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NEW YEAR'S CHEER
READY TO OVERWT.nur
Toronto, Ont, Dec. 31. Tlrov-
ince of Quebec Wednesdays a
liugei cofferdam of poteifNew
Year cheer ready to overiW into
urrounding dry territory ; 12:01
. in. New Year'?. Shipn; ts of
( nor from one province toJother
wU be legal theu as the D inion
wartime regulations againi inter-
provim. traffic expire.
Quebe is the only provin
'"iu in? , . or soiu now ai
habitant.! Vre doing their,
ilnv in relink .1
Inrio, .,Alar(tolv ,and the llntime
"jwir. 1USS11)U."4"'-
trairi pao was , ngaged thou
ssv'ds of gallons of .2,75 pcjHM ad
ccward, mstly upward, toVd ccl
J rs in dryherritory.
FBONUS Cfvp.aUpAMTJi
10 "HAPpy NEW YEAC
New York. D,,J 3, 5 New
Mr bodus of $1 000,000as dis
tributed tjday by tlie II. 1 Johns--lanvillc
fompany among Is sales
lorcc. Oie thousand mejwill av
erage $l,0o cadi.
LESS OF 'EM SO. N ATll' ALLY,
WON'T d0ST SO MUCfl
New York, Dec. 31. IV cost of
women s Clothes may b A reduced
considerabkr becaute thcij will be
considerabt less of them f the pre
dictions ofja fashionable flifth ave
1uC F Inilliner ,and dressmaker
, 0 ha" ah'ed fnJm Pari are cor
rect. The, latest modes 'ranee is
aiding u, the I nited States, he
M'd, are: jj0 st(, -kings, Ixtremely
i -rt skirtS( no si-, eves aril sandals.
3T DRC')YNSTRYINf
1 SAVE; its DOLL.
r, Fw Ycrk; Dec. 131. Love for a
KB 'slums' jiii ......... i i, , .
jng of a I l-year-old baly in four
"Jc ".?, water in a Vail of the
'ship 0f tj,e jjieuw Amsterdam.
trived front Holland
id r Ia D...i. .. -..u. !.
X v?3! ".P'es Moines, la w'h her.
" ,1 Y' d familv, batl ei Jan. jr.,
bci vui mi lias iiu i'u in
il! I)ml- tl,. ' tl Clan
Wtnr .
Wed
1 rife Int." i .i ... . i. .i c
""inK witn tne j.ou siuu
Vv"s '.'''when he tour!', the ship.
M" th' family wenJ:o dinner.
H. 1-5. , Oy asieep. ir uaui i'u
:;f "'ertcntly leftfoeside the
-;vi.' iml'-'t in t't .v
1 wiE'') awoke and s arted play-
-' Santa's gift. The doll fell
bunk and Jan reached for
v u :? ; 11 head first into the pail,
f ' family returned from din-
. s dead.' '
FRENCH GIRLS
ZED BY GERMANS.
ec. 31 Manj, French girl
ictimized during the. Ger
;.'on are still being tried fo:
ler. Newspapers point out
.'ery case acquittal is the
re the accused mother can
i father of her child was a
, 4dicr.
Chaudron, a waitress 'n
' Cherry, nortnern r rance,
tted. When her . mother
the young woman had
baby she disinterred the
rried it to the mayor of
and had her daughter ar-
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SD LIQUOR
OF CURRENCY.
Dec. 31. The Hotel
ompanv is preparing to
pecial dividend in whisky
iders, Eugene Byfield, one
nagers, announces, xne
is said to have about 200
,rs and about. two carloads
IN OF YOUTH
JiBLE TO. ALL.
Dec. 31. "Sober living,
ver-eating and over-drink-
ncd with mild physical ex
' ie only' way to live and re-
vouth."
the substance of a paper
to the Academy of Science
i ' , ' fsrfin? French biologists,
, Widal and La.-assagne.
' jre it is impossible to ob
vitj' by surgical graftings,
-contradicting Dr. Serge
-i who believes he is on the
e discovery of the "fotint-
.d women are living longer
.5 savs the. treatise-, "be
follow the rules of hy
J.Hv one person 60 years
t i PSj-j-. The recent cen-
j ' sus shovi, that there are W,000 cen-
i tanariani living.
1 t SCOTS TAKK WALLr
; AT SHAKESPEARE.'OO.
i Newf York, Dec. 37 Everybody
4, peenm to be taking a wallop at
t Shakfgpeare these days. A short
J time (go strong protest was made
t by Jewish organizations against the
' of "The Merchant of Venice" in
J ibe literary courses of the public
; sc'lools on the ground that the char
,; cfer of Shylock was a reflection on
IwUh rare Kfiw romp the Scot-
' "iti,i veterans of the world war with
' I , resolution asking tJiat "'Macbeth"
i f i pt dropped from the reading list Dt
' the Newark public schools on the
ground that it is a libel on the bcot-
- itisfc race.
MEN'S EXTRAVAGANCE
FLAYED BY WOMAN.
Topeka," Kan., Dec. 31. Worn n
are -no more responsible for high
prices through wild extra vaganec
; than are men. according to club
s women of Topeka. who met with
V. H. Kemper, fair price commis
sioner, and expressed outspoken re
sentment at the charge that their
sex was to blame. V
"Let the men. bctore saying such
tir-frs o u stoo buying $75 suits
and " $25 silk shirts and 25 cents
" c'i'.TS." slid one 'wrman indignantiy.
'When they cut out their own fool
ish snending it will be time for them
to talk of women's extravagance."
RAISIN CROP SOLD:
CORRECT. SIT DOWN.
- Fresno, Cal.. Dec. 31. Ihe raisin
...rroD this vear wH. net to the grow-
Vs about J.Wv,wv, auuui. wnax h
' lbs been anv previous year Presi
- " t'bnt W. M. Giffen of the Caliiorma
Association of Raisin Companies an
nonnced here. For the first time iu
hktory the growers have sold the
i entire crop before January 1, .
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WE WISH EACH AND ALL OF YOU A HAPPY AND MOST PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 49 NO. 169.
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NO EVENING BEE
NEW YEAR'S DAY
In order to enable as many of
our employes as possible to en
joy the holiday, no publicatior
of The Omaha Evening Bee will
be made today, New Year'i
day. Subscribers will be served
with The Morning Bee instead.
Wishing all a Happy and Pros
perous New Year.
THE OMAHA BEE.
Police Pictures of Two Mem
bers of the Old Kirk Gang
Identified by Witnesses of
Benson Holdup.
BANK IS INSURED FOR
TOTAL $115,000 LOSS
Only Report From .Outside Discovered at 5 in the AfLr
City Comes From Tekamah noon on Chicago Street
Outlaws Described by Men ! Close to Centra!
Whom They Locked in Vault. Station.
BANDITS' AUTO
FOUND IN CITY,
SAY THE POLICE
Witnesses (o the robbery at Ben
son at 10:30 yesterday morning, in
which four or six bandits held up
the Farmers' and Merchants' bank,
forcing the employes into a vault
and getting away with $115,000 iu
bonds and cash, late in the after
noon, partially identified pictures of
Frank McKay and John Appleby,
alias Frank Adams, members of the
Kirk bandit gang that held up the
Malashock jewelry store two years
ago and in the gin batt with 1he
police that followed, shot to death
City Detective Frank Rooney, as
two of the band tna; perpetrated the
daring robbery.
City detectives place implicit con
fidence in the selection .f the pic
tures of McKay an1 Appleby from
the Central police statioi. files last
night by witnesses of the robbery.
Positive of Identification.
F. C. Kuhl, Sixty-third and Maple
streets, a witness of yesterday's rob
ber', said last night on being shown
pictures of John Appleby that Ap
pleby was one of the bandits.
Members of the city detective de
partment say that other witnesses
confirmed Kuril's choice and includ
ed McKay in their identification.
A Cadillac touring car found yes
terd?y afternoon at 5 o'clock at
Twelfth and'Chicago streets is -believed
by the police to be the car
used by the bandits yesterday.
''The bandits didn't dri?e from
Benson to Twelfth and Chicago
streets just for fun," said Detective
Chief Dunn last night. "They had
a definite purpose."
Gtis Hyers, head of the state dc
nartment of law enforcement; Chief
Dunn and Chief Eberstein reviewed
reports of all the men working on
the case last night iii Dunn's office
at Central police station.
Car May Be Blind.
It was suggested that the bringing
of the car back to Omaha may have
been a "blind" and that the real
bandits kept on with their booty in
. I TL. a .1 . ' j !
uiiiuncr crti. i iic liiet uiai uie rpnus
were almost impassable, the police
car itself getting stuck near Flor
ence, was taken as evidence nullify
ing the soundness of this theory,
however, and as corroborating the
suspicion that the wily bandits
thought the safest place to hide was
in the citv.
Only One Report.
At a late hour yesterday no further
trace of the fleeing bandits had
been obtained by Omaha police than
a report that an automobile load of
men, answering the general descrip
tions of the bandits had sped
through Tekamah, Xe'o., 50 miles
north of Omaha, at 3 o'clock. De
tectives John Fsznowski and Mur
nhy, armed with shotguns, drove to
Tekamah in a police emergency car
following the report to Omaha po
lice. Squad Ready at Station.
A squad of detectives is kept in
readiness ai Central police station
for any emergency call concerning
the whereabouts of the bandits.
The last definite report heard .of
the fleeing bandits was from Bert
V. Hensen, auditor of the Nebraska
Telephone comoany, whose car was
wrcked at 11:20 yesterday morning
at Forty-second street and Ames
avenue in a collision with the car
in which the bandits were riding.
He said they failed to stop after
(Continued in Tag Thiw.-Column One.)
Ridings ml Dion Held
On Bank iVrecking Charge
Halsey, Xcb., Dec. 31. Stock
holders of the closed bank of Halsey
were advised Wednesday from
Thedford, the county seat, that F.
M. Ridings of Minneapolis, presi
dent of the bank, and E. X. Dion,
cashier, had been bound over to
the district court on a charge of
conspiracy to wreck the bank.
Both Ridings and Dion waived
preliminary hearing and supplied
bonds of $25,000 for their appear
ance at the March term of court.
A charge of embezzlement was al
so made against President Ridings.
County Attorney Reisner an
nounced that he would take steps
to place others under arrest who
he believes are conspirators in
bringing about the closing of the
bank. .
Alter autoloads of police and de
tectives were dispatched to points 50
miles in the country surrounding
Omaha in chase of the bandits who
robbed the Benson bank the Cadillac
car used by the robbers was found at
5 in the afternoon standing on Chi
cago street, iu the city of Omaha,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets, in front of the Peoples Ice
and Coal company, only four blocks
from Central police station.
The car had been standing there
since about noon.
Two Men in Car.
Ray Minnix, 2202 Grand avenue,
employed at Twelfth and Chicago
streets, told Detective Chief John
Dunn last night that he saw two
men drive the "bandit" car to the
place where the police found it.
"The two men drove up about
11:45," said Minnix. "They walked
south on Twelfth street after leav
ing the car and I paid no more at
tention to them."
The police last night positively
identified the car as the on, stolen
from in front of the Methodist hos
pital on Tuesday night.- The owner
of trw machine ls'johi Kasada, 4515
South Twenty-sixth street.! Kasada
had license plate No, 97133, which
could not be found yesterday. In
its place on Kasada's car appeared
license 213357, Iowa.
Bert Hensen, auditor of Nebraska
Telephone company, told the police
that a Cadillac touring car carrying
the bandits from the Benson bank
and bearing license No. 21357, Iowa
or Illinois, collided with his car at
Forty-second and Ames avenue at
11:20 yesterday morning.
The number given by Hensen to the
police is the same as that on the car
found last night on Twelfth street,
except for one 3. The right front
wheel of the car found last night
shows that the machine had been fn
a collision, bearing out Hensen's
statement.
Police Are Positive.
Immediately following the discov
ery every detective on the night and
day force of the department was
turned loose in an attempt to dis
cover who had driven the car up to
the place where they had disap
peared to.
According to the story of a man
who telephoned the department, but
who failed to give his name, the car
was driven up in front of the ice
company's place at about roon. He
cither did not notice who drove it
up or did not wish to make a state
ment on that point.
He telephoned the department
?oout 5 in the afternoon, stating
that -the car had been standing there
sex-eral hours.
Detectives were hurried to the
scene, and immediately verified the
number.
The car was taken to the Central
garage of the police depigment
Vigorous Warfare
Against 'Reds' Planned j
By Attorney General
Washington, Dec 31. Any move
ment, however cloaked or dis
sembled, designed to undermine the
government will be met with "un
flinching, persistent, aggressive war
fare," Attorney General Palmer an
nounced in stating the policy of the
Department of Justice for the forth
coming vear H aHil"H fhar nn
quarter would be shown bolshevists
or otners ot their nk, whom he de
scribed as "chiefly criminals, mis
taken idealists, social bigots and un
fortunates suffering from various
forms of hyperesthesia."
Son of Mayor Smith Now
Bears Same Title as Father
Lyle Smith, son of Mayor Ed P
Smith of Omaha, will take over the
outies of mayor of Haynes Citj,
Fla., this morning
Young Smith was unanimously
elected. When his nomination was
announced two other candidates
withdrew.
Mayor Smith recently visited his
son in Haynes City.
Root to Aid in Launching
International High Court
Washington, Dec. 31. Elihu Root J
former secretary of state, will be i
called upon to assist ia launching j
the great international supreme j
court provided under the league of
nations. .
Ray Stannard Baker
Story Appears Friday
The next installment of.he
Ray Stannard Baker . story ito is
been held up until Friday, woe! i
it will appear in The Bee.
ALL 0MJWAL4 Lines of Business in
JUBILANT AS!
1920 DAWNS
Citizens Welcome the New
Year With Gladsome Din and
Hail of Good Cheer; Cafes
Theaters and Homes Ablaze.
WATCH PARTIES HOLD
SERVICES IN CHURCHES
teh
ins
Special Programs at Theaters
Dancing Throughout City
Horse Play, Antics Are
Noticeably Lacking.
Omaha jubilantly, but not hilari
ously, sped the old year on its way
and welcomed the advent of the new
upon the threshold of time at mid
night last night. The dancers were
as gay as in former years, the hails
of new year's greeting as loud and
the laughter as carefree, the only
discernible difference between the
celebration and that of bygone days
beine that hilarity and roystering
did not extend to jostling crowds i
upon the streets and table dancing
and other unseemly exhibitions in
the cafes.
To be sure, there were evidences
that a trifle of exhilarating nectar
spiced the joyousness of some, but
thero was a noticeable absence of
those horse-play antics which pass
the boundaries of freedom and ex
tend into the purlieus Q,f license.
Was a Big Night.
It was a big night, with joy tin
confined, but not explosive. The
lights burned brightly until 1920 was
at least two hours old, cabaret9
throbbed until early-morning risers
began demanding breakfast, theaters,
legitimate and moving, pictures-watered
to large crowds 'with exjtra
shows until well beyond midnight,
and private parties disbanded reluc
tantly. If larger hotels, cafes and clubs
were examples o what was going
on everywhere, t Omaha literally
danced the old year out and the new
year in. Everywhere there was
dancing. At the Hotel Fontenelle
the great ballroom was crowded, the
lobby was cleared away for dancers
and tables on the mezzanine floor
for diners.
At midnight 3 large floral ball in
the lobby, was lighted and guests
stood silent as 1920 was ushered in.
Dances and "stunts" were also in
order at the Hotels Rome, Castle
and Loyal, and the Henshaw cafe
was the scene of merry dancing
parties.
Programs at Theaters.
At the Railto and Strand theaters
special programs of music, dancing
and pictures attracted crowds. The
proceeds of these midnight enter
tainments will be given to children
of the City Mission.
Many churches held "watch par
ties" last night, combining social
pleasures with devotional exercises.
And so, with a bit of charity,
many solemn religious services, an
unknown number of good resolu
tions, and much hilarity Omaha wel
comed 1920. When clocks neared
the hour of 12 whistles began tp
blow, bells to ring, chimes to play
and guns to be fired. There were
shouts of hilarity, but they were
joyous shouts, for Omaha looks for
ward to the new year with op
timism. The din lasted at least 15 min
utes. When it had subsided inter
rupted dances began again and mer
riment continued, for today is a holi
day and what matters late or early
hours on a holiday.
Special dancing parties were held
at the Omaha and Athletic clubs,
Kelpine s Dancing academy, Fort
Omaha, the University club, Pret
tiest Mile club, Strehlow Terrace
club house and dozens of private
dancing parties were given. Every
available dance hall was crowded
with dancers and jazz artists were
to be had only at a premium.
Couldn't Forgive Her
Or Live Without Her
Chicago, Dec. 31. George Hewett,
who Tuesday shot and killed his
wife, Wednesday committed suicide
by poison. He left this note:
"I, George Hewett, do confess that
I shot my wife during an argument.
When a husband is madly in love
with his wife, he can neither forgive
her nor live without her."
Underwood a Candidate
For Senate Renomination
Birmingham, Dec. 31. Senator
Oscar W. Underwood lias formally
announced his candidacy for re
nomination to the senate in the
democratic primaries of May 11.
Dr. McClure Resigns.
Boise, Idaho, Dec. 31. Dr. S. W.
McClure, secretary of the National
Wool Growers' association, speaking
before members of the Idaho Wool
Growers' association at their annual
convention here announced he will
resign from his secretaryship of the
national organization.
Omaha Prospered in 1919
SUBSTANTIAL GAINS
E IN EVERY LINE
OF ACTIVITY HERE
.Welcome 1920 I
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Carefully Prepared Figures on Business Growth of City
During Past Year Surprising in Some Respect
Manufacturing Totals Nearly $500,000,000 Job
bing Business More Than $353,000,000 Bank
Clearings Pass $3,000,000,000 Mark Record Year
. in Building Permits, Conventions and Marriage
Licenses Packing Houses 3how 50 Per Cent Increase.
IMEAR COMES
INTO BEING JUST
ABOUT AS USUAL
Liquor Flows Freely in Cafes
And Restaurants, Although
Street Color Lacking in
Most of Large Cities.
Chicago, Dec. 31. Chicago's
greeting to 1920 was not without
alcoholic cheer. An 11th hour or
der by Chief of Police Garrity fa
vorable to "hip liquor" gave Chicago
a final New Year fling.
The lid was not entirely off, but
it was inclined at such an angle that
the celebrating public did not care.
CSef Garrity ordered that no ar
rests should be made for carrying
"hip" liquor. Policemen assigned
to cafes were instructed to take the
names of law violators.
Varied Welcome.
Xcw York, Dec. 31. The New
Year received a widely varied wel
come in New York. In the big ho
tels of the White Light district, the
newcomer was welcomed by the
private stockholding classes with
all the exuberance of days when
prohibition was a reformer's dream.
The exuberance of the private
stockle? citizens was, however, de
cidedly restrained. The customary
crowds thronged Broadway, but the
cowbells and horns, which formerly
threatened the eardrums of every
one, were much modulated and there
was little horseplay.
Frisco Open-'. Up.
San' Francisco, Dec. 31. San
Francisco left off restricted ration
ing of its liquor supply long enough
to make a particularly festive New
Year's eye and the stocks that since
the first of the last July have been
doled out in exact mathematical pro
portions knew no such strictures
while 1920 wa:' being welcomed.
In sharp contrast watch night
services were being held in many
churches and other places of wor
ship, and the chant of a midnight
mass at St. Patrick's Catholic
church downtown mingled with the
din of revelry on the streets about.
Wines and Liquors Flow.
New Orleans, Dec. 31. New
Year's eve was celebrated here with
wines and liquors (lowing freely in
practically all of the fashionable
cafes and restaurants.' The itiloxi
cants, however, were brought to the
cafes by the patrons and were
labeled with the owner's name.
The display of fireworks, a custom
of the south in celebrating Christmas
and New Year's, exceeded prewar
days.
Quiet in Washington.
Washington, Dec. 31. Washing
ton welcomed the New Year without
any public or semipublic functions,
but with the usual church and home
watch parties and street fcelebra
tions. , I
New Year's messages to tlf, nation
were issued by Vice President Mar--1.
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PERSHING TO BE
HERE SATURDAY
FOR THREE HOURS
Will Arrive at 3:30 in After
noon and Be Given Pub
lic Reception at the
Auditorium.
Figures Show Business
Gains In Omaha for Year
1919.
Manufacturing: $ 463,103,095
Jobbing 353,462,457
Real estate transfers 36,876,527
Packing: house o itput. 293,960,675
Bank clearings . 3,057,000,000
Smelter output 41,560,642
Bank deposits 130,000,000
Building permits 9,022,647
Grain receipts (bu.) 64,585,000
Grain shipments (bu.) . . . 60,450,000
LIVE STOCK RECEIPTS.
, , 1919,-
Cattfc (head) i . . .7. V . '-; 1,975,000
Hogs (head) ........... 3,150,000
Sheep ( head ) 3,600,000
Horses (head) ......... 25,600
1918.
$ 427,271,161
260,836,940
16,293,698
296,506,787
2,818,964,262
46,685,724,
104,742,547
3,608,054
91,707,900
75,049,500
1918..
1,993,366
3,429,533 1
3,385,696 I
21,774 I
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General Pershing will spend three
hours in Omaha next Saturday, dur
ing which time a great public re
ception will be accorded him at the
Auditorium, it was announced last
night.
He will arrive at the Burlington
station at 3:30 p. m., where a com
mittee of prominent citizens, includ
ing H. H. Baldrige. Col. J. W. S.
Wuest and Mayor Smith, will meet
and escort him to the Auditorium.
He is scheduled to speak and to
shake hands with as many people
as possible before he leaves, at 6:30
for Chicago.
Comes Again January 8.
General Pershing's Saturday visit
will not interfere with his visit Jan
uary 8, when he is to spend an en
tire dav in Omaha. It was impossi
ble to secure the Auditorium for a
public reception at that time, how
ever, so the Saturday visit was ar
ranged. The program for his visit Janu
ary 8 has practically been completed,
according to H. H. Baldrige, chair
man of the reception committee.
The general and his staff will be
escorted to Fort Omaha immediate
ly on their arrival.
Mail Plane to Arrive.
A luncheon at the Chamber of
Commerce is next on the program,
followed by a ride about town, end
ing at Ak-Sar-Ben landing field,
where the first mail ship is sched
uled to arrive from Chicago.
The general will receive members
of the American Legion at 4, either
at the Army and Navy club or at
the Hotel Fontenelle. A banquet in
his honor at the Omaha club will be
the closing event of the day.
Groom Kentucky Governor
For the Vice Presidency
Louisville, Ky . Dec. 31. Repub
lican leaders in Kentucky are groom
ing Gov. Edwin P. Morrow as a v..e
presidential- candidate according to
announcement lure today.
According to tlie announcement,
the groundwork for the Morrcv;
boom is being laid early in order thai
his name may be presented to the
various state' conventions and ori
maries next year.
82 Lynched in America
During the Last Year
Tuskegec, Ala., Dec. 31.- Eighty
two persons were lynched in the
United States in 1919, an increase of
18 over 1918 the department of rec
ords and research of Tuskegee uni
versity announced. Seventy-five vic
tims were ncsxoes and seven whites.
I One negro woman was in the list.
A glance over Omaha's business record for 1919 of
fers conclusive evidence that this city made substantial
gains in every line of activity, and there is reason to .be
lieve that the Gate City of the west will continue to take
long forward strides this year.
The figures which have been carefully prepared are
surprising in some respects, showing increases beyond the
expectations of the most optimistic persons, and all of this
comes out of a year filled with many business perplexities.
The most notable gain of the year was made in the
jobbing business, which' reached a total of more than
3353,000,000, an increase of 43 per cent over 1918, and
twice the volume of business of 1915. This indicates the
steady growts of Omaha's extensive trade territory. The
increase last year was the largest of any year. The job
bing of automobiles and trucks increased 40 per cent
wholesale groceries 33 1-3 per cent, oils, commission and
produce, dry goods, tires and auto accessories 25 per cent,
lumber 40 per cent, plumbing and heating supplies nearly
75 per cent.
DEATH STILL IN
NEW YORK CITY
Empty Barrels Which Had
Contained Wood Alcohol and
Other Ingredients Found.
New York, Dec. 31. United States
Marshal Power announces that he
believes he has discovered the wood
alcohol "whisky" manufacturing
headquarters of John Romenelli,
Brooklyn undertaker, and Samuel
Saleeby, Brooklyn druggist, held
here in connection with distribution
of poison liquor throughout New
England. The place is a Brooklyn
garage, he says.
Receptacles and chemicals used in
the manufacture of liquor and per
fumes, several empty barrels which
"had contained wood alcohol" and
some burned sugai were found by
federal officials, the announcement
says. These were seized and persons
on the premises were taken to the
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examination.
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Unprecedented Increase in
National Banks' Resources
Washington,' Dec. 31. An' un
precedented increase of $1,000,000.
000 in the resources of national
banks for the year was reported by
Comptroller of the Ctrrrency Will
iams. On the last call, November 17, na
tional bank resources approximated
$22,500 000,000. The increases in de
posits and total assets, the comptrol
ler said, were scattered widely. The
increase in resources of banks out
side the reserve cities since June
30, was nearly $800,000,000. The re
sources of "country banks" in Texas
increased in the past six months
alone $134,000,000 or 34 per cent
Nearly Half Billion.
Omaha's manufacturing busine
last year was nearlv $500,000,000
increase of 8 ner rnt f,-..
anu mice tne output ot 1V15. Pack
ing house products showed an in
crease of 50 per cent since 1917, and
the output of butter has been
doubled during the last two years.
The manufacture of automobiles,
tires and accessories amounted
more than ?20,000,000, which
nearly three times the output
iyis. Last year's outout of
was twice that of 1918 and an
crease of 230 per cent since
The cracker industry was increased
fi -em in iwo years.
The packing house output of 1910
was slightly less than 1918. Lat
'ar' 111nv,everwas 0 per cent more
than 1917, and it must be remem
bered that 1913 was an cxeeptiona'
year, and the fact that the 1919 tota'
was practically the same as the pre
vious year, is an eloquent testi
monial for the year just clotd. The
real comparison is between 1919 and
showing an increase of 50 per
cent More than 60,000 cars of pack
ing house products and byproduct
were shipped ffmi this center las
year. -
Bank Clearings Increase.
mum dea,ri1Ss Pas the ,$3,000,
000000 mark last year, an increase
ot W per cent in two years
Bank deposits showed an increase
of 25 per cent and real estate trans
fers were more than doubled for
the year.
Building operations were mor
than $9,000,000, indicated by the per
mits, this being a record vear The
building outlook for 1920 at this
time is better thau at the beginning
of any previous new year. It is es
timated that more than $10.0(10000
ot large projects are assured, includ
ing several large buildings for which
contracts have been let.
The first large structure will he
the Medical Arts building, Seven
teenth and Dodge streets, at a cost
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