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.
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“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.
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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.
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