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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03

Transvaal colony and presented to
Edward VII. 1t was cut by AmSter-
dam experts and the largest gem
fash 'oned from it weighs Sl6h car
ats and the next largest 800 3-l6
caratS. These two gems. remain the
largest cut Jewels in existence. Two
other pieces of the Culhnan made
gems Of 90 and 81 carats. From the
remainder of the great stone, l0l
briliants were cut which ran from
Is TO 4 carats.
Blue-Whites Most Valuable.
The cablegrams speak of the new
diamond as a. blue white" 1t
must not, however, be thought
blue. "Blue-white" is a trade term
that means a white diamond with
blush glints. Blue-whte diamonds
are rated the most valuable of dia-
monds, though some connoisseurs
prefer the pure white or snow-white
stones. The Jagersfontein mine is
famous for its blue-white gems and
its average quality of stones is
higher than that of any other mine
in South Africa.
The Hope diamond is the largest
blue diamond ever found When
Louis XIV bought it in the 18th
century, it weighed 6711 carats. 1t
was stolen during the French revo-
luton from the Garde Meuble in
Paris and the thieves cut it down
to 44I4 carats. 1t was recovered in
1880 in London and is now owned
by Mrs. Edward B. Mclean, widow
of the late owner of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, who is said to have paid
100000 for it. 1t has been con-
sidered a gem of i'll omen and has
been associated through several
centuries with many tragedies. 1t is
supposed to bring disaster to all
who own or wear it. Lady Francis
Hope who was May Yohe of the
stage wore it when she eloped with
Putnam Bradlee Strong of New
York. The latest report from May
Yohe is that she is scrubbing floors
in Tacoma.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
South Side
Finds Car at Station When
CALLING to Report Theft

The telephone at the South Side
police station rang furiously. Desk
Sergeant Mccarthy answered.
"This is A. E. Noe, 1921
South Twenty-ffth street." declared
an excited voice. "My car has been
stolenp
What kind of a car is it," in
CURED the officer.
ITS Buick" the excited owner
replied.
''Well, we have a stolen Buick
here that was just brought in. Come
down and see if it's yours"
Z Mr.. Noe rushed to the police sta
ton and identified his car. 1t had
been recovered by Officer Quinn al
Forty-sixth and Q streets, and
brought to the station before the
owner knew it was stolen. The in
cident occurred Saturday night.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
Battleship Brings Troops.

Newport News, Feb. 1.-THE bat
tleship New Jersey arrived here to-
day from Brest with more than
1000 troops, comprising the One
Hundred and Sixth sanitary train,
Four Hundred and Eightieth and
-Four Hundred and Eighty-frst aero
squadrons, First and Second railway
ordnance repair companies and
Eleventh battalion of the Twentieth
engineers. Most of the men will be
sent to Camp Meade, Maryland, for
rehabilitation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
HUGE DIAMOND
FOUND IN SOUTH
AFRICAN MINE
WEIGHS 388 IA Carats in
Rough; Comes From layers
fOntein Mine, Famed for
Quality Of Stones.

Chicago, Feb. 2-The new blue
white diamonds of 1884 carats re-
Gently discovered in the Jagersfon-
tein mine in South Africa, will take
rank among the large diamonds of
history. Only few stones of great
er size have been found outside Of
South Africa, but a number have
been found there that were much
larger. The Excelsior, which weigh
ed 97lM carats in the rough was
also taken from the Jagersfontein
mine. 1t was cut into ten gems, the
largest of which was 68 carats and
the smallest IS carats.
What the new diamond will weigh
when cut is still a problem. Da-
monds lose about 90 per cent Of
their weight in the cutting and pol
ishing process. If the new diamond
is cut into a single gem, it will
weigh perhaps 230 carats. Only a
few cut gems in existence weigh
more than that. But it may have
certain flaws or may be of such
shape that it will be impossible to
make it into a single gem and it
may be necessary to cut it up into
several jewels.
Cullinan Is Largest. ~
The Excelsior was the largest dia-
mond ever found uutil the Cullinan
was taken from the Premier mine
of South Africa in 1905. The Guilt
nan is by far the largest diamond
ever discovered. 1t weighed 3,025M
carats and measured 4 by 2H by ~
inches. 1t was three times larger
than the Excelsior and four times
larger than the Great Mogul which
weighed 787 carats, rough, and cut
to 288 carats. The Great Mogul
was the largest diamond ever found
in India, 1t has completely disap-
peared from history. Some have
confused it with the Orloff of Rus
STA and Koh-i-Noor of the British
crown, but the best authorities do
not believe that either of these cele-
brated diamonds was part of the
Great Mogul.
f1ere is a list OF the greatest dia-
monds ever found in South Africa:
Porter-Rhodes $50 carats rough;
Stewart, 28SA carats rough, 100
carats cut; Tiffany, ESQ rough, 1851
cut; Victoria, 1881 rough, 1851
cut; Victoria-Nizam 4571z, 1870 cut;
Jubilee, GAO rough, 239 cut; Ex-
celsior 97l}4 rough; Cullinan
3,025M rough.
The Cullinan was purchased for
$l,000,000 in the rough by the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
WaShington-San Diego
Flight to Start Today

Washington, Feb. 2-The squad
ron of four airplanes under Maj. Al
bert d. Smith, which completed the
first transcontineHtal flight to New
York January 7, will leave Washing
ton tomorrow on the return trip to
San Diego, Cal. Major Smith hopes
to reduce considerably the actual
flying time of SIS hours for the first
journey. .-e.E
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
Bret CITY News


Royal sweePers, Burgess-Granden Co
Have Root Print It-Beacon Press.
T. j. Mcclure has reopened his
law offices at sos Omaha National
Bank Bldg. Res. phone. So. 32ls.
To Talk Poultry-A public meet
ing will be held Tuesday evening at
s o'clock, at the City hall in Benson,
for all who are interested in poultry
raising. Lectures and talks will be
given by government agents.
To Speak at High SchOoI-Dr
Guernsey Jones of the State uni
versity will deliver the second of a
series of lectures at the Central
High school Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock His subject will be 1.-THE
Social Revolution In Germany" :
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
TELLS HORRORS
OF LIFE IN HUN
Z PRISON CAMP
Prisoners "Strafec" When
They Made Reports to Red
Cross of NOn-ArrivaI Of
Packages.

Washington, Feb. 2.-Interesting
details OF life in a German prison
camp were given in a report TO the
Navy department by Chief Gunner's
Mate James Delaney of Maiden,
Mass, one of the first men of tho
United States navy to be captured
by the enemy. He and four other
members of the armed guard of the
steamship Campana were taken pfis-
oner August 6, 1917, after their ship
had been sunk by the U-6l. Delaney
declared, in his report made public
today, that packages from this
American Red Cross saved him and
his companions from starvation
the fate that befell hundreds of Russ
sian prisoners. e..
Punished For Complaining.
when we received parcels from
the Red Cross or from home they
had to be censored by the commas
der of the camp" said the report.
IF it appeared that Germany was
winning, all our cigarettes were
broken in two, syrup, coffee and tea,
and all articles would be opened
and poured into one basin and
mixed together We made reports
to the Red Cross of parcels lost
which had been sent to Branden-
burg. If any made complaints about
parcels they "strafed" them and
would hold them for q couple OF
weeks. This | took up with the
Spanish ambassador, but they never
ceased spelling parcels for all ma
tionalities. The French were pun@
ished more than any other ally.
Many Died In Hospital.
"All the medical treatment that
was given to us was by the British
Red Cross. If a man was sick and
saw the doctor, he was looked at
and told he was we'll and sent to
work again, but the Italian doctor
and six Russian doctors, also an
American merchant doctor, would
arrange so that those sick patients
would be put into shed called a
hospital Many of them died. The
German doctor never saw anything
of these men, but all the allied doc
tors did their best.
"The sleeping barracks were liter
ally covered with bed bugs, feas
and lice. We were allowed to take
a bath every two weeks. No soap
or toilet gear were issued.
1--WE all had the Red Cross to
thank for our lives"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
Facing CaSket and With Arms
0utStretChed De Wolf Hop
per Delivers EuIOgy to
Nat Goodwin.

New York, Feb. Funeral SER
vices for Nat c. Goodwin, who died
here yesterday, we're held today un-
der the auspices of the Lambs club,
a theatrical organization. and in the
presence of hundreds of men aud
women who were associated with
the actor during his stage career
The Lambs club quartet sang hymns.
The Rev. DR.. Nathan Seagle, pastor
of St. Stephens Protestant Episcopal
church, conducted the services and
the eulogy was delivered by De
Wolf Hopper.
Present also were the actors par
ents, Mr.. aud Mrs. Nathaniel {.
Goodwin. of Roxbury. Mass, where
the body will be buried, and Miss
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
Car of Chicago Man
Strikes Six-Year-0Id Boy

An automobile driven by L. ].
Fleming, Chicago, stopping at the
Fontenelle hotel, struck six-year-old
Andrew Bandami. 1918 North Six
tenth street, Sunday afternoon
The lad received scalp wounds and
a fracture Of the left leg. The &C
cident occurred at Tenth and Hick-
DRY streets. Witnesses declared
the boy stepped directly in front Of
the car. Fleming took the lad to
ST. Joseph's hospital.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
Noted Indian Fighter
Dies in New York Hospital

New York, Feb. 1.-THE death Of
Brig. Gen. Charles Patrick Eagan,
who won fame as an Indian fighter
in the seventies, was announced here
tonight. General Eagan, who was
70, died in a hospital last night. He
was born in Ireland and came to
America when a boy and had served
in the army for 80 years when he
was retired at his own request in
1Q00
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
Twelve Sim Fein Leaders
Receive Prison Sentences

. Dublin, Feb. Twelve Sim
Feiners were found guilty yester-
day of illegal drilling in private
hall here and were sentenced to
six months Imprisonment. When ar
raigned they denied the authority
of British laws and one of them,
while in the dock, waved republic
can flag.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
Automobile Thieves Take
Car From in Front Of Cafe

An automobile belonging to w.
Z. Morris, Twenty-ffth and Man
dersoh streets, was stolen Sunday
night from in front of the Calumet
restaurant. Morris had left the car
standing but a few MINUTES, and
caught a glimpse of the thieves
driving the car away. He reported
the theft to the police.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-03
"A Lnyfnl Find.

Having made his payments for Liberty
bonds, warchest, rent, coal, gas, and
groceries. the poor man was broke. But
he needed winter clothes, so he COM
promised by digging through a closet and
unearthing a heavy vest that belonged
to a winter suit he had worn some years
ago. He brushed the vest off and felt in
the pockets.
Eureka! A discovery!
In the inside pocket OF the vest was a
roll OF bills amounting to 1923.
And Not one Of them was receipted.-
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-30
KENSINGTON COUPLE
MARRIED so YEARS
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel E. Far
rington Observe Golden We'd
ding Anniversary Today

Golden wedding bells will ring to-
night for Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel f. Far
rington, of III LAST Cumberland street.
They were married here fifty years ago
and will celebrate the anniversary with
a party at their home this evening.
Among the guests will be their sou,
r. V. Harrington, of 2539 Water street,
nnd their grandchildren, Samuel f. Far
rington, I'd. aged thirteen, and Matilda
7. harrington, aged fifteen.
Samuel r. Harrington is now sew
cnty- two years old, but is still active.
He was born in Rugby, England, and
came to America when he was five
wears old He first settled in Camden
During the Civil War he served in
Company f, Twelfth New Jersey Vol
untecrs. and was held for six months in
Libby Prison. He married Miss Ma
tilda J. Emerson September 30, 1850.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrington have lived
in their Kensington home forty seven
years. Mr.. Harrington has been in the
painting business since 1888. He has
been president of the Kensington Build
ing and Loan Association for twenty
years and has been a member of the
Order of Red Men for fifty -one years
The Red Men meet Friday nights, ant
Mr.. Harrington has not missed meet.
ing for years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-30
HEN LAYS EGG IN JAIL;
ATTORNEYS PUZZLED
Alleged Chicken Thief Is Held
to Answer Charges in
Spite of Incident

King Solomon was needed in West
Philadelphia today to solve new yer
sion of the chicken and egg puzzle.
One of three chickens, said to have
been stolen, laid an egg in the Sixty
first and Thompson streets police sta =
ton.
Query: Can the defendant also be
charged with the larceny of the egg?
James Tulley, claiming to be a boxer,
and known also as Jimmy Murphy. was
arrested early today near Fifty eighth
street and Westminster avenue. He
was using both hands to clutch three
squirming, squawking white Leghorns
An alleged companion of Tulley's rar
when Patrolman McNally approached
Tullcy declared he had bought the birds
but was locked up in a station house
and the chickens were placed in cell
nearby.
just after sunrise the turnkey heard
a triumphant cackiing from the chick
ems cell. He found one Leghorn strut
ing proudly near newly laid egg.
Tulley was arraigned later in the
Thirty second street and Woodland ave
nue. station before Magistrate Harris
who held him in 5000 bail for further
| hearing October 3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-30
BIG DRIVE PLANNED
BY WOMAN'S COLLEGE
Arrangements Made for Finan-
ciaI Campaign to Be Launched
October 13

Dr. Ellen c. Potter. clinical profes =
Sor of gynccology at the Woman's Med E
ical College of Pennsylvania. and form
Crly medical director of tho college hos
pital heads the executive committee
that will launch Il financial campaign
in this city October 13. The drive will
end October 23.
The college seeks funds for postwar
reconstruction work. Plans for the
financial drive are now being completed
and headquarters have been established
at the Bellevue -Stratford.
This institution, the only woman S
college in the country and the first TO be
established anywhere in the world. will
inaugurate its new year Wednesday
afternoon with special exercises at
which DR.. George Morris IiersOl. of the
University of Pennsylvania, and medi =
cal professor of the Womans College,
wall deliver the principal address. Doc :
tor Piersol recently returned from scrv
ice overseas.
The registration at the college this
year is greatly increased. In discuss =
ing the work of the college for the com =
ing year, the officials announce that
speakers on health subjects will be sup
piled womcn's clubs within Il radius OF
fifty miles of Philadelphia with no cx
pcnse to the clubs other than trans
portation. DIR. Ellen Smith. chairman
of adult hygiene. public health depart
ment of tha General Federation of
Woman : Clubs, is directing this branch
of the work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-30

There can be only one result to thi'
plan of action il pursued" says th'
bank statement, "and that is a con
tinual advance in prices, an end to the
creation Of new wealth, with the re-
public simply running on the momentum
acquired in other years until that mo-
mentum is exhausted.
'"This shows the economic side oi
the question, but the more important
fact is that the man who deliberately
loafs on the job, no matter what divi.
sion of society he may belong to, de-
libcrntely elects to surrender his claim
to be an honest man, for he is pre-
tending to do something that he knows
he is not doing
This lowering of the moral standard
of the people in a nation where the
moral, rather than the physical, forces
maintain order, where self control
rather than state control, is the guar
antcc of all values, lnenaces the stability
of the state in a way more serious
than such a line of action would prove
under mouarchical government.
THE loafer is father of the liar, and
the liar is father of the traitor to all
that we hold dear in America. 1t IS the
worker who has always won, the shirker
who has always lost. Let us stop talk
ing about tho high cost of living. Let
us put stop to the high cost OF
loafing."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-30
new LEASE FORM
IS Agreed UPON
Counsel for Tenants and Realty
Beard Approve praft-Minor
Changes Not Complete
M'CLAIN HERE THURSDAY

Agreement upon a universal form of
lease agreeable to both tenants aud
landlords was reached at conference
between attorneys representing the
United Tenants Protective Association
and the Philadelphia Real Estate Board
held last night In the Union League,
Following the meeting it was an
nounced that the specific clauses in
the lease will not be made public until
the Real Estate Board, as whole,
approves the action taken by its repre-
sentatives. This approval will be given
at the next meeting, it is said.
Several points Of legal phraseology
ore still to be cleared up by Charles J.
Hepburn, counsel for the Real Estate
Board: Richard r. McSorley, attorney
for the United Tenants Association,
and lawyers representing various other
organizations. Final recommendations
are expected to be formulated by to-
morrow.
Frank Il. McClain, formerly Licuten-
ant Governor, is expected to arrive in
Philadelphia Thursday to direct the
campaign of publicity with which rent
gouging and profiteering in the necessi
ties of life are to be fought by the
Pennsylvanin State Welfare Board. The
board will be formed at meeting in
Harrisburg today
When in Philadelphia last week Mr..
McClain announced that one of the first
conditions to which the new board will
turn its attention is the rent situation
in this city. Mr.. McClain will be
executive secretary and treasurer Of the
board.
Check for S25 Unaccepted
The check for S25 sent Mr.. AIcSsrlcy
| last week by Maurice Rose, counsel for
J. Edclstein, realty operator. who has
acquired more than $4,000. 900 worth
of property in the name of Victoria
Harrison, milliner. is still without
an owner. In the letter accompanying
!, the check Mr.. Rose expressed the hope
that the tenants attorney. who has
been attacking the Edelstein deals
would ''be on his good behavior" wher
they next met. Mr.. McSorley turned
! the check over to the United Tenants
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-30
HADDONFIELD GIRL TO WED
Miss Elizabeth D. BainbrIdge to Be
Bride Of Nelson 3. Shivers

bFloe OF nelson .. SnIVeTS
The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Drake
Bainbridge. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer f. Bainbridge, 217 Washington
avenue. Haddcnfeld, n. j., to Nelson
B. Shivcrs, 81 Washington avenue,
1addonfield. will take place in Grace
Episcopal Church there this evening at
z O'Clock in the presence of hundreds
of guests. The ceremony will be per
formed by the Rev. Karl Morgan Block,
Of Norristown, Pa, fcrmer rector of the
church, who will be assisted by the Rev.
Augustus Shick, the present pastor.
Miss Rebccca Bainbridgc will be the
maid of honor, Lieutenant John II.
Booth. of Germantown, will be the best
man and the bridesmaids will be Miss
Marion Paiste, of Germantown Mrs.
Harrison c. Massey, of Trenton; Miss
Dorothy s. Citizens, Of Merchantville,
and Miss Blanche Shivers, of Haddon-
field. Alice DeCou, of Germantown,
will be the flower girl, and the ushers
will be William ID. Buzby, Jr., Of
Moorestowu; Howard II. Muir, of Will
Transport, and Norman Sherrerd and
Herbert D. Shivers, of Haddontield.
The bridegroom saw two years in the
army service, one year being overseas
with the Twenty ninth Division.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-30
HOG ISLAND ENDS
WAGE TROUBLES
Men and Operators Agree Joint
Board Shall Fix Scales
Of Pay
MACHINISTS ARE HESlTANT

A board consisting of five workers
aud five representatives of the operators
of Hog Island will have jurisdiction over
tho wage scale there in future.
Matthew C. Brush, president of the
American International Shipbuilding
Corporation, and representatives Of the
men who had threatened to strike un-
less wage scales were increased, met
yesterday and signed the agreement.
\ series of meetings Of the various
Hog Island unions was held in the
Parkway Building last night. The
agreement was approved by the men
and a decision not TO strike upheld.
One Objection Remains
According to John A. Foley. business
agent of the International Association
OF Machinists' Local As, composed of
2OO0 men who met last night, one
mental reservation in the agreement
will have to be cleared before the whole
matter is settled. Final jurisdiction
should rest with the board of ten and
not with the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion as last resort, he said. According to
Foley, conference will be held in
Washington between representatives of
labor, the Emergency Fleet aud the
Navy Department to settle this point.
The agreement was signed by Mr..
Brush, acting under the direction of
Commander J l.. Ackerson, vice presi-
dent of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion. The agreement was proposed by
the metal trades department of the
American Federation of Labor.
Duties of Bourd
The board of arbitration is to be
known as the Atlantic coast shipbuild-
ing industrial board, and will inter
prct, determine and enforce the stand
ards of wages. hours, classification and
working conditions and adjust all griev-
ances. Coupled with the agreement is
the decision of the assistant secretary
of the navy and officials of the Finer
gency Fleet to continue the present or
Macy scale of wage in the shipyards
and navy yards doing government work
The Macy scale had been scheduled to
come to an end tomorrow morning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-30
Miners WAR PAY
RUNS TO MARCH 81.
Agreement Reached to Continue
High Schedule at Meeting
in Anthracite Field
AVOIDS STRIKE NOVEMBER I

Anthracite miners will continue to
draw "war wages until March 81
1920. This announcement was made
following conference between the
workers and operators yesterday and
heads off the strike which was to be
called on November / il the miners
demands were not accedcd to.
The contract of November. 1918, pro-
vided that the increases should remain
in effect until the declaration of peace
or until March 81. 1920, in case peace
is not declared before that date:
An agreement entered into in May,
1915, provided for changes in wage
scales during tho four. year period end :.
ing in March, 1920. The increases of
November, 1918, were made in accord
ance with the 1916 agreement to ell =.
able the workers to meet war condi-
tions. 1t is now agreed that the No
vcmber scales shall not be modified be :.
fore March 81, 1920.
The agreement was signed on behalf
of the antracite operators by 8. D..
Warriner, president of the Leh!gh Coal
and Navigation Company w. J. Rich
ards. president of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company @. It.
Huber, president of the Lehigh and
Wilkes. Barre Coal Company; w. l..
Council, individual operator.
The signers of the anthracite. mine
workers are John T. Dempsey. presi :
dent. District No. l; Thomas Kennedy,
president, District No. Z Z. J. Golden,
president, District No. o.
John i. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers OF America. who
was unable to attend, will sign later.