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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
They went of their own accord,
they declared, and after Jeary had
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rccept "California" Svruo of Fisrs
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We have shown you in previous ads
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no wildcat oil scheme, but is a bona
fide business deal, presented by some
of the best .business men of Montana.
We have shown you that the deal is
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That the ground is good, close-in
ground, near many other big producing
wells, and that it is believed to carry
the same big production of oil.
Now We Will Show You'
That the chance to make a large
amount of money from a small invest
ment is before you RIGHT NOW for
YOU to accept or pass up. Do you
know these facts :
First Fact That the Cat Creek field
is new only a year old and that con
sequently NOW is the best time to make
big money on a small investment in it.
Second Fact That out of 28 wells
sunk to the first oil sand 25 of them got
oil, and the other .three are going to
the deeper sands. That there are five
oil sands in this field.
Third Fact That every person that
has owned a share in these 25 wells has
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the other evening how delightfully RACH
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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
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Values to
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Values that will cause a distinct
surprise when seen Monday
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