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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1921. Morals Squad Given Shakeup; Raids Continue Detectives Danbaum and Palmtag Head Department; Over 100 Arrests Made In Two Days Work. I A general reorganization of the morals squad of the police depart ment was announced Saturday at central police headquarters. The shakeup, which was expected, puts Ren Danbaum and Fred Palm tag, detectives, in direct charge of the squad. It was rumored for several days that the heads of the police depart ment were not entirely satisfied with the work of Frank Murphy, who has had charge of the squad since the start of the new administration. In their first day's campaign Sat urday against vice and liquor, Dan haum and Talnitag arrested more than 75 men and women and seized 50 gallons of liquor. Real Cleanup. "We are out to give Omaha a real cleanup," said Danbaum. "Our orders are to arrest everyone violat ing the law. If any bootlegger thinks that he has a "drag" with the administration, he is badly mistaken, because Omaha will be "Sahara dry." Murphy will be in a squad which will help clean up the South Side, Detectives and officers of the po lice department continued Sunday tiight the series of raids begun Sat urday. Raids and arrests Sunday night resulted in 37 prisoners and a quantity of "moonshine." The liq uor seized was mostly in retail quan tities of pints and half-pints, in shape to be carried on the "hip." Thirteen Taken in Raid. In a raid by Detectives Murphy, Potash, Summitt. Hancy, Buford and Slezwiski at 1812 Webster street, 13 persons were taken into custody and a small quantity of corn whisky and home brew seized. Vic Fuller and his wife, Agnes Fuller, were arrest ed, charged with illegal possession of liquor and keeping a disorderly house. Those arrested as inmates of the place were Boyd Fuller, 1812 Webster; Charles Davis, 1818 North Nineteenth: W. H. Gabel. Lincoln; John Wolf, Eighteenth and Cuming; 't- t i run vT il. nr. i lom uarocr, yi mui m immj fourth: Sam Waterman, 1 1 16 North Twentieth; Hans Jensen, Da.vid City, Neb.; John McKenzie, 608 North Seventeenth; Joe Hennessey, Rex hotel; Roy Spenser, 1814 Cuming; and Art Campbell, 1407 North Seven teenth. Tracev Tackson. 294 Soaulding street, was arrested by Officer R. C. J Hughes, charged witn uniawtui pos session of liquor. Arrested on Liquor Charges. Five men charged with unlawful possession of liquor and 12 alleged drunks were sent to the station by Officers Hokuf and Zich. Those charged with violating the prohibit tion act are: Anton Nader. LouiV ville. Neb.: Art Hicks. 1319 Pacific; William Coffman, Council Bluffs; George Wilson. 520 outh .thir teenth; James Gillum, 1810 Chicago-, Men charecd with intoxication are: Ben McDermott. Cambridge, Neb.; R'. J. Goold, Edwards hotsl; John Mavberry, 717 South Seventeenth; F. D. "Yarno, 320 North Seventeenth; William Shovlick, 705 South, teenth. anil Thomas Blockett. Ben' son. John Hawk, pool hall, 2S16 . Cuming, was booked as a keeper ot a disorderly house. George Franklin, Sioux City; Roy Phillips, John Grace and Ed Baine, all of Milwaukee, cripples, , were booked for begging on the streets. Washington Business Men Join Buried Treasure Hunt Seattle, Wash., July 4. Here's Another buried treasure story. Fred C. Andrews of Centralia, IWash., had a map supposed to direct the way to buried Spanish money on Swan island in the Carribean Sea. Andrews says he received the chart from his uncle, who in turn had se cured it while sailing on a merchant man which was attacked by pirates in ihe Caribbean in 1847, M. C Levinson, president of an feuto accessories company or Seattle, was induced to finance an expedition, and, in company with Pete Marshal ton and Louis Lehner of St. Paul, Andrews and Levinson set out for the elusive "pot of gold." Securing the 40-ton fishing schooner, Patsy, under command of Patsy O'Shca, thev sailed from New Orleans on Anril 19. They found the spot marked on the map, but no signs ot ine treasure. On the return vovaae a violent quar- rel arose among members of the party, and none of them would speak to Andrews, Andrews says ne nas not given up hope, however, and will try again. hite Slave Traffic Is On Increase in Europe Berlin, July 4. The international congress of friends ot Young Oiris which has just convened in Neuen burg, in Switzerland, has proclaimed war against the white slave trade. The traffic in. young girls, it was shown by reports made to the con gress, had increased to the con gress, had increased to an appalling extent, in Europe since the end of the war. The general demoralization of morals and religion, partly as a consequence of the direct effects of the war and largely because of the economic conditions in many coun tries in Europe were given as the chief causes. The general public, it was stated, has no idea to what extent the traffic in women has grown. " Among other things the congress adopted a resolution demanding that the parliaments of alt countries take up the question and raise the age of consent to 21 years. Speculators in Fans at Big Fight Are Caught Long Ringside, Jersey City, N. J., July A. Speculators in fans got caught long at today's fight. Instead of finding themselves in a turkish bath, as they had expected the spectators found it not unpleas ant even with their coats on, so that there was little show of the latest fhirtings. . As for fansr-Poof Mystery Woman on Liner f If - & v3 Known to her fellow passengers as the "Woman of Mystery," Miss Z. Vitowsky, a pretty Russian woman, arrived in San Francisco from Australia recently. She formerly quirers, but refused to state the purpose of her visit to this country. She is thought to be a Russian noblewoman incognito. Movie Folk Raid Quaint Colonies Of Zuyder Zee Haarlem in Holland Aspires to Become Dutch Hollywood Tourists Scorn Business for Tulips. Haarlem, Holland, July 4. There are wonderful film doings by the Zuyder Zee, Haarlem, the new old garden city of Holland, famous for its tulips and its beer, its canals and its artists, aspires to be a Dutch Los Angeles. The quaint but likable figures in the paintings of Franz Hals will desert their frames for the screen. The "sabot glide" of the multi-pet-ticoated dames of Volendam will start a new fashion for the dansant. The voluminous-trouserings of their men folk will make the sheepskin lower garments of Texas look like chorus tights. This new film center is at present entirely an Anglo-Dutch affair, but ether nations have an eye on these charming backgrounds. Photoplay Possibilities Scheveningen's clear air is a sub stitute for that of the Riviera. Egyp tian effects can be obtained among the dunes at Santpoort. The sylvan fringed vista of the canals at Am sterdam rival Venice. The woods of Duin-en-Daal, where Gretchen strolls with Jan, excel those of Surrey and Fontainebleau. Holland's great es tuaries and shining waterways are natural mirrors that add sixfold to film "lighting quality." A large party of London and Con inental journalists ended a three days' motor car and motor boat in spection of Holland's photoplay pos sibilities here recently. The expedi tion was arranged by A. G. Granger, of Stoke-on-Trent, one of the leaders of the British film industry, in conjunction with some Dutch business men. Haarlem turned out to give the party a civic reception, and the editor of the Haarlem Dagbad pub lished a column-long article in Eng lish in which he implored the visi tors not to look at the picturesque windmills and ancient costumes, but to study the importance of Dutch industries! Few of the visitors took his ad vice, though they appreciated the courtesy of the merchants of Am sterdam in placing a magnificent club at their disposal. A master touch in hospitality was achieved by Maurice Binger, one of the prominent business men of Hol land, interested in film-making, who said: "You have no time to visit the tulip fields, so I have brought the tulip fields to you." The tables were loaded with great banks and masses of tulips, thousands of thern, a scene to rival which would neces- j sitate a comparison with, the Arabi an Nights. j Chief to Stop Joyrides As Big Morality Drive Sacramento. Cal.. July 4. Chief of Police Hugh Sydenham, in a re port to the commission of public safety, urged drastic regulations to govern youthful couples of the city and prevent so much joy riding. The chief declared many people who are loud in their denunciation of vice and immorality, sanction auto rides and their attending bad influences. "I feel safe in saying that the au tomobile is a more dangerous me dium of immorality than anything jfet wcviatu, oaiu nils vnv. asks for an ordinance requiring all boys and girls under 18 years not accompanied by their parents or guardian to go home at 9:30 o'clock. The city commission took the mat ter under advisement. A Hot Letter Winthrop, Mass.. ulv 4. When Miss Gertrude Ordway, SO, of Low- den, N. H., who is summering here, attempted to post a letter the fire department responded. Chief Tewks- bury will decide whether the custo mary fine of $25 for rinsrin a false alarm yjll be, inippsji wrm. If " , ' lived in Petrograd, she told in Name of 'Standard Oil' Copped by Arkansas Man Incorporates $500,000 Com pany in Arkansas Under Title of Rockefeller Concern. El Dorado, Ark., July 4. Here is the story of how a prospecting oil driller "scooped" the world-famous John D. and is now riding to fame on the millions of an El Dorado "gusher." It is the story of a gam ble, the first thought, quicker action and of life in the raw. , The scene is laid in this old cow town on the edge of Louisiana and in the heart of the new boom held. The prospector is A. R. Aphel, who threatens to tie knots in the policies of the Standard Oil company in the southwestern field. He is president of the Standard Oil company of Ar kansas, but he is not aligned with the Rockefeller interests. Riding into El Dorado on the re cent "boom," Aphel discovered that the Arkansas corporation laws of fered no barrier to the use of the in corporated name of another com pany. So he organized the S. O. of A., much to the disgust of the "par ent" concern. El Dorado only a month before had been peacefully sleeping. Ru mors were heard from time to time of oil fields just across the border in Louisiana. One day a "gusher" came in and within 24 hours the town was a hotbed of feverish prospectors. Oil men flocked there from all parts of the nation and some even came from foreign climes. Its population trebled over night. "Some one is putting it over on the Standard Oil," was a report circu lated one night. It was traced to Aphel and his little band of associ ates. Notice that the company was duly chartered appeared in a Little Rock newspaper. Then followed a perfect maelstrom of protest on the secretary of state's office. The Standard Oil company of Lou isiana stormed the secretary of state's office with telegraphic protests. They were told, however, they "had run into a stone wall." Aphel's company and its corporation were .entirely le gal. Aphel's little company, witti a $500,000 capital, practically dominates the new field. He is the first oil man to success fully "pass the buck" to the Rocke feller interests. His future is eag erly watched by oil men all over the country. Spark Ignites Fireworks; Street Stand Destroyed Bang! bangl zip-zip-p-p-boora 1 No, gentle reader, this isn't the grand opening of a Fourth of July morning celebration, its a feeble imitation of a premature and wholly accidental explosion of $70 worth of fireworks that went up in smoke, sparks and multi-colored bills of fire on an outdoor stand in front of the Goodhousekeeping Electric shop, 1905 Farnam, about 5 o'clock p. m. Sunday. Giant firecrackers, bunches of smaller ones! torpedoes, sky rockets and Roman candles all mixed in one grand melee. A giant firecracker went through a small plate glass window of the shop next the door. The fireworks belonged to Rich ard Hungate, 12, son of R. C. Hun- gate, manager of the Goodhouse keeping shop. Richard was light ing a firecracker and a spark ignit ed the stock. He escaped injury. Storm Revives Torpedo Scene in Sailor's Mind Sisterville, W. Va., July 2. A severe electrical storm at Friendly, this county, so vividly reminded William Staten of the time when the steamship Vermont was torpedoed by a German submarine during the world war that he suffered a col lapse and became a raving maniac for a period. Staten was a member of the crew of the Vermont and was in the engine room of the vessel when it was torpedoed. Fifty-eight men were killed by the resultant ex plosions. Staten was enroute from the east to the home of an aunt at Aihland, Ky, , Showdown Upon Sweet Soldier Aid Measure Near Present Week Will Show At tilude of Senate on Meas ure to Help Disabled Service Men. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bea I.med Wlr. Washington, July 4. Events this week will indicate whether the sen afe is disposed to expedite or delay passage of the Sweet bill to establish a veterans' bureau, designed to end the scandal of mishandling of care and relief for ex-service men. Senator Smoot, chairman of the sub-committee to which the bill was referred, has promised to call a meet ing "on short notice" and has stated that he "hopes to hold hearings" on the measure this week. The former soldiers, who are victims of the pres ent haphazard system of unco-ordi-nated relief agencies, rely on Senator Smoot to make good his promise of immediate action. John Thomas Taylor, vice chair man of the American Legion's exe cutive committee, pronounced the public health service largely respon sible for the failure of the govern ment to provide adequate care for disabled soldiers. Raps Health Service. "The greatest weakness in the gov ernment's problem of caring prompt ly and adequately for the disabled," Mr. Taylor told the senate investi gating committee, "lies in the serv ice rendered by the United States public health service. It may be that without restriction and with suffi cient sums, the United States public health service could have thrown its organization into high and provided for the disabled in a proper manner. "This service, however, preferred to consider this hospitalization prob lem as a temporary problem. It has regarded this hospital care and treat ment for the disabled as an emer gency has struggled along with it but it has never whole-heartedly set out with a definite program to promptly care for these maimed de fenders of our country. The person nel of this organization is composed, for the most part, of doctors who have been in the service for years. They are not administrators. The service is over 100 years old and they are just installing a cost ac counting system." "An examination into their plans and specifications 'indicates that they do not know how to estimate tne cost of a hospital. Take, for in stance, the Speedway hospital in Chicago. Repeatedly they returned to congress for more money to com plete this project. Witness the Daw son Springs hospital in Kentucky. After the foundation was prepared, it was found necessary to change all the plans and subsequently they have been changed again and congress has appropriated an additional $750,000 to complete this project. Committee Still Working. "It is also quite evident that the secretary of the treasury, Mr. Mel lon, did not consider the public health service as competent to han dle the appropriation made by the previous congress of $18,600,000 for. the building of new hospitals, as he appointed a committee of doctors, eminent in their profession, to make recommendations on how this ap propriation was to be utilized. It is well to note here that this com mittee appointed by Mr. Mellon, has been working for 90 days and so far as can be ascertained today, has only recommended a total expendi ture of $7,000,000 of the $18,600,000 appropriated. "Considering the urgency of pro viding promptly sufficient hospital space, it would be expedient to con fer with the White committee, ap pointed by Mr. Mellon, and to ascer tain when and how the $18,600,000 appropriation will be utilized. An additional appropriation for the building of more suitable hospitals should also be considered by the committee, as the need is great and each day's delay makes it more diffi cult to salvage the lives of those men disabled while serving the re public." African Premier Plans Visit to Ireland Soon Dublin, July 4. Gen. J. C. Smuts the South African premier, is ex pected to visit Ireland within the next few days. He will not come in an official capacity on behalf of the British government, but as premier of a semi-independent country, anx ious, for various reasons, to see the Irish questions settled on terms that will satisfy the nation. General Smuts' secretary visited Dublin last week and interviewed Eamonn de Valera. General Smuts' speech, when leav ing England after the peace confer ence 18 months ago, is recalled fa vorably here. He declared then that if England did not settle the Irish questions on just terms it would wreck the empire. THE OMAHA BEE furnishes a complete and prompt Base Ball Score Board for the benefit and c o n v e n i ence of SOUTH SIDE resi dents on the win dows of PHILIP'S DEPARTMENT STORE 24th and O Streets The Omaha Bee Sharp Drop Reported In Dressed Meat Prices Chicago, July 4. A statement is sued by local packers indicates that the price of meat has been reduced considerably since last June. Some cuts are now selling 35 to 40 per cent below that of last June. Pork cuts and Boston butts took the greatest price slump, according to the statement. Pork loins, from which the chops are cut, showed decrease of more than 35 per cent and skinned shoulders are down 40 per cent. Boston butts also are 40 per cent lower than in June, last year. Forequarter beef cuts, chuck, plate and brisket are wholesaling at vnusually low prices. Sufficient chuck can be purchased for $1 to feed 20 men doing physical labor, it is said. A revival of European export trade, especially with Great Britain, is reported and prediction is made that in the fall there will be a normal demand for American meats for ex port. Commissioner Haynes Expects Efficiency in "Dry" Enforcement Chlcaco Tribune-Omaha Be Iaed Wlr. Washington, July 4. The state prohibition directors, under the re organized system, are urged in a let ter by Prohibition Commissioner Haines, to get on their toes in en forcing the dry law. The ktter in part fo'.'ows: "In perfecting your state orga-iiza-tion, nothing rmsst guide you in the f election of the personnel e-.cpt the determination to develop the high est possible degree of efficiency. In other words, real results must be produced, or necessary changes will be made to produce them "Your permit division will p3ss upon peimit applications ior manu facture, use and withdrawals. The Waihsngton office will soon knov the degree of dependability to be at tached to the respective offices, and will confidently expect that little deviation will ever be necessary in our general policy of supporting the recommendations of our state di rectors." Held in Connection With Safe Robbery Joe Shotwcll and Pete Nelson, Fifty-fifth and Center streets, were dav hv Detectives Trapp and Munch in connection with the safe robbery at the Puritan laundry, i wenty-seventn ana rar nam streets, Saturday night. Aftr VirMlfincr tliff combination oft the safe the yeggmen failed to obtain anything. Detectives say they have informa tion that Shotwell used a car belong ing to Nelson to make his escape. Both men held are held for inves tigation. , Des Moines Negro Saved From Lynching Negro Des Mones, la., July 4. Timely arrival of the police saved Samuel Lee, negro, from lynching at. the hands of a mob of several hundred people here tonight. The rioting occurred .after Lee had stabbed and probably fatally injured his wife, at the entrance of a local amusement park. Immediately after the cutting, Lee attempted to escape down a sidestreet, but was struck and knocked down by a passing truck. The crowd that gathered quickly took up the cry to lynch him. A rope was obtained and the negro was" be ing led to a nearby tree when a squad of police arrived. "1 TIT Store up a reserve of "pep" by an outing in the cool Lake and Woods Country of Northern Wisconsin. There's fishing a'plenty muskellunge, bass, pike, pickerel or trout. A thousand lakes to choose from. Camp, hotel and cottage accommodations. The Omaha-Chicago Limited makes it easy to reach this Land of Rest and Recreation. This big, easy-riding, orange-colored train leaves Omaha daily at 6:05 p. m., arrives Chicago at 8:05 a.m. (Cent.Stand.Time). Observation-club car, compartment-drawing-room sleeping cars, dining car, chair car arid coaches. Unusually low excursion fares in force. Mat tniiacrltHm Jootld ifmeing hid. cwmp mi coUtf rate fm aa MqauL W. E. BOCK, Gaa. Alt. Peat. Dept. 407 S. 15th 8t..rPhona Douglaa 4481, Omaha, Nab. GEO. B. HAYNES, Gan. Paat. Agt., Chicago CHICAGO Milwaukee & St. Paul RAILWAY New Tariff Bill To Boost Trade, Backers Declare Several Provisions Designed To Aid in Securing Favor able Treatment of Amer ican Products. ' ChlrafO Trlbuna-Omaha R I.d Wire, Washington, July 4. Although protection of American industries was the prime consideration in draft ing the Fordney traiff bill, it's farm ers believe they have provided sev eral features which will prove a stim ulus to foreign trade. The special provisions which are designed to aid in securing favorable treatment of American products by other countries include the following: Authority under which the presi dent may reduce rates of duty by not more than 20 per cent, in return for special favors granted by a foreign country. Authority under which the presi dent may impose duties equal to those of another country when the nation maintains a discriminatory rate of duty on American goods. Authority under which the presi dent ' may negotiate commercial treaties providing for reduction ot duties or the complete elimination of duties on specified articles subject to ratification by conogress. Retaliatoory Provision. Authority under which the presi dent may impose a duty on Canadian lumber unless Canada removes its present duty, retaliatory duties on coal to be effective when duties are maintained by Canada or any other nation. Reduction on duties on automo biles, with a view of seeking similar cuts in present rates of duty to France and other countries, on Amer ican cars. Similar reductions in duties on canned goods with a view to induc ing South American countries to re move high duties assessed against American canned products. The authority given the president to reduce duties by 20 per cent is one of the broadest of the bargaining provisions of the bill and was in com pliance with desires expressed by President Harding. This particular section contains no restrictions rela tive to ratification by congress of agreements entered into by the presi dent with others. Exercise of trc authority, however, is limited to three years, and agreements entered into by the president may run tor not more than five years. The presdent also is given full authority to take retaliatory action against nations which impose duties or embargoes upon products of the United States which, in comparison with duties in this country on the same products, are 'higher and re ciprocally unequal and unreason able." Changes Possible. The other of the three general methods under which the president mav secure reciprocal trade rela tions places no limit on the manner in which rates of duty may be changed or eliminated provided the commercial treaties entered into are ratified by congress. It is the belief of Representative fordney that Canada will take steps without delay toward the removal of duties which would result in retalia tory duties under the bill. In the case of lumber, the proposed retal iatory duties would not be applied automatically, but the president may, in his discretion, negotiate with Can ada. In the case of coal, however, a retaliatory duty is applied automatic- ally. While the coal industry in the United States Kenerally is not con cerned over a duty on coal, the coal operators of the state of Washington have protested, because Canada maintains a duty of 5J cents a to on bituminous coal, whereas the United States has no duty whatever. Coal from Vancouver is brought free of duty, while Washington coal is subject to duty and other restric tions in Canada. Coal is on the free list in the Fordney bill, hut it is provided that when any other country imposes aduty, an equal duty shall pp'y. 'Dead' Man Leaps From Coffin and Pallbearer Dies Wild Panic Ensues at Antics Of Lunatic Corpse One Man Dies Of Fright. Warsaw, July 4. Grand Guignol plays are outdone by a drama en acted at Vilno a few days ago. An inmate of a local .asylum died, and the coffined body was taken in; to the chapel. Another lunatic, who had seen the body of his comrade carried away, stole into the chapel, took the body from the coffin and put it in the cupboard used to keep church furniture. This done, he lay down in the coffin, covered himself with a shroud and fell asleep. A few hours later a priest arrived and conducted a requiem service. When it was finished bearers lifted the coffin to take it away for the burial. The motion woke the mad man, who jumped out, struck one of the bearers a blow on the head and rap away. The bearer collapsed and died from fright, while the priest and the others fled panic-stricken. Their cries brought a crowd to the chapel entrance. Eventually some of the bravest ventured inside to as certain what had happende. They found an empty coffin and a dead man on the floor, and naturally put the corpse into the coffin. Then they began to search for the shroud, which the madman had taken away with him. One of the searchers opened the cupboard in the hope of finding something to fit to cover the body. Directly he did so, the hidden dead man fell on him head first and knocked him down. The live man fainted from fright, and panic again filled the chapel, the crowd rushing out and scattering through the city. It was only after several hours' work by the police that the matter was cleared up and popular excitement subsided. Cypress has the reputation of being the most durable of woods. It was much used by the ancients, and was employed in the original doors of St. Peters, at Romei which, on being re moved after COO years, were found to be perfectly free from decay. GRAIN- 117 E solicit your consignments of all kinds of grain to the Omaha, Chicago, Milwaukee, Kan sas City and Sioux City markets. 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Several members from the cotton growing section intend to join in the movement. A resolution declaring it to be the sense of the senate that the federal reserve board should reduce the pres ent rate, 6 per cent in most ot the banks, to 5 per cent, will be pre sented by Senator King, Utah, democrat. The King resolution recites: ' "On December JO, 19J0, the gold reserves of federal reserve hanks amounted to $2,059,000,000 and the outstanding federal reserve rotes in circulation amounted to $3,345, 000,000, against which the federal re serve banks held, exclusive of said , gold reserves, discounts, and other amounts of $3,263,000,000. "It is alleged that the policy of the federal reserve board limits and restricts the volume of current mer cantile paper and the volume of busH ness of the country by the imposi tion and exaction of unreasonable and unwarranted rates of redis counts. "It is unwise for the federal reserva board to establish or maintailrth rediscount rates so as unreasonably to restrict the volume of mcrcantila paper or curtail the facilities for th clearing of mercantile bills. "Such policy on the part of tne federal reserve, board tends to the depression of business and rctarda-t tion of the settlement and clearing of mercantile bills and accounts, and reacts adversely upon the commercs and industry of the country and tho prosperity of the people," Senator Heflin, Alabama, is one of the most vehement in expressing his opinion of the present policy of the federal reserve board. He goes so far as to charge that the board is guilty of murder. "If the federal reserve board tht President Harding is holding in place and power today continues this policy, it. is guilty of murder," h said. "In Georgia a few weeks ago, an ex-member of the house, one ot the wealthiest bankers in the states shot himself and it was found thai he had assets enough to have taken care of all of his indebtedness if ha had been treated fairly. There ar a number of instances of this kind. Geneva, Nebraska Des Moines, Iowa . Milwaukee, Wis. Hamburg, Iowa Kansas City, Mo.
