THE BEE: - OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1920.
obligation to help Europe," he said.
William C Redfield,, former sec
retary of commerce, urfeed a world
wide trade development, saying that
America was yet in the infancy of
her export trade. He asserted that
"tremendous pull of English capital
is operating abroad in favor of Eng
lish industry." , ,t ;
Civet Farmers viewpoint?
The farmers' viewpoint was ex
plained by J. B. Howard, president
of the American Farm Bureau fed
eration,, who said that if th,e pro
posed corporation would provide a
market for farmers' products it
would have their bacKiner. Tulius
H. Barnes, former he"ad of the Unit
ed state grain corporation, and Eu
gene Meyer, jr., who headed the
war finance corporation, presented
their -views gained from experience
in. government work during the war,
Mr. Howard maintained that for
the last fottr or five years the farm
er had not prospered as has busi
ness. The prosperity of this coun
try which is not now so very prom
ising, will not again be in full
swing until buying power of the
farmer is restored," he said.
"Practically one-half of th,e farm
ers of this country are tenants, men
"of little' capital.' If these farmers
are forced to liquidate, one-f ourUt
of the farms in the centralwest will
go into bankruptcy."
A committee orf plan and scope
was appointed and its recommenda
tions for organization and definite
procedure will be heard tomofrow.
A national committee Is expected to
be appointed as a result of the meet
ing, to evolve the necessary steos
for incorporation of the financing
organization. Wjlli am C, Redfield's
name was . prominently mentioned
bj conferees as ffobable president
of the new corporation. .
Wages of Farm Workers at
Stanton Take Big Drop
Stanton, Neb., Dec. 10. (Special
Telegram.) Farmers of the Cana
dian settlement have cut all farm
laborers' ) salaries to $50 a month.
Many farmers were paying their
men, who had families, $100 a month,
furnishing free house, giving them
milk, potatoes and fuel as well as al
lowing them to keep a flock of
chickens. With the -present slump
in prices, farmers have decided upon
the new wage scale, $50. Likewise,
with corhhuskers, it has been impos
sible to. hite them for .less than 8
cents, and now wjth lots of, corn in
the fields, pickers can be had at 7
cents or less. ,- , j ' y .
Starts Suit to Settle
Andrew Seaman Estate
Plattsmouth, Neb., Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.) Suit has been filed . m dis
trict court here by Harriett E. Wolfe,
sister of tfic late Andrew J. Seaman,
Omaha recluse, to settle tax claims
against propeVty jh Louisville, Alvo
and Plattsmouth.
City
Gas Rates
Are Denounced
ty Mayor Smith
Executive Quotes Figures in
'Speech to Prove Statement
iThat Raise in Charges
; Was Unnecessary.
, ."A damned outrage" was the class-
uication oi me increase in ine ga
rates and the management of the gas
plant given by Mayor Smith last
night in an address to the North
': Side Activities club at Druid , hall,
Twenty-fourth street and Ames ave
nue. . v
According to the figures given by
the mayor, who had procured them
from the Omaha Gas Co., the re
ceipts for 1919 were $1,311,000. The
entire costs were $945,000, .which
J gave a profit of $366,000. For the
' " first three months of 1920, receipts
were $395,668 and costs were $243,-'
(100. The cost of manufacturing the
' gas and delivering it to the homes
'' was 63 cents a thousand cubic feet
iif 1919, against 62.3 cents in the
'.i l. f T..n 10?n
: "In the name of common sense,"
Mayor Smith remanded, "will some
n man tell me why, after making a
'nrofit of $1,000 a dav. did the gas
ptant begip to lose money on the
, first- day of the" change in owner
ship?" The increase in rates was
wholly without justification, he
He also attacked the charge
for service and reduction in quality
of gas.
Mayor Smith said he had asked for
'& statement of costs and receipts and
Mr. Howell's reply was that a new
system of accounting was being in
stalled and for that reason he was
I unable to furnish it.
- As to the service charge, the
'major cited an example, waving a
receipted bill jn the air, as evidence
of a scrub woman who was charged
$1 for gas and $1.50 for reading the
meter. Another woman was charged
$271 for reading the meter, accord
ing to the mayor.
: Tli new rates, according to the
mayor, will repay the original in
vestment in about two years.
C. A. Beno of Council Bluffs gave
a short talk on the subject of a
i free bridge. His views were coin
cident with those of the mayor of
Council Bluffs and Mayor Smith.
Speaking on the free bridge project,
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Jvr. xeno saiu mat mc ui iugc is
t thO only one on the entire Lincoln
Hiway for which a charge to cross'
is . wiade. Kansas CityN is. making
a: biK effort to change the route of
this vfehway, and its greatest argu
ment is the fact that there would
' then b no tribute exacted from
transcontinental tourists.
30 Indicted in -
Uuildink Probe
Anti-Trust Campaign in New
York Speeds Up With Ac
tion of Grand Jury.
New York, Dec. 10. New York's
"anti-building trust"., machine went
into high speed today, when more
than 30 indictments bringing the
total above 60, and the disbanding
oi two contractors associations,
were announced as direct resultsoi
grand jury and joint legislation in
vestigations. Another sensational development
included charges by Samuel Unter
myer, committee counsel, that "great
financial and industrial powers" of
the country "through hired propa
gandists and publicity agents, have
thrown themselves into the fight to
block the investigation Of the,, al
leged building trust just as it "is
attout to enter upon its mo.Jt crucial
stage."
Of today's indictments, 29 charged
members of the Cut Stone Contrac
tors association with violating the
Donnelly anti-trust laws of the state.
Each defendanfNras arraigned and
held in $5,000 bail after pleading not
guilty. .
With the announcement the asso
ciation had disbanded and agreed to
aid in the prosecution of New York's
"building trust" the legislative com
mittee counsel acceded to the indict-
f ed's men's request for a week's time
in which to change their pleas or
make necessary motions. ; '
Man on Trial for Murder
Commits Suicide in Cell
'Marion, 111., Dec. 10 Frank
Biancia committed suicide in his
cell in the county jail here 'on the
fifth day of his, trial on charges of
first degree murder. -v He"; with De
Santis, alsp charged with rmirder,
were indicted in connectionwith the
death of Amiel Calcaterra and Tony
Hemphill at West . Frankfort, - 111.,
last August, .when anti-alien feeling
there culminated in Tioting. The
trial of De Santis proceeded.
Yeggs Get $400 From Safe v
Of Denison Service Station
Denison, la., Dec. -,- 10. (Spe
cial.) The safe at the service sta
tion of the Standard Oil Co. at Den
ison was blown open Friday, and
cash and checks amounting to. $400
taken. ; ..: .' .
Wife Causes Arrest.
Louis Moser, salesman, 5413 Flor
ence boulevard, was arrested yes
terday following the filing of infor
mation by Mrs. Marguerite Moser.
charging him with nonpayment of
alimony. - He Was released tinder
$1,000 bond.
Bankers Endorse
Plan for Foreijm
Trade Extension
Proposed Corporation Would
. Be . Formed Under Edge
Law to Aid American '
Producers.
Chicago, Dec. 10. - 'Organization
of a corporation to finance foreign
trade to be backed by bankers,
manufacturers and merchants was
endorsed today by prominent speak
ers before a conference under aus
pices of the American Bankers'
association. 1
The proposed corporation would
be formed under the Edge Jaw with
a capital of $100,000,000, available to
American producers as cash pay-
kpient tor their goods on which for
eign buyers would be unable t6 pay
cash.
Herbert Hoover, speaking before
the afternoon .session, declared if
the progress were successful today's
conference would have been the
most momentous since the armis
tice. -
"Voir are gathered here for the
fundamental purpose of doing some
thing practical in the solution of a
financial situation bfK everyday
means," Mr., Hoover said. "You
have a great .problem, for our farm
ers today are suffering great losses
and our workmen great unemploy
ment. This-Vdue to a Considerable
degree to, the stagnation in orders
for our export surplus.
"From this stagnation the consum
ing power of our own home market
is reduced and effects are accumu
lating upon us. A
i Qredit Only Remedy. ,
"We must face the issue that these
economic ills arise from the vicious
economic circles tfcat can be broken
in one way only and that by the es
tablishment of credits abroad, not
the dangerous short-time credits in
which we have already become over
extended, but the long time invest
ment in reproductive enterprises." :
Mr. Hoover declared that present
problems should be solved by the
processes of business and the indi
vidual initiative of man rather than
by the government. Government
promotion, he said, would lead to
vicious ends and would be subject to
"every pressure that desperate for
eign statesmen can invent."
Declaring that if America wanted
Europe's trade she must help that
continent now, A. C. Bedford, vice
president of the International cham
ber ofrbmtiierce, painted an encour
aging picturd of Europe in the re
construction period. f -
We yave a moral and abusiness
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Held on Charge
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Arraigned Yesterday . in SPed
eral Court fdlr Alleged Vio-
lation.of Mann Act With
Afton" Waitress.
Walter Burks, employed at the
Maiestic cafe in Council Bluffs, and
Willian? Fountas, proprietor of the
People's restaurant . in fhis city,
were arraigned yesterdayafternoon
before v the federal commissioner
in Council Bluffs upon charges' of
violating the Mann act.
They were held to the federal
grand jury,- which convenes in
February. Bonds for Burks and
Fountas Xvere fixed at $1,506 ,and
$1,000, respectively.
,The principal witness in the case
was Miss Bessie Graham, 18, of Af
ton, la., who says she came to
Council Bluffs from Creston three
weeks ago with Burks, whem she
met at the Imperial cafe there.,
The Graham girl testified -that
Burks took her to Omaha the night
they arrived in the Bluffs, but that
she paid their street car fare across
the river. They stayed all night
at a hotel in Omaha, she said; and
next morning she pawned her watch
to pay the room rent.
Last Wednesday night, she testi
fied, Buries induced her to accom
pany him and William Fountas to
Omaha, where she went to a hotel
with both of them. ' Fountas paid
the carfare, she said, t
The commissioner told Bessie he
would permit her to return to the
home of her stepfather, C. R. Coo
per, in Afton, if she would fign he
own b,ond to return jn February as
a witness .against the men.
Operation Saves Sight of -s
Man Kicked 14 Years Ago
Plattsmouth, Neb., Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.) William Stohlman, Louisville
business -man, was operated on in
Omaha last week for an injury sus
tained 14 years ago. .when, he was
kicked by. a cow. The bones of his
nose were broken and so knit to
gether as to cause pressure on the
optic nerves and threatened total
blindness. Although the operation
required two hours, it was performed
without anaesthetic, and Mr. Stohl
man is now able to work.
California Bank Closed.
Rivprsidp. Cal.. Dec. 10. The Farm
ers and Merchants, bank of Blythe,
Riverside county, has closed its
docys, it was learned here.
Recipe for "Hootch"
Gets Still Owner $50
Flne and Warning
CliltMMto Tribiraa-Omaha He I.raard wirv.
Chicago, Dec. 10. Sfcve Bench
gave Judge Barasa his recipe for
making "hootch" and the best he got
in return was a $50 fjne and a warn
ing that it would be $100 for the
next offense. Officer Edward' Mach,
who raided Bench's moonshine dis
tillery, testified that' Berich hit hiir.
in the eye.
"You take 30 pounds of sugar,"
said Steve to the judge. " and 30
pounds of prunes and 10 pounds of
dried apples. You put 'em in a bar
rel of water for 8 days and then you
cook the lot.' That will give you
fine whiskey." ' ,
"And also a nasty , temper," said
Officer Mach, pointing to his dis
colored eye.
"And , $50 and costs," said the
judge.
"Another batch "will stew up" to
$100, so bu careful." , ,
$170,000 Insurance Paid
On Life of Olive Thomas
Nevi York, Dec. 10. It became
knowfl today that the amount for
which the lif? of Olive Thomas, the
motion picture star who died at
Paris in September as the resuof
self-administered : mercurial ' poison
ing, was insured was $170,000. Jt has
been paid in full tp the Selznick Pic
tures corporation, the concern which
took out that amount on its sta
Pastors Plan to. Invite
' "Gypsy" Smitl for Revival
The Otnaba Ministerial union yes
terday decided to conduct a month
or five weeks' religious campaign
next October and to invite "Gypsy"
Smith, famous English evangelist,
to take part. The suggestion was
dffcred by the ReV. Titus Lowe, pas
tor of the First Methodist church,
who met the evangelist , two wjeks
ago in New York, where he is con
ducting a ""scries of religious re
tabernacle such as is wed by Billys
seating capacity.
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Murderer Is Executed.
Canon City, Colo.-, Dec. 10.
George Bosko( confessed slayer of
E. C. Parks ai Will Hunter, was
hanged at the state prison-here.
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