THE TEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. JANUARY' 30. VJ:.
Titus Lowe Tnkes'
Oirist as Tlieme
for Final Sermon
,) Human .Vatttrt Cut
Away From Influence (f
S ir Kail I.ratri
Crowd Laughing at Comic,
Filnf as Theater Roof Falls
Hrjirf.cntatne Smith it of
Floriild Drtcriltfi Collapse
of V'nohiiigtun Mo to
Pal
ire
w F.
Key, Tiu Lowe prcuhrd 1. 11
i'rrwr! criiu' la the fonsir6i!i;n
I t ite I "ir t Mfihflit church yet
unlay mnrnini,', The (hurch wa
tilled to rapacity; even standing
room was rvliiu.n
Hi subject, "The Adequate
t liri.t," wa one nearest his
heart, Rev. Mr. Lowe said.
"During Hip riKhi yrar and four
imimlK that I li.nvc Inrn at the rirt
church here I have ,madr every ef
fort to krrp tip i he catholicity of
irit, began Krv. Mr. 1.0 we.
1 Has IIc!4 Position.
"I have never arird from the po
sition that Jcti ( hrit in the mhi cf
(mil; that e w nrofuary for the sal
tation of the individual, of society
and of the world. Jeu i entirely
- adequate (or the individual or the
nation, I believe there i no need
for a new revelation of (ind. Chri-it
hat power enough to draw hack the
whole world to hirutclf, and he i
now o doing.
"Jru i adequate in the individual
life foe moral mastery. Failure t
, attain moral mastery fill the world
with mn, rant ami urgfegatiuii. :iu
man nature cut awav from the, m
tlucnre of Christ fail; it need:' the
buttressing adequately provide! by
Jrsiu Christ.
".There is no power in lieil that can
challenge the hitman soul mat is
linked with the s-pirit of Christ. False
ambition arc under control when
t hrist i adequately admitted to life.
Scorei Divorce MilL
"One of the most pitiable exhibi
tions of life today is the divorce mill
It sometimes may he inevitable, hut
with Christ enthroned in every home
the divorce lawyers will be driven
out of existence. ?
"His radiance chanties a house to
a home. He is adequate to sanctify
the home. Men attempt to build up
their own moral standards, but they
, inevitably break under t.-mpta-lion.
Christ is entirely adequate for
the aspiration of the soul; adequate
in the ills of circumstance and in the
sudden accidents of life.
"The man without Christ, who is
clubbed down by the force of cir
cumstances, has a way out: a re-
volvee nlaced at his temple. If he
: as- Christ he has readjusting now
er. 'jesus is adequate to open the
grave into a great highway.
"I have said the same thins many
times during my eight years in Oma
ha,' said Kev. Air. l.owc m closing.
'""As long as the church is staunch
for the adequate Christ so long will
it' be a. blessing to ihe community ,
; ' . Makes Personal Touches, '
There were occasional personal
touches in Rcv. Mr. Lowe's sermon,
which, brought .handkerchiefs .to thp
eyes-of. &om.. Ij'c.lqsing.he'. appealed
to; th(5se ."who have "never ye .jrnre
the adequate Christ a place in thei
heart to do so pow.V
A special musical service was held
at the First Methodist church in the
evening, when Rev. Mr. Lowe s'poke
iit 'The Most Critical Moment in
Man's Life." - '
' He leaves today for New York, to
take up ncwrduties as corresponding
secretary of (he board of -foreign misr
sions of the Methodist-church. i-,
,;Parvin Witte, .director of the Ne
braska ,r.VVesIeyan University. Glee
club, assisted with the music at the
morning and evening services. ' . -
j 'Vv Bishop, to- Fill Pulpit. '
Bishop C. 'B. 'Mitchell of Minne-,
apolis-is to fill the pulpit at the First,
Methodist next Sunday. Bishop Ho
mer. C. Stuntz will preach there Feb
ruary 12, and -if a successor to Rev.
Mr, Lowe has not arrived before
March 5, Bishop Joseph F. Berry is
to occupy the pulpit on that date.
Washington, Jan. 2, An aaU
anche of broken plater, britk-s,
naw, (splintered wood and twisted
itcrl brant catapulting on the
iiudirnce while the orchestra played
and a comedy Mm ground out, is
the romption of the Knickrrbork
er theater disaster givrn today by
Representative John if. Sinnhwiik
i iVntacola, Ma. lie was in the
balcony when the roof collapsed
under it weight of mow and es
caped unaided just bow, he cannot
recall with more or less trriout
hurt..
The orchestra vat playing and a
comic film wa running." he laid
in hi bed, bandaged with hi face
ami hand covered with cut. Sud
denly there was a sharp crack. 1
w great fissure running across
the crtlinjr. right over my head. The
plaster began to fall, all over the
theater, it remed to me. While 1
wa looking up a great piece right
over my brad Martcd to tall. I
('inked, crouching involuntarily. I
suppose, down between the seat,
The piece struck the neat where I
had been sitting. I he torce wa
broken by the scat, but it pinned
me down.
Noise Awful.
"The' noise wa awful. It wa ;
great roar. It was simply indescribable-
I never can forget it.
"In the midst of the roaring were
shrieks and cries of women and
children and a few shout of men.
There were cries for help, groans
and worst of all, the moans of those
in terrible pain. It was awful.
can't , describe it. I see it all the
time, those poor children and men
and women crying and groaning.
"There were only a few of us in
the balcony. Luckily there were not
more. I he balcony gave wav and
crashed, soon after the ceiling began
to fall onto those on the lower floor.
They were caught the worst.
1 guess there was a lapse ot may
be 20 seconds, hardly more, be
fore the balcony fell. Funny, but
it kind of twisted, as its supports
gave way and it swung down on
those below. It didn't go straight
down, just kind of sideways and
slanting-
Escapes From Debris.
"I don't know how I got out
from where I was crouching under
that chunk of plaster. I really be
lieve it weighed 500 pounds. And
think I moved that plaster, with
niv shoulders. Anyway, I crawled
out between the seats to where I saw
a small hole in the plaster above. . 1
forced myself up through that hole.
Thrn 1 crawled out over the snow
and plaster, over the tangled debris,
to the doors on the fc-ighteentn street
side. i
"Across the aisle when the crash
eame. ' was a uuie ienow 1
never saw him' again-and I wonder
if he-''- is : dead who- . laughed
and roared at every especially funny
part of the film. I don't know what
became of him or the otners in me
balcony. '
"The plaster fell first, .in chunks.
It was 'just like an ice' pond break
ing up. ' l he root oian i give way mi
i mi i ii in mii r n1- V
x fen j
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Rep. John H. Smithwick.
one crash. It seemed to break tip
everywhere. That let in the snow.
"It's queer, but I wa conscious
all the time when I was pinned down
by that great piece of ceiling. My
mind, when 1 saw the ceiling falling
and afterward, was just as clear and
collected as now. I knew I was
hurt some, but I didn't know how
badly. It seemed my time had
come. I lived a year pinned down
between the seats.
Get Out Without Help.
"It wasn't until I got outside that
I noticed blood falling from my
face and band. 1 got out myself.
No one helped me. I crawled over
the broken seats and' plaster and
snow to the door. On the way I
saw a young fellow lying hajf curled
up, moaning and crying for help. I
leaned over to lift him and then
everything went black. The next I
remember, I was at the door, wip
ing the blood from my eyes and
mouth. I don't know how I got
out. I didn t see any other injured
ones as 1 crawled. . I can't remem
ber about that part of it,
My only thought then was to get
t 1 f 1 .L-..I j lj:. w f - .
nomc nciorc t snoum uic. .mv enesi
pained me, my back seemed broken
my face was dripping with blood. All
1 wanted swas to get home and tell
my wife and little girl what had hap1
pened. I thought I was going to
die"
Representative Smithwick, . ' who
lives about a block away, said he
staggered home without overcoat or
hat, through the snow. Physicians
found him suffering .. from shock,
bruises and possibly, internal in
nines.
I think it was a miracle that 1
came out alive," he said, "but think
of those poor children and men and
women not so fortunate. I don't see
how any who were under that bal
conv escaped. If those below could
have seen the ceiling breaking they
would have had time to rush out
through the doors. Those"underheath
us had no chance. I guess-.: I keep
thinkinn of it all the time, that awful
roaring and the crashing of the bal-
conv on its wav down to those peo
ole below. It. was all over. in. half
a minijte, I guess, butv. jt .seemed
hours. t .
Wits in 1922 Is
, Desire of . Farmers
Known Dead in. Movie
Crash Noy Number 90
(Continued From Page One.)
the steep slope of the fallen baJcony
to safety, although many were Struck
down when the roof ' came .in.
; Some were hurled down into the
pit wreckage when the balcony -front
fell and even' some, of these escaped
with, bruises. There, is-, no' "record;'
however, of any - survivor afnoni?
. those in the foremost balcony seats.
Calls for Aid. . ,
Frantic calls for aid went '.out; as
soon as' those- in the double- walled
structures-which'' form- the -Eight-;
renth street and back wall of the au
ditorium realized what happened? - -These
two. three-floor wings- form'
the offices,: a. store, along the Eighf-r
eenth street front, and . house .the
ifairwaira "anVl "iUa annrnarhic anfl
lexits. both on, that side and along
tbe back wall, and they were not in
yplved in the disaster, which was
iconfincd : to the . auditorium. -t Later.
Shis store and corridors became the
ifirst aid stations as ; the mangled
victims were , dragged out. ,
Flremeu fought their way through;
the heaping snow drifts in answer
to a general alarm. Police ; -patKils"
filled with men, ' churned and 'skld-j
ded through-the white muck in an-.'
swer to a. summons, marmes' camc.
at double time, panting througlvtht
heavy going. At Fort. Meyer acros-v
the river, the cavalry . wa's '.tSrned
out ana stariea m injcic loaos to
tiie rescue, only to find roads
srowed in. The men shoveled their
' cv frantically, but finally four
u;:!c teams from the fort and the
engineer barracks were called on.
20 of ; 1,524 Industrial '
Accidents Fatal in W. . Va.
Charleston.' V. Va., Ian. 2?.-In-juries
in industries of West Vrrgini-.
tiering last month numbered 1,524, ot
which 20 were fatal, according to tlj3
report of Lee Ott, workmen's com
pensation commissioner.
One of .the fatal accidents occu--rod
in the lumber industry and the
w thcrs occurred in the coal mines.
Freed of Murder Charge.
Cambridge, O., Jan;r29. The jury
i-i the second trial of former Mayor
Jacob J. Calvert, charged with shoot-ji-t
Thomas McNiece, returned a ver-
, ct of not guilty todaj" Calvert
v.s i";isnd guilty at his fir trial
(Continued From Pag One.)
prices' get in' harmony, he will buy
gain." :
Local Capital Used.
: Mr. , Baird, like all other farm-
bred men who passed through other
periods of depression, declares that
there is absolutely no analogy be
tween the hard times ot last year
?nd those of 1893. Then the loans
were made chiefly by eastern inves
tors, whereas . now very few tarm
loans are sent out to investment
bankers. Locaf capital finances prac
tically all the credit in Nuckolls
countv. Only one bank customer
out of , eight is . a borrower. The
other seven haven't borrowed and
hold 90 per cent "of the deposits. The
banks of the vicinity are said to
have been able to invest in $200,
000 worth of government bonds and
treasury certificates. . -The
sight of 150 automobiles on
the streets of Superior gives con
tradiction to the canard that farm
ers no longer are able to afford
this means of quick transportation.
Qi) Saturday, which is the main day
for shopping, from 300 to 500 cars
are Idrjven to town. That farmers
are; paying cash for their gasoline
also indicates that they are not
"stony ' broke " The hotels report
a' heavy f business from traveling
salesmen and last night had stand
ing room only. There has not been
one merchantile failure.
Farm folk and the business men
'who supply them are at one in
holding that the rural population is
entitled to all the luxuries of life.
The, fact , that since the fall of 1919
lOTicee.tof '.many -farm products were
talow-'lhe,. cost of production auto-
if.t)4alfy threw the farmer 'and his
"family out of the class ot liberal
;buj;ers. Out in. the country no one
is- willing to admit that any of the
conveniences which are an ordinary
'Jtature of city life- are not to be
liad for farm homes.
Wealth of Produce.
There is a wealth of produce on
these -western Nebraska farms. The
upward turn of prices has started
some of it to market. The North
vesteYn railway recently has put
back two freight trains 'that were
removed during the low period. Su
perior has a terminal elevator hand
ling a good deal of wheat for the
southern ports, a flour mill, three
cigar factories, a cold storage house,
the largest farmer-owned creamery
in. the. state, operated by the Farm
ers' "union, and the only cement
plant in the state. There is also a
hydraulic electric plant which sup
plies several towns in the vicinity
with current, and also sells light
andpower to farmers along the
lines. T,here has been only one bank j
failure in this entire district, and
practically no farm foreclosures. The
spirit of co-operation is strong, hav-
jing grow n steadily since the organ-1
ization almost 50 years ago of the
first co-operative livestock shipping
association in the state. -To
auote one observant; resident,
"The farmers never, 'in this ' whole
period of business stagnation, have
been very bilious in Nuckolls coun
ty, - -- " - - 'V '' '
"And, unless the people of the
cities cheer up and . look tin the
bright side, there are a good many
thrifty, .hardworking farmers ' who
will feel like sitting on the fance
and laughing at them. -
Germany Asks Allies
Relief on Payments
(Continued From Pace One,;) ,
upon. The compulsory loan will be
nonrecurring and 'is ; intended to fi
nance t'rn reparations ' due in 1922,
without h. creasing paper circulation.
Relief Necessary: - '
It ' is absolutely necessary, if -.'the
matter is viewed from an , economic
standpoint, the note says, that Ger
many should at least for 1922 be
relieved of all cash payments on ac
count of reparations.. .. v
The German government recog
nizes that economic and financial
considerations must yield to political
necessities. It refers to the figures
taken into consideration at Cannes
by the allies, namely, 720,000,000 gold
marks in cash and 1,450,000,000 gold
marks in kind, and requests a reduc
tion in the cash payments increas
ing, if necessary, payments in' kmd.
Il; also proposes that the costs-of
occupation should be credited to the
total sum in cash and kind paid in
1922 and that the other obligations
in- foreign currency arising from the
peace treaty, especially clearing house!
obligations, should be mitigated.
Germany reaffirms its readiness to
collaborate by all the means in its
power in the restoration of the de
vastated regions; the Weisbade'
agreement was concluded in this
spirit. Germany also is prepared to
conclude agreements with the other"
allies' regarding- deliveries in kind. -
Sea Turtles in Possession;';
. of Gulf of Tehuaintepec
San Pedro. Cat,, Tan. 29. Thou
sands of large sea turtles have taken
possession of the Gulf Of Tehaun
tepec, on the coast of Mexico.'ac
cording to reports brought to this
port by officers and crew of' the
freighter Cape Romaine. As .evi
dence, the ship's crew had four tur
tles, caught m a net without- reduc
ing the speed of' the vessels. Shells
of the turtles measured ihte. and
one-half feet in width."'-
i Mrmnn ii.m nor :
pt j f -
at Rome to Elect
New Church Heat
Kvery Nationality Kxpcftfd
to kSend- DrlrgHtf JS'ow
Represented Except
America.
Br ts A 114 I'm.
Home. Jan. J9.-With the arrival
of Cardinal. Merrier, Kakow
ky. Dalbor and Ctrruoch, arch
bishop, respectively, of Hrustrlr,
Warsaw. Pox-n and Budapest, every
nationality expected to have dele
pate at the conclave which it to
elect a ucceor to Tope Itcnedirt
XV t represented except America
The death of Cardinal Almaraa
fantoi. archbishop of Toledo, a few
day ago, hai reduced the number
of foreign cardinal to Zv, if one in
elude Cardinal Merry Del Vat, i
native of Spain, but a long-time resi
dent of Koine.
Cardinal Cava! Canti of Brazil
Begin of Canada, Herrera of San
tiago, Spain, and Hello of Portugal
have informed the Vatican ccrttann:
that they would be unable to attend
the opening of the conclave. Cardi
al l'risco of Naples and Cardinal
rancica-Nava of Catania, both Ita!
urns, will be unable to come on a;
CDunt of ill healtL .Thus the con.
clave is likely to be composed of
tnly si cardinals..
It was learned today that the
Qecbo-Slovakian government has
refused to "take olhrial note of re
cript of the official notification of tht
icath of rope Benedict. This was
.enrned through the secretary to
Cardinal Dalber. who said, however,
that the.Caecho-Slovakia government
cmcially recognizes the presence ,ot
qe papal nuncio at i rague.
Only certain religious rites ore-
scribed by canonical law, in which
the cardinals will be participants, re?
main before the sacred college is
locked within the Vatican walls to
choose the successor of Pope Bene
dict XV.
There will be three more reauiem
masses, in which four or five cardi
nals will take part, and after that the
conclave will begin.
According to the present arrange
ments the conclave will open Febru
ary 1. AH the doors of the Vatican
will be bolted, and the palace will be
shut off from the outside world.
Drs. Battistini and Cherubim,
who attended the late pope, remain
within the Vatican. The monks and
the whole Vatican staff were notified
today that their services would be no
longer needed until the end of the
conclave, except for a very limited
number of employes; these will be
sworn to secrecy. .
List of Identified
Dead, and Injured
r : Cartoons .of Ithe Day .
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Th,4?orkeeper.
FRANCE WANTS V5 SE K!Ly-V
AM Af HAMTF - I fi.h mCftWitr W
Premier Poincare is thinking of the next war.
C0 50 ' ts V
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we Solemnly
SWE.Af?TODEFEHD
AND UPHOLO THE I
C0N5TIT0TION-5O
FAR AS AGREEABLE
TO US
A "Liberal" interpretation of an oath.
(Continued From Fft( One.)
bocker theater are:
Mrs. Bateman Adams, Nohjle To
masso Assereto, third sepretary of the
itanan embassy; June Ucrgman, Mrs,
Hazel Buehler. R.'J. Bowen. Mrs. R.
T. Bowen, Mrs. Bernard Bresslau;
Miss" Sadie Bresslau Toseoh C. Rrnee.
tuion erumoaugn, uubert Laplan.
m. t. castney, Mrs. Mary Chalmers,
v aiiin. iviiss-Margaret LO f. ame
A.' Curtain, F; W. Dodson, I, B. Dod
son'; 7,'.L.;Durlahd,Irs. J. L. Dm
land,; Mrs. Guy Eldridge, Miss
Mary .Forsythe. Miss Ruth Foiits,
William A. Galloway, Dr. Clyde -M,
Gcarhart, Norman L. Gibson and sis
ter, Mrs. Haley; Hugh Glenn, Moe
Gold, Dr. Custis Leehall and wife.
Ivy Hamilton, Dr. E. E. Havdcn.
wife and two children; Warren Hel-'
pnen, Mrs. Douglas Hillyer, Capt.
j.. xt. finis, u. b. A., and wife;
M.. Pera Hill. Miss Helen Honkinc
Margaret John, John Klenncr, .Mrs.
Howard Knees. Henrv T. L'acevI S.
M. Lee, Clarence Long. Tohn A. Man.
got, ureste Matillo, Lillian Masse,
John T. McEverley, Mrs. Julius Mc-
jxinnev. Mertie. . Mr. and Mru.
Jonas Michaleas, V. T. Monahan,
Wakefield, R. I.; Scott Montgomery,
John A. Mdrgant, H. Br Moses, Her
bert and Mildred Nash, John nd
Katherine Nesbit, Clarence New
Kirk, Mrs. E. Pasnttale. Alise Pas-
quale, Henry Person, Miss Virginia
j ooie, miss Kiitn rostiey, Mrs.
Henry S. Powell, Henry Wilson and
Miss Edelin Wilson. Tohn
Marie Rhea. Belle Rembo. EHwavd
A.'' Sacks,- New York City, Harry"
r. oacy, waiter urd iiaey, Mrs. MaV
tie Schwab,' E. H. Shaughnessy; sec
ond assistant postmaster general;
Mrs. E. H. Shaughnessy, Myrtle
Shaughnessy,' Ruth : Shaughnessy,
Representative John A. Smithwick of
Florida; Albert R. Sward, Martha
Strayer, Mrs. Gertrude Taylor, Lieu
tenant Colonel Tavlor. II. S. A
Leonard and Elizabeth Theunisseii!
vnnsuana i nompson, Etta Under
wood, Caroline LJoshaw. Nathan T
Urdong,. Alphonso Van Pouckc, Col.
C. ,M. .Wesson, U. S. A.; Nancy
Wesson, Miss MacLean White, Ed
ward A. Williams, Miss Marie
Young, Mrs. Joseph Younger, Lieu
tenant Commander Zalaski, medical
officer of marine barracks, and wife;
iurs. juneue weoo, Miss Inez
Woodruff.
Navy Airplane
Sold by Gunner
of Marine Corps
Man Arrested at New York
Confesses to Disposing of
Government Machine to
Former Army Officer.
Revelry Wave in New York
Surpasses Nights of Babylon
Intoxicating Liquors Flow Like Water Sensuous
Dances Make Even Sophisticated ., Gothamites
Gasp With Their Daring Entertainment
'.?Kj: if Abandoned at the Dawn of Day.i v;;.v ,
Oinali Bee Leased Wire.
: '.Washington,' Jan, 29. Investiga
tion-by the Department of Justice
' . J - ,' 9 i I." j !
ana tne marine corps nas resuueu m
charges that an airplane belonging
to the corps was sold- by a gunner
to a former army ' officer and an
other man;.. ." ,l ... ' v ,'
According 'to; -the. bureau of in
vfistigation. John L. ,;McCoy, -.the
gunner, "'obtained permission about
September 19, .1921, to make a flight
irom tne training station at jraris
island. He returned to the station
a few days later with a story that
the plane had been wrecked in' the
marshes, near bavannah, -ua.
Later the Department of Justice
and the marine corps began mves
ligation', "with the result that McCoy,
who had left Paris ' island, was
traced to the marine corps hospital
in New York city. There, so the bu
reau of investigation asserts, he
confessed that the plane had not
been wrecked, but that he- had land
ed near Savannah and sold the ma
chine to two men, Roscoe Turner
and Harry Runser.
Acting on this information, agents
from the Atlanta office "arrested
Turner, a former army- lieutenant
and recently an exhibition flyer, at
Colombia, S. C, and Kunser at
Fort Wayne,' Ind.
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University Pair Brings
Rare Plants From Borneo
Los Aneeles. Tan. 29. Chaplain
Joseph Clemens of the University of
Southern California, and . wife, who
have returned to their home here af-.
ter passing several years in the far
east, have two notable distinctions to
their credit.
Mrs. Clemens is the only white
woman ever to climb to the peak of
Mount ' Kinabalu, highest mountain
in Borneo. . " Chaplain Clemens dis
covered the blue orchid, a very rare
plant.
The Clemenses suffered great hard
ships in living in caves 10,000' feet
above sea level in Borneo," but man
agedto gather one of the most val
uable collections of rare plants ever
obtained in that part of the world.
Los Angeles Bureau Gets ":
' 13,000 Jobs for Veterans
Los Angeles. Tan. 29. The sol
diers' and sailors' employment
bureau conducted here by the Ameri
can Legion reported that in 1921 it
obtained JJ.UOO joliSSfoV,
association -t CBritributcd a -- iund - for
maintenance of the bureau.
fooneieTroUey? Reality ,,
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Suburb of Cleveland Boasts of Dinky Street Car
Linejth fSkipper," Run Mostly for Accom-
rhodation of Housewives.
1 Cleveland; ;:, Un 29. Cleveland
leightsV' boasts' of; a dinkey ' street
'.car linfi' Tt is managed and piloted
by, ".Skipper" Jim Moran, and is
run; mostly for' the' accommodation
of the housewives.
; The 1907 model, car, its mile of
double track., (oitjy one of which is
sed) aniJta.iabourtenances are of
ficially. tli '.Washington Boulevard
Kailway company, Inc.
i 'The trolley is oblivious to sched
ule.- It waits until it has a fair
crowd and then goes. It used to be
operated on a 20-minute schedule,
but as one can walk the entire
length of the line in about 15 min
utes, steady passengers declared an
embargo and refused to wait.
veterans;
The Merchants aiidanijfa.c.t,u.i;ersi The line fell so low on fares at
Zice-nts a.head that somethiae had
io be done. The company went to
the village officials and asked to be
relieved of the car line in toto.
The, Heights officials dug up a'
dusty franchise and pointed out that
it was for 25 years and had most of
this time to run. . .,.'
"You'll have to keep on operating
until we tell you to quit," they said.
"Besides, .you're a public institution
and we can't get along without
you." ,-,
By this they meant that when
hard-pressed housewives at the east
ern end of the line wanted a pound
of butter in a hurry they would go
to "Skipper" Jim and give hinv
the money and a plea for a quick
purchase at the stores at the other
end of the line. .When the car came
back the butter came along.
The upshot of it is that the car
runs now about at the demand of
the 'steady pssedjers.-"
V
By CLAUDE R. COLLINS.
Unlverml Service Staff Correspondent.
New York, Jan. 29. A wild wave
of revelry, has swept into, the night
me oi jncw loric.
Rome or Babylon, in their palm
test 'days, could not compare to the
palaces of joy in upper Broadway's
yawning chasm of scintillating lights,
.rrom midnight until long past
dawn the revelries are at their
height. Intoxicating liquors flow like
water. .. Semi-nude women perform
sensuous dances between the tables
of hilarious diners while kings of
Syncopation and rollicking jazz pro
duce whining harmonies which pack
the limited dance floors into solid
masses of swaying dancers.
There is nothing new in the tune
of constantly clinking glasses con
taining highballs, rickeys, fizzes and
straight liquors which -many believe
have long since passed. If you have
not brought your hip supply of liquid
that cheers, a few words to the
waiter, and the necessary greenbacks,
will generally produce whatever your
parching palate craves. But this is
common knowledge.
Dancers Scantily Clad.
The scantily clad professional
dancers, however, are just coming
into the public eye. In the past fort
night they have stirred a wave of
cunOus comment. Their diaphanous
costumes and unusual antics have
created considerable furore in the
Rialto.' "
The extreme wildness in the new
era of night life seems to-be con
fined to residents of New York or
visitors acquainted with the cafes
and cabarets. - Naturally, it comes
high. A cover charge of from $2
to $4 per person is made by the
more fashionable cates. urange
juice or lemonade is $1 a glass. In
toxicating liquors bring a price mat
would make the most hardened of
bootleggers blush.
If one has plenty of money there
is no trouble in locating the palaces
of joy. iThough all of them remain
open until 5 or 6' o'clock "in the
morning, when dancing resorts
should be legally closed, they make
no effort at concealment.
Thp removal of earments and the
wriggling details of the professional
exhibition dances outdo anything of
the kind ever seen in New York.
Even the sophisticated oldtimers on
RrnaHwav have been forced to sit up
and stare in wonder at the unusual j
antics. ''- " " '
. ; CotnDanion Quits.
Last night I made a tour of the
white light district to learn first
hand of this new era of night life,
tales of which are passing from
tongue' to" tongue. 'At midnight I
started out - on my rounds of the
resorts, accompanied by the lady
who goes to tho. theater with me.
After leaving the second cafe the
lady in question decided it best that
she return home. '
The cafes , we" had visited were
considered the tamest of the night
life rendezvous and already my un
sophisticated "companion had been
shocked." '.'.',
Our first stopping place was one
of the oldest 'and 'best known of
the Broadway establishments. Wait
ers were rushing here and there
supplying a public that carried its
own hip flask with the various ac
cessories for-fancy alcoholic drinks.
The orchestra is playing almost
continually. The limited dance floor
is so jammed with fancy steppers
that it is impossible to dance and the
couples seem satisfied to squirm and
shake as best they can to the tan
talizing trains of the music. -Those
who are not, dancing sip what ap
pears to be highballs or cocktails.
The more they sip the more hilar
ious they become.
Turn Lights Out.
Finally the jazz band is quiet, the
dancing stops and the floor is
cleared. The lights are extinguished
and a half dozen urns of incense
lighted on all sides of, the room.
Then,- as the fumes fill the atmos
phere with a pungent, " ; : pleasing
odor, the orchestra suddenly begins
a low, whining tune. A spotlight
flashes from the ceiling at one side
of the room, casting its rays on the
top of a long stairway extending
from the wall of the other side ot
the rosin to the dance floor.
Into the light steps a beavily
veiled dancer. Later we learn she
has gained considerable fame in ca
baret revues and musical comedies
Slowly she descends the steps, then,
as the strains of the orchestral din
becbmfe louder and more lively, she
begins a wild Egyptian dance at the
height of which the heavy veil is
dispensed with, revealing the maid
en in limited, very limited, attire.
From her hips ban-- several pieces
of cloth, apparently meant to serve
as a skirt. On each heel is a blotch
of red point. Otherwise she is un
clad. Liquor Flows Unhampered.
At 2 a. m. we entered another
court. Unlike the first this place is
small and intimate. As in the first
place liquor . was circulating . freely
on every hand and the entrancing
strains of the jazz orchestra kept the
dance floor filled. :
Promptly at 3 o'clock the lights
were dimmed. Green spotlights were
thrown on the center of the dance
t'ioor. The exhibition dancers ,are
ready. First enters a man dressed
as a South Sea islander. Then four
liulu hula girls enter. All are very
young and comely. They wear no
c'othing worth the name. The dance
they perform is a series of wriggles.
The leadine danseuse is an Amer
ican girl who became famous at the
height of the shimmy ' craze a year
?go. Her muscular "' convolutions
are remarkable.. As she steps
around the edge of .the dance floor
within a few feet of the gentlemen
guests, she directs her attention firs!
toward one man, then another, mean
while performing a shimmy writh
ing that would arouse the envy of
any Hawaiian belle. Finally the
dance ends, ine dancers with grace
ful, creeping steps wend their way
among the tables to the exit. :..'
Then the orchestra begins an oxo
lic whining melody. The floor soon
fills with closely dancimz couples.
The wriggly exhibition seerns to have
exerted an influcucc on. the dancers.
Greenwich Village, Too. -,
Famous old Greenwich Village is
not omitted in this sudden wave of
wild night life. In this quarter of
ohort-haircd women and long-haired
men, jazz also reigns supreme. The
oczen or more popular resorts offer
many novel and spicy mediums of en
tertainment. Most of the village re
sorts seefn to have heard nothing of
Volstead--or- prohibition and liquor
runs fast and free if you have the-price.-":
' " ' " ; .-
Americans who have recently becrt
abroad declare the famous resorts
of Paris are mimicking the cafes and
cabarets of Broadway. From what
I saw in a few hours last night no
American need to go abroad to find
m'ght life as wild as Paris ever
dreamed it might be, within a stone'-i
throw of Times square and "Flash
Alley ' ' .
j& m mm.
VI 1
-ut lAiiuui ji.wa
to Meet Here for
Drive Conference,
State Uu Quota of ?!2 .()00
to Kie for Alleviation of
llarr' Suffering in
Kuropf.
More than 2K leading Jen i f
the state Hill meet in Onuha Sun
day, February 5, ta attend the con
fernice f traders in tht statt.vid
campaign to raise I25,004 lor the)
tutU-finir Jrw (it (he war-stricken.
countries of 1'nrope.
William II. airman. iUte rhkirman
of the drive, Mill be in charge of
the ceufrretne. which will be held
at the Jcttii.li community center,
Lyric building. The drive tarts
February 6. A mertine of the Om.
aha workers will be lu-l.l Wediirx
day night at the Jewish community
center. At tint mettinir a kit con.
taming' the working plain of the
campaign; a pro.prrtu showing tho
horor of present living in the war
stricken part of Furopcj pledge rurdi
and a book of questions and answers
will be givrn to each worker.
Kvi-ry JcwUh family in the cit
will be vUited. None will be mi-sed.
according to Chairman Jacobv
we have done a great oral, but
more is expected of u." Chairman'
Jacobs said last night. "Men, women
and children are dying of starvation
in Europe while we fca.-.t in this
country. Even the Atlantic cunnot
separate tis from that suffering, 1 hey
are our nciKhbors. the same a if
they lived across the street.
"Winter's cruel blasts are tilling
hundreds. According to word re
ceived here on every road and in
every town, Jewish men, women and
children are shelterless, famished
and naked, parched with fever and
suffering of typhus. We must heir
them."
Governor
Faces Hard
Fight on Gas Tax Bill
(Turn la Fare Five. Column Kour.t
bill say they do so because it i
unpopular, although admitting it will
grow in popularity. When its real
purpose is understood they'll have
more difficulty and embarrassment
in explaining their votes against it
than they would their votes for it "
Sense Growing Popularity.
The attitude of the democratic
members against the bill two days
ago, who say now they are in doubt
now, they will vote, is looked upon
as a support of the statement that
the gasoline tax is growing in popularity.
The fact that 16 states have it and
find it a popular wav to raise monev
for good roads, and that many legis
latures are passing such a law this
winter, -is said to be influencing the
democrats, who see that there will
be popular clamor for a gasoline tax
and wouldn't be adverse to injecting
such a plank into their own platform
tne republicans reject it.
May Vote "Aye."
The report here toniirht was that
the democrats,'-; -with, one exception
rnen tne names are called alphabe
cally, will vote for the bill if thev
discover from earlier votes cast that
it is probable it is lost.
The fact that. Governor McKel-
le has announced he wouldn't be
Candidate for United States sena
tor and would take active charge of
hie HCWSnnnpr Knuinee 'of tha v
piration of his term is working two
ays.
It has robbed the opposition of th
charge that he is pushing the bill foe .
political purposes, while on the other "
hand it has robbed him of some im
fluence, respecting possible patron
age.
Protests Have Ceased.
It is admitted by both sides that
protests against the bill have ceased,
and people from various parts of the
state, finally realizing that the aim
o.f the bill is for the purpose of tak
ing the burden of road building tax
ation off property owners and plac
ing it. on users of good roads, are
sending telegrams to members urg
ing that they support it.
World War Veterans
Make Best Students
Washington, Jan, 29. World' -wart
veterans make the best students, ac
cording to scholastic records an
nounced here by the United states
veterans' bureau. .
Soldiers who. returned to their uni
versities after serving in; the world
war scored httrher scholastic Grades.
the records showed, than their class
mates who enrolled since the war.
The records also showed that the
former soldier was more earnest in
his study and more anxious to learn.
Records sent to the bureau from,
the University of Minnesota showed
the veterans led both fraternity and
nonfraternity me"n.' Similar reports
were also received from the Leland...
Stanford " university, University of
California and University of Wisconsin.-
Member of Howat Mine
Boanl Attempts Suicide
Pittsburgh, Kan., Jan. 29. Wtllard
Titus, member of the deposed Howat
district miners' -uhioin ; board, at
tempted to commit - suicide. He
shot himself in the head, but will re
cover. Action of the interrfational miners'
union in suspending the Howat or
ganization in Kansas was blamed by
officials' at the Howat headquarters
for the action of Titus. Mrs.' T4tus,
however, said that ill. health had
caused her husband's act.
Steamships
Arrivals.
New York. Jen. 18. Colon. Colon.
London, Jan. 88. Centennial State, New
York. ,
Coxhaven. Jan. H. Estonia. N-w Tork.
Ohrlstlania, Jan. 13. George Washing
ton, San Francisco.
' Napier, Jan. 25. Waikawa, San Fran
cisco. " ' , .
Melbourne, Jan. - Hollywood, Port
land, Ore.
Hongkong, Jan: 15 Empress of Russia.
Vancouver.
San Francisco. Jan. S. Murama, Syd
ney, Papette; Manchester Spinner (BR)
t'anllfr. . ,
New Tork. Jan. J. I.a Lorraine. Hsrrr;
Prlncena Matolka, tjueenstown; Caronla,
Cadli; Valacia. London.
Jepar( tires.
Manila. Jan. 2. Hooaltr Slata, San -Francisco.
Southampton, Jan. IS. Aiuitan,a, Kiw
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