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The Omaha Sunday. Bee VOL. L NO. 49. latara" u Satanf-Clau Mattir May II, IMS. it Oiaarta p. 0. Uadar Act si Mink . IV- OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1921. Until Juaa . by Mill (I Yr.l. Dally 4 Sun.. 7.M; Dill Onlv, i; Sun . I2.S0 Oulilda 4th Zona (I ,ar). Dally aod Sunday. il; Dally Only, Jli; Sunday Only, tl TEN CENTS .i 1 V i Optimism Now Rules At Capitol Problems That Loomed Dark And Gloomy When New Administration Took Hold Are Vanishing. No Friction Permitted By N. O. MESSENGER. ttoprrlht, IBM by th Waihinflon Star.) Washington, May 21. President Harding and his cabinet are begin ning to sec daylight break over some of the big problems of the nation which loomed so dark and gloomy when the new administration took hold, two and a half months ago. Optimism and a cheerful outlook for the future constitute the order of the day at the White House and abo it the great executive departments just now. . This cheerful spirit is engendered among those who are directing gov ernmental affairs by the reports which come to headquarters of the progress being made in the handling of many of the subjects which are immediately in hand. Likewise from the news reaching .Washington from the country at large of a steady, if slow, improvement in nia-- lines of industrial and commercial endeavor. President Harding shares the be lief of those who talk over the sit uation around the cabinet table that the bottom of hard conditions ha been reached and that with regard to governmental problems and do mestic questions the up-grade has approached and that it ought to be a "steady climb from now on. , Harding Is Pleased. President Harding is especially pleased with the way things are go ing in congress. He likes the way the house and senate have gone at the big questions confronting them and the speed with which they have cleared up many of them. He is get ting along famously with congress, although lie finds honest differenc: of opinion at times with projects ment after his own diplomatic and. conciliatory way, and no acute issue 1 has yet been allowedto develop be tween the executive and the legisla tive branches. "Let's see if we can't work it out satisfactorily to both sides," miglir be taken as a paraphrased statement of his suggestion when he takes up a question over which there are dif ferences of opinion between him and senate and house leaders, near lead ers and wonld-he leaders of the one f;.rt'on orvanothcr. . The way the disarmament ques tion was handled was, a good exam ple. When Senator, Borah first pro posed J.is amendment to the naval appropriation bill, providing for the calling by the president of the United States of a conference of the powers on disarmament the executive was not altogether pleased. He felt that the president should be allowed to take the initiative in this, unham pered by suggestion from the legis lative branch. He did not feel that he should be hurried. " ' Confers With Borah. Senator Borah talked with him and .it developed that they were not in disagreement upon principles or es sentials. Senator Borah felt that he would be acting within his own rights if he discussed the question freely in the senate, and the presir dent had no inclination to repress the senate in free discussion. So. suddenly, there came a change of policy. The administration ceased to oppose the. disarmament resolution and accepted it. The resutt will be- the elimination of a great deal of talk in the senate and the speedier passage of the naval appropriation bill, which in its final form will contain the appropriations for continuing the naval program of tats government, pending some pos sible future agreement for disarma ment. It is the belief of leaders hi con gress that no amount of talk and criticism- would change the de termination of a majority of the house and senate to keep the navy in fit condition pending the solution of world problems, any one of which may change from smouldering em bers into a bright flame of war at a moment's notice. . At the same time all realize the monstrosity of the ever increasing armament bills of the world and the necessity for the ex ercise of common sense. Keep Powder Dry. But the desire of the men in the house and senate-and in the admin istration out of congress, who are responsible for governmental poli cies is to "get by" for the present with the program already entered upon and leave 16 the future the determination of academic questions, being assured for the time being that they are "keeping their powder dry" . against eventualities. President Harding is pleased with the way congress, called by him in extraordinary session, has moved for the relief of the agricultural indus try, by pushing the emergency tariff legislation. It is another question upon which men differ, whether it is to be effective or not. The main thing is, the farmers believe it will. They urged the legislation as one plan for their' rehabilitation, and5 the president is glad to see it given a trial. In the meantime, other agencies are working for the betterment of the farmer's condition. The war finance corporation has taken a new lease on life and is providing means for exports of farm and other products to Europe with credits to finance the handling of the goods. Keeps Self Informed. The president is not interfering by way ot suggestions, further than those made in his first address to congress, with the details of tariff legislation, but he is keeping in close touch with house and senate leaders as to what is being accomplished. (Tarawa fc Zvo, C alums XwaJ , Hunters Seek Dinohyus in Agate Springs Ranch Quarry Armed With Pick and Shovel Geologists and Paleon tologists Start Annual Hunt for Recovery Of Bones of Prehistoric Earth Travelers.. By The Aatwlatrd rrrsa. Agate, Neb., May 21. The annual big game hunt of rained geologists and paleontologists of the world is under way at the Agate Spring ranch near here. Instead of using high powered rifles to bag their game these expert hunters of rhinocerosis, mas todons, camel and deer use a pick and shovel. The animals sought are not live ones but are the bones of pre historic earth travelers of a million or so years ago. The Agate Springs ranch owned by Capt. James H. Cook extends along the Niobarara river for 10 miles in Sioux county and is about 25 miles southeast of Harrison. On it is lo cated what is said to be the greatest prehistoric bone quarry in the world. Since its discovery 30 yearss ago, ficrsons interested in the study of fossil remains have been making ex plorations. During the coming sea son, the quarries will be worked by the United States National museum, Smithsonian institution, under the di rection of J. W. Gidley and others. The American museum of New York will have the usual party here taking what they desire but continuing- the search for dinohyus an ancestral hog about the size of the ox in height and weight. A fine skeleton of the dinohyus was secured in 1904 by the Moril geological expedition It stood nearly seven feet in height. In prehistoric times tha place now called Agate Springs ranch is ' be lieved by some to have beefl a Water hole, similar to the modern African water holes, where at times great herds of animals gathered to drink. Other scientists believe the place to have been a lake and that carcases drifted to this spot and their bones EchoofElwell Shooting Heard In Murder Case "Female Directory" of Slain Turfman to Be Investigated to Shed Clew on New . Mystery. New York, May 21. Evidence gathered in the Elwell murder mys tery of last' summer,' when" the wealthy turfman was found dead in his apartment, will be sifted care fully in the hope of finding a con necting link with New York's latest murder sensation. ' 'r , Investigation of the . shooting of John H. . Reid, described as a wcathy manufacturer of underwear, at the home of Mrs. Hazel Davis Warner in the Bronx, has led to a scrutiny of the "little Dtacie book" in which Elwell was said to have recorded the names of more than 80 women friends. District Attorney Glennon of the Bronx requested District Attorney Swann's office, Manhattan, to turn bver to him the Elwell "female di rectory.", - District Attorney Glen non is' hoping that he will find in the Elwell catalogue the names of the women now figuring in the Reid shooting. ; Francis T. Boylan and two women have disappeared completely. They were the other, members of the strange orgy which is supposed to have lasted - through last Saturday night in the richly furnished home of Mrs. Warner. The party broke up early Sunday morning when a "face at the window" while the party were breakfasting gave the party a fearful fright. The "face at the window is supposed to have been that of the other admirer of Mrs. Warner and the one who emptied his revolver into the head and body of Reid, who is still near death at Fordham hospital. 1 Aged Man Hurt When Struck By Street Car S. H.' Lewis, 74, 807 North Six teenth street, sustained possible frac ture of the skull when struck by a northbound street car at Sixteenth and Burt streets Saturday afternoon. The aged man was caught under the fender of the car. He was taken to the Methodist hospital. John Berger, 812 North Sixteenth street, who witnessed the accident, fainted when he saw Lewis knocked down by the car. Canadian Veterans Ready To Help Capture Bergdoll New York. May 21. The Great War Veterans' association of Canada stands ready to aid the American Legion in its efforts to secure the return to Germanv of Grover Cleve land Bergdoll, Philadelphia draft evader. A letter from the Canadian organization stating its attitude was received today by the American Le gion officers here. Bergdoll is be lieved to have escaped to Germany by use of a fraudulent Canadian pass port - - y Canadian Army Medals ' Service medals for those who served in the Canadian forces dur ing the war are now ready for dis tribution. J. H. Neilson, 4368 Bur dette street. Omaha, secretary of the Maple Leaf club, has received the necessary applicatioa forms from Ot tawa, and all Canadian ex-serive men are urged to get in touch, with Secretary Nelson at once. West Point Class Play ' West Foint, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) Seniors of the West Point High school will present the play "All of a Sudden Peggy." Tuesday. dripped. Capt. Harold I. Cook, son of the owner of the ranch and con sulting engineer, says it seems more probable that the bone bed is the re sult of a great eddy in a cove along the shore line of an immense river. The carcasses of various herds and individuals are believed to have been picked up by the moving water and lodged in the cover. This, he be lieves, would account for the partial segregation of types as well as the miscellaneous mixture of animals found in the quarries. The Titanotherium, or giant beast, is the largest animal's bones to be found in this region. It is about the sire of an elephant. The most com mon fossil mammal in tUt bad lands of Nebraska is the Oredonan herbiv orus animal, about the size of the domestic sheep. As many as eight or 10 skulls of the Oredon have been found frequently in a space no larger than the floor of an ordinary room. It has been discovered here by scientists that America is the home of the rhinoceros, the camel, as well as that of .the horse and many other animals now to be found only in for eign countries or not at all. Mr. Cook says that Nebraska is the home of the rhinocerosis and their wander ings led them into other parts of the world. At Agate, their bones and skulls occur in heaps. He says they became extinct in Nebraska at the close of plicocenc half a . million years ago. Tho fossils collected from the bone-beds at Agate Springs ranch are entirely mammalian. Only a few of these, however, attract general atten tion, such as titanothercs, Oredon, rhinocerosis, horses, hogs, bovine, mastodons, mammoths, camels, deer and carnivores. Three Overcome By Heat in Omaha; Boy, 13, Drowned Heat Wave Claims First Vic tims of Year, One Woman And Two Men Prostrated. Police in boats dragging Carter lake recovered the body of Fred Gibson, 13.on of William Gibson, colored, 211 North Twentylseventh street, who was drowned about 4 Saturday afternoon. The lad was drowned when he fell from a log on which he and a com panion were attempting to paddle across a canal at Larson's landing with two companions. The father told officers that his son left home at 9 Saturday morn ing, saying he was going to the lake. Mr. Gibson did not see him after wards. , The body was recovered by Paul Johnson, 4501 North Fourteenth, and Clarence Weber, 4909 North Four teenth. Three Overcome by Heat. The warm weather of Saturday prostrated the first three heat victims of the season in Omaha. Harry E. Lane, Thirtieth and Fort streets, is still in a semi-conscious condition after being overcome by the heat at Fifteenth and Dodge streets. He was taken, to Central police station, where he was still under the care of a physician at a late hour Saturday night. . Mrs. Anna "Jensen' 1722 Capitol avenue, was overcome in front of the postoffice. s , J. A. Yost, 1412 North Seventeenth street, fell to the sidewalk in front of the First National bank at Six teenth and Farnam streets when overcome by the heat. He was picked up by Patrolman Urbanek. Yost and Mrs. Jensen were taken to their homes after being revived. Omaha had the highest tempera ture cf any city in the United States Friday, according to weather re ports. The mercury stood at 92 at 3 and 4 in the afternoon. It was only90 at Phoenix, Ariz.- Omaha has had hotter weatherlat this time of year, however. On May 29, 1913, the temperature was 99 and on May 14, 1915, the mercury stood at 96. Some Burlington Employes Ready to Adjust Wages Clerks,, maintenance of way men and signal men employed on the west ern railroads are willing to meet the railroad officials at least half way in an attempt to make an cquit ble readjustment of wages, accord ing to W. F. Thiehoff, general man ager of the Burlington lines west, who returned from Chicago yester day where he has been attending wage conferences between rail of ficials and unions. heads of various labor Girls in the Water Office Climb on Desk Tops as Big Rat Roams 'Round - When Henrietta Briley of the ac counting department of the Metro politan water office,- opened her desk at 8 yesterday a large rat ap peared. She quickly closed the drawer, thinking the rodent had been imprisoned. She then opened a lower drawer and the rat again ap peared. She closed the second drawer and opened a third, to be greeted the third time by a' rat, or the rat, which then emerged and caused con sternation throughout the office. Clerks from adjoining offices rushed to the scene of commotion, finding six young women standing on top of desks.s The rat got away and probably will live another dar. i 'Prohibs' to Ask Rigid Dry Laws Volstead Act Is Too Tame, De clare Enemies "of Demon Rum Who Plan Campaign. Too Many Leaks, Claim By DAVID M. CHURCH. Washington,- May 21. Sahara w ill be a glistening lake compared to the United States, if the plans "of the prohibitionists meet with the appro val of congress. The "dry" forces, unsatisfied with the effects of the Volstea law, are mapping out a vigorous campaign to be conducted in the present congress in an effort to stop up the leaks in the dry law dike . Prohibitionists are certain that the present congress is just as "dry" as was the last and they are hopeful that their campaign will meet with suc cess, although they realize that with elections two years distant, pressure can not be as easily applied to this congress as to the last. The first step in the campaign to put the lid on intoxicants has been taken by Representative Volstead in introducing a bill to prevent the use of beer and wine as medicines. Only the future can determine the fortunes of this bill, but the "drys" are watch ing its course with great eagerness, to determine the sentiment of the present congress. Propose Drastic Measures. Other planks in the "dry" plat form, which will be presented to congress, are set forth as follows: 1 Congress shall cut off importa tion of liquors for at least five years. 2 The further manufacture of whisky shall be prohibited until the present stock is down to a very small reserve basis. , 3 The present stock of liquors shall be concentrated by giving the commissioner power to move liquors when such action will conduce the enforcement of the prohibition law. 4 The total i prohibitive tax shall be assessed against offenders for each offense. I 5 Only alcohol, not liquors or j wines shall be allowed to be used j as a base for "medicines. i 6 Alcohol to be used for legiti mate purposes, such as the manufac ture of toilet commodities,' shall he f denatured at the place of original manufacture. , ! Want Civil Service,- 7 The employes of the enforce ment organization shall be placed under civil service. 8 If the prohibition enforcement department is transferred to the De partment of Justice, careful distinc tion shall be made between those parts of the law which involve crim inal investigations, and prosecution and such sections as provide for the prohibitive standards, etc., which features shall be left to the control of the commission of internal reve nue. 9 United States commissioners shall be given power to try misde meanor offenses against the prohibi tion law. If these laws fail to check the en terprise of thirsty and resourceful Americans then the "drys" have a few more up their sleeves. They are in earnest about this prohibition business, even if the thirsty are not. t American Would Buy - Hindenburg Statue Chlcaen Tribune Cable, Copyright, 1921. Berlin, May 21. Among the bid ders for the famous Hindenburg colossal wooden statue, into which the former kaiser drove a gold nail and the common Germans iron ones, is an American who offers 30,000 marks for it. Otto Buttzke, the owner of the statue who offered it for sale in whole or in part, informed Mie Tribune's correspondent that he had received hundreds of requests for portions of it. Many wanted to use bits of the statue for firewood, but inasmuch as the press strongly at tacked such action as "sacrilegious." Hcrr Buttzke declared he would only sell it complete. The American who is seeking to buy the statue says he wants it to let Americans drive nails in it again at 25 cents a nail, half of the proceeds going to the American Le gion and the other half to the Red Cross. Korfanty Perfecting Civil Administration in Silesia Berlin, May 21. Reports from Silesia state that Korfanty is making no move to put down the insurrec tion, but on the other hand is sitting tight and perfecting a civil adminis tration. . The requisitioning of coal, automobiles and other materials, the Poles giving receipts signed by Kor fanty, the Germans consider a mask for plain robbery. f A reichwehr division stationed near the upper Silesian border has issued orders abolishing' leaves because the officers and -men have been using their vacation time fighting against the Poly. Negro Member of Ship Crew Is Missing After Battle Portland, Me., May 21. Jamos Walker, a negro member of the crew of the Schooner Mary Barrett, was misiing today after a raid on the vessel hv a can? of men who at tacked the five negro sailors afterJ driving them trom tueir bunks to the deck-at pistol point. . The negroes fought back but were badly beaten. When the encounter was over Walker could not be found. It is thought' he went overboard in the fight and police made arrangements to search tor his body. . 1 1 I 1 I Mil I i r f wj WaVllll I I 1 1 I I 1 1 I I I 1 1 I 1 1 I I 1 1 400 Deputies To Enforce Law On Headlights Force of Road-Patrolmen Or ganized to Enforce Law Passed by Legislature In April. Adopt!",' f the Connecticut specf licatior.s ' lor automobile headlight lenses in Nebraska was decided on at a meeting of road patrolmen and law enforcement officers, held in Lincoln Friday and presided over by State Engineer Johnson. Any manufacturer who can show by a laboratory test certificate his lenses comply with the Nebraska law will be given a permit to sell in this state, it was decided. Every road patrolman there arc more than 400 of them in the state will be made a deputy sheriff to en force the bill passed by legislature in April which makes it unlawful for individuals, firms or corporations to drive or have driven any motor vehicle not equipped with "lawful lenses." - ' These men will combine their ef forts with those of police officials throughout the state in a rigid en forcement of the law. It is provided that violators shall be fined from $10 to $50. A penalty is placed on auto mobile merchants who sell cars not pnuinnpd with "lawful lenses." or ! those that sell lenses which do not conform with the law, the bill pro vides. It is the duty of the department of public works to issue annually a printed list of approved motor vehicle lenses designating the candle power of light bulbs to be used with the different lenses. The law does not apply to tourists driving through the state for a period of 30 days, providing they have com olied w-ith their own state laws in the matter. Memorial Services Over , Unknown Grave on May 28 t Memorial services over ; the un known grave in Forest Lawn ceme tery, held each year by the Garfield circle No. It, Women of the G. A. R., will be held Saturday afternoon, May 28, 'this year, because of the press of other duties Decoration day. The public is invited to attend these ceremonies. . Where to find The Big Features of The Sunday Bee Nebraska Authors Who Are Fa mous Part 4, Page 1. ' "The Other Shoe," a Blue Ribbon Story Part 4, Page 3. For Boys and Girls- Part 4, Page 2. Nebraska's Livest Sport Section Part 3, Pages 1 and 2. For Women Readers Part 2. Montague in Prose Part 4, Page 1. Letter From a Home-Made Father to His Son Part 1, Page 12. Married Life of Helen and Warren Part 1, Page 12. Scientist's . Machine Registers Vi brations Disclosing Untruths Part 1, Page 3. Omahans Protest "Amazing Ignor ance" Part 1, Page 11. "Kid" Days on the Farm Roto gravure Section, Page 1. Editorial Part 4, Page 4. Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller Part 4, Page 1. Gibson Cartoon Part 4, Page 8. Music Part 4, Page 8. For Home Builders Part 3. 4 Page 3. 312 Boys Graduates Of T Swim School Youngsters Know How to Swim and Dive After 3 Weeks Course. Three hundred and twelve Omaha boys were graduated from the Y. M." C. A. free swimming school last night. . Seven hundred and thirty-five boys were enrolled in the classes which were held xiu.-ing the - last-three weeks. At the graduating exercises, Mac Ohman offered a, vaudeville feature and a Mary Miles Minter six-reel feature film, "The Fairy and the Waif," was shown. In a guessing contest among the boys, three free memberships in the Y. M. C. A. were given as prizes. Every boy who was given ' a diploma from the swimming school had learned to swim 50 feet and dive. More than 200 other boys learned th elementary principles of swim ming and -With a little practice, will be able to swim the required 50 feet and quality as beginners. Last year 125 boys were graduated from the swimming school. s This year's class is double that and is the largest number of boys ever taught in a local swimming campaign; , Boys who were unable to attend the graduating exercises last night, will receive their diplomas through the mail early next week. Escaped Mail Robber UilC J L PI 1 ' enUlieCl bV LlerK ' Sacramento, Cal.,' May 21. Roy Gardner, escaped mail rohber, was identified ' by Ralph Decker, mail rlerk on Southern Pacific train No. 20, which was robbed last night near New Castle, as the man who committed the robbery. - The identi fication was made through a photo graph. Decker returned today from New Castle, where he reported the robbery of the Pacific Limited. The robber cut open 51 pouches of tnail. but took only one from the car. This was found with its con tents missing. No estimate has been made of the value of the contents. Gardner was seen yesterday in Roseville, at which point the bandit is believed to hav boarded the train. Gardner escaped June 7, 1920, near Portland, Ore., after having been sentenced to a term in a federal peni tentiary for mail robbery at San Diego. . , . Wesleyari Male Quartet In Concert at Pawnee City Pawnee City, Neb., May 21. ("Special.) The Nebraska Wesleyan male quartet, with Miss Marie Wil son, reader, gave an entertainment at the First Methodist church here, under ths atfspices of the -"Hi Y" club of the high school. Kenneth Wilson and Miss Marie Wilson are both Pawnee City people and played before schoolhood friends. Gothenburg Entertains Woman's Club Officer Gothenburg, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) Mrs. E. B. Penny, state vice president of the Nebraska Federa tion of Women's Clubs, was enter tained at a luncheon given by Mrs. Arthur Gentzler. Mrs. Penny ad dressed the Brady Delphian society in the evening. ' Deny Train Robbery New York, May 21. Reports that a New York Central freight train had been held up by armed bandits near North Tonawanda .and robbed of $70,000 worth of merchandise, were declared false at the office of Chief of Polite Edward Miles of the New York Central lines, i Refugees Flock Into Poland From Soviet Russia Starvation and Death Follow In Wake of Hordes Many Ukrainain Jews on Way to U. S. By L. C. WALTER. Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright, 1931. Warsaw, May 21. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are pouring into Polish territory from soviet land, on horse carts, in cattle trains, on foot a fresh invasion from the east which promises to increase in volume with the imminent exchange of the Riga treaty ratifications by Polish and soviet delegates aFMinsk. For the most part the civilian re fugees are Ukrainain Jews flocking to Poland on their way to America. Starvation, disease and frequently death follow on the heels of the mass migration, but hundreds of tragedies are averted by doctors and food and clothing distributers. Judge Hugo Pam , of Chicago, who came to Poland as a delegate of the Hebrew Immigration Aid so ciety, after examining the conditions under which the influx of Ukrainian and Russian Jews is taking-place, has arranged with the Polish govern ment for facilities in feeding and housing the immigrants. Beyond stipulating .that the refugees should be kept out of congested Warsaw until everything is ready for the pass port formalities, the Warsaw author ,tlcs have raised no obstacles, Judge Pam told the Tribune correspondent. in vuiiLiasi wuii inc mass iiiym ui Russian and Ukrainian Jews through Poland, Rumania and Austira is the steady current of Russians returning to Sovdepia through Riga. ' Many of these, according to Judge Pam, who studied the situation in his tour of the Baltic countries, are frankly at tached to their country, although the majority are traders bent on busi ness. . Ord High School Seniors Will Present Class Play Ord, Neb.,- Hay 21. (Special.) The senior class of the Ord High school will present a farce comedy, "Brown's in Town," Tuesday All of the senior activities of the Ord school are given over to the last yveek of school and the commencement sea son will occupy the ' entire week. Monday senior recognition day will be observed. Wednesday night will be given over to class night and Thursday to . the commencement exercises and Friday the class picnic. The Ord schools are 'dosing a very successful yar. . Mother Gets Children , Father Put in Institute Edna D. Bassett obtained posses sion of her two young children yes terday from the Child Saving insti tute by " order 6f District Judge VVakeley.. . ' I Her husband, Arthur C. Bassett, failed to support her and finally de serted her, taking the children with ' 1,,'rv, ,1,. xx. t 1 .1 .. i nun, ant onjo. At fJiaicu -ill the Child Savings institute, which refused to turn them over to her without a court order. -The Bassetts were married in Boone, ' la., Febru ary 17, 1917. ' Th,e Weather ' Forecast. Tartly cloudy and continued warm Sunday. ., Hourly Trmprrniiuv. n . m in n. m 71 7 a. m. n S a. m T4 a. m in 10 a. m H1 t p. m.. p. in . . 3 p. ni . . 4 l. m . . .t p. m.. A p. in . , 7 p. m , . II a. m... ...... A U. S. Falling Behind in Commerce . 1 Combine of Producers and Ex porters Believed Necessary , If America To Hold Own 1 In Foreign Trade Europe Pools Imports :By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. ( IiIiro Trihunr-Oinahn l.fnai-d Wlra. Washington, May 21. The lonjf predicted commercial war after1 the war to capture foreign markets and control of natural resources i on in earnest among the. nations and 1 ' ; c ......... o o f . portions. ur.cat Britain and r ranee are al ready on the firing line with the latest innovations of commercial warfare and Secretary of Commerce Hoover has warned congress that the United States should lose no time in perfecting trade weapons t meet the onslaughts of its iorcig'i competitors. While these foreign governments arc reaching out for control of vast oil and other natural resources, enor mous combinations of foreign capi tal are invading the markets of th-s world to do battle with tlie scattered and unorganized American export ers. At the same time similar gi- . gantic combinations in European countries are . pooling their importa tions from the United States and by eliminating purchasing competition among Americans are obtaining American raw materials and manu factured goods at bargain prices. Combination Necessary. The conviction is spreading that if America is even to hold its own in this contest American producers and exporters must be allowed to com bine in trading with foreigners in the manner prohibited in domestic commerce by the Sherman anti trust law. The Webb-Pomerene act permitting combinations of exporters, in foreign trade is a step in this di rection, but a feeble step, it is as serted, in meeting the competition of the foreign Combines. In making his successful appeal for additional appropriations for trade expansion, 'Secretary Hoover lifted the curtain for the benefit of the house appropriations committee on the commercial war among the na tions. "The world is faced with' an en tirely new era in foreign trade," said Mr. Hoover. "Due to the economic situation abroad there is a 'growing tendency -to consolidate for militant export purpose in -practically every country in Europe. This is develop ing in two directions. The consoli dation of industrial concerns bv mergers of capital, and in this di rection the developments are more general even than in the United States before the anti-trust laws. There is another type of combination for export trade which consists in the direct combination of exporters for unity- in the exploitation of for eign markets. Must Have Collective Action. ' "If we are to meet these combina tions we must secure more collec tive action on the- part of -our in dustries. I have a feeling that if we are to hold our own we must at least be able to furnish the special information upon which our people can act and such information must k. ... J I I j: a: lc prmi tu uiiuci cApcit uirctuun. "There is another factor in for eign commerce that requires a great deal of study and consideration and that is a new type of foreign com binations combinations of imports. For instance, practically the whole, buying of hide and leather for th United Kingdom is now in one or ganization. We have similar com binations in coal.ffood, etc.. in man , directions. The result of those com binations is to more or less disturb prices within the United States. We must have a general staff of special ists to work out, in co-operation with our own industries, nolicies and methods by vhich we can meet those (Torn to Vat lira, Column One.) , Reunion of Nebraskans in 34th Division Here Planned A reunion of the five Nebraska regiments which formed a part of the Thirty-fourth division is being planned for Omaha during Ak-Sar-a Ben week. , , A committee was appointed at the meeting of the Sixth Nebraska In- fantry association Friday night to confer with Secretary Gardner of Ak-Sar-Ben on plans for securing:" the .reunion. - , A call was sent forth from this : . meeting to all former members of the Sixth Nebraska to get in touch with H. H Dudley, S133 North Thir-tv-third street, who has memhrsnin applications. ' - 0 Former members of Company C, Sixth Nebraska, will meet in the Pax ton hotel lobby at 1?:30 Sunday aft ernoon to attend in a body the fu ncral of Bugler Clyde B. Kilgore, ; member of Company C, who died in France of wounds September 1,1915, in Council Bluffs. , ? Small Graduating Cass ; In High School at OrrJ Ord, Neb., May 21. (Special.)-, The Ord High school will have but 19 in their senior class this year.- This is 'the smallest class in recent years. The commencement exer cises will be on May 26, at which time Superintendent Beveridge o ' Omaha public schools will delivef ' the address. " Central City Y. M. C. A. to ' Hold Annual Banquet May 21 Central City, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.') The annual dinner of the Y. M. C. A. will be served May 24. Fol lowing the banquet, toast will be given by Thomas K..B. Smith. Dr. K. K. Boyd and C. A.. Musselman. state .secretary, toastmastcr. J. G. Martin will be -i J1