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IS nil'. tf liJIrtll.A. 'ILLSlMt. 2liX S L CiE P V -TIME TALES THE TALE Or GRUMPY WEASEiJ MIHIMOTTBaIui CHAI'TKR XVII. More Truth Than Poetry By JAMES J. MONTAGUE Grumpy ' Mistake. As soon as Grumpy Weasel left to thase the squirrels and mice that he had frightened away from the corn cril Fatty Coon hurried into the building through a hole in the floor i which nobody knew but himself. Though he was a great eater Fatty was also a fast one. And now he bolted a huge meal of corn in only a few minutes. Then, smiling broad- R rv omance in unpin Of Superstitions Dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham feu t , N6n4en8c!" Grumpy Weasel shouted llying into a passion at once.' ly, he left the corncrib by his private doorway and squatted down to await Grumpy's return. In a little while Grumpy appeared. "I hoped I'd see you again, Fatty Coon told him. "Did you have any luck?" "Nol" Grumpy Weasel snapped. "I was mistaken about your idea. It was a very poor one. For I've been running in a circle (as you suggested) till I'm dizzy; and I haven't seen the Fatty Coon told him to cheer up. "I've another idea for you," he said. "Keep it! Keep it!" Grumpy Weasel hissed. "Your last idea only made me tired: and I haven't a cap ture to mv credit onight." "That'5 "because you run too fast," Fatty explained glibly. "Xow, if vou'll be careful to run slowly, and do just as I tell you, I can promise that there'll be a capure, without fail." Grumpy had had such bad luck in his hunting about the farmyard that he decided to listen, anyhow. He told himself that he wouldn't tae Fatty's advice fnless it was much better than he expeced. "Well go on!" he grunted. "Do you see that little house near the woodshed?" Fatty Coon asked him. "It has a low doorway that's always open, and no windows at all." "Yes!" said Grumpy Weasel harsh ly "Of course I see it. I'm not blind.- , .., "Do you know who lives there.-' "I always supposed that it be longed to Johnnie Green," said Grumpy. "His father is big and lives in the big house, and Johnnie is little and lives in he little house." Fatty Coon laughed merrily. "Vrm rlnn't know as much as 1 'irht von did!" he cried. It may - he .that Fatty had set out to make ! nr,,mntT iticrri- Anvlinw. Grumov's ' eyes burned in the darkness like two coals of fire. "Um right about that little house house " he wrangled. "Nonsense!" Fatty Coon exclaimed. "You learned hat word of old Mr. Crow!" he grumbled. "It's his favor ite expression; and I can't endure it." "You don't need o stay here and listen to it," Fatty Coon said. "If you dared to you could run over to Johnnie Green's house (as you call it); and if you found that you were right about it I promise you I'd never say 'nonsense' again." If Grumpy Weasel hadn't been so angry perhaps he wouldn't have been so eager to prove himself right. While Fatty watched him he bounded across the "farmyard and stooped , at the doorway of the tinv house. And then he bounded back again, a great ' deal faster. With old dog Spot yelp ing behind him. Fatty Coon did not wait for any- thing more. He made for the woods at top speed, grinning as he went. The next day he pretended to be surnrised. to meet Grumpy. "You must have forgotten my ad vice," he said. "I promised you that there would be a capture if you ran slowly. But it's plain that you ran too fast, or you wouldn't be 1iere." "Nonsenoe!' Grumpy Weasel shouted, flying into a passion a once.- And he often wondered, after ward, what Tatty Coon found to laugh at. IN THE BANK He cultivates politeness And makes of it an art. He says, "Nice day!" in that bright way That simply wins your heart. He's always glad to see you, You read that in his smile, Your visit there, you're soon aware, Makes life well worth hjs while. He asks about your mother And all your kith and kin. (We're speaking of the teller That takes your money in.) He's stern and stiff and haughty, He's always rushed for time, He seems to think you're on the brink Of some atocious crime. He views you with suspicion; Your soul, his searching look Goes through and through, as if he knew That you were some smooth crook. And though you look quite honest You don't resolve his doubt. (We're speaking of the teller That pays the money out.) And much the same thing happens In every other game; For you will find that human kind Is pretty much the same. They are pleasant; are the people That you give money to: But on their guard and boiled quite hard Are those who pay to you. And when we think it over, As we hand out our pelf, Or take it in, we notice, We're much that way ourself. By H, IRVING KING. Cats Sucking The Breath. There is a superstition common all over the country and believed in probably by the majority of peo ple, with at least a half belief that a cat should not be left alone with a sleeping infant "as the cat is liable to kill the child by ''sucking its breath." This is, evidently, an echo of the story of Isis and the mis fortunes which happened to infants with whom she was brought into contact during her search for the body of Osiris.' The cat was a moon-animal. Isis was the moon-goddess of the Egyp tians. The cat and Isis were inti mately associated and riiny says that the moon may fairly be con sidered "as the planet of breath" and the breath to the ancient was the life and the soul as well. Now while searching for the body of Osiris Isis came to the house of a widow who denied her admission. A scorpion crept into the house and killed the widow's child. 1 sis gave birth to Horus and left him in a swamp where she afterwards found him dead. Thoth restored him to life. A king and queen took .Isis in and set her to nurse their child. But they caught her burning away all that was mortal of the infant in order to make him immortal. Considering these unfortunate oc curences with regard to infants in the career of the moon-goddess, that the cat is her creature and that the moon is "the planet of breath" the modern superstition that cats suck the breath of sleeping infants will be seen to have ancient and legitimate pedigree. Copyright, 1921. by The McClure News, paper Syndicate. Sid I locks got off a good joke the last time he was at Tickvillc. He wanted his shoes fixed, and the shoe shop is in one coi ner .of the Weather Bureau Starts Daily Nebraska Bulletin The federal weather bureau in Omaha began publication yesterday of a corn and wheat bulletin that gives the various temperatures, con ditions of precipitation and other in formation about the weather at nu merous points throughout the state. This information is considered in valuable to farmers, grain men and automobile tourists, M. Y. Robins, meteorologist, declared. Reports of all weather conditions are wired daily to the weather bureau at Omaha from practically every city in Nebraska for the bulletin. roi.lTH'Al. Mt RIITISl'.MEVr I 01 IT1I l, Ain KKTISF.UKM' I'HOTOPI.AYS. ( NOW PLAYING meat market, and he went in and told them he wanted a round-steak half sole. In the fourth reel of the western movie at the Tickville opera house Saturday night a hard rain storm came up and swept across the des ert plains, and several in the audi ence got up and hurried out to cover up the hoods on their cars. Ellick Helwanger, who on yester day bought a pair of pants just ex actly like the ones worn by the Depity Constable, was arrested this morning for trying to impersonate an officer of the law. (Copyright, 1921, George Matthew Adams.) rmTori.A8. rtlOTOI'I.AYS. IT CAN'T BE DONE. Film regulating bills might be all right if there were any way to put sense into censorship. WE LIVE AND LEARN. We confess that until Mr. Harding came to New York to dedicate that statue we had always supposed that Bolivar was an elephant. TOO EASY. The next time the Allies permit the Germans to retire in good order they'll make 'em adopt a pay-as-you-go policy. (Copyright, 1921. by Ilia Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Do You Know the Bible? (Cover up the answers, read the ques tions and aoe If you can answer them. Then look at the answers to see if you are right.) Follow these Questions and An swers as arranged by J. WILLSON ROY 1. What was the name of the high priest who plotted againsr Jesus? 2. What was the name of King Saul's father? 3. Who was Sosthenes? 4. What was the name of Paul's first European convert? 5. Who was the father of Elisha the prophet? . 6. What was the name of the man who refused food to David s mes sengers? Answers. 1. Caiaphas. J. Kish. 3. A ruler of a synagougc in Co rinth. See Acts, xviii, 17. 4. Lydia. 5. Shaphat. t. Nabal. (Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.; Brandeis Returns From European Trip; Glad That He Is Tree' "Tell the world I'm glad I'm free" ; was the manner in which E. John i Brandeis, back from Europe yester j day, dismissed the subject of his di- vorce from his young wife, Made line, granted to her last Monday. W ith it went 400,000 in alimony and the custody of their six-months-okl daughter. "Everyone meets with unfavorable circumstances in life," he declared. The young Omaha millionaire sportsman visited England, France, Germany and Italy on his tour, and was in the Ruhr district the night the French and English crossed the border to enforce payment of the German indemnity. .JS. Now Till Sat. ll " AcAorioi o I A.H.BUnK Now Till Sat. A Dive Into Boyday Joydays rilOTOTLAYS. Jewel, Flower. Color Symbols for Today Now Playing By MILDRED MARSHALL. The jade is today's talismanic gem. nnd in Mohammedan countries, it is believed that anyone who wears a talisman formed of a flat piece ot jade, will be protected all through theii life against all forms of acci dents or runoyance. The' lapis lazuli is the natal ston for today. Like the jade, it has pro tective powers, but they are exerted for the mental welfare of those who wear this stcne. It was believed by "the arcietits to be a cur for depres sion and to drive away morbid thoughts from those born on an an niversary of this day. The luckv color for today is violet, symbolic of good judgment and high ambition The single violet is today's flower (Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) YOU WILL REMEMBER and not want to, jot get WHY De We Speak of "Taking French Leave?" For a number of years past, ex perts who make a practice of delv ing .deep into the origin of popular words and phrases,, have been haz arding explanations ,'of the reason why an informal' departure or ab sence without permission is referred to as "taking French leave." Some of the investigators 'advance the opinion that the phrase is- self-explanatory, being based upon the native polite ness of the French, who would pre fer to slip away quietly, rather than to elbow their way through a throng and thus attract attention to their leave-taking. Others claim that the word "French" in this case should be translated in its literal sense "frank" or "free" and that "French leave" is nothing more than leave which has been assumed rather than granted. But when we examine the French equivalent for the same idea, ve find the phrase "prendre conge a la. maniere Anglaise" "to take leave in the English manner" used with pre cisely the same meaning, while the , Garmans use the same form as the English and speak of "franzosis- , chctt Abschied.". In other words, 'each nation blames the custom of surreptitious flight upon its heredi tary enemy, implying that it ii a custom oi the country, while, as a matter of fact, sneaking away with out giving notice of one's departure is not a matter of geography, but one of personal inclination or shabit. Coi-)rht, IKi, Wheeler Sjni'catt, Inc.) Parents' Problems T-Trnir nr1v in their lives should parents instruct their children in re-; gard to sex matters? i When the children are as young as 4 or 5, they can be tola wncn a little brother or sister is expecteo; and the simple fact of the mother's relation to the expected baby men tioned. By the time the little girls are 10 and the little boys 9, mother and father should talk with them, telling them other simple facts in regard to sex. If in any doubt as to how to instruct the children, consult both your family physician and your minister. Not only facts,, but ideals must be conveyed. I "Come On In! The Witerf's Fine!" and so's the fun! Hie picture without a gnb-title. Also Appearing ALLA AXIOM Mnsfor 'Mind Reader and V Crvstal Gazer. Ask him the question nearest your heart. ELECTION RETURNS TONIGHT SPECIAL MIlttlGHT rERFOKMAXCE, Where It Started Hansom Cabs. Ths type 6f vehicle, having only two wheels, was invented early in the 19th century by an architect at Birmingham and Hinckley, Leices tershire, England. The cabs took their name from the name of their inventor Hansom. (Copyright, 19!1. Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) Runaway Boy's Mother III ; Father Begs Him to Return The parents of Harry Chudacoff, 17, who ran away from home Janu ary 1, are appealing to him to come home. They are Mr. and Mrs. Peter Chudacoff, 2820 Cuming street. . "Mother is ill in bed from worry. If you won't come . home, pleas? write to your mother," the father begged in a statement yesterday LAKE an THE GREATER CLAIM LARRY SEMON In Hi Latest- The Hick" Election Returns TONIGHT Special Midnight Show Ltst Time ENID BENNETT i Tonight ELECTION RETURNS Shows Today at 11, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 Special Midnight Show Election Returns I onignt Last Show Starts at 11 O'clock JOSEPH M. CH1NCK PRESENTS rf Ml The Passionflower m BP Hiding love beneath hale, the l'asslon Flower an swer at lat the call of her heart. Pathe News Comedy Silverman's Strand Orchestra IN "HIS GREATEST SACBEFICE TONIGHT ELECTION RETURNS AMCSEMENX8. Wed. and Sat. TARE Tonight welelk Mats., Wed. A Sat. No Higher mmnmm aatia BudFIsher' Vt Eft Ul I flfH Mu,ici,i vomeoy Mats. 25c So 50c JEFF AT THE RACES the kiddles . to see Mutt and Jeff alive. It will brine joy to their little hearts. I gg , 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00 Four Nights Starling Next Sunday The World's Greatest Musical Comedy. "THE SWEETHEART SHOP" i with Harry K. Morton and the original company. Tickets: 50c to $2.50. Seats tomorrow. ANY ELECTION RESULTS REPORTED WILL BE ANNOUNCED Matinee Da'.y. 2:15; Every Night. 8:13. ALBERT1NA RASCH: GENE GREENE; "MOONLIGHT;" BESSIE BROWN ING; Burke & Betty; Kitncr A Reaney Emerson & Baldwin; The Two Reck tors; Topics of the Day; Pathe News. Matinees. ISc to 50c; some 75c and $1.00. Sat. and Sun. Nights, 15c to $1.25. 3- The Craik Co. . presents a 3-act comedy by Hubert Henry . Davies. "THE MOLLUSC" WEDNESDAY, May 4, 8:30 p. m. 1716 Dodge Street. Admission 50c EMPRESS TWO SHOWS IN ONE DAN HOLT A CO., presenting "The Moonshiners;" HAYDEN, GOODWIN & ROWE, "Three Jazzmaniacsr" JEWEL. A RAYMOND, "Just Kids;" MARIE CORRELL A CO., in "An Athletic Sur prise;" Photoplay Attraction, "GOD LESS MEN," a Goldwyn Production. BASE BALL TODAY OMAHA VS. TULSA . Game Called 3:15 p. m. Box Seats at Barkalow Bros. Empress JJraste Under Personal Direction of Wilfrid Ledoux World Herald Dancing Party Tonight EEATTYS' Co-Operative Cafeterias We Appreciate Your Patrons ce. Zim'man Replies to Attack Candidate for City Commissioner answers slurring, infamous charges printed in advertisement in Omaha Newspaper Sunday. llarry L5. Zimnwtn ninkes frank, open and manful reply to an ad appearing in tiie Sunday issue of the News, emanating from the so-called Committee on Good Government. "I was astonished ujicn shown the ad in the Daily Neva at the laek. of grasp and understanding these people hare of mu nicipal problems. If the so-called Committee- on Good Govern auent would take the trouble to inform itself, I doubt if a single one of the Committee would sponsor these questions. In the first place they are silly; if asked in goo'd faith, and if used for the purpose of conveying misinformation to the voters, it is a most unfair method of attacking a political opponent, lint, inasmuch as these questions appeared in a paid advertisement in a paper of general circulation, I accept them as a public interrogation of my action officially upon these questions, and I claim the privilege of answering them according to the construction which I believe, the Committee intended the voters to place upon them. Taking 1hem in their order: Question No. 1. AVho opposed closing vicious soft drink par lors and pool halls? It is idle to suggest, even by questions, that any law-abiding citizen would oppose the closing of a bootlegging joint, or any other joint operated in violation of law. I have ever opposed law violation in any form, and the record I made in the City Council speaks for itself upon this question. The advertise ment is intended to lead the voters to believe that I possessed sole power, either to grant permits or deny them, as 1 pleased. The fact is that no permit for operating a soft drink parlor can be granted except upon a majority vote of the Council, and the record will show in nine eases out of ten the Council granted such permits, and that in the other eases a majority of the Coun cil, and in most instances Mr. Einger Avas the only Commissioner 'opposing, so that these permits were granted by Bill Ure, Ed P. Smith, Koy X. Towl, Thomas Falconer, J. Dean Itinger, Dan B. Butler and Harry Pi. Zimman. At this time about 1,000 of these licensed places are in operation, every one of them authorized to operate by the City Council. In a few instances Mr. Einger sub mitted applications which he refused to endorse. Upon these ap plications the Council ordered a hearing, and upon the evidence introduced, either granted or refused the permit, according to its judgment, t So it will bo seen that the Commissioners elected by the people three years ago were the ones who granted the permits, and I, as one of them, am willing to take the full responsibility of my actions. The same argument applies with equal or greater force to question No. 2. Not a single Commissioner favored notorious gambling houses or pool halls, and not a single Commissioner opposed closing any such places! if such there were. And the Committee -who asked this question is fully ad vised of this fact. Hence, the'purpose in asking the question is apparent. Question No. 3. Who advised citizens to shoot policemen? The Com mittee has answered that Harry B. Zimman is the man. Let me say for the benefit of the Commitee that they are either misinformed or are con summate liars. It is true that when speaking to a body of policemen, I warned them of the constitutional rights of citizens. It will be remem bered that the police at that time were invading homes of private citizens, without a warrant, or process of law; that also there were a great many gurglaries, and housebreaking being committed, and that the people gen erally feared for their lives and their property. I'nder this condition, when speaking to the police, I cautioned them, especially that part of the police known as the plain clothes men, to be careful how they entered privata homes; that a citizen could not tell a plain clothes man from a burglar; that due to the excitement of the public mind, such citizen might shoot in order to prevent what they believed an invasion of their homes, and that if anyone did so shoot, he would be acting within his constitutional right. There i3 a vast difference between warning men of a possible danger, and r.dvising citizens to shoot policemen, but the Committee wilfully overlooks this distinction. Question No. 4 in possibly the most delicate question asked by the Committee. That society must be protected asainst the plague which threatens its very existence is understood by all who have given thought to the subject. Important, however, as it is, it does not transcend the right of an individual to the liberties which are guaranteed him under the constitution. And those liberties are that he shall have the right to order -and govern his life in a way best suited to him so long as he does not interfere with the rights of others or the right of society. This social disease differs from contagious disease, such as smallpox, measles and other well known contagions, in that there is the finger of suspicion pointed . toward any one who contracts such disease, even though the party be en tirely innocent of any wrong doing. It may be contracted from the use of towels, or drinking cups in public hostelries. Assume for the sake of argument that some virtuous woman, who in an exigency, be compelled to use a public comfort station, and as a result of such use, become in fected; is it at all unreasonable to believe that she would desire to select her own physician to be treated in her home or in some place of her own selection? Would the public morals of Omaha be bettered by having such an unfortunate person dragged to the police station, subjected to humiliat ing personal examination, and under orders of the police head, sent to the Detention Home, there made an associate of drug addicts, lewd women and other perverts? The question asked is intended to convey to the voters of Omaha the impression that I favor unrestricted vice, hence I have rsed this illustration for the purpose of showing just what has been done by the usurped authority of the Health Department, and its co-ordinate branch the Police Department. I have ever fought, and will continue to fight, vice in any form, but I do favor law and order at all times, and so long as I have a voice I shall insist upon the protecting arm of the law being en tirely innocent of any wrong doing. It may be contracted from the use of places dedicated to public comfort. It may be contracted from the use of question of doubt, but what this shaft was pointed at me, because I pro tested against the action of the police, when, without color or law, they In vaded a home in the north part of the city and dragged therefrom an old woman, a grandmother, and subjected her to the greatest possible personal I indignity, and to a humiliating examination in the presence of police of ficers, and if the voters of Omaha refuse to support me because of my protest against this unwarranted action, I am willing to go down to de feat. If the people knew the facts, I am confident of the result of their actions next Tuesday. The next proposition I desire to discuss is headed "Zimman's views of a raid on an assignation house." Then follows thia comment by the com mittee: "la connection with recent raid, charges were filed, and the of ficers concerned were brought before the council for trial. Ringer, Towl. ilalconer. Ure and Mayor Smith voted to exonerate the officers Butler and .Zimman voted to exonerate the assignation houses. When told there were two young boys and girls in a room, Zimman said "Veil, what of It?" This is !at par with the other statements of the Committee. The raid referred to ;was not recent. It occu red a long time ago, and has reference to what is known as the Brown Ar. ..rtnieut case. This raid was made by Herdzina, iand his fellow officers. Mrs. Brown and her son, were conducting an apartment house. It har cned that a couple of young girls were rooming lat the apartment house, that one of the girl3 was engaged to be marrieu, that she, together with her fiance, her girl friend and gentleman acquaint ance were sitting in the room, which was their home, that the door was open and these four young people were there, as they had a right to be. Within a week after the occurrence the young lady referred to was married, and is today living happily in Omaha. Mrs. Brown, the proprietress, is conducting the same apartment house, and has not since been molested by the police. Furthermore, she was tried in court and w as discharged, as not guilty of any offense. Now then, what did the testimony before the Council show. Upon the evidence of one of the officers, who was in the raid, Herdzina was drunk, was abusive, used foul and profane language, had no warrant, ex ceeded his authority, and as a matter of fact had no more business enter ing Mrs. Brown's apartment than any intruder would have had. The ques- , tion of whether or not these police officers were guilty of exceeding their authority, and of being drunk, and of using vile and profane language, was the question which the Council passed upon. In connection herewith let me quote Mayor Smith's statements as ap pearing in Omaha Bee January 21st, 1919; also from the World-Herald oa same date: , "The Women's Detention Hospital was roundly scored by Mayor Smith and other City Commissioners." Referring to it. Mayor Smith said: "If this resolution asks that the work be continued as it has been carried on and is being carried on in the Women's Detention Hospital, then I want to record a very emphatic no to this resolution. It has been all wrong." The World-Herald quotes Mayor Smith as follows: "If that resolution says to continue the work as in the past. I want to register an emphatic 'no' right this minute." . The evidence as I have said, shows Herdzina was drunk; that he did use vile and profane language, his fellow officer testified to. and upon that testimony I refused, as did Dan B. Butler, to exonerate Herdzina for his wrong doing, and when the Committee undertakes to convey the im pression that either Mr. Butler or myself voted to exonerate an assignation house, they are publishing a deliberate lie, intending to deceive the voters for the purpose of bolstering up their weak candidates, whom they fear the voters have come to know and understand. And now just a word about my being a bachelor. That is true, and It is about the only true statement the Committee has made. I admit it is unfortunate, I had the same ambitions that every other man has that is to marry and raise a family, but I have a widowed mother, who is pust three score years and ten, who devoted her life, when I was unable to care for myself, with the most tender care and solicitude for me, and I have undertaken in a small way to repay that mother for her devotion. I live at 3019 California street, in our own home, aud I call to witness every neighbor, as to the character and conduct of roy home life. There has been no scandals, cither near or remote, and it is just possible that members of the Committee might be grateful it they could tiuthfully make the samo statement. This is my last appeal to the voters of Omaha. I want you to know the truth about every one of my official acts. I dor't claim to be perfect. 1 have made mistakes, so has every man who &s (,::. e anything, but I have tried to be right, and wherever there has icea a -;-take it has been a matter of judgment and not of conscience. AC rt. mrTlll.l,UllJJ.Ml -