THE BEE: OMAHA WEDNESDAY. APRIL' 13. 1921.
Harding Speech -Is
Masterpiece. -Solons
Assert
;i; v :
Nebraska Delegatioa Pleased
Over Clcan-Cui Standi Taken
On League,' s Domestic ;
Policies and Economy.
By E. C. SNYDER..
Wathtngtoa Correnpondent, Omaha Bee.
Washington, D. C, April 12,
(Special Telegram.) For its human
touch, its spirit of good will and
utility; for its unusual common sense.
vithout a straining, after rhetoric,'
and its clarity, the tnessage of resi
dent Harding wilt rank among the
ablest state papers of the last quar
ter of a century, according to scores
of senators and representatives who
hud the keen satisfaction of hearing
the chief executive at the joint ses
sion of the senate and. house today.
Very .'frequently during the ad
dress to the congress, the members
of the two houses and the crowded
gsleries rose to him with salvos of
applause, the women in the galleries,
and they numbered five to one of
the men, leading in the hand-clapping
and the cheering, as the president,
in his wonderfully sympathetic
voice, gave expression to some big,
upstanding thought, and told his au
ditors what was expected from the
people's representatives in helping
. to solve world problems. Among his
strong utterances that received most
applause were:
More Business in Government.
"I hate said to the people we mean
to have less of government in busi
ness and more business in govern
ment. It is well to have it understood
that business has a right to pursue
its normal, legitimate ana rignteous
way unimpeded and it ought to have
bo call to meet government com
petition where all risk is borne, by
the public treasury.
' "The public which pays is the
public to be served and simple jus
tice is the right and will continue
to be the right of all the people. It ;s
not necessary to say to congress,
but I have thought this to be a bene-
uiliiiK occasion 10 give nuutc, mat
the- United States means to establish
and maintain a great merchant ma
rine." ' . ' . ,. '
The greatest applause and the
longest lived came when the .presi
dent gave utterance to his position
on the league of nations in these
w6rds:
"In the existing league of nations,
world-governing with . its super
powers, this republic wiil have no
part."
All Doubts Removed.
It was the one big moment in the
hour it took to deliver the message.
All doubts and uncertainties were
removed in a twinkling and the coun
try knew that so far as America is
concerned the league was dead.
Senator Norris was greatly pleased
with the homelinets of the message
and its sincere ring: ' He said:
"It was a splendid message, partic
ularly with refergnce to the league
of nations. It showc that the presi
dent has come over to the position
fatten hv the irreeoncilables on that
question.1 His recommendations for
economy in the administration were
admirable and I appreciate what he
said about the desirability of peace
resolutions. I am in .hearty accord
with him,"
Congressman Jefferis said: . "I
liked the message immensely. It
covered the ground. ... It was touched
with a spirit of fairness and toler
ance and was a clarion call to con
gress and the people to get together '
and solve the problems growing out
. and following the war.
Congressman SReavis: "I approve
entirely the domestic policies out-'
lined by the president in his mes
sage and I believe legislation cover
ing the principles-suggested by him,
in conjunction with a' self-reliant
people, meeting 'individual problems
in the good old-fashioned way, .will
stabilize conditions in America.
"The president owed a' manifest
duty to the world to definitely and
' courageously announce America's
position with reference to the league
of nations. I am in hearty accord
vith the stand, he took and I think
he is entitled to the respect and es
teem of the world for his courageous
pronouncement."
In commentingi on' the president's
message,' Representative M. O. Mc
Laughlin said: . ,-.,'..
i"The feeble criticism that has
been directed at the president be
cause of his alleged uncertain stand
on the league of nations was satis
factory answered in the clear, con
cise and definite language of his
message when he said he stood for
a separate peace and that the United
States should have nothing to do
with the league of nations as pro
posed in the treaty..
Result of Deep Study. -
"It was couched in the words of a
constructive statesman asking for
prompt action in congress for the
relief of our country. The presi
dent's urgent recommendations for
economy in all government depart
ments and his constructive sugges
tions for legislation ta relieve ihe
(depressed condition of business and
particularly his policy to encourage
agriculture, shows the result of deep
and practical study of economic
conditions growing out of the war.
With the president-and congress in
full agreement the country can
consistently take courage."
So much of svital moment was
crowded into the day's happenings
that the Nebraska delegation was
unable to meet at 3 as they had
intended, but will meet tomorrow
morning at 10 to renew the read
ing of endorsements, of candidates
for the several federal jobs. Some of
the members are receiving telegrams
asking the delegation to get. busy
and do something and yet the same
Benders of telegrams would protest
in no uncertain manner if their rec
ommendations had been ignored.
"Every man has a.right to his day
in court,' is the motto of the dele
gation and they are living up to it
religiously. ' , ,. f
Senator Norris, who was unable to
meet the delegation at 3 because of
the debate on the Colombian treaty,
said that he would orobably address
the senatt during the continuance of
the debate on certain features ol the
treat. - "
Senator Hitchcock introduced to
day a bill appropriating $300,000 for
United States mint at Omaha, a
1 it. . t -(
Commerce ad the citizens ar -vit
French1 Legionaire
To Speak in Omaha
"Lest We Forget."
Under this title Maj. Zinovi Pcch
koff.of the French Foreign Legion
will speak before the Omaha Con
cord club in the Rome hotel at noon
on Thursday, April 28.
' Major Fechkoff is in America oy
courtesy of the French foreign, office
at the invitation of the American
committee for devastated France.
.He is one. of the romantic figures
of the world, born in Russia, edu
cated iii France, toured the world in
two years when but 19 and served
four vcars on both eastern and west
ern fronts during the world war. He
has been decorated 10 times. He is
but 37. .
Final Rejection of
League Covenant Is
Asked by President
(Continued From Taje One.) '
members of the foreign relations
committee to the White House in
the forenoon and read that part of
his message relating to the peace
program. These republican , sena
tors, the majority of whom are ir
reeoncilables. expressed their . ap
proval- of -the peace -program after
he had explainedxhis motives in in
eluding a proposal for partial rati
fication of the treaty. .
They gained the irnpression that'
the president had been persuaded by
Secretary of State " Hughes and
Secretary of Commerce Hoover to
include the treaty ratification propo
sition and that he possessed no il
lusions as to the practicability of
the plan. Indications are not want
ing that the proposal is-not unre
lated to pending controversies with
the allies, notably that pertaining
to Yap and other mandates. If
the allies should refuse to concede
the rights of the United States in
ttia fr-ir('rrltmA .arr.A.ia. if 4Vi
central empires, even the adminis- J
tration would find, difficulty in
justifying ratification -of ' any part
of the Versailles treaty. If-the allies
-1 1 1 " . . . . - . i
snouia yiem xo. Airie.ncan conten
tions in this controversy;' conditions
would be more favorable to the par
tial acceptance of the treaty prow
posed by the president. ,
Cullison and Stevens Are
Guests of Kiwanis Club
"There never was a' time when
things looked so hopeful for the
young man as they do today," said
Judge George W. Cullison of the
district court, a guest of, the Council
Bluffs Krwanis club at the weekly
luncheon yesterday noon., The
judge was commenting on the youth
of a majority of the club members.
"In my time we had our enjoy
ments, but they were of another
charaottr than what we have today.
success beckons to the young man
of today and if he has the ability
to grasp the opportunity that pre
sents itself, everything is within, his
grasp." v
Judge T. S. Stevens of the Iowa
suprerrtei court bench also, was a
guest of the Kiwanians yesterday
and made an entertaining extempor
aneous talk along humorous lines.
Truck Driver Saves Life,
Of Baby by Quick Action
Pedestrians at Pearl street and
Broadway, Council Bluffs, were
thrilled. yesterday noon by the. nar
row escape of a young baby, which
toddled into the street in the path
of an approaching automobile, driven
by Frank. Neil, employe of the Bus-
Fey r frellows Clearing works, 303
West Broadway.
The machine was only three yards
away and picked up speed after
passing the intersection when the
child ran in front of it. Neil mado
the brakes shriek with a jeck on the"
emergency lever and the rear of the
machine rose from the ground with
the shock of the sudden stop.
The front, fender just touched the
baby, who was seized an instant
later by her mother and carried to
the sidewalk.
Many
Bluffs Rotarians i
Will Attend Convention
More than a score of members of
the" Council Bluffs Rotary club will
leave this, evening for Dubuque, la.,
ti attend the convention of the Six
teenth district of, Rotary , They will
travel in a special train with Ro-
t-irfen from Nebraska, : South Da
kota 'and Iowa,' leaving the Bluffs
Illinois Central railroad station at
19:15." They will: return Saturday.
J. Chris Jensen, Edwin R. Jack
son,. J. Carl Pryor and Bert Clark
will be the official delegates from
"Bluffs club to the convention.
William Coppock of Council Bluffs
is governor of this Rotarian district.
He and the Rev. J. R Perkins, pas
tor of the First Congregational
church, will deliver addresses at a
sanquet to be held. ;
Judge Orders Vagrants
To Find Jobs for Selves
14 ??cft two P-olic?m.ei an hour to
arrest 50 men for vagrancy along
Douglas street Monday afternoon.
This morning in Central police
court it took Judge Foster 30 min
utes to get rid of them by ordering
them to go to work.
'a i
Headaches from Slight Colds
GROVE'S Laxatlre BROMO QUININE
Tblct relieve the Heedache by curinc
the Cold. A tonlo laxative and gerro de-
,t.ror- JT1,erenu,n .h9ars th elirnetur
f K W. Grove. -; 'Be sure you cat
BROXO. 10c ir.
an Plans to
Send a Special
Envoy to America
Would Discuss Every Question
From 'Pacific Problem to-
Armaments Official An-
- - f .- -
nouncement Soon.
Tokio, April 12. (By., the -Associated
Press.) Plans for sending to
Washington a distiagu'isbecV 'Japan
ese, who would take up the entire
range of the so-called Pacific prob
lems, including mandates,' California.
China, Siberia, immigration ' and
armaments, are understood to be in
tne process ot iormuiauoa oy-w.
Japanese government. '
Official announcement of-the tn
iention of this cduntry to send such
a delegate, who would act in a ca
pacity similar to that of. Former
Premier Viviani of France; who is
at present in the United States has
not as yet been made but it is: said
that. the subject is receiving serious
attention. ? ' j )
Crystallizes Sentiment.1::
The note from Charles E.1 Hughes,
American secretary of state, to the
allies, declaring that America' does
not abandon her rights in the peace
settlement, especially concerning
German overseas possessions, not
only created a profound impression
:n Japan, but has served, in addition,
o crystallize the conviction that the
lime has arrived to bring about a
solution of all problems involving
Japan and America before the' rela
tions of those countries reach a
critical stage.
Japanese foreign office authorities
confine themselves to a statement to
The Associated Press that the
Hughes note is "so important that
it is receiving the most serious con
sideration from the Japanese govern
ment,' which is anxious to do every
each
Jap
Victor Talking Machine Co.,Camden,N.J.
thing possible to establish friendly
co-operation with the new adminis
'.ration in Washington."
It is learned from other influential
sources that the opinion prevails
among prominent Japanese that the
general situation has gone so far
that it requires heroic treatment to
prevent the two nations from further
Lifting apart.' .
, Miy ncmoaci i-oucici.
; 'lt , is., understood an- influential
group is insisting that Japanese for
eign policies be remodelled with the
particular view to -securing a settle
ment of Pacific problems and a gen
eral understanding, permanent in na
ture, with America. The basis of
this understanding would be friendly
co-operation.
Attainment, of tin's program may
involve a change in the Japanese
ministry. Maj. Gen. Giiuchi Tanaka.
minister of war. has already placed
his resignation in the hands of Pre
mier Hara.
-It is apparent the political situa
tion in Japan is complicated by dif
ferences over purely internal ques
tions, including the one relative to
the bethrothal of the crown prince,
which seems not to have been settled
in some important aspects. How
ever, relations with America, Japan
ese high officials openly declare,
"must be improved."
Will Force Action. .
Leading newspapers, in their com?
ment on the Hughes note, declare it
is liable to place Japan in an em
barrassing position, as the allies may
find difficulty in supporting Japan's
claims in the face of insistence upon
American demands from Washing
ton. The Yomi-Uri Shimbun expresses
the opinion that the question of man
dates is "certain to cause an increase
of excitement, both in Japan and in
America, until it becomes a 'matter
of more intense interest than either
the California or Shantung prob
lems. - - ' .
"It may," the newspaper con
tinues, "force America and Japan to
take blind action." "J
A detonating cap for blasting in
which no mercury .is used has been
invented in Sweden. :
A
mm
K T -1
- Does some new artist whose name you have never heard
" . suddenly capture the attention of the musical world? The
Victrola gives you the opportunity to hear the artist, in most
cases before you have the chance to attend an actual per
formance. Does some new opera have its premiere, or is
. some older opera revived? You. hear its choicest arias on
the Victrola by the same principals who triumphed in its
performance
' Whatever is new and good in musical entertainment is
duplicated on the Victrola. From the old masterpieces to
. . the latest hits of musical comedy, the Victrola and Victor
Records offer you the world's best.
Victrolas $25 to $1500. New Victor Records demon
strated at all dealers in Victor products on the 1st of
month.
nea. o. s. at. err.
Peggy Hopkins' Romance
Takes "Stillman" 'Route
Multimillionaire Lumber King
Accuses Ex-Follies Girl of
Ulterior Motives in
Marriage.
Chicago, April 12. 'James Stanley
Joyce, multi-millionaire lumber king
has come to the end of his romance
with "Peggy Hopkins," former Fol
lies girl whom he married at Miami,
Fla., January 12, l920; and he wants
back his freedom and the fortune he
gave her in money and jewels and
property.
Through attorneys Alfred S. Aus
trian and Frank P. Leffingwell he
fifed suit in the supreme court Mon
day to annul his marriage to the
much-married Peggy. And in the
suit he names numerous co-respondents,
socially -prominent in Amer- -ica
and Europe.
. Peggy, who has been the wife of
two other multi-millionaires, a
dancer, a singer, a movie star, an
artist's model, and a dress model, js
charged with marrying Joyce for his
money,, and with being the wife of
Philbrick Hopkins at the time she
married Joyce. . . . ,
- Couple Toured Europe. .
They went to - Europe on tlicir
honeymoon, the Chicago lumber
king, and the movie queen. The
bridegroom, returned alone and in
serted . notices, in the New York
papers that he would not be 're
sponsible for his wife's debts.
The honeymoon tour covered most
of Europe, and divers places in Eu
rope are mentioned in the bill. .
Among the. co-respondents are
"one Barton French" Henri Letel
lier, former owner of the Journal of
Paris; '"one Maurice, whose first
name is to your orators unknown;"
"one E, James." ' Evans Spalding,
"and diverse other persons." -A
Peggy is 27' years -'. old, but has
7:
events
'J
HB
" "si .v .V
been getting married since she was
17. She is slight, decidedly blonde,
has blue-gray eyes and is bewitch
ingly pretty.
She was Miss Marguerite Upton of
Norfolk, Va., when she' ran away
with Everett Archer of, Denver,
Colo. It was to Eclair they eloped,
and they wore married for six
months. Thus millionaire husband
No. 1. "
Millionaire husband No. 2 was
Fliilhrick Hopkins, jr., of Washing
ton, D. C, lawyer and representative
of most of the big oil and mining in
terests of Mexico. He had already
MASTEPS VOICE :
1
' Bo.u..r.orr.
This trademark and the trademarked
word"Wctrola"identify all our products.
Look under the lidl Look on the labell
Victor TalkingMachine Qx, Camden, N.J.
had matrimonial experience, having
married Miss Margaret Maurcy ot
Baltimore and having it annulled.
Peggy was 19 then and thought she
could be happy with Hopkins' mil
lions. She eloprd with him. But in
March, 1915, she ran away to New
York to earn hr living on the stage.
Was "Off" Millionaires.
She explained at length that
millionaires were horrid things, all
wrapped up in coupons and bonds
and mergers and business ' of all
kinds.
Oh, if she could get all the young
girls together, poor things, and tell
them what a tragedy it was to marry
a millionaire not to the millionaire,
but to his wife I
And then she married Joyce but
with one interlude, it appears, in the
matter of husbands.
As Joyce tells the story in the bill,
Peggy was the wife of Philbrick
Hopkins when he (Joyce) met her.
Joyce was known to be a millionaire.
Peggy "had no means and' was com
pelled to engage in the business of
play acting to obtain a livelihood."
Met in 1919.
It was in May, 1919, that the two
met. She knew then or learned
shortly afterwards that he was rich,
the bill sets up, and it is charged
Thompson ,ddcn & Co,
" New Summer Organdy
and Gingham Dresses
Several Corbeau organdie's arrived
the other day pleasing additions to
our already delightful showing of
gingham frocks for street wear,
hand-drawn , voiles, handkerchief
- linens and organdies f6r afternoon.
May We Show You the New
Fashions in Wash, Frocks
Remarkable-
Hat
Presenting, a large
special , purchase of
new -hia-ta, sailors,
pokes, mushrooms,
turbans'and tricornes .
in ' clever combina
tions of '. straw and
: fabric. . Many: hats
taken from in? regu
lar : s to c k are in
cluded. ,
Many a r e .flower-:
trimmed, others ostrich-trimmed
; the
colors are black,
brown,' navy, gray,
red, and China blue.
Wednesday for $,
The Omaha Bee
that she then induced PI)ifrlck Hop.
kins, her husband, to bring suit for
divorce against her in Texas.
It is charged that even before the
decree was entrcd on record in the
Texas courts Peggy represented that
cVi tiaH rfivnrreH nnnt r1rni? T'hilhrifk
"and suggested" that she and Joyce
be married immediately.
The bill charges . that the ,Tcxa
divorce is fraudulent.
Clipper Cuts Off Braid of
Another Little Omaha Girl
Despite diligent search' ordered by
Chief Eberstein'two weeks ago, the
"clipper" is still at work in Omaha.
The "clipper" . preys on young
girls, sneaking up behind them and
snippirig'off their braids of luxuriant
hair ' " ;
The latest victim bf the "clipper"
is Doris, 13, daughter of Charles F.
Haverstock. 5163 Capitol avenue..
While she was walking at Fif
teenth and Dodge Streets Monday
afternoon 'the "clipper"' srteaked up
behind her and snipped off eight
inches of her hair braid. ' ' '
The man fled west on Dodge. He
was about 30, medium size, 'and
dressed in brown, she told the po
lice. '
Two Dollar
Sate
'
O'CLOCK
EDITION
Carries the 'World's Up-to-the
Minute Telegraph
News as well as Late Day
. News of Doings in and
about Omaha.
Serve Yourself With
the Very Latest News -Every
Night in the
5 o'Clocik
Omaha Bee
1
I
I