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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1922)
THE OMAHA HF!E: THURSDAY. AUGUST 31. 1922. Adopted Child Is Willed Hulk f of Big Estate lNWcl Uwyrr Cut Off Own UiiUrrn Willi Dollar Each, Clarifying Tli-m at Taratitfi.' N'rw York. Aug. JO. Disinheriting nil of tiit five chiMrrn, liom It rr (trrt-tl to "more liUr p'sitts" limn dutiful offspring, the will of I'ark Hi-nj4iiim. not'4 Uvy-r, uihr ml flitor, ftltrr-in hw of fcnnro ( .-.rtiso, iIiio.iiik of an rtut ol more than f.00,0oi, filed yeter dar for probate. The letlator left the ue for life cf tlie rriidne f hit etute to hi. Mow, Ha K. Benjjrum ol the In. trrpmrt. Goshm, N. Y. with the pro. visum tlut it rvrnliully r to lui a lopted daughter, Anna Holchi Hen. jmin, to whom lie gave foO.lKJO out Id adopted daughter formerly a governeie in the faintly of Waltt-r H. llenjamin. Jirnmmin dniiiheritrd hn two tm and three dauxhtrrt, ititluding Mm. Dorothy II. C'aru.o, who n now in I urope, by liefuethmg them eai h $1 and detlarinK that the rexion lie -ft thrnt no more wit on account of their "long eoiitmued pcrmicnt, un dutiful and unlilial conduct toward ine." Anna JluMii Drnjarnin wa adopted in Luxerne county, I'enniylvania, in V)19 to the great dissatisfaction of the Benjamin children. .She gett, in addition to the ch bequest, the testator's library, piano and other personal elTecti in his reiidenre in Writ Seventy-third atreet, New York citv. The old Denjamin residence in I.sst Eightieth street waa bequeathed ! a former servant, Gertrude D. J'orter, in recognition of long service and considerable bequetts were made to ether servants, to a sinter and two grandchildren. The children "cut off with a dol lar" are designated a Gladys, and Komeyn V. and l'ark Benjamin, jr., fell of .N'ew York, Marjorie Clarke of l'lainfit'ld, N. J , and Dorothy Caruso of Venice, Italy. Ileniarniii explained lie rewarded hia adopted daughter for her filial devotion to him "while resident with my household for seven years, and her sisterly relations with my daugh ter, Dorothy, and in consideration of her giving up her musical career, in order to devote herself to my care and welfare during my old age." "No Longer Skirt League" Organized in Montreal Montreal, Aug. 30. Twenty of Montreal's smartest and prettiest girls, rebelling against the attempt of style creator to foist long skirts on woina, have formed a no-longer-tkirt-ffague." Members are pledged to cling to the abbreviated variety and do all they can to induce other young women to keep their skirts short. . Convention for Omaha. The bureau of publicity of the Chamber of Commerce, co-operating with the Marks Bros. Saddlery com pnny, J. H. Haney & Sons, the Na tional Fur and Tanning company and John Gamble, vice president of the first National bank, has landed the 1923 convention of the National Harness Manufacturers' arsociation for Omaha. Secretary's Son Poor Provider, Wife Says 1m Vltt.'lmt 17 VI:luv taulltitfa until t hmlund, rail li. liw, son of L-Iie M. Shaw, former secretary ol (hi. inicrinr Ins ArA .nil fur divorre at .Santa Koia. (.!., declared the loved her huiband dearly and would resist his divorce suit. "My bus- linnI " she addrd. "never houuhi nfc a murh as i pair of shoestrings with rms own money, mis laincr gave hint money from time to time, mid it was on this money that we lived." They were married in lialti more in I VIJ. Barrows Quits Burlington Job Lieutenant Governor Will Or ganizc Automobile Clubs in State. Lincoln, Aug. 30. (Special.) Lieut. Gov. 1'. A. Barrows has re signed as special investigator for the Burlington railroad to accept the vice presidency of the Nebraska Au tomobile association, 'five lienten ant governor will have charge of the organization of automobile clubs as local divisions of the association throughout the state. The association offered him the position because of the success met by the lieutenant governor as na tional commander of the Sons of Veterans in 1W0 and V)2. lie re vived that organization and restored it to greater activity than it had ex perienced for years. The Nebraska Automobile associa tion was organized in April and its objects are the promotion of good roads and tourist facilities in Ne braska; the protection of tourists against unreasonable charges and in ferior service; the attraction of tour ist travel through the state, advertis ing Nebraska's motoring; accomo date and recreative facilities; de velopment of trunk transportation; enactment of equitable legislation, and uniform traffic regulations af fecting motorists. Texas Strikers Are Freed of Federal Contempt Charge El Paso, Tex, Aug. 30. Four EI Paso strikers were freed in federal court here yesterday on charges of contempt in connection with the al leged violation of a federal court in junction issued in behalf of the Gal veston, Harrisburg & San Antonio railroad. The four men were ac cused of stoning a crowd of railroad shop workers. kupn.Wen$Ca Our Entire Stock of $5 Trimmed Hats $045 Three hundred and fifty hats for women, misses and matrons. Velvets, satins and duvetyns and combinations. Black and All Colon Kvery 5 trimmed hat will be in this sale Wednesday for $3.45 Airship Route .Will Be Charted by Army Blimp Firt Transcontinental Flight Kver Attempted ly Balloon Will Ite Started in September. JMIev.lte, III., Aug. J0.-(Uy A. P.) Hurting of a transcontinental air ship route will he one of the purposes of the flight of army airship CJ, which will leave Langley Field. 'Va., f r I.os Angeles, Cal., next month on the first transcontinental flight ever atteempted, according to an an nouncement at Scott Fietd here yes terday. Other purpose of the flight include: Photographing landmarks and com piling a camera map of suitable land ing places; to make a thorough study of engine performances under the various conditions of air pressure and temperature, and to ascertain changes in design necessary to im prove the general oerformance of diri gible balloons in long flights. Newport News, Va., Aug. 30. The C-2, now at Langley Field, is being overhauled in preparation for the transcontinental flight which will be started as early in September a weather conditions will permit. A new car designed to reduce the wind resistance is being built and will be installed shortly. Hydrogen will be used in the en velope, built to carry a useful load of 3.750 pound. The C-2 will travel as light as possible. Her measurement are: Length, 192 feet over all; width, J4 feet; height of envelope, 56 feet; engines, two of 300-horsepower each, geared to work together or separate ly; cruising speed, 60 miles an hour. The flight to Koss Field, Cal., com prising more than 3,000 miles, is to be divided into 12 legs. It was (aid at Langley Field that the ship was ex pected to be back about October 15. Philadelphia Exhibition Is Approved by President Washington, Aug. 30. President Harding yesterday signed the con gressional resolution giving federal government sanction of the scsquicen tennial exhibition to be held in Phila delphia in 1926 and providing for an invitation to foreign nations to par ticipate. , 1 Woman to Fight for C. of C. Membership Mi.1 C!.idy Gilliam, Boston busi ness woman, is to make legal fight against Jioston Chamber of Com merce which refused to admit her as member, because it is a man' institution. L'ditor of Geologiral Maps Lose Life in Mexico Washington, Aug. 30. Wright McCormick, editor of map for the geological survey and a former pro fessor at the I niversity of Texas, lost hi life in a 30-foot fall from the side of Mount Ajusco, near Mexico City, said a cablegram received by his parents here. He formerly was attached to the staff of the New York Times and at one time was editor of the Friends of Irish F'reedom maga- rine. . Pawnee County to Hold One-Day Teachers Meeting Pawnee City, Nth., Aug. 30. (Special.) Saturday morning at 10 a one-day convention of rural and village school teachers of Pawnee county will open here under the su pervision of Countv Superintendent Bertha Ktthlnian. Final instructions will be given prior to the opening of the county schools on the following .Monnay. IVodigy"' Seeks to Become Kditor Hoy. 13. Admitted to North- it . weiern i niveraiiy loung ed Pupil Ever Enrolled, I llmnhn IW W lc, Chicago, Aug. JO .Kilter pi ting newspaper maiugrr who art seek ling an editor, wtll do well to put Ion their waiting lUt the rum of jWill Moore Kendall, jr., I J. who matriculated at Northwestern ttni jversity in the freliuun rla.s today, 'the youngest .Indent ever admitted j to the gieat intitution. Young Kendall, who is the son of a Methodist preacher of Mauguui, jOVI, successfully pa.sed all tests ap plied by the univer.ity authorities. Illis father graduated from North j we.tern in l'12. A special di.peu . kuliou by the university set aside the rule which forbid accepting any stu dent under 16. Will Moore is considered one of the most brilliant student in the history of the university. At the age of 2'i, he knew hi letters and was able to read at 3. Hi father is blind and the baby read newspa per and books to him. He skipped the seventh grade in grammar sihonl and did a four-year high school course in three years. He entered Manguin high school when he was '). His parents resent the intimation that he is a "prodigy" in any sense cf the word. They explain that he is an ordinary, cUar leaded, am tiitious boy, wtu las devoted hi at trnt.on to h woik in hand. , Will Metre's life ambition is to I he r.ew.paper man and he will Uv 'out hs whole rour.e t, study with tNt ead in ic. Congressional Sanction Now Hetpiired for Army Medal Washington, Aug JO. Incident la i the expiration of tune fixed by con j gre.s during which army ot'uers and ) men rnuld receive decorations , awarded by foreign governments for I service in ihe world war, the War ; department announced yesterday that future awards would require special congressional authorisation before they eould be accepted by army per sonnet, A tabulation of decorations nude by the department shows that it con frrred 7.10'' decoration to officer and men of the I'nited States armv who served during the war and 7l'J to the allied forces and civilian In return the American soldirrs received I7.7H7 foreign decorations, including those pre.ented to American welfare organisations and citlteus who served in oiiy capacity or another. France awarded M.OK'i decorations to Americans, Great llritain, 1,213, and lielgium, 755. U. S. May Send Technical Commiitrion to KuMa Washington, Aug. 30. (Ily A. P.) Steps have been taken by the American government looking to the poi.ible dxpatch to Ku.sia of a tech nical eommi.sion to survey condi tions there, but without authority to negotiate any agreement binding up on the I'nited States, j Cable Systems ; Form Alliance ! Po.tiil Telegraph mid AU J American Cable. I nr., Join Force on Sea Mrapr. New York. Aug. J0.-Th Postal Ttlcgraph system and All American Cablrs, Inr , have entered into an al liance involving 50,(KI miles of uh idc that an evtliange (i tialfic be tween the two systems, but a'o pro vides that the agents and offices of each shall ad as agents for the other, fcceorduig to an innouiirnneM made yislerday by Clarence II Makay, prsident of Ihe Postal Telegraph Commercial call!' s. "This agreement," said Mackav, "create the greatest and most com prehensive American table system, extending north and south to all parts of the I'nitrd States and Can ada to Central and South America, and from eat to west Iroin F.urnpe to the orient, involving a total table mtleage of 5(l,lM) miles Tin Commercial (able company operate 17.3i miles of submarine Cdble in the Atlantic ocean, connect ing with European point., and 1, 549 miles of cable i operated by the Commercial Cable company of Cuba between New York city and Miami, on the American end, and Havana. The Commercial Pacific Cable company operates 1 . 1 0 mile of cable between San Franci.eo and Hono lulu, Midway, Guam, Tokio, Manila and Shanghai. Ihe All Amerira t'aldes. Inc. operate 20.MH miles of cable !rtrti ihe I'nited States and Crntul am) S .gth Auieri.a. Th Postal Telegraph Cable com pany iij,i,! ,,ii a land iff system reaching all p4rik i.f the I'nited States, and, in addition, has exclusive Anirr.ian council, ons whh the Can, than Pacific KailM.iv Tilrgraphs. "Safety UC Itauueri Seriously Injure Man Detroit, Aug. JO, A wne laden with "safety first' cinipi'Kil ban lien caught William HuckUnd, 72, under the thin I.i -1 evening as he rode on the top of a bus at Char, lotte and Ca.s armii, He was lifted out of In seat and thrown over the two. immediately behind h'i, His luteal was sen-rely slashed. At Cir,iie hospital surgeons said he wa in a serious condition. A prcil ,ir coincidence was ti e fuel that on the motor bus were three i'i li-g.-itet v, ho are attending the safe tv j !rl coiiiiress in session here. 'They jur first d to Mr. liuck I bold and hurried him to the !ior Jtal in an automnliiV. Three I'liiou Pacifie Striker Are Cmmcted Portland, Ore , Aug. .10.-Federal Jlldye C. I'.. Wolvertoil eterdjv found gn illy llnee of Ihe IS cllet'fd union shopmen accused of violating the court order limiting pickets at the shops of the Oregon Wasltitigion Pailroad and Navigation company (L'nioii Pacific system) and released the other II defendants. Knbert Green and (ieorne Shar mann were sentenced to W) davs in jail and fines of $IHI each. Martin h'ltui k was fined ti'K Last Day of the August Fur Sale Prices Advance 20 to 33 1-3 on September First Small Furs and Chokers Fox Scarfs, $24.75 Stone Marten. $29.75 Nat. Squirrel, $12.75 Am. Mink, $22.50 German Fitch, $12.75 Scotch Mole, $24.75 Skunk Stole, $95.00 40-Inch Mole and Squirrel Coat, $395 40-Inch Kolinsky Marmot Coati, $75 45-Inch Scotch Mole Wrap, $275 42-Inch Siberian Squirrel Coat, $575 40-Inch Hudson Seal Coat, $275 Collars and cuffs of natural skunk. 36-Inch Squirrel Trimmed, $265 45-Inch Hudson Seal Coat, $450 42-Inch Kolinsky Coat, $595 40-Inch Hudson Seal and Mink, $395 40-Inch Natural Muskrat Coat, $125 33-Inch Raccoon Coat, $225. One Fourth Deposit Will Reserve Any Fur in Storage Until Nov, 1st, AN ERRORl A typographical mr In tmr I M .eJay sti"t Tuesday S I", M. !h tima r l l' ning K-m tia.( an IT other article away when it efcouM r.d f, M THURSDAY 'tn Vfttwl sVV'Sst V." Register Thursday i . ... I1.il -sj, s i -Irt vsl siiviNst s?os. Y y (1 t Rf K Ht p intnf I'.mm Sail, II in s f I h J( s.;!ifr t,sat rl,. U t. t i.it tosy 1 hart' lr i''st i tV;., in. .:) t P. M fONTH End SALES rr 0NT End sales Purchases charged dur ing this sale appear on the Oct. 1st statements. All Sales Final. Infants' and Children's Hose-in a Sale Half and three quarter socka in a large variety of styles and colors. Values to 79c. Thursday 25c a Pair Infants' half socks in solid colors and white with fancy tops, val ues to 35c, for 19c a pair. ThursdayThe Last Day of the August Sale of W inter Coats and Suits All are new fall hand-tailored gar ments of fine quality fabrics that will be marked from 20 to 33J higher September first. A small de posit will reserve your choice until you wish to wear it. Knockabout Coats-$ 19.50 to $42.50 Tailored Suits $49.50 to $195.00 Fur Trimmed Coats-$67.50 to $225.00 Third Floor Hand embrolde red handkerchiefs of fine lawn and linen and very special for 39c. Wash Goods 19c Values up to 75c Broken lines of 40-inch voiles and batiste. 36 inch cotton suitings and many other equally de sirable materials will sell from the bolt. Second Floor Corset Sale Odd corsets in all makes, will be sold Thursday for interest ingly low prices. Second Floor Fine Linen Table Cloths For Unusual Savings $ 8.75 Two Yard Cloths - - - $ 6.38 $10.00 Two Yard Cloths - - - $ 7.50 $12.00 Two Yard Cloths - - 9.89 $17.50 Two Yard Cloths - - - $12.89 $20.00 Two Yard Cloths - - - $15.00 $22.50 Two Yard Cloths - - - $17.50 $27.50 Two Yard Cloths - - - $22.50 $12.00 Two and one-half Yard Cloths $ 9.75 $15.00 Two and one-half Yard Cloths $11.89 $20.00 Two and one-half Yard Cloths $15.89 $22.75 Two and one-half Yard Cloths $17.50 $25.00 Two and one-half Yard Cloths $20.00 A Sale for Children Cloth and Silk Coat in sizes 2 to 6 years, that have sold to $15, Thursday $4.98 and $6.98. Children's hat reduced $12.75 Milans $8.75. $8.50 Milans $1.75. Silk and Straw Combi nations. $9.00 qualities $3.75. $7.75 qualities $2.98. $4.75 Organdies $1.78 Second Floor. All Linen Huck Towels 75c Towels, 59c $1.50 Towels, $1.00 $1.65 Towels, $1.25. $1.65 Guest, $1.25. $1.25 guest, 85c. 20 and 22-inch linen scarfing, 90c a yard. House Dresses And Aprons 79c to $2.19 Values to $5.00. Dainty ginghams and percales, most attract ively colored, fashion these sale frocks and aprons, In sizes 34 to 42, but not all sizes in every style. Min Floor Curtain Nets 49c a Yard Some of our best weave (hut have sold up to $1.25 a yard. White, navy and htu. 31 to 45 inches wide. Seeaad Hoo Economies on Silks Unsurpassed The Silk Specials An attractive selection of dark and light colorings: $3.50 40-inch Pebble Crepe - - $2.95 $3.50 40-inch Canton Crepe - - $2.95 $2.50 36-inch. Choice Satin - - $1.95 $2.50 3G-inch Brocade Lining Satin $1.49 $2.00 36-inch Silk Messaline - - $1.25 $1.50 Figured Kimono Silks - - 95c One Table of Silks Vsuallu From $U0 to $2f0 at 95c a Yard Mela I ... Sales for Men Pajamas $1.95 Choice styles in white and colored materials Sizes A. B. C. D. $2.50 and $3. regularly. Night Shirts $1.95 Light weight fabrics, short sleeve styles, sizes 15 to 19. Regu $2.50 and $3 quali ties. $2.50 and $3.00 Shirts for 95c. Wonderful values in sizes 13 1 i to IS. Eagle, Emery and Arrow makes. A few white ones included. Woolen Specials Skirlinf PUid $2.50, 50-inch. $1.95 $3.50, 51-lnch, $2.95 $J.9S. M.nch, $3.50 $3.95, 51-inch velour skirting fhtcW.$2.91 $2 95, 51 inch l'rirn !' navy u 1 1 i P t trt, $1.75. Street Oxfords and Slippers Reduced n !485 Just .it a time wh n a new street oxford or j!ip' r h nut jn-t tU'd. I!;u k calf oxfords with low hock Urown Ku.ia with military hevk llhck and brown tso-tnij pump wish mill t.iry hoek Hrown Hack pumps one-strap Mle with milt Lisle Hosiery Special for b9c In (.hadi'S of white, brown, navy ami black ami -norm sport, hose. Values to $1.50 for 6Sc a pair. Ms in floor Organdie collars or collafand' cuff setSt daintily embroidered or with lace edges are ut half price