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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1921. Man and Woman Held for Theft At Bluffs Home jLincoln Police Arrest Couple Sith Loot Taken From the kWilcox Residence on Wednesday Night. Detective Tom Callaghan went to Lincoln yesterday to bring back a man and a woman arrested there upon the charge of robbing the home of Glenn M." Wilcox, 1100 East Pierce street, Council Bluffs, Wed nesday nifiht. A quantity of jew elry and $35 in war savings "Stamps were stolen. The robbery was staged during the absence of the Wilcox family. Neigh bors saw a strange automobile, with top and side curtains up, standing in front of the house for a long period and reported the fact to police. When the Wilcox family returned from town, they found that thieves had gained entrance through the pantry window and that the house had been thoroughly ransacked. A string of pearls with a diamond clasp, a solid silver mesh bag, a gold bracelet, a crescent pin set with pearls and sapphires, two bar pins set with pearls and sapphires and a wishbone pin set with pearls were listed in the articles taken. Lincoln police arrested a couple there on the charge of having a ouart of whisky in their automobile. Later they discovered that the car was filled with loot. A comparison of the stuff in the car . with the list furnished bv Bluffs police proved that it was the Wilcox loot and the pair were held for Bluffs authorities. Every one of the articles missed has j i Deen recoverea. Peroxide Blondes and Bobbed Hair Arouse Wrath of Insurance Head President of Aetna Company Issue? Mandate Draws Picture of Ideal Woman in Business Use Of Powder Also Scored. CblMo Tribune-Omaha Bee LeMed Wire. Hartford, Conn., July 7. "Extem poraneous blondes" and girls with bobbed hair have no place in Amer ican business life, F. K. Daniels, president of the Aetna Insurance comoanv. emoloying 3,000 women throuchout the country, said today. The company recently issued a mandate that no more artificial blondes or bobbed heads would be employed and that employes already in cither category would have to get back to normalcy as rapidly as pos- eible. ! "Artificial blondeness ts a sign ot light headedness," Daniels declared. "Blondity is a mark of lack of intel lieence. If any more bobbed-haired girls or blondes get into our office they will have to crawl tnrougn tne keyhole. "There are sortie in this office now, but we are going to get rid of them as soon as possible. Of course, we can't make any set rule, but we have advised these girls to drop all arti ficiality at once. "Business researches have proved that 90 per cent of blondes are use less. All women who bob their hair are useless. Some say they have cut their hair to avoid the heat, but I can tell you there is a hotter place waiting for them. "My idea of a business woman is one who Has had two or three years' college work, does not powder her nose, does not watch the clock, does not rouge her cheeks and does not smoke ciKarets. "I can tolerate the woman who lavs aside her corset. That is com fort. But it is carrying comfort too far to bare oneself in bobbed hair. think the movies are responsible for girls doing this. "I don't wish to give the impres sion that women should neglect their dress. I believe business girls should be attractively garbed in pure business style, the same as business men. The shorter the hair, the shorter the skirt, the nearer to hell, accord ing to the Rev. D. J. Jaxheimer of Hartford. "The levity of American women regarding dress and appearance astonishes," he said. "It is evidence of the moral laxity of the present age. Bare legs and blondes should be eliminated." Killing Ordered by Wife Said Kaber When Dying (Continued From Pace One.) Qutgley maintained that the poison could not have been absorbed in this manner in such an amount as claimed by the state. Attempt by the state, to introduce additional statements alleged by Lieutenant Miller to have been made to him by Mr. Kaber soon after the stabbing were ruled out, as the al leged statements were in answer to questions asked Mr. Kaber Sy, the officer. fi Lieutenant Miller identified 1 the dagger with which the stabbing is alleged to have been done. He said he found it on the bed in Mr. Kaber's rooms. He also identified a razor and a glove found in the Kaber home. Mrs. Maria Matthews, a palmist, testified that Mr. Kaber brought a large box of silver and linen to her home a few days before the murder and later Mrs. Kaber gave her the articles. She also 'testified that Mrs. Kaber brought an envelope to her some time after the murder and asked that it be given to "Emma;" that it was delivered to "Emma" the next day and that "Emma" 'operied J. 1 J' 1 . ?Art ... i auo uispiayea .in- Dins. - The state will attempt to show that "Emma" was Erminia Colavito, rhid- wife,- who is alleged to have pro tured the actual murderers for Mrs. Kaber and to have turned the money over to them. Do tike Daddy Did Nearly Costs Boy Life Atlantic, la., July 7. (Special.) Donald, 4, son of Walter Inhofe, farmer, likes to do what his dad does, so he washed his hands in gasoline when he got grease on them. Then he took up his toy pistol and fired it. A spark set fire to his clothing and he would have burn ed to death had not his father been near. The ..little fellow's arm and side were badly burned. He was brave ly trying to. put out the fire when his father came to his rescue. Cedar County Red Cross k c Plans Winter Lecturers Randolph, Neb., July 7. (Special.) A meeting of representatives from the. Red Cross chapters of Cedar county was held here and plans laid for putting on a course of public health topics next winter. Lectures will be given to classes of from 10 to 20 women in each chapter. The lectures will be obtained with excess funds m chapter 2 treasuries. The course will be held in Laurel, Obert, Wynot, Belden, Coleridge, Harting tn and Randolph. Omaha Firm Gets Contract For Testng Norfolk Paviing Norfolk, Neb., July 7. (Special Telegram.) The Omaha testing lab aratories conducted by W. H. Cam pen, was awarded the contract for chemical supervision of about 60,000 yards of pavement here. The con tract was awarded to the Omaha firm after a three-cornered contest and inspection by members of the city council of work done at Omaha by it HE REALIZED too late that in a big New York hotel there might be a dozen Mary Smiths. And he had drawn the wrong Miss Mary Smith By Elizabeth Jordan Blue tittxm A BLUE RIBBON Story in The Sunday Bee Sam Browne Belts Are Approved for Officers Washington, July 7. The Sam Browne belt worn by officers of for eign armies and Americans who saw service overseas, was approved today aspart of the regulation-issue uni form for officers of the United States army. Under the orders, all officers in uniform will be compelled to wear the belt, beginning July 15. Members of the army nurse corps and warrant officers are not per mitted to wear the belt. General Pershing and his staff continued to wear the belts upon return from Europe, but all other of ficers were ordered to discard them. The explanation was made the belt served to distinguish those who served overseas from those who saw only domestic service. Atlantic Woman Killed When Run Over by Auto Atlantic, la., July 7. (Special.) Confused while crossing the street, Mrs. Lucinda B. Glass. 69, stepped in front of an automobile and was instantly killed. , The car was driven by Harold Shrauger, son of a prominent busi ness man. In the car were several officers of the Cass County Fair association. . This is the third accidental death in the Glass family., Mrs.' Glass husband. Tames E. Glass, was killed by a train at Shannon . City, la., 10 j years ago. A son, warry, was ac cidentally shot, and killed, by a play mate many,, years ago. t . Mrs. Glass, has'. been president of Atlantic for 3b years,; , She leaves several children. . '':,.. . 1 J; ; Swimmer Paralyzed When ,", He Dives Into Shallows F. E. Voss, 30, of Youngstown, O., is lying partly paralyzed at the Mercy hospital in Council Bluffs as a result of a dive into too shallow water at Big- lake yesterday after noon. Voss was "bumming" his way home in the east. The swimming pool is alongside the Northwestern right-of-way and Voss stopped there for a plunge. After his dive into the shallows he remained unconscious until he was dragged out of the water by other bathers. Upon gaining his senses he was partly paralyzed. The police ambulance was called and he was taken to the hospital. Unprecedented Heat Wave In Iowa for Past 30 Day? Des Moines, la., July 7. During the entire 30 days since June 6 there has been scarcely a break in the super-normal temperatures, according to compilation of figures from the local weather bureau. During the last 10 days the maximum daily reading here has averaged a frac tion above 91. The continued heat spell is unprecedented for the early half of the summer. Farmers report that corn is mak ing unusual progress. , "Billy" Ritchie, Stage Star, Dies From Ostrich Attack Los Angeles, July 7. William ("Billy") Ritchie, motion picture comedian and for 20 years on the American vaudeville stage, died here early today from injuries suffered two years ago when he was attacked by ostriches at a motion picture studio here. He was 42. years old. Big Saving Reported In Navy Department Washington, July. 7.0rders is sued two months ago calling for a program of rigid economy through out the naval service have already resulted in a saving of several hun drd thousand "dollars, Assistant Sec retary Roosevelt announced today. In the past few weeks, he added, 166 naval vessels have been declared obsolete and sold. In addition, it was said, the word has gone out to sell all surplus naval stores and supplies not urgently needed and to prepare the battleships Maine, Missouri and Wisconsin, the cruisers Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Raleigh and Marble head and the old gunboats Castine and Yorktown, for sale as junk, Buffalo County Farmers Save Money on Farm Hands Kearney, Neb., July 7. (Special.) Buffalo county farmers, members of the farm bureau, saved thousands of dollars during the harvesting sea son bv co-operating and standing by . ... rr i a scale ot wages aaoptea. iney held out at $3 a day and no shortage of hands developed, although many of the transients moved along to more profitable fields. In Kearney county $4 and $4.40 a day was posted for harvest hands, yet many of the farmers in that county obtained their help through the local bureau and at the Buffalo county scale of wages. Omaha Mosquitoes Lead World, Park Head Believes Out where the masqultoea grow little stronger. Out where tbelr sting-era are a little longer That's where Omaha begins. Thus wouldJ Park Commissioner Hummel paraphrase the more or less well known song, "Out Where the West Begins." Mosquitoes are much larger and more ferocious here than ever be fore, according to Mr. Hummel. Wednesday night a herd of mos quitoes swooped .down on Municipal beach and drove .several score of bathers away, Mr. Hummel says. Alliance Country Club House Damaged by Storm Alliance, Neb., July 7. (Special.) Lightning struck the new club house of the Alliance Country club at Bronco lake, knocking the chim ney off and tearing a jagged hole several feet long and a foot wide in the roof. Rain poured, in through the opening and flooded , the dance floor. The club house, was com pleted only a week ago-, at a cost of $10,000. Poultry Culling Test Shows Value On Waterloo Farm Results of a poultry culling dem onstration recently held on a farm near Waterloo is further evidence of the value of culling out unprofitable producers, said Earl G. Maxwell, county agricultural agent "By actual count, 108 birds were culled out of a flock of 327 Brown Leghorns, but though the flock was reduced one-third, egg production was reduced only 6 per cent for the three days after culling. Production had declined 12 per cent the two days before the culling took place, he said. A series of poultry culling demon strations will be, given July 22-2S, places to be announced later. Threshing prices fixed at county meetings are: Oats, 3 cents; barley, 4, and wheat, 6 cents, where farmers furnish the fuel and 1 cent higher where threshermen furnish the fuel. A series of farm women's meetings is also planned in Douglas county for July 25-27, at which time Miss Flor ence Atwood of the University of Nebraska extension service will ex plain how to prepare domestic prod uct exhibits for coming fairs. Colfax County Wheat Is Showing Big Yield Schuyler, Neb., July 7. (Special Telegram.) Wheat threshing in Colfax county shows a good yield, W. A. Laudon with his threshing crew began threshing June 28 and completed four jobs during the re mainder of the week. The Novotny brothers' production averaged a lit tle less than 25 bushels per acre, William Sumption crop on the Web ber land west of town 28 bushels, and the A. F. Babcock land returned 22 bushels per acre. The four jobs yielded 6,000 bushels. The grain is of fine quality, although very dry, no rain having fallen after it was placed in shock, and tested 61. 26 Counties Show Big Cut In Assessed Valuation Lincoln, July 7. (Special.) Val uationof property in Nebraska as sessed this year, will, if all coun ties cut their valuations in the same ration as 26 counties, which have reported to "W. H. Osborne, state tax commissioner, did, will fall near- lv $500,000,000. Personal property m these Z6 counties in 1920 was assessed at $263,745,745 against a 1921 valuation of S219.627.355. Real estate in the 26 counties in 1920 was assessed at $648,661,972 against a 1921 valuation of $549,883, 940. Wymore Council Passes House Numbering Ordinance Wymore, Neb., July 7. (Special) J. he city council has passed an ordinance providing for placing of sign boards on all streets and ave nues, and numbering all houses. The ordinance will be in force in 60 days after which there is a penalty of mu lor noncompliance with its pro visions. The base line of avenues is on seventh and lor streets on Grant. Broken Bow Man Subscribes To ''Conscience" Fund Broken Bow. Neb.. July 7. (Soe cial.) Fifty-four cents has gone to swell the Conscience Fund of the Burlington system from this station A young man walked up to the ticket window and stated that he had stolen two rides, one to Ansley and one to Berwyn, and he wished to pay the amount and get it off his mind. Name Library Board Wymore, Neb., July 7. (Special.) Members ot the library board aP' pointed by the city council last night are Mrs. L. B. Fritz, 3 years; E, Miller, 4 years; A. D. McCandlers, 5 years. Members holding over are Mrs. Sarah Jones and Mrs, T. P. Hargrave. Stole Farmer's Corn. Lucas, la., July 7. Found guilty of stealing corn from a farmer's crib, M. L. Sams was sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary at Fort Madison. South Side Omaha Man Must Serve 10 Years in Nebraska Prison Lincoln, July . 7. (Special.) Edward B. Robbins, 64, South Oma ha, must serve 10 years in the state penitentiary for an attack on Mary Reicks, 9, a Carroll, la., girl, under a decision of the' state supreme court today, affirming a verdict by a Douglas county jury. The testimony showed that Rob bins induced the girl to go to South Omaha to visit an aunt, but that in South Omaha he took her to his room, where she was held prisoner two days and two nights. South High Graduates Who Head Class Are Announced Following is a list of 10 students who -stand at the head of the June class of 1921 of South Hiah school: Wilhelmina Hibbeller, Lucile Hay- nur5i, j-ucue cuss, Aiva namoers, wrreiaa lacker, Pauline Moron, Ruth Daly, Clyde Geiter, Florence Etter,' Harry Murdock. Church to Hold Picnic The Serbian Orthodox St. Nich olas church, Thirtieth and S streets, win noia a picnic at Jettera park Sunday, July 10. A tourincr car. 1920 model, will be oivea away, - , Phoenix Hose for men Phoenix Durability and Dressy Refinement never varies; it always measures up to the Phoenix Standard . . . . that's why it is. pre ferred by most well-dressed men. In Pray's stores you choose from an assortment that is Always Complete Men's -Women! Children's 40o to $1.10 65o to $3.50 65c to $1.00 Two Storr 508 South 16th Street 1908 Faxnam Street. The Home of PH0E5TX HOSIERY for Men, Women and Children. ..... y For Men President Asks Delay In Passing Bonus Bill (Continued From Far One.) that Secretary of the Treasury Mel lon's letter, followed by President Harding's visit, had created a pro found impression, but leaders frank ly expressed doubt that they could command the votes necessary to carry out the administration's wish for pigeon-holing the bonus , until next winter. Mr. Harding's recess suggestion aroused the ire of the so-called agri cultural "bloc," composed of a bi partisan alliance of senators from western and southern states to the number of about 30. When the re cess question was laid before the senate last Tuesday, in the form of a resolution offered by Senator Lodge, republican leader, and sup ported by Senator Underwood, dem ocratic leader, the "bloc" revolted and after a bitter parliamentary wrangle defeated the proposal, on the ground that congress should re main on the job until it carried out a program of legislation for the re lief of the farmers. Leaders of the . "bloc" informed the president today that they could not agree to his recess suggestion. They told him that thev would re sist to the utmost of their power, any proposal to take a vacation until a list of bills now pending for the re lief of the agricultural interests were enacted into law. They expressed confidence that they could muster enough votes to reject any recess resolution. No attempt was made bv reniiK- lican leaders to carry out the presi- ucin s wisiics ioaay, Deyona can vassing sentiment. As soon as the president delivers the expected mes sage, a motion probably will be made to recommit the bonus bill to the finance committee. Party polls in dicated that such a motion probably would be defeated and that the sen ate would have to toe the mark on the bonus issue. If it goes to a vote, it probably will be passed. The ad ministration will then have to exert its influence to hold it up in the house, where it was passed last year. Leopard Escapes Cage On Ship During Storm San Francisco, July 7. A leopard released from its cage on the for ward deck of the Pacific mail liner Granite State which arrived here yesterday from Calcutta created ex citement among the passengers while the liner was at sea, according to passengers and crew. The animal broke loose during a storm and was captured after it had been locked in the officers mess room and prodded into a cage. The Granite State carried a large collection of wild animals valued at more than $200,000 which are to be distributed among the New York and Chicago zoos and to motion pic ture firms. Animals brought here aboard the ship included leopards, a giant cobra, three pythons, 21 to 24 feet long; monkeys, - orang-otangs and a por cupine. Alliance Dancing Master Sentenced for Robbery Alliance, Neb., July 7. (Special.) Byron G. Evans, dancing master, who conducted a class here during the winter, has been sentenced to from one to seven years in the pen itentiary in district court at Chadron, following his plea of guHty to a charge of stealing a diamond ring valued at $600 from a Chadron wom an. Other jewelry reported to have been "approprited" by E vans is said to have been recovered at the time he was arrested. Wanamaker and Armour Confer With President Washington. July 7. John War maker of Philadclohia and T. Ogden Armour of Chicago conferred with President Harding today, following luncheon at the White House. It is understood that among other things Mr. Wanamaker sought to obtain the president's aid in making a national event of the celebration to be held in Philaedlphia in 1926 to mark the 150th anniversary of the declaration ot independence. It was said that Mr. Harding expressed sympathetic interest in the plan. Three Bandits Rob Fruit Dealer on Country Road Morris Soshnick, fruit dealer of Plattsmouth, iNeb., reported to Om aha police last night that three masked bandits in an auto held up and robbed him of $337 while he was driving a truck between Dunbar and Syracuse, Neb., last Wednesday evening. Soshnick was returning to Flatts- mouth after disposing of fruit at Syracuse, he said. Many Men at Camp Lewis Apply for Discharges Camp Lewis, Wash., July 7. At least two-thirds of the men in the Fourth division here desire to quit the army, Col. Joseph D. Leitch, division chief of staff, announced to day. . Camp Lewis contains 7,200 men. In some companies every enlisted man applied for discharge. Six Inches of Rain at Odell Beatrice, Neb., July 7. (Special.) Farmers from the Odell state that six inches of water has fallen there since Sunday night, and that the fields are in such condition . that it will be impossible to work in them for several days. Polk County Awards Court House Contract Osceola,, Neb., July 7. (Special Telegram.) Contract for a new court house was let here tor $H6,(W8. i he plumbing and heating plant contract was awarded John A. Anderson, Omaha, at 329,202. For electric wirinar the American Electrical com pany, Lincoln, was the lowest bid der at $2,950. . - The total cos of building and' equipment will be $181,026. Bonds for $125,000 bearing Syi per cent in erest were sold at a discount of $11, 500 to John T. Wachab, Omaha. Work will start within 30 days and 14 months are allowed in which to complete the job. i Will Plead Guilty to Murder, Then Be Baptised in Jail O'Neill, Neb., July 7. (Special Telegram.) Rolla Dchart, con fessed murderer of John Mize of Platte, S. D., will be baptized in the city jail here immediately after he pleads guilty to second degree mur der and is sentenced to life im prisonment at 10 Friday morning.-! having become deeply religious the last few days. Oil Well Is Brought in Near Nebraska f Jno Wymore, Neb., July 7. (Special.) Oil in commercial quantities has been struck at a depth of 1,800 feet in a well 46 miles southeast of here, near Beattie, Kan. It is believed that a paying well will be developed by drilling deeper and shooting the hole. Wheat Average 30 Bushels Friend, Neb., July 7. (Special.)- J. E. Easley threshed his wheat crop, which averaged a little better than 30 bushels an acre. A five-acre piece yielded 45 bushels an acre. July Sales Bring These Values Friday Three Good Hosiery Specials for Women Silk Boots, 75c -Pure silk hose with , tops and : solea of lisle, iri black or white, 75c a pair.', XJ ' White Silk Lisle; $1.25 A very, good quality with garter tops, and -double soles for service. jot Children: ' Reductions on a great many styles and colors in half and three-quarter socks afford opportunities for savings. Vests for 79c Fine lisle or mercerized vests with round hecks or bodice tops, in flesh or white are only 79c each, Friday. ' Second Floor The July Sale of Summer Skirts Friday Is Worth Attending White Wash Skirts $5 Cotton gabardine , and surf satin , .'' skirts designed to 'meeftthe i highest standard of fashion and durability. Fine Wool Skirts $10 ' . While ' flannel in . sport styles and f- plaid woolens in . plain tailored and . .... pleated models. All Remaining Skirts $19.50 A group of beautiful skirts in taffeta, flannel, . Roshnara crepe, tricolette, Canton, crepe,; satin and other unus ual sport weaves. To Complete a Fine Sale of Sport Wear We Include Coats Capes and Wraps for $25 Our more .exclusive sport wraps are offered at this Allow us to show jou our price. There is a smaller group of short jackets selection of sale garments priced $10 that is attracting favorable attention. Friday. Apparel Third Floor Friday Sales in the SILK SHOP Offer weaves that are quite fine for early Fall wear with prices which afford a sav ing of importance. We mention only a few of the silks which are in the July sale and would be very glad to show you others. All Silk Radium, $2 a yard. Designed for lingerie but offered in" navy and black as well as in flesh and ' white; it. washes well and is forty inches wide. Crepe de Chine for only $1.95. . . . In all colors, forty inches wide. Tricolette for $1.50 a yard. All colors and black, 36 inches wide. Satin Duchess, $2.49 a yard. A beautiful, lustrous silk for more for mal dresses; it will not wear rough and is offered in navy, brown and black, 36 inches wide, for $2.49 a yard. Haskell's black silks, most fashionable this Fall, are being sold for less. Madeira and Armenian Handkerchiefs 69c each A special that suggests the pur chase of several for future gift needs. The Madeira designs are exquisite, embroidered on real Irish linen and the dainty edging , of Armenian needle point lace on the others is equally desirable. Priced for One Day Only 69c Attractive Reductions on Sport Oxfords Friday for $6.95 one can purchase white nile plnth oxforda with handincs of either dark or light brown leather at an evi dent saving. Both styles have military heels. fnr 8 fce suede street oxford J Of PO.OO fashioned over a gracefully slender last with narrow outlines of black kid is worth seeing. It has an unusually low mili tary heel. mi H.-: 'TV