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Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-20
Observation-Disclosures
Oil Co.

Has
124H Golden Acres.
341a Of which are in the famous
Desdemona field of Texas.
WELL NO. I.
Now drilling, on tract one mile north
of Desdemona townsite. at 2,736 feet.
Well Of from 1000 to 5000 barrels ex-
pected within days or depth of
around 1900 feet. This we'll Is in the
famous Shellenberger tract, which has
s producing wells of from 500 to $500
six wells from our drilling well is not
over 1900 feet.
WELL NO. 2.
Now drilling around 1900 feet on
our other Desdemona tract just short
gusher (The largest in the field-es-
timated making $500 barrels every "a
hours.) There are large producers on
all four sides of our well number and
thirty million feet gas well is within
half mile of US.
WELL NO.
On our first Desdemona tract and
will be started just as soon as our well
number l comes in.
WELL NO. 4
On our 80 acre tract southeast of
Burkburnett townsite. Derrick is up
and almost all Of. the machinery is on
the ground. This tract is surrounded
by production of shallow depth but
very recently large producers have
been brought in at greater depth Of
1900 feet.
The Desdemona- -Burkburnett Oil Com.
pany also has so acres in the Comanche.
Okla. field, which is surrounded by pro.
duction.
YoN KNOW THE POSSIBILITIES OF
OIL.
II this company's holdings appeal to
you. also IL the fact they are actually
drilling and the capitalization of $780,
600 (which is very small for valuable
acreage) also appeals to you-then we
invite you to join us while stock is par /
$50 per share.-Remember- COM
panies with the small capitalization and
the large valuable acreage have been
the large dividend payers. Investigation
invited-but act promptly.
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Omaha Hay Market.
MINNEAPOLIS Grain,

Minneapolis, Mimi. Nov. 19.-Barley-
s1.18Ql42.
Rye-No. 2, s1.s7h@13s.
Bran--s29 90.
Corn-$1.05@15
Oats-67A @69%c.
Flax-S4 9O6D495
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YoN KNOW THE POSSIBILITIES OF
OIL
THE OFFICERS WHO PROMISE YOU
FAIRNESS:

WALTER JOHNSON. president, oil
operator Of Dallas. Texas, who has
drilled Ss wells in the Texas fields.
B. q. ROBERTSON. vice president. oil
operator of Dallas.
II. d. MUNEKE, secretary treasurer.
oil operator of Dallas.
REFERENCES-ANY BANK, oil or
business man of Dallas.
HOME OFFICE-11s Field St., Dali
las. Texas.
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st. Joseph Live Stock.

st. Joseph. Mo-, Nov. 1s--CattIe--Re-
ceipts. 5000 head: market Is to 25 cents
lower; steers. 1900; cows and heif-
Hogs--Receipts. $4,000 HEAD slow.
Sheep-Receipts, 400 head; steady;
ewes. $4,000 500.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-20
New York General.

New York, Nov. 10. - Wheat-spot
steady; No. 3 red, Sassy, track New York
Corn-Spot, easy; No. yellow and No
Q white S1.71A, cost and freight New
York.
oats-Spot. easy; No. / white, s3c.
Hops-Firm; state, medium to choice,
1919, S4@e0c.
other articles unchanged
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St. Louis Grain.
Kansas CITY Grain.

St. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 1s.-Corn-Decem
ber s1,s4S; May. sl,25% @1.25%:
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T,0ndOu Money,

London, Nov. 19.-Bar Silver-70hd per
ounce.
Money--4k per cent.
Discount Rates-Short bills, per cent;
three months bills, per cent.
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Dried Fruits.

New York, Nov. 1s.-Evaporated apples
Quiet and firm.
Prunes-Firm.
Apricots and Peaches-Firm.
Raisins-Active and firm.
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Now 1Ork Pf0uuce.
New York, Nov. 19.-Butter-Firm
creamery, less than extras, 72c@73c
creamery extras, 72c; firsts. 62Ha @71c.
Eggs-F'irm; fresh gathered extras
7s@Soc; extra firsts. 75@77c; firsts. 70 q
74c.
Cheese-Steady; receipts, 1882 tubs
cials. 321s @33c; do. average run, 31h @
S2Ac; state whole milk. twins, current
make. specials. SIN @32c; do, average
run, ale.
Poultry. Alive--Quiet; turkeys, 3s@40c;
chickens, 25@26c.
Dressed Poultry-steady: prices un-
changed.
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To Save Time Use This Coupon.
oesosmona: eurkburnstt OH Co..
ii8 Field ST.. Dallas, Tesss.


lnclosed find remittance 70, s. for
which please send me certificate for,
hxres OF stock In your company at par, $50
pef share. | understand all stock is common.
fuiiy paid and non -assessahle and that I own
pro rata interest In everything the company
now owns or ever shall acquire I also un-
derstsnd that when the company sells their oil
] VIII receive NV proportion Of the dyidepds
monthly and that will he kept regularly ac-
rised az to the progress Of the company.
name .............,.........
In the event OF over subscription your fs-
mittance will be promptly returped.
To My Friends In Nebraska:
] personally indorse the Desdemons- -Butk-
burnett Oil Company. We organized this com-
pany on = sound basis and I, Is one Of the
best companies In Texas
tSignedl II. d. MUNEkE.
o. B. Formerly Of Lincoln. Neh
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LIVE STOCK

Receipts and disposition of live stock at
the Union stock yards. Omaha. Neb., for
"a hours ending at o'clock p. m. No
vember 10. 1919.
RECEIPTS-CARS.
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Chicago Potatoes.
Kansas City Produce.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-Potatoes-Unset
arrivals, C1 cars; northern sacked, whites
3275@2.Sh; western russets, $3.15@3.25
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-20

Duluth, Mimi. Nov. 1s.--Linseed-e477
Q4,90. ....
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Chicago Produce.

Chicago, Nov. 1s.-Butter-Firm
creamery, 57@71c.
Eggs-Higher; receipts, 2,069 cases;
frsts, S6@67c; ordinary firsts. 5s@60c:
at mark, cases included. 5SQ66c; storage
packed firsts. 6s@6shc.
Poultry, Alive-Lower; springs, 21c;
fowls, 14@21c; turkeys. SEC.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-20
New York Produce.

Kansas City. Mo-. Nov. 1s.-Corn-De.
cember. $1S4h: January, s1.26%; May
$1.24B; July, $123.
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New York Coffee.

New York, Nov. 19.-Raw Sugar
Steady: centrifugal. 7.2sc; fine granu-
lated, s.00c.
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New York Metals.

New York. Nov. 19.-Copper-Dull
electrolytic. spot and last quarter. 1914 @
zoe.
Iron-Steady and unchanged.
Antimony-925c.
Lead-Easy; spot 6.s5c bid 6.75c asked
December. 6.75c bid, 6.soc asked.
Zinc-Easy; East ST. Louis delivery
spot 775c bid. 7.sOc asked.
At London-Spot, electrolytic, It'll; tin
$3.50 12s Sd; lead, f34 los; zinc, f4s 15s
others unchanged
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Bar Silver.
New York, Nov. 19-Bar Silver-$1.27.
Mexican Dollars-$1.01h
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Dry Goods.

New York, Nov. 1s.-Cotton goods to-
day were easier in the gray goods dvi-
| sion, with trading light Yarns were
steady and worsted yarns firm, fall lines
being bought by manufacturers. Burlaps
were quiet
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-20
New York Sugar.

Kansas City, NO. Nov. 19,-Butter
Eggs and Poultry-Unchanged
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Cotton Futures.
New York, Nov 1s.-Cotton futures
closed steady; December 3610c; January.
34.27c; March, 32.50c: May, 31.55c: July,
3o.76c; spot cotton. steady; middling,
391bc
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-20
Cotton Futures,

New York, Nov. 19-Coffee-Rio Is,
6hc; futures. steady; December, 154sc;
March, 1850.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24
DEAD OFFICIAL
 A YOUNG MAN

Steven Ragan, the dead United States Assistant District Attorney was about 8 years of age. He had been a resident of southeastern Alas ka for decade or so. He located at Haines soon after coming north. He filed on a homestead in the Chi,kat valley, where he resided while he had a law office in town. Nearly two years ago he was appointed Assist mt District Attorney at Ketchikan to succeed Judge w. A. Holzheimer, who had been appointed Judge of the United States District Court at Nome. The duties of his office had kept him very busy.
 MT Ragan was born in Illinois and reared and educated in Arkansas, where he was admitted to the bar and practiced law before coming to Alaska.
 He was married and the father of three children. Mrs. Ragan and the children are on the Chilkat farm, where they have been since last spring. The aldest boy was with his father at Juneau when MT. Ragan was here during the last term of the District Court. assisting his chief, District Attorney James A. Smiser.
 Mr Ragan was regarded as a god lawyer. He was very vigorous prosecutor of siackers during the war, and was a careful watcher of Bolsheviki and I. w. w.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24
OFFICIAL HERE
 DENIES REPORT

Deputy Marshal Frank Bach and Hector Mclean, who was then a Dep uty Marshal, who arrested Pat Shan nahan at Juneau in June, 1915, whom Dr. Earl M. Bevis had complained against as being insane, deny em phatically that he was mistreated in the jail at Juneau. They say they got him to the jail by conversing with him about conditions at Ketchi kan from where he said he had re. gently come. When they got him to the jail they had to have him held while they searched him, but he quickly quit struggling They say that he was not put in irons or even in solitary confinement
 The Juneau records carry his name as Paddy" Shannahan and that he was charged with being insane.
 The complaint was sworn to by Dr. Earl M. Bevis. The arrest was made by Deputy Marshals Hector Me Lean and Frank Bach
 Shannahan was, upon the physi clans advice kept in the federal jail 1nder observance to see if he would not recover from his attack On the ,4th of the month he was brought before United States Commissioner John B. Marshall, and Dr. Bevis tes tified that the mans insanity was not chronic. but had been brought on at he time by the excessive use of al cohol, and the doctor advised that was now perfectly normal and that he should be released from custody. Shananhan also testified that he had been using alcohol to excess and that it was the cause of the attack for which he was arrested. He was released from custody
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24
BRITISH EMBASSY TO BE OPENED IN BERLIN
 BY WELFORD SELBY

LONDON, Oct. 24.-Welford Selby is leaving for Berlin to reopen the British Embassy Charge d'Affairs. An Ambassador will be appointed later. Francis Lindley, the British. Commissioner at Vienna. will leave for Berlin soon to take charge Of the British Embassy
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24

seemed to convince all concerned that he was harmless. He has been at large ever since He has spen. much of the timeSsitting around the Stedman hotel, where he had room, breeding.
 It has been generally known here for months that Shannahan had a gun, and it was believed that he fire quently carried it. He had made boasts that he had several notches in his gun and that he would get others, including his victim of today and Commissioner Mahoney and Deputy Marshal Sharpe
 There has nothing developed that would seem to indicate that the l. w. W. following here had any con- nection with the murder, though it is said that enemies of Ragan had been working on Shannahan of late.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24
CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR AMERICAN TROOPS IN
 DISTRICT OF SIBERIA

NEW YORK, Oct 24.-The Knights of Columbus are preparing Christmas Siberia Ten thousand pounds of fruit cake has been bought and other gifts which will be dispatched at all early date.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24

ao-so shells at Young's. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24
PAT SHANNAHAN KILLS OFFICIAL
 IN KETCH|KAN

(Continued from Page One)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24
SHANNAHAN WAS EMPLOYED BY
 MINE IN ThANE

Pat Shannahan worked for the Alaska Gastinoau Gold Mining Com pany from June until December in 1915. His record there was satisfac tory. His occupation was that of a rigger Prior to entering the em ployment of that company he had worked for the Northern Lumber Company. He came to Juneau from the Ketchikan section and returned there from here.
 When he went to work for the Alaska Gastineau he gave his age as 31-whch would make him 8 years of age now He was born in Canada, and at that time his father Dennis Shannahan. and mother, Ellen Mccarthy Shannahan, lived at St Bazile, Porteus County, Quebec. His father was 60 years of age and his mother 5.
 Shannahan was engaged mostly in logging, and had been employed by the Sawyer and Mckay Logging Com pany of Ketchikan. He had had trou ble with them. and former employees of the company who arc in Juneau say he had threatened to kill Hugh M. Sawyer, head of that firm.
 Shannahan is described as short man with red hair. He was addicted to drink, and acted "qucer' when under the influence of liquor and af ter a debauch. Hector Mclean, one of the most skilled men who eve has handled criminals in southeas' ern Alaska, says he seemed to be "dopey" when he was arrested here for insanity.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Now Bound North

st Now Bound North E Princess Mary is scheduled to arrive here tonight. Jefferson is scheduled to arrive here next Monday. Scheduled Sailings Northwestern is scheduled to sail from Seattle Sunday. Admiral Evans is scheduled to sail from Seattle Oct. 27. Alaska is scheduled to sail from Seattle October 30.
 Southbound Sailings Princess Mary is scheduled to sail southbound next Sunday. City of Seattle is scheduled to sail southbound Monday.
 sail southbound Sunday. Admiral Watson is scheduled to sail southbound October 2S. Alameda is scheduled to sail southbound October 29. Jefferson is scheduled to sail southbound next Tuesday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24

You get real meal satisfaction at the Alaska Grill. adv.
 ~ WANTED -- Woman for general housework. Phone 297.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24
NEWS RACAN'S
 DEATH CAUSES
 A SHOCK HERE

The news of the assassination of Assistant District Attorney Steven Ragan. which quickly spread around last night, created terrific shock Mir. Ragan was well known here. and he had made many friends.
 The fear was general at the first that I. w. WI had been connected with the crime, for it was known that Ragan had vigorously presentea
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24

charges of sedition and failing to register for the selective draft against B. R. Sawyer and others. Earlier in the day Sawyer had been indicted for failing to register for the selective draft
 There was feeling of relief when the facts seemed to indicate that there was no conspiracy behind the crime.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-24
GARY IS CHEERED
 BY STEEL MEMBERS

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Fifteen hun dred members of the American Iron and Steel Institute cheered E. H Gary, the steel magnate. several min utes at this place. and unanimously endorsed Gafy's stand in the steel strike.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
Views and Reviews Recent Publications the Fields History and Bqa

surdly deprecated currency and n
standard Of living lowered almost to
the starvation point, that makes the
psychological background for Bolshev-
ism. In his description Of the Com
munist regime in Hungary the author
points out that it temporarily succeed
ed not through the conversion of the
great mass Of the Hungarian people
to socialism but through the general
conviction that life would become in
supportablc IL Hungary were confined
within restricted frontiers and denied
economic intercourse with her neigh
bors.
At the present time Poland is safe
guarded against Bolshevism by her
newly-awakened nationalsm and the
ardent religious spirit Of her peasants;
Noske'st White Guards are strong
enough to repress the German ex-
tremists; and Austria is restrained
from making any ventures in COM
munism by her sheer helplessness and
misery. But the condition of these
countries is still far from satisfac-
torily stable. Mr.. Brailsford's book is
a very effective confirmation Of the
opinion already expressed by Mr.. Sis
son and Mr.. Vanderlip that measures
looking to the speedy economic re-
Mobilization of Central Europe are die
tated not only by humanity but by
prudence and common sense as we'll.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06

Weale and Henry Chung. Mr.. MillArd.
who is vigorously and outspokenly
anti-Japancse in his sentiments, gives
count S, of the maze Of intrigues in the
ern err Question" Century,. Henry
Chung. n Corean nationalist, criticises
the United States for it's Indifferent at
ttude toward Japanese aggression in
The Oriental Policy of The United
States" (RevelD. B. L. Putnam
Weale's "The Truth About Japan and
China" (Dodd-Mcad) treats the prob
lem with especial emphasis upon it's
historical antecedents.
Herbert Adams Gibbons, one Of sew
eral international experts developed in
the United States by the war, has re-
Gently published book entitled "The
New Map of Asia" Century. Mr.
Gibbons distinctly sympathizes with
the native Asiatic peoples as against
the European powers which havo sub
jugated them.
There is certainly no reason to COM
plain either Of the quantity or of the
quality of the numerous recent books
dealing with historical, biographical
and political subjects. Taking them
Tor all in all, there is perceptible
gain in moderation and impnrtialEty of
viewpoint over the publications which
appeared during the years of the war.
The propaganda book that WAS an ex-
cusable necessity in wartime is re-
ceding into the background and scien-
tine scholarship is again asserting it's
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06

beauties Of the Kremlin and the diff
culties Of getting anything to eat in
country harried by revolution, civil
war and blockade.
American history is richer by the
addition of another volume to James
Ford Rhodes's scholarly and impartial
work. Mr.. Rhodes's new volume (Mac-
millan) describes the period from the
inauguration of Hayes to the election
of Mckinley. Two elaborate biogra-
phies that possess considerable hstor-
ical intereat are ex- Senator Beveridge's g
Life of John Marshall" (Houghton-
Miflin) and "The Collected Speeches
Evarts."
AS might be expected, many books
are being written about reconstruction
and about the pressing industrial prob
lens which call for solution in the
near future. The National Civic Fed
Grafton has published an interesting
survey of labor conditions in Great
Britain and France. Labor in the
Changing World" (Dutton) by Robert
NJ. Maclver, is a plea for the accept
ance ,and practical application of the
Julius Henry Cohen, "a well-known New
York lawyer, suggests industrial peace
through mutual compromises and ad-
lustments in "An American Labor Pol
Icy" (Macmillan).
The dispute over the disposition of
the Shantung peninsula has been ac-
companied by several books which deal
with the moral, historical and political
aspects Of the question. So far no
advocate of Japnn's cause has ap-
peared, but China's claim has been de-
Tended by i. Millard, B. l.. Putnam
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
History and Biography
War and Russia Dominate Recent
Output of Works in These Fields

The war and Russia dominate the
recent output of historical and bio
graphical works. Now that the great
conflict is over it is possible to view
its varied operations in proper per-
spective. In 'sThe Last Four Months"
little Brown Major General Sir
Frederick Maurice. noted British
military expert. analyzes the con-
trasted strategy of Foch ad Luden-
1orff n the decisive campaigns of
1918. William l.. Mcpherson relates
the military history OF the war from
its inception to the armistice in "The
Strategy of the Great War" (Putnam) J.
Books of personal "reminiscences by
combatants in various branches of
service continue to appear in goodly
quantity. Colonel Richard Derby's
Wade In. Sanitary" {Putnam) gives
splendid picture of the devoted work
performed by the American Medical
Corps in France. Kermit Roosevelt
has written an account of his expert
ences with the British army in Meso-
potamia under the picturesque title
War in the Garden of Eden" (Scrib-
ner's). Another Oriental "war book"
is Eastern Nights and Flights"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
In Central Europe
Vivid Description of
Economic Paralysis

ACROSS THE BLOCKADE BY Henry
Noel Noel Brailsford. Harcourt. Braoe &
Howe. New York.
The terrible effectiveness of the
blockade as a weapon of warfare is
convincingly portrayed in this account
OF present-day conditions in Central
Europe. Mr. Brailsford travelled
through Hungary, Austria, Germany
and Poland. With the exception Of
Poland none Of these countries has
been devastated by invading armies.
But live years of economic paralysis,
due to the cutting off of foreign i'm
ports, have reduced their populations
to state of misery that in some cases
approaches and even passes the border
line Of actual starvation.
Mr. Brailsford found the worst con-
ditions in German Austria, small
mountainous country incapable of self
support and denied its former supplies
from Hungary, Croatia and Czecho-
Slovakia. Here, more than anywhere
else, the pnched faces and stunted
cral state of physical debility and de-
generation that BODIES i'll for the future
Of the race. TIL author found much
suffering among the poorer classes in
Poland, despite the aggressive national
ism Of the government. In chapter
entitled "A Dead City in Poland" he
describes the fate Of LODI, once a great
manufacturing city, now ruined for the
lack Of cotton imports. He bitterly
denounces the Polish government for
is anti Semitism, accusing it of con-
niving at pogroms and openly perse-
cutting and discriminating against the
jewish population in many other ways.
Mr.. Brailsford found Germany too
thoroughly crushed to be vindictive.
He is convinced that the occasional
monarchist demonstrations and other
rcactionary outbursts are more. empty
gestures, quite devoid Of Significance.
on the other hand. he found among ali
classes Of people feeling of dull
despair, an apathetic Indifference to
work, conviction that the terms of
the peace treaty robbed Germany Of all
hope of recovery from her present
slough of economic misery.
1t is this spirit Of hopelessness.
brought on by closed factories, alb