READ A. K.'S "HEART BEATS" A BRIDGE FROM SOUL TO SOUL'-IN THE BEE'S WOMAN'S SECTION.
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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