THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920.
Kirk Unnerved Bv
-Effort to Kidnap
Him iirCourtroom
.Wife Cites Frustration of At
tempt As Victory For Oma
ha Gunman Attorney
After Evidence.
Des Moines," la., Sept. 22. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Beryl C. Kirk is
back again in his solitary cell of the
Polk county jail, safe for .the time
being from the Nebraska prison au
thorities. '
He is beuig held there without
bonds awaiting a second habeas cor
pus hearing on Gov. ...YV. L. .Hard
ing's extradition warrant set. for
Saturday morning.
Yesterday's attempt to kidnap the
prisoner and spirit him away m an
automobile across the state line to
Nebraska, has unnerved him. This
morning he would only state that
this was another attempt to perse
cute him.
"How can a man go straight
when police are forever hounding
him," said Kirk. "It has been hown
that Nebraska officers will stop at
nothing to get their man. They
even go so far as to try to kidnap
a man from a courtroom where he
is seeking justice."
Larl DeFord, Kirks attorney,
who thwarted the. Nebraska detec
tives, left last night tor Council
Bluffs, where it is said evidence
which might help Kirk is being hid
detrfrom the court.
' He is expected to return Friday
ayernoon with witnesses from Ne
braska and Iowa who will aid he
prisoner in his fight for freedom.
Mrs. Kirk, who battled the offi
cers when they attempted to rush
her husband from the court room,
stated this was another victory over
the man s alleged persecutors.
"I 'feel sure that1 .Beryl will never
return to Nebraska, she said.
Attorney James Parsons, repre
senting the Nebraska - officers. ' sain
that he was ready for any move of
lurk s attorney. .-
How Plan Was Foiled.
Lincoln, Sept. - 22. (Special.)
Chief State Agent Gus Hyers, on
his return to Lincoln today from
Des Moines, where he made a futile
attempt to get his hands on Byrl
Kirk, furloughed convict, saic that
the prisoner would have been back
in the Nebraska prison now if the
sheriff of Polk county, Iowa, had
not been a sticker for form and in
sisted on reading aloud to Kirk the
extradition warrant issued by Gov
ernor Harding of Iowa.
According to Hyers and Assist
ant Attorney General Mason Wheel
er there was no kodnapping or il
legal measures contemplated. Attor
ney 'General Davis femained in Des
Moines to work out other ways- and
means of getting Kirk with Attor
ney General Havner of Iowa.
Mr. Hyers said there was no
group of Nebraska detectives in the
courtroom waiting to grab Kirk.
Hyers and State Agent C, H. Moore
" were outside the building, waiting
with shackles and the motor running
to pick up Kirk as soon as he was
legally delivered over by the Iowa
officers.
' No complaint has been filed
against Kirk in the Marshalltown
diamond robbery, case and state of
ficials of Iowa, according to the Ne
braska men, are eager to withhold
the complaint and turn the man over
to Nebraska.
Two Men Pay $50 Each for
Loaning Their Licenses
Lincoln, Sept. 22. (Special.)
State Game Warden George Koster
has received a reoprt that it cost
Frank Bracken and H. Reynolds,
managers of two automobile con
cerns in Gering, Neb., $50 and curt
costs each to find out that hunting
and fishincr licenses are not trans
ferable. They were charged with
allowing others to use their licenses
and wer fined.
Other Nebraska prosecutions in
clude: R. Collins. Gring, fined $10 and
costs for fishing without a license.
E. P. Sirrs, Gering, fined $10 and
costs for shoo'ting one bittern;
George Bjam, Valentine," Neb.,
fined $5 and casts for shooting one
grouse. ,
William R. Davis, Mobrefield,
fined $10 for shooting two prairie
chickens..
Walsh Replies to
Harding's Charge
Senator Declares Nominee'
Opinion On League Bor
rowed for Campaign.
Chicago, Sept. 22. In a statement
issued today in a reply to the con
tention of Senator Harding, repub
lican candidate for president, that
"there is an irreconcilable conflict
between the constitution of the
United States and the league of na
tions covenant." Senator Thomas I
Walsh of Montana democrat, said
that republicans are-"attempting to
obscure the fact their opposition to
the league is purely partisan in
character."
Declaring that Senator Harding's
opinion is borrowed; Senator
Walsh said that "to put it forth at
this time argues either ttat he had
not followed attentively the debate
on the league in the senate or that
his memory is short."
"Mbved by suggestions made," the
statement continued, "the senate di
rected its committee on judiciary to
inquire as to whether there are con
stitutional objections to the treaty,
It reported that there are not. The
report was not unanimous, but no
member of the committee dissented
some members -simply withheld
their claim that the constitution for
bids our government entering into
obligations such as the covenant
proposes, though three expressed
some doubt.
London Stock Exchange
Guards Against Bomb Plot
London, Sept. 22. The Stock ex
change yesterday issued a notice
that parcels must not be delivered at
the exchange, but left at a nearby
cloak room.
.fa order to attract girls in tele
phone operating work the telephone
company in Japan has opened a
school in each exchange where girls
will be given the advantages of ,a
commercial school education free.
A course of 18 months in one of
these schools will qualify a girl to
enter the upper class in the girls'
high school or a special class in the
girls' university.
Moans of Saxophone
, Recognized by Owner;
Thief Lodged in Jail
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Lceied Win.
Chicago, Sept. 21. George
Smith, a person of color, was en
gaged in the act of placing one
foot in front of the other on his
homeward way when his progress
was arrested by the sounds of a
saxophone being tortured.
"Sweet ba.by, Ah knows yo'
voice," he commented. "Dat's mah
saxophone and she am calling me,"
Smith called the police and they"
took, Edgar Davis, the saxophone
. and Smith to the station. Smith
" explained that he and Davis were
rooming in the same house and
that one night Davis and the saxo
phone belonging to Smith disap
peared. ' "V . -
"Cain't fool me," lie told the
judge. "Ah knows the voice of dat
saxophone anywheres."
, The judge gave Davis a $100 fine
and a Bridewell sentence, while
Smith anA..h .beloved saxophone
wert permitted to depart .
Campaign Fund Probe x
Reopened at Capital
(Continued From Pag One.)
eyed people in New York read,"
said the witness.
Senator Kenyon ask:d again as to
the ownership and political policy
ot the New York livening .Post.
Senator Reed announced that
through the Postoffice department
during the recess he had ascertained
that "the Post is the property of a
corporation, all of whose stock is
owned by Thomas W. Lamont."
I said that there were big money
newspapers in Jew York Packing
Mr. Cox, Mr. Ihompson said.
Interested in Agency.
Senator Reed asked "Mr. Thomp
son it ne personally was interested
in the ownership of foreign lan
guage newspapers.
A company that I have an inter
est in. lias an advertising agency
which has some such ownership,"
Mr. Thompson replied. "I got intq
it after the wat through some
Americanization work."
"Was it the American Associa
tion of Foreign Language Newspa
pers?" sked Senator Reed.
lhat s the name.
Chairman Kenyon said he wanted
the witness given opportunity to ex
olain his own business. Mr. Thomp
son said he had dropped all private
business 'after the war .had started
and had devoted himself to public
work since.
Citing past campaign fund collec
tions, the witness expressed the opin
ion that the republican effort this
year was a forward step toward
cleaner politics.
Excusing Mr. Thompson, the com
mittee turned its attention to politics
in New York, first hearing Charles
McDonald, democratic state chair
man, and then calling Edward C.
Stokes.-
Mr, McDonald, asked by Senator
Kenvon what methods he had adopt
ed to raise a state fund, replied that
he had an office and had sent-out
20 letters appealing for funds.
-i'How much have you got?" Chaij
man Kenyon continued.
"Less than $1,000," McDonald re
plied. "Getting any liquor money?" Sena
tor Kenyon pursued.
"None that I know of," the witness
responded.
Chairman Stokes, summarizing re
publican campaign work in New Jer
sey, said:
"The national committee is trying
to raise $300,000 in New Jersey, and
has succeeded in getting $64,000 so
far. The national committee will
take 60 per cent, and the balance will
be divided 32 per cent to the county
committee and 8 per cent to the state
committee. We don't expect to so
licit anything independently." "
Barnes Takes Stand.
William Barnes, jr., of Albany, N.
Y., was called next.
"Mr. Barnes, there's been pre
sented to this committee some evi
dence concerning your book, 'Repub
licanism in 1920,' and underwriting
by certain gentlemen,' Chairman
Kenyon said. "Have you seen
that?"
"I guess I know what you mean,"
Mr. Barnes said. "I sold a con
trolling interest in the Albany Jour
nal in ,1916. In March, 1918, the
management of the Journal entered
upon a contract for the publication
of what has developed into this
book. It was in the nature of a spe
cial edition for the newspaper. They
were to sell pages at so much a
page.
--"I was asked to work a mono
graph for the feook. The matter
went on and not being satisfied, I
bought back control of the paper;
There had been some solicitation of
advertising patronage for this pub
lication, which I knew nothing
about. I undertook to make it a
worthy and valuable book. It had
nothing to do with - the national
committee; it was purely an enter
prise of a newspaper management."
"Were any of the funds contrib
uted used for campaign purposes?"
Senator Edge asked.
None at all," Mr. Barnes re
plied. Only 200 copies of the 'book had
so far been turned out, Mr. Barnes
added. He repeated his assertion
that it was "a business proposition,
pure an4simple."
Officers Charged With
Murder During "Dry" Raid
Portland, Ore., Sept 22. -Three
revenue officers and two local pa
trolmen, members of the "dry
squad" who took part in' the raid
in which Robert W. Hedderley was
killed the night of September 10,
were charged in true bills returned
by the grand jury with involuntary
manslaughter.
Hedderley was killed as he at
tempted to .drive his automobile
away after it had stopped at the
curb In front of an East side resi
dence where he had agreed, the of
ficers charged, to deliver a quantity
Wealthy Flyer and Wife
i H If I .j V '4 - a N
& M ja-' A "
Airplanes capable of maintaining a speed of over 200 miles an hour
have been entered in the international air race in Paris bv S. E. I. Cox.
millionaire oil magnate. The planes were -designed and built by Mr.
Cox and have been sent to France. Mr. Cox credits his wife with much
of th success in building the planes. Mrs. Cox is an accomplished flyer
and recently completed a long flight from the south to New York with her
son.
Johnson Will Tour
East For Harding
Former Candidate for Nomi
nation Will Make Whirl
wind Swing for Parly.
New York, Sept. 22.' Senator
Hiram Johnson of California will in
vade the east on a whirlwind speak
ing tour in behalf of the Harding
Coolidge ticket the third week in Oc
tober, it. was announced today at
republican national headquarters.
The announcement said that Mr.
Johnson's services probably, would
be used in the beventli congressional
district in Alabama and in North
Carolina, western Maryland. New
Jersey, New York, Connecticut and
New Hampshire.
Senator William Borah of Idaho
was resting in New York todav be-
liore a speech in Waterbury, Conn.,
tonight ana a visit to Massachusetts
at the special request of Senator
Lodge.
Wife Rivals Major
League Pitchers for
Control, Hubby Says
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, Sept. 22. "Alexander
and Cicotte' have nothing on my
wife when it coml's to accurate
hurling," said Ben Biederman,
president of the Metropolitan Cus
toms Garment corporation, in his
answer to a suit for divorce filed
by Lena, his wife, last week.
He claims she threw dishes and
other household articles at him
with such dexterity and force that
he narrowly escaped the fate of
Ray Chapman. Today he filed a
cross bill denying his wife's charge
of desertion. She alleges in her
suit that he has an income exceed
ing $10,000 a year.
Lincoln Girl Raises
Amount to $70,000
Asked for Heart Balm
Lincoln, Sept . 22. (Specials
Rose Gelfand, Lihccn girl, who re
cently brought suit for $20,000 for
breach of promise against William
Epstein, today increased the
amofant she seeks for heart balm to
$70,000 by commencing an' action
for $50,000 more from her former
fiance's family, alleged by -the girl
to have been responsible for ,j the
young man's change of mind and
heart. '
The defendants in the second act
ion are Henry and Brocha Epstein,
the young man's parents, and Lib
bie and Edith Epstein, his two sis
ters. Miss Gelfand says she became
engaged to Epstein on July 31 and
that their bethothal'was announced
publicly on August 8. At the be
trothal ceremony, while the guests
were feasting and making merry,
the defendants conspired to injure
and slander her for the purpose of
preventing the marriage, the girl al
leges in her petition.
The girl claims the members of
the Epstein family told the guests
she was of a melancholy mind and
disposition; was 40 years old; was
dull and lifeless, and not fit to be a
member of their family.
Man Over 90 Years Old
Attempts to Kill Himself
Covington, Ga., Sept. 22. Ben F.
Camp, one of Covington's oldest
and most highly-respected citizens,
who is over 90 years . old, at
tempted to kill himself by stabbing
or cutting himself in the face and
on the head jn the back yard of his
home in North Covington.
Birmingham has the highest un
employment rate of anv city in
England, reaching a total of 724 to
each 10,000 of population.
Full Dress
Accessories
for the
Ak-Sar-Beh Ball
Silk Hats
Shirts
Vests
Gloves
Ties,
Jewelry
Charles E. Black
1417 Far nam
Advertising Copy for
The Sunday Bee
should be in The Bee office not later
than 8 P. M. Friday. Early copy re
ceives the 'preference when Sunday ad
vertising has to be omitted. Late ad
vertising is now omitted for lack of time
for composition.
The marked increase in advertising in
The Sunday Bee . compels the manage
ment to .request early copy' for both
display and classified advertising in
order to give full service to all its adver
tising patronr
Britishers Here
For Celebration
Of Tercentenary
Visiting Delegation Will Go to
Washington and Mount
Vernon for Special
Ceremonies. ,
New York, Sept. 22. A British
delegation which will take part in the
tercentenary celebration of the land
ing of the Pilgrims and first Amer
ican legislative assembly at James
town arrived here today on the
steamship Carmania.
The delegation is headed by Lord
and Lady Rathcrecdan. Other mem
bers of the .party include Admiral
William Lowthcr Grant, Sir Arthur
Shipley, vice chancellor of Cam
bridge university; Sir John Henry,
Prof. Frederick J. Foakes-Jackson of
Cambridge, Col. H. W. Edwards,
John Blair MacAfee, banker; Stan
ley Udale, retired manufacturer; H.
S. Parris, secretary of the British
branch of the Sulgrave institution,
and George McKinlcy, a member of
the American Luncheon club of
London.
The delegation was met here by
representatives of the Sulgrave insti
tution. It was announced that they
would visit Washington and make a
pilgrimage to Mount Vernon. With
representatives of English, Canadian
and Dutch governments, they will go
to Norfolk for celebrations there Oc
tober 4, S and 6.
On leaving the pier the Britons
were met by a half circle of women,
held back by the police, carrying
banners expressing anti-British sen
timent. There was no disorder.
Hundreds Come to Seer at
Fremont for Medical Aid
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 22. Special
Telegram.) Fremont, today was
thronged with hundreds of sick and
crippled people who came for the
healing administration of Mrs. M.
D, Woodworth Etter, 76, who be
gan her work before 3,000 people
in a tent last night, and plans to
stay here until Monday.
People well known to all Fre
rhonters, as cripples for years,' have
been benefited by the healer, who
claims only the power of prayer ef
fects the cures. She came to Fre
mont after treating scores of Indi
ans on the Winnebago reservation
atWalthill.
Big Electrical Parade
Viewed by Thousand;
(Continued from Ifuxt One.)
cl the Realm of Quivera, who will
be crowned at the "den" iust before
the Rrand ball tomorrow evening.
Parade in Detail.
The complete electrical parade of
last ment was as follows:
1. Title float. "All the world
loves a lover."
2. "Adam and Eve." Depicting
the first love story of history.
3. "Pygmalcon and Galatea.,'
Storv of the sculptor who made a
rf'itnn r( i Krti 11 i i f ill irntlla tl H 11 H
then fell in lovd with it. Venus
gave life to the statue.
4. "Helen of Trov." The woman
for love of whom the Trojan war
was fought.
5. Venus and Adonis.
6. "Daphnis and Chloe." A pas
toral romance. According to legeijd
Daphnis was turned into stone. Ac
cording to another he threw himself
into the sea.
7. "Antony and Cleopatra.
Storv of the Roman general who
gave up everything for love of Cleo
patra, last queen of Egypt.
Madame Butterfly.
8. "Abelard and Heloise." The
celebrated romance of ' a French
monk and nun, who lived in the 12th
century.
9. Lancelot and Guinevere. She
was the wife of King Arthur, but
loved Lancelot, the knight. Dis
covered, she was condemned to be
burned at the stake but was saved
by Lancelot.
10. "John Smith and Pocahontas.
M. "Romeo and Juliet."
12. "Napoleon and Josephine."
13. "Madame Butterfly." From the
opera of Puccini. Madame Butter
fly, a Japanese maiden, ends her life
by "hari-kari" after Lieutenant
Pinkerton, a United States navy of
ficer, and her lover, sails away from
her and their baby.
14. "Skeleton in Armor." Story of
the Viking who stole the daughter
of the king of Normandy. From
Longfellow's poem.
15. "Lalla Rookh." She was an
East Indian princess, betrothed to
a man she had never seen. On the
way to him she falls in love with
Aliris.
16. "Hiawatha and Minnehaha."
The well-known Indian romance
from Longfellow's poem.
17. His majesty, King Ak-Sar-Ben
XXVI.
The Ak-Sar-Ben carnival did an
other jecord business yesterday.
RightTfter the parade was over, the
six turnstiles at the main entrance
began clicking at top speed as the
crowd surged into the place of con-
Charming British
Matron Also a Poet
if
fauns', :j
State Officers' , (
Salaries Raised.
By Amendment
Governor's Pay Boosted From
$2,500 to $7,500 Supreme .
Judges Also Profit by
Constitutional. Election.
A striking portrait study ol Mrs.
Sidney Fairbairn, prominent mem
ber of the literary and artistic set in
London, who has gained recognition
as a poet. Mrs. I airbairn before her
marriage in 1916 was Miss Nancy
Cunard, daughter of Sir Bache and
Lady Cunard. Her mother is a
daughter of. the late E. L. Burke of
New York.
fetti and merrymaking. This year's
carnival attendance promises to ex
ceed all previous ones.
lhis atternoon will be especially
for children, with reduced prices for
the little folks. Tomorrow afternoon
will be for orphans.
Special trains on the railroads will
be run today and tomorrow as they
were yesterday, to help handle the
big crowd of visitors to Omaha.
Schedules are arranged so that peo
ple living within 60 or 75 miles can
return home each night alter the Afe-
Sar-Ben festivities.
Omaha hotels, rooming housts and
private houses are proving quite
adeauate to provide sleeping ac
comodations even for the great host
of visitors in the city.
The Rialto theater. last night, put
on a novelty by running a "continu
ous performance" of moving pictures
from midnight until 7 this morning.
Employes of the Wheel Steel cor
poration of Wheeling, W. Va., have
been offered shares in the concern
at $80 per share.
Lincoln, Sept. 22-(Special).
Tin vntprt ci MVI iraskn. bv adopting
constitutional proposition No. 40 at
Tuesday's special election, put an
end to "starvation salaries and
paved the way to a more lucrative
future for state officers. The amend
ment provides a rather liberal scale
of pay for those administering the
aff iirs of government.
The salary of the governor is
trebled, the amount being -raised
fronK?2,500 to $7,500 per year. Su
preme judges are also boosted to
7,5()0. They now receive $4,500.
Other state officers, who now
draw from $2,000 to $3,000 apiece,
-,r olovatprt in t.S 000 The district
judges go up from $3,000 to $5,000.
lhe legislative salaries amend
ment, No. 7, raises the pay of sena-
tors and representatives trom oui
to $800 for regular sessions. This
o(ntriniVallr increases lhe nav nf
the lieutenant governor from $1,200
to Sl.bUU.
None of the present executivt
tfat nffirprs. rxcent one holdover
railway commissioner, will be bene
fited by the increase, i nose eicctea
t'nic vpnr w ill draw the hiehcr com
pensation when they commence the
new terms next January.
The legislature, under proposition-
No. 24, may change omciai salaries,
hnf not nftpner than once -in eiKm
years for any particular executive of
fice. Under proposition ino. iu it is-
forbidden to increase or diminisn in
pav of any public otficer during nis
term.
Freteht Office Vacancy
Filled by Linwood Man
Frpmnnt. Npb.. Sent. 22. (Spe
cial.) The Ncrtjiwestern railway
has announced the appointment of
K. K. Hicks of Linwood as chief
froirriif aorpnt fnr the railwav here.
cKrrppJ T K Dalv. who died re
cently. Mr. Hicks was freight agent-,
in Fremont two vears ago. bctore
his transfer to Linwood.
TW nsintr motor trucks manv of
silk mills in eastern Pennsylvania
were able to be kept going during
thr recent railroad embargo.
ore
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THOMPSON -BELDEN CO
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"The Land of
the Pilgrims"
VISUALIZING the history of
a small band of pioneers
whose foresight and steadfast
ness of purpose have come down
to the present day undimmed in
glory and well worthy of respect
by all Americans. x
Thursday's parade celebrates the
tercentenary of their landing at
Plymouth Rock in 1620.
Choosing Correct Styles
from Passing Fashions
. The art of dressing well is chiefly
a matter of selection. Common
place and bizarre effects must be
avoided. Being different without
expressing good taste is of no value
whatsoever.
. Distinction in dress is characterized
by simplicity of lines, fineness of
materials, careful attention to the '
details of ornamentation and
skilled workmanship.
Thompson-Belden Fashions
Have all of the attributes of good
taste and distinction without any
of those features which hark of the
ordinary. That they are not more
costly is a pleasant contemplation.
Tailleurs - Wraps Dresses
Gowns Furs Blouses
In Adequate Variety.
Apparel, Third Floor
Plaid Woolens French Gloves
For the plaited skirts so
much in vogue the fa
vored fabrics are cash
mirtyne, duvetyn, ve
lours and serges. Large
selections of attractive
block plaids, shepherd
plaids and broken ef
fects in every fashion
able Autumn color.
Silk Duvetyn
Extensively used for
millinery and trimming
purposes. We have a
thirty-six-inch French
duvetyn in cordovan,
gold, French blue, rose,
taupe and cherry red.
An exceptional range of
silks and trimmings and
dress velvets. We can
match practically any
shade or color.
Th. Silk Shop
for Evening Wear
Trefousse imported
French kid gloves in six
teen and twenty-button
lengths for evening occa
sions. These are of first quality
quite the best of selec
tion, perfection of finish
and fit.
$7 to $13.75 a Pair
Little Things
That Are Handy
Kirby Beard pins, 25c a
package.
Sharp's needles, 15c a
P&clcl6'
Basting thread (250 yds.)
1UC.
Fish-eye
card.
Bias tape (12 yds.), 25c
to $1.20 a bolti
Darning cotton, 5c and
10c a ball
Elastic (ii to 1U inches),
12c to 40c a yard.
Notion Section
Gifts That Possess the
Charm of the Unusual
Individual powder
puff containers cf glass,
covered with gold lace,
are very dainty.
Tf Or a smaller vase of
rose or blue frosted
glass that holds a single
puff might be pre
ferred. Boudoir lamps of
every color or metal
have sets of candle
sticks to match.
11 And graceful mirrors
covered with satin and
gold lace are trimmed
with small French flow
ers. 1T Newest of all is the
China doll whose vol
uminous rose, taffeta
skirts hide a night lamp.
H And most convenient
are the oblong vnnity
cases, containing rouge
and powder and a mir
ror and covered with
rose or blue brocade,
$1.75 each.
Art Dept. Second Floor
buttons, i5c a Hosiery Savings
$1.50 Lisle Hose, $1 a
Pair: Black with flare
tops and double soles.
Lisle Hose, 50c. Garter
tops and double soles.
White, black and colors.
Turkish Towels
65c Qualities 45c
Soft, absorbent Turkish
towels with stripes of
blue, pink and yellow.
This reduced price is for
Thursday only.
Linen Section
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