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I The Omaha Sunday Bee OMAHA, . SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1918. Comb Honey T i i l; fTlile ' "i T I T I I III II fktriot Thrilling Moments of Their Lives Finds Automobile. John Munson lives out on the Florence boulevard in the Prettiest Mile addition to the city, and, while John it not the owner of an automo- i bile, lor a short time the other morn ing he experienced all the pleasures of an individual -who is the possessor of one. Munson lives in a rented house and in connection therewith there is a garage for which he has never had any use. The other morning when Munson was out at work in his garden he happened to look through the win dows of his garage and there, in the building, was a life-sized automobile. He could hardly believe his eyes. He robbed them and sneaked up on the window ; to take a closer squint through the glass of the window. It was not a mistake. There was the 'auto. Into the house he ran and in formed Mrs. Munson that while they slept a good fairy had swooped down upon them and planted an automobile in their garage. At the breakfast table they talked over their good luck and were happy until along in the after noon, when a neighbor who had been to St. Joseph called and claimed the machine. This neighbor upon his re turn from St. Joseph had been un able to see things just as they really were and, though he lived a block away, had housed his auto in the wrong garage. Discovert "Rare Birds. Henry Wilkinson lives on Kansas Jivenue, on the south side of Miller park, tie is a great lover of birds and -is one of the top-notchers in the Audubon society. For years he has made birds a study and has most of them catalogued. However; there are some birds now in Miller park that have got him guessing. This spring Miller park has be come the haunt for numerous black birds, those that Jire nearly as large as crows. Their spread of wings is The AVeekly Bumble Bee OMAHA, THB WEEKLY BCMBLK BEE, A. SJTINOER, JBDITOR. Communication! oa any topta received, without postage or signature. Nona returned, t NO ADS AT ANT PRICK. V TO THE BOSS. Friend RoaMll; Tula letter la tola' to be abort and anappy, la keepln' with the slogan ot the office and what you are always hollerin', eboot, althoufh there la no reason for It, because yoa know I'm alwara abort and anappr. especially anappr, and when yoa make your stuff short and snappy It ineana lees work, so all my atutt la short and snappy as well aa myself. But sever mind what you ere al ways hollerin" about, because you are always hollerin', and It's my turn to holler now, be cause yoa know, Russell, I tew holler any. Well, not much, anyway. But I tot a holler thla time, and yoa can take It aa a warning to some of these here ferocious his h school correspondents and bum press agents and tln-hora pub licity guys and tough police re porters and business office vege tables what always comes In to write on my typewriter. It ain't much of a typewriter, but I object to eomln down to the efflce In the morula' and,havln' it look like a Hun machine gun nest Just after a messenger from Mr. Schwab had called. So, If some day you find yoa haven't got no mora high school corre spondenta or tough police re porters or business office veto tablee. yoo will know what has happened. Resp. F. 8. H. XOT ALOXEy - Hun money trust seeks to control world finances, reeds a headline. The Hun money trust la not alons la thla am. bltlqn. There le also Jess Wll lard and Fred Fulton and aev oral ethers, to say nothing of the Wall street brethren. 1 NOWHERE. . Mr. Cobry Ton are not go. lug anywhere are yoo. Mr. Had. ley? . . Mr. Hadley No, 1 am" not go'ng anywhere; I am going to Council Blaffs, -, ,, bill beav. New Tork phrenologist person Insists the kaiser's bead la not shaped right The p. p. need have no further apprehension; repairs sre to be made soon. KOTHIJtO NEW." America's cause In the war la s'iitenos, a Lutheran synod at rM,-so has declared. - Was home and Jg.-rt. everanydoubt about It 1 1 racaor I I I I I I III I f lllllllll irill II I 1U I 1 . WI 1KB BIMll - -BBW"!' M M - aV ess BBT BBBk ' M SB aVBganv BBBBBW ii iiii ill ii ii mi i - t i ' ii in n 'Vrf i i m m 11 11 0' "i ' close to 18 inches and in addition, they are equipped with tails that spread out like huge fans. Wilkinson saw them when they first visited the park some 10 days ago and cata logued them as the Colorado mocking Diras, Dirds that have never, visited this locality. He renorted his find to some of the experts of the Audubon society and last week a party of these bird fanciers visited the park. They sneaieea around until they found the flock of "Colorado mocking birds," and after pronouncing them ordinary blackbirds, went home disgusted. Now Wilkinson wonders , whv Ms opinions are laughed at when he talks oi Diro lore, v , His First Fee. , "The biggest thrill in my life fol lowed its darkest moment," said J. P. Palmer, Omaha lawyer. "I started practicing law in Omaha in 1906. That is, I came here with that pur pose. But. as one of the essential el. ments which' go to make up a law practice are clients, I did not prac tice. For three . months after mv arrival, following my graduation at SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL SPORTING SECTION SOME FEAR, IN TOPEKA. President Abbott of the Topeka club wants merchants of Topeka to close their storea on opening day. President Ab bott must be trying to boost the attendance at movie shows opening day. ' SOME WIGOLIB. A race horse is named Theda Bars, Probably be causa of its vamping ability. ADVANCE FRIGHT. , Angle Kleckhefer la having no trouble defending the three cushion billiard championship. Augta has a marked advantage over his opponents. His name cares env to death before they atart to ahoot REALIZATION. ' CONNIE'S HOPE. Connie Mack has at least one consolation. He can fin ish no worse than he started. HIS ONB CHANCE. ' Attar giving the conditions of the Wlllard-Fulton fight the O O, one wonders where Colonel Miller comes In. The pop concession. Is his only chance. Eastern sport fans are fear, ful that no crew raoes will bs held this year. All ot which ahowa how anally eastern sport fans become fearful. ' OMEN. A pitcher named Kaiser waa recently beaten 13 to , thus forecasting another white washing In tba offing. Chlcagoaaa fully realize the horrors of war. They hava lost Alexander. CHAMPIONSHIP. Christy Mathewson may not win the Katlonal league pen nant thla year, but . he at leaat will hold hla title as the base ball checker chataplon.. BIGHT FLACK. Bob Shswkey hie gone Into the aviation corps. Where upon BUI Donovan snickers up bis left sleeves and saya "avi ation la correct" COBB'S FAILING. , Ty Cobb'a weakness . has been dtsoorered. He's a rot ten domino player. ' I. W. W, Attorneys for the L W. W. In Chicago hava grown eloquent In pleading tba poaltlon of their clients. Attacka of the 1 W. W., they say, are aimed only at the Industrial ayatem In vogue. The legal gentlemen, of course, should know, but If the observa tion of a mere onlooker la asked we should ear the 1 W. W. stuck anything they think they can get away with. EXEMPTIONS. First ReporterWhen are you going to war? Becond Reporter--I don't have to go to war, I've, got ex emptions. F. R. Exemptions t What are theyT S. R. Three bootleggers de pendent upon me for support. TOO MUCH ROPE. It la all very well to strive for the equality of the sex, but we Insist It Is straining the point when the woman's editor labels a two column cut ot a prominent matron without ob serving the formality of apply. Ing the distinguishing prefix. '' , DISCLOSURE. TJnele "am Is to clesn up Philadelphia, we are informed. Thus rudely exploding an ancient and popular belief that thelty of the living deed was the one stamping ground of true chastity still remaining. ' PATRIOTISM. Diogenes, give up your seereh. Senator Lenroot of Wloconstn refused to, tarn In sn expenee account for - mileage to his WE'RE WRONG. We have been following with keen Interest a aerlee entitled "My Matrimonial Chances." After poring over a doxen chapters we confees to an al tered Impression of the life ot the average girt We find It consists entirely ot dodging pro posals, whereas we had hereto fore believed that eating three meals a day and sleeping oc casionally at night were fairly Important Items. ' LITERATURE. "He has harnessed tha weak ness of the swain to a -chariot ot mirth and Is driving it over the top ot publlo approval," modest ly reports a promise of the Orpheum press agent, thua leading one to believe that Billy Byrne haa been aucceeded by Robert Chambers or Irwin Cobb. ROME TASK. , Suffragists have urged the senate to act ea tha auffrage amendment Urging the aenate to act la one thing and urging It successfully Is another. DOUBT. Boston puts Hoover elgn en taxicab fares, reads headline. But we will have to be ahown to be conviced. INTEREST. The bill to conserve the gold supply excites our Interest We have never been able to under stand how It la done. A CARLOAD OR SO. A new I and 1 cent piece is needed In the business world we are told. It- would take aulte a number to Improve our (articular business world. bark, to make the the avnate Mich igan, I sat in my little office and waited and waited. I was badly Dent in respect to finances when I arrived, but at the end of those three months I was broke, and friend less. My career, on which I had builded such high hopes, was blasted. The day after New Year's, 1907, found me sitting in my office struggling with a problem, whether to forsake the law business and get a job, or try to stick it out a few riava 1nnor I had pawned everything I owned of vaiue, ana, what seemed worst of all, the alumni banquet was to be held that night at the Omaha club. I was interrupted irnny reverie by the entrance of a woman. I didn't recognize her at the time, but she was a good fairy. She wanted a divorce, and could I obtain it for her? Could I?. Beyond all doubt, I could, and would. "Well," she said, I would like to inquire what the fee will be." After some consideration, I assured her that I would devote my time to it for the trifling som of $50. Without a moment's hesitation she answered: "Well, I want to get that paid at once," and she handed 28, 1918. IN Ot TOWN. Joy Sutphen signed up a new boss last week. Fred Burllnglm la taking les sons In "rummy." Tommy Toy got a bet down on the Cuba to win the pennant then they drafted Alexander. Pete Vaughan, the Coca Cola saleaman In this territory, waa a visitor last week and did a good business. Mayor Jim Dahlman expects to make several speeches In be half of Mayor Jim Dahlman thia week. "Doo" Toung, the well known equine medico, la trying to fig. ura out which one, It any, ot the 14 candldatea for city com missioner ever expounded pro nounced bull mooee sentiments. AS TO LOVE. "Forget him," we see, la the reply of Miss Beatrice Fairfax to the sweet young thing of IS who asks what to do about the same man making love to her self and to another girl. Logl cat advice, ot course, but we cannot help but wonder what would hava been the sagacious Beatrice's reply had the girl said two men were making lova to her. ELECTIONEERING. There la something sinister about those expense accounts filed by candldatea tor city commissioners at the recent primary. They would Indicate that the -less ' money yoa epend the mora likely yoa are to be elected, or that somebody else did the spending for the successful candldatea. TEMPTATION. S "Resist temptation." shout the reformers and we strive to obey. But we admit It la only by ex ercise of the greatest fortitude that we resist the two remaining lures of modern legal and moral living, the enticing Coca Cola and the alluring Fatlma. ABOUT WHATT That a great atorm la brew ing within the ranks of rival slstea In the current city cam paign la the exciting prognosis of the political writer. Person ally, however, we cannot under stand what there la to fight about INTEREST. We were not particularly In teracted In the ease ot the Chi cago professor who escaped with only the loss of his job. be yond a mild curiosity as to what the professor's wife eald to him when she got hint alone. QUITE USUAL. Married, then Interned, says headline In an eastern paper. What la strsnge about that? ' UGH. I , ' Mr body aches. ' My mind la e-lean. The grippe le all . That's la my bean. me the money before she even stated her case. I was 'among those pres ent' at the Michigan banquet that night, although I remember I was the only one there who did not have a dress suit. But, just the lame, I'll bet I was the happiest man in the crowd." Play With Powder. A"When I was a boy," said Detective Lon Troby, "there was a railroad building in the vicinity of my old home. .Workmen were doing a great deal of blasting and the work of prep aration and the noise of the ex plosion in the blasting process had great fascination for me. I wanted to te a blaster , worse than I ever wanted to be a 'dick,' and I experienced the thrill of my young life, one day, when wandering along tne right-ot-way 1 discovered some powder and fuse that had been left by the workmen. "It was treasure trove and I copped it, x nuntea up the gang of kids I ran with and told them of my find. Of course we had to celebrate with a fine little blast of our own. We nsed a railroad tie for the purpose. The other boys sat on the tie while I prepared me Diasi. "The exDlcsion occurred, tho tie split and then closed up again in the twinkling of an eye. My olavmates were caught in a vise. They had to remain sitting and it was a very pain ful process. I ran half a mile before I could find a man with a wedge and a maul who could release them from the boy catcher' trap. After they were release i tney naa to eat standing up for a week. I got mine, too, when I got home and the story reached dad, but it did not raise any blood blisters." Catches Deer. "The biggest thrill I ever exoeri enced," said Herman Drexcl, chief ciers in commissioner ueorge J: arks office, in the city hall, "was when I captured my tirst big game. I ra willing to bet a dollar airainst the kaiser's chances for heaven that im the only man in Nebraska who ever caught a deer with hay stacks. My parents were pioneers of Uouglas county and our old farm was located where the stock yards now are. Our house was on the site of the present Live Stock Exchange Duuaing. , "Father always had lots of stock nn the place and he used to put up quan tities oi nay tor tne animals. In the winter of 1880 we had two hay stacks so close together that a chicken could hardly pass between. There Were heavy snows then and one winter morning, when I was going out to the barn to do some chores, in passing tne nay stacks l encountered a full grown deer. It stopped and gazed stupidly at me tor a minute and then made a bolt for the space between the two hay stacks, thinking that the way to freedom. "The deer guessed wrong. It bolted into the space with such mo mentum that .it was wedged in as tight as if it had been moulded into the hay. - It could hardly move, a muscle and was trapped as no other animal had teen trapped before. "It was my deer, although I shared itwith Frank, who was a baby then, and it was well known to all of the old-timers on the South Side." Dewey's Had Several "Thrills? Well, rather." said Cmmtv Clerk Frank Dewey. "I had the mis fortune to witness six lynchings be- tore i was il years old. Another thrill was when 1 was a train butcher on a railroad, in 1880. We were go ing west through Wyoming, and we had in our coach a desperate crimi nal -! called 'Dutch Charlie,' whom they were taking to Laramie for trial for murder. The prisoner, sheriff, brakeman and myself were the only ones in the little-smoking com partment I was lying stretched. snatching a little sleep, with my head resting on my bundle of papers. At Carbon. Wyo., a bunch of miners who had a grievance against 'Dutch By EDWARD BLACK. -W. G. (Bill) Ure's broncho died and then he came to Omaha, where he has lived ever since the untimely demise of his outlaw equine pet. That was back in 1891, in Minden, Neb, be fore the days of automobiles and Douglas Fairbanks. He was known as Willfe Ure when he lived on a farm near Cedar Rapids, la., where he attended the "Cross roads school," spoke "Paul Revere's Ride" for the school directors on a Friday afternoon, attended Sunday school every year for a few weeks before the annual Christmas enter tainment, and otherwise deported himself in a manner which gained for him a lot of merits cards. His father was county supervisor Charlie' for some job he had pulled there, boarded the train. Charlie's hands and feet were shackled, but in some way he slipped the Colt's from the sheriff's holster and began to blaze away. He shot a hole in the water tank just over my head and the water trickled down' on my head. The prisoner was seized before he could do much damage and treated rather roughly by the miners. Shortly after that time Charlie was taken to Raw lins, and on Christmas Eve. when we went through there, his body and that ot his pal, Big .Nose Oeorge, were hanging from a 2x4 in the stock yards." First Lawsuit. John Paul Breen Md a thrilling moment when he lived in Fort, Dodge, la., where he passed oart of his youth behind the plow. He was a member of a country debatine societv and his declamatory prowess was said to have bfcen marked. One day while busy in a field several of his friends came rushing across the broad acres to ask him to take one side of a petty law suit in a justice court, his adversary to be one John Walbridge, his chief opponent in the debating society matches. He consented and won the case, which had to do with an action brought by an owner of a cow against the owner of a doe because the canine had chased the bovine beyond the limit of endurance. When I faced the erim-visaged old justice I thought that I would col lapse, but I summoned all of mywits and made a hit with him by using a lot of lesral Dhrases which I had picked up in mv readine. It was a genuine thrill when the justice sol emnly announced that judgment was rendered in favor of the owner of the cow. I had won the case. After that my friends iokinelv ureed me to take up the law, which I did, and I suppose that incident was the starting point of my legal career," related Mr. Breen. Hooked by Cow. "Hooked bv a moolev cow." was the most thrilling thrill "Colonel" Welsh ot the Omaha weather bureau ever experienced. It happened .when he was only 2 years old, and, although the colonel is now old enough to talk fluently about the kind of weath er we had before the civil war, he de clares he can remember the .incident distinctly. An uncle saved him from what might have been serious injury and carried him, bruised and fright ened, into the house of Linn county, Iowa, and one of the teachers in the old Crossroads seat of learning was Alice Hitte, present supervisor Of drawing and art in the Omaha schools. Sells Sewing Machines. His first business venture was at Minden, where he established him self as a furniture dealer. Instead of waiting in the store all of the time tor business to come to him, he hitched up a team of bronchos and started across-country with a sewing machine strapped in the rear of a light rig. One of the animals would not stand without hitching, in fact would not stand even while hitched until Mr. Ure taught the critter a few tricks. He devised an arraneement wherebv a strap would pnll the broncho's tail it it tried to pull the hitching strap. On a bright day in June Mr. Ure drove the team to Campbell, where the broncho which he had trained to docility, died. He sold the other animal and then and there decided that he would go to the metropolis and cast his lot, which he did. He has been in Omaha for 28 years and likes the city more as the years go by. ' Dabbles In Real Estate. He became a realtor when he set tled in Omaha, only in those days men , who sold lands were known as real estate dealers. During 1902-3 a big tax fight was going on here before the Board of Equalization, the public service corporations being the causus belli. Mr. Ure thought he would take a hand in that melee and thereby he became interested in public affairs. In 1905 he was a candidate for county commissioner, was elected and served during 1906-7-8. During the fall of 1911 he was elected county and city treasurer, serving for five years and handling during his incumbency a to tal of $50,000,000 of public funds and securities. He likes to tell the story of the time when he went to New York City to officially receive more than S7,UUIL 000 water works bond money. He re ceived the money in the form of eight certified checks which he placed in a pocket and walked down Wall street to the correspondents of Omaha banks with whom he made deposits of the money. Always Republican. Bill Ure nas always been a re publican. He was a delegate to the last republican national convention and has been identified with the party on various occasions and in various capacities. - .. During thejast year he has served as secretary of the local Red Cross branch and as a member of the Doug las county exemption boards. A few months ago he decided to get into municipal politics. lie filed for the primaryon April 9 and came out third man in a list of 75 candidates. He will be one of the 14 nominees whose names will be submitted to the voters on May 7, and he admits that he expects to be one of the seven city commissioners to be elected to serve the city for three years. That is how Omaha got W. G. Ure. In Cedar Rapids he was Willie Ure; in Minden it was William G. Ure, and in Omaha it is "Bill" Ure. He verily believes that if the broncho, which he had so patiently trained to pose at a hitching post, had not died when it did, he probably would ' have not chosen Omaha as his future place of residence. . i t - By EDWARD BLACK. "Are you at home?" asked Mrs, Keen as she walked with Mrs. Dull into the Leffingwell kitchen and ob served Mrs. Leffingwell counting coupons which she had saved for fivs years to entitle her to a door mat, Mrs. Leffingwell admitted that tha was at home; there was no way out of it and, being a truthful woman, she would not deny it. "Have you heard the latest?" was the first interrogation fired by Mrs. Keen after she had obtained her range. Mrs. Leffingwell was not given to neighborhood sorties, so she feared that she was somewhat behind the current news of her block. She did not interest herself in the affairs of her neighbors unless it was a matter of pleasing report. When twins ar rived at the home of the So-and-Sos, she went over to see whether she could be of assistance; and when Mrs. Whats-Her-Name fell down her base ment stairway and broke two of her front teeth, she commiserated and volunteered to care for the baby while the injured woman restored her den tal dienity. She had read ber mis sionary quarterly review, but that did not contain reference to the goings and comings of her neighbors, so she just had to admit to Mrs. Keen that she had not heard the latest Newlyweds Quarrel. "You must hear the latest" con tinued Mrs. Keen, her animation growing by leaps and bounds. "The young couple that live across the way from us had an awful quarrel this morning. We could hear it all from our open window and you can ' bet that I did not close the ' window. either. I heard Mr. Newlywed refer ' to his wife's biscuits as war bread be cause, he said, they remindea him of shrapnel. And when my husband met Mr. Newlywed on the street and asked the cause of his darkened eye, he said that he had stepped on the prong of his furnace poker and the -' pressure of his foot caused the .han dle of the poker to-jtrike his eye l hat would make a doe Iaueh. rejoined Mrs. Dull, who felt that she must keep up her end of the conver- sation. She had observed the cachi- nations of many canines and knew ' whereof she informed. ' Mrs. Leffingwell was not moved to - hysteria by the confidential conversa tion of her caller, but she assumed a kindly interest jl vc got some more news ior you. added Mrs. Keen, whereupon Mrs. v. Dull straightened up as if she had been suddenly revived by a hew, brand of life-giving stjmulus. "Our minister," she continued, "is going to be a four-minute speaker." Wont that be just too grand for any use?" interposed Mrs. Pull.-with show of grandiloquence. Ideals Are Limited. Mrs. Leffingwell's ideas of grandeur did not extend to the scenic possi bilities of a minister becoming a four minute speaker. She looked with favor on Mrs. Keen's or any other ? minister doing his' part in the great cause. She knew that if she divulged this bit of information to Henry Lef- fingwell, he would express the hopef that all ministers would become four minute speakers on Sunday mornings because he maintained that the ser- ' mon he heard last Sunday morning covered a period of four hours, not including the time in taking up- the collection. "Are you going to raise a lamb .'on , your lawn this summer?" asked Mrs. . Keen. If you knew of the profit and ' pleasure, yon would have a lamb. The' animal will keep down your grass, and what is sweeter than -to arise . in the early morning and hear a little lamb bleating on the green sward? . It makes me feel quite poetic. Don't you agree with me, Mrs. Dull?" , O. K. in Their Place. , t "Good night!" exclaimed., Mrs. DulL "Lambs may be all right where babbling brooks course their way through meadows and where dew kissed daisies nod their heads, but whoever heard of lambs on, a lawn?" Mr. Leffingwell arrived on the scene, returning from his day's toil, as a ' living model of the cash-and-carry plan of shopping. He carried a lamb- . like creature in his arms. He placed the animal on the kitchen floor and ' looked toward- his wife for an approv ing glance. "The Leffingwells are going to ex- , tend their patriotic activities by rais ing a lamb on the lawn this summer. Here is your lamb, Mrs. Leffingwell. If it bites any of the neighbor's dogs . we will muzzle the beast," Leffing well remarked, rather sheepishly. "I suppose you have been wool gathering again, Henry, but I will " help you raise the lamb or will do anything else to help conserve food," . Mrs. Leffingwell replied, as she ad justed her glasses and scrutinized the . animal, which was beginning to demonstrate unusual agility for a baby lamb. s ... Jumps Into Sink. N ' v The little quadruped moved around the kitchen as if on springs. It jumped onto the table and then onto the sink. Mrs. Leffingwell readjusted her glasses and spoke? "Henry Leffingwell, that is a baby goat you have brought home for me to raise on the lawn," with rising in flection of her voice. Leffingwell. feeling more sheeoish than ever, admitted that he had been mauc uie guai. , "That would make a doj; laugh," commented Mrs. Dull as she and Mrs. , Keen took their leave. Leffingwell retired to the basement with vhis . corn-cob . "pipe and Mrs. Leffingwell sent the goat down after !.im. - We Meet and Then We Part .Did you ever stop to think of tbi many strangers who are within our gates within a week or a month? Dur ing the last few weeks we have enter, tained the following distinguished via itors: Mary Pickford, Douglas Fair banks and Charlie Chaplin of screes fame; General Boucher, French hero Major General E. D. Swinton, inven tor of the British tank: Caotain RnaM Amundsen, discoverer of the south pole; Private Peat, from "over there-" Leslie M. Shaw, former treasurer of the United States; United States Sen ator W. S. Kenyon. 1 - What Is in a Name? 1 Beers and Moneymaker Mr- c. names of two graduates of a class at an Omaha Theological leminarj. V ) o