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Today Uncle Sam, Please Pay. Anaconda Ships. More for the Baby. ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ Poor old Uncle Sam didn’t start the war, and it cost him dozens of billions, yet it seems impossible lor him to get free from it. Our (General Dawes, as was pre dicted here, helps to bring in a re port that says to Uncle Sam, “Pay, please.’’ - — It seems that Germany must have a loan, to get started on repara tions. It asked for $2,500,000,000. It is to have $250,000,000, if plans go through. . “All nutions, including this, will contribute to the loan, and all will be expected to squeeze Germany, if she does not pay.’’ That’* the program thus far. Later, when Germany, having bought raw materials, gets its breath and starts paying repara tions, will Uncle Sam get part of the reparations? Don’t ask foolish questions. Certainly not. But, in case Germany fails to pay the fancy reparations, Uncle Sam may have another chance to make himself useful. As he lent Germany part of the money it need ed, what more reasonable than for him to help pay the reparations, in case Germany skips payments? That is the plan, and you will see it materialize. The big Anaconda Copper com pany skipped its regular dividend yesterday. That frightened the market, knocked down- Anaconda stock and many other stocks that "sold off in sympathy.” You’ll hear some market expert announce., gloomily that trouble must be ex* pected if demagogues insist on senatorial investigations that inter fere with big business. On the other hand, American Locomotive had its best y?ar. with a net profit of more than $12,000, 000, a profit above $21 per share. American Locomotive sells around $74, while Canadian Pacific paying $10 per sljare, sells to the same crowd of American specula tors at $200. How do you explain that, do you investors consider the Canadians better managers, or more honest, or what? There ought to be no skipping of dividends by copper companies, and would not be, if the public under stood the value of copper and brass, and if architects and builders would serve their clients faithfully, in stead of using trashy, rusting iron, to lower prices. Copper and brass in building would save tens of mil lions a year in repairs, for they last indefinitely. Using galvanized iron in waterpipes is wasteful felly. Mrs. Brawner, very rich, dies and leaves $1,476,138 to her infant son. Her older children get, each, only half as much. That sounds unjust but it reflects nature’s wisdom. The human baby is the most helpless of living creatures. Only the passionate devotion of the nor mal human mother, and her convic tion that each baby is the most won derftil ever born, has carried the human race along thus far. When a -woman with millions leaves a double share for her in fant, she is only doing what every i normal mother does in another way. Akali Sikhs, who are the fighting men of India, sent soldiers to fight the British India troops. Mohandas Gandhi urges the Sikhs not to fight and not to send any fighting men. Nonresistance will win, he says. Gandhi’s attitude explains how it is possible for 100,000 Englishmen in India to hold down 300,000,000 Asiatics. There is as much differ ence between a Hindu of Gandhi s type and a fighting Irishman, for instance, as between a lop-eared rabbit and a wildcat. But that is no disgrace to rabbit or wildcat. It’s only a difference. Mr. Belton, a deputy police com missioner in New York, says that city will be dry in three months. It will not be dry in three months, nor in three years. Governor Pinchot says President Coolidge ought to make the nation dry. President Coolidge could not do it, even if the law would let him use all the navy, and all the army. This country is firmly settled on i basis of bootleg whisky, and the question is what can be done about t? It was predicted, when prohibi tion started, that hardened whisky .1 rinker* would get whisky somehow, of course. But they would die off, poisoned, and then 'he young people would grow up free of alcohol and clear in thought. Unfortunately, the young people, millions of them, are growing uft with a whisky flask on the hip, any of them drunk night after ght and every head of a school [joys nnd girls know it. effects of bootleg whisky, Lgreen, badly made whisky \ond, begin to show already ■■hilrtren. Conditions are by bad moral condi ^y_,ith contempt for law. ■■ -— > W* ___ /lolt, who died in China the .. .. r day, knew as much about M>nildren—especially rich men's chil dren—as anyone id America. Shortly before he died he said, ' “Unless something happens to make conditions better, and if the chil dren of this period grow up as they ure starting, they won’t have enough institutions in the country to hold them.” Now that the country has secur ed "the blessing of prohibition" the next problem is to fight tTTe aggravated drunkenness that goes with prohibition and the oeculinrly poisonous brand of prohibition whisky. _ , ., v (Copyright. I * ' » __ Auto* in CollHon. K u Smith. 172* Avenue !i Conn 'niiiff«, reported to poller a <;ol llalon between his car ami « mile i o triune driven by Chris Jensen at , I'l.lernth street and Avenue ft i Insurance Firm “Raids” Denied by Stock Broker J John A. Thomjipon, Appear ing Before Legislative Com mittee, Defemls Purchase of Stocks. By Aooi'inteil Try**. lies Moines, Ia?7 Fell. 27.—Testl rnony Intended to Justify the opera tlons of his company in stocks of hall a dozen Iowa insurance companies and picturing these operations as ol service to stockholders, was given to the legislative insurance investi gating committee today by John A. Thompson, Des Moines stork broker, whose name has figured Jn nearly all the testimony thus far taken by the committee. Previous witnesses (lave referred to Mr. Thompson as a-“raid er'’ of insurance companies who pur chased stocks after depressing prices through court action for the purpose of placing his clients In a position to liquidate the companies. Asked by Chairman Wichmnn If he considered it wrong to “buy an article as cheaply as you can and sell it for as much as you can,’’ Mr. Thompson replied that he did not, so long as there was no misrepresenta tion. Then he pointed out to the commit tee that he hail paid more for some stock than had other purchasers, that the prices in neavly all cases bore a closer relationship to book values than has been previously tes tified, and that the hook value itself was a very questionable thing. Asks for Statement. "Bring before the committee the annual statement of the North Amer ican Fire company,” he said, ”an<l 1 will show1 you a depreciation of $100, 000 and possibly $200,000.” Naming portions of this reputed depreciation, Mr. Thompson said the company held $11G,000 worth of bonds issued at Tulsa, Okl., which cost the company $SO,000 and which were list ed with the insurance department as worth $10B ,000. He doubted their value as plated to the purchase price, explaining that he believed they were in default and possibly of doubtful legality. “Propaganda” distributed by bis agents who were sent out to buy in stock, was nothing more, the witness raid, than a plain statement of fact concerning the condition of the com panies in which he sought to buy stock for his clients. Opposition to his operations, he said, was based upon the fact he was telling the stockholders tha true condition of their companies. There has been no evidence he said, to show that his so called ‘ propaganda" was untrue. Company Head Testifies. IT. If. Peterson of Cedar Kaplds, president of the Federal Fire Reinsur ance company, was another witness today, and described Mr. Thompson's efforts In the courts at Mason City to obtain names of stockholders of the llawkeye Securities Fire Insurance company. The witness said he was doubtful of Mr. Thompson's motive and had refused to give him a list ha had. Referring to the "eterson test! mony, Mr. Thompson later told the committee Peterson had agreed to give him a list of llawkeye stock holders in return for a Federated list held by Thompson, but that Peterson later had changed his mind. W. E. Moulton of Kansas City, vice president of the National Fidelity Life company, which was organized in Sioux city In 1315, also appeared to deny the - charge by Senator Browne that his company had paid dividends of doubtful legality. The company headquarters was moved to Kansas City, he said,, to get nearer the center of Its territory, had paid a dividend In May, 1923, but never paid a dividend In Iowa. Wife Has Bossie Put Under Arrest (Continaad From Page One.) James Doctor city clerk. Bessie left Kansas City early in January for Washington, where he obtained pass ports, sailing on the Majestic on Jan uary 12, arriving at Cherbourg. France, where he was advised that his passports had been*cancelled. On his return to New York he was ar rested on a federal charge of violat ing the Mann act and making false statements In obtaining passport*. The woman he now claim* as his wife is a. brunette, 37 year* old, and of rather striking appearance* He is said to have hern a telephone op erator in Redlands, Cal., and to have lived in Omaha about 15 years ago. Seemingly No# Worried. Mayor Pahornan stated that he will begin the audit of Bossies accounts as soon as Bosale is ready. “I want Bossie to attend the audit and I want him to turn over the office in a regular maniter,” the mayor said. “I was disappointed In Bossie.” The mayor want if Bossie here also to refute rumors that Bossie "had something on the city administration and that certain interests did not want him hack in Omaha.’* Bossie is inclined to minimize the importance of the whole situation, in sisting that when it i^K all over he will he in the clear. Last fall he in timated that he might he a candidate for city commissioner. District Judge J. M. Fitzgerald yes terday afternoon asserted that he is sued no divorce decree to Bossie and referred to the records of the court house as the best evidence. Mrs. Bossie of this city, has contended right al^ng that she has no knowledge of a divorce. She admitted the sep arate maintenance agreement signed last .September ill the office of At tor ney John it. Wear and she added that the agreement had been nulled by mu tual consent. Her attorney now is J. I lean Linger. "1 Intend to prosecute Claude,” she said. Trail of the elusive Claude F. Bn* ale, runaway Omaha city clerk, led its followers to the Hi a ml hotel in Council Bluffs Wednesday morning. Here Bossie and his woman cum panlon, known in Omaha ns Ruth Womsley, weie alleged to he cornered in s room on the second floor. They remained In seclusion during the wornlng. denying nil applications fm admission Woman close!s answering the de Beauty, Who Narrowly Escaped Death in Anto Smash, to Wed The marriage of Miss Madeline Nugent, daughter uf Mr. and Mrs. John Nugent, 3510 North Twenty fourth street, and (ierald It. Morrissey will take place next Tuesday morning at 8:15 In Sacred I (cart church, Twen ty-second and Itinnry streets. Hex*. Father Judge will officiate. .Miss (iladys Nugent, sister of the bride, will be bridesmaid and Clarence Dolan will be best man. The bride Is one of the noted beau ties of Omaha. Nearly four years ago she was injured in an automobile ac cident at Twenty-sixth and Leaven worth streets, so seriously that for a week her life hung in the balance. Nile underwent several operations in her fight against death. The couple will reside at the Itor rda apartments, 1112 Park avenue. soription of the woman who disem barked with Bossie from the boat in New York, came to the door of the room, and in response to questions, said she is Mrs. Charles Baumf that her husband, Charles Baum, of Kt. Hoots, left the hotel early Wednesday morning for Omaha, and would not return until late. "Are You Mrs. Bossie?’’ "Are you Mrs. Bossie and were you formerly Ruth Wamsley'."’ she was asked. "No." "What does your husband du’’" "I don't i are to discuss my hus band's business with anyone." There was no other person In The room in which the woman stood; but the pair who registered as Mr. and Mis. Charles Baum, has two adjoining rooms.Tl'he door Into the second room wag closed. laioKed Ul.e Bossie. Kmployes at the hotel said tlie man who registered as Charles Baum closely resembled a description of Claude Bossie, furnished them by re porters. Both Bossie and his woman com panion were reported to have left. •> train in Council Bluffs Tuesday night. Bossie was recognized by an Omaha druggiat, who chanced to la* In the same car. Bossie talked with him. the druggist said, but refused to dis cuss his personal affairs. Bossie and tile Woman took a cub at the station, and disappeared, lie said. Awaiting Trial Bossie is now waiting trial in Kansas City, some time in April, on a charge of violation of the Mann act in transporting Ruth Wamsley, who, he alleges, is now his third wife, from Lawrence, Kan , to New Y'ork City. He claims he obtained a divorce from his wife In Omaha first. She claims he did not. J’assports Issued to Bossie and the woman were cancelled at Cherbourg, France, and both were returned to the United States, wheie Bossie Im mediately was arrested on federal charges. Mayor Hasn't Keen Him. Hs was handed s communication from Mayor .lames C. Utahlmnr., ask ing him to return to Omaha, lie Is believed to have come to Council BiulTs from Kansas City for that pur Hotel Rome Cafeteria The Best That's All AI>VKIMihKM KMT Looren Up That Cold With Musterole Have Musterole handy when h cold starts. It Inin nil of the advantages of grandmother's mustard plaster WITHOUT the blister. You lust ap ply It with the finger*. Kirs; you feel a warm tingle as the healing olnlntent penetrates the pores, then comes a soothing, cooling sensation and quick relief. Made of pure oil of mustard and other simple Ingredients, Musterole Is recommended by many nurses and doctors. Try Musterole for bronchitis, sore throat, stiff neck, pleurisy, rheu mattsni, lumbago, croup, asthma, neuralgia, congestion. pains and ache* (,f tin* back or Joint*, sore muscles, sprains, bruises, chilblains, frosted feel, colds of the chest. It msv prevent pneumonia and "flu." To Mothers: Muslcrulr Is else made ill milder form for babies and small children. Ask for ( lillilrell's Musterole. ,V,C and (l.ir, In Jara and tubes. Ilelfer llisti a nitisfuid plaster # pose, but up to noon Wednesday the mayor had r.r,t seen him. Neither had he visited the city hall, nor disclosed his wherealKiuts, so far as is known, to anyone in Omaha. City Clerk Janies Hortor, Bossie's successor, had not seen him, nor had Mrs. Maybelle .McKean Bossle, sec ond wife of the runaway clerk. They said they had no direct information of Bossie’s return. Some of Bossie's friends in the city hall believe that be will remain in Iowa until he looks over the situation here. Not tattle Ranch. Sheriff M. I.. Endres is said to be looking for Hossle with a warrant (harping wife desertion. Boring the ^cst election Bossle opposed Endres' candidacy. Inquiry at the hog ranch, south of Council Bluffs, revealed nothing. ' is Bossle there?" some one who answered the telephone was asked. ’ Tills is a hog ranch, not a cattle ranch," was the reply. Butcher Knife Wielder Jailed Earl Stewart. 61! Pacific street, was enteficeil to 60 days In jail In munici pal court Wednesday morning because his wife charged (hat he chased her c ut of their home last night with a butcher knife when she Isughed at the singing of his brolher, Tom Stewart. 2,500 Boys Wanted Apply Saturday, March 1 9:30 A. M. ELECTRIC SHOP Ntbiuskd® Power €, Absolutely Pure imported POMPEIAN OLIVE OIL Makes the most dclldow mayonnaise and French .and let the world Inf • with you Don’t keep that funny story to yourself. If it makes you Inf, it will tickle others ami may win for you one of the 0 Cash Prizes for “Local Lafs” which will he awarded by The Omaha Hee. Think up « fun ny story, «ml -ee how you may not only win n prize, but yet your name in the movies i Semi your Inf to the Local Laf Kditor, The Omaha Her. Capital Wires to McLean Read One Suggests Leased W ire to Florida “for Quick Access to W hite House.” Washington, Feb. 27,—Telegrams sent to KdWard II. McLean, A. U. Kail and others at Paint Beach, Kin., and relevant to the oil inquiry were read into the record today of the nil com mittee. , The first, from John Major of Washington to McLean at Palm Beagh, suggested a leased wire front tite Washington Post to McLean's cottage in Klorida, so the publisher could have "easy and quick access to the White lioaise.'' (Major is an employe of McLean here.! The message said also that C. Bus corn Siemp, secretary to the presi dent, would be in Florida shortly. In another message Major told Mc Lean he had talked again with "J. VV. SCevely, Palmer's law partner, who said the matter would be attended to In a manner satisfactory to you.” Another ntessage said Fred Btarek, a director of the Mar Finance cor poration, was anxious to get in touch with McLean on an important mat ter. •'Palmer anil Zevely told me tonight that under no circumstances should you send a message to the commit tee," said another message to Mc Lean from Major. “They said," the message added, "that after the man at Wardman Park (Fall's hotel) testifies and the committee wanted you, they could tsfke care of you.” Another message from Major to McLean said that Major had "had a talk with Smithers at the White House." (K. W. Smithers is chief telegra pher at the Whitp House. A message from the White House signed “E. W. Startling" and ad dressed to McLean said that Starling had "wired Wilkins at Hopkinsville, Ky." (Starling is of the White House secret service staff. ‘‘Working on Walsh." Major reported to McLean that he had delivered a message "to McAdoo and Palmer as per your instructions." (In other messages there are refer ences to Francis McAdoo ■ of New York, believed by committeemen to be the son of W. G. McAdoo.) t'nder date of January 22, 1!>24. Major wired McLean that A. Mitchell Palmer (former attorney general and counsel for McLean) had gained the Impression from Senator Walsh that McLean would not be called before the committee. This message added that “other people are working on \\alsh." * r--—' Danish Prince Shies at Omaha AI.DKMAR, prince of Denmark, doesn't look a bit like Hamlet He didn’t even wear the same kind of clothes when he passed through Omaha Wednesday morning on his way to San Francisco, accom panied by Rear Admiral Jobnke. At San Francisco, they wjll board a royal yacht to return to Denmark. Prince Voldemar landed In San Francisco January 8, to attend the Wedding of his brother. Prince Krick, to a wealthy New York girl at Ottawa, The prince is tail, wears a Van Dyke beard anil nose glasses, and has gray hair and blue eyes. He is inordinately shy. He fled to the refuge of his stateroom Wednes day morning when accosted by report ers. Hear Admiral JAhnke, bis spokes man, was hut little better, tie agreed lhat It was a nice day; that American railway travel Is comfortable; that any railway travel is distressing; and that the Danes are a great people. Then he followed the prince into the stateroom. Nebraskan's Brother Dead. HiihIhI I>i*|»tffrh t«i The Omaha lire. Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 27.—Harry Wright, day clerk at the Paddock ho tel, Mas railed t%> Kansas City Mon day by a telegram stating that hi* brother Melvin, 25, had been killed. No particulars were contained in the message. Girl Fires Gun at Prowlers Routs Two Men Who Attempt to Pry Bedroom Screen Open. Frame* Robison. 3128 Pacific street, fired at two men who were en deavoring to pry a screen from a window of iter tied room early Wednes day morning, she reported to police. With her at the time was Agnes Singles, convention secretary at the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, w ho was spending the night at the Robison home. The only other person* In the house were a maid and Mrs. K. B. Ransom. Miss Robisons father left the hous about midnight to return to bis farm at Dexter, Ta. The two women were awakened by a noise outside their bedroom. On one side of the room is a screen, extending clear to the floor. The window was wide open. Outside the screen, they saw two men, both with flashlights. Miss Robison reached into a bureau drawer besid3 the tied and obtained a revolver. Phe fired through the screen. Both men fled. Then police were called. Ex-Adjutant General Dies. Dincoln, Feb. 26.—Gen. James D. Gage, adjutant general of Nebraska during the administration of former Af^)146^^^^>ealer^^toodCoaP^^A™46, The Genuine and Highest Grade of Franklin County, HI. A Coal for Every Purpose— Clean, Hot, Long Lasting Small Egg Size, !>Q50 per ton. ** Large Egg Size, 910OO per ton. AU Large Lump 9 1 030 Size, per ton A This Coal Needs No Introduction An Excellent Grade of Perry County, 111. An Economical Fuel for the Thrifty Good Heat—Ideal for Furnace Lump Size, $050 per ton. ® Large Nut Size, $750 per ton ., * 1 Small Nut Size, *700 per ton. ' An Opportunity for Money Saving Deliveries Made to All Parts of Greater Omaba 1 Governor Lorenzo Crounse, died Dunning, according to advices re celved here. H* waa a vetera^ of . the civil war. serving in a cavairv^ troop, and was a pioneer resident the state. He waa in commtr-1 of the state militia at Bouth Omaha during a serious disturbance at the packing house employes' strike there several years ago. Omaha Fire Loss Near 3 Million Omaha’s fire loss ia H!l waa $2,297,145, according to figures com piled by the fire prevention commit tee uf the insurance division of tht Chamber of Commerce. There was a total of 1,9(7 fires dur ing the year. Fire at the Armour packing plant in South Omaha in February, J*23, accounted for $1,750,000 #of the lost. Nine lives were lost during the year in Omaha as a result of fires._ NO MORE POT WATCHING '■/ •#, Du OA« TUttWWP Off? The Chambers Service The principle of the Chari bers Range is simple. While the gas is on, it cooks like any high grade gas range. But its real science comes through certain patented fea tures that allow you, with a turn of a lever, to shut off_ the gas and at the same time seal up the heat in the oven oi in the hood on top. Cuts Gas Bill in Half Milton Rogers Company 1515 Harney St. QAnother Reason IVh y >— Buick Cushions Are Comfortable On All Roads The cushions on Buick open cars are sup ported on double-deck springs. The upper springs, light and easy acting, smooth out slight road irregularities, while the larger and stronger lowers absorb the bumps that * cause the ordinary seat to ‘strike bottom”. Two pads of curled hair between springs and French plaited upholstery give that final softness and assure the purchaser a cushion that will stand up. lluick Fundamentals 1 A firm and stable organi sation that has built a uni fortply good car of economical price and operation. 2 A chassis so designed and coordinated that it performs equally efficiently under all conditions 3 A unde variety of body type? that meet all individual requirements and establish a standard of quality and stria. 4 Buick Authorired aervsre available ever vwhere through out the life of the cat, • '>> *-s)*4» r*r When better automobiles are built Buick will build them Nebraska Buick Auto Co. 19th and Howard Street* LINCOLN OMAHA SIOUX CITY II. E. Sidle*, Pre*. Lee Huff, Vice Pre*. 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