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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. JUNE 4. 1921. I Five Physicians I On Stand Declare Chester Normal Two Doctors Say They Heard Defendant ' Talk While Under Influence of - Anesthetics. Kinsts City, June j.Five phy licians who attended Deiuet Chester ; in the city hospital here after hii : return from Broken Bow, Neb.,' last November, testified at his trial that in their opinion the man was nor , mal and that he had not been mis- ; treated. Two of them declared they - had heard him talk while under the . influence of anesthetics. Since he was , brought from Broken Bow, Chester has been mute. Chester, who is accused of having killed Miss Florence Barton, testi fied Wednesday that he was mis treated at the hospital. During the trial Chester has com municated with his attorneys in writ ing and his testimony yesterday was written. It is the contention of his ittorneys that he was subjected to mistreatment at the hands of de tectives, which permanently deprived him of power of speech. Yesterday's evidence was intro ' by the state in rebuttal after the de duced by the state in rebuttal after i- the defense had rested its case. Laughing Gas Used. Dr. G. W. Robinson, a neurologist, testified that, in his opinion, Chester was able to talk when he left the hos pital, January 3, and that he believed he could have been discharged soon er. Dr. Robinson said that laugh ing gas was administered to the pa s tient by his direction to ascertain i: whether there was any affection of ." the thrbat. In his opinion, he said, there was not. ' Dr. G. H. Thiele, an interne, told . of being present when Chester talked while under an anesthetic. He said . as nearly as he could remember, . Chester said: "OrT, God, let me talk, t I'll talk." . Fight Over Borah Navy .: " Bill Amendment Warm (Continued From Pate One.) "' disarmament, we should considor the i: . question of naval disarmament or re ,;: Hnrtion nf armaniirit. and not mere!-.' . the reduction of programs, as the Borah amendment provides." !u r Action Postponed. Representative Kelly of Michigan ;- moved to send the bill to conference . without instructions, but Mr. Gar : rett objected and action was post, r. poned till Monday. - Senatbr Borah said the broadening V'ef his amendment is exactly what - the opponents of disarmament want. "It seems to , me if those who are ' suggesting that i;c disarmament amendment be broadened to include .-land forces as well naval force. .will reflect upon the situation as it now exists in Europe, they will read : :ily conclude that to thus broaden ; the amendment is to kill the whole .5 proposition," he said. t . "It is impossible to make any head- ?r"way at all in the way of land dis i ; i armament at present in Europe. At hc, meeting of the Geneva assembly - France stated plainly that it would .- not consider the question of disarm ?a 'anient at this time and it refused to '. even vote for the principle of dis- armament. It gave as its reason . that its situation was such that it " would not,' and "could not take such action now. Six other nations fol- . lowed it. To include land disarma ment, therefore, is to kill the matter 1 outright. .. , ,, Naval Situation Different. s "With reference to naval disarma--tment the situation is entirely differ .... ent. The three nations which are t now actually engaged in a naval race , are the United States, Great Britain ; .and Japan. The French navy is a ; third-class navy, so recognized, and they are doing practically nothing "... toward bringing it up to date. The Italian navy is in like condition. "But Japan, the United States and Great Britain are expending millions, " j even billions, in-building navies and ... they are the only three powers which bid fair to enter into competition for '- the next 25 or 50 years.' So far as - land disarmament is concerned, it A", does not make any difference to the United States, as a matter' of secur f '-'ity, how many troops France has. :! The house has very wisely limited our army to 150,000. France has an army of 800,000. But it didn't make . any difference to the house in cur- taihnar our army that France had 800.000. - ' .i "If we are sincerely going forward f with the question of disarmament and "sincerely desirous of curtailing ex ; penditures and reducing the chances ' of wart we will start where we can start and make progress, and that is with the naval powers which are now . - in actual naval building competi ; tion." - Omaha Masons Protest i- At Tax on Cathedral , . Lincoln, June 3. (Special.) Carl Herring headed -a delegation of Omaha Masons who called on v. W. H. Osborne,- state tax commis- - sioner, to protest against a proposed assessment by H. ' G. Counsman, r;: Douglas county assessor, of S140,000 ;tT on the Scottish Rite cathedral, Oma ; . ha - - ;jr The delegation claimed that the J-activities of the cathedral were - , aimed at charitable purposes, ex , clusively; and that while the su- K.preme court ruled the Scottish Rite r cathedral at Lincoln should be taxed :4the Omaha ; cathedral was without ou. the law because it was primarily a , charitable institution. r.: Osborne asked the delegation to ;r: submit its protest, with facts at- tached, to him in writing. ? ' Class of 67 Graduated At Hasting High School - Hastings, Neb., June 3. (Special Telegram.) A class of 67 was grad uated by Hastings Senior High - school. Thirty-one w ill enter college. (; A graduating class of 100 is prc- ,1- dieted for next year. Superintendent Beveridge of Omaha delivered the . Commencement address. ; The largest telegraph office in the tmted Mates is in Chicago. Air.: i Wife of Polish Minister To England Known Here W "I ' The charming Princcas Sapicha, wife of the Polish minister to Eng land. Prince Jean Sapieha. Prince Jean, scion of the great Polish- house of Sapieha, is well known in Amer ica, having lived here many years. He sailed from the United. States shortly before the start of the world war, and while in England was ar rested and confined as prisoner of war in consequence of his being a chamberlain of the Emperor of Aus tria and an officer on the reserve list of the Austrian cavalry. He was later liberated on parole. Official German War Documents GivenHarvard Several 'Hundred Proclama tions Dealing With Regula tions for Civilians Issued Before Aug. 1, 1914. Cambridge, Mass., June 3. Of ficial German war documents and war time periodicals, some presented by Ellis L. Dresel, American com missioner at Berlin, has just been added to the collection being, made at the Harvard university library. A study of several hundred war proclamations dealing with regula tions for the civilian population, sales of food, war loans, etc., showed that several issued apparently prior to August 1, 1914, were not dated. The date posters began on August 1, and thereafter every proclamation bore a date. . , The question whether the dates on the earlier publications were omitted by accident or because. they were prepared in advance is One on which the Harvard university announce ment says historians will draw their own conclusions. Editors From Six Counties Form Press Association North Platte. Neb.. June 3. (Spe cial Telegram.) Newspaper men from Deuel, Keith, McPherson, Perkins, Dawson and Lincoln coun ties met here and organized a district press association with J. S. Kroh of Ogallala, president; S. E. Clothier of Tryon,' vice president, and A. P. Kelly of North Platte, secretary treasurer. ' - . y The district was organized by Ole Buck, secretary of the Nebraska Press association. . The visitors were guests at a luncheon given by the Daily Telegraph and in the. evening were given an informal dinner by the Chamber of Commerce. Saturday- The Junior Shop OFFERS .- CLEAN-UP SALE OF Boys' wJli Suits 300 Suiti to select from, including bout 100 Z-Pant Suit. ' MOTHERS: or two good durable auits for your . boy at a small coat. In most instances these suits are selling for less than manufacturer's cost $15 and $20 Valnes Saturday at One Price 10 These suits were originally priced the "upstairs way," and n6w we have cut the first price 5 and $10 for quick sale. Conserv ative parents appreciate good tailoring and durable clothing for the boy. When you see these suits you will instantly recog nize them as the biggest suit values in Omaha. , Another Special for Saturday Our assortment is complete; our price is right; tan, grey and brown ; fast color crashes and khakies in every wanted sise from 6 to 17 years. .' Buy Your Whole Summer Neada V $1.50 to $2.00 Wash Knicker bockers at IgjflBKEB Second Floor Securities Bldg. Prehistoric Ruin Different From Mesa Verde Found Navajo Mountains Declared to Hold Dwellings of Ancient Cliff Dwellers Never Be- fore Discovered. Durango, Colo., June 3. Discov ery of prehistoric ruins of what is believed to have been a different race of cliff dwellers from those who inhabited the ruins in the Mesa Verde National park was reported by Xharles Hayes of Mancos, Colo., n-ll returned today from an explora tion trip. The discovery, he said, was made in an almost inaccessible region to the north of the Navajo mountains, unmarked by trails. Hayes said he believed he was the first white man to view the ruins, many of which were larger and better preserved than those in the Mesa verae ia tknal Dark. " The dwellings were found, he said, at the point where ,the mountains break away into the deep canyons that open into the San Juan and Colorado rivers. Other discoveries have been made by scientists near Pagosa Springs, according to reports received here No details are given. Dr. J. Walter Fewkes of the Smithsonian institution at Washing ton is in charge of excavation work in the Mesa Verde. He is planning further explorations in the San Juan on the Yucca national monument, Mummv lake district and around Aztec, Nv M. ' - Mechanics Donate Work To Build Camp Fire Home North Platte, Neb.. June 3. (Spe cial Telegram.) Seventy men, two thirds of whpm were union carpen ters and bricklayers, donated their services in the erection of a 30x50 foot building, 'with an 8x50 foot front screened porch at the summer camp grounds of , the Camp Fire Girls, in a grove on the banks of the North Platte river, one mile north of the city. The building is constructed with a view of permanence, and is arranged with kitchen, dining room, sleeping apartments and a big fire place. Dinner was served by the Camp Fire guardians. Air Service Not Affected By Wreck of Ambulanc6 Ship Washington, June 3. The organi zation or policy of the army air service will not be affected by the airplane disaster at Morgan town. Md., in which seven persons were killed in the army ambulance plane last Saturday, Secretary Weeks said today. The secretary explained that he was waiting for full reports, but said he was disposed to regard the acci dent as an "act of God." The vio--lent storm and the absence of a land ing place, he added, seemed to him to be responsible for the disaster. Extremists in Australia; Fail to Puj Over Irish Plea London, June 3. Efforts on the part of extremists in the Australian house of representatives to introduce the report of the American commis sion of Ireland into the official record of that body were defeated yesterday, says a Melbourne dispatch to the London Times, M. P. Con sidine read the conclusions of the American committee and while he was engaged Sir Robert Best of Victoria denounced them - as "vile and odious slanders upon the em pire. Fish Planted in Blue Alexandria, Neb., June 3. State fisheries at South Bend, Neb., sent eight cans of fishs to Fairbury re cently to place in the Blue river. They contained approximately 1,500 catfish, bullheads and crappies. (ftLOTTIlS - 16th and Farnam St. II ml )00 $11.00 Shorthorn Breeding Is Largest in State Lincoln, June 3. (Special!) Pro duction of shorthorn cattle cxceels that of any other breed m Nebraska, according to a report today by the bureau of markets, state department of agriculture. Following js the re port: Bred Frm Rfp't'd Tot. No. Polled Shorthorne ..1.41 S.420 flhorthorn ,47 8S.T77 Horoford 4,43 IJ.4U Aneus tit 4 Mo Gallowny S3 411 All other 5.508 There will be a state meeting of the Nebraska Shorthorn Cattle Breeders' association at Lincoln. June 25. Governor McKelvie and former Governor Shellenbarger will speak at the meeting. The- method of grinding wood as riw material for paper was first in troduced into the United States in 1869. These Lower Prices for Quality Silks Heavy Silk Tricolette, $1.50 a yard All-colors, a very good quality, free from flaws, 36 inches wide. , Crepe de Chine for, Only $1.95 a yard All colors, 40 inches wide. Black Silks, Several Weaves, $1.75 Taffetas, satins and poplins are priced for disposal, $1.75 a yard. Foulards in the June Sale, $2.50 Newest of patterns in 40 inch foulard. Tub Silks Are Repriced $1.98 a yard Hairline stripes or plain La Jerz in white or colors, 33 inches wide. Chiffon Taffeta, $2.49 a yard Pure dye taffeta, 36 inqjies wide. " The June Clearance of Blouses Offers a Group Priced $15 Net, crepe de chine, Georgette and flannel blouses make up the selection which varies from dress to sport styles. The sport blouses are of first importance; flannel and voile, long sleeved overblouses with very striking banding of plaids and plain shades in a knitted fabric. A Hand Made Blouse for Travel Wear $5 Is one of the economies the Store for Blouses affords. Sheer batiste with exquisite hem stitching, tucking, appliqued squares and hand made lace are sure to wirTthe approval , of a fastidious personparticularly when the price is so small. The Store For Blouses 'Third Floor Sales for Men ft Delpark Collars, . 35c Three for $1 Neckwear, 55c Silk ties made with "slip easy" bands. Arrow and Eagle Shirts for $1.25 The low price is better appreciated when one examines the qualities. Soft and starched cuff - - styles in sizes 13 Vs to 18. ft Handkerchiefs of Pure Irish Linen, 35c Three for $1 ft Pajamas for $2.35 A special that is timely. Nainsook and percales. Sizes A, B, C, D. House Committee Acts Favorably On Peace Proposal Porter Resolution, Substitute For Knox Measure, Report-,; ed Out With Democrats Voting Against It. Washington, June 3. The house foreign affairs committee, with detri-, ocratic members dissenting, voted today to report the , Porter resolu tion for termination of the stateof war between the United States and Germany and ,ustro-Hungary. Republican members voted solidly to adopt the Porter measure as a substitute for the Knox resolution D. M. C. Cottons 3c a skein Various Sizes and I Colore Artneedlework Hair Nets 50c a Dozen Saturday Notion Section Gingham Dresses for Children for $2.75 ' Very attractive dresses, well made of good gingham in short sleeve styles with white collars and cuffs. Sizes from six to fourteen years. The price Saturday, $2.75. Second Floor passed by the senate repealing the declaration of war. The democrats merely voted present. Chairman Porter announced that the resolution would be presented to the house next week for immediate consideration. A minority report will be filed .by committee demo crats. House leaders informed Chairman Porter that the resolution would be given the right of way when pre sented. Fairbury Youth Saved From Drowning by 'Road Knight Fairbury, Neb., June 3. (Special.) Billy Gano, 14, fell over the mill dam on the Blue river, hit his heac on the rocks below 'and nearly drowned. - He, with several boy friends, were attempting to walk across the top of flie dani when his feet slipped. A tramp who was nearby heard the boys' alarm and rescued "the lad. He is in a very serious condition. Huck Towels for 25c Are a Bargain Extra heavy hemmed and hemstitched huck towels (18x36 inches), Satur day only "25c each. Linen Section These Savings in Toiletries or Saturday Prophylactic hair brushes with unusually long, stiff bristles, only 98c. Pepsodent tooth paste, Saturday, 39c a tube. Powder puffs, 5c, 10c. Henna de Oreal in all shades, 98c. Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo, 39c. Creme de Meridor, for Saturday, 15c. Jersey Silk Vests and Bloomers for $2.95 That undergarments of silk are preferable, no one will deny and at Sat urday's new low price, no one need hesitate to buy. The Jersey silk vests have either band . or bodice tops and are in the newest shades of maize, sky, French gray, besides flesh color. Bloomers in flesh color and white (small sizes), are also of jersey silk. Second Floor Novelty Flaxons 35c a yard v Sheer, crisp flaxons in neat, attractive patterns in medium and light col ors. Saturday's special price is 35c a yard. Second Floor June Sales of Slippers ancT Hosiery Suede Pumps, $9.85 a pair Five styles of attractive Sorosis slippers . at this unusually low price Sat urday. Gray and sand suede, also a gray and black combination, some are strap styles, others are plain. The heels, Louis or baby Louis. Silk Hose, $2!50 a pair Pure thread silk to the top. A quality that is easily ' appreciated at-two-fifty. Double tops and double soles. Black, cordovan, gray and white. Specially priced Saturday, $2.50 a pair. Lone Man's Fight For Life in 0 Dory Disc )en osed Schooner Brings in Body of Unidentified Man Which Was Picked Up at Sea In Boat. Boston, June 3i A lone man's un successful light for life In an open dory at sea with little food or water was disclosed here today when the fishing schooner Waltham brought in his body, picked up yesterday 25 miles east of Highland light. Ihe body was found in the bottom of a dory that was riding the waves as right and tight as if under a fish Dresses That Have Been Repriced $15 to $35 Many cotton frocks of charrri ing design. Dotted Swisses, ginghams, organdies and other p 'i . summer fabrics are offered in a variety of colors and styles. Their new prices are ' -i $15 $19.50 $25 $29.50 $35 Cotton Gabardine Skirts White tub skirts of a very good cotton gabardine have attrac tively styled belts and pockets and are extremely well made. A selection at each of tljese prices ; $5 and $7.50 Apparel Section Third Floor Saturday New Hats of Georgette Crepe, Maline and Taffeta are Special Wonderful for - The Silk Petticoat We are Selling for $5 Is a particularly fine quality; a garment j known as "Her Majesty. Many women al- ready know and appreciate its desirable ! quality, and those who do not, should come j Saturday. The colors are navy, green, rose, blacky brown, tan, Copenhagen and gray. They are worth much more than the sale price of $5. - " On Sle Third Floor erman's hand. In the stern stoo a bamboo pole with a piece of red attached to it, a marker of distress, The body was badly emaciated. By its sides were the bones of several fishes plucked clean. Cant. Clifford Hopkins o th Waltham said the extent of emacia- 1 tion indicated that suffering frorc thirst and hunger must have, been great and that it was daya befor death delivered the man from hijLi troubles. The fish that he caught apparentlj were his only food and he had nc fresh water. I The man was well dressed and im peared to be about 45 years old. Armenian Who Shot Former Turk Grand Vize Is Freer! Berlin, June 3. (By The As4 sociated Press.) Salamon leilinani the Armenian student who in Marca last, shot and killed Talaat PashaJ former grand vizier and minister oj nnance ot luncey, was acquinea ira the Assize court here today, s for $6 Graceful styles in large and me dium shapes; sailors, droops off the face effects. White, blacli tand, pink ' or chid, nary. Six Dollars Millinery Fourth Floor I I k I I