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Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Saws Medical Graduates
Are Not Fitted for
Preventing Disease

Chicago. March 3.-The sanitary
engineer is better fitted in the study
of disease preventives than are
graduates of medical colleges, Dr..
Victor E. Vaughan, dean OF medi-
cine in the University of Michigan,
declared before the congress on
medical education.
Graduates OF our medical schools
today are not in any way fitted to
do public health work" Dr. Vaughan
said. "The science OF preventive
medicine is not taught in our uni
.yersitics. The whole trend of the
teaching is toward curative meth
DDS"
Officers OF the three divisions OF
the congress were elected at the
closing meeting and Chicago was Sc
lected for the 1921 gathering. The
officers are:
Counsel on medical education; DR..
Arthur Dean Bevan. Chicago,
chairman; DIR. N. p. Colwell, Chr
cago, secretary.
Association of American Medical
colleges: DIR. William Pepper, PHI
adelphia, president; DR.. Fred {,
Zapffe, Chicago, secretary.
Federation of states medical
boards: DR.. David A. Stricken,
Denver, president; DR.. Walter L.
Bierring, Des Moincs, secretary and
treasurer.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04

Hog prices during the early part
OF the month were at the highest
level of the winter, with receipts
at the yards Is to 20 per cent be-
low normal, despite the fact that
government reports show that
there is piobably large surplus
on the farms
In the beef market, "a factor
which has had great influence on
the beef trade. has been the rela-
lively strong demand for hind
quarter beef and the poor demand
for forequarter beef" the packers
state.
The mutton situation is similar.
There is shortage of lambs, due
to the failcre of many Colorado
stock men to buy at prices pre-
vailing las:' fall. and as a result
practically the entire market sup
IT, from row until the first Of
June must come from the Scots
Bluff territory in Nebraska and
Colorado.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Blame the High Cost Of Living to Eating
Too Far Up on Hog, Too Far Back on Beef

Chicago. March 3.-Southern
laborers who are eating too high
up on the hog" and American
housewives who "eat too far back
on the beef" are to blame for the
continued high cost of living, the
American Institute of Meat Pack
ers announced today. With the ex-
port market for meat shattered by
adverse foreign exchange and
wholesale prices back to where
they were year and two years
ago, the American consumer is
chiefly responsible, the institutes
bulletin on February conditions
says.
"At home there was a good vol
ume of pork trade during the
month"; the bulletin says, "but
consumers seemed to want the
choice and higher priced cuts,
High wages in the south have led
&c the purchase of choicer cuts of
pork than i'll former years, and the
result is lack of sale for the
heavier cuts Of salt pork
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04

woman, notable in the films. Mrs.
Fairbanks mentioned no names, bu'
shortly afterward there appeared 4
statement attributed Mary Pick
ford in which she asserted she had
never come between any man and
his wife.
Mrs. Fairbanks obtained a decree
Of divorce and custody of the chill
dren. With the separation of Mr..
and Mrs. Fairbanks, rumors regard
ing the total collapse. of the Pick
ford Moore matrimonial bark weie
received.
Bought Ranch in Nevada.
1t is believed Miss Pickford Que.
chased ranch near Genoa, IN Doug
las county and established .es'dence
Then with the stage set she left Los
Angeles two weeks ago and with
her mother went to the ranch,
Under the name of Gladys M.
Moore, she was not recognized.
When she appeared in court no ref
erence was made to the name of
Owen Moore and it was not until
later that attaches of the court
learned the identity of the shabbily
dressed and weeping beauty.
An unusual sidelight to the divorce
is the fact that Miss Pickford and
Moore have frequently been working
on the same motion picture "lot"
recently at the Bruntolf studios.
The history OF this remarkable
young woman is replete with hyper
bole. She has been photographed
more times than any person in the
history of the world.
She IS known to more people
than any person now alive.
Her face is just as familiar in
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Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Sister Shoots Brother
When Latter Slaps
Mother in the Face

Chicago, March 5.-(Chicago Trib-
une- Omaha Bee Leased Wire. J.
George Engiram made the mistake
OF slapping his mother in the pres
ence of his 19-year-old sister, Emily.
When Emily saw her brother swing
heavily upon his mothers jaw, she
snatched up a revolver and sent a
bullet into his back. He is now IN
a hospital and, it is said, will re-
cover.
Frightened at what she had done,
the girl telephoned a physician and
the police heard of the shooting.
Mrs. Mary Engiram became an
sered when she learned the police
had been brought into tn case, stat
ing that the trouble was strictly a
family affair."" SO she spirited her
daughter away to prevent her being
arrested.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Blizzard Conditions Prevail in
Nebraska With Northwest
Wind Driving Snow Through
Low Temperature.
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
PARTS OF STATE WORST
Southwestern Colorado in
Throes Of Most Severe
Storm in Years-No Trains
For II Days in Places.
Put on your big benny
And each old ear muff,
For believe me, brother,
The weather's rough.

Lincoln, Neb.,, March 3.-Blizzard
conditions prevail in Nebraska to-
night with a high northwest wind,
fall of snow and rapidly descend
ing temperature. In eastern Ne
braska the snowfall is not heavy
but what has fallen is drifting.
Conditions are reported worse in
the central and northern part of the
state. At .kearney there was a drop
of As degrees of the mercury in a
few hours, and zero temperature is
recorded with prospects of inter-
rupted train service. O'Neill and
Norfolk tell of heavy snowfall and
demoralized train service. with
rising wind that is bitterly cold.
Snow Drifting Badly.
Norfolk, Neb., March 3.-(Special
Telegram. Rain turning to snow
and driven by northwest wind has
created havoc with train service in
North Nebraska. The snow late
Wednesday afternoon was drifting
and the storm had reached blizzard
like proportions.
Promise of Zero Weather.
Beatrice. Neb., March 3.-(Special
Telegram.) - A blizzard, the first
since early in December struck this
locality Wednesday afternoon fol-
lowing a light fall of rain. The snow
drifted badly and the temperature
slowly fell with promise of zero
weather.
Colorado Hard Hit.
Durango, Colo, March 3.-South-
western Colorado, already suffering
snow blockade, is in the throes of
another blizzard, said to be- the
worst in 80 years. One train has
entered Durango in 10 days, and
Silverton has not seen moving
train in IL days.
One passenger train and several
engine crews are snowbound near
Cumbres pass. Relief parties are
gathering provisions to carry them
on snoWshoes to the stranded pas
sengers.
The 107 miles from Durango to
Chama is said to be the scene of
several freight train wrecks, due to
the snow and mud slides and weak
ened road bed. Great boulders.
weighing many tons, are reported
falling from the rim rocks of Animas
canon, tearing out the railroad
tracks beneath. Heavy snow and
mud slides are aided by a strong
wind which is sweeping the noun
tain peaks.
In the La Plata mining district
the snow is reported to be II to 20
feet deep. Fear is expressed that
the spring thaws will bring repe-
tition of the floods of nine years
ago, when millions of dollars was
lost in property damage.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Zero Weather for Today,
Prediction of E0reCaSter

Zero weather for this morning
was predicted by Weather Fore
caster Welsh yesterday, and through
out the day and night every indica-
ton pointed towards his prognosti-
cation coming true.
A cold northwest wind changed
the rain to snow and the mercury
gradually dropped to 81 degrees
above zero at 8 last night. By mid
night it had dropped to IS above
and showed signs of continuing its
descent.
Blizzard conditions prevailed in
many parts of the state and created
havoc in the train service. t
The few pedestrians compelled to
be about last night hurried home
ward, creating strange contrast to
those who wandered about Tuesday
night enjoying the first signs of
spring, many without overcoats.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Government to Pay Expenses
Of Bringing Back Hero Dead

Washington, March 3.-Assuran-
ces that the government will pay
all expenses incident to the return
of American soldier dead from
Europe was given by Secretary
Baker to committee of Gold Star
Fathers. The War department bears
all expenses of transportation from
Europe to the home of next of kin,
Mr.. Baker explained. and the War
Risk bureau is authorized to pay
funeral expenses up to 500 in each
case. Purchases of cemetery lots is
included in the funeral expenses.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
BaImy Spring Weather in
Washington Induces DR..
Grayson to Take President
For Automobile Ride.
EXCHANGES C0URTESIES
WITH SENATOR BORAH
Physician Expects That in Fu-
ture Executive Will Take
Daily Excursions, Except
When Weather Is Severe.

Washington, March 3.--(Chicago
Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.)
President Wilson went today for
his first automobile ride in five
months and surprised all who saw
him by his aggressive physical ap-
pearance. He rode around the cap
ital speedway and through the heart
of the city and capitol grounds, en-
joying every minute of an hours
outing.
II feel as though | have been
away for a long journey and am Just
getting back home" he told Ad-
mira1 Grayson, his personal ply
sician, when he returned to the
White House.
The president walked out of the
White House carrying cane and
stepped into the automobile unas-
sisted. His big touring car and the
one in which the secret service men
trailed him on his motor trips, had
been run into the south grounds, in
stead of to the front portice as
usual
Glad To Get Out Again.
As he emerged from the White
House, Mr.. Wilson gave the secret
service men a friendly salute and
told Dick" Jervis, the chief of the
staff, that he was certainly glad"
to get out again. Mrs. Wilson and
Doctor Grayson accompanied the
president on the trip. They sat with
him in the back seat and Jervis rode
on the front seat beside the chauf-
feur. The car went out the south
west gate and despite preparations
for secrecy, group OF people in
cluding newspaper men and photo
graphers, assembled to greet the
president. The president DOTTED his
hat to the gathering waiting out
side the gate and seemed amused
at the efforts of the photographers
to SNAP him over the successful
protests OF police and secret service
men.
The president was just like a boy
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Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04

Paris, March S.-Nettled at the
trend OF the cross-eXamination of
Theodore Lescouvc, procurator of
the republic, former Premier Jo-
seph Caillaux, on trial before the
senate sitting as high court on the
charge of having had treasonabie
dealings with the enemy, displayed
more bitterness today than at any
time since the trial opened. The
spectators and even some of the
senators joined in the applause and
ounter-manifestations that greeted
many of his caustic replies to NJ.
Lescouvc.
NJ. Caillaux reiterated his previous
testimony that James Minotto, SON.
in-law of Louis F. Swift of Chicago,
had been vouched for by Edwin V.
Morgan, American ambassador at
Rio Janeiro, who, Caillaux claimed,
not only introduced Minotto to him.
but received the latter in his house
as a guest
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Youthful bad Man.
Stages Dime Novel
Holdup in Gotham

New York, March 3.-Armed with
an cld-fashioned pistol and blank
cartridges, Tony Diadota, IA years
old, is alleged by the police to have
treated Brooklyn to a trolley car
"holdup" in true wild west style.
The youngster, according to po-
lice, stopped the street car by firing
three shots. The passengers were
panic-stricken when the boy leaped
out of the darkness into the light,
waving the pistol. But before he
could Chamber aboard special Of
fcer arrested him.
Tony, who was locked up charged
with juvenile delinquency, told the
police that he had meant no harm.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04

Los Angeles, Cal, March 3.-Chi-
cago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased
Wire) - Mary Pickford, the most
widely-known picture actress in the
world, and referred to as Americas s
sweetheart" has divorced Owen
Moore, from whom she separated
about three years ago.
The divorce decree was granted
by the supreme court of Minden,
Douglas county, New. 'Minden is
near Carson City.
The Pickford and Moore families
were silent regarding the divorce
and all matters pertaining thereto,
Mary Pickford made her first
stage success in Hearts Adrift,"
and the story of her romance that
has led to the divorce court in Ne
vada bears out the title of her orig
inal play.
Married Years Ago.
She was married several years
ago, but their happiness apparently
was of short Duration. Some three
years ago they separated, each con-
tinuing to star in films. Rumors Of
an impending divorce were heard,
but many of Miss Pickford's friends
contended that she would never file
suit because of her religious beliefs.
1t was during one of the Liberty
loan campaigns, in which Miss Pick
ford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fair
banks and other stars gave so much
aid to the government that Mrs.
Fairbanks startled the film world by
announcing in New York that she
and her husband were separated. In
this connection she declared that in
her opinion Fairbanks had been
showing too much attention to 4
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Government Makes Serious
Move to Reorganize Vast
Service Of Federal Govern
ment on Scientific Basis.
EQUAL WORK, EQUAL PAY
Is PLAN CONTEMPLATED
Staff Experts From Account
ing Concern Working With
Joint Commission on Report
To Be Presented Congress.
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.

Washington, March 3.-(Chicago
Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.)
"A serious move to reorganize the
vast civil service of the federal gov
ernment on a scientific basis, involv-
ing reclassihcation of jobs and the
elimination of inequalities of pay, in
efficiency of management and politi-
cal influence, is at last in progress.
The Joint commission on the re-
classification of the 100000 federal
employees in the District of Colum-
bia will report to congLess within a
week a comprehensive reform plan,
worked out with the assistance of
staff of experts from Arthur Young
K Co. the Chicago accounting con-
Germ which recently rcclassified the
10000 government employees of Can
ada.
To Readjust Salaries.
Equal pay for equal work" will
be the rule if congress adopts the
proposals of the commission, whose
report is to form the basis of con-
sideration of readjustment OF
salaries to meet the increased cost
of living, condition which has been
dealt with crudely in the last two
years by voting bonus of S24O a
year to each civil employe. ..
1t has taken the Chicago experts
a year to survey the intricate maze
OF tile federal service in Washington
and find out "where the government
is at" in its own household. Per
haps mess" would be the more ac--
curate description of the haphazard
methods and employment conditions
found in the multitude of bureaus
and commissions created by the
hodge-podge legislation OF more
than century. -
The experts set out by ascertain
ing the character of the work per-,
formed by each employe, who was
required to fill out questiopnaire.
Some of the questionnaires were re-
turned blank and subsequent invests
CATION failed to throw much light on
the work or duties of the employees
in question.
One QUESTIONABLE was returned
with the notation: This man has
been on the payroll 50 years, but is
CONTINUED on Page Two. Column Two)
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Leap Year Statistics
Show Women Quick to
Pop the Question D

New York. March 5.--Leap year
statistics for the first twp months
received here from many parts of the
country indicate by the large in
creases in marriages over the CORE
spending period of 1919 that women
are taking advantage of their priv
ilege and that men are .coyly re-
spending yes" at the popping OF
the question.
New York's increase in marriage
licenses issued in January and Feb
ruary, as compared with the first
two months in 1919, was almost ~
per cent while Dallas, Tex, showed
an increase of nearly 100 per cent.
A great number of women are
paying the ST license fee. declared
all official OF the marriage license
bureau.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Johnson Pleads for Free
Press in South Dakota Talk

Sioux Falls, S. D., March s.
Senator Hiram Johnson of Califor-
MIA, independent republican candi-
date for president in the March %
primary election, speaking here,
pleaded for free speech, free press
and just pure Americanism."
Let us all be just Americans
again." he shouted. I'VE must most
zealously guard the right of assem-
bly, and free speech. This is es-
pecially true since the free press
has become almost a thing of the
past in the east. In many localities
and to a great degree it is no longer
functioning as an agent of democ-
racy."
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Bold Thief Steals
Truck and Contents
Valued at Over $4,000

A Ford truck belonging to H.
Beselin and Son, 1405 Douglas
street, containing merchandise val
ued at 81 1000, was stolen late yester-
day afternoon from in front of the
Dodge Motor Co. sales room.
Eighteenth and Farnam streets.
The truck was driven by Thomas
Whalen, 1916 Binney street, who
had left it standing while he made
a delivery across the street at the
Farnam Bowling alley. He was gone
about five minutes and returned
to find the truck missing.
The merchandise, which includes
cigars, tobaccos, cigarets and candy,
was valued at $1,000 and including
the truck made the loss over $1,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Confessed Robbers Given
81 Years by New York Judge

New York, March 3.-Ramon
Rodriguez and Adriano Alverez
Herra, who beat and robbed Mr..
and Mrs. A. J. Broderick of Dallas,
Tex, at the Hotel Knickerbocker
last December, were sentenced to-
day to serve 81 years and six
months each at hard labor in state
prison. They pleaded guilty. Judge
Mcintyre said he wished he could
impose the death penalty.
Mr.. Broderick was struck on the
head with hammer and Mrs. Brod-
erick was bound and gagged. Then
the burglars stole $4,000 in jewelry
and cash and were captured after
trying to escape by climbing down
the front of the hotel.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Conspiracy Testimony
Ruled Out in |, w, w. Trial

Montesano. Wash, March s.
Counsel for 10 Industrial Workers
of the World on trial here on a
charge of murder in connection
with the Arlnistice day shooting at
Centralia, Wash, called six wit
nesses to the stand in an effort to
prove a conspiracy to run the I
w. w! out of Central;a, but none
was permitted to testify The court
ruled that before such evidence
would be admissible defense must
prove that Warren O. Grimm, with
whose murder the defendants arc
specifically charged, was a party to
the alleged conspiracy This, the
court held, had not yet been estab-
lished.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Suffrage Ratified by
West Virginia House;
Senate Fails to Move

Charleston, w. Va, March s.
The house of delegates of the West
Virginia's legislature ratified the fed
eral suffrage amendment Wednes-
day by vote of Is to AZ. Later two
members opposing it in the initial
vote changed, making the final vote
AZ for ratification to 30 against.
The senate this afternoon rejected
the resolution to reconsider its ac-
ton of Monday when the suffrage
amendment was defeated. 1t was
said then no further attempt would
be made by the senate to ratify the
amendment at this special session.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Also Predicted That Demo-
cratic Senator's, will Join in
Surrender to Lodge Condi-
tions to Treaty of Peace.
SENATOR REED TAKES
WHACK AT HITCHCOCK
Missourian Calls Nebraskan
And Emperor Of Japan "The
Siamese Twins of Modern
Democracy"

Washington, March 3.-(Chicago
Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.)
Predictions that the democratic
senator's will yield and that Presi-
dent Wilson himself will join in the
surrender 20 ratification with the
Lodge reservations was declared in
the senate today by Senator Borah
of Idaho, republican "irreconcilable.'
The senator pointed out that dem
ocrats were now coming to supper,
reservations which they denounced
six. months ago in the most vehe
ment language. He expressed the
belief that President Wilson in the
end would deposit the ratification OF
the treaty Just as it was rewritten
by Senator Lodge.
Working On President.
There were some manifestations
among the democrats to sustain
Senator Borah's views. According
to word reaching the senate, Unfit
ental democratic leaders, convinced
that Mr.. Bryan is right in his con-
tcntion that the party could never
face the country with article 10 as
all issue, are exerting every known
pressure upon the president to per-
suadc him, if he will not oppose the
ratification, to at least release dem
ocratic senator's who feel bound to
stand by him to the end.
William G. McAdoo called upon
his father-in-law yesterday. Reports
at the senate were to the effect that
he had Joined in the effort to per-
suade Mr.. Wilson to abandon his
unyielding attitude toward the
Lodge reservations. Vance McCorG
mick, former chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, was also
named as one of the democratic
leaders now engaged in trying TO
change Mr.. Wilson's mind. This
was received with some skepticism,
however, for the reason that Mr..
Mccormick is one of the chief
boomers of A. Mitchell Palmer, who
expects to run on a simon pure
league platform.
Papers Lining Up.
Several strongly pro-treaty news
papers were said to be parties to the
movement. In columns which have
been urging unreserved ratification
for months, editorials have begun to
appear within the past few days
urging acceptance of the Lodge res
ervations if necessary. One of these
papers is the Louisville Courier
Journal It's change of front was
followed today by a declaration of
Senator Beckham of Kentucky, one
of the presidents "battslion of
DEATH" that he was now ready to
Continued on Page Two. Column Three.D
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-04
Dismiss 38 Defendants
In NeWberry Fraud Case

Grand Rapids, Mich. March s.
Judge Sessions this morning freed
IS more defendants in the Newberry
election conspiracy case. Before the
close of the court yesterday he dis
missed % other defendants.
This left the field at IS defend
ants. The fifth count of the indict-
ment was also dismissed. This was
the one founded on the federal
statute of October 16, 1918.