Today 60 Billion Smokes. Northeliffe’s Ghost. Baruch Said It First. Encourage Modern Work. ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ In this country 450,000 farms produce tobacco. American fac tories manufacture 60,000,000,000 cigarets. The government got $300,000,000 from tihe tobacco tax last year. Probably the tobacco is worth all the trouble and all the money. Men that have only recently learn ed to walk on their hind legs, and haven’t yet learned to think, feel the need of something foolish. Of all foolish things tobacco is the least harmful. Sir A. Conan Doyle says he has a message from Lord Northcliffe’s ghost saying: “Only spiritual re form can save the world from plunging headlong into a catas trophe that will make the world war seem insignificant.” That’s a fake message. If North cliffe sent any message through A. Conan Doyle, it would be: “Don’t be an ass.” Jesuits work hard before they are admitted to the order. And they promise to lead what the average man would call a dull life, taking three vows, of poverty, chastity and obedience. However, you can be poor, chaste and obe dient, and still get fun out of life. Father De Heredia of the Jesuits, finds his pleasure in mak ing spiritualists ridiculous. He makes “spirit” photograhphs in broad daylight, any kind you want. He makes a skull talk, click its teeth, and bring messages from the other world, as accurate as any “spiritualist” message. Nothing is new, but the oftener good thoughts are repeated the better. President Harding, quot ing the statement that a nation cannot survive “half^slave and half-free,” credited Lincoln. Lin coln credited it to Roger A. Pryor. Somebody said it ahead of Pryor. The president, on Decoration day, said that in the next war the dollar must be drafted and indus trialists along with their dollars. Bernard M. Baruch, who ran the war industries board, said in his report to congress two years ago that in case of war “there ought to be not alone a mobilization of man power, but of things and dol lars.” It is hard to tell where an idea starts. Milton and Tennyson bor rowed from Dante. Dante got some of his ideas of hell, including the lion and the wolf in forest, from the writings of an obscure monk. The difficulty with drafting “man power” and “dollars and things” is this. The man power, which means youth conscripted, is disorganized, scattered. “Dol lars and things” are well organiz ed, represented by clever corpora tion attorneys, backed by the con stitution that guarantees protec tion to property, represented also by many men on the bench that will say it is all right for a nation to take a young man’s life, but all wrong to take an old man’s money» There will be several wars fought before “dollars and things” are put on the low level of “man power,” when it comes to drafting. A French expert declares that many Gothic antiques in New York’s Metropolitan museum are frauds, and many American pri vate collecters have paid big prices for frauds of the same kind. According to that expert, Mons Comillon, the French 'manufac turer of the “antique" fakes, said that they would do “for these dirty Americans.” s. “Foolish Americans,” might be a better term. The way to avoid being cheated in antiques is to spend your money encouraging and buying the work of men that are alive and strug gling. A small boy is found strangled by a necktie attached to a door knob at his home. The police say murder. Moralists say “suicide" caused by trying to imitate some thing seen in the movies. It is possible that one boy among 20,030,000 might lose his life by Imitating the movies that educate millions of other boys. But how is it that "moralists,” much excited about the possibility of a boy losing his life while imitating a movie actor, are quite calm about hundreds of thousands of children that lose youth, health and usefulness through child labor, poverty or slum life? Somebody is trying to find the remains of Pocahontas, buried in England 300 years ago. They want to take back the bones to Virginia where the lady was born. Thirty odd skeletons were found and, of course, it won’t be possible to identify the bones of the Indian girl. But this is interesting. Any body could separate the male from the female skeleton by identifying any one of half a dozen bones. The . skulls alone would answer, every female skull on the average being smaller than the skull of a man. Any ^Caucasian skull could easily be separated from the African and Mongolian skulls. There’s a dif ference. German marks had another fall, 75,175 for This is a record so far. The German reichisbank adds to the gayety by printing 473,000,0110,000 more paper marks. . War do$s not pay (Coryrlfbt, 1M*.; 4 Tiger Woman’ Serenaded by L. A. P o 1 i c e Officers on Easthound Train Meet Clara on Sunset Limited at Marfa, Tex. By Asiooliitrd Frea*. El Paso, Tex., June 1.—Log An geles policemen, (o the number of fib, en route to Buffalo, N. Y., sere naded Mrs. Clara Phillips alleged slayer of Mrs. Alberta Meadows at Marfa, Tex., late last night. While their band played lively tunes, the “tiger woman” received Chief l/ouis D. Oaks and several other I.os Ange-' les police acquaintances In her com partment aboard the Sunset Limited. The meeting of the two trains was arrangedjty Southern Pacific officials at the request of the Los Angeles officers} Apparently cheered by this unusu al demonstration in the heart of the desert country, Mrs. Phillips' phy sical condition had greatly improved by the time she arrived in El Paso at 9 o’clock last night. Best News in Two Days. When she was informed here that plans to take her to San Quentin pen itentiary at once had been abandoned, she sat erect and with a smile de clared: "That's the best news I have' Had for two days.” Mrs. Phillips repiaincd In her com partment with her sister under guard. A few minutes before the train left she raised the blinds at her window, after she had switched off the lights. A score of persons col lected about the window while Borne one in the .crowd played a flash light on her face. She accepted the recep tion with a smile and waved good bye as the train pulled out. "Lies, lies. All horrible lies,',' was her reply to stories that she was in Juarez while she was a fugitive in Mexico. “I have never been In Juarez,” she continued. "I went to St. Louis by way of Salt Lake, thence to New Orleans, and then to Mexico. "Every time I read a newspaper story that descritied me as a habitue of the underworld in Juarez and a drug addict I could almost scream.'' , Nervously Teafs Telegram. Mrs. Phillips nervously folded and tore a telegraph blank into small strips while several El Paso detec tives. patrolmen nad Department of Justice agents called into her com partment to shake hands. "This thing of being looked upon as a freak, is annoying to say the least,” she said aside to one of her guards. Clara wore a handsome brown aft ernoon gown with a ribbon about her forehead. The "tiger woman’’ expect ed her husband to meet her here. She was disappointed. She spoke with a sofe southern droll while a faint tired smile occasionally played about her Ups. Chief Deputy District Attorney Keyes at Los Angeles, It is reported here today, will ask commitment pa pers to send Mys. Phillips on to San Quentin prison at once, to serve her sentence of from 10 years to life, for the murder of Mrs. A'herta Tremaine Meadows. Mrs. Phillips is due in Los Angeles tonight. Kearney and Gibbon I.O.O.F. Lodges Unite in Anniversary Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Olbhon, Neb., June 1.—The 15th an niversary of Olbhon lodge, No. 37, urd Kearney lodge, No. 33, Independ ent Order of Odd Fellows, was cele brated at the Oibbon park. Repre sentatives from all surrounding towns attended. I. I). Evans of Kenesaw, charter member of Gibbon lodge, was present, also Grand Secretary E. V. Davis. Judge S. O. Hostetler of Kearney delivered the principal ad dress. Cr* World Theater Building 190* DOl'CLAS ST. oooo Arbutus Blossom Wreath Wedding Rings .The popularity of Arbu tuB Blossom Wreath, Wedding Ring*, Is evi denced more and more each aucceedlng day. We are continually In creasing our orders for them. It Is the biggest selling decorated wedding ring on the market today. Their superior quality —texture of metal, ex cellent workmanship, snappltless of design, style, finish, wearing ability and low price make them desired by the majority of custom ers. Arbutus Blossom Wreath Wedding Rings, Are Stamped With a * Ye * Diamond Can furnish any size de sired on a moment's no tice. Engraved inside with date free > Gifts That Last< Will Speak for Alumni at Cornhusker Roundup il ■! ^ I I. i Dr. George P. Schuller of York has l»een chosen by the class of 1893 of the slate university to deliver the an nual alumni address at the Corn liueker roundup today. Nebraska Woman Seeks $175,000 Snyder to Demand One-Half of Estate of Her Father. Special Dispatch to The Omaha lice. Salina, Kan,, June 1.—The petition in a suit for $175,000 against Henry C.1 Simpson of Sallna was received by mail here yesterday to he filed in the district court by the attorneys of Mrs. Sypora Simpson Snyder. The amount asked is one-half the estate of the late Nathaniel Simpson, Kansas City, who. Mrs. Snyder says, was her father. Henry C. Simpson, she says, ob tained the entire estate of $350,000, representing to' the probate court of Jackson county, Missouri, that he was the sole heir. The suit is directed against the Globe Surety company, Kansas City, the surety for H. C. Simpson as executor. Mrs. Snyder lives in Nebraska. The suit will not he filed until the ques tion of jurisdiction has been deter mined. Aurora High School Teacher Completes 2t Years* Service Special Dispatch t« The Omaha Bee. Aurora, Neb., June 1.—Miss Kath leen G. Hearn has just completed her 24th year as principal of the Aurora high Bchool. She was elected prin cipal In 1S99 and has been continu ously in that position ever since. The classes which now graduate under her contain many children of former grad uates. School Boys Paroled. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Beottsbluff, Neb., June 1.—District Judge Barron paroled, under suspend ed sentence for one year, five high school boys who pleaded guilty to burglary charges. Ocean-to-Ocean Nonstop Flight Plan of Aviator Mail Service Pilot in Own Plane Will Attempt to Cross Continent Alone— Reward Is Sought. By GEORGE F. Al'THIKR. Washington Correspondent The Omahi Bee. Washington, June 1.—Request for official recognition by the contest committee of the National Aeronauti cal association of an air mail pilot's attempt to make a continuous flight alone from San Francisco to New York was received at national head quarters of the association today. Tile lequest was filed by A, C. Nelson of Suit Lake City, superintendent of western division, United Stste air mail service. The pilot, Clare K. Vance of Logans sport, Ind., Is -preparing to start within VO days. He will use his own rirplane in an attempt to negotiate a nonstop transcontinental dash which he hopes to make In 20 hours. Vance's airplane, which he built himself, weighs, .fully loaded, 4,200 pounds and has a gas capacity of 300 gallons. Its maximum speed is 122 mllles an hour and is _^aipable of climbing 13,000 feet. He plans to leave San Francisco at 10 at night and land in New York at 8 the fol lowing evening, taking the route through Omaha, Chicago and Cleve land. His friends In the air mall service are confident of his success and are hopeful that it will gain for Vance public recognition by the award of a purse for bis hardihood. While Vance is on leave of absence from his mail duties, and his flight is in no way a part of the postal activities, his friends consider that if successful the flight will be the greatest per forma nee In American aeronautics to date, and they are seeking to arouse ihterest in public recognition through a substantial reward. Vance, last February, in a snow storm made the first successful land ing of an airplane on the crest of the Hierra mountains after battling a 90 mile gale, made his way to the Keno railway station with 300 pounds of mail and completed his trip to Kan Francisco by rail. Father of Defendant Quizzes Plaintiff (Continued from Pss* One.) and W. J. Connell both became argumentative ov^r the manner of cross-examination. “I’ll not answer your questions any mote,” said Miss Johnstone. "No, 1 won't; he is trying to make a prosti tute of me." "Didn't you purposely stay at.ay from me. Mrs. W. J. Connell, Mrs. Kddle Creighton and other members of the Omaha colony at Atlantic city?" queried Attorney Connell. "No, I didn't," replied the witness. "Did you ever tell Mrs. Connell or Mrs. Creighton that the doctor had promised to marry you?" "No, I didn't," said Miss Johnstone. She arrived In Omaha, she said, June 19, 1919. "I came to Omaha to get married MINNEAPOLIS {Dictas 13rolhpnr \ j»vm i.. - OMAHA NEW YORK In the “Gray Shop” ice feature exclusive Garments in sizes 42 to 56 Cool Summer Frocks For Omaha’s Stout Women $10 to $25 Fashioned from Voiles in the darker skades and Linens in light er colorings If you require n size 42 or larger you will find this showing of Dresses of exceptions! inter est.- Styles which slenderize the large figure. Our effort* in the Gray Shop are concen trated on supplying the exacting Apparel want* of lar^e women. f H ♦ 1 a . Extra Size Crc|pc Bloomers A lot of 100 bloomers, all light shades, knee /n •* f\f\ length, ideal for summer wear. While they JK | last Saturday, your choice, st— ^ Uako fileValor fa Haas Brothers " &ray Shop" Brown Block Fourth Floor 16th and Douglas at Karls request, sne tesimeu. I nder Assumed Name. “Karl met me at the station and put his arms around me and kissed me. We went to Hotel Fontenelle where I registered as Mrs. C. H. Martin at Karl's.suggestion. We took dinner there. “Afterwards, we drove around In his ear. We talked only of our mar riage. He sakl if he got married we would have to live in a three-room apartment and do without a maid. He made all the suggestions relative to the marriage that night. “While we were parked on a side street, and while Karl had his arms around me, someone drove up and flashed a flashlight In the car. Then they said 'excuse me' and drove on. I thought it was a western holdup. "The next day I met Karl's sister, Mrs. Hazel Creighton, and we all went for a ride. I only met W. J. Connell, Karl's father, once. “On July 20 Karl told me he couldn’t get married because of his financial condition. I became violent ly ill and he gave me a hypodermic." Weeps on Stand. Then she told of her departure from Omaha, and bpgnn 'to weep, fferb Connell, attorney for the de fense, suggested a recess, which was taken. Miss Johnstone took the stand for a short time Thursday afternoon and told of letters which she said she re ceived from Dr. Connell. She de stroyed most of them, she said, in 1919. She also told of accompanying his; to Atlantic City at one time. He sv registered as C. H. Martin, she said. She also testified to trips to the White mountains and to week-end trips up the Hudson with the doctor. “Mr. DeLacy, in his opening state ment. said that you followed the doc tor to Atlantic City,” prompted At torney Brumbaugh, for the plaintiff. Says Defendant Followed Her. “I never followed Karl any place,” she retorted warmly. “Karl always followed me.” During her testimony. Dr. Connell kept his eyes fixed on her face. She testified with bowed head. Miss Johnstone again broke into tears When a letter which she wrote to Dr. Connell June S, 1911* was in troduced. “My dear sweetheart,” the missive begins, and urges the doctor not to become discouraged If business was not good. "Please send me Just one page,” she pleads later. Says Stayed Together at Hotels. Following the recess. Miss John stone testified that she stayed with Dr. Connell for two days at one time at the Commodore in New York, where they were registered as Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Martin. Another time, she said, they reg istered as Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Martin at Hotel McAlpine, New York City. Twenty-eight letters written by Dr. Connell to Miss Johnstone were Intro duced by her attorney. One letter was signed with four “Xs," followed by the numerals, "24,” after which was a dash and an X encircled, followed by the numeral 3 within a circle. “My dear sweetheart," another let ter begins. "I made 10 gallons four days ago and bottled it in 50 quart bottles. The fifth batch was delicious—better than any American beer, much like Munchner. I can mcke it for 6 cents a bottle. Will send directions. Tells of Making Liquor. "Having mastered this, now am taking up some Scotch. Two years in the pen in sight. This will beat the practice of medicine, for it makes at least '25 cents a quart and the bootleggers are charging at least $20 a quart. "Gin comes next on the list to be mastered, after which I will be a prt in any household. For the world is ahirst and booze is the only popu lar topic. It is a crime to convert ail decent citizens into lawbreakers as this prohibition law has done. Dr. Connell did not give the appear ance of being the same man as he was when the trial started Monday. He appeared to be disturbed over the coolness of Miss Johnstone as she testified. Contrary to usual court rules, the suit will be heard today. Attorneys expect to finish the case by Monday. N. Y. Governor Signs Repeal of Dry Law (Continued from I'nge One.) several states or any of them,” the governor declared: • "If the right of congress is para mount, its responsibility must be paramount. Volstead I.aw Still in Force. “The repeal of this law will not make legal a single act which was illegal during the period of the exist ence of the statute. "Many communications I have re ceived and arguments that have been made to me indicate a belief that this repeal will make possible the manu facture, sale and distribution of light wines and beers. So far as that is concerned, it will still be under the control ft is today, subject to the provisions of the Volstead act. Re peal of the Mullen-Gage law will not bring back light wines and beer.” The governor declared that the federal law, including the Volstead act, must be enforced by all state officers as heretofore. "The only difference will be ‘that after repeal the prosecution must be where It belongs—in the federal court. Its repeal Will do away with double jeopardy, that is, the possi bility of punishment for a single of- ' fense in both the state and the fed eral court. “Let it be understood at once and for all time that this repeal doe* not, in the slightest degree, lessen the obligation of the peace officers of the state to enforce In its strictest letter the Volstead act, and warning to that effect Is herein contained as coming from the chief executive of the state of New York.” Challenger Harding. Governor Smith challenged. In re spectful but firm words, th* recent letter of President Harding to a New Yorker in which the president urged the veto of the Cuvllller bill. The letter of the New Yorker suggested that the repeal bore the color of trea son. "It would he a calamnlty,” aald the governor, “to permit such funda mental misconceptions of the rela tions between the states and the fed eral government as may seem to tie suggested by a portion of the presi dent's letter to pass unchallenged." "The whole treatment of this sub ject,” said the governor, “and I speak only from history, has been marked by hypocrisy. What the country is looking for today, if I read the signs of the times aright, is a constructive forward looking suggestion that dis regards entirely the fanatical wets and the fanatical drys. Attacks Volstead. "I yield to no man In my reverence and respect for ,the constitution of the United States. It Is nevertho leis a fast that the definition of an intoxicating beverage cointalned in the Vrlstead act is not an honest or a common sense one. "It Is impossible to divorce from the public mind the impression that the definition of an intoxicating lev erage was written by the fanatical drys In defiance #f the general ex perience of mankind and of actual fact. "It seems to me that common hacked up by good medical opining can find a more scientific definition of what constitutes an Intoxicating beverage. Such a definition should lie adopted by congress as a proper and reasonable amendment of the Vol stead act. and a maximum alcohol content should be prescribed by con gress which would limit all states to the traffic in liquors which are, in fact, non-intoxicating within the meaning of the Eighteenth amend ment. "States which then wished to limit traffic to beverages containing not more than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol would he free to do so, and those which desired to extend the traffic to the maximum limitation allowed by federal statute would be equally free to do so. Columbus Man Burned. Special Iiiepatrh to Tho Omaha Bee. Columbus. Neb.. June 1.—Harry Graves of the Graves Plumbing com pany. was severely burned while en deavoring to extinguish a fire in a closet at his home. Big Rifle Range for Guard Cam)) First Encampment on New Site Near Ashland Scheduled for Early in August. Special Dlapatrh la The Omaha Be*. . Lincoln, June 1.—When the permanent camp alte for Nebraska a National Guard, on the Platte river near Ashland, ts completed. It will embrace one of the tlnest nfle ranges In the country. C'enlSBl Bridge and Construction company of Omaha has the contract for Its construction. Bids were to lie opened tr>day for a permanent well on the site, to cost about 15,000. Adj. Gen, H. J. Paul Is busy prepar ing for the first encampment on the new site, to be held August 6 to 20. A swimming pool also Is planned as one of the features of the site. Col. Amos Thomas of Omaha said the annual encampment would be held from August 5 to August 20 this year. Four Injured in Auto Accident at Columhu* Special Dlapatrh ta The Omaha Bee. Columbus, Neb., June 1.—Four peo pie were Injured In an automobile crash here. Victims of the accident are: Mrs. Frank Fluke, 35, Carson, la., arm broken In three places and internal injuries; Fred Leinbacb, 45, Carson. Ia., arm cut and severe bruises: Fred Men burg. 2£, Chapman, Kan!, leg out and head and shoulders bruised; F. M. Fields 35, Chapman, Kan., two ribs broken. Alenburg and Fields were driving toward the city when their car ran out of gas and were being towed to town. The first car crossed a road intersection just ahead of an auto mobile occupied by Mrs. Fluke, her brother, Fred Leinbach and their uncles. Fred and Otto Rausch of F^ Kdward. The car trailing on the tot*»-. line failed to clear the one occupied by the Iowa and St. Kdward people and the two automobiles crashed to gether. Both cars turned completely over, and buried the occupants under neath. 5. Y. A. Highway in Aurora to Be Planted ^ ith Flower5 Special Dispatch to The Omaha Be,. Aurora, Neb.. June 1.—Afr# Thomas E. Williams is endeavoring to have property owners cover the street cor lers with bright-colored flowers. The paved street is on the S. T. A. tighway and is traveled by thousands >f tourists. Last year a number of rtreet corners were covered with pe tunias and this flower will be used argely in the gardening planned by tfrs. Williams for this year. ^5oinp9on,€)d6hi&€a Specialize in Hand-Made Blouses This is Not a Sale These low prices are the regular prices at which we Bell handmade blouses. In other words, whenever you need one, you may know it can always be bought here at relative ly lower prices. Just now assortments are particularly complete. $1.95 Tuxedo models in batiste edged with filet and Peter Pan styles in dimity. $4.50 Overblouses of voile beautifully hemstitched and embroidered. An un usual style. • $3.50 Hemstitched dimities with Peter Pan collars edged with Irish picot. $5.00 A large selection of beau tiful voile blouses trim med with wide Irish or filet laces and elaborate ly hemstitched. Made in Porto Rico Every stitch in these blouses is done by hand— the hemstitching, embroidering and all the mak ing. Wherever lace is used it, also, is handmade. 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