THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 150, 1920.
14
Colby
Bars Two
Correspondents
From Conference
Secretary Takes Offense at
' Charge That He ' Attempts
:To Inspire Press With
Views of His Own.
'Washington, Sept. 29. Secretary
Colbv announced today that Faul
Ilanna, correspondent of the New
York Call, a socialist newspaper,
and Laurence Todd, associated with
Mr, Hanna in the Federated Tress
lireau, would not be permitted in
the future to attend the daily con
ferences which the secretary holds
with-the newspaper correspondents.
The announcement was made at
, the regular morning, conference with
the! correspondents and .after the
fcccretary had read a fetter written
by ' Mr. Hanna to Fred A. Emery,
head of the information bureau of
the State department. Mr. Hanna
charged in the letter that Mr. Colby
was using the conferences with the
, newspapermen as a means of in
spiring the press with view's of his
own and that he also had put wrbng
interpretations on the news, espe-J
ciajly that relating to the Polish
Russian situation.. Mr. Emery was
asKcci in me letter to ootain irom
Mr. Colby a statement in defense of
the charges so that it might be pub
lished along with the original accu
sations. ; The secretary of state told the
Correspondents that his whole cjb
jeet in holding conferences with
'5 hem was to aid them in obtaining
accurate information and to co-op-rrate
in furnishing international news
Jo the American public. He asked
the correspondents whether they
Jhouerht; Mr. Hanna's charges were
justified and II. C McMillen, a cor-
, respondent of the New York Even
ing Post, expressed the opinion that
they were, but he added that he did
jiiot mean to impugn the secretary's
integrity nor to apear in the light of
Mtpporting the charges. ,' ;
Bigamy Legalized
In JWria to Save
j ') Many New Bom Babes
THE GUMPS-
take A LESSON FROM FATHER
Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith.
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More Truth Than Poetry
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE
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- By KARL H. VON WIEOAND.
- Vnlrtma! Service Staff Correspondent.
.; Berlin, Sept. 29. "Peermissible
bigamy" has be:n legalized by the4
Austrian government. It has caused
p. storm of protest in the Austrian
clerical press. What is tantamount
to technical bigamy is permitted, in
that marriage under certain condi
tions is allowed without the formal
ity of divorce.
The Austrian government "and
ministry of interior have taken, this
radical step to meet a radical situa
tion arising from the marriages of
Catholics which cannot be annulled.
Many couples had separated tor
years but could not marry again be
cause they were not and Cannot be'
divorced. This is known in the
vumidii law ms uuiuiaiikc w uiar-
riaire" and led to many couples Hy
ing together without the sanction of-
fhurch or state ana an ever increas
ing percentage of illegitimate chil- ;
, !ren. ' , .
S The ministry of the interior ha ? '
found the following way out. The
Austrian government permits dis
pensations ' upou sufficient cause
shown for the removal of "hindrance
to marriage." It has therefore de
cided that where there .is reason to
Relieve that an existing marriage is
. wholly shipwrecked, application of
married man, or woman separated
from the other, for- dispensation "to
remove the hindrance , of - existing
" ". edlock to re-marriage," may be
granted. '
Austrian law, as it stands, permits
c.f no divorce, especially to Catholics.
r'Thj step .taken by the ministry of
interior to legalize second marriages
vithout formal divorce of the first,
is to get around that law.
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. Cut in Condensed Milk.
v Chicago, Sept. 20. A 12 per cent
price cut was ani.ounced here by one
of the largest condensed milk com-
s ponies in the country. Last week
another large company announced
that they had stopped buying.
NERVES
Europe is 6 uf ferine from a touch of nerves. A Returned Traveller.
., " When bandits in Napoli
Their keen stilletos flashy.
And, later, leave you wholly ;
Bereft of clothes and cash, -
It's quite to be expected.
Don't call for the police ; ,
Their nerves have been affected , .
' By peace. 1
Though living costs in Paris . 1
Would soon, the tourists swear,
Financially embarrass ; , ' j '
i ' A Pittsburg millionaire,
He doesn't mean to serve us
Unkindly, but the Gall
Is just a little nervous
That's all.
1 Though Russia swoops on Poland i
With sabre, shell and shot, ,
To seize her grain and coal and
Whatever else she's got, . .
, The Russian is not savage;
No censure he deserves;
What makes his raid and ravage '
Is nerves. " .
Though in the Balkan passes
On every pleasant night
The military classes
Foregather for a fight,
They're peaceful folk at bottom,
They hate to kill and slay,
A touch of nerves has got 'em
That way.
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WHY?
Does Sound Go Through a Thick
Wall:
'When we remember that sound
is a vibration of the air and that
it is transmitted from place to
place by causing a corresponding
vibration in the medium which ,
carries it, it seems practically im
possible for sounds to penetrate
a wall several feet in thickness.
To shake or vibrate such -a wall
would appear to take' far ' more
strength than tha,t which is rep
resented by a motion of the air,
but that it does occur is a matte
of everyday observation.
The answer lies in the fact that
some materials are. much better
conductors of sound than is the
air itself. For example, if you
will stand at one end of a long
log and have someone hold up a
watch at the other you will prob
ably be unable to detect the'tick
ing of the timepiece. But, if the
watch is placed against the other
end of the log, you car? hear it
almost as distinctly as if it were
within a few inches of your ear,
The reason for this is that wood
is an excellent sound conductor
just as steel is most effective in
transmitting electricity, glass in
permitting light to pass, and the
like,
.If, therefore, the thick walls ars
made of materials which carry
sound, their bulk will have little
effect in deadening it. The sound
will appear to go right through
and come out on the other side,
apparently undiminished. But if.
instead of sound-conductors,
materials which absorb and
deaden the waves are used, we
have a sound-proof wall, which,
although it may lack thickness,
will be distinctly more efficacious
than more bulky barriers.
5 Tomorrow WHV is f'Brothef
Jonathan' a synonym for the
United States?
(Copjrirht. 1J0. by'TJi Whoeler
, syndicate. Inc.)
THEY'LL BE FEW
Any differences of opinion that remain after the post-season series
will be settled on election day.
EVERYBODY'S DOING IT
Mr. Bryan will not attractany attention in this campaign. He's
going to talk about liquor.
DIVIDED AFFECTIONS
Ohio is a good deal in the fix of the old woman who lived in a shoe.
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HOLDING A HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations of a Wife
Why Madge Waited for Lillian's
Reply.
I hurred awajwn my errand,
smiling at theTinordinate grand
motherly pride which had led ' my
mother-in-law to take upon herself
the task of removing Junior's ink
stained garments.
If I had not been in such urgent
haste I should have stayed to help
her and to revel, mother-like, in the
precocity of the baby who had cov
ered himself with ink in an attempt
to imitate his grandmother in the
writing of a letter. But Leila's
phght, the necessity of getting into
touch with Lillian, speeded my feet
in the direction of the main village
street, along which I had heard Mrs.
Lukcns remark dryly, "The vast in
dustries of Cedar Crest are concen
trated," -
I smiled at her tlescription as I
turned into the wide street. Like all
the others in the pine country vil
lages it possessed no sidewalks, only
a broad strp of hard-packed sand
for a roadway, and narrower ones
for footpaths, separated from the
roadway, by rows of pine trees and
low shrubs. All of -the buildings,
save three, were pretty cottage resi
dences. Or.e whole block at one side was
taken up by a rather pretentious
building surrounded by pretty
grounds.' A lettered board on one
of the trees at the front proclaimed
this to be "The Famous Cedar Crest
Inn." Opposite a small, two-story
building, with daintily spread tables
showing through the windows, pro
claimed its name as "The Cedar
Crest Restaurant." A larger brick
building, holding the sign "Grocer
ies," I knew from Mrs. Lukens, and
also from my mother-in-law's house
wifely gossip, to be the only store
in the village, a place where you
could obtain anything from a spool
of thread to a bottle of cough medi
cine. A Kindly Face.
A tiny cottage next the restaurant
had a sign 'Taxi" in its window, and
upon the porch in front of it a little
brown wren of a woman sat sun
ning herself. . She was old and
wrinkled, but her eyes, as they
looked out on the passerby, were
bright and kindly. The porch was
so near the sidewalk that one could
easily accost her, and as I passed
slowly by, she looked out at me with
ruch eager, childlike interest that I
involuntarily smiled at her. Her
answering smile lit up : her face
amazingly. I felt at once that here
was someone who would not only
answer any questions I, a stranger,
might wish to ask, butwho would
revel in the task.
"It's a lovely day, isn't it?" she
said, as I paused.
"I think all your days are lovely
down here," I smiled.
"You should have been here three
weeks ago," she retorted, a little
grimly, "and you'd have changed
your mind. Such mud I never did
see in all my years down here. But
tnen I ought not to complain. I
auesj bad days are as rare here as
anywhere in the world. But, you see,
I can't get out unless the sun shines
just right, so I'm a little prejudiced
in favor of fair weather."
The bravery of her smile, the
whimsicality of her speech, masked,
I suddenly comprehended, a fight
with illness long sustained, stub
bornly combated. I felt the tight
ness in my throat which the sight of
suffering in a child or an old per
son always brings, and I hurried into
the question I wished to ask.
"I WUI Return.',
"Can you tell me where I can
send a telegram?"
"I recked I -an." Her lips
quirked to a smile ns she spoke, and
I guessed that she had purposely
quoted the peculiarly southern use
of the verb. "You can go down
to the railroad station if you want
to write it. That's a good half-mile
or more from here, or you can tele
phone it from the telephone office
in the next block, just beyond the
postoffice. See just across from
the church 1"
She pointed down the street, and,
thanking her, I .hurried on in the
direction she had indicated, I passed
by a quaint little church, which told
me on a lettered board that it was
"St John's of the Pines," caught my
breath at the sight of hundreds
thousands it seemed to me at first
of golden daffodils in the stately
grounds of a villa on the corner op
posite, then walked diagonally
across the road, past tht corner
postoffice to a rambling house, in
the yard of which several children
played, and which bore inconspi-
Common Sense
CHAPTER XXII.
The Forgotten Guest.
The shadows were lengthening
for the sun was. far over in the
west when Rusty Wren reached
Mr. Frog's tailor shop overlooking
Klack Creek. Rusty pushed open
the door and stepped inside, ex
pecting to find Mr. Frog sitting
cross-legged upon his table and sew
ing busily, according to the tailor s
The Collision Bowled Them Both
Over Upon the Floor.
custom, until sunset, which marked
the close of Mr. Frog's workinjr
day.
But Rusty had hardly entered the
shop when he bumped into Mr. Frog
with a crash, tor Mr. frog had been
, . . ,
Hurrying xowara tne aoor.
, The collision bowled them' both
over upon the floor, but Mr. Frog
did not appear annojed m the least.
. "How-dy do!" he said almost be
fore he had picked himself up. "If
you have come to see me on busi
ness, I'm sorry to say that I can't
do anything for you today. . .
The fact is, I'm going to a sineing
party this evening. And I. don't
want tct be late."
Why I m going to a part',
too! Rusty wren exclaimed.
"You must be .mistaken for
there's to be 'no party here," Mr.
Frog told him.
"Oh I The party I'm going to will
be held somewhere else," Rusty
iVrcn explained. .
"That's interesting," said Mr.
Frog, as he settled his hat more
firmly upon his queerly shaped
head. "Who's having it if I may
ask?"
Rusty Wren, looked at the tailor
as if he were much surprised
"Don't you know about it?" he
inquired. "Do you mean to say
that my cousin,- Long Bill Wren,
oidn t invite you?
For a moment Mr. Frog appeared
somewhat taken aback.
"He must have forgotten me," he
murmured. I haven t heard a word
about his party before. . . . But
1 know it's a mistake," he added,
with a smile.
"No doubt!" said Rusty Wren
politely. I was going to Cousin
Bill's , home as soon as you had
measured me for a new Sunday
coat, he explained.
"Then come right along now
Mr. Frog cried heartily. "We'll go
together. For I'm sure that Long
Bill didn.t mean to .forget me. You
know we're the best of friends. I
make all' his clothes for him, and he
has never yet paid me a penny."
Rusty Wren hesitated. He was
not quite sure that' his cousin had
intended to invite the nimble tailor
to his party. . r-M
"But your singing--party." he re-
mindftd Mr. Frog. "You don't want
to miss that! he said.
Mr. Frog caught him by the wing
ana laughed gaily.
"Oh! That doesn't . matter," he
remarked with a careless air. "We
have a singing party almost every
night. -Id much rather go to your
cousin g. " 1
It is not strange that Rusty Wren
should feel a little uncomfortable
at the prospect of arriving at a party
with a person vho had received no
invitation to it. But he could think
of no way of ridding himself of Mr.
Frog's jompany. Sa the two start
ed off together towards, the home of
Long Bill Wren.
Rusty decided, 'however, that he
would take his 'cousin to one side
and explain to him in private how
the tailor had happened to come
with him. (
But he soon found that no such
explanation was necessary For a
certain reason, Long Bill Wren was
in no wise annoyed , On the con
trary, he seemed quite pleased
(Copyright, Grosaet & Dtmlap.)
cuously the sign of , the! telephone
company. . ,
A sweet-faced woman sitting in
front of a switchboard in the front
room of the house turned at my
knock on the screened dood.
"Come in and sit down," she said.
"I'll be through with this message
in just a nrnute."
I obeyed her, and watched and
listened idly while she put through
a connection between some one of
the little town's residents and a per
son in a city 300 miles away. And
I marvelled anew, as I have done so
many times before, at the w.'res and
the "mysterious force which makes
next door neighbors of all the world.
When she finally turned to me, I
gsve her my message, inquiring if
she had any !dea as to the time I
cculd receive a reply. I had asked
Lillian to send me a return wire as
soon as she received mine.
"I might have an answer inside of
an hour, as this has a telephone ad
dress on it," she replied. "Where
shall I deliver it?"
"I will return in an hour," I said,
with a sudden, swift realization that
unless I wished to take Mother
Griham into my confidence I must
not have Lillian's answer come to
the cottage.
(Continued Tomorrow.)
Member of Prominent
Kansas City Family
Hejd Under Mann Act
San Francisco, Sept. 29. Warren
Swope, jr., member of a millionaire
Kansas City family, was arrested
here today, on telegraphic advices
from Kansas Qity, Mo., and charged
with conspiring to violate the Mann
white slave act in connection with
Ruby Miller, a married woman.
Swope is said to have left a wife
in Kansas City and to have separat
ed from her only a few months prior
to his trip here with Ruby Miller.
The pair, are registered at the Civic
Center hotel as man and wife.
The arrest was made by Deputy
United States ' Marshal J. Ralph.
Swope is held in $500 bonds, while
the woman was released on her own
recognizance. The case wiH come
up for preliminary hearing Wednesday.
Admitting that her assumeu u:ue
is a false ons, the woman says she
has known both Swcpe and his wife
for a number of years. She claims
to have been separated from her own
husband over a period of months.
The woman claims to have paid
her own transportation. She claims
to come from a prominent family in
Kansas City and says they know
nothing of the escapade.
Hanna ford Resigns as Head
Of Northern Pacific Road
St. Paul, Sept. 29. J. M. Hanna
ford has resigned as president of the
Northern Pacific railroad, it was an
nouneed. He will be succeeded by
Charles Donnelly, executive vice
president, on November 19, Mr.
Hannaford's 70th birthday.: Mr
Hannaford has been connected with
railroads for 54 years.
OUTSIDE INTERESTS.
. By J. J. Mundy.
'( Some persons pity the man whose
wife is interested in something of
an improvement nature aside from
her housework. "
The husbands of such women do
not need pity.
The chances are that these men
are proud of the .ability of their
wives to do something out of the
ordinary plan supposed to be laid
down for, housekeepers, and real
women seldom do things to which
their husbands object. ,
If a Woman is so constituted that
she enjoys' things not strictly in the
schedule of the housewife, why
should a husband object or feel
slighted? :
All married couples should order
their lives as seems best to them
selves rs life partners, providing
they do not infringe on the marital
law nor cause discord in the family
nor neglect the home and the home
circle. v
The man whom you pity because
you imagine his home is neglected
by the wife may be much happier
than the man whose wife does
nothing but wait on him and antici
pate his desires. '
Marriage is give "and take, and
both need all the improvement
thoughts they can get to keep up
interest in life and each other, and
most, husbands are sensible in this
lespect. . ' .
Copyright, "12o, International Feature
service, Ino.
I'M THE GUY
I'm the guy who keeps a pet cat
and leaves it to shift for itself wherii
he goes out of town on a visit or a
vacation. ' ' ' -' '
Why should I worry about a cat?
If it gets hungry it can go and mew
at the neighbors' doors. Or eat out
of the garbage cans. Or catch mice
in barns.
I have the cat for a diversion, not
for an added responsibility. I never
forget mealtimes myself or make
provision for my own eats, but there
I stop. .
I wouldu't want to go hungry my
self, but 1 can't feel the hunger that
gnaws in a 'cat's stomach when it
hasn't been fed, so I don't think or
care anything about it.
, Besides, when I go away I want
to have a good time and if I kept
worrying about a starving cat it
would spoil my fun. ' '
.So I just pack up, lock the house
and go. .
And if the cat can't manage to
forage for itself, let it go hungry.
Copyrlfht, 1S29, Thompion Feature Service
Man Is Injured In Fall
Down Garage Elevator Shaft
John Nettle, 42, 2216 Deer Tark
boulevard, received a Stalp wound
when he fell down an elevator shaft
in the Jones Rarage, 1114 Dodge
street yesterday.
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THREE MORE DAYS
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What
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Picture!
Parents Problems '
Is it wise Ho allow a child of 2
to play with a dog?
If the doir is gentle and healthy,
it is perfectly wise to allow the child
to play with it; indeed, there is no
better comoanion for a little child
than a trusted dog of quiet habits.
"'Thp Untamed' is the western I
drama that was good enough to headl
tha program at the world's largest
tfieator he Capitol, New York City.
It's a tale of outlaws, of wild beinga,
of a girl who loved and trusted, of
treachery, of strong men" and weat
irn folk good and true." '
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PHOTOPLAYS.
PHOTO-PIATS.
THREE
DAYS
MORE
Tuarr
I DAYS
' unor
rnvsJVKn
AMUSEMENTS.
TONIGHT w;,,
Matin Saturday
Encasement Extends Over Sunday
Night
E7.' F1SKE 0'HARA
In an Irish MeMjr Drama
"SPRINGTIME IN MAYO" '
Hear O'Mara'a.New $ons
Nihte 0c.2.00. Mate., SOc-tl jO
Three Day. Startia Monday, Oct. 4
MATINEE WEDNESDAY -Oliver
Morocco Preaenta Prior to '
New York Opening-
MAUD FULTON
In Her Brand New Surprise Play
'THE HUMMING BIRD"
ATA. 4V. . Urn HlV- A1JCA
f W I I I I i Ml
IDW
"The Untamed' is without tfewS
in of the moat unusual surprises in,
modern popular literature. For those
who are thrilled by daredevil stunts
and whirlwind tales of tha west 'Tha
Untamed' offers plenty of such. MIX
hat the part of 'Whistling Dan and,
Is supported by Pauline Stark, who
has played lead to many screen
loUre."
Again comes that portrayer
western roles. Tom Mix. this time Ire
The Untemed,' and, as usual, at the
IMoen. There are Just a. tew stare,
left who can thrill a blase movie
audience with stunts, and foremoet;
among this group is Tom Mix. 'The.
Untamed' enjoys the distinction of
heading the bill several weeks ago at
the world'e largest theater, the Cap
itol, New York City."
Apfcto of RaiHthe wicked and Parfcthe vondsM
Better than "Blind Husbands1
"OMAHA'S FUN CtSTEB" '
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"BANKERS AND BROKERS" With
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If Basaty ChofMi. Extrt: Tha
Hawallu Dm. KALAMA A K AO
Ladies' Dime Matinee Every Week Day
Ut. Mat. aaa Weak Featir A Hanoort; Bemry
Bunateart.
Matinee Dally, 2:1S Every Night, 8:18
FRANk DOBSON af HIS THIBTIIM
SIRENS. WILL MAHONCV. ELSIE FUSE.
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FIELDING BOOMER
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Photoplay Attraction "The Croon
Flame, featiiriaa' J. Warrai
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If l TALMADGE XfrMrW
BPP1 () 'The Branded Woman' MW$
It 11 J T16 most ambitious production '
L 4m. jL--A -f 'rom PO'nt ' spectacular stage- Ir
1 afrfC!!. X. craft in Norma Talmadfje's career. fcwTaviX MIA o-n maJ
I !i 'I !l i 'V From out of the past there camo frrS Xi w ll T
I M'il '! W II I RI her mnrhpr's ain. to mock the rifi-ht ' L-Ttr., I ll 11 Ill ad.
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L till V I i - to snatch aside I 2? TZ -I L
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29th and
Leavenworth
MEN'S S M n F
with special cast An Edfar Lewia
news and Comedy.
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Pay Di-icUne's to Thoae
Do the Work
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