. THE BEE: .OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1921. Harding Denies Board Sought to Control Prices Plane Wrecked Near Mail Field Governor Says Object of Body Was to Prevent Collapse of Country's Banking System. Washington, Aug. 5. Reserve bank policies of 1919 and 192U were formulated solely to prevent the country's banking system from col lanse and were successful in their obiect. Governor Harding: of the re serve board declaed today, in clos ing a two days' appearance before a joint congressional commission. To questioners, he repeated time and again a declaration that the board had not sought to influence prices, either up or down, nut had prepared to meet a price break that was world-wide, and yet to maintain and expand credit lines. There was a bare possibility, he said, that if, in 1919, the reserve board had raised national rediscount rates, "the runaway in prices might have been checked and the result might have been better," but he mentioned needs of the government financing as influential in determin ing the courses actually taken. Representative Sumner, demo crat, Texas, suggested that "the word might .have gone out," from the board to bankers to be fearful of prices, "but Governor Harding said that nothing had been done in consistent with his statement. "It wasn't a good time to be talk ing too much -in 1920," he remarked, "but We can be bolder now." He made a suggestion that the committee might utilize the farm loan boards as a means of extending credits to farmers for nine and M month periods, but said he would make no detailed recommendation, "All over the country we find that agricultural and five stock interests find they need more credit facili ties," he said, "and want something to make themselves independent of ranks. The farmers! credit horizon is necessarily limited and local. Any man hesitates about getting the gov eminent in business and we can't use the reserve system for that, because its funds are essentially reserve funds, but I consider there is a pos sibility that the' tarni . loan banks might be extended to meet the need Ihe question needs study. : Governor Harding denied .that his administration of reserve, bank poli cies had deflated cotton prices. , He emphasized his present belief that cotton prices, were stabilized with a short .crop riir prospect and that prices could be relied- upon com pletely for all proper ' credit- opera- upas. ,..... . . 0 . II-.. i I V y- - " - - - 1 The picture! show the wreck ot the privately owned plane piloted by Francis Lawrence Bushman, in which his wife wag perhaps fatally injured, near Ak-Sar-Ben field yesterday. Inset is Mr. Bushman. Romance Renins Like Story Book Leads to Weddins Woman Who' Thought She Married! Poor Man Finds Herself - Wife of Millionaire. One Killed and 10 Hurt as !:. Germans and Czechs Clash Prague, Aug. 5. One workman was killed and 10 were wounded at Aussig Wednesday when a crowd of - . ...:.u t.u. wiiuaus wiaoiiiu Willi vtcviiu gen ) dafmes and legionnaires. The feeling berrecn;,.the ' Gechs of the Prague parliament reached the1 point where it was necessary to call out the parliament guard. K Final i 3 Clean-Up Saturday If Witt' Be- Dollar Day 2-DollarDayi 5-DollarDay$ 1 10-DollarDay U5-DollarDay Ruthless sacrifices to make final clear ing of everything in stock. You Won't Miss This ! 1 y Smart 5 KJear for 'Women 2 r floor SfC'wrihcS BM.J 16th and Farnam 3 We Move Next WeekS i :::,': j New York, Aug. S. Believing herself to have been wooed and won by a poor man, Miss Marion A. I'ovie now Mrs. Thomas H. Wells, jr. has awakened to find herself the bride of a millionaire. It was all just like the old-fashioned story books. Miss I'ovie, daughter of Mortimer Povie, an as sociate editor of the Ladies Home Journal, lived with her family in a modest -flat on the top floor of a West Ninety-sixth streetapartment. Along came Thomas H. Wells, jr., ot nubbaru, U., who. made no boasts of who he was or what he had. The girl and her parents liked him, but were under the impression that he wasVa struggling real estate dealer. Only on the eve of the marriage :did Wells let it be known that lie was a rich man. The couple were married June 2iu last, and are" now in Pasadena on tneir noneymoon. The marriage was tccpt secret until today because of the notoriety given Wells in his recent . divorce from Mrs. Stacia W. Wells, on. May 13, in Warren, O., He accused his first wife of miso9n,diict,4'an(J(he' retal iated with charges "of cruelty. Her counter charge was dismissed, but she was awafded $300 a month alii mony so long as she remained un married. Wells' second romance started while he was stricken with a nervous breakdown in this city and was in a sanitarium. Miss Povie, at that time a canteen worker, met him and they fell in love; Senate to Clamp Lid on Government Spending (Continued (rum race One.) same time do not reduce the size of the army you can depend on it that the republican majority in both houses will be considerably reduced in the next election. As a party we simply can not afford to permit an increase, m taxation. Pledged to Withdraw Troops. The reoublican party. Senator Borah declared, was solemnly pledged to withdraw the troops from Ger many at the earliest possible mo ment. Despite the fact that Ger many, under the terms of the armis tice, was under obligations to pay for their maintenance, the fact of the matter is that the cost of their up keep is coming out ot the pocKets oi American taxpayers, he said. "France is maintaining an army of 800,00,0 men," said Senator Brandegee of Connecticutt, repub lican. "I am at a loss to understand the necessity of maintaining our small force here. It seems to me that three years after the war is over, the American people are entitled to kijow, jivithout anybody being em birraseed, why an American army is being maintained in Europe." Senator McKellar pointed out that the peace resolution was sup posed to restore a status of peace with Germany under which it would be unlawful to keep the .American troops in Germany. Senator FMrhf-r of Florida, democrat, in sisted that the United States "had no right to maintain troops in Ger many. No Security to United States. The recent bombing 'experiments off the Virginia cape demonstrated that the United Mates was now spending 5240,000,000 on . naval con struction "in a way that will never add any security to the people of the United States," said Senator Borah. Senator Jones of Washington, re publican, said he had witnessed the bombing tests and told the senate naval officers he regarded it as a 1,000 to 1 shot that the aircraft would sink the dreadnaught. Ostfriesland, yet they sent her to the bottom -in less than half an hour after the real attack was made. Senator McKellar, however, doubted whether such, results could be ob tained in actual warfare. As a vehicle ' for his remarks, Senator Borah introduced a resolu tion to reduce the army to 100,000 men. It was referred to the military affairs committee. " Wyoming Purchases Its Own $1,800,000 Highway Bond Issue Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. .5. (Spe cial.) WhHe Colorado is frantically appealing to Henry rora and John D. Rockeffeller, jr., to buy its state highway bonds all other people having refused to do so Wyoming is going, ahead with its road con struction program. ' ' About a month ago this state's $1,800,000 issue, authorized by the voters last spring was put up for sale at p,ar, but no one wanted it. So the state itself, with enough money in its general fund to allow it to do some buying, took over the entire amount. Two years ago the same procedure was followed by State Treasurer A. D. Hoskins with regard to the $2,- 800,00 bond issue carried at that. time. To date $530,000 of that amount has , been retired. ' The state treasury is now in good condition, and will re main so unless the state supreme court decides in favor of those who are seeking to have a portion of the revenue from the state school lands turned over to the schools for their immediate use. In that case there might be some embarrassment. Deserter From Naval Station Held as Bigamist Denies Grain Co. Head Unwilling To Drop Office Attorney Says President Fow ler of Nye-Schneider-Fowler Company Ready to Step Aside If Desired. Faithless Answer Voliva Challenge 4 By Touching Match to 7 Billboards Sailor, Alleged to Have Wife in Every Prairie Port, Taken Into Custody on Complaint of Girl's Father. Germans Will Aid Famine Sufferers Washington Orders Washington, Aug. 5. (Special Telegram.) Dr.. J. M. Fettes has been appointed a member of the pen lion board at Lemars. la. Civil service examination will be held August 26 for postmaster at Indianola, la., salary $2,600. .The comptroller, of the curreccj has extended the charter of the First Kal'ohat bank," Wconsocket, S.' V., Work of Relief Will Be Con ducted Independently. Berlin! Aug. 5. Germany will conduct her work in relieving famine sufferers in Russia in dependency of other powers it is officially announced here. About 200,000 tons of grain must be available to feed the inhabitants of the districts afflicted by iamine, according to a wireless dispatch re ceived here from Moscow, quoting George Chitchetin, bolshevik foreign minister. The dispatch declared the soviet government is mobilizing all public agencies for relief work and reiter ates recent denials of reports of hor rible conditions in the districts sfrick en by crop failure. A special dis natch from Moscow to the Kote fahne. the communist organ ' here, sav-s the soviet government has offi ciallv denied having applied to the United. States, Great Britain or any other power for food relict. (- ... Warden Balks State Penitentiary Outbreak (Continued From Tate One.) . a var airo. ' Concealed in the necktie was found a quantity of morphine. Delore was sent up from Douglas countv Aoril 9. 1919, to serve from one to 20 years on a charge of shoot ine with intent to kill. Prison of ficials said he attempted to shoot an Omaha policeman, who caught him in the act of robbing a home. He has served two previous terms in the Nebraska state prison, and one in the penitentiary at Fort Madison, la. Third Attempt. This' is the third time that an a temot has been made by prisoners in the Nebraska institution to cut their way to freedom through the rear of their cells, and through a ventilator, Warden Fenton said. Shortv Grav succeeded in cutting a hole through the rear st his ceil . . n . . ... t f 1 - m out was caugni ociore nc chiseled his wav through the venti lator. A vear later. Gray and two other convicts shot their way out of the state penitentiary, killing Warden Delehanty. Four days later they were recaptured n a running gun battle between Lincoln and Omaha. Gray and one other were killed and farmer whom they forced to drive the wagon in which they were riding, was shot. Another convict, Jim Hudson, sent up from Tecumseh for shooting a sheriff, once tried the same method of escape but was caught before he got through the ventilator. After his attempt to escape was foiled, Hudson drank a' quantity of wood alcohol which made him totally blind. Two years later he was paroled. U. S. Relief Workers Do Not Believe Americans Freed London, Aug. 5. (By The 'Asso ciated Press.) The American, relief officials in London are placing little faith in the reports that the American prisoners in Russia have been re leased. "We are keeping a vigilant watch over every possible exit the Ameri cans might take from Russia and none save Mrs. Marguerite Harrison has as yet conje through," said Wal ter L. Brown, European director of the American Relief association. "This leads us to believe that the Iietvian report of their, release must be a product of the bolshevik prpoa- Chicago, Aug. 5. Several young women residing in the middle west will be interested to know that Paul Gross was arrested in Newtown, O., today on a charge of bigamy. Gross is a deserter from the Great Lakes naval training station. The chame was preferred by David Ferris, a denutv same warden of Ohio. -He says Gross married his daughter, Grace, more than a year asro without taking the trouble of obtaining a divorce trom the woman who then wore njs weaaing ring. A jolly, dry-land tar was Gross, with a wife in every prairie port. He would rollick up from the railroad station, his gait still rolling from a stormy passage aboard the Pullman car, and pick him out a bride. He admitted to Prosecutor Joseph Woeste that Miss Ferris was his fourth wife, and at the time of a previous arrest he is said to have confessed marrying no fewer than eight young women in Illinois and nearby states. Among these wives are Mrs. Anna Pannell Gross of Newport, Ky; Mrs. Catherine Cook Gross of Indian apolis, and Mrs. Rose Wehh Gross of Louisville. At one time, according to the stysrr his. relatives to an Tndjana asylum in lieu of serving a prison sentence oh a felony charge. t His home is in Peru, Ind. ' Grand Jury Is Asked To Indict Cibrario New York, Aug. 5.-Evidence against Jacques Roberto Cibrario, held under bond on charges of having defrauded the , Russian soviet gov ernment out of large sums of money, was laid before a grand jury today by Assistant District Attorney Sim mons. Although the warrant on which Cibrario was arrested charged him with obtaining only $136,000 of a $1,000,000 fund placed at his disposal by the bolsheviki for the purchase of moving picture machines and films. Mr. bimmons said he had evidence to show Cibrario had fraudulently obtained about $890,000. Cibrario is alleged to have formed several fake corporations through which he sold to himself as bolshevik government purchasing agent, a quantity of worthless motion picture paraphernal, which he is alleged to have shipped to Russia. Mrs. Caruso Receives 2,000 Messages of Condolence Naples, Aug. 5. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Mrs. Enrico Caruso has received more than 2,000 tele grams of Condolence from indi viduals in various parts of J the world who are sorrowing over the loss of the great singer. Among them was one from Queen Mother Alexandra of England, which read: It is with deep regret that I hear of the death of your gifted husband, whose wonderful voice has for so long delighted the world. His loss will be much felt in England and I offer you my sincere sympathy in your great bereavement. (Signed) ALEXANDRA. Race With Death Ends as Operation Is Successful Philadelphia, Aug. 5. A race with death which began five days ago at his home in onticeIIo, Ark., and ended here was won by 9-year-old Morris Keizer. Morris swallowed a brass tack to win the admiration of his playmates. The tack lodged deep in his lung, threatening to puncture it. The boy was rushed across the country to a hospital here on the slim chance his life might be saved. A bronchiscope was inserted and forceps applied to remove the tack. No anaesthetic was administered and today the boy was declared perfectly well. . Do you know wucan roll lOcts from one bag of Sioux City Woman Calls Fire Fighters To Rescue Her Cat Sioux City, Aug. 5: A unique use was found for the city's fire fighting apparatus last night when hook and ladder-company No. 4, made a run answer to a fire call. Arnvjmi; at the place ready for action, the hremen were calmly requested by a woman to remove her cat from a telephone pole. 1 he animal was removed from its retreat and delivered to its owner, who thanked the firemen. The fire fighters accepted the thanks in good grace and returned to the station. A dog had chased, the cat up the GENUINE Buif Durham TOBACCO Fremont, Neb., Aug. 5. (Special Telegram.) Stockholders of the Nye-Schneidcr-Fowlcr company hold thtir annual meeting in Fremont Monday, at which session the future personnel of the corporation will be discussed. Continuance of President Frank Fowler in office depends upon the wishes of the majority of stockhold ers, according to his attorney, W. J. r. . .. , . f-i ; ....... ! Louringni. ine iouowing siaic- rpent was given out by Mr. Court right today: , Time for Statement. "It has been our attitude to do a lot of thinking and very little talk ing. Perhaps the time has now come for a brief statement. Our attitude all the time has been to do the wise thing in the best interest of all of the stockholders. It has been very hard, to note the various slanderous and liberous matters be ing circulated and still keep quiet. Mr. Fowler has persistently urged upon me, time and again, that there was only one thing to consider and that was the best interest of the stockholders as a- whole, and that his personal interest was at all times to be subrogated thereto. "I notice the repeated assertion in newspapers that his refusal to step aside was the chief difficulty in financing the corporation. This is j wholly unfounded. Three weeks ago I told the bankers m Chicago that Mr. Fowler's personal attitude was one of willingness to retire, condi tioned only on the finding of the right man to take his place, and in vited them to get busy to find the righf man and submit his name to us for consideration. Names Other Men. On last Monday I told a banker at Omaha of Mr. Fowler's real de sire and named two other men, either one of who would be satisfac tory to us to take his place, if nec essary, and stated that there were others if they would be found. I told him further that Mr. Fowler recognized first duty to his stock holders, that it was up to them to say what he should do, and that he would not step aside except on con dition that the stockholders were in good hands with a successor, and the banker told me that that attitude was correct, and he did owe that duty to the stockholders. "It is true that there are a large number of stockholders, and I am one of them," who believe that the stockholders' interest vill be best conserved by Mr. Fowler as presi dent, and that the banks be made satisfied on this basis. Let me add that Mr. Fowler is by far the larg est stockholder, with capital hold ings of nearly $500,000, the largest amount he ever held, and has asso ciated with him in the main office a large number o fsalaried em ployes with large holdings in the company." Efforts to Locate Chicago Banker in Mexico Are Failure Chicago, Aug. 5. Warren G. Spur gin, defaulting president of the Mich igan Avenue Trust company, appears to have dodged all his pursuers. He is not at Chihuahua, Mexico; Pre sidio, Tex., or Rodeo, N. M. All these places have been industriously combed' for the fugito'e, but while there were indicationlrthat he had been in these places, he slipped out without leaving any trace of his des tination. It is believed he is work ing his way down through Mexico to Honduras, although he is rea sonably safe in Mexico under'present relations with that country. Official responsibility for the af fairs at the bank will be fixed by the state, which has . employed an in dependent audit concern to go over all the books and accounts. This follows the discovery that no audit had been made for 20 months, al though the state banking law re quired one every six months. The state bank examiner says he was short of help and unable to get around to' the task. Movie Promoter Charged With Defrauding Russia New York, Aug. S. Jacques R. Cibrario, promoter of several mo tion picture film concerns, was ar raigned in Tombs court today and accused of defrauding Russian soviet government deposits here of $890,000. The case was adjourned until next week when state prosecutors said they wished to produce as a witness. Dr. William Chapin Huntington, said to be about to depart for Paris to assume the position of commercial attache to the American embassy there. ( hlcaKQ' Tribune -Omaha 1ie Lraad M'r, Chicago, Aug. 5. Doom cracked in Zion early this morning. It cracked with such vigor that the faithful sprang from their beds and hastened out to discover six fires blazing at once. Certain vitriolic signs Voliva, general overseer of the holy city, "had caused to be erected in front of rival churches, had taken fire by some agency and were blaz ing merrily. "What next?" whispered the trembling faithful. Voliva, the fight ing leader of the hosts, had tossed his gauntlet into the ring and the faithless and the scoffers had soaked it in opal oil and touched a match to it. Several weeks ago Voliva began a scorching campaign against anti- Zionist churches in Zion. There are independents living in the holy city, property owners, who do not bend the knee to Voliva and there are meetings of the Holy Roller so ciety in a hall. Grace Missionary society also has a small group of worshipers. Voliva erected large billboards in front and around these places, denouncing them in letters a foot high and in vitriolic language. Whether it was due to his burning words or to a kerosene torch, the six great bill boards took fire at dawn today. "It is the end , of the world," blubbered one hysterical woman. "It is not," warned a long whiskered member of the faithful. "The world is flat. Voliva has said so. If this be the end of the world. why can we not see over the edge? Peace be with thee, foolish woman." At any rate the fire caused gen eral disregard of one of Voliva sternest decrees. His people came torth showing ankles, knees, scrag gly back bones, scrawny necks and some ot the women s arms were actually bare to the elbows because of their sudden flight from their homes without regard for attire. Ihe fire and its consequences arc expected to bring irom Voliva an eruption of words that will fairly make the north side rock and scare the lake clear back to the five-mile crib. Further Delay In Fordney Tariff Bill Reported Senate Finance Committee Still Long Ways From Agree ment Tangle on Dye Emhargo Question. Caruso Took All Of His Property With Him on Trip His Art Objects, Coin and Curios Collections Shipped to Naples as He Believed He Wouldn't Return. New York, Aug. 5. E n r i c o Caruso left virtually no property, either real or personal, in this coun try when he sailed away last spring to his native Italy, Bruno Zirato, his private secretary and confidant for years, announced today. Even his beloved Objets d' Art, his Ceremics, his pictures, coins and curios, ofwhich he had a marvelous collection, were packed into 20 large trunks arid boxes and most of them were shipped to Italy. So were all the personal effects and furnishings with which he had beautified his hotel suite here. Caruso's frankly spoken reason for this, though jocularly expressed zirato saia, was me oenci tnai ne might never get back to New York. Mr. Caruso owned no real estate in this country, Zirato said. He had summer home in East Huntington, L. I., which he had leased for a term of six months, and his city residence was the hotel suite. "As for personal property" added Zirato, "practically all of Caruso's stocks and bonds with the sole ex ception of a comparatively small block or liberty loan securities which he still retains in a safe de posit vault, were sold out completely something like two years ago. "His reason for this action I pre sume, was the heavy government taxes imposed upon such holdings, though during war time and there after, there were few men if any who paid large income tax imposts more cheertully than he. Mr. Zirato declared that neither fie nor anyone else in this country could give an accurate estimate as to the amount of Mr. Caruso's estate. The tenor made out a will, he explained, shortly after the birth of his daughter Gloria, about two years ago. It was written in the tenor's own hand, he added, and so far as is known, its contents were not revealed to anyone. Zirato and two close friends of the tenor signed as wit nesses. Washington, Aug. 5. Final ae tion by the senate finance commit tee on the Fordney tariff bill ap peared tonight to be farther away than at any time since the measure was turned over to it two weeks ago. There were no si gaff that the committee would be able for some days to enter into executive con-l sidcration of the two controversial' phases of the bill American valua-' tion and the dye embargo and no hearings have been held or study given to rates and other provisions., Indications that senators will de-' mand figures on production costs, profits and a multitude of other de tails of the dye and chemical busi ness developed today. Chairman Penrose tiad planned early in the week to begin executive, sessions next Thursday. The dye' embargo controversy, however, has' developed so much discussion that it was said the testimony will prob-j ably not be completed by that time.i The subject has brought letters from Secretaries Weeks and Denby, it was announced, expressing the I keen interest of the War and Navy departments in the matter from the standpoint of national defense. The committee heard witnesses in opposition and for an embargo. An tagonism between the two sides was frequently shown during the day. The American Dye institute was brought into the discussion several times and its statement of expendi tures covering; activities in behalf ot legislation was read. Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, who read the statement, explained that it showed expenses of $104,000 for "lobbying," and that Joseph H. Choate, spokes man for the dye interests, seeking an embargo, had been paid mor than $25,000 for services last year. Boy Killed by Bomb New York, Aug. 5. Twelve-year old Frank Cafaro of Brooklyn was blown to pieces and his two brothers were srrimtslv injured hv the - plosion of a bomb they found on the,' federal quarantine grounds on Staten land, and which one of them hit with a hammer. . vHair Nets 50e a dozen Sonia nets in cap and fringe styles. All col ors, 50c a dozen. Notion Section. 40-Inch Charmeuse for $3.50 a yard . A 40-inch Silk Char meuse that is extra heavy, in a quality that will not wear rough. Black and all of the newest colors for Fall and Winter. Daily Arrivals of New Silks The favored fabrics for Fall are repre sented by a .showing of choice Canton crepes, Meteors, Pus sy willow, crepe sa tins, crepe de chine and charmeuse. 7n Every Fashionable New Fall Shade . The qualities are su perior to those of a year ago, while prices are low enough to re . mind one pleasantly of other days. ,. The Silk ShopMain Floor All Sport Skirts Saturday $7.85 Originally Priced to $29.50 The materials include fail les, crepes, Queen Anne a n fin Vi rtoVi on a ra itvanai tricolletes, woolens and flannels in checks, stripes and plaids. Also white skirts in plain tailored and pleated styles. Waist bands, 25 to 34 inches. All Sales Final No Alterations August Sale of Dresses and Blouses Presents economies that are of the most interesting sort. Third Floor Comfort Top Corsets A new feature that is well worth knowing about. The price of a comfort top corset is but $2. Madeira Linens Half Price Beautiful hand-embroidered Lunch eon Cloths and Cenu Pieces at this reduction. Odd Table Cloths and Napkins also half price. Special Prices on Turkish Towels and Wash Cloths 35c Bleached Turkish Towels 2oc 75c Extra Heavy Large Turkish Towels. ..50c $1.25 Large, Fancy Bordered Turkish ... .85c $1.50 Unusually Fine Turkish Towels ..$1.00 8 l-3c Bordered Turkish Wash Cloths 5c 121oc Bordered Turkish Wash Cloths 10c 15c"Turkish, With Steel Edge 12i2c. 25c Extra Large Turkish Cloths 20c Linen Section Main Floor Sales for MEN Brassieres are Lower in Price A very desirable se lection of brassieres at a saving. Second Floor Manhattan Shirti from $2.15 to $6.85 Arrow, Eagle and Kingly Shirts, from $1.00 to $9.35 Soft Collars for only 25c Earl and Wilson and Arrow in all styles and materials. Sizes Wi to 20. Pajamas, $1.95. All sizes, but more of 17 and 18 Neckwear $1.00 Qualities, 63c $1.50 Qualities, 95c $2.00 Qualities, $1.25 $3.00 Qualities, $1.95 The Mcn'e Shop To the Left at You Enter. Bathing Suits to $3.95. Reduced u.ttil August 5, 12li . 1J grganizatjpp.'' JiSSJSt.