Nebraska Newspapers

    the Omaha Morning Bee
vol. 5&—no.-ns. p“ Ar.i Vims omaha. Monday. October 29. 1923.* .i,’. vri..°.,,a r.,n two cents »‘asir*
FRENCH; FLM^O CUT GERMAN DEBT
. .... ■ £
Poincare
Determined
in Stand
Official Communique Holds
Committee of Experts Will
Be Mere Addition to
Present Staff.
Quotes Versailles Treaty
By Assoc fated Press,
Paris. Oct. 28.—An official com
munique, written by Premier Poin
care and issued at the French for
eign office, reiterates the Frencli gov
ernment’« determination to refuse to
agree to any reductions of the Ger
man debt as fixed by the London
conference in May, 1921.
d The communique insists that a
Icommittee of experts organized with
^^^he scope of the reparation com
^mission to investigate Germany's ca
pacity for payment, has no authority
to make any reduction in Germany’s
debt. It says it considered that such
a oormnittee will be practically mere
addition to the present staff of ex
perts of the reparation commission.
tjuotlpg the Versailles treaty, the
communique says the reparation com
mission itself has no power to grant
any reduction in reparations and any
reduction stipulating such a measure
must be decided by tho unanimous
vote of the nations interested.
By Auorintfd Prm
Santpigny, France, Oct. 28.—Pre
mier Poincare, in a speech here to
day, declared that France would re
fuse to allow the reparation commis
sion to be divested of its functions or
n placed by some other body. He
said that France could not agree to
tiny reduction in the German debt.
The premier asserted that he wel
e mod American representation on a
-nraittee. charged by the reparation
committee to investigate Germany's
capacity to pay, hut that "every act
of tie committee must remain within
the forms laid down by the Versailles
treaty. \
Theprcmier. who delivered a long
h at the unveiling of a menu
"IJncnt to the War dend of the village
fn which his country residence is sit
\iated, jwtd:
' " Question of Meaning.
■ We constantly are being asked
to proceed to a fresh estimate of
Germany's capacity to pay. What
does that mean? if it means by a
roundabout way to reach a diminu
tation of the German debt, lhal is a
combination wc are resolute not to
favor. ,
“If it means an estimate of what
Germany can pay tomorrow and in
the near future, nothing is more nec
essary than such an examination.
"The commission on reparations Is
charged by the treaty with such a
task, and there are no grounds to
take one of its most important func
tions from it."
M. Poincare said the commission
was above suspicion, it had shown
Itself competent and Impartial; it
was obliged to give' Germany with
each decision a ful ropport unity to
present her ubserval ions.
“It has the good fortune," the pre
mier continued, “to have at each
meeting a semi-official representative
of the United States, who Is a man
of the highest sense of Justice and
absolute integrity.”
Its British, Italian and Belgian del
egates all are most distinguished men,
he said, and its president none could
Bay lacked Intelligence or experience.
"Germany has Just resumed con
stuct with the commission.” went on
Ill^Polncare, “and the relch delegates
will) undoubtedly soon he heard by
It. Let it work und fulfill its man
date.”
Drastic Action
to Curb Looting
Urged in Ruhr
Liquor Store Plundered and
Dozens Are Found Drunk
on Streets—Duesseldorf
Police Powerless.
Ilr AmwUM I’rfM.
Duesseldorf, Oct. 28.—Plundering
and violence have become so general
and menacing throughout the Ftuhr,
that both the French and r.erman
authorities are beginning to realize
that something drastic must he done I
to remove the economic causes Im
mediately.
The pillaging of stores continued
last night In the suburbs regardless
of the curfew law, and the moliea
were so rampant today that the
Duesseldorf police, who have been
idisarmed, dare not enter the district
In face the looters, who carry modern
rifts*, pistols and hand grenades.
| Several were killed or wounded
|v> r night. The plunderers emptied
1 i.irgi liquor slurp In Koilnei stras
in the night and dawn found duz
rim of men, women and children
si altered along the street!), apparent
ly d'-ail. An examination disclose*
that nil of them wre suffering fron.
* ver..- form of alcoholism.
Discovers Tragedy
at Hunt Club Meet
Miss Muriel Valid ) hilt, prominent
in society, was culled to testify at an
inquest on Tuesday morning into the
death of Charles Wilbur Fisk, l»ng
island sportsman ami society man,
whose bady v. as discovered by Miss
Vanderbilt lying on the turf of a
Long Island estate during a meet of
til", Meadow Brooh Hunt club while
his horse grazed nearby.
Physicians who examined the hunt
er's body imniriiintcly following its
discovery pronounced death due to
heart disease. * " "**
Leviathan Sets Up New
Record ^ound Trip
London, Oct. 28.—The Leviathan
was given a wonderful send-off today
r.fter sotting a new world's record for
a round trip for a vessel of her size.
Reaching Southampton Saturday
morning at 9:0o. the Leviathan occu
pied 26 hours preparing for her west
ward passage. In that time she dis
charged at the Southampton dorks
220 passengers. 082 baggage trunks,
342 tons of cargo, 4,370 mail bags, and
pumped out 030 tons of oily water.
She loaded 4,4103 tons of oil, 32,011
tons of water, 83 tons of stores. 4,082
pieces of baggage. 43.000 pieces of
linen, and took aboard 2,000 passen
gers who arrived on four trains.
Earth Tremors at Memphis.
Memphis. Tenn.. Oct. 28.—Slight,
but distinct, earth tremors weer felt
in Memphis and over a large part
of Arkansas and Mississippi this
morning.
Prominent
Lumberman
Succumbs
IJ. C. Bradford. President of
Bradford-Kennedy Lumber
Company, Is Victim of
Heart Disease.
Patron of Music and Art
II. C. Bradford, 58. president of the
Bi adford-Kennedy I.umber company,
died at his home. 404 South Thirty
idnth street, yesterday afternoon,
after an illness of several months.
He had been under the care of Dr.
Hobart A. Hale of Philatl Iphia, na
tionally famous heart specialist, since
October 17.
Mr, Bradfortl was of the sixth gen
eration of direct descendants of Wil
liam Bradford, the first governor of
Massachusetts, who helped make
American history, coming over with
the Pilgrims in the Mayflower.
Mr. Bradford was very proud of his
family lineage. He was a devoted
family man.
He was born in Wichita, Kan., and
came to Omaha about 28 years later.
Here he was employed as a salesman
for the S. K. Martin Lumber com
pany. Shortly afterwards he and A.
V. Kinsler bought out the business,
in 11*01 Frank Kennedy bought out
Mr. Kinsler's share of the business.
From that time the Bradlord Kenne
dy Lumber company lias grown to be
the largest wholesale lumber business
in the west. It controls many lum
ber mills and a great amount of tim
ber in Idaho and Washington.
Mr. Bradford was one of Omaha's
most enthusiastic patrons of art and
music . His home reflected his ar
tistic taste and love of the beautiful.
He was also a great collector of books
and his library is one of the most
complete and interesting in Omaha.
Mr. Bradford is survived by four
sisters, ail of whom live out of town.
He is also survived by his wife. Hu
v\Hu; two twin daughters. Bertha
May and Martha Rl, 15; a son. Dana
Cuthbert, jr,, 11, and a daughter,
t Susette. 4.
Lincoln Man Wins Air
Race, 117 Miles an Hour
By \*M*ociafp«l l*rrM.
St. Joseph. Mo., Oct. -8.—E. L.
Stonlger of Lincoln, Neb., flying a
Herman Fokker plane, won the 110
mile air race here today. His aver
age speed was 117.4 miles an hour.
Walter Beach of Wichita, Kan., with
an average of 116.88, was second,
i'cte Hill of Lincoln, Neb., was third.
Eight Omaha Physician*
at Clinic in Dcs Moines
Omaha physicians who left last
night for Des Moines to attend clinics
conducted by the Tri-State Medical
association are Dim. B. M. Kiley,
Adolph Sachs, Kay Kleyla, B. C. Bus
sum, F. A. Heogey, Ernest Kelly,
.1. A. Duncan and Earl Donnelly.
They are on the stall of St. Joseph
hospital.
Over the Coffee and Rolls
Billy Johnson of Sidney, who doesi
a handsome Job of serretarylng for]
the chamber of commerce in that
city, win* the reinforced concrete
toothbrush—or was it some books
we offered—for the most acceptable
title to this matutinal melange, if
anybody there be who don't like the
cognomen, let him submit a better
one. The one who presides over the
department has an open mind; in fact,
It hHS been said that it Is so open
It falls to contain anything worth
while. The chief aim is to please,
and we'll do it if we have to put JO
or 40 heads over the department
every morning. A copy of "The
Americanism of Theodore Uoosevelt"
goes forward to Billy Johnson Just
as soon as enough volunteer poems
are accepted to provide the necessary
stamps.
Knur or fiv# mice of the white
spinning variety, imprisoned in a
glass bowl and displayed In a North
Hixteenth show window, sufflcled to
block traffic several times Saturday
afternoon ami evening. t'ity folk,
too, who nlways have a lot of fun
about country folk getting crick* In
their necks looking at the tall build
ing*.
J. A. Danielson. Burlington agent
at. Oakland, Neb., was agent at Pral
krle du Chieti, Wts.. when the Btng
ling boys stsrted out with their 6
nnd 10-rent show, wagon hauled. Haw
them start nut with their railroad
show arid helped them route the first
trip. Years after the fathe" of the
Ittngllng boys died, owing Koehler'*
store a conshlerahle amount, John
Klngllng entered the store and paid
the debt In full, wllli Interest.
Girl of about 17 on street ear.
Opens vanity box ns big a* a gro
cery salesman's sample case. Mirror
Iri lid. Take* lipstick ami Increases
color on 11 its. Pencils eyebrows a
bit. More rouge on cheeks, making
them red where health never thought
of putting on the rich red. Organic
h r « of local HerUlat clubs evidently
-hit king on their Job*.
"A $100 diamond more Impressive
than a $1,000 bank account.” reads
a sign in a local Jewelry window.
Young man holding sturdy boy In
his arms turns to smiling wife at
his side and remark*: "Depends on
whether you are trying to Impress
a flapi>er or a real estate man.”
Growing older every day. and
chances growing slimmer, but still
living In hopes of some day seeing a
Hcd Cap nt the I’nlon station offer
ing to carry a baby for some tired
mother Just alighting from a train,
l.aw of gravitation seems to urge
lied Caps towards the well dressed
w ho look like easy tip*.
Efficiency, or too much overhead?
Into big market for small purchase
of meat. Meat cut and weighed.
Meat partially wrapped. Meat placed
In overhead carriage Hnd conveyed to
wrapper. Check made out by meat
cutter. Meat wrapped by lioy In bal
cony department. Customer takes
check to cashier. Cashier returns
stamped check to customer. Meat
wrapper send* package down chute
to delivery ile*k. Customer presents
numbered check at window. Deliv
ery clerk compares customer’s check
with checks on umpty-ateen packages.
Package of meat delivered. Custom
er departs, muttering maledictions on
high cost of living. Corgot to say
customer had to wnlt at cashier's
wjndow while girl finished telephone
conversation.
Ablnidab Krokes Just In to com
ment on the gift of a bear to Presi
dent Coolldge. Ventures the observa
tion that president will he satisfied
with nlniosl any kind of animal gift
It political hyenas will keep out of
his dooryard.
The single word, "re elected, ' after
the name of William It Hughes was
needed to convince mil slate hankers
that tlie secretary of the state assn
elation was *1111 to lie Hilly Hughe*.
K any oUUline banker called him
mister, or William, Hilly would prop
ably have a fainting (It.
W. M. M,
Church Woman Says
Harding Made Plea
for Special Prayer
Des Moines. Oct. 28.—President
Harding, shortly before his death,
asked Bishop W. A. Anderson of
Cincinnati, whom he had known for
many years, to offer a special prayer
for him, because of the heavy re
sponsibilities' which rested on him
as the nation’s chief executive. Mrs.
Thomas Nicholson of Chicago, presi
dent of the Women’s Foreign Mis
sionary society of the Methodist
episcopal church, told the delegates
and missionaries at the annual con
vention here.
Mrs. Nicholson mentioned this, she
said, to emphasize the importance of
more prayer and personal consecra
tion to the life of Jesus Christ.
Bishop Homer C. Stuntz of Omaha,
who for many years was a mission
ary, also made a plea for more
prayer. "We make ji mistake," he
told ' the Religious workers, "in
emphasizing the number of buildings
we have erected and the number of
church members within our ranks,
nstead of emphasizing the spiritual
power of the Individuals who are
preaching the work of the gospel."
A telegram of condolence and sym
pathy was sent to Mrs. Harding at
Marlon. Mrs. Harding is a life mem
ber of the society.
Lloyd George Is
Visitor to U. S.
Battlefields
Sees Scenes Near Fredericks
burg, \ a., Vihere Big Con
federate Engagement*
Were Fought.
By I nivereal Service.
Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 2S.—The
pride of the south In her military
heroes was indelibly Impressed upon
former Premier David Lloyd George
today while on a visit to the battle
fields whereon the greatest battles of
the confederacy were fought. For j
the leader of Britain's war forces j
learned that Were' ft"got for the mill- j
tary genius developed by the elvll j
war, there would have been no Foch I
to lead the allied forces to victory i
In the world war.
Lloyd George heard thla from the
lips of a grizzled veteran of the con
federate side while standing at the
site of Grant's headquarters In the
Wilderness, 15 miles north of here,
the scene of gruelling flgh'ing in the
campaign before Richmond.
The veteran had been with the
South's most distinguished cavalry
leader. Stonewall Jackson, and had j
seen him shot and fall on tbe spot !
now marked by a memorial monu
ment.
“Vuu can say all you want to about
the great leaders In the world war,"
he said to Lloyd George, "hut that
war never developed any men equal
to Jackson or l<ee."
"Ah! But how about Koch?" In
quired Lloyd George.
"There never would have been any
Koch If Jackson and Lee had not
come first.” replied Ihe veteran, the
look In his eyes attesting hi* love
for those southern leaders.
"Belligerent to the last." was Lloyd
George's comment as he turned away
to rejoin his party.
The former premier enjoyed his
visit to the southern battlefield*.
Accompanied- by Admiral Grayson,
a native Virginian, h* went first to
the Salem church battlefield, then
through Chancellorsvllle to the
Stonewall Jackson monument,
which he Inspected with great Inter
est. The drive to the wilderness and
Grant’s headquarters followed.
After the drive the Lloyd George
family attended service* at the Klrst
Baptist church, and spent the re
ir.f inder of the ilsy resting. Lloyd
George learned much of the romantic
history of Fredericksburg during hi*
stay here, lie saw thp, old home of
Mary Washington, mother of George
Washington, and slso Meditation
Rock, her favorite retreat for medl
tat Ion and prayer.
He visited Washington rarni w-nere
young George l* reputed to have
one# annihilated a cherry tree and
from whose edge he Is anld to have
thrown a silver dollar clear across
the Rappahannock. He aaw the fam
ous stone block where slaves were
Hold Hnd hired prior to the civil war,
and the city hall, in which a recep
tion for General latfayette was held
In 1824.
I,|oyd George nlao learned that In
this city, rich In traditions of early
Americanism, Hie first resolution dr
rlaring that America should be In
dependent of Groat Britain, waa pas*
nil In 1775: that John I’aul Jones,
who first raised the Hairs and Stripes
over the American navy, lived In
Main street near the spot, and that
every president front Washington to
huchnnan was entertained at th"
sentry hoi.
Fredericksburg furnished seven
presidents of the United States,
namely, Washington, Jefferson, Mad
ison, Monroe, Harrison, Tyler and
Taylor.
The place where Tam "In reviewed
Hie union army before the battle of
Fredericksburg and whet" U'-in-i ill
Burnside had his headijuarlecs was
shown to l.lovd George and hi* was
tiJd that within a radius "f l.'> miles
of Fredericksburg more battles wen
fought and more olhcei'S and private
wera killed and wounded than In any
similar territory In the United States.
Arbor Lodge
Thronged
by Visitors
Omaha ami Lincoln Motor*
irtr Ark ^ hv Governor
Has Not Appointed
Caretaker.
- /
Suggest University Man
Nebraska City, Neb.. Oct. 28.—Five
hundred car loads of motorists, main
ly from Lincoln and Omaha, visited
A. but Lodge, the new state park
here, today. About the same number
of sightseer* coine every Sunday.
Among recent visitors was E. T.
Meredith of Des Moines, former sec
retary of agriculture, a position first
filled by Sterling Morton, founder of
Arbor Lodge. A good, many others
from Iowa also make the drive across
the river to view the splendid wood
ed park.
Although this Nebraska shrine was
taken over by the last legislature,
no caretaker has yet been appointed.
Criticism is heard from visitors and
townspeople over Governor Bryan's
delay In selecting a man to care for
the Immense mansion and the flow
ers. shrubs and trees. There Is also
fear that a politician with no know
ledge of botany will be given this
post.
The most practical suggestion
thus far made is that one of the ex
Iterts of botany from the state uni
versity be appointed to supervise
Arbor Lodge, with the aid of a gar
dener trained in the old world. The
green house at the rear of the man
sion could be used for the propaga
tion of plant.* to be sold as souvenirs
to visitors.
Townspeople believe tliat some of
the rooms could be fitted up to house
botanical students from the Univers
ity of Nebraska, who could find
moth to study, both in the park and
along the river bluffs.
It Is hoped to furnish other rooms
It. thev mansion with relics of early
days, allowing each of the pioneer
towns to fill a room with articles of
local historical significance.
The park is beautiful now, In the
autunm colors. Almost two months
of good roads remaining before winter
sets In in earnest, it is exacted the
stream of tourists wilt continue to be
heavy until Christmas. This is a T.0
mile drive from Omaha- Many drive
down the Iowa side and return by
way of Plattsmoutb.
Grand Jury to Probe
Bank and Loan Firm
Special llhpalrh tn The Omaha Hcc.
Plattsinouth, Neb., Oet. 28.—Kdr
the tlrat time In many yeura a grand
Jury #.» summoned to alt in this
county when District Judge James
Begley called a grand Jury to con
vene here Tuesday, November 13. In
response to petition* circulated
throughout the rounty.
Attorney 1). O. Dwyer of Platts
ntouth will act as special prosecutor
before the body. He wss sppointed
by Judge Begley, who also asked the
attorney general to send a represent
ative of his office.
County Attorney A. O. Cole wss
disqualified from acting as prosecutor
before the grand jury because of bis
business Interests and also because
he opposed calling of the Jury.
It is rumored that the grand jury
has been summoned to investigate
transactions preceding the failure of
the Bank of Casa county and the
Livingston Building and Loan associ
ation. two Plattsmouth financial In
stitutions.
Declares IVar on High Heels
Sir Herbert Darker, famous surgeon of England, has declared war on
high heels, which he considers are destructive to general health of women
and the beauty of Ihejr feet and which are the means of setting up spinal
and nervous disorders. Sir Herbert is showing the right and wrong kind
of shoe. •
Raking Leaves Is Injurious to Trees;
Moral: Let Nature Follow Its Course
Dr. Barbour of State University, Plant Life
Expert. Says It's If rang to Burn Blanket
That Nurtures Grass in Autumn and ff inter.
About this time of year begins the
annual robbing of the soil wherever
treat decorate lawns or parks. Na
ture's method of restoring the soli
is set at naught, and the leaves are
raked up into piles and burned
The passion for neatness often
carried to extremes, impoverishes the
soli, and then lot owners wonder why
the grass refuses to grow luxuriantly
or the trees too early to take on the
pale and sickly casi.
For years on—end Professor Bar
hour of the University of Nebraska. 1
who knows as much about plant life
as any man living, has been voicing
his protest against raking up the
leaves into a huge pile and burning
them. Ho pleads for the soil, for;
tlie grass and for the iree*. with :
•an enthusiasm and a passion that .
should have brought the regards of
accomplishment long years ago.
On the theory that anybody can
run a country hotel or a country
newspaper, any man wtio owns a saw
and hatchet Is qualified to trim trees.
So the tree butcher sets to work, 1
maiming and wounding trees instead I
of healing them. The lieautiful ever
greens. never so beadtiful as when 1
allowed to grow as nature intended,
are trimmed into geometrical shapes,
marred beyond recall, and all to suit
the artistic taste of the owner.
Our parks, instead of being wood
land retreats, are harbered and mani
uted until they look like impression
istic paintings Instead of the sylvan
retreats they were intended to he.
Do you remember that wonderful
joy that was yours In the old days
when you plowed your way through
the thick carpet of leaves that Mother
Nature had shaken from the trees
to nurture the grass until the com
ing ofanother spring? What wouldn’t
you give to feel again the thrill, to
hear the musical rustle of the crisp
leaves, to watch them billow up In
Iront of your youthful feet'’
What joy is there to either young
or old to wander amid trees trimmed
to geometrical precision? Wouldn't
you rather be privileged to wander
■ imong trees left as Mother Nature
made them: to thrust aside the laurel
or the hazel brush to locale the abid
ing place of the low nesting birds;
to see the snow- of the elderberry
bushes, or the intense purple of the
clustered berries: to feel as your feet
thrust aside the fallen leaves that
the tender grass roots beneath were
!>e;ng sheltered and nourished until
the eall of the coming spring should j
bring th-m forth in slender green i
blades to contrast with the blue of
the sky and the drifting white of the '
summer clouds?
Give Mother Nature a chance She
knows her business pretty well. As
«"»t her when needed, but for your
own sake do not undertake to thwart
her. Let the leaves alone. Let them j
fall in quivering clouds to cover the
earth, there to decay and give back to !
the soil the elements that will make j
for more beautiful trees, a thicker [
carpet -f grass and a greater op
portunity for human enjoyment.
Bid the tree butcher begone! Give
the rake a long and much needed J
vacation: Co-operate with Mother
Nature:
Marine Corps Flyers
Reach Scott Field
By Awm-IiIH l*ree#.
Belleville. III.. Oct. 2S.—Lieuts. H.
II. Palmer and Ford Rodgers of the
Marine corps, arrived at Scottfleld,
the army llghterthanair station neat
h.ere. at 4 p. m., on their return
flight from the Pacific coast to San
Domingo. They came from Omaha
and landed In the midst of an air
* arnlval l>elng held by the army re
lief society. They will leave tomor
row for Dayton, O., I heir next stop.
McAdoo Puts Dry Plank in Platform:
Views Violations as Disgrace
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H.t tnlvrnMl Sml##.
New York, Oct. 2.—William Gibbs
McAdoo. who Is actively organizing
his force* with a view to securing
ihe democratic nomination for presl
dent, today came out flat footed I y for
prohibition enfordement.
Hi* emphatic words on the prohibi
tion question followed those of Henry
Ford, who raid he would support
President C'oolldge in the next cam*
I sign If the president would enforce
tlie prohibition laws.
Mr. McAdoo said he w mild like to
see every resource of the government
used to the utmost to wipe out the
disgrace of prohibition violations lie
• imnmted that the efforts so far made
on the part of the government showed
Inefficiency.
t'ompMiing enforcement of tlie IMh
and IMh amendments. Mr. McAdoo
said:
"1 fear some people do not die
criminate a* regards tlie difference
between the two amendments The
15th does not carry with it the con
current power clause, which a* rc
gards the IMh amendment makes it
obligatory upon ihe states to adopt
}« * I slat ion so the slat* governments
can cooperate wtih the federal gov
♦ rnmetit hi enforcing the Volstead
law.
"It is the duty of the states to see
that the prohibition low is enforced
Just as much as It t«* the dutv of the
ftderal government to do so."
"The prohibition law, however. Is
m verve recent law. The je.iple of
this generation adopted it. Presum
ably the people think It fits into the
•rheme of things for the good of the
eountry. Therefore, there is no rea
son why *he should consider the
liquor prohibition law in the same
class ns other prohibition lav<s
"This law must be enforced ns long
a m It is embodied In the const It utioti.
and it is Just as incumbent on the
Mute governments to enforce It ns
it is u|Mtn the federal government."
M» MeAdoo's wife. We* nor Wilson
Mc.Achsi. and their two daughters,
I'llen Wilson M> \doo, <u*d v and
Mai V Faith McAdoo, aged a and a
voting woman secretary, are travel- I
Ihg with him.
Mi M. \d«n» will b'.ive here tomor
cow for W ishlngton. where he will
remain sevrcsl da.vs Mrs. McAdoo
and the children will vi4ii her father
I "i'iit« r 1\ ddci > W nodrow Wilson,
r.t hi-* home \11 McAdoo ;ippr..i»
to be ip splendid health
Furs Again Popular
in Smart Societv
■
By O. F. RKKTKI.U.
I nltmil Seryice Staff ( orropmiA-nt
Special Wireless to l nlucal
Service.
Paris Oct. IS—The chateaus are
emptying and the hunter* are desert
ing the woods for the customary ren
dezvous with smart society.
The Lamgehampn course closes
today for the winter, and this after
noon saw a uotaWe gathering of the
fashionables there in dress emphasis
lag the remarkable return of fur* to
I popularity.
The American women seem to pre
fer chinchilla hut the smartest French
fur remain* the sable, with blue fox
second. Coats, where they are not
mart* entirely of fur. are generally of
black duy'veteen or satin, among the
fur trimming* a la mode being lynx
and martin.
Many women wore a variety of furs
at the same time, the actress Oabv
Montbreus, for example, wearing a
polar. !>e*r belt with sealskin cap
trimmed with white squirrel around
(lie neck and with blue fex around the
skirt.
Freezes Near Gordon. 'Neb.
Injure Potato?, in Ground
rtordon. Neb.. tVt !S —Recent
heavy freezes caught a large acreage
of potatoes still In the ground in this
sedtion. A l umber of farmers had
not as yet dug all the crop, owing to
the low prices l>clng offered.
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Fi ve Dead
in Panama
Zone Crash
Radio Report of Accident
Gave Only Brief Details;
Cause of Collision
l nknowu.
Divers Seeking Bodies
Washington. Oct. 28.—The United
States submarine 0-5 was sunk n
J.imon bay. Canal Zone, after a col!
sion early today with the United Fruit
company's vessel Abangarez. the
Navy department has been notified
lay radio. Five members of the su •
marine's crew were reported missing.
The Abangarez was undamaged.
In the belief that the five men went
down with tiro submarine, divers iin
mediately began efforts to recover \
their bodies.
The commanding officer of the suo
marine, according to navy record-,
was Lieut. Harrison Avery of Penn
sylvania. Only one other officer was
listed as attached to the vessel, Lieut.
A. H. Bamberger. The collision o- ■
curred at 6:25 a. m. off Buoy 3. in
Llmon bay. which is at tho eastern
terminus of the Panama canal.
Those reported missing were: Law
rence Brown, chief electrician's mate.
Tyngsboro, Mass.; Clyde E. Hughes,
motor machinists’ mate first class,
Manito, 111.; Henry Dreault. torpedo
man, second class, Grand Isle. Vt.;
Thomas T. Melzler fireman. Philadel
phia. and Fred C. Smith, mess attend
ant. first class, Cristobal, Canal Zor.e.
The official dispatch to the depart
ment announcing the accident w as the
••nly one received up to a late hour
today, and in the absence of further
details, officials here said they were
unable to suggest the cause. The opin
ion was expressed, however, that con
tributory factors of weather, incorrect
course, or inaccurate interpretation
of navigating signals would be found.
At the time of the apeident, office: --
familiar w:th operations in canal wu
ter* said the tropical sun would hare
been well up and It was imprubabi*
that a collision could have occurred
under ordinary conditions. If the 0-3
w as running submerged or ’awash"
regulations require that extreme ca t
jtion be taken in selection of the place
"f such maneuvers in order that othrr
craft may be avoided.
The 0-.>. although launched during
the world war. was one of a class al
ready considered practically obsolete
and restricted to coast and harbor
defense. Built at the F. re P.ivei .Ship
Building company's plant at Quincy.
Mass., in 1$17, the submarine dis
placed slightly more than 32«* tons
and metstired 175 feet in length
Is feet beam. Its motive plant gave
14 knots on the surface and lfi.i
submerged. Four torpedo tubes And,
a 3-lnch gun comprised the . fftnsive
armament.
The crew, if complete at the time
"f the disaster, would have Included
three officers, three warrant off.cn «
and 24 men.
One Badlv Hurt
in Motor Crash
Fight Occupants Returning
Front Halloween Parl>
Pinned I'nder Auto.
—
Joe Gillan was perhaps fatally in
jured early Sunday morning wher *
automobile 4n which he and seven <»t ti
ers were said to have been speeding,
upset as It struck the street cnr
tracks at Forty-second and Hamilton ’
streets.
The eight occupants, who were re
turning from a Hallowe'en party t
43-* lake street to Henson, VI r.’
[pinned under the car. They were e\
tricated by nearby residents, wl.o
were awakened by the crash.
Gillan was removed unconscious ..*
the Methodist hospital. With him
werit Florence llclniquist. IS, 301 I
Parker street: Helen Glenn. isn*r
South Twenty-eighth street; Kay G*.
rine. 303« fasa street, and Frank
Hannan. 417 Stveetw*v*n! avenue.
Two girls and a youth fled from the
scene after they had been rescued
from under the car. They were un
known to those of tbi- party w (i .
went to the hospital, the latter said.
The girls who accon*|utined Glltan
to the hospital told police the ear
a kidded as it hit the rut like form.*
ticn caused by the afreet ,-nr tracks
and overturned aa Glllan endeavored
:•> regain control Mfei in the partv
except the driver apparently were It
jured
t hurcli Fails to l pholtl
Olijfclions to ar Dm,
Provident \ , Oct. SS,—The t>;
versa tint general conference to*ta\
\oteil to table a resolution seeking
to attlrm the right of any unhernslisi
to refuse to perform military sertice
t<e, ause of conscientkm* objections to
war It was voted to establish a
contributory pension system for mi
oners an,I other religious workers
with an endowment of llMi.ooo
Strike Menaces Poland.
Wat saw, Oct V «o ;k* „t t»t|.
wav. transportation, tswtai amt tek •
graph workers was prorhumed here.
A general strike is threatened Th«
government s tvs,it Ion la shaken an t
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