THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 25. 198.
WORLD LEAGUE
PLAN ATTACKED
BY COLHARVEY
Wilson Trip Denounced as Un
American; Thinks U. S.
Should Demand Indem
nity of Germany.
The ABandoned Room
By Wadsworth Camp
CHAPTER XXXVI.
The Black Cloak.
r!(!e. If it was Maria who had
mink the" man there had either been
Mttarrfl aniniinr
Parades lay bark in one of ') rrjrainal connection had ever existed
chairs and extended his arm. Hei bftwefn the two Parades, how
kept his eves closed while the noc-1 ... ,n;n, c , :.,
Mor stooped, examining; the wound , wa$ ,ess j0 Bobb Us,e than
j.Ml at once his nearly perpetual . hi, Htanic arpearance w .hfn lie had
sleeplessness im.e iui hub l. . I come from the private stairc.ise
New York, Deo. 24. Asserting
that President Wilson had sailed
for Europe "in eager pursuit" of the
entangling alliances against which
Washington warned the nation, Col
onel George Harvey denounced the
league of nation's plan in an ad
dress last night at the 113th annual
dinner of the New England society
of the city to New York.
"Would we not better still the
ferment in Mexico and Peru and
Chile and San Domingo and Costa
Rica?" Colonel Harvey demanded,
"before attempting to foist ever
lasting peace upon the Balkans?
Have we no vital problems within
bur own boundaries crving for solu
tion?" Recalling "a previously similar al
liance that came into existence in
1843" Colonel Harvey quoted Daniel
Webster's speech in which he op
posed the preservation of peace "by
bringing the power of all govern
ments to bear upon all subjects."
"Have times so changed," he
asked, "that we owe it to humanity
tocast our cherished republic intai
a melting pot to be massed into a
pulp of international socialism?"
Colonej Harvey also opposed 1he
program of "No indemnities" for
the United States, asserting that for
the United States to refrain from
collecting the nearly $30,000,000,000
the war has cost would be tanta
mount to a "voluntary contribution
to the war fund of Germany."
' Touching on the current argu
ment" that the United States has too
far departed from Washington's in
junction against "entangling al
liances again to drop out of Eu
ropean politics, Colonel Harvey as
serted Washington had specifically
declared in favor erf "temporary al
liances for extraordinary, emergen
jies." i "We may rest assured, moreover,"
he continued, "that it never would
have occurred to him to give an
honorable, alliance an aspect of
aloofness and dintrust by designat
ing it with ostentatious caution as a
mere and unique 'association'."
i America today, he maintained, is
I'in no way yet committed to a
jingle step further along the path of
meddlesome intrusion."
Clark to-Be Candidate
for Presidency in 1 920,
His Friends Are Saying
Washington. Dec. 24. Friends of
Speaker Clark in congress said to
day that the speaker would be a can-
UlUttlC IUI HIV Y
tial nomination in 1920, although no
formal announcement of the sub
ject could be expected for some time.
Mr. Clark himself said:
"I have no announcement to make
xcept to say that I know nothing
about it."
According to the story going the
rounds at the capitol, Mr. Clark will
be supported by William Jennings
Bryan.
j Cedars had recorded ite!f inTiis
(face. " His nerves at last confessed
j their vulnerability as he fumbled for
;a ciearette with his good hand, as
; he placed it awkwardly between j Anally released the strain
ups
jAould you mind giving me
Rawlins still held the cloak. After
Jenkins, had removed the doctor'.
paraphernalia, everyone seemed to
wait. It was Silas Blackburn who
WELFARE BOARD
UNITES COUPLE
DM APART
Cases of Estrangement Arc
Straightened Out When Peo
ple Are Brought To
Victoria Takes Steps
to Keep German- Made
Goods Out of Country
, Melbourne, Dec. 24. Via Montreal.
The legislature of Victoria has
adopted bill requiring that all
' goods sold there be marked clearly
with the country of their origin. The
bill prevents German goods, after
passing customs office, being la-
"Tseied "made in Australia." Goods im
properly labeled are liable for
feiture and their owners to sub
stantial fines.
n -i.. n:- it v Mill
numeiy ueiuei n. i. wan
Was Under Hun Ownership
New York. Dec. 24. Dr. Edward.
A. Kumelv,-former publisher of the
Evening Mail, testified in his own
behalf yesterday at a hearing before
a United States commissioner in a
proceeding brought by the govern
ment to have him removed to ash
ington for trial on a charge nf per
jury for failure to report the alteged
German ownership of the paper to
the alien property custodian.
- Dr. Rumely denied there had been
any German ownership connected
with the purchase of the paper.
Mysterious Man, German
in Name, Arrested in Paris
Paris, Dec. 24. Some mystery at
taches to the arrest of a man who
arrived at tlu Grand hotel this morn
ing. Speaking correct French, he
asked for a room and when ask J
to show his papers, he produced
them. He gave his name as Kudoipn
von Hanover, a native of Berlin,
and showed him to be coming from
Spa, the former German headquart
ers, where the international armi
stice commission now sits. He de
clared himself to be a member of
that commission.-
The man was turned over the po
lice, who afterward det'ined to say
anything about the arres
a
licht. Bobbv?
Bobby struck a match and held f
to the cigarette.
"Thanks," Farades said. "Are you
nearly through, doctor? I daresay
it's nothing."
Doctor Groom glanced up.
"Nothing serious with a little
luck. It's onlr torn through a
mnscle. It might have pierced the
large vein."
His forehead beneath the shaggy
black hair was deeply lined. He
turned to Eobinson doubtfully.
"Maybe you'll tell us," Robinson
said, "what made the wound?"
"No use shirking facts," the doc
tor rumbled. "Mr. Parades has been
wounded just as ie said, by some
thing sharp and slender."
"You mean," Robinson said, "by
an instrument that could have caus
ed death in the case of Howells and
-and-"
"I won't have you looking at me
that way," Silas "Blackburn whined.
"Yes," the doctor answered. "Be
fore we go any further I want to
bind this arm. There must 'be 'an
antiseptic in the house. Where is
Katherine? See if you can find her,
Bobby"
As Bobby started to cross the
dining room he heard the slight
scraping of the door leading to the
kitchen. He kne there was some
one in the room with him. He
touched a cold hand.
"Bobby!" Katherine breathed in
his ear.
He understood why the little light
from the hall had failed to disclose
her when she had come from the
kitchen. She wore the black cloak.
Against the darkness at the end of
the room she had made no sil
houette. When he put his arms
around her and touched her cheek,
he noticed that that, too, was cold;
and the shoulders of the cloak were
damp as if she had just come in from
the falling snow.
"Where have you been.'" he asked.
"I.ookinz outside." she answered
frankly. "I couldn't sit still. I
wondered if the woman in black
would be around the house tonight.
Then I was afraid, so I came in."
' Doctor Groom's voice reached
them. ,
"Have you found her? Is she in
the dining room?" ,
Without any thought of disloyal
ty Bobby. recognized the menace of
coincidence.
"Take your cloak of," he whis
pered, "leave it here."
"Why?"
While he drew the cloak from her
shoulders he raised his voice.
"Carlos has been hurt. ' The doc
tor asked me to find you.
His simple strategy was destroyed
by the appearance of Rawlins. The
detective came directly to them; nor
was the coincidence lost on him, and
it was his business to advertise
rather than to conceal it. Without
ceremony he took the cloak from
Bobby. He draped it over his arm.
"The doctor." he said to Kath
erine, "wants a basin of warm water,
some old linen, ca'rbolic acid, if you
have it." . , .
She nodded and went back to the
kitchen, while Bobby returned with
the detective to the hall. Parades
eyes remained closed.
"Where did you get the cloak.
Rawlins?" Robinson asked.
"The young lady," Rawlins an
swered with scHt satisfaction, just
wore it in. At Jeast it's still wet
from the Siiow."
Parades .opened his eyes. He
looked for a moment at the black
cloak. He dosed his eyes again.
"You could recognize the woman
who attacked you?" Rawlins said.
"You've forgotten how dark it is.
Please don't ask me to even swear
that it was a woman."
"You're trying to say it wasn t
flesh and blood," Blackburn quaver- j
cd. . I
Parades smiled weakly. j
"I'm trying to say nothing at all. J
Fell us each detail of the attack, i
Robinson said.
But Katherine s tootsteps rcacneu
them from the dining rooni ana
Parades wouldii t answer. inaer
these conditions Robinson's failure
to press the question was as disturb
ing as the detective's matter-of-fact
capture of the cloak.
Parades glanced at Katherine
once. There was no -softness in her
attitude as she knelt beside his chair.
Neither, Bobby lelt. was tnere
the slightest uneasiness. With a
facile grace she helped the doctor
bathe and bandage the slight wound.
"A silk handkerchief for a sling
the -doctor suggested.
"Iwont have a sling, larades
said, "I wouldn't know what to do
without the use of both my hands."
"You ought to congratulate your
self that you still keep it." the doc
tor grumbled.
Bobby took the pan and bottles
from Katherine and rang for Jen
kins. It was clear that Robinson
had hoped the girl would go out
with them herself and so give Para
des an opportunity to speak. This
new developcment niade him won
der about Graham's theories as to
y, .,
"Katy, where have you been with, A happy reunion took place at
that cloak? What's he doing with the Union station between a hus-
it?"
Without answering she took the
cloak from Rawlins, and gave the
detective and the district attorney
the opportunity they craved. She
walked up the stairs, turning at the
landing. Her farewell seemed
pointed at the Panamanian who
locked languidly up at her.
"If I'm wanted I shall be in my
room."
"Who would want you. Kath
erine?" Graham blurted out. ljtit it
was clear he had caught' the coin
cidence, too. and the trouble he had
confessed a little earlier was radi
cally increased.
"That remains to be seen." Robin
son sneered as soon as she had gone.
"Now, Mr. Parades."
"I've really told you ever) thing,"
he said. "I walked toward the grave-
band and wife, brought together by
the efforts of the Omaha Welfare
board.
The Welfare board took the wo
man from the Swedish mission hos
pital where she had been after an at
tempt to commit suicide, following
a quarrel with her husband. The
yard. At a point very close to it
I felt the presence of this creature in
black. I spoke. I took my courage
in my hands. I reached out. I
touched nothing." He raised his in
jured hand. "1 got this for my
pains."
"What made you go to the grave
yard?" Robinson asked suspiciously.
T;i Be Continued Tomorrow
board provided her with clothes
through the Red Cross Salvage de
partment and took her to the city
mission, where Miss Anthonk gave
her a home.
Then Miss Monsky of the Welfa.-e
board began writing letters to the
husband, who had left for Wyoming
after the quarrel with his wife. She
received no answer until last Thurs
itay when a telephone call came,
.stating that a friend of the husband
was in town and wanted to turn
over hi wife's trunk, money and
keys. He would give no description
of himself but said he would be at
the Union station until 4 o'clock.
Miss Monsky went there and after
searching for two hours and ques
tioning scores of men. she found the
husband.
Letters Brought Him Back.
"Your letters brought me back,
and I want to do the right thing by
my wife." he said.
The wife was sent for ami they
resolved, to begin life anew.
Last Friday a 20-year-old mother
of three children who had left her
husband a week before told her
troubles to the Welfare board. She
was planning to place her children
in a home and got to work. She said
her husband was earning $7 a day
but was not supporting his family.
The Welfare board requested the
husband to come in and talk things
over. At noon Saturday, the couple
met and talked over their troubles
quietlv with the welfare superintend
ent. The husband said re couldn't
bear to be separated from his chil
dren. They "made up" then and
there and are now keeping house
in a comfortable apartment.
Help Flu Patients.
One of the Welfare board workers
was called to 22 "flu" cases. Two
of tliee were an aped colored wo
man and her granddaughter. They
couldn't 'get anyone to take care of
them. The Welfare board worker
got a neighbor to bring them food
ly and t' e visiting nurses to mnk?
calls once or twice a day. The pa
tients ate recovering. I
hese are only a tew ut many
cases of the work that the Welfare
board is doing every day in raring
for the poor and sick and straighten
ing out domestic troubles.
Florence Banks Sue City to
Collect Municipal Warrants
The Bank of Florence and Com
mercial State bank have brought ac
tions in district court against the
City of Omaha to recover $4,773 and
$1,644, respectively.
These claims are based on mat
ters relating to the consolidation of
Florence with the municipality of
Omaha. The information filed by
the plaintiffs refers to various Flor
ence warrants which have not been
honored by the consolidated mu
nicipality. President Macracken Dies.
Orlando, Ha,. Dec. 24. Henry
Mitchell Macracken, chancellor
emeritus of New York university,
died today in a hospital here. He
was 78 years old.
Christmas Fund -of $1,400
Distributed at the C. of C.
The Christmas Jund for employes
of the Chamber of Commerce do
nated by the members of the club
was distributed Tuesday afternoon
and amounted to well over $1,400.
Thfi distribution is made on the
basis of the number of years set vice,
which nets the old employes a very
handsome Christmas remembrance.
K. W. Piyor has been stewaid of
the club 15 years; William Lewis,
head waiter, i4 years. Dai. Desduue,
who h-: '.ar . f the billiard room
has seen 14 years' service, and sev
eral of the waiters 12 years. Thert
are several linear employes anc
a great many five to 10 years.
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rifiice tection. Family lota on partial
paymrnt at tima of burial. Tlphon
Walnut 820 and Douglaa 829. Our frt
automobile ia at your atrvicc.
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- De Woody Resigns.
New York, Dec. 24-Charles De
" Woody, who is chief president of
- Department of Justice has frustrated
many "German plots and caused the
conviction or internment of those
participating?, last night announced
u;. riffnaiion to take effect Janu
ary 1. Mr. De Wc-ody, who was
transferred here from Cleveland just
after the United States entered the
i-r will eo into business as general
manager vi
. of a mercantile concern and sail for y
Japan m January.
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of the new Porto JUein crop, were
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CO THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
KILPATRI
Thursday, December 26th, following what is now a time-honored custom, the bars go down on Winter Apparel. Providing al
ways that you need the goodsTor are likely to need in the near future this message should make special appeal to you. Rid out
the Goods is the slogan here, and quick selling the watchword.
COATS FIRST
Materials the most approved Burella, Velour, Sil
vertone, Pom Pom, Yukon "Seal; Velour du Nord
many with huge fur collars of Beaver, Nutria, Seal,
Mink, Raccoon, etc. Coats which sold up to $100.
The highest will be
$57.50, then $49.50, $39.50,
$29.75, as low as $19:75
Children's and Junior
Section
Here's where opportunity knocks hard Coats for
girls of all ages, 2 to 14 years materials such as Ve
lour, Chinchilla, Melton, Cheviot and Kersey
SUITS
No emphasis will be laid on the high character of
Kilpatrick Garments, nor the refinement of style.
Neither will wTe comment on the superiority of the
materials we have been too iong here and have
served thousands too well to need anything of that
kind. This is the time oj: the year when we always
do great things and times considered, prices con
sidered, values taken into full account, we believe
you'll be more surprised than ever before sold in
sroups at
$19.75, $29.75, $39.50,
$49.50, $57.50
Presses
All the wanted fabrics and colors Serges, Satins,
Taffetas, Messalines, Velvets, Tricolettes and in
combination, at
$15.00, $19.75, $24.75, $35.00
SKIRTS
Dress Skirts in wool fabrics and in silk, priced not to
sell next month, next week, but NOW, and here they
are
$6.95, $9.75, and $14.75
$5.00
for Coats sold
Up to $10.00
410.00
W Coats sold
Up to $18.00
$15.00
for Coats sold
Up to $25.00
JUNIORS
For the bigger 'Girls Velours, Pom Poms, Burella,
etc. Wait on yourselves here and you won't miss it
Coats at Coats at Coats at
$15.00 $23.50 and $29.50
Sold as high as $55.00
JUNIOR SUITS
Made with as great care as is used on our Women's
Suits.
2 Lots at
$r4.50 and $24.50
Sold up to $50.00.
FURS
It don't matter if winter is belated, we can still
rely on the promise Summer and Winter shall not
cease. What so desirable as Furs for Wintry
Weather? Scarfs of all Furs and shapes Fox, Lynx,
Seal, Nutria, Marten big animal shapes.
Sets of Matched furs, muff and scarf, $19.75
and upwards. ( n '
Muffs of Narobia, Fox, Marten, Nutria, Seal,
Lynx, $5.00 and up.
Fur Coats, from the short adapted Cape through
the Dolman style, on to the long and more sensible
garment of Hudson Seal , Nutria, Natural, Rat and
all the popular skins.
$195.00 Rat Coat, reduced to $125.00.
$250.00 Nutria down to $187.50.
$225.00 Hudson Seal, reduced to $149.50.
$325.00 Nutria, down tor$225.00.
$295.00 Nutria Coat, with seal triming, down to
$245.00.
All Children's Furs, sets and otherwise, at Sale
Prices.
Phenomenal Sale of Petticoats
Look Up the Word PHENOMENAL!
Lingerie Section Turned Over to Petticoats Thursday
A big lot representing garments bought months ago,
which we will offer at what we have come to refer to
as old prices very much urier the prices of the past
season
Blacks and All Colors
3ii- Jerseys
at
Many kinds of Ruffles
Cotton AO
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Dresses for All the Ages
Wool and Silk Materials and Style all the while.
$5.00, $7.50 and $10.00
Fabrics at . . ,
Satine and
Heatherbloom
3uJb-Silks
at
That is, Substitutes for silk.
With Real
Taffeta Ruffles
..$1.59
$1.98
i for silk.
$2.98
$3.69
Taffetas and AT
Jerseys at . tp4 Jt)
Novelty
Silks
busy-
r..,.,.$5.95
.$8.75
We have given you enough to keep you, and us
And Exquisite
Silks at
Very Busy for One Day