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VOL. 53—NO. 128. fSST P*!KrrSOMAHA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1923.* SJA"& 7,;° i.-V",’, 'SJ.WJtrf*TWOCE n,. »■«.
Forbes to
Take Stand
in Defense
Former Director of Veterans
Bureau Expected to Testi
fy for Two Days on
Conduct of Office.
Mortimer to be Recalled
Washington, Nov. 12.—The senate
Investigating committee prepared to
day for the appearance before it to
morrow of Charles R. Forbes, former
director of he veterans’ bureau, who
has been the center of fire in the
Inquiry.
Forbes is to take lie stand the first
tiling in the morning and the expec
tation is that his direct and cross
^^^xamlnation will consume upwards of
(Who days. At the outset he will ask
permission to read a prepared state
ment dn reply to he charges which
have been made against him.
Resides appearing in his own be
half. theformer director plans to call
ainiv and navy officers, who will be
questioned with a view to refuting
esimony which has been given with
regard to the awarding of contracts
for veterans' hospitals. The com
mittee also expects to recall for cross
examination Klias H. Mortimer of
Philadelphia, whose charges against
Forbes provided one of the sensa
tions of the hearing.
. inquiry ny me cnmmmee rnnuy
was directed largely to he operations
of the medical division. Dr. L. B.
Rogers, director of that division, was
the witness and he stated there had
been great abuses in the use of con
tract hospitals, not only with respect
tocharges made to the government,
but also In the matter of the care
of the veterans and the food served
to them.
Senator Walsh, democrat, Massa
chusetts, developed that In some In
stances political Influence has been
tised to keep contract hospitals In
bperatlon after examination by
bureau officials has shown them to
be unsatisfactory. « Senator Walsh
toolnted to the case of such a hospital
In New England which was not
Closed until two years afteP it had
been found to be unfit.
Dr, Rogers could give little infor
»na tlon as to alleged abuses In the
biatter of the appointment of guar
fllana for mentally Incompetent vet
fc'-ans, hut Senator Reed, republican,
’^^Pennsylvania, chairman of the com
mittee, said approximately 18,500,000
|s paid out annually to such guar
dians without proper safeguards as
to Its disposition.
Senator Reed was insistent as to
Why there has not been readjust
ments of ratings of disabled men
which, he said, In some case* work to
the disadvantage of the government
Snd in many more to the disadvantage
of the veterans. Referring to the re
commendations of a former senate In
vestigating committee on this subject.
Senator Reed declared It was useless
for congress to have committees in
quire into this matter if the recom
mendations of such committees are
hot followed.
Dr. Rogers replied that the rating
Schedule is now under revision. Re
called at his own request, Lieutenant
Commander Charles R. O'Leary, U. S.
N.. former director of the division of
supply of the veterans' bureau, con
tradicted the testimony of Brigadier
General Charles E. Sawyer that it
was Dr. Sawyer who stopped the ship
ments of property^from rerrvllyie,
Md.
Commander O'Leary said that when
Dr. Sawyer arrived at Perryvilie,
O’Leary bad in his hand a telegram
instructing him to stop the shipments
Bnd that he was on his way to see
the officer in charge to give the ne
cessary instructions.
"Who signed that telegram?” asked
Senator Reed on behalf of counsel for
"Charles R. Forbes." was the reply.
Forbes.
Former Grain Official
Loses Big Libel Suit
Lincoln, Nov. 12.—Verdict ill favor
of the defendant was directed in dis
trict court here today In the $70,000
libel suit brought against H. Clyde
Killy, professor in the state agricul
tural college, and the Nebraska Farm
Bureau federation, by W. J. Kck
hardt, In connertion with an article
written by Filly and published by the
federation in March, 1922.
At the opening of the afternoon ses
Sion, counsel for the defense moved
"that the court at this time on the
pleadings and evidence adduced by
the plaintiff, do direct the Jury to
direct a verdict in favor of this de
fendant, against the plaintiff.”
The Judge instructed the Jury that
special damages as a result of the
article had not t>een proved and the
verdict was forthwith directed.
Kckhardt, in his petition, claimed
that because of the article his person
al credit had suffered, and that he
was unable to find employment In
the field for which he was particular
ly suited.
Mayor Zehrunp Improve*
in Hospital in Chicago
Chicago, Nov. 12.—Frank t'. h
rung, mayor of Lincoln, Neb,, was
feeling fairly well today and was re
covering hs rapidly as could lie cx
. ft-,ei te,| from ills recent operation at
II hospital here, according to pliysl
ClS MS.
Doctors said the Llnroln executive
probably would Is- aide to leave for
Ms home wflhin to days
Wilson’s Speech Most Dramatic |
of Any Armistice Day Ceremony
Former President's Audience Like Sam her Church People
W ho Gather in Setting Fraught W ith Pathos—Address
» Turns From Humor to Seriousness of Occasion.
By MARK SULLIVAN.
Washington, Nov. 12.—Mr. Wil
son's home is on the higher outskirts
of Washington, in the middle of a
maple-shaded block, where the built
up town begins to edge off into park
and country. Mr. Hoover's house is
three doors further up S street, and
the only other living ex-president,
Mr. Tuft, is two blocks further out.
Into these pleasant streets of com
fortable homes, shortly after Sunday
midday dinner, begun to come little
groups who parked their automo
idles and began to gather in front of
Wilson’s house. Presently there ar
rived a pa rude that had been assem
bled further downtown, led by a
band, which divided its program be
tween conventional Sunday hymns
and war-time tunes like “Over
There,”
Boy Scouts and policemen showed
tile paraders to their places in front
of the Wilson home. In all it was a
very considerable crowd, possibly as
many as ff.OOO or 10,000. The strik
ing thing about it, that marked it off
from any other street crowd you ever
saw, was the quality of the individual
faces, looking expectantly toward Mr.
Wilson’s door. They weren’t the kind
of people who compose an ordinary
outdoor crowd. Hardly a face in the
audience was of the usual type that
joins parades or goes to see parades,
or any other kind of street spectacle.
Crowd of Church People.
There were few children—only
elderly persons of serious earnestness.
It was composed entirely of the kind
of people who till the churches. The
mood of the people and everything
else about the meeting suggested a
church congregation happening to
hold its meeting on this occasion out
doors. In a few minutes a man ap
peared on Mr. Wilson’s steps. It was
Carter Glass, senator front Virginia,
whose sensitive, slightly stern fea
tures and bright blue eyes suggested
w hat he is. one of the most straight
thinking and Courageous men In pub
lic life in America.
Then the door opened and Mr. Wil
son came out. He wore a silk hat,
which he raised to the crowd in
response to their cheers. His phys
ical dtbability was obvious in his
movements, hut his features seemed
only those of an elderly man. He
kept raising his hat and bowing as
(Turn to Faso Two. Column Six.)
School "Kiddies”
in Need of Shoe£
The Omaha Bee's Free Shoe
Fund 3Now Open for
Contributions.
J. B. Carver, public school attend
ance ‘ officer, w ho supervises The
Omaha Bee’s free shoe fund, was
unable to wait this season until the
fund had been started. l>ast week,
during his work of checking up absent
boys and girls, he observed 10 cases
In dire need of shoes.
Mr. Carver had faith that the shoe
fund would ha resumed, so he pledged
his own credit at the Styker shoe
store for 10 pairs of shoes and had
the satisfaction of seeing 10 boys and
girls back In school with their feet
properly protected. Of this group, one
girl and three boys attend public high
schools.
Colder weather with snow la In
prospect, according to predictions. A
change in weather will Increase the
need of shoes for school boys' -and
girls, according to Mr. Carver.
"We have several boys and girls
now on the waiting list for shoes,
"Mr. Carver said. “They will be as
sisted as soon as the shoe fund is
available. Snow will Increase the
need of shoes. Some b<jys and girls
are attending shool in shoes nearly
worn through. The first snow will
require them to remain at horn a
expose themselves to the perils of
damp feet. But we hope to have
them supplied with shoes In time to
prevent absence from school.”
Every case Is carefully Investigated.
Principals of schools are taking a
personal Interest in this shoe fund.
East year 425 pairs of shoes were sup
plied to needy boys and girls. <
school children are beneficiaries of the
shoe fund.
The fund Is now open. Send your
hit to the Kree Shoe fund, care of
The Omaha Bee. It will he acknowl
edged In these columns.
Kemal Pasha III
Constantinople, Nov. 12.—Muetapha
Kemal Pasha, president of the Turkish
republic, is confined to his bed by
an attack of heart disease.
The president's wife, T*atlfe Hanum,
also is ill.
3 Girls Held in
2 Auto Deaths
Co-Eds Returning From Badg
er-Illini Gam$* Hit Car—
2 Killed.
By International Seri Ice.
Chicago, Nov. 12.—Three University
of Wisconsin co eds were held here
today pending the outcome of an In
quest into the deaths of motorists
killed In a crash Sunday with the
machine In which the university girls
were returning to Madison from the
Illlnols-Wisconsin game.
John T. Murphy, 4S, and Mrs. Agnes
R. Erb, 25, were killed when the ma
chine which Murphy was driving
brushed the Wisconsin girls' machine,
swerved, and, apparently out of con
trol, crashed across the road and into
a telephone pole.
The gtrl% in the other car were
Miss Florence Kllliela of Milwaukee,
Miss Katherine Kennedy of Youngs
town. O., and Miss Margaret Ferganze
of Milwaukee. Miss Killllea, who was
driving. Is the daughter of Henry J.
Killllea, counsel fror the Chicago, Mil
waukee A St. Paul railway. All the
girls are members of th'e Sigma Kappa
sorority.
Charges ®ere not placed against
the girls, but they remained in a Chi
cago Heights hotel awaiting the out
come of the inquest. Their story,
that the other machine approached
from the rear and attempted to pass
them, resulting In the crash, was
substantiated by F. B. Sneed of To
ledo, O., a witness of the accident.
Fire Follows Visit of
Bandits to Shoe Store
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Columhus, Neb.. Nov. 12.—More
than $300 worth of shoes were atolen
from the Bushgen shoe shop In Mon
roe hy a gang of half a dozen bandits,
lifter which a fire broke out In the
Jiuililing. The fire was extinguished
before heavy damage resulted. Short
ly afterward the office of the Farm
ers Elevator company was entered,
but nothing was taken.
j|SUNNY SIDE UP
Perhaps you, too, have noticed It.
You can ride all day on a train and
every stop Is made without a jar or
a rattle. . But just pay |b.50 for a
lower berth and note the difference.
Every Htop Is made with a hump that
makes your head put a dent in the
end of the berth. Every steam pipe
starts to rattling; squeaks are de
veloped In every part of the car’s
anatomy, and station trucks rattle a
defeaning chorus. I insist that Some
thing Must Be Done Alsiut it.
If the reformer* ever succeed in
Inking away our smokes what will
we do about sttraping up acquaint
ances on tbe trains?? The match I"
the best little Introducer In the
world. There Is a freemasonry among
smokers. Women will travel all day
long and never get acquainted* with
one another, but men ’will foregather
In the smoking compartment and In
10 minutes, after the matches have
been passed around, will be taking
foqr feet to the yard. With the habit
of smoking growing In feminine cir
cles. as I am afraid It Is, perhaps
they will soon be chatting away on
the trains.
Newsboy passed through smoking
car Ht North Platte before the Valley
train pulled out. Result, 9 Bees, S
World-Heralds, 5 Denver News anil 1
Denver Post.
In ordinary • It cutnst anccs at this
j Umc of \i o one would hear a lot of
I politics on the trains. Didn’t even
hear the subject mentioned In a jour
ney of boo miles. Hut prohibition
had the question dlsin sed pro on
and con until my head ached. Hreatly
disturbed In my mind lest the
promise that pi dilhltlon would take
the liquor question out of politics l»
to la- busted, like many another
promise
When X am selected to be city
manager of Omaha, one of my first
orders will l>« that every citizen of
the metropolis take a Journey across
Nebraska at least once a year, and
Insert In the financial budget the
nei e«nary provision for those uriahle
lo pay the expense. To watch the
Nebraska landscape slipping past the
car window Is, at this particular sea
son of the year, a Orest Joy and a
Heavenly Inspiration. Such a sight
would make a heater Nebraskan out
of every Omahan, and in consequence
a belter Omahan.
Nebraskans outside of Omaha have
been given the wrong Idea about con
ditions In the metropolis. ,V> dis
guising the fact that out staters, by
a largp majority, have been deceived
by constant wrangles among our city
commissioners Into the belief that
Omaha Is overrun by thieves snd
thugs, that bootlegger* stop people on
the street to peddle their wares, and
that the police force Is disorganized
None of these things Is true, of
course, and It I* my great delight to
tell friends so. It Is high time Ihst
something he done about It. Just
what to do, I don't know, but I have
an Idea to submit to the Rig t'hlef
when I return.
Speaking of Omaha'* police fore*, *e
it Is my pleasure to do *o, I want
to say that I have yet to collide with
a policeman wjin I* grouchy or Im
pollte. On divers and sundry occag
slons I have approached policemen
at various points and asked for Infor
mation. and in every Instance the In
formation has been courteously given
111 two or three Instances the officer
has gone out of bis ws.V lo serve
me personally, I niti strong for the
cop lie Is a pretty human sort of
n fellow If you approach him like a
human being W. M M.
Sect Claims
Dead Leader
Will Arise
Followers of English Spiritual
ist, Victim of Pneumonia,
Deny That Death Has
Called Him.
Rich Women Share View
By EARL L. SHAl'B.
By Inivfrwl Service.
New York. Nov. 12.—Followers
of Frederick L. Rawson, British
spiritual healer, knelt about his bier
tonight and prayed for a miracle that
would restore him to life.
“Within seven days he shall rise
again," they said. “He is not dead."
Rawson, who claimed he could give
eternal life to his followers, died of
double pneumonia last night. He had
arrived from London a week ago onr
his fifth American tour.
“Embalmn him? Ah,' no!" ex
claimed hiR disciples tonight. “He
shall lie as he Is: and then he shall
rise again when we have prayed
enough."
If decomposition sets In, however,
before the seven day period Is up.
the board of health will Insist that
he be embalmed In spite of the pray
ers df those who still believe in him.
Rawson, who had 80,000 followers
and offices in 17 American cities, ad
dressed large audiences of fashion
ably dressed women in New York. In
his lectures last week he asserted he
held the key to happiness and that
later he would reveal the mysertes
of eternal life.
Hundreds of women flocked to his
lectures, some of them traveling
1.000 miles to listen to hts words.
They were shocked when they read
on the doors of the lecture room:
“Mr. Dawson Is dead. All lectures
are therefore suspended “
Rawson was a meaphyslelan, civil
engineer, author and Inventor. He
came of a distinguished British fsm
ily and was the eldest son of Sir
Rawson Rawson, scientist, engineer
and financier.
Man Severely Bruised
As Train Strikes Auto
Geneva. Neb.. Nov. 12.—Clernment
Hennessey, deput? county treasurer
of Fillmore county, narrowly escaped
death when hla ajlomoblle was
struck by a Northwestern freight
train. Mr. Hennessey was driving
to the golf grounds and drove hla
car Into the engine of the southbound
train which turned the car south
and pushed It to one side when It
was caught by the tender and car
ried a distance of 50 feet.
Mr. Hennessey was severely
bruised but no bones werA broken
He was taken to hla home nix mile*
south of own and Is suffering from
a wrenched hack and nervous shock.
The car was damaged but not over
turned by the impact of the train.
The collision occurred near the sta
tion where It la impossible to sen a
train approaching from the north un
til It la crossing the street.
Man Crushed to Death
When Wagon Hits Shed
Special IHepstrli to The Omaha Bee.
Columbus. Neb.. Nov. 12.—Godfrled
Myer, 53. was instantly killed while
driving a team and a wagon loaded
with brick under a low celling shed
at the Columbus brick yards, where
he worked, when he was caught be
tween the top of the passage way and
the load and crushed to death.
H* la survived by n wife and eight
children.
Feeding Problems Will be
Discussed at Allison Farm
Prof. Howard Gramllsh of the ani
mal husbandry department of Nebras
ka university will speak on the ques
tion of whether or not calves may
supplant steers In the feed lot, th*
best corn for feed snd the advisability
of feeding well bred slock. The lac
ture will he given at the C C. Allison
farm, three miles west of Henson,
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Fox. in charge of feeding op
eratlons for Swift A Co., and other
men experienced In feeding of slock
will he on the program.
Why Wives Go Crazy This Time of the Year
After being imprisoned all day—
well i Suppose I
MIGHT AS WELL LOCK
UP- we WONT SE
going out after.
BIN NEEL ANYPLACE
Then to hare the night shift jailer come on the job!
Curtis Salesmen
in Session Here
Publication Representatives
From Fight States Meet in
Three-Day Convention.
On* hundred Curtl* Publishing
■ ompany salesmen met Monday noon
at the palm room of Hotel Fontenelle
for th* opening luncheon of the con
ventlon of Curtis adult district agents
being held Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday. They come from Nebraska.
Iowa. Minnesota, North and South
Dakota. Colorado, Kansas and Ml*
sourl.
New business methods, th* effect
of the tO cent price on sales of the
Ladle* Home Journal, coaching for
saleaboy*. the company's attitude to
ward child labor laws, are a few of
th* topic* that will be discussed J.
F. Donnelly, Philadelphia, district
sales manager, will lead the discus
slon.
<lther nil from the home office of
the Curtl* Publishing company at
Philadelphia who will lake active part
In the convention are William J. de
Grouchy, manager of aalea publicity;
J. J. Hall, superintendent of road
men, and Ralph B. Miller, secretary
of the league of Curtl* salesmen.
Company officials deny th* rumor
that they have considered establishing
a warehouse In Omah*. Since th*
three magazines published hy the
company, the "Ladles' Home Journal.”
the "Saturday Evening Post" and
"Country Gentleman," all go direct to
the reader or the small news stand
from the home office, with a* little
time en route as possible, a warehouse
official aavs. would he superfluous.
Rev. John L. Barton Will
be Speaker for Lions Club
Rev. John I. Barton, psstor of Im
manuel Rapllst church, will he the
principal speaker at th* Lion* club
banquet tonight In the Palm room of
lintel Fontenelle. Rev. George A.
Miller will he chalrfmnn. The Klwanls
quartet are on the musical program.
When Scotland Yard aaw the announcement printed below
in the "Agony Column" in a large London newspaper if got busy;
"69 I nm Here. At present I neither visit you nor
write. You will comprehend. Announce rendezvous,
date and hour, thia column.--Matador."
A lovely girl—three international crook*—a gallant young
army officer—shared the excitement.
Of what followed
LOUIS TRACY
has made a detective masterpiece.
THE PELHAM AFFAIR
Opens in The Omaha Morning Bee on Wednesday.
If you aver raad his "Wings of tha Morning" you know
that Tracy is there with a story.
Receivers Named
For Large Denver
Livestock F i r m
American Livestock & Loan
Company Fails—Had Bor
rowed From War Fi
nance Corporation.
Denver. Colo. Nov. 12—Federal re
ceivers were *|ipo;nted here today for
the American Live Stock and Ixian
company, ona of the largest concerns
of Its kind In the Rocky mountain
district.
The company had a capital of II,
000,000, with loans In excess of $3.,
000,000
A. K De Rieqle# of Denver, who
ia widely known In financial and
club circles throughout the country,
is president of the concern. Judge
'J Foster Byrne* of the United States
district court, appointed De Ricqles
and Fred O. Roof. Linker and eat
telman of Walsenburg receiver*.
The company had secured many
loans from the War Finance corpora
tion for farmers and stockmen in the
district.
The receivers are also to take over
and administer the assets of the sub
sidiaries of the American Livestock
and Ixian company. Including The
American Tattle company, the Dana
Cattle company, the Tom Hell Cattle
company and the American Ranches
company.
The receivership was brought about
through a creditors suit for 19.000
by R, L. Duke, a Texas stockman.
Judge Byrnes announced from the
bench that the appointments were
made to meet an emergency, and he
hoped that the creditors, Including
hanks all over the west, would get
together and confer with him so that
the wishes and interesls of a majority
could he subserved
The American Ijvestook and l,.»an
company Is said to have on Its
ranches and leased lands around 22.
000 head of cattle A statement by
President De Ricqles said that storms
during October In Wyoming anil Mon
tana hart Interferrert with the ship
nient of cattle to market and thereby
contributed to the financial embar
rassment that resulted In the action
today.
Dr* Moines National Bank
Must Pay Securities Tax
My Intrrwutlnnal Xew* Service.
Washington. Nov. 12—The !>e*
Moines National hank lost In the su
preme cgurt of the United State# Its
suit against the tax authorities of j
IVc* Moines, Ia . Involving legality of ;
an assessment in 1919 for IV* Moines
city taxes on t«mk property, including i
a lax on securities of the United
States Included In the lunik n#*cts.
These securities, amounting to 31. ,
442.4X3. consisting of liberty bonds j
treasury certificates, war saving* !
stamps and federal lumk slocks The
bank said these securities were not i
subject to assessment by low a or 1V-* i
Moines, but the Iowa supreme vut'l
decided against It and the stale court i
was sustained b) the United State
supreme court
X
Solemn Day But
Wild, Wet Night
London Turns Self Loose in
Armistice Day Cele
bration.
London. Nov. 1*.—Following the
first Sunday s observance of Armi
stice day—the most solemn and im
pressive observance London has ever
known—came the wildest, wettest,
and most Joyous Sunday night within
the oldest Londoner s memory.
Extension of liquor licenses to I JO
a. m. had been obtained by virtually
every hotel and restaurant In the
west End. in every street of which
high carnival was held.
At the Savoy, Carlton and other
hotels, not to mention the night clubs,
the dance floors were packed with
merrymakers until a late hour.
The contrast in the moods of the
people w as as sharp as the difference
between the tvlasing November sun
shine and the blackness of the moon
less night—their collective humility
and reverence as they stood for long
hours from S in the morning until
dusk In tjie afternoon completely fill
ing Whitehall, giving place suddenly
to uproarous funmaking tonight.
The king and queen. Princess Mary,
member* of the government, two for
nier premiers. Balfour and Lloyd
George, attended services in West
minster Abbey, the king placing a
wreath on the grave of the Unknown
Soldier. The prince of Wales and
the duke of York led a similar cer
emony at the Cenotaph.
AH wore mourning dress, the ab
sence of the usual brilliant uniforms
serving to emphasise the dignity of
the nation's grief.
A typical Im-ldeiy of the day was
noticed In the uftermxvn. when in a
slow march down the Strand, four
porters frimi the Savoy carried a
stretcher on which was placed a
huge wreath of lilies, chrysanthe
mums and popples which they placed
on the Cenotaph. As they slowly and
carefully carried the great wreath
toward the Cenotaph the great
I lowds separated. res|<ectfully mak
ing wav for them all along the route
Batf4 Ik Robbed
Peoria. 111., Nov. 12 —A telephone
call to the Peoria police early today
-.lid the safe in ihe bank nt Minonk.
III., was blown open by an auto
mobile load of bandits who escaped
with $12,000 in libeity bonds and
$1,000 In cash.
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Wilhelm Is
Handed His
Passports
Former Fmperor or Crown
Prince to Become Ruler
on December 4, Brus
sels Report Says.
Frederich at Oels Today
By AlurluM Fre#».
Brussels, Nov. 12.—The former
German emperor received German
passports for himself and his suite
this afternoon, according to the
Gazette.
It Is expected, the paper added,
that the Hohenzollern monarchy trill
be restored December 4. the former
emperor or the crown prince ascend
ing the throne.
By AhotUIM Press.
Berlin. Nov. 12.—Frederick Wil
liam 1* due at Oels Tuesday, accord
ing to semi-official Information here
He is reported to have made several
convenient stops on his way from
ths border, spending Saturday and
Sunday nights on the estates of his
oid friends in southwest Branden
burg.
Whils it was rumored he was in
close proximity to Berlin, officials
quarters deny this and declare that
he is living up strictly to the promise
he gave Chancellor Stresemann.
By Associated Press.
Dels Silesia, Nov. 12.—Practically
all of Oel's leading citizens, from the
probate court judge down, have
donned Prince Albert coats and high
hats in honor of the former German
crown prince's homecoming Ameri
can adn other foreign press corre
spondents and motion picture men
have descended upon the town by
the score, in airplanes, motor cars or
by railway. The hotels today were
filed to overflowing and the pro
prietors were obviously more pleased
than the ot^ier citizens over the re
turn of the town to a pre-war basis.
No reception has been planned for
Frederick William, the burgomaster
not having been officially advised of
hla return. The exile will come I ck
as a private citizen. Furthermore,
the eastle is under separate jurisdic
tion and not under the control of the
local administration. It has Its own
government, comprised of officers
who police the buildings and the sur
rounding estate on which Princess
Ceclle Frederick William> w-;fe, and
her children reside.
There are fewer than *0 known
communists living in Oeis. whose
working population of approximately
3.000, Is. however, seemingly anything
tut elated over the possibility of ths
town's suddenly becoming a monarch
Istle headquarters.
Stockmen Testify in
Packer Merger Cast
Chicago, Nov. 12.—LJveetock pro
ducer* were called as witnesses to
supplement the testimony of inde
pendent packer* today by respond
ent* in the investigation by the De
partment of Agriculture of the Mor
ris and Armour packing merger.
E. M. Heinrich of Hardin, Mont.,
who *ald he kept on the range large
number* of cattle for the market and
owned or leased an extensive acre
age, testified that he would rather see
either the Armour or Morri* compan
ies taken over by the other than *ee
either eliminated. This testimony was
in the form of an affirmative reply
to a question by M W. Borders Chi
eago. attorney for Morris ft Company.
Walter L. Fisher of Chicago, spe
cia! counsel for the government, ob
jected to the question on the ground
that It was argumentative and mis
leading, but Examiner C. I Morrill,
assistant secretary of agriculture,
o'erruled the objection.
Others testifying, called by th«
respondents. Armour ft Co. and Mor
ns ft Co . Included H. A. Snyder of
Billings, Mont.: Richard Dillon of
Denver, and I. 1,. Gotthelf. Saguache*
Colo , livestock producers.
NanictI Actinp Postmaster
Ravenna Neb . Nov. 12—J H Har
rison has received notice of h:» ap
pointment as acting post master for
Ravenna Mr Harris n has beer -»
the ivanking and mercantile business
in Ravenna for a long time, and pre
'ious to coming to Raver.had been
deputy postmaster at G ind Island.
He wdl probably assume the dutie*
of the office this week. He "ill suo
< ed Frank Howard. »’>. b is sm I
two terms Mr Howard " 11 d<' •
his time to the real estate and in
surance business.
H alt lull Man Giern
Thrill II hen ( ourt
Clerk Makes h rror
Kdwan1 Means. ta\i driver of Walt
hlll, Nrb . »’• ost i with \i *. of
tli* national liquor law*. »»» g;ve«
\ N*vrr* *hc*ck in fedeial court Mon
ilay afternoon.
Although the *htn'k turtoxl into
k latino** for Meant. VVdrral
Womtroufh. ti'iiri attai ' t'> ..'.ul
lator* got * prood lauth from it,
It wa* bfi auar 1 Vputy DUUIft
r um rhnk NichoUon nnt le* .* nr*
take when hr read the \onlKt
tir nisl by th« jury Nil hoi- w rv*d
the vi'ulhM c * :t\ v it n |:
•hould ha' e Ih*v n not “
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