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VOL. 53-NO. 88. ST K MM Wrtt_OMAHA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1923.- UTZViJn S,~ TWO CENTS ■ W ,,
Shoals Sale
Embitters
Ford Men
Purchase of Gorgas Plant by
Alabama Power Company
Threatens Political
Storm.
Under Wartime Contract
By MARK SULLIVAN.
Washington, Sept. 26.—It ran be set
down as a fact beyond the shadow of
doubt that one of the foremost topics
of the 1824 presidential campaign was
set up when the administration took
the action which seems to prevent
Henry Ford from getting Muscle
Shoals In the only form In which he
regards Muscle Shoals as worth hav
ing.
This question may not seem to have
the dignity of an issue, but it will
be the subject of more discussion and
swing more votes than a good many
things in the platforms of the party.
Although the incident is only two
days old, Washington is in a storm
about it. Partisans of Ford are talk
ing of an Injunction or some other
pA form of legal action to undo the step
taken by the government this week.
The summarise as compactly aa
possible: Ford made an offer to the
government to buy Muscle Shoals as
a whole including a steam generating
plant 75 miles away from Muscle
Shoals known as the Gorgas plant.
After Mr. Ford's offer had been pend
ing for many months, it developed
that the government was not free to
sell the Gorgas plant to him. This
Gorgas plant had been built by the
government on land belonging to the
Alabama Power company had an
the arrangement between the govern
ment and the Alabama Power com
pany was a proviso by which the
Alabama power company had an
option to buy the Gorgas plant at
an appraised valuation.
An Old War Contract.
This option, the Alabama Power
company announced. It dpsired to
exercise. In the opinion of the War
department and in the opinion of the
attorney general the War department
under the old wartime contract with
the Alabama Power company, had no
choice except to sell the Gorgas plant
to the Alabama Power company.
* This Is the action that was taken
this week. Mr. Ford's partisans now
tgg** any, and Mr. Ford himself said some
months ago that if he could not
have the Gtwgas plant he does not
want Muscle Shoals at all. and the
entire deal is off.
The administration. In defending
their action of Monday! say they are
willing to turn over to Mr. Ford all
the money they receive from the
Alabama Power company, and that
with this money^ Mr. Ford can
duplicate the Gorgas plant and he in
as good position as if the Gorgas
plant should have been turned over
to him as pyart of Muscle Shoals.
This looks like as reasonable a
thing as the government can do un
der the circumstances. , But Mr.
Ford’s partisans say that the
Gorgas plant cannot he reproduced
because that plant included 75 miles
of transmission which the govern
ment alone could build and which
Mr. Ford cannot huild because he.
as a private citizen, does not have
the same rights as the government
to condemn a right of way by emi
nent domain. Obviously the merits
of this question include Intricacies
which can only be discussed ade
quately by lawyers and engineers.
Fought by Big Interests
" Aside from all that, for political
purposes Mr. Ford’s partisans are
going to say that this defeating of
Mr. Ford's plan is merely an adroit
device of those enemies of Mr. Ford
whom his partisans refer to as "the
big interests.” It is an unquestioned
fact that ever since Mr. Ford made
his offer certain large fertilizer in
terests, certain hydroelectric inter
ests and certain other large Interests
have devoted themselves zealously to
preventing the sale of Muscle Shoals
to Mr. Ford. Their motive, as com
monly understood, is a fear that Mr.
Ford would manufacture fertilizers,
electric power and some other com
modities and would sell them to the
farmers of the country at so low a
price as to discredit those concerns
already In that line of business.
It may be that the administration
had no choice except to do wijat it
did'this week. It may be that, ss
the friende of the administration
claim, the original fnult lay in the
Wilson administration for making so
foolish a wartime' . ontract with the
Alabama Power company, and for
spending some $4,000,000 of govern
ment money on land belonging to a
private corporation. However that
may be. the clear fact Is that farm
organizations of the country have
wanted desperately that Mr. Ford’s
plans for Muscle Shoals should he
helped Instead of hindered.
With equal strength the farm or
ganizations and the farmers are now
certain to blame the administration
for preventing Mr. Ford from getting
the opportunity to do what the farm
ers have looked upon as a magnifi
cent help for them. If Mr. Fo>-d
himself Is a candidate for the presi
dency he will he helped greatly. Even
If Mr. Ford personally Is not a can
didate, the democrats expect great
help fron. the agitation of this issue.
Some of the most powerful farm
leaders have had their hearts In Mr.
Ford’s project. They nrn now cor
reepondlngly angry nod determined
to make the most of the incident in
* political sense.
State Receives 10 and
20-Cent Checks From
Failed Nebraska Bank
Lincoln, Sept. 26.—State Treasurer
Robinson has not yet cashed two
checks, probably two of the smallest
the state has received. They are for
10 and 20 cents, respectively.
The checks represent 30 per cent of
the state's claim against the failed
First National bank of Bridgeport,
Neb.
At the time the bank failed the
state had a claim of |1 for fees or
license against the bank. A claim
was filed in the regular way and each
time a dividend is declared the state
gets its percentage of Its claim. The
first dividend check was for its per
centage of its claim. The first
dividend check was for 10 cents and
was receiv’d last February. The
second dividend, of 20 cents, has Just
eben received.
Legislates Say
Fight Just Begun
in Oklahoma War
Determined to Meet to Impeach
Governor—Walton’s “Gun
men” Ordered Out of
Capital Hotel.
By r nlver-nl Service.
Oklahoma City, Okl., Sept. 26,—In
stead of the crisis only the beginning
of long and bitter conflict was reach
ed In Oklahoma today when members
of the house of representatives of
the state legislature gathered in the
fortified rotunda of the state capital
and were turned back before bayon
ets and machine guns.
"The fight has Just begun."
On that slogan the legislators
stand, and while they lost one sortie
with the governor today, tonight
they won another. Gov. Jack Walt
on's gunmen were driven from the
Sklrvin hotel where they had gother
ed Just after the maneuver at the
state house.
“Strong Arm Gang” Removed
Tension was too taut, Indignation
too near the fighting point for the
dispersed legislators to tolerate the
big, strapping members of the gov
ernor's “strong srm squad," as Rep
resentatives R. A. Singletary termed
them. So he protested to Adjutant
General Markham who ordered them
out of the hotel with orders not to
come back.
Insofar as the plana of the legis
lators are concerned with carrying on
their program of Impeachment of
Oovernor Walton, If It Is possible,
there are two separate courses of
action which will be pursued, It was
said.
First, the legisaltors consider them
selves now legally in sesaion. In
spite of their being “dispersed at the
point of bayonets.” as they charged,
they claim now to have outmaneu
vered the military by actually assem
bling. When Charles S. Brice of Me
Alester. house speaker pro tern,
stepped into the center of the rotunda
sharp at noon and called the house
of representatives into session, he
formally assembled it, the recalictrant
legislators declare.
Wil Hod Meetings.
Acting on that view, the eglslators
Intend to hold meetings whenever a
quorum can be muatered and the
military avoided, said W. D. McBee,
leader.
The second plan of campaign em
braces filing, either In state supreme
court or United States district court,
of a petition for a writ of injunction
against Governor Walton forbidding
him interfering with the legislature
in Its attempt to meet as a court of
inquiry.
The committee on legal procedure
was said to have been draughting
that petition tonight, although It was
not expected to he completed before
tomborrow, at which time definite In
formation concerning the action was
expected to be announced.
Opinion here tonight In some quar
ters wa« that auch an Injunction
could not be sustained because of a
previous court decision that the gov
ernor could not be made the subject
of a writ of mandamus and therefore
could not be enjoined.
Meanwhile, the military is actK „!n
preventing assembly of a quorum of
the legislators. Major McCartney,
stationed at the Sklrvin hotel, issued
an orjler that not more than five of
the legislator* should be allowed to
gather together at one time.
Military patrols guard the door of
the "rebel" legislature's headquarters.
A National guard officer is stationed
In the suite of rooms occupied by the
legislators.
(Copyright, 1923.)
New Bridge on Highway
Opened Near Cowles, Neb.
Cowlea, Neb., Sept. 26.—The new
bridge In the east part of Cowlea
on the Halting* Ited Cloud federal
hlghwny hus been opened for travel,
although the grading crew Is still
putting the finishing touches on the
road. This change In the road ma
terially lessens the danger where
the highway turns north here.
Governor and Mrs. Bryan
to Motor to Nebraska City
Lincoln, Sept, 26.—The statchouse
will he without Governor Bryan to
morrow morning, the state executive
being In Nebraska City to accept the
gift to the state of Arbor Lodgp.
The governor will he accompanied
by Mrs. Bryan and will motor to Ne
braska City, leaving Lincoln about
8:10,
Shows How
Tariff Aids
Grain Price
Chicago Board of Trade Mem
ber Gives Figures Illus
trating Need of Higher
Duties on Wheat.
In Favor of Omaha Plan
Chicago, Sept. 2S.—Selbel C. Har
rle, prominent member of the Chi
cago board of trade, said today in
reference to proposal* originating in
Omaha for increasing the tariff on
wheat imports Into the United States
to 45 or 50 cents a bushel in place
of the present rate of 30 cents per
bushel:
"There appears to be merit In this
suggestion. The farmer feels (and
with a great deal of justice) that the
manufacturer Is given more com
plete protection than the farmer.
"It Is all very well to make the
statement that an import tariff on
wheat is of no benefit so long as we
produce an exportable surplus, but
this argument falls down under the
cold test of facta. When the farmer
seea No. 1 northern wheat selling In
the Minneapolis market at 11.20 per
bushel for choice quality and Canad
ian No. 2 northern selling at the
same time at 95 cents per bushel,
representing a wheat of equal qual
ity, when eastern millers are actually
importing Canadian wheat for do
mestic purposes, and paying the duty
of 30 cents per bushel at the same
time that statistics show the United
States to have a surplus. It Is Idle
to state that a tariff is of no value.
“It is quite generally believed in
the trade that United States millers
will import and pay the 30 cents duty
on a large amount, perhaps 50,000,
000 bushels, of Canadian wheat on
the present crop. This most cer
tainly decreases the price which the
United States farmer will receive for
his wheat. It should be borne In
mind that manufacturer* In many
cases actually produce a surplus in
the United States and export this
surplus, selling It abroad at lower
prices than they sell the domestic
product, on account of the tariff
which shuts out importations.
"The farmer might produce a eur
plua. but If that surplus Is largely
woet of the Rocky mountains, as It Is
this year, it could be exported, and
at the same time, middle westerrv
farmers would benefit by a tariff on
Canadian Importations.”
Hail and Wind Do
Damage of $1,000
at Beatrice Fair
Woman's Arm Broken and
Exhibits and Concessions
at County Fair Are
Blown Down.
Beatrice. Neb., Sept. IS.—Tills
vicinity was visited by a hailstorm
shortly after S o'clock this evening.
Some hall stones were picked up as
large as walnuts. Some damage was
done to window panes. At the fair
grounds wind did damage amounting
to over 11,000 to exhibits and con
cessions, one large exhibit tent being
blown down. One woman suffered
a broken arm from flying timbers.
Sam Grover Wins Wild
Horse Race at Norfolk
Special UUpateh to The Omaha Bee.
Ram Grover won first place In the
wild horae races during the cowboy
conteets held here today In connec
tion with the city's annual harvest
festival.
Several narrow escapes from death
were witnessed white cowboy* tried
to master wild horses In front of the
grandstand. * The conteat ends Friday.
New (same and iF«h Laws
Available to Sportsmen
Lincoln, Sept. 26.—The state de
partment of agriculture, dlvlalon of
game and ftah, today announced re
ceipt of Its 11*23-24 nbstract of fish
and game laws. These are available
to huntern and flshera who desire
copies of the law. The pamphlet
presenta an nbstract of the Nebraska
laws relating to open season, closed
season, bag limit, llcene fees and
penaltle for unlawful hunting and
fishing.
Officials Astir Over
Rumor Johnson Man Is
Coming to Nebraska
Lincoln, Sept. 28.—State house of
ftcals who are hacking some other
presidential candidate than Hiram
Johnson, stirred uneasily today at •
persistent rumor that Frnnk Harrison,
who Is now a resident of California,
Is coming to Nebraska.
Harrison managed Johnson’s cam
paign In the state three years ago
with such success that the California
senator carried the republican dele
gation despite strong competition
from Generals Handling and Wood anJ
Frank Lowden of Illinois,
What Do You Know About
Children of Nature?
_Tell The Bee About It
Have you a cute animal pet or
have you observed Interesting things
about the birds or flowers?
Sit down and write a few lines tell
ing about It and send it to The Omaha
Bee for publication under the “Moth
er Nature's Children” department on
the editorial page.
Every nature lover has one or more
such stories in his or her head and
heart, fiend yours In today and see
It published.
Big Carnival of
King Ak Is Now
in Full Swing
Long List of Attractions Pro
vided for Entertainment of
Visitors to An
, nual Event
With the formal opening of the
Ak-Sar-Ben fall festival, the carnival
Is now in full swing. Today the
Snapp Brothers' exposition shows at
the Jubilee grounds. In the afternoon
and evening. The running races will
continue to be held at Ak Sar-Bon
field and the food show will swing
into Its third day at the City audi
torium. Tomorrow the same program
will hold sway.
On Friday the Barnum ft Bailey
circus, with Its carloads of animals
and over 700 performers, will come
to Omaha. There will be no ctrcus
parade this year on account of the
unwieldy size of the show. The cir
cus will pitch tents at the show
grounds. Twentieth and Paul streets,
for Its one day stay.
From September 28 to JO the
Eighty-eighth division of the A. E
F. holds a grand reunion, with head'
quarters at the City auditorium. In
addition to a barbecue and entertain
ment, there will be a special Eighty
eighth division derby at Ak-Bar-Ben
field on September 29. Children will
be admitted free on this day at the
Jubilee grounds, where Snapp Broth
ers' exposition continues. Retail
stores will hold open house for the
promotion of better merchandise
Ideas.
His Majesty’s Week.
All attractions will be closed Sep
tember JO. The churches will hold
special services, for this day will
usher In "hla majesty’s week.”
On October 1 'he carnival will
again swing Into its varied activity.
All civic and county organizations
will hold open house. Special ath
letic meets and an automobile Indus
try parade down the main streets
will feature the day, with Chamber
of Commerce luncheons, special at
tractions at retail and Jobbing
houses and entertainments by the 80
piece Chevrolet band.
Tuesday Is grand military day. The
program will be furnished by several
detachments from the Seventh army
corps area, under the command of
MaJ. Gen. George B. Duncan. The
Seventeenth Infantry. Fourteenth
cavalry, with Its famous mounted
band; the Ninth field artillery, the
Sixteenth observation squad. One
hundred thirty fourth Nebraska Na
tional guard and Creighton High
school cadet* will march In a street
parade In the morning.
Free Track Meet.
There will he an army track meet
at 1:30 p. m. at AkSar-Ben field. The
public will be admitted free.
A big feature of the festival Is the
historic America pageant, which will
move .through Omaha streets at 2
p. m., Wednesday afternoon. Bright
ly decorated floats wtth living actors,
will portray Important events In
American history.
Style shows, polo contest* at Ak
Sar Ben field at 2 p m , and street
dances In the evening will feature the
celebrations on October 4
More polo and the Ak Sar Ben coro
nation ball on October 5. And then
the closing day of the Ak Sar Ben '
carnival. Carnival night at the Ju
bilee grounds, street dances and the
Ak-SarBen fall festival will have
passed Into history.
The food show will be open until
September 30. while the Snapp
Brothers’ exposition will play every
afternoon and evening at the Jubilee
grounds, at Sixteenth and Jones
streets.
Mother Bequeaths Quarter
Section of Land to Son
Columbus. Neb., Sept. 2*.—Petition
for the appolntmont of Henry Rag
atx, Jr., as executor of the last will
and testament of his wife. Mrs.
Louise Ragntx. has been filed In pro
bate court. Mr*. Ragatx left an es
tate estimated In excess of $32,000.
Under the terms of the will she
bequeathed to her son. Henry Rag
atg, 15. a quarter section of farm
land In Platte county to be held In
trust for him by his father until he
Is 31) yesrs old. He Is to have the
Income from it after he attains the
age of 25 yesrs. hut prior to that
time his father Is to have the en
tire Income. All the balance of her
property Is left to her husband.
Auburn Woman Awarded
$8,500 From Fire Company
Mrs. Harah K. Corners of Auburn
was awarded a Judgment of $3,500
In District Judge Hastings court
against the CroW Tire A Rubber
company. Mr*. Corners charged that
this much In stork bad been sold to
her husband, the late John H. Corn
er*. through fraud and misrepresen
tation. Testimony Introduced was to
the effect that while the Crow Tire
A Rubber company hud capitalized at
$1,000,000, it had never manufactured
a tire In umaha.
The Farm Situation Is Very Grave, but It’s a Bad Season of the Year
to Make Other Folks Believe It
Fanners Receive
Market Returns
Through WA AW
Nearly Every Stoekman in
Wide Area From Omaha
Has Own Radio Re
ceiving Set.
No longer does the farmer or the
rancher anxiously call up the elevator
or the livestock dealer every day to
find where the market stand*. He
sits In his favorite chair, swings his
feet up on the table, tries the range
of the cuspidor and tunes in on
WAAW, the Omaha Grain exchange's
radio broadcasing station. Then he
learns all he wants to know without
effort.
Jim Hawkins, out In Wyoming,
gets the report nt the same time that
Jack Sprague in Valley, Neb., doe*.
All the bank*, elevator men and
stockmen in the territory surround
Ing Omaha have radlom and get their
market reports In this way quicker
than they could otherwise.
The station broadcasts at the same
time every day.
The regular hours for WAAW to
"go on the air" are as follows:
Week Days.
Open market reports. 8:45 s m
9:45 a. m.. 10:45 a. m , 11:45 a. m.,
cloning 12:15 p. m.
Spring cash markets snd repetition
of market reports. 12:45 p. in. and
1:15 p. m.
Grain and livestock markets, bed
time stories and program, 8:00 p. m.
Saturday.
Opening market reports. 8:45 a ni ,
9:45 A m , 10:45 a. m., closing. 11:00
a. m.
Spring cash markets and repetition
of market reports, 11:54 a. m., and
12:45 p, m.
Grain and livestock markets, bbd
time stories and program, 8 p m.
Martial I.aw Extended
by Oklahoma Governor
Hy Associated Press.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 28.—Martial
law will lie Invoked In nnother county
In Okalahoma tomorraw, Governor J.
C. Walton announced tonight.
The name of the county was not
made public, but the executive said
a delegation headed by the mayor of
one of Its cities had called on him
with a request for "military protec
tion.”
Three counties—Oklahoma, Tulsa
and Creek—now are under a decree
of absolute military rule, although
troops never have occupied Creek
county.
Dynamite Used to Remove
Huge Roek From Track*
Peru, Neb., Sept. 28.—It wae nec
essary for the llurllnglon section
foreman to hlnat a huge rock, which
had rolled down on the tracks from a
high bluff Just west of this stullon,
In order to clear the tracks for trains
Dynamite wae used on the rock,
which weighed several tons The
foreman found the rock on hi* reg
ular patrol over hie section
ft
Blue Ribbon Steer
Sold by Albion Girl
First-Prize Winner and Other
Cattle at Fair on
Market.
Miss Mtldred Simons of Albion was
represented at the Omaha uitt^ mar
ket by the sale of her prise-winning
1,040-pound red steer, which was
awarded first prise at the Boone
county fair. She received $11.75 a
hundred and the steer was sold to a
packer buyer.
The steer was part of a load sent In
by the Boone County Boys and Girls
club. Others in the load was a steer
weighing 870 pounds sold for $11.50 a
hundred; a steer each by Charles Don
aldson and Appleby Greenwood, both
selling for $11.25 a hundred.
The prizewinning cattle were
bought in by Klmer R. Place, mana
ger of the Albion shipping associa
tion. He said, concerning conditions
in Boone county, that the corn crop
was quite heavy and that there were
Indications of a big crop, but it was
rather difficult to forecast with any
great degree of accuracy.
Brainard Man Is Held
on Charge of Forgery
Special ftUpatrh to The Omaha Bee.
Fremont, Neh., Sept. 26.—J. J
Krugler, 23. of Brainard. charged with
forging several checks In Fremont,
haa been arrested at Omaha and will
tie returned to this city for prosecu
tion. He Is said to have passed
checks at the Fremont candy kitchen.
Golden Creamery company and the
Brunner Drug rompany.
Reports from Omaha state that he
has confessed to forgeries at Snyder
snd Morsebluff. Sheriff Oondlt went
to Omaha this evening to bring Kug
ler back to Fremont.
CuHterCounty Corn In in
Good Shape, Shipper Says
Wesley Mat* of Oconto was a visi
tor at the OnValia stockyards, bring
ing a load of fine 1 and 1-year-old
steers that averaged 900 pounds and
sold for $7 30 a hundred.
"The farmers of Custer county are
not complaining against their com
crop." said Mr. Mats. "The yield and
quality Is exceptionally good and our
grnss is in fine hape nnd plentiful.
Feeding prospects are most encour
aging and |f present prices continue
we will come out ahead with a little
profit. It looks as though feeding
operations In Custer county will be
heavy this winter."
Legion Post Will Lease
Lincoln Auditorium
Lincoln. Sept 26.—The county
commissioners of I .^i noaster county
adopted a resolution authorising the
city of Lincoln, now holding n five
year louse of the city auditorium, to
tranafer the lease to the local post
of the Ainelrcan l.cglon The county
acquired the property through a tax
sale The legion. It was announced.
Intends to establish Headquarter* in
the building,
h
Farmers Get Less,
Railroads More,
Capper Shows
Kansas Senator Repeats As
sertion That Freight Rates
on Wheat Are
Too High. I
Hjr tiwrlilfd PrrM
Chanule. Kan., Sept. 26.—In an ad
dress hare today I'nited States Sena
tor Arthur Capper replied to a recent
ly published statement of President
W. B. Storey of the Santa Fe rail
road relative to freight rates on Kan
sas wheat.
"My attention ha* been called to
the interview with Pre*ident Storey
of the Santa Fe railway, carried in
news dispatches, disputing a state
ment which had been credited to me
to the effect that ‘wheat growers are
receiving only *0 to 90 cents a bushel
for the grain delivered at Chicago, out
of which they must pay 22 cents a
bushel freight charges.’ ” said Sena
tor Capper.
"I did not make this statement. I
said that five years ago the freight
charge from the Kansas wheat twit
was 11 cents n bushel to Chicago, and
the farmer got $2.25 for’ his wheat.
Today the freight charge from the
same station is 21 cents to Chicago
and after this is paid the farmer gets
80 to 90 cents a bushel for his
wheat. The farmer always pay* the
freight, because he gets the Chicago
price less charge from hi* shipping
point to Chicago. While the farmer
ia selling his wheat for 60 per cent
less than he got five years ago. the
railroads are getting at least 60 per
cent more than they got five years
ago."
Missourians Buy Feeder
Cattle at Otnahp Market
Several carloads of cattle were
shipped to. Oentrv county. Missouri,
by feeder* of that section. A load
of steer* averaging 800 to 900 pounds
waa shipped by C. C. Paton. which
will be roughed through the winter
and fed up during the summer. B. C.
Paton bought two loads of feeders
and one load was bought by Bee
Walton
‘‘This Is our first trip tp Omaha
to buy feeder cattle." said C. C Paton.
"We were quite well pleased with the
high quality of stock we found or
this market."
The men aald crop conditions were
excellent in Oentry county and all
indications are that the corn will
mature tie fore frost comes.
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Fa s c i s t i
Dictator
Takes Hold
Treaty of Versailles Null and
Void, Munich Government
Declares After Ruhr
Surrender.
France Sees Riches Fade
By tnlrersal SffTlw. ,
Munich. Sept. 26.—The Bavarian
government tonight proclaimed th«
treaty of Versailles "null and void,”
declared’ a "state of emergency” ex*
ists in Bavaria, and conferred dicta
torial powers on former Premier vod
Kahr.
The action of the Munich govern
ment means a virtual breaking away
from parliamentary rule, and the
establishment of a dictatorship with
the backing of the followers of
Adolph Hitler, the organizer of the
Bavarian "fascist.”
Against Surrender to Prance.
The decision to declare a state ol
emergency, which is almost parallel
to a declaration of martial law, fol*
owed file action of the Berin gov
ernment in decreeing the abandon
ment of passive resistance in th«
Ruhr.
Premier Knilling of Bavaria, voted
in the affirmative, in spite of violent
protests from leaders of Bavarian
politics in his own and other parties,
on the government’s plan for ressa,
tion of resistance aginst the French.
The state premiers voted unani
mously.
Iyose Hope of Reparations.
Paris, Sept. 26.—Realization that if
Germany could not find cash to con
tinue the passive resistance in the
Ruhr, it will not be able to find the
billiohe for reparations which France
proposes to insist upon .abruptly
halted the chant of optimism here to
day.
How to turn the Ruhr into cash
looms as the hardest problem any
Invader ever had to face. The semi
official presa is full of statements
that France and Belgium are pre
pared to turn the Ruhr to good ac
count at once, but reliable informa
tion from the highest sources indi
cates that such tales represent hope*
instead of fact.
Ned Ixies to France.
Not one, but scores of plans exist
by which the authors allege the Ruhr
can be made to pay. Every expert,
both French nor Belgian government
ha* aa yet been able to decide which
plan to try.
One thing is certain and that is
that the Ruhr has been a very coetly
business for both governments to the
present date. France issued 11.000.
000,000 of treasury bnnds in March
and now finds itself compelled to re
peat the process In October, but this
time no limit will be placed on she
loan.
France has also had to lend large
sums to Begium. without which Bel
gium could not have maintained its
troops In the Ruhr.
Influenced by these consideration
the dollar jumped from 15.T* francs
this morning to 16 19 at ♦.
Thieves Get 8600
Loot at Fremont
Rob Confectionery Store and
Carry Off Merchandise—
Farmer's Harness Stolen.
—t
Special OiM.al.-h to The Omaha IW
Fremont. Xtb. Sept. IS.—Merchan
- dlse valued at $600 was taken from
i the Fred Harkson confectionery
: store at Yutan. Saunders county, ac
cording to word received here by
Sheriff Condit.
The same hand of thieve*, it t* be
lieved. visited a farm northwest of
i Yutan and helped themselves to vari
ous articles about the place. Includ
ing a set of harness.
Kntrance to the confectionery store
was made by use of a skeleton key
through the front door. Sheriff Dailey
, of Saunders county reported. The
thieves then locked the front door
I and carried their plunder through a
i side door to a waiting automobile,
i It is believed. The store was com
• rletelv stripped of all tobacco.
Officials sre seeking a youth who
i Is suspected of being implicated m
- the robbery.
Raises 22 Bushels of
Potatoes on Back Lot
, Wymore. Neb. Sept. 16 — Kast
spring O. 1-. Miller, janitor at the
. Burlington railway passenger statlbn
I here, planted one and one half bush
I els of potatoes on the back end of
a lot. Recently he dug the crop, get
, ting I Ibushels He attributes the
large yield to the fact that he kept
the ground thoroughly stirred and
hake by forking between the rowe
’ every few daxs using a common
pitchfork, which reached deeper and
did better work than a cuUixatoe
would do In a small patch.
1 Civil War \ eteran Hies.
Heatricr. Neb . Sept. -6 - Funeral
services for John Shaw. St. civil war
[ xeteran. were held at the family home
: and burial xv.ia In the l.K'id , ,me
| terjr. Members of the Grand Army
; attended in a h.sl> He is survived
\ bs fix# children.