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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1924)
Today One Tidal W ave. 200,000 African Natives. Harsh Words, fo rGirls. But Remember Olympias By ARTHUR BRISBANE It’s a variegated news picture today. A tidal wave in Europe sweeps all the way south from the British channel. Americans living in calm peace with well trained French servants working for $9 a month in real money* were amazed to have the sand swept into their villas at Biarritz. We worry about illiteracy here. France also has its worries. Two infantry regiments recruited last > ear were 50 per cent unable to read or write. Many did not know that a treaty of peace had been signed or anything about the na tion's lawmaking. That’s almost as bad as China. There millions didn’t even know that there ever was a war with Japan. What conditions will be in France in the future, it is not easy to say in view of the problems presented by the fact that more than 200,000 “African natives” will be taken into the French army each year. The French plan a railroad across the Sahara to tap the re sources, date trees, cattle tracts, sugar and cotton producing lands of Timbuctoo and other regions. What effect will 200,000 African natives, brought into France every year, have on the French race in future? There is no prejudice in France, no legal or social bar, to mixture of races. Dr. Charles J. Smith, president of Roanoke college, Virginia, has this to say about the modern girl. Reading it, you will hope that nothing unpleasant was left un said : “Some women in every age drank liquor, a few even enjoyed a smoke, many of them threw away their honor, but the world has never known the turning loose of such an army of hard-drinking, cigaret puffing, licentious amazons as walk the streets and invade the college campuses today.” It may be,'or seem true, but as usual, the next generatjon will be a little better than those before it. Providence attends to that, and makes very good mothers of the “licentious amazons” that worry good Doctor Smith. He must remember the famous Olym . pias, who danced stark naked, with serpents wrapped around her, con sulted magicians, killed the baby of her husband’s second wife. But she was the mother of Al exander the Great. Manage a bank carefully and it pays. For every $100 invested in 1844 in New York’s Chemical bank it has paid $8,000 in dividends. A $100 share is now worth $5,400. In 1907 stockholders got as extra dividend 900 per cent more stock, free of charge. The intelligent Chemical bank, by the way, went to a southern state for a president recently, and got Percy H. Johnston. Charles M. Mitchel, vice presi dent of the National City bank said to be biggest in the country, tells his stockholders that in 1923, they made profits of $10,250,000 A good bank stock is a good thing to own. Russia’s “supreme revolutionary tribunal” forbids all Russians to pray for the Patriarch Tikhon in private or public prayers because he is accused of a crime against the state. They mustn’t pray for anybody accused by the state. That’s part of Russia’s effort to fight religion with laws and other devices. Near churches they put up a sign, “religion is the opium of the people.” And recently the government undertook to manage a “nonreligious Christmas day celebration.” Fighting religion is like trying to mop up the Pacific ocean. Vol taire knew it. “If there hadn’t been a God it would have been necessary to invent one.” Human beings can no more do without religion than without air or water. The billions of cells that makp up the body arc intelligent and adaptable. Lawrence Eastman, lying in the hospital with his cars sewed on, knows it. The other gentleman in the fight bit off both “ars and one little finger. Detec ives picked up the ears and finger, lurried to the hospital. They were tewed on and are growing. Do the little living cells recog nize their brothers and sisters when sewed on again? An car from a pig or rat would not have grown under the same conditions. (Copyright 1924.) Nebraska News Nubbins COLUMBUS—Walter K 1 u e v c r, farmer eaat of Platle Center, took a radio marathon and managed to ait from 9 one morning to 4 the next. He began again at 9 a. m., Htlcklng to it until 2 a. m. the next day. TRENTON’—Another humper crop has ripened in Hitchcock county. C. I,. Allen in filling hln iro house with the finest Ice he has harvested for years. It is 12 inches thick. HOLDEOE—Martin Horn post, No. will put on "Turn to the Right" the first week In February. BEATRICE—Prof. Thomas Stubbs will present a home talent minstrel show here In February for the bene fit of the Beatrice baseball club. BLOOMFIELD— Bloomfield women have organized a Knickerbocker club, with tile express purpose of ridding themselves of superfluous flesh. Long walks Into the country will be the main diversion. I "Back Sta^e** Is Wonderland of Ease and Order Visit Behind Scenes Affords Novel Experience—Settings Are Marvel, But How It's Done Is Mystery. By LOTTIE ARMSTEAD MAI PIN. It was an interesting experience visiting behind the scenes at the Or pheum. “Back stage,” I believe thea trical folk call it. Sitting out in front, I often wondered how things were managed behind the footlights. See ing the quick changes of heavy scen ery I visualized an army of work men hack there, falling over one an other in the terrific rush to set the stage for act after act in quick suc cession. And the very first thing that struck me on going buck stage was the bigness and bareness. A half dozen entertainers were standing or sitting around, chatting comfortably and waiting for their turns? But it was to see that big army of husky workmen pulling and hauling the heavy scenery around that prompted my visit. Now’, the nmrvel of it all to me was that there wasn't any army of men. nor any’ big and cluttered up piles of scenery. Big and bare, back stage looked to me very much as I would imagine, a large empty ware house appears. Three or four men In shirt sleeves were moving leisurely about, or at least It struck me that way’, and without a bit of noise and with seemingly little effort, they set the stage for act after act. Each man knew Just where to go to find what he wanted. A hinged contraption was moved here, another one there, some curtains came part way down behind, others were draped hither and yon. and before I realized that the men were really working they had a stage set that surely must have pleased the pople out In front. Plush Is Plush. Until this visit back stage I just supposed that a heavy plush curtain was a heavy plush curtain and noth ing more. But back stage I had an opportunity to see how it worked nnd took a feminine delight in feel ing it to see if it really was plush. It was. Then I figured out in my mind how many yards that triple fold curtain contained, and multiplied it by the price per yard I paid re cently for a little piece to trim a hat, and arrived at the astonishing conclusion that It must have cost something like $5,000. I haven’t tried to figure out how many hats that amount of velvet would trim. I did not try to see much of the different acts. I was too interested in the mechanical work going on back stage. The bill must have been a good one. judging by the applause given each act, but honestly. I do not think I ever sat out in front and saw a show one-half so entertaining as the one presented back stage by a half dozen stage hands. The show people were a most kind ly lot. They soon learned why I was Infesting those sacred precincts, and they took pleasure, it seems, in show, ing me where I could see to the best advantage the things I wanted to see. One clever young fellow apolo gized to me for uttering a very em phatic ‘‘damn” when the revolver he was supposed to fire off stage re fused to fire. I accepted the aol ogy, of course, then told him he was much milder than the male side of the house under similar .provocation. Leviathan Big Scene. I could hardly take my eye* off the beautiful arms of the young woman who made those back falls from the high ladder, alighting on her hands. The heaviest stage setting was, of course, the one for the Leviathan or chestra. I watched the stage hands putting it together, and I confess it did not impress me as being anything out of the ordinary, and said bo to a young man standing near. He sug gested that 1 might change my mind if I saw It from the front—and I did. I hurried out Just before the curtain went up on that act, and when I saw that beautiful setting from the front I fairly gasped. I never left New York harbor, but once upon a time I did sail Into It, up past the statue of Liberty with the first rays of the rooming sun gliding her brow, and the skyline of Hie great city In the background, and It was nil brought hack to me as the glinting lights of the harbor slipped by the open ports, the torch of the goddess faded In the distance, and the moonbeams layed upon the waves of the Atlantic. I still ain unable to understand how just merely shifting a few bits of scenery around, lowering and raising some curtains and setting a few spot lights and colored lights, can work such a transformation when seen from the front. It certainly does not look much of anything, from back stage. V olcano in Eruption. Auckland, New Zealand. Jan. 10.— Ngauruhoe volcano, one of the peaks of the "Volcanic Line" In North Island, is in eruption. Your Credit IS GOOD HERE! GOOD CLOTHES - Men, Women, Children. QUALITY DIAMONDS— Elgin Watche*, 1847 end Com. j munity Silverware. Advance Style* In EVERY Dept. 81a Bln Stores mean large■ volume lower pricer and eaar tertne. Oreg* well without mUsing the money. Open roui ucetdl Tomorrow, or writ# (or Free Cetalou. , •««He'» Graafeai Ctrdfi tfwr HJUHHSfiOAIfS 507 0 511 SOUTH ISIS SI Ford Stock Set at $840,000,000 New York. Jan. 10.—Experts in Wall street, who for years have won dered what the total stock of the Ford Motor company was worth, to day hazarded the estimate of $840,000, OOo and said they believed It would total $1,260,000,000 within another year. The computations were based on the public valuation of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, profits per car made by the dominion cor poration and the one in this coun try. the former earning $68 a car and the latter $IW, and the market valuation of the Canadian stock, which is $425 a share. Comparing the value of the Cana dian stock the profit per car there and the valuation of the company with the profit per car here plus the l.'nlted States production, the experts believed they had figured the first definite fiscal Information the flnan cial district ever has had about the Detroit plant. Woman Guilty of Hiding Goods Convicted of Receiving Mer chandise Stolen From Fullerton Store. After deliberating for seven hours Wednesday a jury in District Judge Goss' court returned Ja verdict of guilty against Mrs. Alfio Mastrarrigo, charged with receiving property stolen from the E. B. Penny & Son store at Fullerton, Neb. They rec ommended leniency, however, In view of Mrs. Mastrarrigo’s frail health. Freeman Penny, son of Mrs. Min nie Freeman Penny. Nebraska woman member of the republican national committee, was the chief witness for the prosec ution. It was testified that Mrs. Mastrarrigo was found in pos session of more than $300 worth of silks, dresses and other clothing for women which had been stolen from the Penny store on July 24, 1923. At the close of the trial Judge Goss, who Is a friend of the pioneer Penny family and young Penny, in dulged in reminiscences. Judge Goss remembered the story of how. dur ing the blizzard of 1888, young Pen ny’s mother, then a school teacher, saved her little hand of pupils from death by tying them together with the rope which hung from the school house hell, leading them safely home through the blinding storm. Wilson Silent on Bok Plan. New York. Jan. 10.—Woodrow Wilson has announced through his secretary that he will not make any comment concerning his attitude to ward the Bok peace plan, according to a Washington dispatch appearing In the New York Times. The state ment on behalf of the former presi dent was In the form of a reply to an inquiry from the newspaper’s Washington correspondent. Budget Cut $10,000,000. Washington, Jan. 10.—Slashing bud get estimates more than $10,000,000, ■ the house appropriations committee yesterday reported the annual supply bill for the Interior department. The $261,727,925 carried in the measure for departmental activities during the fiscal year beginning next July is $35,792,044 less than the amount ap propriated last year. Bandit^ Rob as Cops Confer. Erie, Pa.. Jan. 10.—While all mem bers of the police force were In con ference with Mayor J. C. William* to day discussing law enforcement, two bandits entered the Lincoln bank, In the business district, held up the cashier and three girl clerks and escaped with $5,000. A new novel by CYNTHIA STOCKLEY as vivid and dramatic as PONJOLA begins in February (Ssinopolitan Now On Sale | Winter Term Opens January 14t Day and Night Clataaa Public Speaking, Dramatic Art Expression, Music MISNER SCHOOL 3172 Dodge Street Hotel Rome Cafeteria The Beat Thats All Coughs that hang on— Ilrrak them now Wore they leml to more serious trouble. Dr. King'* New Discovery stops roughing quickly by st imulst iiiR the moron* membranes to throw off clogging ac cretion*. It lias n plraa anl taatr. ilriiggiala. Dr. KING’S Newm.scovr.KY b First Omaha Storm Victim Dead in Drift Man Found Frozen to Death by Workman on Downtown Street—Identity Cloudy. Body of a man believed to be either Edmund Freiniuth of Bonneville. Wyo., or Le Roy A. Conkling of Tel luride, Colo., was discovered early Thursday morning in a snowdrift near the loading platform of the Moline Plow company at Seventh and Leaven worth streets. The body was discovered by George Kyral, 1213 South Fourth street, who was on his way to work. W. J. Bur rill, 515 South Thirty-fifth avenue, an employe of the plow company, no tified police. Envelope in Pocket. Envelope was found In the man's pocket addressed to Edmund Frei rnuth. In care of the S. and N. Camp at Bonneville, Wyo., and bearing the return card of Ruth Rhodes, treasurer of Big Horn county at Basin, Wyo. Identification leaf in a booklet de clared that the possessor is Le Roy A. Conkllng of Telluride. Col., and asked that William L. Conkllng lie notified in event of death. The book let gives as a mark of indication, "heart and hands on left forearm." No such mark was found on the body. Discovery of the body furnished Omaha with its first fatality of the winter as a result of cold or storms. Four and one-half Inches of snow fell in Omaha Wednesday night, ac cording to the weather bureau, and the prediction was partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday, with ris inig temperature Friday. The mercury will not fall to the zero mark, M. V. Robins, meterologist. said. Raining at K. C. It was snowing Thursday morning at Des Moines, Charles City, Dubuque, St. Paul, Duluth and Green Bay, Wls It was raining at Kansas City and in other cities of similar lati tude. Minimum temperature at Huron, S. D., Wednesday was 6 below zero; at Moorehead, Minn., 16 below zero; at Winnipeg, Can., 26 below zero; at North Platte, 8 above; at Cheyenne, 16 above; at Denver, 18 above, and at Sioux City, 12 above. Arrest of Forbes Asked at Capital By International »wa Rertlre. Washington, Jan. 10. — Immediate arrests of Col. Charles R. Forbes, former director of the veterans' bu reau, and such other officials of the bureau as have been inferential!!- ac cused of wrong conduct in adminis tering the affairs of the bureau, was requested of Attorney General Daugh erty today by Representative W. W. Larson, democrat, of Georgia. The Georgia representative wrote a letter to Daugherty urging ths is suance of warrants for all those "sus pected" or Involved In the recent dis closures concerning the bureau's af fairs. Good Demand for Horses and Mules The Omaha Horse ami Mule com pany had a light run of animals at their auction Monday. There were only 224 head, which was Insufficient to meet the demand of buyers. The ex treme cold weather and snow was given as the reason for small re ceipts. Most of the stock was bought by buyers from Iowa and Nebraska, only five loads shipped away to distant points. M. J. (Bud) Smith, president of the company, announces there is a great demand for horses and mles. Curtis Company Terminal Here Eastern Publishers to Distrib ute 200,000 Pounds of Magazines From Omaha. The Omaha postoffice will gain about $5,000 a month revenue through arrangements made by the Curtis Publishing company to mail approximately 200.000 pounds a month of the Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal and Country Gentleman here. A. C. Little of Philadelphia, assist ant traffic manager for the publish ing house, held a conference with Postmaster Black, making final ar rangements. “We are making Omaha one of our distributing centeis," said Little. "We ship our magazines by freight to those centers and then mall them out, being compelled to do this be cause of the high rates in the more distant postal zones. "I consider Chicago. Omaha and Ogden the three most important post offices in the country, not even ex cepting New York. Omaha will be our mailing point for all magazines sent to Nebraska and Wyoming sub scribers. The new arrangement will start here in two weeks.” Lynch Man Tops Market. Pete Mulhair, Lynch, Neb., at the Omaha market with a load of cattle, received the top price of $6.50 for his stock, which averaged 1,160 pounds. Mr. Mulhair Is very optimistic con cerning the conditions of cattlemen and farmers In that section of the country. "Many farmers are deserting their places, but they are the ones who bought land when prices were sky high, especially during the war period,” said Mulhair. “The old-timers are able to make a go of It. as they are not hampered with heavy mort gages and were not hit so hard when the price of land took such a ter rible slump.” Mr. Mulhair has lived In Boyd county for 25 years. Not Engaged to Irene. New York, Jan. 10.—Alexander P. Moore, United States ambassador to Spain, who returned to America last night for a visit, declared today that reports he was engaged to tnarry Irene Franklin, the actress, were un true. "I have not met Miss Franklin since the death of my wife (Lillian Russell,” he said. "I have no present Intentions of marrying. I don't think I ever will." Charwomen to Uriitt’s Defense Court House Attendants Sny Commissioner Not in Office at Time Alleged. Testimony to show that County Commissioner Unitt was not even in the court house at the time Mrs. An tonia Jankowski, charwoman, asserts he attacked her. was introduced by Unites attorneys Thursday in the suit for *30,000 against the commis sioner. Half a dozen witnesses, charwomen and janitors, were called and testified in behalf of Unitt, attempting to show that the commissioner came to the court house only on Wednesday eve nings, when he was downtown to at tend lodge. A ripple of mirth ran atiout the court room as Mrs. Martha Kakowskl. a charwoman, was asked if she had ever told anybody Unltt liked scrub women better than the silk stocking variety of women. County Commissioner John Briggs was called by counsel for the defense Thursday afternoon. Pauline Zyrjski. charwoman, denied that she had told anyone Unltt had also been bothering her. Mrs. Zyrjski declared that she, and not Mrs. Jan kowski. had been responsible for cleaning the county commissioners’of fices between September 20 and Octo ber 5. 1921. Mrs. Jankowski had tes tified that Unltt attacked her while she w*s cleaning the commissioners' offices on September 25. 1921. County Commissioner Charles Unitt took the stand in his own defense He admitted that he knew the wo man, but denied all her charges. Unitt smiled, the jury smiled and the spectators smiled when his attor ney asked him if he ever called the woman "sweetie” or "dearie." He said he had not. He testified that she came to his office In April. 1921, seeking work. He gave her a job washing furniture, but after half a day she quit, saying she could not stand to put her hands in water all the time, and said she was going to throw herself in the river. He advised against it. he said, and suggested that there might be an opening in gome sort of work around the court house later on. Ex-Senator Sued for Divorce. Mobile, Ala , Jan. 10.—Mrs. Carol B. Bourne filed suit in the circuit court here yesterday for a divorce and alimony from ex-Senator Jonathan L. Bourne of Oregon, who has a home In this county, it became known today Voluntary abandonment is given as the grounds for the separation. Stop! Stop! Stop! Try It Todiy with Cadillac V-63 Perfect ed Four-Wheel Safety Brake*. J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co. HA. 0710. Farnam St. at 26th ___JZL——J EDWARD REYNOLDS CO. 1613 Fam&m Street For Friday and Saturday A Phenomenal Sale of DRESSES A real surprise in value giving. An offering of . about 150 stunning Dresses that express the newest thoughts in style and fabric. Dresses That Actually Sold From $20 to $39.50 , Your Unrestricted ( Choice ! Sizes 14 to 40 It will pay you to be here early. To share in this selling means that you will enjoy the greatest val ues of the entire season. Here are Dresses that must be seen to be appreciated. Charmeen Poiret Twills Velvets Serges Knit Fabrics Velour Checks Novel Flannels Dresses for afternoon, street and business wear, smartly trimmed, stylos of the hour. Yoy'll surely want at least one. Greys Tans Navy Black Cocoa Fancy Checks Taxicob Baby Is Named for Father The eight-pound boy born Wednes day morning at 7 in a taxi as it reach ed tlie entrance of University hospital has been named Cecil Frederick, after the father. Cecil F. Williams, 1511 North Thirty second street. The mother and baby were reported to be 'doing nicely" at the hospital. In the taxicab that raced to the hospital with Mrs. Williams were the husband, a baby daughter 16V* months old, and a woman friend. Clifford Adams was the driver of the cab. A house physician attended the mother. Fortune Sure to Smile on Givers Friends of Free Shoe Fund Will Reap Benefit of Goodness. Acknowledged . $1,302.S] Old Kubscrlbcr .1.00 A Friend of the Poor, Heotln. Neb. 1.00 A Friend. Of.hkoith. Neb.1.00 Clara Hawley _ 2.00 Alma H. f'laar. Aurora. Neb.2.00 K. A. MrFo.-Inne . 8.00 Mrs. Kdwnrd Cronan. Kavenna. Neb. 2.00 Total . . $1.310.01 "Cast your bread upon the waters: and It shall return to you after many days." It Is the scriptural prom ise of reward to those who give to the poor. Through the Free Shoe fund of The Omaha Bee. hundreds are giv ing to the poor children of the city, buying shoes for the shoeless. These poor waifs are still in great need, many of them. It is a critical period of the year for them. Will you help put shoes on their feet. If so, send vour money or check to the Free Shoe fund, care of The Omaha Bee. It will be ac knowledged with thanks and will soon be doing its good work to your credit. Iowa Man for Lions Head. Mason City. Ia., Jan. 10.—W. A. Westfall, attorney, has been placed in the race for the international presidency of Lions clubs, it is an nounced Wednesday by Fred Duffield, president of the Mason City Lions. Resolutions pledging support have been received from a number of clubs In Iowa and Nebraska over which Mr. Westfall presided as ninth district governor two years ago. The contest for the position will be decided next summer at the international conven tion in Omaha. Osborn Again Heads Farmers ^ Repeal of Esch-Cummins Law and Tax on All Securi* ties Urged. C. J. Osborn was re-elected presi dent of the Nebraska Farmers’ Edu cational and Co-Operative State union at the special session of the union Wednesday night at Hotel Castle. H. O. Keeney. Cowies, Neb., was re elected director. Ben Skeen. Auburn, was elected from the Fourth district, and Albert Fickler. Stanton, represents the Sev enth district: Next year’s convention will he held in Omaha. The Mellon tax plan was formally opposed by members of the Nebraska Fa risers' union. Other resolutions follow: Repeal of the Esh-Cummins law ; reduction of freight rates; return to the state railway commission the rate making powers Make subject to tax all national, state and local bonds. “Pussyfoot” Sees Whole World Dry New York, Jan. 10.—William E. "Pussyfoot” Johnson, whose ambi tion to dry up the earth cost him an eye In England, arrived on the George Washington after eight months of crusading in foreign lands, declared his remaining eye was fail lng and his hearing was going bad "But I'm not going to die till th« ™ whole world a dry.” he said. Since last June, Johnson said lit had covered 7,000 miles and made 10' speeches in a successful effort to in crease the aridity of such countriei as India. Arabia. Zanzibar and Egypt He proclaimed the sultan of Zan zibar an ardent prohibitionist, relates that Egyptian students had saved his life several times during attacks by his audiences and said he favored the prohibition of tobacco if cigars weren't Included, for he smoked them. Pershing's Retention Urged. Washington. Jan. 10.—Retention on the army active list of General Persh ing. who is approaching the retire ment age. was urged yesterday before the senate military committee by Secretary Weeks. Trautssaaiui Lmeiros At a time when each purchase must be of the best, thoroughly reliable linens may be had here at Janu ary Sale prices. Besides the advantages of decided savings, the June bride will have enough time for hemming and for monogramming. Satin Damask Yard, $3.00 70-inch satin bleached damask; beautiful qual ity. “Pequot” Sheeting Yard, 67c 10-4 and 9-4 genuine “Pequot” sheeting; bleached. 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