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V b THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1920. 11 .LONDON FAILS TO iSATISFY TOURIST HSEEKING PASTIME - : American Visitors Go to Paris :: Because British Hotels Are Unprepared to Ac commodate Them. li HUMANE EXECUTION OF DOGS IN CHICAGO Deciding that the killing of stray cats and dogs by gas was cruel and inhuman, the Hu mane society of Chicago has had an electrocution chamber installed in the Chicago dog pound. The condemned dog or cat is placed in the chamber, a copper collar fastened about its neck and a high voltage electric current turned on. Death is instantaneous and painless. Br International wa Service. Lonon. April 18. American teour- Jfcts are pouring into Europe at the ;rate of 1,000 a day. i Paris, however, and not London, jls reaping the harvest of profit which Vie coming of these visitors brings. JThe reason, according to the Daily Express, is because London hotel Heepers failed to prepare for the Invasion and are unable to offer, sat isfactory accommodations. ' . J J "Though Americans are leaving New York as fast as available ships tSan take them," said the manager of J4 large American travel agency to a jpaily Express representative, "com paratively few of them seem to get 'to London. J I ''I consider the attitude of some JOE pyr largest hotels responsible to a at extent for the unwillingness lot travelers to visit England. We rtceive cablegrams and letters every iday from people asking for bookings HX certain hotels. Look at the replies we receive when we try to book ftiem." ' 1 He picked up two letters from his nuerea aesK, DOtn irom leading .uon Jdon hotels. One atated, in answer 9 a request for rooms on March Jo. I. - i A I . t-LI. iiuar mey were nor avauaDie, J J "The rooms should have been hKxked earlier," was the explanation, tfhe second refused bookings for jAuie. "Jt is too early to tell," it Jrfcad, "whether we will have the yooms at the time desired." J "Both these clients," resumed the jtravel agent, "5re millionaires. How am I to explain to them that they cannot obtain rooms at these ho tels? Americans wIiq come to Eu rope are well able to afford the best accommodation that we can give Jtbem, and they will not be satisfied .with anything else. The result is Sthat they will avoid London alto Jjpther. Paris will have their busi ness and their money. !L"VVe expect 125,000 to come this jsummcr. It is estimated that they vill spend from $400,000,000 to $500, WO.OOO. ' ( "One man who left recently was Ticre a month. He spent more than j?4,240 on gifts to take to his chil dren, and his expenses here amount ed to as much more. "The Americans have made money tftsily and spend it- lavishly. They, ymwever, are used to the best of iirvice and courtesy, and they insist "bh having it. They will not come here and live in 'rooming' houses. If. they cannot have rooms where they want them and when they want them they will not come at all." New York Detective Held On Charge of Bribery New York, April 18. Detective Sergeant Thomas F. Hughes was afrested Saturday night, charged with having bribed Harold B. Dobbs, an internal revenue in-, ipector, to steal papers from the office of the United States district Mtorney here. The papers, it is al- Jeged,' were in connection with the irest of five men on charges of jpflnspiracy to violate the national rohibition and Lever acts. In- SOector Dobbs, who arrested uehes. claims tne aetective gave tun $1,000 and was to have given m $5,000 more Sunday. . joingu wiuui nan iu :i Stand as War Monument JtYpres, April 18. Workmen will thortly be dispatched here by the IVlgian government to prepare the Jflins of the famous church of St. Martin and the ancient Cloth Hall It a permanent monument to the Jifroic martyrdom of Ypres. The ruins will be left essentially ti they are today, but will be care rftllly reinforced by skilled masons. Jlie surrounding land will be cleared ti unsightly debris and neighbor ing ruins removed to make room for spacious lawns which will furnish a. suitable approach to the wrecked Jdonuments of ancient architecture. Man Wanted for Murder in , J 'New York Taken in France '.Mentone, France, April 18. tames P. Papoacio, who is alleged ti have fired the shots which killed Lens Spinelli and Josephine Gentile ni New York March 7, was arrested Jfre Thursday under the name of Frank Valhiezi. The apprehension frf Papoacio, who is said to have tjen born at Afragola, province of Naples, 22 years ago, was brought Jipn against him of robbery by as sault at Cape Martith The victim 4v-as Mrs. Emily Denison, a wealthy English woman. Widow of Omaha Pastor, s: Resident 20 Years, Dies 'Mrs. Caroline M. Henderson, wid yw of Rev. R. M. Henderson and frfsident of Omaha for 20 years, iiied Saturday afternoon ' at the lfcme of her daughter, Mrs. Nelson li Pratt, 138 North Thirty-fifth street. She was 81 years old. Funer al services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 from the residence, yjith burial in West Lawn cemetery. .Two Policemen Resign to j Accept Better Positons Andrew Pezdirtz and H. Hun fcjeher, Omaha police officers, re signed from he police force Sattir Jiy. Their resignation is not "a re salt of the recent police probe, ac Jrprding to Police Inspector Andrew "(Pattullo. The men have resigned la order that they'may accept bet ter positions, -Inspector Pattullo laid. 'Johnson Speaks on League ?: v Issue to York Audience " V-t. VV A.1 1Q IT..:.. J , ff I UI I. tUI., nJll JO. VUIILU rjates Senator, Hiram W. Johnson, ndidate for indorsement at the Nebraska primary, April 20. as a re Wiblican presidential candidate, told tie audience of York citizens in an Jifdress that Amercan blood and wealth would be at the command tI European nations under article 10 pi the league of nations covenant. .. . n-TinirMinnr-i. mmr tt' Jl "IUJ " nyV'IITlM''MT",H'wt IT I 1 :' iwl ii h rrtl' t- "Dp?Qs clecTfocuted tit, CktcatJ pou-itcC, GEORGIA CENTER OF INTEREST IN DEMOCRATIC RACE Palmer and Senator Smith HavingOldtime Fight for Delegates to Convention. Chicago Trlbnne-Omnlin Bfe Yaned Wire. Washington, April 18. Interest in the democratic presidential situation centers this week in Georgia, where Attorney General Palmer and Unit ed States Senator Hoke Smith are having an old-time Georgia fight for the 28 delegates from that state to the San Francisco convention. The issue will be decided in a state wide primary election on Tuesday. Mr. Palmer went into Georgia for a series of speeches, returning last week after a vigorous campaign., He attacked Senator Smith's record critical of the administration before, during and since the war as embar rassing and harmful to f the conduct of the war, the making of peace and the reconstruction of government and industry since, the armistice. Senator Smith claims to be a "mid dle of the road" candidate, neither opposing the president unreasonably nor favoring him and all policies un reservedly, as . he charges Mr. Palmer with doing. He declared he was a worker in the party team, just as Mr. Palmer was, but that Mr. Palmer wore the president's collar and he didn't To this the attorney general retorted that if he and Sen ator Smith were in the team, he wore out the collar, and Senator Smith wore out the breeching. Lowden, Former Iowan, Endorsed by County Convention at'Rluffs The largest republican county convention held in Council Bluffs for many years convened Saturday in the Pottawattamie county gourt house and unanimously endorsed the randidacy of Gov. Frank O. Low den of Illinois for the republican presidential nomination. For the first time in history a woman was selected as one of the delegates to the state convention. Mrs. L. J. Neff, wife of Representa tive Neff of Walnut, -was chosen as one of the 20 delegates to represent Pottawattamie county at Des Moines. The other delegates are: Harry Green, F. J. Boie, E. P. Harrison, Sherman -Mundorf, Charles Roe, F. S. Childs, R. T. Hansen, D. H. Bailey, George Sparks, W. M. Wells, Joe Nansel, Frank L. Owen and C O. Frazer. Delegates-at-large in clude F. E. Everest, C. G. Saunders, J. R. Day, W. R. Orchard, John Jenks and E. E. Smith. Chicago Policeman Kills Man in Fight , About Game of Dice Cliirago Tribune-Omaha lire lasod Wire. Chicago, Apfil 18. Three men in eluding a policeman, were shaking dice in the rear of a saloon when a dispute arose. John F. O'Malley, the policeman, and Walter Zahlman went at each other's throats and the third man fled. The policeman was getting much the worst of the en counter when he shot his opponent. Zahlman djed an hour later. The policeman claims Zahlman was us ing a knife and this is borne out by long cuts on the officer's hands and arms and the finding of an open knife in ahlman's pocket. While investigating this affair the police picked up five men they be lieve to be a gang of expert safe blowers. They were captured after a revolver battle and a--chase of more thn a mile. One of the gang escaped. All the others have long criminal records. Pershing Talks to Brown University Students Providence, R. I. April 18. Gen. John J. Pershing came here today and, after a brief address to Brown university undergraduates, was of ficially welcomed by Governor Beeckman and by Mayor Joseph P. Gainer at a reception. General Pershing deplored the "backsliding" from the patriotic spirit of war time. He asked that citizens awake to the grave problems confronting them and that everyone take a new inter est in what his neighbor is doing. What Do You Know? (Here's a chance to make your wits worth money. Each day The Bee will publish a oerle ot questions, prepared by Superintendent J. 11. Bevertdge of the public schools. They cover things which you should know. The first complete list of correct answers received from an Oma ha reader of The Bee will be rewarded by SI; the first from outside of Omaha will win the same. The answers and the names of the winners will he published on the day Indicated below. Be sure to give your views and address in full. Address "Question Editor," Omaha Bee.) By J. H. BEVERIDGE. 1. How many presidents of the United States have not been college graduates? 2. When was the Monroe Doc trine issued? 3. How many debates did Lincoln and Douglas have? 4. How. did the United States pay for Alaska? 5. Who laid the "cornerstone or the Bunker Hill monument? (Answers Published Thursday.) THURSDAY'S ANSWERS. 1. William J. Bryan. 2. Henry George. 3. Anti-Masonic party. 4. Rutherford B. Hayes. 5. E. T. Meredith. Winner: Pauline Rohrs, Auburn, Neb. I UPDBKE SERVICE We Specialize in the Careful Handling of Orders for Grain and Provisions FOR FUTURE DELIVERY IN All Important Markets . WE ARE MEMBERS OF- I Chicago Board of Trade St. Louis Merchants Exchange Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce Kansas City Board of Trade Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Sioux City Board of Trade Omaha Grain Exchange WE OPERATE OFFICES AT CHICAGO, ILL. MILWAUKEE, 'WIS. SIOUX CITY, IA. GENEVA, NEB. HOLDREGE, NEB. DES MOINES, IA. OMAHA, NEB. LINCOLN, NEB. HASTINGS. NEB. ATLANTIC, IA. HAMBURG, IA. 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Governments continue to ab sorb profits of corporations and make heavy inroads upon the sav ings of the people through taxa tion, which is necessary but for casts financial difficulties if expendi ture is. not checked. The current decline of Liberty bonds and Victory notes ., in this country, the rise of the Bank of England's discount rate from 6 to 7 per cent, advances made by the hanks of France and Belgium in their discount rates, the downward movement of high grade investment paper in all markets, these supply ample testimony to the shortage of capital and consequent revision of interest rates. It Is, Indeed, a striklnir commentary upon the scramble at present going on for working capital to see the J'eansyhania railroad and the Now Yorw Central sys tem offering notes and tihorc bonds on a 7 per cent basis, Indicating that the money actually cost the borrowers from to 7H. These offerings quite naturally al tered the position last week of the best (lasses of securities and It r.eedcd only tho treasury's announcement that, be cause of tho unwillingness of subscrib ers to take up notes on a 4i per cent basis, the rate had been inrrreascd to 5 and 6U per cent for three and six menths paper to precipitate heavy selling 4f the war bonds. Many Bonds Sold. It Is probable that government bond holdings, accumulated when the several offerings were made, have been sold in quantity in tin last fortnight or longer by corporators in need of working capi tal. Both the scarcity of credit and the unusual interest which recent corporation note offerings have 'carried would stimu late liquidation of the sort. The situation of producers whose work ing funds are insufficient to provide for large orders In hand is difficult, admitted ly so In all quarters. It costs them twice as much to prepare goods for mafket as It did before the war. and costs continue to rise. The uncertainty ot labor condi tions adds greatly to expenses. - Many corporations are anxious to float securities and in such, undertakings the cost la ot far leas importance than the desire to get the proceeds of new offerings in hand as soon as possible. Alter Opinion. There Is reason to believe that Invest ment bankers last week altered their view point ot the market and discouraged fresh security Issues for the time being. The reason was that since the third week of March notes, bonds and stocks to a total reaching upward toward $300,000,000 have been either put before the public or nia-de ready for sale, and current condition of credit made it advisable not to proceed too rsnidly with new Issues. The stock market lasf week did little more than mark time, held down by in sufficient credit and trepidation over the outcome of the railroad disturbances. Ex cluded from this general survey should be a dozen or more Issues which have long lent themselves handily to the whims of pools whose resources seem to be affected little by the tightness of bank crMlt. Exception should be made a4so of the stocks of companies whose profits promise expansion because of limited supplies et goods they bring to market, notable the sugar Issues. Rut while the standard stocks backed and filled without apparent price tenden cies, it was noted that selling was not pronounced and recoveries usually suc ceeded the relaxing of pressure from the short sellers. The feeling prevailed In speculative quarters that t to IS per cent call money was Induced primarily by the April 15. Interest and dividend pavments, andVould prove temporary This thought, however, was not echoed in banking circles where the larger aspects of the world-wido credit shortage were rec ognized. The idea of a big speculative campaign In storks In the near future was hardly supported by those who main tain that the times call not for expansion but for contraction of efforts toward high er stock market quotations. Leaders of Express Strike Are Booked on Charge of Conspiracy Chicago. April 18. Officers of the Chicago Express Clerks and Freight Handlers' union, an outlaw organ ization, which has been on strike since March 6, were booked on charges of conspiracy preferred by State's Attorney Hoyne. The men, formerly of a Chicago local of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, were expelled from the brotherhood when they called the strike in de fiance of an order issued by J. J. Forrester, president of the national organization. They are R. E. Shepherd: head of the seceding union; V. H. Mtichlke, secretary and treasurer, and O. M, Brown, business agent. Robbers Get TotaLpf $18,000 in Two Days New Yo'k, April 18. New York Saturday had its second payroll rob bery in two days. Three masked men took $8,000 from George Kono chier, 57 years old, treasurer of the Hope Clothing company, in Brook lyn; as ije entered the firm's buildmg on returning from a bank. Kono chier was removed to aliospital with a possible skull fracture and three broken fingers suffered in the fight with the bandits. Friday robbers obtained $10,000 when they held up the cashier of a firm situated next door to a police station. . A Ml C3f Z3 IE Ml nis me ter me the the lot lse oo if ran for ! a :he. rst, of se nd ar :hc ar- 3 WE TAR MAM If ever there was a time in the history of the nation when we needed a real man as president, it is today. Everyone is agreed on that point, the only question is, "Who Is the Real Man?" The Republicans in Nebraska must choose between three candi dates', John J. Pershing, Hiram Johnson and Leonard Wood, There are no other candidates "before the Republican primaries in Nebraska. John J. Pershing is a soldier, through and through. He has had little or no practical experience outside of his military work. His Ne braska promoters have no other important recommendation for their candidate than the assertion that Nebraska should take him as a citizen and "Favorite Son," when the fact is that his citizenship is made to order, and the slogan, "Pershing of Nebraska," a mere figure of speech. His position or his opinion on public questions are lacking, because he has not expressed them. General Pershing is not a serious candidate. His campaign is a cloak behind which Chicago banking interests expect to control the Nebraska delegation. Hiram Johnson has based his entire campaign on his opposition to the League of Nations. As a United States4 Senator his "hobby" has been fighting any kind of a League. While some may agree with some of his views on this great question, do you want to elect a man presi dent merely because he agrees with you on one question? In North Dakota, where the Non-Partisan League reigns supreme, and in Detroit, Hiram Johnson has made an unmistakable appeal to the radical and disturbing element of our population. Hiram Johnson will never be nominated by a Republican National Convention. Between these two extremes, standing for a Modified League of Nations, is Leonard Wood. He is a soldier, but he is more than a sol dier. In Cuba, as military governor, he re-established a strong civil government and put the military under the civil at every turn. His greatest experience has been as a civil administrator in Cuba and the Philippines. Leonard Wood Was in Cuba about four years. He left there a re organized and sound banking system, a good railroad system, no debts, nearly $2,000,000 unincumbered money in the treasury, a sugar crop of nearly 1,000,000 tons, sound municipal laws, fine public works, a firm agricultural foundation and an absolute respect among the people for life and property. The school system which Wood established was founded on the laws of Massachusetts and v Ohio. Roads were built We Want Wood Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt, New York. Extols Nation's Choice for President "We are approaching the Elec tion next Autumn of a Presiden tial Candidate. We of the Re publican Party are going to be successful. Rarely if ever in his tory has the country been in a more critical condition, shaken by the strain and turmoil of a great war and debauched by eight years of the Wilson Ad ministration. We are the -prey of violent oscillations of thought. "The trend given to our actions during the coming four years will shape our country for many dec ades in future. We need a man who will combine two principal characteristics. First, the fear less determination to preserve law and order and the ideals of this country, and second, the ability to conceive and put into operation the fundamentals of constructive, sane Liberalism. "General Wood is this man. He is not a man whom we haXe to take on trust. He is a man with a record which is his Recommen dation. He has handled most difficult Administrative work with consummate success, as his rec ord in Cuba and Philippines in dicates. There he preserved order under trying circumstances with justice and wisdom in such a manner that order did not col lapse when he left, but remained as a testimonial of -his success there. "He handled economics in such a fashion that general prosperity and fair dealings contributed to the good of all people concerned. "Above all, General Wood is a big man. He is big enough to desire to have around him only the best men. He is not afraid that the work of a subordinate will overshadow his . achieve ments. We want Wood at this time." ii The Square Deal Man" which made communication speedy. The hospitals erected under his supervision were of the highest type. Under Wood profiteering was abolished, industry was built up, agriculture rehabilitated, hospitals organized, equipped and maintained, tens of thousands of people clothed and fed and all this was done in a thorough, business-like manner. It was done under tribulations which arose from the fact that the people were impoverished to the point of starvation, and had been dying by thousands for the. lack of the things which Wood quickly provided. The farmers were furnished with im plements and food, and were given that aid which enabled them in- stantly to start at the work of production. The whole nature of things changed with almost incredible swiftness. Order speedily supplanted disorder. ' , .' Leonard Wood can be nominated at the Chicago Convention. Ne braskans can well be proud if they help towards his nomination. The Republicans must win the election in November. They can win with Wood, and the American government will be in safe and steady hands. ' v Go to the polls Tuesday and vote for Leonard Wood! a Has the Measure of Them All At the risk of an eternal breach we are going to still insist that Leonard Wood leads them all as a business man. His record in Cuba, the few years it took him in the Philippines to restore order and industry and happiness and bring back smiles to the faces of those primitive people brands him as one of the greatest business organizers of his age. Of course, some people will say that his job was an administrative, one. . Sure it was, and what is an administra tive job but business? v And was there ever in the history of this country a time when we needed an administrative business man more than we do at this exact moment in the period of our history? We need a firm ex ecutive who has had, the training Wood has to reach back into for the right precedent at the right time, and failing to find a precedent from which to build we can all rest assured that Mr. Wood will be absolutely fearless in his decision as to what is best. Nope; we haven't a word to say against the men who approach the Wood standard, but we insist that to date he has the measure of them all. Columbus Daily News. 1' mm.,. m .ls..si.. wjhissji i. 111-TnmmmKCSEM
