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The Omaha Morning Bee
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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.—<By A. 7.)—The
Sllleil reparations commission receiv
ed a German treasury bond to
the amount of 52.087.564 gold marks
in settlement of the last monthly* pay
ment. due December 15, according to
tJic schedule agreed upon ' last. Au
gust for meeting Belgium’s repara
tions claim.
These pay ments were supposed to
for 60,006.000 soM marks each, due
tlie 15th o£ each month since August.
Tit" discrepancy between tho latter
sum and the amount received
was Kprcsenbek by credits given
^Germany for certain deliveries in
kind.
It wu. -aiiltit thr tiuai D'Orsay that
no official communication had been
revolved from the American govern- (
merit iand that Drench official clr- ,
rh.- would wait more definite infor
mation before Commenting upon Pres
ident list ding'* supposed plans.
A high official* however, admitted
that the French government was suf- |
fioiently worried over tire question
to welcome any sort of real help,
l.o.-tn te Germany.
Th* whole question, lie declared.
Was as to tile nature of the help the
Doited States is disposed to give and
the dispatches indicate it is merely
a loan of money to Germany, or at
any rate, wiving Germany credit so
she will not be obliged lo send money
abroad lo buy raw materials and !
food.
Hut the Germans have billions of ;
gold marks In credit abroad which |
Isas been accumulating ever since the
armistice from the immense profits
they have nmde on their exports.
Their heads of industry and even the
German government, admit the fact;
therefore the reason may be asked,
v. hy is it necessary to loan moYiey
or < xtend credits for foreign pur
chase?
It would be interesting to kflTitv,
i ntinned the authority, whether
the good will of Germany is taken '
• r to account in the new plan and
whether its authors have reflected j
that putting Germany on her feet is 1
not the only thing required, but that
It is necessary site be convinced her j
treaty obligations must be fulfilled.” |
m Administration Silent.
Washington, Dec. 17.—A stony wall
oT official silence still surrounds ad
ministration purposes with regard to
American aid in the German repara
tions deadlock.
The one bint allowed to escape
from the lips of responsible officials
today was negative at best. It im
plied that decisions ns to the govern
ment's course still were to be made
and -was coupler] with a warning that
i Host of the published conjectures is
to that course had gone w ide of the
mark.
Paris dispatches. saying that
Premier Poincare had been sounded
out informally with a view to Wash
ington intervention toward unsnarl
ing the reparations knot, afforded a
glimpse of the method Secretary !
Hughes Is employing to bring Ameri- j
can influence to bear. This "in
f, i-ma 1” method of approaching the |
problem, -t White House spokesman ;
said, cannot bo conducted “on - the j
r lage.”
Interest Aroused.
Tiio l’aris dispatch did not draw |
officials here from their entrench- j
meats of silence. But it aroused j
great interest, insofar as it reflected .
the official attitude in Paris toward !
the genera) principle of American
helpfulness In tin; emergency.
In view of the s tuatlon tliut
brought about the Anglo-French rep
arations deadlock at London, it seems
obvious that any American overtures
must be predicated upon knowledge
that they would be welcome, both in
London and Paris. It is that pre
. limlnary stage of negotiation which
is in progress. Diplomatic usage
would not sanction an offer of good
offices or help in any other form
until it was certain it would bo ac
cepted.
The report that feelers have beeu
put out abroad was in line with the
statement that there was nothing |
imminent in the situation.
Pessimism Expressed
Over Chances for Loan
Berlin. Pee. IT—While the mark
h-ui Improved SO per rent in'the last
four days, cabinet and parliamentary
yirrles nre still pessimistic over the
posslbiliy of • loan from America
expressing a belief that American
bankers never will grant a. loan as
long os the peace treaty gives the al
lies the right to seize the Rhineland
end Ruhr-and enforce other sanctions
for productive guarantees.
The opinion of everyone is that the
allies will refuse to give up their
rights for sanctions, w liich it ia be
lieved will prohibit the loan.
The Improvement of German mon
ey, however, is ascribed to the relcha
bank buying up marks abroad.
Three Killed. Four Hurt
When Fire Razes Cottage
Akron, O.. Dec. IT.—Three men
were burned to death and four others
were injured, one probably fatally,
early today when a tire destroyed a
cottage in which they were sleeping
_a- Little Wadsworth, near here. The
®*oead and injured lived at Massillon.
The dead are: Harold How aid. 52.
city engineer of Massillon; Frank
Wagner, 60, foreman machinist; he
ro y Hodgson, 28, truck driver: George
W. Williams. 33. prominent Massillon'
attorney and former city solicitor for
two terms, was the moat seriously
-a jurat
Kansas City Attorney
Says Modern "Jazz ' Is
Protest Against Order
8*. Bouis, lVo. IT.—An attorney's
definition of ••jazz” music was given
by .tohn T. Harding of Kansas City,
Mo., during a speech delivered this
evening at the closing of the conven
: non of the Missouri State Bar as
sociation.
"Jazz is a protest against order,”
asatd Mr. Harding, "A rebellion
against custom, it rejoices in eonfu
sioti, it worships farce, it despises law.
it repeals the decalogue, it denies
Christ and stones the prophets of
| peace, it reaches all the way from the
.dance halls of the l'ijls to the blood
stained capital of Poland, it invades
the stage, the press, the studios, tlie
councils of labor, counting houses
jand only the nude savage uuarantined
in the Jungle is immune.”
W ealthy Denver
Man Found Dead;
Case of Suicide
Botlv uf John II. Porter Die
covert! on Happy Canyon
.Near Serialia—Hat] Been
in III Health.
Denver. Dec. 17.—John H. Porter,
Denver capitalist anu financier, re
ported massing to the polire Saturday
night, was found dear! with a bullet
wound in his head today on the Happy
Canyon road, near Sedali.i, Colo. A
revolver was found beside the body.
Mr. Porter, who une heir to the
fortune of many millions left by his
father, the late Henry M. Porter, left
his home in his automobile at 10 Sat
urday morning, saying he was going
on a "short ride.” Saturday night,
when he failed to return, the police
were notified and a search began.
The body was found by a party of
Mr. Porter's friends, who motored to
Sedalia in search of him, and was re
moved to Castle Rock, county seat of
Douglas county, by the coroner, who,
following an investigation, pronounced
Mr. Porter's death "a case of suicide.”
Mr. Porter, who was lt> 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.-<ed.
The defense of tin; tax commission
er and the state board lias not been
divulged, further than to assert in
a, general way that railroad taxes
conform to that on other property.
America Gaining
in Foreign Trade
Volume of Exports (Gradually
Increasing, Commerce Bu
reau Director Keport;-.
Washington, Dec. IT.—American
business has just gone through "one
of the most crucial periods in the his
tory of the nation's foreign trade and
has gained some ground against the
inroads of a recovering European
competition," Dr. Julius Klein, direc
tor of the bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce declared, in the an
nual report of the bureau, made pub
lic today. The American exporter,
lie said, has firmly grasped the op
portunities presented and is en
trenched in the world markets in a
better fashion than ever before.
Dr. Klein's remarks concerning the
broadening scope of this "country's
foreign trade were based partially on
a gradually increasing volume of ex
ports, together with a remarkable, na
tion wide interest in foreign trade as
reflected by a 400 per cent increase in
the number of inquiries heeeived by
the Department of Commerce for in
formation on world markets in all
lines.
The number of requests for foreipA
trade information are coming at the
rale of 4,000 a day now-, as compared
with 1,000 a day a year ago.
The great interest shown by Amer
ican business men in foreign trade
must not be allowed to wane, Dr.
Klein declared, adding that every
business man, cither largo or snyill,
must he supplied with all data which
would enable him bet ter to meet new
and changed conditions wherever
there are markets.
Water Proves Too Chilly
for Woman Bent on Suicide
Chicago, Dec. 17.—Two days of
wandering along tlie shore of Lake
Michigan and the Chicago river and
drainage canal cu. *cl Miss Lillian
Foe rater, 21, stenographer of Colum
bus, of a ‘‘suicidal complex.”
Today she reappeared at the office
of Dr. /ohn L. Murphy, phyehoanaly
ist, who lips been diagnosing her
self destruction ideas for two months,
and announced that the water was too
cold for drowning.
"I jt(#t couldn't kill myself,” she
told Dr. Murphy. "Death in those
Icy waterss eemed too terrible.”
Police had been hunting for her for
4S hours.
Former Secretary of Labor
Heads Development Firm
Knoxville, Tenn., Dee. 17.—Several
thousand acres rich in coal and tim
ber are to be developed by a corpora
tion headed by former Secretary of
babor tv ilson in Kentucky and Ten
nessee. A railroad approximately 25
miles long is to intersect this vast
property. It witII extend from Pine.
Knot, Ky.i to either Wooldridge or
Pleasant view, Tenn.
State Prepares to Continue
Herrin Mine Kiot Trial
Marlon. 111.. Dee. 17.—tliv A. l\>—
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.
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7 h. .— 'A ?. |». m , . ;
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12 noon. I * p. ru. 5
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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.