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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
French Rum
Smuggling
Plot Barred
Deckhand Slips in Unloading
Barrel of ''Hides" and
f Customs Guard Spies
Liquor.
Seizure Worth $4,000

New York, Oct. 10.-Customs Off
cials today stumbled on a discovery
which may reveal a plot to smuggle
French liquor into the United States
on a wholesale scale.
A longshoreman, rolling a barrel Of
Fhides' along a Hudson river pier
after shipment Of 96 barrels had
been unloaded from the French liner
Chicago. which docked last Saturday.
tripped and the barrel crashed into
an iron girder.
A customs inspector, standing near
by. expected to see brine, in which
hides usually are packed, gush from
the broken slaves. The expected flow
= was not forthcoming.
Opening the barrel, he found in
side 4s bottles of Scotch, benedictino
and apricot brandy. A few hides were
used for packing. He tapped five
more barrels. In each was found 4S
bottles of contraband liquor
A report was made to Deputy Sur
veyor William K. Sanders, who
ordered the entire shipment seized
and taken to the appraisers stores
for examination. If each barrel con-
tains the.same amount of liquor the
estimated value Of the seizure will be
about s25 900.
Almost every French ship brings in
Shipments of "hides" and customs
officials now fear that thousands of
cases have been smuggled into the
country
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
UP AND DOWN AND
ROUND ABOUT OMAHA

washed. II just seems I'm never
around when anything startling hap
pens.
Greatly disappointed. after return
from absence OF almost quarter of q
century. What has become OF the
old Antiquarian book shop that used
to be located on Farnam between Six
teenth and Seventeenth, about where
so many people now pause to watch
the antics Of the monkeys? once
upon a time. and often. met many
congenial spirits there. and later ad.
journed to interview other spirits.
Antics of monkeys in window. and on
street. fail to compensate for disap.
pearance of the book shop.
Twentieth street between Howard
and Jones. Repairing brick pavement
by turning the bricks over Remem.
ber when mother ripped mp dads old
trousers. turned the cloth and made
me brand new pair. Encouraging
sign of returning municipal economy.
But know what would happen II my
own boy was handed pair OF cut down
and renovated pair OF his dads trou.
sers.
Saw Commissioner Henry Dunn
talking TO friend. Didn't listen in,
preferrlng 10 hear Henry sing.
Man md woman standing by curb
on side street. Evidently man and
wife, Heated argument with audible
evidences of considerable static. Tried
to tune In, but frustrated by man
turning and walking rapidly away.
Woman had last word. ms usual.
Wasn't a pretty word. either.
Met George West near sixteenth
and Douglas. George passed me many
a time In the old days. Didn't pass
me this time. Pleasant chat that
lightened prevailing gloom OF lone.
someness. George deserves medal as
champion gloom chaser of omaha.
Portland, ore, asks impossible when
n requests Charley Gardner 10 ex
plain how Ak -Sar.B Ben does IT, only
possible way ls to show en-. Have
seen Charley in about every style OF
dress except knckerbockers. Won't
be satisfied he's true until ! do.
Brilliant train OF thought inter
ruptcd by woman canvasser trying tc
sell me box Of home made chocolates
Finls. Only kind OF homo made candy
like is molasses taffy. anyhow
sorghum preferred w. M. nj.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Diversified
Crops Make
$152, 900, 900 Value Placed on
1923 Wheat Total Of
263,138,0OO Bushels
in State.
Com Is Worth Millions

Nebraskas 1928 wheat crop will
total 26s, ,13s, 900 bushels. according to
the October estimate of the United
States Department of Agriculture sta
tistical bureau.
This news, received by grain men
in Omaha yesterday, was accepted as
one of the best prosperity notes that
could be conveyed to the Nebraska
farmer who had diversified his crops
and cut down his wheat acreage in
the face of revivified wheat raising
in Europe following the war.
The estimated crop. sold on the
Chicago market, minus the freight.
under present conditions. would place
more than 1852, 100000 in the pockets
of the Nebraska farmers. according to
estimates made in Omaha.
II the market for corn continues to
be bolstered up as is promised and
the corn can be held until next sum-
mer, 1t can be sold fer many millions
more at that time.
However. grain men believe this
can only be accomplished by In
creased purchase of livestock and
feeding and fattening the stock dur
ing the winter. thus decreasing the
amount of corn on hand.
The good prices promised for corn
and tho consequent prosperity OF
farmers with good corn acreages IL
hailed here as a triumph for the
farmer who didn't put all his eggs
in one basket" and instead diversified
his farming, so that tne failure TO
realize a good price on wheat doesn't
necessarily put his years work in
the loss column.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Army Deserter
Is Shot in Leg
Guard Fires at Fort Omaha
Prisoner Who Attempts
Escape.

Hubert Priest army deserter from
Atlanta, Ga, waiting his dishonorable
discharge at Fort Omaha, received a
bullet wound in the knee Wednesday
morning when he attempted to escape
from Dave Gray. a member of the
18th infantry, who was acting as HIS
guard.
Priest had been taken out OF the
post for some fatigue duty near
Thirty-third and Fowler streets.
He asked permission to get'a drink.
and Gray agreed. After he walked
from house to house without making
any effort to obtain water. however,
Gray ordered him to return to the
post
Priest dived into some weeds in a
vacant lot and fled. Gray fired and
Priest fell with a bullet in his knee.
He was taken to the army hospital,
where he is still guarded by Gray.
Army regulations provide that a
guard from whom prisoner escapes
takes the prisoners place
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11

Saw Oscar Lieben az he was enter
ing his place Of business. 1mmedi-
ately realized my idea of the sublima.
tion of the OF Clos man.
Would-be wise young guy making
cracks as girl waiting on him in res
taurant. Never could understand men
tai processes OF fellow who holds that
girls who work for living are legiti'
mate objects OF insult. Yearned 70
see girl crown him with sugar bowl.
Great impulse to do IL myself. Re
strained impulse without much effort.
Convention OF spiritualists in town.
Reminds me OF time when ! was ab
solutely sure oil Nanny Tall could
put the conjure on anybody she didn
like. and couldn't sleep wink nj
night IL | passed her on the street
Have outgrown II. but confess TO
troubled dreams after reading real
ghost story.
Saw Carl Gray's son, Howard, VINO
looks like he deserved his Princeton
popularity. Won my approval OF his
old.fashioned ideas about girls who
smoke cigarets. Myself. I do not hold
to this equality of the sexes stun
maintain that woman should maintain
old.time superiority In some things
smoking f'rinstance.
Charles =. Craig, vice president oil
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater
association, and tireless promoter OF
project. Impaired his enthusiasm Ia
me. Always did like men who dreamed
great dreams and then rolled up then
sleeves and started out working to
make them come true. Some dreamer
myself, but constitutionally opposed
to rolling up sleeves. etc, etc.
Charley Stockdale. formerly Elgin
CNeb) editor. dropped In. Said Inc
came In to watch the wheels &c
round. Gazed intently at mo after
aaying it, Wonder what he meant.
Met w. II. Murray at Fifteenth and
Douglas. forgot his recent promo
.tion and called him "Blll." Got away
with II, too. Know he will fiji the po
sltion because he don't swell.
Might as well confess TO being JOIN
Q. Hlck from Hlckville. Never Will
be able to muster up courage enough
to work the automatic elevator nj
alone.
Watched window washer perched OF
sill 10 stories up. Spent half houi
watching. Result. Only window
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Corn Equals Wheat
in Value on Market

Chicago. Oct. 10.-Remarkable shift
ing of grain values today made corn
and wheat almost identical I'm value.
No. yellow corn in Chicago was
worth at the close OF trading sl.10 a
bushei, whereas No. . hard wheat
ranged from $40 TO si.14 2-4.
Corn sells ordinarily about % cents
a bushel under wheat. but the supply
of corn this season has become near
ly used up before the new crop Is
ready. As a result. eornmeaf Is ac-
tually quoted higher than some good
grades of wheat flour.
Todays advance In the price OF No.
. yellow corn amounted to cents
bushel Opinion among traders was
divided as to whether corn would yet
outstrip wheat in value and IL so,
how soon.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Governor Son Aids in
Lion Bonding Case

Governor Bryan's son, Cyrus, Is
member of the firm of lawyers in
Minneapolis, which is representing
the special agent and the Department
of Trade and Commerce in the liquida-
tfon of the Lion Bonding company.
The case is progressing very slowly.
Criticism of the governor for his
0Aaction Is heard because general
economy so advisable where the
public interest is concerned is lack
ing in the administration of this
liquidation.
Receivers appointed by the District
court at St. Paul. Mimi. have filed
claims for $500 attorney fees and
$4,000 receiver fees.
This and other information on the
subject is contained in an article in
the first issue OF an insurance
magazine, The Forum, edited and
published by Henry H. Lowell.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

Washington, Oct. TO- This was
a day OF reports on the state of
business. Nearly everything that
cume W here in Washington was un-
der that head and II was apparent
that this general subject Is 10 the
front Of the administration's thought
and activities. The two men whom
Coolidge sent west to help wheat
farmers by providing them with lead
ership and help in organizing cooper
ative selling associations. Eugene
Meyer. jr.. and Frank Mondell. tele-
graphed the president that they had
already made a beginning.
They wired from Chicago. which
was their first stop, that they had had
a meeting with r. w. bingham Of
Louisville. who is the leading spirit in
the hurley tobacco co-operatives. and
also chairman of the National Council
Of Farmers Cooperative associations;
with Aaron Sapiro, who is the pio
neer in farmers co.operatives. and
with several other men of experience
in that line.
Aside from giving out this particu
lar telegraphic report Of progress in
specific line the administration
dwelt today on business conditions
generally. A spokesman Of the ad-
ministration gave out a resume which
made one newspaper man recall the
time he used to edit the market page.
business On Upward Trend.
II was to the effect that business
conditions generally are promising.
that there is some trouble In okla
homa about oil and some In the wheat
districts due to low prices and short
crop; that range cattle are not very
high. but that fat cattle and hogs are
satisfactory. that some mining condi-
tions are not very good. silver being
low In price and costly TO mine be
cause Of high wages and copper being
low But IL WAS emphasized that
business conditions as whole are
good and reassuring.
The two foreign subjects that came
up were essentially I'm the field OF
business conditions. and IL was con
cern about business in one quarter
or another that caused them to come
up. As to the suggestion that Amer
lea should call the nations of Europe
to an international economic confer
ence II was said by spokesman for
the administration that this Idea had
come up before. but that there was
and continues 10 be state of mind
over kere that makes conference
hopeless.
A particularly penetrating listener
might reasonably have read into THIS
announcement the inference that our
government would be glad II certain
governments In Europe would bring
themselves To a state of mind where
thoy can look economic facts IN the
face. and otherwise make II possible
for us to do some good in the world
hv calling an international economic
conference under the right conditions
and the right state OF minds.
Europe's Next Mo,c.
II was much the same as Ia Lloyd
Georges endorsement OF Secretary
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
World Series Plays
Broadcast. by WOAW
Please All Hearers

More than 50 kilograms and 40 long
distance telephone calls from towns
all over Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri
were received at radio station WoAW,
the Woodmen of the World Life In
eurance association. while announcer
&C. r." was pouring into the micro
phone the story OF the world series
game, hot of fthe wires Of The oma-
ha Bee Wednesday afternoon.
The kilograms reported excellent re-
ceptlon. and in nearly every instance.
n crowd OF persons was listening IN
Mt the station from which the mes
cages were received.
Most complete report on the ar
sas the tenor OF the messages.
station WOAW, cooperating with
The omaha Bee, will broadcast play
by play results OF each game during
the series.
a Listen Tor ~ II -aiIth1
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Dairy Cattle Reach Top
Price of Sl73. Columbu,

Columbus. Neb., Oct. 1o.-That
there is am active demand for dairy
cattle in this section of the state was
evidenced at tho public sale here OF
two carloads Of grade Holstein and
Guernsey dairy cows and calves
which were shipped from Wisconsin
by the Lincoln Livestock company. to
the Columbus sale pavilion. The As
COWS made an average Of s1o1, with
4 top of s173, while the calves went
up to s2e. The offerings were mostly
taken by dairymen and farmers In
Platte, Colfax, Butler and Polk coun
ties
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Dry Agents Home
Is Dynamited
Family Hurled Into Cellar
Wife and Baby Burned
Bootleggers Suspected.

Steubenviile. O.. Oct. Io.-The home
of Charles Pearce. So. prohibition en-
forcsment officer al Smithield, o..
west of here. was blown UP today by
dynamite. Pearce. his wife and baby
escaped serious injury.
Tho blast partially wrecked the city
hall opposite the Pearce home, a res
taurant, the home of Mrs. Mary
Merryman and broke windows In
three score residences.
The dynamite. placed under the
front Of Pearce's house, wrecked the
structure and II collapsed inward. the
walls and roof falling into the base
ment Pearce. his wife and IL
months-old baby. were thrown into
the cellar with the debris.
Pearee extricated himself. rescued
his baby and then with the aid Of
neighbors dug his wife from the
ruins after an hours hard work. The
baby was cut and bruised. Mrs.
Pearcs had her back injured and sui
fered greatly from shock.
Mrs. Merrymsn's home adjoining
was so badly wrecked that the aged
lady. who had been seriously ill. had
TO be removed from the tottering
structure with ladders TO the second
fioor.
The damage is estimated in excess
OF SEQ 900.
Miners en- route TO work asserted
they saw four strangers standing on
a corner near the Pearee home and
others report they saw an automobile
with several men passengers leaving
town at a high rate Of speed shortly
before the blast.
Sheriff Lucas and deputies are
working on the theory that nQuor law
violstors prosecuted by Pearce were
responsible for the outrage.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11

Charles H. Morrill, Only Surviving
Nebraskan for Whom County Named
Is Author of Book OH Nebras-
ka Pioneer Life-Honored
as Distinguished
Citizen.

But one man out of the many Ne
braskans who have had counties
named in their honor is now living
and will see the new state capitol,
with its circle of stone tablets, one
for each county, which. will surround
that edifice, and read his name
chiseled on the symbol of his county.
He Is Charles Fl. Morrill,, pioneer Ne
braskan. for whom the town of Nor
rill. SCOTS Bluff county. Nebraska,
and Morrill, county, Nebraska, have
been named
Mr.. Morrill, Is past so and Is still
in good health and vigorous.
In 1917, after retiring from active
business, he wrote a book relating
numerous intimate stories about Ne
braska pioneers and pioneer days.
Only 500 copies were printed for free
distribution, but today q copy may
be found in the libraries of most large
cities and in almost every genealogic-
al library of Nebraska. Morrill, has
lived on his homestead for 81 years.
Civil War Veteran.
This pioneer was born in Concord,
n. H.. July IA. 1S43. He was edu-
Gated at Colby academy. New London,
\. Fl. He enlisted as a private in
1852 and served in that capacity to
the end Of the civil war. In 1871 he
settled on a government homestead
In Polk county, Nebraska. and from
1879 to 1888 he was private secretary
to Governor A. Nance. From that
position he accepted the presidency
of the Stromsberg. Neb., bank. The
Farmers and Merchants bank IN
Stromsberg put him at its head. how
ever. in 1890. From 1879 to 1901 he
filled the position of United States
customs collector
Prominent in Politics.
Morrill, was chairman of the re-
publican state central committee in
1894 and a Nebraska member of the
republican national committee from
1904 to 1908. He also founded the
Morrill, geological yearly expeditions
at the University Of Nebraska.
A degree of merit was awarded him
by the University of Nebraska last
year, while the Kiwanis club of Lin.
coin voted him a medal as a dis.
tinguished citizen OF the state.
A silver brick, properly inscribed,
was presented him for his assistance
in quelling the Omaha strike riot in
1879.
II only did what every man who IL
loyal American citizen should do.
That's ALL" Mr.. Morrill, asserts.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Hastings Council Tables
Muny Coal Yard Project

Hastings. Neh.. Oct. l0.-The city
council has tabled for the time be-
ing the proposal for a municipal
coal yard. a special committee ap-
pointed 10 investigate the local situa-
tiOn reported that Hastings consumers
were not Being charged exorbitant
prices and that n municipal coal yard
could not be established without a
bond issue for az least $4,000. The
data obtained in the inquiry has been
placed on file for later consideration
II the demand for municipal coal
yard is renewed.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Legion Post Sends ''Miss
Columbus" to Frisco Nee

Columbus. Neb.. Oct. 1O.-Miss
Lydia Ackerman. one Of the 20 girl
members of the Hastings cadet corps,
has been elected as Miss Columbus
by the local Hartman post No. a.
American Legion. which voted SIS
toward defraying her expenses to
advertise the local post at tho ma
tional convention in San Francisco.
Columbus is the smallest OF Ne
braska cities to have a legion post
to select one of the girls of the cadet
corps as its representative. Peter
Phillips and Henry J. Kotlar are the
two local delegates TO the national
convention.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Plainview Grade Pupils
Have Real "Crocery Store

PIainview. Neb., Oct. 10.-Miss
Mabel Chase, teacher Of the sixth
Grade in the public schools here, has
,.sade It possible for her pupils to have
q real grocery store" She had sew
eral Of the boys and girls write to
the iobbers asking for samples OF
everything that goes to make up
good grocery store. and now they
have all of their goods on shelves
ready for business" and have In
yited their parents and others to in
epect them.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Yates Parent.Teacher Body
to Present Movie Program

First OF autumn movies sponsored
by the Yates Parent Teacher associa.
ton will be offered at the school audi.
torium Friday evening at O'Clock.
Douglas MacLean in "Twenty-three
and One Half Hours Leave" is the
feature. In addition, there will be
an educational film, "Sentinels OF the
Sea-" and a Hurd comedy entitled
Chicken Dressing"
The film committee. OF which Mrs.
d. NJ. Edgerly is chairman, spends
great deal of time in selecting films
which are thoroughly wholesome, in.
teresting, and attractive. To insure
an earlier closing the first picture
will begin at 7.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Albion Organizes Golf
Club of so Members

Albion, Neb., Oct. 1o.-The Albion
Golf club has been organized here.
F. 8. Thompson was elected presi-
dent. C. A. Bull vice president. r. ID.
FIory secretary and Robert Fiotree
treasurer. The board Of directors are
A. W. Lamb, w. B. Martin and A. w.
Ladd. There In already a member
ship of about so. Work on the golf
course IS progressing and 1t will soon
be ready for use.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Former Omaha Hotel Man
to Run Columbus Hostler,

Columbus, Neb., oct. 10.-Huston j.
Harper, for the last four years man
ager of the Hotel Loyal In Omaha. re-
Gently sold by the Harper & kriel
Hotel company, owners Of the Evans
hotel here, will take charge of the
Columbus hostelry at once and s
moving his family here. Mr.. Harper's
partner, Charles w. Kriel. former
manager Of the Evans hotel. died here
in February. Mrs. Kriel and her son,
Charles. will remain in Columbus.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
SHINES Request Spurned.

BerlinaOct. 10.-GeneraI Degoutte'
commander Of the French army Of oc-
cupation in the Ruhr. has rejected
Hugo SHINES request for suspension
of the eight.hour workday and other
ameliorating labor measures in ter
ritory held by the French. according
to information received today from
Dusseldorf.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Northeast Nebraska Will
Have Bumper Corn Crop

Plalnview, Neb., oct. 10.-A tour
through northwest Nebraska shows
that in almost every instance the corn
Is thoroughly ripe. even the very lat
est, which 1t was feared would be
caught by the frost before maturity.
The farmers are beginning to husk
what they say is one OF the largest
yields they have had in Nebraska for
several years.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Columbus Board Seeking
Ideas for New High School

Columbus. Oct. 10.-The Columbus
kchool board spent a. day in Lincoln
Visiting the city schools. This is the
third trip of the board to other cities.
One was made to Fremont and an
pther to Norfolk In an effort to lind
desirable features to be incorporated
IN the proposed 100000 senior high
school for Columbus.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Nebraska City Man, IS. Is
Jailed on Liquor Charge

Nebraska City, Neb., oct. 10.-WiI-
liam Carver. Is, arrested when two
gallons Of hootch were found in a
sack in his boat by the police upon
his arrival from 'bootleggers island"
south OF here, pleaded guilty to Illegal
possession of liquor In police court
and was fined 800 He was unable
20 pay the fine and will serve SEN
tence In jail.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Long Summer i'm klondike.

Dawson. Y. T. oct. 1o.-The longest
summer season in the history OF the
Klondike finds the last steamer out
Of Dawson leaving today down
river still free OF ice.