?he OMaha Daily Bee
VOL. 50 NO. 72.
Minnesota
Fair Host
To Hardin k
G. 0. P. Nominee Outlines Ag
ricultural Program Design
ed to Improve Farm Con-
"ditions,- iu Speech.
Must Determine Policy
by The Aaeoclated 1'rrwi.
Minnesota State Fair Grounds,
tfcpt. 3. An agricultural program
desigued to keep the , nation self
sustaining and to improve the con
dition of the farmer was outlined by
Senator Harding, republican nomi
nee for the presidency, iu a speech
today at the. Minnesota state fair.
In specific terms the candidau.
fct forth his policy as contemplating
the following steps:
Larger representation for fanners
m trovertnnental affairs, narticulnrlv
with regard to traoe and finance.
Establishment of a system of co
operative associations for marketing
farm products. '
Study World Market.
A scientific study of the world
market for farm products with a
view to stabilization of prices.
, Curtailment of unnecessary price
fixing and of "ill-considered eiforts
arbitrarily to reduce farm product
prices."
; Administration of the farm loan
act so as to decrease tenancy, pro
mote diversified farming and pro
vide long-term credits.
Restoration of railway' facilities
to a state of high efficiency.
- Revision of the tariff to protect
American agriculture from unfair
competition. , (
Have Two Projects.
Both reclamation and intensive
farming, the nominee said, would
lave their places in a development
of the nation's agricultural resources
to a capacity which would insure
to posterity an abundance of domes
tic food products. He stressed the
need for diversified crops and also
declared it essential that there be a
normal balance . between grain and
; stock production.- -
Deploring the drift of population
from country to city Senator Hard
ing advocated an improvement . in
the social life of the farm and such
an administration of economic laws
as would insure ,"a fair balance be
tween our- urban and rural indus
tries." He praised the part played
by the farmers during the war,' de
claring that "it never will be under
stood or fully appreciated by our
people." , -' ' ' ? .'
Can Feed Everyone.
' The candidate described his con
ception of the future of American
tarming as , contemplating a "sys
tem of agriculture which will enable
us to feed our people abundantly,
with some to spare for export in
years of plenty, aud at prices which
will insure to the -farmer and his
family both financial rewards and
educational, social and religious liv
ing conditions fairly comparable io
those offered by cities."
Price control might be necessary
md wise in time of national crisis,
the senator said, but prices in the
long run must rest, rather on na
tural laws than on arbitrary cnact
ncnts. ,.
Drive on Prices Useless. ,
"Government drives against food
irices such as we- have experienced
luring the past two years are equal
V vain and useless," he continued.
'The ostensible purpose of such
Irives is to reduce the'price the con
tumer pays for food. The actual
csult is unjustly to depress for a
ime the prices the farmer receives
or his grains and live stock, but
nith no appreciable reduction in the
price -the consumer pays. Such
lirives simply give the speculator
md the profiteer additional oppor
ainities to add to their exactions."
(Continued oa Page Two, Colama lour.)
Admits Attempts to -Ridicule
Governor
Galveston, Tex.. Sept. 8.-G. V.
Sawders, editor of the Houston
Press, the principal witness' before
the genera court-martial in the trial
of CoL Bilhe Mayfield, admitted pub
lishing articles tending to ridicule
Governor Hobby, General Wolters
and the national guard.
Sanders, under questioning', said
such articles were intended to be
merely funny. He detailed the- ef
fort of three national guard officers
to arrest him at the Country club in
Houston and told of making his es
cape from them. . " . - -
M'de High City Released
From Military Control
Denver. Sept -8. Shortly after is
suing a proclamation puttingan end
to. military control of Denver and its
suburbs. Col. C. C fiallou, military
commandant, announced that 250
federal troops here on riot duty dur
, ing the street railway strike, would
return to Carhp Funston at once.
Two hundred and fifty other
Camp Funston troops and a similar
w number from Fort Logan will re
'nain here indefinitely, 'it was an
tounced. The returning dctachme nt
yill leave as soon as transportation
is available, probably tomorrow, it
was stated. ' , K
Liverpool and Manchesfer
Printers Still on Strike
London, Sept. 8. Liverpoof and
Manchester were still without news
papers, as a result of the strike of
.compositors, begun August 30, for
more pay. .
In Liverpool, however, two publi
cations were issued last evening by
the photographic process. The
newspapers of . Manchester have
caused 2,000 summonses to be issued
2 tams t strikers lor breach ot con
tract. . , . .' . : ..-. .
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Eattne n Swtai.Clau Mttttr Mir it:
P. 0. VMM CI el Malta
Betting Odds Favor
Harding as Winner
Chicago Tribune-Omaha, Bee lad Wire.
New York, Sept. 8. Between
$300,000 and $400,000 has been
wagered in the financial district
on the result of the presidential
election. Most of this has been
f placed at 2 to 1 and 3 to 1 that
' IT -.-.li-...ill l.o -,,ntnr TVi.r.
X4cllUUl Will int. Tiviwi, iiv.
has, however; been a faif sprink
ling of special bets, according to
James W. Ball & Co., to the ef
fect that one candidate or the
L other will carry certain doubtful
f states. In such cases, odds mate
rnity different from those prevail
ing as to the country at large have
ruled. 'Democratic enthusiasts
continue to ask 3 to 1, while the
republicans offer 2 to 1. J
Relatives Are
Not Allowed to
. See MacSwiney
Mayor Is Growing Weaker
British Coalition Govern
ment Threatened with
Disruption."
Hy The Associated I'm.
London, Sept. 8. Terence Mac
Swiney, -lord mayor of Cork, en
tered today on the twenty-seventh
day of his hunger strike, which be
gan on August. 11, following his ar
rest by British authorities at Cork.
Reports from Brixton prisflB stated
he was a tittle brighter this morn
ing, but much weaker and more ex
hausted. It was added he had pass
ed a fairly good night.
The tenacious hold on life 61 Lord
Mayor MacSwiney, tonight has
started to split the British coalition
government asunder. How great
the rift is no one knows. Whether
it will be healed before it becomes
a public matter cannot be foretold.
But, there are unmistakable signs
that it is starred.
The prisoner himself may wipe
out all possibilities at any momeut
by dying. Then the die will have
been cast. But the pressure of
world sentiment, generated by the
courage of the mayor giving of his
life for the principle of -tfelf-determi-
t.ation is making' itselt telt.
The full moral force of organized
labor in Great Britain was placed
behind the hunger 'striking mayor
today by the conference at Ports
mouth of the labor congress repre
senting 6,500,000 workers.
The congress passed a resolution
reading:
"Wc view with horror and indig
nation the decision to allow Lord
Mavor MacSwiuey to die. The whole.
of organized labor will hold the gov
ernment .responsible for the death.
Such, blind stupidity will render the
reconciliation of , England and Ire
land almost impossible.''
"We are. doing everything possible
to prevent the carrying out of the
insane , government policy toward
Mayor MacSwiney," said J. H.
Thomas, representing the railroad
men. He read the letter of Bonar
Law saying the government is jus
tified in its course because Mac
Swiney is a rebel. He then declared
that Bonar Law more than any one
else justified the Ulster rebellion in
1914. He added that none was pun
ished for this rebellion.
"The Irish Dominion League
asked King George, as commander-in-chief
of the armed forces of Great
Britain to repeal the court martial
sentence passed on MacSwiney." The
request states that a "grave national
emergency exists."
King George and Queen
Mother Alexandra ,in
Dispute Over Leases
London. Sept. 8. A dispute has
arisen between King George and
Queen. Mother Alexandra regarding
lettings -which have been made by
her majesty on the royal estate ' at
Sandringham'. .. . . . , " i
The queen mother let a number
of building plots on 4f-year leases
at very low rents but received fees
in each case varying from "2,500 to
$10,000.. The king claims that as
Alexandra is only a tenant for life
of the royal property she' cannot
appropriate these sums herself,; !
The matter has been referred to
the home secretary, who is supposed
to settle any such disputes between
the sovereign and ! any member of.
the royal family. This is the first
occasion in 7(1 years that a dispute
between two members oK,the royal-
tamilyhas oeen - reterrea to me
home secretary. .
Wall Street to Keep .- ' "-
"Cases" on All Employes
New York. Sept. 8. All em
ployes of brokers operating in Wall
street will be investigated and their,
names and habits of living filed and
indexed for ready reference.
This plan is already being put in
operation by the ., National Surety
company working in connection
with the Association of Stock Ex
change Firms. The purpose is to
minimize and if possible prevent the
occurrence of thefts. . '
Joel Rathbone, vice prcsidentwnd
general manager of the National
Surety company, said today that the
company is prepared to spend
$1,000,000 on the investigation. It is
proposed to keep tab ok all em
ployes to learn how they spend
their leisure and who their com
panions are. If they are associating
with men of criminal tendencies, it
is said their discharge will be rec
ommended immedately.
Strike Called Off
' Trieste, Sept. 7. The general
strike here was declared off tonight.
Satisfactory - concessions to the
strikers were made by government
representatives. ;
Texas Bank Robbed
San Antonio, Tex.,1 Sept. 8. A
bandit held up the First State bank
at Uvalde. Test., and escaped in an
1 automobije with $6,500
ISM. it
a, la.
Coast Air
Mail Line
Is Opened
0 '
Giant De Havtland 1y'fi
w.i B- n , v V0
Reach- vVs"n
First aN rip.
Due in Omaha Today
Coast-to-coast air mail service
started yesterday. ,
i'ljis service, by wliich mail trans
portation from New York to San
Francisco will be reduced two days,
was inagurated at 6:30 yesterday
morning when P. G. Page, carrying
400 pounds of mail, began his west
ward tourney.
Ihe first leg of the journey was
completed when Page landed in
t Cleveland at 12:45 p. m. yesterday.
'Incidentally, Page s flight -will De
the first to be recorded m the con
test tor The Bee's Transcontinental
Aer al Mail prize of $1,000.
Omaha, officials of the postoffice
ai,-diair mail service still, continue
nioit or less in Ignorance of com
pleted plans for the operation of the
tfaijrontinentai mail service.
' Orders Not Received.
Whether the regular Omaha-Chi
cago service will be continued in ad
dition to the transcQntinetal service
is-unknown here. No orders have
bee!? received by either Postmaster
Daniel or W. 1. Votaw, manager of
the local station. 1
Until orders are received the reg
ular service between this city and
Chicago will be maintained, Votaw
said. In addition service between
Omaha and Cheyenne started yes
terday. Pilot Rowe was scheduled to fly
-first transcontinental plane to arrive
in Omaha, according to Votaw. He
was to take the ship from Chicago to
Iowa City ' late yesterday and
then fly into Omaha with it early
this morning. What pilot will
fly 'from this city to Cheyenne has
not "been announced, Votaw said.
Rowc is scheduled to reach
Omaha at 8:45 this morning. He
was to spend the night at Iowa City.
. Uses De Haviland Plane.
' ' Postmaster Daniel has received
instructions to have mail consigned
westward ready for the San Fran
cisco plane when it- arrives today.
It was announced last' week that
all-metal monoplanes would ' be
osed on the transcontinental route
between New York and Omaha and
De Havilands, the kind now used
between Omaha and - Chicago from-
this-city west. r.-v n .
Page, in starting off from New
York yesterday, used a De Havi
land, however, ,so it is possible a
change in plans has been made, al
though no word has been received
here. Several . hundred gallons of
fuel for the monoplanes is now in
Omaha, having bensent here in
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Three Are Seriously
Hurt When Machine
. Turns Turtle in Road
Alliance, 'Neb., 'Sept. 8. Thru,
persons were seriously injured and
a fourth badly bruised and lacerated
when the automobile in which they
were riding at a high rate of speed
struck a sandy spot at the bottom
of a steep hill and turned turtle
near Hay Springs Tuesday night. j
The seriously injured are Norris
Fielding, driver of the car, who sus
tained a fractured collar bone and
dislocated shoulder.
Mrs. Ella M. Block, internal in
juries and severe bruises, and her
3-year-old daughter, injured inter
nally and not Apected to live.
Ted Fiflding, brother of Norris
Fielding, sustained severe bruises.
All of the parties live in Alliance.
They were on the way to attend the
county fair at Gordon when- the ac
cident occurred. Norris Fielding,
Mrs. Block, and her daughter were
removed to Hay Springs..' Their
condition is such that they cannot
be brought to Alliance for some
time, it was reported. The automo
bile was wrecked.
Lenroot Gains on Late
Returns in Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Sept. 8. Returns re
ceived today from yesterday's state
wide primary increased the lead of
Senator Irvine L. Lenroot in his
race for the republican nomination
for United States senator.
Returns from 769 precincts out of
2,379 in the state for the senatorship
gave Lenroot o2,250; . Thompson,
46,354; McHenry. 19,054.
The New' Constitution
(The Bee continue! today Itn explana
tions of the various smendmenta to the
stat constitution, proposed by the statu
constitutional convention n J submlfed
to a "ote 0 the oeopie at a upturn I elec
tion to be held September 21. This elec
tion Is in many respects the most Im
portant held in Nebraska In a generation.
An intelligent ballot can be cast only
after a clear undemanding of the vailous
proposals submitted. There are 41 pro
posals and each is submitted for. separata
vote.t , '
PROPOSITION NO. 31.
Amends Section 3 of Article XI.
- Permits public utility corporations
to consolidate if the Slate Railway
commission grants permission.
Present constitution forbids consoli
dation when in the case "of. railroad
or telegraph companies owning par
allel or competing lines. ..' "
PROPOSITION NO. 32.
Amends Section 5 of Article XI.
Forbids public utility corporations
or common carriers to increase cap
ital stock except in such manner as
may be provided by law. Prohibits
the payment of dividends except out
of net earnings after payment of
all operating" expenses and deprecia
tion. Present section applies only
to railroads, - t
OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1920.
"Flop House" Charity
Guest Leaves Estate
Valued at $125000
New York, Aug. 8. When Peter
Vidovitch, a 65-year-old charity
guest of the municipal lodging
.house, died in a hospital here to
day, it was learned that he was
possessor of a fortune exceeding
$125,000.
The old man s belongings were
said to comprise $54,000 in Lib
jonds, $60,000 deposited in Ala
1 bafiks. $1.00 in cash, a $5,000 r
Liberty
Alaska
ruby
ring, a 3,000 diamond ring, a
$2,000 diamond stickpin, a $200
gold nugget, and several deeds to
realty in Fairbanks, Alaska.
lie was registered at the hospi
tal as a miner of San Francisco
and Alaska. j
Aged Man Tells
Of Shots Fired
By His Assailant
Fremont Retired Farmer De
tails Shooting Scene Shortly
After His Wife Left on
Train for Omaha
F'cmont, Neb., Sept. 8. (Special
Telegram.) Baring his breast to
show the scar of a bullet wound
above his heart. Harm B. Lueken,
78. retired farmer, testified in dis
trict court today that "a middlish
sized good stout fellow" had shot
him shortly after 5 o'clock op the
morning of last May 12.
The description fits roughly that
oi John Olsen, Omaha contractor,
refused by the state of shooting
Lntken after he had made a will
leaviwg all his property to his wife,
vith 'whom Olsen is alleged to have
cartiecKon an illicit love affair.
Lueken stated that the night be
fore the murder he had slept down
stairs in his home, while his wife oc
cupied a room upstairs. She had
awakened him at 5 o'clock to give
hi:n a cup of coffee and' then she left
to take the 5:30 train to Omaha. He
went back to sleep, but awok? again
when he felt the shock of the bullet
entering his breast.
Assailant Shoots Again.
1 he old man said he got up from
bed and went into the dining room
of his home, where he saw his as
sailant, who shot again, the second
bullet entering the fcft temple.
Lnekeu ran outside, calling neigh
bors, who summoned doctors and
the police. Olsen's attorney fought
cv'ry attempt to show that it was at
5 o'clock, and not 5:10, when Lueken
was awakened to drink his coffee.
The defense will endeavor to show
that Lueken was not shot until about
5:15 and that the assailant could not
have gone from the house after that
time and caught the train to Omaha
at the station a mile away.
- Loaned Olsen $600.
Lueken said that he had loaned
Olsen $600 that had never been re
paid, and that he had refused further
loans although demands had been
made for more 'money.
Lueken also testified that last Jan
uary he had made a new will that
made his wife sole heir and 1 ex
ecutrix without bonds. He had
copied this will from a paper brought
from Omaha by his wife, he said.
J he state contends that Mrs.
Lueken and Olsen together had this
will drawn up.
Dr. W. J. Davis who dressed
Lueken's wound said he had been
summoned about 5:20. Chief of Po
lice Brenner said that he had been
notified of the crime at 525.
Former Mayer W. C. Wiley, who
saw Olsen on the Omaha train, as
serted that the man told him he had
come from Central City.
50 Escaped Russian
Boys Still at Large
New York, Sept. 8. Fifty of the
100 Russian refugee boys who es
caped yesterday from Fort Wads
worth, Staten Island, were still at
large early today. Red Cross of
ficials under whose care the chil
dren are being returned to their
homes in Russia, police and civilians
were making a search of the island
for the fugitives.
The escape was believed by the
police to have been aided by bolslie
vist sympathizers. Red Cross of
ficials, however, believe that the
escape was simply a boyish desire
to see the sights of New York.
Zealous Staten Island citizens,
wishing to aid in the capture of the
boys, seized scores of native chil
dren, not knowing that the refugees
were unable to speak English. The
native children were held, in some
cass, for many hours, until officials
of the refugee reservation caused
their release.
Albanian .Towns Taken ,
By Jugo-Slavia Troops
Rome, Sept. 8. Jugo-Slavia in
tends to make itself master of Al
bania, it is declared here in light of
recent reports. Jugo-Slavian troops
have occupied Tarabosh and are at
tacking Kastrati, Dibra and Elbas
san. In the fighting at Dibra, tha
Jugo-Slavs had been repulsed, losing
a number of cannon and machine
guns. It is reported they lost 1,200
prisoners. It is asserted the Ameri
can Red Cross has withdrawn from
Albania.
, Reds Recapture Omsk.
' Harbin, Manchuria, Sept. 8. (By
The Associated Press.) Russian
soviet forces, aided by German and
Hungarian war prisoners, have re
captured Omsk, where, as in other
towns of western Siberia, tjr peas
ants recently overthrew the Soviets.
Bolsheviki also, are in possession of
the northern portion of the railway
along which fightjng has been pro
ceeding, but .they are isolated and
without food. , '
Confirmation has been received
here of the reported revolt against
the bolsheviki in the Ust-Kamenogorsk
region. Altai province has
been cleared entirely of the ; b.okhe-
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Many Killed by
Earthquake at
: i Florence, Italy
Extent of Disaster Seems to Be
Growing as Reports From
Stricken Regions Come In
Over Disrupted Lines. .
Rome, Sept. 8. Scores of lives
are believed to have been lost in the
district north of Florence, which
was severely shaken by an earth
quake yesterday morning. As re
ports from the stricken region come
in over taltering telegraph and tele
phone lines, the extent of the disas
ter seems to be growing and there
is a possibility the damage done may
be much more serious than was at
first believed.
The territory violently disturbed
seems to be losenge-shaped, with
Florence at the southern apex and
Modena at the northern end. It ex
tends along the Etrurian coast and
runs over the Appenines eastward
for upwards of 100 miles. In this
district there are many populous
towns, and no tidings have as yet
been received from many of them.
There iscvery indication that the
shock was a severe one, and reports
from cities in the earthquake zone
show that buildines crumbled be
neath the strain of the convulsion
cf the earth.
At Fivizzano. a town of 17,000 in
habitants near Carrara, almost every
building was damaged and many
were destroyed. Among the col
lapsed structures is the postoffice,
in the ruins of which is the entire
staff. Soliera, in the province of
Massa Marittima. aud Monti, nearby,
were partly destroyed. Rivesano,
Fomi and Montignoro are reported
in ruins, while in Marina and Car
rara many structures have collapsed,
At Viareggio the church of St. Paul
was destroyed and at Castel Franco
di Sotto the ceiling ot. a churcli was
shattered. -
Panic nrevails at Lucca as a re
suit of the cataclysm, and from Ga-
vmana and Limestre come reports
of lives being lost. At Villa Franca,
in Lunigiana, an entire family was
buried in the ruins of their home,
and the village of Vigetta was en
tirely destroyed. Serious damage
was done in the Frignano district,
where houses collapsed, and at rras-
sinero, where a number of houses
fell, Pievepelago and Sant 'Andrea
were badly damaged.
Semenoffs Troops Go Over
To Far Eastern Republic
' London, Sept. 8. Gen. Semenoffs
adventure in the rar Last have end
ed and his troops, under the leader
ship of Gen. Lokhvitski, have gone
over to the government of the Rus
sian Far Eastern republic, accord
ing to a wireless dispatch from Mos
cow. Semenoffs entire gold reserve
is said to have been captured and
handed over to the Vladivostok gov
ernment. Ak-Sar-Ben Dates
Carnival ...Sept. 14 to 25
Horse Races Sept 14 to 17
Kennedy Combined Shows
......Sept. 14 to 25
Automobile Races : Sept. 18
Grand Electrical Parade, Evening
Sept 22
Tercentenary Daylight
Pageant Sept. 23
Coronation Ball ........Sept. 24
y Mall (I (Mr), Intlft 4th Zn. Dill, an
MO 4th ZtM (I rurl, Daily tad Sunday.
S.Seeking "Proof
Gibson Girls!
And Gibson men, too creations
of America's greatest artist
have been the last word in il
lustrative art for a score of years.
Never ;t haR Mr. Gibson s il
lustrations appeared heretofore
except in high-class books and
magazines.
At last this great artist has
agreed to produce a series of il
lustrations for newspaper publi
cation. The first of the series will ap
pear in The Bee next Sunday.
Thereafter there will be two Gib
son cartoons every week, one on
Smnday and one on a week-day.
Live Stock Men
May RaiseRates
Meredith Enjoined' From En
forcing Order Against In
crease in Charges
Attorney F. A. Bro'gan wired the
office of the Omaha Live Stock Ex
change frbm Chicago yesterday that
Judge Page of the V. S. district
court at Chicago, yesterday ' after
hearing arguments of attorneys for.
the government and the live stock
commission men, held that Secre
tary Meredith's order regulating
commissions is void, and granted a
temporary injunction against en
forcing it.
; Secretary Meredith's order under
took to prevent commission men
from raising their , charges to ship
pers for purchasing, and selling live
stock at the public markets. v
Recently the members of the live
stock exchanges at various markets
revised their scale of commissions.
making them for the most part some
what higher. Secretary Meredith,
without any hearing, held these in
creases unreasonable and on August
18, ordered the commission firms to
decrease their charges to the' old
level. Actions were immediately in
stituted in the United States courts
at Kansas City, Chicago and Omaha,
to restrain the enforcement of this
order.
The Chicago case was the first of
this series to be reached for hearing.
Seven Die From Drinking
Wood Alcohol at Arsenal
Baltimore, Md. Sept. 8. The list
of fatalities among civilian employes
of Edgewood arsenal resulting from
drinking some form of poisoned al
cohol was increased to seven today
by the deaths of Nelson Lucius of
Rochester, N. Y., and James DaVis
of Salisbury. Md. Michael O'Leary
of Baltimore, the last one of the
known victims, is expected to re
cover. Thus far, the military authorities
at Edgewood have been unable to
find out where the liquor came from
by the refusal of the survivors to
tell where they got it.
Sleeping Sickness Cause
Is Reported Discovered
Saratoga Springs. N. Y., Sent. 8.
Discovery of the cause of "sleep
ing sickness" as reported today by
Dr. I.' S. Weclilcr of Columbia uni
versity to thc state conference of
health officers and public health
nurses, in session here. The origin,
he said, was found to be a filterable
virus, which, in experiments, has
transmitted the disease from man to
UJiqnkcys, , ,
Sunday. S9: Oally Only. It: .
SIC: Dally Only. SI2: Sada Oal.
Last Year Maids
Lead in Race For
Ak-Sar-Ben Queen
Mrs. Marie J. Richards Wins
The Bee's Daily Prize for
Best Jingle in King and
Queen Contest.
It's to be "King George." of Ak-Sar-Ben
this year, according to Mrs.
Marie J. Richards, 1120 Park ave
nue, who won yesterday'9 prize in
The Bee's Ak-Sa-r-Ben jingle con
test. She selected George Brandeis
as her guess for king and wrote him
up this way: .
Do you want to know
Who the king -will be?
Don't wonder any longer;
Jut listen to me:
On that grand night,
If the board is wine,
They'll present to us
King George (Brandeis).
The daily prize for the best jingle
is two tickets to the Ak-Sar-Ben car
nival shows. In addition to this,
each contestant qualifies for the
grand prizes to be awarded to the
persons who guess the names of
the king and queen.
Among the possibilities for queen
this year are last year's maids oi
honor, who were Dorothy Kiplinger,
Helen Hussie, Florence Russell,
Mildred Rhodes, Dorothy Judson,
Helen Walker, Marjorie Cavers?
Louise Clark. Katherine Lineburg,
Elsie Storz, Marion Hamilton ' and
Dorothy Belt.
Here are the rules of the contest:
1. No governor of Ak-Sar-Ben.
or any member of his family is
eligible to compete, nor any em
ploye of The Bee or his relative.
Anyone else may contribute one
or more jingles. -
2. The guess must be embodied
in a jingle, either a "King's Jingle"
or a "Queen's Jingle." .It must
be written plainly and enclosed in
an envelope addressed to the Ak-Sar-Ben
Jingle Editor of The Bee.
3. Each jingle must be on a
separate sheet of paper, the
"King's Jingle" on one and the
"Queen's Jingle" on another.
4. The author of the best jin
gle each day will receive two
tickets to Con T. Kennedy's Ak-Sar-Ben
carnival shows.
S. The person who guesses
correctly the name of the king will
receive any $10 article in any
Omaha store; the person who
.guesses correctly the name of the
queen will receive a second order
for $10 worth of merchandise in
any Omaha store.
6. In casevtwo or more persons
make the same winning guesses,
the author of the best jingle will
receive the first prize and the au
thor of the second best jingle a
separate $5 prize.
7. The contest will close Sep
tember 22.
Women Urge Dock Workers
To Tie Up English Vessels
San Francisco, Sept. 8. Several
women who said they were members
of the Women's League for Irish
Independence, paraded the water
trout, bearing transparencies urging j
longshoremen to cease loading ves-j
sels destined for English ports. ; j
ineir etiorts in particular were di
rected against the men loading coal
on the British steamer, Muncastet
Castle, and officials of the coal com
pany said the women had persuaded
some of the men to stop w " .
THREE CENTS
Covenant
Beaten In
First Test
Kcnomiuation of Senator
Moses of New Hampshire
Blow to Advocates of v
League of Nations
Wilis- by Big Majority
immm mm.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINQ
Washington, Sept. 8. In the first
test vote 'in the "country on the
league of nations, the W'ilson cov
enant has been emphatically con
demned. The republicans of New Hamp
shire have renominated George H.
Moses, ' an "irreconcilable." who
voted consistently against the cove
nant, either with or without reserva
tions. He won bv the remarkable,
majority of 12.000 in a total vote of
45.000 over Huntley L. Spaulding.
a former Hoover aid, who advocated
the league with the Lodge reserva
tions. What makes the test the more significant-is
that Moses won by sc
large a majority despite the con
certed efforts of the newly enfran
chised wome,iv voters to defeat him
because of his opposition to equal
cuffrage.
The) result is a severe blow tc
democratic hopes. Xew Hampshire
is the only eastern state President
Wilson carried in 1916. He won the
state by a plurality of 56, as, tht
result cf dissension among tire re
publicans. The defeat of Moses
would have given the democrats rea-
might easily. ne carried lor v,ox on
the league of nations issue alone.
The outcome, . o the disappointment
of the democratic leaders, discloses N
the Xew Hampshire republicans
strongly opposed to the Wilson
covenant and differing only in the
degree of their hostility.
Bears Out Predictions.
The New Hampshire test bears ,
out republican predictions' concern
ing sentiment on the league issue in
the east. The democrats, however,
still possess their faith to an en
dorsement of the covenant by those.
western states, which were carried
by the president on the "kept us out
of war" issue.
1 President Wilson, it became
known today, is planning to warm
up the "great and "solemn referen-,
dum " ou the covenant in a series
of letters defending the league and
replying to criticisms.
Senators Borah and Poindexter
deny that there is any danger of the
west going democratic on the league
issues.
i "The situation in Idaho from a
republican standpoint is good," said
Senator Borah. "In fact, the treno
in the west is to the republican par
ty. The people are dissatisfied with
the present administration and they
want a change. High taxes, high
prices and the high railroad rates .
recently increased all contribute to
the feeling of dissatisfaction."
Thinks West Republican.
Senator Poindexter said that hi
believed the trend of opinion in tht
far West was strongly republican.
Discussing the reasons for this re
(Contlnued on Page Two, Colama Three.)
Teddy Has Narrow
Escape in Crash
.
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Plane . Tears Down Field as
Colonel Is Entering Seat
Leaps Free
Joplin, Mo., Sept. 8. Lieutenaiv -Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt had i
tiarjow escape from death here a
noon today while preparing for a.
airplane flight which was to taW;
him to Vinita, Okl., and to Tulsi
tc till speaking dates.
Colonel Roosevelt was enterin; ,
the front seat of the plane, in whicb
Bert .Chandler, candidate for con
gress from the First Oklahoma dis
trict, was sitting, while Paul Meng,
the pilot, gave the propeller blade
a twist. The throttle was too high ,
and the big machine tore wildlv
down the field. Colonel Rooseveft
jumped from the fusilage and land
ed free of the rudders.
Second Narrow Escape.,
Vinita. Okl.. Sent. RT.iVnr Cc
Theodore Roosevelt escapea unin
iured in an airolane accident a ter-
ond time today when the airplane
carrying rum trom Joplin. Mo., to
Vinita, to fill a speaking date,
crashed into a fence and a tree at
i. r: , r .,
four oasseneers in the nlane wa
hurt.
BrewSry Raided by
Prohibition Agents
St. Cloud, Minn., Sept. 8. The
plant of the St. Cloud Brewing com
pany lure was raided last night by
a score of prohibition enforcement
agents from the Twin Cities, and
three officials and two employes
were arrested and taken to the Hen
nepin county jail at Minneapolis.
According to federal agents, beer
containing more than 2lj per cent
alcohol has been brewed and held -at
the place in alleged violation of
the law.
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