lUE BEE! OMAHA, -MONDAY, MAV 31. 1920. '
"DIRTY DICK'S"
DRAWS SAILORS
FOR BIG BEERS
Cafes of Antwerp With Ameri
can "Jazz" Music Thronged
By Money-Spending
Visitors.
Antwerp, May 30.--The cafes of
Antwerp, where American "jaz
music resounds nightly until the
early morning hours and champagne
corks pop continuously at 50 to 100
trancs a pop, are so crowded even
now with tourists, sailors in for a
shore celebration, and local spend
thrifts, that their proprietors won
der what more can happen when
Antwerp is crowded with visitors to
the Olympic games.
There are no spirits sold except
surreptitiously but the wine flows
so continuously in the gilded cab
arets, and the beer so continuously
in the sailors estaminets down
near the docks, that the noise and
dancing know no bounds.
Some of the dock saloons have
I been . especially rechristened since
Antwerp became the chief American
port on the continent, to catch the
, trade of the American sailors and
make them feel as if they were down
by the dociu at home jn the anti
prohibition days.
One finds American sailors reach
ing out their unpracticed feet for the
bar rails in "Dirty Dick's Place," or
"Sailor Jim's" down by the docks,
' consuming huge schooners of beer
that look like the pictures on the
frosted windows of "the biggest
beer in town." .
There are just as many merchant
sailors in the expensive cafes, spend
ing freely and dancing hard. .
American consular and other Ant
werp authorities are awake to the
necessity of establishing some kfnd
of recreation halls for the merchant
sailor here, to take the place of the
cafes, but, they told the correspond
ent, there seems as yet no way of
doins; it
"Big recreation halls, with plenty
of music and light beer, would
, serve the purpose splendidly," one
, consular official said. "Jack is
bound to spend his money when
ashore." .
AMERICAN WAR
DEAD IN FRANCE
ARE EULOGIZED
Allied' Organizations join
Decorating Graves of
U. S. Soldiers. '
in
Paris, May 30. America's war.
dead in Europe were eulogized and
their graves in all parts of France
were decorated today,, the second
Memorial day since the'close of the
great struggle. American flags
floated in the breeze over the rest-
ing places qf more than 70,000 sol
diers, and allied organizations joined
the Americans in France in services
in their memory, while throughout
, the republic detachments of horizon
blue clad poilus acted as guards of
honor at the cemeteries where lie
those who fought beside them on the
field of battle. ,
The American, Legion with the
' army and navy patriotic societies,
co-operated with the newly formed
memorial day committee headed by
Ambassador Wallace to decorate the
little mounds in 497 burial places
scattered along the battle front from
the channel to Switzerland and from
the Rhine to the Atlantic. At 125
places ..there were single graves of
American service men, but Memorial
day services were conducted over
each of these lone graves, someof
which tare in southern Italy and
others 'in Spain. The French and
representatives of other allies took
part in the ceremonies, virtually
everywhere, while Marshal Fetain,
the French comritander in chief, and
other men of prominence from the
French army anefnavy and civil life,
delivered addresses. ; '
H.C.ofLHitsG.O.P.
Hard at Convention
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cost of everything has hit the con
vention. Music, which cost $2,800 for
the entire convention in 1916, costs
$1,000 a day for a band of 50 pieces
this year. Other expenses are in
proportion.
Postoffice Installed, j
; The republican national committee
moved its executive offices to the
Coliseum several weeks in advance
of the convention. Adjoining the
main building is an annex connected
with the Coliseum proper by several
broad arches and entrances. Hero
re located the executive and admin-
i istrative offices, a temporary hos
pital in charge of 100 Chicago physi
cians, and, in the basement, a tele
graph and telephone room where
scores of special wires have been in
stalled for the use of the news gath
ering associations and newspapers
which will cover the convention. 1 -The
annex also boasts a branch
postoffice to facilitate speedy col
lection and distribution of mail to
, the conventional" officials, and
numerous committee rooms for the
national committee and various
committees of the convention.
Decorate With Flags.
- ln the decoration of the conyen
tion hall the managers have abided
by the long established custom of
relying exclusively on profuse dis
play of the American flag. Four
; years ago this custom was departed
from in the use of gold and white
bunting, but the cost was found ex
cessive this year. C R. Hall, super
intendent of the Coliseum, who is in
charge of the decorations, has used
' f hundreds of big and little American
flags to completely cover the gir
ders and iron framework of the
building. 1 -' ' '
, Ainswortn to Celebrate. ,
, . ' Ainsworth, , KtV May 30 Ains
worth -will celebrate the Fourth of
July this year. The commercial
dub will hove charge of the enter
tainment and has appointed com
mitteea to have charge of trrange-
Sketches fei
SAYS PACKERS
GET ONE-SIXTH OF
AVERAGE INCOME
onsulting Economist of Rail
way Labor Organizations
Makes Bitter Attack
Against "Big Five."
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bfe lotted Wirt.
Washington. "May . 30."In this
present period of high prices and
profiteering one-sixth of the income
of the average consumer noes tor
products controlled either directly or
indirectly by the big packing, inter
ests."
This statement is made by W.
Jett Lauck, consulting economist for
the railroad labor, organizations, in
survey of alleged profiteering in
the packing industry submitted to
the United States railroad labor
board and made public here today.
The average American lamily,
said Mr. Lauck, "has been contribut
ing during and since the war period
from $300 to $500 a year to swell
the cross returns of the five meat
packers, namely, the Swift, Armour,
Morris, Wilson and cuaany, cqm-
panies. ". v, . -l
"Wh!I 'wat naid bv these con
cerns increased 75 per cent and the
value of products only 100 per cent,
the profits v increased from '300 to
40ff per cent; not onljr in dollars but
also in rates of return on invest
ment, during and .since the war.
, Charges Airtight ControL
'The precise amount which the
rapacity of these big interests is
costing the American public is not
ascertainable, but they now have
under their control meat products,
poultry, fish, eggs, nltilk, butter,
cheese, canned vegetaDies, canned
fruits, canned fish, cotton-seed oil,
soap, Ieatherr..sugar and other neces
sities of daily life while their grip is
fastening upon'- cereals, ; vegetables
and groynes.. .., Moreover the "big
five" stand m real financial reiaiion
shio (with 700 - odd corporations,
whose extortionate profiteering has
contributed largely to the present
financial distress among the work
ing people of the nation."
Mr. Lauck characterized as mis
leading the widely published adver
tisements and propaganda of "the
packers conveying the impression
that their profits amounted to less
than the 2 cents on each dollar of
sales, equivalent to a return of 26J4
per cent J on net worth of capital
stock and surplus comotnea.
"No business man, he declared,
vrnt for nublicitv ourooses. even
thinks of profit but in terms of rate
on return on investment. Twenty-
six per cent is extortionate profiteer
ing, however reasonable may appear
the packers' cleverly contrived state
ments as to return per. ooiiar oi
sales. There are enormous profits,
running into many millions, from
subsidiary companies, such as stocK
yards and byproduct plants, held by
dummy stockholders. These profits
go directly to the principal stock
holder of the "big five" and should
bs taken into consideration when es
timating; the portion of the consum
ers' dollar that goes into the coffers
of the meat monopolists." "
Swift Makes Reply.
L. F. Swift, president of Swift &
Co., when asked to comment on Mr.
Lauck's statement-said:
"Swift X? Co. ha no nart in the
present controversy in which Mr.
Lauck is 'engaged. However, his
statement merely recites certain in
accuracies from the federal trade
commission report which we feel
caDed upon to correct
"A rate of 2 per cent on sales does
not yield 26 per cent on net worth
as claimed by Mr. Lauck. It has
yielded Swift & Co only about 11
per cent on capital employed. -This
is not profiteering. . "... .,
fit most ha remembered that
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Hand It to Dad for Good
Omaha Will Bow to
Honor Soldier Dead
(Continued From First Face.)
Logan's order and George Long
will sing. Other features will be a
reading by Mayjbelle Thomas, mus
ical numbers by S. Mcintosh and
selections by a drum corps.
Members of Garfield Circle, No.
11, Ladies of the Grand Army of
the Republic, will participate in the
annual memorial - services at the
graves of the unknown dead in For-A
est Lawn cemetery. John H. Berger
will be marshal of the day at this
event which will begin at 10 a. m.
Rev. Lewis F: Townsend will de
liver an address and a choir from
the MeCabe Methodist church will
sing.- Boy Scouts and members of
the McCabe Sunday school will
have places on the program.
At 4:30 this .afternoon a memorial
service wilt be held in Miller park,
in memory oi the soldiers and sail
ors who died at sea. This is an an
nual custom in connection with the
Memorial day observance. Members
of Garfield .Circle' will also take
part in this -program., Lieut. Com
mander R. C. Lawder of the United
States recruiting station, will assist
and Captain J. H. Comfort of the
navy will deliver the address. Rev.
E. A. Jacksqn will offer an invoca
tion and the benediction. Navy
boys, Boy Scouts and eight little
girls in white will have-charge of
the ceremony of strewing flowers
on the water. . ( , v.
L. M. Travis will be the marshal
of the parade which will form at the
post office at 1:30 and will move at
2 p. m. to the Auditorium, where
seat reservations will be held for
the boys of '65 and the younger
"boys" of the Spanish 'and, the
World wars. - .
Legion Men Meet ,
Most of the Grand Army of the
Republic graves were decorated on
Saturday and those of the American
Legion yesterday, many floral re
membrances having been given by
the school children. Members of
the former Omaha Ambulance com
pany will meet this morning at 404
south sixteenth street, whence they
will proceed to the graves of four of
V1U1,1 S13BUVIW3i ' ' ' . r
Veterans of All-Americari Wars
met yesterday afternoon at the home
of J. W. Cress, 4427 South Twenty
third street, proceeding to the ceme
teries to decorate the graves of their
soldier dead.
wages, interest and" all other ex
penses amount to only 15 per cent
of our sales and that we pay out
about 85 jer cent for our raw ma
terial. . .
"If a ; family spent $300 a' year,
Miicb is above the average, for
large packers' products, less than
seven cents a week would be net
profit on the basis, of Swift & Co.'s
1V1V earnings.
. Denies Price Control. - -.
''Mr. Lauck says that we control
canned goods and other grocery
products. He ignores the fact that
the large packers in competition
with each other, handled only 3 or 4
per cent 1 of the groceries of the
country, and even this small per
centage has been taken away by
court decree. -
"We control the price of no com
modities. Swift & Co. is in open
competition with every other packer
and we handle less than 15 per cent
even of the meat supply of the na
tion.
"Th rhartra that w cnfnt tlii
profit to wreck competitors and that
we padded expenses under cost plus
contracts during the war are . un
true. - .
"The United States food adminis
tration reported that while . they
were under its provisions the profit
of the five large packers on meat
food products was only 1.76 per cent
on each dollar of sales and only 5.6
per cent on the capital employed.
It is unfortunate that Mr. Lauck
relied on the old reports of the fed
eral wade commission which pre
viously have been disproved in de
tail ' . ... ' -
By Temple
Taste
MANAGER ADMITS
JOHNSON IS GOOD
AS VOTE GETTER
' i
Angus McSween Typifies Cali
fornia Senator as Standard
Bearer of G. 0. P.
Assured Heavy Support. -
Chicago Tribnne-Omaha Bc Leased "Wire.
Washington,. May 30. The handi
est vote getter in " the field of as
pirants for the republican nomina
tion for president is Senator Hiram
Johnson, according to his manager,
Angus McSween, who hasaddressed
a letter to every convention delegate
commending the senator as "a stand
ard bearer who will typify the high
est ideals of the republican party
and be assured of the enthusiastic
support of the great majority of the
American voters."
' Mr. McSween presents the follow
ing tabulation of votes in the pri
maries in which Johnson was a can
didate: Total Vote Total Voto
For Johnson. For Leading
State.
North Dakota .
South Dakota ..
Michigan
Nebraska ......
Montana
New Jersey ....
Maryland
Indiana
California
Opponent.
... 30,673 i
7S
31,205
112,568
42,385
6,804
62,909
; 15,900
85,708
210,661
. .. 26.S01 I
..7156 939
... 63.161
... 21,034
... 61,692
... 8 069
... 79,840
...370,905
Total 808,504 659,087
- No complete returns have been re
ported from the unofficial presiden
tial .primaries held' in Minnesota.
Johnson carried Minneapolis and St.
Paul and led in the partial state
count. '
"It will be seen that Senator John
son' has received 249,417 votes more
than his leading opponents," says
Mr. McSween. "He carried six of
these states and was defeated in
three of the remaining four by nar
row margins. Placing these states
in the order of their geographical
location, California, Montana, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana,
Maryland and New jersey, it will
be seen that they form in a slightly
irregular chain extending from one
end of the continent to the other
and demonstrating! that, the strength
of Senator"' Johnson is evenly dis
tributed throughout the whole coun
try. "Senator Johnson's strength is
conspicious in the group of so-called
doubtful states where admittedly the
decisive battle must be fought in the
coming national campaign. In the
far west his leadership is conceded.
In four of the five middle western
states in which he competed as a
primary candidate he was victorious.
Illinois, where in deference to Gov
ernor Lowdel, he did not enter the
campaign, gave him the greatest
'write in" indorsement in the history
of American politics.
Ingram Dank Bandit, Is
Tn to Nebraska Prison
Lincoln,, Nebv ' May 30. Edward
Ingram, one of the Howe (Neb.)
bank robbers, was brought here to
day from Atchison, Kan,, and placed
in the state penitentiary, hospital.
Both of Ingram's arms were shat
tered and he was shot in the stom
ach in the gun fight with officers
at the time of his caoture. but his
chances for recovery are believed
to be promising.
Strikebreakers Treated
To Egg and Tomato Shower
Fresno, Cal., 'May 30. -Eggs and
tomatoes were showered freely on
crews of strikebreakers when the
Fresno Traction company attempted
to move street ' cars which have
been idle three days as the result of
a strike of platform men. Seven ar
rests were made during the day as
tb rjault of jqigps .diirbaoces.
DOUBT EFFECT OF
PRICE GUTTING
UPON II. C. OF L.
i ii i
Federal Reserve Board Does
Not Anticipate Real Drop
Until Production Over
takes Consumption.
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chiracs Trlbone-Omaha Be Leased Wire.
Washington, May 30. Doubt that
the retail, price slashing of the last
fortnight presages any geneeral or
permanent reduction of the high cost
of living is expressed by the federal
reserve board in a survey of business
conditions made public today.
The board does not expect the
cost of living to take a permanent
downward trend until production '
begins to overtake consumption de
mands. Its analysis strengthens the
impression that price cutting has
been due to enforced liquidation of
stock's by retailers with widespread
refusal of the public to buy at ex
cessive prices, an important factor
in the phenomenon. '
In many lines of activity a slow-
nig down of business is noted, chiefly
due to shortage of labor and strikes
and the inability of the railroads to
function adequately in, transporta- j
tion of raw and finished materials.
This is4egarded beneficial so far as
it relates to production of luxuries,
the board describing the "effort to
limit credit to essential necessities
by voluntary agreement of bankers
reached at the recent Washington
conference whictwdecided that "cau
tion must be observed and commit
ments must be made only with dis
cretion." Many Local Reductions.
"Changes in prices as well as in
both business and credit conditions
occurring during the month of May
have borne wittiess to the presence
of disturbing factors whose impor
tance and persistence are, however,
as yet uncertain," says the board.
"Local reductions in retail prices
have occurred at a considerable
number of points and have at least
suggested the advent of a serious
modification of the price level
throughout the country.
"More careful analysis vhas shown
that there has been no material al
teration in the underlying conditions
affecting the situation, there being
no decided increase in the volume of
production sufficient to create a
more' normal relationship with con
sumption, no substantial change in
the volume of credit .extended, and
no greater disposition to economize
and invest than heretofore. The
changes that have taken place can
not, therefore, be looked on as in
dicating a modification of underly
ing conditions. They may, how
ever, afford a basis for changes in
business relationships that .may
broaden into more far reaching al
teration of the essential price struc
ture. "The contniuance of labor diffi
culties and unrest, particularly in
connection with the railroads, when
added to the difficult situation pro
duced by car shortage-, and lack of
equipment, has caused considerable
interruption to business operations
and the whole outlook has been such
as to bring about a severe curtail
ment in the volume of stock and se
curities transactions and to compel
very material lessening in the mar-
ket value of Liberty bonds and of
other securities of the -first grade,
Readjustment Expected. ' .' .
"The Chicago ' district reported
that a decided readjustment in eco
nomic conditions is anticipated, one
factor in which is the growth of in
dications of general reductions of
prices.' The transportation and as
sociated difficulties noted elsewhere
in the country appear to be especially
acute in the Chicago district, while
the labor situation shows small im
provement." - i
, Movement of live, stock to mar
kets has been impedtfd and in all
agricultural districts a slowing up
of business is noted. Iron and steel
mills with raw material supplies are
working full blast, but ore shipments
have fallen off.
The coal situation is acute in many
places. ' '
New York reports that raiiroaas
"are more or less the victims of
systematic sabotage 'at their term
inals." The car supply at the mines
is only 30 per cent of normal, while
the i labor situation there is also
unsettled. For April at lake ports
coal shipments were about one-third
of what they were in April, iyi.
"Lake shippers will pool their coal
in order to increase the movement,
but, this is only a partial remedy,"
says the board..."Fuel prices are the
highest on record in the lake trade.
Not only docs . a general shortage
of coal exist now, but a shortage
next winter which may curtail pro
duction of iron and steel at interior
furnaces is forseen." '
; Building Activity Continues.
Building activity continues well
sustained in many sections, although
srriouslv curtailed in' certain dis
tricts, such as Chicago, by the short
age of materials and by increased
prices. From several districts it is
reported that new construction is
largely confined to business building
as against construction for housing
purposes. There is lessened demand
for lumber, whereas in the case of
brick, cement, etc., demand outruns
the supply.
"The labor situation during the
month has been- ory of the outstand
ing elements of doubt and difficul
ty," says the board. "In addition
to intense shortage of labor on
farms , and at other points of pri
mary production, sporadic strikes
in many lines of manufacture, no
tably textiles, have continued to in
dicate unrest. , Wages ,have appar
ently fallen behind the. advance in
prices and cost of living. The move
ment of labor from the farms to the
cities is continuing. General com
plaint of low efficiency or small out
put per unit of labor continues to
be prevalent." . , . '
; ' ; Algood Is Arrested
Alleged to have been annoying
women ; who were . passing by a
house which is being constructed
nearf Twenty-fourth and Jones
streets, C, W. Algood, proprietor-of
a restaurant at 3205 South Twenty
fourth street, was arrested by Spec
ial Agent M. C, Brown last night.
Algood was charged with disorderly
csn.4ucA ' " 7
$
w
OMEN stars came back inlo
their -own in Omaha's motion
picture theaters vesterdav
eftcr several weeks of partial eclipse
me. one exception was William
Farnuni at the Moon. Anita Stewart
is the main attraction at the Strand,
Olive Thomas at the Orpheum,
Madlaine' Traverse at the Empress,
Mildred Harris Chaplin at the Rialto
and Mary Miles Miuter at the Sun.
Unusually good support and an in
teresting story makes "Nurse Mar
joric," with Mary Miles Mintcr ni
the title role, at the Sun theater a
photoplay worth seeing. Added to
this is Charlie . Chaplin in "The
Pawnshop," the two together making
a cheerful program. Miss Minter is
pretty and young, two ver vital
essentials in a woman star. Clyde
Fillmore as her lover is as hand
some as ever, Lydia Yeamans Titus
as Biddy O'Mulligan is irresistibly
funny, and Frankie Lee as the little
sick boy in the hospital, where
Nurse Marjorie takes training, adds
the proper touch of pathos. Some
thing rr.or--must be said about Miss
Titus as Biddy O'Mulligan. She is
cast as the childhood nurse of Lady
Marjorie, for, in this picture, Miss
Minter is the daughter of the Duke
of Donegal. Miss Minter keeps her
identity a secret when she enters
training in a hospital and as a mere
nurse she meets and captures the
palpitating heart . of England's
youthful leader in the House of
r-.,,.,, iu r..,k..... v.jsj..
WVlllilll'll?, JUllll lAIIUUiy. U1UUT
O'Mulligan undertakes to discour-
age his attention in an attempt- to
hnd if the mans love is real, And
she does some j6b of discourag
ing. ' " 1 ' : . .
Anita Stewart in a blonde wig is
the most striking feature of "The
Yellow -Typhoon" at the Strand
theater this week. Her potroyal of
the Nordstrom twins in both blonde
and brunette makeups compensates
for a considerable lack of logic in
the theatrical story which is adapt
ed from Harold McGrath's novel in
the Saturday Evening Post. Thfre
are moments of suspense in the
melodramatic incident of the play
which grip the audience even when
that audience is too intelligent to
believe the things could possibly
t, Vf.-- Ci t I J r -
remarkable piece of acting in her
uimcuu auai roie, iiuea as sne is
by nature-to enact only the part of
a sweet, unselfish -character. Set
tings are elaborate and perfect to
even the slightest details. ."The
Yellow Typhoon" is the name giv
en a young blonde woman as dan
gerous as she is beautiful and wno
is suspected by the United States
secret service as being connected
with a (certain conspiracy. Her sis
ter, the brunette, is the' good twin
who is employed by the secret ser
vice to thwart the; other's crime.
The picture is undoubtedly the best
in which Miss Stewart has ever
been starred. A prologue with
splendid stage settings and dancing
by Miss Mildred Jacque and Miss
Ruth Betts is quite in keeping with
the picture.
Good storm photography and the
appealing interpretation by Mildred
Harris Chaplin of Polly in "Polly
of the Storm Country" at the Rialto
theater, characterize the production.
Mrs. Chaplain is cast in the part of
the -squatter's daughter, a person
whose, very, existence must .neces
sarily be a tragedy. - There is a
haunting sweetness in the way Mrs.
uiapun. interprets folly ttiati can
not fail to attract. The story points
a great moral that love is all con
quering. Polly has been taught by
her "granny" that God will protect
and that her own righteousness will
create righteousness in others. Polly
believes this until everything she
holds dear in life has been. taken
from her by persons she has never
harmed and then she starts out to
get revenge. Just as she reaches the
long sought' goal and has the life
of her greatest enemy within her
grasp, she is -forcibly reminded of
her granny's teachine and becomes
herself again. All things come right
in the end. The small boy, Wee
Jerry, does same gbod acting. The
usual news features, animated car
torns, a"nd a Sunshine comedy,
"Should Dummies Wed?", complete
the Rialto progranv
A real,- honest-to-goodness west
ern feature is the William Farnam
starring vehicle, ("The 'Orphan." at
the Moon. "Those 'who regret the
old days when stage coaches with
mail sacks and passengers were
blazing a trail across the Rockies in
the face of attacks by wild and sav
age Indians will find real comfort
in this picture. 1 The-production is
certainly the best in which Mr. Far-
num has been seen in . for a long,,
long time. As the orphan he is the
terror of a wild, rugged country
where he has grown up from boy
hood. His father is hanged in a
coldblooded manner by his ene
mies at an earlier period, .and the
youth has spent his days seeking
vengeance for the crime. Of course,
he displays fine manly qualities
from the beginning. He reforms and
is given a chance by the sheriff
whose life he has saved. The hand
ling of a six-horse stage coach of
antique type by G. Raymond Nye is
an achievement worthy of note.
Louise, Lovely is feminine lead. A
prologue, "The Singing Cowboys,"
further carries out the wild west
idea. '
Olive Thomas did not reach her
usual standard in "Footlights aiut
Shadows," which supplements the
vaudeville at the Orpheum 'in the
opening bill of the summer season.
As Gloria Dawn, a Broadway fa
vorite, Olive becomes the provi
sional fiancee of her employer, a
middleaged theatrical magnate.
She is saved for this by the induc
tion into the plot of Jerry O'Farrell,
an explorer from Africa, who cele
brates his return to New York with
a relapse into tropical fever which
darkens his memory and brightens
Gloria's life by ltjiding him to herl
apartment. His illness, forces her
to keep him and nurse him and in
cidentally fall in love with him. In
the few lapses into a normal state
the deranged explorer returns ths
love. He wanders away from her
apartment later and then the
"shadows" in the title are apparent.
There is some sorrow on Gloria's
part, a fevered search by Jerry for
his "dream girl," fire at the theater
where ' Gloria, dances, and Jerry
' drinks too much wine. Gloria saves
his life, thrusting aside two of his
male companions. 1 hen there
the final scene where the middle-
a.ifed, lover is repulsed by Gloria and
ejected from her apartment by
Jerry, who finally recovers his mind.
The final closeup of the cuddling
lovers draws extra tootage.
Neighborhood Houses. -
Grand Nell Shipman in "Back tj
joas country."
Hamilton Roy Stewart in "The
Silent Rider.", ,
Suburban House Peters in 'You
Never Know Your Luck;" Jack
j.empsey in "Daredevil Jack,'
Nq. 10. . ,
AT THE .
THEATERS
LARGE audiences witnessed the
opening of continuous vaude
ville at' the Orpheum theater
yesterday, and enthusiasm of the
vaudeville fans indicated' a prosper
ous season for the Martin Beck
house. ,
Harry B. Watson and Reg C Mer
ville drew a trifle more than their
share of applause with their head
line act, "Rubeville." The act has
lost none of its keen appeal to fun
and music loving audiences. A band
and quartet contribute to its en
tertaining features, and the almost
inimitable characterization of the
, , . , t .
! . ! m . f f" y M5' ,W?,!?n
Then there is the new one-act
comedy by Edwin ,Burke, "And
Son," filled with clever lines and
spirited acting. The stage . story
shows the entrance of a youth into
his father's business institution.
Howard Smith and a. willing support
make the comedy highly acceptable.
The first .appearance of Charles Ir
win as "a single" in Omaha was re
warded with liberal applause yester
day. His "Pleasant Memories"
struck a responsive chord with the
audience, especially the males. The
team, Willing and Jordan furnish
"A Few Pleasant Moments" of con
versation, song and dance, and Je
rome and JNewell present a novel
j gymnastic act, termed the "Chines!
.urcus.
i
j Committee tO PrODC
Hoover Expenditures
. In California Tuesday
Washington, May 30. Though
far from completion of its work,
the senate committee investigating
preconvention expenditures and
pledges in the presidential campaign
will not sit tomorrow. Tuesday,
however, it will hear for the first
time the statements of . men . who:
handled the primary campaign in
California in the interests of Her
bert Hoover and will inquire further
into 4he state and national expendi
tures made in behalf of Senator
Hiram Johnson. Uuring the com
mittee's , 11-hour session Saturday
allegations concerning use of large
sums of money in the California
fight were thrown into, the-examina
tion. .
The committee likewise is said to
be .'placing further inquiry into the
candidacy of Wm. G. McAdoo on
the democratic side and to gather
more information as to expenditures
in the Ohio republican primary.
To Renew Negotiations for T
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
Tokio, May 30. Baroo Gonsuke
Hayashi, the new Japanese ambas
sador to Great Britain, will take up
negotiations for a renewal of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance as soon as
he reaches London, according to the
Asawi.
Articlesby Japanese publicists in
support of the renewal of the al
liance are being published daily.
They think that modifications will
have to be made in the pact, but they
call particular attention to the bol
sheviki menace to India as a power
ful reason, why the British should
desire a renewal of the alliance.
1,000 Chickens? Killed.
Superior, Neb.. May 30. (Spe
cial.) Nearly 10,000 chickens in
eggs were destroyed here when a
wall caved in on the incubators of
the W. J. Fellers chicken hatchery
here.
JUgbting Flxiofrs.
den Co. Adv.
Burgess Gran-
SOLD
IN
THE
BEST
STORES
GERMANY MAY
ah minniAAiAil
AdK TtKMIddlUN
TO RETAIN ARMY
Request Authority to
Maintain Force of 200,000
Men If Spa Conference
' r Is Postponed.
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By PARKE BROWN.
Xi-w York Tlma-Chlrac Trlbuns CbK
Copyright. 19S0. .
Berlin, May 30. If, as reported
here, the Spa conference is post
poned beyond'Jiine 21 Germany will
ask the supreme council ior exten
sion of its authority to' maintain an
army o? 200,000 until the conference
meets and passes upon this matter.
One reason why Germany is not
anxious to see the meeting delayed
is the fact that under the present re
strictions it is not allowed to main
tain an army exceeding 100,000 after
July 10. One of the proposals th
povernment has intended to presenl
to Lloyd George, Millerand and
heir associates is a continuation oi
the present armed forces on the
eround it is necessary for public
order, particularly since the ' ein
wohnerwehr has been ordered dis-,
solved, but' June 21 is the latest date'
after which arrangements can be,
made for halving the army. .
Keep Plans Secret.
For obvious reasons the govern
ment is keenine seceret its plans for
financial discussions at Spa. While .
some newer statesmen might be
willing to state in advance just, what
the work of the big staff of experts
has shown concerning the country's
ability to pay reparations, this work
is in charge of members of the old
school, who do not intend to show
a single card-before it is played, It
is known the Hythe proposal of
$30,000,000,000 will be opposed by
teams of figures, statistics and argu
ments, but when it comes to discuss
ing their counter figuies, the offi
cials will not even admit Germany's
ability to pay 10 per cent of the
amount without substantial changes
in the economic provisions of the
treaty. . . I
The closest thing to an actual in
timation of Germany's ability' to
pay came today from August Muel
ler, former under-secretarv of state
in the ministry economies, who said
the maximum figure must be the es
timate of Professor Keynes 40,000,
000,000 gold marks, instead' of the
120,000,000,000 discussed at Hythe.
Only General Proposal.
Harry Meuller said the proposal
by the German delegation at Ver
sailles for payment of 100,000,000,000
marks must now be ignored as it
was made then only as a part of the
general proposals of a peace treaty,
far different from the one now it
is sought to enforce. ,
"The German delegation made its
proposal oeuevrng inc icrniuuai,. as
well as economic, conditions would
be such that control of the working
capacity of Germany would be un
impaired. It also must be remem
bered this proposal provided for the
first 20,000,000,000 to be paid in 1926.
Deliveries of material were to be
credited to a far greater degree than
the. treaty of Versailles finally
authorized. The remaining 8,000,000,
000 was to be paid in yearly install
ments, without interest and until
1926 only 1,000,000,000 annually. All -the
delegates calculated earnings oi
national ownea activities, which now
instead of profits, show by deficits."
Printers Hold Memorial
Services for Dead Brothers
Memorial services were held by .
Omaha .Typographical union, No.
190, Sunday afternoon at the new
Labor Temple, a large assemblage
being present. Friends and relatives
of deceased members of the union
had been especially invited. The
union's roll of ttie dead, now num
bers )97. ' ' . -
Dr. D. E. Jenkins of the Univer
sity of Omaha was the principal
speaker, his subject being, "The
Brotherhood of Men." E. O.May
iield spoke on "The Old Time
Printer.'' Music for the services
was furnished by the choir of the
South Side Christain church, solos ,
being sung by Miss Maud Brooker
and Myrle Reeves. C. J. Anderson,
chairman of the memorial commit
tee, read am original poem, "Mem
ories." Rev. Ellis of the South
Side Christian church gave an open
ing prayer and pronounced the ben
ediction. , . t
BECAUSE
IT IS
SUPERIOR
IN QUALITY
MANY
WOMEN
PREFER
GOOCH'S
BEST
FLOUR
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