The Omaha Daily Bee VOL, 51 NO. 127. I.IM4 H MM-CIM Mlttt Mil It, HO. M OmM 0. A at Man l VI OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1921. r Mill rwr). 0.11? taS uM, M. wMhia tM 4tk will m. i 12. Ml kt tM aMMa M lUUt, Curii Unit. UM. THREE CENTS Omaha Pay ; Tribute To War's Dead Thousands View Monster Parade in Celebration of Third Anniversary of Signing of Armistice. Spirit of Peace Felt While thousands marched, and thousands more shivered along the route of the Armistice day parade ' yesterday, Omaha paid its tribute to the heroes of the world war. and celebrated the victory they won. Lowering clouds which threatened rain or snow during the morning melted away during the forenoon, leaving the day clear and cool, with just enough snap in the air to make marching a pleasure. Long before the parade was sched uled to start, the marchers and floats assembled at the starting point, and ;:t 2 p. in. the long procession moved off on schedule tunc, Omatia' Trihute Solemn. The spirit of Armistice day, a nev spirit, which the American people arc evolving, was in the air. There was not the boisterous, un checked enthusiasm which marked similar demonstrations during the war and immediately after; but there was an tindcrcurrent of optimism, and of the will to do which served as a fitting sequence to the riot of spirit which marked parades of previ ous years.' The parade was headed by Mayor James Dahlman and members of the city council, nr automobiles. The procession was divided into seven sections. There were fullv 3,000 marchers, and at least 2,000 more in automobiles and floats. Cold Star Mothers Ride. Patriotic and war organizations which inade up the first division, were headed by the American Leg:.i band. Then came the Gold Star mothers, riding in a float, followed by the American 'War Mothers, and mem bers of the G. A. R., riding in auto mobiles, i These were followed by members of the American Legion, marching both in uniform and in mufti. Placards urging limitation of armament were borne by marchers in the ranks. Members of the Wom en's Overseas Swyie league, march ing in uniform, ware cheered along the line of march. A float, -decorated . with flags, represented the Wom en s Kciiei corps. Another tloat rep resented stacked rifles, surmount ed by a steet helmet, in ' a field of poppies. The first section of the pa rade was commanded by W. F. Bru- ctt. . , '. . . Labor in Second Section. The second section, consisting qf labor organizations, was headed by John Kilmartin. Gipsy Smith and his choir headed the third 'division, made up of re ligious organizations. The choir sang hymns 'from Sixteenth street and Capitol avenue, where the parade started, to the Auditorium, where it disbanded. W. D. McHugh, jr., headed the fourth section, composed of , benevo lent societies of the city. The fifth section, made up of rep resentatives of different clubs and fraternal organizations, was head ed by Fred Heyn. ' Educational institutions were rep resented by delegations from Creigh ton university and different high schools of the city. This division was headed by Maj. A. E. Thomp son. Fourteen Floats in Parade. Carl B. Kraus was in charge of th? seventh division, , in which marched representatives of individ ual organizations. There were 14 floats, entered by the Volunteers of America, Golden Rod No. 147, L. A. B. R. T., City Mission of Omaha, Royal Neigh bors of America, Women's Christian Temperance union. Ladies of the Elks (three). War Mothers of Amer ica, Red Cross, Carpenters' Local No. 417. Women's Trade Label league, erotnernooa oi n.auway express Handlers and the , jewisn L-aoies Welfare league. t , Amos Thomas was marshal of the parade. Pair Held in Sioux City May Be Fordyce Robbers Sioux City, Nov. 11. Two of the men believed to be implicated in the robbery of the bank at Fordyce, Nch., of approximately $4,000 in cash Thursday, were captured by Sioux City police today. They had in their possession large part of the money taken from the bank, according to police. The amount has not yet been checked. - They were taken at a hotel, where they had obtained a room. The two men gave the names of Harold Ross, 21, and Fred Stewart, 21. Workman Killed, Policeman Beaten in Clash at Havana Havana, Nov. 11. One workman was shot dead and a policeman was ladly beaten today in a clash with the department of public works, where hundreds of street cleaners were seeking to collect overdue wages. The trouble is said to have started i when men who helped break tbej street cleaners' strike about two; weeks ago tried to get their money' ahead of those who are cleaning the streets during the present strike, j ' .i Iowa Russians Send Salt To Relatives in Europe : Sbux, City, Nov. 11. Many Siouy j C'tr Russians who are sending things, home to relatives in the hungry sec-( tions of that country are including a pound or two of salt, which they is ncri obtainable tiers Omaha Calls on To Make War Impossible Ml 1 Patriotic Meeting at Auditorium, Following Armis tice Day Parade, Adopts Resolution Calling on Delegates, to Stay in Session Until Objective Is Obtained. Two thousand Omaha men and women, gathered in mass meeting at the Auditorium yesterday after noon, declared unanimously in favot of a resolution to be forwarded to President Harding and other offi cials in Washington, calling on the Lintermuional arms limitation confer- ence to remain in session until it ac complishes, to the fullest degree, the purpose for which it was invited to convene. Cheers and rounds of applause greeted Rabbi Frederick Cohn as he completed the reading of the reso lution which was drafted by a com mittee composed of C. E. Adams, chairman; Anson H. Bigelow, Mrs. Draper Smith, R. M. Switzler, and Rabbi Cohn. Another message from Omaha to the delegates attending the confer ence was sent by Mayor James C. Dahlman, following his address at the Auditorium meeting. It was a message of welcome from the city.to the diplomats from other lands. The Rev. Titus Lowe Speaker. After detailing the enormous cost of the world war in money, lives and Real Work of Arms To Be Accomplished in Secret "Pitiless Publicity" Program Originally Outlined for Meeting Discarded French and British Delega tions Want Time Limit on Duration. By HENRY WALES. Washington, Nov 11. Secrecy in discussing disarmament and Pacific problems will be used to speed up the conference which opens on Sat urday. "Pitiless publicity" tenta tively outlined originally for the con ference, has been discarded and anv real work will be accomplished by committees behind closed doors. The United States government has agreed on discussion in camera by the committees which will handle the different questions on the agenda. Assurances are given that when de cisions are reached they will be made public. x American circles alone continue to believe the conference ; will last many monthsfrom four to six is the period mentioned. ' Want Duration Limited. But the French and British dele gations ar insistent that the dura tion of the conference be limited to far shorter space of time. Two months is the outside period indi cated by Mr. Arthur Balfour, chief British delegate, in a statement to the press yesterday. tven less time is necessary to reach an agreement on the questions involved, according to the delegates representing France. Cloture should take place before the Christmas holi days in their opinion.. The Americans point out that the principal! delegates should return to their respective countries and leave their "exports" and technical mem bers to continue in committee work. here. Both the French and British in sist, however, that they cannot leave officials in Washington until next spring and that they could not en trust their interests to figure heads or minor attaches. The four "little peoples repre sented, Belgium, Holland, Portugal and China, are equally desirous of proceeding to business at once. Their delegates see no reason why the negotiations should continue in Sunday Bee Features When the Centre college foot ball team trounced Harvard all sportdom was surprised and famous coaches throughout the country wondered how "Uncle Charley" Moran, big league umpire, could mold a grid machine that would have the strength and ability to trim the great Harvard juggernaut. How Moran and his two assistants developed a team of "Praying Colonels" that is the talk of coaches from coast to coast is one of the interesting features in the sports section of The Bee next Sunday. Walter Eckersall's weekly review of the foot ball situation and a "yarn" about well-known Omaha duck hunters are two more exclusive sports features for next Sunday. Of course, The Bee will have complete results and accounts of all the important foot ball games and there'll also be a special, story on the Nebraska-Kansas foot ball game at Lincoln - Saturday. - t . Have you been reading those jungle stories by Charles Mayer in the Magazine Section each Sunday? They're the hot .stuff on hunting and trapping of big game in the tropics. There's another of them for next Sunday. If you're after a good, hearty laugh, look up Hanlon's half page of cartoons on "Follies of the Passing Show." That series of Blue Ribbon short stories The Bee is running hits the right spot for Sunday fiction reading. "Major Wilbraham" is the title of the tale for next Sunday. Here's a sporting proposition! As an Omaha taxpayer, how much of an interest in dollars and cents do you possess in the city's big municipal water, gas and ice plants? It's all figured out - for you, along with other interesting facts about the plants, in a feature story by Edward Black in the Magazine Section. There's a bit of harmony in the sheets of The Bee for next Sun day, too. The paper is starting a series of 24 lessons on tickling the ivories. Try 'em out on your piano. They say they're easy and get results. The Roto Section for next Sunday baa a full page of action pic tures taken at games of the Omaha Soccer league. You'll want to take a look, too, at a page of photos of interiors of Omaha homes. It's "seme" page. . 1 J Conference property. Rev. Titus Lowe, in the principal address of the afternoon, said. "Is it any wonder, then, that our first thought today should be thanks giving that the fearful waste of mon. cy and property and the unutterabte waste of human blood and life is c-ver? Disagrees With Harvey. "I think I voice the sentiment of many millions in this fair land wheii I say, 'I hate war.. I hate it for the heartache and the heartbreak it brings and for its monstrous futil ity. "If I were allowed to speak to the men in Washington at the disarma mcnt conference, I would say thai we, the folk of America, demand that they bring about peace, that our boys never again become can non fodder." The Rev. Mr. Lowe took exception to Amabssador George Harvey's re cent London speech and doclarcd that the envoy was wrong. "The onlv reason that America went into the war," said Rev. Mr. Turn to l'ajrn Two. Column Four.) Conference definitely if no -obstructionist tactics are employed. Based on Paris Conference. The American viev that the con ference may last six months is based on the duration of the Pans peace conference. Beside drafting peace treaties with Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, sev eral new states were created, and the league of nations was organized at Paris. The State department announced yesterday that following the opening session on Saturday there will be a secret meeting on Monday of the committees and probably a public meeting on Tuesday. The committee on disarmament will comprise a delegate from each of; the. five great powers represented, the United States, ' Britain, France, Italy and Japan the "big five" of Paris. The committee on Pacific problems will be composed of dele gates from the nine nations partici pating, the "big five" and the dele gates from the "little four." It is expected that since Secretary Hughes will be made president of the conference, the chairmen of the two committees will .be chosen among the other participants. As the highest ranking delegates pres ent, it is believed, Premier Briand will be elected chairman of the dis armament committee and Mr. Bal four is regarded as the logical choice for the Pacific committee. $250,000 Fire Follows Blast in Shawnee, Okl. Shawnee, Okl., Nov. 11. Fire which broke out last night as a re sult of an explosion in the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad shops here was under control this morning after damage estimated at $250,000 had been caused. The Choctaw Cotton compress was de stroyed and 9,900 bales of cotton burned. Between 50 and 60 freight cars are believed to have been burned and the railroad shops damaged seriously. Stage Set For Worl V' Arms Meei President Harding to Open Conference on Limitation Of Armament at 10:30 O'Clock This Morning. First Session Is Brief Chiracs Tribune-Omaha, Ilea Leaaed Wire. Washington, Nov. 11. In the cap ital" of the nation, which today mourned and glorified its unknown human sacrifice of war, delegates of the world's great powers will as semble tomorrow in common effort to reduce the costly armaments of battle and to remove international frictions which menace peace. President Harding, who invited the nations to this international con ference table, entitled it the "con ference on limitation of armaments in connection with which Pacific and far eastern questions will be dis cussed." The president, therefore, as official ho!t or the conclave, will open the proceedings to be held tomorrow morning at 10:30 o clock m Conti nental Memorial hall. Grouped about the president as he speaks will be the delegates from the United States, headed by Secre tary of State Charles Evans Hughes, who will later be chosen presiding officer of the conference; Great Brit ain with Mr. Arthur Balfour presid ing; France with Premier, Aritide Briand; Italy, whose trroun is led by H. C. Carlo Schanzcr, and Japan, headed by Prince Iyesato Tokugawa. Others Presented. . Delegations will be there also from China, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal, the latter four invited to participate in discussion- of Pa. cific and far eastern questions only. The problem of limiting armaments will be considered only by the rep resentatives of the- "big five," the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan. Xn the galleries surrounding this impressive group of world states men at the opening session, which will be public, will be the diplomat ic representatives in Washington of all nations, the members of the su preme court of the United States, the senate and house of represen tatives, the members of President Harding's cabinet, visiting , dignata- nes and attaches of the participat ing delegations and representatives of the world press. More than 300 press seats have" been provided and nearly 100 of these will be occupied by correspondents from abroad. Proceedings Brief. The proceedings of : the opening session will, be brief. Following the president's address of welcome, Sec retary Hughes will be elected presid ing officer and he also will speak. No response will be made for the visiting delegations and adjournment will be taken until Tuesday. At that time the foreign delegations may speak, although it has not yet been determined whether the second ses sion will' b public. That will be de termined when the heads of the par ticipating delegations will meet as a committee on procedure to decide upon the program for the conference. The American delegates tonight were inclined to think that Tues day's session also would be pub lic. , Chief interest in the conference, now that expressions of optimism and good will have been exchanged by all the powers, centered in the concrete plan for limitation of naval armament which has been prepared by the United States government for submission to the conference. That will furnish the basis for the discus- (Turn to Face Two, Column Three.) Reparations Body May Demand Deposit Berlin. Nov. 11. (Bv The Asso ciated Press.) The allied repara tions commission is expected im mediately to begin consultations with the German government con cerning reparations payments. Ru mors are current that the commis sion is about to demand an immedi- te deposit of security for the Janu ary installment and also that a post ponement m the payment of install ments will be permitted for a period of years. These rumors are declared in high circles to be without founda tion. A suggestion that Germany be given a respite in the shape of an immediate moratorium was rejected es lacking authority. It is admitted that the expedient has been under influential advisement. Indians Ready to Discard British Yoke, Says Editor New York, Nov. 11. "The people of India, who number one-filth of the human race, are ready to throw c-ff the British yoke. "Already, through their Indian national congress and a nation-wide organization, they have declared a total boycott of the British govern ment in India. "America looks at Ireland because Ireland is nearer, but India is in precisely the same position as Ire land, and indeed, India is today the political test case of the world." There are some of the statements I made by Syud Hossian, editor of the I Independent, the leading nationalist i newspaper of northern India. To Unite in Ilunting Trip Beaumont. Tex.. Nov. 11. Thrre j old-time stars of the Texas league. two ot whom have since gained fame in me majors, win reunite nere soon tor a hunting trip. They are Tris Speaker, manager of the Cleveland ! Indians: George Witeman, star of! the 1918 world's series for Boston. ! and Iva Tevis of "Beaumont All j three played on the old Houston j club and each drew f 30 per month, I ..V . nv,'tvV . t W.O.W. Typists And 'March Kins;' Boost Shoe Fund John Philip Sousa Sends An " nual Contribution Dona tions Used to Aid Poor " Schoolchildren. ' John Philip Sousa, America's "march king," telegraphed $10 to The Bee's fund which supplies shoes to the children of the very poor. Sousa is a great lover of children. He has contributed to the fund in former years also. He is coming to Omaha with his great band to give two concerts in the Auditorium, afternoon and evening, November 27. Eleanor Virginia Jeffrey s check for $25 is acknowledged today. The stenographers at the Woodmen of the World felt the call and sent $5 from their sick fund to help buy shoes for poor children. And so the fund is accumulating and more and more cold little feet are being shod. Jf you can join the contributors to this great cause, do so at once. Send your bit to The Bee. Previously acknowledged flfl.OO W. . V. stenographers 5.00 Friend S.OO Show riven by children 4.00 John Philip Skiuaa 10.00 Aim. Morns Levy a.un William Wallace, Exeter, Neb 5.00 Victor Rne-ater s.uu 35.00 Eleanor Virginia Jeffrey Total .$80.00 Woman, 10, Youth, 16, Are Iowa University Extremes Iowa City, Nov. 11. Madame Caroline Steidler, 70, who until two years ago lived in V icnna, and 4 freshmen 16 years of age, represent the extremes of age and youth at the University of Iowa this year. Madame Steidler is studying, Eng lish, French and Italian. She savs she is not content with sitting and knitting and declares her intention of keeping up with the times. Reduce Tire Prices New York, - Nov. 11. (Special Telegram.) J. N. Gunn, president of the United States Tire company, announced that effective at once the price of their tires w-ould be reduced to below the prewar level. . IS THERE a bourne from which no traveler returns? Or was it a ' real experience that befell . , . ; Major Wilbraham By HUGH W ALP OLE Blue Ribbon Fiction, A BLUE RIBBON story ia Next Sunday's Bee It's a Boy Newsboys Pay Honor To Memory of Their Buddy Killed by Auto . A rough, unpainted, old chair stood empty on the northwest cor ner of Sixteenth and Douglas streets yesterday. Upon it hung a funeral wreath an-d upon -the wreath." a strip of cardboard on which was neatly pasted a clipping from The Bee of Friday morning telling how an un identified motorist, at Seventeenth and Cuming streets, Thursday eve ning, ran down and fatally injured Paul Stadelman, 28, crippled news boy. Thousands of people paused to look at the chair and the wreath and clipping yesterday. Paul was a fa miliar figure to most of them. He had called his papers in all kinds of weather from that corner for many years. Newsboys "hustled" on the other three corners of Sixteenth and Doug las streets but in life they never had trespassed on the "territory," which by unwritten law among all "news ies" of Omaha, had been Ceded to Paul, and even though Paul was not there in person, the newsboys true to their years of friendship to their unfortunate brother, kept faith with the1 dead. Mrs. Stillman to Handle Property of Two Sons New York, Nov. 11. Surrogate John P. Cohalan handed down a decision yesterday appointing Mr?. Anne U. , Stillman and her chief counsel, John F. Brennan of Yonk ers, a committee to control the prop erty of James (Bud) Stillman and Alexander, sons of the defendant in the( Stillman divorce case. At the same time Surrogate Cohalan de nied Mrs. Stillman s application to be appointed general guardian of the boys. " The decision was a score for Mrs. Stillman, since she. already has the custody of the children by virtue of an order issued last May bv Su preme Court Justice Morschauser. Justice Morschauser stipulated that the children should choose to live with their father or mother until Referee Daniel G. Gleason rendered a decision in the divorce suit Both "Bud" and Alexander elected to stand by their mother, be ing joined two months ago bv Anne Stillman, now studying in Paris. Aurora Rotary Club to Work for Dairy Industry Aurora. Neh . Vnv 11 KnwUI The Aurora Rotary club discussed me vaiue ot dairying m Hamilton county and is making arrangements to push the development of the in dustry here. Homer N. Otto, who has just returned from a trip to the dairy country in Wisconsin, where he purchased 116 head of high grade Holstein cows for Hall and Hamilton county farmers, declared that even the poor -lands of Wiscon sin have been made wonderfully pro ductive bv dairying. A. W. Hickman and T. E. Williams, who have re cently been in Wisconsin, also spoke strongly in favor of pushing the de-l velopment of dairying in Hamilton county. This h Tag Day Here I For Salvation Army ' Salvation Army tag day comes to day. It will be conducted by Mrs. Charles J. Hubbard, secretary of the Omaha advisory board. About $36, 100 is needed, $6,500 having been already obtained through a campaign. 20,000 Visitors At Columbus for Armistice Day American Legion Celebration Draws Huge Crowds Athletic Program Given City's Guests. By EDWARD BLACK. Columbus, Neb., Nov. 11. (Spe cial Telegram.) There would be no Armistice Day if it had not been for the boys over there, was the spirit reflected in this prosperous and en terprising seat of Platte county. Six thousand inhabitants of Columbus and thousands of others from sur rounding towns capitulated early this morning to Hartman Post No. 84, the local branch of the American Legion. This eleventh day of the eleventh month5 is comparable in Co lumbus history' only to the events which marked this day and date three years ago. The legionaires ar ranged 'the celebration and every one fell in witrr fine spirit. Band con certs throughout the day, a wrestling program in the afternoon and a program- of boxing bouts in the evening epitomize the main features of the day. In accordance with the proclama tion of the president bells were rung at 11 when everyone paused to re flect on the significance of the oc casion; Silent Prayer. In this two-minute interval all en gaged in silent supplication to God for those valorous lives given in the cause of our country, and prayed for the blessings of God on our beloved country. ; The' first regimental band, Nebras ka National guards, of York, gave a morning , concert in Frankfort park. The Humphrey band was here and the Columbus band joined in the mu sical jubilee. The Columbus band opened the new $6,000 stand Thurs day night. This stand is one of the civic improvements Columbus is ac complishing. Dr. F. H. Morrow served as chair man of the executive committee in charge of the celebration, assisted by Dr. XV. R. Neumarker and A. J. Phillips, Ben Teller was chairman of the activities committee. Jacob Glur is commander of the American Legion post, and H. H. Hanh is ad jutant. Heroes Are Remembered. ' Hartman post was named in memory of George and Lester Hart man, natives of Columbus, who lost their lives on the Alanley during (Turn to Page Two. Column Seven.) New York Man, 99, Befieved To Be Oldest Civil War Vet Geneva, N. Y.. Nov. 11. Samuel T. Lawrence of Rochester doubtless is one of the oldest, if not the oldest living civil war veteran. He is 99 and served from 1861 to 1865 in the union forces. This old veteran an nually attends the reunions of his regiments, the 15th and 50th, Army of the Potomac He recently at tended the 51st annual reunion held in this citv. The Weather Forecast. Saturday, fair and warmer. Hanrlx Trmperatnre. B n. m. t a. m IS i t a. i IS a. m. ..t a. m I 1 . m. t a. m. 9. m. .". p. m. 7 p. m. P. m. M I a. m ?7 II a. m. tn IX aooa ........S I Unknown Honored by Home Land Body of Nameless War Jlero Who Gave All for Liberty Laid to Reet in Arlington. All WorldJV Tribute By XIRKE L. SIMPSON. - ! Ilr The Annotated Freu. Washington, .Nov. 11. Under tin wide and starry skies of his own home land, America's unknown dead from France sleeps tonight, a sol dier home from the wars. Alone he lies in the narrow cell of stone that guards his body; bu his soul has entered into the spiriC that is America. Wherever liberty is held close in men's hearts, th honoP and the glory and the pledge of high endeavor poured over this nameless one of fame, will be told and sung by Americans for all time, Scrolled across the marble arch of the memorial raised to American soldier and sailor dead everywhere, which stands like a monument be hind Jiis tomb, runs this legend. "W here highly resolve that these dead shall, not have died in vain." The words were spoken by tin martyred Lincoln, over the dead al Gettysburg. And today, with voics strong with determination and ring ing with deep emotion, another president echoed that high resolve over the coffin of the soldier who died for the flag in France. Great Men to Discuss Peace. Great men in the world's affairs heard that high purpose reiterated by the man who stands at the head of the American people. Tomorrow they will gather in tlje city that stands almost in the shadow of the new American shrine of liberty ded icated today. They will talk of peace; of the curbing of the havoc of war. They will speak of the war in France that robbed this soldier of life and name and brought death to comrades of all nations by the hundreds of thousands. Aad in their ears, when they meet, must ring ' President Harding's declaration to day beside that flag-draped, honor. laden bier: "There must be. there shall te. the commanding voice of a con scious civilization against armed warfare." : Far across the seas other unknown dead, .hallowed in memory by their countrymen as ; this' America! sol dier is enshrined in the heart of America, sleep their last. He in whose veins ran the blood of British fore bears, lies beneath a great stone in ancient Westminster Abbey; he of France beneath the Arc de Trir umphe, and he of Italy under the Altar of the Fatherland in Rome. And it seemed today that they, too. must be here among the Po tomac hills to greet an American comrade come to join their glorious company, to testify their approval of the high words of hope, spoken by America's president. Nation Honors Hero. All day long the nation poured out its heart in pride and glory for the nameless American. Before the first crash of the minute guns roared its knell for the dead from the shadow of Washington monument, the people who claim him as their own were trooping out to do him (Tarn to Page Two. Column One.) (Text of President Harding's ad dress at burial of America's un known dead soldier will be found on Page Five.) Cleveland Creamery, Believed Fired, Bums Cleveland, O.. Nov. 11. The' evaporation plant of the Telling Bell-Vernon company at Welling ton, was completely destroyed, with an estimated loss of $100,000. early today by what officials say was an ' incendiary fire. Piles of waste saturated with oil and gasoline; the presence of an automobile load of strange 'men in the village and cut telephone wires are the basis for the assertion that the plant was deliberately set on fire Destruction of the plant will have no effiect on the status of the strike here of approximately 800 milk wag on drivers employed by the Telling company, officials announced. They said they would double, the number of wagons sent out for house to house milk delivery during the day. Live Stock Producers Adopt Co-Operative Marketing Plan Chicago, Nov. 11. Live stock producers gathered here today adopted a plan for a national co operative marketing system, pre pared by a committee of 15 appoint ed by J. R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau federa tion. "The plan," Mr. Howard said, "sets up farmer-owned and controlled live stock commission houses at the stock yards; provides a plan for or derly . marketing, so as to prevent gluts on the market and the con sequent sharp declines in price, and represents -the natural development of the co-operative live stock ship ping association movement." Modern "Pied Piper" Hired To Rid Country of Rodents Chicago, Nov. 11. E. J. Seaver, "pied piper" of Beloit, Wis., was hired for $600 to rid McHenrr county, Illinois, of rats. Mr. Seaver, wno nurriea to me county seat. oodstock, immediately upon re- jving his commission, wouldn't .." expofe his rat extermination mctb "" m ods. -Leave it to me," he Said, "but "IIl.ul don't ask me bow I do iu"