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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-13
FORMER OMAHA
GIRL, SINGER,
DIES ABROAD
Mrs. Felix Szreter, Better
Known Here as Minna
Meyer, Succumbs in
Norway.

Moritz Meyer. 1928 Harvey street,
has received a cablegram from
Christiania, Norway, telling of the
death of his daughter. Mrs. Felix
Szreter, on June 7. following the
birth of baby daughter.
Mrs. Szreter was well known in
Omaha for her vocal ability. She
studied music under Thomas Kelley
and Joseph Barton for some time
after she graduated from Central
High school, then went to New
York, where she continued her
studies.
Believing her talent to be remark
able, her instructors in New York
advised her to study abroad. She
was in Germany only short time
when she. was given a chance to
sing in grand opera in Berlin.
1t was there she met her future
husband, Felix Szreter, a young
Russian. They planned to be mar
ried in Omaha, and Mrs. Szreter
returned with the understanding
that Mr.. Szreter was to follow
shortly.
The war prevented his. coming,
however, as he was of Russian ma
tionality. and was held as a war
prisoner by Germany. He at last
succeeded in making his escape to
Christiania, where he wrote her to
join him.
She left Omaha in May, four
years ago, and was married shortly
after in Christiania. Mrs. Szreter.
better known to her Omaha friends
as Nina Meyer, was IS years old
She appeared in several concerts
given here, and charmed her audi
.ence with her wonderful voice.
She is survived by her husband.
little daughter, three years old, and
her baby girl. five days old, in Eur
ope; her father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Moritz Meyer, one sister, Lilli-
an, a brother, Herbert, in Oma-
ha, and another brother in New
York.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-13
KiWanis to Discuss Drive
For ChiIdren's Aid Friday

The weekly meeting of the XII
wants club today in the south
room of the Chamber of Commerce,
will be addressed by w. Lincoln
Byrne and Earl Burkett, who at
tended the recent international con-
vention of Kiwanis clubs at Birm-
ingham, Ala. .
At this meeting there will also be
a report and discussion on the drive
which the club held for. the child
ren's aid division of the Humane
society.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-13
Paving Contracts Amounting
To Nearly 500, 600 Approved

City council yesterday approved
three paving contracts in favor OF
Hugh Murphy Construction COM
pany, amounting to nearly 100000.
The districts are: Martha street,
Tenth to Twenty-foYth streets, to
be paved with aspKaltic concrete;
Vinton street, Thirteenth to Twen-
tieth streets, to be paved with. Wit
rified brick; Browne street, from
Twenty-fifth avenue to Thirtieth
street, to be paved with asphaltic
concrete.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-13
.Speeder Sentenced to Two
!. DAYS In Jail bV Police Judue

S. Patterson, 1888 Pine street, was
sentenced to two days in Jail for
speeding with his cutout open by
Acting Judge Holmes in police
court yesterday. Patterson was
arrested on the Florence boulevard
by a motorcycle officer Wednesday
and spent the night in the matron's
ward of the Jail. He is 10 years
rid
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-13
Alleged Patricide Held.

Jerseyville. ILL.,, June 12.-Dr.
Horace A. Reddish, charged with
the murder of his father, Stephen
M. Reddish, a wealthy retired farm
er and banker, was bound over to
the September grand jury by Justice
Arthur Thatcher at the conclusion
of his preliminary hearing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-13
Council Receives Formal
Accordance From Edwards

City council yesterday received
from DR.. James F. Edwards OF
Camp Mills, N. Y, a formal letter
Of acceptance of the position OF
health commissioner.
The doctor expects to be in Oma-
ha within the next 60 days to begin
his work here.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-13

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15
With Other Editors
PoStponement Is Death.

The proposal to postpone the formation of the
league is proposal to kill the project fortnight
That Senator Lodge understands very well. So does
Senator Knox And sure is he of the bearing of
his proposals that he actually offers an alternative
solution-a Monroe Doctrine of the World" Let
America announce that eff situation should arise
in which any power combination of powers should
directly indirectly the freedom and peace
of Europe the United States would regard the situa-
ton with grave menace to its own free
dom and peace and would consult with other powers
affected with view to action for the re-
movaI of such menace"
Under such a doctrine the United States would
have proclaimed her right to involve herself in any
European quarrel that might arise. Europe will be
repete with quarrels if Lodge and Knox have their
way. And America would have her hand in every
one of them, fighting constantly for causes she did
not help to shape. She would have taken the role
formerly occupied by England of arbiter of European
quarrels partisan in obscure strifes leading to OBJ
scurer ends. That is not peace America nor for
the world. But peace is exactly the state against
which the imperialsts OF America and Europe are
waging war.-New Republic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15
The Fate of John BarIeycorn.

In composing parlance thirty" means the
last take-the finish of the job. 1t thirty for
John Bareycorn when Illinois endorsed the national
prohibition amendment. While six more states were
needed to seal his fate the outcome foregone
conclusion.
Prohibitionists expect John to be executed forth
with and to remain dead all over the United States
for ever and ever. There Others however, who
are neither so sanguine nor so sanguinary They
are predicting the old gentleman will execute num-
Der of commissions in the process of giving up the
ghost The fact should not be overlooked that there
will be about eighty million gallons of whisky in
this country at the time national prohibition goes
into effect the first of July and that already
flourishfng business is being done in the manufac-
ture of stills some of them small enough to be
ried in good sized pocket 1t will not be surpris-
ing if Old Man Bareycorn has at least many lives
as the proverbal and if after he is dead his
spirits-the word being used advsedly-continue to
haunt US.
It is trifle disappointing too, to learn that tho
dry forces which have been prosecuting the in
this country are to be shifted abroad they
get a favorable verdict here to carry the fight to
other parts of the world 1t had been hoped that
they would stick around to help with the execution
and to make big medicine afterward to drive the
evil spirits away They will be needed, we may be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15

While the waves and the tempests
soar,
An artist can paint a shrew as a
saint,
But not camouf1age on a snore.
Oh, mothers, write to your sons at
sea;
Write to them, l implore,
A letter as earnest as it can be,
Containing a delicate, motherly
plea,
A plea for them not to snore.
Oh, take much pride in my trou-
sers wide,
The ladies all think them sweet,
And l must admit that l love to sit
In a chair and relieve my feet.
Avast! Delay! and we're bound
away
With our hearts dashed fast to
the fore,
But when mermaids sleep
In their bowers deep,
Do you think that the sweet
things snore?
March Sunday day of rest,
for which 1 gave, in the words of
our interchangeable chaplain, three
good, rollicking cheers" Some folks
are coming up to see me this af-
ternoOn. | hear | must moo
through the fence at them like a
COW. (Later). The folks have just
left. Mother kept screaming
through the wire about my under
wear. She seemed to have it on
her brain. There were several
young girls standing right next to
her. l really felt 1 was no longer
a bachelor Why do mothers lay
such tremendous stress on under
wear? They seem to believe that
a sons sole duty to his parents
consists in publicly announcing
that he is claid in winter flannels.
Polly drove up for a moment
with Joe Henderson. | hope the
draft gets hold of that bird. They
were going to have tea at the Bilt-
more when they got back to the
city. l almost bit the end off of
a sentry's bayonet when / heard
this woeful piece of news. Liberty
looks a long way off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15
Cancer in Every Family.
Hon %


In reminding readers that one in
every nine women and one in every
Is men die of cancer / do not mean
to brighten any one. One stands a
still greater chance of succumbing
to pneumonia or TO cardiovascular
disease. The purpose of mention
ing these facts is to remind readers
that, if there has been no known
case of cancer in the family for a
generation or two back, that is all
the more reason to anticipate its
possible occurrence in the family
now, for no family can remain long
exempt from cancer.
1t is painful to contemplate how
great a proportion of cancer vic
tins are doomed through their own
individual neglect. It is painful to
think how many victims, knowing
they have cancer, wilfulIy refuse TO
submit to the only treatment which
offers a reasonable chance of cure.
We know that a considerable
share, probably one-half of all can
GER deaths, are preventable. They
are preventable by early recogri-
liOh vi lilt HdIuIe VI Jiit trouble hlitl
immediate operation.
Ignorance is the cause of fully
half the fatalities from cancer. For
example, it is ignorance and moth
ing else in the world that prompts
a woman to postpone seeking medi-
cal advice on the ground that it is
indicate or immodest to do so. No
intelligent woman can possibly har-
Dor such ideas. 1t is ignorance that
prompts a man to experiment upon
his stomach trouble instead of con-
sulting a physician about it.
Cancer of the stomach is the most
frequent situation in men, and The
symptoms are those of alleged "dys-
pepsia" developing after the age Of
40. Cancer of the womb is the most
frequent situation in women, and
the fishwives assure the victim are
caused by the change of life"-a
physiological event, by the way,
which never causes symptoms.
Cancer usually develops in the
site of some pre-eXistent lesion,
either of the surface or of an exter-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15

March Fell out of my ham
mock last night and momentarily
interrupted the snoring contest
holding sway. I was told to pipe
down" in Irish, Yiddish. Third ave-
nue. and Bronx This, I thought was
adding insult to injury. l hope
the thing does not become a habit
with me. In connection with Snor-
ing l have written the following
song which l am going to send
home to Polly. l wrote it in the
Y. NJ C. A hut this afternoon while
crouching between the feet of two
embattIed checker players. I'm
going to call it 1.-The Thyme of the
Snoring Sailor" 1t goes like this:
The mother thinks of her sailor son
AS cIutched in the arms of war,
But mother should listen, as | have
done,
To this same little, innocent sailor
son
Sprawl in his hammock and snore
Oh, the sailor man is a rugged man,
The master of wind and wave,
And poets sing till the tea-rooms
ring
OF his picturesque, deep sea grave,
And they likewise write of the
storm at Night"
When the numerous north winds
roar,
But more profound is the dismal
sound
OF a sea-going sailors snore
Oh, mothers knit for their sailor
Socks for their nautical toes,
But mothers should list to the
frightful noise
Made by their innocent sailor boys
By the wind they blow through
their nose.
Oh, life at sea is wild and free
And greatly to be admired,
But l would sleep both sound and
deep
At night when I'm feeling tired.
So here we go with a yo, no, no.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Sailed Peanuts are Wholesome,

Please tell ME whether it Is
healthy to eat sailed peanuts and
whether they are very hard to di-
gest. c. W.
Answer-Peanuts are very nutri-
tious and as easily digested as any
other food OF equal nutritive value.
For some persons the addition OF
salt adds to their sayoriness and
hence helps digestion
Baby's Eyes.
Our little girl three years old has
had since birth a running OF tears
over her checks, especially trouble
some when she is out Of doors and
the weather is the least bit cool
We were told that it was probably
caused by the nurse, who used a
saturated boric acid solution (made
from the boric crystals for bath
ing the baby's eyes when she was
born. Is there any way to over
come such thing now?
MRS. G. F. &.
Answer-A saturated solution OF
boric acid in water is quite the Gus
tomary thing TO use for bathing a
newborn baby's eyes. Your de-
scription suggests chronic inflam
nation of the tearsacs with or with
out obstruction of the tear ducts
(which should drain tears into the
nose). Take the baby 10 an oculisJ
for examination and treatment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15
Chr Rnll nf Gnnnr

Washington, Jan. 15.-The cas-
ualty list given out today by the
war department has a total of 627
names.
(SECTION ONE).
The following casualties are re
Ported by the commanding general
of the American expeditionary
forces: Died of wounds, AZ; died
from disease, "a; wounded severe
ly, 176. Total, 312.
Died of Wounds.
CORPORAL.
Joseph John Marck, Chicago.
Died of Disease.
PRIVATES.
James l.. Nelson, Chicago.
Walter r. Pucket. Oseola, Iowa.
John Rottman, Wilton Junction,
Iowa.
Chester f. Rutledge. Des Moines,
Iowa.
Louis Syring, Upton, Iowa.
Floyd Allen, Scranton, Iowa.
Rudolph Cordes, Pekin, Ill.
Clair Daniel, Prescott, Iowa.
John W. Dinham, Murray, Iowa.
w lllldA Sldy LOu I IhCbs Ndl man.
Ill.
william F. Heide, Palatina, Ill.
Frank II. Kern, Chicago.
Wounded Severely.
LIEUTENANTS
Leroy F. Nortman, Chicago, Ill.
Denton II. Sparks, Vermillion,
III.
Charles F. Wilson, Red Oak,
Iowa.
SERGEANT.
Raymond Hank Kraft, Chicago,
III.
PRIVATES.
William A. Moore, Newton, Iowa.
Ira Tubbs, Oquawka, III.
Albert A. Van Bergen, Chicago.
Bernice Voshell, Ellington, Iowa.
Joseph Breen, Chicago, III.
Roy o. Bates, Villisca, Iowa.
Frank Doorley, Chicago, Ill.
Ben Gem, Chicago, Ill.
Jesse o. Hare, independence,
Iowa.
Andrew c. Jacenke, Chicago, III.
Michael S. Heating, Chicago, Ill.
SECTION TWO)
The following casualties are re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15
President Wilson's Position

While President Wilson is not concerned over any
group or groups Of socialists among our allies he
unquestonably is the spokesman Of the people of
these countries as is other parsonage who will
attend the peace conference. He may be said to
be the only international figure in the conference
Lloyd George is England's greatest national figure
and Clemenceau the leading figure in France, but
the American president stands out an international
figure who speaks to the people of all nations and
interpres their aspirations does no other contem
porary, Autoerats plunged Euro. into war. but as
months passed by it became peoples war, and the
mighty sentiment of the people who gave their mil
lions to the through will be the deciding fac
tor in debating peace.-Lesiie's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15

Arthur Brisbane suggests that If another war ever
the government look after the welfare Of SOL
diers in all departments to prevent "amiable citi
from advertising themselves in the name Of
sweet charity and from boring their neighbors."
Nearly everybody has been made acutely conscious
at time another since the war began Of the
faults of the system of relief followed in this
country but the fact remains that it vitality nee
essary to secure the active cooperation Of great
many people to whom personal advertising made
stronger appeal than patriotism. To get people in
terested in soliciting and giving the doing of those
things made fashionable The department
might have good deal Of trouble setting fashions
of that sort,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15

through artificial east and west chan
nels, and safeguards in this respect can only
be had through the greater of the natural
north and south channels and the gulf ports
for the handling of the foreign trade of the
Mississippi valley.
"5. That the national defenses in the con-
flfcts of the future must depend upon per-
fected system of civilization of production and
of distribution in the Mississippi valley which,
protected by mountain ranges east and west,
can be defended and relied on to feed and sup
ply the coasts
So That through cooperation and common
endeavor the people of the Mississippi valley
can and in their own interest as well as for
the general good should, work together for the
solution Of their common problems and the at
tanment of their common goal
This is an admirable summary of the situation
and its possibilities. If the people of the valley
be brought to realize their community interest an
act in a common purpose they will have troubl
getting from the national government whatever it i
in the power of the government to supply to Civ
commerce an adequate outlet through the waterway
and the gulf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15
Household Hints

ed and sifted. Roll one-quarter
inch thick. bake in moderate oven.
Dat Flake CrackerS-Two cups
oat flakes, two cups flour, one-half
cup shortening, one-eighth tea
spoon soda, one-half teaspoon salt,
One-half cup cold water. Rub the
shortening in the oak flake and
flour, add salt and soda, mix; then
add the water Roll thin, bake
slowly until slightly brown.
Turkish Pilaf-Three cups rice,
one and one-half cups tomatoes,
two cups meat chopped and cooked,
one and one-half cups water. Mix
rice with tomatoes and water, place
alternate layer of the mixture or
chopped meat in baking dish, cover
with bread crumbs, bake until
brown in moderate oven.
Almond Rolls-One and one-half
cups milk, one yeast cake, two and
seven-eighths cups flour, one egg,
one teaspoon salt, one tablespoon
sugar, four tablespoons shorten
ing, one-third cup almonds. Scald
the milk, when luke warm add the
yeast; when dissolved stir in two
cups of flour; beat well; when
light add the beaten egg yolk, salt,
sugar, melted shortening and part
Of the almonds chopped. Add re-
naming flour. kneed, let rise until
double in bulk. Divide into eight
portions, form and sprinkle remain
ing almonds. Bake twenty-five
minutes.
Steamed Chocolate Pudding
Four tablespoons melted butter,
one cup flour, one teaspoon cream
of tartar, one egg. two squares
melted chocolate, one-half cup of
sugar, one-half teaspoon soda, one
half cup milk. one-quarter teaspoon
salt, Mix and sift dry ingredients.
Beat egg slightly, add milk and
combine mixture; add melted but
ter and chocolate. Steam one hour
in p buttered pan. Serve with
Whipped cream
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15
|Hoart, 1HOm0
44,tDPODIOmcC ~
y 4 Mrs.. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Every boy, probably, has the dis
agreeable experience of being pur-
sued by some girl Speak to the
6irl in a formal way, but do not en-
courage conversation or agree 10
9ny plans she may make. When
she finds she cannot have you she
Will give you up.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am
eighteen years old and seem 10 be
very popular with the boys. The
worst of it is. the boys I like best
my parents object to. / get tired
OF going with the boys they pick
out for me and think If | oblige
them some of the time they ough.
to let me have my own way some
times. They will not even let me
have the boys l like at our house.
Wouldn't it be all right under the
circumstances TO entertain these
boys at a friends house? Sh0. in
yites me over TO stay all night dSsd
says | can have boys come any time
| want to. She would like to know
some boys. as she's not very popu-
lar. What shall I do? ANNIE.
Your parents are better judges OF
character than you are because
they have had years OF experience.
Take their advice in choosing your
friends and you will never be sorry.
A girl can not be too careful OF her
associates. Never entertain boys
away from home unless your moth
er knows about il and approves OF
the boys. Introduce your Eiri
friend to the boys your parents
like.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15

There would be a certain advantage in giving
special to a boulevard known by number
in Rock Island and another in Moline to route
entirely within the city commonly used to reach
given destination and including more than one
street avenue, both. 1t would be mistake,
however, to adopt any which would interfere
with the number system prevailing in Rock Islands
thoroughfares. Numbers may be prosaic when ap-
piled to streets and avenues, but they mighty
useful.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15
Sowing the Wind.

Bolshevists of Russia, if they had any sense.
would not be delivering the sort of ultimatums that
Switzerland is said to have received, especially at
this particular time For every Bolshevist in Swiss
prison Feb the Petrograd authorities propose to
summarily execute citizen of Switzerland.
From the Bolshevist point of view this is a par
ticuarly bad time for this sort of thing 1t will be
only natural for Switzerland lay the before
the Versailles conference. Russia is in desperate
need Of help of the of the world but it will
get it such program. 1t may get
thing Of different nature. If the job has to be
done there will be time when the rest of the
world will be better equipped to undertake it than
now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15
The Valleys Opportunity.

The Mississippi valley foreign trade convention
held at New Orleans this week made a start in
which if pursued to its logical conclu
sion cannot fail to have great effect in promoting
the future prosperity of the whole middle west and
especially of that part of it lying navgable
streams. 1t adopted the sense of the conven-
ton:
81. That the area known the Mississippi
valley is situated geographically and geo.
graphically as to possess distinctive yet com
mon problems Of transportation and dstribu-
ton OF its widely varying products. The noun
tain ranges east and west FORM in measure,
economic barriers but navigable waterways
and water grade railways afford the possibility
of the most economic transportation to and
from shipside at gulf ports
"2. That the Panama canal, in conjunction
with the fact that the worlds markets of great
est promise lie in Latin-America the
orient Oceanica, and the West Indies, opens
an opportunity of great scope to the Mississippi
valley when its north and south transportation
lines of low natural resistance shall have been
fully developed and brought into use
"S. That marked progress has been and is
being made in the creation of modern harbor
front terminal and warehouse facilities at gulf
ports, thus clearing the way for the economic
handling, housing, interchange and financing
of in and out Mississippi valley commerce
which shall take advantage Of its natural north
and south channels Of trade.
F Il. That railroad and port congestion on
the Atlantic seabozrd has been caused by the
practice of routing Mississippi valley COM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-15
NEAlsTM ELdES
BY WILLIAM !!l e BRADY r1D:

nal part. A wart, a mole, a sore.
the scar of an old laceration, an IN
healed ulcer Of the stomach. some
such point Of chronic or prolonged
irritation offers a focus for the for
nation of cancer. The effect Of pro-
lOnged irritation seems to DO an
abnormal or irregular growth OF
the cells of the part, and that con-
stitutes cancer.
Treatment by the X-ray and by
radium, together with prompt and
radical surgery, offers the best
chance of a permanent cure of can
Ger. Treatment of X-ray following
surgical treatment is especially
helpful for the purpose Of prevent
ing recurrence in cases Of cancer
get-at-able from the surface