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Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
R. r. LABORERS TO
CONTINUE FIGHT
0NLIVlNG COSTS
Definite Program Is Formu.
lated Before Decision on
WageIncrease.

Washington, Feb. IS. Formula
ton of definite program as basis
on which to continue its campaign
against high living costs has been
initiated by railroad laborers, it was
disclosed by union officials. While
the wage demands Of the 100000
railroad workers which have held
official attention since February 3,
will be held in temporary allegiance
at the request of the president, there
is no disposition on the part of
union leaders to regard their work
as complete or to await altogether a
final decision on the whole wage
controversy to be given by the gem
craI conference of union committee
men to be held here February 23.
The attitude of the union off
cials, while they expressed gratihca-
top at the recognition of certain of
their principles by President Will
son, is predicted on am apparently
general belief among their member
ship that the government has mot
held together in many of its drives
on the high cost of living spectre"
Much criticism was directed at con-
gress and the heads of executive de-
partments during the recent wage
negotiations, leaders said.
The general feeling of railroad
labor was expressed in this ques-
ton, asked by union official, who
has carried its grievances through
the negotiations:
Are we, as Americans, to admit
that we cannot control the
profiteer?" ,.p..
The program under consideration
will in no way run counter to the
plan of the American Federation of
Labor, which has announced its in
tentiton of engaging aggressively in
the coming political campaign. With
this railroad union leaders said they
were in complete accord. Union
heads said they desired to have their
ideas worked out comprehensively
for submission >to-4the general con-
ference next week.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
I'm MOvERjOYED
AT CHANCE SAYS
topeka WOMAN
Relieved of Fifteen Years Of
Suffering by Taking
TantaC.

| "After fifteen years of suffering
I am happy to say that now I am
enjoying the best of health" said
Mrs. s. Emry, 2501 Lincoln St., To-
peka, Kansas, while telling Of her
remarkable recovery since taking
Tanlac.
''I had suffered so long that I
had become discouraged and saw lit
tie pleasure in life," she continued.
"My kidneys were so badly disor-
dered / had a pain across my back
most all the time, and at night. I
would lie awake for hours after re-
tiring and then after / finally got
to sleep it seemed no time until I
was awake again. Binding dizzy
spells often came on me and | would
have to catch hold Of something for
support. had a poor appetite and
my stomach was so badly upset that
] had to live on a diet most Of the
time. Gradually l lost weight and
strength, couldn't do my house work
half the time and life was hardly
worth living.
II had seen and heard so much
about Tanlac that l knew I could
not make a mistake by giving it a
trial. ! am certainly glad / did. /
have taken four bottles of Tanlac
and am just overjoyed at the won-
derful change it has made in me.
What I eat gives me no trouble, at
all now and I am gaining in weight
and strength every day. My kidneys
are in good condition and the pain
across my back has disappeared en-
tirely. The dizzy spells have stopped
coming on me and I am now able
to do my house work with ease. My
sleep is sound and restful and when
morning comes get up feeling rest
ed and refreshed. Tanlac deserves
every bit Of the credit for my splen-
did health"
Tanlac is sold in Omaha at all
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Com
pany's stores, Harvard Pharmacy
and West End Pharmacy. Also For
rest and Meany Drug Company in
South Omaha and the leading drug.
gist in each city and town through.
out the state Of Nebraska..-Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
Canadian Secretary \
OF Foreign Affairs
Firm in Treaty Stand

Ottawa. Canada, Feb l5.AN. w.
Howell, acting secretary of the state
for external affairs, declared en-
phatically that Canada would never
consent to ratification of the peace
treaty by the United States, if the
Lenroot reservation was adopted,
either i'm its original form or with
the proposed amendment.
Mr.. Howell, who is also president
of the privy council, spoke at a
mass meeting of war veterans. Mr..
Lcnroot's proposal would deprive
Canada of her voting power in the
league of nations, said Howell.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
Root Is IS Years Old;
Given Birthday Dinner

New York, Feb. l5.-Elihu Root,
former secretary of state, celebrated
his seventy-hfth birthday at his
home here. Mr.. Root was the guest
this evening at an informal dinner
given in his honor by Nicholas Muir
ray Butler, president of Columbia
University. AT the dinner tele-
grams of congratulation were read
from prominent men and women in
every section Of the country.
VIII H. Hays, chairman of the re-
publican national committee. tele-
sraphed from Sullivan, Ind, saying,
in part:
!, 81 congratulate the country on
Elihu Root, its first citizen, who has
done 20 much to reflect glory on the
nation and preServe the ideals max
ing for the real welfare of the peo-
MIA"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
AT THE THEATERS

Z" HA EFEK else may De SAID
| w in favor of The Rainbow
w Girl" and it is plenty, first
| place must be awarded to Miss
Grace Walsh, singer. and Johnnie
Jordan, dancer. Miss Walsh is not
| only endowed with charms of Inca
ment and person, graceful and VII
vacious in carriage and manner, but
| has a way about her that battles
mere words, and her vocal endow-
ment is not the least of her physical
attractions. A pure soprano voice,
very clear, and sufficiently strong to
| fill the great auditorium with its
beauty unimpaired, and used with
taste and skill is her chief bid for
attention. 1t cannot be separated
from the girl herself, however, and
the two make a combination that
would carry the show" if it had
nothing else to commend it.
Then Johnnie Jordan. dainty, de-
mure, fitting about the stage like a
bit of thistle-down borne on sum-
mer zephyr, is what one ardent and
continuous theater attendant - one
of Omaha's real First nighters
sums up as "darb." That may
mean much or little; in this case it
will be allowed to stand as super.
lative httingly applied to young
woman who has not educated her
legs and feet in vain. In the COM
pany are many other good dancers;
nearly all of them are required to
take part in one or another of the
various '1azz" or other froms of
dancing incident to the unfolding of
the plot, but Johnnie easily leads.
Yes, "Johnnie" is a girl. and Sybil
Foshee usually dances with her, but
last night Dorothy Jordan obliged,
owing to Sybil's indisposition. And
Dorothy is some dancer, too.I
Sidney Greenstreet gets all the
fun possible to extract from the
ponderous butler, who must have
been a member of the Primitive
Methodists" (you recall Captain
Owen Kettle, of course?) and who
felt in duty bound to reduce the new
Lady Wetherell to his family
standard. Billy Van also contrib
utes generously to the merriment Of
the evening in his own peculiar way.
Other principals are well placed,
and the chorus is a good-looking
bunch of willing workers. Julian
Mitchell and Herbert Gresham law
ished good deal of care on arrang-
ing the dance and ensemble num-
bers, and the result is pleasing.
| Music and words are in keeping,
the story affords much opportunity
for contributory songs, the cos
tunes are attractive and the scenery
of a quality that enhances the whole.
The Rainbow Girl" will be with US
until after Thursday night.
Madame Petrova. won her audi
fences yesterday at the Orpheum,
where she began one-week en-
gagement, having recently returned
to the spoken drama. She won
through the powers Of her voice,
her statuesque beauty, her express
sive eyes, and smile that is as in
genuous as that of child. She ran
the gamut of gay to grave, winning
plaudits when she offered an in
tensely dramatic scene which
brought forth full measure of her
emotional expression. For an, en-
core she recited shorf poem TO a
baby in which the tenderest senti-
ment was expressed in her own
charming manner. The range Of her
expression is her greatest gift, and
it is good for the eyes just TO look
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
UNCANNY VANDAL
ENTERS HOME TO
CLIP GIRLS HAIR
Amazing Story Of Daylight
Jack the Clipper Told by
Young Girl.

New Orleans, Feb. 15.--Miss Nor
man Biggar, Is years old, and good
to look at, reclined in bed and in
circumstantial detail told an amaz-
ing story of the operations of a
daylight Jack-the-C Clipper, who, she
declares, invaded her home and
slashed off 4 handful of her heavy
tresses.
Miss Biggar's hair is--or was
long and heavy. And from her locks
a handful has undeniably been cut
It was between 9 and $50 o'clock
in the morning, says Miss Biggar,
that she was alone in her home.
Her mother, Mrs. H. Biggar, had
departed for her work at the Maison
Blanche. The girl in her bathrobe
went to the front door and locked
it, she says; went to the back door
and found it locked, and did not pay
any attention to the side door.
Obeys Weird Command.
Then, changing to house dress,
she stood before the mirror in her
room, combing out her hair. While
in the kitchen, she says, she had
heard a noise" but thought it had
been made by another family in the
other half of the duplex house.
While combing her hair. she says,
"as in a dream she heard voice
say: Get the ribbon bow and put
it on your head" Mechanically she
obeyed. And then in the mirror she
saw a hand that "shot through the
door and seized her hair" Her arm,
too. was grasped roughly. she tells,
and she was given violent shove
and fell to the floor"
Runs From House.
How long she remained on the
floor she doesn't recall. But, Still
dazed," she rose, ran to the Coro-
: eller grocery on the corner, and
asked that her mother be told by
telephone. Then she returned to
the home, she says, and found it
empty. Going through the house
from front to back, she called a
neighbor, Mrs. John Dantonio. 26l0
Main street. *
The girls mother. was PROSTATE in
bed from nervous shock when she
heard the story. The girl speaks
vaguely Of government employe
she says "has been hanging around
the house"
Police are frankly without clue
Recently Miss Pomelle Mohan,
Orleans school girl, told circum-
stantial story of an unidentified man
invading her bedroom at midnight
and slashing her hair. Miss Moran
subsequently confessed to Miss Ber-
tha Doris, policewoman, that she
had "bobbed" her hair and had made
up the story of a mysterious Jack
theClipper" to avoid punishment
from her family.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
SENATE BUDGET
SYSTEM TO CURB
PENDITURES
Special Subcommittee Agrees
on Combination of Good
and Mccormick
Measures.

Washington, Feb. 15.-A bill pro-
viding for a national budget system
has been agreed on unanimously by
the special senate subcommittee ap-
pointed to consider such legislation
and will be favorably reported to the
fufl committee this week, Senator
Mccormick, republican, Illinois,
chairman Of the subcommittee an
nounces. As finally agreed on. the
bill is a combination of the Good
bill passed by the house last fall and
the Mccormick bill and provides for
strict control Of governmental ex-
penditures.
Under It's provisions a budget bu-
reau would be/created in the treas
ury department to collect and revise
all estimates from the various gov
mental departments. After this had
been done the bureaus report would
be submitted TO the secretary of the
treasury and eventually to the pres
ident for approval. The latter then
would be required to submit his
budget to congress annually before
December 10, setting forth the
treasury's condition, together with a
complete statement regarding the
bonded and other Indebtedness of
the United States and other infor-
nation relative to the governments
financial status and means of secur-
ing the necessary money to meet
expenditures.
Provisions from the house bill
were retained creating an independ-
-ent department known as the &C
counting department to review ex-
perditures and report to congress
suggestions for Improvement in
methods, reductions, or other
changes it regards necessary, either
in amounts or systems.
In addition to Senator McCor-
mick, the subcommittee consists of
Senators Keyes, New Hampshire,
and Edge. New Jersey, republicans
and Simmons. North Carolina, and
King, Utah, democrats.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
Eleven Women Named for
Democratic Committee

Washington, Feb. l5.-Appoint-
ment of II women as members of
the executive committee of the dem
ccratic national committee was an
nounced by Chairman Homer S.
Cummings, Six additional women
members will be appointed soon to
make the woman membership cor
respond with that of the men.
Those appointed were: Miss Eliz-
abeth Marbury, New York; Miss
Caroline Rutts-R Rees, Greenwich,
Conn: Miss Kellogg Fairbanks,
Chicago: Mrs. Stiles w. Burr, St.
Paul; Mrs. Helen Grenfell. Denver;
Mrs. Overton G. Ellis, Tacoma;
Mrs. John P. Castleman. Louisville;
Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, Birm-
Mrs. Josephus Daniels,
Raleigh, N. c.; Mrs. John K. Ott-
ley, Atlanta and Mrs. Beverley B.
MumfnrL. Richmond. Va.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

fort to save her life performed
the rare Caesarian operation up
on the mother. After 1t had been
born it was found to be wounded
in the shoulder. No effort will
be made to remove the bullet
and if the little girl lives she will
always carry the lead in her
body.
The mother died two days
after the child was born and her
body was taken to her home.
She has a sister living near here.
The operation that saved the
life OF the child is a delicate one
and only resorted to in extreme
cases. 1t was highly successful
in this case, for it appears that
even with bullet in her shoul-
der, little Miss Martin Is going
to live and be healthy baby,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
Orphans Of World
War Join American
\ Army as "Buddies' =

Ferdinand Proust, l9 years
old, from Talmont Nendee,
France, and Edward Blossom,
lS, from Bucharest, Rumania,
are going to be "buddies" in
Uncle Sans army. They en-
listed at the Omaha recruiting
station Alast Saturday and will
leave here for Camp Dodge, Ia,
tonight for infantry service.
Both boys are orphans. PEN
niless, lacking in education and
understanding and speaking
English only imperfectly, they
had been putting up brave
fight against heavy odds in an
effort to keep from drifting into
paths that lead to reform
schools and prisons. The army
is going to mean home" to
them, they say.
Ferdinand's admiration for
Uncle Sans fighting forces had
its inception in France two
years ago. He was i'll Brussels,
Belgium, when that city was
taken by Germans eapiy in the
world war. After several months
of privation and mistreatment,
he succeeded in escaping to
northern France, only to find his
home village there in the hands
of the Germans. He fled to
Paris and there was befriended
by members of the s94th motor
transport corps, of the SD Di-
vision. He followed the SD
into action near Verdun and be-
came a regimental mascot. Fol-
lowing the armistice he learned
that his mother and four broth
ers had been killed and well
coined the opportunity to be
smuggled into this country on
transport bringing home Ameri-
can troops.
Stories of the great west in
duced him to crawl into a box
car, which landed him in Chi
cago. He went to South Da-
kota, where he worked on a
ranch, and lated drifted to Sioux
City, Ia.
There he met young Blossom,
also drifting" Blossom had
come to America from Rumania
three years ago with his mother
and sister. They stopped at
Montreal, Canada, where the
mother died a year later. The
sister married and moved to St.
Paul, MINI. Edward followed
and worked on farms in Mime
sofa and Moth Dakota until he
beat his way southwark and
met Proust in Sioux City.
They came to Omaha, to-
gether January 2S and have been
working here at odd Jobs. Al
bert Beveridge, in charge of
Catholic War Council work
here, found young Proust tenn
porary quarters with DR.. A. A.
Hoffman, 140 North Thirty
first avenue. The boy objected
to being dependent" ON any
one.
"I'l1 make good in the army"
he declares.
"You bet we WILL" asserts
Buddy" Blossom.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
Baby Born With Bullet In
Body Lives, Mother Dying

Gadsden, Ala, Feb. l5.-A
little l week old baby is lying at
the Rails hospital with a % rife
bullet in its shoulder, and, ac-
cording to last report, it was do
ing well and would probably
live.
The baby was born to Mrs.
Alice Martin of Boaz a few
hours after she was removed to
; the hospital suffering from a
bullet wound in her abdomen.
She was handling a 20 rifle in
her home, according to the
rneager reports that have been
secured, when>the rife was dis
charged and,> the bullet, enter
ing her -ahdomen, lodged in the
unborn bab}'s shoulder. When
her condition was noted at the
hospital the physicians in an eff
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

on Petrova IN her queenly garments
and to watch the graceful move
ments of her beautiful arms ane
hands. She sings a few number.
and for a final encore she speaks te
her audience in terms of intimacy
stating that she has gathered If
many shekels during the last foul
years by keeping STILL" a veilet
reference to her work in the movie
studios. And it may be said that
Petrova, the artist, knows what the
average vaudeville audience wants
and expects.
Marshall Montgomery has con,
/tributed something new to the art
Of ventriloquism. He works with q
lifelike figure of a boy and is &C
companied by young woman, the
trio being seated at luncheon dur.
ing most of the act. The dialogue is
witty and the act is altogether un-
usually clever. ~ ...
The comedy hit of the bill is OF
fered by Jane Barber and Jerome
Jackson, the latter being a daddy
long-legs type/of man who is prob
ably nearly seven feet tall and as
slim as a beanpole. The Billy La
Mont trio have r. neat wire act. Jack
Osterman, son IF Kathryn Osterman
does we'll in a monologue. Grace
DeMar gives a humorous presenta-
ton of everyday types of young
women. Harry Howard pleases old
and young with his musical Shet-
lands and CANNES, the comedy fea-
ture dominating the act.
Topics of the Day" continue to
interest and amuse as screen fea-
ture and Kinograms, screen news of
the world, adds to the pleasure of
the entertainment.
"Everysailor," a genuine "gob"
revue opened the week with rush
at the Empress. This was written
and enacted originally for the edi-
fication OF the president on board
the George Washington. 1t was
later performed in public, and made
such hit that it has been routed
over the vaudeville circuits. Every
man in the outfit has a service stripe
and many of them saw real sea life
in the submarine zone. That did not
in any sense limit their tendency to
fun, and they surely do make lot
of it in their antics. The girls"
are an especially attractive feature
of the affair. Toilette, Pearl and
Wicks turn on some Smart songs
and operate travesties that 60 we'll,
and Buxley and Porter add much
with vocal and instrumental music.
Paul and Walter La Varre are act
robats of ability. George Walsh, in
"rhe Shark" best described as a
sea story of luck, lure and love-
is the feature photoplay attraction.
John Cort's success entitled
Flo-Flo will be at the Brandeis for
three days starting next Friday.
Every member of the chorus is
a perfect So and each is blessed
with that rare attribute of the cho-
rus girl, a sense of humor. In fact,
"Tlo-Flo' has brought down the
house at every performance with
its comedy chorus.
Excepting midgets and children,
the claim is put forth that little
Anna Propp is the smallest girl on
the American stage. She is four
feet four inches tall and is noted
for her perfect figure. She is an
exceptionally good dancer and has
sweet, pleasing voice. She is with
Arthur Pearson's Step Lively
Girls at the GayetX Ladies mat
inee at els daily ~ +,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
Arrest Policeman Found
Drunk on His "Beat"

Policeman F. L. Lewis, on duty at
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
between Benson and Ninton streets,
was arrested yesterday afternoon
when he was found drunk while on
duty.
Lewis, according to his police
seniors, discovered a bootlegging
center and when he went in to ar
rest those in the place was asked to
have drink. He complied, he said,
and woke up in Jail.
His badge and gun were taken
from him by Captain P. II. Haze,
and he was then taken home.
Charges will be filed against him to-
day, according to information given
out at the Central station.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
NeighbOrhOOd Houses

ALMA RUBENS In THE GHOST
FLOWER" and MARIE WALCAMP
In TEMPEST CODY GETS HER
MAN"
GRAND--16th and Binney-DOROTHY
GISH in TURNING THE TABLES"
BRIGGS COMEDY and PARA
MOUNT MAGAZINE.
DIAMOND---24th and Lake-HARRY
MOREY in THE GAMBLERS" and
TOM MIX in short Western feature;
also comedy.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
Brief City News

EIks should read Mediator Feb.
14.-Adv.
Library & Silk Shade Lamps. IS pct.
redu'n. Burgess-Granden Co.--Adv.
symphony Conccrt--Generar ad-
mission tickets. in limited number,
are now on sale at music stores. One
dollar and ten cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

by such players as Jane Novak,
Otto Hoffman, Wallace Beery and
]. P. Lockney. The story is ad-
mirably presented, the settings
beautiful and there is thrill for
every one in each scene. The story
is distinctly melodramatic and the
picture one of the best the Rialto
management have offered for some
time.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
Policeman Kills Burglars
in Gun Battle in Cellar

Greenwich, Conn, Feb. 15.-Two
alleged burglars were killed at
Sound Beach in a gun battle in a
dark cellar with Maj. Alden L. Nc
Mwtrey, state policeman. The
shooting occurred in the summer
home of Mrs. Eliza G. Morris, at
Rocky Point, Sound Beach. Nc
Murtrey was wounded in the right
arm. Addison Bacon, a constable.
who was with McMurtrey but did
rot shoot as he was unarmed, was
inj,xed in the shoulder and taken to
the Greenwich hospital.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
South Side BreUities

reed vsrth Sis up to sloe win be de-
lissssd - ycNr relatives In Warsaw. Buda-
pest. prAgve. v!euea or Hamburg. You
can make the arrangements at Packers
National hank. 3ttA ana O So
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

The discovery in Sweden of loaf
of bread made from pea -four in the
time of the Vikings, has disclosed
the fact that peas were cultivated
in Europe more than 1000 years
apo -
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Bee Want Ads are the Best Busi
ness Boosters.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Riaito - Thomas H. Incc'. new
production, Behind the Door,"
scored great hit at the Rialto the
ater Sunday. judging from the large
crowds seen entering this movie
house and the favorable comments
heard. 1t is an admirable photo
play, starring Hobart Bosworth. a
vigorous actor. and be is snpnorted
The Delta independent., 1920-12-31
THE PRESIDENT ELECT
FOR TEAMWORK.

One of the most encouraging fea-
lures of President-elect Harding's
plans for service in the era of recon-
struction confronting his administra-
ton is his pronounced purpose in be-
half of teamwork. Realizing the great
ness of this country and the vastness
OF the problems demanding attention
at home and abroad, he recognizes
the value of cooperation on the part
of all who will be concerned in the
work of government.
The President-elect reiterated his
views on this subject at Washington
this week He made it known during
the campaign that he was heartily in
accord with the constitutional provi-
sions relating to the functions of the
executive. legislative and judicial de-
partments of the government, and
frequently asserted that this nation is
too great to be run by one man.
What Mr.. Harding means by team
work is that every department and
every official shall cooperate for the
welfare of country to the end that
Lincoln's ideal of government of the
people shall be realized in actual
Republican.