Reserve Banks
Show Decrease in
: U.S. War Paper
Little Change in Gold Reserve
At End of Year Bills Pur
, chased in Open Mar
let Decline.
Washington, Jan. 2. Holding by
federal reserve banks, of paper se
cured by government war obliga
tions declined from nearly $1,500,000,
000 at the opening of the year to
$1,141,000,000 on December 31, said
the annual review issued by the fed
eral reserve board.
The gold reserve, according to the
review, shows little change at the
end of the year as compared with
the condition 12 months earlier. Al
though considerable gold was ex
ported to South America and the
Orient early in the year, it explained,
gold shipments from England, in an
ticipation of the maturity of the An-Klo-French
bonds October IS, were
responsible in a measure, for a sub
sequent recovery, so that on Decem
ber 3, the amount was only about
X3.000.000 below the total shown on
January 2.
... Increases in capitalization of exist
ing member banks and accessions
of new members were responsible, in
part, for an increase in the paid-in
..capital of the federal reserve banks
luring the year from 87.4 to 99.8
millions. This corresponded to an
..increase of over $411,000,000 in cap
ital and surplus of member banks.
Reflect Change of Policy.
-Changes in the condition of the
federal reserve banks during 1920,
according to the review, reflect to
a larcc extent, the changes in tne
;rcdit policy originated about the
ast of 1919. (
'Preferential rates on paper se-
cured oy nuerty Donas ana victory
i .notes, the review continued, were
'.labregatcd by some reserve banks
and raised by others, to a level more
nearly approximating the-rate , level
"for ordinary commercial paper. In
the case of paper secured by treas-
lury certificates, the rates were, in
most cases identical with the higher
coupon rates fixed by the govern-
.ment, this holding out no inducement
to the member banks to carry these
securities among their own invest
ments and use them as collateral for
i Joans at the federal reserve bank,
but rather providing a stimulus to
, place them m the hands of ultimate
investors.
;', "Early in the year the federal re-
serve banks raised their discount
rates on commercial paper, but the
influence of the higher rates is seen
in retarding the progress of bor
rowings, rather than in restricting
them. In fact, total federal reserve
December 30 of 2.719.1 millions is
TO ,7 llllUIUU.-, Hint, CV u . j
..inning ot the year.
'" ' ' Bills Show Decline.
"Holdings of bills purchased Mn
. open market show an almost unin-
574.6 millions at the beginning of the
irrriiiii ru iiri. uim. i luui iuiui s
vcar, a decline to 255.7 millions on
December 30 is shown, the decrease
of 318.9 millions being due largely
to the increased demand for this
class of bills by savings banks, trust
companies, also corporate and in-
l:v,dual investors, sso appreciate
changes are shown in the amounts
and classes of United States bonds
held.
"Net deposits of the reserve banks
show a general downward tendency
for the vcar. the December 30 total
. of 1,604.2 millions bein.- MO.y mil
lions below the corresponding total
at the beginning of the year, de
creases in reserve and net deposits
raflnctincr rrHnrtinns in demand de
posits of member banks, especially
during xne uuer pan ui
"Federal reserve note circulation,
after the usual contraction at the be
ginning of the year when a return
flow of notes issued during the holi-
day season occurs, shows an almost
minimum amount of 2,844 millions on
minimum amount 2,844 millions on
January 23 to a maximum of 3,404.9
: millions on December 23. The total
of 3.344.7 millions on December 30.
marks a reduction ot wx minions
for the week, but an expansion of
345.7 millions from the beginning of
January, note expansion rather than
growth of deposits accompanying
the increase in the borrowings of
member banks."
I National Conference
: Of Lumber Men Called
In Chicago This Week
'"Chicago. Jan. 2. A rational con
ference of lumber dealers will be
I eld here January 5 and 6. at the
request of Edward Hmes, head ot
a lumber company. .
"Lumber manufacture is the sec
ond largest industry in the coun
try." said Mr. Hines, in issuing his
call, "but it is practically at a stand
still. It is time to take an inven
tory of the facts.i
"Building must go on if lumber is
to be sold. We are five years be
hind in building. Building must be
stabilized. Lumber prices are below
cost of production just now."
Mr. Hines said the lumber dealers
would take stock of their business,
including labo.' and living costs, and
wages paid, together with considera
tion of steady work with a rea
sonable reduction from the present
wa scales, rather than high wages
and periods ot idleness.
Medicine Discovered for
"Gill Fever" in Bahy Trout
Sacramento, Jan. 2. Efforts to rid
state hatcheries of "gill fever,'com
monly known as "flu," have at last
met with success, according to patho
logists of the state fish and game
department who were engaged to
stamp out the epidemic which caused
the death of several thousand baby
trout and salmon this summer.
Medicine in the form of chemicals
which will kill the foreign bacteria
is one form of treatment which has
proved successful. Finny patients in
the "sick bays" or "hospital ponds"
are also givea antiseptic baths when
in the first stages of the disease.
Gill fever is caused by lack of oxy
..gcn in the water-habitat of the fish
which results in inflammation of the
gills, according to the pathologists.
The Bulgarian government is tak
ing energetic steps to increase the
production of cotton m that coun
try, ;r- ' . .r .-
No Rest for the : Weary
root Wimbleton! He struggled all his life to get money enough to tae things easy."
"And then lost it?" , t
"Oh, no. But his wife got him into. society."
Cleanup Drive i
Of Omaha Dives
Started by Army
Military Police Raid Houses
Where ' Recruit Soldiers
Are Said - to Meet
. , . i
Temptation. j
Acting under orders from Cap-!
tain White, commandant at Fort
Omaha, a detail of military police
commanded by two lieutenants and
assisted by Detectives Phillips and
Hcizlar, raided several nouses Satur
day night where, according to re
ports received at Fort Omaha,
soldiers and women of loose char
acter were consorting. Several
women and a "group of soldiers were'
arrested. Civilians found in the
places were not arrested.
Orders to raid the houses were
given by Captain White, after many
reports had reached him that sol
diers, especially new recruits, were
stealing government clothing, sell
ing it down town and spending the
money for liquor fr with the
women.
Women Seek Soldiers.
According to reports, many
women openly solicited soldiers at
tne tort and lurnisnea mem wnn
their downtown addresses, where
they were- invited to call. The
women were watched and their ad
dresses taken and after several days
of gathering evidence the raids were
made.
The detail rode in three cars and
the houses were visited in quick suc
cession. The raids were kept up all
night..
Health Commissioner Edwards
has been taking an active part in the
cleanup of the houses which' have
been too hospitable to the Fort Oma
ha soldiers.
Recruits Are Blamed,
According to the officers in
charge of the ' raids it is not
the old soliders who arc steal
ing government clothing or visiting
the ill-governed houses. They say
recruits, soldiers who are congregat
ed at the fort until they are assigned
to their permanent stations, are caus
ing the most trouble.
"These young nen get a wrong
idea of the army by starting in
their service by doing these things,"
one of the officers said. "They soon
find themselves in trouble and they
cast a shadow on the characters of
the decent soldiers.
"We intend to stamp out the so
liciting of soldiers by women and the
sale of bootleg whisky to men in
uniform and we will not hesitate to
take most drastic measures."
Rent Payer's Paradise.'
Worcester, Mass., Jan. 2. Is Wor
cester a rent payers paradise:
Forty-five flats and houses were ad
vertised for rent in one newspaper
i 4Vif . in -n p v. and now the
long suffering in all parts of Massa
chusetts have hopetui eyes nxea on
the ' Heart ot the Lommonweaun.
New dwellings are on the market
every day, it is claimed. It is not
stated whether prices are any more
reasonable than elsewhere in the
state.
Grandmother of Howells
Dies at Home of Daughter
Mrs. Emma Haick, 87, died Satur
day at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. F. K. Sindelar, at Howells. She
settled in Colfax county over 60
years ago and for years has been
known as the grandmother of the
entire city. Six nephews will act
a pallbearers at the funeral in
Howells today. Frank C. and
Charles F. Sindelar of Omaha will
be pallbearers
South Side
Cattle Purchased
kere to Bq Sent
To San Francisco
Fat Stock Reported Scarce on
Coast and Steady Shipments'
May Be Made From ,'
This Market.
The most noticeable feature of
trading at the Union Stock Yards
on New Year's day was the purr
chase of more than a dozen carloads
of cattle by representatives of Swift
& Co., for shipment to the Western
Meat Co., a Swift & Co. branch' in
San Francisco. t
According to O. W. Waller, local
manager of Swift ;& Co., the pur
chase was an experimental move and
no indication as , to whether, there
will include hogs and sheep as .well
ments. -
It is said there is a scarcity of fat
cattle on the Pacific coastv- greater
this year than for some time, and
there may be a steady demand on
the local market for live stock to be
sent to the Pacific coast from the
middlewest the coming year, 'which
will include hoge and sheep as well
as cattle. , ....
Two loads of good quality. Angus
cows were sold on the local live
rtock market Saturday bf Robert
Taylor of Abbott and a. load arid
a half out of the consignment were
taken over by a local packer at $8
a hundred. The rest of the ship
ment brought $7.35.
A load of choice shorthorn heifers
brought into 'the local - live stock
market by , Matt', Rand of
Bradish, averaging 919 pounds,
brought a top price for that grade
of $7. The cattle were bought on
the local market as feeders and have
been on feed for the last three
months.
4 t
Disabled Soldier Attempts
To End Life With Poison
Despondent because of being unable
t6 work, Edward Kennedy, 24, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Kennedy,
2518 G street, attempted to kill him
self at 10:30 Thursday night at the
home of his parents, by taking a
dose of carbolic acid. Young Ken
nedy was a returned soldier. He
had been gassed and wounded in
battle during the war in France and
since his return has been incapaci
tated and unable to work. Dr. J.
A. Young, police surgeon, was called
and gave Kennedy an antidote and
after an hour pronounced the young
man out of danger.
About two years ago, a daughter
of the Kennedys committed suicide.
South Side Brevities
TUInoU Coal $12. HowIaM Lumber &
Coal Co., phon S. 1(14. Adv. ,
Italians Celebrate
New Year's Day at Rome
Rome, Jan. 2. New Year's day
was celebrated with the usual official
ceremonies today, and all the gayety
possible considering-the shadow of
the incidents at Fiume, which still is
hanging over the nation.
King Victor Emmanuel received
all the dignitaries of the state "for
New Year's greeting. ;
The - chief topic of conversation
was the happy prospect that 1921
would be a year of true peace for
Italy, allowing the country to settle
down in earnest to the work of
restoration and the revival of -in
dustry.
THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, JANUARY 3. 1921.
By Charles Dana Gibson
(Copyright, LIU Pub. Co.)
Alleged 'Joker'
In Patent Bill
Causes Concern
Amendment, to Measure Pass
ed in Closing Hours of Sen
. ate in" Last Session- Gives
1 Power of Czar.
" Washington; Jan. 2. Ah alleged
"joker'V hi Jhe; Nolan' patent bill is
causing riiembers of the house much
concern. ; . '
Startinsr oitt 'as, simple measure
to increase; salaries' of' officials and
employes of the patent office, the bill
took, on '- an '"amendment in the
senate in the closing hoijrs of the last
session - which '."would give the com
missioner of patents.it is claimed, the
powers of a czar'. " Haste in action on
this bill is now being urged on Con
gress.':'- ' ;!, : : -:
. Commissioner Is Ciar.
Under-the language of the amend
ment, it is, charged, the commissioner
is left practically, free, to determine
who shall or,.1 shall not prosecute
claitns before the patent office and to
censor .without, restriction the busi
ness methods xf - those engaged in
this work. . -
- In ; enlarging the powers' of the
comitiissioncr the 'secretary " of the
interior seems , to; be deprived of his
powers of' supervision over the com
missioner of patents, who, ..by law,
is under the'control of the secretary,
and thev commissioner is made an
autocrat.' .;; ; ; .
' ' : Muit Restrict Work.
' Those opposing this change in the
law , say i that . the commissioner of
patents, often, a patent attorney or
seeking to become one, should be re
stricted m- his powers, and that on
the principle that every man under
charges sh6uldhave his day in court
instead of 'making the commissioner
the final arbiter therB should be a
board of appeals or review over him.
The patent, office is one of the lew
money-making bureaus of the gov
ernment. This is lue to the encour
agement ' given inventors of the
country to apply for and secure pa
tents on their inventions. This has
been profitable to ' the government
and of incalculable value to the
country, as evidenced by the vast
number. of successful inventions made
and patented. The people generally,
as a rule, derive benefit from an in
ventioh. Holdups Shoot When
. Victim Shows Fight
When accosted by two armed
holdup men in front of his home
shortly after midnight, Charles A.
Lortz, 3848 Jaynes street, resisted
their commands to put up his hands
and was shot in the groin and in
the jaw. After they hot Lortz, the
ir.ugs iica, leaving nun tying on uic
pavement. He crawled to his home
and called the police surgeon who
attended him.' His condition is not
serious.
According to police, Lortz was on
his way home when the two men
had been following him, closed in
on him and ordered him to halt and
throw up his hands.- Lortz said he
immediately went into action, land
ing a blow on the jaw of one of the
thugs. The other robber fired twice,
assisted his partner, to his feet and
ran. v .
200 Ellis Farmers Unite
In .Circle Hunt for Wolves
Beatrice; Neb.,' Jan. 2. (Special.)
About 200 farmers of Ellis held a
circle hunt for wolves. The roundup
took' place on the ''Dick" Carpenter
place, but no wolves were righted.
Many jackrabbits were slaughtered!
New York Thrive
Despite Lack of
Proper Housing
Mortality Rate for 1920 Low
est in History of City, Rec
ords of Health Depart
ment Show.
New York, ajn. 2. New York
City during 1920, intensified its dis
comforting practice of sheltering
several people where only one had
lived before, and over-crowding in
creased with each passing month.
But the city thrived under these con
ditions, the morality rate being the
lowest in the1 history of health de
partment records-.
A survey of the housing situation
showed that of 133,000 babies born
in the metropolis last year, 100,000
were born in crowded tenements.
Health Commissioner Copeland
estimated that the population would
increase another 1,000,000 in 10 years
and that 800,000 of these people
would be compelled to "shoehorn"
themselves into tenements.
Between March and December,
1920, the two months of health de
partment survevs, overcrowding in
creased from 19 to 26 per, cent
tJirmiirhniit the citv. The percentage
doubled in the Bronx and grew from
J nm . . '. A f .... 1. ...... .-. T,
il 10 OV per cent in iueuii4imu, tu-
other boroughs showing only slight
chetnges
In the survey, a total of 60,489
buildings were inspected. The num
ber of lodgers renting rooms from
those occupying apartments, tene
ment quarters and other dwellings,
increased from 31,616 to 69,989 dur
ing the eight months between sur
veys. !
There were few vacant apartments,
the survev revealed. The number
was 596 in Manhattan. 193 in the
Bronx and 196 in Brooklyn. "Unin
habitable conditions" existed in many
of these. In others the rentals ranged
from $720 to $6,000 a year--beyond
the reach of the ordinary citizen, Dr.
Copeland said. Many dwellings, he
noted, were demolished to "make
way for theaters, garages and ware
houses." Dahlman Succeeds
Sherman as Member
Of the Water Board
C. R. Sherman has retired .from
the Metropolitan Water board, after
a continuous service of 12 years.
He served on the board during the
years when the litigation over the
purchase of the plant was carried
to the supreme court at Washing
ton. D. C
His retirement is due to the elec
tion of J. C. Dahlman, who will take
his seat next Wednesday afternoon,
at the next regular meeting of the
board. Mr. Dahlman is United
States marshal and he served 12
years as mayor.
Downtown Programs.
Sun"The Price of Redemption."
Strand "Silk Hosiery."
Rialto ,The Truth About Hus
bands." Moon "Prairie Trails."
Empress "The Face at Your
Window."
Muse "Broadway and Home."
Neighborhood Houses.
Grand Lionel Barrymore in "The
Master Mind."
Hamilton Clara Kmiball Young
in "Eyes of Youth."
Enid Bennett's latest starring ve
hicle, "Silk Hosiery," playing at the!
Strand theater this week, is a story
dealing with the existence of ro
mance in modern life, which is han
dled from a most unusual and novel
angle
Miss Bennett, portraying a ro
mantic? little modiste's model, is af
forded unusual opportunity lor util
izing her exceptional dramatic abili
ties, as well as for displaying a
number of beautiful Parisian gowns.
The picture has been sumptuously
produced and the supporting cast
is far above the average, George
Webb taking the leading male role.
Bert Lytell scored a series of hits
yesterday in "The Price of Redemp
tion," at the Sun theater. Judging
by a popular verdict, the picture is
easily Lytell's best starring vehicle.
Mr. Lytell's portrayal of Leigh
Dering, a young Englishman, left
nothing to be desired. It was a
superb study of a wrecked and re
generated life, and made the picture
really interesting.
The story is of a young English
army officer who first distinguishes
himself as a military hero, and then
sinks to the depth of degradation,
only finally to redeem himself
through the love of a little child.
Buster Keaton in "The Scare
crow," offers plenty of comedy as
an added feature of the Sun's pro
gram. At last a drama that doesn't
blame the woman 1 Such is the terse
conclusion inferred from "Habit,"
playing at the Rialto theater this
week. .
The story really offers a prob
lem that hardly a grown person can
fail to meditate on.
No noted star is featured.
The story speaks plainly, and be
cause of that it may arouse a good
deal of controversy concerning the
moral inferred. It deals with the
age-old problem of how. a man be
fore marriage cannot have his fling
without the danger of his escapades
confronting him after marriage. The
denouncement of the play is as
thrilling a climax as ever screened
in a society drama.' .
If Tom Mix had not already won
wide popularity for his daring feats
in western plays, his starring vehicle,
"Prairie Trails," playing at the
Moon theater, would have made him
a celebrity.
"Prairie Trails" easily surpasses
Mix's former plavs. even "A Broad
way Cowbov," and "The Texan."
".Prairie Trails" is a breezy, racy
story of the great west. Mix fits into
the story so well that it might have
been written especially for him.
The picture remains at the Moon
theater until Wednesday.
The Teachers' Union of the East
ern States is considering affiliating
with organized labor,
Senate Committee to Take
Up Disarmament Proposal
Exact Stand of President Wilson on Borah and Walsh
Resolutions Not Clear Both Senators Cdnf ident
Their Plans Will Receive Favorable Consid
eration by Foreign Relations Body.
Washington, Jan. 2. The proposal
of an international agreement on the
reduction of naval armament will be
taken up by tha foreign relations
committee of the senate Monday,
when it will consider the two follow
ing resolutions:
By Senator Borah, directing the
president to negotiate with Great
Britain and Japan, a 50 per cent re
duction of naval appropriations by
the three powers for five" years.
By Senator Walsh, requesting the
president to name delegates to act
with the league of nations commis
sion on disarmament. '
What course President Wilson ia
vors is not clear. Acting Secretary
of State Davis denied that reduction
of armament wa9 the subject of the
conferences he held yesterday with
the president and Admiral Coontz
chief of naval operations. Secretary
Tumulty also scouted the truth of
the surmise that the president con
templated calling an international
conference on disarmament under the
authority of the 1016 naval ap
propriation act.
Famous Walsh Proposal.
From one administration source
came the opinion that the president
sustains Secretary-Daniels' conten
tion that the only sure method of
promoting disarmament is through
the league of nations and that Mr.
Wilson regards the Borah resolu
tion as a scheme of the irreconcil
ables to rival and discredit the league
processes of action. It is believed
that the president favors the Walsh
resolution, for he notified the league
he could not appoint members of the
disarmament commission on account
of lack of authority occasioned by
the failure of the United States to
accept the covenant.
The Walsh resolution, however,
stands no show of receiving favor
able action by the committee. Sen
ator Borah is confident that his res
olution will be renprted favorably,
although there is a disposition on the
part of some influential republican
senators to withhold action on the
measure until the Harding adminis
Dublin Officials
Deny Knowledge
Of De Valera
Inquiry at Ports Fails to Re
veal the "Whereabouts of
"President of Irish
Republic."
ublin, Jan. 2. Liading Sinn
Feiners and government officials
alike, deny knowledge of arrival here
of Eamonn De Valera. They assert
that he did not arrive on board the
steamer Pontia and telephonic in
quiry at Irish ports failed to reveal
that the "President of the Irish re
public" has made his ontry into Ire
land. Some Sinn Feiners discredit the
statement of Harry Boland, secre
tary to De Valera in the United
States, that De Valera has landed on
Irish soih
It is stated there would be no
need to arrest De Valera on the old
charge against him, that of having
escaped from jail, as he could be
taken into custody under the restora
tion of order, in Ireland act. The
ground for the detention of Arthur
Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein
organization, and Prof. John Mac
Neill, president of ' the Sinn Fein
volunteers, is the desire of the gov
ernment to ascertain the responsi
bility for the alleged employment of
republican funds on ambuscades and
other operations involving the loss
of the lives of troops, and it is said
this desire might include. De Valera
as the alleged source of the funds.
Mrs. MacSwiney Sails.
New York, Jan. 2. Mrs. Muriel
MacSwiney, widow of the late lord
mayor of Cork, sailed from America
today, carrying to Eamonn De
Valera, "president of the Irish re
public," a message that "all is well"
among the sympathizers with his
cause in this country.
This message to the Sinn Fein
leader was sent by his secretary,
Harry Boland, who announced that
his "chief" had landed in Ireland to
direct the Irish fight for independ
ence, after spending IS months in
the United States.
Several hundred Irish sympathiz
ers surrounded Mrs. MacSwiney as
she entered' the pier to go on board
the steamship Panhandle State, bear
ing aloft the three-striped banners
of Ireland's "republic." New York's
"fighting sixty-ninth" regiment band
serenaded her and the crowd sang
Irish airsj
Saloons in Juarez
Closed hy New Mayor
El Paso, Jan. 2. Saloons and
gambling houses in Juarez, Mex.,
opposite here, were closed and
many thirstv Americans bent upon
celebrating New Year's in ways for
bidden by the Volstead act were
disappointed.
The closing order was issued by
Mayor Francisco D. Gonzales, who
assumed office today. The mayor
gave no reasons for the order, or
statement as to how long the drought
may be expected to continue. An
order issued yesterday by the state
authorities closed gambling houses,
which have been in operation since
December 1.
Thayer County Schools
To Enter Spelling Contest
Hebron, Neb., Jan. 2. (Special.)
County Superintendent Barhe is
planning to have Thayer county
schools enter the interstate spelling
contest' to be held in April, Iowa,
Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska-being
the states represented.
Thayer county sent two contest
ants to the state spelling match last
year. -- .
tration comes in and the. new presi
'dent enunciates his forcgn policy.
Attacks Wilson's Stand.
Comthenting on President Wil
son's declination of the invitation to
participate in the league of nations
disarmament disposition on the
ground that this country was not a
member of the league, Mr. Walsh
said tonight:
"That appears to me to be an ut
terly inadequate reason for not
sending a representative from this
country to engage in this great work.
To me it appears to be a matter' of
entire indifference, in connection with
the effort thus inaugurated, whether
we ire or are not members of the
league of nations. The great powers,
other than the United States, arc
engaged in what appears to be a
bona fide effort to bring about a re
duction of armaments. I can see no
reason why we should not partici
pate in that effort. ,
False Impression.
"1 feel not only that the position
taken is utterly inadequate to justify
a determination not to participate,
but that it will be regarded by the
world as so inadequate and inde
fensible that the conclusion will
naturally be indulged that we de
clined for seme reason other than
that which is thus stated, and it is
an easy step from hat to the con
clusion that we do not desire to
participate in the movement, because
we. are opposed to any plan, for a
general reduction or armaments, and
from that to the conclusion that we
are opposed to any reduction in
armaments because we have imper
ialistic designs, calculated to excite
suspicion in the, minds of the people
of many -nations of the earth.
That, to my mind, would be. an
utterly unjust ' and unfounded sus
picion. I know the people of the
United States harbor no such pur
poses and I am entirely convinced
that they never have receded from
the position which they have long
maintained, that there ought to be
a general plan arrived at by all the
great powers for a reduction of
armaments."
Naval Seaplane
Sets New Record
For Nonstop Trip
NC-3 Flies 702 Miles at Aver
age of 72 Miles Per Hour
No Word From Machines
Iu Panama Flight.
San Diego, Jan. 2. Establishing a
new American non-stop record for
pilot and five passengers for sea
planes, the United States naval sea
plane NC-5 flew from San Diego,
Cal., to Magdalena bay. Lower Cali
fornia, in the remarkable time of
nine hours and IS minutes.
The big triple motored plane cov
ered the 702 miles between Point
Loma and Magdalena bay at an
average speed of 72 miles an hour,
the fastest time ever made on this
coast by aseaplane of this type.
Exceptional interest centered in
this remarkable dash down the Lower
California coast, partly because of
the intense eagerness of the crew to
retrieve the misfortune that over
took them off Point Loma on the
initial start Thursday morning, and
partly because 'it demonstrated the
ability of Pacific air force seaplanes
to travel over long stretches of sea
coast practically without the aid of
patrol craft.
The naval air station here reported
that the flight of the NC-5 was the
longest in the history of naval aero
nautics and exceeded by about 65
miles, the longest jump made by a
seaplane in the memorable trans-Atlantic
flight.
According to the schedule of the
flight, the 12 F-5-L machints were
to have left Magdalena bay this
morning for the next flight to Ban
derias bay, 445 miles away. 1
At 7:15 tonight the navy air sta
tion announced that it had had no
report today from the 12 planes,
which should have reached Ban
derias bay this afternoon. Navy of
ficers said they were experiencing
great difficulty in communicating
wnn tne pianes ana tnat it was
highly probable that a report from
them would not be received until
early tomorrow.
President Millerand
Renews Old Custom of
New Year's Reception
Paris, Jan. 2. President Miller
and, at the Elysee palace, renewed
the presidential New Year's recep
tion for the first time in six years.
There was a stream of official vis
itors all day and the diplomatic
corps was received in-a body by
the president in the afternoon. Hugh
C. Wallace, the American ambas
sador, was absent, as he is spend
ing the holidays in the south of
France.
Count Bonin-Longare, the Italian
ambassador, who is the dean of the
diplomatic corps, expressed hope for
universal peace as a result of the
treaties concluded during the last
year. President Millerand, m reply,
said "loyal acceptance and thorough
execution" of these . instruments
were essential conditions for a final
and definite peace."
Policemen "Will Receive
Course in Politeness
Worcester. Mass., Jan. 2. Wor
cester policemen are going to study
courtesy.
While the policemen are learning
politeness they are excused from
duty. The training in etiquet lasts
ten days.
Deportment, military courtesy
(whatever that may be), the art of
immaculate dressing and instructions
in handling prisoners humanely will
be given.
Policemen also will be taught
marksmanshiD and jiu-jitsu..
Young Man Shot
When on His Wav
Home From Partv
John Flyun Finds Sou in Bed,
Bleeding From Wound and
Unable to Tell How IJe
Was Injured.
Mystery surrounds the shooting
Saturday morning at 3 of Ray
Flynn, 3422 South Twenty-sixth
street, yardman for the John Har
vey Live Stock Commission com
pany at the stockyards and 'son of
John Flynn, scaleman of the Har
vey company.
Saturday afternoon the elder
Flynn, curious to know why his son,
Ray, did not get up, visited his room
and found the boy in bed with his
clothes on mid semi-conscious.
Groans, from the boy caused the
father to make an examination and
he found Rav suffering from a bul
let wound in the left leg and the
bed clothes covered with b'.ood
Dr. A. J. Young was called and
the young man was sent to St. Jo
sephs hospital, where an examina
tion showed a serious bullet wound
in the left leg above the knee. The
bullet is believed to have lodged in
the abdomen and an X-ray exami
nation will be made to locate it.
Questioned a to the cause of the
wound young Flynn said that he had
a faint recollection of having met
two white men at Twenty-fifth and
A streets about 3 o'clock in the.
morning and of having been the vic
tim of holdups. He said a valuable
watch he had on his person and a
sum of money, how much he could
not say, was missing.
Flynn is said to have ben return
ing home from a New Year's eve
oarty downtown and to have been
left on the corner of Twenty-fifth
and A streets by a taxicab driver.
South Side detectives are working
on the theory that young Flynn may
have been a member of a party of
joyriders whose car was wrecked
Friday night, about 11, on South
Thirteenth street, between Jackson
and Howard streets.
Co-Operative Store '
Of Treasury Employes
At Washington Closed
Chicago Trlbnue-Omahs BM Leaned Wir
Washington, Jan. 2. The co-operative
store for treasury department
employes, opened in October, 1919,
has closed for liquidation, leaving
the 4,500 members who have stood
by the enterprise facing a loss in
the final settlement.
Of the original membership of
6,200, 1.700 have withdrawn, saving
their $5 membership fees, but ac
countants now at work on an in
ventory of stock and other assets
doubt the possibility of liquidating
the remaining memberships at their
face value after outside obligations
have been taken care of.
The store, it is explained, did not
receive the necessary support and
co-operation of the membersbip, nor
was it possible for it to corupete with
local chain stores who offered many
commodities, particularly canned
goods, at lower cost.
Condition of Caruso
Steadily Improving
New York, Jan. 2. A continued
improvement in the condition of En
rico Caruso was reported in a New
Year's bulletin from physicians.
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