THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918.
BENNETT GIRL
FOUND SANE AND
WILL BE FREED
Girl Who Never Had a Chance
Again Thrown Back to City
Authorities to Solve
Problem.
Brother and Sister Meet
on Way to Battle Fronts
"Rillic" Bennett, tlie girl who
never had a chance, is still a prob
lem aw'aititig solution bythe police
nd health authorities.
i She was examined by the county
board of insanity Monday morning
and Dr. Young declared her normal.
The girl is being held in the coun
ty jail awaiting her release on the
insanity charge and Assistant City
Attorney Burner has orders from
the ealth board to hold her for
medical treatment.
."."Billie" says the only way she
can be kept at the Girls' Detention
home is in a straight jacket. She
, declare that she has been mistreated
there and that as many as a dozen
young medical students were in the
room with her when she was un
dergoing medical treatment and no
matter what licr life had been she
had felt she had been outraged by
the embarrassment of it.
: "I don't know the first thing
about housework," said she. "Hut
I am .nusually strong and athletic
I can "un a truck or would be will
ing to go into the railroad yards or
shops and do a man's work. I un
derstand the mechanism of most cars
and can take one apart and put it
together again. 1 can run a car as
good, if not better than most men
I have had seven years' experience,
s "I want a chance. I want to go
Straight. I am will .ng to be paroled
to any one who sees fit to take the
responsibility and go to any place
or hospital designated to take daily
medical treatment. I want to earn
Some money and re-establish my
self. i Fears Persecution.
"I am afraid if I am turned loose
I will be subject to police persecu
tion because of my past. Lut 1 am
willing to go out and do a man's
work and try to make good."
"Billie" Bennett cannot be com
pared in the same class with the or
dinary or conventional woman. She
is utterly without restraint, as in
W dividual and as primal in her rela
tionships with soc ety as a verita
" ble Topsy. Yet those who know
her say she has a standard of honor
and a certain stability of character
ivhich would impel her to make hei
word good if she gave it, and tha
her given word or pledge, under
those conditions, wou(d be as good
is a bond.
She is a woman so unversed in
the refinements of life and so
unaware of her sexual differentation
that Jess than one in 10,000 women
would understand her and know
how to handle her. She is misun
, Jerstood.
Yet she has the courage to want
N work ou her own destiny in her
own peculiar way. As it is she is
complex, vexing problem, and one
that ordinary means of social work
j and municipal methods can find no
' way of solving.
Miss Johnson Qiven
; Until October ii to
? Qualify in Contest
Milton A. Sams, Omaha teache .
who was third highest candidate for
the office of county superintendent
of public instruction at the recent
primary election, is eligible to have
-s his name placed on the November
s ballot as a candidate to take the
place of Miss Mabel Johnson, pro
viding she does not qualify for that
position, according to an order is
sued by Judge Troup in district
court Tuesday.
Mr. Sams brought proceedings
recently to have Miss Johnson's
name excluded from the November
ballot, alleging that she was not
qualified to hold that position - in
. that she did not possess a first
grade teacher's certificate. The
contention was upheld by Judge
Troup when the case came to
trial Monday, but the court held
that Miss John sen had until Octo
ber 23 to secure the certificate and
make herself eligible for the posi
tion she seeks.
( Miss Johnson $ays she will be
fully qualified by the time set by
court, in which case Judge Troup's
order of Tuesday will be quashed.
Man Caught with Booze Says
V He Did Not Know He Had It
T. E. Mitchell, who give- his
- home as St. Joseph, Mo., is being
. held at the police station, awaiting
word from the police at St. Joseph
Mitchell was arrested recently in a
raid made by the booze squad on
the rooming house of Martin Sal
iito, 1710 Cass street.
According to the story of Mitch-
all. he came from St. Joseph to Fort
Crook, and thence to Omaha, w here
he engaged a room at the above
number. He brought- with him two
suit cases which.jupon investigation
proved, to contain a large quantit
of whisky. He claims that he diA
not know that the suitcases con
tained booze when he left St. Jo
seph and did not discover the fact
until the police raided his room and
found them under the bed.
Salvito claims that he did not see
' the suitcases when Mitchell engaged
the room, but he was charged with
illegal possession of liquor and
fined $100 and costs. Mitchell wili
be held until word is received from
l the St. Joe police as to where he
cbtained the liquor.
Women's Loan Committee
-Sells $1,750,000 in Bonds
" ; With many reports from various
wards not in the Women's Liberty
loan committee reports a total oi
S 1.750.000 worth of hand cnM. T.iVn
tenants are bringing additional pres
sure to bear on delinquents and ex
. poet to materially increase the total
; Mrs. F. A. Brogan and Mrs. John
A. MeShane in a canvass of tM
PlacksTonc hotel sold $27,500 worth
ot bonds. Emoloyes ff the hostelry
purchased $1,500 worth.
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
Witch of the Night
By DADDY
1
(Petty. 'mid iitmll through ft trick, li
carried wy to the dan of th Witch ofI
the Mtht. Th witcn ciaimi to m an
powerful that aha controla tba thunder.)
OrnnaJiTtgkz
One bound for the west, the other
awaiting a call to France, a Ne
braska brother and sister met for
a 20-minute visit in Omaha one day
last week. Miss Anna F. Tighe,
Red Cross nurse, in company with
100 other nurses, passed through
Omaha on a special train from New
York to San Francisco, where they
will embark for Siberia to be with
the expeditionary forces at Vladivo
stok. Her brother, Lt. Leo H
Tighe, who is stationed at Camp
LtleoXTigko.'
Funston, impatiently awaiting over
seas orders, obtained special leave
to bid farewell to his sister. Their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Tighe,
of Manley, Neb., and several
relativjes and friends, were also
present. Miss Tighe is a graduate
of M(rcy hospital, Chicago, and has
served six months with the Red
Cross in France with fhe Dr. John
B. Murphy unit. Both the young
people were born in Nebraska, the
sister at Manley and the brother in
Grand Island.
Petitions Are Filed
For Seven Candidates
For Education Board
Petitions have been filed in the
election commissioner's office for the
submission of the names of the fol
lowing present members of the
Board of Education for election on
November 5:
D. C. Eldredge, John Bekins,
Charles J. Johnson, Francis A. Bro
gan, Edward Huwaldt and E. G.
McGilton, four-year terms; Dr. J.
H. Wallace, for unexpired term of
two years, which was relinquished
by Samuel Burns, who resigned and
was succeeded by Dr. Wallace.
Bekins, Eldredge, Huwaldt, John
son and McGilton were all appointed
by the school board to succeed mem
bers who resigned. Of the seven
whose names have been filed, Bro
gan is the only one who was elected
by the voters.
An organization probably will be
formed to promote the candidacies
of the men whose petitions have
been riled.
Spain to Borrow Money.
Madrid, Oct. 16. Constitutional
t guarantees have been re-established
by the cabinet. There has been a
modification of the rules of censor
ship by the government. -The
cabinet has authorized the floating
of a loan of 200.000.000 pesetas.
Former Bee Reporter
Assigned to Duty in
Washington Office
Capt, Ralph S. Doud has been or
dered to Washington, D. C, for duty
in the adjutant general's department
of the War department and will de
part at once. On account of the
serious illness of his mother, Mrs.
H. A. Doud, 144 North Forty-first
street, he has been visiting here on
leave from his former station, Camp
Beaureeard. La., where he was camo
personnel adjutant. Captain Doud
was a member of the bee editorial
staff before entering the army 17
months ago.
Soup Kitchen Supplies
"Flu" Victims with Food
Gallons of soup have been sent
out to influenza sufferers by theJ
Red Cross soup kitchen installed at t
All Saints' church, Twenty-sixth
street and Dewey avenue. No count
has been kept, but the women were
been busy yesterday responding
to calls sent in by the visiting
nurses, who report cases where
families have no one to prepare
food for them .
"Any one having soup stock,
jelly, custard or any other delicacy
to contribute," said Miss Jessie Mil
lard, "may send it to us and we will
be very glad to hae it. We need
these things badly.V
CHAPTER IV.
The Fear of a Laugh.
"W-W-". hat made you c-call me
loony?" stammered the Witch of the
Night, apparently very much upset.
Now Peggy realized how impolite
the had been. It wasn't -nice to call
even a Witch loony.
"I beg your pardon for being
rude," she said. "That word just
slipped out accidentally."
"Oh," gasped the Witch. "You
didn't, mean it, then. That's dif
ferent." For some reason this seem
ed to relieve the Witch's mind a lot.
She settled back on her seat and
quickly resumed her former arro
gant pose.
"Princes Peggy, indeed." she
sneered. "Princess or no princess,
you shall feel the power of the Witch
of the Night. What did you mean
pretending that you were me at the
Birds' Harvest Carnival?"
"That was only fun," replied
Peggy.
"Fun," creaked the Ravens, lining
up in a row. "The word is forbid
den here.
"We are the Dlsmala; hear our wall;
'Gainst Joy and mirth we loudly rail,
Every ill we try to borrow
In thli va(e of woa and sorrow.'
This w'as a doctrine new to
Peggy. She'd always believed in
smiles and laughter. From the Night
Herons, lined up on the opposite
side of the Witch, came a similar
chorus:
"We are the Dolefula, never glad;
We waate our time In being aad.
No one can Join our gloomy crew
Who doesn't cheerfulnesa eschew,"
Peggy looked at them in puzzled
curiosity. If they followed that pol
icy no wonder they lived in a
swamp in the company of a witch
The Dismals gave a groan and the
Dolefuls sighed loudly. This tickled
Peggy's funny bone. She felt a
laugh coming. It was just like a
sneeze; she couldn't stop it.
"Hal ha! ha I" the laugh burst
forth. Its effect was surprising. The
Dismals sat up straight, Ihrew their
heads back, and let out! a lot of
mournful croaks. The Dolefuls
creaked like a lot of rusty hinges
and tried to stand on their heads.
Peggy's laugh got away from her
again.
"Ha! ha! ha!" she fairly shrieked.
The Dismals and Dolefuls began to
run around the Witch in a circle.
The Witch herself screeched and
squawked. And the faster they ran
and the more the Witch squawked,
the harder Peggy laughed.
"Stop that silly running around,"
shrieked the Witch, and the Dismals
and Dolefuls obeyed." As they lined
up and looked at Peggy, however,
their croaks and creaks began to
change into queer chuckles. Peg
gy's laugh was like a yawn or the
measles it was conta?rious. They
coudn't resist it. In a minute the
Dismals and Dolefuls had forgotten
all about their mirthless doctrine and
were joining in her merriment. And
it was so long since they had laugh
ed that when the laughs came they
didn't know how to control them.
They laughed until they rolled about
on the ground.
"Stop." shrieked the Witch, and
TAYLOR SAYS HE
IS NOT MEMBER
OF LION'S TAILS
v
Luikhart Says They Are Body
of Disgruntled Former
v Employes Not Now
on Payroll.
W. F. Taylor, former stock sell
ing agent of the Lion Bonding com
pany, who says he severed his con
nection with the organization last
February, denies he was even a
member of the suborganization
known as the "Lion's Heads." and
that he is not now a member of the
"Lion's Tails."
Speaking of the latter. Vice Presi
dent Luikhart of the Lion Bonding
company, says:
"They are a body of disgruntled
forme, employes who have been
separated from the payroll and they
now have no connection with the
company, officially or otherwise "
"If they feel they have any claims
against thecwmpany they can have
recourse to civhSction."
All of the men connected with
the company, who have been put
out, were brought here about the
time of the reorganization and none
of them has served a full year.
Mr. Conger, who was mentioned
as one of the suborganization, is
still in the employ of the company
and is at the head of theautomobile
insurance department.
Mr. Luikhart was non-committal
in his reply to the question as to
whether a meeting of the directors
of the company had been called to
consider matters arising from the
former connection of thevdischarged
employes. He would neither affirm
or deny.
she let out her awful cry. That cry
brought the Dismals and the Dole
fuls up in a hurry. The Witch ab
ruptly gave them orders.
"Dolefuls, go fishing. Dismals,
prepare the cage of the Man-eaters.
Roll thunder and hurry them."
The thunder rolled and the Dis
mals and Dolefuls vanished, leaving
Peggy alone with the Witch.
"You are trying to ruin my
court," angrily began the Witch.
"If a good laugh will ruin it, the
court deserves to be ruined," an
swered Peggy.
"I'll burn you up in my fire,"
threatened the Witch, pointing at
he blue flame in front of her.
Peggy Oaughed again. It was just
a will-cthe-wisp glow, about which
her father had told her, a heatless
flame from decaying wood, just like
the glow from the head of a wet
match. She walked up to the flame
and stuck her hand into it.
"That's all I care for your false
flame," she said.
The Witch let out the dreadful
cry once more.
"To the Man-Eaters with you"
she shrieked. "You know too much.
I'll have you eaten alive. To the
Man-eaters with you."
The Witch pointed to a great
cage at the side of the water. From
it came a hungry, menacing hum
like a subdued roar. -
(Tomorrow will ba told what happens
to Peggy In the cage of the Man Eatera.)
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Grain Exchange Closes One
Minute at Noon for Prayer
For one minute, following the
stroke of 12 o'clock noon yesterday,
business on the floor of the Omaha
Grain exchange ceased and all
members joined in a prayer for the
success of the United States and
its allies on land and on sea,
As the clock finished striking the
exchange room became as silent at
the grave. All trading was sus
pended, telegraph instruments
ceased tc
ac
science.
penaea, leiegrapn instruments
ceased to tick and each man prayed
according to the dictates of his con-
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