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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
CHORUS GIRLS SON
FIGHTS FOR MILLIONS.

Chicago, Jan. l4.-Ihe right OF
Henry Antony Marsh to share in
the estate Of Marshall Field was
the subject of hearing in the SUI
pexior court here. The claimant is
J Years old and is the son of Henry
Field. grandson of the multimil-
lionaire Chicago merchant, and
Peggy Marsh, former chorus girl.
Her allegation that Henry Field
was father of her child was virtually
admitted by Marshall Field III after
his brothers death. when he estab-
lished a fund of 100000 for Peggy
Marsh in settlement of n contract
between her and his brother.
The hearing started concerns the
right of Henry Antony Marsh to
share in the income and ultimately
in the principal of a S5,000,000 trust
fund established by the seventh ar
ticle of Marshall Fields will. 1t
will hinge upon the courts interpre-
alton of the terms issue apd "law-
.ul issue" as used in the instrument.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15

OVER $500 CASH
IN DARING RAID
Unmasked Men Hold Up
Sixteenth Street Store
At 9 O'Clock.

Two bandits entered the store of
NJ. Cohen, 624~South Sixteenth
street, about 9 last night and robbed
him of between 5000 and $500 at the
point of gun.
Cohen told police that one of the
men wore a soldiers overcoat and
the other had a black overcoat and
dark cap. Both were unmasked and
about 80 years old, he said.
The thugs walked quietly into
the store and asked the proprietor
for some screws. When he turned
his back one of them pulled out a
revolver and ordered him to throw
up his hands. They obtained the
cash and made their escape. Po-
lice found no trace of the robbers
i'll the vicinity.
A fur cap valued at SIS was stol-
en- from the G.. E. Shukert fur store
at Fifteenth and Harvey streets
last night by breaking a window
with a brick. About $4,000 worth
of furs in the window were not
moleSted.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15

suit, not more than 81 worth of wool
could be used.
Not Responsible for Prices.
"The price of wool has not been
responsible for the advance in the
price of clothing, and even at present
wool values the wool required to
manufacture a suit represents less
than 10 per cent of the price at
which such a suit is retailed.
There may be some reason for
advancing the price of clothing"
DR.. Mcclure concluded, "but it can
not be claimed on to the price of
WOOL"
Denies Under Production.
Chicago, Jan. 1.-THE statement
that high clothing prices are due to
under-production resulting from the
44-hour week in factories was chal-
lenged by Sidney Hillman, president
OF the Amalgamated Garment
Workers of America. He entered
the meeting of the National Asso-
cation of Retail Clothiers, one of
whose members had made the state
nent, maintained production had in
creased and promised to appear
again and prove his assertion.
The clothiers were a bit startled
by Hillman's act, but readily prom
ised him hearing
NJ. L. Rothschld, a Chicago re-
taller, told his fellow merchants that
it was their duty to protect Gus
toners next fall and tell them not
to buy"
"a boycott from the consumer is
probably the only solution of the
high prices problem" he said. "An
indifferent suit is going to cost SIS
and all ordinary suit about $l00."
Rothschild turned to Hillman and
asked:
who is to blame for the high
prices?'
I'VE all are" responded Hillman.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
International Conference
OF Commercial and
Financial Men Called

New York, Jan. IA call for|
one of the greatest International
conferences of commercial and finan-
cial figures ever assembled in an Ell
fort to find remedy for the fnan-
cial and commercial chaos in which,
the world has been left by the waf|
was issued here following the meet
ing of a coterie of nationally known
fnanciers.
The appeal was issued sinuitane-
ously with similar proclamations put|
forth in Great Britain, France, Hol-I
land, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden
and Norway.
While Germany and Austria wereI
not included in the original call, III
was announced that delegates fronl
these countries wopld. be invited toI
attend the conference. ia sum. up|
the document" says the official an
nouncement OF the conference, sit isI
a call to the people to return to pref
war standards OF reason"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
Watchmen Will Protect
$4,000, 600 Gallons of
Whisky Held in Government
Bonded Warehouses in u. S.
FINAL DISPOSITION OF
LIQUOR NOT Determined
IS Thefts Reported From
Warehouses in Last Few
Months Despite Iron Doors
And Bars, 1t Is Reported.

Washington, Jan. IA. - Employ
ment of a force of $500 watchmen
to guard 100000 gallons-of liquor
held in government bonded ware
houses is planned by the internal
revenue bureau to protect the liquor
against theft, Prohibition Commits
sioner Kremer today told the house
appropriations committee. He asked
that congress make $2,000,00O avail
able Immediately for establishing the
guard
No plan for the final disposition
of the liquor has been determined on
by the bureau, Mr.. Kremer told the
committee. adding that permissive
Withdrawals after constitutional pro-
hibtion becomes effective would be
so few as not to pay the expenses
for maintaining the guard.
Consider Concentration.
Congress, he suggested, may be
asked to solve the problem OF dis
posing of the liquor, and committee
men suggested its concentration in
a few places. ...
Such a plan OF concentration. Mr..
Kremer said, is being considered by
the bureau officials.
Seventy-hve thefts have been re-
ported from the warehouses in the
last few months, despite iron doors
and bars, the commissioner said.
Without large increase in the pres
ent force at the warehouses, Mr..
Kremer said, large quantities would
be released by theft and distributed
and consumed in defiance OF law.
Distillers Ask Guards.
Distillers who own the liquor were
said by the commissioner to be
pressing the bureau for an increased
guard because they are compelled
under their bond to pay S64O a gal
lon for Withdrawals. and thetts
come within this provision.
Commis kremer, in telling
the committee of plans for action
later in the week when the constl-
tutiona1 prohibition amendment pc,
comes effective, said force OF !, ,4O0
agents for enforcement of the law
had been organized This force will
be dual organization, he said, most
os the agents being raiders and de-
tcctives, with the other portion
forming the branch of the bureau
to have charge of permission for
sales. -.-.
Most of the force, it was said,
would be centered in the east, OF
hcials expecting to need fewer men
in the western prohibition states.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
Americans Killed and
Wounded in Fight on
The Far Eastern Front

London, I thursday, Jan. 1.-Two
Americans were killed ana three
wounded in clash with an armcred
train of General Semenoh. com
er-in-chief of the a]l-Russian
army, between Lake Baika1 and Vel
khneudinsk in the province of Trans
Baikalia, according to the corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail and Har-
bin. The Americans were reported to
have captured the train.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
Will Try Again to
Rescind Action and
Reseat Socialists

Albany, N. Y, Jan, 14.-While
the assembly judiciary committee
was setting the stage for the trial
here next Tuesday of the five So
cialist assemblymen suspended at
the opening of the legislature, it
became known that another effort to
have the lower house rescind its &C
ton and reseat the five, is being
planned for Monday nights session.
After the committee had adopted
rules under which the trial will
be held and had requested Attorney
General Newton>to conduct it's case,
employing whatever additional
counsel he might desire, Assembly
man William G. Ames, republican
of New York, announced that on
the eve of the first public hearing
he would introduce proceedings to
have the suspended members re-
stored to their seats.
A similar motion to reconsider.
introduced last Monday night, was
rejected, II to 33.
Louis M. Martin chairman of the
judiciary committee, has sent formal
notices of the opening of the trial
next Tuesday to the unseated men,
bers Louis Waldman, August
Claessens.i Samuel A. Dewitt, Sam
uel Orr and Charles Solomon, all
of Greater New York.
Thaddeus c. Sweet, speaker of
the assembly. who launched the
ousting movement. made public a
letter from United States Senator
Miles Poindexter, republican of
Washington, approving the action
taken by the assembly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
Congressman Reavis Will :
Ask Transfer of Machinery

Washington, Jan. l4.-eSpecial
Telegram.) - Congressman Reavis
expects to introduce a bill in the
house providing for the transfer of
equipment for the construction OF
roads and highways from the War
department to the several state high
way commissions. Mr.. Reavis has
accepted an invitation to speak be-
fore the Young Mems Republican
club of Lincoln on Lincoln's birth
day. February H. His subject will
be~"Thc High Cost OF Democracy"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
MILLIONAIRE AUTO
MAN OF DETROIT
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
John Dodge Succumbs- in New
- York-Brother, Also Ill,
Improving.

New York, Jan. 14.-John Dodge
of Detroit, automobile manufactur-
er, is dead here of pneumonia.
Mr.. Dodge, with his brother
Horace, came here to attend the
automobile show. They were both
stricken with influenza, which de-
veloped into pneumonia. Horace
Dodge is said by his physicians to
be out of danger.
The career OF John F. Dodge
paralleled in many ways that of
majority of Michigan's leading
automobile makers. 1t began in
small Michigan machine shop, in
cluded many struggles against pow
erty and failure and it's close found
him one of the motor kings of the
world with a fortune estimated at
upwards of $50,000,000.
He was born in Niles, Mich, 81
wears ago
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
CLOTHING PRICES WILL
BE HIGHER, DEALERS SAY.

Chicago, Jan. l4.-Clothing prices
next spring will be from Is to 40
per cent higher than at present,
according to H. R. King of Seattle,
who addressed the National Retail
Clothiers' association.
Mr.. King said that the increase
would come from a. complexity of
causes, chief of which was increased
pay to workers. Labor had gone
up 275 per cent since 1914, he said.
Mr.. King also cited the decrease IN
working hours and the increase of
Australian~ool from $l.lS pound
in 1914 to $4.10 a pound now.
''The coming year will be most
crucial one for clothing merchants"
he declared. "It will not be SO much
a question of making money as to
keep the business from going on the
rocks"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15

Salt Lake City. Utah, Jan. a.
The statement of H. r. King OF
Seattle in ar address before the Ma
tional Retail Clothiers' association
at Chicago yesterday that clothing
prices will advance from Is to 40
per cent, partly because of higher
wool prices, was characterized as
absurd" by DR.. S. w. Mcclure.
secretary of the National Wool
Growers association, here. Mr..
King said before the clothiers that
Australian wool had increased from
$l.l4 a pound in 1914 to $4.10 a
pound now. d
"The truth of the matter is that
wool is no higher in Boston, the
wool market of the country today,
than it was 90 days ago" DR.. Nc
Clure declared, "and the highest
price yet paid for clean secured wool
in Boston is around S210 per pound,
and that is for the very finest grade. .
Not Very Much Higher.
Ordinary 3s-blood wool, which is
tHC class OUT Vi WlllSl SOlulSlS ultt-
forms were made and which is really
the most useful grade of wool in the
world for clothing purposes, is SELL
ing today in Boston at from $l.30
to $l.40 per pound, secured. This
wool has not advanced in the last 90
days.
"To manufacture a suit of mems
clothing suitable for the average
sized individual and made of me-
dunn winter weight goods requires
about e. ounces of wool, which wool
can be bought in Boston today at
$5.25. Thus, on basis of the pres
ent prices, the total amount of wool
in an average mans suit can be
bought for $5.25, and this is on the
presumption that the suit is made Of
all wool. Such suits as this retail
today at from 500 to SIS. If one
were to use the very finest wool
grown in the manufacture of this
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
FONTENELLE IS
SOLD TO OMAHAN
FOR 100000
Douglas Hotel Co. Agrees on
Sale Price With the H. A.
Wolf Co.

The Hotel FonteneIle was sold
yesterday to the H. A. Wolf Co :.
contingent only upon acceptance of
the provisions of the sale by holders
of a majority of the Stock OF the
Douglas Hotel Co., which is the
holding company of the hotel prop
erty.
The price paid by Mr.. Wolf is
much above that at which the stock
has been selling on the open market
so that acceptance of the PROPOSE
ton is assured. He is paying par.
S1O0 share, for the preferred stock,
and $50 share for the common
stock in the holding company. Until
recently the preferred stock has
been selling at SIS to $50 share fo-
preferred stock with share of CONT
mon stock thrown in with each two
shares of the preferred stock.
Most of the larger stockholders
have already agreed to the PROPOSE
ton of Mr.. Wolf.
The entire deal involves total of
$625,000 through the purchase OF
$50C,000 of preferred stock at par.
and $250,000 of common stock at halt
of par. In addition to this the prop
erty carries mortgage of $4OO,OO0.
Payments are to be made to stock
holders through the United States
Trust company as follows: 100000
on February I, 1920, when the sale
contract is consummated; S25,0O0 on
or before February IS, 1921; SIS, 1000
on or before February IS, 1922; $50
600 on or before February Is, 1928;
$4,000 on or before February Is,
1924, and the balance On or before
February IS, 1925. .
Gurdon w. Wattles IS president of
the Douglas Hotel company, which
has owned the hotel since it was
built five years ago. A. c. Smith is
vice president and A. L. Reed secre-
tary and treasurer.
The hotel has been paying prop
osition, stockholders receiving e per
cent interest on their investment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
CASUALT|ES|N
BERLIN RI0TINC
PLACED AT 147
Bullets Take Heavy Toll
And Police Are Forced
To Throw Bombs
Among Rioters.

London, Jan. l4.-Eye-witnesses
estimated the casualties in Berlin on
Tuesday at AZ killed and los wound
ed, according to the Reuter- corre-
spondent. Bullets took heavy toll,
he said, and the police finally were
compelled to throw bombs among
The rioters, causing a panic in which
many persons, including women,
were trampled under foot. Martial
law has been declared in Germany.
Provocation for firing upon the
crowd was furnished by its attempt
to storm the west entrance of the
Reichstag building. A score of men
attacked the guards and took their
rifles away just as soldiers rushed
up. General filing then began
When the mob ran into the street
fronting the south side of the edilice,
soldiers stationed there immediate
ly opened a. fusillade. Six slightly
wounded civilians were carried into
the Reichstag building, a dozen, 9th
ers were transferred to the GUARD
house near the Brandenburg gate
and a number were carried off by
members of the sanitary corps.
Reichstag Adjourned.
The Reichstag temporarily ad-
journed amid great confusion.
President Fehrenbach was obliged
to leave the chair, but was unable
to control the situation. Members
of various parties engaged in violent
recriminations, and members of the
cabinet left the chamber.
When the troops dispersed the
crowd they extended their Gordon in
the direction of Unter Den Linden
where throngs filled the street. An
officer who chanced along was Sc
verely beaten by the crowd.
After short recess the house
visibly quieted down and President
Fehrenbach, rising from his seat,
told the deputies the days casual
ties had reached total which would
occasion profound regret and that
CONTINUED on Pare Two, Column Three !
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
NEWFOUNDLAND COAST
STREWN WITH FISH, ETC.

Halifax, Jan. l4-Reports arriving
here from Newfoundland tell of the
havoc wrought along the coast by
the winters gales and seas. High
est waves in years were recorded,
reaching at Little Harbor Head, at
one time. to the 200-foot high tower
Of the lighthouse, encasing it in 9 IL
inches of Zee. The keeper had to
lower himself from the top window
10 chop away the heavy casing be-
fore he could restore the light serv-
ice. At Batteau Cove, a 200-pound
ledge anchor was swept away. The
entire Newfoundland coast is strewn
with Holsters, CLAIMS and fish tossed
I'D by the seas.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
Wage Point Conceded
To British Railway Men

London, Jan. 14.-The government
is prepared to make concessions to
the railwaymen on the wage ques-
ton, but is unwilling to give way on
the general principle upon which its
recent offer was formulated. Sir
Eric Geddes, the minister of trans
port, informed a delegation of the
railwaymen to this effect today.
The modified propositions will be
laid before the body of delegates at
a meeting tonight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
LACK OF TRAINED
NURSES IN COUNTRY.

New York, Jan. 14.-The- lack Of
trained nurses throughout the coun-
try was declared to be rapidly reach
ing a crisis by Miss Lillian Clayton,
president oNthe National League of
Nursing Education, at meeting OF
the advisory council of that organi-
cation. Directors of the public
health nursing bureau of the Red
Cross estimated that they would be
called upon to place at least 1000
nurses within the next six months
and reported they did not know how
they were to meet the demand.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
SWEET ROLLS MAY BE
THING OF THE PAST.

Chicago, Jan. l4.-Sweet rolls may
be thing OF the past unless there
is change in the sugar distribu-
ition system, according to members
of the executive committee of the
american Association of Baking
Industries, which went into session
Wednesday. John H. Hartley,
Chicago baker, in explaining the sit
nation, said that contrary to popu-
lar belief, bakers do not get all the
sugar they wish. Some bakers in the
city have paid 26 cents a pound and
then couldn't get all the sweet stuff
they needed"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
Jury in New Case
Remains in Deadlock

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 1.-THE
jury in the case of Harry New,
charged with the murder of Freda
Lesser, was still deadlocked Wednes-
day night with apparently little
chance of reaching an agreement, ac-
cording to statement of Foreman
R. G. Klingerman. Deliberations be-
gan Tuesday at 4 o'clock.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
Chicago Faces Deficit.

Chicago, Jan. l4.-Chicago faces
a deficit of more than $7,000,000 for
the coming year, according to re-
port submitted to the council COM
tpittee on finances by City Comp
troller George F. Harding. Mr.. Hard
ing said the city's resources in 1920
would be about $32,0O0,00O, while
the anticipated expenditures were
placed at more than $4,000 600.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
Confer Citizenship Upon
Indians Born in America

Washington, Jan. l4.-The house
passed bills conferring citizenship
upon Indians born within the limits
of the United States, and providing
final disposition of tribal property
among Indians adjudged competent
to administer their share. All re-
strictions on the disposition of the
property after apportionment would
be removed by the bill,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
Omaha Student Arrested on
ForuerV CHARGE at Lincoln

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 4.-(Spe-
cial. Edwin Atschuler, 18 years
old. student at the University of
Nebraska, giving his address as 1904
North Twenty-frst street, Omaha,
was arrested on charge of forgery
here Wednesday night. County
Attorney Matson says the boy has
confessed to forging checks aggre-
eating nearly $500.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
10000 Girl Scouts.

Philadelphia, Jan. l4.-Reports
given out at the sixth annual coun-
Gil meeting of the Girl Scouts of
America showed that the organiza-
ton has membership of more than
$4,000. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was
elected honorary president and Mrs.
Arthur 0, Choate, Pleasantville, N.
Y, president,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
New York Herald Sold.

New York, Jan. +, l4.-The New
York Herald announces that the
newspaper has passed into the hands
of Frank A. Munsey, who has pur-
chased all of the publishing inter-
ests of the late James Gordon Ben
nett.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
MAN WITHOUT COUNTRY"
SEEKS HABEAS CORPUS.

New York, Jan. l4.-Martin De
wal, described as man without a
country" applied for writ of ha-
beas corpus in federal court. He
has been held for deportation on
Ellis Island most of the time since
his arrest as an /. w. w. in July,
1918, in Seattle, and claims St. Hert-
eagenlosch, Holland, as his birth
place. The Dutch government has
refused to accept him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
SILK HOSE BANNED
BY MOTHERS CONGRESS.

Denver, Jan. l4.-Silk stockings
were added to the list of articles
Of clothing considered detrimental
TO the morals of youth by the Def-
yer chapter of the Mothers congress
and Parent Teachers association.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
''Soviet Ark" Leaves Kiel
For Unnamed Russian Port

Kiel, Jan. 14.-The United States
army transport Buford, carrying 24o
Russians deported from the United
States, left Kiel for an unnamed
Russian port at o'clock last eve
ming.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
Leon Bourgeois Elected
President of French Senate

Paris, Jan. 14-Leon Bourgeois
was elected president of the senate
by that body on the third ballot
taken today for the choice of pre-
siding officer. He received l47
votes as against 125 for Antonin
Dubost. the retiring president of
the senate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
= R IG H T
- R E E ZY
BITS OF NEWS
FIFTY-CENT DINNER
is REVIVED AT GENEVA.

Geneva, Neb., Jan. l4.-(Spe-
cial "A real dinner at so cents a
plate which netted the women who
served it over $l00, featured the last
of six weekly dinners of the Cen
eva Community club. The entire
program mas conducted by women
program was conducted by women
its to furnish a rest room in the
city hall.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
PERSHING VISITS GRAVE
OF WIFE AND CHILDREN.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. l4.-Gen.
John J. Pershing visited the graves
of his wife and three children, who
are buried in local cemetery. They
were burned TO death in their home
at the Preside, San Francisco, in
1915.
With Fred E. Warren, his wife's
brother, General Pershing drove to
the cemetery. Standing under the
last rays of fading day, General
Pershing uncovered his head and
laid wreath on the graves.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
WOMEN SHOULD FLY
AS MATTER OF HEALTH"

Chicago, Jan. l4.-Women should
Ay as matter Of health, Miss Ruth
Law, aviatrix, said in an address at
the aeronautical.-showy at the Col
iseuf1.
"Wiehin a few years." she said,
"every physician will own ma
chine or an interest in a machine SO
that he can send his patients who
have affected lungs up to height OF
a mile instead of sending them west.
Daily trips to an altitude where
the air is curative will be less ex-
pensive than trips to western noun
tains. Nervous women should fly.
Nothing is so refreshing as spin in
a hying machine"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-15
Ex|CAN cRuELT|ES Relate D|
Denies Wool Prices Soar
Or That Clothing Prices
Due to Cost of Product

Made Before National Retail Clothiers'
Association at Chicago That Clothing Prices Will
Advance 40 Per Cent, Partly Because of Higher
Wool Prices Characterized as absurd" by Sec
retary of National Wool Growers Association.