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THE BEE; OMAHA, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1921. Bank Shrinkage Follows Price Decline in State Events of the Week in Omaha Investigators Not Convinced already made one visit in the after noon with Representatives Robert son. Jeary and Robertson both voted against the original resolution call ing for this investigation. They claim they met a woman tenant of Drake Court, which is one of the storm centers of complaints, who took them into her apartment, showed them about, and told them she is satisfied with her conditions. And affer that, they declared they were convinced of their earlier opin- n that there may be one or two isolated cases of profiteering in rents in Omaha, but that it is not gener ally practised. Fireworks among the members ol the investigating committee came to a head Friday noon, when Rep resentative Foster, chairman, was aught giving tenants questionnaires to present their landlords regarding investment on property and interest paid, without the knowledge of oih- n...K.,r. f i.. :... Of Prof iteerins Quarterly Report of State In stitutions Shows 20 Per i ' Cent Loss in Resources . And Liabilities. Reed ami Jeary Conduct In dependent Probe and Find Tenant is Satisfied With Conditions. They charged this was unfair to the landlords, hut Foster protested. "He didn't give out any more of his questionnaires, though," thev pointed out. 6 A A Bdo up s5v tionsl iiys 1 In sour fleet ' ' Lincoln, March 26. (Special.) Nebraska state banks, numbering 1,009, showed a loss of approximate ly 20 per cent over a year ago in resources and liabilities, according to the quarterly statement given out by Secretary J. E. Hart of the state de partment of trade and commerce. The latemeiu ls.Dasea on me conamon f banks oi, February 16, 1921. Since the previous quarterly report, enosits liaie dropped from $225,- b7,054.73 to'$241,208,2()271. This is decrease of $12,000,000 or approxi- elv 5 per cent. sh and due from batiks increased .i,rT,UU.Jj or 14 per cent. Loans discounts fell away 8 per cent liirfsbverdrafts decreased $2,154,534.28 lo $1,320,329.14 or 40 per cent. Ihe cash reserve in all banks is Jow $48,331,536.15 or $10,060,655.75 dxrcssl over requirements. ;irge number of banks showed ifortable reserve running in instances as high as 50 per df deposits while others show s badly impaired to local Con or poor management or both," ecretary Hart. shrinkage of JO per cent in es ami liabilities, ne saiu, in a niarked degree the de- (JjjUized condition of grain and live t prices following trie era or Ration, inflation and promotion igh which the country has lFsS5a- ...... Oenerally the banks as wen as heir customers realize mai ncruic erifiees must be made in their pro- ess toward normal conditions which II undoubtedly he slow. Resources anil liabilities of state lianks fell off from ?317,758,5Vo.4I to $297,607,241.30 in the quarter just c osed. At the same tune ine uc- ,citnr miarantv tuna ini.rccu from $2,230,768.74 to $2,662,613.10, 'J his is an increase of 19 per cent Purchase of Municipal Bonds Halted by State Lincoln. March 26. (Special.) it - 1 ,4 .. nnr,l in hllV SV4Z.- ltaviug ancaujf a6.v.. , Vt . ' nnn in municioal bonds of Nebraska nolitical subdivisions, during the cur rent year, and having only $886,000 o,,oiHhip fnr hond purchases in 1920. the state board of educational land and funds oassed a resolution Saturday to invest in no more bond3 until the present obligations are out of the way. In passing this resolution, the board turned down a proposition submitted by Ed Pettis, manager of the Omaha Trust company, to buy $550,000 in Broken Bow improve ment bonds, turning over in ex change, $300,000 in 3 per cent Massa chusetts bonds. kirtee i yJ) a spuds like x ezrfw vAa tiy Wad.es out j rmj f J Le rms Chicagoans Row Over Right Length For Movie Kiss Depends on Who's Osculating, Says Edith Taliaferro 3-Foot Limit Proposed. Noted Lawyer To Address C. of C. Authority on Agriculture Prob lems Will Speak at Public Affairs Luncheon. is Telephone! Companies Are iven Higher Rates Lincoln, March ZO. (Special.; The Surprise Telephone company is ordered by .the Nebraska Railway commission to immediately place a force 'of me)n on its Rising City lines, so that they" shall be in good condition by, "July 1. The commission authorized the Farmers' Telephone company of May wood, which serves only 31 sub scribers on 30 miles of line, to in crease ratjs from $1 to $125 a month. An emergency rate granted to the Tri-County Telephone company of Staj)leton, where a system valued at $12,000 serves less than 100 sub scribers, wasC ordered extended as a permanent rate. . Test Nature of Soil for .. Foundation to Capitol Lincoln, March 26. (Special.) Test borings to determine the nature of the soil structure tor the new Nebraska capitol have been made at the four corners of .the proposed building to a cjepth of over 100 feet, and-drillers bpgan work on the bor ing, in the spet that will mark the center of theS proposed tower. To operate the drill in the basement of thejl 'building, it was necessary to inako a hole through the first floor. Drillers are understood to have found a bed of soft sandstone about 25 3feet below the surface of the i ground, which was about 50 -feet deep. i v Thayer County Fair Honored Bv Shorthorn Breeders 'D.eshler.'Ncb., March 26. (SpeiaU i"h Thayer county fair to be held in&)cshlcr, August 30 to September 2. Jhtt's again been selected by the American Shorthorn Breeders' asso ciation as one of the fairs where they wilt- offer a $25 cash prize for the champion Shorthorn bull shown. Th fair offers additional special, prizes of $10 cash for reserve cham pion bull and $15 cash for. cham pion anorinorn lemaie. Any i-nort-horn shown may compete for these special prizes." Lincoln Man Will Return To Russia to Get Mother Lincoln, March 26. (Special.) reux isewton, who until a year or) so ago was active in university affairs and politics,; has returned to Lin coln, preparatory to going to Latvia, the new Russian republic, where his mother lives.1 He has not seen her since he left! Russia 25 years ago. He expects t bring his mother back to Lincoln with him. , Veterinarians Hold Spring Meeting in Gothenburg Got hp"' Nrh. March 26. (Special.)The annual meeting of the Central ivcm &sia .association of Vet erinarians was held here. Officers elected were i Dr. H. E. Foster, pres ident, Kearney; Dr. O. R. Wimsett, vice president, Shclton; Dr. L. B. Wolcott.' secretary-treasurer, Shel to'n. The next meeting will be held at Kearney in September. . . Resume Work on Sewer Minden, Neb., March 26. (Spe cial.) After sevenal months of in aition, due to the breakage m ma chinery, the contractors have re jimrd iug the sewer lines in intn. 1 ) Chicago, March 26. Is the ihree foot kiss long enough for the movies? Does film osculation of greater duration corrupt the morals of motion picture fans? Should there be any time limit on the celluloid ca ress? These questions form the basis of a c o n t roversy wnicn arose among representa tive Chicago citi zens, when a d is paten was re ceived from Balti more, declaring that, in the opin ion of the Mary 1 a n d fitirpiia' iJ League for Better Motion nctures, the three-foot kiss" was long enough for any movie film. A "three-foot kiss," it was ex plained, lasts exactly two seconds. Film kisses longer than that, it was declared in a petition by the organi zation to Governor Ritchie, are ob- jecionable. Here s what some well-known ocr- sons in Chicago think about it: . Some Worth Watching. Edith Taliaferro. Star in "Kissine Time" "It depends entirely on who is doing the kissing. There are' some movie stars who can kiss for 300 feet and are well worth watching, but I've seen others who shouldn't be allowed to kiss even their own wives and husbands, they're so clumsy at it. I believe that the three-foot kiss is long enough for the stage." Max Ascher, of Ascher Brothers Motion Picture Theater Proorietnrs lne proposal is just another ridicu lous move on the part of reformers who haven't anything better to do. The length of a screen kiss should be determined by the rcauirements of tne scenario. If a movie kiss is harmful, it can be so in one or 15 teet the time makes no difference The kiss is a symbol of love, and is taught in the strictest and most re spectable families from childhood." Deaths Follow Kisses. Arthur Burraue Farwell. Head of the Chicago Law and Order League Any kiss tending to arouse nassion should be eliminated. Personally. 1 am against depicting kissing on the moutn. i nave known of two cases where death resulted from kissincr in this fashion through transmission of disease, in 1888 my 3-year-old boy died of scarlet fever transmitted by a kiss of a playmate. The most in nocent kiss can be fatal. The cheek or forehead is the proper place to kiss." Albert Webster, Head of the Juve nile Protective League "Kissing in the movies is less dangerous than it is in actual practice." However, I be lieve that three feet is long enough for a 'soul kiss.' " W. F. Willis, Chief Motion Picture Censor "It depends entirely on the circumstances of the scenario. I think that a husband shown as leaving or. a long journey should he allowed more than three feet to kiss his wife good-bye. and the same would apply to a soldier greeting his mother on returning home from the war." University Flooded With Tractor Test Applications Lincoln, March 26. (Specials Face to face with the new tractor testing law, which Governor Mc? Kelvie signed Friday, forbidding the issuance of even a temporary per mit by the Nebraska railway com mission during the waiting period for the university to test the ma chine, county officials of Burt county came to Lincoln to get back a trac tor they bought in Sioux City which the university cannot test until August on account of the long wait ing list. Clifford 1'horne, noted lawyer of Chicago, attorney for the Corn Belt Meat Producers' association, has ac cepted the invitation of the agricul ture committee of the Omaha Cham ber of Commerce to address the members at a public affairs luncheon. The date has not been set definitely, but the committee is anxious to se cure the address for the first week in April in connection with "Cornmeal week" of the Retail Dealers' associa tion. Mr. Thome formerly was railway commissioner for Iowa and at pres ent' is legal advisor for the grain marketing committee of the Ameri can Farm Bureau federation. In his connection with railway legislation, meat packer investigations and organization of farmers' movements no man' of the present time has wielded a wider influence on the thought and life of the middle west than Mr. lhorne. In agricultural circles he is regarded as without a rival in his comprehension of essen tial agricultural problems. His views carry more weight than those of Sec retary of Agriculture Wallace, or W. J. Howard, of the Farm Bureau fed eration though the three men have stood side by side for several years as leaders of agricultural thought. Kopac Brothers Retire From Business in Columbus Columbus, - Neb.: March ' 26. (Special.) Kopac Brothers will re ti e from the business field here and Columbus will become the distrib uting point for Dodge Bros, cars 'n a territory comprising Platte, Col- iaA, cuuer, coone and Nance coun ties. J. R. Purnell anH R C ir wood of Lincoln are the purchasers. Auxiliary to Legion Post Organized by Minden Women Minden. Neb.. March ?C r.n. cial.) A women's an villi,-,. American Legion Post No. 94 was organized hej;e with'the following officers: Miss Esther. Peterson, pres- ...i, 4uu. juun .cizeimiiier, vice president; Mrs. David M. - Mc Michael, secretary; Mrs. Charles Tooley, treasurer. Finance Randolph Band Randolph, Neb., March 26. (Spe cial.) Arrangements have been made by the Randolph Community club to take charge of the mnagement of the band. The club plans to hire a di rector and to promote a jmjior band. Tot Pleads With Judge to Stay With Grandma Father, Relesaed From Liquor Charges, Claims Right to Children; Judge Post pones Decision. "Please, Judge, can I stay with my grammar With his little arms Enfolded around the neck of Judge Sears. 4 year-old Louis Hoban, little son of Ihomas Hoban, uttered his childish plea, in juvenile court Saturday afternoon. It was two hours past the lunch hour and the nerves of court room attaches were beginning to show frayed edges, when the Hoban case was called, in which Thomas Hoban. jyio 1 street, seeks possession of his tour children, two of whom are now in the custody of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Dent. Hops Into Lap. As the principals stepped up to the judge's table, little Louis darted out of his grandmother's arms, bounded over to the judge's sat and hopped up on his lap. Judge Sears was so moved he could make no response. "I think I'll keep you myself," he almost whispered into a little pink ear. Tears stood in the eyes of others in the court room. Hoban, recently released from a teueral charge for operating a still, claimed his right to the children by law. " "I want my children, iudze: worrv over their .custody is preventing my livery irom rneumatism. My af- is just as BTeat as .fheir grandparents, besides which thpv are not bringing up my children to love and honor their father." I hats a falsehood their oranA. ma teaches them to remember you in their nravers rvprv nicUt" claimed Frederick Dent, a son, now visiting here from California. Mrs- J-ent declared the father was ' not capable of raising the children properly. "When he had them, the children played in the basement where the still was in operation. All of them slept in one bed with him." Judge Sears postponed his decision on the custody of the children one week, pending the return of Hoban's mother, who, he said, would make a home for the children. The grandparents have two and the father two of the children in the interim. The mother is dead. Combination Pure Bred Sale at Falls City Success Falls City, Neb., March 26. (Spe cial.) Ihe Live Stock Breeders' association of Richardson county staged a successful combination sale of pure-bred live stock. It was their first sale and all classes .of live stock were included in the offering. While the animals did not brine spectacular prices all offerings sold well and the association feels that planning to make the sale an annual event, thus making an outlet for the pure-bred animals of small breeders. Artesian Well Developed On Farm Near Tecumseh Tecumseh. Neb.. March 26. (Soe- cial.) An artesian well was discov ered and developed by well diggers at worK on the. J. A. McPhernn farm, four miles west of Tecumseh. Ihe water was struck at a deoth ot VJ teet and is thrown five feet in the air throuch a two-inch nine. Other farmers in the same neighbor- nooa win go to work at once to try to develop similar wells. Lodgepole Business Men Will Not Finance Lyceum lodgepole, Jeb., AJarch 26. (Spe cial.) Business men here are refus ing, to finance lyceum courses as there has been a deficit for the last four years. Movies and home tal ent plays are taking the place of such entertainments. Soldier's Body Returned Beatrice, Neb., March 26. (Spe cial.) The body of Robert Steidley, Adams boy killed in action in France during the war, has arrived at an eastern port and will be brought to his home for burial. I I Lincoln, March 26. (Special.) I Th rat' nut nf tli ha cr - - - - . - o Everything was not roses at the rent investigation in Omaha, Thurs day and Friday. Representatives Charles Reed and Clark Jeary, members of the lower house committee, who returned here today, tipped the deal. ' And they gave a few inside glimpses into the probe. The committee will prepare its re port for the house Monday. Representatives Reed, Jeary and Mickey paid a little call to the Drake Court apartments last night, before leaving Omaha, they said. 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Wasmansdorff References : Any Bank or Business House in Lewistown, Montana What a Beautiful Concert at the Brandeis! the other evening how delightfully RACH MANINOFF played such a tremendous tone at times, then again so delicate and inspiring. And, Oh! how exquisitely the piano sounded, but no wonder It Was a Steinway It MUST, he a STEINWAY when the BEST is demanded. No other make could possibly meet the requirements of a great artist such as RACH MANINOFF. moo WArtno I Schumann-Heink the greatest contralto of all times, Omaha Auditorium Wednesday evening, March 30, and again the STEINWAY al ways the Steinway will be used, for no other make could possibly satisfy so great an art ist. You may never be able to play or sing as well as t these world-renowned musicians, but you may at least have as fine a piano in your home as they use the STEINWAY. We cordially invite you to call at our salesrooms, where you will find a complete stock of these world-famed pianos. Liberal allow ance made for nianos of other mnkp fl-n in pycKanco r.n. vement terms arranged to suit the purchaser. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. 1514-16-18 0: IT Omaha, Dodge ot. .A XailU J Neb. "The Steinway House" for Nebraska and Western Iowa 250 Late Arrivals Daringly Sacrificed The cream of a maker's stock the types ot Hats vou've not been accustomed to seeing at anywhere near these nricea the most wanted styles the absolute topnotch of value we couia nope to oner at this time, in a quantity so large. Vulture brims with straw crowns. Viscan braid brims with ostrich and feather tops. Milan hemp crowns With feather brims. Porcupine straw crowns with ostrcih and feather brims. 3 Big Sale Lots $M5 $g95 Values to $12.50 Values that will cause a distinct surprise when seen Monday I lllll 1117 nni,r,ln Sllvnnt . I j 1 1 II izai jurisntj tuu uf nil MM I monaay AWnnrW,,! WP Sale of watt it w it 1 iniats- I K L A x S& II II 1 mm .:4 1 1! II It i 4 1 Values to tt $12.50 V I II II ' 1 1 I if " 11 ii y nil Up Vote for- DEAN N0YES for -- City Commissioner 12 Years with City Asphalt Repair and Street Cleaning Department MUNY COAL YARD) CITY OF OMAHA DAN P. BUTLER. Supt. ONLY A FEW CARS LEFT COLORADO LUMP COAL $050 PER TON DELIVERED ORDER NOW BEFORE IT'S GONE t: ORDERS TAKEN AT 508 CITY HALL '