Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 1, 1916, Page 5

SHE SAYS FLAG IS PIECE OF BUNTING Miss Myers of Farnam &chiool Make: Singular Remark in Talking to a Class EXPLAINS WHAT SHE MEANS “Compared to human life the flag is merely a piece of bunting tat- «1 Fannie Myer Farnam school during Memorial day e the eighth addressing her room xercises held in connection with history le son of the class Why She Said It “Yes, that is what | did say to the children,” replied Miss questioned, “and I would like to ex Myers when plain just how I made that state ment. We ere di g war and its relations to the flag There wa A [} # a flag il the room at the tin 1 am much opposed to wa [ told the children that ident Wilson ha hown us that it is 1 ¢ < e BO to war for every lit ¢ went to war over the of the Maine, and 1 do ¢ would go to war over c you think so I meant pect to our flag. | was merely stat ing that human life is of first consid eration. We are wont to carry a chip on our shoulder I'he confict in Europe has shown us the awfulnes of war, Five year o 1 told the children we wounld have no more J war,” L Did Not Weigh Her Words ' President Lirnst of the ard whether he be the fiag tend best form of pa Education was asked lieved such reference to ed to instill the triotism d “I would say that the teacher did not weigh her rd As to her exact meaning, as she understood her own words, that is another matfer I would be slow to entirely condemn or approve until 1 knew all of the facts,” said Mr. Ernst Superintendent Graff is inclined to the opinion that Miss Myers meant well As to the indiscretion of referring to the flag a bunting in the presence of sionable children, he did commit himself )’ Superintendent Will Inquire. f “l would want to determine first just what form of patriotism is gen- erally taught in this n and the ef fects of such teaching impres not care to hefore | passed h on this case,” said the superintendent “I realize it is easy to place a wrong »f‘\ construction upon the statement of a ! teacher. 1 will be pleased to investi gate the situation, As for Miss Myers, I would say that she has been in the schools fifteen yeats and I have re- garded her as a splendid teacher.” Miss Myers’ statement, however has aroused some protest from school patrons, who do not believe any teacher should refer to the flag as a “piece of bunting.” ' Butchers Complain 0f the High Cost of All Kinds of Meats Meat market proprietors are® a b sorry lot these day They are con plaining of conditions and say the not only cannot make any will have hard work to exist if pres ent conditdons keep up long. Colle tions, they say, are bad hecause the strike, and on top of that vholesale prices of meats fast. Within the last wee of heef has gone up 6 cent lamb 5 cents and pork and bacon have besides there is a falling off ness of about 50 per cent Cupid Stubbendorf the p | a pound } cents And of busi risen J cents As the ay cense it in the busiest of the year Figures that June is t month in which the record number of County Not Able to Heat the City Hall CHARGE SALOON SOLD BOOZE TO YOUNG LADS FLAGS ARE BOUGHT FOR THE PATRIOTIC PARADE B teacher at | money but | Hams | Prepares for Bride| ) marriage licenses are taken out. This year, being leap year, Marriage Li-| \ cense Clerk Stubbendorf predic | unprecedented 1 of appli | for the privilege of traveling dou ble harnes tarting P 'Ure Still After | | Autoists Who Have No 191€ License| | | % | yuth Side res plain because some Omaha out 1910 | | bilists are running loose wi license numbers on their machines In that connection Treasurer Ure | says: “We had a man out for several | weeks checking up these delinquent and it is my opinic at only a few have thus far eva | “the law If any citizen knows of an automobile owner who does not have this year's license and he will send us the infor mation, we will file a complaint The authoriti In are after [ delinquent mc have failed to comply with the law to licenses } George Leffringhouse bought a car in Omaha a few days ago and drove it [to Lincoln, where he was promptly | arrested because he did not have a | 1916 license number. His machine car of cardhoard with one | | of the stock numbers of a dealer, with | | the nntation, “License applied for | When Judge Stevens imposed a| | ¢ f 8720 and costs he remarked | that Omaha ma e law its | | own, but they do not apply to Lin Builders Peeved ; Over Resolution | of City Couneil | Though fiad. hsen some: taik| of a resnmption of work by the build- | g laborers after Memaorial day, the | situation stands much as it did. The | trikers are still out, and the half inished building jobhs are without | activity | The city council has made no further effort since a week ago to| bring about a conference betweer contractors and striker After the council sent three separate and dis tinct calls or invitations to the build ers, members of the Builders’ Ex- change, to ask them to confer with the representatives of the Central Labor Union at the council chamber the commissioners now say they are through with the matter Not a litgle irritation was caused among the builders by the resolution passed by the council at that time tating that the building laborers had been underpaid, or that the wages weie too low Boosters for the ; | Athletic Club to | Meet This Evening| One hundred boosters for the new Athletic club of Omaha will dine at the Fontenelle hotel this evening when some of the details of the new club will be discussed. Since the lots have been secured and the financing of the proposition is practically as sured the next question will be the style of the building and the architect. | A limit of 1,000 has been placed on | the membership so that many are | hurrving to get in under the wire be- fore the list 1s closed | OLDEST MAIL CLERR IN OMAHA IS IN HOSPITAL | Albert Swift, clerk in the postoffice Lord Lister hospital to undergo operation, He is 69 years of age | and the oldest mail clerk in the local | |15 in |“Tiz” for Sore, | Tired Feet--Ah! tender, calloused feet or corns. ‘“m" is grand for aching, swollen, | | ‘ “'T1Z' makes my feet the » ¢ iL—A oment A DAGGER IN THE BACK BEE: ( MAHA THURSDAY JUNE E¥ENTH Bivigy From Desn R. M. 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