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UNCLE SAM AIMS TO STRENGTHEN DRY FORCES
RHINELAND REPUBLIC MOVE SLOWLY SPREADING
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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.wjiere later withdrawn to the outskirts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
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’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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. .»
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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,
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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.
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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