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Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
Eligible Omaha Bachelors

Comes now Thomas p. Wilson
and declares, asserts and asseverates
that he Is not an eligible bachelor.
~ admits that he is a bachelor,
bnt insists he is not eligible"
We told that he is eligible and
present his case herewith to the
Tom" is one Of the expertest
ct expert court stcnographers. He
takes down the evidence of the
\ quarfeling litigants in District Judge
Estelle's court and has been doing
that same for = considerable num-
Der of years.
sim not eligible says sTom,"
and besidea ! hold that q court
reporter has no business to Be mar
sied. Why, here ! am working
sometimes all day and half the
night. ! don't get time even to
spend my money"
Wife Would Be Useful.
Ah," we replied, 'but that is just
where wife would be useful. We
make bold to assert that 4 girl
could be found who would be will
Y ing to undertake to spend your
money as Mrs. Wilson,"
Did we speak more than the
truth, girlsl We don't think 50.
Tom" was born back in old
Pennsylvania. near Pittsburgh. He
left that smoky vicinity while still
boy and came to where the west
begins and helped run the Union
Pacific railroad as office boy.
While engaged in this occupa-
ton he decided to be court
stenographer. So he bought book,
tablet and pencil and started
ID. He learned it all by himself,
without the aid or consent of !
'business college.
Hid Hobby Is Flowers.
He lives withShis two sisters at !
zoH Capitol avenue and his hobby
y flowers He raises all kinds Of |
EN- And he has I pleasant little
'hsbita Of bringing down an armful
VI item to the court house and
distributing them among the diff |
fefent Offices. The girls put them |
II vases on their desks-and smile
on Tom"
But IL doesn't seem to pay !
much attention to the smils.
Sometimes in the summer he
t&kesA ! trip. Once he toured the
east, touching al the cities Of i'm
portance between here and Boston.
III spite 81 his assertion that his
makes man "cross and
cranky none has ever seen him in
thst condition.
He looka like mighty good
ahek' provided you think you can
manage 70 take care Of the money
spending.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
When They Wooed and Won -
- BY Edward Black =


| first in Geneses county, Michigan,
when he applied himself during the
open season to farming, and during
the winter time to acquiring . COM
mon school education. Before he
attained his majority he learned the
trade of marble cutting, and was en-
gagged in that business in Pontiac
when he acquired the habit Of driv-
ing the round trip Of 56 miles after
work on Saturday and before be-
ginning another week on Monday
morning. He met her first in Pom
tiac and then he decided -on the
horse and buggy route to the young
woman's heart. He made q lot of
young fellows jealous in New
Haven, with his high stopper and
red wheel vehicle. He observed that
several Of the New Haven youths
were pricing horses and rigs, so he
asked her if she knew where r,lin-
lister could be found. She said she
knew where a Methodist minister
lived, and they went to the preach
er's house in the red wheel buggy
and were married. He was Is years
old then. After his marriage he
went to Ann Arbor law school and
completed course, arriving in
Omaha at the age of n to take up
the practice of law.
He came to Omaha in 1883, and
has been here ever since.
When the judge wooed and won,
a horse and buggy helped matters
along quite bit; today it is fiv-
yer or six cylinder touring car.
~ believe that horse knew every
step of the road between Pontiac
and New Haven" remarked the
Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
1t Happened in a Movie Show
While Rain was Pouring Down
One Leaky Roof One Seat In the Front Row, Several
Film Fans All Go To Make One Grand and
Glorious Feeling

Wouldn't it be one Of the most
uncomfortable moments in your life,
# it had rained in the morning,
and
If in the afternoon you should
choose to 60 to a show, and
II the theater was crowded. and
there was but one seat in the fourth
row left, and
# you took this one single seat
in the-fourth row and
1t you stumble over the feet Of six
grown-up persons, and
If you discover that the heavy,
rain caused leak in the roof, and
II the water just pours down in
streams on your coat, trousers, hair,
ETC., and a.
It you are too much of gentle
man to get up and disturb the same
six grown-up people again and
stumble over the same II feet of
these six tgrown-up people
But wouldn't it be grand and
glorious feeling if the words, "The
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
Poetic Teacher Tells
|O Hardships Of School
Work Way Up In Heaven

y : .
The following poem was read BY
an Omaha school. teacher at arecent
meeting held in honor Of q retiring
principal. The teacher-poet says
she prefers to blush unseen" Su-
perintendent ]. H. Beveridge AYERS
that it is Some poem"
When earth's last youngstsr Il sfinishsd,r y
ana ais tooters are mummisd and
When sarth.s last younsstsr Il sfsuisnsd..
Ana the newest Of fsds has died n
Wen rise from the rest vs'vs bssn TAX
{. Our rest Of an aeon or two,
Ana hike ourselves all around hsaveu,
Celitng out through the infinite blue:
Caning key and Patrick and 0retchen,
Giovanni. Belinda and Paul J.
Come children. come back to your teach
Ton vsr.n't . s.l>sftsr all.
TAen under the palm trees. and laurel
Weu Aake up our old work again.
Begin on these little immortal9
And mike OF them women and men.
AnA nobody. ever shall boss us
Wen discard all pifsle and bosh.
And AL thrcush the cycles eternal
Wen teach - We please. bgosJ
q
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
touch of humanity. That is depict
ing real life, for in reality no one is.
wholly good, nor altogether bad.

touch of humanity. That is depict
ing real life, for in reality no one is
wholly good, nor altogether bad.
Woman with Past.
"Out greatest plays are usually
centered about the woman with a
past, but she possesses touch Of
the divine that eventually lifts her
cut of the mire, and it is just that
touch of divinity that reaches the
hearts of the people.
1.-THE usual vampire as portrayed
on the screen does not represent q
human being at all, and yet | realize
it is a popular type of the screen idol
Of today. But | do not believe it is
the character portrayal that attracts
the audience in this instance. ! think
it lies in the fact that the actresses
who play the vamp roles are able to
put it over by sheer force OF their
own strong personalities. BY this |
mean that in a role of q different
sort they would be just as much
idolized by the public as ever.
Il have argued with my managers
over this vamp business until | am
weary, but they merely tell me / am
and will never, never star
in the films until / take up the vam-
pire roles. So there you are. Id
rather never star than be 2 vamp.
"And tell me, please, how is any
one going to be successful ,vamp-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
Force ,of Habit

Entering each house in the block
st night and shouting: Nine o'clock
Some mistakes the discharged
soldier is likely TO make when he re-
turns home.
Marking time when held up at
street crossings.
Ducking into = manhole when an
agtemohils bsck76ru
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
Useful Information.

Three automobiles were stolen last
Sunday while their owners were in
church. Some husbands can make
use Of this fact. X
We Didn't Know She Lived Any
where.
Dear Mr.. Singer: Did you know
that Vera Green lives in Wakefield
In one Of DR.. Gregory's articles
he gives Herbert Spencer's defini-
tion Of evolution as follows:
Evolution Is the integration Of
matter and eoncomitant dissipa-
ton Of motion during which the
matter passes from an indefinite
incoherent homogeneity to
definite coherent heterogeneity,
and during which the retained m&
tion undergoes parallel trans
formation. /"
In our opinion the trouble with
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
Little Fly Upon the Wall.

Dear K. K. M.-Relative to Lit
tie Fly Upon the Walt" here's what
| consider the best version:
Little ny upon the wan.
Amt You got no shame at allf
Amt you got no Skinny shirt r.
Amt you got no pstti-skirtf
Got NO hanky for your noses
Amt you got NO clothesf
Nobody loves you, little fly,
II swat you. You will die;
Got no friends. got no pals,
You fly around town with Wild gals:
Nobody loves you. only Cod. -
r. X. NJ:
! never saw q shimmied fly.
Ineyer hope to see one,
But can tell you. anyhow,
This might be q he one.
ALBERT FRANCIS GREEN.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15

trying to cover his confusion. the hostess
called attention to 1t pointedly BY looking
down thu table and saying loudly:
well. you may be a~very clever sur
geon, but II wanted leg off ] should
not come to you to do It."
mo, madam" he replied politely, hut
then, you see, YOU are not q chicken
Stray Stories.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
and q eoterie Of policemen held /
free-for-all in the court room.

Ben S. Baker and Julius S. Cooley
met in court. Cooley's head bore
evidence Of q recent encounter with
an automobile. One eye was COW
cred with bandage.
"1s that the blind image OF justice
which behold?" asked Mr.. Baker.
"Have ! cigar, my friend, have q
cigar" was the greeting extended
BY Cooley.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
tFsa Oar HAPPY House" cores.sad.nt,

fFrvm Oar Happy House. Corrsspsndent)
OH. BoOTIFUL NATCHERl
How beautiful are \these spring
days out in the parks around Omahai
The bulbul birds have flown back
from the far north where they spent
the winter and now their happy
notes are Heard in. the parks. The
bright green plumage of the pick
aroo, the yellow Of the oshkosh, the
red Of the edpsmith. the rainbow
hues Of the danbutler and the
sombre black Of the jimdahlman are
eeen 90 they fit about in the. woods.
We saw { charliefanning building
ies peculiar nest made with paving
stones the other day. This bird and
The edpsmith are inveterate enemies.
The danbutler Is against most of the
other birds.
In the early morning the wild
wocfwoofus can be heard. calling to
its mates. Tame gooseberries can
he seen with their young. The
wongbongboo, . peculiar animal
with four legs and two eyes, is plen-
tiful. this year.
And the flowers, oh, my goodness.
how beautiful are the ,flowersl What /
i riot of color, they makel
The splendid golden pansacyn-
thias. the lovely blue and yellow
palmolivias, the jet black. sapolios.
the scarlet pumperniekeis, the |
brown cadillacs, the brightred VIM
usonias, the stately pebecos, the pure
white washburncrosbys and all the
uthef flowcr1 that gladden. the land
scapel
How they lppeal to our artistic
soul - we wander some beautiful
evening Sunday when the geejaws
twittering in the grassl
Oh, how all nature seems to sing
sing Of the glorious winter that is
coming, when each day shall be sep
arAte from every other day.
Oh, beautiful naturel Obi Oil Oh!
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
Jabletsi

Jabletsi
The most difficult person to find
out is your dentist.
Il The English language Is called the
mother tongue" because father
never gets I chance to use it.
The wages of gin is breath. &
Look out for number one, unless
you are widower. Then look out
for number two.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15

doings, who returned from another
African exploration recently and
brought this news to the world.
"Wahoo" in monkey talk is
Where are you?"
"Hahoo" in monkey talk is II am
here"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
Cenqusrs HIS shyness.

A certain surgeon, who was very young
and rather shy. was invited to dinner by
q lady. who was At least 50. but frivolous
enough for 20. She imagined herself
very clever when making rude remarks.
At dinner she asked the young surgeon
to carve fowl and. not having done 10,
before. he failed lamentabiy. Instead Of
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15

pire when one cannot smoke cisa-
rets1 And ! simply cant You see, :"
she added. laughing, Il was born anl
reared in Kansas
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
A Long Session.

"The Weekly Whirl," official or
gan OF the Omaha Rotary club, ad-
yertised the meeting of last Wed
nesday thus:
START 1915 A. III.
ADJOURN l:30 P. M. SHARP"
We hgger that at Is hours and IS
minutes, which ought to go down in
history as the longest meeting eyer
held by Rotary or any other club
IN the entire country. II seems
rather appropriate that there was 1
FIRST aid demonstration" by Scout
master Morley YoApg as ! feature
of the meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15

The Wiggle Creek school.
commencement exercises were
held on Wednesday evening,
May Il. Five were in the grad
uating class this year. A very
pleasing program was rendered.
Rev. ]. v. Bandy delivered the
class address, Rev. L. v. Slo-
cumb presenting the diplomas.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
Bpmbl6 aRdeR Rnzzziitd;js i
Twas Ever Thus.

Muller cupido quod dicit amanti
In vento ct rapida scribere opoftet
aqua. -Catuflus, :
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
Hard on Grandfather.

hard on Grandfather.
(Stromsburg Headlight)
To Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Hol-
lister, on Friday May 23rd .
~ pound boy. The mother,
father and baby are getting Z
along nicely, but the grandfath-
er has hardly survived. It is
the first time that AL Westenius
of the Headlight Office has been
able to cali himself grandfather
and he is trying awfuIly hard
to be dignifed in keeping with
his new responsibility.
Sec Eddie Black.
City Commissioner Zimman is S
feet 7W inches in height, which is
Just one-eighth of an inch less than
the minimum height required to get
On the police force.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-18
PRESIDENT WILSON
HOME FROM FRANCE
ARRIVES AT NEW YORK AFTER
UNEVENTFUL VOYAGE - Is
cHEERED BY THRONES.

New York. - President Wilson re-
turned to the United States, and in
his first speech delivered on Ameri-
can soil since the peace treaty was
signed, declared that the peace con
Guided at Paris was "a just peace,
which, if it can be preserved, will
safeguard the world from unneces-
sary bloodshed."
The only reference the president
made to his political opponents was
made when in referring to the nego-
tiations at Paris he said:
IL am afraid some people, some
persons, do not understand that Wis
ion. They do not see it. They have
looked too much upon the ground.
They have thought too much of the
interests that were near them and
they have not listened to the voice
of their neighbors. l have never had
a moments doubt as to where the
heart and purpose of this people lay"
The army transport George WASH
ington, on which he sailed from
Brest, was escorted up the bay by the
battleship Pennsylvania and more
than a score of destroyers and small
er naval craft On the New Jersey
shore were massed 10000 school chill
dren who welcomed the president
with the strains of the national an
them. Through the lines of children,
all dressed in white, the president
passed to the ferry which carried him
to the Manhattan side Of the river.
He arrived in New York. where he
was greeted by the official Reception
Committee, headed by Governor
Smith and Mayor HylaI. From the
ferry terminal to Carnegie Hall, a
distance Of about three miles, the
presidential party passed through
streets lined with cheering thous-
ands of men, women and children,
who thronged the sidewalks and fill
ed every available window and roof
top.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-18
AGAINST ZONE BIG UNION"
Canadian Labor Organization Goes on
Record as Also Opposing General
Sympathetic Strike.

definite stand in the fight of labor
organizations affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor against the
One Big Union movement has been
taken by the Federated Council of the
Brotherhood of Railway and Steam
ship Clerks, Freight Handlers and Ex-
press and Station Employees. This or
ganization took part in strike about
two months ago and its troubles were
amicably settled by the Canadian Rail-
way Board of Adjustment. The lead
ers of the organization declare that
they are directly opposed to the gen.
eral sympathetic strike and the one
Big Union as demanded by western
radicals and that they can be counted
upon not to enter into any general
strike of railway workers which may
be called.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-18
WAR EXPENSES OF
U. s. S3O,I77,OOO,
SECRETARY GLASS ESTIMATES
COST OF WAR TO JUNE 80
OF THIS YEAR.

Washington. The war cost the
United States S30,177 100000 up to
June 30 1919. Secretary Glass made
this estimate in submitting to the
Congressional Appropriations Com
mittee the preliminary statements OF
the treasury on the condition of the
nations finances. He arrived at the
estimate by subtracting the average
peace-time expenses for the same
length of time, at the rate OF ST.
100000 annually from the totai
expenditures $32,427, 100000 during
the war.
Taxes and other revenues than Dor
rowed money took care of $9,3S4,-
600 900, or about 29 per cent Of the
war cost. The remainder came from
Liberty bond and Victory note Is
sues and saving stamps.
Further issues of bonds, Mr. Glass
said, will not be necessary before
the maturity or redemption of the Vic
tory notes." which have four years to
run. While it is impossible to es-
innate the expenses to be incurred
during the present fiscal year, the
secretary is confident that treasury
certificates, supplemented by short
term notes, will provide the neces-
sary funds to pay the governments
debts.
ST need scarcely to say" the sec
rotary added. shat the realization of
these sanguine expectations is CON
tingent upon the practice Of the most
rigid economy by the government
and the continuance Of ample reve-
nues from taxation. Such a course,
accompanied by the practice Of sober
economy and wise investment by our
people, and strict avoidance of waste
and speculation, will make it possible
for the American people to respond
to the demands to be made upon
them privately for capital and credit
by the nations of Europe
which are reinforced by the strong
est and most vital ties of sympathy
for the allies, who fought and won
the war with us-as well as by the
most obvious dictates Of self inter.
est"
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-18
WIN RIGHT TO
HOLD MEETINGS
LABOR Leaders Score Victory
user Municipal Officials Of
McKeesport.
TO HOLD SESSIONS IN HALLS
a., Seen Alleged That the Author.
''es Threatened Organizers with
arrest 1t They Persisted in
Indoor Meetings.

Inc American Federation of rohor
VIII, De permitted to hold meetings in
mans In McKeesport, (Pa.) in its Of.
lorts 10 organize iron and steel worL.
ers OF that section. Mayor Lysle in
formed A. F. of L. Representative
"hiie a federation committee was in
session with the mayor meeting nm.
uer the direction of federation organ
lzers was in progress on street cor
ner In McKeesport.
The question of indoor meetings
mas been before the public several
months, labor leaders charging that
city officials were threatening them
with arrest. William z. Foster. score
tary OF the federation's national COM
mittee, heralded the mayors decision
as victory for the American Fedora
tion OF Labor's fight to "re-establish
the right OF free speech and free as
semoly" In MeKeesport and other
western Pennsylvania industrial towns.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-18
PACKERS ACCUSED
OF MEAT CONTROL
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
SAYS big FIVE" WILL SOON
CONTROL ALL COMMODITIES.
THREATEN ENTIRE MARKET
Packers Alleged To Control 762 Com
panies and They Produce and Deal
in 725 Commodities, Most of
Which Are Food Products.

Washington. An approaching
packer domination of all importan:
food in the United States and an in
ternational control of meat products
with foreign companies seems a GER
tainty unless fundamental action IS
taken to prevent it, the federal trade
commission declared in part one Of
its report to President Wilson on the
extent and growth of power of the
five packers in meat and other indus
tries"
"a fair consideration of the course
the five packers have followed, the
position they have already reached"
said the report, must lead to the con-
clusion that they threaten the free
dom of the market Of the country's
food Industries and of the by-products
linked Herewith. The meat packer
control of other foods will not require
long in developing"
Declaring "the history OF the pack
ers' growth is interviewer with Illegal
combinations, rebates and with undis'
closed control of corporations" the
report urges the Importance of full
publicity of corporate ownership fol
all industries.
Alleging that the "big Ave" pack
ers-Swift G Co.. Armour & Co., Will
son & Co., Morris & Co. and the Cud
ahy COMPATIBILITY or separately
WELD controlling interest in STA com
panies, minority interest in IS others
and undetermined interest in 93-a
total of 1852 companies that they
produce CO deal in some IT'S commod
tiles, largely food products, the re
port gives this picture of growing
packer invasion into related and un
related industries.
SIN addition to meat foods, they
produce or deal in such divers com
modities as fresh tomatoes, and ban
jo strings, leather and cotton seed oil
breakfast foods, win f1Z, curled hair
pepsin and washing powders.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-18
STATE OFFICIALS WILL AID
Committee Named to Bring About
Closest Cooperation in Construc-
ton of Highways.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
To bring about the most effective
cooperation between the federal and
state governments in the big program
of highway construction now under
way, A. R. Hirst, president of the
American Association of State High
wau Officials, has named, at the re-
quest of the secretary of agriculture.
q committee to act with the depart
ment of agriculture's bureau of public
roads in carrying into effect the fed
eral aid road act and its amendments.
Following are the state representa-
lives selected by Mr.. Hirst:
George P. Coleman, state highway
commissioner of Virginia; s. K. Bradt,
state superintendent of highways OF
Illinois; Charles J. Bennett, state
highway commissioner of Connecti-
cut; W. s. Keller, state highway en-
gineer of Alabama, and Ira r. Brown
ing, state road engineer of Utah.
Stimulated by recent liberal amend
ments and added appropriations to the
original federal aid road act, road
building plans in the states have re-
ceived tremendous impetus. Many of
the states have provided by large
bond issues and otherwise, amounts
much larger than viii be required to
match the federal appropriations.
Up to May of this year, LOST prof.
ect statements for federal aid roads
had been approved by the secretary of
agriculture. They involve the improve
ment of 10,580 miles of roads at an
estimated cost of 500, 1888, 1M.81, OF
which the federal aid requested was
$50. 576, S57.48. The amount of federal
funds available on March / for road
building was more than $72,9O0,OOO,
which, under the law must be match
ed by an equal amount from the
states, making total of $145, 800,O 600,
which includes approximately $780,
600 from federal and state sources for
roads in the national forests. Funds
that will become available on July /.
with equal contributions from the
states, will provide an additional $685.
100000 for federal road work, max
ing an aggregate sum Of $343. 800, OO0
available for the calendar year. 1t is
expected, however, that the states win
defer taking up part of the available
funds until 1920.
War conditions, which almost imme-
diately followed the passage of the
first federal aid act in July. 1915.
brought scarcity Of labor. materials
and transportation, and restricted
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-18
Austrian treaty pelaxed.

Paris. - Presentation of the COM
pIeted peace treaty to the Austrian
delegates will suffer few days de-
lay, as the drafting Of the document
has not yet been finished, La Liberte
says. The clauses concerning Italy
remain to be inserted in the treaty.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-18
samuel eomp.rs Sails For Holland.

New York. Samuel Gompers,
president of the American federation
of Labor, was among the passengers
on board the Mauretania. He will
represent the American labor organi-
cations at an international congress
of the trade unions at Amsterdam,
Holland.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-18
unfurl Abbyssinian Flag.

Washington. - The flag of Abys-
sinia, one of the worlds Oldest gov
ernments, with history dating back
to the days Of the queen OF SheDa,
was unfurled in Washington on the
arrival of delegation from that ns-
ton.