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Wife Divorces Forbes; Case Kept Secret Decree Granted in Seattle on Grounds of Neglect—Ex« Vet Body Head Denies Graft Chargee. * By Associated Press. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 26.—After being carefully concealed for more than two weeks. It was discovered here last night In a search of court liles that Mrs. Kate Forbes, wife of ("ol. Charles R. Forbes, former director of the United States Veterans' bureau and who has heen mentioned prom inently at a hearing being conducted by the senate committee at Washing ton. D. C., investigating alleged graft In connection with the awarding of contracts for government hospitals, has been granted £tn interlocutory decree of divorce by Judge Mitchell Oillam of the Kings county superior court on October 11. The suit was handled here with the utmost secrecy nnd efforts were made to conceal both the action and the granting of the divorce. “As I recall Mrs. Forbes' testi mony,” Deputy Prosecutor ICugeno Mecham ass'-rted last night, “she ac cused Forbes of preferring the com pany and society of others to that of herself and their 10-year-old daugh ter, Marcia. She stated that he neg lected his home to a greater extent than the traveling occasioned by his position necessitated. Her health, site testified, was very poor as the result of her husband’s treatment. Her physic.nn corroborated her testimony in regard to health during a per functory hearing on October 6." “ Judge Oillam's order directed Forbes to pay $75 a month for the next two years for the support of Mrs. Forbes and an additional $75 monthly to maintain their daughter, who was placed in her mother's cus tody until phe is 18 years old. All community property was awarded to Mrs. Forbes. Hv International Nrwi Servlre. Washington. Oct. 26.—Col. Charles R. Forbes, former director of the United States Veteran's bureau, to day Issued a sweeping denial of all charges of corruption and bribery brought against him during the sen atorial Investigation of his adminis tration. Appealing to the public to with hold Judgment until ho is able to pre sent his defense, Colonel Forbes branded as "utterly and absolutely false,” every specific charge of cor ruption made against him by Ellas H. Mortimer of Philadelphia, in testify ing before a senate committee in vestigating the veteran's bureau. Speaking from a sick chamber, Forbes issued his statement to the International News Service. It was the first word from the accused offi cial since Mortimer created a sensa tion at the senate hearing Wednesday by charging Forbes had entered a "ring” to share profits on the con struction of government hospitals and had accepted a $55,000 "loan” f] im the witness. While Forbes was issuing his de nial of the corruption charges, offi cials of the department of Justice be gan the consideration of evidence al ready submitted to the senate com mittee with a view of launching crim J-ial prosecutions If it can be cor roborated. No action, however, win be taken until more substantial proof ol graft Is shown than has yet been 1 wealed, it was said officially. The veterans’ bureau ''scandal” al ready has been the subject of a White House conference between 1 resident Coolldge and Attorney Gen < ral Daugherty. The matter was i horoughly discussed by the president who is reported to have instructed the attorney generaltto take what ever legal steps he thought the situa tion warranted. While the senate staff of lnvesuga ti.rs were preparing further sensa tional evidence for presentation to the committee when it reconvene* Monday, friendB of tl!e accused direc tor were rallying to his 'support. It was learned Forbes will substantiate his personal denial of Mortimer's charges of graft and corruption by a mass of documentary evidence and by the direct testimony of the other men implicated. Two of these, John W. Thompson, of St. Louie and D. C. Hurley, of Seattle, was reported to be ready to come to Washington Im mediately to deny "in toto” Mortim er's entire statement. From "Four Hundred.’’ In addition, the former director was expected to call in as corroborative witnesses a number of the nation's best known political leaders and celebrities from the roster of so ciety's "Four Hundred." The publi cation of the names of these wit leases alone, it was said, will cause even a greater sensation than the original charges against Forbes. Be sides these, It was certain names of a score of political lender* will be mentioned frequently In testimony when the director takes the stand. I PLAYER ROLLS 1 Brand New Word Rolls. | All the Latest Hits. I Special for This Week I Only 68c S Now is the time to get ;® some new rolls. Come in if and hear them or take a b selection home on ap- j I proval. ] Schmoller & Mueller ■ 'sx:;?. «*«• New State Bankers Head Urges Dairying and Poultry Raising Twenty-four years ago last August the First National bank at Crawford. Neb., opened its doors. C. A. Minick was present in the role of manager. Today he heads the Nebraska Bank ers’ association and la vice president manager of the same bank in north western Nebraska. He is fully aware of the possibili ties of Dawes county as a diversified crop country and along this line ha; some ideas of his own on how to mee running expenses on the farm. "If every farmer would have from six to a doxen good milch cows, some thickens and high grade hogs, ho would be able to take care of the or tlinary running expenses of his place,” declared Mr. Minick. “The condition of the farmer has not, in my opinion been overdrawn, but the fact remains that he is no worse off than many Industries. We have tried out the idea of getting dairy cows on farms in the western part of the state, and l am sure that the same good results could be gained by the application of the plan in the east." Mr. Minick believes that better r< suits could be obtained If the farmei. In the state w’ere united more closely into associations. [ C <w - .Ajintuvk i Rhineland Move Is at Standstill Separatists Maintain Positions With Difficulty—Coblenz Is Quiet. By AHnorUited Pro.-.*. I.ondon, Oct. 26.—Yesterday’s at tempts by communists to march on Berlin were frustrated by the police authorities, says a dispatch today to the Central News from Berlin. Everywhere in Germany the situa tion Is quiet except at Harburg, near Hamburg, where the fighting Is con tinuing. Marines landed there this morning engaged with communists, who lost three killed and 16 wound, ed, the advices state. Bj Associated Press. CoMenz, Oct. 20 —The new Rhine land republic is much where it was yesterday. The separatists maintain with difficulty their hold on Alx La Chapelle, Wiesbaden, Bonn, Mayence. Dusburg, Duren and Crefeld, while the strength of their position in Cob lens, which they re-entered late last night, remains to be seen. At most of these places, however, the republicans are subject to a sort of guerrilla warfare by their oppo nents, requiring frequent intervention by the French and Belgian troops to restore order. Only at Trier do they seem to enjoy undisturbed possession. The secessionists also say they have occupied a number of small towns, such ns Godesburg, Bohpart, St. Goar and Eusklrchen. The city of Cologne is dependent on the latter town for part of its dairy products and food stuffs. After retaking the provincial government building and postofllce hero the provisional separatist gov ernment, headed by Joseph Matthes. visited Colonel Philippe, the French delegate on the high commission. On leaving the colonel's office Matthes said that the republicans had handed the Rhineland commission a declara tion requesting recognition of th^ir regime In Coblenz, promising to re spect the authority of the occupation forces and to adopt a conciliatory attitude toward such inhabitants as have not yet rallied to their move ment. Coblenz was quiet early today but signs were not lacking that there would be a sharp reaction during the day which would put the separa tists to a hard test. Leviathan Reaches France. Cherbourg, France, Oct. 26.—The steamer Leviathan with General Pershing on board arrived In port this afternoon after a stormy time at sea which delayed her considerably in the passage from New York. “Human Comb” Hunts for Baby * 500 Mountaineers Enter Ar kansas Forests on Search for Missing Baby. lly AnM)cintrd Press. Waldron, Ark., Oct. 26.—Five hun dred mountaineers, drawn up in a line nearly a miie in length ?nd form ing a mammoth "human comb" en tered the dense forests of White Oak mountain at daybreak in another ef fort to clear up the mystery which enshrouds the disappearance a week ago of 3-year-old Pearl Turner, who baa come to be known as the mod ern "Little Ited Hiding Hood." Systematic searches by a score of small posses having failed, leaders, determined to sweep the forest today with a human rake. A call went out for 200 additional men and through out the night volunteers arrived and took up their positions, ready to march into the woodland at dawn. The men were posted at 10-foot in tervals and moved forward as one man and under one command. This method, it was believed, would en able the searchers to cover the moun tain with one broad sweep and avoid the possil illty of overlooking even a small section of the dense forest. The search yesterday proved futile as on previous days. Son of Hugo Stinnes Is in America on Business Trip By Auftorluted I’rrus. New York. Oct. 26.—Hugo Stinnes, Jr., son of the German Industrial mag nate. today arrived with his w^fe for u tour of the United States. Young Hugo, who st 26 is head of his father's great shipping interests, refused to give any clue to his father's ideas or personality. He refused also to air his views on the political situa tion in his native country. He said he came here to visit parts of the United States, going as far west as the Pacific coast, to renew business associations and to gather personal impressions of life and busi ness in this country. “Ham and Eggs.’’ Chicago, Oct. 26 —Lack of imagina tion on the part of the American eat ing public is responsible for the seem ing popularity of ham and eggs, ac cording to Horace Boos of I.os An geles, president of the National Res taurant association. For this reason, he said, eight out of every ten people who enter eating place* order this dish._ Bee Want Ads Produce Results. Why Pay Big Prices When You Can Get Genuine Victor Victrolas Lowest Price Ever Known for Victor Victrolas Just think! You save one-third on any genuine Victor Victrola you may select, either upright or console model. The biggest value ever offered! HURRY! Stock Is Limited We also have a few machines accepted in trades. Every one reconditioned and a genuine bargain. i-1 I Special | Records, instrumental and vocal—Basement Mnait® Mum© ih®p 1416 Douglas Rialto Theatre Bldg. Hands Locked, 2 Duel to Death Texans Stand Toe-to-Toc and Empty Guns Into Each Other. • Mf Associated Press. Teague, Tex., Oct. 26.—In a little room in a barn at Young, In Free stone county, shortly after dusk Wednesday night, two men stood toe to toe, their left hands locked to gether, thetr right hands clutching smoking revolvers which Bpat bullets until neither man could summon strength to pull the trigger. Dead, with their boots on, and still grasp ing ench other they were found. The principals in the shooting, one of the grimmest pistol duels Texas ever saw according to Sheriff David Terry of Navarro county, were: Norwood Huckaby, a member of a prominent Freestone county family. Charles A. Williams, until recently a resident of Navarro county. Huckaby was wounded four times, three bullets lodging in the chest and one in the side. Williams was shot in the forehead, right breast and side. Every chamber of tt|o pistols, a | .28-caliber and a .32-caliber found clutched in the men's hands, had been discharged. Former trouble between the two men in which Huckaby received a bullet wound in the leg was believed to be the motive for the shooting. — Knox County Sees Too Much Stress Laid on “Dry” Laws Bloomfield, Nob., Oct. 26.—There Is a growing sentiment in Knox coun ty, that too much stress is being laid upon the enforcement of the prohibi tory laws, many feeling that the en tire legal machinery of state and county is being used to ferret out moonshiners and bootleggers, while grosser crimes are allowed to go by default. It is said that at a citizens’ meeting at the county seat recently, County Attorney Funk spoke rather acridly along this line. The Nio brara Tribune and the Bloomfield Monitor have since come out with editorials along the same line. Your Credit IS GOOD HERE! GOOD CLOTHES Men, Women, Children, QUALITY DIAMONDS— Elgin Watches, 1847 and Com munity Silverware. Advance Styles In ENTRY Dept. Six Big Store* mean larger volume, lower prices and easy term*. Dregs well without missing the money. Open v^ur account Tomorrow, or write for Free Catalog. Omaha09 Graateot Cradii flora HarrisGoar’s 507^511 SOUTH 16IS ST Burgess Bedtime Stories Ity THORNTON W. BURGESS. The one we feor we're ept to hate When his ehould be a better fate. —Jumper the Hare. The Hunter Shoots. Never was there a more peaceful scene In tho Green Forest. In an open. Bandy place Mr. and Mra. Grouse were taking a dust bath. They thought no one saw them, yet all the time two pairs of eyes were watching them. One pair belonged to Jumper the Hare. The other pair belonged to a hunter sitting motionless on a log. a terrible gun across his knees. All this time, Darter the Hawk, whose real name is Cooj>er'B Hawk, had been hunting a breakfast In an other part of the Green Forest, a.id he had had no luck at all. Now, Darter is one of the members of the Hawk family most f*ared by other feathered folk. He would rather have a bird to put in his stomach than any other kind of food. He is very swift of wing, and It Is this swiftness which has won for him the name of Darter. He la bold and quite fear less. Having failed to get so much as a feather In his chosen hunting ground, Darter by chance headed straight for that part of the Green Forest where Mr. and Mrs. Grouse were taking a dust bath. His sharp eyes missed no movements on the ground below. If a Merry Little Breeze turned over a leaf on the ground. Darter saw It. So It was that tho movements of Mr. and Mrs. Grouse as they took their dust bath were seen by Darter when he 1508 DOUGLAS ST. World Thootrr Bld». HOW MUCH SHALL I SPEND? The gift shopper is very often actuated by the sim ple thought: How much shall I spend? Suggesting the answer very often assists the purchaser. With our enormous stock of everything in Jewelry we can always make a sug gestion that will fit your needs as well as your pocketbook. A visit to our Shoppe will convince you. Have you made out your < Christmas list? < We will gladly put aside | such gifts as you wish until ' Christmas. * i Ye Diamond < Shoppe LET US BE YOUR GIFT i COUNSELORS ( BEATON DRUG CO. Fifteenth and Farnam Saturday and Monday _ELECTRIC_ 10 to 50-Watt Edison Mazda Lamps.32<* $1.50 10-ft. Extension Cord with all connections for globe, special.89£ $3.50 Electric Curling Iron for.SI .49 65c Heater Connection Plug, fits all irons .35c? $1.00 Double Socket 2-Way Plugs for.59c $1.60 Heater Connection Set, including socket plug, 6-ft. heater cord and Se curity plug, all for 98<^ 15c Fuse Plugs, any size, for. — TOILET ARTICLES — 50c Palmolive Shampoo at . 39«1, 10c Palmolive Sonp, 5 cakes for.35<* $1.25 Piver’a I.e Trefle or Azurea Face Powd., 69C 50c Tepsodent Tooth Paste at 32# 50c Youth Craft Hair Tonic at.39<* Pomino Curlette . . .$1.00 Domino Wrinkle Cream at . $1.00 50c Squibb's Magnesia Den tal Cream .39<* 50c Pebeco Tooth Paste for.32^ 60c Wernet's Powder for false teeth . . .40<* 50c Prophylactic Tooth Brush for .35<* 50c Dr. West Tooth Brush at . 34<k 30c Kolynos Tooth Paste at.22<* The latest anil most popular $2.00 Goutorbe Combina tion Rouge and Powder, new shades, Begonia and Orange, in gold or gun metal hinged boxes, spe cial . 98^ 60c Goutorbe Rouge, new shades. Begonia and Orange, In gold . . . . 39<* $1 .50 Van Ess Hair Grower I for . 81.18 60c Emulsion Cocoanut Oil, Benton's.34 C -RADIO SETS-1 $7.50 Radio Crystal Sets at. 8 1.98 $5.00 Radio Head Phones, 3,000-Ohin . 83.98 $1.50 Ducon Receiving Plugs for.81.29 $15.00 complete Radio Crys tal .Sets with head phones, aerial plug for electric light socket nnd ground wire, ready to tune in, for . 89.98 -FOR MEN 25c Leather Cignret Case* for.190 $1.00 Leather Bill Folds for.590 $1.25 Lilac Vegetal Leumaa for.890 $1.00 Gem Razor with blades for.670 Gillette Gold Razor and three blades, special 790 Auto Strop Razor with one blade and strop, Saturday only, all for.640 $1.00 Gillette Razor Blades for.690 $1.00 Auto Strop Blades for.650 35c Palmolive Shaving Cream for . . .230 36c Colgate's Handy Grip Shaving Stick .270 35c Safetee Shaving Cream or Stick . . . .170 | -CIGARETS-, Every Day Camels, Chesterfields, Lucky , Strikes, 2 pkg*. for. .250 Saturday, carton of 10 pkgs. for.81.16 -CIGARS 10c Reynaldo Bankers, 2 for.15* 10c Mozart Magic, 2 for .15* 16c Della Casa . . , ...10* Box of 50. $4.50 15c I.a Confession.... 10* Box of 60.$4.50 26c Leather Cigaret Cases, Saturday . 19* -RUBBER GOODS — $1.25 2-qt. Velvet Fountain Syringi.86* $1.50 2-qt. Velvet Combina tion Hot Wnter Bottle and Fountain Syringe .,98* $3.50 Le Grande Spray Syringe.$1.98 -DRUG WANTS —^ 60c Bromo Seltzer .. . 45* 30c T’henolax Wafers. 3^* 50c Phillips' Milk of Mag nesia for .36* 30c Lavoris .Ill* 25c Mentholnturn ,. .. 17* $3.76 Horlick’s Hospital Size Malted Milk, each, 83.89 30c Laxative Bromo Quinint for . 33* _MAIL ORDERS Add 6 cents on every dollar or fraction thereof to cover packing and post age was some distance away. Darter's eyes sparkled. Nothing would suit hlni for a breakfast quite as well as a Grouse. With a quick turn he headed straight for Mr. and Mrs. Grouse. He had eyes for nothing else. It wasn't until he shot over the tope of the nearest trees that either Mr. Grouse or Mrs. Grouse were aware of their danger. Mr. Grouse saw him first and with a sharp warn ing took to his wings. Mrs. Grouse wag not a second behind him. Straight for the thickest trees they headed, for In these alone could they find safety. Hut they had not seen Darter soon enough. He was coming so fast that only one of them would ever have reached those trees had not something happened._ But something did happen. Yes, sir, something did happen. There was a bang bang of a terrible gun. Mr. and Mrs. Grouse plunged head long In among the trees. Darter turned sharply and vanished over the tops of the trees. Two or thre« blu ish feathers floated down. The hunt er with a terrible gun in his hands got up from the log on which he had been sitting and smiled. It was the smile of one who has done a good deed. '•It’s a funny world." said the hunt er, talking to himself. "It certainly Is a funny world. I started out this morning to try to kill those Grouse. Instead of that, I have saved the life of at least one of them. And the funny part of It Is I am glad. Yes sir. I am glad. *1 think I'll go homo now a fid put my gun away. Jumper th^ Hare*, hiding * loae ^y» had seen It all. Only he and Darter and the hunter knew that the latter had shot at Darter the Hawk, and not at Mr. and Mrs. Grouse. Darter had not been really hurt. Those shot had merely stung IJm a little. But he had been badly frightened and this is what the hunter had wanted. , (Copyright. 1 • 2 3. > The next story: "Jumper and Mr Grouse Meet.” The Home Manieure. The points can be removed on blunted orange sticks by simply run nlng them through the pencil sharp I ener._ . Saturday Surprises! Extreme value# in small lots that have been priced for instant disposal. || Surprise No. 1— 35 DRESSES $10 Jaunty Wool# and Silks, prettiest of styles, the want ed colors. Sizes are broken. ( Surprise No. 2— 10 Small Size DRESSES $5 . Just the thing for the High School Girl. Sizes 13, 14 and 16. You should come early Saturday. II Surprise No. 3— 25 Sleeveless SWEATERS $1 Four-button effects, all wool, several color combi nations. 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