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Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
HOLDS UP STORE
IN BUSIEST HOUR
AND SHOOTS TWO
Youthful Denver Bandi,
Wounds Woman in Arm
During Chase.

Elenver, Dec. 25.-During the bus
lest hour of the Christmas eve, a
youthful bandit held up delicates-
sen at 1889 South Broadway. robbed
the cash drawer of its contents, then
shot two persons, a man and a
woman, who joined pedestrians in
chase after the robber fled.
The wounded are Mrs. Alice Rem
sink. shot through the arm, and
Walter .Oakcs, shot drought the
leg. Both are seriously wounded,
but viii recover, according to phys
icians at a local hospital. The bandit
escaped.
The robber entered the shop and
began to work Systematically and
calmly, according to Mrs. Ruth Nc
Lcod, the proprietor. Clerks and
patrons were lined up against the
wall while the bandit sought the
cash drawer. Finding the till, he
pried it open, poketed $40 it con-
tanned and the left the place.
The clerks spread an alarm and
several persons joined in, chase.
Mrs. Rensink and Cakes were in
the lead when the fleeing bandit
stopped short, pulled his gun and
fired.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
South Side BreUities

Hundreds Of our customers received
their Christmas money this week from our
So wings club. Join our Economy club to-
day. Live Stock National Bank. junction
Twenty fourth and N streets.
Lester II. Brown, 4410 South Twenty
first street and Miss Mae Mittlemyer, 27o6
p street. were married Saturday evening
At the Grace Methodist Episcopal church
parsonage by Rev. c. G. Wilson. The
Young couple will be at home to their
friends at 4410 South Twenty-first street.
Walter Pickett. negro. 116 South Twen-
ty-slxth street, told Judge Fitzgerald We'd
nesday morning IN police court that Joe
Dempsey had stolen his coat and vest
After hearing the statement Of both men
the Judge said he couldn't see how he
could make a suit out Of just a coat and
vest and continued the case until Decent
her 80.
quiet wedding was solemnized Tues
day evening at the parsonage of the Grace
Methodist Episcopal church by Rev. c. c.
Wilson. with Oren Proper. 2613 . street,
xnd Miss Carrie Au Buchon. 1923 South
Twentieth street, the contracting parties.
The newly married couple left wednesday
morning for Kansas City. Mo-, on honey
mon trip and to visit with relatives,
D. ]. Russell. 1881 L street; R. C. still
mack, 1915 Patterson avenue; Joe MaJo-
wicz. 4s25 } street: Stanley Labrinski, 4132
4. street, and Thomas Ranger, 4172
street, were in police court "Wednesday
charged with vagrancy on complaint or
Police OFFICER Mclaughlin. who testified
tho men had been spending most Of their
time the last two weeks In pool halls. The
case vas continued.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
English Women Conquered
BY Tobacco Will Not Stop
Lady Violet Greville Explains Gradual Advance Of
Smoking Among Fair Sex-Pubc Use by Girls
Makes Certain It's Permanent Use.

London, Dec. 24.-"Has tobacco
conuered women altogether" asks
the Daily Globe.
And Lady Violet Greville answers,
in the same paper, as follows:
Gone are the golden glories Of my
Lady Nicotine, the idol and solace
of the lonely bachelor, free from
the wiles, the dangers and the COM
pany Of women. Men smoked, wo-
men talked in those days. The par
lor and the smoking room, the hall
and the housekeeper's room, were
divided by kind Of wire entangle-
ment that no one cosld pass over.
Habit Grew Gradually.
But the modern Eve has COM
passed it. Gradually, gently, but
firmly she crossed the boundary,
joined the males in the billiard room
in fascinating tea gown, fingered be-
hind the ladies in the dining room.
puffed at a cigaret here, nibbed at
another there, and finally blossomed
into a full-blown smoker, innocent
Of all camouhage.
At first the practice stamped a
woman as being rather fast, which
gave her special charm in the eyes
of men, then as original and Be-
hemian, finally as one of a common
crowd. Since the little f1apper of the
shop and the government Office took
to smoking some men have even
given up the practice.
They smoke in bed before break
fast, during the bath, in the lounges
of hotels, in railway carriages, final
ly they have begun to smoke in
music halls. independence can go
no further.
Ignore Doctors Orders.
One anticipates the time when
elderly men and women will press
a half crown into the hands of will
ing guards in the vain attempt to
find non smoker on the train, and
the acceptance of lover depends
on his nice taste in Turkish tobacco.
Dull and tiresome husbands will re-
fuse to pay their wives tobacco
bills.
Disraeli said tobacco was the
tomb of love" Has it proved SO?
Does the cigaret-tainted breath APP
peal and seem to the man as the
breezes of Eden? Nerves were al
ways the appanage of woman. Much
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26

| smoking ruins the nerves. One
young woman smoked habitually 100
cigarets a day. The doctor warned,
the husband stormed and pleaded
with her to, give up the pernicious
habit for the sake Of the children
and the home. II cannot,"tshe an
swered. you will die" said the
DOCTOR. "Then. must die, but l
will not give it up"
Gift Cases Popular.
Such callousness is, of course,
rare, but women continue to ignore
the fact. that nicotine stains the
teeth and Injuries the complexion if
INDUCED in to excess. Vanity even
has given way to the oyermastering
habit. Wedding presents take the
form of costly cigaret cases instead
of jewelry, and women hang golden
receptacles to their wrists and at
tach them to their vanity bags. With
a powder puff and ,cigaret case a
woman can face the world and
despise her rivals.
But there is the question of ex-
pense. Good tobacco is costly, bad
tobacco loathsome. What is a poor
little girl to do? Ruin herself by
paying for her own chocolate, cigar
cts, that strange mixture of tastes,
or depend upon her male friends to
supply her? The latter way opens a
wide vista of possibilities. Cigars
are not yet very popular, but occa-
sionally a. daring spirit will pull out
che and appear to enjoy it.
Difference in Moods.
Is the craze one that will con-
tinue? If neither expense nor vanity
deter woman, what will? Certain
ly not opposition or advice. Habits
make acts, acts make character,
character makes destiny" What
will be the destiny of the smoking
women? Men smoke from various
motives. chiefly for rest and refresh
nent. The smoking habit is essen
TALLY unsocial, and even among
friends silence often prevails. A
man slips on his oldest coat and
slippers, sits in his easy chair by the
fire. takes out his pipe, thinks of
nothing or everything, and is happy.
The fapper's ideal is noise, COM
pany, jolly time, brocaded cush-
ions, rowdy supper and lots of
chatter. But the true smoker is
happiest alone.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
r ORMA TALMADGE will be

NJ ORMA TALMADGE will be
N seen today and Saturday at
= the Muse theater in her Select
picture, THE Forbidden City" Miss
Talmadge has the role of San San,
daughter of a Chinese mandarin.
She marries an American consulate
officer, and when the emperor learns
of it he orders her death and her
fathers. After growing to woman
hood, she makes hes escape, gong
to Manila, where she becomes Red
Cross nurse. The Forbidden City"
is picture so much different than
the average you will enjoy seeing it.
Rialto 90 Crooked Straight" a
Charley Ray photoplay, which
opened three-day run at the Ria1to
yesterday, proved big driving card
for this house. it being estimated
some $500 people saw the produc-
ton during the first day of its show
ing. Charley Ray, as safe cracker,
reforms for the sake of a girl with
whom he has fallen in love. The
scenes are laid in small town and
in the slums of big city, where Ray
as country boy falls in evil ways,
but eventually redeems himself.
Margery Wilson is Rays leading
lady, and the cast includes the vet
Gran Otto Hoffman whom so many
enjoy seeing with Ray on the screen.
Sun-A forger, a burglar, cheat
and deaf--a confidence man, and
stick-up man-these are the FIVE
"wags" (scalawags) whom Clara
Horton as June Campbell, starring
in The Girl From Outside +" is first
introduced to when she lands in
Nome, Alaska, in 1900. How she
sets them on different path makes
an interesting picture and one you
will enjoy seeing. THE Girl From
Outside" will continue at the Sun
during the balance of the week.
Strand-Wallace Reid has ro-
mantle comedy role in his picture,
Hawthorne Of the U. S. A., the Of
tering at the Strand today and Sat-
urday. The STORY centers around the
adventures of two law clerks, maxi
ing a tour of Europe in rented
automobile When down to their
last penny, Hawthorne, one Of the
clerks, breaks the bank at Monte
Carlo and, laden with wealth, the
pair go to Bovinia, tiny kingdom,
where he falls in love" with the
Princess 1rma to espouse the cause
of royalty. 1t is picture of inter
est and being shown to large audi
ences.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
South Side
PRICE OF HIDES
TAKES BIG SLUMP
ON MARKET HERE
Lack Of Export Outlet and
High Shoe Prices
Given as Chief
Cause.

According to reports of several
managers Of Omaha hide and fur
companies, there is big decline in
the price of hides on the Omaha
market, which is said to be due to a
lack OF export outlets.
According to one manager, light
packer COW hides that were so cents
pound two weeks ago are bringing
only IS cents pound, with little de-
rland. That the majority of tanner
les were compelled to close on ac-
count of the coal shortage is given
rs another reason for the decline. as
the market was burdened with a
heavy accumulation for which there
was no steady demand.
Another item that conduces to the
low price Of hides is said to be the
declining demand for footwear. caus-
ed BY high prices, which has COM
PEELED the public 70 engage the serv-
Tres of repair cobblers. 1t is said a
great many shoe merchants have
been compelled to resort to cut-rate
sale sof footwear to reduce to their
yioek
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
AT THE
HEAT Frs

KIT A LA LUCILLE" the mu
steal farce by Fred Jackson
A> which comes to the Brandeis
New Years week. had its premiere
at the Henry Miller theater in New
York. After five months run at that
house it moved to the Criterion
theater, when capacity audiences con-
t:uued to greet it until previously
made contracts forced this laugh
compelling hit on tour.
"Tea for Three" is also highly
recommended for that day after
effect" and if you are experiencing
something of lassitude following the
joys of Christmas the comedy now
being presented at Boyd's will be a
certain pick-me-up. 1t is delightful
brew and can be thoroughly enjoyed
under any circumstances. Another
matinee will be given on Saturday
afternoon.
On Sunday evening Fair and
Warmer" will smile in on US again,
this time at Boyd's, where it will
be played by a selected cast Of far
ceurs. It is Avery Hopwood's best,
and as such is Just as good now as
when it vas first seen.
One element giving special dis
tinction to the dance performance
of Albertina Rasch and her assist
ants at the Orpheum this week is
the beautiful music. Her company
includes Louis Wolff Hollands eel
cbrated violin virtuoso. One act that
scores a decided surprise is the offer
ing Of William Eds, most astonish-
ing of ventrifoquists. Each act Of
the show is announced by James ].
Morton, who raises as much
laughter as any offering of the show.
Harry Breen, the singing comedian
and rapid fire song writer, is prov
ing popular.
"The American people demand
music Of the better sort" is the claim
Of James Stevens, who sings the
Chocolate Soldier" role in the
Ralph Dunbar production of the
comic opera of that name, which is
the offering at the Brandeis holiday
week. r
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
TIASHEC zTom FIIMIAND
PHOTO PLAY. OFFERINGS. FOR. TO-DAY.

Moon-The doctor reported that
old Woodruff was dying, when his
'staunch friend and attorney insisted
upon introducing into the household
Dorothea. 1t mattered but little
that she was not the child of the in
valid's daughter for whom he had
been calling in his delirious ram
blings, for he had never seen her.
After you have seen the first reel of
the "Follies Girl" starring Olive
Thomas at the Moon, it will puzzle
you, too. until the end OF the last
reel. You must see this picture to
find out Just what happened, and
how Olive Thomas unknowingly cs-
tablishes another reason why women
should have the vote.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
Hotel Ground Lease
Brings $l05,000 at
Court House Auction

The ground lease of the Harley
hotel. northwest corner of Twenti-
eth and Farnam streets, was sold
Wednesday by Lawrence Brinker,
referee. at the east door of the court
house for $l05,000. as part of the set
Element of the estate of Jane Kee-
line. The ground was purchased by
Harry Turkey, who bid it in for a
client.
The lease has "A years to run
and carries with it an option on the
whole property for $l25,000 to $780,
600 at the end of the lease.
Bidding on the property was
lively, starting at less than $4,000
and going up rapidly.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
Want Moorhead Reappointed
Election Commissioner Here

Petitions are being circulated by
]. M. Harding and DR.. c. B. Atzen,
fellow members of the Rotary club,
asking Governor McKelvie to re-
appoint Harley G. Moorhead as
election commissioner for Douglas
county. Mr.. Moorhead was appoint
ed to this position as a democrat,
but the current petitions already
have the signature of R. B. Howell,
national republican committeeman
for Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
Twelve !. W. W. Reported
In CUSTODY in Nebraska JaiIs

Il
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 25.-Gov.
Samuel McKelvie has informed At
torney General Palmer, in answer
to an inquiry, that there are II L.
w. w. in custody in Nebraska, and
that they will be prosecuted in due
time.
Governor McKelvie has complied
with the attorney generals request
by sending a copy of the Nebraska
law against syndicalism and the law
on sedition. Mr.. Palmer also asked
the governor to inform him of any
violations of the federal laws in this
state that he may cooperate with
Nebraska authorities in prosecu-
tons.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
Judge Discharges Negro
Who Was "WatChjnu' Wife

When he said he couldn't stand a
jail sentence because his wife needed
watching, William Sayles, negro,
Fourteenth and Davenport street,
was discharged in Central police
court Wednesday by Judge Foster.
He was arrested Tuesday night,
when he was caught peering into the
windows of house at 2l8 North
Seventeenth street.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
Omaha Rotary Club Plans
Big Meeting for Next Week

Omaha Rotary club held no meet
ing Wednesday, but is making plans
for "big show" next Wednesday
noon at the Hotel Fontenelle. An
effort will be made to make the last
meeting o, the year a record breaker
for attendance. why the world
didn't come to an end as predicted"
VIII be explained at the meeting
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
The Bees Free Shoe
Fund
Dear Friend am little boy
o,years old I cant 60 to school
or 60 sled riding be cause I
havn't got on shoes / would lik
to have you help me if YOU can"

That's one of the many letters
received by the fund, copied YER
batini from the writing of the little
boy
Every cent received by this fund
is used to buy shoes for such little
waite
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26

ADJUSTMENTS.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26

PHOTO-PI.AYS.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-26
Prohibition Worker Dies.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 25.-Horace
F. Carson, for eight years superin-
tendcnt of the Nebraska Anti-Saloon
league, died here Sunday. He was
nationally known as prohibition
worker.
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REJECTION OF TREATY WOULD
EXPOSE FRENCH FRONTIER
Failure Of u. S. to Ratify Tripartite Agree
ment Would Appear as Deliberate
Betrayal of France.

only the announcement that such a
pledge had been obtained saved the
Clemenceau government. when 1t be-
, came known that this government had
consented to Mr.. Wilson's demands.
Now the whole treaty of peace with
Germany. so far as France is con-
cerned. is based upon the essential
condition that the United States and
Great Britain guarantee their protec-
ton and support to France. in case
France is attacked. We have. in eff
feet. persuaded the French to consent
to an arrangement of her eastern
frontiers. which will leave her open
TO new invasion unless the Germans
know. in advance that such invasion
will bring them instantly into col
! lision with the United States and
/ Britain.
! If the United States now defaults. II
! the Senate now rejects the engagement
! of the President. if it declines to assure
| France of the support the President has
| promised. observe what the effect will
/ be. France will again be open to in
| vaSion. she will be open to invasion be-
| cause she has agreed to surrender her
! natural line of defense, at the request
| of Britain and the United States. on the
| express condition that both these coun-
| tries promised her to come to her as
! sistance if the German attempts to fol
| low his old pathways of invasion.
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hardly be expected that France will
evacuate the Rhine frontier and thus
invite German aggression. and II she
does not the treaty of Versailles goes
into tho discard and the league Of ma
tons becomes memory before it is
even an experiment.
The discussion as to whether the
President of the United States had the
authority to pledge the support OF his
country or not. is. so far as the French
are concerned. academic He did pledge
it, he did persuade the French to con-
sent to certain things. dangerous to
them-things that no French minister
could have consented to under any
other circumstances-hy promising
American aid. In fact. he told the
French that II they abandoned the
Rhine barrier in the interests of gen.
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FREES IMPORTED LEATHER.
Germany Takes Step to Restrict
Importation of Shoes.

BERLIN. July Is (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-The official control
bureau has released sufficient i'm
ported leather for the production of
100000 pairs Of shoes in order to
restrict the importation of ready
made footwear. The supply will be
allotted among the factories through
out Germany.
Reports from the cities near the
zone of occupation and the north
Baltic seaports indicate a marked drop
in the prices Of textiles, due to in
coming stocks.
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The following casualties are repoi'
ed by the commanding general Oh '''e
American expeditionary forces
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eral peace and OF his league Of nations
project they could count on American
armies to counterbalance the loss Incl
dent to their sacrifice.
Now the whole treaty OF peace has
been constructed upon this basic fact.
80 far as France is concerned. To de-
stroy this foundation is to remove the
sole argument for French retirement
from the Rhine. 1t is also to advertise
to the Germans that they are free to
attack France again, II they choose.
without fear OF American intervention:
II we refuse to honor the signature OF
the President of the United States. II
we refuse to pay. where he has com
mitted our credit it seems to me the
consequences will be disastrous in the
extreme.
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Will Seem Like Betrayal.

To the French mind. and I think to
most fair minds, such a course on the
part of America will seem like a DELHI
crate betrayal. France will feel that
she had been tricked into surrendering
her lines of defense. now occupied by
French armies and still conceivably to
be held In such a situation it can
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Summer Gowns of
softest, finest main
socks; handsomely
trimmed w | I n
laces. embroidery,
medailiOns and rib
bonS.
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BY FRANK II. sIMoNDS.

Like the league of nations. the
treaty guaranteeing France against
any new German aggression enters
at once into the domestic political
controversy. yet it is essential that
the American public should at least
know the circumstances which sur
round it's inception and development
AS to the French need of such a guar
antee. the fact that France has four
times been invaded by German armies
in the last hundred years is the best
evidence.
Paris during the peace conference
was this: Marshal FoCh. speaking
with an authority not to be ques-
toned anywhere, speaking as SOL
der as well as Frenchman. declared
that France could not be safe against
frontier of the republic was at the
Rhine. There, and only there, was a
barrier which in French hands would
insure both France and Belgium
against repetition of the events of
August. 1914.
Wilson took exception. French mill
tary occupation of the left bank of
the Rhine was inconsistent with his
fourteen points. In this contention
me PRESIDENT was supported by Lloyd
George. Britain and the United
states, safe from all chance of q
German invasion. separated by sea
from Germany and doubly insured
by the elimination of the German
fleet, vetoed the decision of the great
est living soldier and refused to
france her natural frontier.
Ask for Supervision.
The French then asked that some
sort OF supervision Of German mill
tary establishment be provided for in
the league OF nations and that there
should be included in the league of
nations covenant some provision that
| in case of German aggression against
france all the nations in the lea que
should automatically declare wal
against Germany. Again Mr. Wilson
| objected and found British support
Ihus the second logical line of French
protection was abolished. In both
cases the sacrifice of French interests
was asked in the name of Mr. Will
/ sons league of nations
AS consequence. France, in sur
rendering guarantees of her owr
| choosing against German attack, found
| herself obliged to ask of the nations
| and statesmen, who had insisted upon
| the sacrifice, some assurance agains,
! a new German invasion Obviously
| France alone could not defend herself
against Germany if Germany were
! able. without allied supervision, te
| prepare such an invasion and French
armies were not permitted to meet i,
| at the Rhine border.
| The French demand, then, was for
precisely the guarantee which Mr..
Wilson and Lloyd George have fur
| nished in the tripartite agreement, now
under general discussion. In effect
America and Britain, as represented
! in Paris, said to France, 'If you viii!
resign your claim to your natural
military frontier we will pledge our
respective countries to come to your
aid at once and to the limit of our
[ ability
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$500 Bedspreads

Very Heavy Hemmed Gro
Chef Spreads; all the newest
imported designs in Mar
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allowed to purchaser.
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EXPLOSION KILLS TWELVE,
Disaster Aboard British Tank
Steamer From Gas Accumulation.

CARDIFF. Wales, July 16.-Twelve
persons were killed in the explosion
on board the British tank steamer
Roseleaf here yesterday. The ex-
plosion was caused by an accumula-
tion of gas. The ship was undergo
ing repairs here at the time Of the
accident
Tho British tank steamer Roseleaf
IA rated at 3,S17 net tonnage
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Pledge Necessary for French.

Without such a pledge France could
not have accepted the terms of peace,
as outlined in the Versailles document.
Had the Clemenceau cabinet failed to
obtain such a substitute for the. condi-
tons prescribed by Foch and Endorsed
by every soldier of standing in the
world, it would have fallen. In fact