THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1919.
Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha Bee
M'KELVIE URGES
AID FOR STORM
SWEPT CITIES
Issues Appeal, Including Fer
ent Telegrarm From Gov
', ernor Hobbof Texas,
for Help.
-incoin, ieo, sept. vi. ispe-
cJal.) Governor McKelv?e has a
4 taued an appeal to the people of Ne
braska to aid in relieving the desti
tution and sufferings of the people
Caused bv th Hffrnriv tjtrm nA
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' v mum bhcj;i mac piacc
last Sunday. The proclamation is
,, .it'"iiac iu uijjcni requests irom
uov. w. v. Hobby of Texas and
Mayor Gordon Boone of Corpus
Christi.
- .George Dayton, acting mayor of
, Jng religious, charitable and frater
nal organizations to aid the refugees
'Of the flood-stricken ritv. Nithr
he state of Nebraska nor the city
i of Lincoln has available funds for
such an emergency,
f The governor's statement is as
follows:
iiiex-eopie 01 iNeDrasKa: i
am in receipt of the following tele
gram from Mayor Gordon Boone of
Corpus Christi:
'Corpus Christi and vicinity over
whelmed by disastrous hurricane
and tidal wave. Thousands desti
tute. Loss of lives large and prop
erty loss exceeding $10,000,000. Fi
nancial assistance imperative."
Further" confirmation of this con
dition is received by me from the
governor of Texas m a similar tele
gram. "I think the people of Nebraska
are, in a measure, informed of the
great disaster that has overwhelmed
the people living within the area
that was stricken by the tidal wave.
There can be no doubt that the de
struction fs far beyond anything
that we may comprehend without
having reen the devastated area.
"I. therefore, submit to the oeoole
of Nebraska the appeal of Corpus
Christi and of the governor of Tex
as in the hope that those who , are
fortunately situated here, and
are able to do so , will at once
make some contribution to the
relief of the people in the
stricken area, and I suggest, there
fore, that these contributions be
'sent directly to Gordon Boone,
Mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Prompt action i this matter will be
of greatest service.
t '.'SAMUEL R. M'KELVIE,
"Governor.
P. A. Bartows. Correspondent
Leading Educators
Attend the County
Fair at Fairbury
Fairbury, Neb., Sept. 19. (Spe
cial) Supt Henry Abrams is hold
ing a joint institute it Fairbury this
week for the teachers of the county,
including the Fairbury city schools.
Thursday was school children's day
at the county fair, and the following
appeared on the program:
Miss Lida B. Earhart, University
of Nebraska; Miss Eva B. Shuman,
auoerintendent of schools. Steele
City; Frank G. Pickell, principal of
high school, Lincoln' A. V. Teed,
State Normal school, Wayne; Prof.
H. O. Ferguson, supervisor public
school music, Lincoln, Neb.; W. E.
Scott, principal senior high school,
Fairbury, and others. J
Rotting Wheat Covers
Ground in the West
Part of, Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 19. Hun
dreds of thousands of bushels of
wheat are on the ground in danger
of rottirfgin western Nebraska be
cause elevators are already filled
and because there is a shortage of
railroad cars, together with an em
bargo on wheat shipments to Oma
ha and Kansas City, according to
information reaching Governor
Samuel Ii. McKelvie, who announced
he would appeal to the railroad ad
ministration to take steps to relieve
the situation.
National Fire Prevention
.Leaflets Are Distributed
Lincoln, Sept. 19. (Special.) One
hundred . .copies ! of the r national
pamphlet published for use as a
textbook in the schools, entitled
p'Safeguarding the Home Against
tire, have been received by Chiet
h. D. Beach of the state hre preven
tion bureau. He is sending one to
each county superintendent with a
circular letter calling attention t0
"state fire day," which is fixed by
law on the first Friday in November.
Increase Telephone Rate
at Gothenburg October 1
Lincoln, Sept. 19. (Special.) An
increase of 50 cents per month on
business telephones and 25 cents for I
individual residence pnones ana
farm line service has been.authorized
at Gothenburg by the State Railway
commission, effective October 1.
This will make the business rate $2
and the other two classes $1.25-each.
Two-party residence service will re
main on the $1 basis.
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I Smart Models
in our
New Fall
Dresses
Tricotines
The most' wanted wool ma
terial of this season at
to
$39.50
$57.50
Tricolettes and
Paulettes
i The ultra smart silk fabrics
! at- $45.00
I " $69.5a
Satins and
- Charjneuse
For afternoon and dinner
f wear, at
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GOVERNOR ASKS
HINES FOR CARS
TO MOVE WHEAT
Car Commission Has No Au
thority and Millions of
Bushels Rot on Ground ,
in Nebraska.
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Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 19. (Special.)
Director General Hines of the fed
eral railroad administration is asked
in an urgent telegram from Gov
ernor McKelvie to take some action
to save hundreds of thousands of
bushels of wheat in western Nebras
ka from rotting on the ground, be
cause freight cars for its shipment
have not been furnished. Great dam
age has already! been done and a
further loss ofvthe world's staple
food will follow unless relief is had
soon.
Around Dalton, Neb., a point on
the Burlington railroad in Cheyenne
county, 1,000,000 bushels of wheat
are exposed to the elements for want
of cars and storage space, according
to the information reaching the gov
ernor. The same condition exists
to a greater or less degree through
out that entire region.
Under orders from the railroad
administration and the federal grain
corporation, no wheat is being re
ceived at Kansas City or Omaha
and an embargo has been declared
on shipments to those places. The
local elevators are filled to over
flowing and unable to get rid of
what they have on hand, so they
can take no more without piling
it on the ground. Farmers, in
many cases, are not provided with
granary space foY their threshed
,wheat, and are either unable to buy
lumber because they lack the ready
cash or lumber is not to be had.
V Complaints relative to the situa
tion have been coming to the rail
way commission for some time but
the commission has no authority
over car distribution.
Blue River Is Running'
Bank Full at Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) Because of heavy rains north
and west of the city the Blue river
and its tributaries are running bank
full. The river is the highest since
last spring.
The Gage county fair will be held
here next week, the dates being Sep
tember 22-26.
Returned Soldier 'V.
Under Grave Charge .
Suddenly Ends Life
Grand Island, Neb. Sept. 19.
(Special Telegram.) Forman Con
ner, a returned soldier, killsd him
self with two shots today, one fired
close to the heart and the second
through the temple. He had taken
advantage of the absence of his
uncle, with whom he was living, to
commit the deed, and- apparently
was driven to it to escape conse
quences of trouble in which he had
become involved . through alleged
unauthorized appropriation of an au
tomobile. Conner is alleged to have taken
the machine at Burwell last Mon
day, stripping it of jarts he needed
to repair his own car, and ditching
the wrecked machine. He pleaded
guilty in the preliminary court and
had been bound over to the district
court. His parents live at Burwell.
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Men Arrested in
Omaha Escape From
Jail at Aurora, Neb.
Aurora, Neb., Sept 19. (Special.)
Two men held on a charge of bur
glarizing the store of Charles Feel
haver at Hampton, Neb., August 29,
1919, last night ettected their escape
frojn the county jail here by sawing
through the bars. The men were
picked up in Omaha while "pan
handling" on the streets, among
the effects being some jewelry
taken from the Hampton store.
They gave their names as Alex Gar
rard of Moose Taw, Canada, and
Emil Deering of. Jackson, O. A
liberal reward is to be offered for
their apprehension. '
Heavy Rain Forces
Springfield Flyers -.
Down at Fremont
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 19. (Soecial
Telegram.) Osborne Daniel and
Burdell Cole of Springfield, Mass.,
on tneir way by airplane frdm
Springfield to Casper, Wyo., were
forced to earth at Fremont when
they struck the heay rainstorm. They
resumed their journey this morning.
They had been three days on the
road. Both young men were in the
army and have oil interests at
Casper. v A
Car Arrested Under Prohi
Law as Public Nuisance
Fremont. Neb.. Sent 19. fSoe-
cial.) The first warrant for the ar
rest of an automobile under the pro
hibitory law "was issued her today,
the car belonging to 'Andrew R.
Saunderson. The car vis' chareed
with "being a nuisance." Saunder
son is held for having liquor in his
possession.
Beatrice, Neb., Elks Will
Build $13,000 Home
Beatrice. Neb.. Sent 19.-fSoe-
cial) Elks of this citv yesterday
closed a deal for the purchase of
the old auditorium building on
North Fifth street, which they ex
pect to put in shape for a perma
nent home. I lie consideration was
$13,000 ,
No Towel at Hand'
i So He Dried His Feet
On the Lace Curtains
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I Fremont, Neb., Sept 19. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. William Conners caused
the arrest of her spouse on a charge
that he tore the lace curtain from
the window when--he washed his feet
and fp,undno towel to dry them. To
get even Mrs. Conners said she
grabbed two electric light globes
and slammed them" to the floor. A
melee followed and Mrs. Conners
showed the court a ' black eye.
Conners, is spending 30 days in jail.
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Fremont Judge Did
Not Forget Live Love
On Fields of prance
Fremont, Neb., )Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) Eugene L. Mahlin, prominent
Fremont attorney, and Miss Lula
Mae, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
J. Walker of Bellewood, were mar
ried at the home of the bride's par
ents. Mr. Mahlin was serving as
police judge when called into the
service a year ago.
Win Prize With 11 for
Biggest Family at Fair
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 19. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Otteman of the Hooper vicinity
won the prize for the largest family
at the Hooper stock show which
came to a close today. Mr. and"
Mrs. Otteman brought 11 of their
14 children to the show. Three of
their children are married, and did
not join the family.
City of Wymore, Neb., Sells
Parks to Build Sewers
Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) By a special election vote of
104 to 75 the , citizens of Wymore
authorized the sale of Arbor State
and Riverside parks, the money to
be used in constructing a sewer
system. The proposed sewer svs-
Uem will cost about $50,001
Burlington Road Man Dies
After 36 Years' Service
Red Oak, la., Sept 19. (Special.)
George Sufis, who has lived in
Red Oak all his life and has been
in the employ of the Burlington
Railway company for 36 years, died
at his home here yesterday after
noon, his death resulting from
anemia.
My HEART and
My HUSBAND
Adele Garrison'! New Phase of
Revelations,
of a Wife
The Way Mother Graham Greeted
Madge.
For a moment as I gazed upon
the blank sheet of " paper which
Dicky had seen fit to enclose in the
envelope he had given his mother
for me I "saw red" in primitive fem
inine fashion, and could have shriek
ed my anger and hdmiliation at the
trick my husband had played upon
me. .
Then, as I remembered that the
keen eyes of my mother-in-law were
fixedly watching me, 1 controlled
my wrath with an effort of will pow
er that cost me more than I rea
lized and laughed lightly as- I
crumpled the paper in my hand."
"Poor Dicky 1" I s'd carelessly.
"I wonder if nothing will ever cure
him of being absent-minded. I sup
pose he is carrying the note to me
around in his pocket under the im
pression thatiit is a sheet of blank
paper, while he has put no writing
at all into this envelope." v
Madge Gets a due.
"Do I look like a fool?" was my
mother-in-law's response to this
contribution of mine. "You'd bet
ter own up to t he whole thing.
Richard limply handed me that note
in order to pull the wool over my
eyes. "But," grimly, "he never has
been able to do it yet, and I'm not
quite in my dotage, although you
and he probably think that I am. No,
you've had a disgraceful row, and I
don't wonder Richard tried to get
out of ft y pretending he had such
a rush of orders on that he couldn't
get home to sleep for a month. Said
a lot of them had come in yester
day, and that he had told you about
them."
I bless my Stars for my mother-in-
law's garrulity. She had given me"
my cue. If Dicky had betrayed no
inkling of our disagreement I as
suredly should not be the one to
"spill the beans." In spite of my
anger at him I could not help a
twitching of my lips as I remember
ed how often the crude phrase was
upon his lips. ,
"He did speak of the orders."
I affirmed winkingly, saving my con
science with the rememberance that
upon nur "motor ride home he had
said that his work was picking up
most encouragingly. "And you are
utterly mistaken, mother, in yojit
theory that Dicky and I have had
any disagreement over Alice Hol
combe." "Well, if it wasn t she, It was
something else!" she asserted stub
bornly. "I know the earmarks of a
row when I see them, but, of course,
if you make up your mind not to
say anything, why, I suppose you'll
be as mulish as you generally are.
Now never mind standing on one
foot in your hurry to get away. I
want to hear all about what hap
pened today. I feel it in my bones
that something mighty unpleasant is
going to develop from that woman's
death."
"Your premonition is justified this
time," I said stiffly. "Mr. Stock
bridge was arrested this afternoon
upon suspicion ot having killed his
wife."
"You' don't tell met" she ex
claimed, her face and eyes alight
with the enthusiastic interest with
which she invariably greets a mys
tery. Dicky more than once has re
marked irreverently that "the old
dear ought to have been a sob sister
on a yellow journal, she had such an
eye for people weltering in their
gore," and the ludicrous phrasing
came back to me as I saw the quer
ulous lines fade out of her face,
leaving it purposeful, animated. I
saw with a little thrill of relief that
she had forgotten all about the af
fairs, peaceful or quarrelsome, of
Dicky and me, resolved to gratify
her appetite for thrills to the utmost
of my ability.
To this end I drew a chair near
hers, and sitting down, told her as
much of Milly Stockbridge's story
as I dared without betraying how
intimate was my knowledge of the
tragedy and the events leading up
to it, then related Alice Holcombe's
account of the coroner's inauest.
I tried -to make my friend's con
nection with the affair as sketchy as
possible; thought I had succeeded
until after I had finished and my
mother-in-law had relaxed some
what from the breathless attention
with which she had followed my
story, she said caustically:
"If that red-headed friend of
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Constitutional Election.
Chadron, Neb., Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) For delegates to the consti
tutional convention, for Dawes and
Sioux counties, E. P. Wilson of
Chadron and George Adams of
Crawford were successful. Less
than 15 per cent of the qualified
voters cast ballots.
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A Special Purchase Makes Possible This
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24x36-Inch Hit or Miss
Rag Rugs. Special '
Purchase Price
49 c
27x54-Inch Hit or Miss
Rag Rugs. Special
Purchase Price
89c
36x72-Inch Hit or . Miss
Rag Rugs. Special
Purchase Price
$1.45
24x36-Inch Colonial Rag
, Rugs in the Special
Purchase Sale
76c
27z54-Inch Colonial Rag
Rugs in the Special -.
Purchase Sale
$1.25
36x72-Inch Colonial Rag
Rugs in the Special
Purchase Sale ,
$2.20
27x54 Axminster
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Autumn's Smartest
SUITS
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When you select your fall suit, the chances
are you will plan on wearing it more than one
season, and with that idea in view, we chose
our stocks this fall with more than ordinary
care.
While there are many novelty effects
shown, the majority of the autumn suits here
are tailored along ultra-smart, yet conservative
lines that are good looking, becomjngrahd al
ways in good taste.
Exceptionally High Quality at These
Moderate Prices ' -
$32.50 up to $125
A Special Purchase of .
Crepe deQiine A 25
and Georgette lr
Waists Regularly $7.50 and $8.00
Many w6meriwill purchase two or more of these
splendid waists for they represent the best waist values
we have had in months.
AirtKe Latest Fall Styles and Colors
in a wonderful collection of high-grade Crepe de Chine
and Georgette Blouses beaded, braided, embroidered,
lace trimmed, frilled and tailored--in blue, gray,' white,
flesh and new shades such as Adriatic, League Gold,
Apricot, Peach Bloom, Morning Glory, etc etc., all I
at $4.25.
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yours doesn't look' out, shell find
herself held as an accessory; or
whatever they call it. She seems
to be making an 18-carat idiot of
herself. For my part I wouldn't
put it past her to have slipped some
thing in the other woman's tea at
that. What's the matter?"
I knew my face must have be
trayed the inexplicable feeling which
had recurred to me at the common
place phrase, "the other woman's
tea," which my mother-in-law had
used. Why should I be haunted at
every turn by the memory of Milly
Stockbridge's hands reaching out
freedily for the packets of tea which
had offered her at the schoolhouse
the last day I had seen her alivef
But not to .my mother-in-law
could I confide 'my psychic horrors.
(Continued Monday.) '
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and today are better than
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Come and see them.
$25 to $75
New Fall Toppers
Many new styles of waist-line form-fitting and loose-back Fall
Coats, taped seams and full lined - ;
$25.00 to $50.00
New Hats
Velours, Beaver, Moleskins, Scratch Moleekln finish; all the
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$3.00 to $15.00
Silk Shirts
Special line of new patterns
$8.50 to $12.00
Fine Madras
New Colorings and patterns
$1.50 to $5.00
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