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l'HE.BEE: OMAHA? SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1920. Albania Elected ( . league Member By Assembly Difference Between Commis ion and Council Over Man- dates May Be Settled ' X ' Soon. ' Geneva, Dec. 17. (By The As sociated PressJ Albania -was elect ed a member of the league of na tions by the assembly this morning. Immediately after the opening. of today's session, Lord Robert Cecil, although appointed to make a re ' port on the admission of Albania to , the league, declared he disagreed with the report of the committee, which was adverse to according Al bania membership. He asked the assembly to elect Albania a mem ber. Differences between the council cf the league of nations and the as sembly regarding mandates were be fore the assembly when it met here today. After a long debate during yesterday's session, regarding the report of the mandates commission . complaining of the council's refusal to submit a draft of the mandates . for Syria, Mesopotamia and Pales tine, except under certain conditions,' the matter was left over for settle- silent today! if possible Bitterly Scored Council i . The-original Report of the man dates commission was a sharp ar raignment of the council, bat the language used was considerably softened 1y the full commission following the debate on the floor of the assembly. The council declined to submit (traits of the mandates except oh a promise by the com mission that no reference to the provisions .of the mandates would be made in the report of the as sembly, , , if ! J Disposal of this question, action on two more applications for member: ship and decision j relative to - the league budget were all that remained today to be disposed of during this i session of the assembly. Hope was f expressed this morn'ng that this work might be finished today so thai ) tomorrow s nnal session might be devoted to the ceremonies of closing. N The action of the committee in recommending the rejection of the 1.' -i . e r . . applications 01 Baltic states ana Georgia WuS due largely to Ameri can influence. The committee had before it document containing thi note sent on August 10 to the Ital ian: ambassador by Bainbridge Colby, American secretary of state, who stated the United States' policy - was that decision should be held in abeyance concerning territories carved out of the former Russian empirer v; : - - N. W. Rowell of Canada also pleaded Albania's case and he, with Lord Robert Cecil, for the first time found support from pother 'delega tions of the British esrtpure on Vcon- tested question. Ukraine Refused Place. Pelegate Jnman of India dwell; upon the excellent impression the ad- , mission of Albania would make upon Mohammedans throughout tfye world. Rene Viviani of France and Signor Schantzer of Italy rallied o the support of the Cecil proposition These factors broke down all oppo sition and Albania was elected unani mously. The applications of Azerbaijan, the Ukrame and Lichtestein, the little Tyrolean principality, for member ship in the league were rejected. . Power Company Rate Hearing Adjourned ' v (Continued From lage One.) mony having been that, in his judg ment, the Nebraska Power Co. is entitled to a depreciation reserve of 5 per cent a year, on the depreciable . ' property. . ; "It is impossible to determine just what a fair depreciation r,ate should be," Mr. Henderson said. "But the. New York, public utilities commis sion and various other commissions have accepted 5 per cent and I have referred to various court decisions in which this rate has been .rec ognized. The best minds of the . country seem to focus on 5 per cent" Y Efficiency Maintained. Mr. Henderson stated that the plant has been maintained to 100 per cent efficiency and he elaborated on the thought that the "art" of pro ducing electrical energy is, still in an experimental stage: that the per ' cent of electrical energy now obtained-from coal used is comparatively small to that which engineers ex pect will be attained as the industry progresses. , .. One of the exhibits offered by the " company yesterday afternoon show ed that the prospective costs of fuel, labor and taxes in 1921, based on operating conditions for that year, will be $2,070,000; and applying 1920 prices to next year's operating con ditions, the total is given as $1,894. 000; applying 1915 prices, $1,046,000 Using 1915 as a coal basis, the fol lowing annual increases over that year in fuel expense were offered to the council for consideration: 1916, ' $45,000; 1917, $124,000; 1918, $265, 000; 1919, $355,000; 1920, $517,000. fi. Profits Decrease. Vhe company also stated thai the excess of increase in operating ex penses over increase in gross earn ings, ; for September, October and November of this year, was $45,947. Applving the proposed new sched- ule of rates to the company's busi ness of 1919, an exhibit shows that ' the additional revenue would have been $692,840 for that year and a ' larger amount would have been real ized this year. ... , At the conclusion of the hearing yesterday afternoon Commissioner Ure asked the company to present to the council a list of the stockholders, statement of capitalization author ized and issued: statement of the transfer of the plant to the present company, monthly statements for re- y cnt years, copies of articles of in? corporation and mortgages. t Death Calls Chief Justice ' , i Of Wyoming Supreme Court ' Cheyenne, Dec. 17. Cyrus Beard, chief justice of the WVojriog sa ' preme court, died at 8:45 clock to : - nighv He was sick but three days, ; but has been in poor health for sev- eral years. He was 70 years old and t has been -on the supreme court bench for 16 yeys. He was re-elected last Movembc for a term of eight years. Bryan Meets With President-Elect t Former Democratic Secretary of State Gives Ideas On Peace to Harding. Marion, O., Dec. ", 17. William Jennings Bryan, former secretary of s.ite under President Wilson and for many years an earnest advocate of world peace, was called into con sultation today by President-elect Harding regarding the plan for an association of nations. The first former official of the democratic administration to be summoned to the republican presidential-elect's council table here, Mr. Bryan brought a fund of special knowledge by virtue of his exper iences in negotiating more than a score of arbitration treaties while he was head of the Department of State. It was understood that these treaties constituted one of the prin cipal subjects of Mr. Harding's in quiries. f A-proposal that nations bind them selves not to go to war except by vote of the people has been another of Mr. Bryan's suggestions as a basis for a world-league and it is known that Mr. Harding has con sidered it in his conference here. Arriving here late in the forenoon, Mr. Bryan had most of the re mainder of the day set aside Jot him on Mr. Harding's appqintment schedule. Tonight the two will sptak from the same nlatform at a Presbyterian church rally here, j Liberals Planning . For Tight in Senate J i (Continued From rasa One.) warned that it was to be taken up by the senate." 1 4 ) No Definite Action - No definite action was taken bv the conference, but it was agreed that later meetings would be held at which plans for bringing about a better co-ordination of the liberal forces of the country with their rep resentatives in the house and senate would be formulated. As ipon as anything of concrete character has been , agreed upon by the confer ence, announcement will be made in due course, together with -the names of those present. . When the senate fight to overturn passage of the Poindexter bill would be made, had hot been determined tonight. Senator La Follette, who is pre pared with the backing of the rail road and other labor influences, to make a vigorous fight, -with the aid of Senator Johnson, republican of California, and others, were studying senate procedure precedents, in view of important parliamentary questions involved. Some thought that the controversy might be reached to morrow, but others believed that it w.ould go over until next week at least. , Geneva High School to v Stage "The Gypsy Rover" Geneva. Neb., Dec. 17. (Special.) "The Gypsy Rover,," ah operetta, will be given at the city auditorium btxthe high school under direction of Miss Elizabeth Hamaan. The cast is made up "entirely of pupils of the high school. ' ' Joint Committee To Confer on Farm Relief Measures Emergency Progiam of Tariff Legislation Planned to Meet Falling Pripes on Agri-culturalProducts. Washington, Dec. J7. Leaders of Liquor Probe at Ord Gets R&iilts Nine Men Arrested for Drunk enness Change Pleas To Guilty. Ord, Neb.. Dec. 17. (Special Tel egram.) "Doc" Thompson, one i the witnesses in the booze inquiry, which oponed here Thursday, testi fied that in two years he has had .. r , ...... uui one arinK oi inioxicaung liquor, me senate nnance ana mc nousc ad thathe has not sold, bartered or ways and means committees will bought in that period of time, any meet in joint conference today intoxicating liquor. A year ago the to formulate an emergency program prohibition officers raided his home .-a tn , i M and confiscated 40 gallons of liquor, of tariff legislation to act as an em- Ust fal, Thompi0 was pi&ted bargo and give relief to the farmers in 8ening nqaor.and the probability from the decline in prices. ' js very strong that County Attorney Decision-! to hold the conference Hardinbrook will file charges of pei- was .reached late today by republican :ury aKainst Thompson. members ot the committees who. Clarence Gano and eight others. : agrccu inai spceuy acuon was nccrs-1 who were arraigned Monday on in sary. They determined also to make toxication charges and who p;eaded the program non-political if the not gujity changed their pleas be mmority members would co-operate. fore the county judge and ano wa Primary consideration will be fined 100 and costs and tne other given on the program to import l!ight defendents were fined $10. duties on wheat and wool, the pro- Qano pa;d h;s fjne ducers of which Chairman Fordney ) Xhe sentence 0f the others was of the ways and means committee suspended until such time as may be said were now - practically broke ;necessary for the law to be invoked as the result of falling prices. The . atrainst thera aBai IudKe Gund. portion ot the program relating to -dsen orom:sed the voung men Cole and Grammer Placed in Death CeD (Continued From Fat Ona.) to the mode of procedure when a man held for murder pleads guilty. Governor McKelvie's death order is in the form of a reprieve until Monday. Even though Cole should be successful in his appeal to the supreme court it is stated authori tatively that Grammer will be exe cuted Monday. ' If Cole and Grammer are executed, they will be the first to be electro cuted in Nebraska. Hanging, as the death penalty for murder, was abolished by law a num ber of years ago. It has been more than three years since Cole and A -' Grammer were first sentenced to bi electrocuted for the murder of Gram1 roer's mother-in-law, Mrs. Vogt. They' have obtained more than' a dozen reprieves through court ac tion. Warden W. T. Fenton of the state penitentiary does not care to elec trocute the men. For that reasou the state has nt o Boston for Currier, who was here t,ome time ago, but a last minute re- grieve necessitated him retuining to oston without electrocuting tht men. - f john Hulburt, txecutioner at the New York penhentiary in Auburn has been here twice to electrocute Cole ajid Grammer, but, like Cur rier, was compelled to return both times without doing the work. Before leaving Lincoln the last me Hulburt unnounced he would not come to Nebraska again to ex ecute either Cole or Grimmer. Fields Found Guilty 'of Causing Girl's Death ' (Continued From Put On.) tenced. The penalty is one to 10 years in the penitentiary. County Attorney ShotwelPs only comment was, "It is a just verdict." C. A. Ready, stepfather of Ruth Ayer, immediately telegraphed the verdict to his wife, the mother of Ruth. "My wife has. been in poor health since this thing "happened," he said, "and I believe this will cheer her up a lot." Mrs. Minnie Deyo. ,?04 North Sixty-fourth street, at whose home the illegal operation is alleged to have been performed .and Francis W. Alexander, sweetheart of Ruth Ayer. also are under indictment in connection with, her death. Fields was arrested August 11. and bound over to the district court. The operation for which t he was prosecuted was performed, it is al leged, the evening of August 3. Ruth Ayer died the evening of Au gust 8 at the home of Mrs. Deyo. Dr. Fields notified an undertaker, -but did hot notify the coroner, he admitted. An old church in a Michigan citj has been remodeled into ten living apartments, each having two rooms and a bath. the tariff was declared, however, to be more comprehensive and to in elude consideration of protective levies on scores of other commodi- the maximum penalty if they were brought into court again. This of fense is the second in a week Their evies on scores or oiner commooi- chard aea;.t these men. Vl:vr0SA,D ' :L0IJ n:,fTArerC.t names are Harold Tedro. George t.u ?t I K 4. -a . j M lligan, John Milligan, fat Pard of the Underwood tariff act was i de- nu s Kimberl yj Fred Ragan, AbS Clnt f br1,r ?r,?T t ah; tin, and C. E Gano. Qne of the forces m the house Jh . . . t bootiegging was fiS'ftJrtS, wfcF "2C rmif continued9 an5 seven Guesses were fied itself todav itfio a compact 4 Lew Spencer was cited by body, which its Ieaders"aeclared v.lle. f contempt M court for lUZ - SISTaISZ 1 "ot PPring on theP witness stand ft,Li.!:!pu&n -!l-diSwhen called. He testified that a few weeks ago he had obtained moon shine liquor from the negroes con nected with the paving gang here He said the stuff looked likewater, but it made a felliw feel differently than drinking water.y v These negroes have been impli cated in a number of booze charges, and may be brought back to Ord for trial at a later date. The county attorney adjourned the inquiry at noon and will consider the evidence which has to far been taken. He expects to file 'several perjury charges and . some bootlegging com plaints as a result df the investiga tion. - ' , U.S. Consuming Too Much Liquor, Church Men Say Washington, Dec. 17. The coun try is consuming too much liquor, the board of temperance, prohibition. Washington. Dec. 17. After hear-'and nublic morals of the Methodist- ing charges of ill-treatment and im ' Episcopal church announced. The proper housing of disabled ex-sol-1 board will fight next year because diers, 10,000 of whom were reported j 28,220.909 gallons consumed in 1920 to be suffering in state hospitals andts too much, although the board ad poorhouses, the house committee on limits -that it is some drop from the- public buildings voted to report fav- i6U,740,UUUgalIons consumed in 1VJ. i. t 1. - .in .1 j l , TM 1 1 . - M 1 . .n cratic members vfrom agricultutftl districts began consideration oi a definite policy for dealing with pend ing relief legislation and a report i will be prepared b a special com- imittee for presentation to the full conference next Monday. ' While these two movemenfsdeal ing with farmer and business relief legislation were in progress, the house banking and currency commit tee voted to report favorably the senate resolutiotfdirecting revival of the war inancci corporation to as sist in financing the exportation of agricultural and other products. Bill to Lease Hospital For DisabledSoIdiers Favored by Commtitee orably the bill authorizing the gov ernment to lease a proposed ?o,000, 000 hospital. to be erected in New York city by the state government. Under the bill the government would pay the state n annual rental of 10 .per cent a year on the cost of construction. Estimates were submitted showing' that the annual rental' would total 'the actual cost of $3,000,000. in the -10-year lease period specified in the bill. The board wants a new law to keep Americans out of the liquor business in foreign countries where the Unit ed States' has extra territorial rights. " 1 i Ilet-Grand Turkish Baths. ' lth and Howard Sts., sew manasemoBt. Concannfcn Bros Adv. , Last Day of the V Junior Shop Sale of Boys' Clothes !2 Off On AH j Boys' 2 Pant Suib l' Juvenile Suits Boys' Overcoats; Boys' Mackinaws . s ; Biggest assortment in the city. Styles "and sizes for every age boy 2 to 18 years. If you are not prepared Saturday to buy, we have a lay away department and we wilPhold any garment for you at the one'-balf off price. . j $10.00 to $30.00 Boys1 Suits and Overcoats ' Now $5.00 to $15-00 EXTRA Those beautiful velvet cor duroy knlckerbocker pants. $3.50. Qualities J ijyj Dark drab color. , . , . Sizes 7 to 17 years. EXTRA Child's macklnaw seta, con sisting of coat, cap and leg gins to match Jo nrg 17.50. values.... vOaO 1 ySlzea S to 8. Barker Clothes Shop" 2nd Floor Securities Bldg. 16th and Farnam.' Make Them AH Happy This Christmas The Folks at Home! yi-fm wtfatmncr a ouunv ba aa a aau The Highest Class Talking Machine in the World GRAND 375 Other Styles 73 to 1800 (HARFORD 1807jarnamSt. THOMPSON BtLDEN &CO: The True Christmas. Gift Isnot necessarily expensive, but is chosen with care. It may be something useful, but it will have personality.- A bit luxuri ous, perhaps, but of lasting value. Such gifts are easily possible here at Thompson Belden's. - These Attractive Gifts for Five Dollars or Less A Satin "Teddy" Plesh colored or white, with two groups of fine shirring and several rows of hemaHfcning to trim . the bodice, has ribbon, shoulder -straps and is priced just $5. For a Man a Belt and Buckle A good-looking initialed style may be had for $5. Men's Shop Main Floor A Muffler , . Of knitted silk, gray, black, black and red, black and green com binations, is $4.85. - Men's Shop Main Floor . A Silk Knit Tie Of fine purse silk in cross stripes, heather shades, biasstrioes and plain color, $4.95. . Men's Shop Main Floor A Man's Glove Of suede, buckskin or cape stock, priced $5 a pair. , Men's Shop Main Floor A Glove . "! i:-V Certificate Or a pair of single clasp Trefousse kid gloves in black, white, mode, gray, taupe, and pastel, for $4 or $4.75. Canteen Boxes : Smart' square and flat shapes in dull or shiny pin seal have vanity fit tings and are just $5. . Notions Main Floor A Silk Jersey Petticoat, -$5 Slipper Buckles - Delicrhtful desiirns in brilliants that are very effective on black satin or silver pumps are of fered for $5 a pair. V Shoes Main Floor Comfy Slippers , Of warm felt for men and of satin or felt for women come in all shades, very reasonably priced from $1.80 to $3.20 a pair. Shoe Main Floor A Knitted Set For a Baby A sacciue, a hood and a pair of bootees, of pink and white or blue and white yarn. Warm, woolly little garments in a gift box for just $3.50. Infants' Wear 2d Floor Children's Gloves Of warm, heavy kid are to be had for $2.75 and $3.25 a pair. A Coquettish Fan for Dancing School Imagine the pride and joy that a small misst would find in' a real ostrich feather fan. "We Tiave pink, blue, black or white ones for little girls and for only $3.50, too. North Aisle Maia Floor' Six Initialed ' Kerchiefs in a Box And such fine hand worked initials with a bit of embroidery be neath. All on pure Irish linen, a half dozen for $3.60. North Aisle Mala Floor :l . Three In Box Fine Swiss embroidered aandkerchiefs, three for $2.25. . Fine silk Jersey skirts in splendid shades make most attractive gifts. We have a great many styles and colors at S5 and others for only $3.95. Apparel Third Floor ' Clocked Hose Fine black" silk hose with hand-embroidered clox' in black, $5 a pair. Center Aisle Mala Floor Plain Silk Hose v A beautiful aulity, silk' to the top, $4.25 a pair. Center Aisle Maia Floor Djer Kiss Sets Consisting of toilet water, powder and tal- cum, are a compliment I to feminine daintiness ' $3.25 a set. v Center Aisle Maia Floor "Vee-O-Lay" Fleur de Jasmin pow der, imnorted fram Vio letof Paris, is $4.50; a box. 4 Center Aisle Maia Floor. The Art Section , Offers So Many interesting cift . things that it is difficult to se lect any for individual mention. For instance, a squatty little incense burner of fine heavy brass is $3, a powder puff nested in a rose glass vase is $3.50, a slender, wrought iron candlestick with a graceful cup and three curved feet is priced $3. a painted newspaper rack for the breakfast i table is $2.50, and in numerable little novel ties for the home, the boudoir or the travel- , er's -bag are being shown.-v y ' t Second Floor Sale of Lace Hosiery $7 Qualities a Pair $8.50 and $9 Qualities $6 Pure thread silk to the top in black and white with most attractive lace pat terns. ' Double tops and 3oles assure the best of , service. .: Hosiery Section s Main Floor if. . - r" Jersey Silk Undergarments At Attractive Savings $3.50 Jersey Silk VeU, $2.95 Round neck and bodice top styles, either plain or lace-trimmed, j $5 Jersey Silk Bloomers, $3.59 Flesh color of a v fine quality. $4.65 Jersey Silk Camisoles, $3.59 Delightfully dainty with lace trimmings. Second Floor Saturday a Fine Sale of Children's Wear Reductions You Can Depend Upon New Gingham Dresses ; - Sizes 6-8-10-12 yeajjsl ' v Plain shades, plaids and stripes, all from our regu lar stock; most of the styles are long sleeves. $4.50 dresses, r $3.69 $8.00 dresses,' $5.98 $5.25 dresses, i $3.98 , $9.50 dresses, $7.49 $6.50 dresses, $4.49 - $11.50 dresses, $8.49 $14.25 dresses, $9.98 Every Winter Coat Sizes two to fourteen years. . The newest of styles and best materials in numerous colors. ; $20s00 coats, $11.50 $271 xoats, $16.50 $22.5Q coats, $13.75 . $37.50 "coats, $21.50 $24.50 coats, $14.00 $45.00 icoats, $26.00 $55.00 coats, $33.00 ; Children's Fur Sets Attractive furs in dark colors $11.50, $13.49. - $16.50 to $25 a set. , Pattern Lengths of Silks and Dress Goods A Special Sale Saturday These patterns are all from our regular stock of 1 desirable new materials of recognized quality. Patterns of the most choice weaves . in one to five-yard lengths. Saturday About Half Price ' Suitable for dresses, coats, blouses, skirts and suits.' FabrieSectioaa South Aula Mala Floor Linen Scari $2.25 each " Reduced from $3, $3.50 and $4 Scalloped and embroidered linen scarfs, attractive basket and daisy patterns. Three sizes 18x36. 13x45 and 18x54 inches. , . ' . ' . ' ' Liaea Section Sorosis Shoes $ 1 .45 a Pair Three hundred pairs of desirable styles in small sizes. All are button shoes with medium and low heels and round toes. Women whox wear small sizes will find this an exceptional opportunity. , f Sizes 21r3-31r4 No Exchanges No Refunds -- No Fittings . ''. , ' - ' ' ( ' J.. j ?iis.'at.'..''. : - f - k -- .