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Board of Trade
Directors Defend
Tradiiig5yfetem
Report to President -Says
Manipulation of. Prices by
Short Selling is
Impossible.
Bjr The A.nwtatrd Vren.
Cliicago, April 13. The board of
directors of the Chicago board of
trade last night submitted to Presi
dent J. P. Griffin its report of an in
vestigation he had requested con
cerning alleged trade abuses on the
board.
The report opposed elimination of
short selling, making definitions as
to the meaning of the term and de
claring that the present rules on
manipulation of the market, if en
forced, would eliminate any evils as
cribed to short selling.
It opposed limitation of trade pe
riods in futures, favored a "compe
tent and aggressive" censorship of
market news, opposed private mar
ket wires except under management
of a member of the Chicago board
of trade, into towns of less than 25,
000 population, recommended re
vision of trade customs concerning
deferred acceptance of trade con
tracts and of extension of credit to
clients whose transactions were for
ether than hedging purposes.
Admit Excess Trading.
1 he report conceded that fcfV a
period of years prior to July 1, 1920,
trading activity was, at times, in ex
cess of that warranted by trade re
quirements. It attributed some of
the -excess trading to activity by
governments during the war. but ad
mitted that "at times individuals at
tempted to follow in the wake o?
the operations of these governments"
saying this "undoubtedly resulted in
what might be termed our specula
tion." v "The belief that grain markcts'can
be manipulated downward, that short
selling can successfully and perma
nently reduce prices, is erroneous,"
the report said, 'in an open world
market, downward manipulation is
impossible with this exception: That
a short seller might throw large
quantities of sales into the market
and break prices, while the selling
.was in progress or until the prices
were disseminated throughout the
world and the world's buyers be
came aware of the values at which
the grain was being offered. Should
the short seller offer grain below
its legitimate price, the world's bny
ers would take his offerings off his 1
hands. ' .
At Mercy of Buyers.
"The short seller is always at the
mercy of the buyer or of the owner
"of the grain, for he sells something
he does not have and he must buy
that something back. If he buys back
in the open Tnarket, his purchases
would 'naturally advance prices to
the extent that , the sales had forced
declines.
If he buys the. actual grain, it
would be unreasonable Jo assunv;
that he could buy this grain below its
legitimate value.
"The short sal? is . not a transac
tion in cash grain, although even
tually it becomcaa cas. transaction,
at the maturity of the contract, and
since cash grain prices arc deter
mined by the actual supply and the
cash grain cannot be materially in
fluenced by an offer to sell short for
future delivery.
x Rules Rigidly Enforced.
"To eliminate short selling would
destroy the usefulness of the future
market for hedging purposes. Should
attempts be made to stimulate the
markets, our rules against manipula
tion would be rigidly enforced and
offenders disciplined. , :
: Realizing the great economic serv
ice which is thus performed, we can
not . consider recommendations for
restrictions which would hamper
hedging and destroy the economic
usefulness of the market."
' Private 'wires in small towns and
villages help the country shipper, but
the value is offset by evils of much
incompetent speculation encouraged
by ill advised solicitors, the report
.s;iid. '
: Short trading periods in futures
would militate against the grain
dealer or distributor who was carry
ing surplus stocks,, at the moment
unsaleable, and would be undesir
able from the standpoint of the farm
er who wished to hedge his grain,
the report continued. It said market
news censorship was essential to pre
vent false j-umors which, would af:
feet the market and said the-rules
should be amended to preclude de
ferred acceptances of contracts and
to prohibt extension of credit for
speculative purposes.
Cardinal Dougherty Is
Passenger on the Olympic
ship Olympic arrived in New Yoric
harbor "this morning bearing Cardi
nal Dennis J. Dougherty of Phila
delphia back from Rome, where he
received the red hat and all the hon
ors due a prince of the church.
Two police boats carrying six
,. xnonsignori from Philadelphia repre
sentatives of Archbishop Hayes of
New York and a reception commit
tee of 200 Fhiladelphians put out to
. , meet her. '
Woman Seeks Divorce After
30 Years of Married Life
After 30 vears of marriage. " Lil
lian M. Tobey asked the district
ourt yesterday tog rant her a di
i vorce from Frank M. Tobey on
'' ' grounds of desertion.
, The Tobey s were wedded in 1892
and have six children, the oldest 28
and the youngest 14. She charges
1hat her husband has deserted her
frequently. The last time was on
' February 12 and she is getting tired
of it, she said. She also charges that
- he has cursed her.
Spectacular Fire Damages
Shenandoah. Light Plant
- Shenadoah, la, April 13. (Spe
cial.) A spectacular fire occurred at
the Shenandoah electric light plant,
the - flames leaping high over the
buildings. the blaze was in tne
per.t-house of the elevator, which is
the dome of the boiler room.
Tl. t . , . fr'XWI
The cupola was totally destroyed
and the motor . and elevator were
ruined. The power service was
rot impaired. A short circuit is
thought to have caused the fire.
The Way They Often Manage
Miss Rlonde: I wish I could afford a new hat for the country club
Miss Brunette: Do as I do, my dear, have one sent on approval and
Alleged Bootleg Ring
Charged With Threat
To Throw Man in River
Norfolk, Neli., April 13.- (Spe
cial). What local police call the
most powerful whisky ring in jiorth
western Nebraska is declared to have
been broken up Tuesday pight when
George Gordon, recently dismissed
by the federal' authorities; George
Ncrdhouse and" Frank"Davis, were
identified by Theodore Walters as
three of the four men who knocked
him down with automatic pistols at
the front door of his home, dragged
him into a waiting automobile and
took him to the Elkhorn river,
where they threatened to drown him
unless he told them where he had
planted a 10-gallon keg full of
whisky, which the men charged him
v;ith hijacking from them. - They
were arrested.
A man named Fusscl. said to be
the fourth member of the band,, is
missing.
Husband Pays Fine
Of Repenting Wife
Mrs. Violet Strum and her hus
band arc reconciled and reunited and
back at their ' home, 622-. North
Seventeenth street."
turm received, a message from, his
wife yesterday stating she was
"stranded" in Lincoln. She "had left
home last Fridav. leaving a note for
her husband. which closed, "Goodby
forever." . .
As soon 'as Sturm heard where his
wandering wife was he took a traiu
to Lincoln.
There he found that she and Wal
ter' Bolton,, who 1 lived with, the
Sturms during the last winter, had
been arrested and fined for "dis
orderly conduct." Lincoln: police
said she and B0U09 had ' registered
as man and wife at a hotel. :'
. But .as soon -as Sturm saw . his
wife he clasped her in his arms and
kissed her. Then he paid her fine
of $15 and then they took a train for
Omaha.
Man Out of a Job Forges
Cheeks for Cash He Needs
Steve Matsios, 522 ; South Thir
teenth "streets is out of a job. So he
forged a Union Pacific check for $50
on the Elite furniture . store, 617
North Sixteenth street, where he
bought a stove for $22. Instead of
getting the cash for the balance,
Steve asked for a check for $28.
With the Elite check as a model,
Steve told police he forged the name
of the Elite store for two $50
checks.
W. A. Frohart Made Head
Of Omaha Hay Exchange
Edward A. Knapp, Nels Farsons
and Frank A. Matthews were elected
directors of the Omaha Hay Ex
change, Mondav. P. P. Murray, W.
E. Hopkins, J. C. Suttie, L. G. Fro
hart and Henry Foley were elected
arbitration committee members. The
board of directors chose W- A. Fro
hart for president, Nels Parsons,
vice president; J. C. McClure, treas
urer, and J. C Pederson, secretary.
Wife Charges Her Husband
Visited Woman in Norfolk
Charging that Fritz J. Johnson,
her husband, has become interested
in another woman, Alma A. Johnson
filed suit in district court yesterday
for a divorce. They were married in
1909 and she alleges that for the last
year he "has carried on a clandestine
correspondence with one, Lillian
Liberman, and has made trips to
Norfolk to see her." Mrs. Johnson
alleges that her husband has abused
her. "
Gives City of Harlan
$20,000 for Library
Harlan, la., April 13. (Special.)
II. H. Paup of Harlan has just given
to the city $20,000 for a public library,
$10,000 to be paid April 1, 1921, and
$10,000 April 1. 1922. The condition
of the gift is that the city shall ob
ligate itself to pay him annually 5
per cent interest on the amount dur
ing his life and to: provide a fund
of at least; $1,000 a: yeat for the sup
port and maintenance of a free public
library.
"Rash," as he is familiarly known,
is a well-known character in and
about Harlan. Several years ago he
made a trio around the world, visit
ine all the European countries and
the Philippines, being gone 18
months. He went alone and visited
the country people, the farmers and
laborers,- with a view of ascertaining
their habits of life and mode of liv
ing. Reserve Officers Urge Action
In Building Up Reserve Army
More vigorous action by tne gov
ernment' in building up the reserve
army ftas urged at a meeting of the
Reserve Officers Corps' association
in the Chamber of Commerce Tues
day night. '
Lieut. Col. II. Myers, assistant
t hief of staff 'of the Seventh army
corps, Fort Crook, in charge of the
department of military intelligence,
detailed' the functions of his depart
ment in peace and war..
.The association plans to extend its
organization all over the Seventh
army Corps area and to establish
posts in all the principal cities of
that area.
Robber Gets $10,000 Store
Of Cigarets in Daylight
Chicago, April 13. Cigarets valued
at $10,000 were stolen' from a ware
house of the United Cigars Stores
company here today. A robber dis
guised as a telegraph messenger in
duced a watchman to open a door
and then struck him down. Three
companions joined him in loading a
truck with the loot.
Atlantic Deputy Sheriff
Dies of Heart Disease
Atlantic, la., April 13 (Special.)
Deputv Sheriff Charles I. Willis
died suddenly of heart disease with
which he was attacked a few minutes
before, while at the sheriff'3 office
in the court house.
Mr. Willis was 63 years old and
a native of Bureau county, Illinois.
Omaha Auto Club to Hold
Annual Roundup Wednesday
Omaha Auto club will hold its
"annual- roundup" next Wednesday
night with a roast beef dinner and
dance at the M. E. Smith' & Co.
roof garden uditorium at 6:30 p. m.
"Rope ' the wife and bring het
along you don't have to dance
with her unless you want to there'll
be lots of other cowgirls there,
Steamships ,
Arrival.
April 15.-
New Tork,
-Frederlck VII,
Copenhagen. .,,' .
New Tork, April 12. Frederick Luck
elibach. San Francisco.
Shangahal, April 10.-Golden State, San
Francisco.
Hongkong-. Aprlt 11. Kashml Maru.
Seattle; Protesllaus. Tacoma.
Gothenburg, April S Drottlngholm, .ew
Torlc.
Neufahrwasser, April t. Gdansk, New
Tork.
New Tork, April 12. Stavangerfjord,
Chrlstianla.
Prpurf urr.
New Tork, April 10. Italy, Vigo; Megali
Hellas, Piraeus.
Havre. April t. France, New Tork.
Philadelphia, April 12. W. H. Miller.
San Francisco.
N"ew York, April 12. Rochambcau,
Havre; Acqultania, Southampton; Gaserta,
Xaylca,
THE BEE: UMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1921
By CHARLES DANA GIBSON.
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Governor Asks
Observance of
Arbor Day, Apr. 22
McKelvie Issues Official Proc
lamation Calling on People
Of State to Renew Dili
gence of Tree Planting.
Lincoln, Neb., April 13. Governor
S. R. McKelvie, in his Arbor day
proclamation issued today, appeals to
Nebraskans of all ages to renew the
diligence of the early settlers by
planting trees on April 22.
Governor McKelvie calls attention
to the fact that Nebraska was the
first state in the union to observe
Arbor day, and reminds the citizens
that in the early days the settlers
planted thousands of trees each year
that the territory might not seem
such an endless stretch of prairie.
School teachers of the state and
superintendents of all institutions
are urged to "present to the atten
tion of the pupils the propriety of do
ing something to encourage the
growth of timber about the home."
Official Proclamation.
The proclamation Tollows:
lrees have been regarded as
thines of bcautv in all the aires of the
past. When God made the Garden of
Eden, the first things lie planted in
it were trees. He made them that
they might be good for food and
pleasing to the eye, and when John
the Divine described the Holy City
and the River of Life, he tells us
there were trees on either side of it.
"The first settlers of the territory
of Nebraska saw an almost endless
stretch of prairie, and in order to
break the monotony, tree planting
became a necessity. The first groves
it. . -ai-
vcre starred along me Missouri
river and planting them on home
steads and farms of the west. Thus,
groves sprang up in every direction.
Many of the trees from these sprouts
furnished wood during the late coal
famine while the world war was upon
us.
"Although Arbor day had its birth
in Nebraska, it is now generally ob
served throughout the republic, even
in those states where native timber
abounds.
April 22 Named.
"The tree that you plant today, if
taken care of, will grow and flourish
as a monument to your care and in
dustry. Trees shelter man and beast
from the heat of summer and winds
of winter. The evening zephyrs that
filter through the leaves carry
health and strength to every man, to
everything that breathes. On them
birds build their nests and rear their
young, and from the topmost
branches they sing their reveilles
awaking the husbandman to his
daily toil and sends him forth with'
joy to cultivate the soil.
"It is feared by some that we are
not making as much of the day as
we should. If this be true, let. us
renew our diligence. Let everyone
who is old enough to understand the
ADVERTISEMENT.
GREATEST
MODERN MAN
mental depression, and the general
uncomfortable feeling in the stomach
are much more pronounced. This is
particularly true in acute gastritis. '
It frequently occurs from con
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Most cases of dyspepsia can be
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Proper eating, the proper amount of
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One noted authority has said that
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ADMIRAL LINE
- Pay Whn Cured
treatment that euros Piles. Fistula an othat
short time, without a sever aura-ieal se
nature of the day plant one or more
trees. The 2'd of April is a legal
holiday and as governor I call upon
the teachers in our public schools
and institutions of the state to pre
sent to the attention of the pupils
the propriety of doing something to
encourage the growth of timber
about the home and in any spot
where the practical purposes of tree
planting may be observed.
"That there may be a more gen
eral observance of the day, I, Samuel
R. McKelvie, governor, do hereby,
in keeping with the statutes of Ne
braska, set apart and proclaim Fri
day, the 22d day of April, 1921, Ar
bor day."
Harding to Seek Release
Of Captain Kilpalrick
Washington, April 13. President
Harding promised a delegation from
Alabama, which called on him today,
to take up personally with Secretary
Hughes the case of Captain Emmett
Kilpatrick of Uniontown, Ala., who
is held prisoner by the Russian bol-sheviki.
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A Tim'
Monster Petition for
Freedom of Debs to Be
Given Congressmen
Washington, April X A monster
petition asking general amnesty for
Eugene V. Debs, recent socialist can
didate for president, and all other
prisoners convicted under the es
pionage act during the war, will be
carried down l'cunslyvania avenue
on a truck tomorrow, followed by a
parade of 200 delegates representing
labor, political and civic organiza
tion in industrial centers. A meeting
will be held at the old Masonic hall,
and then the march to the capitol
will begin.
At the capitol the petition will be
separated into lots representing sign
ers in the various congressional dis
tricts throughout the nation anJ
these will be presented to the respec
tive congressmen separately. Among
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