R.B. Howell Hope of Farmer, View of Eastern Writer Omaha Senator Progressive Declares Correspondent Trailing Harding Party. (This is one of a series of articles on conditions in the middle west by Frederlek William Wile, Wash ington newspaper man who has been traveling on the trail of the president. It was written in Omaha for use in eastern papers.) By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Amid the encircling gloom of west ern radicalism, keep an eye on Rob ert Beecher Howell, the new repub lican senator frem Nebraska—six feet of rugged progresaivism, and all of It on the ground; a man with the Idealism of La Follette mid the en gineering mind of Hoover, swept In to congress on the tidal wave of farm discontent, but with no fantastic schemes for removing It. Howell is destined to fill the place in the sen ate left vacant by the retirement of Kenyon of Iowa. He comes at a psychological mo ment. Unless all signs are mislead ing. this Annafiolls-trained western er will be n healthy Influence on Cap Itol hitl when socalled fellow-progres sives start rainbow-chasing. The Country will soon know Howell for what he is—a constructive, oourn geous character, filled to the brim with sympathetic knowledge of What's wrong with the west and a forceful advocate of sane remedies. Nebraska, with Nonpartisan league and fainter labor radicalism ready to flood across Its borders from Minne sota and the Dakotas on the north and from Iowa and Wisconsin on the east, counts itself fortunate to have a senator of the Howell breed at Washington. He yields nothing to his colleague, Senator Norris, In prd gressivism. as distinguished from stalwartlsm, but when La Follette leads the progressive bloc Into the clouds, Howell will not follow. Ho has made no extravagant promises to Nebraska and entered no entangling alliances In ths senate. Distress Among Fanners. ^ The conditions which enabled Dow ell .^o defeat Senator Hitchcock's am bitions for re-election in 1922 are identical with those which have pitch forked Magnus Johnson Into the sen ate from Minnesota. Distress and de pression among the farmers else where In the west find their complete counterpart In Nebraska. "Dear shoes and cheap wheat," as Senator Moses, In his epitome of political un rest in the Mississippi valley, puts It. Hnwsll was elected as a regular re publican; for years he has been the republican national committeeman from this state and a member of the party's executive committee. But It is not essentially republican strength that stood Howell In stead last No vember. He was solidly barked by the Nonpartisan league and the far mer-labor vote, which saw In him less of a republican organisation^ than an aggressive exponent of popu lar rights as against special Inter ests. in me iszz elections m neurasKa, the celebrated "balance .of power" principle set up by A. C. Townley, founder of the Nonpartisan move ment. seems to have been typically exemplified. Townley’s Idea was that the proletariat could best express It self at the polls by selecting men from among regular party nominees and then hurling Us full strength, like a thunderbolt, against objection able opponents. Thus, In Nebraska last year, the Townleyites, or voters who think along kindred lines, voted for Howell, republican, for United States senator, and for Bryan, demo crat, for governor. Both were elect ed, thanks to the Townley plan of “punishing enemies" and "rewarding friends.” In Oovernor Bryan's case, there were purely local Issues In his favor he advocated a vigorous eco nomy program and his republican op ponent was not the strongest that might have been nominated. Erase Party Lines. iownieys plan of keeping farmer labor strength mobilized for emergen cy use In any direction still has Its advocates In Nebraska and elaewhere In tha radical west. They contend thla effectual obliteration of party lines better serves the purpose than any other method. Half-a-dosen west ern men recently elevated to high office achieved It mainly In that way. Senator Wheeler, democrat, of Mon tana; Senator Brookhart, republican, of Iowa; Senator Frazier, republican, of North Dakota; Senator Dill, demo crat, of Washington; and democratic Governors Davis (Kansas), Sweet (Colorado), and Boss (Wyoming) are cases In point. Each of these was nominated as a republican or demo sratlc "regular.’’ All owed their elections to the Townley ‘‘balance of power" Jugger naut, set going In their behalf. Re cent events in Minnesota and ths for mation of ths newly-organized fed erated Farmer-Dabor party threaten a break with ths Townley principle and to usher In an era of labeled radical candidates In 1924, In both states and nation. But It remains to be seen whether the practice that has worked so effectively will be discarded. President Harding’s western expedi tion, of course, appealed directly to Nebraska. Hardly any major Issue raised by him Is without definite and Immediate Interest to this great wheat growing, corn raising and cat tle-breeding commonwealth bordered by the Missouri and pierced by the Platte. One gathers In Omaha and other centers of Nebraska thought that Mr. Harding's speeches were found, on the whole, vague, a little platitudinous, and uninspiring. They did not seem to hold out enough categorical promise of relief to arouse enthusiasm In a region clamoring for It. Nebraskans apparently considered the president's utterances good hs far as they went, but felt they did not go far enough. They missed In them anything around which people craving a betterment cf conditions could rally either hopefully or emo tionally. A common comment Is that the president covered s lot of ground In the abetract, but nothing vary much In the concrete. Grows In Stature. That Mr. Harding has grown In •tatura In thesa parts sines becom ing president Is undoubted. That is manlfast. even though hie recent ap fearacee In the west 014 not deeply Girl Admits Drowning Childlj sibcn/e : - Vlu2-irc Orix id "%ra. s* d-roVirwicl t •* 10,000,000 over the budget of his republican predecessor. Governor MoKelvIe. If a hostile leg islature does not place too many logs In Bryan's road, he Is heeded for a record at Lincoln that may perpetu ate democratic control of the state machinery. McAdoo Mentioned. McAdoo, apart from Ford, la the only democrat commonly mentioned In Nebraska anent 1924. Some repub licans, since Brookhart launched the Iowa Judge's boom, speak favorably of William 8 Kenyon, If the O. O. P. decides that salvation next year lies in the direction of nominating a progressive presidential candidate. A contest In Nebraska between Kenyon and Fcwd on, respectively, the repub lican and democratic tickets, would be a fight for the gods, would be bit terly close, and would smash regu lar party lines Into utter unrecognlz ablllty. Harding could probably de feat McAdoo In Nebraska, though by no means as decisively as he beat Co*. Henry Ford, running as an In dependent, would overcome both Me Adoo and Harding. Nobody In Nebraska Is qualified to discuss western political Issues with greater Intelligence than Senator Howell. Hereabouts and elsewhere Howell Is mainly associated In the popular mind with municipal owner ship of public utilities and an Impres sion has taken root that he sees In "state socialism" the cure all for the people's troubles, In both town and country. "I am not for public ownership as an end,” said Senator Howell, "but merely as a means to an end. That Is why I advocate, as a basic means of helping the farmer and the con Burning classes, the purchase and operation by the federal government of a single trunkline railroad system I would buy one road; operate It; show what It could do In the way of publlo service, particularly with re gard to rates; prove by practical dem onstration whether the government can or cannot run a railroad with better results to the people than are possible from private operation; and then maintain or abandon government ownership, as the lessons of experi ence dictated. Two Inevitable I-.ffecU, "Such a plan would have two In evitable effect#. In the flrat place, If the eyeteni were eufflctently nation wide In I'.a rainlflcatlone, It would by the Injection of competition brink down private rutea. In the eecond place, the country would know within a reaaonabla time whether govern ment ownerahlp waa practicable or not, Wa would bav* the proof of tha pudding through having eaten It. It would end the agitation. There would always be time to revert to private operation.” Senator Howell’* idea of experi mental government o\vner»hlp of rail roads springs from his experience a* nn Omaha city official. For the bet ter part of 20 years he has been an outstanding and militant figure In the municipal government of the Nebras ka metropolis. He vacates ths post of general manager of the water board at $10,000 a year to enter the United 8tates senate at $7,500. A number of remarkable constructive accomplishments stand to Howell's personal credit In Omaha. Its citi zens enjoy cheap ice. cheap water, cheap gas and cheap electric power In consequence of them. Howell points to his installation of a municipal ice plant as an indication of what might be done by a federal railroad. Omahans once paid from 60 to 80 cents a hundredweight for ice. Howell put $750,000 into a city ice plant, which today is furnishing ice at 80 cents. If fetched at any of his 42 delivery stations scattered throughout the city, as against E0 cent Ice (delivered) sold by the private companies. In 1S22 the gross In come of the city ice plant was $260. 000, derived from sales of 57.000 tons of Ice. retailed In as tiny lots as 50 cent blocks Hundreds of families thus were enabled to enjoy the neces sary summer commodity, who other wise would not have been able to af ford Ice. Established City riant*. Howell Instigated the establishment of city water and gn* plants, which i also have led to drastic reduction* In rates to consumers, and, In the case of water, to a radical equalization of costs as between big consumers like the packer* and the humble Individual householder. Omaha haa no munici pal electric power plant, but Ilowell brought down the rate to almost the lowest kilowatt-hour figure In the T'nlted States by what he terms "potential competition." Having con vinced himself that the electric power companies were "holding up” Oma hans for current, Ilowell went to the state legislature and paved the way for laws enabling Omaha to manu facture power. The "Interest*” squirmed and scowled and yowled, but were con strained In cut rates sweeplngly. That satisfied Howell, and he abandoned the city electric power proposition. Hut the private companies have al ways understood ha was ready to re new It If and when extortionate rate* were ever resumed. Some day, he says. It may no longer be necessary for Omaha to manufacture Ice, al though the municipal plant will have paid for Itself within four years. "Private rates,” Howell explains, "may give the public a square deal, and we can close our plant. Rut we shall always be ready ot reopen It." Senator Howell will “go along" with the La Follette bloc to the ex tent of Joining In the demand for re peal of the Each Cummins law. He secs In that act discriminatory treat ment which the fanner Justly resent*. Paramount laaue. "We muat proceed to deal with farm dl»tie«a na a paramount laaue." anld Senator Howell, "on the general principle that It ta a condition Inalat ently calling for amelioration. We muat act aa our definite goal the evolving of wave and meana to achieve rallef. We ehnll not do ao by any ruthleaa pulling down or buet Ing up of thlnga aa they are. Evolu tion, not revolution, atrlkce me ea the only practicable method of ac compllahlng anything worth while. The farmer reaaonahly arguea thnt there Is no greater Justification for a federal guarantee of railroad earn Inga than there la for guaranteeing hlrn a etatutory Income. Our problem la to aee that the farm Indua'ry, which la na fundamental an Induatry aa tranaportatlon. le enabled to earn an Income equivalent to the labor the farmer expend*, the liiveatment he haa at atnka, and the rlaka he lindertakea It la a complicated prob lem. Ita aolutlon will not bo hardened by puraulng ohlmeraa or wanting energy In Indlacrlmlnate vilification. What congreaa haa to do. atiove all, la to keep the problem before II* | eyea aa a goal, and work It out die pasaiunately and eclentlficaJly." (Copyright (111) Buy Rugs and Floor Cover ings on Our Easy Payment Plan Beginning Monday August. Sale Fine Rugs, Floor Coverings The stock which awaits your selection is the fruit of weeks of careful planning and purchasing. The prices will pro vide you Savings of 15% to 50% “Save the Difference” 44.80 9x12 Heavy Seamless Axminster Rugs—For living rooms and dining rooms; neat oriental designs In many wanted colorings; some slightly im- OQ QC perfect. August Sale Price, L*J»Vu 39.00 9x12' All-Wool Face Velvet Rugs that are seamless and will give excellent service; a variety of small patterns in tan, rose and blue. August Sale 26.95 36.00 8-3x10-6 Seamless Velvet Rugs— With heavy turned ends; a closely woven rug that is practical for any room. O A *7C August Sale Price, “ *• I w 49.75 9x12 Axminster Rugs—Special qual ity rugs of exceptional designs and color ings of rose, taupe and blue. OQ QC August Sale Price, 26.50 6x9 Axminster Rugs—Closely woven for bedrooms or small dining rooms, in all over and scroll effects; a variety IQ QC of colorings. August Sale Price, 1 %/•%/*} 35.00 6x9 Extra Heavy Axminster Rugs— Exceptionally deep nap; practical for any small room; Chinese and Oriental OA HJ? designs. August Sale Price, I U 145.00 9x12 Worsted Wilton and Hartford Saxony Rugs—These are excellent values and will give indefinite service; some are seamless and fringed. August QO CA Sale Price, _ JU 135.00 8-3x10-6 Worated Wilton and Hart ford Saxony Rugs—New colorings and de signs in rose, taupe and blue; suited for liv ing rooms and dining rooms. OQ QP August Sale Price, 0 90.00 9x12 Wilton Rugs—Good Wilton rugs with fringed ends; rich shades of tan, blue and taupe; Chinese and scroll C A QC patterns, August Sale Price, UT.a/tJ 85.00, 9x12 Wilton Rugs—Many choice rugs to select from in this lot, fringed ends, rich colorings that will harmonize with most dec- 7/1 QC orations. August Sale Price • ’*•**%} 9x12 Worsted Wilton Ruge—The careful buyer will find pleasure in electing from these rich deep pile rugs, choice colorings for living 1 1 O CO rooms. August Sale Price * K 145.00, 9x12 Finest American Worstad Wilton Rugs—Suited for best homes, numerous designs and colorings, 107 CO August Sale Prlca L i i*3U 57.50, 9x12 Wilton Valeat Rugs—Durable seamless Wilton Velvet Hugs, that are fringed at tho ends, new coloring in novelty and Persian OQ QC designs. August Sala Price OJ/sI/O 50.00, 8-3x10-6 Wilton Velvet Rug* Seamless Wilton Velvet Rugs of closely woven surface, fringed ends, suited for homo use, many wanted colorings and designs, QC August Sale Price OOts/O 59.00 Wilton Velvet Rug*—Heavy Velvet Rugs, that add charm to any room in the house, seamless • nd fringed at the ends, they are well sized and will lie smooth to the floor; soma are 4 0 QA slightly imperfect. August Sale Price T'OsOU 59.50, 8-3x10-6 Axmin.ter Rug* -One of the best grades of seamless Axminstcr rugs, extra deep nap Persian and Oriental effects, size 8-3x10-0, 69.60 values, August Sale 44.75 August Sale of Scatter Rugs For General Use About the Home "Save the Difference” 11.50 36x72 Axniin.ter Rug., special 8.50 3.25 27x54 Velvet Rug., special j .98 3.75 27x54 Velvet Rug., special 3.99 Extra quality Axminster Rug*, 27x54, special 5 33 4.50 Rag Rug*. 3x6 ft., plain blue and pink, stripe borders, * 3.93 2.00 24x36 Fancy Rag Rug*, fringed and washable, special 1.35 2.25 27x54 Hit and Mis* Rag Rugs, firm, close weave, 1.415 7.00 Wilton Velvet Rugs, fringed ends, choice pat terns, special 5.35 5.50 27x54 Velvet Rug*, neat patterns, fringed ends, special *1.35 Sixth Floor -West August Furniture- Sa e Set Your Alarm Clock and be here early Monday morning, i We mention only a few of the hun areas oi gooa values to be found in our block-long furniture depart ment, Read every item in this ad. Skip one line and you miss a bargain. All-Steel, White Enamel Kitchen Table 8.95 I with a flna pore-lain top. August $ala Prlca *.#S Three-Hour Sale 9 A. M.'to 12 M »z.5U Martha Washington Sewing Cabi* net, finished in the dull orown mahug any. 8.95 IS.00 Mahog any Telephone Stand and Stool 8.95 Beautifully fin ished in the dull brown ma hogany in the new Italian de sign. Buy furniture on uur &asy i ime Payment Plan Beginning on Our Seventh Floor Monday, July 30 ii ~ iL ~ ** s the *}°8an for °ur August Furniture Sale. We iJGLVC the Uirterence pen this Sale with $2C0,000 worth of fine new _ . » » l urmture, every piece of which is greatly reduced for this event. We have searched the markets at we never did before, seeking fine furniture at prices that would make the people of Omaha reatze that The Brandeis Store is the Furniture Store of this section of the country; and the savings -ange from 15 to 50 per cent. 39.75 Spinet Desk , 24.50 [ With genuine U nahogany top, I and writing I bed. Limited * quantity. 10.50 Telephone Stand and Chair, 4.95 Solidly made and finished in the Mahog any. Two-H^ir Sale 9:00 taj 11:00 Folding Camp Stool lard maple frame, vedgred in canvas op. Limit, two to i cus omer. Four-Hour Sale 9:00 to 1:00 7.00 Mahog any Finish End Table— $3.25 2.50 Folding Sewing Table, 1.49 with Yard Measuring Imprint, firmly braced legs. $1.49. 38.50 Simmon's Brass Bed 19.95 Made entirely of 2-lneh brans tubing, ar tistically 4rimmed with Inrge rod ends and mounts. Finished in the ribbon banded f satin. Full sire. ! Twenty Solid Oak Dressers '/Tr- --n. With three roomy Drawer*, just like picture. August £.16.95 2.50 rapestry Covered Foot Stool „ , 1.4» Mahogany fin, base. 30.00 Davenport Tablei, 18.95 All in the dull brown mahopany. We have several styles from which to select 60-in. top. Au*. 1 D Qr Sale Price. 1 O.lfO “Save the Difference” $450 3-Piece Library Suite 295.00 w Three massive pieces, richly upholstered in genuine mohair. Choice of either the walnut or taupe shades. Loose Marshall spring filled cushions on each piece. Three OQC AA pieces. August Sale Price, 190.00 3-Piece Library Suite 125.00 "Save the Difference” An exceptional value In a fine living room suite. You may select either the blue or beaver velour. Full size davenport, chair and rocker to match. Three 1 OP AA pieces. August Sale Price, “Save the Difference" $225 “Pullman” Library Suite 139.50 ... The full sized davenport is quickly converted into a comfortable bed. The upholstering is all fine taupe mohair. The three illus- 1 OQ PA trated, August Sale Price, complete, "Save the Difference” ^^^1 265.00 3-Piece Library Suite 195.00 Three massive pieces, consisting of full size daven port, arm chair and wing chair to match. Richlr upholstered in a choice combination of blue Baker velours. Don’t fail to see these three pieces 1 QT AA Monday for l*/O.Uv “Save the Difference* 275.00 3-Piece Living Room Suite 195.00 Just 3 of these fine mahogany finish library suites to sell tomorrow morning. Each piece is upholstered in heavy velour. The pillows illustrated are include4.. Be the lucky one and secure one of 1 Qr AA these fine suites Monday for It/J.uU “Save the Difference * 500.00 4-Piece Bed Room Suite 385.00 ■ i • | v* « ’ —' This bedroom suite is the "Brandeis Special.” A fine American walnut suite in the duotone walnut finish. Made especially for us. A magnificent suite that must be seen to ogr rvrv be appreciated. Four pieces, «5O0«UU SOLD SEPARATELY 50-ln«h Dr*»»er .125.00 Larg# Chifforatta .65.90 Bow.End Bed ....♦..,,,....155 00 Foil Vanity .. SSOO | “Save the Difference'* $625 Solid Walnut, 8-Piece Suite 465.00 <3- . Eight perfectly matched pieces in the genuine and solid American walnut m the massive Italian design and dull finish. The seat and backs of the chairs are upholstered in heavy mohair. The oblong table measures 64x66 inches. The buffet has roomy drawers and storage compartments. Don’t buy a dining room suite A £* p* until you have seen this one. August sale price, 40»>.UU “Save the Difference" $395 8-Piece Dining Room Suite 275.00 rbijj.suite is made entirely of solid American walnut ■rexcept the table top, which is of 5-ply built-up stock; the best way to make a table top). The chairs are up holstered with a heavy tapestry. Eight 07C AA pieces, complete. August Sale Price, ZlJ.UU Have Table to match, 69.50 China Cabinet to match, 97.50 “Save the Difference" $375 4-Piece Bedroom Suite 225.00 I (1 * !■* Four perfectly matched pieces in the new two-tone fin ished American walnut. Full dustproof construction throughout. We call your special attention to the 48-inch dresser and full vanity and large chifforobe. You may buy the dresser, bed and chifforobe 1 7Q r A at August Sale Price for 1 IJ.dU “Save the Difference” 350.00 10-Piece Dining Room Suite 195.00 j All in the American walnut and (imilar \ to illustration. 1 If you can only use the buffet, table and set of chairs you may buy them for 1 QQ the August Sale Price of J.«5*7sOvl "Save the Difference" 195.00 4-Piece Bedroom Suite 129.75 A limited number of these suites to sell to morrow in the American wainut finished in two-tone. One of the best values shown on this page. Four pieces for 1 OQ nr August Sale Price of 1 Round Dining Room Tablet, of tolid Oak, in both Golden and Fumed finithet. Some aold high at HO.00. qa WJJ All at one price Aai i/ • / O ii tni'.ni ith * t 5-piece Breakfast Room Set, 55.00 Constating of •olid Mahogany Top, Gatleg Table and four Chairs to match. Cholf* of whilf, fray or oak. “Save the Difference" Napanee Dutch Kitchenettes We are the exclusive agent* for this fa mous line of Kitchen Cabinet*. Construct ed and equipped to the finest detail. Large, roomy Cabinet, non-buckling porcelain top. We feature the new QQ CA Model J Monday at OJ/.OU You may buy a Kitchen Cabinet from ua by paying J>.00 DOWN and the balance monthly. Roomy Chiffonier Made of solid frolden oak. Lim ited qua Monday—J*0^ 12.95 Radio Cabinet*, 25.00 A ATT* »»' of odd ird < ■*-*d Sorvir^ T unal! P ~ T - Radio Cah” in t>sa A-r •* walnut A: • pricad M--Mar is <*> We have assem bled 20 of our fine, odd Chiffor ettes, to sell at one price tomorrow, 27.95 45.00 4-Poster Bed, 29.50 Heavy Mahogany Pouter Red In the dull brown mahog any. Choice of full or twin aize, 29.50 “Save the Difference" , 100 Bridge or Junior 1 89 Floor Lamps 14 The bases are in choice, bronzed polychrome and stiplcd effects. The shades are assorted georgettes, silk lined and heavy fringed. This sale is to last as long as the quantity holds out. Be here early Monday morning. August Furniture Sale In Omaha's Most Complete Bedding Department 75.00 Poster Bed Outfit fippa fi a 55.00 1 rtt*. ‘ . For those who want not only a good-looking bed outfit, but a comfortable one, we have assembled this fine suite. Con sisting of a heavy mahogany poster b e d, a guaranteed, tempered steel coil spring and a 45-lb., layer, cotton felt mat tress. A regular 75.00 TP AA outfit. Monday, 33.Ull “Save the Difference" 18.00 Steel Coil Spring, 12.95 A full if Steel Tv'il Spring with the •mall helical Spring. • • 1 top beautifully finished in the French Gray Enamel. For wood or Iron bed . $ 12.95 Sanitary Couch and Pad, 11.95 An all-Meel, guaranteed «lrop • i*le. Sanitary Couch With a l*-lb. layer cotton felt V at tract to fit Complete UJt Seventh Floor 14.00 All Cotton MattreM, 9.95 Thit Mattre** contain* 4.\ r J of ali-puro Cotton Covaro I in a *o.si rra*.!t of faa 'T t eX ' inf. All refwlar ***** $9 *5 Don’t Forget you may buy any of this Furniture on Ea»y Payment!. Fay a small deposit down, and the bal ance monthly. Blacksu Mi'.e Mattress At 19.75 wThia Mattress contains 6R 1 of all selected layer f ‘-ton Felt. Built up with ■ extra rows of side hint. And covered a very heavy grade of ' y Ticking. Made un ' our own specification supervision. Made to '“ I at SO.00, introductory _. ">-™ * ■ --- 7.00 All Stocl link Fabric Top Spnnc 3.95 ThU it • • fo ' o«iy tl m»jr K* * re*ui*r * ***. wxhss or ir*!* tr#»* b«4». l.).00 3-inch Pott, Simmon*' Br1**Bfd _5? 1 -nhhed in the rl bbon 1 f'dod . ntin. 2-inch •filiintf Full .r-- - 21.50 Simmons, "ti all square steel |] 15.00 This Steel Bed Is finished In the American Walnut. May be had in the full or twin sixe Made entirely of all square steel tubing, and fully guaran teed l-y the Simmons Company, a* well as th«* I'randeis Store. August Sale Price $15.00 We are able to il lustrate just a few of the hundreds of bargains to be found on our great See enth Floor. Come in Monday and spend the day with us. 25.00 Tubular Simmon* Steel nfflirrm Bed- ts.so An artistically designed Bed | with the grouped filling Rods, finished in the dull American Walnut. Full sixe only. Aug ust Buie price 18.50 25.00 Layer Felt Mattress, 16.50 Thie U our “DRAKE” MAT TKK8R, containing r,o Iba of layer rotton felt, with extra rowe of wide atltching. May l»e had In aII regular *ixe*. 10.80 Seventh Floor 30.00 Double Day Bed complete with mattress nm> _ isj)Q|— ^ We were able to secure but 20 of those fine day beds that open into a double bed. The mattress is covered in a fancy cretonne. The steel frame is finished in walnut. The out fit complete, while 1 C AO they last, itJ.UU Buy Curtains and Curtain Materials on Our Easy Pay ment Plan Beginning Monday August Sale Curtains and Curtain Materials These stocks of draperies were pur chased with a view to making this sale the greatest money-saving event of the season. Prices will afford you Savings of 15% to 50% “Save the Difference'* 3.00 Fine Ruffled Curtain*—Fine quality, plain and clotted, with full ruffle and ruffle tie-backs. August Sale Price, 1 PQ pair, _ 1.0*/ 98c Quaker Craft Filet Net—Plain and all over patterns in white and ivory. Pq August Sale Price, yard, 3«/C 60c Curtain Materials—Fine voiles, dotted and figured marquisettes, Quaker Craft filet nets and Swisses. August Sale QQ Price, yard, «i*/C 2.00 Sectional Paneling — Fine quality Swiss nets in beautiful figured patterns, 2>/2 yards long; can be cut widths to fit any window. August Sale Price, QQ per strip, */0C 12.50 Imported Irish Point Curtains— Duchess designs, wide borders and corner medallions. August Sale Price, *7 QQ pair, I ,*/0 Quaker Craft Tuscan and Casement Cur tains—Reautiful allover patterns, ivory and beige; finished at bottom with bullion fringe. August Sale Price, P QQ pair, _ J.jO 2.00 Fast Color English Cretonnes—Ex quisite patterns in light, medium and dark shades, fancy designs and tapestry weaves; all are sunfast; some of these are 50 QQ inches. August Sale Price, yard, «/OC 25c Curtain Marquisette — Fine mercer ized quality in white, ivory and 1 P beige. August Sale Price, yard, 1DC 1.50 Marquisette Ruffled Curtains—Made of fine marquisette, full ruffle and ruffled tie-backs to match. August Sale QQ Price, pair, _ 0*/C 1.50 Colored Figured Madras—36 and 45 inches, in blue, brown and gold. PQ August Sale Price, yard, 0%/C 1.25 Printed Terry Cloth—Exquisite pat terns in floral and bird and striped designs in all the wanted colors. August QQ Sale Price, yard, 1%/C Cut Curtain Rods — Extension, flat and round, extra to 42 inches. August tQ Sale Price, each, 1*/C Siath Floor—Eaat August Sale of Wall Papers Better Wall Paper, Bigger Stocks, Better Service. “Save the Difference’* Bedroom, Living Room and Dining Room Papers—Including 30-inch plain *7 1 oatmeal papers, 20c quality, per roll, • * C Splendid Selection of Wall Papers—Suit able for any room; values to 29c; 10 1 special, per roll, 1£ZC Wall Papers in New Designs and Colorings for hall, living rooms and dining rooms, including the popular 30-inch blended Harmonella, in six shades; regular price up to 41c; during this sale, IQ per roll, ll/C All papers priced per single roll and sold only with suitable bands on borders. Fifth Floor—Woot August Sale of Pictures and Frames “Save the Difference'* Wo have assembled a number of tables of odds and ends of frames, framed pic tures and mirrors, assorted sizes in frames from postcard size to 14x17, from— 39* to 98* Framed Pictures from 39* to 2.49 Antique Gold Framed Mirrors with prints at top priced as low as 39* to 2.49 Special reduction on frames made to order. _ Sixth I loot Smith Poet Laureate of Oklahoma P " ~ "Viplat W Dout^aX! ; ~ Hjt International New* Service. New York, July 28.—One week of New York has been enough for Y'io let Mcllougal, recently appointed poet laureate of Oklahoma. She has abandoned her intention of remaining in the metropolis for the summer and gone to the Honey hills of Connecticut to rest. The week in New York wa* quite an interval for Y'lolet. It was simply one reporter, one staff photographer and one amazing question after another. Last Hopes for Turkish Nation Have Vanished Lloyd George Sounds Note ol Pessimism Regarding Fu ture of Eastern Civilization. (('ontlnned From Pace Ole I partly under the protection of Kranci and Britain. Bmyrna and lta preolncta were t< be allotted to Greece if it Joined iti forces with those of the allies in th< war. The straits were to bo demill tarized and garrisoned. When Italy came Into the war later on It wai stipulated that In event of the par tition of Turkey being carried out lr pursuance of these agreements territories Ip southern Anatolia should be assigned to Italy for development. In the main, the distributed regions were before the war being cultivated and developed by a population which was western and not Turanian in Its origin and outlook. This population represented the original inhabitants of the soil. I have set out shortly what the war policy of the allies was in ref erence to Turkey. The treaty of Sevres considerably modified that policy in many vital aspects. By that treaty Constantinople, Cilicia and southern Anatolia were left to the Turk. Armenia was qreated an in dependent state. There were many objections which could be raised to the original proposals of 1915 as it might be argued they contemplated handing over In Cilicia and southern Anatolia populations which in the main were Turkish and Moslem to Christian rule. But In substance the modified plan of Sevres was sound, and, If carried out would have conduced to the well being of millions to be liberated by its terms forever from Turkish rule. The world at large also would have benefited by the opportunity afford ed to the Industrious and Intelligent Armenian and Greek populations of Turkey to renew the fertility of this land once so bountiful in its gifts, and thus enriching man's store of good things. The barbarian Invasion which withered that fertility was pushed hack into the Interior by the treaty of He\r«s. The treaty of Lausanne has extended and perpetu ate.1 Its away from the Black sea to the Mediterranean. 1 have explained the why and the wherefore of Sevres. But why Lausanne? It Is a long story. A compound of shortsightedness, dis loyalty, selfishness and pusillanimity amongst natlonj and their statesmen. And more than all. fnte happened to be in ita grimmest mood when deal ing with this problem. The Russian revolution eliminated that great coun try from a solution of the problem on lines of protection for the oppressed races of Turkey, and east its might on the side of the oppressor. President Wilson was Inclined to recommend that the I'nlted States should undertake a mandate for the Armenians. Had lie succeeded, what a different story many years to come would also tell. Ills health broke down, ami America would have none of his humanitarian schemes. Then came the departure of Sonnlno from the Qulrlnal With hint went for a momentous while the old dreams of Italian colonltatlon, which in the past had done so much to spread civili sation In three continents. Ills suc cessors were homelier men. I have still my doubts whether they served Italy best by tha less adven turous and more domesticated policy they pursued. The future may decide that Issue. nut whatever decision, the time for action has passed away and unless and until there is another break up In Turkey, the chance that Italy lost since 1919 will not bo re covered Will it ever come Ivick? Then there was the French check in Cilicia, and negotiations at Angora with Mustapha Kemal which were both single-handed and underhanded, for the Allies were not even informed of what was going on. This was a fatal step, for it broke up the unity which alone would enable the west ern powers to deal effectively with the Turk. This unity was never fully recreated. Veniielos Was Great Leader. The last fatal change was the Greek revolt against Venlzelos. It is often said that he Is the greatest statesman thrown up by the race since Pericles. In all he has under taken he has never failed his people. Disaster has always come to them when they refused to follow his guid ance. When King Alexander was killed by a monkey, the Greeks were called upon to decide between -Constantine and Veniielos. Their choice was ruinous to their country, and no greater evil can befall a nation than to choose for its ruler a stubborn man with no common sense. Before the advent of Constantine, Greece, with no aid and little countenance from the powers, was able to bold the forces of Mustapha Kemal easily at bay. and even drive him back Into his fas-.nesaes. In encounter after en counter the Greek army, led by men chosen for their military gifts, and sufficiently well equipped. Inflicted defeat after defeat on the armies of Angora. t on* tan tine an IU Oniffi, But with Constantine came a change. In the Greek army courtiers were substituted for soldiers in the high command. French, British and Italian public opinion, remembering the treachery of Constantine during the war. altered their attitude to wards the Greeks, who had elevated him to the throne in defiance of allied sentiment. Indifferent powers became hostile. Hostile powers become active. Final catastrophe began with a heroic but foolish march of the Greek army into the defiles of Asia Minor, followed by the inevitable retreat. It was consummated when Constantine, for dynastic reawvns. appointed to the command of trpops in Asia Minor a craxy general whose mental condition had been under medical review. The Greeka fight valiantly when well led. but. like the French, once they know they are not well led. con fidence gives, and with confidence courage. Before the Kemahst attack reached their lines, the Greek army was beaten and in full retreat. With the attack came panic; with panic, the complete destruction of what was once a fine army. W.th the dis appearance of that army went the last hope for the salvation of Ana tolia. That the history of the east, and probably of the west, should have t>een changed by the bite of a monkey la Just another grimace of the comic spirit which bursts now ar.d again Into the pages of every great tragedy. I-ast Fight Against Avagery. All that could be done afterwards was to save the remnants of a great policy Western civilization put up Its last fight against the return of savagery into Europe when, in Sep tember and October of last year. British soldier* and wll.vrs, de«erled by allies and associates alike, wived Constantinople from hideous carnage. The pact of Mudanla was not Sevres, but It certainty was better than Lausanne. From Sevres to Mudanla was a retreat. From Mudanla to Lausanne is a rout. What next? Iaiusanne is not a terminus It is only a milestone. Where Is the next" No one claims that this treaty is peace with honor. It is not even peace. If one were dealing with a regenerated Turk there might be hope. But the burning of Smyrna and the cold blooded murder* of ISO.000 Greeks In the Interior prove that tho Turk Is still the saute To quote again from the oosrespendent of the Time* at lAusanne, "All such evidence as can be obtained here confirms the belief that the new Turk I* hut the old. and that the coming era of enlightenment and brotherly love In Turkey, for which It 1s the ! correct thing officially to hope will I l>e. from the foreigner s point of view, i at best humiliating and at worst a bloody chaos | ' Two Tribes, Once Hostile, Will Hold Powwow Aug. 2 Gathering to Commemorate Big Massacre of 1873; Gov. Charles Bryan to Speak. A celebration of a moat unusual character Is to be staged at Tren ton, Hitchcock county, beginning August 2 and ending August 5. It will be the 50th ahnlversary of the battle of Massacre canyon, which was the last armed fight between Indian tribes of the west. Fifty Sioux and 158 Pawnees were killed. A delegation of Pawnees from Oklahoma, where they are now quar tered on a reservation, will be pres ent, and 15 Sioux from the Pins Ridge agency will stage a war dance. Three of the 15 were members of ths band of Sioux that took part in the battle. Another feature of it will be the presence of J. W. Williamson of Genoa, the only white man who saw the battle, and Captain North of the regular army, who was In command of troops at Fort Sidney at the time and from whose battalion went the several companies of cavalry that forced the victorious Sioux to flee the field. Gov. Charles W. Bryan will be one of half a dozen prominent men Invited to make an address on the oc :asion. A short distance from whers .he battle was staged runs the Golden Rod highway, traversed by hundred* of automobiles, and a marker along Its side points to where the conflict occurred. A memorial association will place a stone there within the next year. 500,000 People Within 50-Mile Area of Omaha ! _ 1 inures Show Average Farm in This Radius Valued at $41,973 — Heart of Agriculture. — 1 + More than 500,000 people. 1J* towi.t and 29.330 farms are situated within a 50-mile radius of Omaha's shopp.m district. About 300.000 of these people live outside of Omaha, yet good traveling facilities, both by rail and automobile, make it possible for them to do their dri ly shopping in Omaha with almost the same convenience ae if they lived in the city. These facts are contained in the new sale* analysis of Omaha's whole sale and retail trade territories which has been prepared by the bureau of publicity of the Omaha Chamber of C -r.rr.erre and which will be sent to all parts of the Tnited states in an swer to inquiries concerning Omaha s marketing condiUunt. Omaha is the center of a great agricultural district, the richest in the t'nlted States. The average farm is valued at 341,975, compared with the nation's average of 312,085. Average bank dep< «.ts are 32 785 for each fam.iy and per capita auto mobile ownership is 4.9. Farmers in this BO-mile area have invested 3*9. 355,882 in farm Implements and ma chinery and owm livestock valued at S22.50S.090. They produce about 312*.• 0CM),000 in crops annually and their farms represent an investment of 31.194.022,32*. In this territory there are 1.331 grocery stores. 287 hardware deal erg, SSI drug stores. 191 jewelers. **t automobile dealers and 55* general stores. Busses Haul 1,500 to Omaha Daily _ Auto Lines Carry Passengers to and From Outlying Points on Schedule. Auto busses carry 1.500 ;-a*»er.gers into Omaha daily. Tin re are 19 busses running to and from Fremont. Sioux City. Nebraska C'.tv. Shenandoah, l.lnooln. Avoca. Sidney, Woodbine, Atlantic and Weep ing Water. All of these busses go out of two depots located In the heart of Omaha. The Boulevard Transit company is located at 114 sMtth Seventeenth street. The Boulevard, White Tran* porta:.on, Iowa Xransi! and Intar state Transit companies have their terminal at that address. The other depot Is the Cnlon Stags ';ns at 415 South Seventeenth street. There are six lines running from this station. 52 Deals in Week; Total is $404,725 Fifty two real estate deals, of $4,000 or more, and totaling $404.TS5. were filed last week In the office ef Register of Deeds Pearce. In addition to these there were nearly as many more deeds Med bringing the total close to the half million n-.ark. Land Is Deeded to Citv for l re as Houle: ard George T. Morton, owner of Mor ton Meadows, and the Standard De velopment company, owners of the land Immediately south of Morton’s traot. have deeded to the cdy 100 feet of ground for making Woolworth avenue a 100-foot boulevard from the Field club west along the south side of Morton Meadows. Hanson Starts Now Houses. The llsnsen Investment company last week started the erection of two new houses In Hansen's addition, a new tract of SI acras which this Arm put on the market six weeks ago. Hansen's addition Is at Fiftieth am* I-ake strecss. half a block weet c the Military avenue car line. Ton Silos—$77.4*0, Ten real e«’»te sale*, six of their, re - deuce v. one an lines meat and ‘hree building lots, sre teported a» the sales for the V". 1'. Stuht cAtguj for July. The loial is $IT,450