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Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Santa Claus Vessel
VIII Garry Gifts to
Riddles in Adriatic

Washington, Nov. ia Santa
Claus ship is going from America to
Dalmatia. 1t will be furnished by
the Navy department and the cargo.
which is to delight the kiddies OF
the Adriatic sea county, will be Sup
piled by the American Junior Red
Cross.
The sending of the ship was sug-
gested by Rear Admiral Andrews,
commanding American naval forces
in the Adriatic He wrote that the
schildren OF Dalmatia needed better
clothing and nourismnent than they
were receiving and that they did not
know what toys were like.
Laden with 1000 pairs OF socks,
like number of stockings. thou
sands Of cans of condensed milk
and hundreds of bars of chocolate
and toys, the vessel will leave
Hampton Roads carly enough to
reach Spalato so the gifts can 'be
distributed before Christmas.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Military Burial
For0maha Driver
Body of Youthful Ambulance
Chauffeur Will Be Accord
ed Full Honors.

The body of Robert E. Freuden-
stein arrived in Omaha from France
yesterday morning and will be
buried this afternoon in West Lawn
cemetery with military ceremonies.
He enlisted here in June, 1918,
and, after training at Camp Grant,
went to France with the SD En-
gireers as an ambulance driver. He
died in France, October 18, 1919.
He was 2l years old.
Mr.. Frcudenstein was born in
Frankenmuth, Mich. When he was
a boy, his parents died and he was
then taken into the home of Charles
Heine. president of the Guarantee
Laundry Co., Omaha. where he
lived until he enlisted. He was em-
ployed as driver by the laundry
company.
He is survived also by a sister,
Helen, who lives at the Heine home,
824 South Thirty-fourth street.
Funeral services will begin this
afternoon at 2:30 at Cross Lutheran
church, Rev. Titus Lang officiating.
The American Legion will partici-
pate in the services.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
WHERE TO FIND
the Big Features of
THE SUNDAY BEE

Things We Don't See Any
More, Part 4, Page /.
Jelly and Jam and Other
Things, Part I, Page 10.
Where Nebraska Beets Turn to
Sugar, Part 4, Page Q.
For Boys and Girls, Part 4,
Page 3.
Shopping With Polly, Part 2.
Page 7.
Learning to Golf, as Montague
Sees 1t, Part 4, Page 8.
Letters of Honie-Made Father,
Part 4, Page l.
E. A. Benson, in Caricature, Part
3, Page S.
Sports. Part 8
Wonen's News and Features,
Part 2. ..-
Heart Secrets of a Fortune
Teller, Part 4, Page s.
Gibson Cartoon, Part 4, Page 8.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Suspicious Bulge
In Carpet Leads to
Discovery Of Whisky

Joe Cratic, 1911 Pierce street, pro-
prictor of a soft drink parlor at
l40l Webster street, was arrested
and 200 gallons of "dago red' and
two gallors of corn whisky con-
fscated in raid led by Detective
Gorge Summit late Saturday after
noon.
Th raidirg squad first visited the
soft drink parlor, search OF the
premises filling to disclose any liq-
uor OF alcoholic content, Police
then entered a rooming house next
door. One of the men stumbled over
a rug with a suspicious bulge near
the center. The bulge was found
to be caused by trap door, be-
reath which two gallons of corn
whisky had been cached.
The police then took Cratic to
his home at 1911 Pierce street: where
the 200 gallons of "dago red" were
found and conhscated, Cratic was
arrested and charged with illegal
possession of liquor. ....
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Nebraska Farmers Face
Big Losses in Cattle Due
To Tight Money Market
Growers Unable to Buy Feeders Because of Banks
Refusal to Lend Money-Big Meat Shortage Next
Year Is Certain, Commission Men Say, If
Conditions Are Not Remedied.

movement of :hin cattle to the feed
lots, statistics show that the ship
r1ent OF stock cattle and feeder
steers from the Omaha market will
fall short of that in the previous
three years. Last month shipments
back to the country totaled 94,456,
as against l34,505 in October, 1919.
In August, when the heavy move
mcnt begins shipments were less
than half those of the corresponding
month of las. year. September
showed 80,533 head as contrasted
with l23,41l one year ago.
Country Banker Burdened.
Almost half the feeders sent out
from Omaha went to Nebraska
points. the figure for October show
ing 47,2Sl, a decrease of $4,000 from
year ago. Iowa farmers took ST.
S3!, as contrasted with S4,898 III
October yea- ago. Illinois ship
ments were 1,500 head greater, and
Wyoming showed shipments of 1880.
a large increase over last years
drouth figure of 203 head.
Bankers are unanimous n seeing
no prospect for more generous sup
plies of money to finance buying
feeders. Country bankers are load
ed up with 1oaps and are sending
their customers to Omaha in hope
CT obtaining fresh capital. .
mo relief is in sight" says ]. c.
French, vice president, of the Stock
Yards National bank. There will
be no fresh capital for feeding. op-
erations until the money can be real
lied out of other farm operations.
There has as yet been no material
liquidations from the wheat and corn
crops. In my opinion, the solution
depends largely on the farmers
themselves. Cattle loans can only
be increased by reducing other loans.
Farmers have enough money tied up
in other enterprises from which they
are to release themselves at this
time to take care of a large part o.
the present situation"
That the farmers way of looking
at the situation is quite at odds with
this is apparent in letter from the
heart of the Nebraska corn belt to a
commission dealer at the stock
yards.
There is not much feeding here,
although feed was never better" this
farmer writes. THE money powers
have crippled the industry. There
are lots of farmers here with corn
and hay to burn, but they can't get
a dollar to buy cattle. Farmers are
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Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14

Washington, Nov. 15.-President
Wilson issued his Thanksgiving
proclamation last night, saying that
"in plenty, security and peace, our
virtuous and self-reliant people face
the future" and set aside Thursday,
November Is, for the usual obser-
vances. The text follows:
"The season approaches when it
behooves us to turn from the dis
fractions and preoccupations of
our daily life, that we may contem-
plate the mercies which have been
vouchsafed to us and render heart
felt and unfeigned thanks unto God
for His manifold goodness.
"This is an sold observance Of
the American people, deeply im-
bedded in our thoughts and habits.
The burdens and the stresses Of life
have their own insistencc.
1--WE have abundant cause for
thanksgiving. The lessons of the
war are rapidly healing. The great
army of freemen. which America
sent to the defense of liberty, re-
turning to the grateful embrace Of
the nation. has resumed the useful
pursuits OF peace, as simply and rs
promptly as it rushed to arms in
obedience to the country's call. The
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
ask Wilson Resumption
To Return OfBuilding.
Covenant UrgedHere
Chairman of Senate Commit
tee Says Co-OperationinGet-
ting Back to Normal Will
Solve House Shortage.
Relief Is Expected Soon

United States Senator W. L. Cal
der, chairman OF a committee on re-
construction and reproduction, stated
at the conclusion of hearing held
yesterday in the city council cham
Der, that people of all classes in this
community should cooperate in
every way to stimulate resunp-
ton of building operations back to
normal and to solve particularly the
housing problem.
Have courage and get ready for
busy season next year." the sem
ator said. "You should cooperate
with each other to solve your prob
lens"
He stated that Omaha and its
surrounding territory were favored
during a time which brought more
marked retardation of building op-
cations and improvements in other
localities. He referred especially to
Omaha's building and loan associa-
tons, with present assets OF
$48,000,000.
Leave for Denver.
The senator and companions de-
parted at 4:20 for Denver, where
the hearing will be continued on
Monday.
The hearings held here yesterday
morning and afternoon were prof
table for the information which was
brought by representatives of vari-
Gus activities.
T. J. Fitzmorris, speaking for the
building and loan associations be-
fore the committee, asserted that
these organizations are meeting all
applications for loans on good Sc
curities. He stated that building
materials have increased from $50
to 200 per cent since 1914 and he
recommended simple life, economy
and saving as remedies for 4 return
to normalcy.
Plumbing Costs Absorb Reductions.
During an exchange of expressions
between the senator and Mr.. Fitz-
morris the former stated that the
committee had been told in SEVERAL
cities that the increased plumbing,
furnace and steam fitting costs are
absorbing the reduction i'll cost of
lumber.
Il do not anticipate ary radical
reduction of prices" said the sena-
tor. 'I believe that when people
understand prices are nearing their
level they will then resume building
activities" :"
w. NJ. Jeffer3, general manager of
the Union Pacific railroad outlined
the difficulties under which the
transportation lines have been work
ing since the roads were returned to
the owners. He stated that there
were more cars worn out than re-
placements during the government
management of The lines.
at has been stated" said Sena-
tor Calder to Mr.. letters, that the
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Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Ministers Asked to Help
Red Cross From Pulpits

This is Red Cross Sunday
r. NJ. Switzler. chairman of the
Omaha chapter of the American Red
Cross, issued an appeal Yesterday to
Omaha ministers to remember the
observance of the day in their pull
pits.
"It is particularly fitting" he
said. "that Sunday was selected as
a day ofireverence and tribute to
the work of the Red Cross. the
largest unofficial agency for service
to humanity in the world"
Fred Wilson. Vail. Ia. appeared
in the Red Cross office yesterday
and announced he had travelled
II miles to get his membership for
1921
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14

hen let them eat cake, said
the queer of France when informed
that the people had no bread. In
similar fashion the people of Amer
lea may be called on to eat vegeta-
bles next year because of short
age of meat that looms dangerously
near. .a" ....
With more corn and other stock
feed on the farms this year than
ever. and with thin cattle suitable
for fattening selling at from 81 to
s. hundred pounds lower. the
farmers CT the middle west are una
BILE to borrow money with which to
buy cattle to feed.
Veal calves and young cattle are
going to slaughter instead of being
taken back to the country, as in
former wears, to be fattened. Cat
tlenen declare that lots of thin
cows are sold to the packers for
making canned meat that could bet
ter be sent back to finish up on Ne
braska corn and produce calves. For
a year and a half this wasteful prac-
ticc has been going on, forced in
part by the drout1l Of last year and
the hard winter, and more lately by
the inability to finance feeding op-
erations.
Tight Money is Cause.
A shortage of beef is not thing
that can be quickly made up. Once
the supplies are cut down, it would
require from three to five years to
build up the herds again. The tight
money market, operates in many
ways to cut down the production of
beef cattle. Not only are farmers
experiencing difficulty in obtaining
loans with which to buy stock, but
the same condition forces them to
market cattle that are not ready for
slaughter.
With only two months more re-
naming of the season for heavy
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Auditorium Is
Swamped With
Fruit Displays
Exhibit Room at Premium in
Midwest Horticultural Expo
sition in Bluffs; Doors Will
Open Monday Night.

The Midwest horticultural expo
sition will open III Council Bluffs
Monday evening. The doors of the
Auditorium building and it's huge
annexes which occupy nearly all OF
the adjoining streets, will be opened
at 5 p. ul., but Monday night has
keen set for official opening. One
Of the features of the evening will
be the first. appearance of the Pat
Conway band.
Visitors will find the big build
ing packed with first-class exhibits
Shipments by express have been
pauring IN all week, and Illinois,
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michi-
gan, Nebraska. Missouri and Arkan-
sas were the first states to get their
big exhibits installed. Others will
be put in place today and Monday.
The exposition managers had or
dered only $50 apple trays for exhib-
itors. These were exhausted before
the middle of the week and the num-
her increased to 1000, and all are
being used. Six makers of spray
ing machinery have installed their
exhibits and an equal number o!
manufacturers offs praying material
are represented. Three thousand
plate exhibits of apples and nearly
as many of edible nuts are installed.
Fruit Displays Numerous.
The canned fruits and vegetable
displays are equally numerous. One
woman from Burlington, Ia, has 90
Jars and another from Ottumwa has'
an exhibit of 50. In addition to
these will be enormous exhibits of
apples in barrels and boxes, the best
product of the orchards of the rs
states that constitute the Midwest
association. George Schuck of Fort
Madison, Ia, who last year won Il
first prizes and a string OF sweep
stakes at the Iowa state fair and
was the high man among individual
exhibitors, will have a display of so
barrels of the finest apples grown
in Iowa.
Prof. C. P. Close, head Of the hor-
ticultural division of the agricultural
department at Washington. will
have charge of the practical DEM
onstrations in spraying, pruning and
control of garden and orchard in
sect pests and diseases. His in
structions will be Of paramount i'm.
portance.
Judges for Exhibits.
President S. A. Beach OF !Ames
college, state horticulturist; Prof. V.
R. Gardner of Columbia, Mo-, and
head of the state horticultural de-
partment; Prof. R. F. Howard of
the Nebraska State university, J. r.
Cooper, Fayetteville, Ark, head of
the state department of horticulture,
and DR.. c. c. Wiggans of Ne
braska university will also attend.
Wiggans and Cooper will be judges
of the fruit displays for the whole
exposition as we'll as contests.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Norther Again Keeps
Harding From Fishing;
Remains in Cottage

Point Isabel, Tex, Nov. 15.-(By
The Associated Press. kept off
the Point Isabel fishing grounds by
a cold "norther" and virtually ma
rooned on the land side by almost
impossible roads, President-elect
Harding remained at his seashore
cottage here today, winding up his
vacation week with a complete rest.
He hoped to get out for more tarpon
fishing, Monday if the storm blow.
over, and on Tuesday he expected
to play game of golf at Browns
Vile, when he motors there to NEE,
Governor Hobby of Texas. He
probably will remain there over
Tuesday night and will leave
Wednesday morning on a special
train for New Orleans to sail for
Panama.
The president-elect's special train
is due at New Orleans at 10 o'clock
thursday morning and he will make
a stay of about five hours and will
speak at luncheon of the Associa-
ton of Commerce.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Milwaukee to Resume
Limited Coast Train

Chicago, Nov 13.-Announccment
Of what was said to be the fastest
transcontinental railroad service ever
instituted in America, was made by
the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
railroad, which will resume its PA
cific Limited" between Chicago and
San Francisco tomorrow. Connect
ing with the 24-hour trains from
New York, passenger can now
journey across the continent in 92
hours and 45 minutes, including an
hours layover IN Chicago.
The Twentieth Century Limited,
leaving New York at 2:45 p. m, ar
rives in Chicago al GAS the next
morning. The Pacific Limited will
depart, beginning tomorrow, at
10:45, arriving in San Francisco at
$50 a. m. the third day.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Boy of l8 to
Go on Trial
ForNIurder
Rock County Youth, Scion of
Respectable Family, to Face
jury for Staying of Com
rade Rancher.
h1n.,...s He Killed Man

O'Neill Neb., Nov. l5--(Special.)
Floyd Wick, Rock county BOY slay-
er, will go on trial for his lie. in The
district court OF Rock county, at Bas-
sett, the latter part of thi. month. II
he is convicted by jury and the
Jury imposes the death penalty he
will be the youngest person i'll Nc
braska ever to receive such SEN
tence. He was IS, Thursday, Octo-
Der IA. q
Wick. who was residing on the
ranch OF his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Wick, near Malvern, an in
lani postofficc OF Rock countv, shot
to death Clyde Patterson. a bache-
lor neighbor, some time in August,
buried the body beneath steps lead
ing to dugout on the Patterson
place, then drove the Patterson cat
lie TO the Wick place, on which he
ESQ was patching" while his par
ents were in western Nebraska. He
confessed shortly after he was ar
rested
The Wick and Patterson ranches
are located III the Malvern flats, 80
miles southeast OF Basset,, the near
est town, and are in the heart of the
great cattle country OF north central
Nebraska. Hatitations are miles
apart in the district. Patterson dis
appeared some time in August. but
neighbors thought nothing of it I'LL
til brother IRON Oklahoma came
out to visit him.
Produce Fake Letter.
Then it developed that he had been
gone about six weeks and that young
Wick had driven his cattle away. The
brother and Sheriff Leonard qucs-
toned young Wick and he stated
that he had purchased the cattle and
that Patterson had gone to Colorado,
from which state he had received a
letter from him. He couldn't find
the letter then, but produced one
some days later purporting to be
from the missing man. 1t was in
the handwriting OF young Wick.
however. Sheriff Leonard, believing
Patterson to be the victim of a bunch
of cattle rustlers of which young
Wick might be a member, went 10
the Patterson place with pa.terson's
brother and young Wick 10 search
for evidence and the body. Wick
was the most mconcerncd OF the
three.
An empty shotgun shell Nas found
at the corner of the Patterson cabin
.fSout 20 feet from the cabin door.
Then the search for the body began
and it was the poorly concealed att
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Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
First Cows Donated to
Germany in Hamburg

Berlin, Nov. l5.-Seven hundred
Holstein cows. comprising. the first
&ka signment of mich cows donated
bv Americans to Germany. arrived
in Hamburg, where they have been
quarantined pending action by the
American donors and German ottl..
cials. who will determine their hnal
destination.
An American dairy cattle COM
pany. which is supervising the gilt
and shipment OF the cows. still re-
tains titls to them and has de-
manded assurances from the Ger
man government that they will not
be included in the cattle levy de-
nlandcd by the allies.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Son Lost %
Years Finds
His Mother
Fear He Was Orphan Waif
Without Name or Family
Is Dispelled for Nebraska
Man.
Error Clouded Identity

Harry Morris of Beatrice. Neb.,
is experiencing today happiness he
never expected to find.
For after 25 long years of unccr-
tainty, during which the belief he
was an orphan waif without name
or family never left his mind. he
has been reunited with his mother.
He has learned of the unceasing
eftorts of his mother. Mrs. Eta
Morris, 1880 Eastern Parkway street,
Brooklyn, to find him. And he has
spent two blissiul weeks with her
in her little Brooklyn home. relating
his adventures. filled with hardship
ard here and there bit of joy, since
he left home 25 years ago,
Lined Up for Work.
At the age OF cigh. Harry was
placed in the charge OF a Children's
Aid society by his family, that at
the time was poverty stricken. lt
was the hope of his family to take
him back in short time.
Without the knowledge of his par
ents, however, Harry was shipped to
Nebraska with "a other children. In
small town in the southeastern
part Of the state the children were
taken from the train.
They were lined up and farmers in
the vicinity were given the. privilege
of choosing them to do farm work
in exchange for board and clothing.
Beaten With Blacksnake.
Harry was chosen by a hard 7heart-
ed man, he says, who thought only
of the work he could secure He
was forced to. rise Before daylight on
cold winter mornings and perform
chores which would have broken the
back of an ordinary boy OF 8 years.
His taskrliaster gave him little
chance to attend school. and on one
occasion, Morris declares. lashed
him with blacksnake whip until
he was unable to stand.
He was later bound out" to an
other farmer but his condition was
not bettered. He was bound out"
from farm TO farm, forced to do
heavy labor from daybreak TO dusk
and received not a cent in payment.
But more unbearable than the la
Dor was the constant reminder that
he was an outcast, an orphan. He
was told repeatedly he was mo ac-
count. he says, and actually began
to believe it.
Joins the Navy.
The spark of life was strong in
Harry, however, aud he grew into a
husky youth under this rigorous
treatment. He was finally big enough
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Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Rumors That Police
Safe to Be ''Cracked'
Put ''Cops' on Guard

Rumors that the safe in police
court room at Central police sta
ton was to Cracked" have been re-
sponsib1e for the cutting of window
in the partition separating the room
from the station proper.
According to police, approximate
ly $4,000 in cash is ordinarily
slowed away III the safe, and to any
one familiar with the combination it
would have been an easy matter to
make off with the money.
The cutting OF the aperture, car
ried out under orders from Chief of
Police Eberstein and under the direc-
ton of Lieutenant Marshall, gives
the captain and others in the station
a clear view of the safe and will make
any attempt to burglarize the deposi-
tory extremely hazardous.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Nebraska Gives
Harding l27,56
Lead Over Cox
Official Vote Shows Extent
Of Landslide Here in
Favor of Republican
- Nominees.

Lincoln, Nov. 15-(Special.)-
Theofticial vote in Nebraska on
candidates for president and state
Offices is:
For president and vice-president:
Warren G. Harding and Calvin
Coolidge, 247,178; James M. Cox
and Franklin D. Roosevelt, 119,602.
For governor: Samuel r. Nickel
vie, rep, 152,849; John H. Moore
head, dem, l30,422; Arthur G. Wray,
nonpart-labor, $4,000.
For lieutenant governor. P. A.
Barrows, rep, 18l,613; Cass G..
Barns, dem, l0595l. ..
For secretary of state: Darius M.
Ansberry, rep, 226519: L. A. Lar
son, dem, 123,17S.
For auditor of public accounts
Gtorge w. Marsh, republican, 220,-
l82; ]. w. McRs ssick, democrat,
04,590; Flora PA ter, progressive,
26,694.
For commissioner OF public lands
and buildings: Dan Swanson, re-
publican, 227,342; Fred Heller,
democrat, 1858. .
For treasurer: D. B. Cropsey, re-
publican, 217.160; J. S. Canaday,
democrat, 1908; H. Floyd Miles,
progressive, 17,701.
For attorney general: Clarence
A. Davis. republican, 200, 0,495: Rich
ard {. Hunter, democrat, 101,845;
Floyd L. Bollen, Nonpargan league,
.53,961. ~
For railway commissioner (long
term): Thorne A. Browne, repub-
lican, 226,38S; Roy M. Harrop,
democrat, 1882.
For railway commissioner (short
terml: Harry L. Cook, republican.
225,Oo2; Harold A. Kent, democrat,
1880