THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1921.
U. S. Delegation
On Disarmament
Is Down to Work
Communion Hold Two Con
ferences and Studies Ma
terial Prepared for Use
At General Meeting.
Washington, Oct. 2S With the
International conference on limitation
of srmament only a few weeks off,
the American delegation yesterday
gut down to hard preliminary work
en working out final details for the
conclave and in itudy oi the aubjecta
to be ditrussed. '
Meeting in the office of the secre
tary of date, the delegation held two
sc ssions yesterday, Secretary Hughes
ttiiiiouncing that the members were
"sawing wood" in earnest in prepara
tion fur the important discussions.
Much material that has been pre
pared on subjects included in the
conference agenda is being reviewed
by the delegates.
Silent on War Debts.
Administration officials asked
again yesterday if the subject of in
ttrnational finances and funding of
the war debt was beig considered by
the American delegates, replied that
it was not. The forthcoming confer
ence, they said, was not one for ad
justing debts, but they would not
say that this important subject might
not be injected into the deliberations
ft
l of the powers. They hope, however,
fc that before time for the conference,
I congress will have taken final action
I jUjioa tne measure giving the president
-ta)VVp authority to deal with the refunding
y problem.
f In order to provide for the proper
, ivriiuii v, tuti mail uiittiiiKuistiu
foreign officers who will.be in Wash
ington in connection with the con
ference the War department yester
day announced that a liaison mission
has been organized for this purpose,
Jap Envoy Meets Denby.
Vice Admiral Kato of Japan, naval
adviser to the Japanese delegation,
who called on secretary Denby yes
terday morning, said in referring to
the conclave: .
"Mr. Secretary of the Navy. Re
garding the limitation of naval forces
which will doubtless be the pnnci
pal subject at the conference, I earn'
estly hope that the significant inter
national task may be accomplished
by thorough co-operation of the rep
resentatives of your nation and of
the others. If it is possible for us to
learn at an early date the plan for
limitation prepared by your govern
ment. it will greatly facilitate our
Study of the subject."
"Wire Walls" Surround Hawthorne
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Total for Quarter Ending
September 30 Lowest Since
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Sew York. Oct. 2S. Total earn
ings of the United. States. Steel cor
poration for the third quarter of the
current year announced after today's
meeting of the 'directors, dwindled
to $18,918,068. . This is the smallest
total of any quarter since March,
1915, when earnings fell to $12,457,
809 and no dividends were paid on
the common stock, f , . - "
. Regular dividends of 1 3-4 on the
preferred and 1 1-4 per cent on the
common were declared, but no part
of the common dividend was earned
and only $1.58 of the $1.75 due on
the preferred was available after pay
ment of interest on outstanding
bonds. ' ''
, To meet these dividend payments,
the directors drew on the corpora
tion's undivided surplus to the extent
of $6,965,504, against the $4,571,668
taken from the surplus in the previ
ous quarter to make up the deficit
in the common dividend.
Chairman E. H. Gary declined to
forecast conditions in the steel indus
try, but in today's statement indicat
: ed a turn for the better, August
"i earnings iar exceeding those of July,
with a further, though moderate gain
for September. , . ,
X Missing Girl Comes Home;
Had Been in Search of Work
Elinor Harris, 16, daughter of a
Wyoming homesteader, returned to
her room, 206 North Eighteenth
street, yesterday morninsr after an
absence of four days. Her father,
J. E. Harris of 'Salt Creek, Wyo.,
had been searching for her.
According to the girls story a
woman named "Bertha Smith" had
bohbed her hair for her and provid
ed her with a suit of overalls and the
two rode a freight train to Grand
Island in search of work. -
The girl will return home with her
father. - ' - ,' v . ' '
Brief City News
"Hawthorne" is the attractive
name of the new state reformatory
for men at Lincoln over which Gus
Miller, former chief probation officer
in Umaha, presides.
The fence shown in the picture
surrounds the grounds. It is nine
feet high, made of closely-woven
mesh wire as big in diameter as a
lead pencil. At the top, sloping in
wardly, is a scries of steel barbs, as
a further inducement to keep the
inmates in. -
The fence was erected instead of
grim, gray walls, first, because it
is cheaper, and secondly, because
the inmates of this institution are not
so dangerous as regular pcnitcn
tiary convicts and the state hopes to
make good citizens out of them.
"Y" Girl Home From
Germany for Visit
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Search for Girt Poltcewoman
s Mr. M. Ormsby left, for Albion,
Neb., yesterday in search of Chris
tian Pohl. 15. 1906 South Sixteenth
street The girl's parents believe she
has irone to Albion to see a rweet
l heart
I Fined for Assaolt James Rogers,
: Dodpe hotel, was lined $10 by Po
lice Judge Foster yesterday for hav-
ing struck W. E. Brown. 1702 Dodge
street, as he was seated at Four
teenth and Douglas with a woman
friend awaiting the arrival of a
street car.
Banquet for Station Men The
Chamber of Commerce will be host:;
to Omaha railway station employes
1 at a banquet Thursday evening.
"This is to get in closer touch with
: the people who meet visitors com
ing to Omaha,"' said an official of
the ejiamber.
Federal Conrt First It is prob
able that Charles Wc-hlberg and
Jacob Masse, Indicted promoters,
wfl! face the federal court first in
stead of the state prosecution. This
.will be decided by J. C. Kinsler. dls
'trlct attorney, and A. V. Shotwell.
county attorney, when the latter re
turns with the two men.
Injured Child Improves Mar
( garet Grey. 8. who was struck by an
automobile at Eighteenth and Dodge
streets Sunday night and seriously
Injured, has recovered conscious
ness and has a chance to recover,
according to reports from St.
Joseph hospital.
'Pawnee City Neb., Oct. 24.
(Special.) After nearly two .years
as read of the Y. M. c. A. bchool
for American - Children in Coblenz,
Germany, Miss Elsie A. Hammond
has returned to her home here for
a vacation. ' - .
She sailed from New York1, March
1, 1919, enlisted a an instructor for
the Y, M. C.. A. bhe did canteen
duty at Nant.cs, France, for three
and a half months and then was
selected from 150 workers to head
the school. -.
A German school building m
Coblenz was requisitioned and a
complete school of 12 grades was
maintained with Hi children en
rolled, all children of American com
missioned and noncommissioned of
ficers, Y. M. C. A. workers and
American civilians.
In the beginning they had no
English text books and Miss Ham
mond journeyed to London, where
she brought a supply of books.
Miss Hammond says the Oer-
mans do not feel defeated but mere
ly unlucky and that they believe
they will manage things differently
next time. .......
Mrs. Lucy A. Ketcham Dead
At Home of Daughter Here
Mrs. Lucy A. Ketcham, "mother
of Mrs. T. p. Dakin, died Tuesday
morning at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Uakin in the btrehlow apart
ments, Sherman avenue.
Mrs. Ketcham had been making
her home with her daughter and
son-in-law since the death ot, her
husband,, spending only the sum
mers at her home at Lakcville, Mich.,
where her family had lived for three
generations and where her two chil
dren, Mrs. . Dakin 'and Mrs. Fred
E. Davis of Toledo, O., weret born.
Mrs. Ketcham would have been 83
years old December 19. ,
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at the undertaking parlors of
Brailey & Dorrance, Nineteenth and
Cuming streets Thursday afternoon
at 2, Rev. Lloyd B. Holsapple of
ficiating. Cremation will take place
at the cermeatory at Foresf Lawn
cemetery.
Hardware Dealers Hold
Meeting at Fremont
Fremont, Neb., Oct 25. (Special.)
Hardware dealers from a radius of
50 miles of Fremont,' members of
the state Hardware Dealers associa
tion, held their convention in Fre
mont National Field Secretary S.
R. Miles, Argus, Ind, was the prin
cipal speaker of the evening prog
ram, which included a banquet. The
session was in charge of . Frank Ben
nett, field man in the Nebraska Re
tail Dealers association. Round tabk
discussions and business problems
made up the program of the day,
Judge Orders Suspected
Rum Car Back to Owner
Tony Nanfito may drive his auto
until November 5, at least, under an
order issued yesterday by Federal
Judge'J. W. Woodrough. Nanfito is
in the toils of the law on charges of
transporting rum in t this same, car,
which the internal revenue depart
ment confiscated. Judge Woodrough
decided Tony could have it from now
until his trial, November 5, if he
would deposit $500 cash bond. Tony
did. Tony's place of business at 1401
Jackson street, has been closed by in
junction involving liquor charges.
Long girdles, the ends reaching
below the hem of the skirt, and
ending in thick, long, tassels.
Corporations
Are Blamed for
W. Va. Disorders
Various Witnesses it Senate
Hearing Place Blame for
Strife on Other Than
Miners Organization.
Washington, Oct, 25. Blame for
the bloodshed and strife in the coal
regions of West Virginia was various
ly laid by different witnesses before
the senate education and labor com
mittee yesterday at the doorstep of
Wtst Virginia state official!, because
of their alleged failure to enforce the
law; the United States Steel corpora
tion, J. P. Morgan and company,
the Pennsylvania railroad and other
financial powers. The committee be
gan a hearing into the conditions In
the district and adjourned late today
only to reconvene for a night ses
sion. The committee was requested by
Thilip Murray, vice president of the
United Mine Workers of America, to
use its good offices in an attempt at
mediation of the controversy between
the operators and the miners and
presented basic principles to which
he said the union miners could sub
scribe. When such a settlement had been
accamplished, he suggested that
Chief Justice Taft appoint an ad
ministrator to interpret and apply tho
provisions of the agreement.
The basis of the settlement plan
as outlined follows:
Guarantee of freedom of speech,
assembly and movement.
Protection of miners against dis
crimination because of union mem
pership. Protection of unorganized work
ers against intimidation or coercion
by members of the United Mine
Workers or other tabor organiza
tions. Assurance that domestic institu
tions would not be subordinated to
Industrial control "by the practke
of coal operators in paying and con
trolling deputy ahcritfs and other
law officers, or by employing private
guards instead of uting the srrviift
of the diinirrrtte4 amf conscientious
public officer,"
$25,000 Appropriated
To WardOff Diplherla
An appropriation of $.'5,000 was
made by the city council yesterday
to aid in the fight against diphtheria.
Dr. A. S. Pinto, city health, com
missioner, will conduct Schick test
against the dread dieae among the
school children. '
This test, administered in nearly
all large cities, determines what chil
dren are, susceptible to the disease.
Where it is discovered, sn -injection
of anti-toxin is given to combat and
destroy the germs.
According to Dr Pinto, the test
will not be compulsory
Sunday School Classes
Furnish Church Music
Superior. Neb., Oct. 25. (Special.)
The Methodist church of Superioi
is having interesting .and enthusias
tic Sunday evening services. The
musical program has been turned to
the different Sunday school classes
and some friendly rivalry is the re
sult. To show for this a chorus of
40 women's voices sang Sunday,
Their number exceeded the men,
who had the platform a week ago,
by six. The next service tli high
school boys and girls will sing.
Man Sentenced to Jail
' For Abusing His Family
John Smoke. 1002 Grace street, was
sentenced to 30 days in jail and given
a severe reprimand in court yesterday
for abusing his family.
Police, responding to a call Mon
day night, found him stretched across
the one bed in the house aivd refus
ing to let his six children sleep there.
According to police, the family of
eight live in a one-room shack and
have but one bed.
4mended Petition Is
, Filed By Baum Heirs
According to an amended petition
filed by the hir of the Jauiet K.
Itaum et4te, lanir Haum, jr., it
alleged hate asaerted that his
brother, David, aJmiuitrator of the
rstatr, who is under fise for alleged
fraud in connection with its nun
Bgrment, had belter judgmrnt con
crrning the correctness of claims
against it than any court.
A claim of fo.WH) against the es.
late by Daniel Daunt was paid out
of the tUle funds Miihont
according to tht heirs.
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Judge and Court Helpers
To Attend I-egioti Meeting
Judge C O, Stuulfrr and tU ri'iin
askittants. Hans Ijirsen, baihtf, ami
William Miloti, stenographer, will
adjourn at the end of this rrk to
the American Legion convention in
Kansas City. .
Larten served In Rustia in the ule
war, Milots in France and Stautler
was stationed at Camp Dodge. They
will leave Sunday on the Omaha
special.
Nice
Fresh'
Supply of
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Coal
for immediate delivery '
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