fliE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15. 1921
McLaughlin
Presides at "Milk
Bill" Hearing
Measure proposes to Amend
. Pure Food Act to Prevent
Substitutes for
Butterfat.
By . C. SNifDER.
Wnnbtncton CorM.pondent. Omaha B
Washington, June 14. (Special
Teleerara.) Congressman Mc
Latlghlin, one of the active members
of the house aoricultural commit
tee presded Monday over the hear
ings now in progress before the
committee on the so-called "filled
milk" bill introduced by Representa
tive Voight of. Wisconsin. The bill
proposes to amend the pure food act
to prevent the substitution of cocoa
nut milk," (Jotton-seed -Oil and . other
vegetable oils for the butterfat in
milk in the condensed and powdered
' milk product, HbW being put on the
market ' under many misleading
names. . . . . .
Dairymen throughout the coun
try are very much iri favor of the
amendment because it is claimed that
m'k substitutes are growing in such
volume as. to enter into scrfous com
petition with the real article. While
there are' no manufacturers of con
densed or nowdered milk; in Ne
braska, in the interest of "dairying
and the general health of "the public
Mr. McLaughlin is strongly in ia
vnr of the amendment. 4 '
Tomorrow hearings will begin on
Coneressrrtan McLaughlin's , cold
ctinrasA hill before the house' com
mittee on sericulture. The Mc
Laughlin bill is a compromise over
the cold storaee bill of the last ses.
sion of-congress and has been drawn
to meet .admitted detects in trre-ior-mer
measure. The bill places the
cold storage business under the su
pervision of the secretary of agri
culture. It requires that the time
for cold storage be limited to 12
months, with the right of. the secre
tary of agriculture to extend this
time if economic reasons should de
mand such extension. The bill pro
vides that 0 days -be given for the
assembling of fresh produce, poul
try, eggs and butter and 30 days
for shipping, so that any perish
able .commodity may be shipped to
any part of the country and sold
as fresh food if so desired.
This 30-day shipping period meets
the objections raised at the last ses
sion by -the commission men of Ne
braska many of whom swere in
Washington to protest against the
passage of that measure. ' .
New Constitution Adopted
By Swedish Lutheran Church
Chicago, June 14. The Augustana
synod of the Swedish v Lutheran
church at its closing session adopted
a new constitution which will go
into effect next vear and created a
general board of education consist- (
Wg OI six pasiurs aim sia ijh-
to supervise the work of four col
leges, five academies and a theo
logical seminary.
A seamen's mission also was cre
ated to take charge of work in
New York City, Galveston, Tex.;
San Francisco and Seattle. The
home mission board reported ex
penditures for the year of $66,000.
A plea from the anti-saloon league
of ' Sweden requesting that members
be sent to Sweden to explain advan
tage of prohibition as exemplified
by the United States, was complied
with.
Fail to Identify as Forger
Man Held as Murderer
Carroll, la., June 14. (Specal.)
While Carroll and Estherville citi
zens are -disputing over the division
of the $5,000 reward offered for the
murderer -of Deputy Marshal John
Conway, following the arrest of T.
T.' Morrison uoon this charge, Car
roll business men refuse to identify
him -as the man who tried to pass
worthless checks upon them.
'The deputy sheriff was killed while
pursuing the alleged check artist
C. Yr X. Zentz, the only witness to
the murder, identified Morrison as
the man who killed Conway, and
claims half of the reward for ' this
identification. G R. Taylor of
Estherville claims the entire sum
for informing the sheriff there of the
whereabouts of the suspect.
Iowa Soldier Guilty
Of Tacoma Murder
Tacoma, Wash., June 14.---Sergt.
George W- Sharp of Oklahoma and
Privates Sparks of Iowa and Carl
Perrin of Illinois, Camp Lewis sol
diers, were found guilty by a jury
today of the murder of Karl A.
Timbs, Tacoma taxi driver, May 8.
Private Edward Filion, the fourth
soldier implicated, was found guilty
in a separate jury trial last week.
The jury in the case of the three
soldiers was out but 29 minutes,
making the shortest murder trial
within the memroy of court house
officials. None of the defendants
was called to testify, lhe jury
brought in a special verdict for life
imprisonment instead of hanging, the
state s attorneys have agreed to fore
go asking the death penalty on con
flition that defense counsel aid in
expediting the trial.
Methodists of
City Plan Home
For Women Here
Willard Hall to Be Nonscc
tarian and at Disposal of
Girls Employed Away
From Families.
Insane Man Who Killed
Son Not Expected to Live
Des Moines, June 14. (Special
Telegram.) R. M. West, 1821 East
Grand avenue, who shot and killed
his son, Myron, Saturday morning,
in a fit of insanity, canot live more
than a few days, in the opinion of
doctors caring for him.
West has not taken food since he
was subdued a short time atter the
shooting Saturday morning at his
home. He has. lain, naked, in the
padded cell at police headquarters,
in a stupor. . He has even refused
water. He is broken physically and
mentally, mumbling unintelligibly
when questioned.
Valuable Strike Is Made
In Lead Mine Near Dubuque
Dubuque, Ia June 14. What is
believed to be the most valuable
strike in the history of the lead min
ing days of Dubuque was made by
Val KiesJn the old Wilde property
in the heart of the City toddy when
he announced the opening of a vein
of lead 40 feet in depth in a 160-foot
shaft. On surface indications the
vein is valued at from $40,000 to $50,-
000. The Wilde mine operations are
the first in this vicinity for many
years.
Applications for Citizen Train
ing Camps at Legion Hdq.
Application blanks for training in
the citizens' army camps during the
summer may be obtained at the
Douglas county headquarters of the
American Legion, Adjutant H. C
Hough announced today.
Ihe camps in this district will be
Snelling and Pike. They will be
open to citizens between the ages of
16 and 35. Expenses will be in
curred by the government. .
A nonsectarian home for em
ployed girls and women ' who are
away from their homes is the pur
pose of the Methodist churches in
Omaha, according to plans being
formulated by Bishop Homer Stuntz.
Site of the home will be the old
Brownell Hall, Tenth and Worthing-
ton streets.
The place will be known as Wil
lard Hall.
Finance Meeting.
An official meeting of represent
atives of the various Methodist
church in Omaha was held Monday
night in the First Methodist church,
at which Bishop Stunz outlined
plans of financing the project and
remodeling the structure.
An association known as, the Wil
lard Hall group has been formed to
promote the movement
The hall wilt provide a comforta
ble and homelike place for rooming
and boarding girls and women who
are without homes,' especially those
coming to the city from small towns,
and whose salaries make it impossi
ble to obtain secure, safe and desir
able lodging elsewhere, according to
plans of the association. ,
Demand Insistent
Livinor at Willard Hall will never
be a question of any woman's religi
ous belief, but simply of good moral
character, trustees of the hall declared.
The hall is expected to be self-
Supporting.
In explaining the project Bishop
Stuntz states the demand for such
an institution has been so earnest
and insistent from the young women
themselves, who are away from
home, working in offices, factories
and the professions, that it is the
hope .of the association .the hall may
be ready for occupancy before next
January.
The project of purchasing and re
modeling the place . entails an ex
penditure of $125,000, it was stated.
The Methodist centenary board
has subscribed $50,000 toward the
home on' condition that $75,000 be
raised from outside sources. '
. A campaign for raising this fund
wilUbegin within a few weeks. '
Headquarters of the Willard Hall
association has been established at
319 Citv National bank building.
Reports That Wheat
Is Being Killed by
Black Rust Probed
Sioux City, la., Jn 14 RUrlf
rust infestation is reported spreading
rapidly in this section, according to
advices received by the city grain
exchange. Both spring and winter
wheat in Nebraska is infected, ac
cording to these advices.
Reports conceding the spread of
the rust are said to have been re
ceived from various stations from
South Dakota.
Spread of tk; rust ts attributed
by Sioux City grain dealers in the wet
hot weather.
Omaha, June 14. A. E. Anderson
of the federal bureau of .crop esti
mates, before leaving Lincoln for
Sioux City today to investigate ru
mors of a possible shortage in the
wheat crop owing to black rust, said
he thought reports indicated worse
local conditions than indicated by
general conditions.
Norfolk, Neb., June 14. Attempts
to trace the foundation for a report
purporting coming from Norfolk that
black and red rust are infesting all
wheat fields In Madison and sur
rounding counties, failed Tuesday.
Elevator men who have kept in close
touch with the situation and the
county farm agent's office at Bat
tle Creek say they have heard of
no black rust and little red rust.
Farmers who were interviewed had
heard nothing of black rust damage.
The manager of a branch of a brok
erage house is quoted as saying a
farmer near Battle Creek brought
samples of wheat infested with black
rust to his office, but he did pot
know to what extent the fields were
infected.
Say Grocer Is Bankrupt.
Involuntary bankruptcy action was
brought by , creditors against
Matthew C. Abts, wholesale grocer
of Columbus, Neb., in federal court
here today.
Norris Would Pay Farmers
Kept Idle by Pink Boll Worm
Washington, June 14. Under a
resolution introduced today by
Chairman Norris of the senate agri
culture committee, on recommenda
tion of Secretary Wallace, $200,000
of the fund already appropriated to
fight the pink boll worm in the
southwestern cotton states would be
used together with state funds to
compensate farmers who are re
quired to keep land idle in the zones
established around infected areas.
Dies in Missouri
Beatrice, Neb., June 14. (Special.)
Daniel Thomas Walker, .Gage
county pioneer who left a few years
ago for Booneville, Mo., died at that
place last week, according to infor
mation received by friends here. He
was 68 and
daughters.
is survived by two
Begin Wheat Harvest in
Vicinity of Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb., June 14. (Special
Telegram.) Rain fell here most of
the day Tuesday. The moisture will
help crops, but if too much falls it
will injure the small grain, some of
which is being cut.
, John Weinner, living in the south
part of the county, began cutting
wheat Tuesday. He is probably the
first farmer in this locality to begin
the harvest.
; A number of farmers in Gage
county expect to begin harvesting
wheat this week,, the grain having
ripened very5 fast the past week.
County . Agent Rist and George
Gross of the farm bureau . of the
state 'university are inspecting fields
of Kan red and Kherson wheat, and
report that the yield will run all the
way from 12 to 15 bushels to the
acre. It will be about a 50 per cent
crop compared with that of last year-,
Arrest Wymore Theater
Man for Tapping Wires
Beatrice, Neb., June 14. (Special
Telegram.) Ronveo Stunnebeck,
proprietor of the Lyric theater at
Wymore, charged with helping him
self to juke from the electrice plant
by tapping the wire, was arrested
today and paid the company $100
and costs for the use of the current
.Beatrice Pioneer Dies
Beatrice, Neb., June 14. (Special.)
A. C. Hollingworth, 60, well
known contractor and pion or of Be
atrice, died at his home lere after
an illness of about two years with
cancer. He is survived by a widow
and four children. Funeral serv
ices were conducted by Rev. E. C.
Lucas, and burial was in Evergreen
Home cemetery.,
Eleven Ptomaine Victims
? Found by Passing Motorists
;-Sioux City, la., June 14. (Spe
cial.) L. M. Cunningham of Sioux
Cjty, while motoring near Jefferson,
S.; D., found 11 persons lying in a
semi-conscious condition on the lawn
in front of the farm home of Steve
Adams. He called a physician, who
decided they were suffering from
ptomaine poisoning as the result of
eating canned tomatoes. All will
recover. '
Six of the victims were from Sioux
Gty, Mr. and Mrs. A. Sturgeon and
their four daughters. The other five
included Mr,, and Mrs. Adams, their
daughter and son and a neighbor
who had. Teen invited to eat dinner
with them.
Insane Man Shoots Couple
i Then Hangs Self to Tree
Fort Madison, la., June 14. (Spe
cial.) Driven insane by the heat
Louis Bowers, a farmer,, attempted
to kill George Thompson and his
wife by shooting through the win
dow at their home near Denmark,
la., then committed suicide by hang
wig himself to a tree.
-Thompson and his wife were
asleep in bed when Bowers shot at
them. The charge passed tetween
them and neither wa seriously
tempts to hang himself before he
succeeded. - The first time the rope
broke. . "
Sheriff Releases Negro
Charged With Murder
- Des Moines, June 14. Charges of
murder and assault, which were filed,
against Tom Lewis, negro, in con
nection with the slaying of Miss
Sara Barbara Thorsdale, were volun-
tarily dismissed by Sheriff W. E.
Robb in municipal eourt this afttr
ndon. 'Lewis was rearrested on a
vagrancy charge. The procedure, it
wis indicated, was of a technical
nature to avoid asking for a contin
uance of the case.
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