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Elks’ Building Is Dedicated at Impressive Rites s —_ Colorful Parade Precedes Cor nerstone Laying—Grand Exalted ^uler of Or der Presides. (Continued From Pace On*.) «vest corner of Fourtenth_and Hodge streets. He called on the four charter members present to arise, which brought forth loud cheers. Omaha Lodge Larges). “Today,” ha continued, “Omaha stands in the foreground of all Elk dom ami No. 39 enjoys the proud dis tinction of having the largest mem bership in the grand lodge of any lodge of the order. This lodgs' vteual ize* the future possibilities of the growth of this metropolis and opens its hospitable hearthstone to future thousands who will unite under its principles for the good of man.” Misses Leola Jensen and Margaret Killian placed purple aiid white flow ers, th«f colors of the lodge, on the cornerstone. - At a luncheon given by the Omaha lodge yesterday noon in Hotel Fon tenelle for the visitors. Grand Exalted Ruler Masters spoke briefly, stressing the thought that the order of which he Is the head is endeavoring to be of real service to the communities and the nution. BWe must go forward to better things.” the exalted ruler said. "The world needs industrial and interna tional peace. tVe need a better con ception of the relations herween men. Let us help solve some of the prob lems that trouble this old world. Our order stands for charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity. Are you helping to life up the less fortunate? Remember that one of the leading characteristics of our order is service. Law Respect L'urged. *‘I have observed a growing disre gard for law In some communities. Tlie Elks are doing their best to pro mote good citizenship. We are doing our full share to make decent, up standing American citizens. We should observe the laws even if we may not personally be in accord with some of them. We had a chance to debate the laws before they were passed, but when they are once passed we have no alternative but to respect them.” Mayor Dahlman gave the welcom ing address at the luncheon. J. U Killian, exalted ruler of Omaha lodge, presided. Among the attendants were Brig, Gen. Halstead Darcy, Col. Har vey W. Miller, Col. Frank Halstead, Col. Harry A. Eaton, I.leut. Col. E. D. Powers, MaJ. Thornton Rogers and Capt. Leslie E. Toole of the United States army. Gov. C. W. Bryan was escorted by Mayor Dahlman. The parade, which moved from Six teenth street and Capitol avenue to the Elks building, was led by mem Mhe police department. Lin a contingent of 150 which a band under the direction r Babich. Among the units e of march were the Omaha S, ..lilitary organizations and t from Fort Omaha and Fort dets of Central High, Omaha Technical High and Creighton uni versity; Creighton and public high school bands, Council Bluffs Elks and high school band, American Legion, ! Des Moines uniformed Elks, Shenan doah Elks band, Omaha Elks. Creigh ton R. O. T. C. and Omaha /EHts bowling teams. A dinner for the grand lodge offi- ; cers was given at Hotel Fontenelle in the evening. » Detroit Seeking Another $1,000,000 Loan From Ford Dstroit, May 26.—An additional loan of 14,000,000 Is being sought from Henry Ford by the city of Detroit, It became known today. The Ford interests already have loaned the city *2,000,000, of Which *1,000.000 is for general expenses over the Interim ex tending to July 15 when tax collec- | tiog^ begin, and *500,000 represents j an advance on street railway bonds 1 to finance extensions and Improve ments. By obtaining lie loans from the Ford Motor company the city will save tiSbrly 11,000 a month In interest on each million borrowed, according to William J. Nagel, city controller. A motion picture screen with the surface embossed In small squares has been designed to make s picture clearly visible from all angles. To Star in European Opera .Mm**. Georgette Lebiune*Maeterlinck, first wife of (lie eminent novelist, Maurice Maeterlinck of Belgium, sailed for Europe recently. She'll star in (ianna Walska’s theater in Paris. All Northern Ruhr Cauldron of Unrest (tontinueU From rage One.) propagandists and organizers of the soviet, secretly left Rerlin and was reported to be on his way to the Ruhr. German Executed. Although the French military authorities have made no effort to check the red wave, they executed at Dusseldorf today a German work er who had taken part 1% the blow ing up of Ruhr railways in April. Many persons were wounded, news paper plants were wrecked and stores looted at Bochum. Shots were exchanged between communists and volunteer police at Muenster. but no casualties were re ported, v Essen was comparatively quiet, al though there was an undercurrerif of unrest. Famine is threatened at Gelsenkir chen, where the food shops have been sold out. Railway traffic has been paralyzed at Dusseldorf by strikes. Strikes among steel and iron work ers, railway men and miners spread to serious proportions. At Rem scheid and elsewhere steel and iron workers struck, demanding 50 per cent wage increase. Troops Seize Marks. Berlin, May 26,—On the heels of news of violent red upheavals through the Ruhr today came a re port that the French troops at Essen had raided the reichsbank and seized 75,000,000,000 marks. The Ruhr is secting with unrest and all day and tonight there were frequent clashes between the com munists and the German police, while the French military authorities stood aside and watched the struggle which threatens to tie up all Indus try in the grea. Industrial district. Sunday is expected to be a day of fighting and clashes throughout the Ruhr, as all the workers will be idle. The communists in Westphalia have issued a proclamation calling upon the proletariat to support a general strike throughout the Rhineland and the Ruhr. Two Russian soviet "cour tiers," sai4 to be acting between Ruhr communist leaders and Moscow, were arrgsted at Dortmund by the republi can police. Before leaving Berlin for the Ruhr, Karl Radek, the ■ rmmunist, issued the following proclamation: "We will not accuse Lord Curpon of having hired the assassin of Vas lav Vorovsky at Lausanne. We will ■ not allege that the I-nusanne murder was the beginning of a carefully plotted series of assassinations of soviet officials and envoys. But X will say one thing: When we begin killing we will aim straight, and the death toll of our enemies will he far greater than our own." T rusfrworrtiy — A Business Foundation That Is a Retainer of Confidence In the' daily business routine of Haas Brothers that old-fashioned policy of trustworthiness prevails —never lax, ever on the alert. Our relentless adherence to this policy we believe to be one of the greatest assets that we possess, and it is on such a foundation that we bid for the patronage of Omaha women. Trustworthy in quality, in styling, in pricings and in service. Featuring on Our Second Floor Sizes 14 to 42. In the Gray Shop- Fourth Floor Sizes 42 to 5fl. Ualce £ft>vafor fo Haas Brothers i srJAe S/top forWomert ” | Brown Block 16th and Douglas -a • Girl Victim of Fake Wedding Returns (Continued From I'ntce One.i talnment. Frequently he met Maxine bfyond sight of her home in the morn ing and drove her to school, often < hey would drive to Omaha for dinners or lunches. Plans for their elopement material ized on the same day on which the father accompanied his daughter to school to investigate reports of her truancy. The young man promised to take Maxine to sunny California after thp ceremony. Married ut Malvern. She met him when she left school Tuesday and they drove to Glenwood, la., where she says he obtained a marriage license. They then con tinued to Malvern, la., where they were married by a Presbyterian min ister, according to her storv. They spent that nigh;, Wednesday and Wednesday night iq Omaha and the Bluffs. On Thursday (he newlyweds drove to Fairmount park, where the hus band asked his firide to wait until he transacted some business In Omaha. Their suitcases wore packed for the trip to the Pacific coast and they planned to start that day. He ! failed to keep his promise to return. 1 The girl-wife waited until late in the night for him. After her return home, police in Vile Bluffs and Omaha immediately* | launched a nearrh for the mintrinf? husband. They Investigated record* •in Mills county and coul<) find no trace of the purported marriage cere- 1 mony in Glenwood or Malvern. It in believed that the girl war duped by j the man with the a**istance of con- i federates. Bar of (.'rred Is Lowered l>v Northern Baptists Atlantic City, N. .1., May 2B.—The I bar of creed was lowered by the 1 Northern B aptist invention today ; when it was voted that the presi dent of the I nlversity of Chicago need not hereafter be a member of that denomination. The delegaten were almost unnmimous In abolishing the custom of choosing the head of that university from among Baptist j educators. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. More Arrests Are Expected in Hum Conspiracy Case l ive Attorneys Charged With Scheme to Defraud Gov ernment Through Wholesale Bribery. Cleveland, May tS.—More arrests may be made Sunday In Ihe alleged conspiracy to violate the Volstead law land defraud the government through I wholesale bribery, United States At torney A. E. Berstern said today, after Fred Counts, former prohibition ;tgent here; his brother, A. Frank Counts, Cleveland attorney; Joseph H. Shearer, former Ohio prohibition director, and Samuel A. Hoskins, Co lumbus attorney, had been released on $5,000 bail each. The four, all lawyers, were taken before Federal Judge David C. West | enhaver and formally charged with two spe<$fie counts, based op 37 alleged "overt acts" growing out of The. Aurbaeh alcohol diversion con spiracy in which Xaiuis and Abraham Auerbaeh and three others pleaded, guilty and were sentenced to Atlanta recently. Blaines Polities. . Politics, personal motives of ven geance against him because of his impartial enforcement of the national prohibition law and spite work have resulted in the charges against him, Fred Counts asserted. According to the indictment, which was returned secretly by the federal grand jury Thursday, thousands of dollars were paid by the Auerbach conspiracy lead ers through intermediaries lo A. Frank Counts and Hoskins. Conspiracy, which carries with it a possible penitentiary sentence. Is charged in both of the two counts in the indictment, returned against the four men. Hoskins is charged with the alleged acceptance of $1,700 at one time from Louis Auerbach through Samuel Rem brandt. Cleveland attorney, now in Atlanta and $21,000 from Auerbach through another party at another time, this money being paid for ob taining permits for withdrawal of ethyl alcohol from a Cincinnati ware house, which was used for purposes in violation of the Volstead act. .Accused of Tultfng Money. A. Frank Counts is charged with receiving money from Louis Auerbach at various times in the sums of $5,000, ; $16,000 paid at the rate of $4,000 weekly and $40,000. Joseph H. Shearer who, while he was prohibition director for Ohio, had desk rootn in Hoskins' office, is charged with obtaining permits for withdrawal of ethyl alcohol by the Auerbachs and otherwise aiding and abetting and advising the conspiracy. Fred Counts is charged with refus ing and failing to prosecute the A tier backs, with receiving a list of the agents, employes and customers of the Auerbachs so that he might know who was to receive protection from liquor prosecutions and wttn removing records from the prohibition office in i Cleveland, when he retired ns agent in charge which, it is alleged, he later offered for sale to the Auerbachs for $500 and later for $260. Doctors Challenge Rules Controlling Prescriptions \ By International New* Service. Butte. Mont., May 26.—Challenging the right of congress and the internal revenue commissioner to place re strictions on the practice of medicine, more than 60 Butte physicians have organized the Association for the Protection of Constitutions) Rights, 1 The organization will make a teat case of the suit recently filed by t'nited States District Attorney John L. Slattery against Dr. J. B. Freund, of this city, charging violation of the law iiertainlng to liquor prescriptions. Dr. Freund is charged with Issuing 102 liquor prescriptions within 90 ; days, two more than tb« nnmber al lowed by law. with issuing two pre scriptions to the same patient in less than 10 days, and with writing a pre scription on other than a regulation form. Special Offer for Monday Only DOWN Secures a Piano for ! Your Home Terms of $1.00 a Week Only $98 kK/iflHBW' wnr Our branch stores in Lincoln and Sioux City have shipped us their surplus stock of used pianos, which have been thoroughly overhauled by our factory experts for this sale. Think of It! One Dollar Down! Many of these instruments, some 40 of them, are absolutely as good as new—in appearance, beauty of tone and workmanship. Come in now while they are still in our store. First come, first served. Note These Low-Priced Bargains: Dunham Upright Mahogany Cat#. $!)M.00 Harrington Upright Ebony Caie.$155.00 BuiJ) A Cart* Upright Ebony Cate. $155.00 Willard > Upright Walnut Ca*«.$145,00 Chain Brother* Upright Ro**wood Cl*r. $140.00 J. A C. Fitcher Upright Mahogany Ca*r.$150.00 Harvard Upright Walnut Cai*. $175.00 1 Gramar Upright Mahogany Ca*r. $ I MO.00 E»tay Upright Mahogany Cate. $555.00 Hardman * * Upright Mahogany Ca»r.. . $575.00 Remember, you don't have to be n home or property owner in order to take advantage of these low terms and prices. EVERYONE IS WELCOME. Sdunolkr Sflludler Piano fc. 1314-16-18-Dod^e St.* * • Om«hd I urco-Greek War Pact Clears Clouds _ (I mitlntieil From Pugs One.) ihp agreement the Kuropean powers lia\e lieen seeking for a fortnight, i The happy ending of the war threats is expected to favorably in fluence the remaining near eastern ! negotiations and force an accord on the isdnls still disputed. Ineidentally lit will further the proposed revision 'of the Turkish American treaties, which are still in the stage of informal I conversations. Kssential Points. The essential points in today s 'agreement are: Greece admits that It owes indemnity to Turkey, while Tur key renounces enforcement of pay ments; the two powers agree to recti fication of the boundary between east ern and western Thrace and to the restoraion of ships seized from one an other since the armistice: the Turks agree to waive indemnity in view of Greece's precarious financial condi tion, and Greece consents to the cession to Turkey of Karagatch and the railroad from Karagatch to the Bulgarian frontier. The meeting began in the same at mosphere as attended the collapse of the previous conference on February ■1. The prieipal delegates, notably Sir Horace Humboldt. Great Brit»in, and General Belle, France, solemnly ap pealed to Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation, to waive all claims to cash indemnities and accept the offer of Karagatch. drew I'rges Agreement. Mr. Grew who, until early in the morning, had conferred with Ismet t’asha and M. Venizelos counselling j moderation, added America's voice to that of Europe. Mr. Grew pointed out that hoth Greece and Turkey had been engaged in a long struggle, and hoth were confronted with problems of internal organization demanding selfcontrolled statesmanship. Turkey, he said, seemed determined to re organize its national life on modern democratic lines and it would seem in conceivable that it would thrust this object aside in favor of w;*r. The settlement followed a long de- j hate, after which Ismet Pasha and M. ; Venizelos shook hands and sat down , and chatted in the most friendly man ner. M. Venizelos thanked all the pleni potentiaries. as well as the American minister, for their efforts toward peace, Ismet Pasha remarked that he hoped Turkish conciliatory attitude would help to Influence the settlement of the remaining problems between Turkey and the allies. Torvite Offered Ambassadorship to I nked States Hritisli Premier Asks < !liam Iterlain to Accept Post Which (ieddes Is Expect ed to Resign Soon. By I'nUfriuil Servlet. London. May 26.—After a twoliour conference this afternoon between Premier Stanley Baldwin -and Austen Chamberlain it was reported that the premier had tried to induce the leader of the tory dissenionlats •> accept the ambassadorship to Washington in case Ambassador (ieddes resigns, which he is expected to do on account of ill health. Tps action, while it would Identify Chamberlain with the Baldwin gov ernment. it was pointed out. would practically remove him from the field as.a possible aspirant do the premiership If the new government does not last. The selection of Reginald McKenna to be chancellor of the exchequer as soon as his health will permit, while it has - received the approval of fi nancial circles, has added ntlle strength to the Baldwin regime. Tipt the appointment has been re ceived in a chilly mood by the tories was evidenced hy the curt refusal of Sir Frederick Banbury to give up a safe London seat to make way for the radical who became a liberal and af ter reaping great honors has now turned tory. All other tory members of the Lloyd George government, unless Chamberlain succumbs to tlie temp tation of the offer of a first-class am basaadorship or other high office, will be outside of the breastworks when parliament convenes. Lloyd George is in a hitter mood as his speeches indicate. While he refrained, owing to a great personal esteem, from attacking Bonar I-aw, he is eager to open a finish fight on the Baldwin government. Loot \ allied at $7.">. J. niartt. 1828 North Twenty-first street, reported to isjlice Saturday that thieves had broken into his home durins his absence and stolen 125 in cash and a watch and watch chain belonging to Lewis Micklen, a room er, valued at $50. Young Girl Confesses She Kidnaped Infants Mt \ (kv&vRr&'rV&rVU.rw. __ !«r*~ Mildred Warren um, a 14y ear-old girl, has been arrested In St. Paul, Minn., <m charges of kidnaping a baby from in front of a department store, where it had been left by its mother. In a basement where she lived, the po lice found two other scantily dad in fants. She told the police she stole the liable# because she loved them and they took the place of a younger brother who died. 1 wo Per Cent Immigration Hill Favored by Johneon B> International News service. San Franciaco. May 26.—The 2 per cent quota immigration bill, based on tho 1890 census, provides the most practicable solution of the Japanese question on the Pacific coast. This was the unanimous sentiment expressed at one of the most Im portant meetings held here in recent months, ealled for the purpose of discussing immigration legislation bearing on the Japanese problem, Congressman Albert Johnson, Wash ington, framer of the measure, de clared immediately after the adjourn ment.* "Insofar as It concerns the oriental ; problem." Congressman Johnson de clared. "it was the unanimous senti ment that this bill will solve it ef fectively. with the least offense and without doing injustice to anyone.’’ j Chinese Soldiers ^pMl in Drive on I< cntiinoal frulti rare' llnr ».i“ hinted furlh«-r that the u’pi'^U I tic corps was considering lala^B steps to size Die real and perso^H property of certain high official pi^fl ters in an effort to force actlon-i^B of the Pekin government. ^B The next rlay(Ccneral Tien's IrooH began to file Into the hills in the rection of the Paotzuku stronghold. Demands have been made at va^B "bus times during the past two wee^B by foreign circles in Shanghai t^H the powers undertake tic r< i.-use^H the captives, either by da. -t negot^H Dons with the handits, or by the of foreign troops The diplomatic < orpa. howevt^B maintains that to deal directly wiH the bandits would relieve Pckhi of lH responsibility for the safety of thfl foreign prisoners and. so far. has rcB frained * from initiating such pouiB parlers. 1 rew Foreign Troops Available. ■ As to a foreign military drive on thel ! outlaw stronghold, it is generally be-1 lieved in Pekin "and Tientsin, a tielief I | which the captives themselves have I expressed, that such action would I enhance the danger of the 'prisoner*' 1 death at the hands of their captor*. | Moreover, foreign quarters at Tient- | sin point out that thet'e are not S.000 foreign troops in the international compounds there, a force entirely in adequate to undertake operations in the treacherous hill country of Shantung against bandit gangs said to aggregate 10,000 men. • The dose of the thii-d week since the 14 were first j less tension than prevailed last Satur-I day. At that time the bandits hadfl threatened to kill some of their prison-1 ers if their demands were not met w by Tuesday. May 22. But Tuesday I came and went, and no executions 1 followed. There is no death threat abroad to night, and hopes are held out that the lives of all the prisoners will be spar ed by their kidnapers, but, with Gen erai Tien’s troops launching their drive against Paotzuku, there is con siderable anxiety in foreign quarters for the safety of the prisoners. Newspaper Man Die*. St. Paul. May 26 —Walter G. Me Murchy. 51, former editor of the St. Paul 1 tally News and head of tl.e Washington bureau of the News since 1912. died at a hospital here early to day after a year's illness. A widow and a daughter survive. « This Store Will Be Closed All Day on Memorial Day. •j €)bompn ,€>cta & Co, (Month \ End il Sales / L Jr Pussy Willow Talcum Double compact with powder, rouge and lipstick, 79c. Prophylactic hair brushes, 39c and 49c. 4 Interwoven Socks for Men Half Price The well-known quality remains unchanged in these famous socks, but the price has been de decisively changed be cause the sizes are bad ly broken. But if yours is here, you’ll get a big sock bargain in these close-outs. Lisle Socks, 25c a pair. Black, brown, white and pongee, sizes 9L£» and 13. Silk Socks, 35c a pair or 3 for $1.00. Size 9'4. Silk Socks, 75c a pair. Some hand - embroi- , dered clocks included, incomplete size range. Wool and Silk and Wool Socks, 35c a pair or 3 for $1.00. Not all sizes. M • in Floor Handkerchiefs At Lower Prices % Men’* Initial handkerchiefs of fine lawn, 5 for $1.00. Boy*’ 15-inch, all-linen hem stitched handkerchiefs, 25c each. White cambric hand kerchiefs witl# colored corded border, 15c each or 2 for 26c. Women’* Crisp lawn and .linen ’kerchiefs with dainty embroidered corners, 19c each. Main Floor Month End Sales A Watched-for Event The small quantities, short lines and odd numbers that are bound to accumulate in the business of storekeeping which are offered to our customers in these once-a-month sales at substantial reduc tions, are eagerly watched for by those shoppers who wish to save in the purchase of Thompson Belden merchandise. Every item in this ad is an unusual value and other articles carrying w'orth while savings, but in quantities too small to advertise, can be picked up by the thrifty shopper. _ Sweaters \ Reduced 25% to 50% Woolen Sweaters $1 About 50, all told, of these lightweight slip ons and side-ties in smart sport shades. Pure Silk Slipons $5 Black, blue, sand, henna and .iade are the colors in which you may choose pure silk slip on sweaters at this renuft-kable price. Sizes 16 to 20 years. Fibre Sweaters $8.95 New tuxedo and side-tie sweaters of a splen did quality in sand, navy, jade, black and jockey. Sizes 16 to 42. > \Just in Time for the / Holiday Outing! Month End Sale, of Umbrellas and Parasols $5 to $7.50 Silk parasol novelties in sport shades, light col ors suitable with sum mer frocks and street shades comprise this beautiful collection, which has been sharp ly reduced for quick selling. Fancy handles and materials of good qualities e m p h a size these unusual values. $1.45 Well made black rain proof umbrellas with good- looking ring handles. Keep one in the*house for guests. 50c to $3 Children's parasols and umbrellas in a great va riety of colors and styles. friAin Moor Final Clearance Prices in Our May Salr of Fine Undermuslins Second Floor Fur Scarfs 20% Discount This important reduc tion on all fur capes and scarfs. Third Floor Porch Dresses $3.95 Reduced Va to V2 Vou couldn’t ask fop prettier styles in vpile. dimity, tissue and ging ham than are shown in this group of 35 house frocks which have been sharply reduced for the Month-End. Queen and other standard makes in sizes 16 years to 44. Second Floor Corselettefr Reduced to 98c A lightweight striped flesh coutil in this cool est of summer corset styles. Well made with four garters and elastic gores to assure a good fit. Second Floor Brassieres Repriced at 98c All sizes, but not in every style, will be found in this odd lot of brassieres in flesh bro cade, checked ginghams and white linens. Won derful values, for all have been reduced and many were much, much higher priced. Second Floor $3.95 Leghorn Sport Hats A tailored trim of georgette and em broidered chenille make these a fetch ing style for sports. Desirable color com binations. I urc'Haiti Charged During Thi* Sal* Will Appear on July 1 Statement.