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. This bill makes
it impossible for any person to keep
any articles in cold storage more
than a year and in the meantime, if
it is proved these articles are hd
in storage for the purpose of', in
creasing prices, .Jhe secretary of
agriculture may order them . re
moved. The bill was killed in com
mittee. But Snow succeeded in get
ting ft put on general file on the
house calendar.
McCook Man iii Capital
Washington, D. C, March 1.
(Special Telegram.) Al Galusha of
McCook, former secretary of state
for Nebraska, a candidate for col
lector of internal revenue, with Mrs.
Galusha, n in Washington to wit
ness President-elect' Harding's inauguration
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