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8 C THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 1. 1920. EISTRIBUTION OF II. S. CREDIT IS NECESSARY Trust Company Trade Review Shows Husbanding of American Resources Es sential In Reconstruction. The dominant need of the mo ment the husbanding and careful distribution of American credit for f the reconstructive necessities of 'the World is emphasized in the itfsue of January 29 of "American 1 Goods and Foreign Markets," the semi - monthly revieV of the Guaranty Trust company of New York on for eign trade. This need, says the re view, is thrown into sharp relief by the recent action of the Federal Re serve bank of New York in rais ing the rediscount rate on commer cial paper to 6 per cent, the heavy over-subscription of the $25,000,000 ' Belgian loan, further marked de , clines in foreign exchange, and the bid for North American capital made by the Latin-American coun tries at the second Pan-American financial conference. The review goes on: "Banks have taken the lead in helping to curtail the use of credit kfor merelyspeculative purposes, and are exerting every effort to strengthen their reserves. During the week ending January 16, the Federal Reserve bank of New York 'borrowed no less than $79,500,000 from other reserve banks in the sys tem. As a result it was able to maintain its reserves above the le gal limit In other words, the whole reserve system is meeting the test of a serious situation with smooth--ness and efficiency. With it stands v the decision of the New York clear ing house banks to limit to 2 per cent the interest that will be paid j on deposits made with them by ; other banks. This, too, will certain- ly tend to increase the mobility of available banking resources, and - favor the operations of productive industry and commerce. The Money Market. "AH of these decisions and ac i. tions will have a strong indirect . influence on the extension of Ameri 3 can trade in foreign markets. Noth- ing is more esesntial to restoring a t normal balance of tra,de between i America and foreign countriees, ? and thereby the normal stability of foreign exchange than the continued :' power of the United States to lend A to foreign countries and customers. . The double subscription to the Bel- gian loan only emphasized this. The " I American investing public showed its complete confidence in the ulti- mate restoration of Belgian industry - and commerce, and likewise indi- cated its ever growing readiness to - invest heavily in foreign markets. , But disposition is not enough. The ; actual funds or credit must be available. They mflst not be wasted .in mere speculative acitvity. This , is the central meaning of most of 4h financial events of the last fort .v fiismV JJ .-"The entry of LatinAmerica into the field as a prospective borrower, .' only adds completeness tothe pic ture. Our, attention has been cen tered chiefly on European needs and prospects, with the expanding pros pect in Asia as a rather alluring background. Now our most im mediate neighbors have placed be fore us their programs of new con struction an,d internal improve ments of all sorts. These countries in the past have looked largely to Europe for funds. Heavy investment 'tf British and German funds in Latin America, followed by close shipping relations, and the establish- ment there of large buying markets for British and German goods, il lustrated very effectively the im . mediate result of organized invest f w j;. r t ; s .' "But European credit facilities are now strained to the limit by domes tic needs. If the United States con serve! its credit resources care . fully, it will be able to take advan tage of the needs of Latin-America, to extend and improve shipping fac ilities, as the Latins themselves re quest; and to build on this founda tion the substantial trade which the quality of our manufactures merits. Here as elsewhere the task is to maintain in New York a free gold . market, and, within the limits of good banking practice, a free credit market "A. more detailed but equally es- sential demand for the present situa- - I tion is the adequate combinati6n of American exporters for effective selling in foreign markets. The . Webb-Pomerene law has released . this country from previous legal , restrictions, and made possible forms 6f combination quite as effective as f those hitherto adopted in Germany, ii England, and" elsewhere. More ."- than 100 organizations of American exporters have filed papers with the, ' ' Federal Trade commission since the ' passage of the Webb law, indicating their intention of combining in this .. ' way. They. will achieve a double re- suit First, they will be able to com pete with European selling organiza tions in Latin America, the Far East, and other outside markets. Second they viH he able to oppose a united front to all attempts of turopean . buying combinations to depress Amcrjcan export prices through o playing one American concern agatnjt another. 24 GovernmentlEarms Will . Be Opened for Entry Feb. 26 Washington, Jani 31. Twenty '"' four government farms on the New :l : lands project in Nevada ranging in size tVom 29 to 206 acres of irrigible land will be opened for entry Feb- ,f ruary 26, Secretary Lane announced ', today. Each applicant must agree tor himself and his successors to take '.appropriate steps to have his unit included within the Truckee r Carson irrigation district - y Great Army Carnival Staged -at Fort Bliss ' El Paso, Tex., Jan. 31. Ten thou f sand , persons attended the military - carnival 3nd exhibition held at Fort y ttliss. The event was staged under thedirectibn of Maj. Gen. Robert L. Howse, commander of the El Paso military, district, as part of the na . ? lionwide movement to bring about closer relations between soldiers ana civilians. Harmony Girls of Commerce High Will Take Part . In Operetta '"The Wild Rose" February 19 and 20 Girts at Harmony class of Commercial High school, who will take part in an operetta, "The Wild Rose," which be presented at Central High school auditorium February 19 and 20. Top row: H. Larsen, M. Swanson, L. Glazer, H. Rose, L. Sallander, E. McCreary, A. Hansen, H. Ayer. Second row: M. Peterson, F. Alter, E. Moore, R. Anderson, H. Burley, H. Kohn, A. Epstein, L. Police. , . v Third row: I. Hoffmann, Y. McAllixter, B. Larsen, M. Reynolds, Miss Anderson, F. McMahon, B. Newman, P. Fleming. Bottom row: M. Gibler, B. Langevin, M. Cone, M. Anderson, I. Ferrin, Mae Anderson. PICKED FORCE OF1 MEXICAN POLICE SEEK FOR YAQUIS Indians, Known Supporters of Obregon, to Be Crushed at Carranzas Order. Washington, Jan. 31. A picked force of .military police has been sent from Mexico City to sonora in a campaign against the Yaqui In dians, according to advices received here today. The Yaquis, who went on the warpath some months ago, have raided many towns and vil lages in Sonora and have terrorized the couptry generally. The special police will go to Mazatlan and thence to Hermosillo and will be stationed along the Southern Pacific railroad and on the border. Arms and ammunition are said to have been smuggled to the Indians across the border and by gasoline launches in the Gulf of California. Mexican officials are disturbed by the Yaqui activity in view of .the political campaign now on, as the Yaquis are strong , supporters of General Alvaro Obregon, whose candidacy for the presidency is op posed by President Carranza and the official circle in Mexico City. General Obregon was victorious in all his campaigns during the revolu tion. His army was composed largely of Yaquis.. Transfer of Oil Lands Since Oct. 21 Are Declared Void Washington. Jan. 31. The dead-! lock on the oil land leasing bill, I which has been iri conference for three months, was broken Saturday when a compromise agreement on the so-called remedial provisions of the oil section was reached by the conferees. While this virtual ly amounts to a final agreement on the bill, minor questions involving the distribution of royalties derived from producing oil wellsvremain to be settled next week. Under the chairman, transfer of surplus oil lands, after October 21 last, by persons holding more than 3,200 acres, the maximum allowed under the bill, would be declared void. Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, said tonight that the conferees left to himself and Representative Sin not of Oregon; chairman of the house managers, determination of the royalty distribution provision. They hope to reach a final agree ment on Monday. Want Public to Read Labor Paper and Get Workman's Viewpoint New York, Jan. 31. The "open minded, liberty and humanity loving public" is urged to become readers of the labor press of the various lo calities of the country in order to learn "the truth of the workers' con tentions," in a resolution adopted at a conference here of editors and pro prietors of the labor press in many states. Organized labor was also asked to encourage and support the labor press "financially and mor ally - The meeting was called by the f American Federation of Labor. Japs Arrange With Mexico For Establishing Colony San Antonio. Tex., Jan. -31. Baron Otori, Japanese minister to Mexico, has made arrangements with the Mexican federal govern ment and with agencies in Japan for the colonization of several thou sand Japanese in the states of Sonora, Lower California, Sinaloa and Colima, on the west coast, ac cording to a dispatch trom Mexico City received today by a Mexican newspaper published here.' The Mexican government has as sured Baron Otori. Japanese immi- ' grants will be given adequate pro tection from bandits. Russian Troops Revolt Vladivostok, Jan. 31. Three hun dred Russian government troops re volted here yesterday, arrested their officers and refused to take orders from government authorities. It ra nnt tihtil (hi morninff that the Imta wert forced to surrender. ALLEGE EUROPE USES LOANS TO BUILDMiES Strong Opposition Expected In Senate to Further Credit Of Fifty Millions For Food. 'Washington, Jan. ,31. In voting to recommend new government loans of $50,000,000 to European countries for food relief, the house ways and means committee, includ ing its republican members, went counter to the majority view of the republican legislative steering com mittee. Cloak room discussion strongly forecast vigerous opposition to any loan when ttie measure reaches the house floor. Technically, the committee agree ment was by a unanimous vote of 19 of its 24 members. Six demo cratic members joined the majority after failing to get a larger fund, but reserved the right to seek an in crease when the bill comes up in the house, probably early next week. Their efforts in committee to make the amount to be recommended $125,000,000 as proposed by the treasury, or either $100,000,000 or $75,000,000 were defeated in order. Oppose Further Loans. ' Actions by the ways and means committee followed a conference be tween its republican members and the steering committee, at which the steering committee members ex pressed disapproval of any loans on the ground that congress had no au thority to give away funds, while in the senate both democrats and re publicans voiced opposition to ad ditional credits to any European country. senator Walsh, democrat of Mon tana, said he was opposed to further government financing aid to fc-urppe because of the nations now owing this country monejr were spending stupendous sums in military and naval preparations. Senator Phelan. democrat. Cali fornia, charged that European na tions, particularly Great Britain, were using Nmoney owed to the United States to extend their oil interests throughout the world. Countries Not Named. In agreeing on the $50,000,000 total the house ways and means committee decided not to stipulate the countries to which loans might be made. This will 'be left to offi cials of the .treasury who have asked for $125,000,000 for the aid of Po land, Austria and Armenia. Chairman Fordney of the ways and means commitjpe said he would try to get the house action on the bill Monday or Tuesday, if neces sary, asking the rules committee to give tbe -emasure a preferencial status. The limitation of the relief to foodstuffs was aid to be an ex pression of opposition to providing military supplies. Clothing and medicines, barred by legislation, could be supplied, if necessary, through private charities, the com mittee said. I Nominate Directors (A The Associated Press Chicago Jan. 31. The nominating committee of the Associated Press nominated the following for election to thft board of directors of the As sociated Press at the annual meet ing of the members in New York on April 20: Frank B. Noyes, Washing ton Star; W. L. McLean, Philadel phia Bulletin; Adolph S. Ochs, New York Times;' A. C. Weiss,-Duluth Herald; John R. RathonV Provi dence Journal. The committee made, only one nomination for each vacancy. New Bill Provides $3 Fee for Federal Jurors Washington, Jan.1 31. (Special Telegram.) Congressman Jefferis, at the suggestion of officials con- nrtpft ttrith ih TTnitprt Stato' at torney's and marshal's offices in Nebraska, introduced a bill repealing a number of status dealing with the fees of jurors and witnesses by providing a uniform fee of $3 a day for jurors and witnesses through out the United States, with 15 cents a mile .on any private conveyance or stage coach and 5 cents a mile on' steamshiD or iailtad line Says U. S. Must Have Large Navy Which May Cost Billion a Year New York, Jan. 31. The United States must have a navy equal to that of any other power, and it may cost $1,000,000,000 a year to main tain it, said Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, at a. meeting oi the Brooklyn Cham ber of Commerce. "To maintain the navy," he said, "now requires from $500,000,000 to $600,000,000 a year, but to main tain our protection we will have to spend $1,000,000,000 a year. The league of nations will try to limit the size of navies, and, therefore, large sums will be saved. In any event, we must have a navy equal to any other nation. Unlike an army, which can be trained within a year, the principal ships of war cannot be made ready after the war has stared, unless it lasts from three to four years. "It is the hope of some people that competitive naval building will come to an end as a result of the war. If we go on, however, with competitive building, we must con sider any other nation is a poten tial enemy, and we must have a big navy." . "Cleopatra's Night" By American Is Given Premiere in New York New York Jan. 31. "Cleopatra's Night," an opera in two acts with an orchestral intermerzo, written by Henry K. Hadley, an American com poser, was given its premiere at the Metropolitan opera house Saturday afternoon. The plot of the opera is taken fronf the short story of Theophile Gautier, "One of Cleo patra's Nights," and is based on the love of the slave Meiamoun for his queen. Mr. Hadley spent several weeks in the outskirts of a little village on the Suez canal cilled Ishmalia, get ting material and "atmosphere" for the work. Madame Francis Alda sang the ti tle fole. Orville Harold was cast as the slave. Gennaro Papi conducted the orchestra. Chicago Aerial Mail At 155 Miles an Hour x Breaks All Records Chicago, Jan. 31. Lieut. J. H. Knight, pilot of the aerial mail be tween Cleveland and Chicago, cov ered the 335 miles between the two cities at an average speed of 155 miles an hour. This was said to brek all speed records in this coun try' for a flight of more than 300 mile?. Lieutenant Knight left Cleveland at 11 Saturday- morning and ar rived in Chicago two hours and 10 minutes later. v , Captain of Sunken Tank Ship and Family Missing New York, Jan. 31. Captain Har old G. Simmons, his wife, 6-year-old son, 3-year-old daughter, and 18 members of the crew of the American tank steamer Mielero, which broke in two and sank Jan uary 26, off the Florida coast, still are missing. - A report last night that a sister ship of the Mielero, the Sucrosa, had picked up its crew was ex plained by the statement that the boat containing the first and sec ond officer, four engineers and 12 men, picked up by the steamer Ozet te, liad been transferred by that steamer to the Sucrosa. New York-Chicago Children's Athletic Contest Is Arranged Chicago, Jan. 31. Mayor William H. Thompson accepted the chal lenge to Mayor Hylan of New York for an athletic contest between Chi cago and New York school children to be held in the near future. An ice skating tournament was sug gested. Woman 80 Years Old Held For Murder of Daughter Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 31. Mrs. Sarah Tabor was bound over to cir cuit court on the charge of murder ing her daughter, Maud, and of burying her remains in the cellar of the Tabor home at Lawton. No bail was fixed for ui prisoner, who it 90 years, of age; LIFE HISTORY .OF GORDON FAWCETT IIAIiBY HALED Bank Robber and Murderer Who Died In Electric Chair Spent Boyhood With Uncle in Canada. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 31. -(Special Telegram) Much has been written about the career of crime of Jay Allen, master bank robber, whose exploits startled police and even those of the underworld for the past five years, but little has been writ ten of his home and youth or of the effort made by police in many cities to catch this brilliant outlaw. When Allen, whose real name is Gordon Fawcett Hanby, died in the electric chair at Sing Sing Thurs day, it was believed that the secret of his identity would die with him, in the potter's field. Chief of po lice O'Connor of St. Paul, who probably has more information re garding the bandit than any other official in the country, revealed to day that Allen's boyhood was spent with his -uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George Hanby, 88 Cathedral avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was employed for several months by the Ross Navigation Co. of the Pas and just before leaving the company told Captain Ross that he would like to- "pull off" a big bank robbery. Father in Chicago. Hanby left later to live with his father, John Hanby, at a rooming house at 947 Windsor avenue, Chi cago, where he met his brother, Frank, who was well known in Chi cago police circles as a crook and gambler, according to Chief O'Con nor. Captain of Detectives George W. Wells, through a friend who acted as "cover man" in Chicago, was able to get valuable information concerning Hanby. It was fotfnd that John ' Hanby, the father, worked in Chicago as a solicitor and obtained advertisements for programs. The following informa tion furnished the Chicago police December 15, 1915, by Chief O'Con nor, shows how carefully the in vestigation had been made. Powdered His Face. ' "Jay Allen left for Chicago' from Swatonua, Minn., at 6 p. m., Decem ber 16. He had a black leather trav eling bag, a new black Derby hat, size 7.2, new dress shirts, size 14, a pair of tan bedroom slippers, size 8. He wore a dark gray overcoat, blue serge suit, wore a diamond ring, purchased in Minneapolis, price $175, and small fine double watch chain with a small locket, diamond in the center, value $45. "He wiil be sure to stop at a first class hotel and spend his money freely, and as a rule always makes up with the bell boys and tips them liberally. He is a dope fiend, uses heroin cr morphine, is a good-looking fellow and never would be taken for a thief or a highwayman. He has the appearance of a minister's son, powders his face with talcum powder and in some respects is a sissy. However, if you arrest him, have your men take no chances, for he will shoot on sight." From Chicago he was traced to San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal. He was next heard of in New York, where December 13, 1918, he shot andkiiled DeWitt C. Heal in the East Brooklyn Savings bank holdup. He escaped and finally gave himself to police in a little town near Tacoma, Wash. It is said that remorse, after he had shot and killed a man by the name of Davis who had befriended him, prompted him to surrender. Eleven Strikes and 53 Disputes to Be Settled Washington, - Jan. 31. Industrial disturbances in the country showed a slight increase over the two pre vious weeks, Hugh L. Kerwin, di rector of conciliation of the Depart ment of Labor, announces. J There are now 11 strikes before the department for settlement and 53 .controversies which have not yet reached the strike stage.- During the week 10 new labor disputes were brought to the attention of the de partment and five controversies were adjusted by the department during th wick, TELLS OF EARLY BUSINESS HERE IN REALESTATE Veteran Omaha Realtor De scribes Days When Com mercial Center Stopped At 24th Street. John L. McCague, veteran Omaha real estate man, related his early experiences in the realestate busi ness in Omaha, comparing property values of 40 years ago with those of today, in a speech before the real estate board last week. Mr. McCague entered the real estate business here in 1881, he said. "Iswas only 23 years old, and in poor health," he said, "and after I had secured furniture and paid a month's rent on my new office, I had only $5 left. There were six real estate dealers in the city at that time. "No business was transacted west of Twrnty-fourth and Farnam street. I put up my 'for Sale' signs between Twentieth and Twenty fourth streets, and did a little busi ness. In 1832 I sold the northwest ccrper of Twenty-fourth and Far nam street to John M. Thurston for $2,100, then the northeast cor ner flt the same location for $1,500. "Downtown lots on Douglas street were selling for from $200 to $400. I remember once I was walking with George P. Bemis. He owed me $260 commission on some lots I sold, and offered me a lot in payment. I turned down his offer because I needed the money. I couldn't buy clothes and eat on a lot. That lot is now worth $76,000. Another man offered to give me a lot if I would assume a mortgage of $850. Of course I couldn t assume any such mortgage, so I didn t take it. That same lot sold last week for i$l,100afoot ! "In 1902 1 bought a lot at Twenty fourth and Harney streets for $50 a foot. I have just refused an offer of .$500 a foot for the same lot." Blow on Head Makes A British Preacher Gurgle Like Infant London, Jan. 31. How a Baptist minister, who, being injured on the head, became a baby again, gurgling and cooing like a 2-year-old and had to be fed cn a bottle, is related by Dr. A. T. Schofield, vice president of Victoria institute. The Baptist minister was thrown from a carriage, his head striking the roadway. He was put to bed. Next morning the maid found him lying awake and smiling strangely. The cook, an experienced married woman, came and noticed a little fluid trickling from the corner of his mouth and the minister began gur gling. "Bless my heart," cried the cook, "why, he's a baby; look at him drib bling." So she got a spoon and some sweetened milk and began feeding j him. I he minister waved his arms in ecstacy and kicked his legs, tak ing spoonful after spoonful. The cook then fixed up a feeding bottle. He had to be washed and dressed. The condition of infancy in ma ture life might have continued in definitely, states Dr. Schofield, had not the "babe" one day in the cook's absence managed to fall, very bump ily, downstairs. And at the bottom he rose up the Baptist minister. "He probably has some indistinct idea of what has occurred," con cludes Dr. Schofield. "It was a case of dual personality." Nation Loses 700 Millions Conducting Transportation Washington, D. C, Jan. 31. Op eration of the railroads, Pullman lines, express companies and water ways, unified under federal control, has cost the nation approximately $700,OC 0,000, according to official cal culations since they were taken over two years ago. Figures made public by the rail road administration revealed a net loss of $594,200,000 from railroad op eration alone in the two-year period. Statistics, gathered from official sources as to operating costs of the Pullman lines and waterways and express companies while operated by the government, show the addition of $100,000,000 to the transportation costs. Heavy losses of November and December are charged to the coal strike, in a statement by the railroad administration. A deficit of $111, 500,000 was shown for those two months after the two months' pro portion of the annual rental was paid. - Nebraska Sheep Breeders Consider Pooling Wool Lincoln, Jan. 31. (Special.) The Nebraska Sheep Breeders' associa tion has passed a resolution asking sheep breeders in- each county in the state to decide on or about February 10 whether they desire a State federation for the marketing of wool. If enough counties so de sire, the state association will per fect arrangements for pooling. Iowa sheep men last year pooled their wool and received an average of 62 cents a pound. Before any organi zation was in existence in Jowa, wool was as low as 35. certs a pound. Nebraska breeders last year sold their woTJl at 11 combination sales for an average of 47 cents a pound. 1 1 0,000 College Students To Attend Reserve Camps Washington. Jan. 31. At least 10,-1 000 college students are expected io attend reserve officers' training camps which will open June 17 for a oeriod of six weeks. Most of them will be at training centers unused during the war, infantry units going to Camp Devens, Custer, Benning and the Presidio, San Francisco; ordnance units to Aberdeen proving grounds, Maryland; engineers to Camp Hum phreys, Va.; field artillery to Camp Knox, and signal officers to Camp Vail, N. J., and motor transport corps organizations to Camp Hola bird, Md. Cavalry camps will be or ganised at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, and. Fort Oglethorpe, G Why Drop Filipinos And Take Up Turks? , Asks Poindexter New York, Janl 31. Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington, in an address before the Society of the Genesee warned against the aban donment of American responsibili ties in the western hemisphere and the assumption of new ones in Europe. "There may be good reason," he said, "for evacuating the Philippines and occupying Turkey; for ignoring our responsibilities in Mexico and assuming authority in Fiume; but the policy oi such a course is by no means clear." "We have brought liberty to the Philippine people. I( is now pro posed that we should abandon them to inevitable disorder, and begin again in another part of the world the mighty task of reconstruction. By the defeat of the league of na tions the American people have been deprived of the privilege of taxing themselves a billion dollars and of raising an army of a quarter of a million men to perform the task of setting up an orderly government in Turkey." Poll TZKJIir7c ,au iui L CI Cell Ul Assemblymen Voting Against Socialists Albany, N. Y., Jan. 31. Demand that the five' socialist assemblymen, suspended during an investigation of their eligibility to serve, be immedi ately seated and a call upon all dele gates and their constituents to pledge the defeat of every member of the assembly in any way responsible for the "un-American, unconstitutional and indefensible ousting of these duly elected representatives," was adopted unanimously at a conference of labor, civic and social organiza-' tions here. Between 300 and 400 delegates from all parts of the state attended the conference. No intimation of a general strike to force the reseating of the socialists was made by any speakers, i Wants Legion to Back Efforts for Military Training Boston, Jan. 31. The American Legion should lend its support to efforts to establish a proper system of universal military training that will make better citizens and, at the same time organize a citizen army, Franklin D'Olier, national commander, said in an address be fore the Massachusetts department of the legion in special state con vention in Faneuil hall. "We will lend our efforts," Mr. D'Olier said, "to establish a mili tary' policy that will serve for our selves, our children and our chil dren's children." He reaffirmed the purpose pf the legion to remain aloof from politics and to stand for 100 per cent Ameri canism. Airplane Excursions From Paris Over the Somme Battlefields Paris, Jan. 31. Daily airplane tours over the FlandersNbattlefields, which are now being organized, will start from the Le Bourget airdrome outside Paris. There will be two series of fliehts. The first covers the sector of the British advance of 1918 with a view ot the sorame, a descent at St. Ouen tin and a flight over Arras, Albert, Cambria, and Lille. The second is a flight from Chateau Thierry to Kneims, returning over the Chemin Des Dames, with a descent at Sois sons. Four to six passengers will be carried by the machines and the excursions will take half a day. Alleged Diamond Thief Is Caught After Six Months Cleveland, Jan. 31. A six months' search by federal authorities for Roy R. Collins of Akron, ended to day when he was taken into cus tcday at Akron by detectives. He, was brought to Cleveland, accord ing to the police, and will be turned over to federal officials, charged with stealing $13,000 worth of dia monds. Last August, while Collins was messenger for the American F.x press company, at Mitchell, S. D., it is alleged, he wrote New York and Chicago dealers to send dia monds, charges collect, to the An derson Jewelry company. When the stones arrived, the police say. Collins appropriated them and d;s appeared. Sugar Sold at Varying Prices in Des Moines Des Moines, la., Jan. 31. (Special Telegram) As a result of the ar rest of three merchants here yester day by federal fair price officials for charging too high prices" for sugar, local merchants have been selling sugar at varying prices. , One grocer', who said he had sugar in stock that cost him $14.50, $18 and $21.50 per hundred pounds, declared he did not know how to price his sugar. Some stores are entirely out of sugar, teur base ball here this season. Influenza Crazed Man Kills His Wife and Baby Cleveland, O., Jan. 31. Mrs. Edith Bullman and her 5-months old daughter, Pauline, were shot to death early today and the husband and father, Martin, was reported dying in a hospital with a bullet in his brain. ' Tolice believe Bullman, temporar ily deranged by influenza, from which all three members of the fam ily have been suffering for a week, first killed his wife and baby and then shot hirnself. A.Kansas Census Worker Finds Hymeneal Goulash Wichita, Kan., Jan. 31. A census enumerator found an Irishman, Welshman, Hiberian and American in the same family on Chautauqua avenue. They had married sisters and lived ia th same house. realtors offer suggestions building. code Adoption of Proposed Changes Would Make Reductions in Cost of Building Small Houses, Is Claim. The Real Estate board's building code committee has made a recom mendation to the city, approved by the entire realty board, asking cer tain changes in the city's building code. In the opinion of the committe these changes, if adopted by the city, will make slight reductions in the cost of building small houses. One of the" changes recommended is to permit use of 8-inch foundation walls in one and two-story houses, instead of 12-inch walls, which aro I required by present rules. The board's code committee, is John W. Robbins, C. G. Carlberg, Harry M. Christie and. F. W. Car michael. The report has been referred to Frank II. Myers, realtor, member of Commissioner Zimman's building ad visory committee. Omaha gains in official real estate transfers for January will be moro than $1,250,000 over the correspond ing month a year ago. At the close of business January 29 the total for this month was $2,479, 399, a gain over the entire month last year df $1,248,451. The total transfers for last week were $510,011. 8here were filed dur ing the week 153 deeds. These figures are compiled by th Real Estate board headquarters from' official records in the office of Reg ister of Deeds Pearce. Mat"h Makers Are Dethroned by Girls Of the British Isles, London, Jan. 31. The classic English mother of the old novels we used to read,' who schemed and plotted and made "good matches' for hetjaughters, has been de throned. This is the verdict which rises from copious discussions of, the "modern girl" which has been started here by Father Bernard Vaughan. The reverend father thinks modernity and the spirit of independence may have been carried too far. - A lot of mothers agree with him. They have been interviewed and they have written to the papers, and through all the comment there goes a certain conviction that the modern girl has won her indepen dence, in a degree almost equal to that of her brother. The daughters have been inter viewed also, and thev admit that (-they are almost as independent as tneir brothers. Moreover they da not contemplate giving up their war-won freedom. Almost unanimously these 1920 girls, in their late teens, cannot con ceive of the possibility of mother! Uword carrying any weight in th question ot tuture husbands. Last Piece of Metz Brewing Property Been Sold Here . A. P. Tukey & Son, who have had charge of the Metz Brothers' prop erty in Omaha since prohibition went into effect, have this week sold out the last piece of preperty owned by the M'etz'. On the day they sold the brewery to the Corn Derivatives Coj, they cleaned up everything except one small pieco in Elkhorn, and on the same after noon that the brewery deal was an nounced, which was said to run around $500,000, they made another; large -sale of the Elkhorn piece. This is the first holdings of brew ery property which have been en tirely sold out 'in Omaha, and as Fred Metz stated, it was not sold cause they did nof have confidence in Omaha, but because there art four or five brothers interested ia the company and they desired to divide up and -.dissolve their cor porations. Marines' Ant-Bear Pines ' Away in the Cinci Zoo Cincinnati, O., Jan. 31. "Jimmy," the Mexican ant-bear, which served throughout the! world war as mascot of the marine brigade in France, and was wounded ih action,, may soon be lost to the Cincinnati zoo. , Marines who served in France, and who will form the nucleus of a new expedi tionarjr force to be stationed at Quantico, Va., want to get "Jimmy'' back again. ' Jimmy was picked up by the ma rines in Vera Cmr in 1014 Hi AA a tour of duty aboard a battleship, ana inen went to trance with the marine brigade. H w.ia th fir. ant-bear the French had ever, seen. ana he amused the adults, but scared the children half to death.. Slater and Payne Purchase Corner at 20th and Harney EdwaM M. Slater and Henry B. Pavne. have hmichf fnr $75 fMIO tUm northeast corner of Twentieth' and ' Harnev strppts (rnm 1 hr Pnlanm J - . ' . V. estate. The Byron Reed Co: mado tne saie. The buildinc on ftii crntind n-a erected originally for the Ford Mo tor Co. It is now occupied by the Delco Lighting Co. The ground is 86x142 feet. Mr. Slater and Mr, tayne Dought tor investment. Mrs. Bertha Klein Buys Lot With Two-Story Building Mrs. Bertha Klein, widow of the late Jake Klein, has bought 22 feet of groutfd with a two-story build ing at 2024 Farnam street from E, M. Slater for $45,000. The Murphy Real Estate Co., representing Mrs, Klein and the Payne & Slater Co. 1 acted for Mr. Slater. Oklahoma Mining Asphalt Hugo, Okl , Jan. 31. The umbo Asphalt company, with a capitaliza. tion of $200,000, has been organized here to begin mining asphalt ia this " eountjf fox road construction .
