THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1919.
tlAYNARD SAYS
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CRITICIZE ARMY
flying Parson" Decfares He
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TWO MlSlaKfiS wnen
'.Giving Interview to AnU-
, Saloon League. "
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v Ktw York, Dec. 12. In a tate
riient iiiued just before his depar
frt fof Washington to appear be
Wrt'Maj. Charles T. Menoher, di
rector of air service. Lfeut. Belvin
W. Maynard asserted that-extracts
of his statement given to the"Anti
Saloon league were not intended as
criticism of the air service. He said
he made two plausible mistakes,
ofi when he referred to the trans
continental race, and the other when
he' referred to his own sobriety.
He declared it would be embar-
Federation Heads
Of U.S. and Canada
Ready for Meeting
Washington, Dec 12. Chiefs of
the international unions of , the
United States and Canada affiliated
with the -American Federation
Labor began assembling here today
for the conference called for tomor
row by the federatibn's executive
committee for discussion of various
matters affecting union laboj.
The steel and coal strikes are ex
pected to be among the chief topics
considered, but federation officials
attach even greater importance to
the formulation ot measures to op
pose enactment of anti-strike legisla-v
tion contained in the Cummins rail
road bill now before( congress.
Farmers' organizations have been
invited to send representatives to
the conference, but there seemed
some doubt today as to the number
that would accept. Several farm
ers societies at then; annual meet
ings declined to accept, but o word
has been beard from several, it was
said today at federation headquar
ters. - t
Cigar Personality
'v Meditations are likable ci
Virars at first acquaintance;and
the longer the friendship, the
stronger most men are in ac
" claiming Meditation "the best
smoke yet". '
: Critical smokers say that
the skillful blend of fine, mild
Havana, gives just the right
; body to the smoke. Wher
ever introduced, Meditation
, has becomethe popular
favorite. x
Xs there are 8 shapes to suit
all tastes, and good news-
Meditations are only lQc, 2 for
25c and 15c straight, j
- At All 2Wr'
HARLE-HAAS CO ,
Council Bluffi, la.
Piano
rassing to him to give specific in
stances as' to prove his contention
and he. could not afford to do it.
Merely Gave Opinion.
"Apparently --extracts from the
statement I gave the Anti-Saloon
league after its repeated requests
recardinor the effect of the use of
alcoholic beverages in the air serv
ice, have stirred up a commotion in
aviation circles," the statement said.
"My purpose was to give an hon
estf straightforward -opinion based
on my personal observations of its
effect on pilots. These extracts do
not convey this opinion.
"Mp purpose was not to criticize
the air survice which in my opinion
is made up of choicest ycung men
who are noted for their sobriety. Our
flyers are not 'booze artists' and our
planes ate , not 'floating Ea
loons. I commend our air service
to everv voung man as what I be
lieve to be the most attractive and
congenial corps of our army for
young men. . ,
Few Not Discreet.
"Notwithstanding " there are
a few as in every other vocation,
who are not discreet, from my ob
servation of these few I have drawn
my conclusions."
Lieutenant Maynard said that the
blame for the use of alcoholic bev
erages in the few fnstances . he bad
observed in the air service "cannot
be placed on the administraion, but
entirely on the individual." He
added: ' , ' ' ' '
'"I teg to state further that my
observatons have not been confined
to our air service. In fact, many ob
servations of the effect of alcoholic
beverages have been jnade outside
our service." "
. An attachment for ordinary cam
eras patented by a Colorado man
permits eight separate photographs
to be taken on the same plate or
film.
Bargains
The extraordinary demand for Arapico Reproduce
htt Piano and our limited floor space necessitates
our making room for a larger display of these
r- musical instruments which have so greatly inter-
ested and astounded the musical world.
For Quick Sale the Following Low Prices:
One Knabe Upright, (old) ...... .... . .$150
One Price and Temple Player . . .$185
'One Schaeffcr Upright, slightly used $200
.......$265
One Story and Clark, nearly new
OncBrinkoff Upright $275
fOne Strohbcr Upright . .$295
4
, One Milton Player . . . . i . . . $385
One Brinkhoff Player ............. ....$385
J- ' Many Bargains in Slightly Used Phonographs
HAY DENS
"NEW PIANO DEPARTMENT
GORE FOR UNREST
IS KNOWLEDGE,
WILSON WRITES
In Current Magazine Article
President Outlines Remedy
for Social Disorders Exist
ing In. Country.
New York, Dec. 12. The cure for
social unrest in this country is "a
tiller knoweldge"of American insti
tutions" declares President Wilsfcn
in an article tvritten for the current
number of the Independent.
"Men today are blessed with a
new curiosity about their govern
ment." savs the resident. "Every
where they are demanding that the
doors behind which secret policies
have ben incubated be thrown open
and kept I open henceforth. The
doors that do not respond to the
keys the' people hold will be bat
tered down.
"Autocratic governments of' the
past have lived by concealment; free
governments must live by under
standing. In the new day that is
dawning only those governments
that have no secrets from their peo
ples can long endure.' I do not say
that such a government will make
no mistakes, but I do say mistakes
witl be fewer and more easily cor
rected when all governments are
guided by well-' informed public
opinion.
"Unrest is evident everywhere.
It is not of itself a disease but a
symptom of a disease. In our own
country the disease lies principally
outside the government. Those who
thiukrotherwise are mostly the new
comers and the men they have in
fluenced. Te cure for their disquiet
is a fuller knowledge of- American
institutions. In this nation the peo
ple have in their ballots the instru
ments of peaceful change.
"We can know if change is de
sirable only by knowing all the facts
about the things we wish to alter.
The journals that give facts about
government, its policies and activ
ities, set down by the men princi
pally responsible for them, will
perform a public service. They will
afford a medium through which the
government can report continually
to the people."
Divorce
Con rts
Rose Falkovitch was granted a di
vorce from Jake Falkovitch by
Judge Wakeley in divorce court on
the ground of cruelty. She was
granted $300 alimony, custody of the
child and $35 a mouth for the main
tenance of the child.
Olive McCormick" applied to the
district court for a divorce from
Frank McCormick on the ground of
extreme cruelty. They were married
10 years ago.
London Fashion Is s
Outdone by Kansas
Girl Now In New York
AT THE
THEATERS
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Brazil's new president has urged
on his congresi the irrigation of
more than 2,000,000 acres of land in
the northeast of the republic, where
famine has' cost more than 1,000,000
lives since 1877.
Miss Adelaide Ambrose, originally
of Kansas and now living in New
York wearing a unique forehead
coronet. . The coronet fashion has
become quite the race in London,
being worn by many of the ultra-
fashionable women of Britain, along
with heavy jet earrings. The coronet
worn by Miss Ambrose is said to
have come from Persia, where it
adorned one of the court beauties
who flourished centuries ago. It is
valued , at $18,000. Miss Ambrose
expects the forehead band to become
quite a fad here.
Engineer Stops His
Train to Save Life
Of Drowning Boy
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 12. Chesa
neake & Ohio ftassensrer train No.
25 arrived in Louisville last night
15 minutes late, but John Cavinsen-
gineer, apparently soothed the an
ger of railroad officials with a re
port that he "stopped the train just
outside of Frankfort, Ky., to save
thr life of a boy who had fallen -in
an 'icy' pond."
Cavins said his train was going
slowly around a sharp curve when
"I saw boys apparently failing to
effect the rescue of a comrade from
a mill pond.
"I stopped the train, cut the bell
cord and hurried to the pond.iThe
ice was too thin to bear me, .so I
threw the rope , to -the lad.who,
though numbed and struggling to
keep on top of the water.' passed it
around his body and I dragged him
out. I took him to the railroad sta
tion and, by artificial respiration, re
suscitated him.
To thwart automobile thieves an
Englishman has patented aiT alarm
bell, enclosed in a locked box, which
rings as long as a car is in motion
unless shut off by the car's owner.
A new folding camera is equipped
with an additional bellows to be
drawn out and extejided beside the I
regular one to permit accurate io
cusing1 to be-done until a picture is
taken. i
ONE of the most talked-of plays
of recent Trears is "The Mas
mtsrorlarc " in ..,I,V. f?H.r
Bates Post and his company will
open a week's engagement at the
Boyd theater on Sunday night. It
turns on the story of John Chil-
cote, member of Parliament, who be
comes a slave to drugs, and who de
liberately Induces1, .another man,
whose resemblance to him is so
close as to defy detection, to sub
stitute for him. This double makes
a hit in the House of Commons,
and then meets Chikote's wife. The
'play from here on is intensely
thrilling. Mr, Post , still has with
him, the players who have shared
with him in the great success of the
piece in America and abroad. A
revolving stage is used, that the
shifts of, the story may be kept
moving "profnptly. The star of
course play both roles, and is cred
ited with having achieved a real
triumph in the characters. Some
splendid scenic effects of lighting
and stage management also mark
the production. - .. ' N
Tomorrow night will mark the
first "performance of a Dillingham
musical comedy at the Brandeis
theater, "She's a Good Fellow,"lhe
work of Anne Caldwell, with music
by that most prolific of up-tordate
composers, Jerome Jern. In the
company will be Joseph Santley,
in the role of the hero, ebullient
Dorothy Maynard, dainty Ivy Saw
yer, stalwart Scott Welsh, Bobbie
Higgins and James C; Marlow. A
couple of precocious youngsters, the
Duncan'; sisters, recently recruited
from vaudeville,, supplement a com
pany that is strong numerically and
artistically. A beauty bright chorus,
is also assured. The gowns choseij
for the adornment of these prepos
sessing young damsels dazzle even
the untrained eye of the male ob
server and fit soothingly into the
perfect color scheme carried out in
the three acts of the play. The
engagement is for two nights only.
For the reopening of the Or
pheum, now that the fuel ban has
been, lifted from, the theaters, a
spirited show is promised. The bill
for the week beginning Sunday is to
be headed by the elaborate musical
comedy, '.'Not Yet, Marie." Some
20 people are included in the cast,
with William Edmunds, William
Cotton, Hazel Boyne and Dorothy
Shirley as the principles. Harry and
Emma Sharrock will appear in their
popular skit, "Behind the Grand
Stand." In addition to their com
edy they display baffling cleverness
in their traversity mind-reading.
Farrell Taylor will appear in his
amusing sketch, "An African Duke."
It is a musical farce cleverly staged
and acted. Another featured act will
Burns ana rraDito, iney win De
seen lin the laughable skit called
"ShooV
Omaha's first $3 musical eomedv
will be a reality when Fred Stone
opens a week's engagement at the
Brandeis on Sunday, January 11, in
Charles Dillingham's production of
"Jack o'Lantern." V
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Shanahan Starts Home.
Washington, Dec. 12. (Special
Telegram.) John Shanahan, secre
tary Jo Congressman Jefferis, left
Friday for his home in Omaha to
spend the- holidays with his family.
' H ATR E .
SUNPAY
Aad Monday Evanini, Dc. 14-18.
"SHE'S
AGOOD
FELLOW"
CharlM Dilllnfham'c
CHIC MUSICAL COMEDY
- The Glob Theater
v .N-. Y. Company
with
JOSEPH SANTLEY,
IVY SAWYER, DOROTHY
MAYNARD, SCOTT WELSH,
JAMES C. MARLOWE. BOBBIE
HIGGINS, THE DUNCAN SIS
TERS AND THE FAMOUS
PAJAMA CHORUS OF BEAU
TIES. '
Tickets--SOc to S2.0O. Now Scllinf.
Next Wednesday "Th Boomerang"
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THC BUT IN VAUDEVILLE
REOPENS
Sunday NightyDec.14
Fuel Ban Lifted
"Hot Yet, Marie"
A Big Musical Comedy
Written ajid Staged by Frank
'Stammer.
HARRY and EMMA SHARROCK
FARRELL-TAYLOR CO.
BURNS and FRABITO
COLOR GEMS .
CARL EMMY ND PETS
DONALD E. ROBERTS
Topics of Day Kinogramt
Seats Now on Sal
DANCING
Sunday Evening
7:45 (o 11:00 v
Swedish Auditorium
1611 Chicago Street
"OMAHA'S FUN CENTER" ,
ffffjrf7l No Mats, at present.
yMyVy Nightly at 8:30.
A REGULAR Show All the Wav
Harry Hastings' Big Show SJ"L
JSE? DAN COLEMAN
Jazs Jollity. Tinkling Tunes. Dancing Deara
Varieties of Fun. Beauty Chorus of
chaperoned debutantes. Bank the home'
fire; warm up with us.
Two Wonderful
i DRESS OFFERINGS
'Saturday we. will offer Wool Tricotine Dresses,
.Satin Dresses,1 Wool Velour Dresses and Jersey
Dresses in scores of clever new styles pregular ,
t$35.00, $45.00 and $5.00 values; choice at $24.75,
; and $290. You will buy one if you see them.,
JULIUS ORKIN
.- ' : - 1508-10 DoukIm Street
'A mmmQj Phone Douglas 2793.
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CrlROAl PS!XnRS-llTH06RAPHERS STEUDlt EHS0S3EIS
Dinerent
Is Omaha
Cities In -This
Is Omaha different from the various cities
surrounding it on the north, east, west and
south as regards amusements?; " '
Personally, I don't think so, yet the action
of the local fuel administration and certain citi
zens of Omaha leave some doubt in my mind.
Omalia was the first town of any size that
closed theaters during the late coal .strike, and
to date is the only city that has not permitted
them to reopen. 7
We were told, when we were asked to close
that the switchmen's strike at Kansas City was
-the main reason for our being closed down, yet
the strike was over three days after we closed,
but that had no effect as regards our reopen
ing. ' ' .
Every time we asked the fuel commission'
as to why Des Moines , allowed theaters to re
main open, we were told how Nebraska sup
plied one of their state institutions with coal.
This must be a stock simile, for only yesterday
I' again read wliere a citizen of Omaha made
this very same' argument ' about -why ;theates
should remain closed in Omaha. V
During the war the United States Govern
ment looked upon theaters as an essential, dur
ing the past strike the fuel, administration in
Washington has made the same ruling, but here
in Omaha theaters have been looked on as a
nuisance or something that should be closed for
the good of the community.
I do not claim that theaters are as essen
tial as grocery stores, drug stores, meat markets
and possibly dry goods stores but I do claim
they are far more essential than many other
lines of business which have been permitted to
operate, and which in reality consume far more
fuel than we do, as the amount of heat and
electricity consumed by a theater is very nomi
narcompared to the number of people who pat
ronize it. "A i .
We were also advised by the fuel admin
istration that they did not Want the street cars
crowded at night. :We told them, with the cur
tailed car service, lots of the people would have
to walk, butthat argument made no difference.
From Other
Same Locality?
The fuel committee had evidently made up
its mind hat Omaha was to be amusementless,
and it has been and still is. . v
Since Omaha has been closed down I've
been in two other cities where we have theaters
and tould not help but notice the difference
manifested towards the theaters by the fuel
commissions.
Ever since we opened the Strand Theater '
several' years ago both Mr. Blank and myself
haveleen ardent boosters for Omaha, yet I am
frank to admit that it certainly dampens our
spirits to see one class of business so strenu
ously discriminated against as the theaters have
been in Omaha during the past crisis.
There's no need of my telling you that Sen
ator Hitchcock and Congressman Jefferis have
wired that orders have been issued opening the.
theaters in Omaha. You kfiow that Mayor Smith
has requested that the theaters be allowed to .
reopen. You doubtless read the editorial in one
of the leading Omaha papers urging resumption
, of Omaha-amusements, and you also know that
every other city is permitting theaters to run
"at this time.
y
The one thing I want to know is this:
- I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE -MAJORITY
OF CITIZENS OF OMAHA FIGURE,
THAT THE THEATERS SHOULD BE DIS
CRIMINATED AGAINST AS THEY HAVE
BEEN IN OMAHA BY THE LOCAL FUEL
BOARD. AND I WANT TO GET THEIR
OPINION. 1
At the bottom of this ad you will find a
coupon, and if you think we have received the
worst of it, compared with other cities, won't
you please sign and either mail or hand in at
the box office. -H. M. THOMAS, -
Manager Rialto Theater. ,
I do not think the theaters' in Omaha
should be closed at this time : '
POSITIVELY OPEriS
Tor.ioiinoiv nioiiT
FOR -THE WEEK.
Omaha's Best
t , ...
Amusement Lovers
Appreciate i -
The Season's
Dest Offering
Si
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SPIES
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"MASQUERADED"
THE IMPORTANCE of the coming
of GUY BATES POST in "THE MAS
QUERADER"to the BOYD Theater the
week beginning TOMORROW VNIGHT
has made itself keenly felMhroughout .
the entire territory adjacent to this city,
and the mailorders received. for MR.
POST'S ENGAGEMENT, fronf cities
as far distant as Sioux City, readily il
lustrates the importance of securing
seats at once'.
THE BOX OFFICE IS NOW
OPEN and we respectfully suggest to
those who anticipate attending any one
of MR. POST'S performances thewise
ness of prompt purchasing of seats; if
they have not done so by mail. V
f
THERE STILL REMAINS
CHOICE SEATS in all parts of the
theater at the various prices charged,
but the number is limited and late com
ers will certainly be denied choice of
the most desirable locations. .
We desire to take this opportunity
to thank the hundreds who have so gen
erously expressed their sanction of the
bringing to OMAHA AMERICA'S'-
GREATEST ACTOR, for Jt will great
ly facilitate the bringing of other high
class Stars and Attractions to OMAHA
for a full week's duration.
THE PRICES WILL NOT BE AD
VANCEDTHERE WILL BENO
TICKETS SOLD AT OTHER THAN
THE ADVERTISED BOX- OFFICE.
PRICES, FROM $2.50 DOWN (plus
tax). THERE WILL BE NO RESER-.
VATIONS MADE NO TELEPHONE
ORDERS WILL-BE ACCEPTED
NO EXTRA PERFORMANCES WILL
RF, fiT VF.N V
Respectfully,
W. J. BURGESS,1
if
Mgr. the Boyd Theater.
Box Office open for Mr. Post's en
gagement from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m.
