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U .S. Can Seize Rum at Sea Judge Woodrough Rules Ac tion on Runners Beyond 3-Mile Limit. New York, Aug. 15.—Seizure of alien rum running vessels that hover outside the three-mile limit was held legal by Federal Judge J. W. Wood rough of Omaha yesterday. The deci sion was handed down In the case of the British ship Marion Mosher, seized while transferring a liquor cargo to the American-owned motor boat J. H. B. eight miles off the coast near Fire Island. July 27, 1922. Bonds of the Detroit Fidelity and Surety given after the seizure of the craft as a guarantee that it would proceed to its supposed destinat on, Ht. John, N. B., were declared for feited, it being contended that al though the vessel arrived at the Canadian port, It did not have its cargo, thereby violating its agree ment. The Marion Mosher case brought about a special session of President Harding's cabinet and an exchange of conversations with Great Hr tain. The American government decided that the Mosher and other foreign vessels seized as runt runners should be re leased provided they proceeded im mediately to their avowed destina tions. Important to Prohibition. Washington, Aug. 15.—The decision of Judge Woodrough at Brooklyn yes terday that the seizure of foreign ves sels hovering near the American coast, although outside the three-mile limit, to land rum cargoes Is justified, is regarded by officers of both the Department of Justice and the prohi bition bureau as one of the most im portant handed down by the lower courts in connection With prohibition enforcement. Prohibition officials hail It as h ghly important from a standpoint of a gen eral enforcement of the "dry" law. At the Department of Justice It is considered probable that it will furnish a vehicle for a ruling by the supreme Court as to the const.tutionality of the more than century old “hovering act" which customs and prohibition authorities invoked after the 18th amendment became effective. German Bride Seeks Divorce Mrs. Frida Waller, who was "im ported" from Germany to become the bride of James Waller, 2431 South Twenty-first street, filed suit against him for divorce in district court Wednesday morning charging cruelty. They were married in June, 1922, at Pierce, Neb. In her petition she declares that her husband is a ret red farmer worth $70,000. She asks $35, 000 alimony. Four Interesting Photographs of Former President Wilson Hack from France in 1919.. In 1920 after health broke. Ill April, 1922. In Harding cortege. The story of former President Wilson's last few years as .old by these photographs. They show how he looked when lie returned from the peace! j conference, after his breakdown and his slow improvement in health, with his apparent gain in weight shown when he rode in the Harding funeral ■ cortege. _ Triple Alliance Is Plan of France Union With Soviet Russia and Japan Sought to Prevent German Pact. London, Aug. 15.—It was learned last night from reliable diplomatic sources that France is now seeking to form a triple alliance with soviet Rus sia and Japan with the object, on one hand, of preventing an agreement between Germany and the soviets, and on the other, of counteract.ng the Brttlsh-American influence in the far east. It is known that France has of fered Japan the use of its harbors in Indo-China as a counter balance to the British t nd American naval bases in the Pacific. It is not so well known that a high soviet em ssnry Is now in France seeking to nrrange terms for the Franco-Soviet alliance. Coast of Korea Is Struck by Series of Tidal Waves By Associated Press. Toklo, Aug. 15.—Reports received here today Indicated that tidal waves and storms had left inundated a large area along the Yalu river on the west coast of Korea. No estimates of the loss of life had been made, but it was said that 25,000 hoilses were submerged. Heavy damage was inflicted on crops and the lumber in dustry suffered severely. Come and get ’em! We’ve taken all the women’s, chil dren’s and boys’ shoes left from our Dollar Sale and put them in one group to sell at the ridiculous price of only 5!lc Women’s Children’s and Boys’ Shoes Think of buying Stryker’s Quality shoes for 50 cents! Why it’s the biggest bargain ever offered in the history of retail shoe selling! They Won’t Last Long. Come and Get ’Em. W. S. Stryker Douglas Shoe Store, Inc. 117 North 16th St. Opposite Poitofficc All Sales Final June Bride Equipment Sells Just as Well Now. Jewelers Find Do you believe in signs* Here's a real sign of the chimes. Exactly 16 young women and one middle-aged man were counted standing unhredlngiy in the hot sun yesterday at 11, looking : wistfully in at the large displays of ! diamond and platinum engagement rings displayed in the windows of three well-known jewelry shops on Sixteenth street. Evidently Omaha jewelers know what they’re doing when they leave their .June display of wedding utensels remain in the window over •July and August. Coolidge Talks to Scribes. Washington, Aug. 15.—President Coolidgo yesterday went through one of the critical experiences that fall "to the lot of presidents—his first con ference with Wash.ngton newspaper men, since taking over the executive office. The new president had let It be known that lie would follow the policy of President Harding of holding semi weekly press conferences, after cabi net meetings, with the correspondents privileged to presc it written queries and to ask verbal questions, once a topic was opened up fur discussion After announcing that he favored continuance of the custom of never quoting the president in press re ports, Mr. Cool dgo made a brief statement as to the cabinet meeting which had Just adjourned nnd then, taking up a sh af of questions which he had carefully sorted, began to an swer them. He spoke slowly nnd distinctly and went from one subject to another without hesitancy. His statements were so complete that neine of the 160 newspaper men present requested am plification. When he had disposed of the last question, he looked around and said: “Well, 1 guess I have given you a stickful.” _________________ Although the Hungarian quota this year is only 5,638, no fewer than 30,000 Hun arians have applied for passports f r the United States. Families of 7 May Get Bonus ¥ France Plans to Award 50.000 Francs as Incentive to In * crease Birth Rate. 1 Paris, Aug. 15.—Fifty thousand francs for seven children. This is the proposition the govern ment is being urged to make to the mothers and fathers of France in a desperate effort to arrest the falling birth rate of the country. The plan provides for the allotment of approximately 10,000.000 francs yearly In 200 franc lots to each of the 49 departments of the country. Lottery principles will prevail, just as the same principles are now ap plied to selling government bonds to unwilling purchasers. Each mother and father having more than seven children will be en titled to one lottery ticket. At a fixed time each year in the chief city of each department of France four tick ets will be drawn from a hat. The lucky holders of each will be entitled to receive 50.000 francs from the de partment: more than $3,000 at the > present rate of exchange. Number May lie Cut. After once winning the lottery the same family will not be entitled again to participate or receive anoth- j er lottery ticket until two more chll-' dren have been added to the already j large brood. I Exact details have not yet been def Initely decided upon. The minimum f number of children necessary for participation in the lottery may be re duced to six or five. The numbers of awards per department each year may be increased and the amount decreas ed, or families having once won the lottery may be forbidden absolutely to compete again. I’lan Criticized. Critics of the proposition point out thnt in actual operation it may work more hardship than it does good. "It will lead to virtual enrichment of a few and the impoverishment of thousands, who will go about business of raising children when they are unable to provide for them, with the -P sole idea of winning the lottery," a member of the chamber of deputies said. "It would be better to work out a mother's pension and distribute the money equally to ail those who are In need. “Furthermore, if we materially re duce the cost of living our birth prob lem would be solved, for then young French husbands and wives would be perfectly willing to raise children" Former Hungarian Premier Moves Family to Canada Budapest, Aug. 15.- It is not often that a European who lias been prime minister of his own country goes to the new world to live. Count Karolyl, former premier of Hungary, however, has turned his back to his native land and has taken his family to Canada, where he expects to make h.s future home. To friends In his native land he confided: "I go to Canada with great joy, so that my children may be educated on English lines." Protection Urged for Americans Going Abroad Manila, Aug. 15.—Congressman J. May hew Wainwright, of New York, former assistant secretary of war, has been in Manila looking into local con ditions In preparation for his duties n congress. He has just toured 'hlna and Japan. In an address be fore the American Chamber of Com merce of Manila Wainwright advo cated a stronger protective policy on he part of the United States toward Americans abroad. He looked for- I ward to the time when the American citizen abroad could count upon the ; support of his government the same 1 is Roman citizens of old. The population of Vienna now totals 1,863,739, an increase of 22, 413 In the last three years. This num ber is still 167.759 less than the cen sus figure of 1910. ^ iif fin? ■ t Ml^iyyZM The Standard of Comparison En j oy Every Summer Day With a Buick Sport Car Care-free vacation time has a perfect companion in the Buick Sport Touring car. Every line of its beautiful appearance, every sparkle of its luxurious fit tings reflect the spirit of summer days with their many social enjoyments. And the Buick Sport Touring car is more than a play time motor car. It is suited to business and other every day motoring because it is a Buick—with all the tradi tional Buick dependable performance, ability and stamina. Owning a Buick means you have the hearty, friendly and skilled co-operation of one of America'* largest automobile dis tributors—the Nebraska Buick Auto Com pany—to ever assure you of permanent car service and transportation. Nebraska Buick Auto Co LINCOLN H E SIDLES PRES OMAHA LEE HUFF VICE PRES. SIOUX CITY KJi.HARLEV BRANCH MCR — - *" 1 I. ■ ■ ■—! ——.. ... ■ -- j . » When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them Ruhr Methods of France Attacked American Says French Abuse of Germans Is Arousing Hostile Sentiment. London, Aug. 15.—Thespirlt of the French occupation of the Ruhr Is In flaming pacifists into a fighting mood, according to Roy E. Dickerson, Colo rado social Vl-orker and educator, who has recently returned to London from a tour through Germany, Hungary and other central European countries. The French custom of using black troops to escort German prisoners and the carrying of whips by French officers is causing public sentiment of the quietest sort to arouse itself among the Germans, Dickerson de clared. American Intervention would prob ably relieve the situation, Dickerson believes. "It seems to me that we should not only support the proposal for a com mission, but should definitely be rep resented on it,” Dickerson declared. "The suggestion that America use the loans to the allies as leverage for a settlement would not be supported by a sufficient body of opinion in America, but the project of an impar tial commission seems practicable. America could reasonably be expected to come into It, and tier presence there might be valuable. "The United States cannot consist ently hold to a policy of Isolation. In the last analysis American interests are bound up with European inter ests, economical and political. Con flicts in Europe Inevitably react on America very much more forcibly and promptly than many Americans real ize. "On the other hand, America Is so far removed from the actual area of of political turmoil that the best minds could reasonably be expected to have a more impartial view and a better perspective. "I trace a strong feeling through the troubled European nations that they look to America for a policy ac tuated by motives wider than those of immediate politics. "I feel strongly that there is a higher motive still than either of these, namely, that the United States is called to exercise an outstanding— though, of course, not expert or ex ceptional—moral leadership for es tablishing stable conditions of peace in the world." Sister Retires. Special Id.patch to The Omaha Hcc. Columbus, Neb., Aug. 15.—Vener able Sister M. Mathilda, who has been an instructor in St. Francis academy high school for 25 years, left today for the mother house of the Franclaoan order at Lafayette, Ind., where she will retire from teaching Odd pieces of velvet or velveteen make splendid furniture polishers. Minneapolis Lawyer and $90,000 Missing Minneapolis, Minn.. A tig. 15—Ac countants cheeking the books of the La Salle Holding Company here have found that Louis L. Swarthe, Minne apolis attorney, who disappeared in New York. July 9, was $90,000 short (n his accounts as secretary and treasurer of the holding company, ac cording to a statement issued by Henry Deutsch, attorney for the com- j pany. No trace of Swarthe has been found either by friends, the police or private operatives. The $90,000 was paid Swarthe as ; treasurer of the company in the pur chase of 900 shares of common stock of the concern, according to Deutsch. The statement of the attorney said • that this money was used "to remodel and furnish "his home here and for his personal living expenses.” Alaska Pioneers to Erect Monument to Ex-President Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15.—Pio neers of Alaska have begun a move- | ment to erect a monument to Warren Gamaliel Harding, the only presi dent of the United States who ever visited the territory while in office. The proposed site is Ketchikan, the first commercial port that Mr. Hard ing entered on his tour of Alaska last month. Subscriptions are to be limited to $1 each. Dr. Harding at Office. Marion, O., Aug. 15.—Dr. George T. Harding, father of the late Presi dent Harding, went to his office yes terday for tne first time since the funeral. He said that he was "feeling tolerably well." Dr. Harding is 79 years old. Forest Fire Controlled. Santa Barbara, Cal., Aug. 15.—For est officials said yesterday that the (ire northwest of this city is under control barring a revival of the wind, which would soon fan the smolder ing embers to new life. Tailor-Aviator Killed, Venice, Cal., Aug. 15.—Joe Huff, known along the Pacific coast as the tailor-aviator, and Edwin Dihay, 21, were killc-d, when th" airplane in which they were riding crashed to earth here. !! i On the Screen Today. Sun—"A Tailor Made Man.” Moon— Trailing African Wild AnI mals." World—"Your Friend and Mine.” Strand—"The Woman With Four Faces." Ifialto—"Enemies of Women.” M use—'' Divorce.' ’ Victoria—"Nanook of the North." j Grand—"Boss of Camp 4." Defy Sleep 97 Hours. Trieste, Auk. 15 — A fantastic cofn >etition held hero to determine how ongr it was possible to go without deep was won by two young men who remained awake for 1*7 hours 50 ninutes continuously. Competitors were expected to be wide swake, nerry and bright, while funer»rJ narches and lullabies were played. ~ - For Friday The fish of the Fri day dinner will have new zest if you’ll try MacLaren’s Olive Cream Dressing in place of the usual tartar sauce. HIC>. aN BUT.*.. CO. Distributor. 415 S. 12th St. JAckson 5S04 o-o The August Sale Presents Three Unrivaled Values in Mattresses “Daisy” Full 45-pound guaranteed all cotton mattress. Made up in roll edge style and inclosed in fancy art ticking. August Sale price, any size, e> Full 50-pound guaranteed all cotton felt mattress, made up in rolled edge style securely tufted and enclosed in good grade art ticking, fitted with strap handles. August Sale price, any size, “Excel” An extra quality guaranteed full 50-pound cotton felt mat tress. N'icely tailored, se curely tufted and inclosed in attractive blue art ticking. August Sale price, any sixe. Drapery and Curtain Bargains Offered in Our August Sale Overdrapery Materials f>0 inches wide, desirable plain colors, yd., 50c 50 inches wide, desirable plain colors, yd., 68c A larpe variety of both plain and figured overdrapery material in many colors, at. per yard— 1.25, 1.85, 2.50, 2.85 and 3.85 The better qualities beinu guaranteed sun fast. » Tuscan Nets SI.85 Quaker Lace quality, per yard— 95c Other coarse nets ami styles similar to Tuscan, sale price, per yard— 78c Curtain Materials Scrims, Voiles, Marquisettes, Swisses and Curtain Nets, both plain and figured. Sale prices, per yard— 25, 35, 45, and 50c And by easy stages up to SI.00. Remnants Every kind of drapery, curtain, uphol stery and slipcover material is in this lot in pieces that range from one to five yards. Reductions are so radical as to make it profitable for every woman to spend at least thirty minutes at this counter, i inants are priced by the piece, fron. 15c up to $6.85. V Ruffled Curtains of Grenadine. Swiss, Voile, etc. Many are complete with tiebacks, per pair— 1.95, 2.35, 2.85 and 3.25 i