THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1920.
GOV. HARDING TO
MAKE PRINCIPAL
TALK TO BISHOPS
.
Will Give Address of Welcome
at Reception' to Methodist
Episcopal Prelates In
Des Moines Tonight.
Des Moines, la., April 30. (Spe
cial.) Gov. V. 1 Harding will give
the principal address of welcome at
the reception to be given to the
bishops, general officers and dele
gates to the quadrennial conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church
tonight in Hotel Port. Des Moines.
Bishop Homer C. Stuntz of Omaha,
resident head of the Episcopal area
of Iowa and Nebraska, will extend
greetings from the Methodists of
the central west, Iowa and Des
Moines.
Stanley Walker, general chairman
of the local conference committee,
will extend a welcome from the or
ganization which has shouldered
the burden of preparing for the big
meeting of Methodists. Bishop
Charles B. Mitchell of St. Paul,
Minn., will respond in behalf of the
general conference.
Bishop Joseph F, Berry of Phila
delphia is the' ranking memher of
(the board of bishops and will pre
side at the opening session at 10
o'clock Saturday. Bishop William
V. McDowell of Washington, D. C,
is next in rank and will deliver the
episcopal address Sunday afternoon,
in which he will outline the needs
)of Methodism and indicate what
legislation is needed. All of the
bishops will take turns in presiding
over the sessions of the conference.
Omaha Will Answer
Radical Cries Today
(Continued From Flint race.)
ftf Omaha. A stunt exhibition will
be given over their field after the
parade.
To Wear Overseas Uniforms.
One of the bright spots in the
parade will be a detachment of Red
Cross girls in the uniforms they
wore overseas. They will assemble
at the north side ot the postoffice at
1 :30 p. m.
A large delegation of ''Colored
Americans" will march in division
"J" in the parade. Headquarters for
their marching clubs will be at
Twentieth and Davenport streets.
Captains of divisions are to report
there it 12:15 for instructions.
Exactly 100 per cent attendance
!s expected of Rotary club members.
Clytries R. Gardner, in charge of
Irheirdiviston, told them yesterday.
They will meet at Seventeenth and
Cass streets. White hats and. coats
will be worn by Rotarians.
Parade Orders Announced.
Places of formation and order of
march designatad by Walter Byrne,
adjutant of the day, are as follows: .
A ForH Crook and Omaha, regulars,
Capitol, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth,
taring weet.'
B National guard, Crelghton R. O. T.
C, Capitol, between Fourteenth and Fif
teenth, facing went.
C American Legion, World War Veter
an!, Aero club, all other ex-service or
(anliatlons, Capitol avenue, Sixteenth to
Eighteenth, facing east.
Patriotlo and war working sock-ties,
Capitol avenue, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth, facing east.
E Clvlo organizations, city hall, ama
teur base ball players, court house; labor
knlona, water board, Creigbton students,
rather Flannagan'l boys, Seventeenth, be
tween Capitol and Chicago, facing south.
' F Clubs and faternal organisations.
Seventeenth, north of Chicago, facing
butb.
0 Railroads, Cass, between Seventeenth
and Twentieth, facing east.
1 Industrial, Cass, west of Twentieth,
lacing east.
J Commercial. Grain exchange, banks,
fehone company, oil, etc., Chicago, west of
Seventeenth, facing east.
K Live stock and parking, Davenport,
between Seventeenth and Twentieth, fac
ing east.
li Colored, Roosevelt post. American
teflon, all ether colored organisations,
pavenport. west of Twentieth, facing
asst.
Bluebeard Will Plead
Guilty to Murder Charge
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the name mostly used by the "man
in Los Angeles county.
Watson's statement, given in re
sponse to questions, will be present
ed to him for his signature today.
Used Hammer on Women.
The women Hulrt confessed hav
ing" slain were Nina Lee Deloney
and Elitabeth Pryor, the officers
said. They quoted Huirt as saying
he killed the former at Long Beach,
Cal., with a hammer and the latter
near Plum, Wash., by crushing her
head with a sledge hammer.
The "partial confession," accord
ing to the officers related to the
deaths of Bertha Goodnich and
Alive Ludvigson, who were said to
have, married Huirt. k Miss Good
nich, the officers said, was tipped
out of a boat in Lake Washington,
near Seattle and Miss Ludvigson
was "drowned" in a river in Idaho.
Huirt's actual words in connection
with the deaths of Misses Goodnich
and Ludvigson, the . officers said
were that they were billed "by ac
cident." Nina Lee Deloney, whose home
was at Eureka, Mont., married Huirt
the officers said, under the name of
Charles N. Harvey at San Fran
cisco, December 5, 1919. She was
last seen at a hotel at Santa Monica,
Cal, January 26, 1920. She had
property valued at $20,000. Some
of it was found in Huirt's posses
sion, the officers declared.
Marriages Made Quickly.
Bertha A. Goodnich of Spokane,
Wash., married Huirt, they said,
under the name of H. L. Gordon,
June 111919, at Nolth Yakima,
Wafsj Ver body was found near
Plum Station, Wash., a short time
afterward. Trunks belonging to her
were located in a Vancouver
(Wash.) warehouse.
Alice M. Ludvigson, whose home
was in Seattle, married him under
the name f Andrew Hilton, the offi
cers said, October 6, 1917, at Port
Townsend, Wash. Property of hers,
various papers, her will and their
'marriage" license, they declared,
were found in Huirt's possession.
Elizabeth Pryor was a waitress of
Wallace, Idaho, and Spokane, Wash.
She married Huirt, according to the
officers, under the name of Milton
Lewis, at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho,
March 25, 1919. She had little prop
erty. Her picture and some tax re
ceipts in her name were among
Huirt's effects when he was arrested,
they added.
Married Twenty-five Times.
More than 25 marriages have been
attributed by the officers to Huirt.
Seven are listed by the officers as
missing. They include, beside the
four named in the alleged confes
sion, Mrs. Gertrude Wilson, Seattle;
Beatrice Mandrews of Canada and
England, and Agnes Wilson, Al
berta, Canada.
Bluebeard May Have
Killed Mystery Girl,
Detective Head Says
Richard Huirt, the modern blue
beard, may have been the slayer of
the "mystery girl," ;who, was found
in a ravine near . Calhoun last No
vember, according to Chief of De
tectives John T. Dunn, who wired
the chief of police of Los Angeles
for information to corroborate his
theory. ,
k The telegram sent by Chief Dunn
reads:
"Body of unidentified woman
found in ravine near here November
20, 1919, may be one of the slain
wives of Richard Huirt. Request all
available information when may
corroborate."
That Huirt was in Omaha last Oc
tober is established on information
from Minnie E. Ballew. 1254 Wil
son avenue, Chicago, who says, she
was married in Chicago to a man
who answers the description of
Huirt. She stares they came to
Omaha on their honeymoon after a
whirlwind courtship of tws weeks.
TWELVE MEDALS
AWARDED FROM
CARNEGIE FUND
One Silver and 11 Bronze
Prizes Given for Notewor
thy Acts of Heroism by
Men and Women.
Pittsburgh, April 30. One silver
medal and 11 bronze medals were
awarded heroes by the Carnegie
hero fund commission in recognition
of noteworthy acts bv faien and
women who sought to help others at
their own peril. Five died, while
two were disabled. To these last
the commission gave $2,000 and $80
a month in one case and $1,000 in the
other. The commission also award
ed $5,000 for other worthy causes.
The five who lost their lives were
R. William Donaghy, Philadelphia,
drowned while trying to save a
young man from death in Elk river
at Townpoint, Md., August 31, 1919;
David M. Prince, Goldsboro, N. C,
drowned while tryiag to rescue a
boy from a flooded road near his
home, July 26, 1919; Frank J. Nagle,
Spokane, Wash., drowned while try
ing to save a child from the Crow
river, at Kingstown, Minn., July 23,
1916; Paul K, Benedict, 14, drowned
while trying to save a younger boy
from a creek at Hampton, Penn.,
June 26, 1919; William F. Carroll,
Brooklyn, 15, drowned while trying
to rescue another boy, September
21. 1919.
The silver medal went to Frank
W. Roberts, chief engineer of the
Masonic home at Etizahethtowtij
Pa., who saved three girls who,
while wading, had got into deep wa
ter and were drowning.
Others to whom bronze medals
were given were:
Miss Lorion.C. Hallett, 18, school
teacher of Dorchester, Mass., who
saved another teacher from drown
ing at Silver Beach, Mass., August
21, 1916; Dominick Fanne, Elwood
City. Pa., who saved two little
girls from drowing at Zeelienople,
Pa., August 12, 1918; 'Robert
Franklin Ivey, of Disney, Ky., who
rescued a little girl from her burn
ing home in Chaska, Tenn., Novem
ber 24, 1915; Walter Ross of West
Spencer, N. C, who stopped a run
away horse and saved the occupants
of a buggy; George E. Peters, Co
lumbus, O., who attempted to save
a fellow workman who had come in
contact with an electric wire at
Groveport, O., March ll, 1918.
Romance resulted from the efforts
of Miss Hilda M. Clark of Balti
more, to save the life of J. Fitch
King, a student of Huron, O., Sep
tember 7, 1916. King was seized
with a cramp while swimming in
Lake Erie and was rescued by Miss
Clark, whose name now appears as
"Mrs. J. Fitch King."
Omaha Minister to Speak
At Beatrice Commencement
Beatrice, . Neb., April 30. (Spe
cial.) The Beatrice . High school
commencement exercises will be
held in Gilbert theater June 4. Rev.
Frank Smith, pastor of the First
Congregational church of Omaha,
will address the graduating class.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preached by Rev. J. Franklin Haas
of this city on May 30.
Two Men Burn to Death in
Mitchell Boarding. House
Mitchell, Neb., April 30. Everett
Morgan and Ole Marsh lost their
lives in a fire which burned the
rooming house in which they were
sleeping. The fire is supposed, to
have been caused by the upsetting
of a lamp.
Have Root Print it Beacon
Presa. Adv.
9
Special for Saturday only at Leon's
three Orriaha Stores are 500 dozen
Men's 'Shirts including all
French Madras,
Whipcords
English Oxfords,
Russian Cords
Worth Up to $4.00-
Sizes13y2to 18 '
1
a
STORE NO. 1
315 South 16th Street
Opposite Conant Hotel
STORE NO. 2
1410 Farnam Street
Sun Theater Building
STORE NO. 4
4829 South 24th St
South Side Store
American Bankers
Discuss High Prices
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of the vital national problems he
attributed largely to the fact that the
government is "divided against it
self." "At this critical moment in the.
history of Europe," he continued,
"when our financial and economic
stake in Europe's affairs is so great
that disaster there could mean only
disaster here, many of our own peo
ple have turned gamblers and wast
ers. For plain living and high think
ing we have substituted, wasting and
bickering. We enjoy high living
while we grumble at (he high cost
of living." ,
Scores Soldier Bonus.
Mr. Leffingwell assailed the gov
ernment's administrative policy as
"penny wise and pound foolish," re
citing how "congress had struggled
to effect economies at the expense of
efficient administration while it
takes time to' add $65,000,000 to
civil war pensions."
"Instead of telling the people
frankly and boldly," he said, "that
prices - are high because they are
wasting, we fix prices and prosecute
profiteers in order that the people
may buy more and pay less. In
stead of telling the young men who
were drafted to fight the war, and
who came back better and stronger
and more fit to fight their own bat
tles than they ever were before, to
go to work and save their money
and look out for themselves, as any
self-respecting man should, we
listen complacently to their organ
ized demands for a bonus, euphem
istically called 'adjusted compensa
tion."' Friend City Clerk Dies
After Brief Illness
Friend, Neb., April 30. (Special.)
Mrs. Carrie Jones, city clerk, died
at her home here after an illness of
several months. She was a very
active, woman prior to her sudden
illness, doing bookkeeping for the
Whitten & Newcomb Lumber Co.,
in addition to her duties as city clerk,
besides doing her hotisework and
caring for an invalid husband.
Debate With Beatrice
Postponed Once More
The debate scheduled between
Beatrice and Central high schools
has been postponed one day, Mis'i
Mary Hansen, debating coach of
Central high school announced Fri
day. The debate will be held Tues
day afternoon. This is the second
time that this debate has been post
poned by Beatrice.
Fremont Schools Start .
Big Extension Program
Fremont, Neb., April 30. (Spe
cial.) First steps in the school
building expansion program in Fre
mont were taken by the board of
education by ordering construction
of a two-story annex to. the East
school, most congested in the city.
Work will be completed by September.
See Hard Road Ahead
For Gouger in Sugar
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be put on the market and the pro
ceeds returned to the owners after
payment of court costs.
Retail groctry dealers involved tii
the seizure, emphatically denied any
intention, of, violating the law in
hoarding sugar for speculative pur
poses, and many of them yesterday
were consulting attorneys for the
purpose of having their supplies re
turned to them, Several of them said
they yould be temporarily out of
sugar and unable ; to . Supply their
trade. . -
'I, Nathan, Seventeenth and" Chi
cago streets, admitted the resale of
50 bags of sugar to the ... Cullen
Brokerage Co., wholesalers, at a
profit pi 50 cents a bag after he had
purchased it from the McCord-
Brady Co., but contended he believed
he was within the' law in making a
fair profit. Another alleged sale to
the South Omaha Ice Cream Co.,
was explained by Nathan as "merely
a borrowing transaction," in which
the ice cream company gave him a
check for the sugar.' but agreed to
return it when they were later sup
plied. Milders Deny Hoarding.
Hymie Milder of the Milder Gro
cery Co., from whom 86,000 pounds
of sugar was' seized, was. out of the
city, but at the store it was denied
the supply had been hoarded and
that any of it had been stored since
last February.
Weinstein and Greenburg, 208
North Sixteenth street, declared tlu
10,000 pounds seized from them was
received last Tuesday. They sup
ply hotels and restaurants under a
wholesale license, it was declarer,
and the supply was not considered
large in view ofhc amount sold.
An official of the Central Mark-t.
Harney street, said that the 25,100
pounds seized from them was but
a two weeks' supply. The charge
hat a representative of the Depart
ment of Justice was unable to buy
anything- but brown sugar Thursday,
was explained by the laziness of a
clerk in the store who failed to sell
white sugar though it was possible
to do so. ' The Central Market, it
was said, would be out of sugar
Saturday unless it were possible for
attorneys to obtain the release of a
portion of the 25,000 pounds seized.
North Platte Man Pleads '
Guilty to Theft of Auto
North Platte. Neb.. Anril 30.
(Special Telegram.) John D. Keene
was tried in county court here and
pleaded guilty to stealing an auto
mobile from Rassmus Rasmussen
last September. He was traced to
Grand Island, arrested and brought
here for trial. He was bound over
to the district court under $2,000
bond. . Keene was a partner of C,
II. Downing of. Ogalla, who was
found guilty of operating a still in
Keith county by federal authorities
recently. He was later arrested in
Kearney on the charge of stealing
his own car and claiming the insur
ance. He reported the still to the
officers after he had a diagreemcnt
with his partner.
Exeter Church First to
Reach Its Quota in Driv
Geneva, Nch., April 30. (Special
The Exeter Congregational chun
is tnc urst cnurcu in filimore coin
ty to report its full quota raised
the Interchufch World Movemen
I he campaign this wck has been re
as in ine case or uic Liranou con
gregational, which has a majority of
country members. .
The Strang Unitefl Bretlier'n, Fair
niont Presbyterian and Congregi
tional, Kxeter Christian and Geneva
United Drcthrn and Congregation
al are all making favorable progre ,s
towards their, respective goals, ,
The Methodist Episcopal bpdi 'S
of this country all raised their suVis
in the centenary drive of last ye ir,
with the exception of one church.
Western High Schools Will
Meet on Kearney Track Today
Kearney, Neb., April 30. (Spe
cial.) Central and western Nebras
ka high schools hold their annua'
field and track meet at Athletic park
here Saturday. More than 120 ath
letes are entered in the events card
ed, representing 24 schools. Meri
torious awards consist of gold and
bronze 'medals and four cups,, the
latter donated by the Kearney Ath
letic association, composed of joca!
business men. This is the'largcsl
list of entries in a track and field
meet in Nebraska, with exception of
the State meet. An effort will be
made next year to get the entries uj
to 200..
Satin Marseilles
Bed Spreads
$8.75
An unusually fine hemmed
satin Marseilles double bed
spread in four good pat
terns wheat and poppy,
chrysanthemum, m 6 r ning
glory, polka dot and daisy.
Saturday at the
Special price of
, $8.75
Linen Section
A Sale of
Silk Hosiery
Is Very Timely
Pure thread .silk hose with
lisle garter tops and lisle
soles. To be had in black,
white and cordovan.
Gray silk hose self-clocked.
White clocked silk hose
(just a limited number of
pairs of the latter) .
Broken lines, but wonder
ful valuer
Selling Regularly at
$3.75 to $.50. Sat
urday Only
$2.79 a pair
Also a Reduction
on Misses' Hose
These are shaped silk styles,
flat,' not ribbed. The tops
and soles are of lisle. Black,
white and cordovan.
$2.25 Qualities for
$1 49
Women's Vests
Reduced to 39c
A sale you'll find profit
able to attend. A clear
anle of odd numbers,
some slightly soiled from
displaying. The styles in
clude plain, round neck,
crochet top and bodice in
white and flesh color.
Saturday, 39c
Second Floor
Footwear
Fashions
That are in complete har
mony with every type of
dress. , The selection of
Spring and Summer styles
is sufficiently varied to
meet with every woman's,
requirements.
Pumps and Oxfords of
Sorosis Design
In the leathers and fabrics
which are the season's
vogue. Lasts that will meet
with your approval
$12 to $15 a pair.
' Girl's Slippers for
$3. 95 a pair.
Two hundred pairs at this
price in low heel, round toe
shape and plain ,pump
styles in patent leather and
gun metal.
The price is extremely low.
THOMPSON
BELDEN & CO
.Many Special Prices of Interest for Saturday
Silks and Woolens
Three Splendid Savings
Printed Georgettes $3.50 a yard
Reduced from $4.00 and $.50.
The qualities fine and desirable. The
patterns distinctive and in the best of
good taste. The color combinations
rich and charming. New Spring
Georgettes that answer the above description-'
'
May the Month of
BLOUSES
Saturday, the first day of May, offers a number
of new arrivals that are interesting. '
The Store for Blouses is ready with a profusion
of pretty things severe tailored blouses, sport
blouses, fluffy blouses, and exquisite hand
made blouses from France. If you are shop
ping Saturday, inspect these pretty things you
will enjoy the few minutes spent.
Two Specials for Saturday '
The very popular French
blouses of tricolette in
rose and blue are charm
ingly made, with tiny
pockets, a belt and a small
collar. They have been
reduced to
$7.95
Tailored blouses of striped
voile are both fashionable
and becoming, and for Sat
urday's price they are un
usually fine .
$7.95
ill
Heavy Silk
Ctepe de
Chine 2.95
a yard ...
Favored street
shades as well as
ivory and flesh
color. A quality
that is exception
ally good: 40
inches wide. -
Lower Prices on Polo Coating
The Favorite New Material..
An offering of Polo coatings is, as we have reason
to know, the largest in Omaha. The qualities are
beautifully soft and dependable. Saturday's values
are worth investigating. Shown in natural, rose
and green.
$15.00 Quality
' $13.50
These two very
Saturday only.
Some neru Taffeta Blouses arrived theother day navy
blue and bisque, rvilh contrasting squares of embroidery
effectively placed. Pointed flaps, buttoned Jack froTn
the pockets and the style is a most becoming one. They
are $25.
A Number of Things in
Ready-to-Wear
Coats... i
New and most interesting are the sport coats of polo
cloth and other' fashionable Woolens, the short and
flaring styles, the longer motor coat and many grace
ful wraps all bespeak the jaunty charm of the sea
son's styles. Excellent tailoring, and the best of
fabrics are an assurance of service as well as modish
ness. $39.50 to $75.
Skirts... !
The variety is an inducement to a pleasant shopping
trip. There are woolens in bright plaids and stripes,
silks in lustrous pastel shades, most of them pleated,
all of them wonderfully attractive and new.
Dresses...
i
For spring and slimmer are in readiness for warmer
days. Taffeta is reigning favorite for general wear,
but a host of organdies, voiles and light summer
sport silks are offered in every dainty shade. White
frocks for graduation, pastel tinted organdies for
summer afternoons, and sport dresses that fill many
need3 as alluring a collection as one might desire.
Priced from $19.50 up. ,
. Apparel Sections Thir4, Floor
Colored
Dresses
For the little Miss 1
Six to Twelve
The most becoming hftle
dresses fashioned of new
ginghams in colorful
stripes, checks and some
plaid designs. White repp
collars, cuffs and belts
serve to set off.the whole.
Hand smocking is used in
several instances. The
sleeves are long or short,
as desired. Well made of
.good materials and priced
moderately . at $4.50, $5,
$6.50 upwards.
One Lot of Children's
Gingham Dresses are
$1 49 Saturday
The sizes range from two
to six years, with only a
few of each size. Such
well made gingham
dresses are remarkably
low in price at $1.49.
Children's Wear Second Floor
D. M. C. Cottons
White D. M. C. crochet
cotton in all numbers
from 3 to 150. Aso a
very good assortment of
colors, both stranded
and twisted. We expect
to soon have a complete
line.
Art Dept. Second Floor.
$5.95 ..(
low prices are for J
See them early.
Fabric Section Main Floor
THE
Offers a complete
haberdashfry
service
A Neckwear
Special, 79c
, An extensive vaety of
silk four-in-hands in all
desirable colors aid dis
tinctive patterns, Every
one made with 4 "slip
easy" band. Exceptional
values at the pri'e - for
Saturday only. I ;
Underwear
Summer styles arii.
weights in Superior, B. V.
D. and Mansco union
suits or' light lisle two
piece suits. '
Sleeping Garments
Pajamas and nightshirts
in every material for
summer wear. . Faultless
and Universal makes.
Handkerchiefs
Plain and initialed styles
in pure Irish linen hand
kerchiefs. Qualities no
longer obtainable for 75c,
$1.00 and $1.50. '
A Sale of
Tooth Paste
Saturday Myronda tooth
paste is offered for 162c
a tube, or $2 a dozen. ,
Toilet Goods Section