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iTHE BEU : OMAHA. SUNDAY, JUNK 19, lazi.
Nobody Knows
Just Who's Who
At Washington
President Ranks First, But It's
. Moot Question Whether a
Cabinet Member Is Rated
Above a Senator.
Washington, June 18. With the
White House again the social center
of Washington, there has broken out
anew the ancient war over the ques
tion of "Who's Who in the National
Capital."
Students of etiquette, social lead
ers and social climbers, diplomats
and statesmen are all engaged in dis
puting the question over teacups and
cocktail glasses (yes, there are still
i few in use in the capital).
The president, of course, ranks
every one in Washington, even the
first lady of the land. Official eti
quette demands that the president go
first everywhere, and if you see a
photograph of the president preced
ing the first lady of the land as they
leave church or enter it, don't think
the chief executive discourteous. He
lias to do it, for official etiquette de
mands it, chivalry or no. (Perhaps
this may be a matter to be taken up
by the feminists.)
The vice president ranks next to
the president.X
Who's Next?
i!o far It is very easy. But now
c.mes the moot qnesMon. Who ranks
rext to the vice tm:sident?
Recently on a White House dinner
B'.K-st list the speaker of the house
vas ranked just beneath the vice
president Immediate consternation
rrsulted. State department etiquette
sharks took the matter up with the
dictators of White House formality
A lengthy . discussion followed and
precedents were searched in the con
gressional library. The State depart
mcnt sharps were victorious. When
the dinner was served the secretary
ot state sat next to the vice presi
dent. '
This victory caused a small sensa
tion and led to some protest from
members of the United States senate,
who declared that had they been
present at the dinner they would cer
tainly have felt entitled to sit above
any cabinet member, for they argue
that the senate makes the cabinet,
and it is only by senate approval that
a cabinet officer gets his position.
Nobody Knows.
Then along come the members of
congress, who declare that they are
on a social par with the members of
the senate, for don't they represent
the people just as much as the sena
tors? No one has really determined just
where the justices of the United
States supreme court fit in this
scheme of rank
" Gen. John J. Pershing offers . an
other problem to those who have the
duty of seeing that alt social preroga
tives are preserved and that no feel
ings are, injured.
Certainly there will be a social sen
sation if the president, the vice presi
dent, members of the cabinet and
both branches of congress, the diplo
matic corps and the general of the
armies of the United States ever sit
down at dinner together, for nobody
knows yet just.' " Who's Who in the
National Capital."
Four Strikers Get JaiJ
-Sentences iu Arkansas
Little Rock, Ark., June 18. Four
strikers from the Missouri and North
Arkansas railroad were convicted
and given sentences in the United
States" district court here today on
charges of contempt of court grow
ing out of their interference with em
ployes of, the road which is operat
ing under a federal receivership.
Bill Proposes U. S. Would Get
' Fishing Rights at Harbor
I. Washington, June 18. Fishing
rights in and about Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, near naval fortification?
would be acquired by the United
Staus government under a bill
passed yesterday by the senate. It
-was asserted the rights were beinj
acquired by foreign fishermen.'
Retail Food Prices
Decline Six Per Cent
In Omaha During May
Washington, June 18. Retail food
prices to the average family declin
ed 4.8 per cent in May as compared
with April, while wholesale food
prices dropped 53-4 per cent in the
same period, according to statistics
made public today by the Depart
ment of Labor. General wholesale
prices included farm products, food,
building materials, metals, house
furnishings and miscellaneous com
modities declined approximately 2
per cent during the month.
The average family . expenditure
for food decreased from April IS,
1921. to May IS, 1921, in. all cities
surveyed. . ,
The greatest decrease, 8 per cent,
was shown in . Milwaukee and St.
Paul. In Denver the decrease was 7
per cent. In Omaha and Portland,
Ore., the decrease was 6 per cent.
In Butte, Kansas City and Salt Lake
City and Seattle, the decrease was 5
per cent. In San Francisco the de
crease was J per cent ana in los
Angeles the decrease was 2 per cent.
Premier Briand
Does Not Worry
About His Job
French Government Chief
Seems to Have No Care
Whether Holds It
or Not.
2,500,000 Tons of
Grain To Be Delivered
By German Producers
Berlin. June 18. (Br The Asso
ciated Press.) The compulsory de-
livery ot ,sm,wu tons oi grain oy
German producers out of this year's
harvest is provided for in a bill
adopted by the reichstag today after
a stormy debate, ihe bourgeois
parties, advocating the measure, were
sloidly opposed by the three socialist
factions.
The German producers, by vir
tue of the bill, will be permitted to
dispose of their surplus stocks in the
open maricei atier naving turnea in
the required total" of 2.500,000 tons.
Dempsey Denies Part
In Divorce Action
Atlantic Gty, June 17. Tack
Dempsey expressed ignorance of the
parties concerned when asked for a
statement regarding the dispatch
from Pawhuska, Okl., that he had
been named co-respondent in a di
vorce suit filed there Friday, by F.
R. Bcuglanger, an Osage Indian.
"Never knew the man or woman,
nor never heard of the town," assert
ed the champion. "There must be a
mistake somewhere. I have never
written to anyone in Oklahoma. We
champions have our troubles, eh?"
Jack declared in conclusion of his
short interview.
The dispatch declared that Boug-
langer, m his petition auegea mat nis
wife, Lilly, has been carrying on
"clandestine correspondence witn one
Jack Dempsey of Los Angeles, Cal.,"
and claims to have letters written
from Dempsey to her. The case is
scheduled to come to trial in Sep
tember. '
Belgium Protests Verdict
Acquitting War Criminal
Brussels, June 18. Te minister of
justice in presenting to he Chamber
of Deputies yesterday the report of
the Belgian representatives on the
recent acquittal by the Leipzig court
which is trying war criminals of Max
Randohr, a Lipzig student charged
with ill treatment and imprisonment
of Belgian children at Garmmont in
1917, announced that the minister of
foreign affairs had telegraphed the
Belgian minister in Berlin immediate
ly to protest against the acquittal.
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Jamestown Printers' Strike
Settled in 44-Hour Basis
Indianapolis, Ind., June 18. The
printers' strike at Jamestown, N, Y.,
was Settled when the, men were
granted a 44-hour week and not
under any other conditions, W. W.
Barrett, first vice president of the
International Typographical union,
announced from headquarters here.
Mr. Barrett made this statement
in contradiction to the report that
the strike at Jamestown had been
settled on a 48-hour working basis.
Paris, J une 18. Anstide Briand,
premier of France, probably wor
ries less about holding his job than
a major league star who has ac
cumulated a western cattle ranch,
three automobiles and a home on
Long Island, and who doesn't care
when he quits hitting above .300.
In this respect Briand is one of
the political marvels not only of
France but of the civilized world,
His worst enemies know it and fur
thermore they realize that it is one
of the strongest points in his
armor.
"What good does it do to get red
in the face rqasting a man who just
looks you quietly in the eye while
you're attacking him?" inquired a
member of the French chamber of
deputies the other day. "One of
these days, if the Germans fail to
pay or the government falls down
on some internal matter we'll get
Briand and vote, him out of power.
Then, probably, he'll just smile,
pick up his notes and go off to some
restaurant for a good dinner."
That is about what happened after
one of the stormiest incidents in
Brind's career, which includes six
terms as prime minister of France,
and that is why the "political wise
acres figure it will, happen again.
Under a severe questioning by the
socialists because of the radical
measures he had taken to end a
general railway strike by a military
mobilisation of the strikers, he re
plied: . "To maintain order I would even
resort to illegal measures."
"The Unperturbable."
, Amid, the general uproar from the
socialist benches that followed this
announcement, one radical socialist
tried to drag Briand trom , the
tribune and another attempted to
spit in his face. He never blinked
an eye. and when the tumultuous
seance was ended he . evaded tne
deputies who wished to congratu
late him and went oH to eat a
sandwich in quiet.
Like President Millerand, whom
life succeeded in the premiership.
Briand has a reputation as a hard
worker. But, whereas Millerand
reached the foreign office early in
the morning and kept going until
late at night, with only a few min
utes for luncheon. Briand is a less
intensive worker. He finds time to
step in the Quai d'Orsay corridors
for a chat with an associate or a
group" of newspaper men and to
spend plenty of time over a full
sized meal.
The Premier's Promenade.
His speeches are generally ex
temporaneous. He mounts the
tribune of the chamber of deputies
with a narrow strip, of paper, sup
posed to carry notes. But no one
has ever seen him 'consult them. As
he -"lins - force- in his discourse he
ro the paper in one hand and
when he quits the tribune he jams'
the ball into a side pocket.
In his office Briand receives great
numbers of visitors every day, pac
ing up and down the room, listen
ing to and answering their argu
ments and only stopping now and
then to light a fresh cigaret or an
swer the telephone. Frequently
when callers are announced he
opens the door for them himself,
guides them to chairs and then re
sumes his promenade.
Briand's favorite sport is yachting.
When the chamber is on vacation
he hikes for the sea or for his coun
try home.
Third Prize Awarded
Omaha Credit Men for
Work on Memberships
San Francisco, June 18. Willis
B. Cross of Duluth, Minn., was
unanimously elected president of the
National Association of Credit Men
at the closing session of the organ
ization's 26th annual convention
here.
John' E. Norvell of Huntington,
W. Va., was elected first vice presi
dent; E. F. Tuttle of Boston, Mass.,
second vice president, and J. H.
Tregoe, New - York, secretary
treasurer. Directors named were
H. C. Bainbridge, jr., New York;
T. H. Cree, Pittsburgh; Freas
Brown Snyder, Philadelphia; Peyton
B. Bethel, Louisville; H. T. Hill,
Nashville; Gordon M. Day, Mil
waukee; A. J. Peoples,, Detroit; J.
B. House, Wichita; C. L. Davies,
Kansas -City; H. S. Collingsworth,
Atlanta; J. F. Jordan, Minneapolis;
B. E. Mcintosh, Salt Lake City; J.
H. Weer, Tacoma, and E. K. Sherer,
Evansville, Ind. , ' :
San Francisco's"" association of
credit men was given first prize' for
the best membership work during
the year. Rochester, N. Y., re
ceived second prize; Omaha, third,
and Charlotte, N. C, fourth.
Chicago Board of Trade
Seats Sell at Advance
Chicago, June 18. Two member
ships in the Chicago Board of Trade
were sold for $7,975 and $8,400 to
day, an advance in the larger price
of nearly $1,500 iover the previous
price for a membership. The ad
vance was attributed to the defeat
by the state legislature of the Lantz
bill to regulate trading in wheat
futures.. ,
4,000 Germans
Are Kept Busy
Printing Marks
"Makins Monev" Becomes
Important Industry in Ger
many as Silver Coin With
drawn From Circulation.
Berlin, June 18 Germany has ap
proximately 4.000 persons employed
in "makinsr monev." I do not mean
this in the usual accepted sense of
that term, but literally.
That is the staff of the German
"money press" which turns out the
bales of 10, 20, 50. 100 and 1,000-mark
certificates or bills, not to mention
the smaller 1 and 2-mark paper slips.
Silver coins have. been withdrawn
and are no longer legal tender. The
metal money consists of iron, alu
minum, and in Saxony there is
some made out of porcelain.
An idea of how the ' paper money
industry" has grown in Germany
may be gathered from the follow- i
ing figures. In 1910 the German gov
ernment printing office, including
the engraving and money printing
departments, employed &t per
sons, in jyis, j.viu; m ivi,
in 1919, 8,583, and at the end of Oc
tober, 1920, there were 9,771 em
ployes, an increase of more than 400
per cent in 1U years. At present tne
hsrure has passed the 1U.UUU marK.
In the making and printing ; of
paper money alone there are ap
proximately 4,000 employed at pres
ent, or almost double the numbc-
that the entire printing office, in
cluding the postage and tax stamp
departments and. all other goveru-
ment printing, employed in ml).
A million marks in 1,000-mark bills
weighs four pounds. It is figured
out that were Germany to pay the
20.000.000.000 irold marks in paper
marks at the present value it would
require 240,000,000,000 paper mark3,
which would weigh something more
than 430 tons.
It requires astronomical calcula
tions to figure out what the 226,000,
000.000 cold marks reparation de
manded would be in paper marks, at
the present rate of approximately IS
paper marks for one gold mark.
V.
A Sale of Boys' Wash Suits
IN THE ANNEX
Thirty-Two Years of Progress
"The Proof of the Pudding Is in the Eating," this is an old
maxim which applies forcibly to merchandise and merchandising
methods. The store that will get and deserves your patronage
is the one that will give you the most dependable goods at the most
reasonable prices; or, in other words, the best values and the
proof of the best values is in comparison. Our stores" contain
thousands and thousands of proofs, presented in such a forceful
manner as will readily enable you to compare our values with the
best to be found.
Compare quality, co'mpare prices, compare service, compare every
thing to be had in connection with merchandise values and you
will eventually buy at our stores, where you save time and money.
Sherman & McConnell
Drug Co.
FIVE GOOD STORES IN PROMINENT LOCATIONS
Corner 16th and Dodge Corner 16th and Harney
Corner 19th and Farnam , ,. . Corner. 49th and Dodge'
Corner 24th and Farnam
The Bee's Book Shelf ,
-! Can mankind be saved? H, G.
Wells thinks it can. He has put
aside all other tasks to resume the
role of an educator, a prophet of the
new civilization. In "The Salvag
ing of Civilization," published by
Macmillan, Mr. Wells discusses im
portant features of the probable fu
ture of mankind in an attempt to
formulate positively the ideas pre
.sented in his "Outline of History."
The horror of a world which
would continue the practice and
rules of the past is vividly present
cd. The "next war," he points out,
would be a war to the death for all
concerned and would mean a retro
gression of civilization akin to the
breaking down of Roman culture.
"Only one alternative to some such
retrogression seems possible; and
that is the conscious, systematic re
construction of human society to
avert it. The world has been
brought into one community and the
human mind and will may be able to
recognize and adapt itself to this
fact in time." Mr. Wells believes
in man. He believes that man will
put forth that great creative effort,
the need of which has become so ap
parent """It is not the league of nations
that, will save mankind. Mr. Wells
says. The present effort of the
diplomats, which functions but
: weakly, is worse than nothing. "Any
league of nations aiming at stability
now, would necessarily be a league
seeking to stereotype existing boun
daries and existing national ideas.
Now these boundaries and ideas are
just what have to be gotten rid of
at any cost."
A world state, and not a league
of nations, must be the result "ef
the desire to improve the present
political situation, according to his
view. , National sovereignty he
would see wiped away in the fusion
of the world state, just as the sov
ereignty of the individual states was
merged in the formation of the
United States. Patriotism, to him.
the cause of countless wars, mast
be enlarged to fit the current crisis
which is really a world affair. The
example ofthe United States and
the ever-recurring friction of the
mall European states, Mr. Wells be
lieves, will aid the movement toward
a world union. He even gives spe
cific details of what sort of a world
state he desires:
"If Europe is to be saved from
ultimate disaster, Europe has to
stop thinking in terms of the people
of France, the people of Germany,
thr British thf Ttatiane . nA m
w-.. - - - u u 1 1 .1 BUM 0V
lorth. Europe has to think at least
of the people of Europe, if not of
the civilized people of the world.
If we Europeans can not bring our
minds to that, there is no hope for
us. Only by thinking of all peoples
can any people be saved in Europe."
The task of bringing about a con
solidated world seems to him an
educational one. It is not primarily
for the diplomats, lawyers and poli
ticians at all, but must necessarily
be based upon an intel'ectuat re
construction, an alteration "of the
outlook on life of hundreds of mil
lions of minds." .
The "Outline of History" was one
of Mr. Wells contributions to the
creation of the universal point of
view. Half of the present work is
devoted to discussion of the means
by 'which the people are to be edu
cated. One of the few men men
tioned by him as having contributed
to this end is Prof. HuttOn Webster
of the University of Nebraska.
Publication by Charles Scribner's
Sons of "The Shorter Bible" is a
thing not to be resented, but to be
welcomed instead. This is not in
tended as a substitute for the stan
dard versions containing the com
plete text, aims to awake the interest
of busy or jaded readers through the
selection of certain parts of the high
est importance and the elimination
of duplication. It is a translation of
the Old and New Testament into
'vodern English, dropping the some
times misleading chapter and verse
Jijsions which were added in the
thirteenth century. The scholars
rwho have collaborateed in this use
ful woiVUre Charles Foster Kent,
and C. C orrey of Yale, Henry A.
Sherman olvthe religious literature
department St Scribner's, Fred K.
Harris of theVoung Men's Chris
tian association Sd Esther Cutler of
the Younsr Womals Christian as-
lociation.
II
Demtisky Todays
; and fifty years ago
IN this great twentieth century, dentistry has proven itself as
a vital factor in making the human body more healthy. Even
though dentistry was alluded to a a distinct vocation 500
B. Ci, very little study was given to the teeth until the year of
1728, and even then extraction was practically the only cure for
toothache. And only through close study and scrutiny of the
early practitioners has dentistry arrived at its present standing.
And by the same token the McKenny dentists,
through an endless study of rendering an un
equalled service, have they arrived at their
present high standing. t
It Was Service
plus efficiency
It Ms not by chance nor
luck nor freak of fortune
that we have attained our
most completely equipped
dental offices in the middle
west, but through construc
tive thinking and efficient
service. . ,
It Was Faith
plus integrity
And it was faith in
Omaha's future and in our
profession that gave us the
courage to advance. For,
50 years ago little thought
was given to the fact that
your bad teeth may be the
cause of your many ail
ments, but today it is a
known fact.
, And to be assured in order to make these solid advance
ments in the past few years our patients must first be satisfied
and thus our motto
"YOU ABO Ve ALL MUSTY
BE SATISFIED"
INMEY Dentist
Northeast Corner. 14th and Farnam Sts.
Entrance on Farnam St.
McK
SUITS
in this lot worth twice .the
price. Extraordinary, val
ues hard to duplicate.
Special, each .
$
is
Special Purchase
Boys', Wash Suits
In' middies and Oliver Twist
styles in all colors. Sizes 3
to 8 years. Regularly; 2.95
and $3.50 values.
$
Wall Paper '
BarMins W ifj5-
30-inch Oat
meal, new col
ors, special, per
roll .10
New Cut-Out
Borders. ' '
Wall Paper
Bargains
B d r o e m
Stripes and
Floral 1 0 e
t a 1 u a, par
rolT .14
New Cut-Out
Border.
200 Dozen White Wash Skirto
A complete factory "clean-up" of all surplus skirts on hand. We offered a Cash Priw
and Were Accepted. Now they are ready for Monday's Sale.
Values
Up to $7.50
Many skirts with
nobby pockets and
large button trim
med. Sizes to fit
misses, ladies and
extra sizes-
$2.95
$oJ)9S
Choice,
One Price
Skirts made up ol
white twill, corded
Bengaline and im
ported cords. Many,
braided, embroid
ery . jv
'2"
Values to $7.50
Many women will buy three four fire and six. Every woman will want one. Even though the auan
tity is large, the demand will be tremendous and the lot will not last long. We adrise early selection.
Skirts at $9.85
100 Smart Sport Silk Skirts that
were made to sell up to $20.00,
Honday $9.85
. 60 Doz. Girls' Summer
Dresses $1.45
Sixes 3 to S and T to 14, that
were made to sell up to $3.00,
Monday, at S1.45
Dresses on Sale, $14.50
Another group of Dresses Just '
received from our manufactur
er's atock aale, for MondayV
sale, at . 814. 50
B inner
Corsets
$Roo
and Up
The woman who desires
a well fitting corset will
find her model in our
Binner Corset, made in
coutils and pink silk
brocade ; both front and
back lace. Let our ex
pert corsetiere take
care of your figure.
Corset Pitting Service
free of charge.
Corset Dept..
Second Floor.
DresGeo
Monday Sale
$14.50
At this price your choice -of Dresses made
up In Ginghams, Swisses, Georgettes, Crepe
da Chines, Taffetas and Novelties; made up
in the summer season's many lovely styles,
suitable for the miss or the matron for any
occasion; made to sell up to 135.00; Monday
special, at S14.S0
Readr-te-Wear Dept. 2nd Ploor.
Summer Silk Sale
40-in. Crepe de Chine, every color for
every need S1.S9
36-in. White Sport Silk 82.95
36-in. White and Striped Silk.. ....$2.95
40-in. White Heavy All-Silk Crepe. 2.85
40-in. White All-Silk Canton Crepe, extra
weight l. $4.25
40-tn. White Satin Crepe 82.95
40-in. White Charmeuse 82.95
40-in. White Pussy Taffeta 82.50
Sit-in. Shirting Silk ..55
33-ln. Shirting Silk 854
33-in. Broadcloth Shirting $1.49
33-in. La Jerz Shirting 82.25
Main Fleer Center Heom.
China
Department M
Diaher ware and Glasswart
Away Underprteed ii TWf
. Special Sale. -$25.00
White Ransom Dtn-
' ner Set, service for 11 per-.,
sons, Monday special -
919.50
$9.00 42-piece White Ran
som Semi-Porcelain Din
ner Set, service for per
sons. Monday, at 87.50
$45 100-piece Dinner Set.
fine American porcelain,
rose border, service for It
persons, Monday special-
828.50
$1.00 Glass Sugar and
Creamer, nicely cut, Mon
day special, at......69
10c Colonial Glass Tum
blers, nicely finished, at,
each At
Six to a Customer.
20c Glass Lemon Squeezer,
just the thing for hot
weather, each ...... 12
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Clothing Event!
'A Thousand Suits for Men and Young Men Made By
Hart Schaffner
& Marx
$65.00, $75.00 and $85.00 Values
They All Go At One Price
$34.50
Every Size Regulars, Stouts, Stubs
and Longs
It Happened This Way
Thousands of yards of their finest
worsteds the kind they make
their $65.00, $75.00 and $85.00 suits
arrived too. late to fill their regular '
spring orders.
They made them up anyway; put
rich silk yokes and sleeves in many
of them; tailored them superbly
and then had them left on their
hands.
We offered to take them at a price.
We got them, and here they are.
Any Necessary Alterations Free!
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