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Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-02
Chicago Produce.

Chicago, March 1.-Butter-Thm;
creamery, 49065c.
Eggs-unsettled; receipts. 1890 eases;
firsts. 49h o. SOC; ordinary firsts. $50 4scs
at mark. cases included. 47@4sc.
Poultry-Alive. higher: springs, sees
fowls, acc.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-02

New York Coffee.
New York. March 1.-Coffee-Rto No.
IL. 14%c; futures. steady; May, 1l.s%c.
July. 14.4Sc.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-02
Sc. Louis Grain

Sc. Louis Grain.
st. Louis, NO., March 1.-Corn--May
$1.37%; July, $1.S2x.
Oats-May, SSkc.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-02
Stocks and Bonds

Number OF sales and range o. priesA
on the leading stocks;
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Valuable Nipa Palm.

For the Nipa palm. so abundant in
many parts of southeastern Asia. an
important future is predicted as a
source of alcohol and sugar. In the
Philippines. this palm occupie. vast
marslly areas near the river mouths
around Manila bay and along the coaS,
of other provinces. Its leaf is used
for matching the roofs Of native huts
and its fruit is eaten raw or preserved
The Juice. from which toldy is made,
is collected from incisions In the bark
after the tree is five years old. Each
tree yields about 43 quarts in the Pc
Rod from July to December. and each
acre of 500 trees should therefore pro-
duce about $4,000 quarts. DIR. Glib. a
chemist associated with the Manila bu-
r"au of sciences finds that this should
supply ut least 5000 quarts Of o. per
cent alcohol. Used for sugar. a gallon
of juice yielded about ounces of SUI.
crosse, which after boiling and drying
gave excellent crystals weighing about
3 ounces. besides quantity Of first
and second quality molasses. 1t is
estimated that the refining Of this
sugar should cost considerably less
than that from cane.
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Less tho0 ~ 01D0Aos later a AnN1,
cab brought ~ % he Lowrie house.
AS old Title opened the door she
peered up the street and grunted with
satisfaction: "Huh! You're all getting
nome all right. Mr.. viii. There comes
Miss Amy with Miss Ellen"
tie jumped past her into the hall.
Don't tell them-that ia. saw I'm IN
MI IN my room. very busy"
Ills shaving set lny before him on
the dresser. He looked from 1t to the
carefully arranged evening clothes.
Inc collar, tie. studs and links had all
come from his suitcase. His forehead
gathered in a puzzled frOwn.
1T certainly was locked" he muir.
INJURED.
AS he entered tho parlor Tillie an.
nounred dinner. Ellen looked at him
IN tender expectation. He flushed.
glanced at Amy, hesitated and stepped
across to offer his arm to Mrs. Kirk.
land.
Since all Of you insist that am
me host. ! shall do my duty as SUCH"
he SIniing'y remarked.
"Pr'm. prudent and precise" Knocked
Amy. and she transferred her hand
from Be,nm's arm to Doctor Kirk.
'anfs. I'VE stand corrected! Chuwles.
you may take in Miss Kirkland"
Clinton avoided Ellen's pitiful gaze.
The tel. gram has not yet come7" he
asked the girls mother.
Not yet. We expect 1t any
minute"
Should have come hours ago." add.
Ell the physician.
They're such slow pokes!' com.
pluined Amy.
Ellen sighed audibly. Even BENIN
looked grave. The suspense Of wait.
ing for the delayed telegram was max.
ing every member Of the party uneasy.
BENIN may have had additional causes
ct worriment. for his gravity deepened
almost into mOrOseneSS.
Old Tillie. still red.faced from her
culinary operations but neat and fresh
rs any young hOusemr'd d. brought in
her last course. AS she entered. the
tingle of the electric bell rang sharply
through the open doorway.
Land Sakes and me with my hands
full :" she muttered.
I'm go" cried Amy. ut must be
the telegram"
1mpetuously she rose and few into
the front hall. In a few moments she
came Gart.ng back. calling over her
shoulder: Hurry. please! please
hurry"
A bIase messenger hoy. with cap
cooked over one ear. appeared in the
dining room doorway. Amy waved him
to the physician. This way! This il
Doctor Kirkland"
Doctor Kirkland handed the receipt
book to the boy and caught up the tel.
cgram. He tore open the envelope
and read the message. 4 frown creased
his usually smooth forehead
''O-o-oh, papa!" sighed Ellen. "Rad
newS!'
Him." he cleared his throat. Ills.
ten. THIS is the answer to my inqu ~ ::
Regret superintendent away. On re.
turn he will wire full particulars
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Introducing the eassarisk.
Ever meet a baSsarisk?

Ever ulce( Il D0SSHrlSk!
No. not basilisk that is something
different. A baSSarisk is cacomixle.
But the animal is better known as
the "civet cat"-though why so called
nobody knows. innsmuch as it is not a
civet and not a cat.
1t is strange little creature, relat.
ed to the raccoOn. with very long,
hushy tail ringed in black and white.
Sometimes 1t Is called n 'ring-taiied
cat" and sometimes "cat-squirrel ="
the latter designation bestowed on
account of its squirrel-like habit Of
climbing trees and nesting in hollow
branches.
Like cat, II catches rats. mice and
small birds. It Is about 16 inches
long. not counting the tail, which
measures another 16 inches. In color
it is brownish gray. 1t is night
prowler, like cat. and often makes its
home in outbuildings and deserted
ranch houses.
The civet cat ranges from Mexico
and Texas to California and as far
north as southern Oregon. Occasion
ally it is kept in captivity as pet.
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0rooklyn's "eixod Feast o. Movabies.w
When Flats Wsre Unknown in
the City Of Churches.

Long ago In BrOOklyn-in the con.
sulship Of Plancus. when Fernando
Wood was Tammany mayor Of New
York. and the perennial effervescence
Of the Fenfans dubbed over in anti
draft riots-in that rolled golden age.
May day was knowing day." Henry
Van Dyke writes in Scribner's.
Beautiful Brooklyn, with breezy
heights overlooking the turbulent
tides of East river, and the round
green patch Of Governors island. and
the long low metropolis Of Manhattan.
ana the hills of New Jersey and
Staten island beyond the busy harbor
what broad and noble outlook, what
rural. self-complacent charm was
thine. 0 city Of churches, "all unrav-
aged by the fierce intellectual life Of
the century," wrapped in New Eng
land traditions and based on solid
Dutch financial foundation!
Beecher and StOrrs were thine,
joachim and Boaz. pillars of the ora
torical templtA-and. Lord. how they
hated each other! Walt Whitman also
was thine. the insurgent rhapsolical
pOet-but thou knewest him not be.
cause he was flannel shirted. Placid
and prim were thy streets, and thy
spirit was self-contented. sure that the
ultimate truth and the final social
form were embodied in Brooklyn.
(Reader, l am afraid that these
paragraphs. II you follow the punctua-
tiOn may seem like un-capitalized vers
libre. Let US get back to honest
prOse.)
May the LIST. in the days which l
recall. was the time appointed for the
transmigration Of households.
1t was not movable feast, 1t was a
fixed feast Of movables.
The little houses poured forth their
accumulated treasures and rubbish to
be conveyed to other little houses
Apartments" were unknown. but tene-
mcnts had begun to exist. Neither
the origin nor the destination made
any difference. The point was that
you had to move If your lease was up.
and your goods and chattels had to
move with you.
Great was the disclosures on that
lay Of the stuff that had been accumu.
lated. The discreet. gigantic moving
van had not yet been invented.
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CHAPTER VI.
Propinquity.

When the bland vice presiden,
bowed Clinton out the latter's draft
had been cashed. BENIN introduced
the first assistant cashier. who. smil.
ing curiOusly at Clinton. handed him
his money. The owner thrust the
packet Of bills into his wallet and de-
clined an invitation to be seated.
Thine to 50. ell. what?' said BENIN.
Needn't remind me. You're not the
only one made hungry by watching
these laboring slaves of Manl,nou.
Wen stroll up to the club for a bite
Of lunch"
''rhe club?' inquired Clinton.
ITO be sure-the club. That's one
on you, old man. It's rich taking you
M a guest to one Of your own clubs
Come and be Introduced to some OF
your fellow members"
Clinton responded with the quizzicai
look that indicated a decided streak
Of waggery' in his present personality:
"All right. I'm with YOU"
The answer put BEAM into the best
OF humOr. His ge6iality became rather
forced, however. when at luncheon
Clinton not only refused wine but per.
sisted in talking on ilnpersonal topics.
This last may have been due either to
the reticence of good breeding or to a
consciousness Of guilt. or to an antip
athy toward BENIN.
When they left the club BENIN sug.
gested that they stroll over to the Ath
letic club.
They entered the dressing room.
where BENIN signed to the attendan.
in charge. "Open Mr.. l.owrie's locker,
will you. Jones? He has forgotten his
key"
''Lowrte?" muttered Clinton.
"Saves IN awkward explanation.
y'knOw." replied BENIN. "You'l need
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COUPLE WE'D BY WIRELESS
Detroit Claims Worlds Record for
Long Distance Wedding
Ceremonies,

Detroit. Mich.-What is believed
the worlds record for long-distance
weddings, occurred today. the con-
tracing parties being in Detroit and
somewhere on the Pacific ocean,"
Miss Mahelle Ebert became the
bride Of John X. Wakeman. a sailor
aboard the cruiser Birmingham. The
bridegroom was 1000 miles of the
California coast with the Pacific fleet
and the bride was in the First Preshy-
terrain church. Detroit.
The bride denies current stories
that the welding was prompted by
conditions Of q will that left for
tune to her II she would be married
by certain date. She does not know
when she will see her husband.
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closer to him. BENIN dropped his

closer to him. BENIN dropped bis
hands.
'Wait!" he said sharply. ''That
mark on your arm"
Clinton twisted the arm around.
"What do you meant I see no mark. !"
"NOr do I. That's just It." REFINED
BENIN. TITS not there now. You
know, Red-the brownish bl0tch-
birthmark."
"Sure," agreed the instructor. star
ing curiously. "flave you been to a
beauty doc, Mr.. Lowrie?"
Clinton looked at the two with q
quizzical smile. "YOu say used to
have birthmark on my arm?"
"Size of dollar. on the outside.
three inches below the elbow con.
cisely stated BENIN.
And now It is not there" remarked
Clinton. He held the arm out to the
instructor.
THAT'S slick job. Mr.. Lowrie," the
man commented. mo scar; no sign
1t was ever there. How'd you do ttY"
For the first time since midafter.
noon the shadow of doubt in Clinton's
eyes gave place to a twinkle. ITS {"
process not yet fully understood" he
answered. I'm few days. however.
! may be able to explain It,"
"A very few days. l hope" adde.i
BENIN.
He put up his hands in response :"
Cltnton's resumption Of boxing pow.
tion. and they began a lively round Of
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CHAPTER v-contjnued.

Ellis busy day, y'know." drawle.l
BENIN. signaling Clinton to come with
him through the door behind the rail.
"Cashier runs the bargain counter of
bank. Cutie bore. take 1t. Give
me the vice presidency. Stately lei.
sure-all that. y'know."
Clinton stopped short, his fingers
thrust into the fold of his wallet. ut
must have dropped out" he muttered.
"What's that?" inquired BENIN.
"The check for the suitcase. / must
have dropped it,"
"You did-last evening"" replied
BENIN. mo doubt 1t fell out with
your baggage checks. l must have
been still bit confused from that
Knockout blow when picked them w.
This morning found the brass check
in my pocket"
"Yes." said Clinton. holding out his
hand.
BENIN smiled suavely. "You'll par.
don the liberty. I'm sure. I happened
to be down at the depot. and thought
you might like to have your suitcase
up at the house,
''Thanks. Doctor Kirkland will hear
today with regard to Mr.. Lowrie, SO
! may he leaving tonight. But 1t was
thoughtful OF you"
"You think Of leaving tonight?" pro-
tested BENIN.
1.-THE moment my identity IL estab.
lished l fancy neither Miss Kirkland
nor Miss Lowrie will urge me to stay.
I'D be glad to put you up in my
diggings until you've got in touch with
people here" offered BENIN.
Clinton met the cOrdiai invitation
with frank smile and an equally
frank refusal. That's good Of you
But with the town determined to be.
lieve I'm ~. .owrie. and the young
ladies annoyed at finding I'm not. It
will he bit tco uncomfortable"
IAN. yes" .nurmured BENIN. md he
knocked softly at door. "Here is the
office Of the lice president"
A bland. elderly gentleman opened!
the door. BENIN introduced Clinton tn
him. and declined the vice presidents
Invitation to enter. with the excuse
that he wished to chat with one of
the assistant cashiers. Clinton ST.,
down with the vice president. who re-
marked casually on his strong resem-
hlance to- Will Lowrie. and starteu
witty conversation.
BENIN. meantime. had gone through
the Enclosure Of the first assistant.
cashier into the Office Of the bank
president. small. cold.eyed. correc,
banker. BENIN slipped into a chair
Mt the financier's elbow and murlnure.l
eoncisely: "NO trace of the key In til.
suitcase. sir. saw his baggage checks
and noted the numbers. His trunks
went on to the coast. Wired Frisco
for them to he watched and held. "
necessary. The probability ts that he
has the key on his person. He. ha.
changed suits to one he wore las.
summer, to which. no doubt. he has
shifted the key"
Get It," said the president.
AT the first opportunity. sir. do
not think It best to show our hand
sntil We have our proofs-Or he at.
tempts to leave town."
A cipher Telegram was handed In to
he president. he unlocked his secre;
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CHAPTER VII.
Hiuh Stakes.

Instead Of Il climax. the message
was an anti-climaX. For long mo-
ment all stared ut the frowning ply.
stefan.
Ellen was the first to speak. She
looked appealinsly ut Clinton and
whispered: "You-you will stay I'm.
til-:"
"All right" cheerily rejoined Gin.
ton. ION your heads he it From now
on shall sit back and enjoy the com.
edy. 1t is delightful to be petted by q
sweet little sister"
''HOw about game of br.dge?" sug.
gested BENIN.
When. a few minutes later the party
left the table. Doctor Kirkland went
into the parlOr with his wife. The
young people stopped in the library.
Promptly BENIN began counting Amy
with directness and ardor that at
first both surprised and amused Ellen.
Soon. however. her interest again cen.
tered on Clinton, who was regarding
Bemm's gallantries with fast deepen.
ing iispleasure.
rTOlu luc kuTIoF MTS. NiFkIanu
watched the young people with grow
ing concern. Her husband. though his
eyes were seemingly fixed on the pages
OF a newspaper. had not missed sin
gle shade Of change in Clinton's ex.
preston. Mrs. Kirkland talked in a
desultOry manner to conceal from the
players the intensity of her interest.
At last, however. she reached the ut.
most limits of her patience.
My dear" she murmured. ''some-
thing must be done. He Is utterly neg
lecting the poor child. Can you not
see how wretched she is? gave her
your advice to keep on trying She
has done SD all evening. and yet look
at him."
If it were not for Amy" replied
the physician. 'That is the uncertain
factor. had hoped not Il little from
his manner toward Ellen during their
drive to my office. But now"
"Now?"
Him. 1t is difficult to say what is
the nature of this concern for Amy"
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FOUR CHILDREN
DRIFT Is HOURS
Youngsters Have Thrilling Expert.
ence in Row Boat on
Lake Erie.
BOY OF 9 IS HERO
Prayers Of Male Passengers Minols
With Sobs Of Women az Steamer
Picks Tots Up 80 Miles
From Shore.

Detroit, Mich.-With the prayers Of
LOU male passengers mingled with
the sobs of hysterical women, four
children who had been adrift in a
small row boat for more than twenty
five hours in Lake Erie were rescued
by the steamer City Of Toledo 30 miles
from shore.
The children drifted from Lakeside.
Mich., at 9 O'Clock Saturday morn
ing, and while they were far from
land two Of them who got out Of the
boat were rescued by 9-year-old Mer-
win Daso, one Of the party.
The children are: Robert, aged 8;
Richard. 6. aud Merwin, 9, sons Of
Merwin DasO Of Toledo, and Violet
Sperry, their first cousin. II years
old.
Tells Of Experience.
Squatting on the second deck Of
the steamer, the hero of the adven-
ture told the passengers just how 1t
happened. They started out from
Lakeside with broken oar and two
sticks, intending to push themselves
along the shallow shore. Soon they
were long way out. he told the pas
senger-s, and with wind blowing
they could not get the boat headed
back for Lakeside.
Late In the afternoon Violet con-
ceived the bright idea to get out and
push the boat.
She could not touch the bottom. Of
course. and Merwin was afraid she
was going to drown. He finally sue
ceeded in pulling her back into tile
boat.
Saturday night bob" got into trou-
Bile. He insisted in prowling about
the fiat bottomed craft and fell over
board. Merwin at once plunged into
the lake and keeping one hand on the
boat caught Bob by his rompers and
pulled him back in.
Merwin Takes Command.
AS it began to get dark they all
became frightened, hut Merwin de-
cided to take command" and ordered
the others to go to sleep. telling them
he would wake them up after he had
''done the watch"
During the night "Dick." Violet and
little Bob took turns at watching for
ships.
With the rising of the sun Sunday
Merwin decided to take off his under
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City Of Toledo Hove In Sioht.

shirt. and placing it OH the end of a
stick. he held it for hours. hoping that
passing ship might pick up his party.
The sun soon became too hot, and
Merwin, unable to stand the heat Of
the rays on his bare back, pulled
down the signal and again took to
padding.
When the City Of Toledo hove in
sight. Merwin and Dick. one with the
BROKEN oar and the other with
stick. were doing their best to send
the rowboat along.
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ION YOUR HEADS &c IT..

SYNOPSIS. - Alighting from q
train ut Denver . well-dressed trav-
eler 10 Familiarity accosted by q
man about his own age. The trav.
eler ignores the advance. A few
minutes later he Is greeted -
'Will' by an elderly lady and gen.
tleman. who stop their auto to
speak. He imagtnes It q case Of
mistaken identity and announces
himself AZ Richard Clinton" on
his way to the coast. The couple
appear greatly surprised. and learn
ing he 10 to be in town until mid
night. the lady, introducing hers-lf
a. Mrs. kirkland. and her husband
az Doctor Kirkland. invites him to
dinner. explaining the action by his
truly remarkable resemblance to .
friend Of theirs. He accepts. At
the kirkland home he meets q
young lady who greets him ~ her
nance. She 10 Ellen kirkland. and
plainly 10 greatly hurt by his asser-
ton that he IL Richard Clinton. At
dinner Clinton learns that his host
10 a medical specialist and that he
Is believed to be VIII Lowrie, a
young man who had been suffer-
Ing from q nervous breakdown and
had gone east for medical treat.
ment. L0wrie had had in his pos.
session bonds Of the value Of $780,
GOO. belonging to the bank where
he was employed. which have dis
appeared and of which he has no
recollection. With Doctor Kirkland
Clinton goes to the Lowrie home,
the doctor being satisfied that Amy
Lowrie. Wills sister. will convince
Clinton he Is really Lowrie. suffer-
Ing from loss Of memory. Amy de-
clares at once he IL her brother.
and insists on treating him as such.
to his great embarrassment. Doc.
tor kirkland sends a telegram to
the sanitartum where Lowrie Is un.
dergoing treatment. Ellen and Amy
try In vain to convince Clinton he
10 Will Lovrie. They manage. how.
ever. to prevent his going. BENIN.
a sutton Of Amy and an agent of
the bank, moves in the matter Of
the missing bonds.
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Aloof.

''Who is your choice for the nomi-
natiOn?" Farmer Corntossel was
asked.
Haven't made any" replied Farm
er Corntossel. Nobody asked me to
no convention; an l don't see any
sense to my neslectin' work an both
erin around like it was guessia'
contest with no prize attached"
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code book, translated the telegram,
and stated lacOnicaily to BENIN:
Richard Clinton. forty thousand,
First National, Chicago. Main dems.
its: draft on First National. Boston.
for twenty-five thousand. in May. and
check Of International Security Bonds
company for fifteen thousand. five
days ago"
BENIN smiled exultantly. ''Tha'
clinches It. He took some or all al
the bonds out Of the safe deposit box
when he went east sold some, and
deposited the proceeds in the Boston
bank. To cover up he transferred his
account to the Chicago bank. In May.
under the name Of Clinton. On his
way home he sold more Of the bonds
fifteen thousand dollars worth-to
this Security Bonds company. must
confess that have had my doubts
whether he was not right In his claim
Of mistaken Identity"
"All that Is immaterial. BENIN ..
CURLY stated the president. "The next
step Is to locate the unsOld bonds"
Eyes. sir. That Is what l had In
mind. I'll lunch Mt the club. In vino
veritas, y'know."
The president made slight gesture
Of assent and dismissal. BENIN rose
and bowed himself out as If lie had
been making social call.