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Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
Of DRY
MEASURE URGED
BY PRESIDENT
Continued From Page One.)

house marine committee, proposing
inquiry into operations of the ship
ping board and emergency fleet cor
poration. Representative Welty of
Ohio asked for an investigation by
a nonpartisan committee on "irreg-
ular and unla wfuls expenditures"
OF the recommendations in the
presidents message, those for re-
turn to private ownership of rail-
roads and wires and repeal of war
time prohibition against beer and
wines drew most comment from
congressional leaders. 1t was agreed
that legislation dealing with the
public utilities virtually is assured at
the present session. Leaders also
were interested in the presidents
statement that if he was familiar
with administrative questions affect
ing telegraph and telephone systems
he could name the exact date for
their return also"
In proposing the beer and wine
repeal measure, the president said
that Rehabilitation of the military
forces has proceeded to such
noint that it seems to me entirely
safe now to remove the ban upon
manufacture and sale of wines and
beers" Legislation is necessary to
remove the prohibition provisions,
the president said he had been in
formed by his legal advisers.
Senator Sheppard of Texas, dem
ocrat and Representative Randall of
California, prohibitionist, champions
of the wartime dry" law. and 9TH
er prohibition advocates issued
statements announcing determined
opposition to repeal legislation.
They declared a large majority of
congress favors prohibition and pre-
d;cted the repeal measure would
not be enacted. Some republican
leaders charged the president with
shifting responsibility to the repub-
lican congress, and said that all he
would gain would be criticism of
prbhibitionists.
Republicans of the house ways
ard means committee plan to meet
before the end of the week to con-
slider tariff and other revenue legis7
lation. Some republican members
said that hearings of business men
should decide whether there should
te tariff revision, while some said
general revision was impossible be-
cause of the unsettled condition of
world affairs.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
D Divorce i e
CO u r t S

AFTER 20 years or married lWe,
Marie Sedlacek asked the district
court for divorce from Frank Sed-
lacek and for an injunction to keep
him from molesting her. They were
married in 1898 and had 10 children,
of whom FIVE are living. She asks the
custody of the minor children and
for alimony.
Gladys Gown asserts in her pc
tition for divorce filed in district
court that her husband, Walter, as
saulted, her on the street last Satur-
day. She says he has often cursed
her and has threatened to cut her
throat with a razor. She asks for a
restraining order to keep him from
molesting her.
Mary F. Fletcher asked the dis
trict court for divorce from Carl
Leroy Fletcher, alleging that he
quarreled with her, found fault with
her and failed to support her. They
have lived apart from each other
since July, 1916.
Augusta Mick charges that her
husband William Mick, cursed her
constantly and made her life miser-
able and constantly quarreled with
her; also that he struck her three
times. While she was ill., she alleges,
he paid attention to other women.
Finally, after he had ordered her to
get out" she saws she left him on
April l9. She asks the district court
for a divorce and the reservation of
her maiden name, Barch.
A divorce was granted to Daniel
A. Smith by Judge Troupi sitting in
divorce court. The five children were
given to the custody of Mrs. Smith
without provision for alimony. The
couple married in 1889. He charged
in his petition that she refused to
live with him.
Mayme Scutt declares in a peti-
ton for divorce filed in district
court that her husband, Arthur
Scutt, is a man of wealth with per-
sonal property and real estate in Ne
braska and other states but that he
has refused to support her. They
were married in Lincoln, October
"a, 1918, and moved to Omaha inn
mediately after the marriage. She
asks for alimony.
Charles F. Harland says in a pc
tition for divorce filed in district
court, that his wife, Elizabeth, re-
fused to conduct herself in a manner
becoming a wife, that she avoided
his presence, ragged him and made
his life unbearable. They were mar
ried in Camden, N. j., in 1908.
Martha Platt was granted di-
vorce and $500 alimony from
Wheeler Plat by Judge Troup, sit
ting in divorce court. Judge Troup
also gave divorce DEGREES to Ruth
Ross from George Ross with custo-
DIV of their child and SIS month
alimony; to Helen Watson from
Roy Watson; and to William F.
Henning from Pearl Henning. Mr..
Henning charged that his wife de-
serted him in 1915, taking their son
with her. The child was left in Gus
tody of Mrs. Henning.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
Threaten State Witness.

Seattle, Wash, May 20-While
waiting for street car last night,
Mrs. Rilla Strand, former member
Of the Industrial Workers of the
World, and a states witness in one
Of the criminal anarchy cases grow
ing out Of the recent general strike
here, the first of which went on trial
today, was handed a letter by a
strange man who quickly disappear
ed. The letter read according to the
police follows:
"This is what you will get if you
testify against the I. w. W."
Enclosed in the letter the police
said, was a bullet. Mrs. Strand re-
ported the matter to the police who
were said to be searching for the
man who gave her the letter.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
Warns Future Flyers.
President Urges Repeal of
Soda Water and Candy Tax

Washington, May 20. - Among
special war taxes which the presi-
dent in his message to congress sug-
gested should be eliminated are
those on soda water and so-called
luxuries, such as expensive articles
of clothing and personal equipment;
on proprietary medicinal and toilet
preparations; and on such manufac-
turers products as automobile trucks
and accessories, pianos, sporting
goods, candy. cameras, electric fans,
thermos bottles and motor boats.
Taxes on most of these articles
went into effect May l and the col
lection of them, involving innumera-
Bile cases of making small change,
has caused much complaint from re-
tailers and purchasers.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
Opening Of New Branch
OF Revenue Service to
Create Many POSITIONS

The opening of a new branch of
service in the internal revenue de-
partment which will furnish large
number of positions for both men
and women, was announced Tues
day by Chief Revenue Agent Gillin.
A special examination will be given
by the United States civil service
commission for applicants, who will
serve as estate tax auditors and
examiners. Following a preliminary
examination Today course of in
struction with pay will be given.
Another examination embracing the
subjects covered by the course will
then be held. Successful applicants
will then be turned over to the in
ternal revenue department and as
signed to duty.
Salaries ranging from $1,000 to
$4,000 will be paid.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
Marine Company Directors
Approve Sale of Ships

New York. May 2O.-The pro-
posed sale to a British syndicate of
the British owned ships and assets.
of the International Mercantile Ma
rine company-a transaction involv-
ing five British companies and
100000 tons of shipping valued at
approximately $135, 000,000-was ap-
proved today by the board of direc-
tors and finance committee of the
company. A stockholders meeting
to vote on the appropriation was
called for June 10.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
Mayor Recommends Memorial
Service for Omaha's Heroes

Mayor Smith recommended to
the city council that a memorial
service, which was deferred last
winter on account of the influenza
situation, shall be held in the Audi
torium on a Sunday afternoon in
the near future.
The original plan was to hold the
service in the city hall where all
honor roll of Omaha's dead heroes
has been placed.
The mayor was appointed as head
of committee to arrange the de-
tails of the service.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21

For dinner dances-beauti-
full dresses of plain and
beaded Georgettes.
Interesting modes, which are
certain to meet with the ap-
proval of we'll dressed
women.
Sport suits and dresses for
afternoon wear developed in
tricollette, peblette, pongee,
and satin.
You Are Lnuited to Inspect
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
Women Caught in Raid.

Following an order by Chief Of
Police Eberstein at E o'clock Tues
day night to rid the city of vagrants
and prostitutes, the morals squad
under Sergeant Vanous raided the
home of Pearl Stokes. Eleventh and
Davenport streets. Three inmates
were arrested besides the keeper
In police court this morning, Pearl
Stokes and Laura Douglas were
given 80 days in Jail. Mamie Turner
and Marie Lambert were fined $40
and costs.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
To Investigate War Contracts

Washington, May 20.-Investiga-
ton by nonpartisan committee Of
irregular and unlawful" expendi-
lures during the prosecution of the
war is asked in a resolution intro
duced in the house today by Repre-
sentative Welty, democrat of Ohio.
The resolution charges that some
contractors receiving cost-plus con-
tracts "wilfully, deliberately and
criminally" increased the cost of
production so as to obtain larger
profits"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21

Interesting sport skirts and
blouses of striking design,
contribute a touch of color to
summer wear.
The favorite wrap is the cape,
though for motoring, service
able coats are correct and
comfortable.
The sweaters of silk and fibre
are styled along very new lines,
while the colors are legion.
This Shouting Wednesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-21
Council Reconsiders Action
In DiSmiSSjnu Policeman

The city council yesterday voted to
reconsider its action of Monday, in
dismissing Patrolman George Goss
from the police department. Mr..
Goss' attorney appeared before the
council and explained that he had
forgotten that the hearing had been
set for Monday morning.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-31
AND SCHOOLS

1t may not be pleasant, but it probably will be interesting
to some Of the citizens, especially the owners of small homes,
to know that by the time the legislature adjourns and the city
commission completes its budget they will be confronted with
a tax rate in the neighborhood of four dollars on the hundred.
With demands upon the individual purse greater than ever
before, this is a good time for the authorities to take some
thought of economy in the conduct Of the city government.
The river terminals, the auditorium, the increased pay for
teachers, pensions for fremen and policemen, additional facilities
for schools, all are commendable, but they will cost a great deal
of money.
One of the important items for consideration is the con-
the public schools. The cost would be in the neighborhood of
$4,000. 1t lis for the people to say if they wish to assume this
burden. We believe that it would be money well spent and
that it is an item too long neglected.
The city has grown and schools that were built with the
idea that they would accommodate the pupils for many years to
come are nearly all overcrowded, This is not a reflection upon
the city, but to its credit, provided it makes provision for the
increasing demands.
1t is unfortunate that permanent facilities were not made
Tor the accommodation Of the pupils as the demand increased,
instead OF constructing temporary buildings and renting old and
abandoned residences in the neghborhood of the schools. Had
this been done the cost would have been gradual and the peo-
pie would have been spared the sensation of having the city
advertised as being indifferent to the health and education Of
the children.
As a matter of fact, the conditions have existed for a number
of years because of the false idea that the city was saving some
thing by postponing that which would ultimately have to be
done. 1t is perfectly apparent that the remedy cannot be neg
lected any longer, and this should be given consideration over
every other matter in the expenditure of the city's funds. There
are plenty other opportunities for retrenchment without penal
izng the school children.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-31
DR.. q. A. MORGAN

The trustees of the University of Tennessee will shortly be
called upon to select a successor to the late president, DR.. Brown
Ayres.
No man in Tennessee is better qualified for the place than
pr, H. A. Morgan, dean of the agricultural department. He
has taken the leading part in awakening the people of the state
to Me need Of diversified farming, stock raising and other things
thatNnake for contentment in country life, He has rendered the
stateNa splendid service, and his energy and patience have been
an Inspiration to those with whom he has come in contact,
The state university is primarily interested in the line Of
work that DR.. Morgan has been engaged in since he has been
in the faculty. He knows the state from one end to the other.
He knows its needs as no other educator knows them, and he
has a genuine and an abiding interest in the state that would
mean a great deal toward insuring his continued success in an
enlarged field Of usefulness.
Dr.. Morgan has repeatedly declined to accept positions in
other states that have offered him larger salary than he is now
receiving. He felt that he had a mission in Tennessee, and he
remained to fulfill it. We hope the trustees have as much appre-
citation as the people generally have of DR.. Morgan's splendid
work, and, if so, he will be made president of the university.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-31
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
CAN A WOMAN COME BACK?

A man who Is thinking Of marrying
a woman who has had a dark episode
in her'past life asks me two questions.
The first is: Can | trust this woman
The second Is "Will i be happy with
her II l marry herr"
The answer to the first question Is
that 1t depends altogether or the kind
OF woman she Is. The old theory that
a woman never reforms and can never
come back is utterly falls, There are
no women In the world who run so
straight forever afterward az those who
have stumbled off the straight II mar
row path, who have repented their mis-
step with bitterness and tears and have
fought their way back into the right
road again.
Not every woman who sins Is at heart
a sinner, Perhaps the great majority
of girls who go wrong are betrayed into
taking the fatal step through what is
really the best and most generous In
their natures, They loved not wisely
but too well, They gave without count
ing the cost. They lacked the hardness
to bargain with life.
So for n few soft words and lying
promises, they threw away their birth
right, and when they realized what they
had done they paid the price OF their
folly in an agony Of remorse and such
tears as washed their souls white.
No danger of a m like this fall
ing INTO the pit again, She has walked
across the burning plowshares and she
will carry their sears on her feet to
her dying day, There is no allure for
her In the so-called gay life" She
knows 1t for what It Is, the dreariest
and the saddest thing on earth, a Geth-
semane of weeping and wailing for
women.
No chance OF her being tempted again
by any man. She has eaten Of the fruit
nf tho tTan nf EnnNNln1Ra and tho hitter
taste Of Its dead sea apples will be on
her lips when she dies.
She has known what 1t was to feel
herself an outcaSt; to sec women draw
their skirts away from , her In the
streets; to have men free TO offer her
any insult, to be a waif without home,
friends or social position, and II by any
good fortune she wins back to a place
In the SUI she holds on TO 1t with a
realization Of Its worth and "A passion
| OF gratitude that tho woman who has
| always been respectable, n has had
a home and position, can never know.
or course there are women who are
Magdalenes by nature as well as wont
en- who become Magdalenes through
some malign chance Of fate, There are
women whose every instinct is gross
and sensual. These never reform be-
cause they do not want to, They are
never TO be trusted, but a man must
be a poor judge Of human nature, in
deed, who can not distinguish between
such as these and the woman whose
eyes are on the stars even II her skirts
have the stain OF the gutter UPON them,
That the woman who has strayed
afield can come back is amply proven
by the fact that there are thousands
OF such women living noble lives, atom
ing by their good deeds for the error
Of their youth, and they arc loved and
respected In the communities in which
they dwell.
Whether a man will he happy witt
such a woman II no married her depends
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-31
The Big Gun Speaks

(By Lieut.. Grantland Rice, Third Army, A. E. FL
The colonel says he doesn't know just what he will do
Now the war is over and the bloody job is through;
He may duck the army, picking out a farm,
Living where the clover grows far away from harm:
He may be a broker, where the yens abound,
Or pick out an easy chair and merely sit around;
But where the shells are ruSting and the powders growing see,
Tell me what the bally hell I'll do for a career!
The captain says he doesn't know what his job will be
When he strips the khaki off and sails across the sea;
He may practice law again, or, perhaps, he may
Write a book about the war or kick in with a play;
But my throat is rusty, and my voice Is still;
no longer rise and roar behind some wooded hill;
From my caisson parted, stared at by the mob,
Tell me how the bloody hell I'll get another job?
The gunner says he doesn't know where he'll 60 to work.
He may also buy a farm, or become a clerk; '
He may take 1t easy for a month or so,
Till the grocer comes around and tags him for the dough;
But my spade is battered, badly out of gear,
And my sights been lifted for a souveneer;
With my bosses busy, tell me, If you may,
How the hell I'll ever pass the tagging time away?
Once was the Only Nose-once l ruled the game;
Once had a bite of steel, with a tongue of flame;
Once the minute that spoke with a voice of wrath
Huns returned to hell again or scattered from my path:
I was master of the trench, king of the corral;
Once the ~doughboy looked to me as his greatest pal:
Now that peace has come again to a weary world,
what the hell Is left for me, where the flags are furled?
l who cleared the pathway out for the dawn's advance:
/ who broke the German line, down the fields of France:
| who fed them gas and shell, hell and flame and smoke.
l who left a bloody smear every time I spoke;
| who tore the earth apart, by crimson night and day:
| who wiped the forests out within my right Of way:
who left the cities flat, flatter than the dew
What is my reward to be-now the job is through?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-31
HELP THE CAUSE

A campaign starts Tuesday to raise $4,000 for the Ti-
State Hospital School for Crippled Children, an institution on
Lamar boulevard, west of the Parkway. The people of Memphis
and the three states should be better acquainted with this school
and hospital, and the splendid work it has under contemplation.
The splendid women Of Memphis who as usual get behind
and put over very nearly every worthy enterprise are behind
this movement.
There is little need to say anything about the work of the
place because the name is fairly descriptive. 1t is a hospital
and a school combined. 1t will be open to the crippled. children
Of three states, and any child is eligible so long as there are
accommodations. Eminent physicians of the city will give their
services to the hospital. Leading specialists will give their atten-
ton without charge to the detectives, and, if possible, every one
will be made whole, able to go into the world and earn a lv-
ing without the handicap of physical afflicton.
And while the little fellows are receiving treatment thew
VIII have an opportunity to get an education. Capable teachers
mental training to make up the deficiency in physical strength.
We believe the people of Memphis and Of the adjacent territory
will be glad to help so worthy an enterprise in a substantial way.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-31

upon the and upon how big mind
ed and generous he Is.
Very few men measure up to this
standard and this makes such mar
riages, as a general thing. a disastrous
experiment h a brings happiness to
neither party.
For, after all. most of us are the
slaves OF convention and lack the
strength of mind to decide things for
ourselves: Convention has taught
women that II Is the proper thing for
them to be forgiving and to wipe off
the slate for the men they marry on
their wedding day and let them begin
a fresh account. But convention has
taught men to be u~nforgiving to women
and to hold up the score Of their pasts
against them.
Therefore a man remembers his
wlfe's sins against her, no matter how
far In the past they have been, nor
how she has repented them, nor lived
them down, and he holds these over
her head, a sword Of Damocles Of whose
falling she lives in perpetual dread.
l. Perhaps, now and then, a man Is TO
be found great-souled enough to really
forgive a woman who has had a murky
past, but such men are as rare as hens
teeth me average a no matter
what sort of a life he has lived, nor
how. wide the field Of wild oats that
he has sown, demands that his wife
shall be like Caesars, above reproach.
lie expects the woman he marries to
accept him as he is, without question,
and to be satisfied and happy II he is
true to her and lives a blameless life
In the present,
But his jealousy can not endure the
thought that there have been other
men in her life and other kisses on her
lips. Nor can his pride endure the sus-
picton that people gossip Of her be-
hind his back and wonder that he
should have picked her out.
The man who marries A reformed
woman nearly always gets a wife who
Is rigid in propriety, and who worships
him with a passion Of gratitude. But
the woman gets a husband who is for
ever suspicious of her, and ashamed of
her In his soul, and who is apt to re-
proach her with her past in moments
OF anger.
Therefore such marriages are seldom
happy.
Copyright, 1919. by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, lnc)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-31
HARD LINE AHEAD.

THE Germans for the next genera
ton said Mrs, Edith Wharton at a Y.
M. c. A. tea in Paris, are going to be
pariahs. Wherever they go they're 60
ing to be abused. And It will be USE
less for them to complain.
"A German diplomat spent the sum :
mer at st. Moritz, in the Swiss Enga-
dine, One morning beside the lake he
stopped to talk to some neutral ladies,
and a little girl, who was in the party
whispered something to her mamma.
The German, smiling and twisting
his kaiser-like mustache, said, jesting-
ly, to the little girl:
Its rude to whisper
She looked him straight in the eye
and answered coldly:
But it would have been ruder still
to say it out loud"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-31
SAFE PLAN.

1t was the first week that the
Jinkses, who had fallen heir to consid-
cradle property, had been in their new
home. Mrs. links was giving a dinner
party with the fond hope that nom
this occasion she would be fairly
launched in society.
Lena" said Mrs. links to her new
cook, BE sure to mash the peas thor
oughly tonight"
what ma'am!" exclaimed the
amazed cook. Mash the peas?"
Yes, that Is what l said, Lena the
peas" replied the mistress. ut makes
Mr., links nervous at dinner to have
them roll off his knife"