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THE BEE: OMAHA TUESDAY, APRIL 20. 192. SPEAKERS URGE DEVELOPMENT OF U. S. WATERWAYS i " " ' Declare at Mississippi Valley Convention That Railroads Have Reached limit of ( Their Capacity. , sr. louis, mo., April iy. ine United States must develop and en courage her inland waterways trans portation if she expects to retain J;er position in the world of 'com merce. 'This warning was sounded by speakers at the convention of the Mississippi Valley Waterways as sociation here today. The railroads have reached the iSi Free Lecture On CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ' - BY JOHN C. LATHROP, ' , C. S. B. ; ' - of Brookline, Matt. . -at the ' CHURCH EDIFICE "St. Mary'. Ave. and 24th St. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS . , i : April 22d and 23d -' AT 8 O'CLOCK The Public is Cordially Invited to Be Present ' Mr. Lathrop it a member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. seciationibe merged with the Mis Mssippi Valley association, here which tomor limit of their capacity, it was cm phasized. , . speakers also urged that the as opens its convention row. Brig. Gen. F. T. Hincs, chief of the transportation division of the War department, which has control over government inland waterways transportation, in an address, as serted the railroads welcomed the revival of water transnnrtatidn a a "necessary ally in the solution of .1.- . i.i ' uic irauapuriauuii pruuiems. . Transportation Hindered. "The demands which the railroads are being called upon to meet are greatly in excess of their combined facilities," he .said, "There is an ex isting unsupphed demand for 800, 000 freight cars alone. Railroad men have admitted that every loco motive plant in the country would have to work at capacity for three years to enable the railroads to even catch up with 'the actual demands now made upon them It will thus be seen that the rail roads are physically unable to meet the transportation demand of this new era. Ut this work the water ways must perform an important share. And in assisting the water ways to assume a considerable nor tion oi the transportation burdens of commerce the War department dc sires to become a material factor." Heartfelt Sigh Fails to Mitigate 30-Day Sentence "Ten dollar's," said the judge ' i naven t that much, vour honor," said the prisoner. .'Thirty days, said the judge. 'I he-" prisoner; f sighed, lie had een arrested tax his second offense of intoxication, He is George Ter ry of Lincoln. He was well dressed apd told the judge how lie hated to go to jail.-. - I 1 ru v r sorry, i said tfcc i "That's the law." "Never again 1" said the ' prisoner. Wife and Sons of Japanese Ambassador Reach U. S. Sail Frairrlseiv Anril 19 f arlntnp K. Shidehara, wife of the Japanese ambassador to the United States, .(nd her two children arrived here Sunday on, the steamer Siberia Marui They , were met by Asbas- sador Shidehara, who boarded the liner in company with the collector of the port shortly before it docked. The sons are to enter an American college. i Judge's May Challenge Voters Who Make Change Lincoln, Neb.. April 19. (Spe cial.) Election judges ,; ,niay chal lenge any . person, knpwn by them to .be a member of one political party, who attempts to vote anoth er ticket, according to a ruling made today by the attorney general of Nebraska. The challenged person must then take in oath that he is a member of the party which he is about to vote. judge. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Millions of Tiny Germs Cause Your Catarrn WEALTHY NEW JERSEY COMMUTERS MAN LOCOMOTIVE Wealthy residents of Morristown, N. J., in order to get to business in Manhattan, acted as firemen on a special Lackawanna train, enabling hundreds of commuters to reach NewYork. The volunteer firemen were cheered by mobs of passengers who drove menacing strikers from the Hoboken terminal upon the arrival of the train. The men volun teered to take the train back at night, and they did. On the step of the locomotive is shown Capt. Henry Hawle and above are John Sted man and Alfred Maury, all of Morristown, N. J, 73 mr1 ""). ,r,M flnM) it J 1 Commtlte s irviv loco motive Over The Political Fence Today's the day! Now that the shouting, and the tumult have ceased, the "pec-pul" has an opportunity today to decide the chosen ones to represent their respective parties as, nominees.', One of the interesting contests will be the' one between W. 11. Thompson, "The Little Gianf of Grand Island," and Arthur F. Mullen, the stalwart national com mitteeman of Omaha. An abatement of hand-shaking is bout due. ' The end-to-end attache of the Political Fence" department has figured that the political .carcjs that have been distributed in Omaha. during the last fiye - weeks would reach from this city to Chicago if laced in a line. He' estimated that. ,687,967 cards were distributed. Votes for women! Real Relief Comes Only hj Cleans ing Blood of These Germs. Catarrh comes from a disease rrerm that finds lodgment in the blood, and makes Uself manifest by spreading its attack of poisonous irritation to the delicate linings of this nose, throat and air passages. These become stopped up by the in flammation of the mucous mem branes, making it difficult for you to breathey and you are constantly hawking-and spitting in an effort to clear the -clogged-up nostrils (and get relief. You must realize that your blood is loaded! down with catarrh germs, and these germs must be re moved from your blood before you can expect real, rational relief from the disease. .And, of course, you know, that you cannot reach these germs in your blood, with sprays and douches. , . , Experience has . proven that S. S. S. is the best remedy for Ca tarrh, because it is a fine old blood remedy that tends to free the blood of all disease germ's. S. S. S. will cleanse your blood of thecause of Catarrh, and give real relief. It has been in constant use for more than fifty years, and is sold by all druggists. Buy a bottle today and lose no further time in getting on the right treatment. Valuable literature or special ad vice regarding your own case will be furnished free of charge.-. ! Ad dress Chief Medical Adviser, 161 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga. Ben S; Baker, republican county chairman, reiterated yesterday his belief that Nebraska should aud will give General rershin'g the preferen tial vote. State pride alone, he con tends, should prompt republicans to honor the .man . wiio has won world fame and whose life has been so closely identified with Nebraska. .... Nebraska probably will be wet on primary day, regardless of hov the democratic wet and dry fight may go. . There appears to be a strong sen timent in favor of the $250,000 pub lic library bond issue which, is syb mittcd, today. 1 . . . "To go, or not to go, that Is the question," is the . paraphrased Shakespearean quotation ascribed by. Vox Populi to W. J. B. This would be an appropriate miu tititt,v.i I1 time to get out the poliitcal 'ouija board. Last Saturday; afternoon J, C. Dahlman, democratic county chair man, telephoned to Stella, Neb., to urge Ralph Clark, candidate for gov ernor, to came to Omaha for Jlht Hitchcock nfeetiug in the evening. During the long-distance conversa tion, the line became crossed with another line over which two women were discussing their new sartorial acquisitions. When the feminine twain began considering their -lingerie, Mr. Clark shouted: "What line arc we on?" Whereupon Mr. Dahl man replied, "I guess it must be the cldtlici lhu" The republican' women's commit tee will maintain headquarters at 310 South Nineteenth .street until county convention on alter the May 1.n. Interment will be on Wednesday. No flowers. BRITISH TRADE GAINS STRONG HOLD IN RUSSIA Do Not Permit Fear of Soviet Contamination or German Machinations to Interfere With Business. 11 1 T. F. Stroud, republican candidate for county commissioner in the Third commissioner district, is com ing down the final stretch with a real burst of speed. . Republican Candidate For Assessor Warns Against Experiments Harry G. Counsman, former county assessor, whois a candi date for the republican . nomination for that officii issued the following statement yesterday: "As a last word I want to say to the voters and . taxpayers ot Oma ha and Douglas county: DON'T EX PERIMENT WITH THE OFFICE OF COUNTY ASSESSOR While it is' probably the most unpopular, it is also the most important to you who pay the taxes and are most in terested in having the burden of them fairly and equitably anpor tioned. I promise that if you once more cast your ballot for me and 1 am successful, you and all citizens will be assured of the same careful, courteous and efficient treat ment you received during my -occupancy of the office four years ago.- y Want Votes for Johnson;: f . Don't Care About Delegates "The Omaha backers of Hiram W. Johnson do not care a snap which delegates you vote for provided you vote for Johnson for president," sard Thomas Lynch, secretary of the lo cal Johnsonv committee, yesterday "We could not afford to run and advertise a complete ticket of c'elegates, so we are not running any. "Here 1p the Second district I know all of the candidates for dele gate, ; I 'am convinced that any of them will vote for Johnson if so in structed by Nebraska's preferential vote. There .is no better American than Capt. C. Ii. Adams.' Gould.j Dietz and lorn tlollister are known as reliable men,' as are also W. ,G. tire and S. J. Leon. , x "All of the Johnson people T have talked to are of the sairre opinion; any of these delegates will suit us." School Teacher Dies Anna C. James, 43 years old, for many years teacher of manual train ing at 'Park school, died Sunday night at Methodist hospital after an illness of three months. She is sur vived by ' one sister, Miss Lena James", Mason apartments, Thirty first and Pacific streets, and one brother, Arthur S. James, Albany, N. Y '.") . . - , Funeral services will be held1 this afternoon at 4 in the funeral home of Cole-McKay company. The body will be taken to Buskirk, .N. Y., for burial. Set Hearings On Rates. Washington, April 19. Hearings on the application of the American Railway Express company for in creased express rates ranging from 10 to 25 per cent will be held by the Ii:tefestate Commerce commission at New 'York May 17; Chicago, May 2-1; Spokane, June 1; San Francisco, June ; Houston. June 14: Atlanta, June 21. and Washington. June 28. Haw Itoot l'niit It Beacon rresa. Aav, " . 1 1 Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bet Leased Wire. Washington, April 19. While the United States still refuses to ' let down the bars restraining American commerce with, Russia, British, traders, with the help of their gov ernment are proceeding to get in on the ground floor. That the British are not permitting fear of soviet con tamination or German machinations to interfere with their quest for 1 profitable trade, is disclosed by the ! State department in a statement set ting forth some of its information concerning the soviet negotiations with the British. . The negotiations for an exchange of goods between England and Rus sia are going forward at Copen hagen, where on April 7, M. Kras sin. soviet commissioner of transpor tation, and a party of bolsheviki met a British treasury delegation headed by Edmund' Wise. , Notorious Individual. Tiie State department regards Krassin as a notorious individual prominently identified with "Ger mans interested in the exploitation of soviet Russia." ' "He is a former German subject and upon the outbreak of the world war became ,a Russian representing German interests,1 sayS the S,tate department. "He was arrested at Viborg in 1907 by the. czar's govcrn rnent on the charge of revolutionary activities, was imprisoned, liberated and subsequently granted amnesty by Russia, while be was working at Bcrlhl in the Simens , Schuchurkt factory, a German concern closely connected with other important Ger man interests in Russia. He estab lished at Petrograd a branch of that factory and was chief director of the branch. He is a close friend and adviser of Nlcolai Lenine, president of the council of the people's com missioners, the -principal governing body of soviet Russia. Identified With Reds. "Krassin has been closely -connected with Ulman, a German prom inent in the Siemen's Schuchurkt factory. He became Russian soviet commissar and took charge of the quartermaster's department of the red armtf 'simiilfanpniislv with thi appointment, of Furstenberg Ganet zki, the German -agent of a great Rhenisn industrial combine, and a director of the state bank of soviet Russia. Krassin sent Ulman to Ber lin to offer the German Deutsche bank concessions on the Murman Petrograd railroad, i Krassin was once bolshevik com missar of commerce and trade and originated the 10 and 12-hour work ing day plan in soviet Russia. In February, 1919, the employes of the Nicholas railway station at Petro grad requisitioned cars consigned from the Ukraine to the German as sociation at Petrograd and four of these employes were later shot and the provisions recovered Upon the insistence of Krassin. The council of commissars upheld a report which he made in favor of employment of a large- number of German laborers in Russia. Large Nebraska Delegation to Attend Tuberculosis Meeting The biggest delegation Nebraska has ever had at a National Tubercu losis association meeting will attend the gathering in St. Louis, April 22 to 24. , v . Mrs. K, JR. J. Edholm, executive secretary for the Nebraska organiza tion, will leave Monday night, ac companied by -Miss Alice -Marshall, secretary of the Omaha committee, arriving m it. Louis for, meetings preliminary to the -convention. Jn Wednesday the following Ne braska officers . will start on their way to St. Louis) . Miss Lillian , B. Stuff, director of field activities: Dr. William N. An derson, vice president;' 'Dr. A. 1). Cloyd, treasurer; Dr. John 1 Allen, acting assistant surgeon. 'Unite! tates public health service: MLs Euphemia Peterson, Lincoln tubercu losis nurse. All liave bceiubfticially delegated by Gov. "Samuel T. Mc- Kelvie, honorary president of the Nebraska Tuberculosis association. Charges Some Citizens With Endangering Lives of Others A portion of the 'Omaha public continues to endanger lives of other citizens by failure to report small pox cases and to submit to quaran tine regulations. Health Commis sioner J. I'. Edwards complained yesterday. One particularly flagrant case was brought to my attention today," he said. "A man with a mild at tack of 'smallpox continued td work four days last week in an 'Omaha office where he was in close con tact with other employes. He ex plained he thought it was chicken pox and did not trouble to consult physician. Negligence of that sort is what makes possible the spread of smallpox. Arrest Ship Captain Havana, April 19. Cant. G. R. Visthem of the United States ship ping board steamer. Lake Wilson ias been arrested and lodged in the municipal jail at Matanzas after a mutiny on the vessel. He is charg ed yith using firearms.' Three mem- pers ot the crew were seriously in ured. ' GOV. BURNQUIST SAYS POLICE KNOW FINNS GUILTLESS Minnesota Executive Tell Why He Did Not Grant Ex tradition Papers to Omaha. "Omaha police must be convinced by this time that the Finn brothers of St. Paul were not implicated in the robbery of the Farmers Mer chants bank- at Benrfon," declared Gov. J. A. A. Burntiuist, of Minne sota, who arrived in Omaha yester day. . v . Omaha police authorities made tTiree unsuccessful attempts to ex tradite George and Mike Finn from St. Paul to Oma'ha, to answei charges of highway robbery. They charged their, failure to secure ex tradition papers was due fo the hos tile attitude of Governor Burnquist and other St. Paul authorities. . "The Finn brother brought in 40 or 50 witnesses who swore that they wcte not in Omaha at the time of the robbery," Governor Burnquist asserted yesterday. , "I knew some of these witnesses and was con vinced that they were, right, . but I broke all prudent and gave the Onialifl authorities 3U days to pro duce proof that the frinns were in Omaha at the time of the robbery. "At the end of 30 days they Had failed to produce any evidence, so I refused to grant extradition. In spite of the fact that a charge of highway robbery is still on file here against the Finn brothers, I am convinced that police in Omaha know they had the wrong informa tion when they attempted to arrest the rmns. Bell-Stephens Wedding. Beatrice, Neb.. April 19. (Spc cial.) Miss Lena Phelps of this city 'was married Saturday at Lin coin to Charles Bell of Geneva, Neb. The young couple will make their home at Geneva, where the groom is engaged in business. " Lighting Fixtures Burgess-Gran-den. Adv. - Y- An ,airplane passenger,: mail and freight service will be established betweeh Venezuela and British Guiana and Trinidad and other West Indian islands.: ! ... . : . "1 MM mi V? 77 Penr sylvam'a T r w8irtT 11 Lfi iff.n M DJ DEALERS tell us that many people infer Vacuum Cup Tires and "Ton Tested" Tubes are high priced, assuming that quality and high prices naturally go together. 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They are not drastic or dangerous, used as directed; but simply and surely dissolve the fatty elements and eliminate from the system. Also they remove the craving for ucrt foods are net desirable for fat folks to use. Herein Arbolone is superior to all other anti-fat medi cines, as it automatically overcomes the abnormal, perverted appetite for. starchy foods, etc. Sold by all druggists in sealed tubes with full directions.