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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1921. Omaha to Lose Film Offiitts If Sharp Cuts in Passenger Rates Set for Summer First Pictures of Fatal Indiana Train i Wreck : Movies Censored Such Is Threat of Screen Men 1 Agaiust Bill in Legislature ' Would Be Big Loss To Banks. , . film men are thrcatcniuj? to re move their exchange offices from Omaha. An open threat has been made by 'leading Omaha film men to the state legislature that such action "will be taken if the motion picture censorship bills, now pending be fore the house arc passed, Removal of film exchanges in Omaha would mean the departure of scores of employes in the offices, it is pointed out, and the loss of bank clearings brought here from other states by the Omaha Film Board of Trade. "Omaha is now the film center of several states," said E. J. Maclvor, yesterday, speaking for the board. "Passage of the movie censorship bill will mean the transfer of sar eral exchanges to another state where there is no censorship." Mr. Maclvor declared it is prob tble his office, which handles Gold Avyn films, would move if the bill passes. Hank clearings of the Gold vyn office in Omaha exceed 5500, 000 annually, he said. Pat he offices would move to Des Moines, in case the censorship bill passes, Howard Graham, manager of the Tattie offices in Omaha de clared. "Most of the bank clearings of the !m business here comes from other states, lie saiu. Jt wouiu De an easy matter to transfer the Omaha film exchanges to another city and with them will go the bank clear ings." Pathe's bank clearings equal $400, 00 annually, be said. tHarry Weinberg, manager of the First Nat ionaP exchange in Omaha, ' declared the bank clearings for his exchange exceed $750,000 annually. ' "Censorship would mean a big loss iii bank clearings in Omaha," he said, "for it is a matter of com mon conversation among film men thjit exchanges wfTt be transferred to another city if the bill passes." H.T.-.F. Delaiiey, manager of Vita graph; I. II. Krause, manager of Kamous-Flayers-Lasky, and M. G. Rogers, assistant manager of Uni versal, in Omaha, expressed the same opinions as the other film men with regard to the censorship bill. U. P. Shop Forces Cut by. New Order Xearly 1,000 men were thrown out of work yesterday when shops of the Union Pacific railroad arc placed back on a six-day a week schedule. Four hundred men left the shops here last night, jobless and with no prospect or Deing reinstated un til business shows an increase, ac cording to officials of the road. A similar reduction in forces will be made at the Union Pacific shops in Cheyenne and Denver, although a somewhat smaller number will be affected. Change from the temporary five day a week basis made the reduc tion in number of employes neces sary, officials say. About 1,300 men will still hold jobs at the shops here. This number is from 500 to 700 below the normal number em ployed. The five large classes of shop men, - painters, machinists, boiler makers, helpers and blacksmiths will be hit by the reduction. Tecumseh Man Kills Self With Shotgun X Tecumseh, Neb., March 1. (Spe cial Telegram.) Henry C. Bergman, 74, committed suicide here at the home of his son, Alfred D. Bergman, by shooting himself in the head, us ing a shotgun. Death was instan taneous. Mr. Bergman ha 1 been despondent and had threatened to take his life. He wasbor"iin Germany, but came to this country' in boyhood. He is survived by six sons: Henry, of Cloughv S. D.; Frank of Westboro, Mo.; Alfred of Tecumseh; Walter of Millard. Neb.; Wallace of Grand Island. Neb., and Cortland of- Oma- His wife has been dead for 24 years. Burial will be at West Poiut, Neb. Boy Who Dies From Wound Exonerates Companion Exonerating1 his friend, Albert ' Quandt, 2336 South, Nineteenth street, of all blame in connection with his being accidentally sht while hunting Sunday along the Missouri river, Carl Roade, 14, 2226 houth Twelfth street, died jester; day in St. Joseph hospital. , The youth wa. wounded in the back and side. In his dying state ment to police, Roadc said he was cshot when Quandt picked up his rifle and it accidentally was dis charged. JWan Suffers Three Broken Ribs When Auto Overturns Aurora, Neb., Feb. 28. (Special.) J. II. Murphy sustained three broken ribs when the automobile occupied by himself and E. R. Brcin- iriypr nvrhirnrit T"h mpn wnrp rr. M '''"5 """ ' sail, ninu the accident occurred at a culvert near, me city. Pershing to Be Orator at Commencement at Nebraska Lincoln. March 1. At a meeting today of Lincoln post of the Amer ican Legion, Chancellor Avery, of the University of Nebraska an v rtounced that Gen. John J. Pershing yul De the orator at the university ommencement exercises in June. GowMcKelvie to Arrive In Washington Thursday Washington, D. C, March 1. (Special Telegram.) Governor Mc Kelvie has wired friends in the Nebraska delegation that he will ar rive in Washington Thursday, ac companied by. Mrs. McKelvie. He vill make his headquarters at the , Hotel Powhatan. v- Upper left, it smashed engine of the New York Central train that tore through the Michigan Central flyer on wreckage in ditch. Six bodies were recovered from under this engine. Upper right, general scene of the wreck. Two of the day coaches, crowdeu with passengers, were caught up like paper boxes by the great locomotive, torn from the Michigan Central train and hurled 50 feet. -Below, the debris of on: of the Michigan Central cars. The terrible de struction is seen in this picture. Casualty reports given out yesterday place the numbers of killed at 38 and termine the cause of the accident and word from Porter, is that a Of the 38 persons killed in the crash of the two trains, only three bodies remain unidentified in the morgue at Porter, Ind. According to railroad of ficials and attaches of the coroner's office these three bodies may never be identified because of their badly mutilated condition. Private inVestigations are being carried on at the present time by both the New York Central and the Michigan Central railroad officials to de termine the cause of the accident and word from Porter, today is that a coroner'i jury will be impaneled at once to take official testimony in the case. Wrecking crews were busily engaged in removing the ytwisted hulk of the New York Central engine, shown in the upper left hand picture, which plowed its way through the wooden cars of the Michigan Central train with such force that it was buried several feetf n the ground. Reductions of 20 to 30 Per Cent From Present Fares ' Announced by . Rail Officials. Reductions in passenger rates for the summer tourist season were an nounced by Omaha railroad offi cials yesterday. .The reductions are marked, aver aging from 20 to 30 per cent, and officials predict travel will equal that of last summer, which was much above normal. These summer rates may be pur chased beginning June 1 and until sepieniDcr ju, ana usea lor trips at any time beginning between those two dates, A round trip to Denver, including Colorado Springs and Pueblo, may be made for $31.80, J. W. Williams, chief clerk in the Burlington pas senger department here, announced yesterday. The one way fare Mo Denver during the winter has been $20.90 including the tax. $87.50 to California. A ticket to Rockv Mountain or. F.stes park will be priced at $42.30 pins ta.; to Yellowstone park by way of Billings or Cody at $51.60 plus tax and to Glacier park at $62.40 plus 'tax, on the Burlington. 1 he winter round trip on the Bur lington to Los Angeles and San Francisco has been $114 plus the tax. The summer rate is $87.60 plus the tax, direct to California, or $109.20 plus tax if the traveler wishes to touch Washington and Oregon cities during his trip to California. W. S. Bassinger, passenger traffic manager of the Union Pacific, an nounced yesterday round trip sum mer rates to Rocky mountain re sorts would be reduced approximate ly to a fare and a third on the Union Pacific. W'th. the exception of Yel lowstone park tickets all summer tate tickets will be good until Octo ber, 31. As Yellowstone park is closed on September 19, tickets to this place of amusement are dated ac cordingly. "We expect a large summer travel," Mr. Bassingcr said. "Better Pullman accommodations will in sure more comfort than last year. Bill to Prevent Elopements Is Killed by Solons Measure Requiring 15-Day Public Notice Before Mar riagc Succumbs to Fear State Would Lose Fees. Lincoln. March 1. (Special.) Cupid laid 'em low in the state, lcgis lature today. Senator Hall's bill providing for a cooling off period before marriage was killed in the senate. The vote was taken vive voce, and the bill went down for the count. Fear that Iowa, Kansas. Dakota or Missouri might collect the well known license fees if the bill passed boosted Cupid over the tape for the victory. The bill as offered by Senator Hall of York provided that a couple hav ing the desire and inclination to mar ry couldn't fool their friends by slip ping out of town and getting the Tuiot knotted. - Ah, no.- They had to appear before the county judge and inform him, "We wanta get hitched." And then the judge would take their names and their desire and post it in big black glaring letters on his bulletin board, right out where tnc world could sec it. And that had to stand for IS days. Mcanwhjle the judge would write a little note to the parents of the amorous pair and slip them in "info." It no one appeared to kick against the coming wedding, the Romeo and Juliet would become as one with the judge's blessing. But if there was a kick ah, goo' by, Cupid no Mendelssohn's march for them. But and here's A hat beat the bill if such should happen, there was nothing to prevent the sweethearts from slipping over the state line and paying the fee in another state to get the knot tied. So the bill was beaten, and Omaha lovers may still sneak off to PapU lion's Gretna Green and fool their friends, just like they have in years past. After more than half a century of. service in a church in China an or gan "with bamboo pipes still is in good condition. Wilson Denies Price of Copper Fixed During War Charges Against Baruch and Ryan Made by Representa tative Mason Characterized As "Gossip' by President. - Washington, March 1. President Wilson denied charges ffcade in the house by Representative Mason, re publican, Illinois and others, that B. M. Baruch and John D. Ryan had profited out' of the government as a result of the fixing, of the price of copper during the war. Writing to Representative Gar rett, democrat, Tennessee, the presi dent characterized the charges as "irresponsible gossip," and express ed his "great confidence" in Mr. Eartlch and M; Ryan. "There was rot a suggestion of scandal connected with cither of these gentlemen in any way activi ties in which they played so Im portant a part," he wrote, "and I wish' again lo say-how admirably they served the1 needs of the nation and how unselfishly they devoted their fine talents to the government in every crisis which faced us dur ing the war." The president said neither Mr. Baruch nor Mr. Ryan had anything to do with the fixing of prices and added: "The price of copper was fixed sole ly by me upon recommendations of the war industries board and the federal trade commission, after full examination into the costs of pro duction and without any attempt upon the part of the copper pro ducers or Mr. Baruch or Mr. Ryan to exert any pressure upon this gov ernment or'upon anybody connect ed with cither of the boards having to do with tjicse vital matters." In opening his letter, the presi dent said that the charges' and in timations against the-men had been satisfactorily answered, but that a statement by him as to the pice fixing might "further clarify the sit uation." Aged Pioneer of County Dies at His Home in Blair Blair, Neb., March 1. (Special Telegram.) Temtly Paly, a pioneer resident of Washington county, died at his home in this city. He was born in Cork county, Ireland, Jan uary, 1833. He is survived by seven children: John Daly and Mary Pat terson of Blair; Catherine Togerty and P. J. Daly of Gfeely; Annie and Clara Dungan of Omaha; and Thomas Daly of Denver. Funeral Kvill be held at St. Francis Borges church. Burial will bc-tn Holy Cross cemetery at Blair. v Candidate for Land Office Commissioner in Capital Washington, D. C, " March 1. ' (Special Telegram.) A. R. Honnold of Scottsbluff, who has been . en dorsed by the Nebraska delega tion for commissioner of the gen eral land office, is in Washington to remain until after the inaugura- Baby Coos in Court Room As Father Goes on Trial Postal Inspectors and Keith Collins Take Stand to ' Testify Against Clyde Poffenbarger, Accused Of Concealing Stolen Loot. tion. Quits C. of C. Here. C. L. James of Council Bluffs re signed his position with the Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau yesterday to become manager of the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce traffic burecau. He had been employed by the chamber here about five years. Friends here presented htm with a traveling bag and a brief case. Approximately 12,000 motor vehi cles are registered in the province ol Good Hope, South Africa. The num ber of motorcycles is 4.500. Clutching a (eddy bear in one pudgy hand and a stick of cany in anotiier, the 18-month-old baby sou of Clyde Poil'cnbargcr, on trial in federal court in Council Bluffs for receiving and concealing part. of the loot of the $J,30U,UUU mail train robbery last November, was the center of attraction in the court room yesterday. Snuggled closely hi its mother's arms, the tiny baby cooed and gur gled at the jurors through the morn ing. The mother, a 20-ycar-old blonde, and pretty, kept her eyes on the prisoner her boy-husband w?ho has been incarcerated in the Pottawat tamie county jail since late in No vember. Her pretty young " face showed traces of worry and sorrow, but her eyes shone with love as she watched every movement of her husband. ; Poffenbarger revealed intense in terest in the testimony given by the witnesses for the state, and fre quently jotted down notes over which he conferred with his at torney. ' With the aid of federal officials Clyde extricated two bundles -of cur rency, totaling 6,850, from the vault of the outhouse in the rear of his home. ' Keith Collins was also placed. on the stand by the state. He succeeded his partner, Fred Poffenbarger, on the witness stand, and as they passed on their way to and from the stand, they smiled at each other. Both are federal prisoners at Fort Leavenworth. Lower House to Insist on Free Seed Item in Bill Nebraska Delegation Opposed To Provision on Ground That Distribution Is Political Graft. By E. C. SNYDER, Washington Co-respondent Omaha Bee. Washington, March 1. (Special Telegram.) Time was when the farmers of the country, carried off by the idea that "rare and unusual" seeds were being distributed by the government, gave their representa tives in congress to understand they expected the members to vote for free garden seeds. But that time has passed long sjjice. The farmers are against free seeds, but the city folks want them. That, m a nut shell, is the reason that the house, considering the agri- cultural appropriation bill today, in structed their conferees to ' insist upon a free seed provision in the bill by a vote of 180 to 130. The Nebraska delegation, with the excep tion of- Congressman Jefferis, voted solidly against the free seed pro vision. , , McLaughlin Opposes Provision. Congressman McLaughlin, in a short speech in opposition to the free seed provision, said his farmer constituents did nof wa..t free seeds. "They have come to look upon them as a form of political graft. In our efforts to distribute the seeds, sent us as equally as possible to pub lic' school principals and superin tendents, we have been subjected to all manner of criticism because we were not supplied with enough to go around, and when you -distribute seeds to one section and none to an other rank partially is; charged and you make more enemies than yotf do friends." - i Congressman Clark of Florida re markedthat about ; 11 some congress- kmen had done to secure even a pass ing remembrance was to send out garden seeds to their constituency. Says Scarcity Pure "Bunk." Mr. McLaughlin, in reply, said that if he had done nothing else than send out .garden seeds, he had bet ter be forgotten. He charged that all'the talk about the scarcity of the sccdi was-pure "bunk." and that bc- Sheriff Starts Big Roundup of Autoist8 Without '21 Licenses Now this is whatcha get for not taking out your automobile license long ago: Either you'll have to stand in line for hours at the county treasurer's office, fifth floor of the courthouse, o Or, you'll have; to run a chance of getting arrested'for driving your bus without a 1921 license. Yesterday the line of license seekers extended far out into the hall at the treasurer's office. And, at the request of State Sheriff Gus Hyers, Sheriff Clark to day ordered his deputies 'to keep an eye open for motorists without the 1921 tags. ' Deputies served de linquents with notices signed by the sheriff, ordering them to appear in the sheriff's office to answer to the charge of driving an automobile without a 1921 license thereto af fixed as provided, by law. hind the free seed item there was nothing more than political ad vantage to be gained through their distribution. The senate is on record as being almost unanimous in its opposition to free seeds, but there are so many items of vital interest it the agricul tural appropriation bill that in order (i .. u:n uc- .i. lJ gCL IIIV Uill tut: ii before 12 on Friday, the upper branch probably will concur in the house amendment. Snow Cold Storage Bill Placed on General Fic Lincoln, March 1. (Special.) Representative Snow of Chadron lifted his cold storage bill o.ut of committee today. 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