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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1920)
,7 TH't BEE: OxviAHA, SATuilbAV, iuAHOiI 20, Iii0,' V" CHILD WELFARE - IS DISCUSSED BY CODE MISSION Protection of Children Rather Than Mother's. Family Is Advocated Favor New CourU ' Prominent workers-tff the city and ifate, for children's welfare were present at a conference of the Ne braska Children's Code commission. "The principal subject was the wel fare of children born out of wed- "There are no Illegitimate chil dren but only illegitimate parents," declared Judge Arthur Wray of New York, who presided. Judge Wray advocated the substitution of the- term "natural child" for the more common term. "Every child of unmarried parents .should be under supervision of the state," declared Dr.. H. H. Antles. secretary of the state department of public welfare. "The, child comes first. Don't wrong the child to save the fami!ysof thenmother. The child has a right to the same' inheritance as the child of wedded-parents. - -, "Maternity homes run by private persons are bad. I know, of. one boy, handed about, five times before he was 13 months old." - Judge W. W. Slabaugh was . ap plauded when he declared that a court of domestic relations should be1 established to force - fathers, whether married or not, to support their children. . T. H. Weirich told;bf the work of the Salvation Army rescue home in obtaining homes for illegitimate children. Adjutant Lillie Ness of the Salvation Army declared that mothers should be taught to care for their children and that the chil dren should not be-"farmed -out" except as a last resort Jews to Carry Religion of Fathers to Those In America New York,-March 19. Co-operation by J-ews . and Christians in a ..national campaign toy carry the re ligion of their,; fathers to -4.000,000 Jews in America was agreed to in a recent conference here by repre sentatives ot tne central L.onierence of American Rabbis, the Federal Council of Churches and the Home Missions Council, .it was. announced today. Campaign plans will be ntade at a meeting here Monday. Prepare for Prince V Washington, March 19. Manama Is making preparations to give the irnrm rf A71c ivhft fiailpd from Portsmouth last Tuesday, a royal reception on his arrival at tne istn mm srrnrriino- in official reoorts Ye ceived here. The Renown, carrying . . a e the prince on his trip to Ausrraiia, is due to arrive at Colon on March 30, and the following day the heir tn 4h Rriih throne will soend in Panama City, .where there will be a reception in his nonor Dy tne pres i ident of Panama and a grand ball i at the Union club. OMAHA UNI . GIRLS HOLD CARNIVAL IN COLLEGE GYM Money Raised to Send Delegatf . To . Y. Wv C A Convention. Evry woman student in the Uni versity of Omaha took part In the carnival held in the university gym nasium last night. Money was raised to send a girl delegate from the uni versity to the Y. W.C. A. conference in Cleveland, O., Aprik 10 to 23. Upon the return of the delegate the university Y. W, C. A. will be put on a notisectarian basis. Booths at the carnival last night were "tft charge of university girls. They were, Indian booth,-Mildred Titzel; fish pond, Kathryn Fisher; clowns, Frances. Edwards; old" curj-. osity .shop, Mary Killianf fortune teller, Mabel Rasmussen; .University of Omaha, Helen McDonald; punch booth, Edith Cahntry. A minstrel show was presented by the Misses Alta Davis, Vesta Bea vers, Mabel Norris and Dorothy Gray. Boys were, Harold Blough, Paul Pressler and Harry Moggy. A shadow patomime was given by Wade Reeves. Marie Lejmar and Waldron Golding. The girl whistler from Council Bluffs, Miss Charlotte VanOrden, was -on the program. Little Eloise Seagy gave three solo dances. Miss Ethel Woodbridge sang several songs. A dance followed the program. SISTERS HELD IN ASYLUM 10 YEARS GIVENJELEASE Original Committment, Called !for Only 10 Days Which Stretch Into Years Due . to Legal Error. f . ' ' . White Plains, N. Y., March 19. Miss Phoebe Brush, 68, and her sister, Ada, 56, once heiresses to property valued at $1,000,000, who have soent the last 10 years in the Instate, hospital for the insane at Cen tral Islip, when they should nave remained 'there only 10 days, were set free today by Supreme Court Justice Arthur S. Tojnkins." He ruled that the two women were sent to the asylum illegally in were faulty, calling fortemporary commitment and since then no further action had been taken to make the commitment final and binding. V The Misses Brush are reputed to be descendents of an old colonial family that settled in Long Island more than a century ago. Their wealth, it is said, has dwindled to about $30,000. The strange case was .brought to court through the interest taken by Mrs. Florence Ferguson, once a nurse at the hos pital, in whose care Justice Tomp kins today intrusted them. The sistert said today that they were kidnapped and taken to the asylum. Once they escaped but were returned to the hospital. At the time of the commitment it was reported they had been sent to the asylum after Ada had an nounced she was to wed a clergy man, declaring he had "made eyes" at her during the sermons. The church was guarded when the clergj'man later ' married another woman, "for fear-the sisters would appear and create a .disturbance." Sheriff Probes Guaranty of Saw Proof Bars at County Jail Sheriff !ike Clark is investigating to find whether the bars sawed by prisoners in an attempted jail de livery at the county jail last Satur day night are covered by a guaran ty of the company which built the cells. "These bars were not supposed to be the hardest steel," said the sheriff. "But' the outer bars of the jail are guaranteed to be chrome steel. When they were put in. the com pany made a tet by locking an ex pert in a cell and offering him a prize of $100 if he could cet out. He was provided with hack saws and everyming ne needed, and ne sawed away for 24 hours without making qciu on ine pars. . "Of course, these fellows expected to get out of the jail by sticking up the keepers and taking the keys from them." 1 1 . Bee Want Ads Are Best Buiiness Boosters. . ' PREDICTS LIBERTY BONDS WILL DRAW PREMIUM BY 1922 No Cause to Worry Over Market, Controller of Cur rency Says. ' Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bm IesMd Wire, Washington, March 19. Liberty bonds will command a premium on the market within the next two years, in the opinion of John Skelton Williams, controller of the currency. Mrt Williams in an interview de clared that holders of Liberty bonds need have no reason to worry over present market conditions. Mr. Williams said , the low quota' tions offered investors an extraor dinary opportunity to obtain at very attractive figures (tne best security in the world. "I see no reason why anybody should worry about the market price hams. TheJronds constitute as good an investment as there is. I he eov- ernment did not promise to pay on. demand, it promised to pay at ma . , :i t . - turiiy, ana it win Keep its word. , Will Command Premium. ,."I believe that within two years or less the bonds will be up to par I III i - ii . aim win cuiiiiuaua a preiniu. v Discussing the conditions I which caused the present decline in market values, Mr. Williams referred to in structions which he recently sent to national bank examiners that they Store Hours, 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 9 P. M, Take ElevatorSave $10 Store Hour, 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. Saturdays, 8 A. Mto 9 P. M. O ADVERTISEMENT Read this ' Mother's ', letter Healthy children gained new strength from the pure fodd elements of Father John's Medicine." "Father John's Medicine has done wonders for my two children. Our little son was very delicate after having pneumonia. He was always com plaining of a pain 'On his lungs. After taking three bottles ' of Father John's Medicine he had no more pain. 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Come up to our Sunny upstairs Salesroom, where piercing daylight lays bare every ' 1 detail of these. Clothes. Know what you're getting. Our positive guarantee of satisfaction goes along i- VL.i. 1 X " J T 1 wilu every goxxueui. mau leaves wus siure anu. xaiKer q scanas squareiy oenind tne guarantee. ;..:vii;f:. need not for the present require na tional banks to mark down the price at which they are carrying Liberty bonds and Victory notes below the bona fide purchase price paid ' for these securities. These instructions contained a proviso that banks would not be permitted to carry these bonds on their hooks above inarket quotations where the bonds cost the banks only the market price or less. . Believes Kansas Wheat Will Stage Comeback After Storm Topeka, Kan., March 19. Despite apparent heavy losses to Kansas wheat fields from the wind storm, it is likely they will stage a cameback should favorable weather ensue, ac cording to Secretary J. C. Mohler, secretary of the state board off agri: culture. r. .-. Demand Retention of : Scale on Export Traffic SL Louis, Mo., March 29,-Con- tinultion of the present scale, of lower railroad rates on export traffic than on domestic ". traffic was demanded here in a resolution adopted at the closing session of the spring meeting of the National industrial lrattic,, league. ' COMMITTEE NAMED TO FRAME ..LAWS OH ARMY TRAINING Majority of Men Selected Be lieved to Be in Favor Of, Plan.. Washington, March 19. Chair man Kahn of the house military committee selected a subcommittee to frame legislation providing for compulsory military training, a ma jority of which is considered favor able to the adoption of a training plan. Representatives Dent, Ala bama, and Quin, Mississippi, demo crats, are the only selections re garded as unalterably opposed to compulsory training. The other selections were-Representative ,Kahn, California; Greene, Vermoiy; Sanford, New York; Mc Kenzie, Illinois, republicans; and Olney, Massachusetts, democrats. These committeemen recently ap proved adoption of a training plan, excepting Mr. McKenzie," whp op posed immediate action.. Before framing a training bill the committee will make an exhaustive investigation, Mr. Kahn announced, and its report is not expected to come before congress until next ses sion. ' . , Man Will Surrender. r New York, " March.. 19. Julei W. . "Nicky" Arnstein, for whom the police have been searching for a month in conection with a con spiracy to steal securities valued at $5,000,000, is in the city and will be surrendered at once, Assistant District Attorney Dooling was in formed late Friday. Wants Judges Elected. Washington, March 19. A resolu tion proposing a constitutional amendment for the direct election of federal judges was introduced by Senator LaFollette, republican, Wis consin. 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Fin Marquisette Curtain Material .Choice of cream and een, 38 to 40 Inches wide.' Splendid ralue, yd. 86c . ... Plain MarqwhKtte Curtains VA yards long, hemstitched horder, in white, cream, ecru, per pair, $2.39 New Filet Net Curtain Material Beautiful designs suitable for hwe shades and curtains; 40 to 64 inches, -wide, starting at, per yard ..$1.25 Imported Curtain Mete 40 to 50-inch widths, beautiful pat terns, per yard $5 down to ....11.75 A Bowen's Brooms Carpet Sweepers .excellent Maaa of C4QC O Qualltr metal with 'brcora corn, ' fin brash. ' "555 Smooth finished handle la Bowen'a valae girteg price. i 1 - Refined Suites and Single Pieces Shown in Our Dining Room Section It is not necessary tlrat you buy a complete suite, select the pieces you need, and each piece will be priced to you at Bowen's Value-Giving Prices. ' ' Artistic and Beautiful Chain A trifle different from" Illustration. The chairs offered hare beautiful cane l1 Cf backs and blue leather seats. ea.l 14ejU Brown Mahogany Extension Table (as Illustrated above) has large dOQ PA top and extends 6 feet, at . . . . )0OU Beautiful Buffet Harmonizes la large in size, with , cupboard and drawer arrangement similar as t1 7C shown in Illustration at.... aPlOOaf O Arm Chair Arm chain, earn deeiga as the chairs, at !?.rr..t!r.$i8.75 Dining Room Furniture in Fumed and Golden Ok 54-Inch Massive Oak Buffet Fumed Oak Buffet of Good Qualitu ght lines, Tai size with French njate mirror i Excellent Buffet in Selected Oak Rich golden finish and well fcQ 1 CA made. Bowen's Value-Giy'g price 43 1 eOU Designed in straight lines.Targe qa Pit" at J?Ja7f J Plank top and in rich golden fin- (7 f ish, colonial design, at ........ p7 eOU . Fumed and Golden Oak Chain Many styles to select from, at 04 AC v 1 $12.50, $6.50, $6.75 and 4e4D J