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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1923)
Today In Five Years, What Changes! i ^ Too Few New Suits. Gompers Demands Beer. 600 Cars of Grapes Daily. ^ By ARTHUR BRISBANE Five yean ago yesterday more than 400,000 United States sol diers began the drive on the Argonne. Seventeen thousand were killed, many wounded, in fighting that stretched along a 40-mile front. Soon after that the war was over. Five years ago, and the soldiers, to whom excjted and frightened big pocketbooks promised the moon and stars, have not yet received a penny of the pitifully small bonus that represents the dwindling down of all the gratitude. Five years ago, and Europe is worse off than when the war end ed, France’s national debt has dou bled. European governments have changed from democracies to something else—all except Eng land and Germany. France is, as in Napoleon’s day, military boss of Europe. Italy and Spain are under one-man rule, each with a king sheltered under the cloak of a self-appointed dictator. The United States sails along, ■till prosperous, its big concerns worried only about finding good investments for surplus money. Whether we are doing wonders, or coasting, with the power shut off, we don’t yet know. Much is done in five years. Col. William Boyce Thompson, who financed the Harding cam paign and knows a good deal about money, says we are all right, and —let bears take warning—he adds: “There’s an awful lot of money in this country, waiting to be in vested. If the stock market ever starts upward, you'll see fireworks that will amaze you.” Frank Munsey, keen, watchful, gathers statistics proving this sad sartorial state. For each group of 100 men in the country, only 62 new suits of clothes are sold in a year. And only 52 in 100 buy new hats. As for underwear, the buy ing is deplorable. Munsey may be wrong in his thought that half the males are in rags.” Modern ready-made gar ments are marvelously enduring. And some men, to their honor, would rather buy a new dress “for the missus” than a new suit for themselves. It’s a mistake, however, to neg lect outside appearance. Not merely are you judged, received or rejected, according to your out ward look, depending on it as a second-hand car depends on its coat of paint. But new clothes, right clothes make men, especially the young, feel that they are all right. And that feeling helps success. Get your new suit, hat and shoes now. Prices will be higher next year. And don’t forget new neck ties. They’re very important. Read “Sartor Resartus.” Samuel Gompers, head of union labor, objects to prohibition that allows wealth to have champafpic and Scotch whisky while keeping beer from workmen. Union labor will not try to repeal the Eight eenth amendment, but will try to put a modification, authorizing light wine and beer, in both party platforms, says Mr. Gompers. That effort will be watched with interest, especially as 80 per cent of the women, including work men’s wives and daughters, would Srobably vote against a change. (r. Gompers Is consistent. lie advocated beer and light wine, and attacked whisky, long before prohibition was taken seriously. Mr. Kruttschnitt, head of the Southern Pacific, says railroads are highly prosperous. Traffic on his road exceeds everybody’s hope. He ships 600 cars of grapes daily from the southern California val ley. What do you suppose becomes of those grapes? The prosperity of railroads is good for the country. Intelligent railroad men, if they can make ends meet, will try to give some of that prosperity to the farmers in lower freight rates. Railroads should be encouraged and treated fairly. They in turn should meet the public halfway. Reports from Moscow say the bolshevik government advises Ger man communists to keep peace, watching developments in the Ruhr. The same bolshevik gov ernment that told the world it was going to make all money worthless, because money was unnecessary, now proudly takes United States visiting senators to look at bags and boxes of gold in the Russian banks. There's nothing like a few years of power to change your opinion about money. With Lenin sick and Trotsky in charge Russia is becoming “practical.” Five thousand wise bankers, In convention, are worried about the Federal Reserve. More practical bankers should be running it, they say. Skilled financiers should manage finance. The selection of Mr. Mellon, for secretary of the trea sury was one of President Hard ing’s most useful, wiso official acts. But the public remembers that when the Federal Reserve was first suggested, the biggest, if not the wisest of the bankers opposed, at tacked and denounced it. Now they say it saved the country from a panic blacker than ink. They might be mistaken again. (Copyriskt. Hit.) Bird* Delay Trip. New Haven. Conn., Bept. 87.—Per haps the southern migration of birds will be delayed this year. From all sections of Connecticut come reports that birds which usually seek the forest shades at this time of year to rest for the Ion* Journey are flock in* about apple trees to feast on the skeletonlzer pest which lately has set tled on the trees to the alarm of •rchardlsts. ' Lawmakers to Fight Walton Ban in Courts Governor Declares He Will Use Military Until Ku Klux Klan Is Broken in Oklahoma. By Anoehtnl Press. Wagoner, Okl., Sept. 27.—Fifty state soldiers arrived here this morn ing unannounced. They declined to state their mission. By AHMiated Frees. Oklahoma City, Okl., Sept. 27.—At military headquarters here today It was Indicated troops sent to Wag oner today were from the Tulsa con tingent. Sixteen persons have been named In grand jury Indictments at Wagon er for alleged participation In the flogging of Ben Wagner of Broken Arrow. * I ’ 5 ■ Oklahoma City, OKI., Sept. 27.—The conflict between Oov. J. C. Walton and the lower house of the Okla homa legislature developed today Into a finish fight ns the law makers prepared to take their cause to the courts. Meanwhile the slate is In doubt as to the official status of lt3 lower legislative branch. The dramatic action of national guardsmen in dispersing on orders of the governor, 66 house members who gathered yesterday In the state capitol at their own call to consider Impeachment charges, left the execu tive victorious after the first brush. But the contention of the legislators that the house formally was con voked, notwithstanding the military Interference, presented an unprece dented problem which a court must solve. The use of military forces to com bat "hooded outrages" will continue until domination of one-third of the counties In the state by the Ku Klux Klan Is broken, the governor said. Within the next few hours, he added. New Charges by Mrs. Stokes Charges of Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes (above) that her husband bribed in mates of Chicago resort to defame her has brought subpoenas for her accusers. he will place another county under j rigid martial law at the request of some of its citizens. Rumor has it that Murray county is the one to which he referred, although this found no confirmation in official quarters. Political enemies of the governor, including many of the legislators who signed the call for the Bession, charge that by his official acts, particularly the use of the military in his war on the Ku Klux Klan, the executive has overthrown constitutional govern ment and assumed the powers of a dictator. Some refer to him as a modern Oliver Cromwell. Asserting that the proceedings In the state house yesterday constituted an official assembly despite the Inter vention by the military, the “rebel" legislature went ahead today with plans to institute court proceedings to test their right to meet without a call from the governor. “The fight has just begun,” declared Representative W. D. McBee of Steph ens county, a leader of the move ment. "The meeting of the legisla ture has Just started.” | “The legislature shall not meet,” was Clov. Walton's retort from the executive mansion a few hours later. He added that he will welcome a test in the courts. Omaha Carfare Rate Will Hold State Commission Makes Cut of $10,000,000 in Tram Company's Valuation. Special DUputrh to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, Sept. 27.—Omaha citizens who make use of street cars need expect neither a reduction nor an increase in carfare, according to a report Issued this morning by the state railway commission. Although the commission finds that the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway company has failed to earn 7 per cent on a valuation of $13, 800,000 set by the commission, It has approved the present schedule of rates for an indefinite future period, “tho company Indicating its willing ness to continue the effort to make present rates meet the necessities.” The statement of the railway com mission, in part, follows: ‘‘The company made claim to a value of its physical property and working capital in amount of $23, 301,177, using price levels of 1919 in arriving at the result. It set forth a value of $19,915,254 for Its physical property, using average prices of 1916 to 1919. It claimed a value, after allowing for depreciation, of $21,466, 772 for its physical properties and laid claim to an additional Intangible value of $1,825,000, making the total valuation on which it was alleged it was entitled to a fair return of $23,291,772, "The commission's engineering de partment found that the fair cost of the properties to the company, plus necessary working capital, had been $11,317,618, and that the fair experi enced cost to the company, depreci ated to meet the present condition of the plant, was $8,600,000. The com mission's engineer testified that his figure did not represent fair value be cause he had not added to it anything for increased price level or for in tangible elements recognized by the courts. He left those factors for the commission to consider.” The opinion also criticizes the UALITY and value are two outstanding characteristics of Victrola instruments, and the twenty-one models pre sent a variety of sizes, designs and prices* Demonstrations at all dealers’, or write us for catalog* Every week—on Friday—there are new Victor Records issued, furnishing the newest and best music of every kind by the great artists every one wants to hear* Victrola.No.lll a $225 g Electric. $265 Victrola No. 260 $150 VicttoU No. 215 $150 Out today New Victor Records September 28, 1923 Red Seal Concert and Operatic !^w.i10002 w“ No opera, perhapa, exceeds "Martha" for aimplo tunefulness. Here are two of the famous quartets by the greatest artists of their time, the immortal Caruso among them. JRemember the Rose John McCormackt u.» j 50 (Sometime You’ll Remember John McCormack) Two popular sentimental songs—of the better class—sung with superb expression by an artist who can touch with glory everything he undertakes. Both are aonga of love-memory. I The Emperor Quartet Elman String Quartet I (Tim* sad Vuiadow) (J<WiH.rda) > 6103 2.00 Andante Cantabile Ehnan String Quartet itresiSbinsQusnetOp. II) (TtchsikowAy) These string quartet numbers are in fine contrast and both are played with faultless artistry. Melodious Instrumental (Tannhauaer-Overture-Part 1 Victor Symphony Orchestra U5727 125 iTannhauaer—Overture-Part 2 Victor Symphony Orchestra1 (Tannhauaer-Overture-Part 3 Victor Symphony Orchestra I ,c72r 1 25 iTannhauaer—Fest March Victor Symphony Orchestra/ The story of Tennhiiuser is the noblest In opera. On these two records is its mighty overture, which sums up to much of its music, and the magnificent chivalric march. Light Vocal Selections (When Will the Sun Shine For Me? Sterling Trio> ]gl26 75 (Carolina Mammy Sterling Trio) You have danced to theae lot trot numbers; now hear them aung by men’s voices, and, it you choose, dance again. Dance Records I Henpecked Blue*—Fox Trot ] Whiter Kaufman's Original Pennsylvania Serenades 19127 .75 1 Louisville—Fox Trot S. S. Leviathan Orchestra “Henpecked Blue*” has clarinet and cornet cackles, and doesn’t seem eo unhappy. “Louisville” is in very similar style. j The Gold-Digger—Fox Trot Charles Dornberger aid His Orchestra lining ,75 I Chick-A-Dee—Fox Trot International Novelty Orchestra I “The Gold Digger” is a graceful and sprightly tune, with a bit of vocal refrain. “Chick-A-Dee” has some bird-like warbles. (Tell Me a Story—Fox Trot S. S. Leviathan Orchestra 110179 .75 (Love is Just a Flower—Fox Trot Benson Orchestral , "Tell Me a Story” is an excellent fox trot. In “Love is Just a Flower,” the Bensons have a pretty number. (Waitin’for the Evenin’Mail—Fox Trot Tennessee Ten 1 fqffiQ 75 (Tain’t Nobody1! Biz-ness ii I Do— Medley Fox Trot Tennessee Ten I "Waitin' for the Evenin’ Mail” is "blues” incarnate. “Tain't Nobody's Bizness if 1 Do” is in similar style. (Dirty Hands! Dirty Facel-FoxTrot 1 joe R,ymond 1Qlin 7« 1 MySweetio'WentAway—FoiTrot l»JHi.Or«b..V. ,91,J H The first of these numbers is almost too nice a dance to have such a name. "My Sweetie Went Away” is a jazz dance. "HIS MASTERS VOICE" JVictrnla Look under the ltd and on the labels for these Victor trade-marks Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden, N. j. method by which the company has kept track of changes In its property in the last 20 years and says that such methods do not lend themselves to any accurate Information as to the amount of construction and recon struction and the effect on the plant accounts. The company is notified that it will soon be called upon to amend its accounting practices in certain unnamed respects. Judge Settles It. Chicago, 111., Sept. 27.—The pdin ciple that it is perfectly all right, under the constitution, Magna Charts and Declaration of Independence, to laugh ayhen someone pops a con stable with a brick has been upheld In the Chicago criminal court. Charles Bethke of Dolton, III., opened his mouth and laughed right out loud when he saw someone heave a brick at the town watchdog. A country justice of the peace fined him {10 and costs for his mirth. The fine was reversed when Bethkc appealed. Employes May Own Tram Line Philadelphia, Sept. 27.—The Phila delphia Rapid Transit company may shortly present the novel spectacle of a traction line owned entirely by Us employes, according to Thomas E. Mitten, president of the organization, in a recent address to the motormen and conductors. Through a cooperative fund the workers have been slowly accumu lating stock and now more than 100, 000 Hhares are held by them. The movement la being encouraged bj the officials. Income of Wisconsin Town Increased by Bootlegging Hurley, Wis., Sept. 27.—Prohibition has meant more to this community than numerous parched throats and increased demand for copper kettles^ Since the enactment of the Volstead law the town has enjoyed a comfor table Income from traffickers in Il licit boose, records show. Arrests for violation of the prohibition law aver age 10 daily and the fines paid aver age approximately ?300 a month. Hurley boasts a population of Ies: than 4.000. For every widower in the Unitei States there are three widows. Cftompn.Wien&Co. Friday’s Head Liners In September Month-End Sale' X 29c a yard \ Crash Toweling Brown Irish crash, pure linen, 17 inches wide, with blue border. A fine quality; washed and ready for use. -Turkish Towels 49c The big, spongy kind, full bleached and snowy white. Made of fine double-twisted yams. Size 22x44. Linen Huck Towel*, 50c—Of pure Irish linen huck, grass bleached and snow white. Size 18x36. Crepe Chiffons $1.95 This special price for Friday only on one of the season’s most fashionable and charming fab rics for afternoon and evening frocks. All shades, light and dark. 44 inches wide. Main Floor Women’s Muslin Undergarments 98c Dainty undergarments, all of which have been higher priced, grouped for quick clearance at one low price. Included are: white nainsook vests trimmed with colored hemstitched bands; step-ins to match; hem stitched teddies of flesh and white nainsook; and cross barred voile-bodices. Second Floor Other Linens Specially Priced Pattern Table Clotbs, $4.50—At tractive round designs in Irish satin damask, every thread pure linen. 70x70-inch size. Hemstitched Lunch Cloths, $5—A fine quality of pure Irish satin dam ask with lustrous finish. 54x54 inch size. Hemstitched Napkins, $5 a dozen— 15-inch size in Irish damask to match the above. Main Floor Women’s Union Suits Winter Weights $ 1 Short lines of Stretton and Globe cotton union suits that we are clos ing out at decided reductions. All are ankle length, some high neck and long sleeves, others low neck and sleeveless. One especially at tractive style in cotton with art silk stripe. Women’* Vest* and Pant*, 50c each Half price on a group of medium weight garments. Pants are knee and ankle length. Main Floor Month End Specials In Stamped Goods > For work baskets that are eager for a bit of handwork, some good bargains can be picked up from these attrac tive pieces offered at special prices in the Month-End Sale, Centerpieces, scarfs and pil low tops, 25c to 50c. Applique bedspreads. 72x90 and 90x90 inches, $2.75. Tea aprons, 25c and 50c. Children’s aprons, 65c. Tea towels, 20c. Yarn 25c a ball Small quantities of yarn, but enough for sweaters and scarfs in many instances. Second Floor / $6.95 \ Dress Slippers A group of seasonable slippers in the newer styles grouped at this low price for Month-End clearance. Included are smart strap models in satin and patent with low' Spanish heels; patent with gray trimming and dull kid trimmed with patent; also dull kid pumps. Main Floor All sizes bat not in every style Purchases charged during this sale will appear on November I statements. \DVrKTlSKMKNT. THE BEST MEDICINE FOR WOMEN When Mr. Mycra of Winston-Sa lem, North Carolina, stepped into the drug store and asked his drug gist for tlie best medicine he had in Ills store for woman's Ills, is It ary wonder he was handed a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkliam'a Vegetable Com pound? Mrs. I*. K. Myers in writ ing of it says: "I had been weak, run down and bad a pain in my left side for a long time, bo l could not do my work. I-ydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped mo in a ahort time so t was able to do all of my housework including washing and ironing, and now I feel fine all the time.'' As Lydia E. Pinkliam'a Vegetable Compound holds the rec ord for benefiting 1*8 out of every 100 women who take it. it will pay every suffering woman to try It. 14 Sh«tm.« A MaConncll Dru* Stotiti Why Not Fee! Youthful —and Be Beautiful ? .. 1 Science Often You Lyko, the Gnat Genenl Tonic, to Give You Health, Strength, Attraction Men who win in business and wo men whose beauty and charm make them popular in society are invari ably healthy people. It is health which gives the vivacious spirits, the sparkiingeye* and the attractive personality which brings success and makes friends. Thousand* ot people have awak ened to the impor tance of keeping the bodv in nor mal condition and have found won derful help in Lyko, the great general tonic. Take, for in stance, Mr. Mit chell Murray, well known in north ern Missouri. 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