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Ford for Coolidge.
That's Big News.
But Women Change.
Siki and a White Man.
ARTHUR BRISBANE J
Assuming this to be correct, it’s
the biggest political news you have
read in a year or two.
Henry Ford announces that he
is for Coolidge for president, and
therefore out of the race himself.
“Henry Ford for Coolidge,” not
only rolls a big rock out of Mr.
Coolidge’s political path—nobody
•an say how many republican
farmers would vote for Ford—it
also means adding to Mr. Cool
dge’s strength, the strength of
lenry Ford.
It’s big political news.
Mr. Ford is quoted thus:
“Ninety per cent of the people
feel perfectly safe with Coolidge,
and I feel, too, that the country is
perfectly safe with him. If this is
the feeling of the country, why
change?”
If Mr. Ford said that and sticks
to it the job of Mr. Coolidge’s
competitors becomes much
tougher.
Mrs. Vetter married without
telling her past. Just before the
baby was born she told. Later she
and her husband killed the other
man.
Now lady writers tell Mrs. Vet
ter what she should have done,
and unite on this: “Tell your man
all before you marry. Or if you
marry without telling, keep your
mouth shut forever.”
That's easy to say. Modern
“gland” specialists, and ordinary
common sense, tell you that after
marriage, and especially before the
birth of a child, a woman becomes
completely changed in character,
feeling and thought.
What she determined to do
about keeping her mouth shut for
ever before she married fades
from her mind when it is fastened
upon her duty to a child unborn.
Yesterday, about 1 p. m., in
the barber shop of a most fashion
able hotel, one white man was
stretched out, his face, all but eyes
and nostrils, completely covered
with soft clay.
The barber with an electric
pump was pumping hot air onto
the clay to dry it.
“That draws out all the impuri
ties from the skin," said the next
barber.
After the clay had been peeled
off, the white man’s face was rub
bed with ordinary cold cream.
Then it was massaged thoroughly
with “vanishing cold cream,” and
then the gentleman paid $1.25
and went his way rejoicing, con
vinced that he had improved his
complexion.
Of the two, the black prize
fighter, perfumed, drunk and dis
tributing cash, seems the more
respectable.
A very little man with black
skull cap, a white-striped shawl
around his shoulders, kneeled
praying in the public street, carry
ing a sign, “To Cleanse Your Soul
You Must Stare Into the Face of
the Sun.”
He went to the workhouse for
“disorderly conduct.”
There was a feeble echo of the
great Zoroaster, Nietzsche's Zara
thustra, whose philosophy, per
verted, 1,000 years before Christ,
was the foundation of sun wor
ship and fire worship.
On this occasion Ahriman and
the power of darkness won. But
Orhused is never completely
beaten. Let that comfort the
little preacher in his workhouse
troubles.
Presbyterian clergymen also
now rise against the letter of the
ancient belief, questioning the
authenticity of miracles, the vir
gin birth, the bodily resurrection.
“Wouldn’t it be a good idea to
postpone these discussions, at
least, until after Christ’s birthday?
That He was the Son of God was
proved in a thousand ways in His
lifetime and has been proved for
nearly 2,000 years since. That
ought to be enough.”
Each day has its “biggest on
earth.” Today it is a $22,000,000
hotel with 3,000 rooms, 32 stories
high, to be built in Chicago. At
the rate of Chicago’s growth, that
will be* out of date and rebuilt
probably while Samuel Insull is
still running Chicago opera.
George Beaurepaire is a leper,
accused of murder. He must ap
pear in court for trial and there
is danger of contagion. Surgeon
General Cumming of the United
States public health service, of
fers to provide a glass cage, to
hold the leper murderer in court.
Electrical devices will make it
possible for him to hear and be
heard, from inside his glass cage,
as his trial progresses.
That will be new in murder
trials but it seems taking a good
deal of trouble to get rid of
one leper, presumably of un
sound mind. In Italy, dangerous
murderers are caged in ordinary
steel bars, not steel cages. What
a picture for future historians
that leper would make, glaring
out through the glass.
Omer R. Woods, sentenced for
killing his wife and allowed by
Utah’s law to choose between
hanging and shooting, chooses to
be shot. “Anybody would prefer
shooting,” you may say. But not
all do. In hanging, properly done,
you feel no pain. In Rhooting,
unless a bullet enters the brain,
there is more or less temporary
suffering.
Hanging was probably chosen
long ago, because it is considered
disgraceful. You hang a sheep
killing dog. Besides, hanging
costs nothing. The same rope can
be used over and over. When
men must die, they have strango
ideas. Charles the First carefully
gathered up his beard, that the
headsman's ax might not cut it
off, saying that, the beard “had not
been guilty of treason,” the crime
that Cromwell fastened on him.
(Copyright, 1923.)
i
Shotwell Heads
Coolidge League
C D
Organization to Support Presi
dent’s Candidaey for Re
Election in Nebraska.
Abel V. Shotwell has been named
president of the Coolldge league of
Nebraska, by the organizers who met
Thursday morning.
Other officers named were T., D.
Richards, Fremont, vice president;
Anthony J. Donahoe, Omaha, vice
president; Harry S. Byrne, rhairman
of board of directors: Robert W. De
V'oe, Lincoln, vice chairman of board
of directors: Ambrose C. Epperson.
Hastings, chairman of executive com
mittee; Judge John J. McCarthy,
Ponca, vice chairman of executive
committee; Leo J. Crosby, Omaha,
secretary; Otis T. Alvison, Omaha,
treasurer.
The following announcement by
Ross L. Shotwell, state organizer,
accompanied the list of officers:
"Frank A. Kennedy, member of the
board of directors, is former labor
commissioner of Nebraska. The pur
pose of the league Is to encourage the
formation of Coolidge clubs in every
county of Nebraska. Since Henry
Ford announced himself in favor of
the president's candidacy, and the re
cent Coolldge victory in South Da
kota, we believe that Calvin Coolidge
will be nominated in this state."
Women’s Auxiliary
A women’s auxiliary to the Coolidge
leaguo will be formed under the lead
ership of Mrs. Draper Smith, accord
ing to Mr. Shotwell.
The Nebraska league will co-oper
ate with the national organization.
After a conference soon to be held
with Coolidge western managers, a
state-wide meeting of the league will
he held in Omaha.
L. D. Richards of Fremont, who
organized the first Coolidge club In
Nebraska, presented the following
declaration, which was adopted by
the league:
"Believing emphatically In a represen
tative form nf government, a* clearly set
forth in the constitution of the United
States, and believing that nothing is so
needed at this period of our national .life
as a full measure of confidence In our
government, in our leaders, in our insti
tutions, in the fundamental s' .blllty of
our republic, and the rlghtf ousneaa of ita
principles of government, and believing
that such an era can only result from
keeping at the head of the government
a man whose every public act haa in
spired confidence In his ability and de
termination to safeguard the public wel
fare and uphold the constitution, we. the
voters of the slate of Nebraska, believing
no man In public life today better
equipped than Calvin Coolldge to lead ua
into an era of confidence and co-opera
tion which will result in the fullest meas
ure of proaperlty for sgrlouiture, labor,
manufacturing, transportation and com
merce. do. with confidence in Coolidge,
pledge ourselves to do all in our power
to bring about hts nomination and elec
tion to the presidency In 1924."
Executive Committee.
Members of the executive commit
tee Include: Ambrose C. Epperson,
chairman; John J. McCarthy, vice
chairman; Byron G. Burbank, Nelson
H. Loomis, Myron Learned, L. D.
Richards; T. L- Mathews, Jess
Whitmore, C. D. Hutchinson, Hen
ry Monsky, Norris Brown. W.
W. Slabaugh. John N. Baldwin,
John L. Webster, Willis G. Sears. An
thony J. Donahoe, Walter W. Head,
Louis D. Kavanagh, O. H. Menold.
J. M. Pollard, Thomas J. Majors, Wil
liam M. Burton, Albert W. Jeffcris,
Rev. John Albert Williams, Samuel
R. McKelvle, Don L. Love, B. K.
Bushse, Max V. Beghtol, M. O.
McLaughlin, Clarence A. Davis, G.
B. Hastings, Jacob F. Halderman, A.
R. Davis, H. C. Beebs, Judge A. R.
Humphrey, M. F. Rickard. F. E. Ed
gerton, E. C. Houston, C. H. Randall,
Thomas Hollister and Benjamin S.
Baker.
Directors include Walter W. Heed,
F. S. Howell, Nelson H. Pratt, John
W. Towle, Frank A. Kennedy, Francis
S. Gaines, William F. Gurley, James
Walsh, William C. Dorsey, James C.
Kinsler, Izador Ziegler, J. J. Freld
man, George L. DeLacy, Kelso A.
Morgan, Harry Greenway, Arthur C.
Pancoet, Daniel J. Gross, Perry
Wheeler, George E. Tlngeley, M. O.
Cunningham, W. T. Mullen, P. J. Mar
tin, Ed F. Morlarty, Hugh McCaf
frey, John Rush, John B. Shanahan,
Carl H. Gerber, Henry F. Meyers,
William L. Randall, Henry Beal, Wil
lard S. McEachron, William H. Plt
zer, Raymond T. Coffey, Thomas F.
Quinlan, G. D. Taylor, Joseph Mar
row, Frank E. Stone, Harrison J.
Pinkett, W. G. Morgan, M. F. Single
ton. Julius Cronin, Ambrose C. Ep
person, Woodruff Ball, John J. Mc
Carthy, H. C. Beebe, A. R. Davis, R.
B. Steele, M. L. Potest, Horace F.
Kennedy, Robert W. DeVoe, George
Wilkins, M. F. Rickard, George G.
Hastings, J. M. Pollard, Fred G. John
son, Thorne A. Browne, C. H. Ran
dall, E. C. Houston. Robert I. Stout,
Clarence A. Davis, M. A. Hostetler,
John M. Cotton, W. W. Anness,
Clarence G. Bliss, A. F. Dadd, Arthur
O. Gordon, B. K. Schaffer, Frank E.
Ertgerton, Burton K. Bushee, Charles
Ruden, Thomas J. Majors, H. E.
Goodrich, Jacob F. Halderman, Dr.
George W. Ileneker, C. D. Mumford,
Edward Williams, E. 8. Davis, V. P.
Cargill, R. V. Rodman, F. E. Reeder,
J. C. Moore, A. R. Dock, W. D. Hart
well, R. A. Byrklt, W. A. Meserve,
E. A. Cook, J. G. Morgan, E. F.
Boehmen, Jess C. McNlsh, T. L.
Mathews, Charles W. Meeker. Dr. C.
W. Hickey and Otis T. Alvlson.
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Money was raised to defray the ex
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defeated Persian eat. Princess llondella, which won a championship at the
pet stock show which just closed in Chicago.
Rum Possessor
Held for Bribery
Emery Ebert. 1401 Davenport
street, soft drink parlor proprietor,
was fined $100 for unlawful posses
sion of intoxicating liquor and a few
hours later was bound over to district
court on a $1,000 bond for trial on
the charge of attempting to bribe an
officer, when he was arraigned be
fore Municipal Judge Dineen Wednes.
day.
City Prosecutor Dennis O'Brien filed
the charge of attempting to bribe,
when Deputy Sheriff McBride de
clared Ebert slipped $9 in paper
money into his hand while he was
searching Ebert's place for liquor.
“Buy yourself a Christmas pres
ent.” Ebert said to McBride, accord
to the deputy sheriff's testimony. Me
Bride continued his search of the
place, however, and found two gal
lons of liquor, according to testimony.
J40 a Hoad to Smuggle Aliens
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Dec. 20.—
Twenty to $40 per head is the
fare smugglers along the Niagara
frontier collect from aliens seeking
illegal entrance into the United
States.
Business was said to be brisk
Hundreds of aliens, stranded in
Canada with the filling of the Amer
ican immigration quotas, are willing
to pay in advance for passage. The
transaction Is equally profitable for
the smuggler regardless of his suc
cess or failure in penetrating the cus
toms lines. He gives no refund when
his charges are caught.
Kenyon Not Candidate.
St. Bouls, Dec. 20.—United States
Circuit Judge Kenyon, formen United
States s. lator front Iowa, today com
menting on report* that certain re
publicans were considering him a
"darkhoree" for the presidential
nomination, asserted he would not be
a candidate.
"All I want Is to be let alone," he
said. “I am out of politics."
When in the senate Judge Kenyon
was leader of the farm bloc.
Since the first soda fountain was
Installed in Kngland a year ago 3,000
more have opened for business.
Couple Found
Dead in Store
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 20.—The bodies
of Mr. ami Mrs. L. It. Whitney, each
about BO, owners of n email grocery,
were found early today in the rear of
the store where they had been living
for some time. Police found a bullet
wound In the heads of both the man
and his wife. There were no signs of
a struggle or Indications of anyone
having entered the store.
Mr. und Mrs. Whitney had been
operating the grocery for about three
months.
The bodies were found lying on the
floor in their sleeping quarters. A
revolver was found under Mrs.
Whitney's head.
No note or other Indication that the
two had agreed to kill each other was
found by police and they are said to
be giving credence, also, to a theory
of murder.
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[Widow (Jots Home and $500
a Month; Employes Get
Bequests.
Will of the late C’ljarles H. Pick
ens, president of I’axton-CJallagher
company was llled iri county court
for probate Thursday.
Executors named are the United
States Trust company, Kenneth 11
Patterson and Thomas J. Jenkins.
The will leaves Mima Doyle, on
ploye, *5,000, and to other employes,
Elizabeth Doyle, $2,000; Ellen C
Karnett, $1,000, and Terla Dalilgren,
$2,500.
A trust fund of stock in the Corn
Exchange National bank and the
United States National bank was cre
ntpd by the will for Charles Patter
son, a grandchild, son of his daugh
ter, Margaret. The fund Is to be
turned over to the grandchild when
he reaches the age of 20. In the
event he dies his mother Is to he
administrator of his portion of the
estate. The will slates he is to re
ceive college or university education
and if expenses for such education
are greater than dividends and in
terest on the trust fund, the execu
tors are to draw on the principle
in the amount needed.
The home at 112 North Thirty
ninth street Is left to his wife, who
Is also to receive $500 per month for
life.
In the event of birth of other
children to his daughter, Margaret
Patterson, the will stipulates those
children share equally with the other
grandchild, Charles.
Coolidge Junks
Two Nominations
By Associated Frc*e.
Washington, Dec. 20—Decision of
the senate commerce committee today
to report adversely the nomination of
Edward P. Farley as chairman of the
shipping board, was followed by with
drawal by President Coolidge of the
nominations of Frederick I. Thomp
son of Alabama and Bert E. Haney
of Oregon as members of the board.
Globe Trotter Frozen to
Death for $10,000 Wager
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lly Associated Press.
Superior, WIs., Deo. 20.—The body
of a mail found frozen fo death in aj
haystack at Oliver, WIs., a suburb
of Superior, lias been identified as that
of Frank Fletcher, famous globe trot-j
ter, who started out fom San Fran
cisco in June, 1919, to walk to Buenos
Aires and circle the Foiled States be
fore June, 1929.
Tlie American Athletic association
had posted $10,000 for Fletcher in ease
he should complete the trip success-,
fully, according to papers found in a
knapsack not fur from the haystack.
The knapsack with the papers was
not found for some time after Fletch
er's bodv was located.
Senate Report
Against Farley
Committee Holds Law Allows
But One Great Lakes Mem
ber on Ship Board.
By Associated Tress.
Washington, Dec. 20.—The nomina
tion of Edward P. Farley as chair
man of the shipping hoard will be
reported adversely to the senate un
der a decision today by the com
meree committee.
The committee’s action was based
entirely, members said, upon provi
sions in the law which allot only one
njember of the board to states touch
ing on the Great Lakes. Mr. Farley
is from Chicago, and the lakes sec
tion is already represented by Con.*
missionr-r T. V. O’Connor of Buffalo.
By its action the committee over
ruled President Coolidge's contention
that senate confirmation of A. D. Las
ker of Chicago as board chairman in
1921 constituted a precedent for simi
lar approval of the Farley nomina
tion.
Favorable reports were ordered by
the committee’s nominations of bred
erick I. Thompson of Alabama and
Bert E Haney of Oregon reappointed
as members of the board.
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The proviso in llie wager that
Fletcher must always sleep under the
open sky is believed to have caused
liis death last Saturday night, which
was hitter t old.
Hundreds of letters from the may
ors and police chiefs of cities visited
by Fletcher were found in his knap
sack. Fletcher was 53 years old.
Fletcher was discovered by a local
resident last Thursday in an out-of
the-way street. He complained of feel
ing ill and was taken to a local hospi
tal, where lie was given a medical
examination. He left the hospital the
following day.
His body was found Sunday. The
knapsack was found yesterday.
Dry Party to Convene in
Cleveland on June 5
Columbus, O , Dec. 19.—June 5 and
(i were set today as dates for the
holding of the national convention of
the prohibition party, here.
J. A. Murray, Lincoln, Neb., mem
her of the national executive commit
tee, was here today making pre
liminary arrangements for the meet
ing. Twelve hundred delegates may
attend, he said.
Izzy Einstein Meets
Had News on Return to
Home; He's on War {mill
New York, Iter. 20,—Izzy Kin
stein, well known campaigner
against liquor, threatens war on
landlords.
He returned home yesterday
from a liquor seizing tour of the
country to be greeted with open
arms, tears of joy and bad news
at his three-room fiat on the East
side.
The rent. Itis wife said, had been
raised from $14 to $16 a month
and they would have to pay or be
put nut.
“.Sixteen dollars a month!'' ex
claimed Izzy. “Together with the
bootleggers and robber landlords
I lead a precarious existence. The
country is sick of both of them.
“I will pay only $14 a month
and I won't be put out."
Borg Has "Pile,”
Quits Street
Prominent Curb Broker to
“Give Young Men a
Chance.”
IU AMOrlatcd Trees.
New York, Dec. 20.—Having ac
cumulated a fortune of more than
$2,000,000 in Wall street, John Borg,
one of the leading members of the
curb market, today announced his
retirement from the brokerage field
and the gift of his business to thiee
Junior members of the firm.
"I have made my plk,’ Mr. Borg
said, "so I am getting out and let
ting the younger fellows meike theirs.
X am giving them the business be
cause they have earned It and I have
no further use for it myself as I have
all the money I need.
"I am particularly anxious to de
vote more time to my hobby—a news
paper. While I am not a newspaper
man, I've got my own Ideas about
how a newspaper should be run. X
think it ought primarily to serve the
community in which it is located.
My newspaper, the Bergen, N. J..
Evening Record, is making some
money, but with me profit in that
enterprise is a secondary considera
tion.”
Mr. Borg started in Wall street as
a J4 a week office boy soon after he
was graduated from the Union Hill,
N. J. High school In 1897. Only a
few years later he was in business
for himself executing orders in the
old outdoor curb market on Broad
street. He is now’ only i't years oil.
LOUP CITY—Marmion lodge num
ber 111 of Knights of Pythias has
taken in a large class of new mem
hers. The first degree wa sconferred
with a large number of members
present from all o\er this section of
the slate. The grand chancellor of
the state of Nebraska also was pr<'
ent.
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