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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1920)
Ix J J TH OMAHA, TUESDAY. ANtiVEMBER y 16, 1920; -I V f ,071 Ministers of 1 U.S. Receive Mofe I Than $3,000 Year Low. Salaries Have Reduced timber of Preachers to In efficient SlkiVium, Re- - port Declares. Boston, Mais.. Noy. 15. Low Sal aries for ministers of the gospel have reduced their number to an inef ficient minimum, according to a re port 'submitted today to the council ; of the boards of benevolence of the Methodist Episcopal church.' The report came from Dr. JoseDli B Hmgsley, chairman of the board of reriterence claimants, the organiza tion 'which hat-had charge of rais ing the pension funds of the church. Inadequate salaries and the re sultant hardships have caused among ministers' physical disability and mental novertv. forced clerevmen to take tip "lidc . lints" In order to make ' a livelihood or else driven competent me from the professioii and have . kept ' from the work ihe best equipped and most intelligent youth." according to the report. Discussing the dearth qf ministers the repdrt said: vV- '-. ' "In. dne denomination 3,388 conj crecations did not have ff aularDa toral care.. In another there were - 994 fewer ministers than in 1914. A ' denomination having 963 congrega tions.had only 627 settled pastors,, --' anj anothcV reports an' average net gajh of 25,680 members, but of only ministers." ' , v ' . The report gave a comparative list, of average salaries paid by,va. riotys denominations, ,but laid the figures were misleading because the "larger salaries make the, average maximum amount for most of them." According o these figures the Pro , testant Episcopal church pays an average of $1,232; the Presbyterian - (North), $1,177; the United Presby. terian, $1,096; the Dutch Reformed church, $1,096; the .Methodist Epis copal (North), $1,176; the Congre gational, $1 ,042, and the Baptist (Northern), $950. v The report said that the federal In come tax returns listed, only' 1,671 clergymen as" having ao. income of ,$3,000 a-year, and . that while New Jerseys ranks first among the ttates 'in the average salaries paid -clergymen, the figure there is$l,270 a ' year, which is less than the $25 a week which stenographers average. A "reformer's creed ' also was of fered to the council here today bj the .Rev. Clarence True Wilson, cor. responding secretary of the church' board of temperance and morals. The. first article had to do With Americanization which Undefined as "that achievement of national unity asaii equipment for vorld service which the nation found it needed at ti outbreak of the war and which need was jusras imperative before , we,found it out" The article advocated English as the exclusive basis tor American education in the grade schools and , as , the medjum of communication through every American published newspaper. "We must eliminate lit tle, if oreign language groups segre gated from the rest of our people" . said the creed. , Discussing hftxt "The1 Divine Right of Democracy," the creed reiterated "the soverign right of . the people" to elect their own governing officers ariid ladvocated continuance of the direct primary system and extension of the. initiative, referendum and iecall.v '.'is - . Reverence lor law, --extension -ofl prohibition, cjusade asgainst ' gam bling, . prize fighting an-Tprostitution, and a national censorship of moving pictures were further articles in the creed. - Another article said: ""l believe in an educational and moral suasion campaign against the per sonal, use of , the doped, cigarets which the tobacco trust fofstedupon the COuntry in war times." - , . J Belari Elected Head ; Of League of Nafons !, (Continued Ftom Vkg One.) delegates to7 the meeting of the as--v sembly. , ?'s . ; , . Election of a permanent president " an4 several vice president and the appointment of a few committees ":"was the first wcrk to be disposed of 1 port,? from Various commissions will not;ibe ready for presentation 4or a fortnight - The task of framing ' recprtimendations will then be taken upjjand it is believed the adjourn BTnt will not be taken for three or fcifr weeks. . N .' A definite syst-m of disarmament and a plan for using the economic ; blpckade against nations that trans gress the ordera ot the league will . v be among the principal subjects dis- cussed., In addition, the plan for an t , . international court, which was ' framed at Brussels during last sum j merr-will receive attention. Japan 1 ' is not expected to bring proposals on racial equality before the meeting, j ' 1ut she is expected to take- a promi 1 - , rients part in , the deliberations. - - The result of the presidential elec I . ; . i it.j Ci.... i i ' nun in iiicuiincu oiaies nas oeen a lopioof conversation ' among dele- eates nere. but . there has been no 7s indication that any effort "has been ; made to get in touch with; either i Washington or with W. G. Harding, ' f the American president-elect The . Russian situation may be one of the topics brought before the meeting. Ihi'defeat oi General " Baron ' Wrangel's forces in south Russia ''1 having brought about a new phase S in' the affairs in Russia, and it seems that recognition of the soviet govern ment will be, at least informally, dilcujsetr' before the assembly ad ' jourft. , ' " ' The Bee'sJ'ree Shoe Fund The work of The Bee in faising " 'a fund to buy shoes for th feet , of poor children of Omaha is a truly noble one,, and it affords me a pe jciih pleasure to contribute to it," writes Geprge F Kenower, publisher 'of the WisnerXhronicle. A $10 contribution and two of $1 each., will provide funds to fix up several pairs of little feet in the shiv S eringwaifing list" of poor children. . If ybu can assist, send or bring what you can to The Bee office. Prartoonlr nportcd 962 JiawLllHik 1 ' Gconr F. KeMWctf, Winner, Mcb S Defense of Slayer 1$ Temporary Insanity (Cotl.ud Warn Om. It took from 2 u.itil 4:30 to find 12 men who were not audibly prejudiced on these propositions. Recesswai announced -until 9 today., jurymen Challenged. -Then the challenging -of jurymen began. Judge iroup gave the de fence 12 challenges and the state 10 which was extraordinary. Ordinarily, each side is given '6c Just two jurymen were challenged, however The lurv selected follows: Charles 'Weber. 3So7- California street; Edward L. Droste, jr., 2112 Pinkney streets Clarence Heckman, 2620 Marcy street; Millard SJTays, 548 bcntth iwfcnty-spctn v avenue; Gustaf Heden, 2789 Chicago street; W. A. Hixenbaugh, jr 1006 SouthTTW "1di wmi .eave.ri.n.p-Th.v-.;.!, . ,; Arthur-Van Ho" Roads on December 1. This mail Kuran. 3851 Charles street; A. A. Knowland, 514 Njrth Twenty-fourth (treet; Joseph Jlojtal, 3810 South Fourteenth street;, Frank E. Cole, 822 South Nineteenth street; Law rence Jasperson; 4111 North TwenJy-4 ursi 6ireei; jonn j. wmauu, North Twenty-fourth street ; x The prosecution has issued sub poenas for 20 witnesses, v Every thing .indicates that the trial will continue until late in the week and w4U be full of sensational develop ments,4 interesting testimony by alienists on temoorarv insanity and it may bring out more about two of Mrs. lietney s sons, wno vare now in jail on a robbery charge. WitnessesXalled by State.' It : is charged that v Dunlap threatened to divulge box car rob beries in. which, th jons were imV -plicated and this was one of the reasons tor killing mm at nej norae on the South Side When he called and she learned that he had ron away , to Plattsmoutfi with her daughter, where they were married. The witnesses ,cailed' by the state follew: ij . . ' -" P. J-Ford 50 South Twenty fourth street; M. E. Gleason, pqlice) Harry Downing, .Fifty-tfirst and-I streets; Margaret Tierney,- y Fifty third and W streets; Frank Steele, Twentv-fourth and K streets; Dr. S..' McCleneghan; city physician; Dr.xL T 5. Van Kuran, oouui Twenty-fourth street; Nick Halter. sheriff's office; Paul R. Dunlap Fifty-third and Y streets; Mrs. Nellie Dunlap, Allen ' J. Beason, Platts month; Dora iLichty, 5803 South Fifty-Wth street; Dora. Bell Hick man, 5807. South (Fifty-fiftlv street; Harry Dyer. 5806 South Fifty-fifth street; Ethel Dunlap, Fifty-third and W struts- Mrs. Burt Tierney. Min nie Dominey, W. H. Dominey, Leoa Dominey, 3101 South Second street: and Luther , and "Helen--. Blevens, Fifty-second and Q streets. Submarine Ears Now V Herald Approaching Fish Christiania. Norway,' Nov. 15. 1 Microphones- used by submarines to detect the apwoach of surface ships are being used by Norwegian fisher men to signal thevarrival of shoals of fishes. fhe micrdphone connects with a telephone placed in. the fishing sloop, and the character? the sound dis closes the kind of fish approaching. Herrings cause a sort of shrill whfstle, whereas cod jpr.od.uce a low rumble. ' . . Officers TafceLiqnor artdJ r Still in Hastings Raid Hastings, Neb., Nov. 15. (SpAial Telegrarri.) Six bottles of 'evi dence and a copper kettle were taK en in a,faid made by county and city authorities on the -home of A"?1181 Wilkening, 735 South Minnesota ave nue. Much more evidence in the form of liquor could) have been se cured, but there .was so ifiuch of it that a oray would have hadviae commandeered to haul it awayy Chief Crosson said. V Murder Charge Stands - Against Men Court Held Washington, Nov. 13. -Conviction of Jesse O. Starr ,an 1 Gfcarles Schmidt in Lunar puhty; New Mexico, on charges of murder in connection'with the killing of Sher iffDwight B. Stephens will stand as a result of the supreme court today dismissing the appeal or want of . jurisdiction. y . . i . Lighting Fixtures Gxanden Elec tric, Co., formerly Burgess-Qranden wo.Aav 3C The Services of the ; U , - -. . ' X The selection oj your family undertaker should not bean fhventh hour decision. r Dodge at 24th S - 1 1 Special Ships to ? Carry Cliristmas Mail to Sailor Instructions for Packages to Men on Foreign Dtfly Jivf n Out by Naval X5fy v partment.;, . Chicago Trlbnne-Omkbs Bee laied Wire. Washington, Nov. 15. The Navy department announces that all Christmas mail for United States naval vessels in European waters will be carried by the Unhed State's must be at naval operating base, Hampton Koads, not later than Nov ember 29.- . . Christmas mail for United States navy vessels in the Asiatic will be carried bw the Newport News, which will leave San 'Francisco for Hono lulu, Guamy and Cavite on Novem ber 20. Mail for Guam must' be in San Francisco not later-than Nov - ember 28 to be forwarded on -the Newport News, but mail for Honolu lu and Cavite can be taken care of by commercial transportation even ueucr man oy scnuing u oy me Newport News. j ! ' . "" ' , It is suggested that the following addresses be used; t : Mail for Guam-Liut,' John Doe, U. S. N..OJ. S. S. Bittern, via U. S. S Newport News, eare postmaster, San f rancisco. - Express Packages for 7 paum Lieut. John Doe. U. S. N. Naval Station Guam, Care Supply Officer Mare island. California, Via U.jb. S., Newport News.'-r- Mail for Vessels in Euroortm Waters Lieut. John Doe. UjS. N., U S. S Naval Operating Base, Norfolk Va Vja U S. S. Mars. Riveting W Shps Wilson Told of Poor ; . (ContllSM From Pace One.) construction: The committee was enlightened as to the manning of vstnous terms used m -aescnbing faulty riveting as to how alleged poor work was covered up by -''doping with hed lead and' Other ma terials." N He Miamed , "Hull 13," among others, as an , example of . alleged poor riveting work, Asked It this ship still was afloat, he said he- did not knowt Chairman Walsh asked Lhow it was that, ships on which hj; lleged poor riveting was done were till afloat and the witness said -he uid not tell. Hsafflereards said that poor work might not' cause a hip to break down for fo.ur o'rfive years, tit challenged the committee to eo with -him to any ship they might name that was builttfuring th war- in some or-the yarus and he wocld2oint out to' f hem evidence ot poor worK. . I - I - Philanthropist JDies. New York, Nov!. 45. Jacob Wertheim, 62, one of New York's foremost lews, philanthropist; and manufacturer; died yesterday When the CoffeeDiter makes a change y - -in his table beverage O , he ntiiraUy turns to ) IRQ v A driiik that resembles . . coFee, wim'noiifi of coffee's harm, and it are an indispenablefeatiire'of every community.' ' w 1 ' ' . ; V' - j , n " His existence is ;assumea,yet seldom thought of until the needs presents it self. ' , ; wy. The character of his service is too little known, but poor arid rich depend upon him. " . , ; 1 ' ' ' . Ours is a callinc a our responsibility is real, and none is ; oarredrom the circle of those we Mhe scope of our work includes every detail that tends to ease thd smart of . sorrow, very convenience for those in 7 I distress, every luxury xl. !JJ 'J..-1 jl ' the individual demand. v Mail Theft Suspect1 Arrested in Omaha . . - (Cantlnued f"rm Ime One.) bile and made their escape before the train started. This poiit is yie only one along the entire Eleventh avenue rifeht-of-way where the high way parallels the railroad tracks. Phillips' left .the engine at the city statical of the', Burlington at Elev enth avenue aiid Main street -und is ir.i. i rT. t waiKea W'.iwtmn a treet and Fifth where he ha to pot in an appearance, however, and he .finally concluded' that they had "Rouble-crossed" him after us ing him' as a tool to further their . . . " " ' No Loot Found. When federal sleuths learned than Phillips bad-ridden tjie station from theNrtnsfer ir the engine of the train that was ro'bbed he was located at his work in the transfer yards Sunday afternoort and taken into custody. Operatives also went to his home and placed his twin brother. Earl, under arrest The home was searched, but no trace was found of the loot. ' ' The brothers were-taken to the ideral building ini Council Bluffs and given gruellingxamihations in' dividually by ' Ppstpffice Inspectors CobU and Glenn. United States Marshal Fred Shoemaker and Inter nal Revenut ' Agent ? Sumper Knox. The two brothers have identical work o the same train, but . on al ternate daysA Although federal offi cials learned that Earl left his train at Red Oak and returned-fo Coun cil Bluffs on a passenger train late Saturday night,Nhe was exonerated from suspicion and a released irom custody after hisJ brother had con fessed and cleareahim from all sus pected complicity. v i One Pouch Recovered. C' y Thie robbers got away with only nine of the 10 pouches which they threw out of the car. Uk tenth pouch apparently was-dropped from the automobile and later was recov ered. Investigators' also picked up a six-inch dagger or dirk, with a sharp edge, which had been dropped near where the automobile stood. It is believed the knife was Jo vbe used in slashing, open the . mail sacks There were 30 registered mail pouches in the car, according to officials, and only 10 are missing. , . 1 ( ' rosiai insycciors- nave no ucuiiuc clues concerning the identity of the other two robbers upon ' wh:ch , to work, they say. - PR!llirs denrt: knowing anything concerning the men, except that they told him their names were" Wheeler, and AVMrams He does not' know whefe they live, or whether these are their true names,' he stated in his confession. New York Union Teamsters . Vote AgainstWaltout New York, Nov. .15 Five locals of the brotherhood of teamsters and truckmen voted not to strike to en force demands for a wage increase ot si a-day. The men voted to accept the agree ment ottered by the wage scale com-mittee-of the Merchaht Truckmen's association, , which procides "that overtime be paid lor the minute in stead of the hour and that the men receive full 'pay for one holiday only m a wee. cts less. niertdker , ' :-y duty to-humanitv: in' keeping with i .! . ' Phone Douglas 3901. a,vene, where he had arranged to'"'",. " V ,ul a. m fh..r VKK.r. ' nrt,.(,iUA ;ivcntion of the American mining ttltm: WilsOT Greets V Minjnp Congress - , ' - 'V ' N Message of President Read at JTixet Session of Annual i " Convention. , - Denver. Colo.. Nov. 15 Greetings , ! ic. "LV .1... 'i i pninrrMi. whirh nnfiird her trtdai congress, which opened here today The president's telegram read: "White Hotfse, Washington, Nov. a- . American Aiming congress, Den i. . " . ver, Colo. "Wish to extend my greetihgs arid best wishes to the 23d annual con vention of. the American mining congress. The work -of the con gress in co-operation with he fed eral government, with mining oper ators and others intciested in tbe development and, utilization of our mineral resources has been, and will be. of immense benefit. It provides an opportunity for discussion, edu9 cation and dissemination ot lntorma tion and cannot fail to be helpful in improving and advancing the min ing industry. -v 'UWOOpROW WILSON." . A telegTam of. greeting from Gov ernor Henry J. Allen of Kansas was read. In it the governor declared "i! seems to- me that we have reached a period in America when a just government must assume the same responsibility for the regula tion of industrial strife that it, has assumed for ajl other forms-of strife. If thereyis any subject in this coun try too great,, for government tc solve with justice, then government is a failure." ' v " . 1 Frank Dumont Smith of Hutchin son, Kan., personal representative of governor Allen, was -.to speak to r.-.gl'.t' on ihe Kansas Industrial Law." National standardization of the mining 'industry was advocated in a preliminary conference of delegates to the twenty-thitd'annual convention of the American Mining congress which convened today. Former State Senilor E CVoor heis. of San Franciscov arrived with a delegation 'of prominent California mining men to aend the coirven t;on. The group included State Minerologist llcfcher M. Hamilton Mr. Voorheis sV.d the Californians would introduce resolutions urging a higher gold stindard and others dealing' with the Hngten situation, whfch he descrihed a? critical. At the1 stanaarliationr'ieonference this afternoon, Charles A Mitke, consultifig.engineor of "isbee. Ariz.; L C. Bayliss of Phi'lipsburg. N J., artdr FrankCarrolrof Los Angeles, outlined ways in which, materials and methods oT mining might be made uniform. , ' 1 Quality tk& f 0 V Mhome V v '' There is a : disti net f eefi ng of pri de MJourart in announcing that here after thp Chalmers motor car will be sold in7' this territory by thp Oniaha iuio oaies company. The superiority of the Chalmers in its classy has so impressed us that we acknowledge a yecy prbnqunced en- ttiusiasm. Its .unusualeputation for mechanical stability and fire performance is em-; phasjzed by 'the beauty of its lines and general appearance. Andvback of this fine car is a new and powerful organization headed by trained -automQtjve executives. . We candidly; feel that we areiortu nate in bein able to offer the Chaimers to the motor car buyers or Omaha ands vicinity. OMAHA AUJtO SALES CO. 2060 Farnam Street . "In days of yore nothAig was holy but tfce beauttuL" " Scholek jtisit) a woman known for her good taste in dress and ybu will usually find a woman who selects her clothes at this store 'tit im. THOMPSON-BELDEN ? COMPANY USg BfiE -yANT- ADS THEY gRING y.f Phone Tyler 0627 i m RESULTS"""":: ff.'.r-fn. -ii c Y ) IV- - w y. . M. rrieiKi v.... - i "Total .i7 TTT