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The Washington herald., 1919-11-05
LOSS OF $997 TRIFLE
BUT BOOZE GOES.TO

The worst has happened to Harry
Kopp. 1872 Kenilworth avenue north
east.
What matters It II ssT worth Of
women's wearing apparel was stolen
from Koppf' More than offsetting this
loss is the fact that the same thieves
lugged away two trunks containing
sixty gallons of forbidden" liquor.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-05
KILLS WOMAN, RIVAL
FOR HUSBAND, SHE SAYS

San Francisco. Nov. GlMiss Jean
Kimbaii. %. head bookkeeper at the
Palace Hotel. was shot dead late to-
day-at the entrance. of the hotel
Mrs. Julia Mildred Thurston. 90. Of
sacramentoJ was arrested Immediate
ly. She declared. the police said. that
Miss Ktmball had been trying to steal
her husband for the past two years.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-05
Pinafore Rehearsed

Stage rehearsals for principals
and chorus of Gilbert and SulIivan's
comic opera, H. NJ. s. Pinafore," !"
will be held at Wilson Normal to-
night and Friday evening, owing to
the unavoidable absence on Thurs
day of Mr.. Rollin Bond, the direc-
tor.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-05
JaiIer Makes En- Remor,eful.

Winnetka, nl.-Jaiier Bnl Peterson
believes in making 'em see the error
Of their ways. Rose tinted cells didn't
tend to bring remorse % he painted
the cells gray. This vas better but
not satisfactory % he finally finished
them In black.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-05
n. De 3 Wsek.

Paris Nov. 4-Ten' persons vsr
killed and twenty injured today vhss
the simplon and oesevs sxprsa
trains. coIlided at Sens. about stxs
southeast Of Paris.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-05
"Rat' Problem for ManiIa Court.

Manila.-A Manila court has spent
days in hearing evidence to establish
the meaning Of the word "rat" In
Spanish. It's all part of q libel suit
brought over a cartoon that pictured
Governor Lope x. Santos and Assist
ant Director Of Labor Hermenesildo
Cruz and Judge Jose Turiano as lively
rodents-at which the offense was
taken
The Washington herald., 1919-11-05

NAL School on December and cleo
tion OF Qfficers will be held.
At the eSlose of the program there
was> dancing, and refreshments
were served.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-05
Called to Death Bed

Rollin Bond. director of the Peo-
ple's National Opera Society of
Washington, has been called to
Springfield. Mass. through the
death Of his distinguished aunt,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-05
Chicago Planning for 10000, 900.

Chicago. = Provisions for a water
supply for, 100000 Inhabitants in 1855
are made In a survey and plans being
completed by the city engineers de-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
j You've Ever Taken One
lou Can Appreciate This

The cot in the hall back of a
screen. .f
The man running the typewriter in
a neighboring room from II to 2
o'clock at night.
Bear lake.
The lady from New York who
lust loved wild places"
The kodaks.
That trout that wouldn't bite.
January" the burro.
The automobile that ran over the
embankment.
Estes Park village.
The conversation: \"The meals
at the hotel are fright" wife and
l paid $l4 day there" Couldn't
get a thing but a hall bed" said
they'd reserve = room for me but
didn't do it." IA
The souvenir shops.
Denver. "Mizpah.' The punk pic
ture show. The full hotels. The
souvenir shops. The auto trips.
The dusty automobile tourists.
The trip to Julesburg. -
The plains of Nebraska.
The hospitable farmer.
The good eats.
The spacious bedroom. :.
The train for Omaha. II
The Pullman conductor: Plenty
OF berths, you bet"
Onahai
o my,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
VACATION.

fhe leaving home.
The hot night on the sleeper.
The man snoring in the next
erth.
The lost grip in Kansas City.
The breathless' chase to recover
il.
z The dusty ride across Kansas.
The stop-off at the small town.
The taking of the train westward
next day at J:20 o. m.
The interrogation of the Pullman
conductor.
His reply: "Ain't got no berths
left"
Denver Is hours awayl
The pleading.
The joy when a reservation at
Dodge City was not taken.
DENVER.
The souvenir shops.
Root beer, a glass.
Watermelon, 10 a slic..
The green lawns.
The whirling sprinklers. .
The rubber-neck wagons.
The jams Of automobiles.
The full hotels.
The room at 81 day without
bath.
Estes Park.
The fat ladies in khaki trousers.
The full hotels
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Had Scheme to Beat ):
Parking Ordinance,
But it Was Repealed

Tim Oman, Omaha insurance man
had just discovered the only sue,
cessful way Of parking a car under
the new city ordinance when tho
CITY council repealed the blamed
thing. +
The new ordinance which became
effective about a month ago COM
PEELED autoists to park their cars
parallel to the curbing and four feet
apart.
The forward provision of the ordi-
nance was observed strictly, but
some cook with a congested idea
of what four feet is. was always yio-
lating the second clause of the or
dinance.
Tim like a couple of thousand
other Omaha autoists tore off the
tenders on both sides of his bus try
ing to get out from between two
cars on the first day the new Or
dinance was effective.
A few days in the repair shop and
his car was ready to try parking
again.
But Tim wasn't ready just yet.
He selected two brilliant Don't
Park Here" signs and made them
part of his cars equipment.
When he wanted to park his car
he pulled up to the curb, placed one
sign four feet behind his car and the
other four feet ahead of it and the
new ordinance no longer had terrors
for Tim.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
ting On Jail Floor
Tells Interesting Tale
Fjord Scene Is Work of Young Dane of Wealthy Family
Who Acquired Drug Habit in America and Dedin
Omaha After Serving Jail Sentence

A visitor at the Douglas county
Jail who is fortunate enough to
be taken through its kitchen will
be surprised at its cleanliness. He
will be more surprised. however, at
the large oil painting on its cement
floor.
1t is b water scene, done in bril-
liant colors, but with the unmis-
taxable artistry of a masters hand.
A sailing craft and a rough wooden
pier loom up in the foreground: in
the distance is a high, rocky shore
line and a moss-covered, turreted
castle. To those who have travelled,
and even to those who have de-
pended on their school Biographies,
the scene can represent nothing but
the fjord-bound coast of Norway.
The "Dope-Head's" Picture.
The jailer who conducts you
through the place is not interested
in art, as a rule, and when ques-
toned, is apt to explain that "some
dope-head painted the thing there
five years ago." and let it go at
that. If you are lucky he will call
to a little, gray-haired woman who
is towering anxiously near, and in
troduce her as Mrs. Ellen Mcneil.
You later learn that she is respon-
sible for what can safely be called
the cleanest Jail kitchen in the coun-
try.
When you express an admiration
for the painting her face lights up
with pleasure. .
at is beautiful, isn't it," she
smiles. "You see | have placed a
keep-off sign about it so that no one
will walk on it. OF course no one
would Intentionally, but we have so
many thoughtless people here in
jail, you know.
every day ! wash it carefully.
and twice year I have it vanished
to keep it from cracking
Here she pauses and favors the
painting with a loving glance.
You can't resist asking who the
artist really was, and if duties are
not too pressing, she will tell you
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Does Your Name Suit You?

If it doesn't, just cast your eye
over these names which are on rec
ord in the bureau of war risk in
surance and see whether there are
any you would rather have:
Asad Experience Wilson, Van
Hook, North Dakota.
Min Gosh, No. 220 Halsted street,
Chicago, III.
Green Horn, Statesboro, Ga.
Velvet Couch, Brinkley, Ark.
Will Swindle, Center, Tex.
Paris Green, Huntington, w. Va,
Slaughter Bugg, Oscar Tarbin, La.
Chocolate Candy Clark, Prescott,
Ark.
Harry Cries-for-rib, White Eagle
Okl.
Willie Darling, Washington, D. C.
Toy Brush, Kenton, Tenn.
Cigar Brown, Trogansport, La.
Little Kittie Karr, Norfolk, Va.
E. Pluribus Brown, Perry, Ga.
Great Britton Turner, Delrio,
Tenn.
George Sleep From House, Kenel,
S. D.
John Albert Pancake, Clothier,
w. Va.
Wiley Fox Hunter, Neuse, N. c.
Green Berry Anderson, East St.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Everything, From Artificial
Limbs to False Teeth, Is
Found in Omaha Street Cars
Railroads Also Maintain Files of Tags in Omaha Serv
ing as Keys to About 100000 Lost Articles Of All
Descriptions, Stored in Lost and Found "Morgue''
Few Bottled Goods Left Behind.

ones, slim ones, fat ones, silk ones,
broken ones, ragged ones, some SO
disheveled that they appear to have
been left in the cars purposely by
some disgruntled passenger after
somebody else got his good one and
left him the old one by way OF ex-
change,
False Teeth and Limbs.
False teeth, artificial limbs and
even glass eyes commonly y are
picked up on trains. This otter
makes it look as if some people
went all to pieces on their travels,
Often a lot of pet live stock like
kittens, canaries, parrots, ETC., are
found. When the railroad lost ano
found bureau receives birds, saul.
sagcs, fruit and that sort OF thing,
that cannot be kept for any length
of time, they are generally given
away shortly after their discovery.
But the great bulk of articles are
held for one year. After that time,
all unclaimed goods are sold at
public auctions.
A few years ago the railroads in
structed the brakemen in calling
stations to call also, remember
your packages and parcels" This
system reduced the number OF lost
articles IS per cent.
Since July |, a great decline in
the finding of 'lost" bottled goods
has been noticed by the railroad
lost and found bureaus.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31

! toss you cocoanuts when you're
thirsty, what?
No Clothes to Worry About.
No clothes to worry about there,
either-nothing to do but lie by the
seashore and listen to the clans
claiming.
Still, how about the high cost of
ukuleles?
On second thought the South Sea
island idea may not be so good after
all.
Better starve at home, maybe.
Still, consider the Indian. Why
did he have 50 many dogs? To
keep down the H. c. L., of course.
And while we're on the gruesome
subject think what a succulent It'd
bit Miiidy's fluffy, non-essential lap
dog would make. And isn't our
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Bouquet of Live Human Interest Stories About People
Eligible Omaha Bachelors

Now, here is Judge Robert Pat
rick, who insists in concealing him
self behind dense face foliage.
When you once penetrate this
mask you find charming gentleman
of restful disposition, son of a
First Family OF Nebraska, a man OF
: high education and notable attain
ments. .
= Judge Patrick's modesty is shown
in his answer to the query whether
The ever goes ont with the ladies'.
Used to Step Some.
"No, I'm past the age for that
and I'm too fat" he says. And
then his eyes show a reminiscerA
glow and he continues: "But I use
to step out with the best of the tel-
lows, and the ladies seemed to think
| was all right. Yes, sir" f.
Judge Patrick was born in ahouse
which stood on the northeast 4orner
Of Seventeenth and Davenport
streets. n
1--WE were away out in thu country
them" he says. "The BEST city res
idence district then WIS down
around Ninth and Tenth sand Har-
ney streets" .4
In 1871 Roberts fathe, John Mel
son Hayes Patrick, BID III country
mansion which is noT the Happy
Hollow club club house nd the family
Robert went to school here until
ne was IS years oil and then was
sen to 4 boarding school in SIAM
ord, Conn. Later he went to Yale
university, where he was graduated
in 1879. He CAME to Omaha and
read law in ]. NJ. Woolworth's Of
fce for year and then went to Co.
lumbia law school, where he grad
uated in 1882. | Since then he has
been practicing law in Omaha and
is now municipal Judge.
Likes to Read.
Judge Patrick's principal hobbies
now are reading and craftsmanship.
He is an .omnivorous reader of fic-
ton, hispbry, political economy and
many o}1er, things. His evenings
are speN in his bachelor apartments
in the Hamilton, Twenty-fourth and
Farnay streets, reading and fash
ioning things with a small set of
He hakes wonderful fishing rods
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31

out of split bamboo They're just
as good as Leonard, the famous
fishing rod maker ever made. he
says. He also makes riding crops
and the like.
Occasionally he takes a trip to
Sheridan, Wyo, where he has an in
terest in large ranch.
But He's Too Fat Now.
Horseback riding was Judge Pat
tick's favorite hobby up until about
10 years ago. When he was 5 years
ole his father presented him with
small pony and he was devoted to,
this pastime most of his life.
He used to play golf also, but has
dropped that game in favor of his
reading and craftsmanship.
Judge Patrick on the bench has
unravelled many a domestic diff
Guilty and it would seem to unbiased
observers that he ought to be a safe
bet in the matrimonial market.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Handsome Hans Has
Handicaps, Hence His
Hunor Hides His Hopes

Hans Boegh, pretty" policeman,
has found his way into ths hearts OF
his pals by his clownishcapers. He
admits that. Though not the most
attractive cop on the force, is is said
that he refused a stricking offer
to enter the movies.
"How come all that?" was asked.
And one look suficed to tell. Even
Hans will admit that he is exceed
ingly gruff and Cranky at times.
With a long flor de rope puckered
from his lips, he bears an appearance
of a shooting gallery proprietor,
which he says won the offer to enter
screen art.
Hans declares the only time he
smiles with ease is when the femin-
inc motorists skin the bark from his
knees while directing traffic.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
HE THAT ALONE WOULD BE.

| (John Andrews in New York Times.)
He that alone would be. let him arise and
From out the quiet 'tasnant country
And find a dwelling in . city where the
thousands dwell,
| And there abide.
The hermit. weary Of mankihd's ignoble
strife
Flies to the forest. or in dark retreat
secIudes himself o fool! There 10 one
secret place
The city street.
And there will be some who take the con-
vent cell, and hope
Thus to avoid earths pleasures and false
joys,
While grim seclusion, bound with brass,
awaits the seeker, midst
A citys noise.
The prairie dwelier, lone. may see the
change
From green to dreary white. nor ever
His neighbor's voicesbut birds and beasts
give him eompanionShip
Amidst the drear.
In the city you can live and walk among
The crowds as through drifting. misty
zone
Can hear strange voice, see the unknown
faces of mankind,
And be alone!
You that alone would be. arise today and
come
From cave and celh from prison and
And hide yourselves forevermore among
the multitude,
And there abidej
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31

! that he called himself John Thomp-
son, which wasn't his right name at
ali, that he was young Dane OF
rich parertage who acquired the
habit of using drugs when he came
to this country. and finally died from
an overdose four years ago.
Sometimes Mrs. Mcneil will 90
on and tell you of this young Dane.
Loved Rock Coast of Denmark.
If, she does, you will learn what
an interesting young man he really
was. The blood of his Viking an
cestors was rich in his veins. He
played on the rockbound coast of
his country, lived a part Of his boy
hood days among the simple fisher
folk of the land, and learned to love
their simple life, the beauty Of his
native country. =
His ability to draw attracted his
fathers attention and he was sent
to study in the great art schools of
Europe. He later came to America,
and lived in New York.
He became 4 success as 4 por-
trait painter, a social favorlte. he
longed to paint the homely scenes
which were dear to him, but could
find no market for them.
1t was in New York that the sim
lister hand of the drug habit
clutched him. He came west to
escape it, but In vain. A shadow
of his former self, he was at last
lodged at the county Jail in Oma-
ha.
Paints on Tray.
Then the old desire to paint the
scenes. so dear to his childhoon
days returned. A rusty tray, once
used to serve food to prisoners, was
his first canvas. He sketched
water scene of rare beauty on this.
Mrs. Mcneil has saved the tray.
Then he chose the cement floor
of the Jail kitchen.
All that remains in memory Of the
Danish artist is the painting on the
floor of the kitchen in the Douglas
county jail-and that is unsigned.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
At That, You Can't Tell
an Omaha Policeman
From a Mex General

With all the loquacious chevxons
and stripes donning a policeman"s
uniform, the wearer is taken for any
one or anything, from a Pullman
porter to a slaughter-house fore
man. Granted, you'll say. You've
noticed the natty uniforms of
Omaha's police, renegade or not.
When Police Captain Vanous,
wearing fewer stripes than a zebra
on his spacious uniform gave an
order to one of his understudies, he
received an obeying reply:
AYE, aye, sir, General Aguinaldo
Carranza.
A spirited glance from the police
captain babe his listener 'hasty
departure before pardon was for
mally requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
A Little Slice O. Life.

We were looking for a cook.
Everybody said we couldn't find one.
But we fooled everybody.
We went out and found one.
A very Intelligent maid, we thought.
And we took her home on the 4:S7.
And guarded her closely
Against q host Of our friends
Who were on the same train.
When we got to the house
The maid told us her terms.
She would do no laundry work
And NO COOKING.
We would have to get some one
To prepare her meals.
II we did that, she said
Everything would be o. X.
So now all we have got to do
Is to get somebody to cook
For our new maid.
As somebody has remarked
We are living in a. great ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31

mayor overlooking a bet when he
passes up the dog pound? Might
be able to open up the municipal
stores again with a stock of dog
steaks or something Of that kind.
Still, some might not care to S. O,
S. the H. c. L., that way and to
make this article beneficial and
helpful and all that, we'll try to
think of some other suggestions.
Move Into Garage.
They do tell that the rich don't
have to worry about the Old Hi
Cost, so the thing to do is, get
rich. Quickest way to get rich right
now seems to move into the garage
and rent the house.
Or, now that the stockingless fad
is in our midst, why not use it for
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Women

They're saucy and they're tickle. and
They're mighty hard to please,
We have to cater to them all
Upon our Bonded knees.
They're flighty and inquisitive,
Exasperatin', too:
And every man must find 1t out
Somehow before he's through.
They reason with a suddenness
That makes a Teller jump:
And they don't find 1t hard at all
To make him look a chump.
They can not give a reason for
A single thing they do.
They jump at q conclusion with
No valid cause in view.
They're fussy and they're frivolous;
Sometimes 1t seems that way.
They're tender and they're keartless and
They're mournful and they're gay.
They're prudish and they're reckless, and
In faults they all abound.
They cost Q lot Of money. but
They're nice to have around
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Consequences.


Beneath June skies
A rose was born
That charmed the gaze of men.
And as it grew the women, too.
Paid homage here
At beauty's shrine.
Inhaling the perfume.
From bud to bloom
1t held in thrall
All gazers on its form.
In pride it gained, tho weather
stained.
And spread its bloom
To marvellous, wondrous size,
Til shattered by the storm.
Beneath June skies
A girl was born,
Whose features, form and face
Enraptured men-old and young,
Then
These praised the gods
That beauty lived
In graceful, mortal shape!
That girl, she grew
To woman's state,
In beauty and in wit.
At twenty-three she seemed to see
Her waist had spread.
Unlike the rose, she saw her end
Good Lord |! Il! I'm CROWN fat!
Frank Howe, Jr.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31

~ UuuCH Oh HHlSilSdH bSdotJ
roses. ,,->
A set of false teeth.
Twelve hat boxes.
One hundred dollars.
/ A l0-cent bottle of hand lotion.
These are only few of the things
that have been turned into the lost
articles department of the Omaha
and Council Bluffs Street Railway
company.
Everyone, from the judge down
to the messenger boy, forgets
things" said one of the officials re-
Gently. "In-this case it was the
Judge, who left the wallet full Of
bills in his topcoat, and the messen-
ger boy who left the hat boxes.
Eyeglasses rings, love letters,
photographs, keys, kodaks, rosaries,
umbrellas by the score, all find their
way into this Office.
ITO my mind the most amusing
thing is to see host of rather
sheepish looking youths come in
Monday noon and claim suitcases
left on the late cars the night be-
fore.
A Regular Customer.
There is one man in Omaha, who
leaves his grip on the car regularly,
then remembers just as the car dis
appears around the corner. He tele-
phones the company, and we, in
turn, phone to the barn, W here the
car is stopped, the grip recovered
and put into the hands of the owner
within an hour.
"Any article not claimed within
certain time is returned to the
finder, who, in most cases, is the
conductor. About two months ago
one of our conductors found pair
of woman's black silk stockings,
They were not called for and were
returned to the conductor. He took
them home to his wife, and 10, the
fit was perfect! Another conductor
found pair of woman's white silk
stockings just the same size. He
sold them to conductor No. !, and
now the latter's wife has two pairs
of silk stockings, left in street cars.
mot long ago one Of our men
found handbook filled with checks
and bills. Of course, the name Of
the owner was on it and it was re-
turned to the bank almost before
the absent-minded office girl knew
she had lost it"
Left Baby on Car.
No Omaha woman ever has been
as absent-minded as the Philadel-
phia mother who left her baby on
the street car, but dead parrots in
paper bags and litters of live kit
tens have been forgotten in cars
here, complicating matters in the
lost and found department. which
was not designed to cope with
problems.
A similar lost and found bureau
is, of course, operated by all of the
railroads operating out of Omaha.
Whenever an article is found in
any of the railroad coaches, a tag,
accurately describing it and the
ime and place where it was found.
s Immediately made out. Files of
hese tags maintained in Omaha
serve as keys to about 100000 lost
articles of all descriptions that are
stored in lost and found "morgue."
This way descriptive tags for all
orts Of things come into the rail-
Dad morgues at the rate of over
100 a-day. Hundreds of grips con-
sanity are being mislaid There is
big proportion of umbrellas, short
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31

Jewel Weed.
30 you were there in hiding all the
day
When maiden April smiling
= through her tears,
Game clad for dancing in the gown
of May;
You heard the singing that the blue
= bird hears
And knew the tints that made the
meadows gay
And helped to weave the young
dreams of the years.
You must have dozed little, where
you stood,
And dreamed new dreams of dain-
tier golden hues,
Till now, when all your radiant SIS
terhood
Have danced away to fields the
angles use,
Your dreams break forth to jewels
through the wood
and April smiles through tears of
autumn dews.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Pleasure in the Forbidden.

Visitor (viewing esplanade)-You
have signs up Keep off the grass"
but notice you don't enforce them.
Hostility are there so that peo-
pie will more thoroughly enjoy
being on the grass.-Boston Tran
script
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Departed Heroes.

Departed Heroes.
In passing drop a bouquet on
The grave Of Arson Farr,
Who never held you for an hour
To lie about his car.
In passing drop a brick bat on
The head of old man Buck:
Who's always knocking at the door
TO sell your wife SOME truck.
In passing kindly drop a tear
For William Rotter Reef,
He had some trouble with his ear,
But never said, I'm deef.'