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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1920)
Cozy Flat x Wins Over Roof Lights Former Star of Century Prom enade to, Giye Up Profes-, clonal Life for Apartment For Two Here. A cozy little apartment somewhere in Omaha, with a kitchenette and a phonograph and those cheerful pink cretonne curtains will be the future home of Mrs. Lewis H. Burgess, star of "The Midnight Rounders" atop the Century theater, and her young Umaha husband. At least that is the type of home young Burgess (has in mind, and he says Mrs. Burgess, formerly Rosie Uuinn. rassing show beauty and uroaaway lavorue, is in complete ac cord with his idea. The young couple, secretly mar ried three months ago at St. Mary's Eoiscooal church in New York, re married Tuesday night Archbishop Marty performed the ceremony, which was a quiet affair, with only the bridegroom's . family in attend ance. ... ; . , , Vetr1ftv VAiltii, Rnroriict laiil it was the quiet, domestic life lor them from now on. ' Through With Stag. "Mrs. Burgess will not return to the stage," he announced in a voice that carried conviction. "Her con tract ended in October and she came to Omaha just as we had planned." But on the heels of this firm as sertion comes a message from the Shuber.ts in New York alluding to a 10-year contract and a two-weeks' honeymoon and a party on the well known roof to welcome Mrs. Bur ncss . back from the two-weeks' honeymoon, , ' , The young husband read the mes sage with interest, but there was conviction in his eyes as well as his voice when he declared, "Mrs. Bur cess and I are quite agreed her theatrical career shall end. There is no 10-year contract -Heronly contract is with me.'' "The affair is ended" - said Mrs. Ward Burgess, who at this moment entered the room. "The young neo ple are married and will live just as other young people live." New York Will Mist Her. ; There was a finality in the yoke of the senior Mrs. Burgess, who is president of the Omaha Fine Arts society, that left no room for doubt. Thus have the ranks of the Cen tury promenade again been depleted- by the master mind of the matrimo nial realm, Cupid. The Century garden will still re verberate to the, syncopated notes of jazz music, but the lithe young per son who danced and sang her way into the hearts of pleasure-loving New York will be missing. She will be the mistress of a cozy apartment somewhere in Omaha, with a kitchenette and a phonograph and-v ,- IT S. M, isr .Snnd Four V fMT V WW WJ-" aak Billion Next Year .(Continued I'rom Fat Oae.) them. The remainder will he paid, the secretary thought, by early I spring. v . . , I Debt Will Be Reduced. Mr. Houston predicted rapid re duction in the gross ' national debt through the coming vear, particular ly the $2,350,000,000 "short term cer tificates outstanding. ,i The. treasury program, he added, vrtmld jresult in reducing this below-? $2,000,000,000 and perhaps to $1,500,000,000. By the end of thetfscal $ear1922, Mr. Houston: declaic4 the treasury should have redeemed. 'its entire "floating debt" ; or rhe-t .short-term certificates, When the Victory notes maturing 4he next year would be? come practically the "floating debt," and probably- be accepted in pay ment of federal taxes. Turning to the, demands of , agri cultural interest for government help, Mr. Houston said that "scarce ly had a reduction in the cost of liv ing manifested itself, when every producer manifested resistance." Keep Up Prices. "Every producer is willing for the products of every other producer to decline, but protests the decline in hi. own." he continued. "There is much human nature in this, but not much reasonableness. . , 'The situation is the result mainly of war and in no small measure the failure of this - nation and nations everywhere to date to devise better arrangements for storage and .mar keting of farm products. For these things no one in particular is now to blame. "In the circumstances, it seems to some ' farmers that they are in the way of being hit first, if not exclu sively. They are naturally disturbed and distressed and are seeking relief measures, some of which are not 4ni m r ( ivhirti ar sui cidal. . -' People Must Remedy. "The first impulse of many who are searching for the way out is to turn to the government and espe- tiatij lu lite iicaauijr u uic auiv in strumentality for full economic sal vation, This disposition, well de veloped before the1 war, was rein forced during 'hostilities by practices ofthe; government": which - became necessary for the -successful prose cution of the war and .the preserva tion of national life. - ' ' "It is the ' same' disposition which causes- resort tee the governtnertf for all sorts of appronopriations. many even of a purely local character. "If there is a fault, and I think there is, the blame , rests largely with the oublicv whklv remains qui escent while interested, groups are clamorous. "" When, the- people reaU Ize this fact" there wilP be a remedy and not tinmen." . Increased Freight, RateV, For Potatoes Ig Refused Washington, Oct 20. An increase f from 1 to 2Vi cents per hundred rounds on the rates on potatoes moving from Wisconsin, v Minne sota, and other states to points in western trunk line, territory was found not justified-. today by the in terstate commerce -commission. I.lehtinr Fixtures Graiulen Elcc trio Co.l formerly Burgess-Grandca Stage Star Who Prefers ; Omaha to Gay Broadway 'a lfL v .' f -Vv'-t ";: ' mmmmmmm u Thu i. w nhntooranh ht Mrs. Quinn of the Century roof in New Those who know ner also oeciare Senator France Sayg His Letter Was From Women Offer Similar to One. Received By Harding arid Questioned ! 'As to Authenticity by President Wilson. Chicaao. . Oct. 20. The letters from France received by Senator Jo seoh I. France of Maryland propos ing a change in the organization of the present league of nations were from a woman and not" a mart,' the senator said today. "The proposal dealt chiefly with the desirability of calling "an international convention of friends of peace," her said. pnatnr Vratiri hnwfupr. said the offer was similar to those made to Senator Harding, and that, although the writer said she believed she was M-nrMsintr the views of the French people, the senator said, the French government was in no way connected with the proposals. ' "A rtictincrtiicheri woman writrr of France made the offer," Senator France said. "She is a member of an organization which is working quietly among the thinkers of her" nation in order to form a body, in connection with the United States, which will give the subject nations a definite chance for self-govern ment, as soon as tney nave proved themselves capable of it., "It does not seem to be generally known in this country that the labor mrtv nf flreat Britain and the work ers of France are strongly opposed to the league ot nation as at pres ent constituted. Similar bodies in ntlior FnmftMn nations endeavored to have inserted-a' clause in the Ver- X. 11 ' .4.1 sanies treaty wnicrr wouio. give xne ciiHiert nations a nosition- in relation to the great power to which it be longed analogous to that existing between, the Philippine isianas ana 111V 1"VU wt-ua Wanderer Rei btes Confession of Murder (Contlnned From Face Oae.) hovering over me," said Wanderer. "He asked me if I couldn't see Ruth and the baby there afoye me. Other officers shook their fists under my face. One stamped on my foot and broke a. bone in it Another hit me :n the nose until it bled. , "Hoffman repeatedly said to me: 'Carl, you know you shot your wife and this stranger and that you paid him to stage a holdup so it would look like you had shot in self defense and killed her accirentally. You know you were tired of married life and.: wanted to go back into the army. ' "Finally Iwas all in, I wanted rest, peace nd quiet. ,' VI thought of the fake holdup idea and wove my story around it. I confessed to escape their bullyragging and vio lence." . . j Hit in Head. . Under cross examinationby the state, Wanderer said he did not re member saying that he was making the confession of his own free will or saying he understood it could be used against him. In reply to questions from his at torneys, Wanderer said he had been hit in the head with a base ball, while overseas and badly Jiurt and that his head also had been injured when he fell off a horse. . i Questioner about the- two pistols found at the cene of the shooting. c-ich an army revolved, he 'said he "had lied at ths coroner's inquest." when he denied knowldege of the granger's weapon. . He recognized it as his cousin's, he .said, and "lied to protect cousiu Ferd." , I It was through tracing the owner ship . of this pistol .that Wanderer was arrested. His cousin said Wan derer borrowed -it .several days be fore them tirder. Wanderer is expected to continue his testimony tomorrow. . - Shipbuilding FallTbff. " New York. Oct 2a Shipbuilding, m the United States, which led that of England by 1,931,000 tons, of gross tons, early this.-year, has fallen be hind in the quarter ended Septem ber 30, by 1.959,000 gross tons; ac cording to figures made public by Lloyd's register of shipping. fi ;,HkA is Lewis H. Bursess. formerly Rosie York. , u ner pest pwrograpn. Harding Scores ;Phrase-Making Of Democrats Republican Performance, Still Safeguards Country, How ever, Nominee Tells His Auditors at Meeting. I Jackson, O:. Oct. 20. Democratic "phrase - making" and republican "performance" were contrasted by Senator Harding in a speech here inA't-a laiiflina the -nrnter.tive tariff policy as an example of republican accomplishment "The truth 'is," he said, mat wun all the progressive tongues and all the literarw idealism of our OOOD- nents, it is still the republican party, not. only as to tann protection, dui .. to sirsrv other Lrintl of nrotection. which stands as the safeguard of America. it is a simpie maner io make phrases; it is much more dif- f,V,,1t to nerform. hut it is on their livv.k w W 1 - respective records as phrase-makers and as pertormers tnat tn- aemo cratic forces of this campaign and the republican party oppose each other." " , Praises Steel Workers. The republican nominee,, making an afternoon speech at a political barbecue, gave particular attention to the iron and steel industry as it has developed in this section of Ohio. This industry, throughout the coun try, he said, had given an illustra tion of "the success which attends ,i nmKinatinn of the hands and 1 1 1 V. tvllli."".' - brains of workers whose interests are so bound, together in a common cause that upon the part of all there will be- profound realization of the need" tot mutual considera tion." : " "i nn Jtlnctrii'tinn ftf the common interest which- binds those engagefl in that industry in public policv, h nntinxerl ' .' T .iuith to cite the truth that'.tbft. growth ana opportu ,1 buiiun - ...w - ' litical policy. - You' know that it is a fact that fhe repuHican policy of tariff protection, given to our nomc industries, has been the safeguard and stimulus of our; American iron and steel production, . Cmr.othetie-.'a)i T mav be with our brothers in. foreign nations, we stand tor a proper policy o -iroeri-can protection, flexible, subject to re--:,.ofmot ' fnir to our consumers and yet protecting American invest ments and the interests end standard of living of those American lapor ers who do their part by giving us 100 per cent efficiency in their pro ductive effort." y. Election of Harding All Over But Shouting, Taft bays Chicago, Oct 20. "The election is over. The people are just waiting to go through the technical act of voting," said former President Taft today. "Senator Harding will be elected by a large majority. "Unless Harding is elected there will be no league of nations. I ' Cox were to be elected, there would be a continual deadlock, just as there was in the Wilson administration. Personally, I was in favor -of the league, and I was disappointed when the president did not accept the league with reservations." - - McCann Gets Decision Los Angeles, Oct.- 20. Billy Mc Cann, lightweight of Cleveland, O., was awarded the referee's decision over Young France of Los Angeles at the Vernon arena here last night. In the semi-windup Tommy O'Brien of Los Angeles took the decision lrom Chet Ncff of Seattle, The men are lightweights. ... . Sure Relief 6 BCLL-ANS Hot water Sure Relief ,EE LL-AMS FOR INDIGESTION IhsMatfac fehvanjrthe iron and in'4SctKr"'haa rested nnon a po THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1920. Gox Calls Upon Root to Retract League Charges Democratic Nominee Denies He Demands Document "Just as Mr. v., Wilson Negotiated It." Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 20. Gov ernor Cox today sent a telegram to Elihu Root asking him to "cor rect" what the democratic candidate declared was a "false" statement In Mr. Root's address yesterday, re garding the governor's position upon the league of nations issue. The governor denied Mr. Root's state ment that he demands the league "just as Mr. Wilson negotiated it," and called upon Mr. Root for a re traction. Governor Cox restated his pro posal to accept any. reservations "helpful" to the league and contend ed therefore, that Mr. Root had i made a statement "which the rec j ords show is false." , The governor's telegram follows: "Elihu Root, New York City: I have before me, a quotation from your address on the league of nations delivered in New York City, Oct. 19, which reads: 'Mr. Cox declared that he will insist up on the treaty just as Mr. Wilson ne gotiated it' "I am addressing you most re spectfully with recognition of your integrity of purpose andvthe -signal service which you have rendered as a public man, mindful of the fact that you may have fallen into error through ignorance of the situation owning to your absence from the United States during part 7of the campaign. Statement Wrong. "Your statement, however, is not in keeping with the facts which vou are assumed to know by perusal of the daily papers. I have invariably stated in my addresses and re-state here, my whole-hearted . desire to make the United States a member of the league of nations and that, to secure that consummation of the pur pose of America when she .entered the war, I will accept reserVatidns that will .clarifyythat will be help ful, that will reassure the American people, and that as a matter of good faith; will clearly state to our. asso ciates in the league, that congress alone has the right to declare war, and that our constitution sets jtfp limits in legislation or treaty making beyond which we cannot go. I have stated further that I wilj accept res ervationsfrom any source which arc offered in sincerety and with a dc sire to be helpful. ? "I have also stated that if I am elected president my election can be construed only as a mandate of the American people; and that to secure ratification of treaty r-d the league I would sit down v,ih the members of the United States senate; I would confer with Mr. Wilson and with you, Mr. Root, as well as with Judge Taft and all others who have a sincere purpose and whose service in the past equips them especially as advisers in this work. " Takes Charitable View.- "You know and know full well that Senator Harding verv recently said, 'I am not interested in clari fication;1 I am interested in rejec tion. As I have stated at the begin ning, I am placing a charitable con struction upon your statement, that perhaps your partisanship has pre vented your reading my address and your prejudice has prevrnted you from realizing, the destructionist at titude of. your own candidate, but you t have made; a statement con cerning me which the "records show is false and I firmly but respect fully call upon you to correct this statement at once. "Mr. Root, you have arrived at honorable station in life. Many peo ple trust you; you have no rig.it to deceive them. They want the truth in this campaign. Your conscience will tell you that dutv to it -should f-be superior to duty to ycur'nar'fy klx (Signed) '-- "JAMES MCOX." Three Trainmen Killed In Crash at Roanoke, Va. " Roanoke, Va., Oct 20. Three trainmen were killed, five others in jured and five or six passengers shaken up in a head-on collision be tween two Norfolk & Western pas senger trains early today at Rural Retreat, Va., according to an official announcement at the railway head quarters here today. The trains met on a siding. ' ' $1 Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet Club Plan Starts Saturday at Uriion Out fitting Co. Women Who Have Longed to Own This Labor Sav- . ing Cabinet Now .. Have Oppor tunity, v Beautiful "Hoosier" Will Be Given Away Free Friday, Oct. 29. ' Hundreds of women in this vicinity will no doubt welcome this big Sale and Demonstration of Nationally Advertised Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets beginning next Saturday at the Union Outfit ting Company. It is sn opportunity for every woman to own one of these won derful cabinets by taking advan tage of the $1 Hoosier Club Plan during this Special Sale. More MIHII TTV VI I HVUICII J1UYV o joy the convenience of this cabi-1 netwmcn places everything at your finger's tip. It saves many step and makes your kitchen work s pleasure. .- The Union , Outfitting' Com pany, located outside of the high rent district, never considers" any transaction complete until the customer is thoroughly satisfied. Big Profit Made In Army Goods Sale Is Report War Department Admits h regularities Through Dis posal of Surplus : Stocks Purchased for A. E. F , Chlcaco Tribune-Omaha Bee leased Wire. Washington. Oct. 20. Admission was made by the War department to day that Some irregularities have oc curred through the sale byhe gov ernment of surplus property on hand at the close of the war. The admission was made in connection with a statement following disclos ures in New York that government profiteers were reaping harvests through army sales, particularly in clothing. , On the heels of the department's admission that there had been some irregularities due to the enormity of the business, came other charges that private dealers who had obtain ed vast supplies of army candy at the rate of o and 10 cents a pound, were reaping enormous profits through sale of the candy at 80 cents and $1 a pound. Profiteering in New York, it is declared, has been made possible to favor dealers, who purchased sur plus army stocks at ridiculously low figures and sell them at tremendous advances, the profits in some cases being reported as high as 1,000 per cent One case cited is that of a concern which purchased 300,000 raincoats from the government at 25 cents each and -resold them to a chain of raincoat stores at 10 times that amount or $2.50 each, thus mak ing a profit of $675,000 or 900 per cent on the investment. Another incident called to the War department's attention was the purchase by the same concern of 1, 000,000 yards of olive drab shirt ing at a loss to the government from 12 to 17 cents a yard, or from $120,- 000 to $170,000 on the lot. $2,000,000 Motion ' 1 Picture Corporation : To Open Offices Here Omaha is to. be , the -headquarters of a $2,000,000 motion, picture cor poration, with offices in the First National Bank building. Articles of incorporation fori the proposed concern, were (filed with the secretary of state Tuesday by the Hostettler Amusement company. The Hostettler Am"sement com pany has been in operation for six years, owning and controling a chain of l7- motion picture houses in Lincoln, Hastings, Norfolk, Neb., and Sioux City, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown and Clinton, la. The nartnerchin roncicfinor of . jonn jc. nosteiuer, president; James O. Hostettler, vice president; and Elmer J. Sich as secretary-treasurer, became too large to operate on a partnership basis. ' The articles of incorporation ask for corporate power to issue and sell $250,000 in common stock, most of which will be sold to those al ready interested financially in the company, according to John Hostet tler. Repatriated- Russian Kiddies in Finland Riga, Oct. 20. (By The Associ ated Press.) Preliminary,, arrange ments have been" made for the re turn to Russia of the 781 Russian children who were taken from Vladi vostok by the American Rett Cross and brought to Europe by way of the Panama canal, according to Col. E. W. Ryan of the American Red Cross, who has just1 returned to this city from Helsingfors,. ' :'. The steamer bringing, the children to Europe arrivedra-Finnishfort on Qcfober 13 and" the childrtrfare ; now begji". housed at Hallil6fi'ear -Viborg. ". Fifty of the little Russians are ready for repatriation and will he taken across the frontier at Terijoki as soon ..as the bolsheviki send a commission to receive them. Others will be taken to the frontier as soon as soviet agents give proof that they have located the children's relatives, who will receive them. . A floating dry dock, designed for handling seaplanes, has been pat ented in England. : . Haas Brothers SAop5rHlmp Feature for Thursday, October 21 - x This vast assortment of skirts is without question the most won derful selection ever shown by us. I Each and every one is of Haas Brothers standard quality. Doors Open tt 9 A. M. . " NONE SOLD TO DEALERS Rights reserved to limit quantity. HaasBroihe 2d Floor Brown Block ' Tak Elovator Two-Bit Haircut and 10-Cent Shave Appear . Again in Los Angeles Los 'Angeles. Oct 20. The L25-cent hair cut has reappeared iicrc. It had been absent for some time, while those costing 35 and 50 cents took its place. Itajeappearance was noted only in a few of those shops which had bee charging higher prices, but, there it was predicted it soon would become general again. With it reappeared the 15-cent shave. League Question Forced on People, Hitclicock Says Republicans Compelled Issue Into Campaign for Lack of More Genuine Subject, . .... Nebraskan Declares. - New York, Oct. 20. Senator Gil bert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska, who represented the administration in urging ratification of the treaty of Versailles on the floor of the sen ate, discussed the league of nations before' the Cox-Roosevelt campaign committee of Columbia university. Addressing a large audience in the college gymnasium, he said that the league became the issue of the pres ent campaign because the republi cans forced it on 'the public for lack pf a more genuine subject of party disagreement. "The dinner pail," he said, "has never been so full as it is now, nor the commercial business of the coun try so. prosperous as it has been for several years past." This, he said, eliminated former issues of the "full dinner pail" and the tariff. "Republicans, knowing these is sues are dead, had to put them in cold"6torage," he declared. The league of nations, Senator Hitchcock asserted, is nothing more than a promise among nations to do things which conduce to peace rath er than to war. "There is no such thing as la na tion being out-vote,d in .the league," he declared. "Its fine features will do away with secret treaties and gradually accomplish the disarma ment of the world." J- , i He denied that articler 10 would obligate Americans to fight at the bidding of other nations, saying that the article "actually originated in this country at the time the Monroe doctrine was drafted." ADVERTISEMENT DIAMOND DYES" Any Woman can Dye now Each package ot "Diamond Dyes" contains directions so simple that any woman can diamond-dye any old, faded garments, draperies, cov erings, everything,, whether wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goodsa new, rich, fadeless color. Buy, "Diamond Dyes no other kind then" perfect results are guar anteed even if you have never dyed before. Druggist will show you Diamond Dyes Lolor Lard. K Marvelous Sale of Skirts . .., . . including hundreds of Bockbans finest all-wool plaid. Mallinson's navy vbfue and ; new fall Whippoorwiir silk. ' Previously these skirts have sold for $20 to $25 Thursday, your choice, at , . '$ rs 16th and Douglas Sts. - ' to 24 Floor. . j , LodgeJ)cclares V tWilson Autocrat In League Talk Republican Leader Ini Fight On Pact Likens Action. of President to Those of , Third Napoleon. . Newark, N. J... Oct 2Q -Senator Henrv Cabot Lodzc." Massachusetts. addressing a , mass meeting here last rnight. attacked Wilson , as, an autocrat, declaring his acts are muse vk a iiiiiu iiavjyuii. . ' 'fr. Wilson has throughout his administration steadily sought to usurp the functions of the legislative branch" the senator said. i. "He tiied to make a governmen: .of one man. ine country is conscwus vi nun at tempt and intends, to bring it to an end. . . "We are familiar with one example of his autocratic rule. Under , the constitution the president has the THONPSON-BELDEN & COMPANY ; V ' , i '. ,1 ' . ''. . ' fi'i'i A 5 " ' ' "- -'''i '' ''!' 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Jt wsl impossible for Mr. Wilson to secure a league of nations without the con- , sent of the 'senate "His plan was . T T "... J ' - I , cimrtifl. ne arnica ia coiiuci kiiv nf the league by attaching it to tne treaty. ; senator Jougc auatucu iuc mem ods of the president in conducting negotiations with foreign countries through his personal sgents, saying: "He sent men like John Lind and Tr.ii.-. n-i,.-,r! 1fat tn Mexico. al' tVlllldlll wajnu v ' . though he had ambassadors, appoint ed by himself. In. Europe W$. am bassadors played a srery small part , in negotiations betwen our coilfitry and the countries to wKVlr they were accredited. He negotiated through his " personal ' agents like ' Housej ' j Creel, Herron and some other, This . is the method of the autocrat" "Let me sav -when I 'refer to the views of Mr. Wilson I refer to those ' of Mr. Cox," said the senator; "and it saves time -not to have to say it ; every time. Cox is heir to the Vl son policies.' i - i -. " - ' ; ' ' JVn English, scientist has brought'' r a eVctrical orocess for cost ing iron or steel with lead. " " inter&'OTn', ., . v , r Third . Floor. M i