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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Men
to Open Meeting
Here January Is
Attorney for Association to
Talk on Changes in Rail
Act-Other Speakers
Engaged.

Denver. Dec. 22.-The 27th annual
convention OF the American National
Livestock association viii be held in
Omaha January Is, l6 and Il. it was
here today by r. ". Tom
linson, secretary.
The program for the opening meet.
ing includes addresses of welcome by
Governor Bryan OF Nebraska and
Mayor Dahlman of omaha. TO be fol
lowed by the annual address of Fred
II. Bixby. Long Beach, Cal. fresi-
dent OF the association.
Among the speakers who are on
the program during the convention
are James Il. Poole. Chicago. market
editor Of the Producer; A. Sykes, Des
Moines; Secretary OF Agriculture Wal
lace; S. ". Cowan. Fort Worth. Tex,
attorney for the association. who will
discuss amendments 10 the transpor-
tation act; and S. w. Mcclure. Salt
Lake city. who will speak on The
Tariff on Agricultural and Livestock
Products"
General discussion Will follow tho
presentation Of papers. Other speak
ers will be A. Il. Stryker. Omaha; J.
b. Kendrick. Washington; r. c. Pol
lock. Chicago; w. B. Greeley. Wash.
ington: ]. c. Underwood Underwood,
Wyo.. and Carl c. Gray. president
Of the Union Pacific railroad.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
No Funds, Says State;
Here's $4,000 U.S.;
Can Get 1t for Asking
In Justice
to All

The people of Nebraska want to
pay their honest debts. They will
be relieved to find that instead of
the shortage in the good roads fund
that has been claimed there is
1862 900 waiting i'm the federal treas
ury in Washington. ready to be
paid over to the state whenever
called for.
II is amazing that no apparent
effort has been made in the state
house to send in the vouchers for
these projects. In simple justice
this should be done without furth-
er delay. Not only have the men
who built these highways suffered
from the lack of payment, but the
credit of the state of Nebraska has
been injured also.
If this mistake is not reefified
without further delay parIeys, the
taxpayers of the state will be doom.
ed to feel the pinch of higher road
building costs. People who pay
their bills promptly always receive
concessions. and il hereafter con-
tractors are TO feel that they stand
a chance of having TO wait year
or two before receiving payment for
roads they have built, the element
Of risk and waiting will tend to in
crease the bids. II could not be
otherwise. for after having settled
with their employees who carried
through the work Of highway con-
sfrucfion. they have had TO rely
on loans at the banks TO supply the
necessary funds. thus adding the
burden of interest to what should
have been paid on the dot by the
state.
Information from Washington
shows that though a mistake has
been made. il s,ill can be rectified.
il the proper response il made from
the state house. Any politician,
regardless of his party, that stands
in the way of removing this blem-
ish from the credit of Nebraska Is
doomed To be regarded as a politi-
cal shyster. faifhless to the people
he has chosen TO represent.
The supreme court Of Nebraska.
in its decision in one of the suits
for payment filed by men who had
done work for the state. said: "Un-
doubtedly all should be done that
can be done 10 care for these obi.
CATIONS without further delay.
Such contracts were. and are,
valid and snbsisting contracts, hon.
estly acted upon and fully perform
ed. II might be we'll TO convene
-hc legislature. though at great
cost. TO provide for these obliga-
tlons by deficiency appropriation"
The report from Washington in
dicates that the greater part of
these claims can be paid immedi-
ateiy. and that the money i i'm the
treasury awaiting the call OF the
state.
II should be secured at once and
this stain on the credit of Nehras-
In removed.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Beatrice Man Is
Out for Governor
Adam McMullen Files Can.
didacy as Republican,
Others Enter Race.

Lincoln. Dec. sg.-Adam McMullen.
Beatrice attorney. to-day flied at the
secretary Of states office his oandi-
dacy as the republican contestant for
the office of governor
Mr. McMullen. who was runnerup
In the gubernatorial contest two years
ago. issued statement pledging "ef.
ficent and economic administration
of the states affairs II elected
w l.. Bowling. Madison. made a
personal filing for republican candi-
date for judge in the Third congress
sional district,
r. II. Thorpe. this city, Who filled
an unexpired term in congress at
one time. filed as republican candi.
date for congress from The First
district.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Father Is Dead:
Mother I'LL; Six
Tots Need Shoes
Twenty-Seyen Youngsters Are
Ahead of Them on
Free Shoe Fund
List.

Harry, Mary. Michael, Ella, Clara
and Johnny are fatherless and their
mother Is sick. There isn't service
able pair of shoe in the three-room
shack where they live
Twenty-seyen youngsters are ahead
of them on the Free Shoe fund list
and it is hoped there will be enough
money to get them good shoes before
Christmas so they can go out of
doors and not get sick.
The weather has been mild. but
still 1t is too cold 10 go without
shoes, and long. cold months axe just
ahead.
Cpdike Lumber and Coal company
employees raised s53 which will buy
about dozep pairs of good. sound
shoes.
Many other generous people are
remembering the numerous needy
youngsters now In this season of
Christmas good will.
Can you help? Every penny you
give goes to buy shoes fer little boys
and girls of the most pitifully poor.
No administration expenses" In. this
fund. Their very health. perhaps
their Pickering lives depend on warm
shoes.
IL you can help make their poor
little Christmas happier, send or
bring your contribution TO Free
Shoe Fund. The Omaha Bee" Checks
should be made out to Free Shoe
L'ttDd
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Actress Condemned
to 3 Years in Prison
for Insulting Soviet

Kharkoy. Russia. Dec. 22.-Mme.
Aksarina, an actress, has been con-
demned to three years imprisonment
at hard labor for insulting"
workmen's demonstration during the
celebrating of the anniversary OF the
bolshevisk revolution. Nine. Ak
sarila and her husband, a well-known
actor and producer, were standing on
a balcony while the demonstrators
We're passing when, according to wit
nesses, she was heard to say: What
a rabble When will 1t be over?"
Beside the sentence passed upon
Nine. Aksarina, her husband was
dismissed from the Kharkov theaters.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Doctor Disappears From
Sioux City; Friends Search

Sioux city. Ia. Dec. 22.--Mystifled
over the disappearance of Or. +. Il
r'yle. head Of the county hospital nj
Geddes. s. -. friends of the missing
man IN both Sioux city and Geddes
have instituted vigorous search for
the physician.
Dr. Fyle came To Sioux city on
December 10. br nging with him n
patient ON December II, he visited
th. office of Sioux CITY surgeon
ana after chatting a few moments
rcnprkcd that he must sturi foi
n me nj once.
lie has not been heard froln since
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Gompers TO Go to Panama.
Hx International News Service.

Washington. Dec. e. Samuel
GGmpors. president OF the American
Federation Of Labor, will sail from
New York on Monday for Panama
for months Investigation of labor
conditions in the canal zone, 1t was
announced here today.
He will be accompanied by William
J. Spencer Of the Building Trades
department and Albert J. Berres OF
be Melal Trades department.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Greek King and Queen
Arrive in Bucharest

Bucharest. Dec. Fixing George
and Queen Elizabeth of Greece ar
rived here at o'clock this afternoon
from Athens. They reached the port
of constanta this morning and jour
neyed TO Bucharest, n distance OF
about 65 miles. by rail.
At Constanta the king and queen
were welcomed by the crown prince
and princess OF Rumania and Prince
Paul and Princess Irene of Greece.
King Ferdinand and Queen Marie.
members or the lithuanian govern.
ment. representatives OF the army
and navy and members of the Greek
colony met them on their arrival in
Bucharest. The party was cheered
as II left the railway station.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
WHERE TO FIND
The big Features of
THE SUNDAY BEE

PART ONE.
Page R-Iflifnrini.
Page 9--Three Alliances 10 supplant
Tie fs.ague of Nations Urged by
II. g.. Wells; United states tana-
disn tarm Rivnlr, fOrcseen by Lloyd
tsrcrge. Hiram Johns0n's Presidcn-
finI Prospects Discussed by Mark
sulIivan; Holiday Seasons New
fta0ks Reviewed.
Page 10--Narkets.
PART TWO.
Pages 10 J--Soeiety.
T. ige s--shoppng with Polly
PAGE s---HappsIsnd for Riddles.
Page Movies.
Pages o aud I0--Amusements and Mu-
PART THREE.
Vour Pages of Most Popuinr Comics.
ALfpG RitIRE SECTION.
Page f--"Mhnt Are fou Going TO
Give Me for fbrlsfmaA?"
Pages z, and a--fnteresting Srcucs
and Unusual Scenes In Views OF
World
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23

Columbus. O. Dec. 22,-Tho first
day OF winter found Ohio enjoying I'm.
seasonahly high temperatures, The
weather bureau here reported yester.
day the wafmest December 81 since
the establishment of the bureau, in
lS7S. The maximum was bS
Middleton reports "crckcts sing.
lns.r Youngstown. "nny number Of
pansies as big as you see In summer
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
IL Years More Life.

London. Dec. ga child born TO.
day has the prospect o; ~ more years
OF life than had ono born % years
ago. Sir William Wheeler. president
Of tho Royal College Of Surgeons in
ireland stated.
Medicine and surgery. he asserted.
have made greater advances during
the last 25 years than during the -
preceding centuries.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
MONEY REAEy TO PAY ROAD BILLS
'.Tarnation," Cries
Canadian Golfer
at Pesky Mosquitoes

Toronto, Dec. 22.-Unable to work
in such fine, springlike weather.
John Rothwell unlimbered his golf
bag yesterday for round over the
Humber Valley course.
John is good golfer, but he had
one of the poorest cards Of his ca
reeT and for the first time an alibi.
'Tarnation," he said, where's the
fellow that can putt with a swarm
of mosquitoes pestering him."
Then he went home wearing a
flower he had picked from the
c0urse.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
.RunnExpose
Washington
Bootleg Syndicate to Supply
Most Distinguished Drink
ers at Capital, Revealed
by Dry Agents.
VIII Prosecute Patrons
By Associated Press.

Washington. Dec. ga bootleg
liquor scandal that threatens TO touch
the most exclusive and highly con-
nected circles in the national capital
was promised today by officials Of
the District of Columbia.
Apparently convinced that the time
has come to apply desperate remedies
to the situation which has developed
on the doorstep Of the federal govern
ment. the district attorneys office an
nounced it would ask a grand jury
10 take action against purchasers as
well as dispensers OF intoxicants.
The basis for the request will be an
imposing list Of customers which was
seized yesterday when the police
rounded up the principals in what
they believe 10 be bootleg syndicate
organized to supply the most dis
eliminating drinkers in Washington.
10 names have been made public, but
police officials say the list includes
many of those who might ordinarily
depend on their wealth or their posi-
tions to give them immunity.
Another Ratification.
All Of these names. II was asserted
l.y Assistant District Attorney Pres
mont. will go before the grand jury.
II confessions said to have been made
by those already under arrest are not
overfhrown. He added that the
prosecutions would be brought under
the conspiracy clause of the Volstead
act. which makes purchasers Of liquor
guilty along with those from whom
they buy.
Meantime another ramification of
the case caused much CONSERVATION in
quite another quarter. II was dis
covered that a part of the stock from
which the liquor was being supplied.
according to police reports. was under
the protection of one of the foreign
legations. When seizure was at.
tempted a member OF the legation
staff protested that the goods we're
immune under the diplomatic priv
ilages accorded the representatives
Of foreign governments. The result
was protest by the metropolitan
police department to the State de-
partment. whose officials declined TO
say anything for publication
Names Held Secret.
Like the names on the list OF Gus.
toners. the identity of the legation
suspected Of contributing to the sup
plv was kept in confidence The news
travelled quickly through the diplo-
matte corps. however. which twice
before has been stirred by police
charges of leak" of diplomatic
liquor into bootleg channels.
The raid on the bootleg ring yes
terday was timed 10 coincide with
completion Of the bulk OF the Christ.
mas liquor deliveries, placing in the
hands of the police an unusual outlay
of fresh evidence. More than $500
names were on the list confiscated at
the syndieate's headquarters I'm
downtown office building. and nj the
same time the raiding officers took
possession ef the key to a secret code
for Identification both Of customers
and various varieties of wet goods.
More than dozen arrests Of those
said TO be partners or employees OF the
syndicate already have been made and
more are promised.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Shredder Cuts Off
Arm of Shelby Man

useeula. Neb. Dee. 22--Ira Har
bert, A., farmer. shelby, lost his right
arm in a corn shredder while helping
operate shredder machine at one OF
his neighhors when his coat sleeve
caught and drew his arm into the
knives. The arm was operated on nj
David city hospital
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Navy Plane Crashes;
Is Destroyed by Fire

Cheyenne. Wyo.. pco. ss.--A navy
airplaGe crashed while attempting Go
take off from the air mail Geld here
this morning and waS DESTROYED by
fire. The pilot. Lieut. J. y. price. and
Mechanieian II. 4. Rnrgsten escaped
injury Price. unable 10 eNtricate
himself and In danger 81 cremation.
through wing II reach him. The
airplane and companion ship
stopped here Tor the nlght enroute
from san Diego. cs1l. II Washington.
n A
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Lincoln laundr, Blast.

Lincoln. bee. ss.=-f.xplosion of a
steam tank TN the Globe laundry
here caused damase estimated at
about 81 .ooo Windows IN the build
ing were shattered 1.we women om.
nloyes working Near tho tank tainted.
but there were ne injuries
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Raisuli Buried.

Gibraltar. Dec. 22.---Moors who ar.
rived here today from Tangicr state
that Raisuli the Moroccan bandit
leader. died December 10 and was
buried the following day. Official con.
firmation of the death, however, Is
lacking.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
"Tubby" Clark Sentenced.

Gerald crubbyl Clark. convicted by
u jury IN district court on a charge
of burglary. was sentenced 20 the pen
itentiary for from seven To ten years
10y District Judge Goss Saturday
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
Heavy Rain in Texas.

Houston, Tex. Dee. "a rainfall
Of 163 inches In the last "a hours
brought the December total M 10
1920 inches today. This is the record
rainfall for December In Houston.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23

Salina. KAN Dec. "a Messages re
ctived here today tell OF a heavy snow
storm sweeping western Kansas
HAYS, Oakley plainville and Colhy
Nere among he towns reporting SNOW
falling heavily. The storm seems TO
bs moving eastward
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
The Weather

For. 2. hours ending 2 p. m, peeon.
her 20.
Tempernturc' highest a. Invest. -;
mean. rs; normal, 20, fotal eSeeas Hinte
January l. 6.ah.
preeipltntion, Inches and hundredthHs
Total o Total since January !, aota eS-
cess, ~.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
No Snow in Sight.

NN Indications point Ia = hrsghs,
green Christmas. according 10 n. Y.
Robins, msteoro,oglss
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
DandeIions Are in Full Blossom.
Crickets Are Singing in Ohio


blooming" and Tiffin, "dandclions in
fun blossom -
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-23
WEATHER FORECAST :

Nebraska: Partly cloudy Sunday,
not much change in temperature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-17
Baby Bonus For
Women OF Papua

London. May l CA. p. by MaiD-
There's healthy shock waiting birth
control advocates in far away Papua,
in the Pacific ocean north Of Austria
liza. The natives Of this thriving COM
munity appear never to have been
bothered about birth control, for the
most popular government regulation
down there at present Is baby bon
us for native women.
Col. j. H. p. Murray. lieutenant
governor Of Papua, recently in Lon
don, explained in an interview the
methods which have been adopted by
the Papuan authorities to make it the
best regulated and most industrious
of the South Sea protectorates.
He says that under a system of
baby bonus, If a native woman has
four children living her husbands
tax is RENTED. The mother receives
a bonus of five shillings, with an extra
allowance for each additional child.
The intention of the baby bonus is
not, however, to show CONTEMPT for
the birth control advocates. but is in :
tended to hold up the mother Of a
large family as person Of distinc-
tion in the village. The old native
idea was to despise the mother of
many children. The officials set about
TO change the prevailing thought, and
the recent census report would tend
to show that they have started in the
right manner.
Col. Murray's report on the indus
try and thrift of the natives explodes
another theory of the life Of the
South Seas as being one long rest be-
meath palm trees, with dark skinned
maidens lowering in the background.
This impression evidently is quite
incorrect. and even the tendency Of
the native toward little cannibalism
and head hunting has given way, un.
der the influence Of the British off :
Gals, to more peaceful pursuits Of
farming and road making.
A native Of Papua must not only
keep his village clean: repair and re-
build his house from time to time as
directed by the government and make
and repair roads, but he must also
gather cocoanuts or rice and pay u
tax.
In addition he has to. fish and hunt
and cultivate his own gardens in or
der to provide for the wants Of him :
self and his family. Under these reg
ulations the tribes of the district have
been changes from idle and warlike
natives into honest citizens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-17
NORRIDGEWOCK

The Mothers Day observance at the
Baptist church was of much interest.
The sermon by the pastor. Rev. l.. D.
Tibbetts from Proverbs 81. %, was
appropriate to the spirit Of the day.
Special music was given, one number
being, I'm wearing flower for you"
On Sunday, May 20, Rev. H. G.
Kennedy of Augusta will speak at the
Baptist church in the interest Of the
New England Lords Day League.
Mr.. Kennedy, who was pastor Of the
church in Oakland has recently en-
tered upon his duties as secretary for
the League in Maine.
Horace Withee made a business
trip to Waterville, Monday.
The high school will hold a fair and
sale on Friday afternoon, May IS, and
in the evening play will Re given by
the members Of the senior class.
Miss Alice Robinson, student at
Pennington passed the weekend
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-17
Celery in the Home Garden

Celery Is a much neglected crop in
the home garden and one which
should be mitch more freely grown to
make the ground pay dividends. 1t
Is not difficult to grow and a seed
bed started now will give ascrop next
fall that will be very welcome. Celery
likes plenty Of moisture and fertility
and delights in heavy soil.
Make carefully prepared seed bed
in some corner OF the garden now.
pulverizing the soil finely and level
it off. Sow the seed an inch deep in
rows two or three inches apart. A
few rows Will give more plants than
can be taken care OF in a small gar
den, one row Of three or four feet be-
ing sufficient II seed has been secured
from a reliable dealer, tested for its
termination qualities. The seeds are
rather slow of termination and it will
be three weeks at least before the
seedlings are ready to handle.
Celery needs to be transplanted at
least once to develop a compact
fibrous root system without which
the thick, crisp stalks will not be
produced. Save room in which to
transplant the tiny plants two to three
inches apart each way, and by the
time the radishes, lettuce or spinach
is out Of the way you can begin set
ting the celery plants in their per-
manent position in rows convenient
for blanching. They should be set
six inches apart and at least two feet
apart in the rows. hoeing the soil up
about them as they increase in size
until the tips Of the leaves only ap-
pear. This blanching process should
be done gradually and carefully until
late in the GUNNER, leaving some of
the stem free until the final earthing
up. Care must be exercised not to
get the soil into the heart Of the
plant. 1t also should not be hilled
up on wet days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-17
PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. Theodore Smith Of Canaan
was in town shopping Tuesday.
Mrs. Harry A. Dinsmore was in
Waterville on business Wednesday.
Frank Robinson of Cornville was
q business caller in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Ernest Croker of Hinckley
was in town on business Wednes-
day.
Mrs. F. NJ. Furber of Canaan was a
business caller in Skowhesan Iues-
day.
Attorney and Mrs. Edward f.
Merrill and children motored to wa
terville Tuesday to see "Koo'n
Hood
MIR. and Mrs. Hugh Comber of
CoInber Camps at The Forks were
business callers in town Tuesday,
making the trip by auto.
MIR. and Mrs. Carl Nelson of Ca
naan were in town Tuesday coming
by automobile by the way OF Hinck-
ley: .
Hon. Frank Holly of North Anson
was in town Tuesday. being the
guest of honor and speaker at the
luncheon of the Rotary club.
Mr.. II. w. Pike of Lisbon Fails
arrived in town Tuesday night to
visit with his daughter, Mrs. {. Earl
Richardson of Madison avenue.
Walter S. Wyman of the Central
Maine Power company of Augusta
was in town on business the first
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Richmond have
returned from Livermore Fails,
whdre they went to get their machine
in which they drove to Skowhegan'
Mr. and Mrs. Richmond came here
last fall from Livermore Falls.
W. S. CULVER went to Watervllle
Wednesday morning to meet his
mother, Mrs. Emma CULVER of Dow
er-Foxcroft, who came to visit at
the CULVER home.
Charles Burnon and Joseph II.
Murray have returned from an auto
trip to Old Orchard where they went
Monday. taking the mechanical hon
which was on exhibition at r. 3,
Coles during the holiday season.
They were guests while away OF Mr..
Murray's son, Lawrence in Port
land.
Tuesday evening Miss Grace Fox
daughter of Mrs. Thomas Fox OF
Faiiview avenue: who is a junior at
Colby college was one of quartet
from Colby who went to the State
Sanitorium at Fairfield where they
gave an excellent program for the
entertainment and pleasure of the
patients,