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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1920)
Bassett Slaver ; One of Youngest Given Life Term Youth, J8, Sentenced to Hard Labor at State Penitentiary For Murder of Neigh bor Ranchman. Bassett, Neb., Nov. Ml. Floyd R. Wick, 18, of near Mr h ern. Neb., yesterday was sontencri' by District udae R. R. Dickson to serve a lif - sentence in tlic peniit'iiPary at hart 1 lkhor for the murder of Clyde M Patterson, a neighbor and bachelor ranchman, shot to death August 15. Wick pleaded guilty to second de gree murder. , Wick is one f the youngest per sons to be convicted on such a crime in recent years in Ncbiaska. Young Wick was placed in jal at O'Neill, Holt county, fome time ago. after he confessed tl.r.t hb was re sponsible for Patterson's death. Patterson was murderetUsoine time during August, but his death was not kndwn until later when a brother from Oklahoma ramc to visit him. On arriving at Malvern, the broth er learned that Patterson had been missing about six weeks, and that young Wick had driven his cattle away. Wick first said l.e purchased the cattle from Patterson, and that the Utter had gone to Colorado. An investigation followed, and an empty shotgun shell found near the cabin that Patterson ha'd ocenpied was the first clue. Later Patterson's body was found buried pn the ranch. tA larg wound in the ranchman's reast toM how he had died. Wid: at first is reported to liuve said that he and Patterson had been hunting, that Patterson had attempted to yhoot him and that he shot the ranch man in self defense. Later Wick changed this version of his story. 4CoUege-Bred" Live Stock t' Wins International Honors - Chicago, Nov. 30. "College-bred" live stock carried off the honors over jthe entries of professional stockmen t the international live stock expo sition, nine of the 12 championships awarded going to animals entered by American universities. Penn State led with three championships. ; The most coveted hoiior went to Purdue university, winner of the tudeijis' live stock judging contest when Black Ruler was adjudged the grand champion steer of the ex position. Black Ruler is a 2-year-jpld of the Aberdeen-Angus class tnd was bred at Purdue university. iAn ancestor of Black Monarch was the grand champion steer of the 1917 show. Penn State won first place for three Leicester wether lambs, for three Shropshire wether lambs, and for the best Berkshire swine, while the blue ribbons for the' champion Oxford wether and for the best Lei cester wether went to Iowa state. Oklahoma university agriculture ex periment station entered the best Dorset wether. Illinois the best Ram L bouillet and Wisconsin the three best Shropshires. Bloomfield Will Protest f Raise in Telephone Rates ; Bloomfield, Neb.. Nov. 30. (Spe-ial.)--Thc executive committee of the Bloomfield Commercial club has voted to send a representative to Lincoln to appear before the state railway commission and protest the raise in telephone rates asked by the Union Telephone Co. The company also owns an exchange at Wausa and jAttorniy F. M. Peterson will repre sent the Wausa patrons before the commission. Attorney W. D. Funk will appear for BlcJomfieM. Petty Thieves Active in -Fremont; Garage Robbed Fremont, Neb.. Nov. 1 30. (Spe cial,) Petty thieves are operating in Fremont, many small robberies be ting reported. The latest haul was at the Mcnnich gar age, when someone entered the unlocked door while the night man was in the basement. Thirty dollars ware taken from the register. Attempts were made to gain en trance into the Quinn Drygoods store, but the thieves were unsuc cessful. Knox County Live Stock Body Elects Officers Bloomfield, Neb.. Nov. 30. (Spe cial.) At a. recent meeting of the Knox County Better Live Stock and Fair association, the following of ficers were clcfcted: president, Henry Kuht, Plainview; vice president, j. F. Mattern, Winnetoon; secretary, H. C. Dierks, Bloomfield; treasurer, C. T. Heckt, Bloomfield; directors, E. N. Powell and T. G. Reetz, Bloomfield. It was decided to hold the . 1921 fair the second week in September. Firm Employes Urged to Be at "Onward Omaha" Meet ' All department heads of the Brandeis, Burgess-Nash, Byrne Hammer, M. E. Smith, K.-B. Print ing, Omaha Bee, Foster Barker. Eggers-O'Flynn and Lion Bonding firms are being urged by their em ployers to attend the "Onward Omaha'' conference ai , the Audi torium Thursday night. The meeting is to be held for the purpose of realizing that present day business conditions are temporary. . j Geddes Men Wire Harding For Extension of Credit -Geddes.- S. D., Nov. '30. (Spe cial Telegram.) A telegram urging extension-of credit to farmers has been sent by the Farmers and Busi ness Men's "league of Geddes to V. P. G. Harding, governor of the Fed eral Reserve board at Washington; D. C. Republic SEfew odies s&im0$y neb 1r Truck Bod Spring Builders Wife Supports Hubby In Rejecting Million . . xl Mrs. Charles Garland of Boston, who supports her husband in his re jection of $1,000,000, his share of the estate of his father, James A. Gar land. Garland said he preferred to make his own w;y in tlA? world to a life of idle ease on the fortune left. This remarkable young man isyan automobile mechanic and is support ing his wife and baby on his farm at Cape Cod. Mrs. Garland declares she will also reject her share. Clothing Firm iWployes Will Lay Off Month Cincinnati. O., Nov. (30. The 500 employes of the Nash Clothing Manufacturing Co., in this city, wliioti is operated on the "golden rule" basis, today at a meeting de cided voluntarily to surrender their jobs for a month, either January or February, in order to give work to the unemployed of other clothing factories. ' They took tljat action after Arthur Na:.h, former minister and president of the company, had stated that clothyig manufacturies were closing in all parts of the country and that thousands are being thrower out of employment. The employes also agreed that jf it was necessary to reduce wages in order to bring down the prices of clothing and stimulate business, that those earning more than $5 a- day would be the first to consent to a reduction. Nebraska State Grange to Hold Meeting at Slielton Shelton, Neb., Nov. 30. The Ne braska State Grange will meet in annual session at Shelton, Neb., De cember 7, 8 and 9. ' A splendid pro gram has been prepared and speak ers secured to handle subjects of vital interest to farmers at this present time. , " Several of these sessions will be open to the public. Prof. N. W. Gaines of the Extension department will speak at i p. m., luesday; Ar thur Wray of York, 2. p. m., Wed nesday; George R. Booner, "Co operative Marketing." Thursday, 2 p. m.; J. A. Crawford. Beardsley, Kan., president of Farm Bureau Fed eration Farmers r organizations, Wednesday, 8 p. m. John Ketchum, lecturer of Nation al Grange, will be present Thurs day. Two Skeletons Unearthed . When Cave Dug at Stanton Stanton. Neb., Nov. 29. (Special Telegram). While excavating dirt for a cave at the Elmwood White home, today, two skeletons were found. Sheriff jBcst and Dr. Under burg were called and( made an inves tigation, but were unable to find any theory' upon which they could base credit. , It was first thought the bones were those of Indians, tor an Indian ceme tery had formerly been discovened just east of Stanton where one of the big battles between the Omaha and the Sioux tribes took place in the cajlv days. But uponclose in vestigation by Dr. Uaderlntrg, he pronounced the skulls to be those of white persons, one apparently that of a woman. Damage Suit at Beatrice Taken Under Advisement Beatrice,' Neb., Nov. 30. (Spe cial.) The suit of Henry" Beckman against prank woboda, to recover ?200 -damages to his car as the re sult of a collision west of Wymore last summer, was heard in Julge El lis' court Monday afternoon. The case was taken under, advisement, Swoboda alleges that he was badly hurt iiuthe accident, and that Beck man was equally responsible lor the mixup with his. Says Former Husband of ' Friend Threatened Him Beatrice, Neb., - Nov. 30. (Spe cial.) Ed Protsman was lodged in jail here on a complaint sworn out by Vern Perry asking that he be placed under bond to keep the peace. Perry alleges that he has been keep ing company with Protsman's di vorced wife, and th'at Protsman has threatened him on a number of oc-i casions. Hog Cholera Appears. Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 30. (Spe cial). -Hog cholera recently made its appearance in Gage county and County Agent Rist . is using every measure possible to check it. John W. Smith, living near Cortland, states that he' has lost 17 head of swine from the disease. Trucks FIRESTONE RIMS Wheel Builders H j - v "H. " - 1 1 gss l THE Relief Program For Farmers to Be Considered Middle Western Representa tives and Senators Will Hold Conference on Problem This Week. Chicago TrIbuPf-Omhftlf I.w Wlrp. Vashingt6n, Nov. 30. Senators and representatives from middle western agricultural states will hould a conference late this week to frame a program of legislation for the re lief of ' farmers who will suffer a loss of $7,000,000,000 or more, it is said, in the value of the products this year as compared with last year. Many of the members who will participate in the conference have already arrived in Washington for the session of congress beginning next Monday and they report in tense dissatisfaction among the farm ers over the condition'of the market for farm products, f-They are at work on a score or more of sug gested remedies to be enacted into law, with few senators or represen tatives in agreement except that there should be no appropriation tf money to meet the situation. The most talked of suggestion to aid the farmers are: Restoration of the war Vinance cotjporation; levyftig a tariff on wheat to stop heavy imports of that grain front Canada; prohibition pf speculation in food products through taxation of purely speculative deals; extension of credits to Germany and other foreign' countries to enable them to enter the market for Amer ican agricultural products.' Senator Capper of Kansas re turned to Washington today. He said he had never known so much dissatisfaction among the. farmers as there is today and predicted that the republican party would be soon My Sweet Repose Wang-Wang . That Old Just Like Fair One I'd Love i (Serbia '' ., WO. !., fAT.oaT s ' v " h BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1920. swept put of power unless it took steps to remedy the situation. He announced he would introduce a bill to stop speculation in grain and sotton immediately upon the recon vening of congress. " Doctor Tells of Leper's Escape Health Officer Says Victim Taken Out of Omaha and Turned Loose. Washington, Nov. 30. (Special Telegram.) Charles II. Young, de tained by the district authorities as a leper tollowing his detection here by Dr. William C. Fowler, district health officer Friday right, was held in confinement at Tilden, Neb., as a leper several months ego, Dr.. J. F. Edwards, health officer of Oniaha, Neb., told Dr. Fowler yesterday. Young is said to have escaped -from the Madison county, Nebraska, poor farm early this month. 1 ' Dr. Edwards is in Washington in connection with a convention of pub lic health service officials. He learn ed about Young's presence here and understands Young's story to be that he was taken out of Omaha by a number 'of men and turned loose. "After his case had been diagnosed as leprosy, what really happened," said Dr. Edwards, "was that we took Young to Tilden, Neb., under guard. Wc confined him in a small house on the grounds of t!.e county hos pital there. After a while Young disappeared. Even after, coming to Washington for the first time last September he went back to Tilden and was there three weeks ago. At that time we did not know he had been in Washington and he slipped away again almost as soon as he ap peared in Nebraska." The detention of Young at the quarantine station beie has given him a companipn, Willard Ccntliv ere, for the first time. They while away the hours playing checkers. NewMctor Records for December i j With the announcement of this list of new Victor music we both an invitation and a suggestion. An invitation to every one to these numbers at any Victo dealer's; a suggestion that any of these Victor Records would be appropriate and acceptable Christmas to any one who has a Victrola, not overlooking the members of own household. , I La Juive Rachel! quand du Seigneur ! grace (Rachel, When thejPrace oi the Lord Entrusted Tarantella (Chopin) Piano The Garden of Memory , Oi Luna (Ob Silvery Moon) At Parting ' . When I Was Seventeen Symphonic Eapagnole Andante Violin When You and I Were Young, Maggie Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2 The Home Road The Japanese Sandman Old Fashioned Garden . ' " Virginian Judge Second Session (Part t) Virginian Judge--Second Session (Part t) Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere Fox Trot Paul Whiteman and Blues Fox Trot v . Paul Whiteman and Whispering The Love Boat v ; Irish Mother of Mine a Gypsy Fox Trot The Benson Orchestra of Chicago) to Fall Asleep and Wake Up in My Mammy's Arms Fox Trot 18697 Chili Bean Fox Trot My Little Bimbo One Step Dance-O-Mania Fox Trot ' ' Old Man Jars Fox Trot Santa Claus Tells About His Toy Shop Santa Claus Gives Away His Toys Gems from "Mary" Gemsrfrom The Night Boat" Any yictor dealer will gladly , give you an illustrated booklet describing these new Victor Records and play any music you wish to hear. New Victor Records on sale at all deale'rs on the 1st of each month. Victrolas in great variety from $25 to $1500. Victor Talking Machine Co. Camden, New Jersey Nebraska Urges Congressmen to Obtain Credits Commercial Cluhs Demand Federal Reserve Banks Re lieve Money Stringency ( to Protect Farmers. By E. C. SNYDER XvanliUiKtoii Corri'Hpoiuti'nt Omnlin tier. Washington, D. C, Nov. 30. (Special Telegram) Commercial clubs throughout Nebraska are call ing upon the members of the 'con gress from that state to bring all nossible pressure upon the directors of the federal' reserve banks to lend additional credit to farmer and stock 'men and that the rigorous in crease charged for additional credits at the federal reserve bank be re arranged so that credits given aboVe the basic amounts loaned -u ( per cent be considerably,, augmented for each increase in rate. The last of these requests reached the Nebraska delegation today in the form of resolutions adopted by, the Osceola Commercial club, wherein it is stated: "Conditions arc such that our farmers cannot sell grain and stock at present prices without im mense loss, our tenant fanners especially. Panic Feared. ' "To force grain and stock to go to market any faster than it has been going will glut the market still more and panic will result. "In order that conditions may be amcloriated wc recommend that the steep rate interest charges now in force at the Federal 'Reserve banks be greatly modified and that a rea sonable maximum rate be cstab lisned. "We feel that conditions have been so serious that the trend at present constitutes such a, menace that the federal reserve board should act Number Size tutelaire Thee to Me) Enrico Caruso 88825 12 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 10 12 10 , nusw wvkv WAV Emilio De Gogorza 64911 Giuaeppe De Luca 4912 Geraldine Farrar 87319 Mabel Garriaon 64S03 Jaacha Keifetz 74646 Mme. Homer and Mitt Louise Homer 89159 John McCormack 64913 Philadelphia Oreheatra 74647 Ernestine Schumann-Heink 87320 Olive Kline ) Olive Kline) 4S201 10 Walter C Kelly Walter C Kelly 45202 10 His Ambassador Orchestra His Ambassador Orchestra 18694 10 John Steel) John Steel ( 18695 10 Sterling Trio Sterling Trio I 186S8 10 JO The Benson Oreheatra of Chicago j The Benson Orchestra of Chicago ) The Benson Orchestra of Chicago) 18698 Selvio's Novelty Orchestra) All Star Triof 18699 Gilbert Girard) t f : if 3569 10- 10 12 Victor Light Opera Company Victor Light Opera Company : 35702 12 HIS MASTERS MMCE REGUS.SW.OFF This trademark and the trademirkcd word "Victrola" identify all our products. Look under the lid 1 Look on the label ! . VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. ' . Camden, N J. quickly and generously and give as surance that the agricultural inter ests shall not v be forced further in this ruinous condition." Farmers Can't Get Loans. In a communication to Congress ma n Jefferis, George C. Meieryun gcr, a well-known business man- of Omaha, says that after an extended trip through the territory of York and Utica, one of the richest sec tions of the state, he ascertained that it was impossible for farmers to get a 'loan of $1,000 or $2,000, although they were worth anywhere from $50,000 to $200,0000. "Corn is cheap," he says, "and many of these farmers would like to get some cattle to which to feed the cheap corn, but they are unable to borrow any money from their banks with which to buy cattle. For in stance, in Custer county, which hasJ always been a great stock-raising and stockfeeding county and where in passing through one used to see tho;isands of head of cattle, now only a very few small and scattered herds are to be seen." Urges Duty on Grain. After citing the prices paid for harvesting the crop in Nebraska this year, farmers in many instances pay ing as high as $9 a day for help and 10 cents a bushel for husking corn, Mr. Meieryunger concluded that, the war being over, the duty should be put back on grains and stock imme diatelyv ' , Congressman Rcavis, who recent ly sent a letter to Herbert Hoover, now in charge of relieving the desti tute in eastern Europe nd the near eat, asking1 him" to include in his proposals corn flour and corn meal, today received a reply from Mr. Hoover in which the latter states that lie has already interested one or two European buying agencies in us ing considerable quantities of corn and hopes that before winter is end ed "we will find over a laie section of central and eastern Europe a mix ture of corn flour and corn meal in their bread up to 25 or 30 per cent." "We tried very hard during the war." continued Mr. Hoover, "to in troduce corn products as such (meaning corn, .flour and corn meal), but it seemed almost hopeless to fil offef hear new. gifts your Pric $1.75 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.75 2.00 1.2S 1.75 1.25 1.00 1.00 .85 .85 .85 .85 .85 .85 1.35 1.35 ter a knowledge of their preparation into a. European household." Senator Norris and Congressman Evans, who were appointed ,a sub committee at the meeting of the re publican members of the Nebraska delegation on Saturday to present to Governor Harding of the federal re serve board the name of C. E. Burn ham of Norfolk for reappointment to dA PIANO f! 300 084 1 b EL MAYER j 11 'Witch tke 'Speedometer The Combined Reports From Our Sioux - City LincoS n ami Omaha Stores Shows the Amazing Total of 84 Members to Date Our fourteenth annual Christmas Piano Club is rapidly filling up. Reports from Sioux City and Lincoln added to the number of members here in Omaha, up to five o'clock last; night, show a grand total of eighty-four members. The club has been over one-fourth filled to date. Remem ber three hundred members fills the club, and when the club is filled this liberal offer comes to an end. t Jfiin the Csosias Ofyfj Now , Save $I0 on a Piano $200 e:i a Flayer $395, FREE To Club Members A handsome 6-ft. Piano Lamp and Shade (choice cf color). A beautiful Bench. Piano S(3arf. With the Player a liberal assortment of Music Bolls. Spe cially low terms. Add .tional dice aunt of EOc per mcnth if account is paid in 24 months. Is the Price of the Club Piano - This splendid new Upright Grand in mahogany, golden oak or American walnut. An in strument h a n d some enough to .adorn any home, and with a tone that will suit the m o s t. exacting musician. Y oa will fall in love with this Piano the minute you set eyes on it and don't forget . that the . Lamp, Bench and all 'other extras are included frea. Join this S:hmol ler & Mueller Christmas Piano Club today. Bring Along $15 With You $15.00 makes' you a member and en titles you to all the unusual privileges and benefits of the club. Piano or Player of your choice will, be set aude and delivered at Christmas time, or you may have it delivered immedi atelyjust as you wish. 'Liberty Bonds Accepted $2 Weekly Buys the Crab Piano IP PIANO 114-16-18 S. 15 St. 1220 0 St., 415 Nebraska St. Omaha Lincoln Sioux City i i Gentlemen: Please send m further. Information about your Christmas Club Piano. Player Mrk (x after which one.) Name " Addrecs City or Town his present position will have a con ference with Governor Harding to morrow morning. Lynch Florida Negro. Miami, Fla., Nov. 30. J. B Harris, a 19-ycar-old negro, was lynched by a mob near Princeton, following an alleged attack upon a white woman. 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