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    THE BEE: - OMAHA. SATURDA3T OCTOBER 4. iviv.
otLGIAN KING
CANCELS DATES
TO OCTOBER 14
becausef of Illness of Prcsl
' dent Albert Will Spend
- Week Quletjy in
California.
New York, Oct 3. Because of
theillnea of President Wilson
King Albert of Belgium has decided
to cancel all his engagements in
connection with his tour of the
United States after those 'in Bos
ton and Buffalo up to October 14,
From Buffalo the royal visitor
will go to, some point in California
t 1 . .1 I'! I -
ana win remain tnerc unm nc is
scheduled to visit San Francisco
ax 14 Hi'c adi4it1 after
that date stands tentatively. ' ',
.'The announcement, of the change
" intthe plans wSs made by Breck
' enridge Long, .third assistant sec
retary of state, who has charge of
the Belgian cartys tour of the
country.
' "His majesty," said the statement.
"has expressed his earnest desire
to proceed to Washington to pay a
visit of . courtesy and respect to
President Wilson and has said he
would have so proceeded even if
he could have remained only five
minutes if he had not been advised
by the president s physician' that he
would not permit i him to see Mr.
"-wit... . . '
"Mil malncdr ArAA fTlf
i 11UJ V. ,1 J, Lit J U(V,UV
owing to -the- condition Qt health
df the president, he does not care
to go to a place of amusement and
.consequently has. canceled his en
, gagetnent to go to the Hippodrome
tonight.
Ruck from Palestine R. O. Als
rnau, who waa with the Australian
forces, returned to Omaha yester
lay, having been statloed in Egypt
mm ine t aiesune oouniry unaer
0neral Allenby.
Saturday
Price Is
2450
on
Furs
Suits,
Coats
Dresses
at,
The Closing; Out
Sale of
The House of
MENAGH
Omaha's Finest Gar
ment Shop
I
I Names
. Garments worth as ;
;much as $60.00 will be;
sold Saturday : f o r-rr"
$24.50. :'.;:r,::;:-
If you don't want to
buy don't come, be
cause as surely as you
see tnese wonaenui
you will surely
bp;
f Our Mease expires
Qct 15, W stop selling
merchandise Oct 11
This gives us just seven
selling days in which to
? dispose of all stock, and.
.fixtures.',;' .. .:.X:
$ v Everything must be
i S. 37 serge and
noveiiy bkituj uuu we.
have, will sell Saturday
for $8.90. :'), ?
Urle Flatly Refuses Job
6f, Police Comriiission6r;
, Ziiiiman "Not Afraid" of It
Commissioner. Ure Said to Have Been 'influenced by
- Mrs. UreZimman Doesn't , Want Position But
" '. "It Pas No Terrors for Me,'? He Says Wood May
Leave Tonight. 1 , ' ' , ' .
Who will be the
sioner of police? ."
That was the paramount question
heard in Omaha yesterday, and the
next, was an inquiry .affecting the
office of the chief of police.
Commissioner Ure came out with
t positive statement that he would
itot'serve'fts police commissioner. It
was known that on Thursday he
was in a receptive mood, stating
that he would yield if there was an
"urgent demand" that he take the
position. Some of Mr. Xire's friends
asserted that Mrs. Ure was instru
mental ih the decision which he an
nounced yesterday.
Zimman Not Afraid.
Commissioner. Zimman, at pres
ent in charge of the fire department.
is being mentioned. On this sub
ject Mr. 'Zimman said last night:
I am not seeking the job ot
commissioner of police, nor do I
want it. but I will say that I am
not afraid of, it. (The place holds
IIV IVti Ul 3 IVI lllfc
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood will
leave Omaha tonight or Sunday
morning, leaving the local situation
n charge of Col. J. t. Morns ot the
Twentieth infantry. ,
Wood- Busy Man..
The general, has had several busy
days since he arrived in Omaha last
Tuesday morning from South Da
kota. He has made several trips
over the city and held many con
ferences with public officials and
civilians." Yesterday: he spoke at
the University club, and in the even-
ng "attended the Ak-bar-Ben ball.
During the afternoon hejeonferred
with C. A. Davis, attorney general
of the ' state, and A. V. Shotwell,
county attorney. ' .
y Commissioner Ure was asked
yesterday to give an expression of
his ppsition in connection with the
efforts being made to make him
commissioner of police. V
"l can t take the place, he re
plied. . '
Do you mean that you will not
take it?" was asked.
"Yes, that's it," he replied.
. . Ready to Quit
While.. Commissioner Rinsrer has
not volunteered to offer his resigna
tion outright, it is definitely under
stood and agreed to by him that he
will not oppose being removed from
the position of superintendent of
police provided he is allowed to hold
his office as commissioner in some
other, capacity. . - '
Lhiet ot Police tberstetn. it is re
ported on reliable authority, has of
fered to tender his resignation at
any time it is asked.; .1-
Could Have Job.
"If Ure will take the place he
will be superintendent of police,"
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asseriea one or ine cny commis
sioners -who spoke, confidentially.
I. W. Gamble, oresident of the
Chamber of Commerce, ana r. A.
Brogan, chairman of the executive
committee, accompanied by Adj.
Gen. H. J. Paul of the Nebraska
National guard, held an hour a con
ference with Mr. Ure yesterday
morning in - the latter's office, but
the conferees declined to discuss the
nature of their discssioun. It is re
liably understood that the mission
was to ask Mr. Ure to serve Omaha
as superintendent of police.
Won't Discuss Meeting.
Considerable ' importance is at
tached to a meeting held Thursday
in the Chamber ot commerce Be
tween a special committee of five
of which W, B. T. Belt is chairman.
Police, Commissioner Rincrer and
Chief of Police Eberstein, who were
called into that conference which
lasted two hours, declined yesterday
to comment on the deliberations.
"We discussed matters in connec
tion with the improvement of the po-
"It was i private meeting and I
will not discuss it," replied Chief
Eberstein. f - -'
v Paul Is Mentioned.
The Presence of Adjutant General
Paul of the state euard has more
significance than appears on the sur
face. He is. being mentioned in con
nection with the new position of
inspector .of police. , He has had
military experience and unofficial
reports ire that ne may ot tne new
inspector. ?r
! During 'eonference with the city
commissioners Thursday morning,
Major General Weed recommended
that an inspector of police should be
coointed and that the man wno is
selected sh6uld be one of military
new commis-1 training, and 'competent to place the
police department on - a semi-mili
tary basis of sufficient efficiency to
meet a situation like the one. which
foccurred here Sunday. .
Back to Normal. :
Omaha is swinging back again
into the routine of the day's work.
1 he principal activities growing out
o.' the Sunday night disorders are
the apprehension of those who were
implicated, the restoration of the
court house, and the protective pre
parations for the future.
I Investigation of persons suspected
of having been participants in the
Sunday night outbreak, and also the
examination of witnesses who have
information, is bein held in room
201, city hall, where representatives
of the state, county and city are
co-operating.
Cant Henry Haie is there for the
police department, and M. F. Dema
sey is representing the county at
torney's office. Six state agents
have been assigned by the state.
Heart Beats
.'By A. K. .
. ; ;
"Our beautiful court house
V Our million dollar court house"
This is allNve hear
After the tragedy
Of Sunday night.
Nothing is said
Of the many victims
Of that mob. -
The white girl's
Shattered nerves'
Her blighted future
A hideous nightmare
.Which will precede her
' Through long years
,J Of mental torture
These hold no part
In the public heart
Because it cannot see her.
No one mentions
Embryonic bandits
The inevitable outcome
Of slaughter
And pillage '
, On the plastic mind
Of Youth.
Mental impressions
Are received before the age
, Of twenty-one
Scientists tell us1
And the mob leaders
Pushed to the front lines
. -Children of tender years.
One boy lies dead.
: Others risked their lives
In fire with gasoline
Many danced in the
Mad death-dance
Around the burning body
And their leaders were men
Perhaps these boys' ideals
Of courageous manhood.
Out of this riot
Comes criminals of many types.
in comparison
What is a court house? ,
What is a million dollars?
This can all be repaired
And forgotten
; But the mob
Was the echo
' Of something
Far more terrible
The result of outrages
Against human beings .
Not court houses of stons
' And glass.
; Back of the mob
. Was injustice in the courts
Of law i
Greed and graft
Have stamped themselves
Indellibly on brains.
-The humble soul
Has reached the point
Of thinking 4
It cannot respect .
Whattit sees through
And detects rottenness v
At every core.
Parrots you 1
Who shout "court house."
' Think I Think 1 1 Think 1 1 !
What brought about this riot
' And left its stain
On civilization? :
The charred and ruined
Structure
Is but a grim
Inanimate symbol
Of death and destruction V
Of fiendish crimes k
The aftermath of travesties -On
Law and Justice.
.'- . " ' SELAH.
Tickle, Tickle, TieliU
"ht'l ht atkn ion ootuh. BATES' HIAL
JO HONET Slop, tilt Tidkl. to HmUuj thi
naott. 35c par Dottle. Adr.
The Supreme
Piano
The Piano With
Wonderful Tone
h the jV
Web er
V ' 1
We are Exclusive 'Agents for the Weber in Nebraska
: and Western Iowa.
T HE Weber of today Is a matured master
piecethe, crowning achievement of
seventy-five years of painstaking en-'
. T deavor. The infinite care that has been em-
v . . ployed year after year in the construction and
. improvement of even the smallest minor parts
of the Weber has resulted in an. instrument
that today has no real peer.
.Uprights, r X . Easy Terms; Grands ,
; $695 up : t If Desired $995 up
1807ARNAMST
c OMAHANEB:
Call or Write " ;;
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ARKANSAS RIOT
RESULT OF PLOT
,:, '
OF NEGRO GROUP
Leader of Movement Arrested
Probe by 'Authorities;'
: HevealaT Reason. f or s
r: Uprising.
Helena.. ArkJ Oct. 3.-While the
situation in Helena is almost normal
tonight and virtually- calm prevails
in the southern part of the county,
which has been practically a sone
of negro insurrection since Tues
day night, sporadic clashes' have
taken place in the last ,24 hours.
Three negroes are reported to
have been killed today, in' addition
to two killed by soldiers near
Elaine last night. Another negro
is reported to have been wounded
by machine gun fire. Rounding up
of negroes by the federal troops
sent into the section continues.
Investigation of the disorders was
begun by a "committee of seven"
appointed by the civil authorities of
the county with the- approval of
Goy. Charles ' Brough. . The com
mittee is working in co-operation
with . the military ' authorities and
will take -testimony from negroes
as well as white persons. ,
Among the , negroes arrested at
Elaine was . one identified as Ed.
Hicks, alleged to have been a leader
in the movement to rise against the
white residents. ' The alleged head
of the disaffected negroes has -not
been captured, according to word
reaching here, but his description
has been sent broadcast, his name
being given, as . "Hill" or "Hall."
His home is said to be at' Winches
ter Drew county, to the southwes.t
of the scene of the racial troubles
in this county, j' 4 ';
Evidence accumulates that the
racial troubles of the last few
day were due to carefully planned
uprising on the part of a certain
class of negroes, which was re
vealed prematurely by the killing of
Deputy Sheriff W. A. Adkins. and
the wounding of Deputy Sheriff;
Pratt from ambush at Hoop Spur
Tuesday night.
A large number of rifles, shot
guns and pistols in possession of
negroes have been confiscated and
27 similar rifles with a large quan
tity of ammunition in cases were
seized in the building occupied by
the four Johnson brothers, who
were killed yesterday. The rifles
and ammunition were purchased
outside Helena, it developed.
The suspicions of the negroes ap
parently proved their undoing, for
. . . . I i .t ' a .1.
il is now Dcuevea iney urea on ine
party of deputies at Hoop Spur on
the assumption their plotting had
been discovered and was being in
vestigated. O'Neill Monument Ass'n
Sends Sympathy to Mayor
A weekly meeting of the Gen.
John O'Neill Monument association
was held at the Hotel Fontenelle
last night. On the motion of John
Donellan, Father Edward J. Flana
gan, Andrew Monahan and "Patrick
Guffev were appointed a commit
tee of three to call on Mayor Smith
and assure him of the association's
sympathy . r
Army Orders. .
Wtihlnfton, Oct. t. (Special TU
rmi Tint. I... Matthew Coffer, med
ical corps, I relieved from duty at Fort
De Molnei and will proceed to San Fran.
cleco. Capt Frank H. Band, sanitary
corpi, la relieved from duty at gamp
Bhelby. Mlw.. and will proceed to) Dee
Molnei. Following officer! of veterinary
corpa are - relieved from duty at Camp
LMX, IV. J., ana win proceea to timp
Dodge: Capt. Charlei 8. Parker, Flrat
Lieut. John Meredith I.toyd.
The Careful
Builder
of a Komft will see to
it that only durable
plumbing fixtures
the first-cost-last-cost
kind are installed.
And the wise builder of
future health, comfort
. and convenience in the -old
home will replace
, old-fashioned fixtures
with modern, sanitary
plumbing equipment
In either case that means '
- theinetallationofThomas
Maddock'e vitreous
china bathroom and '
plumbing fixtures. See
them at our showrooms
today or tomorrow.
United States Supply Co.
Ninth and Farnam fits.
OMAHA, fits.
or Cosinlt Year PlimW
MadeneC-3023
si
Buy" LITTLE WAGONS for the
Children at.
HARPER'S
FUHron Bldf . 17th and Howard
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Officials Tighten Coils of
; Iiaw Around Those Who .
Were Implicated In Riots
Many Who Posed for Photographs at Riot .Scenes
'. May Regret It, Says County Attorney News-J
paper l-uis usea to taenuiy rarucipants rriS'
, I ohers Held Without Bail by Military ,
County Attorney Shotwell said yes
terday that he will file no complaints
at present against the men arrested
and being held without bai' for com
plicity in-.the rioting Sunday night.
.these men are being iieia Dy tne
military authorities and held with
out bail, so-there is no necessity for
filing complaints immediately,', he
said. "If the military, authorities
will hold them without bail until
thegrand jury convenes next Wed
nesday I shall just present each, case
to the grand jury and let that body
indict direct" ' " '
Persons who, n the excitement
of Sunday night, posed for photo
graphs at the scene of the burning
of 'the negro's body, at the court
house and other places, may have
reason to regret it. These photo
graphs are forming important means
of identifying rioters.
County Attorney hotwell yester
day! received a very good newspaper
cut taken from a Chicago paper. It
is a full page in width and every
face on it is easily recognizable.
Many other photographs have
been received by the office in the
city hall which is a clearing house
for riot information.
Sheriff Clark yesterday received
numbers of several automobiles
and motorcycles which were prom
inent in the riot activities.
Telephone calls, letters, informa
tion (oven by people who call at
the offices of the sheriff, county at
torney and police are forming a net
work of evidence which is slowly
but surely enmeshing many of those
who led in the riots.
Some of the rioters, fearing ar
rest, have fled from the city. The
youth who cut a spectacular figure
riding a horse, early in the riot,
has fled to Iowa.. His father called
pn Sheriff Clark and County At
torney Shotwell yesterday to de
termine what is best for him to do.
He was informed that his best and
safest course is to get his son back
to Omaha and surrender him to the
authorities without delay.
The 54 riot prisoners now con
fined in the county jail are finding
the aftermath of riot unpleasant.
Nethaway Demands Release.
Claude L1. Nethaway, Who was a
prominent figure in the iot and is
now a county jail prisoner, wrote a
note Thursday to the county attor
ney demanding that he be released
from jail. He also wrote a note to
his lawyer, demanding that habeas
corpus proceedings be instituted.
"Get me out of this hell-hole,"
said the' note. "I am in here with
all kinds of persons. It is hell, i
Deadlock in Steel :
j. jtnke and nans Are :
Made for Long Battle
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' Pittsburgh, Oct. 3. While the
virtual deadlock continued in the
steel strike in the Pittsburgh dis
trict leaders of the organized work
ers were making plans to finance a
prolonged strike. ; I 1
The 24 international presidents of
the unions involved in the strike will
meet wi& the executive council of
the American Federation of Labor at
Washington Monday for the purpose
of discussing plans for the paying
of strike benefits.
While union leaders continued to
claim they have the steel mills in
tnis district crippled, tne company
officials said that many men were re
turning to work andjhat production
was nearly normal. . . v ,
Marshall law is an extortion on
demacrick government."
The notes were found in Netha
way's shoes when he was searched
Thursday night. The sheriff thinks
he intended to have the notes smug
gled out.
I hhomoson"Delden Store I
Trefpussc
Street Gloves
2-clasp i pique sewn
gloves in brown,
taupe, gray, black
: and white with em
,bro i d er e d backs,
$4.75 a pair. .
1 and 2-clasp pique'
sewn, gloves with
Paris Point stitching,
come in the suit
shades for $3.75 and
$4 a pair.
Silk Hosiery
Gordon pure thread
silk hose in black and
, cordovan with , lisle
garter tops and lisle
double soles for $2.75
a pair. ! :
Heavy black silk
hose, flare topr with
double soles for $2.75
a pair.
Silks
The Belding's guar
anteed silks which
are sold here exclu
sively, are no more
costly than the ordi-,
nary sort, yet they
wear so much better.
Satin de chine, satin
meteor and a number
of novelties in the
approved fall shades.
Georgettes of excep
tional value in 100.
shades and three dif
ferent qualities. , We
can match that , odd
shade.
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To fill this inconvenient lapse be
tween summer's frocks and win-,
ter's furs the attractive coat-suit
was evolved
With embroideries to make for
charm, with furs to; lend their
warmth, and soft new fabrics as a
foundation for the whole.
Suits fur-trimmed, suits severely
tailored-and embroidered suits to
wear with your own furs. An 'ex
tensive collection
From $49.50 to $450
with a specialized group at $98.50.
Apparel, Third Floor
D
; FCDMEN
Shirts, Ties,, Hose, Collars
Manhattan, Eagle and Arrow shirts in beauti
ful patterns. They are tailored, not simply
made ; the materials are durable, and colors
tand laundering; there is quality behind their
very evident attractiveness. Sizes lS1 to 18.
'V rf . 9 . ..
The Autumn shades in neckwear are well'repre
sented in both knitted ties and silks. The new
Cheney silk reversible ties with either wide or
narrow ends, are good looking, and a fine line
of bats are on hand. AH are made with slip
easy bands. -
?ur hosiery stock is very complete, including
Wayne Knit, Onyx and Interwovens in lisle, silk,
fibre, cotton and wool. Cashmere hose come in
heather shades, plain, clocked, or with an open
stitch. Silk accordion hose may be had in all
shades, and golf stockings, with fancy tops are,
in stock.
100 different styles in soft collars is quite a rec
ord. Delpark, Arrow and Earl & Wilson are
represented. Sizes 13 to 20.
To the Left as You Enter-
WINTER WRAPS
FOR CHILDREN
New cpats, sweaters, caps and hats
.in a fine assortment of sizes are on dis-
play in the Children's section on the
Second Floor;
Gray: chinchilla
coats with black
velvet collars in
sizes 2 to 8 years,
priced from
$9.50 to $18.50,f
according A o
sizes.
White chinchilla
coats for chil
Vdrenfrom 1 to 3
years are priced
most reasonably.
Winter coats of
chinchilla, zibe
line, silvertone,
broadcloth and
novelties, come
in sizes 2 to 12
years.
Children's'
sweaters and
sweater coats in
all shades, come
in sizes 4 to 14
years.
New Location, Second Floor-
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