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I - . THE BEE:. OMAHA. VMOND AY, SEPTEMBER 20, ,1920 VI 2 opuiauon 01 : IJnited States Is 105,768,106 War Cut Dwn Per Cent of Increase During Last 10 X Years, Census Offi - cials Believe. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee leased Wire. Washington, Sept. 19. The total population of the United States, ex - elusive of outlying possessions, will be found to be in the neighborhood of 105,768,106, according to prelimi nary and unofficial estimates of sta tisticians of the United States Cen sus bureau. " .' This will mean an increase over the 1910 population, which was 91, 972,266, of 13,795,840 persons.- The estimate of the population under the 1920 census was made on the basis of an arbitrary increase of 15 per cent, as it ishe belief of census bu reau officials that the-United States will not show a greater percentage of increase in the years 1910 to 1920. This represents the smallest popu lation increase in the history of tlie United States, and will be found to be due almost entirely to the world war. , Father and Nurses Give Skin to Save Girl's Life Westplains, Mo., Sept.' 19. If .Florence Hays, 4 years old, it a hos- itai nere, lives, sne win owe ner c u several iiur.seM aim ner idmcr. as well as to the institution s sur geons. Recently Florence upset a pot' of boiling coffee and had all the skin outvied lrom ner-snouiders and aiw tuomtn. making an extensive skrrfl ' rafting operation necessary to "as ' lure her recovery. -' ', Tlie skin necessary to prolong the life of the small patient will be taken from tfce bodies 'of the nurses and her parent. Paris. Air Passengers Say Taxis Are Too Slow Paris, Sept. 19. The 100-mile-an- our"(face has arrived! I'eopie wno meet passengers Dy the air ferry at Paris say that these aerial voyagers" breathe deeply, with vide-open eyes, as they set foot again cn yfamiliar earth. There is a fpafk'e in their expressions. Any trace of boredom or cynicism ap- pears swept from their faces by the I purity of that upper air. f , When they take the auto which carries them to thcirJiotel they have a look ctf pitying impatience at the crawling vehicles. "Crossed the channel in 10 minutes," they say, "and it's taking usmore than that to get to the end of this street 1" The 100-mile-an-hour fact doesn't wear an expression of weariness, with lines Suggestive of mentaltrain. r'On the Qofitrary ' the expression is one of steadfast corffposure, with the uicr, far-seeing face of the man who sweeps wide vistas. j Boston s L.isar frtce Raise Fails to Come Boston, Sept. 11. Predicted ad vance in clear prices here, set for last week, has not come to pass. In stead, standard brands of cigars are being so'd at the cut rate stores for even lower prices than a fortnight ago. Brands that cost 13 cents each at lunch rooms and hotels are; of fered for 10 cents, and one standard brand is 95 cents for a 10-pack box. Boston tobacconists say - private consumers no longer buy cigars in boxes of 50 and 100, everyone pre feiring the vest pocket packages of V 10. even when buying in large quan- (titics. They report humidor sales for the last month as setting a new record for all time. . - Mare 55 Years in Jail Only ' Laughs at 60-Day Sentence Chicago. SeDt. 19. A little thine ' like sixty days in jail is nothing inl the "young life of hrank Hood. Herod, who is seventy-eight years, of ,age, was arrested in Chicago re- cently on a charge ot stealing a suit of clothes. When arraigned betore the municipal magistrate he pleaded guilty. "Sixty days," announced the court. Hood grinned. "That's nothing," he said. "I've done time in every big prison in the country. My total time behind the bars is fifty-five years. Sixty days is a cinch." s i i hi j . . ' . Major s StboroSHeld by Hotel for Son-rayment Hutchinson, Kan., Sept. 19, Who is "Major F. F. Maloney?" - A sword with his name engraved on it is in the hands of the manage ment of tbe Bisonts Hotel here, part of the ("munitions of war" held for the board bill of "Lieutenant" Ball. Ball is beinst soiight by the police (nr Karl rlrr-rlf. When the army officer disappeared , fol'owing the nonpayment oi nis board bill at the hotel and the bad check, his effects were seized. The vword was among them. The author ities want to know how he came into possession oy the major's sword. Kansas Man In Marine Service for 48 Years Wichita, Kan., Sept. 19. Back in J872, on July 13. to lie, exact, Wil iiam C-Barthwaite. then ,18, enlisted 'in the United States marine corps. xHe served with the marines and later with the army. Now he is a sergeant with the local army recruit ing service. " - ,Just 48 years; almost to day, I after his first enlistment he received f a copy of his first enlistment pa L pers in the marine, to replace a copy of his discharge, which, occurred shortly after he left the service. v Canada's Wheat Crop Will . B& Increase Over Last Year Winninrsr. Man.. Sent-19. With the harvest ending throughout Can ada, estimates of .the total wheat crop differ. Experts of the Agricul tural, department of the Dominion government put the. figure at 262. 338,000 bushels. Last year's crop, ac mrHintr to final estimates, was 193,- 260.000 bushels. W. A. Black of the Ogilvie 'Milling company,, a crop au t thority.stimates a yield of from 225.000.0W to Z50.0UO.UUU- Dusneis. Bee w aaixAd firing Rtsults., financial Chicago Trlbune-Omuha Bee Leased Wire. New -York, Sept. 19. Stock have been going up the last few days, money has had the appearance of being easier, ahd "sentiment," that indefinable something which is sup posed to have so much to do with the course of -the stock market, un questionably is improving. Two weeks ago there were a good many doubters of th market's ability to rise; one week ago there were not sb many, and at the cjose of last week there were very few. And there can be no doubt that profes sional sentiment in a market as nar row as the one we have been hav ing, and are likely to continue hav ing for some little time, plays an important part. A The men whose business it is4o buy and sell stocks may be of slight consequence in times' of real market activity, but in times of relative dullness they can accomplish quite a lot. Whether this improved feeling will be communicated to the outside pub lic with sufficient force to attract that public interest into the market is another matter, ind if this does not happen it is difficult to believe that the professionals, alone and un aided, can sustain anything even re motely resembling a bull market. But' if only a comparatively small portion of the public is attracted on the long side, the chances are that prices will continue to rise for the next few weeks. , Future Prospect! Good. As far as the railroad department is concerned, the action to the market on Friday and again on Saturday's short session auguers woll for the immediate future. A rumor, not substantiated by anything or anybody of the slightest re SDniisibnlty. to the effect Lakawanna & Western, as part of its re organization scheme, was to take in Erie and Nickel PlaU, sent the two latter stocks shooting upward. Now comes a suggestion which, on tne face of It, appears logical. If one does rot care to analyze ft too closely. Fur thermore, there is the chance that some thing may come of it. D. & I.. W. may not, absorb Eric; there would be a good many surprised persons if It did but something of the nort may lie worked out !n the general scheme rehabilitating ' the carriers, and something else may be work ed out for other railroad combinations. At all events, Wall utreet Is likely to hear many rumors of railroad mergers, and by Cat same token, If It does, 'It Is likely to see a more or lefts bfctlc railroad list. Jt will make for market activity, if only tor a little while, and after the long pe riod of dullness which has lasted for the better part of ten months now. Wall street will bo profoundly thankful for any turn for the better, no matter how brief. THoney Market Puule. The- money market is a puzzle. Last week, with a big turnover on Wednesday, there wfes not a ripple on the surface of the money market, although great move ments were going on underneath. Time funds, which still were - scarce, eased quotably, and money brokers were inclined to thevbelief that even the lower quota tions were artificially high, taking Into consideration the extromely light demand for accommodation for the fixed periods. Call money, of courss, was plentiful, as was to be expected, for the tax payment chocks always are slow In being cleared and the banks usually have the use of funds for several days longer than other wise would be the case. But why time money should be easier at this particular stagoSef the fall Is not clear. The peak of the- crop moving season should be at least a fortnight off, with the December demand still-to be reckoned with and the weekend bank statements Indicated that the Interior still is drawing heavily on New York, as witness the reserve bank's nuae loss through thA rlpm.nr fund Foreign exchanges were extremely weikl in tne early part-or the period, but ex perienced a sharp recovery before the close. Sterling losing So in the . pound tho first two days, turned and moved up nearly 10 cents before the close, and the allied continentals were la brisk demand at rising prices on KaMay and Saturday, Paris, Brussels ancT Oenoa bills were: Btrong and at the cse were well -above where they closed the previous1 weekj Part of, this recovery, beyond doubt, was due to the more favorable reports of Euro pean social conditions and as for French francs in particular, it looked as If the accumulation of dollars through the ex change market which the ministry of fi nance has been reported to be engaging in, as part of the program for liquidating the Anglo-French loan, had about been com pleted. The Importation of considerable amounts of French gold, In this respect, should haveyery little effect on. the ex changes; not nearly so much it is like ly, as it will have on the American money market. The election -returns from Maine, stimu lated market activity to no small extent oft Tuesday and there were traces of this later In the week. Wall. Street, or at least the major portion of It is frankly re publican and the surprisingly large plural ity rolled up by the party in the Maine elections was accepted' as an omen of what ia to happen in November. Progress of the Crops. " WeMyCrop Bulletin of the Agricultural Bureau of the Omaha Chamberp ot Commerce. In the western part of the corn belt the ,,au. tie.fc ha hepn favorable for all Agricultural operations as any one could vMh. The public mind is centered on the maturity of the corn crop. And while that crop made phenominal advancement to ward maturity.-tnousanas oi ions oi aum la and parirle hay have been harvested lnperfect condition, a great area of sorghum and Kaffir corn has matured leady for the harvest without frost, and seeding of winter wheat ,has- progressed with the soil in better condition than for many years. Even the county-fairs have1 flourished as never before because of the good weather and have proven in alUcases a regular rural festival. ' Investigations show that central Nebraska and westward the corit 'crop la not - as mature, as In eastern Nebraska. This is no doubt due to the cooler nights resulting from the higher altitude of that region. Missouri and eastward through the middle south has suffered from excessive ralnfa the past week, and In the Ohio and TenTiesee valleys corn has made very slow progress. It Is generally corfceded that warm weath er will be required till October 1, or later to mature the bulk f the corn in east ern states. The Missouri valley will have comparatively little corn In danger of frost injury In another week of such weather aaothe past week gave us arid la fcuch case The crop will be by odds the largest and best ever grown byf total acreage, yield and quality. The cotton, states got warm and dry weather in the southern part of the belt and heavy rains in the northern districts. Improvement In the condition of cotton ia not noted, however. From all states ex cept South Carolina the complaint of shedding bloom. Insect ravages,, etc., give very poor outlook for the crop. Southern-Texas where the crop Is early and gor'advantage of favorable weather In July, the crop isN good. The secondary crops throughout the south continue to do well. v In the esstern states ample rains have relieved droughty conditions and improved pastures. New Tork state continues to re port the spread of hlight and rot in the patato croe add damage to peaia by rot ting. Harvesting of small grain has been delayed, but not material damage re ported. ' s The eprlng wheat country has had un interrupted good weather for harvesting and threshing and the small grain crops are practically harvested, only a .small area of wheat remaining uncut lir--the valleys of northern Montana. The excessive heat has further damaged the potato rrr,r nt the Red Hlver valley And disap pointing yields are reported. There la a-J prODaollliy mai inn ivuiiitieii J inu v. commercial , potatoes Is exaggerated from the fact that the crop In such large pro ducing areas as New Tork and Minnesota . below early expectations. Undoubtedly Km western districts will be railed upon for a larger shares ot tne market supplies some time during the season, i The iPuget Bound country got rains as noted 'the laat week followed by cool weather. Some damage resulted to crops- in process of harvesting. Elsewhere on the coast and In the mountain states clear snd cool weather prevailed. Frosts In few mountain districts checked growth, acd hastened shipments of marketable live' stock. Marketing of excellent fruit crops from all mountain districts made rapid progress. In Nevada a record crop ot long staple cotton ia being picked. A New Jersey man is the 'patentee of an undetachable umbrella ring for holding the ends of the ribs of a closed umbrella and be engraved with the owner's name, ' : pli " : ' . .. . . ' ' ' ' " " Service First! ' .' V at the Union Stock Yards Cor of Omaha i ' vi The Live Stock i Market of .. Good Results. Qttntaj) Guaranteed 10 years. loon Swartz Light. Guaranteed S yearf Thew & Carley, Inc. . OMAHA, U. S. A. 1 "Service and Satisfaction" Hard coal ALL SIZES GENUINE BERHICE OZARK LUMP (Semi-Anthracite) B OYER-HAN P(U RAN LUMBER U &' 11 COAL CO ' CALL COLFAX 8o!fOR PRICES X ORTMAN'S New England Bakery y 214 No. 16th Branches at Central Market, Hayden Bros, and Table Supply. , THE AUTO TOP AND TRIMMING CO., Inc. . " "Better Work" Perfect Tailored Seat CoYcra and i. Tonfc. 420-22 So. 13th S., Omaha, Neb. Douglas 7114. BEMIS BRO. BAG CO. of Omaha MOTOR TRUCKS rpHERE is not a. drop ot water In International Harvester common and preferred stopk. Financial authorities will tell you there is more than a dol lar of value in International Harvester properties for e"ery dollar of capitalisation-. rpHAT means that the products ot International Hafester factories do not have to provide a single dollar of excess revenue. It means that in the price of International Motor Trucks there is not one penny of Inflated value. . ' s The International v Harvester Company of i America Omaha Branch! 714-716 So. 10th St. WELDED OIL STORAGE TANK.S HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL -Capacities 3,000 to ' 20,000 Gallons ahlenant 10 Dayi. Writs er Wire Ui Year Ordsn. NEBRASKA and IOWA STEEL TANK CO. I 1300 Willis An. Oaiahi. Everything for the Office We engrave visiting cards, wedding invitations end announcenxnts The 0 null a Stationery Go. V' 307-30 So. Tth St. 'Phone Douglas SOS. (Ufa Sfta ... t Hjggins Packing uc., inc. 6th and L Streets Beef and Pork Products, Butter, Eggs, Poultry and Cheese Sausage of All Kinds. Ovtf Motto , '"Quality and Service" U. S. Gov. Insp. Abbt. 643. Phones: So. 4995 Tyler 4467 Chiropractic Makes You Well ' Keeps You Well LEE W. EDVARDS CHIROPRACTOR. 24th and Farnam Sts. . ' Douglas 3445. Omaha Printing Co. OMAHA, U. S. A. GLASS, SVilRRORSji 'AINT."; PITTSBURGH, PLATE GLASS COi 11th and Howard Sts. asssm t Ii i ; 03T3 i' BUEHLER BROS. MARKETS X , Special on Quality Meats and Provisions FOUR STORES: 212 No. 16th St. 4903 So. 24 tb 634 Broadway, Council Bluffi f in i nri-iu nim Carter Sheet Metal Co. 13th and Grace.' THE HANDY PIQ TROUGH Vim. F. Roesiggf OMAHA'S RELIABLE AUTOMOBILE PAINTER. , CADILLAC BUILDING 2570 Farnam St. Harney 1448. Carbon Coal & Supply Co. WHOLESALE COAL y. 1905 HARNEY ST., , Grains-Exchange BIdf . OMAHA, NEB. PAXTQN - MITCHELL dOMPANY Manufacturers o( Brass, Bronxs and Aluminum Castings. v 'A specialty' mads of soft Gray Iron Castings. ' ' Carpenter Paper Co. ' Wholesale Distributora PRINTING PAPER, WRAPPING PAPfiR, PAPER BAGS, BUILD - ING PAPER, FANCY STATIONERY. Crookes New Patented Leases allminaU all sharp light rays. DR. L.X. LAR6CN, RHiitsna Optician. Where the Handclasp's a Little e v Stroiiel,.M By PAUL GREER. N Everywhere on the downtown streets we se fnen and women with suitcases visitors in Omaha. They seem very much at home, like guests that haye dropped in sure of a welcome. Whether they come' from the farms of Nebraska, or the small towns, there is nothing in their appearance to differentiate themfrom resi-v dents of the city.' , , In the course of theyear, some of them have beenN in Omaha many times, probably a"ll of them at least once before. But it is only in the season of Ak-Sar-Ben that they all come at the same time. - Thirteen national highways converge at Omaha. Nine trunk lines of railroads, with 22 branches, make ' it the" gate way. of an inland empire outranking in re sources many of thegreat nations of the old world. It is not merely the easy accessibility of Omaha that leads a yhole state to p6ur its people and its prod ucts, here as if through a funnel.1 One must go back to the classic example of the man who lived in a wilder nessx and produced a better mousetrap than anyone . else the world beat a pathway to his door. In fact, the allusion fits Orn1ti?a, for those highways and lines of shining rails signify that Omaha has something that tjie world is seeking. Through its function as ya market placed buying and selling the necessaries of life, this city has become the heart""6f a vast section, pumping the lifeblood of commerce and prosperity along every artery of traffic. It has become the leading retail center between Chicago and San Francisco, doing a business of $130,000,000 last'year. Its factories will turn out half a billion: dollars wortlujof goods , this year, and its wholesale houses handled $353,462,457 worth of trade in 1919, an increase of 43 per cent over the previous year. In' ' 14 years the Omaha gjain exchange has become the ' largest primary market in the nation. We rank next to Chicago in the number of live stock soldiin the yards. N ' - -, ' . t . .. ' But what is business without friendship? The . spirit of good feeling-makes Omaha's harvest festival noteworthy. All summer long the business men, young and old, have staged each week a spectacular comic opera at which thouands of visitors from out oftown have- enjoyed wholesome laughter and entertainment. Now with the Ak-Sar-Ben celebration racesN parades, carnival and ball the community hospitality comes to a climax. , - Pmaha is shaking hands with the whole state of Nebraska! Gratitude for the blessings of the past and f hope for the future are the keynotes of this festival. ' ' ' v If the hotels are filled to overflowing, the people l of the city stand ready to receive the guests into their homes. No one is so proud or distant as to ignore the call of hospitality. . , , j Out of this feeling of true western helpfulness and comradeship is made the success of the community of Omaha. ' , Pretended friendship will accomplish nothing the spirit must be real. It has been said that Omaha is made up more largely than- any other mtroplis of , people who have come in from the country. If this is actually so, it goes far to explain the way in which ouf-of-town people are received. ; The old fallacy that in every bargain one party must lose, has long since been exploded. Vet an amaz ing number of people still cling to the idea that. profits must come from obtaining an advantage over customers. n Omaha, however, the fundamental principle that ev.ery fair bargain benefits both parties is a recognized part of business life. . - - . ' Go anywhere in the world and you will find that those firms that are opef ating most successfully are the ones that benefit their customers most. These are the kind of firms that are operating in Omaha. We are glad when the farmers prosper, and we .rejoice with the success of the small merchant in the 4-uraJ villages. The growth of Omaha as a inarket place depends on their continued patronage, and if our customers lose through ill-advised or unfair dealings, it is recognized that business would decline, and friend-x ship case. ) Omaha hangs out the welcome sign. ' W. H. AHMANSON, Pre. W. L. Wilcox, V. Pres. W. A. Smith, V. Pres. 13 NatkwaWIi t 4 Wl"JL-. Omaha (EL Council Bluffs Street, Railway Company James E. Foster. S Sc. -Treat. Merrick E. Lease, Agcy. SupU nnj Cow ; Barker Block toiiiiiiiiiEiiBB jOisiiiiiiiaiiiffia vnot f ' M made 6'000 niuJuf&tm ' iAri in miles INlLHyLfijJLv 1 OMAHA Guarantee UAlfcyy WJ V) Zi) iiiiiMiiiiiiiiii 1 "iii"i"i"ii"!in:!i11' Cornhusker Tires NEBRASKA TIRE & RUBBER CO. 3167 PAULDING Sausage Purity Provision Co. 244 Ci St. South 2404 Eat Purity v. GASOLINE SAVER All kind, of flavorinr extract..' (yQlsffljrl T L fl HOLCOMB FOOD CHEMICAL ZWpSS PRODUCTS CO. SSJl ' 918 No. 16th Tyler 49G4 i mSf-ij.. PHONiN TYLER t WALNUT 326 Geo. A. Roberts c Grain i Co. Receiver, and Shipper. GRAIN HAY . SEEDS Consigrfmenta a Specialty 230-31-32-33-34 Grain Exchange Omaha, Neb. t w - Kiin --'.ii yrr i .3 6 Ha I EFFECTVE EFFICIENT OIL AND COMPRESSION TIGHT GILL PISTON RING CO 1923 Farnam St. V 1? WS-t-l IMS I if' WisiiiiiipJ; American- State Bank 18th and Farnam SOLICITS YOUR BANKING BUSINESS Phone Tyler 80 V Whistle Bottling Co. Tel. Web. 2131 RADIATORS i and Radiator Cores for Automobiles, Trucks end Tractors MADE AND REPAIRED Send, your radiator,, by express. Guar anteed work, prompt service and rea sonable charges OMAHA AUTO RADIATOR MFC. CO, 1819-21 Cuming St. OMAHA. SCREENS AND CABINET WORK Residence Phone Walnut 4633. , Business Phone Tyler 1632. A. C. LESSARD & SON Remodeling and Building t Contractors. ( ' 2021 Cuming St. JOHN DEERE PLOW CO, Agricultural Implement Jobbers y v Sioux Falls Sidney Omaha RA L PH De LO N G I' The ' Common Brick HUGH MURPHY Yard on c. B. & q. R.n. Construction Co. 312 KARBACH BLOCK PAVING CONTRACTORS TyUf'4348.: D. 834."" 206 Karbach Bldg. i Attention Mr. Automobile Owner " We overhaul your car, rebore tKs cylinders, make piatou and rings or any parts you might need. x ' ' v . P. Melchiors & Son -Machine Works i " ' 417 South 13th St. ' ' ' , General Automobile, Machine Ud Blacksmith Repair We.yt, "BUSINESS IS COOP THANK YOlf I Nicholas Gasolenes Give POWER "Little Red Wagons' Crading Contractors' Equipment TRACTORS - STROtJD & CO. t Colfax 2998. ?0th and Amo Av. KOPAC BROTIfERS Automotive and Shop Equipment Holt Caterpillar Tractors Tires and Trucks Wbolesale Branch Norfolk, Neb. Main Office Omaha, Neb. N Norfolk David City Columbus Schuyler, Neb. Not only Lumber, but Mill work, Hard ware and Paint. WE PAY THE FREIGHT. ' " C. Hafer. Lumber -Company, 135 W. Broadway Council Bluffs, la. Distributor, of Qualitr. electrical' merchandise N and Supplies. Omaha Sioux City u L "Omaha Liberty Fire the Height of Perfection" "You SHARE'IN THE PROFITS while having PROTECTION." OLD LINE STOCK COMPANf' Paid In Cash Capital. .$200,000 Surplus Paid in Cash.. 200,000 Remember it costs no more to insure your property in OMAHA LIBERTY than in any other responsible company, and you share in the profits. t Insurance against loss by fire, lightning and tornado. Auto rtjobile and hail insurance. Home Office: 1817 Douglas St. Phono Tyler 2621. FAIRBANKS MORSE &CQ. O'L ELECTRICAL, ENGINES MACHINERY ' FARM ENGINES SUPPLIES WIND MILLS FAIRBANKS SCALES 'Usurp mil liTTTi IT! asa$i '?n-- i N