Reavis Tells Elks
Heart of Race
i Remains Sound
Congressman, in Address at
Memorial Services Urgei
Hearers to Cling to Old
Fashioned Beliefs.
One f the thought! expressed by
C. Frnk Reavis of Falls City, Neb.,
, at the Elks' annual memorial services
vin th Orpheum theater Sunday,
was that beneath the surface
of present-day events, the heart
of the race remains found.
. "I am verv triad to believe we have
tint lost our ideals of life." said tho
speaker, who represents the second
Nebraska district in congress. "We
are all right if we but cling: to the
fundamentals and to the oid-tasmon-kd
beliefs of our fathers."
The services were under the direc-
tion of Omaha Lodge No. 39. Since
the local lodge was instituted, Feb
ruary 7, 1886, there have been en
rolled the names of 340 to the list
of "Our Absent Brothers." This list
includes the names of the following
who died during the year ending yes
terday: .
Ray P. McWhinney, Patrick C.
Heafey. Lysle I. Abbott, Floyd E.
C'riss. Frank T. Ransom, Richard B.
IJIythe. Luther prake, Thomas M.
Orr, Ed Johnston, Joseph J. Howard,
Fdward F. Pope, Charles E. Furay,
YiIIiam C. Euskirk, George M.
Kntriken, Jerry A, YVhalen, Wilson
D. Dennett, Edward H. Stanley,
Arthur E. Wilson, WiHis 5. Jenkins,
Edwin L. Lewis. Cassius M. Coch
ran, William C. Jfeyden, Anton
Vanous, John M. Daughcrty, Thom
as CaWll. Herbert M. Puffer, J.
Edward George, Arthur F. Graham,
Louis J. Piatti, Oscar R. Pomm,
Clarence E. Pefflcy, ,
Testifies to "Life Beyond."
' Congressman Reavis, who Is a
member of Falls City lodge of Elks
No. 963, Impressed a large audience
with his address. He asserted that
the ceremony of which he was a
part testified to his belief that there
is another life beyond this sphere of
mundane activity.
"The most passionate hope the race
can hold is that of an everlasting
life," he said. He referred in ten
der words to President Harding's
participation in the ceremonies at
Arlington cemetery on November 11
and he also referred to the leader
of the nation as a man of God.
The memorial program was open
ed with a prelude by the West Sis
ters String quartet, followed by for
mal ceremonies in which Walter C.
Nelson, exalted ruler, and officers
of the lodge participated. F. A. Mc
Cormick offered the invocation. Min
na Weber-Steel sang "How Beau
tiful Upon the Mountain." Secre
tary Otto Nielsen read the roll of
absent brothers.
Observe Altar Service,
t The altar service of the lodge was
observed by the chair officers and
the esquire. Henry G. Cox rendered
a- violin solo, Frank E. Sheehan
iead brief biographical references to
this year's list of absent brothers,
"Morning and Evening" was sung
by Hazel Smith-Eldridge. "The
acant Chair" and "Andante" were
offered byhe West sisters. Charles
R. Dpcherty recited "Thanatofsis."
Lawrence Dodds and Marcus Niel
sen sang a duet. "Auld Lang Syne,"
by the audience closed the program,
Cecil Berryman was accompanist.
Members of yesterday's memorial
committee were Gus A. Renze, Ray
" mond G. ' Young . and Henry W.
Punn. -
Banks to Take Stock
In Farmers' Aid Body
1 . . , '
Alliance, Neb., Dec 4. (Special.)
The First National bank and the
! First State bank of Alliance, togeth
er with the First State and the Farm
ers State of Hemingford, the State
"bank of Seneca and the 1 State (bank
of Lakeside, have voted to take stock
in the newly-formed Nebraska Agri
cultural Finance corporation in order
'to obtain Joans for stockmen and
farmers of this territory. Their ac
; tion was taken at a meeting here of
' 14 bank representatives from nine
, banks of western Nebraska.
The bankers also decided to organ
. he a bankers' association which will
i include the bankers as far east as
; Seneca, west to the state line and
all of the Platte valley towns. Air
' organization meeting will be held
here December IS.
. Charles jlrittan, vice president of
the First State bank of Alliance, has
wired Chairman Thomas of the Ne
- braska Agricultural corporation,
asking that a representative live stock
man from this territory be given a
place on the corporation's advisory
committee.
Southern Colleges
Form Conference
- Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 4. The South
ern intercollegiate conference, com
posed of 14 universities and colleges
, from Maryland to' Mississippi, was
organized Saturday and beginning
' with January 1, will govern the ath--.
letic relations of the member insti
tutions. Institutions in the conference are:
Alabama, Auburn, Georgia Tech.,
I Kentucky State, Maryland, Mississr
iippi A. and M., North Carolina,
North Carolina State, Tennessee,
Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute and Washington and Lee.
Personal Tax Collections
Improve in Jefferson Countv
? Fairbury, Neb., Dec. 4. (Spc
i cial.) The treasurer of Jefferson
county collected $62,000 personal
I taxes in November as against
f $45,000 in November last year. Oi
Jthis amount $12,000 has been remit
jfted to the state treasurer.
Gets New Position
" Lodgepole, Neb., Dec. 4. (Spe-
ciaL) Miss Helen Woolridge, Sid
7 rtey, formerly assistant caehier of the
C Cheyenne County bank, of this
place, has been appointed to a posi-
tion in the office cf the Wyoming
Lire Stock Growers association.
Ths Bee Want Ads are the best
Easiness Booster.
American Seedling Trees Already
Healing Battle Scarred Europe
Future Forests Will Stand as Monument to Partner
ship of United States and France .l c,,,.
In World War. . ;&Vj&
Washington, Dec. 4. American
seedlings, fast growing into mighty
tree;, already are beginning to heal
the war-scarred areas of Europe.
Not only are they being nurtured
in France and Belgium but also in
Great Britain and in Ireland.
The French ministry has ordered
that the seedlings shall be located in
places readily accessible to main
traveled roads and, if possible, near
well-known sites "with the view that
such future forests shall remain as
a monument to, the partnership of
France and America in the great
war." The same sentiment also pre
vails in Great Britain which actually
lost more forest eover than any
ether country by the sudden de
mands of war for materials. In Bel
gium, in the once beautiful Ardennes,
where the German ax left nothing
standing, the beautiful American
Douglass fir is lifting its head.
Arthur Newton Pack of Prince
ton, N. J., has just made a report
to the American Forestry associa
tion, which supplied the seedlings,
after a three months' inspection of
the plantings. He reports the trees
everywhere are regarded as growing
monuments to cordial relations be
tween the allies in the great war.
Huge Job Ahead.
Pack's report shows that the seed
lings have been planted along the
Chemin des Dames, around Lille.
Valenciennes and Hirson t the
doors of reviving: industry; in the
forest of Saint Gobain and around
the ruins of the famous Coqey-le-
Chateau: m ths Forest of Mormal,
where in a 25,000. acre forest of pine
and beech, the German ax left noth
ing but the smallest saplings; in the
Adennes mountains bordering the
old duchy of Luxembourg; in Coun
ty Tyrone, Ireland, where the best
nursery showing of any planted by
the British Forestry commission has
been made and along the Caledonian
canal in Scotland known to all the
American navy because it was there
the American submarine ; chasers
were mobilized. : , . ' . :
The magnitude of the work ahead
is shown in the report which brines
out that Great Britain's program
calls lor 14,000 pounds of Seed a
year, while France needs an equal
amount and because of the summer
drought, Belgium needs almost as
much.
One of the first areas where the
seedlings were placed by the French
government is alone the Chemin des
Pames, where the glory . of . the
American doughboy is forever en
shrined. So awful was the artillery
fire that hardly a charred stump re
mains of the once thick forest along
the slopes. But now row on row
like the popies of - Flanders the
seedlings carpet the slopes once
gouged and torn by the battle wheel.
America's trees, too, will be found
taking the place of their comrades
who tell in the forest of saint jo-
bain and around the ruins of the
famous Goucy-le-Chateau, dynamited
Happiness Hangs on
"Yes" of Omaha Girl
: (Continued from Page One.)
where she was sent ' following her
arrest for picketing the White
House.
It was Malone who came to the
rescue of the fair "suff'in distress
and thereby earned her enduring
gratitude.
Mr. Malone refused to make a
statement concerning either his al
leeed engagement to the beautiful
young; leader of feminine progress,
or the divorce which the former Miss
Mary O'Gorman, daughter of ex-
Senator James O'Gorman, obtained
from him m Fans last summer, ihe
divorce has been kept secret six
months.
When questioned, Miss Stevens,
who lives in an apartment at the
edge of the Greenwich village district
said:
"You had better ask Mr. Malone
about that.".,
Mr, . Malone telephoned from his
suite at the .Yanderbilt hotel that
ho wished the rumor denied "flatly.
He added: 'Anyway, jf I were going
to marry Miss Stevens, I would not
announce the fact over the tele
phone."
Just Back from Europe.
Miss Stevens returned only five
weeks ago, after a year abroad with
Mrs. Belmont, Besides a long
steamer letter, her mother's only
word since then was a Thanksgiving
telegram received from Groton, K.
Y.. last week.
.- "I'm busy hunting an apartment
and I may study law to defend
women's cases," she told her mother.
But in the meantime, the romantic
friendship between her and the per
sistent Malone was growing by leaps
and bounds, according to New York
dispatches. '
Mr, Malone "knows he'll have a
hard time to persuade Doris, ac
cording to the mother. "Doris says
so many of her married friends envy
her because pf her freedom, so she
doesn t want to hurry into marriage.
He is only slightly older, possibly
a year, than her daughter, who ad
mits she is 34, but who looks less
than 24, and he has an annual income
of $60,000, " according to Mrs.
Stevens. He was attorney in divorce
actions for many prominent moving
picture folk of late.
Mrs. Stevens met Malone on her
trip cast a year ago.
Away Long Time,
Miss Stevens has not been home
for any extended visit for several
years. On one occasion she ad
dressed a farhionable assemblage of
local suffragists at the home of
Madame and Miss Arabella KimbalL
She is an Omaha-bred girl, a grad
uate of Central High school and at
tended Oberlin college. She taught
Latin in a Montana hgih school be
fore identifying herself with the Con
gressional union, a militant wing of
the woman's suffrage party before
the luffrage amendment was passed.
In . appearance she is tall and
graceful, with a fresh, girlish com
pletion and masses ef golden hair,
which she wears in two thick strands
by the retreating Germans.
"To the north the Germany army
cut every stick of available timber
for its own use," says the report. "Jn
the forest of Mormal stood acres of
beautiful pine and beech forest, of
which nothing remains today except
the stumps. So vast an undertaking
Is inrolved in replanting everywhere
at once that here the French have
adopted a somewhat differeut sys
tern clearing and spading up only i
little circle here and there wherein
our seed has been sown directly with
out the intermediate nursery state,
Thf lo nuv be heavier, but the
labor of reforestation should be
liahtened.
"In a tiny woodland in the Mormal
forest somehow neglected by the
German army is a sign erected by the
New York Bird society and scores
of bird houses and feeding stations
testify to the manner in which these
Americans are striving to sow seeds
of international good will.
"Both France and Belgium are
greatly pleased with our American
Pouglaj fir, which with UJ is found
in the greatest abundance on the
northern Pacific coast," the report
continues. "M. Crahay, who has for
jome years been the very active head
of forestry in Belgium, is a great be
liever in this tree, which will go far
to meet the serious proDienii or ai-
' "About 100 pounds of American
seed were allocated by the British
Forestry commission to the inter
esting work of affocstation along
the route Ot the uaieaoman canai m
Scotland. - From the point of view
of sentiment, few better places could
have been found than this, since that
canal was the route by which a large
number of American submarine chas
ers were rnoDinzea at win, ennw w
the Irish sea or the North sea. Al
most within sight of one of these
future American tree plantations lie
today, row upon row ot chasers, now
the property of the British govern
ment and awaiting' sale or demolition.
"Douglas fir is being planted in
almost every section of the British
Isles, but by far the larger portion
of the seeds which come front the
American Forestry association were
dispatched by the commission to
Ireland. These were planted in nur
spripc ill Countv Tvrone about 18
months aszo. and have shown a sur-
prisingly rapid and healthy growth.
It is in fact one of the very best
nursery showings that may be seen
anywhere, and the local 'foresters
may well be proud tnereot. v.-;.
"Great Britain's i present planting
nrocram calls for not Jess than 14,-
UUUpounds ot seed per annum, r ranee
can hardly do with a smaller amount,
while the-loss through drouth has
made it equally necessary for little
Belgium to acquire large additional
suoolies. Nearly every accessible
tree-growing country in the world
will hv tn furnish its share: Ger
many, .Austria, Holland, Poland, Ser
bia, Itelv, Corsica, japan, ana last,
but not least, the United States and
Canada. vi
r-rr-
wound 'aSt-und her head.'1"
Her poise and the wealth of her
oolitical exoerience whik lobbvinz in
Washington, especially for o young
a woman, won her numerous admir
ers on that occasion.
Second ' Meeting May '
Follow Conference
(Contn.uKl Tram Tag One.)
for its industry and effort in Russia.
Examination of the world finan
cial troubles reveals that they all
can be traced back to Russia's elimi
nation. Owing to its depreciated
currency, Germany cannot "dump"
the products in France and, England
as reparations without wrecking in
dustries in those countries. Russia
is its only field to earn the amount
of the war indemnity;it has agreed
to pay. But it cannot earn it in
chaotic Russia. It must reorganize
the country for the Soviets and re
build its old markets.
France can not pay even the in.
tcrest on its debt to the United States
unless it receives what Russia owes
it and what Germany has promised
as reparations. Britain cannot pay
its indebtedness to the United States
until it re-established its old volume
of trade with Germany and Russia.
" Negotiating for Railway.
Already atr. Anglo-French group
is. negotiating with Moscow for the
concession to rehabilitate and optr.
ate the Transsiberian railway.
Double tracking all the way is en
visaged and grading for the second
track had been practically completed
when the war broke out in J914.
Rails and other , material were
dumped in Vladivostok in J915 and
1916 and double tracking proceed
ed rapidly up to the time of the
Russian revolution.
The Anglo-French capitalists be
lieve that the Transsiberian rail
way w-ould pay handsome dividends
hauling munitions and 'supplies to
the far east in event of war in the
Pacific.
No naval superiority could block
ade Japan entirely and 'cut it off
from the- mainland of Asia. The Ja
pan sea would always be kept open
for the line of communication reach
ing to Europe's markets. ,
Russia Could Close Door.
That is, if Russia were willing.
Kussia could cut the transsiberian
railway and thus close the last door
to Japan it the island empire were
blockaded in the Pacific.
A friendly Russia would give the
United States an exceedingly valua
ble counterweight to the Anglo-Japanese
"interests' in the Pacific,
which would remain even if the al
liance were formally abrogated, it is
believed.
A friendly Russia would give the
United States a rail communication
across Europe ami Asia with friendly
China and tnence on the coal depos
its in the French colony of Indo
China and the naval base at Saigon,
if necessary.
The United States could do much,
it is said, to bring about amicable and
co-operative relations between Rus
sia and China for mutual protection
to the Asiatic empires to the Pa
c'fic sea power, which they regard
as their common and logical enemy.
TUB BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1921.
Strikers to
Stand Firm
-
Until End
1,500 Packing Home Work
ers G'vro Anurance They
ill Remain Out Until ,
Victor iou i.
J ' tCitlal From Tt 0.)
Bjpi't give them anything to do. We
ill know ' how policemen hate to
work. Don t resort to the stone ago
system of hitting a man on the head
to make him understand the situa
tion, . Reason with him." :
v Scoffs at Threat on Jobs,
'president Davis scoffed it the
idea that those who went on t-trikes
would "lose their jobs," It has
never worked out that way, he said.
He warned the workers of the possi
bility of the state militia and even
federal troops being called in, should
there be ' any violence. But even
though they are called in, it doesn't
mean the strike is loit, he said. The
workers also were warned not to
create a situation that would give a
judge cause to enjoin them.
"We want you all on the picket
lines," said President Davis. "Don't
form in bunches, walk in ones and
twos, and keep moving."
President Davja called on every
one who is "going out and will stay
out until the strike is won in-all
parts of the country," to rauj their
hands, Practically every hand in
the crowd was- raised.
The workers applauded when
President Davis told them Kansas
packing house workers had "told
the Kansas industrial court to go
to hell." Davis read a letter calling
the strike and signed bv C. J. Hayes,
president; Patrick E. Gorman, vice
president, and Dennis Lane, secre
tary, all international officers in tho
meat cutters' organisation. These of
ficers will visit Omaha during the
course of the strike, Davis said.
Refused Arbitration.
"We wanted to arbitrate and were
refused. Jt isn't necessary for the
packers to cut our wages. We got
the sentiment of the workers all over
the country. They favored a strike
and a strike has been called," con
cluded Davis,
Frank Laucr, chairman or the
Strike committee, presided. B. F. Bal
lard, district president of the carpen
ters' union, was another speaker at
the mass meeting yesterday after
noon. He fold the workers that the
carpenters in the packing plants
would all quit, and that if they do
not quit, "they'll be pulled out or
expelled from their union."
President Davis said after the
meeting that his organization hoped
to get .assistance shortly irom the
American Federation of Labor.
The wage reductions, effective
November 28, which leaders say
have precipitated the strike, are as
follows: '
For piece workers, 8 per cent.
Unskilled labor, getting 45 cent?
an hour, or less, 7 1-2 cents.
Semi-skilled labor, getting 4o and
5Q cents as hour', 5 cents.;
Skilled labor, getting over 50 cents
an hour, j$ cents.";-.
Limitation of Navy Force9
Not Enough, Gompers Says
Washington, Dec. 4. (By The
Associated Press.) Samuel Gomp
ers, discussing the arms conference
in a statement tonight, declared, a
naval, agreement would be "a mag
nificent achievement, but u the con
ference stops there it cannot be said
to have succeeded.
Mr. Gompers said that every per
son who sincerely looks for an end
of war? must hope with the deepest
fervor that the conference will go
beyond naval limitation and, strike
hard and true at the causes of war."
To destroy 66 ships and to fail on
the far eastern and Pacific problem,"
he asserted, " would be a - transient
victory in the shadow of disaster.
The conference must go on to the
deeper questions."
52 Blocks of Paving
Laid in Record Time
Nebraska Citv. Dec, 4. (Special.)
The Able Constructipn company of
Lincoln has just completed a 52
block brick paving contract in this
city, the entire job being completed
90 days after the contract was let.
Many idle men were given employ
ment. -
The Bee Want Ads are the best
Business Boosters.
Don't Laugh,
I know this is an unusual personal request, but;
I need help arvd take this means of asking
- ... ...
I am a young man about to be married.
I have known and kept company with my
fiancee for quite awhile, and, and if I do say so
myself, I have never seen a more congenial pair..
But I hesitate to take this step, for fear
that after marriage my happiness may not last.
I say this after having observed the news
papers of late, and taking note of the many di
vorces and how easy they are to obtain. e
Then again I have so many married people
as my friends, and while publicly together they
all seem most happy, yet I know from having '
known most of them intimately in their homes
.that they are far from happy.
NOW I WANT- TO GET MARRIED, BUT
I WANT TO BE HAPPY. .. ...
. .Will you help me out with your advice?
Any information you can give me will be
appreciated. - '
" I don't care if you sign your name or not.
. "Address me W. R., care of this paper.'-"
Arbuckle Jury is
Dismissed by Court
'", Uwtllaued Tnm Tu Om)
you cm come to a verdict conscien
iinnilv I dekire vou to do so."
II then asked each Juror for an
opinion on the matter of continued
balloting and each aniwercu em
phatically that it would be impos
ihlft t.i rarh verdict.
The members of the iury refused
to make statements of any kind be
fore leaving the building. After re
porting to the court the were
escorted to a side street by deputy
sheriffs and taken to their homes in
aiitnmnhilri. Fritze let it be known
later, however, that he expected to
make a statement, according to
Gavin McNab, chief defence counsel,
"While this, througii uic tecum
nUiin rf ilia law. is not a legal ac
quittal, morally it is such," Afburkle
said in discussing the jury's inability
to agree.
Arbuckle was charged with haying
inflicted a fatal injury on Miss vir
tinia Ranne. a motion picture ac
tress, during 3 party in Ins rooms in
the Hotel St. Francis on the after
noon of fceptember 5.
"The nndisnuted and uncontradict
m, iftlimnnv established that my
only connection with this sad affair
was one ot a mcrcuui scrvnc auu
the fact that ordinary human kind
ness should have brought upon me
i, inirrHv ha seemed a cruet
wrong," his statement continued. I
have sought to bring joy and glad
ness and merriment into the world
and why this . great mistortune
should have fallen upon me is a mys
tery that only God can, and will
some day reveal.
raltn tn f eopie. .
After matin that he rested lus
cause, "In divine justice and th,
rnnAHmra of the fairness of the
American people," Arbuckle con
cluded with the declaration that "No
act of mine ever has, and I promise
that no act of mine ever shall, cause
them to regret their faith in me.'
, Arbuckle's defense was that he
was assisting Miss Rappe through a
period of illness, caused, according
to defense contentions, by an inter
nal disorder, at the time he is al
leged by the prosecution to have
injured her. The prosecution held
that the injury resulted from an at
tempt by Arbuckle to attack the
actress.
The big crowds which had marked
the trial from the time that jury
selection was completed, clung to
the court room despite jury deliber
ations that extended far into the
flight. The court room was filled
when the jury was summoned.
The crowd was so dense at one
period of the jury deliberation that
it was necessary to place a barricade
before the door that leads from the
court room into the jury room. Later
the jurors were taken to another
room, the court officials explaining
that it was "because of the crowds."
There . were -no outstanding fea
tures to mark the deliberations other
than their length, the activities of he
crowds and the illness of Miss Louise
E. Winterburn, one of the women
jurors, who suffered a slight unex.
plained; attack last night- ,.
. Foreman Makes Statement.
There were two jurors who voted
for conviction, according to Fritze.
Hi statement follows::- ; ,i t-.i,: :
,,'T, make this statement as a . duty
io the public. ...
"There was a. tacit understanding
that the members of the jury would
not make individual statements. ,- I
have learned since that a number
of the jury have, however, done so,
and I believe, as foreman, that it is
well for those interested in the ad
ministration of justice that the citi
zens of San Francisco should . have
facts. : .. r :
. "The 10 members of the jury who
voted on the last ballot for acquittal,
felt that they voted On the evidence,
fully considering it all. One of the
two minority refused to consider the
evidence from the beginning and
said, at the opening pf the proceed
ings, that she would cast her ballot
and would not change it 'until hell
froze over. The other was fluctuat
ing, sometimes casting 3 blank bal
lot, sometimes voting for the defense
and sometimes voting for the prose
cution.' ' '.''.
"Considering' all the evidence, it
seemed, to us that the prosecution's
case was an insult to the intelligence,
of the jury, It asked us to substi
tute conjecture for facts without
showing what had been done, and
asked us to guess what might have
been done and to guess only one
way,
"Human liberty and American
rights should depend, not upon
guesses of anybody, but upon evi
dence. . .
"AUGUST FRITZE."
K
Please!!!
Douglas Motors
Will Specialize
. On Speed Wagon
New,. Officer! Klfcted and
- Plans Made to Refinance
Corporation Discontinue
Making PleaMirc Cars.
Thomas A. Fry of the United
Slate National bank was elected
president of the Douglas : Motors
corporation it a meeting of the board
of direcron. held in the plant.
(', II. John, formerly plunt man.
ger of the Olds Motor works truck
division, a subsidiary plant of the
uencral) Motors corporation, l-ans
ing," Mich., was elected ylce prcsi
dent and general manager.
Banker Named Secretary.
William Nixon of Weston, Neb.
banker, was elected secretary.
1'lans have been formulated by
the board of directors to refinance
the company, l'lans call for devoting
all elforts on the maiiulaeture ot a
one-ton speed wagon, eliminating
the manufacture of passenger can
indefinitely, it was stated.
According to a statement made
by Mr. Johns, an order has been
received by the company for nine
trucks, valued at approMinateiy ?ij,
000. Mr. Johns also stated that in
the near future the plant capacity
would be 1U trucks daily. . .
Finances Not Problem.
The new organization will be in
a position to finance the company
and continue operation through the
present business depression, Mr.
Johns predicted. , .
UUetting rumors current mat tne
Douglas Motors corporation was fi
nancially emparrassea, Air. jonns
stated the company was far from
that arid is in much better condi
tion after the nine months' period
of business depression than many
firms supposed to be in good shape
financially.
Head of Iowa Packing ,
Firm Dies Suddenly
Ottumwa, la:. Dec. 4. T. H. Mor-
rell, president of the beef and pork
packing establishment of John Mor
rell & Vo. here, was found
dead in bed today, apparently the
result of apoplexy.
He had been in poor .health sev
eral months and was slightly ill last
night, but seemed to improve. He
fell asleep shortly before daylight,
and expired within 'an hour. He
was born in England about 50 years
ago, but lias lived in America most
of his life. - Dunni? the war he was
a member of the Iowa state coun
cil of defense.
Swift Company
Plant Employment
Situation
I "Our employes, through Plant As-
seniblies consisting of an equal num
ber of representatives elected by the
; employes and appointed by the man
agement, thoroughly considered a
readjustment of wage rates.
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CJ "More than seventy-five per cent of
the elected employes' representatives
at all plants voted either favorably
upon the readjustment or to leave
. matter to the management.
J "Union officials, however, represent
ing only a small minority of our em-,
. ployes have called a strike.
. CJ "Applicants for any vacancies which
: may. occur on Monday, December
. 5th, should apply to our. local plant
. employment office." ; ; v
Swift G o m p a ny
Man .Wipes Small Ohio
' Removal of If 'ifd uiul 15
CVu'Wren Spells Doom
Village Off the Map
Lancaster, . O., Dec. 4. George
I'raiurc, who moved his wife and M
children from 1 locking county to
North Berne, two years ago, ootih.
ling the population and causing the
census enumerator to ciunae it irom
a hamlet to a village, 'today wiped
the place off t!ie map again by mov
ing away.
Fraiure operated a general stora
and was mayor and postmaster, Ow.
ing to the removal of hi family,
North Berne will receive it mail
Lv rural delivery. ' ' i ' -
Petitions are being filed for
Fraiure's return. .'
Estate of Mrs. Gould
All Left to Children
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Ihlrsxo Trlhune-Omah U Wire.
Toms River, Ni J., Dee. 4. The
entire residuary estate of Mrs. Edith
Kingdon uouid, wiio died at lier
country home at l.akewood, three
weeks ago, is left in equal parts to
her children and their issue after the
death of their father, George J.
Gould, according to the terms of the
will filed for probate in the ucean
county surrogate s oincc. .
' The value of the estate is not in
dirated.
Each of Mrs. Goulds dauchters.
Vivien Gould Uccies (Lady .Dcctes),
Marjorie Gwynne Gould Drexcl,
Kditlt Gould Wainwright, Gloria
Gould and Jay Gould's daughter,
Edith Kinedon Gould, is to select in
the order named, a jewel from Mrs,
Gould s collection as a keepsake.
One Dead, One Missing
In. Yacht Explosion
Fensacola, Fla., Dec. 4. One man
is dead, one missincr and two serious
ly injured as a result of an explo
sion last night on board thq yacht
Glendoveer of New Orleans, accord
ing to advices received here. Thy
explosion occurred when the boat
was oti bt. Andrews, the injured being
taken to Panama City, The Glen
doveer was burned to the water's
edge.
Nebraska City-to be
' Host to 200 Hi-Y Hoys
Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 4. (Spe
cial.) Nebraska City will be host,
December' 9 to 11, to about 200 Hi-Y
boys from all parts of southeastern
Nebraska. The program has been
prepared and is an elaborate one.
The Chamber of Commerce will ten
der a banquet to the delegates Fri
day night. .
Benefit Concert
Planiieilto Boost
Boys' Home Fund
: : ..rr
Tom Egan, Irish Tenor, to
Mako , Tint.. Appearance
Iff re in Connection
Willi Event.
Tickets will be mailed out lody
for the benefit concert December ,
for the benefit of Father FlanaRau'i
Hoys' home,, at, whlcji time Tom
Euan, well known Irish tenor, will
nuke his 'first appearance hepe. The
concert ill be given at the Audi
torium. " '
F.gan' program will include Gaelic
songs. He will am"r here through
arrangements made by Ciene Melady
of Omaha, a friend,
"1 sent l'.Ran a clipping from an
Omaha newspaper, tellum of the
boys' ' home, and he became very
much interested, as he likes to helji
homeless boys." said Mr. Melady.
"He wrote' to me, aMng me to ar
range the concert."
Tickets are being sold at the pop
ular price of $1, $1.50 and $2. The
money will be used for the mainte
nance of the home.
Nine Hundred Troops
Leave Rhine for U. S.
Lohcnz. Dec. uy .v j .i
nr. . I I -1 j
in me Tunc ui hu(ciiici uu mi
Klim,c, an old ucrman want pia
ntlA A iii.,i,-in Immftu'-irrl Itiini
I A 1 I L. . 1 -H. V. .
inr nniwcru. i iic idiuuu?
nearby resorts popular witn the sol
diers.
The soldiers vessel will carry tlie
bodies of 500 Americans from
France and several car loads of
Christmas presents from soldiers to
those at home.
Eight hundred of the soldiers are
returning as casuals. They are ac
companied by 10 Jficcrs. Fifteen
general prisoners are with the party,
while a number of soldiers who
missed last week's train are under
guard. The passenger list 'also will
include IS soldiers' wives, who mar
ried the Americans in the Rhine
land. "
Barnes and Hutchison Leave
, On Exhibition Tour Dec, 15
New York, Dec. 4. Jim Karnes of
Pelhani, N. Y., American open golf
champion, and Jock Hutchison of
Chicago, holder of the British open
title, announced here that on De
cember 15, they would begin an ex
hibition tour that would carry them
over 10,000 miles.
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