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The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15
Information Wizard at Postof flee Irons Out Domestic
Jars, Directs Strangers to Good Shows Always Smiles
L. S. Mole in Omaha Postal
Service AZ Years; Hears
Varied Complaints.
BY EDWARD BLACK.

Hes the man who knows when the
mail trains come and go. when to go to
see a show, and the way the winds
do blow: he directs you to any desti-
nation, and he is help to inside infoy-
nation; he's read up on the air mail
and the foreign parcel post; he knows
the best hotels from here to either
coast.
We have with us today L. s. Mole,
whose accommodating personality
ereets the visitor at the general IN
formation window at the Omaha post
office. Mole began his service with
the Omaha postoffice August 23, 1898,
and is the oldest employe from point
of continuous service at the office.
He knows more details of the post
office than any other member of
Postmaster c. e. Blacks large or
ganization
Mole entered the postoffice AZ years
ago as substitute carrier, then he was
made carrier, after which he was
transferred to the inside mail DEPART
ment. He is now in his 10th year
as general information clerk. He lis
tens to all sorts of inquiries. requests
and complaints, some of which have
no bearing on the postal service
Strangers, seeing the information
sign over the window ask questions
which run the gamut of everyday hui
man activities.
Gives His Secret Ear.
A man called at the window the
other day and made a gesture which
indicated that he wished to speak
eonfidentially. There was serious
look upon his mien. Mole extended
his right ear out the window.
Looking around TO make sure that
no one would intercept his words,
the stranger inquired: Where could
| find Elmer Thomas?"
The next caller was a pretty miss
who explained that she was with a
vaudeville act at a local theater and
was expecting an important letter
from New York city. She added that
the letter would be addressed on a
typewriter and might be held in the
name OF the act in which she an.
peared. The information man prom.
lsed to help the pretty miss.
An lowan recently wrote a letter.
asking that a package be traced. ex-
planning the careful manner in which
he prepared the package and was sur.
prised TO learn that 1t had not reached
its destination.
Package Not Mailed.
Mole started an Investigation.
Within day or so he received an.
other letter from the Iowan stating
that Mole should discontinue his
search because the package had not
been mailed. That's all In the DAYS
work An Omaha man recently
mailed a letter which bore his return
address and only the name of the ad
dressee. The letter was returned to
him for street address, which he
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15
DRY OFFICERS RAID
HOLDRECE FARMS

Holdreee. Neb. Feb. 14.-Sherift
Royal Harmon, accompanied by
County Attorney Harry II. Ellis
Chief OF Police Dcabende and officer
Lundstrom. raided the farm OF
August Whal southeast OF Atlanta
and Charles Wahl, his brother
Thursday.
on the farm OF August Nahl q
cache OF alleged moonshine was
found In barn. AZ the home OF
Charles Wahl. a complete stlll with
all equipment and about nine gallons
OF alleged liquor was seised by the
officers.
August Wahl and Charles Wahl
were brought 10 Holdrase, and con
fined In the county -
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15

letter office at Washington. and ad-
dresses OF senders or addresses may
be determined there. they are re-
turned here and Mole forwards them
according TO instructions. He also re-
ceives notices OF changes of addresses
of Omahans and applications from
persons who wish to rent postoffice
boxes.
Applications for withdrawal OF mail
also are filed with him. Occasional
ly someone mails a letter and then
remembers that he. forgot an enclos-
nre or for other reason wishes to re-
cover the letter before II leaves
Oma ha.
Foreign Mail Authority.
Foreign parcel post regulations IL
Mole's particular speciality. Countries
in the international postal union
have various rules with reference to
packages and on this subject the In
formation clerk is the last word at
the Omaha postoffice Postma ster
Black stated that Mole Is an author
ity on this feature OF the postal
service.
Mole smiles al all times and that
Is why he can go through the days
work without growing sour over the
many questions asked through the
window. He has learned to under
stand human nature and to make al.
lowances for foolish questions.
Strangers occa sionallv inquire
about the parking and traffic regula-
tons, about this and that hotel. or
where to see a good" show He
knows the location OF every street.
business block. apartment building,
clubs, hospitals. most Of the churches
and schools, fand many other places
of iufareef
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15
A Cornhusker in
Washington
By JACK LEE.

Washington, Feb. 14.-Last week
was. like Old Home week, so many OF
the old friends and neighbors from
the home town were in to call. Mr..
and Mrs NJ. D. Cameron. William
schall. attorney: Walter Nelson, past
exalted ruler OF the Omaha Elks
James A. Rodman of the Northwest
ern Life of Nebraska. w. A. Somer
vile, McCook. delegate to the demo
cratic national convention last sum
mer; Carol Belden of Thompson.Bel
den's, and L. w. Scheibel, Of the
Omaha National bank.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15

masks. I have never heard anyone In
a trading room. 1t seems to me to
have to make money under such taut
pressure is no fun at all. I'd rather
suffer poverty. Just as though
don't, anywayD
The richest playwright In America
Is Harry B. Smith, who has amassed
several millions. He has written near
ly 200 musical plays. He is not the
slap bang jongleur of Tin Pan Alley
He is scholarly fellow who has
contributed many fine articles to the
so-called high-brow magazines. He
has never rhymed pretty with
witty"
One of the metropolitan tricks to
dodge unwelcome telephone calls Is to
act as though you were the Swede
janitor, the Senegambian porter OF
the nightwatchman.
over In a Brooklyn newspaper one
man tried them all out and finally
answers the telephone with an
IGN! usn. as thouSn He "tie- an
Indian. This has stumped them all.
The only telephone call really
fear Is the one where a voice tells
me that my name has been given to
them by a prominent financier. They
are putting over a big deal. 1t seems
and want to let me in on the ground
floor. They intimate my name will
give them prestige.
This treacle is dangerous for me.
generally ask them TO drop around
and when they do-.they usually sell
me something that is about as valua'
BILE as a raccoon coat at Palm Beach
Copyright. 1920
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15
Noted Engineer
Tells Antiquity
of Profession
First Scientists Appeared 25,.
600 Years Ago, DR.. Viii.
liam Durand Tells
Omaha Audience.

DR.. William Frederick Durand of
Leland Stanford university told an
audience in the south room of the
Chamber of Commerce Saturday
night that early civilizations had
engineers in the stone age, $4,000
years ago. He referred to the men
who fashioned flint arrow heads and
spearheads as having been skilled in
their line and quite apart from the
rank and file of their time.
The invention. Of the bow and ar
row was an engineering achievement,
he explained: 1t was the genesis of
the idea of the spring, the storing of
energy In an elastic object. The
slingshot. he added, was the source
of the idea of the flywheel, which
Is the application of the principle of
embodying energy in a rotating mass.
Tells OF Antiquity.
His subject was THE Engineering
Profession, Its Antiquity and It's
Responsibility" He appeared under
the auspices of the Engineers club
of Omaha and the Nebraska section
of the American Society of Me.
chanical Engineers. Homer V.
Knouse. president of the Engineers
club. introduced the distinguished
speaker. DIR. Durand attended a din
rier at the Athletic club.
1.-THE combination of the engineer
and the industrialist is the oldest
calling in the history of our civiliza-
IAr, e-atJ H.. l.
function of the engineer to adapt the
materials of the earth and the
energies of nature to the require.
ments of the day. Through the ages.
each generation has contributed it's
quota. We have received this gift or
bequest and its Is our responsibility
to make the most of 1t and pass 1t
on improved to the succeeding gem
Grafton. This is our duty to civiliza.
tion."
Aviation Developing.
In his references to engineering of
$4,000 years ago. the speaker stated
that early man fashioned twigs and
rushes into baskets for carriers. He
believes that the origin of clay
products may De traced 10 these
baskets into which the housewives
placed clay and then burned away
the outside material. He referred to
the discovery of producing fire at will
and Of controlling 1t, as the turning
OF an important page of civilization.
THE development Of air trans.
portation,' he said, Is we'll in hand
In its engineering and scientific fac
tors. The future Of air transporta.
ton rests on an economic basis. If
the government will foster aerial
highways with beacon lights. it would
be q long step toward placing avia.
ton on an economic basis
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15

Mr.. and Mrs.
Cameron attended
the hearing on
the equal rights
bill before the
house ju d iciary
committee. Miss
ID oris Stevens,
former Omahan,
and leader In the
Q q al rig h { s
movement attend
ed the meeting
and she and Mrs.
Cameron enjoyed
a brief visit.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15

Falls city. Neb,, Feb 1.-the
date for the First District conven-
tion OF the American Legion, to he
held here, has been set for May 81.
Hanford MacNider. OF Mason Citi
Ia. past national commander. WIN
be the principal speaker.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15
BY O. o. MCINTYRE.

I have always thought one of the
best places to study humanity was in
a barber shop until recently. The hair
ture.
Now men must be on their dignity
in barber chairs They cannot discuss
the things they used to discuss. And
most of us are getting our haircuts
with our collars on.
If we wear suspenders we feel old
fashioned. And It must be a blow to
the tobacco chewers l was sitting In
my favorite tonsorial parlor the other
day while the barber was giving me
a singe.
A sweet young thing came In as
tape through my locks. She looked
startled and turned pale. I think
she thought he was looking for some
thing in my hair.
l notice, too, men are not perfum
ing themselves up as they used to
since the invasion of women. II
doesn't seem masculine when ladies
are around to have soft, delicious
creams rubbed into the skin and
pomade into the hair.
And those boys who have the end
of their mustaches waxed are doing
1t at home in the privacy of the bath
room.
In the old days we went to the bar.
Der shop not only for a shave and
haircut but for the Saturday night
bath-25 cents extra, towels 5 cents
each. used to feel sporty when
could have three towels.
I have been interested in how bar
bers have Jared with tips since the
feminine rush. The bob Is boon tc
them. They vary in price from 81 tc
$3.50 and they expect and usually re
ceive a 50-cent tip. But they have
their troubles. The woman who comes
to have her hair bobbed Tor the frs
of nerves with her and at the firsi
snip she usually establishes a high
low and middle hysterical record.
She sees her crowning glory despoil
ed and she breaks into fits Of weeping
Sometimes they even have TO call 9
doctor to offer restoratives. The boys
who really suffer from the female
trade are those brisk lads who flicl
Imaginary bits of dust off your clothes
when you have been barbered.
They cannot perform this bit OF abra
cadabra on the ladies. And incidental
ly I learn that in some OF the bil
barbershops in New York these def
brushers make as high as s75 weel
in representatives more than the bar
Der.
Two big executives In New Yorl
have their own barber at their offices
He has an up.to-date one-chair shol
and his only Job is to barber his en-
ployer.
| One New York barber Is a million
aire. having made his fortune out o
a chain of shops He still wields tn
razor and scissors now and then dur
ing a rush.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15
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The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15

Speaking Of chlorine gas al cure
for colds some doctors say II viii
and some say it wont. During the
argument let us not overlook the
beneficence of pure nitrogen and
oxygen-fresh air.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15
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The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15

Wall street Is a particular target
for lot OF scorn. When we want to
abuse something we pick on "the
street"-especially In New York. Yet
the other day a man who had been
on the Stock Exchange Al years re-
tired. In all those years he said he
had never known but one instance OF
a member of the Exchange 'welch-
ing" upon an agreement. When II Is
considered transactions there run
into the tens of millions daily and
hundreds OF millions during a brisk
market. this is remarkable.
As matter OF fact most of this
business is transacted by the means
Of signs. A member holds up one
finger or two and makes sweeps and
circles with hie hands. Sometimes
there IL nod Of the head and a
deal is closed involving huge fortunes.
There is no scratch OF official pa.
per or signature to make II n Off
cial document. The man who mods
may find an hour later he is ruined.
It has happened many times and he
may go out and send bullet through
his head but he does not "welch."
1t would be difficult to prove he nod
ded. He could perpetrats fraud and
save himself and others.
In tho old days when the curb mar
ket flooded Into Broad street, II was
one Of the wonders OF the city to
watch the young men who made their
fingers fly In the street TO signal TO
the men sitting In office wlndo' OF
various trades. II was hard work and
required cool judgment.
Getting the hang OF the stock mar,
lSet Is something could never mas.
ter. II is the most difficult of all
business. ! used to loaf around the
trading rooms Of brokers offices to
watch the chalkee race over the
blackboard marking his figures. II
was mysterious and magical. The
customers were nearly always men
with poker faces They never con
versed. Their expressions were like
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-15

Being Scotch, I appreciate Scotch
stories. One of the best I have heard
recently concerns the scotchman dy-
ing alone in his home. His last dying
gasp was so vigorous II blew out the
candle across the room. Thrifty TO the
death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-14
MITCHELL ARMY
trial TO LAST
MONTH OR MORT;
Foley to Testify at Shenan-
doah Inquiry Monday
After Resignation.

Bu United Press
WASHINGTON. Nov. Ire
cessed until Tuesday the Army court
martial trying Col. William Mitchell
for misconduct probably will be
kept in session for a month or more.
to complete the cases of both de-
fense and prosecution, it was appar-
ent today:
Interest now is centered in the re-
convening of the Shenandoah Naval
inquiry court Monday. Capt. Paul
Foley, Judge advocate of this board,
has resigned following charges of
Mrs. Zachary Landowne that he
tried to have her "whitewash" the
Navy in the inquiry.
A sweeping inquiry into the
charges was forecast in subpoenas
sent out for prominent persons con-
nected with the incident.
Foley on the stand Monday, is not
expected to deny authorship of a
memorandum which Mrs. Lansdowne
said was given her, but will defend
his action as being designed to save
Mrs Lansdowne unnecessary ques-
tioning.
Mrs. Lansdowne has been sum
moned to appear before the Shen-
nandoah board but Mitchell's counsel
have indicated they might oppose
her recall.
She told the board month ago
that her husband commander of the
giant dirigible which crashed in
Ohio killing fourteen, had protested
to Navy officials against taking his
ship on political trip"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-14
MAY ARREST
OHIO DRIVERS
But Officials Seek Agree
ment in Truck War.

Possibility OF wholesale arrests of
Ohio truck drivers under the
reciprocal automobile license law
passed by the last Legislature was
reported to the public service com
mission today as State officials Of
both Indiana and Ohio were prepar-
ing to reach an agreement to prevent
arrests of Indiana truck drivers in
Ohio.
The reciprocal law provides that
the state impose license fees on
motor vehicles of States that do not
give reciprocal privileges to Indiana
vehicle owners,
Atty. Gen. Arthur L. Gilliom. Sec
retary of State Frederick E. Schorte-
meier. and a member of the public
service commission will confer here
with like committee from Ohio.
Transfer officials Friday night
formed the Associated Haulers of In
dianan to seek retaliatory measures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-14
Tree Planted in Honor OF
First City Settler Who
Made Sale.

A blind, gray mare and $400 for
eighty acres of land that is now
the highest point in Crown Hill
Cemetery! That was what James
Mccormick, the father Of Mrs.
Catherine Mccormick Eagle, 422 e
Sixteenth St., received in 1920. Cut
into building lots that land to-
day, at a low estimate, would be
worth $1,00O,000.
Mrs. Eagle, age rs, the daughter
and only direct living descendant OF
James Mccormick, one OF the two
brothers who built the first white
mans dwelling in indianapolis in
1916, planted two trees, assisted by
Governor Jackson, in the State
house grounds, Friday afternoon.
The trees, Indiana tulips. were
from the farm of Amos Z. Nc
Cormick. her granddaughter, near
Cartersville, Ind, and will be-
known as the Mccormick" and
Governor Jackson" trees.
The spot where they were
planted was on the original corn
field that the Mccormick brothers
cleared back in those early In
diana days. then on Government
land, as was the site Of the cabin
which is commemorated as the
first white mans dwelling in In
dianapolis by a large stone marker
on the east bank of White River,
near the w. Washington Street
bridge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-14
REPORTER ARRESTED
AT KU-KLUX RALLY
Found in Attic Attempting to Hear Proceedings at
TominSon Hall Meeting Through Crack.

arrest" a newspaper reporter they
found in the attic Of the hall
ensconced near a friendly crack
through which proceedings of the
gathering were expected to filter to
his ears.
The Klan side of the episode is
that Davis and his cohorts saved
the newspaperman from bodily in
jury from incensed Klansmen who
sought to mob the reporter, and bore
him safely to the police station.
Let me at him; I'll cut his heart
out!' one member of the audience is
said to have exclaimed.
The Klansmen slated the reporter
on a blind tiger charge because they
said they found a bottle of whisky
in the reporters possession.
"They framed me-" said the re-
porter. who after his release on
bond showed no evidence OF intoxi-
cation. Someone slipped a bottle in
/ my pocket.
II went to the attic because l
wished to write a story on the
POLITICAL events of the meeting; l
believe the public is entitled to know
what political action an organization
intends to take" the newspaperman
said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-14
BODY FOUND AT
union STATION
Man Is Believed to Have
Committed Suicide.

The body of an unidentified man
today is in the city morgue, where
it was taken at a. m. after police
found 1t in the washroom Of the
Union Station. Sergeant Mcclure
and emergency squad believed the
man committed suicide. A 32-cal-
iber revolver with one exploded
shell lay by his side. No one wit
messed the death.
Charles Michel, railroad police of
ficer said he saw the man enter the
room. He is said to have come into
the city on the 2:45 a. m. train from
Peoria, Ill. A small hand grip con-
tained no Identification. but had a
quantity of alcohol in it. The label
in his overcoat was that of e. K.
Robson, Champaign. ILL.,, and a key
ring bears the name of Charles
Owen, SO N. Neid ST., Champaign.
Ill. He had some money and a
watch, was well-dressed and ap-
peared to be about fifty years old.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-14
who Is This
Flirt Chap
Jolson?'
All the Boys Fell for Kip's
Girl, Letters
Show.

Bu United Press
E-7 HITE PLAINS, N. Y, Nov.
W| 14.-Sought after by Broad
w way stars, pursued by many,
the recipient of jewels and other
presents, Alice Beatrice Jones.
daughter of a negro cabman, finally
yielded to Leonard Kip Rhinelander,
last of the historic Huguenot family.
That, at any rate, is the picture
she presented before the eyes of her
husband, according to Rhinelander' 5
counsel in his suit to annul the mar
riage.
More illiterate letters from Alice
to Leonard are to be read in court
Monday before young Rhinelander
is turned over to the defense for
cross-eXamination. But it is doubt
full if the billet doux to come will
so fascinate the courtroom as those
read before adjournment yesterday
in which the girl let it be known that
among others, Al Jolson and Irving
Berlin had not frowned upon her.
And the Westchester County Su-
preme Court probably never will
hear more honest laughter than
when the venerable Isaac N. Mills,
counsel for the young aristocrat,
looked up from one letter and asked
who is this Jolson?"
In her letters Alice implied she
had met both Jolson and Berlin
while she was working as a maid
for a family in the Adirondacks.
The composer Of popular songs
was referred to as "a swell chap"
and Jolson as some flirt with the
girls
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-14
Hoodoo and Friends
of Couple F oiled

One minute after midnight on
Friday, Cupid scored over the
bogey-man of Friday the thir-
teenth, and Miss Georgia FIRE.
denburg, daughter of B. w.
Fredenburg, 140 Hampton Dr.,
and Paul A. Sharick were mar
ried at the home OF the bride.
The wedding followed a bridal
dinner at which the Rev. F. S.
C. Wicks, who performed the
ceremony. was a guest.
The wedding, scheduled for
high noon Saturday, was to
have been attended by many
friends of the young couple,
who, it was learned, were plan
ming to put obstacles in the
way Of successful get
away" So they set the we'd
ding ahead eleven hours and
fifty-nine minutes-and they
fooled Friday the thirteenth
by just sixty seconds.