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pork of Congress 1 Miraised by Farm / Bureau Officers Jotal of 19 Separate Bene ficial Acts Passed by La6t Session, Statement Declares. Chicago, March 8.—Compliments were extended to the congress just c»,,ed by the American Farm Bureau fedevution in a formal statement is sued from its general headquarters here, declaring that congress "has clone more for the benefit of American agriculture than any other setftdon in history." Farm measures enacted between April, 1921, and March, 1922. were summarized as 19 separate benefits to agriculture. These included intermediate farm credit for such terms as six months in three years, increase of amount hot rowahle on farm mortgages from co-operative federal farm loan banks from $19,000 to $25,000, supervision of the packing industry, supervision of grain exchanges, legalized co-opera tive marketing, provided fann-to-mar bet highway program, increased work' ing capital of farm loan systems, re vised tax schedule, reducing surtax, limited immigration, barring hundreds of thousands of undesirable aliens, prohibited manufacture and sale of filled milk, dreated an 80 per cent but ter fat standard, appropriated for ex S^00tt of credit to northwestern PU^ms suffering from crop failures, placed agricultural representative on federal reserve board, recreated War Finance corporation and enacted emer gency tariff and permanent tariff. 12 Irish Rebel Prisoners Killed by Blast of Mines Dublin, March S.—Twelve irregular prisoners were killed in County Kerry yesterday through the explosion of trigger mines. W-'ational troops, proceeding from Tralee to Killorglin. encountered a stone barricade and brought prisoners from Tralee to remove the obstruc tion. Concealed in the barricade was a trigger mine which exploded, killing right of the prisoners and wounding two national army officers and soldiers. Another barricade was found on a lifridge and prisoners were taken there 1o remove it. Here there was another trigger mine which also exploded, killing four prisoners. Do not store jams or preserves on * high shelf. r,:.. 7 ~~~~~ "~i Martha Washington —_ White - Electric Sewing Machines The greatest, value ever offer , ed in the line of a practical Sewing Machine. It is < In Every Sense Practical Sewing Machine In a moment’s notice thin artistic and useful piece of furniture is transformed into an equally useful electrically driven sewing machine. Come in and see this machine —see the attractive cabinet. The Universal Typa Motor, new simplified knee control, convenient storage pockets. If you cannot come in phone and we will deliver it to your home. No obligations to buy. Easy Terms 'SllCKECS 15tk and Marnay AT 4361 “Uncle Joe Cannon” Passes Quietly From Official Life of Nation —Pacific and Atlantic Photo. “Uncle Joe” Cannon, America's veteran congressman, retired last Saturday, and Is shown here getting things together to go home.. Washington, March 8—04*)—A qu#t little man with gray beard and a slouch hat flattened no as to fit into a pocket, got, out of an automobile at tho Union station today, walked slowly through the crowded waiting room and boarded a train for Dar.-i ville, 111. One or two remarked "there goes 'Uncle ‘Joe;’ ” the train drew out and with'scarcely a ripple; the bustle of the railway terminal went along as usual. The incident marked the final pass ing from officiaf life of Joseph Gurney Cannon, who came to Washington 50 years ago to begin his legislative career. His departure was almost as unheralded as was his arrival during the days when the civil war was as fresh-in the memories of the people as the world war is today. As though he were brushing aside all of the memories of the long years during which he had helped to direct the destinies of the nation as a mem ber of congress. "Uncle Joe” hardlc cast a backward glance at the capitol as he left for home. Some of Mr. Cannon s friends said he had been here too long to quit; that he had made farewell trips to Danville before and always came back, but Uncle Joe said his official life had ended and that he was going back to Danville to stay. . "All I 'was good for ^his session,’’ , he said, "was to make\ upNi quorum.” j Although not active,in debate dur-! Ing the congress just ended. Mr. Can- j non was present at all sessions, day or night. UJs contributions to the record were in a philsophical or whimsical vein. On the last night of the congress he got permission to insert in the Congressional Records "What I do not know about the! farm credits bill.” But the speech never appeared and j those who looked for it finally be came convhiced that it was a fare well joke. One of the last acts of Uncle Joe j was to stroll for perhaps the last | time about the corridors of the Capi tol. He apparently was In buoyant | spirits and to put aside all doubt as j to whether he was happy at leaving. I he chanted a couple of verses of an old ditty to a policeman who had ex- I pressed regret at his departure. Smuggling Ring Broken lip With Arrest of Four Detroit, Mich., March 8.—One of the largest smuggling gangs in the United States has been broken up, according to Earl J. Davis, United States district attorney, in the arreat of four men. al leged to have utilized the yacht of a millionaire Bay City lumberman in conducting their operations. The men under arrest are Alfred Elmond, Alfred Watkins. Capt. John Dorrlngton and Capt. Alex Clifford, all of Detroit. Dorrlngton is alleged to have acted as master of the yacht ^ while Clifford, a \eter<ui lake sailor, is said to have assisted in its navi- ] gation. Earth Tremors in Illinois. fit. I.ouis, March 5.—Residents in a number of towns in southern II-1 linois reported slight earth tremors : shortly after 9 u. m. today. At the seismographleal observatory at St. j I.ouis university it was stated very j slight tremors were reobrded from j 9:08 to 9:09 a. m . indications being the . shocks were 100 to 150 miles southeast j of sf. Ivouis. Oil Case Argued ^ in Supreme Court Contracts Under Which Re finers Install Pumps for Re tailers Under Discussion. _ t Washington, March 8.—Contracts i under which refiners and wholesalers of gasoline install pumps and tanka for retailers on the condition that they are not to be used for handling the product of competitors was under dis cussion in the supreme court in four cases brought by the federal trade commission against the Sinclair Re fining company, the Standard OH Company of New Jersey and the Maloney Manufacturing company. These cases Involved action brought by the commission against about 30 wholesalers and sought to attack pres ent gasoline retail practices prevailing throughout the .United States. The commission contended that the con tracts had the effect of restricting ; competition, because they deterred re finers from seeking the trade of re tailers using apparatus Installed by competitors. The refiners and wholesalers as serted that in most instances the re tailers were set up in business by them: that the retailers had the op tion of purchasing tanks and pumps; that such apparatus could be pur chased by the retailers in the open : market and that the contracts did not | prohibit the dealers from Installing the apparatus of more than one re- j finer. It was asserted also that the j business was devoid of all Interstate | commerce features. Potato M Protest Special Western Rate Kearney. Neb., March 7.—(Special.) —Potato growers of the Platte valley are taking a stand against what they brand as a discriminatory rate of 20 cents a hundred made to growers of Utah. Colorado. Idaho and other west ern points, in competition with the Nebraska growers. This special rate was made by the Burlington and the Union Pacific lines last fall and in a measure, according to local growers, played havoc with their markets. The spuds grown in western states were rushed to market about the same time the Nebraska growers jjogan to dig and ship. With the special rate given western growers, they were able to flood th? market, all Nebraska son sign ments being based on Missouri ; river rates. The Kearney Chamber of Com merce has taj;en up the fight of the potato growers. passing resolutions which urge the state railway commis sion to intercede and secure for Ne braska potato growers a rate similar to that the western growers are en joying. The co-operation of all potato growing districts in the state is be ing sougth in this movement. L. R. Steel Enterprise* in Hands of Receiver* Buffalo. N. Y., March 8.—Receivers were appointed in federal court here [today for the L. R. Steel enterprises. In which the ptihllc hae Invested about I22.00h.000. L. R. Steel, the promoter, severed his connection with the eom [ names, of which there were nearly a 1 score, on January 27. I ^manhecam •for her Qokir • There was nothing out of the ordinary in the way she planned her menus. But, about her breakfasts and luncheons and dinners, there was a wholesomeness and zest . that made her truly famous. Thousands of other women have discovered her key to sue' cessful meals— MJB Coffee. The rich, tempting aroma of M-J-B Coffee whets the appe' tite. Its delicate, full bodiea fla^ vor tops off any meal and makes even the simplest food delightful. —and the most delicious tea isTreeTca. % % % Groneweg & Schoentgen Co. Wholesale Distributors Telephone Jackson 1303 Movie Star Goes Through Omaha on Way to Coast Elinor Fair to Start W ork Un der New'Contract With Universal Filins. Elinor Fair, flushed with happi ness over the prospects in her ca reer under her new contract with Uni versal films, passed through Omaha yesterday morning on her way to Los Angeles, where she will start work im mediately at Universal City. It was also a homecoming, for she lives in Los Angeles. "I hope they will let me play ‘Rob in’ in the new story they are going to make,” she said, "it's ‘The Head of the House of Coomlie,' and 1 feel that I would have a great opportu nity in the role.” Miss Fair is a charming brunette with beautiful big brown eyes and since she was in Omaha last she has had her hair bobbed. She wore a heavy fur coat, reaching to the ankles, a bright blue toque and slip pers trimmed in blue to match the 1 toque. She has just completed for Daniel Carson Goodman "Has the World Gone Mad” and before that spent an | eventful week in Havana, where she i had a part In ”A Million in Jewels/’ "Driven,” the sensational drama in , pictures which is playjng at the Cri- ] terlon in New York, was the step ping stone of Miss Fair into the ranks i of Universal. “Driven" is the first picture Universal has bought for years from an outside producer and > Miss Fair had a leading part in it. Feature Transactions of Livestock Exchange A shipment of 19 head of choice cattle averaging 1,385 pounds, brought to the local market yesterday by An drew Osterberg of Oakland, sold for $8.90 a hundred. "I had those cattle on a feed of straight corn and alfalfa for about tlve months," said Mr. Osterberg, "and they made art average gain of about 400 pounds. This has been aJ fine winter and the cattle did very well on that account. "I have a bunch of lighter cattle than those I brought in today, which I expect to bring in fur the summer market. There are many cattle around Oakland which will be ready for mat ket soon.” "Feeding operations around Peters I burg are quite heavy at this time,” j raid Elmer Peterson of that place, who was a visitor yesterday, bringing <n two loads of steers. 12 head of which sold for ?8.t5 a hundred. “We had a good corn crop, 45 to 50 ' bushels to the acre, but we need to have a lot of corn shipped iiv on ac count of so many farmers feeding ■ livestock for the early market. Farm ing conditions are getting brighter around Petersburg. I have about 75 hogs which I expect to bring in soon.” — A truck load of 21 head of Poland- j China hog* of his own raising was • brought to market by Newt Stephen* of Crescent, la. He received J7.95 a j hundred for the load which averaged 209 pounds. According to Mr. Stephens, the re cent big snow storm was a gTeat bene- . fit to the farmers around Crescent as the win at was badly in need of moia- 1 ture. Autoist Who Killed Three Released on $30,000 Bail i Philadelphia, March 8.—After being held by the corone.r without bail yes terday on charge of homicide in con nection with the killing of three per sons by a speeding automobile, Henry G. Brock, bahker and clubman, iater was'released by Judge Kinletter on $30,Q0Q ball, Brock also Is under $5,000 hall, fixed by a magistrate, on charges of driving a motor car while Intoxi cated and refusing to aid Injured per sons. Indictments on the three charges, it was said last night, prob ably will be asked of the March grand Jury. TRY CRANBERRIES baked for a real treat Easy to prepare 10,000 Victor and Brunswick Records in stock to choose from One of Larfeit Stock* of Victrola* and Brunswick* in the Weil Two Day Sale Console Phonographs Friday and Saturday 99.75 The price includes the following: Seven 10-inch double-face, 75c records; record repeater; 500 needles; record cleaner; one 10-inch record album. 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