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Warrants Issued
For Missing Head
' Of Bank of Blair
State Offers Reward for Ar
rest of F. H. Claridge,
Charged With Violation
Law on Four Counts.
(Contlnueed from Paf One.)
will be paid or extended credit just
as soon as possible; signers of notes
will be given every possible opportu
nity to settle their obligations in a
manner and at a time whrh will not
force them to take unnecessary
losses.
"Hie state bankers, through the
state guaranty fund, must pay the
cost of this affair. ' Because of that,
we shall be guided largely by their
recommendations in working out the'
salvaging of the bank's assets."
' Lack of Security.
Most of the losses are ascribed to
the holding of notes without security
or with poor security. Probably
more than $100,000 represents loans
made directly or indirectly for the
promotion of investments in which
Claridge or members, of his family
were interested.
More than one Blair citizen signed
notes "in blank," letting Claridge
fill in the amount. Such was the con
fidence of the community in Claridge
that men did this thing of seemingly
astounding foolishness, without
second thought. One man signed
notes, which Claridge later filled in
for more than $36,000, under the im
pression that some were given in re
newal for others, but without knowl
edge himself of the amounts or real
facts.
Notes signed by men. dead for sev
eral years, were carried in the bank
after! their death and bore indorse
ments to indicate that the interest
Jiad been paid up to the present time.
This device was worked so skillfully
that a bank examiner, unfamiliar with
1be death records of the county, had
almost no means of ascertaining that
the notes were worthless.
$250,000 Complete Loss.
Notes and real estate mortgages
amounting to more than $250,000 are
"absolutely c worthless," according to
yesterday's examination. '
Slow and doubtful paper totals
more than $250,000. Overdrafts
amount to $13,000 while discrepan
cies total $22,000, according to A. D.
Touzalin, state examiner, wbo was
left in charge of the bank.
Persons who borrowed heavily
from the Castetter bank mostly
farmers held an impromptu meet-.
ing with Attorney General JJavis
yesterday afternoon in regard to the
appointment of a receiver.
Fear that payments of large notes
would be forced from the farmers,
they asked that a "congenial and
agreeable received be appointed."
So serious is the condition of the
bank's affairs, said Mr. Davis, that if
payment of notes long due' were
forced within the next few months,
scores of farmers and merchants in
Blair would go bankrupt.
Protected by State.
Depositors in the defunct bank
are protected fully by the state
guaranty law, according to Mr.
Davis. . t. j. . ,
The specific . complaints against
Claridge show that' he financed a
land company in Blair in which he
was a partner.
First count charges that he "fraud
ently and feloniously borrowed
$3,700" from the capital funds and
credited a worthless note to the ac
count of the Charlton-Hopewell
Land company of Blair, of which he
was a partner. The note was' due
September 5, 1919.
Second and third taunts charge
that Claridge borrowed $5,000 from
the bank's funds in April, J919. The
notes are worthless, the complaint
charges. r
Fourth count discloses that Clar
idge signed worthless personal
checks amounting to $1,130 the day
before he disappeared.
hrom this, state examiners are led
to believe he took more than $2,000
with him when he disappeared.
On Lips of AIL .'
All Blair is agog with gossip con
cerning the bank's faiure. It is on
the lips of Everyone.
Farmers discussed it seriously on
the street corners yesterday and last
night. Oldtime residents simply will
not believe the state of affairs until
"we" are shown." ' '
Offers of financial aid to place the
missing bank president on. his feet,
were made yesterday . by wealthy
residents, so much Confidence had
they in him.
Close associates of Claridge be
lieve firmly that he will come back.
Held as an idol in their midst for
35 years, Claridge was sought by
poor atrd rich ah'ke for advice on
financial and business matters. His
word was gold. He was the pastor
of his flock of business associates.
Aphasia Is Blamed.
Dr. Maurice Nielsen, an intimate
associate of Mr. Claridge, states the
missing man is "undoubtedly suffer
ing from aphasia."
"It can't be that he did any crook
ed work in the affairs of the bank,"
Dr. Nielsen said. "He's suffering
with a nervous breakdown. He
never knew when to rest. All Blair
knows he'll come back."
But the bank examiners find plenty
of evidence that this confidence was
misplaced.
Claridge's wife is under the care
of a physician. She has been con
fined to bed since she received his
note from Atlantic, la., that 'J. am
a failure as a man, but I'll "come
back." v
Mrs. F. M. Castetter, widow of the
former president of the bank and the
largest stockholder, declined to
speak of the affair.
Well informed residents of Blair
declare the entire holdings of the
stockholders will go to make up the
loss.
Generous in Dealings.
Failure of the bank is due to
Claridge's generosity, good fellow;
ship and" accom6dations, his inti
mate associates say.
Thomas Ostermann, for year an in
timate friend of Mr. Claridge, said:
"Seventy-five per cent of the bad
accounts are due to his accomoda
tions for his fellow man and 25 per
cent in real estate deals."
"He couldn't say 'No.'" Mr. Os
termann said." "He would help any
one out. He didn't have the heart
of a banker; he was the soul of gen-
Man Who is Wanted
By State of Nebraska
F. H. Claridge.
"The state of Nebraska wants this
man," said Attorney General Clar
ence A. Davis, referring in the fnci-
tive president of the, banking house
of A. Castetter of Blair. "It will
pay a liberal reward for his appre
hension or for information that may
lead to his capture."
erosity. His last resort would be to
oppresj a farmer for payment of a
note. I
The Castetter bank was founded
50 years ago by Abraham Castetter,
early 'settler. '
Upon its foundation was built the
little city of Blair. Upon its sound
ness rested the progressiveness of
the town.
Today the little old two-story red
brick building stands as mute evi
dence of a lost cause Tor which
heirs of the Castetter family labored
for years to build.
Teachers Ready
For Omaha Meet
Attendance of 2,200 Expected
At District Convention of
State Association.
The program of meetings for the
district convention of the Nebraska
Teachers' association which is to be
held in Omaha, March 31-April 2,
has been completed. If attendance
at the convention compares with
last year there will be 2,200 teachers
in Omaha. '
The first, general meeting to be
held the evening of March 31 -will
be in Creighton gymnasium. Other
general meetings, morning and aft
ernoon, will be at the Auditorium. ..
,. Friday afternoon, April 1, there
will be five sectional meetings. Th?
kindergarten and primary teachers
will meet at the FirsJ Methodist
church. Grade teachers will meet
at- the Labor temple, Nineteenth
and Davenport streets. High school
instructors will meet.in the Y. V.
C. A. auditorium. y Superintendents
and principals in -the Fontenelle
hotel ball room and the rural school
teachers at Central High school.
I Saturday morning at the Audi
torium 500 school children will sing
under the direction of Miss McCune,
musical instructor. Friday evening
there will be a special physical cul
ture demonstration . by students of
the grade schools,, j
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Suspected Car Thief
Captured by Two Men
What is thought to have been an
attempt to steal an automobile be
longing to Temple McFadden, which
he har left parked in front of the
Omaha Club Saturday evening, was
frustrated by McFadden and Clar
ence Davis, Davenport hotel, who,
seeing Hays . in the automobile,
rushed out and held -him until po
lice arrived. .
McFadden and Davis told police
they had seen Hays and two other
men loitering around1, the car. Later
they saw Hays get in and attempt to
start the machine. As McFadden
and Davis rushed out to the car,
Hays' alleged confederates fled.
Hays refused to divulge their names.
Nelson Updike Calls on
President in Washington
Washington, March 13. (Special
Telegram.) Nelson B. Updike, pub
lisher of The Bee, arrived in Wash
ington from Omaha. He called
on President . Harding and several
cabinet officers before leaving for
Hopewell, N. )J.. where he will
visit relatives. Mr. Updike will
return to Washington on Tuesday,
having appointmentstwith the presi
dent and the attorney general.
He will also meet the mem
bers of the Nebraska delegation re
maining in Washington during the
recess.
Man Attempts to Sell Car
Said to Have Been Stolen
As he was attempting to sell an
automobile, alleged to have been
stolen, at Twenty-first and Cuming
streets"Saturday night, Roy Stacey,
2925 Martha street, wasarrested by
Detectives, Danbaum and Palmtag.
The detectives say they recognized
the stolen automobile from descrip
tions furnished the police depart
ment. Stacey is being held in jail for
investigation.
Former Bank Cashier
- Freed of Fraud Charge
Medford, Ore., March 13. Ben
M. Collins, an automobile dealer
of Grants Pass and former cashier
of the Bank of Jacksonville, was
acquitted of a charge of defrauding
failed last August, with a loss of
the bank here. The bank failed
last August, with a loss of several
hundred dollars to depositors.
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Accuse Woman of
Murdering Hamon
Accusations Against Clara
Smith From Friends of For
mer Oklahoman Desired
To Protect Family.
ChicBfo Trlbune-Omalia Bee Leaned Wire.
Ardmore, Okl., March 13. When
court adjourned Saturday until
Monday morning Clara Smith Ham
on had been accused by three state
witnesses of firing the shot that end
ed the life of Jake L. Hamon, former
republican national committeeman,
millionaire oil man and railroad
builder. , ' .
All of the accusations were made
through friends of Hamon who visit
ed him while he was on his death
bed. Until this trial opened, none
admitted officially that the shooting
of Hamon was anything but an acci
dent. Each stated that they had been
pledged by Hamon not to reveal
what Hamon told them of the oc
currence, until it was necessary in
open court. Hamon wanted to pro
tect his wife and children from the
stain of the life he had been living,
his friends testified.
The' big question is when Clara
Smith's answer to the state's
evidence, will be. It is an admitted
fact that the young woman will
plead self-defense. She unquestion
ably will relate a struggle with Ham
on and say that the shot was fired in
the course 6f it.
Widow on Stand Monday.
At least a day yet will be necessary
for the state to complete its direct
evidence against Clara Smith, attor
neys for the prosecution, said tonight.
Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the widow,
who until today had been in con
stant attendance at the trial of the
young woman who it is said, caused
the separation of she and her hus
band and children, and finally
charged with ending his life will be
one of the principal witnesses Mon
day. Frank L. Ketch, business
manager for Hamon, and Sam Blair,
Chicago newspaper man, are among
other witnesses yet to be heard on
the part of the prosecution. Blair,
it is said, may prove one of the
hardest witnesses the defense has to
face. He interviewed the young
woman while she still was in Mexi
co after her flight from Ardmore.
While important evidence has been
and yet will be given indirectly by
the state, it was reported tonight
that vital testimony will be produced
by the prosecution on rebuttal in
event of certain subjects touching
on Clara Smith's reputation are made
an issue in her defense. In event
the young woman's attorneys see fit
to open up those avenues, the life
of Hamon and Clara Smith through
all of their years of illicit associa
tion may be thrown into the breach
before the trial is ended.
Details Touched Lightly.
So far the intimate details of those
years of association between the two
have been touched on only lightly.
In fact, many, both men and women
who have remained in the erowded
court room, much to their discom-
fort, plainly have been disappointed
in that regard.; The night before the
taking of testimony started, attor,
neys for both the. state and defense
at a conference attempted to reacn
an agreement as toTiow far back in
the relationship of the two would be
gone into. No agreement could be
reached and the conference finally
ended with a statement from one at
torney, "you try your case as you see
fit and we will do the same."
Clara Smith is surrounded on all
sid.es by .her attorneys. Few de
fendants have been better cared for
by lawyers, in numbers and in legal
ability. Her leading counsel is Will
iam McLean, of the firm of McLean,
Scott and McLean of Fort Worth.
Five other lawyers are associated
with McLean in the defense. Some
times all six are on their feet seeking
to protect the young woman's 'legal
rights. Throughout the tiresome,
sultry and close day in the court
room. Clara Smith has sat virtually
motionless, although thoroughly
awake to every move for or against
her.
Once she wept That was yester
day at the sight of the dead man's
clothing. Her mother and sister sat
in a protecting manner on either side
of her. At today's session, the young
woman appeared more at ease than
at any time. After the morning ses
sion had been under way an hour,
she removed her straw sailor hat. At
each recess the young woman walks
through a lane of staring people who
line the way down the stairs and out
to her waiting motor car. Seldom
does she recognize any one'and few
times has she been noticed to smile.
The general belief is that the trial
cannot be finished before Thursday
or Friday of the coming week.
Death Penalty for Perkins
Murderer is Recommended
Orange City, la., March 13. A
verdict of guilty of first degree mur
der with a recommendation that the
death, penalty be imposed was re
turned in district court here by
a jury which heard the trial of Ira
Pavey, gangster, for the murder of
Claude Letner. March 28, 1919, near
Perkins. Ia. 'The evidence indicated
that Pavey killed Letner in order to
gain possession of an automobile load
of whistcyV
The court fixed Tuesday, March
15, as the date for pronouncing
sentence., ' v
Striking Railroad Men
' Returning, Officials Say
Atlanta, Ga.. March 13. The At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic rail
way ran its first train from here
to Cordele, since the strike in
protest against wage reductions was
begun a week ago. Officials an
nounced employes had returned to
work at Montezuma - and Douglas
and that the places of striking tele
graphers were being filled.
Catholic Sister and Ajito
Driver Killed by Train
Emery, S. D., March 12. Sister
Euphamia, a teacher in a Catholic
school here and Joseph Judson, a
chauffeur, were killed at a crossing
when a train hit the automobile in
which they were riding. . Three other
sisters were injured,; but it is
thought they will recover:
THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, x MARCH 14, 11)21.
1 Young Negress Found
Bound to Phone Pole
With a portion of a blue house
apron tied over her head, Muriel
Pettie. 17, negress, 913 South
Twelfth street, was found bolund to
an iron telephone pole at Thirteenth
and Mason streets, by a pedestrian
who notified police.
When police arrived and cut the
ropes which bound the girl they
found her unconscious and unable to
tell for some time what had occurred.
At the police station she re
covered sufficiently to say a strange
man had attacked her while she was
on her way home after making a
purchase at a nearby meat market.
She said he struck her over the head
and then tied her to the pole.
J. J. Larkin Named
On Legion Board
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Douglas County Post to Give
Dance at Empress Garden '
Thursday Night.
John J. Larkin, 2813 South Twenty-fourth
street, was elected a mem
ber of the American Legion, Doug
las county post, executive board, to
take the place of Alan Tukey-j who
resigned recently.
The election was held at a general
meeting of the post in the city hall
Thursday night, when prizes for
those getting the most new members
were awarded. Willam Bruett was
given a suit; Louis D. Swanson, a
Legion ring, and Thomas Roach, a
pair of Legion cuff links.
A dance under the auspices of the
Legion will be given at the Empress
Rustic Garden next Tuesday. Pro
ceeds of the event will be used for
the post's employment bureau. Dur
ing the past two weeks the bureau
has placed 40 ex-service men in posi
tions. It has 95 more applications
on hand, and from 10 to 15 applica
tions are being received each day.
The local post is now supplied with
blanks to enable Minnesota,. Massa
chusetts and Wisconsin men to ob
tain bonuses given by these states,
it was announced yesterday.
"Hot Dog Murphy" and
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.Mile. Babette Are
Wonder Show Stars
Auto Show visitors will receive a
rare treat this week in the Big Won
der Show at the Gayety theater.
Mile. Babette is an exotic creature
with typical French eyes and the ty
pical French wiggle. It is never
vulgar, never obvious, but, let us
say, persistent. Babette makes a re
markit is followed by a little wig
gle we all rejoice. No one but a
French woman could do it,
George P. Murphy, the man who
discovered "hot dogs," is the funny
man. - With Mile. Babette he makes
the "Dough Diegers." a travesv on
David Belasco's brilliant production,
''The Gold Diggers," a riot of joy.
The little act is sheer cleverness and
showanship. Babette is unique and
she is besides a vivid little actress.
The Perry sisters do what is pos
itively one of. the best singing acts
seen-in Omaha' this season. Superla
tives are wasted in describing Flo
Perry. She must be seen to be ap
preciated and once seen she will
never be forgotten.
Berf Hunter and Bertha Stoller are
a pair of real jazz babies. If music
is syncopated these stars will light
up the stage. ,
,The stage settings are absolutely
the most magnificient seen at the
Gayety this season. Nine scenes in
the first act brings the chorus on in
continual waves of new colors and
styles, the lighting enects are
novel and extremely pleasing. ,
Boy Scouts at Camp' ' f,
Gifford Addressed by
Dr. Winfield Hall
Dr. Winfield Scott Hall, junior
dean of the medical faculty, North
western university, author of many
books on eugenics and physiology,
talked' on "Scouting" at Camp Gif
ford. Dr. Hall told of some of
his experiences in Nebraska in 1868,
and discussed adolescent problems.
A thorough understanding of the
problems of sex should he had by
every boy of 12, according to Dr.
Hall
As a member of the National Boy
Scout council, Dr. Hall was one of
the three men wh6 wrote, the first
Boy Scout handbook 12 years ago.
The handbook, often referred to as
the "Boy Scout's Bible" is the
foundation stone of the organization.
Sunday afternoon at 3:30, Monday
evening and Wednesday evening,
Dr. Hall will adress "men only"
meetings at the Y. M. C. A.
Taxpayers League to ;
Fight Charter Bill
The Omaha Taxpayers league,
meeting in the city hall council
chamber, resolved to "do very
thing possible to block" the Om
aha charter when it comes up for
consideration before the house com
mitted on cities and towns.
If it is impossible to block the bill,
the 25 'members of the league at
the meeting resolved to "fight for
amendments" and to "kill the emer
gency clause on the bill."
S. Arion .Lewis, chairman of the
meeting will head a delegation of
the league which will go to Lincoln
to fight the bill.
Nevada Assembly Moves
To Oust District Judge
Carson City, Nev., March 13.
The state assembly adopted a con
current resolution providing for the
removal of District Judge Frank P.
Langan for alleged failure to render
decisions within the legally specified
time and to demand periodical re
turns in a banking receivership case.
The senate is expected to vote upon
the resolution tonight.
South Side Brevities
Illinois cnal. $11. Howland Lumber
Coal Co. Phono South 1614.
Wallace Makes
Appeal to People
To Help. Farmers
New Secretary of . Agriculture
Declares Prices of Other
Products Must Come Down
To Reach Normal Basis.
Washington, D. C, March 13.
An appeal for "every good citizen"
to do what he can do to help farmers
through the period of depression "for
the sake of helping himself" was
made by Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace.
"Prices of farm products must rise
and prices of other products come
down before the normal relation be
tween them has been restored," he
asserted. "Talk of bringing prices
back to a prewar level." he declared,
"is morally wrong and economically
impossible," adding that "everybody
would be better off if an effort were
made to bring about a price level of
say 70 per cent above the prewar
normal."
Secretary Wallace said he doubted
whether the people in the cast "real
ize just what has happened to the
farmers of the producing section."
Citing conditions in the central west
as an example, he said that there the
farmers are now in a "most trying
period and are suffering severe fi
nancial loss." "Farmers through
out the nation, especially those in the
south and west," he added, "are ex
periencing the same trouble."
Above Prewar Normal.
The agricultural depression re
sulted from the high cost of produc
tion and because farm products have
dropped "out of all proportions" to
the prices of other things, Mr. Wal
lace said.
"While the farmer," he continued,
"is selling the things he produces at
prices no higher and for great sur
plus crops, lower than the prewar
normal. he must buy at prices from
50 to 150 per cent above the prewar
normal."
"While such a condition contin
ues," he added, the "severe agricul
ture depression is evitable, and it
will certainly be communicated to
industry and business."
"It is a terrible indictment of our
modern civilization," he asserted,
"when this great country is in the
period of what might almost be
called economic chaos because of
our great surplus food supply, while
across the seas almost half the
world is suffering for want of food.
If our statesmen had eiven more
thought to getting the world back onl
a sound economic basis and perhaps
had spent less time on idealistic
schemes and theories, they would
ha,ve rendered a great contribution
to the peace and orderliness and
happiness of the people on the earth."
The department, he said, would
do everything possible to find an
outlet for the great food surplus.
Ways of producing more cheaply,
new uses for surplus crops and bet
ter marketing systems he said, would
help.
Everything which influences pro
duction and price must be consid
ered, he said competition from for
eign lands where the standards of
living are lower, world conditions
of supply and demand, administra
tion, of the credit machinery and of
the transportation system. Those
who control the finances have the
power to influence, through credit
extension, a large amount of control
over prices of farm products, he as
serted, adding:
"In short, the people must come
to understand our prosperity as a
nation depends on a prosperous and
wholesome agriculture."
Prohibition Elections
In Chihuahua Postponed
El Paso, Tex., March 13. A tele
gram from Chihuahua City received
at the Juarez Chamber of Commerce,
states that the legislature has post
poned the date for the prohibition
election in Chihuahua, from March
27, to an undertermined date about
the middle of April.
Hurry!
to
-Albert
Ed holm's
Going
Out of
Business
Sale
Another Lecture
at the
Labor Temple
Monday, March 14, 8:00 P. M.
Owing to an increased interest in
the FREE lectures given under the
auspices of the International Bible
Students' Association in the LABOR
TEMPLE, Cor. 19th and Davenport
Sts., the local class of Omaha have
perfected arrangements for another
opportunity for the people of this city
to learn more of the true teachings
of the Bible if they so desire.
They hava secured the services of
A. J. Eshleman, who is a traveling
representative of the association, who
will use for his subject,
"What Does the Present World
Distress Signify?"
Come and bring your friends.
No collections.
ILLUSTRATED
LECTURE
"The Reclamation of the
Waste Places of America"
Mr.1 George H. Payne
With Moving Pictures and
'Colored Lantern Slides
First Central Congrega
tional Church
36th and Harney Sts.
Monday Evening, March 14
at 7:30
Salesman Charges
Man Attacked Him
In Row Over Brushes
Information charging Samuel Lee,
Kramer Brush company, 2866 Far
nam street, with assault, was filed
at police headquarters by J. M. Kirk,
2607 Dcwcy avenue, salesman.
Kirk said he bought several brush
es at the storesomc weeks ago, the
bill amounting to $34. He said as
he was passing the Kramer Brush
store Saturday Lee called him inside
and, asked when he would pay for
the brushes.
"Just as soon as I can," Kirk said
he replied.
"Then I'll take it out of your hide,"
Kirk alleges T.ee threatened. Lee,
according to Kirk's story to police,
struck him on the nose, probably
breaking it, struck him another blow
on the right cheek, and then as Kirk
fell to the floor, almost unconscious,
Lee kicked him several times on the
body. Two ribs were fractured po
lice surgeons said.
Former Prohibition Agent
Sentenced to Leavenworth
Fargo, N. D., March 13. R. B.
Leady, former federal prohibition
agent of North Dakota was sentenced
to one year and a day in the Leaven
worth federal prison by Judge
J. W. Woodrough. in federal district
court here. Leady' and two others
were found guilty last night of con
spiring to transport liquor from
Moorhead, Minn., 'to Sioux Falls,
S. D.
PHOTOPLAYS.
ATTENTION
ORJAMA
Don't Let YOUR Son or
Daughter
"GO IT BLIND"
Tell them frankly WHAT'S
WHAT. Or better still
bring them to see the pic
ture that is making a nation
LOSE ITS SLEEP.
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PERSONS UNDER 16 NOT
ADMITTED
Tells the Truth Exposing
the Pitfalls That Tempt
Youth.
Special Matinee Daily at 1 and 3.
NO SEATS RESERVED
Mothers, Bring Your
Daughters.
Fathers, Bring Your Sons.
AMISEMENTS.
Brilliant Musical Burlesk
Twice Daily week Mat. Today
Final Performance Friday Nite t
PURPOSELY bSowweek
Joe Hurtlg's Tramtsdoiis
Big Wonder Show
win. GEORGE P. K MURPHY
Assisted by MLLE. BABETTE
and the New York Csit. INTACT
4 M0R0K SISTERS
Ludicrous Traveity on David BelsMO't
Current Succnt. "The Gold Dlooeri," and
entitled "THE DOUGH DIGGERS"
SUN-KIST BEAUTY CHORUS
Th Only Mutlcal Show In Town
Evgs. & Sun. Mat, 2S-S0-75c-l-$li5
Mats. 15c-25c-5flc z
Ladies' Dime Mat. Every Week Day
Baby Carriage Garage in the Lobby
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Mat. Daily, 2:15; Every Night, 8:15
IRENE FRANKLIN and
BURTON GREEN
DAISY NELLIS;
JOE LAURIE, Jr.;
Conlin A Glass; Lane A Harper; Her
bert's Loop the Loop; Selbini dt Gro
vini; Topics of the Day; Kinograms.
Matinees 15c to 50c; some 75c and
$1.00. Sat. and Sun. Nights 15c to
$1.25.
NEXT WEEK SINGER'S MIDGETS
Seats Now Selling I
EMPRESS
TWO
SHOWS
IN ONE
SPECIAL AUTO SHOW PROGRAM
FIVE CHAPINS, Musical Variations;
HAYNES. MONTGOMERY A HAN
NON, "The Deputy;" LLOY D
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130,000,000 Meals
Cabled to China '
Famine Victims
Total of $1,300,000 Sent by
U. S. Within One Day
Will Save Lives of
325,000 Chinese.
Tlic equivalent of 1.000.00(1 meals
was cabled to Pekin, China, by
Vernon Munroe, treasurer of the
American committee for China
famine fund. The equivalent of an
additional 30,000,000 meals was trans
mitted in a few minutes over the
cable last Monday. The consignment
of what in food bulk would form a
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gnat mountain of meals was the re
sult of gifts from the American peo
ple ranging from pennies to two
contributions of $.150,000 each. Tho
donations agKrt'Ki"t',l $t, 000,00(1.
cabled to the Chinese famine victims
yesterday and $300,000 cabled Mon
day. One cent a meal is the cost of a
famine portion, and it has been fig
ured that one Chinese can he kept
alive a month at the cost of $1, or
during the four months intervening
until next harvest at the cost of $4.
Thus, on the same basis the two ca
bles amounting to $1,300,000 will save
,iJ5,000 Chinese until summer.
The money was transmitted to
Pekin. without charge, by the Asia
Banking corporation and (he Inter
national Banking corporation, both of
which have representatives on the
all-American committee in Pekin, of
which Charles R. Cane, American
minister to China, is a member. This
cotnniitte will have complete charge
of "the distribution of America's big
gift.
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