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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1919.
AUTOMOBILES.
Tires and Supplies,
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upon receipt of II deposit, our guaran
teed plain tread, rebuilt tire at tilt fol
lowing very Inw prices:
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TIRES ONK-HAIF PRICE.
GUARANTEED 1.000 MILES.
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we rurmsn tna old tlrea.
Agenta wanted.
I IN 1 VULCANIZINO COMPANY.
1611 Davenport Street.
WB do casing and tire repairing. We
guarantee our work. New and second
tires.
URBAN TIRE A VULCANIZING CO..
3323 Harney St. Phone Douglaa 841S.
NEW TIRES ON SALE.
Firestone. Congress. Lea Pullmsn, Flak.
Write for prices. Mention sites.
KA1MAN TIRE JOBBERS. iOll FARNAM.
REDUCED UATK.
1 CENTS PER MILE.
Hont a Ford. Drive yourself. Ford
I.lvery Co.. 1314 Howard St. Douglas 322.
CAIN mora miles; have your tlrea rav
ireaaeo oy u. at u. lira (Jo.
;4I5 Leavenworth. Tyler 1381-W.
J'ORD light delivery, good running or
der: will sell cheap H 67s5.
Painting.
F P. Barnum Co.. 1122 Cum:ni!. D 1044.
Htch grade Automobile Painting.
Repairing.
R4DIAT0ES
Wrecked and leaky radiator repaired
and rebuilt; large stock used radiator
New Ford honeycomb radiators.
OMAHA RADIATOR & TIRE WORKS.
1811 Cuming 104 Farnam.
EXPERT radiators, fenders and auto
bodlea; repairing at reasonable prlcea.
Prompt attention given to garage work,
ahlp your radiator direct to ua.
NEBRASKA SERVICE OARAGE.
r Doug 7390. SIS 8. 19th St
POULTRY AND BIRDS.
FOR SALE-3 pure bred Belgian hares.
Phone 80. 3K76.
OKT Don Sung Chinese Egg Tableta at
the Nebraska Seed Co., 1H13 Howard St.
FOR HALE White aplta dog.
5SM.
Webster
Horses Live Stock Vehicles,
UAHNU.SK, 6ADDLKS and TRAVELING
GOODS.
We make them ourselves and aell
them direct to consumer. Why pay two
profits for Inferior goods when you can
get high grade goods at first costt
ALFRBD CORNISH 4 CO.,
Phone Doug. 2314. 1110 Farnam.
NOTICJS to farmers, selling out harness
stocrf at sacrifice. Owner In Franc,
see them at residence, 2124 Lake St.'-
FINE heifer calf for sale. Phone Webster
S206.
A lilU SALE of harness, new and second
hand. 1406, North 24th St.
FOR SALE a Chester white "sow pigs.
Tel. Colfax 3237.
PERSONAL
l'our
Liberty Bonds,
War Savings Stumps. '
Partial Payment Receipts,
Will bring the highest market with us.
National Hond Co.,
610 World-Herald Bldg.
15th and Farnam.
Offices In Four Principal Cilles.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Urbanized by the Business Men of Omaha
FURNITURE, planoa and notes aa aecui.
tty, 140. 6 mo., H. goods, total, 11.(0
PROVIDENT LOAN SOCIETY.
4S2 Security Bldg., 16th A Farnam. Ty. 6
LOANS ON DIAMONDS. JEWELRY AND
11 01 LIBERTY BONDS. O C
A. 2 1 W. C. FLATAU, EST. 182." iC
6TH FLR. SECURITY BLDG.. TY.60.
Lowest rates. Prlvate loan booths. Harry
Maieshorh, 1614 Dodge, D. 6611. Est. mi
DIAMOND AND JEWELRY LOAN'S.
How One Little Girl
Plunged a Whole Train
Into a iightless Night
Here is the best story brought
home by the Chamber of Commerce
boosters and Red Cross canteen
workers who went to Atlantic, la.,
Wednesday night to meet the home
coming Omaha soldiers of the old
Fourth Nebraska. ,
The.joke is on Miss Reba McNam
ara, one df-the prettiest girls-in the
Red Cross canteen corps.
A group of the girls went into the
dressing room just before the train
reached Atlantic to "doll up" for
Randall Brown's dinner party, said
dinner party being the one which
degenerated into a "get-what-you-can"
quick lunch through the prompt
(?) telegraph service between
Omaha and Atlantic. '
Anyway there was no soap in the
dressing room so the girls could not
wash.
"Lets ring forthe porter to bring
us some," suggested Miss McNam
ara and forthwith pressed . a little
black button to call him. -
Where Was Moses?
Simultaneously with the pressure
of her dainty fingers on the little
black button, the rest of the Pullman
was plunged into utter darkness.
"The dynamo has gone Out of
commission,", some wise person an
nounced. There was a hurrying and
a scurrying of porters and trainmen
but no one could locate the trouble.
On through the night the train sped,
with only the little berth-lights lit.
Blissfully ignorant of the darkness
withoitt, the girls waited in the dress
ing room for the porter whodid not
appear grew tired of waiting and
continued their toilettes without the
soap. Then they decided to return
to the car, but "Where's the light?
What's the matter with the lights?"
"There ain't no lights!" They went
out a few minutes,, ago and we can't
turn 'em on again," some one replied.-
Brilliancy for Light.
Then one of the girls got a bril
liant inspiration.
"Reba must have turned them
out!' she cried. She scurried back
to the dressing room, pressed the
little black button agaiu and presto!
There was light again!
Fire at Camp Dodge
Causes $100,000 Damage
Des Moines, la., Jan. 26. Fire,
which broke out in a bilHard hall at
Dodge City in the Camp Dodge can
tonment area early today, complete
ly destroyed the Trilby theater, two
stores and the billiard hall. The
ramp fat- department after desperate
fighting of the fire saved the Dodge
hotel nearby. Occupants of the hos
telry were forced to flee in their
night clothing. The loss is esti
mated at $100,000. State Fire Mar
shall O. T- Roe, will commence an
investigation of the fire tomorrow.
Rickey to Lead Cardinals.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 26. Branch
Rickey, president of the St. Louis
Nationals, tonight announced he
would accept the management of tfee
club for 1919, Jack Hendricks hav
ing consented to terminate his con
tract as 1919 manager of the club.
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BIG PROBLEMS
TO COsMEBEFORE
.MEETING 'HERE
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Suggests Questions to Be
Discussed at Trans-Mis- '
sissippi Congress."
Some very weighty problems will
be discussed at the Trans-Mississip
pi Readjustment congress in Omaha,
February 18 to 20. Officials of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States have suggested to the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce thai the fol
lowing items be discussed: ,
What means can be adopted to
better stabilize prices during the
readjustment period, taking into ac
count inventories, orders placed at
war prices, labor, costs and condi
tions, increased taxes, increased
rates of interest, and increased de
mand for materials which have been
under war restrictions?
Will increased production in
crease the prices of material and la
bor or will it controlled redistribu
tion of material and labor from war
industries prevent such an increase?
What shall the government do
with the materials and products it
purchased for war use and now has
on hand? If they are to be sold,
where and how should they be dis
posed of? ,
What is the estimated amount of
labor required for the estimated 1919
production? ' It's source? How
moved?
Financial Questions.
Do you recommend government
aid in financing during the readjust
ment period? Is financial legislation
needed? Should the capital issues'
committee be continued? i
What method of cancellation ot
war orders will create the least
amount of hardship on industries
and permit a readjustment to nor
mal commercial conditions? '.
How can materials on hand sup
plied or purchased for undelivered
government orders be utilized for
commercial purposes?
Should the War Industries board
be continued? If not, should there
be some provision for the control
of materials and regulation of
prices?
Control of Materials. 1
How might materials be controlled
during the readjustment period to
avoid a demoralization of the mar
ket?.
If materials are uncontrolled will
prices go up or down?
Lan railroad cross-hauling dc
further, eliminated and how would
additional ports of entry be advan
tageous? '
Would a uniform method of cost
accounting be advisable in each in
dustry? v
May conservation methods adopt
ed during the war be continued with
out legislative authority?
What new methods and practices
would simplify production, save ma
terials,1 eliminate waste without re
ducing individual creativeness?
What effect will foreign compe
tition have on business? Will it in
crease or decrease production?
What is the underlying reason for
the importation of foreign made
goods?
What disposition should the gov
ernment make of her merchant ma
le?
What advantage should be taken
of the Webb-Pomerene bill, which
allowes combinations for foreign
trade? " i
Other items for discussion will be
announced later. . i '
Two Council Bluffs
Citizens Victims of 4
Spanish Influenza
Two deaths from influenza oc
curred Sunday, each after only a few
days' illness. One victim was a pio
neer woman of the, county and the
other was a young soldier who had
just received his discharge.
Mrs. Josephine Marian Uwen, wite
of Thomas R. Owen, died at the
home three miles north of Council
Bluffs after an ilness of six days.
Mrs. Owen was 70 years old. She
had been a resident of this vicinity
for more than 60 years. She Is
survived by her husband and two
sonsti Fred and Thomas Owen, both
residing in Garner township. Ar
rangements for the funeral "have not
been completed.
, GuyjH. Chase, aged 26 years, died
at his home, 2612 Avenue A, after
an illness of six days. He was dis
charged a few days ago from the
Sixty-second balloon company - at
Fort Omaha, and was preparing to
resume his place Jn the business
world. He is survived by his wife
and parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Chase of Omaha, and one sister,
Mrs. Chambers, also residing in
Omaha. The body was removed to
Cutler's funeral home where the fu
neral will be held this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. It will be of a semi-military-
character. There will be
a military service at the grave and
the casket will be escorted by a
platoon of soldiers.
FATHER
London Is 0. K. ; Yanks
Find Only 9,999 Faults
Lonon, Dec. 20. (Correspond
ence of Associated Tress.) Some
of the 15,000 American sailors, who
visited London before leaving : for
home, told the British journalists
what they thought of the metropolis.
"I like your town all right," one
is quoted as saying, "but you haven't
enough restaurants. Even in a
small American town every street
has got 'em in bunches of fives."
Other comments were:
"Your transportation about town
isn't up to standard, but I suppose
that's the war."
"London's more like an American
city than Edinburgh, and the people
are all right. You are not so mod
ern, though, as we are. I see your
girls have got their hair bobbed
why, our - girls had that done ten
years ago!"
"The people are real friendly. We
like your burg, but your climate is
rotten." .
"The big difference Between Eng
land and the states is your ladies.
You can speakfto a lady here, high
or low, without getting into trouble.
If you spoke to a lady in America,
you'd be arrested. There's some
thing where you are more, demo
cratic than weare." ..j .
The British interviewer said he
hoped the American boys wouldn't
take home any wrong' ideas about
English girls based on some of those
encountered in the Strand and in
Piccadilly circus.
"Make no mistake about that," the
Manager of Postal
Telegraph Company
Is Against Increase
Clarence H. Mackay, president of
the Postal Telegraph company, has
addressed a letter to Union B.
Bethel, chairman of the operating
board of the Linked States Tele
graph and Telephone administration,
protesting against the proposed raise
in telephone rates'. Mr. Mackay
points out that many of the states
have' objected to the raiae, and that
some have applied for injunctions
against the raise. His letter, in part,
follows:
"We see no occasion for raising
long distance telephone rates and
whatever we do will be done under
protest, because we have grave doubt
as to the legality of such an increase
in telephone rates by the postmaster
general now, whatever might have
been in justification while the war
was actively on, and while it un
doubtedly would be of great advan
tage to the Bell company to raise
long distance rates, particularly in
the south and on the Pacific coast,
where we are in competition in giv
ing that service at lower rates, al
low me to say that I do not thik
the public will approve of it, and that
I believe it is against public policy."
Sarles First and Tofy Second
in 100-Mile Automobile Race
Los Angeles, Jan. 26. Without
a stop, Roscoe Sarles won the 100
mile free-for-all automobile race at
Ascot speedway here today'in one
hour, 27 minutes and 62 2-5 seconds,
an average speed of 68.18 miles per
hour.
Omar Tofy took second place and
Eddie Hearne third. Eddie O'Don
nell w$J flagged down in fourth
place and. Al Melcher in fifth place.
The race was marked by two
minor accidents.
Petition to the Secretary of War
to Send Soldiers Hanie With
Six Months' Pay
Sign this petition, get your friends to sign it and
forward it to The Omaha Bee.
To the Hon. Newton D. Baker,
Secretary d'f War: '
, The undersigned respectfully urge you to return to
their homes as soon as possible the soldiers who have ac
complished so brilliantly every object America had in the
war.
We urge, also, that you obtain the necessary authority
to pay these men their military wages for six months, or
for some sufficient period after their discharge from the
army until they can obtain useful and remunerative em
ployment. ; '
We urge this as an act of simple justice by a great na
tion to its heroes. ;
(Signed) ' ,
.) I
Copyright. 1917.
International New, Bervtre.
sailor reassured him. "We know all
about it We've got to know fine
girls here, and hightoned ones too,
and we don want the other sort."
He said the boys with the Amer
ican battleship squadron in the firth
cf Forth got on well with the' Eng
lish sailors of the Grand fleet. "We
gave them a vaudveille show," he
related, "and they gave us a con
cert." "This sailor," the interviewer re
marked in his article, "gave me some
sound information on a point about
which I had always been curious. I
asked him if one American could
tell at once what part of America
another one came from. He said,
'sure. Take a man from the south
He speaks slow with a drawl "air-you-goin'-down-town-
toe- night"
see like that, a bunch of. farmers
talking. A man from Chicago talks
like a man from New York, quick
and sharp like, with a lot of pro
fanity.' "But, could you tell the dif
ference between a Chicago man and
a New York man?
" 'Sure. A Chicago man uses more
profanity, and he moves his hand
like this see? as if he was doing
a card trick. A New York man's
quick and soft.'
"What about the middle west?
"'Oh, a Nebraskan doesn't speak
slow like a southerner, or too quick
like a Chicago man, but just plain
and distinct, so anyone can under
stand him. Just like I speak. I
come from Nebraska.'"
Number of Idle Men
Is Growing Steadily, 1
Asserts Official
Philadelphia, Jan. 26. Unemploy
ment is developing throughout the
country with such rapidity as to
warrant serious concern, according
to Nathan A. Smyth, assistsnt direc
tor general of the. United States
employment service, at a meeting of
the American Academy of Political
and Social Science here.
"There are unmistakable indica
tions of an impending storm of ex
treme severity," said Mr. Smyth.
"On January 21,' 55 cities reported
a total unemployed of 211,000.
"Reports from the 750 United
States employment offices throughr
out the country, which, for the week
ending November 9, showed about
380,000 positions open and 150,000
applicants for jobs, now shojir that
the margin has almost entirely dis
appeared. Generally speaking, the
southeastern states still can. absorb
labor; the Pacific, north, middle
and eastern states show unemployed.
In a few places such unemploy
ment has reached unprecedented
proportions.
"What the country needs is not
an indiscriminate immediate dis
charge of all soldiers; it wants more
speed in getting out those who have
positions awaiting them. The army
is already taking steps to meet this
situation.
"Even more important is the stim
ulation of industry. The federal
government is not only failing to
take effective steps to stimulate; it
is actively and to a dangerous de
gree retarding industrial develop
ment. The government, which but
yesterday was running everything,
today is nearly refusing to have any
thing to do with anything.."
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TWO LAWMAKERS
LOOK OVER HOME
HERE FOREMEN
Talk to the Girls and Hear
Thejr Complaints on How .
They Got There; Legis- ,
lature May Act.
An informal investigation of the
City Detention hospital for women,
now located in the old county jail
building, was conducted by Harry
A. Foster, chairman- pro tern of he
medical committee of the legislature
and Representative Louis Berka,
Sunday 'afternoon.
They were escorted through the
institution by Miss Alta Berger,
superintendent, and talked to the in
mates. ,
Most of the women said they were
well treated but they complained of
the processes by which they were in
temed, also ,the' indefinite duration
of their terms and the prisonlike as
pect of the hospital.
It was found on inquiry that the
larger number of the 29 omen who
were being treated were from 17 to
20 years of age and most of them
were from small country towns- The
larger portion of the I younger fe
males claimed they wre working,
girls at the time they were appre
hended. A few of them said they
had applied for treatment at the
home voluntarily because they lack
ed funds to do this ftSr themselves.
, Arrested Without Process,
One married woman, who said she
had been living.chastely for the past
two years, complained that she had
been arrested without process of law
and placed in the home.
A young girl from Kansas City,
suffering with syphillis, said she had
found her way ipto the institution
as the result of spite work on the
part of her married sister and the
latter's husband.
After looking over the hospital
and listening to the stories of the
inmates Representatives Foster and
Berka said they decided that an in
stitution. of this character was need
ed but that under present conditions
the board of health and police sur
geons were given too much power
and that mosti of the commitments
were of an illegal nature and in vio
lation of civil rights.
It was their opinion that it was
illegal to arrest women pii one
charge and commit them on another.
Also that" in confining the operation
of the present conditions to one
sex was rank discrimination.
May Introduce Bill.
It is possible that as a result of
their investigation some billvmay be
introduced in the legislature to cope
with this question in a legal way.
"It's possible" said Representative
Foster, "that a person may contract
some' social disease innocently and
the fact of infection should not be
made a crime, as it seems to be
now. . '
"Persons should have the right of
examination by their family physi
cian, or one whom they may select,
and also have the right of treatment
and not be subject to quarantine un
der prison conditions.
"Too much power is, given one or
two police physicians and' the board
of health as the matter now stands
and if commitments to an institution
of this kind is a necessity these com
mitments should be made, in a legal
manner, and with definite terms pre-scribe-d."
WAR, PUZZLES!
THIS IS MR. HOHEXZOLLBRN'S
BIRTHDAY
January 27, 1919.
Find the Crown Prince. f
SATURDAYS AXSWEH
Right tide down in role. .
Hit !
for The Bee by
South Side
Little, South Side
Girls are Making Own
Dresses at Settlement
To be ablt to' make a dress at the
age of eight years is not considered
a remarkable accomplishment at the
South "Side Social settlement. Every
Thursday afternoon 15 or 20 little
girls, whose ages 'range from 7 to
10 years, gather at the settlement
to learn sewing. . And they make
real dresses too the kind you can
put on and wear to school. Of
course there are six or seven willing
instructors to help, but the work is
mostly done by the -little girls
themselves. "
Last Thursday the class was well
under way by 4 o'clock. The tiny
dressmakers bent over their work
in silence. The stillness was broken
only by an occasional hungry sniff
at -some savory odor which pene
trated from the kitchen above, where
a class in cooking was being taught.
Suddenly a side door opened and
slammed, and in rushed a laughing,
rosy-faced little girl of about 9
years.
"That guy was pegging' mud at
me," she shouted. "He chased me
all the way here from school. I
was throwm mud back at him
thotVeh. But I was sure winded."
The class was 'now a scene of
confusion. Little girls on all sides
stopped work and giggled hilarious
ly.
"Who is this naughty boy, Agnes?'
demanded one of the instructors
sternly.
"Oh, he's my fella!" was the reply,
"He wanted tn walk home from
school with me, an' i wouldn't let
im.
Party Given in Honor oi y
Sheridan (Wyo.) Couple
A party was given in honor of Mrs
A. P. Cronk of Everly, la., and Mrs.
Arthur Ham of Sheridan, Wyo., at
the home of Mr. and. Mrs. A. A,
Wright. 4756 South Nineteenth
street, Tuesday evening. The follow
ing were present:
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Talmage, Mr.
and Mrs. George Beadle, Mr. and
Mrs. M. P Hinchey, Mr and Mrs,
Fred Etter, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Horn, Mr. and 'Mrs. James V.
Chizek, Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Win
ters, Miss Florence Etter, Miss
Nellie Heaslely. Miss Breta Wright,
Mr. Harry B. Wright Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Wright.
The evening was spent with cards
and music.
South Side Deaths.
Mystic Nicholas, aged 35 years.
3814 R street, died yesterday at the
Wise Memorial hospital. The fu
neral will be Wednesday at 2 p. m.
at the Greek church. Interment in
the Graceland Park cemetery.
Joshua Prusha, aged 36, 52.50
South Twentieth street, died yes
terday after a year's illness. He is
survived by a wife and two chil
dren. The funeral will be held to
morrow at the Holy Ascension
church. Burial at St. Mary's ceme
tery. ,
South Side Brevities
Ernest Gage, 3315 Made street, was
arrested yesterday mornlnr and charred
with burglary. Police say he has confess
ed to taking; two suits from the residence
of Frank Young-, 3016 V street. The
Younf home wes entered in broad days
light several days ago.
Marshal H. Perkins, 2615 X street, was
arrested by South Side police yesterday
at the request of Adjutant General Eng
land ,o( Little Rock, Ark. General Eng
land in his telegram to the police depart
ment orders Perkins tried aa a deserter
by the nearest draft board.
Alaska Town Wants Steamer
Operated by the Government
Anchorage, Alaska. Anchorage
wants the. United States' govern
ment to operate a passenger and
freight steamship line between the
states and Alaska ports.
Recently the local , chamber of
commerce adopted a resolution' ask
ing the governmentf to establish the
line as a necessary adjunct to the
railroad being built by the govern
ment bttveen Seward and Fair
banks, two Alaska points.
Chambers of commerce and com-
l.ercial clubs in other Alaska towns
have been asked by the local com
mercial organization .to support its
move for the establishment of the
government line.
Army Orders.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 26.-4Spe-cial
Telegram.) Second Lt. Nich
olas H. Thill, infantry, is relieved
from his present duty at Fort Sheri
dan, 111., and will proceed to Camp
Dodge. First Lt. Charlie J. Weiss,
field artillery, is relieved, from duty
at Camp Dodge, and will proceed to
Fort Sill, Okl. Capt. Herbert D.
Putnam, infantry, is relieved from
duty under his present' orders at
Washington. He will proceed to
Des Moines and take station duty
at that place. He has charge of re
pressing prostitution and rendering
liquor inaccessible for duty to men
in the military service. First Lt.
Floyd Frost, medical corps, is re
lieved from duty at Fort Riley, Ark.,
and" will proceed to Fort Des
Moines.
George McManus
iilSTER PAYS
FINE TRIBUTE TO
WOMEN'S HOME
Rev. Robt. F. Leavens Tells of
Good Being Done by Dr.
Findley and the Deten
tion Home.
The ' Women's Detention home
was paid a glowing tribute yester
day morning by the Rev. Robt. F.
Leavens in a discourse to his con
gregation at the First Unitarian
churchJ
"The Path of Virtue" was the
subject of the sermon, which fol
lowed a visit to the home by the
minister on the invitation of Dr.
Palmer Findley, medical director.
Dr. Findley, Miss Alta Burger, su
perintendent of the institution, and
Wilma Rice, inmate at the prison,
and self-acknowledged prostitute,
occupied front seats in the church.
Both Dr. Findley and Miss Bur
ger were lauded by the speaker for
their work at the home, and after
Miss -Burger acknowledged an in
troduction to the congregation by
rising from her seat, Miss Rice was
urged to give a testimonial for the
institution, in which she is confined.
She declared that while her sins
were re dlike crimson.- they were
now white like wool. For this, she
said, all honor was due the Women's
Detention home.
Information Second Hand.
Miss Rice is the woman whose re
quest several weeks ago to address
the Women's club was spurned.
At the conclusion of the services
Rev. Leavens told a reporter for
The Bee he based his discourse en
tirely upon what he was told by
Dr. Findley, together with what
came to his observation at the home
in company with the physician. The
minister asserted he was not permit
ted to talk privately with any of the
inmates. He also said he did not
investigate the charges registered
by many women and Officer Jesse
Black, a former employe, who al
lege cruelty to the inmates and
abuse of authority on the part of
the management.
"There are two of our three daily
papers always ready aid too eager
for an attack on the city admin
istration at the slightest provoca
tion," asserted the minister.
Mayor Smith also was condemned
because his stand is not in accord
with those who defend the manage
ment of the Women's Detention
home. , - . .' i
As an introduction to his sermon.
Rev. Mr. Leavens read the Bible
story of the Magdalene with whom
Christ was taunted; upon the oc
casion the one without sin was di
rected to cast the first stone.
"After all," he said, "we belong to
the same family. Jesus hand was
ready to extend the cup of salva
tion to t this woman of the streets."
Cannot Ignore Prostitution.
Mr. LeaBeiis declared he had not
attempted to make an exhaustive
study of the evil of prostitution in
Omaha "and for that reason I will
not try to outline its dimensions.
It is an evil, however," continued
the minister, "we cannot afford to
ignore. r
"We know that these diseases are
widespread ' even to the extent of
driving us to dismay.
"The cover has been lifted, though,
and we see the conditions in the
reflection of nature's mirror. This
is a qeestion that cannot be handled
in the freedom with which we deal
with the liquor traffic and the wage
proposition."
Ti e minister declared that the
world was becoming better, and in
order to keep, from taking a back
ward course, physical fitness must
be reckoned with as necessary to
moral uplift. He said physicians
were blazing the way in this direc
tion. Tribute to the Home.
The speaker then launched into a
tribute to the Women's Dete ntion
home and Dr. Findley. He said
the conditions which came to his
observation at the home were de
serving of the highest praise. "One
cannot but see the atmosphere of
good," h said. "In their words and
in the expressions of their faces yon
are impressed with the ' spiritual
gratitude which nils the heart of
these girls."
The minister declared that there
should be a prison in Omaha for
men who were infected bv social
diseases. He denounced the sys
tem which permitted men to live a
doubhe life and did not recognize
women who did the same thing.
"It is a righteous indignation
aroused by the double standard
which permits a man to do a thing
his sister is condemned for doing,"
he said. "By all means, I say, we
should have a place to compel men
No take the same treatment the wom
en are given. Man is the chief of
fender, and why should he not be
made to subject himself Jo the same
treatment the women are under
going for the protection of society?"
At the conclusion of the services,
Rev. Mr. Leavens, addressing him
self to Dr. Findley, Miss Burger and
Miss Rice, pledged the sunnort of
his church to the Detention home.
FAVORS LAVTO
MAKE ALL GO TO
Dimi in Qniinni
Rev. A. A. DeLarme Discusses
, Bills to Abolish All Sec.
a : i i i
tarian ana rarocmai
Schools.
At the First Baptist church Sun
day morning, the pastor, Rev. Alon
zo Alvin DeLarme, discussed a bill
that is now before the Nebraska leg
islature for its consideration, the
measure being one looking to com
pel an attendance upon the public 7
schools. The topic under discussion
by Rev. Mr. DeLarme was: "Why
the Bill Requiring Attendance at
Public Schools of All Under 16 '
Years of Age Should Become a
Law.'
"Several bills relating to the pub
lic schools of Nebraska have been
iiitiwuiivvu ii I'tsLaa iiuhovs va itiv
legislature during the past two
weeks. One of the most important,,
it seems to me, is that presented by ,
Senator PerryReed of Hamilton'
county. Mr. 'Reed is chairman oi
the committee on education in the "
upper house and was elected on a
platform pledging him to work for
legislation looking to the banishing
of foreign influence in the schools.
Bill Compels Attendance.
"The Reed bill requires that all'
boys from 7Nto 16 years and all
girls from 7 to 17 shall attend the
public schools during the full school -year;
"In the house, Representative
Maurer has introduced a like meas
ure requiring attendance at the pub
lic schools and would limit the pa-:
rochial schools or other thurch
sthools to that time when the public
schools are not in session. ,
"While neither bill is aimed at the
Roman Catholic or other church
schools, it is evident that they would
be unable to continue while free pub
lic schools were in session, as all
children of school age would be re
quired to attend the latter. The
measure has several most desirable
and commendable features. One is
, 1 . Z 1 - -U 1 ,-..
ance. Most states have had such a
law for some years, but the exigen-.
cies of the war, when every effort
was made to increase the man pow-
er of the country, largely annulled
or set aside this wholesome law.
Would Be a Good Thing.
"If this bill should become a law
and if it should abolish the Roman
Catholic, Jewish and other church .
schools, that would be the best pos
sible thing for those affected and
for the wholev country, industrially,
educationally and morally.
"There are six reasons why such a
law as that proposed is needed and
why it should have the hearty sup
port of all loyal American citizens,
regardless of nationality or religious
belief.
"First, every child is entitled to
th rpt th tat ran criv him ,Thp '
church school is not under state
supervision, is not a standard school
and is not equal either in equipment
or efficiency to the public school.
"Second, a portion of the teaching
is in other than the English lan
guage., ' We want no unknown
tongue in our elementary schools
and should not have in church wor
ship. 1
Religion in Homes.
"Third, much of the time in the
parochial school is taken up in learn
ing and reciting by rote church '
creeds and dogmas that are. anti
quated and anachronisms to - tins
age and if taught at all should be
taught in the church and in the
home and not in school.
"Fourth, it is unfair and unjust
for the priests and other officials of
any church to compel the parents ot ,
Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic and
Jewish children to support these
schools when much superior schools .
are provided for all children at the 1
expense of the state. Many loyal
Catholics would hail with joy the
abolishing of the church schools,
thereby saving'them the burden ot '
their support and permitting their
children to mingle with the children .'
of their protestant neighbors, on
equal footing and with equal ad-'
vantages. A creed segregation in
the schools is most inexcusable.
Want to Lighten Taxes.
"Fifth, furthermore, the Roman
Catholic hierarchy has always been"
trying to have Roman Catholics re .
leased from public school taxes on ,
the ground that they do not patron
ize them and have their own schools .'
to support. If this were carried out.
and this divisive spirit were permit
ted, Methodists, Presbyterians, Bap
tists, etc., might all establish their -own
separate schools or pretend to
do so, and on that ground be re-.:
leased from the support of the pub
lic schools and thus the whole free,
public school' system would come '
to naught. '
"Sixth, this is an age of union and ,
co-operation. If we are to get
together and co-ooerate "harmonious
ly as citizens of the commonwealth ;
and the country in business, in so
ciety, in religion, there is no better ,
place to begin and no better way t&
foster such mutual fellowship than
in the public schools. There is no
more reason why thi children of
Catholic, Jewish and Presbyterian
parentage should be separated into
different schools than tnere is for
T 1 . J . . .
i re soy ten an s ana baptists to I
thus segregated.
Briggs Denies Statement
Concerning Stolen Cars
In refutation of a statement in an -Omaha
Sunday paper attributed to
Chief of Detectives John Briggs that
"automobile thieves, insurance com-.
pany agents and Omaha policeman
work in collusion in the theft and
recovery of cars," the detective chief
said: "I deny that I made that
statement."
Detectives Van Dcusen and Dan
baum, of the automobile squad, are
slated to do regular detective duty
beginning February 1. Detectives
Joseph Baughman and L, O. Toland,
morals squad officers, will work in
the recovery of stolen cars, accord
ing to the detective chief.
Chief Briggs said: "That is jc3
an ordinary change."
