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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1923)
U. S. Army on Rhine Costing Germany $250,000 a M o n t h Viar Department Estimates Total Amount Due for Oc cupation at Approximate ly $256,250,000. Washington, Jan. 3.—Keeping the remnant of American troops on the Rhine is now adding to the mainte nance hill which Germany must even tually pay to the United States at the rate of $230,000 a month, or $3, Otut,000 a year. This additional burden upon Ger many. many American officials and senators Insist, is a useless expense, particularly in view of the serious economic situtation in Europe, to say nothing of the constant menace to the interests of this country, occa sionad by keeping the American sol diers abroad. The total cost of the American army of occupation to date. War de partment officals estimated today, to be approximate] $256,230,000. The lust official total which has been reported to the War department ns of July 31, 1922, was $255,000,000. Negotiations with the allied govern ments for the United States to share In approximately $300,000,000 turned over to the allies by Germany for payment of troops on the Rhine re main at a standstill, State department officals said. The allied governments asked the United States to appoint a commissioner to discuss the mat ter w'ith them. Accordingly Elliott Wadsworth, assistant secretary of the treasury was named, but so far noth ing has been heard from the allies re garding a time set for the conference which probably will be held In Paris. Senators are still determined to force early action on the question of bring ing the American troops back from the Rhln.e Millionaire Freed of Murder Charge White Plain*, N. Y., Jan. 3 —Walter j S. Ward, millionaire baker, and former police commissioner of New Rochelle, was freed yesterday of the I charge of murder that has been hang ing over him since lust spring when lie confessed shooting in self-defense an alleged blaektnniler, Clarence Petera. Supreme .Court Justice Seeger dis missed the Indictment against Ward. 1 He also criticised the prosecution for ' failure to bring tho case to trial. "It Is simply a naked fact that the prosecution ia not ready,” said the justice, adding that the prosecutors "are afruid to place the case on trial because, If It went before a jury, there would be an acquittal." Union Men Fined for Leaving Trains in Desert I.oa Angeles, Jan. 3.—Eight union men, convicted December 20 of con spiracy to obstruct interstate com merce in connection with tho aban donment of Santa Fe passenger trains on the desert east of here last August, yesterday were fined a, total of $9,800 in United States District j Judgo Benjamin F. Bledsoe s court, j Tho court characterized the actions of tho defendants as "inexcusable and unjustifiable." Judgo Bledsoe said he did not be lieve the cause of the strike of "big four” brotherhood men, which tied up passenger and mail trains for sev eral days at Needles, Cal., and points in Arizona, was the presence of guards or asserted inefficiency of mechanical equipment, but rather a desire to help the shopernfts strikers and harass the railroad company. "In favor of the defendants," add ed the court, "it must be said there were no acts of violence in connec tion with the abandonment of trains: but they had no right to leave pas sengers on the desert or violate obli gations they had assumed with the railroad company." Head of Defunct Bond Firm Held on Federal Warrant Chicago, Jan. 3.—Fred U. Kriebel, former head of the bond house of Kriebel A Co. of New York and Chi cago. which failed last March, was arrested yesterday on a federal indict ment charging use of the mails to defraud. He was released ot. $10,000 bond. The firm, with main offices here, failed for $2,308,001, with cash assets of $140,000, $460,000 in noteH and $600,000 of questionable paper. The bankruptcy proceedings are said to have followed a federal in vestigation of the firm's activities, conducted from Washington. Prinoe of Wales to Marry Italian Princess, Report I.ondon, Jan. 3.—Plana are tn the making for the marriage of the Prince of Wales and an Italian prin cess, according to the Daily News. The newspaper say* the question of the prince's marriage will be settled during the next few months. Deaths and Funerals. Mary Coppla. Bl. Bancroft. Neb . passed away at a local hoapttal Wednesday morn ing at 3 The body will be shipped to day to Bancroft, where burial will take plan#. Gladys L. Forum. B. Arion. Ta., died at a local hospital Wednesday. The body will be shipped by F. J Stack A Co. to Arion, where burial will take place Thurs day. Funeral services for Ida Berg. 34. wife of Frank Berg. 169 Drake court, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2. Inter ment was In Forest Lawn. Charles W. Walters, a prominent cattle man of Douglas. Wyo., is In Omaha with a shipment of atock. Mr. Walter* is the guest of L. W. Schetbel of the Nebraska National bank. Relative* of John Reddin. 55. who was killed when he fell downstair* at §18 North Seventeenth street, last Monday, arrived in Omaha yesterday and arrange# to have the body sent by N. P. Swanson, under taker, to Bernard. Ia., where burial will take place Thursday. Isaac Levy of Omaha died of heart disease in Berlin New Year's day, accord ing to word just received in Omaha. He went to Europe last summer to visit an aged slater in Paris. Mr. Levy is survived by his widow, one son. two daughters end on* brother. The body will be held in Berlin pending word of his last wishes John Schwabiand. banker, formerly of Harrington. Neb., who died at Long Beach. Cal., January 1, was buried, at Inglewood, Cal., Tuesday, according to in formation received from California. He Is survived by hia widow, Mrs. Ella Schwabiand. Carl Gustave Hellstelo, 61, a painter, living at 6754 Pratt street, died yester day at Iris home. He ia survived by his widow, two children, George and Kdna; hia mother. Mrs. Anna Hellstein, and two afatera. Mrs. Caroline Eduuiat and Mrs. Ellen Fornatrom. Funeral services will he h**ld Saturday at 2 from the Hoffman funeral hem«r Burial will he lo Mt. Hope esmetery. g ! 1 | Explorer Discovers Rare Treasures — ■——— X'&X/ Hix*kert. Ean j/'tamanwt Cxtfoc, 4 DE-CMtMwfcr. •-•* * *•■ et/rc. _ ••v » « Ton^, These are the first photographs to reach America of the enrl of Carnarvon's great discovery of the 3,000-year old treasure tomb of King Tutenkhamon, In the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. The party is shown standing at the steps to the tomb, while a general view of the spot is also shown. In the chambers of the tomb more than $15,000,000 worth of art treasures, gold and precious stones have been discovered. Supply Measures Passed by House Bills Totaling Nearly Billion Dollars Put Through With hut Little Dehate. Washington, Dec. 8.—Annual sup ply measures totaling nearly a bil lion dollars, were passed today by the house when it reassembled after the new year's holiday. They were the postoffice appropriate bill, carrying $5*4,614,000; the agricultural bill, car rying $69,068,000, and the interior ■ bill, carrying $294,347,000. No record votes were taken of any of the meas ures. Consideration of the agricultural bill was completed before the Christmas recess, and the other measures were made ready for a vote last week, but under an agreement between the re publican and the democratic lead ers, the final votes were held up un til members absent for the holidays, had returned. Few changes were made in the measures as they came from the com- j mittees, the postoffice bill going through virtually as written, and the agricultural and interior bill being modified only in minor details. Former American Consul Charged W ith Embezzlement San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 3.—Ran dolph Robertson, former United States consul at Nuevo Laredo. Tamaullpas, Tex., was arrested at Laredo, Tex., on the charge of embezzlement of funds from the United States, gov eminent while in office, probably will be afforded opportunity to furnish bond in the sum of $16,000 today. The complaint was sworn to by Gus T. Jones, a special agent of the De part of Justice. Mr. Jones said he i knew no details of the charge against j Robertson, he having been instructed ty superiors at Washington to file it. ] Robertson was placed In the Webb county Jail. • j Huge Press Falls; 4 Killed. Youngstown, O.. Jan. 3.—Four men are dead and eight injured, none seri ously, as the result of a 165-ton hydraulic press falling 100 feet at the plant of the Petroleum Iron works at Petroleum yesterday. James M. Snyder, 35, of Hubbard, O., and George Giroski of Farrell, Pa., were killed Instantly. John Salarie, 26, of Sharon, Pa„ died while being taken to a hospital, and Peter Vanettl, 35, died of injuries in the hospital. The uccldent occurred as the men were lowering the press to Its foundation this morning after re pairs had been made. The piston sprang a leak as the men removed the top timbers of the temporary foundation, the machine iflunging downward and scattering timbers in all directions. Giroski was caught under the press. The others were hit by the timbers. I Farmers Face New Year With Quiet Confidence (Continued From Face One.) given without thorough investigation may or may not wreck. No one can be sure.” ■ Over in the annual convention of the Nebraska Farm Bureau federation, W. Y. Thompson, the president, warn ed the farmers against self pity. "If farming has been prostrate, who is to hlnme?” he asked. “What has the farmer done to prevent it? It is all very well to complain of spe cial privilege, but if agriculture Is ever to come Into’ Its own, the same methods as are used In other indus tries must be adopted.” He was followed by Dan Rellley of Chadron, president of the Nebraska Bankers’ association, whose message was that if the farmers were to have ar adequate supply of credit, they must conduct their affairs in a strict ly businesslike way. Self Help Treed. This spirit of self-help was made evident in the meetings of the state horticultural society and the Nebraska Dairymens association. Arthur J. Weaver, who maintains a large orchard near Falls City, urged fruit growers to build up a co-operative marketing system. He also called for a general reduction of freight charges and increased road building. J. E. Palm, secretary of the dairy men, advocated better marketing methods and an advertising campaign to increase the demand for dairy products. "The farmers’ condition is distinct ly improved." Dean E. A. Burnett of the agricultural college summed it up. “The cost of production has gone to the bottom, and if anything may be on the upgrade, the farmer feels that Conditions will not he satisfactory un til he can exchange the product of an acre of ground for as much As before the war. The balance between the prices of farm products and manufac tured goods is approaching. The establishment of new credit facilities will heip orderly marketing. It will also aid the farmer whose loans otherwise would he called and those that ore not greatly in debt. How ever, farmers are careful now not to increase their obligations.” Production Increased. He quoted reports which show that the farm production last year In creased S per cent over the previous year, while prices went up 24 per cent and the total crop value was 34 per cent larger. Professor W. W. Burr said that the increased prices for wheat, corn and stock had heen a great benefit tq Nebraska. The fall, he stated, had been unprecedentedly dry and wheat now in the ground was very weak, making the prospects for a bumper crop very poor. “It looks on the whole, however, as If the encouragement felt by the farmers is justified,” he said. “The past year, while not as good as some business men expected, was better than most farmers had dared hope, : fo.r.” Pre - Inventory Prices Clearance Sale Till January 10th Offered in this group are Swing Frames, Book Ends, Leather Goods and Bags, Framed Pictures. ' • Table and Floor Lamps Included. (Excepting Bridge Lamps) SVljospe <£o. j '1513-15 Douglaa Street Watch the Little Window Watch the Little Window Safe and Successful $10,444,277.38 assets is the Occidental's record of the past thirty-three years. SAFE because of careful control by conservative experienced officers; because of state supervision; because of a reserve fund of 1400,000, and because of security in firat mortgages on homes. SUCCESSFUL because our members’ savings have never earned less than *% per annum, dividends payable each January. April. July and October. DIVIDENDS QUARTERLY—ABSOLUTE SECURITY GET RICH BY SAVING 1STH AND HARNEY 33 YEARS IN OMAHA Bandit Queen Admits Crimes Girl. 21. Tells Chicago Police Downfall Came Because Her Gang “Yellow.” Chicago, Jan. 3.-— A new kind of bandit queen, one who ruled the band and directed the '‘work” for the fasci nation of perfect technic rather than for gain, was introduced to the pub lic today by the police of Evanston. •'You’d never think I was a bandit queen to look at these rags, would you?” she asked, as she tried to smooth out her rumpled clothing and glanced at her cheap Jewelry. She Is Elizabeth Sullivan, bobbed haired and 21, whose mother operates a confectionary store. "My gang didn't have the nerve, that was the trouble,” she said. "My sheik, Glen, was O. K., but I had to steer him, but that Tommy Gust was yellow. One night we were waiting to pull a stlck-up and he got cold feet. I stuck my gun to his head and said 'I'll blow your brains out if you try to quit now’. "That brought him acoss all right. "Glen started me on this stuff. I'd go out with him and wait in the cat while he pulled stick-ups, but he didn’t know how to work them, so I took charge. Then we annexed the rest of the gang and put over some swell jobs.” Robberies of a theater and a gro cery and numerous holdups were con fessed, the police said. Thomas Gust and Thomas Gash were arrested and the police are seeking Glen Kenty and two other men. Father of Film Star Robbed of $2,700 and $L000 Pin Chicago, Jan. 3. — Charles Appel, father of Llta Lee, motion picture star, was relieved of $2,700 in cash and a $1,000 diamond pin by three robhers yesterday, who wished him a happy new year ns they frisked him Appel is proprietor of the North Side Turner hall and was about to start for a bank with Monday's receipts. He entered his living rooms when three men slipped in behind him, closed the door and backed him against the wall. Holding pistols against his head and stomach, they to'ok the valuables and then ran downstairs to a waiting taxicab, first warning Appel to remain quietly in the room for five minutes under pain of death. Miss Carolyn V. Plaftner, an ener- j getic American girl, has sailed for I Rio de Janeiro, where she will estab- 1 lish a billiard academy for women. | 3 Children in Fire May Die Students in Alabama School Badly Trampled in Hush After Alarm. Lanett. Ala., Jan. 3.—Three chil dren were near death, doctors said, and five more were in serious condi tion when school authorities started an investigation today to determine the cause of the fire which destroyed the Lanett school here late yester day afternoon^ resulting in a general stampede among the students. Mary Hammock, 6 years old, Es sie May Weldon, 6, and Kate Pearl Peppers, 13, were so badly trampled In the rush following the fire alarm that their recovery is doubtful. All of the children Injured and those in the stampede were assigned to class rooms located on the second floor of the building. When the fire alarm was rung, children on the low er floor marched in order, out of the building. The teachers in charge of those upstairs experienced greater dif i ficulties, where the children ranged ! from 6 to 12 years of age. Children Break Banks. The teachers lined the pupils up in ] the rooms, but when they saw the smoke in the hall, they broke ranks. The teachers failed in their efforts to check them and at the foot of the steps, the children became clogged In a mass. The teachers and older students rushed into the burning structure and dragged them to a place of safety. School officials announced today i that there were 1.200 students at tending the school yesterday. They say a complete check of the student body has been made and no child had been reported missing. Orphans’ Home Rums. Dallas, Tex., Jan. 3.—Fire of unde termined origin destroyed a three story brick dormitory at Buckner’B Orphans’ home, eight miles east of Dallas, shortly before midnight last night, entailing a loss estimated at $70,000. The 250 boy inmates sleeping in the building were rescued safely and no injuries occurred. The destruction of the building by the fire was completed early this morning on the 90th anniversary of the birth of Dr. R. C. Buckner, found er of the institution, who died four years ago. A celebration in honor of his birthday had been planned for today. Subcommittee to Begin Hearings on Child Labor Washington, Jan. 3,—Hearings on several pending resolutions for sub mission of a child labor constitutional amendment will begin Wednesday be fore a senate judiciary subcommit tee. Resolutions have been intro duced by Senators Lodge of Massa chusetts, republican (leader; Walsh democrat, Montana; McCormick, re publican. Illinois; Johnson, republi can. California, and others, and the substance of the legislation as well ns its form is assured considerable opposition as well as support. '" .-. ■ ■ I FINAL Blouses Sweaters Hats CLEARANCE Coat Dresses Have a Light Greet You— When you drive up to your garage al ways have a light greet you. It's the safest thing to do. Crime shuns the light. The cost is almost insignificant. Because of the exceedingly low electric light rate in Omaha, it costs only a penny to burn a 25-watt lamp for seven hours. It pays. A Light All Night For a Penny and a Third. ■ I Nebiu«kd ® Power C. II Burn Voiir Porch Llfjrht dsrapn ,€>cfa & Co. An Extraordinary Coat Sale Knockabout Coats Tailored Coats Fur-Trimmed Wraps $1950 TO $9850 Distinguished coats of every type are offered in this unusual sale. They feature the finest of ma terials expertly tailored into the newest of styles. The Consider able Price Reductions Are Important All our regular stock, together with special pur chase in New York from our regular makers. Ready-to-Wear—Third Floor Take Advantage of the January Sale Prices and BUY LINENS NOW % All Fancy Linens 25^ Less Than Regular Prices A wonderfully fine selection of lovely decorative linens is offer ed at this substantial saving. Madeira luncheon napkins, cen ters, lunch cloths, scarfs and doilies. Mosaic lunch cloths, napkins, scarfs and table cloths. Venetian Lace doilies in oval and oblong shapes, scarfs and center pieces. Real Italian Filet and cut work doilies, centers, scarfs and lunch cloths. Many Other Interesting Fancy Linens Are Also Included Huck and Turkish Towels Crash Toweling, Wash Cloths Fot These Reductions 200 doz. huck towels with blue borders,.19c 300 doz. all white huck towels re duced to.25c 100 doz. white huck towels are ex ceptional, .39c Turkish Towels Reduced 200 dozen white Turkish towels, size 17 by 32 inches, - - - 19c 200 dozen white, size 17 by 37, 25c 100 dozen white, size 22 by 45, 42c 100 dozen white, size 24 by 46, 50c 100 dozen blue bordered, size 24 by 48,. 59c 100 dozen very fine white, size 26 by 50,. 79c All Linen Huck Towels 200 dozen hemmed linen huck, re duced to------ - 39c 400 dozen of a finer grade will sell Thursday for - ..50c 100 dozen very fine hemmed huck, reduced to.59c 50 dozen hemstitched linen huck towels for - - - - - - $1.00 50 dozen hemstitched with damask borders,.$1.25 All Linen Crash Toweling 50 pieces brown linen crash re duced to, yard,.29c 50 pieces bleached linen crash will be sold for, yard, - - - - 29c 50 pieces of a superior quality bleached linen crash, yard, - 45c Turkish Wash Cloths 1,000 doz. Turkish Cloths, - 5 c 800 doz. Turkish Cloths, - 8V3C 100 doz. Turkish Cloths, 15 c 100 doz. Turkish Cloths, 12V*c All Linen Glass Toweling 25 pieces, a most substantial qual ity of glass toweling, yard, - 45c 25 pcs. of a better quality, yd., 50c