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i oaay Judge Gary Is Right, But— No Frog-Shaped Venus. Shooing the Men. To Desire Small Beer. ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ Judge Gary, back from Europe, recommends lifting the ban on im migration that causes labor short age and discourages prosperity. Judge Gary is right. Immigra tion restriction is harmful to labor and capital—most harmful to labor in the long run, for capital can take care of itself. There is little chance of the ban being lifted at present, however. A national election is too near. Immigration restriction will com pel capital to study and invest in labor saving devices and that may more than make up for the labor shortage. For instance, brick-making ma chinery in Chicago enables six men to do the work of fifty men—pain ful, hard, dull work that men should not do. In Chicago bricks are sold, on the job, for $12 a thousand. In New York, where they make bricks by the methods of Tutenkhamun, bricks cost more than $20 a thousand. Mr. L. J. Horowitz, biggest of the country’s able builders, and all others, big and little, ought to in vestigate that brick-making ma chinery. “An artistic expert’’ finds a New York “Venus” far surpassing in beauty the Venus DeMilo. New York’s Venus, it seems, is a “perfect 34,” 34 inches around the bust, 34 inches around the hips, 22 around the waist. Beauty is not a matter of inches. Ninety per cent of woman’s real beauty is dignity, not bust or hip measurement. The famous Hottentot Venus, exhibited in lifelike facsimile, at the Paris Iardin des Plantes had a hip'measurement of about 140. The Hottentots called her beautiful, but—except to Hottentots—that hip measurement didn’t make her more beautiful than the Venus DeMilo. When you enter that room in the museum of the Louvre, where the magnificent Greek woman stands alone, you are impressed by a dig nity in that marble greater than that of all the supreme court judges in all their silk gowns. It is dignity that lends beauty, not a frog-like waist or hips. New York’s police arrested 19 white girla in a Japanese dancing academy. Were their male part ners arrested! “No, we just shooed them away," Captain Thompson says. “We had to arrest the girls to protect their morals." That system of “shooing" the men away, to dance elsewhere and locking up the girls is a good pic ture of woman'j status and the double-standard. If the~gir!sT morals’were in dan ger, their Japanese dancing part ners must have put them in dan ger. If you found burglars endanger ing the safety of a jewelry shop, you wouldn't “shoo away” the burglars and lock up the jewelry. Prince Henry asks Poins: “Doth it not show vilely in me to desire small beer?” Shakespeare wrote it more than 300 years ago, but small beer still rules British hearts. Bonar Law’s government hopes to tighten its slipping grip, not by solving great problems on the con tinent, but by providing cheaper beer, “a penny off the pint,” by cutting the tax. The “Henry Ford” for president gentlemen get busier every day. Voters everywhere receive Ford “literature” and somebody is spend ing money. Some of the litera ture shows intelligence, some lacks it The Henry Ford for President club of New Jersey, sends from Elisabeth this paragraph: “I notice by the press that Mr. Harding has bought a farm. That is the wisest thing he has done in years. His successor, Henry Ford, will furnish him with fertilizer from Muscle Shoals at cost.” That’s ingenuous. The same club says the election of Ford offers the country’s “last chance to avoid a revolution.” That’s foolish propaganda. Ninety nine of our hundred millions don’t like the word, “revolution,” men tioned. It gives them the creeps. Laurel Man Is Sued by J. L. Brandeis & Sons Iiltpatrh to Th* Om»hm Bee. Hartlngton, Neb., April 17. Two suits were started here today In the name of J. L. Brandeis & Sons of Omaha against J. L. Durrle of Leu* rel, Neb. The first cause of action Is that Durrle gave a eherk to the firm dated January «. 1923. for I3S.60. which was returned unpaid for lack of funds. The second suit Is for mer chandise sold snd delivered to the amount of $6*.70, and which la un paid for. Bill Permitting Purchase .of Warrants Is Passed Special Dili patch to Tha Omaha Be*. Lincoln, April 17.— Despite strenu ous opposition of Representatice Rons Amspoker, the lower house pushed a senate hill on third rending today which permits the state treasurer to purchase Irrigation district wnrrnnts. "I have talked to the state treasur er and five bankers In Lincoln about these warrants and all have told rn« they didn't consider them gilt-edged securities,'• Amspoker said. Job Found for Ayres. Special DUpateh to tha Omaha Bea. Lincoln, April 17.—Governor Bryan has naked the acting head of the st.ite insurance department to find s place for Fred C. Ayres, def-ated democratic • andldata for railroad commissioner. So today Mr. Ayres begun checking insurance statements. The work. It B«« explained, is temporary. Orr Bill Hangs Over After Fight in House - i Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, April 17.—The blue sky law and the bureau of securities which ad i ministers the law was under fire in ] the house throughout the day. An I adjournment was forced before a vote i was taken on the Orr bill, which calls for abolishment of the law and de partment. "All of the laws in the world can't keep a fool and his money In the same pair of trousers.” Representa tive Ralph Wilson of Lancaster said in support of the bill. "Nebraska will become the dumping ground of every wildcat stock selling 1 scheme in the country if this law I and bureau are abolished,” Repre I sentatjve Bailey said in opposition to j the bill. "The wildcat stock selling [ people are Buying that the big losses were a result of this bureau when as J a matter of fact not a, one of the big failures came as a result of the law. i Those companies were incorporated and began operations before the water tight law of two years ago was passed.” Three Tax Measures Are Passed by Nebraska Senate Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln April 17.—The upper house passed the following bills Tuesday morning: S. F. 330 by Wiltse. Makes paving assessments pavablo annually for 10 instead of 20 years. H. R. 130. County public building j levy requires 60 per cent majority at election, question not to be resub mitted for a year. H. R- 35. Lancaster county paving j bill, removing present 1 to 3 mill gen- j eral levy and limiting assessment within 2 miles of Lincoln to 10 per 1 cent and prevents creation of new | district except on petition of 55 per t cent of the property owners affected, t — Man Accuses Officer of Arrest Without Cause J. AV. Pleuler, 1403 Douglas street, yesterday filed charges with the city council against Henry Bosen, patrolman, who, he alleges, arrested him without cause on the night of March 26 at Fifteenth and Douglas streets, on a charge of resisting an | officer, disorderly conduct and being ; drunk. He says he wants to prove his in- j nocence by competent witnesses. Police Commissioner Butler, who investigated the case, said he was in clined to uphold the patrolman, but ; that the law provided the council ( must grant a hearing in such cases i whenever asked. _ Bank Fund Body Appointees to Be Announced by Bryan Special Diapatch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, April 17.—Governor Bryan will announce AVednesday the tem porary appointments In the newly created guaranty fund commission. The law provides for one appointee from each of the six bankers association districts to bold office until the regular election appointment following the annual group meetings of the associations during the summer. Trade and Commerce Secretary J. E. Hart Is the chairman of the com mission. * Former Odcfl Man Killed by Truck at Los Angeles Special Pi-patch to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Neb.. .April 17.—Dodd Beckman, formerly of Odell, this coun ty, was killed when he was run down by a truck at Los Angeles, secordlng to Information received by his broth er, Mart of Odell, who has gone to | California to bring the body hack for ; burial. The deceased leaves a widow j and several children hesldes his mother, several brothers and sisters ! who live near Odell. State Branch of League Association Is Organized Special Dlapntrh to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, April 17.—Steps for the organization of a Nebraska branch j of tlie League of Nations Nonpartisan i association were taken here Tuesday ' noon when Mrs. Charles E. Simon- j son of New A'ork met with Dr. F. M. Fling of the state university, former Mayor J. E. Miller. Judge H. H. . Wilson and a number of prominent local adherents. K. K. K. Visit GraAe. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Hee, Kearney, Neb.. April 17.— Four hooded members of the K. K. K. ap pea red at the Kearney cemetery Sun day afternoon, 4uat after the body of Policeman John Hinkley was lowered Into its grave and conducted brief burial rites. Services at the church were In charge of the Masons. Offi cer Hinkley died suddenly of heart failure Thursday night, while seated In a chair at. his home. Arc you reading the Brisbane col umn daily appearing in thta paper? * EARL H. BURKET h.k. BURKET&son Established 1676 FUNERAL DIRECTORS Farnam Straat al 34th H-I-K-I-N-G Suits, 910 Knickers, 92.95 Rifling Breeches, 93.95 Tourist Knickcr Suits, 919.79 IMS Parnicp Pool Rules Out Ford’s Petition for Presidency j i * — Secretary of Stale Holds Many j of Signatures Fail tv Com ply With Law i-4- One Other Petition F|Idd. Special Dispatch to The Omulm Dee. Lincoln, Neb., 17—Secretary of State Charles W. Pool today ruled out the filing of petitions in behalf of Henry Ford as a candidate of the pro gressive party for presidential nom ination In Nebraska. In checking over the 1.624 names signed to the Ford petitions, Mr. Pool rays he found that 786 signatures do not com ply with the law. This leaves 83,S proper signatures but two districts are below the legal requirements of 100—the First having only 72 and the Fifth 36 names. Roy M. Harrop, of Omaha, presi dent of tli© American Economic league, who filed the petitions, has been notified by the secretary of state that -more correct signatures must be filed before Mr. Ford's name can be placed upon the Nebraska ballot. Mr. Pool today received another “filing” for president of the. United States. David S. Beach of Bridge port, Conn., tells the Nebraska secre tary of state that as president he would abolish congress and substitute 96 directors, all clergymen. He would also do away with state gov ernments and run everything from Washington as a big corporation. His cabinet, he'says, will be headed by his wife-to-be as vice president, with others holding executive posi tions as follows: Secretary of the treasury, Henry Ford; war. John J. Pershing of “Michigan;" commerce, La Follette; agriculture, Borah; in terior, Johnson: prisons, pardons and paroles. Debs; free speech, Arthur Brisbane. Man Penned Under Car Hit hy Train Is Uninjured special ItUpntrli to The Omaha Bee. Fremont, Neb., April 17.—Andy1 Christofferson, Fremont, narrowly es raped serious injury when his truck was struck by p Northwestern switch engine east of Fremont. The loco motive knocked the truck from the road into a ditch with Christofferson pinned Inside the cab. The truck was practically demol ished and the driver's miraculous escape from Injury Is puzzling. Claim ; Agent F. C. Uackett. Omaha, In- j sperted the damage shortly after the accident. Christofferson was in a similar col lision a few weeks ago, but also e caped Injuries. Beatrice to Vote on City Manager Plan Before Long Npeeliil ItiopHirh to The Onmhs Itcc. Beatrice. Neb., April 17.—The city will have an opportunity to vote for or against the adoption of the city manager plan at a special election to ; be called soon hy Mayor Farlaw, as Judge Kretstnger, one of the backers of the movement, filed a petition yes terday containing the required num ber of voters asking that the proposi tion be submitted. If it carries, it will become an issue at the spring ntuniclpal election in 1924. Oinalian Would Standardize Cities’ Claims as to Size Montague Tancock, vice president of the community advertising depart ment of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, is conducting a campaign for the association In an 1 effort to eliminate the evil of alleged Inaccurate statements made by cities In their advertising. "Omaha bases its etalm to being the fourth railroad center irr the 1'ntt- 1 ed States on the trackage'." ho Mid "Perhaps some other city is claiming this distinction on some other basis. ' It Is an effort at standardisation." Bryan Admits He’s “Playing Politics” special ULpab-li to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, April 17.—In answer to a criticism aimed at him in ar) open | letter written by Congressman Shall : enberger and others, pertaining to his i stand against an appropriation for ‘ eradication of bovine tuberculosis, j Governor Bryan said: "Whenever anyone opposes a raid on tlie state treasury his enemies ac j [vuse him of playing politics. "Now this appropriation aids only j three groups, the registered livestock breeders, the veterinarians and the; packers. This group represents one- j half of 1 per cent of the total popula- ] lion of the state. "Politics is representing the great mass. In fighting this raid I am at tempting to represent the 99 12 per cent who are taxed for the benefit of the one-halt of 1 per cent. I guess I am playing politics." Former Omahan Suicide in Cell — Vaudeville Actor Sentenced to 20 Years ia Prison for Mur der of Sweetheart. 1 By Universal Service. New York. April 17.—Harold Van Alstine. a vaudeville actor.* former Omaha man. banged himself In a jail ceil here yesterday because he had been denied death In the electric chair. lie was to have been taken to Sing Sing prison this week to serve 20 1 years for the murder of Miss Marlon | McLaren, an actress. The shooting occurred in a cafe I last January, after she had sent bark i his engagement ring. When they became engaged Van j Alstlne neglectful his own perform- | antes to follow her about the coun try. When his ring was returned, he sought an explanation and after waiting outside her theater, followed her to the restaurant. As she was I seated at the table he fired twice, j one of the bullets piercing her heart. When he was arrested he expressed the wish that he be put to death i at once and said he would plead guilty to murder in the first degree. New York laws do not permit that, liow- . ever, and after great difficulty his | attorney persuade^ him to plead guilty to murder in the second de- j gree. At the Tombs he was kept in a section where prisoners are closely watched, though a lunacy commis sion had reported him sane. Today his keeper passed the cell several times and noticed Van Alstine sitting on the lower bunk leaning forward and apparently brooding. His fixed attitude caused the keep er to Investigate. He had used his belt for a noose, tying one end to the upper bunk, and slowly 'strangled himself. At any time while conscious he could have halted death by simply rising to Uls feet. Police Believe Crew of Rum Runner Staged fake Mutiny New York. April 17.—Relief that the crew of the rum runner Patricia M. Rehan, found adrift with sails aet : Sunday morning off the -Lon£ Island , coast, hud staged a "fake mutiny" ' and had fled with the $200,000 ob- ! mined from selling a cargo of 4,000 cases of whisky, was expressed by authorities last night. Lack of blood stains on the craft, whose decks were littered with empty cartridge shells and on whose cabin a machine gun was mounted, led officials to drop the theory that run pirates had looted 1 the ship after killing or "shanghai- 1 ing" the crew. It was 'the belief that the crew, tired of their long stay at sea, had fired shots In the craft, removed the ship’s log and other papers and fled wilh the proceeds of the liquor sales. Ri e Want Ads produce results. X c*e am &OTTT&M«. Thin or Fat—It Works Both Ways! Line up «t the bar! 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Darling of the Cham her of Commerce welcomed the dealers and President I. C. Kdmonda of Marcus, la., and Secretary Wells of the association presented reports. President X". XX. Watkins of Cleve land, O., president of the Grain Deal ers' National association, spoko at the afternoon session. Public warehouse laws, cost of op erating country elevators and farm pests will be among the subjects con sidered. A banauet was served the delegates at the Chamber of Commerce. The convention continues through Wednesday. Speculation cannot be eliminated from the grain business, George A Wells, secretary treasurer of the Western Grain Dealers' association, declared, commenting on the ruling of | the I'nited Wales supremo court sus taining the validity u£ the futures trading act. Secretary Wells was of the opinion that the speculative element was largely to the benefit of the farmer. "Very little is made by dealers in the actual laying of grain," Ml Wells continued. "Tho margins of profit arc small. The grain merchant must ho a student of the markets and of supply and demand, and he makes his profit In that way. "If there were no futures permitted In the grain business tho moneyed men of the country would monopo lize the trade and fix firices." Wedding Ring Stolen: Wife W onders W hat Husharui W ill Think Mrs. Nellie Howard, whoso apart ment at 2211 -lones street was robbed Monday night while she was at a theater with a girl friend, is more concerned over wl at her hus band, a traveling salesman, will say ; when he comes home, than over-ihe loss of three rings and a 15-jewel Swiss watch, totaling $225. The rings were her wedding ring, her engagement ring, and a ruby ring. "It was just carelessness,” she said. "I should have taken them with me.” The prowler entered the apart ment, which is on the first floor, through a window, by climbing on an embankment at the rear. The apartment was ransacked, but the thief overlooked $20 in a receptacle on top of a cabinet. 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