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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1923)
Professor Tells Club Revolution » in Mexico Paid Ur. E. A. Ross, Former Ne braskan, Says Customs Still Hold Republic Down. o„e revolution that'paid was in - exico. Dr. E. A. Ross, professor of sociology in the University of Wis consin, told the Lions club at a lunch eon in the Fontenelle hotel yester day. The people below the Rio Grande are through with revolution, he de clared, for they have received what they fought for and are satisfied. 1! there is any further outbreak it will come from owners of big es tates that have been broken up into small farms or from the oil corpo rations, he asserted. Hr. Ross, who formerly was a pro fessor in the University of Nebras ka. was greeted with the Nebraska >ell and greeting some of his former students launched into his subject. “The Mexican people are still under a number of handicaps,” he said. “Their worst heritage is the stigma of the Spanish conquest, when a few thousand Spaniards mounted the backs ot millions of natives. Work has al v-ays been considered a disgrace by the upper classes, and on any travels there 1 amazed the natives by such a little thing as carrying tny own grips, instead of turning them over to an Indian porter, fp "The domination of men over worn en is another handicap. However, the women are so far morally superior lo the men that they seem almost to be of another race. “There is no idea in Mexico of a public official being a servant of the people. This idea is only 175 years old. having been originated by Fred erick the Great. The Mexican idea of a public official is a master. Official graft is regarded as the regular thing end the man who docs not.-take ad vantage of his opportunity^(p-egard ed as a fool. This is true also in South America. “In spite of all this heritage from the past, the people of Mexico have won a new self-respect through their Uine years of revolution. They face the future with hope and arc no longer servile. They now have a government formed on the basis of labor. President Obregon is a Rort of Abraham Lincoln. The labor unions are strongly organized, with 900.000 members. Their ideas are pretty much In harmony with those of the American Federation of I, a bur.” Nebraska Woman Heads Health Body /TUIss > (jUiCQ v/-l66oty Grace Abbott of Nebraska, chief of the children’s bureau. I'nited States Department of Labor, has been ap pointed a director of the newly formed American Child Health association, ac cording to an official announcement. The association, of which Herbert Hoover is president, is a merger of the American Child Hygiene associa tion and the Child Health Organiza tion of America, which heretofore have covered different phases of child health work. Concrete Men to Convene at Hotel Rome Feb. 8. 9, 10 Members of the Midwest Concrete' Producers' association and the Iowa1 Concrete Producers’ association will meet in joint convention at Hotel Rome February 8, 9 and 10. The session will close with a busi ness session at Hotel Rome Saturday afternoon, February M). — Bee Want Arts bring results. A Queer World Pastor Hopes Burglar Who Stole Sermon May Be Reformed by It. Porland, Ore.. Jan. 30.—While po lice were trying today to find some clue to the thief w^to Saturday night broke into the study of the Itev. B. Earle Parker, pastor of the First Methodist church, the minister him self was hoping that the burglar would be reformed by reading his loot. The congregation of the church was informed yesterday that the pastor would not speak on the announced theme, because the bm-glar who ransacked the study carried off the sermon, together with other papers and things in the study. The sermon w hoc It followed the announcement was extemporaneous. Positively Alive. Houtson, Tex.. Jan. 30.— Mexi co's bandit “victim,” Oscar Head, reported killed nor Tuxpam Janu ary 16. returned unexpectedly to his home here. Head an nil field drilling contractor, insisted, that his attacker were "newspaper bandits." “They killed me three times In 10 years." Head said. “The grip they found near a man’s body at Tux pam was stolen from me at Mexia, a year ago?" Head was at sea enroute to Tam pico from Puerto Mexico the day of the murder. He re-shipped im mediately for Galveston and did not hear of his purported death un til arrival there. • • • Bellboys’ Strike. Springfield, 111., Jan. 30.—Bellboys in a hotel here will go on strike un less their demands for higher wages are granted. The present wage is 61 cents a day and “pickings” and the demand is for 36 cents a day addi tional to bring the daily stipend up to $1. The hcllhoys contend that there Is no money in the business any more and the traveling public and politi cians are afraid lo give tips, as was the custom in previous years. —spic and Span! Widow of Miner Marries While Awaiting Funeral of Her First Husband Welch. W. Va„ Jan. 30.— While awaiting the hour for her husband's funeral. Mrs. George Oiler of Twin | Branch obtained a marriage license I and married William Walk, another resident of the town. The marriage, however, was solemnized in Jackson, County, O., where Mrs. Oiler had taken the body of her husband for in terment. After a long illness. Gfcorge Oiler. 53, a miner, died last Tuesday. Iliis body was shipped to Coalton. O. The widow accompanied the body aud Walk, prospective groom, joined her after she had reached her destina tion. > Word reached here Sunday of the marriage and with it caifie inquiry from the Ohio authorities ns to the circumstances surrounding the death of Oiler. Mail Pilot Builds Plane for Trans-U. S. Nonstop Trip San Francisco, Jan. 30.—Lieut. Claire K. Vance, United States mall flyer between San Francisco and Reno, Nev., is building a mammoth air plane of ultra modern type with which he will attempt to make a nonstop flight from San Franeisco to New York, according to an Interview with the flying office which the San Fran cisco Examiner published today. Vance, who has been working secret ly on his airplane until today, has ob Two Nights— Omaha Auditorium UKRAINIAN HATIOWAL CHORUS Wednesday, Jan. 31, and Thursday, Feb. 1 A Human Symphony Orchestra In conjunction with Mint. NINA KO SHETZ, principal soprano of the Mos cow Opera and Mille. ODA SL.OBOD SKAJA, principal soprano of the Pet rograd Opera. "Most wonderful singing heard in memory of middle-aged men.'* ! -^-New York Sun, October 0. | "If you will he thrilled, go and hear them." —New York Herald, October 0. 32.000 people In one concert on December 26 applauded this unique organization in Mexico City. Secure Your Tickets Now on Sale Prices—$1, $1.50, $2 and War Tax ofoCg unfailing recipe \ for getting a choice / of automobiles at the 3 *£*yw*. Ask for Jhe Omaha. J3ee~\P<vti‘!dd department Every Car Is a Used Car! t Tf Preposterous is the idea that because an auto is not brand new it is not a safe investment. Good cars are all the time finding their way to the salesroom floor to be sold as SECOND-HAND. After a car has gone a few hundred or even a few thousand miles, it is still at its best, unless it has been abused. 11 You can buy a good second-hand car of al most any make from dealers and private owners who daily list their cars in the “Automobile” column in the “Want” Ad section of The Omaha Bee. If It will save you money—big money. Even tually you will own and drive an auto. Why not start out now, with a good used car? , If The reading of the “Automobiles” column of The Omaha Morning Bee-The Evening Bee will tell you where to find the best bar gains in this city. If you want to sell your used car insert your advertisement in the “Automobiles” column in the “Want” Ad section of • 9kp Omaha Morning - THE EVENING SEE talnfil a leave of absence until he can complete it. The machine. Vance said, will have a wing spread of 10 feet and will extend 30 feet from propeller to tail. It will bo equipped with a 800 horse power engine and will carry a ton of gasoline in reserve. The flyer said he would hup off some time in March, leaving about 10 O'clock at night and expecting to ar rive in New York at tl p. m. the follqtv ins day. Mining W itness in Klau Investigation Arrested N'ow Orleans, Jan. 30. — Harold | Teecerst rom, 13, timekeeper at the Southern Carbon company's plant at I Spyker, La., who mysteriously dis appeared pecember 29. w as arrested at Spyker yesterday, according to a telephone message received hero by T. S. Walmsley. assistant attorney general, from Sheriff Fred Carpenter, of Morehouse parish. Teegerstrom, who Is wanted by the ' coming grand Jury Investigation into ' masked band activities in Morehouse , parish, was immediately taken before 1 .Jtid^o Fred Ti. Odum at Bastrop am released on J500 bond. Elks to Hold Dance. The Elks will hold their nionttilj dancing party, complimentary t« member* and their friend*, Thursday night at Keep's Dancing academy, ISIS Farnam street. ---1 Mr. and Mrs. Omaha: FOUR DAYS MORE AND THEN YOU WILL MEET THE ORIG INAL “PEG’’---sassy, brilliant, lov able, that delighted millions for years in her famous play which has been performed more than 15,000 times. _ Only Laurette Taylor could portray realistically upon the Screen the role she lived so many years upon the Stage “He’s no beast, he's not. He’s Michael, me dog.” STARTING NEXT SUNDAY At Regular Sun Prices CHILDREN 10c LON CHANEY / )GO HTIT?m LIMITED ■VOW SHOWING “FOR YOUR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS" BACK AGAIN BT POPULAR DEMAND. HAROLD LLOYD IN ‘DR JACK” Now Showing WESLEY BARRY “HEROES OF THE STREET” Second— "THE PEST OF THE STORM COUNTRY” Starts Tomorrow “Ebb Tide’’ When in Need of Help Try Omaha Bee Want Ads. «► -— * * Brandeis—Pop. Mat. Today 50c to $2 DISREGARD SELL-OUT RUMORS NIGHTS and SAT. MAT. 50c to *2.50. PLENTY OF SEATS—ALL PRICES GET SET! Starts Sunday Etna t Matinee Daily, 2:15. Every Night, 8:15 Lea Gellia I BILLY G LA-SON GLENN A I ; JENKINS If I Ray and Edna i Tracy The Billy La Mont I _ Trio I Topics of the Day Aesop's Fables _Pathe News CLAUDE & FANNY USHER _In “The Bide-a-Wec Home'*_ Matinees, 15c to 50c Night, 15c to $1 tO/njuFttA MAT- 4 ",Tt T00AV PRE-WAR PRICES —and Here’s Another New Show Jos. Levitt Attrac- Columbia tlons (Inc.) Present VlllVLEiV Burlesk With the Booh Comedian. HARRY EVANSON. and an All-Star Cast Eitra: KINKAIO LADY JAZZ BAND—a distinct novelty. BEAUTY CHORUS OF 22 GIGGLERS Ladles’ Tickets, lie or 25« at Dally Mat.. 2:11 Sat. Mat. 4 Wk: Billy VNaien 4 Beef Tiuat Beauties EMPRESS All This Week All Past Attendance Records Smashed! WALLACE REID IN “THIRTY DAYS” A Smile-a-Minute Paramount Picture In Conjunction With Big-Time Vaudeville Features Vaudeville—Photoplays j Now Playing R1GOLETTO BROS. SWANSON* SISTERS In ‘AROUND THE WORLD” Other Clever Vaudeville and • de luxe photoplay. "A Broken Doll,” with Monfe Blue and Mary Thurman, directed by Allen Dwas BKK U \NT \l»s Hit I Mi KKSILTS A