=!«“" The Omaha Morning Bee ?„•
a ■ (), „ No ,.,0 .. ■« ». •«».•« OMAHA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1923.* Si,."*.",!.'. ^”*5,' TWO CENTS " 0rm,?<£. I'iZIZ"*
_ luU OO -'VJ. JOU. Omihi P. 0. Und*r Art rt Mrtth 3, 1873. ___.
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Coolidge fs
Likely to
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V eto Bonus
Majority in Senate Expected
to Sustain President in
Refusal to Sign
Hill.
Mellon’s Power Shown
. By MARK SI I.LIV \N.
Washington. Nov. J4.—The bonus
depends wholly upon President Cool
idge. It can be taken completely for
granted that Secretary Mellon's pro
nouncement In favor of tax reduction
and against the bonus was seen by
< 'oolidge before it was made public.
No cabinet member would give out so
important a statement without the
Ijg^tevinus approval of bis chief.
It is commonly assumed that the
i oxt stage will appear in the presi
di nt's message at the opening of con
gress. While this is in the futile
held of trying to surmise what is in
another man's mind, it may readily
turn out that this assumption is in
correct. Tlie anticipation about Cool
idge' j message, based on his known
habit of mind, is that he wll! . ?al
Willi pending business.
The soldiers’ bonus is not pending
business. And is not up to Coolidge
for action or utterance. After con
gress lias been in session some time
i lie bonus bill will undoubtedly pass
both houses. Thereafter it will go to
Coolidge for signature or veto. If
i'oolidge vetoes it-w ill then go back
to congress to seek the two-thirds
majority ’necessary to pass It over
the president's veto.
Won't Overndgc veto.
The common assumption in Wash
ington is that there are enough votes
in favor of the bonus to pass it over
»'oolidge’s veto. But your correspond
rnt ventures to doubt this. If Cool
idge vetoes the bonus it will turn
. ut that there will be the necessary
32 votes in. the senate to sustain the
veto. The anti-bonus leaders in the
senate, like Borah, republican, and
Glass, democrat, are men of great
ability, and. when their interest is
aroused, of extraordinary energy.
Under the leadership of men like
tins It may tot be easy, but It will
tie possible and probable that the
necessary 3: senators can Ire brought
together. Last year the anti bonus
^^^H.iders in iho senate started wtih a
mere handful of ]U or 11 and built It
up to I he necessary third.
W hether Coolidge vetoes the bond*
or not will depend on the form In
which it comes to him. This again is
in the field of surmise. But there is
a general feeling that Coolldge's po
sition on tlie bonus Is quite similar to
Harding's latest position, namely,
that he is against the bonus unless
it is accompanied by specific taxa
tion for this particular purpose.
nticipating this attitude on the
bonus one school of hought proposed
that it shall be paid by means of a
Doubt Tax Measure.
The other Is that the bonus shall
be paid by a specific .sales tax.
Neither of ttiese is popular, and
while a majority of congress is com
mitted to the bonus, it is by no
means certain that the same ma
jority would vqje In favor of the
taxation to go with the Ismus. What
ever Coolidge does is bound to be
consistent with Mellon's sense of
responsibility as secretary of the
treasury.
It was Mellon, chiefly, W'ho ‘ a used
Harding to veto the bonus bill be
fore. Mellon's steady growth in
repuation lias enlisted for him such
a following, both am ng republican
leaders and among th< larger public,
that any president would hesitate to
run directly counter to it. In spite
of his quiet way, or because of it.
Mellon has come to be a very large
figure in the republican party and in
lie business world.
*That there should ever 1* any di
rect conflict between he president
and bis secretary of the treasury is,
of course, fantastic. Hut in the
event of any such fantastic hypoth
esis. It would probably be possible
to say that Secretary Mellon has
come to have such a standing with
leaders of the republican party and
with business men that Coolidge.
quite conceivably, could not be re
nominated If he were following a
program openly disapproved by -dr.
Mellon. Of course no such conflict
will ever occur.
I Parties Oppose llonus.
While a majority of laith houses of
congress has committed Itself to the
bonus, the members have done, so
chiefly in the spirit or placating lit
(Tirrn to !•««« Two. Column Two.)
Ravenna Man Knd» Life
With .22-Caliber Rifle
Kearney, Neb., Nov. 14. Placing a
52 caliber rifle muzzle against bis
right cheek and pulling the trigger.
George 8. Hmasu of Ravenna ended
bis life this morning. The bullet pen
etrated the right ey< and entered the
brain, death being instantaneous
Hmasu, a butcher, was considered
well to do and he was among the
most highly respected 1 Itizcris of the
community. Tin only possible * ause
relatives could give for ids act was
worry over flnum lal affairs.
Firemen's Convention at
Beatrice January I."»-17
Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 14 -The volun
*-r firemen * *tntc convention will be
w' Jielfl in Beatrice January 15 17, end
plane ar«* h«dng made to cnlcit.iin
3,000 delegate* jiurJnc*;* men ; rc
Fill • ilblnK liberally lu the fund fur
financing the affair.
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Whisky, Whisky, Everywhere, bat, Not
a Drop Is Fit to Drink; Tests Have Shown
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Off er of Reward for Pure. Li<iuor I' i n d s
Agreement—It Is Not to Be Had—Even
Bootlegger Admits Quality Is Poor
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A. It. Macdonald’s sensational
lift of 5500 that real whisky could
not he bought in Omaha has been
augmented by another 5300 wag
crrd hy Robert MainardicU, gen
eral prohibition agent. SnmardirU
declares (hat in all the raids lie
he has staged in and around Oma
ha, as well as other cities, he has
yet to sec the genuine article con
fisc ated.
Federal, county and city authori
ties state emphatically that pure,
aged whisky is an absent quantity as
far as Omaha is concerned. The
Tariff to
Aid Wheat
Is Pressed
Senator Kendrick, Wyoming,
Democrat, Urges Omaha
Plan on President
< loolidge.
Idea Interests Congress
Washington, Nov. 14.—The plan
proposed by Nelson B. Updike of
Omaha for immediate relief of the
middle west wheat farmer through
action, in the power of President
Coolidge, to increase the tariff on
wheat and thus shut out Canadian
wheat from the American market, is
gaining strength among repreaenta
tlves and senators from the middle
west.
Probably the most enthusiastic
proponent of this plan is Senator J.
B. Kendrick of Wyoming, a demo
crat. Senator Kendrick is not only
for a higher wheat tariff at heart—
he has openly advocated It and in a
recent conference with President
CvOlldge has informed the president
that a tariff on wheat is the only
salvation at this time for the middle
west farmer.
As the senator was on his way to
Washington last week from Wyoming
he stopped at Omaha and visited Mr.
Updike. While there Mr. Updike out
lined his iilan.
"Hire's the way I look at a proposi
tion of this de«c riptlon,” Senator
Kendrick said. "I am primarily a
cattle man and T do not wish to be
conceited when I say that I believe
I know as well as any man in Wash
ington or the east Just what is needed
for the cattle industry of this coun
try.
"Mr. Updike is primarily a grain
man. He has made a wonderful suc
cess in the grain business, and I be
lieve that if any one understands
what is needed for the middle west
grain farmers, it Is Mr. Updike.
Therefore I have every confidence In
Mr. I jxitke's judgment and am will
ing to abide by It.
‘ I am wlllirg to do everything In
my power, regardless of party poli
tics, to put over a higher tariff on
wheat, as I believe it Is the only way
in which Immediate relief can lie af
forded t ire stricken wheat farmer of
the middle west. The tariff is a busi
ness proposition and must be taken
out of politics."
The same sentiments were express
ed today by Senator Warren of Wyo
ming, who is a republican, and simi
lar expressions have been made by
Senator It. H. Howell of Nebraska
and Senator Arthur Capper of Kan
tfcllf.
liquid sold by bootleggers Is either
poison, or doctored booze. Even a
bootlegger. Interviewed last night, ad
mitted that the liquor sold here is
adulterated.
‘‘There is some booze being sold
here which is brought in from Tana
da and Mexico, but it isn’t the real
goods,” observed Robert Samardick,
general prohibition agent. “The
bootleggers themselves are being
double-crossed by agents in these
countries. Doctored liquor isn't hard
to get, and the jfoisoned stuff Is more
plentiful, but pure whisky isn't to
be hed."
Admits I.iquor Adulterated.
An Omaha bootlegger, who brings
in liquor from Canada and Mexico,
admitted that his goods had been
"doctored,” but denied that it was
poisoned.
"The liquor coming in from these
countries has been watered, but It Is
not redistilled alcohol. The product
is harmless, more so In fact than real
whisky, because It lacks the strength,"
he said.
.^00 Tests Fail
to Produce One
Ounce of Whiskv
State Chemist Tells of Foreign
Substances Found in All
Liquor Examined—Fusel
Oil Runs High.
Staff I orrespnndent of The Omni'* Bee.
Lincoln, Nov. 14.—If the examina
tion of whisky confiscated In Nebras
ka by enforcement officers means
anything. A. B. Macdonald will re
tain the $600 that he offered In Oma
ha yesterday to anyone who can
prove that he can buy a bottle of
real whisky. *
Since January 1, R. G. Batty,
chemist in the employ of- the state
department of foods, drugs, and oils,
has analyzed some 500 samples of
confiscated liquor, and In not a sin
gle Instance has It proved to be real
stuff.
"The nearest we have come to It,
Hatty said today, "was In a sample
that had been allowed to age six
months In a charred, oak cask, hut
even that was nothing more than
superior 'moonshine.' "
According to Batty, the solid mat
ter In whisky examined has never run
less than 5 per cent, whereas solid
matter In first-class bourbon whisky,
manufactured prior to prohibition,
never exceeds .3 per cent.
"We have hail some samples,”
Hatty continued, "that smelled like
the real article, but analysla showed
that they were colored with caramel
or burnt sugar. As for fusel oil. It
wiB test ss high as 2 per cent and
l ight year-old Scotch runs around
two-tenth of 1 per cent.”
Batty admitted that corn whisky,
made by an expert and allowed to
properly age In wine casks, might,
after a period of time, develop into
good whisky, but that no such article
had yet been submitted to him by
enforcement officers for examination.
The tables In Batty's laboratory are
groaning under the weight of numer
ous bottles and Jugs that have been
sent to him for analysis. The con
tainers run from small medicine bot
tles, with lnbels advising a teaspoon
ful every two hours, to tightly corked
catsup bottles.
Over In one corner stands three
tins of malt extract that hava bulged
the metal so bgdly that Batty fears
an explosion. Beside I hem are half
h dozen bottles of home-made beer
that may go off one of thKse days.
SUNNY SIDE UP
Installation of radiophones on pas
! senger trainee may result In a l»t of
careless travelers, like myself, ttelng
able to recover pajamas and night
shirts we overlook when checking
out at the hotels.
Speaking about the $500 reward for
some pure liquor, there are a few
things I'd like to know. First, how
much pure liquor do I get for the
$500. Second, how nnlch do I have
to supply for the $500? How do I
have to split with the official tester?
Fourth, what's the chance of getting
the Job us tester? Fifth, who's got
$500? Sixth, where can I get 1500
In '-use somebody shows up with a
compensating amount of the pure
quill? The last question Is the most
Important.
With the involution of Charley
Hay'* theatrical company come* con
firmation of my Judgment that Char
ley I* more popular on the acreen
than he i» on the mage Now let me
venture the opinion that a lot of
Hollywood people would he more pop
ular ori the water wagon than any
where i-1*e for a ehort apace of per
iod*.
MiiHt nee Hie ad vertlalng depart
ment about It. Writing It Xrnaa I*
a painful violation of all sjile*. It
indicate* Iindnev, tniHUnderetnndlng
of ethic* null diaregard of precedent
,lunt a* well write It Xian, Xchllil,
or the X. If necPHmiry I will Have a
Law Unacted.
Frank McConnell of Trenton ob
Jei^* to paving S cent* n btj»hel for
i iirnbu*kf,rH, in In- nought I,Obit head
if hug* and turned them into hi* 200
mu corn field. might Idea that,
making the rornahuckers pay for the
I privilege of doing the work. But not
all farmer* today are able to buy the
i hog*.
You’ll have to doff your hate to
the old home town, fiering. Pulled
off a big Oregon Trail day celebration
|n couple of months ago, and artnally
bad some money left over when all
| Mila were paid. Thl* ia an unuaual
a* to merit either prala* or Inveati
gjit Ion
Community centers sre fine things
But on* community scenter can stir
up more trouble In h town than any
thing else on earth. A community
scenter. be it explained, is one who
Is continually poking bis or her nose
into everybody's business, to the ne
glect of their own.
Hopped off the train at a western
Nebraska station to shake hands with
an old farmer friend. Asked him
aboyt the Ford presidential boom.
“Too many nuts and cranks. Bill;
I d h ive to bolt,” was the terse reply.
Speaking of selecting Christmas
presents, as w* are very prone to do
about this time of year, what has
become of the old fashioned autograph
album? Isn't It a fact that we began
our ot'gi* of useless Christmas spend
ln«r about the time the autograph
album went out of fashion?
Thinking again of Christmas spend
irig. as one does when one lias light
» hildren of Ills own. with n constant
ly growing list of granchlldren, what
has become of the H. I*. IT. H ? beat
\ on have forgotten, I pause to ln«
form you that the initials stand f• *»'
Society for Prevention of Vseless <llv
ing, W. M M.
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Young Man
Confesses
Shooting
Father of Coin Youth in Criti
cal Condition in Hos
pital—Mother ^ as
Also Shot.
Claim Forgeries Found
Special ItUpatrli to The Omaha Bee'
.Shenandoah. la., Nov. 14.—As the
father, O. B. Carmichael, lVs In Hand
hospital in a critical condition, and
the mother watches by his bedside,
herself bearing the mark of a bullet
from her son's revolver, more alleged
forgeries which led to the slfootlng
ore coming to light.
J. V. Shick, a Coin banker, had
secured a warrant yesterday for the
son's, Claude Carmichael arrest on
the charge of forging a *500 cheek
on the Security bank. The *1,000
note given a Blanchard bank and a
*159 check given in an automobile
deal had already been discovered, and
friends of the young man. who, when
a student, was considered a. model
vouth. are trying to fathom a cause
for fhe change in conduct.
following thp two-hour operation,
in which an Omaha specialist and
two assistants and local doctors re
moved the bullet from Ids body, Mr.
Carmichael Is resting as well as could
lie expected, but his chances for re
covery are still uncertain. The son
is In Jail at Claiinda and his young
bride is prostrated at the home of
her father, E. E. Eemons.
The new car which young Car
michael secured with the alleged
forge checks has been driven 667
miles since Saturday, including a trip
to Eincoln. He returned to Shenan
doah Monday for the Red Oak foot
i ball game and Monday afternoon was
• visiting friends at Hamburg with bis
I wife. They returned to their home at
I Coin about 7:15 o'clock and 15 mln
'tites later he left for his fathers home,
I where he parked hia car almost a
| mile from the house, walked through
I a field and a parture, then a small
I urchard to the window from where
ho fired the flret two shots et his
parents.
The father staggered toward the
kitchen and the eon ran around the
the house, entered the kitchen doot
and fired again. The father was in
jured In the hand when he grabbed
for the gun and wrenched tt from
1 lie boy who then fled to hie ear.
drove to Coin for his bride and started
to College Springs He turned back
and reached hia father'a house soon
after* the officeri* arrived E. Rels
ner. deputy sheriff, handcuffed th»
protesting youth, who after an all
night confinement in Jail, confessed
to George Anderaon, county attorney.
Charges will not tie filed against
him until it is determined how aeri
ous th* wounds of his parents are
Two years ago the boy was one of
the moat respected students in high
school, being an intimate friend of
sona of the most prominent families
and since his secret marriage to
Bernice I.emon. a high school senior,
following a high school romance, they
have tipen popular members of the
younger set. Automobiles have been
a hobby with him. and he had the
most decorated car In the county,
with green and red lights on every
fender.
Car Stolen l»y Bandits
,1s Located in Omalia
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 14.—-The RU
tomoblla owned by Tom McMahon,
farmer, stolen by the bandits who
held up and robbed nine railroad
workers near North Bend, last week
and escaped by means of stolen cars,
has been recovered by police. The
car was abandoned in Omaha after
the bandits successfully eluded tbs
nherlff'8 posse between Fremont and
Omaha,
Two other cars taken by the ban
dlls, who escaped with about *1.000
In cash, were also found by the po
lice. The fleeing gunmen stole the
automobile of Chris Hansen. Ames,
and abandoned Hint machine for the
one of Charles Evans In Fremont.
The Evans car was left by the road
side when the bandits decided to make
another rhnnge and take McMahon's
car.
$1,000 Reward for Killer.
Phoenix, Aria, Nov. 14—Rewards'
aggregating $1,000 were posted today!
by Governor Hunt and Sheriff Jer
rv Sullivan of Maricopa county for
Hie arrest and ronvletlon of the slay
er of Mrs. George Boudreau of Elk j
hnrt, Ind . whose skull wn.- crushed |
and tin body thrown from the roof I
of a school building early yeeterdny.
Another Walker,
Walk*!
F 0. Murbarirer
of Spauldinir street ad
vertised a baby walker in
The Bee For Sale column.
It ceftainly walked fast
after that and politely
left a note (a jrreen
backcd one) for Mrs.
Murbarirer to spend,
t'hanire your updesirrtl
articles for cash. U*e a
For Sale ad in The Bee
it isn’t expensive. Tel.
AT Untie 1000 today.
IT’S RESULTS
THAT COUNT
About the Only Chance Will Be When the Show Is Over
Xj'MtSf'X
ANNVAJ- £
PASS
1 SET YOUR. TAXIMETER.
^ AHEAD FOR- THESE
POLKS . YJE'VE GOT TO
BREAK EVEN ON 'EM
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Former Fremont
Bov Is Awarded
$3,718,000 Suit
I,. P. l.arson, jr.. Gets Big
Damages From W illiam
Wrigley, jr., in Suit
Over Patent.
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Special Iklepstch In The Oinahn Pee.
Fremont, Neb.. Nov. 14.—Eleven
year* of waiting while court have
heard testimony considerably dulled
pxcltetnent that would have followed
the announcement here that a former
Fremont boy, U P. Iatrann, Jr., had
been awarded $1,718,000 damages
against William Wrigley, Jr., for In
frlngernent of a patent on a gum
wrapper.
I,. P I.araon. sr , returned Tuesday
from Chicago, where he had visited
Ills son during the progress of the
suit He was Informed today lhat
the Wrigley company would appeal
the decision.
Mr. I.arson I* a large land owner
here. Ills son Is n graduate of the
high school here and waa employed
for some time as a clerk after com
pleting his school work. He went to
Chicago In 1908 and was employed
aa a clerk for some time, he started
the manufai ture of gum In a small
way In 1910. He obtained several
patents on his process and the present
suit is ihr outgrowth of these patents
Chicago. Nov. 14.—The William
Wrigley Jr,, company today was or
<|ercd by Charles ft Morrison, mnster
in chancery, to pay IJ.718.M0 dam
ages. Including Interest, to the I,. P
l.arson rotupany for Infringement of
a double mint wrapper on Wrigley
products extending over a period of
about live year*.
The master In chancery, who has
been compiling an accounting since
191N. and who collected 15 volumes of
evidence, each volume containing
from 500 to SOI) pages decided lhal
Hie Wrigley company owed the l<nr
son company $1,1*0,000 and Interest
at « per cent aln<-e November 12. ISIS,
this making the total amount.
The Wrigley company filed suit
against Hie tsirson company In 1915.
contending that the Lnrann company
waa Infringing on the Wrigley com
pany's rights by using a winter mint
wrapper similar to a double mint
wrapper used by the Wrigley coni
pony.
The l.arson company filed a coun
ter claim, maintaining that its wrap
pet was used prior to llie tlluc the
Wrigley wrapper was put into tise.
Hull's for “Frosli.”
Turnon, Nov. 14 Strict nil*« have
been In Id down by upper rlnitnwomen
for the fioMhmrn shin of lho Unlver
■itv of Arl/ntu* Under three nil*'*1
frenhnion slrln linmt worn Kroon rib
hnnn from 7 n to. to p ni . except
Sunday*-. they arc not n llnwinl to
wi.tr runs* nr jewrlrx nut me not
permitted to ran> powder puffs or
com pacts.
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Says Bryans Salary
Also Sandy Medal Set
If itli Chunks ofx.oal
Should Be $1,250,000
SpM'iitl PUpatrh to Tito Omaha Boo.
Ldticoln, Nov 14.—The salary of
Governor Bryan should be Increased
to fl.250,000 a sear, <’ A. Randall,
,'tate railway commissioner and s»al
wart republican, deelares in a letter
to Trenmore ('one of Waterloo,
former ardent supporter of the gov
ernor, who is now on the other side
of the fence.
Mr. Randall's lettet to Cone was
inspired by a reient statement of 'he
governor that he had saved the tar"
payers of the state 125,000,000, and
the salary figure, which is declared
to be "very moderate for su<h won
derful service," is 5 per cent of the
governor's claims.
"In addition," the letter says. "I
would have a large size medal made
.;m} finished wtih a sanded surfacs,
studded wtih chunks of pure coal.
I would have a wieath of laurels
surrounding the entire setting and
under it inscribed ‘Well done, thou
good and faithful servant'."
Hastings Merchant Is
Victim of Heart Disease
Hastings, Neb, Nov. 14.—William
P. Blackman. senior member of
Blackman & Fuller, wholesale pro
rery Ann. died of heart disease. He
had been engaged in the wholesale j
buaineaa here since 18^7. HI* wife,1
i daughter. Mr*. John I^awler of
Hastings, and a non. I)r. Julion
Blackman of Omaha. survive.
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Sunday School (ion vent ion.
Table Rock, Neb.. Nov.. 14—The
annual Pawnee county Sunday school
convention will be held at Lewiston, I
we*t of here. November IS and H*
All teacher* and officer* of the cotin
ty are delegate* to the convention
A fine program ha* N*en prepared
and tho*e in charge hope for a large
attendance
Illuff* Marriapo bicensi**
Th# following paraon* obtalnad mar
ring*' llcanaaa in t'otino i Hluffa > r«trt
‘lay
y ’ « Mar< un. Otnah •
Mollya rtaltcinan. fonnoil Hluffa • -
t'laranoa Ukrinl **o»ati Omaha
Floran* . Mill aril. Omaha
Arthur Hu> hftn< h Ora nil l«tan»l. Nab #1
Itaaal Hrvaon Oranit latand. N**b
Frail A lam Omaha ... . *2
t*r»rtnna K<««r*r«. Omaha .l*i
tlanrv PouHarar. Omahi ..•••}
A uv HKi'hcm k. * >m*ha .I
Waltar dark. Omaha . **
Mary Irving.-Omaha . . 3&
Uvaralt drltlon Svrlhnar Nfl» ...... 23
Mathilda M< mi - . JMTlbnai Nrl» . -’•
Hubert Si non, t inmln "at i> ..... t
X ditlt Shahlon. I.im In. Nab . .. !•
Kli.art Klmpar. thin*' III. S1
Kl*ia \ »»aai. I.moo in. Nob. ......... is i
Haiman /.ynato Omaha ........ 21
tfoni Fahlman. otttuha . .......... 20 |
Oawajr Hollhlay Millar. N^b 3 4 j
Kthrl S:i. ,■ imno 1 at N'ri* 1 •*
CJamga Hihoomak*'. \\ mi ln« Malar <
Nab .
Halm Knair k» in 1.’ " ft I'lrni \N a tar
Nob. .7 20 .
Ilanry firm** Omaha
Nallia Kgtof. onuli t 1* j
KnlifP UivriiR (im.itiH t‘»
illanrha Pattoton <tiu«lu • I
\ Nn> i|> 1 1 nun :m
Flank* bi aU, Omaha . *.
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Rate Inquiry Is
Told Farmer Is
in ^ erst Plight
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ICfttl or Denic.- < amors’ Claim
Purchase of High-Priced j
Land Cause of Poor
(Conditions.
Kansas City. Mo . Nov 14—The !
{.inner is skating along on thin ice.
while other industries, perhaps not
so vital, are sliding along gleefully.
Itr. H. .1. Waters, editor of the Week
ly Kansas City Star and former pres
ident of Kansii* State Agricultural
college, testified here today at the
reop* ning of the middlewestern grain
rate hearing before the interstate
commerce commission.
Outlining general economic condi
tions in agriculture Dr. Waters re
pudiated a theory advanced by rail
road proponents that the purchase of
high priced land in 1919 20 was flinda
mental In the farmers' plight.
Agricultural conditions are worse
now than at any time since the war.
Ur. Waters declared In his testimony.
"The farmer's dollar does not have
lhe efficiency of the dollar in any
olher Industry." he asserted "We
have to go hack to 149S to find a
wheat crop, for Instance, whose value
was as low ,s the purchasing power
of the 1979 wheat crop"
The hearing here, which is to con
1,nue 10 days, i* the result of the
plea of eight slate* for lower rales
on grain, grain products and hay.
Oklahoma. Nebraska. Missouri. Iowa.
Minnesota. South Dakota and North
Uakota Joined with Kansas In the ap
plication for a rate adjustment.
Clyde M Rod chairman of the Kan
sas commission, is leading the fight
The stales Interested contend the
existing rates In the middle west are
unfair to the farmer because pr'.cee
of other commodities have not de
clined as have prlcea for agricultural
products. It is estimated the farmer
will benefit app. ■ vtmately t } 1 T.000.000
a vear if the case is won.
In opening the hearing, Commls !
sioner Kseh announced thia schedule
f i other rale hearings: November
:T>. Minneapolis. December &. Spoksrie:
December 11, Sun Francisco; Decem
ber 17. Phoenix: some point In the
southeastern territory to follow final
hearing In Washington
The Weather
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ipttntion. Iiit ln * and Hiinitrfitth*
• Total •In * January 1 30 St ,
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Will Drop
Payment of
Reparation
Bases Action on \ iolation of
A ersailles Part by France
—Ruhr and Rhine,
land Affected.
Dictator Rule Crumblim
H.r AifiOfiHlrfJ I’reM.
Berlin, Nov. 14.—After Novembe
rs Germany no longer will be able t
meet the drain upon its exuhequei
for the payment of unemployrneni
dole* in the Ruhr and the Rhineland
and will then set both these regions
adrift, permitting them to shift for
themselves.
This direct statement was made in
official quarters here tonight
London, Nov. 14.—Com plot. < e
tion of every kind of reparation my
ment by Germany was semi-officially
announced tonight, according to a
dispatch to the Central News from
Berlin.
This action wa* taken on the
ground tliat the treaty of Versailles
had been \ iolated by France and
that therefore it could not i>« ole
served by Germany.
By t nitersal Sentry.
Berlin. Nov. 14.—Germany's at
tempt at a parliamentary dictatorship
is universally declared an utter fail
ure.
Nothing constructive has been ac
complished by placing the extraordi
nary powers i nthe hands of Chancel
lor Stresemann. Those powers auto
matically ceased with the withdrawal
of the socialists from the Stresemann
cabinet.
The relchetag haa bc-~n called to
convene next Tuesday for the avowed
purpose of burying that dictatorship
and digging the grave of Stresemann
as chancellor.
The nationalists on one hand and
the socialists on the other both ex
pect to cause Stresemann's fait Tues
day or Wednesday with a vote of
lack of confidence.
All the political parties ate dis
satisfied with Stresemann. He re
fuses to resign, however, and de. lares
that he will stick to his post, pre*
ferine to “fail in open battle" In the
relohstag.
Chancellor Stresemann. conceded to
be one of the ablest politicians in
Germany, haa not been ible to bring
about any economic or po!t*ioa! relief
for Germany.
It is believed that the next i:rp
will be the creation of a triumvirate
in which General Von Peeokt will
possibly be military dictator, but w .th
a non-military man as chancellor.
Appeal Withdrawn: Firm
AA ill Pay ^ idow S.>.2.j0
Columbus, Neb . Nov. 14 —The
Travelers Insurance company, in th*
name of the Paxson-Davis Wholesale
Grocery company here has dismiss'd
the appeal which it took to the
Platte county district court front the
decision of the state labor t-omr s
alon. awardinjc Mrs. Clara Bruckner
55,250 for the death of her husband.
Louis M. Bruckner, who died October
15. 1522. from injur!'* receited In *n
autotnobile accident.
The insurance company opposed the
granting of compensat n nn th' r»
plnyers’ liability act on the contention
that Bruckner was not an emploje
of the Paxson Dnvla company at the
time.
Columbus Merchants “Kick”
on Neighborhood Stores
Columbus. Neb . Nov. 14 — V ban on
neighborhood and residential district
stores In Columbus Is heine asked
by a number of merchants from the
chamber of commerce with a view
that the chamber may take the .mat
ter up with the city council. Secre
tary H-iibert Hahn said the objections
voiced by business men were that
neighborhood stores were low crir „
property values and (Went rah a; us
business.
Splendid List of Republican
(Candidates Predicted by Ba-»
l>r. T. W. secretary of th*
republican «tate committee. *a> 1n
Omaha yesterday. While refusing
discuss the* rwpwtlvt merits of c . n*
didates who will conn* up in the re
publican primaries next April, he de
clurttl that prospects are for an un
usually fine assortment of men who
will come tx^fore the voters
\\ oman I» Injured \l lien
Taxicab Strike- Buggy
B» i N '-. Nox 14—lira cL
Wtohinan. Beatri«-c. w is thrown from
» husky here w hen the x-x-hiv le nil
*11 nek hx a tax:rah driven hv Otlf.
ford yVarx). It was said »t the hospi
1x1 to which Mrs XV-ckman mi i-e
moved that her injuries were not
dangerous. The buggy waa deniol
ished
Coon Hunting Good.
Albion. Neb. Nov. 14- -x'oou hunt
ing is the prevailing sport of a num
ber of sportsmeii here at present.
They haxe a number of own dog*
and nearly exeiy night gxx out along
the oreek and bring home a nk-s fat
txw>n.
Beatrice Cafe Close*.
]'■ ,tr • \>t» Nov 14 TN SA\<y
i vfe »\no of ti e lfs.vd:ti|f * «*<t iur*m*
here for \r*r*, win cltMNil todnv or*
account of d^prt'Mlon of husine**
'Utrn* BK-iitv* the o'n-Yin amount
to about 4i'VtKH\ it i*