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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Congress
Faces Busy
Two Weeks
Shipping and Farm Credits
Measures Promise Sharp Con-
flict Before Adjournment;
Many Bills Must Die.
To Hold Night Sessions

Washington. Feb. 1S.-LP)-The
shipping bill fight in the senate and
sharp conflict in the house farm
credits legislation promise heated
proceedings during the remainder of
the present congress, which adjourns
two weeks from today.
Pressure for these two principal
pieces Of legislation is complicated by
increasing demands for action by sup
porters of other bills. including scores
Of so-called private measures.
The essential bills for which dis
posal is necessary to avoid an extra
session. however, are in advanced
shape. All but five appropriation
measures have been sent TO the presi-
dent. The army and legislative bills
are to be completed this week. with
the deficiency as usual to be finished
just before adjournment.
Supply Bills Completed.
Two more of the regular supply
bills. the agricultural and District Of
Columbia measures. have been COM
pleted By congress and so TO the pres
41Fiil 1iOI1dJ u Autodd-
Demands of members for action on
small private bills Is to be- partly met
Monday by the senate jfs-sett!ng aside
its first two hours forJ such measures
before proceeding with the shipping
bill, whose managers have announced
night sessions beginning Monday. Ad-
voeates of the allied" milk oill and
the truth in fabri Is" bill on Tues
day. ara threatening moves 70 sup
plant the shipping legislation 10 gain
consideration for their own.
Farm Group Demand Action.
With the strong hill amending the
farm loan act and the deficiency ap-
preparation bin befoae the house for
votes early this week. the farm group
is demanding action on the Capper
and Lenroot-Anderson farm credits
bills pending before the banking COM
mittee.
re- 1asys,.s ia Il IA s.edf meas
ures hold the center. OF the stage.
Among other measures being pressed
are those 10 amend the immigration
law. TO restore small alien property
trusts 10 their owners and to submit
constitutional amendments changing
the sessions OF congress and to pro-
hibit child labor and issuance Of tax
exempt securities. Action dealing with
Pueblo Indian lands also is being
urged.
Harding Ia Get Debt Bill.
The British debt funding bill viii
be sent 70 the president this week.
leaders believe.
Failure Of thousands OF hills. in.
eluding some Of the more important
measures now being pressed. IS re-
garded as certainty. More than
$4,000 bills and resolutions stili are
on tie calendars OF committees.
Several important nominations also
seem doomed TO failure. through in
action hy the senate because Of con.
tests. Among these are the nonina-
nons Of James 6 McNary OF New
Mexico 10 be comptroller OF currency.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Two Streams of Lava
Break From Volcano

lilo. J. II. Feb. IS.-dPl-Two
streams ol lava this afternoon broke
from The hig cone on the southern
toer Of Halemsumau. the central
oanldron Of the kilauea volcano The
cone is several hundred feet high and
the eruption is thought 20 be 90 feet
from the floor. The lava streams
are from 50 to 50 feet wide. No erup-
ton from the floor OF the pit has been
observed yef. The flow Is inside Hale.
maumau and not over tho top Of the
crater The floor IL gradually being
covered with lava around tho conc.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Woman Recanis Charges
Against Vice Consul Vidal

New York. Feb. lS-Whether love
found way to heal the breach" or
some othet power interposed was not
revealed IN Jefferson Market court.
when Miss Lucille Whitehurst OF
Georgia reenn,ed her charges against
Mariona Vidal. Spanish vice consul
whom she had accused Of knocking
her down and forcibly tearing from
her finger diamond enga cement ring
she said he had given her.
Miss Nhitehurst. who claims 10 be
a niece OF a former Georgia senator.
said she no longer would press the
charges against Vidal.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Cleveland Seeks Next
Republican Convention

'IeVeland Feb. lN--ConErcssman
Theodore +. Burton heads commit.
tee appointed by the Tirpecanoo club
OF this city 10 Use every effort" 20
bring to Cleveland tho next republi.
can national convention Tho efforts
OF the committee viii be backed hy
Mayor Fred konlcr. the Chamber of
Commerce and many other civic
hntiIes
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Despondent Farmer
Shoots Self in Head

Papillion. Neb$ Feb. is.-sspeciall
Frank Hahn. IS. retired farmer.
despondent because ~ III health. shot
himself through the head with a ride
At lI;40 this morning in the yard Of
his home south Of here lie died a
halfhour later.
Hahn had brooded because u Ill
ness. L was said lie had been up-
Grated upon seyeEal times.
Hahn IS survived by his wife. Mrs.
Martha Hahn. and three sisters. Mrs.
Herman Boiling and Mrs Henry
Lehman Of Omaha and Mrs. Her.
man Lineuann Of Papilllon. lie was
a pioneer OF Sarpy county.
Funeral services probably will he
conducted Wednesday.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Santa Barbara Sportsman
Purchases Dodge Yacht

Santa Barbara. Cal. Feb. 1s.--Pur
chase OF the most palatial yachts in
American waters by c. G. X. Bill.
lings. noted Santa Barbara sportsman,
from tho Dodge brothers estate in
Detroit. was announced here The
purchase pricc was hiven a. be.
tween ss.5Oo,ooo and 100000 The
vessel, n WIS said. viii be brought
around through the Panama canal 10
he added to the Santa Barbara pleas
ure fleet
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
M q II l q G S
1 rap p ed
by Flames
West Wing of Manhattan State
Hospital Destroyed Early
Sunday-Explosion
Believed Cause.
Attendants Give UpLives

New York. Feb. Is-1o]-TwenIy
inmates Of tie Manhattan state hos
pital for the insane on Wards Is
land in the East river. we're burned to
death this morning IN fire which
swept the west wing Of the building.
as were three attendants who calmly
died that 20 others might b saved
The immediate cause OF the ire IS
thought TO have been a blast set b.
dredgers in Hell Gate Saturday night.
1t rocked the buildings. terrifying
the inmates. who were Gained down
by attendants. Hospital authorities
and City Medical Examiner Norris
advanced the theory that the exple-
sioS had caused break IN the insu-
lation Of electric wires, which started
TO blaze
The fire was discovered At sos tbs
morning by Michael Campbell. an at
tendant in Ward AZ. IN which all the
fatalities occurred. His work and that
of James Hill. attendant in charge.
and Patrick Bnilgan OF Hartford,
Conn.,, George \. DeeHeo and George
+. Reiss. the three attendants who
were burned 10 death. prevented a far
greater holocaust.
Arouse Patients.
Campbell manned hose Inc and
fought back the flames while the 9th
ers, directed by Hill. ran ~ and down
the 2O0-foot top floor corridor. rons.
ing patients with the cool order: eAll
up for bresk kfast.'
As fast as the maniaes-leelared
by superintendent Marcus =. Hey
man to have been the mos. danger
Gus on the island-co1ld be mar
shalled from their rooms. they were.
fireproof dining hall. away from the
fire.
Seventy O. the g inmates 0, Yard
i3 had been led or carried t. safety
when a huge wster tank in the hiaz-
ing attic crashed through the ceiling.
scraI.,ssciy biocssr.S tne cssr.sor l..
led TO safety. and filing the hall with
flames and smoke. city firemen. fight
ing their way past the blazing bar-
rier. brought out several struggling
screaming rnaniacs. and several who
had been overcome by smoke while
dressing FOR the breakfast calls.
Dead Found i'm Corridors.
Most Of the dead were found IN the
rooms and corridors beyond the fallen
tank. Several were believed y have
been carried down and burned be
meath debris when he fieoF gaze
way
Seventeen todIes = inmates and
one believed 70 be ina; Of al attend.
Turn to rag. Tive. Colunsh TwO9
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Error in Advertisement

An error in the Orchard Wilhelm
advertisement in The SUNDAY Rec
made Il appear that the store Is sell
inG all mehair three piece over.
stuffed living room suites at prices
ranging from si5s 10 slis. 1t should
have read. ALI tapestry instead of
all mohaif.a
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Case of Woman on Trial
for Murder Goes to Jur,

New York. Feb. 1s.--The case OF
Mrs. Lillian Ralsin, slayer OF Abra-
ham Glickstein, was given to the
jury.
Mrs. Raisin confessed in open court
That she killed DR.. Gllckstein at his
Brooklyn office in December, 1921, to
set back. the honor OF which she
claimed he had despoiled her.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Whistle Toots for 90
Miles; Nearly TiOo Hours

Pawnee City. Neb., Feb. 1s.--tSpe-
cial.t--The local passenger on the
burlington running from Lincoln 70
Wymore by way OF Pawnee City
claims the record for the long dis
lance whistle. As it whistled into
Firth the valve stuck, causing the
engine to continue whistling. The
engineer and fireman were both un-
able TO stop 1t 30 they let II toot from
Firth TO Wymore. a distance OF more
than go miles. and n run lasting al
most two hours. shopmen at wy
more ended the agony.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Water-Logged Steamship
Towcd to Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads. Ma. Feb. ls--Thc
schooner Friendship, watcr.logged
and kept afloat during a long battle
with heavy gales and high seas by
her cargo of lumber, was towed into
Hampton Roads by the coast guard
cutter Manning. She wns located Off
Cape Henry today by the coast guard
The crew was taken off safely.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Birth I1alts
family at
CatesofU.S.
Omaha Jewish Welfare FEEDER.
alton Battles immigration
Laws for Brother of
Unfortunate Father.
Deportation Threatened

Birth of a child to Mr.. and Mrs.
Moser Epstein of Warsaw. Poland, on
the eve of their departure for Amer
2ca, the promised land, to join Mr..
Epstein's brother, Reuben. 1904 Lake
street. has tangled them up with the
United States immigration laws.
They are held at Ellis island, ac-
cording to word received by relatives
here, because a family Of four, con-
sisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Epstein and
two children, Sara and Hymie, has,
since its passports were granted. be.
come a family Of five.
The immigration officials can't
understand it at all. There's nothing
in the rule book about it. And when
q passport reads for four persons.
why it means four persons, and not
five. and that's all there is about it.
That is. nearly all.
Quota Completed.
By a singular coincidence, issuance
of passports to Mr.. and Mrs. Epstein
and two children completed the
authorized immigration quota from
Poland for the month of February.
When this quota, prescribed by law,
is reached, no more citizens of the
country in question are admitted until
the following month.
Consequently. birth of a child to
Mrs. Epstein when the family, so far
as the immigration laws are con-
cerned, was enroute, exceeds the Feb
1uary quota by one person: and Mrs.
Epstein therefore, either must leave
her baby behind and enter United
States alone, or else go back to Po.
land with it. II the law is strictly en-
forced
This situation, almost Machiavellian
in the superb cunning OF its cruelty,
- the reason why Reuben Epstein,
his parents with whom he lives, and
The Omaha Jewish Welfare fedora
L>tion are making frantic efforts to
have an exception declared in this
case to permit Mrs. Epstein to enter
The countr. with her child, quota oi
10 quota.
Planned Long Ago.
AIoser Epstein. in Warsaw. kept a
meat market. The family had long
ago planned to come to America, and
obtained passports two months before
the date fixed for its sailing on the
good ship Rochambeau. in order that
there might be no last minute compli-
cations
The passports were vised December
/ On January Is. or thereabout. the
baby was born. The family took passl
age on February l.
Followed the tangle which is said
10 have few parallels in the history
OF the immigration department.
The baby is excluded. it was pointed
out yesterday, for two valid reasons
first. because it exceeds the Polish
quota for the month OF February; and.
second. because it has no passport.
The Omaha Jewish Welfare fedora
ton. however. is endeavoring. through
the Nebraska delegation at Washing
ton, to have an exception made in
the case Of the Epstein family.
Reuben Epstein. the Omaha brother,
is part owner of a meat market at
1915 North Twenty.fourth street.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Prospects Better
for Norris Bill
toChange Term
Committee on Elections Turns
Down Motion to Table
Measure by a Vote
of 7 to =.
BY GEORGE, +. AUTIIIER.
4 n .hip rton CorYespondent The Omaha Bee

Washington. Feb. 1S.-(Special.i-
Prospects FOR the adoption Of the
Norris resolution proposing TO have
the terms OF members of congress and
the president and vice president com
mence in January following their
elections, were frightened Saturday
The committee on elections. Represen
tative Andrews, Nebraska. chairman,
turned down a motion TO table i by a
vote of 7 TO 2. Representative An
drews expressed himself heartily IN
favor of its adoption
Senator Norris appeared before the
committee today ana acknowledged
there is "A fault In the resolution as
COW framed which might result in
two presidents and two vice presi
dents serving between the dates OF
January and March 4. when The
amendment. II adopted. should first
90 into effect. This duplication OF
offFce holding might apply. also, to
senator's and house members.
Offers Amendments.
IN order TO avoid this prospective
difficnlty. Senator Norris proposed
the following amendments TO the res
= sst.5n as i was adopted ~ the
fenate.
Section I. The terms OF the presi.
dent and vice president shall com.
menee and end al noon on the third
Monday in January. The terms Of
senator's, and representatives, shall
commence and end at noon on the first
Monday in January. Provided. how.
ever, that this amendment shall not
take effect so az to shorten the terms
Of any Of said officials in office at the
time Of the adoption Of. this amend
ment but such persons shall hold Of.
flee during the full term for which
they were elected.
Section .. The congress shall as.
semble at least once every year. and
such meeting shall be on the first
Monday in January unless they shall
By law appoint a different day.
Name Subcommittee.
A subcommittee was named TO con.
slider amendments. consisting Of Gif
ford. republican. Massachusetts,
White. republican. Kansas: and Bul
wInkie. democrat. North Carolina.
Clifford and White are belived 10 be
favorable to the resolution. Bulwinkle
IS opposed TO the resolution because
he thinks it will lead TO confusion.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Sentenced to Life.

$ PauL Feb. lS.-Nincent SaWec,
charged with robbery in connection
with the holdup OF the Payne Avenue
state hank here on January 20. was
found guilty hy jury and sentenced
10 life Imprisonment At hard labor in
the state penitentlsry.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Wyoming Man Kills Self

Hot Springs. Ark, Feb. IA. NJ.
Ketchum. 5S. OF Cody. Wyo.. killed
himself by firing an automatic pistol
bullet into his brain here today. ac-
cordlng TO verdict OF Coroner ]. II.
Randolph. Ketchum arrived in Hot
Springs Friday and is said to have
been In poor health.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
Germans Launch
Secret Appeal
to United States
America and Great Britain
Asked to Intervene in Oc-
cupation of Ruhr by
French Troops.
Copyright. 1923.

PARIS, FEB. Is. - Germany mas
launched secret appeals, to the United
States and Great Britain TO intervene
In Frances occupation of tho Ruhr
and mediate in a compromise on the
reparations problem.
The correspondent learns that. Ger-
man representatives in London ana
Washington unofficlally have begun
a campaign through big American
and English officials, as well as press
propaganda, aimed 10 put pressure on
Quai D'Orsay 60 consent to evacuate
the Ruhr in exchange for repara-
tions schedule, which the Berlin gov
ernment will sincerely promise to
execute.
The possibility OF an early settle
ment of the Ruhr problem aetuated
Prime Minister Bonar Law 10 CON-
promise on granting the French the
usage OF the Cologne bridgehead rail.
ways rather than adopt the alterna.
tive. to withdraw from the Rhine.
which would strain relations with
France and render mediation more
difficult.
Warnings TO Outsiders.
simultaneously the French inspired
press unanimously gives public warn
ings. directly aimed at London and
Indirectly al Washington and outsid-
ers not 10 attempt to intervene unless
prepared TO assure Germany's full
filling It's pledges in any new repara-
tions scheme.
Private conversations in London
and Washington, it is understood
have resulted in an agreement that
Great Britain must be guaranteed
world industrial peace and the fullest
economic opportunity to repay the
80. .0OO. 900 pounds interest on the
American debt annually.
Premier Poincars is ready TO accept
any British or American plan for
solving reparations II IL carries guar
antees assuring Frances security and
treaty rights. DUAL d'Orsay believes
modified three-power defensive pact
may be contriyed through such an
agreement
The Germans are reported TO be
ready to resume deliveries in kind
and materials il granted a cash mora
torium for a few years. which the
French agreed TO in the January con.
ference. but Prime Minister Bonar
Law objected to It on tho ground that
a moratorium must be complete.
Arrangement Endorsed.
The rumored Italian intervention
which Premier Mussolini practically
confirmed In his sueaeh to pariiament
friday is reported 10 have been
| withdrawn on advice from the Brit
ish, who have not completed private
accord with the United States on the
subject.
Premier Poincarc and the cabinet
this morning endorsed Minister Of
Public Works lie Trocruer's arrange.
ment in London, obtaining the use Of
the Duren railway for coal shipments
and negotiating for the use of tho Co
logne junction for troop trains IL II
suddenly becomes necessary 10 rein.
force the Ruhr army.
Prime Minister Bonar Law has un.
officially suggested TINT the French
use motor trucks TO transport poilus,
as during the war.
General Degoutte will confer di.
rectly with General Cooley. the Brit.
ish commander at Cologne, Sunday on
the employment OF the Rhlno main
/ line
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-19
The Weather
t'oyecast

toVoas''
NehraskS-Generally fair Monday.
With ilsing temperatures IN cast por-
tiun
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-17
Medical Record Shows
Gunshot Wounds in War
Due Largely to Artillery

WASHINGTON Feb. Is Medi-
cal records of the A. E. F. indicate
that artillery fire was responsible
for 70 per cent of the gunshot
wounds. In the Civil war 80 per
cent of the gunshot wounds were
from small arms and grenades.
The statistics are based ON a study
of 245,790 Civil war gunshot wounds
records and lat ,651 similar A. E. F.
returns.
Wounds resulting from artillery.
fire in the Civil war are classified
as per cent from shell and can
nonball," the A. E. F. record show
ing 46 per cent under the same head
ing. Under grape, canister and
shrapneI," however, the A. E. F.
shows "a per cent and Civil war
records less than one per cent.
The figures are of interest in con-
nection with the designs for new
helmets for the army. The present
records merely show that 80 per cene
of all gun shot wounds overseas
were to the upper extremities; 40
per cent to the thorax; five per cent
to the backbone and spine and five
per cent to- the abdomen and pelVis.
The Civil war records follow APP
proXimately the same aVera geS.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-17
Lion-Hearted Couch
Removed From Tomb
OF Ancient Pharaoh

LUXOR, Egypt, Feb. ia lion
headed couch, gorgeously gilded was
brought from the outer tomb of Pha-
raoh Tut-Ankh-Amen Wednesday as
eXcavators under Lord CarnarVOn's
personal direction cleared the last
remaining objects preparatory to
piercing the wall that guards the
inner. cataComb.
The couch was shoulder-high. hav-
ing for it's supports two bizarre,
elongated figures of lions with open
mouths and long tongues of pinkish
jewels. 1t was in almost perfect
condition despite $500 years since
the Pharaoh reclined upon it in his
palace by the Nile. So large was
this object that it was dismantled
at the little iron-barred gateway
which protects the excavators from
intrusion.
Wreaths of withered flowers and a
miscellany of trophies followed. Then
the bed section of the lion couch was
brought to light, swathed in cotton
bandages which concealed it's deco
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-17
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
METAL MARKET
Further Sharp Decline
In Raw Sugar Futures

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The raw sugar
market early today was quiet and prices
were unchanged with Cubas available at
434c cost and freight. equal to 6.53 for
centrifugal but fresh business was re-
ported. There another wave of general
selling at the opening of the raw sugar
futures market today and first prices were
j 6tO 70 points lower. There were a good
days minimum prices, which were executed
at the opening, but after these had been
filled steadier tone prevailed and prices
rallied 16 to 30 points from the lowest on
covering and at midday were SO to 50 points
net lower. ,.. ..... .
In refined practically all refiners re-
entered the market at prices ranging from
500 to $50 for fine graduated but it
said that the inquiry reported was
small as buyers were inclined to hold off
and await more settled conditions before
placing new BUSINESS. ..
Refined futures We're nominal -
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Flour, dull and
unsettled.
PorE-DuI; mess. $2zoo@2S.oo. 80
Lard-Quet; middle west spot $11.60@
lilo.
sugar-Raw, lower; centrifugal. 96-test,
6.03; refined, steady; graduated, 7.2567.3O.
Coffee-Rio No, 7, on spot, ,13Ac; No. 4
Santos, 1913 @16Hc.
Tallow-ouiet; specials. s15@s%c; city,
8 cents.
Hay-Firm; No. 1. $1.15; No. 3. s1.o5
Clio; clover. S0c6$1.20.
Dressed Poultry-Quiet; turkeys, 3O64 5c:
chickens, 1s@46c; fowls, j15@31c; ducks,
Live Poultry-Easy; geese. 2od22c;
ducks, 3O@37c; fowls, 2S631c; turkeys,
20@30c; ROSTERS, lie; chickens, 2663Oc;
broilers, 336 35c.
Cheesc-Dull; state milk, common to spe-
Gals. 24@20c; Skins, common to specials,
14M22c.
Butter-Tirmer; receipts, 1885, cream
cry, extra, 1910; do. special market, 500
J0Ac; state dairy, tubs, 40G4 4c.
Eggs-Firmer; receipts 81. 032; nearby
white fancy, uncandled, 45@47c; nearby
brown mixed, 41M46c; fresh firsts to ex-
tras, 36G1 0c; Pacific coast extras, 37@
44c; western whites first to extra, 37@44c.
FENNER & BEANIE STOCK LETTER
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The stock market
continued its upward movement with Can
making another high under influence of
good buying and short covering. Copper
stocks developed a more decided upward
trend, coming out Of the rut of the past
few weeks. Special issues such Alt and
WX also had their upward trend while
sugars somewhat cratic, opening
downward and afterward recovering all of
the declines. L. $. Steel made its first
response to increasing favorable trade con-
ditIons and made new high for this move
ment. Money frightened up to per cent
in the afternoon causing some hesitation in
the buying. The market as a whole is act
ing in a perfectly natural manner and our
opinion remains the same. Buy on. recess
siOns. Leather stocks should be taken up
soon.