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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
COHAN MAY DEVOTE LIFE
TO FIGHT ACTORS UNION.

New York, Aug. II.-George M :.
Conan, theatrical Broadway's idol
and leading member of the Pro-
ducing Managers Protective associa-
ton, intiInated Friday to friends an
intention of retiring from play pro
duction forever, to devote his lite
and 100000 of his fortune to the up,
building of a new ''independent'
actors organization, in an effort to
break the actors strike and keep the
stage free from. the control OF Or
ganized labor.
A fund of $4,000 was raised at a
meeting to provide for actors who
are temporarily impove-ished be-
cause of the strike" Ethel Barry
more started it with an offer OF $o0o'
All cases of injunctions. filed by
managers, asking that striking actors
be restrained from interfering with
production of Broadway shows will
be heard Saturday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
POLICE CAPTURE
STOCK OF BOOZE
IN TOURING CAR
Passenger Believed to Be Roy
Kelly Escapes After Ex-
change of Shots.

Roy Kelly, the elusive, abandoned
a high-powered touring car and
three suit cases containing booze,
according to the police, when the
morals squad surprised him at
Twentieth and Dorcas streets at
midnight last night and in escaping
emptied his revolver at Police Ser
geant Olaf V. Thestrup.
The fugitive is thought to have
been wounded. Sergeant Thestrup
escaped injury.
This is the police story of the af-
fair:
The morals squad was driving
south on Twentieth street near Dor
cas- when they noticed a touring car
pull up to the curb at the east side
of Tewtieth street facing north,
When a 1.-THE young man stepped
from the machine with a suitcase in
each hand, the officers abandoned
their car and raced for the touring
car.
The driver of the touring car, Ed
ward Watson, Harvard hotel, had
kept his engine running and at
tempted to speed away. Officers
George Armstrong and John Herd
zina leaped on the running board and
covered the driver with a shotgun
and a revolver. He stopped.
His companion had fled at the ap-
proach of the officers and as Ser
geant Thestrup pursued him north
on Twentieth street, fired seven
shots at Thestrup. Thestrup emptied
his gun at. the fugitive and believes
he hit him. The fugitive lodged
into an alley and was lost in dark
ness.
Two suitcases were found on the
street near the scene and third in
the car. Ten quarts Of whisky were
found in the suitcases.
Watson was arrested and charged
with illegal possession and transpor-
tation of liquor.
Watson says he is taxi driver. A
sack full of AS cahber shells was
found in the car.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
Omaha People Urge
Annexation of Thrace
bv the Greek Nation

Washington, Aug. 22.-(Special
Telegram .)-Congressman Jefferis'
office Friday received kilograms
from Victor Rosewater, editor of
The Omaha Bee; Robert Smith and
B. F. Thomas, urging the congress
man to cooperate with the delega-
ton of Greek-Americans in secur-
ing the annexation of Thrace to the
fatherland. Mr.. Rosewater said he
desired to reinforce the request Of
American citizens formerly sub
jects of Greece, along the lines sug-
gested.
Mr.. Shanahan, secretary to Mr..
Jefferis, was advised today that the
Congressman left Omaha Thursday
for Washington by automobile, ac-
companied by his family, and would
probably not arrive in the capital
until next week.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23

Weimar, Thursday, Aug. q.
(By The Associated Press. )-Fried-
rich Ebert took the oath as imper-
ial president at the National
theater today. A large crowd had
gathered in the square before the
theater, where a guard of honor
was drawn up with band playing.
Herr Ebert arrived in an automo-
bile at S o'clock in the afternoon
and was received at the main en-
trance of the theater by the vice
presidents and secretaries, who con-
Quoted him to where Konstantin
Fehrenbach, president of the Ma
tional assembly, was awaiting him.
The organ played as Herr Fehren-
bach led the president to the CEN
ter of the hall, where the presidents
tribune is situated.
The members of the imperial
council and assembly arose to well
come Herr Ebert, but the places
reserved for the German national
and Independent socialists were
empty.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
KILLS SON and
SELF; WOUNDS
FOR MER WIFE
Child Slain in Cold Blood
by Fred Billings After
Seeing Father Shoot
His Mother.

Fred Billings, IS years old, 1924
North Twenty-eighth street, last
night shot his 5-year-old son, Gage,
to death, wounded his divorced wife
and then killed himself.
The murder and suicide occurred
at the home of Billings mother-in-
law. Mrs. Clara Kahler, 1917 Leavsn-
worth street shortly before 9 o'clock
The woman, Edith Billings, sc
years old, is in the Swedish Mission
hospital with bullet wound ir her
left shoulder. She is expected to re-
cover.
Billings wife divorced him three
months ago. Since the divorce was
granted the pair have quarreled re-
peatedly over the boy. The judge in
awarding the decree specified that
Billings was to have custody of the
child every second week.
Last night he took the child to the
door of Mrs. Kahler's flat on Leav-
enworth street.
Edith there?" he called from the
doorway to Mrs. Kahler.
Mrs. Billings came from an ad-
joining room.
Sees Mother Shot.
Billings, still holding the child
by the hand, whipped a revolver
from his pocket and fired az the
woman. She staggered.
Don't papa! Don't" screamed
the boy.
Dragging the child farther into
the room III an effort TO get nearer
his former wife, Billings raised the
pistol again
Mrs. Kahler grappled with him,
overturned a kitchen table on him
and then ran screaming for help.
Regaining his feet Billings pressed
the. gun to the child's temple, fired
and then shot himself twice, in the
neck and near the temple.
Mrs. Cora Overturf, a neighbor,
visiting in the Kahler apartment,
ran from the room screaming.
Policeman William Cummings,
who was in the building, was the
first one to reach the scene.
Billings and the boy were dead.
Mrs. Billings lay unconscious on
the floor
Policeman Cummings called the
police station. The bodies we're taken
CONTINUED on Page Two. Column Two)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
Manifesto Asking
Carranza to Quit Is
Being Circulated

San Antonio. Tex, Aug. "a
copy of manifesto calling upon
President Carranza to resign, issued
in Mexico City by Alfredo Robles
Dominguez, prominent engineer and
former adviser of President Madero,
has been received here.
Dominguez, who heads his mani
feSto Before the Danger" and who
asserts that he is not q rebel nor an
advocate of sedition. urges a pro-
visional government to succeed Car
rama. He charges Carranza is re-
sponsible for all the interior and ex-
terror difficulties of Mexico.
The manifesto is being circulated.
it is said. along the border in Mex
leo and in the Mexican quarters OF
this city
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
YALE TRAIL" DEDICATED
RY FIVE COLLEGE OARSMEN.

Tacoma, Wash, Aug, 22.-The
hitherto unconquered north side Of
Pinnacle rock, on Mount Rainier,
was scaled for the first time Thurs
day and named yale trail' by five
college oarsmen and four expert
guides. Those making the initial
trip over the sheer rock face were
f. H. Brownell and c. c. Peters of
Seattle Harvey Cushing of Cleve-
land, O.; Sam Lambert of New
York city, all members of the 1919
Yale crew, and H. M. Balcom Of
Seattle, member of the 1919 crew of
the University of Washington. A
Swiss guide piloted the party and by
the use of ropes the climb was made
up precipices where a misstep would
have meant fall of hundreds OF
feet. Brownell was captain OF the
Yale crew last year.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
No Word Received From
Missinq Yankee AviatorS

San Diego, Cal. Aug 22,-Lieut.
r. R. Fox of Rockwell field misun-
durstood conversation in the office
of Colonel Hanlon. field command
ant, today, and notified Miss Georgia
Waterhouse. that her brother. Lieut..
F. B. Warehouse. and Lieut.. c. H.
Connolly, missing aviators, had been
found by Mexican cavalry patrol.
Colonel Hanlon later declared no
word had been received at Rockwell
field concerning either pilot.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
No Opposition to Amendment
to Include Clothing, Food
Containers and Farm I'M
pIements in Control Law.
RENT PROFITEERS ARE
PERMITTED TO ESCAPE
Two Years Imprisonment or
Fine Of $1,000 Penalty
Fixed-PoIitics Plays Role
in Five.Hour Debate.

Washington, Aug. 22-Without
amendment and with practically no
opposition, the house late today
voted to amend the Lever food
control act to extend its provisions
to include clothing, containers of
food, feed or fertilizers, fuel oil and
implements used in production of
necessities, and to penalize prof
iteering by a $4,000 fine or two
years imprisonment.
Proposals to make the act apply
to profiteering in house and room
rents, adopted by the house in COM
mittee of the whole, were stricken
out in the final vote.
Efforts were made by both repub-
licans and democrats to have the
amendments provisions cover neces-
sites other than those included in
the amendment as reported by the
agricultural committees. Inclusion
of kerosene and gasoline was pro-
posed by Representative Strong, re-
publican, Kansas, who said the
prices of these products had in
creased 800 per cent in the last two
years, but his amendment was re-
jected by close vote, while that of
Representative Newton, republican,
Mimi, to include raw cotton, was
eliminated on a point of order by
Representative Blanton, democrat,
Texas.
Farmers Also Escape.
Attempts to bring farmers and
farm organizations within the juris-
diction of the amendment also were
bloc ked.
Recommendations of Attorney
General Palmer. to include retailers
doing business of less than $780,
900 under the profiteering section so
that the Department of Justice might
go after the little ones" were in
cluded in the measure as passed.
Five hours of general debate pre-
ceded passage of the measure-the
first legislative step in carrying out
the recommendations of President
Wilson in his recent address to con-
gress on the high cost of living.
The Hutchinson cold storage bill,
modelled on the New Jersey act rec
commended to congress as worthy of
patterning after, will be reported to
the house next week.
Attack League of Nations.
Debate today consisted largely in
attacks and defense of the admins
tration, republicans asserting that
the democrats with mastery mac
tivity" had avoided any discussion
or remedies for the high cost of liv-
ing and democratic members charg-
ing that Republicans had been busy
playing politics and were mindful
of coming elections"
Representative Rodenberg, re-
publican, Illinois, opening discus
sion on the measure, criticised
President Wilson's feeble efforts
to establish some sort of connec-
ton between the present high cost
of living and the league of ma,
tions," and said that the presidents
mind for the last nine months had
been completely absorbed by the
idea of the league of nations He
declared that amendments tc the
food control act would not be
CONTINUED on Page Two, Column Two.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
Boy Riding Bicycle
Struck bV Automobile

Charles Jordon, IA years old,
2915 Jackson street, who was riding
on a bicycle, was struck by an auto
mobile driven by Sylvia Whistler,
1872 Mason street, at Nineteenth
and Nicholas streets, at 9:45 last
night and severely injured. The
boy was taken to the. Methodist
hospital and an examination dis
closed fractures of an arm and a
leg and body bruises. Miss Whist
Ter, who was driving slowly, stopped
her car after the accident and went
to the aid of the boy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
State Troops Disperse
Mob of Strikers in Parade

Hammond, Ind Aug. 22.-State
troops dispersed a mob Friday night
which attempted to parade past the
plant of the Standard Steel Car
company, whose employees are on
strike. Officers estimated that there
were 1000 men in the crowd which
formed in the parade following a
mass meeting. The mob scattered
when approached by the troops
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
Shantung First Problem.
Carload of Sugar Seized
bV u, S, AGENTS in CHICAGO

Chicago, Aug. "a carload of
sugar was seized Friday by govern
ment agents in the campaign against
prohteering.
The seizure followed the arrest
of the fourth sugar jobber. All have
been charged with prohteering un-
der the Lever food control act.
The sugar was seized i'll freight
yard, after the district attorney re-
ceived informa ton it was to be
moved during the night. -
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
Baker Names Forces
to Remain on Rhine

Washington. Aug. 22.-American
forces which will remain in Ger
many after September 80, are the
Eighth infantry, Seventh machine
gun battalion, Second battalion of
the Sixth field artillery. 35th field
signal battalion, First supply train,
First mobile ordnance repair shop.
Company A of the First engineers,
Field Hospital No. IS, and Am
bulance Company No. 26. This was
announced today bv the War de-
partment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
Prince of Wales Honor
Guest of City of Quebec

Quebec, Aug. 22.-The prince of
Wales was formally welcomed to
the province and city today with
addresses at the legislative build
ings. Sir Lomer Gouin, premier,
spoke for the province. and Mavor
Lavigeueur for the city
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
Strikers Wreck Car.

Chicago, Aug. "a score of
strikers at the Crane company's
plant wrecked street car with
missiles Friday and beat uncon-
scious two workmen who had re-
fused to join the strike. A dozen
passengers, including veral
women, were injured
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
EIGHT POSSES FAIL
TO CATCH BANK ROBBERS.

Wichita, Kan, Aug. N.-Despite
efforts of eight posses Of citizens
and police officers to apprehen1
them. three bank robbers who OBJ
tained $4,000 in a daylight holdup of
the First National bank of Newton,
Kan, Thursday, are still at large:
Recheck of the banks securities
shows that the trio secured SlS,oo0
in currency and $4,000 i'll Liberty
bends
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
NEGRO GIRLS ESCAPE
EPoM INDUSTRIAL HOME.

Upton, Mo-, Aug. N.-Ninety-
four negro girls escaped from the
state industrial home here Friday,
but it was said all had been re,
turned but two. The girls used
knives, clubs and bricks when em-
ployes attempted to block the de-
livery. Mrs. S. P. Sanderson. ST.
perintendent, received several scalp
,uouuds
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
Ambassador Page Resigns.

Washington, Aug. 22.-Thomas
Nelson Page, of Virginia, has for
mally resigned as ambassador to
Italy, it was said today at the State
department. So far as could be
learned today his successor has not
been selected.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
< RIGHT
- R EEZY
BITS OF NEWS
VACATION PLAN OF ROYAL
DOG RUDELY INTERRUPTED

London, Aug. 22.-King Georges
favorite dog will not have a vaca-
tion this year. The canine accom-
panied the king to Balmoral castle,
but the authorities gravely informed
Lord Stamfordham, the kings sec
rotary, that the king could not have
a dog license unless the dog were
quarantined for six months. So the
king sent the dog home to Bucking-
ham palace.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
Sc n ATE PLANS
TO co TO WORK ON
PEACE 7 RE A TY
Public Hearings Will Close
Monday and Report Be
Submitted Probably
Next Week.

Washington. Aug. 22-In a deter
mined effort to report the peace
treaty before the end of next week,
the senate foreign relations commit
tee suddenly interrupted it's public
hearings today and arranged to go
to work tomorrow on proposed
amendments and reservations.
Although one witness will be
heard Monday. members thought
that might be the last hearing before
the treaty was reported. 1t was in
dicated that the waiting list of 9TH
ers who are to appear later would
not be permitted to stand in the way
Of an early report.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska.
the democratic leader. declared his
belief that the report would be laid
before the senate during the coming
week and asserted that he had been
assured the republicans would CO.
operate to that end. Some republi-
can members agreed with his pre-
diction, but Chairman Lodge de-
clined to say when he thought the
committee wouldAct.
Shantung First Problem.
Late today plans to expedite the
consideration of amendments were
discussed at conference of republi-
can members of the committee and
they will go over the subject again
tomorrow morning before the COM
mittee session begins. 1t is likely
that among the first amendments
voted on will be one proposing to
Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
FATHER AND DAUGHTER
POLITICAL OPPONENTS.

Berlin, Aug. 22.-Father and
daughter are political opponents in
the Prussian Diet. The only woman
elected to a seat in that body is the
daughter of Deputy Fischer. He is
a majority socialist, she an indie
pendent socialist.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
CANADIAN AVIATOR LANDS
SAFELY ON NEW YORK ROOF,

New York, Aug. 22.-An airplane
landed on the roof of a building
Friday, then made flight from the
roof. Edwin Z. Baliough, formerly
OF the Canadian aviation service and
now in the employ of local dry
goods firm as an aviator, carrying
one passenger, circled the army
Quartermaster stores building from
a height of 700 feet and landed on
the roof, which is 987 feet long and
80 feet wide. The machine then
was WAreled to one end of the roof,
taxi4 } short distance and took the
air. The feat was accomplished i'll
Paris year ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
Denies knowledge of Pool.

Further questioning of Mr.. Moore
brought denial that he knew any
thing about an alleged onion pool,
or that his firm had found it neces-
sary to buy onions in Chicago this
season because OF an alleged "cor-
ner."
Trace shipment from producer
to the consumer and explain how
many persons obtain a profit" was
requested of the witness.
"The producers usually have an
association which is represented by
a broker who sells to US and we
sell to the retailers. The broker
age charge is from $l2 to SIS per
car"
Mr.. Moore thought that E per
cent on the capital invested would
be a fair net profit in the whole
sale fruit and vegetable business.
In getting at the middlemen's
Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
WILSON MAY GREET
PERSHING AT NEW YORK.

Washington, Aug. 22-President
Wilson may go to New York to
greet General Pershing on his ar
rival home next month, it was indi-
Gated today at the White House.
The president had been expected
to review the Pacific fleet at San
Francisco at about the time General
Pershing will return from France,
but White House officials would not
say whether his plans for welcom-
ing the fleet had been abandoned.
They insisted, however, that he had
not given up the idea of speaking
tour over the country i'll the inter
Paris, Aug. 22.-General John J.
Pershing, who has been visiting the
Italian battle front, returned here to-
day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-23
Waterme|ons, for Instance,
Were Sold by Wholesaler for
More Than Twice What He
Originally Paid for Them.
POOL MEMBERS HOLD
20 PER CENT FAIR GAIN
State to Examine Books OF
Combine Members. PeddIers
Bought Fruit at Fixed
Prices, Testimony Shows.

Quinton Moore, secretary of the
Gilinsky Fruit company, testifying
yesterday before state officials who
are holding a food probe in the court
house, declared that his firm with
drew from the pool" of commission
merchants more than a year ago be-
cause of a disagreement over cutting
prices.
why did you withdraw from the
pool?" the attorney general asked
the witness.
"We are too big; we were too free
sellers and we cut prices" he re-
piled.
Asks About Price Cutting.
81 believed you testified that your
firm was cutting prices-cutting
prices below what?" was asked.
I'VE cut below what was consid-
cred fair prices"
Then there must have been some
understanding as to what fair prices
should have been, wasn't there"
"Oh, no."
when Mr.. Gilinsky was a mem
Der of the pool was there any agree
ment as to selling prices"
There was notP
Mr.. Moore added that other mem
bers of the pool accused the Gilin-
sky firm of having man out in
the field, and~buying goods which
netted the Gilinsky company a
profit when sold to the pool. He
stated that his firm did not split
cars with any other concern after
quitting the pool.
Broke With Pool.
you said you had been free SELL
ers and that is why you broke
with the pool. What do you mean
by that term?" asked the attorney
general.
when the stuff would not move,
we would move il"
Does Mr.. Gilinsky 60 south
every winter to buy strawberries! Z"
mo, he sends a representative" "
"Then you don't know anything
personally about him going south
every winter as a member of pool
of men from various cities to prac-
tically take charge of the straw
berry crop, do you:"
NJ 1~ ,,nfb
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-10
BOYS BLAMED FOR
SEVERAL ROBBERIES

A number OF robberies have been
committed in the city during the
past few weeks which are being at
tributed 10 a gang Of boys which
is likely 10 be rounded up within
the next few hours. The thefts have
nearly all been OF a petty nature
and have taken place I'm different
parts OF the city. While in some
instances the thieves could have
gotten away with goods OF real
value. only articles of wearing ap
parcl were taken. The last reported
70 the police occurred at a late hour
Saturday night. when the home Of
a J SCHNEIDER. 7O3 Lincoln Way
west, was entered while the family
was out. A quantity OF mems linen
apparel, including silk shirts. were
among the articles taken. The in
truders blew out the fuses OF the
electric lights before proceeding to
ransack the house.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-10

these expensive clothes. because
they have the same ideals. find they
cannot afford 10 do so they fall TO
hateing the other folks. They are
going 10 get more money so they
can spread such tables and wear
such clothes or they are going 10
see that the other folks come down
where they live. We have a world
full OF that sort Of thing right now.
No one class IS 20 blame for it,
They are not seeing first the things
that belong first.
There is nothing so much needed
today as TO follow Jesus in placing
the kingdom OF God and His right
eOusness foremost in our thinking
and strive with all our strength to
relaize this life IT, ourselves and all
others. II will take the emphasis
off what we shall eat and what we
shall dring and wherewith shall we
be clothed, and put II on the things
OF first worth. An evangelistic cam
paign such as we are planning for
this city. and such as the Methodist
church and other churches are plan
ming all over, in which this truth Of
Jesus will be preached over and
over and. please God, practiced, will
do more 10 straighten out these
tangIes Of society and heal her sick
ness than anything else"