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Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
Kill Lucy After Detention
In Cellar; Ship Body Away
Violating Regulations Of Health Board and Cheating
Henry Pollack Out Of Garbage, Man Keeps Pig in
Boarding House Cellar.

Lucy, after being kept prisoner
in the cellar of the house at 2225
Farnam street for several months,
was taken out and spirited away to
South Omaha, where it is believed
she was killed and her body shipped
out of the city.
This reads" like some murder
mystery. But it is only the story
of how Truman Steves, yardman for
the boarding house operated by c.
B. Washington at the address given,
made $50 and incidentally helped
win the war;" disobeyed the ordi-
nance against keeping pigs within
certain area and kept Henry Pol
lack from getting a lot of choice
garbage.
Dan Butler, friend of the Wash
ingtons (who claim to be descended
from the same line as the celebrated
George, learned all about the ex-
plot of Truman Steves.
A farmer brought the pig in from
the country when it was only few
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
Village Poet

The village poet, Bobby Edwards
is a character. He is the poet of tn.
village, the troubadour. who make:
ukeleles, paints, sculps and write:
music.
You will be very fortunate il
Bobby happens to drop in the Sam
ovar at the dinner> hour. He car
ries his mandolin with him anC
sings as he eats impromptu verses
which bring many laugh to friends
and strangers alike. From his song
book we take the following village
epic, which closely and faithfully de
picts life that goes on there:
Way down South in Greenwich village,
There they wear no fancy frillage,
For the ladies of the square
ALI wear smocks and bob their hair.
There they do not think IT shocking
To wear stencils for a stocking;
That saves the laundry bills
In Washington Sqnare.
Way down South in Greenwich village,
Where the spinsters come for thrillage.
Where they speak of soul relations,
With the sordid Slavic nations,
Meath the guse Of feminism,
Dodging social ostracism.
They get away with much
In Washington Square.
Way down South in Greenwich village,
Where they eat Italian swilage,
Where the fashion illustrators
Flirt with interior decorators,
There the cheap Bohemian fakirs
And the boys from Wanamakers
Gather atmosphere.
In Washington Square.
Way down South in Greenwich village,
Where the brains amount to nillage,
Where the girls are unconventional
And the men are unntentionai
There the girls are self-supporting,
There the ladies do the counting
The ladies buy the ''ea--
In Washington SQus
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
Here's VeryLatest
Receipt for Making
Your Booze at Home

1t is being rumored that in some
sections moonshine booze is being
made by a process that calls for an
ice cream freezer, instead of the
time-honored lard can.
By this process, it is said, the
mash" is put in the freezer, and
when it has become frozen the
booze Just serar? t"on' the mash
and there you are" with no dis
tilling needed and nc smoke to it as
giveawav. Of course bv this pro-
cess it would be necessary to be
near a town to get supply of i-e,
but in spite of inconvenience Of
that sort large sales of ice cream
freezers are repor fro some
sections t..ougu lis immediate sec
ton said to be still itfful to the
lard can.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
AS VIEWED IN OMAHA
Bv MICKEY Flynn.

While the strike fever is in the
air and suggestions such as thi:
may fall on fertile ground, why can
not the common bourgeoisie unite
upon the following program of de
mands. and fight it out on that line
if it takes until next week: '
1. Restoration of full quarter
cuts of all pies, at 5 cents per cut.
2. Immediate re-establishment
as a national institution, of the
$3.50 shoe, with guarantees of one
years continuous wear.
3. Immediate restoration of the
$l.50 shirt with no reduction in
quality and guarantees of 10
months wear with washing every
week.
q. Placing within seven days
time of s0-cent limit on all neck
ties.
5. Return to all lunch coun-
ters and restaurants of the scent
ham sandwich.
E. Public remuneration by hat,
suit and overcoat makers of power
to change style oftener than once
every five years.
J. No extra charge shall be
made for bread, butter, toothpicks,
salt or pepper at any hotel, res
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
Bouquet of Live Human Interest Stories About People
Eligible Omaha Bachelors
Under a spreading chestnut tree,
The village smithy stands.
The smith, a mighty man is he
With strong and snewy hands:
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands

The village smithy stands.
The smith, mighty man is he
With strong and sinewy hands.
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands
-Longfelow.
Chris Christensen, deputy sheriff
under Sheriff Mike Clark, used to
be a blacksmith in Elk City, Neo.
There aren't any elks in Elk City
and it isn't any city, but that's the
name anyway. 1t is out the Military
road about 10 miles west of Ben
son.
But what we started out to say is
that Chris is bachelor and is still
eligible and Charlie Hoye and all
the other deputies who are married
tare anxious to have someone get
this prize package of a Chris. So
we're doing all we can to get the
old boy married off.
Chris has comparatively easy
life of it since he became big city
feller and moved to Omaha. Out in
Elk City he always felt that he was
meant for bigger things. He was a
II o'clock feller in 9 o'clock town.
Whole Works by Heck.
He was pretty much the whole
works out there Not only was he
the village blacksmith but he was
the constable too, by heck.
And, not satisfied with thus tend
ing to the living. Chris also filled
the office OF. sexton of the cemetery
and dug the graves and attended to
funerals.
Yes, he was a pretty busy man in
Elk City. And as a constable he
was terror to evil doers.
He maintains that reputation to
the present day. He has one Of
those stern, fighting faces. And he
is dead shot with the revolver,
rifle and shotgun. As trap shooter
he scores about 96 out of 100.
Don't get the idea that just be-
cause Chris has passed the half
century mark without wedding that
he doesn't love the ladies.
He's a Regular Lothario.
Say, he's regular Lothario.
Specially widders. La, la! He Ger
tainly is favorite with the widders.
The other deputies in the sheriff's
Office like to tell how a beautiful
girl went back" on Chris when he
was a callow youth of % and made
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10

weeks old and he carried it under his
arm in box. 1t was the "runt" of
its litter and didn't look promising.
He presented it to Truman.
This was before the war was over
Truman installed the pig in an
apartment in the cellar of the house
and named it Lucy" after child
hood sweet heart of his. He appoint
ed himself cook, chambermaid and
janitor to Lucy's apartment and he
fed her all the garbage of the board
ing house.
Lucy soon began to pick up. She
got out of the runt class and de-
velopedN a physique that caused
Truman to gloat over his profits,
especially with hogs commanding
about $50 for 100 pounds i'll South
Omaha.
Months passed and the time came
when Lucy had waxed great and
Truman hauled her to the South
Omaha markets where she weighed
in at $40 pounds and Truman re-
ceived a check for $50.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10

him VOW never to marry. But we
mustn't take too much stock in what
the deputies say about Chris.
They say he still 'has hopes ~
And why shouldn't hex have? A
bright young man like Chris, with
"flivver" and a wayo of taking the
widders out driving in it and escort
ing them to the movies. Why, his
hopes are very we'll founded.
True, he chaws tobacco. But what
of that? Better men than Chris
have chawed tobacco. And they say
he is as perfect shot at cuspidor
as he is alta duck or a rabbit.
Chris rooms near Twenty-fourth
and Lake streets when he is in
Omaha, which is practically all the
time since he has been appointed
a deputy sheriff
He has some property, too, some
Of that fine farm land up north of
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10

The bird who wrote How You
Coin to Keep En- Back on tn
Farm?" was all wrong, or else he
was never on a Nebraska farm For
gone are the days when chin whisk-
--- , .corncob pipes. and one-horse
rigs was the style in rural life.
We know; we've been there.
Everything's changed.
They meet you at the train in a
high-powered bus that makes you
sit up and rub your eyes. Where's S
old Dobbin? you wonder.
But the first shock is not the
greatest. As you tear along a
macadamized road at about 90
miles per hour, and get closer to
the old homestead, you cast a
hopeful eye to the left side OF the
road expecting to see the old swim
ming hole. 1t was one of the rea-
sons you came.
All, the Swimmin' Hole.
When you catch sparkle OF
water in the distance you gloat an
ticipating-then you realize your
mistake. It's no longer the old
swimming hole of days gone by
it's a duck pond, with cement edges.
There's one thing left to look for
ward to. The old farmhouse with
the cucumber vines on the front
porch will surely be worth the trip,
you think.
But to your amazement as you
roll up a well-kept driveway with a
hedge on one side you spy bunga-
low of the latest type, surrounded
by a landscape garden that looks
like Hanscom park.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
Commissioner Has
Sworn Affidavit to
Back'Up Fish Story

Here's a tip for Omaha fisher
men.
When Sophus Ncble, chairman of
the board of county commissioners,
returned from Lake Minnewaska,
Mimi, where he spent his vacation.
he began telling his friends how he
caught the largest wall-eyed piode
ever reeled in from the lake.
Like ali fishermen he found many
doubters. But Mr.. Neble had re-
turned prepared. He produced a
sworn affidavit stating that he had
actually caught just what he said he
had. 1t was signed by H. H. Peters
of Glenwood and witnessed by c.
E. Abbott of Fremont. The weight
of the fish is certified to have been
five and three-uuarters pounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
Pushes Auto, Racing
at High Speed, Aside
With His Bare Hands

As a muscular man stepped from
the curb to take a south-bound sur
face car at Twenty-fourth and Lake
streets, small automobile of most
common species, bore down on him
at terrific speed.
There was a shrek of brakes, the
car conductor shouted, and several
women in the car screamed. 1t was
all over in the twinkling of an eye.
The large man had not leaped to
escape the onrushing machine.
He merely put his hand on the
fender of the car as it reached him,
and pushed it gently back.
Good brakes saved you that
time" shouted the driver of the
Ford.
Good arm, you mean" retorted
the large man as he entered the sur
face car.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
No Worry for Bride;
Name Will Still. Be
Murphy After Vows

Elain J. Murphy, Sheldon, Ia.
will not have to become accustomed
TO new name. Calvin J. Murphy
OF Sioux City applied for a license
at the court house and when he
gave his bride-to-be's name to the
ever watchful marriage license
clerk, that individual asked if they
were related.
Not yet" replied Mr.. Murphy,
but soon"
And all I'll have to remember is
that I'm Mrs. Murphy, instead of
Miss Murphy" explained the second
party of the contract
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
Advertises for Lost
Keys, Burglar Finds
Them, Steals Money

A Pennsylvania man advertised a
liberal reward for a bunch of keys
he had lost. That night the finder of
the keys entered the mans office, un-
locking the door to the office and his
safe with the keys, and took $l84.
Burglars. as we'll as chicken
thieves, read advertisements,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
Omaha Photographers
Can Use the Money, But
225 Feet Is Too High

Omaha photographers have the
reputation of being nervy lot, but
the commercial men were offered a
Job last week which none of them
had the NERVE to accept. At the
South Side stock yards they are
building a smoke stack 225 feet into
the air and they wanted circuit
camera photo taken of the yards
from that dizzy height.
Herman Schonfield looked over
the ground and when he found that
he had to 60 up in hosting eleva-
ton 225 feet and that at the top was
but four foot square platform
while the tripod of the circuit CAM
era requires five foot base, leaving
no space at all for the operator to
put on his hood and adjust the ma
chine, he said mix" The swaying
Of the high scaffolding would also
make it practically impossible to
make a perfect picture.
Louie Bostwick said II need the
$50, but think more of my neck" p"
Scott also turned down the job.
The Harps still have a majority
in the upper and lower houses of
umpires, in spite of the fact that
Silk O'Loughlin is this year calling
'em when they cut the pearly plate.
July may come and July may go,
b,t Perura goes on forever.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
OH. MAGGIE!
standing in a garden.

Astanding in a garden.
Where posies dwell, galore,
There mused a lovely maiden,
And this Is what she wrote:
A petticost Of petals
OF purest virgin white.
A bodice OF plump orange.
She was a winsome sight
Alas, she was la cking,
Her stocking of sea green
Encased but single limb,
The slimmest ever seen
She swayed TO ev'ry zephyr.
She was so wondrous sweet
That God took pity on her
And named her Marguerite.
eR. 3.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
To NV Butcher.

The coin I've spent on thee. dear heart
oh that 1t might come back to me.
I count II over while the tear drops start
. oh. Mercy me!
You came to me an angel rare
Nv system was with hunger wrung,
You gave me chops and steaks for fair,
And l was stung.
oh, memories, why don't YOU turn
Away? Let me forget my loss.
wonder IL we dubs will ever learn.
1t maxes me cross,
Oh Butch,
II makes ME cgssA
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
M1cA c07575z72Y071 1aN 9P1S
ch1ehez coffee, Sdmovv1ch Ell

You alight with feelings of mis-
giving, and are ushered into a re-
ception hall by maid in black and
white-the kind who walk in the
parks with the coppers back where
you came from.
Host Wears White Flannels.
You take your bath in a porcelain
bathtub-not in the old water tank
that the COWS used to drink out of
and are about to pull out a new pair
of overalls that your bought for the
trip, when your host comes in wear
ing white flannels and tells you that
"dinner's' ready.
You glance hastily at your watch,
What can he mean by dinner at 6
o'clock in the evening? You Won
der. They always used to call it
supper. =
And why is your old pal, Bill,
wearing white flannels? You put
the overalls back in the grip; plenty
of time to wear them tomorrow
when YOU help Bill shock wheat, you
think. ->,
Next thing you kiirow you are sit
ting at the dinner table between
two of Bills wife's girl friends.
They'rs both wearing party dresses
with low necks. and you have a hor-
rible suspicion that they've taken up
the latest stockingless fad. The
maid serves dinner on tea table,
with rubber tired wheels.
And Then You Dance.
The evening is spent dancing on
the wide veranda to jazz music fur
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
How Muc'l Have You2

Lord Leverholme, the soap mag
nate, has 100000 acres in England
and another nobleman has 100000
acres.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
Prohibition Note.

Subscriber-What the heck do you
mean by putting out your paper
with half the space white?
Editor, Punkville Weeekly-Some
one pinched my sheers.
Subscriber-Well, you could use
knife to clip with, couldn't you?
Editor--Yes, but the devil drank
the mucilage to see if it had any
kick in it.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10

without stockings, is happy
HAPPY.
| repeat, this is not the reason.
What is the reason, then? you ask,
that the stockingless woman, the
woman without stockings, is hap
py, HAPPY.
This is the reason why the stocking
less woman, the WON'T without
stockings, is happy, HAPPY:
Because she is being stared at by the
men, cruel men, ungentlemanly
men, MEN, men, men, men, men,
men, men, men.
See the stockingless woman. What
is she doing? She is getting on a
street car, right at the most
crowded corner of the downtown
district
Her short skirt is tight. She gets
on the car slowly. There is a
mysterious smile on her lips. The
car has gone. And all the simps
on the corner are grinnlng.
Still, l don't see why they are grim
ming, when they can 60 out to the
Krug park bathing beach any day
and
The days are getting shorter now
and the weather next December
will not be SO warm as it is now.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
lie WIheg Belle Whp 0nz7J u
.M3h poVezd Ind tales X0u
o,aund town 10 1ee tie 5A1M5

nished> by a luxurious talking ma
chine. No chance to listen to the
crickets sing as in days of old. You
notice that Bill has acquired the
habit of smoking gold-tipped cigar
cts too, instead of the fragrant
cofncob pipe of days of yore.
"Oh, we'll, we'll see some real farr
life tomorrow" you murmer sleep
lily, as you sink into canopy-topped
bed with luxurious sigh. At the
first crow of the rooster you spring
from your bed and begin to dress.
A strange Silence prevails. Probably
the alarm clock didn't go off, you
figure, and you wait patiently for
some sign of life. At last you 60
back to bed.
Alas! No Cows to Milk.
Three hours later, at 9 o'clock
sharp, Bill calls you for breakfast.
Mrs. Bill is dressed in breakfast
gown of pale blue and is still yawn-
ing sleepily.
After breakfast Bill proposes
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
And the Weather So Hot. Too.

Il haven't been bathing this sum
mer,' we heard a girl say t'other
day.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10

walk over the farm. "But how
about milking the cow" you pro-
test feebly. ooh, we don't keep any
COWS, we have rural delivery milk
route" Bill explains.
The afternoon is spent with auc-
ton bridge. At a o'clock tea is
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
Omahan on Pacific
Coast Says They re
Eating Grapes Now

Arthur L. Palmer, who is spend
ing his vacation on the Pacific
coast, writes from San Francisco
that the beaches and peaches remain
in California, but that the gay ones
are learning to eat grapes since
July |.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10

served. At S you borrow a pair of
Bills white flannels and dress for
dinner.
It's the same way every day dur
ing your two weeks, and when you
get back to the citys you look in
vain for a single hay seed in your
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10

clothes. You haven't even got a
respectable coat of sunburn to show
for your vacation.
Yes, the song writer made mis-
take. He should have written
How're You goin' to Keep 'em
Away from the Farm?"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
After He Had Declined 1t?

What made Latin a dead Ian
guage, pa?"
"Oh, l guess somebody doctored
it. cartoons Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
Wait-Maybe Thev Are Air Pumps!

Scaggs: How have the boys at
the club been getting on since the
nation went dry?
Wages: They've taken to wear
ing pumps.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
STATISTICS.

If there were as many buffers il
real life as there are in the movies
every fifth man would be butler.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10

Dark horse of the war. The Sal
yation Army
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-24
-
HUNS MADE A CLEAN SWEEP
What They Couldn't Steal In the
French City Of Doual They
+ H., Ruthessly Destroyed.

MY home was In Douai, writes Jean
Proix In Everybody's. When I visited
the town, soon after the Germans left
1t, found II untouched by shell fire.
Strange as 1t may seem, the houses
are standing and the roofs are on the
houses. But every place has been
ransacked; so much so that in my
house the only article of furniture left
are two stools, one of which is Of no
value. The other light gilt foot
stool in the drawing-room, Is smashed.
Every other article of furniture has
been stolen.
The valueless contents of every
drawer were thrown or the floor and
soiled. Some valuable paintings by
Corot were hanging in one of the
rooms. They were carefully selected,
the canvas was cut out of the frames
In the cleanest possible way and re-
moved by the Germans, whereas a
hole was kindly kicked through the
others.
This Is a precise instance of their
methodical thefts When the people
who lived in the house were turned
out by the Germans they took away
the few papers that were In the safe
which was fast TO the wall; they left
the key on the safe door and the door
ajar, as much as to say that there was
no need to break 1t open. On the
safe found short hatchet, by means
of which the door had been smashed.
Is this destruction for its own sake?
No, this is methodical destruction.
The safe would eventually have to be
replaced, and very likely by one of
German make.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-24
LAND OPENED TO ENTRY.

Washington. Twentyfour thou
sand acres of land in the Tahoe Ma
ticnal Forest in California and Ne
vada. and in La Sal National Forest,
Ntah, have been restored to the pub
lie domain and made subject to
entry under the home laws ON and
after August q, 1919, and to set
tlement and other disposition on and
after August 2S, 1919. Sixteen thou
sand acres Of this land in California
and 1000 acres in Nevada are said
to have limited value for grazing
The land in Utah-about 1000 acres
lis in part suitable for dry-farming
and partly useful for grazing
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-24
Hot one for Lawyers.

Here is a hot one on lawyers ana
certain sort o. sportsman.
An attorney was arrested for Vlolat-
ing the game laws-catching l6 hsh
out of season. He pleaded guilty but
when $50 per fish was the fine i'm
posed he withdrew his plea and got Il
brother lawyer to defend him. the
Jury, in spite of the plea of guilty.
brought In verdict finding him guilty
of catching one fish only, and fixed the
fine at $40. One of the jurors ex-
planned to the angry game warden as
follows:
"Yes. we knew he pleaded guilty
and admitted catching l6 fish. But
the jury, you know, were all OF the
same mind. He wae 4 lawyer AND a
fisherman"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-24

Prohibition, which grew up over
night in America. has long been an IS
sue in Llthuania, the small Baltic re-
public that is asking for self-govern-
ment that it has long demonstrated its
ability to use. I.ithuania has a small
brewery and a still in almost every
home. 1t has little intoXication. And
It has a prohibition society with l72
branches and 10000 members through
out the country.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-24
COMING TOMORROW
SUGAR FOR HOME USE.

Observation-Disclosures million
pounds of white sugar, representing
the War Departments entire sur
plus of this commodity, have been
ordered sold at a minimum price
fixed by the Sugar Equalization
Board. The sale at these figures
will insure the Government full re-
covery of the original cost of the
sugar. The War Department has
stipulated that none of the sugar
shall be sold for export although
the prices offered in the foreign
market were higher 1t was desired
to keep the stocks in this country
for domestic consumption
For quick results try the Express
Want Ads.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-24

and even the health Of many of our
citizens require the proposed extern
sions of the water system In the
estimates, provision is also made
for the purchase of the most ap-
proved apparatus for the chlorn-
alton of the water this being the
best known means for sterilizing the
water, and rendering it safe for use.
"In the Street Department pro-
vision is made for certain repairs Of
the pavement, street crossings and
the drainage system, all of which
are urgently needed.
in the Fire Department it has
been necessary to install the double
platoon system, in compliance with
Chapter of the "sess sion Laws OF
Oklahoma for 1919" which limits
the number of hours an employee
Cf any city fire department may be
held on duty
ut has been considered necessary
and proper to increase somewhat
the compensation of most of the EN-
ployees OF the city for reasons
which require no comment.
in round numbers. the estimate
of the city's expnses for the pres
ent year is $119,OO0.OO, as agains
slO3. 10000 for the last year"