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Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04
f. Ghzz@ Folks Corner 3

No wonder the negro had been
scared! Peggy. Billy and the Mighty
Bronze Genie were all struck by
shivers the instant they saw this
alarming apparition.
"Geewhillikers, what's this?"
gasped the Genie. Then he began
to roll a race with the fat negro.
Peggy and Billy rolled. too. for that
seemed to be the quickest way to
get beyond harms reach.
Zip! Vow! Oh, please, Mr.. Deooil,
don't cotch dis niger! Let me go
an take dem white folks! You'll
find dem sweeter dan me-" warned
the fat negro. rolling rapidly toward
the shelter of the woods.
"Whoo? WHO'D? Whoo?" asked
the apparition in tomb like tones.
Take dem white folks! Dis
niger won't nebber be bad no
more"
"Whoo? whoo?" walled the ap-
partition. circling around the head Of
the Mighty Bronze Genie.
mot met" yelled the Genie. THAT
fat colored boy is your meat"
"Whoo? You?" walled the appari
ton, heading for the negro.
Wow! Help! Master! Help"
shrieked the negro, rolling to his
feet and starting off through the
wood on dead run.
"Whoo! Whoo!" walled the ap-
partition, floating away among the
trees in swift pursuit.
"Ha, ha, ha," laughed Peggy.
That's a good joke on all Of us"
Joke. l don't see q joke in hav-
ing a ghost chase u.s." Numbered the
Genie, sitting up and gazing after
the vanishing negro and apparition.
1T wasn't a ghost" giggled Peggy.
at was Judge Owl. He was dressed
in some campers old white shirt. He
told you he was going to scare that
black man"
"Oh; no! He certainly did scare
him." laughed the Genie sheepishly
as he got to his feet. He even had
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04
Support for Government
UWNeTSK1D

Latterly it has seemed that the tide was
running against government ownership and
operation, either or both. But its supporters
are ralyng to its help and they are of sort
which should rally its opponents The 10 rail-
way brotherhoods affiliated with the Federation
of Labor are launching a national campaign,
beginning by compelling every candidate for
any national Office to declare his position at the
risk of losing the brotherhood's votes. A
quicker or surer way of turning the railways
over from the shareholders to the unions could
not be suggested 1t is superior in that respect
even to operation by the Interstate Commerce
commission. Whoever wants continually higher
wages for a class and higher rates for ali will
promote the brotherhoods' campaign The pub
lie, which may not want either higher wages or
rates, will have its opportunity to show dsap-
proval of an issue which makes elections turn
on monetary advantages to class large in
electorate. There is no better way of debauch-
ing an electorate than framing issues which make
politics matter of profit Government owner
ship or operation of railroads for the benefit of
unions, at the expense of users of the railways
and to the countrys detriment, deserves the
doom of general dsapproval.
The Commercial Telegraphers' Union of Amer
lea has also begun nationwide compagn for
government ownership of the wire services.
Postmaster General Burleson, presumably,
would prefer other recruits to his lost cause
These two movements in the proportion that
they succeed mark the abandonment of Ameri-
can labor's traditional reliance upon its econo-
mic rather than its political power When labor
relies upon its votes it makes politics class poll
tics, rather than citizens politics There can be
no pretense that the brotherhoods or the teleg-
rsphers propose policy of government own
sTsnip IN the public lnteEest=NeM YoZk Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04
Why Worry About Woman's Age1

Why all this hullabaloo just because women
had to give their ages when they registered for
an election in Omaha for the first time yester-
day?
Why, bless you that old joke about wom-
ans years does not apply here in this wonder
full climate where women never grow even mid
die aged.
Look at them out on the street. See their
springy step, their clear eyes, their blooming
compilations. There's a great grandmother,
driving that big motor car. Out on the golf
links you can see grandmothers beating their
granddaughters at golf. One charming "vamp,"
we know Of, who is S. if she's day, youngsters
of q like to take to the theater and out in their
motors. "She's such dandy pal" they say.
The only way to prove that some women are
"old" Is to find the birth record. And it's often
easier to believe there was a mistake on the
certificate than that the date is correct.
"You can't tell the old ones from the young
ones," says the popular song.
And what's the use of telling the young ones
from the old ones? This is the age of youth.
Two generations ago the woman of 40 thought,
as a matter of course, she must put on black
bonnet sit by the fireplace, knit and preserve a
solemn countenance.
Today, your woman of 40 is just coming to
full bloom, if she has lived wisely and sanely.
The great French cynic has fixed the ages Of
SO to a. as "woman's most dangerous age"
She has reached full bloom, he says, and has
acquired the full quota of wisdom and cunning
which Nature bestows upon her mysterious sex
for the confounding and undong of simple
minded man.
They're wonderful, no matter what their
ages
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04
ANARCHY MUST BE STAMPED OUT.

The explosion of bombs simultaneously in
nearly dozen cities in attempted assassination
of law-enforcing officers should be 4 warning
signal for u in this country to take drastic
measures at once to stamp out the seeds Of
anarchy before they take deeper root.
We Americans are VIGOROUSLY do-nothings
against obvious dangers. We have been too
prone to look upon the bolshevist and terrorist
uprsings in Europe as too distant to be pos
sible menace to Us. We have lulled ourselves
into false feeling of security by arguing that
these movements abroad are revolts against in.
tolerable conditions which do not exist over
here and that our free institutions and system
of popular government are their own self-pro-
lection against enemies of whatever kind.
America must awake to the fact that an
archism aims At overturning all government,
that it knows no country, that it stops at moth
ing because too diabolcal or dastardly for its
use. We must realize, too, that these periodic
outbreaks in particular localities are but Incl
dental to the wider movement which can be
checked only by systematic and perhaps con-
certed action of all the governments that are
threatened.
Regardless of the counter fight Upon anarchy,
the miscreants who attempted assassination Of
men who happen to be in places of constituted
authority, must be ferreted out and given the
punishment their crimes call for That they
could 60 50 far and carry on their operations
on 50 extensive scale without exposure and
interruption, is really an indictment OF the
adequacy Of our machinery for coping with such
conditions The police departments of our cities
are quite helpless to keep track Of crime plots
Matched elsewhere, and our federal secret serv-
ice, supposed to have the whole country a. its
field, must be half asleep on the job. The forces
Of anarchy are too many and becoming 30 we'll
organized that they can be met and stopped
only by an effective combination Of law en-
forcing agencies under 4 single direction.
All OF Us shudder at the horror, but it is not
enough to deprecate and denounce anarchistic
outrages. Energetic action is required if repeti-
ton and spread are to be prevented.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

This "resigning" Of police officers to get
away from pending charges is bad both in
theory and practice. We have had fragrant ex-
ampies Of policemen getting out from under in
this fashion and then later securing restoration
with all the benefits and credit of clean
record. 1t Is rank injustice to officers who earn
their merits and unfair to the public that pays
the bills and is entitled to honest return for the
money.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

me nervous for a moment. But ]
wish he had waited until that fat
cook had told us where the Great
Doctor was. Now we will have to
look all over Birdland for him"
AS they started on their search,
loud bird cries came from the direc.
ton of where they had left the Lit
tie Lame Laddie fishing. A moment
later Gen. Swallow came rushing VI
bristling with excitement.
princess Peggy, come at once-s
strange man Is with Little Lame
Laddie, and I think he means him
HARM"
Tomorrow will be told how the fat
negro and Great Doctor take an unex-
pected swim.)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04
The Bill OF Rights In the Neb,

The Bill Of Rights In the Nebraska state
constitution guarantees every citizen against in
vasion Of his home and search and seizure of
his goods without q warrant duly sworn to de-
scribing the place and naming the property
sought. From performances of some Of our
police officers, the conclusion is forced that
these guardians Of the law never heard Of the
constitution, much less are familiar with it.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

DR.. Bernhard Dernburg breaks into print
long enough to say that I'VE will bear their
reign Of violence with moral dignity" You re-
member hin1-had to jump out of the United
States on account Of his unneutral activity in
1915. But it was different Germany then.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

The bonhb-throwing assassin is the most
despicable criminal imaginable. The best that
can be wished for him is that he should be the
sole victim of his own bomb.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04
Our Free Legal Aid
State your case clearly but
briefly and reliable lawyer
will furnish the answer or
advise in this column. Your
name will not be printed.
Let The Bee Advise You
Contract for City Property.

C., w. B.-I have q contract for a
city property which IL half paid for.
There has been an opening through
the block just to the side Of my
property through which coal wagons
and other vehicles have passed for
the last 10 years. This opening or
passage way originally belonged to
the property adjoining and mine
equally. 1t never has been plated
or laid out as an alley except that
about a year ago the city council
ruled it was an alley and placed a
culvert at one end so as to make 1t
permanent alley. There Is no pro-
vision in my contract for an alley
and this cuts my lot about eight feet
short. Can the city be compelled to
pay for this strip and what steps
should be taken to protect my
rights?
Answer-It is impossible to state
accurately what your rights are from
the facts given in your letter. To do
so it would be necessary to ascertain
If the alley or driveway in question
has been openly used by the pub
lie, understanding it to be public
alley during the last 16 years; If it
has, it probably has become public
passage way by use by the public
generally for that period Of time. I
cannot see that the action of the
city council only year ago would
have any bearing on your rights, if
it had not already become public
passage way by being used by the
public generally for 10 years or
or more, the city council could not
make 1t so without having it con-
demned or laid out as an alley and
by paying the owners thereof for its
value. The thing for you to do Is
to ascertain by what claim 1t has
been used by the public generally,
for how long, look up carefully the
records Of the city relative to it and
then restate your case and you will
be advised further.
r. E.-After my boy friend had
wrecked my life he scared me into
marrying him and we have been
married almost two years and have
one baby. 1 have always tried to live
a Christian life and did not know
about the evils Of life until I went
with him. He now curses me con-
tinually and calls both baby and
foul names, drinks and runs around
every night with other women. He
has threatened to kill the baby sew
eral times and is very mean to us.
1 have tried every way to be good to
him and get him to change his ways,
but 1t don't seem to do any good.
want the baby to grow up to lead a
Christian life, but cannot do 1t under
present circumstances. Have I
grounds enough to get divorce and
what would you advise me to do?
Answer-From your letter think
you have been too easy with your
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

The national war garden commission has
gone out of business, but that is no reason for
demobilzing the war gardens Truck from your
own patch will still taste as good and cost less.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

Those republican senators, who were ex-
pected to bolt the party program and leave the
discredited democrats in CONTROL are no longer
extollsd IS patriots by the democratic claque.
In fact, Our democratic friends would be Indian
givers if they could and take back all the taffy
they hays bsstoYJ j.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

It might not be 50 far from the eternal fit
ness of things if Austria were also given an
award Of reparaton from Germany.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

Chairman Homer Cummings says It Is idle
to talk about third terms or presidential cand-
dates 1t all. Yet he keeps right on with his lit
tie hints a. to what may happen.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

Colonel House was the only absentee at the
session at which Austria received her ulti-
lmatum. The wonder is that adjournment was
not taken until Colonel House could be present.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

Cross-ocean flying cannot be voted 4 prac-
tical success until it gives demonstration OF
travelling in both directions. What goes over
must also come back
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

King Ak-Sar-Ben is the only remaining royal
potentate who does not have to hold his crown
on with both hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

The booze-runner looks for brisk business
from now to the first OF July. The booze
hounds will have to speed up to keep the pace
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

transeontinental coast-to-coast air line w
know Nebraska is the center of all good thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04
Chased BY q Spook.

Chased BY q Spook.
TINE frightened negro came bound
i ing from tho tent so fast that
Billy couldn't get out Of his way and
the negro bowled him over and
stumbled across his body. Over and
over rolled the negro, yelling with
all his might. His fat body was like
a barrel and spun along the grass at
an amazing rate. The Mighty
Bronze Genie let out q roar of
laughter which quickly turned into
roar Of indignation as the rolling
negro bumped into his knees and
knocked him sprawling. AS the
Genies long legs kicked out, one Of
them tripped Peggy. and over she
went.
Before any Of them could get to
their feet a mournful wall sounded
from the tent. Closely following it
there appeared the weirdest creature
Peggy or Billy had ever seen. 1t had
head like skull, and floating out
behind the head was a streaming
white robe. There were no legs. The
ghostly creature was floating through
the air.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04
TO-DAY
The Day We Celebrate.

Fred w. Rothery, manager Blackstone hotel,
born 1879.
David A. Fitch, attorney at law, born 1882.
David Cole, president King Cole company,
born 1857.
Constantn Angelesco, Roumanan minister
to the United States, born at Bucharest 50 years
ago.
Victor c. Anderson, president Of the Colo
RADIO School of Mines, born at Plymouth, Mass,
81 years ago.
Dr. Henry F. Moore, who has been identified
with the biological department of the United
States government for many years, born in
Philadelphia 81 years ago.
Thomas D. Schall, representative in congress
of the 10th Minnesota district, born at Reed
City, Mich, AZ years ago.
Catherine Waugh McCulloeh noted Chicago
lawyer and suffrage leader, born at Ransomvle,
N. Y, 81 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
At public meeting in Boyd's Opera house
last night the following standing committee was
named to canvass the city in the interest of
Johnstown relief fund: w. A. Paxton, Alfred
Willard, Fred w. Gray, w. R. Goodall, N. B.
Falconer, S. P. Morse, Major Wilcox J. M.
LOOMS, Luther Drake, A. M. Kitchen, M. A.
Upton, Dr.. Ralph, DR.. Bailey, William Wal
lace, E. M. Bartlett 6. S. Montgomery Major
Clarkson, John ]. Dickey, J. Nichols and Frank
B. Johnson.
The fifth annual meeting of the Mississippi
and Missouri Hardware Dealers association is
in session at the Willard
The William Ludwig Irish Concert company
gave remarkable concert at the Grand Opera
house.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

Rate increases for railroad, telephone and
telegraph are sustained by the supreme court as
legitimate exercise Of the war powers of the
government. This is sound sense as we'll as
good law. In time of war, the government has
indisputable authority to do whatever is neces-
sary to maintain the national honor and achieve
the object for which we have taken up arms.
When it comes to peace powers of the govern
ment, however, the courts will be much more
critical of their use and will set limits to ar
bitrary action subversive of individual rights
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

Sky-roeketing ice prices may make no home
complete without its own little refrigeration
plant.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

. Labor controversies can be adjusted without
strikes and lockouts, but to do 30 both en-
p1oyer and employee must first concede that each
has some rights the other is bound to respect.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

It II real mean in you Mr.. Weatherman, to
spoil the women's first registration day. If
you want to save your self-respect, don't run
for any Office for which the women have vote.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

husband and he seems to be almost
beyond redemption. You have plenty
Of grounds to get divorce, but I
think you ought to consult some of
your relatives or friends and talk
your case over with them. or II you
know an attorney, talk to him.
think you will be able to find some
one who will help you without any
expense. If you don't know Of any
one else see the county attorney Of
your county; he will either advise
or direct you where to go to get the
guidance you need.
Held as Witness.
G. S.-Can a person be arrested
and held in Jail when he has not
committed any crime, but Is arrested
simply to be held as witness in a
criminal case pending in the district
court?
Answer-Under the statutes of Ne
braska any one who is a material
witness in criminal prosecution
can be held as a witness until the
next term of the district court there
after, and II unable to give a suffi-
cient bond for their appearance can
be confined in Jail until the trial.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

) But Mr.. Weatherman, please take good
look at your calendar.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04

Terms laid down for Germany may seem
harsh to them, but what would the Huns have
asked of Us, had the decision gone the other
way1
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04
Eventually Mr.. Burlesonl Why not now?

The profession Of aviation seems to have
taken An upward turn.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04
Too Early to Define the Issues.

1t is always popular indoor pastime to map
out the campaign for the next presidential con-
test yet all the political boards of strategy will
do we'll to remember that what may now por-
tend as the overshadowing Issue may have sunk
completely beyond the horizon before the lines
of battle are drawn. The New York World
democratic partisanship, expresses this thought
very clearly in these words:
1t is too early to formulate with precision
the nature of the contest next year, but we
may be sure that it will not be determined by
those who are looking backward. Peace and
the League itself, are likely to be &C
complished facts long before nominations are
made or platforms written.
The World goes on to warn democratic
leaders against relying upon boasts of what has
been done when popular interest will center
upon promises of what will be done and tells
them that if they are too timid to face the new
problems they will appeal to their record in
vain because many of these problems are the
direct product of that record"
This admonition holds good not only for one
political party but for the other as we'll I'm
less we mistake the temper of public sentiment,
the peace treaty will be merely scenery and
background for more vital issues by the time
another year rolls around. By that time we
will be graphing with other momentous ques-
tons and still newer problems will loom ahead.
The country will demand leadership with .
broad vision and firm grasp, to whose ability it
can confidently entrust the management of the
affairs of the nation. 1t is therefore altogether
too soon as yet to cross the 1920 bridge
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-04
GREENLAND
ADVENTURE
BY DADDY.

(Ths Mighty Bronze Genie. Psggy and
Billy take Little Lame Laddis to Bird
land, seeking the Great Doctor who builds
new legs. The doctors negro cook tells
them that the doctor 10 on his vacation
and orders them away
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-28
TRUE LOVE SKDS
Negro Appears on Matrimonial
Horizon.
Indian Bride in Jail ON Charge
of Bigamy.

Wichita, Nov. est is said true
love never did take a smooth course,
but lis ways have been unusually
rough in the case of 20-year-oid Rose
bud Wantona, full l-blooded Iroquois
Indian gill, and Alpheus Christjohn,
also an Indian, whose marriage here
recently in full tribal regalia attracted
much attention. Now the bride is in
Jail on biganly charge, instituted by
a negro and eX-convict, who claims to
be her husband.
A few weeks of welded bliss be-
tween the two Indians was upset by
the arrival from Oklahoma of Thomas
Todd. a negro, who says he, too, is her
husband He caused ChriStjohn's ar
rest for bigamy but the case was dis
missed today. The case against the
girl will be heard December ..
The girls story is that she met Todd
at Columbus, o., and that he was
shortly convicted of a felony and per-
suaded her to pose as his wife so he
might receive an early parole. This
she did, also posing as the mother of
his child. Then she came to Okl9
homa where he followed her and
threatened her if she did not live with
him. He represented himself all this
time as a Sioux Indian, she says. She
came to Wichita and met and loved
ChriStjohn.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-28
KENT RAUB To RUN
VIII Oppose McAfee and Dan
ieIs for County Commissioner.
Farmers Candidate" Served
Two Terms as County Clerk.

Kenneth Raub. county clerk, today
formally announced his candidacy for
county commissioner of the Third dis
trict against Henry McAfee, who is
asking a second term. and A. T. Dan
iels, 161T Topeka avenue, a retired
business man.
The Third district includes the Fifth
ana Sixth wards OF Topeka and all
the territory outside the city lying
south of the Kaw river. RGub has
served two successful terms as county
clerk, during which he was clerk of
the board of commissioners and eX-
pressed the belief that his experience
is asking.
1t is rumored that +. E. Nipps,
present Missouri Pacific passenger
agent and former commissioner, may
become a candidate against A. =.
Rodgers, present commissioner from
the Second district. Persistent rumors
that friends are trying to get a well
known business man on Kansas
avenue" to run for this office may
annul the Nipps candidacy, it is said.
The Second district comprises the
Second. Third and Fourth wards of
the city.
The fact that Raub stands especially
strong with the rural population of the
county and that most of the Third dis
trict is composed of farmers. makes
him an especially formidab BILE opponent
for McAfee and Daniels.
The term of Boyd Pollom. Of the
First district, does not expire until the
next election.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-28
CAREY WIRES GARFIELD
Serious Situation in Prairie District
Made Plain

Hutchinson, Kan, Nov. 2S.-West-
err Kansas Is in the grip of zero
weather today and practically without
coal. Reports coming in from the
district indicate an extremely serious
situation. according to Emerson Carey,
who was state fuel administrator dur
ing the war.
Senator Carey sent the following
telegram to Fuel Administrator Gar
field at Washington yesterday:
This territory is in serious need of
fuel. We are in a prairie country and
must depend on coal. Public utilities
and manufacturing enterprises are
shutting down and many domestic
consumers are out of fuel.
While the government industry and
labor are in a merry whirlpool l do
not believe it wise to make the issue
with the coal miners alone at this
time. I believe it would be better to
give them an advance and start the
mines. Possibly the economic read
justment that must follow reckless ad-
vances will take care of the situation.
If not make the issue cover the whole
field of labor and capital"