Today
The Week Begins Darkly.
Earthquake and War.
Strikes and Trouble.
Jean Frioux Was Wise.
^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^
The week begins with gloomy
news from all directions. The
worst news is of human suffering
that men have not brought upon
themselves, and that comes from
Japan; Modern times, apparently,
have known no earthquakes com
paring in violence and disastrous
consequences with the calamity
that has fallen upon Tokio and
Yokohama and hundreds of miles
into the countryside.
And there is, unhappily, no
known limit to the appalling dis
aster.
Wires are down from all parts
of Japan, and even telegraphic
communication through the air
has ceased at this writing, Japan
being cut off from the world out
side, as completely as before Per
ry’s day.
Following the European style,
Japan has erected tall buildings
in place of the light, basket-like
construction, well adapted to a
land of frequent earth disturb
ances, and these modern buildings
are in ruins with many dead in the
wreckage. Railroad trains were
overturned, and fire, raging every
where, with water supplies de
stroyed, completes the hideous tale.
In Europe, men create for
themselves trouble worse than
fire or earthquake, with new war.
Italy seizes Greek territory and
flouts the League of Nations, as
was to be expected. The English
might once have settled the trou
ble with a firm note and a solemn
parade of superdreadnoughts to
the near east where Italy is tak
ing over Greek islands.
But now a superdreadnought is
a superjoke, one flying man could
sink it, 100 flying men could de
stroy the capital of the nations
sending out the fleet.
France is inclined to sympathize
with Greece, Italy and France hav
ing long disliked each other. But
Franee can be soothed by perfect
Italian co-operation in the Ruhr.
Italy, letting France do as she
pleases with Germany, will not be
checked in doing what she pleases
with Greece, if she can. Greece
announces that she will fight, if
forced to it, but it is not a pleas
ant prospect, after all the years of
fighting. _
England, after having financed
and put through one war for the
safety and peace of Europe, sees
herself without power to stop the
msh toward more war and destruc
tion. Lloyd George, who managed
ihe big war, is blackly pessimistic.
He says in yesterday’s article:
“Issues indicate that France must
get what she wants. Britain must
take what she gets.” He pities the
great Britiah empire that raised
10,000,000 men and spent ten
thousand million pounds to save
the allies, only to be mocked now.
What a difference the Wright
b -others made in the world’s his
tory when they invented the fly
ing' machine. It has made the
great small, it could even check
the conquerors, if the oppressed
were to use it to the limit, and re
gardless of war rules. One hun
dred fliers from Greece or Berlin
•• ppearing over Rome or Paris with
the right explosives and poison gas
might cause Mussolini or Poincare
to think hard for a few minutes.
,Our part is to hope they will
find a way to peace, instead of to
a new war, and mind our own busi
ness. If we have money to spare
better send it to Japan, the un
fortunate, rather than to Europe
to be spent in fighting machinery.
Even the most earnest and
ignorant advocates of our join
ing the League of Nations
now admit that the Greek
Ttalian affair seriously injures
the prestige of that distin
guished league. A “great peace
tribunal” that closes up and shuts
up when trouble starts, is some
thing like a policeman hurrying
to bed when he hears a burglar.
Here, at home, things arc not all
bright. More than 150,000 coal
miners strike, cutting off $750,000
a clay in wages that they need, and
thousands of tons of coal daily,
i bat the public needs. That again
means deciding that war is better
than discussion or compromise. It
is the Europe'an method, applied to
American industry.
Reason and compromise per
haps will prevail. But the entire
nation, nationalizing the coall in
dustry, enforcing arbitration or
otherwise will have to settle the
coal situation and gome other ques
tions. Fifty little industrial wars
every year are as disgraceful to
this country as one unnecessary
i cal war would be, and almost as
expensive, and involving loss of
life, like real war.
It is almost a pleasure to turn
aside and look at the pictures of
male human beings at Deauville
wearing hair nets because they
'■an't invent any other change in the
fnshionr. Soothing, also, to read
of Monsieur Jean Frioux, dead,
aged 101, on the tiny island of
N’olrmoutiers, off the co$st of
France. There Jean was born,
there he lived his 101 years among
Ills neighbors, add there he died,
never having left that, island, con
tent with its little circle of life
and duties
Wr all do the same, of course,
our little earth an island being not.
much bigger, cosmically speaking,
than h’oirmoutiers, but we wonder
none the less as Monsieur Jean’s
future generations, exploring
space, will wonder at us rarely get
ting our eyes off this little island.
Copyright, l§2*
lias Cut to 14 Cents
by Texas Independents
Fort Worth.Tex., Sept. 3.-~Oaso
line prices at a number of local In
dependent filling stations have
dropped from I Sr to I4e a gnllon
l.arger companies have not dropped
i heir sreeoline prices Magnolia and
“••■if atatieu tula fui/Uu* at 15% ,
iKeen Competition !
Reported Among
Buyers of Lambs
Omaha Man, Back From
Western Trip, Says Specula
tors Are Paying Unusual
ly Good Prices.
Bert Roberts, traveling representa
tive of the Union Stockyards company
of Omaha, returned yesterday from a
tour of the west and said there was
keen competition among lamb buyeys
in the west looking for contracts for
the season’s crop of lambs.
According to Mr. Roberts, sheep
men in Utah Have had a very fair
season, with both mutton and wool
prices quite satisfactory. He said
speculators were paying $10 to $10.50
for lambs on the range and the sheep
men had sold most of their wool.
“In northern Colorado,” Mr. Rob
erts said, “sheepmen have estimated
that over 1,000,000 head of lambs had
been contracted for fall delivery, but
it is not known how many the specu
lators got and how many will be held
for feeding. Colorado has plenty of
hay and the best corn crop for years.”
In Wyoming, according to Me. Rob
erts, lambs have sold as high as $11
to $11.25 a hundred and in some in
stances the price went even higher.
The annual ram sale in Salt Rake
City recently was not very well at
tended and prices were rather dis
appointing to breeders. The top price
paid for rams was $8 a hundred, while
pure bred rams sold for $50 a head.
Nebraska Farm Boy
Shows Fancy Work
(Continu'd From First r»*e.)
South Omaha: Mrs. E. M. Peterson.
2633 Davenport street; Mrs. J. H. Hoi
dridge and Mrs. James Sawyer. 2637
Davenport street.
Twelve counties have grain and
garden exhibits. They are: Douglas,
Lancaster, Gage, Adams, Custer,
Franklin, Kearney, Thayer, Valley,
Boxbutte, Kimball. Dawson.
Dawson is the only irrigation coun
ty to have a display this year. It is
the first attempt of that county to
show he remainder of the state what
irrigation has done for that section
of the country.
"They grow nearly everything out
there these days,” L. B. Keedle, of
Minden, superintendent of agricul
tural hall, said.
The j^dams county exhibit is fea
tured by a sunset scene arranged
from various colored twisted grasses
streaking from theh "sun.” also made
of grasses.
Kearney county has a red. white
and blue shield, with "Kearney coun
ty exhibit" spelled out across the
shield, all made of corn. A number
of girls In the county banded to
gether and arranged the shield
The Douglas and Lacaster exhibits
are the largest.
The Custer county exhibit features
the Immense alfalfa crop grown there
annually.
Over 5,000 Exhibits.
"There are over 6.000 agricultural
exhibits this year,” Keedle. superin
tendent of agricultural hall for 10
years, asserted. “It Is wonderful how
the counties are learning the advan
tage such advertising docs them. Ten
years ago we had from 1,600 to 2,000
exhibits. You see, they have more
than doubled and the annual appro
priation of the state fair board for
agricultural hall has Jumped from
$2,000 to $4,000,”
Probably the most marked feature
in the building to the casual observor
Is the iced butter cxhlbtl of the Ne
braska Cream Butter Manufacturers'
association.
A life-sized farm lad with crumpled
straw hat and curly locks peeking
through the holes In the hat. is wheel
ing a wheelbarrow, a milk bucket
hanging from one handle and a huge
milk can In the wheelbarrow It Is
captioned "milking time." The entire
display Is a butter creation on a
huge Iced glass cage. The attendance
today was surprisingly large, accord
ing to E. R Daniels, secretary of the
fair.
IFurs to Predominate in Milady’s
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Wardrobe During Coming Winter
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Brightly Hued Crepes and Silks, Covered With Thin
Weave of Monkey or Fox Fur, Among
Most Popular Innovations.
By Universal Service.
Biarritz, Sept. 3.—Fur* will pre
dominate the fashionable woman'*
wardrobe this winter, according to
the advance styles seen here where
society has transferred Its activities
following the closing of the season at
Deauville.
The brightest Innovations will be
“fur gowns” consisting of brightly
hued crepes and silks covered with a
thin weave of monkey or fox fur, the
oddest effects being produced by the
colors showing through the mask of
fur.
One such creation, entitled “Es
quimaux Sunset,” is a deep crimson
decollette evening gown, out of which
the monkey fur seems to grow in
wide circles. Furs will also largely
predominate in millinery, the hats
showing a decided tendency to grow
bigger, while Gaby Morlay, star at
Capucino’s theater, startled the pre
lunch cgpktail crowds at the beach
by wearing a fur trimmed one piece
bathing suit edged around with white
ermine. The same edging around the
top of the stockings shows vividly
against the sunburn.
Squirrel, kolinsky, sable and ermino
are indicated as the most fashionable
furs. After inaugurating the'colored
neck scarf fashion', Dora Stoyeva is
en route to New York where she will
star in the music box revue repre
senting different moods. When she is
sad she wears light blue; pensive, she
Is adorned in red; in anger, she
wears black.
The mystery of the season so far is
the lean’ Yankee who hires two cad
dies on the golf course, one to carry
his bag and the other to carry a port
able gramophone playing the latest
jazz sufficiently loud to drown the re
marks when he misses. He claims
the music improves the rhythm of his
stance.
The liveliest couple here are the
"two Marys.” One is Mary Lewis,
former Ziegfeld star, who is studying
opera; the other is little Mary Mac
Cormick, of the Chicago Opera. The
two are inseparable and are the cen
ter of attraction for the males.
Since the visit here of Mrs, Jean
Nash it is fashionable to wear pearls
at all hours of the day. Some even
wear them while bathing, claiming
that the natural element improves
I their luster.
Banker Midland
Packing Receiver
Appointment of C. Walter
Britton, Sioux City, Fol
lows Warm Debate.
Sioux City, Sept. 4.—C. Walter
Britton, Sioux City banker, was
named receiver for the defunct Mid
land Packing plant by Judge T. C.
Munger today. Appointment was
made following a spirited debate, dur
ing which the names of several others
were proposed. Mr. Britton, whose
appointment w-as urged by the Sioux
Ity Chamber of Commerce, succeeds
H. G. McMillan, resigned.
Criticism of the McMillan receiver
ship was made in open court, it being
charged that slight or no attempt
had lwen made during McMillan's
incumbency to end the state of re
ceivership, while the receiver and his
attorneys continued to draw large
salaries.
More than $400,000 of the com
pany's assets were paid out during
the McMillan regime, the petitioners
informed the court.
The Midland, which was promoted
in 1918-1913, operated only five weeks
before going in receivership. Eight
million dollars' worth of stock was
sold in Iowa, Nebraska. South Da
kota and Minnesota. Court records
show a $3,000,000 plant was erected
here
Fin* Gauges Damage of
$7,000 at Wiltjox Store
Wilcox. Neb.. Sept. 3.—Fire early
Sunday morning caused a damage df
$7,000 to the building and furniture
stock of the Robert Zulauf furniture
and hardware store here. The cause
of the fire Is unknown, but it ts said
to have atarted from the inalde of the
store and to have been burning sev
eral hours before flames broke out
about H:30 in the morning. The build
ing was of brick. The entire stock
was charred and water soaked. The
city fire department aaved the build
ing from total destruction and con
fined the flames to the one store.
This is the second disastrous fire in
this vicinity within a week, the
Farmers' elevator nt Sacramento, six
miles west of here, having burned
Friday night, entailing a loss of near
ly $18,000.
Heavy Damage Front Hail
Reported Near Farnam
Cambridge. Neb . Sept. 3—A heavy
rain visited the country northwest of
here, and several places report a
heavy hagl storm. At Farnam, north
of here, heavy damage was reported,
with hail in drifts like snow.
Nebraska Editor
Sued for $5,000
George Porter Seeks < ash
From Seottsbluff Republican
for Newspaper Article.
Gering \>b., Sept, 3—George C.
Porter of Merrill claims that E. T.
Westervelt, editor of the Seottsbluff
Republican, has damaged him $5,000
worth by publication of an article in
his newspaper.
Porter Is a former member of the
legislature from Douglas county,
elected as a republican, but adhering
to the socialist faith. During a con
trover ay over beet prices. Porter
wrote several articles opposing the
sugar company's proposition, and
Westervelt replied.
Porter • alleges in his petition that
the article was published with intent
and purpose of subjecting him to ridi
cule and disgrace and discrediting him
in the eyes of the public a« a lawyer.
C. A. Sorense and F. L. Rollon have
been retained as counsel by Portei
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Activity at Start of
Feeder Stock Season
Fall feeder livestock trade opened j
nuite briskly last week, there being
shipped out of the stockyards 19.166
head of stock cattle and feeding
steers, of which 7,339 went to Ne
braska. 11,164 to Iowa. 393 to Illinois,
197 to Missouri and 30 to Indiana, as
against a total of 16,351 the week
previous and 11,907 for the last week
of August last yyar.
Liberality also marked the feeder
lamb and sheep movement, with 35,
741 head l>eing shipped out. as com
pared with 33.704 tlie week previous
and 41 639 for the corresponding week
a year ago
Annual Election Is Hel<l
by Fremont College Club!
S Myers was elected president; Mrs.
H. M. Eaton, vice president, and Mrs
W. H. Mullln, secretary, of the Err
moot College club at its second an
nual meeting yesterday afternoon at
Elmwood park. One hundred and
fifty graduates and friends of the
college attended the picnic. The club
was organized by Jl. M. Eaton, su
perintendent of instruction In Doug
las county, and Mrs. Eaton.
It Keeps—
' and Keeps —and Keeps
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wholesome long, long after ordinary cheese would be dry and
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temperature without Ice. This exclusive feature makes it the
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Four varieties: American, Pimento, Swittand Brick, told by the tine, flatted or loaf,
a VARIBTIBS IN TINS
Jugo-Slavia Will
Join Italy in Case
Albania Invaded
Italians Will Refuse Arbitra
tion by League on Grounds
That Acts Are Not
War.
By Ini vernal Service.
Paris. Sept. 1.—The high lights in
the Greco-Italtan dispute summed up
tonight discloses the following sttua
tion:
1— Jugo-Slavia officially states that
if Italy lands troops in Albania it
will be considered a "casus foede/is"
(for consideration under the treaty),
in which case Jugoslavia will Join
with Italy.
2— The Italians, though still pro
claiming "peaceful" intentions, ai*e
keeping up their belligerent naval
movements, occupying Islands and
firing on Greek merchant shipping.
3— The Italians officially announced
they will refuse arbitration by the
league of nations on the ground It is
not a case of war, but in the event
of the league not agreeing with this
view, Italy may agree to let the
Hague tribunal decide the question as
to whether the league has proper
jurisdiction. Meanwhile, Italy states
■he will "continue to take whatever
measures seem necesshry."
4— Anti-Italian riots are reported
from Athens, Saloniki and other
Greek ports.
5— The Italians land 20,000 men,
fully equipped, including mountain
guns, in Corfu, lending color to the
report that it Intends to invade Al
bania.
8—The French government has un
officially let It be known that it fa
vors arbitration by the council of
ambassadors and not by the league.
"The tension is lessened." said a
high Italian diplomat tonight. “All
now depends on whether the Greek
government decides to give in."
Bryan Perplexed by
Dry Leader’s Complaint
Lincoln. Sept. 3.—Governor Bryan
kept telephone wires to Omaha busy
today following the expose by F. .f
Hight. superintendent of the Anti
saloon league, of the alleged failure
of Foliee Judges William Wapplch
and Frank Dlneen properly to enforce
laws relative to sale of liquor and
gambling houses.
"I have received nothing official
relative to Mr. High-* complaint,"
Hie governor said. The identity of
the persons m Omaha who communi
cated with the Governor concerning
the request for the suspension of
Wappich and Dineen was not made
known.
The power of the governor to sus
pend any law enforcement officials,
pending outcome of an ouster suit,
was conferred upon him by the last
legislature, largely at his request The
power to instigate ouster proceedings
has been in effect for years
Hop Prices Gradually
Climbing to ?10 Mark
Hog prices are gradually climbing
to tiie $10 mark on the Omaha mnrke'
the top price bring $9 95 a hundred
at tlie stockyards yesterday. Most of
tiie lightweights went at }8 9009.10.
while the bulk of snles went from
IT.Tii'o 9.10 a hundred. The shipper
demand w is snappy and buyers were
out early
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Mail Rider Halts
at Grave of Cody
Pony Express Pauses at Look
out Mountain to Honor Me
mory of Famous Scout.
By AiMH'iatfd Pw*.
At Buffalo Bill's Grave, Lookout
Mountain, Colo., Sept. 3.—At the
rocky crypt where lies the body of
William F, Cody (Buffalo Bill) the
pony express halted Its western race
today to pay honors to the old scout
who carried the mochila in 1860, when
ho was a lad of 15.
Pressing his pony at breakneck
speed over the precipitous roadway to
the crest of Lookout mountain, John
nie Baker, foster son of Buffalo Bill,
carried the mail pouch being rushed
westward from St. Joseph, Mo., to
the Golden Gate, and with it a wreath
which he placed on the hier atop the
towery eminence overlooking miles of
once rugged, Indian-infested lowlands
beloved of the pioneer plainsman.
Baker raced to the top of the moun
tain, about seven miles, in 30 minutes.
A large crowd gathered about the
grave as the brief ceremonies were
held and die mall pouch was trans
ferred to a fresh horse, upon which
Swede Nettleileid immediately dashed
away, again resuming the race to
San Francisco.
On a limb of a gnarled tree beside
Buffalo Bill's grave hung the leather
saddle hearing the inscription, "Pony
Express, March 3, I860." which the
old scout used when he was a pony
expres^rlder. Several prominent ofTl
chils of city and state greeted Baker
at the mountain's crest as lie stepped
to the grave to place the wreath.
Girl Leaves for School
With Variety of Colors
Virginia Oliver Send* Summer
Crepe* to Be Dyed by
Drether*’ Expert.
Virginia Oliver of Dundee is
leaving for the Connecticut Col
lege for Women on Long Island
Sound this week.
The girls in her high school set
idmire her beautiful variety of
'lothes. Then she told them her
secret and said that she wouldn’t
mind having it published.
Two of Virginia's afternoon
dresses are dyed—one the new
‘‘ashes of roses’’ shade and the
other a soft brown. They were
both summer canton crepes—one
a combination red and white and
the other a bright green trimmed
with bands of putty-colored
crepe.
But Virginia's mother knew
that an expert dyer is required to
give materials the luster, body
and sheen. She knew that
Dresher Brothers, with nine
other leading cleaners in the
country, spend $>5,000 a year
for testing the methods and proc
esses used in their plants.
That's why Virginia's dresses
cok new. They were correctly
dj.ed by Dreshers’ expert.
Dreshers’ main plant is located
at 2211-2213-2215-2217 Farnam
street, Dresher building. Work
can be left at any of their j
branches — Brandeis, Burges'- ,
N’ash, Dresher the Tailor, 1"15 j
Farnam street, and on the South
Side at 4625 South Twenty
fourth street.
Telephone AT lar.ttc 0346 or
MA rket 0050
Real Coal Problems
Missed in Parley
(4 vntinued From First Fugr.)
which act practically made impossi
ble the ending of the strike through
the ordinary method of hiring non
union laborers.
It is the state legislature of Penn
sylvania alone that has the power
to repeal or modify this statute if
that is deemed necessary.
It Is the courts of Pennsylvania
which have the power to declare if
they so wish that both the miners'
union and tho organization of the
operators constitute a menace to the
public welfare and to dissolve.
It is the governor of Pennsylvania
who has the immediate power to use
troops for the maintenance of order
if that should be necessary.
What President May l>n.
The president of the United States
under the constitution can only send
federal troops In a state on request
of the governor or on the request of
the legislature or in order to main
tain a republican form of govern
ment. That the various states should,
in the broadest sense, be more willing
to assert their sovereignty over local
situations, and arrest the tendency
to turn over to Washington more
matters than Washington Van han
dle either constitutionally or with
best results, is one of the greatest
of America’s present needs.
Ill the coal strike the president, be
cause of constitutional Imitation
was able to do nothing, in spite of
the great effort that Harding made.
Congress was able to do nothing ex
cept to create the coal commission
after the crisis had arrived and th;.
the powers of the commission were
inadequate has been proved in the
present case. But while Washington
was impotent In the coal strike las!
rear it is a fact that aJl that wa
done effectively to cure the situation ‘
a year ago was done by the gover
nors of some western states who ac
cepted th'-ir responsibilities promptly
and courageously.
Prices Out of Balance,
In one other respect the course of
the coal strike is unfortunate. S'
retary Wallace of the Department of
Agriculture said the other day that
the worst economic condition in th*
country is the lack of balance be
tween agriculture and other indu*
tries. He said that either the prices
the farmer gets should go up, or the
cost of what he buys should go down
This lack of balance is made more
extreme by the prospect of higher
priced coal. Coa! is the one conspicu
nus industry where wages and costs
have been kept at the wartime peak
by a trust-like solidarity of organize
tion on the part of the workers
Practically everybody else has beer
deflated, the farmer most of all
Something like what is now happen
ing in the oil business is what nor
mally should be happening in coal.
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New Fall Dresses
Featured for September
.To meet every wardrobe's need for a fall frock in
September we have made an unusual effort to pre
sent a very complete display of moderately priced
dresses which meet Thonipson-Belden's exacting
standard of quality and good taste. Drop in Tues
day and see for yourself how well we have suc
ceeded.
At $25
Dozens of smart styles
in tailored dresses of
navy twill cloth. Many
are high-lighted with
bits of color on a flar
i n g cuff o r ribbon
sash.
At $35
An especially charming
group o f satin crepes
anfl cantons feature
quaint basque effects,
tiers of flounces, knjfc
pleated skirts among
their newer style points.
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