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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1920)
quot SONG FEST sunns Miir.ii (if WIIWIIW iiiwwii w OMAIIATTALENT Community Singing Gels Its Endorsement at Great fr Concert Given by I Local Choirs. I By HENRIETTA M. REES. acr'ed muic, folk songs, com munity singing and several orches tral numbers made up the program of the much anticipated municipal concert which was given at the Omaha auditorium on Monday-even- inf. May 17. . The program opened with com munity singing under the. capable direction of Mr. George W. Camp bell of the Y. M. C. A. quartet, who succeeded in making himself heard and understood in the large hall with successful results. Then there was the Philharmonic orchestra under the direction of Mr. Frank Mach. This is an aggregation of instrumen talists containing many young peo ple, who delighted the audience with their spirited playing of an overture by Boieldieu, two Hungarian dances, br Brahms; and a gay and colorful rlfantasia," by Roberts. Chorus Much Enjoyed. .'The Omaha Woman's club chorus, under the direction of Henry G. Cox, .presented a group of songs fdr women's voices in their custo mary effective manner, their work being widely known through their appearances this season. -The choir of St. Cecelias catht dral, under the direction of Dr.. R. M. Silby, presented a beautiful "Stabat Mater," by Palestrina. This lovely unaccompanied music of some 400 years ago, was presented in a musicianly manner by the large choir from the cathedral, and gave an op portunity for the audience to bear some of the finest of Catholic church music. The choir from Kountze Memorial Lutheran church, under the" direction of Mr. John S. Holgren, also did some excellent singing in two sacred njjmbers from Protestant church music. Among the notable features of. this' choir was the clear enuncia tion of the words, and care for dy namic values. These two chbirs are the largest and finest of the city and if was good to hear them. f Quartet a Hit tThen came the Y. M. C. A: quar tet, made up of Mr. Dan T. Smith, 5tr. Hugh Wallace, Mr. Campbell and Mr. G. A. Williams. This quar tet, has sung much together and scored one of the hits of the eve ning with the audience in "Old Black Jflie." In fact, the encore rule was nearly broken because of it. More c&mmunity singing led by Mr. Campbell closed the program. Calif orfiians Off for Meet. ?an Francisco, May 18. Five athletes from the University of Cal ifornia and their coach, Walter Christie, left . here Monday for Philadelphia, where they are to com pete in the track meet of the Inter collegiate -Association of Amateur Athletes of America or. May 28 and 29. ka mmm I I II CIOTHINO COMFAAT I III M-CORJfe4TOUQIA5j I NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that our regular, prices have always been the lowest in the city, we are co-operating in the, move ment to force down living costs. Until further notice, every article in our stock will be sold at a straight reduction of ' i The only exceptions are articles on which factory contracts prevent a reduction, and articles we carry without profit, such as overalls, work shirts, work gloves,- blue and black serges, Palm Beach suits, etc. High Prices Endorsed As. Democratic Blessing United States Should Be .Glad H. C. L. Is Tilting Toward Skies, A. C. ' Shallenberger Declares in Keynote Address a Convention. No new note was struck byA; C. Shallenberger, former governor, temporary chairman, in his keynote address to the democratic conven tion yesterday afternoon. He tickled the vanity of the at tendants by extolling the virtues of the democratic party and by assert ing that the republicans have been naughty boys. He declared that the people of Nebraska made an egregious error two years ago when they dismissed a state democratic administration. President Wilson and Senator Hitchcock were lauded in a characteristic partisan manner. The former governor said that the reason prices are high is because the producers are receiving high prices. He told of "the good, old republican 'days" when he drove three red cows to market at Alma. Neb., where an auctioneer wore out a pair of perfectly good lungs try ing to sell the bovines. Extracts from his address follow: These are times when democrats need make no apologies for the rec ord of their party. The ' demo cratic party has been in charge of national affairs for eight years and they have been years of wonderful achievements for America and man kind. Under a democratic admin istration the nation has experienced a period of prosperity and national glory such as Americans have never known before. Prosperity abounds in every direction. Eight years of democratic rule have filled the banks of the nation to over flowing with the accumulated wealth of our peo ple. Our marts of trade , are thronged with eager customers, the railroad trains are filled with a multitude of prosperous travelers, the hotels are packed to the roof with commercial men unable to sup ply the demands of trade and com merce for the products of the fac tory and the farm. Extolls High Prices. "But republicans complain that prices are high and taxes are in creasing. Well, I do not care whether vou are a farmer or a mer chant, a business man or a profes sional man, a lawyer or a laboring man, you are making more money than you ever made before in all your life and you have the money to meet your bills and pay your taxes. The taxes that support the nation are now chiefly taxes upon" incomes. And an 'income tax is a democratic tax. The beauty of it is, if you do-not have the income, you do not nave to pay the tax. And if you receive the income, you can afford to donate a reasonable por tion of it in support of the govern ment that makes it possible that you have an income. The reason that prices are high is because the pro ducer is better paid than ever be fore and that means prosperity for every one. For the first time in history, the producer is "being paid a fair price for his labor. The men who grow corn and wheat, who pro duce pork and beef, the men who make -the clothes we wear and the shoei upon our 'feel, the railroad men ho transport the commerce of the nation, ii fact, any man who produces any of the things that are essential to our national life is bet ter paid than ever before. Labor is employed at a better wage and there is more universal prosperity than we have ever experienced in the past. And yet our republican friends complain that times are out of joint and ask us to turn back again to what they love to refer to as the good old republican days. To the days when prices were cheap but no one had the price. Then labor was low, but there were two men for every job. Wave of Prosperty. "And 'America's prosperity is founded upon a rock because it is backed by the banking and cur rency system which the democratic party gave the nation.' The world has just endured a great war. .Half the nations of Europe are bankrupt and their money of little or no value. The empire of Japan has just been shaken to its very center by a great" financial crisis. Every war that we have had in the past has been fol lowed by a panic, but today we are . riding upon a great tidal wave of prosperity because the fed eral reserve bank system has tied all of our banks together into one great financial fabric which makes a basis for our business prosperity as solid as the rock of Gibraltar itself, and has at the same time given us the banking supremacy of the world. The federal reserve system has done for the banks of the nation the same thing that the democratic guarantee of deposits law did for the banks of Nebraska. It has proven that for banks as well' as com monwealths, in union tfiere is strength. In all of the rest of the world there is an atmosphere of dis content, doubt and despair, Irt America we look the future in the face with confidence and there is prosperity everywhere. And yet there are those who clamor in dis content and cry out for a change. : Voters in Error." "Every thinking man and woman knows that the sole reason that we are not at peace with all the world and in actual leadership of the forward-looking nations, is because at the last election the voters of our country placed the republican party in power in the legislative branches of our government. The republican majority has been long on partisan ship and short on statesmanship and patriotism. They seek to discredit and injure the president and the great record he has made but they are injuring America far more than President Wilson. It is true his health has been broken in the strug gle, but he fearlessly fights on. Pol iticians may plead with him to abandon the fight for a living, virile and effective league, but the presi dent fights on and refuses to con sent to compromises that would cut the heart out of the covenant. Throughout the long struggle it has been a source' of pride to Nebras THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19. 1920 Miss Helen Keller, . Noted Blind Girl, Is Taken to Hospital Chicafo Tribune-Omaha Bn Laed Wire, Boston, Mass., May 18. Miss Helen Keller, the noted blind girl, lias been obliged to cancel all en gagements and go to the hospital as the result of having been taken ill with acute rheumatism. Dr. Joel Goldthwait, who was called to at tend Miss Keller, ordered her re moval to the Corey Hill hospital, Brookline. Miss Kellar suffered an attack of influenza while in Toronto a month ago and never fully recov ered from the setback. Miss Keller, who formerly lived in Wrentham, was deprived of sight, smell and hearing at the age of 2 years by an attack of scarlet fever. She won a degree of A. B. in Rad cliffe college, Harvard, 1901, after she had learned to read, write and talk at special schools in Boston and New York. kans to see how courageously and efficiently our senior senator, Oma ha's most distinguished citizen, Sen ator Hitchcock, has fought the bat tle for. the president and for the treaty. He has stood like a stone wall and fought the fight which the president was unable to make for himself. It has given Senator Jiitch cock the leadership of his party in the senate. He has stood by the president, he has stood by the league, he has stood always for America; it has won for him the ad miration of the world, it has won fof him the instruction from his state to support him for the nomination for president at San Francisco and we hope it will win for him the nom ination.for the presidency' as well. "The fight for the league .of na tions has been a long aid bitter struggle. The president's health may be broken but his position in history is secure. The nation can not afford to await the verdict of the years, but the - president can. The president knows that great vic tories for mankind have never been won easily. Mighty advances in the upward progress ri humanity have only come as a result of great sacrifices of life itself. It seemed al most prophetic when we read the ether day the speech the president, made upon the deck of a battleshif when the American navy set sail tipon the seas into unknown perils at the beginning of the war. You will remember how he said that he envied the men who were being given the opportunity of even offer ing up their lives upon the field of action in the great war. The presi dent is fighting a battle for America as truly now as if it were in the trenches in France or upon the deck of a warship upon the high seas. He is giving his very life to the nation piid to humanity as truly as the sol dier or tne sailor in arms in timeof war. ' He is fighting for a second Magna Charta, not a- charter of liberty for a single nation but a covenant for eternal peace for all mankind and a.creat thing like thrs is not to be won easily." m PERFORMANCE,Endurance, T.A it. xl juuuvjuiy luese arc uie uirce fundamental qualities that are built into all Chevrolet cars. In the latest model the Chev rolet "FB 30" CoupeBeauty, Comfort and Convenience have been added in an exceptional degree. CHEVROLET MOTOR CO. OF NEBRASKA 2215 FARNAM ST. OMAHA RETAIL STORE Chtvrolet "P-B ZV Coup, Omaha. Nebraska, May JO, 1920. TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE SKINNER COMPANY: A special meeting of the stockholders of The Skinner Company is hereby called, to be held in the Auditorium in the City of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, on Tues day, the 25th day of May, 1 92Q, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, to consider the differences that have arisen between the officers of the company, and to take such action, . as, in the judgment of the stockholders, may oe necessary to protect their interests and provide for the financing and future management of the company. - Stockholders are requested to come in person, if pos sible, if not, to send proxy by jome' other stockholder and cancel all proxies heretofore given to any officer. ' , R.C.HOWE, . . President. .The above notice was delivered to the Secretary of The Skin ner Company on May 10,' 1920, at his office in Omaha, with a -written request to send it to all the stockholders of The Skinner Company. Th notice has not been sent; the list of stockholders and their addresses have been denied me. No legal meeting place this side of Wilmington, Delaware, has been provided by the by laws of the company or the action of its directors. I am taking this means of notifying as many stockholders as possible. 1 The above meeting will be held for the purpose of taking informal action for the protection of the stockholders, even if no legal meeting can be held. - - V R. C. HOWE. i BRITISH ARMY HEAD EXPOSES WARMERS "Gallipoli Diary" of General " Hamilton Says Kitchener v .Lost Grip to . Politicians. By JOHN STEELE. Jtvr lork Times-Chicago Tribune Cable. Copyright, 1820. London, May 18. Much contro versy surely will- be caused by the publication of the "Gallipoli Diary" by General Sir Ian Hamilton, Brit ish commander in Gallipoli. who has been made the victim in the failure of that campaign. Hamilton indicts the war office for its carelessness and failure to realize the size of the task of furnishing troops with sup plies and munitions. He is espec ially severe on Earl Kitchener, whom he accuses of having lost . his grip and 'allowed politicians to in terfere with military affairs. Hamilton describes how Kitch ener summoned him to the war of fice and told him he had been ap pointed to .command the Gallipoli expedition. . . "There was no discussion. I was compelled . to concoct my own plan in a brace of shakes, almost under fire." . . ' May 4, 1915, says Hamilton, the war office was warned of the short age of ammunition'. Its answer was a demand for an inventory of all on hand, which had to be made in the middle of a desperate battle. So bad was the situation that the French nicknamed the British artil lery "Old One Shot Per Gun." Speaking of Kitchener at this time Hamilton says, "He is no long er" Kitchener of Khartoum and Pretoria. He has lost the faculty of forcing others to act. He makes a spurt, but can't stay the distance." Hamilton accuses the war office of deceiving the public about the strength of the Gallipoli army. It was announced in July, 1915, that he had 205,000 men, but actually he had only one-half, while the drafts often were unfit, out of one batch of 45, nine being blind and three otherwise unfit. Booze Admitted to Bar By U. S. Supreme Court Washington, May 18. While scores .of "thirsty hopefuls" were waiting in the supreme court look ing for. a knockout decision on the 18th amendment, who should step into the chamber buU John Taylor Booze, Chicago attorney, with an application for admision to practice before the world's greatest tribunal. He was promptly admitted to the bar. , Some regarded this an a favorable omen. Others said "That's ahnnt all we'll ever get." 11H5, f.e.b. Flint, Mich. DEMO CONVENTION TO BE TOTAL LOSS, SAYS DRY LEADER "Won't Amount to Darn" Is Word Passed to Loyal ' Toilers. ' "The whole convention won't amount to a darn," declared H. L. Mossman yesterday morning at a preliminary war pow-pow of dry democrats in the city council cham ber. " , . ' ' "It's a test of strength be ready in the gallery be ready to descend upon the convention -and assert your rights as voters." ' Especially did Mr. Mossman, Lysle I. Abbott and' Elmer E. Thomas urge the women to " de mand -their rights. The meeting was held to explain "Cost more er tire ESS pecmlle,. COMPEimON Dual valves, double ignition, improved trans-' mission, and high speed gear shifting are new words which mean greater power, flexibility, responsiveness, safety and comfort than even Pierce -Arrow owners thought possible. J. T. Stewart Motor Co. Distributors , ' ' 2048-50-52 Farnam St . Omaha, Neb. the challenging of the' delegates elected as the drys said at the "al leged county convention" last Tuesday. In cae the controversy comes to naught, and even Mr. Thomas ad mitted he was afraid it would, he urged the 17 'duty elected members of the state convention to demand a test vote on every question. Mr. Thomas proceeded to insure a stormy democratic session by tell ing the little handful of dry dele gates to contest every foot of the ground this afternoon with the su perior forces. Among those who promised to be "waiting in the gallery for a word to take seats in the convention" were Dr. Jennie Callfas, Mrs. H. J. Bailey and Helene Bixby. Hold Postoffice Clerks Believing that jewelry found in their possession was stolen, officers arrested Warren Reeder and Claude Ferris, postoffice clerks, rooming at 618 South Twentieth street, Monday. Pleasantest Can you name him or her? It's certainly not the car owner whose pleasure is constantly spoiled by tire mis haps and expense. Perhaps it's a certain man we know who has discovered that the Howe Tires we got him to try are lasting twice as long as the ordinary tires he was using! HOWE Tires & Tubes Lininger Implement Co. Automotive Dept. 6th and Pacific St. Omaha, Neb. The hardest competition' that Pierce -Arrows are called upon to meet is the competition of other Picrce-Arrows. Those of today are the rivals of those of a year ago. What owners thought was the last word in the creation and applica tion of power was the last word only at the time it was spoken. DUAL VALVE SIX "Mystery Theft" of $10,000 In Express Funds. Is Confessed Kakamia, Wash., May 18. Mys tery surrounding the theft of $10. tlflO last Friday from the express on ficc in the Great Northern Railroad station , in Spokane, Wash., w as cleared, today by a confession which the police said they had ob tained from Albert McGirt, arrested here Sunday. McGirt confessed, the police said, that the theft was accomplished with the aid of two other men, one of whom was "inside" the office and another who received the stokn money, which had been hidden in Spokane. Charged With Treason v Paris, May 18. Boris Souvarine, socialist editor, was arrested today charged with having plotted against the safety of the state. I
