THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 13, 1921.
Mail Loot Used
By Priest tb Buy s
Food for Parish
Parishioners Making Deter
mined Effort to Raise $10,
000 Bail Admit Com
mitting Great Sin.
Chicago, May 17. A padlock
swings today from the front door of
the Church of the Assumption in
New Chicago, Ind.
New Chicago is seven miles from
' Gary and had its beginning four
years ago, when the demand. of the
war swept thousands into the niael
strom of the steel mills. In the last
year, however, man after man was
thrown out of work until the parish
of the Assumption learned the mtan-
mg of actual want.
Throughout the past year Father
Gorek preached hopeful sermons. He
went to the grocers and butchers and
pleaded for additional credit for his
flock. He strove by every means
to keep his parish together and his
parishioners faithful. Then came
the thing which appeared a miracle.
Father Gorek appeared at back
doors, and in addition to advice and
spiritual pleadings, he handed out
actual cash for the wants of the
needy parishoners. He told the peo
ple that their prayers had been
heard. ,
Then came the shock. The money
that Father Gorek had given was
part of the proceeds of a $1,000,000
mail robbery in Toledo, O. Father
Gorek admitted to government of
ficials that a former woman parish
oner had handed him for safe keep
' ing a package of bonds andthat he
had sold $1,000 worth.
Investiaation today showed that he
had actually used the $1,000 to al
leviate the sufferings of the poor.
Visits to scores of homes brought
forth the same story that the fam
ilies had kept body and soul to
gether by use of the money supplied
by Father Gorek.
' Investigation also showed that the
parishioners are making a deter-
: mined effort to raise the $10,000 bail
necessary to secure his freedom.
The priest was told today at the jail
of the efforts being made to free him.
"I do not deserve it," he said. "I
have failed them. There is no ex
cuse for me. I ' have committed a
great sin and it is fitting that I should
suffer for it."
Slave:
r Asks Third Time
For Pardon or Parole
Continued From Paso On.)
board of pardons and paroles. Neal
and Katleman are serving time for
complicity in theft of automobiles.
Their applications for parole were
turned down by the board, during'thc
winter. Today, when their appli
cations came uo. Gov. S. R. Mc-
Kelvie. chairman of the board, an
punced that he would listen to
aiiyont who had any protests to oi
f.i against the paroles of Neal and
Katleman.
No One Protests.
No one protested. The governor,
stated that all testimony in behalt
or the two young men had been re
ceived by the board at a prior hear
ing. John C, Wharton, former
Omaha postmaster, and C. C. Katle
man, Omaha attorney and brother
of the prisoner,, were at the hearing
ready to take, action necessary in de
fending any attack made on the ex
pected paroles.
The board r heard applications of
more than 30 prisoners for commuta
tions of sentence, pardons and pa
tyiIps. The crimes for which the ap
plicants had been convicted ranged
from murder to forging checks which
were never cashed. "
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.No action was taKen touay. hk
board will decide on applications at
an executive session to be held later.
The hearing was. held in the chapel
of the penitentiary.
Murderer Before Board.
. Rather than cast aspersion at the
"character of his -dead wife, Frank
O. Green, 36, confessed Omaha
murderer, declared today before the
pardon board he would prefer to
serve bis life sentence.
" .Green killed his .vife six , and a
half years ago.
He is seeking commutation of his
sentence.
Testimony of other witnesses at
the hearing this morning, revealed
that Green, who was night watch
man for the Omaha National bank,
went home one morning from work
and found the door locked.
He had heard .his wiie was untrue
to him and the next morning, under
the influence of liquor, he returned
and slashed his wife to death with a
pocketknjfe. .
Refuses to Talk.
Governor McKelvie asked him if
he had anything to say-etativc to his
wife's alleged infidelity.
"She's not .here to defend herself.''
Green replied. "I'd rather stay her?,
for life than say anything again;
her."
Green is a negro and was edu
cated only through the sixth grade.
Frank Boyd, vice president of the
Omaha National bank, appeared be
fore the pardon board asking clem
ency for Green.
Letters were recived by the board
ir? favor of Green from Calvin H.
Tavldr, Otis Allison and Howard
Loomis of the Omaha National
bank; George Magncy. attorney,
- ...i t Miintv attnrnev who
prosecuted, Green; Robert C.
Druesedow member of the last leg
islature, and Thomas Hollister and
Thomas Dysart, attorneys.
Seek Parole for Youth.
Henry C Muephy, attorney on th:
South Side, Omaha, appeared before
the board in behalf of Charles H.
Brown, 21. serving three to 15 years
for burglary in South Omaha, telling
the board how the youth's mother is
a washerwoman who does his fam
ily work and had begged him with
tears in her eyes to intercede for her
son. .
"Alfalfa John" Franklin, member
of the state legislature from Furnas
county, appeared in behalf of Claude
Leech, 19, serving one to 20 years
for forgery in Furnas county.
Belgian Miners Go Back.
Antwerp, May 17. The coal work
ers of Antwerp, who have been on
a strike fpr several days in sym
pathy with the striking British coal
miners, have resumed work.
Mrs. Bergdoll Given
Year and Day in Pen
Ik t ill
fell
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Krv. Emma, C Berrfdoll!
Philadelphia, May 17. Mrs.
Emma C. Bergdoll was today sen
tenced to one year and a day in the
Atlanta penitentiary for conspiracy
to aid her sons, Grover C, Bergdoll
and Erwin R. Bergdoll, to desert the
United atcs army, and was 'ned
a total of $7,000. Judge Dickiiison,
in imposing sentence, announced the
prison sentence would be remitted if
the fine is paid within the present
term of court ending June 13.
The same conditional sehtenci
was imposed on Charles A. Braun.
Mrs. ijergdoll's eldest son, who
changed his name because of the
notoriety caused by Grover's esca
pades and on James E. Romig, a
friend or the family.
Albert S. Mitchell, an automobile
salesman, and Harry S. Schuh, in
dicted for aiding Erwm R. Bergdoll
to desert the army, were each sen
tenced to six months in jail and
fined $1,000. Their sentences also
will be remitted if the fines arc
paid before the second Monday n
June.
Rail Board Decides
Wage Cut Justified
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ricrs and their employes, which
have been heretofore heard by the
board, to become effective July 1,
1921.
: . "That Monday June 6, 1921, be set
as the date when this board will
hear representatives . of the parties
to disputes filed since Ap'rjl 18, 1921,
or which may yet be filed and docket
ed prior to June 6, it being the pur
pose of the railroad labor board to
make its decision on ' the .disputes
heard June 6, 1921, effective July 1,
1921." '
Benefits Indefinite.
Washington, May 17. Announce
ment of the decision of the railroad
labor board to readjust downward
wages of employes of the carriers
was received with some reserve to
night by railroad executives here.
Because the percentage of de
crease have not been determined, the
executives gnerally regarded the an
nouncement as more or less indefi
nite. There was also some indication
of disappointment because the re
vision would not. becotne effective
until July 1.
II. E, Bryan, president of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
say :
"The statement is encouraging,
but the .benefits we will get from it
will depend, on the reduction.''
Revolt May Follow
If U. S. Frees Filipinos
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parents lose a . cnance to receive a
dowry if the schools awaken their
daughters ambition and cause them
to seek their own fortunes.
There is no public opinion here
and no national problems, as' the
people are not touched by civiliza
tion. They cannot read nor write
and there are no newspapers. The
people who do business with them
say they are of a higher type than
the natives in the lowlands. They
say the mountain people' are more
honest and dependable and the worn'
en are strictly virtuous, even those
who come from the1' poorest families?
Baguio is the capital of the moun
tain district here. There arc
churches missions, - a fine hotel,
cabarets, moving picture theaters at
which Charlie Chaplin is shown, ar
tistic cottages, roads like boulevards,
a country club,- and plenty of fine
things for the wondering savage to
see. But only a start has been made
in changing them into the self-reliant,
enlightened people which
America contemplated, and educators
here say it will take at least 25 years
of constant effort to bring this con
dition about. "
Prey For Politicians.
Two members of the territorial
legislature were appointed for this
district. One was a Manila man
who had never lived here and the
other was a farmer who could not
read or-write. The territory-is being
sliced away by other provinces and
is offering easy prey to the poli
ticans. Murders are said to be fre
quent and the Filipinos are not able
to bring the culprits to justice. The
tribesmen rule themselves in their
own way with supreme disregard for
both the Americans and Filipinos.
They are extremely friendly to the
Americans, however.
Some Filipino educators in the
province are dging splendid work,
the Americans say, while others who
are trying to teach English cannot
speak it.
The mission found the roads in
good condition. Wooden bridges
are being replaced by stone struc
tures. Land values in the Trinidad
valley have increased from 25 to 75
per cent
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Commercial Radio Plant
Being guilt Nehawka
Plattsmouth, Neb., May 17. (Spe
cial.) A large commercial radio
plant, equal in size to that On the
Gamer ranch at Cedar Creek from
which messages to Mars were at
tempted recently, is being erected at
Nehawka, and will be in charge of
Bernard Lundberg, a former service
man, who has had extensive radio
experience, bmaller plants are main
tained in
Cass county at Weeping j
Water and Union.
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Dentist Positive
Slacker's Lawyer
Died by Drowning
Committee Seeks to Clear Up
All Mystery Surrounding
Reported Disappearance of
Bergdoll'8 Attorney.
Washington. May 17. Dr. VVil-
liam H. T. Collins, a Philadelphia
dentist, told a house investigation
committee today that there was no
doubt that U. Clarence Uibboney
counsel for Grover Cleveland Berg
doll, Philadelphia draft evader, was
drowned in Mexico last December.
He said that after the body had been
shipped home he was called-in and
made certain of the identification
from a close study of the leeth.
The committee which is investigat
ing Bergdoll's escape sought to clear
up all doubt as to the death otf the
lawyer in view of the recent report
that Gjbboney was still alive.
Before going into this phase of the
inquiry' the committee examined
Maj. Edmund A. Buchanan, who
testified that the military intelligence
department got on the trail of Berg
doll immediately on receipt of word
that he had eluded his guards. .. The
witness-- contradicted th6 testimony
of Samuel T. Ansell, former acting
judge advocate general of the army
and counsel tor uergaou, tnai me
Ansell firm paid for posters offering
a reward for the capture of the
prisoner.
Man Arrested On
Statutory Charge
Unfortunate Girl Tells Police
That Father Deserted Her
In Trouble.
Fremont. Neb., May 17. (Special
Telegram.) Alleging that John Fox
24. i resoonsible 'for her condition
Josephine Doaks, 15, soon to be a
mother, tearfully related to the po
lice today that her father,' George
Ms. Doaks, has deserted her in her
troubles and refuses to give her any
aid or advice
Fox was arrested this morning at
Ainsworth, whither he had gone as
a -member of a carnival company
crew from Fremont. The police al
lege that he is an ex-convict and al
ready has served a term in the state
prison on charges ot a UKe.nature.
They have located his picture in the
local rogues' gallery.
The youthful victim stated that
fox rormeny roomeu ai mc liuim
home and said he forced his atten
tions upon her. According to the
girl, her father encouraged her to
marry Fox, but later she discovered
some capers in an old coat pocket
rfhat told of his past and she says
that she could not become his wire
under any circumstances.
Josephine's mother was recently
divorced by her husband, who alleged
that his wife was living with Jas
per Bailey, a former friend of the
family. It is alleged that, the for
mer Mrs. Doaks is now Mrs. Bailey.
Fox's mother refused to disclose
the whereabouts of .her ,. son to
Deputy Sheriff Winterstein and
claimed . that the charges were
fcroundless. Fox's stepfather, -how
ever, is alleged to have divulged his
stenson's connections with the show
located at Ainsworth. The officials
are bringing Fox back to Fremont
where he will face a statutory
charge.
Nonsupport Charged in
i Divorce Suit at Fremont
Fremont,' Neb.; May. 17. (Special
Telegram.) Wedded tor ,19 years,
Georgia Reed asked today for a di
vorce from Maurice Keed, alleg
ing that he has utterly failed to pro
vide for the welfare of the family.
The oldest child. Sunshine, 17, is
married. The youngest of the other
three is 10 months old.
The mother insists that her hus
band has neglected to give anything
toward the support of the family
despite his sufficient earning cipac
ity. She asks for the custody of
the children, absolute separation and'
permanent alimony. . '
Over 200 Boosters of Good
Roads Touring Nebraska
Norfolk, Neb. ,May 17. (bpecial
Telegram.) More than 200 good
road boosters, most of them from
Madison county, are touring Ne
braska with brass bands and ex
perts who are preaching the gospel
of better roads. Dr. George Condra
of Lincoln; Charles H. Stewart and
W. H. Blakeman delivered good
road speeches at Battle Creek, Til-
den, Oakdale, Neligh and Elgin to
day. " . f
The boosters spent the night in
Elgin, wheremotion pictures were
shown by Dr. Condra. Madison is
the night stop for Wednesday.
Girl Attempts Suicide
After Tiff With Lover
Norfolk. Neb., May 17. Special
Telegram.) Opal Wright, pretty
waitress, swallowed an ounce ot
poison because she wanted to die,
following a quarrel with her sweet
heart. Ray Mclntyre, motion pic
ture operator .in an adjoining room,
heard suspicious sounds and , broke
open the door of the girl's room. She
admited having drank the poison and
Mclntyre poured a tumbler of moon
shine whisky down her throat as
an emetic. Physicians in a local
hospital say she will recover.
Omahan Buys Interest in
. Bank at Plattsmouth, Neb.
Plattsmouth, Neb., May 17.-(Spe-dal
V G. M. McClcrkin of Omaha.
former officer of the First National
bank of that city, for the past four
vears national bank examiner for
this district, has purchased a sub
stantial interest in the Bank of Cass
coifnty, Plattsmouth's oldest finan
cial institution, and been named to
the vice presidency of the bank. Mr.
McClerkin will move his family here
from Omaha at an early date.
Attend Highway Banquet
Madison, Neb., May 17.(Spe-
cial.) A large delegation from the
Madison Community club attended
the annual meeting and banauet giv-
en by Albion to thr Upland High-
av association at Albion.
Effects of Prohibition
Shock House Committee
Extremes to Which Some
For Strong Drink Detailed Manufacturers
Protest Added Restrictions Proposed
By Volstead.
Washington, May 17. The ex
treilie9 to which snnif infii trn tr
satisfy the crav-insr for strong drink
J since the courrtrv went drv shocked
the house juditiary committee Mon
day at a hearing on the Volstead
bill to make the prohibition enforce
ment law more drastic.
Representatives of manufacturers
of flavoring extracts, patent medi
cines and perfumes, In protesting
against added restrictions which
they claimed would interfere seri
ously with their business, were out
spoken in opposition to medical beer
and the sale . of concoctions mas
querading as medicine but actually
used as beverages. The story of the
man who became drunk after drink
ing hair tonic, Jamaica ginger and
similar things crept in contiuually.
In a list of more than 100 prod
ucts, branded as "booze medicine"
some old bottles that had their place
on the shelves of country druggists
for more than half a century were
paraded in full view of the commit
tee and denounced by spokesmen
for proprietary medicine associa
tions, who declared they had begun
medicating alcohol used in al,l their
preparations long before the' eight
eenths, amendment swept out the
bars. x
Clashes Are Frequent.
There were frequent clashes. Nobody-
said a word in favor oi beer.
Patent medicine men told Mr. Vol
stead that so far as they were con
cerned he could go as far as he
liked with beer, but they did not
agree with his announcement that
he would fight to prevent the use
of wine as an alcoholic base for any
remedy.
Extract manufacturers were more
pronounced in their opposition to
the new tightening up measure, one
witness reminding the chairman
that his enforcement act had to be
in the house to give them a chance
to live. v
Charles ' D. Joyce, president of a
flavoring extract association, de
clared no man had ever been able to
Rank fiimrantee Fund !
Must Pay $1,000,000;
For . Bank Failures
Lincoln. Mav 17. (Special.)
More than $1,000,000 must be taken
from the state bankguarantee fund
to meet losses resulfmg from failure
of state banks in Nebraska recently.
Assessments will be made to make
up the hole in the fund occasioned
by the failure of these banks.. The
losses include:
A. Castetter Banking House,
Blair, $600,QOO.
Farmers state Bank, Uskosh,
$200,000.
Brown County bank, Long Pine,
$150,000.
State Bank of Ceresco, $100,000.
Farmers State bank, Hadar, $100,-
000.
Farmers State bank, Plcasauton,
$100,000.
Farmers State bank, AlIcn,SlW,-
000. . -
Farmers State bank, Belvidere,
$100,000.
Farmers State bank, Hoskins, $50.-
000.
Farmers and Merchants bank,
Verdon, $10,000.
Baccalaureate Sermon
The baccalaureate address -to the
graduating class of Ogallala High
school was given by Rev. Mr. Scott
of the M. b. church. ' special music
was given by the combined choirs of
the M. E. and Congregational
churches, assisted by Miss Alice
uirman, soloist.
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i
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A Few of Our Splendid Bargains in Used Machines :
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$75 Columbia Regal. $3830
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HOME OF THE 5TEINWAY PIANO.
Men Go To Satisfy Craving
drink lemon extract in sufficient
, quantities to make him drunk and
live.
"The only tnan who ever tried to
do it, to my knowledge," he said,
had to line his mouth and throat
with talcum powder before' taking
the first swallow. .
The witness was asked if he knew
anything of the practice of taking
the fire out ot extract through a
piece of bread, which soaked it up
like a sponge, but he never heard of
it. Nor had he ever heard of Ja
maica ginger drinking fiends," he
added.
"Well, I've seen droves of them,'
said Chairman Volstead.
Everybody wanted to get rid of the
medical bootlegger, some suggesting
tha) his products be taxed if he
could not be suppressed. Represent
ative Hill, republican, Maryland,
who has introduced a bill-' to repeal
the Volstead law, urged an amend
ment which would put prohibition
enforcement in the hands of the at
torney general. Asked if he thought
it would lead to more rigid enforce
ment, Mr. Hill replied he thougHt it
would.
, "Then if you are trying to repeal
the Volstead act, why so solicitous
about its enforcement?" asked Rep
resentative Tillman, democrat, Ar
kansas. "As long as we have the law it
ought to be enforced," he declared.
But when vou have a law that is
a national joke, because of nonen
forccment, it is calculated to bring
all laws in contempt."
While the Volstead law was being
shot at and defended, members of
the committee claimed it was not
near so drastic as Illinois and Maine
prohibition statutes.
Representative Hersey, republican,
Maine, referring to 60 years ot pro
hibition in his state, told how it had
worked.
"All I have to say about the Maine
prohibition law," replied Mr. Hill,
"was that my great uncle helped to
frame it and he died regretting it."
Wymore Lodge Takes Part in
Degree Work at Beatrice
! Wymore, Neb., May 17. (Spe-
i cial.) Thirty members of Wymore
lodge, No. 104, A. F. and A. M
motored to Beatrice to take part in
degree work which the Beatrice Aia-
sonic lodge put on with seven can
didates.
O. A. Andrews, deputy state cus
todian of Lincoln, was among the
visitors. Among the Wymore dele
gation were Charles Perie, master,
and C. P. Philbrick, the oldest Ma
son in this section m point of years
and membership.
Contraband Articles Are
Found in Convict Cells
Lincoln; May 17. (Special.)
Contrabd articles found .in con
vict cells on the night of the murder
of Guard R. L. Taylor at the state
oenitentiary follow:
One shot awl, one. iron ring, one
small bicvele wrench, one small
three-cornered file, one small three-
inch' screw driver, one watch fob
strap, one medium sized nail.
County Clerk Resigns
Pawnee City, Neb., May 17.
(Special.) County Clerk Harry
Scott has resigned, his position, to
take an appointment as assistant to
the state commissioner ot taxes.
Mr. Scott has been the clerk of this
county for several terms. Andy
Loch, who has been deputy clerk
for many years, has been appointed
to fill the vacancy.
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as $67.50
v $1.00 doTTii, $1.00 a ireek.
' Few Very Large Phono
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-x $1.00 down, $L0 a week.
Uew Flew Suit Case Mod els
at 330.00
Perkins, now .
Viotrola, now
...$62.00
... $85.00
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France Leads All
European Nations
For Size of Army
Poland, With 600,000 Men
Under Arms, Is Second, Ac
cording to British Statistics
Received in U. S,
Washington, May 17. France and
Poland leads, by large majorities, the
other continental nations of Europe
in military effectives now under
arms, according to British statistics
received here today in official circles.
I he table of the continental armies
is as follows:
Austria, 30,000.
Belgium,-105.000.
Bulgaria, 33,000.
Czecho-Slovakia, 147,000.
Denmark, 15,400.
Finland, 35,000.
France, 809,652.
Germany, 100,000.
Greece, 250,000.
Hungary, 35,000.
Italy, 300,000.
Netherlands. 21,400.
Norway, 15,400.
Poland, 600,000.
Portugal, 30,000.
Roumania, 160,000.
Spain. 190,715.
Sweden, 56,200.
Switzerland, 200,000.
Serb-Croat-Slovene. 200,000.
France controls approximately
two-thirds of the slightly more than
3,000,000 men reported under arms
today in Europe, it was pointed out,
by its understandings concluded with
Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland,
Roumania and Jugo-Slavia.
Staggering Auto Arouses
Suspicion; Liquor Found
Fremont, Neb., May 17. (Special
Telegram.) A staggering auto that
rambled through the streets of this
city, narrowly missing cars and ob
structions, awakened the suspicions
of police who later arrested Tames
J. Sullivan, Fred Mitchell, Mrs. Fred,
Mitchell and one other woman on
liquor charges.
When the joy riders debarked to
get something to eat, the police found
nearly two quarts of bonded liquor
in the machine. Mitchell paid a fine
of $100 and costs for the possession
of "booze" and Sullivan paid $10
and costs for intoxication.
Girl Who Couldn't Attend
v VJovie Attempts Suicide
Fremont, Neb., May 17. (Special
Telegram.) Heart-broken because
her mother would not allow her to
go to the movies with some girl
friends last evening, Eugenia Hester,
15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Hester, of Fremont, made an unsuc
cessful attempt at suicide- by swal
lowing a spoonful of poison. Her
act was not discovered until about
two hours later by her parents. She
was rushed to the hospital, where
emetics placed the girl out of dan
ger, although she is still very ill.
Farm Bureau Organization
Is Progressing Rapidly
Columbus, Neb., May .17. (Spe
cial.) Organization of the Platte
county township for farm bureau
work has progressed rapidly and
favorably, as reported by County
Agent R. E. Blackburn. Fully 500
persons have attended the township
meetings in spite of the busy season
and bad weather. ,
Washable
Gloves
Kayser w a sh a b 1 e silk
gauntlets in a two-toned
effect are $3.25 a pair.
White chamoisette gloves
with contrasting trim
mings are $2.
Vestings and
Collar Edgings
Lace, net and organdy
vestings in white or ecru,
promise dainty neckwear.
And for v o u nd neck
dresses 'we have net and
lace frills and collar
points.
North Aisle Main Floor
White and
Oyster White ,
Non-Shrink Linen
As the name indicates, it
has already been shrunk,
and the finish is a special
one which will not muss
or wrinkle. 30-inch linen
for $1.75 a yard.
Linen Main Floor
Narrow Belts of
Colored Leather
Narrow black , patent,
leather belts, or gray,
brown and black kid ones
are to be. found in the no
tion section.
Main Floor
R. W. Child Named
Ambassador To Italy
Washington, May 17. Richard
Washburn Child was nominated by
President Harding to be ambassador
to Italy.
At the same time the president sent
to the senate, the nomination of Dr,
Jacob Gould Schurman of New York,
tormer president of Cornell umver
sity, to be minister to China.
Army Promotions Are
Urged By Secretary
Washington, May 17. Secretary
Weeks today recommended to
President Harding that he make' pro
motions of army officers held up on
account of appeals of other officers
slated for compulsory retirement or
discharge, whose places would be
filled by the promotions, but thSt two
places he held open pending tI a
tion of the civil court in the case
two officers who have asked judicial
aid to prevent their compulsory re
tirement.
Should the courts uphold the ap
peals, the two officers concerned will
not be retired and in addition Sec
retary Weeks will ask for legislation
that will restore to the active list all
other officers who have refused to
accept compulsory retirement or dis
charge and whose cases are pending
an appeal to the president.
This legislation would create "ex
tra numbers" which means that the
officers saved from retirement would
resume their present relative places
on the active list without disturbing
the status of officers promoted to
the vacancies apparently created by
the orders for the compulsory retire
ment of the "extra numbers."
York High School to Hold
Commencement on JUay 26
York, Neb.. May 17. (Special.)
Commencement exercises of York
High school will be held Mav 26.
Superintendent Clark of Kearney In
dustrial school will give the address.
Mr. Clark is an alumnus of York
High school. The class numbers
43, 19 of whom are boys.
. Plan French Loan
New York, May 17. France, it
was authoritatively learned today; is
negotiating for another loan in this
country. Tbe amount, its terms and
general details have yet to be settled.
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We've Never Shown So
Many Charming Frocks
The fresh, colorful cotton dresses are -worth
seeing and in addition there are crepe de chine
sport frocks, taffetas and other silks. The va
cation wardrobe must have at least one Thomp-son-Belden
gown to distinguish it.
Apparel Sections Third Floor
Wednesday is the Last Day of
Everywoman's Millinery Sale
$6.65 $445 and $1
Manufacturers9;
Association to
Back Sales Tax
Abrogation of National Agree
ments and Support of 'Open
Shop' Urged by Presi
dent of Body.
New York, May 17. Abrogation
of the national labor adjustment
agreements on the railroads, support
cf the "open shop' and the enact
ment of a sales tax law were urged
bv Stephen Mason, president of the
National Association of Manufactur
ers, in his annual message delivered
today at the association's 26th an
nual convention.
"The infamous national labor ad
justment agreements," said Mr.
Mason, "which were inherited by the
carriers out 6f the war-time period
of government operation and the
coincident uneconomic high railway
wage burdens have been the chief
causes of the deplorable transporta
tion conditions which have existed
during the past year.
"In my opinion the Esch-Cummins
act of 1920 has more than justified
its enactment in every respect."
The speaker declared that the
"open shop" had gained a greater
measure of public support and recog
nition than ever during the last
year.
Indications of dissension within
the association were given with the
atsiriDUiion oi a circular inciuauiK &
resolution of the leaders of the move
ment deploring conditions and call
ing for an investigation ot the asso
ciation's political and other activities
and the effecting of necessary re
forms. Masons Planning to Erect
New Building at Columbus
Columbus, Neb., May 17. (Spe
cial.) The several Masonic bodies
here, through the Masonic Temple
craft, have secured from Henry
Ragatz an option on the lot east of
Ragatz store building, the plan be
ing to erect a two-story building,
the lower floor to bt used for busi
ness purposes, and the upper tloor
to be used by the Masons in con
junction with their present quarters
in the second story of the Ragatz
building.
J his would provide the local Ma
sonic bodies with the largest floor
space occupied by anv lodge of
the order in Nebraska, outside of
Omaha and Lincoln.
Bids for New Court House
Furniture Will Be Asked
Columbus, Neb., May 17. (Spe
cial.) William Proebsting of Oma
ha, equipment expert, has been en
gaged by the board of supervisors
to make survey of the needs of the
new court house in furniture and
equipment and submit plans, after
which , the board will advertise for
bids. Supervisor Bean, purchasing
agent for the county, has been in
structed to purchase grave markers
tor soldiers' buried in Platle county
cemeteries. ,
Rail Employe Promoted
Plattsmouth. Neb., May 17. (Spc
cial.) Fred W.(' Mann, for several
years foreman of the car repair de
partment in the Burlington shops
here, has been promoted to general
car foreman of the Wyoming divi
sion, with headquarters at Grey
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