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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1911)
TTTE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MAT 72. 1311. azire p)a t'JlA . "J The BEE'S Jumbr Birthday Book Lay of the Hotel Lobbyist gee'g M ge This is (he II IU "Ques crooks will b careful not to .leave their finger prints lying loom" around the scene of the crime since the New York rtives made that burglar confess," ob- rrvea ine i.nair armer. - 'The sleuths had what you anight all a finger tip.'" faid the Hotel .Lobbyist as j he lighted a Iran, yellow cigar with freckle on It. "Believe me. when crooks learn that they have whorla, loops and duflickers on their fingers that cannot be duplicated they 'Will all get dizzy looping 1 the-loops. ! "It makes ma' smile to see th same police convicting men on the 'evidence of j the finger prints and then sending out the I patrol to arrest a load of palmists. Why I aren't they consistent? It makes great reading, thougn, to hear how the ken- eyed sleuth could pick out the first edition I prints of the right man's fingers In four . minutes. 'Twill behoove every second ' story worker, burglar and safe breaker to us sand soap plentifully before tearing off a job. I am Informed that the safe wer. use soap, but not on his hands. ever. It Is more than likely that future are will not use the old-fashioned mask on their facee, but will disguise their finger tips. "Of course, this will bar from business the 'C omic Valentines' who open safes by the delicate sense of touch In their finger tips, but a Rood Journeyman murderer can probably wield a crowbar over the bean of his victim or Jimmy open a houae with out pausing to carefully scatter a set of Identification ' finger prints around the room. Although I have never been mur dered, I understand that some rough assassins handled their victims without glovee, so there is hop for the finger print sleuth. "This all brfhgs me to the plot of a great melodrama I am going to writ around tha. Tou know how the old school melo' 'Tit. the kind where innocence always got UVn the collar button until one minute be foiY the- drop of th final curtain. Of course such antiques had to go, because even If we stood for It w didn't have a Jeer left for th villain. "Tou recollect that th , first Vet In- Nowet : .. bVglS " j "SLEUTH." variably showed C library with a safe in the background and a dear white haired man doddering around with no other pur pose than to be murdered so that he could put on red whiskers In th second act and double as a policeman. The villain with the piercing black mustache always killed the dear old soul and then carefully scat-1 tered around the rifled safe the hero's Initialed handkerchief or his calling card. Or maybe he borrowed the hero's pocket knife on pretext of paring his nails and stabbed the leading old man. After which the play went on. the hero being arrested, of course, for being so Imbecile as to leave his initials lying around loose. After three arts of agony it was all cleared up. "Old stuff, eh? Well, I'm going to have a villain mho will get the simple-minded hero 'lend him his finger prints which the scoundrel will place on th white shirt front of th aged vltlm. Business of sleuth convicting hero by th finger print rout. Grest, eh?" 'But how will you solve It?" asked th Chair Warmer, "It will cost you 12 a seat to learn that," said the Hotel Lobbyist. (Copyright, 1911, by the N., T. Herald Co.) t Secrecy in Wire .Mess ages j In the preaenc of prominent represen tative of the army and navy, distin- Tiost Inventors, a demonstration was riven in New York recently of an inven tion designed to prevent foreign spies from tapping government wires and learn ing the secrets of the war, navy and stat departments, either in time of atrlf or peoce. The demonstratlonwhlch ' posesed an added interest because of the frequent reiteration of futur trouble with Japan and the uneertala etmdltlon prevailing along the Mexican" border,"-wa' held un dr the Joint auspice of th' New Tork World and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. l-'or half an hour messages wer ex changed by . the military men and aden osis H'tnorvt In the' two newspaper of- e. l.(W miles apart. In their Judgment, Invention solves one of the most Im portant military problems with which an army has had to contend ever sine the Introduction of the telegraph as an aux iliary of modern warfare. The invention Is the work of Fatrick B. Pelnny, Inventor of the telepost auto matic telegraph system and multiplex., the o.ntl-ime relay and other improvements to the telejjraph and cable. It breaks up the riot's and dashes forming the letter of the telegraph code and required . the use of two circuits, traversing widely sep araleil territory. One went to Bt. Louis by wp.y of Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Colum bus, Indianapolis and Terre Haute, and th ntber by way of Albany, Buffalo, Cleriand. Toledo and Chicago. A he two wires were controlled and nrt eiM from an ordinary single Morse key. anef'the message wa received over a sin gle receiver at th end of tta Journey in the same way as a regular communica tion. Each alternate dot or dash traveled over one wire and the other dot and dashes over tho other. Though th dis tance by way of ono route was hundreds ( or miles longer man mat 01 in omor, Jr eaCn Impulse reached the receiving In- By secret have series I of meaningless eaballattrs of no value to i "j him. Parting company -at the sending V key. the two parts of th message, ora ' rated by many miles throughout their that can be made of service or profit to it. Pel any presided at the demonstration In th World office on this end, wher It was witnessed by Thomas A. Edison, Hudson Maxim, General A. L. Bufflngton. U. 8. A.; Major J. B. Reeber. U. 8. A., chief signal service officer of th depart ment of th east, stationed In New York : offiolals from th Brooklyn navy yard and signal officers of th Atlantic fleet. Ad miral Setoa Shroeder, commanding, now in port. In th Post-Dispatch .of flc In 8t Louis were army, officer from th. Jefferson barrack, and a number of prominent lay. men. IF 1 Nubs of Knowledge J It la unlucky to measure a baby, as It will not grow. ' i Bretons throw pin or small place of money Into well for luck. To sneeme en Monday hastens anger) to sneeze on Friday give a gift. To sweep duat over the feet of a girl win prevent her from vetting' a husband. Pitting cross legged or with fingers dosed Is accounted a sign of bad luck. , I Gambler think that a change of eat or a new deal of the card will bring; luck. In th Isle of Man th superstitious be lieve that th wren 1 a transformed fairy, Five hundred and thirty-five thousand men work In British eoal mines. Bohemian peasant hold It to be unlucky to walk under a rainbow, because th rain that descenda through the bow blight all tt fall upon. M' ument In Its proper sequence. tfni'ln either wire all that th a rt sl'-vice agent of an enemy would i . a-li ten from it would have been a flight across country, were only reunited ' -' HiTiiat th' receiving, rendering the tap- ting of either wlr during th transit of the message or no us Whatsoever. The mechanical device that accomplishes this is very elm pie, requires no special akill to operate and can be used In any com bination of two circuit of which th telegraph Is susceptible. It make the coding of confident! government mea- t. . aage unnecessary, thus saving hour of : valuabl tip" In periods of urgency when it' minutes are vital to 0 i auecea of a ' movement, and will defy th Ingenuity of t fo to extract from th wlr anything I Crying children are rocky: they will have fin eyes and broad shoulder. If you sing before you eat In th morning you will weep before you sleep. Bablee' finger nails should not be out be fore they are a year old, or they will turn out thieve. In certain section of rural England It Is supposed to be unlucky to look at th new moon for th first time through a window. Witches Ilk th chape of magpie least in Russia. Rustics there often -gibbet dead magpU to scar away wlthchts front stable and eowaheds. A new moon seen over th right shoulder Is lucky; over th left shoulder unlucky, and straight befor you mean good luck to th end of th season. 6 JOY UNBOUNDED I LOOK AT THF ROYAL ENTERTAINER WHO HAS BEEN 5,?.' r TO OELIVEh? MP 80M fl.y ATTACK OF ENNUI . ' r ' . V ( I COULD TAP YOU A.IU DAYP I LIKE THIS, AND NEVER 7 &iT PMC HEP FOK IT. J (btwu tetiteI if ir, i LAUCHTEAED TO MAKE AA HOMAW HOLIDAY. ARE WORDS "ITTEO TO THIS CCASlCIt OlDCAUSTy. , 7T TRA LE , TAR LA 1 IT MUilN BE AWFUL TO BS 50 HELPLESS WHAT DO YOU USE THOSE . if- h tfr fHflUPl HE'S LOLKttft Jti l0 TO ME AND LOST fTWVlWf KEY f J Day We Celebrate May 22, 1911. II L 1 I JAMES V. MNDSAT. I30t Evana. ; Loretta's Looking Glass-Reflects Girl Who Studies to Beat Men j Aarne and Address. School. Ybson Carrie J. Andrew, h.)9 North Thirty-third St Monmouth Fark...l89T Harry W. Baty, 3815 Blondo St ...Franklin 190S Mearl C. Bosteder, Fortieth 8t. and Curtis Ave Central Park 1901 Frank Brown, Thirteenth and Grace Sts ...Lake -...1900 Charles Belman, 710 Hamilton Apartments Farnam 1890 Marie Bergman, 939 North Twenty-fifth Ave Long 1908 Harry M. Carlson, 3209 Seward St Franklin ........1900 Rene J. Cowan, 1920 South Thirty-fourth St Windsor 1898 Gertrude Craig. 8217 Pacific St Park 1897 Francis Counally, 3916 North Twenty-third St Loth rap 1908 S. M. Cohen, 720 North Sixteenth St Cass 1908 Margaret Daly, 2015 Oak St...... Vinton 1904 Delmar C. Eldredge, 1709, Park Ave Park 1901 Ernest J. Eggers, 809 Pine St ,.i Lincoln. 1900 Leroy F. Flood. 2117 North twenty-sixth St Long 1908 Charles Gardiner, 1911 Charles St i Kellom 1901 Marie Gresham. 1532 North Nineteenth St Kellom 1898 David Green, 1919 Vinton St .1..TT Vinton 1896 Henry Gouber, 3909 South Fourteenth St t..St. Joseph 1890 Jeannette Goldsmith, 8204 Sherman Ave Lothrop 1900 Walton L. Guss, 1618 South Thirty-third St Windsor 1893 Martha Granlewska, 2528 South Twenty-sixth St....Im. Conception. . ..1900 Arthur Hlgbee, 2011 Maple St Lake 1901 Willie K. Hanelsen, 2315 South Central Boulevard. . Vinton 1897 Lillian M. Jensen, 2634 Corby St Howard Kennedy. . 1900 Gerald Kyle, 2407 Davenport St Central 1900 Charles Kane, 2721 Grant St Long 1900 Leonard Kipp, 2442 South Fifteenth St Castellnr 189S Charles Laux, 2757 South Ninth St ; . . . . St. Joseph 1902 Ethel G. Lawrle, 4229 Ohio St Clifton Hill 1904 W. Floyd Lane, 4932 North Thirty-fifth St Monmouth Park.. .1904 James V. Lindsay, 3309 Evans St Howard Kennedy.. 1899 Leo Lehre. 1931 South Twenty-eighth St Im. Conception 1908 Louis Meyers, 3340 South Nineteenth St Vinton 1903 Charles Mahr, 1961 South Twenty-first St." Castellar.- . . , 1901 Earnest Murphy, 2749 South Twelfth St Bancroft ........1903 William Newman, 3337 Spalding St ..Druid lull 1904 Vincent Nelson, 1007 South Twenty-second St Mason 1900 Helen Nodgaard, 2802 Manderson St Lothrop 1897 Marie Nleamann, 2702 Lake St ...High ......1892 Wlnfleld Oviatt, 1931 South Thirteenth St. ........ Lincoln 1895 Alfred Pattlvlno, 918 Pierce St ..Pacific 1896 Arthur F. Rustin, 8503 Seward St High 1894 Ray F. Reel, 503 South Twenty-eighth St High .1890 Thomas Arley Rlchey. 4883 Pierce Bt Beala 1905 William C. Russell, 3109 Lafayette Ave Walnut Hill. . .. .1896 Mary Batorle, 1322 South Third St Train 1899 Sidney Schlotfeld, 6603 North Sixteenth St ..Sherman 1899 Ella B. Schultz, 2609 Grant St Long 1904 Hannah Tobin, 1036 South Eighteenth St Leavenworth 1901 George Voelker, 1920 Lake St Lake ,.1898 Theodore Williams, 2772 Lake St Howard Kennedy.. 19 02 I am not laurel-enatchlng. I want you to have th poor pay of your wreath for all you hav done. But I do complain of you. I bitterly resent the slur you cast on my sax. ) Blurt Tea, I mean Just that! I know you think by making trade that are higher than th one mad by men you ar showing th superiority of girl to men. . But you are not You are Just showing your ability to do soma of th thing w do a well or bettar than they. Just now a 'lot of mistaken girls are gloating, over the Cornell triumph. They ar hooting' forth th glad news that thirteen of th twenty-five eligible for Fhl Beta Kappa ar girl. If there ever was an unlucky thirteen, that certainly 1 it! It I another bit of fertiliser for the root of that malignant growth of sex antagon ism. It' a regular acholarly nightshade. Why do w crow ovr doing things that men do better than weT In our crowing enthusiasm w ar losing sigh of th fact that w ar accepting a masculine educa tion a If It wer of all thing desirable Instead of forcing ths colleges to get prac tically busy In adapting their teaching for feminine needs. Tou "grind," you are deferring the day of our real education. You are making a martyr of yourself to furnish data for the conversational ladle who want to make pchea on "woman' achievement" And you are not doing what you think you ar beating the men. You ar Just showing that by devoting all of your en- engy frequently sacrificing your health to study you ar getting higher grades than men who ar playing foot ball, tennis and taking an active Interest in fraternity or society, debating and others, as well as dances and week ends, and still keeping up grades that let them stay In college. You are not proving that you can beat men who are giving their whole energy to th same thtng that absorbs you grade making. The men who are too poor to go Into th broad life of the well-to-do collegian are almost Invariably obliged to give a part of their time to self support Bo why ket puffed up about those high grade T And you hav given th Intellectual woman a kind of black eye that 1 not at tractive. You hav so aqueesed and wrin kled yourself to be come a "grind" that your narrow Interests and apparently un sympathetic nature hav come to be blamed on all women of brain. I do not believe In foot ball, because I cannot bear to see a fin young mala In capacitated for futur usefulness by a kick In the wrong placa But I think th senseless competition of grade getting has th cruelty and uaelessness of foot ,ball beaten a hundred times. Wak up, you man beating glrL Tak what th college give you; that suits your -need as a woman. And fling th rest 'back In the face of th faculties til) they ar forced to afford . you an education which Is adapted to your needs. Mak them let you learn to live with people, not with booka Don't let this man beating excallenc de ceive you to the fact that It 1 a first-class pulp maker, grinding your distinctly self, your woman self, to death. r Wasn't Good Soap J : ! ' 1 Trials of a Hero t - . ' ' I - t , SHSL U--- j 1 3Hfi U)VC3 ME.1 ' ) ' r M"BtOVE I Hf CHILD? 1 RCSCUgf . A New Jereey farmer cam to th city th other day and, among other thing, he visited a high class restaurant, says a Phil adelphia paper. His appetite ran to cheese, and, Inquiring of th waiter what sort of cheese was listed, remarked that h de sired "something new." "Why don't you try a bit of Roquefort?" suggested th waiter. "What' that?" asked th farmer. 'Hang It." he add id, "bring me some. I Ilk the nam anyway." He ate of It and liked It. Bo he thought he would tak some horn to hi wife. Arriving late, he laid th small cheese wrapped In silver paper on th sideboard. He forgot to In quire about It till next night and then he asked his wife how aha liked It "Oh, I s'pose It's mighty stylish up to th city, but I Jea kinder couldn't us It I oouldn't get no fosm out of It, and when I washed th children they amelled kinder funny, and I can't say's I Ilk If Vp asatmst It. "In th day of th ancient drama," said th pedanilo person, "performance wer given In th open air." "What a discouragement that must hav been," replied Mis Cayenne, "to th man who Insist on going out of th theater to get a breath of fresh air." Washington Star. Th cuckoo' oracle wr believed by the ancient Pole to be aotually given by the great god Zywia, th life giver, who transformed himself Into that bird with the object of giving his oracular utterances. r Dangerous Strip of Land Th stranding of th Frlnse Irene . on th Fir Island bar was a serious mishap, although no live wer lost It U no un common thing for a liner to pok her nos In th mud and remain stuck for a few hour either coming up or gtlng down th New Tork harbor; but th beaching of on of these big ships, equipped as they ar with wireless .apparatus, fog algnala and vry appllanc that make for safety in th open eee 1 an unusual and costly accident Not only does It cause delay and alarm to passenger, but It also Involve a con siderable expense to th owners of the Ship. A parallel to th case of the Prlnzeas Iron 1 recalled In the experience of the American liner Bt. Paul, which stranded on th Jersey coast about thirteen years ago, but was floated again without loss of life, though not without difficulty. Of course the accident Inspires the usual references to Fire island as an ocean "graveyard." It Is true that th beach at that point ha been the arena of some nota ble wrack sine th ship Prlni Maurlta, Captain Dirk Cornells, was lost there on March 9, 1SS7. July 1(1, 1350, saw th strand ing on Fir Island of th htp In which Margaret Fuller and her husband. Count Ossoll, together with their young son, wer coming to revisit Margaret Fuller's horn. Mother, father and son wer drowned. Th loss of th schooner Loul V. Place In 1836 nd that of th schooner Benjamin C. Cromwell of Bellport In 1904 ar memorable among th more recent disasters on th forty mile of and popularly known a th Fir Island beach. As a matter of fact. th Oak Islsatf and Rockaway aands far ther west and th Quogu and Hampton beachea farther east hav been quit as destructive to Ufa and shipping as th Fir Island sands. Southampton records, for Instance, th loss of th British sloop of war Sylph January 11 1818, when only six men survived out of a crew of 117. Oak Island Is charged with th wreck In 1822 of the Savannah, the first ship with steam power that ever crossed th Atlantic Th Rockaway and Hempstead shore hav been the scene of many disasters, of which th most notable are the wreck of th Liverpool ship Bristol oft Rockaway on November 20, 1K36, with the loss of eighty four lives, and tbe wreck of th ship Mex ico In January, 1S37, at a point In Hemp stead township ten mile east of th spot where the Bristol stranded. On hundred and sixteen people perished In th Mexloo reck. A curious fact about each oi- tb.es wreck Is that the, captain had brought his ship safely to Bandy Hook, but being unable to obtain a pilot was compelled to stand off shore. In each Instance a heavy gal sprang up befor a pilot could b secured and the ship was driven on th sands to ths eastward. We have established live-saving stations and perfected life-saving equipment in vented wireless telegraphy, organised fleet of revenue cutters that are ready to stand by any wreck, and generally effected a vast Improvement In the condition of nav. tgatlon and life protection sine th days of the Bristol -nd the Mexico. But that long rib of sand fronting th AtlantlO still remains, always dangerous and ever in satiable. Brooklyn Eagle. That Wa Enough. They were talking about th nosey woman who knew everybody in th middl of th block, "Apparently she's got It In for those people who moved away from No. W last week," aald ha "What did they do to her?" "Nothing," said she, "except to borrow their opera glasses th day befor they moved, and keep them till the day aftr, o she couldn't get a chance to train tham on her back-room furniture." New Tork Time. Th Key to tn Situation Be Want Ada 8C P8th3l0. SEHO IT OVCeTOTHC TAILOR AND TELL MlM TO HURKY, I NUO IT AT OMCE. Trouble on tho Border J HYStr,p?Aa; l ll NOW, I LL ySTl k 1r ft i Tuejs. r .-r? n s s ii ii n .1. ii isu . - . ... i ' , l i ii