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The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01

The bureau Of home economies Of
the Department Of Agriculture has re-
Gently cO-operated with the bureau Of
chemistry in tests on the utilization
Of brlned vegetables. Brining has long
been used as an easy method Of pre-
serving various vegetables for use In
pickles. These tests showed, however,
that green tomatoes and green peppers
could be kept successfully In brine for
as long as six months and then be used
In a number of new ways. Mock mince
meat, bordeaux sauce and pickle were
all made from the green tomatoes, and
the peppers were satisfactory for
stuffing.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
50 DIE IN SCHOOL
PROGRAM FIRE
Screened Windows Block Escape
of Penned Up Men, Women
and Children.

Hobart, Okla.-Fire, stalking the
tracks of Santa Claus, burned a coun.
try school house into an inferno at
Babb's Switch, seven miles from here,
and snuffed out the lives Of at least
33 persons, many of them children,
who had gathered for a Christmas eve
celebration.
A tiny candle on a Christmas tree
ignited ball of cotton. Little revel.
lers gripped their sacks of candy and
stood spellbound while their elders at
first tried to put out the fire and then
as the flames licked up the cedar
boughs and spread to the dry wood Of
the fiimsy structure, broke for the
single exit at the rear, a mad, scramb.
ling mob fleeing from the leaping ter.
ror at their heels.
Many fell in the crush at the door
and were trampled under foot. Lying
where they fell, unable to crawl away,
their bodies were burned to a crisp.
More than 40 persons were injured,
some Of them seriously, local hospi.
tails and residences housed 81, and an
unknown number were taken to the
homes Of residents of the Babb's
Switch district.
About 200 persons were packed in
the small school room when the
Christmas tree burst into flames.
Men near the front of the building
tried to smother the fire and in their
haste knocked the tree over, aiding
the progress Of the blaze and scatter
ing burning branches over the floor.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
Billy Kneu the Game

Billy, my small neighbor, dropped
In to see me one morning. Spying a
toy telephone lying in the corner, he
Immediately began playing with it.
"You be Central" he suggested,
"and I'll be the caller-up."
Accordingly he took the phone, and
shouted: "Hellow
"Hello," l answered.
"Oh, no, that isn't the way the
little fellow corrected me. 81 have to
say Hello two or free times; then
you say: The lines busy, an then I
bawl you out l'-Chicago Tribune.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
Slight Misunderstanding

The train drew up at station, and
man carrying heavy box climbed
YEARLY aboard and deposited the box
on the rack overhead.
A nervous old man eyed the huge
package with evident distrust.
do you think that box Is safe
thereT he demanded.
"Oh, yes" replied the man, cheer
fully, 'It'g lockedp'
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
Honest Confession,

The House Agent-You say You
have no children, gramophone or wire
less, and you don't keep a dog. You
seem just the quiet tenant the owner
insists on.
The House Hunter don't want to
hide anything about my behavior, 50
you might tell the owner that my
fountain pen squeaks q bit.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
Big Engineering Feat

The Cheoah river in the Smoky
mountains of Tennessee is to be d.
verted from its channel and forced to
pass under a mountain through
tunnel three miles long so that the
water Of this river may be utilized by
hydro-electric generating plant
which serves Knoxville.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
-ONDON-PARIS PLANE CRASH
Pilot and Seven Passengers Perish as
Wreekase Takes Fire.

Croydon, England~A Christmastide
tragedy occurred at the airdrome here
when the seven passengers and the
pilot of the big Imperial Anyways Air
Express DH-34 were killed when the
airplane banked and crashed to the
ground soon after 1t had taken of.
The passengers, who were on their
way to Paris for Christmas, were
hardly aware they were well in the
air when the machine suddenly
banked over Purley down in a gust
of wind, went into a nose dive and
burst into flames through the explo-
sion Of the gasoline tank. All eight
in the machine were burned to death
and the machine was destroyed.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
Has No Copyright

1t appears that the one country In
Europe that lies outside the pale Of
copyright is Yugoslavia. Not only Is
the foreign author or newspaper not
protected, but within the country liter
airy or journalistic work is not recog-
nized as property. An end Is to be put
to this state of things by a proposed
authors protection bill.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK

A new representative went to an
old-timer In the house and asked for
q few pointers on being a legislator.
II want to do something construc-
i've" began the new statesman.
something worth while"
II know, I know. Here's the idea.
keep down expenses for the rest Of
the country but get plenty Of appro-
priations for your own district"
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
Thoughtful Younsster

Robust Little Girl of Five Gust be-
fore starting for her first day in
schooD-Mumsey. dear, please cut my
finger nails.
us 1t so very important now, dear1"
yes, mumsey. You see, I shall
probably have to punch some of the
other little girls, and I don't want to
scratch them"
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
Cleaners Notified

In many places in England. where
agricultural reaping machinery Is not
used, the cleaners bell may still be
heard in harvest days. The bell noti-
fies the village folk that they may
begin to CLEAN the fields. 1t Is rung
from the church tower as soon as
harvesting is sufficiently advanced for
cleaning to be permissible.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
yapdnese Retire Early

japanese as a rule retire much ear
lier than occidentals, even when a tea
house celebration is going full blast,
and the sake cups are circulating
freely.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
Got Into Hot Water

1T got into terrible hot water last
night" remarked Harry.
"Did your Whatever did you dot"
exclaimed his friend.
ooh, just had bathi" was the
reply.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
CHANGEFUL GIRL

Alice Is so delightfully."- changeful."
Eyes; I call her the chameleon girl"
And whyT'.
"She changes her complexion al
often as she does her mood"
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
HIGHT, MRS. SWEETIN GUILTY
Jurors Are Unanimously for Convic.
tion-Differed In Length of Sentence.

Mount Vernon, Ill.-The jury trying
Lawrence M. Hight and Mrs. Elsie
Sweetin for the poison murder Of her
husband, MILFORD Sweetin, returned a
verdict of guilty" Hight was given
life Imprisonment, while Mrs. Sweet
in was given IS years in the peniten-
tiary. -
After celebrating all night, the jury
reported that it had reached an agree.
ment. The Judge and attorneys were
Immediately sent for. Reports said
the jury had been in disagreement
over the degree Of guilt.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
Used Is N.

Young Chap-Are you going TO be
cremated3 ~
Old Gent No. sir. They're going to
bury me. That's what I've been used
to ever since I was . mere child
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01

A politicians idea Of a public need
is something that will enable him to
feed at the public trough.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
No Danger, Old Boy!

"The worst thing about being a
bachelor is that ones name dies with
one"
"What Is your nameY'
Smith"
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01

Washington-A trip to England
next summer by the navy dirigible
Los Angeles with a batch Of mail
aboard would demonstrate to the
world the practicability Of establish.
ing transatlantic air mail route,
members Of the University Club were
told in lecture by Rear Admiral Moi.
fet., ckief Of the naval air service.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01

New York-From a~"diagnosis by
exclusion" 1t has been almost definite.
ly determined that the excessive num-
Der of typhoid cases in New York city
is due to the consumption of shelflsh
from contaminated waters, DR.. Frank
J. Monaghan, health commissioner,
said. He said that the disease thus
far was confined largely to the
weather. class of automobile owners
They were "floaters," he said. who
frequently motored out OF town and
therefore frequently ate at places out,
side the supervision Of the metropolis
tan health department.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
Question

II played mah-jongg last night with
a solid ivory set"
"Who were theyr-Pitt Panther.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
Inference

Inference
Eyes. he's absolutely ruined; but
still, poverty Is no disgrace, Is itT'
"Oh. no. He doesn't owe you any
thing either, then7"
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01

~ Hain't Heard of IL /.
II there anything under heaven
A candidate won't do r.
To get his name In the public prints.
Please tell US, kind sir, true.
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01

Noah's Luck
Whatever troubles Noah had,
And they weren't few, that's clear,
He didn't find on Ararat
The sign: mo Parking Here"
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01
She IL

"The customer Is always right" said
the boss to the new clerk.
GLOW can that beY'
ats the best way to avoid an argu-
nent. Isn't your wife always rightY
The Tomahawk., 1925-01-01

Fairmont-Sam A. Rask of Bloom.
ing Prairie, chairman Of the commit
tee of legislation of the United States
Spanish War Veterans of this state,
has transmitted to w. r. Boyce, OF
Fairmont, department commander, the
legislative committees draft of bill
for a Minnesota state bonus to the
Spanish War veterans who served
from the Gopher state.
Duluth-Federal courts throughout
Minnesota closed and prominent men
from all parts Of the northwest as.
sembled here to attend funeral ser.
vices for Page Morris, former con.
gresham and federal Judge, who died
at Rochester. Judge Morris was II
years old, and retired July 1, 1923,
after 20 years on the Minneapolis
federal bench. 49,
Austin-Gordon Sunny Of Lansing,
Mower county, winner in the "ton-lit-
ter" contest among members of boys
clubs, has received his winnings.
Waseca-Mrs. Gunhild jackson Of
Blooming Grove township celebrated
her one hundredth birthday and is be-
lieved the oldest resident of waseca
county.
WilImar-Mr. and Mrs. Charles J.
Segerstrom Of this city, 80 and 90
years old. respectively, recently cele-
brated their sixty-sixth wedding amt
versary. The couple have lived in
Mfnnea0ta 62 voara Mr. So1arstrOyn
served in the Swedish army II years
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-04-11
On the AHantic-
-::-Day by Day.

There is a great deal OF talk about
drinking orgies on Wet ships. [ saw
nothing approaching an orgy. Many
took cocktail before luncheon or
dinner and perhaps bottle of wine
with their meals. The only intoxiea-
ton I saw was that of a Frenchman.
who was gloriously squiffed all the
way across and was still in that con-
dition on the pier.
] stepped into the smoking lounge
where most of the drinking is done
at the three-mile limit TO get first
hand evidence of the talked of surg
ing crowds getting the final drink.
only person in the room. Not a drink
was being served.
As the liner was being warped to
the pier / noticed the gallant captain
on the bridge. He seemed a pillar
of authority and rightly so, yet the
highest officials of a steamship line
are on the land. It is remindful of
the song in the Gilbert-Sullivan opera
OF III. NJ. S. Pinafore."
Stick close to your desks,
And never go to sea,
And you all may be rulers of the
Queens Navee.
A MONDAY sun was flooding New
York as the taxi sped northward. No
city seems so brisk and colorful. An
cient rumbling London appears mo
diaeva1. Gay Paree drab. I know u
New Yorker who now lives in Phila-
delphia He often comes to town for
a brief vacation. He saunters out to
the sidewalk from the Pennsylvania
station and then begins to walk rapid
ly. He doesn't know why, for he
usually has no particular objective.
But that is the spirit of New York
that catches up the stranger and be
fore he knows ii he is on the run.
Hurry, hurry. Always hurry. After
a tedious, nlonotonous journey found
myself again inoeulated. Il began to
fret and champ when the taxi was
held up for traffic for a short space
Hurry up" | called TO the driver
"What's eatin' your he replied. I
knew 1 was again in New York.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-04-11
CONTINUED from Yesterday.
FOURTH CROSS WORD PUZZLE
found in Chalfonte's room that morning

handwriting expert, az to the authors
Of the crossword puzzles, he real
, lied that he had only one clue to go
on, and that was the crossword puz-
zle found under Homer Chalfontes
bowed head on the morning he was
discovered murdered in his room.
Suicide" was already the verdict
of few. but It was not Smiths YER
dict. II was not even his suspicion.
The whole set OF circumstances was
against such an idea, circumstances
such as Chalfonte's actions outside
the house the night before he was
found dead: his instructions to
Soames to call him early: the cross
word puzzle itself
That puzzle meant that the place
he had indicated would have to be
watched. and watched carefully. IL
would also have to be searched. And
it would have to be watched and
searched in such manner that the
inmates OF the house would not be
aware OF what was going on.
Smith had n very clear "hnnch.'
too, that the two murders had been
done by the same person, and that
the theft of the emerald was the link
that bound them together. In his
own mind as he left the courthouse
TO go out to the Dunseath house In
the suburb of Elm Hills, the whole
matter had boiled itself down to this
Catch the thief and you catch the
murderer"
He had left orders with his assist-
ants that II any reports should come
In. either from the chemists or from
the handwriting experts, those reports
should be brought out TO him at tho
Dunseath house, where he intended
to supervise the search.
He realized. as he drove out. that
something would have to be done and
done quickly II the impatient public
was to be satisfied. He realized. too,
that the public on whose approval his
position depended. had TO be satisfied
occasionally with sops---that some
body had to be arrested and held,
and evidence accumulated against
him--or her. And the case against
Grant Fowler was none too good. now
that Homer Chalfonte had been muir
dered while Fowler was In jail: and.
| moreover, while Ghopal Bose had been
In jail He was hoping that the
search would reveal something.
His first step, on arriving at the
Dunseath house, was TO confer with
Burke.
''The fields cleared for action"
Burke told him. II have everybody
In his room, and fortunately. the
place we want to search particularly
Is right under Mrs. Dunsearths room,
which nsbody is occupying. Also tho
moving pictures VIII be ready by
night. The make ups aren't perfect
but they're close enough. and the
setting Will be exact. They act out
the idea on Soames, first--hLs put
ting the poison into the orange and
giving II to Mrs. Dunsoath. Then
there's one Of Rose Fabry putting the
poison into the coffee---one version
WIN be her putting II In by ehoosinr
a particular lump Of poisoned sugar,
ITO Ds Continued Mon0ayJ
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-04-11
CHAPTER XII.
Tangled Clues.

Eliot Smith. district attorney, sit
ting In his Office on the fourth floor
of the courthouse, sighed as he real
lied that he would have to devote
all his energies. for the time being,
to the solution OF the Dunseath mys.
terry. a mystery now frightfully COM
plicated by the murder of Homer
Chalfonte and by the theft OF the
Dunseath emerald.
Part OF the public was still suspi-
cious OF the truth OF the story Gho.
pal Bose had told. The more roman
tic portion was perfectly willing to
accept It. and though Eliot Smith
after four years as district attorney
could hardly be charged with ro-
mantle tendencies, he felt that the
romantic public was right. And the
evidence OF the jewelers.. checked this
way and that. fully corroborated the
story Ghopal had told. On the
strength of this. Smith had released
Chopai, who had been held az first
only as a material witness; and he
realized, as soon as he had done so,
that he had TO meet the criticism of
those inclined to doubt everything,
those who placed no faith whatever
in Ghopal's story, nor In the reports
The jewelers..
while he awaited the reports of
the chen1ists on Chalfonte's death,
and also the nndins Of Henry Talbot
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-04-11
Nv q. O. NINTyRE.


At Quarantine. April l1.-After two
months absence IL Is pleasant 10
hear the New York newsboys scam.
pering aboard at Quarantine. crying,
Morning poipersp' I believe I prefer
the "hully gee of the Bowery to the
'sOui Monsieur" and VERY good, sir, :
over there.
have come back linguist-
speaking English. American and New
York. 1t was refreshing to see Miss
Liberty with her torch aloft and the
Jagged beauty of the skyline. Steam
ing up the North river to the pier,
New York never looked more lovely.
There is always a welcome for re-
turning voyasers. Whistles Of fac
1or.ss blow and the river craft siren
their shrill greeting. The first touch
OF spring is coming to Jersey hills.
Little whirls of smoke raced from the
big stacks like clouds hurryine back
to the sky. Activity everywhere.
Crowds pressed to the ships rail to
locate friends and relatives amid the
blur of faces and f;utter of handker-
chiefs on the pier. / heard one little
boy negaphone: Mother. what did
YOU bring me?" Many blew kisses o
loved ones while tears streamed down
their cheeks.
! have always lacked these emo
tions, but / admire them in others.
My greeting of affection is usually
"A placid "How are you?" and lit
tie embarrassment. But it is very
common experience for reunited peo-
pie to swoon at the pier from mere
happiness and excitement.
The battery OF news photographers
and movie men were at the gang
plank to snap with whirring clicks all
the celebrities aboard. And when the
passengers strike the firm foundation
of the pier following the swaying
motion of the boat. they lurch about
like drunken folk.
Custom inspection is a dreary pro-
eedure. 1t comes at time when tired
passengers are aching to rush to their
homes. Yet they must stand some
times like cattle for hours in alpha
betical array while their baggage Is
torn up and rummaged.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-04-11

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! q. Consume.
! q. Unit.
{ 0. Close.
. II. Obstruction.
Is. Doctor tabbr.'.
IA. Character In Dickens.
Is. Possession pronoun.
II. Man Of great wealth.
10. Repent.
81. Skill
/. %. Florida Indian tribe.
2s. Ladyship tabbr).
81. Before.
{ 2s. Measure OF area.
. 20. Prefix meaning down.
30. Color.
81. Pronoun.
81. Prefix meaning again.
81. SO.
IS. Part Of arm tpl).'
Vertical.
l. To cause to go.
2. Small boy.
( ). And QIatin).
4. Act.
: >. Last part.
s.. To widen the opening Of hole.
Q. Stone.s
10. A room in this house TO watch.
F. IL. Unsolved riddle
IA. Slang for farewell.
f. 10. Missouri (abbr.).
II. National Educational associa-
ion tabbr.).
I IS. Exclamation of disgust
20. Top.
{. ~. Bundles Of paper.
/. "a. Drawn.
: %. Letter &c"
. So. fnterrogative interjection.
/. 81. Like.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-06
Latest Novelty for Fair
Sex Comes Overseas
From Paris.

Women in her masculine treEd still
remains bit Of fcmininty.
The new tuxedo which is finding
favor with her laiyShip in evening
wear at Paris, Lido Venice. Biarritz
and other points on the European con-
tinent and which has shocked America
in its modest simplicity revealed two
points distinctly feminine.
A skirt of dark oxford cloth, res
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-06
SOVIET HEADS
4 BUSY WITH
DEN|A[S
sa1mors Fly Fast and Far
IN Russia; Most Are
Unfcunded.

MOSCOW. Dec. 5.-Hale and
hearty Soviet officials are always
having to deny reports published ~
the foreign press that they are eiti'er
dead or have gone insane.
Slightly exaggerated" is the 81
e-nl fctort they make TO either charge.
Many were the times that Lenin was
reported dead during the first years
Of the revolution.
Trotzky has been laid to rest so
often that it worked on his nerves
enough to convince him that his di-
xestion isn't what it should be, be-
cause each year he has bona fide
breakdown and must 20 to the eau
cAsus to repair his shattered
health" an the bulletins read.
Now the latest rumor spread is that
Dxerxhynsky, once head of the dread
ed evolutionary Cheka, and now
chief of its successor, the G. p. u
Safe Political Department-hae gone
mad. The report has it that the for
mer Cheka head was the victim of
frcnxied remorse over the number of
times he Ind TO sign his name to
mas death sentences during the time
Of the Red Terror.
SHRUGS SHOULDERS.
Dxerxhynsky and his friends at the
foreign office shrug their shoulders
and nigh sadly over this report, for it
is hardy perennial which blooms
regularly. just a few months ago
DIR. Rothstein in charge of the for
eisn office press department heard
that the outside world was laboring
under the ,delusion that he was with
ing and raving in madnouse.
He laughed when he heard it for
the first time, but the joke lost its
freshness after many illusions there
70.
Trotzky is the center of many ru-
mofs and il lis part of the days work
for his secretary to deny reports that
he has been re-appointed war lord of
Red Russia-that he has cancer of
the stomach-or. that he is planning
to open a new and bloody civil war
on the party leaders who ousted him
from his supreme place.
Other popular .fancies published
abroad are that Tchitcherin has given
mn his portfolio ns commissiar of for
cixn affairs, and that the entire Sow
let diplomatic staff is on the move.
With Krnssin and Karakhan recalled
from Paris and Picking respectively.
and the ambassadors in London and
Berlin trading places helter-skelter.
Any or all these things may hap
per in the future. But so far they
haven't como to pass.
SAY BEARD CROWS.
a CHASTITY story broadcast recently
insisted that Lenin's beard and fin
grrnails had grown several inches
since his bod was cmbalmed and laid
in state in the sarcophagus on the
Red Square thus necessitating a spc-
ciai barber appointed b. the govern
mcnt TO be always in attendance.
4 yarn which created great deal
Of romantic interest claimed that one
Of The Cars beautiful daughters had
Seen discovered living the life. Of an
adventures in Nice. She had not
been executed with the rest of the
royal family at Ekaterinburg. it was
scid. but had escaped and wandered
from one continental city to the other.
brilliant but penniless..
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-06

cued from entire femininity IN
conventional satin stripe sol az
ISOLATED with men in correct c, in.
attire. and sheer chiffon hoshry saw
il from complete encroachncnt Of
mans sartorial retreat.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-06

A real. honest-to-good-
necs gift that will al
ways be remembered
and appreciated. Oh,
how she has lonscd
for a Cedar Chest
Hope Box" to lay
iway all those dain
lies for "her future. -
Don't disappoint heI
his Christmas = buy
Her q Cedar Chest.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-06
Screens

Very useful gift. Ar
tistic screens never go
amiss in a home. They
add charm and fill in
that vacant spot. We
have quite an assem-
blage in three and
four-fold designs. Also
very attractive fire
place screens, hand
painted, aircraft, jap
anese and others for
easy choosing.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-06

A glorious gift for
the family. Our stock
of rugs is so large
you'll have no trouble
finding the gift rug
you want. New de-
signs and colors that
add materially to any
room.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-06
Lamps

A supreme gift with
it's soft glowing light
and colorings will
make the room more
Iovablc and livable.
Floor lamps, bridge
lamps and table lampg.
Our assortemnt is i'm
mense. Our prices are
modest.
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-10-15

The milk dealers of Ketchikan think that not enough milk is drunk in that city and wonder why. They might try reducing the price to something less than 25 cents quart.