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CITY EDITION VOL. 63. NO. 296. OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1924. •' TWO CENTS'* -'
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U.S. Airmen
Are Feted at
Jap Capital
Native, British and American
Officials Pay Tribute to
Aviators Who Crossed
Pacific.
Hop Off Planned Friday
Hj Associated Press.
Toklo, May 25.—The American
army around-the-world fliers, after a
busy round of entertainment in To
kio during which they received much
* praise for their achievement in cross
ing the Pacific, left tonight for Kas
aumigaura with the announcement
that they would be glad "to get back
to work" in preparation for the re
sumption of their flight.
Japanese, British and American of
ficials joined in paying tribute to the
aviators after their flight here from
(-!-^
Martin and Harvey
Reach Bellingham
By Associated Press.
Rellinglmm, Wash., May 25.—
Maj. Frederick I,. Martin, original
commander of tlie United States
army globe encircling flight, whose
plane was wrecked on the Alaska
peninsula April 30, arrived here
this morning with his mechanic,
Staff. Sergt. Alva I.. Harvey, on
Pacific American Fisheries steam
ship, Catherine I) from Port
Moller, Alaska. The fliers stepped
ashore amid the cheer* of 2,000
persons,
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Kasumigaura, where they landed
Thursday. Their planes were left at
Kasumigaura. The aviators said they
expected to spend four or five days
overhauling their craft and to hop
of* for Kushimoto next Friday or Sat
urday,
An elaborate Japanese banquet at
the famous Maple club, at which
Lieutenant General Yasumitsu, chair
man of the joint army and navy re
ception committee, was host, conclud
ed Tokio’s program of entertainment
tonight. Officers of high rank in the
army and navy were present, as were
also members of the staff of the Unit
ed States embassy.
Received by Prince.
General Yasumitsu congratulated
the aviators on the success of their
flight thus far. American Ambassa
dor Woods also spoke.
This afternoon the filers were re
ceived hy Prince Kuni, honorary pres
ident of th^ Imperial Aviation society.
The prince congratulated the Ameri
cans on behalf of the imperial family
"-Your glory is shared by the whole
of mankind,” the aviators were told
this morning by Yoshinao Kozai, pres
luent of the Tokio Imperial university
in an address at the university. The
minister of education attended this
meeting which wag under the aug
(Turn to Pose Two. Column One.)
AMERICA MAY AID
BRITISH FLIERS
By I niverbal Service.
Toklo. May 25.—The attempt of
England to circle the globe by air
was believed at an end today follow
ing the crash of MaJ. Stuart Mac
Laren, royal air forces, at Bengal
Bay, according to Lieutenant Colonel
Broone. who has been preceding In
advance of Major MacLaren and ar
ranging for his flight.
Lieut. Lowell Smith, acting com
mander of the American fliers, has
suggested to Lieutenant Colonel
Broone that a spare engine bo sent
t MacLaren aboard an American de
utroyer which is expected to leave
soon from Hakodate for India. Cap
tain Abbott, commander of the
American destroyer force here, has
communicated with Washington seek
ing to carry the spare motor for the
British flyer as suggested by Lieu
tenant Smith.
Should Washington grant this per
mission, It will probably save the
chances of the British to complete
the world flight.
We Have
With Us
Today
I. 35. Hamblelon
Cotton Textile Merchant
New York.
A few weeks of warm weather Is
the only thing needed for the matur
ity of an excellent gi in and cotton
crop, according to 1. Hambleton,
textile merchant, lie believes that
alnce the bonus bill has passed, arid
taxes reduced there Is everything to
make for one of the most properoua
of year*.
Mr. Hambleton makes two trips a
year to the mlddleweat from New
York to »e!l to the large department
•tore*. He cornea to Omaha every
fall and spring.
Born In New York. Mr. Hambleton
ha* been In the textile business for
80 years. He 1* the senior member
of the firm of Hamhleton, Orsrlt and
Normlle. His home Is In Westi ties
ter county. Just outside of New York
«Jty. He has several daughters hut
no sons to carry on the business.
IJIs goods are made Into underwear.
I'n.m Omaha Mr. Ibunblcton iiiula*
a circuit ,our ,lf the southern cities.
Kansas City, St. Louis and lo the
principal cities of the south.
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Austrian City Swept
by Epidemic of Twins
Ily Universal Service.
Berlin, May 25.—The tlr.y city of
Baden, In Austria, has been seized
by a strange epidemic, according
to dispatches from Vienna.
It’s an epidemic of twins.
In the last few weeks, no less
than 10 pairs of twins were re
ported to the vital statistics de
partment, and the city has only
a few thousand Inhabitants.
At the “Zita home,” the ma
ternal hospital of Baden, more
twins have been born in fdur
weeks than in the last 10 years.
The city boosters are enthusias
tic over the rapid growth of their
home town, but prospective fa
thers walk around with concern in
their eyes.
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Chicago Police
Seek Second Girl
Feared Kidnaped
17-Year-Old Academy Student
Mysteriously Disappears on
Way Home From
School.
Chicago, May 25.—The second dis
appearance of a young girl within
live days was reported tonight by
police, who began a search for
Gertrude Barker. 17. a student at St.
Xavier academy here. She has been
missing since last Wednesday. Her
home is in Yakima, Washington.
| Nellie Taylor, an adopted English
girl, who disappeared Thursday, still
j is missing. Police were told she was
! seized by a young man when she
opened the door of her home and
then was thrown Into an automobile
with the aid of two other men.Auth
orities are trying to locate a relative
in Canada.
Miss Barker came to Chicago in
January, and has made her home
with an aunt. Miss Gertrude Kelly.
Believing the girl might have sud
denly returned to her parents’ home
in Yakima, relatives delayed notify
ing police until they learned she hail
not gone to her home.
A note book containing several ad
dresses. found In the girl’s room, was
given the police.
She was last seen leaving school
Wednesday and was unaccompanied.
Relatives here say Miss "Barker has
been a “home girl" and was not ac
qualnted, except with school mates.
j Micro-Camera
Identifies Shells
Science Points Accusing
Finger at Man on Trial
for Slaying.
B.v JOHN A. MOROSO.
Cnivernal Service staff Correspondent.
New York, May 25.—Out of the
great world of animate and inanimate
things so Jong invisible to the naked
eye there has ro'me to threaten
the life of Harry L. Hoffman, a
piece of evidence that sent him back
to his cell shaking with fear.
The art of photo-mlcugraphy has
played the nemesis for Hoffman where
two days before the lit,tie hand of
Barbara Falls had played It. It
brought from the top of the little pin
which exploded Hoffman's pistol
every little rnieroseoplc peculiarity.
More, it brought from th* base of
the two' exploded shells found near
Maude Bauer's dead body their pe
culiarities ns Impressed In the metal
of the primer.
Taking a photograph made
through the microscope of the head
of the pin and folding It toward the
microscopic photograph of the base
of one of the shells every tiny whirl,
crevice and scratch meet and the pin
fits Into the hole in the shell.
Dr. Frank IVhlttler of Bowdoln
collpga. one of the country’s most dis
tinguished pathologists, bacteriolo
gists and master of camera inico
graphy testified:
"The two shells found near the
body of Mrs. Bauer could not hnve
been exploded by any other pistol
than the one put In evidence in this
nse, the Hoffman pistol.
I'ree State Believes Red
Uprising Nipped ii> Bud
Dublin, May 25.—The free state
; oivernment believes that the com
munist uprising has been nipped In
the bud. This morning several truck
loads of troopers, preceded by sn
armored cur, arrived st Liberty hall,
Larkin's headquarters, and under
cover of machine guns, the Infantry
took possession of the bulldfng am!
arrested 35 men Inside.
Ammunition, rifles and revolvers
were found In the building. This ac
tion was taken at the request of lahor
leaders.
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Men Warned to Flee
From Tall Brunettes
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Hr U niversal Service.
Constantinople, May 25.—Tall, thin
brunettes do not make good wives.
This Is the solemn declaration of
the “hodja" of the Mersine mosque,
who during his ramadan sermon
warned his congregation 1o "flee from
such ns from the plague, and never,
never to marry them!"
Unfortunately for the liodJaV'
views, blondes are report ,1 extremely
rare in Anatolia.
Gray-Clad
Vets Lauded
by Coolidge
Confederates, All Americans,
Fighting for What They Be
lieved Were Rights, *
Says President.
Same God for Both Sides
By Universal Service,
Washington, May 25.—President
Goolidge today paid high tribute to
soldiers of those gray-clad armies
against which his forbears, uniform
ed in blue, battled 60 year* ago.
Standing beside the great confeder
ate memorial In Arlington national
cemetery, the president delivered per
haps the most effective address of
his career from the standpoint of
sentiment, and one of the briefest.
Men and women who came annually
to decorate the graves of those who
fell in the "lost cause" were his
listeners.
"If I am correctly tnformed by his
tory,” Mr. Coolidge said, "it ia fitting
that the Sabbath should be your
memorial day. This follows from the
belief that except for the forces of
Oliver Cromwell, no nrmv was ever
made more thoroughly religious than
that which was commanded by Gen
eral Lee.
"Moreover, these ceremonies neces
sarily are expressive of a hope and a
belief that rise abpve the things of
this life. It was Lincoln who pointed
out that both sides played to the
same God. When that is the case,
it Is only a matter of time when each
will seek a common end.
“Preservation of Ideals.”
"We can now see clearly what that
end Is. It is the maintenance of our
American form of government, of our
American institutions, and of our
American ideala. beneath a common
flag, under the blessings of Almighty
God.
"It was for this purpose that this
nation was brought forth. Our whole
course of history has been proceeding
In that direction. Out of a common
experience, msde mere enduring by n
common sacrifice, we have reached
a common conclusion, on this day we
pause in memory of those who made
their sacrifice In one way.
"In a few day* we shall pause
again in memory of those who made
their sacrifice in another wray. They
were all Americans. All contending
for what they believed were their
righta. On many a battlefield they
sleep side by side. Here, In a place
which is set aside for the resting
place of those who have performed
military duty, both make their final
bivouac. But their country lives.
"Bitterness Is Passed."
"The bitterness of conflict is passed.
Time has softened, discretion has
changed It. Your country respects
you for cherishing the memory of
those who wore the gray. You re
spect others who cherished the mem
ory of those who wore the blue. In
that mutual respect may there be a
firmer friendship and a stronger and
more glorious union.
“When I delivered the sddress dedi
cating the great monument to General
Grant in the city of Washington,
General Carr was present wdth others
of his comrades and responded for
the confederacy with a-most appro
priate tribute. He has lately passed
away, one of the last of a talented
and gallant corps of officers.
"To the memory of him whom I
had seen, and heard, and knew, as
the representative of that now silent
throng, whom I did not know, I now
offer my tribute. We know that it
la providence that would have it so.
We see and we obey.
"A mightier force than ever fol
lowed Grant or Lee has levelled both
their hosts, raised up a united nation,
and made us all partakers of a new
glory. It Is not for us to forget the
past, but to remember it, that we
may profit by It. But It is gone, wc
cannot change it. We must put our
emphasis on the present and put
Into effect the lesson* the past has
taught us.
"All about us sleep those of many
different beliefs, and many divergent
actions. But America claims them
all. Her flag floats over therm Her
government protects them. They
nil rest in the same divine peace.''
“Ain’t Nature Wonderful”
By UNCLE PETE.
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O'Neill, Neb. May 2*.—The corn
Imror anon may become aa efarce an
the lawn dandelion ban nlnre « line
has been dleoovered for It. Cliff
l)u,vis, enbluet maker and furniture
maker of Heaver Flats, has discov
ered a use for the peat of the farmers
of the corn belt and now Is directing
the energies of the little Insect Into
useful and legitimate lines of Indus
try. Mr. Davis, for several yesrs
has been engaged In the manufacture
of antique furniture froln walnut and
other hard woods from the forests
along ths Onlamas, but. has expert
enred considerable difficulty In meet
ing the unfair competition of eastern
secondhand goods dealers who fur
nlsh their furniture equipped with
scars of age and rough usago and
profusely embroidered with worm
holes. Their first mentioned trick
erles wen* not hard lo overcome, hut
he hail almost abandoned hope ou tbs
last, until ha observed several dt the
Da, t-uevil Alex, Reformed Jesse James
Gangster, ‘Gets’ Brother After 31Years
“Rocky, the Bounder," Weeping First Time
in Life, Goes Forward to Altar at Invitation
of Revivalist Whom He Had Believed Dead.
By rnlverMi Bfnltf.
Kansas City. Mo., May 25.—It took
31 years for Dare Devil Alex to "get"
Rocky the Bounder. But In the sun
set of £he lives of the brothers, once
famous western adventurers, the feat
was accomplished.
The Rev. Alexander Adair, 75, re
formed member of the Jesse James
bandit gang, preaching today In •
revival service at the Confederate
home at Higginsvllle, gave a stirring
call to his aged audience to hit the
trail for salvation. One of the first
to respond was a powerfully huilt
man of 90, weeping for the first time
In his life as he knelt at the altar.
It was Mortimer Adair, alias
“Rocky Moore,” or "Rocky the
Bounder,” as he was once known
from the docks of New Tork to the
black jack thickets of Oklahoma.
It was the first meeting of the
brothers In 31 years and marked the
end of & search which Alexander
Adair, bandit-evangelist, had made,
Bible In hand, from coast to coast,
In an elTort to find and convert his
older brother before death claimed
them both.
•Til Get You Yet.”
“I’ll get you yet, Rocky," Alexander
had told his brother in 1893, when the
two met In a frontier village In the
Osage Hills of Oklahoma.
"Rocky" at that time had settled
down to the life of a United States
deputy marshal and was gunning for
southwest desperadoes. He would
have none of the religion his brother
Alexander was dispersing In street
meetings throughout the state.
"
The brother parted with “Rocky”
still “unsaved."
They never met again until today.
"Rocky” had believed Alexander
dead. But the one-time bandit was
determined that his brother, like him
self, should taste the joys of conver
sion. After years of unsuccessful
search, he finally trailed "Rocky" to
Hlgginsville.
Joins Jesse James Rang.
Both brothers, sons of Judge Al
exander Adair, prominent attorney
of Zanesville, O., and of Kansas City,
had left home while mere boys. They
had lived adventurous lives on the
plains. Alexander, known to western
police as “Dare Devil Alex,” had
called dances at mining camps, driven
ox teams, been a mule skinner and a
cowboy before he connected with the
Jesse James gang snd in 1874 partici
pated In his first train robbery—the
famous James robbery at Muncle,
Kan. He was arrested In connection
with this, but was released and had
a subsequent career as a bank and
train robber and horse thief. While
on his way to stage a robbery In Em
poria, Kan., he was converted at a
Salvation army street meeting and
later became an evangelist.
"Dare Devil Alex’s” advice now to
the young is "go straight."
“No matter what gang you run
■with," he says, "you'll always get
caught In the end because there’s
always a Judas who'll betray you.
"However, times are lots wilder now
than In the old days. I’m afraid to
walk on the streets now In daylight,
there are so many holdups abroad.
Tot, 2, Is Lost
Seeking Mother
Neighbors Believing Child
Abandoned Call Police;
Then. Family Reunited.
Eorlne Wise, "not quite hsi the
distinction today of having aroused
an entire neighborhood, of having
been found on the door step of a
vacant house and of having sympathy
heaped upon her head.
Dorlne, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Wise of Dunlap. la., had
come to Omaha with her parents to
visit Nels Knutson, 4951 North
Nineteenth street! Saturday evening
Mrs. Wise left Rorlne with Mr. Wise
and went to visit other friends.
For e. time everything was fine.
Then Wise became engrossed In a
conversation with Knutson and
larrlne became bored. She slipped out
the hack door and went In search of
her mother.
At 4930 North Nineteenth street she
tired and sat down on the steps.
Then she became frightened and be !
gan to cry. A. O. Nelson, 4913 North t
Xlneteenth street, heard her cries and |
investigated.
Mr*. T. J. Foster, 4923 North Nine ]
teenth street, took Dorine around the I
neighborhood and located s boy, E's- j
worth Hall, 3, who declared that he
had seen a man drive up In an auto
mobile and leave the baby on the
door steps.
Police were called and the bab\
was taken to the Child Rescue In j
stttute.
I,ater the parents began to search
for the missing baby Mrs. Poster was
located, told what had happened to
the child and the family was reunited.
,i00 Employes of Telephone
Company Curst* at Dance
Five hundred employee and friends
of the Northwestern Bell Telephone
company were gueste at a dance Sat
urday night at the Elks ballroom, un
der the auspices of Casper E. Tost
Chapter No 19. Telephone Pioneer*
of America. William Cosh was chair
man of the committee of entertain
ment. Among the numbers on the
program were a solo, "In Italy,” by
Miss lametta Soheibel. accompanied
by Mies Agnes Carlson; rending, by
Miss Mudaltne Olson; solo dance, by
Miss Virginia Holliday, accompanied
by .Vlrs. Anne Maxwell; solo, "Pale
Moon," by Miss Fenelle I.eggee. ac
'•ompanied by Mias N. Drefahl, and
I stories, by Oeorge C. Johnston.
corn borer* *t work In hi* gardens
ln*t summer and bit upon them hm
the solution of his troubles.
Mr. Pa vie. following bis observa
tions of the Insert at work secured
several pairs of them and after a
time succeeded In taming them so
that they heeanie unafraid of man.
Then, during the fall, winter and
early spring months he so trained
them, by confining them to a diet of
111* sawdust of the hardwoods, thnt
eventually they lost their tost# and
oppetlts for corn. I.lttle sticks of
th* woods thsn were plsced In their
cage* for them to work on. The
newly nrqulred appetites were trails
mltted by the borers to their off
spring, which already are quite nu
merous and Mr, Paris now I* able
to turn out an article of antique fur
nltiir* which defies detection I" ex
peris when compared with ancient
piece* of proven in .. n Miunufae
tur*.
Coolidge Delays
Exclusion Action
Confers Half Hour With
Secretary Hughes on
Japanese Bill.
Washington, May JB. — President
Coolldge haa reached no definite decl
don aa to what action i.a will take
>n the bill now before him pro
viding for further restriction of all
mmlgratlon and for exclusion of Jap
inese immigrants after June Sd.
Having received. Saturday, the
eport of the State department on the
eglalatlon. Mr. Coolldge will give con
dderable study to the question before
eturnlng to hla deek tomorrow
EVhether he will then be able td an
inunce hla decision was a question
hat no ona can answer. Ample
lme for executive consideration of the
>111 problem, however, yet remains, as
he 10-day period allowed for pres!
lentlal action doe* not expire until
nldnlght next Thursday.
Officials close to the president were
eluctant to speculate on hts probable
nurse of action but the general feei
ng appears to he that he would ap
prove the legislation, although there
were some who expected disapproval
from the executive.
Secretary Hughes had a half hour's
•onferenea with the president late
Jaturday hut there was no Indication
clven either by the secretary or at
he White House as to the nature of
he call. The tenor of the State de
partment on the hill likewise was un
Unclosed.
MAGNATE DIES OF
SLEEPING MALADY
By rnltfiml
London, May 25.—Sleeping sickness
o<lay rlalmed a distinguished victim.
Bower Istnay, the shipping mag
nale, who died after several weeks
prostration.
The country Is taking alarm over
the serious spread of this mysterious
llseaae. From 10 caaes In January,
the number hn* progressed to 290 for
May. Birmingham, which Is on* of
the centers moat affected, had five
hatha last week.
The ministry of health confesses
that It Is helpless to cope with the
terror. Neurologist* are usually call
ed 1n to give altovlative treatment.
(lonnerticut ami Jrracy
to Honor Hubert Treat
Milford, Conn., May 25.—Robert
Treat, who founded this town In 1039
and then, Imc.use he didn't like the
way people were “crowding" him,
moved on and became the first set
tler of Newark, N. J., is to be honored
anew In September next, when a pub
lic park bearing his name will he
opened and a monument to him for
mally unveiled. The ceremony will
be on Labor day.
Committees have been Informed
that both the stole of New Jersey
and the rlty of Newark will assist In
the celebration. A regiment from
Newark is to, be entertained here.
The governor of New Jersey and the
mayor of Newark are expected. Rob
ert Treat named hi* Jersey settlement
Milford at float, that being his na
tive town In Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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Bishop Will
Give All to
Defend Flag
Audience Applauds as Meth
odist Urges Hearers to Fight
for Country if Need
Arises.
Flays “Hollywood Curse”
By Uni vernal Service.
Springfield. Mass., May 25—Bishop
Adna W. Leonard. San Francisco,
Cal., broke through the crust of staid
old New Kngland Congregationalism
this morning at the First Congrega
tional church, founded in 1645, when
his audience broke Into rounds of ap
plause as the bishop spoke In defense
of the flag.
Speaking of war, Bishop Leonard
said:
"The church must rise in its might
and declare that war shall never come
again. I will do my utmost to pre
vent war. But, when every effort ha*
been exhausted, and an enemy by
foree or propaganda defies my coun
try and it* flag, here is one Methodist
who will give ail that he has to defend
his country.”
The bishop also spoke of Hollywood
and Wally Reid, and the fight his
widow Is making to break down the
power of the drug evil. He pictured
the death of the great movie actor,
and his fight against the drug, and
said!
Curse of Hollywood.
"Drugs and drink are the curse of
Hollywood. We must unite in this
country In a great fight against the
drug evil."
One of the hottest fights of the con
ference will be staged tomorrow, when
the book concern committee will re
port in favor of a radical change in
the publishing interests of the church.
They will recommend that there be
one book agent to be appointed by the
book committee. This means that the
usual selection of two egents, one at
New Tork and one at Chicago, will lie
taken out of the hand* of the general
conference to be appointed later by
the book committee.
This centralization of power in the
hands of the book committee, with
on# man at the head, will be bitterly
opposed by the ministers, while advo-|
eated by prominent members of the
laity.
Another big change advocated by
the earn# standing committee is the
proposal to elect a contributing edi
tor for all the church papers an1 an
editorial council composed of all the
editors This Is s radical change in
policy and will be subject to keen de
bate.
Amusement Question.
The amusement question will also
provoke a big discussion. The ma
jority report urges the dellmlnatlon
of specifications in the famous para
graph 280 of the discipline Instead
of using the words "dancing, playing
at games of chance, attending the
aters, horse racing, races, circuses,
dancing parties or patronllng danc
ing schools Or taking such other
amusements as are obviously of
misleading or questionable moral
tendency,” it is proposad to insert
in their place the old Wesley rule of
"taking no diversions as eonnot be
taken In the name of the Lord '
Jesus ”
This will be opposed by the minor
ity which favore the retention of
the speelflrstlor* and adding "ques
tionable motion picture perform
ances."
The conference la expected to ad
Journ Thursday noon.
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Turkish Women Bare
Faces; Divorces Grow
Ily I'nlrmal VfTlre.
Constantinople, May 25.—Mar
riages, 7,000!
Divorces, 9,000!
These are the net figures on
the maternal balance sheets of
Constantinople so far this year.
And they were obtained under
the regime oT the "new woman^
freedom," which did away with
the veil, the harem, and all the
other attributes and symbols of
woman’s slavery.
There are some irreverent per
sons—men, of course—who blame
the veil, or rather the absence of
It.
"What beauty and mystery one ‘
could dream of as hidden behind !
that veil!" they say.
"And behold, what the removal j
of the veil revealed!"
Bill Hiking Pay
of Mail Workers
Expected to Pass
Congress Plans to Put Over
Act Granting $300 Yearly
Increase—Measure Be
fore Each House.
By rnlT«rs«l Service.
Washington, May 25.—Within the
next few days congress plans to pass
a bill granting increased pay of 1300
per annum’to al! postal employes, In
cluding postmasters not In the first
md second class.
Two separate bills, very similar, are
pending—one In the senate, the other
In the house.
By unanimous consent agreement,
the senate has m%de the postal bill
the unfinished business and after
Tuesday at 4 debate will be limited
to 10 minutes on the Wll and any
amendment. Senator Edge of New
Jersey, In charge of the bill, expects
a vote late Tuesday.
Sponsors for the houee bill are
planning to resurrect that measure
from the legislative jam. However,
senate leaders are hoping Mhey can
get their bill to tfie house m time to
offer It as a subatltute for the house
measure.
There Is apparently little. If any.
opposition to the measure In either
branch of congress. Postmaster Gen
eral New. who urged delay In con«Id
eratlon of the bill pending action on
a bill to revise the postal rates, has
withdrawn hl« opposition, It Is said
by congressional leaders.
President Coolldge is expected to
sign the Mil, although It will require
an appropriation of 155,000,000. Re
vised treasury estimates would indi
cate It could be cared for without any
special legislation.
COLORADO DEMOS
GO UNINSTRUCTED
Colorado Springe Colo., May 25.—
Colorado democrats will send an un
instructed delegation of 18 with e
voting power of 12 to the national
convention in New Tork city next
month, it was decided when the
delegates to the state convention
here voted to adjourn without bring
Ing the question of Instruction before
the assemble.
Navy Fre«hmrn Beat Syracuse
Annapolis. Md., May 25—Nary
freshmen won from the Syracuse
freshmen by two lengths Nary
junior varsity defeated Syracuse
junior varsity by a length and a half
In the rowing regatta
Similarity of Styles Cuts Trade for
Dressmakers; Change in Lines Urged
Tremendous Fight to Re tTaged for Re
Introduction of Corset—Rumor of Intention
Evokes Protest From Clients and Doctors.
R,v r. F. HFKTFI.FI,
rnh rr*»l SeTTlc* Stiff Pol-respondent.
Pails. May SB.—From th* Inner
councils of the grout dressmakers,
where advance fall and winter style*
ar# now helng developed In utmost
secrecy, It Is exclusively learned that
a tremendous tight Is being waged
for the ^Introduction of the corset
T'nttl now the majority of dress
makers persisted In clinging to
straight line atvle« hut now they are
equally divided over the question of
"reintroducing the feminine form"
Into fashions,
Th* fact that for the !a«t three
years th* succeeding solos have so
resembled each other that a woman
lisa not had to buy a new dress until
the old one wore out, resulting In
large losses to trade, especially In
America, which Is Paris' biggest eus
tomer. has been a big element In per
suading recalcitrant dressmaker* to
ths urgent necessity of a radical
change In line
Waist Fine to Return.
According to my Information, pro
greaalvea now urge that the Olympic
games be made the occasion for the
Introduction of the new line "Short
dresses for short hair," will still bo
the slogan, but the most significant
thing will he the return of the waist
line. Pinched bodices accentuating
the upper half of the bod\ will re
turn, but Instead of the tightly laced.
Uouney laced bodice* of formed days.
si
the new style will resemble waist
coats tightly drawn In st the waist
The sole question at. Issue now Is
the shape of the ektrt—whether this,
too. is to he tightly laced or loose
If the former prevatls, It means thst
the corset Is bound to come hack
into style—but the mere whisper of
these Intentions has caused s storm
of protest among clients as well as
doctor*, who say It Is ridiculous that
the Olympics should he mads the ei
ruse for the return of the old tight
laced "Ironside" coreet.
Kate llangs on Thread.
Opponents of the corset further
point out that thousands of healthy,
athletic women will shortly he flock
ing to Paris, some to watch and oth
ers to take part In the games which
this year will have a Mg female di
vision.
It is Inconceivable, they ear. that
the trainers of the«e women would
permit the introduction of any line
that was not conducive to the health.
The fate of the coraet, therefore, ap
parently hangs on a thread. Whether
It will definitely return to favor de
pends on which side it? the fashion
Kittle wins within the next few
weeks Hut already It Is Indicated
that the fall and winter attics will
show radical changes, forcing every
woman desirous of remaining fash
ionable to purchase a new goo n The
death knell of tlte pit ent wardivM'
is aounded.
Police Seek |
Pu rehaser |
of Flowers
Floral Piece for Funeral of
Boy Bears Name of Man
Who Signed Ransom
Notes.
Hundreds Attend Funeral
Chicago, May 25.—The body of Rob
ert Franks, 13, victim of kidnaper#
and son of Joseph Franks, millionaire
manufacturer, was laid to rest In
Rose Hill cemetery this afternoon.
While two readers of the Christian \
Science faith were conducting th#
brief services, detectives were search
ing for the purchaser of & floral piec#
received at the Frank# home accom
panied by a card on which wa# writ
ten "sympathy of George Johnson."
Georg* Johnson was th* ham*
signed to several letters received at
th* Frank* home demanding $10,000
for the boy's return and given by a
man in telephone conversation# with
th* father. ,
Authorities obtained a good descrip
tion of th* man from the florist, who
said the purchaser appeared nervous,
wrote and destroyed several card#
before he seemed satisfied, then hur
riedly left the shop and entered a
waiting automobile.
Sisters Weep.
Franks was kidnaped as he left a
private school Wednesday afternoon.
Kl* nude body was found In a culvert
several miles south of his parents
horns the next morning.
Before the discovery of th* body,
th* father had received letters and
telephone calls demanding ransom
money and instructions where to tak#
It. While waiting for the appointed
time to deliver the money, the boy's
unci* who had learned of the finding
of the body, visited the morgue and
identified It.
As the little gray casket was car- / '
rled from th* home, the hundreds of J
curious bystanders removed their ha^f
and bowed their heads. The father
supported by two of his friends. V
lowed th* casket 1
The shade* of two of the upper
windows of the hous* were raised and
Josephine, th* 17-year-old sister of th#
slain lad, stood at one *rd and at the j
other was Robert's younger brother. I
Both were weeping.
MORFtRAN306 at
U. C. T. BANQUET
More than 300 member* of the
Omaha United Commercial Traveler*,
council Xo. Ill, gathered at the Caa
tl* hotel Saturday night for their an
nua] banquet and May party.
Entertainment was furnished by th#
K. C. quartet. Mrs. F. A. E. Hanson
and W. G. Morton. R. Shriner ad
dressed the gathering. B. Ogden
acted ss toastmaster.
OFFICER VICTIM
OF INDIGESTION
IjO* Angeles. Cal.. May ;5—A pefct
mortem examination late Saturday of
the body of Lieutenant Commander
Hannaford showed the officer died of
acute indigestion, naval medical offi
cers said. Lieutenant Hannaford
wae stationed aboard the Pacific fleet
flagship Procyon and died at Long
Beach.
Hartineton Paper Win*
Place in Service Contest
Hartlngton. Neb.. May —The
Cedar County News. published at
Hartlngton. has been awarded third
prlre In a national community service
contest conducted by the National Ed
ttoriaJ association, according to a
notice received by Feld Manager O.
0 Buck, of the Nebraska Press ease
elation
The awards were mads at the an*
nual convention of the National Pres#
Association at Oklahoma City. Or.
•Tames Melvin Lee. director of th#
school of Journalism at New Tory
university, acted as Judge for the<
j contest.
U. S. Soccer Team
Wins Olympic
Contest
T'nited States soccer team defeated
Esthonla. 1 to 0, In one of the open
lng Olympic contests
Pyer. hurler for St Louis was re
sponsible for the Cards' victory over
the Phils yesterday when he singled
In the 10th inning with two out and
the base# full. Earlier In the gar s
he saved the contest with a trip!#
scoring Cooney.
Elmer Jacobs held Boston to It'#
1 scattered hits yesterday while v'hi*
cage pounded Boston pitchers for IS
hits, which coupled with daring has*
running enabled the Cube to shut out
the Braves. 11 to A In the fas! to •
of the series.
Hitting by Heine Manual) former
Omaha out fielder, in the late inn: oe
was responsible with Cobbs homer
for a d to 5 victory for the Tteore
over the Yankees
Omaha defeated lVs Mol nee S to %
in an 11-inning contest yeeterdaj
\ll the latest news in the woild o(
.sport will be found ou pa&e five.