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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15

nue., Overdrcsscd, loud-voiced and over
loaded with jewels.
! and if the hotel clerk cannot strain out
the desirable and the undesirable as they
come to register at the desk, it is, of
course, impossible to strain out of the
dining room and the tea room the holy
and the unholy who come to eat and dance
and make themselves at home in the pub
lie corridors and waiting room of the
establishment.
Mr. Chesterton might have filed his en-
tire book on hotel life in America, and il
would have been an extremely interesting
volume. He would have found abundant
material in any of the great New York
hotels, and, perhaps, the Hotel AnsOnia,
where Mrs. PAUL. took occasion to Shoot
herself, would have been a very good
place for Mr. ChestertOn to have stopped,
and it would have made an especially good
field of study and observation, because
for many years the owner o. tho hotel
himself, the notorious w. i ID. StoIes,
the aged financicr and perpetual lltigant
lived there. Several episodes in Nh
Stokes's own variegated career happened
to take place in this hotel, which added to
.. the general variety and novelties OF every
day American hotel life.
Reference to the aged owner OF the
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tionss into hotel lie, he would
have realized even more fully
what a melting pot the Amer
lean hotel is. 1t would have
reminded him of a reel of
motion picture film, with its
Kaleidoscope succession of
C 0 m e d i S, tragedies and
strange happenings.
The great hotels cannot, of
course, inquire into the per-
sonal histo =, the individual
habits or morality or good
taste of its guests, and thus
a strange and motley cOllec-
ton of birds. come to roost
in many of New York's best
known and most expensive
hotels.
Along with respectable
married women and their
daughters are women who
would scarcely like to explain
where, they get the money to
pay their bills. On the same
floor with a well-known cap
tain of industry may be a
sleek gentleman whose pic
ture and record are in the
police headquarters Rogues'
Gallery. And side by side in
neighboring rooms may be a
quietly dressed woman of
dignity and a flashy parve-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Mrs. Sophie
Nugent, Who
Brought Suit for
Being Barred
From Her Room
and Deprived of
Her Furniture
at the
Hotel Ansonia.
VuTH EN- Mrs.
NJ Emma PAUL.
" dressed her

wv SAAAAAAoS AA
dressed her
self carefully, put on
her furs and gloves,
slipped a pistol into
her 20 c K e t came
down from her apart
ment and W a | k e d
across the street into
the C o m f o r t a b | e
lobby of the Ansonia
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
Gus Hyers Destroys
Rum Seized in Raids

Lincoln, Jan. 4.-tSpecial)-State
Sheriff Gus A. Hyers, in the presence
of newspapermen and a large crowd
Of spectators, opened the vaults of
the sheriff's Office today aud de.
stroyed all of the liquor which had
been seized during his four years
administration still remaining in the
custody of the office.
a big van loan. representing the
fruits of a large number Of raids con
Quoted by the state sheriff's force,
was emptied into Salt creek.
Included is a partial list of the con-
tents:
One hundred gallons of moonshinc;
$50 quarts of beer; 90 pints of patent
medicine with a strong alcoholic con
tent; 21S quarts Of whisky. 196 pints
of whisky. Sc jugs and jars of various
kinds of alleged intoxicating wine
and Is gallons OF wine.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
Englishman Shot
in Mexican Duel
British Merchant Walks Into
Duelists' Line Of Fire at
Mexico City.

Mexico City, Jan. 4.--iBy A. P)-
George w. Steabben, a British mer.
chant, was mortally wounded last
night when he w.lked into the line
of fire between two men engaged In a.
pistol duel in the streets, Mr.. Steab.
ben was WOUNDED in the presence OF
his wife snd child. He had been in
Mexico only four months. The physi-
clans hold out no hope for his re-
covery.
In addition to Mr.. Steabben, six
other persons xe,e seriously wound
cd in the exchange of a dozen shots
between Gen. Leovigudo Oyila and
Lieut.. Col. Constantine Lazcana, who
used the crowded streets as their
duelling ground.
Mr.. Steabben Is the second Brit
ishcr who has been sho. during the
past three days in promiscuous gun
play in the capital WIlfrod Herbert
Gore Ewart was found lead in ho
tel Monday morning. An investigation
revealed the fact that lie had been
killed by a stray bullet New Years
eve, as he was watching the paraders
from his balcony. Mr.. Ewart was 81
Years old and a c.ptail In the Scots
Guards during the war. lie is said
10 be son of Lady Mary Ewart, au-
thor or several books.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
America May Act
on Reparations
Administration Leaders AS
sure Senate Consideration
of Representation.

Washington, Jan. 4.--Assurances of
immediate consideration for the res
olution of Senator Robinson, demo
crat. Arkansas, proposing American
representation on the reparations
commission, were given by admins
tration senate leaders today after
Chairman Lodge of the foreign rela-
tons committee had conferred with
President Harding and Ambassador
Harvey at tho White House.
Senator Lodge did not express any
definite opinion regarding the advisa-
bility of adopting the resolution, but
neither hs nor any other administra-
ton leader evinced any hostility to-
ward it. Immediately after his visit
to the White House he called spe-
cial meeting of the foreign relations
committee for tomorrow to consider
the proposal.
The committee chairman acted
just before the beginning of what ap-
peared likely to develop into another
general debate of the administration s
foreign policy on the senate floor and
whide Amba ssador Harvey, called
home from London for consultation
on the reparations crisis, was con-
tinuing his conferences with high Of
ficials.
Although much significance was at
tached to the quick call for com
mittee meeting, it was said at the
capitol that President Harding had
not given an opinion on the Robin
son proposal. Senator Lodge said his
meeting today with the president and
Mr.. Harvey was preliminary to other
conferences to be held alter.
Senator Lodge also declared he was
entirely agreeable with the suggestion
of Senator Robinson that tho resolu-
ton be referred to the committee, and
it was indicated that the first work
of the committee would be to secure
information from Secretary Hughes
regarding the status OF the admins
tration's negotiations on the repara-
tons and other questions involved
in the European situation.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
McKelvie Goes
Back to Paper
Phil Bross to Be Sales Manag.
cr; Hazel Nigh to Remain
Private Stenographer.

Lincoln, Jan. 4.-(Special.}- .}-Gover.
nor McKelvie called newspaper men
into his office this morning for the
last Ii e. He announced that he
was going back to take charge of the
active management Of his farm paper,
''The Nebraska Farmer" and so far
as he knows now never will return
to public life.
Phil Bross, who was his secretary
of finance, will become sales manager
of his paper, the governor said, and
Miss Hazel Nigh, his private stem.
ographer in the state house, will act
in the same capacity on the paper.
The governor stated that c. W.
Pugsley. assistant national secretary
of agriculture, who has been editor
of THE Nebraska Farmer" during
Mckelyie's years in Office, would re-
tire as the head of the paper. The
governor said that he intended TO
write the story of his four years In
office and would continue making
public speeches. The folloWin =
speaking dates were announced by
him:
January 7, at the Methodist church
in Lincoln: January "A, opening of
father and son week in Omaha; Janu.
airy II. Des Moines Chamber of Com
merce; February 7. seventh district
convention OF the Associated Ad
Clubs Of the World, in ST. Louis;
February 0. farmers meeting in Man
hattanville. Kan: February Il, Mid.
dlesex club in Boston. Mass.
Before retiring today, state house
employees associated with Governor
Mckelvie. called at his office and pre-
sented him with massive mahogany
erandfather's clock and big bunch
of roses. The governor official fami-
~ crowded around him to shake his
hand and extend their best wishes.
The governor responded briefly
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
Boy Who Accidentally
Wounded Himself Dies

Fremont, Neb., Jan. 4. - Especial
Telegram .)---Roy l.. Wagner, II, died
at the Fremont hospital, where he
was taken following the accidental
discharge of .22.caliber rifle Tues
day. Tho bullet entered the boys
abdomen. III was unloading the rife
he had recently purchased out OF his
own savings. He was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. +. A. Wagner.
Tho lad had just returned from
hunting trip. He called to his sister,
Mrs. Myrtle Scarlet, asking her to
look at his new purchase. He was
handling the rife as she approached,
with the muzzle pointed toward his
stomach. The sister saw the boy
crumple to the floor suddenly. A
hurried operation failed TO save the
boys life.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
Business Revival at Hand,
Asserts Farm School Head
Balance Between Prices of Farm Products and au-
factured Goods Approaching, DR.. David - y
States in Address Before Organ
Agricultural Meeting ~ -

only thin, n take its place
would com ~ .sh increased rail.
way earninlS which would make
possible extensive terminal improve
yhents and purchases of equipment.
These would provide purchasing
power for labor.
Never before have the American
people saved as much as now, ac-
eording to DIR. Friday. In 1921 the
people saved sS 900 100000 and last
year $11 ,O00, 900 900. As result
plenty of capital will be available for
extension Of plants. and interest
rates, he declared, will drop. lie was
confident that congress will do all
that Is necessary to extend farm
credit.
Agricultural prices he expects to
rise. but perhaps not permanently
The tendency after every war Is for
a long period Of declining prices.
School Only "SideshOw."
From the standpoint of an agricul
tural scientist he declared he was not
worried about people leaving the
farm. Each farmer now produces
one-third more than his father
through improved methods and ma.
cihnery. 1t is still possible to pro-
duce more per man and the same
number of farmers now at work
could feed % per cent more people
by employing higher grades of live
stock and all other things.
Though he is president of an agri
cultural college, he declared that the
school is only a. .sideshow" and that
the greatest service lay in the eX.
tension work which carried the great
mass OF scientific information to the
farm.
III you farmers are going to pro-
duce 5000 pounds of butter fat a year,
don't use % cows, use TO-" he ad-
yised.
IT asked the Michigan legislature
for an appropriation of S150,000 to
send 200. 900 of our scrub dairy cows
TO the meat block. If the remainder
are properly fed and cared for. they
can produce almost as much milk,
Turn 10 Page Two. Column Seven.)
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Days Activities
in Washington

The Capper farm credits bill was
favorably reported by the senate
banking committee substantially as
drawn.
The Judiciary committee discussed
the Keller impeachment charges
against Attorney General Daugherty.
but failed to take final action.
Reappointment. OF w. p. G. Hard.
ing as governor OF the federal reserve
system appeared unlikely as it be-
came known that he planned to enter
private business.
TIE house passed tho second de-
flciency appropriation bill carrying
S76 ,645, ,674. much of it for refund Of
internal revenue taxes illegally col
lected.
Oral argument In the appeal Of for.
eign and American shipping COM
panies from the lower court decision
which upheld the Daugherty ruling
was begun in the supreme court.
The federal coal commission in Il
telegram TO representatives Of coal
operators and miners conferring in
Chicago urged continuation until
April /. 1924, of the present wage
scale in the event Of failure to report
any other agreement.
Coincident with the arrival here of
the British debt commission. conf
dence was expressed at the treasury
that an early agreement would be
reached on the funding of Great Brit
aims debt to the United States with
out radically changing the debt fund
ing law.
President Harding, Ambassador
Harvey, who is home from London.
and Senator Lodge at a brief confer
cnce discussed the Robinson resoiu,
ton proposing American representa-
tion on tho repara'ions commission.
Senator Lodge later calling a meet
ing of the senate foreign relations
committee for consideration of the
proposal.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
Miss Hope Harjes Killed in
Hunting Accident in France

Paris, Jan. 4.-(By a. P.l-AIiss
Hope Harjes. daughter of II. IL.
Harjes of Morgan. Harjes & Co., the
Paris branch of J. p. Morgan & Co,
has been killed in a hunting accident
at the Harjes country place.
Miss Harjes yesterday was riding a
polo pony which became frightened
by the hunting. horns and the dogs
employed In the chase. She was
thrown from the pony aud in falling
her head struck the stump of \ tree.
She died few hours later
Miss Harjes was "a years old.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
Young Blood in Wall Street.

New York, Jan. 4-Many well
known Wall street firms have cast
tradition aside to inject young blood,
il was shown today when several new
partnerships and firm memberships
were announced. One prominent firm
now has three new members whose
average age is 2S years.
Men in their early sos have been
made partners in half a dozen firms
because of the demand for younger
men. They were named, 1t was said,
purely because of their abilir
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
1lth Catholic Building
in Canada Razed by Fire

Quebec, Jan. 4.--The 11th fire to
sweep a Catholic institution in Canada
within the last year was reported to-
day. 1t razed the Good Shepherd
convent of st. George De Beauce,
about so miles from this city, shortly
aftr midnight.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jan. 4.-The
Provencher school, under the jurs-
diction of the st. Boniface public
school board, was destroyed by fire
early today entailing a loss of $780,
600. According to reports, there was
no one in the building when the
blaze, the origin of which is unde
termined started.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
C. w. Bryan
Sworn in as
Governor
Twentieth Executive of Ne
braska Inauguratcd-''Broth
cr William" Present
at Ceremonies.
Repeal Of Code Sought

Lincoln, Jan. 4.-(SpeciaL)-Ne
braska inaugurated its 2oth governor
this afternoon at . in the person OF
Charles w. Bryan in the lowtr house
Of the legislature in joint session.
Sitting on one side OF the new gov
ernor was his brother. William Jen-
nings Bryan. OF Florida. and his wife.
Ills two children were out of the state
and unable to attend.
The crowd attending the Inaugural
ton was record breaking.
Governor Bryan was sworn in by
Chief Justice Andrew NJ. Morrissey.
and Immediately following the oath
was administered to these new state
officers:
Fred G.. Johnson of Hastings, lieu
tenant governor: Charles w. Pool of
Lincoln, secretary of state; George
w. Marsh of Lincoln, auditor; Charles
D. Robinson Of Red Cloud. treasurer:
John Matzen of Fremont, state super
intendent; O. S. Spillman of Pierce.
attorney general; Dan Swanson of
Fremont. commissioner OF public
lands and buildings; III. G.. Taylor OF
Central City, Thorne A. Browne OF
Lincoln and Charles A. Randall of
Newman Grove, railway commission.
ers.
Mckelvie Moves Out.
Governor Bryan was sworn In Inn
mediately after Governor Mckelyie
had delivered his message.
The McKelvie administration enl-
ployes. including his private
secretary and stenographer. moved
out of the governors Office Just pre-
ceding the Inauguration, and after the
ceremonies Governor Bryan, with his
private secretary and stenographer.
moved in.
y check OH the furniture and sup
plies turned over by the outgoing gov
ernor to the new executive was made
yesterday. A reception, open to the
public, was held from to II this
evening at the governors mansion.
In addition to the governor and his
wife, all constitutional officers, rail-
way commissioners and supreme
court justices, and their wives, vera
in the receiving une.
Urges Repeal Of Civil Code.
Immediate repeal of the civil admin
istrative code to make possible plan
to regroup its activities and establish
an executive council composed of all
constitutional officers. excepting at
torney general, who will act in an
advisory capacity. this council 10
meet once a week and determine pol
icies of all state departments, was
urged today upon the 42d legislative
session by Governor Charles w.
Bryan in his inaugural address.
Governor Bryan asked for power
to name all heads OF departments
without legislative confirmation. He
asserted that departmental heads in
tho future would occupy clerical and
not executive positions. . Executive
work would be directed by the coun-
Turn 20 Page Two. Column one.)
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
Quit Attempt to Climb Shasta

Keddlng, Cat, Jan. 4.-Charles
Warner, Oakland newspaper man.
and Leonard Thatcher. student at the
University of California. arrived in
Sisson. a town at the base of Mount
Shasta. north of here. at SIS last
night and announced they had failed
in their effort to make the first mid
winter ascent of the mountain. They
turned back at Thumb Rock. the half.
way point. at noon Tuesday
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
Turks Call All
Men to Colors

London. Jan. 4.-Tbe Turkish gov
erDment has issued decree calling
to the colors all able bodied men in
the liberated regions, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Constantinople.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
Bridge Disaster
Death List Is
Pure Guess Work
Officials Admit Inability to
Check Nictims-Stories of
Heroic Rescues Accumu-
late During Day.

Kelso. Wash, Jan. 4.-tBy a. P.)---
Dragging the swiftly flowing waters
of the flooded Cowlitz river and check
ing lists of missing persons. kelso
tried today to determine accurately the
toll of life taken last evening, when
the swapping of a cable of the old
bridge between here and West Kelso
precipitated the span into the stream.
Officials, who estimated the death
list variously from 20 to 80, admitted
that their figures were guess work
for in addition to the known list of
missing, which stood at II. there was
no way of telling how many persons
on the bridge at the time of the col
lapse went to their deaths in the icy
current and were carried into the
broad Columbia, two miles below this
city.
New Names Added.
The name of Emil Johnson, a con-
tractor, who came recently from Cali
fornia. was added late today to the
list of missing. His wife and three
children were at a hotel here, but he
had not been accounted for. A brother
of Allen Pennell also was reported
missing.
Stories of narrow escapes and he
roic rescues accumulated during the
day. Many who were thrown into
the river told of their battles for life,
and others related how they snatched
persons from death.
George Q. Mcdonald of Vancouver,
Wash, who WAS dragged from the
river shortly after the crash. and
Harry Kirk of kelso, who was in
jured, died today.
Drag for Bodies.
Eight boats patrolled the river be.
low the collapsed span dragging for
bodies. One body was pulled to the
surface.
Cranes worked at the mass OF
wreckage which stretches across the
channel marking where the old bridge
had stood.
Several automobiles we're extricated
from the Iaass. lifted by the cranes
and placed on boats.
An investigation of the cause of the
disaster will begin soon.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-05
No Action on Impeachment.

Washington, Jan. 4.-The house ju-
dietary committee adjourned after a
two-hour session today until next
Tuesday without taking final action
on the Keller impeachment charges
against Attorney General Daugherty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-17
HOW To OBTAIN
BEST PHONE
RESULTS
Central Stations Have Peak
Hours, Which Patrons
Should Avoid in Calls.

Telephone officials claim that If
the public knew more about the
workings of telephone central sta.
tons and the fluctuation Of tele'
phone traffic, they would use the
telephone more intelligently and get
very much better service from it.
Results of Investigations graphi'
cally show how in the average city
the ebb and flow of the tide Of tele'
phone traffic during any working
day rises and falls according to
! the weather and business and social
activities of the community.
AS a general rule, the highest
traffic point is reached between
and 10 o'clock in the morning.
This is the time the business day
begins and for the reason in the
business sections of the city the
telephone lines are strained to ca
pacity. After 10 o'clock the tele.
phone traffic drops gradually until
the lunch hour, and from then on
begins to rise until it reaches an
other peak between 4 and o'clock
in the afternoon.
In the residential district of the
city the two highest points are
reached around 8 o'clock in the
morning when the household orders
are placed with merchants and plans
for the day are made. The second
is reached around o'clock in the
evening.
In the shopping district the peak
is reached between and 4 o'clock
in the afternoon.
After. 3 o'clock in the evening the
traffic dwindles away and at mid
night the switchboards are prac.
tically idle.
But an accident, a big fire or
rainy weather may send the traffic
up perceptibIy. Therefore, to get
the best service out of the tele-
phone, it is advisable to make such
calls as can be made at any time
the telephone traffic is less con-
gested and each call can receive
better attention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-17
E[ECTR|CRANGE
NEEDS CARE
IN USE
Simple Rules to Get Full Bene-
fit Offered to House.
wives.

Women who own electric
ranges dout tless are delighted thus
tc have tie best cooking equip
ment, but some, nevertheless, are
missing much of the real low OF
electric cookery through not know
ing quite how to get the most out
of their rangcs. These simple
rules culled from the experiences
Of women who know, will aid ire.
mendously in making electric cook.
cry the Lasting satisfaction that it
should BE-
Switch off the heat when not in
use. No housewife desires to waste
current of course, but some unwit.
tingly do it. Probably this is the
outcome of habit handed down
from past generations experienced
III cooking with coal and having to
keep the fire in so that it would
he available quickly when needed
Ter the preparation of meals. WHY
waste current when the electric
range is ready at the turn of q
sWitch--no waiting or preiiminaries.
Use the oven for cooking when
ever possible. It's practically her.
metically sealed. and once it has
been thoroughly heated holds it's
heat very loni time Having
heated the oven for baking. use it
thereafter in preparing other foods.
Current at low or medium" will
usually suffice 10 maintain the
oven at the temperature necessary
for the operation.
When using the cooking top be
sure the vessels fit snuely against
the heating elements Also, tho
utensils should be of ample din-
meter to retard the heat from
escaping to the side and rising
before it has done full justice to
the food to be cooked.
Strip the range of everything
tnat can be removed by hand and
clean it thoroughly once a week.
IL the oven lining is porcelain.
wash 1t just as you would a dish.
using soap and hot water. If
food has boiled over and stained
Tie surface. USE a good cleansing
powder. .
White enamel discolored Dy the
rumes OF oven cooking. can be
cleaned with a good liquid cleanser.
The metal parts should be cleaned
with a good metal polish. A few
minutes now and then will keen
everything spic and span. When
the oven is not in use leave the
door slightly ajar. This ventilates
the oven and keeps it sweet.
Simple rules -a!l-but observance
of them will add much to the en-
joyment OF electric cookery