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THE F:E: OMAHA, SATURDAY. AUGUST 6, 1921.
Great Britain Is
Reducing Forces,
Northclif fe Says
English Publisher Sees Great
Possibilities Ahead for Dis
armament Conference
1 Called by Harding.
Vancouver, Aug. 5. If delegates
to the forthcoming disarmament
conference in Washington "truly and
constantly represent" the desires of
their nations an agreement will be
reached and an era of peace and pros
1 pcrity will be opened in the Pacific
that will extend ultimately to Europe
and throughout the world, Lord
Northcliffe, the noted English pub
lisher, declared in an address at a
luncheon given in his honor by the
Canadian club hers today.
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes, Lord Northcliffe said, have
a "very clear undcrsl anding of the
momentous character of the gather
ing at Washington, which, in my
opinion, may well prove to be the
greatest and most pregnant gather
ing of the kind that has ever been
held."
"In England, as you know," Lord
Northcliffe said, "we are disarming.
The British army is reduced to a
figure below its peace strength be
fore the war, while the navy is weak
er, both as regards big ships and
personnel, than it was in January,
1914."
Only One Large Ship.
Statements made Wednesday in the
house of commons as to the replacing
of four obsolete battleships by new
vessels of the post-Jutland type did
not essentially alter this fact, he as
serted, as Britain has at present
only one big ship partly embodying
the lessons of Jutland, and the new
ships cannot be completed in less
than five years.
Continuing Lord Northcliffe said
in part:
"The world is sick and needs
time to recover from the tremendous
shock it has received. , What are
known as social questions are also
pressing us, tor while the economic
and industrial position is not nor
mal, millions of men and women who,
during the war, attained a higher
standard of life, are anxious not to
be thrust back into prewar condi
tions. Reaction Under Way.
"There is at the same time, a re
action from the- high idealism that
animated the allies and their associ
ates during the war1. People are
feeling a little disheartened; they are
wondering whether human affairs
will ever be settled by anything ex
cept force, whether good will, reason
and common sense will ever regulate
the intercourse of nations. At such
a moment comes President Harding's
call for a conference.
"I cannot conceive of any greater
disaster than the failure of that con
ference to achieve the ends for
which it will meet.
"It is essential that all should help
make it a success. We can all help.
We can help by promoting good will,
by not saying unkind things about
other nations and by disarming our
ininds before we reduce our fleets.
"Failure of the conference would
be a catastrophe. The bad old days
of competitive armaments would
come again and with them the old
rancors and the old fears of war."
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Plan to Create
New State Seal
And Flag Design
Committee Appointed in July
By Governor Organizes
With Representative
Williams, Chairman.
Nebraska Farm
Values Advance
State Makes Rapid Strides in
Rural Valuations and
Investments.
The state of Nebraska made rapid
strides in many departments the last
10 years, especially in-farm valua
tions, farm investments and swine,
according to figures compiled from
rational reports by the publicity bu
reau of the Omaha Chamber of
Commerce.
Nebraska ranks fourth among the
states in the value of all farm prop
erty, including land, buildings, im
plements", machinery and live stock.
The Value has grown from $2,079,
818.647 in 1910 to $4,193,825,242 in
1920. Value of buildings increased
from $198,807,622 in 1910 to $382,
t'43,200 in 1920. Value of implements
and machinery increased from $44,
249.708 to $153,165,871.
Nebraska ranks third in swine pro
duction for 1920. Swine production
the past 12 months was valued at
$72,071,507. Indiana is Nebraska's
closest competitor with a value of
$63,095,220.
The value of live stock raised in
Nebraska in the past 10 years brings
the state to fifth place in this de
partment. The total value of live
stock for 1910, in Nebraska, was
$222,222,004. hi 1920 it was $328,
460,991. Nebraska, in the last 10 years has
come from fourth to third place in
land values. Iowa and Illinois only
surpass Nebraska. Farm lands have
increased in the last 10 years from
$1,614,539,752 in 1910 to $3,330,150,
180 in 1920.
Aurora Still Debating
Street Fair Question
Aurora, Neb., Aug. 5. (Special.)
At the council meeting this week
its members listened to an animated
debate over the proposed ordinance
prohibiting carnivals and street fairs.
W. I. Farley and F. E. Edgerton
presented the views of the people
who attended the anti-carnival mass
meeting at the court house.
George Funk and Dr. Otis New
man spoke against the ordinance.
They appeared to favor carnivals on
the streets of the city sponsored by
the American Legion.
The council decided to put the
proposition on the ballot next spring
and take a referendum vote.
Central City Reduces
Appropriation by Half
Central City, Neb., Aug. 5. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of the city
council the appropriation for the
yar was fixed at $25,100 as against
an appropriation of $46,750 one year
ago. 1 he levy was placed at 13 mills,
A program of strict economy is be
ing practiced by the City officials
Lincoln, Aug. 5. (Special.)
Wanted An appropriate banner for
Nebraska.
In the next two years a banner
symbolic of Nebraska life must be
chosen for letterheads and decora
tive purposes.
A committee for this purpose was
appointed July 9 by Governor Mc
Kelvie and a law authorizing their
action as legal and binding was passed
by the legislature. .
The committee met tpday and or
ganized. .Representative George Wil
liams of Fairmount is chairman and
Mrs. E. B. Finney of Fullerton, sec
retary. Prof G. A. Condra is the
third member of the committee.
Present Seal Appropriate.
Nebraska is one of the few states
that has never had a state banner,
but it has had a seal since its incep
tion into the union in 1867. The seal
was one of the first to appear in the
west and the committee will decide
whether it is to remain as em
blematic of Nebraska, or whether it
will become merely a relic of early
days.
It has been pointed out how the
seal serves its purpose now as faith
fully as it did more than 40 years
ago, for each portion of it is as
characteristic of the present Nebras
ka as the pioneer state. The indus
tries of Nebraska depicted on it are
farming and commerce. Crop re
ports for the present season have
placed Nebraska in the foremost
states in agriculture.
Two Years to Work Out Symbol.
No suggestions have been made
as yet for the banner, according to
Dr. G. A. Condra, one of the mem
bers, and the committee has until
1923 to work out the symbol. The
banner and seal which they recom
mend will be placed before the leg
islature of that year. The other
members of the committee are Rep
resentative George A. Williams, au
thor of the bill to forward this work,
and Mrs. E. B. Penney of Fullerton.
Dr. Condra is at the head of the di
vision of conservation and survey of
the University of Nebraska.
Much speculation concerning the
design and colors of the new ban
ner is now going on about the state
house. Whether the color of the
state flower, goldenrod. will be in
corporated in it is not known.
Plan Funeral for Only
Dead Hero at Wakefield
Wakefield. Neb., Aug. 5. (Spe
cial.) The body of Anton Bokem-
rer. the only soldier boy from
Wakefield who lost his life in France,
is being brought home for burial.
The body, according to a telegram
received by relatives from the gov
ernment, will reach New York . on
August 6 and will no doubt reach
Wakefield, in about a week. The fu
neral services will be held in Wake
field and will be in charge of the local
American Legion post, which is
named after him.
Anton Bokemper was 31 years old
at the time of his death. He was
called into service on September 15,
1917, and was enrolled in Company
I. Fourth infantry. He left for over
seas service on April 17, 1918, and
went into action almost immediately.
He was killed in action October 15,
1918, 26 days before the signing of
the armistice.
Hobo Falls Under Train
And Has His Foot Crushed
Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 5. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Joe Mageces, Bo
hemian farm laborer, 30, slipped on
top of a moving freight train on the
Burlington. 10 miles west of this
city, fell underneath and was picked
up with one foot and ankle com
plete' crushed. He also has a bad
scalp wound, lie was beating ms
way io the Kansas fields, though he
had $45. He was brought to a hos
pital in this city.
Increase Electric Light
Plant at North Platte
North Platte, Neb., Aug. 5. (Spe
cial.) The North Platte Light &
rower company has placed an order
for machinery that will result in
about doubling the present capacity
of the plant. During the past year or
two the demand for light and power
has so increased as to overload the
present capacity.
Has Husband Arrested
Central City, Neb., Aug. (Spe
cial.) Beech Kingston was arrested
at the instigation of his former wife,
Mrs. Clementine Dahlin of Omaha,
and after a preliminary hearing in
the county court was bound over to
the district court. Alleged failure on
the part of Mr. Kingston to pay a
monthly allowance to his children as
fixed by the court is the cause of this
More Truth Than Poetry
-By JAMES J. MONTAGUE-
LOVELY WOMAN
When lovely woman's trailing garments,
Which, some years back, she always wore
Picked up insanitary varmints '
Called germs, from every dancing floor, a
When she had trouble with her breathing
Because she over-tightly laced,
' A curving mould of whalebone sheathing
Around her slim and shape,ly waist,
The doctors lectured her severely,' '
They called her slave to every fad
And vowed that she was quite, or nearly
Mad.
When lovely woman's skirts were lifted
By swiftly lengthening degrees,
Until the wanton breezes drifted
Unchecked around her dimpled knees,
When she declared against tight-lacing
And, for the moment, laid aside
The stiff and sturdy whalebone casing"
That all the doctors had decried,
The press observed her, far from mutely,
While preachers vowed in sermons sad
That she was going absolutely
Bad.
Poor woman! Looked upon with loathing
And made the prey of ill report
Because in other years her clothing
Was not of the hygienic sort!
And then when she reformed the features
That were not medically sound,
Behold the editors and preachers
Attack her on a moral ground!
Howe'er she dresses seems to get her
Involved in Trouble's awful clutch,
And yet, somehow it doesn't fret her
. Much!
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THIS MAY BE PREMATURE.
We will say this for Fred Beauvais: He hasn't signed up with a
movng pcture concern as yet.
A CHANGE OF HEART.
We are glad to hear that Mr. Dempsey would rather fight than do
anythng else. He didn't feel that way in 1918.
ONE DRAWBACK.
We'd have a lot of wonderful American golfers if they weren't all
English or scotch."
CopjrUht, 1021. by The Bell Syndicate. Imo.
Today's Attractions.
Strand "The Woman God
Changed."
Sun Alice Lake in "Uncharted
Seas."
Moon May Allison in "The Last
Card."
Rialto Elliott Dexter in "The
Witching Hour."
Empress "The Last Door.
Marie Prevost, erstwhile bathing
beauty, has become a wood nymph.
For her forthcoming photodrama
she is a Big Bear, where the con
cluding scenes of the film are be
ing filmed under the direction of
King Baggot. The story is to be
called "Touch Me Not," and is an
original theme by Percival Wilde.
Norman Kerry, who did such ex
cellent work in "Proxies," will go
to London to play the leading male
role in George Fitzmaurice's produc
tion of "Three Live Ghosts," one
of the New York stage successes
last season, which will be started
soon.
"This is So Sudden," is the title
of Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle's pic
ture which was filmed under the
name of "Should a Man Marry?"
The title of Arbuckle's latest pic
ture which is now in production
also has been changed from "Via
Fast Freight," to "Freight Prepaid"
Radio Controlled Auto
Startle's Dayton Coppers
Dayton,' O., Aug. 5. Dayton traf
fic policemen rubbed their eyes today
when a miniature automobile sailed
past all semaphores. There wasn't a
soul in it.
It was a driverless radio automo
bile from McCook field, controlled
by a radio in a car 100 feet behind
it. The automobile, contained no
wireless and is said to be the first
of its kind publicly exhibited by the
radio air service.
Race Horses Are Seized as N
Booze Found in Their Cars
Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 5. Nine race
horses enroute from Windsor, Ont.,
to Saratoga are being held by gov
ernment officials here following al
leged discovery of wine and whisky
in the car in which the horses were
being shipped. Customs men theat
ened to confiscate and sell the horses.
The vital statistics are published
pq the. want ad pig
Wouldn't he take the cake at a
costume ball?
Wesley Barry, noted juvenile
film star, rather departs from his
usual manner of acting in "Stranger
Than Fiction," which opens Sunday
at the Strand theater. The picture
features Katherine MacDonald.-
In a makeup of baggy trousers,
spectacles, stiff hat and freckles,
young Barry ' enacts some thrilling
and comical stunts. He hails from
Los Angeles.
The first women's patriotic society
in America, the Society of Colonial
Dames of America, was organized in
New York City in 1890.
AT.THE
THEATER'S
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NB of tha beat comedy Hinging Kctn
of the current Reason U that offered
bv the Four Harmony Boya. who head-
llne the Empreea show of which conclud
ing perfnrmancea will be given tonight.
Their program conalata of many descrip
tive aonga of grand opera, popular jaxx
and eome original novelty aong numbera.
Tha ahovr haa an Important feature In
the act of Orphea. who preaenta a high
claaa musical act of unuaual merit, being
a musician of much versatility. Vary
acceptable la the offering of Twyman and
Vincent, who are very much at home In
vaudeville, with a elever routine of laugh
compelling talk and a repertoire of songs,
that are up to pi minute.
Pettis Clashes
With State Over
Bond Exchange
Omaha Man Meets Strong Op
position to His Attempt to
Swap Massachusetts for
Nebraska Issue.
Lincoln, Aug. 5. (Special.) E. F.
Pettis of the Omaha Trust company,
who is attempting to get the state of
Nebraska to exchange $300,000 in
Massachusetts state bonds for a like
amount of Nebraska municipal bonds,
met with an opinion by the attorney
general today that such an exchange
was illegal.
Final decision as to whether the
deal wili go through will be made
Saturday by the bbard of education
al lands and funds.
The Nebraska municipal bonds
bear from 6 to per cent interest,
while the Massachusetts bonds bear
only 3 1-2 per cent interest.
Pettis declared that his firm was
willing to make the exchange be
cause the Massachusetts bonds were
better known on the market. Pettis,
however, wanted to turn the Nebras
ka municipal bonds over with the
coupons of the first year's interest
clipped and did not want a like
shearing of the Massachusetts
bonds.
The attorney general's opinion con
tained the following:
It would be equivalent to selling
the Massachusetts bonds for 82
cents on the dollar and reinvesting
in Nebraska bonds at 90, which is a
subterfuge to get around the law for
bidding the- sale of bonds by the
state at a less price than it paid for
them (in this instance at par).
The law requires that bonds be
purchased direct from municipalities
and other subdivisions issuing them,
and not through bond houses or
their agents."
Land Commissioner Dan Swanson
fought the proposed deal bitterly and
he and Pettis were reported to have
exchanged hot words. Finally Pettis
left the room and the door was
slammed at his back as the board
resumed its discussion.
Rotarians at Aurora to
Entertain With Picnic
Aurora, Neb., Aug. 5. (Special.)
Plans for the big Rotary picnic at
Streeter park in Aurora August 10,
are being formulated. The local
club has invited the Lincoln, York,
Hastings, Grand Island, Kearney,
Broken Bow and Columbus clubs
and is preparing for 500 visitors.
One of the features of the day will
be the base ball game with Lincoln
on one- side and the other clubs as
their opponents. , The battery of the
allies will be Marve Hockenbury and
Glen Bigsby, both of Aurora. After
a day at the park a dance will be
given the visitors at Highlander hall.
North Platte Plans Big
Delegation to Roundup
North Platte, ( Neb., Aug. 5
(Special.) August 23 has been
designated as North Platte day at
the roundup which wilt be held on
West' Birdwood creek, and the
Chamber of Commerce hopes to in
terest 200 auto owners in making
the trip. The delegation will be
accompanied by the Chamber of
Commerce band or 30 pieces. This
roundup will be held on the former
John Bratt & Company ranch about
40 miles northwest of North Platte,
in what was once the heart of the
cattle range section.
PIIOTOrr.AY9.
PIIOTOri.AYS.
f FINAL DAY "
"The Woman
God Changed"
TODAY
"The Last Card"
Starts Tomorrow
TOM MIX
in Kit latest
"AFTER YOUR
OWN HEART"
Assyrian Christians
Coming to America
To Escape Persians
Washington, Aug. 5. More than
1,000 Assyrian Christians fleeing
f fi i
are on their way to the United
States on small sailing vessels, Sec
retary Davis said today. According
to information reaching the Depart
ment of Labor, he added, they are
part of 75,000 refugees who started
to march from the interior of Persia
to ports, 25,000 of whom died on the
way.
The 1,000 coming here, the sec
retary said, will be far in excess
of the quota for . Persia, against
which country they should be charg
ed under the percentage immigration
law, but, he added, that no decision
had been reached as to what would
be done with them.
Miss Abigail Harding, sister of
President Harding, has been elected
principal of Marion's first junior
high school.
nioTorr.AYs.
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"THE
WITCHING
HOUR"
With Elliott Dexter
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20th and Paul
Omaha, Neb.
Wed. Aug. 10
Z Snows only at 2 p.
nx. 8 p. m.
Largest Circus In ths World
Giving a Street Parade 11 A. M.
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ELEPhANTo
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LAST TIMES TONIGHT
ALICE LAKE
TOMORROW
Mary Miles Minter
in the picture of your desire
"Moonshine and
Honeysuckles"
EATTY'S
Co-Operative
Cafeterias
Wo Appreciate Your
Patronage.
WITH TUP KJIOUS HAM
PISBCT ffton THE KtW VtSX H
fXJUlY
Seat Sale at Beaton's Drug Store
BASE BALL TODAY
August 6, 7, 8
OMAHA vs. SIOUX CITY
Game called at 3:30 P. M.
Bos Seats on sale at Barkalow Bros. .
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Meat
Specials
Torequarters
Lamb, lb.l7fj
Hindquarters
Lamb, lb.25
Rib Boiling
Beef, lb 6'al
$25.00, $30.00, and $35.00 values,
- Meat
Specials
Steer Pot Roast,
lb 12KJ
Fancy Veal
Roast, lb. 17J
California Style
Hams, lb. 21S
Scores of "Extra Special" Apparel Inducements Assembled for Saturday
425 Women's and Misses Dresses,
Coats and Wraps All Sizes
on sale Saturday.
Velours and Serge Coats, Jersey, k
Capes and Sport Coats.
Quite an assemblage of foulard and taffeta dresses, georgette, satin, fine gingham and organdie
with taffeta, suitable for any and all occasions. ;
$6.95
CCiirnono
Sale
Over a hundred richly beau
tiful silk kimonos, including
crepe de chine; all shades and
colors; regular . $10.00 and
$12.50 values.
$5.00
Blouse
Sale ,
A thousand new blouses just
in from the east, the season's
newest styles in the popular
colorings. 't;!.;.;' '?.,.''
Children's Dresses
late
h rm
SALE
$2.95
Over 200 lovely organdie
dresses, colored and
white, all sizes, made to
sell up to $10.00. Extra
special for Saturday only.
Second Floor
Shirts Worth up to $2
$1.25
A complete cleanup
of dozens of shirts
for men and young
men. Sport shirts,
splendid p a 1 1 eras,
good materials, sizes
14 to 17.
Main Floor