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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1923)
Merchants Aid in Development of South Omaha Association, Permanently Or ganized in 1921, Promoting Business and Social Wel fare of City. On# of the outstanding agencies aiding In the development of South Omaha Is the South Omaha Mer chants' association, which was organ ,Md Permanently In January, 1921, for the promotion of business and aocial welfare of South Omaha and vicinity. There are 20R active members of the association. Among others things, the association has accomplished the following for the benefit of South Omaha: Prevented the passabe of House Roll 2.13 In 1921, which, If passed, eventually would have dis continued the South Omaha branch of the city and county treasury; pre -vented postponement of the paving of West Q street. rHain thoroughfare from the west to South Omaha; sup ported the South Omaha baseball team in the Amateur association, which carried off, last year, the high est honors ever won thy an amateur baseball team in the Missouri valley; through the influence of the associa tion Athletic park was developed and thousands are brought to South Omaha periodically; established a comfort station on N street; solicitors for funds of all kinds are compelled to make application and obtain per mit to solicit. Three Annual Banquets. The association has held three an nual banquets for members and their friends at the Livestock exchange. In April of this year weekly noonday luncheons were organized which were self-supporting and gave the mem bers an opportunity to exchange views. The luncheons have been dis continued during the summer months. During the winter monthly meetings of the association are held. Through the influence of the asso ciation the South Omaha branch post office was designated officially by the postal department as South Omaha, Instead of South Side. South Omaha is located on the Be 1 roit • Lincoln - Denver highway, the Topeka highway. Omaha and Kansas City highway. AA'ashlngton highway and King's trail. Officers and Directors. Thp association is governed by these officers and directors: President, M. 1’. Hinchey; vice president, Ralph K. Towl: secretary. Thomas E. Shea: j treasurer, R. H. Krueger; board of directors, John A. Kratky, John S. Kiamolisch. L. F. Etter, AW P. Ad kins, lien Lustgarten. F. J. Herman sky, John Kresl, C. P. S. Tobin, AV, S. Shafer, Fred Parks, Joseph Murphy, J. C. Michelson, P. J. Mar tin, Swan Larson, Joseph Koutsky, G. E. Harding, F. Haney, E. O. Furen, John Flynn, L. Epstein, Henry Beal, H. J. Schmidt, Roscoe Rowley, John T. Marcell, W. J. i'oppe, D. A. Pearce, J. J. Opiocensky, lohn Larkin, J. J. Fitzgerald, Louis ”ohn, J. B. AVatkins, AV. AV. Yager »ncl I'. Murphy. P. J. Martin is chairman of the en tertainment committee and Fred I' f i« chairman of the athletic committee. Welcomes Children. New Haven, Conn., June 30.—''Fim place f"r children and no objection, the more the merrier.” is what John H. Landrigan, local real (State own er and landlord, wrote into ads for his recently vacant houses here. They’re (Hied now and Landrigan is lown es a “n»-w kind of a landlord.” Employes Get $5,000 After 50 Years’ Work In recognition of their 50 years’ continuous service with a wholesale drug firm In New York. Lout* Moses (right) and Rudolph Zimmerman received a *5.000 check each. Augustus Elmer, president of the firm. Is shown making presentations, while Carl G. Amend, secret ary t reasurer, and son of one of the firm’s founders, looks on approvingly. Chamber Head Sees Steady Business Growth for Omaha J. David Larson Points to Bank Clearings as Index of Industrial Prosperity—Declares City Strategic Distributing Point for Big Manufacturers. By J. DAVID LARSON. Commissioner Omalm Chamber of Commerce, Based on bank clearings, Omaha does more business per year than the cities of St. Paul and Duluth, Minn., and Des Moines and Sioux City, la., combined, notwithstanding the fact that the combined population of these four cities Is nearly three times larger than that of Omaha. Omaha does more business than Grand Uaplds, Mich.; Akron and Canton, O; Indianapolis, South Bend and Fort Wayne, Ind„ combined, although their total population is nearly four times larger than that of Omaha. i nese comparisons Indicate the | character of this city to he commer-l vial and Industrial. That it will con tinue its supremacy along these lines cannot be disputed. Especially will there be an increase in industry. Seek Strategic Points. Within a reasonable time there will be a decentralisation of many of the larger manufacturing plants throughout the far east. Locations will be sought at strategic points. Omaha, with its excellent railroad facilities and its central location, is hound to benefit. An adjustment in freight rates in the interest of the middle west may he expected, which will permit the assembling of raw materials at a center like Omaha. An oil pipe line from the Wyoming fields into Omaha may also he ex pected. It will be a paying proposi tion from the start and will have a tendency of increasing Industrial de velopment. Omaha s main aim at the present time should be to interest Itself in the farmers’ problems. Omaha has an agricultural background. Its prosperity depends upon agriculture. Agricultural prices at this time are not favorable, and while some prog ress Is being made in the adjustment of these economic problems, yet there must be concerted action in the food l-roduojng**pctlons to bring the pr.ces into the proper relationship with i her commodities. Buying Power Curtailed. The farmers’ buying power at this me .s considerably curtailed. This has a direct effect on Omaha’s com mercial and industrial output, t'on ditlons are improving for the farmer, however, which of course is reflected in business. Cool days at Sea Plan your European Trip to escape the summer heat — IF you are going to Europe this year, plan your trip for July, August or September. Europe is delightful then. Days that are miserably hot here are cool and dc.^htful at sea. The United States Lines operate* four separate services to Lurope. The largest ship in the world, the great Leviathan, plys berween New York, Southampton and Cherbourg, with a sailing every three weeks. Three other first class ship* sail to Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen. The First Class Ships Are: Pres. Roosevelt July 7 Aug. 11 Pres. Harding . July 14 Aug. 21 Leviathan . . July 28 Aug. 18 Geo. Washington Aug. 1 Sept. 1 In addition there are eight splendid cabin ships—five to London and three to Bremen. Send in the blank below today and learn about this great fleet INKORMATIOPC BUNK To U. S. Shipping Hnarit Information hrction, vr a.liini'ton, D.C _U. S. No. 854 G. A. Pirate ariwi wtcHour obligation the U ft. Gavanimrm Hvoklet giving crave) I act*. an<i aJaa totormacina re torting U. ft. fioverncnenl cblpi I am consider* i og a rripto Europe LI. Octant □. touch America □. * t to torn vfl] ha atoaat_ AdA~ma _ __ This ii ^ - United States Lines ♦* Bfoa/lwiy New York City Chlcaco Olfiea.. South Oeaibotn »l. Mi mm* ping Operators tor UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD The agricultural background of a community has its advantages In that when It does get back to its normal state it has a lasting effect and con tinuous substantial prosperity. It Is largely on this safe foundation that Omaha has been built. Business may he expected to show a tendency of Improvement until fall, when heavy crops should have an important hearing on the purchas ing power. The outlook for Omaha Is promls ing. Steady progress will be made. There Is not the indication of a boom or inflation. The Improvement will be gradual and sound. Roads. Shippers, Band Together Move Designed to Facilitate Transportation of Farm Products. For the first time the railroads have requested the assistance of the shippers In the administration of transportation, according to C. K it'hilde, traffic manager of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Childt returned May 2S from Kansas City, where in conference with officials of the Amer can Railway association, representing a’l of the railroads, a plan was formulated to obtain the co opertion of the public In railroad tra asportation. This movement. It is considered, will enable the rallt, -uls properly to transport all agricultural products this fall. At the present time the railroads are carrying th* greatest amount of freight for this period of the year in the history of the United States. The country w.ll he divided Into nine districts over which there will be a chairman, an alternate chairman and a secretary. Omaha will be the ■ enter of one of the districts. Admin istering the affairs of the district will he a board called the Central Western Regional Advisory Board of the American Railway association. H. O Taylor of 1.1 ncoln, a member of the Nebraska Railway commission, has been appo nted chairman of the Omaha hoard, J. W. Shorthlll, alter nate chairman and C. E. Chllde, sec retary. New Citizen May Expatriate Self Extended Stay Abroad May (.anse Naturalized Persons to Lose American Ri^bts. Washington, June 30—Naturalized citizens, It Is explained st the State department here, should "watch their step" In returning to the land of their hirth for a visit, lest they lose the citizenship they have her# ac quired. An alien applying for American citizenship declares on oath that It la hla intention to rea.de permanently In the United States. On the strength of thla promise the government givea him the same rights to which thus who are born |n the United States are entitled. If a naturalized citizen gives up his home In this country and takes permanent residence In another coun try. there Is no reason why ttie gov ernment should continue to protect him. Uw provides that If within five, years after Ills naturalization n rltl cen teturns to tils native country or to an\ other foreign country and lakes permanent res denct there, it Is prlma facie evidcin e of tils lack of Intention to become a periniinent citi zen of the United States at the time of filing Ids application fur citizenship ami his certificate of citizenship may he canceled ns fraudulently obtained. Drunkenness Increases. lies Moines, .lurie IP' Prohibition hasn't made a hlg deni In the num l-er of arrests made In lies Moines for intoxication. Kor tin- >- ,y end ing March 31 then wt-i■> l.sti; morn arrests made for plain, fancy md all around drunki nness than In any pr* vlnus fiscal veer In the history of the city, a report Just tiled with the city council states t Grain Exchange Fares Well in Last 12 Months Priors of Most Grains Show Increase—Receipts Gain While Shipments Fall Off. The laat year has been a successful one for most members of the Omaha Grain exchange. Although there has been no great Increase In prices, grain firms and those with whom they deal have fared very well. The Omaha market Is the only one of any size In the United States which Is strictly a primary market. It receives no grain from other mar kets, but It ships to almost every other market In this country. All grain which comes into Omaha come* directly from the farmer or email elevator. Although the price of wheat has declined in the last year, other prices have held their own or shown an increase. A review of prices proves Interesting. Taken at random, June 21 was selected. On this date In 1923, ordinary hard wheat sold In Omaha for 96 cents. On the same day the year before. It aold for $1.05. Number 2 white corn sold this year for 82 cents and at the same time in 1922 it sold for 55 cents. Number 2 yel low corn sold for 83 cents In 1923 snd 55 cents the year before. Number 3 white oats sold for 40 cents this year and for 33 cents last year. Increase In Receipt*. This nhow* that although the price of wheat decreased 9 cent* In the course of the year, the price of com Increased 27 cents and oat* 7 cents. The flgtir»s from May to Mar of the year* 1921 22 and 1922 23 ahow an norms# in receipt* and a decrease in shipments. in 1922 23 the total receipt* were 73.752,600 bushel* and in 1921 22, they were /l.221.800. or 2.530.800 le** than last year. The shipments for 1922 28 were 64.486.400 bushels, 2,308,100 lesa than the year before. The Omaha drain exchange officers for the year 1923 sre: S. S. Carlisle, president: F. .T. Taylor, vice presi dent: C. I>. Sturtevant, vice president d. c. Crowell, Jr., treasurer; and K P. Manchester, secretary. The di rector* are; F J. Taylor, C. H Wr.ght, J. W. Redick. J. W. Holm •tulst. F. C. Bell, d \V. Miller. S. K C.irllsle. C. C. Crowell, Jr., *nd C. D Sturtvenant. flood Weighing Department. The Omaha exchange has one of the best w< Ighlng and Inspecting de partments In the country. The In spections and weights made here are accepted all over the Cn.ted States and In foreign countries. Thle de partment is headed by H. R. Clark, with T. W, Milligan as th» assistant. Flfty-three thousand eight hundred fourteen carload* of grain received were nspected during the year 1922. Omaha now has 21 terminal ele vators which have a total capacity of 11,225,000 bushels of grain at one time. Four of these elevators each have a capacity of 1,500.000 buahel* or more. Ther# are also six mills, three of thcae make flour, two make alfalfa meal and the other corn meal. Paris Planning for Rig Crowds at Olympic Caines Paris, June 30.—Kin borate plans are bring made by Paris fur the enter tainment and lodging of the hosts ex parted to visit France for the Olympic gamta next year. "We have completed s register of hotels, rooming houses and private hosts willing to accommodate one or two guests,” declared Director Reich el, "and we are already In a position to positively promise that every visi tor will have no difficulty In finding a bed. "The athletes themselves will be housed at the expense of France In a specially constructed hotel on the fulnge of the Colnmbea Stadium, where the games will t ike plan Kverv athlete will he given a private room ami shower baths, a gymnasium and a first class restaurant with fa cilities for dieting will he provided In the same building, which is nearing completion.” The Mg problem st present con fronting the committee Is how to ban die the transportation of the great crowds between Paris and folnmbes. nine miles out. An aerial motor hue may he constructed to help carry tbs spectators to and from tin* city gate*. * Luanda IL-widcuts S«*»-k to Remove Convict Colony Lisbon, Portugal. June 30 Portu gal today sends Its convicts to the penal colony at Luanda, on the wrs^ coast of Africa, hut I he presence of these undesirable* Is i*.opted by th* Portuguese ami fon igncis c* - dent there, who h.tv* petitioned th* e*»\ ernment to remove the convicts to • >ne nf the Islands >( the <*p«\ V • i dr archlpelgo Luanda |* prospering these days, and Its people declare the presence • >f the convicts hampers their do velopment gPlP: New World Con f licts Loom; 1 Says Noted British Writer! London, June 30.—“Wher# are these militarists leading the world? The country with the biggest battle ship power Is the United States. France Is the greatest military power, with the strongest standing army In the world. Germany Is supposed to be unarmed. . . But that Germany Intends to strike at the first oppor tunity there Is no shadow of doubt. . , . Russia Is an enigma. . . A large army congregated on Its Kuropean and Asiatic borders. What for?" These «re questions raised by Sir John Foster Fraser, noted British writer, who asks whether world peace Is not menaced more now than It was 10 years ago, "All the world Is talking about the necessity for peace,” says Sir John Fraser, "aryl none of us has any stomach for another war. But If pa triotic passion were again aroused, as It was nine years ago, I suppose we should all rush, hot blooded, Into the conflict. "It Is enough to make the angels weep that after the greatest tragedy the world hna ever known the na tions should he showing their teeth more tn 1923 than even they did In 1913. "Vet, we British, while hoping for the best, are not preparing for the worst. We have reduced our army until It can almost he regarded as Insignificant. We have scrapped our warships so that our boast about our naval superiority Is an absurdity. There Is a flutter of alarm about our deficiency In air defense "We tell ourselves, and hope that other nations are listening, that we have deliberately reduced our fight ing strength because we hoped to set other nations an example—although the reRl reason Is that we really can not afford ths money. Have “Fulfilled Pledges.” "At any rat# we have carried out our pledge to the Washington confer ence. America has not done so be cause, as It rightly points out, France has a greater power today than In prewar days, and haa not ratified the proposal to disarm. "But what Is quite certain le, that notwithstanding the Washington con ference, the United States, having \ gained the mastery In sea strength, will not relinquish It. Any plea that j we may put forward that ours Is a far flung empire, scattered all over J the earth, and that It Is necessary Sleuths Regret Dips Passing Pr. tsaic Bootlegger No TeM for Me>tle of Akron Detective*. Akron, O., June 3b —Akron detec tives mourn the passing from smaller communities of the oldtime pick pocket, who hee given way, as a trouble maker for police, to the boot legger and speak-easy proprietor. Ever since bootlegging and dope ped dling became more profitable than "tickling the roll” or "munching the crowd" delegatee of the association known .as "Pick a Pocket and Take I.lfe Easy” have refrained from mak ng their annual pilgrimage to the Rubber city. Harry Welsh, chief of detectives, and Ed McDonnell recall with re gret,some of the experts of other days. "There was Old Duster Rhodes." said Welsh, "who always carried s raincoat on his arm and, despite his age, could pick more pockets In less time than any other professional who found pirklng easy n Akron. Dlth ths arrival of every circus We started out after Old Dus ter, for we knew reports would sohn come In of his activities. Fits the Owl was another cuckoo He was from Pittsburgh and. w.th Chicago fleorge. now dead, was often booked at our lodging house. Some of these gentry never appeared In Akron In the same makeup. They Were clever at disguises, and they kept us keyed up to follow them.” Other geniuses In the line of "frisk Ing the lesther" recalled by Welsh tre Rlsck Prince, an aged n*STo; Turkey Joe. Old Coh»gsn and Caboose Marvin, the latter of New Tork. "Such fellows were worthy of our efforts." declares Welsh, "but as for hoot legge is—ba hi" Paris Police Nab Smart Gem Thief Dupe* Jewelers ^ itit Tale of Contemplated Gift to Police Prefect. Pari*, June 30.—Eli* Andre Cohen ben tiamouch used the Paris police organisation to good advantage in effecting a 10,000 frano theft, but tli# police laughed last, and Ella to* «lav started serving a five year sen tence. Kli«* walked into a fashionable Jewelry store and ordered three ting.-, valued at <»00 francs, which, he sit id, were for his friend, the Paris prefect of police, who was to 1*» mar ried. Kile asked a Jeweler.'* assistant to accompany him to the police station until he submitted the rings to the prefect for hia approval. At the station Kile asked the ns distant to wait In an anteroom while he alone l-Msented the rings. All hour later the Jeweler s ns.-lstant in vefltigated. The door through which Kilt had gone with the rings led not to an inner office hut to the outside of the building. Klia’s plea in court, after be was night and brought to trial, was that he was a victim of mistaken identity and that he knew nothing of the theft. The Jeweler’s assistant said Kile was mistaken, and the Judge said five years. Modern Portia lllocka Indiana Court Decree 1 hi m inc 1 mi, I ml , .1 uni* So A deput> mill'll.il In HrUp mill 1 itki’ In it* own-1 11 t’Himry lilril. \m* tmffli.l moment nrlly wIiimi the woman who hud th* hint tnli! him lo Ink* tha llttla yellow follow but not to "dara touch the i na» " Tha deputy after deep I thiHiaiai urn), tha bird In Ida handa. I to have the eeas open for our com merce will be of no avail. "Thera la no disposition among our own people that we should embark In a cut throat competition with the United States in the building of war ships aa we formerly did with Ger many. From a financial standpoint we should have no chance in keeping pace. "France Is the strongest military power In the world today. It has the greatest standing army. While Its navy is not great, it is busy build lng submarines, and Its enormous in crease In provision for aerial warfare is causing many dignitaries In White hall to wonder what It all means, al though they do not put their thoughts In words. * Cites French Preparedness. "Whilst the United States dumped Its surplus ammunition In France Into the sea, and we have broken down hundreds of tons of shells and returned the metal to Industrial pur poses, France has collected all her shells and they are stored In arsenals today. . "Though Germany is supposed to be unarmed—her navy haa_certainly gone—all the evidence Is that the martial flame Is burning strongly on the banks of the Rhine. Speeches by German leaders that the growing youth of the fatherland must be trained to redeem the mishap of 1918 are greeted vociferously. "Evidence oozes surreptitiously out of Germany that preparations are In progress for war. though when she will be able to strike, or how, we know little. Rut that Germany In tends to strike on the first available opportunity we have no doubt what ever. "Fiance knows this. Though from an economic standpoint we may criticize the stranglehold that France hag on the Ruhr, If we were French men we should probably do exactly what the French are' doing. French Fear Germany. "Dread and not militarism Is the motive behind ell the actions of France at the present time. She is holding the Ruhr, ostensibly to com pel Germany to disgorge reparations, but really because French control of the coal fields will be a hamper on Germany becoming powerful again, and she is just a little heedless that such a seizure will create another Alsace Lorraine situation, with veng eanoe stalking in the rear "There are plenty of people, who. j In cold calculation, believe that a j clash between the United States anJ Japan is Inevitable. 1 hope -hey are wrong. Rut If such a conflict came, though America would have the su periority in strength. Japan would hold most of the strategic cards. "Anyhow the world does not seem to have learnt much wisdom f- -o the ghastly yeara of 1914 1918. - one canker seems to be eating at the heart of mankind. The conditions of peace are more threatening today than they have been since the con clusion of the armistice nearly five years ago.” Famed Renegade Wolf Is Killed Lady Snowdrift, Mother of Movie Celebrity, la Brought Down. Great Kall^, Mont., June 10.—Old Snowdrift, an Immense white wolf. Is lonely and he has been raising wild, piercing cries In the hills near here recently because his constant com panton, T,ady Snowdrift, has been shot and killed. I-ady Snowdrift was the mother of T,ady Silver, a wolf playing on the silver screen with the famous Strongheart. She was shot and killed hy ftoa tterena |»wi—| trapper, whs trailed her t# a dea seas Hlghwood. For year* Lady inowdrlft had ravaged eattle and sheep ranch*# in northern Montana. According te official records of government rang* ere, the fsmsl# wolf and Old gnow drtft together have killed II head of cattle thla spring. Both wolves had successfully eluded crafty trappers for more than 10 yeara. Many times have they been caught In steel Jaws, but always these night prowlers, murderers of young cow* and lambs, have escaped. One* l.ady Snowdrift left two toes In a steel trap as evidence of the closest call she ever had at the hands of th# government trappers previous to meeting Wolfer Stevens. Although she had Just given birth to nine pups, which were also captured, I>ady Snow, drift weighed C7 pounds, said by rang, eri to be unusually heavy for a female wolf. DIFFERENT! Not only do we put the finest barley into Puritan Malt, we blend it with a skill bom of fifty years of malt making. Try Puritan Malt. 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