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Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
War Hero With Many
Stripes Tells Just How
He Was Wounded

In the midst of crowd. which
collected at Sixteenth and Farnam
streets was a returned soldier He
was the center Of all eyes. A fine
looking specimen, too, though he
leaned on cane, and pain showed
on his face as he shifted his weight
to his right foot.
On his right arm were several
stripes, which showed his rank was
that of regimental sergeant-major,
highest noncommissioned office in
the United States army.
This stalwart lad evidently was
embarrassed. He tried to thread his
way out of the crowd which eyed
him with admiration. but his efforts
were OF no avail. The crowd just
must find out how he received his
wound.
Funny he don't wear wound
stripes or overseas stripes, exclaim-
ed one OF the hero worshippers to
his fair companion.
"Oh. that's just the way with
those brave boys; he's too modest"
chirped a fair young miss with a
service pin~on her coat.
my Jacks over there, too, and
I'm so afraid he's wounded. Haven't
heard word from him for a week,
and his letters used to come often
err
At this juncture one Of the crowd
ventured to ask the soldier-with-a-
cane to tell some ofhis experiences.
aNothin' to tell that would inter
est any Of you folks mumbled the
reticent wearer Of the familiar olive
drab.
"Are you discharged" interrogat5
ed an old lady in the crowd.
"Yeh, just got in. On my way
home now"
"Oh, do tell US how you were
wounded" persisted the fair young
thing in the crowd.
Well, as long as you folks want
to make a hero out of me, III tell
you" blurted the soldier.
eve never been wounded. never
been overseas. never carried rifle,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
Volunteer BelIboy
Creates Excitement
in Hotel FonteneIle

When in Rome do as the Romans
do.
When in the Hotel Fontenelle do
as the guests do.
The last statement is attributed
to a well-known hotel man following
certain actions of a noisy individual
who recently visited the Fontenelle.
The lobby was filled with guests
Several women were enjoying tete-
a-tetes. Clerks and bell hops we're
busy. In walked the noisy one He
wore a suit of clothes that was old
when Grant was cadet. His face
looked like he hadn't shaved for
some time.
"I'll bet, gal dang it, tibet this here
place cost more'n S2,00d!" he yelled,
as he examined the gorgeous fur
nishings.
A clerk just then detailed a page
boy to call Mr.. Jones. ~"No, by
heck, I'll get him fer ye," the visitor
exclaimed Stumbling against pill
lars and steps, the intruder ran the
gauntlet of dinner guests, yelling
''Heh, Mister Jones, where be ya?
I'll bet your wife wants va"
He espied the bell boy directing
Mr.. Jones to the desk. Straightway
he caught Mr.. Jones by the lapel. Il
told va I'd get him" he shouted. All
looked in wonderment at the volun-
teer page.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
Real Live Human Interest Stories About Omaha People
Eligible Omaha Bachelors

By the light Of the silvery moon,
with the distant stars twinkling and
only a vagrom zephyr stirring the
the leaves ON the trees, Cadillac
roadster purrs along a suburban
road near Omaha.
The roadster is going at a mod
crate speed Of only about 50 miles
an hour. Upon the wheel is the
Guiding hand Of one of Omaha's
popular bachelors. II the light OF
the aforementioned silvery moon
we're a little stronger you would see
that he IS Gerald Wharton.
IS he alonef Not so you can
notice il. For if you will look, you
Win see 4 fair maiden seated by his
side. What are they talking about!
All. we cant expect to hear and, be-
sides. it's none of our business.
Gerald is a favorite among the
Young women of the society set.
lie Is tall and slender and the son
of John c. Wharton, lawyer, Capri
salist and ex-postmaster, and a
brother of Glenn Wharton, presi-
lent of +. P. Kirkendall & Co.
He likes Golf, Too.
Next to driving his Cadillac with
fair creature chattering by his
side. Gerald's favorite outdoor sport
sc golf which ancient game he plays
On the course of the Omaha Coun-
Try club.
He is a devotee Of Terpsciehore
and strips the light fantastic when
ever he gets a chance and has never
been known 10 miss a single dance
on any program.
But girls, he is not always auto
inq. eolhng or dancing. lie is
man Of business, being general man
aver Of the Omaha Lumber and Goa
company. His near relatives are
stockholders Ia this eoncetn with
himself, SO he IS pretty much hi'
own boss.
Gerald was born at Alebo, Mercel
county. I'LL, IN 1880, when his father
John G. Wharton, was county at
torney. The newspapers, on thai
occasion. announced that ian as
sistant county attorney has arrived.
He Il a member Of the First Pres
byierian church, but John c. asserts
that be Is. By no means, so strict Z
churchman as himself.
Gerald graduated from the Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
When They Wooed and Won

Of his pupils in Carroll was the
young woman whose hand he
sought She was such an apt pupil
that he was seized with the idea Of
lifelong association. She told him
10 speak TO her father. He did moi
hesitate about speaking to her 81
the matter that was on his mind
but when it came to speaking to
her father that was a different
story.
He drove over to her home one
day in a two-horse rig. He was
always fond of horses and so was
her father They could talk about
horses without hesitancy. While
her father was assisting in the
work of unhitching the horses and
making them comfortable for the
day, Mr.. Beverage announced his
intentions of becoming relative
Of the family.
Knew Her Five Years.
The father did not comment upon
the suddenness of the announcement
because it had been understood,
more or less, by both families, but
Mr.. Beveridge thought it would be
proper to ask for her fathers con-
sent.
eve had been acquainted for five
years and had discussed the prob
lens Of life which we agreed to
meet together. There was a reason
ableness Of attitude between myself
and sweetheart in our days af
Glidden and Carroll" said Mr. Bever.
idge.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
Central Police Janitot
Catches Coolies and
Cats as a Pastirne

Catching coolies and cats is a pas
time at the police station. Theodore
Naefercus, coal-heaver, janitor, and
popular comedian, is the catcher
Theodore talks Croatian, semi
French, Bulgarian, Spanish, unintel-
ligible and partly English. With the
aid of miners lantern and curry
comb Theodore was corraling SUI
perAuous cats in the catacombs of
the hotel de Ringer last Wednes-
day night when he heard the croo-ul
cries of P. B. x. operator for help.
Over barrels, boxes, cats and ballot
billets Theodore made for the stair
way leading to the main hallway of
the station He made more racket
than a dying cat in a mudhole.
Eight policemen, twelve detectives
and two reporters saw him emerge
from the stairway. Teddy ran the
gauntlet and made for the P. B. x.
board.
Kill the rat, kill itP the operator
yelled.
'Vous ff7 7??" Theodore croaked
as he stamped the animal with his
l21z brogan. It was a cootie and
Teddy wiped his brow.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02

Fifteen thousand miles away, in
the wilds of western China where
the foot OF white man never before
had trod, according to the Rev. DR..
Joseph Beech, a Methodist mission
airy, lives a polyglot nation of more
than 100000 persons "o5 per cent
of whom do not know that there
has been war"
DIR. Beech, who is president of the
western China Union University of
Changtu in the province of Szeeh-
uan, maintained by five evangelical
denominations OF England, Canada
and the United States, and who re-
Gently arrived in this country to par
ticipate in the Methodist Centenary,
told of a journey he took alone, with
a native guide, last summer far into
the depths of the habitat of "the 'tu-
rem, or children of the soil' the
strangest people in the Orient"
Twenty or More Tribes.
The doctor passed three weeks
among the twenty or more tribes in
the land, which is as inaccessible as
Thibet, he said, and while there
found almost every type of mankind,
including pygmies, men and women
resembling negroes, American In
dams, East Indians, Gurkas, South
Sea Islanders, European and other
races apparently from all four quar-
tiers of the globe. These people, of
course, he said, had never been any
where else than in the country he
found them, namely, in a region
about the size of New York state,
bounded on the north by the Prov
ince of Kansu, the south by Burmah,
Yunan and Kweechow, the east by
Szechuan and the west by Thibet.
Il found a land of beautiful val-
leys, covered with fine farms and
homesteads," said the explorer mis-
sionary, while towering above them
were mountains from 5000 to $4,000
feet high. The frontier of the coun-
try was protected by queer looking
stone fortified buildings, manned by
natives armed with weapons re-
sembling the old-fashioned blunder-
buss. 1t is not impossible that these
people were the originators of gum
powder, for the Chinese who for
years have tried to rule them admit
it is of better quality than the pow
der they make themselves.
Although suspicious and warlike,
and hostile to some kinds of Chi
nese, the tu-ren' proved to be most
hospitable and fed and sheltered us.
Huge smokestacks in their commun-
tiles gave them the appearance of
thriving industrial cities. When we
arrived we found they were en-
ployed solely for the purpose of dry
ing and curing vegetables. meat and
fish, which were suspended tier upon
tier the entire heighth of the Chin
ney.
"The architecture of the county
was distinctively foreign to China,
resembling in many respects the
feudal castles of Normandy. In
other respects it was not unlike the
structures of Babylonia and Pales-
tine. Grain, for instance, after be-
ing harvested, was threshed upon
the roofs of the houses, just as in the
Holy Land. The houses themselves
are nothing more than boxes, with
perhaps one window from which the
odors and smoke of cooking escape.
"On top of practically all the for
titled castles a flag was flown.
was told these were prayer flags
and had no special tribal or patri-
otto significance. Every man in the
country, apparently is "a law unto
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02

There are several reasons why ].
H. Beveridge, superintendent Of the
public schools, cherishes tender and
fond recollection of Glidden, Ia.
He was superintendent of schools
in that Hawkeye town.
His romantic period was spent in
and around Glidden.
He points with pride to Glidden
as the home Of the first American
soldier who gave up his life over
seas in the war.
How do you suppose that the
superintendent of Omaha's schools
won his brideS
She was teaching school in Car
roll, Ia, when he was superintendent
of schools in Glidden. The teachers
and student-teachers Of Carroll had
a class for extension work in peda-
gogy, and Mrs. Beverage was one
Of the teachers of that class. One
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
Ye Gods He Spent Jit
and WHEY Jumps Him;
Judge Grants Pardon

Springfield, -Mo.-When Charles
F. Baxter came home from his place
of business one night and failed to
explain to the satisfaction of his
wife where he had spent nickel, he
charges she became abusive and ac-
cused him of spending his money
on other women. Baxter told her he,
had spent it for package of tobac-
CO. but he charges that his wife said
he was lying because the package al
ready had been opened. She told him
that he should have brought the
whole sack home to prove that he
had spent the money for it. Despite
the fact that the nickel was the dis
cordant note in this one discussion,
Baxter succeeded at another time in
accounting for the difference be-
tween 500 that he made one week in
his business and SIS that he brought
home. Baxter said that because of
abusive treatment by his wife he
had to leave her and applied for
divorce, which was granted him
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02

read on, gentle reader, read on. The
first operation is to monkey with
the chains. The right hand ring
should be on top-no, the left one.
Well, wait a minute, and we'll go
down and see. Descending to the
holy of holes you grasp the iron bar
and poke the fire (see govt bulletin) J,
then repair to coal bin where you
stand for three minutes in cogita-
ton on how small the pile looks and
on how many more weeks it can
hold out. Hunt up furnace gloves.
Furnace gloves are usually less dirty
on the outside than on the inside.
and have about tripled in price.
Cinders and Shampoo.
Having inserted each digit in its
respective recepticle, you stroke
your chin (see mirror later and
ponder on the clinker question. After
imbedding clinker more firmly in its
place you give it up and open the
lower door. All hal The ashes have
not been removed. Exeunt ashes
shampoo later-followed by energet-
ic shaking of grate-loud whispers
from top of stairs that the kids are
asleep. Alright Alright! Grasping
coal shovel with Save a shovelfull
a day" on it you insert the precious
jewels in the rapacious jaws of the
party of the second part, turn
POOFl Gas bombs and flame throw
ersi the wifi has forgotten to tell
YOU she had turned the back darnper.
Making hasty retreat to the upper
regions-BIFF! likewise WOWi
Did you ever try to lift the house off
its foundation by trying to dent a
rafter with your bean?
That Furnace Jargon.
Mayhap few definitions Of fur
mace iargon would not come in
amiss-an abbreviated lexicon, so to
speak: to wit:
Cold air shaft-What Willie drops
the marbles down.
Thermostat-What the well-to-do
Casey's have in their house.
Water Pan-That which we forget
to fill.
Clinker-lilD-X-X-X-ilx KID
III.
Ash Sunday-The day we track
up the kitchen floor.
The Cleanout-We should worryl
Water COHESION
Register-Aw, move over.
Danper-Dam 'er.
Tricks Of Trade.
To facilitate heat regulation one
should carefully paint in plain let
ters the words dining room" on the
pipe that leads to the bed room. A
gunny sack at the bottom Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
Stethescope is Latest
Aid to Federal Booze
Hounds; Is Successful

Hey, there, whatcha doin'" Yell
ed a baggageman at a crouching fig
ure in baggage car at the Union
depot.
The crouching figure was busted
with a pile of grips and parcels
in the car. In his ears were placed
the tips Of an instrument like the
gag" a specialist uses for careful
diagnosis. 1t was a stethoscope.
The baggageman's shout brought
no response from the now kneeling
individual. He was busy. With the
transmitter part Of the stethoscope
placed against the side Of parcel
or suit case he gave the package or
grip a vigorous shake and then lis
tened.
What's comm off here9" shouted
the baggageman for the second time.
The croucher Strengthened to full
height. A badge of authority peeped
from the edge of his coat lapel,
"Sh-h-h-h-h," he whispered to the
baggageman.
"Boozew He whispered the words
with the air of Kansas inhabitant
seeking a thirst quencher in that
arid zone.
--latest thing out-only way to
catch 'em-don't have to open the
parcels--hear the gurgle-take the
check number-make the pinch
burglar stuff-removes last resort
Of the personal use whisky rum
ner-hne thingw He delivered the
explanation like a photograph at
high speed.
Well, it beats mel" exclaimed the
baggageman, dumping a trunk to the
brick platform with a crash. Then
booze-hounds are Jake to every
thing You can't fool EN-"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
Soldier Gains Weight,
Wife Loses; Fail to
Recognize Each Other

Difference in weight made it hard
for some home folks" to recognize
their boy when the old Fourth Ne
braska returned from overseas serv-
ice recently.
"I've gained 40 pounds, and my
wife wrote me she lost 20 pounds.
/ guess that's why we can't find
each other," one soldier almost
wept to Harry Murrison of the War
Camp Community Service.
Mr.. Murrison helped the soldier
to a vantage place with him atop
the huge radiator in the center Of
the Union Station, from which point
Murrjson was leading the COM
MUMMY singing.
Here the soldier was at last seen
and recognized by his eagerly wait
ing wife.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
Boys from Overseas
Evidently Have a Few
Things on Their Minds

The hour was late.
All was still in the Red Cross
canteen in the Union station. About
20 overseas men in khaki, waiting
for late west-bound train were
willing away the hours until train
time.
The piano and victrola were quiet.
Most of the boys were reading,
playing solitaire or chess.
Suddenly one Of the boys dropped
his magazine with bang.
who won the war;" he sang
out.
''The Y. M. C. Ar came. back the
reply in chorus.
WHO helped emf" the first sol
der demanded in a loud tone to
know.
"The NJ, P'sF' came the answer.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02

High school and then went to
Princeton university, where he grad
uated at the head of his class,
He lives with Ave other bachelors
in a big apartment near Twenty
eighth and St. Marys avenue. This
bachelor family recently moved
from the old Cornell home, 625
South Twenty-fourth street. A coll
pred woman Of mature years and
ample avoirdupois keeps house for
them.
He is member of the Omaha
Country club, Omaha club, Omaha
Athletic club and Chamber Of Com
rneree.
And, besides all this, girls,-listen.
We have it on the very best author
ity that there is a standing offer
from a gentleman of ample means,
who proposes to give him a hand
some home. completely and richly
furnished, for a wedding present
whenever he consents to take the
matrimonial step.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02

cellar stairs keeps the Wits temper
down.
The man of the house has it
pretty soft. OF course he has to get
up a little earlier to start things go
ing, but then hikes it down to the
Office right away while the better
half tries to tease the temperature
up to 68 degrees before his return,
and has it all nice and coy for him
so he can boast on what a good
little furnace keeper he is. To round
this out as smutty tale we must of
necessity mention coal dust. Coal
dust is a necessary adjunct to tendin'
furnace. If you don't believe me
just notice the surface of your Bath
water next month.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
Safety Pins Make Best
Carriers, Says Detective

When it comes to garters-beg
pardon, Misses-men's garters-
leave it to Detective John Barta
John has worn every kid Of a gar
ter from homemade semi-elastic to
the latest in ruffles. But he cares
nil for them now. Reason I'M
known. John blames his character.
istic "detekativeD gait, not to the
fact that he has spent umpty years
as a sleuth, but to garters-or the
lack Of garters. The seer t John
has Of holding up his fancy hose Is
a safety pin. Nothing else will do.
he says
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
Written by DoaAe = e2oIZezzs by 1SsyeLZ

"Br-r-r-ri It's coldl Do tickle
the furnace, Rupert" SO it's down
amongst the cinders for Mr.. Family
man. Tendin' furnace is one of the
joys of life-if approached in the
proper spirit. especially this winter
with the soft coal (not that we ever
could afford to burn the hard va
riety). It's been my experience
hat a furnace acts all right except
at that most vital of times when
you want the heat the most.
We've read up all the government
bulletins that tell you all about what
you knew before, but if you really
want to know the modus operandi,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02

never seen battle. never slept out
doors.
Il was personnel sergeant at
Camp Funston; been there year;
never got many feet away from a
steam radiator and all my fighting
has been with sour-dispositioned
field clerks and bone-headed top
sergeants in the depot brigade who
learned to make out morning re-
ports after they left their milk routes
and were called to the army.
"Just week ago ! stumbled over
a chair in the personnel Office and
sprained one Of my ankles"
"Oh, dear, / thought maybe he
was wounded at ChateyTearey and
had heard Of my Jack" exclaimed
the fair young thing.
The crowd dispersed
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
THE LIMIT.

81
THE LIMIT,
In writing an insurance policy
for a Slav woman, Ed Wolverton
was putting. down the ages of her
numerous children. After he had
chronicled IA, he pointed to the
most recent baby about 8 months
old. The woman shook her head.
NO." she said, mo big enough
fora count it,"
o.
Dealing Sternly with the Hun.
II will take long for the hatred
of the Hun to die down. The res
taurants still display a spirit of I'M
compromising sternness and say
they will continue indefinitely to call
them American fried potatoes" and
Liberty cabbage" There is also
little hope that Victory measles"
will be changed back to German
measles, at least not until peace has
been signed.
BILLS.
There are bills that make IA happy,
There are bills that make us blue
There are green and yellow clos" and
"20s",
There are bills that have n potent mean
That our eyes alone. we hope, viii see.
But the bills that fill my heart with mad
Are the bills my wife sends to me.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
what Is Home without onel

Ed Gnaster sold his Ford to
Niels Nielsen of Boelus and
later bought Anton Platek's
Ford.-St. Paul Republican.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
BOOTLEG MARKET

Bearish sentiment predomlnated today
In the local booze market and resulted in
aggressive selling at intervals, st. JOS
eph options we're considerably lover
though recovering most Of the loss at
the close. Cash prices were stronger at
the close than at the beginning of the
session.
The rally at the close was said to be
due to the impression that national pro-
hibition will reduce the supply OF booze
Of many kinds to no small degree.
Muddy roads between St. Joseph and
Omaha interfered materially with re-
ceipts. Bootleggers look for lower prices
as soon as the roads are passable
Declines in Chicago brands were es-
pecially noteworthy, being rs cents a
quart, due to heavy receipts by automo-
bile and rail from the Windy City.
The decrease in the specially stored
supply was 6S,597 quarts for the week,
leaving the visible supply at 427,s9O
quarts.
ID ia. q. Il
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
Anv Medicine Todav1


Lee Wonder of Spalding has
moved to Greeley and has To-
Gated his family into the old ho-
tel building. Mr.. Wonders
drives the Watkins Medicine
wagon.-Greeley Leader-Inde-
pendent.
Confessions of Ye Editor.
(Sumner News.)
ICY" Falk was injured in
motorcycle accident some time
ago and I did not know of it
till yesterday, and that's all do
know about it.
SOME ASSIGNMENT.
How'd'ja like to be reporter on
the Amerongen (Holland) Aftonpa-
pier and get an assignment from
the city editor some morning to
"go up to the castle and get an in
terview with the kaiser?"
GRIEF.
Doesn't your heart go out to the
butter dealers in their trial because
Of the big slump in the price of
butter? Or doesn't it?
O.
Wonder Where He Got This.
A discharged overseas soldier
concluded a letter to the paper
thus: Accept the renewed assur-
ance of my highest consideration.
o.
Add-"Horrors Of Peace"
The soggy, pallid biscuits that
have taken the place of the light,
fluffy mullins Of wartime.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02

Local quotations follow:
Al st. Joseph, $425@5 at
No. st. Joseph, $S.75@4.60 at.
Specially stored prior to May 1, 1917,
s475@5.50 qt.; $2.50@2.75 pit.
Specially-stored (second), 1880 500
qt.; $2.25025O pit.
225 pit.
"Forty-ROd," ss75@AOO qt.; s2OO@225
@225 pit.
"chain Lightning" ss.75@4oO qt.; $500
@3.75 pt.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-23
LODGE

Algonquin Lodge No. A, knights
of Pythias, at its meeting last night
at Odd Fellows hall conferred the
second rank on two candidates. De-
gree Master Cortlandt Sheath with
his staff were I'm charge of the work.
Chancellor Commander Chris Peter
son was in the chair and the other
officers were in their respective sta
tons. There was a good attendance
of the members of the lodge together
with two visitors from out-of-town
lodges present at the session.
Grand Orator G. E. Knox, of
P~assaic, will come here tonight for
an official visit to Middlesex Council
No. HOO, Royal Arcanum, at a meet
ing of the council In Odd Fellows
hall. A. A. Philo. of Keyport, a
member of the committee on state
of the order, accompanied by a dele
CATION of members of Coronal Coun-
Gil of Keyport, are coming up for a
visit to the local council On this oc-
casion when the initiation of a can
didate will be the principal matter
before the council at this time. Re
gent Thomas Hanson is expecting to
welcome a large number of members
of the council who will come out to
greet the distinguished visitor. Re-
freshments will be served at the close
of the meeting.