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Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Two-Mil]ion-
Dollar School to
Be Built Soon
Breaking of Ground for New
Commerce High Predicted
By March l by Presi-
dent of Board.

w. E. Reed. president of- the
board Of education. predicted yester-
day that ground for the new $2,000,-
600 High School of Commerce would
be broken by March |.
The board will send a committee
to Lincoln this week in an effort to
secure an amendment to the law
which prohibits the sale OF school
bonds below par or at greater in-
terest than per cent according to
President Reed, who says the law is
the real reason for the delay of the
board in selling the $5,000.000 school
bonds voted last year. part OF
which are to be used in construction
of the proposed high school.
There will be no construction
work on the site of the school which
burned Sunday, and no day classes
will be- held at the old Commercial
High school before January 10. Pres
ident Reed said. tH
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Business Men Warned
Against Curtailing
Advertising Plans

New York, Jan. 3.-Advertising
should be maintained and not cut
at this time when many r,anufac-
turers are seriously overstocked. ac-
cording to Stanley Z. Cunnison. a
director of the Brooklyn Chamber
of Commerce, writing in the cur
rent issue of the BrooAyn Chamber
of Commerce Bulletin.
''We have come to a period prit,-
cal in the growth and even existence
OF many business houses" says Mr..
Cunnison. Decisions that are made
today will determine she success or
failure of the years to come.
"The greatest and most success
fuI concerns have always been the
most consistent advertisers. Mind
full of the lessons OF the past. :hey
safeguard the present and anticipate
the future
"Yet today we hear business men
talking of curtailing their advertis-
ing at time when they are over
stocked with goods and are under
sold to the extent of thousands of
dollars"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Every Building in +.
Finland Must Have
Its Safety Ladder

Helsingfors, Finland, Jan. l.
This is nation of fire-escapes. Lad
der-rnaking for domestic use is one
of the country's most profitable in
dustries. From the most palatial to
the lowliest every home in the coun-
try must have its ladder reposing
against the wall ON the outside or
lying along the ground within easy
reach. -.a ....
A government regulation, which
makes it obligatory upon the owners
of every building to provide it with
a ladder, seeks to guard the lives of
its people against death by fire. The
regulation, which is an old one. but
still enforced, is an echo of the days
when the houses and towns of the
country were entirely of wood. Mod
ern building construction of stone
and brick has made no change in
the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Architects Plan
Move to Foster
Building Here
Local Chapter of Association
Calls Meeting of Allied Pro-
fessions to Discuss Condi.
tions in Omaha.

Te. stimulate the building industry,
a resolution calling for meeting oi
all representatives of the building
and allied professions and trades was
passed by the Nebraska chapter OF
the American Institute of Architects
at a special session held at the Uni
versity club Monday noon. In ac-
cordance with this resolution meet
ing of architects, contractors, build
ing material men, realtors, building
and loan association officers, trust
company officers, representatives of
the labor interests, and of the public
press has been called for Monday
evening, January II. at the Ur;ver-
sity club.
The resolution follows:
Whereas, The spirit of gct-to-
Eether seems to be necessary under
present business conditions, and
Whereas, The building industry
would seem to be in special need
of just that spirit, and
Whereas. The architectural pro-
fession forms an important factor
in that industry. be it
Resolved, That the Nebraska
chapter of the American Institute of
Architects desires to foster this
spirit of get-together to the utmost
and to cooperate in so fostering this
spirit with ali the other branches of
the building industry and to that end
shall at the earliest opportune mo-
ment arrange a meeting of all those
callings which form the building in
dustry in this locality for the pur-
pose of discussing present building
conditions and making available to
the public the information possessed
by those best informed on the sub
with it"
It is hoped that as result Of this
meeting information concerning the
immediate future of building opera
tons and its vicinity will be secured
which will be of great value to those
now undecided on a course of action.
The committee of architects in
charge of the meeting is Harry Law
rie, A. I. A.; George B. Prinz. A. I.
A., and ]. D. Sandman. A. l. A.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Senator Thomas
Scores Teddy in
Senate Speech
Colorado Solon Declares
Roosevelt Bartered Honor
OF U. S. to Filibusters to
Secure Canal Route.

Washington, Jan. 3.-American
conduct in the negotiations for the
construction of the Panama canal,
begun first with the Republic of
Colombia and later carried on with
the revolution-built state of Panama,
were without justification and
therefore indefensible," Senator
Thomas, democrat, Colorado, de-
c1ared today in the senate, speaking
for ratification of the treaty involv-
ing payment of a $25,000000 indem-
nifty to Colombia, which has been
pending several years.
He recounted the involved story
of the diplomatic and commercial
dealings OF 1908 that finally result
ed in the canals construction and
charged that President Theodore
Roosevelt acquired the right-of-way
for the canal from a band of fill
busterers by bartering for it the
honor of the nation"
Urges Reparation.
"The only comfort one gathers
from the shameful and sordid story
is that it finds no precedent in our
history" he said in stating his con-
clusions. II trust that we may soon
acknowledge the wrong and make
some reparation lest it be invoked
sometime to shelter or justify as
sault upon the integrity of some
,,,ao1, o,I h,1o1acc S,aftnop
President Roosevelts conduct
'from the commencement to the
close of the episode fortunately has
no parallel in the diplomatic history
of the United States" Senator
Thomas charged, declaring that the
government of the United States
shared responsibility to a greater or
less degree for the revolution which
set up new state on the isthmus
when Colombia refused to ratity a
treaty with the United States gov
erning the canal. Preparations
were making under his very nose for
vaudeville isthmian insurrection,"
the senator added, ito which he
must have shut his eyes, for other
wise he would have seen them, and
filled his ears with cotton, for other
wise he would have heard them"
Says Facts Suppressed.
Facts as to the participation of the
government in the successful insur-
rection, Senator Thomas charged,
had been suppressed by President
Roosevelt, and copies of official dis
patches bearing upon it demanded by
senate resolutions had been withheld
or mutilated.
The man who suppresses or de-
stroys testimony" he said of this,
Stands self-convicted. Mr.. Roosevelt
acquired the right of way for the
canal from a band of filibusters by
bartering for it the honor of the
nation" y
Between justice and our offense
against Colombia, there can be
reconciliation only through national
atonement. Until these things are
done, our championship of small ma
tions and weak people are as the
sound of tinkling cymbals. When we
shall have squared our actions with
our sentiments, Latin-America will
grasp our extended hand. and pam
America will then assume the ma
terial proportions of an enduring
structure"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Literacy Test Keeps
War Hero From, u. S.

New York, Jan. 3. -- Because he
could not read 40 words in any
language, Demetrius Robos. twice
wounded while fighting in France as
a corporal in the United States
army, was denied readmission to
America today.
Failing in the litcracy test and
asked il "he understood the English
language, he replied:
II understood orders in the army"
Robos came to America in 1910
and was drafted in Philadelphia in
1918. He could have re-entered the
United States without examination il
he had returned within six months
after obtaining his discharge. But
he went to his old home in Albania
and remained Is months. His case
has been appealed to the secretary OF
labor.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
.Shakeup Affects
Omaha Dry Agents
r. G.. Anderson Succeeds
Group Chief Wilson, Ac-
cording to Report,

Changes made in the complement
of federal prohibition enforcement
officers in the middle west district
affect Wallace Wilson. group chief
of agents in Nebraska; Robert G.
Anderson, field agent. and NJ. R.
Metz, group chief for Minnesota, ac-
cording to information from the fed
eral building in Omahha.
Anderson succeeds Wilson, who
has been transferred to Minnesota
to succeed Group Chief Metz, it was
learned. Metz will operate in Ne
braska under Anderson, it is said.
Deputy Superintendent Duncan of
St. Paul is in Omaha checking evi-
dehce in liquor cases to be heard in
federal court beginning today.
All officers mentioned i'll the
sweeping change of positions have
been more or less prominent in pro-
hibition enforcement in various mid
west states.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Dates Set for Fair This
Year in Johnson County

Tccumseh, Neb., Jan. Especial J
The Johnson county fair this year
will be held the last four days in
September and the first day of Oc-
tober, according to the board of
managers. The first day will be
entry day and the second day will be
devoted to judging contests. The
three last days viii be devoted to
entertainment. with good program
of races and other fair attractions.
There will also be entertainment
each evening of the last three days.
The premium list is to be rivised to
state Standardization, particularly as
concerns Judging contests. 1t is the
intent of the fair promoters to have
some new buildings on the grounds
before another show is put on.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Brady Pleads Guilty
To Aiding Jail Break:
Gets l0-Year Sentence

Sioux City, Ia. Jan. 3.-Everett
Brady. arrested in Des Moines on
charges of assisting prisoners to es-
cape Jail. who was taken to Chcro-
kee, Ia; Friday, pleaded guilty to the
charge and was sentenced by Judge
c. E. Bradley to 10 years in the Ana
mosa reformatory.
Brady assisted the four Westfeld,
Ia, bank robbers to escape from the
lie Mars Jail. The bandits in escap-
ing killed son of Sheriff Maxwell.
Two of the bandits, who were serv-
ing life terms. escaped from Fort
Madison prison last week.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Court to Probe Booze
CAPACITY of Animals

Chicago, Jan. 3.-The question OF
how much liquor can be legally pre-
scribed for an elephant, cat or dog,
was given to federal grand jury to-
day. The grand jurors are investi-
eating the case of DR.. Bert Franklin,
owner of veterinary hospital. ar
rested for issuing too many liquor
prescriptions.
Franklin's defense, according to
District Attorney Clyne, is that the
prescriptions were issued for animals
treated in his hospital, but the gov
erpment alleges the animals were IN
capable of drinking the liquor.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
U. S. Steel Corporation
Buys Big Manganese Mine

New York, Jan. Sc. H. Gary.
head of the United States Steel
corporation, announced his organiza-
ton had purchased one of the largest
mines in South America-the Mario
Da Nina properties in Brazil.
Reports from Rio de Janeiro some
time ago said this property was pur-
chased at approximately $4000,000.
Mr.. Gary said that the purchase
now makes the corporation "indepcn-
dent concerning manganese ore"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
North Carolina Cotton
Plant Cuts Wages of Men

Greensboro, N. C., ian. 3.-Lot-
ton mills of the Cone interests, en-
ploying 5000 workers. announced
today a wage reduction of rs per
cent and a similar cut in prices of
merchandise handled in its stores
which supply the employees
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Retiring Governor of N. Y.
Quits Politics Forever

New York, Jan. 3.-A1fred E.
Smith, retiring governor Of New
York. ended a 22-year career in pub
lie life today when he shed his hat
and coat in the offices of the United
States Trucking corporation and
went to work as chairman of its
board Of directors.
The ex-governor announced he
would never be a candidate for public
Office again.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Senate Wants Facts.

Washington, Jan. 3.--A resolution
calling on the State department for
accurate information" as to the
necessities of women and children
in the various distressed nations"
in Europe for whom funds are being
raised in the United States was
adopted today by the senate iinme-
diately upon its introduction by
Senator Edge. republican. OF New
Jersey.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
State Normal
Board Named bv
Gov. McKelvie
Miss Eta Young One of New
Members = Appointments
Must Be Confirmed
By Senate.

Lincoln. Jan. 3.-(Special. Gov.
S. r. McKelvie announced this
morning the appointment Of six
members of the state normal board
under the new constitutional provi-
sion adopted with other amendments
at the election last September. Three
of the six members are members of
the old board.
Under the new constitutional
provision, the normal board men,
bers must be confirmed by the
senate.
The board members named are:
Six-year terms-Thomas ]. Ma
jors, Peru; Dan Morris, Kearney.
Four-year terms-H. +. Reische,
Chadron; Frederick ]. Berry,
Wayne.
Two-year terms-E. H. Gearhart,
Newman Grove, and Miss Eta
Young, Omaha.
The two members of the old
board who were not reappointed are
Frank Pilger of Pierce, and w. S.
Heitzman of Osceola. 1t is under
stood that neither desired reap
Of the new members, r. j. Berry
is county attorney OF Wayne, +.
H. Gcrhart is banker and served in
the last session of the Legislature and
Miss Eta Young is supervisor OF
music at Lathrop school. Omaha.
She was graduated from Peru Nor
NAL in 1914. and is president Of the
Omaha alumni association of Peru
Normal. She has been engaged in
the teaching profession since finish
ing her work at Peru, with the ex-
ception of one year, which she spent
overseas in the canteen service. She
was graduated from the high school
at Cortland, Neb., and is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Young
of Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Citizens of Pittsburgh
Protest Sale. of Liquor

Pittsburgh, Jan. 3.-A page adver-
tisement in the last edition OF the
Pittsburgh Leader today asked:
isn't something out of gear?" and
then followed a number OF questions
including: why do we have whisky
in Pittsburgh?' Why can't the
United States government enforce
the laws?"
The advertisement was said to be
backed by influential business and
professional men throughout the
country, whose purpose is to create
sentiment in favor of a rigid pro-
hibition enforcement.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Eastern Editors Purchase
Duluth Mimi. Herald

Duluth Mimi, Jan. S.--The Du-
luth Herald has been sold to NJ. +.
Hanson, general manager of IL, :
Philadelphia Record, and Paul Block
of New York. it was announced to-
day by N. c. Ayres, former pub
Usher. Mr.. Ayres, who for nearly
30 years has been publisher of the
Herald, announced today he would
engage in "some enterprise less ar
duous and making more moderate
demands on energy and time"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
S25 ReUard

The Bee will pay this sum in
reward to any person who will
furnish information which will
lead to the arrest and conviction
OF any person who attempts to
destroy. rob or tamper malicious
ly with The Bees self-serve
boxes.
These boxes have been placed
by The Bee in various parts Of
the city for the purpose Of pro-
viding service to its readers. Mon
day morning a box at Fifteenth
and Dodge streets was stolen. 1t
will be day or two before this
box can be replaced.
1t is in the hope of preventing
any similar interruption in this
newspapers service to its readers
that The Bee makes this reward
offer.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
A. O. u. W. Will Hold Joint
Installation of Officers

The central committee OF the An
cient Order of United Workmen
lodges will meet at the A. 0. U. w.
temple next Wednesday night TO
complete arrangements for the joint
installation of officers of all the A.
o. U. w. lodges Of the city on the
night of January II. Grand Master
Workman ]. A. Lowenberg. will Of
ticiate at the installation, and other
grand lodges officers are expected TO
be present.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Joseph P. Griffin Is
Named President of the
Chicago Board Of Trade

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Joseph P. Grit
fin today was elected president of
the Chicago Board of Trade, sue
ceeding Leslie F. Gates. MIR. Grit
fin held the presidency in 1916 and
1917. His policy, he announced, in
cludes promotion of a better under
standing between the public and the
board.
Mr.. Gates. the retiring president,
lief. today for Washington in con-
nection with the fight against Sena-
tor Capper's bill relating boards OF
trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Massachusetts, Calf Has
Coat of Red Sleeps Wool

Newburyport Mass, Jan. g.
Shades OF P. T. Barnum! Newbury-
port has calf which revolted against
the ancestral covering of his species
and is sprouting as fine a coat of
wool as any proud sheep ever
"baaed" over. This. freak OF nature
is the property of Timothy Devon
shire, who says that the parents of
the animal were blooded and normal
in every Wav,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Madrid Banks Guarded
By Strong Police Patrols

Madrid, Jan. 3.-Strong police pa
trols were posted outside several
banks today. including the Hispano-
Americana, as a precaution because
of the threatened demonstrations by
bank clerks, whose demands for
recognition of their recently formed
syndicate has been refused by most
of the bankers.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Officer Is Accused
OF Killing Young Man

New York. Jan. 3.-Carl Bossell-
ma, Is, novelty importer and ex-
porter. found unconscious on a side
walk Sunday and who died later in
a hospital, was killed when struck BY
a policeman" his father declared last
night.
Police reported the young man
evidently had fractured his skull in
a fall.
AS result of the fathers charges
a police inquiry was ordered for to-
day. The policeman accused has been
summoned to testify.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Body Names Officers

Stanton, Neb.. Jan. 3. - Especial
Telegram. 1.-The local organization
of the Nebraska Auto Protective
association elected the following Of
ficers for the year: James Brooks,
president: {. L. Armbruster, vice
president; Z. F. Pont, secretary
treasurer; Albert Fickler. captain,
and D. C. Chase, auditor
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04

is Chosen
As Speaker
Lincoln Lawyer Wins Highest
Post in House Organization
On Eighth Ballot in Re-
publican Caucus.
Norvau Head Of Senate

Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 3.-(Special
Telegram.)-Walter L. Anderson Of
Lancaster county. Lincoln lawyer,
is the republican choice for speaker
of the lower house OF the state leg
islature. He was elected on the
eighth ballot in the house caucuses
held tonight.
Anderson received 81 votes and
George c. Snow of Chadron came
second with 40 votes.
Robert Druesedow OF Omaha and
]. A. Axtell withdrew after the sixth
ballot. Ellis E. Good withdrew after
the seventh ballot.
Mr.. Anderson served in the con-
stitutional convention last year. he
also served in the enforcement OF the
Selective service act during the re-
cent war, with the rank of captain.
Dope Upset.
n Representative A. H. Byrum of
Franklin county showed considerable
less strength than he and his friends
anticipated and he withdrew on the
fifth ballot. Mr.. Byrum was vigor-
ously nti-McKelvie.
Representative Walter Anderson
of Lancaster county also was the
cause of upsetting the dope when he
proved even stronger than he him-
self expected. George c. Snow of
Dawes county did not pull the votes
that he and his friends anticipated.
Ballots For Speaker.
Votes on speaker gave the follow
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Frustrate Communist Plot
For Overthrow of Serbia

Belgrade. Jan, 5.-The Jugo-Slav
government has frustrated COM
munist plot which looked to the
overthrow of the government and
establishment of soviet regime
throughout Jugo-Slavia. Numerous
arrests are said to have crushed the
ATTEMPT.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Hundreds of Acres Are
Inundated by High Water

Seattle, Jan. 3.-Rising three feet
in four hours, the White river over
flowed its banks today, inundating
hundreds of acres of farm land be-
tween Orillia and Kent. The Pa
cifc highway between Seattle and
Tacoma is under water for half a
,,,;1o
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Treasurer of Ford Works
Resigns After Is Years

Detroit, Mich. Jan. S.--Declaring
he was not in full accord with some
of the business policies contemplated
by the company in the future. F. -.
Klingensmith announced his resigna-
ton as vice president and treasurer
of the Ford Motor company after IS
years with the company.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Aged Salt Lake Man Dies
After Delivering Address

Salt Lake City, Jan. ii. Moth
Iverson, 20, died Sunday Immediately
after delivering an address in a
Norman church here. He was a
doctor of philosophy of the Univer-
sity of Copenhagen and came to this
country from Denmark in 1880.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Cardinal Gibbons
Taken to His Home

Baltimore, Md, Jan. 3.-Cardinal
Gibbons was brought home from Un-
ion Mills, Md, today, reaching the
archiepiscopal residence about 1880
o'clock. He was reported to have
suffered no Ill effects.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Bankers Get Gold

New York, Jan. 3,--The steam
ship Lapland, which arrived today
from Antwerp, Southampton and
Cherbourg, brought $S,000,000 in gold
consigned to Kuhn. Leob and COM
pany, New York bankers
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
500 Line Cuts Hours

Fon Du Lac, Wis, Jan. S.-Thc
500 Line railroad shops here went
on a fve-day week working basis
today. 1t was said an order had
been received directing 20 per cent
decrease in operating expenses.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
Hourly Temperatures.
Yesterdays Temperatures.
Shippers' Bulletin.

Protect shipments during the next st to
SO hours from temperatures MS follows:
North and west. sS degrees cast and
south, 30 degrees.