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READ A. K.'S "HEART BEATS" A BRIDGE FROM SOUL TO SOUL'-IN THE BEE'S WOMAN'S SECTION. The Omaha Daily Bee RIEF RIG 11 T REEZY THE WEATHER Partly cloudy Tusday; "itne what coMer in southeast pot lion, Wednesday ptdVmhly fair with rising temperature, llnurlv 1 VniH'rnturc: s n in A II. in 1 n. in S M. Ill n. in HI H. Ill I I ii. in II tiiHin . ... is I I'. m,,M.m. 13 HI SI BITS OF NEWS I l'- i'i :i i. in ! II I'. "I P. m .... " "I 1 V. I" :i:t :i:t HI : M SEARCH FOR BLUE-EYKD BEAUTY ENDS IN CANADA. I hirago, 2. -The 'I'm :t "blue-eyed Mom hud of the N'ott't by night, and S25 wholesale leather la 1 it-c ." dashing i Shore s o . ' ii ! a vv ri k ca I'i i' i in a House. iv il.tv, lias ended in Canada. Mon 'la Rose, wh baptismal name is I dav lire ail' w eilun g lias been missing tor o ( i 1 dav and investigation of her books at tit leather house it savl tii l.no dm closed a shortage of .-fl'i'ioo. Her employe! s a:iii"UtiiC' have received a telegram r til'- ! t'l missing cashier filed in w Mill! Canada, stating that she v to be mart ied in I auada. tli'' t'.inadiii police repot! as al ,nd i h lati 1 ef. While tudicc were scan ! 'lie i'rl. the leather rcmiviri ha. caused M.Mtdl Rose's $ 1 ,5( 'i -addle horse, ft.iHMi aiit'iniolitle and the tin r.ishings of her luxurious apartniei.t to he seized. Her mother, c ho work4 tor l.e ; living in a factory, told po-c- 1 1 1 . i ; the girl had gone to work wh-n L i ears old to help support the f.iiu i'v. ' DENOUNCES HUNTERS FOR KILLING ELK. Washington, Feb. 2.- Sla.n-ihie! of S.O00 elk hy hunter, in Mout.iii.ii la-t winter was di'iiouiued in the huf.-c hy Representative Moiideli.i Y;. o., the republican leader ( ppos i:g an attempt to eliminate trout the 'i.;.eieney hill an appropriation ot .ibont e'-H.OiHI, fur protection and r; e- i v ation of the herd in Yell nv--tor. - IV.ik. Mr. Motuh 1! declared til at hunters went into Mutita'i hy the cai load and "mercilessly 1 .iu.u h t' tcd the herds.'' unable to move ( ab"ut in the deep snow. ' I lie houses mused to hang :!:.-, bill. WANT INSTITUTE TO TAKE SALOONS' PLACE. I 'ittsburgh, Feb. J. The eiim. h i':. list enter more fully into fin- muu.itv life if it is to do its mil duty, .'.ccordiiijj to the report of the t,u ' ir.RS committee of the laymen's con ference of the inter-church world ' mo ement, wdiich closed a three-day -e-.-ion Monday. A resolution recommended that o'ne institute he found to take the j ice ot tne saloon, which had played . .1 part in community life. U. S. WHISKY FILLS DOCKS OF LONDON. London, Feb. J. Tliouami.-i of barrels of American rye whisky are eomplicatiiiLT the distribution prob lem facinR the dock officials here, j Piled up in towering pyramids and 1 solid square?, the exiled spirits are ; the cynosure of every eye as they overflow from the bonded stores to the adjacent roadways. i hen the traffic has ceased for ; the. day, admiring crowds come to ' count the barrels and wonder how long it will be before it appears in I the local saloon judiciously blended j with native spirits as "prime old i Scotch." $200 PER FLIGHT LONDON TO NEW YROK. London, Feb. 2. The formation ot an Anglo-American combine tor r'. e purpose of organizing a '0 hour airship service between London and 'ew York at ?J00 per flight is an nounced. The Bcardinore. Shortt. Armstrong and YVhitworth com panies are entering into a merger and plan to take over go-eminent .airships with which cxpcrinieiil.il , flights will be made to Scandinavia ' and Ireland. The combine ako will niitiiediatelv begin with the con-, structioti of aerial leviathans dee-1 lined to make the epoch-making i tegular transatlantic journeys. WANTS DIVORCE: HUBBY "WAS PAINFULLY GOOD." White riains. N Y., Feb. '. - It , possible for a husband to he too good - so good a- to (hive his win- ! - seek a separation, alleging cruel Mid it-human treatment, acordiug 1 to testimony adduced in the su- i prcne rourt action here by Mrs. Migc'iqi'.e Kecse of Yonkcr- against her husband, Richmond II. Reese, i a Manhattan lawyer. Helen tirani, , a motion picture actress, testified ; that Mrs. Ree-c said to her: 1 "He was so good that lie v as u'oossihle." "He is too painfully g f her bus. Mrs. Keeses (iescnption o hand, according to Lawrence (oant ('escribing a conversation with Mrs. Keise when she was seeking a job as a film actress. CRAWFISH BORE HOLES THAT CAUSE WASHOUT. Bend. Ore.. Feb. -.-Hole- bored bv crawfish in an earthen wing -dam diverting the waters of the Des chutes river through the plant of the Bend water, hght and power company, are considered tcsponsi ble for a washout wliich occttred and -which will cost the company jfirral thousand dolalrs. The fire department and several hundred -workers stopprd with .sandbags and baled nting suspension ot pc t. ice. gap p i e-ser- nay, wer PHILADELPHIA COUPLE STAGE AN ELOPEMENT. Asheville. X. C. Feb. 2,-Tose-phine (FifA Widener. 17 vears old, (laughter of Joseph F. Widener of Philai'.ehdsia, 'p.n.d Car'er R. T.ehly. vitt whom she eloped from Phila delphia and married in Ke.owille at.trdnv, has arrived here to spend th? fir't pari of their honeymoon at the Grove Park inn. When the couple appeared in the .-tr.ee of Cottrtv Clerk Fdingtou at :'r.ovil!e to get the marriage li cense, young I.eidv pave a $50 bill I-"1 niy the $.5.50 license fee. The bndcg' oom, who is only 22. is a son of Dr. Joseph I.eidy, a protr.hi-'nt physician of Philadelphia. He M'd Miss Widener had been sweethearts a long time, he said, hut hnd encountered onnosit on on the opposition on pnrt of the bride's parents. Thev j permitted to leave. There are no decided to elope when the Widener j cases of "flu" at the post, however. h."'.;'v refused to invite voung I.etdv Fort Omaha is not tinder quaran ? a ball that was to have been held tine and there is no probability of '.'.- Fridav night to introduce Miss - 'i''enrr into society. Young Leidy said he and his bride i T.teid to spend some time' here golf- g. horseback riding and tramping :a tne mountain VOL. 19 NO. 197. mm JVU PEACE FIGHT IIP IN SENATE NEXT WEEK Republican and Democratic Leaders Join Forces to Bring Treaty Out of Conference and Into Open Again. NOT OPTIMISTIC OVER ITS FINAL DISPOSITION Minor Points at Issue May Soon Be Agreed Upon. But Article Ten and Monroe Doc trine Clauses Cause Worry. mi'i'-n, Feb. J. -K e publican r,u!crs of the senate joined forces v.it'i the democrats today to hrin the piace tnaty back into the open Neti.ite early uet week. 1 ouutering the d.emocratic plan to reopen the debate a week from to morrow. Senator l.ode. the repub- u .111 leader, servri l!l'l!U Lll.tl 111 : would make a similar eiToil .. .. .. i. t .1 HCl tv from today. The earlier date promptly v as accepted by the demo crats and in niar.v quarters it was predicted that com-i'dcration of the treaty will be resumed then by unanmiou consent. 1 It was emuhash'ed on all sides, lion ever, that the agreement to put the treaty again formally hefoie the senate did not mean th" leaders were optimistic over the prospects ; its final disposition. Fear Hard Battle. It was predicted that some of the minor points at issue threshed out in the informal negotiations of the pa-t two week- might soon be agreed on by the senate itself, but senators were not so hopeful in regard to the disagreement over Article HI and the Monroe doctrine. As soon as a resumption of open discussion seemed assured, leaders of the two parties put their heads together to work out some method of keeping the debate within reason- able bounds. Revival of the cloture ' rule which was applied during the! closing hours of the last session was , suggested. but many senators thought it too drastic and it w as pre- ' dieted that some other method would ' he lotmd May Enforce Cloture. l''io resolutions, to amend thr ?cr- ; ate ruics and make possible a modi-! tied cloture, one by Senator Curtis I of Kansas. and one by Senator Kel- j logg. Mmntsota. are before the rules committee, which plans to meet: within a few days to consider them. : The leadets al-o went over the pos sibilities of bringing one of these ; mea-iiies up for ,-ennte action with- i out Waiting on the rommiitee and' it was said such a moe might be made tomorrow. Meantime di.-cussion of the treaty broke nut ahead of t;mc on the floor, .-senator Reed, democrat, Mis souri, making a speech of two hoims and a half in replv to the recently . published letter of Viscount drey,' the British ambassador to the I'nited , State, legardiug senate reserva tions. The letter, declared Senator. Ke-d, show ed that British thinkers r were willing to give more consider- j ation to American rights than were ic members of the senate. Negress Protests "So Many Questions'! Asked by Lawyers .Tuba Jordan, a middle-a.-icd ne gress. testified volubly and called I'-eiptetitly upon District Judge .""elle to "-top them lawyers ask ing so many questions" yesterday at the trial of Thomas Rose, negro, chaiged with the murder of Jake Jordan, negro, at -1-1 Nicholas street, the night of December 31, Juha had been living with Thomas Ros' hut decided to marry Jake Jordan, who lived next door with another woman. After the ceremonv they intended to live where she had been living with Rose, she testified. "Had you and Jordan been keep ing company?" she was asked. "Oh, we'd been slippin' around," she said. She said she and her new husband had been drinking before Rose came into the house. A large pickaxe handle was introduced in evidence by the defense as part of the effort to show that Rose shot Jordan to defend himself from an attack by Jordan, armed with the pick handle. Fort Crook Quarantined To Prevent Spread of "Flu' As a preventive measure against . , the spread of influenza, the army : post of Fort Crook w as put under i 'quarantine Saturday. Visitors are i I not allowed to enter the Dost in manners ana tne soKlters -are not the restriction being placed upon the j soldiers there, according to a state-1 ment made by the adjutant. Men sre required to be in the post at 10:30 each night, however, to insure plenty oi 5leep as a health measur futfrtd ni ttcoHd'CUM mttr May 1306. Omif P. 0. undar ct of Mireh 3. SUPREME COURT DENIES GRAMMER WRIT OF ERROR Appeal Made to Governor for Insanity Hearing New Mo- j live Is Disclosed. I Lm:oln. Telegram. I - ,.'i:rf justice Melv, Feb. J. Special ; -Andrew M. Monissey. of the supreme court, ed the application tor a . : to the I'nited State., ' rt 011 an application tor I lbea; corpus denied by i iere filed bv Atto neys J M tit, and J. l amp- Monday de;: r t of erri stmreme eon t a writ of h 1 the court -: Merlins; I'' ! hell for Allan '. (iiammer, ?enten-! cd to eiciuocution Fridav. tirani-1 mir was tonvicted of the murder of; Mr-. I.idu 'opt near h.lba. Xeb.. ! Julv -I, V7. ; A supplemental petition iva- also filed with (iovernor MeKelvic t e-nue.-t'tiR a:i insanity hearing for loau'tner nnd ANon V. t oh-, con-, icted of the same offense, in view ed recent i:e elopnient. The peti- tilion to the governor applied par- f'.'nlarly to J oto and a li anced a ditferent motive for the crime than 1 the one is'iveti bv the 'tat'1. j The state contended that (ham mer paid Cole ?0 to kill Mrs. Vogt, his mother in-law, in order j that he could acquire control of her 1 property. The new motive advanced ' is that Mrs. 'ogt was responsible for the estrangement of Cole and j ins sweetneari aim mar mere is cou- . , . , tt.f.-- ' -1. i sineranie a.ii.ni ot vnaiiiiuci s vuui. 1 ! tn ttipir iwiitioti tlie Inwvers said. . , . "We have under the law an absolute j right to a stay of execution while . this issu? is being determined."' 'The j insanity of the two men can be test-j ed during a jury trial, tiiev con-1 tend. The attornevs detiv that they j are attempting to prevent the law ; from taking its course and assert they are trying to find a legal ! means of bringing the new testi mony before the court. They in- 1 sist on a determination of the ques- j tions which they say have not been j ad indicated bv anv (fourt. $100 INCREASE IN PAY GRANTED OMAHA TEACHERS 1 i ISalarV Schedule Based on Minimum of $1,200 Plan j For Next Year. ! Omaha school teachers will get their raise in pa, areoniing to ac-j tion taken by the Board of F.dtica- tion at its meeting- last night. ' The committee on salaries, hcad-i ed by A. P. Wells, recommended ' that $inO he added to the salary of: every supervisor, school principal, and regular member of the teach-1 me staffs for the last half of the j 191MI'Q year. The minimum sal-1 arv now paid is $Wfl. ; The ro'itnu'ttcr further n com- ' mended that the superintendent be, instructed to present to the board ' a salary schedule for 1QJ0-10JI based upon a minimum salary ot Sl.ii'iO. . The hoard voted to concur m both recommendations of the committee. Poland Considerins Peace Offer Made By Soviet Russia London. Feb.l Count 'nation v as received that the Polish govern-, mCnt, in conjunction with the allies. I is considering the offer of peace j s made bv soviet Russia. The offer, i :., , ...:-,).. .. j ...i, c...... ' i''euaniet in rt i-wieit ss in-i'rto 11 nuni Moscow last week, invited a friend- ly settlement of all disputes and outstanding questions between Po- i land and soviet Russia.- I It is believed here that the allies favor the peace negotiations, hut i according to M. Sapicha, the Polish ! minister bete, the entire matter will i be decided hy the Polish diet after it has heard the lestilt of Foreign Minister Pateks discussions in L'Oi don and Paris. M. Sapieha said that the Poles had no intention to attack soviet Russia, although thev reah'.-cd the necessity for holding a strong feusive position. de- Affirm Sentence of Couple Who Conspired ! To Aid War Slackers' San Francisco, Feb. 2. Sentence j of Frank P. Howenstine to 10 years, ! and of Idell Kennedy to II years in j the federal penitentiary at McNeils ' island, from the federal district ! ennrl si T nc A turnips fnr violufiiir- I the espionage act was affirmed hv the Tinted Stntes circuit court of , appeals. Howenstine. a Los Angeles op tician, and Mi's Kennedy were charged with conspiring to impair the eyesight of recruits of Camp Lewis so that they would be re jected for military service.' Men about to be inducted into service, it was charged, w ere given eye glasses which so affected their sight that thev were unfitted for the army. Poetess Dies. Montclair, N. T., Feb. 2. Mrs.tK9 years. He was counsel for the Delilah Garrison Cox, one of the ; earliest st leaders of the women's suf frage and prohibition movements in this country, and the author of sev eral volumes of poems, is kad. She OMAHA, TUESDAY rui run m Lit Grand Admiral On Another Cruise 5 Indicates ge'verA) OS REPORTS PERSHING BOOM nS!Y5Tfll I !7iNfi Says Army Chief Would Give U. S. "Honest Abraham Lincoln"' Administra tion if Elected. By E. C. SNYDER M Hsliinsliiii ( orri'stnni(!'nl i( I lip llcp. a.-hmg'or.. Feb. 2. - - i Special l elegt am. i - T he Xe York Tri'nune pr.nts the following interview with C.-ovge J. nods ot I.incoln in rei eience t-i the growing demand tor Ucnera! I'eisl-.in- for i resident: e sense are tne i:lf t needed in the next font ears. Li.:co!n, ii.i ,eb ( ieoige .1. Woods of j who is in New York ; .n the interest.- ot ('ieneral I'er-htng. "T his movement has now a-sunied ) such proportions that it is viewed j with alarm bv interests more con- cerned in having what they may j iterm their president' than thev are I to have an understanding man ofinRht sale having been eliminated. ciiaracter, :oresiglu and ability, (itn-: . - . 1 i . . I . - . . -1 it.. I r,.in,. ...c .i. a :. Im;.. I Tin y know that if he were called ; upon to as-uinc the duties and tr- ! sponsibilitics of the ptcsideucy they would haw: an lionest Abraham Liu-, coin kind of horse sense adminis tration and if there ever was a time when we needed .such an executive we need niui now. "The Persuing for President i movctti. nt is rapidly crystallizing in j all parts of the country. In N'c- ' loaiska and o'h'-r paits of the west. I it has swept all before it. I wa ; never more surprised than on bear- j ing W ill Hayi-, chairman of the j republican national committee, in a recent speech at Chicago say that at a met ting held in New York, to raise campaign tunds a list was pre pared of 8,n(i0 republicans who were thought able to make contributions. I'o make sure this list was right they had it checked mi registration lists, and found that nearly it" not quite half had never registeied or voted. Now, what can the country Cpt lt th such conditions staring ''lf'n. ,m th(- 'i11' 1 nt 1 or; 1 rt'Ml!' nl orgauiTations wn iing for help to remedy these conditions. "1 believe the wottien of this coun try will be the greatest factor in the future in arousing the prople to the realisation of their duties."' World Famous Mechanical Engineer Dies at Ohio Home Hamilton. O.. See, considered Feb. 2. James W. one of the Ivest al engineers- in the known mechaiiii country, is tr,v re at the age of nght brothers in their airplane utigaiiou ami was connected witn forming the basis patents for "ev- cral engine. He wrote much on en- Kineennif Topics under tps rtm or '.Chorda I.' FEBRUARY 3, 1920. run direction, of' San FrArvciseo.- CONFEREES REACH oil lease bill Expea Approval From Both 10 House and oenate ears' Fight Ends. ashtngtor. Feb. 2. - months of bickering and an almost unbreakable deadlock on the oil land leasing hill were ended through agreement )v: house, and senate con ferees on the legislation. Senator Smoot, republican, I 'tab, chairman of the senator managers, announced th- coiitereuee report would he sub mitted to the house Tuesdav and an etfoi t made to Cntaiii immediate con-.-ideation. 1 he agrc'iner.l of the coitterees is epeeted tr. be approved with little opiiosition bv both the house and senate, tin rehv rompletiug legisla iion wliich has been pending for the last 111 up fd yea; s and v ! i : c M would opi n levelopment at) proximately '.".'"'(I.IKJO ;,i:;fs of public domaiti in cstern states, As no,v proposed the bill affect o'l. coal, gas, phosphate, sodium and ''! shale lands and is strictly a leas- mrr measure, all provisions tor otit- i nier ine measure apprnxunaTciy l .1 i ii it i i ii ii i lei'rn .i.-,.-f.-.iiii.-it t-n't laA,l n'lnnr vnnU l, nn,f fne rfr. I veiopment as well as about X.000 nni) acres of oil lauds, . - . Ti l l "l"1 VlPYiranS hfl In I lexicans nolo iwo i' iv-mviiiiu iavf a More U. S. Aviators; Being Well Treated Dougla.-, Ariz., Feb. 2. I.ieuten nts Wolf and Usher, aviators, flv- ' j ii.g from hi I'aso to Nogales, Ariz., 1 j made a forced landing Monday near 1 j ac07.ari. Sonora, 79 miles south I of Douglas. They are reported to I be held by municipal authorities of ! Nacozari. The men were enroute to Nogales, .rt7., and it is reported thev mis took the Naeoari railroad leading I south from here for the railroad 1 lending south from bairhank. about i j 40 miles west of Dougla-, to No , gah-s. ! In descending, because of engittc troub'e, thev were unable to choose a landing place other than a rough' I ! fieid and one plane of their ma chine i- reported to have bcpn brokeri badly. They were placed under technical arrest. I he preshlente dispatched a telegram to the capital requesting that he report the occurrence to the central government and fol lowed itistrurt ions as to disposition of the two American officer-. The men, according to reports reaching here, are being we'l treated by Presideute Peraa. Fur Prices Advance. ! St. Louis. Feb. 2. More than, $4,000100 v.orth of fUrs were sold at i the opening of the winter auction of tne international rur l-.xcnanae. i ence advances were recoMed m vir- llually every lot uol-L in Pv Mull (I ear, Oali. ft(V); PmIU nnrf Sun., $7 00: outilri Ncti. WD FARMER SMIT COMES STRONG FOR PERSHING President of National Farm lhtce ers" Connress Gives Heartv - o ----- . - j Endorsement to "Greatest Living Leader of Men." K eat nc , X Feb i pe cial. I l lie of all times,' placed vpin gic-atest living leader is the rhara ctei iation fienei'al Pershing by ot Kearney . pir-;dent n. (,. Smit'i o of the Nationa in a statement l-armers ( ongrrss, made public todav. Mr. Sui'th has been as-oeiated with the icpubltcan state central commit tee ami was a member of the exec utive committee. "The tune has arrived," says Mr. Smith in Ins statement, "for every one who believes that Nebraska should get brhiitd her favorite son. J. J. Pershing, and put this state in the Pershing column, where it rightly belongs, to speak out. F.v ery man and woman wliri believes, as I do. in a square deal for our gallant leader, must assert himself at once. By doing so, Nebraska ! will send a solid delegation to the (Chicago convention for the great est living leader of all times.'' ! Mr. Smith predicts a sweeping : Mctoi -y fur I'cisliiiig at the Chica go convention, and sa that he be lieves Nebraska should, not Iosf i her opportunity to head the pro 1 cession of states that will secure his nomination. "The fanueis will .not be b'und wanting when the lime ; tor backing I'eisbing arrives," he ; -ays. "I believe that h-s record throughout bis career, and especial ly in the conduct of the war, will I appeal to every one who bcheves I in the p'-otection of out democracy." "Uncle Mosc" Kinkaid Files For Tenth Time for Congress Washingum, Feb. 2. (Special I elegram. i "1 'nele Mosc" Kinkaid notihed the secretary of state for Nebraska that he would enter the rophldic"i" primaries in the Sixth dis- tnet t' represemartvc in congress. I'lii? will the 10th lime he hi run for th I i has been drfe wer 'ted. House nml never Esthonians and Bolshcviki Definitely Conclude Peace London, Feb. 2.- Peace was de finitely concluded this morning be tween F-tln nia and the i'ussjan soviet gov eminent, it is announced in a wireless dispatch from Moscow received this afternoon. Butte Masons Strike. i .nt te. ayers' i: M .':!.. Feb. 2. The' l.ri. k jr. of utte has Rone on stnke to er.ioce demand" tor a w."c Is t. increase ?f .fl to $P) 4 day. Sondiir. 1- SO; pottiifjn tr. TWO CENTS. JVU CLOTHING TRADE SPLITS ON PLANS TO LOWER PRICES Lacli Group Wants Others to ! Be Fust to 1 eliminate Big Profits. .! hli'igtou, Feb. 2. Neyotiatiof-, between neparltuent of justice ot f'cia!-, chaiged with driving down livng costs, and i e p i e s e 1 1 1 a 1 1 e s ot ititetestti engaged in the uiauti'ac tnie and sale ot men's clothing, had made little progiess tonight towards the development ot a policy tending to bring lower prices. The trade i epi csi ntat i es were urged to shave their margin of ptolit as one means of producing lower prices, but this .suggestion appaunt ly bad developed a heated aigiimeut. Ilach gioup was w illing that the oth er elements of the industry sh"!d eliminate big profits, department ot ficials said. There v, as much the session which 1 secrecy about lasted until late ers of the con i discuss anv ot la-t li'ght. Mrm I ference declined t the proposals and department oifi rials, under instructions from At torney (ieneral Palmer to make public stati mcuts of tdans on 1 v when assurance of rcsuil- could be civen, would say only that they I had placed the government's views j before the trade representatfe-s. ; Suggestion., were made late in : the dave that the general se-sion , be broken up into committee, which j perhaps, could arrive at some basis ' of act;on. Definite agreement on ithat p'an, however, had not been reached when the meeting ad I iourned. i POUND STERLING I REACHES ANOTHER i NEW LOW LEVEL French, Belgian, Italian and ' Danish Exchange Also Go Further Down i New York, Feb. 2. New hoi rec- j ords for British. French. Belgian. Italian and Dm i.-h exchange wei e i established in the local market on ! a resumption of lecetit pressure to sell. The pound sterling at $.5.4.1 1-8 -wa 4 7-Sc under it- previous min- 1 im tint, or a discount- ot about ,J j per cent ft rim the normal of $1. '86 5-?. 'ans checks 0 tr.ojc- thr dollar represented a d'-eoni:! of about f2 per cent and Pelg;in and Italian remittances, normally the same as the French quotation ; were depreciated by about 05 and ; 72 per cent, respectively. Fxchange on Montreal duphcat- 1 ed its tcrei.t premium of 12-2 cents at this center, dealers reporting heavy ooenngs of grain bills. In the mote remote markets slight im provement was shown by rates to I Japan and Fa-t Indies. An ii'terf sting .-nii-light o-i some ' ed the old world's important indus tries was furnished hy advices from Switzerland, which dedaied that gc.i-erinm ni, interv a ntion might be urged to save that country's watch ! and clock-making inteiests front the ' serious exchange -tt:at!i.:!i. i Superintendent of County Hospital Is Pneumonia Victim '',""' riU h ia' t0! fii," ot u. tatiter 1 UlUiilUJIid VlUIHIitM!, j;hVv ,',-tetiths i,. tMoductioii I JHvin n.Palteru ALin F. Patten, superintended o( j the Doiml.is county ho-pital. died ; in his apartn'ent ,n the hospital at ; 4 yesterday afternoon r.f jmeunioii'a j after fh e i'av s' illne-s. ' dr. ratten wa- superiuteuiieiit of the (oiintv hosnital two vears. At the time ot his appointment he was ; in the vice of the i;y clerk. Previously he had been piopnetor of a spue :,t Twet,t;eth and l.a'e ; streets. I lis father is I lr. S. K. Patten, lSn" Locust st tret, and I lr. (Clarence Patten and W. I.. Patten, I the latter in, the jewelry husiti's, 1 are his brothers. Mr. Patleu was bom m Wi.seoii sin 4' ;-e.,rs av.. He livi-d m Ne braska " 1 II. Ms ae.d I )-.; ,hi J". 1 1c is s;; i iv ed lo- M : s I a'ti -i, a son. i'ohcrt. 22 veai- old -and .1 4 daughter, Alice f. in VII -". WOULD FIRE All lion TOO ALL Uo tltod UNDERLINGS Secretary of Agriculture Also Advocates Speeding Up In : dustry Commensurate With Farmers' Activity. IOWA MAN TAKES OFFICE I AS HOUSTON'S SUCCESSOR ;Says High Cost of Living : Problem Cannot Be Solved ! Through Offices of One j Class. But hy All. i .i'li-cgiou, heb. 2. Elimination i of useless employes in noupi odtic t:e businesses, (he speeding up ot al! lines of indu- try commensurate 'with the present activity of the far ireis ;,nr determination of retailers and jobbers to exact only a reason ab'e profit were recommended as a solution for the jdgt, eo-t of living problem of l-'.lwiu T. Meredith, tal i'UT the oath or "ihee today as spr i eiai-v of agriculture. The high cost of living problem, he a--eite.l, cam. of be solved through the of'icrrs of one class, but all business and al! labor must fecognie the solution as a common duty oi "less and less will there be of farm produce to divide among ' the whole people and higher and higher will go the price of that which is produced." "The farmers of America." said '-ecietary Meredith," are willing to assume their part of the responsibil ities as American citizens in meet ing any problem threatening the welfare and stability of our country, but this h'gh rost of living problem a mutual one rnid they ask that it : be approached by all the people as I a common problem. They ask that j thn-c engaged in distribution elitn- - mate the lust motion and not put so great a burden upon production as there is upon it todav. In other words, they ask that theie be an adequate number of producers of wealth, and this includes property ami foor of all kinds, and only such number of distributers as is nere--sarv to pertorm the services re clined Speed Up Everywhere, "'I hey a,-k ti at tiie banks, rail roads, wholesale house-., retail es tablishments, factories, all of wliich are vitally necessary to the farmer and recognized by inm as such, be speeded up along with hon. that the work now done by three men may be done, if possible, bv two, and the burden of 1 1 ansnortntiou and distri bution be thereby lightened. Business men mii-t look to the operation of their establishments, im natter in what line they m.av be ngaged, and see that no useless em (dove i- retained to add to the cost ot distributing what the farmer now produces. F-rless cmulnyrs must be release)! trom imn.n oductive work that tiny may go into nm 'iucfiw- work- and add (o the sum total that may be distributed anions. all. Let us have six-tenths ot' un people in p--oi!uriion and four -ten)h:-"- 'it-tnbutiou that there may be six-tenths ot' nlul j ,-K-j,, .-.1 -s,-. land siN-tcuths in distribution, which gives u., only four-tenths of what a man can produce each day for each !ofu;. i Aks Labor to Assist. I "The farmer asks that the la Iboieis in the mines, the factory and (the nulls who are also teal pr'oduc , er-. ahuig with thr tanners, make j an clYoit comparable in his 0 je there is fust as Utile labor expense 'as pos-'ldf iu r a. ih at tide turned "Ut by their hands, thereby helping the farmer of America, who 111 turn :wdl help the laborer. Civ en this 1 and the manufacturers, jobbers and "taders taking a trasouable profit ; and reco;;,!i,--ng the harm that must j ultimately come from pioneering j upon the farmer, the ipiestiou of the j bi h cost ,,,' hvinewill largely solvr t ii-. if to the permanent good of al! I coiieri I'ed. I "O.t the othet hand, if the whole i count, ci! bus-ness and all labor, 'does not recoguie this as a vom J mon problem and do those tilings :uht.h give the fainter a fair com I peusation f,,r Ins eifm ts and do .those things which make farming ! i-eimiuerat'Vv. iih-.i-aat and as at t acttve as oMier hues of endeavor, -the conditions w,t ,,t 'uqitove. On u:e coiiTiaiv. more and more will the voting men have their farms, mote and -noie wdl the ol4er men become d; -con: age 1. and less and less v. i'i there be of tarm produce to divde anions tie whole people tor their su-tenanrc, and higher and limber will go the price ot that w Inch is prodin ed. - Postpone Medals Probe. Washington. IVh. 2. luvestig.i t on of aii. iy me lai awards v ill b postpotieil mtt'i the War depatttltent has conipil.'-.l rud submitted to con-gt-.'ss a h.-t of all ollicets who re ceived distinguished service medal or d:-t:ugn shed s-ivice cro.-ses, 't v-.i a;:. 1, o! !;, ("ha rmnn Iot.-s-n' o: the hoi'-e siihcomnnitee 111- r department li'CllUltlirc, n
