THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1921.
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Small Banks Tail
To Respond to War
Loaii Board Offer
pinisMon May Force Farmer
To Organize Own Finance
Companies to Get Gov
ernment AM.
Unless more country bank of Xe
craska make use of the War Finance
corporation to tenure agricultural
credit, the farmeri tlicmsclvei wilt
liave to organize co-operative loan
companies, C. J. Osborn. president of
the Nebraska Farmeri' union, bat
r.formed officers of the gov;rnmcnt
loan agency. In conference vith
Senator C, II. Randall, F. W.
1 homas, and J. M. Mannigan in the
v offices of the state committee of the
I War Finance corporation, he in
I iornicd them that the farmers were
not seeking to go into the bankinu
business, but that at point where the
local banks fail to get credit for farm
operations, the farmers would have
to provide their own facilities for
Retting loans, lie showed many
pathetic letters from farmers who
said that they still were un.-.ble to
borrow money to carry on their busi
ness and thus prevent having to sell
immature stock or other products
on an unfavorable market.
373 Applications In.
The War Finance committee is
loans up to $1,000,000 a week through
county organizations of bankers and
loan companies. Thus far it ha
eceived 373 applications for a total
i 5f,476,000. In return Washine-
ton has atproved and ordired paid
103 applications amounting to
Jo ,09 1,000. Chairman Thomas put
in the mail yesterday recommenda
tion for loans amounting to ?30o,000.
In the last two days there have been
48 applications, amounting to
$-100,000.
Will Help Dairymen.
"The committee hopes that those
banks that have failed to do so will
avail themselves of the funds offered
by the War Finance corporation,"
said Mr. Thomas. "It is noticeable
. that advances now being made are
mainly in the central and eastern
parts of the state. The banks in
the cattle country of western Ne
braska are developing plans for local
cattle loan companies, or are turning
to the newly formed $500,000 loan
agency, the Nebraska Agricultural
Finance corporation, and it ought
not be long before these government
funds will be flowing to their
patrons."
Mr. Thomas and Mr. Flannigan at
tended a conference of the Dairy
Cow committee at the Chamber of
Commerce and announced that the
War Finance corporation would give
ell possible help to the dairy indus-
try and diversified farming.
Central City Celebrates
Opening State Aid Bridge
Central City, Neb., Dec. 20.
'(Special Telegram.) Despite the
tinusual cold prevailing Tuesday,
large crowds gathered., at Central
City to assist irr the celebration op-
ning the new state aid bridge span-
niiK the FJatte two miles due soutn
of this city. An extensive program
was given at the Auritortum with
T. C, Martin chairman. The Hon.
Theodore M. Osterman, Merrick
county representative, spoke on
bridge history. Hamilton county
was represented by County Attor
ney John Rheinhart. George Leon
ard, from the state department of
public works, also spoke. The early
history of Merrick county was re
lated bv Attorney Pat Heaton and
Robert Rice talked on the future de-
velopment of the county. Music was
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George H. Gay of Hastings acted as
entertainer. Picture shows, dances
and roller skating were conducted
free.
Citizens Protest Bond
In Silver Creek Murder
Lincoln, Dec. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) A dozen citizens of Silver
Creek called at the attorney gen
eral's office today to protest against
the release of John Maxwell and E.
P. Hill cn bail pending their trial
for the murder of Ben V. Cooley at
Silver Creek. Mason Wheeler, as
sistant attorney general, informed
them that bond releases on murder
charges were handled at the dis
- crerion of district judges and ad
y vised them to present their argu
ments to District Judges Post and
Button. '
Two Shaken Up in Tank
Explosion at Grand Island
Grand Island. Neb.. Dec. 20.
(Special Telegram.) The air tank
. in the Thomas Lane tire shop, near,
a busy street intersection here, ex
ploded today while being filled, and
Thomas Lane Peterson and William
Menefce, the former an employe and
the latter a patron, were severely
shaken up. Nearly all the windows
in the building were broken and
equipment was scattered everywhere,
several pieces of metal being hurled
through the boiler plate of the tank.
Budget Commissioner
For State Resigus Office
Lincoln. Dec. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) Sam II. Lcsh, state budget
, commissioner, today announced his
resignation to enter a construction
firm. Phil Bross. secretary of trade
and commerce, stated that if possi
ble he would handle the work in ad
dition to his other duties as one
means of cutting expenditures.
University Places Votes
Bible in Public Schools
Lincoln. Dee. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) The Board of Education
at University Place today voted to
install Bible study in the public
schools. Whether a student shall
take the Bible course is optional and
the instruction must be ronsec-
anan under rules adopted.
Report Relief Bill
Washington. Dec 20. The bouse
t,;it em iwi rwi tnr
Kussian relief, as recommended by
President Harding in his message
'o congress, was reported to the
J'nate vesterday without amendment.
Girls Hurt in Strike Barrage;
Street Cars and Autos Stoned
Street cart and automobiles in the
packing bouse strike district were
Moned early yesterday and several
person! were injured,
Agnes Englc, 19, 4317 South Twen-ty-fint
street, and Cretchen Sim
mom, tame address, clerks at the
Cudahy plant, were driving to work
in an automobile with Leonard Peter
son. At Twenty-ninth nd L
treets a crowd of men threw stones
and brickbats, smashing the wind
khield, fracturing Miss Engle'i right
arm and bruising Miss Simmons on
the body.
A street car was stoned at Twenty-fourth
and X streets, nearly every
window being broken. Patrolmen
C. Paulson and C. Olson, passengers
on a car that was attacked at Twenty-fourth
and K streets, chased the
crowd, firing their revolvers into the
air, but caught no one.
Pepper Barrage Reported.
A big crowd of pickets was gath
ered at the Q street entrance to the
Swift plant, including many women.
Some, it was reported, threw pepper
at workers going into the plant.
Brickbats were thrown at a
southbound crosstown car at Twenty-fourth
and K streets early this
morning. One of the missiles struck
John 11. Flynn, stock yards employe,
Martial Law in Strike Zone Is
Threatened by Chief Dempsey
Further violence or street fight- and Frank Laucr, union leaders,
ing in the packing house strike dis- sought .the chiefs advice on
r , e .i c-j .... lawful picketing,
tnct on the South Side may mean Chief 'Dcmpsey declared the lead
martial law, Chief of Police Demp- ers told him matters were running
sey told two representatives of the smoothly for the strikers so far. No
Butchers' and Meat Cutters' union complaints were made by Burns or
in conference at Central police sta- Laiier, Chief Dempsey declared,
tion yesterday. Commenting on spasmodic street
"Remember," warned Chief fights and brick-throwing in the
Dempsey, "you fellows nor the pub- strike zone. Chief Dempsey said:
lie at large don't want any military "That's bound to happen, but if it
men out there to keep, order." becomes serious I can't say what
He was talking to J. W. Burns action I'll take."
People of Ireland
To Vote Upon Pact
(Continued From Tage One.)
the minister of the fisheries in the
Irish government. Mr. Etchingham,
who is an old man, referred to "this
treaty of terror" and urged rejectio'i
even at the cost of renewed war. He
gained a laugh by declaring that
Lord Lasielles, who is to marry
Princess Mary, would be the first
governor general and would be
created the duke of Dublin.
The most powerful speech for the
treaty was made by Fionan Lynch of
South Kerry, one of the secretaries
of the plenipotentiaries, who. made
a reasonable argument for the treaty
and declared that the bones of the
dead were being rattled indecently in
the face of the country. As a fight
ing man himself, he declared that if
he were dead and had any choice he
would leave the decision to Collins,
Mulcahy, O'Sullivan and Beasley,
men with whom he had soldiered in
life and who are now all for the
treaty. During his speech he de
clared that he spoke for the people
of South Kerry and a woman shout
ed back at him, "No, no, never. She
was removed by the chief of the Irish
republican police.
Griffith and De Valera Clash.
At the end of the morning session
Sean T. O'Kclly, the Irish envoy to
Paris, put himself on record as be
ing against the treaty. There was an
incident at the end of the speaking
which illustrates how the bitterness
is growing between the factions. Mr.
O'Kelly moved a half hour secret
session, to begin in the afternoon,
to enable Cathal Brugha, the minister
of defense, to refute a statement. Mr.
Griffith protested, saying:,
"Are the Irish people to be fooled
all the time? He has had three days
of secret sessions to say all that he
needs to."
Eamon de Valera immediately
jumped to his feet, saying:
"It is unworthy for the other side
to suggest that we want secrecy. . I
am afraid that they have brought
more than the treaty back from
Downing street."
This caused an angry protest from
Mr. Griffith, but eventually Mr.
Brugha explained that he wanted to
reply to something said at the secret
session last week when the facts
were not available, and a half hour
was granted.
Paper Attacks De Valera.
A remarkable feature of the Irish
situation today was the recovery by
the Dublin newspapers of their in
dependence. Resenting Mr- Brugha's
threat of last night, the Freeman's
Journal today devoted its leading ed
itorial to an attack on Mr. De Val
era's policy of secrecy, a second to
a warning to Erskine Childers that
Ireland does not want an English
man's advice and a third to a direct
reply to the attack on newspapers.
Other newspapers also are taking
an independent stand. A few months
ago one Dublin newspaper which
criticised a Sinn Fein policy had 21,
000 pounds sterling (roughly $105.
000) worth of machinery smashed.
This changed attitude indicates that
the papers feel that they have the
public behind them.
Tax Slash Ordered
By Governor McKelvie
(Continued From Faga One.)
ported, and if it continued in the
future as in the past it will run
$000,000 in excess of the first year's
appropriations.
That looks bad on the surface."
said Bross, "but it must be borne
in mind that printing and organiza
tion at the first of the school year
are far in excess of the overhead
for the balance of the year."
Normal and university heads
demured at salary reductions at
first but acquiesced when the
financial suffering of farmers and
small home owners, and the reduc
tion of from 10 to 2S per cent in
other lines of labor revealed by
Governor McKelvie's economic in
quiry now under way at' Norfolk,
was pictured.
Governor McKelvie in discussing
the special s-cssiou r-"n:td he
didn't contemplate asking repeal of
3422 South Twenty-sixth street, in
flicting a scalp laceration,
Robert K. Hunter, chairman of
the strikers' publicity committee,
said yesterday that if the striker
hold out another week, arrangements
will be in such shape that they can
"stick" all winter. Financial help
will be received from other unions
and many strikers will get outside
employment temporarily, he said.
Business as Usual.
Killing operations at the Dig
Five" plants Monday were only lu
per cent below the November aver
age, according to Claude R. Orchard,
of Armours. Operations were prac
tically normal for this time of the
year, he said.
According to his statement, the
Armour, Cudahy, Swift, Morris and
Dold plants shipped 76 cars of fresh
meat and packing house products
Moudav and combined purchases
were: 1.356 cattle, 2,144 hogs and
3,416 sheep; killings, 1,453 cattle,
3,662 hogs and 2.777 sheep.
These figures were verified by the
Union Stock Yards company report,
according to K. E. Grimes, joint
freight agent for the railroads.
The Armour plant is turning away
applicants for work, Mr. Orchard
said. He stated that Armours hired
21 white men yesterday, all but one
being native-born Americans.
the four laws held up by the Non
partisan league referendum unless,
of course, a majority of the legisla
tors demanded it.
Hawaii Leads in Increase
In Revenue Collections
Honolulu, Dec. 20. The district
of Hawaii registered the greatest in
crease in the amount of revenue col
lected, proportionately of '.ny dis
trict in the United States duting the
fiscal year 1921, according to figures
just! made public by the United
States treasury, department of in
ternal revenue. The total amount
of Hawaii's federal tax collections
for 1921 was $20,676,778, an increase
of 76 per cent over the amount for
1920. Many of the largest internal
revenue districts showed decreases
in their 1921 collections while the
highest increase reported outside of
Hawaii was 24 per cent.
Woman Faints Four Times
Telling of Slaying Husband
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 20. Mrs.
Georgia Smith, 28, who shot and
killed her husband, Dr. U.T. Smith,
48, in their home here yesterday, was
released on $1,000 bond pending
grand jury action. Mrs. Smith
fainted four times while making 3
statement to officers, in which she
is quoted as having said:
"I had to do it; he beat me and
cursed me; I am sorry he's dead."
Physicians said Mrs. Smith's body
showed a number of bruises,
Engine Trouble Stalls
Mail Planes at Gibbon
Gibbons, Neb., Dec. .20. (Special
Telegram.) Engine trouble forced
Pilot Lange, flying a mail plane
westbound, to land in a cornfield
just west of Gibbon at 1 :20 p. m. The
mail was transferred to another
plane. Pilot Garrison, with Me
chanic Stafford, who came to assist
Lange, were also forced to land with
in two miles of Lange's ship. Both
planes expect to get away today.
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Women Friends
Of Strikers March
On City Council
Demand Investigation By
Commissioners at Alleged In
fractions of Sanitary Laws
At Packing Houses.
Mothers, wives and women
friends of the striking packing
house workers, nearly 300 strong,
marched from Sixteenth and
Leavenworth streets yesterday and
stormed the city council chamber,
where Mrs. Anna Papek, leader of
the women, addressed the city com
missioners. A special committee of commis
sioners was appointed after the
meeting to investigate the charges
made by the women. The commit
tee consists of John Hopkins.
Joseph Koutsky and Harry B.
Zimman. They will investigate
charges that the packers are hous
ing men, in unsanity places and are
employing men without a physical
examination, contrary to law.
The parade was led by Andv
I'kclis and Jacob H. Davis, presi
dent of District Council No. 5 of
the Butcher Workmen union.
Davis told the members of the
council that in every instance the
union leaders were insisting that
their men obey the law to the very
letter, but that in many cases the
strikebreakers had not done so.
i May Start on Hastings
Auditorium in March
Hastings. Neb., Dec. 20. (Special
Telegram.) Building of the munici
pal auditorium will probably start
in February or Marcji. Bonds in
the sum of $175,000 have been sold
at par and $100,000 of the proceeds
will be used for the building. The
emainder will be used for the site
and a downtown park. The city
council has appointed committees to
report on the employment or an ar
chitect and to negotiate for a site.
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Shopping Days
Until Christmas
And for the benefit of those who find it impossible
to shop satisfactorily during the rush hours we will
remain open until 9 p. m.
Helpful Gift Suggestions That Will
Reasonably Delight the Recipient
for Men
Cigar and Cigarette Cases
Purses
Card Cases
Portfolio Cases
Collar Bags
Gladstone Bags
Key Cases
Toilet Traveling Sets
Hartmann Wardrobe Trunks for the
Entire Family
Freling & Steinle
1803 Farnam Street
ROUND TRIP
Holiday Excursion Fares
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Tickets on sale Dec. 22, 23 and 24
Good returning to Jan. 4th, inclusive
To From Omaha From Co. Bluffs
St. Louis, Mo. ....$22.65 $22.20
Maryrille, Mo. ., 5.48 5.03
Mexico, Mo. 16.71 16.26
Chillicothe, Mo 10.50 10.05
(War Tax Extra)
Correspondingly low fare to many other points.
Get further particulars from
H. C. Shields, Division Passenger Agent, Wabash Ry
Wabash Ticket Office, 1416 Dodge St.
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Omaha, Neb.
Overseas Vet Describes
Executions in France
((anllnurd ('rum fug On.)
armistice which tic ilnlaid a di
rected by "Hard Boiled" Smith.
"This wrist of mine," said Harri
son lifting his left arm, "was broken
while trying to save myself from
"Hard Boiled" Smith and a couple
of his sergeants.'
The witnes said he saw men taken
to the firing line without gas iii.uk
or guns, as a form of punishment.
Pressed as to the cause of the
lynching, Harrison said the victim
had been ordered by Smith to sween
the stock yard with a tooth brush,
"and they had a little party wlii'ii
he refused.1'
"Were you court martialed?" Sen
ator Overman, democrat, North
Carolina asked.
"Yes. The colonel cursed me and
I cursed him back and he had me
sent to the firing line after trial. Hi
name? Colonel Holdbrook. If I
ever get him, I'll make him remem
ber me.
"They would not give me a gas
mask and my trouble today is due to
gas. the medical record shows."
Questioned by Senator Watson,
democrat. Georgia, whose charges
that American soldiers were illegally
executed in France led to the inquiry,
Taylor, the Philadelphia witness said
the evidence in the court martial of
the Detroit sergeant was given in
French, but an interpreter was in at
tendance. The crime was assault on
a girl.
"Was the man allowed counsel?"
Senator Biamlcgee asked.
n rjilice
iiurstio
He asked some iiutstions
"Was the Detroit sergeant al
lowed to tell his side of it to the
French court?" Senator Watson
asked.
"No sir; he was not asked to tes
tify, but he did say he was not re
sponsible for the death of the girl
concerned in the charge."
Sioux City Strike Zone Quiet.
Sioux City, la., Dec. 20. The
stock yards strike zone, the scene of
a gun battle in which two were slain
yesterday, was quiet today.
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