Nebraska Newspapers

    ss- The Omaha Sunday .bee
VOL. 53—NO. 20. ^ «*« OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1923. * » SUA" />'. T"1 «V*K , FIVE CENTS
Ax Falls in
Shakeup of
Police Here
Captain Russell Returns to
Central Headquarters—
Coffey Back to Sergeant
—Wenz Transferred.
Sigwart Made Lieutenant
Police Commissioner Henry W.
Dunn’s prophesied shake up of the
police department came with the
posting of details for the month of
November at Central station Satur
day afternoon.
All changes made in rank and as
signments, are for the “good of the
department,” according to the com
missioner.
Capt. W. G. Russell, transferred
to South Omaha by Commissioner
Butler, is brought hack to Central
station. Other captains at Central
station will be Alonzo Troby and Bert
Thorpe, the latter recently made a
captain by Dunn.
Captain Coffey Reduced.
** D. R. Gardner, former eergeant,
reduced to the rank of a patrolman
by Commissioner Butler, Is reinstated
to his rank of sergeant on the new
detail.
P. F. Payne and Charles Payne
are both elevated to the rank of ser
geant. Both were patrolmen.
\ Ralph C. Hughes, patrolman, be
comes emergency officer. Acting
Capt. William Smith, becomes a
patrol sergeant. He formerly was a
desk sergeant.
Capt. John Coffey Is reduced to the
rank of sergeant.
Sinclair Surp™®
Glenn R. Teele, former switch
board operator, becomes an emergency
orttcer.
A. J. Sinclair, desk sergeant, la
reduced to the rank of patrolman.
His reduction Is one of the surprises
of the new detail. There had been no
intimation that any change in his
status was in prospect.
P. J. McGuire, detective sergeant,
still heads the morals squad, and has
as his assistants Pete Riley and Carl
Swenson.
Harvey Haney Is transferred from
the detective department to become
pawnshop inspector, to take the place
James Murphy, who is placed on
^a beat.
Sigwart Promoted.
Tom Wiley, switchboard operator
discharged by Commissioner Butler,
is reinstated.
A. T. Sigwart, former sergeant, is
promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
Tony Franol and Charles Walker,
detectives, become patrolmen, ns does
E. R. Robey, formerly a sergeant.
Charles Geiselman, who has been
acting desk sergeant, is back on a
beat.
Phil Wenz hag been transferred
from his place as head of the traffic
squad, back to South Omaha as a
patrol sergeant.
November 10 Last Day
to Send in Pictures
November 10 is the last day on
which photographs may be entered in
The Omaha Sunday Bee’s amateur
photograph contest.
This contest is open to all amateur
photographers in Iowa and Nebraska.
For the best picture submitted a cash
prize of $20 will be awarded. The
second best picture will receive an
award of $15. the third best $10 and
the fourth best $5.
There are no restrictions except
that the photograph must he taken
in Nebraska or Iowa. Any size camera
may lie used and any size print may
t,„ made. Write your name and ad
^iress on the back of each picture you
send in (send in as many as you like)
and address them to the Alcogravure
Editor, The Omaha Sunday Bee.
Incorporate Holdrege Hank
After Four Years’ Delay
Lincoln, Oct. 27.—Articles of In
corporation were tiled with Secretary
of State Pool today by the Citldens
State bank of Holdrege, which re
opened several days ago under the
guarantee fund commission. Although
the bank has been In existence Mince
1919 It was not discovered until
recently that It had never been In
corporated.
The Citizens State bank came into
prominence when it applied for
$187,000 from the state guarantee
fund, on account of transactions
which Included It" purchase of the
Holdrege State hank. The claim was
allowed by District Judge DUlworth,
but the state supreme court upheld
tho contention of tho state banking
department that tho bank was not
entitled to the funds.
4 Years on Rum (.harges.
Visalia, Cal., Oct. 27.—The longest
sentence ever Imposed here for a vlo
latlon of the state prohibition laws
Is facing W. A. Oarrlson, a hotel
manager of Oarruthers, Fresno cotin
py—four years and 40 days In ja.l
Garrison pleaded guilty to manufae
lure, possession and transportation of
liquor and was given 600 days oti
each count.
Killed l»y Auto.
Beatrice. Neb.. Oct. t'fi.-Avhltney
Clark, 19, Havannah, Mo., was In
stantly killed today In an automobile
accident, according to a telegram re
ceived hero by his mother, Mrs. Fred
Clark.
Omaha Missionary Tells
of Life in Colombia
South American elections are still
as noisy and troubleful as they used
to be, according to Rev. Norman E.
Nygaard, former pastor of Miller
park Presbyterian church, who is
teaching in a missionary school at
Barranquilla, Colombia. In that city
Mr. Nygaard writes to an Omaha
friend, many of the opposition party
were jailed on election day; there
were any number of street brawls,
aild not a few casualties, some of
which were fatal. Parly feeling ran
high. The conservatives had difficul
ty in maintaining their control of the
government against the increasing
prestige of the liberals.
Mr. and Mrs. Nygaard are both en
joying their stay in Columbia. They
were sent to the mission field by his
former congregation at Clarinda, la.
The climate they find quite livable.
At the present time they are exper
iencing the rainy season. "(The weath
er is jUBt wonderful at night, much
like the earlier days in our summer.
We have a rain every day or twice
a day, a regular downpour as usual,
when it comes down in bucketfuls,
and every little colored fellow is out
in it as happy as a king. The par
rots and parraqueets also like it."
Mr. W. G. McLean, formerly of the
staiT of the University of Omaha, is
also teaching at Barranquilla. Mrs.
McLean and their two babies are
well.
High Court Cuts
Bigamist’s Term
Man Married in Poland, but
Wife Secured Church
Divorce.
lies Moines la., Oct. 27.—Aaron
Waxman of Sioux City, a tailor, had
his sentence for bigamy reduced from
an indeterminate sentence of one to
five years in state prison to six
months In Hhe Woodbury county jail
by the state supreme court today.
Waxman married in Poland in
1904. His wife obtained a church
divorce from him and came to Amer
ica. In 1917 he married here. A
little more than a year ago his first
wife came over from Poland and
charged him with bigamy. He was
convicted by the Woodbury county
district court.
The supreme court held that the
sentence of the lower court was
vere, in view of the fact that a
church divorce had been obtained
in Poland.
1924 Baptist Meeting
at Council Bluffs
Muscatine, la., Oct. 17.—The Iowa
Baptist association in conference here
selected Council Bluffs for the 1924
meeting. Henry Peterson, Council
Bluffs, was elected a member of the
executive committee of the layman's
organization. Vice presidents Include
C. W. Britton, Sioux City; C. A. Rowe,
Chariton, and O. R. Patrick. Atlantic.
Derr Hunting Season Soon.
Rapid City, S. t>., Oct. 27.—Big
game hunters already arc procuring
licenses, preliminary to the opening
of the deer shooting season in thP
Black hills on November 1. The open
season will continue until sunset of
November 30. During this period
anyone with the proper license is
permitted to kill one buck deer, and
is entitled to possession of the ani
mal killed. The license fee for resi
dent hunters is |">, while hunters
from other states must pay $2B. The
penalty for a violation is a fine of
not less than <100 or more than $300
and Imprisonment In the county Jail
for not to exceed three months for
each offense.
Farms Are
Sacked in
Food Riots
German Situation Tense as
Berlin Demands Reds in
Bavaria and Saxony
Get Out.
Hunger Ravages Ruhr
—
Ily International News Service.
Berlin. Oct. 27.—The entire German
situation took a turn for the worse
tonight with increased tension be
tween Beilin. Saxony and Bavaria
and riots in which many persons were
killed and wounded.
The federal government sent an
ultimatum to Premier Zelgner of
Saxony, demanding dissolution of the
communist government within 24
hours.
The ultimatum stated the activity
of the Saxon reds, who are members
of the Dresden government, made it
impossible for the Berlin administra
tion to recognize is at a state gov
ernment.
The Berlin government also sent a
note to Munich, demanding "restor
ation of constitutional conditions."
This is virtually a demand for the
resignation of Dr. Von ICahr, pre
mier dictator of Bav;rria. Berlin also
demanded the d.smissal of General
Von Lossow as commander of the
reichswehr in Bavaria.
Farms Are Raided.
Famine, looting and shooting are
raging throughout the Ruhr, espe
cially in the districts of Essen, Gel
senkirchen and Duisburg. Thou
sands of idle workers, stricken with
hunger, are streaming Into the ag
ricultural districts to steal food.
In the cities the unemployed are
breaking Into stores to loot them.
Police are powerless. The appalling
disaster confronting the Germans In
the Ruhr threatens a debacle. Men
and women are desperate with star
vation. There is very little money
and insufficient fuel and clothing to
keep the inhabitants warm.
Riots broke out at Essen. Idle
workers stormed the great Krupp
plant. Four soldiers were wounded
and 13 reds were killed in a battle
between reichswehr and communists
at Freiberg. Saxony. Twenty com
munists were wounded. Seven seces
sionists were killed in battle with
German police at Heinsburg, 20 miles
from Aachen (Aix la Chapelie).
Kaiser in Germany?
Government officials were Informed
this afternoon of an unconfirmed re
port that the former kaiser and the
ex-crown prince were on their way to
Germany from Doom and Wlerengen.
This rumor was discredited.
In the Cologne area potato thieves
gave battle to German farmers. A
number of farm houses were burned.
The red movement in Saxony is
feeling the iron heel of the republican
army. About 60,000 reichswehr, half
of the German defense army, have
been massed In that state to curb
the communist movement and to meet
the Bavarians If they try to Invade
Saxony. Quiet has been restored at
Hamburg, where 64 persons were
killed.
Strike troubles are extending. Thir
ty thousand men are on strike In up
per Silesia. The coni fields of central
Germany are tied up. The bulk of
the mines and factories In the Ruhr
are Idle.
Meet Costs SISCO.
I-Jncoln, Oct. 27.—The state of Ne
braska will pay iu» monitxrahip fee
of $500 in the governors’ conference,
although Governor Bryan failed to
attend the conference, the governor
announced yesterday. The fee covers
a two year period and funds to meet
It were voted by the legislature.
The governor was unable to state
whethpr or not a public accounting
for the funds provided by the stale
to maintain a secretary and staff had
ever been made, although the money
is paid by taxpayers.
The $500 paid every two years by
Nebraska taxpayers does ’not lncludo
the expenses of the governor of the
slate when he goes to the confer
ence, but Is simply for organization
work.
Aged Woman I)rop« Dead.
Geneva, Neb., Oct. 27.—Immediate
ly after arising at an early hour this
morning, Mrs. Margaret Treesh, 7$.
dropped dead. She is survived by her
husband, ,1. '/■ Treesh, Ido adopted
children and nieces uml nephew*.
Mrs. Treesh was born In Pennsyl
vania and came to Geneva 17 years
ago. 8he Is a member of the United
Brethren church.
IT’S A LONG LANE THAT
HATH NO TURNING
So one by one folks are finding that Omaha Bee
Classified Ads are the least expensive and nearly
always get results. For instance, Mrs. H. G.
Capper placed two advertisements yesterday, one
for help, the other for housekeeping rooms. She
secured both a tenant for her rooms and help for
her labor in one day. Let YOUR lesson be next,
phone AT 1000 and place your Classified Ad in
The Omaha Bee.
IT’S RESULTS PER DOLLAR THAT COUNT
Theater fax Fight Ends in Duel
!
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The I>uke do faraastra and Jacques Rlchepln, French poet and play
right, have fought a duel near Pari* as the result of an argument over a
theater admasilon tax. The duke was handed a ticket by a friend and tried
to get into the fjiparcerie theater. M. Hlehepln, husband of Mme. Cora
l.aparcerie, who now managos the theater, asked the duke to pay a state
tax on his "Annie Oakley.” The duke, refusing to pay, abused M. Rlehei
who struck the nobleman. The duel followed. ,
Ranchman Declares Petty Graft
Is Cause of Re volt in Moro Land
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Son-in-Law of Sultan of Sulu Lays Blame on Christian Fili
pino Officials—Says Girls Are Harmed and
Natives Prefer U. S. Rule.
By AjMocLatcii TrcM.
Manila. Oct. 27 —O. E. McKeehan,
wealthy cattle ranchman of Mindanao
and son In law of the sultan of Sulu,
told the Associated Pros* cn his ar
rival ir today that ^tbe splri*
of unrt.,1 *n< revolt was \4>l«*prv I
throughout Mindanao and that talk
of an uprising on a larger scale than
ever before was general among the
Moros.
McKeehan married Sabang, one of
the sultan's daughters. He has lived
among the Moros and fought them
for 17 years. He has Just received
a letter from his wife saying she Is
going to her father's house beeauso
she fears a general Moro uprising
In the I^ake I^anao region.
The ranchman says trouble has
been brewing for two years, “be
cause of petty graft among Christian^
Filipino governors and their staffs.'’
He said he was well acquainted with
Lieut. Magno Avisos, who. with his
entire constabulary detachment, was
killed by Moros October 14. He said
the Moros hated their victims be
cause of their alb ged petty gra^t.
McKeehan also says there are two
sides to the school question and that
In addition to the Moro’s dislike of
sending their daughters to Christian
schools because their education men
aced the harem system. There havo
been a number of cases of Christian
Filipino teachers violating young
Moro school girls In the school rooms,
he said. I
•'Notwithstanding that In every In
stance of this kind the teachers have
’be*n dismissed tr punished, It sticks
In the Moros’ minds, making them
'se red’ and Implacably hate "the lit
tle red school house," the sultan's
son-in-law declared.
“The Moros prefer American gov
ernors to Filipino governors because
they say: 'The Americans licked us.
The Filipinos have never licked us
and never can. We used the make
the Filipinos slaves and would again
If the Americans did not back up the
Filipinos against us.' ”
McKeehan says the Moros are seek
ing every type of gun obtainable and
that It Is unsafe for anyone to go
hunting InSMoro land because of the
danger of Moros killing him to get
a gun. He declares 95 per cent of
the Moros are on arampage.
Young Bato Plang. son of old Dato
Plang, ’probably the most Influential
official In Mindanao, next to the sul
tan, said today the resignation of
the Christian Filipinos who have
been reported to represent Mindanao
in theinsular legislature, was a good
thing as “they never renlly r> pre
sented the Morns and never could “
First Snow Falls in
Northern Nebraska
Hp*rlul IKuptUrh to The Omnhn Bee.
Norfolk, Neb., Oct. 27.—Snow fell
over most of north Nebraska and
southern South Dakota last night and
this morning. Two inches of snow
fell nt Itoneeteel and half an Inch
around Crofton and Stuart.
Many ducks and geese came Into,
this territory ahead of the storm and
many hunters are out killing the
wild birds.
Greek Rebels Surrender.
Athens, Oct. 27.—A semiofficial
communique Issued today says all the
reinnlnlng rebels among the provin
cial troops who mutinied early this
week now have surrendered.
WHERE TO FIND
Thu Itig Feature* of
THE SUN DA Y BEE
PART ONK.
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r.urii|M‘iii Air Herrlre
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PART TWO.
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Pace JV~Him mil tic \\ itli Polly end
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race* 1 end 2—"The* < all It lliilli”
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end latte, liv lllelmril W a*li»urn
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Paco H—Pavilion Funny.
AI.COORMl ItK Slit rtON.
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shoo ton Ihunace Hone In N«*hru»kn
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|'K*e 3, h. 7 mnl * picture* of Inter
esting Scene* mid PeoplO
Youth Is Dragged to
Death on Way to School
Rpcrlnl DJfpntrh to The Omnha lift.
Kearney, Neb., Oct. 27.—Qelbert
Cie sler, IS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Oelsler of Pleasanton, was
dragged to doi^fh while on hit way
to school Friday morning.
The horse he was riding became
frightened while crossing a bridge
and threw Its rider. The boy's foot
caught In the stirrup and he was
dragged a considerable distance. He
was rushed to Kearney, but died In
the hospital here without regaining
consciousness.
Gonrva Woman, 98, Better.
Kprrlal Dlapitrh to Tlif Omnha Bf.
Geneva, Neb , Oct. 27.—Improve
ment In the condition of Mrs. Kllsa
heth Donovan, #9, Is noted. Mrs.
Donovan for some weeks had bet n so
low that her death was expected any
moment. Her mental faculties, which
have been alert until recently, have
failed nnd she does not recognise
members of her family. Mrs. Dono.
van was born November 29, 1924. She
lives with her daughter, Mrs. W. K.
Propst.
Kidian! \. Farri'llv Dios.
New York, Ort. 27. --Richard A
Farrelly, widely known New York
newspaper man and until his retire
ment In 1917, an executive In the
William Randolph Hcnrst organisa
tions, died suddenly last night In his
apartments from heart disease, lie
was 65 years old.
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Vet Omaha
Postoffice
Head Dies
James I. Woodard, Assistant
Postmaster Here for 52
Years, Succumbs to
Long Illness.
Said Farewell to Friends
James X. Woodard, assistant post
master in Omaha for 52 years, died
yesterday afternoon at the family
home, 820 North Thirty-eighth street,
after a prolonged Illness.
Mr. Woodard, who retired In April
last because of 111 health, has been
confined to his bed since August. On
the occasion of his 69th birthday,
October 10, Mr. 'Woodard called his
old friends to his bedside, including
Postmaster Charles Black, and bade
them goodby. He told them that
he felt that he would not be here
another year.
ltccord for I'nitci States.
Mr. Woodard completed a half cen
tury of service In the Omaha postof
fice on September 1, 1921. His was
the longest record for an assistant
postmaster In the whole United States,
according to Herbert Daniel, post
master at that time.
Mr. Woodard was born in Ypsl
lantl, Mich., in 1854. He came to
Omaha when a boy of 15 and taught
school until he entered the Omaha
postofflce in 1871. Casper E. Yost
was postmaster when Mr. Woodard
entered the service. Mr. Woodard
served in every capacity of the post
offlce. He became assistant postmas
ter in 1873 under C. K. Coutant and
In this capacity he served continu
ously with 13 postmasters. During
his period of office, Mr. Woodard saw
the Omaha postofflce increase In Im
portance from 128,777 stamp sales
during his first year to well up into
the millions of dollars per annum at
present.
Funeral Tuesday.
He is survived by the wife, one
son, James E. Woodard, president
of the Metals Trust and Pavings bonk
of Butte. Mont., and two daughters,
Mrs. Kreroer Bain and Miss Claire
Helene Woodsrd of Omaha.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day morning at 10 at St. Cecelia
cathedral. It is requested that no
flowers be sent. Burial will be In
Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
$2,200 State Printing
Contract to Aurora
Lincoln, Ot t. 27.—The contract for
printing 3,500 copies of the annual
report of the state board of agricul
ture has been awarded to the Burr
Publishing company of Aurora. N’eb.,
slate purchasing agent Ferris an
nounced today.
The Aurora firms contracts to print
the report for $3.75 a page, and In
clude in the contract three separate
pamphlets that will form a part of
the general report, but are Intended
for separate distribution where the
sending of the complete report Is not
Justified.
It i* estimated that the total cost
of the printing will he approximately
$2,200 as there are between 550 and
600 pages in the report. The bids
of which there were six. ran from
the low figure of the Burr company,
to $1 97 a page.
Wife of Banker Guilty.
Phoenix. Arlz.. Oct. 27.—Mrs. Viola
C. Kingsbury, wife of W. J. Kings
bury. president of the defunet Fann
ers and Merchants bank of Tempe,,
Arts, was found guilty by a Jury
late last night on a charge of wilful
misapplication of funds of the Tempe
l ank. The verdict was reached afier
seven hours’ deliberation. Mrs.
Kingsbury was assistant cashier of
the bank.
Lodgepole Pharmacy Sold
Lodgepole, Neb., Oct. *6 The
Lodgepole Pharmacy la now under
new management, I>r. H. L. Mantor
and W. E. Morrow having gold their
Interests to Mr. and Mr®. H. J. Hand
ley of Chappel. Neb. The Handleys
^<>re In bualne^a here about seven
years ago.
Pall Mall Gazette Quit*.
I.omlon. on. 27.—England'* oldest
newspaper. the Putt Mslt Gasrtte.
jm**.’* out of existence with today *
laaua. Its properly, lending features
title will he ab*oi!>ed by the
livening Standard.
Attention is called to the
eight-page alcogravure sec
tion that is a part of this
issue of The Omaha Sunday
Bee.
This is the first time an
eight-page gravure section
has ever been published by
an Omaha newspaper.
A feature of this section
is the double-page adver
tisement of Thompson, Bel
den & Co. on the 37th anni
versary sale now in prog
ress at the store.
This is the first time an
Omaha establishment has
ever used a two-page ad
vertisement in a gravure
section.
Veteran in Postal
Service Dies at 69
The late Jamas I. Woodard, seated
in one of the airmail planes at the
Omaha station. When he started to
work at the local post office more
than 50 years ago, there weren't even
mail carriers.
Charles Ray Will
Pose for Photo§
at Station Today
Here's Chance to Get Home
Made Picture of Movie Star
an d W in a Prize
to Boot.
Today Is the day you'll have an op
portunlty to take your own photo
graph of a famous movie star with
your own camera.
Not only will you have a chance
to add a picture of Charles Ray to
your collection, but you may win a
prize.
Here's the way to do It:
Go to the Burlington station at
11:40 this morning. I’pon his arrival
at that hour Charles Ray will pose in
front of the station. He will hold
hie pose until everybody has had an
opportunity to take a satisfactory
photograph. Then develop your neg
ative and send a print to the Picture
Editor of The Evening Bee before t
Monday evening. Everybody in
Omaha is invited to attend with his
camera.
Prizes will be awarded by The Eve
ning Bee as follows
First Prize JI5.
Cash prize of $25 for the best
photo of Mr. Ray. A bo* at the
Rrandeis theater Tuesday matinee or
night, for Mr. Ray's performance of
"The Girl 1 Loved," for the second
best photograph. Two seats each for
third, fourth and fifth best photo
graphs.
Put your name and address on the
back of each photo.
How many of your friends have a
photograph of a famous movie star
they took themselves?
It's an unusual opportunity read
ers of The Evening Bee will have to
day. Mr. Ray says he doesn't mind
posing for camera snapshots at all.
It's much less trying than posing un
der* th«j high-powered lights of the
movie studios, he says So he'll pose
Just as long at the Burlington sta
tion today as there is anybody on
hand with a camera. The more that
comes the merrier, he says.
At Denver, wher«y Mr. Ray recently
played, more than 2,000 were at the
station for his arrival. The other
day a similar great crowd was at the
station at Lincoln to greet him.
First Time in Omaha.
Mr. Ray is coming to Omaha for
his first engagement on the speaking
stage In this city. With his own
company he will appear at the Bran
dels theater, tonight. Monday night,
and Tuesday matinee and night. In
"The Girt I Loved."
Mr. Ray himself will help Judge
the photographs that are turned Into
The Evening Bee
Honor for Father and Son.
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 27.—In com
memoratlon of the faithful efforts of
C. B. Dempster, and to perpetuate
the memory of his son. P. C. Pemp
ster, now deceased. In establishing the
city wells at Zimmerman springs,
northwest of Beatrice, the employes of
the Pempster company of this city
have decided to erect a memorial
gifte at the entrance of the park.
It was through the persistent efforts
of fath*er and son that this well was
enlarged from the small spring from
a few gallons per hour, to that of a
million gallons daily.
Improve Church Building.
l'lalnvlew. Nek, Oct. 26 The
Bethany Evangelical Lutheran
ohttrch, near here, is putting a new
basement under its building. The
excavating work has been completed
and now the church building is belr-g
liftmI In otiler to build the new walls
for the basement. This Improvement
will provide a center for community
uplift In the nature of socials, ban
quets and entertainments.
Snow in low* and S. 0.
Sioux Falls S P„ (Vt. 27—A
heavy snow, the first of the season,
Is falling In eastern South Dakota
tovlay.
Des Moines, la . IVt, 27 V light
snow fell In northwest Iowa last
night, the weather bureau announced
here toda>
Diplomat
Says U. S.
Must Cancel
Loucheur Declares Republic
Couldn't Settle Claims
Even With German
Reparations Settled.
No Hope in 50-Year Plan
By LOUIS LOUCHEUR.
Former Minister of Liberated
Regions.
Paris, Oct. 2T.—Americans, espe
cially the American people who are
hardest to convince, must know that
their war debt* cannot l>e recovered.
The very immensity of the debts pre
vents it.
No system permitting the payment
of the inter allied debt can be created.
Annulment of the war debt is. fatally,
necessary. America will tie forced to
realize this sooner or later.
France does not lack the good will
to pay, but simply cannot pay.
Consider America's proposition that
we amortize our debt, in 50 years,
with interest at 3 per cent. This
means that France would have to pay
$200,000,000 annually, for the first
few years.
Where do you think France is
going to find $200,000,000? It is im
possible. For the United States to
find such a sum it would be neces
rary for America to inflate its cur
rency so as to make the dollar
cheaper for Europe to buy.
Even this system of inflation, to
which it is unlikely that the United
State* would lend itself, wouid not
enable France to pay the whole debt.
It is an illusion to think that the
war credits can be recovered. i
Prei ier Poincare himself said the
other day: " For our part, we would
be content with 2$.000.000,000 of gold
marks from Germany, providing the
allied debts are cancelled ”
In passing let me add that this
figure was originally part of the plan
formulated by myself or Lloyd Georg#
at Chequers Court.
Naturally, France cannot abandon
all that is due it from Germany,
and this is not the same sort of debt
as that which France owes to Amer
ica. It beio.igs to moral Justice that
Germany pay partly anyway for the
ravages it committed in our territory.
It will tie objected that England,
through the intermediation of Chan
cellor Baldwin, agreed to pay its
American debt. England may have
the money, hut France hasn't and
will not have it. Baldwin made a
sorry bargain for his country.
No Frenchman was astonished that
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon,
when he came to France recently to
discuss the question of France's In- *
debtedness to America, was forced to
leave France without success.
In conclusion, the creditor nations
cannot claim anything from France
until the latter has Collected from
Germany. Even then, if France col
lects the maximum possible from
Germany it will not be able to ray
America.
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Man I* Injured hv Plank
Hurled by Revolving Saw
, Plain view. Neb., Oct. !6 —Ge-:ge
Peterson of this p'.ace was struck by
a piece Of tlrolier rebounding from a
fast revolving saw which dial oca led
his right arm at the shoulder, broke
several ribs and bruised his head and
body in various places He was en
gaged with some other men in sawing
lumber, when one of the men start
ed to carry away a heavy plank. A
gust of wind blew it against the saw.
it was carried back with great force,
i striking Mr. Peterson on the right
j side and throwing him heavily against
J the logs on the akidway. He wn#
i taken to the hospital at Plainvlew,
Widow of Slain Man Loses
Suit for Insurance
Mr*. Ida Hahn, widow of the man
slain hy Otto Cole in a pawn ahop
holdup, lost her ruit to collect 11.009
on an insurance policy In the State
i Mutual Uife Insurance company Sat
urday, when District Judge Waltdley
directed a verdict for the company
on tlte ground that Hahn had default
ed In his payments.
I nderwood Against Klan.
Houston. Tex . Oct. S7.—"When any
group of men ualte tn a aecret order
to mn the laws and the government
thetr act. n strikes at t*he very heart
of the government,” Senator Oscar
\V. Uuderwood, candidate for the
democratic nomination for the presl
dency, told a large gathering of civic
clut** here today.
' No class or dan can assume con
trol o^er a democracy.” he said.
Son Horn to Kris.
Senlrncoil to Hang:
Hrrtths Doteri in Cell
Folsom. Cal.. Oct. *7—Told In the
state prison here today that his wife
had given birth to » boy, Alex A.
kr’s, condemned nnirdv er, broke
<|o»n and for several intmitee was so
overcome with emotion that he could
not apeak.
When he recovered sulhcienlly to
,talk he said:
"1 certainly made a horrible mesa
of things, didn't 17”
% He took a picture of hi* atfs and
bis a year-old daughter from his
pocket, and said:
‘That was why I cam# hack, oth
eiwis* I wouldn't be hero.”