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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1920)
THE BEE? OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUfNK 12, mu. NEW ARMY PLANS ARE ORDERED PUT INTO EXECUTION Secretary of War Names Four Boards to Prepare Classifi cations of Officers for Promotion. litrnto Trlban-Omah ! Lcaitd Wire. Washington, June 11. First steps toward the reorganization of the hrmy under the law pasted at the recent session of congress were taken by Secretary of War Baker today when he announced the ap pointment of four boards to prepare clnssifications of officers. The boards will meet next week. One of the boards, which is as signed to prepare an initial list ot officers for general staff duty, is headed by Gen. John J. Pershinp. In order to be placed on the general staff eligible list officers must have praduated from the army staff col lege or the army college prior to July 1, 1917, and have been recom mended for duty as commander or chief of staff for a division or higher tactical unit or for detail on a gen eral staff. Others who are eligible are officers who since June 6, 1917, Woman May Make Race for Vice President at Frisco By LEOLA ALLARD. CltlMfo Trtbun-Omh Be hmrd Wlf. Chicago, June 11. A prominent democrat from the touth today in formed Mm. Allen, of the women' national headquarters that the democrats have planned to run a woman for vice president She is Mrs. Peter - Olsen of Cloquet, Minji., who it now a candidate for a state office in Minnesota and who is said to have no rivals in the world of public speech making. "She can make speeches as no woman I ever heard can," said Mrs. Allen, "but the comet from a small community and is not a woman of any vast political experience. She was a republican two years ago. but she announced that she wanted to work, but wanted to work for a substantial salary. We had no such salary to offer her. She became a democrat and is drawing a fat sal ary now in that party. "I know the democrats are plan ning to give the women all thev possibly can, to lure their vote, and it would be like them to put this woman on their ticket. The men all like her. When she spcakt, if any one asks her questions, she always has an answer. She has made state ments about the republican women, in answer to queries, that are so far from the facts that they were ab surd, but the is never found wanting when an answer is asked for. "She is quick as lightning, and a diplomat, but so far as we have been able to figure out, without qualifi cations for high office." HELP YOUR DIGESTION When acid-distressed, relieve the indigestion with Dissolve easily on tongue as pleasant to take as candy. Keep your stomach sweet, try Ki-moids, MADE BY SCOTT BOWNE MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMULSION H N have commanded divisions or higher tactical units or by actual service in the world war have demonstrated that they are qualified for general staff duty. To Discharge Officers. Another board is headed by Lieut. Gen. Robert L. Bullard. This board will classify officers who are to be retained in the service and those who should not be retained. Officers designated for discharge shall not finally be so classified until thev have been given an opportunity to appear before a board and a chiS-s to present their side of the cas Under the law brigadier general shall be appointed from officers of the grade of colonel of the line, and this board will make up an eligible list for this purpose. The first board that convenes may place upon the eligible list in addition any of ficers of the line of not less than 22 years' commissioned service. The fourth board appointed by Secretary Baker is to prepare a promotion list of all officers of the engineers, signal corps, infantry, cavalry, field artillery, coast artil lery, Porto Rico regiment and Philippine scouts, who were ap pointed to the regular army or the Philippine scouts prior to April 6, 1917. New Promotion System. Officers will be placed on this list according to their length of com missioned service, and will be pro moted as vacancies occur from the top of the list. This list establishes a single promotion list such as was recommended by Gea. Pershing as distinguished from the former practice of maintaining separate promotion lists in the different branches of the service. The chair man of this board is Col. Walter II. Gordon. HERRERO SAYS HE WANTED TO SAVE CARRANZA Denies First Hand Knowledge Of Suicide, Saying His Cousin Gave Him the Information. .Charges Custom Officials Disposed of Stolen Auto Bingham, Mass., June 11. Charg es that United States custom of ficials at the American-Canadian border dispose ot automobiles that are stolen in Boston and vicinity were made in court by Fred Hines of Jackson, Mo., who was arraigned for the larceny of an automobile belonging to Max Stonberg. Hines told Judge Kelley that he turned the Stonberg car over to cus tom officers and was told by them that if he could procure another car of ft certain make they would pay l.iei $600 for it. An investigation of the charges is being made. On the larceny charge, he was held in $1,000 bonds for the grand jury. Rubber Connections. This is the time of year to renew the rubber tubing in the cooling system. This material in time is likely to take off in the water line, partially blocking the flow. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. Mexico City, June 11. Admis sion by Gen. Rodolfo Herrero, who has been charged with responsibility for President Carranza's death that he did not have personal knowledge that Carranza committed suicide, but that he was told so by one of the president's officers, featured the hearing last night before the federal court investigating the chief execu tive's death. A clash occurred dur ing the session between Herrero and Gen. Francisco Murguia, former minister of war, when the latter de nied the statement that he had of fered Herrero money. The court stopped the colloquy. Herrero declared that the officer who gave him the information that Carranza had committeed suicide was Ernesto Herrero, his cousin, who brought him the pistol with which it was alleged the president shot himself. Herrero admitted hav ing professed loyalty to Carranza and of having afterwards ordered his forces to attack the president, but said this was done to obtain in formation regarding the strength of the presidential escort. He stated he had received orders indirectly from Obregon to take Carranza alive. The president's forces, how ever, learned of the intended at tack and began firing, preventing his capture. More Towns Gain Washington, June 11. St. Johns bury, Vt.', 7,163; increase, 470, or 7 per cent. Appleton, Wis., 19,561; increase, 2,788, or 16.6 per cent. The world war revealed the fact that onq man of every 10 in an effi cient army must be proficient in au tomotive engineering. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. Trade Upstairs Save For Saturday A Continuation of Barker's Drastic Reduction Sale of Hundreds of Men's & Young Men's All-Wool Suits at .jm J-1 hi rfVj "WSJ WORTH $40 TO $60 Cash is what manufacturers want now we were able to supply them with it and in return secured several hundred genuine men's and young men's all wool suits at a big price reduction. They all go at the one price, $25. High School and College Men, Here Are Wonderful Values and Models for You Come Up Tomorrow and Select YOURS PALM BEACHES- ii Hundreds of them cool, airy, delightful. The real hot weather garment. Priced for Saturday, two huge lots $15 and $17.50 Mothers Fit out the Boys during this great sale Hundreds of $17.50 and $20 Boys' Two-Pants Suits at Every suit a Jun ior Shop model. All wool fabrics, plenty of models to choose from. Plain "colors or mixtures. Sizes 6 to 17 years. COME UP SATURDAY TWeirtfy kd abjs the High, RenW !aifIkF9 CEtolllacs -Stoop Second Floor SIXTEENTH AND FARNAM Securities Building Saunders County Agent Will Run for Superintendent Wahoo, Neb., Tune 11. (Special.) Mrs. Emma McDonald, Saunders county home demonstration aRent, will file a petition to run for county superintendent of schools at the fall election, to fill the unexpired term caused by the resignation of Super intendent Alder, who becomes super intendent of the new consolidated schools at Mead. Mrs. McDonald has been a teacher of wide ex perience prior to her taking the posi tion of county demonstrator and is also active in all woman's organiza tions of the county. Had 7 of Her Own, Took In 21 Other Children Springfield, III.. June 11. This city has the prize family raiser. She is Mrs. Kathcrine Glover, colored. Although Mrs. Glover had seven chil dren of her own, she took 21 others to raise and care for, according to the Springfield day nursury. Fif teen of the 21 were negro children, five were white babies and one veiy small one a Mexican infant. Mrs. Glover is not a woman of mean she works for her living and raised the children because of her intense love for babies. Breakfast in Paris, Luncheon in London, And Back for Dinner Faris, June 9. So successful has the London-Paris air ferry proved that there are now three expresses each way daily, with four on Thurs days and Saturdays. Three com panies are in the field, one for heavy freight up to one ton in weight. It is now possible for an American doing business in both cities to visit his Paris office in the morning at 0 o'clock and to be sorting hit mail at 11:30 in his office at London while at 6:30 p. m. the same day h n-ay he back in the French capita! eating his dinner. Since the air expresses were insti tuted more than 3,000 travelers hav made the aerial trip between the two capitals, a large majority of them be ing Americans. Another company announces thai beginning May IS it will institute i regular twice-weekly service to the battlefields, taking visitors from their hotels in Parts in the morning and bringing them back again at night after visits to Soissons, Rheims. Verdun and St. Mihiel. lniiilii(iililliiluiuliiliitiiliilHliiinliiiniiiliiii!iiiiiiiiii!HiiiiiiuiiiiiliiiiiiiiliiliiliiiiiiiiluiiiiiiippONE TYLER 3000 lililliiliiliiliiliilMliliili;liiliiliili:lnliiliiMiiiiiiiiiiili:liiiiliilitiiiililli!iiliiiiiiiiiiiiiliilij i SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS. A Big Sale of Linoleums and Felt Base Floor Covering We have gone through our entire wholesale and retail stock of linoleums and set aside all remnants, odd rolls and drop patterns in all grades for the"pur pose of making room and cleaning up our ware houses. In order to sell these goods quickly, we realize prices have to be very attractive we have made them o in many instances they will be much lower than the cost price per yard by carload. It will be absolutely necessary for customers to bring in the size of their rooms or spaces to be covered. The sale includes hundreds of patterns in pieces that vary from a few feet square to a h-.indred square yards. A few of the offerings are indicated below. J Sale Commences Saturday at 9 a. m. and will continue throughout next week Lot 1 Small pieces of various grades,' plain or patterned, at per piece, 25c. Lot 2 Remnants of Pro-Lino (felt base goods) and plain linoleums and printed linoleums, sizes from one square yard to three square yards, at per piece, 76c. Lot 3 Remnants of printed and in laid linoleums large enough for bath rooms or small kitchens, at per piece, $1.50, $2.00, $3.00 and up to $5.00. Lot 4 Large size remnants of fine in laid and printed linoleums, 6 feet wide and up to 15 feet long, at per piece, $5.50, $7.50 and $9.00. Lot 5 Odd rolls of inlaid and printed linoleums and felt base goods, all six feet wide and enough to cover large rooms, at per square yard for felt base goods, 50c to 85c. Per square yard for printed linoleums, 75c to $1.05. Per square yard for inlaid linoleums, $1.25, $1.50 to $1.95. Lot 6 Odd pieces of printed lino leum, 12 feet wide, some large enough to cover large rooms, a few pieces slight ly damaged. Priced by the piece at a great saving to the purchaser. Lot 7 Odd Congoleum, Pro-lino, or felt base rugs or linoleum rugs in all sizes, some are slightly damaged, re duced 25 to 50 7o from the regular selling prices. , Porch Swings A very extensive showing of wood and fibre porch swings in 4, 5 and 6 foot lengths. Wood swings, $5.00, $7.50, $10.00, $11.00, $12.00, $13.50, $14.50, $16.00, and $17.50. Fibre swings, $21.50, $23.50, $24.50, $26.50, $28.50 and $29.50. Gozd Quality Lawn Swings with adjustable backs These swings are of a superior qual ity, being built of hardwood specially selected for its strength. They are carefully finished. Children's Size $5.85 Adults' Size $9.75 Fibre Ferneries A Fernery as substantial as it is at tractive. Built of fibre, with legs as well as body wrapped; fitted with gal vanized drip pan. in fumed finish, $12.50. in frosted brown finish, $13.50. Ms) Porch Chairs New maple Porch Chairs and Rock ers with handsome double cane seats. Shown in both natural and forest green finish. High and low back styles, with or without arms. Prices, $3.25, $5.75, $6.00, $6.50, $7.00, $7.50 and $8.00. Fibre Suite A durable fibre suite for porch or sun room, as illustrated; carefully built of closely woven, reinforced fibre; finished fumed. Arm chair or rocker, each, $17.50; settee, $23.00. See our special fibre rocker at $9.75. Reed Baby Carriages With genuine reed bodies and hoods mounted on 12-inch rubber-tired wheel and upholstered in corduroy to match the bodv. A very special value at $27.00, $35.00 and $36.60. Vudor Porch Shades Made with a Ventilator VUDOR Ventilating Porch Shades enable you to transform an ordinary porch into a sleeping porch at a small expense. They give you the necessary privacy, prevent drafts from reaching you, and the hot air which always rises to the roof of any porch passes out. 4 ft. wide x 7 ft. 6 in. drop, $ 3.75 each 5 ft. wide x 7 ft. 6 in. drop, 5.65 each 6 ft. wide x 7 ft. 6 in. drop, 6.65 each 7 ft. wide x 7 ft. 6 in. drop, 8.25 each 8 ft. wide x 7 ft. 6 in. drop, 8.75 each 9 ft. wide x 7 ft. 6 in. drop, 10.75 each 10 ft. wide x 7 ft. 6 in. drop, 11.75 each 12 ft. wide x 7 ft. 6 in. drop, 14.00 each Also made in bungalow sizes, costing proportionately less. Popular Victor Records at 64873 Forsaken Kreisler, $1.00. 87309 Oh, Boys, Carry Me 'Long Homer, $1.00. 74616 Nocture in E flat Hei- felz, $1.50. 54590 Cradle Son g Gluck, $1.00. 64874 Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes Flonzaley Quar tet, $1.00. 87308 Star of Love Farrar, $1.00. 88616 Love Me or Not Ca ruso, $1.50. 18666 Profiteering Blues; Oh, By Jingo, 85c. 18659 Rose of Washington Square; You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet, 85e. 18667 La Veida; Desert Dreams, 85e i s r m i a S i i i a i S i i i i lfniitltilHtiriiiiiii ft WILHELM COnintifiniiiiMffttifiiitiirtviffiiSMiiiriiiiiHi(inirrritntHTii4tti I ''wiiijiiiajBiwtsl