THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 22, 1919.
MEXICAN BANDITS
SLAIN BY YANKS
IN FIERCE FIGHT
Surrounded in Hut, Four Die
Fighting, Two Escaping;
Two More U. S. Air
men Missing.
(Continued from Page One.)
mountain pass, where the four scat
tered, one going north and three
southwest as indicated by the fresh
tracks. They scattered like quail,
The House
! of
M e n agh
announces
a
Sale of
Dresses
to be held
Saturday,
Aug. 23d
' The complete details
will be in tomorrow's
paper.
P. S. The dresses to
be offered are fall and
winter models, so be
sure to see them.
SALE OF ALUMINUM
WARE AT ABOUT PRICE
OF GRANITE WARE AT
UNION OUTFITTING GO.
The Exceptionally Low
Prices Are the Result of
a Most Fortunate
,- Purchase.
The Sale Takes Place Next
Saturday on Main Floor.
With a sale of high-grade
Aluminum Ware the greatest
Omaha has known in many
months, from the standpoint of
extensive stocks and little prices,
the Union Outfitting Company
makes possible a saving of hun
dreds of dollars to Omaha women
next Saturday.
i It is a Special Purchase, em
bracing a number of practical
pieces, such as Sauce Pans, Pre
serving Kettles, Tea Kettles, Rice
Boilers, etc., in two, six, eight
and sixteen-quart sizes.
i And the Aluminum Ware is of
the finest type, as it is not af
fected by acids, nor will it tar
nish, absorb grease, tastes or
odors.
. The substantial saving on every
piece is just additional evidence
of the great Purchasing Power of
the Union Outfitting Company,
located just out of the High Rent
District. As always, you make
your own terms.
and it was difficult to follow them
because of the faint trails.
Fight Started at Once.
"The fight with the bandits in the
fortified block house started as soon
as the American troops commenced
to search the place, fire being opened
by the Mexicans from loop holes.
The troops returned the fire.
"Four bodies were found. Two of
the bandits escaped. They are still
being pursued. These two outlaws
are believed to have been members
of Renteria's gang, but the aviators
could not identify them."
The men who held them were des
perate characters, known on both
sides of the river.
Captain Matlack will return to his
troops in Mexico tomorrow. He held
a long conference with General
Dickman and Col. George T. Lang
home, commander of the Big Bend
district, tonight.
To Take Chewinsr Tobacco.
Arrangements were mide tonight
for aviators going to the border to
morrow morning to carry 100
pounds of chewing tobacco, cigarets
smoking tobacco and chewing gum
for the American soldiers across
the border. This was done at the re
quest of the commanders of the
punitive expedition, who said that
the men were out of tobacco and
were anxious to get chewing gum to
relieve their thirst on the long, dry
marches.
Establishment of a landing field
in Mexico for the aviators is being
planned, so that the airmen may
land there instead of returning to
Presidio, Tex., to alight.
Two More Airmen Missing.
San Diego, Aug. 21. Col. A. J.
Hanlon, commanding the army avia
tion forces at Rockwell Field, North
Island, announced tonight that two
aviators from the Ninth aero squad
ron, with base here, had been miss
ing since 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon. They are Second Lieuts.
Frederick B. Waterhouse of Wieser,
Idaho, and C. H. Connelly of San
Diego.
The two aviators, Lieutenant
Waterhouse acting as pilot and
Lieutenant Connelly as observer,
on border patrol work, started from
Yuma, Ariz., to San Diego at 11:45
a. m. yesterday.
Colonel Hanlon said his conclu
sion was that the aviators had been
forced to make a landing, possibly
below the Mexican line near Ja
cumba, in San Diego county.
15 Machines in Search.
Fifteen machines were sent out
from North Island today to try to
find the missing officers, but all re
turned without having found a trace
of them.
Lieutenants Waterhouse and Con
nelly were in a De Haviland ma
chine with a 400-horse power motor.
They left North Island Tuesday
morning. Near Yuma they ran into
a severe storm whini damaged the
propeller of the airplane. Word of
the accident was sent here and a
new propeller was sent out by auto
truck from North Island. The re
pairs having been made, the machine
went on to Yuma and started on re
turn trip yesterday. The aviators
were due here at about 4 p. m. yes
terday. Mexicans Assisting.
Calexico, Cal., Aug. 21. All avail
able soldiers in the Mexican garri
son at Mexicali, Lower California,
across the international boundary
from this city, have been dispatched
by Gov. Estaban Cantu to search
for Aviators Frederick Waterhouse
and C. H. Connelly, missing since
yesterday, it was reported tonight.
Tlie men vjl search the territory
Omaha's New
Store
Your neighbors are buy
ing Fresh Meats, Hard
ware, Paint and Wall
paper at Harper's. Not
special, but our regular
prices until further notice
in the
Grocery Dept.
Fresh Country Eggs,
v 35c Per Dozen
Only en dozen ff to a
customer.
Get doien a(ga every day.
Lenox Laundry Soap, 10 large
bar for 49
Tall can Hebe Milk, 2 cans
for 25
Matches, per box 5
Extra good grade of Flour,
r 48-lb. sack S2.98
HARDWARE DEPARTMENT
Nails, in small amounts, at keg
' lot price.
On all Cray, Blue and White
; Granite War we w:'' make
special discount all day
Friday and Saturday.
PAINT DEPARTMENT
Special for Friday and Satur-4-
day, AO-Purpoa Paint, per
; tUon S2.45
11. II. Harper Co.
17th and Howard St.,
. East End Flatiron Bldg.
If-
you buy early
you win
Our fall lines of suits
and dresses are now in
stock and we urge
every one of our cus
tomers to rnake early
selection, that we may
supply their suits and
dresses at practically
last year's prices.
You can not afford
to wait.
Smart
Wear for
Women
south of the border between Mexi
cali and Tia Juana, centering their
activities south of Jacumba, where
the aviators were last seen.
Governor Cantu's attitude toward
the United States has long been
characterized by friendliness.
Son of Doctor Pioneer.
Boise, Idaho, Aug. 21. Lieut.
Frederick Waterhouse, missing avia
tor, is 22 years old and enlisted as
a private in the aviation service in
December, 1916. He is the son of
Dr. and Mrs. G. M. Waterhouse,
pioneers of Weiser. The first word
the parents received that their son
was missing came through the Asso
ciated Press.
Yanks Within Rights.
Presidio, Tex., Aug.' 21. Gen.
Manuel Dieguez, commander of the
Mexican federal forces at Chihuahua
City, has telegraphed Gen. Antonio
Pruneda, commander of the Car
ranza column now operating near
Cuchillo Parado, that the Amer
ican troops are within their rights in
pursuing bandits in Mexico. General
Dieguez cited the treaty of 1882, be
tween the American and the Mex
ican governments.
Cosme Bengochea announced here
tonight that General Pruneda had
been ordered to instruct all com
manders and officials in his district
to avoid friction between the two
forces now operating below the
border in pursuit of bandits. This
message was conveyed to General
Pruneda by an American airplane.
Credit Men Urge New
Bankruptcy Law and
National Pay-Up Day
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 21. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Making it more dif
ficult for an individual to live be
yond his means and then clearing
the slate by going into voluntary
bankruptcy will be the result of a
movement for an improved national
bankruptcy law urged Thursday
before the convention of the Retail
Credit Men's National association
meeting here. Franklin Blackstone
of Pittsburgh presented the propos
als. The credit men's organization will
co-operate with several other agen
cies in bringing the new bill before
congress. One thousand members
attending the convention were
strongly in favor of the new meas
ure. The Omaha delegation includes D.
Iona Mustang, W. H. Mitchell,
James W. Metcalfe, Thomas H.
Daly, Edward S. Macone, G. E.
Thomas, I. A. Benedict, Mrs. I. A.
Benedict and Loring Benedict.
The delegation gave its enthu
siastic support to the movement
for a national ."pay-up" campaign
to be held next January.
The release of millions of dollars
of capital tied up in retail dealers'
charge accounts is anticipated by
bankers and credit men. Increased
thrift and lowering the cost of living
are features which have resulted
from the campaign carried on in
various sections of the country.
Ernest Rathbun Is
To Be Witness in the
Clark Disbarment Case
Ida Grove, la., Aug. 21. (Spe
cial.) Ernest Bathbun, now serving
a life term in the state penitentiary,
will be a witness in the disbarment
case now being heard against At
torney George Clark of Ida Grove.
Clark is accused of unethical meth
ods in securing a pardon for Rath
bun. Rathbun's pardon was later re
voked. On the witness stand Attorney
General Havner denied that he ever
promised Clark that there would be
no disbarment proceedings brought
against him, but said an indictment
against Clark as well as against
members of the Rathbun family had
been quashed.
J. U. Sammis, Sioux City attorney,
testified that Clark had told him he
was unable to do much for the Rath
buns as they had disobeyed his in
structions and had been in touch
with the state agents.
Southern Pacific
at Los Angeles
Tied Up by Strike
Los Angeles, Aug. 21. As a re
sult of the strike of 350 switchmen
and yard employes of the Southern
Pacific, who walked out here shortly
before 8 o'clock Thursday in sym
pathy with striking trainmen of the
Pacific Electric railway, departure
of all passenger and freight trains
leaving Los Angeles on that com
pany's lines, were canceled, ac
cording to an announcement by T.
H. Williams, assistant general man
ager of the company.
The men walked out without
warning, Mr. Williams said. He
added he did not know when serv
ice would be resumed, but hoped
it would be some time Friday.
1
Daniels Officiates at
Dry Dock Dedication
Honolulu, Aug.. 21. With Mrs.
Josephus Daniels, wife of the sec
retary of the navy.'pressing the but
ton that flooded the structure, the
great Pearl Harbor dry dock was
dedicated by Secretary Daniels today.
Hundreds of army and naval of
ficials and other spectators were
present.
While the water was pouring into
the dock Secretary Daniels ad
dressed the gathering, emphasizing
the future importance of Pacific
commerce in relation to the nation's
naval power.
When the speech ended the
pumps started emptying the basin.
During the ceremony seaplanes cir
cled about and the sailors and ma
rine units stood at attention.
100 Teamsters Go Back
to Work in Des Moines
Des Moines, la., Aug. 21. (Spe
cial Telegram.) One hundred
teamsters in employ of big transfer
companies here who have been on a
strike for past 10 days went back
to work at noon today, having
reached an agreement with their
employers.
Willis: The old pioneers were wonder
ful fellows!
Oillls: Yes. Just think of men founding-
cities without an advertising agent or
eves a slogaal
UNCLE OF LATE
CZAR MAY FREE
RUSSOF REDS
Grand Duke Nicholas Arises
Like Ghost With
Avenging Sword
(Continued from Face One.)
Russia with the battle cry of a savior
would rally hundreds of thousands
of volunteers around his banner.
What Nicholas would do once he
had assumed power is a different
story which skeptics who know him
well do not like to contemplate.
"Topple Lenine first let the fu
ture take care of itself," is the watch
word of the hour, and on that theory
the great war council at Stockholm
is working. Gathered there with the
grand duke are General Yudenitch,
Premier Lianozoff of the new anti
bolshevist government of northwest
Russia; Skorpadsky, former hetman
of the Ukraine, and high British
naval men for strong British co
operation on land and sea is assured.
Indeed, the repeated recent bomb
ing raids by British sea and airplanes
on Kronstadt served to whip the war
spirit of the anti-bolshevist leaders
to a high pitch, convincing them of
the sincnty of Jintisn conaDor
tion. One Ugly Feature.
But there is an ugly feature to the
situation as far as Britain is con
cerned, the impression which the
Rritish military orocedure is pro
ducing at home. War Minister
Churchill announced unequivocally
tin- nther Hav in resoonse to the na
tion-wide clamor for withdrawal of
the British forces from Russia that
everything that will hereafter be
done there in a military way will be
mprplv to rover the British with
drawal. Yet the people learn of
fierce British bombing raias on
Kronstadt, where no British troops
are and of munitions and materials
pouring into Russia from Britain to
aid the various anti-bolshevist
armies.
The war office hastened today to
explain that Britain's policy toward
Russia's "internal affairs" was un
changed, that such aid as Britain is
now giving the anti-bolshevist
forces is being given under the de
cision of the "big four" at Paris, and
that the plans for the British with
drawal are unchanged.
At the same time the admiralty
was forced to admit the loss of six
Britishers killed and 11 missing in
the attack on Kronstadt.
Setting the Stage.
To shrewd observers all this in
dicates that Britain's military and
naval men in the north are con
cerned chiefly with setting the stage
for the overthrow by force of the
bolshevik government, with the view
to withdrawing at the moment the
success of the Russian anti-bolshevist
forces is assured, thus attaining
the dual object of making good the
promise to get out and of securing
the fall of Lenine and Trotzky.
British aid to the Esthonians is
limited to co-operation by aerial
forces, while into the port of Reval
on the Baltic are shipped daily huge
quantities of munitions for Kolchak
and Denekine arid Yudenitch. A
considerable number of British tanks
are to be employed in the attack on
Petrograd, but whether they will be
manned by British crews is not
known.
Meanwhile Trotzky. the bolshe
vist war chief, is not idle. He has
a not unconsiderable army ready,
not only to resist the coming on
slaught on the old capital, but also
to take the offensive. The towns
of Narva and Pskoff are in immedi
ate danger of a bolshevist bombard
ment. The bolsheviki have taken a
page from the book of German war
tactics and have supplied themselves
with innumerable machine guns
upon which they mainly rely as a
defensive weapon. In a great meas
ure the contemplated movement on
Petrograd is aimed at relieving Ad
miral Kolchak's nothern front,
which is hard pressed.
He has just been forced to evacu
ate Tiumen on the Russo-Siberian
frontier. Within a few days, if pres
ent indications are accurate Grand
Duke Nicholas will re-appear in the
Russian arena and a new drama will
begin, the outcome of which will be
decisive one way or the other, not
only for the fate of Russia, but for
the trend of future events the world
over.
Gasoline Explosion Kills
Nebraska "Potash King"
Alliance, Neb., Aug. 21. John
Krause, known as the Nebraska
potish king, died at a hospital here
Wednesday night as a result of
shock and burns sustained earlier
in the day when he was spatteered
with burning oil following an ex
plosion of gasoline. Krause, with a
brother, owned a 30,000-acre ranch
in northwest Nebraska containing
may of the largest potash-producing
lakes in the state. His former home
was Fountain City, Wis., where the
body will be taken.
Hot Exactly t Hews
"Scoop" .
As Practically Everybody
Knew It to Be a Fact.
Yet It's Highly Interesting
News to Again Learn the
Bowen Store Offers
All their odd pieces of furniture,
consisting ' of Tables, Dressers,
Chiffoniers, Chifforobes, Chairs,
etc., at prices that awaken in
terest the minute you enter their
store.
In this offering of value-giving
furniture one will find pieces
that will match up with those
they have pieces that are won
derfully well made and as won
derfully finished.
To acquire the Bowen habit of
shopping, is like depositing
money in the bank; there's al
ways a saving to be had at
Bowen's.
Buy Flour at
HARPER'S
In the Flatiron Bldg-
WITNESS TELLS
OF BUYING POOL
OF FRUIT MEN
Attorney General Starts In
vestigation of High Cost
of Living in Doug
las County.
(Continued from Pace One.)
pany testified to the vagaries of the
watermelon business.
The pool handles an average of
three cars a day, according to wit
nesses. Mr. Stuhr is presiding at the
hearings and the attorney general is
doing most of the examining. The
probe will run into next week.
During his testimony yesterday
morning Mr. Trimble stated that
his firm is a member of the pool
and that the members meet every
morning in his office, and that all
fruits and vegetables bought
through this arrangement are hand
led by Zipfel & Schefferle on a
fixed checking charge of $12 per
car. He asserted that the pool has
no concern with selling prices.
Handle Bulk of Business.
The witness added that six of
nine local large wholesale dealers in
fruits and vegetables belong to the
pool and that a large per cent of the
business is handled through the
pool arrangement, which comprises
purchases of berries and deciduous
fruits and vegetables, except pota
toes. "Are all lots bought by the pool
obtained at the same price to the
members?" was asked of the wit
ness. "Yes," he replied.
"Do your morning meetings de
termine the selling prices of the
stuff you have bought through the
pool?" was asked of the witness.
"That would be impossible," Mr.
Trimble replied, "because some of
the other commission men might
have lower prices than we have. We
have no selling price agreement.
Our idea in having this pool is to
release. the cars to the government
as quickly as possible."
Quotations Are Compared.
Explaining further the methods of
the pool, Mr. Trimble stated that!
the members at their meetings com
pare the quotations they have re-
ceived and thus give each other the
benefit of the lowest offers. He ad
ded that a broker might attend the
meetings of the pool and .would
give quotations. The witness furth
er testified that the only general or
ganization of local commission men
is a produce exchange which served
as a clearing house for information
on credits.
Mr. Trimble was examined at con
siderable length on the business of
buying and selling watermelons. He
explained that the watermelon mar
ket was as variable as the weather
and that there is no stability in the
melon market.
He denied an allegation made
during the city council hearing, that
his firm allowed cars of melons to
spoil on track. Five cars of melons
received over the C. G. & W.
August 12 and 13, were particularly
under consideration.
"We offered these five cars of
melons to Mayor Smith for his
municipal stores, and the mayor
said they were rotten. My brother,
Robert, told the mayor that the mel
ons were not spoiled, and Robert
had the dope. Some of these mel
ons are being unloaded today with
little shrinkage," he testified.
Explaining the uncertainties of
watermelon profits, he said: "We
have lost enough on the last 10 cars
to offset the profits on the previous
10 cars."
Get All They Can.
He also stated that melons re
cently bought cost $1.50 to $1.75 per
hundredweight, f. o. b., Omaha, and
that the price today to the retailers
was "Anything you can get."
He asserted that there was a
scarcity of melons here during the
hot weather when the wholesale
price was from 3 to 4 cents a pound
and the retailers were charging o
cents a pound. Other inside infor
mation divulged by Mr. Trimble on
the melon question was that the
commission man must pay for his
melons before he receives them and
that freight charges must be guar
anteed. Another line of questioning re
ferred to the methods of traveling
brokers who buy produce for cash
when loaded and act as an agent for
the wholesale men by seeing that
the goods as represented (are actu
ally in the cars.
"What do you know of buying
whole crops, of which we hsve heard
so much?" was asked.
"I suppose that buyers are sent
into the field. They are called can
load jqbbers," he replied.
The Omaha hearing is the first of
a series to be held throughout the
state. Mr. Stuhr will remain here
long enough to get the investigation
started, and then he will proceed to
Lincoln.
The testimony is being recorded
by an official stenographer. Tran
scripts of evidence will be sent to
the attorney-general's offioe for ex
amination. Prices of perishable goods are
being considered first.
In his opening statement Attorney-General
Davis said: "I wish to
explain the general power and
manner of procedure under which
we intend to proceed. This hear
ing is held by the secretary of ag
riculture, under the provisions of
the civil code pertaining to his de
partment. The hearing will refer
to the distribution of agricultural
products and food stuffs in Ne
braska. "The fact that you have been
summoned here is not necessarily
an accusation. In the matter of es
sential foods the public have rights
that must be protected.
"This bearing arises out of a nation-wide
concern over the high
cost of living. We expect to ascer
tain facts that the public should
know. It will be difficult to be fair
to all concerned but we shall en
deavor to obtain all essential facts.
We do not intend to paint only the
black side of this situation. No at
tempt will be made to bare a one
sided questioning. You will be given
an opportunity to show your books.
"We shall be pleased to obtain
any information from anyone who
has information that will help us
to get at the bottom of the situa
tion. "We believe there are certain
trade practices in Nebraska that
should be investigated."
Buy Eggs at
HARPER'S
In the Flatiron Bldg.
THE
Ha rtmann Panama
Wardrobe Trunk
at$75.00
HARTIIANN
is the biggest value in a
wardrobe trunk that you
can buy.
Has lift top, padded in
side, locking device for
drawers, shoe box easy to
get at, laundry bag and hat
box.
Freling & Stcinle
BAGGAGE BUILDERS
1803 Farnam St.
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genuinely artistic is s
music produced on the
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uneger Kiayer-Kiano,
because it enables you
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.Omaha . Nebraska
Army Blanket Sale
Ordered Discontinued
Washington, Aug. 21. War de
partment distributing centers
through which surplus war materials
are sold were instructed today to
discontinue the sale of army blan
kets. It was explained that the dis
tribution was not as wide as had
been hoped for; that to give all an
equal opportunity to purchase the
blankets, a new distribution system
would be worked out.
ThompsoiuBeltieri &Gb
The JksJiionJZenter &r Himeri
August Sale of Furs
Offering exceptionally ' fine coats,
coatees and separate pieces at prices
20 less than those after September
first.
Mink, which is especially popular
this year, is represented in a number
of beautifully made capes, priced
from $200 to $500 in this sale.
The Hudson Seal coats and coatees
are very fine and models of natural
squirrel, marten, raccoon, muskrat
and nutria are being shown.
The latest arrivals are black lynx
scarfs and taupe and black fox
scarfs, reasonably priced.
Notions...
Darning silks, Beld
ing's soft finish, 125
yard spools, 40c each.
Fringe nets, made
from human hair, 2
for ,25c
Children's sock gar
ters in blue and pink,
10c a pair.
Stationery, Sheldon
Court grade, 25c Friday.
Netting Corsets
Light steels and material
make the comfort which a
Netting corset gives. A
flesh colored model with an
elastic band at the top and
two pair of hose support
ers is
Priced $1.50
A noticeable feature of
tomorrows "window
display is the Morocco
window in which sev
eral suits and blouses
in this new shade are
being shown.
WANTED!
50 Young Men and
Young Women
to take part in a big dancing production. Must
be between 14 and 25 years old. Want clever
dancers. Apply to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Connors,
Dance Pavilion.
MlfMOMEOjiajICSjJ
Worn Out In Mind and Body
Your child is quick to observe disturbances in your mental attitude or
physical condition. And when he asks: "What's the matter. Daddy?"
there s a tone of solemn anxiety in his little voice. The depression
stamped upon you reflects intensely upon him because of his profound solic
itude. He i at iOnce drops his playthings and rushes to your side, bnt his
happv smile has disappeared and his buoyant spirits are gone replaced
by a countenance of worry and a bearing of hopelessness.
t o tha happiness and welfare of yonr family to keep trim in body and keen in
intellect. You are the eun and the inspiration of their live. Dark, threatening cloud, hover
over their beadi the instant you ahow signs of being! out of aorta" or "under the weather "
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