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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1922)
A THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA. JUNE 25, 1922. .Commission Firm Books Audited by U. S. Accountants Imreitigation Believed to Be , in Connection With Charge That Ratea Are Boosted. Expert government accountant from Washington are in Omaha auditing the booki of the various South Omaha livestock commission firmi, according to Dr. George Rutin supervisor in Omaha for the packera' ' stockyard! adminiitration . They are believed to be in the city In connection with charge made bv Secretary of Agriculture Wallace that liveitock commission ratea were booited during the war and that cat tie price have come down. A hearing will be held July 10. ac cording to Dr. Butin, into chargea on liveitock made by stockyards centers. Voluntary Cut Expected. A shipper of livestock sends a load of cattle to the market and before the meat reaches the consumer freight has to be paid, stockyards charges for unloading and care have to be met; commission men get their . fees for making1 the sales buyers for purchasing firms get their commis sions, the packing plants get" their profits and the retailer gets his profit. From Washington cornea the word that it was expected that'after a con ference between Secretary Wallace ana the commission representatives, a voluntary reduction would be made. This hss not been done and Secre tary Wallace has just held another conference. He still expects a volun tary cut, although he has undertaken to force a reduction. v - Department investigators also are understood to be auditing books in the live stock centers in St. Joseph, Sioux City, Fort Worth, Portland and south t. Paul. -. . A F Stryker. secretary and traf- ' fic manager of the South Omaha stock yards, declined : to make statement regarding the reported in vestigation. Vet to Be Given Military Funeral Tuberculosis, , Contracted in 'Army Camp, Fatal to l' ; Edward Barker.' V mm m mm ' .' VAmm.-A TJ T..t... It MTIO VT.iL. Twenty-sixth street, died at i Fri day morning of consumption, which developed from influenza during his service m the army. A military iu- neral, under the auspices of the American Lesion, will be held from the Crosby & Moore Funeral home, i wenty-tourth and Wirt streets, at - "2 Hlonday after noon. ,. , Barker entered the , army k. June 3, 1918, and served in;- the medical corps at :Fort Bayard, N. M., as- a first- ' class private un til his. discharge June 13,- 1919. Since ' then ' he had been drawing full compensa tion for total disability. . Barker is sur V it I 1 WW I a 1 B. B. Barker. M!...J 1... .m !.' --J tf.. vnvu vy yaicuis, lax.m aim juia. J. M. Barker; four sisters, Mrs. C. M.Taylor, York, Neb.; Mrs. E. H. Bock, Mrs.' Florence Metcalf and . Mrs. Earnest Stainhauer, and one brother, Frank L. Barker, all of Omaha. 7 - Burial will be at Forest Lawn cemetery. - , .'.-f.,i -i hi i n. i ., V,- Nations Too Serious in ." Politics, Asserts Lament Paris, June 24. Both . American and French people take politics, na tional and international, too serious ly; So says Thomas H. Lamont, financier, associate of J. Pierpont Morgan, in an article written after his Return to the United States, for the-newspaper Le Matin. Political agitation, in particular Speeches made for internal political effect and reprinted in the other country, make for misunderstandings between nations that would naturally ', rarh other no ill will, savs Mr. Lamont. VThit is the case now, he points out, with the United States and 'France.?"' . -. Lamont notes that French agricul ture has -increased since 1914, and French commerce and industry kept pace in spite of the commercial cri ses o ftlie last few years. Whisky En Route to Cuba Is Immune From Seizure Detroit, Mich., June 24. Seagoing vessels with only oar equipment are now traversing the Detroit river".- A email punt, less than seven feet in tftk inaAmA with - wfifalrV . W9 spied by the United States patrol : boat in .the river. -; -. i. -. Officers of the t utrol host and government agents hurried to the punt with the- expectation of seizing the liquor, but it was not to be. "What have you there?" they : .1 j . . ... . ... . , sicca me smau man wno was scul ling the boat. "Whisky" he replied. - "WW. Sm VinnJ trV k. .... asked. "To Cuba," he responded, and to prove his statement he produced clearance papers from Canada. He was allowed to proceed. s s m . X liispiay Advertising by : , Church Brings Results Boston, June 24. Patd advertising is a phase of church efficiency which gets results, Mrs. Caroline S. Ather ton, corresponding secretary of the Alliance of Unitarian and Other Liberal Christian Women, told anni versary week delegates at the annual Betting in Tremont temple. As a result of a co-operative adver tising program to promote the dis - tribation of religions literature, - 98 alliance branches, the American Uni tarian association and the Unitarian Laymen's' league, she declared, re cthrtjel more than 6,000 requests for vbtkations from parts of the world a remote as Alaska and the Malay Chicago Sleuths Here to Return Two Bridegrooms Prisoners Accused of Car Theft Taken to Secret Des tination Brides Re cover Appetites. Detective Sergeant M. J. Kurcln and Detective David Carney of Chi cago arrived in Omaha at 1 Saturday morning to return to the Windy City Wilbur Armstrong and Dunbar Claybourn, eloping bridegrooms wanted on auto theft charges. With them was H? D. Downey of inicago trom wnom, it is alleged, the young men stole one of their honeymoon coupes in which they brought their brides to Omaha, en rouie west. The. two young men were whisked away in an automobile to a secret ucuii4iuin uy ine .nicago omcers. who said they had been Informed Omaha lawyers were preparing habeas corpus proceedings. The Chicago officers allege the two bridegrooms will fare charges of navmg stoiei at least iu automobiles. The two brides, honevmooninar in the matron's ward at the city jail, recovered their lost appetites Friday i ... t -1 w evening ma ais nearuiy. Mrs. Armstrong was granted a few min utes with her husband in Chief of Detectives Van Duesen s office Sat urday morning. She cried when told her father in Peoria had denounced her as an im postor. "My telegram must have been sent to the wrong family," she said. 'My lather wouldnt turn against me. There are other Speck families in reoria. - Court Upholds Coal Tax. Philadelphia. Tune 24. The Penn sylvama supreme court today de clared constitutional the legislative act ot mi taxing anthracite coal 1ft per cent ot its value at the mines. Have Music at Tour PICNIC Special Price $35.00 Add a PORTOFHONE to yonr picnic kit. It is in an at tractive, durable leather .ease, easy to carry, light, small, and yet large enough . to , pla y any make record and with a tone equal to instruments which cost S100.00. The Portophone is a da luxe instrument in a tiny case and will do for the home as wall as picnic or camping trip. - Terms If Desired ' We have Anlv 4mm laft an first come, first aarvari. Srm in and hear ona. Yon will HVa it ao well that nine times out of ten you will want to take it with yon. Mail Oralara Promptly Filled. SchmoIIer & Mueller Him Co. Sage Tea Darkens nalrtoanyme X7P?N To 'dsrfren your VV hair with Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can tell, be cause it s done so naturally, so evenly. Preparing this mix ture, though, at home ia mussy and troublesome. At little Cost, yon can buy at any drug . store the ready-to-use prep- ' a ration, improved by the ad dition of other ingredients, , called "Wytth's. Sage and Sulphur Compound. Yon just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at' a time. By morning all gray hair disap pears, and after another ap- plication or two your hair be comes beautifully darkened, glossy and luxuriant - Gray, faded hair, though as) disgrace, is a sign of old age, and as we all desire a youth ful and attractive appearance, Sbusy at once with Wyeth's e and Sulphur Compound, look years younger. Guardian Is Appointed for Mrs. Ella Belle Heil Los Angeles, .June 24. After a hearing here before Probate Judge Rim, Mrs. Ella Belie Heil, former wife Of a Chicago capitalist, was adjudged Incompetent and a trust company appointed guardian of her estate. The estate consists of per sonal property valued at 112,500 and an income of $300 a month she re ceived from her former husband. Bee Want Ads are used in every walk of life. Are you taking ad vantage of the opportunities which exist in the Want Ad columns? 1 : American Bank Building Firm Lease to Be Sold Sale of 99-Year Lease Or dered by District Court to Satisfy Claims Against Company. The 99-year lease of the defunct American Bank Building company on the southwest corner of Nine teenth snd Farnam streets, has been ordered sold June 27 by the sheriff. The sale is the outcome of much litigation. George C Flack inter veied in suit of attachment brought by W. C Gregory against the Amer ican Bank Building company. Flack claimed to be the owner ef the lease. The district court found that Flack was holding the lease as collateral security for $17,077. . The decree provided that unless this amount was paid to Flack with in JO days an order of sale should be issued. It was issued. A supreme court decision added $15,288 more to the amount due flack, bringing the total to 132,305. This amount must be deducted front the proceeds of the sale and paid to Flack before other claims against the company are satisfied, according to Chief Deputy Sheritl Foster. Married Policemen Beit, Say French Authorities Paris, June 24. An unmarried po liceman is of little use to the force; married "cops" do the best work. Thst is the substsnee of the plaint made recently to the municipal au thorities by the gendarmes of Psris, demanding enough salary to support a wife and children. - Behe Daniels Is Fined on Charge of Speeding Los Angeles, June 24, Uebe Dan lets, motion picture actress, who was arrested in Glcndale, a suburb of Los Angtles, for violation of the speed ordinance, today was fined $1) by Justice of the Peace S. H. Lowe. Miss Daniels did not sppesr in court. DR. S. W. McCALL wishes to announce the removal of his office to 1219 First Nst Bank ' Bldg., Omaha. Practice lim ited to X-Ray of teeth. Phone AT Untie 2709. nor did her chauffeer, who t said to have been driving the car when the was arrested. A representative. of the Automobile Club of Southern1 California appeared; for her and paid the fine. .CREDIT. Jl 4 1 3-1 S-1 7 South 1 6th St Gunn Sectional Bookcases AND A HALF The Typical Values Pictured . Here Illustrate the Kind of Bargains You Can Expect at HARTMAN'S 3-Doot Galvanized Lined . Refrigerator Bargain! Visit Hartman's for the Great est Dollar-for-Dollar Values in Stylish as Well as Distinc tive Homefurnishings. . yte f ; Corduroy Lined Can you afford to be without one? Hera la your op portunity to secure a refrigerator at a reel bargain K.ivv. a uigu-araua xvanney mane, a, built to preserve your food-wholesOme- S lv and AC.Annmli'Allv Our tnlr la rather jsmlted so we urge early elec tion IXnday If possible. Seeelal price At Less Than Wholesale Cost! Several patterns in library and Davenport Tables bought by Hartman's Fibre-Reed Carriage! - several patterns in i-JDrary ana uavenpon uanies nougat oy uartman s aTa oe 00,50 t a tremendous discount and offered at less than today's wholesale cost! w J ag.QJ -jO a limited stock, some one ot a kind and specially marked for this week's elaawss selling at, choice lav riant way w ivj. mus r.... fresh air in a carriage. Tbls attractive model with rubber-tired wood artillery wneeis. rever- slble g-ear, large roomy body with- its S rnrdnrnv llnlne and adjustable hood. In choice of ivory or tray enamel . finish Tery apeelal : '32 and US so Full Site, Comfortable Conch Hammock This touch hammock has a oomfortable padded back, Is ' constructed of heavy angle Iron frame; has oomfortable prlng end tufted mattress. Has wind shield and mag-ailne packets. Offered in durable duck, specially prloed tUis week at A Stutd to Fit, $4.7$ i - No Canopy Included ; High-Grafs Porch Swhj Waterproof Fialshr-Massivtly ' Built How Is the time when eae should be enjoying their porch. Get out of the , ''stuffy Indoors" late the eool fresh air of the eve ning. Jl swing- ef this kind St inches in length 4n fumed oak finish, will ef- . ford untold comfort Spe- , etas Complete With Chain Ready for Hanging ',0 ' Special sale offer of high-grade 8-plece overstuffed , auites for this week. Choice designs in upnoister ings of velour or tapestry or the new tapestry and velour combinations as illustrated in the picture above. Loose cushions, with spring edge; regular $25.00 values. V Special Values j-Piece Suite Complete 22li Very Special Reduction 3 In All Porch and Sunroom Furniture -Bargains Worth While .Guaranteed Gas Range Do not attempt to Judge this value without seeing It This is a high grade "Baker" make. Insuring the best In baking quality. Has broiler and enamel splashers as shown. 5.0tt values at - gxia Site Royal Wilton Rugs Finished with linen fringe erviceable Special offerings In S95.00 grades, special at One ot the most rugs made. 72 .50 oxi2 'Size Axminster Rugs New and desirable patterns and color- ings. A heavy serviceable rug and $ the bargains Include the $47.50 values. Specially priced .75 Usual Liberal Credit Columbia Records Odd Chairs and Rockers You will marvel at the bargains we offer. aome reea, omen in iioer wit upholsteries of cretonne an tapestry. Remarkable values. Regular prices ranging to S3J, cnoice raina we oner. I UP Windsor-Wing, Arm Chair or Arm Rocker Mahogany or Jacobean Oak Finish V Correct wing etyle Windsor 1 furniture that will appeal to - those who appreciate the ar tietic Upholstered In genu ine Spanish leather. Kas strong spring under construc tion and very- comfortable. "- Each Htm imr m 6-Piece Italian Renaissance Suite " ' In Two-Tone Italian Brown r This suite is a wonderful value at this price. An exquisite- - - ly dflgned reproduction built of high grade materials and In the new two-tone Italian brown finish, with four chairs end host chair te match. Oblone table llSI.es value. .. 1120 vompicis tlIl',l"l"' ''