t The Omaha Morning Bee VOL. 52—NO. 157. .« snwd-ci.«a M.rtac ■«> :> im «i OMAHA MONDAY DECEMBER 18 iqoo * «» m«ii <• ...rj: Daily and Mi s»M>r. $a.M. •ini« m 4tn nn TWO CENTS _ Owhn r. 0. till* Ad •! March a. I«». Ol'mnn, anKJi') l , UC.V,C/.*IDC,IV 18, J Odtnlda Iha «lh toaa II »«ar) i Oalir and Suadar. til: »«nda» oolr. »». * v v“*,*u France Glad at Promise of U. S. Aid Official direJea W orried Over Question of Reparation* — Await Altitude of Hard ing on Proposed Plan*. Germans Make Payment Tarifl, Dec. 17.— years old and n member of the investment , banking firm of Boettcher, Porter & Co., was one of the most promnient men In financial, business, social and club circles in Demer. Ilis father, Henry M. Porter, was for years rated as one of the wealthiest men in the state; \: Air. "Porter had been in ill health ; for some time, according to relatives, ! who said they believed the act which caused his death was duo to despond ency. Strong Labor \ ote Cast in Australian Election Melbourne. Australia, Dec. 17.—A I feature of the general elections has 1 been the strong labor vote through- j out the commonwealth hut the actual i tesults cannot be known at present, owing to the Incompleteness of the count and the need to await allot ment of the various preference votes. Although Premier Hughes, who is lender of nationalist party. Is safe, some of his ministers and prom lnent lieutenants are In danger of de feat. Wrongly Addressed Mail Costs $1,710,000 Annually Washington. Dec. 17.—The Post-' ofiico department estimated that a I waste of $1,740,000 annually results from wrongly addressed mail. A survey just completed reveals that the average number of letters received at postofllces daily with im proper addresses wus 373,3S1 and that fhe salaries of postal employes required to readdress this mail amounts alone to more than IJ.ooo, 000 a year. Jewels of Lillian Russell Sell for Total of $47,314 New York. Dee. 17.—Jewels ami oth er belonging of the late Lillian 77us sell, which were sold Friday at tho American Art association galleries, brought $47,314. Acting as a buyer for William Fox, Otto Bernet, agent, made some of tho most important purchases, among which was a plati num chain and maltesc cross, the chain connecting 25 large, and 385 small diamonds, and tho cross one [ large and 25 smaller stones. Theater Owners Organize Co-Operative Corporation New York, Dee. 17.—Formation of the Theater Owners' Distributing cor l poration. for purposes of co-operation i among lnd< pendent owners through j out the country, was announced to day. It has an authorized capitalize tion of $5,000.0410. Directors include Sydney S. C'ohen New York; William A. True, Hart ford, Conn.: Harry Davis, Pittsburgh; b. J. Pittman. Louisville, K> , and W. P Burford, Aurora, 111. Aged Men Squabble Over i Smoking While in Bed; pile Sought for Shooting New York. Doc. 17. — Michael I O'Neill. 80, who persisted in smoking [ in bed. is being sought by tlie police ! for the shooting and wounding f of his friend. Richard Weston, 00, who I objected. The two old men shared u room in Malden Lane, where the shooting occurred. Three weeks ago O'Neill, lonely, left a home for the aged and appeal ed to Weston, on acquaintance of o^her days, to help him. "You're welcome to half of what I've got,” Weston said, and their friendship begun. "But he just would smoke in bed and T. being afraid of , fire, objected. He took offense and. After an'argufuent last night. I told I him he'd have to leave today." O'Neill, he added, arose early this morning and want out. returning I about 9. | "Ho stuck a pistol in my face and tired.” Bald Weston. The bullet scared Weston's jawa. O'Neill fled Hardin* Pledges * Support to Bonus for Ex-Soldiers President Informs \ eterans He W ill Bark Measure if Means of Fiuaneing Can Be Found. » Ul' illnati, Dec. IT.—A dirtc* sago from IT' .'ident Harding j. -tN Ills support to a bonus for bn** service mm providing a fv-asb.io means of financing the burden can be found, was presented by t'ul. C, It. Forbes, director of tho veterans’ bu reau at Wasihngton, before a joint conference of national and state ex ecutives of thu Veterans of Foreign Wars today. In the conference were ibe mem bers of the national council of ad ministration and 1 ] to department commanders of the veterans' organize* 1 tion. Immediately following- C'ol. Forbes’ address uud a discussion whieh resulted in strong approval of a tides tax, tho executives unanimous- ] ly adopted t resolution endorsing a | sales tax with foodstuff." exempted, as a means of rutsing the necessary revenue to finance Hie bonus. C. Hamilton t’ook. Kuffulo, na tional commander of Urn Disabled American Veterans of tho World, War, who was attending tho confer- j once by invitation, said that his or 1 'iai’i/.ation would take immediate ac- ! tion lo support the resolution. The American Legion, ,vv hich is the; largest of the veterans’ organizations, I was not represented at the meeting, i t’ol. Forbes called President Hurd-i Ing by long distance telephone shortly before going into the conference aidt ! in the course of his address, referred j to his conversation with the presi dent. ”1 called him up because it was - suggested to me that the bonus might I be touched upon,”'he said. "I wisii you knew the pulse of Harding. I wish you knew his innermost ' thoughts. I wish you knew how ho ( loves the ex-service men.” Air Mail Pilot Lost in Rockies Henry Boonstra Missing Be- j tween Salt Lake and Kock Springs; Last Seen Friday. Sa.lt Lake City. eDo. 17.—Henry Ci. Boonstra, lost pilot on the Salt Lake Ubek Springs division of the air mail service, is believed to have heen seen over Porterville, Utah. 3t! miles north east of Salt Lake, late Friday after noon. A blizzard was raging at tlrt* time. Communication by telephone to the office of the superintendent of the western division of the air mail serv ice here, reports the aviator was in some difficulty and appeared to be seeking a landing. Seven planes, sent out on scouting expeditions today, returned at dusk tliis evening with no favorable re ports. Basing their opin'ons on the reports from Porterville, local air Mai! officials believe that Boonstra Is sonie w here in the almost inaccessible snow covered mountains near that town, Henry (I. Boonstra, reported lost' some place between Salt Lake City and Hock Springs, Wyo., was trans ferred to the Sslt Lake, division from Omaha last August, to fill the va cancy in the ranks of t lie mail flyers there left by the suicide of A. A, (Top) Paine, also former Omaha mail pilot. Boonstra had been in the flying service about two years, coming to Omaha from tho Keno division. He has ^Iso flown on the Cliicago-St. Louis and tho C'leveland-Chicago di visions. Boonstra was born in Lafayette. Inch, and is 33 years old. lie was flying instructor at Ciianute field, III., in 1918, and test pilot at the avi ation center at. Indianapolis in 1919. Wallace Reports Progress Against Cotton Weevil Washington. Deo. 17.— Steps taken ; by the Department of Agriculture to I combat the cotton boll weevil havo i brought about a. situation "more fa ! vorable titan ever before." Secretary 1 Wallace informed Senator Harris of Georgia .in a letter made public today by the senator. Mr. Wallace declared his depart ment had found effective the dusting method and also the new method de veloped in Florida and had requested the co-operation of the War depart ment in the further testing of the pos sibility of applying dusting. Plans Viatic to Harness ^ alcr Power in Quebec Mew York, Dec. 17.—Development of a water project designed to produce 1.200,000 horsepower by harnessing flic sources of energy in Hake St. John and th • Sagueny river in the province of Quebec has been under taken by American and Canadian in terests, it was announced. The pro ject's principal backers, it was said, are James 11. Duke of New York.' | holder of large tobacco interests, and ! Sir’ William Price, head of Price | ill-others. !,td„ a large Canadian print i paper manufacturing firm. A cor poration capitalized in Canada at $23, | 000.000 has been formed. 1 Ao Traces of Foul Play Found in Heath of Woman Miuillt. Okl.. Dec. 17.—County of ficer:, have failed to find any tangible | cine to substantiate the theory that | Mrs. A. M. ChaStalne, SO, was nnjr ; doled before her home one mile east 1 ot here, was burned. Three Killed by Explosion.. Van Buren, Ark., Dec. 17.—Three men wer- killed and two seriously in i jured when the boiler of a sawmill i ex ridded. Nieodemus “Rarm to Go " Oklahoma Mayor Who Tapped Natural Gas Com pany Line to Save Freezing Town Not Worried by Threatened Court Action. Urumrlr' okl.. Dec. 17,—Mayor' W. E. ,j"T* mus." champion of freez ing 'Vs 0«»(\N who Friday brought w* city for the first time Jk' * c?* ,1 it week by the simple *■ of tapping the high proa *» ,<« line of flie Oklahoma Nat jas company without authoriza " of the company, says Vie i.i ready j liack up his action to the limit. Ma.' nr N'icodenius said lie was not worried about thoughts of court ac tion from the company. •‘l>o you suppose that any court in the world would see a town of 6,000 persons suffering from the cold?" the mayor asked. "I'm rarin* to go. Eot ’em hop to it.” he ex claimed when told that officials of the gas company would hold a confer ence Monday to determine upon a 'course of notion lo force ti e city to sever its unauthorized connection with the company's lines. A meter was installed when the line w as tapped and I he gas being used by the city is being measured, so that, no adjustment can be made later, lie 'said. Tlie Oklahoma .Naural Gus com pany. he declared, was supplying gus to tho Oklahoma Gas A- Electric com pany, the latter company g iterating electric power here for a number of surrounding towns. There was no reason why the company could not supply other Drumright consumers, he contended. The mayor dispatched letters.to the state corporation commission and the Oklahoma Natural Gas company, ex plaining his action. Polish Parliament to Name President Next Wednesday Gen. Sikorski Assumes Pre miership —Body of Naru towie/ to Be Buried After Election. Warsaw* Lite. 17.—(By A. P.)— Marshal Joseph Pilsuilski, former provisional president of Poland, has been appointed chief of staff of the Polish army. He replaces General Sikorski. who has assumed the pre miership. The assassination on Saturday of President Narutowicz lias aroused the sense of patriotic duty among all the political parties, and' the formation within a few hours of a, new cabinet, through the efforts of M. Ratal, who automatically became president when Narutowicz was assassinated, and of General Sikorski, who was called to the premiership, has given the people a feeling of security. The immediate summoning of parliament for next ■ Wednesday to elect a new president lias strengthened this feeling. The body of President Narutowicz was embalmed. It will lie taken Tuesday to the ancient royal palace, where it will lie in state during a great public ceremony. The funeral will be held after the election of the new^ president. Narutowicz visited the art exhibi tion, where he was assassinated, against the advice of Premier No- . wak, who told liirn it would be dan gerous to expose himself. The president was shot while he , was conversing with the British min ister, William G. Max Muller. Mr. | Max-Muller had just offered congratu lations on the election of Narutowicz , to the presidency. Many arrests have been made, prin cipally among tlie veterans of General Haller's army, in connection with dis orders and suspected plots that have assumed a new seriousness now that President Narutowicz has been assas sinated. There is general mourning through out Poland, owing to tlie assassina tion of Narutowicz. Sister of C. M. Wilhelm Dies on Visit to Omaha Mrs. Frank. K. Hill, sister of C. M. Wilhelm of Orchard & Wilhelm, died at Methodist hospital following an opemtion. Mrs. Hill was married in 1S73 to Dr. Frank Hill at Lima, N. Y., and , moved with her husband to Jloekport, 1 in. After the death of her husband six years'ago, sho moved to Palo j Alto. Cal., where sho resided with a • daughter, Mrs. Percy Stevens. Six weeks ago Mrs. Hill came lo j Omaha tor a visit, and while here the operation was performed. Sho Is survived by a eon, Fred C Hill, president of the Hill Motor com phny of Omaha, and a daughter, Mrs. Stevens, who is now here. Mr. and Mrs. Hill. Mr. and Mrs. j Wilhelm and Mrs. Stevens will go to Tfoekport, where the funeral serv ices will Ice held. Passengers Landed Safely St. Johns, N. F., Pee. 16. — Ont hundred and twenty passengers of the steamer Prospero, which ran aground on Small Island, near Green's Pond, on the oast coast of New Foundlaud Saturday night, were safely landed this morning. The vessel, which is owned by tho New Foundlanl govern ment. was refloated later, with um bers one and two hol^ls damaged. Oklahoma Lily Shivers Oklahoma City, Dee. IT. — Six de grees above zero, the mark register ed at 6 this morning by government thermometers here, is the lowest tom lK-rature Oklahoma City has experl eneed in December since 1920, and the coldesth so far this winter. A Bird's Eye View of “for sale” signs rep resenting some of the best real estate buys in Omaha and suburbs, as given today—and every day—in the “Want” A.I columns of The Omaha Bee. saves trouble, time and money for buyers. Are )'OU looking over these real estate bargains? Harding lo Take Up Prohibition With Governors McKelvut of Nebraska Among Slate Executives Who Will Confer With Presi dent Today. "Washington, Poe. 17. — President Harding’s conference with governors on prohibition enforcement will take place Monday at the White House. Sixteen slate executives have signified their intention of attending, several having already arrived from White Sulphur Springs, W. Va,, where the 14th annual governors’ conference was held last week. In administra tion circles it is now believed that an other conference will be necessary aft er January 1, as many of the gover nors will he out of office after the first of the year and the new group will be charged with cooperating in the enforcement of tho prohibition law. Tlioso vvkho have indicated they will attend the conference arc: Gov ernor Sproul, Pennsylvania; Allen, Kansas', Denney, Delaware; Rltcliie, Maryland; Kilby, Alabama; Hyde, Missouri; Davis, Idaho; Campbell, Arizona; McKelvie, Nebraska; Trin kle, Virginia; McCray, Indiana; Cox, Massachusetts; Olcott, Oregon; Hart ness. Vermont; Preus, Minnesota, and Baxter, Maine. Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, and If. Slayton, executive head of the Asso cia'iotv Against the Prohibition Amendment, issued statements com mending the calling of the confer ence. Woman Hit by Taxi Seriously Injured Mrs. E. Jenicki, 2S12 Leavenworth street, is in a critical condition nt the Lord Lister hospital as'the result of being run down by a Yellow taxicab at Sixteenth and Farnam streets. She suffered severe bruises on the head and face and possibly a fracture cd skull. According to witnesses, tho taxicab struck her as sho stepiied front tho sidewalk to board a Farnam street car. Tito taxi driver was Frank Williams, 320 South Twenty-sixth street. He was arrested and released on furnish ing rt $1,000 bond. Two Outlaws Killed Manila, P. I„ Dec. J 7.—Two outlaw s were killed and five constabulary sol tilers were wounded when a band of 1 5 Moros attacked tlie ponstabulary detachment on Seeuban Island, in the Sulu group, it was announced in a telegram jeoelved at constabulary headquarters Here. The Mores were repulsed and the entire company of constabulary pursued them into the mountains. To Aid Zionist Movement Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 17.—The Southwestern Keren llayesod at a conference here today, decided to raise *31)0.000 in this district to aid the Zionist movement. The district' com prises Missouri. Iowa. Nebraska, l\an S88, Oklahoma and Southern Illinois. “I’m City Broke Now” Nebraska "Tornado' Is Calmed by Soo City Cop Declares Lyons Giant .Sioux City, la., Doc. 17.—"I'm city bfoko now.” Melvin Felix-. 20-year ola giant of Lyons, Neb., declared as policemen led him to the bull pen of the city jail early today. Felix, who is 0 feet 3 inches in height, created a regn of terror on a I.urlington passenger train while en route to Sioux City, it is charged. It is alleged lie bested the train crow and several passengers. Sioux City police were notified that a Nebraska "tornado” was on the waj Two blue, oats formed the re eepllon committee to meet him when he stepped from the train. "Bring your polics foree." Felix shouted and swung viciously at Patrol Dtiver Frank Wheeloek. Wheeloek dodged and turned the laid man “up side down" with a right to the giant’s jaw. I p like a flash, the giant turned on Patrolman Marcus Crust. Again Wheeloek uncorked a “haymaker” and sent him sprawling. As til" giant slowly arose to his feet Wlteclock de livered tlu> "knockout." w'Vhcn the giant “cume to" ho was bfing booked at polio, headquarters on charges of disturbing the peace and intoxlcatiou. Federal Court Will Hear Rail Tax Suit Today » Commissioner Osborne ami Attorney Complete Case— Phone t Company to Seek Kate luerease, Lincoln, Dec. 17.—By working night ami 'tiny the pnst week. State Tax Otminihssiontr W. IT. Osborne and Hugh La muster, attorney for the -tate hoard, have completed the case they will present in federal court at Omaha tomorrow, when throo rail road companies—the Burlington, the Northwestern and the .Minneapolis & Omaha—usk for relief from the tax assessment matin against them. At tl\c samo^jime the Northwestern Bell Telephone company will argue for the right lo raise its rates, which the state railway commission lias denied. The throe railroad companies will ask for a lowering of .approximately •to per cent front the assessment against them made by the state board of taxation. They claim they are assessed at more than their full value, while lands are returned at lit* per cent or thereabouts of their actual value. They arc prepared, it is as serted, to submit a number of affi davits to support their claim of un derassessment of lands and some to show they arc ovor-asaes.-— With four of the five defendants al ready pointed out as having been'secn with guns during the Herrin riots w lien 20 unarmed nonunion miners were slain, tho prosecution today pre pared to continue the presentatloit'of its case at. the opening of the second week of the trial Monday, New Liner Launched. New York. Dec. 17.—A new Ham burg-'Americau liner, the Albert Eal lin, which is scheduled to enter service betw een t lie Herman city and New York in -May was launched at Ham burg Friday, said a cablegram re ceived by the United American line agent of the concern in this country. The Deutschland, a sister ship of the Albert Hallin, is now under construc tion at Hamburg and is expected to be completed in 1823. NYgro Horn in 1807 Dies. Misaoul.i. Mont., Jx*<\ IT.—"Lnele Joe* Well#-." a pro. who ku!<) he wn? i born in Liotiisvill* . Ky.. in 1S07, tiiod lit r» . Ho t*• Misnoubi about 20 > oara .*igu oiid o\t ik O a small mining property near here. Oftera Star I\ot U urried by II hat Others Think; Interested in tJareer Paris, Deo. 17.—(By A. P.)—"l am Intensely interested in my operatic career and not In what people say or think about me.” said Madame Ganna Walska. to The Associated Press to day. fcdio will sail for the United j States January 3. for a two months' 1 concert tour, accompanied by her hus band, Harold K. Metonnick. "It. will be a chance for some of my American friends to see whit a splen did wife 1 have," interjected Mr. Mc Cormick. Mine. Ganna Walska said her Amer- , lean concert tour would begin soon af- 1 tor she kinds. She will not sinfe in New York city, but will give concerts !n the immediate vicinity of the metropolis. Then she will tour south- , ward, as far as Florida. French Papers Criticise Plan to Aid Europe Paris Temps Says U. S. Pro posal Conceived Exclusive ly in Interest of . (Germany. Paris. Dec. 17.—(By A. P.)—The re , ported plans of the United States for the rehabilitation of Europe, "seem conceived exclusively in the interest ! of Germany," says the Temps, in an editorial that reflects the viewpoint of a majority of the French newspapers. Bkeptieism and resentment predomin ate in these second-day reflections on the situation, but there aao a few j words of welcome for the proposition, i as in the case of the opposition news paper. I.Oeuvie, which expresses pleasure over the interest of (lie; United States, "even If it lias no im mediate practical results." The Temps says the plan looks as if it had been drafted by the Germans rather than the Americans, and sug gests that the Germans, after elabo rating an agreement with American hankers, make a proposition to the al- | lies for the payment of reparations: and then the allies will see if they ! can make the concessions that are! asked. Severe Critic. M. Bainvllle, in La. Liberie, is the1 most severe critic of the reported pro- ] ject. "If the-"United States seriously w ish ed to save Europe from financial chaos," he says, "their first care should bo to annul the claim they have against the allies.'’ He sees in what he calls Washington's moVe, sim ply on effort to prevent occupation of [ the Ruhr by Franco and asks: "Is ! this the only result of C'lemenceau'a I tour?” The writer adds that the nionej; the Americans would lend will be. asked for some day, just as they already de mand. the billions they advanced the allies for a common war." Belgian Tapers Critical. Brussels, Dec. 17.—(By A. P.)—Re ports of contemplated action in the United States looking to the recon struction of Europe, have been re ceived with much adverse criticism by the Belgian newspapers. The Nation Beige says it would be Belgium and France who would bear the burden as they would have to abandon their i liens on Germany. The Vlngti-Emc Seiele considers the plan ns a feeler and expresses astonishment that America should show confidence in Germany's intentions to pay repara tions. I,e Soir regards the plan as evi dence that America is not concerned in the European chaos. Retail Food Prices Increase in November ^ Washington, Dec. 17.—Both retail and wholesale food prices increased 2 per cent or more during November, according to figures made public by the Department of Labor. Notwitli- i standing the increase, the depart ment said, there was a decrease of f ! per cent for the year ending Novem I her 15 in retail food prices, whili i wholesale food prices increased about i 1 'a per cent during the year. As compared with 1913, retail food costs in November were given as 56 per cent higher in Richmond; 46 per cent in Chicago and Pittsburgh; 44 j per cent in Dallas and San Francisco: j 42 per cent In Cincinnati, Cleveland. ' Los Angeles and Minneapolis; 39 per cent in Omaha and Seattle; 35 per cent in Louisville and Portland, Ore 1 gon; 33 per cent *n Denver and Mem phis and 25 per cent in Salt Lake City.. ‘’Wobblies" in Los Angeles | County Jail Start Riot Los Angeles, Dee. 17.—Veiling and beating upon the bars of their cells, 24 members of the I. W. W„ confined ill the county jail here, started a demonstration Saturday night that i was quickly followed by other pris- j oners and caused calls from the jail-i era for reinforcements. The demonstration lasted nearly an hour, but ended without any of the deputies who hurried to the Jail en tering tlio rolls. State Senator Killed Muskogee, OKI., Doc. 17. — State Senator S. Morton Rutherford of Muskogee, veteran in Oklohoma poli tics, was killed on a downtown street here Saturday night, when he step ped in front of a motor car driven by Roy Harris, an attorney. The Weather _I Hourly Teinperatuivs. 5 m. m.Oj I p. m .5 « »• m.— 1 2 p. ni.« 7 h. .— 'A ?. |». m , . ; a. in.—I I p. m. I i 0 a. m . . —51 5 p. nt.7 *• • »«.—2 H p. m R • * h. m 7 p. m . . . . k 12 noon. I * p. ru. 5 O— —0 below tero 27 Persona Missing in Ship Wreck Tug liors on Hocks in Lake Superior—V iclinis Believed to Have Drowned or Per ished of Exposure. 22 Passengers on Board Rault titi. Marie. Mich., Iter. 17.—• Twenty-seven persons nrn missing and are believed to have been drowned or (Ik'd from exposure fol lowing the disaster which Overtook tlio tug Reliance, when it hit tlio rocks of l.izzutd island four day* ape. This was tlio fear expressed by of ficials of tin Superior V’apv-r com pany, owner of tlio tug, who tonight, for the first time, admitted that in addition to the crew of II, the Re liance tarried 22 passengers. Seven survivors of the wreck reached here Saturday night. Two others, Mr. and Mrs. John Marten, cooks, were suffering so from cold and exposure that they were left at a station of the Algonia Central rail road for medical attention. Wrecked Wednesday. Tlie last seen of the missing 27 per sons was Wednesday morning, when the Reliance, battling through a blind ing snowstorm, went on t lie rocks off Rizzard island, stripped its wheel and sank 7ilmost immediately. Captain b). A. Williams and "G oth ers, who were forward, took one life boat, while nine others, including Mr. and Mrs. Marten, took the other. Tim second boat drifted several hours in the storm and was blown ashore on the Canadian mainland, &i> miles north of here. Mrs. Marten was so exhausted that tlio party was held up 36 hours in an Indian shack before it was able to start inland toward the railroad, which was reached Saturday. Tlio survivors express little hope that tlio others survived tho storm. Tim announcement by tlm com pany said that in addition to the crew of 14, the-Reliance carried 20 lumber jacks, an official of the company’s forestry department, and a fishorie’s company agent, who had been picked up by the Reliance on Its lust trip to the lumber camps. Left Wreck in Launch. The missing men. It is said by sur vivors, left tlie, wrecked tug in a launch, which was carried by the Re liance, in addition to its two life boats. It is pointed out- that if the sur I \ Ivors reac hed Lizzard island in the fetoriii, they were without food. If they reached an island where there were huts, llieir problem of fighting the cold would not be so great, but, being without weapons, their chances of obtaining food were declared to be slender. The Lizzard islands are a few miles oif the northern Ontario mainland, 75 miles north of Point Aux Pins, at the western entrance of the St. Mary river. The eastern end of Lake Superior is sparsely settled from Batechewana bay to Micklpicoten harbor, a dis tance of more than 50 miles, and the nearest railroads uro 10 or 15 miles inland from the point where part of the crew of the tug Reliance was reported to have walked ashore over the ice. Head of Defunct Bank Pays Depositors in Full Chicago. Dec. 17.—(By A. P.)—Resi dents of Pullman who lost money ’n the failure of tlie Fernwood Trust and Savings bank in June. 1914, received unexpected Christmas presents when their mail brought checks for the en tire amount due them. C. J. Holland, former president ol the bank, mailed tlio checks—totaling $6.90S—from funds he had saved since the liquidation committee completed its work in December, 1917. When the bank, a private institu tlon. failed in 1914, it hud liabilities of about $30,000. The assets finally realized approximately $23,000. Mr. Holland told the liquidation commit tee that lie would make good the dif ference. no matter how many years it took. Letters L r«»m German Liquor Firms Seized by U. S. Agents Minneapolis, Dee. 17.—Ten thou f-antl letters from German mail order liquor concerns were seized at tha Minneapolis postoffice during tho last week by postal Inspectors, fol lowing the issuance of "fraud or ders" by the Postal department in 'the eases of eight mail order firing. "The undelivered letters at the post oltiee now are similar to the ones which were sent by a, German con cern several months ago," said R. M. Hud All, postal Inspector. "Tho Germans, iti advertising circulars, of fered formulas for making beers and wines for $1 and specifying that tho remittance be American money. Many have been deceived, believing that, they will obtain real liquor." Scotch in llaby Bottles Served at Dinner, Rumor; _Dry Sleuths on Trail Poston, Dec. 17.—Two investiga tions of a banquet on Thursday niglit of the New England Road Builders association at which Scotch whisky is alleged to lntvo been served in nurs ing bottles to the 1,000 diners were un derway. Prohibition Agent James ' P. Roberts said that several mem bers of his staff had been assign ed to the task of determining who wan responsible for tho alleged serving of liquor. Me said that tills investiga tion wtts preliminary to a grand jury probe. An inquii also is being conducted b: the city police. Thu infon„:ttlon ained, ft is said, will be turned over to tlm federal authorities.