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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Car Shortage Is
ancient History"
Plentiful Supply Results
From Cooperation of Car
riers, Shippers and Public.

Car shortages are a thing or tne
past and viii continue to be, in the
opinion of Trenmore Cone, secretary
OF the publicity committee and mem
ber of the committee on building sup
plies and road materials of the Cen
trail Western shippers association.
provided railroads and shippers CO.
operate in the future as they have
in the past few months. To prove
that car shortages are ancient his
tory. Cone points TO the following
facts:
Railroads moved more tons per
mile last month than ever before in
their history.
Railroads moved 1.os2 900 cars of
freight during the first week Of Oc.
tober, which was $4,000 cars more
than was ever moved before in one
week and had more than $4,000
empty cars to supply any car short
age that might exist.
This state Of affairs was brought
about by cooperation amont car
riers. shippers and public In the last
year" Cone said.
In that time seven regional car
service shippers associations have
been formed in the United States, all
working together. The membership
consists of general managers of rail-
way commissions. and every big and
little shipper who wishes to join.
Each state in turn selects it's own
committees on various classes Of
traffic. The district In which Ne
braska Is located consists OF Nebras-
ka. South Dakota. Colorado. Utah.
Idaho. Wyoming. part of Montana
and Council Bluffs. The next meet
ing of this district will be held at
Pocatello. Ida. the first week In De
cember. II. G. Taylor of the State
Railway commission is chairman, and
c. f. Childe OF Omaha is secretary.
In addition to the committee of
each state serving Its own commodity
with first hand information. there Is
one man In each district whose word
is law in car movements.
Carriers were asked 10 put In
their storage coal in the summer.
Nearly all roads did so.
"All public service corporations
were served with a similar notice and
nearly all compiled. AS a resultugreat
stocks of coal are on hand. more
than 90 days ahead Of the mines.
Many railroads have long since
provided thousands OF cars of sand.
stone. lumber cement and other
things in anticipation Of their needs,
so that the public may have the cars
I'm rush seasons"
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
To Develop Own
Talent in Village
Battle Creek Women's Club
Will Replace Imported
Lvceum Entertainers.

Battle Creek, Neb.. Oct. T.-Feeling
that Battle Creek is not able TO fl
nance a high grade professional win
ter lyceum and knowing that It would
not support one Of the inferior quail
ity, the Women's club has planned a
group Of concerts and programs TO re-
place the entertainment formerly pro-
vided by outside talent.
This is not an entirely new a1Ten-
ture on the part Of this organization.
Last season it put on two programs
Of reading. instrumental and vocal
music that aroused much enthusiasm.
The reception that these two pro-
grams received urged the women TO
enlarge upon the work this year. The
programs will not only be more in
number. perhaps five. but will be bet
ter selected and arranged. With one
or two exceptions. these programs
will be given by local talent.
At present the operetta. "A Com
munity Fair" with a cast OF 20
characters. is In preparation for the
middle Of November.
As the club has chosen entertain
ment and not the mere making or
money, its chef objective. its efforts
will enlist the support and good will
OF the community. something that the
commercial lyceum has lost in the
smaller towns.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Wife of Priest
Stays Rector
Churchman Accused of False
Statements Killed While
Accepting Confession.

Chicago. Oct. Rev. Basil Stet-
suk, Greek Catholic priest. was shot
and killed by Mrs. Emily Strutynsky
Of Ramey. Pa, as she knelt before
him ostensibly to make a confession,
at the o'clock mass at the st.
Michel Greek Catholic church here
today.
Mrs. Strutynsky declared TO the
police that Rev. Mr.. Stetsuk had ac-
cused her husband. himself a Greek
Catholic priest at Ramey. Pa, OF ap-
propriating church funds while he
was minister to a Chicago congrega-
ton.
She said the alleged charges were
false and said she came to Chicago
from Ramey nine days ago for the
express purpose Of Staying the priest
to avenge what she believed the
wrong to her husband. She went to
the church last Sunday, she said. but
the opportunity to kill the priest did
not present itself and she decided to
wait until today.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
New Grand Island Hotel to
Have Elaborate Opening

Grand Island. Neb.. Oct. Open
ing of the new Yancey hotel "a be-
ing arranged under the auspices OF
the chamber OF commerce, for about
the last of the present month or the
first Of next. A banquet. at IS per
plate. is being provided and the COM
missioner OF the chamber is receiv-
ing registrations for the limit Of soe.
II i. to be an informal sffair, the
first registered being the first
served President Cowton and Com
missioner Trail Of the chamber have
been authorized by the board Of gov
ernors TO add representatives OF the
travelling men organization and 9TH
ers to their committee on general
arrangements. All OF the furniture
has been unloaded and placed In the
building and only the final adjust
ment OF light fixtures and the last
touches OF the painting and other
decorations remain 10 be done.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
France Could Pay War
And Other Obligations,
Too, Omaha Speaker Says
Debts With Paintings

"If the French were to sell their
paintings, they could pay their war
debt and all other debts" declared
A. L. sutton, addressing the Ameri-
can Philosophical society at its quar-
ters in Patterson block yesterday
afternoon. But they would never
agree to do So" he added.
France is land of monuments.
Everywhere one goes. monuments
meet the eye. Big monuments and
small monuments. Statues Of every
person who ever did anything unusual
in any line. There are monuments
to artists and political leaders. Where
certain French king was murdered
there stands a monument. Where
the first American soldier stepped
out of Belleau wood, in the famous
battle of the late war, there stands
S25, 900 monument.
"That part of France that Is not
devoted to monuments Is used for
farming and manufacturing. Most
of the people live in the towns and
cities, which are usually only a few
miles apart. The people go out to
their farms in carts drawn by OK
teams"
There are 100 OK teams to every
automobile In France, according to
Mr.. sutton. He added that the great
majority of those who work in the
fields are women.
Mr.. Sutton recently returned from
Europe.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Bluffs Clinic
Will Be Opened
Within 10 Days
Doctors Already Occupying
Offices in New Building
Unique Features to
Be Noted.

Nearly all Of the interior finishing
in the new 100000 medical clinic
building in Council Bluffs has been
completed and the structure will be
ready for formal opening within 10
days, according to DR.. Donald Ma
erae, head OF the group which
planned and constructed the build
ing.
There IL no other building in the
country so thoroughly designed for
clinic purposes, the doctor states. The
plan for the structure is a composite
of similar edifices in all parts Of the
United States, and 1t embraces the
most practical features OF them all.
A modern hydrotherapeutics de-
partment has been equipped in the
basement for the treatment of both
men and women. the light fixtures
used in the building have been i'm
ported from Amsterdam. Holland. and
many other similarly unique feafares
win be noted by the public when IL
Is opened for inspection.
DIR. Mary L. Tinkey. DIR. Matthew A.
Tinley. DIR. C. A. Hill and DIR. Erick-
son. Hill already are occupying their
offices on the second floor of the
clinic, while others who have moved
into their new location include: third
floor, Drs. 8. w. Mccall and B. +.
Gibbs. dentists. DIR. w. f. Ash and
DR.. NJ. e. O'Keefe: fourth floor. DR..
Donald Macrae. DR.. Karl r. Wern-
dorff, DR.. A. A. Johnson. DIR. '. L.
Treynor and DIR. j. V. Treynor.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
St. Charles White Corn
Makes lOl Bushels to Acre

Red Cloud, Neb.. Oct. THE sec
ond of the corn variety test plots
planted in this county last spring un-
der the direction Of County Agent
Fausch was husked and measured on
the George Ohmstede farm. south OF
Guide Rock. The corn measured out
as followers in bushels per acre;
Reds rough yellow dent, 56.5; red,
s7.3; st. Charles white, rough. S5.b;
st. Charles white, smooth. SO;
Boone county white. 53.2; Iowa silver
mine, 71.5; Nebraska yellow dent,
6e.4; Kearney county yellow, 53.2; red
whitecap. 54.7.
Mr.. Ohmstede took the party to
one OF his fields, where measured
acre of his own corn was husked
This was OF the st. Charles white
variety. The yield was 101 bushels
for the acre.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Flood Victims
Sue City for
Ditch Damage
Writ of Mandamus for Drain
age of Pettibone Ditch Is
Sought in District
Court.

Petition for writ of mandamus,
forcing the city of Council Bluffs and
the Union Pacific railroad to open
Pettibone ditch for the drainage OF
the inundated area north of Broad
way, between Thirteenth and Twen
tieth streets, was filed in district
court Saturday by nearly half hun
dred property owners in that vicinity
The action names as plaintiffs, Ed
Thrush. George S. Steinberg, J. l..
Walker. L., r. Kramer, II. Nichols,
William Bdltz, w. A. Ward and 40
other property owners and taxpayers.
1t also requests a mandatory injunc-
ton, obliging the defendants to leave
the ditch open.
The petition alleges that the open
sewer, known as Pettibone ditch,
drains the entire area from Avenue
C, north, between Twelfth and Twen-
tieth streets, carrying flood waters to
Spoon lake. which Is situated near
the Union Pacific right of way.
1t charges that track extensions
made by the railroad have blocked
the ditch from an outlet into the lake,
and that improvements along Broad
way made by tbe city have narrowed
the passage Of the ditch through that
thoroughfare to an inefficient stage.
An attempt made by residents OF
the district during the height of the
recent flood to cut channels through
Twentieth street for drainage pur-
poses was blocked by police and MEM
bers of the National guard called by
citizens living on the other side OF
the ridge.
No date has been fixed for hearing
upon the application for a writ of
mandamus
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Nebraska College Boys
Win as Swine Judges

Agricultural College, Lincoln. Oct
The University Of Nebraska Agri-
cultural college swine judging team
placed third as n team in the inter
collegiate judging contest at the ma
tlonal swine show at Peoria, Ill. They
were beaten by teams from Iowa and
Ohio, in the order named. Teams from
most OF the corn belt states competed
In the contest. Lee King of Central
City tied for seventh place and was
the high man of the Nebraska place.
Ten classes of hogs were placed and
reasons were given on five of the
rings.
Lee King OF Central City, Clyde
Walker OF Waverly. Alfred Daniels of
Bancroft. Gaylord Haitian of Edgar.
and Frank Wilkinson OF Westboro,
Mo, were the members OF the Ne
braska team. They are all seniors in
the agricultural college of the univer-
sity of Nebraska. This Ia the first
contest to be held this year between
teams from the different states and Is
a measure of their comparative abili-
ties in swine judging alone. Nebras-
ka will enter n team in the contests
at the American Royal at Kansas City
next month. and at the International
Livestock exposition at Chicago the
first week in December. In each of
these contests all kinds OF stock will
be judged.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Civilian Polo Teams
10 Organize Here

Now that King Ak-Sar-Ben has
added a polo field to his possessions.
1t is necessary to find teams to use 1t.
Two army teams came to Omaha to
play during the Ak-Sar-Ben festival
this year.
Next year things will be different,
that is Charels Gardner declares that
they will. He announced that three
polo teams were to be organized
among Omahans and would play at
the field throughout the season.
Mr.. Gardner announced that. be-
ginning with the close Of the festival.
polo teams would practice on the
new field each day as long as the
weather permitted. General Duncan
and Colonel Stone are encouraging
the development of the game. and ex-
pect civilian teams to be formed in
Des Moines and Minneapolis to COM
pete with Omaha.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Coolidge
May Speak.
In Omaha.
Trip to Mexico During Christ
mas Holidays Is Given
Consideration by
President.
Would Meet Obregon

Washington, Oct. Z. President
Coolidge, during the coming Christ
mas holidays. may make his first ap-
pearance before the country since he
entered the White House.
He has announced a policy Of de.
clining all invitations for engagements
out of Washington before congress is
convened Monday, December 3, but
has under consideration a trip about
the first Of the year.
The chief purpose for which a
swing through the middle west and
southwest is being urged is to meet
President Obregon of Mexico at the
international borderline separating
the Mexican and American towns Of
Nogales, in the states of Arizona and
Sonora. En- route to and returning
from the border conference, the presi-
dent undoubtedly would accept some
OF the many invitations which would
be extended to him to stop and de-
liver addresses.
The business men and commercial
and civic organizations in Arizona,
New Mexico and Texas are pressing
luc oub6CStloil tiiit SoOhb6C hitte
President Obregon. Senator Ralph
Cameron. republican. Of Arizona, has
presented the matter to the executive
and suggested the Christmas holi.
days as the best time to make the
trip, 1t was learned today.
The senator pointed out that the
chief determining factor probably
will be the action of the senate on the
two conventions with Mexico, which
Mr.. Coolidge has announced he will
submit to the senate for ratification
the first day congress is in session.
II these pacts are approved and the
American ambassador to Mexico
named, making complete the resump-
ton. of relations with the southern
republic. and a reasonable recess for
the holidays is taken by congress,
Cameron believes 1t will be possible
for the president to get away.
There il no idea that the president
should make OF the trip a speaking
campaign. The impression is rather
that he would make only few
speeches at centrally located points
along the route. He could go via
Chicago and Denver, for example,
and return by the southern route.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Many Winners in Red Cloud
Better Babies Contest

McCook, Neb., Oct. THE Red
Willow county better babies contest
closed here with the following prizes
announced:
:. Six to ~ months group: First
prize: Catherine Bernice. months,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Sui
livan, McCook, route Q; score, 100
per cent. Second prize: Marjorie
DeGroff, months, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. C. w. DeGroff, McCools,
1915 per cent.
Twelve 10 IS months group; First
prize: Viola Dodot, Is months. 9S.5
per cent, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John Dodot. McCook, route 2. Sec
ond prize: Warren Clifton Smith, IL
months, ss per cent, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. r. Smith, Indianola.
Eighteen to "a months group: First
prize: Clayton Harmon, 23 months,
es per cent, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Harmon, McCook. Second
prize: Charles Dean Kilburn, 21
months, 97.7 per cent. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. C. +. Kilburn, McCook.
Twins; Mildred and Margaret
Weaver, "a months, 93.6 and 92.6 per
cent. daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs. o.
J.. Weaver, McCook.
Honorable mention: Too old to
conpete for prizes: Nina Louise
Abernathy, 26 months old, 99.2 per
cent, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Abernathy, McCook.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Poincare Firm
Tor Guarantees
From Germany
Speaking at Old Headquarters
of American Bombers, Pre-
mier Replies 10 Lord
CurZOn.

Paris. Oct. TT does not matter
what men rule Germany. and II does
not matter what sort of government
1t has, we intend to rest on our posi-
ton, which is clear demand FOR
guarantees both for our security and
for the full payment Of reparations.
Thus Premier Poincare, speaking at
Ligny, which during the war was
headquarters for the American bomb
ing squadrons. replied today to Lord
Curzon's speech in hope that France
would now make new propositions for
the settlement OF the reparations and
the Ruhr question.
The French premier gave England
plainly to understand that France
will not back down an inch from Its
position that the first proposals must
come from Germany. Referring to
Lloyd George, the premier said:
"The former ministers criticize the
French policy in weekly newspaper
articles: let them make n grand lee
ture tour and propaganda against
France. We shall not be silent. We
refuse to be dupes of their machina-
tlons."
Chancellor Stresemann's concilia-
tory speech before the reichstag Sat
urday is received here with general
pesimlsm. coupled with some relief.
that the revolution has not yet hap
pened In high quarters there is doubt
whether Stresemann can succeed in
enforcing his policy. while few diplo-
mats here retain any Illusion as to
Germany's present capacity for pay
ment.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
site
Death Tale
Is Promised
Figure in Webb Case Whose
Motives Have Been Yelled
Expected to Be
Indicted.
Big Estate Is Involved

White Plains, n. Y, Oct. IA
story so fantastic that 1t might seem
to spring from the brain OF Poe or
Conan Doyle will be told tomorrow to
the grand jury investigating the
mysterious death OF Mrs. iertie Cor
man Webb at the fashionable West.
chester-Bitmore club the evening OF
September 25.
While the consensus Is that no one
will be indicted for the actual muir.
der of the woman, who left an estate
valued at more than s2,000,000 it is
believed possible that a figure in the
case whose possible motives have re-
mained yelled may be indicted on one
Of these charges:
Possible Charges.
Committing perjury as 10 the
actual circumstances Of death.
Engendering or entering into q
criminal conspiracy TO make It appear
the death of Mrs. Webb was un.
natural.
Criminal negligence In connection
with Mrs. Webb's illness and death.
1t Is held certain that men promi-
nent in the medical profession will
testify that in their opinion Mrs.
Webb died a natural death.
DIR. William Meyer. although he
refused TO sign the death certificate.
has stated that Mrs. Webb was suf-
fering from chronic kidney trouble.
also heart disease. Physicians present
at the autopsy are expected to swear
that Mrs. Webb also was suffering
from pneumonia when she died.
Doctors Disagree.
DR.. Meyer. who was in sole charge
Of the sick room, has made 1t plain
that he will be prepared TO contradict
the most prominent pathologists who
may disagree with his medical views.
An important question for the
grand jury to decide IL:
What happened in the sick room
during Mrs. Webb's Illness?
The two nurses who attended Mrs.
Webb. il was learned tonight. will be
summoned to clear up this phase OF
the mystery.
A further twist in the death enigma
concerns certain notes written by DR..
Meyer to Charles Webb. the dead
woman's husband. In one note, writ
ten two days before the death, DR..
Meyer is said to have written:
Notes From Doctor.
Il am gratified at the patients con-
dition. Things are going nicely"
The day before Mrs. Webb died
DR.. N yer. it is understood, wrote to
the husband:
please have this prescription
filed"
DR.. Meyer said tonight it was not
until the morning OF the day OF death
that he suspected poisoning. II was
on this occasion that he and Mrs.
Margaret Johnstone. intimate friend
Of Mrs. Webb. obtained the ante
mortem statement in which the dead
woman is purported TO have said:
mfr. Y. mixed tablets and water
and gave them to me. I took them
often. He always gave them to me-"
The investigation Is expected TO
last all week.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Servant Girl
Problem Solved
in German Homes
Maids Most Pitiful Sight in
Cities-Wages of so to 20
Cents a Month Now
Paid.

Berlin. Oct. 7.-Germany's servant
girl problem is solved at least so far
as the hausfrau is concerned. The
high cost of living has done it.
Until very recently, the cook or
servant girl was boss Of the German
house, before whom every member
of the family trembled just as they
do in the United States. Servants
were hard to get and still harder TO
keep. They dictated their own work
ing conditions.
Owners of employment bureaus
grew rich from bribes to entice good
servants away from one place to
send them elsewhere.
But, almost overnight the German
hausfrau has passed from purgatory
to paradise, so far as the servant
problem is concerned. With factories,
shops and stores closing, thousands
of girls thrown out OF work are
crowding the employment bureaus
seeking housework.
In New York, girls doing house
work get from $50 month upwards.
There are few cooks in Germany
who get an entire dollar in month.
The majority of servants receive be-
tween so cents and 20 cents per
month and some discarded clothing.
The cost OF living has risen so that
hundreds OF families are cutting
down their staff of servants by half
while others are dismissing all be-
cause theyv senf1ot afford &c feed
them.
Servants in the Germany cities to-
day are the most pathetic Of all the
working classes-ragged and often
fed on sparse crusts. The months
wages, IL they get any at all. is
hardly sufficient to buy a pair OF
stockings. A weeks wages will not
buy a ticket to the movies. The
hausfrau is now often merciless
dictator of terms. and the terms are
eften simply place to sleep. not any
too much food, no wages, lots OF
work, and no day off.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Furs Re-Enter Fashions
Monkey Fur, Ostrich Plumes and SiUansdoCn Used in
Wholesale Fashion of Go,cns Worn in Smart Paris
Dancing Palaces and at Races

A favorite model worn at the open
ing OF Rector's, which Harry Pill
Ger, Pearl White and others have
combined to make fashionable, was
a Paul Garet creation Of sheer white
horizontally pleated in gold lace and
trimmed with hare fur down the
sides and a wide hem of soft swans
down. giving an indescribably beauti'
ful effect, especially during a dance.
A really startling gown in bold
design Of black and white was worn
by Princess Vlora at the opening Of
Oscar Mouvet's My Sisters Garden,
one of the loveliest of the dance re-
sorts frequented by Americans.
Mile. Spinelli. vivacious comedy
star. wore a mustard velvet gown
trimmed concentrically with black
peacock quilts, making her look like
Il huge bird.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-08
Alkali Lake Monster" to Be
i'm Grand Island Parade

Grand Island. Neh., Oct. 1.-The
Alkan lake monster" Is in Grand
Island. II viii be hsrnessed and
placed in the electric parade OF the
Grand Island fe;e day Thursday eve
ming. next. the promoters solemnly
affirm, il being fed in the meantime
On six calves daily and snorting for
more. Commissioner Trail Of the
chamber Of commerce and others
claiming 20 he trimming the brute
sufficiently 60 keep Il In trim for
display. Wednesday and Thursday
are being put on tho calendar by the
merchants as special days with in
dustrlai and comedy ra.ades and
other entertainmeIx on the side.