Forbes Forced
« to Quit Office
by Harding
Dr. Sawyer Testifies Vet Bu
reau Head Violated Orders
to Stop Sale of Hos
pital Supplies.
By International Snrs Service.
Washington. Nov. 7.—The late
President Harding forced Charles R.
Forbes to resign from the directorship
of the United States Veterans bureau
because of the sale of surplus proper
ty at the Perryville, Md., depot, which
Forbes continued even after Mr. Hard
ing had ordered them stopped. Brig.
Gen: Charles E. Sawyer, former
White House physician, testified to
da>4 at the senatorial inquiry.
Sawyer said several carloads of sup
plies were shipped to the Thompson
and Kelly company at Boston with
Forbes' consent after Mr. Harding
had directed their removal be stopped.
The Boston firm ' bought $3,000,000
worth of supplies for $600,000.
Colonel Forbes was not in attend
ance when Sawyer took the stand,
counsel for the former director an
nouncing he was ill again.
Called to Attention.
Sawyer said the Perryville sales
were called to his attention by pub
lic health service officials demand
ing a share of the stock. After a
conference with the late president.
Sawyer said he went to Perryville
on an inspection trip and "assuming
the authority invested in me by the
president, 1 ordered the officer In
charge to discontinue the shipment
of supplies to Thompson and Kelly.”
Sawyer said he then reported to the
president that "every available ma
terial needed by government hospi
tals was being disposed of at a great
loss."
“The president directed me to stop
these sales until his executive order
for a distribution of supplies to the
public health service was carried
out," said Sawyer. "After Colonel
Forbes signed a written agreement to
this effect, I dropped the Perryville
matter.
Shipments Being Made.
“Three weeks later X was informed
shipments 'were being made again to
the Boston concern. I so informed
the president and he Immediately or
dered them discontinued. In spite of
the president’s direct order, three or
four cars were shipped in the sev
eral days following. As a result of
this insubordination. Colonel Forbes
was asked to resign.”
Sawyer stated It waa his opinion
that the Thompson and Kelly com
pany drove a "sharp bargain" and
that it "found an easy mark" In gov
ernment officials. He eald the Vet
erans’ bureau executive had "exer
cised very poor Judgment" In the
transaction.
pandits Get $75,000 in Gems.
By Internal ionttl Nn(b Berrtee.
New York, Nov. 7.—Three bandits,
one of them carrying a large sample
ease, today held up Julius Howard In
his Broadway jewelery store. In full
view of * cores of pedestrians, gagged
and bound both Howard and his clerk,
forced them Into a small closet, rifled
the store of Jewelry valued at 175,000
and escaped.
Burial to Be in Chicago.
Miss Kmrna Kngleman, 43, also
known as Bessie Mitchell, 1509 Dav
enport street, died at a local hospital
Tuesday. Besides her mother she Is
survived by a slste,* and a brother.
The body will be shipped to Chicago
for burial.
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Congressional Committee in Omaha for Hearing
Members of the joint congressional
committee of Inquiry on membership
in the federal reserve system and
their party are shown gathered about
the table in the men’s lounge at the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce for
tills morning’s hearing.
Left to right, the group Is aa fol
lows: F. H. Barta and H. B. Weaver,
official reporters; 1*. G. Thompson,
secretary of the committee; J. G.
Strong, representative Blue Rapids,
Kan.; I,. T. McFadden, representative,
Pennsylvania, chairman of the com
mittee; Otis Wingo, representative,
Arkansas; Henry B. Steagall, repre
sentative, Alabama.
New York
—Day by Day—
By O. O. M’INTYRE.
New York, Nov. 7.—There Is a kin
ship between loneliness and curiosity
and that is why the New Yorker is a
most curious person. Show him a
blank wall behind which some
thing is going on and he will stand
there for hours—just wondering.
This is illustrated by the crowds
that stand outside Madison Square
Garden, Grand Central Palace and
other huge stadiums where there may
be a prize fight, auto show or rodeo.
Policemen will tell you there are
lonely people who stand ground
brightly lighted places all night.
They seek contact. 1 huve never
stood in front of a newspaper bulletin
board for five minutes that some
stranger didn't strike up a conversa
tion about some phase of the news.
Encourage him and he will talk for
an hour. He should not be looked
upon with suspicion for he is merely
suffering the pangs of loneliness a
great city imposes.
Around Columbus circle at night
one sees scores of aimless loiterers
gazing in windows. They come from
the boarding house district of West
Fifty-seventh street a few blocks
away. They are mostly newcomers to
the city. They are in search of a
friendly smile or nod. if
The big hotels have a greater
warmth of hospitality than the New
York boarding house. Patrons of
boarding houses are stiff and aloof.
They do not talk at the table or in
the halls. They come and go in a
funereal manner.
And they' will sit out on the steps
In front of the old brown stone fronts
at night for hours In the summer
time without exchanging a word.
Many years of living in New York
does not cure loneliness. I speak from
experience. One may have many
friends and acquaintances but to those
brought up in the cloBe knit famili
arity of the small town, the aloofness
of the metropolis brings a longing
ache.
I have this cheering message from
Nellie Revelle for those who have fol
lowed her courageous fight for health
after three years in a plaster cast.
She says: "Dear O. O.: I am going
back to 'Blighty' tomorrow. I am
going to a little hotel In a side street
In the Forties. It is not Coue. It Is
faith in myself—Nellie.” Miss Revelle
is stopping at the Somerset. Before
summer comes again she will be able
to walk. Not once did she become dis
couraged. Near her bed her clothes
were always in readiness for her de
parture.
The little restaurant on Seventh
avenue which was so long the meet
ing place for acrobats has closed. It
was an inconspicuous IRtle place with
sawdust on the floor and no table
covers but the clientele was perhaps
the most orderly to be found any
where. Acrobats never drink nor
smoke and they go to bed early. The
proprietor was once a top mounter
with a family of acrobats, but was
crippled by a fall. He decided recent
ly to return to Reading, Pa.—which,
by the way, is the city from which
most American acrobats come. He has
three grandchildren who are Just be
ginning acrobatic careers and he.
wants them to have the benefit of
his long experience. •
Several months ago I met an ex
pert diabio spinner in this restaurant.
It wag hla Job to open or close the
four-a-day vaudeville houses. He
rarely got much applause because of
people coming In or leaving while he
was doing his act. But all of thfs
had not soured him. He was one of
the kindliest men to whom I ever
talked. He was devoutly religious and
at odd rimes goes to East side mis
sions to comfort unfortunates.
A perfume shop has a motor de
livery wagon fashioned in the shape
of a bottle of perfume. It is driven by
two beautiful young girls who wear
monacles. Hot dog! The world does
on! (Copyright, 1121.)
Woman Accuses
Police; Fined
She Said They Were Speed
ing; Patrolmen Say
She Was.
Tillle Schlagenhoff, 620 South Eight
eenth sFreet, charged with speeding
and reckless driving resulting In a
collision with another car in which
Patrolmen Zlch and Strong were rid
ing at Eighteenth and Castelar
streets, charged In municipal court
this morning that the police car
struck her auto. She said she was
going 15 miles an hour and that the
police car was making 30.
The patrolmen testified that her car
struck their machine and that she was
driving 30 miles an hour, while they
were traveling 15.
The Judge decided on the physical
evidence that she was guilty of reck
less driving and fined her $16.
Bank Query
by Congress *
Body Opens
Fremont Banker Flays Branch
Banks in Opening Hearing;
Federal Reserve Is
Criticized.
Branch banks in small communi
ties were roundly denounced as a
menace to banking by Dan V. Stev
ens, Fremont hanker, before the Mc
Fadden congressional committee, in
vestigating the failure of state banks
tft Join the federal reserve banking
system in large numbers, at the
Chamber of Commerce Wednesday
morning.
"Our country communities araheld
together by the support and Interest
of local resident bankers, most of
whose money is Invested In the com
munity,” he said. "The big banks
are absolutely indifferent to the fate
of an Isolated community where they
may have a branclj, most of their
money being invested In the cities.”
Mr. Stevens criticised the federal
reserve bitterly for its violence and
suddenness in calling In notes dur
ing the deflation period and for the
forced collections system by which
all checks are made payable at face
value without discount.
He expressed the opinion that the
system is of value to the country if
properly managed. He would be
glad to become a member. If he
could do so "without bankrupting
myself,” he said.
Otis Wlngo, democrat, Arkansas,
observed that In his opinion the peo
ple of the middle west do not fully
understand the purpose of the federal
reserve bank, and that a campaign
of education Is needed.
Members of the commission Include
Representatives Louis T. McFadden,
republican, Pennsylvania; James G.
Strong, republican, Kansas; Otis Wln
go, democrat, Arkansas, and Henry
Steagall, democrat, Alabama. They
are touring the middle west and south
and holding daily hearings in repre
sentative cities.
P. G. Thompson, secretary of the
commission, and two official reporters
attend the hearings. All were to leave
for Kansas City tonight. /
The committee, at its hearings,
seeks suggestlcons concerning pro
posed alteration of the policy of the
federal reserve bank, or amendments
of the national banking law.
"Reg’lar Fellers” will bring back
your boyhood days. In The Evening
Bee.
Man Caught in Lift at Tech High
Is Imprisoned for Three Hours
I . '
Frank Pollock, 3224 Charles street,
driver for the Jepsen Bros, grocery,
2502 Cuming street, was Imprisoned
in the elevator shaft at Technical
High school from shortly before 5
until 8:15 Tuesday night.
Pollock was delivering groceries to
the domestic science department on
the fourth floor of the building when
the elevator stuck at the second floor.
There are no doors in the shaft be
tween the first and fourth floors.
He raised an outcry and succeeded
in attracting the attention of two
women on the fourth floor, who called
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the Otis Elevator company. Em
ployes of the company brought a
crank and cranked the elevator to the
fourth floor, releasing Pollock.
Pollock was equipped with smok
ing materials, but had no matches
Consequently he was unable to
smoke. He was not frightened, he
said, but he had intended to listen
to a radio program broadcast from
the Athletic club by station WO AW,
the Woodmen of the World, at 6:30.
he said, and he regretted missing it—
A warm meal.vwhlch had been pre
pared during the i>eriod of hie in
voluntary confinement In the shaft
was served to him in the high school
kitchen upon his release.
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JANUARY PRICES IN NOVEMBER!!
Tremendous Spot Cash Purchases Result in This Gigantic Sales
Event That Will Thrill All Omaha—
What an opportunity. What a chance for incomparable money iar- Thursday the gigantic Bargain Carnival opens, and it will open
ings. What a relief from the high price* that prevail everywbero with buying eathusiasps that knows no bounds. Shrewd women will
on Quality Wearables. Our buyers have consummated their great- fleck to tho Fashion to supply their Winter Apparel needs while
est buying successes. The merchandise is here. * ,uch Mighty Monoy savings are possible.
The Fashion launches a sales campaign for November that means a new
record in selling---in value giving-—in low Profits—-in increased business
>-- 'S*
Thousands of Wonderful New
DRESSES
at ridiculously low Prices
Rack after rack, our entire rejrular
stock combined with vast purchases.
Dresses for every occasion, dresses in
every size, every color, every new fab
ric.
Dresses Worth
to $15.50
$495
Dresses Worth
to $34.50
M955
Dresses Worth
to $18.50
$095
Dresses Worth
to $49.50
$24“
Never before and possibly never again
will you be brought face to face with
such value giving, such assortments,
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and select two or three dresses.
Hundreds upon Hundreds of stunning
Plain and Fur Trimmed Coats
CnIi of extraordinary beauty, of rich fabric, of delightful
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$24 50,
Cost* Worth
934.50,
Coat* Worth
*49.50,
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Coat* Worth
$89.50,
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Coat* Worth
$69.50.
Coat* Worth
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Coat* Worth
$89.50
$5995
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Below we quote hut a few of
the scores of marvelous of
fering* in quality fur coats:
No Refunds
No Charges
. No Exchanges
No Approvals i
Every I
Sale 1
Must 1
Be
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^^^^French Coney Coats k
Real $89.80 Value! {
Bay Seal
Coat*
Real $150.00
value*.
Brushed Wool
Sweaters,
All colors. Real $12.95 values,
s695
Silk Fiber Hose
Real $1.50 values.
Silk Blouses
All colors. Real $7.95 values,
New Fall Hats
All colors. Real $7.95 values,
$2^5
Fur and Plain
Trimmed Suits
All Colors. Real $34.50 values,
*19”
Sateen Petticoats
and Bloomers
Real $2.00 Values
$159