Today Latest Peace News. We're More Religious. The Death of Marriage. Only $1.000,000 a Month ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ Seven Germans killed, 20 wound ed at the Krupp works in the Ruhr by French machine guns. Workers threateened troops, the French say, resisting the effort of French to take possession of the Krupp works. The French have notified 500, 000 German workers that if they don’t go to work they will be de ported from the Ruhr. The French have seized 10,000, 000,000 marks, and 400,000 French francs belonging to the German reichsbank. It is quite evident that the French mean to go through with their Ruhr undertaking. That’s “peace” in Europe, as represented by the league of na tion*. The Federal Council of Churches shows that the United States was more interested in religion in 1922 than in 1921. The church mem bership increased in one year by more than 1,200,000. The gain included 9,000 new congregations and 15,000 new clergymen. There are 243,500 congregations In the country and 214,583 clergy men. Membership in all religious bodies amounts to 47,461,558, leaving many millions unaccounted for. ' However, if all of the 47,461, 558 should pray for the same thing at the same time, what an appeal that would be. Many sermons were preached against divorce in the United States Sunday. But merely attack ing divorce is beginning at the wrong end of the problem. Divorce is the death of marriage. To prevent death, fight disease. Divorce is not the beginning but the end of the trouble. You may say “we forbid death,” but people will still die. Fight the disease and its causes, which include hasty and too early marriage, badly assorted mar riage, and too many parents that allow themselves to be ruled by their children, and let the children grow up without discipline. The discipline of marriage must be pre ceded by other discipline. Congressional invest igation shows that Mr. Rockefeller, jr., has an income of about $1,000,000 a month from Standard Oil stocks and newspapers are excited, need lessly. One million dollars a month is not such a big income in these days. If Mii Rockefeller’s total in come were only $12,000,000 a year he would consider himself poor. It doesn't matter much what anybody’s income is. What mat ters is, what he does with that in come. Ireland was poverty and famine stricken for centuries because land lords drew their income from the soil and spent it in London. If they had spent and lived in Ire land, conditions would have been different. One self-expatriated Astor, tak ing two or three millions a year out of the United States, is worse for a country than half a dozen Americans making five to fifty mil lions a year in this country, re investing it here and building up the country. What rich Americans actually spend, apart from reinvestment in new enterprises amounts to little. And when money is reinvested in productive enterprises, it doesn’t matter much who owns it—provid ed the wealth is taxed as it should he and none of the money goes to buy special privilege. Several days ago a mob of stu dents attacked the Jewish theater in Bucharest. Now the government has withdrawn the theater’s license ! and closed it, giving no explana tion. Bernhardt, greatest actress of onr period, just buried in Paris, was a Jewess. The greatest be fore her, P.achel, was another Jewess. Not much intelligence is shown in forbidding acting by those that best understand the art. Even a mob might understand that. Not long ago the head of Chi cago's police said half the police force of his city was engaged in bootlegging. Saturday in Indiana, 56 individuals including “many em- 1 inent citizens” were convicted of a bootleg conspiracy. Those con victed included the mayor of Gary, ,i judge and the sheriff. Enforce ment of prohibition is not easy. The prohibition tendency con tinues to spread. Turkey will en force a law forbidding any Turk to have more than one wife. Once the sultan had 1,000 wives. In other ways Turkey Is adopt ing western ideas. She invites American business men to go there, go into business and illus trate American methods. She says she won’t disturb American or other missionaries if they will re frain from “stirring up the Greeks and Armenians.”_ Lincoln Man Ie Killed in Railroad Accident Wpm-lal Illapalrh to Omshi Bee. Lincoln, April 4.—John C. Kear, «5, yard manager of the Shuler Coal com pany. was killed when he fell under an empty coal car which was being switched in the Burlington yards. He received lnteri \l injuries and died without regaining consciousness. No one raw the accident. Prisoner on Hunger Strike. Dublin, April 4 —Dr. Conn Murphy, a delegate of the republicans who some time ago visited Tlome to lay i he republican cause before Dupe Dlu*. was arrested a few nights ago snd mprlsoned In Mount Joy and since that tune has been on a hunget strike. I : Jacoby Passes | Out Advice on Capitol Plans Havelock Labor Leader Hur ries to Newspapers With Scheme to Save Millions on New State House. Special Dispatch t<> The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, April 4.—Representative I. j W. Jacoby of Havelock, labor lead I pr extraordinary', political economist and daily' orator, today pointed out to ! the lower house liis way to economy | in building the new statehouse. The Jacoby plan is simple. All the state needs to do, according to Jacoby, is to await the time when builders of the statehouse are ready to erect the dome. At that time, Jacoby suggests getting a derrick, connecting the derrick with the dome of the old state house and placing the old dome on the new statehouse. Given to Press. ; This proposal was made in the form of a motion, copies of which were distributed liberally to men in the [ press box. The Jacoby proposal fol ! lows: "The capitol commission and all officers of the state of Nebraska in any way connected with the erection and construction of the new capitol, are hereby Instructed and commanded that no portion of the fund herein appropriated for erection and con struction of said capitol shall lie used during the biennium for which said appropriations are available In the construction or erection of the dome which appears in the plans and speci fications for said capitol; hut when the work of building has progressed to the point where said dome would be the next step of construction, it shall be the duty of the capitol com mission and the contractor to fit up to around the present dome and com plete the work by substituting the present sightly and conventional dorp® for the smokestack mon strosity which was film-flammed on the capitol commission." Will Save Millions. ‘‘This will nave the taxpayers of Nebraska at least $4,000,000. Evrfy member here was elected on his promise, either direct or implied, to carry out a program of strict economy. We cannot go back to our constitufents and look them squarely in the eyes unless we have made a real, honest effort to cut down ex penses. ‘‘This smokestack dome which Architect Goodhue has imposed upon the capitol commission looks impos ing on paper. Some may even ad mire it. For my part, 1 don’t. I prefer the present dome which is built after the fashion of capitol domes since Heck was a pup. It answers the purpose admirably. The new smokestack Will be a draft flue which will make the capitol almost impossible to heat in winter. A 400. foot flue with four drafts—each elevator will act rs one—will have a suction beyond power of ordinary language to describe. I dread to think what will happen to the G. A. R. on the top floor. They will be roasted alive while those on the main or will freeze. If someone on the top floor raises a window while one of the elevator doors Ib open, the draft created will be ter rific. It will be no safe place for a modest Woman to walk—that s cer tain. But the main thing is that we can save $4,000,000 by cutting out this u terly, and worse than useless dome and using the one we have. A few thousand dollars will fix it up in fine shape. Let us save the $1,000. 000._ Dr. Condra Attacked in Debate in House (Continued from r«*» One.l drawing a salary for displaying pic tures of the resources of Nebraska. "We have records in the blue sky department to show that Dr. Condra gave his note for $100,000 for a $100. 000 certificate of stock In this com pany. We have proof to show that ttie note was cancelled shortly before the company went to the wall and the etock certificate was returned to the company. Wanted Children's Money. "We have proof that the doctor, In his eagt-rnese to sell this stock, went so far as to call upon trustees of chil dren's Inheritances and endeavored to get these trustees to Invest money of these children in this stock. VA man of this caliber should not teach the youth of our state, and until the board of regents takes action on hi* case, I think we should withhold an appropriation for his department.” "I don’t think the charges gainst a man has anything to do with ap propriations for a department," Bald j i ige of Omaha retorted. "If the WOOD DRY OAK For Fireplace Updilta Lumber &, Coal Co, ; PLAID SPORT COATS Fully Lined j 824.50 829.50 834.50 1 With your initials woven in * black nnd gold. \ i * 1*12 Farnam ,-i ■ ■ i i ■ i i i i i n s m i ill** * ■ charges are true it is up to the regents to tales ac'tion. "This statement by the chairman of the committee puts the remainder of the university investigation commit tee in a difficult position,” Gardner, a member of the co.mmittee, asserted. "We offered at the time our report was made to go Into details of our j charges against the doctor, and a ma-1 Jorlty of the membership voted to adopt our report and not go into de tails. “The committee did not have in mind the annihilation of any one man or any one department. We merely made a resume of what our findings disclosed and looked to public opinion to to the rest. In , other words, we depended upon public opinion to either accept or reject our suggestions. Public opinion was our jury.” Motion Is Killed. Other members Jumped to their teei and insisted a personal attack on Doc tor Condra was not germaine to the subject at hand, which had to do with an appropriation for the department of conservation and soil survey. The Auten motion to discontinue the ap propriation was lost by a viva voce vote. During the day, the appropriations bloc received a severe blow, when an attempt was made to vote $30,400 for additional land for the Norfolk State hospital. This was defeated by a vote of 48 to 41. Klsasser, G. B. Col lins and O. S. Collins, the three men leading the fight against the Lark in Chambers sheriff feeding bill, which would have saved the taxpayers of Douglas county approximately $10. 000 annually, voted with the bloc on this bill. When the university appropriations were considered, Yochum of Otoe made a motion which carried, that the fol lowing sums included in statements of university approprltions be wiped out in the future In setting out ap propriations for this institution: University cash funds, $1,951,157; university endowment income, $175, 223; Morrill fund for agricultural and mechanical arts, $100,000; Smith Lever fund. $120,000; agricultural experi ment station, $60,000. Would Change Estimates. "These are revenues of the univer- j sity which are not raised by taxation and which in past years have been included in appropriation estimates of the university,” Yochum explained. "It Is misleading to taxpayers and they think the university costs them nearly $2,000,000 more than it ac tually does.” An addition of $60,000 to the finance committee's bill for "maintenance and sewer” at the state fair grounds was sanctioned by a viva voce vote. Keck of Polk asserted if the state fair board had been conservative it would have had sufficient money on hand and would not be forced to go to the legis lature for assistance every two years. An unsuccessful attempt was made by Yochum of Otoe to lump normal school appropriations and permit the state normal board to follow Its old course of dividing up appropriations. The finance committee this year did the division work for normal schools itself. Following sre the amounts ap portioned by the committee for the normals, minus any reduction to be made tomorrow as a result of action in reducing courses: School Apportionment. Wayne, $325,000: Peru, $300,000; S Kearney, $370,000; Chadron. $275,000; normal board expenses. $5,000; Income of schools. $3,200. Following are negative vote* ca*t on ' regular normal achool course*: Allan, Arnapoker, Barbour, Broome. Burke, 1>y* ball, Koaam. Gould, Green. Huahee. Hyde. Mear*. Moore. Began. Reynohla, Rourke, Smith, Tlmme, Ward and Wood. Absent and not voting: Beidlng, Bock, Pavla of Fillmore. Pennl*. Ern»t. ; Oaliagher. Gilmore Hall. Kemper, Ken dall, McCain. North. O’Gara. O'Malley, i Parktnaon, Quinn, Smiley, stihai. Strehlow. Wlleon of Dawee and Yochum of Otoe. Following are negative vote* on the Norfolk aeylum appropriation*: Amipoker. Auten. Baldrlga. Rail. Barbour. Rork. Cot man, Donneltr. Butcher, l'yaart. Eg«*r. Ern»t, Gordon. Gould, Hardin. Hueftle, Hyde, .tohnaon, Katftaky. Keck, Ketfer. Keyee, Lamb, Lundy, Meara, Mitchell, North. O'Malley, Orr. Qatar man. Otlemau. Parktnecn, Peteraon, Pollard. Quinn, Reece. Regan. Reynolde, Rourke, Smith. Sttbal, Slrehlow. Ttmme, Vance, Welle, White head and Wlae. Abaent and not voting Balding, Pe'-da of Fillmore, Irenma. Hall, Kemper, Ken dal), McCain, Smiley and Ward. State Bonus Bill Dies in Senate; School Law Next Attempt to Set Date for Final Adjournment Fails—In heritance Tax Meas ure Killed. Sp«< ini IMupatch to Omaha Bf«. I.incoln, April 4.—The Nebraska state bonus bill, supported by differ ent veterans’ organizations, propos ing a ?10.000,000 fund to pay service men 50 cents a day during the time of service In the world war, dic'd in the senate. An adverse committee report fav oring Its postponement, which was adopted In the senate with scarcely any discussion, spells the end for chance for legislative action In sub mitting the bonus issue to popular vote. Senator Fries voiced the only ob jection to the committee report In definitely postponing the bill. ’’This proposition should go to the peole for settlement.” he declared. Purely Federal Action. C. B. Anderson, chairman of the committee, Issued a formal written statement setting forth tho views Of the committee. The members of tho committee consider the bonus pro posal or adjusted compensation pure ly a matter for federal action, the statement set forth. A new bill to rearrange the course of study In rural schools, Reed's measure, which provides that the subjects now taught in the first eight grades be spread over a nine-year term, was made a subject of busirtess for tomorrow morning. Reed spon sors the bill on the ground that only a small percentage of the rural students continue their courses of study. A number of other very revo lutionary changes are proposed In the bill. Members of the senate received an invitation today from Governor and Mrs. Bryan Inviting them to a recep tion at the executive mansion next Monday. Adjournment Plans Halted. The first discussion of final ad journment came today when Senator Allen moved a committee be appoint ed to confer with a like committee from the houae on the subject of ad journment—not to be later than April 20. Senator Cooper led the fight against the adoption of the motion and the introducer finally withdrew, when it was apparent that the ma jority of the members did not share Allen’s sentiments. S. S. 147, an Inheritance tax meas ure, was reported for indefinite post ponement. A similar house bill Is pending. These bills were passed by the sen ate: H. R. 516. by Baldrige—Creates lien nn personal property for work and latior. care, money and material. H. R. 97—Provides procedure for personal service when defendant In divorce suit Is out of the state. Combination Fire Truck Purchased at Falls City Special DUpttfb to The Omaha nee. Falls City. Neb., April 4.—Purchase I of a new triple combination fire truck at a cost of JO,530 was authorised by the city, council. The tisirk wilt carry a pumping system having a capacity of 350 gallons of water per minute, capable of carrying a 150-foot stream. It Is due for delivery here within 90 days. Oniahan Dies in Prison. Special Dispatch to Omaha nee. Lincoln, April 4—James Johnson, 33. Omaha, died in the hospital at the state penitentiary, where he was re ceived last October under a five-year sentence on a charge of forgery. His mother lives in St. Joseph. Mo. 16™ If Farnanv %Secuitiesj8uildin$ HOME OF THE TWO PANT SUIT You’ve been looking for this Knapp Felt Hat It’s a hat of quality, a hat that’s brimful of real style—and it’s easily the biggest value in Omaha today. All New C All New Colors Blocks This shop is Omaha’s Headwear Head quarters. Snappiest showings in the city. Stetson Hats Barker Specials $7 to $10 $2.50 to $3.50 Shoppers Find a Real Welcome Here Barkers Furnishing Goods Shop gj ^fy^^^Ground floor Entrai\ee*^^^e* Architect of Capitol Replies to Johnson (Continued front Tag* One > the worlc on the eapitol," Mr. Webber j concluded. Testimony of this so/t, which might ! he considered sensational, caused not : even a ripple among the investigators, j who although they will look further | into the question, were evidently In clined to make some allowance for the extreme age of the witness. Doorknobs Discussed. ' At the morning session, Mr. John son charged that the architect's speci fications for locks closed the bidedng to all except one manufacturer. He asserted that the specifications for the doorknobs and trimmings were so in definite that Jludge & Gunzel, a Lin coln department store, and another Lincoln merchant said they ceuld not bid on them unless they had a special conference with the architect. Mr. Goodhue answered that lie had in mind a special •pattern which he would design himself. Numerous items were cited by Mr. Johnson in which he maintained that the architect had not protected the state. He brought up again the fact that Mr. Goodhue had proposed to let the contract for all the plumbing at one time. Mr. Goodhue answered that this was on the advice of an expert, who contended that prices were going up, and that if several contractors divided the work, if anything went, wrong, each might lay the blame on the other. "Mr. Johnson maintains that plumb ing prices are going to fall,” said, Mr. C oodhue. "I hope he is right, for the commission has let the contract for ! the first unit separately. If the state suffers a large loss by reason of the increased cost, or | if trouble develops after completion of the building, and’ there Is diffi culty In fixing the responsibility from the trouble, I hope the commission will remember what Mr. Johnson has j said in his memorandum and this reply. ’ Big Contract Advisable. Chairman Wiltse asked If letting the Plumbing in a single large contract would not have eliminated some small plumbing firm. “It would." the architect replied. "It is my belief that the state should endeavor to secure the most com petent work. We have not provided for unlimited competition, but have sought to get bids from the firms most qualified to handle big work in a big w^'." He added that plumb- | ing prices were now much higher. "You had some special firm in mind, didn't you?” Chairman Wiltse | asked. "I did not," was the reply. The Johnson charges listed SI changes in the capitol plans after con tracts had been let. Mr. Goodhue defended these by re ferring to the fact that the capitol commission was in haste to start con struction and had saved considerable money because prices later rose. He also clashed with Mr. Johnson on the question of steel prices and construc tion of acoustic materials and the stone carving contract. It Is possible that Sunderland Bros, of Omaha will be subpoenaed to testify concerning their efforts to se cure marble columns for the vestibule. Mr. Goodhue will resume the stand tomorrow morning. Record-Breakinjr C Freight Loadings Show Prosperity Week Ending March 24 Totals 917,036 Cars. Huge Cains Over Same Week One and Two Years Ago. By GEORGE F. AITHIER. W'nnhlnjtten Corre"|M>ndeBt Omaha Rep. Washington. April 4.—Additional evidence of the return of prosperity is shown In the following statement authorized by the car service division of the American Railway association: Record-breaking loadings for this time of year of revenue freight con tinue. The loading for the week which ended March 24 totaled 917,03'. cars. This was an Increase of 79,79:, cars over the corresponding week las' year and an increaose of 230,469 can over the corresponding week in 1921 Gain Over Previous Week, The total for the week also was ar Increase of 12,750 cars over the pre ceding week and was. with one excep tion, the largest for any week so fai this year. Loading of merchandise and miscel laneous freight, which includes manu factured products, totaled 539.319 cars, 10,744 above the week before. .This was an Increase of 112,622 cars above the same week last year and an Increase of 56.716 cars above tho same week two years ago. float loading amounted to 185.062 cars, an increase of 1,532 cars above the week before. Might (>ain in Drain. Loading of grain and grain products totaled 39,383 cars. This was not only an increase of 95 cars over the week before, but an increase of 1,729 cars over the corresponding week last year, and an increase of 6.054 above the corresponding week two years ago. Livestock loading totaled 30.349 cars, which was a decrease of 284 below the preceding week. Compared with the same week last year this was an increase of 4.961 and also an increase of 5.643 cars above the same week two years ago. In the western dis tricts alone loading of livestock to taled 22,391 cars, which was an In crease of 4,184 cars over the corre sponding week last year. Man With $1,157 in Pocket Arrested for Cream Theft Special Dispatch to Tho Omaha Bag. Lincoln, April 4—Searched at the police station following his arrest or. the charge of having stolen two half pints of cream, Charles M. Miller was found to have $1,157.59 in his pockets. Two officials of the Roberts Dairy company caught Miller, after he at tempted to fight them off with a gar den fork, they told police. He made no explanation as to why he carried such a large sum of money in his pockets. Order Bible Read in School. Spn 1*1 Dispatch «•> Omaha Bee. Plainview, Neb.. April 4.—The board of education voted to have the Bible read, without comment, in every loom of the Plainview* public schools. Jane'* little brother Walt it a regular "hid" league «tar. Sajt he't going to hold down the home plate for Johnny McGraw when he gelt big. ’ The Stepper * wore one of the new CAPS the other day and when Walt »aw that CAP he put it on and organised a hall game on the back lot. You should have seen him: CAP on backwards, mask on tight, and young Walt taking 'em red-hot right off the bat: and boy, that kid Walt is sure doing his part to see that “sis" makes no mistakes about picking a brother in-law. Let us show you the new Stepper CAPS. They’re the last word in real CAPS. i * MENS SHOP 321 South 16th 16th and Harney Streets BEE OWNERSHIP AND CIRCULATION SWORN STATEMENT Furniihed the Poitoffire Department April 2. 1923 Statement of the ownership, management, circulation, etc., required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of the Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee, published at Omaha, Nebraska, for six months, ending March 31, 1923. Publisher—Nelson B. Updike. Managing Editor—None. General Manager—B. Brewer. Owners—Nelson B. Updike and B. Brewer. Bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders owning or holding l per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities are: None. Average number of copies of each issue sold or distributed through the mails or otherwise to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above is: Morning Bee . 45,114 Evening Bee . 25,887 70,981 Sunday Bee . 77,842 B. BREWER, General Manager. 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