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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
Unable to Find
Flat, Mother of
Two Kills Self

Chicago Iribune-Omana Zee Leascu wiz
Chicago. March 2S-"Goodbye,
babies, mammals going on long
Journey said Mrs. Agnes Ready,
as she kissed her two children,
Albert, jr., 3 years old and John.
18 months old, and went into the
bathroom OF the fiat they must
soon yaCatc.
For many days and over man.
weary miles, the mother had
travelled in search of another
home. She had been insulted by
landlords and janitors OF apart
ments that admitted tenants with
Pekingese dogs, parrots, Japanese
chows. pedigreed cats and other
pets, but barred their doors alb
solutely to anyone unfortunate
enough TO have children.
SO she dragged her tired body
to the home they were about TO
relinquish, kissed her babies fare
we'll, went into the bathroom and
shot herself,
Early in the afternoon Albert
Ready returned and found his
baby boys weeping by the locked
door.
"Where's mammal" he asked.
Shes in there. She kissed us
goodbye and said she was going
on long journey"
The father forced the door and
found the body OF his wife who
had been dead but lew min
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
POLES HOLD LINE
AGAINST ATTACKS
OF BOLSHEVISTS
Red Forces Center Big Of
fensive Along Front in
Podotla.
BY The Associated Press.

Warsaw. March 2S.-Thc Polish
line is holding all along the front in
Fodotia, where the bolsheyiki have
been centering the attacks Of their
big offensive i'll an effort to take the
important fortified city OF Kan
cnetz- -Podolsk, ording to the Pol
ish headquarters communique is
sued Saturday. The enemy has been
using gas shells, artillery. armored
trains, armorcd river boats. air
planes and cavalry in attacks on
various parts of the front, but has
made no Roadway. either i'll Podotia
or elsewhere, according to the state
nent. although the fighting has been
furious.
On the northern front the boil
shevilii attacked between the rivers
Dvina and Beresina The Poles
counter-a attacked and drove off the
enemy.
Use Armored Trains.
In the region OF Mozir the boil
shcviki attacked alter artillery prep
Grafton. bringing a number OF arm
orcd trains into action. The COM
munique announces that two OF
these trains were destroyed Along
the Dnieper river, the red forces
used a totilla III the region OF
Rochitsa. The fighting in this sector
is extending toward kalenkovitz in
a drive evidently aimed at the re-
capture Of Mozir and its important
railway connections, recently taken
by the Poles in their drive OF the
bolsheviki offensive.
To the north and northeast OF
Kamenctz (Podolek) the Poles at
tackled Deraznia with gas aud artil-
lery The railroad station was
damaged. In daylight air raid
Proskirov was bombed. The Poles
however, held fast all along the
line, it is declared.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
One Hundred and Eight, De-
voted Largely to Propa-
ganda on League of Nations,
Ordered Discontinued.
EACH DEPARTMENT
HAS OWN PRESS AGENT
Principally Devoted to Turn
ing Out N imeographed e d
Copies of Speeches Made by
Administration Officials.
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.


Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased wire
Washington, March 28.-Aroused
by the continuation OF wartime ex-
travagancc by the executive branch
OF the government, congress has be
gun wedding out the department and
bureau press agencies.
The Joint committee OF congress
on printing has been investigating
this species OF extravaganza since
April 10, and Senator Smoot intends
to present the results OF the inquiry
to the senate this week.
The committee found that the ad-
ministqtion has issued 20 regular
publications, millions OF copies OF
which were being distributed.
Many Of these publications were
devoted to the promotion of propa
ganda. Some OF them were being
widely distributed in the interest OF
the movement to procure accept
ance of the league of nations cove
nant without reservations.
Orders lOS Discontinued.
The total annual cost OF these
publications was. found to be $500
600. The committee ordered l0S OF
them discontinued at saving OF ST.
100000 annually.
The committee also found that for
the production OF this publicity the
administration was maintaining ZS/
printing plants independent Of the
government printing Office. In the
interest of economy, the committee
recommended the discontnuance OF
some of these plants and the con
soldaton OF a large proportion OF
the remainder.
Every department OF the govern,
ment and every important bureau
has its press agent, maintained al
public expense. Senator Sherman
recently enumerated 45 adminlstra,
ton press agents who were issu-
ing to the press daily mlmeo-
graphed accounts in glowing Ian
guage of the activities OF the depart,
ments and bureaus and the respec-
tive heads thereof.
Wasteful Expense.
TO the extent that these hand
outs" as they are known to the
!, A)ress. furnish accurately the details
OF action taken by department OF
Confined on Page Two, Column TwO0
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
Engineer Killed and Two
Men Injured in, Explosion

Chicago, Marcl, 28.-W. Nc
Manus, engineer, 81, OF Milwaukee,
was killed and two other members
Of the crew OF Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul freight train were in
jured when the boiler OF the loco
motive exploded Sunday at Deer
field, III.
The injured are: Joseph Deli OF
Milwaukee, fireman and James
Leather, brakeman.
Dell is in a critical condition.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
PIONEER OMAHA
RAILROAD MAN
DIES IN CHURCH
Nicholas J. O'Brien. General
Manager of K. c.. M. & o..
Was Life Member of Elks.

While attending mass i'll Wichita,
Kan, yesterday Nicholas jI.OBrien,
pioneer Nebraska railroad man and
telegraph operator, son of the late
Gen. George NJ. O'Brier, dropped
dead. His brother, Adult Probation
Officer Moses P. O'Brien, left last
night to bring the body here for
burial.
Born at Dubuque. Ia, June q.
1862, Nicholas O'Brien came to
Omaha April 81, 1866. When IS
years old he became telegraph op-
orator for the. Union Pacific rail-
road. He was educated in the Oma-
ha public schools and studied teleg-
raphy in his spare time.
Grew Up With U. P
He literally grew up" in the
Union Pacihc telegraph department
and became the best known tele-
graph operator in the west When
the telephone exchange was built in
Omaha he was the first operator and
later installed an exchange in Coun-
Gil Bluffs. The first commercial
telephone connection between Ona-
ha and Council Bluffs was put in by
HIM.
Later he became train dispatcher
a: Spoon Lake. Ia. From there he
went TO Valparaiso, Ncb.. as divi-
sion train dispatcher. He was later
division train dispatcher in Evans
ton, Wyo.
Life Member of Elks.
He was superintendent OF trans
portation for the Montana Union
railroad. with headquarters in Butte,
Mcnt., but returned to the Union
Pacific and served as superintendent
Of the Washington division until the
company went into the hands OF the
receiver.
While living in Greensboro, n. c.,
as division superintendent OF the
Southern railroad. he became past
exalted ruler and life member Of
Lodge No. 602, Benevolent Protec-
tive Order of Elks.
Officer Of K. c., M. & o.
During +. Dickinson's term OF Of
fee as head of the Union Pacific
Mr.. O'Brien came to Omaha as
trainmaster Of the Nebraska divi-
sion of the Union Pacific. He later
accompanied him to the Kansas
City. Mexico and Orient railroad as
superintendent in Texas, with head
quarters at San Angelo. He was
vice president and general manager
Of the X. c. NJ. & O. railroad at the
time OF his death.
Nicholas J. O'Bren is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. William A. McEl-
roy Of Omaha, Mrs. T. Joe Fisher
OF Cheyenne. Wyo, and one
brother, Moses p. O'Brien OF
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
Man Who Made Nation Laugh
Leaves Estate of Only S70G

New York. March 2S.-With his
widow paying from her own private
purse the funeral administration ex-
penses and creditors. Frederick w.
Thompson. OF Thompson and Dundy
fame. who built Luna Park at Coney
Island and the New York Hippo
drome, and who. as an amusement
genius. made the nation laugh. lett
an estate OF only 500 when he died
intestate at St. Nincent's hospital on
Iune n 1910
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
Blaze in Arizona Mine
Reported Under Control

Bisbee. Ariz.. March 28.-The
lire which broke out Saturday in
the Briggs mine. owned by the Calu-
met and Arizona Mining company,
was we'll under control Sunday.
Aside from two men who were
badly gassed while fighting the fire,
no one has been injured. The cause
OF the fire and the extent of its
damage. is not known yet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
Girl Fatally Burned
By Exploding Polish

Pittsburgh, Pa, March 2s,-RutI
Pierson, aged IA, OF Camp avenue,
Braddock, died in the Braddock gen.
eral hospital OF burns suffered a
short time before when a bottle of
shoe polish exploded in her home.
The girl placed the bottle on a
kitchen stove while she was clean
ing her shoes. The liquid exploded
and set fire TO her clothing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29

A terrific wind storm, augmented
by heavy snow and rain. spread
over central and western Nebraska
all day Sunday and touched points
i'll Illinois, Kansas and eastern Iowa.
Eastern Nebraska and western
Iowa escaped the fiercest elements.
a heavy gale alone playing havoc
early in the afternoon.
Thousands of telephone poles
throughout the storm area are down.
The transcontinental wire system
along the Northwestern and Union
Pacific railroads was broken far west
of Chicago and also at kearney,
Neb.
Columbus, Holdrege. Norfolk.
North Platte and Grand Island were
in the throes of the tempest, reports
from points throughout the state in
dicate.
Special Trains Leave Omaha.
Roofs and farm buildings north
Of Florence and Calhoun. Neb., are
reported damaged by the wind.
Special trains loaded with tele-
phone poles and wire left Omaha at
40 and 6 o clock Sunday afternoon
over the Union Pacinc for Columbus
ard North Platte. Wire service will
be restored for emergency as soon
as possible. Western Union and Ne
broska Telephone company officials
said.
The storm was not extraordinary.
Father Riggs, 5, J., astronomer at
Creighton university. SAID.
"a ter such d warm spell as we
had Saturday it is only probable
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
Grand Island Dark
As Wind Blows Down
Electric Light Pole:

Grand Island, Neb.. March 2S.-.
Especial TelegramD-The high
winds which swept this portion Of
the state put out of commission the
electric light plant here and plunged
the city in darkness. Over 1000
telephones were rendered useless,
the balance being connected with an
independent plant,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
Three Killed, Four Injured
When Train Hits Automobile

San Antonio. Tex, March Is
Three persons were instantly killed
and four so severely injured that
they died short time later when the
northbound Texas special struck an
automobile near Luexello, 25 miles
north OF here. on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway SUNDAY.
The victims were IRON San An
tonio-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
German Officials Confer
With Dusseldorf Workmen
BY the Associated Press.

Dusseldorf, March g. - Three
representatives OF the government
arrived here today from Berlin.
They went Immediately into confer
ence with the workmen5 central
committee. 1t is said, however, that
they did not come to conduct ncgo.
tiatons and are without power but
TO investigate the situation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
Workers Ultimatum
To Be Issued in Ruhr
y Region, Is Report

erin, March 2S.-Thc news from
The Ruhr district is still disquieting.
There is a report current here that
the government intends to issue an
ultimatum to the workers army, al
lowing them three days in which TO
observe the Bielefeld agreement,
Failing this, drastic measures will
be taken.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
Flood Drives People Out.

Manistique, Mich, March 2S,-Ap-
proximately 50 families were driven
from their homes when the Man
istique river broke its bounds. Near
" half mile OF the residential
aud business sections were flooded
by water ranging in depth from two
to six feet
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
Chicago Woman Is
Unclothed by Storm;
Nude Under Home

Chicago. March Is Mrs. Sarah
Nelson, $40 Nevada avenue, a
widow, was taking a nap when the
storm broke. The wind unclothed
her. and she was found nude under
meath her home She was slightly in
jured.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
War Scholarships.

New York, March 28,-Scven
scholarships, ranging from $1,000 TO
$4,000. in memory OF Princeton
men who fell in the war, have beca
established at the university, prcsi-
dent John G.. Hibbcn announced.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
The Weather
Forecast.

Nebraska-Gencrally fair Monday
and Tuesday,; warmer in west por-
ton Monday.
Iowa-Gcnerally fair Monday and
Tuesday; colder in cast portion
Monday; warmer Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
S1,25 Hour for Carpenters.

Chicago, March 2S,-Uniou car
pcntcrs will receive SIPS an hour
from May ! for the II months fol
lowing. according to an agreement
reached last night between the union
and employers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee, Leased Wire.

hicago eOmahaB Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, March 29.-I a. m. 1.-The best figures avail
able this hour show that 79 deaths caused by
days storm in the of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri Mich
igan and Wisconsin.
Thirty-fve deaths were caused by the tornado which
swept over parts of Georgia and Alabama.
Asocia Press.
Chicago, March 28.-Twenty-e y-eight known dead hun
dreds of injured and property loss of several million dollars
left in the wake of tornado that swept northeastern
Illinois and portion of Indiana, Missouri and Wisconsin
today
Egn Joliet the western outskirts of Chicago and north
shore and western suburbs in the path of the Storm
which destroyed hundreds of buildings uprooted trees and
demorazed railroad traffic and teegraphc and telephone
before dying out the shore of Lake Mich
igan, the cool air of which stopped the twister.
The fury of the tornado felt chiefly Egn and Mel
rose Park Eight were killed and than 100 injured at
the former city, sc miles west of Chicago and the PROPERTY
loss there was estimated at about $4,000 900.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-29

SCORES INJURED IN Wind
STORM THAT SWEEPS OVER
MIDDLE WEST AND SOUTH

Hundreds of Buildings Destroyed and Wires Torn
Down-Thirty- y-Five Known Dead in Separate Hur-
ricane Which Strikes Small Town Near Atlanta
Fear Total Death List Will Run Much Higher-
Elgn, Joliet and Outskirts of Chicago Suffer Most
Damage.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-12-02
Mime. and Miss Louise Homer
Sing Exquisite Duet

Pure vocal harmony, which Victor
Records always bring out so clearly
and perfectly is more appealing than
ever in Schuberts Immortal song My
Sweet Repose" In this ove-song, the
,ttteranee OF love without measure
and without stain, surprisingly beat
tifui thing has been done. The counter
melody Schubert introduced into the
piano accompaniment has been given
the lower or contralto voice, with Won
Glerful and unexpected effect for those
who know the song The first strains
OF the orchestra, low, soothing, tran
etlil, give way to lie voices of Nine.
Homer and her daughter in simple and
affecting harmony. The climax, thrill
ing and powerful, retains an incom-
parable sweetness.
+"frarantella." of Chopin, played by
-Alfred Cortot on a new Victor Record,
calls firth all the splendor OF the piano.
The rarantella is the swiftest of all
dances, in old days a dance for life,
when the peasant bitten by a tarantula
sxas made to dance and dance faster
and more furiously until the poison was
esupposedlv} forced out of the blood.
and exhaustion and sleep completed the
cure Composers for every instrument
f1sESe written tarantella This one by
Chopin, the poet-genius of the piano,
opens with swift, precipitate rhythm
I
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-12-02
Olive Kline Sings Two
Popular Successes

"Old Fashioned Garden "Hitchy-
koo' success, and THE Japanese Sand
man" are made doubly attractive on a
new Victor Record by Olive Kline's
beautiful voice and true artistic in
stinct. In the latter number, the voice,
soft and lovely. as flute, takes the
melody with dainty variations of time
hanging here and there on some deli
cious soft note, and resuming the
sleepy dance-swing of the tune with the
next beat. The music really has some
thing of the Far-East's own languorous
spell, the perfume of incense, the fra
great cryptomeria trees, and the far-off
booming of some giant temple-bell all
fused together into a dream of music
Since the appearance of his first
records, Walter c. Kelly has had some
thing else up his sleeve. He has now
pulled out the contents of that part of
his garments, and here is another
double-faced record, ''Virginian Judge
Second Session" in two parts, which
takes up the Judges labors where he
left off to go fishing. There is plenty
of action from the first raps of his
gavel, his first demand for order, and
his injunction to Dan to put out the
flea-ridden tramp-dog that has taken
refuge under the stove.
Here they are two more dances by
the now famous Paul Whitenan and
his Ambassador Orchestra, Anytime,
Any Day. Anywhere" and Wang Wang
Blues" They made a rheumatic old
gentleman hobble off to the nearest
dance academy and, coming home after
room carpet and practice alone until
two o'clock in the morning-no more
rheumatism after that His knees now
work as smoothly as the motor of his
Victrola
Whispering" is composition both
popular and musicianly, Like The
Love Boat" on the opposite face of the
record, a Victor Herbert success made
famous in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1920,
it is sung by John Steel
The Sterling Trio sings this month
THAT Old Irish Mother of Mine" (the
title speaks for itself and Just Like
A Gypsy" from Ladies First" Two
double Victor Records by the Benson
Orchestra of Chicago, Fair One" and
''I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up
In My Mammy's Arms" both fox-trots
with an African Indian Russian Broad
way smash the other Chill Bean" and
"Bimbo," a fox-trot and one-step,
Will ldZZiS-QdZZlC ClISStS W JOat
heart jump.
Danced O. Mania" a fox-trot by
Selvin's Novelty Orchestra refers to a
new disease affecting the feet and
shoulders, and is backed by cold Man
Jazz" also a fox-trot and cramful of
action.
Gilbert Girard comes along with a
Victor Record full of Christmas cheer
Santa Claus Tells About His Toy
Shop" and Santa Claus Gives Away
His Toys" in which all the animals and
birds speak up to amuse the children.
1t is one of the most wonderful chill
dren's records ever made.
Two collections of the best numbers
from recent musical successes, Gems
from Mary" and Gems from The
Night Boat" are this months contri-
button of the Victor Light Opera Com
pany-all the best from both shows.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-12-02
NOTICE TO ROAD CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals for furnishing all
necessary labor, equipment and ma
terials, pipe excepted, and construct
ing system of improved roads pro-
posed by Lafayette County, Miss,
through its Board of Commissioners
of Beat Three Road District, will be
received by the Chancery Clerk as the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, at
his office, in the Court House Oxford,
Miss, until two o'clock, P. M, Fri
day, December II, 1920, at which
time they will be publicly opened and
read.
Each proposal shall be made in
good faith, on the adopted Form of
Proposal, with all blanks properly
filed, and must be accompanied by
Certified Check or Bid Bond, which
shall be equal to ten per cent of the
amount of the proposal.
The right is expressly reserved by
the Board to reject all bids, if they
think best to do so, or to accept any
proposal which in their opinion will
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-12-02

the farewell OF
Eleazar, the Jewish goldsmith in
halevys tragic opera, to his foster
child, Rachel. As no more heart-rend-
hng situation occurs in the whole his
tory of opera, there is little wonder
thai Caruso found in it inspiration for
one of the most extraordinary records
ne has ever given to the music-loving
world- The rendering, perfect in the
finest details, IS another triumph of
Victor recording.
The melody of the opera is IN a
peculiar sad minor strain, weighed down
by the sorrows of generations. Through
IL CLEANS here and there a tenderness
more pathetic, more terrible than sor-
row. Through the long middle passage
the fathers anguish seems in truth to
reach undreamed of heights of glory
through the burden of his sufferings,
ending IN final cutlery, tremendous,
magnificent.
Symphonic Espagnole-Andante" is a
record which illustrates how beautiful
can be the tone of great genius of
the violin. Drink il in as music, yield
up your soul to it, but consider every
time it returns, the flawless purity and
the masculine strength of Heifetz' S
tone, The record begins with rich,
sombre orchestral chords, against which
the violin directly reveals level sus-
tanned melody, like ray of golden
morning light, slipping along the edge
of some high building cornice in the
purple atmosphere of dawn. Higher
and keener, brighter and more vivid
grows the strain, soaring into the
highest attitudes of music. 1t descends
by magical glissando indulging in
one exquisite and tenuous harmonic.
Parting is such sweet sorrow" said
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-12-02
Schumann-Heink Echoes
the World Struggle

Slow, splendid, thrilling, majestic is
"The Home Road" a new Victor Record
by Nine Schumann- Heink 1t was
written during the doubtful months of
the war as an inspiration to the men
of America who still were fighting, and
who in verify knew not what the day
might bring forth" 1t has a march
like movement--the march of a people,
but sings of home the home which suf-
fused the tired dreams of men weary
of long labor and strife, who fought
not for the love of battle, but only to
dissolve the enmities of humankind.
The voice seems not that of a living
woman, but the voice of Liberty itself,
pure, sublime and immortal.
The Philadelphia Orchestra this
month has turned to Hungary-the an
cient hungary of the Magyars. whose
wild traditional music Franz List pre-
served imperislTably in the fourteen
Hungarian Rhapsodies This. the best
known, is an idealization OF the
Csardas, the national Hungarian dance
Light, feathery themes, alternate be-
tween the violins and the wood winds,
later enforced by trumpets, against the
dazzling counter melodies. Swift and
frenzied grows the dance. whirling,
spinning, turning upon itself until the
mind reels with it.
Seventeen is an interesting age in
girls life. when | Was Seventeen"
tells as nearly as music may, what a
woman thinks Of her faroff girlhood.
Mabel Garrison sings it with a true
folk style, bringing out its quaint, cur
iously simple melody like the utterance
OF a guileless person. To hear this
SOM is like stumbling into some old
world Kindergarten presided over by
the dantiest, queerest and most lovable
BIT Of young -womanhood. The 'pinks
ard potatoes, hearts ease and tomatoes,
and lilies and onions and rue seem
strangely gathered together. But you
somehow feel that if love once entered,
it could not possibly depart. Thus In
memory Forty looks back upon Seven
teen-not without regret.
Another new Victor Record of
dreams and recollections is Emilio de
Gogorza's song "The Garden of Mem
ory" A garden that lies in the faint,
blush land of memory into which we
stealth the gathering twilight before
the blazing fire on winters night. The
crimson roses of life grow pallid with
a beauty beyond those of earth; the
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