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V THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1920. I Daniels Opposed To Proposal for 1 Naval Holiday & Secretary Says Alliance With Other Nations to .Restrict 'f Building Program Would I Be Bad Blunder. :f Washington, Dec. 14. Rumored ,3 intentions of Great Britain and Japan ;f; to seek a tripartite agreement with the Unite! States for limitation of warship! building programs came up todav in congress. f: In the senate a resolution was of-, fcred by Senator Borah, republican, I '. Idaho, requesting the president to j seek an agreement with those pow-, ers for a five-year naval "building ! Venice with construction programs ij 'cut during that period. "It would," lie said, "develop - whether Great i Britain and Japan are sincere in talk of curtailment of armament.'1 ' 'v : Before the house naval committee, 7 Secretary Daniels presented his reo : ommendations for naval construction "i: with this comment: ; "I profoundly believe that the ,United States cannot afford to take - t nvc vv,a3 " - , ... ' 1 I 1 A T.non ' .. oecn rumorca ,c-nic.iiu nuu 'will suggest to this country. Alliance. Blunder. "It would be a blunder, almost a berime, for the United States to enter fcjnto an alliance with any two or V" three nations either to. suspend or ipcurtail naval building or for any rother purpose." It would certainly Pmake for suspicion among the pthcr illations. , ,. ... ' ' : Senator Borah's resolution went 3 the foreign relations commitee without debate. The Idaho senator 'SSfcaid he would urge prompt action. ;fg The house naval eommittee pre 7 pared to inquire into the relative &owe?. It warinformed by Ad- ' This striking costume, known as the -Jnjun frock," and worn by IS rnnt2 chief ofwal ooera- ?W wasneW the unique styles displayed t the show of the iton. iccomMniee SeoXry - Faion Art league-at the Congress hotel, Chicago, foently. The" cos wili Sit if 2f ln were tnie has trousers on the order, of the well-known "harem pants," cov t.AL,nczr 1 ered with a full shbrt skirt of tan duvetyn, much like doeskin, and decked lanital shio ' tonnage fieures would e: Great Britain, 864.600; United ..-States, 468.000; Japan, 326.000. To Discuss Strength. ,The , officer was" instructed to be pi-eady tomorrow, to discuss in de rail at: an' executive session, ..the ..question of relative strength, exist . Iginir and projected. ; ; p Secretary Daniels told the com mittee he agreed entirely with Sena tor Harding's recent statement at Norfolk, that the navy should be :Scommensupe with the nation s in frterests, reiterating his opinion that Pit should be "equal to any in the f world." ,. : pi "I wish we could have a world f agreement to settle-disputes with--out recourse to arms," he added, "but until that - time comes and (T copies surely, we ought to carry out ,tur naval building program. Heanng on Power r D t "Yj LOmpanV KateS UpenS (ConttnueJ From Tag On.).. , ... i Z. r ojeon. - inis wih have been caed t0 lain all 'fesaiW fin? stibsequent.tions they have made in a-dispatch f Tn ? A" " c -.1. iT sent to" "various foreign ambassadors- VnriAJ0 2& Mayor Smith, who i herc iative to outrages which they 'f-i::..M!v?';a""su -. pany applied foe an increased sdhed :i-ule of rates last January and that rsome evidence was taken by the -council at that time. By common consent it was agreed that the mat g ter should be held in abeyance un- i til the lapse of at .least six. months, "to observe whether there would be ; any increase in the net earnings ;;pf the company.. g Says Increase Necessary. 5"- "We are prepared to show; that -our conditi5n r has grown steadily Jgworse since last January," said At storney Kennedy or the company, "We are askingfor a reasonable rc - turn on the. value of the pr6perty. HWe wilt demonstrate- that we. were entitled to not only an increase last Janrtary, but that the necessity for gan increase has been emphasized gdoring' the interim which has relapsed. Our books are open to the members of the city council and to -our consumers and we t e ready to substantiate all of our statements. ;We are asking for a raise of rates Son every class of our business, to 7, all of the patrons we serve. We are ijamplifying our previous request for ;ja.n increased schedule of rates." ' Mayor Smith announced that he would be glad to have any con :.sumers take part in the hearing and f to cross-question the witnesses. Mr. Kennedy announced ,that he ;ViH file with the city council today ?a schedule, of the rates which the company, wishes to establish in or iider that it may obtain a fair return j f tx its investment'.. , ' ' , The council ordered copies' of the valuation report which was prepared -by Mr.- Bailey. " Mr. Brogan sug Sgestcd that, .the council should en- gage an expert in electric plants and : rates to examine the witnesses intet r'ligeotly. if, "We will take plenty of.timejo ihave experts examine the showing ; tnade by the company," replied the if B. Howell suggested thftt the ::company should be asked to submit Copies .of its monthly reports to the lilectrk: Bond, and Shares company. 15, . ' Item Explained. Daring the running analysis , of S$he valuation report, Mr. Bailey ex tlained that the Hem of $96680. al Viowed for cost' of securing capital, reperesented what it would cost a iutility company to secure funds to V-the extent obtained by the Nebraska flower Co. 1 He explained how bond rliouscs or trust companies, make a business of .handling securities for iuch companies. The item of $1, 1 421.800, which he allowed in the 'val uation, foe the development of the business, is what is generally known -ISs "going value," and is frequently ' a matter of dispute in rate-making ,'bodles.. -Mr. Bailey explained that nthis inUngible value was based on jhe assumption that if this plant frjv-ai reidy to begin operations, and would start with approximately one 'Tthird of the business under contract, U would require three years to "tteach the present volume of bus c an it in the meantime there pwould be expensevfor carrying the - t-lant to an earnine ;basis. He re ferred to these expenses as "deficits jiiuring the period of development. . ii. Lighting Fixturei-t-Oranden Elec- ftric ,o. lofmerly" Brget-Gfandn Unique Styles '''' ' tH'&k- vw film a V v - fui 17 i i iitw'3 Mi III iif isii l 1 few V hw- with a beautiful pattern of J'wampum beads. . . Military Probe Of Cork Fires to Complete Work Mayor and Sinn Fein Parlia ment Members Called Upon To Explain- Allegations ' " "Alleged Made. London, Dec. 14. Investigation by a military commission of the fifes which swept the city of Cork on Sat urday night and Sunday was expect ed to be completed there today. Ma jor General Strickland, commander !f military forces in Ireland, is the head of the commission, and the tak- The mayor of Cork and two Sinn I Fein members . of the Parliament declare to have been perpetrated in I Cork 'during the last week. Announcement of the commission's findings was awaited with keen inter est, as the question of who wasre sponsible for the fires in Cork has assumed great .-importance -since the conflagration. In the absence of clear evidence rival -elements have been doing their utmost to fix the Diame on the auxil:ary pol'ce or the Irish extremists, respectively. Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief sec retary for Ireland, speaking in the House of Commons last nigtit, as serted his belief that the auxiliary police did not start .the fires, and oointed out thev were not equipped with incendiary bombs, whicj; news dispatches assert, were used to spread flames in Cork. Frospects ot a truce in Ireland ap pear to have been' blasted by, tne most recent events in that rsiana, declared Sir Hamar. ' I s ' Telephone service bctweeji Eng land arid Dublin, which was in terrupted' last -night, was resumed this morning. ,Dublin . passed a quiet night, said ' a message to the exchange .telegraph company to day. . ( ; ;, . " Decrease Shown in v Value of Farm Crops (Continued From Faga One.) wheat came from almost every im portant winter wheat state, lhe greatest 'gain, 13,000,000, is in Kan sas, the leading producer ot win ter wheat. In that state the in crease was helped by an area of over l,uuu,uiKJ acres ot volunteer wheat sprouted from shattered ijrain in the autumn of 1919, wliichT de spite its unpromising beginning and doubtful prospects in the spring of 1920, came finally to harvest. "In general, it appears that the reduction in crop acreage in 192Q below 1919 is less than was thought and reported at ' the beginning of the crop season. Notwithstanding the early unfavorable conditions for farm work; the efforts of the farm ers to fully seedtheir fields, as sisted by 'favoring, days that came late in the planting period, risulted in plantings greater than antici pated." -0 Increase Over November. Increases in almost every crop were reporied in the revised pro duction figures, as compared with the preliminary estimates announced in November. .Corn, with a record crop, shows an increase" of .about 33,000,000 Bushels, winter wheat an increease of almost ' 48,000,000 bushels; spring wheat a decrease ol 9,000,000 bushels, oats an increase oi almost 70,000,000 bushek, barley in creased almost 11,000,000 bushels; potatoes increased 9,000,000 bushels and tobacco - increased .32,000,000 pounds. The yield of corn per acre set a record with an average production of 30.9 bushels. Only once before has the average yield per acre ex ceeded 30 bushels and that was in 1906 when 30.3 bushels was made. While the corn crop is a record one, its yalue this year is $1,662,000, 000 lss than last year's crop, which was smaller ' by-374,000.000 bushels. i The price being paid to farmers foK at Art ' Show State Board to Take Control of Insurance Firm Agreement Between State and Company Stipulates That Building Traded for Stock , Be Returned. Lincoln, Dec. ' 14. (Special.) The troubles of theBankers Fire In surance company which was recently called before the state board of se curities, charged ; with unlawful transactions covering insurance oi stock, will be assumed by the state board, stipulations f having been agreed upon by the company "and the state and approved by the district court of Lancaster county in. which the suit had been brought by the state, restraining the Company from going farther in its business which involved other companies in which the officers of the Bankers Fire com pany were also officers, but which are not included in the present transaction.! The stipulations are that the state department take over the business of. the -company pending settlement of its difficulties; that approval of action of the company in reexmvey itlg to A. H, Armstrong the; office building, which was traded "to the company for stock- and, in turn, Arn strong assigns all his rights and in terest in the fire company. Ap proval is made of action of the board of directors of the company in assigning to Charles Maixnor and H.'W. Kenyon, stockholders in the company, all interest in certain Colorado land mortgages and the withdrawal of same and also ap proves payment to Maixon and Kenyon of 4,500 casK with assign ment of all rights of the men in the company. The court affirms. According to Attorney General Davis, stockholders of the company may be called in later and the com pany continued under a reorgani zation plan, as he feels that pos sibly things are not so. badly mixed but what the 'company may be saved. The board of directors have resigned, but will be held liable for all losses. - ' " Brothers Confess Jewelry. Robbery Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14. (Special Telegram.) With nearly 200 fine rings and other articles! of jewelry in their possession, Stephen and Wilber Boblet, brothers, were ar rested here this afternoon following information that a jewelry store at Billings, Mont., had been robbed of $8,000 worth of gems. The rings still had attached the tags showing they had come from a Billings store. The men had' been stopping at a hotel near the Burlington depot since Sunday. Black and Tans Attacked By Party of Armed Men Dublin, Dec. 14. A party of armed men attacked a military motor lorry carrying six black and tans at Ball's bridge, on the outskirts of this city, this morning. The black and tans took cover in the postoffice. Re inforcements were rushed up and re lieved them. The casualties, if any, had not be reported up to this afternoon. corn on December 1, was announced by the department as 67.7 cents a bushel as compared with $1,349 a year ago. , ' Productions of the various trops are estimated in' the following terms: Bushels, corn, winter wheat, spring wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, flaxseed, rice .potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, beans and peaches; tons, hay and cottonseed; pounds, tobacco, beet sugar and cane sugar, sorghum syrup; bales, cotton; boxes, oranges, and barrels, apples. , : ADVKRTISEMKNT To Cure a Cold in One Day Tak Umve' LAXATIVR . HROMO QCT. N1NB tahlBta. Tile gonulnn bear i&e Hay Rates From Idaho Lowered By 33 Per Cent . .. ' y .... .. .... Union Pacific Officials Say Reduction Is to Induce Ship ping of Alfalfa Now Held Up in the West. Omaha commission 'men interest ed in the hay and alfalfa market re ceived with cheer an announcement made yesterday by the traffic de partment of the Union Pacific rail road of a reduction on hay and al falfa meal rates from Oregon Short Litie points in Idaho. The reduc tion is 33 1-3 per cent of the present hay rates of $15 a ton. This change is planned to effect an important movement of hay and alfalfa from: Idaho, v Millions of' tons of the product have been held up by the farmers in that section of the country on ac count of prevailing financial condi-v tions, the traffic bureau announced. Other Rates Not Affected. Reduction in freight rates on hay and alfalfa from, other and nearer points to Omaha can notbe justi fied, the bureau announced. It is the emergency of the tieup of alfal fa hay in Idaho that is being met and that only, a report, issued by the bureau states. The new $10 a ton emergency rate wjll be published as such shortly and will expjre on. April 30, 1920 . This decision on the part of the Union Pacific railroad has been made at the ugent requests of the governor of Idaho, commercial xlubs and shippers in that section of the country. Countless telegrams setting forth impossibilities of mov ing the hay and alfalfa at standing ratesNhave been received by the rail road. , v Hay Is Only Crop. Alfalfa hay is a staple .crop and in most sections ' of inter-mountain 'country is the only farm product. 1 An enormous hay surplus has been cut and stacked in all irrigated sec tions of Idaho, conservatively esti mated at more than 1,000,000 tons. This amount is greatly in excess of home feeding demands, and is too far away to be sold on any eastern mar ket arid leave anything for the pro ducer after baling, hauling and pay ment of present freight charges, the bureau's report states. Conditions Exceptional. Hay and alfalfa conditions in Ida ho are therefore different than in any other section of the west. Hay 'commission men in Omaha have been working on this matter with railroad and state officials for sometime. It was through the efforts of C. E. Childs, head of the traffic bureau of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and C J. Lane, general freight agent of the Union Pacific railroad, that the reduction was effected. Stock Food Ajent Arrested. Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 14. (Special Telegram.) Charles Cartmel was ; arrested here by the Stanton county sherif on a charge of selling stock food without a license. Women are mplovcd as drivers of j both private and public-hire motor i vehicles in England - I v In the Interest of Better Service d The Th o rh p s n - Belden store will not remain open evenings before Christmas , " '. ;1 - CJWe believe that this will result in more helpful and intelligent assistance orr the part of those who serve -; you during the busy Holi- ' . day season. - Thompson-Belden & Co. Haas Brothers Second Floor Brown Block Coming Thursday: A Sale That Surpasses Anything Ever Attempted in Omaha 985 DRESSES Secured in the Greatest Purchase Ever Consummated by Haas Brothers. All to Be Offered at One Price $10.00 See Our Windows. Plan Now to Attend. Watch Wednesday Evening Papers. Haaa Brothers are very exacting in every statement that ap pears In their advertising, and when we state that this Is our greatest sale and will prove a bigger sensation than our wonderful $10 sale of two weeks ago, you can rely on something mostsex traordlnary. ' Letter bf Dead Girl Introduced in Trial ' (Continued From re One.) a traveler's check for $50, which was later found on Dr. Fields' person. He said that he wrote another letter later, " The answer to the letter from Ruth was then, introduced. -It is in part as follows: : "My Dearest Own Ruth God bless you dear heart. You are tho dearest, bravest cirl that ever lived. C-od knows how I love you.' I've missed you ever since you ieic. i give anything to be with' you, but I'm going to help you ailtl can. Prayed For Her. , "Don't give up and come right straight here when it is ell over so 1 can- see you. Why," it's been a year already. I'll have to give up school this year. I am already $300 in debt, but I'm going later and maybe then, you can help me. "Yes dear, I'll find you if it takes the rest of my life. Dearest you don't know how I long for you. I'll pray for you tonight dearest, and I know you'l' come through alright. Ruth, it won't be very long. Yours forever. Watson." -This letter wis addressed to the home of Mrs. Deyo, practical nurse 2704 North Sixty-fourth street, where the illegal operation is said o have been performed. Traveler's Check Identified. Enclosed in this letter was the traveler's check, which, when intro duced as evidence, was admitted by Alexander as being the one he sent from Hayes . Center in reply , to Ruth's request for more money. Alexander was still nervous from the questioning and events of the morning when he testified in the afternoon. His answers came in a low tone. He was admonished sev eral times by Judge Troup to speak louder. Telegrams, which announced th death of Rhth, signed by Dr. Fields, and an answer sent by Alexander also were introduced. ' Up until yesterday afternoon Dr. Fields wore" an optinrstic smile, but the admission of Ruth's last letter seemed to lower his spirits. His face turned ashen and he was visibly perturbed the remainder of the aft ernoon. . Displays Emotion. Young Alexander began hts testi mony yesterday morning. He was extremely nervous. His voice refused to come sometimes and often sank to a whisper. He moistened his lips, clasped and unclasped his hands. , He admitted the relations that ex isted between him and Ruth Ayer and that he was responsible for her condition. When shown the last let ter she had written him, he gazed long at it and held it to his lips while the lawyers were arguing. He de clared he begged Miss Ayer repeat edly to marry -him as a way out of their troubles, but that she refused. Dr. W. R. Strickland testified that he administered the ether to Miss Ayer, both on Tuesday, August 3, and on Thursday, August 5, when, he said. Dr. Fields operated. Dr. Fields approached him, after the death of the girl, and begged him to.sav nothing of the operation o Tuesday, he said. On the dayof the inquest, he testified, Fields asked hira to "forget the Tuesday operation." . jjr , - Pennsylvania has more than 90,000 miles of highways, j - x Sixteenth and Donglag Sts. Woman to Face 7 , Trial on Charge ; Of Killing Man Rooming House Proprietress J . Alleged to Have Murdered . TJarber, Following Series Of Quarrels. Alliance, Neb.. Dec. 14. (Special Telegram.) r ' Mrs. Evelyn Prciss McElhaney, "25, will be placed on trial in district court here Wednes day on a charge of first degree murder in connection with the shoot ing of Earl B. Anderson, ex-soldier and local barber, here December 7. This "will be the first calse in which a woman has been tried for first de gree murder, in western Nebraska. Mrs. McElhaney is alleged to have shot Anderson following a series, of quarrels. f Mrs. McElhaney was proprietress of the Wilson rooming house, which has been raided several times by officers. Anderso'n is said to have been drinking on the night of the shooting and to have, been extreme ly jealous of the woman. Testimony was given at the preliminary trial tending to show that Anderson had threatened to kill Mrs. McElhaney on a previous occasion. He left the rooming house a few minutes before the shooting and Mrs. McElhaney is alleged to have followed him into the, alley and fired the fatal shot. There are reported to have been several eye witnesses to the shoot ing. . Cleanup Expected. , Public sentiment is strongly sgainst the woman, because of the Carpets at Bedrock Prices at Bowen's This Week -V We are right now dis playing a line of Carpets, second to none in the city, such as Wiltons, Velvets, Axminsters and Tapestry Brussels, and at prices which we believe to ,be considerable less than they will be in 1921. If you anticipate the need of Carpets, you will save dollars by buying at Bowen's right now. Advertisement 0S olltn firin J3l lees iwrKC sr aucgea una reputation 01 uic yuuiu I MMI I -. ft' I I L is 11 I L411I I ini7li X ITIiTQ. TITil 1 IzWM - I' i m. r m wr m w m iiibi t-w m v m smi . H onstraas season barren g i j lacks not otuj ik B 'heart of simple roonborkt 8 - H ; also the wise rnaus hearts, gj . P of sjmfathjf urith all heau- 1 1 tiful an6 lasting fowap. m ! I 0hptUi0Ott; I ' I I ... I IT 1 1(1 I wg house which she conducted, ' which it lias been rumored was th headquarters ot a gang of gamblers nnd crooks. Revelations of a start ling nature are. expected to, be brought out at the. trial, and. It is rumored that a complete cleanup of several rooming houses and gam bling places will follow the trial. District Judge W. H. v Westover, who is presiding . in- district court, has instructed the sheriff's office that overcrowding of the court room at Mrs. McElhaney's trial will not be permitted and that the doors will be closed and guarded by of ficers when the 200 seats have been filled. At the preliminary hearing Saturday several hundred specta tors were unable to get scats ,and were excluded from the court room. Attorney W. A. Prince of Grand Island will have active charge of the prosecution and will be as sisted by County Atorpey , Lee Basye. t ' " Sensational Trial " The trial is Expected to be the most sensational murder trial ever held in this part of the state. ' It is expected that the taking of tes timony will require two or three days. The body of Anderson was taken today K his sister, Mfcs Hette Anderson, at Atlanta, Ga. Trace of the murder victim's sister ?was ob tained through a story of the mur der published in The Omaha Bee.. The secretary of the Omaha chapter of the Red Cross home service sec tion read file story which told of the failure of the authorities here to locate Anderson's relatives and wired County Attorney , Basye that Anderson-Jiard received -aid. through the Omaha Red 4 GfosS in filing compensation . claims for disability incurred, in service and giyiag the address of Anderson's sis in' Atlanta. Authoriticsyhere then communicated with Miss Anderson and received instructions to send the body to At lanta for burial. a tough bird That's what a turkey is when you i carve .'with a popir knife. We have 1 RUSSELL'S CARVERS ' With Stag, Ivoride Handles, ' which make a ' useful Gift Then we have the Russell's Whittlers' Sets tor the boy or for the boy's father; $1.00 'estch. aoin the Club. Jas. Morton & Son Co. 15U-13 Dodge Street HARDWARE AND TOOLS Wage Reductions Announced In All Parts of Country Employes of - Massachusetts Shoe Factory Voluntarily Reduce Wages 10 Per Cent Atlanta Laborers Cut. Marlborough, Mass., Dec. 14. A voluntary wage reduction of 10 per sent was voted today by employes of B. A. Corbin & Sons, shoe nianu- facturers. The action was taken, it 4 was said, to insure the filling at the local factory of a government con tract for army shoes which the em ployes feared wouM go to the com- , pany's plant in Webster, where a similar wage cut recently announced is in effect. Atlanta, pec' 14. Wage ' reduc tion of from 16 to 20 ter cent for common laborers, carpenters, paint ers, plasterers, bricklayers and ce ment finishers, effective January 1, were announced toda by 32 con- tractors and builders, members of the master builders' . association of Atlanta, - Union leaders claimed that the employes effected were non union workers. . Fresno, Cal., Dec. 14. Reduc tions ot wages for ! farm labor of from 25 to 50ccrits a day were put nto effect todajr by the Valley Fruit Growers' association, a large farmer organization. ' Hydraulic brakes on both front and rear wheels . are among thfxr?- ' cent developments for motor vehicle.- and Buffalo Horn, a