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2 A! THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY, MAY . 22. 1921. 4-:.'; ; Money 'Pinch' on i Farms Shown bv . . . t,Jij; Drop in Feeding Heavier Jslunip in Cattle Than Sheep and Hogs; Feedloti i , Present Deserted 7 f ' , Appearance ' ' Information for ft lerfea ot lUrTe.Ti of nrrtrnltiirnl ronriltloiu In Nrhraka were obtained hr The Rm from Questionnaire sent to all county agnruiwral aeni in tha slat. Thla hi the third mt the varioas phases taken up In tha questionnaire. The "pinch" of finances on Nebras ka farms is most plainly shown in the decreased amount of feeding accord injj to reports received by The Bee from a questionnaire sent to all coun ,ty agricultural agents in the state. The -1 he heaviest slump is in cattle, then sheen and hogs A few scattered dis tricts reported that the farmers were reluctant to feed as heavily as in pre vious years due to the heavy losses sustained last year Cows being milked did not suffer the decrase that was reported in feed crs. The small farmer who has not been in the practice of feeding exten sively for the market and herds of pure-bred stock are remaining about ;j)6rmal. v v r- The feedlots weher western "cattle are usually being fattened for market have a deserted appearance, lhe "large ranches still have cattle graz ing in the pastures, but nowhere near the large numbers that have been fed in former years. Sheep feeding is slightly nearer normal. In a few scattered coun ties there is reported a slight in crease, although the majority have the normal supply or slightly less, ' Few counties report much of a decrease in the number of stock hogs and a few have increased their holdings. Most counties have a large pig crop. The number of hogs in the yards of Thurston county is estimated to be 20 per cent larger than last year and the Sheridan county increase is about 10 per cent. Leo J. Stuhr, secretary of the department of agriculture at Lincoln, reports that the brood sows of the state have increased 5 per cent over last year. On April 1 his report shows 667.000 brood sows, an in crease of 32,000. This is an average of 5.2 animals to the farm. United States Faffing Behind in Commerce ', (Continued From Face One.) forces. We have a case in, the matter of oil. Our own oil resources are estimated to hold present production somewhere from 18 to 20 years; we are now producing 65 per cent of the world's oil, and we have an es timated proportion of the world's oil bearing territory of from 25 to 30 per cent. We are not securing our toothold In foreign oil fields. The matter has been before congress on several occasions, and it is a matter of general agitation throughout the country. The technical bureaus of the government nave aeveiopea me : : lerwrucai iuaicri" wuu ihjjsh 1 world oil resources, but tha informa V tidri as to the commercial action that ' is necessary is entirety unorganized. Should -Take Up Problems. "It seems to me that one of the first functions of the Department cf Commerce is to see that such prob- lems are taken in hand and that we i . should secure- such energetic and -collective action on the part of our "oil industry as to secure our posi ! tion for th future. Again it be 5 comes a question of the general staff. ! "One or two men in the Department 5 of Commerce cannot undertake all these things, we must have some men who can devote themselves to the, development of these sorts of prob lems." ' . ., . . Mr. Hoover explained in detail his t - plans of co-operation- with Ameri can industries for the development of foreign trade. "We are proposing to set up 12 small divisions in the bureau, com- prising experts in different indus trial groups; machinery, cotton, wool 1 and textiles, chemicals and dyes, ; minerals and oils, certain foodstuffs, etc., with a view to establishing ef ficient operation vh those special "industrial groups," said Secretary i": Hoover.- "These divisions are to di " t rect the foreign service so as to se " , cure the results from the service that is needed y the industries them selves. From these men we will fur nish experts for special investiga tions into particular trade conditions abroad requiring special skill. Service Committees. "We have in view the setting up of service committees in some of the i different industrial groups. These committees will be purely voluntary r and their object is to assist the bu l reau in guiding our foreign service i .tp practical results for the industry, I and on the other handj to give en S 7ttmragement to the Industrie's to .push ahead. In order to carry out Lthat plan effectively, we need to have if few men who are experts in their particular branches of industry. "For instance, in the automobile trade now one of our large ex- ports we need some one in the) Y,'t bureau in Washington who is an i expert in that indusfy. who can in secure, as far as may be, collective ; activity of the trade in the expan-t-' sion of our exports, who can in- struct our foreign . service as to ss what the industry needs by way of the complex questions ' involved in exports and markets, and who can assure the distribution of this in- formation back to the trade and can stimulate the trade to take action under it. One difficulty now is that 'a ' large amount of information : tomes in and we are not equipped III ,to give it adequate preparation and "'distribution. Another is that in s,"r .formation is collected abroad by c imen without expert direction from "V home, having in view the particular m. necessities of our different indus tries. The foreign service employes endeavor to the best of their ability 1 :, to secure information that will be of use to the American trade, but who 1 -are without proper direction from home. In other words, we lack a general staff in "planning and plot- ting out the directions where we - can extend our commerce to the ibest advantage." : ' West Point to Clean Up : West ToiiA, Neb., May 21. (Spe- U- .Up' Week." will be observed in this "Silent Cal" To Say and Vice President Becomes Sphinx of Senate and Cabinet; Sh! Melon, Too. By GEORGE R. HOLMES. (International Vewe Serriea Staff Cer retpondent.) . Washington, May 14. "Silent Cal" Coolidge they called him up in Mas sachusetts, where he used to be gov ernor. And "Silent Cal" Coolidge, he remains here in Washington as vice president. Being second in command of the administration ship has not changed "Silent Cal" to any noticeable ex tent. Perhaps he grooms himself a bit better it's unbelieveable the amount of social activity demanded of a V. P. but otherwise he plods along about the same. Silence with him still is golden and he is wealthy beyond dreams of avarice. Day' by day he sits in what his pre decessor, the inimitable "Tom" Mar shall, was wont to facetiously term the austere United States senate. Oratory to the right of him, oratory to the left of him may volley and thunder, roll and crash, echo and re verberate, but the slender, sandy haired chap from "down east" sits quietly on his dais observing much and saying little. lhe taciturnity of the new v. r, covers not only his constitutional duties, but extends also to his social activities and his participation in cab inet meetings, according to those who have had ample opportunities to observe him under all conditions. When President Harding first pro posed having a vice president do something else besides preside over the senate, it created no little com ment and stir in Washington. When it actually developed that the V. P. was to sit in at cabinet meetings and express himself on the affairs of state that are considered by that weighty body, there was a flutter of anticipa tion. Not Good "Liaison." "At last," it was thought in con gressional circles on the hill, "we will have some representation in the cabinet. We will have one of us sit ting at the table, and at last we will know what those fellows talk about down at the other end of the avenue." Great was the Satisfaction thereat. It was thought that "Silent Cal" would be a "liaison" officer between the administrative and legislative branches of the government, that he would keep the senate informed about what was going on in the cab inet and the cabinet informed about what was going on in the senate. In short, he was to be a go-bctweeh, a harmonizer and an all-around grand little fixer. Has he been? He has not. ."Silent Cal" has observed what went on in both places and kept his observations tightly locked in his own bosom. He has gone from the senate to the cabi net room and from the cabinet room to the senate with the same quietness and taciturnity that has always Opti mism inow miles At National Capital (Continued From Pace One.) He has a marked capacity for ab sorbing information without offering advice and the leaders who visit him are impressed with his knowledge of affairs at the capitol. President Harding is confident that the resolution declaring peace with Germany, when it takes final form, will be agreeable to the differ ing schools of thought on that propo sition in the house and senate. He and Secretary of State Hughes will work out a form in co-operation with Chairman Porter of the house com mittee on foreign affairs and Chair man Lodge of the senate committee which will not conflict with the pol icy of the State department now en gaged upon broader phases of for eign policy than this mere technical declaration of an existing tact which is a "going concern." Speculation is unbounded as to what Secretary, of States Hughes is working on for the disposition of the Versailles treaty and the steps to he taken by this country toward ''per fecting an association of nations, in accordance with the administration's announced desire to recognize the existing sentiment of tire people of the United. States favoring such an enterprise. " Avoid Foreign Differences. "Across the mystery of what Sec retary Hughes is thinking about or doing flashes from time to time en lightening evidences of one line of policy which is being steadfastly ad hered to. that is, to keep clear ot mix ing in European questions which are strictly European, and with which the United States cannot have any kind of traffic. This is pleasing, not only to the irreconcilable opponents of the leigue of nations, but is grati fying to those who still hope for a world association, but who never for get for an instant the traditional pol icy of the United States toward old world disputes. Secretary Hughes has avoided every pitfall and trap which has thus far been laid to entangle the United States. To be sure; the fowler has laid his snare in the sight of the ex pected, prey so that it is easily dis cernible beneath all specious cover ings The secretary of state of this republic is a wary person and he is adhering closely to distinctive and well-defined lines of policy laid dow-n by past generations of states men and heartily approved by the present day school. Death has presented to President Harding a problem which, but for the sudden passing over of Chief Justice White, was not to have been expected for many months to come the selection of a chief justice of the United States. It is one of the most, important appointments which any president is called upon to make and in the past some presidents have gone through their entire terms ot office wihout being called upon to exercise the duty of filling the post. Taft for Chief Justice. A strong personality in the chair of the chief justice is the demand of the people. Personal integrity com bined with a high order of legal abil ity berobes the chief justice of the United States with a garment of re spect that amounts almost to sanctity, The nomination of a man to the of- i Ike is tantamount to his confirma-1 Has Little Seldom Says It marked his demeanor in whatever he was doing. Cabinet meetings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays. They usual ly occupy two hours from 11 until 1. "Cal" is usually on time for the meeting. He sits at the foot of the table, facing the president. Occa sionally he puts his oar in, but usual ly he listens. When the meeting is over he glides that is distinctly the word he glides out, gets into his car and returns to the capitol. Ar riving there he finds out what has been going on the . senate having convened at 12 noon and then he takes the chair. All this he does with a minimum of speech. Stentorian Silence. None of the reporters who cluster about the White House executive officers on 'cabinet days ever tackle .the V. P. to find out what has been going on within the sacred chamber. They clear an aisle for him and let hini slip through unmolested. Oc casionally a correspondent for some Boston paper will walk out with him, but the matters broached are usually far afield of what has been transpir ing in the session. Only one other man is so fortunate in this respect. He is Andrew W. Mellon, the secretary of the treasury. Mr. Mellon eases in and out of the side door of the White House, usual ly walking on the balls of his feet and shunning inquirers. Mellon is cut from the samcpattern ft the V. P. It has been said of them since they came to Washington that if they ever got together in a closed room there would be a silence that one could hear for blocks. Whether that be true or not, it is true that of all the new officials Washington is trying to learn to know, the most difficult are the vice president and the secretary of the i treasury. tion. There have been instances of the senate, mainly for political rea sons, refusing to confirm an asso ciate justice, but when the executive finally determines upon a chief ins-r tice, his word is considered as final in perfecting the appointment. It is a curious whimsy of fate that attaches to the present situation. The prospective appointee, William H. Taft, for as such is he regarded, was responsible for the elevation of Mr. White to the office and now he, in all human probability, is to succeed him. Mr. Taft, when president, paid the highest tribute of respect for this great office by appointing to it a man of opposite political iaith, disregard ing the wishes of partisans, who con tended that without recognizing po litical considerations, a republican to fill the office could be found. Chief Justice White's course in office justi fied, the Attitude of President Taft and he will go down into history as one of the greatest of chief justices. Pickaniny Is Abandoned On Doorstep of Omaha Home Who wants to adojjt a 3-year-old colored boy? All applications must be addressed to Matron Ella Gib bons, care of Central police head quarters. The little boy was found on the doorstep at 2724 Burdette street ear ly yesterday. ' Matron Gibbons turned the baby over to the Childs Saving institute. Gothenburg High School Classes Hold Banquet . Gothenburg, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) The junior-senior banquet of the high school was held in the Methodist church. The women of the Swedish Baptist Aid society served the banquet. Profit in Wolves Pawnee City, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) A. N. Taylor, farmer living near Pawnee City, finished a profit able day when he dug from a den on his place,' nine timber wolf cubs. He brought the pelts to tow n and got $6 apiece bounty. x Improve Water Works Sutherland, Neb.,' May 21? (Spe cial.) Contracts have been awarded for $22,000 worth of water works ex tension here and work will be com menced as soon as the material Ar rives. It is expected to have the work complete before cold weather. Plan Sales Day Pawnee City, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) Pawnee City is to have an other "Community Sales Day," May 25. So successful was the last one, that it has been decided by the busi ness men here to have one each month. Wymore Alumni Banquet Wymore.Neb., May 21. (Soe- cial.) The alumni banquet of the Wymore High school was held here with a large number of graduates i present, iriday and Saturday ex hibits of school work were shown. Name Water Commissioner Wymore, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) The city council appointed Josh Hicks water, light and sewer commissioner. Renumberinsr houses was discussed and bids called for a block uf city water pipe extension. . Vice- j ! Mellon Looks For Recovery of Business Soon Germany's Acceptance of Re paration and Lowering of Discount Rates Here Cited As Reasons. By HOLLAND. Mr. Mellon, secretary of the treas ury, was distinguished when.he was in active, and vast business enterprise for the caution which he took when called upon to form opinions and also by the somewhat laconic man ner of expressing the opinions after he had formed them Therefore the report which purported to give his view of the present situation and the outlook for the future is sure to be received with confidence in the ac curacy of his views. This report was made public on the second day of the gathering of the National Associa tion of American Manufacturers in New York. It immediately became a topic with those manufacturers and they spoke of it as a gratifying co incidence that Secretary Mellon's optimistic view would have been made public while this association, was in session. Secretary Mellon, however, does no more than others who are ranked among our ablest industrial ana transportation leaders have already done. A. C. Bedford spoke the same thought which is attributed to Mr. Mellon although making use of a dif ferent verbal medium. He said re cently that he is persuaded that the peak of depression has passed. A like statement was made by Judge Lovett, chairman of the board of the Union Pacific railroad. Charles M. Schwab also voiced the same view and so have others. Economic Reaclon Over. But because thl opinion come" from the secretary of the treasury who has i ready revealed Unusual capacity lor grasping financial mattera unprecedented magnitude and with wBlcn the Treasury department and congress are to bo identified. It la looked upon as high significant that In this midspring season Mr. Mellon should have said that the economic reaction consequent upon the war is over and that there should be a rapid business recovery. He goes so far as to Intimate that this prosperity will continue for several years provided only that this country takes advantage of. the opportunities which await It. .The secretary did mention, as on ot the Influences which is sure to stimulate business prosperity, the passing of the period of high reserve and bank rates. He went so far as to intimate that lower levels in these rates are likely to be reached before the summer is ended. There are several reasons why Secre tary Mellon felt justified in expressing this view. One of them is the accept ance by Germany or tne reparation in manded by the allies. It is observed that In the financial district the belief prevails that Germany, although forced to yield, nevertheless has yielded in good faith. It is also known that there were reasons not used by the allies' council, which persuaded Germany to yield. One of them was the certainty that if the terms were accepted and reparation pay ments begun in good faith then a vast trade between the United States and Ger many would be established. This trade of itself might reach such magnitude as greatly to aid Germany in making pay ments. Absorption of Securities Another reason for Mr. Mellon's opinion is to be found in the fact that although federal reserve discount rates have been lowered, nevertheless no undue advantage has been taken of this rductlon. Then again the remarkable and what a few months ago would have been deemtd the impossible absorption of new securities, turnishea ailent, but perfect demonstration of the improvement. Not many months ago it would have been impossible to float securities which recently, although reach ing hundreds of millions, have been in-, siantly absorbed. Although general business seems to be somewhat dull and the turnover, as it is called, small, neverthelesa all the indi cations joint to the fact that this dull, ness is not long to continue and that grad ually and for that reason wisely, im provement will be noticed. . Two Hundred Millions or Mara. Before the end oC the present fiscal year, or at least early in July, there will have been absorption by investors of new securities, the aggregate of which is in excess of 1:00,000,000. Some of these are securities brought to this market from other nations. Within a few days Brazil, which formerly depended upon London for her financing, has marketed here a large issue of securities and these were, it is understood, absorbed as aoon as offered The state ofNNew York and the city of New York will be in the market speedily seeking the placing here of a large line of bonds. Today there la no objection on tha part of the government to--the marketing in tha United States of securities offered by We Try at Every Turn To Make Your Connection VTith This Bank a Pleasant as Well as a Profitable Experience. 1 Interest Paid on Savings. Compounded quarterly. Fnndt protected by De posltors' Guaranty Fund of the State of braska. Funds subject to with drawal without notice. American State Bank Eighteenth and farnam Streets D- IT. GEISELJIAX, President. P. C. GEISELXA5, Cashier. H. M. KR0GH, Assistant Cashier. New Records 25c Each ( Horseshoe Pitching Taboo at Chambers O'Neill, Neb.. May 21. (Special.) No more will the ctang of the horseshoe against the peg, or the raucous arguments regarding ringers and leaners disturb the Sunday quiet ude of Chambers, th metropolis of southern Holt county. Some of '.he greatest horseshoe pitchers in Ne braska reside within the village con fines and. they now are practicing for the summer tournaments. But they must not play on Sun day, according to the village board, and the chairman has promulgated and caused to be published the fol lowing notice: . "Warning Any one caught pitch ing horseshoes or quoits in Chambers on Sunday will tt dealt with accord ing to law, for Sabbath breaking. "C. L. ELKINS. Chairman. The state law prohibits "rioting, quarreling, hunting or shooting," on Sunday, and horseshoe pitching probably comes under the head of riohng or quarreling, lhe horse shoe pitching Jans of Chambers valley will probably ask the next legislature to provide that Sunday horseshoe pitching may be voted up on the same as base ball is now. Un til the iegislature meets the Sunday games will be conducted outside the city limits. foreign nations or people. In war days It was found necessary to prevent Invest ment of that kind If possible to that thf re would be no Interference with tha gov ernmental financing. The government win not ooject to tna sale or uerman reparations bonds here and bankers will not refuse to negotiate if the security be hind these bonds and tha good faith of Germany are satisfactory. Interesting Sidelight. Nothing comparable in magnitude with the number of persons who thronged Into the office of J. P. Morgan and Company on Monday ot this week has occurred in recent years except tha offering of sub scriptions to a copper combination propo sltien and tha 4.000 Individual transactions in 114 when 1 100,000,000 of the obligations of New York City were paid. The news reports told the awltt underwriting ot the S230.000.000 814 per cent bond issue of fered jointly by the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railroad companies. But It was only in the newspaper columns and in tha office of the bankers where the evMenco of this unparalleled transaction was being furnished, Now visible evl. denre of a kind which attracted the at tention of those who throng the Wall street district of auccesa of that trans action was furnished when the settlement for subscriptions to this issue was made. The offices of the Morgan company were not sufficiently large to hold at one time all those who gathered there to make settlement. They were numbered bv the hundreds. It furnished a sidelight il luminating the disposition at this time ot American Investors to accept large offer ings and justifies the belief that this dis position will continue for a long time. Publicity Increases . Taxes in Gage County Wymore, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) The order of the county board of supervisors that tax assessment lists shall be published is producing results, lhe publicity has roused in dignation among citizens who find that wealthy men in both city and country have been giving in the value of their possessions at much less than is found in the home of many humble wage earners. Numer ous cases have already been cited, the agitation has compelled many w ould-be slackers, to pay more taxes, which means big relief to the whole county, especially when it is now giving courage to people to cVmand that the apparently silly figures given to tax assessors are so glaringly be low what they should be that a tre mendous increase in county revenues will result. Two stocks of merchandise, one listed at $5,000 and the other at $23, 000, were found to be of apparently the same quantity and kind of goods. Another case showed that one farmer, gave in a figure of $850, and it de veloped that he had nearly $26,000 in taxable property. Woman Convicted of Murder Tulsa. OkL Mav 21 Mrs -P1li. Fields was found guilty of first de- gree muraer Dy a jury in district rOurt here today. Imprisonment for four years to lite is the statutory penalty. Murder of her divorced husband in a tjuarrel over the owner ship of a sewing machine had been charged against her. Pleasant Because our success as a banking institution depends on the manner and to the extent that we are able to serve yon, Profitable Because only by en couraging systematic; 'and persis tent saving among our patrons can we demonstrate to them the power for success that a substantial sav ings account holds. You-' can begin a savings account at this bank with as small a sum as one dollar. or six for $1.40 Tomorrow (Monday) morning we will sell every Emerson record in our stock at 25c each, or six for $1.40. Two Thousand New HlU to Select From 1807 Farnam, Omaha Father Walks 1,000 Miles In Effort to Cure Baby ' 'jj V Los Angeles, May 21. A remark able case of parental devotion was disclosed with the arrival here of James F, Watkins, an electrician of Valleto, Cal., who pushed his 11- months-old son more than 1,000 miles in a baby buggy over California highways, in a successful effort to save its Inc. Watkins' Wife died of bronchial pneumonia early in March. Doctors tod him his little son, James F. Wat kins, jr., or "Buster," as the father calls him, had contracted pneumonia germs and that if he were kept in the open air, he had a bare fighting chance to live. The father started out from Vallejo and for eight successive nights held "Buster" in his arms. The baby grew better as the strange journey con fined from northern to central, then to southern California. Watkins journeyed as far as San Diego, and had- proceeded as far north as Los Angeles, when a number of "movie" stars took up a collection and pro vided him with enough to rest a while and seek a job. Tecumseh General Store Is Traded for Farm Land Tecumseh, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) C. H. Bivcns has traded his store building, stock of general mer chandise and fixtures to Dr. A. W. Faught of cottsbluff for two farms in the Scottsbluff section, one an 80- acre tract and the other 160 acres. Dr. Faught will dispose of his in terests here at once. Work on Superior Dam is Completed; Workmen Leave Superior, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) The last of the men employed on the new dam here left this week for Rocky Ford, Kan., where they wi" assist on the bifr dam hewg mU "It there anything in , " 11 J life so hvely end po J I ! ! eticaldsihehughand -. , ' . j L merrimentof ayoung u girl, who, still in haf 'rfb II mony with all her . Cvt'l II powers, sports with VW Vyy I ID youinluxuriousfree- jO I Jyus Outdoor Togs, r J U TX TIDE skirts for freedom U - v v VV blouses and sweaters in col'1 jj . ' ors to chum with the sunshine and i A) clouds. We have assembled the lv most tempting outfits for sports and we have priced them conscientiously 1 h oJeve?irT Son Ouitejn "Buster" now- weighs 23 pounds and is said to be as robust as the average baby of his age. In travel ing about California Watkins worked on fruit groves aTid grain ranches at odd jobs. Often he had the baby buggy in orange groves with him and pushed the infant from tree to tree. Speaking of his experiences, Watkins said: "I have fed my baby, washed him, dressed him, cared for him, entirely unaided, since his mother died. His food had consisted, for the most part, of condensed milk, with a little orange juice or sometimes a tea spoonful of olive oil daily. At inter vals I have also given him a' graham cracker. His feeding hours have been carefully kept, no matter where he might be. He has been fed at 8 a. in., noon, 4 p. m. and 8 p. m. "On clear, warm nights, when we could sleep in the open, I have put him to sleep with a lullaby, a canopy of stars being our ceiling,, and. the moonbeams providing a splendid bedroom lamp. i in there. The Superior dam is now completed and the entire work was done with no mishaps. Eastern Star Chapter Organize at Belgrade Belgrade, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) An Eastern Star chapter has been organized here with a large class ai charter members. The new society gave a banquet to the mem bers of the Masonic lodge. Thel chapter has received its charter. College to Stage Play Central City, Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) The Whittierian Literary so ciety of Nebraska Central college will present the play "A Rose of Flymouth Town," here May 27. Furay Suicide Is Revealed in Report of Death Efforts of Physician and Cor oner to Quash Hanging Re ports Exposed Funeral Is Held. "Strangulation by hanging sui cide." This was the cause of the death of Charles Furay, 49, member of the staff of Election Commissioner Moorhead, who was found dean Thursday a'fternoon in the home of his brother; Guy, 115 South Thirty second street Heart disease was given as the cause when the death was announced by the family. But the death certificate, received yesterday in the oflice of the city health department in the city ha'.i. gave suicide as the cause. The Heath certificate is signed by Dr. J. R. Dwyer and Abel V. Shot fll. Mr. Shotwell is county attorney and coroner. Report of Suicide. From his office Friday reports of suicide in the Furay death were denied and the cause of death r''- as heart disease. Deputy County kroner Pail Steinwender Friday declared, that suicide was not the cause of death. Though questioned closely, he main tained this statement. Dr. Dwyer also declared Friday that death was due to heart failure and denied that it was a case of sui cide. It is said that the body was found hanging from a chandelier by a sheet in his bed room at his home, 115 South Thirty-fourth street. Charles Furav was a son of Major and Mrs. John B. Furay. Graduate of Creighton. He was a graduate of Creighton and Rush medical schools and prac ticed medicine in Omaha until the death of his father when he aban doned his profession to aid his mother in handling the large estate. He is survived by three brothers. Guy, Dr. E. S. and Harry Furay of New York, and one sister, Mrs. Leo Daly of St. Louis, lie was an Elk and an able entertainer and reader. The funeral was held yesterday at St. Johns Catholic church. Burial was in Holy Sepulclier cemetery. Alexandria Schools Cose; ' , Pupils Enjoy Big Picnic Alexandria. Neb., May 21. (Spe cjal.) School closed here for the summer vacation and was celebrated by a picnic at the Conners park by more than 200 pupils. Towns in the surrounding territory also have their picnics in this park, as all of the best conveniences for picnicing crowds are available there free of charge. Graduation exercises were held bc for a record breaking crowd. Farmers Near Alexandria Are. Selling Grain Crops Alexandria,' Neb., May 21. (Spe cial.) Farmers in this vicinity are beginning . to dispose cf the last gear's wheat and corn crop, to make room for the new crop. Corn in this section, looks good. Farmers are now getting $1.25 for their wheat and 42 cents for their corn. York Treasurer Resigns York, Neb., May 21. (Special.) At an adjourned meeting of the city council, held Thursday evening, City Treasurer C. E. Callendcr handed in his resignation and the same was ac ' cepted, to take place June 1. Ml
