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Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
BY GUSTAVE Terry.
(Owner-Editor of L'Oeuvre. !

Paris, France-All the best
restaurants, dancing places, the
aters in Paris are filled with for
eigners, mostly Americans. In
looking about such places l find
myself almost the only male speci-
men of the practically extinct race
of Frenchmen of France.
By their reckless expenditures
these Americans who left us in
uniform and have now returned as
civilians, with their wives, to cele-
brate peace raise the cost Of liv-
ing sky high tor US. Our food sup
ply is dwindling.
Wouldn't we have more bread in
our eupboards, more wine in our
cellars, if we did not have to share
what remains with such extrava-
giant parasites? And, thanks to the
exchange rate, their pleasure here
costs them almost nothing. Like
trinkets. they pick up our works Of
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"Bruin," he told himself, you're
a fool" and with that went on.
A bundle of some sort lay half in
shadow, among the trampled and
broken down greenery beside the
way. Hastings moved over to IN
spect, and Margetson's face showed
white and puffy in the moonlight.
Hastings bent down to shake him,
and, grasping his shoulder, found it
moveless--the man was stiff.
20, child" said Hastings to him
self, who'll care for you now?"
Yet in his heart he knew that An
gle had done most Of the caring He
lifted the body to get some inkling
of the cause of death, and down by
the right ear found a tiny puncture
that accounted for the puffiness of
the face-there went about the bush
snake, generally less than foot in
length, of which the bite was certain
and quick death; but what had
brought Margetson out here, within
range of the snake and its bite,
would have been hard to say.
Hastings would have reckoned on
! finding him in one of the drinking
I shacks that were inevitable in such a
place as Tramp's Landing.
He laid the body out i'll the moon
1ight~and set off back rapidly. Ar
rived at the hotel, he found that
Hendrikson was still smiling at An
gle, and he beckoned to the Swede.
Hendrikson left Angie without
word of apology and came over.
Il want you to leave that girl to
me for a few minutes" Hastings
said. Il have some bad news for
her" i
Judging by appearances. Hendrix
son had been drinking. He thrust
his face forward and stared hard at
Hastings.
why, you herrin' gutted inter-
loper," he said, "I'm talkin' to little
Angie You get for tonight"
Unmindful of all who might be
in the room to witness, Hastings
clutched the Swede by the throat,
getting him off his balance sufficient
ly to run him out of the room. Out
side the door he gave a final push
that sent Hendrikson Gathering to
the ground, quite undamaged, and
then he. waited. Hendrikson got up,
got his breath, and rushed. Hastings
fist caught him on the point of the
chin, lifting him clear OFF his feet.
and he went to the floor again and
stayed there.
Hastings bent over him. Don't
come back yet, Henrikson." he
asked, quite placidly. "I'll come
and settle with you after, if YOU like,
but first of all | have to break it
to Miss Margetson that her father
is dead. You get me"
Il will get you, you blasted med
dler" said Olaf from the floor.
Certain men who had come out at
the sound of fall stayed out in
the hallway of the hotel with Hen
drikson. Hastings went back to
the room he had left and over to
Angie, who smiled up at him.
She stared at him in silence, and
he longed to take her in his arms and
tell her that, so far as man might,
he would compensate for the great
loss that had come to her. While
she stared, and he saw fear growing
in her eyes, hes reached out and
grasped both her hands. y
Miss Margetson," he said. "I
don't quite know how to tell you-"
'He is"-she made long pause
dead" She did not ask, but stated
it, and Hastings could only bow his
head in response.
She stood up, not attempting to
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Tourists to France
May Be Made Subject
To Visitors, Tax Lew

Paris, France-Americans coming
to Paris this summer will have to
pay visitors tax if a project to be
discussed at an early session of the
Paris municipal council is approved
1t is based on law passed in 1919,
which authorizes tourist centers"
and health resorts to levy. a tax on
visitors. This law, however, leaves
the product of the tax in the hands
of the chamber Of tourist industry,
to be expended as that body sees fit
Paris wants the right to impose a
similar tax and to have the spending
of the product herself. George Lalou,
president of the commission on tax
es of the municipal council, explained
the project, which will soon come up
for discussion.
There is no doubt" he said, that
Paris can be clased as commune
or group of communes which offer to
visitors natural or atistic curiosi-
ties, as the law of 1919 ordains.
Therefore I feel certain there will be
no objection to the basic principle of
the project. But we intend to ask the
government to permit Paris to levy
and spend the tax herself. We need
all the income we can get to balance
our ever-increasing city budget.
in return we are ready to estab-
lish special service of information
and guides for the benefit of foreign
ers. Visitors from England and
America would be met at the rail
road stations by municipal en-
ployes capable of giving them all
needed information, finding them
hotels, showing them all the beau
ties Of our city"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
BY MARGERY REX.
By Universal Service,

Silence is said to be golden so
much SO in fact that it is often the
easiest wa to purchase peace, a
common household discovery.
But prolonged quiet arising from
a crouch or peevish state is apt to
cause heartbreaking tension. In
London recently one Mrs. G. J. Hill
sued her husband for a separation,
charging abandonment, all because
he hadn't spoken to her for more
than three years.
Sir Henry Duke, the president"
of the divorce court where the suit
was heard, denied the charges and
refused the wife's plea, saying that
mot speaking" did not constitute
abandonment in any way.
Stubborn Silence.
mot speaking seems cruel and
unusual punishment for wife, who,
being childless, has no other COM
panion but her husband. The Hills
life was unusual anyway. Husband
Hill left for work very early in the
morning. He returned late at night
Their life was not especially happy
They started communicating by
notes. Finally it became the only
means of transferring thoughts and
wishes.
Mrs. Hill has vast number of
the martial notes, one of which dat
ed in 1916 tells her that her hus-
band wishes to have no further
dealings" with her. Yet the wife
continued to cook and care for the
home of her sullen spouse.
A separation suit charging aban-
donment on such grounds is appar-
emily unparalleled.
And in America we fear the deci-
sion would be the same-that as
long as husband lives under the
same roof with his wife and offers
adequate support. the fact of his re-
naming silent would not be suffi-
cient reason for separation.
An English Case.
Judge Mormon ]. Marsh, now sit
ting in the Domestic Relations court
expressed doubt whether such
grievance would bring a weary wife
relief by law in the United States.
The English case turned upon the
question of whether silence, refusal
to speak, would constitute abandon
mont. OF course woman can get
separation for cruel and inhuman
treatment OF husband makes it
impossible for his wife to dwell un
der his roof, by one act or repeat
ed acts OF extreme cruelty, she may
leave and then sue on the ground
OF abandonment, even though it
was she who left.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
High School Graduate
Gets Wife as Diploma

Terrell, Okl.-David Way got
wife as his diploma at the COM
mencement exercises of the high
school here a few nights ago.
Following the presentation of
diplomas to all graduates, Wray was
called upon to come forward and
get his"
Before the audience woke up" a
minister had made Wray and Ruth
Hightower, one of the graduates,
man and wife.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Electric Atmosphere
Stalls Motor Cars

De1phos, Kan.-Several motor
cars caught in a severe dust storm
here the other day mysterious
ly went dead and their drivers
were unable to start them.
An investigation disclosed that the
cars were in an area where the at
mosphere was heavily surcharged
with electricity. All metal parts
about them had become electrified.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
By FORBES w. FAIRBA1RN.
Staff Correspondent Universal Service.

Signal honor has been rendered by
the British government to Maj. Gen.
E. D. Swinton as a result of the re-
cent investigation into the ,responsi-
bilit for the invention of the tank, a
war weapon which, according to
man authorities, did more to under
mine German morale than any other
single factor.
A purse of $4,000 and a citation OF
praise were the reward given Gen
eral Swinton by the royal commits
sion which sat to determine the ex-
act authorship and invention of the
landship.
Stulnped for Liberty Loan.
General Swinton is exceptionally
we'll known in the United States,
where he assisted the government in
the Liberty loan drives in the spring
and summer of 1918. From February
to July, 1918, he stumped the country
from coast to coast, telling the tale
of the tank to vast audiences in
New YorkA Chicago. San Francisco,
Detroit, Philadelphia, Omaha and
other principal American cities.
The citation reads as follows:
'This officer, acting outside the
scope of his general duties, made an
important contribution to the in
vention and adoption of the tank.
This included, first, the conception
in October. 1918, of a machine gun
destroyer of the general character
Of the tank: second, the persistent,
energetic and successful advocacy
from then onward of the value and
feasibility sof the employment of
such an instrument of warfare; and
third. the specific definition in June,
1915. of the necessary character
istics OF the weapon, the conditions
of its use and the tests which it
must be required to satisfy.
1--WE conceive that the terms OF
reference to us do not contemplate
the recommendation OF awards for
general services such as those sec
ondly mentioned above, but limit us
to those which contributed to the
and design of the actual
weapons OF warfare in question, and
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
SAYS so YEARS
IS NEEDED TO
REBUILD EUROPE
High British Official Sees Lit
tie Chance of Quicker Re-
turn to Pre-War
Stability. \

London-'lt will probably take
80 years for Europe to regain its
pre-war stability and settle all the
various disputes and conflicts going
on in Europe today as result OF
the world war"
That was the considered state
ment to the International News
Service of a highly placed official at
the British foreign Office in close
touch with all European develop
ments today. NJ
AS to Russia he ventured the
statement that it would be at least
two years before trading on any
worth while scale could be establish
ed with Russia. presupposing there
was today an acceptable allied plan
which could be carried out
"If all the freight cars in all the
European countries-England in
cluded--were gathered together and
then sent into Russia there scarcely
would be enough transport to meet
Russia's immediate needs" he
stated "
"If all the European railway wag-
on works started working overtime
today and kept at it for 10 years
then Europe's transportation service
would begin to be satisfactory.
an Russia, for Instance, but six
out of every 100 locomotives are in
condition to be of any service, parts
have been removed from the others
for repairs. Practically all the loco
motives are burning wood fuel.
Similar conditions exist in Poland,
Roumania, Serbia, Bohemia, Hun
gary and Austria and in large areas
Of Germany and some sections of
Belginmand France"
This official was pessimistic about
IN early termination of the intermit-
tent and prolonged meetings of the
allied supreme council.
ut looks like they will be meeting
for years trying to settle or keep
settled such things as boundaries,
mandates and superimposed interna-
tional decisions.
"The situation is quite different
from that of 1S months ago, when
the allies had huge armies to carry
out their decisions"
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Hendrikson. This latter was strange,
for Hendrikson was usually we'll on
time for the evening meal.
Il waited till you came" she said
when he came over to her. 81 want
you to have dinner with ME for the
last evening. Will you?"
Hastings looked at her hungrily.
"1'm-it's very good of you," he
stammered. "lll be very glad if
you'll wait just a minute while | go
and scrub myself"
He went out and along the corri-
dor toward his room, while Angie
sat down to wait, She faced the
table at which the Swede had whit
tied at his stick the preceding eve
ming and remembered how he had
glared at Hastings. She remembered
the little oblong parcel he had taken
from his pocket at noon.
And the door of Hastings room
had been partly opcnedl
These three things came together
in her mind with a faint shock. As
she got their import she sprang up
and crossed the room so hastily that
she hurt her wrist in knocking a
chair over She ran along the corri-
dor and burst into Hastings room
without knocking. He stood with
! a little oblong parcel in his hand,
from which he had cut the strins
and torn away the paper, and, still
holding the box that had been with
in the wrapping, he stared at her
blankly.
"Eh?" he asked.
She struck the box from his hand
with all her force. and its impact on
the floor burst the lid open. Some
thing small and black came out and
writhed its way swiftly under the
bed.
ooh, thank God! Thank God"
Angie uttered, half Historically.
Hastings stood staring-and then
he, too, remembered the forked
stick that Hendrikson had prepared
so carefully. He moved step forr
ward and grasped Angles hands.
why" he asked, and again,
Why"
1T was to have been his revenge,
don't you see?' she said. THE way
my father died gave him the idea
that stick he had last night was to
catch a snake with, and he packed
it so for you to open. Oh, it's too
horrible to think of"
."Yes." said Hastings very quietly.
Il know all that now, just as | know
my life belongs to you. But why
"I-I-," she said and nothing
more.
angie" Hastings said-he had
never called her by that name be-
fore-"my life belongs to you now
YOU saved it. | want to give it
all to you. l don't want you to go
away tomorrow. I want to live to
serve you and go on loving you"
She looked up at him, smiling,
making no answer.
"Angie," he asked again. "You
must have seen-you must know
haven't you any word for me?"
Still she looked up at him, smil-
ing, and said no word.
"Angie," he pleaded again, bend
ing toward her till his face was
very near hers, won't you stay for
me to care for your"
But still she smiled and said no
word.
Answer me, Angie-won't you
stay?"
She spoke with a little catch in
her voice that thrilled him:
"Bruin," she half whispered it,
won't you take your answer? It's
waiting for you"
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draw away her hands. and breathed
heavily, and Hastings stood up be-
side her.
There's not man or woman in
Tramp's Landing but would wish to
help you bear it," he said.
Il know" she answered. "Tcll me
what you know"
He told, as, briefly and gently as
he could, how he had found Marget-
sons body with the mark of snake
bite in the neck. Whether. she
listened or no he could not know,
but at the end she sat very still for
a minute, and then: .i".a
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14
Rebuilt Lorraine VILLAGE
Halls Its American Mother

Paris-Thanks to Mr.. W. II.
Crocker of San Francisco, Cal,
the picturesque village of Nitrimont
Lorraine, is the first in the dew
astated regions to the entirely re-
constructed.
Vitrimont was burned by the Ger
mans in 1914. The corner stone q
the new village was laid in 1916 by
the American ambassador, William
G. Sharp.
On Sunday the last stone was laid
and Vitrimont turned out en- masse
10 welcome IFS "marraine." The in
habitants We'd with one another in
decorating their new. sanitary
houses and Mrs. Crocker's progress
was triumphal procession.
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20, daddy-my daddy!'

90, daddy-my daddy!"
Hastings bent over her, took her
up in his arms, and carried her out
and up to her room. There he laid
her on the bed and left her, shaking
with sobs. Down in the corridor
he met the hotel proprietor's wife,
fat and placid.
"I want you to go up to Miss
Margetson's room," he said. "Ive
just told her of her fathers death,
and she ought to have woman with
her"
With that he went out to see about
bringing Margetson's body in for
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14

burial. Outside the hotel Hendrikson
paced up and down.
Abr said Hendrikson. Time We
finished il"
"Not yet" Hastings answered,
1--WE got to go and bring Marget-
sons body back from the bush-hes
been killed by snake bite"
"Hell!' was Hendrikson's COM
ment.
III do my best to make it for
you if | find you fooling round Miss
Margetson again." Hastings assured
him, and then he went to his task.
In two days time" Angie Mar
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14

getson told Hastings month after
her fathers death. She sat with him
in the hotel dining room, where he
had told her of the tragedy. The
cutting was finished and construc-
ton camp beyond it had taken off
some of the population of Tramp's
Landing, qYieting the place. Has.
tings still fstayed at the hotel,
though, as did Hendrikson and some
others.
II shall miss you rather badly"
Hastings said. "This sort of life
has a hardening influence, and a
woman can counteract that"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14

Seventy-five years ago the annual
production of paper in the world was
only 100000 tons.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-14

Russia is the oldest gold producing
country in the world.
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aMMIeRANT AID socIETA~cELE
BRATES PASSOVER.
Raises $125,OOO at Dinner.

The Seder at the Hebrew Shelter
ing and Immigrant Aid Society Of
America at 229 East Broadway, New
York, was given to about 1000 Jew
ish wayfarors and immigrants with
out homes or people in this country,
this evening.
Acting as sort Of father and
patriarch at the services was the aged
Leib Litvin, 108 years old who has
witnessed the Inauguration of twelve
Presidents of the United States. He
was. assisted by N. Rappaport, 80
years Of age.
The Society has sent 1000 pounds
of matzoths to Ellis Island for Jew
ish immigrants detained there during
the holidays. A seder for 100 immi-
grants was conducted on the Island.
In Yokohama where hundreds of
Jewish women and children are wait
ing to rejoin their husbands and faith
ers, this season of the year was made
more pleasant for them in their pres
ent plight, by seder given under the
auspices of the Society's bureau in
Japan. The Hebrew Sheltering and
Immigrant Aid Society of America has
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JEWISH WELFARE WORK TO CON-
TINUE SAYS COLONEL CUTLER.

New York (By l. j. r. BIN an
interview to the press Colonel Harry
Cutler, National Chairman Of the
Jewish Welfare Board, stated that
both the Army and Navy Departments
are anxious to have the Jewish We'll
fare Board continue it's activities un-
der the present conditions and in the
developing new peace army. He
briefly outlined some of the immedi
ate pressing problem of the Board
A great problem is the removal OF
the bodies of the American dead in
France to American soil. In reply tc
QUESTIONABLE sent to the nearest
relatives in regard to this matter be-
tween go and 20 per cent favored the
transfer of the bodies to this coun-
try, 10 per cent failed to reply; and
the rest wished the dead to remain on
the soil where they died, fighting for
an ideal. The Graves Registration
Division is to give thirty days notice
to the next of kin, with the informa-
ton and instructions as to when and
where the bodies are to be brought
here.
'The Jewish Welfare Board has
just completed the examination OF
some 100000 records in the Red Cross
and over 10000 records of the Graves
Registration Department in order to
examine records, establish religious
utilization, and to locate the next OF
kin of boys who died. In addition to
this survey in Washington, others
have been made in France and local
communities with relatives and 9TH
ers, and we plan to cooperate with
the War Department in this matter"
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With the Travellers.

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Selig and little
daughter, Barbara, 854 Lfnwoods
Place. returned April from a trip
of several months to California.
Miss Sadie Goldman, Of New York
City, arrived April 6 to be the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Abraham Simmer,
966 Summit Avenue.
Miss Ruth Elfenbein, who spent
several months in Chicago, returned
recently to her home in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Kaufman, of Chi
cago, spent the weekend visiting
Mrs. Kaufman's sister and brother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold GOodkind.
Mr.. Leonard Straus, Gel Grand
Avenue, left March 81 for business
trip to New York City.
Entertaining.
Mrs. Harry Rothschild entertained
at luncheon on Thursday April 1,
at the. Golden. Rule Tearooms.
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JEWISH COUNCIL HOLD WHITE
ELEPHANT SALE

One Of the affairs given by the ST.
Paul Section of the Council of Jew,
ish Women was a white elephant sale.I
$500 was Melted at this sale, which
will go towards their quota of ST.
600, which is the sum allotted to the
ST.. Paul section in the National cam
4paign the Council is conducting, to as
sist> them in raising a sum $150,00O.,
This sum will be used to help them.
in their Americanization work and
Woman's welfare work. The drive
for funds is the first that the Coun-
Gil Of Jewish Women ever held. The
sale was held in store on st. Peter.
The women were ably assisted by
the Junior Council. A children movie
matinee will be given Saturday at
the Park theatre. The proceeds de-
rived from this. entertainment will
salso 90 toward the national fund.
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD,

sent 5000 pounds of matzoths to ia
pan for the Passover week.
At dinner rendered by Mr.. Albert
Rosenblatt, Chairman of the Building
Fund Committee to his personal
friends and those Of the Hebrew
Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society
of America at the Hotel Pennsylvania,
the sum of $125,00O was raised tor
the Building Fund Of the Institution.
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LADIES AUXILIARY OF TEMPLE
To MEET

=. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Temple
Aaron will hold their regular meet
ing on Monday, April IL, in the Tenn
pie rooms at 2:30 o'clock.
The Auxiliary will give the second
of series of card parties on Wednes-
day afternoon, April IA, on the bal
cony of the Ambassador cafe.
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Later the guests were entertained at
bridge at the home Of the hostess.
~ Engagement Announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buxbaum, Of the
Sisson Hotel, Chicago, ILL.,, recently
announced the engagement of their
daughter, Louise, to Morton Begen,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Saul Begen, of
Omaha, Neb. Mr.. Begen has often
visited here as the guest of his uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Becker,
584 Linwood Place.
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In presenting Tom Frankson as cam
didate for Governor of this state, I be-
lieve that we have in him man who will
serve the best interests of the state by
giving it a sound business administration.
His record as lieutenant governor merits
further support of his progress to the
highest office in the gift of the state. Of
especial interest to the readers of this pa
per is the fact that Tom Frankson is the
only lieutenant governor who has ever in
the history of this state had Jewish
young man as. assistant in his Office
III. Gallick ~ - @@sa>,,-., r.
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Wolkoff & Wolkoff, life insurance
specialists. We hold ourselves in
readiness at all times to help you
out of your insurance troubles. Call
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