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=” 'The Omaha Morning Bee ww&i* « ■.. ■ ■■ — — 1 ■ "■ ■ *< ■ ——. ■ VOI, KR Nfl lin Entarad m Sacond-Ciaia M attar May 2S. IMS. at OMAWA TUESDAY OFTORFR ‘V! ino«J * By Mall II Yarn: Dally and Sunday. M. Sunday, *2 M. within tha «th ran* TWO CENTS '• 0 *?,“”!! Blj,b v OO J.1U. Omaha P. 0. Undar Aat ot March S. H79. UinAnA, lUCiOl/AI, ULrlUDC/tl “«» Outalda the rth Zona (I Year)- Dally and Sunday. SI2: Sunday only. S! 1 VjEj.Y 10 Flwa Conic Elaawhora _ -___2a__ . --— UNCLE SAM AIMS TO STRENGTHEN DRY FORCES RHINELAND REPUBLIC MOVE SLOWLY SPREADING _ ® _'_:_ / Outbreaks Few Over Secession Cobfentz, Seat of Army of Oc cupation, Willing to Line Up With Separatists. Berlin’s Plight Worse By Universal Service. Berlin, Oct. 22.—The separatists continued the extension of the new Rhineland republic today by taking jiosession of the administration of sev eral additional towns and cities in the occupied regions. Little bloodshed was reported in the wide movement for the estab lishment of the republic, the most ser lous early clash occurring this morn ing when the secessionist troops marched into Mayence. Two casual • ties were reported by the separatists following a brisk firing which greeted them at the city gates. The troops .wjiere later withdrawn to the outskirts I^Kt avoid further clashes. Mayence has thus far refused to accede to the separatist demand that it join the secessionists. Later In the forenoon rioting br<5ke out at Wanne and in the scrimmage two separatists ■were killed and six communists in jured. Cavalry Is Attacked. When the separatist cavalry en tered Meissen it was greeted with shots from a mob which gathered to oppose it. The cavalry returned the shots. Several were wounded on both sides. Towns and cities seized by the separatist forces now Include Juelish, t'refeld, Muenehen-Gladbach. rcEke i n, Braekelin, Mayence, Russelhelm. Berncftstle, Saarburg. Baden, Prum and Montjole, besides A lx La Cha pelle, the seat of the original move merit Sunday. At Coblenz, the former seat of Wid American occupational forces, there was a strong movement for Joining the Rhine republic, and a great crowd assembled early today urging the mayor to accede to the move ment. The mayor refused, declar ing: "X know only one republic and that is the reich." Dr. Leo Deckers, prime mover in IpaaAtVo separatist program, today as ,‘M-ed the movement of further friendship from the French and Bel gian occupational forces, by declar ing: "We seek to establish a free and neutral Rhineland like iAixem burg was before the war. V e rec ognize the Versailles treaty and guar antee that the Xihineland will pay iis share of reparations. “Billions” Replace “Millions.” Ify Aiw>el»tfd Berlin. Oct. 22— Scenes approach ing a panic took place on tho bourse today and at one time- ther^ was some question of closing the bourse. The tragic political skualion sent the dollar up to 47 billion marks after ♦ he official rates had been quoted, and all the possessors of large quan tities of paper marks tried their ut most to rid themselves of them, while the holders of securities refused to sell for paper marks. With the rise of the dollar, food prices reached fantastic heights and 1 he word "millions" Is gradually dls apearing, as scarcely anvthing can be purchased under billions. Many of the stallholders in the public markets pre ferred not to open today for fear of being plundered, while others anx iously sold their goods from behind the protection of iron shutters. Butter was disposed of In limited quantities at 10 billion marks -per pounds, and it is announced that ^ the price of a loaf of bread will oe l^h^eifled tomorrow to 5 billion. U. P. Asks Lower Rate for Cement, Omaha to Lincoln Lincoln, Oct. 22 —The Union Pad fic railroad, In a petition received to day by the state railway commission, lequests permission to lower the ex isting rate of 1U4 cents a hundred weight on cement between Omaha and I.incoln, to 10 cents. Although ' the mileage between the two cities on the Union Pacific Is 82. as op posed to B5 on the Burlington, the Union Pacific desires the same rate as the Burlington in order to meet competition. The petition alleges that there Is a considerable quantity of cement In the hands of companies located on Union Pacific tracks that could be hauled over the Union Pacific were the rate to be lowered. Harvard Elevator Co. Asks Connecting Rail Tracks Lincoln, Oct. 22—Tbs state rail way commission today heard a com plaint of the Farmers'Union Elevator company of Harvard, Neb., •ngaln.u the Burlington and Northwestern rad roads. Operators of the elevator seek an orde rfrom the commission that will give them a connecting track between the two roads at Harvard. The elevator is located on Northwest ern tracks. Man Near Beatrice Is Hurt When Auto Goes in Ditch Bentrlce, Neb., Oct. 22.—Bud Finch, son of C. F. Finch, farmer living north of Odell, was thrown through the wlndshelld of his car while re turning home from a dance and se verely injured when Ihe machine Went Into a ditch. The care was had ly* wrecked. Theodore Roosevelt, as Cowboy, Accepted Challenge to Duel New York, Oct. 22.—Theodore Roosevelt, during his career as a cowboy on the Dakota prairies, ac cepted a formal challenge to a duel with a French nobleman, but the incident never came to the fighting stage, it is shown in hitherto un known correspondence of the form er president. The letter was found by Mrs.l Roosevelt in her husband's papers at Sagamore Hill and was loaned by her to the Roosevelt memorial as sociation. The nobleman, whose name was Antoine De Vallombrosa, harbored a suspicion that Roosevelt was his enemy and when he was Indicted for murder, Roosevelt urged his prosecution. Receiving the noble man's challenge. Roosevelt wrote on the back of the letter in character tistlc manner that he ‘‘was always on hand.” It developed the French man's threat was merely a bluff. The colonel's letter said: •'Most emphatically I am not your enemy; if I were you would know it, for I would be an open oty. and would not have asked you to my house, nor gone to yours. As your final words, however, seem to imply a threat, It Is due to myself to say that the statement is not made through any fear of possible consequence to me: I too, as you know, am always on hand and ever ready to hold myself accountable in any way for anything I have said or done. “Yours very* truly, "THEODORE ROOSEVLT. ’ Muny Water Quiz Begun at City Hall Chance of Another Emergency to Be Probed at Hearing, Board Member Says.^ Cause of Break Is Told An investigation into the water emergency which occurred during the week of August 21, was started ?.esterday afternoon in the city coun cil chamber. W. J. Coad of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Utili ties district, presided. Other members of the board present were Frank J. Burkley, Fred I). Wead, J. C. Dahl man, C. M. Wilhelm and R. B. Howell. The city council was represented by Commissioners Joseph Koutsky and H. W. Dunn. Members of the muni cipal affairs committee of the Cham ber of Commerce also were In at tendance. J. L. Webster, counsel for the utilities board, read reports sub mitted hy Prince and Nixon, en gineers engaged by the utilities board, and reports from General Manager Howell and C. D. Robinson engineer in charge of operations. With the leading of these reports the first ses sion was adjourned to this afternoon ai 3. In calling the meeting to order, Chairman Coad announced: "The pur pose of this hearing Is to determine the cause and also to determine whether there is a probability of a re currence of what ocurred on August 81. The bonrd of directors Is anxious to lay the books open and give wide scope to this Investigation. If there is anything wrong, the hoard wel comes constructive criticism. Queries Welcomed. "The directors have worked hard to keep the water plunt in the best condition. We are anxious that any one shall ask <xuestiniin to throw light on the condition of the water plant at the time of the muddy water. This Investigation will he on broad lines.” Mr. Coad's statement was approved by W. W. Carmichael, speaking for the chamber of Commerce, and Com missioner Koutsky for the city coun (Turn to Page Two. Coliimr. Thrra-l ’Leggers Fire Into Home of Dry Agent Minneapolis, ^Ilnn., Oct. 22.—mow ing up their higfi powered car'to* lesson its hum and get a better chance to kill alleged underworld bootleggers fired a shot through Prohibition Agent H. A. Paris’ sitting room window early this morning, the bullet crash ing through screen and window and barely missing the head of hla son, William Paris. It was the second attempt at murder / by enemiea of prohibition agents within a week. Hijackers slugged and fractured A. E. Whitney's skull during a raid on a brewery last week. There Is no doubt In the minds of Paris or his chief, M. L. Harney, that some one was Becking to ''get” the agent or his son or both, as the younger man often has helped his father run down bootleggers. Auto Plunges From Viaduct; \ Pilot May Die •» Car Lan<]ft on Frank Graves After Turning Flip-Flop Off Q Street Bridge. Frank GAkve*. 29. Hving at Forty ninth and Y streets, was injured, probably mortally, when his automo bile crashed through the wooden rail ing of the viaduct at Forty-second and Q streets at 10 Monday morning and plunged 50 feet to the tracks be low. The car was badly damaged, but was not demolished. Graves was taken to St. Joseph hos pital, where doctors entertained but slight hope for his life. Cause of the accident Is undetermined. .Suddenly Veers About. According to W. L. Dickerson, an employe of the, Sample-Hart Motor company, who was riding behind Graves' csr In another machine, driven by V. T. Briley, Orkveu’ ma chine suddenly veered at about the middle of the viaduct, mounted the sidewalk, crashed through the rail Ing and disappeared. Dickerson declared the wheels must have become caught In a rut, or that possibly the steering gear buckled. The car turned over In the nlr and fell on Graves. “NAME IT” COLUMN I____S_:__ ._ If the offer of the three books last named Is no Inducement to you to suggest a title for this kolm, here's another one. It is a description of the game of Mah Jougg, with full dl vectiona for playing. Having tried to fathom its mysteries, am prepared to say that anybody who can under stand It ought to dig up a bully name for this department. Now this makes four books from which you may make your choice if you submit ,a cognomen that is accepted by the genius who wields the blue pencil. If ever I approach the ticket gate at the Burlington station and miss seeing Joe Mlk. I'll know the Bur lington is about to collapse. J6e Is much more than a station or Irnln conductor; he is an Institution. For more than 30 years now he hair di rected me to trains with one hand and helped women Hnd their babies with the other. He is physically and mentally ambidextrous. A reward of several million dollars could safely be offered to anyone who could prove he had ever seep Joe Mlk mad or evidencing signs of Impatience. Borne of these days, maybe, there will arise a generation of rallrond builders who will refuse to build their railroads through back yards and rubbish heaps and dilapidated shacks, and insist on having some thing at least half way pleasant for their passengers to look nt through the car windows, Man in high-powered car racing with football special. Woman In seat beside him waving her hands and patting driver ori the back, evident ly urging him lo step on the gas ft bit heavier. Driver looking toward train Instead of keeping eyes on road. Autos going in opposite di rections forced to take extreme sldo of road. If only driving fools met with accidents there wouldn't bo such an Insistent demand for some thing to regulate automobile driving. Trouble Is the crop cf driving fools seems never to decrease; rather In creases. And as usual, the fnnocqnt bystander—or passenger Is the one «hn rides in the front carriage lo i the cemetery und doesn't conic back. Charley Spangler In midst of crowd at stadium gate. Next door neigh bor In Lincoln for number of years. No time for conversation, but meet ing called up a lot of pleasant mem ories. Charley high official In big insurance company now, and earned the position. But couldn't help rea lizing that tempus continues to fugit with ever-increasing speed. A trip by train through Ihe Ne braska sandhills used to be a severe penalty; now a delight to the observ ant traveler. Little sand seen now, but plenty of grass, thousands of fat cattle, and an ever-increasing number of pine trees. Time not far distant when sandhills will be a ver itable forest. Past the ruins of a nnre prosper ous city, Antioch. Halfdoxen once busy and prosperous potash factories now deserted, falling to ruins or their fire-blackened walls tottering. Never can think of Antioch's rise and fall without admiring Frank Broome. Ho stuck to It till Die last dog was hung, but when that happened he moved to Alliance. Frank's paper kept hope alive In the breasts of Antioch linn long after there was nothing left to hope for. Alliance looks better every time cne lands there. Prosperous, clean, always busy and always pushing for belter things. A glimpse of Ben Sallows as he looks through door of Burlington station. Ben ts a corner stone In the bilkin'ss structure of Alliance. When he don’t know something good to say nbout hts town end Its people, he seeks seclusion 1 or i time and then enn-rges with some thing mighty good. Back Into the North Platte val ley. Bolden sunshine painting the far flung hills with a glory .no artist can reproduce, licet fields on ev< ry side, with huge piles of beets Waiting ffio hauler. Four big sugar factories belching smoke and stenm. No pret tier sight in the west than that of a sugar factory In full blest cveiy night Hope to see a dozen more in the valley before f Is brie l sounds the blast that Is meant especially for my ears. 1 \V. M, M. jPinchot Is V irtually Candidate _ Aspect of Taft-Roosevelt Break in 1924 Race Over Dry Law Enforce ment. Up to Coolidge to Act By MARK SULLIVAN Washington, Oct. 22.—In consider ; ing the developments about prohibi tlon during the . past week, if you stay within safe limits, about all you can say Is that there has arisen the makings of a parallel to the Taft Roosevelt fight of 1912. But in say-' ing this, if exaggeration is to be I avoided, emphasis must be laid or. several exceptions to the parallel. The Coolidge-Pinchot situation, whatever the extent of its future developments, wilt not go to the length of Pinchot leading a third party. If there Is any third party next year, its leader will be Henry Ford, and even that outcome cannot yet be described as probable. It js not even certain yet that Pin chot la or will be a candidate against Coolidge for the republican nomina tion. When reporters discuss that point with Plnchot's personal sup porters, and with the church lead ers whose spokesman be has made himself, all they say Is that Pinchot will be a candidate unless Coolidge. provides enough action—not enough assurance, but enough accomplished action—to satisfy those who demand stricter enforcement of the prohibi tion law. Pinchot Candidate Now. Such an attitude aa thla carries leas doubt to experienced politicians than it does to the public generally. When aoman Is going to be a candidate upon a contingency It Is the experience of politicians that the contingency usual ly arises. The verdict of most of the republican leaders who have been dis cussing last week's happenings Is ex pressed by saying: "Will Pinchot run? Shucks, he's running right now." Bo far as his own state of Pennsyl vania goes, tt is a fact that Pinchot Is already a candidate. It Is known' In Washington that a few weeks ago a republican leader whose posi tion gave him authority to act ap proached Pinchot and asked him to refrain from taking any hand in the choosing of delegates from Pennsyl vania and to let the delegation l>e either uninstructed, or else In structed for Coolldge As reported In Washington Pinchot refused on the ground that It has been the custom of Pennsylvania to Instruct Us delegates for the gover nor of tte state. This was done In the case of Governor Sproul In 1920 and Governor Brunbaugh in 191* Tb depart from the custom now would be such a departure as would Imply doubt of Pinchot's standing in his own state. Deserve* Urst Bnllut. This la felt by Pinchot's friends within the state to be a thing they cannot permit. Under this set of facts the situation Is that so far as Pennsylvania Is eoncerne4 Plnchot Is a candidate for the state's SO del egates to the extent of a complimen tary ballot at least. The next move is up to the friends of Coolldge If they refuse to consent that .Plnchot ns governor has a right to at least the honorary disposition of the Pennsylvania delegation, there will be a fight, in which fight Plnchot probably will get about half the del egates. If the friends of Coolldge and the other Pennsylvania republican leaders who oppose Plnchot ilo not make a fight, then, in thst event, of course, Plnchot will Control all or substantially all of the delegates. Outside of Pennsylvania the sltuu lion Is still In the making But It is hard to look upon the amount of sentiment that supports Plnchot'* position alHiut prohibition without concluding that ultimately Plnchot's nnmo will be put In the race on n nationwide basis. It Is true that this Plnchot sentiment Is quite unorgan ised in any practical political sense; but there Is still plenty nf time for that. There remains seven ‘months and two week* before the republican nom inating convention. Any date during the next three months will be time enough for the Plnchot movement to crystalline on formal politic#! lines Plnchot today is nearer to being an avowed candidate than wa* Roose velt against aft nt the analogous dnte In 1911. It was in fact Ike middle of February, less than four months before the convention, that Roosevelt actually made the formal gesture of throwing his hti^t In the ring. Coolldge Musi Plea M* Dry ii. roullrigK « poult Ion In similni to Tafts In thnt the opposition to him. j n« fipn wed In the Plnchot move* ment, In bused lew* on any specific action* than on » failure t«> satisfy a sentiment that I* widespread In the country. What the critics demanded from Taft, and whal the critics now demand from Coolldge, 1* n mental altitude. It Is hard to see how Coolldge, even If he should try very hard, can ac complish enough In the short spare of two or three months t«» satisfy those who have become no stirred Up In their zeal for effective enforce nnnt. YVluit the church people are tier? ending Jo that CouIMk* •'hall have l iTutu to Tuge lwo, Column rtte.j It’s Going to Be Uphill Work if We’re All Going to Drag Our Feet «S\| tv... — -1 , CITJ'ZEH UQUOR PATRONS _ ^ SOoTLEG,<iER5 I ■ — Uni Students Wed, Father of Bride Asks Annulment Ceremony at Sidney, la.— Girl Gave Her Age as 19 —Parent Says She's Only 17. SfM-ciiil l>lft|Mlrh to Tilt nmwh. Bee. Lincoln, Oct. It.—The course of true love is sometime, long and stony, as Mr. and Mrs. Morris Roby erts. students at the University of Nebraska, have found, to their Bor row. I.uust Saturday Mrs. Roberts, for merly Mary Burnham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Burnham, prom inent society people of Linroln, and young Roberts, drove to Sidney, la., accompanied by two friends, and were married, after Miss Burnham represented her age to lie lit. Her father says she Is only 17, and is seeking an annulment of the mar riage. Roberts came Into prominence here several weeks ago as a passenger with Henry Brunch, Jr., of this city, when young Branch struck a taxi cab and failed to stop. Branch lias I been forbidden to drive a motor car for two years by Judge Stewart of the district court, as a result. A rumor that Mrs. Roberts would be taken from the university and sent east to school could not be veri fied. Mr. Burnham saying that no definite plans for his daughter bad been made. , Mrs Roberts Is a freshman at the university and h pledge of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Roberts Is a sophomore and a member of Phi Kappa Psl fraternity. Mail Shot Dies; Assailant to Fare Murder Charge Xorth Hutto. Nob.,'Oct. 23—('hot Porter, who was shot last Thursday night In an altercation with Tom Howard, died In a local hospital Sat urday night. County Attorney Jones says a charge of first degree murder will he filed against Howard, based on n statement tnsdc by Porter Just before he died The Wings of Fate In the unse of Mrs. Va near’s canary* bird, fate in the guise of a Bee Classified Ad proved the master. When Mrs. Vanoar placed an ad in our "Pet” col umn, flutter as he would, poor dicky bird was sold. Twas always thus—the s t r o n g overcome the weak. So Roe Classified Ads roll on and sell somebody’s some thing every day. We can sell YOUR something, too. Phone AT 1000 and try it. IT S RESULT S PER DOLLAR THAT COUNT I-* Iowa Prosperous, ! Ad Men $howir Thirty Eastern Agency Repre sentative* Taken on Tour of Farms and College*. By Associated Press. Des Moines,' la., Oct. 22—Repre sentatives of nearly 30 eastern ad vertising agencies learned foa, them selvea( yesterday that Iowa Is highly prosperous. The agency representatives came here at the request of members of the daily newspaper section of the Iowa Press association, who felt that a false impression had been created In the east and in other parts of the country by the utterances of poli ticians and others who have said that the people of this section verge on bankruptcy. Yesterday's meetings Included a tour of central Iowa by automobile, during which the visitors were given an opportunity to visit model farms, prosperous towns and villages and to inspect the Iowa State college at Ames. / The advertising men were wel comed to Ames by President R. A. Pearson of the college, who, In an swer to a question as to the re sources of the state, declared that the plant food in the upper seven inches of Iowa soil alone is worth $87,000,000,000 on the basis of cur rent prices for fertilising materials. This fertility, he said, combined with the Intelligent methods of th* Iowa farmer, makes it possible for him to farm profitably, as most ofMowa's farmers now are doing in spite of the handicaps in many directions. Buffalo County Farmers Want 200 Corn Huskers Kearney, Neb., Oct. 52.—Buffalo county farmers will be in need of about 200 corn huskers by November 1. It is announced. For the most part, farmers feel they can obtain the necessary labor for five cents a bush el. although this wage is not arbi trarily fixed There is an abundance of corn to be found In tit* Platte. Wood and Letup river vslleJ’S, and the grealoat yield In the history of the county Is expected to be har vested. Brukoniau I.rails Out of Gangway; Skull Fractured special ItUpntrh to The Omaha lire. North Platte. Neb , Oct. 22.—It W. Pinkerton, Union Pacific brakeman, ! suffered a fractured skull yesterday when lie leaned too far out of the gangway of (he engine and his hend came in contact with the wain stand pipe at O'Fallon, lie U In a local hospital In a crltlcnl condition Ills home Is in l.cxlngton. Mrrna Barber Is Freed on Charge of Vrson Callaway," Neb . Oct. 21.— Herman Taylor, a Merita barber, was found not guilty by a Jury in the district court, where he was tried on a charge o» hi son, growing out of the burning of his barber shop, about two months ago Frank Frist will now be tried on tin.- charge of at sou. .» * " Control Board to Spend $500,000 on Buildings Extensive Construction Work and Repairs Are Planned at State Institu tions. Lincoln. Oct. 22.—New construction and repaits to present equipment to talling *500,000 will be undertaken at state institutions after January 1. the hoard of control announced today. The largest eipendlture will bs st the hospital for the insane at Lincoln, where Fiske & McGinnis, architects, will supervise the erection of a new building for patients, the cost of which will he *110,000. A* additional 115.000 will be spent for equipment. A unit for the cell house at the state reformatory *at Lincoln will be built, tinder the direction of C. H. I>ars»n, for *55.000. with *14.000 for ■bop equipnunt. Theboard has In sufficient funds to Install cells In the building at the present time, al though the building will be planned with regard to future installation. R. N. Grant of Beatrice will be the architect of a building Jo be c on structed at the home for boys of low mentality. It is estimated that the coat of the building will be *100,000 and that, necessary equipment will add another *10,000. A building at the home for insane women, at Norfolk, under the super vision of E. B. IVatsen, will require *05.000 to *150,000 in equipment. Grant, Futon & lotion of Lincoln, sanitary engineers, ar* working out a sewage disposal system for the school for boys at Kearney. The sum of *10,000 has been set aside to han-. die the work. Repairs Include *10.000 for the sol (Iters’ home at Milford, where the kitchen and storerooms are being re arranged and a room provided for games. When the work is completed, soldiers who are now being housed in the building will l>e taken care of elsewhere. Repairs at the home for dependent children at Lincoln will take a minimum of *2.000. The plana Include the installation of a dormi tory on the third floor and a two story laundry and Industrial room. K1K> Jamhort't' Beatrice. Neb.. Oct. it.—The local lodge of T'iks will put on a .fkiiiboree at their headquarter* for three dav», starting Octoler SI The committees In charge have arranged a good pro gram. The Weather *'«r tl hour* «n«ttug T p m , OcttNr ts ! Trm|tfi«turr Highest. €k‘. m**n. 41; not mat. &1. Total *xc**a *tnoe January i, Kfluthp Humidity. rrrrrnl*(f. T * m . V .*n. !tj T p m . l'r«t Inn I nr hr* unit It it ml real | h* Total, A Total *int* January tt.fi tu*c». 11' Mttttfh Irlimrigliirr* & ft 111 , . ... . SR > * ft, m_,,sr : T • m.», ,., . s $ * ft m.. 4 *> * ft m 4> 11» n m,... 4 f U » m U nevm.........J4 1 |v W«» ..5? S p m. M * p m .** * 1>. m . > P W . . -9>t « p. hi,..,, ».I* I i». m, »M » m... Smuggling and Beer to Get Blows Treasury Plan Calls for Dou bling Coast Guard and Plac ing Agent in Eacli Brewery. Pinchot Hint Is Denied Washington, Oct. 22.—Expansion of the federal goverrjhient's prohibi tion enforcement machinery in an effort to stop liquor smuggling ano to check what is described by offi cials as rapidly increasing supyjlies of high-power beer, is under considers tion at the treasury. The progran contemplates practically doubling tht strength of the coaBt guard and th« placing of a. prohibition agent it every brewery. While the changes under considers tion for the coast guard have not ye' been placed before Secretary Mellon those in charge of the service havi calculated approximately $20,000,001 would have to be appropriated b» congress to carry them out. Tentative plans call for the additiot of more than a score of cutters and about 50 speedy powerboats to b* used in tracking down rum runner off the coasts. Additional persenne is also proposed. Secretary Mellon Is said to recog nize that "high-povvefr f>eer is becom ing all too common.” in many section: of the country and. It is reported is inclined to favor a return to th< old arrangement of putting an agen of the Treasury department on guar-' ^ in all breweries so that daily test rnav be made of products. Treasury officials denied that th< new program was due to recent criti cism that has come from sever .' quarters regarding prohibition en - forcement. On the other hand, it wa. declared the changes have been un der consideration for some month: and the internal revenue bureau hat been engaged constantly In an effort to iron out difficulties in the enforce ment situation. The internal revenue bureau Is giv ing thought to means of alleviating difficulties in the handling of In dustrial alcohol and alcohol for scien tific uses. Many complaints hav leached the treasury, officials said, regarding the mixture of the police side of enforcement with the en couragement which. It is declared, the Volstead set states specifically the government desires to give to de velopment of uses of industrial aico hoi. The suggestion has been made te Commissioner Blair by ftie bureau's advisory committee that a sperarate division be created for control of *be industrial sid* of enforcement, and Secretary Mellon w:; * represented as favoring some move toward making the administration of this phase of the law more satisfactory. I w Kimball Shippers ^ ant Lower Rate on Potatoes Lincoln. Oct. 22.—Potato shippers of Kimball, Neb., complained, through Frank E. Reader, to the state railway commission today against a rate to Houston. Tex., which they claim to be discriminating. They cite that they pay *1.20 a hundred weight, whereas Alliance. Hemingord. Crawford and Gordon enjoy a rate of 97« cenealthough the mileage in every case is practically the same. They further state that all five towns ship to Kansas City, from which shipments are routed south, for 38 1-2 cents, and petition the com mission to investigate with a view to securing the *7-cent rate for Kim ball. --—--— / I Farmer ^ ants Phone Lo. Force dto Extend Line Lipc-,1 n, Oct. 22 —The state railway commission today received a petition from Sherman Nelson of Oakland. Neb , in which he asks the commis sion to older the Northwestern B-il Telephone company to extend tele phone wires to his farm. He stales that the nearest phone is a half mile away, and that frequent requests to the company for a telephone have brought a reply that there are al ready 12 subscribers on the line and that they are unable to gram the re request. i Past Legion Commander May Speak at 'Norfolk special OOpatcN i* The iim.tlta Hoc. j Norfolk. Neb. Oct. IS —Col. Alvin M Owsley, past nation*! comma ndei of the American Legion. probably will deliv er a n address In Norfolk nest month, probably on November 4. The information regarding the pro posed address was received In a tele cram to local American Legion of ficer* from Guy Parish, coranyander of the Norfolk tavst. who is in San Francisco, where he attended the na tional convention. Burglars Get $48, Spuds. Overalls, at Stella. Nel». Stella, Neb . Oct. II —Burglara en tered the Winfrey .4 Son store here by prying ei-ei a rear window wr4 escaped with $4S in cash, a vjuantitjr of overalls, several sacks of potatoes and several other articlea. An oil station and the railroad tool house were also broken Into, but little of values.vs stolen The burglara are believed to have used to«'ls stolen from the tool house to tone entrants* to the store and oil ataUon Secretary Dcnbv Recovers New- York. Ote, II —Secretary of the Navy IVnt'y, who was operated upon recently for a strained achllle* t< ndon of hi* left foot, vva* discharged >. ni the hocp.tal and left im:ntdi*tm ly for \v uahlngtoA