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The Omaha Sunday Bee VOL. 51 NO. 8. fottrw u twnd-CI.M Matter lit St. 1908. tt Ontht P. O. Uim Act at Mirth J, IS7S. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, . 1921. By mill (I utt). Dally iM ui. $7.80: Dally only. IS Sunday, 12.50; to lolnta la United Statti, Caaada tad Maxloo. TEN CENTS i U. S. Labor Conditions Sub-Normal Industry Is Struggling to Get Back to Prewar Basis Situation Worse Than Year Ago. Payrolls Show Decrease GRAFTON S. WILCOX. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 6. Industrial employment conditions in the United States are far from a prewar basis. Although nearly three years have passed since the world war armistice, American industry is still struggling to get back to a normal condition wherein factories boomed and there was plenty of work for all. i Employment conditions of the country arc not only sub-normal, but in June, 1921, they were worse than they were in the same month in the year before, according to latest figures of the bureau of labor statis tics of the Department of Com merce and Labor, and with the re duction of forces wage reductions have been general. Most Important Decreases. The carefully compiled statistics tor 3 selected manufacturing mdus ' tries and in' bituminous coal mining A show that there was decreased era r ployment in all lines except in the wool industry, as tompared with June, 1920. There was in the woolen industry an increase of 3.9 per cent in the number of persons employed in June, 1921, than in June, 1920. "The most important decreases in employment shown by these com parative figures were 46 per cent, in car building and repairing; 39.6 per cent in iron and steel, and 37.5 per cent in automobiles. When compared with Junj, 1920, the amount of the payrolls in June, 1921, shows decreases in 13 of the 14 industries. The one increase re- ported 8.3 per cent appears in -the woolen industry. The largest de crease appearing during this period V are 65.U per cent in iron ana steel, I 47.7 per cent in paper, 40.6 per cent A 1 - . 1 . I OC 1 i .'- . in icamer, anu Of.i per teiu m autu- mobiles. Increases on Payrolls. Comparative data for June, 1921, and May, 1921, show that in 10 in dustries there were increases in the number of persons on the payroll in June, as compared with May, and in four a decrease. The largest in creases, 8.9 per cent, 7.2 per cent and 5 per cent, are shown in men's ready-to-wear clothing, leather and bitumi nous coal, respectively. A decrease k-.sJ&i $.7 per -cent appears in iron and S. ibttel and one Of 2.4. per cent in car v bV:Mjag and repairing j When comnarinsr Tune. 1921. with Mav. 1921. 11 industries show an in crease in the amount of money paid to employes and three show a de crease. w Murder Suspect Identified In Jail Three Persons Say They Saw Man Run From Fogg Drug Store. James Hordes, 4111 South Twenty ninth street, who was arrested Thursday as a suspect in the Fogg murder case, was released yesterday under $500 bond. Detectives Franks and Aughc have ordered Hordes put under bond pending securing more witnesses in the case. . ' ' j Three persons identified Bordes yesterday, the detectives say, as the man seen running away from the Fogg pharmacy at 11:30 last Satur day night after Frank W.. Fogg was found dead in the rear of his store, apparently shot by a bandit. Charles Cohen, 4620 Ames avenue, a street car conductor, picked Bordes out of six men at Central police sta tion yesterday as the one who got tpn his car at Twenty-eighth and Tarnam streeets at 11:30 and left it at Twenty-sixth and Farnam streets. Detectives say Bordes has no strong alibi. ' -VV.- Increase in Tonnage Routed Through Cannal Washington, Aug! 6. A total of 115,599,214 tons of commercial cargo was carried through the Panama canal during the last fiscal year, or 23J4 per cent more than in any pre ceding year, while the tolls amounted to $11,276,890, or 32y2 per cent more than any preceding year, according to the Panama Canal Record. In addition, government vessels which passed the canal, tolls free, carried 453.769 tons of cargo. American, 'British and Japanese vessels carried 89 per cent of the total commercial tonnage, the Ameri can amounting to 45 per cent; Brit ish, 32. and Japanese, 7 per cent. The total number of ships passing the canal was 2,892. of which 1,212 were American. 970 British, 140 Norwegian and 136 Japanese. Weeks and Denby Recommend Tariff Embargo on Dyes Washington, Aug. 6. Secretaries Weeks and Denby have come out in support of an embargo on dyes and chemicals and have urged restora tion to the Fordney tariff bill of the embargo provision stricken out by the house. Their attitude was made known today, when Chairman Pen rose of the senate finance committee -iiade public letters from them to the committee. The cabinet officers explained that they favored an embargo because of national defense; needs, Day of Big Girls and Big Prices Fast Going Chicago, Aug. 6. Statuesque stage beauties, languidly waving a costly fan and moving as if they were on wheel, have had their day. Along with them pass the high theater ticket prices. Come now smaller girls of the "cute" variety and less money for the spectator. All of which is on the authority of Florenz Zeigfcld, wide ly known connoisseur of female pulchritude and creator of the "Follies." "A big reduction in the price of theater tickets is inevitable," said Mr. Zeigfeld, "and that means salary reductions. There must be a reduc tion of one-third on the salary of actors, musicians and stage hands, and then the seat prices will be ad justed accordingly." Fremont Grain Company Will Be Reorganized Frank Fowler Agrees to Re tire as President New Of ficers and Three New Directors To Be Chosen. Fremont, Neb.', Aug. 6. (Special.) Nye-Schneider-Fcwler Co., $3, 000,000 grain firm which has been in financial difficulties, will be re-organized at the annual meeting of stockholders Monday in accordance with an agreement reached by com mittees of creditors and stockholders here today. E. N. Mitchell of Lincoln will be come president, Paul Colson of Fre mont, vice president; Emil M. Hahn, secretary and D. B. Davies, treas urer. Harry S. Byrne of Omaha, J. E. Phelan and L. N. Perrin will be elected additional directors. Agreement to this effect was signed by Ralph Van Vechten, vice president of the Continental and Commercial National bank of Chi cago, heading the creditors' commit tee, and Frank Fowler, retiring pres ident of the company. "This arrangement contemplates active efforts on the part of the bank creditors for the early re-financing of the business," said Mr. Van Vechten. Stockholders stated that Mr. Fow ler was offered enough proxies to assure his own reelection, but step ped aside in order to " meet the wishes of creditors. Omaha May Get Pulitzer Air Race Event Is Offered for City's In ternational Aero Meeting In November. The 1921 Pulitzer prize race, the aviation classic, has been offered to Omaha for the International Aero congress meet this fall, Earl Porter announces. Sadi Le Cointe, Frenchman, who won the race last year, and J. E. C. Cox of Houston, Tex., owner of "Texas Wildcat," the fastest plane in the country, wl'ch was in the Paris races last year, have signified their intention to be present. Already $15,000 in prize money has been posted, according to Por ter. A commercial derby, acrobatic contest, 100-mile sprint, 200-mile passenger-carrying contest, novelty races, a bombing contest,- parachute jumping and consolation races are planned. Railroads will arrange fare and a half for all visitors to the meet, ac cording to Porter. International Red Cross Calls for Big Conference Geneva, Aug. 6. (By the Associ ated Press.) The International League of Red Cross Societies has issued an appeal to all governments urging them to participate in a con ference at Geneva, Aug. 18, in order to study ways and means of relieving, the famine stricken areas of Russia. Praise for the initiative already taken by Herbert Hoover, chaiwnan of the American Relief administra tion was expressed. WHERE TO FIND The Big Features of THE SUNDAY BEE "The Infernal Machine," by F. Britten Austin, a Blue Ribbon Short Story Part 4, page 2. "Wonder Planes," by Sterling Heilig, a Startling . Account of Aerial Progress Part 4, page 1. "When Nebraska Legislators Toted Guns," by Victor B. Smith Part 3, page 6. Exclusive Photos of, Ku Klux Klan Initiation Part 1, page 6. "The Bogie of Fear," Arthur Somers Roche Serial Part 4, page 3. "The Terror," Another cf the Series "The World's Greatest De tective Cases" Part 4, page 1. Sports News and Features Part 3, pages 1 and 2. Society and News for Women Part 2. 1 Omaha Swimming Pools Roto gravure Section, page 1. "The Married Life of Helen and Warren" Part 2, page 6. "Prince of Poets Leaves Paris for U. S. Tour" Part 3, page 5. "Synchronizing Music to Films," by Jack Lee Part 4, page 6. Editorial Comment Part 4, page 4. Scottsbluff Photos Rotogravure Section, page 3. For the Children Part 4, page 5. "How to be a Movie Cop," by James J. Montague Part 4, page 7. Senate lient In Dark On Peace Pact Members Express Curiosity And Some Impatience Re garding Negotiations for Treaty With Germany. Democrats Plan Action Chicago Tribune-Omaha Um Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 6. Curiosity, accompanied by some impatience, is being manifested by the senate con cerning the new treaty of peace with Germany which, according to dis patches from Berlin, is now in the final process of negotiation. So far the senate has been kept completely in the dark about the negotiations. Although members of the foreign relations committee keep an ever watchful eye on the administration's moves in interna tional diplomacy, their ignorance concerning the treaty-making , now in progress, is paralleled only by their inability to obtain information while the Versailles treaty was be ing framed. The only light they have been able to get has come through newspaper dispatches and this has been dimmed by adminis tration declarations that they are wide of the mark. ' . Democratic senators may be ex pected at an early date to begin prying under the veil of secrecy at tending the negotiations, and it would not be surprising if some re publicans joined with them in ask ing questions about the progress of the treaty-making. Plan to Make "Capital." There is also a strong likelihood that the democrats will take occa sion to remind the republicans that one of the principal complaints they made against, the Wilson administra tion during 'the campaign was its refusal to take the senate into its confidence while the building of the Versailles pact was in progress. The democrats, it is reliably reported, are planning to make all the capital they can out of the alleged "dead l. parallel." Inquiries at the State department concerning relations with Germany elicit no information beyond the bare admission that Ellis Loring Dresel, American commissioner at Berlin, is engaged in deliberations with the authorities at Berlin. Most of the irreconcilables, al though they would be better pleased ii they were kept more closely in formed., of developments, were, grati fied to hear that the .administration is actually engaged in the negotia tion of a new treaty, because they regard such action as convincing proof that the Versailles pact is scrapped forever, so far as the United States is concerned. , The "mild reservationists," however, are not entirely convinced that the Ver sailles treaty is to be scrapped alto gether. Canvassing Attitude. Notwithstanding the darkness which has enshrouded the negotia tions to date, it is regarded as a foregone conclusion that President Harding will not submit tne new treaty to the senate until he has thoroughly canvassed senatorial opinion and assured himself that the pact will command the necessary two-thirds majority. In response to the clamor in the senate for withdrawing the troops from Germany, word has reached the capitol from the inner recesses of the administration that President Harding and Secrettry of State Hughes are desirous of keeping the American forces in Germany until the peace settlement is finally con cluded. Daughter of Omaha Commission Man Dies At Lake Okiboji, la. Violet Trimble, 22, daughter of Charles G. Trimble, 4643 Dodge street, Omaha commission man, died Saturday at Lake Okoboji, la., where she has been spending the summer, according to a telegram received by Mr. Trimble. He left immediately for Lake Okoboji. Miss Trimble has been an invalid for years. In company with her mother and two sisters she left Omaha this spring for the Iowa re sort. The telegram' does not give de tails of her death. Scores Search for Body Of Missing Insurance Man Ogden, Utah, Aug. 6. Spurred on by offer of a $500 reward, scores were searching for the body of Ro land R. Mason, Idaho Falls, insur ance man, whose wrecked automo bile was found late Tuesday night in Weber river below a 30-foot em bankment. The search has been ex tended to a deep irrigation canal near the scene of the wreck, some believing that if Mason was mur dered his body was thrown into that canal. Moderately Fair Weather Is Forecast for This Week Washington, Aug. 6. Weather predictions for the week beginnig Monday are: Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, moderate temperature and generally fair. Plan Custer Fair Broken Bow, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special.) Activities are now in progress for the staging of the Cus ter county fair, which opens August 23 and continues four days. The at tractions secured for this year's fair by President Purcell and Secretary Ford are better than ever. About $3,000 is hung up for speed events. Senate Plans Probe Of Movie Industry Washington, Aug. 6. The senate wants to know how badly the Ameri can moving picture industry is suf fering from foreign competition. Without debate it adopted a reso lution offered by Senator Wadsworth of New York, asking Secretary of Commerce Hoover to supply, all the facts about the importation of for eign films. Senator Wadsworth said he had received frequent reports that movie producers had been severely hit by the importation of films from Ger many, France and other countries since the war and that they were having difficulty meeting competition from across the Atlantic, where the high cost of stars is not so high as in the United states. Seeks Divorce From Attorney At Broken Bow Omaha Woman, Claiming to Be Common-Law Wife, Say Lawyer Broke Prom ise to Marry Her. Edwin E. Squires, member of the law firm , of Sullivan, 'Squires & Johnson, Broken Bow, Neb., was sued for divorce and &!5,UU0 ali mony by Floy E. Squires of Omaha, in district court here yesterday. She says she is his Common law wife and that he has refused to make good his promise to go through a regular marriage ceremony. Ihe plaintiff says Squires is worth $150,000. J. B. .Randolph, her attorney here, was reluctant to give out informa tion yesterday, but stated that Mr. Squires is one of the best known at torneys in the state and that his en gagement to marry a singer in the east was recently announced in the Broken Bow papers. . He said that Squires was attorney for the woman in getting a divorce for her about seven years ago. She says that on January 9, 1915, "in consideration of love and af fection" she and Squires, who was a widower with one daughter, took each other as husband and wife. They kept the common law mar riage quiet "because of the feelings of his daughter and mother," says the petition. . On December 8, 1920, he left her, she says. He had explained to her that the common law wedding was just as valid as any other, she says, and had promised to marry her in the regular way. He asked her, she says, to say nothing about , their marriage . because of his 'daughter and mother. .'-'' -, She turned over to her attorney a large number of letters alleged to have been written by Squires to her. Boy Killed by Fall Through Skylight Neck Broken in 25-Foot Drop From Viaduct at Bur lington Station. Charles Lorenzo, 9, Fifth and Pine streets, was almost instantly killed at 4 yesterday afternoon when he fell 25 feet through a skylight at the Burlington station. The lad suffered a fractured skull and a broken neck. He was playing on the Tenth street viaduct with Fred Glato, 13, Thirteenth and Pa cific streets, when the accident oc curred. Young Glato had thrown Lorenzo's cap over the viaduct rail ing. Charles had leaned over the railing to reach for it when he lost his hold and fell through a skylight of the structure along the baggage way. The lad died almost immediately. Young Glato was heartbroken and crying bitterly when police ar rived at the scene. George "Doc" Markert Meat Inspector, Dies George Markert, 50, familiarly known as "Doc" Markert, 4321 South Twenty-second street, died suddenly Friday night in South Side General hospital. He had been a rheat inspector for the bureau of an imal industry, stationed at Armour & Company packing plant, for 25 years. He was a widower and is survived only by a sister in East St. Louis, 111. His body will be taken to St. Louis for burial. South Dakota Bank Robhed; Cashier Locked in Vault Mitchell, S. D., Aug. 6. Two un masked bandits, driving an automo bile believed to have' been stolen in Mitchell last night, held up Ellery J. Branch, cashier of the Farmers' State Bank of Fulton today, and es caped with between $1,000 and $1,500. Branch was alone in the bank at the time. Branch was forced at the point of a gun to open the safe for the rob bers, who overlooked the Liberty bonds and $1,600 in one compart ment of the safe. Before leaving they locked Branch in the vault, where he was found by customers a few min utes later and released. Arrest Pawnee City Man And Seize Booze Still Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special Telegram.) Deputy State Sheriff Fulton arrested Oscar Jones at his home 14 miles northwest of Pawnee City and confiscated a complete still. The officer says that Jones has con fessed to furnishing booze to Clark Ottinger and "Bill" Kennedy of this city, whose trials are to be held here today. Fulton also reports the arrest of Ed Larey and the finding of a stil,1 Sov 7 N . -v. f HERE'S :youR V ( HAT ! WHAT'S I YOUR HURRY?! Kearney Youth Author of Eight Forged Checks Girl Bride Stands By Husband Following His Confession Had Purchased Garage And Home With Checks. Tecumseh, Neb., Aug. 6. (Spe cial) L. D. Springer of Kearney, held here on charges of forgery in connection with passing or trying to pass forged checks, has given the county attorney a signed statement, admitting his guilt. He states he was the author of eight checks, which he disposed of, or tried to cash, in Fremont, Lincoln, Pawnee City and Tecumseh. ; He came here a week .ago with his young wife and stopped at a local hotel. Springer gave the name of John H. Davis and contracted to buy a local garage and the residence property of the owner. Two checks were offered at Tecumseh banks, one for $300 and one for $250, which Springer tried to deposit and then check from. He did not succeed. Ke gave the hotel keeper a forged check. At first Springer told conflicting stories, but finally he admitted his guilt.. He waived a preliminary hearing in the county , court, was placed under $1,000 bond to appear in the district court, in default of which he went to.jail. Springers parents live at Kearney, his father being L. J. bpringer. ihe motner came to Tecumseh and stated her son was not yet 18 years of age, whereas he had given his age as 23 years. Sorineer's wife accompanied his mother home to Kearney. She was advised to have her marriage to the youth annulled, but did not seem so disoosed. ' 1 hey were married in June, previous to which they attend ed school in Kearney ana tne state normal at that place. Beatrice Men Arraigned On Bootlegging Charge Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 6. -(Special Telegram.) Five residents of Beat rice, "Bill" Kennedy, Clark Ottinger, Tom Hawkins, West Day and Frank Vickers, were arraigned be fore County Judge Messmore for violating the Volstead act in va rious ways. Kennedy, Ottinger and Day were each fined $100 and costs, Hawkins $10 and costs. All appeal ed the district court. The case against Vickers was con tinued to August 19. The men were released on bond. The'r arrest is the result of raids made the last week by Sheriff Emery and Chief of Police Dillow and their deputies, who have been active in trying to rid the city and county of boot leggers. Buenos Aires Confronted By Grave Political Crisis Buenos Aires, Aug. 6. President Yriogen is confronted by a sudden political crisis, which seems to threaten him with the loss of the control of congress and at the be ginning of the campaign for election of a new president next March. Both houses ot congress lhursday and yesterday, were without a quorum. The trouble grew out of a demand on the .-' resident by a majority of congress for an explanation of his failure to apply the provisions of the homestead law, enacted last year. Political observers see in the situ ation the first indication of the con summation of plans for the combi nation of socialists and cotuervists to effect the defeat of the president. Virginia Publisher Dies Danville, Va., Aug. 6. Representa tive R. A. James, 62, of the Fifth Virginia district died today of heart failure. He was publisher of the Danville Register and Danville Bee. idy Loves a Fat Man Germans Gaining Entrance to U.S. Under Seamen Act Hundreds of Aliens Ship at One Cent a Month Desert Ships at Amer ican Ports. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be. Leased Wire. Washington. Aue. 6. With Ger mans shipping: as seamen at 1 cent a month on American bound vessel? and deserting at every point," exist ing laws to the contrary notwith standing, the statement of Secretary of Labor Davis in regard to this and other violations of the immi gration law under cover of the sea mans act brings to the front once more a condition against which im migration officials have heretofore protested in vain. The number of deserting seamen ,in 1920, according to the report of the commissioner general or immi gration, was 13,543 as against 3,888 in 1919, in spite of the fact that 22,738 vessels were boarded by im migration Oificials, 288,710 identifi cation cards issued and 4,775 seamen afflicted with loathsome or con tagious diseases removed to hospi tals for treatment, or permitted to depart foreign on the vessels on which they came. Formerly a deserting seaman was subject to arrest and return to his ship on application of the shipmaster to the port authorities. Abrogation cf this provision in the treaties be tween the United Staes and foreign countries, following the passage of the La Follette seamans act, was promptly taken advantage of. That registration alone is ineffec tive, either in the case of alien sea men or other aliens, is demonstrated by the fact that in spite of registra tion aocompanied by photographs, thp number of seamen who entered the country in violation of law of la tsyear, exceeded by 10,155 the number who remained in the coun try unlawfully after deserting in 1919. Plan Proposed for Resumption of Car Service in Des Moines Des Moines, la., Aug. 6. A tenta tive proposal that street car service be resumed here with a 7-cent fare and elimination of busses was made today by business m-jn at the con ference with street railway officials, provided certain operating economies were made. F. C. Chambers,, the receiver, who was ordered to suspend service by Federal Judge Wade under fore closure proceedings, agreed to put the suggestion before the bondhold ers' committee. Freight Rates on Soft Coal To Nebraska Prejudicial Washington, Aug. 6. Freight rates on bituminous coal from Illi nois mines and from the so-called inner group of mines to destinations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minne sota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebras ka, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota and Missouri were found to day by the Interstate Commerce commission to be unduly prejudicial in many cases when compared to rates from other points of origin to the same destinations. State Board Refuses to Exchange $300,000 Bonds Lincoln, Aug. 6. (Special Tele gram.) The state board of educa tional lands formally refused today the offer of E. F. Pettis of the Om aha Trust company to exchange $300,000 worth of Massacnusctt state bonds held by the state for a l;ke amount of Nebraska municipal bods held by the trust company. Man Killed In Auto Collison At Grand Island Contractor's Skull Fractured When Hurled to Sidewalk In Crash at Street Intersection. Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special Telegram.) William Soth aian, building contractor and a mem ber of the firm of Goehring-Sothman company, was instantly killed" late this afternoon, when his run about collided with City Attorney Harold Prince's sedan car at the corner of Cleburn and First streets. Mr. Prince was not injured, nor was his car seriously damaged. Mr. Sothman's car was badly wrecked and the impact was such as to throw the occupant across the parking to the cement sidewalk. The fall fractured the skulL Mr. Sothman was approaching the intersection from the south. Mr. Prince was driving toward his home from the east. Witnesses say that both cars were going at a fairly good speed, that they collided at about the center of the intersection, and. that both were hurled or swerved to the north side of the street, although the heavier sedan was not as severely damaged as was the lighter car. Mr. Sothman had been a resident of the city practically all his life. He leaves a wife and two children, his mother and a brother and sev eral sisters. His youngest child is only a week old. Two Arrested When Clock Strikes One in Three-Cornered Row An alarm clock at the home of William Brown, 524 North Seven teenth street, went off unexpectedly Saturday afternoon. It struck Frank Neal, who claims the same address for his home, so hard that a police surgeon was called to bring Frank's forehead back to normalcy. The altercation arose when Mrs. Viola Neal, mother of Frank, sought to eject Brown from the place. Mrs. Neal claimed she bought the house. William declined to move so soon and picked up an alarm clock in self defense, he said. The clock struck Frank. Brown was arrested for disturb ing the peace. Neal was held as complaining witness. ' Crossing Crash Victim Recovering From Hurts Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 6. W. L. Harrett, local sewing machine manager, injured late yesterday in a railroad crossing accident, is re covering from his dazed condition and the minor cuts and bruises re ceived. Mrs. Emma Harrett, sister-in-law whose little son was in the car with the uncle and was killed instantly, has arrived from Lincoln, where she fs employed at the Victoria hotel. The funeral of the little boy will be Held bunday afternoon at 4, the burial being here beside the body of his father, who died in Lincoln 18 months ago after an operation. The Weather - Forecast. Fair and warmer Sunday. Hourly Temperatures. I a. m. . 6 a. in . . 7 a. m. . n. in . . S a. m. . Tt IS 73 74 7 70 08 61 s 4 S 7 .AO .. . .7 10 a. m. . Ham. 12 noon.. Law Dodged In Sales Of 20 Stocks Securities Bureau Head GiveJ Out List Which Escaped Jurisdiction of State With Schemes. Deny 136 Applications Lincoln, Aug. 6. (Special.) Sale of stock in 20 companies which have operated in Nebraska and which tret listed by state authorities as "pro motion schemes" escaped through technicalities or other means from jurisdiction of the state authorities, according to a statement issued to day by Guy T. Touvelle, head of the state bureau of securities. Included in this list arc the Co lonial Timber and Coal company, Guaranty Securities company, Bank ers' Realty Investment company, Skinner Packing company, North American Hotel company and the Nebraska Hotel company. Others are: Kansas-Oklahoma Consolidated Oil company. Midland Packing com pany, Merriam Potash Products company, Missouri Valley Cattle Loan company, Nebraska Building and Investment company, Omaha Iron company, Omaha Potash and Refining company, Perfection Cooker company, M. F. Shafer com pany, Allied Stores. Brictson Manu facturing company, Central Steel and Lock Nut corporation, Douglas Motors and Great Western Tire and Truck company. Law Violated, Hart Says. J. E. Hart, secretary of the de partment of trade and commerce, in a statement issued this week, de clared that bonds of the Colonial Timber and Coal company were i handled by the defunct Pioneer State bank of Omaha against the law of the state and in contradiction of orders from the State department. ihe Bankers- Realty and Invest ment company began extensive op erations in Nebraska in 1915, after Willis E. Reed, former attorney gen eral, gave an opinion to the state railway commission, which at that time had jurisdiction over stock sale permits, to the effect that the com pany was exempt from the law, ac cording to a statement today by Touvelle. Touvelle also drags the former at- torney general before the public by charging that he sponsored and headed the Gulf Coast Development company. State Bureau's Data. Touvelle, ui his statement, irivef - the exact facts and figures of the" activities of the state bureau of Se curities in the handling of stock sell ing companies from its incipiency on (Torn to Far Two, Column Two.) Bodies of Four Found in House Man Kills Mother, Wife and Stepdaughter and Commits Suicide, Police Say. Corbin, Ky.. Aug. 6. Richard McHargue, 45, a machinist, his mother and wife were found dead in their home near here today with the partly incinerated body of his stepdaughter, Thelma Atkins, 14. The indications are. the authori ties announced, that McHargue, who had been on a prolonged spree, shot his mother, beat his wife to. death with a club and after slaying the girl and building a fire around her, shot and killed himself. The bodies .were found by a neighbor. Blood-stained bed cloth ing indicated, the authorities be lieve, that McHargue slew the mem bers of his family while they slept. The women were lying near their beds, and the torso of the girl was in a heap ot charred wood m the center of the room. U. S. Treasury Perfects Gold Measure Machine Washington. Autr. 6. Perfection by the bureau of standards of a spectroscopic analysis of gold has given the United States treasury a method which, it is declared, will measure the fineness of the metal more accurately than one part in a million." The method is described as con sisting of "small electric sparks leaping between two sticks of gold," photographs of the sparks taken through a "difraction grating," showing at once the presence of the most niinuate particles of baser metals. Tests just completed showed that the 1,000 "fine gold" of the San Francisco mint, the highest grade, was only 99.997 pure. Specially minted samples were passed by the new device as 99.999 per cent pure. $500,000 Needed to Build Homes for Puehlo Homeless Washington, Aug. 6. An estimate of $500,000 was made today by the American Red Cross as necessary for adequate relief work in Pueblo, Colo., although that would not cover a building program for homeless flood sufferers. The announcement said ?;50,000 had been subscribed by various Red Cross chapters and the public in response to President Hard ing's appeal. Will Try Agent Beatrice. Neb.. Aug. 6. (Special.) F. Taylor. Unadilla Burlington station agent who was arrested a few days ago for being short in his accounts, was taken from Wymore to Nebraska City at which dace he will have his hearing. i 5T?-.n.-:--a-.yTi- r