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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE SEPTEMBER . 21, 1919.
MANUFACTURE
OF CADILLACS
ISlKASING
- Factory Receives' More Ma
Vterlaland LaborCarload
Lots Being Received In
Omaha. .
-According to J, H. Hansen of the
J. H. Hansen Cadillac company, dis
tributors o! Cadiilac motor can for
nearly aljof the state of Nebraska
and the western part of Iowa, the
conditions at the Cadillac factory
are now improving.. The Cadillac
factory has secured more material
- and more labor, and Cadillac auto
mobiles art being received in car
load lots in .Omaha. The local con
cern is now on the gain in filling
the orders which they have on hand.
'A shortage of freight tars is near
at hand, because the government is
- using automobile cars for the ship
ment of grain and foodstuffs, and
it may become necessary during the
fall months to drive motor cars out
of Detroit, as was done during the
time of the war. Of course it is
necessary to transport foodstuffs
and the freight car shortage is not
so menacing as is the strike of the
steel workers. . It is hoped that this
horrible strike will be settled be
fore it has the effect on the auto
mobile industry of practically stop
ping the business.
The Cadillac factory has an
nounc two additional type 57 models.
This is the fact around which , a
' rumor, has arisen, and it has been
very much misunderstood. The new
cars are simply two new styles of
enclosed cars, built on tha same
eight-cylinder chassis as has been
used during the entire type 57 out
put, una car is a five-passenger
. . iut ilia biavuoi uvonivn vvuwuivu.
sedan, the other a seven-passengert. u. :.',- r,A
tan. However, there is absolutely
no change in the present Cadillac
chassis
,Wins Wrestling Bout
With Snake, but Loses
Atlanta, Ga., Sept 20. Some folks
say a' coach whip won't chase you
and tie you to a pine tree and whip
the everlasting daylight out of you.
1 hey scandalized this ancient tradi
tion as unscientific, and besides the
facts and the evidence. ' The defense
now calls to the stand one G. W.
Robbins, vhoSe initials may or may
not stand for George Washington;
and who night watches at the Dow
man i Dozier plant in Atlanta by
.night i , ,
Mr. Robbins, being duly certified,
deposes' and says that the blamed
coachwhip went as far as possible
he chased Mr. Robbins three times
around his own garden, to begin
.with, and when Mr. Robbins finally
"turned, and gave battle ,.he (the
coachwhip) lassoed him and the en
suing wrestling match simply ruined
a large part of an acre of excellent
radishes and some fine young
( onions. .
' Mr. Robbins says he was out in
the garden Monday afternoon pull
ing some radishes when he discov
ered a six-foot coachwhip snake
watching him balefully. Mindful of
the tradition, and despite the ab
sence of pine trees. Mr. Robbins
turned and fled, the coachwhip after
mm. , iouna ana rouna tne garden
patch fled Mr. Robbins, and the
coachwhio still oursued him.
The; chase ended near the barn,
where Mr. . Kobbina was forced to
pause for breath. Whether the
coachwhip was shy of wind also
. does not appear, but he started
( crawling under the barn to tjjink it
Mr. Robbins, encouraged by this
manoeuvre and angered at the dam
age already wrought among hit gar-den-sass,
grasped the snake by his
delicately tapering tail and dragged
him, kicking furiously, from "beneath
the barn. : Instantly the coachwhip
changed his tactics and looped him
self about Mr. Robbins' neck.
Business picked up at once, and
the warm spring atmosphere was
shattered by rude exclamations of
the rough-and-ready variety. The
coachwhip had a combination grape
vine and head-hold on Mr. Robbins,
who was striving to achieve the
deadly toe-hold made famous by the
late Mr. Gotch. The radish bed was
used as a mat, and the grapple was
fast and furious. It is always a dif
ficult matter to put a toe-hdld on
a large and scientific snake, but Mr.
Robbins was battling for his life and
a few remaining radishes and he
got the hold.
The first thing Mr. Robbins did
was to unwrap the snake from about
his goozle. The next thing he did
was not strictly in accord with the
wrestling regulations. Instead ' of
pinning the coachwhip's shoulders
to the radish bed, Robbins deliber
ately and with malice aforethought
, popped his enemy's skull vindictive
ly against the side of the barn.
The battle ended here. The snake
measured two inches over two yards
from tip to top.
Major-General Edwards
Muses to Enter Politics
Boston, Sept. 20. Maj. Gen
C. R. Edwards has been asked if he
would allow his name to be used in
connection with a political office in
Ohio,, where he lived as a boy and
received his appointment to West
Point.
Maj. John W. Hyatt, morale offi
cer of the Northwester department,
. who takes charge of the personal
matters of the general, said:
"The general is not in politic?.
Many .offers have come to him
from various places, but it ought to
be distinctly understood that he is
an army, officer and wants to give-)
his whole, time and thought to this
profession'." -
Lieut-Governor Barrows
and Wife Off for Lincoln
Washington, Sept, .,20. (Special
Telegram.) Licutenity ": Governor
; and Mrs. P. A. Barrows, after an
exceptionally busy i and interested
week in Washington, left today for
Lincoln, Neb.
GOTHAM'S DRUG
ADDICTS MUST
BE REGISTERED
New York Authorities Take
Steps to Cure Men
and Women of Use
, of "Dope."
.New York, Sept 20. A long line
of men and women stretched away
for blocks before an unimposing
looking door in Prince street a few
days ago. Some of them were in
rags, some were moderately well
dressed, evidently clerks and
salaried people, and some wore furs
and silks while their motors, were
waiting for them around the block.
There were some characteristics
common to them all the saffron
tints of their skins, the dull, lack
lustre eyes, the nervous twitching
of the lips and nostrils, the hands
that never remained still.
One hy one they disappeared into
the door. They emerged a ' short
time later. Their heads were high,
their shoulders thrown back, there
was a light in their eyes, vim and
energy marked their every move
ment as they hurried away, some to
work, some to the park benches and
the slums, and some to where their
purring motors were waiting to
carry them back to their comfort
able homes.
Bring Fight Into Open.
In this drama, staged in an unin
viting street and hardly arresting
the attention of the passersby, New
York rung up the curtain on its
fight to bring the drug habit into
the open. -
Hereafter, if the law is strictly
carried out and officials declare it
will be every person who uses nar
cotic drugs will be registered, pho
tographed and' regulated regardless
of his status, position and condition.
curing of every drug addict in the
city. . , ,
The scene enacted in Prince
street, and duplicated at several
other places throughout the city,
was the registering of these addicts.
Under the new law they must regis
ter. They are issued a card. This
card they can take to their phy
sicians, who only by this card can
issue them a prescription to be filled
by a druggist The druggist cannot
supply narcotics to anyone who has
not registered., The penalty is severe.''-
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Cut Down Rations.
The card only lasts for two
months. At the end of that time the
user again submits himself or her
self to examination by medical of
ficials. If no progress has been
made the same amount is allowed
for the next two months. If there
are indications that things are going
better, that the grains can be cut
down without physical suffering and
mental unbalance, the card for the
next two months calls for smaller
injections.
In this manner New York hopes
to gradually eradicate the drug
fiendMby effecting cures. .
Officials estimate that in Greater
New York there are anywhere from
100,000 to 200,000 known drug users,
persons who habitually take mor
phine, cocaine, heroin and other
forms of drugs. There must be,
they declare, other thousands who
manage it so covertly that they have
not been discovered.
Three thousand addicts register
ed at the Prince street house the
first day. Officials declared this a
small percentage. Just as soon as
their present supply is exhausted
and the invisible talons begin to
clutch at their nerves and bodies,
officials declare, the users will be
driven to the registration places
or the river.
Meanest Janitor ( Yet!
Throws Broken Glass
Where Children Play
Chicago, 111., Sept. 20. Casting
broken bottles and glass in the front
yard to prevent children from play
ing on the lawn is an innovation
here in driving neighborhood
youngsters to the street to play.
' Frank Martin, a janitor was taken
into custody here recently charged
with throwing broken glass on the
front lawn to. drive children- away
who were in the habit of playing on
the gass.
Martain was released condition
ally after he had agreed to gather
tip tlie pit ces of broken glass.
Falls for Pretty Smile
of "Vamp," Gets Summons
Chicago, Sept. 20. Never again
will Philip Summers, guardian of
the bridge at One Hundred and
Sixth street, , South Chicago,
respond to the wiles, smiles and
styles of the vamp.
A few months ago Mrs. Kate
Summers sued for . a divorce and
was . awarded temporary alimony
but she was unable to obtain serv
ice on Summers, who avoided, the
officers.
Then Dixie Lane volunteered her
services. ,; ; she was good .- to look
upon, and bummers looked while
Miss Lane served the court sum
mons on him.
Old Pershing Homestead
May Be Bought by Nation
Greensburg, ' Pi., Sept. 20. A
movement is under way in West
moreland county to have the old
Frederick Pershing homestead near
Youngstown purchased by the na
tion, state or county, or by funds
raised through private subscription,
and have it set aside as a park. The
purpose is to place in the county a
memorial to the pioneer of the
Pershing family. Frederick Persh-
mgs, trom whom Uen... John J.
Pershins: is a lineal descendant of
the fourth generation, settled here
in 1763.
Smoking Ban May Cause
Shortage of Men Teachers
Kansas City, Kan., Sept 20. The
action of the state superintendent of
public instruction of Kansas, Miss
Lizzie E. Wooster, in forbidding
school boards to employ teachers
who. smoke cigarets may cause a
serious shortage of men' teachers
in the high schools here.
This photograph shows seven Oldsmobile trucks which were recently sold by
the; Nebraska Oldsmobile company to the consolidated school district at Shelby, la.
These trucks will be used in carrying the children to and from school. v
GREAT SNAKES!
REPTILES WORTH
MORE THAN MEAT
High Cost of Living Even
Reflected in Well Known
Rattle Family Demand
Is Great.
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 2d.
Jobbers' prices for reptiles, f. o. b.
Los Angeles quote rattlesnakes at
40 cents per pound, (mjire than some
cuts of beef); Gila monsters, $10 a
dozen; lizards, $3.00 a hundred.
Needless to say that these' creat
ures are not in demanad as food
but, according to Frank Weinberg,
who furnished the quotations, addi
tions to collections in Europe,
where many individuals, as well as
menagries, keep them Doth as fads
and as a business.
Like almost everything else, the
reptile market suffered because of
the war, but now that it is ended,
Mr. Weinberg says, the demand is
on the increase.
He and as many small boys as care
to engage in the hunt, search the
hills anad valleys of southern Cali
fornia for the harmless "things
that crawl with legs," but he goes
alone into the desert for rattlers and
Gila monsters.
He keeps his stock in the - back
yard, where his wife handles the
creatures and helps in their care as
fearlessly as does her husband.
A, danagerous business? No,
acco'rding to Mr. Weinberg.
"No more dangerous than driv
ing an automobile," he declared.
"Of course you must be careful in
handling the poisonous ones.
But most of the reptiles people fear
are not dangerous at all."
He reached into a - glass box)
thrust his hand under some dry
leaves and brought out a large lizard,
squirming and trying to bite. ' He
held its head to his lips. It closed
its ugly mouth there.
"Perfectly friendly and harmless,"
said Mr. Weniberg, . "see how it
kisses me." j
A long rattlesnake, which had
been sounding a warning, struck,
but stopped against the glass side
of another box.
"He's a littley nervous," said the
reptile market man. "He hasn't
been handled for some time."
He opened the box, tossed a hand
kerchief over, the snake's head and
quickly clasped""the creature behind
where its ears would have been had
it had ears. '
"He's a pretty , good rattler," said
Mr. Weinberg, "Worth two dollars
anyway."
Talking of the reptile demand he
said:
"It's like everything else, there is
more demand for imported ser
pents than for home products. In
Europe they want American snakes.
In America they want European
reptiles.
The quickest capitalistic capitula
tion on record is that of an eastern
circus manager, who surrendered in
three days when the fat lady in the
side show went on a hunger strike
for higher pay.
Prize Pig Delivered to
Rookie by Airplane
Atlanta,. Ga., Sept. 20. The cow
that jumped over the moon had not
much on the 75-pound pig delivered
at LaGranee by Lieutenafts Mc
Mullen and Wolfe, famous fliers, in
an airplane from Souther Field,
Americus. The pig is the scion of
a distinguished porcine family on
the farm of Aries Harris, near
Americus,. and was awarded as
prize to the lucky rookie who drew
the right number after enlisting dur
ing July. A part, of the arrangement
was that the pig was to be delivered
by airplane.
It's Crap, No Matter What
i Language You Roll 'Em Ln
Chicago, Sept 20. It makes no
difference what language you use
if you "roll the bones" and snap
your fingers; it's crap shooting.
Judge H. R. Stewart made this
ruling here when three Jewish
youths were brought before him
charged with throwing dice. The
boys were talking Jewish, they said,
and contended they were not throw
ing dice. The judge charged them
with gambling, but they denied the
charge.
"One dollar and costs," said the
judge and ended the case and the
argument. v
Belgium Agrees to French 7
Commander On Rhineland
Paris, Sept1 20. (Hsvas.) Bel-
gium has agreed to the proposal of
France that a French general be
given supreme command of allied
forces on the Rhine, according to
the Journal
J'
V.
MILLER TIRES
Wrapped Tread Only at 40 Off
Shipments from Denver and Sioux
City have replenished our stock in all x
sizes.
Size. Plain Tr. Geared-to-Road.
30x3 $10.60
30x3 13.40 15.55
32x3J 15.85 17.95
31x4 20.10 24.25
32x4 22.85 24.95
33x4 23.25 25.40
' 34x4 23.65 25.75
35x4 l ..... 31.10
35x4 31.85 35.85
35x5 ...... 42.35
37x5 43.50 .....
(All prices include war tax)
Special prices on tubes.
Clouse Vulcanizing Station
, 619 South 16th St.
Douglas 3535. Open Evenings.
The purchase of an automo
bile is , primarily an investment
in machinery. The unique value
of the Cadillac as a piece of fine
machinery is one of the reasons
why most of our customers
never think of changing to any
other car.
J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co?
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