Realtors Predict Rapid Growth of Omaha Industries Krai Lstate Board Reviews Past and Discusses Future of City at Membership Luneheon. >Iembei* of the Omaha real relate j biool predicted a brilliant pact and I predicted i rapid growth and expan sion O r Omaha in the imincdlalc fu 1 lire at the ■Chamber of Commerce j cetrrday noon. The board was In ! i harp- nf the weekly tm mhership cm l'crencc luncheon. (icriiga Morton of the city planning j b< ard, Introduced by Chaininw Frank1 JT, Meyers, tailed attention to the fer tiln district surrounding Omaha, de-j e aring it to bn the city's backbone! j tend asserting that its productiveness v ill e ontinuft to liureaae. He assert cd that almost any eastern city would give millions of dollars for Omaha* wide streets downtown. The city zoning ordinance protects the purchaser of homes in the resi dence.! sectinns from the inroads of small grocery stores tenet other In- ! eiusti v, M' rton said Helped ItuUil t it.'. C. I!. Stuht railed attention to the ( fact that Omah.* has (he largest and the second largest building and loan ••'ssoclayons. in the United States, and . said that these organizations have Worked in hearty co-operation with j iealtors in building the city. "Omaha is going to get greater, oxen though you don't turn a hand,", said J. J. Mulvihlll. "Let’s work to gether to gel more Jobbing Industrie* and branch houses for the c|ty. In advertisements in national magazine* by big firms giving lists of branch houses, you don't poo Omaha men- i tinned often enough." IJrnest Kweet os Hod attention to the pleasures afforded by the city's nu merous parks, and declared the wooded hill" along the river would be parks in the future and furnish the mo:-t beautiful of scenic drives. "I think patriotism and industry are best developed in the open," ob served Mr. -Sweet, "i'll bet t<0 per rent of you can't go out and make a fire and cook a rneal in the rn>en." .140,000 Trade Here. “You needn't hesitate to invest nntney in Omaha's retail district," said If. A. Wolf with tniieh emphasis “Du you know that the biggest store between Chicago and San Francisco, one which occupies the most space and outstrips many nationally known institutions in business, is right here in Omaha? Omaha ha* 20b onp jieo pie. Fully ,.40,000 people trade here. . . . Outsiders are willing to pay al most any price for locations in Omaha, so good do they consider the city’s prosper is." N. 1' Dodge declared tho growth t.f Omaha is certain because of the movement from the farm to tho city. Koonotuists predict that 00 pci < <-nt of tHe country's population will be ill cities. Mr. Dodge said, and despite this movement ihe production of farms becomes greater. Mr. Dodge declared that when the farmer gets organized Omaha will gain even greater prosperity. . “The farmer is the only man who is selling his output, for less than in 1214 and paying 38 per cent more for vvliat he buys tha nln 1211. "When tho farmer gets liis dues Omaha will grow. There was never a better time to get in on Omaha real estate than now." it was pointed out during the meet ing that Omaha is first in home own jet-ship throughout tho country. Two Boys Killed Codsling. Seattle, Wash . Pee. 11—Put tin the j | uieit bv tlie killing of two boys in : three days and the Injury of two, Seattle cVinners ,afe .protecting the cheiefi -alidlhn hills froiu HUtCmobiieH on cross streets by juvenile truth: cops with red lantern*. This System, which la encouraged by tile police de I purinltnjt, wits initiated last lught u I jen ldotor lists who were slopped wHcro a hudjf atrdet intersected a long incline filled with sleds grinned cheer fully and drove slowly across. Two Americans Slain in Payroll Holdup in Mexico Bamlits Fire on .Train From Ambush—Engineer Killed liv First Volley — Chief Apologizes lor Murder?. i Houston, Tex , Deo, 14,—Details of a Mexican payroll robbery December 2, in which two American ami a Mex ipan were killed and another Ameri can injured, was made public by Clemmons 'Vest, brother of one of i be slain men, at his home in Humble, in ir here, Wednesday. West has Just returned from Mox j ieo, where he was in the employ of I i he t i l Mexicana de i'etrolo HI \gulla, a British subsidiary of the Koval Dutch Shell Oil company. The slain American were: J. O. W'est, 22, of Humble, and Charles K. Snapp, 28, of Houston. The lri Jurcd man was Charles Miller, who lived in Walter county. West, his brother Pnapp, and sev ,i ral other Americana were on a vaca 'tlon in Puerto when they were asked - liy officials of the company to ac company the monthly payroll back j to camp. , The Journey whs made over a nur rnw gauge railway. Passing the foot | of a mountain a few kilometers from I amp. the train was fired on from j ambush. The Mexican engineer was ! killed instantly. Ajjother volley and West and Snapp fell dead. Miller was [shot through the hip and, when West_ left Puerto for the United States, was j believed to bo on the road to recovery. After tho first volley, the other Americans ill tha pui'V dropped on their stomachs and feigned death. The firing over, they ran for a nohrby crook, but while trying to cross it, whore, captured by the bandits. - “The leader of the gang canie up and apologized for killing any one,'1 West said. “Tie deeisred he enlv intended to frighten the crew and obtain the payroll without Hood shed.” A cording to West a information, the payroll amounted to only 3,000 pesos. Fed- ml troops took the trail of the bandits almost immediately and It was reported in Puerto, tho following day, that the apologetic leader had been killed. West said. The rest of the band was reported scattered. I nusiial State Hill? A^e Reform! to Legislature Lincoln, Lee. 14.—(Special.)—Find ing no funds for tho purposes. Audi tor Marsh has referred to tho legisla ture for adjudication two claims of unusual character. Ono is on behalf of John P. Sibbitt of Hynnnls, who says that ho paid the state for land ha never got. He was permitted to sue, and got Judg ment for $650.78, but no funds are on hand to pay it. The other claim is on behalf of H. E. Fisli of Closper county, who wants $127.50 for cleaning tip an obnoxious prairie dog village on state land. Of this amount $108 is for "gas." Land owners are required to get rid of prairie dogs, hut the law Is silent ss to'the duty of the state with respect to land it owns. Fish is n road over seer, and it is that, officer's job to clean up dog villages when land own ers do not, and to collect from them. Farmer Imitating Turkey Is Wounded ltv Hunter Duhliif, Oa., Dec. 14.—Jordan El lington, farmer, woo was Imitating a turkey's call In a swamp yesterday, ! was shot and seriously wounded by another hunter, Lee Davis. The latter also had been imitating a turkey's call and each of the men thought the other was a turkey. Building Increases. New York, Dec. 14.—Increased build ing through the country during the Call, was reported in statistics issued by liradstroots yesterday. In Novem ber, a short month which in eluded a holiday, a total of JJ25.L819.700 wne put into new buildings In 161 cities, against a total of $208,258,990 for Oc tober. 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She Is the daughter of the Marquis of Cambridge, a brother of Queen Mary. The photograph of the prince Is his latest, taken when he acknowledged the cheers of the boys when lie npetird the William Baker Technical school at Goldings, Hertford, England. Court Asked to Rule on Use of Auto Hearse Lincoln, Dec. 14.—(Special.)—When a, man is left with an auto hearse on hir hands, what's he gotrg to do with It unless he goes Into tho undertak ing business? This is the question Charles A. Swanson former undertaker of 'vahoo, has r»Mt up to the supreme court. Swanson sold his business to Chris Buerstatte arid agreed that he would not re-enter tho business for five years. II was also agreed that Buer statte would pay for the business whatever price was fixed by apprais ers to be mutually appointed. Buerstatte took everything at the 1 appraised price, says Swanson, exrepl the hearse. The appraisers fixed the value of this at $1,000, and Chris re fused It. When Swanson started to re enter the business Buerstatte enjoined him. He contends that as he paid i flK.OOO of tho total appraisal of $17, oon, he had completed 16 l7ths of his contract and was entitled to the In junction. The lower court held with him, and Swanson appeals on the ground that it requires 17-I7lha fulfill ment to substantially .comply. Inmate of Reformatory Accumulates Sentenees Lincoln, Hoc. 14.—(Special.)—Charles Mewhorter was sentenced in the Lan caster county district court to serve five years for breaking out of the state reformatory. This Is in addition to the remnant of a term for burglary at Hastings and one to 10 years for an COAL Solar Southern Illinois Big Lump, Furnace Egg or Nut, per ton-$9.90 Eclipse Illinois Lump, per ton.$10.50 Eclipse Illinois Nut, per ton.$10.00 Old Ben Franklin County, Illinois, Lump or Furnace Egg, per ton. . .$12.50 Cherokee Nut, Dep Shaft, per ton.$10.00 DELIVERED CLEAN Advance Coal Co. "Coal of tha Bettar Sort" 413 South 15th Street Phones AT 1813, AT 1597 BLUNDERS **-. i t 3 ***** pH y/«-■ Why Is This Wrong? The answer will be found among ■ today's want ads. (What “Blunder" do you suggests?) (Copyright, 1922. Associated Editors.) attempted burglary in Lincoln after he escaped from the institution. Mew horter was once out on parole, broke its provisions ami was captured in Kansas. For Colds, (.rip or Infliionrn and is a I’r-tnulitp, tato- Einutne HftOMO QUININE Tnbtn' The liox brars tho Miniature tf E W. It rove. f lit sure you art liBOMO). 30—Adr. ' Express Rale Hearing Is Scheduled for Omaha Lincoln, Doc. 14.—(Sbieeial.)—The ► (ate railway commission lias received notice that a hearing will be held in Omaha March 23 on the application ■of the American Railway Express com ' pany for an Increase In rates The Nebraska commission will ask for a I reduction and will present a showing that buttresses this claim for Xe j braska business. The Interstate Com merce commission is sending out Ex amlners BucKlev and Mullen, who will sit with Commissioner i 11Iranian of California In a wirios of hearings bo ginning at AtluiAa on February 11 and ending at Washington April 9. Every honest finder watches the "Lost and Found” column In the "Want" Ad section of The Omaha Bee to learn the address of the person who lost the article that has been found.