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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1923)
Today Wonderful Frenchmen. Poor Father's “Day.” The Real Blood Givers. No German Joan of Arc. ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ Criqui, a tiny Frenchman, for some years in the trenches, beats out Mr. Kilbane and becomes world featherweight champion prize fighter. To have a French prize fight champion seems as strange as having Sa'razen, an Italian, for golf champion. Criqui’s victory need not sur prise us. Dozens of champions will come out of France if boxing spreads there. . Every blow has a mental drive back of it. Pound for pound, the French are probably the most pow erful race physically, excepting, possibly, the Irish and Jews. Can a prize tighter “come back?” is the eternal prize ring question. Criqui came back. He lay on the battlefield of Verdun, apparently dead. When they picked him up, part of his face was shot away. The surgeons patched him up in various places and made him a new jawbone out of part of one of his own ribs. Any little Frenchman that can go through all that and then win a world’s fighting championship, answers the question, “is the French race dying out?” It was “Father’s day” Sunday. Did you notice it? If “Mother’s day” energetically promoted amounts to little, how unimportant is Father’s day? A poor plodding thing is Father, in the eyes of young America. He never quite comes up to expec tations, often mortifies the family by his lack of savoir vivre, by his slippers, worn at the wrong time, his imperfect acquaintance with some detail of grammar, or in some one of a thousand other ways. Father must find comfort in the fact that he is doing his duty. To set apart one day on which the children are supposed to wear roses in his honor seems ludicrous —especially as Father must pay for the roses. Adelphi college needs money. Miss Grace Newman, who owes her education to Adelphi, could not raise as much as she wanted to give, so for $50 she sold a pint and a half of blood to a post graduate hospital for transfusion. She gave Adelphi that money and some more, and seemed to think it quite natural. It is natural, for a woman. If ever man could go back to the day of his birth, and see that birth and the blood there given, it would not be necessary to label any particular day “Mother's day.” And you would read less often about judges ordering grjwn men to contribute to their mother’s support. All the blood ever shed on bat tlefields, by men lightly drafted by kings and republics, is nothing compared with the blood that the world’s mothers have given. The battlefield heroes get the pensions and bronze monuments; the Mothers, too often, ^ neglected old age. Strachey, able English writer, tells the French not to make, in the Ruhr, the mistake that Eng land made when it burned Joan of Arc. That is going a long way back for a warning. Besides, France had as much as England, to do with Joan’s burning. A French bishop brought the charges of witchcraft against her, a French king deserted her. The English who knew that Joan was a fight ing mascot responsible for French victories, simply accepted the chance to gdt rid of her. The danger for France in the Ruhr is not in any way one Ger man Joan of Arc rising up to free her country from the invader. That doesn’t happen in these days of fliers and poison gas. France’s danger resides in the tens of millions of German wo men producing two or three new German babies to one new French baby. Those babies, grown up, sooner or later will repay the adventure on the Ruhr. Many of us stand poverty nnd hard work well that cannot en dure wealth. Lawrence Crowley, penniless son of an official dog catcher in Illinois, recently began to blossom out. He built a fancy house and had the door knobs made of solid gold. A club black balled him. He bought the club house and kicked out the club. Now he is investigated by the fed eral government, which says his gold door knobs suggest bootleg prosperity. It takes good mental balance to stand wealth and the strange, knowledge that signing your name, to a slip of paper will bring any thing you want. That, perhaps, is what makes some of the well balanced wealthy so proud of themselves. You remember how Keats was puzzled by the pride of wealth? The Moros, that run around half or three-quarters naked in the Philippines and think themselves fit for self-government, had, until recently, a bullet-proof prophet named Akbara. He is dead now, with 62 followers that believed in his bullet-proof qualities. Akbara was, of course, quite bullet-proof until a bullet hit him. Then he died and his followers, disillusioned, surrendered. All peoples have had their curious prophets, bullet-proof and otherwise. At one time, in Ku rope, a young Jewish fanatic an nounced himself the original and genuine Messiah. To prove it, he invited his followers to walk upon the water with him, in the neigh borhood of Constantinople. They believed him, followed him, nnd all of them were drowned. That, was not so long ago. We should revere, deeply and earnestly, all genuine prophets, if only because they are so rare. lopyrlgli^ lnt, Vr Bryan Is Silent on Repeal of N. Y. Enforcement Law Nebraska Governor Disap points Drys by Failure to Decry Action of Empire State Executive. Special DlMMtch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, N’eb., June 4.—Genuine dis appointment was expressed here to night hy prohibition workers that Gov. Charles W. Bryan did not make a puhlic denouncement of the stand taken by Gov. At Smith in signing the New York dry enforcement re peal bill. They expected the same gponaneous denouncement given by Governor Davis of Kansas. Despite the fact that Governor Bryan for one hour talked and joked with newspapermen he stated that he was loo busy to make any statement on Governors Smith's action. I will have something to say latter,” he said. This failure of the governor to make an insfcantanous stand intensi fied the belief that maybe the wets and drys had both been double crossed by the governor. It was remember ed by. Both wets and drys here today that the governor in a campaign speech delivered at Ravenna, substan tiated bv affidavits of his audience, stated that he would abolish the state law enforcement department. After his election the governor, in stead of appointing a state sheriff, ap pointed Tom Carroll, as an assistant law enforcement officer. No one dis putes that. Toni Carroll has been less diligent In ferriting nut breakers of the prohibition law than Gus Hyers, former state sheriff. Figures gleaned today from records of George W. Marsh, state auditor, show that In May the total expense of Carroll were $2.722.SO against a total of $2,351.70 for Guy Hyers In the same month a year ago. Hyers had in his employ at that time a high priced fingerprint ex pert who kept pace with all criminals sent to the penitentiary and furnish ed to the federal government at the Leavenworth penitentiary finger prints of criminals in the state peni tentiary and reformatory. 1,100 Graduated at State University Honorary Degree Presented Judge Hastings—Dr. Stone Delivers Address. Lincoln, June 4.—University of N» l>risk;i commencement exercisces were heldtoday and degrees and certifi cates were conferred on over 1,100 students who concluded their school work. The honorary degree of doctor of laws was presented to Judge IV. i'i. Hastings of the district court at Oma ha. former dean of the college of law in the university, and to Albert Wat kins of Lincoln. Commencement address was deliv ered by Dr John Timothy Stone of the Fourth Presbyterian church of Chicago, who was Introduced by Chan cellor Avery as a pulpit orator, a student In sociology and one who had rendered distinguished service to his country In time of war. Dr. Stona spoke on the subject. “Constructive Thinking," and emphasized the im portance of personality, built upon the present, ever with an eye to the fu ture, of the propore realization cf the social instinct and of self sacri fice In service. Preceding the indoor exercises there was the customary, parade of univer sity authorities, with college deans In cap and gowns. The graduating class was the largest in the history of the university. Probe Sarted in Courthouse Fire North Platte Citizen anti Ac countant Seek Information From State Officials. Lincoln, June 5—Inquiry in con nection with the recent burning of the Lincoln county courthouse at North Platte was begun today at the state house, when W. E. Shuman, head of a civic organization at that place, and J. S. Connell, an account ant from Cleveland, O., called on Governor Bryan and State Auditor Marsh in quest of information con cerning state accounts of S. M. Souder. former county treasurer of Lincoln county, who is accused of setting fire to the courthouse. Souder is in Jail at North Platte, having been surrendered by bonds men who provided bail following his arrest. The mission of Shuman and Connell Is to get Information which, they said, they wanted to present to the grand jury soon to he called for the purpose of investigating the burning. They declined to divulge the nature of the Information they secured T>rior to submitting it to the grand Jury. They said the evidence in the case is now nearly complete, hut it might be necessary tp ask state officers to testify before the grand Jury. Opinion Delivered in Nebraska Case trontinued From Fage One.) education of the immature In for eign languages and ideals before they could learn English and ac quire American ideals: and "that the English language should l>e and become the mother longue of all children reared in this state.” It is also affirmed that the foreign bom population is very large, that cer tain communities commonly use foreign words, follow foreign lead era. more in a foreign atmos phere, and that the children are thereby hindered from becoming citizens of the most useful type and the public safety Is imperiled That the state may do much, go \ery far, indeed, in order to im prove the quality of its citizen* physically, mentally and morally Is clear, hut the individual has rer tain fundamental rights which must he respected The protectior of the constitution extend* to all. to those who speak other language* as well as those horn with English on their tongue Perhaps It would he highly advantageous if all had ready understanding of our ordi nary speech, but this cannot he coerced by methods which conflict with the constitution a desirable ami cannot he promoted by pro hibitive means. Stale Bights Defamed. The desire of the legislature to foster a homogeneous people with American ideals, prepared readily to understand current discussions of civic matters, is easy to appreciate. Unfortunate experiences during the late war and aversion toward every characteristic of truculent adversa ries. were certainly enough to quicken that asperatlon. But the means adopted, we think, exceed the limitations upon the power of the state and conflict with rights as sured to the plaintiff in error. The jnterference was plain enough and no adequate reason therefor in time of peace and domestic tranquillity has been shown. the power of the state to compel attendance at some school and to make reasonable regulations for all schools, Including a requirement that they shall give instructions in Kngiish, is not questioned. Nor has challenge been made of the state's power to prescribe a curriculum for institutions which it supports. Those matters are not within the present controversy. Our eonrern is with the prohibition approved by the supreme court. Adams against Tanner, supra, 9,594, pointed out that mere abuse incident to an oc cupation ordinarily useful is not enough to justify its abolition, al though regulation may be entirely proper. No sudden emergency has arisen which renders knowledge by a child of some language other than Kngiish so clearly harmful as to jus tify its inhibition with the conse quent infringement of rights long freely enjoyed. We are constrain ed to conclude that the statute as applied is arbitrary and without rea sonable relation to any asd within the competency of the state. As the statute undertakes to in terfere only with teaching which involves a modern language, leav ing complete freedom as to other matters, there seems no adequate foundation for the suggestion that the purpose was to protect the child's health by limiting Ills nun tal activities. It is well known that proficiency in a foreign language seldom comes to one not instructed at an early age, and experience shows that this Is not injurious to the health, morals or understanding of the ordinary child. The judgment of the court below must be reversed and the cause re manded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion E SUMMER FROCKS 1 New Franchy Mode* Out of the high rent district. We make alterations free, f •J 1S12 Fa main '........wi, YOU MAY BE LOSING MONEY if you are sick and do not investigate Chiropractic. You can investigate in safety, as no qualified practitioner will accept a case he cannot help. The Thomas Chiropractic Office;. ] lJlZ Dodge, Ga Iner Bldg ‘ AT Untie 1293 Plan the trip now! And plan it on the Burlington, the route that make* your vacation a continual round of pleasure from the minute you board your train. A day or a night takes you there. Two weeks is ample for a glorious vacation. The low cost will surprise you. 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Dr. Connell dented, however, that at the time of the first kiss or at any other time, there w.cs any talk of marriage. He told the story of events which followed his writing of the letter which told of his newly discovered love for another woman. Appears Frantic. "1 left Omaha October 15, 1920, and arrived in New York the following Sunday,” he said. "Monday I called on Miss John stone. She said: 'You shouldn’t have told me what you did in your let ter.’ Sire appeared to be frantic. " 'You’re not going to marry that other woman are you?' she asked. I don’t know.' I replied, 'hut I wrote you because you always advised me if I evc-r married to marry a girt that 1 loved.' ” 1 don't want you to marry that girl; I want you to marry me,' she said. “ ‘Violet. I never had any Intention of marrying-you,’ I told her. "Then I ki3*ed her and told her to be a good girl, and left. She was very angry. “Wednesday I talked to her at the college. She again asked me If I in tended to marry the other woman. '" 'How about our trip up the Hud son?’ she asked. " ’We can’t make thaf trip now, because 1 am walking a chalk line,’ I told her. Didn't Call. "Thursday I didn't call. Friday she greeted me very coldly. She told me she would blacken my name and run down my friends if [ didn't marry her. I told her if there was any per-1 son she wanted to get at It should he the other woman. She said she would drag down my Catholic slater. "She said she would have nte ar rested, and would sue me for breach of promise, that she would drag me down, and that I would never have enough nerve to face the letters I had written to her. "She started to say something about my mother, arid I told her to leave my mother out of It. ’I'll be damned If I will marry you.’ I said She turned and walked rapidly away. We were In Central park. I caught up with her. We caught a bus but she refused to let me pay her fare." IX. Connell testified that the dia mond ring and other presents he gave Miss Johnstone were merely Christ mas or birthday gifts. On cross-examination Dr. Connell 5^1 HO • r*m -J 9 I fix jon Both of Them Prize Winners! Sheba is mighty certain that her husband-to-be is a prize among men . . . so, of < nurse, she has a prize u inning rake for the Wedding . . but, unlike the man. it teas made to order! Beautifully decorated Wedding Cakes of the very best ingredients will be made up for June Brides on two days’ notice they are delightful to the palate and to the eye and cost only $5 if you so desire. And for Those Teas Preceding the Wedding —Our Dainty Pastries Are Fresh Each Day . DrthjupJonos BUTTERMILK SHOP Northwest Corner, I.6th and1 Farnam Sts. stated that Miss Johnstone, Received 128 a month, one-half of this amount was paid by Dr. Connell and the other half by another physician. Dr. Connell stated that Miss Johnc stone darned his socks and sewed but tons on h!» shirts. Lunch and dinner was given to her without charge. "Did you pay her for mending your clothes. "No. It was an act of goodwill. I did help her to pay for a sealskin coat and a dress sometime ago.” Kissed Every Day. Dr. Connell stated that he kissed Miss Johnstone twice and sometime* more every day. The kisse* were given when she came to work and when she went home, he said. "When she teased me 1 would kn-a her more often than I did." said l)£ Connell. "But most of the ume | waa the aggressor." "When waa the first letter of af fection or love sent to Miss John stone." "Si* or eight years ago. The af fection part was concealed; that is invisible ink used.” Dr. Connell stated that when he first met the plaintiff he was bash ful but her "teasing got the beat of him.” Miss Johnstone in rebuttal denied' ' that Dr. Connell told her to marry a "clean, decent sort of man” and also denied that she ever attacked the Catholic church as was testified by the defendant. ^onpon,€)Ete&€a mmmmmmmmmmmm —— * — ■ — .. , These Unusual Valuer Make Lively Ammunition for “The Battle of the Roses” 0 Any Woolen Suit Including 3-Piece Costume Suits Vz Price This opening shot from the Suit Section is a bull’s-eye for value! Tweed suits, tailored suits and three-piece costume suits in silk and wool—not a large group but every one a prize for quality. Sizes 16 to 46i,o. Original' prices $25.00 to $165.00. Third Floor Boys* Wash Suits $1.95 "Peter Pan” suits in Oliver Twist and middy styles made of yarn-dyed fabrics that are fully guaranteed. In white and all good color combinations. 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