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Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-05
Argentina and Britain
Agreed on Big Cereal Deal

Buenos Aires, Feb. 4.-The Brit
ish minister and Julio Morino, act
ing minister of finance, have agreed
to sign the cereal convention to-
morrow. The convention provides
for loan Of S2000O0000 in gold to
the allies by Argentina and there
will be no specifications as to the
minimum prices and the quantity
OF grain to be purchased
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-05
LONDON STRIKE PUTS
OuIETuS ON RANouETS.

London, Feb. 4.-Waiters oil
British nationality are not on strike
so that city restaurants which are
manned by Britishers were doing
business as usual
Several banquets booked for to-
night at big hotels, including one in
honor of American Ambassador
Davis, have been cancelled.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-05
Omaha CiCiI Service
Bill Goes Glimmerinu

Lincoln, Feb. 4.-(Special.) Sen
ator Cooper's bill, Senate File No. 9,
requiring civil service examinations
for city employees in Omaha, like
wise was done to a turn. The COM
mittee on municipal Affairs recon-
mended it for indefinite postpone
ment and the senate approved Of the
action.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-05
TWODUPED
WIVES LET
HUBBY co
UNMOVED
Baltimore Salesman, Held in
Bluffs for Bigamy, Ap-
peaIS to One Then
Other in Vain.

Harvey Floyd Harris, Baltimore
travelling man, under arrest in Coun-
Gil Bluffs for bigamy and confront
ed by his wives, pleaded in vain
with them to "fix it up" and get him
"out of this scrape," The bride of
two weeks was inclined to listen, but
the woman from Des Moines who
had been his wife for dozen years,
was obdurate and frankly told him
a term in the penitentiary was just
ly due him. He waived examination
and was held to the district court
grand jury under $500 bonds.
Valves Examination.
The hearing was held in the office
of Justice Baird during the after
noon. Both wives were present and
sat together chatting amicably. Both
were ready to give the necessary
testimony to convict their husband,
but he prevented their stories being
told in open court before a crowd
that filled the room when he an
nounced that he would waive the ex-
animation and go to jail.
Harris had personal conference
with his wives before the hearing
commenced. He made passionate
plea Of wife No. to save him
from the penitentiary by dropping
the prosecution, and then we will
go away and be happy and content
ed again" he urged.
Says Nothing Doing.
mo, Harvey" she replied Il can't
do it. We had happy little home
in our bungalow at Des Moines. You
deceived me all the time. You had
affairs with women in every town
you visited regularly, and you often
lost your place for this reason, but
when you asked me not to believe
the stories | might hear about you
| trusted YOU You have wronged
me, but you have wronged that other
little women still more. 1t is my
duty to send you to the penitentiary
and you will have to go. You need
the lesson and must have it,"
"In conference a moment after
with Mrs. Isabelle Young Benjamin,
his Council Bluffs bride, Harris
made the same promise to give his
whole future to her if she could
get him out of his trouble. He
wanted her to secure the bond and
told her they would then go away
together.
when he married Mrs. Benjamin
here, January 20, but is apparently
about As. He is said to be one of
the best statesmen on the road.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-05
NUTMEG" STATE IS FIRST
TO REJECT PROHIBITION.

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 4.-Lon.
necticut, through the action of its
senate this afternoon, is the first
state to decline to ratify the federal
prohibition amendment. Legisla-
-tures of a states voted for ratifca-
ton.
II is believed that senate action
definitely determines the attitude Of
this state, although the house OF
representatives is expected to vote
to ratify by large margin.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-05
BRITISH SUPPRESS
TWO COLOGNE PAPERS

Berlin. Feb. 4.-The British mill
tary authorities, according to reports
received here. have prohibited the
publication of the Cologne Zeitung
and the Cologne Tageblatt for
period of eight days.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-05
TORRIGEFE-
zY
FRENCH TAKE POSSESSION
OF GERMAN DYE WORKS
BITS OF NEWS

Berlin, Feb, 4.--Ihe French
forces Of occupations according to
a special dispatch to the Vossische
Leitung from Frankfort-on-the-
Main, have taken possession of the
Hochter dye and chemical works
and French chemists are working
with German chemists in putting
out dyes and certain chemicals to
be exported to allied countries.
Shipments of the chemicals to points
IN Germany have been prohibited.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-05
1.eOO Hogs Burned 10 Death.

East ST. Louis, Ill.,, Feb. Six
teen hundred hogs were burned to
death in a fire in the hog house OF
Morris & Co., at the National stock
yards here tonight. The origin of
the FIRE has not been determined. The
damage was estimated at 100000.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-05
Senate Takes Steps to Kill
Sears Bill Relating to Civ
ing Sex knowledge
to Youth.
BY Staff Correspondent,

Lincoln, Feb. 4-The Sears bill,
making it a felony for anyone other
than parent, guardian or person spe-
cially authorized by the parent to
convey information of sexual ma
ture, or relating to the social dis
eases, wss probably killed in the
senate today. e...s
Saunders Decides it.
After having been maaled over by
amendments for three hours of ex-
citing debate and parliamentary
scrapping, the bill was finally re-
ferred to the senate committee on
education, where, according to the
best guess, it will be properly i'm
tered.
The vote on Senator Robbins mo-
ton to recommit the measure to the
committee~on education reflected the
even division Of the senate, IA TO IA,
and it was necessary for Senator
Saunders. also of Douglas, to cast
the deciding vote. He voted with
Robbins who lead the fight against
his colleagues measure.
Make Many Suggestions.
Robbins opened up the scramble
in the committee of the whole by
submitting an amendment to reduce
the age limit in the Sears bill, fixed
at 10, to Is. Peterson came for
ward with another to exclude pas
tors, priests. and persons standing
in the fixed relation of school teach
ers to give instruction in sex hy-
giene, from the provisions of the
bill. 1t was explained that other
wise the Sears bill would knock
out the courses in sex hygiene which
are now being taught in the schools.
The education committee, to. which
the bill was referred, is'understood
to be hostile to it.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-05
Wats Win 4 Heat.

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 4.-By a
vote Of 20 to IA. the Connecticut
senate this afternoon refused to
ratify the federal prohibition
amendment
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-05

Cloudy Wednesday ard
probably Thursday; some
what warmer Wednesday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27
NO ROOM FOR REVOLUTIONS.

| There is one member of the present cabinet,
whose official and incidental utterances have
lbeen FREQUENT who has not invited criticism by
any inept remarks. This is the secretary OF the
interior. Franklin knight Lane, whose pro-
lnouncements have been characterized by sa-
gacity and good sense 1t is only fair to say that
| the secretary of agriculture, David Franklin
! Houston, has been discreet and judiclous IN the
little he has said but he has not been much In
the public eye. Speaking recently, Mr. Lane
pointed out that the right of revolution does not
exist in America. Our revolution OF one hun
ldred and forty years ago was fundamental ana
made further revolutions unnecessary. Democ-
tracy is form of government IN which the peo-
Iple in taking over the management OF their at
fairs have no one against whom they can revolt
except themselves. Americanism, continues
Mr.. Lane, ''does not mean that any one econ
omic system is right, or that the United States
is perfected land; it does not mean that any
one social philosophy must be accepted as the
final expression of truth; but Americanism does
mean that we have evolved for ourselves ma
Ichinery by which revolution, a method OF
changing our life, is outgrown and outlawed. =
In other words our system of government IS
lone which contempates perpetual, peaceful
changes and adjustments, progressions and re-
orderings, which in other countries where the
people are not the rulers but the ruled can be
accomplished only by revolution. The theory
of our institutions is that they should not be
crystalized and fixed, but a living organism
changing with changing conditions. A popular
majority can decree whatever it chooses and a
dissatisfied group is always a minority out Of
agreement with the mass
We have yet to invent and establish govern
mental system in which the rights of minorities
will be fully protected against majorities which
are tyrannous and unjust. We have vet to per-
feet our system also to a point where the peo-
pies representatives will voice the peoples will
more fully and fairly than they always do. Our
System is not perfect but is merely the best plan
yet worked out by which the elusive ideal good
ican be perpetually pursued.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27
TO KEEP PRESIDENTS AT HOME.

Representative Walsh, of Massachusetts has
introduced bill providing that the absence Of
the president from the country for twenty-four
hours shall constitute inability to exercise the
office and vests it's duties in the vice president.
A law of this sort undoubtedly would be effect
i've to keep president at home. Very few
chief executives of our nation have had cordial,
close and sympathetic relations with the second
official in the republic-their constitutional I'M
derstudy who might succeed them in the presi-
dental chair. Under the old election procedure
1T sometimes happened that the president and
vice president were Of different parties. Adams,
the second president, was a federalist and JEFF
ferson, his vice president, was the candidate Of
the democratic republican party. At the en-
suing election the two candidates, Jefferson and
Burr, receiving the same number of votes the
decision fell to the congress which chose .Jeffer
son for the higher Office, the lower devolving ON
Burr. Their relations were strained. Of late
years political expediency and geographical
considerations have dictated the nominations of
vice presidents, and the result has often been
that the lesser Office was given to console fac
ton of the party which was felt to require con-
iciiaton. Various influences, therefore, be-
sides the proverbial antagonism between occu-
pants of thrones and aspirants on the steps OF
them, have conspired to create such a GOODNESS
between the two high officials of the republic
that presidents of recent years have treated
their vice presidents with little consideration.
Mr.. Marshall, for example, appears to have
been treated with studied neglect and had the
president trip abroad devolved any authority
on the statesman from Indiana we may be sure
the trip would not have been made
A precedent having been established for
spending half a year in foreign lands, future
presidents may be inclined to follow it. If they
can stay away six months they can stay away
twelve, and their rights in this regard should
be made clear. The Walsh bill may be improv-
ed, but if we want to keep our presidents at
home this measure points the way in which it
can be done.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27
AN IOWA EXAMPLE.

I Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Damn
/ family has lived in Mahaska county,
! Ia, for about four years. There are
] fourteen Damms, the parents ano
I twelve children. People Of the state
! still clearly remember how widely this
family of Damms was advertised when
! il landed in Iowa fresh from Holland
They were poor folks, had just enough
money to get them across the sea to
this richest section Of the land OF
| plenty. Arriving at Oskaloosa after
q direct trip from Holland, the Damms
| Eegan a search for a farm to rent
They settled in Richland township,
Mahaska county.
Last week they bought the farm. 1t
raid 100000 for it. Four years ago
Today they have a farm worth one
thousand times that humble amount.
How fortunate it is that the soviet
does no control Mahaska county, that
the bolsheyiks or the l. w. w. aren't
IN power there. The Hoilanders
would be condemned as thieves and
exploiters, they would be classed
among the bourgeoisie and hate would
ne engendered against them. Anyone
who acquires anything material is the
object Of the bolshevik hatred So the
pamms would come in for copious
amounts Of IL.
The Damms are rich because OF
their own efforts, theirs alone. No one
helped them. They applied Dutch in.
Gustry to a rented farm, and now they
own the farm. But that makes no
difference to the soviet. We heard a
minister yesterday say that until he
felt that he could look on the man
who carries the red flag and feel that
that man had as much right ito have
his say as | have" he, the minister.
would not be fit to preach the gospel
from his pulpit. And we thought OF
what the red flag wavers would say
OF and do to the Damms if they had a
chance. We remembered the pub
lished creed of the red flag expcnents
when copy Of 1t was discovered after
the recent bomb outrages and it was
found to advocate speech with dyna-
mite" We assumed that the minister
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27
LOWDEN A MODEL GOVERNOR

Governor Lowden owns what is
possibly the finest stock farm in ILL
nois and Is said to have made money
on 1t. He is y practical farmer. In
fact, the governor OF Illinois excels
in everything he has undertaken. In
the state military service he rose to
be aforementioned of his regiment
AS farmer and stock raiser he is
known wherever fine cattle are APP
preciated. AS business man he
went to the top in the metropolis OF
the middle west. AS lawyer he is
recognized as a capable and compe-
tent adviser. AS a politician his
work and career on the republican
national committee commended him
all over the country AS an orator
he Is surpassed by few in his state.
As a governor he stands forth like a
lighthouse on hill. AS a man he
is white and clean and amiable.
He will be mustered out as a
statesman
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27
Uneasy lies the head that wears CROWN
Shakespeare.
ExTRAVAGANcE AND WORSE.

One Of the agencies created as result of the
signing of the armistice and the probable end
ing of the war is bureau to dispose OF stuff the
government bought for purposes OF war but has
no further use for The head of this department
draws twenty five thousand dollars year his
assistant receives half as much, and all the sal
aries and upkeep of the bureau have so far cost
the country upwards of million dollars.
One of the notable financial transactions OF
this agency, which is called the bureau OF sales
and surplus was its sales Of alrplanes and ma
terials. The government had paid an aircraft
company seventy-two millions for the stuff and
the bureau sold it back to the same company Tor
two million, seven hundred thousand dollars,
about one -twenty-seventh of what it cost. The
government had some wool on hand, and tie
bureau bv it's remarkable sagacity succeeded in
disposinn of some of this at loss of eight mil
lion dollars The government had some tlr
timber stored on rented land. 1t was offered
very nearly what it cost, but the bureau arrang-
ed with a lumber syndicate to sell it on comlnls-
sion The government has vast stores or bacon
and timed meats and the bureau, acting on the
advice of the packers hit upon the happy idea
If having the bacon cured for a second time and
the meats recanned in smaller tins.
Apro,,os of the distinguished services of the
Nanoleons of finance who run this bureau, some
current activities of the war department might
he mentioned There was when the armistice
was signed school of rifle practice near Fort
Sill, Oklahoma, on land the government owned
The department concluded to abandon this and
buv thirty thousand acres Of land In Georgia
for a military camp to be known as Fort Ben
ming to which the Fort Sill school would be
transferred The average cost Of the thirty
thousand acres thus far bought is forty-two dol
lars, and much of the most expensive land in the
area is yet to be acquired. In January last the
senate committee on military affairs disapprov-
ed the project and halted the department
for time But the moment congress adjourn-
ed on March fourth the department resumed
work, hired five thousand laborers and pushed
the seventy-five million dollar project with all
possible haste presumably to get the money
spent before congress could interfere.
The taxpayers would be thunderstruck if
they realized the prodigious scale on which this
sort of thing xtravagance, waste and worse
has been going on ever since we entered the
war. Even now when the war is over the de-
partments are feverishly spending every dollar
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27
IODAY'S EiT OF VERSE
TO BE a KID AGAIN.

ri like to be kid again for just summers day
away guns and swords and run away to
play
Adown the yellow orchard and by the rivers brm,
bring and fshhook, too. but first I'd have a
swim
And somehow imagine that the swim would wash away
The rust and blood canker the years decay
OF images idols and dreams of long ago,
world with stardrops in the way 1t used
glow
And I'd watch little ripples swrling down TO sea,
speculate marvel on the great man would be;
And wonder what big world held-the world awaiting
The world of silvery dustthe world couldn't see
And then wish the grmy shade of what am today
Could steal dreaming and watch him as ne
lay,
eyes
The ewes that couldn't see the word-that only
skies.
j E. Molyneaux, Life,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27
The American Mason in France.

Christian Science Monitor: Mer
from all over the United States, and
from every walk In life, are included
in the American Masonic Club OF LIE
Mans. France, which had a member
ship of $40, fortnight after its organ
ization. The formal opening of the
new clubhouse ct 4G Rue Chanzy was
marked by reception for the Ameri-
can Masonic commission, represent
ing the grand lodge jurisdictions Oh
the United States. Sea and Field
lodge, No. 3, A. F. and A. NJ, the first
organization of the kind in France
was Instituted at the French lodge
rooms at lie Mans recently, LIE Mans
is thus the home of the first Masonic
lodge ever instituted in France. with
the A e. F.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27

said what he did not mean or meant
what he did not say.
fits what the Damms do and say that
counts with us. The bolsheviks could
come to this country from Russia,
Keep their mouths shut and their ears
open, work like the Damms worked
and become just as rich If they wanted
to. There's no need for bolsheyism
in this country SO long as the poor Inn
migrant can do what the Damms did,
ano there is no place for the bolshe-
yiles or the red flag. The Damrns FUR
nish telling evidence against the creed
of those who claim THAI they don't get
square deal"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27
Conclusive.

One night at a theatre some
scenery took fire and very percept-
ible odor of burning alarmed the
spectators, says The Syracuse Post
Standard. A panic seemed to be
imminent, when an actor appeared on
the stage.
Ladies and gentlemen he said,
compose yourselves. There is no
danger"
The audience did not seem reas-
sured.
Ladies and gentlemen" con-
tinued the comedian, rising to the
necessity Of the occasion, "confound
1t aldo you think if there was any
danger I'd be here?"
The panic collapsed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27

Saturday Evening Post: You are
already aware of persistent noise.
1t will increase in volume and pitch
for the next twelve months. 1t is
the mentioning of candidates for the
presidential nominations. Some OF
these mentionings sound to us like
coal scuttle with the tongs and fire
shovel in it falling down the back
stairs Others strike the ear more
agreeably. 1t is agreeable, for ex-
ample, to hear mention of men like
Governor Franz o. Lowden, Of Illi-
nois, because, though lawyer by
profession, he has spent considerable
time in rather intimate contact with
those practical affairs by which the
world gets its living. We should
judge from hearsay and observation
that he would know offhand that for
the purpose of driving industrial ma
chinery steam is more dependable
than wind.
We don't pretend to have followed
the governors utterances with Bos-
wellian exactness, so we speak sub.
ject to correction, but our impression
is that he does not regard business
as a crime which may be good
naturedly tolerated when it is in the
small or petty-larceny state, but
which requires the sternest repres-
sion when it assumes the larger or
homicidal state. We suppose If any
one began talking to him about pro-
letariats and wage slaveries and plu-
tocracies, what would rise in his
mind would be page three hundred
and six of Karl Marks Capital" but
a picture of an actual American COM
munity, with it's actual shops and
factories and pay rolls and people
and ballot boxes; and he would want
to know exactly what the talker
meant by those mouthy terms as ap-
piled to America.
Because of these somewhat sketchy
impressions the mentioning of men
like Governor Lowden is agreeable.
You know what happens when a
ground is Suddenly moved. The war
was a universal mover of lumber.
usefully and otherwise; SO In the
collective human mind every solitary
bug, from venerable old great-grand-
father bug down to the newest
Matched, is now up and moving. Put
a handful of them and presidential
bee under the same bonnet and you
have bad combination
We say to both parties: "Trot out
your men of weight and poise and
solid understanding; men with grip
on those practical affairs upon whose
sane management not only our bread
and butter but our happiness, as a
matter of actual experience, largely
depend. We want nothing resen-
bling a bolshevik Utopia in which
theory flourishes while the real hui
man beings hunger and perish. Give
us candidates with horse sense and
practical experience"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27
Advlc. Easily Followed.

Aberdeen News: The Sioux Cit,
health officer has issued two pieces Of
advice to the population. One is
Don't overeat this hot weather" AID
vice easy to follow considering the
lH. c. Of L. The other is Don't over
work" And that is the sort of advice
THAT causes nearly every person to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27

Probably poor old China is congratulating
herself that President Wilson had only four
teen points in his baggage. A few additional
points and China might now be no larger than
Rhode Island.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27

Bill Hohenzollern is reported to have said
that he left no stone unturned to end the war -
What he probably meant was that he left no
church or cathedral stones unturned.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27

Prescription Of Perce which prescribed by him fifty years
ago and which womanknd tonic which con-
narcotic Faded aded tired overworke
weak nervous and suffering These the women
who are helped strength by Dr. Perces
scrpton legitimate medicine that correcs and
that and builds nrne that soote and strengthens
Most druggists tablets liquid Send 10 cents Doctor
Pierces Hotel Buffalo, N " for trial package of Tablets
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27
AMERICAN MOTHERS!

Our boys lover there" are blessed with
good American mothers who keep them SIM.
Piled with warm, hand KNITTED socks-knittipg
knitting, knitting the livelong day. knitting
until these boys are safely home. The women
of America belong to that army Of mercy
who backed up our boys at the front IL
the very end. But those American women
who have experienced the backache, the dizzy.
"headachy," or dragging-down feelings which
accompany the weaknesses and ills Of woman.
kind--all can find some neighbor, some friend.
who has been benefited by that "Favorita