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THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, JANUARY 17," 1921. v V U. S. Adventures In Sugar Market May Be Boomerang Taxpayers Asked to Make Good $2,750,000 Loss to Dealers, Due to Slump In Prices. thirago Tribune-Omaha Bee Lraiod Wire. Washington, Jan. 16. The com plfte chronology of Uncle Sam's luckless adventures in the sugar mar ket was given to the senate agricul ture committee yesterday with a, new chapter promising to cost the tax pavers $2,750,000. In August, 1919, President Wilson decided that the government should quit the si'gar business and let the law' of supply and demand take its course, despite tho earnest and re peated warnings af the sugar equal isation board that the market was due to go skyward. Accordingly the government declined to renew its contract for the Cuban crop then selling at $5.40. Immeditely sugar j.rices began to soar and when they got up near the peak, the govern ment decided to go back into the market. Sugar dealers in New York were urged by the government to import sugar from the Argentine at 21 cents . a pound. They w ere to be permitted to sell it in the United States at 1 cent profit. They bought 14.000 tons in Argentine,' but by the time they got it to the United States the bottom had dropped'oxit of the sugar "market. They have on their hands about 10,000 tons of sugar, worth now about 7 cents, ' which they bought for 21 cents, at the govern ment's urging. - 'C T, ' The .deaMrSiffw'tvaiit congress to make good this loss.- They want the government to .ae the .sugar off their hands at 21 ccnts'a pound and sell it at the market price. Senator Wadsworth 61 Nwyork, tia intro duced; a. resolutiofr directing the pres-' ident to -direct the.jmgar equalization board' to -cover -the dealers loss. The loss wilfbe about $2,700,000. Indi cations are that 'the agricultural committee will .make a favorable re port on the resolution. v Mexican Woman and Man Arrested After Cafe Stabbing Brawl Illinois Town in Fair Way to Become Model Of Purity for Youths Jesse Nabaro, 19, 909 Capitol ave nue, and Mrs. Steve Stephens, 20, Mexicans, were arrested Saturday night following a fight at a res taurant at Ninth street and Capitol avenue, in which the woman was stabbed in the tongue and 'jaw by her husband. Nabaro was badly cut about the shoulder and left side. Stephens and his wife had entered the restaurant when Nabaro came to the door and motioned for .the woman to join him, according to De tective Summit. As his wife started to comply, Stephens drew a knife and hit her in the mouth, the detective said. Nabaro came to the woman's rescue and in the fight which ensued produced a revolver and attempted to shoot his opponent, snapping the hammer four times on cartridges which failed 46 iexplode, according to police, who. tqptiijjsiesjion of the Stephens had dTsappJared before police arrived.- The injured man and woman were taken to" the St. Joseph hospital after being booked at Cen tral station on charges, pf disorderly conduct and fighting. Drug Boy Firm Messenger . Robbed When He DeEvers:;iMedicine Police are- seeking a olfe-armed man, alleged to have slugged and robbed Adron VortWeg, 6, messen ger for the Hill-Williams Drug Co., 2402 Cuming street, when he .took a bottle of medicine-to a room at 614 North Twenty-first jlteet in answer to a telephone message about 4. yes terday afternoon. .- f ', The "customer" asked that the messenger bring' change for a $20 bill According to VonWeg, "when he reached the room a" .nc-armed man was bandaeine an ostensibly in jured toot, but suddenly rose tronvA . pf his sitting posito.n knocked him in'"lVian Wanted as Wire-N a corner, auu, ruauv.ing a su, . One Dead As Result Of Triple Shooting And Two Near Peath Sioux City, la., Jan. 16. One r man is dead and two men are at t ie point of death as the result of , a triple shooting here today. The dead woman is Mrs. .Ethel Christensen 27, the second wife of Charles F. Christensen.- The injured are Charles F. Chris tensen and Lionel D. Percy. The latter is the dead woman's , stepfather. Christensen, who was arrested, is j believed by the police to have shot his wife and then engaged in a pistol Hereafter all members of the boysM ?ue 'Lh P'' J"lly S'ven organization will refuse to keep com- as tne "louvc- nanv with mrlc warintr elrirtQ lmf. I length. The ban has been placed Pncinocc TVilroo on the half-sock and they refuse to ! JJUolllCoO JL tlTiCo dance with girls who w.ear no cor sets or wear low-cut dresses. Rouge, paint and other aids to the complex ion are taboo. Silk stockings are also blacklisted. Pulled eyebrows and "cootie ga rages" must be banished with the shimmy and toddle, the boys . de clare. , ( hlraco Tribono-OmaJia Bee Leased Wire. Urbana, Ill.j Jan, 16. The younger generation of this town plan to make it pure and undefiled, if the crusade started several days ago is carried out. It started when 25 girls, mem bers of the Christian Endeavor so ciety, pledged themselves not to have dates with young men who smoke cigarettes and also pledged their in fluence in stopping the habit. However, the young men are go ing them one better. They have alio formed an organization and intend to make the girls over "into the kind of girls our -mothers were. Attempt to Bring Hubby Into Fold By Fasting Fails Illinois Woman Gives Up Plan To Convert Mate Hus band Not Surprised at-Outcome. Men Testify to Grain Prices at Hearing on Bill ...... . . II... r . - t Statement That ' Many Prices But Slightly Exceed Those In October Denied by Congressman. By E. C. SNYDER Washington Correspondent Omiht Dee. ' Washington, Di C.Jan. 16. (Spe cial Telegram.) When Mr. Van Duseen of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce testified on Thursday before' the house' committed on agri-, culture holding" ,hea'ririgs on a num ber of bills dealiiigwith grain futures and "hedging," he stated that, based on figures furnished hinvby, the De partment of Agriculture for a period of 19 years before ,the war, the aver age price of wheat during1 the rrtonth of April was only ,3.vcentst bush el aveir the October price., Jhis stater ment tended to show 4hat the charge that the price is depressed while fcrain remains in the farmer's hands, and is raised in the spring when it passes out of his hands, is untrue. Statement Disproved. . "- .Congressman : McLaughlin of ...Jfe-. Braska, a member of .the agricultural committee wh& has . made a close study of farm prices for a number of years, has secured from the fed eral 1 trade committee av statement covering a period of 29 years, from 1887 to 1916, on the prices of grain in that time. The .statement . shows lhat he; average, mice.1 in October ws. 8550''Cents a bushel iwlnle the average pVice.in May was Slw'cefits in tnose. y yeajs, tnereoy improving Mr. VanDuseens' statement that the average increase for the period was 3 cents more in May than in October. , ( ;' Congressman Green"' of .Iowa, ranking member; ,of the Jfcys and rileaos committee, 'speakir; o,f load ing up the tariff bill with hnb4sible amendments, said today,; r !f ' tariff Bill Delayed. -' "The passage of the emergency senate until ' it is , questionable whether! most 'b'f. 'tbi Benefit.' frM its passHge' .lia've: 'tib't l.ilreidy "bgcfl lost. Unfortunately members of the senate who are in favor of the bill in a general way. are helping to de feat it by proposing amendments. I do not believe the house will, accept . J... ...U . , U .... -TH r a ik -n..t Upward Turn in Northwest States rather to&n'MpfrW lOTtW "It is ibsttftjito: dians being .ble -j'Bdwheat "fryfi-. this- country at, priced, -SO cents A bushel below our priifes on account of the exchange Wheat in the Cana dian markets ii quoted much higher than it is in ou markets. "Thr rothert amendments ' being adoptedviy! Heenefiiare 'all Sup ported by theiedeftjSeyot.fbe biltlWMJ. wish to;.S!,it killed." I do not think the house will agree to these changes but if it- should -there would be prac tically no hope of the bill becoming a laws ' '- '; ' RenewedActivity Reported in All Lines--Many Bank Loans Being Liquidated After Long Delay. 1 CliloHgo Tribune-Omaha Bee Ieiied Wire. Minneapolis. Jan. 16.-Business in the norwest has taken a turn for the better. The bank credit situa tion is easing, farmers are again selling grain, railroad business is picking up, and there are evidences at every hand, of revived activity in the industrial and commercial field of. the, Twin Cities and the north west. ' ' , ., .. : 1 Delayed .for four months, the "forzen" bank loans'-of the north west are beginning to' be liquidated. There -is a noticeable' easing of money, though rates may not soften for some time. ; y ' , i Manufacturing firms report fewer cancellations and more orders , on the basis of new 1921 prices. ' Wheat has raillied to more than $1.70 a bushel, a full 30 cents above the low mark in tV bal. The pres: ent price is attractive to farmers, ap parently, and there is a new move ment to sell. Today 224 cars were received, v Yesterday 298 cars ar rived. 1 Indicating a change condition, the Northern Pacific arrd Freat Northern railroads issued orders forbidding any of their grain cars leaving their lines. The empties are to be rushed to country points to move the re mainder of the grain crop to the terminals. v . V Fully 38 per cent of the. north west's wheat has not beert marketed, ti reserve bank estimates. At $1.50 a bushel tnis represtgits $81,000,000 fnwheat alone, , Bankers estimate -that with other grains, forage produce and live stock yet unsold, there are sufficient prod ucts to more than .liquidate the $95, 000,000 loans the Federal Reserve bank extended 'thejjHstrict.; .jv'- Two Men Are Killed By Bandits in Holdup v Of Michigan Bank ( ' Ba City, Mich., Jan. 13.-Six armed men robbed the Broadway branch of the Bay County Sav ings bank nast night, shot and killed L... M. Persons, an . insurance man. and Martin L. Debatspresidetit.oi: the Valley Home Telephone; com-; pany, and escaped with loot estimat ed at $5,000. ' Debats and Persons were the last Customers in the bank, which was about to close. Persons had just turned from the receiving teller's window and Debats had taken his ace when the V bandits rushed Tmrough the door'and o"pe&i-i ?ire, Tl.: r:.x -t.-.. 1 .:iu .ul t ."rt.x oandits then lined up bank employes,1 and made their escape with all the money in the teller's cage. . r; Late tonight police found, an aban doned automobile, reported stolen early today, in the rear-of a church about two miles fromhie.bauk. Bul let holes in the curtains: -"they bel Jlf ved, identified it as the: bandits' car. After leaving the bank the ban dits fired into a -crowd ' emerging from a dance hall and a billard room, but, so far as police have learned, no one was injured.- v him hand over the; change. The boy said that the man then " hurriedly dressed, 1 threatening vio lence if VonWeg rrtove& and left the house.. It was stated at thero'dining house that the man rented the room yester day. Police ..refuse to divulge the name he gave to the proprietor. 1, Sidney (Neb.) Woman Gains 1 Distinction as Poetess Sidney, Neb.,' Jan. 16. (Specials Mrs. Caroline, Coiar.: wife of Perry Coler, publishes of the, Sidney Enter prise, has written over .2,000 poems, some of which have been reproduced in oublications all over the country. The Sidney Choial Society has some of her works to music. i The latest Kansas history, in its autobiographies of heading citizens, gives Mrs. Color as a prose writer of note. She wis born in Pennsylvania but spent the greater part of her life in Kansas, coming to Sidney three years ago. She assists her husband in the publication of the Sidney En- 3 should not be overtaxed.: 's Since I057vttie recognized bahy )cd hao been ELGLE BRAND Ccnitased Milk ffSlet Kip by Posse vHot Springs,- Atk., Jan. 16.-i-With his bacte.'to a tree and -a Revolver his' hand, G. N. Burkharti sought" id cdnnection with the killing of hi wife near Womble, Ark., was shot to death by a posse in the light of his camp fire on the summit of Pigeon mountain early today. His body Avas riddled with bullets yhen he re fused to. permit officers to come to the fire unde the .pretext of getting warm. .. ' " " ' ' A search had been conducted for the man, following, the finding of his wifes body near Womble Janu ary 8. - ' According to teputy Sheriff Ar thur Cummings, Burkhart denied his identity1 when i approached, and warned the oosse back.. He was then ordered to throw up his hands! He complied, but retained his re volver. The weapon was shot from his. hand. He stooped and picked up the revolver'? nd "attempted, to fire. A fusillade" of bullets . epded his life. : Mid-West Cement Users Plan No Show This Year No .cement show "will be held this vear by the Mid-west cement Users' association, the board of di rectors decided at the last meeting, selecting Omaha, however, as the location forv.the 1921 convention oh thjir first two days of March. H:: K; Park Of BruninK. Neb., is prfesidenf ot the association and Frank Whip-1 perman of Omaha is secretary and treasurer. ' , Chicago Trthune-Onialia Bee Leard. Wire. Danville, . 111., Jan. 16. "Ernie" Harrington will not become a Holy, Roller preacher. 'He will continue to sell groceries and . smoke when he feels like it. ' . lv't His wfie, Sadie, who began t hunger strike 48 days ago aud an ifounced she would partake of no food until "Ernie" came , into the fold, gave up the, battle today and proceeded to wrap herself around va big meal. Two days ago she en-' larged her contract by the announce ment that she would fast until the entire world was saved. This, in addition to her original task o sav ing "Ernie," rather staggered .her backers, inasmuch as she was not getting along very rapidly with the conversion of her husbands ?. Sadie had this to , say S . 'Tin through,. with - my hunger strike. A hopedf Ernie woukl set- the error of his ways and repent while there was time, but he seems to be just getting more and more stubborn. , I thought I heard the voice of the Lord tell ing me to take no food until Ernie had turned to the church, but itrriav be that I was wrong." fj! . There are broad intimations that Mrs. . Harrington ended her fast after she heard " threats that the, grand jury, - which convenes next , week, would be asked to investigate "religious fanatics" and take v her, into custody on a chargi of insanity "Ernie" was busy 'filling grocery orders when he heard Sadie had quit said Sadie wouldn't go through v:-ith- it," he asserted. , "Shcnev-r went? through with: anything in her life.,- If I , want to smoke and-play card's occasipnally, that's my fcnsi iness. . I haven't "joined her church and J am not' going to," Jl K .Physicians who havej.exahvned Mrs.'1 Harrington declare that ;; she has mot fasted- more than a week, ajr two.'" , ' "';tj Don Barclay Has Big a - Corps of Beauties At Gayety Theater "Hokumville Junction,"- featuring: Don Barclay and the "Step Lively Girls," resembles closely a teyue of the big hits of the burlesque circuit augmented by many, new . and. strictly Barclay : laugh producers ! The production is the flashiest ana classie that has appeared here this season, .- - , 'cS ; ' hile -the median's ' cannot be classed .'Green3Eicl:' Vallage mddels, tli fpniaV aprinn-nf thp raft is the most beautiful assembled on the!. stage this-season and the girls can s:ng and dance-as well. - " I. Barclav. iust? before the orcsctit season opened, closed a 60-weeksM engagement in London. Previous to that time he appeared ik "musical revues in New York since; his. lastn appearance here five years ig6;, HisJ comedy is ot -jne .;narne napiin order with the pustard pies,' left out. He has those funny.teet and a man ner that is a sure cure; for the blues. ' Evelyn Cunningham,' Edna Green, and Patti Moore have a repertoire of. the latest song hits that they pni, across hi a manner that makes then! ; real hits. TJieir display of w'ardrohc-' is especially elaborate. In addition. Miss Green '. isf an i accompjished dancer.'-f- v' ' ''..V 'v -;,'-,Tlie .'stoge',vSeUin 'are'.relaborate ' Weight limit on Parcel -Post Mail to FranceJs ri Raised to 22 Pounds The Biggest Novel ot 19211 0 1'. - "Afraid? Oh, no, Scnor. But whan you apeali to m my hd grow hot and my haoda-grow cold." ., These Big Authors -Write tor McCALL?S George WeitotizBx Sarah Bernhardt William Almon Wolff Pierre Mille : i , . . AnneO'Hagan Stacy Aumonier Elsie Singmaster "I Will Never See You Again" he said, as he caught her in his arms. ' The Spanish have a proverb that the south wind drives men mad. It drove Howard Miljj,ard,4he American, and Teresa, the beautiful young Cuban, out into the dark night, "where the wind showered them with orange blos soms, and the trees made a pale archway overhead through which showed the swirling heavens." 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"The Lark," of course, is only one of the three novels that you will receive in your McCall's during ' the coming year, but even though McCall's brought you only this one delightful story, the entertainment and enjoyment that you would derive from it would be worth many times the subscription price to you. Don't Miss This Novel Which Begins Soon in McCall's Select your favorite McCall Club From The Omaha Bee special combinations. . , Mail your order now. lip frthune-Ojiurtuii Bcajfed Win- ; Washington, Jatt&rPostrhaster General Burleson-signed an agree-" ment with the postal administration of France, effective February 1, 1921.' ; increasing the maximum weight limn on parcel post packages between the Merchants Start System . . Of Saving - Among Children Lodieoole. Neb.. Jan." 16. (Spe- talj Progressive Sidney merchants bait instituted a system of saving - , , i - , wnong xniiareq. -vasn i5couin are allowed irt'the form of "baby bonds' which are exchanged for "college saving certificates," worth $5 on the owner's 18th birthday anniversary. t ri nit- i ino Liue to murderer ; v . Of Annapolis Nurse - Annapolis, Md.,-Jan. Y6.-Althoiigh a board of naval officers -lias been making an investigalionrXhey- had not formed any clew to the. identity of the assailant of Miss Harriet M. Kavanaugh, a nurse of the naval hospital, who was murdered on the naval academy reservation last night. A Lying unconscious at the foot of a 35-foot terrace about the nayal ceme tery grounds, her skull crushed ili' three places, Miss Kavanaugh was found by Pharmacist Male Kenneth Riley, attached to the hospitaU .JShe died today without ;regai.ning' con sciousness. , "V ; City police ofnciais are- aiding the academy authorities" as far as pos sible. At least two men, one in the service, another said to be a de serter, are said to be under surveil lance V. Daughter Succeeds Father Alter Long lerm as UerK Table Rock, Neb,, Jan. 14 (Spe cial.) After serving Pawnee county as clerk of the district court for U years, J. B. Brooks was succeeded by his- daughter. Fay, who assisted him as deputy during the past four years. ' ' ' Henry Rinne, jr., retired as county commissioner and is succeeded by W. J. Stiner. , Burlington Calls Back , . Men Recently Released Wymore, Neb., Ian. 16. (Special.) The Burlington has put 10 men back to work in the shops here. The heavy grain movement has resulted in the necessity of a force of ar repairers much larger than the road retained when making the three re cent reductions in the working force, Maud Booth to Speak.' -v Arapahoe, Neb., Jan. 16.(Spe cial.) The Arapahoe " Federad Study club has engaged Maud Bal lington Booth for a lecture "Janu ary 24, njted states an irrance irom u pounds to 22 p'un4,rf; '-' " i, V This includes aoi omy' continental United -States' ahd ' ontlnental France, but the, island possessions of the United States and- the calomes of France, " that is, Corsica, A'seri Tunis, Frehch M5rbccd ,and' '4he principality of HQtUto. ' A ' : This arrangement doubling the maximum weight limit of our parcel post to France, is a'further step in the efforts of the 'postofiice depart ment, to increase to exporters and other patrons o't the service the .fa cilities afforded through the'.intcr natipnal parcel: post. ?y, ' f FrontierCounty Stands, i1 : Second inPig Chibork - StockvilleV' ' Neb., !.Jatt.L16.ri(Sp.eJj cial) Frontier torinty stand&'second in Pig club work in. the state. ..There are' six; 100 per cent clubs,-5nly one other county having a larger number. The champion 'county , club .member is Isabelle Marcellus. 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