THK HKE: OMAHA. MONDAY. OCTOBEK 31. 1U2I.
Nebraska Scored
For Its Many Laws
BvWilla'Cather
w
State I Particularly HI'eJ
With Personal Liberty Re
striction, Noted Au
thored Tells Audience.
.By MYRTLE MASON.
Misi Will Cither, noted author
1 r$s, poke before the Omaha Society
of Fine Arts Saturday afternoon at
the Foutenclle hotel. The tubject
doejn't matter.
'"I am not a public speaker." laid
Mi.sj father, and perhaps me i
not. That too. doc not matter.
. What does matter very much i
( that she is a great woman and one
I feels it when the sneaks as one
knows it when she writes,
j She sounded all her "r's" speak
ing in a rich, incisive voice. She
was gowned with the good taste any
woman m a small .Nebraska town
i - might show, but with no suggestion
I of Fifth Avenue shops. I'ttcr al-
sence of superficiality was there in
' Willa father. As a true perceiver
of the true art, did she impress her
audience. MissCathcr calls Red Cloud,
i Neb., where her parents are, home.
! despite years of residence in New
! York and abroad.
Not Propitious For Artist.
"Nebraska is "not as propitious"
a place for an artist as it was 20
years ago, she declared, adding that
the. same is true of the entire coun
try. Among the things she named
: as having "helped retard art" arc:
Standardization, indiscriminate Amcr-
, icanism, false conventions of thought
I, and expression, aversion to taking
pains and superficial culture.
j Speaking of standardization, she
said: "Nebraska is particularly
blessed with legislation that restricts
, personal liberty." The law forbid
ding instruction in foreign languages
below the eighth grade and the anti
wrestling law, were cited. 'Every
body is afraid of not being stand
ard. ' There is no snobbishness so
cowardly as that which thinks the
only way to be correct is to be like
; everyone else.
i ' "Art is made out of the love of
1: old and intimate things. AVe al
ii' ways underestimate the common
V things."
. One common thing for which she
lt made a plea was the cottonwood
' tree, against which she charged there
is social prejudice. . i ncy arc not
smart," she said.
"Art cannot live In an atmosphere
; of manufactured cheer, much less
can it be born," Miss Cathcr declared
in a brief discussion of the "Sunny
Jim" and "Pollyanna schools" of
"era oi nuts''' nritimism. ''''.''
"Life is ii struggle 2or' torpor..
All art must He serious ana comedy
is the most serious of all. Art and
religion express the same thing .in
us, that hunger for'beauty that we,
of all animals, have.
Aversion to Taking Pains.
"It fhis been said, 'Genius is the
capacity for staking . pains'," she
quoted.) Art is taking the pains for
the love; of it, art is just taking pain,.
A man mustibe made for his-art
he must work for it, and he must
work intelligently.' Art thrives best
. where the personal life is richest,
fullest and warmest, from the kitchen
up." ' .
Letters are a "dead form of love,"
she stated, in referring to the warni
' details of life we are omitting to save
time. Time for what, she asked,
"The . poorest approach to art yet
discovered is by. way of the ency
clopedia," Miss father told her
audience.
"The greatest ' love of art we have
is anong simple, earnest people who
" love the natural things. .
Amid: the "money madness, the
movies and machine-made music
wo have today, Miss Cather has' i
hope born on Armistice day. "The
war developed a new look in the
faces of people," she concluded, "a
look like the pioneers used to have
when they were conquering the sou.
A new 'color was over the land
cannot name it, she said,
was the color of glory."
"But it
Convict First Man in
South Dakota Under Auto Law
Sioux Falls, S. Dl. Oct. 30. (Spe
cial-1 elcgram.). in the United
States court here Tack P. Gordon of
Yankton was sentenced by Judge
Elliott to a term of three years in
the federal penitentiary at Leaven
worth, Kan., following his convic
tion of the charge of transporting a
stolen automoDiie trom one state to
another, this being the first con
viction in the federal court of South
Dakota for violation of the new fed-
eral statute designed .- to prevent
stolen autos from being taken from
on state to another.. Gordon stole
a car at Casper, Wyo., and brought
it to Yankton.
Man Held for Impersonating
Officer and Taking Money
V. E. Teakell, 1806 Chicago
street, was arrested and charged with
impersonating an officer and at
tempting , to obtain money from
women on the streets.
Annapolis Wireless
Station Gets Signal
.' From Plant in Japan
Chicago Tribune-Omaha. Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, Oct. 30. The Amer
ican navy's radio station at Annapo
lis, it was, learned, has been in direct
communication with Japan, exchang
ing wireless signals with the new
Japanese station at ' Iavaki, 11,000
miles distant.
Listening in for reports from San
Diego, an operator in the Navy de
partment heard a call he at first
thought was the one he had been
waiting for. The signal was faint
and the instrument tuned for San
. Diego's sound wave. . .
The operator discovered it was not
San Diego calling. The only other
station on that wave is known as
"Jaa1 at Iwaki in Japan.
He began calling "Jaa" and almost
instantly- a reply came back saying:
"This is 'Jaa.' We hear strong.
How do you hear us?"
The operator here replied, that he
heard "Jaa' call plainly and asked if
"Jaa" had any news. A reply in the
negative followed ' by several 'Jap
anese words flashed back, and then
the connection was lost.
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War Veterans
Days of Chateau Thierry
Tics of Friendship Stronger Than Rain as Legion
Members Gather in Convention at Kansas City
Many Members of Groups Leaning
On Canes or Crutches.
ny Tb .alalMt I'm
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. JO. Rain,
recalling to mind similar day in
France, greeted the American Le
gionaircs who arrived to attend the
national convention of the Legion,
which opens Monday.
Hut the ties ot friendship were
stronger than mere physical comfort
and on dozens of downtown street
corners stood groups of khaki-clad
heroes obliviou to the downpour,
living again the days of Chateau
Ilnerry and the Araonne.
Here and there in the groups were
seen men leaning on crutches or
canes. To them the talcs of thrill
ing days brought hack especial mem
ories and frequently pale taccs would
light up with animation as one or
another would call to mind some
feat of heroism performed by
"Yanks." Frequently members of a
group would crowd their way aside
to give a hug and handshake to a
new arrival.
Westerners Colorful.
Tarticularly colorful was a west
ern group of former service men
who wore high boots, sombcros and
flannel shirts of vivid hues. Each
state delegation sought by means
of similar dress or ornament, to make
themselves distinctive.
Tomorrow the first of the noted
foreign military men who will at
tend the convention, arc to arrive. I
Business Houses
Of Lead Close for
Priest's Funeral
Officers Resume Search for
Alleged Slayer in Black Hills
Country Was Seen in
Edgemont.
Lead, S. D., Oct. 30. Active search
for Andrew Rolando, wanted in con
nection with the death here Wed
nesday of Father A. B. Belknap, pas
tor of St. Patricks cathedral, was
resumed following the funeral of the
priest.
, :" Officers in automobiles left Lead
in the secopd. expedition ' of the.
day ; in an ''effort : to "locate the
miner iu case he still remained in
the Black Hill country. Officials
expressed the belief, however, that
he . still was . on his way to Butte,
Mont, beating his way on freight
tra-'ns.-
They said it had ,tecn virtually
established-that he had been seen
iiij, Edgemont: Several reports that
he had been seen in ..western South
Dakota and Wyoming, however, lack
ed verification. V, '
The : funeral of Father Belknap
was observed by a cessation of busi'
ness, the entire city halting to pay
tribute to the man who died while
on an errand of mercy. Bishop J
J. Lawler, who officiated at solemn
high requiem mass, denounced the
slaying of Father Belknap as "a das
tardly deed which challenges the
community and the whole priest
hood."
Tonight the priest's body was be
ing taken to Dubuque. Ia.. for burial.
Following the funeral, James L;
Curran, district deputy of the Knights
of Columbus, issued a statement in
which he expressed the opinion that
the slaying of the pnest was not. in
the" opinion of church V authorities,
due- to local religious feelings. "We
are of the opinion that the death of
Father Belknap was due to a per
sonal motive and that religious leel
inji did not enter into it," he said.
Man Who Discovered
Sugar Swindles Dies
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Teased Wire.
. New York, Oct. 30. Richard Parr,
who, as special agent- of the De
partment of Justice, discovered the
sugar frauds at this port in 1909,
died at the home of his broth'
er, Harry Parr. Parr detected a
wire, device by which scales used in
weighing sugar on .wharves as it
was unloaded from ;' steamers were
manipulated to make the apparent
weieht less than the real.
On the evidence collected by Parr,
the government sued refiners and re
covered $3,500,000. : Charles R.
Heike. secretary of , the, American
Sugar Refinery company, was found
guilty of conspiracy and sentenced
to eight months imprisonment and a
fine of $5,000. .v , - .
Parr received $100,000 from the
government for-his work: and was
made deputy- surveyor of the port.
He . retired about three years ago.
after unearthing;, several notable
smuggling cases. His wife and two
children survive. j:
Fifth Week of Southard
Murder-Trial Closes
Twin Falls. Idaho. Oct. 30. The
fifth week of the trial of Mrs. Lyda
Meyer Soathard charged with the
murder -of Edward "F. Meyer,' her
fourth husband, came to a close Sat
urday with the testimony of . Wil
liam t. Dooley, brother, of toward
Dooley, to the effect that the body of
deceased brother-in-law of the de
fendant was redressed for burial on
its arrival at Keytesville, Mo- :,
This witness was not permitted to
reply to a question of the defense
counsel as to what other steps he was
told were taken by the Missouri un
dertaker on the ground of hearsay."
Hypothetical Questions by the de
fense to expert medical witnesses
took up the greater part of the day.
Seeks to Change Name
Plattsmouth. Neb- Oct. 30. (Spe
cial.) John W. Morgan has filed a
petition in district court, here asking
for permission to chanee his name
to "Ellis" Denton" in order that the fam-
ilv name of Denton may be perpetuated
Live Again
They are General Dim of Italy and
Oenrral Uaron Jacques of Helium,
r.laborjle welcoming cercmonte
have been arranged.
Practical r nclusion of the Jspatif
immigrants by a new internal una
agreement Lacd on mutual respect
and reciprocal in nature is rccom
mended in the report of the lesion'
riental committee to be submitted
to the convention next week, it was
Innounred tonight.
Result of Invest'gation.
The reuort. a statement by tl
ie
committee says, is the result of tx
haustive investigations made at the
direction of last year's convention.
The report describes Japan's im
migrants as "unassiniilable."
"The instances in which the Japan
ese in other countries have become as
similated," the report says, "are al
most non-existent."
"We find that in places where there
has been a large influx of Japanese
in proportion to other population, the
Japanese, as citizens of Japan, incline
to become dominant and certainly
are a great detriment to the people
original!) inhabiting the country,
J he difference in the eccnomic
conditions and methods between the
Japanese and people now in the
United States is so diverse that it is
bound to create even worse triction
than it might in any other country
where the conditions are more smv
iiar."
Breweries Allowed to
Sell Beer Now in Stock
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leaied Wire,
Washington, Oct. 30. Treasury
department officials declared that
brewers will be permitted to sell beer
which they have on hand for medici
nal purposes.
"Dry advocates have protested
against the disposal of beer which
has accumulated and have insisted
that the beer to be disposed of under
medicinal permits should be only that
manufactured since the beer for
medicine regulations were issued.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
also has had that opinion and this
is one of the points of difference be
tween him and Internal Revenue
Commissioner Blair.
Such a ruling as the "drys" pro
pose would delay the sale of medici
nal beer several weeks. Commis
sioner Blair has been advised by tlie
solicitor of his department that the
sale of accumulated beer is legal and
a formal ruling ; is expected to be
issued to that effect by Secretary
Mellon on Monday.
State Files Briefs in
Pickford Divorce Case
: Carson City," Jtfey;, 'Oct. 30. Open
ing. briefs were filed W the state Su
preme court by State Attorney Gen
eral L.; B. Fowler,; in the .State's ap
peal from the findings of the lower
court which held valid the decree of
divorce granted to -Mary Pickford
from Owen Mooe. "
Gavin McNab and . P. A. .McCar
ren, attorneys for ? Mary Pickford,
now Mrs. Douglas 'Fairbanks, have
IS days in which-.to. file their ans
wer. It is the duty of the attorney
general to "proceed 'in protecting
the interests of the state," Mr. Fow
ler's brief declares and adds that the
trial court "apparently failed to read
page 29 of the state's brief in the
lower court," bearing on this point.
Two Firemen Killed
Sacramenta, Caf., ' Oct. 30. Two
firemen were killed and two others
and a civilian were-' overcome by
smoke and two firemen . were in
jured slightly in the fire which swept
the basements of four establishments
on. K street, between Tenth and
Eleventh streets, early today. The
property loss was - in .excess of $50,
000. The lives of 12 firemen Were
menaced by a falling floor.
Also
. Mermaid remedy...
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Judge Denies He
Instructed Jury to
Find Men Guilty
Statement From Furore Con
ccrning Italian Convicted
Of Murder Denounced Iy
Pr?tiJing Justice of Trial.
Dcdham. Ma Oct. 30.-Judge
Webster Thayer tonight denounced
as "absolutely fale" reports which
lie said !! been puuiiniied oversea
that the inry at the trial of Nicoii
Sacco and liartolomeo Vanzrtti. con
victed of a double murder during a
highway robbery at South Braintrec
last year, was instructed that it
must convict them because they were
Italians and radicals.
After he had continued for a
week the hearing for a new trial
for the men, who since their con
viction have been the subiccts of
bomb, sneaking and marching
demonstration in Europe and South
America, Judge Thayer read his
statement,
In the Norfolk county court
house, with mounted state consta
bulary patrolling the vicinity, motor-
cycle police held in reserve and uni
formed Boston policemen with riot
guns stationed about the structure
and grounds, Judge Thayer said:
These cases seem to have assum
ed a slate, national and internation
al interest. Overseas statements
were published that the presiding
justice (Judge Thayer) said to the
jury that these men must be con
victed because they were Italians
and radicals. That statement was
absolutely false. That was publish
ed through ignorance or malice.
I have labored to keep out ot
this case, every reference to anarchy
or radicalism of any kind, and suc
ceeded in keeping it out until Mr.
Vanzetti took the witness stand.
"The defense raised the issue of
whether the consciousness of guilt
said to have been shown by these
defendants was consciousness of
guilt of the crime of which they
were accused, or consciousness ot
guilt of radicalism, with a fear of
deportation from this country.
I want it made clear that 1 stated
to the jury in my charge:
"'In the administration of our
laws, criminal or civil, there is and
should be, no discrimination between
classes of society. Under our law.
all classes enjoy the same rights and
privileges. I therefore beseech you
not to allow the fact that these de
fendants are Italians to influence
vou. inev have tne same rignts as
though their ancestors came over in
the Mayflower.'"
Very rich deposits of copper ore
are said to have been discovered in
Angola,' Portuguese West Africa.
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Jury Convicts Man
Of Murdering Child
Brighton, Cola., Oct. JO. William
Kiley Hill, charged whli iminbr in
connection with the death of Helen
Maxiue .Short, 9, daughter of hit di
vorced wife, was found guilty by a
jury in the Adaiut count district
court here. 1 tie verdict car
ries a sentence of life imprisonment,
the evidence having been entirely
cirrunttUiitial.
1 1 ill is said in belnnu to a w ealthy
Oklahoma family, living at l'aula
Valley,
J be charge of murder was placed
aga nut Hill after the body of the
Ifirl hml liri n iliifAvrreil in mi irri.
gation pond near lino, Colo., the lat
ter pan ot juiy. lie was arrested
ill Kimiv 1'itv ri'f.rul aft... tli
discovery of the body, having gone
mere unuer an asiumeu name.
The hfvllf nf lhl lilfl,. oirl hut an.
parently been weighted with irons
and thrown into the pond. Heavy
pieces of iron had been wired to the
body.
Fishermen Along Labrador
Coast l acing Starvation
fnntr!i1 flcl 1(1 VKlii.rn.,.11 ami
ttlfMr famtlirft fllnnir tUn linrn.ti I nil.
radur coast between Shccatika and
uradore are in danger of starvation
because of the fat tire nf the srn.
son's codfish catch.
A telegraphic appeal was received
by the minister of the interior of the
province of Quebec asking that (lour
be Kent immeiliatolv tn the fnminp
threatened district.
Man, Reported Fined for
Fight Over Girl, Denies It
Following an altercation at Four
teenth and Dodge streets last Mon
day night, W. E. Brown, 1702 Dodge
street, was fined $10 iu police court,
instead of James Kogers, Hodge
hotel, as was erroneously stated in
1 he liee last luesday evening.
Kogers appeared as complainant
against Brown, instead of defendant,
as was stated.
Empress Rustic Garden
DANCING
Big Halloween Party and Dance
MONDAY NIGHT
Novelties, Souvenirs, Noise Makers, Table Favors,
Special Decorations.
Guess the Weight
and Win
Dancing
Every Night.
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Salvation Army
Asks $12,600 for
Carrying on Work
Honorary Commissions Will
He Given Fvery Sulweriber.
A Acknowledgment of
Gift Under New Plan.
The Salvation Army will attempt
to enlist every man, woman
and child in Omaha in the
supporting branch of the Salvation
Army in it campaign to raise $42,
WH) to equip the new rescue home,
Sixteenth and Grace streets, and in
conducting the general relief work
in the city, according to If. E.
Unulfs, executive secretary, in
charge of the campaign.
Following is the lit of donations
carrying with them different classes
of officers, similar to the U. S. army.
1'ricate. $1.00: Sergeant, $2.00;
Lieutenant. $5 00; Captain. $10.00;
Major. $25.00; Colonel. $50.00; Brig
adier, $1110.00; General, $500.00.
"The public should not be con
fused in believing, that by enlisting
in the supporting branch of the Sal
vation Army, it will be expected' to
take active part in any of the work
of the Salvation Army, declared Mr.
Koulfs. "It is merely a method that
the army has adopted this year to
give special honor to its friends."
"Each individual who donates a
dollar or more will receive an ac
knowledgment of the gilt from the
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of the Big Pumpkin
the Money.
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Dollar Strategy
DOLLAR strategy is dollar sense. It consists
of spending your money where you'll get the
greatest satisfaction and service it is possible to
buy for a given sum. s7 " ...
It is weighing and choosing the things you
would like to buy( selecting. the ones you need
most "or from which you will secure the most en
joyment. L , .". j
Dollar strategy begins at home in the printed
pages of your newspaper.
Much that is new and helpful, many of the
things that make life easier to live and more
worth living may be found there displayed in the
advertisements.
Consult the advertisements regularly. They'll
help you spend your dollars where you'll get most
good from them.
Be a dollar strategist Read
The Omaha Bee
S-ilvitiun Army in the (unit oi a cr
tincate. We propose in litis way to
show our appreciation ftlihmiuh
patrons will not rreefve tl.is e.
knowlfdgmrnt until after the ram
psign U under way a U d-iy,"
concluded Mr. Kouf. .
Texas Road Removes
Embargo on Freight
San Antonio, Tr., Oct. JAIn
quirivs as to the iiumbrr of striking
trainmen on the International &
Great Northern railroad who have
returned to work and as ia whether
the road had adopted the open shop
policy with reference to the train-
itien'a lirnjirtitii'nt ifcr itiM bC
division others with the statement
"that the road i able to handle all
business ollered." Continued im-
pro.ement in the movement of
freight was reported.
Reorganize Army Hoard
riattsmouth. Neb.. Oct. 3d-( Spe
cial.) The Cass county Salvation
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