Widow of Famous
Harvester Head
Dies in Chicago
Mrs. Nettie Fowler McCormick
Expires at Age of 88—
Was Noted for
Philanthropies.
Chicago, July 5.—Mr*. Nettie Fow
ler McCormick, widow of Cyrus Hall
McCormick, sr„ the inventor of the
grain reaper and founder of the In
temational Harvester company, died
tdflay at her home in Bake Forest of
aeute bronchitis. She was 88 years
old.
.Three of her children, Cyrus H. Mc
c-ormlck, jr., Harold F. McCormick
and Mrs. Emmons Blaine, were at her
bedside when she died. Two other
children, Stanley of Tarrytown, N.
Y., and Miss Virginia, are returning
to Chicago from California.
Mrs. McCormick, one of the last of
the older generation of social leaders
in Chicago, was known n6t only for
her participation in social events,
which continued even to within a few
weeks of her death, but for her large
contributions to philanthropy.
Gifts to Foreign Education.
Possibly her most outstanding gift
to foreign education was that of a
group of buildings to the Shantung
Christian university at Tsinan, Shan
tung, and the University of Nanking
at Nanking. China, universities sup
ported by the American Presbyterian
board. She is said to have given more
money to the Presbyterian church
than any other citizen of the United
States.
Mrs. McCormick was born in Jeffer
son county. New York. February 7,
.1SS5. She was the only daughter of
Melyar Fowler, a prosperous fanner.
In 1858 she married a young inventor
whose achievement of fame and for
tune was just getting under way.
Came to "Swamp City.”
A few year* before Mr. McCormick
had completed his invention of the
McCormick grain reaper, following ex
periments along the same line by his
father.
She followed her husband out of
the thickly settled east to Chicago,
then the swamp city of the west.
From then on the story of her life
is closely woven with that of the so
cial and philanthropic history of Chi
cago.
The great Chicago fire in 1871 de
strowed the McCormick works and
wrecked much other property in which
her husband had invested. The plant
was rebuilt and theindustry contin
ued to prosper.
The McCormick theological semin
ary is one of the principal monuments
of her generosity, while hospitals,
school* and charitable institutions in
every quarter of the globe have bene
fited hy her contributions.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
President Harding
Sails for Alaska
(CaatinaeA From Pace One).
three days later tha party will reach
Seward.
To Drive Gold Spike.
Four days then will be devoted to
the trip up the Alaskan railroad to
Anchorage. Chickaloon, Nenana. and
Fairbanks, within 200 miles of the
Arctic circle. At the Tanana river
bridge the president will drive the
gold spike symbolizing completion of
the railroad, constructed by the gov
ernment to provide an outlet for the
rich interior district.
The return trip aouthward will he
made by motor over the Richardson
trial connecting with the Copper River
A- Northwestern railroad at Chitina,
with the arrival at Cordova scheduled
for July 19. Sitka will be reached two
daye later and then the chief execu
tive will bid farewell to the territory
and sail for Vancouver, British Col
umbia. and Seattle.
The president was accompanied by
the three members of his cabinet
whose departments are most directly
interested In Alaska. They are Secre
tary Hoover of the Commerce depart
ment, Secretary Work of the Interior
department, and Secretary Wallace of
the Agricultural department. Also in
the party are Speaker Glilett of the
house, and Director Greeley of the
forest service.
Kusy Time In Tacoma.
M> and Mrs. Harding had a busy
fotlr hour* in Tacoma before they
sailed. Arriving here about 10, they
held a public reception at their hotel,
visited a hospital to greet soldier pa
tient* and attended the farewell eere
monles held at the stadium.
Governor Hart, in his message of
farewell, expressed the hope that
from the visit of the president to
Alaska might come a removal of
"some of the fetters of misconcep
tion with which both Alaska and
thia western country have been
bound "
"Imagine, Mr. President, the cov
entor said, "with what feelings of
elation and anxiety the people of the
great empire of the north await your
coming. What a thrill must have
come to the hardy men and women
of Alaska and their children, when
the news, ‘the president Is coming,’
was flashed hy radio, or carried by
dog train through the mining camps,
the valley farms and the Ashing
towns of the great north country.”
Croq| Defies Rain.
Despite th# drizzling ruin that fell
is the chief ^Reutlve was speaking,
he stadium *as comfortably filled
'he president’s address was well re
elved and his reference to the pro
iossI for elimination of the 12 hour
ley in the steel Industry was roundly
pplauded,
fee was again applauded when, de
patting from bis prepared address,
he expressed the hope that the
maiden voyage of the reconstructed
steamship Leviathan, which sailed
Wednesday from New York In the
transatlantic service of the shipping
board, would "eatabliah a new
oceanic record and furnish the im
oetus to a revival of the Important*
■t the American marine on the seaa
vf the world.”
Auto Racer Killed.
Hunt.ngton, W. Vs., July 5.—Ray
Layman of Clay City. Ind., was killed
and his mechanician, Karl Stoll of
Huntington, was Injured when then
racing car trashed through the
track rail duYlng the automobile
laces here yesterday,
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Steel Industry Will
Abolish 12-Hour Day
(Continued From Pn*o One).
evolution which was setting up "new
conditions of industry in this land."
“Under old time conceptions of
fancied ease in professional life, and
the manifestly larger rewards of
commerce," Mr. Harding said, "there
has been a tendency to get away
from the trades and the tasks out of
which are wrought the very essen
tials of all attainments. We must,
we do, recognize that the wage
earner is quite as essential as the
professional man, and the nobility of
righteous employment Is the same
in either pursuit. Our aint ought to
be, not to rescue the oncoming gen
eration from the essential pursuits
and activities, but to equalize the re
wards. We can't cease work, there
Is no life without labor. It would
not be endurable if there were.
Notable Forward Step.
"I am able today to give promise
of a very notable forward step. It
is my firm belief that one of the
great avpnues of progress in Amer
ican life lies In the constant recog
nition by American industry of its
obligations to our society as a whole,
and that many of our most success
ful steps In social progress are made
through the voluntary action of In
dustry itself in amelioration of
those hardships that have grown
from t’he rapid growth of Industry.
It is very gratifying, therefore, to
be able to announce an important
step In such progress. I have re
ceived a joint communication from
the large majority of steel manufac
turers of America in which they
have undertaken to abolish the 12
hour day* In the American steel in
dustry at the earliest moment that
the additional labor required shall be
available.
"There is another American aspira
tion on which I have wished to touch
today. You of Tacoma are proud of
your harbor and dock facilities. You
provide the dock facilities and the
government improves the harbors,
but of what value is either without
shipping? A merchant marine is the
worthy aspiration of every commer
cial nation. There can be no depend
able commerce without carriers, and
there can be no eminence In Ameri
can commerce without American car
riers. Friendship among nations does
not demand of them the promotion of
a competitors' trade.
Striving for Merchant Marine.
"This administration has been earn
estly striving for a great and effi
clent American merchant marine. We
had It once, when the sails of our
clippers whitened the seas of the
world. But there came a recession
and the world war found us an in
considerable maritime power. [ have
always believed that there would have
been no war, certainly it would have
been of less deration, if we had pos
sessed a merchant marine comparable
to our commercial aspirations.
“In the exigencies of war we bulld
ed ships as no nation ever built be
fore. We expended approximately
$3,000,000,000 extravagantly, ineffi
ciently, and without a program for
gervice in peace. We turned the ener
gies of the republic to the making of
ships, we builded yards and trained
our builders, and we did produce,
marvelously, until we owned 12,000,
000 tons of merchant shipping, ample
for the greatest merchant marine ever
dreamed of for America.
"But it is government property,
builded for an emergency, rather than
for competitive activity in carrying
world commerce. This administra
tion has cleaned up the vast work of
settlement, we. encountered the par
alyzing slump in shipping, wo have
settled the enormous claims and li
quidated the stupendous failures. But
congress did not respond to the re
quest for legislation calculated to dis
pose of our shipping to private own
ers and encourage the upbuilding of
a permanent merchant marine. I had
hoped to turn one extravagance of
war to permanent and practical util
ity. The house of representatives ap
proved. The senate was prevented
from expressing itself. So the gov
ernment is confronted with the pos
session of vast tonnage, but without
market In which to sell, or inspiration
to private enterprise to operate.”
Bloodhound* to Track
Robbers of Updike Office
Deputy sheriffs yesterday em
ployed bloodhounds, obtained from
the Reliable Detective agency, in
tracking a prowler who Wednesday
night broke into and robbed the L'p
dike Lumber and Coal company of
fice at Irvington. It Is the third
time the office had been robbed with
in a week.
Town Celebrates It*
Fortieth Anniversary
Centerville, M. D., July 5.—The
fortieth anniversary of the founding
of this city was observed at the
celebration here July 4. The pro
gram consisted of balloon ascensions
and pararhute leapa. A parade show
ing the development of this district
during the past 40 years was given.
Crops Excellent,
Says A. N. Mather
Farmers Getting “on Their
Feet," House Speaker
Declares.
General business condition in the
western part of the state is improv
ing rapidly and with the Increased
price of beets, the farmer of the ex
treme west “is getting on his feet" in
excellent shape, according to A. N.
Mather of Gering, who was in Omaha
for the Fontenelle park July 4 cele
bration.
Mather, who is called the "dirt
farmer” speaker of the house of rep
resentatives at Lincoln, said that the
rain was heavy in the west, but did
no damage to the crops.
"The crops are in excellent condi
tion,” he saiil. "The wheat yield will
be uneven, but on the whole will be
very good. The beet situation especial
ly is good.”
Mather said that business Interests
of Denver are making a strong bid
for the business of western Nebraska.
"We feel kindly toward Omaha and if
the business men of Omaha keep up
the relations they now- have with us,
they will get our business.”
Mather resides on a farm between
Oering and Scottsbluff. Jie owns
eight farms in the western part of
the state.
Insurance Afjent Dies;
Body Will Be Cremated
•I. )’. Hupner, 38, general agent of
the Relinble Life Insurance company,
died Monday in Colorado Springs, His
home here was at 2752 South Tenth
street.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday. the South Side branch of the
X. O. O. F. officiating.
He Is survived by his wife, Jenny,
five daughters, Anna, CJeorgia, Marie,
Libby, and Blanche, his mother. Mrs.
Hupner and a sister, Mrs. Charles
Sterdy. who are living In Europe.
The body will be cremated at For
est Lawn.
Wymore Observes Nation's
Birthday Anniversary
Special Dispatch tn*THe Omaha Bee.
Wymore, Neb., July 5.—The na
tion’s birthday was celebrated in Wy
more at Fink's Amusement park, two
miles west of town. A crowd of 3,000
people was on the grounds during
the afternoon when the celebration
was at Its height. The big twin
pools were crowded all day and eve
ning.
least Livery Stable Goes
special Dispatch* to The Omaha Bee.
A' ymore, Neb., July I.—A business
deal of importance in AVymore was
made Tuesday, when the old Camp
hell Bros, livery barn, owned by Mi .
Kettle Giles, was sold to the Owl
garage.
It will lie dismantled and a modern
filling station placed on the lot. The
property is a landmark, having been
built 35 years ago The change clear,
ly marks thn passing of Old Hob
bin. It is the last of the three for
mer livery barns In AVymore.
M*-ii Deny Assault Charge
Special Dispatch to The llnmhs Bee.
Beatrice, July 6.—Walt Mill and
Hutch Terry of this city were ar
raigned before Judge Kills, Hill being
charged with criminal assault on Mrs.
Melvin Stanley of West Beatrice, anil
Terry with attack with Intent to
commit criminal assault. They plead
ed not guilty and their cases were set
for hearing July II.
Barneston Resident Dies
^f»#cl»l Bi«ptifrh In Th# Untitlm ft##.
Barnenton, Neb.. July 5.—Mm.
Henry Mnnfelt, 71, Pioneer resident
of Barn^sfon. wife of th«» president
of the CommerriHl SrNtn Hank. h^re.
died at her home her# yesterday. She
wag widHy known in Gage county.
The huftband. four sons and two
daughters survive. Burial will be at
Barneston.
Flames Halt Movie Show
Speclsl Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, July 5.—Just after a
large audiencp b»d assembled in the
theater at Blue Springs, flamer, hurst
cut in the booth containing the mov
ing picture machine and the place
was destroyed, with a large number
ut films. No one was hurt ft la
not known what caused the blase.
Brooks Pays Liquor Filip
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, Neb., July 5—Torn Brooks,
one of the eight men caught in a booze
raid here last week, pleaded guilty In
county court and was fined 1100 and
costs. Me was remanded to the coun
ty jail.
Wuerttoniburg breweries. once
fountain heads of one of Germany *
most famous beers,, are now manu
facturing agricultural machinery.
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very mild—
fineflavor—
smokes cool—
aged in wood
//w/j why
T i nor A M rim« Toaacoo Co.
Brother Identifies
Body Found in River
S|KiinJ PispHteh to Tlio Omaha nee.
Nebraska City, July 5—A truss he
was wearing at the time he lost his
11 fe in the Missouri river last March
was the means of positively identify
ing the body found In the Missouri
liver here Monday night as that of
Thomas McIntosh of Mondamin, la.
A brother arrived here and upon
going to the cemetery where the
body had been buried temporarily
positively identified It as that of his
brother. The body will remain until
fall, when it will he transferred to
the Mondamin cemetery.
The dead man was 26 years of age
and is survived by a wife and two
small children. The other brother,
Harvey, lost his life at the same
time ami has never been found.
Two Bovs Borrow Horse anti
Big to Celebrate at Park
spiH'iat IH*»patch to The Omaha Bee.
Wymore. Neb.. July 5.—July 4, Mrs.
L. Kuntz. resident of Wymore for
many JBears, drove her horse and
buggy down town, and left it at a
hitching rack on a by street, while
she transacted business on another
street. When she returned for the
vehicle a few moments later horse
and buggy were gone.
I-ate in the afternoon the rig was
found at Kink's park, two miles
southwest of town, where it had been
driven by Ed Brown, " year-old son of
Fred Brown, Blue Springs painter,
and Lloyd Wager, 14, son of J.
Wager, Wyrnore laborer. It devel
oped the boys had a strong desire to
get to the park to celehrate, and the
horse and buggy standing Idle rn the
street looked promising to them.
They were given fatherly advice,
and the rig returned.
Explosion May Deprive
Man of Sight of Botli Eyes
While Clarence Peasley, 40. Mon
damin, la., was pouring powder into
a five inch souvenir war shell, pre
paratory to a sunrise salute to the
Fourth of July Wednesday, the pow
der Ignited and severely burned him
about the head and shoulders.
He was taken to Jennie Edmond
son hospital. Council Bluffs, where
it is said he may lose the sight of
both eyes.
Alfred Shaw. a companion, was
burned when he went to Peasley's
aid and was beating out the flames.
Sioux City Awarded 1921
B'nai B'rith Convention
Duluth. Minn., July 5.—Sioux
City B'nai B'rith lodge won a victory
over Detroit. Milwaukee and Chicago
lodges In landing the next year's con
vention to he held In May.
Altout 1.500 delegates and visitors
ar*> expected to attend. The distrlet
grand lodge No. fi comprises the
states of Iowa, Nebraska, South Da
kola. North Dakota. Minnesota, Wis
consin, Michigan, Illinois and Canada.
Charged With Gun Toting
■'I*wIhI Illspetrlt to The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, July 5.—George Frazer,
alias John D. White, and W. B. Hil
ton. taken from a Burlington train
at Wyrnore tfie other day, having
a largo quantity of jewelry in their
posstsslon and carrying guns in their
belts, and who were taken to Un
roll where Ilertillon measurements
were obtained, were brought hack to
Beatrice, where complaints charging
them with gun toting will be filed.
Inspectors Bryan
Let Out Thanked
State Fire Marshal Halids Ban
quet to.Four Former
Supervisors.
Special lUepatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. July 5.—In n formal state
ment. C. E. Hartford, state fire mar
shal for the past three and a half
years, thanks the state inspectors let
out by Governor Bryan for their
loyal and efficient service during his
term of office.
E. E. Hayduk, Omaha, is one of the
dismissed men. who. according to
Hartford, knew fire conditions in
Omaha better than any man in the
state. He had served four and a
half years.
Another is ('apt. J*\ I). Dowling,
Scottsbluff, with four and a half
years service, whose terrlory com
prised the state north of the I’iatte
river.
W. B. Anderson, llildreth, serving
one year and three months, caring for
the country west of Central City and
Superior and south of the Platte,
and O. W, (Dusty! Rhoads, Lincoln,
with the southeastern part of the
state under bis supervision, were
thanked. Rhoads has been an aettvo
fireman for 23 years and is president
of the Nebraska State Volunteer Fire
association.
Check Up Jails Prior
to Liquor Hearings
Checking up on the rapacity of
various county jails in the vicinity
of Omaha was started yesterday by
t'nited States District Attorney J. C.
Kinsler. Reasons for the check were
given as follows:
First. Judge Thomas C. Monger is
expected to arrive in Omaha Satur
day and begin to pass judgment on
some 200 liquor cases. Judge Munger
is known to favor jail sentences in
sueh cases.
Second, the grand jury, which was
to meet yesterday afternoon, was ex
pected to return Indictment# which
would result in Jail sentence*.
Balloonist Killed When
Oas Bap Explodes in Air
Special Dispatch to The Omaha llee.
Fullerton. Neb., July 5.—Paul
Peterspn, 2K. aeronaut, of Newcastle,
Neb., was killed instantly here when
his balloon burst 300 feet in the air.
The explosion was caused. It Is
thought, by a defect in Ihe cloth.
The distance to the_ ground Was so
short that Peterson had no tme to
use his parachute. Ho struck a
parked auto in falling.
Hundreds of peopli here to witness
the Fourth of July celebration saw
the accident.
Birr well Church Dedicated;
Ordination Scr\ice* Held
Tlie Congregational church at Rur
well. Neb., was dedicated Sunday morn
ing. Delegates were present from the
churches at Taylor, Comstock. Dun
ning. and Purduro.
- Rev. Walter H. Rilev >f Lincoln
preached the dedicatory sermon on
"The Alma of the Christian < hurrh ”
In the evening ordination services
were held for Rev. Sinclair M. Poarch
Rev. W A Tyler preached the ordina
tion sermon
Farm-Labor Party
Splits at Chicago
(Continued from ral« One).
,i iples of evil faring tile producers,
but based his objection on the fact
that thp platform set up a new party,
with a new constitution, competitive
to that of the already organized farm
er-lalKir party; that the proposed title
was of too many words to be placed
on the ballot in many states and
that, if put to a vote of the farmer
labor party it would he rejected.
Charegs Rad Faith.
Fluthenburg took Issue with his
arguments by charging the farmer
labor party with bad faith and that it
was afraid of the response and senti
ment that was the result of their In
vitation to meet with them in con
vention to reach a i>oliticnl unity. #
“The platform we recommend, even
though charged with being ‘red. bol
shevik, ultra-radical.' Is'hard for us,
the communists, to swallow,” Ftutlien
hurg declared. “We have made con
cessions to some groups, but we have
been unable to get a statement as to
what the farmer-labor group will sup
port. They are afraid to go ahead
now that the movement is here for
action. They called us for political
unity, yet they are near revolt.”
The platform declares the party to
be formed to "wrest control of the
government from the hands of the
financial and industrial masters
who have amassed fortunes under
the two major political parties at tho
expense and well being of the indus
trial workers and farmers.”
Contains 10 Planks.
It consists of 10 planks, which are
proposed as follows:
Nationalization of all public utili
ties. Operation of industries on a
basis of workers and farmers in
creasing control of management and j
operation through their own eco
nomic organizations.
Maximum security against desti
tution, unemployment, sickness and
high prices. Governmental enact
ment of a maximum 8-hour work day
In Indusiry, making violation a
criminal offense. Governmental en
actment of a law- making the federal
reserve board serve the farmers and
workers.
Child labor laws, limiting employ
ment to children over 18 years of
age.
A soldier bonus to be raised
through the levying of Inheritance
taxes, excess profits, surtaxes and
laxes on unearned incomes.
EnatXmerit of a social Insurance
law, funds for which to be raised
through taxation similar to that of
the soldier bonus.
Enactment of a maternity insur
ance law. which would provide full
trade union wage compensation to
all prospective mothers one month
before and after birth of the child.
Establishment of a maximum liv
ing wage for all workers.
Omaha Captain Aligned
to Citizen Summer Camp
One Omsha officer ( apt. Koger M.
Still, is included in the list of regular
army officers ordered to Fort I'SS
Moines. Is for duty In connection
[ with the training camps to be held
there this summer.
Tiie training camp for reserve off!
cers of the Sfith and 88th divisions
will be held from July 18 to 3A The
Citizen's Military Train* camp for
applicants from Iowa. Nebraska and
northern Missouri, will be held dur
ing the month of August. Col. Harry
I.a T. Cavanaugh will command the
camp
Vacation Comfort
Every good dresser, makes it a point to include
at least two featherweight suits in his vacation
wardrobe. It’s a splendid idea—they’ll eco
nomical as well as smart—comfortable and cool!
All sizes—all new styles—all wonderful values!
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Girl’s Attacker
Spirited to Omaha
diaries Miller Placed in Coun*
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tv Jail—Feared Lynching
at Calhoun.
Charles Miller. 320 North Nineteenth
street, who was arrested near Nash
ville. Neb., by officials of the Re
liable Detective agency, charged with
an attack on the 5-year-old (laughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Christensen
of Calhoun, Neb., during the fire
works display Wednesday night, was
brought to Omaha yesterday and
lodged In the county Jail.
A signed confession was obtained
from Miller, ■wording to George
17 unley of the agency.
Fearing ■ lynching at Calhoun, itj#
officer* took their prisoner out the
rear door of the Jail and hurried to
Omaha They had previously pro
tccted him by pausing him off as a
member of the posse.
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Douglas and Lancaster
Paving Bids Are Opened
Special IMspateh to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, July 5 —Bids were opened
today for 11 miles of hard surface
paving in Douglas county and several
miles of paving in J^mcaster county.
The awards will be made at th# Doug
las county courthouse at Id Saturday
morning Douglas county commis
sioners were present when bids were
opened.
Chancellor Cuno of Germany re
ce.ves a salary of f*7 a month.
Sport Skirts
$12
Silk
Pleated
Models
in
White
Gray
Sand
$ 8
Plain
Styles
in
Silks
and
Wool
10% to 50% Reductions
On All Merchandise
During July Clearance
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Linen9
Ging
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Orchid
Gray
Maize
Blue
Cotton Frocks $12
New dresses that arrived yesterday go
on sale today at clearance prices that
mean reductions of 20 rr. In this way
selections are kept attractive throughout
the event.
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