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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 145. IstsrU u at.0tiii Matter May II. IN, at 0aSs f. 0. Uar Act el Manh 3. IS?I. OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1920. By Mall II arl, Iniim 4th Ton, Daily aad Sunday, V: Oatly Oaly. IS: Sunday. M 0ulilda4lh Zona 1 1 aar). Dally aad Sunday. 116: Daily Only. Ill: Sunday Oaly. 15 THREE CENTS - rnco i m m m m r m To Prewar Price Level Wholesale Pork Rates Rapidly (Jetting Down to Scale of 1917, Figures of "Big Packer Shows. Little Cut by Retailers By The Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 2. Hogs on the hoof have returned to what is prac tically their 1913 prewar price, judg ing from figures obtained from one of the "big five" packers, fork and pork products, at wholesale, are on their way toward that same level, till TnvemKe,- rrrrrt r, fli Institute of American Meat Packers indicates and have reached the scale prevail ing in April, 1917, when the United States entered the war. Beef also is on the downward path, the wholesome price of car cass beef having dropped 17 per cent since September 1, according to the institute's lgnrcs. The biggest drop recorded, hbw ever, is in live hogs. The packing J bouse figures show pork on the hoof brought 8 cents a pound m Novem ber, 1913. During the war the farm er virtually was guaranteed a mini mum average of 17'i cents. In ' July, 1919, the price reached 23 cents a pound.1 Today hogs are back around 10'. centss Retail prices, however, have not kept pace with the tailing whole sale market, the packing house offi ' cial said, but he declined to be quot ed directly on the ground that re tailers might boycott his company. I Difference in Prices. j Quotations from two retail deal ers, one whose store is glassed as a high-price establishment, and the other as cut-rate market, show a wide divergence in prices, partly due, however, both said, to a differ ence in the grade of meat handled. The bulletin of the meat packers' ! institute says that during November j the wholesale price ot pork loins declined 27 per cent, making a total drop of 45 per cent since October 1. Other declines on November 29, as compared with October 1, of this year show: Smoked hams, 33 per cent; fancy lreakfvst bacon, 15 per cent; stand ard bacon, 25 per cent; fresh skinned slJoulders, 30 per cent; lard, 10 per cent. Explaining why the wholesale price has failed to fall as fast as i he live stock quotations, a packing house official said: '"There are two features of the comparative price situation hat should be borne in mind. One is he' trice of bvnro'dvtcts;:jhe other the cof of labor.- The average ton- ;imef Naturally thinks of meat ani mals only as they affect his table, lie sees that the price of hogs has dropped and he thinks, of course, that-meat should follow at once. ! ' Much Waste. ''Only .about 76 per cent of the live hog is meat. The other 24 per cent consists .of waste and by-products, .which just now have little val ue. Also in the carcass there are parts that must be sold for low prices. The entire carcass does not bring pork loin prices for example. "Labor is now receiving much greater awards than k did in '1913. The total increase of plant wages has been more than 170 per cent. "Thus thongh there have been substantial decreases in wholesale pork prices, these price drops can not quite equal the fall in live ani mal prices. . ' Chicago's "Colored Pona" Found Guilty Of rVknfirtanrp fiamp 'Chicago, De 2. Dr. J. Elbert Robinson, described as Chicago's "colored : Fonzi," was found guilty by a jury of operating a confidence game .in 'connection with his finan cial methods. Dr. Robinson, who rode to and from the court building in an im ported racing car, Claimed he .ex pected to recover $10,000,000 from the American Car and Foundry i-ompany for alleged infringement ot SAtnts on a "hard iron wheel." He sola his notes for several times their face value to hundreds of negroes and whites, the purchasers to collect their profits should he win his patent suit Conviction for a confidence game carries a sentence of from one to 10 years in prison. Harding Declines Offer - Of Presidential -Yacht Washington, Dec. 2. Senator Harding declined President Wilson's offer to place the presidential yacht Mayflower at his disposal next Sat urday on his arrival at Norfolk to carry the president-elect to Washing ton. It was necessaiy, the senator said in a radio message to Secretary Daniels, who transmKted the offer vesterday to the steamer Pastores, that he should make the trip by rail. Senate to Investigate Anthracite Coal Prices Washington, Dec. 2. Senate in vestigation into the prices of anthra cite coal will begin in New York Saturday, it ww announced by Sen ator Calder, chairman of the senate committee of inquiry. Senator Cal der said the governors spf the New England states had requested the in vestigation . Minister Held on Charge ' Of Killing Inn Proprietor Windsor, Ont, Dec. 2. Rev. J. O. L. Spracklin. Methodist minister; and Canadian liquor license inspec tor, who shot and killed Beverly Trumble. inn proprietor, during a nid oa the latter s hotel, was bound to th court of assizes on a charge of "killing and slaying" Screen Stars' Photos Added Nebraska To Cash Prizes in Contested n x x Beautiful Sets of Enlarged Portraits toV T'U VUIJ LUSl Winners in Big Identification QC uxs 1 tvt , i TV 7 11 ' Who Fail to Get One of IN C a 1 Will Cash rrepare, movie tins, for a game treat. Are your wits keen? Are you a student of close ob servation? C;.n you recognize a photo of your favorite film star? Then add to your laurels in The liee movie contest which begins next Sunday. Besides the cash prizes that arc offered for your ability to identify photographs of favorite film stars. 15 sets of screen stars enlarged portraits in sepia will be given away to winners of the contest who fail in the cash awards. Don't Miss Out. The photos of Mary Pickford, Anita Stewart, Jack Pickford, Charles Chaplin. Katherine Mac Donald, Constance ..Talmadge. ttor ma Talmadge and '-Mildred Harris arc included in each set. These portraits are highly suitable for framing. Don't miss out on them. Make up your mind to enter the contest. All yon have to do is to identity the photographs of two movie stars on the niction picture page of The Bee beginning next Sunday and continuing for 30 d'lys. Watch for the coupon to enter your name in the contest. Lodge and New Eliminated as Cabinet Timber Men Mentioned as Possible Additions to Harding Offi cial Family Prefer to Re-x main in Senate. Hy The Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 2. Elimination of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and Senator New of Indiana as prospective officers ot .President elect Harding's cabinet was reported to be a definite development of the visit here of Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio, friend and adviser ot the president-elect. , ) . Mr. Daugherty conferre'd with a number of prominent republicans, in cluding Senators Lodge and New. There was no announcement of the subjects or results of the confer ences, but close friends of the two senators said that both had advised Mr. Daugherty that they- desired no cabinet position, believing that they could perform better service for President Harding and their party by remaining, in the senate. Many, matters of legislation were said to have been discussed by Mr. Daugherty , with his republican con ferees. These included Senator Wat son of Indiana, who will go to Phil adelphia tomorrow to confer with Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, chairman of the senate finance com mittee. The question whether partial tariff revision to meet conditions regarded as urgent should be attenVpted dur ing the coming session of congress, preliminary to general tariff revision planned after President Harding's in auguration, was among subjects said to have been taken up with Mr. Daugherty. Regarding cabinet appointments, republican leaders who talked with Mr. Daugherty said there was no dis position on the part of Mr. Daugher ty or any other republican leader to "frame a slate" of cabinet eligible-? for President Harding. Five Persons Perish As Apartment Burns; All Are Identified New York, Dec. 2. Identification of the last of the five victims who perished early today amid flames that swept a five-story apartment house in West Fifty-second street, as Betty Jones, wife of Bobby Jones, a London dancer, was made tonight. The other victims were: Dr! F. M. Potter", veterinary of the New York Hippodrome, trainer of animals and owner of race horses. Ms. Eva Luscombe, English pre mier danseuse adn actress, the wife of Victor Luscombe, an employe of Lloyd's, London. Mrs, Harold B..Reid, vocal stu dent of Goderich, Ont. Mrs. Jessie Jenkins of California, sister of Mrs. Reid. ,. The police started an investigation after receiving reports that stairways were missing between certain floors of the building and there were no fire escapes. " ' Senator to File Raising Live Stock Grazing Fee Salt Lake City( Dec. 2. In sup port of the fight which Senator William H. King of Utah has an nounced he "will make in congress to prevent an increase in grazing fees for live stock upon national forest reserves, Thomas Redmond, secretary of the Utah Cattle and Horse Growers' association. states that three conventions which will assemble in Salt Lake beginning next Monday, will adopt resolutions which will be forwarded to Wash ington. . Descendant of Galindo's Of Spain Dies In San Jose San Jose, Cal., Dec. 2. James Alonzo Forbes, 77, historian who traced his ancestors back to the Calindo family in Spain,-which was said to have sacrificed . its jewels in order to insure the success ot Christopher Columbus' explorations, died here today. He had been ill for eight year Awards. Motion picture theaters in Omaha and Council Bluffs will co-operate with you in this contest. Portraits of the film stars 33 they appear daily in The Bee will be flashed on the screen Tf each theater. The contest will be great sport for you. Get in the game. It is open to men, women and children, anywhere. The only set rules to follow are: Fill out the Movie Contest coupon in next Sunday Bee. j Mail all identifications within three days of publication to the Movie Contest Editor, Omaha Bee. Cash Prizes. Place the name of the sender and the serial number of the photograph-; on the envelope. Simple, eh? Cash awards:are as follows: First $100 Second 50 Third 25 Fourth 15 Fifth 10 Five awards of (each) .". . . 5 Don't skip a day during the con test. Make arrangements with your newsdealer or newsboy to get a copy of The Bee, beginning Sunday. Wheat Prices on Board of Trade Advance 11 Cents Suggestions of Possible Bread Shortage in United .Stales Bring Buying Scare In Pit. Chicago. Dec. 2.-f-Suggestions of the possible coming shortage of bread supplies in the United States, accompanied a buying scare today in the wheat pit. Prices ran up 11 cents a bushel for March delivery, the principal future contract traded in at present. ' The sudden bulge lilted March wheat to $1.66, nearly 20 cents higher than last Friday, when the markeOwas in a state of collapse owing to a series of agricultural bank failures in. North Dakota and an extraordinary combination of other depressing circumstances. The long, downward plunge of other prices, which then culminated, had beemalrerr advantage of from time to time by European interest to ac quire ownership of large amounts of wheat, but it was not generally realized until today that the total of foreign buying might ultimately prove excessive. If figures that were current among dealers turned out to be near fne truth, the export surplus in this country has now been reduced to 60.000,000 bushels, a total ot ls.UUU, 000 bushels less than the aggregate ordinarily on hand when a new har vest is beginning about July.l. Nervousness over the export situa tion was added to bv statements that the new crop in Australia had been mostly brought up, presum ably for Europe and that the Ar gentine harvest was being inter fered with owing to adverse weather. nr ff T1 r T T Diurrs inier uses Chloroform on M an A attempt on the part of a bur glar to loot the home of Herbert Finch on Twenty-fifth street, Coun cil Bluffs, Sunday morning after he had drugged Mr. Finch with chloro form was frustrated by his wife, who was awakened by the fumes of the drug, according to a report at police headquarters yesterday morn ing. Mrs. Finch awakened just in time to see a man crawlinsr on his hands and knees around the foot of the-f bed, she told police. She did not move until he escaped, then she at tempted, to arouse her .husband. She found him unconscious and turned on the lights. The thief had placed a cloth, sat urated with chloroform, over Mr. Finch's face. His wife removed the cloth, but did not succeed in 1 re suscitating her husband for several hours. The episode was not re ported to police until yesterday. Nothing was taken from the home by the burglar, althought a quantity of money and jewelry were in the bedroom. American Physician Is Prisoner in Moscow Riga. DecN2. A letter received at American Red Cross headquarters here, signed by Dr. S. A. Jaugur of Chicago, asserts that the doctor' though an American physician, is imprisoned in .Moscow, the letter adds that he was captured by the Soviets while discharging his duties as a member of the American Red Cross. Brave Janitor Wanted to Take Place of One Murdered Wanted! One brave janitor who doesn't be lieve in ghost stories. This is the sort of an appeal Mayor Smith believes will be necessary to secure a permanent janitor to suc ceed G. F. Lung, who was murdered in the basement of the First Con gregational church last Saturday night. Wanted on Check Charge. . Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.) County .Attorney Vascy filed a complaint in Judge Craig's court against Frank Brown of Wymore, charging him with issuing a worth less check for $26 to V. C. Klcnping- , er, a painter of Beatrice. Stale Plans k Make Fight for $1,000,000 Estate Left hy Late Omaha Tobacco Man. Suit Hi Resid mges on ence The state of Nebraska, it was leatfed yesterday, will fight for the 00,000 estate left by the late John Xeal. western district manager of the K. I. Reynolds Tobacco com pany, who died in Omaha August 29. It will be the first suit of its kind ever brought in this state. If the state wins, Douglas coun ty will also benefit to the extent of $50,000 to $75,000 in inheritance taxes. The suit hinges on whether Mr. Neal was a resident of Nebraska or of North Carolina at the time of his death. The suit will be a legal contest between these two states, for an estate conservatively estimated at $1,000,000. Notified of Move. Assistant Attorney . General Al fred C. Munger notified the Douglas county court ''officials yesferday of the move undertaken by the attorney general's office. He went to Lincoln yesterday, taking with htm a complete history of this unusual case. In Lincoln, he and Attorney Gen eral Davis will determine just what procedure to follow in the case. Actions will probably be brought in the federal court and in the North Carolina courts. Lost Will Involved. A lost will and an alleged widow and son of the supposed Omaha bachelor are involved. The state's interest in the big estate is this: If the typewritten copy of Neat's wH (the original has not been seen since Mr. Neat's death) is disal lowed; and if the claims of the al leged widow and son' are disproved, then the entire estate wr!l go to the coffers of thc slate the state of j which Neal was a legal resideni when he died. Application Made Here. Nobody here seemed to question j that Mr. Neal was a legal resident ot Nebraska at the time of his death. Franklin Shotwell, named executor together with a trust com pany in North Carolina, made ap plication tor probate of the will iri the Douglas county court a few days after Neal died. The will copy, on file in county court, left big blocks of stock in the Reynolds Tobacco company to vari ous personal friends of Neal, in cluding 100 shares to Franklin Shot wlel, an Omaha attorney, and 300 shares to Mr. Shotwell's young f daughter, ihe residue ot the es tate was oequeathea to two or phans .homes in North Carolina, in which Neal, an orphan, had been brought up. All was going peacefully toward , (Turn to Page Two. Column One.) Deserted Kiddies Need Warm Shoes Whole Footwear Means Hap piness to Tots Supplied by Bee Shoe Fund. There are many-children in this dty to whom shoes are a luxury. A pair of shoes means great happiness to them. These kiddies are victims of fate. Their fathers are dead or have de serted them. Their mothers toil bravely, often in sickness, to pro vide a "living'' for their broods. Your dollar brings a heap of hap piness to these little ones. There's a, "waiting list" of waifs with tattered, shoes. If you can help, send or bring your contribution to The Bee ofHfe to be added to the Free Shoe Fund. Previously reported S43S.SA i. II. A 5.00 A Friend of the Kids 2.00 In Memory of Maurice Lannlnr, "Killed tn Action" 10.00 W. S. Vox, Council Bluffs fi.00 Total .S457.85 President Still Working On Message to Congress ' Washington, Dec. It President Wilson still is at work on his an nual message to congress and it was indicated that it probably would not be completed before the end of this weok or early next week. It is un derstood that the' present plan is to communicate it to congress hext Tuesday, the day following the open ing of the session. The president is expected to make a number of recommendations re garding taxation and government fi nances, and senators from the west ern and southern states are hopeful that he also will deal with the situa tion which the farmers are facing as a result of falling prices for their produce. . fylincemeat Latest Object of Federal Prohibition Agents Houston, Tex., Dec. 2. In what was said to be "the opening of a nation-wide campaign, federal prohibi tion agents here seized virtually all of Houston's visible supply of Christmas branded cherries and mincemeat, put up in glass jars prior to prohibition. Armed with search warrants and a moving van, the agents seized more than 400 jars of fruit from eight or 10 retail grocery stores. The agents assert that the fruit contained more than one-half of 1 PSI cent, si alSPhpi, . i ( I l-o1 I . LLJ Alvaro Obregon Inaugurated as Mexico's Chief Inauguration of President Isj Fourth Peaceful Ceremony Of Kind Held in Last ... , Century. ; By The Associated Press. ' . Mexico City, Dec'. 2. General Al varo Obregon was inaugurated pres irlent nf Mpxit-o at midnight Tups- day. The simple ceremony of tak ing the oath of office marked the fourth time in the republic's history of 99, years that the executive pow er has been transferred peacefully. George T. Summerlin, charge d'af faires for the United States, was among those present, at the cere mony. Provisional President de la Huerta, who sat at General Obregon's right as he was sworn in, in the chamber of deputies, was the first to embrace the new president, ar.d as the suc cession of retiring and newly-appointed cabinet ministers,' members of congress and other officials, greet ed President Obregon, moving pic ture machines clicked, and energetic photographers kept up a fusillade of flash lights. The diplomatic gal lery was filled. It is understood Mr. Summerlin at tended the ceremonies in his person al capacity and without any of the members of the embassy staff hav ing received instructions from Wash ington to appear as a courtesy to the incoming president. . Divorce of Duchess Opens TFWo Romances By ROBERT J. PREW. (LolTerwl Service Staff Correspondent.) London, Dec. 2. The recent di vorce decree of the duchess of Mart borough, daughter of the late Wil liam K. Vanderbilt, has opened the way to the realization of two fresh romances. While it is understood that- the former Consuel Vanderbilt is to' marry" Jacques Balsan, well, known French turfman, friends of the duke today said that as soon as the decree obtained by the duchess is made ab solute next May, he will wed Phyl lis Boyd, beautiful daughter of Cap tain and Lady William Boyd, whose mother is a sister ot the earl ot Munster. Captain Boyd is a well known figure at the English race tracks. Philippine Island Solons Oppose Prohibitory Law Manila, P. I., Dec. 1. The joint committee of the house and senate, 5 nnni n t af flip 1acf epecinn n f Vip legislature to study the liquor ques- i tion, has prepared a report against the passage of a prohibition law in the Philippines, it was announced today. The report says that there is no necessity for prohibition, as the liquor business :r. the Philip pines declined slightly in volume last year. Large Tonnage of Iron Is Shipped From Duluth Duluth, Minn., Dec. 2. The total shipment of iron ore for the season reached approximately 50,000,000 tons, according to figures an nounced today, Total shipments from all the docks at the 'head of the lakes for the season show an increase of ap proximately 7.700,000 tons over last year, when 4U,O67,8?0 tons were ijhippcj, , Close Harmony Shows Spirit of "Onward Omaha" Chamher Member "Deals em Off His Arm" While Friends Attend Big Banquet. "Onward Omaha" plans discussed by members of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, at the Auditorium last night will be. discussed with large freight shippers in all parts of the, country by J. L. Fox, traveling freight agent of the Canadian Pacific railroad, as he travels in the United States and Canada in search of busi ness for his company. And thereby hangs a talc. Also a Rock Island freight agent with headquarters in Omaha feels that he has his shoulder to the wheel helping shove Omaha onward. Musing as he carried his tray in a cafeteria, while fellow members of the Chamber of Commerce were seated at a seven course banquet, the Omaha railroad man reluctantly told of his sacrifice, that a visitor should leave the city boasting of the enter prise of Omaha citizens. Overhearing the business seeker from Canada remark that h would like to attend the banquet, as Omaha seemed composed of such an excep tionally "live wire, bunch" of busi ness men, the Omahan generously proffered his ticket to the Audi torium meeting. In making hrs offer he was confident that he could ob tain another tickei ?t the door. But alas and alack! On arriving at the banquet he was informed that every seat was re served. All dinner engagements had been canceled weeks before and he lonesomely ate alone. "I would go and get a few freight shipments away from our Canadian rival t'onigftt," he remarked, "just to even up with Fox. But. what's the use? Everybody But me is at the banquet." I. C. C. Approves Grain Rates -Now Used in Oregon Washington, Dec. 2. The inter state commerce commission today approved existing rates on grain and grain products, in carloads, from points in Idaho, eastern Washing ton and eastern Oregon to Port land and Astoria, Ore., and inter mediate points, and to Vancouver, Wash., and rates on class and com modity shipments between Portland and Vancouver and points in the Co lumbia basin. Rafcs on class and commodity shipments between Portland and Vancouver and points in the Colum bia1 river basin south of the Snake river were held to be unduly prejudi cial to the extent that they exceed 90 per cent of the rate applied on like traffic between Columbia rived basin points and Aslria or Tacoma or points on Gray's harbor and Wil lapa bay. Double Golden Wedding Reception to Be Held Celebration of two golden wed ding anniversaries will be held at Westminster Presbyterian church, Twenty-ninth and Mason streets, the evening of December 10, in the form of a reception in Jionor of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Waterman and Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Middleton, 5170 Jones street. Mrs. Henry E. Maxwell is in charge of the reception. Four Sets of Twins Born. Chester. Pa., Nov. 27. The birth of four Sets of girl twins was re ported to the department of vital statistics of the local health board. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harris Slater, Mr. and Mrs. Horn's S.'.letzky, Mr.'and Mrs. Irwin Rcist and Mr. and Mrs. John Monroe Harding Steamer On Last Leg of Homeward Trip Pastores Headed for Florida Over Smooth Seas To Dock At Norfolk Before Noon Saturday. By The Associated Press. On Board the Steamer Pastores, Dec. 1. Passing northward through the Bahamas late today, the steamer Pastores ' with President-elect 'Hard ing on board, homeward bound from the canal zone, headed up toward the Florida coast over the smoothest seas she had sailed since leaving Cristobal. Mrs. Harding, who had been in her stateroom during most of the voy age, was on deck in the afternoon. Senator Harding made the most of the fine weather, spending several hours playing shuffleboard. j At her present speed the Pastores should dock at Norfolk before noon Saturday. An elborate program has been arranged for Senator Harding's entertainment there, but it is uncertain how much of it can be carried out. If the steamer ar rives in time he will go to Newport News for a visit to the naval station', possibly making an address there and return to Norfolk for an after noon address in 1 the Tabernacle. Saturday evening he expects to at tend a dinner in his honor by the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce. After his speech to be delivered Sunday at the Elks' celebration in Bedford. Va., he probably will go to Washington, although that ha? not been definitely settled. Senator Harding probably will look in at the opening of the con gressional session Monday, being thus the first president-elect ever to sit in his place in the senate. Minneapolis Buys Five ;Players, Two Pitchers Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 2. Purchase of five ball . players was announced today by the Minneapolis American Association club. The men are Fisher and Cullop, pitchers; Stevenson and Stanage, infielders, and Novak, catcher. All played in the South Dakota league this year. Medicos See Movies of War Surgery Wonders Boston, Dec. 2. X-ray motion pictures showing the shell-smashed arm of a soldier being restored to normal and the shatteredJione being replaced by 10 inches of grafted shin bone was shown to Boston surgeons at the conference of the Clinical and The Weather Forecast. Friday fair and slightly warmer. ' . Hourly Temperatures. C a. m 34 1 p. m 45 s a. ni 3S 2 p. m ....47 7 a. m ii 3 p. m SO 8 a. m. ........ 3 5 4 p. m 49 9 a. m 37 5 p. m in ID, a. m 38 p. m. ........48 11 a. m 40 7 p. m 49 12 noon .44 t p. m 48 leaterday's Temperatures. HI L'w! . III L-nr Blamarck ' . . . .46 S Memphis ,...'.u2 40 Boston 52 40:Ne-w York... ,.54 40 Buffalo 46 S4 North riatte . .62 2f Caluary .'.,..."0 24!Phllart9lplila . 42 Cheyenne ....SO 4,st. Iuls ,"i0 "8 Chicago 46 38!st. Paul S2 Kenver 66 44 San Francis. . .6 C2 Pes Moines ..46 34 Heatllc i.O 46 Kansas Uliy. .4:' .16 Sioux City 40 JO Lander ,2 12' (thinners' Hulletlsj. Protect shlpmeni ilurins; th ncut '.'I to 36 hours from temperature a fol lows: North ail west, 50 decrees. S'.iln- i toents espt slid smith run b n.adel asffly. I Farm Aid Is Taken To Congress Hitchcock ' to Introduce Kill Making Profits of Federal Reserve Banks Available For Agricultural Loans. Credit to Germany Urged Washington, Dec. ?. The plight of farmers due to falling prices was taken today to congress. Agricultural committees of the sen ate and iifcu.se in joint session, be rati hearings on conditions brought iboiit by falling prices preliminary to devising relief measures. They decided to ask Secretary Houston and Governor Harding of the federal reserve board to come before them tomorrow after Eugene Meyer, jr., former head of the war finance cor poration, had declared that rehabil itation of that body would go a long step toward furnishing the de sired relief, by financing exports of surplus crops. Senator Hitchcock cf Nebraska told the conference he planned to introduce measures making availably the profits of the federal reserve banks, amounting to about $60,000, OO, for loans to agricultural inter ests. Governor Harding with whom the Nebraska senator conferred, is sued a statement sayirg that neither he nor the board had taken any stand on the proposition. L'e declared he had criticised Senator Hitchcock's plan but that the matter was 011 f fiot witnin the provin-.e of the board, as it concerned the use-of fund- which the- law required should be paid into the treasury. Credit to Germany. Legislation extending a $1,000, 000,000 credit to Germany was advo cated before the joint committee by J. J. Bratter of New York, who claimed to represent the German government, while Senator Smoot of Utah announced lie- would pro pose an embargo on imports of wool for relief of American wool growers in a bill he will offer Monday. Representative Campbell of Kan sas suggested that profits of the grain corporation, about llOO.OOOfW;, be made available for loans to farmers. -! Mr. Meyer told the joint commit tee that the act creating the war finance corporation was passed four months after the armistice and in tended by congress to bridge over the situation by financing exports until - normal conditions were re stored. He said condi'ions now were those to which congress had in mind , (Turn to Pae Two, Column Throe.)- Unidentified Man Leaps to His Death From Omaha Bridge In full view of several employe of the American Smelting works, an unidentified man committed suicide yesterday afternoon at 4 by leaping from the rail at the center of the Douglas street bridge into the Mis souri river. A few minutes before the tragedy the man had entered the office of the Cady Lumber Co., Sixth- and Dougjas streets, and asked A. H. Grant for car fare to get across the bridge. He then went outside and shortly after was seen to jump into the river. Efforts by police to recover the body have thus far been unsuccess ful. The man was described as being about 45 and shabbily dressed. He wore a brown' suit, the coat of which was torn; a grey sweater and a browi hat. The hat was recovered by Charles and August, Faust, 5530 Sputh Twelfth street. The man's face was covered with several days' growth of "beard. "Buy a Barrel of Flour Campaign Is Launched Chicago, Dec. 2. A "buy a barrel ot Hour now campaign was launched here, by the Farmers Na tional Grain Dealers association. H. R. Meiseh, president of the organiza tion, announced that the 600,000 farmers who hold stock ' in 4.800 farmers' elevators would be urged to lay in their winter's flour supply now, "while the price is right." "Our figures show, that the United States has sold for export, nearly all of the wheat it can safely ex port." Mr. .Meisch said. "Nearly 1.000,000 bushels of wheat are being sold for export every day. Soon it will be a fight for American flour or wheat between America and Eu-, rope." Bank Robbers Sentenced X To Indeterminate Terms Salt Lake. City, Dec. 2. Edward Harris and Joe Wall, found guilty of robbingthe Bank of St. George t St. George, Utah, November 13. of $5,000, were sentenced to indeter minate terms in the state prison from one to 20 yeaw by Judge Evans. The men broke into the bank and left in an automobile for Nevada. They scattered unnegoti able securities along the highway and this trail of paper led to their cap ture shortly after crossing the Utah Nevada line. Des Moines ChoseTi for Next Convention of Baptists Minneapolis, Dec. 2. Des Moines, la., was chosen as meeting place next June, of the annual convention of the general board of promotion of the Northern Baptist church at the concluding session of the con vention held here. Mullen in Washington, Washington, Dec. 2 (Special Telegram.) Arthur F. Mullen, e deiuocralic national committeeman of Nebraska, is in Washington on mailer-, hrfurc the Treasury depart ment and the Department of Justice.
