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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1920)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY EEE: JULY .4,1920. 5 A CROOKS IN SOUTH Senator Harding Popularized the Front Porch and SIDE JAIL FIGHT Omaha Boasts Many Where Domestic Scenes Dominate FOR BETTER WAGE Form Union to Demand Higher Allowance On Fines for Time Served In Custody. ' By FRANK W. MULOCK. While police court judges of the South Side police court were taking their annual vacations Police Cap fain. T,-Uti V Rripc anrl fieorcre Allen were busy rounding up the ! and republicans, prohibitionists and . . r. . r-. . I linmp-hrow 3r11i,-t With a smuc crooks as usual and the M-mtn stcie jail becan to fill up. . The alleged Season Is at Hand When These Vantage Points Are Thick With Fam ily Members. The front porch is a rendezvous of rest and recreation, where the city dweller enjoys a ttrcease at eventide, clad in summer-time habili ments, with wife and kiddies at his side and a gentle eveninn breeze lending an invitatory touch to thi scene. It is one of the institutions which makes the world safe for democrats crooks had plenty of time to rurai rate and reminesce.- "It's a howling shame." remarked the burglar in cell No. 4. "It's worse 'n that." retorted the thief in cell No. 3. ' I t's a disgrace to the community. It's class legisla tion, that's what it is. Something aujht to be done about it. I'm in 'ivor of starting a campaign, with a nig drive and all that, with a slogan, you know, 'Better Wages for Crooks.' or 'Bum Pay, Bum Work.' How s that? "It's ra"k discrimination vl'if it is, said the burglar home-brew addicts. With a smug expression on his countenance and a mug of lemonade nearby, here is where the tired business man and the fatigued artisan may find re juvenation. It is the Elysium which extends a silent welcome at the close of the day's work. It is the little domestic Bohemia where conven tionalities are dismissed. Harding Popularizes Porches. Since Warren Gamaliel Harding, I'nited States senator of Marion, O., was nominated at the recent re publican frontier day celebration at Chicago, and it became common i-nu.-iHiT. that the senator had a that's ! spacious front porch, the subject of "Five 1 front porches has been given un- GOAL SHORTAGE LIKELY, THOUGH N0 FAMINE DUE X Transportation Most Acute Difficulty Facing Fuel Deal ers and Slight Strin gency Looms for Fall. . . . I 1 - U . ... th nrtcc atlfl lit v-ars ?"i I got lined tJW and costs, vsiiai "" - 'rv,, ,-.. ",t r-mi'nr wnrkinp I cublic places where the spoken scale of $2 a dnv, 101 davs to work the fine out. That was fair enough then. I had no kick coming." No Rise in Wages. "An' whatdaya nit now?" queried the thief in l:3M..t. "Two hundred : r.d co-ts means just what it did five years ago, 101 ('.ays in jail. It's enough to riake a decent, respect able crook give un in disgust and turn to day labor." "And with wnjes in every other l:nc going up every day." exclaimed the burglar. "Carncr.t?rs used to be glad to get $2 a dr.y and now they tern up their no.,os at 8 a da v. And we are tr!i"ol'n" nloncr at the same old rate of p-v. It's ei"-uc,h to make a man turn bolshevik." "That ain't all," continued the thief. "Look at the petit larceny Yrr.'.t Is it ?nv higher than it was five years ago?" No! An.t the cost of living going up every day "Why, five years a?;o I could steal half a dozen pair of ihoes and be comfortably sure I w?s within the petit hrrenv limit. Caii I do it now? Why, if I steal a sngle pair of '.hoes t-r!ay I'm liable to be cWged with praV.d larceny. And sill: rhi-fs! Why, I used to steal HH a ro-cn at a t me and I. knew I vo-'.-l draw nothing more than a HI -ritence. Nov if I steal two I':i fin- for a jolt down it Lincoln. Tt'-S that's what it is Do Vy -mt to run us all out of busi- in tT- r.'a:.3 Distinction. ' , ,- ' ? t' b- glad of it." the :!etl. "It helps vou and a inst rs. In the old a r "i lnd to soid his usual .. . jr-rcnticcr-hip as a tniei '--. "v co -'d get a card as a jour- ,, ..i:hr. Now you little fel ,.,'ti't Vtoal ar.vthing that comes :;th- thievery c'ar-s. You steal .. . .i. ...v,;i. and what Wr-v? Why. M one- people call voV a b't'tV.r. 'Taint fair to us. .' . 1 J- tUit Art nsr " -ii"t nMlP.t COOH urra i" ' Vou fe'.iows are too stuck up any how. And when you graduate into the yegg cln's-why. yoi, won t look at vour old friends. And there s anrther thing," the burg ar sid. "That's this income tax. t was an risht during the war. But how about it now? It costs tw.ee as much for an honest burgbr to live Do thev consider th,t? Thev, taxed me twice as much this vea Many a night I have stayed up into fie wee small hours trving to make a little extra for the family. Dos the government consider that "It wouldn't re so " " didn't discriminate. In any other business they make allowance for legitimate expenses. It s the net in come they tax you on. But hoyv sbout its poor burgbrs? Do they knock off what we have to pay out tor fines when were caught? Its enough to make a man lie down and quit." ., "Poor Struggling Cop. ' "And how about chanty?" broke in the chief. "I thought a certain percentage was eliminated wher given to charity. Now take the case of the poor struggling copper who pinched, me last month, felt sorry for him. ooor fellow, and slipped him a 20 out of sheer kind-heartedness. Toor fellow, his gratitude vas' most touching. He appre ciated it so much he turned and hurried away, leaving us standing i . 15.. i An. rM, tnnnnse the tax collector would allow me to knock that off my income tax return? Not on vour life, "if . don't tet what we want we'll strike. We'll turn honest. We'll boycott the jail.?. Our strike ..;it ihmiD H'frv noliceman .n There was a shout of approval in tie South Side jail .which woke Desk Sergeant Carter out of a deep 1 "Hurray for the Amalgamated brotherhood of Crooks!" came the rrti M-prv cell in the iail. and Caotains Allen and Briggs and their minions of the law are daily adding to the brother hood of the new organization, ...Seated Diner Smashes Glass-Top Table In Cafe Tom Bates, 318' North Sixteenth street, was arrested by police early this morning, charged with intoxica tion and malicious destruction of t property. . Bates was arrested oncompiaint of the manager of the Mon Yen Lo cafe, 1508 Howard street, who claimed that Bates, while drunk. ' came into the cafe and broke a glass top table when he struck it with his fist ---WUti ?7 motor vehicles. Senegal, 'West Africa, ranks higher in regis vt'.ation than any other of die French i word is exchanged. The senator cAtUA i new nsp tn Lthe front norch when he announced that he would conduct his campaign on this van tage point. He may sit on his porch, in negligee, and meet the world and his brother as thev come and go. A presidential candidate hereafter without a front porch will be like the person who was all dressed up with nowhere to go. Omaha Has 'em. Too. Omaha is enjoying its front porch during these days when the house wives are busy canning cherries and their marital concomitants are engaged in the outdoor sport ot obtaining enough sugar to appease In this era of the front porch one may in fancy see Omaha enjoying the evening rest period on its porch. Mother anu lamer " ate in convention assembled 1 a. the keynoter of the ensemble, is reading the political news, and ma, the mild reservations, is scanning her magazine. One of the young sters is plaving on his kiddie cart and another is wishing that pa would relinquish the newspaper so lhat he might read about Jiggs and Maggie and the Uumps. , Gallant Brings Saxophone. Mary is off in a corner with her beau, who brought his new saxo phone. He may have received the instrument from his father as a birthday gift, or he may have saved coupons. It does not make much difference for the purposes of nar rative how he received the instru ment,' just so that he received it honestly. Ma asks the young man if ie. ran nlav "Dardanella." and pa re marks that when he was a boy he ms a humdinger as a moutn-orgau layer, whereupon ma exclaims. "Oh, mrrarlisM" Then the babv falls over with his cart, the dog barks at tU vnnlinn anrl ma announces that she will read to pa a letter which she received during tne nay irom a sister who lives in California. And then pleasant little neighborly visits are exchanged on trout porches. Mrs. So-And-bo skips over to meet and greet the first lady of the Leffingwell front porch, bringing tidings of great joy and a lot of noise about her new bathing suit, which she describes with ecstacy. With a Trade Last. "I've got a trade last for you," the neighbor exclaims, as she sticks her chewing gum on a post. "Do you know that you left your basement light burning last night?" Mrs. Leffingwell asks, giving Lef fingwell a reproving glance for his inattention. The visitor tells about the tooth which she had extracted by a dentist ivhn said it would not hurt and . did hurt so much that she thought she was going to die. ;he ask) it Mrs. Leffingwell had heard of the new baby at the minister's house and she tells how fond her husband is of cherry pie. Or Mr. Leffingwell may visit the So-And-So porch and discuss with his neighbor such timely town topics as dark horses, white mules and other zoological specimens. An Inviting Haven. Did vou ever take the missus and the children for an outing, return ing tired and dusty, and do you re- mflmKcr now invitini? VOUT front porch appeared as it loomed in the. distance? And wnen you arrived home from such an outing, did you ever sit upon your porch and ex--uim "C.pf it is trooH to be home again?" Your porch on such an oc casion was like the appearance of the first glimpse ot lana to tne weary sea .voyager fter a long journey. Tarry these days at the front of A. V. Shotwell, county attorney, and you will observe a proud parent pacifying his fourth born, a miss who but recently arrived upon tne scene. And if ycu have the time and in clination you may hear the prattle of three other little Shotwells which keep A. V. S. quite busy during his front porch sessions. On Other Porches. Judge W. W. Slabaugh is enjoying some of the evening hours on his porch, ruminating over the vagaries o( his new motor car. On his front porch I. L. Webster will tell you about "the tercentenary celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims at Ply mouth Rock, in which subject he is much interested. Mayor Smith sold hie front nnrrh a few months aBO, but he is going to the mountains and he says he will buy another porch next fall. "Let me build the front porches for my country and I care not who writes Iter plattorms, said an uma ha patriot. Nero watched a great conflagra tion from his porch, where he enter 'aineH neichhorst with his 'fiddle Governor McKelvie memorized "Paul Revere's Ride, on his porch. Betsy Ross was frequently observed sewing on her porch. "Lips That Touch Liquor Sha"U Never Touch Mine," was written on a porch. Rich Women Practice Economy in England Shops Are Suffering London, July 3. Women of means and good social position are adically reducing their expendi tures. An exclusive restaurant, catering only to the wealthy class, is said t-, he runtime at a oss ot over $3,000 per week through the falling off in trade, and the flower shops nre feeling the effects of the new "economy." "Women are ordering one gown where thev used to order three," said a fashionable modiste. "I know cf several cases where women who formerly had a new gown for every one of the days at Ascot are only petting one. They will show off the new gown the first day and on the second day will wear cloaks to hide the fact that they are wearing the same gown again." Commercial travelers have a tale cf woe to tell, for they find that orders are not coming in as lav ishly as before at this time of the year and many wealthy women are making their own lingerie or hav ing it made by a woman employed by the day. Rain and High Temperature Promised Nejct Week Washington, July 3. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday are: Upper Mississippi an:l lower Mis souri valleys: Occasional local showers probable until after mid dle of the week, with temperature averaging above normal; probably fait latter portion. Although coal exportation from ccstern fields and coal diversion to NVw England because of priority orders have reduced to almost zero the middle west's supply from !he east, Omaha coal dealers aie of the opinion that there will not he an actual famine at this point during the coming winter hecause ot tne many different sources of he city's simnl v. Indications are for considerable stringency, however, they point out, brcause of the low prediction of mines, due to transno-tation diffi culties and because of the depletion of surpluses because of -'the strike last November. Many Buy Early. Retail dealers report that they are disposing of what coal thev can acquire to citizens layiny. in an early supply. Wholesale dealers declare that there is a market here for all the coal they can get, or have pros pects of getting. Sources of supply for Omaha are at present running far behind nor mal, according to wholesalers. While thi average nroduction is about 33 per cent of normal for the entire country, it is actually much less in the Illinois. Iowa. Kansas and Mis souri fields, where much of this city's supply of coft coal is mined. Transportation Is Problem. Many mines in these regions' arc riinninrr nnlv a few hours, a daV. wholesale coal dealers say. The prob- j lem lacing mine owners is trans portation, they point out. Interstate ! Commerce commission orders di- ; verting open top cars to coal dis- j tribution has had some effect on the j situation, they believe. ! A serious situation has developed j out of the. priority given New Eng- j land in the matter of eastern coal, j j Virginia, West Virginia and Penn-1 sylvauia coal is being exported. With that supply denied eastern industry, almost all" of the Pennsylvania coal is held on the Atlantic seaboard. For that reason there has been very little movement from these fields west. , Exportation Serious. Coal exportation through Hamp ton K'oarl is rparhiiur serious pro portions that are rendered stiii more worthy of notice bcaitse it is peing done in English ships by English companies, according to information in Omaha. I V Davidson crneral manascr of the Nebraska Power Co., a mem ber of the United States fuel com mittee, is in favor of stopping coal exportation and diverting all pro duced in this country to home use, until the present crisis is past and sound conditions of supply have re turned. Running at Full Capacity. Of the fields supplying Omaha these in Wyoming are the only ones running at capacity, according to dealers. This is made possible, they say, by the transportation 'urnished b the Union 4'acific ra;lroad Ac cording to William Guild, assistant (miral lAanaoer of the mad. 400 cars are moved daily from VVyoming fields. About half ot the cc.al is tor the railroad, from its own mines, and the remainder is for commer cial purposes. This coal is almost entirely con sumed in Wyoming aiul Nebraska, Mr. Guild said. Omaha ' as become a good market for this coal hecause of the reliability of supply, and about 40 cars a day are received here. Shipments Given Preference. Coal shipments are given the right of way and no cars are a'lowed to stand either full or empty. Diver sion of cars from this region to the Thos. Cotter Retires After 26 Years With Telephone Company ' Thomas Cotter has retired from the service of the American. Bell and Nebraska Telephone companies, alter 26 years' lefvice, Mr. Cotter has entered the gen eral insurance business an'! will he associated with Byrne Bros, in the City National Bank building. Hi wili specialize in surety bonds, par ticularly with regard to mercantile establishments, but will also write all lines of fire and casualty insur ance. At the time of his retirement (row the telephone business Mr. Cotter was engineer in charge of construc tion of long distance lines. He came to Omaha about 20 yea's ago from Boston, where he had bee.i engaged in the telephone business for about six years Irwin St. John Tucker To Speak Here Tuesday St. Tohn Tucker, candidate for congressman in Illinois on the socialist ticket, will speak at the teamsters' hall Tuesday evening and will speak in the Lyric build ing Wednesday. Mr. Tucker is traveling under the auspices of the socialist party. He was sentenced to 10 years in the federal penitentiary for writing an article, "The Trfce We Pay." but appealed his case, and trial will soon be in the supreme court Illinois and Iowa fields, in .'fleet for about three weeks, may have a no ticeable effect on the supply in the middle west in a short t!me railroad men believe. HAIL INSURANCE MEN you can profitably turn your attention to Liv Stock Insurance now that the hail writing season is over! Hundreds of farmers need our protection on their hog, horae and cattle. Why not get your share of this business? We offer you exceptional opportunity selling our old line mortality policlea on liberal commission basis. Write, wire or phone for agency application blank and particulars. Splendid territory open. American Live Stock Insurance Co. 300-306 Finance Bldg. Omaha, Nebra.W Frr I 1 Animal Mid-Slimmer r Sale v Starling Tuesday July 6th SHIRTS $2,15 each or 3 for $ 6.00 $2.65 each or 3 for 7.00 $3.15 each or 3 for 9.00 $3.55 each or 3 for 10.00 $165 each or 3 for 13.50 $3.95 each or 3 for 11.00 $6.15 eacti or 3 for 18.00 Silk Shirts $6.85 each or 3 for $20.00 $7.45 each or 3 for 22.00 $8.65 each or 3 for 25.00 $9.85 each or 3 for 28.00 I HOSE Silk, dlk fibre and silk faced, a pair. . 75 One lot Lisle Hose at, pair 50 UNDERWEAR Union Suits, only $1.65, $2.15, $2.75 Pine glove silk, knee . length $7.25 NECKWEAR Half Price, including a big line of Knit Ties. CHARLES E. BLACK Exclusive Haberdasher U17 FARNAM STREET Phone Douglas 250 li mw 20 cr1 jo m 205' m Come to Council Bluffs and Save ON GOOD FURNITURE OUR SEMI-ANNUAL Discount Sale Starts Tuesday This Discount will affect every Piece of FURNITURE, RUGS, ALL DRAPERIES and HOME FURNISHINGS with the exception of only a few pieces of Berkey and Gay furniture, Chambers ranges, Hoosier cabinets and the Phonograph Department Sale Will Last for One Week Only, So Hurry! Furniture prices are still up. There has been no reduction of manufacturers' prices and we do not expect any for some time. Conditions will not permit this to come about, as they are at present. The market in Grand Rapids is now going on and wholesale prices are higher than they were in the market of January of this year, so this sale is not for the reason that prices have broken, but it has always been our custom to hold this great July event, and we are not going to disappoint our thousands of customers, but the time is limited to only one week of this 20 discount, so come and save. All Prices Are. Marked in Plain Figures Come in and figure off the discount yourself. Remember the sale starts Tuesday, July 6th The largest selection of Homefurnishings in Southwestern Iowa. rfZJifenk Make selections now for Future Delivery if you wish. illl!llliKiiiiiM!S Opposite "Grand Hotel-Council Bluffs Iowa j :;E$Kli!iii;i!:iiiiM