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8 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEK: NOVEMBER 7. 1920. Autobiography Of Mrs. Asquith Causes Big Stir Book Baring Life of Her Friends and Relatives Brings Fierce Storm of Criti cism in London. n rrT5t?rT t rDT?nr . iiivrrul Benl Stuff lKrTclondt.) London, Nov. . The publication of the autobiography of Mrs. As- quun, wne Of lormor rremier Her bert Asquith, has let loose upon her head the. fiercest storm of criticism in recent history. Flattered by Winston Churchill as the "Trilby of Downing street and Mayfair," denounced by 'the London Times as a "hoyden, flirt and a woman of the world." the wife of the British statesman is securely anchored in the position of Europe's most discussed woman of modern .times. The Right Hon. Winaton Church Ill, who is frequently mentioned in the diary, writes in the Daily Mail, commenting on the book: "All the startling experiences of a life of adventures, of courtship, of the character of friends and rela tions, the pangs of bereavement or confinement are here boldly record ed during the lifetime of the writer and of many or whom she write, i "The book is excellent reading throughout. Jt is full of variety and frr from tedious narration, with a light shade and a sense of due pro portions. It is animated from the first page to the last by a rippling flow of life and interest..' Like a brook, the story babbles on, shallow and sparkling, limpid usually, giving broken and fleeting glimpses but at the same time a vivid reflection of v men and women of affairs, their joys and their sorrows, their good feelings and some feelings that are not so good." The Morning Post prints the most ' brilliant review of Mrs. Asquith's hook utider a heading "Malice in Biunderland." "Her account of the political life of ' the nearer past and its protagon ist is now known not to be a re btion of hidden truths. It is alt a r i r 1 1 . created by a blazing egotism unique in the history of English litera- ' lure. The most charftable plawts to regard the books a $5 stefeker," savs the Post. -v In view of Lord Northcliffe's re cfat attack; oh 'the dairy , of -'Mm- ' Asquith, ,the Times, hv "' its four column reyieV is naturally Unfavor able. It says: "That the book wil! do mischief is inevitable. Many silly and under- bred young women may be led to fancy the tone and manners it de scribes to- be those of good society , and take the career of its heroine ' for a model. It will be cited by our bolshevists and accepted by many ignorant workers as proof that our statesmen and politicians and the :ircles wherein they move live lives . ot pnnanaering invomy. u-wiii oe jeered on the continent and in America as a revclatidll on the high est authority of the corruption of ' hypocrisy 01 British manners." ' The Times-expresses amazement that "this hoyden, flirt and woman of the world should dedicate such a book to her husband. Senate Committee On Housing to Hold , Conference in Omaha New York, Nov. 6. The senate special committee on reconstruction and production, which for several months has been conducting hearings in this city on housing and other postwar problems, moves westward next week for a series of hearings, the first to be held in Cleveland on .Monday. Other hearings have been arranged a follows: - Chicago. November 10; Des Moines Novemberl2; Omaha, No vember 13; Deifver, Novcmber-lS; Kansas City, November 17; New Orleans, November 20,- Birmingham, November 22. Rfeilwav rVimmissinnprs Leave for Washington Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 6. (Special.) Railway Commissioners Browne and Taylor left for Washington to attend the national association of state railway commissioners which will be in session all of next week. Railway Commissioner Hall and Special Counsel LaMasters will go to Omaha Monday to attend the hearing before the United States district court on the application of the railroads of the state that the emergency rate of 3 cents per mile granted the railroads be Aiade per manent. The Nebraska law calls for a rate of 2 cents a mile. No Famine in Candidates For House Speakership Lincoln, Neb.', Nov. 6. (Special.) There is not likely to be a famine in candidates foi speaker of the next house of representatives of the state. The latest candidates are Represen tative Axtell of Fairbury, who was chairman of the employe's commit tee of the last session and E. E. Good of Nemaha, who was also a member of the same committee. Rev. A. A. Cressman ot Lrete, chaplain of the last senate and chap lain of the constitutional convention, Ml h rsniliatr for his old nost Will V. r as chaplain of the senate. Fair Weather Is Promised Washington, Nov. 6. Weather predictions for the week beginning Mibnday are: Upper Mississippi arid lower Missouri valleys, general ly fair and cold first part of week, and fair and moderate temperatures thereafter. Rain Halts Corn Picking. Hebron. Neb., Nov. 6. (Special.) The work of corn gathering has been greatly hindered because of heavy rains. Nearly an inch of ' water fell during Friday night. Fall crops are in fina shape to enter the winter. i Bank Raises Discount , Calcutta. Nov. 6. The rate of dis count ot the Bank of Bengal was raised from S to 6 per cent today. Monday Is Work Day for Auto Doctors MONDAV fOQNlNG IN most Any sfeQviCE STATION - Why clog he old bean with worry over one more 'lil smash in the life of a joy ride bus? Tin is cheap at the corner garage, and the mcchanish wields a wicked wrench. With patches and bolts and screws and nuts and hammers and cViisels and such he busies himself of a Mon day morn, fitting, changing, bending back into, place and restoring the fenders, wheels, . bumpers, radiators and springs sacrificed to make a mo tor holiday. 1 (Under service1 station application of 'the latest stunts of modern surgery the wreckage of a Sunday tour becomes an auto once again. It may not be quite so oo-la as in days 'of yore, but it's a vehicle and the satisfied motorist usually chirps a cheerful "How much?" as he steps up to disgorge for the "mainte nance." - ' i ' Not .Much Left. Around Omaha service garages they're still telling the story of the Bath House John Charged With Ownership of Lingerie Shop ' By VnlTernal Service. Chicago, Nov. 6. It's a changing world. Bath House John and Hinky Dink will tell you. Time wab when the two aldermen of the first ward ruled with undisputed sway. Bit no more. Woman suffrage, repub lican landslides and all that has brought a change. The notorious First ward is to cut down and will have only one alderman. Either The Bath or Hinky Dink must go. The Bath, according to1 reports, has made the first move. He is to open a lingerie shop. YeS, he is even going to manufacture pink and pale blue things, all fringed and ruffled, for sweet cookies of the stoge. In official life'. The Bath's name is John Coughlin. while that of his- colleague, -Hinky Dink, is Michael Kenna. Denies Charge. While The Bath admitted the day of the saloon is done, the ivory cubes have lost their winning ways and the race tracks aren't what they used to be and this is the day of woman, he wasn't ready to confess he had embarked in , the lingerie trade. And he said ' these, lines did not apply to him: "With finders weary and worn. With eyollil heavy and red, The Path House sat In his council room. Plying his needle end thread. Stitch stitch stitch For tiuisle and Ocrtle and Myrt. Embroidering the hem (If this ain't rich) Of a pink silk undershirt. Denies Charges. "Me in -the ' teddybear business?" roared The Bath. "Me? Are you kidding?" "They say you own the Lovely lingerie shop in the Watson building. The agent of the building says "so, too." "I should .say no." said the alder man. "Not m, oh, no." And all the rest the Bath said might be summed up in the lines. "Stitch sMtch stitch. But It's the stitch In my aide that hurts, And my ward may be In the underworld. But I don't make undershirts. The Bath said he thought the rumor came from some bolshevist, or .pehaps from the poet laureate of Epgland. It was recalled consid erable professional jealousy was aroused anong men of letters when "WHATf HAPPENED? 55" man who brought in a motor and crankshaft as the only "loose parts" of his car worth saving after a Sun day ditch exploration. He1, brought them in on Monday. ' "Want to make a trip in the old bus, Thursday," he told the garage man. The car w: ready for him Thurs day morning, ihe story goes. The damage isn't always repaired so quickly. Service garages in the a. ni. hours of Monday, during the height of the annual weekend motor-i ing orgy, are busy places. Manyv come and some are served. I he oth ers wait. . Without a Murmur. That's what causes4he real gnash ing of molars in motordom, the garage men say. "You tell 'em, I've got a flooded carburetor." one suggested. "It's a fact though, these auto bugs will dig for 3v couple of hundred smackers without a murmur, but if you ask 'em to wait a couple days for re Bath House John wrote "The Dear Midnight of Love," sang it in a phonograph and presented machine and all to the Chicago Historical society for posterity, which had no ;oice in the majter. Hinky Dink Blameless. The. Bath didn't' think Hinky Dink was responsible for the rumor, he explained, but admitted it might have come from some-, republican poli tician. The Bath is a Jcffersonian democrat and visits, the tomb of Jef ferson for guidance every time some thing gocs wrong in the First ward The tomii is locked. y Hoot Hats Are Latest fad in Owl Resorts i Paris, Nov. 6 Hoot hats are the latest. They're worn by day as well s by night at the owl resorts. This newest wrinkle in millinery was introduced at the fall salon and is rapidly outdistancing even the sea son's first creation toques trimmed with monkey'i tails. following the death of the King of Greece from a monkey bite, mil liners discovered that their fair cus tomers refused to buy anything with monkey fur onx it and accordingly cast about for a substitute. Theii somebody discovered that the hardest bird in the world to catch was the owl. So owl fcaihers became dc rigour on hats of all sizes ?nd shapes. The humble owl has risen in price from $2 alive to $100 on the hat. Thousands are earning their living by catching owls with nets in the woods around Paris. A curious circumstance connected with the new fashion is that the old superstition which has it that killing an owl is unlucky has disappeared. 23 Hurt in Wreck Breckinridge, 'Tex., Nov. 6. Twenty-three persons were injured, none dangerously, when, two pas senger trains on the Wichita Falls, Ranger & Fort" Worth railroad collided last night. The' injured were brought here. . y d; pairs they howl a string of minor strains that'd furnish accompaniment to the original 'Tale of Woe." There are no statistics on the num ber of week-er.d auto wrecks in Oma ha -and vicinity, but incomplete rej ports to police and heavy Monday morning demand on service stations provide evidence ' y are plcntifuL Only Onj 'Comedy. Why the smashups?, T,here are many causes and only one remedy, motorists and garage men agree. "Keep the ignorant and the reck less drivers off the roads and there won't be any more accidents," they say. . Which leads to the casual obser vation it would Jje a nice, sweet job for a judge to pick the "ignorant and reckless." 7 . i The owner of a wrexked car is often not to blame, though he usually accepts his misfortune philosophically. "Bad road luck," -he calls it, and foots the bill. Gompers Brand of Unionism Scored Republican Leader Says Labor Chie,r 8 Aims;Are "Monopo listic and Domineering." 4 ' i Chi catro Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. 'Washington, Nov. 6. Samuel (jompersV brand of unionism was de nounced as "exclusive, monopolistic and domineering," in a statement is sued by former Senator Jonathan Bourne, jri. president of the repub lican party association. The state ment was. significant as indicating the trend of sentiment among many republicans, in. view of the election results. t "In press dispatches recently, Mr. Gompers was quoted as saying plans of certain employers to injure un ionism have strengthened the de termination of the workers to resist a hundred fold," Mr. Bourne said. "The trouble with Mr. Gompers is that he cannot distinguish the legiti mate activities of unionism from the dictatorship which he would set UP; "The unionism which he 'proposes is exclusive, monopolistic and domi neering. His policy is one of rule or ruin. His plans, if fully success ful, would be destructive of the in dependence of the individual, and mark the end of that competition and rivalry which are the stimula tion of all industry and production. The cruel autocracy of Mr. Gompers transcends anything dreamed of by rapacious monarchs." More Chilly Rain Predicted For Omaha All Day Sunday A heavy snowfall at Lander, Wyo., brought a total depth of seven inches of snow at 7 a. m. yesterday. In creasing cold may turn rain into snow in the western part of Ne braska today, but it is probable that Omaha will experience only rain with chilly weather. The rain Omaha is experiencing is general throughout eastern (Nebraska and Iowa. Havre, Mont., reported the lowest temperature in the country yes terday with 18 degree above. Yel lowstone park mercury tubes reg istered 20 above. $6,000 Is Paid Government , For Operating Liquor Still A total of $6,000 was paid into the internal revenue department in set tlement of special assessments on four Stills taken in a raid, by Julius Brennan, a tailor in the Millard hotel, and four others; it became known yesterday. Those arrested with Brennan in the raid were Sol Wcis berg, Harry G. Steinert, Ben Poliker and Mutgrave. The settlement was in a civil suit. The grand pury is expected to act on the dry law violation in the ease. GET YOUR SHARE of the dress bargains on special sale Monday; choice of several hundred new tricotine, velour and silk dresses at $15.00, $19.50 and $25.00. JULIUS ORKIN 1508rl0 Douglas Street $15.00, $19.50, $25.00 Are the special sale prices on several hundred new tricotine dresses, velour dresses and silk dresses on sale Monday at JULIUS ORKIN 1508.10 Douglas Street Harrison Urires Democratic Party To Bury Hatchet Second Move Toward Reor ganization Made t by Chair man of Speakers Bureau During Recent Campaign. Washington, Nov. 6. Another move toward reorganization of tliS democratic party was made here when Senator Harrison of Mississip pi, chairman of the speakers' bureau during the campaign, issued a state ment calling 'on his fellow democrats to "bury all differences and forget about tne recent campaign." "The democratic party not dead," he said, "it has only received a temporary setback' and, will make itself felt everj day of every session of congress until the next election rolls around. "Governor Cox made a gallant fight. He impressed the country as measuring up in the fullest degree to the important role to which he had been assigned. A grateful party will hold him in x highest esteem for the splendid fight he has made and will continue to look upon him as the real leader." Change Needed. As to the party v reorganization Mr. Harrison said: "I believe that there should be a change in the permafent organiza tion of the democratic party. I don't mean by that that Chaiwnan White should not be retained as chairman of the national committee. - He showed marked ability in the manag ament of the recent campaign which was waged against overwhelming odds. No one could have done bet ter than he did under the circum stances. 'He has a keen insight touching future plans, and I am sure that when thry are put in force every ele ment within the democratic party will approve of them. Urges Full Support. "I want 'to see .every democrat hi the country, no matter what his views have been or, what his course was n the recent campaign, brought into line and a militant organization maintained to fight the reactionary polices the republicans will assured1 ly attempt to inaugurate. "The results of the recent election, while of course discouraging to the democracy of the nation, should in fluence democrats to stand united as never before and work together in a spirit of complete co-operation and accord. "I have no criticism to make' of those democrats who failed-to aid the party when the 'going was hard.' I want to see complete harmony within our ranks." Mark Twain Will Have Place in Hall of Fame New York, Nov. 6. Following a custom less formally observed through -11 the centuries since the works of Anaxagoras were relen gated to the top ihelf to make room for those of Aesop, the electors of the New York university hall of fame anuotinced the detiicatinn of a niche to Mark Twain. Noah Webster, after consideration was not admitted. Along with the great humorist whose. "Huckleberry Finn,'" In nocents Abroad" and other light hearted tales have endeared them selves to the American reader, five other famous men and one woman were accorded places in the col lonade surmounting University Heights and overlooking the Hudson river. They were James Buchanan, engineer; Patrick Henry, patriot and statesman; William Thomas Green Norton, physician; August Saint Gaudens, sculptor; Roger Williams, preacher and founder of the state of Rhode Island, and Alice Freeman rPalmer, teacher. Constabulary Replaces Troops in Coal Fields Williamson, W. Va., Nov. 6. The battalion of federal soldiers, who have been on duty in the Mingo county coal fields since the strike of mineres was called almost three months ago, was withdrawn. Twenty five troopers of the West Virginia constabulary arrived here to take the places of the soldiers. An additional detachment is expected within a few days. The strike is still on. Petit Jury Docket Put Off Because Judge Is Occupied j The meeting of the petit jury which i was called for November 9 has been indefinitely postponed, due to the facft that Federal ludge J. W. Wood- rough will be occupied in the trying! of a case the major part of next j week and will leave for North Da- j kota the week following. I is the Delivery of Youi "Bee" Satisfactory? The Omaha Bee aims to jfive its subscribers 100 -delivery service. It will be deemed a favor if subscribers .will report promptly, failure to receive their copy or any other ir regularity in the service. Telephone Tyler 1000 Asjv for City Circulation Dept. Mav Nationalize French Gambling Finance Minister Finds That Horse Racing Companies Are Making Millions. m Ky Universal Service. Paris, Nov. 6. If a proposal now being discussed by the French par liament becomes law, gambling on horse racing will become national ized. Utti all sides seeking money, the fact has not'escaped the finance min ister that the great racing companies, made literally billions of francs this year from the pari mutuel returns. A percentage of all sums bet under the present arrangement goes to the state and another percentage to the company before the total is di vided among the winners, but. this the finance minister says, is not enough. More than 10,000,000 francs sheer profit were made from the baccarat tables, showing that more than half a billion francs were bet. Deauville records almost doubled theie figures, while the casino at Biarritz, which is open the year round and which has just been bought by M. Cornuche, is reported to be making a profit of a million francs a week. Cornuche was originally a duii washer. Going into partnership with a cook, he established ' Maximes, most famous ofi European bar restaurants. Then he built and ran a casino at Trouville, when he quar reled with the municipality ofTrou ville dver division of of .proceeds the municipality built a gigantic casino of its own, whereupon Cor nucKe. with the duke of Doudeauville back .of him retaliated by building an entire resort alongside of Ijtou- ville, calling it Deauville. Deauville is now called the modern Babylon During August it is the resort of so ciety and spenders from the world over congregate. The syndicate, of which Cornuche is the main owner, is the proprietor of not only the casino, but of the two main hotels. afl the shops and main racing course. 35 Confess to Part In Bootleg Ring In Which Many Involved Chicago, Nov. 6. A three million dollar plot in Chicago which involves a hundred office holders and police men, was revealed here Friday when 35 saloon keepers confessed to United States Attorney Clyne. ; The statements complete a web of evidence, federal agents say, that will result in the conviction of many "higher-ups" and scores of lesser lights. Mayor Thompson took a hand in the booze fight today and is pre- panne to clamD the lid on cabarets. Two of the most famous midnight cabarets in the city have been ciosed and Thompson said "they will stay closed. . Others will soon follow. Government aeents said that ner- haps more than $3,000,000- has been used bv the whisky ring in Chaicago. The money has been used to huv forged permits and to bribe polige men, federal agents and deputy sheriffs. Three policemen were suspended from the force today when federal agents said they caught them in an attempt to rob a saloon of 100 gallons of liquor. . Blanton Protests On Proposed Navy Cruise ! ' Washington, Nov. 6. Representa tive Blanton, democrat, Texas, made public today an open letter to Sec retary Daniels protesting against the anotmced cruises of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets next summer. The At lantic fleet is to go to'Souh Amer ica and Africa and the Pacific to Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Blanton said that congress had not authorized such cruises and that naval statistics showed that "it would require at least 70 per cent more coal and oil than ordinary to run these two fleets on uch a cruise." Clothing Is Taken Thieves entered the room of C. H. Wilson, 716 North Twentieth street Friday night and stole cloth ing valued at $50. JULIUS ORKIN 1508-10 Douglas Street Announces a special pur chase and sale of several hundred women's and misses' cloth and silk dresses at ; $15.00, $19.50 and $25.00 On Sale Monday Chorus Girls in Paris Dressed With Paint Only Scarcity of Cotton for Tights Gives Artists Chance to Array "Mother Eves" Iu Full Attire. Pans. Tnu fi.P't'rmt rn,.-e rf advance for weelcs lately and the reason is old man high cost of liv ing. When the Folies-Bcrgerc broke all records for daring display of the human form in the revue "Mad Love" which has incidentally brok en long-run figures for the home of revue-shocked senators declaimed in the National Parliament for a law to compel stage managers to dress iheir choruses in tights. But here they ran up against a snag which Wrecked the reformers campaign. There weren't any tiphts. On ing to the government's ban on the importation of "articles of luxury" cotton was only imported for certain well-defined purposes. They could make socks out of it, but not tights. So now the Follies and some other theaters dress their choruses in paint. Claude De Couligny, a famous artist and ' designer, has patented a process whereby details of costumes in natural colors can be tattooed on the bare flesh without leaving per manent marks. With a few deft strokes of his brush he can make a Venus dc- Mi.lo look clothed and in her right mind at a respectable dis tance. In evening dress, morning dress, riding dress nearly every costume imaginable is reproduced faithfully by means of a box of paints and a clever artist on a woman originally a perfect reproduction of Mother Eve. September Moms in tattooed suits art becoming a common sight, while a reproduction of Courbel's "Ate lier" could now be given, says Coti ligny, on any styge without offend ing Anthony Comstock. Competition for employment in the new art is keen and stall and box seats are never empty. Thayer County Plans to Raise Salvation Army Quota Hebron, Neb., Nov. 6. (Special.) The Woman's club and county advisory board, for the Salvation Army met in joint session in the court . house, where plans were worked out for raising Thayer county's quota' of $2,100. which amounts to about 15 cents per capita. bounty Attorney Harvey W. Hess is chairman of the advisory board. Affinities for 37 Years Dependable Coal and Sunderland Brothers Co. have served Omaha Main Office Entire 3d 'Floor Keeline'Bldg. 17th nd Harney Sts. RECEIVER'S SALE Carbon Paper and Typewriter Ribbons In Order to Liquidate the Stock and Equipment of Of f ice Equipment Co. Best Grades of Carbon Paper, $2.25 per box Typewriter Ribbons, $5.00 per dozen.. , 106 North 15th Street Phone Douglal 6031 A Splendid The result of a carefully organized system of serv ice and finest materials. If you will visit our office on a little tour of investi gation you will ' be impressed with our plan of service. You will probably note first the careful and thorough sterilization of all instruments -then the planning of the necessary work and the sys tem attending it from start to finish. Vhis system of service reduces the cost and produces octter dentistry. 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