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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1921)
'it 4- THE IJEK: OMAHA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 1921. in i i. $200,000 Worth Of Postal Loot Has Been Found .Man Said to lie 'Brains" of Gigantic s Robbery Trust , Arrested by Govern ment Agents. Chicago, Aug. 3. That the go eminent made no mistake when its agents arrested John V. Worthing ton, alleged brains and head of a ki gantic mail robbery trust, was proven today when the seizure of two large suitcases, from his office in the "Central Securities company" yielded bonds and securities worth at least 200,000. Some of them have alrcadv been identified as some of the Dearborn street station loot, some were stolen in the Toledo raid and it is said there are some of the oil stocks re cently stolen from the Sinclair company's office in New York. "We absolutely have the goods on Worthington," said Col. John V. Clinnin of the government forces. "In addition to the Toledo, Sinclair and Dearborn station bonds, we found a considerable number of war saving certificates and canceled internal revenue stamps, 'washed' by an illegal process so they could be used a second time. Ask New Indictments. "In order to make the case against him ironclad I will ask the grand juryfor additional indictments against him and Evans, his partner, so that no loop hole for their escape can ' exist. Bonds for Worthington and Evans have been set at $50,000 each. Under a new federal court regulation, real estate worth four times this amount must be scheduled before the men can be released. When additional indictments are returned, it is planned to increase the bonds. "Lefty" Lewis, said to be one of Worthington' lieutenants, is said to be tmder arrest in Detroit. He re cently made a sensational escape from a jail in San Francisco while awaiting trial for murder. In Bad Humor. Worthington was brought in from Waukegan today. He had forgotten his false teeth and was in ugly humor. To a reporter who sought to interview him he replied: "Fade away boy, fade away; you give mc a pain. These charges are bum. They haven't a thing on me." j More evidences of Worthington's activities came to light when the Alma Development company of Alma, Mich, petitioned the tederal court to declare Worthington bank rupt It is claimed be failed to turn over $16,700 for first mortgages he had sold for the company. Probe of Revenue Bureau to Be Made Continued From Face One.) individuals to reduce their tax of one character or another. Other charges relate to employes in the prohibition enforcement wing, involving them in aiding persons to get possession of liquor for illegal purposes and in suppressing evidence that might lead to detection and prosecution of offenders. In announcing his determination to conduct a sweeping investigation Commissioner Blair said: "Certain charges and some of them of a serious character, have been made against the conduct of affairs in the bureau of internal revenue. Many of these charges have em anated from within the bureau, while others have been made by persons not connected with the bureau. Subject for Probe. "Many circumstances or facts that will tend to support a charge that income tax cases or other matters handled by the bureau are not dis posed of according to the law and regulations is a proper subject for the most sweeping investigation. After a cursory investigation myself, I have decided that a thorough probe is necessary and have directed that hearings be held. Each witness will be examined under oath and a full stenographic record will be made of the proceedings. When the time comes I shall review the record and determine what action is necessary. "I have issud instructions that the investigation be full and impartial, as I want to get the exact facts re gardless of consequences. "The findings will be made public on the completion of the hearings and my review of the testimony. It is impossible at this time to give even a tentative date because of the large number of witnesses. "The investigation will not be confined to the headquarters in Washington, it is declared, but will branch to other cities. The com missioner would make no statement as to what cities will be involved. In Washington during the last few months, there have been several cases of individual employes investi gated and a few prosecutions have developed. These cases involved ir regularities in both the income tax and prohibition enforcement sections of the bureau. Barber Held by Police In Cooley Holdup Case C. M. Beard, barber, 514 South Sixteenth street, who reported a car he had rented was stolen from Forty ninth and P streets Monday evening, is now held for investigation by po lice into the robbery of "Judge" Julius Smith Cooley at his home, 2724 Ames avenue, that night. The car Beard reported stolen was later found abandoned near the Cooley home. Cooley was on duty at Central police station Tuesday despite the beating received from 'he robbers. He now totals his loss at $1,000 in cash and negotiable paper. Omaha Blau Gas Company Sold to Former Auto Man Plans to enlarge the Omaha Blau Gas to twice its size and make it one of the biggest manufactories in this city were announced yesterday by W. E. Foshier, former auto mobile man, who purchased the plant two days ago. The Omaha Blau Gas company has its plant at Twenty-eighth and liovd streets and is capitalized for $1,200,000. The company manufac tures ga for nse on fanr&, schools small towns. Colonists' rt . I I m .!! 31 a 1! - IMJ " $Ufr Twenty-rive Brooklyn families pulled up stakes and rolled away to the west in a colonists caravan, a modern edition of the old "Forty- Niners'" wagon train. The purpose and the spirit is the same, but the old prairie schooners have been re placed by automobiles, trailers and service trucks. William D. Scolt of Brooklyn is at the head of the car avan, which is enroute to a tract of 5,000 acres, just south of Buhl, Ida ho, where they will clear away the brush, build themselves clapboard bungalows and start to grow alfalfa. All the families in the caravan are 100 per cent Americans. They own their own automobiles, hold their own purses and have no debts. After receiving a send-off from Borough President Riegelman, Mayor Hylan gave Mr. Scott a letter to be deliv ered to Governor Davis of Idaho. The illustration in the upper left hand corner shows one of the units Solemn Requiem Mass Celebrated For Famous Tenor Thousands in Naples Pay Homage to Enrico Caruso Scenes of Extreme Pathos Enacted. Naples, Aug. 3. (By The Asso tiated Press.) Sorrowing Naples and Italy today paid tribute to the memory of Enrico Caruso, the great tenor, who died here early yesterday morning. Thousands gathered at the solemn requiem mass celebrated at the Church of Madonna Delia Gracia, or stood uncovered, along the streets leading to that edifice while the funeral cortage passed. In the choir which assisted in the impressive ceremonies were many men and women who have played stellar roles on the operatic stage. Scenes of extreme pathos were en acted all day yesterday at the Hotel Vesivus following the death of the man popularly acknowledged to be the premier tenor of his generation. Neapolitans of every class stood in line for many hours to file past the bier of Caruso. The body was clad in evening clothes. At the dead tenor's side were garlands of roses arranged per sonally by Mrs. Caruso. The master singer, who had for nearly a quarter of a century en acted roles in which death was an unseen player, apparently was cogni zant of his critical condition follow ing his sudden illness Monday. Just before he sank in to the coma which was the prelude to the end he said to his son, Rodolfo: "I feel very ill. This time it will be difficult to escape." Hunger Victims Fire Homes in Russia. Report London, Aug. 3. Hunger stricken people in the famine district ot Russia are setting fire to their vil lages before deserting them for other parts of Russia, according to a Helsingtors dispatcn to tne ientrai News aarencv today quoting persist ent reports said to have been re ceived this morning from the inter- or of Russia. Many villages are said to be in flames. From the same source it was re ported that great preparations were being made to cleat wrtn tne masses of peasants now moving toward Moscow. Manv trenches have been dug about the city, and much war material including field guns, nas been installed, the reports said. Other teleerams received at nel- singfors reported that the Petrograd garrison had mutinied again. Moonshiners Due for Shock; Coal Oil in Fruit on Dump Modern moonshiners who have been in the habit of slipping down to the city dump in the north river bottoms to swipe condemned canned fruit for its fermentative uses, are due for a shock. Dr. C. C. Hall, chief food inspec tor, left his headquarters in the city hall yesterday, bound for the warehouse of an Omaha wholesale grocery firm where he expected to condemn $4,000 of canned fruits. These fruits are loganberries, strawberries and blackberries, shipped from Oregon, and make wonderful material for moonshine, according to Dr. Hall. He said he was going to take the $4,000 worth of fruit to the dump himself in the afternoon, punch a hole in the cans, and inject coal oil therein. The largest slate quarries in the world are to be found in Wales. Five Men, Convicted Thieves, Sentenced to Be Church Goers Washington, N. C, Aug. 3. Five young men of this city are under sentence to attend vhurch regularly for one year. They were convicted of stealing automobile supplies and Judge Horton gave them their choice of going to the county roads for one year or attending church regularly for the same length ol time. Caravan Starts for Idaho of the caravan which is to be used for sleeping purposes. On the right is William D. Scott, who is at the head of the modern prairie schoon- Woman Aids Indians With Clinic on Auto Miss Ida May Shiels, a trained nurse of San Francisco, who will command a traveling auto clinic be ing sent into the wilds by the Cali fornia board of health, in co-operation with the federal Indian service. The clinic was organized, after a preliminary survey which showed a large proportion of the Indians suf fering from trachoma, tuberculosis and other diseases. Missing Banker Now Is Believed Secure in Mexico Chicago Authorities Confident That His Apprehension Is Imminent, Following Re ports From Texas. El Paso, Tex., Aug. 3. Immigra tion officers along the border today j believed Warren L. Spurgin, missing Chicago banker, is somewhere in Mexico, orobablv with friends he is known to have been associated with, who used to make El Taso head quarters. Posine as a mining man. a person who answers the description of the missing banker, got off the train at Marfa, Tex., July IV, hired an auto-j mobile drove to Presidco and on July 20 crossed the river into Mexico. This was confirmed by immigration men at Presideo and Marfa. . Presented a Passport. The reoort received here said that the stranger, who answers Spurgin's description, presented passport made out in the name of "Scott." He said he was a mining man. His only baggage was a large suit case. The report also said, that alter ne had passed inspection, he hired a Mexican in a row boat to take him across the river. Persons coming from the Mexican side to the Ameri can reported that the stranger left Ojinaga, Chihuahua, the border town across from Presideo, in an auto mobile, presumably for Chihuahua City. Arrest Is Imminent. Chicago, Aug. 3. With the trail of Warren C. Spurgin, missing presi dent of the closed Michigan Avenue Trust company leading into Mexico and the authorities apparently close on his track, local authorities, as well as those financially interested in the bank, which is short more than $1,000,000, today considered his ap prehension imminent. Following messages received yes terday from Marfa and El Paso, Tex., that a man answering Spurgin's description had crossed into Mexico, headed for Chihuahua, local authori ties redoubled their efforts to appre hend him. A reward of $2,500 has been of fered for his capture and word from the Texas border was to the effect that both sides of the international boundary line are being patrolled. Lee Trinkle Is, Nominated by Virginia Demos for Governor Richmond, Va., Aug. 3. Incom plete returns from yesterday's demo cratic primary election in Virginia today indicated the nomination of E. 'Lee Trinkiy of Wythe for gov-cnicr. v ' ' ' V , I I ft - k . W ers. Below is Mrs. Thomas Tudcr and her daughters, Alice and Maltha, who are making the jour ney. Red Organizers Building Machine In United States j Secret Headquarters Found in Many American Cities Renewed Activity Follows Convention in N. Y. Chicago Trlliunp-Omuha lie v. Iard Wire. Chicago, Aug. 3. The reds of America are quietly at work spread ing propaganda among the working men of the nation and attempting to , ,( . . l , uuhu up d. u.n.uu,, yaticucu after the nihilist system of Russia. The work is being done at the direc tion of the reds of pestilence ridden Russia from the headquarters of the llurd Internationale in Moscow Information of the activities of the "communists" in America, and especially in Chicago, has just been received from confidential sources, following a complete investigation; The methods employed by the organr izers in charge of the work here are also revealed. One district meeting place of the party was found within a block of the "Gold Coast," the residence place of the city's wealthiest. A score more meeting places ha.ve been found scattered throughout the city. In most cases a room in a board ing house is used and the members who attend the meetings are known to their confederates only under as sumed names. Only the organizer who has carefully felt out his pros pective ally, knows the true names of the candidates. Upon passing in spection and a vote of the other members of the district, the new re cruit becomes a full-fledged member of the communist party of America. Within the last 30 days the organ ization work has been augmented by the unity obtained following a joint convention between the united communist party and the communist party of America, which have ironed out their differences and have united under the common banner of giving "all power to the workers." The secret convention was held in New York. At the meeting, the united com munist party reported a membership of 5,927 organized in 771 under ground grouns, three of which are in Canada. The communist party of America reported a membership of j In the treasury of the former or ganization was $9,028 and in the lat ter organization was $10,420. Since February, 1921, 2,183,000 leaflets in English and a large amount of lit erature in manv foreign languages, have been distributed. Reds Start Negotiations , To Recognize French Debt Paris, Aug. 3. Negotiations rela tive to the recognition of the Rus sian debt to France, were com menced last night by Louis Louch eur, French minister, of liberated regions, and Leonid Krassin, Rus sian soviet minister of trade and commerce, says the Paris edition of the New York Herald. The news paper declares it has received its in formation from most reliable sources Before the collapse of the czarist regime in Russia, that government had contracted a debt to France ap proximating $5,000,000,000. The bol sheviki refused to acknowledge this debt. Canadian Steamer Lost. North Head, Wash., Aug. 3. Radio messages received here last evening from the coast guard cutter Snohomish said the freight steamer Canadian Exporter of the Canadian government's merchant marine, that has been aground for two days off Willapa bay, was broken in two sec tions this morning and will he a total loss. Steamships Arrival. Trieste. July 23. Presidents Wilson, New York. Ocnuii, July 26. Puca U'Aosta, New York. Shaiighal, July 28. Eastern Importer, San Francisco. riymouth. Aufr. 2. Puxonia, New York, for Hamburg1- Fharifthut, July 3(1. Wvrt Ivln, Taeoma. Departure. Melbourne, July 29. WHlotitji; fViin- cnuvc , J i.' Tien '"in. July ol. Mnlt3, Tuvjluiid. Senators Will Not Push Loan Of Tents to Vets Hitchcock and Norris State Veterans Have No Chance Of Obtaining Equipment For Their Reunions. By E. C. SNYDER. Wnxhington Coirrspotiitrut Omulm lire. Washington, Aug. 3. (Special Tel egram.) Efforts of certain members of the house of representatives to secure for the 88th Division associa tion the loan of tents, cots, blankets and equipment for the annual re union in Des Moines the latter part of this month will come to naught, according to statements made by Senator Hitchcock and H. G. Thomas, secretary to Senator Norris, in letters to Congressman Jefferis, who had urged both senators from Nebraska to use their best efforts to obtain the passage of a joint reso lution which was adopted by the house Jt:ly 21. Regarding this resolution and the one introduced by Congressman Jef feris to loan equipment to the Sand storm division for its reunion in Om aha during Ak-Sar-Ben week, Sen ator Hitchcock writes: J. regret to say that there is no chance of securing the passage of such a resolution in the senate, at least the senate military committee has taken the position, on the rec ommendation of the secretary of war that it will not favorably report any of these resolutions providing for a loan of equipment to divisional re unions. The only occasions on which the committee will favorably report or the War department will act are those of a national character, such as national encampments of the G. A. R. or Confederate veterans or veterans of some other war. I am rather surprised that the house passed resolution 78 in face of the attitude taken by the War depart ment." Senator Hitchcock points cut that the War department will supply tents under the existing ' law without any special acts, but this is denied in a letter to Congressman Jefferis from Secretary of War Weeks. "Big Jeff" formally requested the loan of the temporary barracks at Fort Omaha and equipment there. In reply, Secretary Weeks states there is no legal authority tor the loan of War department buildings or supplies, except tentage which may, under an act of congress, be loaned to certain veteran organizations. However, he states, the terms of ; nit avu nut ucui nidiiUdLUl y , uic VVar department has adopted the DoIicv of not authorizing the loan of tentage for the reason that the. stock on hand is not in excess of the needs of the army and the period of great est demand for loans is coincident with the period of greatest employ ment by the army. The secretary adds that the passage of laws auth orizing the issue or loan of equip ment is opposed for the reason that vh'ile'such loans are secured by bond, there must be some deterioration fif the property loaned which ..will ul timately result in additional pur chases and increased appropriations. Revolt Breaks Out in Lisbon, Says Report London,. Aug. 3. A Reuters dis patch filed in Madrid yesterday states that following rumors from Vigo that a revolution had broken out in Lisbon. A telegram received direct from the Portuguese capital said extensive precautionary meas ures had been take in that city. Troops had been brought in from the provinces, the dispatch added, but all ' was quiet in Lisbon and throughout the country. The troops in Lisbon are said to be confined to their barracks. British official circles and the Portuguese legation in this city were not able, today to throw any light on the reports ot disorder in Portugal. Peking to Shanghai Air Service Planned Peking, Aug. 3. Airplane flights from Peking to Shanghai with sev eral stops enroute to accommodate passenger and mail traffic have been planned to begin this month follow ing the successful inauguration re cently of a tri-weekly air postal and passenger service between Peking and Tsinanfti in Shantung province. The initial flight to Tsinanfu, 237 miles from Peking, was ac complished against a head wind in two hours and 55 minutes. A corps of Chinese students is in training and it is anticipated that natives eventually will take over the business of piloting the big ma chines. Twenty-One Japanese Are Indicted for Conspiracy Honolulu, T. II., Aug. 3. (By. The Associated Press.) Twenty-one Jap anese, many ot '.nem prominent, v. ere indicted here today on charges of criminal conspiracy in connection with violence incident to the strike of sugar plantation workers last year. The indictments are based on evi dence that has been obtained through investigations that have continued since the strike. The culminating act of violence during the strike occurred June 3, 1920, when the house of a Japanese who refused to join the strikers was dynamited. The laborer, his wife and three children were asleep in the side of the house opposite the blast and were uninjured. Near-Beer Drinkers . , Must Keep Feet Off "Brass" in Wisconsin Madison, Wis., Aug. 3. Drinkers of nonintoxicating liquor in Wiscon sin must stand far enough away from the bar to b(e unable to place their foot on the rail or to set their glasses on the counter in order to keep from violating the law, accord ing to an opinion of J. K, Messer chmirit, assistant attorney general, j made public today Death of Mother Turning Point in Life of Caruso Became Great Tenor Despite Whippings of Father To Make Him "Good, Sober Mechanic" First Great Stage Triumph in "La Boheme" At Milan, Italy, in 189S. New York, Aug. 3. Enrico Ca rtiso became the greatest tenor in spte of a humble birth and his father's whippings to make a "good, sober mechanic" out of him, and it was his mother's death when En rico was 15 years old, that sent him to the stage. His own intimate life story was told in an interview recently and is published for the first time 'to day. Caruso, beginning his story, told of his father's efforts to "whip him" into a "sober, industrious mechanic. '"1 wanted to be a sailor and 1 h.'.unted the docks for days," ex plained Caruso. "1 broke most of the rules and regulations at school and lived in constant disgrace. "By the time I was 11 years old 1 had developed a great love for singing and had, I believed, a fine contralto voice. "One day the organist of the Church of St. Anna, Naples, heard me singing some popular melod and my youthful efforts delighted him so much that he engaged me to sing in his choir. And I received for my labor each Sunday the large sum of 10 pence weekly the firsi money I ever earned. Turning Point in Career. "The turning point in my life came at the age of 15, when my dear mother died. Had she liviyl it is prouarjie l should have continued my mechanical studies to please her. So I became a wanderer with no weapons to aid me in the fight for success but a remarkable physique and tremendous optimism which, i thank heaven, has never failed me. Somehow I managed to pick up a poor livelihood by singing at church festivals. "I was often hungry but nevci unhappy, and thus I went on until at the age of 18 I was faced by this fearful problem, 'was I a tenor or a baritone?' My voice at that time was so thin that it resembled the wind whistling through a gaping wiftdow and my fellow students laughed at my hopes of an operatic career. Undisturbed, I worked on until my studies were curtailed !y military duty. Attracts Major's Attention. "One morning I was polishing the buttons on my tunic and siiiirg for sheer joy with an 'open thr I can picture the scene ;n my mina at this moment and see the gi pous sunshine streaming in as I sat pol Danger of Flood At Pueblo Passed River Within Three Feet of Levee Top, But Quickly Recedes. Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 3. The Ar kahsas river in Pueblo was within three feet of the levee top at 2:30 o'clock this morning but danger of a new flood is believed past. The flood stage of the river vvas the re sult of cloudbursts yesterday in.' the Royal Gorge and surrounding hills above Canon City. A cloudburst between Lime and ; Fisher, southeast of here, sent the ! St. Charles river over' its banks and j washed out a highway bridge on the i Santa re trad at the junction of St. j Charles and Arkansas rivers. Power j lines and telephone service between ; here and La Junta was out of com mission early today as the result of the flood. Cation City and Florence, both '' above Pueblo, were flooded partially by the Arkansas river's high waters, j Bankruptcy Asked for ! Co-Operative Society of U.S. Chicago, Aug. 3. An involuntary petition of bankruptcy against liar-; rison Parker, N. A. Hawkinson and John Coe, named as co-partners in the Co-operative society of America was filed in United States district court today. The petition was in behalf of three persons claiming they had been induced to buy stock in the society and who said the stock was worthless. i William Hartman, Sarah Smith and Alec C. Friedman, the complainants allege that they bought the stock . through fraudulent misrepresenta tions and seek to recover the amounts they paid. j Papillion Notes County Judffp Wheat issued 100 marriage licenses the last month. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. At kley departed Wednesday for llordon, where they will it ma in for about a year. i County Superintendent Bortha. Bishop ; left Friday for Yellowstone park, where , she will Huentl two weelta stfrh'soomi;. 1 A double-header ball Kaine w;t held Sunday, Tapiilion defeating liter? Optical team of Omaha, 9 to 3, and the Fremont ; Lutheran team, 19 to 7. The Fremont Lutheran band aTompanied the boys liv j und a ve a concert in the afternoon and evpnimj. I Fred Friek lf sun of Mrs. W. F. I Frk-kf, was operated on at the Methodist i hospital in Omnha Wednesday. I .Paul Zusc-hHUfs,, t'harles Pflu? and Ius j fordes went on a fishini; trip icar Fre- ( munt lat Tuesday mid alt huunh tiiey I did not t-ateh many fish, Cordea fished si $;15 irold wati-h from tht sand. Hans Harder, retired farmer, purehased a residence tn th FMd club -vicinity and will move his family there. In honor of their silver wpddinjr, Hew and llr:4. H. F. Schmidt and f.inuly were quests at a surprise party Wednesday evening. Tht-y were presented with a silver plate and a box containing a number of silver dollars. Mary I.nmpbreck of near Chalen, was pronounced insane Saturday befor the in sanity hoard and was sent to tne Lin coln asylum Monday. John Wintn.ir., was drowned in th old Papillion criek near hfs farm house three fourths of a mile west of towa Sunday. The young man had been chorinu about I lu farm shortly after dinner and neeomtnK heated derided to take a wim In the crek. Ho had Juat gotten Into th wuti-i when seized with a cramp. Tits wii, wro; stood in the distance, km id he came up once but Mho was unable to fcret to him lit time to offer any assistance. Vtnt': was -4 und was married a year him ii January. He is survived ty his wife, ni mother and father, and three MMtcrs. 'I funeral will be held W'rdimsday morn in ut 0 from St. (olimklllw rmliuln: chun and interment "ill he in the St. Maud;. !!, German ath"lie cemetery Weut. Id. ' .Mrs. John f'hafe was striken vfith a j.ualMt'j sdtoku Muiuuy moruinii ishing vigorously. Suddenly Major Nagliati appeared, listened and 'Jim inquired: 'What is your profession?' Stammering, I muttered: 'I aspin to sing in opera.' "Without a word he left me and I imagined he had not heard my mum bled reply. But that same evening he told me he had found ine a sing- ing master and that during my re- myllllriiy -V f ivc iti W tt 1 could continue inv studies. ... v . . 'uVjLV."iy,TaVailgc,Mrci.reSciiiiiiK the National Council of that my brother should take place and thus it happened that in 1W5, at the age of 22, I made my e'ebut in a new opera at the Teatro Nuevo Naples. "I was not a success, nor was the opera. Great Day Dawns. "My master, Vergine. encouraged me to go on studying and singing at every opportunity in various the aters. In this way my voice im proved in timbre, strength and tone, and at last my great day dawned though 1 nearly spoiled my own success through obstinacy "Sonsogno. manager of the Tea tro Liroco, Milan, asked me if I would study the role of Marcello in I la boheme, to sing at hi theater Accordingly, with Vergine's help, I began to study this role, but after a few days decided it did not suit me and returned it with many re grets. "A little later I visited Milan and there Sonsogno came to me with a request that I would change my mind and consent to studv the role. as he was certain it would suit me and that I should make a success in it. "Strange was it not. that he should be convinced of my success when I felt confident of failure? "Spurred by his belief in me, 1 learned the role and in Tuesday. November 8. 1898, appeared as Mar cello at the Teatro Linco, Milan, and made, if I may say so in all humility, my first success. "On November 9, I awoke to find press and public in agreement that I had not mistaken my vocation' Singer Always Cheerful. A victim of robbery, bombs and several physical collapses, all with- in a few months, Caruso never fal tered in his optimistic certainty he would overcome the "jinx" which seemed bent upon pursuing him during '.920. This is what happened to the world's greatest tenor during the last months he was in America: June 8, 1920 Summer home at Easthampton, L. I., robbed of $400. 000 in gems. June 13, 1920 Bomb set in Na tional theater, Havana, exploded just is thoroughly baffled bv their dis tefore the tenor's entrance in the i appearance, second half, of Aida. I December 8. 1920 Strained side after singing famous aria. Vesti la Giubba in Pagliacci, at Metropolitan. Decepiber 11. 1920 Burst blood vessel in throat during first act of IElisir d'Amore at Brooklyn Acad emy of Music. December 23, 1920 Confined to bed from ailment diagnosed as "in tercostal neuralgia." December 24, 1920 Sang Elezar in Lajuive. his last performance. Embroidered Madeiras For Just One-Half Price $18.50, 36-inch Round Cloths, $ 9.25 $20.00, 36-inch Round Cloths, $10.00 $27.50, 45-inch Round Cloths, $13.75 $30.00, 45-inch Round Cloths, $15.00 $35.00, 45-inch Round Cloths, $17.50 $45.00, 54-inch Round Cloths, $22.50 $49.50, 54-inch Round Cloths, $24.75 $75.00, 72-inch Round Cloths, $37.50 40c, 6-inch Madeira Doilies for 20c Irish Table Linen at Half Price Odd pieces in Table Cloths and Napkins which are really exceptional values. Hemstitched Damask Luncheon Sets con sisting of one cloth 66x66 inches and six eighteeen-inch napkins, $17.50 sets for $10 a set. Black Chiffon Velvet $3.95 38-inch Chiffon Vel vet of a fine soft tex ture and rich black one of the most de sirable fabrics for fall Friday at a very low price, only $3.95 yard. Also 40-inch all-silk charmeuse, in black, brown, taupe, gray, copen, or navy tomor row only $2.95 a yard. Importers Fight Valuation Plan In Tariff Bill Witnesses Appear Uefore Sen ate Finance Committee Manufacturing Interests Urge Adoption. Washington, Aug. 3. Repre sentatives of importing interests of New York and New England op posed the American valuation plan t t the Fordnev tariff bill before the I senate finance committee today, j Witnesses also included several f ' tnrmpft ' t n" i ' . 'r vr. . v,t ,1 I homas T. Dohertv of New iork. ('escribed the scheme as mon strous." He declared it was ut terly unworkable. Joseph S. Lockett of Boston, at torney for the New Fngland Im porters' and Traders' association, made a similar attack upon the plan. It was said that the importers would much prefer some scheme by which the American valuation plan is put into effect gradually if it is tc be adopted at all. This would be in line with the suggestion of Geonge C. Davis of the customs service, that the foreign valuation plan be retained, but that manufac turers be given an opportunity to prove American values of products comparable to imported goods and that duties be assessed upon these values, m nus duties, transportat'on costs and other expenses and a profit. Mr. Lockett, in opposing the American valuation plan, denied that utider-valuations have been as preva lent under, the foreign valuation sys tem as claimed. Mr. Lockett se-. verely criticised the manufacturers who have been urging the adoption of the plan. A delegation of toy manafacturers urged the adoption of the American plan. W. O. Coleman, manufacturer of toy trains, declared that his com pany had been forced to close its plant as a result of German compe tition. He said that the American valuation plan would help the com pany to meet the exchange situation Man Asks Police to Find His Missing Wife and Son Warren Norman went to work Tuesday as usual. His wife, Cora. 27, and their son. Arthur, 11, were at their home, 1407 Avenue E, Council Bluffs, when he left, he told Omaha police. But when he returned both were missing, he reprrted, and he asks the Omaha police department to assist him m try.ng to locate them, j Norman has no idea why or how 1 they left or were taken away from Ms bomp. arrnrdincr tn nnlirr and Gothenhurg Country Club To Hold Golf Tourney Gothenburg, Neb., Aug. 3. (Spe cial.) The Country club is staging its first golf tournament here Thurs day. Thirty-six members' are en tered, three are playing scratch. there will be tour prizes; namelv lirst and second Handicaps, ip' medalist, and booby prize ior'Wglv est medal score. Vests in a Clearance 39c Women's round-necked or bodice topped vests in white or pink are special ly priced for Thursday only 39c. Brassieres Are Specially Priced For a month-end clear ance which includes some of plain materials, lace trimmed, others of mesh and many of silk bro cades. All are excep tional values and we urge that you make an early selection. 4 J
