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,. .11 Ay . . , 1 5T-' Sinn Fein Plots In All England Are Disclosed Plans to Destroy Property in Liverpool and Manchester Revealed in Debate in House of Commons, i By The Awoclt4rMM. London, Nov. 25. The most con spicuous Incident in the Irish df 5ate in the house of commons to lay was the revelation by Sir Hamer Greenwood, chief secretary for Ire land, of Sinn Fein plans, to destroy property in Liverpool and Manches tera revelation which was greeted by Joseph Devlin .with the exclam ation: "All that was written . in Dublin castle." In other respects the debate fol lowed the customary lines. Former l'rcniier Asquith moved a resolution expressing abhorrence of the recent Dublin assassinations, and condem nation of reprisals and urging im mediate steps to bung about Irish l acification. An amendment by Col .loan ward convened this motion into an expression of admiration for the courage and devotion of the crown forces in Ireland. This wu adopted by 303 to 83,vand the mo tion as thus amended was adopted by acclamation amid cheers. The chief secretary appealed to the house to show evrry considera tion by word and by resolution for tiie police, soldiers, civil servants and judges who, he declared, were obeying the orders o' parliament and fighting a battle against assassina tion and not against . the Irish fejf i.cople. .. '. - Planned to Destroy Socks. 1 Alleged plans for blowing up the i Liverpool docks and the Manchester J power and water plants are said ' to show that they were made in mil itary fashion after detailed reports with drawings had been forwarded to Irish republican army officers by j . spies at each place. The plans, which the documents relating to the spreading of typhoid and glanders were captured were made public after the statement of Sir Hamer Greenwood in the house of com mons. The Liverpool plans called for 23 officers, 27 engineers and 75 pri vates and 800 pounds of a high ex plosive for attacking 21 points, most of them dock gates, with a view to stranding ships. Diversions suggested in the report would consist of "numerous fires in cotton and other warehouses, statt ing a half hour , before the other operations. Apparently every precaution was taken for dialing jwith the "enemy forces" the?; polie of both liver pool and Manchester, The Manches ter plan called ftfr destruction of the street car power plant serving both industries and tram lines and also the Clayton Valley pumping station which furnishes water to a larger part ot Manchester. Hammers and explosives were to have been used. rtftourts Are Called On ! To Unravel Tangle of i Author and Authoress i Chicago, Nov. 24. Rudolph Bod ler, author of the "Book orWon; irs," and Mrs. Amelie Willard ck Conrow, t writer of atorieS fo uldren, are ccatrat fiKjres in a con gal tangle that the Chicago police ...id courts have been called on to solve. ' ". , They were arrested Tuesday night at the Harvard hotel,' where they were registered as husband and wife. Mrs. Conrow will further be charged with having kidnaped her children, Amelie. 11. and Willard, 9. The woman's divorced husband, Robert W, Conrow of New York, had fol lowed the . couple to Chicago ttpra Washington, The ; couple arrived in Chicago Saturday after a hurried trip by auto. s . u In discussing the case Mrs. v.on row said there was just one differ ence between it and hundreds of others, "We have been found out. "In other words," continued Mrs. Conrow, "Mr. Bodmer and I 'have been living together just as lots of other people are living together, but we' have been found out. We fully intended getting married. Ours is no loose relation. We have not been married because we cannot do eo until December 7, when the period that 1fiu;t elapse from the date of m divorce is completed." , ! Stockholders to Vote on Co-Operatiye Proposal ew York, Nov.N 25. Directors of the Standard Oil company of Kew Tersev announced they had voted to submit to stockholders December 20 a plan made public some months ago by which about 37,00c of the concern's employes in America would be assisted' in acquiring stock. Increases in the common shares by $10,000,000 accompanied by reduc tion of the present $100 par value to $25 is included in the proposition, it was stated. ' ' Vvl!v-v Employes who have been active in the company's service .for a year or. more would be. eligiblejo aqqutrc stock under the new plan. Steamer Brings Shipment Of Gold for British Office New York, Nov. 25. Arrival- of " $5,000,000 worth of gold; on the steamship Olympic; part of. which was consigned to J. P. Morgan a. ; Co., for the account of the British 'government, was regarded Infinan xal quarters aa lth.e'vbeghthtng of Mother extensivi.novenient of the ttal to the United State.? The gold makes a total of $17,000,- Jthis week, the steamship,. Aqoi ia having landed several million oltars worth Monday. The ateam 1 hip Lapland, now en route to New fork, is reported to have aboard early $4,000,000 in gold. he greater part of which is-for Kuhn, Loeb 8c Co. - i'Tv,' . Iowa Pioneer Dies. Oskaloosa. Ia., Nov. 25. William f. xi. wray, a pioneer resident i dard Oil Co. of Louisiana of an city, died at his home here today ot heart trouble He wa prominent in Masonic circles and well-known throughout the state. He was 84 yeara old, -i.J..v.- .. Boxing Gloves Replace Rolling Pins as , . Domestic Weapons of Offense for Milacly h -'t A: -Hi I The rolling pm isut of date as a domestic weapon, for the women have taken to boxing lessons and are rapidly acquiring skill 'in the, upper cut, right cross and left and right hooks. The picture shoWsMiss Florence Cirten and Miss Louise Liskcrman, two Chicago girls, who have taken up the art ot' self-defense. President-Elect Greets Panama Chief Executive Hardng Passes Through the Canal to Pacific Coast; Ex presses Warm Hope for Better Relations.. . r . i -Balboa, " Nov. 25. President-elect" Harding came through the Panama canal from Cristobal to the Pacific coast yesterday and crossing into the republic of Panama, exchanged with. President Porras personal felicita-,; tions. Senator Harding also -V ex pressed a warm ope for better re-, lations between- the united States and Panama. , Although-declaring that he acted purely as private citizen in making an informal call during his vacation visit to the canal zone, the president elect conveyed in an earnest man ner to the Panama executiye; 'his de sire to -see Panama established fjrm-.' ly in th? affection of her southern j neighbors. JLater jfresiaent rorras came across the boundary and on American territory told Mrt Har ding that he warmly reciprocated these desires. - The trip through the canat.zone was i the nature of an inspection, of - the;, waterway, m- which -M-rs Hardins has shown unusual interest. He asked many Questions about the practical problem of the canal man agement and" during the stop at the Gatun lock examined the derails of !t onrrations minutely. t' The journey across the isthmus was made on tne mine layer ra hanv which Was furnished .by the tnne authorities; The resident- elect was accompanied by Gov ernor Harding of the1 canal1 zone, General Babbitt. Admiral Johnson, William J. Price, the American min ister to Panama, and ienor uiaro, the Panama foreign minister. ' The trip took up most of the day. Mr. Harding left the ship at the Pedro Miguel lock and completed the crossing ot tne utnrnus on a special train. H The Panama officials -made a for mal affair of Mr. Harding's visit to Panama City. A platoon of police was assigned to escort him to the palace, where President Porras re ceived him in state. The return call of the Panama executive was made in fr. Hardinsr at the American legation.. Later Mr. Harding held an informal public reception there, Kenyon Calls Senate Slush Fund Committee To Meet on December 3 : ,;-;vv;- .- Chtraco Tribune-Omaha Bee Lraied Wire. Washington, Nov. 25. The senate "slush fond" investigating commit tee has been called to meet here Fri day, December 3, by Senator Ken yon of Iowa, chairman. The com mittee will decide at that thne whether it will proceed with the in vestigation of the senatorial cam paigns in Illinois and Missouri, as it nrnn.ed to do nrior ta. the elec tions. The probap.ilitiesr.itjwas said, are tnat me lnvesugawuu ui mess senatorial campaigns will not be continued- The elections are over and the results were so sweeping that any charge of the elections having been fbonght"? would be considered absurd, it was pointed out - The committee, if it determines to hold no further hearings, is expected to get down to work on its report on campaign- expenditures without further delay, and yiiU lay iV before the senate with its recommendations for necessary legislation as soon as possible. ..; ' ':' Wealthy Wyoming piTMan Is Indicted for Murder Chicago,, Nov. . 25. Gerald v. A. Stack, wealthy oil man' of Landers, Wyo was . indicted; by thtj, Cook county grand jury fof ine mtirde? of Paul Brown. ' The coroner' jury charged man slaughter, Tecommendiflg: his re lease on $10,000 bondsrsut the in vestigating body decided 'evidence warranted a murder charge. The killing occurred last August in Bert Kelly s bungalow inn -at Niles, 111. Secretary of Irish Labor. ;..-. Party Hag Been Released London.. Nov. 25Thomas John son, Vsecrctary of the. Irish labor party, who was .arrested in Dublin yesterday, has been released, ac cording to a government announce ment last night in the " House of Commons. - Thomas rarren, former president of the trades union con gress, is Deing detained . tor,, the present, -v Philanthropies Of Rockefeller; Near Half BilKoii Son Gives Out First Detailed . Statement of Gifts Made By Millionaire' , Oil King, t ". New York. Nov.' 25,-Jolin. D.' Rockefeller has given away nearly 500,000,000, his son, Jphn D. Rocke feller, jr., declared here, in what is believed toy be -the first authentic detailed statment that has ever been made concerning his father's phil anthropic gifts. The approximate lotalof the gifts is $473,000;000, tjear ly half 4 which has been distribut ed in the last five years.; j j The statement refero--testimony gfveri by the younger Mr. Rocke feller" to the Industrial Relations committee here, January 25, 1915. At that time, he said, he believed his father's gifts waul t t' $250,000,000, although so far as he'knew there was no accurate Tecosd of the oil king's philanthropies up to that time. ,.vi . Since that date the statemenk adds, John D. Rockefeller's gifts totaled $225,000,000, divided w follows: . To the Rockefellwjf foundation, $2.000.00i). "- . . "' ' "XTO 'the general edircation board, $70,000,000. - To the Rockefeller, institute, $10, 000,000. -. . ?- To the Laura Spellman Rockefeller memorial, $63,000,000. ' . The last named institution was established, it continued, in order that religious and chafitable enter prises in which Mrs. John D- Rocke feller was interested - should con tinue to receive support. Mr. Rocke feller died in 1915. "The jpemorial;" Mr. -..Rockefeller said, "has no connection: with the Rockefeller foundation or any other of the benevolent boards1 or insti tutions established by my, father. After briefly outlining, the func tions of the other Rockef eller boards and foundations, the statement adds: "The Laura Spellman Rockefeller memorial,:-' should it lay. stress on the promotion of the welfare of women and children, would find a distinctive field - of usefulness.'' "Since the memorial has been established Mr. Rockefeller made various gitts ot securities, tne total value of which now'are available for its - purposes, being $63,763,357.37. Appropriations from these funds to date have amounted to $8,010,721.67. American Businessmen -. In France Are Hard Hit By JOHN CLAYTON. Chicaf Tribune Cable. Copjrlsht 1920. Paris, Nov. 25. American busi ness in France is hard hit by the Bank of France's decision not to ex lend outstanding paper. beyond the first of the year, for French business," firms. - . ,. ' ' 7 H Manufacturers' agents-" here who had expected a large volume ofbusi ness during "the winter, find them selves in the, same position as the French wholesalers wh6 are not ablf to get rid pf their stopks because retail and other organizations are not in a position; to buy. ' ; " - Permission Granted Firm Tq Make Planes, Is Claim Dessau, Germany, Nov. 25. Writr ten permission for . construction of airolanes of the type sold to an American, firm and. held up.ia, Ham- Durg was gveiv Djr uis cnieuw :oHf trol commission, it ts declared by. the firm making the machines. It is also asserted that the shipment to America of the 11' machines: now in the hands of the commission at Hamburg was sanctioned by an ex port commissioner, as they are of a civilian type, ,The construction v of, these machines has never been ooeii to objection from the entente corn-i mission, and the airplanes do not come within the provisions of the Versaille treaty, it is said. , Oklahoma Sends' Delegate . To Ohregon Inauguration 'Oklahoma City'Okl., Noy. 25. Lieut. Gov. M. E.Trappvwas ap-J pointed today by Governor Robert son to represent Oklahoma at the inauguration of General Obregon as president of Mexico, December 1. . Iowa Senatorial Vote. f Des Moines. Nov. 25. Iowa's vote for United States senator -as es tablished today in the official count being taken at the state house, was: A. B. Cnmmins, 528,499; C R. Por ter, 322,015. THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER"; 26, 1920. Chicago Will Be Dry by Christmas, Officers Declare Thirty-One Are Indicted on Charges of Conspiracy to Violate Volstead Act; Eight o Cafes Are Closed. Chicago Nov.. .25. Chicago will be "the inost unhealthy filace for crooks and the uryest ;city m the United .States by Christmas," fed- J cral, statu and city officials declared 1 toaay, atier tney naa taken part jin a drive against liquor dealers ! which included suits to close 72 sa loons, ana cabarets, injunctions snut- iling ijowak eight I'.such places, and. itutjai iKoicqieiio as oi. persons ou .charges. c4, conspiracy tq viplatn,jlhe : Volstead ",act. . . . '. ' , Attorney t- General ? Edward J; Brundage, 'wlio instituted the 72 suits, said that several hundred more were contemplated and that the state would continue the drive "until there was not a drop of intoxicating liquor in any of Chicago's 3,000 'dry saloons.' " V The federal officials ioihed in the drive shortly after the attorney gen eral had filed his suits when Charles Clym;, United States district attor ney procured temporary injunctions from Federal, Judge, K. M. Landis closing eight cafes. Shortly after ward the federal grand jury, which has been investigating alleged illegal liquor traffic; for several weeks, re turned indiclijients against 31 ..per sons. ' City, Officials Joyful. City officials' welcomed the- state and federal drive as an adjunct to the round up of criminals started Sunday, and -said it would make it easier for them to keep crdoks out of the city. . At the same time they frustraied an attempt to steal $60,000 worth of liquor being transported through the city fln-trucks and ar rested two persons in connection with the theft of $50,000 worth of wine. " .-' ', The cases of the 72 saloon jind cafe owners .whose places Attorney General Brundage wanted closed, will be heard ' Pfiday by. Judge Landis. An assistant a'ttorney gen eral was assigned to. direct , a staff erai was ass.gneo to aircci a stan of attorneys in prosecuting the : cases jind.Mr. Clyde, volunteered the as sistance of his office. - Plan Statewide Drive. Shortly after the liquor drive be came known, the city council adopted a resolution authorizing the major to call a meeting ,of all states attorneys and -mayors of Illinois to plan a statewide campaign against law-breaking and Chief of Police Fitzmorris dismissed William Tobin, patrolman, for alleged "whisky run ning." Further dismissals will fol low, the chief said. -to : The theft of $175,000 worth of whisky from local raMlr&ad -'yards started the : investigation which Lfound its climax in today's drives. It i i , . , i . , , i 1. 1 was cnargea mat xnis liquor, orouent here illicitly, from Louisville, was guarded by policemen and then stolen from them by another band which. Also included members of the police force. , , ' ' The injunctions issued and the suits filed today, cover many of .Chi cago's most notorious cafes, while the indictment includes men well known here and in other cities and several members of the police fprce. Marked Improvement in n : Condition of Penrose Philadelphia, Nov. 25. There -has. oeen such a marked improvement in the condition of United States Senator Penrose, it was announced, that he has made an engagement to confer with Senator Lodge' of .Mas sachusett on Saturday. Although 'not yet definitely , de cided whether Senator Penrose' will attend the opening session of con gress nestt month his secretary left for Washington to. prepare his. of fices and apartments in case he is able to gc v . 6,000 Corn Pickers Are Needed for Iowa Crops Des Moines, la., Nov. 25. Iowa needs more than 6,000 men to husk corn if she is to get her crop har vested in the usuat season and be fore the hard weather is due, accord ing to Ambrose L. Urick, state com missioner of labor. With 3,000 men Mr. Urick declares the corn can be got in within six weeks. N No Trace of Poison Found In Stomach of Utah Nurse Salt Lake, City, Nov. 25. State Chemist Herman Harms reported to the county attorney that he could find no tracrof poison in the stomach of Frances Korous, nurse, who was found dead in Liberty park take here on November 6, after having been missing since Octofier 17. "Old Man Dollar" !Vat Work With 4 Overcoats and" he will tell you what he has . done in the Fri day nightpapers, Burgess-Nash Company. j t . , "CVERYBODYfe STORE" " ' ' ' j Famous "Lost Gold Mine of ?53 Eouncl : ' By Prospector During list Summer . Redoing, Cat., Nov. 25. The, famous "lost mine". .of '53 has been found 22 miles up Squaw creek from Copper City The. mine was rediscovered by George. Rice, DeT Taylor, George West and George Bryner, Shasta county miners, who hae. worked it sincr last June. They have just, come from the mountain lastness' for the winter and told, their story. , .... ... In J853 sonic miners found a rich claim far up Squaw creek. All but one of them were massacred by the Indians, The survivor it ame to Copper City, and told his story, but lj ass soon afterward . 'cirowned in the Pitt Hvcr. . -'.. 'j' ; Efforts have been made for years ibynVp'etor8 td'ind the, W claim, but it remained for the four miners .toi locat it last June. According to their story, a. shaft. 14feet apwa-fotlnd. The ..position of the rusty tools .indicates thetaiittas. Abandoned .in l aste.'After cleaning out the shaft a ledge' of rich gold quartz ,wasf discovered. T' .'',,', '- .:' " Newjndictments Are Returned in Building ExtortToat x Charges Retqrnibd Against Leaders of New York Trust; Iron Industry Linked With Case. New York, Nov;- 25. New York's warfare against the alleged building trust brought ,forth three new in dictments charging extortion, as well as testimony linking the wrought iroij and wrought steel in dustry to the long list of other pro ducers of construction materials jwhich are alleged unlawfully to hold prices uniform throughout the coun try. ' , While the allied forces of an ex traordinary grand jury and the joint legislative, committee made" this1 progress in their major offensives, legal skirmishes Cccurred in -two courts and the city's independent in quiry into its millions of dollars in contracts was postponed until 'Mon day. - v , .-.'- ".' sTwice during the day the'lOint committee w.as diverted from its investigation to defend itself against onslaughts. in the courts. The corrV mittee was victorious in both oc casions. V Prosecution Wins Victories.. i Decisivc defqat marked the ef. Kforts o thebui?ders material bureau in both the supreme and appelate courts to restrain the committee from getting hold of its books and from examining its stenographer,-iri:,-k.u rr t :: w vctt, iwu injunctions were secured by counsel for the bureau but were Quickly vacated. and later in the day aa application tor a stay was denied. i iThen counsel for "the bureau agreed to "produce the books and papers under, the 'subpoenal and" to have an officer of the bureau on hand to testify. Miss O'Dea already has. been adjudged m contemot bv the-committee for failing to answer a summons. ' - " Brindell Named in Bill. Robert "R. Brindell, president of the Building Trades council and al leged "king" of building trades work men in the metronolis. was named fin two of;todays indictments', both charging extortion. Ihe other in dictment, also charging extortion, was against. Brindell's "chief of staff," Peter Stadtmiller, a member of the Building Trades .council. Stadtmiller' s bail was fixed at $100,000. Brindell, -already under $100,000 bail on previous ' indict- rtments, was no required, to furnish, Charges against Brjndell alleged that he forced Louis J. Cohen, a building contractor, to pay him $500 under threat of stopping work on, a construction job last July. Stadtmil ler was accused of extortion of $1,000 from the Garden City Wreck ing company by threatening to put the firm out of business in case of refusal. Boston Merchants Plan , j Departments for Blind Boston, Nov. .25. Shoppers in many stores in this city will sooir be waited upon by sightless .mean and women, . if the plans ' made known by the state commission for the blind mature. Certain merchants have offered to furnish departments in their stores to be conducted whol ly by those who, as a result'of war or other causes, have lost . their eye sight. , ': i s ; Iowa , Express"; Rates , At e Advanced 13 1-2 Per Cent Des Moines, Nov. 25. Iowa ex press rates advanced 12 1-2 per cent Tuesday through the action of the State board of railroad commission ers iri allowing A petition of the American Railway Express company in Iowa for this t raise. The last raise, of 12 1-2 per cent was made August 31. This makes a total in crease in the last three months of 26 per cent. th e . jGipanigi Former Falls City Maiiahd WeTTell Police Masked' - -rf-. ..... .... , Holdups Broke Up JRev- f'elry injjffice. ..k Wheell;: Va., , Nov;,26. ( Specif f.J'ctegram. Henlry . : T, PietcPil.phfaVtaanufafctMi' salesmaft. iWif murdered in his office last Saturday 'night by two rabbers, according da. -the story told -police and 'ditectfves vhcre last m'ght by NbrnoXWjBlams. and Marie Wil liams,: arrested, in the afternoon ' in connection with the murder, follow ing the finding of Pierce's automo bile in a garage here. . Williams' real name, according to Philadelphia' detectives, is Peter D. ireadway,, formerly of Falls City, Neb. " -The man and woman told stories of the murder , which agreed in the main details. According to their accounts, they spent Saturday night witn otners in revelry in PieKes apartments, .- , . Bandits Entered Apartment. Late-in the eveninz. a knock was heard 'at the door and two armed bandits entered the room. Keeping the occupants covered, with revol vers, the robbers - searched Pierce, taking his valuables. Before they had turned their attention to the other -members of the party, Pierce, they dec lare, tried to overcome one of the robbers. At this .the others rushed for the door, one woman escaping before a robber blocked the entrance. '". ! Pierce; according to Williams, was knocked unconscious with 1 a wrench, which one cf the robbers produced during the, scuffle. - f The woman's ' story here differs from Williams', it is said. She claims that she was not in the room, when Pierce was killed. '" , ' Held by Murderers. - After the murder, the two say they were taken from the room by one of the holdups, while the other turned on the gas, and were taken to Pierce's automobile inHront of the building and, with one of the bandits driving, the party headed ; towards Cumberland, Md. The two ' essert they were kept under guard until Monday evening, when ' thtj holdups left the machine in Wheel ing and disappeared. --Besides serving in the Kansas na tional guard, the detectives say, Williams took part in the. expedi tion to Mexico in 1916,: : In the na tional guard enlistment, they say, Williams served under the name of Norman Tread way. Reds to Occupy hlna JKovno, Lithuania, Nov. 25. The Soviet representative in Alenan drovsk has 'informed the Lithuanian government that the " bolsheviki forces will be obliged again to oc cupy Vilna, according to advices, re-i ceived from Alexandrovsk. RED CROWN GASOLINE V At the Sign of the Red Crown ';.', ,." ' rv- '';. . The Red Crown is fafniliar to motorists and rnptor truck drivers in every part of the states Red Crown products and ser vice have kept pace with every step of V "'f progress in the petroleum industry ....... ' ' '-"''. - Red Crown stations are always increasing in number for motor vehicle owners are de-. , mandmg more and mre uniform, clean and I powerful gasoline and the best motor oils.' . Economize on oil by using Polarine. It is ' made in four grades, differing in body but . not in quality.. These grades are Polarine A v i '. r Mexican Agent Charged With Misstatement s Oil Interests Protest Against Alleged Misleading Utter 'ances of R..W. Pesqueira At Petroleum' Institute. ... ', r - Washingtoiv,,:'Nov. .25. Repfeseu tative's of Xniericari laud holders and oil interests'" in Mexico have t- pro- L tested to ' the State department against what they characterized as misleading statements . inadc'ib y , R. V.'.Pesqueira, confidential agent of the Mexican government, in an ad dress delivered here, last Friday be fore k tle American Petroleum .in- ;-Mr;"Peqttdra's statement-referred to methods' which- he said had qcen used",by; s6mc Americans iir-acquir- mg land in Mexico, but did -not re fer specifically to. any oil interests. The Mexican agent wxs discussing article 27 of the new Mexican con stitution, whicn,' he said, did not dear solely with oil, which "prob ably' was the smallest issue: in it Anicie r. resqueira saiu, S. a tremendous aspiration of the Mexican people. There are embod- ie in article nopca. lor f- terment.'' haoDiness ind oroEress. ? ' "A few visits will tell you ',the ttory. i nere was a iime in .Aiexico when concessions,' were popular". It was not a flattery to ray ; govern ment, Nit was a shame; but -some of yoV wealthy gentjemen go. to'Mex ico very easy and,, very nice, v and find unscrupulous employes armed by some grafter, under the ministet-s or somebody else with authority to grant concessions of land, involv ing hundreds of millions of acres of land: and the triethod and the pro cess of acquiring that land will stand as a shame lor both parti-s for Mexico and for the men who took those concessions." First Woman "Moonshiner Is Arrested in Wisconsin . Kenosha, Wis.. Nov. 25. The" first woman ",mocishiner" was taken into custcdv. She is Mrs. Marv Kaiyde. wno was arresiea Dy me ponce ioi lowinc the discovery of two bottles of "moonshine," a large quantity of grape mash and a ' still. WATERTOWN A properly balanced Style for Fall and Winter O N Ifeited Shirt S-Collar Ca.Troy.N.Y'wfto jfakers tflion SKm V Polarine Heavy Polarine Medium Heavy Polarine Extra Heavy ... - v - For winter use the Polarine and Polarine Medium Heavy grades are recommended. STANDARD OIL COMPANY: (Nebraska) Qmaha uuuoouau b E I I C I I E n O DED enow b OASOUMB d b 3 HHHHBHBH lovan to Askw T ConffressibnaF .Probe of Prices "1 1 Representative Dickinson to Demand Investigation of Ex , treme Drop in Grain, Live Stock and Cotton. : Washington, Nov. 25.A"A Immc diate investigation by congress to determine the 'cause of he extreme decline and violent fluctuations in the price of grain, live stock -tmd cotton m the past six months will be asked by Congressman L. J. Dickinson of Iowa when congress reconvenes. Congressman . Dickinson already has prepared a resolution calling for such an investigation.- V It declares that the levels to. which the prices of agricultural commodities have descended, in many instances below the prewar mark, are threatening the food supply of the atioh and driving out producers, making relief imperative. ...!; The declines and fluctuations, the resolution further , declares, have been too extreme ' to have . been caused by the natural law of Supply and demand, and. it would have the investigators determine to what, ex tent speculators- and manipulators are responsible for the deflation,-with a view to preventing further activi ties on their nart; - In conducting- the investigation, Representative Dickinson proposes to call members of the committee, of 17 of the American Farm Bureau Federation, which has been making a study of the situation, and he will also have access to . data , recently collected, .by the federal trade com mission. In . the' same connection the annual convention of theJarm Bureau federation in Indianapolis on December. 6, 7 and 8 is expected to furnish some interesting develop ments, which I will be closely .fol lowed by Representative Dickinson and others who are pushing the in quiry. f ' . , Burglars "Enter. Church , The First Lutheran church. 1005 South Twentieth street, was entered by burglars Wednesday night and books and dishes stolen from the parlor and kitchen,. according td po- . lice reports,. " - , v (JoUars .- ! If 1 V't .t( f . t J v.; , ......