Today
IWashingtons Birthday.
Big Country, Small Men.
Go Fast, See Our Jail.
That Sinclair “Tip
^ By ARTHUR BRISBANE J
When the last century was be
ginning, they laid the cornerstone
of Bunker Hill monument, and
Daniel Webster, a big man in a
small nation, said, “America has
furnished to the world the charac
ter of Washington. And if our
American institutions had done
nothing else, that alone would have
entitled them to the respect of man
kind.”
This is Washington’s birthday.
If he came back, he would find a
bigger nation and smaller men. He
would wonder at the patience with
which this nation stands taxation
without representation. Taxation
of 100 kinds, is now laid upon peo
ple without representation, by 100
corporations, amounting to billions
a year, a sum that would make
King George's little taxes seem
trivial.
Washington’s character would
puzzle some modern politicians. He
worked for the government without
pay. Historians say that he was
proud and would stand at receptions
with his hands behind his back to
avoid shaking hands with ordinary
visitors. If he were living at the
White House now he would prob
ably stand with his hands deep in
his pockets.
However, there is nothing to
worry about on this Washington’s
birthday. The country that has
produced great men in emergencies
will produce them again.
True, this nation that produced
at the same time Washington,
Franklin, Jefferson, and so many
others knows not where to look for
a democratic candidate this year.
But we live in boom times, of
money making. Men of ability
have been far away from public af
fairs in their activity. That will
change. You can welcome Washing
ton’s birthday knowing that every
section of this country contains
men, young and old, who possess
Washington’s quality, courage, in
tegrity, patience and patriotism.
They will be ready for work when
the time comes.
Mr. Joe L. Earman, known to
everybody in Florida, and for some
time a magistrate in West Palm
Beach, had the following motto
posted in his court:
“Go slow and see our city. Go
fast and see our jail.” .
What he said he meant. Those
that went too fast saw the jail,
from the inside.
That might be a good motto for
the Teapot Dome investigating
committee. But enthusiasm there
seems to be waning. The commit
tee is resting from Thursday to
Monday. Fortunately Senator
Walsh and others like him are on
the committee.
They probably will see to it that
the investigation doesn’t “fizzle out”
to oblige a dozen or more important
officials w'hose names have been
found among the stock gamblers
connected with the Teapot Dome
enterprise.
Not all of those Teapot gamblers
are as happy as they might be.
Some were let in on the ground
floor, and made money if they got
out in time. But others were let
in through a hole in the roof, and
dropped all the way down to the
cellar. They were told when Sin
clair Oil was selling at about $48
a share that wonderful things were
going to happen. They bought
eagerly and wonderful things did
happen. The stock dropped down
around $20. Many to whom that
beautiful “tip” was given are sick,
sore and sad financially today.
Our friends in England and
France are worried.
The English that are well-to-do
think that the end of a cheerful
world is coming with labor in power.
Ramsay Macdonald will not go as
far as the extremists want, they
say. He will be thrown out, some
one more violent will succeed him,
then will come the end of happy
days.
The same thing has been said in
England many times, but the thing
has not happened. Worse things
were said when Cromwell chopped
off the head of Charles the First.
But Cromwell gave England the
best government, greatest commer
cial prosperity it had ever known.
Things as dismal were said when
England obtained universal suf
frage. "What can you expect?”
was asked, “If you allow men to
vote when they own no land and
have no money?” But things got
better.
Doleful predictions were made
when Lloyd George compelled the
rich Englishmen to pay something
like a fair share of the taxes, but
prosperity increased.
Englishmen know how to adapt
themselves to circumstances, even
to a labor government.
In France the worry is about
currency, a serious worry. While
Germany was printing currency
that went to nothing, France was
printing tens of billions of bonds.
The Germans, at least, paid no in
terest on their enormously inflated
currency. The French pay inter
est on their bonds, and must keep
on paying, redeem or repudiate
them. Meanwhile they must print
francs and the francs drop.
However, the French have the
real wealth, which is patriotism,
rouragp. intelligence, high mechani
cal skill, industry and power to
save.
If there were in Europe, one man
or one nation, powerful enough to
compel others to stop fighting, and
begin building, trouolcs would soon
end.
Meanwhile the best thing for this
-ountry to do is to keep out of it.
1 >
Still in Hospital.
y E. Rudolph, 5112 Dodge street
wiicv received a broken neck In an
< ntoiriobile accident February 14. I"
xt111 confined (o Paxton Memorial
hospital.
Ex-Wife Looks
on While Man
Kills Himself
Only Other Witness Is Child
Five Years Old—Re
volver Found on
Dresser.
While his former wife, Mrs. Grace
Roberts, looked on, unable to stop
him, Joe Roberts, 45, a cabinetmaker,
drew a revolver from his pocket,
placed the muzzle against his temple
and shot himself dead in the home
of Mrs. Roberts’ brother, William
Zeshman, 1823 North Seventeenth
street, Friday noon.
They were married last summer
and had been separated about a
month. Roberts went to the Zeshman
home in an effort to effect a recon
ciliation. When his wife refused to
be recot^iled, he committed suicide.
With Mrs. Roberts at the time of
the shooting was a fair-haired boy of
6 or 6 who she said was her grand
son, hut whom she later referred to
as ’’my boy.'* She said that she
was divorced from her husband two
weeks ago, but that notice of the
divorce was published only yester
day.
O. P. Peterson of Council Bluffs,
former police officer, is a nephew of
Roberts.
Mrs. Roberts later told police that
the boy is the son of her daughter,
now Mrs. Morrie E. Schlaifer. Schlaif
er is an Omaha pugilist.
When police arrived at the home
they found the revolver with which
Roberts is said to have committed
suicide on the dresser in the room.
Zeshman said he dropped the gun in
falling and that he picked it up and
put it on the dresser.
An Inquest probably will be held,
police said.
Plan to Give K. C.
Lead in Livestock
Chicago. Feb. 22.—A plan to make
Kansas City an outstanding livestock
market and the central distributing
center for western and southern
stockers and feeders haa been decided
on by the directors of the National
Livestock Producers association, It
was announced today.
As the first step in the program.
F. M. Simpson, general ganager of
the association since It was organized,
has been placed In charge of the
Kansas City terminal of the organiza
tion and will take charge at once.
Park Board Meets.
Council Bluffs park board held its
regular meeting last night. Only
routine business was transacted.
“Traffic Cops” at Tech High
I Heijr-icka. ‘Pafcay
Cecil Steele
Hern are two ot the 100 truffle officers at Technical High school who
keep order on the stairways and in the halls between classes.
They are lledrleka Itatay, left, and Cecil Steele, right, seniors who were
appointed by Joseph VV. Martin.
These officers wear buttons with the word "Traffic” on them. They
report any disorder such as racing on the stairs or crowding In the halls, to
Mr. Martin. No reports have been made since the new law enforcement
system started a month ago.
I
Omaha Models
Are Soothed
A voice from afar speaks to soothe
the ruffled feelings of Omaha girls
who "model."
He hastens to assure them his ap
preciation of their beauty and ability
to display styles, but he's a traveling
man, and because his style revues
are an entertainment as well as a
style show he has to carry trained
models.
Here Is his wire to Harry Watts,
who is holding the revue In co-opera
tion with Herzberg at the Rialto next
week:
"H. B. Watts,
"Rialto Theater.
“Omaha, Neb.:
“Read Omaha Bee story of aroused
jealousy of Omaha gazelles. Inform
these girls that our revue Is a show
as well as a display of styles. I
arrive with my girls Saturday a. m.
and will need all day to fit costumes
and get ready for Sunday. No time
to train your local talent. Revue a
wow here. Regards.
"IVAN V. MARTIN.”
The telegraph company should
charge Martin code rates. To the un
initiated we will explain that the
“gazelles” are any pretty girls who
can walk properly, and "wow" means
that the show did good business.
Expert to Tell Women How to Retain
Youth, Beauty, Health in Lectures
Former Home Economics In
structor Gives Rules for
Keeping Fit.
It is possible for every woman,
young or old, home-maker or busi
ness woman, to gain health and beau
ty, according to Mrs. Margaret J.
Blair, lecturer, who will appear at ths
Strand theater on Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday of next week to tell
the woman of Omaha how to keep
fit. 0
"Old age is a bogy,” says Mrs. Blair.
"Wrinkles and rheumatism are only
terrors that women create. The test
of age Is not the number of birthdays
passed but the youth and vitality of
the mind."
Mrs. Blair is a woman whose suc
cess lies in keeping young. Bhe will
interest any woman who has pride in
her appearance. She Is past 60 and a
grandmother. She has spent 26 years
of her life teaching home economics In
the University of Minnesota.
While Mrs. Blair will demonstrate
by exercises how to gain health and
beauty, she does not Ignore correct
dress. She will tell the women how to
select colors becoming and proper
footwear.
Her health and beauty rules are
very simple.
"Sleep eight full hours."
"Eat foods which build the body.”
"Do setting up exercises for 10 min
utes a day.”
Mrs. Margaret Blair.
"Work hard and don't worry.'*
Mrs. Blair has proved that these
rules got results In her own case as
It will In others. She used the sim
ple rules and graded 100 per cent In
the last physical test taken.
Mrs. Blair's lectures are free to the
women of Omaha. The Tuesday and
Wednesday lectures will he given at
10 a. m. and the Thursday lecture
at noon. »
Master Method
SELLING MEN’S SPECIAL
In With Kargei, the Hosiery Store.
The Mong Jongg Ties.$1.00
Values Extraordinary for Saturday
A Sale of
Ties
A Sale of
Shirts
Cut Silks
and Knits
The liveliest, of pat
terns. Shrewd shop
pers will buy three to
six ties at this price.
Plain White
| Broadcloth
Coll.ia
A Good $4.50 Valua
Exceptional quality. A
perfect fittinn ahirt, ell
nixed. Get you re Sat
urday.
Manhattan Pajamas 1 / n *
Choice of our entire nhowinjr at Half
I’riee: Some nre nlifchtly (foiled, nil fob- / £ J, 4
ric*.
303 South 16th at Farnam
Firebug Worked
for $50 a Week
Professional Incendiary Calm
ly Tells of Firing Laundries
in N. Y. Laundry War.
By AuorUttd Prr»».
New York, Feb, 22.—A confessed
professional Incendiary calmly told
in court how, hired at J50 a week,
he had endangered the lives of hun
dreds of tenement dwellers by setting
fires in five laundries during the
"laundry war" of the late summer
and fall of 1922.
The witness, Louis Wallinger,
awaits sentence for arson to which
he confessed. Testifying at the trial
of Boris Aimis, a member of the Wet
Wash Laundrymen's association, for
arson, Wallinger described his en
gagement by the association to set
fire to rival laundries which refused
to Increase prices. He had been a
professional fire setter for years he
said, but "never had thought" about
the number of lives he had menaced.
Aimis is charged with having caus
ed the fire in a laundry on Novem
ber 11, 1922. This blase threatened
48 families living in the tenement
above the laundry.
Wallinger testified he set the five
fires at the behest of Aimis.
Two Taken From Train.
Woods Glase, Pierce, Neb , and Ray
Ellsworth, Mitchell. S. D., were taken
from a train in South Omaha last
r.lght at the request of Sheriff Condlt
of Fremont, who advised South Oma
ha police the men are wanted in con
nection with a robbery at Fremont
Tuesday. They will be held for Fre
mont authorities.
John E. I utt, 74,
Dies in San Diego
First Commissioner of Omaha
Commercia 1 Club Was
Friend of Dawes.
John E. Utt, 74, former secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce and
prominent railroad man In Omaha,
died Thursday in San Diego, Cal.,
where he had gone 10 years ago, fol
lowing a paralytic stroke.
Mr. Utt was the first commissioner
In addition to his duties as secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, then
known as the Omaha Commercial
club, with headquarters in the old
Board'of Trade building on Sixteenth
and Farnam streets. He wAs the
first paid commissioner of the cham
ber, appointed In 1893 when the ar
ticles of incorporation of the cham
ber were drawn. He served for 11
years. Mr. Utt was known to have
helped encourage trade trips and pro
moto business in Omaha. He had a
wide acquaintance with all railroad
men in this district on account of
his work previous to his arrival in
Omaha. He spent a few weeks in
Omaha last summer.
Friend of Dawes
His early life in the railroad busl
ness was spent in Cedar Rapids, la.
He was a close friend of A. L. Moh
ler, former president of the Union
Pacific railroad. Before he was 30,
Mr. Utt was general freight agent
at Kansas City for the Rock Island.
When in Atchison. Kan.. Mr. Utt he
came a close friend ■ ” Ed Howe, edi
tor of the Atchison Globe.
From Atchison lie went to Lin
coin and it was in Lincoln that Mr.
Utt knew Brig. Gen. Charles G.
Dawes Intimately. When Dawes was
a struggling young lawyer, Utt helped
him In many ways. Mr. Dawes made
provision for the care of Mr. Utt in
his later years on account of the
close friendship. One of Mr. Utt’s
sons, John Utt, Is now purchasing
agent of the large Cornell paper mills
at Cornell, Wls., In which Mr. Dawes
is interested financially.
Mane General Agent
Upon the retirement of Mr. Utt
from the secretaryship of the Cham
ber of Commerce in 1904, he was ap
pointed general agent for the Rock
Island railroad, a position created for
him here by Ben Winchell, then presi
dent of the railroad. Mr. Winchell
had been chief clerk under Mr. Utt
while In Kansas City.
Mr. Utt is a former member of the
Elks lodge. He Is survived by his
widow, two sons, I.ee H. Utt, em
ployed in the Omaha postoffice, and
John Utt of Cornell, Wis.; a daughter.
Mrs. John Hill of Baltimore, Md.t
formerly of Omaha.
Mother of Omahans Dies.
Mrs. Clara Huntley, mother of Ed
win L. and Frank Huntley of Omaha,
died Thursday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. T. L. McBride, in
Ostrander, O. Mrs. Huntley made
her home in Omaha with her son for
nearly 80 years. She was active in
Plymoth Congregational church work
for many years. She is survived by
four sons. Edwin and Frank of
Omaha. Cliff of New York and Elmer
of Cleveland, and two daughters, Mrs.
Clifton Prouty and' Mrs. T. L. Mc
Bride of Ostrander, O.
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Former Omahan Who
Die§ on West Coast
cJoizi £,.lT6t
Grandsons Act
as Pallbearers
Grandsons of Mrs. Eveline Child,
96, who died Wednesday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Ida Beatty, 4211
South Twenty-third street, were pall
bearers at the funeral services held
this morning at 11 at the Hoffman
funeral home. They are B. A. Gard
ner, Arthur C. Burnham, W. M. Case,
P. T. Hagerman, M. L. Jackson and
Arthur Howe. Rev. C. C. Wilson of
Grace Methodist church, South Side,
officiated.
Mrs. Child had lived in Blair, Neb.,
with another daughter, Mrs. Emma
Chenoweth, for 19 years. She was
bom in Virginia where her father was
a slave holder. Mrs. Child knew the
first Mrs. Abraham Lincoln in Illi
nois. The husband of Mrs. Child who
died 14 years ago, was a Methodist
minister.
Phipps Accused of
Voting Protection
Colorado Senator Refute* the
Charges of Putting Money
in Pocket.
Washington, Feb. 22—Senator
Phipps, republican, Colorado, was ac
cused Thursday In the senate l.v Sena
tor Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, of
voting to put money Into his own
pocket when he opposed an appro
priation of $250,000 for a hyrdo
electrlc plant In the Yuma irrigation
project In California and Arizona.
"Now here comes the Southern
Sierra High Power company,”
Ashurst declared, "and one of Its
stockholders sits on the committee.
I want to ask him how he voted
on It.”
"Certainly," replied Senator Phipps.
"I voted to cut this Item out."
"Ah, that is what I thought," re
turned Senator Ashurst, "and there
by you put money into your own
pocket."
"But-” began Senator Phipps.
“There is no ‘but’ about it," in
terrupted the Arizona senator.
"I warn the senator not to lm
puts motives,” said Senator Phipps.
"I do not care anything about your
warnings, if you are going to warn
me,” replied Senator Ashurst.
“I wish in my own time,” said
Senator Phipps, “to make a full and
complete statement-”
"The senator had better call It a
confession," Interrupted Senator
Ashurst.
"It will not be." was the retort.
"It will be a statement that 1 shall
be proud to make on the floor of
the senate.”
Senator Ashurst said he did not
criticize Senator Phipps for being a
stockholder in any power company,
as he has "the right to be so inter
ested," but he added that he did not
think a senator should vote under
the circumstanced which’ he had
outlined.
Later Senator Phipps told of his
part In the organization of the pow
er company and said he had been
a*director of it when he came to the
senate when he resigned and resigned
all other offices which he held.
Senator Ashurst read into the rec
ord a statement that the present
cost of electric current In the Tun a ,
district is 2.68 cents per kilowatt^
hour and an estimate that such pow
er could be furnished from the pro
posed project at a cost of 34100th
of a cent per kilowatt hour.
Swift Packing
Plans Changed
South Omaha Men VI'ill Not
Be Drafted for Sioux
City.
Tentative plan, announced some
time ago, to draft employes at the
Swift packing plant In South Omaha
for the company's new plant at Sioux
City, la., formerly ow/ied by the Mid
land Packing company and purchased
by Swift A Co. at a receivership sal*,
has been abandoned, according to in
formation from Sioux City.
George F. Swift, vice-president of
Swift & Co., in Sioux City yesterday,
said the new plant will open about
March J, as soon as clear title to the
property is established, and that it
will employ between 300 and 400 men
at the start. Additional employes will
be hired in Sioux City and not im
ported from other plants.
Original announcement was to the
effect that a sufficient force of men
to man the new plant would be taken
from Omaha, and that Swift A C".
would establish a wool pullery in On
aha. No further announcement las
been made concerning the wool pul
lery.
Four Candidates
File for Office
Fay H. Pollock. 4S06 Webster street,
republican, filed Thursday In the of
flee of the election commissioner at
the court house as candidate for state
representative from the 18tb district.
Other filings were F. J. McKeon,
democrat, as candidate for county as
sessor; Lad V. Tesar, democrat, can
didate for state representative from
the 13th district; Joseph Vacant!,
democrat, county assessor, and B. J
Newlon, republican, county commis
I sioner.
“Costly thy habit as
thy purse can buy”
—Shakespeare's “Hamlet”
Since the apparel oft proclaims the woman, let
the clothes that she wears be chosen with a thought
of individuality, of personally, of charm. Frocks
with an air of distinction are an evidence of her
understanding in the art of dress.
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