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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1924)
A Nebraskan in Washington By P. C. POWELL, Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee Before leaving for the trouble zone, Governor Charles W. Bryan called and paid his respects to Senators George W. Norris and R. B. Howell. The governor remained In Washing ton for a day or two after the meet ing of the democratic national com mittee to attend to that part of hts trip labeled "official state business.” While Dr. Jennie Callfas. national democratic committee woman from Nebraska, was in Washington attend ing the meeting of the national com mittee, she was entertained at lunch eon by Senator and Mrs. George W. Norris and Senator and Mrs. R. B. Howell. Dr. Callfas Is optimistic over a democratic national victory. When anyone talks to her about the can didacy of Art Mullln for national com mitteeman her eyes snap and she re fuses to be quoted. Nor will she make public who she Is for for the democratic nomination for president. Miss Grace Shallcnbarger enter; talned secretaries of Nebraska con gressmen at the home of her father last Friday afternoon. Miss Shallen barger Is acting as secretary for her father. Congressman Ashton C. Shal lenbarger. Did you know that In addition to other qualities, four members of the Nebraska lower house delegation claim singing voices? Willis G. Sears, Kdgar Howard, John H. Morehead and M. O. McLaughlin have joined a congressional' singing class, which meets regularly once a week. All railroad propaganda in the capital these days Is aimed to im press upon the minds of lawmakers that railroad service Is better than in history. "Cut our rates and we’ll he forced to cut your service,” is ex pected to be one of their arguments. Edson Rich of the Union Pacific and John L. Webster, attorney, both _ of Omaha, and Tod Sloan, attorney at Pender, were Washington visitors in the last week. Sloan has been waging a strenuous fight In the De partment of the Interior against the present method of handling Indian affairs. ’ Trcnmors Cons says hs’s tired of ths ultra-politeness of everyone In Washington and will be glad to re turn to Nebraska, where someone will occasionally tell him to “Go to h—.” Trenmore observes, however, that they take his money, just the same. If Congressman John H. Morehead would only fils for re-election It would make the batting average of the lower house delegation from Ne braska 100 per cent. The Nebraskan has an aunt who owns a seven-room modern home In a country town In Pennsylvania, who doesn’t get as much for the modern cottage as he has to pay for parking space In an old barn. This barn holds eight cars. The owner of each cay 1» obliged to pay $11 a month. Gosh! If the republicans had chosen New Tork for their conven tion, couldn't you hear “Brother Charley” talking about the "Influ ence of predatory Interests on Wall street?” Woman Posing as Collector for Bakery Found Out Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 26.—A new fraud scheme developed here Friday when It was discovered that a woman was calling on restaurants and other places where much bread Is consumed, representing herself as a collector for a bakery. She related that the bread factory had been caught in the Grand Island National bank failure and was hard pressed for funds and had sent her out to collect as much as possible. One firm became suspicious and went to the phone to make inquiries. When he returned the woman had fled. Albion to Have Free Postal Delivery Soon Rp«lil Dispatch to The Omaha llee. Albion, Neb,, Jan. 26.—Free postal delivery will soon be established at the Albion postofflre. A special in ■spector has been hero ami found the streets all named and about 85 per cent of the house numbers in place. The receipts of the office have been Aiore than sufficient to obtain free delivery for several years. The in spector Indicated that he would recom mend the additional service at once. Filtration Plant Asked. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 26.—Petitions will soon be presented to the city commissioners asking for the eetab llahment of a filtration plant in the Blue river at this point. The matter la to be decided by the coramtsslon <ara or by a popular vote of the peo ple ECZEMA CAN BE CURED Free Proof to You All X want la your ««<«« aad addraaa ao X can aaad yon a Tran Trial Traat mant. X want yon to try thla traatmant— that'a all—Jnat try It. That’a my only arrmnant. Jnet think at It! Ore* Thirty Thou ®■ *i*VU •and aim. 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These pupils are taking a lively interest in "Know Omaha Week,” which will be ob served during the week of February 3. They are convinced that Omaha abounds with romance, adventure, beauty, poetry, and with the products of industrial effort, the latter stimu lating the Imagination of these young sters. Last week they wrote essays on the "Seven Wonders of Omaha,” giving the subject a liberal treatment to in clude persons as well as places. The following were included in wonders of Omaha mentioned in the essays: Ak-Sar-Ben, smelter plant, Tech nical High school, air mail service, stock yards, packing plants, W. O. AV. building, AVOAAV hadio sta tion, Nebraska Power company, tourist camp in Elmwood park, Uni versity of Omaha, Fort Omaha, but ter market, Krug Park pool, Brigham i'oung tree in Florence, Douglas street bridge, Creighton university. Linlnger Art gallery, F'ontenelle forest reserve, spring in Elmwood park, Joslyn home, national highways en tering Omaha, University of Nebras ka medical college, Harry Brader's symphony orchestra, J. H. Beveridge, superintendent of public schools: Gutzon Borglum, sculptor: Sadie Pitt man, former principal of Lothrop school; Marion Reed, supervisor of art in public schools, and "The En chanted Year," public school pageant presented by pupils of the four public high schools last fall for the teach ers’ convention. Here Are essayists. The names of these young essayists are: Ruth Wintroub, Iva Luse, Mary Boyer, Kathryn Gillespie, Mary Mr Nichols, Rachel Block, Margaret Gil bert, Dorothy .Hamilton, Wesley Lange, Margaret Gathers, Richard Funk, Anita Crabb, Margaret Cedar holm, Charles Cannan. Robert Niel sen, Ruth Shultz. Merwln Hargrove, Leroy Linder, Dale Larson. In conclusion, Anita Crabb wrote, "Taking it all In all, Omaha Is not so bad, after all." She paid a tribute to the University of Omaha. The boys and girls of this school love their present principal, Margaret O'Toole, and they have corners in their hearts for Miss Pittman, the former principal. Miss Crabb writes: "A most brilliant and accomplished woman who deserves due mention Is Miss Pittman. She has done much | to earn our everlasting gratitude I in making Lothrop school what It Is | [€ *Jctt tk Win i*cni h _JvU Suse. Ruth Wintroub’s Essay. During the last 10 years Omaha ha* made such great progress that It Is hard to tell what Ita seven wonders are, for in these last few years everything that has happened In the way of progress* seems to be a wonder. On© of the wonders is the Lininger Art gallery, at Eighteenth and Davenport streets. None can miss it, for statues can be seen on the window ledges. It is a private collection gather'd at great expense by George Lininger. The smelting ami refining works on t he river front, lust north’ of the Douglas street bridge, is the largest plant of its kind in the world. Ak-Sar-Uen has become known all over this country, ns the great booster of Omaha Its carnivals, its floral parades, and its mysterious "den shows." where business men go every Monday night during the summer to spend a Jolly eve ning. all indicate the spirit of merriment of our progressive Omaha. A wonder that happened during 1923 was tho pageant given by the four high schools. This great piece of work was written and directed by Marlon Heed, our art teat her. The new Technical High school is wonderful. This magnificent structure cost $3,000,000. it is one of the best high schools in the west. Another wonder of Omaha is the motorized and serial mail service. Delivery of retail store packages by the United States mall trucks, as part ©f the store delivery system, and up-to-the-minute air mall service, are features of Omaha's postal system. A wonder to our school was our dear principal, Sadie Pittman, who taught us to do right toward our school and to everyone. today. Truly I would call her one of the wonders of Omaha.” "Omaha was one of the first three cities in the United States to be lighted by electricity and It has a wonderful powrer plant,” is an ex tract from the essay of Ruth Schultz. Beveridge Eulogized Margaret Cathers selected Supt. J. H. Beveridge as one of the seven wonders of Omaha. Of him she wrote: "He may be classed as one of the wonders of Omaha. He has been of fered superintendencies in other cities, but Omaha has managed to keep him.” Leroy Linder takes cognizance of the University of Nebraska Medical college and of the national and state highways entering Omaha. Katheryn Gillespie maintains that the new Technical High school is one of the wonders of Omaha. Charles Cannan stresses the Brigham Young tree in Florence park, the Douglas street bridgo and the Creighton University college of medicine. He has been reading of the pilgrimage of the Mormons to Utah many years ago, of how they camped at Florence, suf fered privations and disease and left many of their dead In a cemetery west of the famous tree. This tree, the cemetery and the old grist mill at Florence will be marked by tlia Major Isaac Sadler chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo lution. Dale Laron wrote that the won der* of a city are its material bless ing* which promote good repute and OUR CHILDREN |' -By ANGELO PATRI. LITTLE. It Isn't right to keep telling chil dren how little they are. In the first place they do not like It and In the second place It Is not true. Children are not little at all. They are children, of course, aiul therefore on a smaller scale than adults. But that does not make them little. They are really big when you measure their work In proportion to their strength and experience. Yet people love to call them ''little.'' "Now close your little eyes and go to sleep!" What makes a person so silly as to call a child's eyes little?— eyes that have, the whole day through, taken In the vision of the world as it passed by his door, letting not a single bit of u pass unheeded or unrecorded. What Is little about them? “Give me your little hand." says a thoughtless grownup. Little indeed! The hand that touched and exploited everything that came within Its reach and recorded the investigation against that day when It should most he needed. The hand that clutched and held the child to his search Illuminating and pointing the way. A child’s hand little? "Hold your little head still until I get your hat on!" My My! His little head! The head that holds a mind so keen, so alert that the flicker of a sunbeam across the floor la caught and interpreted and filed away for the morrow. The head that la filled with dreams snd visions and memories! The head that carries Intelligence as a king might carry his crown, nobly and with majesty. What is little about a child's head? Nothing! And the mischief of It is that constantly telling a child how little he Is tends to make hint accept his littleness as a fact and to make him net accordingly. His little hand cannot do, and his little head can not plan. Constant belittling has Its effect and the little child does In the little fashion. It Is not fair. Terming them "little" In any sense Is a form of cajolery that never mis leads them. They quite understand what you are up to and play accord ingly. Say "little" and they'll b«J little! Give them a toothy smile and they'll return It 26 fold. Children are dignified and In the main, honest. They are not little in the true sense of littleness. "I’m Just as big for me," he said. As you are big for you." Old King Koal Offers You Good, Clean Coal —-moderately priced HADES $9.00 A clean, burning Illinois coal—hotter'n th’ devil. - ( LIBERTY Lump $10.50 A larg. Illinois Lump, absolutely clean. COMFORT Lump $10.25 Here’s • good one—no soot, smoke or ash. Prompt Deliveries Exclusive Dependable Goal Service Kenwood Kenwood 2261 2262 a make It a worthwhile city. This writer mentioned radio, air mail serv ice and Ak-Sar-Ben. Richard Funk considers the new tourist camp one of the wonders of Omaha. The butter market appealed to Margaret Cedar holm. Iva Euse, who wrote one of the best essays, mentioned these seven wonders of Omaha: Technical High school, smelting and refining plant, Sadie Pittman, Krug park pool, Gut zon Borglum, sheep market and aerial mall service. Mary Boyer names the following as the wonders of Omaha: Marion Reed, supervisor of art in schools, who wrote and directed "The Enchanted Years” lafct fall, tourist camp In Elmwood park, Fontenelle forest reserve, Sadie Pittman, re ferred to as "The Bird Wonder Rady,” springs in Elmwood park where thousands Journeyed last Aug ust during the muddy water emer gency, Krug park pool and Harry Trader's symphony orchestra. Rabbit’s Foot'or Lucky Star Do Not Interest Palmtag; Life Is Charmed Omaha Police Detective Has Lost Count of Gun Battles —Only Scratched Once. Although he has lost count of the number of his gun battles and shoot ing scrapes. Detective Fred Palmtag bears a charmed life. Only one bullet ever touched him, and that passed through the left sleeve of his coat, inflicting a slight scratch on his arm. His latest exploit is coming un scathed through the gun battle with the Hrabiks, -father and son, near Gibson, Neb., several days ago, in which Detective Paul Haze was shot in the face, although he was run ning toward Haze at the time the shot was fired. Palmtag has only one rule: "Never shoot until you're shot at." This rule, he says, puts the police officer at an unfair disadvantage, his opponents having no scruples in this respect, but he considers it the only safe rule to follow. It was in 1920 when the bullet passed through the left sleeve of his coat. In company with Detective Itil lion, he was chasing a prowler at 1718 Pratt street. The man was cap tured. Palmtag has forgotten the1 date, and cannot even remember the man’s name. Another Narrow Escape. Again in 1921, Palmtag narrowly escaped death when a box car robber drew a revolver on him as he entered the door of a house on Davenport street between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Palmtag fired at the man the bullet grazing his head, and dazing him. In 1919, PJamtag arrested a man named Harry Steele in an automobile at Twentieth and Cuming streets, al though Steele pointed a revolver at the detective’s head as he mounted the running board. Palmtag covered Steele while Sergeant Gardner took the weapon away from him. Another of Palmtag’s gun episodes was with Arnold Solomon, a painter, at Fourteenth and Howard streets. He was unwounded. In a raid on the home of Ben Bur ton on Cass street in 1921, Burton drew a gun on Palmtag, but was shot by Detertive Danbaum before he had a chance to pull the trigger. Palmtag was with Detective Arthur Cooper in the gun battle in which Cooper was killed in 1918 at Nine teenth street and St. Marys avenut. in 1913, during his early days on the department, while still a patrol man, Palmlag arrested a bootlegger after a running gun battle, and took the man to jail. In an exchange of shots with James Rybln, sought in South Omaha sev eral years ago on a charge of kid naping his own child, Palmtag shot Rybin’s revolver out of his hand, and arrested him. He also participated more than a year ago in a gun battle with a gang of box car thieves, in which one man was fatally wounded. Oddly enough, his most serious In jury since he joined the police de partment occurred when a typewriter thief slammed a door in his face. The glass panel of the door broke, and the fragments inflicted severe gashes on Palmtag's head. He continued the pur suit, however, and captured his man. Vance of Hastings Files. B.r .Wiorlatril PrfM. Lincoln, N'eb., Jan. 26.—R. D. Vance, Hastings, member of the lower house of the legislature for two terms, filed with the secretary of state to day as republican candidate for the senate from the Twenty sixth district. Lila Lee Very Angry; She May Quit Films Ix>» Angeles, Jan. 2S.—Lila Lee, motion picture actress, whose father, Charles Appel, Is sought by Chicago authorities - on an embezzlement charge, tonight threatened to leave fiimdoni flat on its back and quit the camera cold unless "the cloud of sus picion involving me in financial transactions in Chicago Is immedi ately removed by those responsible." Referring to published reports that notes signed by her had been uncov ered in connection with Illegal liquor transactions credited to her father, the screen actress declared that ■ further publication of such unjust and false statements’’ would be fol> lowed by her retirement to private life. New High School Opens at Hpldregc, Nebraska Special Dispatch to The Omaha Me*. Holdrege, Neb.. Jan. 28.—School here will open Monday In the new $250,000 high achool. This building has been under construction for more than a year and Is said to be one of the finest In the state for a town of this size. The building is two stories, with all offices and recitation rooms on the outer side of the building, while tie gymnasium and auditorium occupy the center. 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Simmons Rust-Proof Fabric Springs □ Rust-proof Fabric Springs; elevated 6 inches above the side rails. $325 3-Piece Suites *259» Overstuffcd 3-pIcce »II-over Mo hair I.lvlng Hoorn Suite, consist ing of straight chair, wing chair, and large sl/a davenport. All 3 pieces have loose cushions nnd built-on wehh bottom. A h $400 9-Piece Walnut Dining Room Suite An Exceptionally Good Value Nine-piece Walnut Dining Hoorn Suite—Buffet is 66 in. Table is 4ox60 in., extends to 5)6 in. when open, ('hairs upholstered in high-grade tapestry with tapestry hacks. China Cabinet to match. An Actual See the Suite $400 in the Outfit Window | YEARLY FI RNITLRE SALE WTTH A MESSAGE OF GREATER RATINGS The calendar notes that February arrives and brings with it the most interesting economy event of the year. The Yearly Furni ture Sale is the message of greater savings, greater values and greater assortments. No matter what home furnishing problem you have, if you come to this sale you will enjoy selecting from the varieties here ns well as saving considerably on every article. 60-in. Mahogany Veneer Davenport Table $1750 Genuine Mahogany Ve neer Davenport; made in full 60-inch lengths; finished perfectly and very well constructed. SIMMONS BEDS Nationally-known Sim mons Beds; made with 2-inch continuous posts —that will last you. - *