out
lined the relations between the pro
ducer and the grain exchanges.
The delegates were the guests of
the Omaha Grain exchange at a ban
quet at the Rome last night. .
Merchant Leaves Pants
Outside; You Guessed It
Columbus, O., Dec. 13. It was
before breakfast. Neighbors noted
P. Wolman rush out of his home
on Monday morning.
"What's your hurry?" asked one,
as Wolman passed him in the
street. But Wolman didn't answer.
He never stopped until he arrived
at his store, No. 51 South Fourth
street. He had guessed right. He
found that five pairs of trousers he
had hung out for a Saturday night
sale were missing. The police were
asked to 'do their best to find the
pants, which he forgot to take in
when he closed up his store.
Women Protest at Failure '
Of Meat and Milk Inspection
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 13. (Special
Telegram.) A petition was present
ed to the city commissioners from
the Beatrice Woman's club calling
attention to the laxity of food inspec
tion in the city, particularly as ap
plied to meats and milk. The peti
tion was referred to Mayor Farlow
for investigation, and if it is acted
. favorably upon a city food inspector
I will be named by him at a later date.
Packing House Men Plan
Parade to Gain Sympathy
Strikers Carrying Placards Reading "Don't Scab"
"Big Five" Plants Report Conditions Better
Than Ever Skilled Butchers
Return to Work.
A parade of striking packing
house workers will be staged in
Omaha soon, according to plans of
the union announced yesterday by
Frank Lauer, chairman of the strike
committee. He said many thousands
will be in line and that it will gain
sympathy for the cause.
"We can get permission from the
police and the city government to
hold the parade, I know,," he said.
"This has been done in other cities."
Some strikers yesterday carried
placards, tied to their backs, reading,
"Strike on at all packing houses.
Don't scab. Keep away." .
A sign on the bulletin board in
union headquarters yesterday said
84 coopers, engineers, firemen and
laborers walked out of the Omaha
Cooperage company plant in a sym
pathetic strike yesterday.. "Not even
a rat stirring there," said the notice.
Extra Police on Duty.
Nineteen extra policemen were
put to work in the strike zone yes
terday, although peace and quiet
reigned everywhere.
The "Big Five" packing houses
all reported conditions better than
ever. Killing and other depart
ments were reported operating in all
the plants. .
Armour's reported 75 per cent of
normal efficiency. Several skilled
butchers returned to work from the
strike, it was said.
Eight skilled butchers .returned to
work at Cudahy's 'yesterday, M.
R. Murphy, general manager, said.
He said 30 laborers who sought em
ployment were turned away yester
day. Monday's kill, lie said, was 275
cattle, 400 sheep and 750 hogs.
Butchers Return.
The Morris plant reported 12 new
butchers on the job yesterday arid the
plant working at 80 per cent of its
normal efficiency, with a kill of 400
cattle, 650 sheep and 800 hogs' Mon
day. Swift's is running at 75 per cent
of normal capacity, a report said,
with killing Monday at the rate of
40 cattle an hour.
The Dold plant claimed a slight
increase in its operations over Mon
day, with increased buying of live
stock.
Plans for mobilizing the Nebraska
National Guard quickly for strike
duty on the South Side or at Ne
braska City were 'made at a confer
ence of guard officers here Monday
night, though officers agreed that, as
the,situation now is, there is no call
for service by the guard.
Cudahy Makes Statement
Edward A. Cudahy, president of
the Cudahy Packing company, with
plants at Omaha, Chicago, Kansas
City, Wichita, Sioux City, Los An
geles and Salt Lake City, yesterday
gave his first interview on the pack
ing house strike. Mr. Cudahy. says:
"The wage- - reduction approxi
mates 9 per cent as a whole, but
where the men" were receiving 50
cents an hour and more the wage
cut is only 3 to 5 cents an. hour.
"The Cudahy plants are still pay
ing higher for common labor than
any other, of the big industries
railroads steel works, etc. We are
paying 37 cents per hour for com
mon labor the standard " wage " in
other industries is only . 30 cents.
:"Working conditions were not in
terfered with when the - reduction
was made. The eight-hour day is
Migrating Mennonites
Reach Alabama Homes
Yellow Pine, Ala., Dec. 13. One
thousand Mennonites, occupying 18
cars, arrived here today from Regina,
Sask. The colonists brought with
them cows, horses, sheep, household
effects, vehicles and fanning imple
ments and they are prepared im
mediately to start housekeeping and
preparation of the soil for next year's
crop. An advance guard had pui
chased lands and provided tempor
ary shelter.
The Mennonite colony is situated
in the heart of the Alabama lumber
belt where timber is plentiful and
the soil productive. Vast stretches
of unimproved acreage - afford the
colonists ample opportunity to grati
fy their expressed desire to engage
in agricultural pursuits.
"Talking Cure'" Given at
Sex Science Institute
Berlin, Dec 17. A new cure for
all the ills of mankind discovered by
the medical councillor. Dr. Magnus
Hirschfeld, flies directly in the face
of the universally accepted theory
that too much talk is the cause of
a lot of the world's woes.
In the institute for sexual science
cf which he is the head. Dr. Hirsch
feld .with a number of assistants is
giving daily treatments with what he
calls his "talking cure."
still .recognized. Time and a half
is paid for overtime and double time
tor bundays and holidays.
Five Days Work Guaranteed.
"Another thing, the Cudahy plants
guarantee their workmen five days
work out ef every week, the pack
ing industry is the only industry in
the world that does this. Sometimes
men put in only two and a half or
three days per week on account of
fluctuations in live stock receipts,
but they draw five days' pay just the
same. - . . -
"The big packing houses now all
are operated under . what is called
the 'industrial relations plan,' by
which practically all questions are
settled by a conference board of
representatives of the workmen and
representatives of the management,
in equal numbers.
Accepted by Board.
"The wage reduction last week
was voted upon and accepted by this
conference board before it became
effective. The reasons why the re
duction was necessary were placed
before the . board and the employe
representatives voted to accept the
lower wages. ,.
"The Cudahy plants do not object
to their men belonging to the unions.
The management does object, how
ever, to the minority which belongs
to the labor unions arrogating to it
self the right to. control the major
ity, which desires to remain free from
labor unions.1 ; ;;; -
"In the last analysis not over 15
or . 20 per . cent of packinghouse
workmen are members of the union.
A majority- of the men don't want to
go out on a strike. Many were in
timidated into a strike. Others were
persuaded to strike. Demand for
recognition of the union, and with
the inevitable result of a demand for
the discharge "of .all non-union em
ployes is the underlying cause of the
strike and not the $1.50 to $2 per
week reduction in wages."
Wife-a-Month .
Campaign Lands
Omalian in Jail
Dr. Leighton Bonner Alleged
To Have Wed Five Girla
In as Many Montln
Stops at Sixth.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 13. (Special
Telegram.) A new wife a month
for the first five months of this year
was the charge revealed today against
Dr. Leighton Bonner, former Oma
han, whose "high life" in Denver has
become a matter of police court
record.
To this allegation of a new bride
once a month are charges that he
forged check amounting to thou
.inds of dollars on merchants in
Omaha, Neb., to pay for his honey
moon when he married Edna How
ard, Grand Island, Neb., in 1919, ac
cording to the local police.
His bride-a-month campaign be
gan shortly after his marriage to
Miss Howard, ifter a brief honey
moon, it is alleged. He took a bride
at Calgary, Alberta, in February; in
March he married at Sand Point.
Idaho; his choice of April was a
pretty Minneapolis girl; in May he
placed a ring on the finger of a
Billings (Mont.) beauty, while at
Portland, Ore., a bright June day he
married a manicurist of that place,
according to the charges.
His sixth romance at San Bernar
do, Cal., caused his arrest at tint
place under the Mann act when he
refused to marry the girl.
Bonner used the aliases of Dr. R.
C. Gentry and Dr. Robert Meyer, it
is alleged. , .
Woman Rescued
From Mad Bull
Man Fights Off Infuriated
Animal With Pitchfork as
Onlyi Weapon.
Nauvoo, III., Dec 13. A bull fight
worthy of the best Spanish tradition
took place on a farm near here.
Carl Marzolf, the toreador in the
case, fought, not for the cheers of a
crowd, but for a woman's life. A
lonely pasture hillisde was the arena,
a pitchfork instead of a sword was
the weapon, and instead of a holiday
throng two or three scared women
watched the fight Merzolf won.
Miss Agatha Wellner, a music
teacher, had often ventured into the
pasture on her father's farm, where
the bull was kept, but he had never
made any unfriendly overtures. This
day he charged her. For some time
she dodged him among the trees of
an oW orchard, then ran for the
fence, where she fell between a
stretch of wire netting and a thorny
hedge. The bull could just reach her
by stretching the netting. Each time
she tried to rise he knocked her back
among the thorns.
' A woman "neighbor came with a
pitchfork, but was. unable to make
effective use of iu Against the bull,
who was now genuinely angry. Mar
zolf -arrived and,- fork - in 1 hand,
climbed the" fence. "Each time the
bull charged he side-stepped and
jabbed. In one c.f "these bouts he
drove' the fork so deep into the ani
mal that it was jerked Irom his hands
and carried some distance before it
worked loose and fell out. He re
covered it in time. Finally the bull
had enough of it.. ;
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Drachman Playef Pianos, $450
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arid small musical instruments.
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Carriers From U. S.
Washington, Dec, 13. -Final pay.
menu to railroad by the govern
mrnt on claims and adjustment!
arising: out of wartime control are
estimated to require $.M.1.042,0o0.
according to a report lent by Direc
tor General of Railroads Davis to
the senate yesterday in response to a
resolution introduced by Senator
LaFollette republican, Wisconsin.
He said that the administration
had available cash credits with the
treasury of $152,J80.0(K) for use in
the settlements and likewise holds
much larger sums in securities, lie
refused to report on a section of the
resolution which required details
and items of the settlements made
with the individual roads.
Hungarian Assembly
Ratifies New Treaty
Budapest, Dec. 13. The national
assembly tonight ratified the treaty
of peace between the United Statei
and Hungary.
Count Albert 'Apponyi, chairman
of the committee in charge of the
peace agreement, in an address after
the ratification, said: "Though we are
not yet acquainted with America's
future world policy, this separate
treaty is proof of her disinterestedness
and her sincere wish to help in the
reconstruction of eastern Europe.
This single peace, which was not dic
tated, recognized Hungary as an
equal."
Liquor Dealers
Ask Lower Tariff
On Champagne
Senate Finance Committee
Treated to Course of Gym.
nasties in Following
Subjects Presented.
Washington, Dec. 13. Tariff fram.
en on the senate finame committee
had a course in mental gymnastics
today, lu following the many sub
jects presented by a dozen or more
witnesses. The discussion ranged
from canary birds to cows and from
near beer to champagne, with onions,
spaghetti, candy, nuts, tomatoes,
paste and other items mixed in.
The specific schedules under con
sideration were those dealing with
agricultural products, provisions,
spirits, wines and other beverages.
Liquor importers, through Levi
Cooke, protested against the pro
posed rates of $5 a gallon on brandy
and $6 a gallon on champagne, point
ing out that these were in addition
to the internal, revenue tax of $2.20
a gallon.
Calling attention that under the
law liquors could not be imported
for beverage purposes, Mr. Cooke
said most of it was used for medicinal
purposes, adding that the tax was
very steep for a medicine. This led
to a discussion of the medicinal use
of liquors, and Senator Smoot, re
publican, Utah, remarked that he re
cently had seen some 4D persons
taken suddenly ill.
'Speaking for the Anheuer-Busch
company, Mr, Cooke asked that pres
ent rates on importeq nops e re
tained.
Coal Cost Blamed for
Electric Rate
High
Geneva. Neb.. Dec. 13. Grady
Corbitt, who spent almost four years
in Lyons, France, as vice consul
from this country, talked before the
Community club last night on social
and business customs oT the French
people as he saw them. Mr, Corbitt
in a son-in-law of Ex-Congressman
Charles H. Sloan.
The electric light rate in Geneva
was .brought up for disrussion by
Judge W. R. Fulton. The charge
amounts to 18 cents a kilowat The
district manager, J. R. Smith, ex
plained the teason for the continued
high prices in force by his company
as due principally to prices of coal
About 86 towns within 150 miles of
Omaha are' served bv the rornnra-
tion, known here as the Public Serv
ice company. . '
Porto Rican Plot to Slay
Gov. Reily Uncovered
Washington. Dec. 13. Evidence
of plot by Porto Rican secessionists
against the life of Governor Reily,
American governor of the island, by
firing the steamship Tanamo on
which he came to the United States
last month, was claimed yesterday
by members of the party which ac
companied the governor to Washington.
Christmas Spirit Is Contagious Here
Gifts that will please because they are altogether charming and
really useful are in abundance in this store. Hosts of them are
beautiful, unusual and practical so that you may be sure that"
whatever you may select here will be decidedly worth the giv
ing. Come in and let us help you choose wisely., .
A Kerchief
Is a never failing gift
which always meets with
approval. Distinctive
styles,- wonderfully fine
qualities add a greater
charm to the handker
chiefs from Thompson-Belden's.
Negligees
These daintiest creations
of fine silks and laces will
gladden the heart of any
woman.
InNovel Styles
Embroidered front or
self-clocked, with tops
and soles of lisle, for $3
and $3.50 a pair.
Lace clocks in beauti
ful patterns in a hose of
pure thread silk to the
top. Black or cordovan
for $5 a pair.
Hand e m b r o iderles,
M e x ican drawn work,
lace inserts, allover
laces, hand clocks in
many attractive designs
from $5 to $10 a pair.
Fine Perfumes
and Toilet Waters
Are Gifts to be
fully appreciated
Gifts for Baby
Booties of silk or wool
from 65c to ?3.
Carriage Boots of eider
down and ribbon
trimmed or quilted satin
arid fur-trimmcd. Priced
$2 and $2.50.
Mitten of silk or wool
from 85c to $1.50.
Long Coats and Capes of
cashmere silk or crepe
de chine; either silk or
sateen-lined, from $7 to
$25.
' For Baby's Crib there are
silk quilts, cotton or wool
blankets, machine or
hand-made sheets and
pillow cases.
Bags and Purses
The anticipation, of. a
pleasing, useful gift and
an attractive one. as well,
is a most delightful feel
ing. And that is just the
sentiment expressed by
these charming hand bags
and purses of velvet, duv
etyn and fine ; leathers,
with their many clever ap
pointments that add to
their attractiveness. Priced
.$6.75 on up.
Of fine French kid is a
gift of a lasting apprecia
tion. Trefousse -made
gloves in all the shades
and styles that could be
desired for prices that are
within the reach of all.
Fancy Combs
Are so delightful and their
prices range so wide that
people of moderate means
and people of wealth have
an equality of opportunity.
They are of shell amber
and jet and may be plain
carved or studded with
white and colored stones.
Priced from $2.50 on up.
Who Can Resist
The Charm of a Fan
No woman, I am sure especially, if it is a
feathery fan, or one of real lace or chiffon
with a handle of Mother of Pearl.
The feather fans come in all' different
shades and range from $3.50 to $21.
Those of real lace are priced from $15 to
$35.
--The chiffon ones may be black or white
and are from $2.50 on up.
Children's feather fans come in as many
different shades as their elder sisters' and
are priced from $1.75 to $2.50.