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France Is Barred
From Taking Any
Action in Basin
"Allied Reparations Commis
ion Decides Occupation of
Ruhr to Force Payments
Is Not Justified.
1 By HENRY WALES.
1 cU;re Trtbuna CabU Copyright, Mil
f ' Paris, April 29. (By Wireless.)
France has no right to occupy the
? Ruhr or to take military sanctions
i strictly for the reason that Germany
will have tailed to pay 20,000,000.000
gold marks by May 1, the allied
reparations commission decided yes
. tcrday.
V The commissioners claim that Ger-
Inanv has oaid 8.000.000.000 cold
arks in material, leaving 12,000,-
)0,000 still due, whereas Germany
aimed to have paid material valued
at more than 20,000,000,000 gold
marks.
France heretofore has claimed the
right to occupy more German terri
tory evn if the reparations problem
was settled, because the 20,000,000,
000 marks payment falls under a sep
arate clause of the treaty.
Quotes Treaty.
Although the French delegation
on the commission, headed by Louij
Dubois, 'fough depcratrly, the British
leader, Sir John Bradbury, showed
in the text of the Versailles treaty,
ft article 2Jo, as completed ay the an
i, nex to paragraph 12; section C,
'J clause 2, which provides tnat the
allies only have the right to issue
five-year gold-bearing 2 1-2 per cent
bonds against Germany for any por
tion of the 20,000,000,000 gold marks
not paid by May 1. Until May 1,
the 20,000,000,000 marks carry no in
terest. The treatv further provides that
if by 1926 the entire 20,000,000,000
marks remained unpaid, another gold
bond issue at 5 per cent with ad
ditional interest for a amortization
could be issued against Germany.
The reparations commission's es
timate of total indemnity, 132,000,
000,000 gold marks, was communi
cated to Von Certzen, chief of the
German financial delegation, as the
sum German must pay, amount to
270,000,000,000 marks amortized in
30 annuities beginning with 3,000,
000.000 marks yearly at 2 per cent
?nd increasing to 6,000,000,000 yearly
at 6 per cent.
Total Reduced.
yi Owing to British and Italian
y'prcssuee, the reparations commission
' T reduced the total in the last few days
. to 190,000,000,000.
Owlnsr to British and Italian
The commission decided tnat, in
view of the enormity of the figures,
it would be useless to pompile the
amount of damages (or which Ger.
many was responsible through pro
voking the war. Partis! estimates
indicated that the sum would run
into trillions, which obviously would
vfi Se so coiossa as. to..te unpayaDie.
IT, "The reparations commission's total
now exceeds rajns uemanu,
viuVh was f or -100.000.000,000 gold
'marks of226.00Q,OOQ,OOOwmarks , aj
Mriorti-ej In"-42 annuities "" S
Employe of Stiliman .
Denies Mrs. Leeds Was
Ever on Board Yacht
New York. ' April .29. Tames A.
Stillman's yacht, "Modesty," slipped
quietly away from the Yacht club
pier last night with its millionaire
proprietor aboard, bound for South
ampton. "All the stories thatJiave appear
ed at any time of Mrs. Leeds being
on board the "Modesty" are rot."
said one of the officers, emphatical
ly. "In the first place no Mrs. Leeds
exists, as far as I know. I have been
with this yacht ever since Mr. Still
man owned -it and would " certainly
know of the presence of such a per
son on board.
"In Long Island Sound, Anne
Stiliman, who is devoted to her fa
ther, would frequently come on
board with some of her school
friends, but aside from that I have
not seen women on this yacht. Mrs.
Stiliman has never been on it to my
knowledge. " ,
Fire Laddies Resign When
Council Restricts Speed
Alexandria, Va., April 29. Ficr
Chief Ogden and ISO of his firemen
have quit beckause the city council
won't let them go to fires faster than
25 miles an hour over the streets
upon which George Washington used
to walk. When the oraer in councu
r was handed down, they served notice
that they would take off their uni
forms Saturday unless it was re
voked. The council refused to alter
its action and has already named a
new chief.
Eastern Star'at Geneva
Elects Officers for Year
' Geneva, Neb., April 29. (Special.)
-The Order of Eastern Star here
. e'ected officers as follows: Mrs.
Aurilla Ward, W. M.; Mrs. Alta
Lrown, W. P.; Miss Emma Cumber
land, A. M.; Miss Minnie Nelson,
accretarv; Airs. Khcra Jk'age, treas
urer. The O. FL S. w;re guests of
the Masonic lodge at a lunch served
iii'tir the business mcelln.
: Oldest Grain Man in State
Celebrates 81st Birthday
V' Beatrice. Neb.. April 29. (Spe
cial.) William Craig, said to be the
oldest active grain man in the
United States, celebrated his 81st
birthday at his home at Blue Springs.
He has been secretary and manager
.of a grain company for 20 years.
He is at his office early and late, and
is apparently as active- and full of
"pep" as a man of 40. .
New Public Building
. Mav Be Built in Superior
Superior, Neb., April 29 (Spe
cial.) Congressman W. E. An
.drtws of Hastings has SntrcduccJ
a till in cong'tss to bui;d a new
public builu-n,i here. Superior was
to line lv the building when the
war halted activities along this line.
The postofi'ii'c force is handicapped
nt present by lack o - ucilitict in
handling mail
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Stowaways
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When Secretary of Labor James
J. Davis took two jtowaway boys
by the hand on Ellis Island, the im
migration station of the Port of New
York, and said: "Good-bye, boys, we
may meet again," not knowing whit
Obregon Orders
Return of Lands
Taken by Rebels
Included in Parcels in Three
States Is Property Confis
cated During Revolts From
' Americans.
' Mexico City, April 29. Lands in
the states of Chihuahua, Sonora,
Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Tamauli-
pas, valued at more than 20,000,000
pesos, which were confiscated dur
ing various revolutionary periods in
Mexico, were ordered returned to
their owners yesterday by a presi
dential Order, sent to the governors
of the states.
The order requested careful study
of every claim and directed that a
return of the lands in question be
made as speedily as possible. Among
the owners of territory in the states
mentioned are many Americans,
who deserted their properties during
troublous times, . .
Among, the -several conditions im
posed for the return of the lands
was one that irrigation and land de
velopment projects under way when
the orooerties were deserted be re-
i sumed, and that Mexican labor b?
employed. President Obregon ;s
said to hope to provide in this way
work for thousands, of Mexicans who
are returning from the United States,
where they were unable to find em
ployment '
Kiwanis Club Plans
To Stage Pageant
North Platte, Neb., April 29.
(Special.) "All States and All Na
tions Day" will be one of the big
features at the Lincoln county fair
here September 20 to 24 The move
is sponsored by the Noth Platte
Kiwams club. ,
Floats will be prepared represent
ing each state and manned by Lin
coln county residents natives of the
states represented. Natives of prac
tically every state have assisted in
building up the county and this uni
que way of expressing appreciation
was decided upon.
Stte characteristics will be dis
played on the floats and the charac
ters will be in native costumes.
Randolph Band Opens
Summer Series of Concerts
Randolph, Neb., April ' 29. (Spe
cial.) The Randolph band held the
first concert of the season here under
the leadership of C. A. Harrison,
director . of the Wymore band last
year. The band will give concerts
every 'Wednesday night throughout
the summer. '
Little Hope for Recovery
Of J. W. Kelly Is Entertained
Beatrice. Neb:. April 29. (Spe
cial.) J. W. Kelly of Beaver City,
Neb., who was seriously injured in
an auto accident north of the city
Tuesday has little chance of recov
ery, physicians say. His sons, one
of whom is a physician, and other
members of the family are in at
tendance at the bedside.
Burlington Depot at
Superior Is Burglarized
'Superior, Neb., April 29. -(Special.)
While the night cashier, W.
D. Wrench, was uptown the Bur
lington depot in Superior was bur
crlariTixt enmenne pnterinir the denot
office by prying up a window with a
jimmy, then prying open the money
drawer. About $11 was taken.
Poultry Pictures Will
Be Shown at West Point
West Point, Neb., April 29. (Spe
cial) The Cuming county farm
bureau will exhibit pictures at the
Auditorium next week showing
scenes of poultry culling and installa
tion of labor saving devices in the
home. This movement is part of the
extension service.
Randolph Cemetery Is
Beautified By Gardener
Randolph, Neb., April 29. (Spe
cial.) The Randolph Cemetery as
sociation has completed the beauti
fying of the cemetery grounds.- The
work was done under the direction
of a landscape gardner from Arlington.
Win Davis
it meant. The boys, with head of De
partment of Labor, are Kemal
Menasset (left), a Turk, and Kyriaks
Matiras, a Greek. Both arrived in
New York as stowaways aboard
passenger vessels.
Revolt Refugees
In Finland Give
Discipline Show
Man Found Stealing Food in
Camp Summarily Punished
by Others Tried to Exe
cute Him.
Teriojki, Finland, April 29. (By
the Associated Press.) The 8,000
refugees from the recent Kronstadt
revolution in Russia who are quar
tered in Finnish concentration camps
here and at Ino have just given a
striking example of bolshevik disci
pline. The refugees are being fed by
American Red Cross officers. The
ether day, one of them was caught
by his fellows in the act of stealing
a larger share of food than was due
to him.
, The others formed a committee,
tried the man, found him guilty of
stealing food, and then appeared be
fore a Red Cross officer..
Wanted to KU1 Him.
"Please give us enough guns to
form a firing squad," they requested.
"We have found a man stealing food
and will execute him immediately."
Informed that this was Finland,
and not bolshevik Russia, the com
mittee was momentarily disap
pointed. "But he must be punished," "they
insisted.
"Alt right," said the officer," but
no shooting goes here."
The committee then made the thief
strip, although the weather was bit
terly cold, formed a long line in the
woods, including about 150 men,
and made the guilty man run naked
100 times from one end of the Jine
to the other, shouting "I'm a thief."
Discipline is Maintained.
Discipline in these refugee cairlps
has been excellently manitained,
through the orders of Stephen : Pe
trichenko, the 29-year-old sailor who
was president of Kronstadt and the
leader ofthe revolt Yet the Finnish
authorities are much worried over
their presence in Finland. The Kron
stadt men, while opposed to the
communists, are a bit too radical in
their views to suit the Finnish
authorities, 'who have had a "red"
problem at home for a. long time.
This, and the fear that the Amer
ican Red Cross cannot continue to
feed them indefinitely, has. caused
Finland to consider various means of
getting rid of these 8,000 and the
25,000 other Russian refugees who
are in the country. ITie government
would like to have the league of na
tions take them off its hands.
When the Kronstadt garrison ar
rived at Teriojki the men were half
starved. Ten days of good American
food shanged their appearance
wonderfully and some of them, un
used to white bread and a diet con
taining . a large proportion of fats,
found it so rich that they were- ill
and their diet had to be reduced. '
Douglas County Resident
For 67 Years Dies at Home
Lafayette Shipley, 77, retired
farmer, resident of Douglas county
for 67 years, died Thursday at his
home, 3011 Craig avenue, from tuber
cular trouble. . '
He is survived by his wife, Mri.
Julia Shipley, and one daughter, Mrs.
Elsie Thomas of Florence.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday afternoon at 2:30 in the chapel
at Forest Lawn cemetery by the
George Crook post No. 262, G. A. R.
Huge Garage at Wymore
Opened With Big Dance
.Beatrice, Neb., April 29. (Spe
cial.) Scott's auto garage, said to be
one of the largest in the state, was
opened , at Wymore with a dance
and concert by the Wymore band.
The Catholic women served supper.
It is estimated that more than 7,000
people visited the garage during the
evening.
Tornado Destroys Many
.Windmills in' Nebraska
Beatrice, Neb., April 29. (Spe
cial.) The Dempster Mill Manufac
turing company of this city has re
ceived orders for about 60 windmills,
which will be shipped at once to the
western part of the state where the
tornado of. last week did consider
able damage to farm property.
U. S. Information
Service Urged in
Speech By Hoover
Says Publication of True Con
ditions Would Do Much to
Put Business on Sta
ble Basis.
Atlantic City, N. J.. April 29.
Maintenance of a government in
formation service to compile and
publish production and consumption
figures of the more important in
dustries and the primary prices of a
few commodities, as a remedy for
high prices and profiteering, was
advocated last night by Secretary
Hoover in an address before the
ninth annual conference oi the
United States Chamber of Com
merce. Stability and soundness of busi
ness could be greatly enchanced and
vicious speculation curtailed, he de
clared, through realization by the
public of the true conditions in the
industries.
Many forces are involved in the
economic readjustment, he declared,
but there are many encouraging
signs.
"Many manufacturers and whole
salers," he said, "are making cuts in
their inventories that equal or exceed
the increases which they obtained
when we were on the up grade. They
are passing their savings in raw
materials and labor on to the next
step in distribution. Economically,
the retailer, is of necessity, the last
tc make readjustment and in some
localities and some lines has been
less responsive than the situatian
calls for. The processes of compe
tition work very promptly upon the
manufacturer and wholesaler. They
do not so react upon the retailer."
Building Still High.
Labor, Mr. Hoover declared, is
growing in efficiency and shows a
willingness to make .reductions in
wages in many directions, but the
costs of building construction have
not come down with other industries.
The railroads he described as "the
keys of industry" but the advisability
of the continued use of an emer
gency horizontal base of rate in
creases, he declared, could be serious
ly questioned. Horizontal increases,
he said have thrown the relativity of
rates out of gear.
"In the field of foreign commerce,"
he continued, "the shrinkage in our
exports thunders at .the doors of
every home the warning that we
have no isotetion from the problems
of the world. The unsettlement of
the German indemnity, the failure of
the United States to make peace, the
maintenance of great armaments and
back-breaking taxes, the continued
hemorrhages of paper money in
many foreign states, their struggles
over nationalization of industry, the
situation in Russia, all militate
against European recovery and re
act upon us."
Long-Time Credit Needed.
Without a great shrinkage of. in
dustry, he said, the country could
not for a generation absorb enough
imports to balance exports. But a
favorable trade balance could be con
tinued, he asserted, by the reinvest
ment of the balance in long-time
credits.
The address of the secretary end
ed a busy day for the delegates who
discussed taxation and tariff prob
lems. While the- vote of the groups of
delegates was withheld, it is under
stood they decided almost unani
mously that any permanent tariff
legislation must be framed with due
regard to export trade as well as to
the production of manufacturing in
the United States.
They also endorsed the proposi
tion that "our tariff policy should
take into consideration the econom
ic needs of foreign countries and
the fact that we are now a creditor
nation, and should offer trading or
bargaining possibilities for interna
tional commercial treaties to encour
age our export trade."
The vote on whether the govern
ment should levy a sales tax also was
withheld, but unofficial reports indi
cated that the tax was approved. -
Mexican Bandits Get
$65,000 Oil Payroll
Monteroy, Mex., April 29. Ar
rivals here today from Tampico
brought news of another oil field
robbery by a' band of 30 bandits.
They robbed Salstador Davalos
paymaster for the Atlantic Gulf West
Indies Oil company, of $65,000
United States currency, killed three
of the guards, and wounded four
ethers, including Davalos. One
bandit was killed and two wounded.
The attack took place early in the
morning as Davalos and his armed
guard were on their way in an auto
mobile to the company's oil camp to
pay off the workers.
The bandits ambushed the party,
firing upon them without warning.
The A..G. W. I. Oil company is a
subsidiary of the Atlantic Gulf, West
Indies Steamship company.
' Landis Gets New Thrill.
Freeport, 111, April 29. Judge
Landis discovered a new thrill by
riding in the cab of an Illinois Cen
tral locomotive from Chicago to
Freeport. He assisted the fireman
by ringing the belL
FLY IN
or -
PAY TOLL
Don't Ut th treat car com
pan tear you.
A Free Bridge will cost
Omahan's an average of only
49 cent each, per year.
Vote for a
Free Bridge
FREE BRIDGE COMMITTEE
He's Still To Blame
For All These Frosts
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When the weather forecast pre
dicts a clear, sunny day but it turns
out to be a chilly, rainy day, here is
the gentleman to blame. Charles F.
Marvin, for many years director of
tim w,th Kiirpaii was rprntlv re
appointed to the post by President
naming.
Nebraskans in Capital.
Washington, D. C, April 29.
(Special Telegram.)" Frank A. Beg
and Herman J. Krause of Alliance
are in Washincton on income tax
matters.
William Estill, of Walthill, Neb.,
is in the city for a few tiavs.
Mew
I Passed by Your Window
Favorite O mio Fernando (Dearest Ferdinand)
In Old Madrid
Traviata Addio del passato (Farewell to the Bright Visions)
Tosca Recondita armonia (Strange Harmony)
Canzonetta (Tichaikowsky) Violin
Just That One Hour
On Miami Shore
Valse in E Flat Maior
La Pisanelle Le Quai du fort de f amagouste (The
Story of the Rose
Ay-Ay-Ay (Creole Song)
First Arabesque Harp
Chanson de Pecheur (Song of a Fisherman)
Pickaninny Rose
Butterfly
Three Sioux Scouts Part I
Three Sioux Scouts Part II !
Angels (We Call Them Mothers Down Here)
Over the Hill
My Mammy Medley Fox Trot
Humming Medley r ox Trot
Mazie Fox Trot
Answer Medley Fox Trot
Kiss a Miss-Waltz
Romance Waltz
Wyoming (Lullaby)
Blue Jeans
The Rose I Call Sweetheart
Mother of Pearl
Make Believe Medley Fox Trot
Some Little Bird Medley Fox Trot
Turkey in the Straw Accordion
Kussian Kag
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Siren of a Southern
VICTOR
Efforts of Labor
To Fix Selling
, Prices Scored
Members of Publishers Asso
riation Urged Not to Be
Stampeded Into Buy
ing Print Paper.
New York, April 29. Efforts of
labor unions to fix the selling price
of articles were condemned today
by the annual convention of the
American Newspapers Publishers'
association and members were urged
not to be stampeded into buying
news print paper by threats or pre
dictions of higher prices.
The resolution on price fixing
read :
"The American Newspaper Pub
lishers association' views with con
cern, the effort of labor unions to fif
the selling price to the consumer of
articles or products; and therefore
"Resolved: That the fixing of a
minimum selling base of any article
or product used in the conduct of
trade, commerce or manufacture is
destructive of competition, tends to
create a monopoly and is detrimenal
to the best interests of all citizens."
The resolution on news print call
ing attention to the recent increase
in production, expressed the opinion
that the present supply was largely
in excess of consumption and that
consumption this year would be less
than last year. It continued:
"The present contract price is, in
the opinion of your committee, the
price not determined by manufactur
ing costs, but by previous compet
itive conditions which do not now
obtain.
London Stock Exchange
Will Be Closed on.May 2
London. April 29. The Stock ex
change here will be closed May 2. ,
May
Violin
(Chopin) Piano
Harp
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Marimba Medley Fox Trot All
SeaMedley Fox Trot All
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TALKING MACHINE COMPANY
Camden, New Jersey
Negotiations to End
British Coal Strike
Wind Up in Deadlock
By The AraocUttd Fre.
London, April 29. Negotiation'
under wav in an endeavor to end the
coal strike reached another deadlock
today when the miners' federation re
jected the government's latest of
fer to increase temporary subsidy
from 7,500,000 to 10,000,000. The
rejection was made by an over
whelming majority of the miners'
delegates because the offer "fails
to concede the fundamental princi
ple for which we stand."
The "miner delegates are return
ing home.
Frank Hodges, secretary of'tne
miners' union, said the government
offer would mean a reduction in the
miner's wages of 4 shillings in July
and 4 shillings 6 ner.ee in August,
and that this was more than they
could agree to.
The fundamental principle con
tended for by the miners is a na
tional wages board and a national
oool and this both the mine owners
and the government still oppose.
Apparently, therefore, nothing can
prevent the strike from continuing
another week.
Dubois Votes to Increase
Grades in High School
Pawnee City. Neb., April 29.
(Snecial.) At a special meeting of
the natrons of the Dubois schools
it was decided to make a four-year
high school out of their now two
year school. The proposition car
ried by a vote of 96 to 67. A spe
cial election will be called in the
summer to vote on whether or not
a new Juilding will be built.
High School Banquet.
Pawnee City. Neb., April 29.
rSoecial.) The Pawnee City High
school held its annual junior-senior
banquet in the high school parlors.
The two classes and the faculty were
in attendance. .
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t Frances Alda
Gabriella Besanzoni
Emilio De Gogorza
Amelita Galli-Curci
Beniamino Gigli
Jascba Heifetz
Edward Johnson
Fritz Kreisler
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Quay of the Port of Famagusta)
Toscanini and La Scala Orchestra
Reinald Werrenrath
Renato Zanelli
Ada Sassoli
'Ada Sassoli
Olive Kline
Lucy Isabelle Marsh
Ernest Thompson Seton
Ernest Thompson Seton
Henry Burr
Charles Hart
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Star Trie assisted by their Orchestra
Star Trio assisted by their Orchestra
Joseph C Smith's Orchestra
Joseph C Smith's Orchestra
Charles Hart-Elliott Shaw
Peerless Quartet
William Robyn
William Robyn
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Pietro
s
Pietro
Star Trio assisted by their Orchestra
Star Trio assisted by their Orchestra
!tecora
Probe Into Care
Of Ex-Service
Men Is Assured
Senator Walsh Introduces Res ,
olution Providing for InveS',..
tigation of World War
Veterans.
Washington, April 29.Sweeplng
investigation of the sensational
charges of Senator VValih of Mam-.
chusctts in the senate regarding the
federal government' treatment of
disabled ex-service men was prom
ised today. ' . '
Senator Walsh, at the request of.
many of his colleagues, introduced
a resolution providing for an inves
tigation of the treatment of World
war veterans. The resolution was
referred to the committee on audit
and control of contingent expenses,
and probably will be reported fa-,
vorably within the next day or two. .
Senator Walsh's resolution pro.i
vides for the appointment of a e-
lect committee of five member,'
three republicans and two democrats,
to investigate "all bureaus and agen
cies of the government dealing with ;
the care, treatment, insuring, com
pensation, rehabilitation and hospital-;
ization of veterans of the World,
war." ;
It provides specifically for inves-.
tigation of the "manner, methods
and scope of the activities of the
bureau of war risk insurance, the
United ' State public health service
and the federal board of vocational,
education," and calls for a report and
recommendations from the commit
tee for the improvement of the wel
fare of ex-service men at the earliest
possible date. . .
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Frenchman can be made to jump over
obstacles not more than three feet
in height.
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