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The Morning Bee MORN INC—EVENING—SUNDAY Tilt -BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publisher. B. BREVIER. Gen. Huwr. MEMBER Of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tht Amo. utwJ rrpM of wiTTutJ Tba Bw ta a member, la to tbe Uf# for reiublioit’nh of All nt«a disi>Atrbea credited to it or not u<lipfetM credited in Lbla taper. au-l alar* (be local uewa published bereim. fil rigUta of republtcAtloua of our apecial dispAtcbee Ate alao raaerrad. BEE TELEPHONES Private .Branch Exchange. Ask for tb* Department AT lant ic or Person Wanted! For Night Calls After 10 P. M .: i Ann Editorial Department. AT lanUo 1021 or 1042. OFFICES Main Office—17th and Famam Co. Bluffs - 18 Scott St. So. Side. N W. Cor. 24tli and N New York— 286 Fifth Avenue Washington - - 422 Stair Bldg. Chicago - - - 1720 Steger Bldg. 1’aria, France—-420 Hue St. Honor* NEBRASKA’S STATE BUDGET. State expending agencies evidently did not hear i he cal! of the last campaign for economy. This may explain the tentative budget prepared by the seore lary of finance for consideration of the governor on his return from the east. Ample opportunity is afforded Governor McKelvie for use of the pruning knife, and even that may give to Governor Bryan when he comes in a chance to exercise himself in the way of making good his promises of last fall. Finally, the sheet must run the gauntlet of the leg islature, every member of which w*as elected on a platform that pledged the strictest of economy. For some reasons the impressive totals offered for consideration by the preliminary estimates need frighten no one, for it is extremely improbable that money will he spent on such a lavish scale. The Omaha Bee does not believe that it is sound saving to abandon any of the needed and useful activities of the state administration, but it does believe that these can be successfully carried on for much less than is contemplated in the estimates. The reduc tion of almost a million dollars in the estimated ex penditures from the general fund is encouraging, yet it might be doubled without really hampering the ad ministration. Appropriations asked for outside the general fund are subject to such revision as makes the requested sums mere suggestions. All of the items in the budget will be carefully scrutinized be fore the final action is taken on any of them. Nebraska is not niggard in caring for what the state renlly needs. It has advanced to a leading po sition in its good roads building, in its support of education, and generally in all ways that make for enlightened government and efficient service to the people. Bui- these things cost money, and the burden of taxation has been grievous for the last two years. When more prosperous days are on us, the story will be different, but now the people are asking for relief. They do not want to keep on spending just to keep up appearances. What is necessary to maintain the work done, to keep improvements made from falling hack, will be provided, but extensions of any kind , must come with the support of urgent need to secure 1 consideration. The legislature knows what is expected of it; the outgoing and the incoming governor are alike apprised of tile sentiments of the taxpayers on the point. Anything that smacks in the least of ex travagance should be discarded without delay, be cause the public wants and is entitled to ge.t a sub stantial ^-decrease in state taxes. Communities all over Nebraska are trimming their expenditures, and for the same reason, the money spending au thorities at Lincoln should take the same course. OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTRY BOY. The boy from the country often finds the call i of the city so strong that not until he has had actual * 4 ' experience for a few weeks or months does he real ize that his opportunity lies not in the city, but in the rich alluvial soil of the “Water Valley,” as the Indian name of Nebraska signifies. It is true there is no free government land offered today that can be tilled, and land prices are high. However, with all the present dissatisfaction with farm conditions, there still is an opportunity for a determined young man in tha country. One Nebraska youth, unfortunately left to his own resources at an early age, is demonstrating what ambition, intelligence and “sttrktoitiveness,” guided by the right motives, may accomplish in this land of bright sunshine and temperate climate. By working out, he has procured a team and enough machinery to cultivate 55 acres of land, which he leases for one-third of the crop—the usual price for unim proved farm land. His share of the corn crop raided from this small tract has just been marketed at $900. This occupied him 90 days; the remainder of the year he works for other fanners. He will receive less per day on an average than his city brothers, but the accumulation of wealth at the end of the year will be in excess. The cost of living is lower, for it is only during the 90 days that he pays board outright. The rigid economy practiced • to purchase needed equipment teaches him to con trol that mania for spending acquired by all during the'latc years of prosperity. He is also learning to conquer the .problems found in diversified farming; but the greatest reward Will he in the conservation of health, strength and clean habits which the un iiiit iatod often sacrifice to the vanishing pleasures of the city. THEiRE WAS AN OLD MAN OF KOVNO-— A situation ridiculous to be cast in the form of a limerick prevails in the i>ew republic of ^ Lithuania. A 60-year-old trank clerk has been found to be a descendant of the Lithuanian king, Gedy min the Great. Immediately upon this discovery a royalist party, aiming to re-establish the Lithuanian kingdom in place of the republic, has formed about him. It has been 600 years since Gedymin ruled, fought the Teutonic knights and wrested vast terri tories from Russia. The blue blood of his line has had plenty of time to thin. Yet such is the roman tic attachment of these people to the idea of a monarchy that they can actually propose to take an aged and humble ctertf and set him on the throne. How this movement will work out can not be guessed. In spite of all the sentimental vaporings over the “twilight of the kings,” the spirit of mon archy is not dying very fast. The United States is -joutrthe only nation in which no one dreams of a king. France still has its royalist party. Brazil only recently put down » plot to restore a mon archy. Farts oi Germany cry out for hereditary rulers. The British empire is pretty well satisfied with its monarch. World democracy no doubt is on the way, but Is somewhat farther off than some have liked to think. The Legionnaires did not quit in France, so why expect them to lay down in America? They went after the kaiser till they got him, and the s me, is likely to happen to the Jmnus. No Anal curtain for the Divine Sarah yet. Long maye she wave! '--Sts. ■ y TURKS TURNED TRADERS. One of the boasts of the Ottoman Turks has beeft that they left such matters as barter and trade to the Armenians and Syrians, the Greeks and Jews of the Levant, contenting themselves with the business of being either shepherds or soldiers. Proceedings at Lausanne suggest that some very useful lessons in bargaining have been absorbed by the Turks, for they show a capacity for dealing that was was not before expected. Knowing the reluctance of the European pow ers to enter upon anything that entails force, the delegates representing tlje Angora government are delaying proceedings as far as possible, extorting every advantage within reach by stubborn resist ance. Giving Kemal and his counsellors credit for having the good sense they have exhibited in the main, the conclusion is that they do not seek war, any more than does England or France. So the negotiations at the peace conference have some thing of the aspect of a great game of bluff. It must be admitted, however, that much of what the Turk contends for is due him, and surely will be conceded before the meeting is closed. Relying on this knowledge, Ismet Pasha and Rixa Nur Bey are playing their hands with utmost skill, endeavoring to extort the ultimate point from the otheS* side. The question uppermost just now is that of treatment to be accorded minorities domiciled in Turkey. It is a delicate one, full of difficulties, and deserving of approach in a different spirit than has marked the last two or three meet ings of the subcommittee that is dealing with the subject. Just as the control of the straits was brought to a definite issue by a little tactful negotiation, so the present question will be adjusted in time. The Omaha Bee still feels its recent prediction is safe --there is no immediate likelihood of war between Europe and Turkey. BETTER POLICE PROTECTION NEEDED Another Omaha man is dead because he would not accede to the demand of a footpad and turn over his employer’s money. Police express regret that, death again has proved the ally of the criminal. Men who enter upon a career of robbery do so with the full understanding that "dead men tell no tales,” and so shoot to kill. Under existing conditions the criminal has many times the better of the police when it comes to es cape. Principally this is because Omaha is not thor oughly protected by its police force. The number of men employed is too small to effectively guard the city's area. Such force as is available can not be effectively moved in the unequal combat against the criminals. One or two methods must be adopted to remedy this situation. Either more men must be employed, or those engaged must be equipped so as to move with greater speed. A plan has been definitely worked out for ac complishing better use of the police force. It in cludes the motorcycle corps, operating from stations conveniently located throughout the city, so that no point will be further than five minutes’ distance from police assistance. This element of speed is a tremendous improvement over existing conditions, whereunder police may have to travel as far as ten or twelve miles to reach the scene of a crime. Now and then good fortune attends the efforts of the police, as was the case when two young men, turned robbers, were apprehended within a few moments of the commission of the crime, but these cases are rare. Too frequently the experience is that of the Siefkin and Stone murders. The crime is com mitted, the criminal disappears in the gloom of night, and the police find a cold trail. The plan as presented to the city council has the endorsement of capable investigators. It is modeled on systems adopted in other cities and approved in service. One objection only is lodged against it. It will add to the cost of maintaining the police de partment. Admitting that, how better can taxes collected be expended than in protecting the lives and property of the citizens? To raise the money needed, other departments of the city government will have to cut down their budgets. It is not easy to convince the heads of these departments that they should make the sacri fice, but the fact is there. Omaha can better dis pense with a number of things than to go on, ex posed, as now, tc. the operations of dangerous crim inals. When the underworld learns that an ef fective system has been adopted to guard the com munity, it is possible its denizens will take warning, and crime will soon diminish. Better police protec tion is demanded, and if the money to provide for it must be taken from some other service, then aome service will have to be curtailed, for things can not go on as they are. The gunman seemed to have a right good time on Christmas as well as the other folks. At any rate, the murder record looms up ominously. Omaha needs the motorbike patrol. The Race Problem From the Inside From the Kansas City Times. At a meeting of the executive section of the Fed eral Council of Churches at Indianapolis last week one of the speakers on racial relations in America was a professor in a southern college. In the audience was a negro minister from the south, the son of a slave once owned by the father of the professor. At a point in his address the professor called attention to I tiie unusual situation nnd asked the negro minister to come forward, so that the two together might face the audience. "Now," said tho son of a slave owner as he grasped the hand of the slave's son, “if you feel as I do at this moment, we have in our hearts the solution of the race problem in America." The negro ^minister in some remarks a moment later left no doubt that his sentiments on the question ! were identical with those of the wiiite man. The incident takes one to the vital center of the race question in the United States. That question has been made a troublesome problem largely through the fact that most of the efforts at solution have come from the outside or from eacli race at work inde pendently. Misunderstanding, antagonisms, an inabil ity to see more than one side of the question have I been the result. In recent years a more promising force has been at work. It aims at the Improvement of racial relations by tlie co-operative method. Leaders of both races are getting together in this effort, which has gained con siderable headway in the south and is attracting fa vorable attention elsewhere. The idea Is not to work I through a national, sectional or state headquarters, 1 with paid secretaries and publicity agents, but through the officials, the ministers, teachers and other promi nent citizens of both races in the various communities. These individuals get together in their home towns, districts or counties, and discuss their common inter ests and how best those interests rnay be served through action of both whites and negroes. It Is this kind of effort that the churches are be ginning to unite w-ith. The Federal Council has a commission on racial relation* which Is seeking to do Its work through local church organizations. The field is hroad. There is hardly a city or community of any I kind in the country where opportunity for co-operative : racial action does not exist. The churches can not af | ford to miss the chance for a leading position In this kind of work. “From State and Nation” —Editoriali from other newspapers— - - ■ — -- — -- Alai her* for Speaker. From the Scot l sb' uff Star-Herald. It requires a certain amount of time for truths to "soak in," as the .slang phrase rather graphically terms it. It has required several years for the fact to permeate the central and eastern portions of Nebraska, that the western section of the state really represents an empire in Itself with a commercial and political strength that has made itself manifest during the past year or so. In this connection, and because of tlie real worth and ability of the man, western Nebraska should like to be recognized in the lower house of the legislature through the selection of A. N. Mathers of the 88th district as speaker of that body. Thifi is logical from all angles. Insofar as the po litical portion of the matter is con cerned, it is recognized that despite an increased democratic strength in the lower house, a republican will be the speaker. Mr. Mathers Is a repub lican. but was also nominated and, elected on the democratic ticket as well, thus representing both parties from his district. There will be for ty-one democrats and fifty nine repub licans and progressives in the Ne braska lower house. So far as the personal portion of the matter is concerned, Mr. Mathers is eminently fitted both by natural ability and years of experience as pre siding ofileer, parliamentarian, and possessing that greatest of all assets for such a position—tact, and the abil ity to untangle knotty problems of procedure. So far as the practical portion of the matter is concerned, Mr. Mathers would he an excellent man from the fact that, he does not belong to, and neither is be affiliated with any of the "old guard." who year after year stage a fight for the speakership, not because of their abil ity at ail times—but because of for mer experience# in the legislature, and the power of the speaker in the appointment of committees to reward old-time friends with the best, places and to punish their enemies in plac ing them in committee positions where the limelight of publicity will not reach them. That there will he warm times in Lincoln in a week or so goes with argument. Two years ago the democrats were a minus quantity, so the republicans fought among themselves, but the se lection of the speaker for the coming session will be more largely along po litical lines. There are old line re publicans, democrats, anti-code repub licans. farmer representatives who are hinting at a farm bloc, which will be thrown toward the major group which promises to give the most aid to farmer legislation, and one or two labor representatives,. who, it is pre sumed. will be free lances, but with leanings toward the farm bloc pro gram. It' is not only In the selection of a speaker that these several fac tions will have to evolve order and a species of compromise in the selection of I presiding officer, but in so doing the'- will have to take into considera te .1 that such an officer must have the ability to safely guide the parlia mentary ship through rough seas, with {lie maximum of fairness to all members and yet with an Insistence that the work of the lower house be speeded up. Such a man Is A. N. Mathers. Murders Increasing. From th, St. Paul Dispatch. Murders are increasing in number in the United States more rapidly than the population, according to sta tistics gathered by one of the large life insurance companies and pub lished in the Spectator. The homi cide records of 28 cities show that there were 9.3 murders for each 100,000 people in 1921 in the whole group, compared with an average of 8.5 from 1916 to 1920. of 8.1 from 1911 to 1915 and 5.1 in 1900. The lethal rate has nearly doubled in 22 years, clearly indicating the effect of maud lin sentimentality, handicapping the enforcement of law and administra tion of justice, nnd also the unset tling* influences of the war and its aftermath. St. Paul had 19 murders in 1921, making a rale of 7.9 per 100,000, even on the most conservative population basis of 240,000. figured on the under count of the 1920 census. The city's record is slightly better than the aver age. but showing a tendency to rise, as over most of the country. Memphis, Tenn., holds the •murder record of the United States and has held it for at least 20 years, st 58.8 per 100,000 in 1921. The figures are startling, but they were worse in prior years, the rate being 80.9 be tween 1916 and 1920 and 89.7 between 1911 and 1915. There Is some Im provement and room for a great deal more. Nashville, in the same state, is second at 35.1 In 1921, New Or leans third at even 20 and St. Louis fourth at 17.2. Memphis and New Orleans have de clining homicide rates, but in many northern citlea murders are increas ing. The largest cities have compara tively fewer murders. New York, for instance, In spite of its professional gunmen and their sensational slaugh ters. reports 8.2 such crime* per 100,000, Philadelphia 5.1, and Boston 3.7, but Chicago is an exception at 11.8. Hartford, Conn., had only 1.4 In 1921, the lowest among the cities I ' ... Daily Prayer And He • aid to them all. If any man will come after Me, let him dany himself, :uid take up hts cross dally, arid follow Me- . -■■■4 For whosoever -will sat'e his life shall lose It: tut whosoever will lose his life for My sake, the same shall save it. For what Is a man advantaged, tf ha sain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? Luke 9:23-26. O Lord, Thou WhoBe eye seeit ev erything, even Into the secrets of our hearts, and with Whom is all wis dom and power, be not silent to our pe tition. In our suffering let tin observe Thy presence, and, out of pain, teach us submission. We cannot always understand what Thou art doing with us, but O Thou Watcher of men. make our souls to know that thou art always Just and good, ever long-suffering in They mer cy. Give us Thy strength to bear the burden. Teach us that- If we would be most serviceable to Thee, we must be mar red and hurt and made to bleed. Then we shall come forth an gold tried in the furnace, and Thy righteousness shall be our robe, and Thy glory our diadem. Amen. PETER AINST.TE. D. D . Baltimore, M NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for NOVEMBER, 1922, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.73,843 Sunday .78,105 B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. ELMER S. ROOD, Cir. Mgr. Sworn to and eubscrlbed before me thin 5th day of December, 1922. W. H. QUIVEY, (Seel) Notary Puhlic 'mmemesmamemmsB considered, but not abnormal, ns Us record was good in the previous XO years. In connection with the bad record of Tennessee cities, it is worth noting that there is no capital punishment in that state, although there are other elements in the situation, but in Massachusetts, New York and Con necticut. whose records are compara tively good, In spile of mixed and largely unaeslnvilated populations, the only penalty for murder in the first degree is death! So* Swallowtails There. From the York News-Times. Governor-elect Bryan is not in clined to favor the swallow tailed coat for his Inauguration. The swallowtail may he all right for the eastern simpletons who toady to social usages but out here in the west where men are teal farmers and others are real folks the sliadbelliel garment is taboo for most occasions. There are few men who can wenr a dress suit without looking like strut ting biuejays and most sensible men prefer to keep out of such togs. Of course there are conventionalities to be followed hut. the Inauguration of a governor is for the people gener ally and Mr. Bryan is wise to declare the swallowtail will not he permitted. For some to wear the daw-hammer style and others not to do so would make the situation ridiculous. The dress suit is supposed to he worn right with stovepipe hut, gloves of the right color, patent leather shoes, suitable socks, the right kind of a waistcoat and an Inverness over coat. Most men do not have their wardrobes equipped for this sort of thing and they hate to t>« invited to a function where such togs are ex pected to be worn. To wear the dress suit without the proper harmony is funny in the ex treme. In a Montana town about a year ago there was some sort of so cial function and the men were ask ed to come in dress suits. They had the swallow-tails all right but most of them wore slouch hats and some had on rough shoes and were glove less. The sight was well worth see ing. How much better it would have been if the men had come dressed in ordinary sensible suits. Plug hats and shadbelly coats are not needed in Nebraska by the com mon run of people. William Jennings Bryan is going to attend the inauguration. He can wear a dress suit very easily hut he has too much respect for the people of Nebraska to go against the desire of the governor-gleet and his constit uents. Not a •'(•uu'imii.” From tha Philadelphia Ledger. Since last June the defender® of and the apologists for the Herrin massacre have insisted that every nonunion man slain there was a thug, a gunman and so much human scum. Five men are now on trial for the killing of Howard Hoffman, one of the twenty-one victims. Sworn testimony shows Hoffman was a veteran of the world war, an electrician for twelve years and seem ingly a decent, average young Amer ican. There has been no evidence that he was a hired "killer” picked up from a Chicago flop-house and shipped to Herrin to shoot good union men. Apparently he needed a job last summer and had the mistaken Idea that an American citizen had a right to work on any lawful job. That ^tlstake cost him his life. To a nation watching the Herrin trials this is an Interesting sidelight. Removes Temptation. Speaker says coal and iron in this country will last only 300 years vaore. That removes the temptation to seek some of these youth-renewing opera tions.—Peoria Transcript. Common Sense What True Education Is. How often do you impress your chil dren with the fact that there are only about so many years in which to make the most of getting an educa tion. To be sure one can and does study all through life. But the first 15 or 20 years of life, make the man or woman, depending upon the quality and thoroughness of the education received in the school age period. Do you select teachers with that thought in view—thoroughness? Do you select schools with the idea of getting your child out among the world of workers as soon as possi ble? Then you are wrong, for it is not how soon can the child graduate, but how well does the child know the fundamentals and the application of them. Dots of students know the rules— letter perfect, but when It comes to applying them In every day life, they are babes becauso they have not been required to think enough In school. Impress the kiddies with the fact thRt passing from one graade to an other means nothing If the work done in one grade Is forgotten In an other. The best teacher Is the one who shows the student the relation of all knowledge and its application. (Copyright, 1922. t “The People’s Voice* Lditoual* Iron reader* of The Morning Bee. Reader ■ of Th* Morning Be* are invited to u*t this column fr**ly for expression on mattor* of public interest. Aid (or Irrigation Farmer. Mitchell. Neh.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I have read with interest your editorial in today’s paper at reference to the western Nebraska irrigation payments. and I am prompted to answer you. ftrst, to thank you for this broadminded ex pression. and, secondly, to give you a brief outline of the local conditions. The contract accepted by the water users provided for repayment of the cost of building the system in a term of 20 years, with payments divided— 2 per cent for four years, 4 per cent for two years, and ti per c#it for 14 years, and to pay annually for the eost of operation and maintenance necessary for running the water to the farms, also. The provisions very naturally retained a first lien against the land for the purpose, and delin quent payments are penalized at the rate of 12 pgr cent per annum if not paid, and further, for the with holding of water for irrigation of the land. Peculiar to the present condi tion, the term of 6 per cent became ef fective at the time of declining values for the farm products. The reclama tiott act provides for issue of public notice of the terms, after which issue, it takes an act of congress to alter, modify or to amend. These same terms apply to every farm unit, re gardless of its productive capacity, and naturally the lands are variable as to productivity. The settlers upon this project have made an honest and determined effort to meet their payments, as evidenced by the fact that out of 24 government projects, while they rank 17th in crop return per acre over a 10-year aver age, they have repaid third in repay ments. These people have not asked for cancellation, have asked only for a plan that it Is possible for them to pay. For your rurther information or in* value of this section of the state to the stute and to the nation, permit me to call attention to a few items which substantiate it. Prior to irri gation this district was an open cat tle range, and this little, narrow 90 mile strip along the North Platte river is now settled with 13 towns and di vided into productive farms that shipped out within one year more than 12,009 carloads of produce to market, that bought from the indus trial centers commodities at whole sale prices in excess of $10,000,000 in one year of purchases, and has de veloped an appraised valuation of properly of more than $*5,000,000. These settlers have developed this land from a raw state into a produc tive condition through ybars of priva tion and fortitude, in an effort to make homes for themselves and their famil ies, and now, by reason of delinquent assessments against the property, they face dispossession of their homes. They have followed the custom in improving their property, of encum bering them, with prospects favorable, and now with the adversity of low prices for their products, with high overhead charges and high cost of production, they cannot meet the con tracts they have entered. Lenders' terms must provide for protection of the investment, and when assess ments are not paid the whole lien be comes due and subject to foreclosure, and naturally the terms of the gov ernment contract do not make the in vestment attractive to bring in new capital for investment, and renewals are obstructed upon satisfactory terms. We read a great deal about the de sire of the administration to aid in agricultural relief, but for some rea son we have not yet learned we can not seem to get even a favorable atti tude from the Department of the In terior. We do not ask any cancella tion of debts, we have sought to get approval of the Department of the In terior only toward a plan that it is possible for them to pay. and terms that make it possible for them to iinanoe themselves, for the contin uance of their operations. Coincident to your editorial and to this problem is an item in the last issue of the Saturday Evening Post, “If Everybody Did Things as Con gress Does,” which seems so applica ble that I could not resist enclosing it with this brief and general outline of the local conditions. I do not wish to bore you with fur ther detail, but have attempted only to make rather a summary of the state of affairs for your personal in formation. We are directing a plan toward a solution of these problems, and have a man at Washington now for the purpose of placing the situa tion before them. If we are eventual ly successful in getting a satisfactory bill introduced, we shall more cojn pletely outline our situation in the hope that we may enlist your aid. In the meantime accept our thanks for your interest In our affairs as evidenced not only In this instance, but continuously. F. L. PELTON. “Fatty” Arbuckle’s Case. Red Oak, la.—Tq the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Your editorial in last , night's Bee on the “Fatty" Arbuckle i affair was timely and excellent and Money to Loan on Omaha Real Estate Present Interest Rate Charge Is 6% ”■ SOUTHLAND florKa ALL YEAR THROUGH TRAIN Via Cincinnati and tha L. & N. R. R. Coins Returning *•30 P. M. Lv. Chicago .Ar. 7.55 A.M. 5.49 P. M. Lv.Englewood .... .Ar. 7.31 A. M. 7.00 A. M. L».Cincinnati.Ar. 9.15 P. M. 5.50 P. M. Ar. Atlanta .L». 7.15 A.M. 9.45 A. M. Ar.Jacksonville . ... Lr. 5.20 P.M. 7.00 P. M. Ar.St. Petersburg . Lv. 11.15 A.M. Csagartaaat tod IWng Roea Slecpmg Cart, OksembeaCsk Car Dming Car aid Caackcs Requests for reservations are invited and may he addressed to any Ticket Agent or to W. H. Rowland. District Passenger Representative. Rooms 405 410 City National Bank Building, Omaha, Neb. | | **_RAILROAD SYSTEM W _Wotta Life! Wotta Life! ' — 1 ‘ /'JOW VOClA ' fTANO OP WERE WHERE <rn war^ y fcAAK. fcOOSt6?eAic' (A/IU-IAW\1» a «I1 *v mg cwr««o «««»: another of the many good editorials that have appeared on that page with regularity for many months past. bno thing about the revival of the Arbuckle tilth la that very convincing argument that “he was given a fair trial by a jury and found not guilty." “Not guilty" of what? Murder, of course. Nut if tny memory is good, “Fatty” admitted participation in about as low a drunken affair as Is usually record ed in print, denying nothing except murder. And there you have it: The movie people (including Will Hays, who was to raise the moral standard), seem to think that the American public will swallow anything but murder; that they (the producers) can get /i.way with everything but that. ‘‘T - Perhaps they ran, but if they dr> a they have a different conception of 1 the moral standards of the people 1 thin I have. | EX PATRON OF THE MOVIES. Where to Find Example. Those gentlemen who are looking for something to make steel harder, might examine the mattressea in small town hotels.—Duluth Herald. Nature has endowed San Antonio with a glorious winter climate, where days of golden sunshine follow each other in dazzling succession. Winter in San Antonio means life out-of doors. Snow and ice are strangers to the several sporty golf courses, and the twenty odd paved highways leading to mountains and sea make motoring a perpetual delight. Black bass fishing,hunting.boating.tennis, polo and horseback riding are among the many sports you can enjoy in San Antonio • • • • TODAY.while other sect'ons are snow-bound! » A City of Contrasts San Antonio has modern hotels, more than two icore parks and plazas, an imposing number of schools. / colleges and churches, and an unlimited supply of pure f artesian water As the social center of the Southwest, it I forms a meeting place for civilians and army folks' from [ the country's largest military establishment. ^ Two centuries of stirring history give San Antonio a colorful background. You meet romance and contrast here at every turn—ancient cathedral spires struggling in the shadow of modern office buildings, and panting motors pausing while a serape-wrapped Mexican ambles by on a lazy burro. /m ^ WRITE CHAMBER P \ OF COMMERCE SANANTONIO.TEX Omaha-Chicago ■ f L rt Daily Passenger Trains Leave Omaha Arrive Chicago Chicago Express ... 7:35 a.m. 0:30 p.m. Atlantic Express . . . 2:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. Chicago Special “No. 22” . 6:00 p.m. 7:25 a.m. Los Angeles Limited. (*) . 7:32 p.m. 8:BO a.m. Overland Limited <•) . . 7:35 p.m. 0:00 a.m. Oregon-Washington Limited 0:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. Continental Limited . . 2:30 a.m. 3:55 p.m. (*Fjr»t-el.M standard sleeping can only.) No. 22 has Dining Car (a la carte and dub service), Lounging Car and Observation Sleeping Car. The Best of Everything Return Service Equally Attractive For information regarding train schedule* and sleeping car accomrao* j dations, apply at Consolidated Ticket Offices, 1416 Dodge Street 323 (Telephone Atlantic 9214) or Union Passenger Station.