THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1919. WILSON STARTS ON NATION-WIDE SPEAKING TOUR Holds Conference With Hitch : cock on Treaty Prior to Leaving on Trip to v 1 Columbus, Ohio. (Continued From Pare One.) to report out the treaty within few, days, probably not later than next Wednesday, and was assured that every amendment involving any "killing" reservation would be de : feated overwhelmingly. Specific reservations, it was said, were not discussed. Before conferring with the presi- dent. , Senator Hitchcock made lengthy speech in the senate in reply to recent attacks on the treaty by Republican Leader Lodge and Sena tor Knox, republican, Pennsylvania. The latter's proposal for defeat of the treaty was characterized by Mr Hitchcock as "a mixture of pol- - troonery and folly and calculated to make the United States "a de serter." Hearings Continue. Hearings on European territorial (uestions, involving the Aland islands and disputes between Hun gary and Czecho-Slovakia, were con tinued today by the foreign rela tions committee. Tomorrow repre sentatives of Jugo-Slavia will be heard and Friday the committee plans to close its hearing? and con sider the resolution of ratification, including reservations. The so-called "mild" and 'strong" reservationists among-the repub lican senators continued negotiations today toward a compromise agree ment, and Senator Lodge was said -to have approved three of the for mer's jroposals those dealing with the Monroe doctrine, domestic ques tions and withdrawal from the league but with agreement still to be reached on a reservation affecting Article 10 of the league covenant. Following conferences of republican leaders late today it was said that if possible the proposed reservations would be made public textually to morrow. The president and Senator Hitch- .'yaitniuliiliiliiiiil'iiiii'iiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiitiliiiiiiiiiiii'l r, The House I of Menagh ! Quits Business i v Our lease expires ; I October 15th. ; I j nursaay, j Friday and Saturday I I will be devoted to th' I closing-out of I ! MISSES I I I SUITS j TYPES OF SUITS P Tailored Suits I i Fancy Suits --, ' School Suits I Business Suits j i 1 Travel' Suits 2 i Trotteur Suits MATERIALS 1 Serges f i; Tricotines 2 j Velours I Silvertones PRICES I A price has been put on every suit, which will mean a tremendous sav- f ing to you. One lot of I suits that are odds and I 1 ends worth up to $45.00 I are priced at $14.95. I Some are soiled, some 1 are not good in color. MUST I Plan Organization of Branch of American Independence League Fremont, N'eb., Sept. 3. (Special Telegram.) Arrangements for a meeting to be held in Lincoln Sep tember 16 for the purpose of organ izing a Nebraska branch of the League to Preserve American Inde pendence were made at a meeting here Wednesday. L. D. Richards was chosen chairman of the organi zation to complete arrangemens for the Lincoln gathering. C. D. Marr and V. M. Cain were named vice presidents and Marc G. Perkins was made secretary. The meeting here was called by L. D. Richards. Edgar Howard of Columbus, C. F. McGrew, E. A. Benson, John Rush and Judge Vinsonhaler of Omaha are out-of-town Nebraskans in attendance. Shotwell May File Charge Against Police I ALL FIXTURES 1 BE SOLD Carpets ; Rugs ' 2 x Mirrors i , Chair - and f 1 Equipment. 1 :ti4tininriitiiiliiliiiiliil.tliiliiliftiiiii!iiiii!ii'i cock were said . be in complete agreement that the immediate fight should be pressed against the five amendments adopted by the foreign relations committee. The president, it was stated, endorsed the view ex pressed by Mr. Hitchcock today in the senate that any amendment, no matter how trivial, would have the effect of withdrawing this nation from the treaty and require separate negotiations with Germany. "The president," said Mr. Hitch cock, after leaving the White ouse, "is gratified that the isstie has been drawn on amendments. He believes the people realize the dan ger of adoption of any amendment. or ot a reservation which would ave a killing effect. He takes the ground that amendment would cause our withdrawal from the treaty. Action on reservations, the presi dent was said to feel, can be left for future consideration after the outcome of the fight against amend ment. Discusses Tour Plans. President Wilson also discussed with Mr, Hitchcock his plans for his tour in behalf of the treaty. The president, it was said, will discuss the treaty and especially the league covenant in every address on the trip., Senator Hitchcock said the president would analyze the treaty in detail and emphasize that delay in its ratification was holding up re turn to the country of normal con ditions and also blocking many re construction matters, including vir tually all legislation such as bills to reduce the cost of living and solu tion of the railroad problem. Per sonal attacks, however, on the sen ators opposing the treaty are not planned by the president. senator nucncocK sain ne the oresident that the plans of re publicans to follow the executive on his trip and reply to his speeches had been abandoned because Sen ator Hitchcock said he understood 'important influences m the repub ican party had killed the plan." The nresident is exoected to dis cuss the opposition to the treaty of those advocating home rule tor ire lanH and other European peoples and Senator Hitchcock today advis ed Mr. Wilson that the foreign re lations committee s hearings ( on ihnsp nuestions were "useless" be cause he said, the committee does not intend to report any amend ments or reservations to the treaty which have been asked in that re spect. ' Hope for Prompt Replies The president's treaty discussions on his trip are expected to evoke prompt replies from republicans in the senate. The final step of com mittee action consideration of a resolution of ratification with reser vations is planned for Friday, and submission of the treaty for open senate debate is to follow as soon as possible. In the negotiations of the repub lican factions on reservations, the present stumbling block is said to be on a reservation affecting article 10 with its foreign territorial guar antees. The tentative reservation said to have been drawn by senators demanding "strong" reservations is understood to declare emphatically that the United States "will not" and "refuses" to undertake obliga tion of the territorial guarantees in advance of specific action by con gress as required by the constitu tion. The three reservations on which the radical and moderate republi can groups are said now to have reached an agreement, are said to propose to declare that the United States shall be the sole interpreter of the Monroe doctrine, shall decide all domestic policies, such as tariff and immigration, without interven tion by the league, and upon decid ing without judgment of the league that national obligations have been fulfilled, shall be privileged to with draw from the league upon notice. 6 BCLLANS Hot water Sure Relief RELL-ANS bsfrOR INDIGFSTION (CoattBMd From Par One.) the various revolvers expressed the opinion that the bullet which caused the death of Scott was fired from an automatic revolver. Tho bullets in Brigham's revolver weighed 148 grains, Holman's weighed 147 grains and the bullet taken from Scott s body weighed 143 grains. Numerous witnesses declared the shape and the weight of the bullet taken from the bellboy's body indicated nothing. No Right in HoteL The sura and substance of the case, as developed at the coroner's inves tigation, showed that the police in stituted an unlawful raid on the Plaza hotel, the county attorney ad mitted. "They had no right to go into the hotel without a warrant," he said. "They had no right to molest the bellboy, who was not shown to be engaged unlawfully, and there was no excuse for shooting at him, as far as I have been able to see." The fact that Scott was engaged in registering his danger alarm calls at the Western Union telegraph of fice was not brought out at the in vestigation. The county attorney de clared this feature of the case, as well as others, were not regarded as necessary to show that the police overstepped their bounds when they instituted an unlawful raid which re sulted in the death of Eugene Scott. Police Captain Heitfeld was the first witness called at the afternoon session. "Sergt. Rose reported the killing to me after he had received a call from Officer Herdzina and the coroner's physicial were called on to exhibit the bullets from Holman's and Brig- ham s revolvers. The bullets from the two weapons were compared with the bullet which was taken from Scott's body. Though he received both Hol man's and Brigham's weapons, Capt. Heitfeld told the county attorney he did not know that Brigham turned in the same revolver which he car ried at the time Scott was killed. Mrs. Roberts declared she had been staying with her husband at the Plaza for about three weeks. She said it was after midnight when Sutton and three other officers en countered her on the landing be tween the second and third floors of the hotel. The bell boy was com ing down the stairs just behind her. "I was not talking to Scott," she said, "when Sutton engaged me in conversation." An attempt was made to confuse the woman in identify ing Sutton. She was positive in her statement, however. "I did not know him at the time," she explained, "but he came back to my room after wards and told me the bell boy had been killed." Mrs. Roberts looked straight at Sutton, who was standing behind County Attorney Shotwell's chair. No further attempt was made to as certain whether or not the woman could identify Sutton. Orders Scott Shot. "Sutton stopped Scott between the second and third floors," continued Mrs. Roberts. "There were three other men with him. They were - standing below us on the steps. Sut ton told the boy to stop. Scott re plied he was busy and continued on beyond the reach of the other three men. Then it was Sutton called out: "'Hit him over the head shoot him.' These were his exact words. "Sutton did all the talking. The other officers had nothing to say." Mrs. Roberts told the jury that when Sutton returned after Scott had been killed, he asked her if she had heard of the affair. She told him she had not and remained in her room. At this juncture Sutton whispered something into the ear of the county attorney, who asked the witness if she had heard the sound of a break ing bottle or falling glass as the bellboy ran down the steps. Saw No Battle. "That is the first intimation I have heard of such a thing," re plied the witness. "I heard nothing but the noise of the fleeing bellboy and the sound of the commotion caused by those I learned afterwards were chasing him. I saw no bottle in the boy's hands, or about his person." Drop Accusation Against Woman Mrs. Roberts is the woman Sut ton told the reporters the night of the shooting he saw taking whiskey from the bellboy. Mrs. Roberts has denied, this, and Sutton has not at tempted to accuse the woman of this offense since. He dropped the ac cusation without an attempt too ex plain his effort to further charge Mrs. Roberts with improper con duct. J. A. Shanahan declared he plain- !y heard Detective Armstrong call out "Kill the 1" He PROPOSETAXON MANUFACTURED GOODS AT ROOT Jefferis Introduces Bill Re pealing Luxury Levy and Providing New Mode . of Collection. General Lee, British Officer Who Flew Here, Killed in Fall Washington, Sept. 3. Represen tative Jefferies. who returned from Charleston, S. C, Wednesday, where he accompanied a sub committee of the special committee charged with the investigation of the War department, introduced a bill on his return which is certain to attract wide attention, especially in manufacturing circles, it is a bill to repeal all the present luxury and excise taxes contained in the revenue law of 1918, and to substi tute therefor a tax of one-half of one per cent on all manufacturers. manufactured food stuffs excepted. In a letter to Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee, Congressman Jefferis explaining the scope of his measure says: Jn the latest census of manufac tures, made in 1914. the total of manufactures in the United States was $24,246,453,000. Deducting $4, 661,826,000. the total value of manu factured foodstuff for that period, we have remaining $19,584,609,000. A tax of one-half of one per cent on this amount would yield $97,923,045 annual revenue. "As the value of manufactures has greatly increased during and since the war, it may be seen that such a tax would net at least $100, 000,000 yearly revenue. "Although no figures are avail able on the probable cost of collect ing the tax now in force, reports from various merchants and trades people in my district have con vinced me that in many cases the cost of collecting the present tax is nearly as great as the tax col lected. Then, too, the necessity of computing each sale is a serious handicap to progressive business, and works a hardship on all deal ers. "When returns are made to the internal revenue collector, that of ficial will require a small army of clerks, auditors and accountants, to tabulate them. By collecting the tax at the source of manufacture, this cumbersome method will be obviated and the cost of collection will be correspondingly less." Attorney Slashed. Clovis, N. M., Sept. 3. District Attorney Robert C. Dow of Carls bad, who is here attending the meet ing of the State Fair association, was stabbed in the abdomen and slashed about the face here by F. L. McCaulley. Dow's condition is serious. (JSC Dandruff and itcmnf; Why L AT II. TkRJt iournair cuticurk AHdrafgiftes Sosptt'tOfTrtmeQtS&BO.TfttaBmV. Sample eh fVee of "Puttcrr Pyt. jrtatv" mm WW TERa SEPT. 7 said Brigham fired the first shot up in the air. The witness was not sure whether or not Brigham fired the second shot in the air or point blank at the fleeing bellboy. Shana han declared he witnessed the affair from Fourteenth street at the mouth of the alley. The witness asserted he did not see Scott running after he saw Brigham fire the second shot. He declared Holman was standing on the north side of the alley at Thirteenth street After he reach ed the scene, Shanahan declared, he heard Holman exclaim two or three times, "You said to get him." He said Brigham told him Holman kill ed Scott and that Holman told him that he shot in the air. Bullard Blames Brigham. W. C. Bullard told the jury that he heard Armstrong shout "Shoot him. Kill the ." The wit ness said immediately after he heard the report of the second shot he heard the negro scream. He said he saw Brigham fire the first shot in the air. Bullard declared Brig ham sent the second shot straight at the fleeing negro. "It was about IU seconds after the report of the second shot the negro seemed to disappear," said the witness. "I heard him yell before I heard the third shot. I was watching the af fair from the alley near Fourteenth street and I thought Scott went down in the middle of Thirteenth street before he reached the east side. .1 was surprised when I found him later lying in the east mouth of the alley." Tom Bevington, 412 South Thir teenth street, who lives on the cor ner of Thirteenth street and the al ley, declared he saw the affair from the beginning until he saw the ne gro drop dead from a bullet fired from the revolver of one of the po licemen, who followed him down the alley from Fourteenth 'street. He said the negro was running out of the mouth of the alley from the west side of Thirteenth street when the second shot was fired. Just before this, he said. Scott begged for his pursuers not to shoot. "Almost immediately after this," the witness declared. "I heard the second shot. Scott exclaimed 'my God,' and staggered into Thirteenth street. He wavered to the east side of the street and died in the mouth of the alley." Hit by Second Shot Bevington was sure Scott was shot before the last shot was fired by Holman. He said the last shot was fired after the bell boy was wounded. This shot, he said, came from the north side of the alley. Bevington declared the negro turned half way around to plead with his pursuers not to kill him when the fatal bullet struck him in the left side. Substantiate Statements. Francis E. Boyle, who accom panied Bullard and Shanahan, prac tically substantiated the statements of his companions. T. J. MacMahon, also an eye wit ness to the shooting, declared he heard one of the detectives cry out after the negro as he raced down the alley from the hotel, "Kill the Rov Stewart, a guest of the St. James hotel, just across the street from where bcott was killech also heard one of the policemen call out. "Shoot the ." He also de clared the negro begged before he was shot, "Don't shoot me; I have done nothing." Mrs. Edna January. 420 South Thirteenth street, said she heard the negro exclaim, "Oh, Lord!" after he was shot. Brig. Gen. Charles F. Lee of the British Royal Flying Forces, who was in Omaha on August 31 a year ago with the American-British flying circus, was killed Monday aft ernoon when his airplane fell 200 feet at Weeston-Super-Mare, on the Bristol channel near London. Gen eral Lee during his stay here, be came well acquainted with several Omahans and is especially remem bered by Mayor Smith, who made a flight with him while here. After his return to Washington following his trip through the United States, General Lee sent a letter to the mayor, thanking Oma hans for his reception here. While here, the general flew an English plane. The general was one of the youngest officers of high rank, the war produced. Off Again, On Ag am. Gone Again, Wedding T' r .1 r i lies ror me Lomos Another little chapter in the many matrimonial ventures of Effa Combs and Charles Addison Combs was finished yesterday when Dis trict Judge Sears granted Effa a divorce. Charles is a street car conducter. They were married January 9, 1917. Each had been married be fore. Charles brought two sons from his first marriage to bless their home and Effa contributed a daugh ter by her first marriage. After a year all was not going so merrily. The daughter of his wife slapped him, Charles alleged in his first petition for divorce from Effa. There were other unpleas antnesses, he said, such as threats to kill him. He obtained divorce in the district court February 15, 1918. But he found it equally impossi ble to live without Effa as he thought it to live with her. So he wooed and won her again and the wedding bells pealed for the pair the second time, April 26, 1918. All went merrily for perhaps three of four weeks. Then discord again set in and finally Charles filed suit for divorce, July 20, 1918. Afjr a few weeks he withdrew his suit. They lived together again. Effa sued for di rce March 20, 1919. She withdrew that suit after a short time and they tried it again. On July 8, 1919, Effa filed an other suit for divorce. On the al legations made in that suit, Judge Sears granted her a divorce yester day. She said he was cruel to her. Her daughter, who was accused of the slapping, testified that step papa was jealous of her mother. OPINIONS "Your tires and tubes are the best I ever saw." O. G. Kenyon, Topeka, Kansas. SPRAGUE Tire & JRubber Co. 18th and Cuming. Tyler 3032. COURT UPHOLDS ELECTION PLAN FOR CONVENTION Omaha Attorney Will Appeal to .Supreme Court for Decision Before No vember Vote. Distric Judge Troup, in a decision handed down yesterday, upheld the constitutionality of the law provid ing for the election of delegates to the constitutional convention. He refused the petition of B. S. Baker, an attorney, who soueht an injunction to prevent Election Com missioner Moorhead from proceed ing with the election of delegates to the constitutional convention on November 2. Construction of Law. In rendering his decision, Tudee Troup declared that there are "most serious doubts" regarding the con struction to be put upon the law which designates the manner of electing these delegates. Under these circumstances, he said, "practice has decreed that the trial court shall decline to hold a law unconstitutional for the time being, but shall pass the question on to the supreme court, whose pecu liar function it is to decide such questions." The case has been brought into the courts in order to get a de cision from the supreme court, so that the legality of any constitution which might be drafted by the pro posed convention may never be questioned. Where Fight Centers. The fight centers around a pro vision of the constitution which says that delegates shall be elected "in the same manner as members of the house of representatives." Judge Troup pointed out that there are two theories, each having much to support it. One is that the clause of the original constitution providing for election of constitu tional convention delegates means they should be elected in the same manner as members of the legisla ture were elected when the original constitution was drafted. The other is that the clause means the dele gates should be elected in the same manner as members of the legisla ture are elected at the time dele gates to a new constitutional con vention are to be elected. The case will be carried on to the supreme court at once by Mr. Baker and will be advanced on the calendar there so as to get a final division on the question before No vember 2, the date of the election. Editor of Bee Completes Fight on Newspaper Rate Washington, Sept. 3. (Special Telegram.) Victor Rosewater. edi tor of The Bee, after a busy round of senators and representatives and meeting public officials generally in the interest of the repeal of pres ent postal rates as applied to news papers and magazines, left Wednes day for Chicago, where he will spend a day or two before return ing to Omaha. Mr. Rosewater feels that his in terviews with legislators have had the effect at least of showing in equalities between parcel post charges in certain zones and the poundage charged on newspapers in the same zones and he is hopeful that some relief will be granted by congress in the near future. Enrico Caruso Returns After Visit to Italy New York, Sept. 3. Enrico Ca ruso, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera company, and Mrs. Caruso arrived here today from Italy on the Italian liner Giuseppi Verdi. Caruso said he was under contract for 12 performances in Mexico City for $84,000, but that if conditions were bad in Mexico he would not go there. Failure to appear, he said, would cost him $300,000 in damages, according to his contract. RELIEVE INDIGESTION Unusual Friendship Leads Noted Britisher to American Shores New York, Sept. 3. An unusual story of friendship between two men in high office was told here today by Lieut. Col. Thwaites, British as sistant provost marshal, following tho announcement that Sir William Tyrell would accompany Viscount Grey as his private secretary when the latter arrives here at the end of the present month to serve as Brit ish ambassador to Washington. Sir William was private secretary to Lord Grey, then Sir Ward Grey, at the outbreak of the war, when the new ambassador was British sec retary for foreign affairs. When Sir Edward Grey retired Sir William was made undersecretary of foreign affairs and held that important office for the greater part of the war. One of his two sons was killed at the front, and the father determined to ret're from public life. When his old chief consented, to go to the United States as ambassa dor Sir William at once caine for ward and volunteered to accept thai comparatively humble position of private secretary after having filled one of the most important posts in the empire. Ambassador Grey's eyesight ha almost completely failed him and it was this fact, Colonel Thwaites said, which determined Sir William to make the considerable sacrifice in position in the name of friendship. Sir William Tyrrell, according ta Colonel Thwaites, is considered on of the ablest diplomats in England. Roumania Again Takes Up Time of Peace Congress Paris, Sept. 3. The supreme council today again considered the failure of Roumania to respond in writing to the notes of the council and discussed the sending of a rep resentative of high standing to Bucharest to insist upon an imme diate reply. No agreement ,wat reached, but it is probable a decision will be arrived at tomorrow. Apparently the council has no de sire to select an Anferican for the mission, as the European members are said to feel that he would be likely to prove too outspoken. With Horaford'a Add PhoaphaU Taken before meals, tones the stomach, promotes appetite and prevents distress. Thompsort-Belclen- &(h J stablishcd7SS6 -?l TAe7h.sJiio2i Genier car Tpomen A Special Sale of Sorosis Shoes All broken lines of Sorosis footwear, in cluding black, brown, gray, and ivory shoes will be placed on sale Thursday. for $8.85 With shoe prices advancing as they are, this sale offers an unusual opportunity for buy ing Fall and Winter shoes, values up to $12 for $8.85. Thursday and Friday Only Marabou Capes and Scarfs... Marabou is very becom ing, and with fur prices on the increase, the pur chase of a cape or scarf would be an economy. They are lined and come in the natural taupe shade and black. Priced from $10 to $35. Black velvet throws are made to order here for very reasonable prices. Neckwear Dept. Wenoma Corsets The elastic top, fancy batiste corsets are prov ing most satisfactory. These new models, giv ing comfort and grace as well as style are priced from $2.50 Upward- Corset Dept., Third Floor Women's Knit Underwear... Mercerized vests in flesh and white, $1; extra size, $1.25. Mercerized union suits, low neck and sleeveless, with either fitted or wide knees, $1.75; extra size, $2. Glove silk vests with ribbon shoulder straps $3.50. 1 Muslin Underwear Reduced Children' Drawer which sold formerly for 35c to 45c are priced for Thursday, 29c a pair. Women' Night Gowns, made kimono style, regularly $1.25, Thursday 98c. Pajamas, of pink and blue crepe. $2.25 pajamas for $1.49; nainsook pajamas for $1.39. JR Skinner's the Best Macaroni and' Spaghetti made of Durum Wheat If Guy L. 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