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Biirico Artists1
Hypnotize Man.
Get His Monev
An Him fiM fM a
A lVUI
Bnk, He Tell Police-
Ten Other Rob:
beries.
Prince Udine, Cousin of King of Italy,
: Member Diplomatic Mission' toS. Was ;
Capital Society : Favorite Says .Daniels
'IThey hypnotized me and I was
"breed i to do everything they told
he to do. They made me go to
South Omaha and draw out $500
, rem a bank, and then they took
t from me at Seventeenth and Cum
ft . streets." i
'Y'So reported John Hayes, 1710
A'illiam street, to police Thursday
( x rfght, but he could give no descrip
? ton to the officers of the three con
V tWnce men he accused of the hyp
otism. V Leo C. Gavin of , Friend, Neb.,
. . orted he turt some "good fel
I llws" in Omaha who invited him
Jl a little drinking party and then
LIT 1 1 ' r r a .
a-iirvcu mm or 0 casn and a
-00 diamond ring.
Silverware Stolen.
Silverware 'and jewelry worth $800
'.as reported stolen from the hnmi
F'D. J. Adams, 5001 Capitol avenue.
i ra. i erriir. 5WZ Laoitol avenue.
Id police she saw a man nrowlinir
round the Adams home in the after-
oon. .
Thompson Belden company re-
rted a $115 sealskin coat stolen
om their salesrooms.
While Harrv Tones. 558 ' Smith
Twenty-sixth avenue, was hanging
MwjII paper at 716 South Twenty-
fTtfhth street, some one stole $25
f worth of paperhanging tools from
Ltiim, he reported to the police.
i ; Burglars Cut Wires.
Burglars cut the teleohone wires
t the home of L. S. Ovemeck. 2961
mrris street, climbed ' through a
i-liar wmdow and ransacked the
Souse, he reported to the police,
tcaiing sx silver forks bearing a
ireek letter monogram, a traveling
ap, stickpin and insurance papers.
The Omaha & Council Bluffs
reet .Railway company reported
0 feet of hose stolen from Fiftv-
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(eona , ana J-eavenwortn streets,
,where new track is being laid.
G. W. Edwards, 162? Spencer
treet, told police he hired a gar
dener, who disappeared with 50 feet
f garden hose.
George H. Fickrel. 2882 Ida street.
eported burglars entered his home
l)v a kitchen window, ransacked the
!i)icr ana escapea witn turee suits, a
fcealskin coat, watch and ring worth
50.0. - - .
I f- Frank McDermott, 419 South
f t wentieth street, reported $39 stolen
pom a hiding place in his former
; Apartment at 403 -North Nineteenth
r:a,trect. '
fi Burglar ttle an overcoat worth
&X.1 frnm , tUm. T t...1
rtT . . . "tv. i din VdlllUUIl S
tne Central rresbvtenan
Twenty-fourth and Dodtre
according to police reports.
U. S. Star Wins.
' Rochampton, England, April 22.
VV. H. . Botsford, young American
Munis, star, tefeated A. A.; Fyzee ,in
the semMinal pf . the Surrey hard
tS tennis chamoionshin . mnd-h
today.; -,Tlje score , was 6-0, 1-6,
VSlatx jevta tt th. kln. u iml fkwrit. wtth Waatttntttm aoelatr and
J" J""6?. taUit-Clio u u IndtfulisN work for Iullu caujaTajid
Oiiuuiulihed efflcw of th Mr.
By JOSKPHUS DANIELS
form SMflttry f M Nny :
fntt IrM.la. ClM Ihraothnt Euro. All rtfht mint lHl,M imStlr lull
lrl ImatH. Intlg4li th Scmtflatvtaii. UaurUwrUH rarimiM ttr y hm HtMUw.
The coming of Prince Udine to the capital brought to Washington
society, not only one of its most pleasurable thrills, but beyond- all ques
tion, its most agitating shock. . Of the latter the prince was the innocent
and unconscious cause.
Washington society like the society of all other American cities,
gave helf with whole-hearted devotion to war service. Youth and
beauty and charm engaged in arduous tasks for the Red Cross or the
Liberty Loan campaigns, and many a society . belle went weary to her
bed at night as a result of having done a real day's work for her
country.
All of us who bore something of the burden in those days knew the
joy and satisfaction to be derived from a sense of exhaustion, every tired
tingle of which was due to the expenditure of strength, for the sake of
America. '. . ' .
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But there had to be hours of
relaxation, times when the strain
was relieved by diversion. Mind and
nerve could not stand the high pres
sure continuously.
Missions Supply Relaxation.
The theaters, the movies, golf,
base ball these all helped.' rational
morale. They were, as necessary as
the stimulating appeals of posters
and niarital music and flags. '
So it happened flial in Washing
ton the missions from the allied na
tions served a double purpose. .
Their primary purpose, of course,
was to lay before the American gov
ernment all the facts and conditions
without reserve, and to place before
responsible officials the true situa
tion as they had learned it. But a
secondary purpose which Washing
ton discovered for them was to pro
vide excuse for that relaxation
which everybody felt' was. requisite,
but which seemed to demand some
extraordinary occas:on in order to
justify it. .
Our distinguished guests must be
entertained. It was a patriotic duty
to see that they were treated with
the utmost hospitality. . It - was a
duty we owed, not alone to our
selves, but to the common cause.
These men who came out of the at
mosphere of war, with the weight of
nations on their shoulders,.. were en
titled to their hour of play, and -it
was our privilege to play with them,
Youth Has Its Claims.
It may be that there were those
who regarded this phase of our war
duties with greater pleasure and in
terest than some others, but youth
is youth, and love and laughter and
the dance even in' -wartime are
youth's , right. ' Those who visited
London during the dark days when
Taubes and Zeppelins were raiding
the metropolis remember that many
a brilliant gathering was to be seen
in the dining rooms and ballrooms
of the great hotels, and that enter
taining the soldier on furlough or
the sailor with shore leave was rer
garded as a mandatory duty and a
high privilege.-
On all of the. missions which came
to America there were ; men, of
course, for whom the lighter forms
of ; entertainment held no attraction,
But on all, or nearly all, there we:e
men, young, high-spirited ; and ' so
cially inclined who welcomed .', the
opportunity to . meet : our American
women and girls," to exchange com
pliments and to dance with them.
The Italian mission was composed
of the most delightful gentlemen,
with all the Latin grace and courtesy
and the Latin skill for paying a deli
cate compliment in the most fasci
nating manner.
Prince Captivates Washington.
But Prince Udine was the man
who, from the first, provoked the in
terest and won the favor of Wash
ington society. !
To begin with, the prince was a
cousin of the king of Italy, which
enhanced the value of his title. Fur
thermore, he was unmarried, and in
these days : unmarried princes ; are
showing an inclination to seek wives
in spheres less elevated than their
own. Beyond this, he was handsome,
charming and danced divinely what
mpre could you ask?
Society was thrilled!
Society pursued the prince. There
were many receptions and dances.
The prince was tactful in conferring
his smiles, and many o the.. most
beautiful belles of the capital danced
with him. '
The series of events reached a cli
max in a big hall at which the prince
was the guest ot honor. -.
That night, he was more gracious
and charming than ever. He danced
almost '. continuously and with impartial-
appreciation for the youth
and loveliness which thronged the
ballroom. . - .
With proud thoughts of the im
pression they had made upon the
romantic scion of Italian royalty the
captivating" daughters of Washing
ton returned to their homes in the
earty morning following' a "perfect
night. . .
Society Gets a Shock.
Memory would dwell happily upon
that night for years to come,
Then, suddenly, rumor!
"Nof Who said so! Preposterous!
Why, I danced with him you don't
suppose? Oh, this is terrible!"
Washington gossip told many an
extraordinary tale of the panic that
spread through Washington society
circles. -
Doctors were consulted. '
Faces were examines for ahy 'pos:.
sihle hint of an eruption.-' . '
Friends who were companions in
peril, through having danced with
the prince, were calling into confer
ence as to the safety measures which
should be taken. , - - i .
. Gossip says that frightened maid
ens did some grotesque, things by
way of prevention. It is not related
that any of them went through the
ceremony of bathing three times in
the sacred waters of. the Potomac,
but that must be because it did not
occur to any of them to try this plan.
Beyond ... all doubt for 24 hours
Washington society was agog and
alarmed. .
It was shocked, thoroughly
shocked, because, rumor whispered
that Prince Udine had the smallpox!
. Rumor said he was quarantined. '
But rumor, as is so frequently the
case, was exaggerative and menda
cious. ... . .
Was Only the Measles.
Worried ' fathers and husbands
making decreet but anxious inouirv
learned the truth.
His royal highness had a mild at
tack of measles. ,
The relief was tremendous. La
dies who had felt all the symptoms
of" smallpox; and whose minds were
agitated with' the thought' of isola
tion hospitals and far worse
beauty forever, marred' by the possible-permanent
traces of the disease
upon fair brbw -or velvet cheek, re
covered their equanimity.
After all, measles was only meas
les It was inconvenient,' uncomfor
table, temporarily disfiguring, but
with care, merely, a passing indis
position. The prince was really paying this
great democracy a tribute of devo
tion by submitting his princely pet -son
to so democratic a .complaint.
Moreover, if' one had to have
mejisles. it, was certainly better, un
der the circumstances, to have.. a.i
Italian variety .than to be humiliated
by suffering from .German measles.
: Take It as "Royal Gift" '
Indeed, one vivacious beauty, after
fully.considering all the possibilities,
declared:
"I am a good sport. They say
that every person must have mcasle
soon or late, and the sooner the less
troublesomej I am a vounar thinir.
and if I. must contract, 1 how much
more fun it is to have it as a royal
gift rather than -to pick it up unro
mantically on v a Pullman or in a
store," . ". .""'' j
None of this got into the newspa
pers, for since the prince was a royal
personage, he was granted certain ;
privileges and. immunities. , So when
the prince, after a few days of re-
tirenient, appeared - again; as debo
nair,, as charming as. ever, he was
without any suspicion of the. sensa
tions which he had provoked tip and
down the best spinal -columns in
Washington.' - . i
The city greeted him with un-:
feigned pleasure, arid . he had . no '
trouble finding , willing ' partners- a: '
the next dance.' ' ... , J
, Didn't Forget Business. . I
But it would be most unfair .to-.
Prince Udine to. permit -the impres-
sion to remain with the reader that '
he was merely a man of social charm ;
and urbane accomplishments. Prince '
Udine was in this' country on se
rious business, and no dance or other
pleasure was' allowed for a moment !
to: interfere .with its transaction. He.
was most eager to promote under- i
standing and sympathy betweenHhe
United States and his country, -and
to explain to us the desperate need
of. Italy fpr roal and ships. In these
efforts he was ably seconded by the
other members of the mission,
. .1 met them again in 'Rome,
short!, after the armistice,, where I
was accorded every honor and hos
pitality as the: representative of the
United States iiavy, which through
out the war had maintained the'most
cordial relations "with the Italian
navy.
'I liked Rome greatly. The balmy
air, after the dampness of Paris,
wns li' i our glorious .Maytiine in
the south indeed the climate of
Rome and Raleigh are not unlike.
Prince a Real Man. '
In Rome I learned 1 that Prince
Udine did not depend upon relation
ship to the kins;. In his own riorht
Lhe had risen to a high place as an
officer m the Italian navy, and, dur
ing the war, was as diligent in his
haiardous work as was the king
himself, who rarely saw Home from
the day war was declared until peace
came. Royalty survived in "Italv
when thrones were tottering because
the king was a soldier, sharing in the
hardships of his men at the front.
ami the queen endeared herself by
ministrations and personal service to
the wounded and sick. Rank gave
privilege, but in war the royal fam
ily found their only privilege is serv
ing: .
Our happy relations with Italy
were due in no smal degree to the
personality of our ambassador '.at
Rome. No American ever fitted into
that position . more ideally than
Thomas Nelso Page. Virginian,
lover of history and maker of litera
ture, he walked into the hearts of
Italians, and from the Italian mis
sion in Washington I learned of
their affection and admiration for
him. Ambassador Page had much
of the charm you find in the, Italian
scholar and , artist and . statesman:
My visit to Rome .revealed more
fully the esteem in which that ac
complished diplomat was held.
(Another fM-tlrlff hy former Ki-ertlarv
Danlrl will be printed tomorrow.)
THE-BEE
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Heated electrically. 1 a device has
been invented' in France that enables
aiiy man to press and crease his
trousers.
SEX EDUCATION'," by Walter M. C.nlll-
han. Published by Small, Mavnard ft
, lo.. Uoaton, Mass.
A powerful argument for proper
instruction in the ' sex problem is
presented. It is, intended for parents
and teachers, or for anyone desiring
scientific truth about the attitude to
ward sex, and contains comprehen
sive, practical counsel;
'Character Training in Childhood," by
Mary 8. Havllaud. Published by Hmull.
Maynard A Co., Boston, Jtlasa.
Mary Haviland, research secretary
of the National Child Welfare as
sociation, offers practical suggestions
on the bringing up of children. Some
of her ' subjects are: "The Physical
Hasis ot Character, tarly llauit
Forming," "Growth Through Play,'!
"Growth Through Study," "Growth
Through Work," "The Child and
His Vocation," and "The Religious
Education of the Child." '
"The Army of 19U." by Col. Robert n.
McCormlrk. Published by llai court,
Ii race & Howe, New York.
Col. Robert R. McCormick had an
unusually varied experience in the
war so that he handles this subject
in a broad way. He was an officer
in the- national guard, in the regular
army, and on the reserve, and
served a a line officer and also as
a member Of General Pershing's
staff. As he is 'owner of the Chi
cago Tribune, he had access to
sources of information, in addition
to his own experience. His book is
not only an account pf army prepar
ation, organization, and of some of
ihe campaigns, but is also a criticism
of, and a suggestion for future mili
tary policy. He is a strong advo
cate of Universal military training.'
"The Slaughter of the Jewa In the TTkralne
In 11." by Elhia Heifetx. Publlahed
by Thomas SelUer, Xew- York City.
A graphic , description of the
Kewish tragedy in the Ukraine in
1919. It is . based on material
gathered by the delegates of the
A'll-Ukraian relief committee for the
victims of tfie pogroms, of 'which the
author was chairman. It gives an
illuminating insight into revolution
ary Russia.
"THE Tl'RNSTILK OK NIOHT." by Wll
Ham Allison. I'uWlHlu-d by Doubleday,
Page & Co., New York City.
An adventure and a mysterv story
that is well handled. While the plot
is not a new one, dealing with the
theft of jewels from a temple in the
holy city of Lhassa and the resulting
incidents, yet it is handled in a differ
ent way, and the interest is well sus
tained. There is the lure of the
mysterious east, the rites of their
gods and an impelling fatalism. The
pursuit of the diamond and the sa
cred toad involve first an Englishman,-
a Chinaman and a stranger,
and then vdraw in a mysterious
clergyman, a girl and her unwitting
lover.
"THE GREY ROOM," by Eden rhtllpotts.
Published by the Maemlllan company,
New York. City.
Phillpotts has departed far from
his usual field-industrial tales, to pro
duce here a first-class "ghost" or
mystery story. And he proves him
self very capable of handling such' a
subject. He presents a mystery par
excellence, one that the reader can
not possibly fathom until the authir
explains. But more than the mys
tery, he ha? included in the book a
number of strong characters, drawn
with a keen perception and a deli
cate touch. The story is melodra
matic, without being told in ordinary
melodrama style. '
At a house party, in old English
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manor, it is mentionetT'fHat one of
the rooms is supposed to be hauntejl
that no one can. stay lt night and
live. Two women, in the past, had
died there mysteriously. , A yowi,?
navy captain goes to the-joom that
ing. An eminent detective shut
himself in the room and is found
dead in an hour. The father of the
captain believes it is i supernatural
visitation, and so, artned with a
Bible, goes to fight the supposed
devils. His voice . is heard at 2
o'clock in prayer, but in the morn
ing he is dead. Four detectives go
over the whole ground, but find no
solution. There is no mark on any
of the bodies, no indication of how
death might have come. The solu
tion w!nn it is presented is a sur
prising one. An unusually good
book of this type. .
"A TRNPKRFOOT BRfPR," by Clarke
B. Richards. Published by Plemlnf ..
Rwell Co., New York.
Ranch life has been the theme of
noved after novel, and has been pre
sented from every- imaginable angle
by writers. But here is a book which
stands out from most of the others.
It is made up of actual facts and in
cidents, and yet presented in such an
entertaining fashion, and so full of
real adventures, that it holds the In
terest as well as any work of fiction.
Mrs. Richards, an eastern woman,
went as a bride to a ranch her hus
band had purchased, east of Colorado
Springs. The run-down appearance
of the place, the new type of people
who started their conversation with
a "By hell," the desolate appearance
of the country dismayed her at firsh
And then as she describes, "Up the
valley the peak was deep blue against
the golden evening sky. and in the
vast, unbroken silence of the prairies
I felt the sense of chaos and confu
sion give way to peace. The old
house, tumble down fences, mowing
machine wheels, and wire took an in
consequent place in the scale of
things compared to Owen's under
taking. He must succeed." ..-;.'-
The common Diace events as well
as the stirring incidents are described
in a simple, interesting fashion. A
series of unexpected hardships were
met and overcome. And they lived
through the transition from a eattU
to a sheep and then to a farming
country. .
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When the streetcar employes threatened to
strike because of differences with their em
ployers, it was City Commissioner Harry B.
Zimman who nego jtiated a settlement.
Both Sides TalkW Zimman!
He was able to bring them together.
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Sifiiiuan Qas fbe Sonfidenee of the People
Through 25 year of service as a private citizen and a public official,
they have learned to respect and trust him. He has fought their bat- "
ties for lower public utility rates, for woman suffrage, "for equitable
taxation, for honest elections, for fair dealing in public affairs.
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The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway
Company, operating the present toll bridge
across the Missouri river between Omaha and
Council Bluffs, addresses, through this me-
dium, a few statements of fact to the voters of
Omaha on the proposition of voting bonds for
a so-called "free" bridge between the two cities.
Talk No. SBridge Tolls and Street Car Fares
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. We-Jiaye heretof ore sho)vn that under the
so-called "free" bridge plan the Taxpayer
would have to pay, through increased taxes,
. the bpnd interest, depreciation and upkeep
- of the bridge. .'.
We .will now show that if the taxpayer is
also a street car rider he would necessarily
have to shoulder a double burden in the
event a "free" bridge was constructed. The
Douglas Street Toll Bridge, is operated by
the Omaha & Council Bluff Street Railway
Company. All of the revenue for the bridge
goes into the general revenue of the Com
pany and is used to help defray the operat
ing expenses of the street car system.
The revenue from street car fares alone
would not have paid ' operating 'expenses,
taxes and interest on. bonds of the street
car system of Omaha and Council Bluffs
4 during the past few years and therefore if
we did not have the revenue from the bridge,
street car fares would have to be consider
ably higher.
' Street car fares are 10 cents in Boston (un
der state operation), also in Seattle (under
municipal ownership) ; in Pittsburgh and in
110 other cities. They are 9 cents in Dav
enport, Cincinnati .and many other cities.
They are 8 cents in Chicago, Kansas City,
Des Moines, Lincoln and 60 other cities.
Compare these rates of fare with those in
effect in Omaha and Council Bluffs and
you will realize that the revenue from the
bridge redounds to the benefit of the car
rider. . i
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Keep it clearly in mind, the bridge tolls do
not go to pay-fat dividends as some advo
cates of the "free" bridge project would
have you believe. The bridge is treated as
a part of the street car system and the earn
ings are used for, meeting the expenses of
street car operation the same as the earn
ings from car fares. Therefore, bridge tolls
and street car fares are inseparably linked
together and street car fares in both Omaha
and Council Bluffs would be adversely af
fected by the loss, of bridge tolls. -.
In this connection it may be interesting to
recall the history of the Douglas ; Street
bridge. v. - , : - :
Thirty-two years ago a group of progressive
and public-spirited men built the bridge and
the electric line; connecting Omaha and
Council Bluffs. They, had considerable dif
ficulty in financing the project, as it was
looked upon as a hazardous enterprise. And
it so proved. ' . . . .
After, fourteen years of operation, a float
ing debt of about $750,000 had grown up
and the company was near the end of its
string. At this point the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Street Railway Company leased the
property, assumed the floating debt of
. $750,000 and continued to operate the
bridge and electric line at a loss.
For a few years before the war the prop
erty paid the expense of upkeep, operation
and interest on the investment, but the great
increase in wages, coal and other operating
expense items which came about by reason
of the war has again changed it into a non
paying proposition.
We appeal to your sense of fairness. Is it
right to . now destroy the income on this
property by building; a "free" bridge? Put
yourselves in our place and answer the ques
tion honestly. Is it a square deal? ."
Communities, like individuals, must be hon
est and just if they expect to succeed. -
WATCH FOR FURTHER "FREE" BRIDGE FACTS
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