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(I THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1919. WILSON TALKS PEACE TREATY WITHJENATE ; Declares League of Nations Covenant Imposes No Moral Obligations for Use of -Military. . (CofltinMd from Tf One.) ' on Japan's proposal for a racial equality clause in the league cove nant he said he could not disclose " ''in the interest of international good understanding' 'and for the same reason he said he could not go into the negotiations over the French frontier or give the committee a k copy of the record of Japan's Shan tung promise. Early action on the treaty was urged in a statement by the presi dent at the outset of the conference. This was necessary, he held, so that a peace basts might be reached and the other treaties under negotia- ' tions ndw at Versailles were being delayed until the world learned what would happen to the treaty with Germany, He said he saw no rea sonable objection to senate reserva tions, but thought it unwise to in corporate them in the ratification it self. Moral Obligation Superior. In reply to a long series of ques tions by Senator Brandegee, repub lican, Connecticut, the president waS led into an exhaustive discussion of -the commingling of moral and legal obligations in treaties. "A moral obligation," said Mr. r Wilson, "is, of course, superior to a legal obligation, and if I may say so, has a greater binding force. In every moral obligation there is an ; element of judgment: in a legal ob ( ligation there is no element of judg ment." Senator Brandegee suggested 1 there er no important distinctions "because we are obligated in any event." "I think it is of the greatest im ' portance," replied the president, "be- cause of the element of judgment enters into it." Indifferent to Foreign Criticism. "But I am assuming." returned ; Mr, Brandegee, "if the council should advise us to do a certain thing and congress refused to do it, and if very other nation's repre sentative assembly can do the same thing, it seems to me like a rope of sand and not an effective tribunal, which would result in pro moting peace." ' "The reason I do not agree with . you,' 'Mr. Wilson replied, "is that I do not think such a refusal would likely often occur. I believe it would be only upon the gravest grounds and in case congress is right, I am indifferent to foreign criticism." Senator Harding, republican, Ohio, said there was no necessity of a "written compact for this re public to fulfill its moral obligations to civilization," to which the presi dent reioined: "But It steadies, the whole-world - by its promise beforehand that it will,,tand with other nations of similar judgment to maintain right in the world." When Senator Brandegee asked the president's opinion on the con crete case of the present trouble between Roumania and Hungary, the president said he could not answer- because that would involve passing judgment on a foreign pol itical question in a way he consid ered inadvisable. Authorities in Disagreement. Senator Braudegee also called at tention that many authorities on in ternational law had differed as to the meaning of various provisions of the treaty and that Charles E. Hughes, William Howard Taft and Elihu Root had suggested reserva " tions, but the president insisted that , he thought it perfectly safe to leave the present language to the intcrpre . tation of future statesmen without fear that the United States would suffer by their construction. When Senator Fall, republican, New Mexico, suggested that any amendments to the league covenant would not require Germany's assent is it was not a member of the league, the president replied he never had thought of that feature. He disagreed with Senators Bran r degee and Knox, republican, Penn sylvania, who asserted that the treaty would come into force among all the signatories as soon as three had ratified it. For more than three hours the , committee members questioned the 7 president and afterward they stayed for lunch at the White House. : When the recess was taken there . had been no discussion whether the meeting was to be resumed during 1 the afternoon, but later it was de cided not to do so. There was no iutimation tonight whether the com- Ms .What does your coffee - cost you More money -headaches : sleeplessness? ; viTherefc a reason in fact there are - many reasons tor changing from coffee to Instant Postum ' at grocers mittee would seek a further confer ence. Tomorrow it will resume its open hearings at the capitol. Leaves List of Questions. Senator Fall left with Mr. Wilson a list of questions, which the latter said he would reply to at length later. They concern the powers of the president or congress to declare a state of peace, details of the re sumption of trade and diplomatic relations with Germany, what dis position is to be made of the Ger man colonies and the need for American representation on various European construction committees. The president's declaration of a compelling moral obligation under the league was emphasized in a statement issued jointly tonight by Senators Borah, Idaho, and John son, California, republican members of the committee and two of the bitterest opponents to the treaty in its present form. They declared the day's testimony had borne out their claim that the league would lead to foreign complications. They also pointed out that Senator John son had developed in the day's meeting that a good part of the ter ritorial settlement resulting from the war was yet to be determined. The arrangements for publishing a transcript of the discussion which grew out of a suggestion from the committee that senators be not re quired to keep the proceedings in confidence, had Mr. Wilson's per sonal supervision. After the com mittee had departed he went to the White House basement, where the newspaper correspondents were waiting for the last of the steno graphic report, and asked whether everything there was going smoothly. "I came down," he said to the correspondents, "to inquire of you gentlemen if the report of the con ference was handled the way you wanted." Question of Moral Obligations. The president in his statement at the opening of the conference said he believed only the meaning of cer tain parts of the league covenant stood in the way of ratification of the treaty. Later Senator Brandegee told him he had been wrongly in formed on that subject as there was much serious opposition in the sen ate to the Shantung provisions and to other features. When the question of moral obli gation was raised, Senator Harding suggested that the covenant provi sions might amount to "surrendering the suggestion of a moral obligation for this republic to the prejudices and necessities of the nations of the old world." "I do not understand that we do surrender," replied the president. "Would you not understand a de cree by the council to be a sugges tion of this moral obligation?" "Certainly I would, but we would have to concur in that before it had any force of any kind." "Then what permanent value is there to this compact." "The greateft permanent value is the ooint that I have raised. We are assuming that the United States will not concur in the greatest moral judgment of the world. In my opin ion she generally will. Asked whether all the British do minions would be barred from vot ing on any question affecting the British empire, the president said that in such a case the entire em pire would have but one vote. Referring to the clause in the spe cial defensive treaty with France, which provides that it can come into force only if approved by the league, Mr. Brandegee asked whether it was constitutionally proper for the senate to approve a treaty with the decision of its validity left to a body not yet organized- The president said he saw no objection. Considers Meaning Plain. "It is true, is it not," asked Sena tor Brandegee, "that if difficulties arise as to the construction of any provision in the treaty with Ger many after we have passed from jhe scene, what we thought the pro vision meant will not be very pow erful in the construction that will be placed upon it by those who then have to determine what it means." "The vote of the United States will be essential," Mr. Wilson replied. "I do not mean that. The fact that you think now that everything in the treaty is plain, and the fact that I think there is grave doubt about some of the provisions, will not seriously affect the opinion of the council?" "No, but the plain wording of the treaty will have a great deal to do and the meaning of the wording is plain." "That is simply another way of stating, is it not, that you are clear in your opinion?" queried the sena tor. "No, sr, if is a question of being confident what language means, not confident of an opinion." "But the language is in dispute now between you and certain law yers of the country and certain senators, as to its meaning." Senator Bandegee added that with regard to article 10, his own under standing of the language was quite clear, continuing that the provision was an obligation in a contract. "and I know of but one way to per form an obligation that you have contracted to perform, and that is to perform it." Free to Exercise Judgment. The president then made this statement of his understanding of the obligation under that article to follow the advice of the council: "I take it for granted that in practically every case the United States would respond. I quite agree with you that a moral obligation is to be fulfilled and I am confident that our nation will fulfill it, but that does not remove from each in dividual case the element of judg ment which we are free to exercise in two stages: "We are first free to exercise it in the vote of our representative on the council who will of course act under instructions from the home government and in the second place, we are to exercise it when the pres ident, acting upon the action of the council, makes his recommendation to congress. "Then congress," Mr. Wilson added, "is to exercise its judgment as to whether the instructions of the executive to our member of the council were well founded or not and whether this is a case of distinct moral obligation." Asked by Senator Johnson wheth er the obligations assumed under the treaty "go to the extent of com pelling us to maintain American troops in Europe," Mr. Wilson re plied: "Such small bodies, as are neces- TROOPS CROSS MEXICAN BORDER ON A 'HOT TRIAL' Punitive Expedition Sent in Pursuit of Bandits Who Held American Avia tors for Ransom. cap- Continued from Pe On.) bandits were overtaken and tured by American troops. Fennell said the bandits carried high-powered rifles in their hands when Matlack escaped with Davis. The Mexicans were so astonished at the nerve of the officer they failed to shoot until the hjrse car tying the aviator and the cavalry commander disappeared across the river in the darkness. Refused to Wait for Signal. It developed today that Captain Matiack refused to wait for firing of the signal flare from the Mexican mountain and crossed the liver at 1J-.55 a. m., after the hour agreed for the firing of the flares had passed without a signal. Captain Matlack became worried over the fate of the aviators and decided to cross alone to the bandit rendez vous and see what had happer.vd. Soon after Captain Matlack had crossed the river to Mexico Fennell saw the signal flare from tlic Mex ican side fired and Fennell fired a flare from the American side notify ing the Mexicans that Captain Mat lack had crossed. Lieutenants Peterson and Davis were anxious to return with the troops. The men had not been shaved for nine days. Their uni forms were muddy, snagged by cac tus and wrinkled from swimming the river. According to the men, Renteria failed to carry out his plan to com mandeer their uniforms to take to his leader as evidence that the avia tors had been killed. From descriptions given by the aviators the bandit leader was Jesus Renteria, well known in the Big Bend-Ojinaga district, and not Chi co Cano, although Renteria may have been operating under Cano's orders, as Cano is known to be in the district opposite Candelaria. According to reports, Renteria, who lost a leg and an arm in a train wreck in Kansas, wears artificial limbs. The aviators said Renteria was the Mexican who negotiated with Captain Matlack until midnight last night regarding details of the delivery of the ransom. Comb Mountains for Bandits. United States cavalry troops spread out over a wide extent of Mexican country south of the Rio Grande today and .:nmbed the mountains for bandits. The bandits, with five hours and a half start on the American punitive expedition, are believed to have scat tered in the mountain passes and canyons. It will be necessary to search every square mile of the rough country below the border, in the opinion of officers, to find the men. American aviators who left the flying field here early today were scouting the entire Ojinaga district. Because of the nature of the coun try, it is believed, it will be a diffi cult task to locate the bandits from the air. Mexican Troops n Guard. Mexican federal troops from Oji naga are acting to prevent a clash between the American forces and Carranza's men. It is not known how many are in the bandit band. Lieutenants Davis -and Peterson saw six men. There were 20 other bandits at a ranch where the bandits stopped. The American aviators were told the band numbered 60. The bandits had American-made ammunition and gave the aviators some as souvenirs. The reported appearance of Chico Cano and other small bands of out laws along the Mexican side of the river yesterday is believed to have been connected with Renteria's ac tivities. All suspicious Mexicans picked up by the troops on the Mexican side will be questioned closely to estab lish their identity. Elmer Donnel of St. Louis, di rector of relief for the American Red Cross, is here arranging for nurses, ambulances and surgical dressings for punitive expedition troops. Fennell today told the first con nected story of events preceding the crossing of the American aviators to the United States today. He out lined preliminary negotiations Mon day between Captain Matlack and the Mexican brother-in-law of Ren teria, who acted as a go-between. Fennell said the bandits insisted Uie delivery of the aviators be made after dark so flares might be seen. I he go-between crossed to San An tonio, Chihuahua, opposite Cande laria, and selected the spot where the aviators were to be delivered. It was at an old Cottonwood tree a mile and a half south of San Antonio. The go-between then returned to the American side and said arrange ments had been completed. When the flares agreed upon failed to show after midnight Cap tain Matlack crossed. He was gone more than half an hour, returning with Lieutenant Peterson. As he rode into Candelaria Captain Mat lack said: "Here's one of them, thank God." Returning to the old cottonwood, Captain Matlack told Lieutenant Davis to get on behind. Then the captain spurred his horse without delivering the balance of the money. "You can go plumb to hell, I'm going back, the . captain shouted as he galloped across the river. When Captain Matlack dismounted, Fen nell said he shook the money in their faces. "Look at that; I'm going back to morrow and get the rest of that money," the captain told them, Fen nell said. "The aviators were elated over their experience once across the river," said Fennell. "We asked them if they had a good time. Davis said: "I'll say I did." . Joke About Experiences. "The aviators were anything but dapoer flying corps men brought acro'ss the river." Fennell continued. "Peterson, tall, slender, his face al most hidden by eight days' growth of beard, and Davis, short and stout, with laughing eyes, seemed filled with joy of living after their experi ences. Both were very serious when they first crossed the border. After they had notified their parents and had something to eat, both joked about their experiences, es pecially the fact that they were com pletely lost. "Neither man was hurt by the fall of the biplane. The aviators be lieved the accident was caused by the fact that their oil suply had been exhausted. "The men had only a quarter can teenful of water, but drank from the Concho. They said the bandit Ren teria forced them to write messages asking fdr the ransom and read the messages to see if the sum was correct." Bandits in Future to Be "Handled Without Gloves" Washington, Aug. 19. No offi cial announcements are being made of how the United States govern ment intends to handle the bandit nuisance in northern Mexico fron: this point on, but there is every evi dence that all preparations have been made to meet future depredations with a swift movement of troops such as now is being conducted against the desperadoes who held the two army aviators for ransom. Swift moving cavalry, fully equip ped with machine guns and guided by airplanes, it is understood, will be relied upon, and will be prepared to move quickly from strategic points along the border of the ban dit country on the Rio Grande. Organization of the border guard to insure the greatest speed in these movements has been completed, the cavalry regiments being so dis tributed as to place the nucleus of a flying column at carefully selected points along the Rio Grande. Movement of troops of the Eighth cavalry into Mexico today inaug urated the new plan, according to officials and from this time on sim iliar incidents "will be handled with out gloves." In announcing that Maj. Gen. Jo seph T. Dickman, commanding the southern department, had acted on instructions from the War depart ment Secretary Baker intimated that enly the danger in which the two of ficers were placed prevented an at tempt to rescue them by force. "When the reports came of the capture of these two officers and their being held for ransom," Sec retary Baker said, "the hour of ex ecution was fixed on the next day in default of the ransom being paid. There was, of course, no opportunity to make a military rescue within such a time and I therefore directed that the ransom money be paid and our force be arranged to take up the hot trail of the bandits and pursue them with the hope of being able to capture as many as possible." Details of how the dash was con ducted were left entirely to General Dickman, the only requirement be ing that it should be made with a "swiftly moving force." Cavalry with machine guns and guarded by airplanes, would be used. If captives are taken they will be brought to the United States. The close proximity of the bandit rendezvous to the border led the hope that the American troops might overtake them before they would haxe time to scatter. Feeling Tense Among Dwellers Along Border El Paso, Tex., Aug. 19. Feeling is tense regarding the border situation among the inhabitants of isolated towns along the border in New Mexico and Arizona, according to information received here late today by military officials. Americans wired that the Mexicans in these border towns outnumber them and that great excitement prevails. The Mexicans have quit work in many in stances the report says, awaiting further development on the Amer ican side of the line. Army men here admitted the possibility of sending more troops to these border posts, but no action has been taken. Texas Guard Mobilized for Service on Border Austin, Tex., Aug. 19. Gov. W. P. Hobby today instructed the Ad jutant General's department to have the Texas national guard ready to respond to an emergency call for service on the border. GREEK CHARGED WITH ATTACKING WOMANIN HOME Man Under Arrest Denies Having Evil Intentions; Will Be Arrainged in Court Today. Andrew Paul, an itinerant Greek, is in the city jail held for investiga tion in connection with an "assault which he is charged to have at tempted UDon Mrs. Marv Alcorn, a young married woman living at 1012 rourth street. Council Klutts. the attack took place in Mrs Alcorn's home at 10 o'clock yesterday morn ing. Mrs. Alcorn is soon to become a mother and her delicate condi tion renedered it impossible for her to attend the afternoon session of police court yesterday and the hear ing of Pauls was fixed for this morning. Mrs. Alcorn was alone at her home when the Greek entered. He had rapped at the front door, and getting no response, opened it and walked in, meeting Mrs. Alcorn as she was coming out of the bathroom He rushed forward, seized her in his arms and made insulting proposi tions, she charged. The man re leased her and ran from the house when she screamed, she said. She then ran to the home of her next door neighbor, Mrs. Best, who called the police. Patrol Driver R. C. Brown jumped on a service motorcycle and reached the house before the man had left the vicinity and picked him up in a few minutes. Pauls denies that he had any evil intentions. He had applied at the Alcorn house Saturday morning for a room, he said, and was told to re turn in the evening. When he did so he was told by Mr. Alcorn that there was no vacant room available. Pauls alleges that the visit yesterday morning was only for the purpose of learning if there was a vacant room. Mr. Alcorn works in the Great Western roundhouse. Declare League to Put U.S. in War Risk (Continued from Page One.) veyed to him that the Japanese would not sign unless the Shantung rights were given to Japan. The United States experts advised the president that Japan's verbal promise to return the sovereignty ot the ter ritory in Shantung, while retaining the economic concessions, was a re turn of the shell of the nut by Japan while she retained the kernel. The j Chinese insisted the retention of the economic privileges meant practical sovereignty, but the president says he disagrees with this view. "England, France and Italy ad hered at the peace conference to their secret treaties disposing of peoples and territories in the Shan tung case, therefore the president was only the disinterested judge. The decision, however, was made unani mously. "The United States asked China to enter the war. "The American commission at Paris urged that a definite sum of reparations be fixed in the treaty. Why this view did not prevail, the president felt he could not state without divulging matters respecting other governments he felt he should not divulge. "The president felt that he could not divulge the details of what trans pired in the meetings of the com missioners and could not therefore afford information respecting these matters. "For this reason he could not di vulge the vote upon racial equality nor how the United States commis sioners voted. Governors to Assist Fight Against H. C. L. (Continued from Fas One.) by federal and state authorities to the end that the situation may be remedied. "That it is, therefore, the sense of this conference of governors that in addition to exercising all powers and authority vested in the states, a com mittee of seven governors be select ed to forthwith go to Washington to confer with the president with a view of-ascertaining in what manner the states may best co-operate with the national government in remedy ing the situation and at once advise the legislatures of the several states of the results of thetr conference with the president and if in their judgment necessary again convene this conference at a time and place to be determined by them. McKelve Defends Producer. Governor McKelvie of Nebraska announced that his state will have $1,000,000,000 of new money thi year from its fields and feed lot: from corn, wheat, live stock, hay and other products produced there this summer. He insists, however, that the producer is not the man respon sible for the high cost of living as he is unorganized and therefore has no means of forcing the price of food. the present cost ot living is an abnormal condition, not to be right ed, in my opinion, by legislation, he said. It is due in part to the ex travagant living of the American people who have gone their limit in this direction and are now dissatis ficd with themselves. Extensive in vestigation and publicity may pre vent profiteering in which nearly everybody has been doing his share, but I have little faith in price fixing. I believe that it is most neces sary to keep open the usual chan nels of trade and I am not in sym pathy with any artificial control of trade. We can end unfair combi nations, we can attack the man who is making an unfair profit, we can appeal to the public conscience and ideas of thrift, but in my belief the maximum prices fixed during the war, interfering with tne natural control of trade, are largely respon sible for present conditions. In some cases products were selling at adequate prices suiting the pro ducer, the middleman and the con sumer, but the generous margins al- owed by the government sent the prices soaring beyond undreamed of levels. The governor said the cabinet form of government established in his state, on which he will give an address, may be of considerable as sistance in working out matters con nected with the present cost of foods. While the state secretary of agriculture has direct charge of such activities he says that his county directors, under Food Ad ministrator Wattis, are already well- organized and price-fixing commit tees already formed if their assist ance is called for. sary to the carrying out of the treaty, I think." "And will these troops have to be maintained under the various treat ies of peace until the ultimate con summation of the terms of those treaties?" persisted Mr. Johnson. "Yes, but that is not long. In no case, as I remember, does that ex ceed 18 months." "I was rather under the impression that the occupation of Germany was to be for IS years." "Along the Rhine, yes. I was thinking of upper Silesia and the other places, where plebiscites are to be carried out. It is the under standing with the other governments that we are to retain only enough troops there to keep our flag there." "Will we be maintaining Ameri can troops upon the Rhine for the next 15 years?" "That is entirely within our choice; but I suppose we wiy." Fire Sweeps East Helena, Causing $200,000 Loss Helena, Mont, Aug. 19. East Helena, a town of 2,700 inhabitants, lying six miles east of here, was swept by fire late today. The loss is estimated at $200,000. The busi ness section and eighteen residences were destroyed. The great smelter of the American Smelting and Re fining company escaped. French Treaty Held to Be No Violation of Constitution Washington, Aug. 19. The pro posed treaty by which the United States would go to the aid of France in event of an unprovoked attack by Germany is not in conflict with the constitution, in the opinion of the senate judiciary subcommittee ap pointed to consider the question. Army Orders Washington, Aug. 19. (Special.) Second Lieut. Jack Rook, motor tiansport corps, is relieved from duty in this city and will proceed to Camp Dodge and report. Lieut. Col. Robert Vans Agnew, veterin ary corps, now on leave of absence, is relieved from station at the port of embarkation, Hoboken, N. J. He will proceed to Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., and report. Loses $700 Brooch Mrs. Louise Mittendorf, Storm La' i, la., reported to the police yes terday that she lost a $700 diamond and pearl brooch at the Union depot last night. Railroad Laborers to Demand Wage Raise of One Dollar a Day Detroit, Aug. 19. General chair men of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance-of-way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers Tuesday ap proved a new wage working agree ment submitted by the administra tion, calling for an increase in pay cf approximately $1 a day per man, t ine and a half for overtime and promotion by seniority. The demands, it was said, affect all railroads in the United States, Can ada and Central America and in volve about 600,000 workers. Half of that number are members of the union. A referendum' now being taken is returnable August 24. Union offi cials declare 99 per cent of the men favor the proposed schedule and a general strike of all maintenance of way employes if their demands are not met. The costliest watch in the world is a jeweled timepiece in possession of the pope, and which is estimated to be worth $300,000. Concentrating Your Finances The advantages of concentrating your finances and doing all your banking business at this bank are many. Credit standing is enhanced; the confi dential details of your affairs will be known to the fewest of persons; the fullest measure of in timate, helpful service is assured. It has' paid many to confine their bank ing transactions exclu sively to this bank. In dividuals and business houses with scattered connections will find that it will pay them too. The Omaha National Bank Farnam at 17th Street. Capital and Surplus, $2,000,000 OMAHA HOPES TO PLAY THE HOST TO PERSHING, F0CH War Notab es Arc Likely to Come to Nebraska From Minneapolis. The Omaha Chamber of Com merce is advised that Marshal Foch of France and Gen. John J. Penn ing, commander ot tne American forces in Europe during the war, will be present at the organization and first convention of the Amer ican Legion to be held in Minneap olis November 10-12. It is understood that either be fore or following the Minneapolis convention General Pershing, and perhaps Marshal Foch, will visit Nebraska. With this understanding of the situation the Chamber of Commerce is preparing to lay plans for the reception of the two distin guished soldiers. However, nothing definite will be done until it is as certained when the two fighters will be here, if they come. President John W. Gamble of the chamber is of the opinion that if General Pershing and Field Marshal Foch should come to Omaha the oc casion should be made a celebration that would cause all previous ones to sink into insignificance. His idea and that of other members of the chamber is that it should be state wide and that the people of Iowa and other adjoining states should be invited to participate. Reinforced British Fleet Concentrated Against Bolsheviki Stockholm, Aug. 19. The rein forced British fleet is concentrated against Kronstadt, the naval port of Petrograd, a dispatch from Helsingfors says. The city of Kronstadt, it is said, is burning. The bolshevik submarine depot ship Viatka is reported to have been sunk in an engagement off the Tol boukin lighthouse, several miles northwest of Kronstadt. Postmasters Appointed Washington, Aug. 19. (Special Telegram.) Postmasters appointed: rreda M. Paulson at rort Calhoun, Washington County. Neb, vice F. S Adams, resigned; Charles I. Hox- worth. Yockey, Morrill County, Neb., vice J. h. Parsons, resigned; Mrs. Ten M. Deyer, Fairview, Lincoln County, S. D., vice E. A. Odegaard, resigned; Etta Smith, Wolton, Na tional County, Wyo., via. Charles D. Henry, resigned Irene Castle Married . Secretly Year Before ; New York Ceremony New York, Aug. 20. Irene Castle, dancer and moving picture star, who was married here My 3 to Capt. Rob ert E. Treman of Ithaca, N. Y., had been secretly married to Captain Treman for almost a year before the New York ceremony, according to the New York Herald this (Wednes day) morning. The Herald states the ceremony was performed in Ticken, S. C, in May, 191 by the Rev. Frank A. Juhan of Greenville, S. C. This date is but a few days more than three months from the time her famous husband, Capt. Vernon Castle, was killed in an airplane crash at Fort Worth, Tex. The then Mrs. Castle, says the Herald, explained to the minister that she was desirous of keeping the marriage a secret for business rea sons. A second reason given, it adds, was that Mrs. Castle hoped to go overseas as an entertainer for the American expeditionary force and realized that she would be prevented by War department regulations were it known that she was the wife of an army officer. Actors and Managers Meet in an Effort to Patch Up Difference New York, Aug. 19. Representa tives of the Actors' Equity associa tion and the Producing Managers Protective association met Tuesday for the first time since the actors' strike began, in a conference called by playwrights for a "frank and friendly discussion" of their differences. Recognition of the Equity associa tion was found to be virtually the only obstacle in the way 'of a settle ment. A second conference will be held. The twentieth playhouse was closed by the strike when the Henry Miller theater was added to tne list of "dark" houses. N. Y. Surface Line Workers Granted Increase in Wages New York, Aug. 19. Job E, Hedges, receiver of the New York Railways company, which operates most of the surface lines in Man hattan, today granted an additional IS per cent wage increase to em ployes, making 25 per cent within the last few days. The surface line workers did not go on strike with the subway and elevated men, who returned to work this morning after being granted a 25 per cent raise. Thompsort-Belcleix &Ca The ThsJu'on Qenler J&rWi. omen, Semi-Annual Sale of Manhattan Wkwti BEGINNING Wednes day, August 20, with a reduction of every Man hattan shirt as well as other makes. $13.50 shirts for $9.35. $12 shirts for $8.15. $10 shirts for $7.65. $7.50 and $8.50 shirts, $6.35. $6 shirts for $4.85. $5 shirts for $4.15. $4 and $4.50 shirts, $325 $3.50 shirts for $2.85. $3 shirts for $2.35. Othon' Wdlinidlay Specials Any $1 tie in stock First quality fibre Wednesday for 85c ?sf jn several colors, Eiffel make; Wednes $2 nightshirts, $1.65. day, 45c a pair. To the Left at You Enter. August Sale of Linens Offers Tea Napkins Plain hand-hemstitched tea napkins, regularly $6.75; Wed nesday, for $5 a doz. Plain scalloped tea napkins, regularly $4.75; Wednesday $3.75 a dozen. Main Floor Out Size Hose Black lisle hose with garter tops and dou ble soles, 85c a pair. Balbriggan hose in out sizes with hem top, 75c; ribbed top, 85c. Fall Silks An assortment of Has kell's black silks, sat ins and crepes is ready. Haskell black silks, which are sold in Omaha only by Thompson -B e 1 d e n are known for their splendid wearing qualities. Silks and satins for linings are in demand now. The following have appeared : Belding's figured salirts. Cheneys figured satins. Cheney's Cinderellas. Mallinsons Pussy Willows.