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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1919)
A" THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 19, 1919. IIINES TELLS WHY GOVERNMENT DID NOT RAISE RATES Benefit Would Have Been for Private Ownership at End ' of Federal Control, Says Director. Reasons for the refusal of the United States Railroad administra tion to raise rates in spite of pres sure brought to bear by the Asso ciation of Railroad Executives for the raise, are given in a statement by Director General Walker D. Hines, received by John Mellen, traffic agent . for the Chicago & Northwestern railroad here. The statement, which is signed by "R. H. Aishton, regional director for the northwestern group of rail roads, is an answer to a resolution passed by the Association of Rail road Executives objecting to the attitude assumed by the director general that the administration should not undertake to raise the rates. Director General Hines is quoted in the statement in part as follows: "The suggestion of the railroad executives that the .administration should make increases in rates can . mean only one thing that the ad ministration shall make these in creases during federal control for the exclusive benefit of the rialroads under private ownership after the end of federal control." Referring to a suggestion by rail road executives that rates should be increased because expenses had been increased under federal con trol, the director general is quoted as saying that increases in expense o operation are not due to federal control, but due to the same reasons whicji increased the expenses of any other industry. 1 . y Divorce Courts Opera Will Link Omaha With Big Music Capitals Verdi's "Masked Ball" Rarely Given Outside of World's Great Lyric Temples Bonci andDestlnn to Add Glamour to Representation Here Next Tuesday. ' . f By WILBUR WEBSTER JUDD The sorry zephyr that wafted Alma Gluck out of the operatic field and made necessary the sub stitution of another work for Puc cini's "La Boheme" here next Tues day went brought Omaha its proverbial good fortune, for we are to hear Verdi's celebrated "Un ballo in Caschcra," a work rarely given outside, of the great opera houses because of its elaborate scenic in vestiture, and never before pre sented in this city. The Chicago Opera company has notified Miss Florence E. White side, the local manager, that the ad ditional stage equipment will be on hand and that the full ballet will be included. The some six or eight extra musicians required in the or chestra for this work also will be provided. Omaha opera goers are indeed fortunate. "The Masked Ball" was brought out at Rome on February 17, 1859, after tempestuous preliminaries. It was first called "Gustavo III.'" and designed for production at the San Carlo Naples, but during rehearsals Orsini al tempted to assassinate Na poleon III. and as the slaying of a ruler is an incident in the opera, its performance was forbidden. Verdj immediately changed the title ana transferred the locale from Sweden to Boston, U. S. A., and Richard, governor of Boston, was substituted for Gustavo III. It is amusing anachronism to, suppose that there were masked Balls in the early puritanical days of our colon ies, but there are few grand operas, especially those composed before Wagner changed the complexion of the lyric drama, without some ludi crous phases. . The opera was a success from the start It marks what some are pleased to call the last part of Verdi'a middle period. "Rigotetto." "Trovatore" and "Traviata" and many other had preceded it and the only ones to follow were "La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny,) "Don Carlos," "Aida," Otello"and "Falstaff." Some critics do not recognize the "three Verdi periods," advancing the idea that the various changes in style found in his work merely mark the successive development of his marvelous genius, and the effort on his part to meet the refining taste of the public that is observable in each decade of his creative activity. But we need not bother about this argument here; it is sufficient that the notable operas of all three of his "periods" have lived and, that we shall hear one of the finest of them here. Interest will be added to the per formance of "The Masked Ball" here by the appearance of Alessan dro Bonci, the famous tenor, who has been absent from this country for several years, and Emmy Des tinn, the dramatic soprano who has just reached America after a long interment in Bohemia. She now calls herself Ema Destinova, which is Czecho-SIovakian. : Jennie Livingston asked the dis trict court for a divorce from Wil liam Livingston to whom she Was married last July; Since August 15, fht alleges, he has treated her with extreme truelty. She asks for-the restoration of her maiden name, 'Merritt. , T. Martin Gera'ghty filed in. district court an answer' and cross petition to his wife, Mary E. Geraghty, for a ' divorce. He , says she deserted him seven years ago and went to live in Colorado and that she has refused his invitations for her to return and live with him. He asks for the custody of their son. Frank Van Vark makes no effort -to work but "devotes himself entire ly; to drinking," says the petition of his wife, Clara, for a divorce, filed in district court. She says he inter feres with her millinery store which he operates to earn a living. Ida Fisher asked the district court Ifor divorce from Charles Fisher and the restoration of her maiden name, O'Riley, on the Allegation of nonsupport , I udge Day in divorce court grant a divorce to Bertha Matheson rfrom Charles MatheSon oil the ground of extreme cruelty and re ' stored her maiden name, Duncan. The two children of Baula- and -Jens Nielsen were ordered left in the custody of Jens for the present in a decree of divorce granted to ' Beula on grounds of nonsupport by Judge Troup in divorce court The plaintiff is given the privilege of visiting them at any time. ( Deserted by her husband, Cramer Galloway, several years ago, Viola Galloway was granted a divorce by Judge Troup in divorce court and ' given the custody of her child. Mary Branson was given a divorce ' from Julius L. Branson on grounds of nonsupport by Judge Day in di vorce court. Urges Ranches for Reindeer and Oxen In Northern Canada Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 18. Viljal mur Stefansson, the noted arctic ex plorer, who returned from the polar regions several months ago, and who ) has spent the summer in the Cana dian Rockies writing a book,. is re-: turning to Ottawa to urge the fed eral government to favorably con- sider his recommendations for rein deer and muck-oxen ranches in the unsettled regions of northern Can ada. ' . .... f. Stefansson spent several weeks in the northwest territory on his way back to .civilization. He holds that the country is perfectly adapted to the reindeer and musk-oxen industry and declares that the government not iic this nlan fA jMttfn tlifQ territory to settlement, but that it J . . J . .L can puc rcmaeer meat on inc raarnei and help reduce the high cost of , living. Much of the unrest in Can v ada has officially been charged to V soaring prices for necessities, par '. ticularly food and clothing. , c - fit's an old story the tale of the reindeer in Lapland," said Stefansson upon his arrival here from Lake Louise. "Chicago ' packers often -? boast that they can every' part of the hog, including the squeal. Why, x ;, Laplanders had this idea a thousand years ago. The reindeer provides them with food, fuel, clothing, household materials and implements , for hunting." Iowa Adopts Stringent -Spanish "Flu" Measures '' Des Moines, la., Oct 18. Under rulings of the Iowa state board of health, Spanish influenza this year will be placed under strict quaran- v;tfne, effective until the attending physicians, certify in writing com plete recovery of the patient or if there be no attending physician, un $ til at least three days after the pa ; tient's temperature is normal. Strict and complete regulations for fumi gation also have been - adopted by the state board. One Robber Poses as ' Clerk as Proprietor Is Bound and Gagged Denver, Oct. 18 A customer who entered the jewelry store of Simon S. Tobias in a residence dis trict here early this afternoon did not interfere with a robbery of the place then in progress. One of the robbers posed as a clerk and wait ed on the customer while Tobias was bouiicl and gaggedon the back room. The robbers got 18 watches, four chains and $50 cash. Tobias' was repairing a clock at li is work bench when the robbers entered and covered him with pis tols. They escorted him into the back room, gagged and blindfolded him and tied him to a chair. One stood guard while the other ran sacked the store. After the robbers had gone, To bias managed to wrench free of his bonds and informed a passer by who called the police. ' Ship Abandoned at Sea. Boston, Oct. 18. The wooden, steamer Ammonoosic, which has been in distress-at sea for the last week, has been abandoned in a sink ing condition, ' radiograms -announced today. The crew was saved. i lirief City News W rather Strip H1U Mf. Co. Adv. Have Root Print It Beacon Presa Elactrto Wathers Burgeu-Qranden Co. Allen, CoolilKe & Co., 711 1st Na tional bank. Tyler 8800, Public Ac countants and Federal Tax Experts. J. C. Bixby & Son Co. are Install ing a water-heating system In the residence of Mr. Stanley Kosewater. To Give Card Party The Amer ican' Insurance union, chapter No. S858, will give a card party next Fri day at the A. O. TJ. W. hall. Four teenth and Douglas streets. Philosophical Society Meeting The Omaha Philosophical society meets Sunday at 8 p. m. in Labor temple; subject, "Good and Evil Re sults of the World War;" principal speaker, James O'Hara. Zionist Meeting Tonlght-7-The reg ular meeting of the Zionist organiza tion in the district of Omaha will be held this evening at 8 in the syna gogue, Nineteenth and Burt streets. Santuel Shaefer will be the principal speaker. Bids Are Opened The city coun cil opened 17 bids on new motor equipment for the police depart ment. The city expects to purchase two automobile patrols, two emer gency cars, three runabout cars and eight motorcycles. All bids were referred , over to the committee of the whole next Monday morning. Coal deposits that nave been dis covered in Iceland are estimated to contain 180,OOOOO tons. China Is Against Secret ' Treaty, Claims Premier Pekin, Sunday, Oct 12. (By As sociated Press.) The policy of his predelssor in striving for peace in co-operation wth the president of the republic will ke followed by Chin Yun Peng, the new Chinese premier, he declared in an inter view today. 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