Nebraska Newspapers

    Hoover Favors
Sale of Shoals
to Henry Ford j
Tells House Appropriations
Body Hotels Opposed to
Government Opera
tion o£> Plant.
Washington, Feb. 22.—Secretary ,
Hoover told the house appropriations j
committee considering the third
deficiency appropriation that he favor- j
od development of Muscle Shoals for 1
making nitrates and that he was :
.'gainst government operation it wan
disclosed today when the committee
record was made public.
“1 would like to see Mr. Ford do it,
if that would suit anybody,” the seo ,
ictary said. "I do not know whether 1
Mr. Ford's terms are the terms con
gress ought to adopt. I could not j
speak as to that, but I would like
to see anybody who has capital take
Muscle Shoals and turn nitrate out i
of it tomorrow.”
it was brought out that the United
States has paid nearly $1,000,000,000
lor Chilean nitrates since the civil
war and the secretary said that as a
protective measure "we ought to do
something for our own relief.”
He added that there was 4.000,000
horse power on the Colorado river in
Arizona that he “would like to see j
turned into the manufacture of I
nitrates.”
The Colorado river, lie' said, ia !
“pregnant with larger possibilities” j
than any other horse power project.
Prince s Toes Removed.
London. Feb. 22.—prince George un
derwent an operation In Buckingham I
palace today’ for the removal of the
small toe from each foot. He had suf
fered from the persistent flexion of
the toes, known as hammer toe, which
caused him considerable inconvenience
in his naval duties, and also in danc
ing. Recently he underwent an op
eration for appendicitis.
Boy Alive!
Here’s What You Need
STEEL
HOD
HOES
They have all the snap and
style that the boys like and
yet. they are made to give
extra service. They are strict
ly Drexel quality—100%
solid—no shoddy—reinforced
at all the strain and danger
points.
$3.50 to $5.00
Special for
Saturday
200 pairs our regular $5.00
and $6.00 values, broken
sizes and discontinued lines, at
$2.95
100 pairs button shoes, $4.00
value, sizes 5 and 5'/i, at—
$1.45
DREXEL
Shoe Co.
1419 FARNAM ST.
Blinding of ‘Eye of Austrian
Army’ Told by Prince Caetani
Italian Ambassador Describes for First Time His Fa
mous War Exploit Accomplished in the Blowing
Up of the Mountain Col di Lana.
New York, Fob. 22.—t/Pi—Prince j
Gelasto Caetanl, Italian ambassador
and formerly a mining engineer in '
this country, recounted last1 night for i
the first time, details of his famous ;
war exploit—the blowing up of the'
mountain C'ol di Lana, the "eye" of
the Austrian army, in 1916.
Addressing tile American Institute j
of Mining and Metallurgical Engi
neers, Ambassador Caetani. who was j
graduated from Columbia and ob
tained his first job as a "slag ear
pusher’’ in the workings of the Duly
West mine, Park City, Ftah, at
tributed the success of his undertak
ing to the knowledge he had gained
In America.
"Col di Lana was the eye of the
enemy." he said, “that spied every
road of access that looked over our
defenses and our rear. We were
called upon to blind that eye. An
assault was ordered. And in the at
tempt to scale the bare and precipit
ous Hank of the mountain, 10,000 jf
our bravest men met death."
Prince Sent to Sector.
Then Prince Caetanl, an officer of
engineers, was sent to the sector to
replace an officer who had fallen in
the assault.
"One day Colonel Perelli asked me |
what I thought could be done," said
the ambassador. "I told him we ought
to get underneath them and blow ’em
off. And so the mine was started, the
13th of January.
"We worked three months. Tlieic
were two engineer officers. Bonfi»ll
and Grimaldi, besides myself, and SO
picked miners. We started surveying
the position, a difficult task, through
loopholes.
"Finally we started tunnelling to
Omaha Enters Fight
Against Kail Merger
Kansas City, Mo., Fell. I".’.—A fight
against the proposed merger of
American railroads into 19 great sys- ;
terns now under consideration by the
Interstate Commerce commission,
was launched here at a' meeting of
boards of trade and chambers of com
merce officials from several middle 1
west cities.
A permanent organization was
formed consisting of representatives
from Omaha. Sioux City, Leaven
.worth and Atchison, Kan., and St.
Joseph and Kansas City, Mo.
The organization headed by J A.
Carpenter, vice president of the Kan •
sas City Chamber of Commerce w-,11
l,e expanded to include as many cities
of the middle-west as are willing to
enter into the fight against the pro
posed merger, it was announced
Committees will be appointed to at
tend hearings on the proposed merger
before the commission at Wash
ington.
Authorities Renew Search
for Chicago Labor Leader ,
Chicago, Feb. iiii.—Bearch for "Oig
1 Tim” Murphy, labor leader facing a !
j four-year prison sentence and
I fine* for the *330.000 Dearborn street j
| station mail robbery, was started in
earnest last night with Fnlted States
i deputy marshals, police, detectives i
! and Murphy s bondsmen joining in
! the hunt.
Following a decision of the circuit
! court of appeals affirming Murphy's
sentence, a stay of .the mandate order
| ing his arrest was obtained, pre
t sumably to appeal to the supreme,
(court although loca' officials have no
word concerning this action. The
i stay expired.
Murphy's friends maintained that
j ho would make good his boast to give
'himself up at the proper time.
; Mellon Refused lo Furnish
Data on Embassy Rum
Washington, Feb- 22. — Secretary
Mellon declined to furnish to the
house of representatives information
as to the amounts of Intoxicating
liquors imported by foreign embassies
and legations in Washington since
the prohibition amendment became
effective on January 20, 1920.
The' information was requested by
| the house last Friday after the sc
1 retary had refused to give similar
| data to the house judiciary commit
tee. The resolutfon was Introduced
by Itepresentatlve Cramton. republi
can, Michigan, a "dry" leader.
Imported Cornet Trumpet
Special Model
$197S
We have just received a shipment
of these special Cornet Trumpets
tnd are offering them at this low
price in order to introduce them
io the public. Come in and see
them today.
Our Saxophone Department
With the purchase of a Saxophone we give
12 FREE lessons ami if you already own ft
Sux, remember we have a complete stock of
accessories such as Case reeds, Hardwood
reeds, Tom Brown reeds, pad, etc.
W* are axcluiiva representative* of J. W.
► ark A Son* Band and Orchestra Instru
ment*. Ask u* about than.
SCflMOLLER * MUELLER PIANO CO.,
1S14-16-1A Dodge S«., Omaha'Neb.
I am intaraatad In a. m* f,,l>
description, etc.
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Schmolkr&jlluclkr Piano Co
| 1X4-l6'0*Dod4c St» • • OmaliA |
wards the center of the peak. 'Vo
bored ir.o feet, then drove a 43 de
gree raise with the intention of get
ting close 10 the surface under the
enemy's first line trench.
"I"pon the suggestion of two or
our mines we had an 18 foot sec
tional wood augur forked. The rock
was soft and decomposed. From the
foot of the rise we drilled almost
certically until we broke to the sur
face. By that time the Austrian
sentries were fueling our Masts under
their feet. They notified headquarters
that we were mining the Austrian
position. Headquarters answered not
to get uselessly excited; that the
Italians were probably only mining
for shelter. They lost three days
phoning up and down and to this we
owed our success.
h'nemy Startes Counter Mining.
“Towards the middle of March tbe
enemy started counter mining. We
had started again drifting horizontal
ly and were gaining depth. On tl»e
seventh of April the enemy blasted
its first counter mine, but the shot
had been placed too high and was
somewhat off line. The shocks, how
ever, were heavy and part of the
ceiling of our tunnel caved, burying
Bonfioli and four soldiers. We got
them out alive and started again.
“Tlie enemy then sank three shafts
trying to locate us but we had gained
further depth and passed under their
drifts at ^not more tfian three feet
distance. We could hrar them walk
ing and dragging bags full of dirt.
“April i3 we loaded five tons of 95
per cent gelatine in two chamber*
about 30 feet apart and tamped the
galleries.
Blast Is hired.
"At 10 p. m., April 17, I went up
for the lost time in the raise and con
nected the electric wires. I w as alone
and in the silence of the underground
world could hear some one picking
hard and hastily above my head. That
some night a prisoner told me they
would have fired their counter mine
three days later.
“At 11 p. m, all our garrison was
withdrawn into the several galleries.
The last sentries w ere retired shortly
afterwards. Our trenches remained
for a moment completely deserted.
' Bonfiolo, Grimaldi and I and an
other officer were at the entrance of
a gallery, 300 feet from the center
of the mine. At 11:30 we received
ordei's ahd pulled the strings of the
detonaters.
"There was a dull noise, a slight
tremor. I thought the mine had
failed and rushed ti> the nearby en
trance. illumlnabd by the white gYire
<ft the moon, when suddenly all he
■ .me d irk. A cataract of earth and
rock fell. When the stonea stopped
falling I crawled out of the half ob
structed entrance. The snow cap of
Col 111 Lana had become Mack. The
whole topography had changed. Ev
ierything was silent, deserted, dead.
"Our soldiers crawled out of the
galleries walked quietly up to thi
peak and occupied the huge crater.
| Col Pi Lana was ours.
Movie Actors to
Fight Mammon
c
Mary Piekford, Fairbanks.
Harold Lloyd, Griffith, Etc.,
to Battle Commercialism.
ho* Angeles. Feb. 22.—Informal or
ganization of a group of motion pic
ture actors to combat "commercial-1
ism” and the "resultant dwarfing of
artistic growth" in film productions
was completed at a conference which
ended here early today with Mary
Piekford. Norma Talroage, Constance
Talmadge, Douglas Fairbanks, Charles
Chaplin. Harold Lloyd > and David
Ward Griffith, or their representa
tives, signers of a "declaration of in
dependence" from producers and ex
hibitors of "machine made" films, ac
cording to a story that the Los An
geles Times published today.
The text of the declaration follows:
"Certain combinations and groups of
persons and corporations are being
formed in the motion picture business
which will dwarf the artistic growth
of the motion picture, and we, who are
directly responsible to the public for
the merit of our production*, and hav
ing a profound regard Tor this respon
sibility, deem It necessary at this time
to form an organization which will
protect the independent producer and
the independent exhibitor against
these commercial combinations and
let us keep faith with the public."
Joseph M. Schenck, husband of
Norma Talmadge, and motion picture
producer, placed the name of his wife
and that of her sister. Constance, upon
the "declaration."
The conference, which lasted five
hours, ended at f o'clock this morn
ing and was c losed to newspaper men.
Edison Offers Aid in
Perfecting Helicopter
Dayton, O., Feb. 22.—Thomas A.
Edison may aid Dr. George de Boih
tzat, builder of a helicopter, which
during an experimental fight yester
day at McCook field remained In the
air for 3 minutes and 45 seconds and
rose to a height of 13 feet, a world's
record for this type of machine.
The fact that Mr. Edison has of
fered assistance, became known short
ly after the trial flight, when Dr.
Bothezat received a letter from the
inventor. It was said Mr. Edison
might come to Dayton to assist in the
experiments.
Italian Deputy Weds ■Niece
jof Cardinal Vannutelli
Rome, Feb. 22.—W)—Ireputy Finzi,
undersecretary interior and vice com
missioner of aeronautics, was married
today to Slgnorina Clementi. niece of
Cardinal Vannutelli. dean of the sac
red college.
The witnesses includ'd Premier
Mussolini. Gugliento Marconi, the in
ventor, and I'Mnrw Colonna. The poet,
D'Annunzio, who was to have been
the fourth wlirAss was detained at
Gardon.
To Raze Famous Theater.
New York, Feb. 22. — The Hippo
drome, famous New York playhouse,
will be razed tills spring and a >11.
000,000 hotel erected In Its place, it
v is reported oday. The V. H Realty
company, whtcli controls the property,
admitted negotiations for its sale
were undrr way.
Tutenkhamon's Affairs
Crop Out During Debate
in House of Commons
London, Keb. 22. — <A>) — Tutenk
hamon's affair* cropped out in tlic
house of commons yesterday.
Ronald MacNeill. undersecretary of
state for foreign affairs, was asked
by Sir IJarry Brittain, "whether,
when archeology, science and art
have been duly satisfied from the re
cent discoveries at Her El-Bahari.
his majesty's government will, If
necessary, use Its influence to sug
gest that the body of King Tutenk
hamun may be allowed to remain In
what he desired to be its last resting
place."
Mr. MacNeill replied that the gi^
ernment had no desire to interfere in
a matter in which the decision prop
erly rested with the Egyptian gov
ernment. This evoked cheers.
Then Mr. Hardie, laborlte, asked
whether Mr. MacNeill or the British
government had ny proof that the
real Tutenkhamun had been found.
The government spokesman replied;
"I have no official knowledge that
the body of his late majesty Is in the
sarcophagus."
Senate Accepts Report on
Annual Army Budget Bill
Washington, Feb. 22. — The army
appropriation bill, carrying over
1336.000,000 and last of the annual
supply measures before the present
congress, was put in completed form
last night when the senate, without a
record vote, adopted the conference
report as it came from the house.
The senate, in giving its approval,
receded from its opposition to those
amendments which the house, by its
vole today, had insisted upon.
AUVMTHntNt
Mrs. Banei Say# Tanlac
Ended Indigestion, Sour
ness and Palpitations
and Made Labors
Light.
"Tanlac has helped me so much I
wish everyone suffering like I did
would follow my suggestion to use
it,” said Mrs. padie Dane? 203? Wash
tngton street, Kansas City. Mo., the
other day.
"Before I took Tanlac t • ai*>et,te
was so poor it seemed beyond culti
vation. and the little I managed to
eat gave me indigestion and caused
awful sourness and palpitation. I was
•imply miserable from nervous head
ache*. dizziness and knife like pains
in my back, always slept poorly and
felt so bad that at times I jiy«. had
to quit my housework and lie down
"Tanlac was so well suited to my
ease that it has only taken three
bottles, half of the full treatment to
restore me to perfect health. It m«k»s
me so happy to be without an ache,
pain or trouble of any kind, that J
go about my work humming and sing
ing. I just can't help rejoicing over
what Tanlac lias done for me.
Tanlac Is for sale by all good du.g
gists. Over a3.0od.000 bottles sold —
Advertisement.
Says
the Florist
COME TO MY
Get Acquainted Sale
Flowers and plants that are more than decorative. They
lend a sweet fragrance to the home that suggests spring
even in the dead of winter.
They add life and beauty to the home, and make an
appropriate gift or remembrance to anyone from any
one.
Our store, being centrally located, and with the largest
assortments and varieties at all times of
Cut Flowers, Blooming Plants, Flower Dishes
and Baskets, at popular priceh at all time*.
Special Values Friday and Saturday
Our Get Acquainted Sale
Large blooming Primrose
plants, a good
$1.00 value,
1 lot of Japanese Flower
Dishes with holders (an
tique pattern ^
and finish),
choice .v .. ^
1-in. Boston and
other fancy
Ferns .
Guaranteed Healthy Condition
Home grown Sweet Peas.
"2 dozen
bunches
for.
Fresh Cut ami All Colors
ROGERS y the Florist
319 South 16th Street
Across from Conant Hotel
Revolution in
Religion Seen
Ex-Mayor Declares Church
Needs Radicalism—Protests
“Economic Injustice.’’
Cleveland, Feb. 22.—The sixth an
nual meeting of the council of cities j
of the Methodist Episcopal church
ends here tonight with the annual
banquet, at which Glenn Frank, New
York editor, will be the principal
speaker. The annual luncheon of the
Methodist Episcopal social service fac
tion was set for today.
l’redlctlons that a religious revolu
tion Is coming were made by .1. Ktitt
Wilson, former mayor of Berkeley,
Cal., yesterday. Declarations that the
church needs rndl'-alimn also were
made by Mr. Wilson and other
speakers.
"Nothing ha* surprised me more
during the last 25 years than the lade
of radicalism on the part of laboring
rnen,” Mr. Wilson said. "The most
saving fa' 'or in America is the sober,
g.'ine. reserved judgment of labor rnen
amid economic injustice of the world.
"The time when mankind lived as
an individual worker has passed; man
has become taught in the mechanist,
of a civilisation that is destroying
itself, fn the name of God »e can
challenge this grip of economic in
justice on people.
"I believe ate are on the 'erg* o>
a greater religious revolution than
the reformation."
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House call* made when unabie to cerr.r
to the office-office adjustment* »re 12
for y 10 or *0 for |2i—Office equipp'd
v, th 12 private adjmtiny room* and com
plete X-Ray laboratory.
Suite 414-26 Securities BIJf.
Cor. 16th and Farnam St*.
Phone JA 5347 Lady Attendant*
Sixteenth and Howard Streets
Our Annual
FEBRUARY SALE
There arc only five more shopping day* in this February Sale. It has been a very
successful event and customers who are considering furniture should hasten their
decision, because many of the most attractive offerings are sold down to a very fc-w.
If our DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN will assist you to take advantageof these sale
offering?, you should not hesitate to open an account. Our EXCHANGE DhrAKl
MENT can probably make the way earier by taking off your hands furniture you
now have.
An Elegant
Louis XVI Mahogany Bedroom Suite
From a Leading Grand Rapids Manufacturer
The very best construction and casework throughout, with fuil mahogany interior*.
The suite is elegantly finished, both inside and out. A large Dresser, J8 inches
wide, with 28x38-inch French plate mirror, a full size Bed ar.d commodious Ch;f
forette with four sliding liftout trays and one large drawer.
The three pieces you are most likely to need; 1
Dresser. Ohifforette and full size Bed ' V’ I J
The February Sale Price saves you $100.00
A Dressing Table to match, also illustrated. . 84o.OO
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Clearance Sale of
DRAPERY REMNANTS
All classes of drapery goods are included in this clearance sale of Remnants. such
as Sunfast materials, madras and cretonnes, nets, scrims, voiles, marquisettes, dotted
and figured muslins, tapestries, velours, ntchair and denim.
The remnants are in useful lengths in each instance: ir. the case of cumin ma
terials. there is enough for one or two windows; in the case of drapery fabrics, there
enough for one window, and in the case of upholstery materials, the smallest
j3 Urge enough for a cushion or chair sea-. In every instance these goods at*
marked at
HALF-PRICE
or very much less.
See Window - - - See Main Floor
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• Junior
Floor Lamp
We aie offering a number of
delightfully finished floor
lamps with shades of georgette.
The base is in two-tone walnut,
weighted and fitted with ad
justablc sockets. The shades
can be had in blue over rose or
black over gold. You will ap
prove the good materials In
these shades as well as the
ample fringe und skirt. Pull
cords come with every combina
t ion.
February .''ale Price, L* ^ “
complete..
O-O
Floor
Samples
of Victrola and
Brunswick
Phonographs
Reduced prices on about two
doten instrument!*, that will re
ceive service for one year;
guaranteed mechanically per
fect.
$.810 Brunswick in brown m«
horany or fumed oak. 92-45
*400 Brunswick in brown ma
hograny for. 9510
*100 Victrola, in all finishes,
for.995
»l?j Victrola, in all finishes,
for . *100
And Others.
Terms to suit the customer.
During the February
Sale This
Detroit Jewel
Range
Illustrated
will be sold at.
S5250
And a Porcelain Top Kitchen
Table with white enamel under
parts will be given away with
every range.
Rangt ■ will be connected with
out extra charts.
F R t: K
Open an Account
You can pay for your range by
opening an account and make
payments at the rate of $5 00
per month, the fir>t payment
becoming itur between the fit -
and tenth of March.
Down»tair»
February Sale of
RLIGS
We are only able to list a few
of the many bargain* if. tlvs
department; there are in addi
tion splendid bargains in lino
leums. both printed and inlaid.
Small Hups
Every one a real bargain.
Regular Sale Price
JO.i'O Extra Heavy Axminster. ^
27x54 . $4.75 ""
$9.75 Extra Heavy Axminster,
«xT0 $7.75
$11.25 Bundhar Wilton,
27x54 .$0.75
s 11.00 Highland Wilton,
27x54 .St 1.25
$17.50 Bundhar Fine Wilton,
20x0a .. $14.75
$22.00 French Wilton.
' ,;x03 ..... $17.75
''9.50 Best Quality Axminster,
4-0x6- 6 $10.50
$50.00 Koxburv Axminster Rug.
0x9 . S23.50
$26.00 Bundhar Wilton.
4-ox . 0 . . $31.>0
Room Size Rugs
Regular Sale Pnea
$15.0*) Wool and Fiber Rug,
9x12.911.75
' ’9.50 Wool and Fiber Rmn
•Me Kir*. 12x15. , 919.75
$45.00 Seamless 7-8x9 Axmin
>KT Rugs . 939.50
$59.50 Seamless 8-3x10-8 Vx
m -,ster Rugs.. . . 951.50
$7VOO Roxbury Valvet,
9x13 . 959.00
$292.00 Seamless Wihott Rugs.
il-3xl ’ 9195.00
$4.VOO Seamle»« Figured Vel
vet. 9x12 . 934.MV
$58.00 Colonial Velvet.
9x12 .. 945.00
87:'.50 Smith SeamJe.-s Wilton.
9x12 909.50
$5v50 Seamless Scotch
9x12 94b*. 50.
>91.RO H gel."\ Natural W oel.Vk.
9x12 . . 900.50
$09.50 Roxburv Plain Seamless,
®xis 858.50
Many bargains are offered ta
Oriental and t. hinese Ruga.