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7 n Soviets Prepare For an Offensive Against Japanese Bolshevik Troops Concen trated in Eastern End of Si beria Mobilize Ear East Russians. Harbin. Manchuria, Feb. JJ. Mili tary operations by the .Russian bol sheviki against Japcncsc forces it) Siberia are believed to be foreshad owed by -concentrations of soviet iroops in the eastern end of the lonnirv. There were 50,000 bolshe ik soldiers in t hit.i recently, and 11,01c are ;id to be arriving at inter a's. Units are declared t6 be pro ceeding to points farther east, as scnibli'iiR principally in the Prinidis-. kv district and aloug-tbc Manchurian frontier. While badly clothed and led. these soldiers are' reported to be w ell armed and under SQvcrc disci pline. ' Eighteen thousand troops nave arrived at YcrUmie L'dinsk from Moscow. At Khabarovsk, on the Amur river, about'40,000 bolshevik troops are concentrated and thefe are gradually being moved south to points, on the I man and Ussuri rivers. 1 he official reason given by the bolsheviki for dispatching iroops to Khabarovsk is that there are large supplies ot gram mere, ; mfficiciiuto niaiiiti:i the iroops for ! a year.. On 1 1 he oilier, hand, re- ! port from there indicate that the j supplies available are sufficient for j about a month. ! i Mobilize Far East Men. lj increase the regular and gucr- ! r-illa forces, the bolshevik authori- ties are said to be mobilizing the population of the Russian far cast,: This step would have the double purpose of increasing the military forces and of disintegrating the Kappel and Semenoff anti-bolshevik armies. The work of mobiliza tion is, meeting: with some opposi tion from the pVople, it is said. Troops are distributed along the whole line of railway from Chita east to the Manchurian frontier. At Manchuli. on the border, bolshevik organizations have been formed and are asserted to be smuggling agent through into Manchuria for the work of propaganda. Activity is noticeable in the movement of loco motives and cars from the Ussuri railway (connecting Khabarovsk and Nikolsk), to tiie Amur railway, which forms Ihe connecting link w ith Transbaikalia through Russij(:i territory. 7 Active Near Primorsk. ' Food sdpplier- are being moved hv rail from Vladivostok into the Primorsk province and attempts K IIAC UV(.1I lllrtU .J &IIIU5lt dl U13 into these regions! The bolsheviki fear, according tq i information received here, that the Japanese may create an opposition "butler state" in the Primorsk region by spring, in which event they might make use of the Kappel and Semenorf iroops. whose long experience in guerrilla warfare would be extreme ly valuable. s Ihe appointment oi the Japanese 1 rrL:t.--.. . , . general, lachibana, to command troops in Siberia is commented upon as significant. Beatrice Bloodhounds To Track Bruiting Robbers Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 21 (Special.) Robbers visited Bruning and se - cured ,f80 from Daughcrty & Son's v meat market and grocery storey an'd a number, of watches from the Red Cross pharmacy. '(The safe in the Bruning mill and elevator was bat-, tered tip considerably by the rob bers, whcf"(aiicd to open it. An un successful attempt was also made to enter the grocery torc of J. Fred Hinkle. Bloodhounds from Beatrice were taken to Bruning to aid the officers in the search for the robbers. v Occupants of Auto Hit by Train Escape Uninjured Geneva, Neb., Feb. 23. (Special.) A narrow escape from death or serious injury was the experience of Sam Litchti a farmer living near Shicklcy, who with two other men va driving over the Burlington tract in Shicklcy and failed to ob serve an approaching train. The auto was struck in the middle and carried along the station platform x and nearly demolished. Two men were thrown, out and were unhurt. Mr. I.ichti sustained a bruised bosc" Arnold Village Bqardi Accepts Gift of Library tiroken bow, acd., ryi voi. cial.) The village hoard of Arnold has accepted a public library and rest room willed to the city by Mrs. Sarah A. Finch. The wdl set aside $17,500 to be used for building and equipment and named Julia Finch, Ira T. Mills and Dr. Frank Bum ham ; as executory -of this clause of the will. It will he known as the.E. Swain and Sarah E. Finch memorial library. ; - ' ' South BeatriceHesidence Is Destroyed by Eire Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 23. (Special.) Tlie home of George Lippold in ' Sbuth Beatrice was destroyed by fire. . The Mrilding was located outside oi the fire district. Most of the house hold goods were- saved. The loss is' v placed, at $2,000, with $1,800 insur ance. The fire, originated in -he f lichen froman unknown cause. - Waives Hearing on Robbery Broken Bow.Xeb., Feb. 23. (Spe . cial.) Orvillc G. Jackson. 23, waived prelirainary hearjng -before Judge Hokomh in county court on the charge of breaking into and entering the George Mary general i merchandise store at Oconto. - v No Alcohol or dangerouidruji. I More Truth' By JAMES J. The Skeleton in Armor (Made over for the Movies) Back in the days of oid, Made in a giant's mould, I was a Viking bold Somewhere in Nonvav. Til! I Matilda met, ' , Never did I regret That I had not as yet-- Strayed from my doorw . She w as a fjrincess who - -Had'jyes of xreeiush-blue , Ah! I have lived o rue . The day .she lamped rnc. And( in the palace there. ' ' . v Twining her golden hair, - With that scft baby stare '' Wfckedly -vamped mev . - , ; ' Thus evilly .beguiled, ? 1 went sheer raving wild. Leaving my wife and ,child Up on the highland. And without more ado, . Though it was wrong, I kij,cw, -- I took Matilda to, ( Newport,-Rhode Island. There I this tower made; Every last stone I laid. , ' Little I knew the jade That happy summer. But once, when homeward bound, MatiWa was riot around, She had, I later found, K Skipped with a drummer. Tliat's why you secine-here, Clad only in a spear. Mocked and derided, By this Matilda Jane, , I, Learning that love was vain I suicided! --. - YOU BET ; . - If "any, congressmen had-been wounded on any oi their trips to the battle line they d b .getting rriore than $12. a month from the government. PRETTY RAGGED ' It looks as if ''the only'pr?duct of the Geneva -conference 'would be another scrap of paper. PLENTY OF NERVE We never really were sure that Will HaKs was the goods till "he volunteered to take Burleson's job. ' "Copyright, 1921. by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.) . T7 '.J THE, BY AKTHUK CHAPTER III. No One at Home. , Since there seemed to be nobody lurking in, the shadows around him, and watching hitfi, Benny Badger turned to the ground squirrel's hole and began to dig. How he did make the dirt fly! He scooped it up with his big feVt and flung it back in a shower, not eating in the least when, it fell. x Fpr he was interested not in what lay 'behind, but before him. Tn almost less time than V takes to tell about it, Bonny Badger had made And, then. Bcnng met with & ' sad disaptJlntment. the entrance of the tunnel so biff that it swallowed his head and shoulders. Yowvw;hen some people do any. thing they are forever stopping to see how much they have finished, as if they hated to work and wished that they didn't have to.' Lml Betin Hadgcr was not like them. He loved to dig. And instead of wish ing that it wasn't far to the ground squirrel's chamber, he kept hoping that it was a good, long tunnel, so that he might have plenty of fun dig ging h'is way to the end of it. He didn't pause to. look back at the. pilp of dirt he had thrown behind him. In fact, lte didn't stop for any thing not even to take a - long breath until he noticed a sound that rhade him pause and listen iot a few moments. ' It was a yapping, growling noiat that caught Benny Badger's ear a noise that changed, while he listened, to- a howl, and then suddenly ended ar it had begun. That call, coming as it did out of i he night, would have " frightened many people. Not knowing just what it was, they ' might have thought it sounded like the 'cry of a wolf. But Benny Badger-howcd not the least sign of fear. On the con trary, he seemed almost angrywith himself because tfc had stopped even for a few moments to, listen. . "Oh, fudge!" lie said or some thing a good deal like that. "It's nothing but a coyote." And then he went to digging faster than ever to make up for lost time. He hadn't been working long aftct that when Mr. -.Coyote's call mad him back out pf the hole and listcnilp despcradoTs each, day.ejther by unvcinuir. t ' "Shucks!" said Benny Badger ot something like that, anyhow. "He's comintr this way." A n a rntiM tav crin tli:,t Ronnv : Badger was not" pleased. Buthtj For use on lif?ht aiiiomohilcs a continued his work just the same, j gearless differential, depending en And he made the dirt fly even more tirely upon friction has been ti-r-furiously than bciore, because lit , vclopcd iu Luropc. iltiE Than Poetry : MONTAGUE." rr T3I o TAL& OF SCOTT BAI LEY vatch to reach the-end of tho ground 'squirrel tunnel before Mt. . ...... . j . , wjwc dijivtu on rue scene. It happened that Mr. Coyote was stalking slowly across the country in the -moonlight headed -for no place in particular. So Benny Badger had time to burrow his. way tp the grouitd squirrel's bedroom without being in terrupted iAnd then Benny met with 'a sad disappointment. The owner of the burrow was not at home! Benny knew he could not have been gone long, because the bed of dried grasses was still warm.- It was plain that Mr. Ground Squirrel had awakened and lVeard the sound of Benny Badger's digging. And there was no doubt that hp liart sprung ip in a hurry and rushed out or -ins back door, while Benny made his way through the front one. Benny Badger tried to console himself with the thought that any how he had had the fun of digging. But he was very hungry. And there was no supper in sight anywliere. He was just about to renew his Lsearch for fresh ground squirrels' noies. wnen-who siiouicl,appear but Mr. Coyote himself, with a knowing smilMipon his narrow face. i .". (Copyright, Grosset ft Dunlap.) Dog Hill Pdragrafs "By George Bingham. A man from the Calf Ribs neigh borhood was tnrough here this week trying to swap a mule, but he did not meet with sicces. as while no- body remembred his name every body" doo recollect that he is the one whoskinned Jefferson Pollocks out of a cider mill last spring. . T he' crime wave has struck Tobe ,Ioseley'j5 hen house, and two of his nice roosters are missing. . Clarv Hancock says evidently the Far West is ail awful nice place now since the moving pictures have t.veraged doing away with afctcast ding. v. ; . . Copyright, 1921. George Mctthcw Adams. . j. a Good Prospects For Agreement on TariffMetfsure lurtlier Progress in Fixing Hates in Conference of House and Senate Coni- 'j mittecs Reported. I ' Washington, Feb. 23. Agrcc--, ments on rategin the Forduey emer : gency tariff bill on dairy products, J olive oil and olives w ere reached to ! (lay by senate and blouse lferees, but disputes over the wheat, sjugar - and tobacco tariffs prevented imal ' action. A compromise on the olive tariff . was reached by the conferees, the. , rates of 60 and 0 cents per gallon, according to the size of containers; , being reduced to SO and 40 edits', respectively; The conferees also adopted the senate amendment im , po'sinff 25 cents a, gallon on olives : in solution and 5 cents a pound on those not in solution, i The rate of 8 cents 4 pound fin ! butter in the senate amendment was I reduced to 6 cents. The senate I amendments providing a tariff , of j 23 per cent on cheese, 2 cents a j gallon on fresh milk, 5 cents a gal rlon on cream and 2 cents a potmd j on condensed milk w ere affected by the change. j Senate Penrose, head of the sen ate conferees, said there was " a rea sonable prospect" for a complete agreement tomorrow and added that "we have got to agree this week." The sugar schedule appeared to be -the principal snag, it was said, the house conferees continuing1 to Mand out' against a sugar tariff. They also continued vigorous' op position to the senate amendment 1 increasing the duty on wheat from I 1! . - An n l...rl,nf UlS LJ nj icing a iruJiKI. -.Senator Jones, republican, Wash ington, made a statement in support of the proposed tariff on "apples and the.conferees agreed to strike from the apple" rate, clause, a 'provision referring directly to Canadian ap ples, planning to make the provi sions general to avoid giving offense to Canada. Senator McNary. repaMican, Ore eon, also appeared in support of the j senate amendment imposing a duty of 4 cents a pound on cherries, a rate said to be .equivalent to $1.85 per bushel, as compared with 25 cents imposed by the Paync-Aldrich law. f' Three Boys Playing , "Hookey" From School Are Drowned in Lake - is Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Muskegon, Mich., Feb. 23. Three Muskegon Heights boys playing "hookey" from school Tuesday after noon, fell through the ice and drown et( in Mona lake. Russell Canning and Frank Kroski, 14, went down first and Hugh Lenor and John Hoiy; started to their aid. They both went through the ice, but Howe managed to' reach shore. His scrfams( aN traded workmen a half, mile away, who rushed to the scene. Meanwhile a woman a mile across the lake saw the boys go down and telephoned the police. The bodies were re covered. Modern Sales Pavilion Erected for Ord Stockmen Ord, Neb., Feb. 23.-(Special.) A new and modern sales pavilion has been erected here. The building is complete in every respect for the handling of all kinds of stuff, but is" primarily fitted for the advantageous sale of pure-bred live-stock. i Jury Unable to Agree in Beatrice Assault Case Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 23. (Special.) The jury in the case of Frank Cunningham, charged with assault on Cordia Carpenter, 15. was unable to reach a verdict. The girl has been an inmate of the industrial school at Gefieva since last summer. Romance in Origin Of Superstitions By H. IRVING KING. ' Touch Iron. "Tick, tack, never change back,; touch cold iron," accompanied by ap propriate action, is a venerable form of binding a contract "among boys after they have made a "swop," and may be frequently heard in the rural districts among school children" at play. i - This is a vestige of the ancient be lief in the efticacyof cold iron, in warding off, witches and other evil spirits. When man first tried to work iron he undoubtedly had much troubfe with it and naturally attribu ted his failures to the interference of evil spirits, thus, starting the iron superstition, which Jias persisted.ever since, exhibiting itself in fajious forms, among different races. The blacksmiths of Pompeii because they feared'the spirits would be after tlrem for working always inthe material most hated by the spirits, placed powerful amulets .over their doors; Solomon's .temple was buflt with Wither hammer nor n axe N nor any- tool - of iron." N and ' sft was the sacred Sublician bridge at Rome, which, also, 'had . to be tept - in repair - without the use of .metal. An enlightened East In dian prince not long ago' objected to the use of iron in constructing houses in his domains, believing? it would be followed by cholera and other epidemics the. spirits reveng ing themselves for" the using of their abhorred metal. , On the other hand, some races rea soned it out -thai, if the evil .spirits so hafed iron, iron might be a good BEE: 'OMAHA- THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1921. thing to defy them with. In certain parts of -orth Africa there is tio such efficacious charm against witches as a piece of iron. The Scot tish fisherman when he- hears a ship mate blaspheming, cries out "Cold' iron." and all the men in the boat touch the nearest piece of iron they qan reach.. That brings the m.gi'c, metal into the case and scares off tJie evil spirits who might pounce, upon the blasphemer When the scluOl boys touch cold iroji to bind their contract they invoke the aid- of the metal against the evil .spirits vii'ch might try tov tempt (ijcm to break it. ' 1 1 Flip of Coin Sent Her Into. Alaska in 1 873 A flip of (a coin "m 1873 decided whether Miss Nellie Cashman of San Francisco and another- girl would seek their fortunes in South Amer ica or in Alaska. The coin's, sent them to Alaska and it was not until a few days ago that Miss Cashman, now . 60 years old, returned to her native city on a vacation frdm the frozen north. She is widely known as Alaska's most distinguished "sour dough." Jerry toward Was Treated Kindly by Police of Galwav Omahan Is Subject of Official Statement Issued by Di visional Commissioner - '' Pleased at Treatment. GclUst, Feb. 23. Divisional com missioner ot Police Cruise of Gal wav, in a statement regarding the wlleged ill-treatment of Jeremiah Howard of Omaha, Neb., in that city recently, says today: "Jeremiah Howard was detained about 30 minutes in the barracks in Galway while he was questioned and 1 1 is passport papers examined, He expressed himself as pleased at his courteous treatment by the police, whom he presented with photo graphs of prominent Omaha citizens and noted a kindly 'message to the mayor of his city frointidivisiorir al commissioner." Safe Blowers Wreck Three Vaults and Get $30,000 Fr6m Jewelers Chicago, Feb. 23. Three safes in the buildinc of John Magnus & Co., dealers in jewelry and silverware, wer blown open early today in what police declared was one of the bold est safe roDberies in years. While two men. supposed to be former employes, from their intimate knowledge of the building forced the night watchman to make his custo mary rounds to the nii burglai clarms, two others worked for sev eral hours over the three safes, neg lecting 10 other safes in 'which were stored less valuable merchandise. Company officials estimated the loot at $30,000. , Strike of Tenants in " Chicago Shows Results Chfcaso Tribune-Omaha Dee Leased '.Tire. Chicago; , Feb. 23. "Tenants' strikes" heralded by placing of win dow posters announcing that the apartments, would not be vacated fay 1, becaus? landlords were asking exorunant rentals, are aireaoy naving their effect, according to A. E. Jessurun, secretary xf the Tenants' Protective . league. The league is Staging a whirlwind 10-day campaign for 100,000 new members. "A number of north side landlords have capitulated," Mr. Jessurun said today. "We placed our unfair' post ers last night in tenants' windows in the buildings owned by these land lords and today tenants advised they had been tendered "reasonable leases. I have reports' also of surrenders in other parts of the city." , Blue Spring Will Erect Monument for War Heroes Blue Springs. Neb., Feb. 22. (SpeciaU-Plans .are being per fected -for ceremonies in connection with the unveiling of a monument to be erected here in memory of the soldiers of the world war.-' O. E. Bishop, pioneer and civil w at veteran, donated dollar for dollar to the fond raised by the Women's Re lief corps, aided by the Red Cross. Twenty-five -hundred dollars has been collected, and the monument, which will bea .granite shaft, is ready for erecting. i ; Army Men Ask Retirement At End of 25 ;Ycars' Service El Paso, sl"c.y Feb. 23. A re quest that emigres place enlisted men of the United States army on the retired list aftrr25 years' service,- allowing double-time for for eign service, was embodied in a resolution adopted b.vl,000 soldiers atFort Bliss here last1 night. The resolution was. introduced by Sergt. LL. F. Matlaek, a former captain in the Lighth -United states cavalry. . , - Bliic Springs Chautauqua Will Have Novel Numbers B1ue: Springs, Neb., Feb.- 23. (Special.) Local committees have signed, a contract for a five-number Lyceum course to be Ijcld here dur ing ,the summer montus. .With one exception, the program 'has befit selected for tribal groups from countries little known to Americans. Iowa Attorney Dice M.UM-atiiic.a.; Feb. 23,-W. II. Butterfield, prominent attorney of Washinfton, - la., rTcd at hi home following fk. "brief illness. He was a leading figure in civic affairs and yell known throughout southeastern Iowa. " i ; A ellie ArillV of if 5,000 Provided for by Subcommittee Amount Recommended for Aviation Almost Double That Favored by House Pro vision for National Guard. , Washington, Feb. 23. An army of fin average strength of 175,000. for the next fiscal yearxwas provided for in appropriations approved iy the senate subcommittee on military af fairs, in completing its report on the army appropriation bill for presenta tion to the full conimittee. This strength compares with an average of loO.OOO as provided tor rnhc bill as passea ny me nouse. , f The bill as reported by the sejiyrte subcommittee provide., , $7,800,000 for aviation, compared-' with $4,000, 000 favored by the nouse. Or this increase, $3,000,000 would be used in purchasing new planes, and equip ment. An increase alsowas mude for vocational training the total being $2,500,000, as compared with $1-000,000 adopted by the house. Substantial provision is also made for the National guard, phased oh assurances the guard next" year wil number 125.000. - . The 1 75.000 average in personnel, it was explained, would mean an army of about -461.000 af the end of tfee next fiscal year, us compared with 122,000 if the house figures were adopted. The subconiVnittee report will be submitted to the full committee to morrow. Real Inside Story of me de Pike' $175,000 Liquor Deal Revealed Chlc-ago.Jrlbune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago.Teb. 23. The inside story of "Mike de Pike" Heitler's $175,000 liquor deal was revealed on the wit ness stand today by Maurice Joy, the one saloon keeper in the now famous "double cross" deal who refused t be frightened intp silenee. Heitler and 24 co-defendants are beinrried in federal court on charges of con spiracy to violate the liquor laws. Detective Sergeant Edward Smale and Patrol Sergeant Tiihothy Judge were named bv the 'witness as two of a dazen police officers who he Incw to nave participated in the deal. TJic( witness told of how the liquor, with, z. dozen policemen standing guard, had been loaded on trucks at a local railroad 'yard. . Thcrr came the testimony relating to the manner m which Joy and other purchasers bad beenrobbed ot their whisky by a croup of police officers posted on the route from the freight yards to their various saloons, lov testified that in addition to taking his booze supply, the robbers took a diamond ring and pin, valued at $5,000. Italy Takes Measures t To Stop Typhus Spread Rome, Feb. 23. Vigorous, meas ures are being taken by the Italian government to prevent the entrance to Italy of infectious .disease, espe cially typhus fever, Sighor Corradini, under secretary of the interior, de clared in the senate here today. " He answered interrogations from Senator Lustig regarding measures adopted or cohtemplkted to protect Ihe country and declared the covern- ment was fully aware of its response -biltty.y , 7 Senator Lustig protested .against the action of sanitary authorities in New York and against articles, in the American , press, which, he de clared, "hd pointed out our country as a barbarous nation and the center .p all epidemics." American Orthodotf Rabbis Ban Hasty Immigration Law New York. Feb. 23. An urgent appeal that "no hasty anti-immigration legislation be tnacted" was con tained in a telegram addressed today to President Wilson, the president of (he senate and the speaker of the house of representatives from the as sembly of American" orthodox rabbis, in annual convention' here. - "As representatives of that great civilization which was proclaimed upon Sinai," the message said, "wt would' deeply regret to vitness the suddeif check to American idealism. "It would be most unkind to re ward the America immigrant by preventing his near and dear one front. joining him' here, as immigra tion oni 3 per cent basis would sure-, ly do." - Senate .Defeats Fight for Woman on Control Board Des Moines, Feb. 23. (Special Telegram.) Governor Kendall's fight to put a woman ori the state board of control received an over whelming defeat in the opening skirmish today when -the senate voted, 40 to 7, to indefinite post ponement of Senator Witmore's bill requiring that one of the three mem bers be a woman. ' Senate Aslis Information , On Amory Oil Concession Washington, Feb. 23.-The ; sen ate adopted a resolution by Senator Borah, republicaiClflaho, asking the president for information relative to the Amory oil concession in Costa Rica granted certain British Sub jects and to the controversy be tween Great Britain and Costa Rica; growing out of the same. Former Idaho Congressman i Wants Diplomatic Post Boise, Idaho.' Feb. 23. Former Con&rcssuian Thomas R. Hamerj is an active candidate for the appoint ment of minister toPanama. it Was announced here. Endorsement from all parts of the slate have been sent to the Idaho congressmen and sen-, alors, urging them to support Mr. Hamer's candidacy. U. S Files Injunction Suit Against Southern Pine Body .St. Louis, Feb. 23.- The govern ment today filed injunction proceed ings against the Southern Pine asso ciation, 01 corporations and 6) indi viduals, in an effort to end an alleged conspiracy tp curtail the sup ril - and inrreast! (he priir oi vcllow nine lumber. I Alimony Awarded jn O'Neill "Rat!! Divorce is ixecoru lor vxniniy O'Xeill, Xcb., Feb. 23. (Special.) Mrs. Fred Bazelinan, ' whose hus band last wck. ajleged that he found a live rat sitting on liter photograph, which hung on the wall of the Bazel man residence, was awarded $7,500 alimony and $500 attorney fees iu her divorce action against Bazel man, who is a member of the Bazcl man Lumber company, operating a lumber yard ajid general store at this place. The alimony, is the larg est amount ever awarded by a court in Holt county and is payable in installments extending over two years. The custody of the children will not be determined by the court untjl after school closes. The rat incident, whidi one of... the . Jittle daughters of the couple interpreted 4as an omen that her. father was the innocent due in the.. divorce action, failed to impress the court and Judge nTobert R. Dickson threatened to send Bazelman to jaij.- if rats again were brought into the case. ' 4il)ry" Forces Win Battjc iij House rAfter Hot Figlit Motion Directing. Conferees To Give 1 $1,400,000 to Break Up iquprTr'af-1 fic Approved. - v . ashington.'vpcb. 23. Friends ot prohibition - enforcement in the house today won another' "battle to keep liquor beyond reach of .tiiosc not permitted to nandjc it. After a flareup that ' threw-' the house into bitter' debate, .. prohibi tion forces rallied followers. and put through a motjon directing 'confer ees on the deficiency bill to give the government $1,400,000 to. break up tbe liquor traffic from- now . until July 1. It was the top figure dis cussed: 1 : .. ", , Before, the vote, however, charges flew thick, Chairman Gwd, ..of the appropriations committee, declaring enforcement ' agents, openly are winking at the law's violation Rep resentative Volstead came' back with the charge that attempts were being made to break down the machinery of enforcement threugh'the failure to provide adequate -appropriations.' "Wets" in Bureau. ' ' Othersumped into the fray, mentioning Wayne Wheeler, gen eral counsel for 'the .anti-saloon league. Mr.. Goo.il declared, even this champion of prohibition .be lieved there were too many" men on the rolls- of the internal-' revenue bureau who were winking at viola tionsj - . ' V ' " "I have talked with " Wayne Wheeler, who, sends his commission to the house, ''where, men ' nod. to him as they nod tojSamuel Gompers and vote money but Af the treasury whether they want-It or not," Mr. Good declared.'' "Mr. "Wheeler .will tell you the same thing1 he has ItoM me that there are- more wets fhan drys in the bureau aod yet he comes and demands-that you.vofc more Tney for him," . . '. -Denies Charge." Mr. Wheeler, leaning over the gallery fail," smiled. 1 1 4 ' I resent the charge. Mr. Good continMC.d, "thstmeriibcrs "of the ap propriations conimittee are 'not in favor, of "strict enforcement cf the lav. We have given every penny the organization can spend for the rest of this fiscal yearv But I tell you vjhe 'amount we have fixed will require dismissal of many " agents, who ought to be' dismissed. More than 2.000 employes of the ;'ureau are not Standing up for 'the law." Mr. i Volstead declared ' unless adequate! funds were provided im mediately much of the force would have to be dropped. U French Destroyers Have ' Been Engaged WithSovicJs Constantinople, Feb. 23 (By the! Associated Pres.?) French .destroy ers cruttmg along the easte"rw coast of the Black 'sa have been engaged, with soviet forces at Gagry. town 15-tniles northwest of ,SuUhunf-Kale. Reports received here , state the bol sheviki lost heavily, from , the fire of the French warships.. Tiflis appears to be-still in the hands of the Georgians, who have, however, suffered quite heavy losses. Dispatches received in this city state that the, advance -pf the Eleventh soviet army .against Tiflis has been disavowed by the bolshevik' gov ernment in Moscow. " Big Counterfeiting Plant Seized by Federal Agents N'ew York, Feb. 23.--Seventy-scv-en thousand strip j-tamps for use, on whisky bottles, bc'ifdes thousands of case stamps, wene.. seized by secret service operatives in a raid on an electrically, cquifiprd counterfeiting plant. Three persons were arrested and r.nother detained as a witness. Thrte clectically.Qoerateil ..presses &m ! plates from fwht'ch stamps had been printed, were found. Coun terfeit labels for popular brands of whisky also wtrft 'discovered.! -These arc reported to have been sold at. from $35 to ?40 a thousand. AnVKKTlREMF.NT PUT CREAM IN NOSE -AND STOPCATARRH x - Telbj How To Onen Clogged Nob trits and End Head -Colds. ' You feel fine in a few moments. Your cold in hesd or catarrh wil) be gone. Your clogged nostrils will open. The air passages of your hjad will clear and you can breathe 'free ly. No more fullness, headache; no hacking, snuffling, mucous dis charges or dryness: no struggling for your breath at night. Tell your druggist vou want a small bnltle of ijty's Cream Balm. Apply a little of "this fragrant, anti septic cream in v.our nostrils, let it penetrate through every air passage of the head; soothe and heal the swollen, , inflamed mucous mem brane, ancj relief comes instantly. It is.iusf' what every' cold. and, ca tarrh sufferer' needs. '-'Don't stax ,'tuflcd up and miserable. Christian Will Uje Seerelan: lo n . , . r, rresmeni-ruci Harding, With Cabinet Com pleted, Turns Altenlioji to Other Appointments nud, Preparalfoit of Speech. St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 23. (By ihc Associated Press) With only a few formalities remaining lo finally close up tVe selection of his cabinet, President-elect Harding- gave his at-, tention today to other immediate ap pointments and ti- the preparation of his inaugural nddrcss. 1 The ihancc that changes will b made now in hc cabincj personnel is considered remote, r There have been published, reports that Herbert Hoover might dedine the secrtary of commerce place, but they manifestly are tiot credited by 'Mr,, Harding ami his advisers!' Another selection 'understood to have been decided on is that oi George B. C'hciMiau, jr., to be secre tary to the president. Mr. Chris tian has . been M'. Harding's privat ' secretary" since he entered the senate six years ago. He is 47 years old, and has been a neighbor of the Hardings in Marioji for ye;fr. 1 s Back in Capital Sir Auckland Gcddcs Busy at work I'oIIowilw ncuirn. From London. Washington, I cb. 2.). Sir AUcJ limit fjprlitee !lii Hrilish ;miliassa dor, was back in Washington today after personal conferences with for eign office officials' in Loudon, pre pared to take up with the new ad ministration pending questions be tween this country and Great Britain.; 'JJ'bvr -ambassador, was' summoned tci.l-on'doh by Premier Lloyd Gcorgi' last month and oinoivg iiujiportant diplomatic subjects known to have been" -discussed were far eastern af fairs,; be oil question, disposition of the former German cables, including I he tapaiR-se- control in the Island of . Vap. ' and the, funding" of the Britisli debt to the United States. It was assumed that the ambas sador would not initiate any formal .corinyVrsatiojjs with State department officials until aiier the inauguration of President-elect Harding. The; largest gold 'mines ill the United States east of the Black-TJ ills ure in Jv'orth Carolina. ' ' AMVKKTIMKM EXT Hdos make rich! red blood and revitalize weak nerves iltn Whe Uelc Boditr and Menla) Vnar, Wkr An NERVOUS, IrriUbb and EmiIt fa. tienrd. Should Not Fait lo Read ThU- , U' Not tH Smarletl Man Wh -' Alwaja Makes toe Moat Money. A" New York newspaper in a- very -. abl editorial, says that it isn't the gold ease, the fpney cliaiii or the jewels in a watch lhat make' it "go, but that it is the MAIN SPRING. With man it is the same as with a watch without the MAIN SPRING jou cannot bo ahead Wllh it nothing can VefP you hark. It is' plenty of iron in the Wood that hrlps put tho jron-will, the tron-detfr-mination. the "ko ahead" the main aprinr of success and moiey-makine UJ) man. "M?i, of hlopd and iron" have V oren the rulers of the v.orld and .captains of industry of every age. Without iron, your oiooa loses its power to chansre food into living cells and tissue and nothing you eat does tou the proper amount of good you do Hot get the strength oat of it, and threfore you become weakercd both in body and mind. There arc 0, 000.000,000.900 red blood corpuscles in your blood and each' one must have iron. 5Jhen you find yourself nervous, weaSt, li-rXablc and eatily upset, do not wait un til you go all to pieces and rollnnse in u -tate of nervous prostratinn but lake some urKaui iron iikc rvuxaieu Iron at once to . help enrich your blood and revitalise your wornoyt. exhausted nerves. Nuxated Iron is like Ihe iron in your blood and like the iron in spinach, lentils and apples It is so prepared' that it is ready for almost im- mediate absorption and assimilation by the blood, while some physicians . claim that metallic iron uhik I.A...I. ......it.. take, is not absorbed at all. Nii!.j lrnn often incrcai,cs the bodily and mental vigor . ru.n-o.own, nervous lolks in t weeks' time. Beware of suhstftutes. t.ook for -fTi-word "Nuxated" on every package andMhe letters N. I. on every tablet. Your monev will be refunded by the manufacturers if you-do not obtain satisfactory results, for le by all druggists. , a, Charles D. Michaels, Market Letter X)f keen interest to every busy' busi-; ness man in con cise form every w e, e k" d a y and Sunday on the financial page , of The Omaha Bee niniiru mniw MM IUUAT 1, 1
