Today^
Just Average News.
Well All Live 140 Years.
Foolish Turk—Be Wise.
Chances of the Steeple
chase.
^By ARTHUR BRISBANE ^
It’s a day of average news.
The franc goes up still higher,
‘“Shorts” are badly squeezed.
The oil scandal goes on with its
sordid trimmings. The navy’s oil
reserve, it seemed, played a part in
the 1920 convention.
Canadian railroads cut freight
rates, restoring in many cases the
tariff prevailing before the war.
American railroads consider that
highly “unethical.” Stock market
patriots don’t like the bonus. It is
all right to praise soldiers, offering
them the sun and moon when you
are frightened. But what’s the use
of keeping your word when it is all
over?
Many stocks and many bonds in
sist on going up in spite of the
bonus. Some speculators realize
that it isn’t such a bad thing to put
a couple of thousand million dol
lars in circulation—gradually.
Today Dr. Eliot, formerly presi
dent of Harvard college, celebrates
his 90th birthday. Tha* sur
prises us, but it ought to be the
rule instead of the exception. Any
man that chooses can live to be 100,
barring accident, if he starts out
with an average constitution.
The natural age of men, when
they realize that one-half of what
they eat keeps them alive and the
other kills them, will be 140—just
twice the biblical three score and
ten.
Kemal Pasha, having driven out
the caliph, boss of the Mohamme
dans, proposes now to abolish the
grand rabbi of Constantinople,
much to the distress of the Jews.
Such a step would be bad busi
ness and ungrateful. Whether or
not it be true, as alleged, that Mo
hammed’s Koran was written for
him largely by an intelligent Jew,
it is certain that the Koran borrow
ed a great deal from the Jewish
wise men.
For centuries Mohammedans and
Jews have lived together amicably.
The learned Maimonides lived pro
tected in Egypt, peacefully trans
lating the Greek philosophers into
Hebrews, safe from Christians that
might have burned him, and also
from his coreligionists in Spain,
that excommunicated him as in the
lowlands they excommunicated
Spinoza, the greatest Jew.
While the Mohammedan ruler
protected Maimonides’ body, he
with his medical knowledge protect
ed that ruler’s health.
The quickest, way for Kemal
Pasha to bring bad times into his
“Young Turkey” is to drive out
the Jews whose intelligence and
industry build up good times.
Great Britain "clamors' for a
curb on the prince of Wales' hard
riding, even the house of commons
is excited about it.”
It is too bad that a nice young
gentleman should break his collar
bone or arm every little while, and
it should be very sad if he broke
his neck. But what difference does
it really make to the British em
pire what particular little Guelph
Windsor of the royal family hap
pens to inherit the throne? King
George has two other boys, and a
nice daughter with a fine baby. The
king has no power, anyhow. All
that is required of him is good
nature and good behavior.
Since the choice of king and em
peror is left to the chance of birth,
why not leave the choice of heir
to the chances of the steeplechase?
A done, 60 years old, normally
very blond, has suddenly turned
black. The doctors of Guy’s hospi
tal have him under observation.
This is the third time he has
changed color.
Japan might be discouraged, if Its
people were superstitious, and think
the ancient gods had turned against
it for leaving their old ways and
their old costumes.
Another earthquake does dam
age. A forest fire wipes out many
villages. A submarine sinks with
44 men and a great dirigible falls,
killing five of the best Japanese
fliers. But you can’t discourage
the Japanese. They will build more
submarines, more dirigibles, and
build houses that the earthquake
can’t shake down.
They are a wonderfully able peo
ple, and our objection to mixing our
civilization with theirs, here in
America, is based on n6 lack of re
spect for their ability.
Mr. Korn, chairman of the public
speakers’ bureau, of the New York
Coolidge league, says:
“If we can get people to call him
‘Cal,’ that will go a long way toward
getting him elected”—a very pretty
compliment to the intelligence and
discernment of the people of the
United States.
The “Pilgrims of the United
States,” 1,000 strong, dined and
were told that the peace ir.
Europe depends on the United
States. Does it? Why? Why can
not people in Europe stop cutting
each other’s throats without our go
ing over to hold back their hands
—or pay their bills, which is what
they really want?
France hints that it would like
England to guarantee it against
attack from Germany. And Eng
land, like the tar baby, says noth
ing. Its statesmen say that to guar
antee France would mean to con
script more Englishmen, and that
they don’t mean to do.
If England, within sight of the
French coast, doesn’t care to be
made responsible for France, why
should we, 3,000 miles away,
allow ourselves to be made re
sponsible for the whole of Eur
ope? It seems foolish to have to
ask that question, but you do have
to.
(Copyright, 1D24.'
Aughe Widow
Wants Death
for Guzwesc
Young Daughter of Slain De
tective Steels Heart as
Veniremen Air
Scruples.
Twenty-one men out of the first 3«
called as prospective Jurors to try
Joseph Guzwesc for killing City Detec
tive Frank Aughe, declared In Dis
trict Judge Fitzgerald's court Thursday
morning that their conscientious scru
ples would prevent them from send
ing any man to the electric chair,
no matter what his crime.
Two women in biack who occupied
front chairs in the court room have
no such scruples. Mrs. Mayme Aughe,
widow of the slain detective, and
Helen, 17, her daughter, a high school
student, watched the proceedings.
“What do you think of the death
penalty in this case?" a friend In
quired.
"I’m absolutely In favor of It," said
Mrs. Aughe.
"HE DESERVES IT,”
DAUGHTER DECLARES.
“He certainly deserves it,” said
pretty Helen, darting an angry glance
at the back of the defendant, who sat
a few feet away.
Guzwesc, who has gone under the
names Dunn, Savage, Shaeffer and
Phillips and has served terms, it is
alleged, in three penitentiaries, fold
er and unfolded his hands. He wore
dark suit, gray flannel shirt and
black bow tie. A low forehead from
which the hair receded slightly, ft
small head, protruding Ups, black
eyes, thick fingers with dirty finger
nails were his principal features. His
face was expressionless.
The defendant’s sister, said to be
the wife of a wealthy New Yorji
merchant, has returned home after
visiting him here.
VENIREMAN SHIES
AT DEATH PENALTY
"If you found the evidence war
ranted it, would yotl vote to send
this defendant to the electric chair?"
County Attorney Beal asked one after
another of the veniremen.
"No, I wouldn't do that," came
the answer from many.
By noon,' only a few veniremen re
mained to be called and the state
and defense each had eight challenges
unexercieed.
"I'll call every man in Omaha, If
necessary, to get the 12 men we
need,” declared the county attorney.
In contrast to those who opposed
the death penalty was Oscar D.
Helmes, 4970 North Seventeenth
street. ,
“Would you vote to send the de
fendant to the electric chair if you
found the evidence showed him
guilty?" Mr. Beal asked.
“Yes, sir,” answered Helmes
heartily.
PROSPECTIVE JUROR
ONCE HELD l'P.
"Were you ever held up at the
point of a gun?" asked Beal.
"Yes. I was, three years ago."
"Still have that in your mind, have
you?" said the court.
"Yes, I’m still looking down the
barrel of that gun,” said Helmes.
He was excused, however.
George H. .Waller, 2858 Webster
Street, was excused because he "knew
Aughe all his life. His father and
my mother went to school together."
The first 16 excused because they
oppose the death penalty were: John
Seefus, Waterloo; Claire Gaumer. 5912
Missouri avenue; Gus Keller, 614
North Twentieth street; Harry Rembe,
624 North Forty-third street; Andrew
Petersen, 3615 Maple street; Millard
Kelseji, Millard: Sam Siporen, Jr., 2218
Grant street: Emmor Widdoes, 2807
Bristol street; John Kawa, 4101 South
Fortieth avenue; Warren L. Johnson,
Wayne apartments; F. S. Roberts, 314
Park avenue; Jerty Maher, 811
Worthington place; Charles McCar
ney, 1514 North—.Forty-flrst; Elder
L. McCunn, 4724 Charles; Pietro Glg
hotti, 1319 South Twenty-second, and
Ralph Agee, 1814 North Happy Hol
low boulevard.
Guzwesc's defense will be that the
revolver was accidentally discharged.
County Attorney Beal refused to
accept his offer to plead guilty to sec
ond degree murder and take life im
prisonment,
Runaway Pair Is
Sought in Bluffs
Council Bluffs marriage license of
ficials were notified Wednesday by the
father of Helen Lucky, 18, Lincoln,
Neb., to refuse-a license to the young
woman and her sweetheart, Kaho
Daily, 18, also of Lincoln.
According to the father the young
couple ran away from home without
notifying theif parents. Any objec
tion to the wedding other than this
fact that he might have, was not
stated.
The 'couple failed to appear In
Council Bluffs for the license.
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Train Hits Wagon
Containing One Ton
of Dynamite and—
Durango, Colo., March 20.—Den
ver & Kio Grande Western passen
ger train, hound here from Tellu
ride, Inst night struck a wagon con
taining one ton of dynamite at Fort
I.ewis crossing, near here. The
dynamite did not explode, and no
one was Injured.
The wagon was demolished and
the dynamite was destroyed in the
collision. II. C. Carey, driver of the
wagon, jumped to safety when hr
saw the train. When the train,
which had keen running about 20
miles an hour, stopped nhout 300
feet from the crossing the tarpaulins
which had covered the wagon was
<1 railed over the front of the loco
motive.
The team of horses escaped nil
scratched.
There were about 20 passengers
on the train. Several became sick
with fright when they learned the
train had struck a load of explo
sives, members of the crew said.
Train officials said the dynamite
failed to explode because of the cold
weather and because il contained a
low percenlnge of nitroglycerin,
Widow and Daughter of Slain
Officer Ask Law’s Vengeance
I c<6j Jjt'i/g&e.
Ringer Dry Chief.
If He Wants Job
Ex-Police Commissioner Con
siders Being Rohrer Suc
cessor; Thomas for Him.
V. S. Rohrer, desposed prohibi
tion director wasn't at his office
Thursday.
Mm ploy es in his office in the fed
eral building stated that he had
gone to Hastings.
When and how Jong he would
be there, no one seemed to know.
If the voice of Omaha dry leaders
has any weight at Washington, and
the lenders are convinced that It has.
then J. Dean Ringer, former Omaha
police commissioner, will be Ne
braska's next prohibition enforce
ment director, succeeding U. S.
Rohrer.
This became known following a
conference of dry leaders Wednesday
afternoon, at which it was decided to
Iplace Ringer’s name before R. A.
Haynes, national chief of prohibition
enforcement activities, who recently
requested the resignation of Rohrer
and Robert Anderson, group chief.
Ringer is undecided whether to
accept the post if it Is offered him.
"It is a matter of service and duty
with me,” ho said. "I am earning
more from my law practice than the
salary of the office, but sometimes
we must look at matters in the light
of duty and public service. I am
giving this serious consideration."
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Mr. Ringer Is the choice of Elmer
E. Thomas, who recently went to
Washington In connection with
Rohrer's record as prohibition en
forcement chief In this state. Next
to Ringer, Robert Samardick, while
prohibition enforcement agent, Is the
choice of the dry forces.
Meanwhile, according to Informa
tion from Washington, the name of
Elmer Thomas has been submitted to
Commissioner Haynes as a desirable
appointee, by Senators Norris and
Howell of Nebraska. Thomas, when
informed of this fact Wednesday night,
declined to comment.
It is understood, however, by those
who are familiar with the situation,
that Itlnger can have '.he place If he
will give his consent to have his namo
sent in to Washington.
Senators Norris and Howell, at
Washington, Thursday morning de
clined to comment on a report that
Elmer Thomas will refuse to accept
Rohrer's Job.
They also were silent concerning
the Intimation that J. Dean Ringer Is
willing to accept the post If It is
offered him.
It is probable that the two senators
will go into conference this afternoon
or tonight on Rohrer's successor.
Prohibition Director Haynes an
nounced that he will take no action
for some time, at all events, and that
he has not received Rohrer's official
resignation.
At least two members of the Ne
braska republican congressional dele
gation are ready to recommend James
Dickerson of Omaha for the post. If
the acenators ask for any advice in
the njatter.
Kennedy Picks
New Terminal
Booster Body
Men Who Will Campaign for
Bigger I nion Station Drawn
From Leaders of
Omaha.
John L. Kennedy, chairman of the
hoard of directors of the rhamber of
Commerce and president of the
United States National hank. Thurs
day named the committee to work for
a new union station.
The committee is composed of 40
leading business and professional men.
Louis Scholes of the Hansen In
vestment company announced that he
has correspondence with heads of
railroads written in 1913. when a
campaign for a new station was afoot.
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Depot Committee
John L. Kennedy, chairman of
the executive committee of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce, to
day appointed the following New
Union Station committee:
George Brandeis, chairman.
O. II. Barmettler
W. F. Baxter
W. B. T. Belt
Kandall K. Brown
R. Buckingham
T. C. Byrne
Harry S. Clarke _
Harley Conant
A. B. Currie
James C. Dahlman
J. R. Davidson
Henry Doorljr
R. C. Rppley
Thomas Flynn
W. A. Fraser
Charles C. George
A. W. Gordon
Fred P. Hamilton
Charles Harding
Walter W. Head
W. D. Hosford
Ford R. Hovey
Alvin F. Johnson
Frank B. Johnson
Frank W. Judson
George H. Kelly
Frank S. Keogh
Fred S. Knapp
Charles T. Kountie
Harvey Mllliken
Joseph Polcar
R. T. Rector
A. II. Richardson
Charles W. Russell
W. A. Smith
Robert S. Trimble
N. B. Updike
C. M. Wilhelm
Harry A. Wolf
C. F. ChUde, secretary of the
committee.
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Thla correspondence, he said, showed
a willingness on the part of roads,
to co-operate In the building of a
station If the Union Pacific would
start things.
To See Carl Gray.
Scholes was to see Carl R. Gray,
president of the Union Pacific, today
to present the matter. He has a plan
for the new station and also has mad#
a tentative selection of a site.
Need for a new station was ex
pressed by members of the govern
ing board of the traffic bureau of
the Chamber of Commerce. The Idea
of a new station originated In this
department.
“There Is only one other city In
the United States In Omaha's class
that has a worse station than Omaha.
That city Is Loe Angeles,” T. S.
Knapp, -chairman of the board, de
clared.
Station Inadequate, Claim.
“The station here Is not only In
tarns—===='
TO the music lover the name Emerson has
always stood Tor sweetness of tone. That ia
why it is invariably referred to as the “sweet-toned
Emerson." As a great work of art expresses the
personality of the artist, so the Emerson embodies
the ideal of its creator. William Emerson built
' his first piano in 1849. Since then, case design
and manufacturing methods have changed and
improved, but the individuality of tone—the
soul of the Emerson has remained unimpaired.
Ask an Emerson owner for his opinion and he
will dwell with more than ordinary enthusiasm
on the merits of his piano. Thousands of Emerson
owners testify to Emerson clarity and sweetness
of tone. They would own no other piano regard
less of cost. See and hear the Emerson today.
Trade in your old piano. Conve
nient terras arranged on the balance.
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Aged Woman Who Gains Power
of Speech Must Learn to Talk
Mr*. Nancy Spigle, 60, Being
Taught Words by Sound,
Just Like Child in
Infancy.
Mr*. Nancy Spigle, Omaha woman
who henra and talks for the first
time In the SO years of her life, is
busily engaged In Kansas City, where
she la visiting her daughter, Mis. If.
H. Donsker, learning primary words
by sound.
Another daughter, Mrs. D. S. Fink
enstein, 3300 Webster street, tele
phoned to her mother In Kansas City
last evening and talked to her.
"It seemed wonderful to heat
her voice," said the daughter. "Of
course, she must learn to talk Just a:
a child would learn, by hearing the
words. She can now say "Bye-bye"
and other such simple words.
"My sister in Kansas City is teach
ing mother. She is positive that she
can hear for the first time because]
when the phonograph is played
mother marks time and stops when
the music stops."
Mrs. Spigle believes that she
gained her hearing and her speach
through the teachings of a healer In
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dCrs. iSattcy
Kansas City whose lectures she had
attended often and which she could
grasp by lip reading.
Mrs. Spigle will return to Omaha
in a month. I^ater she will take a
trip to California to visit another
daughter.
Louisville Man, Once “Outcast,”
If ins Back Esteem of Home Town
Louisville, Neb., March 20.—John
McCarver has won back the esteem
of his home town folks.
For years the Louisville man, es
tranged from his family, was brand
ed as a "worthless outcast" by
other citizens of the town.
Last September 27, his wife, Mrs
Susie McCarver, died of burns re
ceived the previous day In a kerosene
explosion.
Then, on the 28th, came the Louis
ville flood, sweeping before It the
McCarver home, where relatives had
gathered following the funeral.
Among the toll of 10 lives exacted
was that of Robert McCarver, the
faithful son, who had supported his
mother.
Robert carried *1,000 insurance
payable to his mother, but her death
placed the father next In line to re
ceive the money. So crystallized was
sentiment against the father that ef
forts were made to have him turn
the Insurance over to a daughter,
without avail.
Kor a time, John McCarver, with
his Inherited 11,000, continued in dis
favor. Then came the transforma
tlon.
There were 10 members of the Mc
Carver family buried in the Ixmis
vllle cemetery, nine of them flood
victims. After paying all the funeral
expenses, John McCarver arranged
to have a fine monument erected at
their graves.
Now, with little or none of the
money left, he again walks the
streets with head erect, once more
esteemed by his fellow men.
Adequate for the handling of passen
ger traffic, but it is also Inadequate
for the handling of express and mall.
It Is this Inability properly to handle
these departments that makes it
necessary to transfer a great deal of
this type of matter to Council Bluffs.
"Conditions have changed since the
station was last suggested and the
railroads are now in a position to
build, we believe. There is no need
for the city to wait longer for Uus
essential Improvement."
Shippers Complain.
Complaints of shippers that trouble
ia experienced with nearly all ship
ments in and out of Omaha led to the
action of the traffic bureau.
"Xow is the opportune time to
launch a program of this kind.” W.
Boyd Smith declared. "The Burling
ton Is planning extensive Improve
ments to its atation and other roaJe
are feeling the necessity for a new
terminal.
“The reilronds have money to spend
-i
now and with a little prompting I
think they will spend it.”
Among business men the attitude
that Omaha does not present a decent
appearance to strangers arriving here
seemed to predominate. Nearly every
one agreed that a new station Is need
ed and most are ot the opinion that
the location of the terminal should
be In a more convenient place.
In response to inquiries, \V. H.
Finley, president of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad, telegraphed:
"Inasmuch as the Chicago & North
w :n terminates at Council Bluffs,
[ l el that any question of a union
st..lion at Omaha should be taken up
with the owning railroads."
The reply from S. M. Felton, head
of the Chicago, Great Western, rail
road is similar.
"The Mason City 4- Fort Dodge rail
road has leased its terminals at Coun
cil Bluffs. W# reach Omaha Anly by
trackage rights and have no financial
Interest In the passenger terminal.”
Bov Kills Mother ,
Accidentally
it ,
Trying to Protect Parent From
Attark by Father—Bullet
Hits Vi oman.
Baltimore, Md. March 28—Russell
Gibaon, 1*. trying to protect hie
mother when hla father, Jamei L..
Gibaon, attacked her with a chair,
shot and killed her In the home of
her daughter. Mr*. Annie Strabel.
Mr*. Gibaon hal left her husband.
This morning at about 10 o'clock,
Gibson came to Mr*. Strabel * house
to see his wife. He forced his way
in and found Mr*. Gibson in the
dining room. He picked up a chair,
Mrs. K'rabel said. When Kuseel. the
son. saw his father about to at
tack his mother, he rushed away and
got a .25-caliber automatic pistol.
Hi* mother rushed between him
end his father as he pulled the trig
ger.
As she fell the boy fired two more
shots, both of which hit the father,
one in the left shoulder and one in
the right side.
Democrat Meet
Here Next May
IIy Ahnorlalfd Frew.
Unwin, March 20.—The democratic
st ite central committee at a meeting
her" Wednesday designated May 1.
at Omaha, as the date and place for
holding the state convention. The se
lection of Omaha was made by unani
mous vote.
The representation will be based on
the vote cast for governor in 1522,
and will call for a convention of
about 1,000 delegates, It was said. A
committee of five on arrangements
was appointed by Chairman Allen.
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1916 Farnim
Is Electric Light Cheap?
When the candle was the mode of lighting in the home, it cost
$."> to bum candles to furnish light enough, the equal of one
kilowatt hour of electricity.
When the oil lamp arrived this lighting cost was cut down to
$-.40.
A Light
All Night
fora Penny
and a
Third!
To use a kilowatt hour of electricity in your
home now costs only 5l,£ cents. Our figures
show you can use a 25-watt lamp for five hours
for just a penny.
This Is Almost Unbelievable But True!
Omaha has one of the lowest light rates in
America. Economy in management and op
eration has brought this about.
Nebraska □ Power S.