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
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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
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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.
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