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2 A THE OMAHA. bUMJAY. Afiiili . l'J-. Iroquois Will : Give Testimony s Cll ror oiuiman Six Indiansof1 Famous Five IVatiouailst Vill. Go to othattfto'AttackFifiV m t uuaracifr. By MARGERY REX. 5T lnttrnatloaal Nawi (ferric. ?&'v Yorjc, April 2. From the Uit of the Sky-blue Water have eoie six "witnesses" to testify ngjkist the character of; the wife of a Wall street banker. Six "witnesses" front the tribe of the'Five Nation 1" .Five Nations," as the far-famed IrAfluois tribe is known, once held 11; America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in a state of terror. Simple days in America, years of pioneers, of wars and explorations, of i rail-blazing and nation-building. Bo the redman paid court to the palttfacr. Races and tribes inter married.:. French and English beat hack t!ie sons of the arrow-makers on to reservations. Gitche Manitoti, the mighty, has given way to the white man s God and'-some of his lesser gods. ' Afd the Mighty in this day and in ousi city have given way to the Flighty hence the Stillnian case. The Stillraan Case. Jtt his desire to free himself from lriaitial bonds, James H. Stillman, president of the National City bank, has-openly accused his wife, "Fifi" Potter Stillman, of taking an Indian lover and has charged her son, Guy, witfj, illegitimacy. Th bear out his charges the banker is -said to have brought from the r.orjh woods a half dozen Indians, whpare expected to swear away his wife's honor. 'flic legal battle; ill be a fierce one on.4oth sides. 'r . (Syrdibilitiy of' witnesses will be questioned, and every effort will be made by counsel for both plaintiff r.npdefendant to discredit testimony. Imposing lists of legal talent will be srrayed on each side in the Still matt right. The bknker-millionaire will not r.eeji to spare expenses to defend hinuelf and to blacken the character of the woman who bears his name. yhat of the credibility of the half brcd witnesses brought to New York City from the wilds at the banker's expense? "Jftoquois." Delancey Nicoll, one of vthe Ranker's advisers, describes thejn. .... Whether or not the lawyer was I leased to be facetious, is not known ThjjS -.question of the- Indian witness es ii an interesting one, in any case. i The "Fiva Nations.- le Iroquois,,-6r -the. "Five Na tion!," made up of ; the . Mohawk, Onerda, Onondaaf Cayuga and Sen ccaribes, once roamed about North America, bold igaraqertji-sterroriz-ing-6ther tribes : arid races. f I '.$Ve of the Jong Jiouse' and "real pece," are translations of Indian phrases that, expressed , tjie tribe's opinion of itself. Known as a haugh ty v-and impcfiousijeople, the Iro nuc?is, when they "lyled another na tion settled all, domestic difficulties and Jvere anxious to have a, state of tranquillity maintained. Tliey also prescribed the future conduct of warring - families within tribes, according to Pafkman, the historian. jt '. , Iroquois language is rich' in beau tiful., rn.etaphor and their lora abdltnds in "delicate allusions," ac cording to the said authority. After the coming, into the tribe of theTuscarora nation the Iroquois ve called by some the "Six Na tion"?," but the earlier name is bct-Iter'-known. That the mixed descendants of the rlice mighty tribe have lessened in it rocity is evident when they can he cca)eed to come to so-called civiliza ticta to testify against a white "wo mi's character." cf Nothing Unusual. In the thickets and lie meadow Pip4 the bluebird, th Owalsaa And James H. Stillman, metropol itan banker, will seek to prove that hiswife, in company; with Fred Ecauvais. guide of the wilds, found thei bluebird of happiness in those woq4s where hide the heron, the wild-goose and the loon. cleared tho tangled pathway for her .I'.ant '! the- awlmmlng- branches Sophisticated residents of the north, where Mrs. Stillman passed periods of rest' and recreation, de clare there is nothing unusual about a woman accepting the company and protection of a guide through the fastnesses of their forests. All the traveling Wftidn ' went with them O th meadow, . through the forta' 1lt what story, will the pro-Still-mafe witnesses relate, what opinions v. ilf )hose simple and perhaps, therefore- unduly suspicious halfbreeds tell? . , v Here and there in the song of tifujly expressed. 'I,: Hate Is Shadow. Jfom tha ky tha un benignant Looked upon them tUrougli the . i- ' branches, . SartW to them, 'O my children. ILovfe Is aunshlne, hat la ahadow. I.ifar'Ja checkered ahade and aunahlne; , But; by love. O Hiawatha!" - While Mrs. Stillman was seeking rest in the quiet places, Stillman,"it is alleged, sought "love" in the cities. And; he set about by legal means to freel-ljimself while still living, in an other home than the usual Stillman residence, under the name of "Frank lytfLeeds." '. PaySJs restlesa. night la quiet. Man Imperious, woman feeblt. ;- Will Mrs. Stillrnan be teebie .a figjltjng money and power? Can thx descendants of -imperious savages swear away her-right to her good nam and her child's right to inherit millions from the banker? Among the '. superstitious and quest customs of Hhe -Iroquois tribe is llje "False-face", ceremony. The legend goes that-6nce 'an .Indian braVe approached a' gr'eai giant who hadhis stronghold iri a great .stone cave. So terrible was the giant that none, might look noon him. For self- protection the youth fashioned a mask, wearing which he might approach therhuge terror. "Falce-face" dances . areSa part of the Indian ceremonials of Shis tribe. But many descendants of ndians" haj-e taken on our mors ' sophisticated code, and discarded superstitions., Beam-vi- the "guide, - denies' the charges;- ff e'foilows our ideal of de- Noted Pianist At Free i . i . i . . - t a h- V H -f 'Z 7 1 ' -I-,i-Vj, A"' ' - Xi i- f it a Vhm v - v Miss Eleanor Shaw of New York, who will play at a concert at the Fontenelle on Tuesday evening, when the Duo Art piano will be exhibited. The concert is to be free. ' The Drift of the Week While Europe continues to grope and fumble amid its problems there has been little or no disturbing news in the United States this week. It is as if America had been vaccinated during the war against most of the political and economic diseases that now beset foreign lands. In Great Britain the return of the coal mines to private operation resulted in a wage cut and the declaration of a national strike. What the miners seek is a system of pooling produc tion costs and profits of all the mines or the shutdown of the least efficient and the employment of their workers in the better properties in hope of making wage decreases un necessary. The railroad and trans port workers may join the strike, which would then involve 3,000,000 men. Things are working out better in the United States, and the threat of a railway strike here appears tJ be growing remote. Ef forts to suspend working agreements have been balked bv the government. and President Harding has decided to present the problems to congress. He called the chairman of the In terstate Commerce commission and of the railway labor board to the White House to discuss rates and wages. It is said that the president believes it unwarranted to make labor bear all the burden of retrench ment and looks toward a reduction in the salaries of railway executives and the cost of steel, coal and other supplis as well as wages in the final adjustment. The conferences of Rene Viviani in Washington have revealed noth ing except his resemblance to a huge interrogation point. The pub lic impression is that this French statesman, while he mav hoDc for much, would go home satisfied with out indorsement of the league of na tions if he could only be assured of the moral s',)port of America for the allies m whatever they might undertake. America's most direct connection with Europe now is the United States troops on the Rhine. When communist dis turbances spread to their zone tt was necessary for them to mix in what may yet be a German civil fending women. He would protect Mrs. Stillman. In that decision, whether guilty or not, he is to be commended. At least, he realizes that the mother of children should be protected if not only for-her own sake, then out of consideration to ward her innocent children, who are unable to ward off disaster. The divorce suits of the banker and his wife together make one of the most startling stories of many 3-ears. Accustations, attempts to hold love, both bv Mrs. Stillman and "Mrs. Leeds;" the lie lived by "Leeds," the appealing innocence of caDy uuy they make an ever spreading quadrangle of entangled love and passions. Even after Mrs. Stillman sus pected her husband's attentions to Mrs. Leeds" she tried to win" back his love; was willing to forgive him. She desired to save him from him self, it is said. But Stillman was infuriated at her plan for so doing, and he would like now to prove that his repudiated wife then sought consolation with Beauvais in. the north wood?. Did Mrs. Stillman thus seek for gettulness. or did she secretlv hun ger to win back the husband who forsook here? As unto the how the cord is t 90 UntO thM tfen tm tw!!5 S"na" ,,lm obeys him; Though she draws hlni. yet she foiiov L Walesa each without the other! U. S. Foreign Policy - Is Clearly Outlined (Coatiiiaed From rag One.) a time because of fear that it might encourage Germany to further resist anc of her treaty requirements. In view of the plainly expressed atti-tude-of the administration in this re spect, however, this objection is no longer regarded as valid. The text of the note to the German f overnment was not made public, t sets for the the views advanced by high administration officials yester day. It was sent to American Com missioner Dressel at Berlin in re sponse to informal requests from the German government for a definition of the adminitration's attitude. Mr. Dressel is asked to deliver it to the German foreign ' minister at once. Copies of the note also have been sent to Play Concert Here war, and it is cabfed that they "made short work of a communist nest at Wirgcs." German author ities released the two American de tectives who shot a woman iu, their pursuit of Bergdoll' but the" surren der of this slacker has not yet been agreed upon. Comic relief was introduced by the advent of Charles of Austria, dis guised as a tourist, to Hungary. His expectation that the people would rise in his support was proved but an illusion, and nowhere in Europe was this Hapsburg attempt to re gain his throne approved. Reunion of Hungary with Austria is feared by the other eastern coun tries, and blockades by the allies and the little entente would follow any success. New. efforts to bring Ireland and Britain to agreement are attempted as the warfare there continues. Aus tralia and New Zealand are said to have protested Lloyd George's declaration that the approaching-imperial conference would not -discuss the Irish situation, and perhaps hope to pacify Ireland by making it a do minion. The report of the unofficial American commission on conditions in Ireland was outspoken in criticism of English methods and is bound to raise a storm; Fourteen hundred Irish boys and girls, it is reported, arc to sail for this country soon. An event at home not to be un derestimated was the women's mass meeting held in Washington Easter Sunday, which requested the presi dent to call an international confer ence oh disarmament. v In North Dakota the opponents of the Nonpartisan league have decided on a recall election, thus using a weapon put in their hands by the league, just as they have also blocked other extreme measures by use of the initiative and referendum. All this orderly progress recalls the query of a European peasant recent ly quoted in the pressr "Things must be better in the United States; you haven't this fighting there, have you?" v Meanwhile Greek meets Turk and the rule of force is the sole reliance of the old countries. to the various allied governments. M. Viviani, envoy extraordinary of the French government, now in this country sounding the attitude of the United States on international ques tions, is said to be pleased at the policy declared in the note to Ger many, although he had hoped to per suade the American government to ratify the Versailles treaty proper and to discuss associations of nations to preserve peace later.; f'.. ' Would Scrape League. Armed with full authority as spokesman for France, he had gone so far as to propose scrapping the league, of nations entirely if the United States would consent to sign the treaty proper and participate in the enforcement of its terms. Fiance, it is declared, will adopt any suggestions that President Hard ing has to offer with reference to the league of nations. . The French ardently desire the United States to become a member of some sort of international association to preserve the peace of the world. They would prefer that the structure of the pres ent, league be preserved, partly be cause the league covenant isVso in terwoven with the provisions of the treaty of Versailles, but they would be willing to eliminate from that structure all that is unacceptable to the American people. Indications are not lacking that the French would be willing to di vorce the covenant -from the treaty, it by so doing the ratification Of the peace terms proper by the United States could be procured. . What France desires above all things is the association of the United States with the Enropean allies in enforc ing the terms of peace. - Unless a revision of the treaty satisfactory to the United States can be effected President Harding will ue confronted with the problem of re-establishing peace with Germany by other means. It has been sug gested that the senate might ratify the Versailles treaty with reserva tions of non-acceptance or specified provisions. The alternative would be the negotiations of a separate peace with Germany. An inventor has mounted an ehc tric lamp on the spout and a battery on the handle of an oil can for engineers. Back-to-tlie-Laml HI a. Cl 1 - iMQvemeiu owns y In Western States Reductions in Pay and Loss of " Jobs Given "as Cause U. P. Renews 'Home Seekers' Rates. A big movement back to the land is developing in the west. With the reduction in wages in the cities and the loss of jobs in the factories and in trades, thousands are turning to the land and the landward movement which was curtailed by the war is again getting under way. Govern ment land offices and the agricultural departments of the western railroads are receiving many inquiries concern ing Loth free land and low-priced land available for farming and stock raising. . For the first time in five years the Union Pacific railroad has placed in effect special "home seek ers' " rates to Utah, Idaho. Oregon, Washington and the Pacific north west. Not Crop Land. Although there arc 200,000,000 acres of free government land in the United States, the day of the fee homesteads for farming has passed. "The first fact, therefore, which should be made clear to the land seeker is that, for the most part, the areas of public lands available on which he can make an entry are substantially and essentially a graz ing proposition, and not crop land in the ordinary sense," is a printed answer which the government land offices are distributing in answer to inquiries. "The greater portion of the 200 ,000,000 acres of unreserved public lands that remained on July 1, 1920, is either rough foothills and moun tainous lands, or level valley lands in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and southern California, which are too dry to mature crops by any dry farming method yet discovered." . With all the free farming lands gone, the land-seekers are turning to that portion of the country where good farming land can still be had at nominal prices. "There are still, nevertheless, op portunities of securinghigh-class, ir rigable lands under" government projects, or Carey act projects or under various private irrigation projects having land for sale," say the government instructions. About one-third of the inquiries for cheap, or public, lands are coming from ex-soldiers, the officials find. Gaining Momentum. The other two-thirdi of the inJ quiries come from farmers and small-town men scattered over the country, with now and then a city man who has decided to get out on a farm. Between 2 and 5 per cent are from women. "The movement to the farm is gaining momentum every day," says R. A. Smith of Omaha, head farm er of Union Pacific. "Not for five or six years has the landward movement reached the proportions it has reached this spring. The land between the Mis sissippi and the Rocky mountains is no longer cheap. It's the country between the Rockies and the Cas cades that is today attracting the homesecker." According to the government in structions to homeseekers, "the western states have been literally combed for years for a good piece of level land situated where thers was sufficient rainfall to make a suitable homestead." Three Filley Men Arrested On Charge of Selling Liquor Beatrice, Neb., April 2. (Special Telegram.) Sheriff Schick arrested Ed Protsman, Otis Wright and J. A. Jensen of Filley on a charge of selling liquor to Joe Ryba, a farmer. The sheriff alleges that a fight oc curred during the visit of the men to the Ryba farm when a sum of money belonging to the farmer dis appeared. A fourth man is being sought and" other charges will be filed, it is said. The sheriff con fiscated a jug of whisky. Revival of Building is Being Planned in Wahoo Wahoo. Neb., April 2. (Special.) Prospects of a renewal of building operations arc getting better, dealers say. They say that while there :,rc no definite projects in sight, several farmers who were planning on build ing when the slump in business and decline in grain prices came last fall, have begun to. figure again and that as soon as they get their crops planted they, plan on going ahead with the delayed projects. Little Interest in Wahoo Municipal Campaign Wahoo. Neb ipril 2. (Special.) Oscar Haiisoi. will be the next mayor of Wahoo, having been the unanimou. choice of the citizens' caucus. He is president of the First National bank and has taken an active part in civic affairs for many years. He has no opposition. Jamc3 Kudrna and Miss Anna -Hull were nominated for clerk and treasurer. They have no opposition. Photograph Galleries at Wahoo and Osceola Sold Wahoo, Neb., April 2. (Special.) D. F. Wagner sold his photograph gallery to Ralph M. Welch ot Lin coln and moved his family to Os ceola, where he has purchased the Clark studio. Mr. Clark retired tftcr having taken the photographs of Polk county citizens for over 30 years. i Evangelistic Meeting May Bring Church to Chappell Chappell, Neb., April 2. (Spe cial.) Evangelistic meeting in the Christian church here tuder the leadership of Ernest House, have added materially to the member ship. An effort is being made to establish a permanent church with a resident pastor. Beatrice White Elephant Sale is Huge Success Beatrice, Neb., April 2. (Special.) The Red Cross White Elephant sale which was held here this week, was a big success and netted the so ciety approximately $1,000. Nearly $300 ws raised at a dance given through the sale of article, sand wiches, etc. Artificial Lashes Latest Aid to Vamps (.'blear Tribune-Omaha Be I.aaaed Wire. - Chicago, April 2. When a fair young thing looks at you through her long curling lashes do not, fall for.it until you investigate. The long curling eyelashes may not be hers except by right of purchase. . Artificial eyelashes have arrived and are the latest trick to be used by the fair sex to agitate the cardia cal region' of susceptible males. Orig inally they were intended for stage beauties who1 could not get just the desired effect by cooking up a little shoe blacking in a frying pan and "beading" their lashes. The effect waV too frequently gro tesque, so the artificial eyelash came into being and othver than stage beau ties arc taking to them with great uvidity. They fill a long-felt want on the part of the girl who, despite hourly applications of vaseline, could not force her cyclasihcs to grow in to a veil. A substantial crate for shipping live animals by express can be folded to half its height i'or handling when empty. A Spring Sale of Silks Quite a number of unusually good values in the most fashionable weaves and desirable colors. All of the usual Thompson-Beldeu standard of quality. Pure dye taffeta (36 inch) colors and black, $2.75. Chiffon taffeta (36 inch) colors and black, $2.25. Crepe de chine (40 inch) in colors, $1.95. Heavy silk and wool Canton crepe, suitable for tailored dresses and suits (40 inches wide) colors and black, $4.95. Fancy silk taffetas (36 inch) $1.85. Heavy natural pongee (33 inch) 98c. All silk satin Princess (36 inch) colors, $2:25. Choice 36 inch black silks, the best qualities and weaves, taffetas, satins, heavy mesca lines, $1.95. Wash taffetas and wah satins (36 inch) ivory, flesh color, pink, $1.69. All wool plaids (54 inch) $2.95. New coating materials in the correct weights for fashionable capes and coats. A splendid selection at moderate prices. (The prices are low, the qualities dependable Glove of French Suede Soft, pliable and smoothly fitted French suede gloves in eight and twelve-button lengths will be worn on many occasions. In brown, beaver or gray, $6.75 and $9 a pair. ; Neckeries" That Are New A strip of lace on a coat lapel is most "becoming, and we have them shaped to fit the collar. And a vest in either a suit or frock adds a spring like touch if it is fashioned of net and lace or sheer batiste. North Aile Main Floor Artist of Frisco Paints Portrait Of Gen. Pershing Life Sire Likeness Will Hang in Legion of Honor Palace to Be Erected in San Francisco Park. . Washington, April 2. Arthur Ca pill, San Francisco artist, has just completed here, a life size portrait of Gen. John J.- Pershing which will hang in the Legion of Ho r pala to be erected in Lincoln Tark. Sa ) Francisco. The portrait was painted tinder commission from Mr. and Mrs, Adolph Spreckels of San Fran cisco, who gave $1,000,0'" for the memorial buildii.g which will he a d plicate of the Legion of Honor palace in Paris. The site was do nated by the municipality. In addition to thc portrait cf the commander in chfcf of the American expeditionary forces, the bnildir.g Small Furs for Tailored Wear Among the several requisites to a pleasing tailored costume the fur choker or scarf is of great importance.' You may choose, with be comingness in view, between soft gray squirrel, stone marten, sable, fitch and mole scarfs, many of them surpris ingly inexpensive. There are delightful little Stone Marten chokers for $37.50 The Fur Shop Third Floor The Vogue in Hosiery Pure , thread silk-to-the-top hosiery with double soles., and garter tops. Fashionable shades of polo gray, silver, cordo van, taupe, navy, bronze, black and white. Exquisite lace hosiery in white, black, brown, navy and gray. Chiffon hosiery in cordo van, black and gray. Handkerchiefs in Keeping With spring finery will have the owner's initial hand-embroidered in one corner, 85c. Or they may be of fine linen, unadorned, and just 50c each. . North AUIe Main Floor I , . when completed will haye war pic ture collections given by Pu'lgui'H and France and a large number cf canvasses depicting activities of the American armies in France in addi tion to portraits of all the allied leaders. Mr. Capill lias been working on Pershing nortrait here for about tv. months. In a letter to the painter General Pershing expressed his pleasure at what he termed "a splen did likeness." Beatrice Grocery Store Robbed by Home Talent Beatrice, Neb., April 2.-M Special Telegram.) The grocery store of F. A. Clausscn in West Beatrice was burglarized last night. Only a small amount of loot was ob tained. Entrance was gained through a side door. The police have ob tained a clue which indicates it is the work of local talent. New Hamburg Minister Hamburg, la., April 2. (Special.) Ihe Baptist church of this place issued a call to Rev. Elmer Kirk patrick of Tarkio. Mo., and he has accepted. Rev. Mr. Kirkpatrick and family will move to Hamburg May 1. Suits for Each Type of Femininity The mandarin flared coat for a slender fig ure, the bloused coat, redingote, box coat and severe tailleur for eveiy other, assure the seek- after distinction a becoming selection. Perfection oj detail, fabric and tailoring is present in every Thompson-Belden suit Displays that Reflect the Popularity of Ginghams New plaids, attractive stripes and all plain shades in a great variety of colors, the best of domestic and foreign makes. D. & J. Ander son's Scotch zephyrs, Lorraine and Glenkirk 32 inch zephyrs, A. F. C, Toil du Nord, Bates, M. F. C, Red Seal and Utility (27 inch). 25c, 30c, 40c, 75c and $1.25 Wash Fabric Section Second Floor Handsome For a Season of Elaboration 1 Graceful crepe de chine frocks will have lace flounces and bands, silk braid on . coarse net in gray, navy, tangerine or black, and need little else in the way of ornament. For summer lingerie frocks we have embroi deries of every sort in col ors or white. Wide flouncings and narrow collar ruff lings. ' . - . And to mention briefly the interesting things the Our trimming 1 ornamentation touchings for Anti-Red Forces Fail To Seize Vladivostok Tokio. April 2. (By The - Asso ciated Press.) Attempts by anti bolshevik elements to gain control of the city of Vladivostok have re sulted in failure, according to offi cial advices received here. The lighting began in the city yesterday morning, but had not proceeded long before officials of the Japanese garrison ordered the Belligerents to cease firing and disarm. This order was obcyrd, and dispatches from Vladivostok state that at present the situation is not considered seri ous. The incident was the outgrowth of an intrigue of the anti-socialists to siizc the city, with the help of the remnants of the forces formerly commanded by General Kappcll, anti-bolshevik leader in Siberia, it is said in special dispatches to this city. The authorities, however, had been informed of the conspiracy and took precautions against a serious uprising. The best salesmen Bee Want Ads. Trimmings trimming section affords: Embroidered vesting in . Oriental colorings, medal lions and bandings in many shades, and Ice of every description, Filet, Valenciennes, - Venetian and others. Center AUle Maia Floor section suggests for new and re older garments r ; :