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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
N-S-F Company
Affairs Still
Await Decision
Chicago Bankers Express
Hope Nebraska Grain Firm
May Weather Storm
Meet in Omaha Today.

The conference of Chicago and
Omaha bankers, called in Chicago
yesterday to consider the financial
embarrassments Of sNye-Schneider-
Fowler Co., $4,000 grain and line
elevator firm of Fremont, Neb., ad-
journed without final decision as to
the policy to be pursued.
Fred H. Davis of the F irst Ma
tional bank of Omaha, who repre-
sented Omaha creditors, is to return
to Omaha this morning. and local
bankers are expected to confer with
officials of the company here today.
Advices from Chicago last evening
indicated that the Chicago confer
ence was somewhat more optimistic
than the preliminary meeting in
Omaha Tuesday. Chicago bankers
expressed hope that a receivership
might be avoided. The meeting was
held at the Continental and Com
mercial National bank of Chicago
and was attended by representatives
of all large creditors.
Capital Stock Impaired.
Disclosure of the company's diff
ficulties stirred wider interest
throughout Nebraska yesterday than
any item of commercial news in re-
cent months. The company or its
subsidiaries operate 100 elevators in
Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and South
Dakota and have financial relations
with scores of banks.
Information divulged yesterday
indicated that the affiliated COM
panies claim assets OF $7,00O,0O0. A
preliminary statement of liabilities
amounted to $s,500,0O0 On this
showing the company is solvent, al
though the figures would indicate
that the capital stock of S3,000,000
has been impaired to the extent of
half its value. A large part of the as
sets, however. are in form not
available for immediate use and this
mediate further loans in order to
have the working capital necessary
to continue its business.
Subsidiaries Involved.
: Assets of the various susidary
companies were carried on the books
cf the parent company, the Nye-
Schneider-Fowler company, as an in
vestrpent worth over $3,000,000 at the
time, of the. last statement. January
|, Debts of the subsidiaries are re-
ported virtually to havee wiped out
this amount. These debts were en-
dorsed by the parent company, which
had losses Of its own in addition.
Four Omaha banks are listed as
creditors, as follows: First National,
Sl65,000; United States National,
$4,000 Omaha National, S163, 900;
Merchants National, $4,000.
Subsidiary companies are as fol-
ows. Nye-Schneider-Fowler Grain
OF Omaha, Nye- jerks conf
oany of Chicago, Independent Grain
and Lumber company OF Mason
City, Ia; Central Granaries conf
,any of Lincoln, Nebraska Elevator
of Lincoln, Rialto Elevator
of Milwaukee and Trans
Atlantic Exporting company OF New
York,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Chess Prodigy Meets
Waterloo in I5-Year-
Old California BOH

Los Angeles, June 2o.-Sammy
Rzeschewski, 12- year old chess
prodigy, won 10 games here yester-
day with southern California adult
experts and then ran into snag
when he tackled Donald Mugridgc,
a 15-year-old youngster still wear
ing knee trousers. Mugridge won.
He was also one of the FIVE players
who battled with Sammy to draw
Monday night.
Sammy's Los Angeles score total
is % winning games in two days,
seven draw games, one lost game
and one game adjourned to be played
today.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Reorganization of Dry
Forces Effective July l

Washington, June 29.-Reorgan-
ization of the federal enforcement
forces along lines previously an
nounced. will become effective July
/, Commissioner Haynes said today.
On that date the new state directors
will succeed the present district di-
rectors and the flying column of
agents for interstate work directly
under the commissioner will take
the field.
The reorganization plans, Mr..
Haynes said, had been given remark
able endorsements from all parts Of
the country.
The country is expecting a vigor-
Gus, sane and efficient law enforce
ment policy" he said. Much waltz
able experience has been gained in
the first year of the operation of
the prohibition organization.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Unknown Woman Frustrated
By Heat at Union Station

Falling unconscious at Union sta
ton about noon yesterday, an TN
identified woman about 27, with
brown hair and eyes and weighing
about 135 pounds was taken to st.
Joseph hospital. Her face and
mouth are said to have shown signs
of being burned, but physicians said
she was suffering from heat prostra-
ton.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Germans Put on Trial
On Charges Of French

Leipsic, June 29.-Lieut. Gen.
Karl Stenger. and Maj. Benno
Crusius, the former the commander
of the SD German infantry brigade
in 1914, were placed on trial before
the German supreme court here to-
day on charges preferred by the
French government. More than SO
witnesses were summoned.
These were the first cases based
upon French allegations to be
brought before the court.
General Stenger is charged with
having ordered that no French pris-
oners be taken alive, and Major
Crusius was accused of having trans
mitted this order to his command.
The French government was rep
resented by a commission.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Shop Crafts Will Decide
Stand on Wage Reduction

Chicago, June .2o.-The executive
council of the Federated Shop Crafts
today decided to call all international
presidents of the six crafts here for
a conference on Friday, when it is
expected the statement OF the atti-
tude of the council towards the
s per cent wage reduction for shop
employees will be framed.
The results of the referendum vote
on acceptance of the wage cut prob
ably will be announced tomorrow.
Besides the conference OF the Fed
Grated Shop Crafts there will also be
meetings Of the five-train service
brotherhoods and the telegraphers
and clerks.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Disabled Veteran Is
Found Who Sings in
Three Voices at Once

Washington, June 29.--The federal
board for vocational education has
discovered a man whose vocation, ap-
parently, is to be chorus all by
himself. He is Joseph kaufman, dis
abled veteran, and is able, the board
announcement asserts, ito sing in
three voices at one time," sounding
like three men, side by side singing
in unison" Only one similar case
has ever been known in the United
States.
Kaufman is described as "an ac-
complished and versatile saxaphone
player" and has been placed in a
Minneapolis school of music to pre-
pare for career in vaudeville.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Alleged Draft Deserter
On Way to Governors Island

San Antonio, Tex. June 2o.-Lynn
A. E. Gale, alleged draft deserter,
left here under guard yesterday for
Governors Island, N. Y, following
receipts of orders recently, declining
that his case be transferred to Sec
ond corps area for trial.
An announcement of the transfer
was not made until late today. Gale
was ordered deported from Mexico
by President Obregon in April as an
undesirable, in connection with the
publication of an alleged radical
magazine of which he was the editor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Two New York Men Identified
For Dodging Luxury Tax

New York, June "a federal
grand jury indicted Martin & Mar
tin, Inc. Fifth avenue saddlers and
dealers in leather goods, and H. P.
Martin, member of the firm, on
charges of violating the revenue act
of 1918 and conspiring to defraud the
government by evading payment OF
luxury taxes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Youth With 100000 in Stock
OF Oil Firms Held at Ell Paso

El Paso, June 2o.-Steve Capsack,
II, of Chicago. was lodged in jail
here ( night on the charge of
misuse u the mails. Arrested in
Alpine Tex, the youth was found in
possession of oil stock of high grade
companies to the face value of $780,
000,, according to postal inspectors,
who trailed him from Chicago.
Capsack is alleged to have opened
brokerage Office on Jackson boule-
ward, near the Chicago postoffice
where he conducted an extensive ad-
vertising campaign and managed to
exchange oil stock for other securi-
ties.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Decision in Packer Wage
Case Expected Next Week

Chicago, June "a decision in
the packers wage hearing before
Judge Samuel Alschuler is expected
early next week. it was announced
at the conclusion of closing argu-
ments by both sides.
James ]. Condor. attorney for the
packers. declared the packers were
in precarious financial condition
and that It was the Judges duty to
help them as he had helped the
workers when living prices were
soaring.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Ex.President Admitted
To Bar in New York Court

New York, June 2o.-Forirer
President Wilson today was ad-
n,itted as a practicing attorney and
counsellor at law in the courts of
thte state of New York. Mr.. Wilson
was not present in person, but was
admitted on motion of Former
United States Senator James A.
O'Gorman. All. justices of the court
were present out of respect to the
former president although ordinari-
ly only five members sit at a time.
Mr.. Wilson was admitted in the
District OF Columbia courts last
Saturday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Radium Valued at $4,000
Recovered From Sewer

Sacramento. Cal, June pa
$1,000 tube of radium, one of two
tubes lost in a sink here last week,
has been recovered through the use
of a fluorescent screen, it became
known today. When loss of the
radium was discovered, drainage to
the sewer was shut off and plumb
ing in the building was torn out and
inspected. The deepest laid pipe in
the ground eventually was dug up
and the tube was recovered. Search
continued for the second tube.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Women Suffragists Lose
Fight in Cuban Senate

Havana, Cuba, June 2o.-Women
suffrage advocates lost their fight in
the senate, which defeated a provision
of the constitution reform bill giving
congress the right to determine un-
der what conditions women would
be allowed t6 vote.
Another motion giving women un-
restricted suffrage by striking out the
word "male" from constitutional
provision defining who shalt vote
was also defeated,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Two Men Are Arrested
For Death of Chinaman

San Francisco, June 2o.-Two men
were arrested on manslaughter
charges today, in connection with
the death Of Lin Lip Chung, China
man, from a beating received after
he had accidentally jostled against a
party Of men and women in down.
town street.
The attack on Lin Lip Chung oc-
Cured after he had apologized and
turned away from the party, the po-
lice said. He died at hospital.
The men held are William Nader.
"a, and John Holbrook. 26.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Haywood Sends Word He Will
Sale for America on July l

Chicago. June 2o.--United States
District Attorney Clyne today an
nounced that he had received a radio
message from William Chg BilD
Haywood, which stated that he was
leaving Moscow on July II, and
would surrender to the federal au-
thorities as soon as he landed in this
country
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Omaha Youth Loses Legs
In Accident at Columbus

Columbus, Neb.. June 29.-(Spe-
cial Telegram Frank Penley. Is,
of Omaha. had both of his legs cut
off in the Union Pacific railroad yard
here. He was evidently stealing a
ride and fell. The boy was taken
to a hospital here.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Fire DESTROYS Truck

Fairbury, Neb., June 28.-(Spe-
cial "A truck owned by F. w.
Guthrie of Fairbury and its load OF
merchandise were destroyed by fire
on the road between Fairbury and
Hubbell. Defective wiring is thought
to have caused the fire
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Fraternity Delegates Gather

Chicago, June 29.--More than 100
delegates OF the Theta Delta Chi
fraternity registered for the seventy
fourth annual convention, which
opens here tomorrow, including
Frank Buck Of San Francisco, presi-
dent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
Export Records Broken

Galveston, Tex, June 2o.-Exports
OF wheat through Galveston the fis-
cal year ending tomorrow will
break all eSisting port records,
reaching approximately 74,s2S,0cc
bushelS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-30
The Weather

Forecast.
Nebraska-Genera!ly fair and con-
tinued warm Thursday and Friday.
South Dakota-Fair Thursday,
continued warm; Friday, somewhat
unsettled and not SO warm.
Hourly Temperatures.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-21
UTILIZING THAT HALF HOUR
Average Person Will BE Surprised at
the Amount Of Reading Which
1t Can Contain.


What do venture to press upon
you is, that it requires no preterhu-
man force Of viii ia any young man
or woman--unless household circum-
stances are more than usually vexa-
tious and unfavorable to get at least
half an hour out Of a solid busy day
for good and disinterested reading.
Some viii say that this is too much
to expect, and the first persons to
say / venture to predict, will be
those who waste their time most. At
any rate, if + cannot get half an hour,
viii be content with a quarter. Now,
in hale an hour fancy you can read
Is or 20 pages of Burke; or you can
read one of Wordsworth's master
pieces say the lines on Tintern: or
say, one-third-if a scholar, in the orig
inal, and if not, in a translation-of
book of the Had or the Aeneid. ]
do not think that / am filing the half
hour too full. But try for yourselves
what you can read In half an hour.
Then multiply the half hour by 365,
and consider what treasures you
might have laid by at the end of the
year-Lord Morley.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-21
HEDGED IN BY SUPERSTITION
Customs Of Thousands Of Years IN
fuence the Daily Lives OF At
rican Natives.

/ did not realize until | was out iD.
the African bush how complex is the
life of a savage native, and how com
pletely he is hedged in by rules and
prohibitions, the breaking of which re
suits often in death, if only by reason
of his entire belief is the inviolability
OF these rules, writes British traveller.
On one occasion d burly, deep-chest-
ed native of mine temporarily lost his
voice. He came to me and speaking
in a whisper, said: "BWana (Masterl
My most beautiful child is dead Ny
eldest, but less beautiful child, is i'll.
My wife has run away, taking with
her my best cooking pot. | am not
feeling well myself. Is it your will
that I go away to sacrifice one chicken
that the Evil Eye may be averted?"
| laughed at this idea until / re-
membered that, according to the eth
nologists, the natives have lived in this
stage of ignorance for thousands of
years, performing every act of life in
accordance with those rules and pro-
hibitions
For instance, there are many strange
customs in connection with journeys.
Before long journey is undertaken
offerings must be made and complicat-
ed ceremonies performed. The journey
must be abandoned or the course al
tered if lyena has crossed the trail
in certain way or if a woodpecker
calls from one side of the road. In
any case, it is the custom when cross
ing the first stream to dip the end Of
the bow into the water and place it
to the lips. fla man drinks from a
stream he is about to cross, he must
retain the last mouthful and spit it
back into the water when he reaches
the far bank.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-21
WORK Or SPONGE sGATHERERs
Divers Go to Great Depths to collect
Them From the Rocks to Which
They Are Fixed.


Sponges are of many qualities, but
the most highly priced is that Of Syria,
with a euplike shape and a yellowEsh
pale color, which is found in q number
of varieties
The large sponge fisheries are sit
uated along the seasEores Of Greece,
Syria and of certain parts Of the Adri-
attic, as well as along the Tripoh and
Tunisian seashores. The fishing of
sponges is effected by divers who are
let down from a boat to depths OF TO,
20 and sometimes % meters, aud pull
the splnges from the rocks to which
they are fixed. Some sponge fishermen
use a long trident, but this system is
fortunately falling into disuse, since it
spoils the sponges. n better equipped
fishing grounds the gathering of
sponges is effected by divers provided
with diving bells or dressed in cork
jackets.
Upon being gathered the sponges are
squeezed. beaten and washed in order
to rid them of their black coating and
soft substance which gives them a
very characteristic chlorine odor.
When they begin to wEiten they are
subjected to a frequently renewed
solution of sulphuric acid.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-21
PLACING CROWN ON PAG0DI
Solemn Ceremony at MandaIay That
Attracted Crowds OF the Devout
Followers Of Buddha.

A curious festival was held not long
Burma. A new pagoda dedicated to
the Buddhist religion was to be COM
pleted by the placing of huge crown
or thi upon its summit, more than 300
feet above the ground
To witness the ceremony came Bud
dhists from Indo-China, from the
Himalayas, from Laos and Chan and
Siam. Warriors from Katschin, Sorcer-
ers from Mot and people from othei
places made a medley of languages
like that at Babel
On street corner would be seen q
barber pulling a customers tooth. On
another corner Mohammedan bird
dealer sold Gagged paroquets to Bud
dhists who piously set them free. At
very modern booths one could buy ice
cream, soda or tea. Mandalay was a
gorgeous spectacle and the new pagoda
was the center Of it.
Every pagoda has at it's summit a
tl1i. or cap, the placing of which is Of
ten a herculean task. The one now
to be raised weighed several hundred
pounds and consisted of a glided ball
and crown and a great spindle above
it.
To get it TO the top an inclined plane
Of bamboo scaffoldfng like a huge to-
boggan slide had been built, and was
decorated with silk flags and umbrel-
las. Up the inclined plane the heayy
cap was slowly pulled Six days
were required for the ascent ard a
5 seventh to fasten it in place.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-21
PRESIDENT HARDING In
TALK TO POSTMASTERS
Praises Rural Communities in Speech
to Post Office Employees at
Washington.

Washington, Oct 15.-Confdence
that the United States will be able in
the reconstruction period to Undue the
other nations of the earth with a
spirit Of service and understanding
was expressed by President Harding
in an address before several thousand
postmasters and postal employees who
have been in convention here. With
out referring directly to the coming
armament conference, the President
declared his conviction that the "gOs-
pei of understanding" would be re
sponsible for whatever of lasting good
may be accomplished in the years of
rehabilitation and realignment ahead.
Whatever / may have learned to-
night" the President said, Il knew
about postmasters long before / came
to the presidency. / used to help pick
them in the good old days, and I'm
not sure but | named more of them
twenty years ago than I do today.
When I was shaking hands with
you yesterday at the White House
somehow the thought came to me Of
the varied communities you represent
ed. suppose I'm just little par
tial to the great rural community, be-
cause | began my life there. I'm just
as proud of the great cities Of Amer
lea as any citizen Of the republic, but
they're just little different. They
show little more Of the passing pas
sion, while out across the great areas
of our republic are the sober, sub
stantial citizens who are the guaranty
Of the perpetuity of this land''
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-21
ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND
Nothing SO Small That the zephyrs
Shall Not Find II and Spread
1t Beneficially.

Acres Of perfume come on the wind
from the black and white of the beam
field; the frs ill the air by the copse
with perfume. I know nothing to
which the wind has not, some happy
use. Is there grain of dust so small
the wind shall not find it out?
Ground in the mill-wheeI Of the cen
turtles, the iroil of The distant moun-
tain floats like gossamer, and is drunk
up as dew. = a thousand miles of
cloud go By from morn till night,
passing overhead without a sound !;
the immense packs, a nile square, sue
coed to each other, side by side, laid
parallel book shape. coming up from
the horizon and widening as they APP
proach. From morn till night the
silent FOOTBALLS of the ponderous va
pors travel overhead, no sound, no
creaking cf the wheels and rafting OF
the chains: it is calm at the earth,
but the wind labors without an effort
above, with such ease, with such
power. Gray smoke hangs on the hill
side where the. couch-heaps are piled.
a cumulus of smoke; the wind comes.
and it draws its length along like the
genii from the earthen pot; there
leaps up red fame shaking its head !;
it shines in the bright sunlight: you
can see it across the alley.-Richard
Jefferies.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-21
DESERVES PLACE IN HISTORY
cecrops, IlIuatrious Egyptian, Made
Country an Asylum for the In
nocent and Prosecuted.

With the dawn of Attic civilization
in ancient Greece, Cecrops, an Egyp-
tian, built a town on the site where
later the citadel of Athens rose in
magnificence. He introduced morals
and judicial regulations, and the cOun-
try under his rule became an asylum
for the innocent and prosecuted. From
that time on festivals, compacts and
laws extended their beneficial inf1u-
ence. About 40 years after him the
Phoenician Cadlnus brought the use
of letters into Boeotia; and at Thebes,
in the same country, he erected a cita-
DEL The greatest lyric poet and the
greatest general of the Greeks we're
Boeotians, but nevertheless this peo-
pie was accused of stupidity. While
their value was not appreciated, their
discoveries were brought to perfection
by others and more usefully applied.
1t 4 is remarkable that Cadmus,
the father of learning, who taught
us to hand down our thoughts to fu-
turity, came into Greece just at a time
when Joshua, the leader Of the
Jews, drove the Phoenecian tribes to-
ward the sea and compelled them to
seek refuge in distant colonies. This
act of a despised people, scarcely
known to Greek historians, was the
occasional cause Of all the intellectual
and moral excellence which has arisen
through the influence of literature.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-21
MOTHER OF RULER A SUICIDE
Parent of ousted Ruler of China
Dies After Quarrel With
DoWager.

Peking, China, Oct. 18.-Princess
Chin, mother of the boy emperor,
Hsuan-tung, who was ousted from
power February II. 1912. died on Octo-
Der /, and it is reported she COM
mitted suicide by taking opium The
reason for her suicide is attributed by
reports from the imperial court: to a
quarrel between Pincess Chin and the
empress dowager, Princess Chun. It
is declared that the empress doWager
desired that the boy should marry a
daughter of President Hsu-Shi-C Chang.
but the princess supported the erst-
while monarch's wishes to marry an
other lady.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-21

Talking about rolling
your own cigarettes, we'll
tell you right here that
Prince Albert tobacco has
'em all dashed to the mast!
You've got a handful-of-
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P. "A. and the ma kin S
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is not only delightful to
your taste and pleasing in
itsrefreshing aroma, but our
exclusive patented process
frees it from bite and parch!
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-10-21
LLOYD GEORGE 70 SEE u. S.
British Premier Prepares to Attend
the Armament Conference
az Washington.

London, Oct 14-2rime Minister
LLOYD George is preparing to go to
Washington to attend the impending
conference on llisn1tation of arma-
ments and Far Eastern questions. and
it is understood that, unless unfore-
seen difficulties arise. he will be there
for The opening session.