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Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Chinese Murderer Is
Hanged in Wyoming

Rawlins, Wyo., March 1l.-Yee
Geow, Chinese murderer, went to his
death carly today with smile on his
face. The death trap OF the gallows
was sprung at 1924 o'clock and
death was not pronounced until IS
minutes later.
Yee Geow was convicted of the
murder of Thomas Holland at Chey-
enne on September 10, last. Several
requests for clemency were made TO
Governor Carey. who at the last mo-
ment appointed a committee of doc
tors to examine his sanity. He was
pronounced sane.
He refused to make statement.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Merger of Southern Pacific
And Rock Island Planned

Los Angeles. Cal. March IA
merger of the Southern Pacific, the
Rock Island and the FL Paso and
Southwestern railroads is being
considered, according to statement
by n. L. Amster OF Boston, mem-
Der Of the board of directors of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad, made public here today.
Mr. .Amster said no formal proposal
had as yet been made by any OF
the lines TO the others. Southern
Pacific officials here said they
knew nothing OF such plan
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12

FRITZ Scheff Anderson
Granted Divorce Decree

Waterbury, Conn, March IL
FRITZ Scheff Anderson, comic opera
star, was granted a divorce in the
superior court ou the grounds of in
tolera, lie cruelty and intemperance.
Her husband did not contest the
case This makes her third divorce.
She told the court her husband
had frequently struck her in the
face, blackening her eyes. He also
refused to work. sic said, and had a
liquor bill of SIS a week.
Her husband was "a charming
man when sober. she said.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
One-Step Father of All
Dancing Evils. Officer Saws

Kansas City, March 1.-THE one
step was placed under the ban in
Kansas City, Kan, under regulations
covering public dance halls issued by
n. V. Rcichenecker, welfare officer.
"The one-step," said the officer,
"is the father OF all dance evils. From
it come the grizzly bear tho tod
die and other varieties OF alleged
dancing which permit the close em-
brace and the cheek-to- cheek glide.
II We eliminate the one step We elm.
mate them ALL \
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Harding Requests Benson
To Continue OH Ship Board

Washington, March 1l.-President
Harding requested Chairman Benson
of the shipping board today, ito con<
tinue to function as though the board
were fully organized"
The request embodied in a lettcf
sent by the president to Chairman
Benson was not interpreted as
meaning that Admiral Benson would
be continued permanently as head Of
the shipping board, but merely to
give the practically memberless
board definite status pending tho
nomination of new members.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Heirs TO 100000, 900 Estate
Organize to Fight in Court

Portland, Ore. March ll.-Heirs
to the $S00,000,0C0. estate Of the late
Col. Jacob Baker OF Philadelphia
have been enrolled in two associa-
tons OF Baker heirs to fight i'll cour;
:or possession OF the property, ac-
cording to a statement today by O,
n. Ford of Gresham. Ore, who said
he is one OF the heirs and mem
Der of the board of directors OF the
Baker Heirs association of Detroit,
Mich.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Papers Claim Roads Charge
Too High Rate on Newsprint

Washington. March 1l.-Nine
newspapers filed complaints today
with the interstate commerce COM
mission alleging that unreasonable
rates were charged by the railroads
on newsprint paper. The complain
ants were:
Enid (Okl) Eagle; Dennison
(Tcx.) Herald; Wichita Falls (Tex.}
Record News; El Paso (TexO Times
Kansas City (Kansas) Journal;
Miami (Okl) News; Hastings
(Neb.) Tribune: Fort Smith (Ark.l
Southwest American, and the Hutch
inson (Kan.) News.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Omaha Printer Seriously
Wounded While on Train

A, Rhode, about 40, OF South
Sixteenth street. all Omaha printer
for the last 10 years, lies critically
wounded in the Ellsworth hospital
at ST. Joseph, Mo-. with bullet
through his left lung.
Rhode shot himself on a Burling-
ton train en- route from Omaha to
St. Joseph at 80 yesterday morn
ing. The bullet entered his breast
Just below the heart, passing out
through the back. Physicians state
that his recovery is doubtful.
Rhode supposedly was on his way
to visit a brother, Charles, in St.
Joseph. His mother is resident OF
Piattsmouth, Ncb.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
West Point High School
Holds Declamatorv Contest

West Point, Neb.. March IL
(Special)-Richard Krause OF the
local high school will represent West
Point at the district declamatory
contest. His subject will be, The
Wild Olive Branch" Miss Adeline
Oelschlaeger took second place and
Miss Kathryn Reimcrs, third iii the
contest here.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Missouri Legislators
Engage in Fist Fight

Jefferson City, Mo, March IL
Representatives Hubbard of Law
renee county and Burch OF Sullivan
county engaged in fist fight i'll the
cloak room during adjournment for
lunch today.
The fight resulted, according to
witnesses, over differences over the
veterinary inspection bill.
Neither sustained serious damage.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Senator Cummins of Iowa
Confers With President

Washington, March 1l,-Senator
Cumnlins of Iowa, one OF the authors
OF the transportation act, conferred
with President Harding today at the
White House, but said the matter
discussed was appointments. The
railroad situation was not taken up,
the senator said. adding that he did
not expect to talk with the presi-
dent on that subject until next week.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Body Of Langdon Will
Reach.U. S. on March IS

San Francisco, March 1.-The
body OF Warren Fl. Langdon, who
was killed by Japanese sentry i'll
Vladivostok last January, will arrive
ii; San Francisco March IS on the
army transport Sherman, officials
of the Twelfth naval district said to-
day.
The transport will be met here by
Capt. Cecil G.. Langdon of Mare Is
land, a brother of Lieutenant Lang
don. and other relatives.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Foundry to Put on 1000 Men

Pueblo, Colo, March 1.-THE
Colorado Fuel and Iron company to-
day announced that owing to I'M
proved conditions in the steel in
dustry, 1000 additional men will be
employed commencing next Monday
morning. Four idle mills will reopen,
running two eight-hour shifts.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Mining Engineer Killed

San Pedro, Cal, March ll.-Fred
w Nash, mining engineer OF ma
tional reputc, was killed when the
automobile he was driving plunged
100 feet down the side Of prccipicc.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
Sleeping Sickness Found
In Town in Wisconsin

Wausau, Wis, March 1l.-SeveI:
cases OF sleeping sickness in or near
this city and one death from the
disease in the village OF Birnamwood
have been reported to the health att
thorities here during the past week.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
shippers Bulletin

Shppcrs' BUIIetm.
Protect shipments during the next 2i
TO Se hours from temperatures as follows:
North and west, . degrees above. east, IS
degrees.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
The Weather

Forecast.
Probably snow and colder Satur-
law
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12
The Danger

Copyright. 1891. Th. Chicago Tribunsj
Omaha daily bee., 1921-03-12

Secretary Davis put in the whole
day studying this first problem of
his administration of the Department
OF Labor. When he reached his
office at 7::::30 a. n. he found on his
desk the Omaha telegram from tha
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Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26

whose treasury was short. replied: "Crillon, six
words: neither the one nor the other"
This king delighted in quick answers Of this
sort Once he met priest walking toward the
palace and asked him abruptly: where do you
come from? Where are you goingi What do
you wants" Without hesitation the reply came,
From Bourges to Paris, = parsonage" you
shall have it," said the monarch, not willing to
be beaten in concseness.
Another instance is one in which a courtier
introduced relative to Cardinal Mazarin with
the assurance that he had only two word, to
say. 1.-TWO words; am wiling TO hear then" "
said the cardinal: two words, but no more. :"
The applicant bowed and said: "Cold. hungry"
The cardinal promptly answered: Fire, bread"
and gave him pension.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
Living a Tolerable Life.

There are some people who are either on the
heights or in the depths, whose existence knows
no placid middle course. They may be moody
and uncompanionable one day and the best Of
company the next Unfortunate indeed is one
whose disposition is so much the prey of circum-
stances whether that circumstance be getting out
Of the wrong side of the bed, eating the wrong
food, meeting the wrong person or what not
May it not be true that one who takes life as
il comes, requiring neither great joy nor In
viting sorrow by rsking too much for the SAX. of
pleasure, gets more that is really worth while
out of the worldl mot pleasure, but freedom
from pain, is what the wise man will aim at"
said Aristotle One can not achieve the highest
enjoyment without life seeming dull and ordinary
when return to normal conditions becomes in
evitable ... -.=.
t4ne story is told Of millionaire who lost all
a. fortune except = few thousand dollars in
single day. His fall from the heights Of pros
perity 50 affected him that he committed suicide
His brother, who had been poor all his life, was
the only heir. and he died Of joy on the very day
he heard the news.
There is no particular moral to that and it
may not even be true, but the fact remains that
it is not the pleasure enjoyed but the evils es-
capped that 60 to make up happy life.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
Smokes at 81 Each
Wall Street Journal.

THAT house took $4,000 worth OF
cigars from me last year." said a
cigar man who has been dealing with
the big men In Wall street for 40
years. "It is astonishing how many
high grade cigars some Of the Wall
street houses take, brands which the
general public hardly ever hears of.
"The Olympian smokers are either
dead or retired from the street, how
| ever. John Gates, who frequently
gave me an order for 2,000 prime
cigars at 81 apiece to distribute
among his friends was one Of my
best clients.
Charles Gates frequently dupli-
Gated the order.
~. P. Morgan smoked specials at
50 each, a cigar so strong and full
that one had to be a real man to
tackle it. remember showing one
of these, to Dan Reid, who smokes
the best. He Immediately wanted
1000 and although ]. P. M. was not
a client of mine I got the tinplate
man a similar cigar from the special
factory in Havana.
civilian Leeds smoked 50 cigars
at the rate Of five to 10 daily.
II remember woman coming to
my Office and ordering 1000 cigars
at 81 apiece with the proviso that no
advertisement Of any kind should
appear on the box or cigar. / as
sufed her this would be all right and,
the order was addressed TO Theodore
Roosevelt, at the White House. The
lady was relative Of the same
name. Roosevelt usually smoked q
15-cent cigar"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26

The dependence OF one form of life upon an-
other is vaguely recognized. but the general rule
that Nature preserves balance that is disturbed
by man at his peril Is oftentimes forgotten.
Thou e.nst not stir . flower
Without troubling . star.
So says the poet, contemplating the web OF
life. Sometimes, however, science discovers
ways Of cooperating with Nature to the vast
benefit Of man. There Is, for instance, no obvious
connection between fishes and malaria. Yet
Spanish scientists, it is announced, have induced
their government to import minnows from Geor-
gia as solution Of the plague Of malaria which
infests many districts in their country. The
parasite which causes malaria is disseminated BY
the mosquito and the larval mosquitoes are de-
voured by many fishes. particularly by the spe-
cies found in our southern waters.
One reason why the Barbados are so re-
markably free from malaria is said to be that
the mosquito larvae are eaten in such large num-
bers by a small fish which abounds in all streams
and pools. The decadence of ancient Greece is
laid by some historians to the presence of malaria
bearing mosquitoes which enervated this splen-
did race. The idea of one of the greatest civiza-
tions the world has seen being overthrown by
the puncture of a mosquito is truly amazing.
Transplantng or determination of animal life
does not always have the beneficial result that is
hoped for however Back in 1850 the house
sparrow as imported to the United States from
England, under the mistaken impression that it
would combat insects and caterpillars. Expert
ence has shown that this was mistake; the
sparrow not only drives out other birds, but eats
grain and is thorough pest. Australia had
much similar experience with rabbits, and
Jamaica with the mongoose.
Rats brought in from Europe by ships over
ran this West Indian island, and the mbngoose
was brought from India to destroy them. This
greedy little animal first exterminated the rats
and then turned to satisfy its appetite on poultry
and ground birds. Lizards which gave great
service in destroying injurious insects were next
attacked, and soon plants and animals began to
suffer from the unobstructed multiplication Of
bugs and ticks.
Naturalists are certain that the importation
of small fish from America to Spain will be bene-
fetal as weapon against malaria. The mos
quito, like the house fly. serves no known useful
end in human life.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
Whats Your Name
Today?
From the New York Journal

The one fixed, immutable law OF
society Is the law Of change.
In a frantic endeavor to avoid
boredom at any cost. the men and
women of the social world change
their clothes, their pleasures, their
homes, their continents. even their
| husbands and wives--with really re-
markable rapidity. Milady wears a
dancing frock twice--then gives It
to her maid. Her huAband spends q
month in New York. fortnight at
Palm Beach--then changes Ameri-
ca for Europe. It's exciting--and 1t
must be a bit hard on the recording
angel to keep track OF all the ME
grations and metamorphoses
But here's the newest in the way
OF social variations. They're all
changing their names! Mrs. John
Knickerbocker Is becoming Mrs.
Van Twiller Knickerbocker-or.
maybe. Mrs. Van Twiller Jones. It's
frightfully puzzhng!
Sometimes. OF course, there seems
to be method in the madness. When.
for instance, a matron Of society has
discharged her husband, she just
naturally doesn't want to be re-
minded OF him any more than is
necessary. II she marries she can
change her last name. But suppose
she doesn't-and he does?
Does she wish to be known as
Mrs. John Knickerbocker No. I,
while her successor Is hailed as
Mrs. John Knickerbocker No. 2?
My dear, how annoying!
She therefore simply changes the
name that comes after tho Mrs"
There is. for example, the social
leader whose calling cards read
Mrs. Belmont Tiffany" But Bel
mont Tiffany has taken unto HIM
self another wife. So the one-time
Mrs. Belmont I has now instructed
her friends to address her as Mrs.
Cameron Tiffany" And there isn't
any contretemps-whate that Is.
Likewise, we have the former
Mrs. Herbert Hartman. who since
she obtained her divorce has become
Mrs. Brady Hartman.
And there are others. As Tenny-
sen--who was himself lord and
moved in the best society-might
have expressed its latest little fad:
"Let the smart world spin forever
down the ringing grooves of
change"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
The Soul Of Wit.

Are the French talkative racer The elo-
quent flow Of oratory from the lips Of Viviani on
the two visits Of this statesman to America, =
torrent Of impassioned words impressive and
pleasing even to those who do not understand
his language, has served to a:-pE:y suck :-:-
PRESTON. However, whea Marshal Foeh crosses
the Atlantic to attend the Americas Legion con-
xentiss this fall Frenehman may be found few
sf words, almost taeiturn. T.
There have been famous Frenchmen who
were gifted with brevity rather than eloquence,
such as Crillion one OF the bravest officers Of
Henry ". Being In need Of funds to pay his
soldiers he went to the king and told him shortly:
~ske, three vosdsi money sr leave" Henry,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
Must Nations Bleed to L.ive1

One would hardly turn to the financial sec
ton Of a newspaper for spiritual guidance or in
spiraton. Bread and butter matters far re-
moved from the finer side of life furnish the
topic of discussion there Yet there are pioneers
among these business men and commercial ex-
perts who have penetrated far enough into their
subject to discover that it will not do to eliminate
all considerations except that of dollars and cents
from thsis ssIsplstiqhs.
EeM hat in the tenI,Ading para
Tsg@ok SNssf from in Lon
pAT I technical survey @ t1son the
exsksSge, rates Of iates<sts' ss64 and
othsr market Acto,A are q b te4nd these
worda: "GtSss moral leadership is required for
the world On alt questions affecting international
peace and economic and social relations, and that
leadership can only be given by America and
Britain"
It is important to notice that the cali is for
the whole people of these lands and not hand
full of politicians, statesmen, or any set of self
appointed spokesmen. Something very like a
personal revolution is suggested for each ind-
vidual. The thought is not Of the need of any
specific program such as was outlined in the
covenant OF the League Of Nations, But Of an al
teration more fundamental and real Keen OBJ
servers can now say with Walt Whitman:
Were you looking to be held together by
lawyers1
Or by an agreement on paper? or by arms?
Nay, nor the world nor any living thing will so
cohere.
Clean hands and pure hearts, not threats Of
force, agreements between diplomats and nicely
balanced alignments of nations will bring peace
end soiace to the distraught world Reduction
Of arm2-rents or disbandment Of armies can give
no assu. nee of the elimination Of conflict; bat
ties fought hand-to-hand with knives and swords
were more deadly than any seen in mod
ern times. Appeals to the parsimony Of the pub
lie. or to its fears, will always bs unava;lins.
Were war to cost al, the people would give it to
protect themselves or their honor, and II war
were to become a struggle in which no non
combatant were safe from poison gas or aerial
bomb, that would not suffice to keep the peace.
All such devices are vain if unaccompanied
by the removal OF racial and nationalstic antip-
athies and by the elimination of selfish and
purely mechanical causes of international fric-
tion. International peace is linked vitality with
social and economic progress and with personal
and public morality. The British financial OBJ
server who joined these things together in his
market letter saw this, as sooner or later must
everyone else. Only when the people of the
world feel human bond unites them in spite of
their differences of opinion their diversity of Gus
tom and language and the lines on the map only
when civic spirit equals military enthusiasm, and
not until tho community Of interest which de-
mands that no nation shall profit at the expense
of another is recognized, can there be any assur-
ance Of lasting peace.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26

Is there any clinic. or hospital Whsr0
I could take them for treatment!
REPLY.
/. It is only contagious for . rev
weeks. The danger of pneumonia
ia limited to the earlier weeks, but
tho cough may keep up for months.
2, Vaccines are OF some service.
Benzyl bonzoate gives some relief.
In the main the disease runs Its
course. 8. Some cities have hospi-
tails for contagious diseases In which
they take cases of whooping cough.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
A Bit o'Cheer
Each Dayo the Year
BY 1ohn Kendrick Bangs.
OLD AND NEW.

OLD AND NEW.
Meath the Sun there's nothing new?
What care / if that be true?
daughters older than the hills
Yet it holds a deal of thrills.
Light is old as time they say,
Yet with joy it fills my day;
And the oldest thing l know,
Love with all its warmth and glow,
Is the dearest gift to man
Since life on this earth began,
And however old it be
Still is ever new to me.
Copyright, 1921. by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate.)
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
OF Course Not.

OF Course Not.
A resident Of the rural districts,
Louis by name, brought q load of
hogs to the local stockyards and they
were sold by Ben, another native of
the fatherland. Later in the day
Louie was digesting the account Of
the sale, when Ben approached and
inquired:
"Louie, did your hogs weight as
much as you thought they would 2"
Louie replied: mo, they didn't,
but didn't think they would. -
Indianapolis News.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
How to Keep Well
BY DIR. w. A. EVANS

ny 0Ns W. - = SV~3N~
Qusstious concerning hygishs. santa.
tion and prevention Of disease, sub.
mitted to Dr.. Evans by readers Of
The Bee. will be answered personally.
subject to proper limitation, where .
stamped, addressed envelope 10 en-
closed. DR.. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for individual
diseases. Address letters In care Of
The Bee.
Copyright, 1921, by DR.. ". A. Evans.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26

A young woman in Zion City has been ar
rested for wearing sleeves exposing her arm
below the elbow and blouse displaying her
neck below the collar bone. II this rule became
general throughout the nation every Jail would
have to have an annex
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26

that exception. Il Is all right to give
condensed milk. What 1t lacks you
supply with fruit and vegetables.
There u no objection to tho honey.
Keep her out Of doors as much sS
possible. Continue training her TO
be calm and orderly.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26

Villa is said to have reformed and one report
from Mexico refers to him a. "veritable Billy
Sunday, spreading peace and good wilt" Yes
yes, bit what about the eolleetionss