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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-06
ATTORNEYS REQUEST
Is GRANTED BY COURT

When IL was shown by j, VI. Turner.
counsel or the Retail Confectioners
association, that Walter Kirsh was In
no way connected with the Richmond
Inn complaint against the man was
dismissed in police court yesterday.
kirsh was arrested for an alleged
violation of the Sunday selling law
ia the Inn Sunday night. Counsel for
The accused pointed out that his client
did not have anything to do with the
running OF the store that Aaron
Rosenheim had charge OF the place
and efforts will be made which may
result In Rosenheim being brought
into court. Rosenhetm states that he
is an orthodox Jew and has a right
TO remain open Sundays In view OF
The fact that he closes Saturday.
Question of Rosenheim employing
Gentle clerks also will be settled
Speedcr IL Fined.
For speeding an automobile. T. w.
Grant. as4o williamsburg avenue was
fined SIS in police court yesterday
Continue Manslaughter Case.
Charged with involuntary man
slaughter. Max Horn will be given
hearing on March Is. The case was
10 have been tried In police court yes
terdsy morning but DR.. J. NJ. Whit
field. city coroner. stated that ne had
no, had time to complete his tnvesu-
cation of the case. II is understood
that Horn was running for street
car and in so doing collided with an
aged lady Mrs. Julia King. knocking
her down She died several days ar
ter.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-06

be from Columbus Ohio and they will
be held by the police. pending word
from their parents
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-06

Mrs George Bull and Miss Agnes
Bull accompanied by Miss Bland Cox
have gone to South Carolina to visit
friends for several months. Mrs. Bull
ana her daughter have been making
their home III this city this winter,
Dance ~ Womanss Club.
Tbs younger ~ win ,havN = dance
n tne Wonaanb club teuaesSew e~e-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
Boy! Page the Police
Another Holdup Is
Reported in Omaha

On the night before Christ
mas three young men, members of
Omaha's Supper crust" were full
CT revelry and highjacked wine.
The wine they had duly purchased
from a popular highjacker and the
revelry had been acquired as ma
tural sequence.
About midnight their ready funds
had been depleted. They sank back
on the plush cushions of their lux
urious Hudson sedan and tried to
think of something to do for moth
ing.
The only thing they could thinkof
was to eat. And they couldn't do
without money.
As they drove west past the Ho-
tel Fontenelle they noticed lone
pedestrian walking east near the
Masonic temple. They pulled up
to the curb, stepped onto the side
walk and "strongarmed" Mr.. Pc
destrian for S.. He had $ll and
some cents. They returned all but
SIS. Then they explained that the
little dinner they had planned
would cost just S. for four persons.
He was cordially invited to "sit
in" When he refused they took the
SIS anyway. Instructed him to hur-
ry home, stepped into their coupe
and drove over to chop suey house
for midnight lunch.
The pedestrian didn't report the
matter to the police.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
Maybe It's Albright to
Stretch the Words Of
The Law Some, But

This is the laws definition Of a
vagrant as detailed on vagrancy
complaint:
"Unlawfully an idle person not
having visible means of support and
maintenance and who lives without
employment and wanders abroad
and lives in taverns, beer houses,
sheds, barns and open air and can
not give a good account of himself
and is a suspicious character and is
vagrant contrary to the ordinances
Of the city of Omaha and contrary
to the peace and dignity Of the state
OF Nebraska"
Here's the Omaha police officers
definition:
"(a) Any person, young or old,
healthy or feeble, rich or poor, who
refuses to obey EVERY command
of a policeman.
"(b) Any man, woman or child a
policeman wants to arrest and can't
think OF anything to charge him
with.
"(c) Any man, woman or child
who, is arrested for something, but
against whom the police haven't suf.
ficient evidence to convict.
"(d) Anybody and everybody
who isn't a policeman"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
Lucky Bazaar Victim
Objects to Shouts,
Look at Santa Claus

So far in the young life of DR.
Jimmie" O'Neil, a tooth extractor.
or one of those pain promoters, he
has been taken for nearly everything
and everybody from himself to Al
Jolson.
Tother night after attending a gab
fest and apron lottery, commonly
called bazar, according to one
Noah Webster, he fell heir to four
hams, six slabs of pork siding. six
packages of pancake -four, Kom-
ical Kiss puzzle, a homemade dolly
and peck of apples, he said.
The dentist CHANGED to wear .
sheepherder's coat to the community
bazaar that night. On his way home
he carried every item he won, ex.
cept the peck of apples. He found
his way by peering over the cum
bersome bundles. Twice he slipped
and skinned the bark off his knees.
AS he passed through the semi-light
of street lamp a youngster, who
CHANGED to be nearby, yelled;' "Oh
look at Sanity Claus"
Doc heard the epittet and walked
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
Hence These Tears

$4,000 Chicago Saloon Men Face Loss of
Jobs.-News Item.)
Pin crepe upon the swinging doors
of each denatured bar
And send the tidings lachrymal to
FOUNDERS near and far;
Twelve thousand mixers of the juice
that makes guy feel swell
Are pried loose from the pay roll
shey, sexton, toll the bell!
This many a night on either side
the old mahog we've stood
And bumped stein together in the
day that's gone for good;
I knew them all. both large and
small, their first names, nick
names, too,
And some of them I've tried to kiss
while gathering stew.
Their willing ear, their sympathy
wholesouled, I'll nc'er forget,
Their subtle repartee, jests and
quips are with me yet;
Their chivalry, their breadth of
view, their lore on song and
art,
Sustain me in the arid times since
we have had to part.
The town is cluttered up with joints
where kickless jaw and tea
May be partaken of, and o, the diff
ference to me!
And now the last blows fallen;
twelve thousand meath it fell;
To think they've got to 60 to work
it's bell, it's simply hell!
Guy r. Lee in Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
WlH it cowe 10 tits F?

And now comes the sea son for
resolutions.
What wonderful opportunities
along this line the year 1870 pre-
SCENTS to Omaha
The whole state of Nebraska
would be pleasantly stunned by
formal declaration OF the Omaha po-
lice department that they have
Sworn off" arresting reputable citi-
gems as "vags" and are going to put
all of their spare time into lee., mate
efforts 20 capture the many gangs of
thieves, robbers, highjackers. pick
pockets, holdup men and the like
which have been iniesting the fair
Gate City of the West for, 10 these
many moons.
Why, it wouldn't surprise US any,
then, if ]. Dean Ringer would re-
solve to clean out the department"
In an effort to get them down to
real business.
But It's a Secret.
And MERELY a Woman" whispers
to her, dearest friends that the Gen
tleman Burglar" in a secret per-
fumcd message, has told her that
he is about TO ''swear off" his pub
licity campaign and leave his tick
fish profession to the lower form of
man or mammal.
Mister Palmer, that eminent dig
nitary in Wash. D. C., in a public
statement to the Chinese press, .ex-
pressed, an expectation that DR. H.
G. L. is about to leave his high
horse, and by March |, only three
months after Resolution Day."
prices would be down to where "us
common folk" could have an egg
now and then for our usual meager
breakfast without cracking the Hay
den safe or highjacking some noble
mansion on the hill.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
Can Remember When
Hotel Man Owed $40
And Felt BANKRUPT

"This day of high prices alm avs
reminds me by contrast of the time,
about 10 years ago, when Will
Leighton and l were running a saw
mill in Arkansas" said George
Barker, jr.
II remember my board and room
cost me $3.50 week, my washing
amounted to about 20 cents a week.
eve paid our expert sawyers as
high as 81 day and they were glad
to get it and worked hard for 10
hours to earn it. Our laborers at
the saw mill there in the backwoods
earned $l.25 day.
"One day the man who ran
hotel in the hamlet came to me
very much perturbed and discour-
aged. I think I'll have to try to
sell out my hotel and get few
pigs and a COW and chickens and
have little place to do a little
farming he said. I can't stand
the strain here. The storekeepers
won't give me any credit and l
don't know how in the world I'm
going to pay my debts
Well I said, how much do you
owe now, Mr.. Pix
i" It's nearly $l0,' he said.
Gust imagine man being so hard
up that he was going to sell out his
hotel because he owed $40.
II forgot to say that at the place
where / boarded the landlord took
Is cents off my weeks bill when
ever l missed a meal.
"Those were the days"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
Fireman Climbs Too Slow
For Elocutionist to Win
DR.. Earl Connolly Had Hero Mounting Ladder Until
Timekeeper Called Halt to Contest-Prompter
Failed in Duty to Friend-Retres in Confusion.

DR.. Earl Connolly. Omaha dentist,
il. quite an elocutionist. At least he
was once. when he was attending
Creighton college.
His college day friends tell good
yarn at his expense.
Two preliminary contests are held
each year at Creighton to determine
what men shall speak in the public
elocution contest. Earl got through
the first preliminary in good shape.
Several hundred Creighton stu
dents and nearly as many students
from other Omaha schools attended
the second preliminary as guests of
the college. The preliminary was
held in the Creighton auditorium.
Connolly was speaking The Fire
man Hero" or something of the sort,
wherein fireman climbed up lad
der to the 'steenth floor of burning
building and rescued a fa,v-haired
baby girl. One of the professors at
the college stood in the wings tim
ing each speaker. When each had
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28

home laundry while her husband
was out of work. This was much
of the time, owing to the long Pc
riod of inactivity in Mr.. Singers
profession, that of Christmas tree
decorator. ~
Mr.. Beelzebub Singer, father of
Ananias, went or was escorted to
the state capitol at Lincoln on sew
eral occasions where, according to
the records, he bacame the guest Of
the state for periods ranging from
one to seven years.
Ananias was the seventh child in
the Singer home, there having been
six born before him.
Father at the Capital.
Z Passing over the first five years
Of his life during most of which
time his father was at the capital
city or a few miles south of there,
we arrive at the day when he start
ed to school.
He soon showed that his would
be career of distinction. He wasn't
in school two years before he had
learned the A. B. c. Before he was
10 years of age he could add 2 and
2 and knew that twice 3 is E.
Owing to what is believed to have
been jealousy Of his teachers he was
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28

spoken four minutes the professor
called time. Connolly also had
posted a prompter in the wings.
Climbs the Ladder.
"Clenching his manly Jaw" spoke
Connolly, "the fireman here plunged
through the excited crowd, climbed
up the ladder"
Then he forgot his lines.
He Stalled for a second or two
and tried again:
- plunged through the excited
crowd. climbed up --"
Times up!" called the professor
from the wings.
Earl thought it was his promptcr.
Climbed up -" said Earl with
a dainty GESTURE.
Times up!" called the timer bit
louder. ....
Climbed up" insisted Earl.
Times up" yell d the timer.
Climbed up" returned Connolly.
Sect Off the STAGE"
Earl retired in confusion.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28

OF course, 1920 means bad year
for the old timer who has been in
the habit of Swearing off" John
ME Barleycorn. He'll probably fall
victim to the force of habit and star
tie Friend Wife on New Years
morn that he SIS off for good" of
that gcnteei and brainy food, tho
nerve wracking liquor, Mecca
Java"
You Bet It Will.
Oh, it'll be wild old new year,
this year,
They'll probably toot some wills
ties and fire pistol or two. Aud
some of us will stagger along Six
teenth street, or Farnam, just like
old times.
Why, just listen In at any street.
corner-gathering and you'll hear
some of the widest plans for a hot
time in the old town tonight, New
Years eve, we mean, that could
ever emanate from the human brain.
But the real problem of the day,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
H. Leffingwell Lingers
In Realms of Relatively
But While Expounding to His Ever Attentive Family
On the Right Time and the Right Place for
Things, Madame l.. Reminds Him His "Place"
At That "Time"

state that would enable you to see
the soul of housekeeping, then there
would be no such thing as 'drudgery
in your domestic economy. There
would be a song in your heart for
every task"
Madame Lefingwell Ponders.
Mrs. Lefingwell was wondering
whether she could obtain an extra
bottle of that remedy for her Henry,
because she thought he needed
something to put little music into
his soul. The last time she heard
him break into song was on the oc-
casion of Fourth of July celebra-
ton, when she visited her folks on
the farm, and her brother gave Lef-
fngwell drink of hard cider into
which she believed someone had
dropped raisins for general results.
Anyway, she recalled that when the
old settlers gathered in the park.
Leffingwell wanted to lead the COM
,nunity singing, whereupon several
inquired whether he sang in choir
at home or whether he had been at
tending singing school.
When Mrs. What -Her- Name had
taken her leave, Mrs. Leffingwell
went in to join her husband and the
other peace conferees of her house
hold. She loked at Henry and then
stood at attention, as if sensing the
unspoken command that was on the
face of her chief executive.
Second Piece of Pie.
IT have been wondering whether
the Lefingwells know anything
about the value of time and place,
of being ir the right place at the
right time" the head of the house
began.
the time. place and the girl?" Viii
lie asked, irreverently.
"The person that finds his right
place and then improves his time
in making the most of that place,
is the one that is going to get the
second piece of pie, fguratively
speaking" the sage of the Letting
we'll home continued.
pa" interrupted Willie again, II
went over to Mrs. So-and-So's to-
day and told her that my ma said
l should not ask for piece of pie.
but that if she asked me to have
some pie, | need not say No., and
then she gave ne piece of pie
Gives an Object Lesson.
II want the Leffingwells to un-
desstand that time and place rep
resent about the best combination
they can play in the game of life. )"
Henry added, striking pose like a
man who seems to know what he
is talking 4bout.
Mrs. Letfingwell accepted the
challenge by saying:
Henry Leffirgwell, you seem to
be we'll versed in time and place.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
BY EDWARD BLACK.

Henry Lvfingwell, the night
Waterman of the Leffingwell OBJ
servatory, was endeavoring to get a
foothold on DR.. Albert Einstein's
new theory of relatively, which
takes the place of gravitation and
seeks to upset all of our beliefs in
the existence of absolute time or
place.
He was in a quandary, because he
had been a firm believer in the law
of gravitation ever since he fell from
an apple tree many years ago and
tore a new pair of trousers which
had been given to him by his uncle,
Hiram, who was leader OF the
community center down at Wilkins
general merchandise store, where
the village solons foregathered
around the large stove on cold eve
rings to white sticks, tell how the
government should be run and to
listen to Henry Umph play his
mouth organ.
An Academic Interest.
Lefiingwell had at least an acad-
emic interest and understanding of
relatively as applied to everyday af-
fairs, but he was something of a
Missourian when it came to un-
horsing his confidence in the belief
that what goes up must come down.
unless supported.
He had no quarrel with DR.. Elm
stein, who insists that there is no
absolute time or place, but he was
willing to debate that point with the
illustrious doctor.
He would agree that there is no
absolute place where he might find
his slippers when he returned to the
home nest at eventide, nor was
there any absolute time when his
wife would be ready if she were 60
ing out with him, but in the general
scheme of men and affairs he knew
there was sufficient dehniteness in
time and place to get him to work
in time in the morning, and to get
him home in time in the evening to
take his place as part of the con-
Stunning public with the Leffngwell
family at the dinner table.
Qualities of Soul
Mrs. Leffingwell, his hreside corr
panion, was addressing herself to the
annual task of preparing Christmas
cards for mailing. She had been
conversing with Mrs. What's-Her-
Name in the kitchen, this neighbor
havinS called to promote her latest
propaganda of new form OF So
called higher thought, which at
tributed the qualities of soul to any
thing and everything while you
waited.
you know there is the soul of
music" the caller said, radiantly,"
and there is also the soul of house
keeping. If you could bring your
self into that sublimated mental
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
Bouquet Of Live Human Interest Stories About People
Eligible Omaha Bachelors

Now, here's Harry Cockrell, the
exquisite young Beau Brummel and
Lord Chesterfield OF the Boyd thea.
ter, who has managed to escape mat
rimony thus far.
See how he's all dressed up in
his English tweed hat, the only one
Of its kind in Omaha, except one,
/ that is worn BY J. Thexton ARM
strong.
Hairy has debonnaire manner, a
kfetching smile, a kindly expression
and nice disposition.
E Once when he was living at Jer-
Sseyville, Ill, the Jerseyville Demo-
BSffat described him as follows:
Wary Cockrell, aged Il, a
young exquisite who dances d.
vinely and whose hands never
look better than when they are
manipulating the keys of a
piano.
Pretty nice, Ell? And Harry is
Just the same today as he was then.
He Knows EN- All.
You see him selling tickets some
times at the Boyd, but that is only
i when Miss Savage, the regular
ticket dispenser, is out. Harry is
business manager of the Boyd and
he knows more famous actors and
actresses by their first names than
anyone else we know of.
The theater is Harry's sphere
both by birth and preference.
Elsie Janis, the great actress, is
his cousin. Mrs. Oliver Morosco Is
his second cousin.
Adjoining the walls of his apart.
/ nent at the Merriam are the auto
graphed photographs of Sir Forbes
Robertson, Robert Mantell, Harry
Lauder. William Faversham, Max
inc Elliott, AL Jolson and scores OF
others.
Came From Illinois.
But, girls, you'll probably want
|. to know a bit more about his his
tory. Well, he was born at Alton,
I'll, the town after which the Chi
4 cago & Alton railway was named.
His father, Judge Cockrell. took
! leading part in the political
demonstrations which marked the
-zrnous Lincoln Douglas debate
Harry came here with his parents
when he was 20 years old.
He is devoted to his mother, who
Is now 81. They live together al
the Merriam hotel.
Harry, as the little piece quoted
above intimates, is an accomplished
pianist. A grand piano is one of the
principal ornaments of his home.
Though he is a bachelor, he is the
composer of two. famous lullabys,
"Ope Your Hands and Close YOU
Eyes" and "The Sleep Mans Com
ing" They were sung in the pro-
duction Of "The Newly Webs"
Popular at Weddings.
Another odd thing about this
anIiable bachelor is that he has been
either best man or usher at 49,
count 'em-lo weddings. II got to
\ be such, habit that Rev. T. J.
MAckay. once exclaimed, Good
gracious, Harry, isn't your turn ever
going to come to be the groom?"
Rev. Mr.. Mackay is one OF his
hest friends.
There You are, girls. He looks
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28

which confronts the modern young
Bacchus, is NOT where he's going
to get the wherewithal to promote
an H. T. G. party that "Eve"-his
troubles at present, are WHAT can
he swear off?
The state government is assisting
him away from cigarettes, and the
federal government is doing its best
to draw him away from the old
snake bite remedy.
Yes Very, Very Little.
Really, there's little left to resolve.
Lots Of them have resolved to
wear old clothes with patches, until
W. k. Doctors comes from that W. k.
high horse.
And rumors are prevalent, that
along with the New Years resolu-
tons of the Omaha police depart
ment, and the Gentleman Burglar,
Colonel Hoopenblozzom, eminent
profteer, will greet the new year
of 1920 with the resolve not to
overcharge any morc-than he has
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
INSPIRING STORY
OF THE LIFE OF
GEN. STINGEE
Birth and Early Career Of the
Man Who Is a Candidate
for the Presidency.

The consent of General A. Stin-
ger, editor of The Bundle Bee, to
become candidate for the presi-
dency of the United States has
aroused demand that something of
the career of this remarkable man
be told.
Ananias Singer first saw the light
CT day April l, 1860 at Turnip Hill,
Neb., where his parents had PORN
inent place in business and social
circles.
Mrs. Singer, mother OF little An
anias, did much to clean up the town,
operating with her own. hands
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
ANOTHER POM.

Submitted by Lee Van Dusen, the Proof Boy. Win
Says a Friend OF His Wrote It.
II I could run the street cars
Theirs one thing l would do
I'd stop at every crossing
Until I had few
Then with the men all seated
With woman on each lap
I'll bet by gosh thered be no trouble
For the rest to find STRAP,
WALT WISLER.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28

doughnut mills Of Turnip Hill. These
mills make and ship doughnuts all
over the world.
At that time .doughnuts were made
without holes. 1t had never oc-
Cured to the people that a hole
could be put into the middle Of the
doughnut.
According to tradition the great
idea of hole in doughnut came
to Ananias Singer one day as he
was watching the boys pitching
quoits.
IF they can put hole through
the middle of quot, why not put
them in doughnuts?" Ananias rea-
soned.
The Great Invention.
No sooner reasoned than done.
Ananias went home, secured some
old wrapping paper and stub PEN
Gil and made drawing of dough-
nut with a hole in it. He prepared
complete plans and specifications.
That very evening he knocked at
the door Ct old Peter Tubbs, million
aire doughnut magnate. VI
A servant led the way into the
library where old Peter was seated
by the fireplace.
"What do you want?" demanded
the doughnut king, seeing the hum
bic employee before him.
Il have an invention to show you,
sir" said Ananias.
"Huhl Nothing much you've got!"
grunted old Peter.
Ananias said: Nothing but a
doughnut with a hole in it'll"
The doughnut king sat up. electri-.
fed.
"A doughnut with a hole in It'll"
he exclaimed. "But is that posi-
ble"
"Not only possible but as good as
done! cried the young man. Il
have the complete drawings and
specifcations here"
Far into the night the great mag
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
MAKE 1t Snappy" Is
Policemen's Motto
From Sergeant Down

Once a soldier, always soldier.
Is that so? Well, ask Sergeant OF
Police Wheeler, an ex-leatherneck.
who has had more experience with
the marines in France than the COM
mander of the Fighting Battalion"
Sergeant Wheeler was one of the
best drilled leathernecks in the ma
rine corps, his military friends say,
and it wasn't long before he was
made sergeant in his company. He
showed EN- how to drill, too, they
say, and it was he who put the
snap" in salute.
Nowadays, with the sergeant all
logged up in a well-htted blue uni
form, brass buttons. shining badge,
smile, personality m ev'rything, il
is his daily custom upon going of
duty from the central police station
to present himself to someone with
higher authority and with a snappy
salute at attention say: "Sir, may
l have the, pleasure to report of
duty?"
Another salute, about-face and
Sergeant Wheeler is gone.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
Ineligible Bachelor.

BOyertown Democrat.y
Constable Milton M. Gerry OF
Harlem removed James L,
Rauch. an old hermit, to the
Berka County Home near Shil-
lington, on Monday. Mr.. Rauch
is single and lived in shanty
at Green Valley, or Devils
Hole. He is more than 20 years
cid and was basket maker by
trade.