France No Longer
Forced to Await
Attitude of U. S.
- Poincare Says Nation Has
Freer Field on Reparations
Issue—Renews Charges
Against Germany.
Paris, Dec. 22.—(By A, P.)—"France
is no longer forced to await upon
America for a solution of the inter
allied European debts, which are close
ly bound up with the question of
reparations,’’ Premier Poincare told
the senate itj a restatement of the
Country’s position.
The interallied debts, he said, would
lie discussed at the resumption of the
premiers' conference here .lanuary 2.
France had found a freer field in tills
respect than before, as it no longer
rnet with a flat refusal from tho al
l'ea to discuss the question, it was
for this reason that it was no longer
forced to awal£ notion by the United
Slates for a solution.
• The premier began bis declarations
fitter a question by Senator Japy, who
said occupation ol' tho Ruhr district
of Germany as a guarantee for pay
ment of reparations would be useless,
na It would be sufficient merely to
prevent anything leaving the Ruhr
without the pertulssion of the hIIIcs.
M. Poincare asserted ttint Germany
bad persisted in its faults and had ob
stinately continued to abuse its op
portunities, the great Industrial
magnates hadbeoome wealthy at the
expense of the nation. •
Failed In Keep Promises.
■Germany has systematically ruined
Itself to escape the payment of repara
tions. It had failed to fulfill its en
gagements. and the schedule of pay
ments agreed upon in May, 1921, had
become a dead letter.
M. Poincare 11-0.010(1 the idea that
France desired to stifle Germany as
ridiculous. "We have no wish to
tuin Germany,” he said, "but we are
not willing that, sheltered today be
hind her apparent poverty, sho may
Jeer at our real poverty in u few
years' time.”
He added that Franco welcomed
the Idea of Germany's raising -loans
Internal or external, "but it is desir
able for Germany to pay morsels of
her capital instead of crumbs or an
nuities."
M. Poincare recalled that war ex
penses were left to the belligerents,
France's amounting to 145,000,009,000
Irancs. "But." lie added, "repara
tions were a privileged debt and
therefore would bo inadmissible if
France were summoned to pay lie*
debts to England before receiving
payment for the damages she has
suffered."
Interest Revived.
I.ondon, Dec. 21.—(By A. P.V—
Some form of intervention or media
tion by the United States In the rep
arations problems, ns new reported
In authoritative quarters, has revived
strong interests in EoitHon and has
not failed to attract the attention of
the British public generally, owing
to the confirmed belief that only
through a satisfactory settlement of
this problem can England hope to
surmount Its unemployment difficul
ties. •
Since the disappointment recently
experienced when hopes had been
aroused of a loan to Germany being
Wife of Ford’s Cousin Is
Accused of Death Plot
Hr-s*.
K*y
s*s*X,
Mrs. May B. Ford, wife of N«y J. Ford, second cousin of Henry Ford,
and reputed to l>e worth $000,000. lias been arrested in Detroit on the charge
that she plotted the death (if her husband, so that she might get possession
of his estate. A Detroit policeman, posing as a gunman, is said to have
received an offer of $110,000 from her to hill Ford and burn his body.
promoted in America! there has been
lt^s disposition to indulge in san
guine speculations based on tlie pres
ent unofficial and informal pourpar
lers. For tills reason also It may ho
supposed, the British government is
disinclined to nutke any open pro
nouncement oil the subject, at least
until the new move has attained a
more definite form, but it is known
that tlie British, like other European
governments, would he only too ready
to welcome the slightest sign of the
American government or people tak
ing an active interest in the prob
lem.
Woifian Tried on Charge
of Shooting Mate Freed
Mineoia. N. V.. Dec. 22.—Mrs. Hazel
Hirsh, charged with shooting her hus
band gfter a party last summer at the
home of Miss Reine Davies, motion
picture actress, last night was acquit
ted by a jury, which accepted her
defense that Hirsh was shot acciden
tally when she tried to prevent him
from committing suicide.
Hirsh testified that “a professional
bartender” served in the Davies home
and tlwt lie and his wife drank con
siderable llcjuor. He went out on the
lawn, he said, and sat under a tree,
where ne was “overcome with mel
ancholia.”
"My wife came toward me.” he tes
tified. “I told her 1 was going to kill
myself. She seized the gun and
wrestled with me for possession of it.
The gun was discharged.”
Maywood Store Robbed
Maywood, .Mob.. Dec. 22.—(Special.)
—Burglars gained entrance to Hamil
ton Bros, meat market through a
back window, rifled the cash drawer,
getting some Kina if change, then at
tacked the safe with a pickaxe but
failed to open it.
Bee Want Ads Bring Kesults.
Battered Ship
Towed Into Port
, Crew of Schooner Nearly
Starved After 86 Days
at Sea.
New York, Doc. 2'-’.—(By A. P.)—
The schooner Rosa Ferlita. buttered
by wind and wave for X6 days, was
tmved into New York harbor last night
and the crew of nine, shipped on the
African gold coast, leaped aslioro to
race for the nearest restaurant*
It was a. tough voyage, this trip
from Axlm to Boston, with a load of
mahogany, but tlie toughest part
came not In Uncharted seas, but in
the very center of transatlantic
lanes, when help might h%ve been ex
pected at any moment.
For 10 days the schooner bobbed
about in those lanes, its larder about
empty.
A torn jigger sail was figged crazi
ly from its forepeak. The mizzen
mast was nothing hut a ragged
stamp. The •third pole was bare. Gone
BUY NOW
at new
LOW PRICES
Wc have lowered the prices
on our re-built cars , so far
that we will not • have our
annual January sale this
year, but arc selling fine,
re-built cars now—in better
condition than ever before,
. at prices lower than we ever
believed possible.
People buying new Cadillacs
fot Christmas are trading in
good used cars. You can pur
chase one of them at a price
you never dreamed pfpsible.
Here’s a real buy: $1,500
makes it yours!
Cadillac Type 61 Victoria.
Current model. Uaad but a
few hundred milea and ia ex
actly the aame at the brand
new cart we are idling now.
We will accept a good used
car in trade and give time
payment on deferred bal
ance. For caih $1,500 down
and balance monthly pay
ment*.
See our Want Ad in this
paper for further remark
aSle offers we are making
now, due to the
CADILLAC
PRICE REDUCTION
A Safe Place to Buy
J. H. Hansen
Cadillac Co.
Farnam at 26th. Har. 0710
V Don’t Miss/ This Great
f Last-Minute Price Reducing Sale!
We have no room here to show all of the bargains in toys which you wlM iind on display,
but we invite you—URGE YOU—by all moans to come in, sec the values being offered,
compare the quality—note our very special prices. You will find both to your liking.
Think of It!—A
Genuine
“KIDDIE-KAR”
Sale Offer
Mechanical Train Outfit—Complete
Till* outfit consists of a 7-Inch cast-iron engine, with brake and pis- PA
ton rod, tender and 2 steel cars, 14 feet of track. Has a figure vv
eight design track. Will run over 80 feet with 'one winding. A ^m ESZ
14.00 value at .*.
“MA MA DOLLS”
Sale of
Our sale' of last week cleared the
greater portion of our stocks.
However, we have a few left and
are willing to close out the bal
ance at a ridiculously low price.
You must hurry!
Here’s a Great
Toy for the
Kiddies
Ne. 1 5*ise: The size for the real
small tot. He’ll go wild with
Joy Xmas Eve with this toy. Reg
ular $1.55 value
95c
No. 2 SUe: Of the larger hind.
Strongly built and will give the
youngster a world of fun and ex
ercise. $1.95 valu4
*1.22
i >
-
s
Carom Play Board
G7 fascinating games can be
played on this Game Board. A
book of information as to
these games furnished with
each board. Will interest the
entire family. Exceptionally
well buiit ami comes complete
with all the
equipment Illus
trated. An $8.00
value at.
Coaster Wagon
Made of hard wood. Red and
black trimmings Ball-bearing
hubs, disc - e t y 1 e
wheels, rubber
tired. strong brake.
Special
Child’s Rockers
Greatly Reduced
Rocker Above
Made of solid oak, with
Spanish brown artificial
leather seat. Strongly
built. P u in e d finish.
Mission tg% c
style. Arm 0 W 0 0
rests. A
$5 value at *
Little Red
Rocker, 85c
Enamel Rocker!
Offered in attractive
enamel finish. Regular
$*.00 values. Of rather
large size
Real bar
pain offer
at .
Enamel
Doll Carriages
A last-minute shipment,
Just arriving, makes soma
very special bargains pos
sible. All styles ami sizes
to be found here. Genuine
fibre-read type. This is a
late hour and the prices
aro unusually low for
quick selling.
3 Bargain Prices:
, 413-15-17 South Sixteenth Street
Walking and Talking
ft 11 Thin Doll has a
1/011 stuffed body, bisque
head, hands and forearms.
Walks, has real hair, and
ei i“s "Ma-ma" In a most
lifelike man- ▲ m ap>
ner. A $7.60 j ^ jJ)
valurf «t -
only . Jl •
Ma-Ma Doll
In Neat Rompers
A doll that any llttla *lrl
will lov«. Hae bonnet and
very neat romper on.
You'll surely buy one to
morrow. Ask to see them!
I ■
Teddy Bear
Cinnamon color Ycd
4y Bear, 18 Inches
long. Made of pluah.
Has squeaky voice,
.splendid toy for lit
tle tots. Well made
V. $2.00 value at—
98c
Large Size, $1.65 I
was the rudder and it had no sea
anchor. At night one feeble light wn»
alt it could display. Altogether it
was the most helpless craft Capt.
Look of tlie liner President Garfield
had ever seen, and even he was
shocked when lie bore down upon It
Wednesday morning. Tho schooner,
a craft of T.90 tons, owes its rescue
to Capt. Look and the keen eyes of
Wally Bates, lookout on the Gar
field.
The Ferlita encountered hard luck
the first day outfitting a calm after
clearing the headlands off Axim har
bor. Five days it was becalmed with
in sight of the starting point.
Twelve days out it hit a head wind
and was driven off its course. Later
it ran into a storm and for almost
three weeks fought wind. rain, snow
and waves until the rudder snapped.
That was 10 days ago. Tho ship,
hanging close to the wind and ship
ping floods with every lurch, lunged
heavily and swung around. When
it steadied, the mizzenmast, ns wall
as the rudder, was gone.
Then Capt, Sanchez began Ills real
tiattlo for life. After four days a
liner passed, but the high waves
hid the Kerlita's signals.
Night after night, with a lookout
lashed to a tottering perch in the
foremast and the captain tied se
curely to a wheel that did not an
swer, tlie schooner tumbled about in
the seas. Twice its crew- saw the
lights of passing ships, but could not
attract attention.
Thou the Garfield sighted them.
Man Found Head by Mother.
Fred Andrews. So, 2813 Pinkney
street, was found dead in his room
Thursday night by his mother, Mrs.
Agnes Andrews.
Poison “hootch” may have caused
his death, according to police. Police
Emergency Officer Charles Uciseltnau.
who investigated the case, said (list
Andrews had been drinking heavily
during tlie day.
AndHws is suivlved by ids mother,
three brothers. Frank, Havens and
Byron, and two sisters. Mrs. Bertha
Cole, Denver, am". Mrs. Laura Knwald,
of this city.
Man Shoots Girl
to Save Morals
Adopted Daughter Seriously
Wounded Following Quarrel
Over Intercepted Letter.
South T'.end. Ttul., 1 >eo, 22.—To save
th* morals of- iiik adopted daughter.
Ellen. 13. John It. W yman, 35, shot
and fatally wounded her before noon
yesterday. The girl is In Epworth
hospital and the father is looked up
In tiie county jail.
The shooting was preceded by a vio
lent quarrel between Wyman and the
girl. To frighten the girl Wyman
said he pointed the gun at her and
she. becoming hysterical, knocked the
muzzle with her hand and thereby
• nused the explosion, the bullet en
tering just' bflow tlie heart.
An intercepted letter written to llr
win Duress, Peoria, dll., led to th*
qunrr< 1 and shooting.
Immediately after shooting th® 6>rl
and while his wife was calling physi
cians Wyman calmly left the lions®
and to minutes later appeared at the
office of the sheriff.
■'1 shot my daughter and want to
be looked up," Wyman said.
$4,980 Holdup in St. Louis.
St. Doiiis. Mo., Dec. 22.—(By A. P)
—Five bandits today held up a police
man and two employes of tiie tStlx,
Hauer & Fuller Dry CSoods company
and escaped with a satchel contain
ing $4,980 of the collection of the com
pany. The holdup occurred la th©
central section of tlie city.
*lt must 2»c—
l&•**&*»
after this
Jj^marksMe
HunNewi'D^sA Sale
We’ve made our reductions so sharp that to
let this most unusual sale go by unattended
is to miss an opportunity of a life-time to
share in real shoe bargains. Remember that
we have not selected only the odds and ends
—instead, this is a “sale of the house”—every
pair of women’s and misses’ shoes have been
included in our radical price reductions.
\
of Womens Shoes
tha t has EQuakd
This Great
You’ve never had a better chance to save
money than you’ll find in these John Kelly
and Selby’s brow A and tan calfskin shoes,
with military heels and brown kid vamp and
cloth tops, or these Kelly’s high cut shoes
made especially fir walking. They are our
regular values up to $lo; choice now during
this sale—
Then there is another line of John Kelly’s
French kid shoes in taupe, gray, field mouse,
with brown and taupe tops, military and
half Louis heel. These are values also worth
up to $lo, but the shades arc a little out;
however, you can well afford to buy them
and dye them at our sales price of—
On the bargain tables you will find hundreds of wonderful house shoes. These
are remarkable values. Well made shoes, none better at our regular $7 and $8
prices. They are the odds and ends of a busy season’s selling. Two prices—
your choice while they last—
350
Special Felt Slipper Sale—Women’s and
Children’s Felt Slippers, many colors to
select from. Choice at $1.00 and $1.29
Sale of Women’s Red and Tan Boudoir
Slippers—Low Reels, trimmed with pom
pons; values to 3.00; choice now $1.45
Don’t ask us for credit, exchanges, refunds or deliveries dining (his sale.
have made the reductions far below our cost figures in order to move as
large a portion of our stock as possible, fo make ready for the most scandalous
secret you’ve ever heard tell of. Come prepared to buy and don’t delay your
visit, for Omaha women know our shoes and realize just what this sale means to
them.
S. STRYKER
Douglas Shoe Store, Inc.
117 North 16th Street^ - Opposite Postoffice
No Exchanges No Charges No Refunds
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