THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 19X9.
CARNIVAL TO BE
HELD SEPTEMBER
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The Ak-Sar-Ben carnival will be
held this year from September 24
to October 4 on the grounds where
it has been held in previous years,
Fifteenth street and Capitol avenue.
This announcement was made at
the "den" last night by the board of
governors. "Dad" Weaver has re-
- turned from Michigan where he
closed a contract with the Kennedy
Shows to bring an aggregation of
. attractions, including Jolly Nelly, a
giddy young girl of 742 pounds, of
whom "Dad" brought a photograph.
The new Ak-Sar-Ben field at Sixty-second
and Center streets, will
not be readv for the carnival this
year but will be ready by the fall of
1920.
Iowans Attend Show.
Extreme heat had no effect on
the attendance at "The Wandering
Juice." The big crowd of last night
came from Carson, Elliott, Hender
son, Griswold. Traynor and Lewis,
Iowa towns. They came in automo
biles and by train and the Elliott
people brought a brass band with
them which did some eood work in
tUm ntrfainmrnt.
The membership reached 3,752 and
'the board of governors announced
. that the time limit has been extend
ed to August 15. AnyDociy wun a
good reputation and ten bucks can
become a knight of Ak-Sar-Ben up
to that date and a cordial welcome is
extended to all. In fact, the wel
come is more than cordial.
. The show of last night was up to
its usual lofty -standard in spite of
the heat. Charles Gardener took
the part of "Satan," while Henry
Dunn, the usual interpreter of that
' role, sat in the audience and ap
plauded. Oscar Lieben tried his
hand at "John Barleycorn," and
n;- AfilW tnnt Oscar' recular
place a the charming "Terpsi-
cnore.
To Entertain Editors.
Next Monday night there is to be
"something doing" for the Nebraska
editors who will be in Omaha. The
show is billed to outdo itself on this
sala occasion. Delegations are also
to come from Walt Hill, Neb., and
other towns.
Col. H. C. Osterman of the Lin
coln Highway commission, was one
of the speakers of last night. He
boosted for the great highway of
which Omaha is the center and said
the Ak-Sar-Ben show was as good
a show as the Lincoln highway is
highway. He has made 18 round
trips across the United States by au-
, tomobile.
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the transcontinenal motor trans
port train of the United States army,
which reached Omaha today, was
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anoiiier spcancr. jvuii
Carson, la., a prominent Ak-Sar-Ben
booster, also spoke.
Robert Clayton of Honolulu, H. I.,
. was one of the visitors.
National C. of C. Votes
for rnvate Ownership
of Country's Railroads
Denver, July 28. Commercial and
industrial organizations of the
United States are overwhelmingly in
favor of private ownership and op
eration of railroads under govern
mental supervision, according to an
nouncement here Monday of results
of a referendum vote taken by the
United States Chamber of Com
merce. Officials of the chamber,
who are touring the west, made the
announcement at a banquet tendered
them by Denver business men.
AH but one of 10 recommenda
tions for remedial legislation, draft
ed by the railroad committee of the
thamber were approved by a
two-thirds vote. The rejected
leiislatinn Halt with navmMif
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into a fund of a share of the excess
earned by any railroad over an
equitable return upon fair value of
Arnlurlii
WHEN BRAIN WEARY
' Tik Horaford' Arid Phoaphat
tnd relieve the headache due to mental
train, worry or over-work. Adv.
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Buy Your
Hartmann
Wardrobe
Trunk
NOW!
The rising market is
making trunks cost
more.
The labor shortage
makes it very doubtful
if you can buy these
trunks at all later on.
Freling
& Steinle
Omaha's Best B-fgege
Builders
1803 Farnam
Straw Vote of Bee Shows
Peace Treaty. in Present
Form Opposed by Six to One
Of a Total of 619 Persons Filling Out Bee Coupons, 535
Are Against Ratification of Pact in Present Form,
While But 84 Favor It One-fourth of Coupons
Sent in by Women.
Favoring ratification of peace treaty without reser
vations 84
Favoring ratification of peace treaty with cer
tain reservations 164
Against the league of nations as a whole 371
Total against peace treaty in present form 535
Total for ratification of peace treaty in its present
form . . . , 84
For peace treaty 84
Against treaty 535
Plurality against treaty 451
Above figures show the result of
a three days' straw vote of The Bee
on the peace treaty and the league
of nations issue.
As the league of nations is a part
of the peace treaty in its present
form, 535 people oppose the treaty
as it now stands against, but 84 fa
vor it and urge a speedy ratification
by the senate. The straw vote, as
conducted by The Bee, shows an
opposition to the peace treaty of
better than six to one.
About one-fourth of the signers
of coupons are women, a sure sign
that the 20th century woman is well
acquainted with political issues and
takes great interest in national and
international- affairs pertaining to
the safety and national integrity of
the country.
All Walks of Life
Men and women of all walks of
life are the signers of the coupons
with farmers, lawyers and phy
sicians predominating.
A great many petitioners enclosed
letters with the coupons explaining
their stand on the two issues. Many
of the letters opposing the league of
nations come from dyed-in-the-wood
democrats, who do not fail to ex
press their opposition to the ad
ministration's issues. Only one of
the 84 persons favoring the ratifica
tion of the peace treaty in its pres
ent form expressed his opinion on
the subject. He wrote as follows:
"I favor ratification of the peace
treaty without reservations. I also
favor abolishment of the senate;
the way some of the senators are
talking. Joseph Perk"rh, Maywood,
Neb."
From the great mass of letters op
posing the peace treaty or the
league of nations issue, we quote the
following:
Says Sold Our Birthright.
Moses Bradford, 6912 South
Twenty-eighth street, city: "As it
looks to a descendant of the Pil
grims of the famous Mayflower we
have sold our birthright and soldiers
to Europe and cancelled our Decla
ration of Independence. We are
big enough to attend to our own
business without the consent of eith
er Europe or Japan."
Prof. Henry Olerich, 2219 Lari-
more avenue, city: "I am heartily in
favor of a just peace treaty and a
real democratic league of nations,
but am uncompromisingly opposed
to the Versailles peace treaty of In
justice and its autocratic league of
nations. With its numerous man
datories, it is not a league of na
tions but a league of grasping dip
lomats bent on militarism, navalism,
imperialism and plutocracy appar
ently aiming to dominate over the
weaker nations and the real wealth
producers of the world. I can not
discern a grain of real justice and
genuine democracy in either the
peace treaty or the league of nations
covenant. The adoption of them in
their present form will be an ever
lasting disgrace to modern civiliza
tion. They should not be merely
amended, but be entirely rewritten
by competent delegates at a new
world peace conference held at
some neutral place."
Emil Cosart, South Omaha,
signs his letter a Belgian-American
and writes: "I am agains the peace
treaty for many reasons. One of
them is the secrecy with which
President Wilson tries to keep the
truth about the pact away from the
American people and even con
gress." John W. Yeager of the Hatrford
Fire insurance company, Omaha
branch, writes in part as follows: "I
freely admit that the idea of a
league of nations is good, but from
a study of the peoples of the na
tions, coupled with their traditions,
racial sentiments ond geographical
locations, I am forced to the con
clusion that the league under the
present draft at least is impractica
ble and will mean that a large and
unnecessary burden shall rest upon
our shoulders with no benefit to be
derived therefrom for us."
Peter H. Lubisher, Forty-eighth
avenue and R street, South Side, ex
presses the belief that at least eight
tenths of the thinking people of
America are opposed to the league.
From time to time The Bee will
continue to publish extracts from
letters from readers, expressing
their opinion on the peace treaty and
the league of nations issue, and also
publish the status of the popular
voting contest on these issues.
Say "Big Five" Packers
Fix Price Level at
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operation of a private and very
complex business. It enacted those
would be to the great injury of not
only the packer but the live stock
producer and the consumer as well.
Refused Federal Hearing;.
"The Cudahy interests have fre
quently requested the Federal Trade
commission to give us a hearing or
to exhibit any evidence which they
may have to justify their charges
against us, and no such opportunity
has been allowed us. j
"Most of the statements of the
federal commission are unfair and
erroneous. For example, in their
present report we understand that
they class the Wichita Union Stock
yards as being one of those con
trolled by the big five. They are not
so controlled and never have been.
Many years ago our company was
solicited by the stock yards com
pany to take over a small plant at
Wichita, and to aid in establishing
the market there. We received a
bonus of stock in the company as
was usual at the time and entirely
legal. We have spent hundreds of
thousands of dollars developing the
plant and the market, and we believe
that no citizen of Wichita, nor any
live stock shipper to that market
will take any other position than
that our interests there have been
largely to the benefit of the town
and the live stock shipper. Of
course ,it has been successful. That
is what we are in business for.
Neither Armour, Morris, .Wilson nor
Swift have any stock interests in
the Wichita yards. In all the re
maining list of stock yards markets
our company has no interest at all
with the exception of a few shares
in one locality, but the charge is
made that the big five control them
all. This shows how figures may be
juggled and false impressions cre
ated. Ownership of stock in a stock
yards company gives no control
over the market price or the com
mission men there."
Repeat Same Charges.
Louis F. Swift, president of Swift
and company, referring to the re
port of the Federal Trade commis
sion said:
"The Federal Trade commissfon
is issuing its report piece-meal, ap
parently with the idea of keeping up
a continuous agitation against the
packing industry. This latest bcoad
side, according to such report as I
have seen, repeats the same old
charges, contains the same misrepre
sentation, and does our industry the
same injustice, as in previous re
ports." "In the ownership of stock yards
we arc proud of the fact that we have
improved marketing methods and
thereby encouraged greater live
stock production, as ev. impar
tial student of the problem knows.
Ownership of yards gives a packer
no control of prices or trading
methods.
"The whole contention of the
commission that we control and
manipulate prices is simply not
based on facts. Our fluctuating prof
its, averaging only a fraction of a
cent per pound of meats, and often
becomuig losses for weeks at a time,
alone refute this contention.
"We have proved conclusively in
congressional hearings at Washing
ton that the trade commission can
support its conclusions only by
stooping to distortion of fact, and
suppression of vital evidence. It is
a shame that we should have to sub
mit to this sort of indignity from a
department of the government."
Nebraska Congressman
To Be Seen in "Movie"
Washington, July 28. (Special
Telegram.) Representative Mc
Laughlin of the Fourth Nebraska
district will soon be seen in a
"movie," the representative of one
of the largest graphic companies
having filmed the congressman as
he walked up the steps of the house
office, building, because the states
man from York has introduced a
bill repealing all the so-called lux
ury taxes and providing additional
taxation on incomes to offset the
loss.
BLACK BELT IN
CHICAGO SCENE
OF FIERCE FIGHTS
Seven Killed and Many
Wounded in Race War That
Holds- Part of Windy
City in Its Grasp.
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a street car by a negro. He was
soon lying unconscious against the
curb. The angry whites had left
him for dead.
Groups of blacks formed in foot
ball fashion and charged against
whites with razors and clubs. On
one corner the scene was like a
miniature battle ground. Uncon
scious negroes and whites dotted
the street. As they regained con
sciousness they were arrested or
permitted to leave the neighbor
hood. Women Battle in Yard.
While the main battles were in
progress, women blacks and whites
battled away in front yards with
brooms and missiles. In one of
these fights a white woman was
knocked unconscious and taken to
a hcpital. '
In one battle on Thirty-fourth
street, negroes knocked two police
men unconscious and were drawing
guns when a group of discharged
negro soldiers came to the rescue of
the whites. In another battle soon
after, three policemen were shot.
One may die.
In an effort to prevent quick
transportation of rifle-bearing po
licemen from one section to another,
the negroes began cutting telephone
and telegraph wires.
The blacks began firing on street
car conductors and motormen when
they refused to allow negro passen
gers to board their cars because of
threats made by white passengers.
One conductor was reported shot in
the leg.
Ambulances and patrol wagons
threaded their way through the
black belt throughout the early
hours of the night.
Creep Into Alleys.
A number of wounded negroes
crept into alleys and other dark
places. When they were found
they were hurried to the Provident
hospital for colored, which for sev
eral hours received a virtual proces
sion of injured men and terror
stricken women.
The more seriously wounded ne
groes participated in a battle with
whites near Thirty-fifth and State
streets. Several thousand of the
blacks congregated at this point
within a period of 10 minutes. It
was an orderly gathering for a time.
Suddenly four maddened negroes
raced up State street surrounding
the home of a white man. In a
twinkling shots began to fly in all
directions. More than a score of
negroes fell. Some were carried off
by companions.
For more than two blocks along
one street negro snipers fired from
house tops and windows. Not a
single death resulted from this
method of warfare however.
Cars Stop Running.
After a motorman had been
dragged from his car and killed by
a group of maddened blacks, shortly
before midnight and a dozen street
cars wrecked, the street car com
pany ordered that no more cars be
taken into the troubled area. The
elevated trains also quit running in
dangerous territory.
Troops continued to move to a
centralized point on the couth side
throughout the night, but up to mid
night they bad not been ordered to
begin patrolling the streets. This
was explained by the statement
that the outbreaks had slackened to
such an extent that the police could
afford as much protection as the
the troops.
Hundreds of stenographers, clerks
and other loop employes who must
pass through the black belt to reach
their homes remained in the busi
ness district hotels and at north
side lodging places.
Pool rooms, moving picture
houses and other gathering places
in the black belt were ordered
clostd.
While the black belt was seething
with strife, negro educators and
churchmen sent out appeal after ap
peal that the negroes go to their
homes and keep peace.
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POSTUM
instead of
coffee?
Every reason worth
while .
Price! .
Health!
Satisfaction!
Think it oven
"There's a Reason?
Omaha Will Welcome
Army Transport Today
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tion of "pontoon bridge" in real
ity a large scow to the city of
Omaha by Colonel McClure, and the
ascension of a balloon at Fort
Omaha, which will be located in the
sky this evening by the signal corps'
powerful 3,000,000-candle. power
searchlight.
Colonel McClure and his staff of
twenty-five officers were entertained
at dinner last evening by Gould
Dietz and a welcoming committee of
Omahans at the latter's apartments
at the HoteJ Fontenelle. The colonel
delighted his guests with stories of
his trip across country and the ob
servations made.
"The time will come," he said,
"when trans-continental cross-country
trips willbe an every day mat
ter." At Council Bluffs the convoy's
personnel was tendered a royal re
ception last night. The mayor and
a committee of citizens motored to
Missouri Valley and greeted the
train, accompanying them into the
city. The entire convoy was parked
for the night on the blocks sur
rounding Eaylin park. Immediately
on arrival every man repaired to
Lake Manawa for a "plunge."
Iowa Towns Decorate.
At Honey Creek and Loveland,
small towns along the 'Lincoln
Highway into Council Bluffs, stores
and homes were gayly decorated
with numerous flags and bunting.
Large crowds of people gathered at
both places. At Council Bluffs
Red Cross girls served refresh
ments. Barring, what might be called a
small "riot" at Denison, Sunday
night, when a "conscientious nh.
jector" saw fit to ridicule members
ot tne convoy s personnel and was
at once "effectively silenced," the
trin across Iowa nrnrfcrli-H with.
out incident. The men were wel
comed at Cedar Rapids, la., Satur
day. The Omaha committee. heaHrvl
bv T. B. Lionbercer. rf the Dnuhi
Automobile Trades commission, re
quests that all automobiles ex
pecting to participate in the parade
todav be on hand at Ni nth an A
Douglas streets at 8 o'clock. At
least 50 Omaha cars are expected
to take part in the parade.
L. B. Johnson, good roads expert,
who is making the tour with the
convoy, will speak at 12:30 o'clock
at the Chamber of Commerce on
"The Transcontinental Transport."
H. L. Osterman, vice president and
field secretary of the Lincoln High
way association, will attend the
meeting. The bill now before con
gress requesting that the govern
ment officially recognize and main
tain the Lincoln Highway will be
discussed.
Dead Body Located
In Thicket by Posse ,
After Long Search
Lightning Destroys
Hangar Housing
Big Bombing Planes
Mineola, N. Y.," July 28. Three
bombing planes, including the Mar
tin machine in which Capt. Roy N.
Francis planned to leav next Fri
day on a transcontinental flight,
were wrecked by a terrific1 electrical
storm, which, sweeping over Long
Island Monday afternoon, struck a
steel, hangar at Hazlehurst field.
Berkeley, Cal.. July 28. The body
of Mrs. Ethel S. MacGregor, who
disappeared from her home here 10
days ago. was found in some brush t
a few miles north of Berkeley, hy J
her husband, who headed a search
ing party composed of approximate-"
ly i, ww persons yesterday. Ueath
had been caused by a bullet wound.
A revolver lay near the body. Mrs.
MacGregor was in poor health. She
was the mother of a two months'
old baby.
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Germans Obtain Loan
of $100,000,000 in America
London, July 28. An American
loan of $100,000,000 has been ob
tained by Martin Nordegg, repre
senting the Deutschbank of Berlin,
according to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Berlin. It was said 10
per cent of the loan would be de
posited in foreign bonds to the Ger
man bank's credit.
IThelThomDson T3elden Store
A "Month-End Tumult" Sale
2 Specials from
Th Men's SEiop
75c Handker
chiefs, 59c.
A pure Irish linen
handkerchief in any
width hem, or with
cord or tape borders.
Tuesday only.
$2 Ties for $1.65
Any $2 tie in stock
goes at this price
Tuesday. '
To the Left A You Enter
Silk Hosiery
In Out Sizes
White silk hose with lisle
top and sole, $2 a pair.
Vhite silk boot hose with
lisle top and sole, $1.50.
White lisle hose, 85c.
Silk lisle hose, very sheer
and fine, with garter top
and double sole, $1.25 a
pair.
Woolen Fabrics
The azsortment of Fall
Tooolcn materials is very
complete. An early
selection might be wise,
as the prices are to
be much higher this
Winter.
Taffetas for
Much Less
Belding's taffeta in many
shades, 36 Inches wide, $3
quality, for $2.19.
Black, taffeta, 36 -inch,
$2.50 quality, Tuesday,
$1.95. $2 quality, Tues
day, $1.69.
A Disposal of Every
Cotton Gabardine Skirt
For $4.89
Fine white gabardines, well tailored,
with becoming wide belts and novel
tjes in the line of pockets.
Oj Interest to Stout Women
There are plenty of larger sizes, any
woman whose waist measure is be
tween 30 and 36 may feel sure of being
fitted in this sale.
Skirts Formerly up to $15
Tuesday, only $.89 .
. . , Waist Measures 24 to 36 . . .
ALL SALES FINAL. NO ALTERATIONS.
Sale of Gowns and Pajamas
A number of very fine nainsook and batiste gowns in
pale pink and white, have been underpriced for Tuesday.
A pink batiste gown for
stout women, size 20, is
hemstitched around the
neck and short sleeves,
$1.69.
A white nainsook in
smaller sizes has a pointed
neck and either or ki
mono sleeves, $1.69.
PAJA
A one-piece suit of flower
ed crepe, lavender flowers
on a pale pink ground,
is $2.25.
A lavender soisette suit,
made in a coat and trouser
style, but in one piece, is
trimmed with white silk
frogs, $2.98.
A very pretty white one
with a square neck and no
sleeves, has shirring at the
waistline, $1.69.
There are others at $2.25
and $3.75 in varying
styles.
MAS
A white soisette, trimmed
with Roman striped rib
bon, is $1.69.
These are merely ex
amples, there are other
styles and shades at these
prices.
On the Third Floor
A Bargain
Table
The Art Department
goes through the stock
each day' and clears out
the odd pieces. These
are placed on the
counter and greatly un
derpriced. Art Dept. Third Floor
Neckwear
A great variety of dis
tinctive collars, vestees,
collar and cuff sets, coat
collars, ties,, and vest
ings by the yard, may be
had in this department
at very reasonable
prices.
