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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 20, 1919.
JEFFER1S WINS
NEW RULING FOR
NEAR SOLDIERS
Adjutant General Says Men
Called When Armistice Was
, . Signed Are Entitled to
Discharge.
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"V BY E. C. SNYDER.
(Staff Correspondent of the Omaha
Bee.)
'Washington Bureau, Omaha Bee,
Washington. D. L., July iy.Kepre
tentative Jefferis Friday won rul
ing from the adjutant general that
may affect hundreds, if not thou
sands, of cases of boys who entered
the service of the United States, but
who, because of sickness, were un
able to get to camps before the
armistice was signed and who have
I nothing to show that they were
readv for service.
Henry Czerwinski, an Omaha boy,
was called three times to enter the
service, but on each attempt to get
t camp he was stopped, twice by
the influenza, ana lastly Dy the
promulgation of peace. Having
nothing to show that he had re
sponded to the call ot his country
he wrote Mr. Jeffns as to his status.
Th Omaha congressman, remem
bering that there was a clause at
the bottom of the induction papers
reciting that "from and after the
date and hour just named you will
be a soldier in the military service
of;the United States" and directing
him to hold himself in readiness to
report to a mobilization camp, took
the matter up with the adjutant
,,A U all mfn
called by local boards and who
reached demobilization camps or
stations November 11, the date of
the signing of the armistice, were
ordered discharged. Such men, the
adjutant general decides, are en
titled to discharge certificates which
should have been prepared at the
' camps to which the men were as
signed from data furnished by their
local boards. If this information
was not furnished by the local
boards the discharge certificates
could not be prepared.
Celebrate Reace
v . in Great Britain
(Continued From Pate One.)
Victoria memorial monument, added
color to the striking scene.
King George, from his seat on the
scarlet dais, had a clear view
) through a colonnade of ornate
white pylons reaching for more
than a half mile to the admiralty
arch. The troops marched past the
reviewing stand to the music of
dozens of military bands.
s Americana Led Procession.
The Americans led the proces
sion. It was 12:30 when they came
marching with springy step and
smart precision. As the Americans
approached the stand King George
an4 all others, including Queen
Mary, the aged queen mother Alex
andra and Princess Mary, arose.
v, The king, in the uniform of a field
marshal, kept his hand to his visor
in- rigid salute until General Per
shing, sitting his horse like a cav-
alryman, had passed. The Ameri
can troops won compliments on
their formation. The bayonets of
many were decorated with flowers
and union jacks.
General Pershing dismounted 100
yards beyond the king's stand and
returned to it. where he was greet
ed by all. He stood with King
George during the remainder of the
review.
- Marshal Foch. Vice Admiral Sir
David Beatty, Field Marshal Sir
Douglas Haig and other command
er! joined the reviewing party as
agon as their contingents had
palled.
Colon Win Admiration.
The massed colors of the various
regiments won the admiration of the
crowd.
One of the prettiest features of
the' parade was the release of a
covey of pigeons from in front, of
' the king's stand.
Women war workers, swinging
along, received one long ovation as
they passed over the six miles of
London streets. especially aia
Queen Mary's auxiliary corpse win
applause and at this the royal pat
roness seemed greatly pleased.
, Once the parade was over the
crowds gathered in the center of the
city eager to begin the street revels.
Picadill? circus, Leicester Square
and the Strand soon were filled
with merry makers who braved
showers to start the dancing. Groups
of girls, costumed in the national
colors, and young men In carnival
attire led in the frolics.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
was taken ill and had to be removed
to hit home in Kingston, in a motor
car alter the Victory parade. Many
.had noticed that Field Marshal Haig
.peeked ill while riding at the head
of his men.
No Hostility in Ireland.
"Dublin, July 19 Viscount French,
lord lieutenant and. governV gen
eral of Ireland with his staff and
' officials, took the salute of the Vic
tory march at the bank of Ireland
Saturday. The whole space of col-
' Itge green was filled with cheering
crowds and the streets were lined
with sympathetic spectators. There
' was ' no hostility displayed at any
point.
X The garrison marched with fixed
bayonets, leading a large represen
tation of demobilized soldiers. AH
the Irish regiment particularly the
Dublin fusiliers, marched in the
parade.
'Says Holland Will Not
. Give Ex-Kaiser to Allies
Geneva, July 19. It is reported
from Berne that the Dutch prince
consort, who is traveling in Switzer
land, has declared in private con
versation that Holland would for
mally refus to surrender the former
German emperor to the allies if
. asked. Holland, however, he is
quoted as saying, would not hindet
him from voluntarily appearing be
fore an allied or neutral tribunal or
from returning to Germany, as, ac
Cording to Dutch laws, the former
monarch is considered limply a po
litical exile. ' ,
Complete Plans for New
Medical Arts Building
Sixteen-Story Office Structure. for Doctors and Dentists
Will Be of Collegiate Gothic Style of Architecture
in Stone and Brick.
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The Medical Arts building, on
the southeast corner of Seventeenth
and Dodge streets, will be of steel,
stone, cement and brick, 16 stories
high, with basement. The height
from the street grade to the cornice
will be 200 feet. On the roof will
be an additional story for carpen
ter shops, fan rooms and elevator
machinery.
Entrances to the building will be
on both Dodge and Seventeenth
streets. The corner store room,
ground floor, will have entrances
from the two streets and from the
corridor. It will be occupied with
a stock of drugs. On this floor there
will be a surgical supply store, and
the balance of the floor space, as
well as space on the second and
third floors, to be occupied by Hay-
den Brothers.
The fourth floor will be occupied
by the Riggs Optical company. The
floors between the fourth and 16th
will be occupied by doctors and
dentists. The rooms will be in
suites and wide corridors are
planned. There will be marble
wainscoting and marble and tile
floors.
Five high-speed, electric eleva
tors will operate between the base
ment and the 16th floor. On the
16th floor there will be shower
baths, offices for secretaries, counsel
and reading rooms, besides an am
phitheater with a seating capacity
for 300 persons. This will be used
for meetings, demonstrations and
clinics. The kitchenette and dining
rooms will be in the story above.
There will be an exit to the roof,
which will be floored with prome
nade tile. The building will be 88x
132 feet, of collegiate Gothic style
of architecture. Thomas R. Kim
ball and John and Alan McDonald
are the architects.
ASSERT WILLIAMS
AIDED RELATIVE
IN REALTY DEAL
Sensational Charges Made in
Fight Against Comptroller
of Currency.
Washington, July 19. A new set
of sensational charges was sprung
Saturday out of the fight on the re
appointment of John Skelton Wil
liams as comptroller of the currency.
Representative McFadden of
Pennsylvania, appearing before the
house rules committee, charged that
Williams assisted his brother-in-law,
Lewis C. Williams of Richmond,
Va., in the sale of an office building
site in the capital to the government
and that the comptroller shared in
the commission for the sale. Mc
Fadden declared if the rules com
mittee did not provide for an investi
gation he would move the impeach
ment of the comptroller from the
floor of the house.
Comptroller Williams immediately
categorically denounced McFadden's
charges, declaring his brother-in-law
acted as an attorney for prop
erty owners and that the comptrol
ler not only had no concern in the
transaction, but received no part of
any commission. The comptroller
also called on the chairman of the
senate banking committee, holding
hearings on his renomination, to
summon McFadden for Monday to
give testimony and be confronted by
the comptroller.
Radical Drys Keep Up
Steam Roller Tactics
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provisions was approved, with add
ed restrictions.
By a vote of 73 to 70 an amend
ment designed to protect from in
vasion a home in the same building
and the store in which liquor was
sold- was defeated over the protest
of a few ardent prohibitionists, who
declared there was danger of con
gress going too far. The house
adopted, 71 to 51, an amendment
which would permit search of a
private dwelling used for the sale of
intoxicants.
Chairman Volstead, patron of the
bill, declared the search and seiz
ure had been the "bugaboo" of the
whole enforcement discussion, and
that the only things that could be
taken away after search was liquor
and implements for its manufacture.
Without completing: the bill the
house adjourned at 1:30 p. m. The
measure will be taken . up again
Monday.
To Give Outing.
A mid-summer festival, outing
and dance will be given by the
Union Outfitting company to its
friends and customers at Lake View
park next Wednesday evening.
WILL ATTEMPT
TO SHOW PACT
. WITH CANNERS
Work of Reavis Committee
Already Producing
Good Results.
By E. C. SNYDER
(Staff Correspondent of the Omaha
Bee.)
Washington Bureau, Omaha Bee,'
Washington, D. C, July 19. The
subcommittee of which Representa
tive Reavis of Nebraska is chairman,
charged with investigative conduct
of the war will, on Tuesday, call to
the witness stand Frank Gerber,
president, and Edward Garrell, sec
retary and treasurer of the National
Canners' association in an effort to
show that there was an understand
ing between the representatives of
the canners' association and the war
department that the canned goods
purchased by the government for
war purposes were not to be sold in.
Domestic markets after the armis
tice was signed, but would be sold
to foreign consumers or absorbed by
the army even if beans, peas, to
matoes and corn had to be included
in the daily ration of the soldier, in
order to stabilize prevailing prices.
Already the investigation of the
Reavis committee is bearing fruit,
for after 10 days of exposure of the
methods in vogue to keep goods off
domestic markets the War depart
ment has ordered that all surplus
stocks in food commodities be dis
posed of without regard to pur
chasers and officials are falling all
over themselves to get rid of food
surplusages in order to stop criti
cism. Congressman Reavis, who is
showing rare ability as an investi
gator, proposes to fix the responsi
bility for at least some part of the
high cost of living on those directly
connected with the War department
in keeping off the domestic market
millions of dollars' worth of food
stuffs which were desired by con
sumers and which, if sold, would
have had a tendency to reduce the
high cost of living.
"There is no one question that has
played. so prominent a part in the
life of nations as the food question,"
said Mr. Reavis.
"Rome nearly went to pieces be
cause its food supply was inade
quate and the French revolution wa3
the inevitable result of food short
ages. The committee of which I am
chairman proposes to go to the bot
tom of the charges of secret under
standings between certain govern
mental officials and representatives
of canning companies and packers
to keep up prices.
"The investigation we have
started upon is in the interest of the
people and it will he conducted
without fear or favor." ,
EMERSON CALM
WHEN HE HEARS
VERDICT GUILTY
Creston Undertaker Convicted
of Murder In Second De
greeJury Deliberates
Sixteen Hours.
Mt. Ayr, la., July 19. (Special
Telegram.) After deliberating 16
hours and 20 minutes, the jury in
the case of Roy Emerson, Creston
undertaker, on trial for the murder
of his mother, returned a verdict
of murder in the second degree at
10:10 a. m. today.
The Jury's verdict signed by Bert
Perkins, foreman, read: "We, the
jury, find the defendant guilty of
murder m the second degree.
Emerson flinched slightly when
the verdict was read but instantly
regained his composure and sat with
the calm indifference that has
marked his actions since the trial
started. Sentence was suspended
pending the three to five days grace
granted under the law for the at
torneys for the defense to file a mo
tion for a new trial.
The Iowa laws provide that in
cases of conviction for second de
gree murder the sentence shall be
from 20 years to life imprisonment
in the state penitentiary. It is in
cumbent upon the presiding judge
to give the maximum sentence
which may be reduced by the state
pardon board.
Body Badly Mutilated.
Mrs. Kate Emerson, mother of the
defendent, was found dead in the
bottom of an elevator shaft in the
Emerson undertaking establishment
in Creston, May 6. Her body was
badly mangled and mutilated. Both
legs were broken, her lips were cut,
one eye discolored and her arm bore
four marks on the front and one on
the back as it she had been tightly
gripped by someone.
At first it was generally consider
ed that Mrs. Emerson had commit
ted suicide. Discovery of blood
spots near the shaft, an iron brace
with red stains on it and other evi
dence, led, however, to the arrest
of her son, Py Emerson, on a
charere of muuler. The coroner's
jury returned an open verdict of
murder at the Hands ot someone
unknown." but a special session of
the grand jury was called and Roy
Emerson indicted. .He was tnen
held in jail at Creston without bail,
the trial being set for June 30. A
change of venue was granted, how
ever, and Emerson went on trial at
Mt. Ayr, Ringgold county, July 8.
Great Legal Battle.
The trial marked one of the great
est lesral battles the state has ever
witnessed. Armed only with cir
cumstantial evidence, the state left
nothing undone to convict Emerson.
Emerson, maintaining his innocence
at all times, obtained several of the
leading lawyers of the state to de
fend him and made arrangements to
sell his estate, valued at $80,000 to
pay for his defense.
The state took eight days in pre
senting its case, one day, however,
being devoted to a trip to Creston
so that the jury could inspect at
first hand the place where Mrs. Em
erson's body was found. In its ar
gument the state contended that
Emerson carefully prepared to mur
der his mother, giving as the motive
his desire to control the family es
tate, and producing testimony to
show that he had threatened her
with violence and frequently quar
reled with ner over money matters
The state's evidence showed that
an iron brace was found near the
shaft with red stains on it; that Mr?.
Emerson apparently had been beat
en and then thrown into the elevator
shaft. Blood spots were found on
the walls of the shaft and on the
floor of the room it is in. A bloody
rag was found in the room, also,
witnesses said. Other witnesses
said Roy Emerson sent a suit to a
cleaner the day after the finding of
his mother's body, and that it was
damp in spots, as if someone had
tried to clean out the spots.
The state also contended that Em
erson had repeatedly said previous
to his mother's death that she
planned suicide, maintaining that
this was done to remove suspicion
from himself. The top of Mrs. Em
erson's skull was introduced as evi
dence and an attempt made to fit
the iron brace into the dent .in it.
This demonstration was barred from
the testimony.
The defense maintained that Mrs.
Emerson committed suicide, produc
ing some 25 witnesses, most of
whom testified she had said she
planned suicide and was frequently
melancholy. The defense also scored
a point when a chemist refused to
say the stains on the iron brace
with which the state contends Em
erson killed his mother, were blood.
An adequate test could not be made,
it was said.
The defense accounted for blood
spots on the walls of the shaft and
floor and on Emerson's clothes and
the bloody rag by saying they were
only natural in an undertaking es
tablishment. It introduced testi
mony that Emerson was deeply
shocked at his mother's death and
accounted for his actions up to 3
o'clock the afternoon of her death.
The verdict was rendered by a
jury which was composed of nine
farmers, one tinner, one live stock
dealer and one salesman.
6,220 Divorces Granted
in Chicago Last Year
Chicago, July 19. When the
divorce courts adjourned for sum
mer vacations today, it was found
that a record of 6,220 decrees had
been entered for the year. The war,
liquor, and an increasing trend to
ward free love were given by some
of the judges as chief among reasons
for the increased number of divorces.
Pomerania Disturbed.
Copenhagen. July 19. The state
of siege in Pomerania has been
raised, according to advices received
here from Stettin. The counter
strike of citizens in Stettin has
ended and labor leaders have pro
claimed an immediate cessation of
the general strike and have repu
diated the idea of a breach of con
tract between employers And
workers.
Seek Mean Ground
on League Covenant
(Continued From Face One.)
necessitate renegotiation, encourage
other nations to make reservations.
cause delay and confusion, and
finally endanger the whole pan
President Wilson is said, in talking
with senators, to have described
the present political status of
Europe as a field in which it may
be very difficult to carry on suth
a reneKOtiation.
To that end the administration
forces are deemed to make a fight
for unreserved ratification. Senator
Pittman of Nevada, democrat, of
the foreign relations committee,
outlined this position to the senate
recently and will speak on the legal
aspects of reservations next week.
He takes the position that the
treaty must be considered in the
light of a contract and that not
word can be added or erased with
out the consent of the other par
ties.
Opposing: that view, some of the
republicans generally favorable to a
league take the stand .that the
treaty procedure is a less exact sci
ence than contract law, and that
reservations merely calculated to
set forth the senate's interpretation
of certain clauses could be attached
without sending the covenant back
and reopening negotiations.
May Secure Assent.
The possibility of securing the as
sent to reservations by other powers
before hand has been discussed
among republicans and democratic
senators, but if any steps have been
taken in that direction it is without
the knowledge of some of those
most interested in the reservation
problem. Some of the president's
republican callers say they do not
think it beyond the range of pos
sibility that he may secure such an
assent and then discontinue opposi
tion to such reservations as do not
in his opinion vitally weaken the
league. In his conference with Sen
ator Hitchcock, Mr. Wilson is
known to have expressed strongly
the feeling that it was only neces
sary to clear up misunderstandings
in order to reach a solution of the
senate situation. Some senators in
terpreted this position taken after
seeing seven republicans as suggest
ing that the president rrwght have
in mind some definite plan to bring
together the administration senators
and those republicans who are for
interpretative reservations.
Such a plan would not appeal to
the group of republicans led by Sen
ator Borah, republican, Idaho, who
advocate eliminating entirely some
features which the president thinks
vital. The exact extent of reser
vations favored by such senators as
Chairman Lodge of the foreign re
lations committee and Senator
Knox, republican, Pennsylvania,
never has been revealed.
The Shantung provision, which
has aroused a storm of senate pro
test, confidently is expected by
some of the president's recent call
ers to be the subject soon of a
White House declaration in the
form of a public statement or a
message to the senate. Some of
the republicans believe this declara
tion will change the aspect of this
provision, though none has an
nounced he would support it.
The senate was not in session to
day and the foreign relations com
mittee also took a rest in its pre
liminary reading of the treaty text.
Both will meet Monday. On Tues
day President Wilson is expected to
see more republican senators at the
White House.
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Among the many gabardine, Georgette,
voile, poplin and satin skirts are several
worthy of special mention.
A f 1 e sh -c o 1 ored
Georgette with rows
of fine tucks is $13.50.
A silk poplin, royal
purple, with embroi
dered bands is $13.50.
A white tub silk, prettily
made, is $5.95.
There are white gabar
dines without number,
very fine ones for only
$5.50 and $6.95 and others
up to $10.75.
The blouses were never better nor more
varied, imported voiles and Georgettes
are in greatest favor.
A white French voile with
a round neck, hand em
broidered and trimmed
with real lace is $16.50.
Another trimmed only
with very fine lace k
$10.50.
A French voile with a full
scalloped and pleated ruf
fle at the neck and cuffs is
$6.95.
A very tailored striped
dimity with a black tie is
$6.50.
On the Second Floor,
Said to Have Displayed Hun
Flag; Held to Federal Court
Sidney, Neb., July 19. (Special)
Peter Stevens, a wealthy farmer, liv
ing 20 miles northeast of Sydney,
was bound over to the federal court
Saturday, charged with espionage.
His bonds were fixed at $2,500. Wit
nesses said he hung a German flag
on his house, July 4.
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Our Sensational Rug
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values uonunue
All This Week
The
hand
somest Piano
ever made stands in
the White House-
placed there during the
Roosevelt administration. It
is a Steinway. Having no dupli
cate, its value as a work of art would
be difficult to compute. Its value as a
musical instrument is incalculable vet
in tone, touch and mechanical equipment it ,
is the exact counterpart of scores of Stein
way Grands standing on the floors of our
warerooms, ready for delivery to the read
ers of this newspaper. In the broader sense every
Steinway is an Art Piano the individual work of
the great masters of piano building.
Uprights, 675 and Up
Grands, $1,050 and Up
Other Instruments Taken in Exchange
Schmoller & Mueller
Piano Company
Everything in Music 1311 Farnaa Street
Our unprecedented values in Rugs and Floor Coverings
will continue this week. It is positively impossible for any
competitor to beat our prices. Ilere you will find beautiful
patterns in a variety of shades, including Axminsters,.
Wiltons, and Velvets. All prices at figures which will be
impossible for us to duplicate for many a day. If you need
a Rug make it a point to come here early tomorrow and take
advantage of this remarkable salfi.
Onyx Tapestry Rugs, 9x12.
for $19.35
Edgemero Rugs, 8-3x10-6,
tor $19.65
Hudson Tapestry Rugs,
7-6x9 $14.80
Velvet Rugs, 6x9 $21.50
Alpine Axminster Rugs,
9x12 $33.85
Ardsley Axminster Kugs,
7-69 Y $28.25
Wilton Velvet Ruga at 3314
Discount
Exceptional high grade Velvet
Rug, 9x12 $49.00
Room size Fibre Wool Ruga as
low an $6.85
All Refrigerators Are Marked at Especially Low
Prices to Close Out. Every One a Bargain.
Complete Home Outfits
Our July Clearance sale offersextraordinary Inducements for
those seeking complete .Home Outfits. Attractively priced durable
furniture Is the only kind we sell. It pays to trade at the State.
We own the building. Btiny out of the high rent district ena
us to sell merchandise at prices which mean a distinct sating to you.
Liberty Bonds Taken at Par
STATE FURNITURE ftOMPAHY
Opp. U. P. Bldg.
14th and Dodge Sts.
Freight Prepaid Within 100 Miles,
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