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AMCSEMENTS.
COUNCIL BLUFFS-RIGHT NOW
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The Trial of Tom Tolivar
By A. MARIA CRAWFORD.
From International Feature SetTlce, Inc.
"So . Hilda Tolivar's boy forged
a check for $500 ypu say?" Will
Sherman asked the little group of
men who .had gathered outside the
courthouse. "Poor boy. How eon
Hida bear the disgrace alone? She
was such a .beautiful girl 20 years
ago.'1 . ,' '
"Funny thing that' none of us
have . ever been able to spot tnt
right maii," interrupted old man
Wilson, "Lean hear that Sanford
Rogers has been engaged to defend
Tom Tolivar. Sanford Rogeis
loved Hilda.. That js why he has
never married.' I. remember how
gray his hair turned that year Hilda
went away with that little baby in
her arms.". J .... , - ,
"Here comes Judge Browne. He
is a little hard on young folks, a
littJe too hard I think," ; exclaimed
Sherman, lifting his hat to ths dig
nified, white-haired man who passed
them. "I am afraid he will not be
very lenient with Hilda's boy."
Thinks of Little Girl.
Then Sherman ' began thinking of
pretty little Hilda -Tolivar and ttic
sad day when her nameless baby
had fcecu born. He recalled how her
rattier nad employed detectives in
tthe father of the
khad never given'
fexv 1 nobody in the
iy, nd, Hilda -Tolivar
rr. seem .
en her fatL. .
the poy .
Tolivar bad w
POs,u?nJ7J'T.l.VR Braved
. friends anu iTj oc.
i- that nt1ema1,aa a
W to make the
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a lite ni ICt ViT'
his mind
loney could
freedom. He
tie u
the penalty
derhded for his crime.
ford Rogers brought all ot his
nown eloquence to bear on the
case, but he felt that it was a
fig fight from the start The
was hostile and the jury un-
Cendly.
Asks For Leniency.
-"Honorable judge, gentlemen of
the jury," began Rogers, in his clos
ing speech. "I ask the leniency of
the court for this 20-ycar-old boy.
Suppose he were your own son!"
The attorney put his hand to his
throat as if his emotions were, chok
ing him. "Gentlemen," he said,
"let him . who is without sin cast the
first stone. You are striking this
loy through his mother. jj!r''ftu!'.
fair? Is thebovjrJyE-,,blanle(i be
cause hc--TTanTeless? Give him a
SlTce, the chance that his father
-kept from him when he denied him a
name, ne is young, ict the ooy
ro! It is his first offense. Col.
Tolivar was one of our most re
spected citizens. For the sake of
his widow, let this boy, her grand
sort, go free! I ask it again for the
sake of the boy's mother, homeless,
a wanderer, for 20 long years!" The
pauie was dramatic Men nodded
at each other in the court room. It
was the first sign of friendliness
that Roger had felt. "Who knows."
l,e resumed, "but that this boy's
father is in our midst, respected,
honored and influential!" Again a
ripple stirred the court " room and
men looked at each other wondcr
iugly, almost accusingly.
Has Had Enough.
"Let the boy go! This bov has
enough ignominy to - bear through
lic, stain put upon him without his
knowledge. - without his ability to
control. Why add the prison
stripes? Tn a moment of weakness,
the boy forged a check to pay his
gaming debts, debts contracted
Jiile lie played with your son and
1 and yours! I have the
Fs of half the well-known voting
in this town, associates of this
who worked on his youth and
lulity, and robbed him.' Convict
land tomorrow.1 some of you will
fere to save your own sons from
Hon. Let hi mwho is witnout sin
the first stone! '. ;
'When he had concluded, the judge
rirfly charged the jury and the men
ftiled out while a profound silence
I filled the room.
The iurv disagreed and late that
afternoon Rogers made bond for the
boy's appearance at the next term of
court and walked with the young
prisoner out of the courtyard.
- Tried to Turn Sentiment.
During the following six months,
before court convened again, Rogers
did everything possible to turn pub
lic sentiment in favor of Tom Toli
var. But when he rose in the court
room to try to save Tom, Tolivar
from prison, he found the judge ap
parently still hostile and another un
friendly jury. He made the best
speech cf his life in his mighty plea
for the boy who sat pale and hasr
card in the prisoner's chair. The
lawyer had talked to him many times
during the months that had passed
and he liad . at last made the bov
realize the enormity of his sin as well
as the sorrow, of his mother's life.
Rogers' felt reasonably sure that if
lie pulled the boy through that time
be would h,ave a chance to make of
f3J
I en cttort to UmR
I child but thfffl
hahw was gntest
VLad gone
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WHY?
Is S. O. S. the Wireless Distress
Signal?
(CoivrtsUt, 1910, by the Wheeler Syn-
dlcate. Inc.)
Varrus . explanations of these
letters, ranging all the way from
"Save Our S,hip" to "Suspend
Other Service', have been made,
but, as a mattfjr of fact, the sig
nals have no significance other
than that of,a hurry-up call for
help. Theyj are not abbrevia
tions of a piirase, but merely a
danger signal, to be used only
when the ship which sends them
out is in imiiiincnt peril of being
lost. I
During thf early days of the
wireless it was seen that one of
the greatest uses of the new in
vention would be to announc; the
presence of danger at sea to en
able a ship, hundreds of miles
from land and off the beaten
track of navigation, to call for
assistance. A; number of ex
periments wera made, such words
and phrases "Help!" "Come
at once." "Irmjiinent danger,"
and the like, butiall of these weie
too long and these was too much
likelihood of theijt being fogged
in transmission. . It was finally
found that the letters "S. O. S."
could be snapped out in a clear,
unmistakable manner, flashing
their -way across, hundreds of
miles and registering the fact
that the ship which sent them was
in great peril. Accordingly they
were incorporated into the w'ire
less code tiot as an abbreviation,
but as a symbol; which could be
picked up and .-'understood even
when atmo&rmeric conditions
rendered jV difficult to transmit
any othar message.
(Tomorrow Why J)o We
Have Toothache?)
ji hima man well worth while. He felt
it so keenly that he pleaded as 11 ne
were attempting to save life instead
of pride, and the boy was the son of
the only woman he had ever loved
anil ic--mli!;sJ2iii J-ariil- iJ.'o
KnTledare stave fire to his imaeina-
tion and wings to his eloquence. But
through the whole trial, with a law
yer's Intuitive valuation of the effect
of his argument, he knew that it
was a 'losing fight. He determined
to appipal the case even before the
judex rbsc to charge the jury.
Thecold gray eyes of the judge
were umfeeling, his words were sharp
and ringing like the blows of a ham
mer 01b steel. He pointed out to the
12 men in the Jurors' box that after
hearindr counsel for and against the
prisoner, they must act justly and
in accordance with the demands of
the laWi In 30 minutes word came
that the jiiry had reached a decision.
When tryfc 12 men had returned to the
court room and had taken their
places the judge asked the foreman
it jatiY had arrived at averdict.
"We have, your honor," he ans
wered. "Guilty!" ; v;:
Judge Browne ordered the pris
oner to stand and in his low. metallic
voice began, "I sentence you" -
"Wait!" a voice cried in the back
of the court room and all eyes
turned to follow the figure of a beau
tiful woman as she made her way
down the aisle. The woman was
Hilda Telivar. .
Sentence Own Son.
"Before you pass sentence on Tom
Tolivar," she said clearly. "I want
the men in this room to know that
you are passing sentence on vour
own son. Peyton Browne. . Your
blood, your cowardice, made him a
criminal." The woman seemed to
tower above the men who had risen
to see her as she made her accusa
tion. "I have carried your secret
and mine for 20 long years, but with
what measure ye meet, it j shall be
measured to you again. Xow, sen
tence j-our son."
Judpe Browne caught at the desk
for support. "I I never knew- "
"Oh, yes." came the cool response
of the woman, "you did know. You
threatened to ruin rav father politic
ally, if I told the truth."
There was the menace of mob law
brooding in that room. One old
juror shook his fist threateningly.
"It's the judge who ought to wear
the stripes, not the boy!" he cried.
Men were whispering together om
inously when Judge Browns, with
shaking fingers, slipped a small crys
tal of cyanite of potash from his vest
pocket and dropped it into a glass
half full of water that stood on his
desk. The water became purplish
in color, and he drained the glass
eagerly. Years before he had known
that he must take the coward's route
when it should come his time to go.
He must die, he knew; as he -had
lived, a coward to the end.
To Start Again.
Late that afternoon. Sanford Rog
ers stood pleading with Hilda in the
old Tolivar home. "I wiB take yon
and the boy and we will go away,
dear, far away and begin life over,
again. Will you go? I have alwayj
loved you, Hilda. There has been no
other woman. Will you go?"
"It is too late,", she sobbed, clos
ing her eyes to the vision of love
and home and happiness.
"It is never to late," said thS law
yer, folding her close in luV arms,
''when we love each other."
Outside a scurrying iwsboy
shouted as he ran. "Extnl Ex-try!
All about the suicide of Jillge Pey
ton Brown!" 1
To serve as a curtain rola coiled
spring has been invented tijlt is held
on a window or door frail by or
namental claws at its ends,! I
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More Truth
By JAMES J.
ONLY HUMAN
When Jones misreads his Ouijee
(As often he has done)
And bets upon a Gee-gee
That nevr learned to run,
The nich in his resources
Moves Mrs. Jones to say, . ,
That betting on the horses
Will starve them both some day. .
Says she: 1 "I hate to scold you, ;
But many and many a time,
As well, you know, I've told you
That gambling: is a crime." ,
When Jones gets on a winner
And wins an X or so.
And takes his wife to dinner ,
And then to see a show, '
She murmurs, as she places . .
Her hand upon his arm, V
That betting on the races
Can't really do much harm.
She says with approbation v
' Her conscience should deplore:
"You need the recreation,
1 ou ougnt to
L he moral of this
In metre brief
Is not at all satiric
As you perhaps have guessed.
We would not wake dissension
The female heart to vex;
It was not our intention - .
To slam the fairer sex;
The point thai we would limn in, '
With our toodumsv wen. ;
Is simply this:
Are much the
SINCE THAT RAILROAD ADVANCE
Once we didn't understand what the British press meant by the
word "Rate-payers." Now we do. . . . j
FOREVER AND EVER ,-,
People that left their money with Mr. Ponzi never suspected ' that
they were making permanent investments. " '1
- . TOO LATE NOW ' '
If the great parties had known that Babe Ruth was going to make
y "wine x uno 1 ney u nave peen
(Copyright, 1920, By The
What Do You Know?
(Here's a rhnnce to make jour wits
worth money, lim-h day The Bee will
imnllxll it HM-lea of qtientloni. They rover
thlnga which you should know. The tint
complete lint of correct answers and the
name or the winner will be published on
the day Indicated below. Be sure to five
your views and address In full. Address
"tjuestlon Editor," Omaha Bee.)
1. What was the first declaration
of war in the recent world war?
2. What is the largest cemetery
for American - soldier dead ' la
France?. - .' ,.
3. What is the state motto of Ne
braska? 4. Who first flew by airplane
across the Atlantic ocean without
a stop?
5. On what date will Easter fall
in 1921? '
(Answers Published Friday.)
FRIDAY'S ANSWERS.
1. Which is the largest ; ocean?
Pacific.
2. Which is the smallest ocean?
Arctic. ..: ,
3. What is' the world's largest
lake? Chad, in South Africa.'
What is the highest point in North
America? Mt McKinley. -Alaska.
What is the lowest point in North
America? Death Valley,' Cal. - ....
No correct answers received. '
Detective Chief Denies .
Charge of Mistreating Boy
Attorney for the defense of Walter
Davidson,. 22 years old, arrested last
week as a suspect in t!ie theft of
S5.000 worth of tires ro"m the Good
rich Rubber company, alleges that
Chief of Detective! Anderson beat
the prisoner when he made the ar
rest. - I , " :
"I did not threaten Davidson,"
Anderson said. fl talked fo him
like a gentleman fontil he called me
a liar in regard tfo something about
which I know positively I w-as right
and I slapped him.."
Real Estate wiarket Again
Active, Say?; Omaha Realtor
After three nonths of calm, the
real estate mark it has opened in full
blast, according to I. Shuler, presi
dent of the Oimaha real estate
bonrn.
"People are comA"" ck from their
vacations and havf Yfun t0 "uy
said Mr. Shuler. I lot only are
there more home b fs, but' acre
age olats and residVlce lots are
moving well. Investment ads in the
newspapers are bringiifg prompt rc-
Carnation with citi sufficient-
Strong to support their heavy blooms
without assistance hve been bred
by French floriculturists.
Than Poetry
MONTAGUE
gamble! more.
lyric.
expressed.
That women '
same as men!;
VWMH
aiier mm to take the vice! presi-
Bell SyndicaU, Inc.)
Common Sense
" Tear Nothing.
;:v ., " By j. J. MUNDY.
Are you not allowing your periods
of dejection to come too often and
to last too long? ,
"As your dejection gets stronger
do ybu not have greater misgivings?
ea.cn year you are less sure of your
each year you are less sure of yuor
self, apparently, and you seem to get
less out of life. . .
Is it so much easier for you to
think of failure than, of success?
Is. there real occasion; for you to
feel gloomy? ;
To be sure, men are being laid
off and the gay old bird H. C. L.
is still rampant, but you, have no
reason to think that you may ' be
called upon to suffer any more than
any of the rest of your friends and
associates in life, eh?.
Then quit thinking yourself into
physical and. mental decay.
You are doing every possible thing
to put- yourself out of . the race of
the young and vigorous by harboring
such dark forebodings.
You still passess a good mind and
a body which responds to reasonable
demands why not support 1 rather
than weaken your position?
' Smile, throw back your shoulders,
faise your chest and get some spirit
into your walk, your conversation,
your work and your play.
(Copyright, 1930, by International Feature
Service, Inc.)
I'M THE GUY
; I'M. THE GUY who always tried
to see how loudly he can sneeze. I
think it's quite an entertaining stunt.
It entertains nie. It may not be polite
and it may not be sanitary but what
of that?
Of course I always prefer an
audience when I perform my prt
parlor trick. Particularly an audience
that doesn't expect it. I like to startle
them.
If I muffle my sneeze in a hand
kerchief it wouldn't be so effective.
That's why I never do.
Free and unrestricted with lots of
power behind it, that's my recipe for
a successful sneeze.
I just wrinkle up my face, take a
couple of preliminary gasps, get my
lungs. full of air, then let go with as
much noise and power as I can put
behind it.
It goes best in a quiet office or a
library reading room. I know, rfor
I've tried it everywhere.
(Opyrif-ht 1S:0. Tnonipson Fcilurt
gsr'lct.)
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Omaha Banks to Resume Old
Hours Beginning Sept. 1
Daylight saving by the banks of
Omaha will end Wednesday, when
banking hours will be returned to
from 10 to 3. The time during the
summer months was advanced an
hour, mainly to allow the clerks to
get through sooner. If it were not
that merchants dislike having to
make their deposits by 2 o'clock the
system would not be changed, win
ter or summer, in the opinion of
some bankers.
Captains Appointed for
C. of C. Golf Tournament
The directors of the Chamber "of
Commerce have appointed M. C.
AMl'SEMENTS.
STARTING SUNDAY - SEPT. 5
COMPANY OF
FIFTY
GRAND
Splendid
Chorus
COPANYrr
Sunday, "Rigoletto"
Monday, "II TroTatore"
Tuesday, "Lucia" :
We?day. VCrUfni
' and "PagliaccV;
THE BIG CAST OF PRINCIPALS IftCJLUDES: Bice Piirorni of
La Scala, Milan; Consuelo Medina of tColon, Buenos Aires;
Speria Castel of the Reggie,. Torino; Rota di iSMT of TSlff ant Gar
den, London; Alfredo Graziani of the Metropolitan, New Yrk; Giu
seppe Port of the Rational, Havana; Eduardo Lejarasu of he Bos
ton Opera; Soto-Mayor of the National, Havana; Francisco Cruz
of the. Liric, Rio Janeiro.
Prices: $2.50 to 50c PIux Tax.""" Mail Orders Now
Box Office Sale Thursday, September 2. -
rHOTO-PI.AY9.
if you were among the . thousands who
were unable to gain admission to the "Sun"
theater yesterday, to see "Parlor Bedroom
and Bath." We made every effort to ae-
commodate the thousands but the crowds
were so great that it proved an impossible
task. There are six days left in which to see
this picture. A word to the wise Come
early.
SUN THEATER,
Harry Goldberg, Mgr.
SQDG9
OPENING FALL ATTRACTION
Now Playing k '
A Little "Frisky" But
, Not Indecent
Hero: "To scratch or not t
scratch that is the question !"
Lady-In-Dittress: "?X?! 1"
And Then the Trouble Started.
Bee .Want Ads Bring RcsulU
mmm.
Peters and Everett Buckingham
captains of the ; opposing sides in
the golf tourney to be given by them
at Lakoma Friday. Dr. Thomas
Cassady of the All Saints Episcopal
church will speak at the dinner.
Ask Aid of Omaha Police
To Locate Missing Woman
Authorities of Sheldon, la., yes
terday asked the police for aid in
locating Mrs. O. H. Wood, who left
that town with her 4-year-old child.
It is believed-she went, to Omaha.
If Mrs. Wood is in ''Omaha she is
asked to communicate with Grace
Pharris, Sheldon, la., at the Myers
hotel.: . : . '
Bee Want Ads Bring Results.
AMUSEMENTS.
ALL NEXT WEEK
GRAND OPERA
ORCHESTRA
OPERA
Thursday, "Faust"
Friday, "Traviata" .
Saturday, Ma tinae, "Rigoletto"
Saturday Night, "Carmen"
PHOTO-PLAV9.
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ANNIVERSARY 'SHOW
' BIG
AFTER-
NOONS
. BIG
NIGHTS
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S. W. BRUNDAGE SHOWS
20-JOLLY, JAZZY JOY SHO VVS 20
MERCHANTS' AND
DISPLAYS
noon till
...-l,lnM BM!'- 2'' Efy Nlsht, 8:15
.' ise- . vnas. HOWSRD a
BRUCE MORGAN t FRANKLYN G
nciOTmcK t, waiiics; Brest Hayn:
Worth Co.; Colllur a D.Wtldo: Kli
Uw at 7e and SI Satur4s s
Nlsht: le. Mo. 50e. 75o sad II: wsis
aatsrdsr ssi Susdsy.
"OMAHA'S FUN CENTER'
Nites: 25c t.
Daily Mat: 15c
Another af Thaaa Class A Skim
JAMES E. PnAUnft fiirlc MUSICAL
cooper's noseianci uins burleso
Larg cut inctades BERT LAHR, Carniv
Irto and Beauty Chorus, of Livinf
w Rose Bud.. If . -
Ladies' Dim Mstinr Every Week Dj
Bt aw. s m: u juuan, uirls oj U. 8
mm
' Two Shows to One .'
AMERICAN DESERT CAFE; HINKLE
ft MAE: JIMMY DUNN; MONS HERBERT.
Photoplay Attraction. "The Little Wan
derer," featuring Shirley Mason. Ben Tur
pia Comedy. Pathe Weekly. -
raoio-PLAirs.
She was a stay-at-home; effi-'
cient, yet thoroughly "home-.
ly," . But -when 'the found
that friend husband was.
"stepping' out" hovr he" did i
go. 'See ';.',' ',:''
BENNIETT
- ..-..,'; in -v-;i,"';
".AIRPifJP
Also Showing the Picture
'That Made .
CHARLES
CHAPLIN
A' Much Copied Man .
G(IA.1PI0f"
LAST TIMES TODAY : '
J A C K G A R D N E R
In tht thrlllls drams l th stsustad sollci
"OPEN PLACES"
APOLLO
IMITI' C
: ill Coolest Theater
in the City I
- ANITA STEWART
ia "MIND THE PAINT GIRL"
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WEDNESDAY
Omaha Day
THURSDAY
Fraternal Day
FRIDAY
Council Bluffs
Day
SATURDAY
Farmer's Day
Admission to Grounds
10c
THIS
INCLUDES
WAR TAX
MANUFACTUrEI
AND EXHIBITS
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Wednesday, Thursday
s and Friday, Sept. 1,
- 2, and 3
Big Program
of
Athletic Events
Big Barbecue
Thursday Night
Pain's
Firework
rriuay mgn
Aeroplane Flight
Afternoon and Even
Come Everybody j
help the Boy a
Nurse celebrate.
Tickets
50 Cents
include admission to
Park. Free Ride .and
Dancing Privileges. .
BASE BALL E
OMAHA Vs. JOPLIN
MON TUES.. WED. AND THURS.
Came Called 3:30 P. M. . -
Double-Header Tuesday and Wednesday,
First Cam Callsd 2:15 P. M,
Bea - Seat en Sate Barkahrv Bre.
Clfsr Store, 16th and Farnam.
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