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Man Accused of
Murder in Killing
of Wife in Holdup
Frisco Prisoner Sayi Husband
Arranged Fake Robbery in
Which Woman Shot
to Death.
San Francisco, Cal, July 15
Henry Wilkem was arrested yester
day charged with the murder of hit
wife, Anna Wilkens, as the result
of a statement alleged to have been
made by Arthur Ca.tur to District
Attorney Brady and Policewoman
Katherine O'Connor, It was an
nounced today by I. M. tiolden, chief
deputy district attorney, after Wil
knis had been lodged in jail here.
Mrs. Wilkens was shot and killed, the
night of May 30, supposedly by one
ot three highwaymen in an attempt
ed holdup. Arthur Castor, held in
jail here on charges of passing
worthless checks, is said to be one of
the highwaymen.
According to Castor's purported
statement, he and his brother, Wal
ter, had arranged with Wilkens to
stage a fake holdup of the Wilkens'
automobile. The Castors,- it is
claimed by the police, were to have
robbed Wilkens of what money he
had and Mrs. Wilkens of her jewelry.
Shot Fired.
The holdup, Arthur Castor is said
to have declared,' was staged as
planned with Walter Castor wielding
the revolver. In he holdup, accord
ing to the reputed confession, a shot
was fired, but ArthurCastor is said
to have denied that' he knew who
fired it.Jiis brotlicr Walter or Wil-
kens.
In the robbery Arthur is reported
to have said Walter Castor took a
wallet from Wilkens. After the hold
up, continued the statement, the pair
drove back to the city, and next
morning Walter complained that
v Wilkens had double-crossed him
that the wallet was empty and that
Mrs, Wilkens had worn no jewelry.
Given Three $100 Bills.
Then, Arthur Castor is said to have
explained, he and his brother went
to the Wilkens' home, where Wilkens
gave them three $100 bills. Two $100
bills were found on the Castors when
they were arrested the day following
the shooting of Mrs. Wilkens. The
brothers later were turned loose be
cause of insufficient evidence against
them.
Wilkeus claimed that he had been
robbed of three $100 bills in the
holdup in which his wife was slain.
According to the story told to the
police, by Wilkens at .the time of
the shooting, he and his wife, with
their two small , children, were mo
toring along a ' residence street in
San Francisco, when, another car
the curb and forced him to stop.
Then, Wilkens claimed, three bandits
held him up at the point of a pistol
and robbed him of three $100 bills.
One of the bandits then reached for
his wife's jewelery, Wilkens said,
whereupon he attempted to pull a
revolver which he carried in a pocket
in the automobile's door.
The bandit swung his gun to
cover Wakens and Mrs. Wilkens
threw herself in front of lier hus
band just in time to receive the bullet-
her heart. Wilkens asserted.
Mrs. Wilkens died oh the way to
the hospital.
Walter Castor is believed to be
somewhere near Eureka. Cal.
"Melting Pot" Is Name
of Superior Pageant
Superior, Neb., July IS. (Spe
cial.) "The Melting Pot," - pageant
for 1922, which is being written by
Attorney J. H. Agee, has the history
of America and American ideals as
the theme..
Into the pageant will be woven
the national characteristics of not
only the Indians and Puritans, but
all nations which, have sent immi
grants here in large numbers. There
will be five acts which cover the pe
riod of early development, the trend
of. civilization westward, the civil
war period, the world war period
and the era of industrial development
and! prosperity. - :
Among the scenes which stand out
are, the Indian attack on the prairie
schooners following the Oregon trail,
the attack upon Fort Sumter and the
battle between the forces, of liberty
and despotism. The wedding of John
Alden and Priscilla Allen will be
a scene of quaint beauty.
The music will be an important
feature. The band this year will be
larger and belter than ever before.
Curfew Reinstated
Flattsmouth, Neb., July 15. (Spe
cial.) The curfew ordinance, for
vears unheeded, is again to be en
forced, according to edict of theCity
officials. The ordinance provides
that all children under 16 shall be off
the streets by 9 unless accompanied
by parent or guardian.
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Rings of Girl Victim m
"Stone 'Age Murder,,JFound
on Woman Held at Tucson
Slayer's Husband Refuses to Talk Friends of
20-Year-OId Girl Victim of Hammer Killing Rally
to Defense of Character Indictment Re
turned Against Murderess.
Tucson, Art., July 15. Three dia
mond rings were found in possession
of the woman arrested here as Mrs.
Clara Phillips, wanted in connec
tion with the murder of Mrs. Al
berta Meadows at Los Angeles, July
12, according to Chief of Police D.
S. Ford. The local authorities are
said to have been advised today that
Loi Angeles police were told bv Mrs.
Peggy Caffee, in her admission that
she had been an eye-witness to the
slaying, that the rings were taken
from Mrs. Meadow'e body by the
assailant. In addition to the three
diamond rings a cameo ring was
taken from the suspect by the Tuc
son police. The rings have a value
of about $800, the local authorities
said.
Whereabouts Mystery.
Los Angeles, Cal., July IS. Where
was Mrs. Alberta Meadows on the
night before she was the victim of
what has become known locally as
the "stone-age murder." because it
was accomplished with a hammer
and a rock? And where, the same
night, was A. L. Phillips, husband
of the woman accused of therime?
These were subjects of inquiry to
day, according to announcement by
deputy sheriffs working on the case.
Mrs. Peggy Caffec, upon whose
testimony the Los Angeles grand
jury yesterday returned an indict
ment charging murder against Mrs.
Clara Phillips, now held at- Tucson,
Aria., declared that the night before
she accompanied Mrs. Phillips and
Mrs. Meadows on a ride in Mrs.
Meadows' automobile to the lonely
spot where the young widow's body
was found Wednesday evening, she
and Mrs. Phillips made a secret visit
to Mrs. Meadows' apartment and
that Mrs. Meadowy was not at home,
Declines to Answer.
Mrs. Phillips Is said by her hus
band to have told him before her
hurried departure on the trip to El
paso, Tex., that ended in her being
taken from the train at Tucson, that
she killed Mrs. Meadows because of
jealousy, which, he admitted, was
unwarranted.
And. according to the story of Mrs.
Caffee, who was present during the
alleeed slaying, Mrs. Phillips ac
cused Mrs, Meadows of having been
intimate with her husband and of
having accepted presents from the
oil promoter.
Phillips has declined to answer the
point blank questions of newspaper
men :
"Where were you last Tuesday
night?"
I cannot answer important ques
tions of that nature," he said.
"Would you say you were home,
then?" they persisted.
I can t tell where I was, he an
swered.
"Where did you meet Mrs. Mead
ows .' .
"I can't say."
Inquest Monday.
"Is it true you had met her only
three times and then only in your
wife's presence, as Mrs. Meadows'
father, Fred Tremaine, says?"
That is an important question,
he answered with a smile.
Relatives and friends of the dead
woman, who was only 20 years old,
and had been a widow only a few
months, rallied to her defense and
asserted that any aspersions on her
character and reputation had basis
only in "idle gossip."
J. he coroner announced the in
quest over Met. Meadows body
would be held Monday.
Phillips has been detained as a
material witness and will be held as
such, according to. the sheriff's office,
at least until his wife is brought
back to California.
Once a Movie Bathing- , Girl.
W. I. Traeger, sheriff, is now in
Tucson, expecting to bring . Mrs.
Phillips back with him.. Phillips is
not under arrest, but tieputy sheriffs
have-been detailed to remain with
him constantly. "
Mrs. Caffee was permitted, to go
after she had testified before the
grand jury.
Mrs. Phillips, who is 23 years old,
is said to have had a brief exoeri-
ehce with a comedy motion picture
company as a bathinir sin. She
also has been employed as a chorus
girl.
Porter at Fairbury. Badly
Wounded by Hotel Cook
Fairburv, Neb., July IS. (Special
Telegram.) Walter Wilkinson, por
ter ot the rairbury tiks lodge, was
shot twice Friday night by Guy
Chins, cook at the Maryetta hotel,
and may die.
lhe revolver used was a .j-cali-ber.
Five shots were fired, one bul
let "Striking in the right side and
lodging in the liver; another passed
through the left arm and two
through. Wilkinson's hat. ' v
The trouble, according to Chins,
was caused by alleged intimacy be
tween Wilkinson and Chins' wife.
Wilkinson has nothing to say and
i did not want his assailant arrested,
i After the shooting. Chins hid in the
j courthouse until morning, when he
I gave nimseis up to an omcer.
Husband Fears
He Did Wrong in
Exposing Wife
Io Angeles, July 15. A. L.
Phillips, clean-cut in appearance,
haggard of face, and with sunken
eye and twitching hand showing
the strain he wa, withstanding
paced the sheriff's office here
awaiting the return in custody
from Tucson of his wife, who was
arrested there for the murder of
Mrs. Alberta Tretnain Meadows.
The arrest was made after Phil
lips, who had aided his wife to
flee Los Angeles, had determined
to tell what he. knew and then
stand by the woman whose ar
rest was sure to follow his state
ment; Phillips said that he had not
slept since he learned of the
tragedy late -Tuesday.' when his
wife came to their 'home and
sought his aid in making her es
cape. He said he felt that he
ought to help her, and he did, but
later he thought of his duty to the
law, and decided he ought to give
his story to the authorities. So
he did that. Then he wrote his
wife a long letter to be delivered
to her by Sheriff Traeger when
the latter reaches Tucson, and
in that letter he pledged his sup
port, his sympathy and his love
to his wife. Now he awaits her
return, and paces the office, paces
the street in company with a
deputy who has been assigned
him because of- his shaken con
dition, smokes innumerable cig
arets and seeks assurance and re
assurance from kindly friends, as
to whether he did right in yield
ing up his wife to the law.
Invariably they tell him he did.
He ponders a, moment, .then he
asks anew.
Woman Denies Guilt
in Hammer Murder
lucson, Ariz., July -15. Mill re
fusing to admit ihat she is Mrs. Clara
Phillips, wanted in Los Angeles for
the murder of Mrs. Alberta Mead
ows, the woman held here under the
name of- McGuyer today issued a
signed statement proclaiming her in
nocence ot the brutal hammer, mur
der.
The statement was authorized by
the lawyer who was said to have
been engaged by A. L. Phillips of
Los Angeles to protect the interests
of his wife, indicted by the Los An
geles errand jury for the killing.
"Here is the message I send back
to Los Angeles: 'I am inndcent of
any crime. But when Sheriff Traeger
calls for me I will be glad togo back
and face whatever the unknown
holds in store for me'," the statement
concluded. '
Issues Statement.
The following is the statement
which the prisoner signed in the
presence of peace officers and news
paper men:
"What is it all about? That is the
question I ask myself as I, sit in this
strange place which they call a jail,
waiting for Sheriff Traeger and his
wife to take me back to Los Angeles.
"I am easier to return to Los An
geles, for it is' unbearably; hot here
and the little plaza with its lazy
Mexicans lounging in front of my
window is not an inspiring view.
"Why I am here; I don't know. I
was on the way to visit relatives in
El Paso.' When the train from Los
Angeles stopped in Tucson, a coat
less man of burly figure pushed his
way through the car and came to my
berth.
Wondering What It Is About.
"He said he was a detective and
told me I was wanted.
"I didn't know what it was all
about, but I went with him to this
city jail. I was locked in this room,
where I sit looking out through-the
heavy screen at my one window, still
wondering what it is all about.'
"I have been well treated in the
jail. The army cot on which I try
to sleep while the desert heat tor
tures me day and night is without a
mattress. The blanket is laid only
on springs. But I suppose it is the
best the jail affords and I have no
complaint to make.
"Here is the message I send back
to Los Angeles: 'I am innocent of
any crime. um when snentr irager
calls for me 1 will be glad to go
back and face whatever the unknown
holds in store for me'."
Mystery Surrounds Death
of Pretty Sioux City Girl
Sioux City, la., July 13. Mystery
surrounds the sudden death by pois
oning of pretty Miss Louise Cady,
11, who died Friday following an in
ternal hemmorhage. 1 he contents ot
her stomach were to be analyzed late
today by the city bacteriologist in
the hope ot ascertaining the cause
of death. '
Relatives refuse to comment, other
than to say that the girl died a nat
ural death. Both parents were in
favor of holding a post-mortem but
young unnamed man who. it is
said by police was engaged to the
girl, was not in favor of such pro
cedure.
The girl is survived by six
brothers and two sisters.
Good Window Display
Superior, Neb.. July 15. (Special.)
In a national window display con
test conducted by the Lloyd Manu
facturing company of Menominee,
Mich., the J. A. Mullet Furniture
store of Superior - -won honorable
mention for its display of baby car
riages. "Pioneers' Reunion
Platumouth. NebJuly lS.CSpe-
ciaL) The- 34th, annual. reunion c
Caw afldrOtoe cwirty, ptemeers at
Union, in the southern part of Cassi
county, will be held on August 18
and 19.
IttCi SUNUAl KKiu'.
Strike Order to
Trackmen "May
Come Any Hour"
N. Y. Chief of Maintenance o
Way Union Declares N. Y. C.
Men "Up in Arm." at
Holdup in Call.
(roallaa4 From rs Oee.)
failure of, lat night's conference
railroad executives today prepared to
make a determined etlort to reopen
shops with nonunion employes, ac
cording to a high official of the
United States railroad labor board.
This official, who declined to be
quoted directly, said peace moves
would be suspended tor the present
as the carriers and strikers were tin
able to find any common ground for
starting negotiations when Chairman
Ben Hooper sought to get them to
gtther yesterday.
The stumbling block in the path
of settlement, ft was said at the rail
road board, will be the union's de
mand for restoration of seniority and
and other privileges to the strikers.
The roads indicated to Chairman
Hooper that the men who have stuck
by their employers and the new em
ployes enlisted will be protected in
the seniority they have thereby at
tamed.
Parleys Continue.
The peace dove, which yesterday
flitted between separate gatherings
of railroad executives and leaders
of the striking shopcrafts, today bore
a somewhat - wilted olive branch
whiich Chairman Hooper hopefully
tried to freshen.
Mr. Hooper, telf-appointed and
hard-working envoy between the
warring forces in the rail strike, an
nounced that he had encountered
"fundamental" difficulties in his ef
forts to bring about peace, but with
more parleys in prospect, the situ
ation gave promise 01 a new ap
proach to a settlement, or at least
to negotiations out of which some
agreement might be reached to meet
on common grounds,
Rail heads and strike leaders niov
ed close enough together 'to meet
in separate rooms at tne same hotel,
where Mr. Hooper was at least
somewhat convenienced in his peace
missions. Neither side, however,
made enough concessions to provide
substantial optimistic newt for the
week-end.
"Mr. Jewell and his associates in
sisted that the carriers must agree
to satisfactory modifications of both
the wage .and the ruled decisions of
the board before the. strike is called
off," Mr. Hooper explained. "The
executives declined to consider these
two decisions."
Samuel Gompers at Washington
declared the American Federation of
Labor stands squarely behind the
striking railway shopmen.
Marking Time in Northwest,
. No developments towards aettle'
ment of the strike on roads of the
northwest were apparent as the re
sult of conferences between rail of
ficials and strike leaders. The fact
that the conferences were held lent
an air of encouratrement to the sitna
tion, but ihe northwest conferees ap
parently were marking time pending
aevelopments m Chicago.
Traffic conditions in all sections of
the country continue to grow worse,
with tood shipments to primary mar
Keis. now Being neiu up oy tne roaas
111 some sections. With civic and
commercial organizations " drawing
attention to various critical situations
in scattered sections, .increasing pres
sure for a speedy settlement of the
shopmen s dispute is expected for
the opening of the flew week.
I. C. C. to Revise Act.
Washington, July 15. Hearinz will
be held soon by the senate interstate
commerce committee to initiate revis
ion of the transportation act and deal
with problems developed by the pres
ent strike, Chairman Cummins stated
today.
The first effort of congress. Senator
Cummins said, probably would be to
amend the law so as to guarantee a
tair livine wage to railroad workers,
Later, but probably not durine the
present strike, he said, an effort will
be made to provide penalties for vio
lation of orders of the railway labor
board. .
Despite the apparent lack of pro
gress in efforts of members of the
railroad labor board to effect a settle
ment of the shopmen's strike, ad
ministration officials today still were
hopeful that a solution to the Droa
lem would be found before anv situa
tion arose which might force drastic
action, by the government.
Fruit Endangered.
Fresno. Cal., Tulv IS. Declaring
that nearly $200,000,000 worth of
fruit is endangered because of
crippled transportation facilities, as
the result of the rail shopcrafts'
strike, a meeting of about 250 busi
ness men and shippers here today
had appealed, by resolution, to Presi
dent Harding and to Governor
Stephens to take steps to secure
movement of freight.
Washington, July IS. Inaugura
tion of the use of motor trucks to
transport the mails due to the in
ability of railroads to move mail mat
ter on account of the shopmen's
strike was announced today" by Post
master oeneral Work, who sad it
had been determined to use motor
transportation between Bedford and
Switz City, Iud., between which two
points all mail trains had been an
nulled. Temporary Injunction
Against Resorts Issued
Temporary injunctions to close
Dublin Inn, the City hotel, Charles
Klinger's soft drink parlor, at 314
South ' Fourteenth street, and S. O.
Kezlan's place, 40$ North Sixteenth
6treet, were obtained by the United
Mates district attorney s office yes-1
terday. Federal Judge Woodrough I
set August it as the date for hearing
Mary Kitchen is named as the own
er of the Klinger property and Rob
ert C Clowry and Caroline Esta
brook of the Kezlan site.
Negro Country Club
Clarksburg, W. Va.. July 15.
a counutry club and golf course for
colored people, is the latest addition
to the-suburSaa-.datrghtr of : Greater
New York. ,.Thclub at Westfield,
Jf. J ii surrounded by. aicotuge
colony which is rapidly being ex
tended by newcomers from the
"Black Belt" of Harlem.
UMAHA, JULY 18, M'i.
Action of Legion
Causes Criticism
L I Dunn of Kxecutive Com
mittce Scores Members for
Kndoriing Hitchcock.
Lincoln, July IS. (Special.) Ac
tion of an American Legion commit
tee in recommending endorsement of
Senator Hitchcock and criticising J.
N. Norton for reported antagonism
to the Keed-Norval language bill,
which was pascd by the laM legist
litre, has aroused criticism here.
"Rotten, unfair, tacked commit
tee," said L. Dunn, member of
the executive committee of the legion
toil a v.
"The idea of directing fire against
T. N. Norton and lauding Senator
Hitchcock.
"Why. Senator Hitchcock' news
paper has been lighting the language
i 11 1 ever Mine w was iiuruiiuccu aim
it hasn't been more than a month
ago that his newspaper lauded a mi
nority opinion of the supreme court,
which held that the bill was uncon
stitutional.
"If airVon'e has fought the interest
of the American Legion in its at
tempt to take the hvohen away Irom
our citizens it is Senator Hitchcock."
Like sentiments were expressed by
Mason Wheeler, a prominent Lincoln
attorney and American Legion man.
President Prepares
to Reopen Coal Mines
(Centlnaed From Fete On.)
cisions of the railway labor board
and to guarantee to the workers
fair living wage." President Hard
ing has long been aissatisnea wnn
the transportation act.
President Moves Cautiously.
In approachiug the present situa
tion, President Harding nas moveo
with caution. He has carefully pre
pared each step and is making sure
that public opinion will be with him.
He has demanded arbitration in the
interest of public necessity. He has
issued his proclamation demanding
there be 110 interference with the
conduct of the roads. Having failed
to induce the miners and operators
to arbitrate and having received a
defiant message from a. M. Jewell
of the shopmen, events must now
take their course.
"The prospective call for votunters
to man mines and roads if the call
should prove necessary, will carry
the nlain intention of the government
to use its full power to protect those
whom it calls to the colors. The
strong arm of the government, in
connection with states and munici
palities, will force the acceptance of
the big principle of arbitration in in
dustrial disputes and the establish
ment of the right of the public to be
heard in its own right.
Red Cross Rushes Blankets
to Dakota Storm Victims
The Omaha chapter, American Red
Cross. Friday shipped SO blankets
and 24 folding cots, out of its disaster
relief unit, to St. Charles, Gregory
county, S. D., where many families
are homeless as a result of the tor
nado which struck Gregory county.
The articles were on their way to
the station five minutes after the
wire requesting them was received
by the Red Cross office.
The Red cross unit consists ui
25 large cases of cots, blankets,
medical supplies, gown?, lanterns,
ptr.. which can be shipped out, at
a moment's notice, any time of the
rlav nr nitrht. to anv place within a
radius of 500 miles. The unit; also
consists of a complete organization
of doctors and nurses, who can be
called out within a few moments in
case of disaster, such as floods, tor
nadoes, fires, railroad wrecks, etc.
Arrangements Made for
Camp of National Guard
Plattsmouth. Neb.. July 15.
(Special.) Arrangements are being
made tor tne .xseDrasKa raucmai
r, . ., ir.i. T.i: I
euard encampment here in August.
The 1,500 guardsmen will be quar
tered on the bottom land just east ot
the city and adjoining the govern
ment rifle range on the south. The
range will be used for target and
skirmish practice.
A water main is being .laid to the
range and permanent shower baths
will be installed not only for use of
the guard but the regulars from
Fort Crook and Fort Omaha, who
will be here throughout September
and October for target practice.
Contracts Let for School
Buildings Near Superior
Superior, Neb., July 15. (Special.)
Times may be a little hard, but
this locality is improving its schools.
The Vallev Home School district
has let a contract to Amberson Bros,
to build a new schoolhouse to cost
$3,300. The Gard district also has let
contract to Joe Myers for a $i,uuu
school building. The school district
in which the cement plant is located
s receiving bids for a $5,000 school
building. ...
The Sunerior school board decided
that the new schoolhouse to be erect
ed soon is to be located north of the
high school building, where the ten-
is courts are now located.
Motor Car Collision.
C. A. Landmes'ser. 1923 Leaven
worth street, suffered a broken ankle
a motor collision at 5 rriday
day morning.
afternoon at Twenty-fourth and Q
streets, when riding with A. Backus,
Iso of 1923 Leavenworth street.
Backus and R. Stefan, 1310 Q street,
driver of the other car, were arrested
tor reckless driving.
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Ruling Later on
iMotion to Quash
Rail Injunction
Motion to Modify Order
Agiinot Snojitiieiul Taken
Under Advisement ly
Judge.
Federal Judge Woodrough ha
takcit under advisement until Mon
day two motions affecting the strike
injunction orders he gianted early
this week.
One. urckciited by Aiikoii 11.
II. Higelow, attorney for labor unions,
is to dissolve the restraining order
entirely. The second, argued by
John O. Ycjser. counsel for t'nion
Pacific railway employes department
of the American Federation of Labor,
is to modify the terms of the order.
Hearing Thursday.
At the close of a lengthy hearing
Saturday the judge announced he
he would take the ween end to ex
amine assertions in each motion.
Hearing on the temporary injunction
is set for Thursday.
liigelow asks di.-iolution on the
grounds the injunction was illegally
obtained, without giving strikers 24
hours' notice, as required by law,
and because affidavits setting forth
acts of violence and specific danger
necessitating immediate injunction
had not been filed.
Hairsplitting on Words.
Both motions ask the court to
make more definite what strikers
may not do, in conformity to law.
Much hairsplitting on words oc
cupied the hearing. Distinction be
tween "persuade" and "induce" and
quibbling about the word "pickets"
ensued.
"If one thinks the word 'picket'
too militant, we can designate them
'missionaries',' said Yeiser.
Judge Woodrough laughingly re
monstrted. "I think we'll call thm
'representatives of the union'," he
decided. '
Not Naughty Girls, But
Naughty Names for Gowns
Paris, July 15. "A hug my first
sin rendez-vous " ,
A guest heard two young girls
talking at a society reception.
Shocked, grieved, the guest de
manded of the hostess whether the
shimmy or bolshevism is responsi
ble for the 'decadence in morals of
the young generation. A few min
utes' inquiry developed that the
young French flappers were discuss
ing the latest modes, the narhes of
the newest Rue de la Paix dresses
being such as "The First Sin," "The
Hue" and "The Rendezvous." Th-
guest walked away shaking his head
dubiously.
Speedier Phone Service.
Paris, July IS. "Musicians who
designed to speed up service on the
telephone is on here.
Local telephone officials are sup
porting a movement seeking elim
ination of "Hello" from telephone
conversations and the dbingv away of
the unnecessary third party who
says: "Hold the wire a minute.
please, while the person who put
in the call is takine his. or her time
getting to the phone.
Panel Curtains
Reduced
Lovely s e c tional
panel curtains fash
ioned of a fine qual
ity "filet net." At
tractive designs in a
great variety bring
the width of your
windows. Values to
$1.50 now 75c a
panel.
Second Floor
$5 Corsets $3.49
They are well-made
' corsets and fashioned
of good materials on
stylish, slender and
youthful lines. An of
fering you can not but
appreciate.
Second Floor
The Men's
Sales
Are Extraordinary
75c linen handker
chiefs, plain or in
itialed styles, 50c
50c Delpark collars,
35c All sizes in La
Salle,, Chamberlain,
Copley, Ambassador,
H a r v ard, Biltmore
and Commodore-.
$1 wash silk or light
weight dark colored
neckwear for 65c.
A choice selection of
shirts in sizes IZV2 to
18 for greatly re
duced prices.
T Am Left As Ye-a Eater
Argument Defending
Anti-Picket Bill Filed
Lincoln, July 15 (Special ) The
argument to p presented to voters
at the November election in behalf
of the Mini-picketing lull ytd by
the legislature and held up by refer
endum petitions circulated by the
Nonpartisan league and labor union
ists in Omaha and Lincoln has brcu
filed with D. M. Amsberry, iecre
tsry of state. Printing of the argu
ments will be paid for by Otto Zum
winkle, secretary of the Nvhraka
Manufacturers' association. 'High
spots in the argument of several
tlmtiviinl word lollow:
"What the law says cannot be
done is to force view of strikrrs
on unwilling listeners, or, to ie the
words of the law, "to persiit in talk
ing to a person against hit will, or to
menace, coerce, intimidate or
frighten such a person, for the pur
pose of causing liim to quit his em
ployment "In practically every strike, actual
violence sooner or later followe
'peaceful picketing,' and intimidation
by presence of numbers, threats and
vile names is always present from
the beginning. Not every man who
runs a picket line is assualted,' hut
enough are, to put fear into the
breast of every man who remains at
work, so that niere presence of
pickets constitutes intimidation."
Creditors of Store Will '
Get 15 Cents oh Dollar
riattsmoitth, Neb., July IS. (Spe-
ciai.) Creditors of the t. O. Uovey
& Son store have been ordered paid
the sum of 15 cents on $1 on their
approved accounts by District Judge
James T. Bcglet, in whose court the
receivership matter has been had. The
court also ordered that the receiver
pay to Frank Schlater, administrator
of the estate of Jane A. Dovey, wife
of E. G. Dovey, founder of the store,
the amount of his claim as recently
approved by the state supreme courf
after long litigation.
The claim of John L. Webster,
Omaha attorney, who represented
George E. Dovey, contestant of the
will throughout the litigation, for
$6,851.80, secured by notes, was al
lowed, without prejudice to the rights
of the plaintiff H. N. Dovey. Among
the claims set for hearing July 22 is
that of McCord-Brady company of
Omaha.
Soutli Dakota Indians
Get Share of $400,000 Claim
Sioux Falls. S. D., July 15.
(Special.) The Yanktonaise, a tribe
of Sioux Indians occupying the
Yankton reservation in Yankton
county, and members of the Sisseton
tribe of Sioux Indians, in north
eastern South Dakota, will receive a
large proportion of the sum of $400,
000, which has been allowed by the
United States court of claims.
The amount allowed will be held
in trust by the Indian bureau for
the use of the Indians. The Indians
claim the money was due them for
lands ceded to the whites by treaty.
The land comprises territory be
tween the Missouri and James rivers.
Narrow Escape
Broken Bow, Neb., July 15. (Spe
cial.) John McGraw of this city had
a narrow escape when his big Hudson
skigned over a bank and hung sus
pended on a ledge of rock, with a
150-foot drop before him. It re
quired a house-moving outfit to get
the car back into the road.
There is still plenty of time
in which to wear dainty
summer apparel, and our
July Clearances offer ex
ceptional opportunities to
obtain fashions of quality
for new lower prices.
Have You a White
Woolen Costume
If not, you may buy this smartest of
summer fabrics at Thompson, Bel
dren's. There are fine flannels, kash
ameras, basket weaves, novelties and '
jersey from which to make your se
lection. 54 inches wide.
$2.50 to $3.95 Yard
Mai Floor
Town Menaced, bjr
Raging Forest
Fire in Oregon
nana t
New Fires Reported Through
out Washington Flamei t
in Aladdin District Be
yond Control.
Spokane. Wash., July 15.-N
f,rrt fires, burning without restraint,
were reported throughout the state
tday. A fire which has been burn
ing fur neatly two weeks in the
Aladdin district is again beyond con
trol and sweeping the wooded area,
75 miles north of Spokane. '
A fire in the Deep, creek section,
Stevens county. Jus hurtled over two
sections of virgin and cut-over tim
ber and is now hurtling on a three
mile front 10 miles long.
From lirllinghain a report says
that a shift in the wind saved
Whatcom Fal park last night, hut
headed the one-mile sweep ot tiames
toward Silver Hcach. Property own
ers in the beach district have left
their regular places of employment
to fight the fire.
Fires burning on Packson Frairie
damaged 15 acres of timber in the
state park, while reports received by
the state forester indicate that diffi
culty is being experienced in check
ing forest fires in all sections of
western Washington, where many
old fires are blazing anew.
Town Menaced.
Hood River, Ore.. July 15. The;
Columbia river highway town ' of
Wycth, was menaced last night by a
fire three miles square, the luost
threatening of a series of new blazes,
which broke out yesterday.
The Mosier creek section upon
which is located a heavy stand of
timber was reported afire last night.
Thirty men are fighting the fire
approaching Wyeth and the town
will be saved if a high wind doe
not develop.
Flatirons Are Deadly
Weapons, Judge Decides
Atlanta, Ga., July 15 Flatirons
are deadly weapons capable of pro
ducing death.
Judge E. T. Shurlev so held in
Fulton superior court here when he
told Lon Kinneybrew that he could
serve five years in the penitentiary
for hitting his wife in the head with
one.
When Kinneybrew stepped up to
plead guilty to assault with intent to
murder, his wife was by his side.
"I puess you want this man to be
let off, don't you?" Judge Shurley
asked the woman.
"I don't know, judge: he said he
was going to kill me if he ot outl"
she replied.
Ihen 111 separate you tor a
while. You can go to the peniten
tiary for five years," the court told
Kenneybrew. ;.
I'i.. UiA vmimA n i... ntC
with a. year and refused aid of -Coun-
I '
Henry M. Eaton, candidate for
County Superintendent of Schools of
Douglas County, nonpolitical ballot,
solicits your vote at the primaries
July 18. Residence address, 319 North
41st Ave. Advertisement.
