THE OMAHA BEE: SATURDAY. AUGUST 12. 1922.
Omaha Attorney
Given Office in
Bar Association
Thomas W, Blackburn Again
Chotcn Member of Execu
tive Committee Former
Arahauador President
Saa Francisco, Aug, 11. John W.
Davis of Wct Virginia, former
American ambissidor to Great Brit
ain, was elected president of tht
American Bar suociation at Iti an
naal convention here today.
Frederick E. Wadhama of Albany,
N. V- wai elected treasurer, and
V. Thomit Kemp of Baltimore wai
named secretary.
Cordrnio A. Severance, St. Paul,
the retiring president, and A. T,
Stovall of Mississippi, were chosen
as new membtrs of the executive
committee. The members re-elected
were: W, O. Hart, New Orleans;
Hugh H. Brown, Ponodah, Nev.;
John B. Corliss, Detroit; John T.
lichards, Chicago; Thomas W.
Blackburn, Omaha; William Bro-
amith, Hartford, Conn.: H. E. Ells
worth, Jamestown, N. D., and Thom
as W. SheJton, Norfolk, Va.
A resolution was presented that
the association urge the passage of
prohibition enforcement laws by ev
ery atate to assist the federal courts
in tnforcemcnt of the 18th amend
ment, but this was referred to the
executive committee.
Business Session Closed.
The convention adopted a report
by the legal aid committee providing
for co-operation in legal work to fhe
end that no man anywhere in the
United States be deprived of the op-
ponwiiij 01 wgat aia pecause 01 in
ability to pay counsel fees.
Business sessions ot the conven
tion closed at noon. The place for
the next meeting of the association
will be selected by the executive com
mittee. Progress if being made by the
United States "as fast as it can safely
and judiciously be made," Vice Pres
ident Calvin Coolidge said in an ad
dress to the members of the Com
monwealth club. Mr. Coolidge re
viewed the major projects of the ad
ministration, laying particular stress
on the work of the disarmament con
ference "as a foundation for a bid
ing peace.' '
Budget Fundamental Remedy.
"We have adjusted our difficulties
with the rentiblic of Colombia bv a
treaty so generous that we may criti
cise ourselves f6r making it, but that
no other country can criticise. Too
often we have applied a palliative
Eugene O'Brien Hurt;
Doctors Cut Off Curls
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Los Anecles. Ausr. 11. Eugene
O'Brien, motion picture actor, who
suffered a possible fracture of the
skull and internal injuries when he
was run down by a motor truck last
night, was reported resting easily at
nouywooa hospital today.
Surgeons treat in i O'Brien's train
found it necessary to shave off his
curls.
treatment for the correction of our in
ternal financial problems, but now
we have found a fundamental remedy
in the budget.
The country has expended $2,000.-
uw.wu in relief tor veterans of the
great war, of which but $88,000,000 has
been spent for administrative pur
poses, Mr. Coolidge said.
"We- have a deep regard for the
peoples of Mexico and of Russia. The
relief we have extended to Russia is
worth more to us than the $20,000,000
we have expended from the national
treasury for relief purposes."
Plans for the re-establishment of
the merchant marine on its former
plane of superiority are well advanced,
he said.
Earl Clirie to Preside
at G. O. P. State Meeting
Lincoln, Aug. 11. Earl M. Cline
of Nebraska City -will be temporary
chairman of the republican state con
vention which meets here Tuesday,
August 15, according to a statement
issued here today by C, A. McCloud,
chairman of the state committee. Mr.
Cline is a lawyer and is well known
in political circles.
Omaha
Minneapolis
New York
Railroad Special
Officers Led by Boy
to Big Loot Cache
Youngster Leads Council
Bluffr Agents to House in
Gillian Two Arrested
at Thieres.
Saturday We Offer
1,000 Slip-over Sweaters
At the
Ridiculous
Low Price of
B eautiful, all
wool soft Zephyr
yarns in every
wanted color;
fancy weaves.;
We are fortunate
in having plenty
of whites in this
lot The moat
wanted color today.
We believe tills to be the most
extraordinary sweater value to
be offered Omaha women this
aummer.
, One Lot of Iceland
WOOL SWEATERS
"f
White and colore, JO 95
a good quality A
sweater, at only. .
Our Finer Iceland
WOOL SWEATERS
Tour choice ot our Cf4)
stock at the
low price of
very
I
As a Complete Disposal of
200 Tailored Tub Blouses
We offer your choice while they last jsatur- "'ft
day at only . 3)
Fine voiles, batistes, in Peter Pan and
Bramley styles. Some gingham trimmed.
Both white and eolored.
. Owing to the limited n.uantity we
.; limit but two blouses to a customer.
1C9 White Silk Dimmer Petticoats, at $1.00
Silk Blouses
Goto Two Lota
Rar4iM of
former prle. take
your choice at...
White aad eol
r. AU lim.
A boat IBS to
ehooeo from. .
WHITE SKIRTS
Sfttaad Wool
Choke ot the House
A remarkable value
mad one you should
take early advantage ot
Wool Sport
- Skirts
Tour Choice
5M '
AH colore. An
sizes. Plains and
fancy.
On or about September ist we shall open
our "Gray Shop," which will feature x
enaVeVy gumenta for the woman requir
ing a axe 49 or larger.
fMsShop fbfWomenZ
ssaRsnca-iaovHBUicK ibtk and douxm
A small boy at Gilliatt,' la., just
esst of Council Bluffs, guided Great
Western special agents Thursday
night to a catche in which about $500
worth of stolen prooerty wsa con
cealed. J he discovery followed the
arrest of Harry Nelson, 30, and Ce
cil Muingo. 18. both of Neola. for
an surged attempt to rob a boxcar
at uiiiiatt, ,
The railroad agents were conceal
ed in the freight train when it left
Council Bluffs. It stopped on
siding at Gilliatt, when one of the
cars developed a hotbox. The two
youths, it is alleged, were
surprised in the act of entering a car.
They told officials that they were
being tutored by experienced railroad
thieves in the practice of robbing
cars.
Mismgo had lowered himself over
the side of a car with a rope lad'
der and was tampering with the seal
when the. agents challenged him. nil
companion war found in hiding be-
tween two cars. Officers believe that
two other men were in the gang, but
made tneir escape.
A waiting automobile was found In
cut near the spot, with a email
quantity of stolen merchandise in it
The loot recovered later at a house
in Gilliatt, where a boy led the offi
cers, has been identified as merchan
dise taken In recent robberies in
Boomer. McClelland. Beebetown and
Council Bluffs. Most of it was taken
from stores.
Nelson and Maxinso were brought
to Council Bluffs and placed in the
citv iail. No definite charges have
been lodged againat them by Frank
. Northrup, assistant county at
torney, who questioned them yester
day regarding their activities. F. L.
Owen and N. J. Quinney were lead
ers of the railroad special agents who
captured the alleged thieves.
Woman Who Inherited
$200,000 Found Dead
Chicago. Aug. 11. Mrs, Eva M.
Gleason whose husband is said to
have left her nearly $200,000 when
he died recently at Los Angeles, Cal.,
was found unconscious in her room
at a loop hotel today and died short
ly after physicians reached her side.
Locusts Drive Spaniards
From Homes in Aragon
Madrid. Aug. 11. Inhabitants have
filed from the villages of Aragon.
driven from their homes by .the
locust pest
Omaha Girl Witness
at Walska Wedding
raarta4 tnm rf Ixw )
over the incident and tt was gener.
ally reported that Conductor Minn-
uiio hid publicly criticised her lull
Ity as a linger before the entire cast
at a cress rehearsal.
Mme. YVsltka was the wife of Alex
ander Smith Cochran, wealthy manu
facturer. Incompatibility divided
them and a divorce decree was issued
by a French court on May 31 list
to become effective in 60 days.
Mrs. McCormick obtained a di
vorce last December after a married
life of 26 years. The decree wji
obtained oil the ground of desertion.
Report! were treauent during the
spring ind early summer that Mr.
McCormick intended weddins- Mad
me YViltkt when she hid obtained
her final decree, and these persisted
aespite denials, which were sen
crilly regarded is what International
piriince termi "diplomatic."
Mr. McCormick aa led for Eurooe
in July and report! from Paris were
that he wai frequently seen in
Madame Walska'i comoinv. Priendi
of the couple generally believed that
their mirriige would not be lonar
neiayeo.
The sailing for Europe of the
groom and today's Paris weddins ml.
lowed shortly his recovery in Chi
cago from an operation. He was
accompanied on hit voyage by his
daughter. Mathilde. whose romantic
attachment to Max Oser has rivsted
the paternal romance in public
attention.
The outcome of Mathildc'a ro
mance is not yet definitely apparent
but McCormick hn declared he
would not interfere in hit daughter's
affairi and Miss McCormick onlv
yesterday went with her governess
from Pans to a resort near Lucerne,
where her fiance also it stopping.
The present is Madame Walska's
third marriage. Her first husband
was Baron Aracdie D'eineorn. a
Russian army officer, who was
killed early in the war. -
Announcement by Bride. -Announcement
of the marriage was
made by the bride.
After the weddinsr Mr. and Mrs.
McCormick gave-a luncheon at the
Ritz hotel, at which Mr. and Mrs..
Dudley Field Malone were guests'
Mr. Malone was counsel for Madame
Walska in the proceedings which re
cently resulted in the divorce between
her and Mr. Cochran. I Mrs. Malone
formerly was Miss Doris Stevens of
Omaha, Neb.
Mr. McCormick and his bride after
the luncheon left for an automobile
tour. Their destination was not an
nounced.
Mr. and Mrs. Malone were the only
witnesses at the marriage.
our Children Are Killed
When Fire. Destroys Barn
Campbell. Minn.. Aug. 11. -Four
children were burned to death in a
fire which destroyed a barn on the
farm of Ralph Stevens, here today.
Dry Chief Claims
Agents Are Being
Harassed by Cops
tkMMaaeassHW t
Enierton Hunt Declares Jail
ing of Mallon I Form of
Persecution Wants
Prohe Made.
"Dry" agents are being "persecut
ed" in Nebraska and the arrest of one
of them, John M. Mallon, by Oma
ha police Monday night, has been
referred to Washington with a re
quest that the Department of Justice
make a full investigation, bmerson
E. Hunt, divisional chief prohibition
agent, declared prior to his return to
Minneapolis last night
beveral local firms holding alcohol
permits are to be cited to show cause
why their permit! should not be re
voked, he ilto innounced.
Mr. Hunt slid that a flock of spe
rial aoenis have been working in.
Omaha under his direction for the
last three months.
Mr. Hunt s statement clears Agent
Mallon of any part in the episode at
Hotel Fontenclle Monday night re
sulting in arrest of Mallon and his
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broker, here on his wedding trip.
My investiaition causes me to
believe that Mallon had not been
drunk or disorderly as charged, that
his illegal arrest and imprisonment
without privilege of ' calling the
United States ittorney or the assist
ant the search of his room and per
son without warrant, the leizure of
government property' in . his posses
sion, all make a situation which can
not be explained from any reasonable
viewpoint," said Mr Hunt.
"The matter has been referred to
Washington with the suggestion that
tne department 01 lusiice ne re
auested to make full investigation
of the conduct of the officers involv
ed in the incident as there are many
investigations before us in Nebraska
and we do not care to have our
agents persecuted in an endeavor to
get 11s to leave the state before in
vestigations have oeen completed ana
results obtained.
Omaha Man Elected Guard
of United Master Butchers
Milwaukee, Aug. 11. -Jacob Her
man, Milwaukee, was elected presi
dent of the United Master Butchers',
association of America, at the closing
session of the convention here. Other
officers chosen were A. H. Fenske,
Minneapolis; Aaron Roth, Milwau-trr-
T W F.verett. Milwaukee, and
Emil Schwartz, Detroit, vice presi-
ucius; jonn n, ivumi, i,nikagu, -.-
retary; A. G. Grimm, New York,
financial secretary; William McGon
igle, Cleveland, master-at-arms;
Alex Maver. Omaha, and F. G.
Parks. Tulsa. Okl.. guards. Pitts
burgh was chosen for the next con
vention city.
The ingenuous simplicity and flowing lines of the
new frocks are presenting a corset problem to
many women. . "' '
No corset line must show and yet the figure can
not be allowed to be shapeless and ill-proportioned.
':
Let us solve this problem for you with a
c
mm
vxiirners
wrap-aroOnd
t ' I 1 .
It will cling to your figure so pliantly
that it is a part of yourself, but there
will be no trace showing through your
gown. There are no laces to bother
with just a section of elastic wide
enough to let you wrap it and snap it
on. And it will give you the gracious
contours the new modes demand, v
Corset Section Second Floor.
RaO Chiefs Accept
Harding Peace Plan
(C'M'ltHe4 Vrm I
10 -4he - president to tike whatever
railroads were dremed idvi.sble.
'l the itrike U not toiled, mul a
trial develop thai rite railroads can
not operate," said Jxnsior Cummins.
"Ilteii there it nothing left to be done
but for the government to take thrni
over anil operate ihrm.
Protest by Blanton.
Abilene, Trs Aug. Il.-(t)y A. 1)
Congressman Thomas L Ulanton
of Abilene todiy sent out telegnm
to numerous leideri throughout the
country asserting President Harding
had summoned enngrtss to take over
the railroads, "Thu means nitioirl
bankruptcy and weak trucklina to
autocrat unions far worse than when
they forced passage of the Adtmsen
law," the menage said.
Union Leaders Adjourn
Without Final Decision
. Oawhe Mm Lmu4 Wire,
Washington, Aug. 1 1. The general
conference ol the railroad labor lead
en adjourned tonight afier an all
day session without reaching a final
decision as to the course ot action
they will pursue in response to
rresident Harding a strike settle
ment propoul.
Nevertheless it ippeired almost
certain that Saturday they would be
ready to announce tneir policy along
the following lines:
All the brotherhoods will join in a
public declaration of their support of
the shopmen's strike and advise their
members to refuse to have anything
to do with the ooeration of trains
believed to contain defective equipment.
The six shopcrsfts unions will ad-
ditss a leparite comniuniraiioit to
I'letiirni ftarding, lormally ntMity
ing him of their refusal 10 go back
to work, leaving the seniority que
lion to the railroad tabor board.
Drift Emergency Legislation.
The prospect of a general nil "P
are to Mrious. in the view of the
dminiiiratioa, thai inite IcaJers,
t the riue.t of the president,
drilled emergency legis'itHm to en-
Me the government to iik over
Ibe hues promptly next week.
This legUlsiinn. it Is understood.
will authorise the president to pro
claim in emergency and then author
iie him to assume control md open
turn of any or all lines,
Wirren S. Stone, president of the
brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, who wis,ippoiuted spokes
man for the general conference of
llie labor leaders, reitented that
there waa no thought of a sym
pathetic itrike on the part of the oth
er brotherhoods.
At the time he made clear that
the engineers were thoroughly in
earnrtt in their determiuition not to
take out locomotives which they be
lieved to be defective. Furthermore,
he declared, the engineers would re
fuse to 10 to work unless the re
ported Intimidation ol men on ineir
way to work by irmed guards
ceased.
Condition! Dangerous.
Mr. Stone said that reports of
uch intimidation hid been received
from ibout 50 terminals and that the
men had been advised to stay away
from work under such conditions. He
ststed that three engineers had been
killed by guards. Numerous other in
stances hid been reported, he said,
where guards held up men cm their
way to work at the point of a re
volver and searched them. He con
tended that it wai not only danger-
out hut beneath the dimiity of, lh
men to woik under surh condition,
Concerning ilrfrciive equipment.
Mr. Stot said; '.
"We do not proiHite lo Kind on
wrhnitilities. hut I venture to Y
that no lets than 50 per ccut of th
locomotives ae being operated in
violation of the law. Our men will
refute to tike out tth equipment
While the larr conference wis in
progrtts, the rihinet alto was in ses
sion. It likewise fiiled to reach any
eeii. It was reported that con
siderable difference of opinion e
Uted imong cabinet members is to
the idvitibility of taking over the
roads.
12 Limited Trains
Stalled in Desert
ratliM4 rram Put OM I
in the Ogdrn yards and on the line
Oiriltn nH Carlin. Nev..
quit their jobs at 3:55 this afternoon,
rrnrdiiiK lo word received -here.
They ceased work, it was stated, be
mum of the presence ' of armed
guards.
The new walkout is separate from
the strike by tome employes at Og-
11 this morning which resulted in
the tieing u: of (our taenger trains.
Tieup Indicsed.
Evansville. Ind.. Aug. II. A com
plete tienp of trains on both divisions
t A.ii.viit. V.nhville rail
road through this city was indicated
when engineers and firemen refused
to take out trains. It was reported
firemen will refuse to man all train,
t.nt that tome of the engineers wilt'
answer their calls. ....
The presence of guards ind faulty
and dangeroui equipment is given
the reison for re fusil to handle the
engines.
(wii.Men&Cd
Five Specials
in Toiletries
Pepsodent tooth
paste, 89c.
Benzoin and almond
lotion, 35c.
Haskin's hard water
castile soap, 7c a
cake.
Woodbury's soap,
. 19c a cake.
Hughes' Ideal hair
brushes,
Maia Floor
Smart little sweat
ers with the ripple
skirt for miss three
to six years, come
in red with the
black stripe or
coral with the grey
stripe.
Price $6.50
Worn errs Vests
In fine combed cot
ton in the regulation
or bodice styles in .
white or flesh spe
cially priced at 35c.
Fine mercerized vests
are priced 95c'
. . Second Floor
. 4
Your Wooltex
Knockabout Coat
For 30 per cent less than
September 1st Prices .
. The coats are ideal
to "knock about" in
and that makes them
appropriate for motor,
street, campus and
traveling wear. They
are exceptionally well
made, being tailored
of imported and do
mestic guaranteed all
wool service fabrics.
Now priced from
$19.50
to $42.50
Third Floor,
Manhattan Shirt Sale
For Men Ends Saturday
$2.50
$3.25
$4.00
$5.00
$6.00
$7.00
$8.50
$10.00
$12.00
shirts,
shirts,
shirts,
shirts,
shirts,
shirts,
shirts,
shirts,
shirts,
$1.65
$2.25
$2.85
$3.45
$4.25
$4.95
$5.85
$6.95
$8.35
Interesting
Hosiery Sales
"Thompson, Belden's
Special" is a twelve
strand pure thread
silk hose with a six
thread lisle top and
double sole. An extra
long, full fashioned
model in black, white,
cordovan, chestnut
brown, beige, sand,
navy and the gray
shades, $1.95 a pair.
Children's Half Hoae
Many lovely 'styles
originally to 79c, for
35c a pair.
Values to 35c for 19c
a pair.
Silk socks for 50c a
pair.
Main Floor
Other Sales for Men
Summer Neckwear
$1.00 ties, 65c
$1.50 ties, 95c
$2.00 ties. $1.35
$2.50 ties, $1.65
$3.00 ties, $1.95
Delpark Collars
35c each or three for
$1. Copley, Chamber
lain, La Salle, Har
vard, C 0 m m 0 dore,
Biltmore, Ambassador
and Astor styles in all
sizes.
Knit Union Suits
The summer weight
in Superior make
from $1.65 to $2.95.
A 50c linen handker
chief for 35c .each or .
three for $1. -
To the Left Aa Yon Enter
Final Clearance of
Sports Oxfords
$5.85
Originally $8.50 to $11.00
These smart styles: Beige buck trimmed
with patent; white nile cloth combined with
patent; white, tan or gray elk trimmed with
blacjc. Saturday only, $5.85.
Mala Floor.
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