Today
Independence Day.
Europe’s Troubles.
Mr. Bok’s $100,000.
Dempsey’s Beard.
^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^
Wednesday will be the Fourth
of July, "Independence day,” 147
years away from the first Inde
pendence day. There never was a
time when the United States
needed genuine independence more
,—independence of Europe, its
troubles, fights, jealousies, hatreds,
robberies, falling money, world
court and league of nations.
The pound sterling again drop
ped to its lowest price for the
year Monday. Francs fell below
6 cents apiece. You could buy
German money for less than you
could have it printed for in the
United States. Something is wrong
over there and they know it. We
also know it and shall keep out.
The French are thorough, once
they start it. Some time ago they
put Herr Krupp von Bohlen, hus
band of the lady that owns the
great Krupp factory, in prison for
a long term of years. Monday the
French seized and occupied the
entire Krupp plant. All work in
it has ceased. This means many
thousands of men out of work, and
German^1 takes another step on the
road to ruin. What it will mean
eventually for France, time will
tell.
Mr. Bok made the greatest possi
ble mistake, retiring from active
work, just when he had learned his
trade. He is doing all he can to
be useful as a retired person and
offers $100,000 for “a practical
plan that will enable the United
States to co-operate in keeping
world peace.” He will pay $50,000
for the idea, and $50,000 more
when the senate, or the people, by
their votes, endorse it.
The suggestion of this humble
writer is: Mr. Bok, put your
$100,000 in five good flying ma
chines for the United States serv
• ice, to carry mail in peace and
bombs in war. The best “practi
cable plan” to preserve peace, as
. far as we are concerned, is to
Hake it dangerous for anybody to
attack ua.
The odds are five to one on
Dempsey for the big fight that
may or may not be held. That
interests millions not interested at
.*11 in what happens in Europe or
V in tha distant nebulae.
Also, the rules may compel Mr.
Dempsey to shave before the fight
hejgni. It is his custom to go into
the ring with a thick growth of
black bafr on his face.
That beard will interest those
to whom mere prise fighting means
little. The races that rule the
earth are bearded races, the Nor
dics being specialists in beard
growing.
The beards kept them warm,
frightened their smooth-faced
enemies and protected them from
the cold. They acted as a shock
absorber when the enemy’s club or
teeth landed on the face or neck.
Perhaps Dempsey likes to fight
with face black and hairy surface.
And that savage surface disturbs
the enemy's nerves.
Upsetting nature s balance is
dangerous. Russia realizes it.
Crops are promising, famine does
not'threaten as it did. But the
great trouble is mice. They have
multiplied in tens of millions and
threaten the crops because nearly
all the cats were cooked and eaten
during the famine time.
A cat warranted to kill mice is
worth 60,000,000 rubles. Before
the war that would have been $30,
000,000—a big price for a cat.
Sixty million rubles is a big price
even now.
During the war all the wild game
was frightened or killed off in
France. The French sportsmen
seek, in Germany, deer, wild boars
and other animals, in order, as the
not very courteous letter puts it,
‘to have something to shoot at.”
If the French sportsmen will
wait awhile it is likely they will
have plenty of things to shoot at,
many of them being German, and
tVo-legged.
The present trend is all in the
direction of another war and
plenty of shooting.
Roumania and Poland, compar
ing notes, announce that their
combined armies are big enough
‘to paralyze any move of aggres
sion or annexation made by the
neighbor to the east.” They
hink they are big enough, in a
lighting way, U> hold off Russia.
One or both will have a chance to
prove it.
A while ago it was thought the
league of nations would prevent
the start of another big fight.
Now France pays no attention to
England, England in doubling its
air forces to get ready for trouble.
The outlook isn’t pleasant.
You can find some comfort in
taking an inventory here at home.
This government's income is more
,^than four thousand million dol
-isrs. Its surplus for the year is
..three hundred and nine million
dollars. The total debt of the
United States amounts to only a
little more than twenty-two thou
sand million dollars.
Twenty-two thousand millions
■bunds a good deal. New York
eity could pay the whole bill if it
had to. so rould Chicago. We're
all right, if we know enough to
remain all right.
(CopyrijB^t, 1923.} •
First Entry for
$100,000 Peace
Award Received
Initial Entry Made Within Day
After Prize Is Announced
by International No More
War Association.
New York, July 3.—The first entry
for the 3100,000 American peace
award, offered by Edward Bok. for
mer editor, for the best practicable
plan for the co-operation of the
United States with other nations for
the attainment and preservation of
world peace, was made y||derday
within a day after the award had
been announced.
The peace plan came from the In
ternational No More War association
of New Y'ork and was as follows:
‘T. That immediate steps be
taken to outlaw war by making It
Illegal to prepare for. declare, or
carry on war.
"2. That an agreement be
reached with other nations that war,
for any reason, be declared a crime,
as well as the use of armed force
against subject peoples and in time
of revolution.
“3. That In the event the United
States congress, or the governing
body of any foreign country has been
deprived of the power of waging war
fare, or in the event war has been
declared a crifae, peoples be or
ganized in groups to refuse to sup
port war if funds appropriated or war
declared, despite the illegality of such
acts.”
It was stated by the organization
that up to the present the militarist
has been in the saddle and pacifist
protests against war were made
illegal. Reverse the situation, outlaw
the militarist, the pacifist cause be
comes legal and "hatred between na
tions, engendered by the war-shouter
and the sabre-rattler will be relegated
to the graveyard of a monstrous
past.”
Ka nsas Judges Refuse to
Close Industrial Court
By Associated Tress.
Topeka, Kan., July 3.—The Kan
sas court of industrial relations will
continue its activity as contemplated
by the laws creating it "at the least
possible expense" the two republican
judges of the tribunal informed Gov
ernor J. M. Davis, democrat, today In
a letter replying to the governor’s
proposal that the three judges re
frain from drawing their salaries and
by such action automatically abolish
the court.
The reiily was signed by Judge
James A. McDermott and Judge John
H. Crawford. The third member,
Judge Henderson S. Martin, demo
crat, whom Governor Davis appointed
to the court, accedes to the governor's
request "on condition that the other
members of the eourt do likewise,"
the letter stated. "However," it adds,
"the majority members refuse to ac
cede to this wanton destruction of ex
ceedingly useful departments
Body of Mr*. M. J. Kinnan
Ordered Taken to Columbus
Following a long legal battle in dis
trict court the body of Mrs. Martha
J. Kinnan will be transferred from a
vault in Forest Lawn cemetery, Oma
ha, to a mausoleum at Columbus.
Neb. The body of her husband.
Joseph Kinnan, will be placed beside
her.
These are the provisions of the de
cision handed down by Judge A. M
Post in district court at Columbus,
in a suit brought by Dollie and Jessie
Kinnan and Mrs. August Groves,
daughters of the dead woman, Her
bert S. Kinnan, Joaeph Kinnan and
Mrs. Harry Ellsworth.
Retired Farmer Thinks He s
Oldest Subscriber to The Bee
James Stapleton Began 'Faking
Paper in 1871, Shortly
After Its Founding.
.lames Stapleton, retired farmer of
Blair. Neb., is proud of two of his
pastimes, which, ineidently, have be
come hobbies. One is that lie be
lieves he is the oldest subscriber to
The Omaha Bee and the other is that
he has voted none other than a
straight republican ticket. Mr. Staple
ton began taking The Omaha Bee in
1S71, shortly after it was founded
j as a weekly paper by the late Ed
ward Rosewat*. Since then he
never has missed an Issue and has
one delivered to him each morning
at the Nicholas Senn hospital where
he is at present recovering from an
illness.
Mr. Stapleton drove the first stage
between Omaha and Decatur. Neb.,
the mall being transferred then to a
stage bound for Sioux City. 11*
came to Omaha in 1886 after the
civil war and, following his retire
ment from driving the Decatur stage,
drove one of the llrst horse cars in
Omaha.
He then went on a homestead at
I.yons, Neb., and. after retiring, went
to Blair to live. He is the father-in
law of Dr. Frank Simon of the North
American Insurance company.
Robert F. Gilder to
Marry Omaha Widow
Robert F. Gilder, landscape painter
and archeologist, has obtained a
license to wed Mrs. Christine Peter
son Farber. a widow
The wedding will take place In the
near future. Mr. Glider said Tuesday
morning, although the date has not
been fixed.
Following the wedding the couple
will make their home for a short
time at Wake Robin. Mr. Glider's
place on the Baldwin-Grove road,
after which they will make an auto
mobile trip to Wisconsin to visit Mrs.
Faber's sister.
From Chicago they will Journey to
New York City and later to Arizona,
where Mr. Gilder has a contract to
paint a series of landscapes. From
Arizona they will go to California,
where Mrs. Far tier’s mother lives.
Rohrer Under Knife.
V. S. Rohrer, federal prohibition di
rector for Nebraska, is recovering
from a serious operation in Lord
Lister hospital.
Dr. D. C. Henry, w ho performed the
operation, declined to reveal its na
ture, but declared that Mr. Rohrer
is making an excellent recovery.
Sunsets, a Sheik, Whispers
of Love, Lure Wife to Citv
Burning, pulsating words of love In
the cool, gray dawna on * farm at
Richland, Neb.
Endearing assurances of pretly
clothes and the pleasures of the night
life of a great city, delivered while
the huge, red ball of a Nebraska aun
sank leisurely behind the timber lot
on her husband's ranch.
These things and the alluring, dcvil
rnaycare personality of Conrad Kem
meler. who worked for the Christen
sens, led Mrs. Marietta Christensen,
wife of Nels Christensen, a Richland,
Neb., farmer, by devious paths into
municipal court this morning.
With her was Kemmeler And
there, too, wei\ her husband and her
daughter, Rosetta, 4, who dung to
her mother's hand all during the pro
ceedings.
Kemmeler and Marietta were ar,
rented in the street in front of the
pOktofRce garage.
After Kemmeler left 'he farm.
Marietta explained, he wrote her let
ter*, telling her of the Joys of city
life. Finally, she aaid. ahe got money
enough from her husband to buy a
new dresa and then left the farm by
atealth.
In Omaha >he joined Kemmeler.
They lived for a time at the Con
tinental hotel, until their arreat on
requeat of federal authorltiea, who
later declined to prosecute.
ChrlaUnaen, when informed of hla
wife's arreat, came immediately to
Omaha. This morning he agreed to
take back hia wife, and ahe waa re
leaaed on her promise lo go home
with him.
Kemmeler, charged with vagrancy,
waa sent hack to the hull pen. where
dawns and sunsets are unknown, to
think It over.
French Move on Frankfort
Bt International News Berries.
Berlin, July 3.—French troopi, re
ported yesterday to he extending their
occupation of the Ruhr, today moved
their lines into the suburbs of Frank
fort, according to reports received
here.
(A news dispatch today from Paris
said the French ministry denied
knowledge of the occupations in the
Ruhr and declared the French would
not occupy Frankfort.)
‘"Whipping Boss
Pleads for Life
; Declares Fatal Beating Admin*
istered North Dakota Boy
His “Duty.''’
B? Interimtloniil Mews Sfrtif#.
Cake City, Fla., July 3.—Thomas
W. Higginbotham, alleged "whipping!
boBS," today took the stand to plead |
for his life before the Jury which has
heard state’s witnesses testify that If
was his seven-pound lash that took
the life of Martin Taber of Munich,
S. D.
Higginbotham was the first witness
when ti ■ trial was resumed todsy.
"Did . ou whip Martin Tabert,"
Higginbotham was asked.
"T did."
"How many times was Tabert re
ported to you before you whipped
him?"
"Three times."
He said he and Tabert were on
friendly terms and that no malice or
ill feeling existed between them. Con-'
vict guards reported the alleged In
subordination of Tabert Wednesday
night and again Thursday, Higgln
hothartt said, but it was not until
Friday, upon the third report that
he whipped the North Dakota boy.
"Why did you whip him?" he wae
asked.
"It was my duty. I did not want
to do it.” He said he asked Tahert
if he was sick and the boy answered
he was not.
Higginbotham then told Tabert "to
get down," the boss testified, and he
administered eight lashes in the space
of "about a minute."
Why walk hour after hour looking
for a desirable room. Call AT, 1900
and let an Omaha Bee ‘Want Ad"
find one for you.
Ex-Checker Champ
Has Hour’s Freedom
t'hauncey I. men, once champion
checker player of Nebraska, gained
an hour of freedom from the state
reformatory, where h® is serving a
sentence for highway robbery Mon
day.
Aided by a dense fog. be climbed a
barbed wire fence surrounding the in
stitution and fled. He was recaptured
an hour later and returned to the
prison by Adolf Trager. former guard
at the reformatory, who operates a
farm about a mile away.
Steamer Passengers Rescued.
Halifax, N. S . July 3,—All passen
gers and crew of the steamer Ad
vane, which went ashore on Shut
in island yesterday In a dense fog,
were taken off safely by tugboats dur
ing the afternoon. The vessel later
broke In half.
OMAHA MINNEAPOLIS NEW YORK
Commencing Thursday—
Our JuU) Clearance
— of
Stout Apparel
In Our “Gray Shop”
*—Fourth Floor —
The stout women of Omaha and vicinity
will welcome this important sale, be
cause it permits them the unusual op
portunity of selecting apparel in the
larger sizes at prices surprisingly low.
A Sale of Vital Interest to
Every Woman requiring size
42 to 56 in her apparel.
No Price
Comparisons
Haas Brothers refrain
from quoting compara
tive prices at all times.
This applies in adver
tising a* well as price
tags. Only the selling
price ia shown. We
believes chat the cus
tomer should be the
judge of the former
wrorth of a garment.
Our vast stocks in the Gray Shop, selected because of their
becomingness to the larger figure, are included without ex
ception in this great clearance:
Stout Coats, Stout Capes,
Stout Wraps, Stout Suits,
Stout Dresses, Stout Skirts
Every Garment Has Been Strikmoly Under
priced {or This July Clearance
The savings are most pronounced. Women who in the past
have attended a Haas Brothers’ Clearance realize that this
event never fails to afford the most remarkable value giving
of the entire year. It will prove to your advantage to plan
an early attendance.
JULY CLEARANCE
Of Regular Size Apparel
on Our Second Moor
In conjunction with the July Clearance in the Gray Shop, we
shall offer all Coats, Wraps, Capes. Suits and Dresses in reg
ular sizes on our Second Floor, at decisive underpricings.
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aasBr {hers
" Wray Shop ”
Brown Block rouBTHrLOOK "Ilk on* Dougin,
German Plot on
. Leviathan Myth
Engineers Say Story False—
U. S. War History May Have
to Be Rewritten.
--—
By Associated Prrt*.
New York. July 3.—Announcement
today by engineers who reconditioned
the Leviathan that wartime tale* of
German attempt* to cripple the liner
were false, has left the shipping board
in a quandry as to what to do with
*15,000 worth of elaborate souvenir
booklets containing a deailed ac
count of the alleged sabotage, which
were to have been distributed tomor
row on the ship's first voyage as an
American liner.
F. H. Gibbs of Gibbs Brothers, en
gineers who prepared the giant liner
for service as an American passenger
vessel, said that damage to the vessel
had Jjeen found to have been the re
suit of an accident in docking the ves
sel on her last trip to this country
under the German flag in 19H.
An accident in getting the vessel
into her Hoboken pier, Mr. Gibbs
said; left her with several broken tur
bine blades and other damaged parts.
Efforts of German engineers to re
pair the damages made matters
worse.
When the broken pa.ts were dia
covered, he asserted, credence was
given to the titory that the Germans
had attempted to scuttle ihe ship on
February 3, 1917, just before the
American government had taken pos
session of her.
The booklets were written by!»
journalist on the assumption that ths
wartime story was accurate No
pains had been spared to make ths
alleged scuttling attempt a vivid story.
By associated Press. f'
Washington, July 3.-—Part of the of
ficial history of the world war will
have to be rewritten if a report
brought back to Washington by Rep
resentative Madden of Illinois, a
guest on the trial trip of the liner
Leviathan, should turn out to be
true.
Mr. Madden said today that during
the voyage he had been informed, “on
good authority " that the story of ths
crippling of th line; s machinery by
her German c ew when she was
seized by the Lnited States was all a
myth.
Department of Juatice record* de
scribe extensive damage to ths en
gines of the ship, which then was the
Vaterland. and attributed to German
seamen, while the files of the Navy
department contain photographs of
gaping holes in her boilers and of
shattered mechanism found when tbs
American naval forces took charge.
17 Families FFomeless by Fire.
Bv International Vest Service.
Hardwick. Vt„ July 3.—Fifteen
families were made homeless today
when fire threatened the business sec.
tion. Seven buildings were destroyed.
Damage was estimated at $150,000.
Aid was summoned from nearby
towns. Company D. of the National
guard of St. Jobnsbury, aiso was
called out.
dwinpi.Mira &Co.
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A Big Cut
In the Clothes Budget
The clothes budget cut in half—and
she is just as smartly dressed as ever!
Here are two ways of doing it for the
woman who makes her own clothes:
Buy your materials at July Clearance
prices and use a
McCall Printed Pattern
Fabrics
At Clearance Prices
that cut the “initial cost" from 10*7
to 35 rc.
Silks and Woolens
Silk Ginghams 1.69 a yard.
Japanese Pongee. 95c a yard.
Printed Siiks. 1.59 and 1.95.
Fancy Tricolettes, 1.69 and 2.29.
Figured Crepe de Chine. 2.29 a yard.
May Queen Sport Silk, $4.25 a yard.
All woolens, linings, sateens, lingettes.
A. B. C. Silk and Sello Silks reduced
10 *7 to 25 *7.
Main Floor
Wash Goods
Printed Dress Voiles 45c a yard.
32-inch Ginghams. 45c a yard.
32-inch Tissues. 36c a yard.
Imported Dotted Swisses, 90c a yard.
Dress Crepes. 25c a yard.
McCall Patterns
15c to 45c
Sxood Floor
$6.05
$6.05
July Clearance of
Slippers and Pumps
This includes several of our smartest
Sorosis models. Pumps with patent
vamp and satin quarter or brown kid
vamp with otter suede quarter. Strap
styles with tan vamp and sand suede
quarter or patent vamp with erav
suede quarter.
on colored sandals, novelty slippers
and oxfords. M.i»