, - act
The. Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 67.
S.tm4 M ImijCi i Mm Id int. M
MM f t W tl & ICS.
OMAHA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1921.
ft ) ir MWL, Ml) tM . I7.MI 0M (Ml,
to li.Mi I ptiaM HUM M UHM t4 Mi
THREE CENTS
Troops Are
Plans For
Rate Cut
Submitted
Union Head
Optimistic
On Outlook
Blind Boy's Vision Restored
By Evangelist, Mother Says
The Vision of the Jobless
Rushed to
lOapnUtti mil Br The Chkase TWsvm-1
Coal Fields
Clifford
Charles S. Barrett Sayi Fa tru
er Is Hit Hard But Will
Come Bark Strong
With Little Help.
melton
in
Freight Charges.
I
If
i
Heavy Firing, Worst Since
Outlrrk organ, Arc Re
ported Along Twenty
Mile Front
Men Defy Proclamation
", Br Tk AmmII4 Tt.)
Logan, W. Va., Sept 2. The fight
ing which has been going on through'
out the morning out on Sprue Fork
ridge wai continuing this afternoon,
according to advices brought to Lo
gan by Colonel Arnold of the state
xxmct and Corp. Carl Dodge.
. CataiMr Arnold added that the line
was "holduv elLH
' Colonel Euban' o the national
guard has been notified that a force
ot federal troops , -should reach ho
gan by 3 p. m.
It became known here this after
noon that for the; third time this week
wires between here and Williamson,
Mingo county, were cut during the
night Linemen sent out to make
repairs reported that they had been
tired upon by riflemen.
Additional reports this afternoon
.were to the ettect that Colonel Ar
nold and the atate police were ore-
paring for art important operation on
jsiair mountain.
Capt. L. E. Lawson with a com
piny of. Mingo county militia and
some ot the atate police were re
ported late in the day to have crossed
the top of the ridge and advanced
down 'the caat slope toward the Lit
tle roal River country.
War Department Acts.
Washington, Sept. - 2. The War
department set in motion today, ma
chinery to apply irresistible force to
disorderly elements in the five min
ing counties of West Virginia, where
labor disorders have smouldered into
what officials term insurrection. By
train from four army camps, an ex
peditionary force -numbering 2,100
men was routed for destinations on
the edge of the moun) ain country.
Brig. Gen. H. H. Bandholtz, the gov
ernment's agent on the scene, has
been designated in command.
Behind this force, Secretary Weeks
said, were as reserves another 2,000
men and bombing airplanes which al
ready have arrived in the disturbed
area. President Harding's proclama
tion formally putting McDowell,
Mingo, Logan, Kanawha and Boone
counties Under martial law is in the
hands of General. Bandholtz and will
be issued at the discretion "of Sec
retary Weeks. . - . ? J '
The government's action in, send
ing troops into West Virginia," Sec
retary Weeks said, evidently had the
'approval of mine union officials. ' as
well as the civil authorities of West
Virginia, who had, asked for 'them.
He referred to General. Bandlioltz's
report that Philfip Murray, interna
tional vice president of the United
Mine Workers, had joined in urging
recommendation for troops.
Carry Pull Armament.
"When railroads are closed up and,
armed bands of men establish them
selves in the country, marching to
and fro overpowering " ; resistance,"
(Turn tn Pa w. Coiamn Tw.)
aA m... Kn ftm nnn m
.Combine Announced
I ll.nno Tribune-Omaha Bm !.! Wire.
Chicago. Sept.. 2.-A $30,000,000
moving picture combine was com
pleted here today w hen the Asso
ciated Procers and the First National
association voted to be united. The
deal involves such moving picture
wlsbrities as Mack Sennett, Thomas
Tnce. the Talmadge sisters. Charlie
Chaplin. Buster Keaton and Charles
Kav. The 1'irst National controls
3,5110 theaters in the United States.
The Amalgamation which had been
discussed by motion picture mag
nates for some weeks, is the first
great merger of picture producers
and picture exhibitors in the history
j the industry. The agreement is
oh a contingent basis for three
years.' '.'.. -- ' . ..
Besides I nee and Sennett, Marshall
n an and Maurice lourncur arc
the producers affected.
Harding Plans Vacation
On Mayflower Over Holiday
Washington. Sept. 2. President
Harding probably will leave here to
morrow on the Mayflower for a
cruise that will extend over Labor
dav unless conditions in West Vir
ginia make it advisable for him to
remain in Washington. IT was in
dicated at the White House that .the
president did not expect to land dur
iflS the crnise.
Clay County Suffering
From Lack of Moisture
.Edgar, Neb.. Sept. 2. (Special.)
Parts of Clay county need rain
badlv. especially around Edgar. Corn
is well out of the way of any damage
that might come from drouth, but
"no wheat will be sown until some
moisture is received.
Fairbury Man Serves on Elks' j
National Home Committee!
Fairbury, Neb., Sept. 2. (Spe-
ciaL) Frank L. Rain, past exalted
ruler of the Elks lodge, will go toj
Chicago to serve on a committee of.
nine to agree on specifications . of j
a $2,000,000 national home. j
School Head Elected j
'- Columbus, Neb, Sept 2. (Spe-i
ml) At the school board meeting
R. R. McGee of David City was!
elected superintendent of .Columbus
city schools for next year. His ten-1
ere will not begin until next spring,
a salary of $3,200. i
xm w A
i piitii
Waller Tole, 6, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Tole. 1621 Locust street,
who hat been almost totally blind
since birth, is now able to distin
guish objects at a distance of half a
block, following a visit with his
mother to the Rc. P. C. Nelson,
evangelist, who is conducting meet
Worker for Red
Cross Returns
To Fair Ground
Action Taken at Request of
Ex-Service Men ; Nurse
Who Was Expelled De
mands Investigation.
Auburn, Neb., Sept 2 (Special.)
Miss Sarah Kelly of North Platte
Neb., trained worker, in the home
service division of the Red Cross,
employed by 'the Nemaha county
chapter, who left her bcoth at the
fair ground when two , Red -Cross
nurses were expelled from the
ground by the fair board Wednes
day, returned at noon today at the
request of ex-service -men.
Nowhere about the tent in which
she resumed her services, however,
was there any Red Cross insignia
Miss Kelly consented to return
after a delegation of ex-service men
called on members of the fair board
and asWd them if they would per
mit Miss Kelly to go back and re
sume her work.',-. -The fair manage
ment reolied in the af&rmairvei
Shall w out uo our tent, or will
you provide a place?" the ex-service
men asked., : ;. ,' , '
) i Aids Ex-Servke Men. - v
"The 'ffrounds-are yoiirs; do any
thing you want,".-came the answer,
miss vciy lias unn assismm
service, men - witn compensation
claims, medical treatment, hospital
care, dental treatment, liberty bonds,
travel nay. back pay, allotments and
allowances,; insurance, , victory, but
tons and medals.-'
Miss N. M. Mitchell of Omaha,
one of the Red "Cross, nurses who
was ordered from the fair ground
yesterday by vote of the board of
directors and who was engaged, two
days ago for home service work in
the county, today handed her resig
nation to the local Red Cross chap
ter. v ' ' 'v-;.v-.
She stated that her expulsion from
the fair grounds so humiliated her
that it will be impossible fop her to
render service in the county in an
effective manner.
She notified Omaha headquarters
ol her action. . :
Asks for Probe.
Miss Ann Coulon, the other nurse
whose home is in Gardner, Mass.,
itinerant inspector, in county or
ganization work, has wired Chicago
asking that a representative be sent
to Auburn to investigate the circum
stances surrounding her s expulsion
from the fair grounds. ;
Members of the Nemaha county
chapter of the Red Cross were to
meet at 3 this afternoon, to consider
what action shall be taken as a result
of the nurses' treatment Every town
in the county will be represented.
Members declined "to say what ac
tion is contemplated.
C. S. Durand, injured auto polo
driver, for whose alleged "inhuman
neglect" the nurses were ordered to
leave the fair grounds, in a swom
statement today asserts that the
nurses did everything possible to
make him comfortable, and that he
has no complaint to make.
TWENTY years be
fore, Dick had ' been
. her faithful slave.
Now he had come back
to dry .' . .
The Tears of
Dorothea
By Elizabetk Jordia
A ' BLUE RIBBON story i
Next Sunday's Bee
ings at Oakland, Xeb., Wednesday,
his mother declares.
x "He can find his own shoes now,"
the mother announces happily. "He
keeps us busy answering questions
about things he never saw before.
She ascribes . her ion s apparent
cure to prayer and her faith m God.
Winter Rentals
Start in Lincoln
Despite Weather
Landlords - Announce Rate'
Raise Effective September
1 to Offset Coal Bill; City
Swelters in Heat.
Lincoln, Sept. 2. (Special.) rWin
tcr rentals went into effect Septem
ber 1 despite the fact that this city
is undergoing the worst heat wave
of the summer. " - '
Practically all Lincoln landlords
are reported to have notified ten
ants that beginning September 1 win
ter rentals will become effective to
offset the coal bill. So far as is
known the . hotels Ticre who heat
their rooms in winter will not in
crease their prices.
The owner of one apartment
house has written to the tenants
that because of the heat the winter
rates will not become effective until
September IS.
The rent increases are a few days
in advance of the influx of university
students who must have rooms and
apartments.: While the students were
away this summer:, the landlords de-1
creased their rentals. : ,
Lincoln apartment house owners,
along with those in Omaha, were
charged during the legislature session
with entering into an unlawful com
bine to keep rentals in the skies and
the. appointment of; an investigation
committee followed, .
Ihe investigation was held in
Omaha. All members of the com
mittee excepting Representative Har
ry Foster of Omaha, "whitewashed"
the landlords. Foster, tn a minority
report, declared a conspiracy existed,
Robber of Curlew, la.,
Bank, Haunted by Fear,
Gives Up in Arizona
Globe. Ariz.. Sept. 2. Perpetual
fear that haunted him day. and night
led R. Martin, Chicago youth, into
the police station here yesterday
with a confession that he was one
of the bandits who- held up and
robbed the bank at Curlew, la., on
August 19 of $500. Incidentally.
the youth had but $3.50 left from
his share of the robbery.
Martin said his companion, whom
he did not know, ioined him at
Sioux City in- stealing an automo
bile and driving to Curlew to com
mit the robbery. Later the two
abandoned the car near Sioux City
and took a train for the Pacific
coast . ' '
The bank at Curlev was notified
and a telegram from the Police at
Des Moines asked that Martin lie
held until extradition papers could
be prepared. ; , .. "
Chicago Men Indicted
Under Anti-Trust Act
Chicaco. Sept 2. Eortv-seven la
bor .leaders, contractors and mill
workers, . including Harry Jensen,
president of the Chicago Carpenters'
district council, were named in in
dictments returned before Judge K.
M. Landis on charges of conspiracy
to violate tbe Sherman anti-trust act
and to prevent bringing int6 the
citv, mill, workers from a distance.
T-ehty-one firms, six of which are
carpenter contractors also werej
named in the indictments.
With the exception of Tensen. all
ot jne others named have been in
dieted previously on similar charges.
Girl Plans to Swim 1.6 Hours
Day on 130-Mile Undertaking
Albany. .. v., sept. 2. Miss
Mille Gadc,. 22, Danish woman
champion swimmer, started on her
swim of 150 miles ' from this city
to New York at 9:45 a. m. today.
She was accompanied by a pilot in
a rowboat- and a trainer and nurse
in a launch. She expected to reach
New York in four Ha vs. swimmincr Ifi
hours a day. , , " -.
Crisis Near in France :
caomet is oeciarea oy tce teho ue
Paris, to face what amounts to a
crisis. Paul Doumer, minister of fi-
nance, is likely to resign as a result
ot yesterdays cabinet '.meeting, at
which he was criticized when the
subject of the mter-allied financial
agreement reached on August 13, was
discussed ' "... i
Would Also Pare Salaries
Chlmi TrikuM-Omiiha Ibw ImwI W It.
Washington, Sept 2, A proposal
that the railroads red joe freight
rates on grain and hay 25 per cent
and that railroad labor agree to
cut of 5 per cent in wages to make
the rate reduction poniblc was sub
mitted by Umord Thorne of Chi'
cago. general counsel of the Ameri
can harm Bureau Federation, in ar
gument before the Interstate Com
merce commission in the grain and
hay rate investigation.
After declaring that after every
great war a period of decline in
prices has inevitably developed and
that in the struggle to prevent the
lowering of charges, the agricultural
industry has been the weakest while
the railroad industry lias been the
strongest, Thome said the agricul
tural industry must reduce costs to
the prewar level.
"I believe that railroad labor
might probably oppose any further
decrease in wages that would go to
the railroad corporations," he said,
"but on the other hand, I should
like to submit the following propo
sition: Submits Figures.
"If labor is assured that the en
tire wage decrease would accrue to
the farmer, what would be its atti
tudef
"During these proceedings we have
heard railroad officials continually
stating mat rates cannot come down
unless wages are reduced. I desire
to ask this Question: 'If railroad la
bor shall consent to a reduction in
wages for the specific purpose, will
you consent to the reduction in thess
rates on grain? " ,
He submitted estimates to show
that 5 per cent wage cuts would per
mit a 25 per cent reduction in freight
rates on grain and hay.
Counsel for railroads present said
obviously they could not reply to the
question, ihorne asserted that the
vice president of one important west
cm railroad approved the proposi'
Conditions Intolerable.
"The conditions in the agricultur
al industry are intolerable, assertr
cd Thome, "and one of the princi
pal factors helping to produce this
situation is the excessive transporta
tion burcren resting . upon aaricul
ture-". And yet the railroads claim
thev are noV -malttW liat thm law
allow, and Vlv v ihov nm
censent to any reduction in rates
without a reduction in wages. On
tne otner hand, railroad labor is
inorougmy opposed to any reauc-
tion in wages. There is a contro-
versy a, towhich tribunal has jur-
thoroughly opposed to any reduc
isfliftion ovr th mmhWH ;;
how far the authority c.f the Intr.
omit, vuiuflii.ii.c s-iMtiJiuasiuii vurs. i
t,w !, ;r!c,vt; tu.
unu iiuw, j c i list, jus sovjivkiuil Ui lllv I
uum i a u .
flicting factors it is difficult to find
a common around nrinn whirl,
M- ,it r
can all agree.'
Toreduce freight rates on grain,
grain products and hay without a re
duction in operating expenses would
be "disastrous" to the railroads, in
view of their present financial condi
tion and would throw "many if not
a majority of the western -carriers
into bankruptcy" while no sub
stantial relief would be afforded the
farmers, J. N. Davis of Chicago, as
sistant general solicitor of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail
road, declared.
Trip to Advertise '
Cnnnfv Fair Plannorl
ouniy rair riannea
Xe he i. Neb.. Sent. 2. (Soec al.l
A meeting bf the executive commit-
tee of the Chamber of Commerce
and nffircrs nf thf Antptonp rnnntv
fair . association, was held to form
blans for a two-dav booster trio
Monday and Tupsdav to advertise
the county fair, which will be held
t,pi-A Qfr,fmKi. t1 I '
President Alderson reported that
the Flain han t,as rnncented tn
make the first day's trip. The trip
will cover in the neighborhood of
120 miles each day. If a night stop
is made, Plainview is. scheduled as
the most logical point. The fol
lowing will be the towns visited:
Monday: Elgin, Rayville, Peter?Ure 0f unknown origin broke out in
T aik.v rti.j; t:v .. . . . it Ti
burg, Loretta,' Albion, Oakdaic, Til
den, Pierce and Plainview; Tuesday:
Creighton, Brunswick, Royal, Or
chard, Page, O'Neill, Inman, Ewing
and Clearwater.
OTurk Nationalist Forces
Driven Back by Greek Army
. Constantinople. Sept 2. (By The
Associated Press.) Turkish nation
alist forces which have been 'fighting
a desperate battle against the Greeks
in the Loop of the Sakaria river, in
Asia Minor, are withdrawing toward
Angora. Both the Greeks and the
Turks have suffered heavily' during
recent fighting, but the Turks were
outnumbered, being able to bring
only 17 divisions into the battle line
against the entire Greek army.
Deputy Sheriff Named
Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 2. (Spe
cial) Frank Kelso Has bee'n named
acputy sheriff by Sheriff J. ,C. Em
ery to succeed Henry Scheideler of
Wyniore, resigned. Mr. Scheideler
may go to Lincoln to work at the
new state reformatory. .
36 Cars of Wheat Shipped
Bigspring, Neb.. Sept. 2. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Thirty-six cars of
wheat, amounting to 58,000 bushels,
were shipped from Bigspring eleva
tors between August 21 and Jl. I
Poor Food Led
To Jail Break,
Prisoner Says
Women May StartJProbe Fol
lowing Assertion of Mc- -Laughlin,
Who Asserts
Tools Within Reach.
inc?'". ?.--?Pecl? "
" thing Harold McLaughlin said
before being taken to Oniaha for
sakekeeping, after being captured
following his sensational escape with
eight other prisoners from the Lan-
-;- -r . - . " . r
"st" countv ,L as that part of
boys' eft ore be .use ;ol
abominable tooa serveo man any
thing else.
- . .
gation on by women interested in
. , , - tt rri
social service clubs. These women
hf forgotten that a big lobby
f Nebraska sheriffs appeared before
the legislature last . winter and
pushed through a bill increasing sus
tenance money tor county prisoners
from 50 to 7a cents a day, in ail
counties except Douglas, where the
sheriff is given 50 cents a day for
teeding each prisoner. ; -
One of the men who . escaped
went to the home of a sister, got
a square meai, according to repori,
then called the sheriff and told that
official, where he was and to send
a car out for him. He is liable to 1
to 10 years in the penitentiary for
the meal given him by his sister
under a new law which makes an es
caped prisoner liable to an extra sen
tence. -
McLaughlin also laughingly
officers that a tooi chcst from i
told
which
they took tools to effect their es-
caoe had been lett only a tew leei
from the cell bars by the sheriff. A
bioomstick enabled them to coax it
Pear pnoueh to tret the tools,
Investigation revealed that 17 oris
oners have escaped from the Lan-
caster iail since Ira Miller has been
sheriff. ,
L-.iA f Wol-ohalH
Ql IIOI-WIWU
Damaged by Blaze
Wakefield, Neb.. Sept. 2. (Spe
cial.) More than $1,000 damage Was
done to the Lotran hotel, here when
me DUUQing at o in mc murmiiK. j.
flames were discovered in :he kitchen
and had gained ; considerable head
way when firemen - arrived. the
blaze was extinguished with , diffiV
culty. Guests of -the hotel were
compelled to flee in scant attire.
The heat from the flames was so
great that the plate glass windows
in the front endwere cracked. Fled
Hughart. proprietor of the restau
rant, is the heaviest loser. -He car
ried no insurance.. The. building was
insured. , , ,
Pawnee County Fair Will
Be Held October 4 to 8
Pawnee Gty. Neb.. Sept. 2. (Spe
cial.) The Pawnee County fair .will
be held October 4 ; to " 8. A rac
ing program which is exceptionally,
good is being arranged. The build-;
ings have been erected and -plans are
being made for one of the biggest
and best fairs the county has ever
had. ...
New Dance Pavilion to Be
Opened at Central City
Central . City, Sept 2. (Special.)
The new dance pavilion at River
side park will be opened formally
Saturday evening, September- 3.
The pavilion is constructed of con
crete and has a smooth cement sur
face. It is 60x100 feet in size. -
Rules Dismissal
Of Case Against
Hotel to Stand
Injunction Suit Against Grand
-Island Hostelry Dropped
Despite Objection by
' County Attorney. ; , .
Grand Island, Xcb.,- Sept. 2.
(Special Telegraifl.) After a hear
ing in the. district court before Judge
Paine, or arguments for or against
the motion of Country Attorney
Suhr to set aside the court's dismis
sal of the injunction proceeding
brought by Mayor Elsberry against
the owners of , the Savoy hotel, the
following judgment of the court was
entered:
"The county attorney consents
that the dismissal of the case as
heretofore made shall stand, upon the
testimony of the realtor that he has
no direct evidence : connecting the
owners or their tenant, Abrams, with
a violator of . the Albert law. All
costs after the dismissal are taxed
to the county upon tbe consent of.
the county attorney.
This is believed permanently to
dispose qf the action., brought upon
the Albert law against the,: Savoy
owners, the latter having previously
offered to do certain things assuring
the proper management of the hotel,
which agreement prompted the with
drawal of the applic-.ion. One of
the grounds of the county attorney's
motion was based on a charge that
the statutes had not been sufficiently
followed in the dismassal... ,
Irrigation Project
To Be Opened jn State
Lexington, Neb., &ept. 2. Word
w-as 'received, here today that an ir
rigation project contract has been
signed between the government and
the Lower Platte Irrigation associa
tion, the improvement to include the
flatte . valley from bcottsbluff to
Kearney, Neb. ; The contract . has
been executed by the secretary of
the interior, and an engineer will be
sent into.' the fidld immediately to
begin his investigation.
a Dpard or review passing on irri
gation matters has handed down a
report holding, that the North Platte
river affords sufficient water to irri
gate all ..arable lands in the valley
likely to be developed and that fur
ther, development in Colorado and
Wyoming'heed hot be restricted.
; Will Exhibit Poultry
Fairbury, ; Neb:,. Sept. 2. (Spe
cial.) Jefferson county poultry men
will exhibit-more than 100 chickens
at the state fair -next week..-
Peter, and Polly, Jelf and
the Tadpoles, the Jolly
Go-Hawks are all in '
iHappylarid
Where children '.may
spend 'an hour they will,
learn to love.
Happyland
.will appear each Sunday
in .
The Bee
Watch for it next Sunday. '.
R. J. Webb Chosen
As Trustee for
Guarantee Firm
Attorneys Crowd Referee's
r Office at Meet of Creditors
Prettily Embossed Cer
tificates Shown
A sheaf of prettily embossed cer
tificates lay on the desk before B.
H. Dunham, referee in bankruptcy.
in the federal court room yesterday
morning. , - ; .
The pile represented the hopes ot
countless losers in the Guarantee
Securities ; and Colonial land stock
companies.
Once it aggregated millions ot
dollars. Now despair at realizing
anything.
Chosen Unanimously.
;The hearing was a creditors',
meeting of the Guarantee Securities
company, called to elect a trustee.
Robert J. Webb of the law firm
of Mulfinger, Webb & Ratchfcrd
was unanimously chosen. His bond
was set at ?50,000.
Ihe choice ot Webb was com
mended bv Referee Dunham because
of yWcbb s' efficient service as re
ceiver for the Bankers- Realty com
pany.
' Back to, 1789.
Testimony of Frank E. Shcehan,
teceivcr for the Guarantee Securities
company," harked back to 1789. at
which time Lord Dunsmore of Eng
land made a survey of Indian Jands
in West Virginia, now held Inder
basic title by the Colonial Land and
I imber company.
. It "was these Colonial securities
which wrecked the Guarantee Securi
ties and thereby the Pioneer State
bank.:1 ,-..,; .,'- '
. The holdings, contested largely by
squatters' rights, involve 127,000
acres.
. The - court room w-as filled with
lawyers representing creditors and
losing stockholders. . , i
School Equipped With
V $6,000 Heating System
Gothenburg, Neb., Sept. 2. (Spe
cial.) The Columbia school build
ing, built : here in 1892, has been
equipped with a new, $6,000 heating
system to replace the old one which
was last year condemned as inade
quate. Other painting, renovating
and mason work has been done dur
ing the last three weeks and. the
building is now in good shape for
the opening of school September 5.
Basement' of Old Building
, To Be Used for High School
' Bigspring,-Neb., Sept. 2. (Special
Telegram.) Because of delay in
construction of the new high school
building, instruction will be con
ducted in the basement of"" the old
structure this year. School will open
September 12.
The Weather
Forecast
Nebraska Unsettled Saturday,
possibly showers in east portion;
Sunday generally fair with cooler by
night.
Iowa Unsettled weather Saturday
and Sunday, with probably, local
thunder showers; not much-change
in temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
Sb.hi..
1 a. n..
8 m. m..
m. ..
1 m. tn..
II a. m, .
IS M9B..
.74
1 . m....
S
Jr......
4 b. m. ...
5 P. Bl....
S p. m....
i p. bi.;..
...xs
...Jl
V-M
...Jt
....M
....ST
....SS
....St
....IS
....
....IS
....11
....19
.SS I S . i
Will Make Tour of Iowi
The head of a concern which did
nearly $1,000,000,000 worth of bus
iness last year was in Omaha yes
terday.
He looked like a fanner not one
of the be whiskered variety with one
gallu, such as is found nowadays
only in cartoons, but with the bronz
ed, healthy appearance of one much
in the open air.
He is Charlr h. Barrett of Union
City, Ga., president of the National
Farmers' union. Although he has
lived all his life on a farm he is a
veteran figure in- public life, having
served on innumerable federal boards
and having represented American ag
riculture at the Tans peace confer
ence.
No calamity howler is Mr. Barrett.
The farmer is hard hit, but he is
going to come back strong, asking
only enough aid from the government
to enable him to work out his own
salvation, he said.
Not Up to Devilment.
"We want onlv a living and a littls
hit of profit." said Mr. Barrett. "Th
farmers arc not up to any devilment,
and they are not attempting to im
prbve their lot by injuring any other
line of industry. If the farmer has
a little money to spend, there is only
one place where he can spend it, and
that is in town. Whatever he gets
above the cost of producing his
crops goes right into the cities and
is passed around among the mer
chants and working people.
"It looks to me like everyone
ought to' be interested in the farmer
making something out of his croDs.
I sometimes think that if I had lived
ia the city, instead of the country,
I might have been able to solve the
rural problem from that end. It is
strange that the towns do not re
alize their common interest. If the
farmers accomplished every one of
their dreams, the towns would b
better off. ,
Farmer Is Mainstay.
"The farmer is the mainstav o
civilization and prosperity.' When-'
ever any man is running for office
he wants to ride in on the rural vote.
Every hypocrite and a great many
sincere men tell us that we feed and
clothe the world and without us the
rest of the people would be in the
bqneyard. If this is true.' why is '
there not some united effort for re ¬
storing the welfare of agriculture?
"Neither the farmers nor anyone
else can hope for much better busi
ness conditions as long as railroad
rates stay where they are. The edi
torial in today's Omaha Bee, which
points out that freight rates must be
forced down to the general level of
other things, hit the nail on the bead.
Today on my farm the watermelons .
arc rotting- because I am afraid to
take the risk of shipping them to
market as they might not even bring 1
enough to pay the transportation '
charges. This is only one cf thou
sands of such instances, and hurts
the consumers as well as the pro
ducers. We want to feed people bet-'
ter. but we can't.
- "The farmer has to pay from 65
(Turn to Pace Two, Column Three,)
Police Arrest Girl
Who Goes to Columbus
With Traveling Man
Columbus, Neb., Sept. 2. (Spc'
cial.) Marguerite Krugcr, who
claims Norfolk as her home and says
she is 17, was picked up-by the
police. According to her story, she
came from Fremont with a traveling;
man and spent the night with him.,
at a hotel. He left her in the morn
ing saying that he would return. He
did not and the girl went to the sta-
tion and got acquainted with -a
young lad. v
- They walked down the track to
ward the brickyards. . Here they
were met by five young men, who?
put her escort on the ru.i. Accord
ing to her i story these men inis-4
treated her. She came back to the
depot and was picked up by police.
Campaign to Safeguard
Irish Interests Started .
Chicago, Sept. 2, A new national
campaign, in which the safeguard
ing of the interests of America and
Ireland at the disarmament confer-
ence, is one of the four. issues in
volved has been started from the na
tional headquarters in Chicago of the
American Association for the Recog
nition ot the Irish Republic, if was
announced toda .
The call, based on a telegraphic
request from Stephen M. Q'Mara,
mayor of Limerick, Ireland, and fi
nancial agent and trustee of the Dail .
Eireann, who is now in Washington,
urged the association to double its
membership before November 30.
Web-Worms May Kill Off
Shade Trees in Columbus
Columbus, Neb., Sept 2. (Spe
cial.) Web-worms are infesting the
shade trees m Columbus now in
numbers greater than ever before and
there is real danger that they will
work -incalculable damage unless
dealt with in a drastic manner. They '
are mainly attacking the box elders,
ash and elm trees, many of which
may die unless relieved of the pest.
Laborer Breaks Arm
Harvard. Neb.. Sept. 2. (Spe
cial.) Carl Stapleton. 45, laborer,
working at the school house, broke
his arm early this morning while
cranking a truck
