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THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY". APRIL 50. 1922.
Ru& Delegates
'Peevish at Delay
on Part of Allies
EnglUu Proposal WoulJ He
quire Kuia Atlutivtledge
All Obligation, Favor
Cut in War Pelt.
Genoa. April W-fBy A, P.)
Foreign Minister TchJichtrin of Rut
a today sent Premier Facta ul
Ittljr, ai president o( th economic
conference, a note ipr iiaing lha dis
Mtiifaciion of lha Russian delete
lion with tha delay la reply to Ita
not of April 20, and saying lha note
would be withdrawn and tha Ru-
aiana would retuma their initial poai-
lion unieta they were it urea that
tha credits necessary to rcatora Rua
aia wocid be granted.
Genoa, Afril 29.-(Ry A. l)-In
line with 1'rime Minuter Lloyd
George'a declaration that the new al
lied propoala lo the Runiana must
oe consiuerea at a wnoie, a special
drafting committee was endeavoring
today to tram a document whicn
Mould harmonize the differences tn
the demands submitted by the Bri
ton and i-rench delegations.
The preamble was completed last
night and the tuft was expected to
le ready lor submission to the full
subcommittee on Russian affairs,
scheduled lo meet today. .
While the French document
states that "agricultural reconstruc
tion should come before other
things," the British program dealt
more fully with credits Tor Russia,
favoring a reduction in her war debt
and conceding that foreigners for
merly owning property in Russia ne
granted the use of it instead of a
return of actual ownership, which
would conflict with the soviet prin
ciple of nationalization.
Arbitration Tribunal.
France would demand that, if
private property cannot be restored,
the owners be given indemnity. The
trench further desire an arrange
tnent for payment of interest on the
Russian state bonds. Failing an
agreement before December 31, next
the matter would be decided by t
. mixed arbitration tribunal with an
impartial chairman.
The correspondent of the Central
News says he learns that the British
draft proposals to Russia set forth
, eight points, the principal of which
is that Russia shall recognize all its
, debts, and after a moratorium of five
years pay 2 per cent interest for five
years and then 4 per cent for an
other five years.
Tchitcherin Shakes Head.
The document does not specify
that Russia must accept the principle
of private ownership, but demands
long leases of private property to its
former owners. A credit scheme to
finance trade would be favorably
considered if Russia accepted the
proposals.
M. Tchitcherin. chief soviet dele
gate, at first refused to comment on
the proposals, according to the cor
'. respondent, and then, looking at the
, French draft, he shook hit head as
though dismissing it entirely.
Louis Barthou, chief French dele
gate, took occasion yesterday for
nially to deny rumors that he in
tended to quit the conference.
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. French Cabinet Meet Called.
Paris. April 29. A meeting of the
entire French cabinet has been call
ed for Sunday night, when Vica Pre.
micr Louis Barthou, head of the
French Genoa delegation, will out
line the conference.
The Echo De Paris understands
that M. Barthou is inclined to ac
cept certain concessions to the Rus
sians relative to war debts, formu
lated by the British delegates, be
cause he has received assurance that
the British government is disposed to
t educe or cancel, in the same pro
portion, trances war debts to Ureal
Britain.
It is insisted in offical circles that
M. Barthou's return to Paris on
ins own imuauve.
U. S. Ready to Discuss
Funding llied Debts
(Continued From rasa On.)
ran relief administration. $84,093.'
963.55, and those held by the United
Mate Cirain corporation, $50,858,80:.
49, a total ot $10,150,401,305.49. The
interest accrued and unpaid up to
and including the last interest period
upon these obligations amounted to
$1,178,879,925.88. .
The obligations of foreign coun-
tries held for advances made under
the Liberty bond acts are those of II
countries, in round numbers as fol
lows: Belgium. $347,000,000; Cuba, $8,
575,000; Czecho-Slovak'ia. $61,250,
000; France, $2,950,700,000; Great
Britain, $4,166,300,000; Greece, $15,
000,000; Italy, $1,648,000,000; Liberia.
$26,000; Romania, $23,200,000; Rus
sia. $187,700,000; Serbia, $26,175,000.
With regard to the obligations
held for the sale of surplus war ma-
.. terials, some of the nations are debt
ors and also Esthonia, Latvia, Lithu
ania and Poland. The obligations re
ceived from the American relief ad-
, ministration and those held by the
United States Grain corporation add
Armenia, Austria and Hungary to
the list of debtors.
18 Countriea Involved.
The debt commission will have.
to deal with a total ot 18 countries.
All of the obligations under, ad
vances from funds raised by the sale
of Liberty bonds are bearing interest
at present of 5 per cent and nearly
all the other obligations bear the
same flat rate of interest, though
in two or three instances the rate
is 6 per cent.
t is well recognized that the debtor
nations are in no shape at present
to pay the principal and interest on
these "demand" obligations. So the
plan is to fund the obligations by
the issue of bonds by the debtor
nations to the government of the
United States. These bonds after
they are issued to this country, may
be held by the government or sold,
whichever appears to the greater ad
vantage to the country. But this is
a question that undoubtedly will be
discussed not alone with the debt
or nations but also with congress
in the event it is desired to arrange
for the sale of any of the obliga
tions. Possibly legislation will be j
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You Tell 'Em, Ike, It'll Be Real Party
Any Kind of Gamblin' Goes, Hard Licker and Gin
Totin 0. K. in "Slippery Gulch" Mayor to Put
Arizona Pete in Shade.
ineyre champions. These are
winners in the public school com
mercial contests which were held at
the Auditorium Friday.
In the group of three above are,
left to right: Cecilia Broderick of
South High, who won first place in
Class '2 typewriting, with 68 words
per minute; Stella Horwich of South
High, who won first place in Class
2 shorthand, with a grade of 82 for
100 words a minute, and Qladys
Matison of South High, who won
first place in Class 1 shorthand, with
a grade of W for 65 words a
minute -
Bertha Baer of Central High won
tha nellinff chimninnihin. miuins
?only five words in 100. Herbert j.
Nelson of Central won first place in
Class 1 typewriting and Gertrude
Bloomquist of Central waa second.
fcrnma wolverton of Central fin
ished aecond in Class 2 typewriting.
Ride 'im, cowboy!
Things are goin' to hum around
these here diggin's between May 13
and 20.
The good old days of '49 are coniin'
bark in the wild frontier town of
"Slippery Gulch," and you teli 'em.
Ike, it's goin' to be a regular old
fashioned jamboree.
Members of the Douglas county
post of the .American Legion are
goin' to drop their "civies," dust off
their sombreros, polish up their
spurs and get out the old chaps for
a week of range ridiu without
nestor in siitht.
Up in the city hall Mayor Jim
Dahlman is sounding a sinister warn
inir. - 1 he mayor used to be a knock'
out on a bronc in the days before
he became accustomed to a derby
hat, and lie s gettin ready to sail.
Mayors Night to Howl.
"You've heard tell about these
western bad men, but put this down
in your book that the antics ot An
zona Pete were plumb mild compared
to the sketch I'm coin' to throw
openin' night," sang the mayor. "You
cau warn your sherilf now to swear
in a lot of extra deputies, because
I m a curly wolf and May 13 is goiu
to be mv mailt to howl.
The town bOard is gettin' ready to
meet to issue licenses to business
houses. Bidding is spirited for the
necessary. It is- believed that it
would not be .possible to dispose of
any of the obligations under existing
law below par.
Restrictions Imposed. '
In writing the law providing for
the creation of the World War for
eign Debt commission, congress took
occasion to impose certain restrictions
upon the course which the commis
sion may follow. It provided that
none of the obligations of one coun
try may be accepted by this country
in the place of obligations ot another
country. There was talk at one time
that efforts might be made by some
of the debtor nations to hand ovet
to the United States the obligations
they held from Uerniany and Aus
tria, the defeated enemy nations, and
also that Great Britain, which loaned
vast sum of money to her allies
during the war might seek to pass
their obligations along to the United
States to cover her debt to this coun
try.
It is also provided that none ot
the bonds taken by this couutry shall
bear interest lower than 4 , 1-4 per
cent, and that none of them must
mature later than. June 15, ly47.
The commission, by the way, is to
cease to have any control over the
refunded obligations once the opera
tion of refunding has been completed,
nder the terms of the act. 1 He
congress had in mind primarily to
safeguard American investors in Lib
erty bonds in some of these pro-
isions, and the foreign obligations
are intended of course, to be used
primarily to create a sinking fund
to pay off Liberty bonds.
Suggest Interest Plan.
The suggestion has been made that
in the refunding of the foreign debts
the unpaid interest, instead of be.
ing added to the principal, should
be added to the interest to be paid
on the debts, by increasing the rate
to be levied. Nothing, however, has
been determined with regard to this
proposal, it is said.
In their desire to have the allied
nations pay back the money which
they borrowed from the United
States during the war, the American
people some times forget that some
of these allies, particularly Great
Britain and France, the two largest
debtors of the United States, dug
down to lend .money to other hard
pressed allies during the conflict.
Great Britain loaned a total of $9,
465,336,000 to the allies a sum al
most as large as that owed the
United States by the foreign nations.
lo Kussia and .trance Great Britain
loaned in excess of $2,700,000,000
each, and to Italy in excess of $2,
300,000,000. France also was a gen
erous lender, with a total of $2,717.'
888,500, more than $1,000,000,000 of
which went to Russia.. These obli
gations, according to the latest in
formation available here, have not
yet been "funded" and occupy a
position similar to those held by the
United States.
Bandits Hold Up Office of
Seattle Star, Take $4,500
Seattle, Wash.. April 29. Four
men held np the office of the Seattle
Star today and escaped with $4,500
pay roll funds, according to a report
10 ponce.
"gamblin' den" and the "red dog
saloon" where hard licker is goin' to
be served. Competition for under
taker is pretty keen, too.
Hard Licker O. K.
Money is goin' to flow like water
because "Slippery Gulch," bo; is a
boom camp. You can tote your ar
tillery but it's gotta be in plain sight
of the multitude, and knives is barred.
Any kind of gamblin goes and hard
licker is O. K., just so its red. The
sky pilot will be on hand to rope in
those as feel the urge to return to
the path of righteousness.
You can't lose, brother; she's goin'
to be a shindig right, and a squall or
two am t goin to hurt none what
ever, because Slippery ouich' is
goin' to be set up inside the Audi
torium and J-iarry iimman promises
a rainproof root.
Ride 'im, cowboy: -it's rodeo day,
and the girls are lookin .
Athletic Club Membership
Dues Are Increased to $100
Annual membership dues to the
Omaha Athletic club have been
raised to $100 by vote of a meeting
of 250 stockholders. The increased
dues will obtain for one year. At
the meeting, 170 life members sub
scribed $8,500 toward reduction of
the club deficit
Reduction in bonded indebtedness
by $15,000 annually has been main
tained and interest on the debt is
fully paid up to date, according to
a financial statement oi ine ciuu
road at the meeting. The statement
also indicated attendance has grown
materially since December.
The Bee Leads Other Papers In
Sport News. I
Financial Secretary
Huller of C. L. U. Dies
F. J. Huller, 41, 2792 South Ninth
street, financial secretary of the Cen
tral Labor Union for many years.
died yesterday of throat ailment of
long standing.
Mr. Huller was also financial see
retary for the cigar makers union
and was one of the men whose ef.
forts brought about the purchase of
the labor temple at Nineteenth and
Davenport streets, formerly the
Woman s club.
The absence of Mr. Huller will be
keenly felt, labor men said last night.
Although for a long period incapaci
tated he was ever anxious to serve
his fellows.
Girl, Accused of Attempt
to Skip Lunch Bill, Held
A chic miss, stylishly dressed, en
tered the Keen hotel and registered
as Miss Dorothy Colby, 21, of Des
Moines.
She told a story of inheritance, de
claring she is about to receive a large
sun 'of money. .
Half an hour later, she started to
leave the cafe of the hotel without
paying for 'her lunch, according to
police who were called by the man
agement.
. Mrs. Ida Levin of the welfare j
board took charge of the young wo
man and said she would conduct an
investigation. ,
Clearing House Statement.
New York. N. Y., April 29. The
actual condition of the clearing
house banks and trust companies for
the week shows that they hold $13,-
411,820 in excess of legal require
ments, i his is an increase of
$4,541,550 from last week.
ELDRIDGE
W. O. W. Annex
Importing Co.
z3'3 Farnam .St.
If you would really like to see
a dollar , do wonders "double
duty" and then some you . '
should attend our Semi-Annual
DOLLAR SALE
Monday-Tuesday
The merchandise offered is augmented by,
several hundred samples from our whole
sale department. Values range from $1.50 -to
$5.00.
Glass
Buffet Bowls with stands, in all sizes, shapes and
beautiful colors, suitable for fruit Sr flowers; also
Vases in colors.
Baskets
' Waste Paper Baskets, Jardiniere Baskets, Sewing
Baskets, Shopping Baskets and Baskets for Porch
and Garden. ,
Pottery
Vases, Flower Holders, Bowls, Wall Pockets, Tea '
Pots, Candlesticks. All good colors and shapes.
Doors open at A. M. Please do
not ask us to sell before that hour. .
ELDRIDGE
IMPORTING CO.
Irish Irregular
Soldiers Seize
Bonded Stores
Prominent Citueiu Murdered,
Uelieve d to Avenge McMtthoii
Slaying in IMfust Peace
Meet Adjourn.
Belfa.t. April 29.-(By A. P.)
Irregular republican troop today
seised the bonded storri in Kilkenny
and removed the whole slock of wlii
ky to the Kilkenny Jail. Free state
officer wcut to the jail and issued
an ultimatum to the commander
that unlen the property was- re
turned by 5 o'clock thii afternoon
free stale trooni would move to the
prison and take it by force.
Reign of Terror.
All the bonded stores in Cork.
Limerick, (jalway and other south
ern and western centers also have
been seized by irregulars with the
apparent intention of depriving the
run provisional government of rev
tnnc.
A veritable reign of terror con-
tiuuet in the districts west of Cork
as a consequence to the shooting of
eight leading residents and the
wounding of others yesterday. All
male residents who could left today
on trains for Cork, all of which were
crowded. Many refugees took fiie
Rosslare route to lingland. Dis
tressing scenes were witnessed at
the railroad station when the refu
gees bid farewell to their wives and
amines.
Dublin. April 29.-(By A. P.)-
The slaying of several Dromtrfent
citizens of Cork yesterday has caused
a sensation here equal to that caused
when several members of the family
of Owen MacMahon were killed in
Belfast last month.
The full storv of the outrages is
lacking, especially the one in which
either Rev. RuUrd lUrbotd of the
Muriagh rettery, or ! sort, at iht
victim. Several report aticc thai
the ii was the one killed.
ll U widely believed here tlut the
pmidn M'rr initinlH in rrpiu! for
lU MacMahon killings, or rather for
the impunity ith whirh their
auihou iriiMiii t Urge, tl many
southerner luva voiced the eonvic.
tioii that the MatMtlimis were killed
by members of the special police.
I He pioviMnai ko eminent 11
credited iui the declaiatioii thai
lhoe guilty for the Cork outrages, ,0 "
10 Hurt in Coal Strike
Riot Near Uniontown
I'moniown, pj., April J9. Four
state poliiemtu tud half dorn
flnke )iMisthucr weie imured m
a not at loer J I all No, I ot the
llillman Coal and Coke torn tuny,
111 mile fioin Uniontown, lodjy,
1'ifty or more arrest wrre mad, the
prisoner being brought to I'liiuii-
Hill be brought to justice ,reg4rdles
of the tune and enort (hi may tak
Jlie oub he here fear more lernblc
counter reprisal in iJcIlatt, which in
Ihnr nun would have a sequel else-
wiirrc.
Ihe peace conference called l
Lord Mayor O'Neill of Dublin lirld
auoiher meeting- here today, but after
iliree-hour srition. it dissolved
without any agreement liaviim been
leached.
1 lie conference patted the follow
lug resolution, wbich was s''uned by
an ine participants. .
1 nc contrrence epreci horror
at the recent murder in County
loth. J liese murder are tmprece
lented and are ihoroushly alien to
Irish character, and it is the duty of
all good citizens to assiot in the ap
prehension of murderers as well a
in the prevention of similar occur
rences."
Two Separate Bonus
Bills Are Drafted
Washington, April 29. Senate
finance committee republicans at a
conference toda,y directed that two
separate soldiers' bonus bills em
bodying the plana proposed by Chair
man McCumber and Senator Srnoot
of Uuh be drafted for consideration
by the majority, probably on Mon
day. The McCumber plan embraces the
house bill provision for adjusted
service caaes and with the loan pro
visions, while the Smoot plan con
templated a paid-vp 20-year endow
ment hie insurance policy without
any borrowing provisions.
Testifies Ai ainst Bliiard.
Charlcttowii, W. Va, April ?.
(By A. P.)-Ed Reynold and Wil
ham Blinard "went on" to Logan
county with several hundred men
under their command after District
President C r. Keeney of the union
mine worker had advised armed
marchers at Madison to return home,
as ordered by Brig, uen, Hinjliolti,
Reynolds testified today in Mzsard'
trial on a treason charge.
No Market for firitiah Coal
Washington. Aprd 29. British coal
exporters luve been unable to In
crease their market in this country
became of the coal strike, according
to a repot t to the commerce depart
ment today from Trade Commis
sioner Dye at London.
"The general opinion of the South
Wale export center is." lie said.
"that the United States lias such a
large stock of oal on hand that no
shipment are likely to take place
unless the strike lasts longer than
now is expected."
Chiltlrena Crusade
Arrives at Capital
Washington. D. C. April 29. Ar
rival in Washineton today of 'the
Children's Crusade, composed of
children and wives of men in fed
eral prisons, for violation of war
laws, was marked by announcement
from the White House that the del
egation would not be received by
'resident Harding.
The children and women, num
bering 37 and in charge of Mrs.. Kate
Richards O Hare of it Louis, the
White House announcement made by
Secretary Christian said, would, how
ever, "be eiven everv consideration
and attention" by Attorney General
Daugherty.
Three Omalians on
Grand Jury Panel
Evidence to He I'reteiitetl
Against Prominent liuti
iicm Proinolm.
a
Only three Omaha men ate named
among the .'4 who will report Mou
day for federal grand jury duty,
, The jury, it U expected, will finish
lit woik by Thursday. Some men
prominent in business promotions
win oe among tnoe against whom
evidence will be presented. The list
of jurymen it a follows;
II K IK .Mo, m vum Tlilrllf-riist
fMt, OitKha,
I r K Kluap. Omahi.
I lank Wilful, (mH.
J "111, A, Aiitilwrrr, Uih Clly.
Mnrat AMrrwa, M. I'aul
H. ft. -rrUrry, N.trtti 'lt.
SI. II llowh, I'raarlurit.
hrla llon.ni, l-miim(unl
(imu-I llu.iua, (lian'1 I.Und.
karl K, K.rl, Waal I'ulnl
J K SM'liailaml, liu.Hvill.
(a. SI. Hflnn. Nnrih I'lallt.
Waliar K Molt. I'hailruu.
K. U. Ru'lrka, S.h'i)l,r.
Mri . Tlmni"n. Lyons.
KnJ K. culvrp, Ail'K.n.
liaori I'arioli, Ailnon.
, H. I.nlliank, ..tn.
t. V. lwnn.ll. Kullarlan.
Will .liiiniariiiin. Mprlntfi!d.
Ilaiiry Collar, Sutherland.
Jamas It Oo, H'llevu.
John R. rWics. lUnrtnlrh.
liorman Jubus. Ikliuylar.
Body of Minister Found.
Peoria. 111.. Ann! 29. A body, be
lieved to be that of Kcv. W. J. Leach,
missing pastor of the Avervville
l'rcsbytcriaii church, was found this
morning in the river at the foot of
Main street.
The bodv was found two and a half
miles south of Ihe upper free bridge,
where the minister waa last seen on
the night of his disappearance.
Kev. Leach disappeared on April
2 after conducting Lenten services
of the Averyvillc church.
Downtown St. Louis Holdup.
St. Louis, Mo.. April 29. Three
bandits today held up Leo Murren,
bookkeeper of the McElroy Sloan
Shoe company, in the heart of the
business section and escaped with
$5,400 of payroll money.
The Suits
Tweeds and mixtures in the
newest sports shades and
navy tricotine are favored.
Any number of smart styles,
each lined throughout in
Silk. .-j , w,,!.'r--.vr.-
$16.95 to $59.50 f
Sport Frocks
Delightful silk models in
light or subdued colors.
Tweed dresses and silk and
wool combinations, straight
line effects and flare jacket
styles.
$25 to $75
Achieving Distinction
In Sports Wear
Today a quality and naturalness
has returned to women's dress,
a long lost priceless simplicity.
No other fashion is so altogether
charming as the sports costume.
Free in line, glorious in color, in
finitely alluring, thoughtfully -economical.
j
At Thompson, Belden's
In Abundant Variety
4
Jersey Jackets
Gayly colored jackets to be
' worn with light sports skirts.
Numerous distinctive styles
in the brightest of shades.
$5 to $15
The Blouses
Dainty Peter Pans and
Tuxedos remain the vogue.
In attractive new tub mate
rials from
$2.95 to $7. 50
In lovely crepe de chines
and pussy willows, from
$5 to $10.50
The Skirts
Present every becoming
variation of fringed and
wrap effects, pleated styles
and plain models. . .
Plaids, stripes and solid
shades in nearly every
imaginable combination of
colors Kasha cloth, ratine,
flannel, mixtures and silks of
every sort for their fabrics.
$10 to $25