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TUB BEE: OMAHA'. SUNDAY. APRIL' 30, 1922.
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Sun Yat Sen Forces
Qiplurc Soullicrn
China Squadron
Tortri Under MauTliurian
(iVncral and Military Chief
if Central China Hegiu
Croat Conflict
Shanghai. April 30.-By A. P
Tht force of Sun Yat Sen, head of
the Southern Chine government, at
Canton, have captured the entire
Southern naval Kjuadron. It wai
stated in unofficial dispatches pub
liihed here today by the foreign and
Chinese press.
The attack en the vrticli which
rrtilted in their surrender was car
ried out by aircraft in conjunction
with southern Chinese troops. 1 lie
aircraft bombed the vessels at Pah
Wu-Trn. 20 mm bring kilted and 30
others wounded on .hoard the cruiser
Ilai Chi in the initial attack, the re
none state.
Later there was a further bombing
attack on the vessels near Canton
in the Whampoa river, the Ilai Chi
ml nther craft attacked surrender
ee in R.
i The sauadron caotured. the report
1 staled, included the cruiser Ilai Chi
i and Hat Chen, the gunboat Chu Yu,
I Yung Trng, Yu Chang, Yung
; lliiang. Fei Ying, Fuan and Yun-
I gun and the training ship Chaoho'.
I rckinir. April 29.-(By A. P.)-
I The fighting south of the Peking-
I Jim Ism railway, begun at
. dawn today, was stilt in progress this
afternoon, with the sound of battle
5 distinctly audible here. The engage-
inent between the forces of General
Chang Tsd-Lin, military governor of
Manchuria, and General Wu Pei-Fu,
military leader of Central China,
was reported to extend along a line
from Machang, 20 miles south of
Tien Tsin to a point just south of
Peking.
Wounded troops fr.om the front
' hrgan arriving in the city this after
noon. '.'-
Peking',, April 29.-(By A. P.)
Fighting south of the Peking-Tein
Tsin railway was still in progress at
noon today.. " The forces of Gen.
thane Tso-Lin. military trovernor of
Manchuria, and Gen. Wu Pei-Fu,'
military leader of Central China, were
reported engaged along a -line ex
tending from Machang, 20 mile
south of Tien Tsin, to a point south
of Peking. ' " ""
A dispatch from Tein Tsin says
there has been heavy artillery firing
U near Machang for the last 20 hours.
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I ne ioreign legations iicrc nave au
vised the nationals of their respective
countries who are now outside Pek
ing to hasten to the capital as a meas
ure of self-protection. The fighting,'
which began at dawn this morning
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;5 of this city, was continuing at 3
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U LIUIK una euiciuuuu. . . '
There was artillery firing in the
vicinity af Marco Polo bridge, which
spans the River 'Yungting Ho near
the west gate of Lu-Kou-Chiao. The
latter place is a little more than four
miles from Changsintien. 0
The firing opened along a front
extending from Changsintien, 120
miles southwest of Peking to a point
30 miles due south. Both armies
are entrenched along the Peking
Hankow railroad, with Wu-Pei Fa's
base at Pao Ting Fu. The artillery
firing was heard distinctly in Peking
and thousands of people, including
manv foreigners, mounted the city
j walls, from which the smoke of the
1 battlefield was visible,
During the mgnt sounas oi inter
mittent firing came from the front,
but with the dawn a brisk cannonade
began, the city rousing to the
mounting sound. Some American
ventured out to the race track west
of Peking, where ' they saw
Changtso-Lin' troops directing ar
tillery fire from the hills.
. Lament Hostilities , -
The members of the government,
I
headed by Mu Shia-Change, '
on in lamenting the hottiht. The
president declarr he will remain;
neutral and Acting Premier Cbou
Tau-CM say that effort to pre rot
civil war are tein continued.
Foreign observer report that Wu
Pri Fu is attempting to turn the
right flank of Chang Tso-Lin
troop by wedging- in between th
latter' front and Peking. Feng
Yuh-Siang, known as the "Christian
General," is in command of Wu
iVMVa operations near J'rkitig.
Doth ChaiiK'Tso-Lin and Wo fei
Fu hav apparently warned their
force to avoid approaching the city
on account of warning ol the lega
tion that they would not tolerat
disorder in Peking. The government
it prepared to clot the city gate
at any moment, but this ha to far
not been deemed necessary.
50 Miles of Road
Are Completed
Public Work. Department Re
port Five Federal Project!
Are Finished.
Lincoln. April 29. Virtual coin
ptetion of construction on more than
50 mile of road, embracing five
projects, submission of two new
projects and further inspection or re
vision of plans for several project
already submitted, are contained tn
the monthly report of the ate de
partment of public works. No new
projects are listed as Having been
accepted by the government. .
J he projects upon which construc
tion is about concluded are the
Supenor-Harvard-Minden, 22.4 miles;
Nehsh-south, 5.58 miles: tenter-
North. 674 miles: Lone Pine-Aine
worth, 7.76 miles, and Central City
Chapman, 9.33 miles. All are of
earth, aand and clay formation.
The list of new projects include
Oakland-South Sioux City. 1.9 mile
of and. clay and gravel, and Norfolk.
Ewins-. 5.95 miles of sand clay. Plans
are beinor revised on the latter, as well
as on the Dorchester-friend, Ben
nett-South, Arnold-Merna and Flor
nr Heicht nroiecie.
A new bridge project, is shown in
the report, that - of the - Papilhon
bridge. . plans -for which have been
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annroved and the contract lei.
J. he Nuckolls county portion ot tne
Superior project s completed with
the exception of gravel, according to
the report. The Antelope section ot
the Neligh-Soutft project is complete
except for guard rails. County struc
tures remained on the Center-North
Droiect. cuard rails on the Long fine
Ainsworth nroiect. and complete con
struction reported on the Central
City-Chapman project.
Man With Cork Foot Says
He Couldn t Escape Woman
Clyde Campbell, 507 North Eight
eenth street, has a cork foot
'I hurried as best I could, ne
told Tudee W. F. Wappich in Cen
tral oohce court this morning, 'Dut
T couldn't make mv escape. She fol
lowed and abused me and I had to
have her arrested."
Ida Campbell, who said she had
been Campbell's wife, was fined $5
for disturbing the peace. .
ADTEStTISEMKNT,
Says File Rcnedy Worth
J1 00.001 Box
"I have had itching piles ever since my
earliest recollection. I am S3 years old
and hav suffered terribly. I have tried
many remedial and doctors, bat no cure.
About eisbt weeks ago I saw your ad for
Peterson's Ointment. - The first application
stopped all Itching-, and in three daya all
soreness. I have only used one box and
consider I am cored. You have my grate
ful, heartfelt thanks, and may everyone
that has this trouble are this and rive
your ointment, that ia worth a hundred
dollars or more a box, a trial. Sincerely
yours, A. Newth, Columbus, Ohio."
Peterson's Ointment for Piles, Eesema
and old sores is only SO cents a large box
at all druggists. Hall orders filled by Peter
son Ointment Co., Ine Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by Sherman MeConnell Drug
Co.
The Sensation of All Omaha!
THE OSBORN
GRAND PIANO
Nationally Priced at
F.O.B.
FACTORY
Artist Model
Sold Under the Osbora Trade-Mark
and Guarantee ,
Sold Exclusively ia
Strange Murders
Baffling Police
of German Gipital
Political Jealously Seen in
Slaying Death Maki
Taken for Identic
fication.
tty TtM Aaaswlaled Tresa,
Berlin; April 39. Mysterious niur
dert of both texe hav been occur
ring (Imoit nightly in Berlin. The
motive generally are attributed to
robbery or to political jealousy, or
both.
Obscure Individual belonging to
the jetsam of eastern Europe, which
collects litre often, are able In carry
out their fieudh outrage with im
punity, at shown by the recent mur
der ef two Turks, supposedly ' by
Armenians. -
I'eop! who gu out adrr saloon
closing time da o at their own rlk,
fur holdups are frequent, 1 he mis
creants seem la find Irs difficulty
in rroing the inadequately con
t ruled Nubian frontiers than other
borders where bothersome passport
formalities vex even bona-fide trav
elers. The police thU week tried a new
memod of identification. They plac
arded a description of a nun' body
with reproduction of hi death
mask, to that the ghastly picture
stared at all beholders.
Law abolishing Landed
Propertie Prove Futile.
One sardonic newspaper com
mentator point out that an easy way
to get rich quick would be to solve
a half dozen crime puzzles and reap
regards that hav been offered ag
gregating a quarter million marks.
The first year' result of the law
providing 'for the gradual abolitioif
of the old l'ruian landed properties,
whith liav been the Inuis of junker
power, are being subjected to a
searching scrutiny by Dr. Ko.cn
berg, independent socialist leader of
the reit'lutag. who was l'rutiu iitin
inter of justice during the early revo
lutionary period, lie avs the law
adopted lebruary 19, I9J0, which
aimed at gradual dissolution vl these
properties for the benefit of small
holders, leave to many loophole
that a continuance of the old family
estates in practically unchanged form
It insured for several decades.
Airship Inventor Suffer Rcbukt
For United State Statement.
The Cologne Gazette sharply re
bukes I'rof. Schuette in connection
with his recently reported statements
to New York newspaper that by
the sale of the Schuette airship pat
ents to American interests the future
of the rigid airship wi placed in
safe hand and that America was
drstined to take first place in aerial
navigation.
The Ciarrtte tay tliii Is going be
yond permissible advertismcnt and
declare I'rofcssor Sthuetle's disdain
ful disregard of other rigid system
is hardly complimentary in the Zep
pelin constructors, who first devel
oped the idea of world air traffic and
are now inaugurating a service be
tween Spain and South America.
Soviet to Permit Art Theater
Company' Tour to America.
Moscow's far-fanird Art Theater
company will make a three months'
tour of the United States this fall,
unless plant now being perfected go
awry, it hat been learned here. The
soviet minister of education already
has contented to a Kuropean tour,
which will be under the direction of
Konstantin Stanislowsky.
In addition to modern Russian
drama, the art theater ensemble,
comprising 40 members, will offer
at on of v in chief attractions
Materlinck' "Blu Bird
The company will appear in Ber
lin, Vienna and Prague before em
barking for the United Mates. It
will carry the complete siemc and
technical equipment o( the Moscow
stage.
Turk Government I'roteati
Agaiuet Greek Forced Loan
Constantinople, April 29. (Hy A,
P.) A representative of the Turk
ish national government at Augor
hat lodged a protest wiili the allies
against the issuance of the Creek
loan, the tcope of which is declared
to hav extended Into Asia Minor
and Thrace. The Creek troop, ac
cording to advice received here, are
continuing their advance against the
Turks along the Meander river prac
tically without resistance.
The objective of the Creek advance
it understood to be Uodrum. 94
miles southeast of Smyrna. Turk-
Mi cavalry force lne rm brought
into action touth of the Meauder,
House I'iiea lMue-kv
Kill Without 'lUlrull
Washington, A pi it ."'Without a
rullcall the houe p.u.rd and sent to
the tetMie the Hcmuoh blue tky bill
designed t help the Stale enforc
their own law ktuinst sates of ftau
duh'iit secuntir.
The bill would prevent (he ue of
the mail and other agencies of in
terstate commerce lor transporting,
promoting or procuring the tal ot
securities rontrahand l state law.
Kill Self in Cemetery
Chicago, April 29. Ralph Farewell
went to a cemetery of which he was
part owner and at one time secretary,
Slid shot iiinell while standing on
lot which be had intended to be used
lor hit own burial. Ill health was
said by friends to have prompted the
ait.
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By the
Oakford Music
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Co.
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The OSBORN GRAND
is a standard make and could easily be sold at $700. But the Osborn
policy and quantity production, small profits, a large number of sales,
which will result from the low price of 350 for a Grand Piano which
is the lowest price in the history of the world, enables us to offer you
a Grand Piano as low as an ordinary upright. "
Call and see this beautiful instrument. Play it, or bring the most
critical musician. Convince yourself. The piano ia right. The price
is right. So do not hesitate as the demand is great and we are only
allowed a limited number per week.
419 SOUTH 16TH STREET
OMAHA, NEB.
lwiiWifcAi&s
SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS
Windsor Chairs
and Rockers
in Mahof any .
TI different styles and slsee fa
a wide rane cf prices. The chair
illustrated, or a rocker to match
' 916.50
Overstuffed Tapestry Living Room Suite
Built to order in our own factory with special attention to- every detail of design, construction
. and finish. Full spring seat and backs construction, full webbing and spring foundation, out
side backs covered. '
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Jit
Substantial full boxed seat,
all oak Dining Chairs, like)
illustration, in fumed or
golden oak $2.95
Other Oak Dining Chairs as
81.65
Massive Poster
Bed
Finished i n
rich antique
brown ma
hogany, poits
beautifully
turned from
4-inch stock
fitted with
heavy bolt
rails
$48
Other Poster
Beds as lew as
2.S0
Sample
Ferneries
la Oak, Mahogany
.' mmi Walnut.
$15 fumed oak, $9.50
$30 old oak ..$15.00
$18 brown mahog
any ...... $10.00
Fibre Ferneries ,in
baronial brown,
at $5.50
Fibre Ferneries in
frosted brown
at ..........$6.50
Gift Shop
English China has more character
than any other dinner service. The
shapes, . patterns and decorations
are distinctive.
Davenport .
Arm Chair .
Rocker . . .'
$79.50
$38.00
$39.50
Queen Anne
Extension Tables
In American walnut, carefully built, nicely
finished. ,
45-in. top
and 6-ft.
extension,
936.00
48-in. top,
6-ft. exten
sion. 939.50
48-in. top, 6
ft. extension,
as illustrated
945.00
Spanish leather
slip seat chairs
to match
8.50
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Frequently we have heard people say they would buy a new dining
room suite or living, room furniture if they could dispose of their old
furniture. '' We have made arrangements whereby we can do this very '
thing for you. Let us figure on your used furniture to apply on the
purchase of new. .; -
Week
zfflrSzsrm i v
Bone china ia
durable as it
attractive.
as
is
Consoleum
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v
A Splendid
Queen Anne : S
Uresser , at $ 65
We have a splen
did showing of
new patterns of
Mintons, Coal
port, Crescent,
Crown Stafford
shire, and Royal
Doulton, in plates
and other serv-;
ices.
- Beginning
Tomorrow
Monday morning, v we
will have a special dis
play of these popular,
inexpensive floor cov
erings on our first and
second floors, at the
very low prices offered
during National Con-,
goleum .Week.
' a a & 1 Art Rugs I
Gold Seal .rRv BMp
by the yard
6x9 ft. Genuine Gold-Seal Congoleum Rug, only $7.45
7x9'Genuine Gold-Seal Congoleum Rug, only 9.30
9x10 Genuine Gold-Seal Congoleum Rugonly 12.95
9x12 Genuine Gold-Seal Congoleum Rug, only 14.95
W1
E are the
largest deal
ers in (Jongoleum
in the cily our
complete stock
presents an un
usual opportunity
to prove to your-
self the unique ad
vantages of this,
beautiful, sanitary
floor covering.
Shown in brown mahogany
or American walnut, richly
trimmed with ebony medallion.
Dust and mouse-proof construc
tion. To Match
Bow foot Bed... $58.00
Chifforobe .... 958.00
Dressing Table, 945.00
Chair '. 911.50
Rocker 912.50
The
Victrola
Is a True Musical
Instrument
Beautiful Patterns Charming colors and
. designs for all the rooms in the house;
neat tile and wood-blocks for kitchen
-and bath "room; richer, more fanciful
ones for bedrooms, dining room and
living room.
Sanitary, Easy to Clean Dust and dirt .
, cannot penetrate the surface of Con
goleum; cleaned like new by using a
damp mop; no scrubbing or rubbing.
No Fastening Needed No turned up cor-
ners or curling edges it "hugs the
"floor." '
Being a musical instrument, the first
requirement is quality of musical per
formance, in which the Victrola excels.
All Victrolas
cased in artistic
ally finished
nets worthy
place in the
tastefully ap
pointed home.
t are j
istic- r
cabi- I
of a
most . I
Service Plates,'
Cobalt
at ..
Minton Service Plates,
at
Teas and Saucers,
at......
9150 doz.
958 doz.
954 dox.
' These are just a jew of the many values offered this week. :
TsxT Tift ft a conflnlV arriving during week are being placed on our
IN e NV I.tlS floors each day. We have never been so well equipped to '
supply your rug needs than we are at the present time.
Victrola like il
lustration, all fin
ishes, with - ten
record album,
complete
$110
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This 1922 Model
Detroit Jewel
Gas Range
for $45
- less our allowance on your old
gas stove.'-. .
Choice Wiltons, 8x12 .
8-3x10-6.
Good Axminsters, 9x12
8-3x10-6
984.00
S77.50
...V.......937.50
933.50
Plain and Figured Carpets by the yard, to cover the
entire room, or making into rugs and covering
stairs, all shades, new patterns, 92.35 to
94.75 a yard.
Sold on convenient month'
ly payments.
Finest Body Brussels Rugs in
9x12
new chintz 'colors,1
......... 960.00
Attracitve Curtains
ras ! !
F--5r
M SoM oa Conreni- I
SoM oa Conreni-
eat Monthly
Payments.
The
Detroit Jewel
Haa No Peer for i
Baking, Roasting
and Cooking. "
It embodies all the fea
tures that have made the
Detroit Jewel famous
. patented double flue
oven, which insures per
rifect heat circulation and
"economy, and bright and
attractive finish.
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Your money could not purchase a
better value than this range for $45
Our Department of
Interior
Decorating
has excellent facilities for handling
Wall Decorating
Wood Finishing
Floor Covering
Drapery Treatments
1 In all these matters, in which our
experience and study may be help
ful, we are glad to be called upon,
for counsel This service is, abso
lutely free..
We do painting, paperhanging,
wood finishing, one room or a whole
house, at moderate cost.
Plain Hemstitched Voile and Marquisette
Curtains . . r. . .$1.00 pair
Cluny Lace-Edged Marquisette Curtains, .
. at ;..$1.85 Pair
A Special Purchase 300 Pairs of '
Hemstitched and Cluny Edged Marquisette Curtains,
92.50 Pir
Ruffled Marquisette Curtains. 91.75 pr-
Buff led Voile Curtains $2.50 pr.
Ruffled Barred Voile Curtains 93.25 pr.
Fine, Sheer Dotted Marquisette Curtains,
at 94.25 pr.
rA beautiful line of Voile Curtains suitable for living
. rooms in white and ivory with drawnwork and cor-
vner motifs .' 93.50 Pr-
Fine, Sheer Ivory Voile Curtains, Venice Lace, hand-'
drawn with lace motifs 96.50 Pr-
A most attractive line of Filet Net Curtains shown
in white, ivory and ecru, lace edged, . plain and
figured centers, dainty designs, 92.25 to 96.50
pair. ,
Any style, quality, or price.
Sectional Laces
In shadow lace, filet net, voiles,
and marquisette, novelty net and
Quakers. Sections 4--9 inches
wide, making it possible to curtain
windows 9 inches or 9 feet wide
In same material and with pro
portionate fullness. Priced at SOc,
SSc, $1.00 and fl.TS a section.
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