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FLEET HOT KEPT READY TO FIGHT, SIMSJIIARGES Declares Months Were Lost Before Dispatching Squad ron of U. SBattleships To Join British Forces. Washington. March 11. Charox that the Atlantic fleet wa not kept m readiness tor Dattie ouring the war.. were added bv Rear Admiral Sims to his arraignment of Nary department policy in testimony to day before the senate investigating LOIDmlTIPP. . He told the committee that fre quent pleas for American warships were disregarded and month wrm lost in dispatching a squadron of nattiesnips to join the British grand fleet. When the squadron, finally was ordered abroad, he said, it was com posed of four ships of different types, evidence that other ships to form a homogenous unit were "not ready tor sea service. -Tribute to the officers and men of the "battleships was oaiH hv th admiral, who said the work of fitting into the British fleet was accom plished in four days, one of the finest rxniouions ne naa even seen. Service with the British, he pointed out, necessitated the abandonment of all the American codes and signals and adoption of the British system. Requests Were Refused. Requests for American forces to Kunn1ptnnt th 11i4 ,..f - Admiral Sims asserted, were refused at first by the Navy department on the ground that the future position of the United States must in no way be jeopardized by any disintegration of our main fighting fleet Admiral Sims charged that it was three months after the United States entered the war before he re , ceivtd a statement of the 'Navy de partment's policy; that for seven months the department failed to an swer even his cables with regard to sending battleships and then denied the request, but a month later re versed its position and ordered the Sixth battle squadron abroad; that he first urged the dispatch of all available ugs to the war zone on April 23, 1917, but no tugs arrived until a year later, although 43 were available to the Navy department the day war' was .declared, in addi tion to many owned by private con cerns; thatx. although he asked on June 26, 1917, that American sub? marines be sent to the war aone to help combat U-boats, it was four months before this request was com plied with and then but five sub marines were sent, five more arriv ing four months later, Wanti Hoover Called. Admiral Sims requested that the J , committee call Herbert Hoover to "substantiate his statements that the war was in danger of being lost by the allies because of the German submarine campaign. The committee agreed to ask Mr. Hoover to appear Saturday to tell of food conditions in the allied coun tries in the summer of 1917. Senator Ball, republican. Dela ware, replaced senator romaexier, republican, Washington, on the com mittee, the latter resigning because of inability to attend the sesions. THE BEE; OMAHA. FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1920. BEAUTY OF BRITISH MOVIES COMES TO AMERICA Prominent Omah Testify for Negro . Accused of Attack Melville ,D. Cameron, 216 North Thirty-second avenue, vice president and treasurer of the Peters Trust company, spared neither time nor expense In defending his negro house servant, Richard Smith, against the charge of attempted as sault against . Zeta Monahan, 32 vearold white girl, . October" -29, 1919. Smith was discharged. 'I knew Dick was Innocent be cause he was at our home during the time when the assault is alleged to have r.appened," said Mr. Camer on "I'd defend him as I would a white man whom I knew to be in nocent." Mr. Cameron engaged Stout, Rose, Wells & Martin, cor poration lawyers, to defend his ser vant - "I left Dick at home that night of October 29 particularly because Mrs. Cameron was alone while I "was at church." he said. "Dick was working about the gar age and cellar all the time from 6. o 8 p. m., Mrs. Cameron testified. The attempted assault occured at 6:30. ' Among the other prominent per sons who testified in his behalf were Frank Morsman, soa of Vice President Morsman of the Nebraska Telephone company, and Clarence Walrath of the Walrath & Sher wood Lumber company. Securities Turned Over ' To Sister of A. J. Seaman Thomas H. WetPcb, superintend ent of the Welfare board, and Mrs. Harriet E. Wolf of Lot Angeles were named special administrators for the estate of th late Albert T. Seaman, aged recluse, yesterday. Mr. Weirich announced that $3,400 in building and loan securities found had been deoosited to the credit oi Mrs. Wolf, who is Seaman's sister. He also stated that the Seaman estate includes $40,000 in converti ble bonds. . Unless keys to the safe ty deposit box. rented by Seaman in the State Bank of Omaha, are pro cured shortly the bos will be forced open, he said. ; . . Rumpus Results at Church -. At Perjury Charge of Women John R- Webster tireed up a rumpus at the First Baptist church Wednesday sight when be termed as "perjurers republican -women who have registered democrat in order to obtain th election ef Mrs. E. B. TowL dry-democrat., a delegate to the national convention. Mr. Webster rebplr was oc casioned when booster for Mrs. TowL who is an active member of the church, urged republican women to change their registration in Mrs. Towl' behalf. Under the law, par- tirtnatirtn in tirimarr Vrtinn is limited to party affiliation. Mrs. J. H. Dement- said that the trouble . was csnsed by a few over-zealous k; $ "Dancing ! i-H I -; Kid-6 -fC - h m p I ill - v - u vr;-. a I FRENCH WRITER SCORES WILSON TREATY LETTER Charges Aimed at Marshal Foch by Implication, Says Political Editor . of Echo De Paris. A pretty California miss and her "dancin kid." which has attracted much attention. Whenever hi pretty mistress play her ukulele the SENTRY AT FORT 'FIRES ON TRIO OF HIGHWAYMEN Automobile Thieves Pursued by City Police Escape Through Army Reservation. shots at a trio of suspected high- wavmpn at X n'rlnrW vesfprHav morning, vhen they broke into the reservation grounds after - leaping from a stolen automobile pursued by a sauad of city detectives. They escaped. As John v. Uohse, proprietor 'ot itnu mt Thirtieth anit Fnrt ctrpptc ctarfpd home in his car at 2:30, he noticed three men lump in a waiting machine and tol iow, he reported to police. wnen JLonse stopped in iront or ia tinmn at 3fl24 Tarimnrp itreet. the other car drew alongside also. He darted into his home and called police. Pnlie p rp.rnnriinp in the emer gency car saw the three men leap from their car into the Fort Omaha reservation grounds. Apartments occupied by Charles Burkd Stratford Terrace, Park ave nue and Pacific street, and I. L. Van Santa, 3205 Poppleton avenue, were ransacked by specialty thieves Thursday night. Silverware and odd articles of jewelry comprised the loot. The Army and Navy club house, Seventeenth and Howard streets, was. entered by burglar Thursday night nd a box of cigars and some small change taken from the secre tary's desk. The automobile from which the trio of suspected highwaymen escaped near Fort Omaha belongs to,0. H. Gibbs. 3211 North Four teenth avenue. It had been stolen shortly after midnight from seven teenth and Farnam streets. Titus' Name Is Withdrawn As Shipping Board Member Washington, March U. The nomination of Louis Titus of San Fnnriii-A tn he member of the shipping board was withdrawn from the senate today by President Wil son, acting upon the written request cf Mr. Titus. ' In his letter to trie president, sev eral days ago, Mr. Titus said he was an oil producer, and that be-i-mnmm th hnard considered orices for oil too high, his presence might embarrass the Board ana ieaa so criticism of it MRS. GALLAGHER, OMAHA PIONEER, DIES AT HOME i Widow of Late Ben Gallagher, For Years a Leader City's Social Affairs. Mrs. Winifred Gallagher, 69 years eld, leader in Omaha society and charitable activities for many years, died at 10:45 a. m. "yesterday at her home, Thirty-eighth and Jackson streets, following a short illness. She was the widow of the late Ben Gallagher, founder of the Paxton & Gallagher company, who died in 1900. Mrs. Gallagher has lived in Oma ha for 42 years. She had been ac tively identified with the work of the Visiting Nurse association and the Christ Child- association. She was 'born in Belleville, Canada, in 1651. Mrs. Gallagher is survived by two sons, Paul C. and Ben K. Gallagher, officials of the Paxton & Gallagher company, and by a brother, Dr. F. S Keogh, and two sisters, Mrs. W. A. McCaskeli and Mrs. W. S. Mc Connell of Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be held at St. Cecilia cathedral at 10 a. m. Sat urday, with interment in Holy Sep ulchre cemetery. Prominent Omaha citizens, guests at the Gallagher home t brilliant social affairs of 30 years ago, are named as active and.Aonorary pall bearers. Fred Hamilton, Willard Hosford, L. C Nash. Edward Creighton, A- C Pptter, Barton Millard, George M. Redick, Ken neth H. Patterson and Arthur Kee line will serve as active pallbearers, with the following named on the honorary list: Fred H. Davis, Casper E. Yost, Milton F. Barlow, Charles H. Pick ens, W. M. Jeffries, Senator J. H. Millard, C N. Dietz, E. E. Bruce, E. E. Calvin, William F. Gurley, Col. F. A. Grant, John A. McShane, 1. E. Contrdon, C J. Lane, Hoxey S. Clark, Joseph E. Barker, Dr. Le Roy Crummer and Frank E. Burk- ley. School Building Burns. Twenty-five children in a private school operated by Mrs. E. A. Holyoke at 534 Fortieth street, escaped without alarm or fright when the building caught fjre from a defective flue at 12:30 yesterday. Damage done to the ; building to talled $i,uuu. Paris, March 11. President Wil son' charges against France made in the letter he sent early this week to Gilbert M. Hitchcock, democratic leader in the United States enate, are said by "Pertinax"' political editor of the Echo De Pari to "be aimed at France by name, but at Marshal Foch by implication. "The so-called imperialism" of France, says the writer in discussinn Mr. Wilson' letter, "consist in the conviction fortified by all the lessons of history, tha', to guarantee itself against attacks from central Europe it must hold the Rhine bridgeheads. "Pertinax" say President Wilson went to the session of the supreme 'council on May 9, 1919, much pur- turbed and read to ministers Clem enceau and Lloyd George a letter from Pierrepont B. Noyes, Ameri can member of the Khmeland com mission, who declared the agreement reached on May 11 for the adminis tration of the Rhineland was more brutal than its authors themselves would desire, as it provides for in tolerable oppression of 6,000,000 in habitants of the region during many years. Quotes Marshal Foch. The writer declare Marshal Foch in discussing the plan evolved by this commission, said: "The Germans asked for an imperial com missioner and they were given not only a commissioner, but a civil administration commission which is much more than thev claimed. "These words of Marshal Foch, he continues, "characterize the whole business today. In conse auence it is olain to see the Rhine- land shares fully in the life of United Germany and the distribu tion Of the coal there. Oerman goes so far as to distinguish be tween inhabitants she supposes favorable or unfavorable to us. "In a word the work of France is compromised by Mr. Wilson after such examples of our modera tion. President Wilson has no right to talk of our 'imperialism. Federal Board Has Announced More Big financial bams nere Additional financial trains for Umaha lor tr.e weeK ending usren 3 were announced yesterday by the federal reserve board at Washing ton, which published a report on bank debits for that period, in which Omaha ranked 12th. that was the highest position this citv has ever held, it was explained at the Chamber of Commerce, and nlaced Omaha ahead of Kansas City. Minneapolis, New Orleans! Milwau kee, Cincinnati and uuttaio, an oi which have greater population and have m ' the past been ahead of Omaha. Bankers exolained that many con sider bank debits as a more reliable and fairer system for comparing financial transactions than bank clearance statements. The bank debits credited to Omaha in the statement were $103,754,000. Great regional and industrial centers alone ranked Omaha in the statement, and San Francisco and Los Angeles were the only cities west of the Mississippi ahead ot Umaha. Urge Irish Oonsnlat Resolutions to urge the foreign relations committee and the house n P.nunt,tiiiM in Waitiinctrvn to act favorably on the Mason bill, now pending, which calls tor an ap propriation of $14,000 to establish a United States consulate in Ireland, m.r. artnntH at thr regular meetider of the Irish Self-Determination club of Nebraska in the Omaha X-aDor temple Thursday night. mm bku i Always insist upon true "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" In "Bayer package" The "Bayer Cross" on Aspirin tablets has the same meaning, as 14-Karat on told. Both mean Genuine f "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin' should be taken according to the safe and proper direction in each "Bayer package." B sure the "Bayer Crow" if on 'package and on tablets. Then you US CSX tS B33l LiZZ fc3 physicians for over eighteen years for th reliel of Colds, Pain, Headache, Toothache, Earache. Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis. For a few cents you can get a handy tin box containing twelve tablets. Druggists also seTJ larger "Bayer packages." Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacjur o Ifnrwurrtfr V 1 : ... . . Brief City News Quit City Staff James Brown, a member of th city electrician exam ining board, has resigned to accept a position as superintendent of the Le Bron Electrical works. He will be succeeded by John Gibb. Objects to Permits Applications for ,oft drink parlor licenses, brought before the city council yes terday morning by C Caniglla, 1101 Souta Sixth street, and Harry Nor man, 60S N street, were set aside until next Tuesday, when City Coin misaioaar Rlnser objected to the licenses being- issued. Weds Five Couples Rev. Charles W. Savldg married five couples Wednesday: Miss Ollls Shearer and Helger bandeau, Miss Alice Fits patrio apd Chester M. Weston, Miss Edith M. Lewis and Walter F. Carr. Miss Cleo Bryan and Clarence 8. Bullock. Miss Plcola Miller and Wayne- R. Munson. Rabbi Conn lctuiw Rabbi Frederick Conn will deliver the third of a series of lectures at the Temple this evening, en the sub ject of "Evolution and Judaism." This will be the third address on the general topie of evolution in celebration of th centenary of Herbert Ppenoer, which occurs next April. The romalnlnt lectures ot the course will be: "Evolution end Christianity," April II, and the "Goal of Evolution, May 7. Mayor Ii In Zast. Mayor Smith left for Chicago Wednesday night on business un known to hi secretary and to other city commissioners. Concentration of democratic forces in Omaha yes terday is one theory advanced by a city commissioner for his sudden departure. 1 v Harney Widening Costly. street from twentieth to Twenty fourth street will cost $187,475, ac cording to the report of an ap praiser made during the city council meeting yesterday. The Cathartic Friday, in the Downstairs Store Specials on the Second Floor Billy Burke Pajamag $2.85 300 Billy Burke Pajamas of Windsor crepe, pink, blue, yel low and white, trimmed with braid and buttons, special, IZSS. Corsets, $1.75 1,000 Corsets of pink or white coutil, med. and low tops, fancy Itop trims. Special at $1.7R. Brassieres, 45c 1,000 Brassieres, of pink and white mesh, button front and back. Special 45c. Children's Mina Taylor Dresses, $1.95 Children's Mina Taylor Dresses, Chambrays and ginghams, plaids and stripes. Special at $1.95. 2 to 6 years. With the Spring Days and Sinny Skies Oyer head Comet the Uafiif for New Spring Apparel Never before has there been such a rery great variety of modes to select from, and every garment seems to have that smart: and jaunty look that is typical of this season's styles. - Dresses Of a fine quality taffeta, georgette, flowered voile aud satin, short, medhzm and long sleeves, are these dresses, in the most desirable colors and styles, bine predominat ing. Dresses which will give you lots of service, and are duplicates of mueh higher priced models, $18.75 to $39.50. Skirts Skirts for dress, street or sport wear, a varied assortment in novelty silks, silk poplin, Jersey and wool cloths, in the most up-to-date modes.' For the woman who must prac tice economy we advise a visit to our Downstairs Ready-to-Wear Department, youH be surprised at the unusual values, $9.95 to $18.95. An assortment of dainty Blouses 85c Which is a very low price tor blouses of this kind. They are odd lots that are mussed from showing and counter display. Sizes are 34 to 4. A special rahie. Women's Union Suits 59c Women's Union Suits, low nook and sleeveless, cuff knee, made of very fine white cotton. In large sises only, 40, 42, 44. Special 59c Tats advantage f ttei sale ef Kimonos 95c Worn en cotton crepe kimonos, floral effects, trimmed with border ot self material, 'limited number. Special 95c Gloves Automobile driving gloves, one-half regular price. Workman's horse hide glove ad mittens, 49c to sua Attractive Spring Footwear For the Woman Who Is Particular $9.95 Black and "Nut" Brown Suede, two eyelet tie, hug s tender ef fect, hand turned soles, and high covered heels. Mat kid, "Coco" Brown, white kid and patent one eyelet tie, plain toe and covered heel Mat kid, white kid, patent leather and "NaT brown oxford ties, plain toe and covered heel. Many other pleasing styles In punps and oxfords, priced trou Vt-BS to S9.W. Special ; r ! shades, lavender, old rose, baby blue, and black, in ; au sizes, uw ijj mii juijjjrrrrrrrrr- Splendid Values in Undermuslins Night Gowns, 69c Pink Batiste Night Gowns, khnoao effect, trimmed wn dainty hand embroidery, 69c. Pink Batiste Billy Burkes $1.95 Pink Bsflste BIBie Barton, Moated wHn wsxow kee. A splen did value, $1.95. Bloomers, 69c Pink Batiste Bloomers, fitted top and elastic knee. Seesdalry priced for one day only, 69c Children's Drawers, 19c firman's MnsUn Diawesa, sett trimmed sa raffle and tacks. 19s. A Wonderful Value in Children's Middies 2 for $l Middies of white Linonette eto&. with seJlor collar of red and braid trimmed. Skweisl S for An Opportunity to Buy Children's Dresses at 95c V Children' white .Batiste' Dream, age 2 to years, narrow lace and tucks used as trimming, tpeaint at 99c. A Very Specie! Vale. Corsets $1.45 CorsetB, pink and white coutil, low and medium best. 2 pair garters special. 91.44. Brassi' eres 45c 1,000 Brassieres, front and back fasteners, special for one hour, 46c Garden Tools of All Kinds Featured in a GARDEN SPADE Garden Spades or Shovels solid back, D handle, 11.89 Special Spading Forks Iter-ilne malleable steel Made, D handle. Special 99c Bpadinc Porks, heavy angular tfnes) steel ferrule caps, bronse finish, malleable D handle, $1.49 each. Hoes Garden Hoe, polished, riveted blade, blued finish, has kc ks AX aseortei itsea. Stn, Sale Friday Garden Rakes Malleable Iron, bleed finish, wits straight teeth: Garden Hoes, one piece seild blade, with socket, breed finish, elected handle, 79c Ladies' Hoes, S inch blade, 4 foot handle, bronse finish, 69c 12 prong for 49c 14 prong for 9M Ke 10 prong for ,69e STEEL RAKES Wrought Steel Braced: 14 prong for .79c 11 prong for ...... Sec OW RAKES SoBd bow and curved teeth, drawn frees one pteee ef steal, sold bronse finish; 14 prong for . ...... .$1.19 II prong for ....$1.39 Lawn Rakes made ef tinned wire, ?4 tooth, long handle, I9e. Ladies' Floral Sets Bronse finish S piece seat, oatjSstB ef heavy steal spade, I tse twstf rake, solid shank steel hen, She set. $1.71. Garden Hose Molded Garden Hose, oornisated. 14-inch alae, fully gwnsveed, st 18e foot. Seeds ran Lnwa BesdL tte3 stock; per poend, SI. White Clover Seed, poend, TSs, Flower and Vegetable Seeds, all fresh stock, package, 6c. Ik v.. ' t ;v-