Summer Weather
in Omaha as Cold
Wave Grips East
Lowest Temperature of Win
ter Threatens Gotham,
in Grip of Coal
Famine.
New York. Feb. 24.—New York to
day faced a northwest wind and the
promised lowest temperature of the
winter, with coal bins almost empty.
The temperature early today was less
than 10 above zero.
So acute had the shortage become,
largely through the Inability of tug
men to bring coal from New Jersey
because of the ice-blocked Hudson
that Fuel Administrator Goethals to
day had the city on a "prescription"
fuel basis. The "prescriptions” were
Warmer in Omaha at
7 Saturday Than
at Jacksonville, Fla.
Temperatures at 7 a. m yesterday
—Jacksonville, Fla., 41; New Or
leans, 44; Santa Fc, N. M., 28;
Omaha, 44.
That's the little story about win.
ter resorts told by the weather
bureau reports Saturday. • Omaha
was warmer than Jacksonville.
Old John 14. Temperature rose
15 degrees at Omaha, 30 degrees
at I)es Moines, 20 degrees at Sioux
City and 24 degrees at Davenport
in the 24 hours ending at 7 a. in.
Saturday.
“Moisture on the ground Saturday
morning was due to the warm air
coining in contact witli the cold
ground," Meteorologist Robins re
ported. There was also a slight
rain about midnight Friday night.
being issued only in cases of extreme
need after Inspection and approval
.by the health department and the
police.
General Goethals absolutely prohib
ited the confiscation of fuel in trans
port.
The city’s incoming amount of coal,
which was one-half of the usual total
ITor each of the preceding three days,
was reduced to about one-third yes
terday. More than 9,000 tons went
lo the bottom of the Hudson when
coal laden tugs.'wrecked by the pound
ing ice. went down before accomplish
ing more than a third of the Journey
from New Jersey to the 'New York
shore.
Five hundred emergency requests
for coal were waiting for answers to
day.
Woitiait Lpaps to Death.
New Y’ork, Fob. 24.—Mrs. James W.
Johnson, wife of the treasurer of the
Western Electric company, yesterday
eluded nurses who had cared for her
since ahe suffered a mental break
down recently, and leaped to her
death from a window of her ninth
floor apartment.
ADVEKTISlIfcKNT
Lift Off with Fingers
Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little
“Freezone” on an aching corn, Instant
ly that corn stops hurting, then short
ly you lift it right oft with fingers.
Truly!
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of
“Freezone'' for a few cents, sufficient
to remove every hard corn, soft corn,
or corn between the toes, and the
calluses, without soreficss or lrrlta .n.
ADVEBTHEMKNT
SAGE TEA TURNS
It’s Grandmother’s Recipe
to Bring Back Color and
Luster to Hair.
That beautiful, even shade of dark,
glossy hair can only ho had by brew
ing a mixture of Sage Tea und Uni
phur. Your hair is your charm. It
makes or mars the face. When it
fades, turns gray or streaked Just an
application or two of Sage and Sul
phur enhances its appearance a hun
dredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the mix
ture; you can get this famous old
recipe Improved by the uddltlon of
other ingredients at a small cost all
ready for use. It is called Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound. This
* can always he depended upon to bring
. back the natural color and luster of
* your hair.
Kverybody uses “Wyathf" Sage
and Sulphur Compound now because
It darkens so naturally and evenly
that nobody can tell It has been ap
plied. You simply dampen a sponge or
soft brush with It nnd draw this
through the hair, taking ono small
strand at a time; by morning the
jsray hair has disappeared and after
another application It becomes beau
tifully dnrk and appears glossy and
lustrous
i
Picture Taken in Egypt by Omaha Girl Becomes Prize Possession
Following Discoveries Made in Hidden Tomb of Tutenkhamen
There are two Omahans who read
with avidity the news dlspatcHes
ifrrnn Luxor, Egypt, recounting the
details of the opening of King Tu
tankhamen’s tomb — Robert C’oweli
and his daughter. Miss Mona Cowell.
A year ago In January Miss Cowell
and her father visited the Valley of
the Kings on the Nile and journeyed
to Beir-el-Eaharl. where the Pha
roah’s chamber has been found.
‘T would almost give my arm to he
there now." exclaimed Miss Cowell.
"It must be wonderful to enter a
tomb which has Just been opened and
fmm which none of the relics have
been taken.” *
One of Miss Cowell’s most precious
possessions now is a kodak photo
graph to which she attached little
importance at the time it was taken.
It is a picture of the Temple of
Ilatasu at Reir el Bahari. Not more
than 30b yards away from this tem
pie laird Carnarvon's party uncov
ered the tomb of Tutankhamen.
“The photograph had no particular
significance when It was taken.”
said Miss Cowell. “We used to ex
change pictures with one another
to complete our collections, so after
I had made one print I xgave the
negative away. No 1 have only the
one print and I wouldn't part with
it for anything ''
Luxor, Kgypt, is a favorite stopping
point for tourists, Miss Cowell said.
There is a satisfactory hotel there
and trips into the Valley of the Kings
are made from Luxor. It Is about
i ii.iO miles up the Nile from Cairo.
Deir el Bnhnrl is five or six hours
j from Luxor by donkey. There is no
1 r oad and (he slow moving but sure
- footed donkey offers the only means
! of transportation over the sand trails
j and the, Libyan mountain chain
which must be crossed. The donkeys
No. I. Ilall ol Raineses II at Karnak. The photograph gives an indica
tion of the great site of the column*. .
No. 2. Mis* Mona Cowell and the donkey man who had seen not lev*
than 70 summer* yet answered with alacrity when paged as ‘•boy." Hi*
head wrappings show how the natives protect themselves (roni the blowing
1 sand*.
No. 3. .Avenue of the sphinxes at Karnak.
No. 4. Robert Cowell and lijs noble although not particularly enthusi
astic steed. For all hi* faults the donkey is a life saver to the tourist in the
Valley of the Kings. There are no roads, and without him the tourist would
have to walk.
No. o. AVall decoration* inside a chandler at Abydos. They are typiral
of wall decoration* found in the tonrhs of Kgypt.
No. fi. Of course ids name is Mahmoud, lie was the Cowell guide. He
“knew his stuff.” hut he was a business man. and when lie yva* personally
conducting the tour of Robert llirlirna tlie manifestations of sentiment on
the part of the famous author annoyed Idni xastly.
No. 7. This picture has become one of Mis* Cowell's most precious pos
sessions. It was taken at Iteir-cl Haharl, where was found the tomb of
Tutankhamen. The picture shows the temple of Queue llatasu. I>e** than
100 yards to the Uft Is where the rellr* of King Tut were hidden through
the age*.
are led all tha wnv by gulden.
"These donkeys mu>' ho led.” ex
plained Miss Cowell. "They develop
stubborn streaks and sometimes re
fuse to move. The whip avails noth
ing No one but the boys who lead
them can persuade them to proceed.
The leaders are called ‘boys,’ no mat
ter what their age. The one who Jed
my donkey was at least 70, hut lie
was a ‘boy.’ nevertheless.*•
Miss Cowell and her father were
A Queer World
Bootlegger-Monkey Is Re
leased from Jail and
Given Job in Long Bearh
Park.
Howard of Wisdom.
I.ong Itearh, Feb. 51.—Jocko, said
by the police to be the first and only
monkey detained as a bootlegger, has
been released from the rity jail where
he was taken with his master. C. H.
Simon, charged with violation of the
state prohibition law.
^ Jocko, according to the police, was
trained by Simon to deliver bottleg
liquor to patrons and before lie was
releasrd, his finger prints and bertil
Ion measurements were taken.
Jocko will live in Hixhy park here
after, having lieen purchased from
Simon for $25 by Squire F. Duree,
city director of recreation, acting as
agent of a number of citizens, who
said they believed Jocko was too Intel
ligent a monkey to be permitted to
continue living the life accredited to
him.
Simon Is still In jail awralting a
1 trial.
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Hocked the Host.
Kan Francisco, Feb. 24.—Orlando
K. Bozio. who erected a building
that rested partly on an old scow
imbedded tn some filled In land In
downtown Kan Francisco, Is at Inst "
free from a $10,000 suit brought
against him for having literally
"rocked the boat,” and tipped up
the corner of .Simon Kaska’s ad
joining four story building, which
also rested on the scow.
Kanka built first, nnd brought
suit when the weight of BoCio'a
structure threw his building out of
| plumb. The trial rourt held hf
should have built on something
I more substantial, and tho district
i court of appeal*) has a decision on
file today, sustalniii* this view.
• • • •
A 1'liilosopher.
I Am Angeles, Feb. 23.—Kdward J.
Webb, wealthy realty operator of Ihr
luth, Minn., who came here two weak*)
ago will) his family for a vacation,
reported to the police Inst night he
l had been swindled out of $12,00(1 In
a fake stock deal by three men whom
he met in I lie downtown hotel whore
1 lie and his family have rooms. He
I said ho telegraphed his Duluth hank
' era to send him $10,000 of the sum
j Its lost.
'Tm glad It was only $12,000,” ho
' said. ”1 came very near to putting
| In $50,000.
• • •
After 32 Years.
Now York, Feb. 24. After 32
j years as a resident of Youngstown,
O.. Toney I’ovo was held at Kills
Island last night for deportation
because he is not an American citi
zen. failed to poss^the reading tests
required of immigrants. His wife
nnd three children passed the tests
and were admitted.
Giiii Battle Hero Gets Hi*
Pistols Bark from Police
Samuel C. Curtis, railroad detective,
who engaged In a gun battle Thurs
day morning with a gatig of alleged
boa car rokbers In the (Ireat Western
yards when Marty Maher was killed,
called at Central police headquarters
Saturday morning for his guns.
The two weapons, one a 32 caliber
and the other, with which he did the
shooting, a .45. were held as evi
dence. They were turned over to
him Saturday, however, when he
asked for them. The smaller pistol
he said he would give to his wife as
a keepsake.
Ho said he has recovered from the
excitement of the encounter and is
ready for another gun battle If neces
sary.
Berlin Orders
Ruhr Sabotage
Government Said to Have Di
rected Strikers to reek
Public l tilitic*.
1 :-ri;n, Keh. 24 -(A*)—French force* ,
have boa rilcil the Berlin 'Cologne ex- |
press near llengsiey ami confiscated
a consignment of twelve billion marks
and plate* belonging to the Itelchs- j
tank, it was announced here today. ;
Dussc-ldorf, Fib. 14—Reports fronj
German sources the Mack troops of
tho Seventh Colonial regiment had
been sent recently to Kupfordreh, Vel- |
bert and Woerden, are officially dc- |
nied by tlie French. It was alleged
that these soldiers were being quar
tered in private dwellings and that
colonial patrols had appeared on the
streets In these towns.
Kteplf to fun stall sabotage by rail
Farm Products Increase
More Than $2,000,000,000
Farm Production in }922 Has Gross Value of $14,310,
000,000, Against 1921 Gross Value of $12,402,
000,000—Majority of Crop Prices Increase.
Washington, Keb. 24 —Agriculture
In 1922 recovered from Its lethargy
Suflclently to exceed the production
of tho previous yeur by tnoro than
$2,000,000,000. according to r.ompleted
figures of Ihe Agricultural depart
ment.
Karin production lust year had a
grows farm value of $14,310,000,000,
against a 1921 gross value of $12,402.
000,000, the slatistii s show. Ths total
.for 1922 was inudo up of $9,961,000,000
for crops and $6,349,000,000 {nr animal
products. In 1921 crops were valued at
$6,934,000.00(1 and animal products at
$6,469,000,000,
During the last year crop prices
Increased except in the case of
nearly nil fruits, heets, clover seed,
fyf, potatoes, sweet potatoes and
softie other vegetables. (lencral
declines took place In prices of
anltnnl products. Including prices
of veals, milk cows uml oilier cattle
raised, horses and mien, all dairy
products, eggs and poultry, except
turkeys. Prices of sheep, iHtnhs and
swine Increased, while wool prices
were nearly doubled.
A 10 years' study by the department
of productloh and prices allows the
crop value In 1923 wns 4 per cent
| higher than In 1913. The peak win
| leached in 1919, with s crop value of
152 per cent higher than In 1913. In
1920 crop prices were only 78 per
cent nbove 1913 nml In 1921 only 13
per cent nbove 1913. Despite the In
crease In 1922. however, tho crop val
ue remnlns lower than In nny year
sihce 1915, with the exception of 1931.
Animal products values tagged be
hind crop values during the 10 year
period and show less fluctuation. The
pesk was reached In 1919, when an In
crease of 12R per cent over 1913 was
recorded. Tho subsequent decline in
values of snlnml products was less
precipitous than In the cane of crop
values, but the 1922 figure allows an
Incrrass of only 44 per cent above
1913 ns compared with an Increase of
4* per cent In crop value.
The purchasing power of the 1122
erop value In tornia of other products,
the department said, wax 99 9 as com
pared with 10b In 1913. The purchns
lug power of the 1921 crop value wan
70.3 ns compnred with 100 In 1913.
Tho purchasing power of animal prod
ucts In 1922 was 88 R and In 1921 H
was US, using 100 In 1913 ns a base
In both Instances.
Although the purchasing power of
crops and animal products took nl
most divergent rotirses In some years
since 1918 they came nearly together
In 1022, the department pointed out.
*
way worker* have been taken by the
occupying forces, who assert thst
striking employes have been instruct
ed by the German government to
hinder the Krcnrh and Belgians by
cutting off the gas. water and elec
tric service*.
With Ruhr customs hou«cs In the
posscseion of the allies, the occupation
authorities are finding n- w difficul
ties In the1 Rhineland. The postal,
telephone and telegraph workers at
Mayence are on strike and conse
quently there i* no communication
Into or out of the city.
Statistic* made public by the Ger
mans »how that nine civilians have
beep shot denit and 13 seriously
wounded since the occupation began.
Arrests and deportations total sever
al hundred.
Man Dies of Pneumonia
Following Week's Illness
Louis Ksroboda, 41, 1255 South Six
teenth street r!io<l Friday night of
pneumonia after an Illness of one
week. Mr. Swoboda was proprietor
of a cigar etore and billiard pnrlor at
1259 South Sixteenth. He was born
In Omaha.
Mr. Swoboda Is survived by his
wife, Mis. Anna Swoboda. one
daughter, Kleanor; his parent#. Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Swotioda; a brother.
Hr. Frank J. Swoboda; sister, Mrs.
Hugh Ixrttridge of Portland. Ore.
Dr. Louis Swoboda. Is an uncle.
“Big Tim" Surrrqtlerx.
Chicago, Feb. 24 —"Dig Tim” Mur
phy, labor lender, under sentence to
Leavenworth federnl prison for four
years and to pay a fine of $29,000
for complicity In the $3X0,000 Dear
born station robbery In 1921, surrend
ered at the federal building today.
Clogged Air Passages Open
at Once—Nose and
Throat Clear.
If your nostrils nro clogged and
jour head stufTed because of catarrh
or a cold, get Flys Cream ltahn at
any drug store. Apply a Utile of this
pure. nnllNcpltr. germ destroying
cream Into your noslrlle and let It
penetrate through every air passage
of your head and membranes. In
slant relief.
itsw good it feels. Your head is
clear. Your nostrils nr* open. You
breathe freely. No more hawking or
snuffling. Head colds and i.atnrrh
yield like magic. Don’t r‘ — ,vl
up. i hoked up and miserable. Itelief
Is sura
f
particularly fortunate iri the Moham
medan guide who directed their trips
I from Luxor in the Valley of the
Kings, was a veteran in the serv
ice and had the knowledge of fhe
j territory and its history at his finger
; lips, lie had ncted aa guide for Rob
J ert Hichens when the famous author
! visited Egypt.
"But he was not properly appreci
ative of his employers genius.'’
laughed Miss Cowell. "He couldn't
understand why Mr. Hichens should
sit and gaze for hours in the moon
light. Ills Idea of the proper way to
make a Nile trip was to look once.
! listen to a brief reoitaj of hlstpry and
■ then proceed to the next point of in
'tercst. Mr. Hichens’ procrastination
was a matter of great annoyance to
! him.''
I-onJ Carnahvoii's party had just be
gun its work when Miss Cowell and
her father visited Luxor. Hangs of
coolie labor had been placed at work
inlhesand at Deir-c-l-Bahari. The Lib
yan mountain chain which must be
crossed to reach Ih ir-cl Bahari re
I minds greatly of the Grand Canyon
i country in Arizona, Miss Cowell said.
Miss Cowell and her father \ isitrsl
the tombs at Karnak, where Is the
hall of Raineses II at Abydos and
many other Nile points. All that re
mains in tlio tombs are the columns
and the will decorations. Contents of
th« chandlers have been removed to
tlie museum at Cairo, tjie British mu
seum and other institutes.
"They sre very Interesting and they
are very wonderful." said Miss Cowell.
"I certainly would hkf to go back and
visit the Nile again and I'd give al
most anything to have been there to
sec the gorgeous ruler found in the
mysterious inner chamber of Tutahk
hsmen."
Carrying Out of
“Consent Decree*’
Urged by Omahan
Edward L. Burke Against
'Abrogating Agreement of
Packers to Relinquish
Stockyards Holdings.
Tiie sooner the packer* divest
themselves of their Block holdings in
the (dockyards of the country, in ac
cordance with an agreement made in
December. 1919, the easier it will be '
for those charged with the administra
tion of the packers and stockyards
act of 1921, according to Edward I,.
Burke of the Kent and Burke com
pany, commission brokers, and recent
ly elected vice president of the Na
tional Livestock Men's association.
Following the hearing last Wednes
day at the Union stockyards in South
Omaha before Henry W. Anderson,
trustee of the Armour and Swift stock
in the nation’s Btockyards. .Mr. Burke
declared the hearing did not re law to
enforcement of the act of 1921, by
which the packers and certain agen
cies at all public stockyards were
placed under federal control.
Extensions Permitted.
‘Mr. Anderson represents the
United States court of the District of
Columbia." gaid Mr. Burke, "which la
charged with the carrying out of an
Injunction decree about December 1,
1919, known ae the 'consent decree,'
under the terms of which the five
largest packers agreed with the at
torney general, among other things
to divest themselves of all their hold
ings in public stockyards within a
comparatively short time,"
"The decree provide.] that the court
might, at Its discretion, grant ex
tensions from time to time if. in its
opinion, the stock could not be gold
promptly without working a hardship
on the owners. Mr. Anderson says
that It is hl» duty from time to time
to ascertain how the stockyards un
being conducted, whether those es
pecially interested In the matter feel
that the decree should be enforced,
and whether it would 1st possible to
! dispose of the strxh held by the trus
tees without undue hardship, and to
report to the court.
Question of Time.
' The principle of nonowuersijip of
public stockyards by the packers was
‘•ettlc’d nt the time th*- decree was en
tered. and it was approved by the
public, especially the producers of
livestock. Now the question concerns
ihe time within which the agreement
shall be carried out. Th producers of
the liveatock, for whose protection
this feature of the decree was pri
marily inserted, expert the agreement
to t-e carried out in good faith, aed
they are the ones primarily to be con
sulted by the trustee, as they- are
the ones who pay most of the bill*
and their Interests are vitally affected.
"fnfortunately. this principle has
not been recognized at the hearings,
as other interests have done moat of
the talking.
' Any attempt to abrogate the terms
of the decree on the theory that the
packers and stockyards act of mi
charges the situation is aiwurd. If
the principle of ownership of the stock
, yard* by the princijml buyer*-, was
wrong before the im«sage «.f the act. ,
it is wrong after Us passage. The
character of the relationship was not
i changed by the passage of the act. As
( a matter of fact, it is fair to assume
i that the packer* and stockyard* act
itself did not provide for a divorce
ment of the packers f om the stock
yards for the very reason that the
matter had already been taken care
When in Omaha Stop at
Hotel Rome
At a card party given at the Labor
Temple, evening of the 22nd. by the Local
Federation of Shopmen, which the mam
price was a Ford Touring Car. the holder
John Doe. No. 4296. is entitled to this
priie. A number of other valuable prices
were given away and the party was large
ly attendee
The committee also, st this time, wishes
to thank the public for their support.
of by the consent decree. It will be
much easier a oil simpler for those
charged with the administration of
this act If the terms of the decree are
now promptly carried out.
iyi' a m. *i' HHivwMi •■■■■■■ ■■ |
Edward Masters, 36, 1426 North
Nineteenth street, died Friday night
of pneumonia at his home following
an lllnes*! of one week.
Mr. Masters war engineer at the
Federal Reserve bank. Me Is suticived
by his wife, Mrs. Rose Masters, and a
daughter, Alene, 10: his mother, Mrs.
Samuel M'inters, Malvern,' la.; two
brothers, George Masters, Glen wood, k
la., and Robert Masters, Flneoln. /
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at the residence in charge
of the engineers’ union. The body will
be sent to Malvern. la., where burial
will take place Monday.
Rum Suipects Face Trial.
Joe Valcnte and Joe Nocita, both ar
reted Kridi^- by deputy sheriffs
at 1314 Ltorcas street, where the
raiders say they found a still and a
stoat! quantity ofjiquor buried in the
basement, were bound over to dis
trict court in county court Satur
day on $ 1 ,*>00 !>ond each. They were
charged with illegal possession.
C. G.Conn
The Household
Byword
It is sure pleasant to be
a Conn dealer. All your
customers are boosters
and business is always
good.
We are selling Conns
right along and in every •
«ay possible making
someone happy — of
course, we have to ac
cept other—Instruments
now and then and offer
them at a real sacrifice
price.
Come in and see our
New Conns—bring youc
instrument as part pay
ment if you have one.
Easy terms on the
balance. t
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