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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1920. 19 J Fight Battle In Courts For English Estate Money, Romance and Intrigue Figure in Contest for Mich elham Millions Manv 'Complications. By Universal Svrrlcc. London. The great fight. for the Michelham millions is providing England with an amazing story of money, romance and intrigue. The chancery court, has just de rided one of a long series of suits. By the judgment handed down, the present Lady Michelham, formerly Miss Capel, who married the Hon. Herman de Stern the day before his lather, the late peer, died, loses a death .bed marriage settlement of $5,000,000, bringing in an annual in come of $100,000. i The judge ruled that when he made the settlement Lord Michel ham was incapable of transacting any business or understanding any transaction. Suits to upset the will were brought by the Dowager Lady Michelham and Capt. Jefferson David Cohn, well known racehorse owner and one-of the trustees and beneficiaries under an earlier will. Evidence revealed that on January 8. 19l9, Miss Capel and the Hon. Hermann de Stern attended the dy ing te at his bedside and fought his approval of their marriage. He agreed and signed the settlement, his hand being guided by Lady Michelham. The marriage took place in London on the folowing oay. Lord tseresiora giving mc bride away. Two nights later Lord Michelham dred. , ' The -late Lord Michelham was the son of the Baron Hermann de Stern, who inherited a fortune of about $10,000,000. The Stern family ' wr hankers in London. Paris and .Brussels and the late peer was be- queathed. fortunes by both his ta i ther and his brother, who for some I years before his leath was insane. 1 "Jeff" Cohn, who married a daugh ter of Horatio Bottomiey, met mc Michelbams in 1902 and spent much time with them in Paris, where Lord Michelham opened up a magnificent apartment in tne Kue wiioi, wun-u h rented hv the' British govern ment for its eace delegation last year. Through his success on the turf and his entertainment on hia Queen of the Hellenes, ' Jett dc- l came a leading figure in continental ' society. He was regarded as Lord Michelham's most intimate 'friend. In 1911 the peer mane a win, ap pointing as executors bis wife and nefT Colfn.- Under this will "Jeff" was a legatee for $100,000 and would receive $25,000 for acting as trustee, plus $3,000 a year, as long as he so acted. , In 1918, however,- Lord Michel ham executed a new, will from which Cohn's name was omitted. Immediately prior to the peer's death his son, then 18 years of age, was about to marry Bertha Isabella Capel, who was thenx39 years old. She was the daughter of a remark able woman, who ran a famous salon in Paris in the 80's. and who ob- V tained a coal contract for the French Beautiful Daughter of Admiral Comes to U. S. I sN 'i Book Lovers STORM Millar Whit. Mrs. Maurice Hely-Hutchinson, youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Colin Keppel, sergeant-at-arms in the House of Commons, who was re cently inarried. Her husband is the son of the late Sir' Walter Hely Hutchinson and a cousin of the earl of Donougkmore. The bride and grom fttl leave England shortly for America, where they will spend part of their honeymoon. 'V.. navy when she fell into financial embarrassment. City Briefs ( Maj. D. L. Roscoe, who was or dered retired, left yesterday Tor his home in California. He was in the recritinpr service here. Americanization work among the foreign settlements in Omaha by workers at the City Mission, Twelfth and Pacific streets, was the subject of an address given by Miss Mary E. Anthony, superintendent of the mission, yesterday afternoon at a session of the W. C. T. U. state convention at David City, Neb. Charging that her husband, Reu ben Donnelly, has grown careless, slovenly and dirty, that he has "fon dled other women", that he has in serted advertisements jn the papers stating he would not be responsible xfor her debts and that he refused to help her care for their children, Mrs. Hazel F. Donnelly filed suit in district court yesterday for a divorce. I They live at 95 Bensqn Acres. Harry L. Hart, Ponca, Neb., de sired that his son, Harry, jr., 18, should have a good musiral training, he told the. recruiting officer yester day, so he brought him to Omaha for enlistment in the army. The boy was accepted and has been ordered to Camp Funstott. where he will receive a three-year musical education. .' , Candy, ice cream, nuts, fruit and sandwiches are- on the menu to be served poor children of Omaha who attend the harvest day picnic to be Jield today at Hanscom park under the auspices of the Samaritan Rescue Army. The picnickers will meet at 9 o'clock at 2420 Cuming street . Chicago Bootblack Is "Near King" In Bucharest Paris, Oct. 15. Sidney Hoskins, formerly black bootblack at the Congress hotel, Chicago, later cor poral of a colored stevedore" regi ment at Bordeaux, is sitting "on the top of the world" at Bucharest, Roumania, where he has a conces sion on the largest theater in the ( citv. ( Demobilized in France. Sidney started adventuring. Drifting down through Italy he attached himself to a wandering theatrical troupe in Trieste, with which he toured Jugo slavia. Montenegro, Albania. Greece and Turkey. Returning from Tur key he stopped off at Bucharest and immediately decided that here was. the town for him. Organizing a troupe of his own he leased the biggest theater and put on a show so successful that i ' soon all Bucharest went to see it. Now Sidney is the lion of Roumania. -He lives in the grandest hotel, has Semenof f's Troops Go Over To Far Eastern Republic N London, Oct. 15. General Semen elf s adventure in the Far East have SHiH and his troops, under the lead ership of Gen. Lokhvitski, have gone over to the government of the Rus sian Far Eastern repuDiic.accora- . ing to a wireless dispatch from Mos cow. Semenoffs entire gold reserve - is said to have been enpured vand ' handee over to the Vladivostok trov-ernmeut. Telegraph Briefs s Ljttle Rock, Ark., Oct. iS. Eight white farmers were arrested near Bald Knob, White county, today, charged with conspiring to destroy cotton gins that refused to obey warnings to close until tie price of cotton increases. Deputy Sheriff Plant said that all eight have confessed and implicated others. He said many additional arrests are expected. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 15. Ben Johnson, a former prohibition en forcement offtcer here, a.-.d Cnarles S. Gannaway were arrested here to day by federal officers when they sought to bribe prohibition enforop ment agents "to let certr. n individ uals alpne," according to the dis trict attorney. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 15. Charles Reiner, master of the steam er West Hika, was arrested today at his home in Long Beach, Cal, on a federal warrant charging attempted smuggling into the Uni'ed States, through Los Angeles harbor, of a large quantity of lifjuors, woolen suitings, silks ana pearl necicaces. Boston. Oct. 15. Arrests for drunkenness here during the last court year were 18.143 less than in the preceding 12 months. accoVding to the annual report of Edward J. Lord, clerk of the municipal court. Those arrested . in the year just closed numbered 13,487, he said, as compared with a previous total of 31,630. Philadelphia. Oct. 15. The de stroyer King, named for the late Commander Frank R. King, who was killed in the North Sea during the world war, was launched today at the yard of the New York Ship building Corporation, Camaen, JN.J. Mrs. Alline A. King of Albany, Ala., widow of the commander was sponsor. Washington. Oct. 15. A group of business men conferred today with officials of -the state and treasury departments regarding the possibil ity of American financial aid to Cuba, which has been requested Dy President Menocal. In the party were W. A. Merchant, president of the Banco National; Manuel Rion- do, president of the Cuba Cane Sugar company; W. A. Lambern of Havana and Robert Atkins, jr., of Boston. s - Waterloo, la., Oct. 15. Parley P. Christensen, farmer-labor candidate for president, today praised the im migrant and emphasized Scapdina c!m contributions to the political progressivism of the west in a speech here. Toronto, Ont., Oct. 15 In the sight of hundreds of persons, Jo seph Moulday, construction fore man rlimhpft the 150-foct mast of -a derrick and rescued Frank Car- veil, a fellow worker har.gmg un conscious from the peak aner ru left hand had been crushed under the steel hoisting cable. Reaching the swinging figure, held at the masthead only by a glove caught between cable and puliey wheel, Mouldav shooed down the spar with Carvell, still unconscious, over his right shoulder. Moulday will be recommended to the Human so ciety's life saving medal. Washington, Oct. 15. Payment of the $500,000,000 Anglo- renen loan maturing today was begun to- dav at the banking house ot j. r. Morgan & Co., syndicate managers nt raimtrvwide eroub of banks which underwrote the loan in 1915. It is understood that payments will involve more than $.oiu,uuu,wu, me greater cart of which will repesent the French portion of the obliga tion. ' x New London. Conn.. Oct. 15. After refusal bv the police under the mayor's orders to allow spaakeis of the socialist labor party to address street crowd last night, Mayor Frank Morsan changed his attitude and without giving a reason, today indicated that future meetings would not be interfered with. Sardines to Be Packed in New Variety of Containers Boston, Oct. 15. Representatives oi local fisheries compames ' whe have returned from the Maine sar dine canneries districts state that, owing to the tin can shortage, an innovation is coming in sardine cans. This year for the first time, they say, Mine canners of the tasty little fishes are to use other than the fa miliar small oblong cans for sar dines. They will use both the round salmon cans and the large oblong cans jn which kippered herring have heretofore been put up. The 1920 sardine yield, they an nounce, will be a large one. but mjjch of it is likely to ro to waste! Fiction COUNTRT POLLY. By Graca Llttla. Brown & Lo. This is a slory of a squatter settle ment near Ithaca, New York. Polly was the daughter of the chief of the squatters and it was through her that peace and protection finally came to the poor folk jn "The Silent City." The book is full of tense situations skillfully led upv.to and adroitly handled, and P-olly,' crude, untaught, but fine in spirit and beau tiful efface, is an adorable heroine.- GOLD OUT OF CELEBES. Dy Capt. A. .K, Dfngle. Little, Brown & Co. "An adventurous tale of the Dutch East Indies. In their search for gold Jack Barry, a seaman, and Tom Little, a metamorphosed typewriter salesman, experience the perils of the jungle, are tortured by fiendish savages, and right their way through a web of desperate cunning and treachery before the mystery un tangles itself. Thrills and suspense abound, complicated with a love story which interferes with purely masculine pursuits. THH PASSIOV FOR LIFE. By Joseph Hocking. Fleming H. Rerell Company. This is the story of a young Eng lishman who is doomed by a fatal disease to only a year of life. How he finds his way through a maze of weakness, doubt and hopelessness to health and a true understanding of life is told in this powerful novel. The setting of the story is the coast of Cornwall and the time is during the world war. It is a problem novel with a new plot and a stirring climax. AS YOU WERE. BILL! By Edward Streeter. Frederick A. Stokes Co. These new letters to "Dere Mabel" are written by the civilian "Bill" while engaged in job hunting. They show him to be even funnier as a simple citizen than he was as a sol dier. His business career is full of dash and go mostly go. HOW IT FEELS TO BE FIFTY. By Ellis Parker Butler. Houghton, Mif flin Co. "Reckoning a. man's life by years is the biggest sort of flapdoodle. All of a man's worth-while" living may come after he is 50. Between 50 and 51 I may catch my biggest trout, and I expect to do it. After 50 I may write, my best stories, and I mean to do it." As an antidote to the Osier theory, Mr. Butler's little book, will strike a responsive chord in the heart of every man or woman who has .passed or is ap proaching the 50-mark. It is in spirational, and,' of course, it cannot help but be funny, too; it "should be one of the most widely read and en joyed books of the season. EFFICIENCY EDGAR. By Clarence Bud Jngtoa KeUand. Harper & Bros.. Mr. Edgar Bumpus, dubbed "Ef ficiency Edgar" in the office where he was manager, saw no reason why efficient methods should not work equally well in life outside a busi ness office. So he applied his rules in his courtship, in his home life and in the training of Edgar Junior. His schemes, and checkered-paper schedules, however, brought such unexpected results that the baffled Edgar was forced to change- his conclusions. GLAMOUR. By W. B. Maxwell. ' The Bobbs-Merrill Co. In this novel the author of "The Devil's Garden" tells the story of a man in middle life who, though hap pily married, wealthy nd famous ' and in a position to enjoy lite thor oughly, comes under the spell of a woman he had loved as a young man and who continued to remain to him the "unattainable delight." The novel, "Glamour," is more than a setting forth and solution of a vital problem; it is an interesting human document the 'story of men and women who have counterparts all over-the world a document which will be read and re-read bee-fuse the people who read it will see a paral lel problem in their own life or the life of some one in their community. GHOSTS X HAVE" SEEN. By Violet Twee- dale. Frederick A. Stokes Co. This is an autobiographical "narra tive by an Englishwoman who has been extremely psychic from in fancy. She has spent years in "ghost hunting"' and-sserious study of psychic subjects and her experiences as here related are many and startling. MARY MINDS HER BUSINESS. By George Weston. Dodd, Mead & Co. Mary Spencer falls heir to a large manufacturing business in a New England town. At the beginning of the story her uncle, a shrewd, but unscrupulous man, and his son man aged the work, but later Mary made herself president and introduced woman labor to break the strikes, thereby furnishing the background of a fascinating story of modern in dustry. Of course there is Mary's love story, too, told in Mr. Weston's inimitable way. ' LTTCA SARTO. By Charles S. Brooks. Dodd, Mead A Co. A story of love and adventure, of fair women and desperate villians and brave heroes, set in the roman-' tic Paris of Villon and Louis XI. Written in the charming style of the authors earlier books, it is ancient arid quaint and full of delicate fancy and humor and bright philosophy. The action is swift and the dialogue brisk and witty. It is an enthralling romance that recalls Duma? and Stevenson. . two valets and is buying up prop erty. "Why don't you go to- Paris?" asked an American visitor to Buch arest of Hoskins recently. "Is there any shines there?" de manded Sidney. ' "Sure, plenty," the visitor re sponded. "Then right hycars whar Ah'll stay. Ise de only one in Bucharest!" Biggest Steer in World Is In Ontario, Canada Clin teat, Ont., Oct. 15. "Sir Douglas Haig," said to be the big gest steer in the world, is drawing hundreds of live stock men from va rious parts of Canada to the farm of Ex-Rev. Giarles Stewart, in Ashfield . township, HSYon county, Ontario. Thrweight of Sir Louglas, a giant Shorthorn, is given as 3,500 pounds, which live stock men say is in excess of the heaviest animal ever shown at the International Live Stock show in Chicago. Sir Douglas measures nine feet six inches around the chest and has a girth of 10 feet six inches. Hobo Says Ponzi Used to Be One of His Best Pals Boston, Oct. 15. When Jeff Davis, New York's "king of hoboes," called to see Charles Ponzi. the "get- rich-soon" wizard, in. jail at East Cambridge, Sheriff Fairbairn re fused to let him see the prisoner, who had just finished a meal n which broiled squab was the main dish. Davis told Fairbairn that Tonzi once belonged to the hoboes' fraternity. Bee want ads are best business getters. - Shop in the Forenoon The immenje crowds that are bound to respond to this phe nomenal sale will tax eur sales organisation to the limit and in order that we may serve to to, to the best of our ability, we urge you to shop in the fore noons, If possible. 1417 DOUGLAS STREET FACTORY SALE OF FURS THIRD FLOOR Owing to the complete loss In our Tur section one of Ameri ca's largest Fur manufacturers have sent their pecial represen tative with sereral trunks of luxurious Furs these will be offered' Saturday at Manufac turers cost. Values Beyond Comparison In This Sensational 1K IK Doors Open 8:30 A. M. Saturday .llTlJfrs Fur Coats, Blouses, Skirts, Petticoats, Underwear At Less Than Half Manufacturer's Cost Hats Hundreds upon hundreds of wonderful styled New Autumn and Winter Wearables with ho more than a slight odor of smoke in the fabrics are to be sacrificed in a manner than is truly bewildering. Values giving that has never been approached in Western Merchandising. 1 . The fire which visited the Beddeo Clothing Co. one week ago tonight was confined to the rear of the second floor, an annex salesroom, in which all fur pieces, all sweaters, all children's coats, a portion of the blouse stock and small lots of aprons and underwear were completely destroyed. Through the splendid work of the Omaha firemen, the flames wefe halted before they did any serious damage to our main second floor salesrooms, which con tained the vast majority of our stock of women's and misses' wearables. This stock was naturally saturate by smoke, and as many of, the garments were in closed cases, they are virtually unharmed yet, not a single garment is reserved. Such a buying .opportunity is beyond the experience of the majority of Omaha people. THfl FORTIETH DOOR. By Mary Hast. Inn Bradley. D. Apple ton & Co. To Egypt, the land, of strange, witching beauty and romance, of veiled women and Curious customs: this story carries' us. The hero braves every- danger to secure the girl he loves. Into the sacred se clusion of Turkish harems, through mysterious blind aHeys and dark damp caverns he fights his,way,ana against him are ranged all the forces of a selfish father and, of a diaboli cally selfish promised husband. A story of daring and suspense ad mirably handled. ' Tirls PEMBROKE' MASON AFFAIR. By Oeorrs Barton. Page company. Pembroke Mason, a distinguished old lawyer, comes to his death in ! a strange manner. The winning clue ! to the mystery is found in the im- j print of a symbol on the dead man's i temple. Bromley Barnes, a clever ! young detective ot the modern school, is the chief figure in the cap ture of the criminal, and the old lawyer's niece is the prize he- wins. INHERITANCE. By Whitfield O. HoweJI. t j.oxburgh Fubllrhlns company. i Inherited traits play an important i nart in the destinies of the charac ters in this book.' It is a novel of the old-fashioned tv-pe. savoring of Insurance Adjusters Say SELL! Stock and fixture damages have bee estimated and a settlement effected on a most liberal basis. Insurance adjustors order the . entire women's apparel stock to be disposed of in the least possible ' ' time, and regardless of the loss to beabsorbed. Former prices mean nothing. This will be a sale to a finish. The" insurance com pany' great loss is your great gain. Don't miss this opportunity New York Resident Buyers already rushing out thousands of dollars worth of new Apparel every garment of present stocky must go regardless of the sacrifice. Room must be made for this avalanche of new merchandise which will be upon us in a few days-r-stock must go to-peimit carpenters,"" painters and mechanics to complete their work of refinishing the building. The need of a definite, decisive cleaning out of all damaged stocks is immediate. .No Exchanges- Deliveries-" Approvals N v or Returns v Important Announcement to Patrons of Our Men's and Boys' Shops Here's a store that really serves vou first by offering the best of assortments second, by unusual values and third, by extending to you the many advantages of a big, broad, liberal, credit service which today stands second to none in the country. s Our. immense all-new stocks of men's, young men's and boys' Suits and Overcoaffe, Shoes and Furnishings, were in no way affected by the fire. Assortments are unusually complete and values, decidedly attractive. ' Men's Shoes Main Floor . 7 Attend this Gigantic Bargain Feast Regardless of the Weather, the Distance or Inconvenience the Saving's Justify Your Every Effort We refrain from quoting prices because of the fact that they are so ridiculonsly low that to people unacquainted f ' with the facts might judge them as over-estimated all we say is come expecting four times as great values as you have ever encountered. You'll not go awav disappointed. . s j " All Payments On Accounts Should Be Made at Main Office" Third Floor puess more cans are forthcoming. 1 melodrama.