Nebraska Newspapers

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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, ' DECEMBER 27, 1920.
v
; Fiume Blockade '
; v Is:Compared to
. Movie Comedy
But to Tired People of Lhtle
State., Siep Borders' on ,
Tragedy-r-Inhabitants
' Face Starvation.
By, FRAZIfiR HUNT.
. Ch'fnm Tflhun Cablt, Crrl(bt 1BI0.
Fiume, Bee. (2.--(By Courier to
Venice.) The stage is all set here
for a fine old-fashioned motion pic
ture war. It is billed as a comedy,
t arid yet any moment may turn it
intCT a tragedy. ' ,
At midnight the Italian gove,rn
nviit announces 4 blockade and at
tfaybreak d'Annunzio declares war.
l-roin fiis one-time Hungarian palace
on a hill overlooking this long-dis-
pu.ed harbor, he vows to tffefend
i iuinev;'for Italy against Italy" unti!
' the curtain drops '
"If it is to live," the poet warrior
thunders in his latest proclamation,
"Fiume will live" only in the splendor
- of the flag of Italy. If it is to die,
' 1'iilnie will die only as sacrifice to
the fig( of Italy."
- .This is all high comedy to the
ou'.s' ler. But to fhe poor, tired
people of this hea-throkeft little state
H ere is in:ghty little of comedy
bmlt t. 'J;. . '
HVVh will sa.ve us frdm our sa
' iors?" rhey try to ask with a smile
' but it is a pitiful smile. :
' M:isic P:ent"fut -
It is "ate afternjen as 1 write and
J a battnlipn ol Leitona res under full
, wr equ-lpment iust ma;chel by be
. hind a bifid on thdr way to "the
front." There is plenty of music
here for., after all, a m tion picture
war must have its music. . .
On the surfae,'e .ertli'njt is 'alm
cpdi peaceful. The oftee hjrSf? are
. full .of D'Annunzio's soldiers play
Uug b lllards pr cards and ar?u:ng
, at, the leps of- the r voire an I on
the streets there, is phtity of shut
ting and lovema' ing. There is no
'o-J' -vng ncn a y. ma tne air
v is free irftro tny apparent wspic on
Vf itwyi. ti .ling iia.,.ij
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Yet tragedy may be , near,
d'AnnunTio has derlar ,d War; iipoft
Lfe-AHU1 and
same man who had the power and
the push to brin Italy1 into the
sieat war. s -1
; Fiume Tired of Struggle.
But F ume is1 tired of it a'l - She
is fed up to her cars on war and on
,d'Anminzio and cn his dashing ol
tlle s ' and on blockades Br-ken,
- l.dlf fed, d'scouraed with t.er har
bor aid factories rottinr, she is, too
tirp4 to take this last wa vcrv seri-
. fe has seen d'Annmuib threaten
var befofe. she knows ner mer
'chants will grow a little poorer her
bcartiful port a little rustier, and her
children a little hungrier.
She simolv wants what she thinks
te We Sht- once welcomed
il'Annnnzio, but now she gratefully
won!-' build him a statue if he would
.inlv l"ave. N '
In the ti-erhearts of these people
of Flu-tie tl ere is more than a little1
icar , .i a ii
be a re?l o e. w.th'n a week there
will l e 40.000 starving people here.
Th: is the real danser which may
lh!s is the real danger which may
turn this comedy into a tragedy, tor.
Once starving, these people, cowed
and bro'ren t'day.' would tirn info
' lespe-.iie street mobs and' there,
would be' killing enough then to suit
anyone.
Little Chance 'of Real War
V Ceria'ftlv .there is little chance for
actual warfare, between d'Annunzio's
: 5.000 Teg bistres and the Italian
troops. Few people heVe in their
- heart believe :lt the Rome feov
v ernment wou'l .e to try open war
i uoon d'Annunzi . So strong is his
appeal to the soldiers and so much i
; of a Jiero :s he to tne wnoie army.
f the so,dters were orde'ed against
m, they probably would desert to
him. ,
This 5s true as well of the navy.
Five dfstrovers desterers sleepittg
along t!'e Fiume qus."i prove be is
t - the caiemt hero of ltl'n si'ors.
, The majority . he-e believe that
things will slip and sl.r'e ajong with
. . 'more comnromiss a"d more shift
ing of ge?rs. F ume f-ankly is
- cynical. "The rank aitd .le of the
$ egiona;res are gay and unconcerned
.. only d'Aftnunzio and h,;s immediate
r staff are taking themselves seriously.
Bu even comedians must do that.
j All foreigners have been ordered
to leave the t city by 6 o'clock to-
morrow night. Trains have stopped
' running and the only known way
; out is, by foot. I expect to hit the trial
."'.. toWrrow. In the .meantime I am
' j enjoyirf the t comedy from a good
seat.-, v "
' FisTi Transferred From
Firm Lake at Table Rock
; Table Rork. Neb.. Deci 26.-(S
l-'cial,)--The tipner 4ake on the Wo-
pata farm north of tawn aws drain
;ed and many pounds of fish taken
f om the bed. The carp have been
' given away but the channal cat,
bass, cropfle a-id other valuable fish
hnveVen put into aTiew lake, which
M-.AYopata has formed.
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The lower lake also will be dram-,
edsand thef ish of a high grade saved,
Tihs" lake was7 stocked with bass.
cro-ipie and cat, fish by a company
of Table' Rock men." The late
ChaHes S. Wood stocked the upper
lake. Thousands of young f:sh were
put into these twolakes..
Body ot HumbAldt Soldier
Arrives at Hobokeri, N. J
TabV Rock. Neb. Dec. 26.- (Soe
. v cial ) Word has been received b
members the family thai the body
bCi
of I fkie Ifarms, one of HilniDOldts
. soldiers who died on the battle fields
of Franc, has reached Hoboken, N
J., and is tiow on its way to Hum
boldt. On arrivaj. the body will be
y1 mTt by ro mbers of Humboldt cost
No. 269. American Legion, and raid
to rest 'with military honors.
Cuttn Wages Announced.
. Sutton, Neb., Dec. 26. (.Special.)
The city council, on recommenda-
tion of Mayor Scott. ha given notice
to all -daylight workers, employtd
by th city,, that their pay will be
ct to 40 cents an hour on and after
January first; This is at reduction
of 30 pe cent. : x
t n I,
Lighting Fixtures Granden Elec
tric Co., formerly Burgess-Granden
Co Alv, ,
Leases Home in Reno;
' Divorce ;Rumpr Grows
1 i'U'M.. r-TBSftrifi 1
jt ls tom R, ..t i
Ay Caffornian, has leased res
October, Mra. Spieclzels v.sit to London was suddenly shortened by the
disappearance oi 9100,000 woith of jewels entrusted by h"r to Captain
B fa banJ ,
to whom A. jewel, were given to
r wnj".u X i . i? J, V
'.6",u. 7?" .t L.'lrJl":
Angeles police because of insufficient
I -r i "
Santa Charters Fast Trains
To Take, Gifts
J Employes of Illinois, Central Raise Pnd to provide
,v Happy Christmas for
juaac oix i ears
joy Real Yuletide Feed.
,
Chicneo Tribnii-Omnh. Bee wire, j
Champa'gn, III., t)ec. 26. Santa,
. Cluus chartered two of the Illinois
Lreirfial's fastest oasse'neer tra
fnd brought them to an abrupt
"j . . . . , . . . ,
tefor? lonelv 1,tt,e filFm hoU9.e
; i:ear the . village of LaClede, in Ef-
fingham county, while delegations of
Illinois Central tra nmen Jcarr cd
their srifts into the home ot Lottie
SproUse,' 18, invalid.
For six years Lottie has carried
on a "romance" with trainmen of
the Illinois Central, althoi'gll her
ident ty was" unknown to them unt'l
a tew montr.s ago. vvnen .c years
old the girl was stricken with in
fa' tile paralis and was 'endered
heh-Iess. Coincident with this, mis
fpriune her 1ther met with financ'al
re.erse and the Child couldn't be
treated. i
, Waves to Trainmen. s
t From a cot "near a window, in her
home, six years ago. she began
waving at trainmen as they whM:cd
by. During the hst two ear's she
has not missed wav"ii! at a single
train, even signal ing those at uijht
with a l:fhted match. Trainmen
considered it a duty to "wave at the
arm in the window." Recently they
investigated and - found the young
woman , helpless, with her parents
unable to assist her.
Over, the Illinois division the
trainmen passed the word. ''and a
fund was subscribed. The train
men named two committees, one
from Champaign and the other from
Centralis, j
- Shortly after 2 o'clock the train
Nebraska Prisoner
v. Fits Self for Career
. (Conttnned from Pae One.)
was oh the Pacific coast. There, he
says, he was employed for six years
as a construction foreman. '
" Went to Hawaii
In "191$ I ukins went to Hawaii
and was employed as a deep sea
diver in the construction of the
famcus Pearl Harbor dry doeks. He
was engaged at this hazardous oc
tUl illlUtl Ulll'J call.
he'feturned to-the Un ted -States.
cupation until earlv in JV if), when
. ' I . t ' T ' ' . I I ' . - .
On his wav east, Lukins stooped
off m Denver and obtained tnploy
ment as a salesman for phoncraphs"
It was whilejjl Denver that Lukins
says he first -met Frank Connell,
who is blamed for h:s present predic
ament. Cenhcll was a salesman for
advertislncr snecialties and had the
cn fmtnrv 91 T.iiltins. ' Thev de-
-ided to travel together.
- On July 28. 1906, at .Sonol. Neb..
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a bank was robbed' and Connell
was arreste after two pissemen
had been snot and kil'ed by the
rrbber. Lukins was arrested as an
alleged accomplicej Bothmen were
sentenced to life imprisonment for
murder. 4
Plead Innocence.
In a letter to Lukins, C. S. Rad
cliffe. who was county prosecutor,
says he offered the a'leged murderet
a sentence of one to 10 vears ;f
he would plead guilty to a charge
Burglars Loot Vault
In Office of Sheriff
Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 26. Bur
glars looted the vault in the sheriff's
office at the county jail here and
took $1,750, which hud been placed
there for safekeeping by Joseph Su
ber. turnkey.
s.John D Spreckels, jr., wife of the
dence there as "Mrs. Smith." Last
t Drexel phlfadeiph:,. Barrett.
have themleaned and reaeV w.,
. U57T a v v 7Z
-:?j2 " y
evidence.
to Girl Invalid
Lass Chained to Bed for
L-nicago rrisoners zm-
she had waved at for six years
nned 100 yards h m her window.
j . hile she cculdn t see 'he Tele-
in tht ba:?ftage cW a big wheel
r;iai. a
. -'wket.
bcr of (
a wonderful otfe, a large
house slippers, and a num -
other gifts.
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The girl had hardly begun NtO
, reallze cr Joy wrlen anoir.cr iram.
bound from the south, stopped and
smother delegation. . the one ' from
Ccntral a.- went to her home and
placed at her disposal a fund which
trainmen will fiiinervise wh;1e' she is
receVitig medical attention.
Prisoners Get Turkey.
n,.v,r. tw .Vr,-ar,nra t iW
Cook county jail fared handsomely aw b,e allowed to take its cou.se.
at dinr.er tcd.iy, thinks to the gen- tu2?Jed ovr the k,evs- f , .
ero"ty of the jail officials. J Thomas was taken from; his cell.
Eight huhd-ed' pounds of choice and with a rope arruhd h-s neck,
tuikev mcit. wit.i cranberry sauce, JYas paraded several blocks through
vmnVn nie. mashed potatoes and all town The roPe ws th,cl!
the' concomitants, inc'iiding unlimited thrown over a cross-arm of a tele
citarets. went into the maw of the" RraPh POe. and after in.e t egro was
prisoners. In a-ldifwn thev were, parertly; de?d. the body was rid,-cntertt-ined
by a home talent' vande-' dl"d. w,n .bu.!,ets- .. ' ..
v ile company. Included in the list ' . The .mob immediately dispersed,
of orhoncri are 60 who have some . h ,.lu"b.e.r. of oth.r negroes neld in
nih J v. m,,ci.oMin r u,tirt h
:ai line or wno nave
. vL.. k
see'i service as ?
rehearsing a week ng and put on
their numbers today,-
Jailer Lee made a personal call
uon every prisoner .i the jail and
wished h:m a Meny Christmas
Gene Geary, notorious gunman With
three deaths of record against him,
and who was snatched from the foot
of the gallows last week by the su
preme" court, was the merriest of
the sanguinary crew, ' .
of complicity in the robbery. Lukins cd witht all his followers. AHis ar
refused, ma ntaiiung- he was inno- rest followed the sack-ins of k candv
cent, and says he was "railroaded"
for murder. '
On entering the, penitentiary, Lu
kins set out to get afl"idvits cover
ing every day of his Hife. He now
has these letters, including, one. he
says, from Governor Sproul of
Pennsylvar'a vouching for the good
tiame of his family. He has other
letters from relatives covering his
' yr uth and more recent letters from
his tormer , employers, t.
lntosh, tormer mayor ot unoI. has
written to I hk ns saying that he
would not make efforts to, prevent
tht!; feftr?adcIiffe's lett" ! f
Employed as Photographer.
Du .ng the first year at the prison,
t .,;-,, ,;, tmVoved as a photog -
rapher for the rOTfues gallfcry, He
v.as employed to w.rte the cala-
icgues lor tne prison lurnuure lac
torv, ' n '
He is now employed as prison
librarian. Warden Fcr.ton says he;
lias been an ideal prisoner ana that
he w 'Igladly recommend his parole, hy insurance The residence was
. Lukins is the author of a book occupied by Mrs. Young's son, Wil
entitled ' A Moderit Prison." More iam Young, and he carried no
than 2,000 copies have been sold, insurance on his household goods.
The menev went into the orison ' rue r.f h fir. ; ,.n..t.,r,;.
-amusement lunu.
In addition to studying bug:ness,
advertising and letter writing, Lu
kins has spent some time studying
law. He has a complete set of stu
dent law books.
His case probably will be one of
the first to be brought to the at
teht on of the state board of riar
dons. Mr. McFadden has volun
teered to present Lukin's case to
the board. -
Writes a Poeni Every Day.
Claud E. Burton, a London jour
nalist of prominence, claims to have
published more verses than any other
man living. For. 20 years he has
written Nan average- of one poem a
day. or a total of 6,360 poems.
Small Reduction
Anticipated in
Building Costs
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Expert Says Price of Erecting
Houses foil Be 30 or 40
v Per Cent Less Than v
Six Months Ago.
The cist of building m be only
.10 to 40 per cent less next spring
than it was six months ago, accord
ing to W. Boyd Jones, head of the
construction , department of Hme
Builders, Inc., in an article ap i .r
;ng in the January number oi the
bu letin Published bv the firm."
. Mr. Jones states that a,1 house4
which would have cost $3,000 to
huild in 1916, $4,500 in 1919 and
$7,500 in July, 1920, will cost Ap
proximately $4,500 in the sprint of
1921, pr about the same as the 1919
price. , . ' ' '
Omaha Underbuilt.
The article continues:
"At the recent "Onward Omaha'
meeting of the Chamber of -Commerce,
1,500 men of Omaha unani-
iiiwuDijr agiccu lu ncip DOOM ine
city s population to a jiniilion. Can
you picture in your mind's, eyerfivv
times everything bout u?-Jn this
nirttlrff rttn vmt Jmair'nn l4i .;il
tngs which will be necessary? An
then, too, Umaha at this time is 40
to 50 per cent underbuilt. It is only
a question of days until building
operations must .start
"Public op.ilicu is gradually com
ing to thecotl fusion that 'prcw.r
prices cannot be expected on. build
ing and real estate.' Activity is sim
ply suspended until the public is
-atisfied that a stable pri'ceaevel has
been reached.
Prices Will Advance.
"The so-called 'buyers' '' market'
wilt, continue only so long as con
ditions; are at a . standstill. When
, things commence to, open up, prices
win aavance oyer present quotations.
In my best judgment, 60 to 90 days
wll be, the limit . in which it will
be possible to tttiy construction ma
terials at the lowest price level.
There ;are many reasons, why prices
will tjjpt Je as low as before the
.vorldXTrf -
raisedr50 p
StoA
For instance, freight rates were
it cent during (he war,
mm tur5,,er advance of 40 per
cent last August-ani freight en
3
lers largely into the cost of bui
ine matenalsA Then there is th
question' of labor. All labor is fromJ
w to i per cent h gher than be
fore ttje war and, although there
may be 4 reduction in most .liries,
IH'rH
ill not average over
takes onlv 25 0X30
j per cent raw ' material to 70 or 75
per cent labor to construct a build
ing," Arkansas Mob Lynches- .
Negro Who Confessed
y lo iMiung ro4ceman
Jonesboro, Ark., "Dec. 26AVadc '
Thomas, a negro who last last night j
shot and killed Policeman Elrru-r
Ragland, during, a raid on' a dice
game, was taken .'from the jail bv
,mob of about 400 c:tiz?ns and after1
being paraded, through the bus.ness
j-j .1 , v
streets, was hanged to a telegraph
pole near the scene of his crime.
Thohs was arrested earlv todav
at'Hoxie, Ark.and brought her'
Arrangements had been made to call
a special session of the grand jury j
tomprrow
.Th,. mnK xnrUA n.,:ti t..,r.
fotninAiu m-.t;n,, trnJ' s;;i:
- er, who, after reouest n? that the
"-v i"
TPe jau in connection wun tie snoot-
.i i . . , - ,
me were'not molested.
I'ltlg LdlVCll IIIC iin,
Thomas adnv'ted shooting the po
1 ceman hut claimed self-ric'ense.
Paris Bandit fteader
Proves to Be Small Boy
New York Timed-Chicago Tribune Cable.
Copyright, 1920.
Paris, Pec. 26. Torzan, chief of
trA t 1 r ! v l. Ktir1 ! nai rt teraet.
store and the depositing on tha
counter of this warning: "If you
complain we will slit your gizzard.
My hand is irresistable." (Signed)
"Torzan, Chief."
The exploits of the irresistables
has been many and weU planned.
When at last they arrested Torzan
yesterday, hey discovered he was a
sfnall boy, 11 years old, named Rene
t-ournel. All of the band were in
their teens and the eldest was 19
In tix months they had robbed 20
shops.
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.Fire Destroys Large Farni
I nesidence INear Stella
Stella, Neb., Dec, 26. (Special
, Telegram.) The large residence1 on
Mrs. Caroline Ypung's farm' was
destroyed by fire. None of' the
household goods in the four rooms
of the second 1 s tory were snved.
The house was bu'lt 20 years apo
and could not be replaced for ?6.
000. The loss is partially covered
j Mr. Young and his family were in
Stella visiting his mother. A ne'glw
. bor d-'seovered the fire.
200 Mexican Solrliers Are
Disarmed Because of Plot
Mexico City, Mexico Dec. 26. A
Jose M. Sanchez, candidate for gov-1 Thirty-five hairpint, 16 suspender
ernor in the State of Puebla, caused buttons, 12 poker chips.four pennies,
the disarming of 200 soldiers sta- 36 wads of chewing gum, two mus
tloned in the town of Chinutla. I tache combs, c:ght matches, four
Two men, said to be members of cisartts, five cuff buttons, and last
sm opposing political faction, have but nor least, a small package of
been placed under arrest at Chalchi-1 "nerve" powders,
comula. If is asserted that they An investigation showed that a
were members of the troop that has salesman for the furniture stcire had
hen di"rmed and were sent to kill p'urcliased the sofa from a man hav
teneral Sanchez, ing three unmarried dauchtcri.
Restful People
V v&
"Kes they're fie
N y
i Triangle Club of
Princeton Plays
To Packed Hduse
Boys of "Old Nassau" . Make
'First Appeararffce Here in
Predating Musical Comedy
.... Written by Students.
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Saturday night was tlie first n'ght
that the Triangle club of Princeton
univeHty played in Omaha iA ;ts 25
years'. history ' on "the roa'i' But it
won't be the last. Not ifa "packed"
h use, w'ld enthuriasm. "flie.oresenc'
(; "-'M f.c3f ' tuiiMtorce ana
. the sP'Lt . of "Old Nassau" hover ng
! ovrr an iive anv nnwpr
ve any power.
"TheyTNever CoW Back
isj the
title of the mus'cal farce
comedy
! Tescnlca. .v the frmceton -college
Z J, T. waVf?d a11 tne
v f "8 ' T- pl' han.topther
'"l1",!1!6 aver.ae. nius.cal chi-
"i"Sn pot an tne singers Had pro
t I . It -1 .
I 'al voices they sang so well
, h, t ie laiir n af
i that the laud ence at times nearly
stopped the show in demandine en
cores. The troupe carries its own7
orchestra of 16 pieces.
Writt:n by Students. .
All the "dialogue, lyrics and music
were written by Princeton boys now
.n college and every actor in the
cast of 00 is a Princeton student. If
thry are as good in 'math" and
"cr.em" and the rest ol their college
stud.8 as they are behind the foot-
iigiits.- they II never "Hunk."
A bright and sh ning star is
Forgan as '1 a:ry Brewster,"
I R.
h-zd-
mg man of the Show and a yruth
who has the finish of a prof"sonaL
W. H. Smith,; though he i? but a
freshman, proved himself a come
dian of the first order. As 'Svl
vester," a stupid and stuttering be'll
boy with a foolish grin, he kepi, the
audience in roars'i of laughter at
every appearance.
The Beautiful "Girls" !
And,4he "girls." oh, the beautiful
"girls!" There were 15 or 20 of
them, on the stage, ranging from
chamhefmaids to dowaqers. Pretty
Rirls, too, though boyish strides and
the jturdy brown m'iscles and sin
e'ws, seen beneath the Inca dress
when the 'ady "mummies" danced
were amusing.
E. H. Weaver as "Lord kollover"
and F. "T. Corbett as "Cady Roll
over" added a great deal to the com
cdv joyousn?ss of the show.
Followers of college sports noted
the presence of Callahan, Princeton
foot ball stnr, in the .cast as art
"Inca guard." , v
Vis't Guaranteed By Alumni.
The first' visit of the Triangle club
show to Omaha was guaranteed by
the Princeton Alumni association of
fknaha and there wf-e inn natmn
esses of the affair, all Omaha society
women
Extra seats 1 were erected at the
rear of the main floor f the theater
to accommodate the big audience,
I After the show there was a (jan-
ance
at the Fontenelle hotel for the play
ers and the Omaha ..lumiii. .
The show sarred 'on the road"
December 18 in Nrw York City. The
trip includes New Yo:k. Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St.' Louis,
Kansas City, Omaha Minneapolis,
St. Paul, Chicago and Cleveland.
This Old Sofa Could .
Tell Many Spooning Tales
P.rinijngham, Ala., Dec. 26. The
following, articles were found . be
tween fhe back and the cushion of
' an old sofa on its arrval at a locakifami Bureau Secures 835
By
, . . , , Published by Arrangement with Life
jinJ of people ih cant play bridge and don I talk" I
"Put me befoeeri them, nnll you P"
German Foreign
Trade Relations
IiiBad Condition
Impossible to Reach Normal , S :arcli by Posses Fails to Lo
Basis Without Revision of V cate Prisoners Who Lower
Treaty, Chamber of
Commerce Says.
- Br fhe Ancociated rreim.
Hamburg, Dec. 26. Germany's
foreign tr4de relations suffered dis
astrously during 1920, the Hamburg
Chamber of Commerce says in its
annual report. Without revision of
the Versailljes treaty, the chamber
says, if will be impossible for Ger
many to r;ach her normal economic
and political condition. ' '
There are some signs of the be
ginning of a better, state of condi
tions, in the apparent increased in
clination, to work and the desire for
the tetter productive results. , ,
"There, is a further movement to
ward imp. overhent of German eco
nomicateonditions in tHu over-stock-mg
of foreign markets with food and
raw stuffs "
The report advises against foreign
credits by the Germans "unless stip
ulations fqj paying back the loans
are clearly prepared."
: In Line for Business.
It is believed by the chamber that
the United States is in a remarkable
position or the development of ;ts
world trade and it thinks that th
Hamburg American line has placed
Germany in ,a position to obtain a
share of t$e expanding business.
Germari commerce with the South
American countr'es is reported vir
tually halted. Mexico's policy of
official control of foreign trade is
claimed responsible for part of the
slump in, Uerman business there.
which hks largely been taken over
by' thfc United States. The effect
of the . American blacklist rn Ger
man goods Is Seen in thc" neutral
countries', of . South America, where,
according to-the, report, German
firms are finding . it almost impos
sible to get business. Prices which
are declared too high are said to
have affected trade, particularly in
Colombia, Germans had filled large
crders in Colombia, but it is now
reported German business there has
been shut down. Trade with Guat
emala also has suffered. In Vene
zuela, and Dutch West Indies, trade
has not greatly suffered. Rather
active business has been opened with
Ecuador and Peru, but there is little
commerce" with Chile.
Exports Growing.
Export of German iron and hard
ware to Argentina is developing
while Argentine shipments to Ger
many are restricted to food Ger
man steamefs are sailing d"rect to
Argentina and Uruguay.
The United States, adds the re
port, has improved its trade with
Brazil to .the detr'ment of British
and Cjerman trade. Home industries
in Brazil, protected by high tariffs
are growing. . .
Important coffee contracts have
been closed with Brazil.
Concerning China the report says
"One cannot speak of the reopen
ing of regular business." Export
cf German mach'nery to --Japan
j romised big business until the Jap
anese financial crisis.
The report regrets destruction of
German business in the Phi'inpines
by the "forcible expropriation of
German property."
It expects the American govern
ment w'll p-v for this pronerty.
Members in County Drive
Stockville, Neb., Dec. 26. (Spe
cial.) The farm bureaij Has secured
a membership of 935 in its recent
drive in Frontier county. Immediate
continuation of the drive was pre
vented by the snow storm. A num
ber of additional members are as
sured in this county and the" commit
tee is confident of a strong, effect
ive, organisation here,
Charles Dana Gibson .
Copyright Life Pub. Co.
Four Men Escape
From Iowa Prison
' During Program
Themselves From, Win
dow by Rope. v
Fort Madison, la., Dec. 26.-Vjames
O. Keefe, James Lane, James" Cullen
and Harry Smith, four members of
a gang committed to the state prison
here from Lemars, escaped this
morning . during Christmas cere
monies. Posses , searched for the
men all day. i
Langdon and Conroy, two more
members of the gang did not get
away, and are still at Fort Madison.
The men had bean gone about 30
m'nutes" before their absence was
discovered. They got out by meaps
df a rope furnished by a member
of the dining rocm force.
Because of a heavy snow storm, the
fugitives are not thought to have cov
ered much ground.
James O'Keefe and Harry Smith,
two ' of the convicts who escaped
from Iowa, prison at Fort Madison,
la., today were members of a band
of four ba- robbers who looted a
bank at Westfield,. Ia., a little town
near 'here a year ago. They were
captured by Sioux City police while
trying to get into Sioux City with
their loot and taken to the Lemars
lail. While, in i ail four robbers shot
their way to liberty, Killing the jon
of Sheriff Maxwell. They were re
captured by a posse i few days latfr,
entered a -plea of guilty of murder
and all four were given life sen
tences. .
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Dance Halls Menace to
Girls, Says Club Head
Detroit, Mich.,. Dec. 26. Suggest
ing a minimum ago law for girls
atteildipg Dttroit dance halls, Miss
Virginia Mae Murray, head of the
Travellers' Aid society. New York
City, told Police Commissioner
Inches these establishments were l
menace to the morals of the city
The report to the commissioner
was the result of vists to dance halls
made Thursday and Friday nights
by Miss Murray, Miss Josephine
Davis, Detroit policewoman, and a
patrolman.
Miss Mnrrav said mere children
a. A (n I... .1 il.nniMi. 1 1 i . I. mfl tl'Vtm '
they did not know. Others, were
found waiting outside for men to
"pick theui up" ahd pav their way
in. Commissioner Inches said .hat
at present there practically is no
police supervision of ('ance halls,
Boy, 16, Is Youngest Lifer
Wheeling, v V. Va., Dec. 26.
Samuel Blevins, 16, of Little Rock.
Ark., pleaded guilty in criminal
court to trie murder of F. C. Grand
staff, a railroad car inspector. - He
teceived a life sentence and is thi
youngest prisoner ever given-such
a sentence in West Virginia.
Sharp Slump Reported
In Moonshine Liquor
Market in Carolinas
Clilrairo Trlbunr-Omnlm Krr Lraned Wire.
Greenville, S. C, Dec. 26. Moon
shi
. j
Iinlinr rnmmin ni nrp.
terred. has dronoed frrm VS to SSle ex-kaiser is living, are in a state
per quart, with very little demand
J he current tlepres ion and scar
city of, money have rap'dlv lo.vered
the high cost of fiqTnr ' The mar
ket in the Carolinas, center of the
moonshme industry, is glutted with
corn and rye in abundance!
Imports of branded gools ''ave
contributed considerably to the de
cl'ne in the Jrice, of domestic liquid
hclllire. A good many moonshning
factories are repirted to bescloing
down and there are some prosnccts
that liquor will be $1 a t;nart by
January 1.
Verily it's a Merrv
hero.
Christmas
Man Arrested
AsFirebugbv
State Officers
A
Seven Blazes Are Reported to
Pennsylvania Authorities
In the Vicinity of
Brownsville.
i 1
Brownsvlile, Pa.," Dec. 26. Seven
fires, believed to have been the work
of incendiaries, who have terrorized
this section for three months, were
reported to the authorities heie to
day. XTlie fires were started late
last night or early today in three
residences, two school houses, a
church and a barn located in this
city, at Albany Hill and at Brax
nell, Jefferson township. , '
One arrest in connection with the
many fires throughout the West-moreland-Fayette-WashinRton
dis
trict was reported by the state po
lice at Uniontown tonight. They
said that, they bad arrested Ibert
Smith of Fairhope, and would hold
him for further investigation, After
questioning the prisoner the state
police said they thought that through
his arrest many of the fires would
be explained.
In the seven firesi reported today,
one residence, that of Harvey ElHott,
at Albany Hilt, was destroyed. The
other fires damaged the South
Brownsville school house and the
Brownsville Episcopal church in
Brownsville, the Heilman farm
house, Tfie- James, Shearer farm house
and a barn owned bv James Ckrk
at Albany Hill, and the BraznVll
public school at Braznell, Jefferson
township. ,
Soon after reports of the fires were
received, the Fayette detail of state
police assisted by county officers,
started investigations. Armed pa
trols were busy throughout this -region
tonight ahd the entire district
was on the alert, looking for sus
pects in contrection with the fires.
Hardings Spend
Quiet Christmas
President-Elect and Wife En
tertain Newspaper Corre
spondents at Dinner.
Marion, O., Dec. 26. President
elect and Mrs. Harding celebrated
Christmas by. opening hundrotds of
Christmas presents received from
all parts of the country and by en
tertaining newspaper conespond
ents at dinner. x
It was the first Christmas Senator
and Mrs. Harding had spent in their
Marion home in five years.
No political conferences were held
and the day -was devi ted to rest
and the celebration of the holiday.
The presents received by the sen
ator ranged from cigarets to
Georgia 'posaums. '
Little Betty Sparkes, 6y and her
sister, Dorothy, 3, daughters of one
of the newspaper correspoiwlents,
were the especial guests of .the
president-elect and about them Sen
ator Harding's - Christmas celebra
tion centered. .
The two little girls occupied a
place of honor at the senator's side
at dinner and later posed for mov
ing pictures with the presQent-elect.
With the newspaper correspondents
the youngsters spent most of the
day at the Harding home.
Late in the afternoon Senator
Harding made several calls on tld
family friends. v
Night - Flying Between
England-and Continent
Is Assured Fact Soon
London, Dec. 26. Night flying be
tween England tend the continent will
be an assured fact in the near fu
ture, according to Major General, -Sir
Sykes, controler of civil aviation.
Experiments already successfully
carrfed'out and rapid progress now
going on in perfecting right landing
devices, forecast the day when regu lar
night cross-channel passenger "
service will be an integral part of
the aerial transport system.
Experimental lighthouses at Croy
don, one'of the chief London aerial
terminals for the London-Paris serv- i
ices, have been a success and addi
tional ones are bein installed as
rapidly as possible along the route.
Powerful, searchlights will also be
used to assist pi"ots in landing. ' The
innovation presages the time when
London and Paws business men will
be classed as air commuters, being
either city m a tew hours atter their
day s work.
Royal Mounted Police Turn
Back Rush of Prospectors
Edmonton, Alta., Dec. 26. En
forcing the grug-stake ordinance of
the old Yukon gold stampede Roal
Northwest (Mounted police are1 turn
ing back prospectors headline for
-HFe Mackenzie river. With winter
clong in. handreds of adventurers
have set out with pack-trains and,
dogfleds for the new oil fields at
Fort Norman to stake claims before
the' expected rush siarts in the
Spring. The police are overhauling
these argonauts ot. the tra-'ls of the
north and are forbidding all to con
tinue the foolhardy journey who
are not physically fit to withstand
the r'gors of an Artie winter or
who are not adequately provisioned,
.i . . ,
Many German Families
Are Settling at Daom
London. Dee 26.- Areordi g to a
report received here from Amster-
tbm the residents o, Doo"n. where
uneasiness to the consTant
ly increasing crowd of Germans who
a-e settling down ther.
It is declared Miat a great num
ber of members of the G?maii
aristocracy ae buying un old Dutch
nanors, and Doo-n is cpUc in the
Dutch satirical papers." a branch
office of Potsdam."
Advance Newberry Case .
Washington, Dec. 26 The sn
premfftoTirt has advanced to January
3 arguments in the case of Senator
Truman. Newberry of Michigan, nn.l
others convicted of violation of the
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