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the Omaha Sunday Bee =. VOL. 52—NO. 49. ^ ” srlZ“ a".?1^ MmU9' _OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1923. ••• ”,» "Vn FIVE CENTS I Inflation of Mark Ruins G e r m a n y Trickery hy Government and “Industrialists” Causes Peo ple to Lose Faith in Settlement. Example Is Set for U. S. By MARK STRIA VAN. Rondnn, May 10.—The purpose of the present article is to tell just xvhat happens to a nation and a peo pie whose unit of currency goes through the experience that is called "inflation.” The purpose is to tell it in terms of the experience of Ger many and the mark. Not only, will it be of interest as a narrative of what has actually happened in Germany. It will also have some value as an ex ample in the light of occasional hints —hints which the writer cannot help feeling lire sinister—of what some persons would be willing to bring about at home in America. To get the analogy it will merely be necessary to imagine what has happened to the mark in Germany as happening to the doller in America. Before the war the value of the German mark was, roughly. 25 cents. Today It is worth so little you can call it anything you wish—for con venience, say one one-hundredth of a cent. To a degree, an infinitesimal and comparatively harmless degree, some think like this has happened to our dollar, for the dollar which was worth 100 cents in 1011 is worth today, measuring in purchasing power, about 60 cents. To the degree that this has happened in America It has pot been a matter of deliberate cur rency inflation, but chiefly a matter of credit inflation, a thing that ac companied the Issuing of bonds to pay for the war and was largely un avoidable. If there should be any body in America who would like this depreciation of the dollar to go fur ther A C thluk.v *„’■ ■ ,t t Of til*tig is good for -i notion, the present nar rative of what iTpr- . vntion has done **•- of Germany will be cn lightening. l\ S. Menaced, America Is not wholly immune from the possibility of being inflated from Kurope by the views of what seems superficially to he alluring In defla tion. We have among us at least a few of the kind of people who think inflation is a good thing. Without attempting to make, or even to hint, what would probably be as unpleas ant a prediction ns it would be pos aible to make about our future. it may be said that among the dangers of the campaign of next year is the possibility that somebody may arise i with a cheap money panacea. Indeed, a phrase that one of our presidential aspirants let drop some months ago has already pointed in that direction. Ret us take the German people, cla-s by class. For convenience, take first the class that had money in the savings banks. Those of the German people who | saved their money and put It in the savings banks, and in the other Ger-; man equivalents of savings banks, are precisely like those of our own people who do the same sort of thing. This cljhs of people is the alt of every nation—the workers who make it a practice to spend a little lc=s than ! they earn: who, every Saturday night, , take some part of their pay and put it in the savings bank ns a protection | against sickness or old age, or for the education of their children. This class of people in Germany has been robbed of everything they had Thrift <>f No \vail. Before the war—and even during the war. because deflation did not begin until near the clone of the war— a good, hard working Herman work man could pile up his savings mark by nvirk. and look forward to the tnio when he should have in the savings bank, let us say, 2,000 marks, and the Interest from that sum would kpep him adequately during his old age. Today thnt 20,000 marks would hardly buy him a single meal. He Is on the world, he has no provision for the future, he is bewildered/ He was taught that thrift was a virtue, and now he finds that some mysterious power which he does not understand, some malevolent agency of the gov ernment or business, or both corn hined, has made all his savings of no avail. Take next the class of people who carry life insurance. This class In Hermany is precisely like iho same class at home—men with a care for the future and for their families. Year by year they paid their premiums In the full confidence that when they should come to die they would leave behind them enough to save then wives and children from Immediate want. They were as confident of the security of their life Insurance, as suit the money would he there to take care of their families, as th'-y were of death Itself Hut now they find that after paying 2 > cent pieces to the insurance companies all their lives, their families will get. hack pieyes of paper worth less than » hundredth of a eent. Y'oil call Imagine the sense of outrage and dazed lie wlldarmant with which these people contemplate their present, position. M nntlmird on I’lirc * V Column l.l Noted Lawyer May Run in Presidential Race Dudley F. Malone. Dudley F. Malone Throws Mat Into Political Arena Husband of Omaha Girl May Be ‘“Surprise” Candidate for President—Sa\s Women to Rule. By International Newi Service. London, May 19.—Dudley Field] Malone, democrat, formerly collector of the port of New York and now an international lawyer, dividing his time j between Paris and New York, shied t his hat into the American political ring today as "surprise presidential candidate*’ in 1924. Malone said he j believed women would rule the world 1 in the future instead of men. He is married to Doris Stevens, formerly of Omaha, a leader of the militant I suffragists in the United States. “I shall fight in the next presi-] dential election,” he said, “possibly j as a surprise candidate. I am opposed) to American participation in the league of nations or the international i court of justice and arbitration." Malone refused to disclose his presi dential plans to any further extent ’ but bo believes that President Hard ing and Henry Ford will be two of the presidential candidates next year In «ddft»on. he believe*, vy.'re will be an '‘unknown. I Outlining Ills views of the future * Malone said: "l believe in the future the world j wiff be ruled by women. 1 do no* t& j gard the future with apprehension, j A man-made world has Just left mil-! lions of dead upon the battlefields ] No sex could make a poorer job of j things than the men. They cannot govern. "Participation by the women Is not going to bring about a milleniurn. but it will help the men to treat questions of peace and war with practical realism. “Labor leaders in the United States ( ire 25 years behind conservative' English labor leaders In political in-i telligenee. ' American foreign policy based upon i the design of oil domination or even | world exploitation would mean an1 American policy based wholly upon commercial exploitation. I do not be- j lieve that the American people ap prove such a policy. 2 Burwell Children Are Buried Alive Bo> and Cirl Playing in Sand Pit Are Killed in Cave-in. * i;il Dlupnlrh to The Onmlm B< f. Onmrl island. Neb., May ID.—MU* dren an I Fred Hahn, 11 and 13. ehll- j dreu of Fred Hahn, mail carrier at , Burwell, were buried alive while play ing in a huge aand pile in a sand pit mar Bjurwell. When they failed to return home, a March was instituted. Their bodies were discovered, when oim foot of the little pirl was found protrudiri- Both had been dead fur some time. The wind a few days a*ro shifted the sand and made several bte blow* outs It is belfayed the children ven tur'd intu a dangerous place and their play caused the sand to shift Shipments From Ruhr increase Average of 300 Carloads Fuel Exported From Occupied Areas During First Two Weeks of May. Germans Plan New Offer By Associated Pr«*. Essen, May 19. — In authoritative German quarters it was declared today (hat the French and Belgians by no means have reached the preoccupa tion volume of coal and coke exports from the Ruhr, ns claimed by Premier Poincare, it was admitted, however, that the first fortnight of May saw an average daily export of 300 carloads. Shipments reached as high as 757 carloads on May 9. but dropped to 135 the next day because of bridge destructions. By May 13 traffic bad been sufficiently restored to send out 428 carloads. During April, 9 445 carlodas were ex ported by wav of the Rhine bridge at Duisburg, compared with 1,210 in' March. One hundred bargeloads also were exported In April. The Germans attribute the great in crease over the previous month main- ] ly to the fact that 44 mines were under occupation in the Ruhr in April against 10 in March. To Sfale Fixed Annuities. Berlin. May 19.—Germany's forth coming reparations proposals will stip ulate definite annuities instead of of f< i iitc a fixed total, according to in formation from political quarters. It is stated that the German league of industrialists Is preparing a plan which! will enable the government to make an offer based upon positive con-' Crete guarantees for which the Ger-i man Industrial, financial and eotnmer j clal Interests, political parties and la bor unions will go security. Although the details of the forth coming offer have not been divu'ged or discussel. It appear? that the pow *Tfui Industrial league h:<a soc> ■ e-1 V‘*B B.^)WitiC;,.i ' '■ cm’ " ■ i>-t »'£-*tgn .Un'cr lt.e . • he fsiiilty a. >,**cu!.itiric utx n -. i i urnatlonal 'oar, a* a has - .or repna-i lion. Propose*, Substitute. Fhe ie.igue Instead propose# to tub stitute a system of gold annuities to be guaranteed through the co-opera tlon of labor unions in connection with a platform calling for Increased production all around. The gold is to be rain d by a process which is describ ed as a giant hypothecation of all the nation's productive units—mines, fac tories, farms, banks, fisheries, etc. Chancellor Cuno and Ills cabinet are devoting the Whitsuntide holidays to an examination of the basic features of the scheme, but are not expected to reach a definite conclusion beforo the end of next week It appears, however, that the gov ernment has permanentiy jettisoned its hopes of obtaining a hearing among the creditor powers, especially France, for any reparation plan based upon an Intangible loan and it is believed that the proposals as outlined above sug Rest a more promising solut on. Mrs. Harding Attends First Show Since Her Illness Hr t'nlv*r«til Hen Iff. Washington, May 1!*.—Fur th* first time since her critical illness lant September. Mrs. Hardin#, this after noon attended a vaudeville show. She was accompanied by her house guest, Mrs. George Harvey, wife of th“ am- 1 bassador to the Oourt of St. Jnrnoa and her secretary. Miss Laura Harlan. The first lady was accorded an ovation when she entered the theater. Banks Arc Creditors of Lincoln Bankrupt Lincoln. May 10—Alpheus C Ad ams, former banker, at present in the real est.ito business in Lincoln, tiled a petition In bankruptcy. lie placet! his liabilities at $107,140 and his assets $,'00. Principal creditors named In his petition are hanks of Lincoln, Omaha and in towns near Lincoln. Barney (ioogle \ecepts Invitation: "Sparky’' to Put Abadane in Shade Barm y Google is coining to Omaha A ml an ih hln fa moil h atecil, Spark plug That ih the ten non why the huge countenance of Charlie Gardner, rodeo king of Ak War Her., I» wreathed with a cheerful grin. Friday Gardner wired Barney urg. Ing him to come to Omaha. And yes terrtay he received this reply: "Vnu can Ie|| the wide, wide world I'll he in Omaha for the Ak Sar-Ben races. Ami you might an well give (hone jungle circuit owners a word of warning now. Ah for Charlie Irwin's offer to let Sparkplug hunk with Abadniip. JuhI tell Irwin for me to throw that plug of hia clear out of tile stable and make mum for a real galloper. I can't tell you the do e I'll arrive because the 'sweet woman’ Ik hut on my trail, hut I'll the gang I'll lie sure to he there." So pleased w^lh the news was Gardner that he straightway sent a rush telegram to his comrade in ui ms, Charlie Trimble, who went to Louis ville for the Kentucky Derby. Here’s tbo wits*: “Glad tidings. Chni'lie. W hile you shirk the responsibilities of your position running around to hush league race meetings yours truly lias been on the Job and lias lauded llarnev Google and Sparkplug for the June meeting. If that doesn't make me a 100 per cent better racing see ret ary than you, then I can talk Japanese. Laugh that off Immediately after receiving the tmssnge that Google and Sparky would come to Omaha. Gardner rushed out In the Ak-Sar Hen stable on a minutes notice and ordered a ton of special oats ready for Spark's arrival breakfast. Presbyterians Oppose Sunday Moving Pictures Committee Presents Resolution Demanding Films ‘‘Clean Up and Clear Out of Lord’s Day”—Bryan Scheduled for Two Addresses on Sunday— Would Bar Teaching of Evolution. By Associated I'resa. Indianapolis, May 19.—Presbyter ians of the United States received a report today from the committee on Sabbath observance, demanding that motion pictures "clean up and clear out of the Lord's day.” Will H. Hays, president of the Mo tion Picture Producers and Dlstrlbu TXr Hiirry Jr’. £>wl by. tors of America, who Is attending the assembly as an cider of the church, was absent from the hall attending a committee meeting, when Hr. Harry L. Uowlby. president of the Lord's day alliance, attacked the Sunday motion picture shows. "I have nothing against the movies,'' said Dr. Uowlby, "if they will clean up and clear out of the Lord's day, and I so told an Independ ent representative of the motion pic ture Industry who Is attending this assembly as a commissioner. “The commercial movie house ought to give the church, the Bible school nnd the home the right of way on the Christian Sabbath. Without the Christian Sabbath enere will be no Christian morality and without j Christian morality the free Institu tions of this country cannot be pre served.'* Bryan Absent From City. A resolution on motion picture cen sorship snd Sunday shows is expected j to be presented to the assembly for | action. The controversy between the ! ultraconservative and progressive fac tions was quiet today, due to the ab sence from the city of William Jen nings Bryan, leader of the funda mentalists. Mr. Bryan, who went to Kansas City to address a Baptist meeting, is i coming beck in time to make two addresses on evolution and the fundamental interpretation of the Bible Sunday. The first will be at a “popular meeting'* of the assembly j in the afternoon under the auspices of the committee on Sabbath observ ance. and the other from the pulpit of Westminster Presbyterian church Sunday night. Dr. Clarence K. Macartney of Phila- , dolphin, who brought to the assembly j the Philadelphia presbytery's protest against the liberal doctrines, of Harry (Turn to I'uitre Nine. Column One.) Goodman Denied Rijdit to Speak at Labor Temple Delegates Decline to Hear Law i>i»jHrnt ^l.cj "More. fc - i«4r ^ ’ ■** -i * 1,1 **( Meclie . by, what that me. w.rnt* u> «» : t .■ grove of t t ■ * ,n wh'eii o ottce hm ontor; j.ild John it. t.lbb, president of t Central I^tavr union list evening, when questioned u i to the report ttre. lv B. Goodmftr, student of law at Creighton univer sity, had delivered a reported Speech to a general rn*- ing of union d( ve oates Friday night on I»iw and ioi bor t nluns." Goodman offered a voluminous re port of his speech to the press. Int er it developed that he appeared at the Igibor temple hut was denied the floor by a motion of the delegates which was adopted by unanimous vote. The resolution indicated that tlm order of business fur the evening already was too full with lnniortant matters. "A good many of the delegates had heard this man talk before," said President Oibb, "rind they stated it would he u waste of g • I time on the part of the assemble.1 heads of the local unions to permit him to deliver his speech which we \v»re told would consume at least an hour in its pres entation. "We were g!v»n to understand that this ms.n had been using any audit npa t.n whleh he could unit ad his oratory. "N’o, I didn't even Sep hint at the temple, although 1 unde: stand he wits waiting outside for some time, stak ing an opportunity to appear on the platform." One Injured in Kunaway: Mechanic Struck by 1 ruck Morris Co!Irk, 2610 Blottdo street, was Injured on the head late last ni^ht when the tram he whh driving ran away after an unidentified motor 1st had crowded him into the curbing at Twenty sixth and Ma.-mn streets. The team ran Into a telephone polo, throwing Hnllck to the pavement The motorist sped away aftpr the ac* cider te Henry Oernntrin 4949 North Thlr ty sixth street, suffer' d painful In juries 1o his hack last night when struck by an automobile truck at th» Hooper Motor company, 2<»66 Kun ini afreet. Get nstein 4ms \v< t kimr a* a bench when Kdward Wood*, 244*4 street, drove Into the garage. He whs unable to stop the ear in time to avoid strik ing the mechanic. Cinan<vtrtn whs taken to his home. Oldest Kcfnrmed Jewish Minister in \mericu Dies New York. May lr» Rev hi Hugo Wintrier, oldest Reformed Jewish minister in America, died at his h<»nie today at th* age of K*1 M» hud held pastorate* In fjoutsvilh* end Pctiolt and was ra^bl emeritus <*f the I'liim Hill temple, Brooklyn, where h* I id been fur 11 yours. Hr. Wintrier Is survived by fiv son*, on* of whom. Hugo Wlntnei, assistant district attorney Denies l,.n|iiii'cnieii(. II v In I nl l'n * « t'ardiff. Wales, May 19 l.r«dv Blvths wood declared today that Iheie w is no trttth wlwitmet In th< report Hull her daughter was en^ag 1 to the prince of Wales Release Ordered of Pair Held on Gambling Charge Judge Holmes Approves Bond n. ' ir-j ■ Stott 0"i:er ' — .... , 7 '■• ; jp or?* ‘?y !>e held by th« polk* on An ftp **• t t, itJoii < harge without bond, according to ruling matte by Municipal .Jl Heorge Holmes yes terday. The Judge was ruling In the * of A. f. And* son And FMward Knckitt. who were arrested when pee 11* o d«»r\v-e*l t - y found evidence of gambling In their place of business. Hie I*. *V B Cigar store, 203 South ! Nineteenth street. After the raid Anderson was booked , on a charge of gambling on a horse f race. An hour Ja'er Backlit went I to the store and was arrested by *»fTl- j cent who had been detailed to watch ! the place. When friends appeared at the police f*.jiti *n to give bail for An demon. Dan Butler, commissioner of police, ordered the charge against Anderson be changed to “investiga- j tion” and declared that the man would he held without bond. Back j Ut was Itooked for inves'lgation. Friends f t the two men endeavored yesterday afternoon to obtain the re ; Ip;*.**#* ,.f t’ * proprteters hat were un* i sue* eesful until late last night. Uuthr said the men refused to open the sate at the cigar store so that I (Torn !•» !' •-*• twti, Column On** I Committee Country Club Site Approved __ — — Hv a two to on* vote the members <«f the Country club last night voted to move the club to the site selected by the committee. This location i® between Sixtieth and .Seventy second street, about two and a half miles north of the Military road. This sits is now Olive Crest and was formerly the old Jlrandeis property. Windsor Meireath was elected to the j board of dlre< tors Glenn Wharton and John Kedlck were reelected . 'l‘he mei ting was one « f the largest ! ever held. Mors than 173 niMirlrers | attended. on tire moving of th« chib lasted from Rliout * to 11 be* fore a vote • mild be taken. I’lntu>.m(l> of K Ian'tiicii (iatlirr for Prinonstralion Ily Inbrniitianiil News wdo* V»Ipnrni«o, Ind., May lit -Twenty, thousand Ku Klux Klansmen from | every pai t of the Cnited States were in V ilparalso tonight for a gigantic dentonstro tlon Chicago alone sent 1 .00 ;n two special trains There was a special train of 12 cars from Indianapolis Automobiles hearing klan I . unci * are thick in the street*. The natun of the ceremonies was not revealed. I he Weather !•<•< l hunt* 7 p m May It. ib.i I rmi*i»r*turf 1 '<. I.iwmt, 6*; inrun 67; i nornml. »J T.f ii oil'sss sinrr January t 1JZ I’mI i*I I it I Ion. Inihi*» umt II iiiitlrctlth*. Ill TO; 1,1 • .* I Hi!,, .1H nunr\ t. 6'1*. SICDDD. I Hour It ? cut tin' 11 iim. • m mi , a •i rt Hi t<!» T H. »m .... *'7 * rt m . ' « !* rt tiu . *-7 I•» i' n* .. to I 1 H til.?! ! i mum . . . . , ' V Itt. i» n* .. ?4 " i • in . 1 4 »• m ....... T4 i’ \< in. ....... ^5 k i> m. . I * I' »*» . 4»r Prisoners of Bandits Face Death Two Americans and Two Britishers Have hut 43 Hours to Live if Brigands Carry Out Threats. Time Limit Out Tuesday Rr Auodfttrd I’rwu. Pekin, May 10 —Fifteen foreigners, six of them Americans, some of them ill. nil of them weary, bruised and footsore, poorly f«d and worse clad, tonight are looking death in the face in the Paotzuka hills of Shantung province, as they approach the end of their second week as captives of the bandits who raided tile Shanghai Pekln express near riurhew. May 6. If the foreign and Chinese govern ments are unable to satisfy the brig ands by Tuesday that their term* for the release of the prisoners will be met, and the robbers' chieftain niek-s good his threat, two of the Americans and two Britishers have little more than 4S hours to lit e They will lie shut as a warning that the marauders mean to force com pliance with their demands under their chief's ultimatum sent out Sat urday, "We are pleading for our lives." and unless Pekin, Washington and London realize that the bandits are ready to aacrifi.-e thejr own lives and those of ail their captives In their fight for reinstatement in the Chinese army. Immune from punishment, “we are surely doomed," is the statement made by Loen Friedman, one of the Ameri cans, speaking for all. To Hold Mass Meetings. Friedman's message, sent to his brother In Shanghai, ha* stirred the foreign commission of China. In Shanghai Sunday a mass meeting will bo held to pass resolutions demand ir.g that the American and British governments guarantee the promise' ct tha Chins" governmmt to »ha «-i I.v .» aod w l he tread-'ia tn dr c»» fc.-nvd r*tt i. y o d *i' lt *' - * ,: 3 -or.! d seven . ■%<■* Vie wik on the 'oarte'. P' t'sen cons'j i: t, Paotzi • u bids. Two of ‘he Chines- -risonera were thrown from the clilL -aus- toolr promised runs-ms had r,o* on p.-:d. I.ud file others were -hot down i cold blood for failure lo f,b* v < r ders. One man. Marcel O Berube, s Frenchman of Shanghai. Friday was given his freedom with instructions from Wang, the bespectacled, scholar ly young bandit leader, to go to Pekin and lay before the Chinse govern ment and the foreign diplomatic rorp» the desperate plight of tlie 15 other*. Will Tell Story Today. Berube Sunday will tell ihs story and present the ultimatum of the out laws to the diplomats, including Dr. l»rob Gould S- hurman, American min ister, who has returned to the capi tal from a trip to Shanghai and the bandit' zone Two factors apparently have -Turn to Pas-* Bleveti. Column Too l WHERE TO FI\D Tht> llic Fealnrt» nf THE Si .XI)A Y REE PART OM Page t—Mark Nllhrai'* Wecklt Poll • K<»lfw, in Mhklt he Tell- llotr the Inflation of the Mark I- Kuln iiiK tiermant Page V-Mote Titan »<»4» Otnahnn- W ill Vftrml the Annual >»—inn of lm peciul C «nnrll «f the shrine n! UutliinKhm in June. Pare *—fi«hlh Iniiullmrnt of "The lloti-e of Peril." a Thrilling Mory of Into and Mystery. bt hunt Traci. Pate a—Fulitartal. I* VRT TVV 0 Pagre I. ? and S—Brat Sport Page* in Omaha. Page* 31 and I—Auto Section Tate ft—1 ate-f Market. Financial and Industrial New*. Page* a, *. * and V— -4 In — Ified \d». Page lit—~ltuildrfV Page: Travel and Retort*. Pate IO—\l ork of Omaha ( nuncll of \mrrieanliiNtlon Pr ti-ed h> l ommli *ieiier of Nat timhviitlon at Wash ington. I* VRT THRKI t‘ag«* 1 S. 4 and JWRnfMty Pfcre ft—shopping With Polly. INtge 7— Helen and Warren Page 7—-Ainn*omenta. Page* ft and I—Movie Sect Inn Page ft—\r»» of the World of Mu*ir. Page- 10—.| |oa d t.n.rge. Ilriti-h Kl* Premier, Occiarra FYun«e Made n Fatal Mistake in Krfu-lu* 4.or num.v'n IjmI Ho|tara|ien« ttffor and That It Mav Htentnnlli Mean War PART l lil \i Four Page* of the Mod Popular < on»ie» p\rt rm Mug mine Section race I —An I tln-trated fttorr of >1 •*v% a A own* Million* ire Perided lie Could Find no l ot tier ttride Than the Mt«terlon« Itrhe. Itewutiful I a-h ion Model Pate t—'Tlie C uneiform ln*i Option." a Ijfr s(,»r» of t omprlliii* Infei eat by Mfhittp t»at I — mii Po**t Tage ft—"Head Walter- 1 llate Mil ** a < Inimlrri.lTilh llnnmrou* Tate la 4* O 'Ii-1nf i rr. Page t — llappt I mid for the Kiddie* Page V-I.HIm From l.lttle I oik- of Happy land. Page ft- 1'iuhliin I'anm Page 7—How Mr a. Pant lit* i- Trjting to tOi'de Her Wealthy Son William It ' aminMil Into a Perfectly Proper love Match Pare s—V tlumornu- l am, "Ms Wife* la Stephen I rHoorh Page ft %hc Martin. In a iptaint tomhlnntion of Philosophy end tlumor. Pi«raui-c« on "OltOll* Hr - fote th’ People." PART SIX Motor rat ure Pare l v»rm tonn|gV New Court he 1 lae an loan I a* ml-cam- Faculty of ItcileMic \ oenitonal training Sch«ail. a l * roup of ftinaho t.idil Star Mother-, mnl Other Picture Pare ? \ Page of Intercut log pic ture* Taketiii In Colon. Paiianta, by I at ttla llo-lwok Omaha Photo* raplier. Page* ft and 4—Mt«celUnrou* Picture*. First Omaha Elk Will Help Lay Cornerstone John Francis, Notables to Be Guests of Omaha Elks Saturday Burlington General Pa-senger Agent at Ghieago. Kir-t Ex alted Ruler, \\ ill Attend C ornerstone Laving. Omaha, Elks announce a rapidly growing list of notables, who will at tend the laving of the cornerstone of ! the new building next Saturday John Franc e veneral passenger agent of : 'he Burlington railroad at Chicago, whose membership in the Omaha lodge is No. 1. and who was the first •*xidi< d ruler n the lodge, has prem ie >1 tc .'tend. <;<n».-ru.T Bryan will . :!* f\ ^ i ogr-rne *-'rc«i t.r<vsect :t <5 - of id.-era if ige a.' it «rii '.*• tus bigjreei ay ever celebrated 1 Omaha Elk r 1 >m. .Xefcmka lodges outside of Orel . i are darning <>n s-’uding lug drie st Ion* The Columbus contingent will iiittke the trip in autotnobiles. The Sp: ,ng Frolic rontinued at the Auditor,um l ist night Officers re poited themselves wall pleased with th- r- turi s and stat-d that they had been assured by ' h- audiences that they were well pleased with the per formances. Plans are • a; i living completed by the lodge for the special train whb-h will take them to the national convention at Atlanta. The train will leave Omaha over the Burlington July 6. Fmni Chirac", they will travel over th» Big Four to Cincinnati and over the Southern t<» Atlanta. Stops will be made In Chicago, Indianapolis, Cin cinnati and Chattanooga. Over 40 reservations have Been made for the trip. Carriers (Quests of The Omaha Bee Climax of < onte-t 1* ‘'Feed - More Ilian $1 ..>00 in Prizes Distributed. As a climax the contest among car riers of The Omaha Bee, J75 carriers were entertained with a “feed" at Krug park last night The grand prize of <124 was won by Rudolph Tesar of River view sta tion. Council Bluffs wan the grand station prise. More than $1,590 was given out in prizes for subscriptions obtained by the carriers William Hi'1st of Dundee station turned in the highest percentage of subscriptions. Winner# of the sets of silverware in the various stations were William Moist, Dundee: James Finney. River view, Arthur I.ipp -\nies; Tom Me Coy. home station: James Alls South Omaha: Sam Binder l*ake A1 T.ind 1 bald and Bernard Wilson. Park sta t ion. V. \ Bridge circulation manager and It. \V Gregory, city circulation manager of The Omaha Bee, gave short talks to the hoys. Ixrqui-iliou b Honored to Koturu Man to Bluffs Bim >'ln. May 1 $—Governor Bryan today honored a requisition from the governor of Towa far the return of B K Pock. alias .1 W Kelly, to Council Bluffs on the charge of sell ing a secomVhand automobile without complying with the Iowa law The at cased is under arrest at O'Neill, Nob, Me < alleged to have In bis pos «sston a * ar which had been stojen nt Cowley county Kansas, re cently Miners to Hold Parley. Wdkeuhnnv. Bn May lit The an convention at Reran ton on June to formulate pew demands to submit tit the operatot s f *r a v» , ge agree incut to take the place of the present one, which espuo Vugust IB y 2 Trapped When Blaze Razes Store Flames - Cause ? 12>.000 Loss to Sixteenth Street Building —Three Alarms Turned in to Cheek Spread. Theater Patrons Flee Four perosns were Injured last night in a fire that swept the Fash ion store. 107111 South Sixteenth street. Two of those Injured were firemen and the others were resi dents of the Dodge Mock. 101 South Sixteenth street, who were trapped in their rooms when the flames got be yond control. The loss was set at approximately $125,000. J. W. Moore, 30! Dodge block, was trapped in the bathroom at his apart ment. Unable to open the door and blinded by smoke, Moore crashed down the door in an effort to escape. He suffered a severe cut on his right ankle by glass. He was attended by a police surgeon EDven stitches were taken to sew up the gash. Herbert Keith, 310 Dodge block, suffered lac< rations on the head when he was caught under a fail.ng ceil ing while he was trying to save hi* sister's phonograph ' Hurt in Fall. C L McDermott, fireman, engine company 2, was severely cut on ibe head wh»u a floor in the burning building collapsed, dropping Mm 20 f'-et into a pile of burning debris. He w is attended at the police sta tion and taken home. Karl Bates, fireman, hose company 8. suffered a crushed chest when he was caught between a hose and a window frame. He was removed to his home after the police surgeon had attended him. The fire was discovered shortly after 9 and the fire department bad its first hose line in use at 9:1a. A second alarm was turned in at 9:30 when the flamte got beyond control and a Kurd alarm was sounded at 5 jU. 1 I'ei -j ' -if. .'tC* p.’s. (, slant!y upor hoi Ming from 'gs * time of the last ah i m until the fire had burned itself down. So fierce were the flames that little prcgr*#e could be made for neaily half an hour. Theater Endangered. Patrons of ibe Empress theater were ordered from the place by As sistant Fire Chief Coyle shortly after 9. The ronnhgement requested ail [hts ns to leave who were nervous about the fire 15 minutes before Coyle's order was issued. Only a few in the audience left at the f.rst request, however There was no din order when the patrons walked out. The roof was blar.ng in a few places from Sparks, but the fire was extin guished by theater employes. The management of the World theater was directed by the chief to be ready to clear the house at a moment’s notice and men with fire extinguishers were stationed on the roof. The first alarm was turned in by an Unidentified person who reported that »n automobile fire. Detectives Tom teenth and Dodge streets. Firemen went to the scene equipped to fight the autmobile Ire Detectives Tom Bryan and Motorcycle Officer Cleg (Turn fn P«p Two, Column Two.l Heavy Damage Caused By New Orleans Storm New Orleans. May IS —Thousands f dollars d.unige to houses, street ir tracks, telephone and electric systems was caused her* today by a severe rain ami wind storm which in - me sections of the city reached th« proportions of a cyclone. N' Hvts sera lost but dozens of minor injur.es from accidents to auto mobiles attempting to navigat* flood ed streets were recorded. Mo- .«• int;. s along the M s- ssippi i V1 r fr nt in the lower part of tha / city were blown down. The veterans' • bureau hospital In A'slers was dam lifted hut none of the S00 veterans from Alabama, lani sana and Missis sippi being trrated there was injured. A sips, v hahy was blown from Its parents camp Into the Claiborne c*« ■ .il wh.ch was overflow.ng its banks. It was rescued after having been swept away for nearly three city blocks by the strong current. At a hospital it was said the baby may die from the shock and exposure. Mull Renfivs His Request tor Cut in Siiiar Tarif* W aahinirton, M\v ll-*CtoirrotQ Hull of th? democratic nation a) coni* snittc* today renowtd hi# request of Harding for a >0 t^cr cent reduction of sugar tariff rat»«* uniter iho flexible pro\ .alofts of the rtsvr la* The recent action of Canada la mliH'ir.K the tariff on raw sugar 4ft i'cnt?* on 100 pound*, anil on refined auimr 6ft ivttti on 100 pound*/* Mid Mr. Hull m a ataton^n*. ’'immediate' lv resulted •*« a reduction m hk* amount of the prior of refined apg-ar to Canadian conaunut'*. as reported in the Here i* positive proof that a it luciu n of sugar tariffs re suit? immediately *|»tt directly in a correspond injr regulation oft sug.tr price* to consumers “ The Nebbs Are Coming! .... See The Omal]a Evening Bee Monday Evening . J. *