THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1921.
Union Men Halt
March on Mines
Of West Virginia
200 Advance GuanJ of 5,000
Armed Strikers Turned
Back by Pleas of Mine
Workers1 Officials.
Ily Tha Anaootated Prn.
Madison, W. Va., Aug. 26. The
advance guard of, the marchin?
miners on their way from Marmct to
Mingo as a protest against Governor
Morgan' martial law was turned
. back by Charles F. Keeney, presi
dent of district No. 17. United Mine
Workers, and Fred Mooney, secre
tary, after it had passed through
Madison shortly after noon today.
The men, numbering some 200 or,
300, had camped in a hollow here for
dinner, and then pressed on their
way toward the Logan county line.
Kccncy and Mooney, who left Char
leston early today with the
avowed intention of stopping the
inarch, reached Madison within half
an hour after the men left. After
a brief conference with county, of
ficials they hurried down the road
and, overtaking the party, induced it
to march back to Madison.
Troops Are Withheld.
Washington, Aug.' 26. Acting
Secretary of War Wainwright, after
receiving a report today from Brig.
Gen. II. II. Bandholtz, the War de
partment representative in West Vir
ginia, said that the department would
await further information before
recommending use of federal aroops
in the coal fields of that state.
Racine, W. Va.. Aug. 26. The
5,000 or more men who are marching
4rtt AfieiY!.. c Minarrt rntintv 111
protest against Governor Morgan's ! v ,had ben de with some blunt
Band From Superior
Pageant to Play at
Thayer County Fair
Dcshler,' Neb., Aug. 26. (Special.)
A large force of workmen are
busy on the Thayer . county fair
grounds getting things in shape for
the big fair which iens with a big
special program next Tuesday. The
elevated platform for the 70-piece
band made up of musicians from Su
perior, Nelson and Deshler, that pro
duced the music under Ford Harper
for the Superior pageant, is completed.
The special staging for the Or
pheum feature, the Silver Fountain,
which opens here and goes ,to the
state fair, is finished, as is the 40
foot tower on which the four
Salofes work. A car of fireworks is
here ready for use in the four nights
of spectacular fireworks. Exta barns
and pens are being erected for the
stock exhibit.
The race track is in splendid con
dition and a good entry list is re
ported. An agricultural and school
exhibit will be made at the state fair
and 'several cars of pure-bred stock
and race horses will go from here
to the state fair.
Finding of a Second
Bullet Hole Reported
(Contiuued From Face One.)
the room occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Neal on the night of the tragedy.
Immediately after the hearing,
Sheriff C. A. Armstrong, former
Sheriff Alva Rogers, Woodward,
Quiller Hawxby, several newspaper
men and a photographer went to the
home two and one-half miles south
east of Peru and made an examina
tion of the hole referred to in the
testimony. A probe of the hole re
vealed no bullet. The hole apparent-
martial law broke camp here soon
after 8 o'clock this mornir-.g and took
the state highway to Madison. They
said they expected to reach Peyton,
a villaKe of 200. in time for their
midday meal.
Break Camp Early.
The camp, which spread around
this little town through the Indian
Creek valley, was alive bright and
early and camp fires which .had died
down in the night blazed brightly as
the men prepared their breakfast.
There was no haste, but each group
moved as though it had specific in
structions to get under way with all
nossible speed.
The vanguard, far up Indian Creek
from Racine, was in motion early,
but it was about 8 o'clock before the
main body of marchers was on the
move. There still was no apparent
leader, but certain ones sprang up in
different sectionsrof the camp who
appeared to have the direction of
certain numbers " of . men,- These
they formed into a ragged 'line a,nd
as the parties to the west of them
took up the road they fell in behind.
It was estimated v by observers that
the entire camp would be emptied
by 10 o'clock, not counting the strag
glers who were still coming along
the -Toad from Marmet, but in
diminishing number-: -This was
taken to indicate that the-last re
inforcements had .arrived and from
now on. barring; desertions, the
marching body uld,,be as it was
when.it left Racin. ..j:
Camp I; Orderly.
Inquiry among he people of Ra
cine developed that no thieving had
been reported and there were no re
potts of shooting at the camp. The
men who would discuss the move
ment said they were in earnest and
proposed to carr out their project.
When questioned regarding re
ports current here that Governor
Morgan had asked' for federal troops,
they professed ignorance of what the
state and national authorities were
doing but it was said that several
couriers had reached the camp over
Marmet road late last night and early
today.
It was noted .by observers that the
men moved with greater precision
and in better formation than when
they arrived yesterday. While not
marching with military precision,
they formed in line, and there was
little straggling. Committees seemed
to be in charge.
It was said that while the men
came from widely scattered sections
of the state, there were some entire
local organizations in the lines and
these were acting under the orders
of their officers.
De Valera Is Again Chosen
President of Irish Republic
Dublin, Aug. 26. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Eamonn de Valera
was today re-elected to his important
post as leader of the Irish repub
licans with the title of "president of
the Irish republic;" Arthur Griffith,
founder of the Sinn Fein-, was elect
ed vice president and the other mem
bers of . the Dail Eireann cabinet
were again chosen to membership in
that body. '
The Dail Eireann took this action
at a public, session, at which Mr. De
Valera read his reply to Premier
Lloyd George, declaring this
summed up the Dail Eireann's posi
tion on an Irish settlement, which,
he said, is and ' must remain un
changed. At the same session the Dail sanc
tioned loans of 500,000 in Ireland
and $20,000,000 in America.'
Omaha' Girls Wear Hair
In "Initial" on Forehead
In every city there's the girl with
the little curl pasted down so cutely
in . the middle of her forehead.
Omaha flappers arc going this little
beauty trick one better.
They take a little whisp of hair,
apply the "stickum" and arrange it
neatly into the form of the letter
of their last name.
Yes, and some of them are even
trying to wear their front bangs in
monogram. .
Auburn Farmer Struck by
ClevisDies From Injuries
Auburn, Neb., Aug. 26. (Special
Telegram.) Fritz Meyer, 52, farm
er living southwest o Johnson, died
from injuries received Thursday
when struck in the side by a clevis.
Meyer was leading a horse operating
the pulley rope on a hay fork when
the rope broke, thee clevis flying
back with, such force that it struck
him a heavy blow, inflicting internal
iniuries k
instrument, although there is is a
possibility that it had been made by
a bullet, not recently, however. The
section of the floor containing the
hole was taken up and will be held
as evidence. '
Testimony recounting the discov
ery of a second bullet hole in the
floor of the Neal bedroom, hereto
fore kept secret, and the identifica
tion by 8-year-old Elsie Turner,
daughter of Joel Turner, a neighbor,
of the revolver which Ben Neal
clutched ill his right hand when his
body was discovered, featured the
preliminary trial of Mrs. Lucy Neal
on a charge of first degree murder
in connection witn ner nusDanus
death today.
Sees Revolver.
The Turner girl told of going to
the Neal home on July 17 to get her
father's paint brushes, accompanied
by her older sister, Vetta, and of
seeing a nickle-plated revolver in a
box in Ava's room. She said she
knew it was nickle-plated because
her mother had some nickle-plated
keys, which were of similar appear
ance. "Is this the gun?" the county at
torney asked, showing her the
weapon taken from Ben Neal's life
less fingers. .
"Yes." she said.
Frank Shubert. banker, Shubert,
Neb., and A. W. Webber of Auburn,
were called next. They testified
that Neal's state of mind was "un
settled" and that he had an obses
sion that he was in trouble, and
talked constantly of his troubles.
Shubert testified that never, on any
occasion, did he threaten to com
mit suicide or to murder his wife.
O. H. Pond of Shubert, called by
the defense, testified, however, that
one night while Neal was staying at
his house, after Mrs. Neal had left
him, he said, T sometimes think it
would be better to kill myself and
then that would end all my troubles."
Chats With Friends.
Mrs. Neal, although she chatted
with friends before the opening of
the trial this morning and endeav
ored to retain an air of composure,
was apparently suffering from the
strain.
The morning session adjourned
until 1:30 p. m.
Attorney Priest of Lincoln, for A.
E. Butler, the "sweet little man,"
has been in attendance at all the ses
sions. -
Postmaster Harmon of Auburn to
day denied that he had received a
letter from Mrs. Butler, inquiring as
to the identity of a woman in Au
burn who had a daughter named
Ava and a son named Leland.
inn Fein Reject All
Proposals of England
(Continued From Pare One.)
can we as representatives of the na
tion, lend countenance.
Will Save Birthright.
"If our refusal to betray our na
tion's honor and the trust that has
been reposed in us is to be made
an issue of war by Great Britain
we deplore it. We are as conscious
of our responsibilities to the living
as we are mindful of principle or of
our obligations to the heroic dead.
"We have not sought war nor do
we seek war, but if war be made
upon us we must defend ourselves,
and shall do so, confident that wheth
er our defense be successful or un
successful, no body of representative
Irishmen or Irish women, will ever
propose to the nation the surrender
of its birthright.
"We long to end the conflict be
tween Great Britain and Ireland. If
your government be determined to
impose its will upon us by force, and
antecedent to negotiations to insist
upon conditions that involve a sur
render of our whole national position
and make negotiations a mockery, the
responsibility for the continuance of
the conflict rests upon you.
Find Way for Peace.
"On the basis of the broad guiding
principle of government by the con
sent of the governed peace can be se
cured a peace that will be just and
honorable to all and fruitful of con
cord and inducing to amity.
"To negotiate such a peace the Dail
Eireann is ready to appoint its rep
resentatives, and if your government
accepts the principle proposed to in
vest them with plenary powers to
meet and arrange with you for its
application in detail.
"I am, sir,
"Faithfully yours,
(Signed).
"EAMON DE VALERA." -
Faulty Material
Declared Used in
ZR-2 Building
Man Sent to Bring Back
IIl-Fated Dirigible Tells
Of Defects In
Ship.
New York, Aug. 26. A remark
able story of events preceding the
destruction of the giant dirigible
ZR-2 in which . 44 English and
American airmen lost their lives over
the city of Hull. England, Wednes
day afternoon, was told in a sworn
statement to the Daily News Thurs
day by rrank M. Gorey of Kock
away Beach, former chief machinist's
mate. U. b. N.
- Gorey was one of the first 18 en
listed men of the United states navy
sent to England to bring back the
ill-fated ship and one of the only
two of the original crew to return
to this .country.
Gorey is an intelligent, earnest
young fellow, who felt the United
States was getting a rotten deal in
the big airship. Continuing his state
ment, he says, after describing the
arrival of himself and his mates at
Howden:
"We then went to work in the
single hangar opposite where the
R-32 was moored to the ground and
being stripped to be destroyed. It
was built of wood instead of metal,
as is now used. Its sister ship,
the R-31, met with a mishap during
the war by breaking its back.
Turned Over to Americans.
"Later the British admiralty turn
ed the R-32 into running condition
with the aid of the American officers
and personnel and gave it to the
American crew as a training ship.
"We all felt pretty rotten about
these things, because she hadn't any
'lift.' 'Lift' means that the ship was
too heavy to take the air. While fly
ing in the R-34 you could walk
through the corridors and a man 50
feet ahead of you would disappear
and come back into sight again, due
to the ship buckling and twisting,
and you couldn't hear a man talk
ing to you because of the crackling
ot the wood.
(Corridors refers to the keel of the
ship where the gasoline tanks were
stored and water ballast, crews'
quarters and officers' quarters.)
I he first flight we made m the
R-33 under Captain Thomas was a
4-hour flight over London and vi
cinity. Half of us went on that ship,
the others taking trips later. Dur
ing the trip there were no sleeping
quarters for the Americans. We slept
or grabbed a nap sitting anywhere
we could while the English had
regular berths. None of them of
fered to share their quarters with us.
"We were in Bedford six days.
Two days before we left Bedford,
they had the keel of the ship thor
oughly completed and on inspection
found that they hadn't any safety
factor.
"The breaking point had not been
established. The bag when blown up
had torn away the girders. Up un
til then the maximum strength of
the girders was not known.
Broken Girders Spliced.
''Cullinan and I were detailed to
find out how many girdera had been
broken. Approximately JZ girders
out of 25 were broken by pressure
caused by the inflation of the bag.
The ship was moored to he ground
at forward and aft ends and the bag
was inflated at the center of the
ship to its. capacity, causing a lift in
the one section between the stern
and bow lashed to the ground which
caused it to buckle and burst. . '
"Instead of taking out some of
the completely damaged section,
they merely replaced some parts of
the broken girders by splicing.
"I had seen this and said to Jim
mie Cullinan. 'This will never last.'
"We were transferred back to
Howden. We. got the R-32 turned
over to the American crew in Au
gust, 1920. From August, 1919, till
August 1920, we made two flights,
both in the R-33. The R-32 made
two trips when I was there, com
manded by British officers. .Max
field was in command indirectly. The
British officer was a 'dummy to see
that things went right and how we
sailed the ship.
"The first crew were half British
and half American.
"We were told and cautioned often
to be quiet and let lots of things go
by.
"Workmen would tell us right to
pur faces that we would ever take
her home.
"The people did not want them
to sell us the ship, for the simple
reason that they said we would
build them ourselves and 'bump'
England.
Parachutes Missing.
"We were ordered to insoect the
parachutes on the R-33. We' opened
one parachute container and found
that instead of the parachute and
line, there was a bundle of newspa
pers. "The Container IS a ranvae hacr
which keeps the parachute dry and
folded up so that when you decide to
use it you simply have to put the
billiken hook into the eyelet in your
belt and then about 10 cords which
release the parachute. This vvas dis
covered after we had made flights
in the R-33.
"We repaired the spoons. The
girder is made with little spoons
and Jimmie Cullinan and I changed
about 300 of these that had been
broken in one day. We worked for
a full week changing them. This
was due to carelessness on the part
of the British crew who walked and
climbed up on them and broks them
off. And we found wooden spoons
on the R-32 broken, too. ,
"After the trouble, when the bag
burst we were not allowed inside
the hangars. We were not even al
lowed to look on. Cullinan and I
made sketches of how the thing
looked after the accident and took
them to Commander Bieg. After
that we were not allowed near the
hangars.
"When I flew I never had a para
chute issued to me. The British
vere supposed to see that each man
had a parachute, but they did not.
Afterward they said they had a
parachute for each two men, but you
can imagine what a chance a fellow
would have if anything happened
and the one who had the parachute
with him was.' at the other end of
the ship. Ile'd be out of luck."
Congressman In Bad
With Ex-Landlady;
Appeals to Police
Chlraco Tribune-Omaha Ieo Leased Wire,
Washington, Aug. 26. Representa
tive Herrick of Oklahoma, whose ac
tions recently startled congress, is
"in again, and has appealed to the
Washington police to protect him
from his former landlady, Mrs. C. B.
Shorey, who, according to Herrick,
has threatened him with violence.
Herrick has naively admitted that
he has been trying to get a dozen
anonymous letters written to the
pretty 18-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Shorey. The presumption is that the
letters were written by Herrick.
Some time ago Herrick roomed at
the Shorey home and showed marked
attention to Miss Shorey because,
he said, she reminded him of his
"darling lost Gracic," a sweetheart
of many years ago.
After Herrick appeared at the of
fice of the chief of detectives of the
Washington police force, Mrs. Shor
ey also appeared. She denied having
threatened Herrick, but insisted that
she was going to keep the letters.
Herrick tried to have the chief of
detectives force Mrs. Shorey to give
back the letters, but he advised Her
rick to institute a civil suit for them.
Hoover Pleased
With Outlook of
Foreign Trade
Figures Better Than Faces
Show, Due to Fall in
Prices, Secretary of
Commerce Explains.
Washington, Aug. 26. While the
rnnntrv'a 'orpicn trarlp rlnrin? Tulv
ckiMvpH a riMvv reduction in value.
the situation was not so bad as these
figures would indicate when tne voi-
nmi r( cvnnrt and imnorts is con
sidered, Secretary Hoover said.
"In considering the comparative
figures on exports and imports," Mr.
Hoover said, "the very great fall in
prices must be taken into account.
Th mnnptarv value of foreien trade
no longer indicates its real compara
tive volume, for instance, me ex-
nnrtQ nf whpat and its oroducts ac
tually increased in July this year over
July last year."
Fvnnrja ta Fiirone rlurine Tulv
amounted to $180,000,000, compared
with $J4l,UW,uuu in tne same monin
last vear. wHile for the seven months
ending with July, the total was
$1,473,000,000, against $2,692,000,000
during the corresponding month of
1920. Imports from Europe during
the month aggregated $57,000,000, as
against $119,000,000 during July,
1920, while for the seven months'
period they totalled $433,000,000, as
compared with $785,000,000 during
the same months of 1920.
Exports to South America during
July aggregated $16,000,000, against
$45,000,000 in July a year ago and tor
the first seven months erf the year the
total was $201,000,000, against
$331,000,000 during the corresponding
period of 1920.
Imports from South America ag
gregated $20,000,000 in July, against
$7J,0U0,UUU in July .01 last year, ana
for the seven months the total was
$183,000,000, against $512,000,000 dur
ing the first seven months of 1920.
Auburn Girl Badly
Burned When Brother
Hits Dynamite Cap
Auburn, Neb., Aug. 26. (Special
Telegram.) Dorothy, small daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Allen,
sustained severe burns on the face,
chest and hands when a dynamite
cap was exploded by her brother,
Arthur, while playing near a Bell
grade school near their home south
of Auburn.
The lad, after finding the cap,
showed it to his sister. Not know
ing what it was, they decided to
Walr it nnen. Arthur olaced it on
a blacksmith's anvil and struck it
with a hammer, the explosive leap
ing to the face of the girl. Noise of
the explosion could be heard for half
a mile.
Nebraskan First Arrival
At 188th Division Reunion
Des Moines, Aug. 26. (Special
Telegram.) The first arrival of
188th division buddies, who reached
Des Moines and hung around the
court house until the registration
booth opened, was General Otto of
Kearney, Neb. Otto arrived Wednes
day night by motorcycle and oc
cupied the big camp at the fair
grounds reserved for the Hun
huskers all alone.
Dry Head Orders Liquors
Taken in Raids Disposed Of
Washington, Aug. 26. Immediate
disposition of liquors seized under
the national prohibition act on which
storage charges ar accruing was or
dered today by Prohibition Commis
sioner Haines.
Do you know
you can roll
504ood
M m I
a&arettesror
lOcts from
one bag of
Libraries Busy
Aiding Patrons
In I. Q. Contest
Librarians Write Bee Telling
Of Interest Created by In
telligence Questionnaire
Contest.
Business in the reference rooms of
libraries all over the state is picking
up as a result of The Bee's Intelli
gence Questionnaire contest, accord
ing to librarians of different towns.
"A great deal of interest has been
shown here in the Intelligence Ques
tionnaire contest," says Miss May
McQuarrie, librarian at Blair, Neb:
"It has caused people to come to
the library to look up the questions.
Some of these people had never used
the reference department, but as they
succeeded in finding the answers, it
has taught them the value of our
reference room."
Fremont Is Interested.
Miss Sarah Gosselink at Fremont
savs:
"We have had quite a number of
persons using our reference room in
connection with your questionnaire."
"We are having a great deal of ac
tivity in our reference room and
daily we are being asked to give
help regarding The Bee's questions.
It is amazing to note the number of
people that are interested in going
to the library, and we sincerely be
lieve that some of them are begin
ning to realize the value of the pub
lic library." This from- Miss Mae
Hermle, librarian at Hastines.
David City Aroused. .
Miss Lillian Simpkins, librarian at
David City, says:
"The Intelligence Coutest now be
ing conducted by the Daily Bee has
been very successful in arousing pub
lic interest in our community. Not
only the regular patrons, but many
people from the county and neigh
boring small towns are gathering in
the reference room of the library to
"study on it," as one expressed it.
Notably the majority of these read
ers are men and boys, which speaks
well for the success of your plan."
The prizes in -this contest range
all the way from $1 to $1,000 in cash,
and there will be 100 prize winners.
Thirty-five hundred dollars will be
divided among these winners.
The contest will close August 31,
and all questionnaires must either be
turned in at The Bee office at 6 p.
m., August 31, or bear the postoffice
cancellation stamp of that date to be
considered for the prizes.
Teachers' Institute
West Point, Neb., Aug. 26. (Spe
cial.) The, "Cuming County , Teach
ers' institute will be held September
29-30 and October 1 in this city. ,
Chief of Police of
Zion City 1 8 Pinched
By Chicago Officer
Chicago, Aug. 26. Zion City's
chief of police has been arrested, lie
is Theodore Becker, the man who in
Zion City arrests girls wearing low
necked gowns, silk hose and fail to
conform to the rules of Zion.
The chief was caught speeding in
Chicago Thursday. ' He must appear
in police court tomorrow, even if he
is chief of police of Zion City.
. Patrolman Schardt was rather
proud of his catch.
"Yep, that's the chief of police of
Zion City," he boasted, as he brought
in the prisoner. "He was making 40
miles an hour in that flivver. Said
he was going to a hospital to see a
sick friend. Wanted me to let him
off, but couldn't do it. The law is
Jaw here just the same as in Zion
City."
U. S. Officials
Work on Agenda
Of Conference
State Department Negotiating
With Other Powers Regard
ing Scope of Disarma-
ment Meeting.
; Washington,- Aug. 26. Although
negotiations to define the scope of
the disarmament conference have not
yet reached a formal stage, it is un
derstood preliminary steps to obtain
the views of the other powers as
to what subjects they believe should
come before the conference have
been taken.
The State department, it is under
stood, has been unwilling to be plac
ed in the position of taking the lead
in framing the conference agenda.
preferring informal conversations be
tween the department and the other
foreign offices through their repre
sentatives in Washington. When
these exchanges have fairly defined
the acceptable subject matter it is
probably Secretary Hughes will pre
pare a tentative agenda for submis
sion to the other governments.
It is hoped this' agenda can be
completed before November 11, but
it is more than probable that even
after the conference has assembled,
amendments and new propositions
will be entertained.
Arrangements to hold the meetings
of the conference in the Pan-Amer
ican building here virtually were
completed Friday.
Boys Poison Dogs
Humane society will file com
plaints charging cruelty to animals
against six boys who have been giv
ing, poison to dogs and cats in the
neighborhood of Twentieth and
Paul streets.
U.S. Will Not Back Up
On Philippine Policy,
r i . l
rresident ueciares
Washington, Aug. 6. President
Harding, during an interview with
Manuel L. Quezon, president of the
Philippiue senate, said that the
United States would take no back
ward steps in its policies toward the
islands, according to a statement
given out by Mr. Quezon. The pres
ident also said, Mr. Quezon added,
that he could not discuss the ques
tion of independence for the islands,
prior to receiving the report from
Gen. Leonard Wood and former
Governor Forbes, now oil a mission
there.
"I informed the president that the
people of the Philippines earnestly
want independene and are of the be
lief that they will be granted inde
pendence at an early date," the state
ment said. "I told the president that
the financial situation there vvas not
as bad as it was pictured."
More Than 20,000 People
See Custer County Fair
Broken Bow, Neb., Aug. 26.
Thursday's attendance at the Custer
county fair broke the attendance
record, more than 20,000 people pass
ing through the gates. Hundreds of
auto loads of visitors came from SO
to 75 miles to view the show. The
racing program was exceptionally
good. A big $300 auto race was
scheduled for Friday and one $250
derby.
The exhibits far outnumber those
of several years previous. The dis
play, in the woman's department in
the art hall, in point of quality, was
equally as good, if not better, than
the display at the state fair last year.
The fruit this year was not a suc
cess, but the agricultural exhibit was
much better than for a number of
years' previous and a carload of it
will be seen at the state fair next
week. Over 300 pure-bred hogs were
shown.
Convent Sister-Author
Sues Publishing Firm
Municipal Judge George Holmes
learned some of the inside workings
pf authorship and the book publish
ing business yesterday in the suit of
Florence Brennan, who is also Sis
ter Mary Angelina of the Mount St.
Marys seminary in Omaha, against
P. J. Kennedy & Sons of New York
City, publishers.
The plaintiff asserted the publish
ing company destroyed the plates to
one of her books. "Trinity of Friend
ship," and asks $750. A letter from
the publishing house was read, which
says the plates were scrapped in the
spring of 1919 and sold for $12. '
Sister Angelina's pen name is "Gil
bert Guest."
Harry T. Burkley and Charles R.
Docherty, Omaha publishers, testified
to the value of the plates. bister
Angelina submitted a review of her
book by Justin McCarthy, M. P.
Boosters From
Three States
Plan Highway
Largest Good Roads Meeting
Ever Held in Western Part
Of Nebraska Is Staged
At Alliance.
Alliance, Neb., Aug. 26. (Special
Telegram.) What was conceded to
be the most largely attended good
roads meeting ever held, in western
Nebraska was held at the court
house here today when more than
200 good roads boosters from a
larf;c number of towns in Nebras
ka, Colorado and South Dakota met
in convention under the auspices o!
the recently' inaugurated North Star.
Highway association.
The towns represented were '
Scdgewick and Bristol, Colo.;
Bridgeport, C happen, Lodgepoic,
Sidney, Gurley, Dalton, Angora,
Chadron and Alliance, Neb., and
Oelrichs and Hot Springs, S. D.
They were entertained at luncheon
by local business men, following
which the meeting was called at the
court house. J. S. Rhein of Alliance,
president of the association, presided
and talks were made by a number of 't
visiting delegates, including State
Senator James W. Good of Chadron,
vice president of the association, and
the county vice presidents from each
of the above towns.
Dawes county being the only rc- -
maining unorganized county through
which the North Star route will
pass in western Nebraska, a resolu
tion was unanimously adopted to '
brine this county into the associa
tion, an invitation was then extended
tc Fall River county, South Dakota,
to join the association and was ac
cepted in behalf of the conty by
County Commissioner Glattley of
Hot Springs. " ;
The Nebraska division appointed
Attorney Ralph O. Kennedy ot
Bridgeport, as attorney for the
Fiehwav association and instructed
him to file articles of incorporatiaa
at Lincoln immediately. A resollt
tion was unanimously adopted en
dorsing the proposed route from
Bridgeport through Angora, Al
liance and Chadron and north into
the Black Hills region. The North
Star route starts at Brownspilie,
Tex. and traverses the continent to
Canada. It is proposed to later ex
tend the highway on into Alaska.
Old Settlers of Colfax
County Hold Annual Picnic
?rlmv1rr Neh.. Aucr. 26. (Sne-
cial.) The 20th annual Colfax Coun- ;;
ty Old Settlers' picnic was held in -
the Community pavilion. Address 01
the day was made by W. L. Allen,
attorney.
GENUINE
UlfDllRHAM
TOBACCO
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End of the Season Sales
at
Thompson
Belden
s
Hair Nets
50c a dozen
Sonia nets, 'cap and
fringe styles in all :
colors. Saturday, 50c
a dozen.
1 Notion Section
The Best of Blouse Sales
Three Sales of
Handkerchiefs
Madeira, embroi
dered corners in sev
eral attractive de
signs, Saturday, 69c.
Initialed lawn hand
kerchiefs, 25c quali
ties, 17c.
15c colored handker
chiefs, 121,4c.
Suede Pumps
$6.95 a pair
Strap pumps of black
and brown suede.
With light turn soles
and Louis heels. Sizes
4 to 712 and triple
A to C widths.
An Interesting ,
Saturday Event
Every summer and early fall blouse in
cluding our most exclusive models is of
fered at end of the season prices.
French and American hand mades, voiles,
batiste, Georgette, Pussy Willow, crepe de
chine and nets, with real filet and Irish
hand embroideries all go Saturday'
for the following reductions
$32.50 to $45 Blouses, Saturday, $19.50
$19.50 to $29.50 Blouses, Saturday, $14.75
$13.50 to $8.75 Blouses, Saturday, $8.95
$8.50 to $12.50 Blouses, Saturday, $5.00
$5.00 to $7.95 Blouses, Saturday, $3.95
(All sizes from 34 to 44.)
Table-Voile
Blouses for $1.00
formerly priced to $5
White and tan voiles with
hand-made effects of em
broidery and hemstitching.
Sizes 36 to 44.
ALL SALES FINAL.
The Store for Blome
Third Floor
Exceptional Silk Values
Lack of space for new silks calls for
special prices on choice fall materials.
Silk Charmeuse
$3.50 a yard
40-inch. Black, navy,
brown and taupe in a
quality that will not
wear rough.
Silk and Wool Remnants
Choice $1 a yard
Desirable lengths and suitable qualities for
dresses, skirts and blouses. Silk taffetas,
satins, plain and fancy serges and plain wool
skirting materials, Saturday $1 yard. All
sales final No exchanges.
Satin Duchess
$2.50 a yard
Soft, lustrous finish.
36-inch in black,
cope, brown and
navy.
Linens for Half-Price
Fine linen table cloths, napkins, Madeira
doilies, center and luncheon cloths odd pat
terns, soiled and rumpled pieces from the
August Linen Sale.
$ 8.75 cloths, $ 4.38 $10 napkins, $ 5.00
12.00 cloths, 6.00 25 napkins, . 12.50
20.00 cloths, 10.00 35 napkins, 17.50
. 27.50 cloths, 13.75 45 napkins, 22.50
30.00 cloths, 15.00 (22 to 26 inches)
2x2 to 2x4 yards. Not matched sets.
Hand Embroidered Linens
Hand-embroidered Madeira doilies,
center pieces and luncheon cloths are
All Included at Half Price
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