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THE t)MAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 15, 1920.
WILL CHALLENGE
ICANEZ TO DUEL
FOR HIS INSULTS
Former Chief of Staff of Car
ranza Declares Author Ma
liciously Libeled Him In
Sjr Mexican Writings.
hleAfftTrlbui-fmh Be L at4 Wire.
cent Belasco Ibar.tz, author of the
"Four Horsemen of the Apoc
alypse" is to be 'challenRed to
mortal combat His opponent is to
be Gen. Juan ' Barragan, youthful
chiet of staff of General Carranza,
who said lie would follow the autho -to
Spain and force him into a duel in
revenge for insults he said were
heaped on him.
" This statement was made today by
friends of General Barragan, who
sttid he hjd been greatly offended
by articles Inabnez wrote regard
ing conditions" in Mexico. The mat
ter complained of was expressed n
lbanez's criticism of Mexican mili
tarism, in which the novelist poked
tun at the hanasome younfircneral
wno is vnty if, . .
Some of the thinas that Ibane
wrote about the former chief of staff
of the Mexican army are:
"Uarragsn was the Apollo of the
great revolution. Tall, handsome,
despite his childish features, . the
girl of Mexico consider him the
best lookiiifr man in the republic, in
tact tne entire world.
"With the bright blue of his uni
form and all his gold braid he was
a dashing sight. He seemed to have
lust atepped out ot a toy 'box; fresh
ly varnished.
'Thanks to the amiable chief of
staff, an actress could visit Mexico
ana return-to her native land with
savings amounting to 5IUU.IHA) or
$200,000."
Barragan is said to be in New
York in hiding, having escaped after
Larranza s fall.
May Change Control
' Of Ocean Cable Lines
Winners in Swimming Contests
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impressive displays of naval force,
there was a disposition in some
quarters toiregarT Mr. Daniels'
flourish at Miami a grandstand po
litical nlav to thosi l)mnte nf h
electorate which derive satisfaction
trom "twistinu the ion's tail."
-vNew Yorkers Bac kof Move.
E'The action to orevent th lanrlino
'tif the Barbadoes cable was taken
s the result of representations made
Mr the All-American Cable company
lot New York, a competitor of the
vvestern Union and British cable m
wrests in the Caribbean. .The Al
American comoanvwhich is hearUH
y vv. r.micn nooseyeit, jonn 1
Airrrm, jonn i. nerrepont. Lome
Mus Vanderbilt, R. Fulton Cutting
and Robert De Forest, operates
15.000 miles of cable between ooints
in T.,U ... A C..U A : - -
vi in auu ouulu niucrica.
The All-American company wants
o lay a cable between the United
States and Braail, but has bumoed
nto the exclusive cable concession
(granted by Brazil to the British
company which transmits messages
joetween tne United Mates and Bra
'iil by way of Europe. By laying a
(cable: between the Barbadoes and
Miami, however, the Rrjtisli mm.
pany 'could eliminate' the European
detour and reduce: the cost of trans
mission, if not the rate, for it would
stiil enjoy a monopoly.
Z! Use Roundabout Way.
The All-American company suc
ceeded in getting into Brazil, but in a
roundabout wav. One of it's catties
Vans from Panama down the west
coast of South America and is c6n-
Nnetted with land wires between Val
Wiso nd Montivedco. The Ameri
can concern was allowed to lay a
cable between Montevideo and San
tos, Brazil, but was not allowed, be
cause of the British concession, to
connect Santos tnd Rio Janeiro with
at- cable. They were -compelled to
ilay another cable between Monte
video nd Rio Janeiro. Then, be
cause of the British exclusive rights,
the Brazilian government imposed a
tax or three francs a word on every
message between Brazil and the
United Stats .passing over the All
American lines.. .
The laying of the Miami-Barba-
docs cable would strengthen the
British' monopoly in the handling of
Brazilian messages and the All-
American company has been fighting
the move at every step, .At the re
quest of those interested. Senator
Kellogg of Minnesota introduced a
biH on April 28 forbidding the land
ing of a cable on American soil
without a permit issued by the sec
retary of state.
. - Senator Kellogg made a speech oiw
the bill setting torth the tutile ef
forts of the All-American company
to'.buck the British cable monopoly,
btjt the measure was not passed. In
preventing the landing of. the -cable
at Miami the Government acted with-
vut specific warrant of law, but the
tftorney general has ruled -that no
law is necessary ana mere 15
dent in the action of President Grarft,
wfio stopped the landing of a French
cable until reciprocal privileges had
been granted by France. ,
Paxton Hotel Owner Plans
To Operate Large Cabaret
fciRichard Kitchen, owner and
manager of the Hotel Paxton, who
has just returned from a trip through
tftt west, today announced plans for
opening a large cabaret at his hotel.
Mr. Kitchen plans to remodel and
Redecorate the present Paxton cafe
tot this purpose. He also plans to
install a 10-piece orchestra and se
care bookings from the best cabaret
Circuits available.
t"I have found that in western
Cities, as well as in the east, the
high class cabaret is a genuine pleas
ure to a tmajority of the better elass
of people, if it is run on a high class
basis," said 'Mr. Kitchen. "There
seems to be a crying need tor such
tvIace of amusement in Omaha. .
Cilia. Lizzies to Lakeview
LThe -Drive-It-Yourself base ball
leant will clash with the Chicago
Union Giants at Lakewood park,
lakeview, la., today, as the feature
at the big celebration to be held
there. The Union Giants were
scheduled to play the Armours at
Rourke par'-today, but canceled
the game . Friday. " ' Sel Smith will
pitch for the Tin Lizzies
Here are four of the women
swimmers who won prizes at th,e
Annette Kellerman swimming con
test at Carter Lake club - yesterday
afternoon. The trio standing to the
left arc 'Mrs. F. L. Smythe, Miss
Kathleen Giveen and Miss Mabel
Quiner. To the right is Miss Dona
Blair, who took first place in three
races and the diving .contest, thus
acquiring the silver loving cup, first
prize of the event. Miss Blair is
Shown in a "jack knife" dive below.
Second Bank Is Taken
Over in Ponzi Crash
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assets he may have and, because of
tne tear tnat ne nugni seeic 10 dis
sipate or iransfei them if out on
bail. Edwin L. Pride, federal audi
tor of Ponzi's accounts, has placed
th latter's known liabilities at
$8,000,000 and Ponzi claimed assets
of about $4,0li0,000.-
' Will Take Wife's Funds.
Referring to the possible transfer
of ,'arge s.ims by Ponzi to his wife.
Mr. Pride said:
"It can be tSken away from ner
and it will be" It does not belong
o her. , It is money that was ob
tained under fraudulent pretences, to
te used for fraudulent purposes."
Ponzi withheld from his wife the
news of his surrender by his bondj
man. Mrs. Ponzi. reasserted her.
faith Vin her husband.
"He is honest." she said, "and I
will stay by him to the end."
Ihe second of the two petitions
that have teen filed to have Ponzi
adjudged bankrupt was pending in
the federal court today.
A petition tor a receiver to admm
ister Ponzi's affairs also has been
filed. .
Continue Bank Probe.
Examination of the books of the
Hanover Trust company was con
tinued today by members of Bank
Commissioner Allen s staff. Air,
Allen in a statement said:
"Nothing has developed so far to
lead me to believe that the depositors
will lose one dollar. The Hancver
Trust company is thi only : trust
company in New England that is
nvr.Ived.
1 he financial district was con
cerned yesterday when a small run
was made on several trust com
panies, but there was no indication
today of a continuance of withdraw
als.
Se&ls Deposit Boxes.
Mr. Allen has caused the state
seal to be placed on all safe deposit
boxes in tlrt Hanover Trus.t com
pany used by Ponzi or officers or
employes of the bank as a prccau
tion against the possible removal ot
securities.
The Old Colony 'Foreign Ex
change company was organized
July 10. It offered to pay 100 per
rent m six months on investments
rind claimed to be dealing in foreign
merchandise. Attorney General
Allen said that he kneW.that the
company had sent large sums
abroad.
The office was closed after a fren
zied run yesterday. Doors and win
dows were smashed, threats "were
made against Brightwcll and a de
tail of police was oc'oued to hawhe
th? crowd.
Second Firm Bankrupt.
An involuntary petition in bank
ruptcy directed aglinst three offi
cers of the OSd Colony Foreign Ex
change company, was filed today by
thre. petitioners.
At the same time another petition
for the appointment of a receiver
for Ponzt and his Securities Ex
change company, was filed. A hear
ing was ordered for next Tuesday.
Samuel Zorn. an agent for the
Old Colony Foreign Exchange com
pany, who was arrested yesterday,
pleaded not 'guilty today to a charge
of larceny of $500. and was released
under $2,000 bends. He said he had
been working for the company only
two days.
The average ' paid-up membership
of the American Federation of Labor
for the last year was 4,078.740, an av
erage increase of 818,672 over the
previous year. . .
Township Exhibits to Be
v Feature at County Fair
Hooper, Neb., Aug. 14. (Special.)
The Dodge county fair will be
held at Hooper August 31 to Sep
tember 3. A special feature of the
fair-this year will be the township
exhibits. Prizes of $75. $50 and $25,
respectively, are offered for the three
best exhibits.
An attraction for the first day will
be the base ball game- between the
Dodge and the Snyder teams.
Cass County Old Settlers
To Hold Reunion at Union
The old settlers of Cass and ad
joining counties will . hold their
32d annual reunion at Union, Neb.,
August 20 and 21. Addresses will be
given on the first day by E. M.
hollard of Newhawka, Attorney C
E. Martin of Plattsmouth nd Wil
liam H. Metz of Nebraska City" and
on the second day by Judge Jesse
L. Root of Omaha, Attorney M. S.
Briggs of Plattsmouth and Rev. Wil
liam A. Taylor of Union. Music will
be furnished. by the .twentieth 111
fantry band.
Women Voters Organize.
Nebraska City, Neb., Aug.' 14.
(Special.) The women voters of
this community met Friday night
and organized a local chapter of
the League of women voters. Miss
Clarissa Delano of Lincoln delivered
an address. 1
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Their tales of love shall tell."
kHESE lines from that lovely opera "The
Bohemian Girl" will cause you ,to hum to,
yourself the old familiar strains. What
pleasant memories this music brings! ' How like a
Magic Island of Quiet and Rest it stands, sur
rounded by the hurry, bustle, and worry of
everyday life.
You need the stimulus and relaxation which
only good music can give, and the most delightful
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Chicago Red Cross
Worker TeDs of Her
Escapes From Turks
Chicago, Ang.v' 14. Miss Adeline
M. Tripple, Chicago Red Cross
worker, who-was reported slain in
Turkey a year ago, reached her
home here today.' Her story of ad
venture with the Tnrk andthe bolr
sheviki would do credit to the mas
ters of fiction ' t
Miss Tripple was connected with
an orphanage at Alexandrople and
helped to care for 5,000 orphans.
"When the bolsheviki captured
Alexandrople they ordered us to
leave and we fled in box cars," Miss
Tripple said. "There were 60 of us
and we expected to meet death any
minute. They delayed us at Tiflis,
where Col. Robinson, in charge of
the unit, was forced to give them all
the flour that was intended for the
Armenians. . He saved the lives of
us 60 women by his act.
"The stories of unspeakable
cruelty to the Armenians are not ex
aggerated. With the thermometer
registering below zero women and
children of every cjass had little
more than a few rags to cover them.
In one bed in the Alexandrople or
phanage 50 babies were huddled to
gether to keep warm.
"Water was usually frozen and
we had little wood and few stoves.
One thousand of the 5,000 children
in that orphanage were under 8
years of age. The suffering is in
describable and unless America con
tinues its assistance there is little
hope for the Armenians." '
Men Wanted on Charge of :
.Silk Shirt Theft Returned
Nebraska City, Neb., Aug. 14.
(Special.) Migel Alatorre and Juan
Ruiz, ' Mexicans arrested in Omaha
Thursday on information that they
were wanted here for-stealing 16
silk shirts from L." Wessel's store,
were returned here Friday morning
and plead guilty. They were bound
over to the district court on $800
bonds each.
Coal Operators and Miners
Meet to Revise Wage Scae
Union President Will Formally Present Maximum
Demands of Day Laborers at Meeting to be Held
Late This Afternoon.
Drilling- Oil Well.
Riverton, Neb., Aug. 14. (Spe
cial.) Dr. Condra, 6tate geologist,
was here for a short time Friday,
and expressed the opinion that
Riverton had the best chance of any
place in the state for a paying oil
well. Drilling is now under way.
, Cleveland, O.. Aug. 14. The joint
scale of miners and operators in the
central competitive bituminous coal
field, 'meeting at the request of
President Wilson to consider the
question of reopening the wage
scale paid day or month laborers,
reconvened tnis morning at 10
o'clock an 1 adjourned at noon until
5 p m., when thf miners expect to
present their proposition for in
creased wages.
John L. Lewis president of the
Untted Mine Workers, addressed
this morning's meeting on behalf of
the miners. He discussed the gen
eral situation in the coal industry,
pointing out that some relief meas
ures were necessary for thi
stabilization of wages and said the
miners would meet at 2 o'clock this
afternoon, for final discussion of
dieir wage proposal and jie hoped to
be able to formally present it to the
operators at the later meeting to
day. . '
The operators also will meet at 2
o'clock to discuss the situation. 1
From a union official it was
learned that a factional struggle
splits the miners groups and com
plicates their deliberations.
Frank Farrington, president of the
Illinois miners and leader in the re-
cent. Illinois coal strike, is here with
a program of .maximum demands,
backed up by the recent Illinois
strike. President Lewis and the ad
ministration group in the union
have in hand similar demands pre
sented by locals and the state direc
tors throughout the country, who
have not, however, made any strike
threats. ' ,
Circulars asking locals to demand
the calling of an intertkuional con
vention to pass upon whatever ac
tion is taken here, are being sent
out by the western miners' unions,
according to V delegate from In
diana. President John L. Lewis of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica declared he had heard nothing
about it.
Organize Local Chapter
Of Women Voters League
O'Neill, Neb., Aug. 14. (Special.)
Women voters of O'Neill and Holt
county organized a League of
Women voters Friday., Mrs.- Cooper
King of Wichita, Kan., addressed
the meeting. .
Miss Anna O'Donnell was elected
chairman of the league, Mrs. J. A.
Navlor, vice chairman and Mrs.
Alma Haffner secretary-treasured.
Girl May Die as Result of
- Fall From an Automobile
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 14. (Special
Telegram.) Nellie Hilliker, 16-ytar-
old daughter of W. E. Hilliker, well
known horse and mule buyer, fell
from the running board of an auto
mobile driven by her sister, Laura,
Friday night and may die as the re
sult of a fractured skull. Her mother
was killed in an automobile accident
two year's ago.
Fat Cavemen are Out
Of Luck, Says Beauty
, Arrested for Theft
Chicago, Aug. 14. Everybody
may love a fat man and romantic
girls may prefer cavemen, but who
loves a fat caveman? Well, love and
blubber appear to be far, far apart.
Eileen Conway, 18, light opera
singer, and movie bathing girl,
elaborated on this theory in court
today. She was arraigned on charges
brought by Herman T. Misrh who
accused her of taking his $1,000 wrist
watch.
"He made violent love to me. He
was a caveman," declared Eileen.
"But I hate him. He's too fat."
. Misch said it was all a mistake,
that he had loaned the watch to the
hpaiitv at a rahart nartv.
"Discharged," said the judge.
Eileen fled to the street with the
caveman in unsuccessful pursuit.
"DOPE" EXTRACTED
FROM COMICS ' BY
C0UNTYWARDS
Ink In Comics Contains Arse
nic Bar "Funnies" From
County Jail.
,
Nmore comic supplements fron.
Sunday papers for prisoners in the
Douglas county jail.
The funnies were the only
newspapers allowed inmates of the
jail and now even they will be
barred.
Certain risoners commonly des
ignated -"dopeheads.t have discov
ered that the bright-colored ink con
tains arsenic. Arsenic in small
quantities produces much the same
results when injected into the hu
man system as morphine or cocaine.
An alleged dopehead, who evi-
Ldcntly had some knowledge of
r -1 . . a . , - - 1 t. - a
cnemisiry, recently iisea nis ounaay
morning shaving water, boiling hot,
to soak the ink from half a page of
"Bringinf: Up Father." Then he
improvised a hypodermic by sharp
ening the nozzle of a fountain pen
filler on the cement floor.
When the drntr took effect, he be
came possessed of the belief that
he was a monkey. Leaping from
place to place 011 the iron bars, he
blinked at the other prisoners and
uttered shrill shriejes.
Then he conceived a mighty de
sire to be free. Efforts to wrench
the steel bars from their places with
his teeth were unsuccessful. The
teeth gave way but the bars did not.
Htnce, no more comics to help
prisoners while away the long, te-
dous bunday afternoons.
Mob Attempts to Storm
Cattle Gates at. Dublin
By The Aiwoolated Pre.
Dublin, Aug. 14. Dublin was
aroused at 9 o'clock tonight by
heavy firing near Dublin castle, the
result of a crowd attempting to rush
the castle gates. Soldiers fired over
the people's heads and there were
a few revolver shots from the crowd.
No one was injured.
Trouble started when a crowd
saw soldiers of the Iwncashire fus
illiers, who, they believe shot a boy
named Farrell during the recent
riots. The soldiers were pursued to
the gates. The firing lasted 10 min-v
utes.
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Fall Styles y
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Incense
Specially Priced
Different odors, twelve
pieceMri. a box sold up to
50c. Monday, 19c a box.
Stick Incense, five pack
ages to a box, 35c value,
for 19c a box.
Toilet Goods Section.
Clearance of f
Gauze? Fans
Black or white gauze fans,
spangled or hand painted,
have beery reduced in
price for Monday'sselling.
Very handsome designs,
originally priced from 50c
to $10, will be offered to-
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For Very Low Prices.
North Aisle, Main Floor.
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A Perfectly
Gloved Hand
is the surest indication
of the owner's fastidious
tastes. Silk gloves, of
good guality and sleekly
fitted, are a very beauti
ful dress accessory.
We offer a selection of
Fownes' and Kayser's silk
gloves, Milanese quality,
in white, gray and mastic,
with self-colored or con
trasting embroideries, for
$1 and up to $2.75 a pair.
Silks Satins - Velvets
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. Presenting the Newest Fabrics ,
for the Approaching Autumn
Early selections assure a choice from complete
and unbroken assortments. . Our present -display
is particularly interesting and attractive,
with its showing of the more favored weaves
patterns and colors for the new season.
Mallinson's Pussy Willow SilKsj
Satin Charmeuse, Crepe Meteors, -Faille
Sublime and Crepe Poplins
Silk Chiffon Costume Velfets
We are fortunate in having an unusually inter
esting number of the newest shades for Fall.
Brazil nut, taupe, duck blue, dark
seal, brown, mole and navy.
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Fashions that Introduee
the Autumn Note
Suits and coats of warm soft woolens, dresses
for every sort of Fall and Winter wear and a va
riety of separate skirts and blouses with which to
complete an attractive wardrobe.
In point of tyle the Thompson-Belden show-'
ings are both authentic and very beautiful. You
will note that the Autumn colors include browns,
navy blue, greens and deep reds, and that fabrics
are again soft and rich in texture. The garments
we are displaying are of the quality that distinctive
apparel must necessarily possess.
Suits ' Dresses- Coats
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