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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1923)
Today Some Minus Signs. Cryptesthesia Saves Woman. War Does Not Pay. Why Not Join? ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ The stock market had a minus attack yesterday, minus signs scattered all along. Something is frightening the gentlemen that live by speculation, but what is it? Consult specialists in mail order business and you will learn that apart from diamonds and a few other luxuries, the people are buy ing better than ever. Nothing to worry about for the present at least, . Professor Richtet of the French Academy of Medicine, says woman possesses a faculty, called crypt ethesia.” That’s scientific name for intuition, woman’s strange power to judge character at a glance, her ability instantly to tell truth from falsehood. “Cryptesthesia” is older than the French Academy of Medicine, older than the pyramids. Women practiced that faculty a hundred thousand years ago, when their husbands came wandering in late from the cave across the valley. It’s their one safeguard. Once more the “solution of the Ruhr situation” starts, with all ap plauding. Big financiers that con trol the German government have arranged to get whatever they want. They think that they and Germany—they coming first—will be able to satisfy FVance and Bel gium. Those two countries will take a great deal of satisfying. Mean while, yesterday you could buy a billion marks for less than a dollar. In other words, the American dol lar in Germany money is worth 260,000,000 times what it was be fore the war. War doesn’t pay. Prof. Iriving Fischer of Yale thinks this country ought to join the league of nations, and asks why we hestitate, when 64 other coun tries have entered the league? Suppose 64 individuals, bankrupt or half bankrupt, entered a bank ruptcy club, and asked John D. Rockefeller, “Why don’t you come in, we are all in?” Rockefeller's answer to that club would be the answer that the United States gives to the league of nations. “Why did the 64 nations Join the league?” asks Professor Fisch er. They joined because in addi tion to being bankrupt or nearly, they were afraid of each other, afraid of themselves. _ Their at titude was something like that of the man who goes to the police and asks to be locked up because he thinks he is going crazy. This 'ountry isn’t going crazy, and pre fers to stay at large. Mr. Emmons, who Is president of the Electric Railway associa tion, says public ownership means socialist government and an end of “a prosperous, sane nation.”j Mr.' Emmons is unnecessarily wor ried. W’hat about tha postoffice? That’s government ownership, and, quite successful. Nobody imag ines that any private company would carry a letter from Miami • to Seattle for 2 cents. What about the Pannma canal? That’s government ownership and government construction, also. Quite successful after private ef fort failed. It may be that Americans dd, not elect officials honest or ca pable enough to manage publicly owned monopolies. But they may do it some day. Private capacity and monopoly is a greater menace to national prosperity and sanity than govern ment ownership. English schools are teaching a new kind of handwriting to the children. And so are some schools in the United States. The new style of writing is something like Greek writing, each letter standing by itself, not fastened to the next letter. It may be better, but it isn’t as easy. It is better to write out “cat” in one simple operation, rather than make three letters sep arately. However, the time isn’t far away* when every child and adult will use a typewriter. Pen and pencil will» be used only for signature. Hand writing is as much out of date a| hieroglyphics. Those that do not believe In the efficacy of prohibition will be in terested in the statement of an English magistrate at Southamp ton : “I have more men from the Leviathan brought before me for drunkenness than from any other ship.” The Leviathan, as you know. Is a dry ship. Sailors on board cannot possibly get a drink until they get ashore. Then they get a big drink. But perhaps what applies to the sailors from the Leviathan and to the port of Southampton doesn’t apply to the average American at home. What effect prohibition will have in the long run we shan’t know for a hundred years or so. When alcohol gets thoroughly out of our systems we would know more than we know now. The Indians had alcohol thoroughly out ! of their system,s when the white men came here. Somehow or other they got it in again us quickly as they could. (Copyright, 1*23 ) Merrick County Teachers' Institute Enrolls 100 Central City, Neb., Oct. 10—The teachers nre enrolled at the Merrick county Institute In session In this city this week. A few visitors and normal training students are nlso en rolled. M \V. Unities of the exten sion dipnrtnient of the state uni versity, Mrs. Paysen of the Jlehron academy and Hattie Moore Mitchell, denn of women nt Pittsburg, Kan., ere the acting Instructors. More than usual Interest 1* belnn manifested In each meeting itnd every teacher In the county Is enrolled. County Hupcrlntendent Pearl PItnmons has arranged for a picnic arid "mixer" to Lc held Wednesday aflerfcpou. Public Too Restless, Says Hughes Calm Thought and Less Ex citable Judgment Need of Hour, Theme of Uni versity Address. Democracies Need Poise Providence, R. I., Oct. 10.—Public officers are forced to give half of their time to unnecessary contacts and a considerable portion of the na tional energy Is wasted by the domi nance In America today of a fleeting vision, a thirst for sensation and a relentless need for motion, Secretary of State Hughes declared last night at a dinner to President Angell of Yale university, held In connection with the convocation of Brown university. "We find ourselves." he said, "in the age of the motor, the movie and the radio, which with freedo mof loco motion. novel and easy Intimacies, and the ever present and constantly expanding enterprise of the press give us a delusive facility in acquiring In formation. It Is the day of the fleet ing vision. Concentration, thorough ness, the quiet reflection that ripens the judgment are more difficult than ever. > Waste Public Officers’ Time. "Facility of communication Is agreeable and useful, but It leads not only to making more numerous and Importunate the demands of every call ing, but to a vast waste of time by rendering easy countless intrusions on serious work. A host of organiza tions spring up to give an artificial Insistence to these demands. "I think that It Is the experience of public officials that It Is not the proper work of the office that wears, but the Increasing requirements of those who have little to do with the public business and by their constnnt Importunities for extra official atten tion. use up the nervous energy which should be devoted to public service. But so Important Is the maintenance of good will, so generous are our American expectations, that It may be said that a public officer gives about one-half his time In contacts, which are really unnecessary In order that he may be 1n a position to serve the other half.” Need for Calm FnbMc. Secretary Hughe* asserted It was th# primary need of tha American university—now mors than ever—to Inculcate the desire for serenity, re flection, sobriety of reason and calm ness of Judgment. "But," h# added, "In some way America must continue to provide the opportunities of liberal education for the average man. We must train leaders, wa must give of th# best to the beet, but democracy needs not simply a chosen few but the elevation of the standards of life and thought among th# masses of the people to the fullest extent practicable." World Temper Menaces. Educational alma, h# declared, re main unchanged, asserting that teach ers should not fall prey to the search for "notoriety by sensational meth ods and by purveying hasty general izations and Imperfectly considered observations." "If democracy Is to achlevs its alms," he continued, "If peace among the nations la to be assured, It will depend upon aupremacy of the dts ;iosltion to be reasonable and Just; that Is, upon the Influence of reason able men. Associated Press news Is always de pendable. Its dispatches appear In The Evening Bee. Gold Star Mother Chosen for Oregon Mrs. Laura FaJlin of Salem, Ore., has been selected as Gold Star Mother of Oregon and ndl represent that state in the national convention of War Mothers to be held in Kansas City. Wild Uproar in Stokes Trial Chauffeur Alleges Imropper Relations With Former Mis tress—She Cries for Gun. • i By International News Service. New York, Oct. 10.—A terrific up roar wns created in the court room today when Elmer E. Henshaw, a chauffeur, testified in the trial of W. E. D. Stokes’ suit for divorce from his pretty wife, Helen Elwood Stokes, that he and his mistress had been "improperly friendly.” Henshaw was formerly employed by Mrs. Stokes. No sooner was this amazing state ment made than pandemonium broke loose in the court. Mrs. Stokes leaped to her feet, screaming: “You lie! You lie! You dirty chauffeur." Mrs. A. S. Miller of Denver, mother of Mrs. Stokes, also leaped to her feet and attempted to attack the wit ness physically. "I am going to get a gun, ane screamed hysterically. "I’m going to get a gun and put an end to this.” She started from the room but was restrained by court attendants. Finally they had to remove her from the court room as she became hysterically faint. Stokes himself .73 years old, then bean sobbing. Tears rolled down his cheeks. Above the uproar of the amazing scene, thundered the voice of Samuel Untermyer, chief counsel for Mrs. Stokes. “Tell us what your Improper con duct was." "Well,” said the chauffeur, "she framed me up. She gave me money to frame evidence. Isn't that Im proper?" He was obviously unnerved by the uproar he had caused. Graveling, Grading Road Contracts Are Awarded Contracts for the Improvement of two roads were let by the Douglas county commissioners yesterday. J. G. Parks received the contract to gravel 49,399 cubic yards on road No. IS. known as the Priest Lake or Loup road, from the city limits north to the Washington highway. Work Is to begin not later than October 20 and to olose before November 20. Contract for the grading of Six tieth street from Hoad 25 north for on# and one half miles was let. This work also Is to be completed before winter. Bids were opened on paving Q street through Ralston, a distance of approximately one and one-half miles. Hew Much Is Safety Worth? - - —i ■ i ■ : ■■ -r ■■ ■■ ■■■ ■ ■■ —■ ■■ ■ A wet night —a slippery road —an emergency) your foot goes down hard on the brake! What happens—a skid? Not if your car travels on the sure-footed long-, wearing Goodyear Cord Tire with the All- , Weather Tread. The big thick sharp-edged blocks of this famous tread clutch and cling, digging wedge-like through mud or snow to solid footing and a safe stop. Hundreds of inches of scientifically designed gripping-power effectively resist skid, spin, side slip or loss of traction. Put Goodyear Cord Tires with the All-Weather Tread on your car. You can have no better in surance for your own and your family’s safety. * * * A* Goodyear Service Station Dealer* we tell and recommend the new Goodyear Cord* with the beveled All-Weather Tread and back them up with itandard Goodyear Service Bunch Tiro Horvlro 22UI» Kornam <»*•*• OitrflKt 1717 Com North MI<lo «*an%«o 2307 N. 13th Kt. < olfux ClarniKo 4607 N. 80th fit. Otimlco Omthro 4918 Dorljf« O. Ai U. Tiro Vulo. Co. 2416 Leavonworth A llnddiid (•uriiffo 1266 8 Uth Kt. IV m. Pfprrlxirn 8416 N. 30th Cronin Tlra Ratmir 4T.no H. 24th *t. Omaha Oaraaa 1617 H 24th fit. The Morally Kapalr Co. 4H09 H. 24th Kt. Arlltln Motor Co. 4P11 fi 24th fit. liuv L. Smith. 2561 Fa mam .1. II. Hannan Codlllwa Co. 26th and Farnnm Military Oaraaa 6113 Military _ Forests Blaze in 3 States on Great Lakes Child Burned to Death at Mo hawk, Mich.—National Guardsmen Ordered Out in Wisconsin. By Associated Press. Houghton, Mich., Oct. 10.—Forest fires surrounding Ontonagon which threatened destruction of the village, were believed to bo under control to day. At Green, six miles away. It Is believed all residents are safe. All the men of Ontonagon Joined the village fire department last night In fighting the flames on all sides, from five to seven miles from the village. At Green farmers were driven from their homes, but were re#orted to have taken refuge In a school house In a large cleared section. By Associated Press. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 10.—With one dead, five towns threatened by fire, navigation on the Great Lakes and bus line service alike hampered by a pall of heavy smoke, several settlers’ cabins burned out, and thousands of dollars in property loss, forest fires raging in the northern part of three states started their second day of major destruction today. Hundreds of fires which have been burning for some time, fanned all yesterday by a west wind, reached dangerous proportions, uniting and sweeping onward with renewed vigor. Mildred Kolvu, 3 yt^rs old, who wandered into the woods near Mo hawk, Mich., and was burned to death, was the first person reported killed by the flames. Late last night Governor Blaine of Wisconsin ordered out the superior units of the Wisconsin National guard to fight the fire raging through ths state park at Manitou Falls. Hundreds of men are back firing through heavy brush to try to save the villages of Blueberry, a small Douglas county community, and Lake Nobagamon. Hawthorne also Is in Jeopardy. Three farms north of Brule have been burned out and all cattle destroyed. Ontonagon, county seat of Ontona gon county, is threatened by fires sur rounding the village, and the town of Green, six miles away, is in danger. Lumbermen esltmate 80 square miles already have been burned over. Farm ers in that locality as well as several In Houghton, Keweenaw and Baraga counties, are moving to open spaces for safety. Douglas, Ashland, Bayfield and Ironwood counties In Wisconsin, are dotted with flames. Breathing there Is described as torture, and heavy smoke hangs low over the land. Nav igation on Lake Superior has become a -serious problem, the smoke cover ing the water more densely than the heaviest fogs. Near Kimball. Ashland county, con slderable loss from burning of cut ; lumber was reported. Brush fires! rage between Saxon and Lake Su perior. A number of buildings have been destroyed by the fire near the Wisconsin-Mlchigan boundary, be tween Houghton and Kewaunee, Mich. All the new* first |n The Evening Bee. Woman Travels 1,800 Miles in Search of Alleged Bigamist Mate Mrs. Stella Mund, after traveling 1,800 miles in search of her hus band. who, she declares Is a big amist, is now at the Hotel Rome. Wednesday morning <he asked Omaha drltectives to nid iter in her search. Her joruney started, she said, at Atlata, Ga. Her husband was a street car conductor. Speaking with a southern accent, she announced her Intention of over taking her fleeing spouse if she had to travel the rest of her life. She refused to file charges against him. I’olice told her lie had been in Omaha, hut that he Is no longer here. Johnson Petition in Mail Oct. 11 Name of Californian to Be Presented for State Presiden tial Preference Primary. The Johnson petition committee, 204 South Eleventh street, Lincoln, will mail petitions today in be half of Hiram W. Johnson of San Francisco, tor the Nebraska presi dential preferential primary April 8. The petitions, addressed to the sec retary of state, read: “We, the un dersigned, qualified electors of the re publican party, residing in the - congressional district of the state of Nebraska, request that the name of Hiram W. Johnson of San Francisco be placed on the official 'primary bal lot of said party for the primary election to be held on the 8th day of April, 1923, as a candidate for the office of president of the United States.” Mr. Johnson carried this state at the republican presidential preferen tial primary in 1920, although he did not carry all of the congressional dis tricts. Range Cattle Partly Shipped Overland A. J. Kniseley of Shoshone, Wyo., who brought a shipment of yearling cattle to the Omaha market, said most of the steers from the Cody and Thermopolis districts had been shipped j in as yearlings and 2 year-olds the last few seasons. "Last year," said Mr. Kniseley, “my , yearlings sold for from $7.35 to $8.25, but this season I sold them for $7.60 a hundred. "Rather than ship our cat tle around by Billings we took them overland to Shoshoni, Riverton and' Wolton and sent them over the North western, although we usually shipped out of near Thermopolis. “There is a general shortage of hay in our section and some of the stockmen are discouraged over the failure of prices getting better and ere figuring on getting out of the business.” Fire at Bluffs. Council Bluffs fire department was called this morning to extinguish a Maze at the home of H. H. Harrison. 1807 South Ninth street, when a kitchen cabinet caught fire. Poincare Spurns Berlin Ruhr Aid Refuses Offer of Co-Operation —Says Germans Must Make Proposition on Reparations. By Associated Prees. Paris, Oct. 10.—Herr Von Hoesch, the German charge d'affalrs, called on Premier Poincare today and offered the co-operation of the relch toward the resumption of the normal eco nomic life of the Ruhr. Premier Poincare replied that Inas much ns negotiations were In progress In the Ruhr with groups of Industrial ists and labor leaders, he did not con sider It advisable to begin further conversations on the same subject. Ha Informed Herr Von Hoesch that when Germany was ready to make n proposition covering the entire reparations question he would be glad to consider it. It was explained at the German embassy that the proposal was based on the fact that It was necessary to provide work and food for the Ruhr population now that the payment of wages to the unemployed by Berlin has been stopped and also to arrange for the resumption of deliveries in kind on the reparations account. The surprise felt at the German em bassy over the French refusal was apparent. It was remarked that Germany had complied with Premier Poincare’s conditions. The Germans pointed to his promise that the French government would consider resistance ended when Germany re voked her ordinances forbidding in tercourse by the Ruhr officials with the occupying authorities and when the Berlin government suspended the payment of wages to the unemployed. The Germans consider that both these conditions have now been ful filled but feel that the Ruhr ques tion Is apparently no further advanc ed toward a solution. Berlin, Oct. 10.—The nationalists and communists in the reichstag, vot ing Jointly, succeeded today in effect ing postponement until Thursday of the third reading of Chancellor Stresemann's authorization bill giv ing him wide authority in the dicta Just a little insignifi cant news item in the morning paper starts everything. City editor Ben Ali Crisp with his uncanny intuition un ravels another crime of diabolical cunning and strategy in “A Kind of a Feeling” by Irvin S. Cobb, in NOVEMBER {Ssmopolitan at all news stands EDWARD REYNOLDS CO. Formerly of Eldredge-Reynolda Co., 1613 Famam St. GOTHAM GOLD STRIPE Ho.i.ry, All Number., Sixe. and Color. Thursday--A Sale of 250 Magnificent Dresses A typical Edward Reynolds sale; an occasion that brings to you most pronounced savings on dresses of the most desirable type. Easily an event of first im portance. Our choicest creations in two value-appealing Groups Dresses you will be proud to wear and tell your friends where you bought them. Charmecn Poiret Twills Novelties Satins Cantons Satin Back Crepes Jacquards Smartest of import copies anil the cleverest of American dress conceptions; featuring n delight ful range of the new colorings. To Ignore this exceptiotml sale ts to niis.< out on one of the most op portune money-savings dress events that will be announced this season. An Extra Feature for Thursday 100 Smart Frocks Truly Exceptional. Frocks that one would hardly dare to expect to buy for so littlo money. Jaunty wool and silk dresses. Cleverly styled, and this store hns never of fered moro attractive values at— tlon of measure# for economic re habllltation. The Indication was they hoped ulti mately to defeat the measure through filibustering tactics. Hligo Btlnnes and the other Ruhr Industrialist#, who conferred last week with General Degoutt# at Dusseldorf, were given a clean bill by the government during the relch stag debate. I>r. Sollmann, the min ister of the Interior, formally an nounced that R'innes, Voegeler and Kloeckner had called on Chancellor , StreBemann before leaving for Dus seldorf, but were unable to reach him because he was then engaged In dis entangling the government crisis. ^ Sweater Sets $10.75 For Young Fresh Air Fans No matter how sharp the weather, small persons from two to six can take their daily airing if snugly tucked into the sweater, leggins, cap and mittens of a sweater set. These new ones of brushed wool have coat sweaters that button close around the throat and the cap can be pulled down to protect tender little ears. In tan, brown, blue and white. The Saxony worsted sets in blue and pink fcr very' little persons are $8.75. Cftoiipin,€>el6en & Co. 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