Instability of
. Industry IIeld
High( ayj] Cause!
Shortage and High Prices Are
Laid to Labor, Transporta
tion and Overde
velopment.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Instability in
the bituminous coal mining industry
is the fundamental cause of high
prices and the fuel shortage which
lias menaced the American public re
Itentedly In recent years, the t’nited
States coal commission held today, in
a preliminary report of its fact find
ing investigation laid before congress.
Lal>or troubles, transportation diffi
culties and overdevelopment of the
industry In mines and manpower to a
point where It Is much larger than
necessary to supply public demand for
Its product—If operations were con
tinuous—were all three assigned as
among primary causes for the condi
tion. The exact bearing which these
have upon the existing situation, the
commission said, it Intended to study
In its further inquiry.
Strike Danger fussing.
Regarding the possibility of an
other general coal strike after April
1> the report said the commission
"has reason to believe that an agree
ment will be reached In the near fu
ture that will avert any widespread
cessation of mine operations in union
fields on April 1," The commission
added that its work in promoting in
dustrial pence by ascertaining and pub
lishing reliable data on wages, earn
ings, employment volume, profits and
costs involved In coni production will
proceed With that understanding. Ref.
eranee was made to the exchange of
communications between the commis
sion, miners union officials and repre
sentatives of operators which has les
sened the danger of the strike pros
pect.
Sign Report.
Six members of the commission,
•John Ilays Hammond, chairman; Dr.
George Otis Smith, former director
of the geological survey, Clark How
ell. editor of the Atlanta Constitution;
former Vice President Marshall, Dr.
Edward T. Devine and Charles P.
>•*111, signed the report as rendered,
while Federal Judge Alschuler, whose
judicial tenure has prevented his qual
ification for service an commissioner,
attached a memorandum approving
the views of his colleagues. The com- j
mission was created by congress aft
• r the 1922 coal strike to Investigate !
the entire coal problem.
"There have been so many and such
complex factors operating in the coal
Industry to prevent the free play of
economic forces,” the report salil in
concluding, "that a very detailed and
comprehensive investigation is requir- |
ed before a valid conclusion can be
leached. The inquiry involves the i
w'hole question as to what is best for j
the people tree competition, govern
ment or private ownership, regula- !
tlon or control In the coal industry j
Of Great Moment.
"The problem Is of so great mo
ment, with reference not only to the
theories of government, but also to
the economic life of the republic that
the view of the commission must be
left to its final report.
'There can be satisfactory agree
ment as to wage, and no lasting peace
between operators and men, unless 1
steadier employment can be provid
ed. There can be no satisfactory solu
tion of our transportation problem
so long as the railroads are subpected
to sudden peak loads of coal traffic
at the season when the demands of
agriculture and Industry are at their
height.
Profiteering Alleged.
"The commission believes that the
public interest In coal raises funda
mental questions of the relation of j
ihis industry to the nation and of
the degree to which private rights
must yield to public welfare. It may
be that both private property in an
exhaustible resource and labor In a
public service Industry must submit
to certain modifications of their pri
vate rights, receiving in return cer
tan guarantees and privileges not ac
corded to purely private business or
persons In private employ.
"There has been profiteering In the
Industry In the sense that grossly ex
orbitant profits have been taken at
times by many operators, brokers and
retailers; profits that have been dis
proportionate to the cost of the coal,”
the report said in part, “but this
commission baa not yet obtained the
figures specifically required by the
act in order to settle this question. A
thorough examination of profits. , . .
is already under way.”
Inhabitants of Paris spend a quar
ter of a billion francs yearly on thea
ters and motion pictures.
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Eddie Foy Weds Again
Here is Kddie Foy, 65, the comedian, and his bride, Mrs. Mary Coombs,
29„ who were joined in wedlock in New York. This is Mr. Foy’* fourth
matrimonial venture. Mr. Foy said he married attain because he does
not intend to be alone In his old age, “and I love children.”
(Bluffs Ionian,
| 94, Dies at Home
j Mrs. Lucy Kimball, Resident
of City for Nearly 30
\
Years, Succumbs.
Mrs. Lucy Kimball, 94, resident of
Council Bluffs for nearly 30 years and
of the state of Iowa fur more than
half a century, died Sunday follow
ing a long Illness at the home of her
son, Clem F. Kimball, former state
senator, 320 North Second street.
She was born in Vermont In 1828
and was one of the seventh generation
! of the Steele family, the name of
which was prominently Identified with
activities of colonial days. She and
| her husband, .lohn Kimball, were
I early settlers at Ananiosa, la. It was
following the death of her husband
there that she came to tho Bluffs.
Besides the son at whose home she
died, she is survived by two other
j sons, Willis H. Kimball and Charles
I E. Kimball, associated in the Kimball
Brothers Elevator company in the
Bluffs. Five grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day ufternoon at 2:30 from the home
of Clem F. Kimball, 320 North Second
street. The Kev. J, It. Perkins, pas
tor of tho First Congregational
church, will officiate and burial will
| be in Falrview cemetery.
Three Jersey City Men Die
After Drinking Moonshine
New York. Jan. 15.—After drinking
i of some mysterious concoction, three
j tnen dropped dead yesterday in a
saloon in Jersey City.
The proprietor, Joseph Boras, is
among the dead. The other two were
John Buzza and Joseph Janofski.
Boras had purchased the saloon,
which is in a Polish settlement, only
a week ago. When Buzza and Janof
; ski asked for drinks yesterday. Boras
reached beneath the bar and'brought
1 out a brown liquid. He joined the
two in the drinking.
A few minute, later one of the men
| cried out: "What was in that drink
| —I'm burning up.” Ho toppled over.
| Before the other could answer they,
! also, fell and died.
No*Tobacco League Worker
Expires in California
Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 15.—Dr. 1. P.
Tanner, 73. author, lecturer and Cali
fornia representative of the No-To
hacco League of America, died at a
hospital here yesterday. His arm was
broken in an automobile accident last
Wednesday and physicians attributed
his death in part to shock.
Deaths and Funerals.
Mrs. M. S. Peterson, 75, died Sunday at
tno home of her daughter, Mrs. \v. A.
‘ hrlaman, 3920 Sherman avenue. She canto
here from Sweden 58 years ago. She i»
survlvecr’by three (laughter*. Mr*. Chrla
man. Mrs. C. G. dander of Sterling, Colo.,
and Miss Nellie Peterson of Omaha. Funer
al services will be held at the Crosbv
cnapei this afternoon at 2. Burial will
!>• in West Lawn cemetery.
John C. Veatch. 43. died at a local hos
pital ^Saturday. The body will he sent
by ( ronby-Moore to Washington. Kan.,
where funeral services will take place
Tuesday. Mr. \ catch is survived by his
mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. J ,T
\ eatch, Washington, Kan., and two broth
'•ra. A. K. Veatch. Hamer, Ore . and
James W , lladdam, Kan.
Mr*. Sarah Trummer, 45. died in a
lO'nl hospital Saturday night. She Is
survived by her husband, Balthofor Trum.
met , on# son, Edward, and a daughter
llosiella. Mrs. Trummer had been a
resident of Omaha for 30 year* Funeral
i will be held at St. Hose chufrch at 9:30
I Wednesday morning. Interment will bo in
St. Mary Magdalene's cemetery.
Barclay J. Bent.ow, an old soldier of the
c.vil war. was burled Sunday in Maryville,
Mo., where he had lived for 54 year*, an
honored citizen, lie leaves one son, Frank
Henhow of this city, and three grandsons
besides a sister, Mrs. Dorman of Orllng.
Wash. Mr. Benbow served four years in
the Eighth Iowa cavalry, and was burled
with military honors by hi* cnmrndes
Iren# Strochers. 20. 2421 Dodge street,
died Friday at her residence of tubercu
losis. The remains will be bhippod by
Jones & Do. to Dalton. Mo., today for
burial. Miss Esther Harris, a sister, xe
sides In Omaha.
Births and Deaths.
■William and V#rna Smith, 1618 Casa
stteet, boy.
Willi# and Goldie Clark, 3502 Y street,
i girl.
Loyd and Minnie Walters, 2928 North
Forty-ninth av*nt>o boy.
Charles and Audrey Stewart, 4541 South
Thtrtecnth stteet, girl.
Casper and Joy Teld, hospital, boy.
John and /\gnet Guirln, hospital, bov.
Dan and I u< ho Donaldson, 3107 North
: Eighteenth street, girl.
Signify and ArVoma Seidl, 2145 South
Thirty-fifth avenue, boy.
Morris and Martha Urban, hoapital,
b#y.
Edward and Florence Christensen, hos
pital, girl.
Marriage Licenses.
, Guiseppe Sferrazzo. Omaha .29
i Mebastiana Genovese, Omaha .... . 28
• Emory M. Mace. Lincoln, Neb.28
; V#ra Harrington, Lincoln, .. ., . .17
I •
Man Seriously
! Hurt in Runaway
Omaha Contractor, Trying to
Quiet Horses, Thrown to
Pavement, Run Over.
Frank Seaburg, Omaha grading con
tractor. is In a critical condition at
Mercy hospital. Council Bluffs, as a
result of injuries received Sunday
morning when his team became un
manageable at Twentieth street and
First avenue and he attempted to
quiet them.
Ho has been • operating a grading
camp east of the city and had driven
in yesterday to supervise the loading
of some material at the point where
the accident occurred. His horses,
while standing, became frightened at
sotpe object and he jumped to their
heads to prevent them from running
away.
One of the horses knocked him
down with a kick and he fell in the
street, knocking his head against a
telegraph pole. The animals bolted,
drawing the wagon over his body.
They were stopped before they ran
more than two blocks.
Seaburg was taken to the hospital
in the police ambulance and Dr. A. V.
HenneBsy was called to attend him.
It was found that ho is suffering
from a double fracture of his skull
and various severe cuts and bruises.
His recovery Is a matter of doubt, ac
cording to the surgeon.
First Train Runs
Over New Union
Paeific-Utah Line
Recently Completed Branch
Taps 100,000 Acres of Rich
est Agricultural Region in
Intermountain West.
_
) Tapping one or the richest agricul-1
J tural regions of the tntermountnin
west, the Union Pacific system's new-!
est rail lino was ■ officially opened
, Monday between Delta and Fillmore,
i Utah, according to an announcement
i made at headquarters yesterday.
The progress of the first train over
the new line was, the occasion of
1 elaborate celebration, both at Delta
and Fillmore, and at Harding, McCor
; nick and Greenwood, townsites on the
| new road. Practically the entire popu
i lation of the surrounding territory i
j joined with rail, state and reclamation
service officials in the festivities
| which marked file bringing of steam!
and steel into the productive region.
Taps 100,000 Acres.
The approximate acrea of the irri
gable land tapped by the new line j
is 100,000 acres, for which there is, a
water supply of 205,000 acre feet de
veloped or available, coming from !
mountain streams, wells and an arte- j
sian flow, and from the High Line '
canal of the Sevier Land and Water
company’.
More titan 43,000 acres are already’
in cultivation in alfalfa, irrigated cer
eal grains and sugar beets. With the
direct line now running to Delta,
where the $1,250,000,000 beet sugar
factory’ of the Utah-Idaho Sugar com
pany is located, it is expected that
much of the newly-reached territory
will be devoted to the latter products,
although the territory Is so rich that
this will not affect' tlie heavy produc
tion of alfalfa seed, fruit, dairy prod
ucts and livestock.
Shows Big Production.
Figures from the Utah territory
| show a present production of from 20 j
I to 50 bushels per acre of irrigated
wheat, four tons per acre of alfalfa
hay, .500 pounds per acre of alfalfa !
seed, 200 to 400 bushels per acre of.
potatoes, 500 to 700 bushels per acre '
of apples, and 12 to 15 tons per acre!
of sugar beets, with additional crops
consisting of peaches, cherries, apri
cots and other deciduous fruits, rasp
berries, currants, gooseberries and
other small fruits, miscellaneous gar
den trucks and grains.
The new Union Pacific line, which
runs from an elevation of 4.C50 feet
at Delta to a maximum of 5,000 feet
at Fillmore, is 32 miles in length.
Union Labor Mobilizes
to Fight Volstead Act
Cincinnati. Jan. 15.—Mobilization of
the forces of American organized la
bor for a modification of the Volstead
act, which would provide for the man
ufacture and sale of beer and light
wine, was arranged for at a confer
ence between Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, and the general executive
board of the Brewery Workers’ Inter
national union at that organization’s
headquarters here.
‘‘We plan to make America once
more the home of the sane and the
Four ounces
—an honest quarter pound of
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Conquer Colds
A cold, once caught, must be driven
from your system. To oust a cold
is the purpose for which Weeks'
Break-up-a-Cold Tablets are made.
By increasing your strength to fight
off cold and grippe germs Weeks’
Tablets aid in conquering your cold.
They are laxative. Just ask your
' druggist for
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ADVERTISEMENT.
PIMPLY? WELL, DON’T BE
People Notice It. Drive Them
Off with Dr. Edwards’
Olive Tablets
A pimply face will not embarrass you 1
much longer if you get a package of
Dr. Edwards’ Oliva Tablets. The skin j
should begin to clear after you have
taken the tablets a few nights.
Cleanse the blood, bowels and liver with
Dr. Edwards' Oliva Tablets, the success
ful substitute for calomel: there’s no sick
ness or pain after taking them.
Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets do thnt which
calomel does, and just as effectively, but
their action Is gentle and safe instead of
severe and Irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets Is ever
cursed with a "dark brown taste," a bad
breath, a dull, listless, "no good’’ feeling,
constipation, torpid liver, bad disposition
or pimply face.
Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable
compound mixed with olive oil: you will
know them by their olive color.
Dr. Edwards spent years among patients
afflicted with liver and bowel complaints
end Olive Tablets are the immensely ef
fertive result. Take one or two nightly
for a week. See how much better you
fed and look. 15c and 80c.
land of the free." the noted labor lead
er declared, following an all day con
ference with the board members, who
represent every section of the United
States and Canada. Mr. Gompers
said there was a vast difference be
tween the eighteenth amendment and
the Volstead act, stating the latter
went far In pdvance of what was
contemplated in the organic law.
Unions May Ask
Seale Increases
Building Trades Said to Be
Preparing Demands for
Higher Wages.
Now that winter is beginning to
make its departure and building
activity is increasing, several build
ing trades unions are said to be pre
paring to ask increases in wage
scales.
Conference committees of some
trades already have held meetings
with conference committees repre
senting contractors. A majority of
trades ■seem desirous of obtaining
signed agreements with contractors
for the ensuing season. Signed agree
ments have not been the rule in past
seasons.
Bricklayers are said to be holding
out for $1.25 an hour, although they
have been receiving between $1 and
$1.25.
Plasterers, without written agree
ment, have been receiving $1.25 an
hour, and plumbers who have been
getting $8 each day are demand
ing $9.
Following is a list of hourly scales
which are generally being paid in
Omaha: Carpenters, 90 cents; cement
finishers, $1; electricians, $1.12 1-2;
hodcarriers, 65 to 75 cents; laborers,
S5 to 50 cents; lathers, $1; painters, 90
cents; plasterers, $1.25; plasterers'
helpers. 62 1-2 cents; bricklayers, $1
to $1.25; gas fitters, $1.12 1-2; plumb
ers, $1; roofers, $1; sheetmetal work
ers, 90 cents; steamfltters, $1.
Funeral Services Are Held
for Buckskin Larry LeBron
1* unoral services for Lawrence
(Buckskin Larry) LeBron, civil war
veteran, wlio died last Friday, were
held yesterday morning. Requiem high
mass was sung by Rev. P. J. Judge
of Sacred Heart church.
Six honorary {.allbearers were chos
en from the G. A. R.. Joseph F.
Beatty, J. H. Betger, E. A. Parma
lec, Joseph Madison. William Bruerer
and L. M. Daharah.
Active pallbearers were C. E. An
derson, Dave Bonier, Foster Burch
ard, Jim Brown, Tom Rodabaugh and
Jim O'Connell.
Interment was in Holy Sepulcher
cemetery.
A Queer World
Geraldine Farrar, Suing
for Divorce, Carries
Bunch of Roses from
Husband.
Boston. Muss., .Inn. 15.—Geraldine
Farrar carried a tmnrli of roses sent
to her from New York with the "best
wishes of I.ou Tellcgen,” when she
appeared today in Lynn theater, ac
cording to a story published today
in the Boston Herald, llivorre pro
ceedings brought by the prinia donna
against tier husband, Ixm Tellegen,
are pending.
“A reporter who attempted to ask
tile significance of the gift of flow
ers.” the story said, "was knocked
down by a male escort of Miss Far
rar.
"With her father, Sidney Farrar,
and other members of the party, she
then stepped into a limousine and was
driven away.”
San Francisco, Jan. IB.—J. K.
Cousins, glolje trotter, who has just
arrived here from the Orient, has
been almost dissuaded from his an
nounced plan to establish an inde
pendent kingdom somewhere in the
south Pacific ocean. The reason is
that ho has so many applications
for diplomatic posts in this country
from persons who desire immunity
from American dry laws that he
has misgivings regarding his prob
able peace of mind as emperor of
the projected domain.
Half in just, Cousins sailed more
than a year ago from the cost of
China on a cruise of the South
seas with the avowed purpose of
finding a new island on which to
find a principality from the
restraints of more complex civiliza
tions.
Friends took him in earnest,
Cousins said here today. As a re
sult he found on his arrival piles of
letters from Americans who want
to serve the new kingdom as diplo
matic agents here. Most of them
are willing to serve for $1 a year,
or even a song, in view of certain
un-Volsteadian perrequisites at
taching to the service.
There is Just one drawback,
Cousins hasn’t found the Island.
Pardon Board to Hear
Perjury Prisoner's Case
Lincoln, Neb., .Ian. 15.—(Special.)—
Lewis Pinn, one of the prisoners at the
penitentiary whose case will be heard
by the state pardon board next week,
is the only one serving time after
conviction on a perjury charge.
His attorney says Finn is the only
man ever convicted for that offense
in the state of Nebraska, whoso son
tence was uphold by the state su
preme court. Finn was found guilty
of perjury on account of some testi
mony he gave In a suit brought by
C. Wlrth/who claimed wages for work
dono on Finn's farm. Finn was re
ceived at the penitentiary In January
1921 under sentence of one to four
years.
Peru Alumni Association
iu Meeting Here Friday
Annual meeting of the Htate Normal
school Alumni association of l’eru,
Neb., will bo held Friday evning, Jan
uary 19, at the Omaha Y. W. A. at
6.
Luncheon will be served under the
direction of Mrs. Fullaway.
After the luncheon there will be a
few short talks, the old college songs
will he sung amf the election of of
tv era wmi be held.
“Drunk’’ Spurns Patrol;
Pays Bill for Taxi Ride
Niles, O. Jan. 15.—Charier Wil
liams, Alabaman, believes In iIoIiik
well everything he starts. He became
drunk. A policeman was called. The
patrol arrived. When he objected to
the patrol and Insisted on a taxi, the
taxi was calk'd.
Williams and the officer were driven
to Jail, where the prisoner slept off
his jaK. and the police collected flue,
costs and taxi bill. Williams was sat*
istled and wended his way to parts un
known.
Five Christians Hanged
London, Jan. 15.—A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Const anti
| nople says a message received from
1 Smyrna announces that live Chris
| tians, condemned by the tribunal of
1 independence, have been hanged.
This Laxative Works
Fine on Old People
Tboujiodi bire kept theBielrti btulthy
with Dr. Caldwcll't Syrup Ptpiia
ADVANCING age with its
subdued ambitions anil
strivings could be made very
happy if only good health accom
panied it, uuu the basis of good
health, as every
one learns upon
reaching the age
of 60, is the regu
lar daily move
ment of the l>ow
, els. If it can ho
effected through
the food you eut.,
the water you
drink and the ex
erase you take,
so much the better. But if
nature will not operate it must
be assisted or sickness will follow.
Neglected constipation causes the
blood pressure to go up 28 per
cent, and that is tiie forerunner
of hardening of the arteries. It
makes rheumatism and gout
worse, too.
The ideal constipation remedy
for people of advancing year* is
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, a
vegetable compound of Egyptian
senna and pepsin with pleasant*
tasting aromatics. In is gentle
and mild, and does not cramp or
gri|»e. It is a mistake to think you
need a violent salt or powder or
pill, calomel, coal-tar drugs and
such tilings. They purge and
ANT FAMILY MAY TRY IT FREE
Thousands at parents are asking
themselves, “W here can I find o trust
worthy laxative that anyone in the
family can use uhen constipated?'*
/ urge you to trv Syrup Pepsin.
I will gladly provide a liberal free
sample bottle, sufficient for on adeanate
test. Write, me where to sena it
Address Dr. W. H. Caldwell, 5/5
Washington St., Monticello, Illinois.
Do it nowt
weaken you. and their reaction
tends to make you more consti
pated than before. W
Now try the milder method.
Dr. < '.aldwell's Syrup Pepsin does
not lose its good effect with re
peated use, and increased doses
are unnecessary. Mrs. E. M.
Burgess of Enfield, N. C., who is
73, keeps herself in good health
with it, and Mr. Charles Chorman
of Stapleton. Staten Island, N. Y.,
wasted fifteen years and consid
erable money on other remedies
before finding steady relief with
Syrup Pepsin.
. Use Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep
sin yourself the next time you
suffer from constipation, bilious
ness, headache, sleeplessness, in
digestion, piles or night cramps.
Many thousands of elderly people
use nothing else, and it costs them
less than a cent a dose. Druggists
have sold it successfully for 30
years, and it is the most widely
thought family laxative in the
world.
Omaha Has
Two Buick
Retail Sales
and Service
Stations
‘41
To Better Serve Buick Owners
and Buick Prospects
Both of Omaha’s Buick Retail Sales and
Service Stations are assurance of depend
able Buick performance.
Experience has shown Buick owners that
“authorized” service means a conscien
tious, helpful interest in the continued
and perfect operation of their Buicks.
You are invited to inspect our facilities
for giving owners and prospective Buick
owners the best possible service, and
since retail deliveries are made from both
plants, you are cordially invited to see
Buick’s new creations in our showrooms.
Nebraska Buick Auto Co.
19th and Howard
H. Pelton
2019 Farnam