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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. FEBRUARY lil. 11)21. Grocer Shoots One of Bandit Trio in Store Proprietor Answers Command To Hold Up Hands Willi Re Volver; Mea Pick Up Com panion aud Escape. - Three bandits met their match Saturday when they attempted to hold up and rob "Mr. Steinberg, proprietor of the Steinberg Grocery store, 1423 Broadway, Council Bluffs, one of tlie trio being downed by a bullet from the grocer's revolver. Whether or . not the holdup -man was killed is a matter of conjecture, ;:s his two companions picked up the limp body, ran to a waiting auto mobile and sped away in the dark ness. - The masked bandits drove up to the store in a large touring car and, with drawn revolvers, entered the building, ordering the proprietor to throw up his hands. Instead of complying:, Mr. Steinberg drew a gtin and let drive at one of the men, who fell to the floor. The other two bandits emptied their revolvers at the proprietor, in flicting only' a slight flesh wound on one of bis hands. Stopping only long enough to pick up the form of their dead or wounded companion. the would-be holdups rushed irom the store and drove away. Police were notified, but the emer gency car was delayed on its way to the scene of. the affray at a rail road crossing blocked by a freight train. " . It i. believed that the bandits car i nn Omaha machine and oolice of both cities are on the lookout- tor it. biiards have been placed at tnc bridges and authorities say tney be lieve the bandits have had no oppor tunity to cross to the Nebraska side. Last , night's occurence w as the fourth attempted robbery of the Steinberg grocery store, and the third which has taken place this wintpr. Pollowintr the second hold up. Mr. Steinberg purchased a re volver, which he keeps at nana tor case of emergency. Polisk Government May Take Property of Former Russian Czar . Ihlraico Tribune Cable. Copyright, 1931. London, Feb. 20. According to reports received in the Loudon of fice of the American relief admin istration, a proposal has been intro duced in the Polish diet for the tak ing over by the government of all property in Poland belonging to the former czar of Russia and the royal family. ; ,. A government decree just issued declares that the president of Po land must be of Polish nationality and of Catholic faith. The Polish government has announced that a complete liberty of language and ed mication will be allowed. - i M. Kamocki, the president of the Polish-American society for the con- ! struction of railway cars, has just arrived in London from Warsaw. The co-operative society of which he:is the head, has 2,000 sharehold ers, and it proposes to engage hi the construction of cars for the Polish railways on a considerable scak. Temporary Quarters OfElks' Lodgeto Be ' In Masonic Temple Temporary quarters for lodge pur poses of the Elks will be in the ball room of the Masonic temple, accord ing to an announcement made by I. V. Miner, secretary. Abandonment of the ball room of the Elks building to make room for an added recreation center and bil liard tables was decided upon at a meeting held Friday night. Initiation of 540 candidates into the Elks will be held next Friday night in the Masonic temple. C. A. MjcCloud of York, Neb., supervising member of the grand lodge over live states, has been requested to take charge of the affair. Negro Holdup Is Captured In Running Fight With Mob Newark. N. I.. Feb. 20. Running sionally Denma trees to lire at nis pursuers, James Alexander, a negro, was arrested after a chase oi a mile and a half by a mob of more than 500 citizens and police. More than 50 shots were fired by the flee ing negro, but only one policeman and'a girl were slightly injured.- The trouble started when the negro held up a Chinese laundry. Japanese Held to Grand ' Jury for Smuggling Galveston, Tex., Feb. 20. Josoyi Sano, a Japanese, was held to the federal grand jury in bond of $1,000 on charges of smuggling: He was arrested by customs inspectors who found in "his room, 138 quarts of whisky, 19 bottles of morphine, nine automatic pistols and some furs. The articles were taken on board a Ja panese vessel Rt Port Arthur, Man churia, and brought ashore at Gal veston. ADVERTISEMENT "Pape's Cold Compound" is Quickest Relief Known -... ... t St..! Vt.. Don t stay siunea-opi uui uww ,!ng and snuffling! A dose of "Pape's hours until three doses are taken usually breaks any cold right up. The very first dose 6pensclogged nostrils and the air passages of the head: stops nose running; relieves - the headache, dultness, feverishness. "Pape's Cold Compound" costs only a few cents at drug stores. , It acts without assistance, tastes nice, contains no cu'nme. Insist upon PaDft' Mil Philadelphian Seeks Missing Brother Here. On Advice of Medium Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 20.-( Spe cial Telegram.) James McMullen, who left his home in Kensington in 1891 when his mother refused to let him marry his boyhood sweetheart, is being nought in Omaha, because a spiritualist medium had told his brother in Philadelphia he is there. The brother. George B. McMullen, was begged by the mother, Mrs. Annie McMullen, when she died 12 years atro. to find James and see he I was well cared for if alive, or 1 ... . . A. f Drougnt nacK to oe Dunca ai ncr side, if dead. George McMullen, who is 46, paid premiums on his brother's insur ance policy for 30 years. "The medium has told me James is married and will be found within the next four weeks," he said today. . Last Veteran of ; ! Mexican War in j This County Dies i John Potter, Who Made Bricks For First Omaha High School, Lived Here Over 60 Years. John F. Potter, 91. 7235 North Twenty-fifth street, believed to have been the last Douglas county veteran of the Mexican war, and resident of Omaha for over 60 years, died at his home Saturday. Mr. Pottcr.'bcfore retiring several' years ago, was a brick-maker and manufactured the bricks ,for the first High school building in Omaha. His plant was situated at the rear of his home and was the first brick manu facturing establishment in Douglas county. , He was born in Ohio and came west overland by ox team during the rush of goldseckers td California in '4. He traveled as far as Pike's Peak and then, abandoning the quest, returned to Omaha, where he had lived ever since. I lis wife died several years ago. ', Two sons, Frank and John, of Omaha, and three daughters. Han nah and Mrs. Mary Young of Oma ha, and Mrs. Grace Tuntom of Chi cagor survive. Funeral services will be held from the residence Monday afternoon at 2:30. Burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. , Chicago Man Recommended , As Next Secretary of Navy Washington, D. C, Feb. 20. Ap pointment of George Edmund Foss of Chicago as secretary of the navy was urged in a telegram to President-elect Harding by 19 of. the 22 republican members of the Illinois congressional delegation. Disarmament of Bavaria ' Is Postponed hy Germany Berlin. Feb. 20.-The German gov ernment, according to a Munich clis oatch to the Deutsch Zeitung, has decided to postpone the Bavarian dis armament. Romance in Origin Of Superstitions By H. IRVING KING. Sneezing. There is a custom soread all over the world of saying "God bless you," giving utterance to some such ejac ulation, when a person heard to sneeze.' Three hundred years ago Bishop Hall wrote, ''Think not them his friends' who uncover not when he sneezeth." The ancient writers car ry this custom of saluting a sneezer with a blessing back to the first man. When Prometheus brought his stol en fire to-the man he had made out of clay, the clay man sneezed and Prometheus wished him good luck. The rabinical writers say that from the time of the first, man sneezing was "a mortal sign until it was tak en off through the intercession of Jacob;" and that in acknowledgment of this removal" this salutation was tirst begun and afterwards contin ued by the expression of "Tobim Chaum or 'vita bona' by bystand ers on all occasions of sneezing." Pliny thought that it was lucky to sneeze to the right; to the left the reverse. And Theocritus writ ing 2,200 years ago considered three sneezes especially lucky. But always it was incumbeni-upon the bystand ers to salute the sneezers-just as we do today. The superstition regarding sneez ing arose from the connection which early man conceived to exist between the breath and the spirit of man. When the bre;th was forcibly ex pelled in a sneeze it was the spirit manifesting itself. As one ancient writer says, "They used to worship the head in sternutation as being a divine part and seat af tho senses and cogitation." (Copyright, . 121, by the McClure News paper Syndicate.) Do You Know the Bible? (Covsr up the answers,- read the ques tions and see if you can answer them. Then look at the answers to se it you ara right) Arranged By J. WILLSON ROY. 1. Why was the first man named Adam? 2. Why was the garden of Eden so called? 3. -- Why was the earth said to be created in six days? 4. Whence is the word "Tew" de rived? 5. Why were Jacob and his family located in the land of Goshen? ANSWERS. . 1. From "Adamah," a Hebrew word signifying "red earth" or "dust from the ground." ' 2. From the Hebrew word signi fying "pleasure." 3. It is generally accepted that the term "day" was figurative, and the phrase "six days" may be uderstood to indicate the order and progress of creation, rather than the tune oc cupied. 4. From Judah, the fourth son of Jacob. 5. Because the Hebrews, being shepherds, were despised by the Egyptians, and therefore Joseph, by placing his brethern at some distance from the capital, removed the chances of a continual disscntion. (Cowrleilt. 1921. by The Whaalar Svodj tsle. Inc.) More : Truth By JAMES J. J The With private and personal business Our statesmen are always engrossed; They don't' give a cuss for the pomp and the fuss That go with a cabinet post. They haven't the money; they haven't the time, They cry, with, a heart-breaking sob, And then, with a sacrifice, high and sublime, They gallantly go 6n the job. Take Jones, who receives as a lawyer Ten thousand or so for a case; Just look what he'd lose under the Rules, To serve in a cabinet place! Against all such honors hy and by; And sternly refuses to swerve, But fake it from us, and get down a good bet, That Jones if he's asked to will serve. And Brown though his friends have insisted That no one can possibly b So thoroughly fit in an arm-chair to sit And help Mr. Harding as be, " , ,. Declares that he cannot afford to accept In fact he declines in advance Anil yet for a fortnight he hardly has slept For fear that he'll not get the chance. In praise of American statesmen There always is this to be said, They don't want to shine in the statesniancraft line; They'd rather live private instead. But while they will tell all the world how they hate To loll in a cabinet chair. Though the cost be as great as they frequently state When the call comes along, they are there. NOT THE ONLY INVALID ... ,T'!r.kcy ,llla't bc thc sick 111311 of Europe, but wc notice that the -85,000 bottles of champagne that were exported from F ranee last year were sent to America for medicinal purposes. A QUEER LAPSE A Louisiana sheriff forgot to hang a man otfthe day he was sentenced to die, and the man, curiously enough, neglected to mention the matter'. A REALLY CHRISTIAN NATION England is willing to forgive her debtgrs if Uncle Sam will forgive her debts. . (Copyright, 1921. by Thc Bell SWdicate. Inc.) Dog Hill Paragrafs "By George Bingham. Slim Flinders was a pleasant caller at the moonshine still on Musket Kidge Tuesday. When going on such missions he always drives his blind horse. Madam Rumor has it that the wedding bells will ring e'er the roses bloom again. The bride-to-be is a well known and popular favorite with the society set, while the groom works. The heating stove at the post office is cracked. Some of the loaf ers who sit around there all the time claim that it cracked when it froze 'during the recent cold wave. Copyright, 1921, George Matthew Adams. Do Diamonds Sparkle? The diamond, as we know it, is a clear translucent gem, similar in ap pearance to a piece of glass, but having the power of refracting light so that many different colors lppear to be concealed beneath its surface. If, however, we examine a cut dia mond one which has been finished by an expert and is ready to be set in a ring or other ornament and then pick up a diamond in the rough, we will find a marked difference be tween the two stones; The former is bright and sparkling; the latter is dull, lusterless, and. in appearance, does not differ radically from an ordinary pebble. It is therefore ap parent tiiat the alteration , in thc stone is due to the process of "cut ting" or shaping thc gem so as to add to its attractiveness!. '' The diamond cutter, an expert in the science of light reflection, so arranges the facets or reflecting .sur faces of the stone, that they throw back the maximum amount of light, and, by placing these facets in a prism-like formation, insures the sparkle and depth of color charac teristic of the high-grade gems. Much the same principle is apparent in" the glassprisms which" adorn -large chandeliers.' A ray of Jight, entering these, is refracted by the angular, surfaces and is broken' up into con stituent colors, ! But the carbon of which a diamond is fotmed possesses this. faculty to a far greater extent than glass docs, and as a result, diamonds have a sparkle and richness which is inimitable, although this power of refraction is greatly en hanced by the depth of the stone and the manner in which it is cut and polished. . " (Copyrtent,' 15:11. by S'he Wheeler Sjndl cale. Inc.) Where It Started Street Signs. As the inn was the first public housc'wherc something was for sale, the origin of the street sign is trace able direct to these places of enter- lit , i ! i Than Poetry MONTAGUE. ; Martyrs tainment. The oldest sitrn was I simply a bush hung on a pole over ""'"I ij$uii.) nig mai wine was sold within. Later the tavern adopt ed the custom of painting the arns of any nobleman who stopped there on a wooden sign and hanging it out as an advertisement. 0 (Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today S . By MILDRED MARSHALL. today's, talismanic, stone iV tin turquoise, but this mysterious "gem cannot be worn by everyone; if it turns green when it comes in con tact with the flesh, it is unlucky for the wearer, and should bc avoided. Such a change of color was regarded by the ancients as an unfailing sign of misfortune; however, many a modern girl has dipped her tur quoise ring in water to make it match a green frock, so one must re gard such beliefs sensibly. The lapis lazuli is the birthstonc of those born on an anniversary of this date; this pretty blue stone is a cure for melancholy, especially if worn on a gold chain around the neck. Today's color is lavender, which exerts a calming influence on those wearing it. The violet is today's flower-; it should be worn, rather than used for decoration, and is symbolic of modesty and true love. (Copyright, 1921, by The Wheeler Syndi cate, Inc.) It's Not a Crime To Bc Thin, But it's really embarrassing to be so thin that that people speak of you as being skinny. After all, it s not necessary to be either thin, weak or anemic. 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So be snappy in your kind acts. Have a vim in your manner, a wholesome earnestness in your hand shake, real feeling in your smile. There is an clement of surprise in the thing which is done well and quickly. Most persons are slow and un ready when it comes to bestowing favors. He who acts promptly has thc ef fect of doing twice as much. I'M THE GUY I'M THE GUY who rocks and hammers his feet on the floor above you. . And why not? I always prefer a rocking chair to a straightback, stiff chair. It's ever so much more comfortable. I can't sit still to save my life. I'm nervous and have to be moving about all the time. And when'L plant myself in a rocking chair I've natur ally pot to rock. That's what a rock ing chair is for. after all. Of course, in order to keep the chair in motion I've got to push with my feet. When I get to rocking I probably do stamp my feet a little heavy, but 1 don't think I stamp very hard. It's too bad if my rocking dis turbs you. Why should I stop doing something I enjoy merely because you say it annoys you? ' I pay for my apartment, and I can do as I please in it. I don't go to you and tell you what I think you ought to do. . I'd hate to live under you. I'll bet from thc way you run around at tending to other people's business, the people in the flat below you must think you are training for a marathon or a six days' race. (Copyright, 1921, Thompson Feature Service.) ADVERTISEMENT. FOR EXCESSIVE URIC ACID TRY THE WILLIAMS TREATMENT 75 Cent Bottle" (32 Doses) FREE Just because, you start the day worried and tired, stiff legs and arms and muscles, an aching head, burning and bearing d.'wn pains in the back worn out before the day begins-o 'not think you have to stay in that condition.' Be strong, well, with no stiff joints, tore muscles, rheumatic pains, aching back or kidney trouble caused by body made acids. 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