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THE -BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 28. 1920 PLAN PROJECTED TO CURB PROFIT IN COAL FIELDS Attorney General Palmer Pro poses Embargo On Exports Until Needs at Home Are Supplied. Ckiear Tribli-Onht Bm Leaied Wire. Washington, July 27. Action of a far-reaching nature is expected to follow a conference on the coal situa tion to be held at the call of Attor ney General Palmer today.v Mr. - Palmer and Charles B. Ames, assist ant attorrvcv-generaL left last night f r New York City, where those in vited to the conference will be Mr. Palmer's guests at luncheon. Just what may be in the mind of the attorney general has not been disclosed. Recently the Department of Justice has concerned itself wifh steps to prevent profiteering by coal producers. Methods of curbing prices which are soaring to unbe lievable heights undoubtedly wi'l be discussed at the conference. That Ohe discussion will assume a much - Iroader nature, however, is ex pected. x It is recalled that it was through he intervention of Attorney General Palmer that a settlement was brought tbout in the coal strike situation Oast winter. Recurrence of strikes in Illinois and Indiana threatening an aggravation of an already serious situation is likely to mean that Mr. Palmer will again turn his attention to the labor phases of the coal ques tion. On topvof these matters are the transportation problems and tiic agitation for an embargo on exports of coal. May Fix Margins of Profits. With respect to coal prices it is reported that the attorney general inay seek to bring about some sort of an agreement as to proper mar tins of profit. Agreements jupon ' margins of profit have, been the pur pose of the Department of Justice in its high cost of living campaign. Any attempt to control prices in a highly competitive market such as exists, however, would be difficult, unless exports of coal were shut Boosting of prices to abnormal levels has been attributed chiefly to the fact that purchasers from Italy and other foreign countries were willing to pay any sort of prices, outbidding buyers from New Eng land and other sections where coal Si badly needed. Whether this sit uation could be contfoled by a vol untary agreement as to margins of I refit is considered doubtful. Any effective action along this line, it is declared by those in touch with the situation, probably would have to mean the re-establishment of the fuel administration under the presi dent's wartime powers. Emborga Advocated. The agitation for an embargo on exports of coal, which has been ad vocated especially by New England interests, is constantly crowing stronger. It is expected that sn a railroad priority order to be issued by the Interstate- Commerce com mission tomorrow applying to the New England situation a provision will be included restricting consign ment of cars of coal to tidewater, nnless for trans-shipment to New England. Such a restriction, it is supposed, would apply to shipments from mines, until daily quotas of cars from New England had been filled. A provision of this sort would amount to a limited embargo on ex ports of coal. It was believed when the Interstate Commerce commis sion issued an order requiring per mits for shipment of coal through Atlantic ports some time ago that that action would constitute an em bargo on exports. However, for iern purchasers were willing to out bid New England buyers, and the result was that the export move ment continued unchecked. - A sweeping embargo order could be promulgated by President Wilson vnder his wartime control over ex ports, or it could be brought about rest winter-by action of congress. The coal producers are bitterly op ined to any embargo on exports, contending that the export move ment constitutes only a small per centage of the total coal production. While admitting that the exports comprise only a small part of the otal, those advo:ating an embargo insist that the quantity is sufficient to be responsible for prevailing high prices. Allies May Pool Claims On U. S. to Pay Indebtedness Washington. July 27. Reduction of the allied debt to the amounts awarded them on claims against j his country growing from the war, was considered today by the treas ury. ' ' Pavment of claims against the United States will not be made in rash or credit to dvbtor nations, ac cording to - present plans but amounts recovered from this count try will b charged off America's bill. Moscow Paper Sees Hope of "Favorable Peace With Poles icrma, July ii. A Kussian wire lfs message quotes the official Moscow newspaper as saying: "Soviet Russia will know how to secure for itself a peace which will make such a rapacious invasion as Poland forever impossible!." APVEBTI8EMK.VT WOMAN'S BEAUTY NO SECRET It all lies in the care she bestows upon herself and in keeping at Jay those dread ills peculiar to her sex. The flashing eye, the elastic step and the clear complexion never accom pany organic troubles.' The dis tressed expression, lassitude, head aches and mental depression are only the tell-tale symptoms. Women so troubled should take Lydia E. l'inkham's ' Vegetable Compoond, that simple remedy made from roots and herbs, and restore their, health to a normal condition. . PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM- - , StafaBjtfrffcUlar GraraaaFafeaHair HSU Jf9l IB lllinMilllilT XlMslSMBa Omaha Barber Aid Wahoo Wasp Editor t Home from Beantown j Befriended"' by a .barber In the snop at union station in umaha, Will Piclcett, editor of the Wahoo IX 1 1 1 1i 1. X Itfce National Editorial association ! convention in Boston on money bor I rowed from his tonsorial friend. Pickett tells how he had spent j funds lavishly in the larger cities lot the country between Beantown and Omaha. He seated himself in the barber's chair and ordered vari ous service. He got the service, but when he paid his bill of $275 : he found he needed money to get home. He told his story to the barber, who" refund ed $1.44 temporarily, on which the Wahoo scribe traveled west. He returned the loan-, IRISH QUESTION DISRUPTS FIRE CIIIEFS'MEETIfJG President Quits When Protes tant Is Chosen to Deliver , OpeninpPrayer at Annual Convention. Toronto, July 27. Chief John Kanlon of the navy fire department resigned as president ot the Inter national Association of Fire Engi neers at the annual convention as a result of a difference of opinion be tween him and Chief Powell of the Toronto department over selection of a clergyman to deliver the open ing prayer. Chief Kanlon, as president of the association, had invited Archbishop McNeil of the Roman Catholic church of Toronto to officiate, but Chief Russell as head of the local" recepflon committee, had asked Rev. H. J. Cody of the Anglican church of this -city. Shortly after Chief Kenlon's arrival, Sunday, the question of a clergyman was taken up by the executive committee, which decided- in favor of Chiei Russell's choice. Chief Kenlon's resignation was not accepted until he had abandoned the gathering and a standing vote had been taken. The vote was 131 for acceptance of the resignation and 108 against Chief Kenlon stated later that he intends toremain at the convention throughout the week and to con tinue ot give his services to the as sociation. Chief Kenfon said that the ques tion Vas "solely and absolutely an Irish question."- ' "I am an American citizen," he added, "and while I sympathize with Ireland in her struggle for a better form of government, I have no de sire, while on British soil, to inject that question into the affairs of the association." The association, after accenting Chief Kenlon's resignation, extend ed him a vote of thanks for his services as president - Wif e Given Divorce ' When She Finds Many Letters to Husband Chine Trl bane-Omaha Bm Iatd Wire. Chicago, July 27. Mrs. Mabel C Farris was granted a divorce by Judge Johnston today after she had submitted six snappy letters her hus band had received from other women. The .Farrises were married in March, 1899, and separated in 1919, after Mrs. Farris became as sured of her husband's infidelity through telephone calls and inter cepted letters. Here is a sample of the letters, this one being from Miss Anna Lewi of Loraine, O., or at least signed by that name: "It is breaking my heart to leave you. No one can take yonr place. This is the saddest night remem ber last night at my house when I had my head on your shoulder? Oh, I have cried until I can't see what I am writing. I will sendjyour grip to the garage." Another letter contained this pas sage: "Oh, if I could only put my arms around yon and my hea'd on your shoulder, as I am so weafy and tired of life" French Papers See Important Results From Allied-Red Meet Paris, July 27. All the newspa pers attach considerable importance to the new situation resulting from the Russian proposal for an allied soviet conference in London and to day's meeting at Boulogne between Premiers Millerand and Lloyd George to agree upon the answer to be made to the Russian note. The newspapers, except socialist organs, are unanimous in support of the government plan to demand of the soviet government recognition of engagements of former Russian governments. Lightning Bolt Explodes T. NrT. Charge, Killing Man . Durango, Colo- July 27. Richard A. Lagar of Idaho Springs,,, was killed Monday afternoon when lightning prematurely exploded a charge of T. X. T. which he was placing at, the Lime Creek camp on the Durango-Silverton highway. Harry Bowra of Aztec, 'N. M was passing with a string of pack mules. He and his train was blown off the-trail and several of the mules killed. Bowra escaped with a few cuts and bruises. Grand Secretary Will Be Entertained by Local Elks Local Elks will entertain Fred C Robinson, grand secretary, and John G. McFarland, chairman of the judicial committee of the grand lodge, tomorrow. The two men will leave here at. 2 tomorrow and be joined at Fairbnry by Frank L. Rain, pasf .grand exalted ruler. They are en route to Colorado Springs for a committee meeting. Pl&gne ait Austin, Tex , Austin, Tex, July 27. Another cast of bubonic plague has de- j reloned at Beaumont amioonced Dr. C. T. Goddard, state health officer tier today. v. , - .codmcd MioDjmn ruiiitiLn iiuoumiiu IDENTIFIES GIRL FOUND IN TRUNK Pugilist Declares Photo of Dead Woman Closely Re sembles That of His Ex-Wife. Staikville, Miss., July 27. Police here were trying todayNo ascertain whether "Katherine Jackson" was the wife of "Kid" Jackson of Stur gis, Miss. Sheriff Hasting and Chief of Police Ramsey went to Sturgis, which is near here, and showed Jackson what was said to have been a photograph of the woman whose body was found in the trunk shipped from Detroit to New York. Jackson, the officers say, told them that the photograph resembled his wife. Jackson, said he was married three years ago. He and his wife have been separated, he told the of ficers, for about a year. His wife left Sturgis at that time, he said, and since then he has heard that she was inirmingham, Nashville and De troit Some time ago, the officers re ported, Jackson received a letter from his wife, then in Detroit ask ing him to grant her a divorce as she desired ta.remarry. Identification Positive; Birmingham, Ala., July 27. Posi tive identification of the woman known as MrsEugehe Leroy, whose mutilated body was found jammed in a trunk by New York express companj' employes, was claimed today by the Birmingham News in a special story. The paper declares that the woman was Mrs. Katherine Jackson, 19 years old, whose maiden name was Katherine Lou JJondren, and that her home was at Sturgis, Miss. The dead woman's husband was Kid McCoy JaclTson, a young farmer who has never been inside the prize, ring, despite his name, the newspaper declares. After the death of her mother in 1919 the young "-woman soon disap peared, the News says, to be heard from later from Birmingham, Nash ville and other cities. So far as is known, the story says, she neYer re turned to her husband or obtained a divorce. Police Seek Second Trunk. Detroit. July 27. A statement to the police by Mrs. Leo Trumbull, wue of a patrolman, that Mrs. Eu gene Leroy, a victim of Detroit's trunk murder mystery, had confided in her that she was about to become a mother, injected a new theory into the case today. - , Police today divided their atten tion between a hunt for Leroy, hus band of the slain woman, and a sec ond trunk believed to contain the vital organs of the body, and which is known to have been sent from the Harper avenue apartment house where the Leroys lived. Mrs. Trumbull was to go to New York today to view the body. The police declared today they had established that Mrs. Leroy planned an attempt af suicide be fore her death. A call has been sent to every ex press office in the country to check over uncalled-for baggage in an ef fort to locate the second trunk. Chicago, July 27. Police today were investigating the report of C. C. Finley, a Pullman porter, that a man answering to E. Leroy's de scription, who came from Detroit to Chicago, recently, and aroused the porter's suspicion by remarks about police being is search of him. The police sent messages out to western railroad centers following the porter's statement that the man, accompanied by a woman, said he was going to Los Angeles, taking a Santa Fe train out of Chicago. Japs Plan More Liberal Policy Toward Exporters Washington, July 27 Adoption of a more liberal policy with regard to exports is planned by the Japa nese government according to re ports today at the Department of Commerce. While retaining export control of certain commodities, the government owing to the recent commercial -and financial crisis, has decided to relax export embargoes and license restrictions. Products affected include paper pulp, printing paper, except new prinT" fertilizers, rice, wheat, barley and cotton yarn. Wife of Cowboy Pleads Not Guilty to Charge of Murder Winfield, Kan, July 27. Mrs. Grace Wilson, under charge of first degree murder, for the death of her husband, Homer S Wilson, yester day, when arraigned before Justice O'Hare today, pleaded not guilty and was held without bond for pre liminary hearing Thursday. Beds Take Brody London, July 27. Brody, an im portant town of Galicia, 58 miles east northeast of Lemberg, has been occupied by the bolsheviki, accord ing to an official statement from Moscow under Monday's date. The statement claims successes all along the line.' - . Foreign Exchange. . - American State Bank, 1 18th and Farnam Sts. A Jv 100 Men in the HANSEN-CADILLAC SERVICE DEPT. - vare recognized and re- warded by Honor and Cash Bonus" System. , , Have your Cadillac at tended by efficient Cadil lac men trained to ren der the best service. We do it right. J. l. liKti Caiillac C. Service Dept. - - , 1 - Cmy A. WkMtta Harry tLui V " 4- Ateradcr i State Capitol Plans Will Be On Exhibition Beginning August 1 Architectural drawings of Submit- lcu Mdic iiJiiui piana wu uc vu in hibition for four weeks, commenc ing August 1, at the Omaha public library. A fpfmal opening- address will be made by Thomas R, Kim ball. ' i The exhibition includes 100 draw ings, the work of 10 of the best architects in the United States, Ber tram Goodhue of New York was the winner. - , The collection is being brought here from Lincoln under the auspi ces of the Nebraska chapter of the American Institute of Architects. One -of the chapter will be present each day to explain the drawings. Arrangements have beenmade for conveying the people of the Old Peoples' Home and the -House of Hope to the library so that they may see the drawings. Ashland Man Dies In Local -"Hospital Following Accident All efforts of surgeons to save the life of Frank Jack:nn, 52 years-nM, after he had been rushed by train to Omaha from Ashland. Neb., where he suffered a fractured skull Sunday, were in vain. ,Mr. Jackson died Monday night. He was injured when he fell 50 ieet in the Railsback Grain elevator j fter he had climbed, into the cupola j to repair a pulley rcpe. Seven children .ind his widow furvive. The body was to be taken to Ashland late yesterday for burial. tustport, Me., Citizens Plan Reception for Roosevelt Eastport, Me, July 27. Plans for an informal and nonpolitical recep tion to be tendered Franklin D. Roosevelt by citizens of Eastport Wednesday evening were apptoved today by the democratic nominee for vice-president, who is resting at his summer home on Campo Beilo Island. Among callers were Governor William Neptune and Horace Nicho las of the Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians whose .reservation is at Pleasant Point, nearMhisicity. They were dressed in full tribal regalia. -Mr. Roosevelt said that dunne his triD here from Boston on a ce stroyer he worked on his speech of (cceptance. Bailey Holds His Lead in Texas Gubernat rial Primary Dallas. Tex, July 27. Additional returns received todays by the Texas election bureau from Satur day's democratic primary failed to alter materially the lead Joseph Weldon Bailey, former senator from Texas, has held over his nearest op ponent, Pat M. Neff, for the guber- na trial nomination.. With practically two-thirds of the estimated total vote tabuiated. the race stood: Bailey, 117,671; Neff, 114,088; Robert Ii. Thomason, T) 031; B. F. Loonev. 38,917. Political observers generally agree that Bailey and Neff will be the "run-off men" in the elecf.&n Au gust 28. ' Election In Nova Soptia Halifax, N. S, July 27. Electors of Nova Scotia are today deciding whether Premier George H. 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This anticipate! action of the president is the result of the chagrin that has spread through the anti- Wilson democratic camps, such as Tammany, over the White House conference between the president and Governor ox. where the demo cratic candidate assumed the burden of the Wilson foreign policy Tammany was dismayed to find that the candidate to whom if threw its own support on the theory that Cox was antiadtninistration had gone over with such "complete ac cord" to the Wilson leadership. Tammany, urkjer Charlls - F Mur 1 Take a Kodak HI with you on your vaca- tion. Pictures help you to enjoy past pleasures. Developing free with orders foe prints. H Main floor West Wednesday's Clearance Sale Mothers of Most 'pHE latest VToile and iff ' desirable Summer colors, such as light blue, pinly lavender, green and yellow. The lot also includes smart little Dotted Swiss models. Special Clearance Sale Offering! Exquisitely Soft and Ricir . 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Other antiadmniistration delega tions, such as the New Jersey, In diana and Illinois groups, followed New York, all jumping on the Cox band wagon because to the minds of the state leaders, it meant taking i.he party leadership. 9 Then came the White House con ference and the announcement of harmony. The happiness of Mr. J Murphy and Mr. Nugent, Mr. Bren- r.an, et al, was destroyed iney fcad not escaped the Wilson burden after all. It. was rtported that Bren nan gave up all hope of carrying Illinois after this, and that the en thusiasm of the democratic leaders in New .York," New Jersey and Ohio waned. '. Now conies this new loophole. The report appears well based that "he president will soon write this I:ter recognizing the Ohio execu tive, and the antiadministrative dele gates will te rescued from the har assing position in which they found themselves during the last few days. The writing of the letter, it is fn teipreted here, would not release Cox from his obligation to support the-Wilson league. His commitment t the league of nations is taken as irrevocable. But the leaders ar gue that it would remove the im pression that Cox was under White House leadership and domination. THE PACE Girls Can Save Money on This July Girls' Sample Dresses of them worth $15, At little models in Organdie, Tissue Gingham all - the Brandeis Stores 1 and Extra Wirf i " Pre sentations oftheFallfailleur 'pRAVELERS and customers who anticipate the purchase of a Fall suit will appreciate our collection of lovely new models in Tricotine, English Worsteds, Tweed' Mixtures and Coverts which will be popular for early wear. Later fashions will present Vel Myne, Duvetyne, Fortuna and Velour de Laine. Skirts are comfortably fulband remain short Models shown in regulation cxxctio iur m-essier moaeis. 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