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10 A 1HE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. MAY 1, 1921. French Humorists Make Butts of Letters From Home-Made Father to His Son The Battle of Paris. TIT !! f IT C:;; nCWniCIlOI D..iDrSon: I Have vou read the latest war book bv Mr. Lansing called "The Peace r r . Extravagance of William Leeds and Princess Xenia of -Greece Brings Out Time Worn Jests. Paris, April 30. "The first man to be king was a poet and the last kincr to rule upon this earth will, without doubt, be an American mul- flimat is equal to two first degree Conference?" 1 never realized before what a vilent affair th' Uaule of I'aris was. The air was filled with the yawns of the wounded an' the scuppers ran with it. Don't read it if you're lookin' fer blood, though. It's a diplimatic battle. In a fight like that when a man loses his temper he writes in his diary. When he gets :too mad to write he compresses his lips. lhe compressed lips of a dip- ti-millionaire, who will buy a crown and a nation." Clement Vautcl, French humorist, thus sums up the conclusions of a, host of French writers who have been having a lot of fun at the ex pense of American millionaires whose money is bolstering up ruined mon archies in Europe, Oftw-i.il annntiiu'tMtient tif the en gagement of young William Leeds fo". murders an' a gran' larceny in more 'civil life. Nothin' seems to create so much ill feclin" as a Peace Treaty, unless it's a Will. In a way they're not ;much diff'rent. While the fight is 'on, both sides is only too .glad to promise the gold in their rival's teeth to any neutral country what will oblige by grabbin' a pick handle an' joinm tuc party. ou can have, everything as far the Princess Xenia. niece of the I as we're concerned. We're tichtin' i" king of Greece, has brought out aflfcr the rights of Man an' wouldn't ii the time-worn jokes about Chicago pork packers, who kidnaped daugh ters of bankrupt dukes, much. to th the little countries what has been standin' round the outside throwin' .stones come runnin' in wavin' their delight of the dukes. The French t that Man never had any rights. All papers recount all the adventures ot Anna Gould with her count-husband, the marriaare of Helen Zim merman of Cincinnati to the duke rtreaties. But the Peace Conference of Manchester and numerous other f has started, matrimonial alliances between Amer- It's: ican monev and Eurooean titles. 4 "Here, you boys, leave that stuff "We must admit that the Yanke&.alone. Who said you could have millionaires are gaining ground rapfthat island.' take a penny fer the privilege." But when the Referee's whistle blows they hold an autopsy an' find idtv." savs Le Petit Bleu. "In the- past they were content to marry daughters of dukes, barons or counts whose coats-of-arms had lost theis gilt edge ages ago. But since the war the American millionaire has Become a valuable article of impor 'Now we learn that one of Presr-f nounced .his princess engagement with "Please, sir, your Pry Minister promised it to mc. "Then the Pry Minister was vi lently insane. Vou, over there, what are you doin' with that seaport?" "If you please, ,you promised it to me in the Treaty of the Cafe de Parce." Whoever did that was under the dent Harding's 'subjects Jias an- j, in flue nee of strong drink. Now go sit in the corner like good boys we get things sorted out an nnt a rnntral-ianfl nrinress"'t4ll not a princess of recent nobility;, priaybe we'll give you somcthin to not one of the kind of princesses take home fer a soovenir. Mr. Lansinjr reminds me somewhat of Ben Cross what used to live in thi9 town. Ben was always bein' an agent fer somcthin' or other. Qnce it was a patent fly trap, another time a collapsible sofa or again an electric pianno. There wasn't no consistency to Ben's agencies 'ceptin' that frequent our Paris night dancingj clubs but a real princess born in the shadow of a throne. They saj' that King Constantine first opposed the alliance, but that his hesitation was of short duration when he learned how much money voting Leeds was bringing into the royal Vautcl's version is slightly diffcrSf. That fellow was k'nltr fVinctnntin nmldereH aTSPPle Skin, though. few moments, says Vautel, and started out to sen anytmng lie usuai franklv remarked: -"p.v did it. As soon as he d covered "Alf right mv crown needs to be the town he'd get into a row with resoldered." " ' tne company an' have the agency But, adds Vautel, there should be taicen away, but. it own r. pnase rum o objection to such alliances, pro-T'none. He d get a new one an when - .that none of 'em was any geod. "I" TL.I ..II ..... . when no obie vidiner one of the last "American kings." doesn't let his ambition run away with him and disturb Europe." "After all." he writes, "one of these American kings of steel, or of pork, or of celluloid collars is the equal either of a small or a great princess. Furthermore it is only just to say that William Leeds is a fine boy and that despite the money he is taking into the adventure, it was also a love affair. Europe may expect to see others of the same kind- folks complained that the last thing he sold em wercn t no good he ad mitted it, but claimed how it wasn't his fault 'cause he'd wrote the com pany half a dozen times tellin' 'em as much an' had the letters to prove it. If you eyer go to hear a diplimat make a speech, my boy, get seats behind him instead of in front.' Then t'you can see if he's got his fingers crossed. Just the same I can sec how Mr. Lansing might have got mad. It "Then you can see if he's got his fingers crossed" must be very annoyin' to sit up all night writin' treaties an' not have anybody "read 'em. Every mornin' he'd bring up a nice new memoran dum to the president. "What's this?" says Mr. Wilson, droppin' it in the scrap basket. "It's a treaty I wrote last night." "I hope I have the pleasure of secin' you sometime when we get back to the United States," says the president. "You're very kind," says Mr. Lans ing, accordin' to the rules on page 74 of the 'Diplimat's Guide to Conver sation,' an' at the same time fingerin' the ink well idly. "Not at all," says the president, reachin' aimlessly fer his lead-headed cane. "Look out fer the paint on the front door as you go out." But Mr. Lansing wasn't the only one I was sorry fer. It's a shameful thing to read how, accordin' to this book, these foreigners used to get Mr. Wilson off by hisscl' in a room where nobody could hear him yell an' take away his fourteen point?. I've often wondered what they did to him. Pooch thinks they tickled him. An' outside in the hotel lobby all the little Kings an' Dooks sat around sending picture post cards of the Ethel Tower to their families an' tellin' 'em what fun it was to make the Treaty or else talkin weather with the room clerk. Bein' unable to find any newspapers in their own language they had a hard time tryin' to figure if the Peace Conference had begun or if the treaty had been signed while they was out to'lunch. Then one day the door opened an' out came Clemenso an' Lloyd George an' Wilson with a bell boy behind 'em carryin' the Treaty in a suit case. "What does it say?" asks all the little Kings an Dooks. "Nothin' 'you could understand," says Clemenso. "The cryin' need of the world is for peace an' I can't delay by lettin' you stop to read it now. Come on down to Versails an' sign it. Everybody can keep his fountin pen fer a soovenir." As none of the Kings an' Dooks understood what he was talkin' about they all followed him down to Versails an' signed, on the dotted line. Al, that is, 'cepting the Chinese, who found they couldn't sign at all 'cause they'd been left a space across the page to do it, an' all their writin' went up an' down. So they went home an' reported: "Tlealy big cheesy." An' I don't know as they were so far wrong at that. Mr. Lansing tells how he used to have a conference of the American ! Peace Commissioners in his room every mornin' to find out if anybody knew what was goin' on. "My boy tells me," said General Bliss, "that England has been per suaded to take a mandate over the Kuchunk diamond mines. They have convinced France to take one over the coffee grounds of Bitnia. Italy is ready to accept the mandate over the rubber industry of Botnia. An' the United States is to be offered two choices on account of havin' originated the idear: either the Gobi or the Sahara Desert." "Indeed," says Mr. Lansing, mak ing a note in his diary. "I'll just jot down that on this date you were clearly wrong." "I heard," says Mr. White, "that Checkohatvia was to be a free an' independant state divided equallly between France an Italy." "Where is it?" asked Lansing. "I don't know. They just invented it yesterday. My waiter only told me about it at breakfast." Whereupon they all yawn an look bored till somebody suggests that they get the Colonel to find out when they're goin' home. But like a good diplimat he's asleep. So they leave him an' go to the matinay. In the back of the book I read all Mr. Wilson's treaty an' then all Mr. Lansing's. 1 don't think much of either of 'cm. If you have Wilson's you're at war all the time keepin' peace, an' if you have Lansing's you're at war all the time 'cause no body'll pay any attention to it. If I'd read the book sooner I'd have sent you to West Point. Then you 100 Union Job Printers To Go On Strike Monday Action to lie Taken as Result Of Refusal of Shops to Change to tl-Hour Weekly Basis. More than 100 union job printers are to go on 'strike Monday morn ing in Omaha. They were, until yesterday, em ployed by local shops which declined to change from a 48 to a 44-hour weekly basis. They hold a mass meeting of 350 members of the local Typographical union at 2 today in Labor temple. Proprietors of Omaha shops are trying to revert to the "open shop,' is the charge of John II. Martin, president of the union. "They are backed up by 'open shop' men whose plants are not even affected by the May 1 ruling," said Martin. Print shop owners who intend to fight the union edict served notice of their intentions on their employes during last week. A few consultations were held with the shopkeepers, Martin said, but they refused to acceed to the print ers' demand. A strike allowance will be paid the families of striking printers. . Martin made the statement one third of the union's membership would go out Monday. Others are employed in shops not affected bv the order. POLITICAL A D V KKT1SF.M K.VT fOl.lTK Al. m KHTISKMF.XT A STATEMENT FROM City Development Body to Meet At University Clul The Citizens' city development committee will meet Monday noon at tfic University club. The commit tee was formed last summer for the purpose of informing voters regard ing the city planning projects em bodied in the new city charter and to urge voters to support them at the election to be held in June or July. John L. Kennedy is chairman of the committee. POLITICAL ADVERTIHKMEVT. " with a bellboy behind 'em carry ing the treaty in a suitcase" might have had a chance to use some o' the things you learn. .yours gloomily Amos H. Amcsbv Path. P. S. I just see in the papers that Rear Admiraf Greyson is goin' to write a book on the same thing. It's goin' to be called "Eight Years Be fore the Mast" an' will tell the story of the Peace Conference from a sailor's point of view just as he set it down in the log of his flagship, the "Quinine." Copyright. 1921, by Ed Streettir.) For Law Enforce ment and Good Gov ernment This u the only ticket endorsed by the Committee of 5,000: Abraham L. Sutton J. Dean Ringer Roy N. Towl Thomas Falconer John F. Murphy C. A. Grimm el W. G. Ure VOTE THIS STRAIGHT Any other slate i spurious. V hfnry w niiNNri CANDIDATE FOR City Commissioner TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OMAHA The batteries of the Committee of 5,000 seem to have been chiefly directed at me. I am not presumptuous enough to assume this is because they regard me as especially strong, and I know it is not because they believe I would be a corrupt or inefficient Police Commissioner. It is due to the fact that the Committee of 5,000 is, in fact, a one-man organization, the machine of Elmer E. Thomas, and Thomas is making a one-man campaign, a fight for Ringer, and my candidacy happens to squarely antagonize Ringer, since we are regarded as slated for the same department. That is really why the attack is directed at me. It would be directed at. anyone else, just as viciously, just as underhanded and cowardly, if be stood in Ringer's way. It is because I am a menace to Ringer that I am branded as a menace to Omaha. I am charged with drawing a pension. This is true. For twenty-seven years I paid my monthly payment into this fund, a fund that never received one penny from public taxes. I know of no reason why I should not have the insurance I paid for. With one hundred less officers than are now on th force, the department under me enforced prohibition, when it was un tried, when we did not have national prohibition, and enforced it as well as it is enforced now, and at the same time enforced all other laws, better than now. In 1917, the last full year of my service, stolen property losses aggregated $67,950.58, of which $43, 193. 65 was recovered. In the year 191f,the first year of Ringer's reconstructed department, property losses aggregated $137,002.11 and $59, 405.02 was recovered. In 1920-, $369,913.85, of which $74,224.17 was recovered. They say the forces of the underworld are behind me. Let me ask who is Steve Maloney, who was fired for the good of the department under the Dahlman Administration, supporting? And, incidentally, why? What does he expect if Ringer wins? Who is Bob Johnson of 24th and Lake supporting? His partner, Ole Jackson, who peddled cards for Dean Ringer on primary day, is serving a sentence in Leavenworth, but Bob is still ringing the bells for Ringer. I could fill a page with the names of others of the same caliber. Ringer knows who these men are supporting, and if he doesn't know why, the public does. . I resent making the police department the issue in a political struggle. I know the courage, the competency and the integrity of the police force of Omaha as few men know it, and I denounce this thing of making these men footballs in politics, to keep a man in the office of police commissioner. If I am elected and assigned to the police department I can and will have a harmo nious department that will enjoy the respect of the community, and enforce the prohibition law, the laws against social evils and all of the general criminal statutes and not be a menace to the lives and the homes of our citizens. HENRY W. DUNN USE BEE WANT ADS TO BOOST YOUR BUSINESS INTERESTS POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL. ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT .,rnrii AnvirnTtuiriuKIVT " ' POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT i i "' nmiu D) nn LaJ r Brief .Expressions of Opinion by Well Known Citizens an voting- for men nut partisans. I know what Dahlman did in the office of mayor. I know wliat he will du when elected. The lax payers whom I talk with de mand a change In onr city goTernment and they demand that competent men be elect ed to the commission. John D. Creighton. ' I belie re the policy Qt3Bje present government Is nar row and lll-ad vised. I want men pot into office who will make a man's town of Omaha aid take It out of the kinder garden class. W. J. Hynes. -. Grain. This is a time when Omaha most have in the mayor's of fice a man of large exper ience in the conduct of the public business. I am for Dahlman. Frank Tf. Jndson, Jobber. I am for Dahlman because 1 have found him to be man ly, straight-forward and one who does his duty at 'all times whether it is favoring poor or rich, and always in the direction .of justice and equity. Milton C. Peters, Manufacturer. The majority of profes sional men, both doctors and lawyers, with whom I have talked, favor a change in the city management, and believe that this can only be brought about now by the election of a ticket beaded by Mr. Dahl man. Dr. J. E. Summers. My business friends are for Dahlman and his ticket be cause they believe be will adopt policies in the interest of all taxpayers, big and lit tle, and that he will enforce measures of economy. Arthur C. Smith, Jobber. 1 am for Dahlman largely because I know that he is honest and capable and that he will be an ideal mayor for the average citizen. He nil! listen to the poor man as readily as the rich man. Harry V. Murkier, Printer. Business m e n, tailoring men and professional men are supporting the Dahlman ticket because these men know how to enforce the law and have brbad experience in city affairs. W, J. C'oad, Manufacturer. I am for the Dahlman ticket because 1 am tired of the "Holler than Thoun gov ernment. 1 want the city cleared of burglars, highway men and other desperate criminals. Joseph Totava, -Attorney. Replying to the false ac cusations against the Dahl man ticket I cite the extraor dinary vote of confidence which Dahlman received in every ward. '. J. Foye, Wholesale Lumber. In my opinion Jim Dahl man is better 1 equipped for the office of mayor than any other man aspiring to that office. Isaac E. Congdon, Attorney. We cant make a town good and virtuous by law. It is not a function of the gov ernment to try to regulate the personal conduct of the people. Francis A. Gaines, Attorney. The workers believe that Dahlman when elected will see that the working men get a fair deal, H. H. Covert, Structural Iron Workers' Union. I have known James C. Dahlman for 20 years. I have lived under his admin istration, know what it is and I want him again. E. H. Sprague, Manufacturer. I think the time has come for strict economy in the city balL IV hen Dahlman was mayor he enforced measures of economy and he will do so again. G. E. Norman, Central Labor Union. tsssssssssssssssssa cssssss5sa "My reason I'M voting for Dahlman Is that I always found lilm square. I have known him for 35 years. He treats everybody fairly. John Sullivan, Merchant. 1 am for Dahlman because he is honest and fearless and not a hypocrite. He will give" everybody a fair deal. He will pursue a rational policy. John D. Rahro, Jobber. tit Dahlman has special fitness for handling the public busi ness. We need that kind of a man for mayor. LeRoy Crammer, M. D. Dahlman is a good liberal minded man. He is truly in sympathy with the working man. They believe he will give them a fair deal. Ben Short, Street Car Men's Union. Dependability, such as hon esty and efficiency, is neces sary in a public servant. The "United Seven" possess this quality. Harry S. Byrne, Indemnity Insurance. Xcnrly every man I have talked with is for Jim Dahl man for mayor because he will give us a square deal. Lee Huff, Automobiles. Dahlman Is honest, capable, experienced, courageous and intelligent He represents the rank and file of our citi zens. Isador Zlegler, Pres. McKlnley Club. Dahlman is the only man on either ticket eminently fitted to. perform the duties of the mayor's office and he has demonstrated his ability. Wm. F. Gurley, Attorney. I have been voting for Jim Dahlman for fifteen years. It has become a habit with me. I shall rote for him again. E. Buckingham, President Ak-Sar-Ben. I am for a strong, sane, businesslike city government that will serve the best inter ests of all classes. I am for Dahlman. Geo. Brandeis. Thousands of men have signed the following indorsement of Hon. James C. Dahlman: We favor James C. Dahlman for Mayor. The splendid vote of over 'twenty-one thousand registered for him at the Primary proves conclusively the call of the citizens for him for that office. We know him to be honest and capable.; He has been tried in the office and made good. He stands for the entire city, Greater Omaha, and not for a class. His administration means results in trying times, instead of ceaseless promises. His only boss is the public welfare, and his election means a square deal for all. Among thousands of signers of the Dahlman petitions the following names are picked at random: Ha-vdea Bros.. Dept. Store. " Kebraaka Clothing Co., Retail. - " Hartman Furniture 4t Carpet ( a . Retail. nit . Orfcln Bras Retail. B. Pred, Retail. The Emporium. Retail. Men-lit liru Stores, Retail. . Guarantee Clothlna; t o., Ret:,;. Mesjeath Stationer? Co., Retail. Table Sopplj C, Retail Hotel Fanteaelle. Hotel Loyal. Fadilea A Blttner. Retail. Kotera Sloup, Retail. C. W. Itusnell, Jabber. 1,. B. CloaKk, Jobber. Vi rarnc Bros Faandi-7 1 (illinakr Fruit Co., Jobber-:. 9. J. Kelson. Contractor. R. C. Hone, larestor. ii. S. Roberts, Lire Stock. n. F. Rotb. Live Stock. K. Fi. Grimes, Railroad. R. J. Reran, Lire Stock. J. lmtweraea, L1t Stock. V.. V. Keasrle. Lire Stock. .Inel Iinnaren, Live Stock Wm. H. Gen Id, Jr., Lire Stock. Gene Meladr, Lira Stock. 3. B. Wat kins, Lumber. Dr. M. C. Howard, M. P. M. Garrett. Frank F. DrezeL Retail. A. M. Browar. Retail. A. Block, Insurance. A. 'R. Roberts, Grain. Dr. L. B. Rruxhman, M. IK J. W. Harwell, Grata. C. J Parrot Grain. . W. Bord Jones, Realtor. J. H. Beaten, Retail r. XT. Cullrn. Jobber. T)r, J. F. Lanxdon. M. I) W. f. Chambers, Contractor. Edward T. Morris, Brlcklayen J. F. Heyn, Photoa;ranher. I)r H. M. Fltaalbboa, M. D. K. A. Moore, Lumber. N. L. Guckert, Tailor. Dr. T. J. Uwycr, Surgeon. O. F,. Bern. Retail G. M. l.ee. Contractor. Owen McCaffrey, Realtor. W. J. l ulkln, Retail. Dr. F. J. Wearne, Surgeon R. A. Tarrell, Manufacturer. Hnrrr A. Koch, Insurance. Gay Furay, Lumber. Barton Millard, Grain. ;. F. Leary, Lawyer Lee Huff. Automobiles. H. T. Jeffrey, Automobile. V. H. Anderson, Automobilcr. A. V. Gutou, Lumberman. .1 F. C'oad, Banker, rbnnneey Abbott, Flour Mill. VI. Ii. Murphy, t'nrklngr lloiix-. Wm. II It oh If, Jr.. Lawyer. Wm. I. Ilyrne. Theater Mnnc; R. I. Clark, Realtor lr. F. .1. firhleier, M. P. Dr. J. W. Dunenn. M. 1). has. D. Beaton, riruicirlt. I. H. Bulla. Lire Stock. Joseph Barker, Insurance. T. J. O'Brien, Automobiles. W. B. Roberts. Klectrlcnl F.nginecr. Or. Karl ConiS II, Sara-eon. A B. McConnell, Druggist. C. A. Prints, Sawmill. .1. W. I0lwod, Manufacturer. K. P. Peek, Grain. S. S. Carlisle, Grain, f. K. Archibald. Flour Mill. 'V.. S. West brook. Grain. H. A. Burnett, Flour Mill. Ie Baroch, Plumbing. Andrew Murphy, Automobiles. Byron H. Smith. Retail. Chas. R. Dovherty. Printer. Allan Tukey, Insurance. G. W. Wattles, Banker. G. W. Mca-rath', Coal. W. T. Wilsoa, Automobiles. A L. Heed, Trust Co. " Geo. F. Joaes, Realtor. Chaw. W. Martin, Realtor. Will II. Wood, Live Stock. . K. Hunter, Grain. A. W. Tnorg, Live Stock. T. B. Coleman, Jobber. I. J. La. .-less, Maaufuoturer. W. J. Monaghan, Manufacturer. Howard M. Gouldlng. Manufacturer. John White. Contractor.' Chas. F. Co, Live Stock. K. R, Thresher, Grain. W. F. Guild, Grain. J. P. McUrath, Grain. K. K. Huntley, Grain. Frank H. Brown, Grain. A. V. Klnaler, Grain. W. T. Hums, Grain. F. M. Bewsher, Grain. . C. Drclhus, Manufacturer. D. A. Martlndnle, Jobber. I.. I. L'tterback, Jobber. C. .V Robinson, Jobber. Dr. R. RIk, m D. t'lnad T. TJren, M. l. Don't fail to renumber that the only way to insure safe and sane policies bf city government is to elect the full "United Seven" ticket. K&e are the nominees: JAMES C. DAHLMAN JOSEPH B. HUMMEL HENRY W. DUNN JOSEPH KOUTSKY JOHN HOPKINS ' DAN B. BUTLER HARRY B. ZIMMAN City Election, Tues., May 3 Polls Open From 8 to 8 James H. Hanley, Chairman Franklin A. Shotwell, Vice Chairman Harry S. Byrne, Treas. Claude F. Bossie, Sec'y. i For a Safe, Sane, Broad-Minded Administration of City Affairs ;