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4 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 22. 1920. SUFFS CERTAIN TENNESSEE WILL REMAIN LOYAL , Suffrage Strength Again Proved When Adjournment Motion Is Given Major ity of Two Votes. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 21. Suf frage leaders were preparing today to clinch their victory by closing the last parliamentary loophole through which Tennessee's approval cf the federal suffrage amendment ir.ieht be rescinded. They were confident after the ad journment of the house Friday with out a vote on reconsideration of their ability to sweep aside the last obstacle to formr! crtificaiioi: of the action of the legislature to Sec retary Colby at Washington. Some parliamentarians, i:v-!ndirig Attorney General Thompson con tended that Friday's action was final. Others, including suffrage ad herents, however, took an opposite , view. Suffs Show Strength. j Attorney General Thompson con tended that Walker's failure to act jFriday settled the question of recog- sideratioti, and that the resolution !now was ready for engrossing and certification to W ashington. Others, ( however, maintained that the mo . tion stood on the journal as a mat iter of record and unacted upon, and j that to remove all doubt it must be j disposed of. Washington, Aug. 21. Although ratification of the sutTra"e ani ped iment is held to cancel all conflicting iState laws and constitutional pro visions, a statement given out last knight by the National Women's fparty said further legislative or ex ecutive action might be needed in several states before adequate elec tion machinery was set up to permit Fall women to vote in November. Alice Paul, chairman of the nartv. Fw-ired today to attorneys general in Fdoubtful states asking if thq road to 'the polls would be open to women as soon as the ratification of the amend ment had been proclaimed. Nine doubtful states Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennes see, Maryland and Vermont re Jmained to be hoard from on the iioint. as party officials have been -nformcd that adequate steps would ne taken m all others, the statement said. f In 30 of the states, it added, full participation was insured by the fact Khat they already had more or less omplete voting powers under state aws. Vegetable Market Takes Slump in Big Eastern Centers Washington, Aug. 21. Potatoes nd fruits and vegetables generally icared the season's low price level o date last, week, according to a De partment of Agriculture market sum- nary issued today. At $3 a barrel. jeaehed in New l ork, potato prices o grocers are now lower than they ught to be, considering the cost of production, the statement said. In western cities, potatoes are Ngher than in the east, and the price e i . t r - i i ange is ironi .rt to .po a uarrci. Onions at 70 cents a bushel and abbage at $20 a ton, the statement aid, "are going at radical prices." Janteloupe, watermelon and green tuffs and summer fruits generally have suttered a severe reaction irom the high market of spring and early il ummer. The first of western boxed apples ,o reacn cnicago are pringing irom ,2.50 to $3, against a $4 price early a trie season. r UASOUNL ALLL Y r ULLUW 1 tiL LLAULK. j w rrr r IS Jlliift (Ts jusr ? aj' Ml MlPSl V" "' Y FW T0 BSS A LAW1 IWfmX TO AM BACK IN THe J AGAINST ANYBODY VWMMrVv Aiiev and wait 1 , I SOTmX Ull eusi Ns (or Sad. i00 Ke f iiiiiyc yiiQT day $4,500 ALIMONY TO HIS JX-WIFE District Court Order Directs Settlement by Soft Drink Dispenser Who Inherited $40,01.. Edward G. Kline, soft drink dis penser, after a year and a half of a stormy financial and marital ca rter, was ordered Friday in dis trict court to pay $4,500 to his di vorced wife, Minnie Kline, "in set tlement in full of all claims," and to place $1,650 in a trust fund to be paid $25 monthly for support of his 14-year-old son, Lyle. Kline inherited $40,000 a year ago at the death of his father in Iowa. His wife divorced him. Adelbert McLaren, 2820 Seward street, sued him for $10,000 for alleged aliena tion of affections of Edith McLaren. Kline married Claramond . Huni mell in Chicago last May. Clara mond had the marriage annulled when she discovered she had not been divorced from her other hus band the required six months. Minnie Kline then sued for half her divorced husband's fortune, or $20,000. It is claimed they compro mised on the $4,500, but the compro mise was contested. Kline was ordered to pay her $300 attorney's fees and $20 a month for the support of their son. On May 24 Minnie Kline appealed to the court $20 was not sufficient. And now comes the action of the court Friday. Candidates for Congress Invited to Speak at Fair Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 21. (Special Telegram.) The directors of the Central Nebraska Agricultural association today extended an in vitation to Judge Harry Dungan and Congressman Andrews, candidates for the Fifth congressional district, to discuss the league of nations issue in joint debate at the association's fair preferably on Thursday, Sep tember 16, or if more convenient, to the parties addressed on the 15th or 17th. all three of which are prom inent davs of the fair. In the discus- ... . tr it? it was suggested mat -u or is minute perieds tor each, with 10 min ute periods for rebuttal would tit into the rest of the program. H. J. McLaughlin, recently a can didate for nomination for governor, is president of the central associa tion and Rudolph Durtchi of Wood River secretary. wan M cwaa mm cini iv j w k hit r i f 1 1 1 i (! 4- i mm mmmmt matemt mm mm m mtm mmmm mmm mmtmm ww msmm tlnne Stone, 101, Anxious For Chance to Cast Vote hbieato Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. i Boston, Mass., Aug. 21. Miss nne Stone, at the age of 101 years. oes not tntend to allow the new ay for women to pass without hav- Vig her say ,and has registered for e right to go to the pons in .No vember. At the Home for Aged Men and Women, where she is an inmate, the "entenanan expressed a lively mter- (st in the national campaign, bhe njoys good health and up to three ears ago was active as a writer. Phe was born at Bangor, Maine. egion Chaplain-General L Will Resign September 29 St. Louis, Aug. 21. Rev. Father 'rancis A. Kelly, Albany, N. Y haplain-general of the American egion, who is in a local hospital fcuperating from injuries received 1 an automobile accident July 26, .nnounced today he will resign from o a i -n ...u. u:. IS pOSl OCpiClUUCr .7, Wlltll 1119 ,;rm expires. ; I1 . -T- S-l T1n ...... u xrenen irapbure ami bub (Constantinople, Aug. 21. (By The hssociated Press.) Advices to the rench mission here report the cap- hre of Tarsus. Asia Minor, August by French troops and hope now k held out for the American relief ,-orkers who have been besieged in .dana since June 20. Tarsus is sit ated half way between Mersina and adana. T .1 ' 17 1 lrutn in raonc di Is Given Endorsement At Farmers' Meeting Salt Lake City, Aug 21. Endorse ment of the truth in fabrics bill, an extension by congress of credit to Germany and a plea for co-operation among the sugar beet growers, were the main features of the west ern state conference of the American Farm Bureau federation, which met at the hotel Utah today. A motion was adopted approving the enactment of the true fabric law and asking representatives in con gress to do all they can to effect its passage. The confereuce also passed a motion favoring extension of Ger man credits to enable that country to purchase agricultural products. Gray Silver of Washington, D. C, representing the American Bureau federation, reviewed the wbol situa tion as it exists in America and for eign countries and read reports I showing that at present there is no wool shortage but, on the contrary, a surplus ot low grade wool, which is one of the principal causes of the present demoralization of the wool market. "Little Giant" of State Demos Visits Omahans W. H. Thompson of Grand Island, democratic national committeeman for Nebraska, and known as "The Little Giant," of Nebraska politics, arrved here yesterday, fresh from an outing of two months in Califor nia. He visited Mayor Smith and other democratic Omahans and eagerly sought information on the state politi cal situation. T am not in a position just now to make any statement on the Ne braska situation," said Mr. Thomp son, "but I am confident that if the people of the country could express themselves just now on the league of nations, regardless of their party affiliations, the result would be in favor of the league." Mr. Thompson said he intended to get into the front line of the fighting Funeral Services In Peking For Congressman's Daughter Peking, China, Aug. 21. Fu neral services were held at the American legation here Thursday for Ida Vare, daughter of Congress man William S. Vare of Philadel phia. Arrangements were made to send the body to Japan in order to have it convenyed to the United States on the transport on which .members of the congressional party here will return. Man Who Scatters Bills Denouncing Police Held Frank Williams, laborer, was cted detectives ar yesterday Dy after he had circulated about 200 green circulars which denounced the police department, the mayor and county officials. Vote to Continue Strike. New York. Aug. 21. Marine en gineers, tugboat officers and other employes of floating equipment of rail lines here, who have been on strike since April 1, have voted to continue the struggle, it was an nounced. Lighting fixtures Burgess-Gran-den Co. Adv. Douglas 3940. Courtney Bldg. MONDAY SPECIALS Lux, per package 11 Lux, per dozen $1.30 Rinso 7d Rinso, per dozen. 80d 1-lb. can Crisco 29d li2-lb. can Criaco 44d 3-lb. can Crisco 87 Watch Our Windows for Daily Specials Home Distilled Whisky Is Found Hidden In Dog House Concealed beneath the false top to the dog house, the home cf Hector, the pup, one full pint and about three-fourths of a gallon jug of whisky was ferreted out on the premises of Steve Toth, 1207 Izard street, Friday by Detective George Summitt and his squad. In the sum mer kitchen were found 1,000 bot tles. Toth was arrested for the ille gal manufacture of liquor. Toth was sentenced to 60 davs in jail by Judfie Foster in Central po lice court yesterday, because of his second offense. Toth is the man who preferred charges which re sulted in dismissal of Officer Jesse Alexander and W. J. Wilkening for alleged acceptance of bribes. Wilkening was sent to the state penitentiary but has since been paroled. Alexander's case has not yet been heard. Doesn't Pay Alimony, Charge, Wife No. 3 Has Him Jailed Joseph D. Short, 1510 North Seventeenth street, was arrested Fri day on the complaint of his third wife, Blanch H. Short, nurse, for alleged nonpayment of alimony. Mrs. Short says she was divorced from Joseph in 1916 and he was ordered to pay $25 a month for the support of two children but has not done so for a year. Since his divorce from wife No. 3, Short has married again. Wife No. 1 divorced him and wife No. 2 died. Short was released on $500 bond. Noted Theatrical Man in Probe of .aiie( "St age lea Drinks Anthracite Coal Board Reaches Decision on Wages Washington, Aug. 21. The an thracite coal commission, appointed by President Wilson to settle de mands for increased wages made by miners in the Pennsylvania anthra cite regior. h:s reached a decisioi on most of the points at issue be tween opeiators and miners. Its re port will be pkced in President Wil son's hands next week, it was an nounced today, and made public when approved Church Janitor Held William Martin, janitor of the Unitarian church, Thirty-first and Harney streets, was arrested for in toxication Friday. The sexton of the church appeared at central po lice station a little later and asked for the keys to the edifice, but did not ask the release of the janitor. New York, Aug. 21. Athur Hammerstein, theatrical producer, was the principal of some 200 wit nesses summoned to appear today before a grand jury investigating charges that he caused distribution of whisky to "a surprised, bu de lighted, audience' at the opening performance of a musical comedy Tuesday night. Others subpoenaed included dra matic critics, pqess ager.ts and chorus girls, who are alh-ced to have passed out tiny one-ounce bot tles, which Mr. Ila.mmerste n claim ed contained "st?ge tea." J. S. Shevlin, federal prohibition enforcement agent, said the govern ment had one bottle which, ne said, contained about four drops of pure whisky, to offer as evidence The witnesses were examined and were ordered to j-ppear again next Monday, when the case may be pre sented to the grand jury. Omaha Road Asks Right to Offer, $950,000 Stock Issue Washington, Aug. 21. The Chi cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway company today asked permission of the Interstate Commerce commission to sell equipment trust certificates totalling $770,000 and to issue additional cer tificates to the amount of $950,000. Schooner Hit By U-Boat. Newport, R. I., Aug. 21. The old schooner Itasca of Boston was struck by a submarine which was coming to the surface outside this port today. Her crew escaped. The submarine is believed to have sus tained no damage. I S. E. COli. 16th & JACKSON STS. FREE! Sunkist Lemonade You . and the kiddies are welcome to come in and enjoy a nice glass of Sunkist Lemonade FREE as often as you like. 3-Hour Sale 9-12 Monday 6-piece mixing bowl set, 5-in., G-in., 7-in., 8-in., 9-in., 10-in. yellow glazed pottery, extra deep shape, con venient sizes tor mixing and beat ing. Acme Ice Cream Freezer 65c Fashion Show and Outing At Krug Park Wed., Aug. 25 j Living models will display Autumn's latest fashions. Thousands of I people are expected. f Call at the Store for I Free Tickets 1 I I SALE MONDAY- 33c Varied Tastes Shown By Robbers In Six Thefts Friday Night Six burglaries were reported to Omaha police Friday night. C. J. Peterson, Leonard hotel, 2561 Farnam street, reported Lthe theft of a suit of clothes, two shirts, underwear, hat and shoes. An electric fan was stolen from the Masonic temple, Nineteenth and Dodge streets. Jewelry valued pt $500 was stolen trom the dining room table in the home of Mrs. T. Wiehale, 424 Park avenue. Phil Howard, 2725 Corby street, reported the theft of a suit of c.othes. revolver and $30 in cash. A top coat and suit were taken f'om the home of E. D. Hagen, 2712 North Twenty-sixth street. " Mrs. A. Cobron, 4227 Grant street, told police her handbag containing $15, a watch and two rings was snatched trom her hand at Thir teenth and Douglas streets. SEE THE BEAUTIFUL ELECTRIC LAMP on display in our win dow!. This lamp, worth $39.00, will be given away free by Philip's Department Store , 24th and O Sts. r Man Jailed 4 Times In Month for Intoxication For the fourth time in a month Jack Mattocks, 513 North Twenty- first street, was . arrested Friday for intoxication. His wife. Maude sued for divorce t-riday on grounds of cruelty and intoxication Mattocks was also held tor investi gatioir for violating a restraining order issued to keep him away from Irs wife pending the divorce suit Police found $324 on him at Central police station. Judge Foster in Central police court yesterday dis missed the drunk charge and or dered him turned over to the dis trict court fr violating the re straining order. SPADRA COAL rurnace Wood Harney 383 Federal Lumber & Supply Co. 40th & Leavenworth Sts. August 23 to August 28 Is Registration Week' for School Children at Philip's Big Department Store. Every schoolboy and girl, who registers their name and address at our store, will receive a school tablet free. Come and get yours. Boys' School Suits all-wool, excellent styles and fabrics, big values, in a wide variety of colors and patterns. Vacation will soon be over and your boy will need a new suit for school. From $5.98 and up. Boys' and girls' extra well made, long- wearing School d0 Cf AND Shoes PO,0J Boys' extra quality Union Suits UP 75c Boys' School Caps, all colors, sale price Boys' Waists, unlimited variety to choose from. all sizes and $1.25 $1.25 HILIP'S Monday Only Carpet Sweepers $1.98 s. - A. in 3 w Mm fcI Mt SffllL 1 I ".olden Oak Dining Room Suite,' consisting of quarter saweu oak Juffet, with French plate mirror, solid oak six-foot extension able, four solid oak chairs with genuine Spanish leather seats, complete outfit of six pieces during our August Furniture Sale, at $94.50 Large size, all metal, Carpet Sweepers with guaranteed brush, easy running, latest jnodel, nicely finished m a k e s your cleaning a pleasure. LSSr Prices Radically Reduced There are soft toned Wiltons, beautiful Axministers, serviceable Brussels rugs as well as floor coverings in every other desirable quality and material. Prices, too, are greatly reduced for rugs of such unusually fine quality. 27x54 Tap Rugs well made, at $4.73 36x72 beautiful Velvet Rugs, at $9.95 7:6x9 Wool Fibre large selec tion, at $14.95 8:3x10:6 Wool Fibre at 9x12 Seamless Tapestry, at 8:3x10:6 Seam less Velvet, very neat looking, at $19.85 $56.50 9x12 Axminster Rugs, at $58.50 9x12 Velvet, value Seamless wonderful $63.50 I IB jjt Join the $1 Club Living Room Suite Mahogany finish, Queen Anne de sign, covered with very substantial tapestry, spring back and seats, will blend nicely and easy to match; suite is of medium size and suitable for (MOC (f living room or apartment pltrD.vU I o DEPARTMENT STORE 24th and O Streets South Side Don't be contented with owning a HALF a Phono graph. You've always wanted a good' Phonograph and here's your chance. $1 down delivers it and balance weekly pay ments. mmmm cbwwm e caaaw msxss a c-i" Simmon's Brass Beds A substantial bed with 2-in, post and 1-in fillers, very neat designs to select from, a bed that will insure a restful nights sleep; this August Furniture Sale, at $27.50 j I 1 .) I i ) I V