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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1923)
Today Fred Upham Is Well. A Grotcing Country Talking of Mars. No Monkey Suicide. By ARTHUR BRISBANE V_/ Fred Upham of Chicago runs the republican national commit tee and many other things. But first and always his heart is with Chicago. The loop is to him what the Alps are to a Swiss mountaineer. The lake front is his Appian way, the north shore his Elysian fields. Therefore when Fred Upham heard that the republican conven tion was to go to Cleveland he turned pale with grief and this writer suggested that he had not long to live unless Coolidge would change his mind and send the con vention to Mr. Upham’s beloved Chicago. Some thought Fred Upham was really ill and sent messages of con dolence. This is to announce that, barring the Cleveland incident, Mr. Uphrm feels so well that in his own words, “if he felt any better he couldn't stand it.” Julius H. Barnes, president ot the United States Chamber of Commerce, includes in an invita tion to attend a transportation conference in Washington these figures, which show how the coun try is growing: Income through transportation and distribution amounted in 1890 to $12,000,000,000; 1900, to $18, 000,000,000; 1910, to $32,000, 000,000; 1920, to $60,000,000, 000. Sixty billions, the cost of dis tributing goods and passengers here in one year, would solve Eu rope’s financial problem. What will the bill amount to 50 years hence? in every direction growth here is amazing. When this nation was young, building was done by in dividual carpenters and only one man in the United States earned is much as $1 a day all the year around. L. J. Horowitze, wholesale car penter, head of a big building con cern, announces building contracts amounting to $60,000,000 in one year. The three biggest jobs av eraged $9,000,000 apiece. The seven biggest averaged $7,000,000 apiece. One organization does $60, 000,000 of building in a year. One branch of national activity, trans portation, does $60,000,000 of business in a year. Thia is a growing country’. Next August, on the snow cov ered slope of the Jungfrau, 11,000 feet up in the Alps, scientists will try to signal the planet Mars, us ing a big lens, with the Alps’ white surface as reflector. Telescopes will watch to see if there is any sign of attention on Mars. Fifteen of the 1,600,000,000 human beings on earth will care nothing about that. But the few that count will care a great deal. A baby really isn’t finished until it begins talking to older crea tures. This planet will not count, in the cosmic system, until it be gins talking to older planets—and perhaps to the stars that surround 't. Chick Evans made a hole in one yesterday for the first time in his life. He drove his ball 190 yards into the hole at Chicago^ Edge water golf club. That will inter est several millions that don't care anything about the attempt to sig nal Mars. A dispatch from Berlin, which isn’t true, says a monkey spiritual ly discouraged, hanged himself with a string in his cage. Monkeys don’t think, only feel emotions and make sounds. So he can’t plan suicide. Second, they don’t know that death exists. That worry is re served for their more highly de veloped two legged brothers. Ferdinand Mendes stepped by accident into the economizer flue of a great chimney, temperature 1,000 degrees. He died almost instantly. That heat is nothing compared to regions pre pared for sinners, “where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not luenched.” And think of the sun’s heat. If our earth dropped on the lun it would vanish like a flake of snow on a hot atove. Hell and all would be burned. What a sur prise for Satan! Theodore G. Northrup celebrat ed on Christmas day his 95th birth day and hopes to live to 170. He was given up to die at 40, made up his mind tc^live and has had no illness for a long time. He won't live to 170, but he is enjoying life at 95 like the famous Liugi Cornaro, a “hopeleRs” inva lid in the forties, mounting his horse without assistance when past 90, and writing to the pope: “I had to live 90 years to know that the world is beautiful.” Old age is worth while because while the brain lasts it is the best part of life. Bootleg whisky sent 49 men and women to hospitals in New York on Christmas day. Two women and one man died in one hospital. How long will it take Americans to learn that bootleg whisky is poison, always, and deadly quite ■jften? /Copyright, 1929.) Married 19 Years, Wife Asks Decree HpM-UI Ill-Iint.il to Tho Omaha II**. .Shenandoah, la., Dec. 27.—Afte 19 years of married life, Mrs. El»l< May Wolfe has sued her huslmnd Joseph IJ. Wolfe of Hhensndonh. fo divorce on a cruel treatment ant desertion charge. Mrs. Wolfs asks custody of the son I*. Temporary alimony of $250 am oermanent alimony of $1,500 Is asked Mr. Wolfe Is a dairyman. Mrs. Wolft •1*4 on her husband deserted her lie wo.it before Christmas. Norris Seen asCoolidge Running Mate Ex-Senator J. ‘’Ham' Lewis of Illinois in Omaha De clares Nebraskan Could Carry Farmer Vote. Senator George W. Norris tnay he nominated as vice president of the United States at the coming repub lican national convention, in the opin ion of former Senator JameB Hamil ton Lewis of Illinois, who spent Thursday in Omaha. Politics, the senator said. Is In a chaotic state now and indications of today may mean nothing at conven tion time in June. While President Coolldge Is a leader among the possi bilities now, he may be entirely out of the running by the time the con vention is called to order, Lewis said. “Should the convention come at once there would be but one slate nominated,” ex-Senator Lewis said. "But by the time June is here things may he different in aspect." Senator Lewis reached Omaha Thursday morning on his way to ad dress the convention ot the American Bar association today at Lincoln. Immaculately Clad. Pressed in a somber suit of brown, his full pink beard carefully brushed, his feet immaculate in spats and well shined shoes, the senator spoke in the manner of a true orator. He told of the condition of politics throughout the country, of a firm belief that the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Minnesota would be the seat of battle in the coming presidential campaign and of the possibility of a third party disrupting the plans of both old par ties. "If the republicans were to hold their convention today," Senator Lewis said, "there would lie no question but that President Coolidge would be noin inated, with some candidate from the states that are to be the battleground of the election named as his running mate. This would be done to hold the ‘doubtful’ states for the repub lican party. Senator Norris is the most likely vice presidential eandi date just now. Norris Could Carry West. "It is absolutely essential that the party nominate one man who will carry the vote of the farmers, and an other that will carry the vote of the manufacturers. Cool.dge will have the support of the industrialists of New England and Norris of the farm ers through his connections '.n Ne bra ska. "Should the democratic convention he held now the same condition would exist. William McAdoo of California would without doubt be nominated for the presidency and Thomas Mar shall of Ind.ana would he named as his running mate. "The whole condition of affairs to day necessitates the nomination of some one for vice president from New England, New Jersey or New York unless the presidential nominee \Girl Run Down by Truck While at Play Alice Tverdick. 4. 4115 South Thir teenth street (center) Is in St. Joseph hospital with a broken leg and possi ble internal Injuries as the result of an automobile accident in an alley besider her home Wednesday. She had been plnying with her sis lers, Ruth, 7. shown on the left, and Grace, !). right, in her back yard. She crossed the alley to the home of a neighbor to look at a string of beads one of her playmates received for Christmas. As she was returning she was run down by a Ford truck driven by Ben jamin Barsballe, 4125 South Thir teenth street. * Barsballe picked the girl up and look her to St. Joseph hospital. An X-ray examination was to be made today to determine the extent of her Injuries. Emil Tverdick, the girl's father. Is employed by the Carpenter Paper company. comes from that section of the coun try. “However, should Henry Ford re ceive the nomination for the presl dency on a third party ticket, 1 do not believe he will refuse. In tha* case the 'battle ground' would he split more decisively than ever. Jt would he caused by the rising of small intermediate political parties In small geographical areas. Would Change Both Parties. “Should this happen It would change the platforms of both parties Agriculturists in the west and labor and socialists in the east would be coupled with a demand that the ad ministration ndjust the European troubles In order to make a market for the farmers’ produce In Europe and a market for the manufacturers' products in the same place. “The foremost candidates now would give way to others. The repub licans would likely find opposition in the west to anyone from New Eng land or the financial centers. The east would force a convpromise and the re suit would be that we would probably sec Secretary of State Charles Evans Hugh's running for president with the support of Coolldge, and Herbert Hoover of California would be named as candidate for vice president. That would force Hiram Johnson to sup port the ticket or kill himself po litically In his home state. "Hughes would be nominated on thr ground that he represents the growing sentiment for the settlement of European questions. Hoovers nomination would come on the grounds that he is a business man. "The democrats would then reverse their present plans and put the Issues l»eforc the country on the reduction of taxes, the railroad question, th^ re ductlon of the cost of living and would force the compromise away from Inter national questions, plunnlng to handle those questions when they arose. "What the democratic party might gain by a decisive split In the re publican ranks in Nebraska. Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas would likely be offset by losses In the 'solid south ' “It will likely be a repetition of the flection of 1892 when Weaver of low i ran for president and spilt Ne braska. Iowa and Colorado." OMAHA o oA Healthy City Omaha ranks high among the fifteen most healthful cities of America. # * # Nebraska, with the exception of one state, has the best health record in the United States. * * # Very Important Reasons, Indeed, Why “Omaha Is a Great Place in Which to Live.n Federal census figures show that only ten persons out of every thousand die in Nebras ka every year. This is thirty per cent lower than the coun try’s average death rate. It is 36 per cent lower than the death rate of California and 45 per cent lower than that of Colorado. Nebraska also ranks second for its infant mortality rec ord, one erf the most import ant tests for a healthful city and state. Only G4 babies, less than one year old, die out of every thousand born in our state. Compare this to the country’s average of 86 deaths out of each thousand. Our record is 15.6 per cent below the Cali fornia rate. Electricity—the clean, sanitary, silent servant—has modestly, but tirelessly, aided in bringing about conditions which have re sulted in this wonderful record. > “Omaha Is a Great Place in Which to Live” Nebraska ffl Power S. Unborn Infant Factor in Suit i ^ - Judge Torn Between Statute and Consideration for Future of Child. Should the future of a baby which is yet to be born influence a judge in his interprt tation of the law? This is a question which confronts District Judge L. B. Day of the do mestic relations court. Two women are fighting for one man. Both have been his wives. The second wife is about to give birth to a child. The first wife, divorced, is seeking to have the divorce decree set aside. If she succeeds, the second wife's marriage to the man will not exiat. Triangle Develops. This puzzling triangle developed hack in October, 1922. It began de veloping even before that. Frank Car niony. a Missouri Pacific railroad en gineer, was injured, and was taken to Lord Lister hospital. There a pretty girl nursed him back to health. He fell In love with her. In October he and the first Mrs. Carmony were divorced. Five months later the first Mrs. Carmony ap peared In court and asked that the decree of divorce lie set aside. She proved that Mr. Carmony had gone to Council Bluffs with the pretty nurse and had mairied her there. This second marriage ceremony In Council Bluffs had lieen performed before six months had elapsed since Carmony and his first wife had been divorced. Therefore the second mar rlage wu not legal; because accord lng to the law Carmony was not leg ally divorced from his first wife. Decree Set Aside. But the first Mrs. Carmony only asked that the decree separating her and her husband be set aside. This was done. On October 27, 1923, how ever, Mr. Carmony appeared before Judge Day, explained that his second wife was soon to become a mother. And so the judge made an order va cating the former order which had vacated the original decree divorcing him from his first wife. Wednesday attorneys for the first Mrs. Carmony argued a motion be fore Judge Day. declaring that the judge was not legally In a position to issue the order which made the marriage of Carmony and his second wife legal, because two terms of court bad e-lapsed since he vacated the original decree which separated Carmony and his first wife. The Judge Is Inclined to think the argu ments of attorneys for the first Mrs. Carmony are sound. But he also is considering the future of the baby which is soon to be born to- the sec ond Mrs. carmony. Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks Visits Omaha on His Way to West Coast WKlm'inn . ~ — cjCt aho 'attics (r. iACe '3ra1-ia tt The three most interesting women ever met by James G. McFarland, grand exalted ruler of the Elks, are Mrs, McFarland, Mrs. Warren G. Harding and Evangeline Booth. The chief executive of nearly 1.000,000 Elks arrived here Thursday morning from his home at Watertown. 3, t>., with Mrs. McFarland and his secretary, Charles Ray. The party was met at I'nion station by John li. Killian, exalted ruler; Otto Kiel ren, secretary, and Charles R. Doch -rty, representing the local lodge. Mrs McFarland is a niece of Mrs. tV. ('. Hansen, 1535 lJark avenue, ■ nd her father, A. _ C. Johnson, is ,ire president of tile Northwestern abroad. Visits Mrs. Harding. Mr. McFarland stated that the [larding memorial at Marion, O., .vas a memorable occasion. He visit d Dr. Harding. Hr. Sawyer and Mrs. Harding and a-serted that next to Evangeline Booth. Mrs. Harding was he most interesting woman in pub ic life he ever met. “It is my hope and also my belief ;hat 1924 will be another year of ichlevements In Elkdom." the exalted -uler said. “We are promoting the [hought that achievement does not rest alone on material things, that gre must keen ever in mind the wel fare of our communities, of our na lon. Encourage ((immunity Service. “We are encouraging community icrvice by the various lodges We ire striving to promote a better cit cenship. a stronger respect for law ir.d constituted authority. My nics -age for the new year to Omaha Elks would he that they endeavor to .racjlce brotherly love, service and sacrifice in word, thought and ac tion.” Grand Exalted Ituler McFarland promised to be in Omaha when the new Elks club house Is formally opened in March. Ho left Thurs day afternoon at 2 for a trip to the Pacific cor.se in the interests of the order of Elka. There are nearly 5,000 Elks in Omaha. Paris, with a population of 2,900, 000, now holds third place among the largest cities in the world, ranking after New Fork and London. In 1910 the population of Paris numbered 2,588,000. _ For the New Year House Party Flashlight pictures al ways suggest themselves and are easy to make. We shall be glad to 6how you how simple the photography is. Kodak and Graflex cameras of every style always in stock. Dnc/i>ping,pnnttnganJm larging »J tht nptritr kimJ. | Eastman Kodak Co. /Tho Moixrt Li emptier C*.) 1813 Fitmb St. Branch Stem 308 South 15th St J Bluffs Woman Dies From Bums Explosion of Oil Lamp Prove' Fatal to House- ' keeper. Mr*. Hattl* White, *0. housekeeper In the home of Ed Mason. 110 North Sixteenth street. Council Bluff*. died Thursday morning In Jennie Edmund «on hospital as the result of bum* re ceived last night following the ex plosion of an oil lamp at the Mason home. Although Mr. Mason was in tha house at the time, he did not wit ness the accident. Mrs. White Is be lieved to have dropped the lamp. Her clothing, drenched with oil, was Ignit ed and she was seriously burned be fore Mr. Mason succeeded In extin guishing the flames by rolling her in a rug. Damage to the house was slight. No decision hod been reached thl* morning concerning the calling of an inquest. Iowa Man Held on Girl’s Charge Chicago. Dec. 27.—Milton Sanchez, 25, of Hedrick, la. was arrested to day In Aurora. 111., Rnd brought to Jail here on Mann act charges in volving a U year-old Waukegan <111.1 girl, whom Sanchez is alleged to have taken to Hedrick and Ottumwa, la , and Aurora, 111. Tour Credit IS GOOD HERE! GOOD CLOIHES - Men. Women. Children. QUALITY DIAMONDS - Elgin Watches. 1847 and Com- «, muoiry Silverware. i Advance Style# In EVERY Oift . 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