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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1920. ONE-MAN RULE OF DEMOCRATS HIT oi m LAUUHLIN Country Needs Rule of Co operation Instead of Auto cratic Dictation, Nebraska Congressman Says. ? BY E. C. SNYDER. IV.thlniton Correpoiuint .f Otnihi Rrr. Washington, D. C, Aug. 12. Washington, D. C., Augr. 13. McLaughlin of the Fourth Nebraska tistrict, speaking last night at the in'tial meetinc of the Hardine and Coolidge club, which was attended by more than 500 men and women, traced the history of the republican party from its inception to tat pres ent time, enumerating the distin guishing features of the administra tions of every republican president since Lincoln's day. Speaking of present-dayc onditions, Mix Mc Laughlin said: - s When the electors of the nation Ji . L. - t. 1 1 niHi? mc irjinciiuuus uiuiiuci, as 2 Result of division in republican rankl and pkiced the. r.eius of gov-M-nmetijt in the hands of Woodrow Wilson and his democratic advisers n 1912. the democrats inherited one 51 inr nignesx legacies tnar was vcr jeqaeathed to a political parly. Our tredit was the best in the. worm, -our people were prosperous an -J labor was. employed. We had no entan gling' alliance of ;ny kind and held nothing but good will for all the word. Notwithstanding such an advantageous opportunity as was .iffcred the present democratic ad ministration, their third failure in government has beeh even worse fian'the two nre-edine ones. There hrts been an arrogant assumption if ortc-man power that is wholly out f 1 accord with a republican form 3f government and entirely out of nrrmony with true democracy. Dhere has been practiced the wort gyof wasteful extravagance ever Known in history. ;"When all the facts are known the jebplc will realize clearly that the access ot tne united states in tne ccent world war was due to the jeroic, patriotic citizenship of the re wlic and that the war was won by he people, not. the caose of, but in :pite of. the( administration at Wash ngton. It is 4 well-known fact tjpat -(publicans' in congress not only as- .istcd. hut led in the enactment of riuch of, the necessary war Jegisla- rtpn.'incmding even the draft law. f Further along Nebraska's repre entative on the national congres sional committee said: "The atti- The Real Humari Bird 4 vmeiK. rTWTWJI S STm"' fw .a fry" ' 'Wilt mS 38 1 9 -B!A 4 I !1 mtJ Jf-T f 'I NiM:- P$ tide of the republican party, under he readershio- of its most, worthy iUudard bearer. Senator Warren U.. Harding toward the Jcague cove iant, as well as other issues of this rampaign, has been made perfectly :lear.v ;Mr. Harding pledged himself to Assist "in the restoration of peace etween the United States and her memies at the earliest possible mo- went. If such safeguarding reserva ions can be agreed upon as will pro ect America's rightful interests and ,ofereignty as a member of the eague, no doubt tne league wun iueh ' reservations will be adopted. i . Ann .A F:tl k C H Mi ch fiA O 11 A :ime.will bring about such an intcr- lational court as tne Dest statesman ship can devise for the promotion of leace in tht world. " ', " 1 "The new republican , administra tion will ..restore the credit of this ation and bring its bonds not oniy p par but a premium, i ne cumpcr idme'' revenue laws enacted by a letnocratic administration will be re ispd and simplified, the numerous njusttces that have resulted insuch tnrest and disorders as now obtains will be met, one by one, and solved n .the same efficient, statesmanlike nanner as republicans -have always Aet and solved needful questions. ; "But in my judgment there fre iven greater issues confronting the Voters of this republic 'at the present :(me than the league of nation. The Question of whether or not. free gov pment is to be restorel and main ained in this country is of, supreme . .. . - n i-1 : i 1 . -. . mnortance. is.eDuuucau uciint ' jovernment by men instead of gov ernment by one person, in govcrn nent by men instead of government jy a man, in the co-operation of the .artous branches of the government nstead of autocratic club dictation jn th part of one man who delights :o st? -and fondle his pet powers and rd,fif:ongress to keep off the grass it Ki White House." tsmouth's Sole Night Ccpper Quits, Pay Too Small -Plattsmouth, Neb., Aug, 13. (Spe-3ial.)-With the business men clam 3rihr?lor the addition of another po- ticerjttan to tne torce, riattsmoutn s Dnelpight patrolman has tendered his resignation because, he says, the $100 i month salary is inadequate to sup port his family. The citjr budget has been made for the coming year and the city dads are facing a trying problem? v Laborer Kills Mother-in-Law, wounds Wife and Suicides San Francisco, Aug. U.--Phtlip Lauricelli, . San Francisco laborer, mot and killed V his mother-in-law, Wrs. Dolly Rollins, while she was .. . . . . i , . i cooking DreaKtast at nis iiomc touay, dragged his wife, Eva, from bed and Shot her, probably fatally wounding fjer, and then killed himself, police announced after investigating the deaths. Jealousy was given as the mp-ttve. . ' Detailed as Inspector in i; Nebraska National Guard AVashingtoq, D. C, Aug. 13. '(Special . Telegram.) Lieut Col. WOber A. McDaniel, United States iniaqtry, haj!4een relieved jrom his dties in the office of the adjutant gfneral of the army at Washin- tojl:and has been detailed tor duty a in inspectownstructor of -infantry for the" Nebraska. National teiard. ' . v ' iternont Plans Speech by i: Vice Presidential Candidate Trenton. Neb, hag. 13. (Spe ctal.) Dodge county democrats have fcn step .to: have Franklin D. RiMievelt, democratic candidate for ir-presid8nv tdepeak here Vhen SkComes through rremoht August jSon his way to Omana. They plan iff jiave him leave the train here and takt him to Omaha by automobile. The dream of Darius Green, who was immortalized in verse, to fly like a bird Feems to have been realized by H.S. Dixon, inventor of the Ornithopter, or wing-flapping machine, which is propelled by the action of the man himself and not by an engine. The action of the machine similar to that of a bird. Mn Dixon is inventor, patentee and builder. The measurement of the plane from tip to tip of the Wings ia 23 feet 6 inches l from nose to tail, 14 feet. The machine weighs 47 pounds Andean maintain a speed. dffrom 15 to 20 miles an hour. The chief! Woman Who Shot Her Husband in Hotel Is Charged With Murder Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 13. Mrs. Vilola Brinkman, who shot and killed her husband, John H. Brink- man, in a hotel here yesterday, will be the principal witness at the coroner's inquest to be held to day, v A . warrant charging murder was served herself yesterday afternoon. She denied herself to all callers dur ing the day, declaring she would not have anything to say until she bears from relatives. ..Mrs., Brinkman, who is 47 years old, shot her husband, 48, as he was about to enter his rooms in the hotel. Letters found in the hotel after the shooting indicate that the couple were estranged. Brinkman was an automobile salesman. To the police Mrs. Brinkman claimed there was another woman in the case. Butchers Choose Cleveland ' As Next Convention City New York, Aug. 13 Cleveland was chosen as next year's convention city by the United Master Butchers Of America . at the concluding ses sion here of its thirty-fifth annual convention. " N , s Michael KeUy jr., St. Louis, wa elected president. Pair of $6 Shoes Last Edison Nearly Year; Soles Getting Thin Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bet Leaned Wire. New York, Aug. 13. Thomas E. Edison created considerable amuse ment at an anniversary celebration for one of his inventions when he took off his right shoe in the midst of his speech, which was being read by his son, got out a. jackknife and cut a piece of leather which was hanging from the sole, The gathering watching the in ventor paused and then broke out in a hearty burst of laughter. ..The in ventor joined in the laugh and said: "I went oyer to. New York to buy a pair of shoes and found they were asking $18 a pair. .,, I did not object to the price but the toes were all point ed and I wanted a broad to. I went down to I Cortlandt "street and in a cellar I noticed a lot of shoes. I saw a pair that struck my fancy and bought them for $6. I have been wearing that pair of shoes for nearly a year.'' . . ' Steal Shirts from Store. Friend. Neb., Aug. 13.-(Specia!.) . Ihe Friend , Clothing .company was broken into. Tuesday night and about $500 worth of., silk shirts, silk hose and silk ties s.tolen, : RAIL SITUATION NOW IMPROVING, EXECUTIVE SAYS Employes Working Harder Since New Wage Scale Was Granted Urges Use of - Water Routes. Chleaf Trlbone-OmaRa Bee Leaeed Wire, New York, Aug. 13. The Jail- road situation has improved in the last few days, because the employes have begun to work hard and the executives have regained their., en .i : ., inusiasm since me increase in pay and fates, according to Daniel' Wil lard, president of the Baltimore v,& Ohio railroad and chairman of the fadvisory committee of the Associa tion of Kailway Executives. He testified yesterdajr at the hear ing of the United States senate com mittee on reconstruction, of which Senator Calder is chairman. ' Mr. Willard agreed with Caldei that the United States government could alleviate the car shortage con siderably by using shipping board vessels. Mr. Willard concluded three hours of testimony with his optimistic statement 'about the railroad pro pect, saying: "The workmen seem to be gen erally, satisfied with the wage-increase and from all directions I hearmen are working better. Of ficers of the roads themselves have taken new life. Most of the roads have been potentially 'busted' for two years. It isn't human for a man to get up on his tiptoes and do the best that is in him when, when he is done, he has nothing to show for it. Roads Solvent. "Today the roads are potentially, as a whole, olvent, and I have never sejen the railroad managers in' this country making greater efforts than they are making today to give seri vice, and meet new standards. There is going to be a steady increase, be ginning right away, in the amount of business done." Mr. Willard defended the coal priority order as an emergency measure only. The fundamental cause, he said, was that the rail roads have not the facilities to handle the "country's business, a Situation which necessarily creates emergencies, requiring discrimina tion to some extent in favor of the most essential classes of freight. ,Mr. Willard said that failure to purchase new equipment at the nor mal rate was partly responsible for the present situation and that the railroad executives had set for them selves much higher standards of effi ciency in the ma'tters of fuller car loadings, speed in repair work and daily car mileage than had prevailed under government control. "Whose business will it be, next year to foresee car shortage, and act "BIG MINERS" ARE WAGING WAR ON SMALL OPERATORS Influence Brought to Bear on Commission Against Inde pendent Producers. , Washington, D. C, Aug. 1 14. A campaign of propaganda s is under way in govermental and other circles here to induce action by the Inter state Commerce commission which will force the shutting "down of hun dreds of small coal mines through out tne country. "Big mine" operators are fighting against the continued existence of the small mines on the claim that they are uneconomical. Particularly they charge that inadequate loading facilities at small mines result in ty ing tip coal 'onger than -would be the case if all production was center ed in the larger mines. Big mine" operators claim that the elimination of the small mines would mean lower coal orice's be cause, they claim, large mines are equipped to operate at lower cost, They assume that the big mines would give the public the benefit of this reduced operating cost, even with the competition of the small mine eliminated. Govermental administration of fuel pncesVit is stated brought high er prices because small mine produc tion was encouraged and the price of all coal was fixed sufficiently high to pay a profit to .such mines, whose cost of operation was high. Boy Loses Right Hand. Norfolk, Neb.. Aug. 13.-fSoec:al Telegram.") Elmer Classen. 18 rears old, employed in ajoca! planing mill, lost the greater portion of his fight hand while operating a cir cular saw here. on it, in1 time? Mr- Willard was sked. The transportation act makes pri- ate ownership possible," he replied. Whether the people want to con tinue it depends on what sort of service they get The railway man agers know that if a car shortage or coal shortage occurs again, the people would be likely to believe that it was the fault of the railroads and it would be hard to shift theburden. even if the blame did not justly at tach to the railroads. - "I am sure that the railroads. among others, will take a more ac tiye interest next spring than this spring, and the reason we did not take a more active interest this spring was because we were engaged in shifting from one organization to another and because of the strikes." Mr. Willard added he thought the railway managers next spring would remind the people of the w.rthwcSr. who were now complaining thatii'.ey would treeze it they did not receive coal priority, that they Would face that situation again if they did not buy their coal in the spring. - GOVERNOR COX OPENS CAMPAIGN AT CAMP PERRY Democratic Nominee Urges Honorable Settlement of All National Disputes Without War. Camp Perry, O., Aug. 13.-Gov ernor cox opened his campaign travels Thursday with an address at tne national ritle competition, urged continued American interest in marksmanship, but honorable settle ment of national disputes -uthout war. . . .; , "Peace, by arbitrament of reason rather than force," was the vision he gave an' audience of soldiers, sailors and citizens. "I believe every home in America." he added, 'indulges the hope and breathes the , prayer that we will never again engage in war if. with honor, we can keep out of war. Can we not catch a vision of it as we face toward the future? The governor received much ao plause in his reference to world peace and also when he declared that the government should bestow commissions won by Americans in the war and not received before their discharge. This was "Governors day" at Camp ferry and the governor presented to Capt. C. J. Vananberg, Bridgeport, r 1 1 t . i . i . ionu., a silver vase, ine -nio execu tive's troohv in the rifle contest. Cap tain Vananberg made 149 hits out of 150 shots. y Another appeal to democrats of the Tennessee legislature to ratify the woman s suffrage amendment was sent last night by the governor. On receipt of a message from Governor Robertsf Tennessee, Governor Cox replied: "The platform presented to the country by a political party is not only an evidence of intent but of good faith. It carries the specifica tion which will be rendered if the opportunity presents. The first trade union in America was the Mechanics' Union of Trade Associations, organized in Philadel phia in 1827. in jisi"Mru j U.e Your -Credit J)0Ugl&S Street Uia Your Credit Extraordinary Final Offerings in This Great "No-Money-Down" Remodeling Sale V Our beautiful new store front it fast nearing completion, alterations are about completed throughout the store, and to make Saturday the banner day of them all, we are instituting xprice sacrifices decidedly greater than ever before. Final Close-Out of Wash Dresses Two Startling Groups Wash Dresses formerly sold up to $18.50. Choice whili they last ft jj Saturday only Bt $Q95 Safe Milk For Infants &IntsBdt fleCsekiig A Nutritious Diet for All Ages Quick Lunch at Home or Office Avoid Imitations and Substitutes Saturday only NO CASH DOWN PAYMENT REQUIRED Final Sale of Silk Dresses Smart, desirable Frocks of Georgette, Taf feta, Crepe de Chine and Foulards. Many iH are advanced Fall models and the .woman IL who shares in these offerings is indeed Jl fortunate. t Many of these dresses sold to $60, Saturday NO CASH DOWN PAYMENT REQUIRED 495 k - . - , ' I ' , 1 I Price Th T Jatuf e A at re Reflect Savings to Be Found In of a This Substantial Sensational v V .... ' , . s . An even J ol great importance for " there is'a vast amount of beautiful silk involved and we want all of our friends and patrons to derive the benefit from it. If you need silks or are going to need silks and every woman doer. Get your supply NOW for here's no telling when prices, will be low again. v Thousands 1 A. ... of Yards Placed in Three Great Group at SH45 Silks suitable for dresses, skirts, blouses and linings, all 36 inches wide. ; , Paulette for one-piece dresses and suits, in navy blue, brown, white; black, taupe and Japanese blue. - ; Silk Poplin, in plain color and stripes. -Fancy Stripe Taffeta. ;. : . Fancy Stripe Messaline. r . f . 1 Fancy Plaid Taffeta. r X' - ; Plain Color Messaline. ' v -Plain Color Taffeta. V ' r: Imported Pongee, natural color. " : Choice, $1.00 a yard - EXTRA SPECIAL SATIN CHARMEUSE $4.95 40 Inches Wide All ' New: Shades Silk in this lot suitable for waists, underwear, dresses, skirts, lining, etc. , 40-inch Figured Georgette Crepe. 40-inch Plain Georgette Crepe. " ' . ' 40-inch Plain Crepe de Chine. , 40-inch Figured Crepe de Chine. " V ' 36-inch FloweredTaffeta, light colors. 36-inch Wash Satui, flesh, white and pink. ' 36-incli Satin Messaline, plain colors. 36-inch Figured Foulard, light and dark colors. 32-inch .Broadcloth Silk Shirting in stripe. , ' ; 36-inch, White Sport Silk Skirtings, rough weave. 40-inch Heavy Satin for coats, suits and skirts. 36-inch Chiffon Taffeta, plenty of navy blue. 36-inch Figured Lining Silks. ? 40-inch Crepe Meteor, plain colors. ' 27-inch Figured Japanese Satin, x j y : , ' i; : : . Silks in this lot suitable for men's shirts, women's , dresses, skirts, waists, linings, etc. . v . Silk poplin in self-tonelaid and stripe, all colors, 40 inches wide. 1 ' . J Brocaded Crepe Meteor, 21 inches wide, all colors. Fancy Stripe Satjn and Taffeta, 36 inches wide. . Fancy Plaid Satin and Taffeta, 36 inches. ' . Imported Pongee, natural color, heavy quality. . Silk Stripe Shirting, fast colors. Silk Poplin, 40 inches wide, light and dark colors.' Choice, $1.45 a yard Choice, $1.95 a yard i - SVERYB0DY& STORE' Extra Special v Black Satin DucHess 36 Inches Wide $2.95 j Rich Raven Black Y