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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
N. Y. Wool Dealer
Killed in Plane Crash
By Associated Press.

Paris, May A.-The New YORKER
one OF the six killed in the crash OF
an airplane on the Paris-to.London
route near Amiens today, was Gus
tave Schwab. member Of the firm
OF Oelrichs & Co. wool dealers. He
had just completed a business trip TO
Europe and was flying 10 London with
the intention Of sailing from Liverpool
Saturday on the Mauretania.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
New York City to Seek
Democratic Con, cntion

>ew York. Nay 1.-THE New Nerk
HNerld today made a formal proposal
HAT the democratic national censvn
tion 20 1894 he held in this city The
canvass showed 10 national commit.
feemen and ls national COMMITTEES.
Women faNouiny New Neak. according
io ihc Morhl
The World said thsl the ei,y ls Pc
pared 10 UQdeeMuts the eoayengleu
an 10 ssee,Eee.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
Hope Abandoned for Life
of Famous PLAYWRIGHT

. New YorR, May li.--Practically all
hope WAS abandoned today for Mon
tague Glass. author aud playwright,
who yesterday underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis Mt the Roosevelt
hospital The patient became uncou.
scious this afternoon and doctors as
serted he had only an outside chance
10 recover.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
Mullin in Conference.

Lincoln MAY Arthur Mullm a.
omahe. well known democratic poll
tieian Is deeply Interested IN Cover,
nor gfsen's handling at The civil ad.
mlnistraiiNc uodc Mr Mullm has
been IA CLOSE CONSULTATION with the
governor behind closed duars In the
last lew weeks.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
Humphrey Girl Injured in
Smashup Near Columbus

columbus Neb. May i4-Miss
Neva Dixon, "a. Humphrey, Neh. sui
fered severe injuries when the car IN
which She was ridiug. driven by Emil
kehn. also of Humphrey, colllded
with another automobile west ~ town,
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
Owsley Unable to Visit
Scottsbluff Legion Men

Scotisbiuff. Nsh.. May ls-~Alvin
owsley. national commander Of the
American Legion. who was scheduled
"a visit ScottShuff MAY IS. cahno;
COME, according 10 \ telegram re
eelNed frem National Ad)usaas
Lemuel Bollvs IN health was gwen
as the reason for cSnoelliag the res
of the MAY teur ot the commander
and bat slighS hone was held out tlsas
he would be here In June Legion
men ~ the western pafG 81 The Sta5e
had planned reception fog Mr..
owslev
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
BANDITS RELEASE ALL cAP1IvES
Flyer Misses Death
as Plane Overturns

SpeciaI Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Columbus, Neb., May 14-Myron
T.arkin, York, Neb., aviator, suffered
a fractured nose and several bruises
In narrowly escaping death when his
airpane turned a son-ersault here to-
day. Larkin had just touched the
ground prior TO landing. The plane
was racing at a speed OF 40 miles an
hour when it struck soft spot in
the landing field, turning over com
pletely.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
Fraud Case Goes
to Jury Today;
Final Pleas Made
Judge Woodrough to Com
clude Instructions TO Jurors
This Morning Women
Figure in Appeals.

Federal Judge Woodrough finished
two and a half hours of his instruc
lions to the jury in the Colonial TIM
ber & Coal corporation mail fraud
trial at $50 yest erday and ordered an
adjournment until 10 this morning
when he will finish his instructions
and the jury viii retire to decide the
fate of Il men who have been on trial
for eight weeks.
The judge. in his Interpretation of
the law, struck at the contention Of
Thomas H. Matters attorneys, who
hold that the statute OF limitations has
run in his case and that he cannot be
prosecuted.
If a man sells out his Interest in
a conspiracy he is still in the con.
spiraey until he has received the last
payment" he said.
Prospectus Deceptive.
These men who were floating the
Colonial company he said. did not
propose to put their own money into
it. The agreement. according to the
evidence, was that they were TO get
the 81 0 900 900 OF stock and that ST.
900 900 In bonds we're TO be bold and
they were to get the proceedS without
putting any money OF theirs own to
speak Of into It.
The prospectus which they issued
in seeking to sell the boYds to tho
public appears TO have been very de.
ceptiye. givins the impression OF a
great company operating a vast en-
terprise-"
The wives Of several OF the defen.
dants were IN the courtroom. A. w.
Jeffefis. last speaker for the defense
appealed to the jury TO remember
them.
One Count Withdrawn.
United States Attorney Kinsler. IN
the closing argument for the govern.
ment. pointed out other women in
the courtroom and asked the jurors
70 remember the women whsse say
,ngs were lost IN the collapse Of the
Matters enterprises.
Judge Woodrough viii probably
finish his instructions shortly before
noon.
The Judge yesterday took count No.
! Of the indictment from the jury.
ruling that no evidence lad been in.
trodaeed TO support IL. Nine counts
Of using the mails 10 defraud are left,
and one count charging conspiracy TO
use the mails to defrsud.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
mails" Morton Killed in Fall

Chicago. May li.-Samuel J. "Nails"
Morton. who year ago was tried for
tho murder of two policemen and &C.
quilted by a jury. was killed here to.
day when he fell from horse
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
L. S. Exports in April.

Washington, May l4--Exports
from the United States during April
amounted 10 sSIl 900 900 compared
with 1913 469 900 during April. 19ee
and s3il,l62 900 during March OF the
present year
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
a n d S
of Chinese
Met
Governor of ShantGng Agi ees
10 Take Members of Outlaw
Gang Into Army, State
Department Notified.
Siege Raised Saturday

Pekin. May 1i-"All prisoners re.
leased.
This cryptic message today brought
10 an end a week Of anxiety for the
safety of the hundred or more pas
seneers made eaptiyes by bandits who
held up and robbed the Sueh0w-Pekin
express train in the early hours Of
sunday. May 6.
No details have been received but
il is believed that all of the demands
made by the brigands on the Chinese
government have been met.
BY Associated Press.
Washington. May 1.-THE military
governor OF Shantung, the State de.
parfment was adv ised today by Con-
sui John X. Davis, has agreed verb
ally TO call of the attack on the BAN
dts who wrecked the Suchow-Pekin
express and 10 take them TO ths
Chinese army. The brigands, Davis
reported. had expressed willingness. 10
release foreigners still held captive II
this was done. He said the governor
had informed him the siege was
raised Saturday night.
ODidlneu Leave Oh -tDSe0ce.
Shanghai. May 15-J. A. Henley Of
San Francisco. one Of the prisoners
captured by the Suchow bandits who
arrived AT LIncheng two days ago
from brigaHds' stronghold. was rot
granted his unconditional release by bis
captors. but had obtained "a hours
leave of absence" from the robber
chief. from whom the American also
borrowed $50 and a mule TO make
his trip down from the hills. accord
ing TO reports brought here today.
Henley, according to Marcel Jossei.
of the British.American Tobacco com.
pany staff. who arrived on the mid
night express from Tsaochwang, be-
came popular with the bandits and
was permitted 10 pass through the
lines to visit the relief camps in the
foothills.
The San FRANCISCAN came down from
the brigsnd's lair Saturday. clad IN
a pair Of psjanas, carrying $50 be
had borrowed from the robbe- CHIEF.
riding a donkey he had obtained from
The same source and under instrue.
tons from the srigan 10 return bv
oaptves would be shot
Hostages All Well.
Josef said that squads of cooi,e
pack carriers are taking supplies ur
10 the bandits headquarters and thar
all the hostages are well. according
% the last reports when he left
Tsaochwang He added. however.
TIA; any hostile movement by the
troops IN the district would result
in tho immediate execution OF ths
foreign prisoners Officers ir com
mapd Of the troops have reiterated
their previous assurances that the
soldiers would be Withdrawn. hut
whether this promise has been kepx
: not known 81 Tsaochwans.
L now is pretty definitely es
tablished thar Is men are being held
~ the bandits together with Sonora
Nerea. wife Of one Of them. who has
repeatedly refused 10 abandon her
husband. II also is believed that up
wards Of loo Chinese are held in The
bFigsndS Sieeksdes, many Of them
wealthy and prominent.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15

Lincoln AIay il-Judae i W
Woodrough viii open federal count tn
Lincoln Tuesday
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
"One of Ours" Wins
$1,000 Prize for
Best Novel of Year
Annual Pulitzer Award Given
Villa Gather. Nebraska Au-
thoress. for Book Now Run
ming in The Omaha Bee.

One of Ours" BY Villa Gather,
which was awarded the 81 900
Pulitzer prize for The best American
novel published during the year.
is now appearing serialiy in The
Omaha Morning Bee.
New York. May -. 49, The 1928
awards Of the Pulitzer prizes IN Jour
nahsm and letters and of the travelling
scholarship. offered annually. were
announced las, night by the advisory
board Of the Columbia School Of Jour
nslism.
AlVa Johnston OF the New York
Times was awarded the sl.eeo prize
for the best example OF a reporter $
work during the year: William Allen
White. editor u the Gazette. Emporia
kan. $500 Tor the best editorial. and
the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Memphis. Tenn. the $500 gold medal
for the most disinterested and meri'
torious public service rendered by a
newspaper.
The judges selected One Of ours
hy Villa Gather fer the 81 eee prize
FOR the American novel published dur
ing the year. which presented the
wholesome atmosphere OF American
life and the highest standard Of Amer
lcan manners and manhood.
Charles Warren was given the
s. 00o FOR the best book on the history
Of the United States. for his book,
The Supreme Court in Unsted States
History.
The 81 oeo prize in biography was
awarded to The Life and Letters Of
Walter II. Page by Burton ! Hend
Turn To Page Two. Column fanrl
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
Harding Again to
Win, Saws Senator
Willis of Ohio
Man Who Nominated Presi
dent at Chicago Addresses
Ad,ertising-SeIling
League.

Senator F'ranl. l.. Wills of Ohio.
former governor of that state and the
man who nominated Warren c. Hard
ing for the presidency, stood gazing
yesterday morning from a room in
the Omaha Athletic club over Omaha 5
pretentious skyline.
There are two easons why I'm in
Omaha now" he announced First
of all | was pleased with the hearty
invitation OF the Advertising. Selling
league. The second reason is a senti-
mental one. Ny father and mother
were among the very early pioneers
of Omaha. My father worked here as
a day laborer before the civil war.
And to think. mused the senator.
that at one time he could have trad
cd a team of mules for a big plot of
this valuable real estate. might
have owned part of this city. il he
hadn't needed his mules so badly at
the time
Drove in Covered Wagon.
My parents drove out here in a
covered wagon. They lived over in
the Bluffs for Two or three years.
There were lots of Indians around in
those days; father told me of buryins
one once, when no one else seemed in
clined to bother about it, Father and
mother drove their wagon on down to
Missouri, and when the border war
broke out they drove back to Ohio, all
in the same wagon
"There IS absolutely no doubt that
President Harding Will be renominat.
ed, or for that matter. elected. TO the
presidency for smother term" con
tlnued Senator Willis. changing his
topic quite as quickly as the story
indicates. There are a number OF
reasons why this will happen.
"In the first place Mr. Harding is
great president Most people think
he's nice man. but don't realize
that he also is an aggressive execu.
tive. That's because he doesn't make
grandstand plays fos votes. I'll tell
YOU few Of the things he done.
Take first Of all the matter of foreign
relations.
Kept L. 5. Out Of League.
president Harding kept us out OF
the league of nations. That alone is
enough to make him great for at the
time he took office there were all
manner Of insidious influences be.
lTurn 10 Page Two Column TbreeD
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15

president Harding kept us out Of
the league of nations. That alone Is
enough to make him great. for at the
time he took office there were all
manner Of insidious influences be.
Turn 10 Page Two. Column TbreeD
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
Do You
Want

An apartment, a bungalow,
furnished rooms, light house
keeping rooms. board and
room, household furnishings,
etc.--all these have a place
in the appeals Of the Omaha
Bee Wait" Ads.
Every legitimate human de-
= sire for comfort. for ad.
vancement, for the accom-
plishment Of honest gain,
meets with ready response
from Omaha Bee "Wsnt"
Ad readers. who number
thousands every day.
Read and use Omaha Bee
~ ant 4ds-fhe bee-line
10 results.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-15
The Weather

For = hours ending = m
Temperature,
Nlkhest. So, lowest "a, uaffnaf -
Iafal eNtass sInta aauuafN isf tx a
Relative Humidity. rrrvcntsge.
NHeH II H -
Precipitation, iuchcs and nnadreltks
lotsl 10 fetai slnee lsnusts Isl IS
4le kltirues a4
Evening star., 1923-10-21
Surplus in u. S. Wheat Bins
Declared Propaganda Fiction

When the next Congress meets
how much money the Chicago wheat
spectators spent to propaganda the
claim that we raised too much wheat
and must therefore sell It for less
than cost and discontinue sowing it,"
says Representative E. C. Little of
Kansas, who is the author Of bill
70 stabilize the price of wheat
through federal price-fxing or fed
eral purchase and storage.
I'VE have no surplus. We never
did have any. There never was such
n thing as a surplus bushel of wheat.
Every year the world disposes of
one crop before the next comes in,
except the ordinary and necessary
carry-over for flour and other neces-
sary requirements. This surplus bub-
BILE is the biggest anu cruelest fake
ever, perpetrated in this country. It
cost our farmers millions of dollars
and made no money for anybody, ex-
cept the spectators"
Cites OmciaI Figures.
In 1922 the farmers raised s62, ,0o0,-
900 bushels of wheat and sold every
single solitary bushel. except about
35.o00.00o, Representative Eittle
points out. quoting statistics. which
he secured from Secretary Wallace
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture. "In 1923 they raised 49,
100000 bushels less than last year."
CON tinued Representative Little.
There never has been the slightest
pyCuse at aQy minute for this sin
ster and hysterical propaganda,
which eliminated in the surplus
wheat bubble. The farmers raise
wheat to sell, and it makes no diff
ference whether they sell It to New
York OK Rome, If they sell it all by
Evening star., 1923-10-21
As a Union Man Sees 1t

tories In preparation for the cam
paign of 1924
In its field of extension work the
| federation has been very successful.
1t first organizes local unions in a
particular vocation and when there
are sufficient number of these locals
the federation organizes them into an
! international union, and with the as
sistance of the federation and through
their own efforts the work is carried
on until the new body is able to
| walk without assistance.
In an instance where an industry
is largely local or where there is un-
usual difficulty In establishing n
chain of local unions. such unions as
| II is possible to organize continue in
direct charter Relationship with the
federation. and there are thousands OF
these local bodies.
Unions In the various states are or
ganized into state federations mainly
! for the promotion of favorable legis-
lation and the opposing of legislation
that may be thought to be inimical.
These state bodies also promote the
organization OF the wage earners.
They are as a rule powerful adj
1uncts of the parent body. In many
states in the last campaign they were
active politically. and they claim that
the results show that they have at
last marshaled labor into a victorious
political legion. In New York state
they are not at all backward in as
serting that they ruined a most prom
ising presidential aspiration.
The American Federation of Labor
conducts its political activities through
a non partisan campaign committee,
and directly affiliated local unions
and state declarations follow closely
the political plans outlined and the
attitude toward candidates for office
as outlined by the federation COM
mittee.
Thus the committee may influence
many thousands of voters directly
through the affiliated local unions. and
through the state federations 1t
respective of international afhiiation.
In the great industrial and highly or
ganized Empire state this means more
than 100000 voters.
Therefore, when the American Fed
Grafton of Labor speaks politically 1t
has the means and the methods for
making its voice heard in the land.
If some one tells you that the work
ers do not heed, refer him to recent
results.
I There is still left to federation af-
hliates the matter of wages, hours
and working conditions-that is., up
to certain point. If the union is one
of the strong combinations and abun-
dantly able to manage its own analrS.
then there will be no interference.
except, of course, in the giving OF ali
the assistance in the power OF the
federation.
But, on the other hand, if any union
becomes so reckless that It's ambition
is exceeding its discretion. then
. way will be found-there will be no
mussing up of labor's forward move
ment. In. other words, the American
Federation of Labor is very power
full union of unions. with certain very
broad powers that are admitted rather
than formally ceded, and the very
astute and experienced officers Of the
federation know how to apply that
power.
Copyright. 1898. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.l
Evening star., 1923-10-21

the time the next crop comes. there
is no surplus.
I'm 1922 we had carry-oyer of
$1,000, 200 bushels and adding this to
e6z,0o0,O0O we raised. we started the
season last year with 943.000.00O
100000 bushels. leaving $4,000, 900
bushels for the home market, which
bought every bushel of 1t, except the
3o,O00.0OO the farmers carried over
because they wanted to.
Use All Wheat Raised.
Curfously enough, 7S9000,Ood
bushels is the exact amount of wheat
we raised this year. In other words
we used up at home last year ex-
actIy as much wheat as we raised
this year, anu will use it again II
we do not export bushe1.
There has never been an hour
when a careful examination of the
facts wouldn't have demonstrated
without any question the absurdity
of this surplus bubble, and yet our
people have been told to give away
their wheat and discontinue sowing
it. because men who want to buy
their wheat for nothing were able
to circulate that stuff. If the law
of supply and demand had been in
force in the United States since the
last harvest, every bushel of good
No. wheat in our state would have
sold at it's owners home at s1.25
a bushel and would be worth that
much right now.
This tale of a world surplus Is
Just as great hoax, and the esti-
mates from Canada seem to be a de-
liberate effort to deceive the market.
would rather have the opinion of
the Pottawatomie medicine man than
any tale that comes out of Canada
concerning wheat, all imaginary and
located at the other end Of the rain
how !"
Evening star., 1923-10-21

AmundSen's three monopfanes are
to be equipped with skids, wheels, or
pontoons for use on snow, land or
water. Which type of landing gear
he will use has not definitely been
announced, but reports agree that
he will equip his machine with
wheels, and take off from land base.
because of the excessive weight of
pontoons In SO doing, however,
Amundsen will initiate against his
success to an alarming degree. Let
us see why.
Amundsen will have no railroads.
rivers. mountains, or other known
to guide him in his flight.
such as Lieuts. Macready and Kelly
had in their recent transcontiD entail
trip, but he will have something
which these pioneers did not enjoy
practically twentyfour hours of day
light For in the Arctic, during the
middle of summer, the sun actually
sets but for two or three hours. and
even while il is below the horizon
its influence Is not lost.
Furthermore, the temperature of
the western Arctic, contrary to the
general belief, is no colder in July
than that of northern New York. for
example, in early October. so there is
NerseIy affected by the temperature.
X y X
The second factor in Amundsen's
favor is that he Is an experienced
navigator. 1t Is expected that he will
shape his course exactly as the navi-
eating officer of a liner does. but
along the Point Barrow meridian. The
deviation of the compass changes
very heavily along the meridian from
the pole to Point Barrow, whereas
II keeps constant from Spitzbergen to
the pole. Accordingly, Amundsen
will have to change his compass
course quite frequently if he follows
the Point Barrow meridian after
passing the pole.
Still another factor in Amundsen's
favor is the 'constancy of the prevail
ing northeasterly winds, which are In
his favor and not likely to be strong
enough to drift him from his course
Another advantage is the presence of
large ice fields, which tend to keep
the surface of the sea comparatively
smooth, so that in case of forced
landing flying boat will not be
swamped by high waves.
Here, then, are the factors-for and
against Amundsen.