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Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
Controversy Over the Gas Plant.

According to announcement from the city
hall, the present week is to be marked by con-
siderable debate as to the advisability of accept
ing the award Of the board that Fixed the price
on the gas plant. The Bee already has given
expression to the opinion that the figure seems
fair 1t is more than was offered, and less than
was asked; it is less than the city could, set up
an adequate plant for at present prices and
more than the company would realize on the
salvage of the existing plant. Moreover, it is
part of the process of carrying out bargain
entered into at 'behest of the people Incident
ally it is unfair that advocates of acceptance
should ihsinuate that those who differ with
them are opposed to municipal ownership. No
men in Omaha are more thoroughly committed
to the principle than Messrs. Ure and Zimman,
whose records on this line are well known.
Falconer, Tbwle and Ringer have not so long
been identified with the policy, but they were
pledged to the purpose when elected. This
ought to be assurance that the case will be con-
sidered on its merits, and decided on concep-
ton of what is better for Omaha, and not with
view to expedency or factional advantage.
That is all the reasonable citizen can expect
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

A good way TO spend cold evening in Feby
r,iary is to plan your garden for April. 1t wifi
not be great while until the impulse to dig in
the ground will be Irresistible.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

A Philadelphia soldier is having hard time
to Convince the government he was not killed
in France It would not be so hard with an
insurance company
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

wormwood. Evidently the minious
of darkness are hornswoggling hu-
man reason from wisdom's paths Of
pleasantness. Happy the judges to-
day who fear not the face Of men
and are bold In the spirit of mercy
and the milk of human kindness.
Here lies some power even now.
JOSEPH GREIG.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Nebraska clay products are to BOOM this
year, according to manufacturers. Omaha Is
doing its share, to make this possible by using
millions Of brick for buildings
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

The ex-crown prince insists he is sincere in
his offer to give himself up as scapegoat for
stfie indicted German leaders. He need not
console himself with the thought that they will
get off that easily
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Highjackers cleaned out Lionel Barrymore s
cellar on the eve of party. Lionel now knows
how Uncle Sidney felt once in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

William Howard Taft also thinks Lansing
was warranted in calling conferences of the
cabinet, which thought is In line with opinion
SO far as made public.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

A short horn bull has been sold in Scotland
for $2500o, to be taken to Argentina, thus veri-
fying the judgment of United States breeders,
who bsgan years ago to improve the quality Of
the herds of this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Cash and carry" is coming into vogue in
Chicago, where the villagers will find that II
permits OF many little savings.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Nebraska women are having a/grand ole
time at Chicago, and they deserve it, for theft
sriud1ph did not come to them easily.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

With the Nebraska praries afre between
Hitchcock and Edwards it is high time for Mr..
Bryan to get his water cart into action.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Omaha real estate is moving at rate tina
indicates the judgment of investors, regardes
Of how the census count turns out.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

"Tom" Flynn now reads his title clear to
another four years in the tnarshaps job. Ths
reappointment will probably compensate him
for the long wait he had in the first place.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
The Houe,po prohle

The Housing Problem.
The Gentleman--Yes, he's d
Jolly little dog, but our rooms are
SO small, y'know: haven't you got
a dog that wags his tail up and
down ?"-London Blighty.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

What would have happened, had the people
responded to the presidents demand in 1918
and have given him puppet congress, too?
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Mr.. High says the state will remain dry, de-
spite the doctors prescription. He ought to
welcome the condition, for it gives him an
excuse for activity.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Ohio co-eds are meeting old h. c. OF |. by
making their otvn dresses. Yet the dressmak-
ers must live.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

The Department of Agriculture urges truck
gardens as of paramount Importance, but bless
Mr. Meredith's enthusiasm, the country knew
this long before he went to Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Increasing the state senate to fifty members
is the constitutional conventions answer to the
demand for a short ballot This is reverse
English with vengeance.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

North Dakota democrats are willing to take
either Wilson or Bryan. AS they will probably
not carry the state anyhow, their preference
makes little if any differences
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

A Brooklyn psychiatrist advises against
relying on the ouija board for medical advice.
He might extend this warning, but the devotees
will still be guided by the mystic bit of plank.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Jimmy" Reed may now visualize what
might happen to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16

Of daring hold-ups, the trail thus reaching from
coast to coast If the authorities will Just get
as busy as the bandits, new tune. may yet be
sung
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-16
You should know that
The Omaha smelling plant turns
out more pig lead than any other
in the United States.

Some kick" in old Winter yet. \
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
WILSON MESSAGE
TO DELAY PEACE
MOVE IN HOUSE

s.. WASHINGTON, March 30-Presi-
dent Wilson, by sending word to
house Democrats to kill the resolu-
ton declaring peace with Germany,
will be able to delay but not prevent
passage of the measure, Republican
house leaders said today. The
presidents request was conveyed to
congressman last night.
A bitter partisan fight looms as
result. Indications are Republican
leaders cannot force the resolution
through this week.
Republican Leader Mondell today
was informed by Representative
Flood, Virginiaf ranking Democrat
on the committee and prominent
Wilson supporter, that majority
of the Democrats will oppose d
sweeping peace resolution. Mr..
Flood declared enough Democrats
were certain to stand by the presi-
dent to prevent the resolution re-
ceiving two-thirds majority, which
would assure it's passage over
veto.
The president has sent no formal
message to house Democrats, but
word that he desires the resolu-
ton killed is being passed around
Quietly in minority ranks as COM
ing from official sources. AS a re
suit Mr.. Flood and other Democrats
are suggesting that congress pass a
resolution requesting the president
to proclaim peace. Such sugges-
ton is opposed by Republicans who
assert it would accomplish nothing.
Should the president fail to pro-
claim peace, Mr.. Flood would then
have congress repeal the sixty re
strictive war laws one by one. This,
the Republicans say, would take sew
eral months, as hearings would be
necessary to determine what laws
could be eliminated with a state Of
war still existing.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
AMERICAN CANAL
IS PLANNED FOR
IMPERIAL VALLEY

Ell CENTRIC, GAIA cooperative
water company plan for building an
aIl-American canal has been pending
in the Imperial valley for the last
two years. This scheme, fostered by
the Imperial Laguna Water COM
pany, a corporation, has been used
by the Mexican interests as a lever
to work for defeat of the Kettner
bill.
The corporation was organized and
all of it's stock is held by siXty-fve
persons, headed by Mark Rose, an
Imperial valley farmer and capital
list. 1t proposes the building of an
all-American canal of capacity for
about 100000 acres, from the Col
orado river to a mesa at the east
side Of the Imperial valley, where
development of a tract of land is
projected.
An agreement was entered into
between this company and the de-
partment of the interior, represented
by it's then secretary, Franklin K.
Lane, which in effect gave the stock
holders first rights to file on the gov
eminent lands which the proposed
canal would open for settlement
This agreement is valid and still in
full force and effect, government at
torneys recently testified before the
house arid lands committee during a
hearing on the Kettner bill.
The Kettner bill would give first
chance to file on the land to war
veterans
Rose protested the bill, and with
the support. it is asserted of water
ed Mexican lands, managed to have
the M q sure held n com m ittnP
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
Indications Are That
Irish Home Rule Bill
VIII Be Modified

LONDON, March 3O:-Considerabl
modification in the fourth IRISH home
rule bill will be made when it comes
to the committee stage, according to
indications given in the first day of
debate on the measure yesterday.
It's adoption is probable, and speak
ers reflected the opinion that the
difficulty would come when attempts
were made to apply it.
Interest in the bill appeared sorne-
what lukewarm, considering the inn
portance of the occasion, but il was
evident that all minds were conferred
on the impression the proposed leg
islation would make on Anglo-Amer-
lean relations. A very crowded
house listened to the debate, the
only exciting phase Of which was
the uproar caused by an address by
William Wedgewood Benn, relative
to the assassination of Lord Mayor
MacCurtain, of Cork.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
Presidents Daughter
Adopts Serbian Orphans

NEW YORK, March 29--Miss Mar
garet Wilson, eldest daughter of the
president, has adopted" two Serbian
war orphans, a boy and girl, whose
father was killed. in battle in 1914,
according to Nine. Slavko Grouitch,
wife of the Jugo-Slav minister at
Washington, and director of the Ser
bian Aid fund. The children will
continue, however, it was said. to
live with their mother at Negotin.
Serbia, which is near the Rumanian
border. Nine. Grouitch is now seek
ing other godmothers and aid for
Serbian children in a tour of Texas
and Oklahoma
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
No Cocktails on Sands
For Society, Dry Decree

NEW YORK. -"Cocktails-on-the-
sand" parties will not be in fashion
at Narragansett pier, Newport, and
other fashionable watering places
along the Connecticut, Rhode Island
and Long Island shores this summer
at least not if James Shevlin, pro-
hibition commissioner of the New
York department, and his flock of
keen-eyed agents can help it. The
commissioner rules that carrying
alcoholic stimulants from a clubhouse
to the bathing beach-by thermos
bottle, or on the hip, or otherwise
is in violation of the dry amend
ment, and DEGREES that it is not to
be done in our best circles.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01

NEW YORK, March 20.-Common
sense is at a premium in the matter
of dress, says Miss Constance Binney.
star of stage and screen.
If all the worlds a stage and men
and women merely players, then most
of the women of the company dress
their parts very badly, in her opin-
ion.
'It is not vaity that makes an ac-
tress study the question of dress as
seriously as she does any other
phase of her work." declares Miss
Binney. She must dress properly
for every scene Of every play, or her
chara ton Of the role she is
trying to portray will fall flat, no
matter how skillful her acting.
Study Role in Life
In the same way, Miss Binney be-
lieves that the woman in home or
business should study the question Of
dress in relation to the role she plays
in life. The business woman should
dress simply. The woman in the
home, no matter how dainty and fra
gile type of loneliness. she may pos.
sess, should in pursuance of Miss
Blnney's theory, avoid flimsy chiffon
negligees and last years party Slip
pers, if she must attend to her own
homework and care for children.
She should stick to crisy wash house.
dresses for home wear, considering
her role and not her type.
Dress Unsuitab1y
Everywhere one sees poor women
dressed too deliberately" says Miss
Binney, "fat women dressed too
tightly, young women dressed with
too much sophistication, old women
dressed too youthfully, working wom-
en- dressed like the idle rich-a1l
sorts of persons dressed quite I'M
suita bly, for their station in life and
the business in hand. And it's all
because they never have studied
their roles and how to dress them"
Too Much Finery
Miss Binney, who is herself barely
old enough to vote, thinks American
girls are inclined to wear clothes
about ten years too old for them She
was educated in French convent
and thinks Uncle Sans daughters
have too much freedom and toe much
finery begore they are really grown
up. She herself, for privat. life,
wears only the simplest and most
girlish clothes. She says she would
not consider wearing a sheath gown
of glittering "vamp" style unless she
were at least thirty-five, because she
| thinks it would be unsuitable not only
| to her. years but to her income.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
Bergdoll Is Sentenced
To ) Years in Prison by
Army Courts-Martial

NEW YORK, March 30.-Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, Philadelphia mil
lionairef, today was found guilty of
charges of evading the draft, it was
announced at Governors Island here.
Bergdoll was sentenced to serve
five years in the, military jail at
Governors Island. He will forfeit all
pay, be dishonorably discharged from
the army and lose his citizenship.
The merdict of the court-martial
was returned March II and was re-
viewed and approved today by Lieu
tenant General Robert l.. Billiard.
The military court found Bergdoll
technically guilty on the charge of
1esertion from the army from Au-
gust 10, 1918, to January z, 1920.
A wartime sentence was imposed.
The peace time sentence for desertion
is only one year and six months.
Bergdoll was arrested in his Phil
adelphia home last aJnuary after
having eluded department of justice
agents for more than a year. In his
hight to evade the officers he visited
every state in the union, travelling in
automobiles which he purchased
along the road. AS soon as one car
became disabled he purchased a new
one.
When the case was brought before
general court-martial, Bergdol1 en-
tered a plea of emotional insanity.
He maintained that he had been
frightened as he was about to report
to his Philadelphia draft board for
physical examination and fled be-
cause of some irnpelling motive"
When the prosecution closed it's
case Harry Weinberger. the million
aires attorney refused to allow his
client to take the stand, maintaining
the government had failed to make a
case because Of technical errors.
Bergdoll's brother, Irwin BergdoL,
who also failed to report for service
in the army still is at large. Police
at the trial expressed the belief that
ha had fad to Mexico.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
Submarine HI Little
Better Than Junk

SAN DIEGO, Cal, March 30.-Of-
ficers of the United States supply
ship Glacier, which had returned here
today from Magdalena bay, reported
the stranded submarine HI so bad
~ buffeted by heavy seas that it
was little better than junk
The Glacier brought to San Diego
the bodies of H. M. Giles and M. F.
Delamaine, members of the crew who
lost their lives when the submersi-
BILE grounded at the entrance to Mag
daIena bay.
The bodies of Lieutenant Com
mander James r. Webb and Joseph
Kaufman, who were killed at the
same time, have not been recovered.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
Sky Will Look Like Gay
White Way, Prediction

CHICAGO.-"In 20 years the sky
in New York will look like Broad
way and 42d street." Frederic Hand
ley Page, of the English airplane in
dustry, said when asked if there
would be air jitneys in the future.
at isn't even a future" he explain
ed. Its just development, not
theory. We have a line running
regularly between London and Paris.
Have carried 1000 passengers with
out an accident. AS the industry
standardizes there is no reason why
there shouldn't be lines here, there
and everywhere"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
Loss IN PROPERTY
EXPECTED To RUN
Up INTO MILLIONS

CHICAGO, March 30.-The death
toll Of Sundays tornadoes which
ripped paths of destruction through
sections Of eight states stood early
today at 147, with fears expressed
that reports from isolated regions
and deaths among the injured might
increase the total.
Stricken communities were emerg-
ing. today from the wreckage
wrought by the storm and relief
measures for the thousands of in
jured and homeless were we'll under
way.
Wire communication in the affect
ed areas was being restored and this
was expected to aid in clearing up
the extent of the destruction and the
total number of those who lost their
lives.
Tabu1ated Report
Tabulated reports by states today
gave the number Of deaths as fol-
lows:
INDIANA-36; Adams county, 2;
Allen county, II; Jay county, IL;
Steuben county, 1; Montgomery coun-
ty, 1; Union City, TO-
ILLINOIS-27; Elgin, Z; Irving
Park, 6; Melrose, 10; Haywood, 4.
OHIO-26; Greenville and Nash
Vile, s; Vanwert, 3; Moulton, g.; Rem
olette and Brunersburg, 6; Genoa, 2;
Raab's Corner, 4.
MICHIGAN-12-Fe 4; Maple
Grove 3; Coldwater 2; Hart /; Kala-
mazoo 1; Yankee Springs /.
GEORGIA-32; LAGRANGE, %;
West Point, s; Macon, /; Miner, f.
ALABAMA-12; all in Tallapoosa
county.
st. Louis, 1; East Troy, Wis, 1.
Property Loss Millions
A number of persons were reported
missing in various localities hit by
the storm and it was feared some
might have been killed.
No accurate estimate of the total
property damage, which runs into
the millions, had been made today. In
Illinois, it was estimated that the
material loss was 100000; in
western Ohio, $4,000, 00o. Michigan,
S2,000,000 and Georgia more than ST.
100000.
Troops Patrol Ruins
Troops patrolled the storm-swept
areas of Illinois today and the Red
Cross and civilian committees aided
the injured and homeless. Hundreds
Of carpenters began reconstruction
work yesterday in Elgin, haywood,
Melrose park and Irving park, around
Chicago, and had cleared away most
of the wreckage today. All of the
refugees had been placed in homes
Or tents.
Only one death occurred yesterday
among the injured in the Chicago
district and hospitals reported that
most of the hundreds of the patients
would recover,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
More Southerners Are
Accepted for the ARMY

Colonel B. M. Bailey, of the United
States army recruiting office, an
nounces that the following men en-
listed for service and were accepted
Saturday:
James L. Towers, Macon, Ga: John
Bagwell, Waterloo, S. c.; James E.
Putnam, Phoenix City, Ala; Benja-
min Elledge, Waterloo, S. c.; Owen
die Long, Lima, Ohio; Robert c. Car
ter, Baxley, Ca, and Joe Chatham,
Jr., and William Rothenberg, Of At
lanta
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
Farmer Bound Over
On White Slave CHARGE

At a preliminary hearing before
Judge Colquitt w. Carter, United
States commissioner, H. Thomas
Sockwell, aged twenty-four, a farmer
of Newton county, near Covington,
Ca, was bound over to the April
term of the federal grand jury, on
$500 bond, charged with violation of
the Mann white slave law.
The evidence introduced at the
hearing alleged that Sockwell had in
duced Mrs. Pauline Crowell, the
young wife of a planter living at
Alma, Ca, to accompany him on a
trip to Atlanta and Jacksonville,
where, it is claimed, they registered
as man and wife and remained sew
eral days.
Sockwell's actions were looked into
by an Investigator of the department
of justice, and his arrest followed
shortly after, on a warrant charging
violation of the Mann act.
1t is understood that the husband
of Mrs. Crowell has filed suit for
divorce. She was a witness for the
prosecution at the preliminary hear
ing.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
Find Conditions Good .
In State rison Camps

Returning from an inspection trip
through several south Georgia coun-
ties, a subcommitte of the legisla-
tive committee on penitentiaries
stopped over in Atlanta Monday
night. The subcommittee is COM
posed of Senator Clarence E. Adams,
of the Thirtieth district, with Repre-
sentatives Will Richards, of Pickens,
and S. o. Penland, of Gilmer.
They declared that conditions in
the convict camps in Mitchell, Baker,
Miller, Early and Clay counties were
found to be satisfactory, although
minor suggestions were made in one
or two instances. Other counties
will be visited from time to time and
a full report made to the 1920 legis-
lature.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
Hail Stones Large as
Eggs at Powelton

POWELTON, Ca, March 3d.
The heaviest hail storm in many
years fell here Sunday at p. m.
Hail stones larger than eggs fell
with terrible force. Stock left out
from shelter suffered. Small leaves
and blooms from trees were beaten
off. In many places the ice was on
the ground for a long time. A heavy
rain fell in connection with it. All
the streams, especially the Ogeechee
rover, are flooded.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
CONVENIENT!
If Constipated, Bilious or
Headachy, take
"Cascarets.

Cascarets never grippe, sicken or in
convenience one like Salts, Oil, Gallo
mel or harsh Pills. Feel bully! Be
efficient. Don't stay sick, bilious,
headachy. constipated. Remove the
liver and bowel poison which is keep
ing your head dizzy, your tongue
coated, your breath bad and stom-
ach sour. Why not spend a few cents
for a box of Cascarets and enjoy
the incest, gentlest laxative cathartic
you ever experienced? They work
while you sleep.-(Advt.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
I rominent Men Urge
Wilson to Assent to
Peace Reservations

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-Urg-
ing that President Wilson resubmit
the peace treaty to the senate and
assent to ratification with the Lodge
reservations, a delegation claiming
men of both parties called at the
White House Monday. The delegation
was composed of Samuel Colcord,
New York; Samuel Homer Wood
bridge, Boston; Mons Thomas, Wash
ington, and the Rev. Randolph Fl.
McKim, Washington.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
New Orleans Salesman
Stays Girl and Himself
On Downtown Streets

NEW ORLEANS, March 30.-In
full view of hundreds of persons
going to their work, A. w. Favalora,
thirty-two, a travelling salesman,
early Monday shot and killed Miss
Carrie Hirschler. twenty-five, then
turned the pistol on himself, infict-
slant death.
Relatives of the slain girl told the
police they believed the man was
partially crazed because she, had re-
fused to marry him.
The shooting took place near the
corner of Carondelet and Gravier
streets, in the financial district, one
of the three bullets fired from the
pistol going through bank window.
Both were New Orleans residents.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-01
Exports From Here to
Germany in February
Far Exceeded Imports

WASHINGTON, March 30.-Ger-
S07 from the United States in Feb
ruary, the commerce department an
nounced Monday. Imports from Ger
many that month were $3.SS1,559.
Imports into the United States in
February by grand divisions were:
Europe, $106, 743,915; South America.
$67,9O7,028; Asia, $117,012,930; At
RIGA, $27,622,703.
Exports by grand divisions:
Europe, $3S4,661,46S; South Amer
lea, s40,459,755; Asia. $6S,585,025
Africa, $9,668,6S1.