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New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
Waves

Accounts of the disaster which cost
the lives of hundreds of persons in Texas
coast towns are vivid with descriptions
of the tidal wave," with its crests
"lnountain high" But scientists. who
are sticklers for accuracy, would observe,
first, that such ocean phenomena as have
just been demonstrated in the Gulf of
Mexico are not, properly speaking, tidal
waves, but storm waves, and, second.
that the description Of waves as noun
tain high is bit Of hvperbole that has
become q commonplace through long
usage.
In the exact language Of the scientific,
storm wave is no more a tidal wave
than a tornado is q cyclone 1t is true
that when storm wave happens to coin
eide with a foodtide, as was the case
with the recent Gulf storm, the results
are bound to be much more disastrous.
A storm wave travels much faster than
the storm which brings it into being.
with the result that it's effect often
begins to be felt upon a coast while the
weather there is still calm. To the
weatherwse of low lying coasts these
disturbances are onlinous warnings of
the coming danger and the necessity of
making everything snug. One of the
hnest BITS OF descriptions in American
literature is Lafcadio Hearn'; story in
A Memory OF Last lsland,' Of the for
nation OF such q storm as has lust
visited the Gulf and the sinister fore
word that came to Last Is!and' in the
pounding waves while the sun still
smiled and the air was brcathless.
Both the mounting waves and the
United States Weather Bureau gave
ample warning of this latest storm. hut
The sea IN. It's fury is inconceivablv
1eroclous, and there is little safety On
such coast except in flight The ordi
nary breakwater affords slight resist
ance IN such d storm. Stories of the
force exerted by these waves sound like
the traditional exaggerated tales of sea-
men. But there is an authentic account
OF an iron column at Bishop Rock Light
weighing three tons being hurled twenty
1eet INTO the air and lodged on the ton
OF rock; and in Bilbao Harbor in 1894
a solid block OF brcahwater wejphin~
LOO tons was toppled over. Stevenson
who invented the first instrument fo,
measuring the force of waves, reDorted
That the force with which an Atlantic
wave drives against the English coast
is as much as three tons to the square
loot. French scientists found, however,
that waves drove against the breakwater
at Cherbourg with force of throo and
oAe-half tons to the square foot.
AS to mountainous" waves Vanob,
Cornish, leading authority on oceanog-
raphy, says that in the open sea dur;no
severe storm the average height Of tho
waves is twenty feet, with maximum of
thlrty feet. In exceptional cases thew
may run as high as forty-five feet. Ac-
cordlng to the same authority. it is safe To
estimate the height of a wave as one-h.,f
the number of feet that the velocity Of
the wind is in miles.
1t Is different when the wovos r,oo+
an obstacle There are authan+;o j.,
stances OF waves on rock coasts da sb;n,r
as nigh as two hundred feet into the ain,
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
The Coming Tower
ABELARD AND HELOISE

["There are so many things I want to
talk to you about" Abelard probably said to
Heloise, "but how can I when 1 can only
think about kissing you ?"-Katharine Lane.
in the Evening MALL
Said Abelard to Heloise:
"Your tresses blowing in the breeze
Enchant my soul; your cheek allures;
l never knew such lips as yours"
Said Heloise to Abelard:
81 know that it is cruel hard,
To make you fold your yearning arms
And think of things besides my charms. =
Said Abelard to Heloise:
"Pray let's discuss the Portuguese;
Their status in the League of Nations.
Come, slip me seven osculations."
"The Fourteen Points," said Heloise,
care pure Woodrovian fallacics.''
Said Abelard: "Ten times fourteen
The points you have, O beaucoup queen!"
clay off," said Heloise, call that stuff
We HSdlu tHc SdIlle Ola CtlluS enough.
But" answered Abelard, "your lips
Put all my thoughts into eclipse"
80, Abelard," said Heloise,
"Dont take so many liberties"
30, Heloise," said Abelard,
~ do it but to show regard"
And Heloise told her chum that night
That Abelard was Awful Bright;
And-thus is drawn the cosmic plan
She loved an Intellectual Man.
GAS to what has become Of Theron Ware"
writes Il. r. w., "there is a trace but it will
soon be gone. One time was always coming
upon The House With the Green Shutters
in old bookshops, but during the past five
years I, have seen it no more Its honored
place there has been taken by sThe Damna-
tion Of Theron Ware'-IIarold Frederic wrote
it-and only few days ago l bought, as
always when l find one, Il copy, read it
hastily once more, and passed it along to
friend. Yet I find it not so frequently of
late and l shall keep, if | can, the next
copy; for soon, alas, it will perish utterly
from the earth and c. A. wifi forget even
more than the authors name"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
Merited Reservations

,from The Ctrchsaeti con,,n.rcial- -Y~,baae,
William Howard Taft's Endorsement OF
Pre- sdent Wilson'S call for conference of
all production interests conveys the quality
ing stipulation that all radicals be excluded.
which would seem to partake somewhat Of
The nature Of reservation.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
The Leaking Ship

ffro' The Wheeling intstl9erce,,
burleson sticks, with the approval OF Mr..
Wilson. Well. the ship might as we'll 90
down with all on board.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
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HE LIMITED
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we mako aood promptly ~ tho advertiser docs not.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
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The Associated Press exclusively entitled to the
ecr I'pubcatioh of all dispatches credited to It
oct otherwise credited this paper and the Local
eews OF spontaneous origin published herein
All rights Of republic alton OF all
ere also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
On the Platform,

Part of the adventure of lie in New
York is the acquisition OF unexpected
knowledge by means of lectures, and Car
negie Hall is the Mecca Of lecture. Having
been one of the lecturers, can speak from
personal experience when | say that man
who stands for the first time on the naked
desert Of that platform, looking toward
rows of white faces and white shirt-fronts
to the furthest limit Of the topmost gal
leries, feels humility creep into his soul
until he shrinks to the size of Hope Ny
Thumb, and is the smallest ioncliest thing
in the whole wide world A microbe is
monster to him, and he quaAes with terror
when he hears the first squeak Of his tiny
voice in the vast spaciousncss under that
high, vaulted roof. On that first night OF
mine | would have sold myself with white
shirt, cutf-links and quaking body FOR two
cents, if any had been fool enough to
buy me and let me off that awful ordeal.
And yet looking back on it now. know that
it was the finest hour Of my life, and q
wonderful reward for small service when
ali those people rose to greet me, and there
came up to Of that audience d spiritual
friendship so warm and generous that
felt it Ike the touch OF kindly hands about
me. and recovered from my fright. After
ward, as always happens in America. there
was procession Of people who canie onto
the platform to shake hands and say words
of thanks, that one gets into actual
touch with all kinds OF people and their
friendship becomes personal. In that way I
made thousands Of friends in America and
feel toward them All lssung gratitude be-
cause OF the generous, warmhearted splen-
did things they said they passed witli
quick hand-clasp.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
The Poverty of Life in Garfield
lrror the Garfield (N. J3 Newsl

in the life Of the Garfield service men
there will be but two moments of happi
ness. The first was the day when they re-
ceived their honorable discharge, $50 bonus
and "full pay to date" The other the
welcome home celebration given last Satur.
day afternoon by the citizens Of Garfield.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
II Remember, I Remember

Rememher, l Remember
! remember, I remember
The hats | used to buy:
When l shelled out three iron men
It almost made me cry:
Rut now it gives me little joy
in fact its worsenel
TO hear EN- murmur "Seven bucks
For hats not half so swell
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20

"Speaking OF Hun-currency postcards
Adelaide, there's a new movie or novel or
musical comedy or something called The Red
Marx DO you suppose that's what the
Boches bribed the BolsheviAi WITH"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20

ut was pointed out the other day" says
the Evening Sur's commentator on lawn
tennis, "that Williams College Tennis Asso-
citation had been among the first to actually
install coach to properly instruct the
players upon its team" AS an umpire, we
are compelled to call split intin;tive double
fault on the Evening Sun.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20

Remember adiurcs Charles Z. Hand jr
the London Daily Mail, writing of the Isle
of Wight, chat the island is entirely sur.
rounded by water" Business OF matriculat
ing for memory course.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20

Besides having been married twice before
Captain Holloway is also a veteran of the
Civil and Mexican wars-The Tribune.
NJ. or l. campaigner, We'll utter.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20

"This course says the extension teach
ing catalogue of Columbia University, of
Slavonic 111-"Fok life and customs of
the Near Eastern peoples" s"-"this course will
deal with the general mode of living the
habits, and the customs chiefly of the
Abyssinians, Afghans, Arabs, Armenians,
Baluchis, Georgians, Gypses (Tschingiane), =,
Persans, Syrians, Kurds, T'artars, Turks,
the Slavonic nationalities, and Rumanans."
The rights-or rtes-of small nations
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20
In Which Miladi Desccnds Upon Us


/ fostoisoi Donc IN Modern Adcer'isse,neuterie
.Niladi descending the escolie, slowly;
she stopped az Qaotriemc step and gave us
time to receive the Message Of the Nnutes
Iodistes Of Poris: "Opulepcc - Elcgance -
Gaiety"
She had changed her Robe dIntcy5euy OF
DrGgonfy Kumsi-humsa for simple Brcta-
9noise Blouse Dress of Pnysom Duretyn, acitA
the correct bouFante silhouette, supple
mented by Cassaquc Plsse adorned qoith e.
Triple Cocarde of Triumph in the Nelo
Daopeou Bleu. A side tunic in tho accented
ripple model of Peoch Bloom Yricosuede
completed the simple Tyotteur cSstu,ne Of
Wiiadi for the ncckpiece of tire Aristo-
cyat Of Pclt1V which she carried carelessly
arm.
In the ertrGuagantly superb chapeuu YaI-
leuS that topped Mladi's Pe1rncneut IVooc
discoucr more than q hint OF luru3>ious-
ness ond andocity Of the Old d-porld pict-
uresqueneSs of Spoin's toreadoys and eren
Of her gYpsics. AMd then fad that Impress
losob'e Paris eniapt9Ued bg the Oriental cos
t7smcs Of he, arabian visitors--has created
mUhnery of tabled Moroccan goyqeousness
Feathers' Ansong the oldest aIuremcuts Of
tem1nlnlty-drc again to the fore. ShootinG
darting, curling, sscirling; fine as hair, rich
as aigrettes, beguiling as gropepine tcnd,lls
Feathers Of bird and tocl; created uith the
same spirit Of inspired artistry - and SO
identical as to be twn masterpieces acith the
originals.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20

And just We get to Heaven, there will
probably be strike of the Wing Makers
Union. F.PA.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20

Owned and published daily hy York Tribune fnc.
T.. New York Corporation OGDEN Reid. prss!dent g.
werner rogers cc-President: Helen Rogers Reid Secre
my r. A. Snter. Treasurer Address tribune Building
asA Nassau Street. New YORK. Telephone. Beexman 5000
New-York tribune., 1919-09-20

that the maniacs, | had first taken them
to be, were signalling messages to the
curb brokers, who wore caps Of different
colors in order to be distinguished from
their fellows. Up and down the street, and
from the topmost as we'll as from the
lower stories of many buildings, saw the
grimaces and the gestures Of the window
men, and the noise and tumut in the street
became more furious. 1t was lively day
in Wall Street. and thanked God that my
fate had not led me into such life. 1t
seemed worse than war
Not really so, after all. 1t was only the
outward appearance of things that dis
tressed ones soul. Looking closer, l saw
that all these young men on the curb
seemed very CHEEKY fellows, and were en-
joying themselves much as boys IN q
Rugby "scrm." There was nothing wrong
with their nerves. There nothing
wrong with a crowd of young business men
and women with whom / sat down to
luncheon in restaurant called Robins, not
far from the Stock Exchange. These were
the working bees of the great hive which
is New York. They were in the front-lne
trenches of the struggle for existence and
men, who were always less gloomy than
the fellows at the rear in the safe back
waters of war. Business men and lady
clerks typists and secretaries, were all
mingled at the little tables where the
backs of chairs touched, and there was a
loud, incessant chatter like the noise of a
parrot house. overheard some fragments
Of conversation at the tables close to me.
Fragments
'Thcy don't seem to. be getting on with
the peace conference" said young man
with large spectacles. "Alls the little ma
tions are trying to grab a bit Of their
naighbors' ground"
II saw the cutest little hat said a girl
whose third finger was stained with red
ink.
"Have you seen that play by N1aeter-
linck?' asked elderly man so like Pres
ident Wilson's portrait that he seemed to
be the twin brother of that much discussed
man.
These people were human all through, not
at all dehumanized, after all, because they
lived maybe on the thirty-first story Of
New York skyscraper. | dare say, also, that
their work is not so strenuous as it looks
from the outside, and that they earn more
dollars week than business men and wom-
en- Of their own class in England, so that
they have more margin for the pleasures
of life, for the purchase Of "cute little
hat" even for play by Maeterynck
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-25
NATION wide STRIKE LOOMS
WOMAN CAUGHT
WEARING STOLEN
FURS IN STORE
Prisoner l9-Year-Old Wife
of Private Soldier at
Fort Crook.

1t is believed that numerous
thefts OF, furs and women's cloaks
from employees lockers in Brandcis
and Burgess-Nash stores were ex-
planned late yesterday when Special
Detectives Tagal and Finn arrested
Mrs. William Emie, alias Mrs.
Frank Harris, 1o-year-old bride OF
Private William Emie, stationed at
Fort Crook.
The woman is booked at the Cen
trail police station for petit larceny,
though more than $500 worth of
stuff was found in her possession,
according to Larry Finn, detective
at the Brandeis store.
The woman admitted taking furs
and cloaks belonging to employees
from their lockers during lunch
hours, say the detectives. They
watched for her until 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, when she was seen
coming from the locker room on
the third floor wearing a fur coat
and a hat taken from one of the
lockers.
At her home the detectives found
two women's coats, fur throw and
hat which she admitted taking
from Brandeis and Burgess-Nash
stores, the detectives say.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-25
TROTZKY LEADING
ARMY IN DEFENSE
OF RUSS CAPITAL
Premier Lenine Reported Cap
tured by Anti-B Bolshevik
Forces.

Copenhagen, Oct. 24.-Leor Trot-
zky, bolshevik minister of war and
marine, is reported to have arrived
at Petrograd to arrange for the de-
fense of the city. All available men
including veterans 20 years old, are
said to have been modified by the
bolsheviki. The Petrograd theaters
are closed and no one is permitted
on the street after 8 o'clock at night.
Bombarding Riga.
London, Oct 24.-An official mes
sage received here tonight says the
Russo German forces continued Fri i,
day to lombard Riga with light
shells. Little damage resulted.
Lenine Reported Captured.
Honolulu, Oct. 24.-Niko1ai Len
inc, bolshevik premier of Russia, has
been captured by anti-bolshevik
forces, according to a wireless mes
sage picked up by the Japanese
ship Tenyo Maru in the harbor here.
The message gave no further details
of the reported capture of Lenine.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-25
"The Velvet Hammer, New
Editorial Feature in the Bee

attractive entertaining feature Of intense local nteres
will be The Velvet Hammer series of poec cartoons we'll
known Omaha which will begin Mondays Bee and continue
daily a editorial feature of the paper,
poems taking the prominent figures
Of the social life by subjects and dealing
gently and huHorousy with their weknown characteristics fads
fan and obes The not sae and not
point displaying wit the finest wit aiming shafts that whou
sting
The author, Arthur Brooks Baker has countrywide reputation
for putting rhythmic lifting hits takeo prominent
and them with the homey and gentle philosophy
of James Whtcomb Riley.
glimpse this garden of humorous poesy revealing the
of the first of those be tapped by his Vevet Hammer
author calls his will excite anticipation only among the
city and countryside large all public characters familiar
those who read the daily prints.
The first will be William A. Rourk Omahas ball magnate
the second Superintendent John H. Bevedge of the public schools
the third Everett Buckingham and then W. F. Gurley William
Rigge, Charles Edward Black
This sufficient for the time being The poem will appear
Monday the editorial page Of The Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-25
ENGINE CRASHES
NTOCAR; KILLS
FAMILY OF SIX
Enclosed Auto Swings Over
Track in Front of Train
at Kearney. Neb.

Kearney. Neb., Oct. 24.-(Specia
Telegram.)-Six persons were in
stantly killed on the Union Pacific
crossing just west of the Odessa
depot, nine miles from this place
early Friday afternoon when train
No. 6, eastbound. travelling an hour
and a half behind schedule, struck
an enclosed Ford car which had just
swung to the south from Lincoln
highway.
The victims were tentatively iden-
tilted by letters found in the pocket
of the driver, as Charles Kimmerly,
his wife. three daughters and one
son of Spurgeon, Colo, it being as
sumed that all were members of. one
family.
The car was tossed aside by the
impact, the man, woman and boy
being found in its debris.
The three girls, all young chill
dren, were caught on the front of
the engine and their bodies carried
one-half mile. None of the bodies
were badly mutilated. <sAll were
brought to the undertaking parlors
here pending investiga ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-25
Two IoWans Badly Injured
When Train Strikes Auto

John Bouge and c. Y. Taylor, op-
Grating a live stock truck line from
Glenwood, Ia, to Omaha, we're Sc
riously injured last night at 1880
when Great Western passenger
train struck their auto on South ave-
nue., Council Bluffs. Both men live
in Villisca, Ia.
The men were taken to the Ed
mondson hospital, but were unable
to tell how the accident occurred.
Police are of the opinion the men
were racing in an attempt to cross
the track ahead of the train.
Bourge was injured about the
head and back and his injuries are
thought to be fatal. Taylor will
probably recover, physicians said.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-25
ARMED INVASION
OFCOAL CAMPS BY
MINERS, CHARGE
West Virginia Governor Say'
Men Are I alking Revo-
luton.

Charleston, w. Va, Oct. "a
From 5000 to 5000 coal miners of
the lower Cabin Creek district in
Kanawha county, w. Va, held a
conference here on the question of
organizing the Guyan Valley coal
fields in Logan county before No
vember l, the date set for the
bituminous coal strike, according
to reports from Gov. John ]. Corn
wallis Office. Many of the miners
taking part in the meeting are
armed. the governors reports indi-
Gated.
The seriousness of the situation
was revealed through messagee
from Governor Cornwell to John J.
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, in which he
charged that a second armed in
vasion of the Guyan fields was con-
templated. He charged, also, that
arms and ammunition had been dis
tributed among the miners and that
there had been talk of taking over
control of the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-25
Lever Control Act
Includes Everything
: Used in the Home


Washington, Oct. 24-(Special
Telegram. lin response to inquiries
from constituents relative to the
scope of the Lever food control act
as applied to wearing apparel and
other commodities, Congressman
Jefferies applied to the attorney
general for an opinion on the mat
ter.
He was informed that commodities
referred to would be construed to
mean any of the commodities in
daily use in the home and that the
attorney general would feel author
lied, under the act, to assume con-
troll over any commodities when
such action would seem for the best
interests of the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-25
M. P.'S AID POLICE IN
GERMAN OPERA RIOTS.

New York, Oct A-Germar
opera is aHording New York police
extended training in riot duty.
After having on several occasions
battled with crowds of angry service
men and civilians several hundred
policemen took their stations
around the Lexington theater, re.
inforced by detail of beach guards
These maritime IN. P.s" soon went
into action, arresting six sailors
who became too enthusiastic in their
denunciation of German opera.
lncipient rioting outside the house
accompanied the performance. Held
back several blocks by police lines,
the crowds "booed" managers, sing
crs, audience and police, pausing oc-
casonally to toss a milk bottle at
policeman. At one time the jeer-
ing throng became so unruly that
mounted police charged into its
ranks and drove it back.
Apparently reassured by the fact
that last nights performance had
been given in peace, opera patrons
were more numerous tonight.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-25
INTEREST LAGS
IN DEBATE ON
PEACE TREATY
Johnson and Hale Clash on
Americanism- May Vote on
Amendment Today.

Washington, Oct. "a. - After
another day of debate on the john
son amendment to the peace treaty,
senate leaders said that although
they would try to bring the proposal
to a vote Saturday, they were by no
means certain the plan woould sue
ceed. They set the time of meet
ing an hour earlier than usual in
the hope that the senate might talk
itself out before night.
During most of f-today's session the
debate dragged along without much
show Of interest, but just before ad-
journment the under current of Bit
ter feeling cropped out in a sharp
exchange between Senator Johnson,
republican, California, author of the
amendment, and Senator Hale, re-
publican, Maine, opposing it.
Hale for Reservation.
Declaring that the amendment,
which proposes in effect that in any
decision by the league of nations the
United States shall have as many
votes as Great Britain and her
colonies would not in actual opera
ton insure equality in the league,
Senator Hale had argued that better
results could be accomplished by a
reservation on the subject. He al
luded to Senator Johnson's plea yes
terday that his amendment repre-
sented the viewpoint of American
ism, and continued:
LET me say to the senator from
California that the motives Of those
opposing his proposal are every bit
as high as his motives. am just as
much opposed as he is to inequality
in the league, but I believe in meet
ing it with 4 reservation which will
remedy it, rather than with an
amendment which will not"
Johnson Raps Opposition.
Senator Johnson replied that the
opposition seemed to him to be
based on an unwillingness to 60
as far as his amendment would 60,
rather than on fear that it did
not 60 far enough. He repeated
that he considered it an embodiment
OF AmcIHdNlSIN anu duuCu tHdl DC
fore the subject was closed senators
would have an opportunity of show
ing where they stood on another
amendment which would go far
enough to suit anybody.
81 am glad" retorted Senator
Hale, ITO see the senator set up as
a test of Americanism his own
amendment, but I cannot accept
that test for myself. IF he has any
question of my patriotism, he is
welcome to it."
During the session Senator
Shields of Tennessee, a democratic
member of the foreign relations
committee, spoke for an amendment
or reservation to equalize the
league voting strength and Senator
Gronna. republican, North Dakota,
made = three-hour attack on the
treaty and the league. Tomorrow
Senator Lodge, republican leader,
will speak for the Johnson pro-
posal.