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The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THF. BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publisher. B. BREWER, Gen. Managrr. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ths AsK^lated Pre*s of which The Bee Is • member. ia exclusively Wjf- 'wl tr. th* ' *r retub' sthn of ail news dispatches credited to it or >■ t Mhertdae credited m tin* paper, and also the local news published herein, a 1 nghta <>t republ jiiona of our gpecial dispatchea are alao reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange Ask for the Department y^y l*ntic or Person Wanted For Nijrht Calls After 10 F. M : « Editorial Department. Al'lantic 1021 or 1042. 1000 OFFICES Man Office 17th ond Farnam Co. Bluffa • - • 1Scott St. So. Side, N. W.Cor. 24th and N New York—2b6 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. Paris, France—4 20 Rue St. Honor* RUSSIA IN THE BACKGROUND. Out of every internationl dispute in Europe the ; Russian soviet government is quick to attempt to profit Now it is hinted in the event of a clash be tween British and Turkish troops in Mesopotamia the bolshevist army will take the field on the side of Kemal Pasha. The same threat of rod intervention was heart'd when the French moved into the German Rhineland. That nothing has developed along this line is due | primarily to the fact that the Germans do not wish ; the dubious sort of assistance that would come from Trotzky’s forces. To serve the purpose of the Russians a communist revolution would have to pro- | cede or coincide with the advance of their arms. ; (ircat though the sufferings of central Europe have I been, yet it is not willing to resort to anarchy. The misery of Russia under the present govern- J ment has been greater than that of post-war Ger- ! many. If under the pressure of France conditions j should be made unbearable, then would Russian bol- 1 shevism become an active menace. Bolshevism more than anything else is a state j of mind. This rises when the conviction is reached that modern civilization has broken down and that justice between man and man and nation and na tion can not be obtained except through violence. The incessant quarrels of western Europe, and the encroachment of one nation on another undoubtedly feed this spirit. Certainly salvation is not to be found through the overthrow of existing institu tions, but reason is silent when passion, misery and hate prevail. The fact that along their borders the Russians are waiting their opportunity should warn the restless states of western Europe of the necessity for reconciliation. The trend toward chaos must he halted and civilization must prove itself once more. It is not by war, but by peace and industry, yes, and good will, that Europe must be saved. EARL B. GADDIS. The working newspaper fraternity of Omaha, Ne- ( braska and Washington sorrow at the news of the j death of Earl B. Gaddis. Still a young man and full of promise, he is dead because he overtaxed his strength in the service of the cause he espoused. “Gad” was probably the best known personally of all the newspaper writers of Nebraska, because he had the gift of not only meeting people, but of remem bering them. During his active years he had visited practically every village, town and city in Nebraska, and had met as well many of those who dwell on farms, so that his acquaintance was actually state wide. His other especial qualification was that when ever ho made an acquaintance, he made a friend. “Gad" could write, and did white, fluently, con vincingly, and without leaving any sting, even when he most vigorously engaged an opponent. What he might have attained to in his profession may only be speculated upon, but the work he did do suggested j his capacity for greater things with wider and longer experience. Earl B. Gaddis will be long re membered as a genial, warm-hearted man, a real friend, and a devoted member of a profession that loses much in his demise. MAUDE ADAMS RETIRES. Millions of Americans will hear with genuine ; regret the new^s that Maude Adams has retired from j the stage. This is not because any of them begrudge her the rest and domesticty she seeks; it is because j they will be loath to part with one who has been so long a contributor to the joy as well as the enlight enment of theater and its patrons. Maude Adams, whose family name i3 Kiskadden, has literally been on the stage all her life, and she is now in her fifty-first year. Her mother was a mem ber of the resident stock company at Salt Lake City, and the litt'e girl played the part of “infant in arms” long before she had any chance to exercise election in the matter. At 1<3 she was leading woman of the company; a little later she was playing an ingenue hole in New York with E. H. Sothern; then she was leading lady for John Drew under the management of Charles Frohman, and finally as Lady Babbie in "The Little Minister," she came into the full power of her genius. This role was probably her greatest, although in “Quality Street” she found a part that gave her a full chance to express her capacity for deep feeling, as that in the first of her Barrie plays brought out her talent for light comedy. “Peter Pan,” a whimsical conceit of Barrie, fur nished Miss Adams with a background on which to display her constructive and artstic genius, and will long live in the annals of American stagedom as an achievement so notable as in itself to support its creator's claim to fame. Miss Adams is well remem bered for other parts, such as the Bernhardt role in “L’Aiglon,” in “The Pretty Sister of Jose,” Julipt in “Romeo and Juliet,” Rosalind in “As You Like It,” “Chantecler,” wherein she displayed great dra matic power as well as her gift for comedy. She has earned a rest that has been forced by failing health. A Kansas legislator who allowed himself to be plied with liquor by the lobbyists has ended by sui side. Governor Davis thereupon has placed an abstin ence pledge hook in his office and called upon state officials to sign up. There is a note of simple earnestness about this act that will strike the pop ular fancy. But why not confiscate the liquor sup ply also? It begins to look as if an old-fashioned legisla tive jam was piling up in congress. One measure that must get through is that for better farm credits. Maybe it is unfair, but we surmise the chief aim of that alleged stranded deserter in London is to get a free ride home. Urban Ledoux is not overlooking any opportun ity to get publicity. Sunday continues a day of rest for some and terror for other* A MODERN TRANSPORTATION POLICY. As the children say in their game, we are “get ting warm” in our search for a solution of the transportation problem. The tfrst step forward was the recognition of the fact that there is more than one way of getting goods to market. The railroads are not tho sole route, but the motor truck lines and the. waterways must also be taken into consid eration. The second step has just been taken in a con ference of railroad executives and representatives of the motor car and steamship interests, in New York. The United States Chamber of Commerce, which is back of the plan, has appointed a commit tee to devise a way to link up all means of trans portation in order to reduce shipping costs and avoid congestion and car shortages with their re sultant evils. Various government agencies are later to be asked to take up the matter. The seriousness of the present unorganized transportation situation is indicated by this move. Agriculture, mining, manufacturing and wholesal ing interests are threatened more and more each year by the breakdown of the railroads at crucial seasons. High freight rates also menace industry. If by developing motor truck and waterway trans portation some of the load can be taken off the railroads, the whole nation will be benefited. In the past the policy of the railroad corpora tions has been to discourage all other traffic de velopments. Even today discriminatory rates are used to drive steamships off the river routes. This misguided selfishness is the fruit of financial domi nation of the railways. The engineering staffs real ize the mistake and are ready to consider arrange ments by which inland waterways and motor high ways will be used to complement the rail routes. As American commerce increases in volume, the load becomes heavier than the railroads alone can handle. President Harding pointed out this fact in his recent message to congress and placed the stamp of his approval on the theory that the trans portation question includes every possible method of carrying goods. Something must be done, and speedily, to re lieve business and agriculture of traffic handicaps. When this new transportation committee gets down to business it should call in the leaders of the Great Lakes waterway project and of the plan to open the Missouri river to barge lines. The proposal now in congress to increase the appropriation for improving the Missouri river fits in with the cause of developments. Either the railroads must assist in a general scheme for providing new outlets, or the American public will turn to government operation. Senator Couzens of Michigan declares that public owner ship of tho lines could not cost more than the present system. What with the losses due to lack of equpment, labor troubles and high rates, together with the tremendous cost of maintaining the various federal and state regulatory bodies, it may be that he can prove this statement. The interest shown in the New York conference by a number of rail road presidents, including the head of the Union Pacific, encourages the hope that this extreme will he avoided. What the American people demand is adequate transportation at a cost that does not stifle industry. In this practical age, theories count for little and results for everything. Proper co ordination of rail, water and highway into one com prehensive service to move the crops and the prod ucts of mine and factory is the need of today. If tho present railway managements can meet the sit uation in this broad way, they need have no fear of Senator Couzens or any movement for the end of private operation. CHICAGO LOSES ITS BOSS. The city of Chicago is in the parlous condition of being without a political boss. Not only has Mayor Thompson refused to risk another race for municipal office, but Fred Lundin, the power behind him, has been indicted for graft. The machine has stripped its gears. What now has to be decided is whether the people of the metropolis are able to govern their own af fairs. It i3 said that Lundin was a dictator with 20,000 political jobs and $78,000,000 of patronage at his disposal. What sort of preparation have the decent citizens of Chicago made to take over this j responsibility? Some one has to take the helm, and unless the citizens themselves do it, a new boss will come up from the ranks. When the people abdicated they shed every re sponsibility except paying the bills. Bond issues were voted, the courts were filled up with political henchmen, millions were spent on public improve ments without any check and politics took control of the schools. An election is coming in Chicago and the revela tions of extravagance, waste and graft appear to be galvanizing civic conscience into action. There is hope of a reform administration, but the effect of misgovernment will be felt for many years. The British chancellor of the exchequer com plains that the funding plan proposed for the debt owed the United States would cost Great Britain £30,000,000 a year. The open account is costing the United States rather more than that at present, and day by day it’s getting bigger. It may be well to recollect and keep in mind j that the church was fairly well established before ; there was any Wall street, and that the Nicean con I fession of faith is 1,500 years in service. But the Bahamas ate not the sole source from ! which contraband hooch flows. Is Europe to Be “ All French or All Cossack”? -From the New Rrpuhlii--——— "While the French are battering at the European foundations from the west, it is a safe guess that the forces of destruction are gathering in the east. Kor fanty, it is reported, is preparing to seize another slice of Milesia, If tho German government collapses. The Lithuanians are trying to effect a fait accompli in Memcl. The Magyars are looking about for a chance to rewrite their boundaries. The soviet government, whether it trusts in God or not. is keeping its powder dry. There is an ancient prophecy, attributed to Napoleon, that Europe is to be either ail French or all Cossack. And the Cossacks have more than once given proof that they take the prophecy seriously. They will not want | for a pretext of action if matters go much amiss with Germany. The boundary between Russia and Poland is not settled yet, and the question of "compensation” would arise if Poland proceeded to expand toward ths west. The French pretend to despise Russian mili tary power, but tills is an affectation. Trotzky's legions would acquit themselves well In a war of move ment, and France is in no position to flnanefe a highly j capitalized war of stagnation, like that of the late western front. It would promptly bankrupt France to defend Poland against a really serious Russian as sault, and the Russians know it. And they would do a good deal to bankrupt the state which ever since the revolution has shown herself to be Russia's most im placable enemy. “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Netvspapers— Sta!« Forest Policies. From the Breeder*# Gazette. Those states which are formulating agricultural policies by which to or ient their future development will make a grave mistake if they not include state forestry in their list of major subjects. Recently an official of the New York State College of For estry announced that 4,000,000 acres in that state and SB,000,000 acres In the United States “are waiting for tree planters." This area of "idle land" la almost as large as New York, Pennsyl vania. Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island combined. A careful survey of all the socalled agricultural land In this country would probably show that in the ag gregate thousands of acres that com 1 inonly produce poor, unprofitable | crops, and failures three or four years ; out of five, are much better adapted to timber production than crop farm ing. On each of a large number of farms there is mors or less land on which poor crops of inferior quality are produced at a loss. Such land Hhouhl be laid down to permanent grass or planted with trees. It would he more profitable for timber production than for cropping purposes. A few weeks ago an Illinois farmer received $10 more per acre for SO acres of timber land than he received at the same time for 40 acres of adjacent plow land, both tracts being identical in topography and soil type. Our forest resources, already ser iously depleted, are decreasing at so rapid a rate that the widespread pub lication of the facts should arouse popular Interest in systematic tree planting on farms, and in federal and state forestry extension, conservation and development. A country without state forests, scientifically managed, and plenty of trpes on every farm is “bald headed and bone headed." Peo ple who are sensible of and morally responsive to their relationship to fu ture generations, on or off the land, are actively interested in forestry. If trees of the right kinds are planted, and forest scientifically developed and managed in areas which are better adapted to timber than crop produc tion, they will be among the most valuable assets of the nation in twen ty-five to fifty years. Men who know the facts, and have imagination and faith, regard forests as gilt edged in vestments, sure as anything humanly can be to pay large dividends In lum ber, In pulp for paper making, in the use and saving of land, in the temper ing of wind and weather, and in the clothing of the abused crust of the earth with a stately and refreshing beauty. Do You Remember? From the Sioux Falls Trees. Back in the days of youth—back there when all the world looked bright; when footsteps were light and you smiled and whistled and sang and danced along a primrose pathway— don't you remember the boy or the girl of your choice—remember how you loved him or her and promised tit t when your school days were over some day you should come back and —well, don't you remember? If you do not, you were out of the ordinary, for such is the life of .youth. The words "puppy Jove" wfere then unknown. They had not as yet come to make light of your dearest hopes for the unknow n future. It was real love to you. one for the other, in those happy old days. Time may have changed that youthful admiration or love, and tin* parting of the ways was on the day on which the school term closed—or you may have fol lowed on, year after year, as many have done, and today may be happy and contented In the love of the white-haired man or woman whom you first learned to love. Th“ Chicago board of education doesn't think much of what it terms "puppy love." It has adopted a reso lution providing for an extra course of study in morals and civics for the elementary grades of the public schools, which is intended to prevent heart attachments between boy and girl pupils. But if you will remember ■—it can't be done. Waste That .Sends Up Taxes. From the Chicago News. No well-informed citizen doubts that the waste in local government is ter rific. Every business man is aware that if he conducted ills affairs with anything like the slackness, the over lapping expense, the inflated costs, the Inst motion and tho general inefil cieney that are so manifest In many public offices he would be headed straight for bankruptcy. Yet nobody seems to worry very much about this ' state of tilings. However, when any wide-awake business man takes a pub lie office and finds that he has a part of the general mismanagement on his conscience he is decidedly unhappy until he does his best to set things to rights. Surely there is nothing sacred about wasto In public services. While taxes go lip year after year, money, never theless. is lacking for necessary pub j Daily Prayer | I wu glad when they said unto me. T.et us go into the houaf» of tho Lord. Cur foot shall stand within Thy gates. O Jerusalem. Pray for the peace of Jeru salem: they shall prosper that love Thee. Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek Thy good.—Ps. 122:1-1; 6; 9. O Lord, Jesus Christ, Who on this day didst arise from the grave, send forth Thy quickening Spirit, we be seech Thee, upon Thy people, that they may rise to newness of life. Drive away worldly cares lift up our minds to high and noble thoughts, j and to spiritual desires. Hear the prayers of all that are of ! fered In public and in private, for themselves and for their brethren. Grant that ail who ran may attend the public worship of Thy church, and approach Thee with reverence and confidence. Bless the ministrations of Thy Word and Sacraments. In spire those who speak and net in Thy name, with the spirit of truth, and love, and power. Meet the varied needs and fulfill (he desires of Thy people. Bind us in fel lowship one with another, as with Thyself. Enable us to go forth from (he worship and instruction of Thy holy day with renew’ed strength and courage to perform the duties and bear the trials which are appointed fo? us. Grant this, and all our petitions, for Thy Holy Name's sake. Amen. BISHOP ATHl'R C. A. HALL, Burlington, Vt. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for DECEMBER, 1922, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily i.71,494 Sunday.78,496 B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. ELMER S. ROOD, Cir. Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of January, 1923. W. H. QU1VEY, (Seal) Notary Public lie purposes. It is the height of folly to permit millions of dollars to he laid out uselessly. Plain common sense requires that these millions be sal vaged and applied to proper uses. Itusiness of City Government. From the Wyoming State Tribune. In an address which he styles “Open Eyed Citizenship,” Frederick P. ; Gruenberg, director of the Philadel phia bureau of municipal research and editor of the National Municipal Review, calls attention to the fact that city government Is being re garded more than ever as a business. He Indicates that city government is such u complex institution as to re quire the services of highly trained engineers and other experts. The chief point which Mr. Gruen berg makes is that good government is a synonym for good citizenship, or, to use his descriptive phrase, open eyed citizenship. No formula can be offered to assure efficient, economical and progressive civic administration. Results are determined at the source, which is the citizenship. How many voters of this city, or most cities, consider the city govern ment as a business concern? They think of the city as a machine func tioning for their service, aiming to do their will, but not many of them view It as a public corporation which is the most important of all local busi ness establishments. Citizens are more concerned about j tax bills than they are about their government. They are suspicious of public officials and municipal opera tions. When they think of the ad ministration. they are apt to think of politics and favoritism, rather than 1 business, and they are quite ready to ask for special privileges. The first essential of open-eyed citi zenship is recognition that the city government is the people's business Institution. The government must be organized as a business institution and managed by trained, competent, trustworthy men in a businesslike manner. It Is the same as any other business concern, but more important, j Its activities are felt l>y every factory, store, home and resident, and, In fact, by every visitor. The voters should hold the same Ideas as to their civic corporation as they do for their owrn business, failure in government would be impossible. There would be progress but no ex travagance, and generous expendi tures, but no waste. Citizens are stockholders In their city government—Public officers arc their managers and directors, chosen to manage the city’s biggest business enterprises. After the citizens realize that the government is a business, the next es sential is what Mr. Gruenberg calls “open-eyed citizenship.” The people must like continuous interest in mu nicipal affairs, and not as critics, hut ns stockholders. They must Judge public questions and public officials from a business standpoint. The President’s Sense of Humor. Our great president, as we well ! know by former close association with him, has a keen sense of humor, ami so we suppose he is getting about as j much fun as anybody else out of his discovery at this tune, instead of two or three years ago, that congress, in cluding the senate, never ought to interefer in any way with the presi dent in liis exercise of the executive functions,—Ohio State Journal. Time Wasted. “Did you enjoy tlio lecture?" “No—it was so easy to understand i that it kept me awake.”—Life. Common Sense Kducate Yourself to .Meet tlie “Book ish” Man. Isn't it true that you avoid the bookish man or so-called high brow, j because he talks about and is inter- i csttd in subjects which are unfamiliar I to you and you are disinclined to study to become conversant in them. Also, isn’t it true, that you ju t drift along with ttie crowd that avoids mental effort, as you avoid it? Sometimes you are ashamed of how little you know and half resolve to do the necessary studying to make your self better informed, but when it conics right down to honest effort you flunk. Supposing you were put to the test today, what would your knowledge register in the things a person of your ago should know. For years you have said that some time you would adopt a plan and car ry on a course of reading and study until you had enuugli of (he rigid sort of information and knowledge to tie considered at least well read, but that is as fur as you have ever gone. You feel your deficiency In the pres ence. of cultured persons and are un easy leBt you be asked questions which would reveal your ignorance In your answer. Hut what are you doing for self improvement? (Copyright, 1922.) Nebraska Wesleyan University UNIVERSITY PLACE LIBERAL ARTS, FINE ARTS AND TEACHERS’ COLLEGES MANY SPECIAL AND PROFESSIONAL COURSES INQUIRIES WELCOME ADDRESS Chancellor Schreckengast Typewriter Repairs on Any Kind of Machine We sell as well as repair all kinds of typewriters. We guarantee both our typewrit ers and our repair work. . All-Makes Typewriter Co. 205 South 18th Street PIANOC TUNED A REPAIRED ^0 All Work OninrlMd A. HOSPE CO. IBIS Douflm 90 BBSS “The People's V* f f oice Editorials from rc»der« of The Morning Bee. Readers of The Mornlay Pc# are Invited to use thle column freely for e*preselen on n<ettere ot puoHo inttrest. Thanks From the Teacher. Lincoln.—To the Editor of The Omaha life: By official and sprclal action of our delegate assembly, which recently met in your city, the Nebraska State Teachers' association Instructed the secretary to convey to the Omaha Chamber of Cmmerce, the teachers oof Omaha and the Omaha press on behalf of the State Teachers' association its keen appreciation of your wonderful hospitality and en thusiastic efforts which made possible one of the most successful conven tions ever held In the history of our association. We trust that you will help us to give all those who In any way helped to build the convention our most sin cere appreciation. NEBRASKA STATE' TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, By Everett M. Hosman, Secretary. Without Benefit of I'lerE.v. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I have seen the picture In Friday evening's edition on the front page of placing a wreath on the grave of Earl Williams in Mount Hope cemetery by Superintendent Chappell, the picture being headed "Not even a pastor at last rites,” which prompted me to write these lines and comment thereon. Although Williams hud been en gaged in an unlawful act and had been shot January 11, being then brought by his confederates to the University hospital unconscious and where he died. A few days afterward Ids body had been hurled without any religious ceremony whatsoever hv any minister of the goBpel, just as if ho had been a dumb animal and not a human being with an immortal soul in his body. Is it any wonder why so many peo ple do not attend any church to hear the word of God preached to them from the pulpit when the shepherds themselves neglect their own duty to wards God and their fellow man un less they are paid for it well? Shame on such ministers of God and the church. May a like case never happen again in our city, but whenever one does happen again let the ministers vie with one another to officiate at the funeral of any such person, although it may have been the worst criminal on God's earth or a degenerate. When a criminal is sentenced by the court tc death and executed by the state's authorities, he is given a spiritual ad viser to minister unto him in his last hour of life and the corpse is con signed to its last resing place with proper religious ceremonies, but the remains of Williams are consigned to the grave without any religious cere monies whatsoever. A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN. Thumbs Down on “Bugs.” Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha liee: It seems that the mod ern newspaper has forgotten that the people care to read anything sensible any more. Book over this clipping of a “Bugs’’ Baer article from you eve ning issue of Friday and see if yon Hibernating Hills The hills are dark at morning, The hills are gray af noon; And black they lie beneath the sky Though mellow glows the moon. I shout with trumpet voice until The Bloom is all aquake; The echo drums the night ; nor tomes A single hill awake. 0 the hills, hills, hills— How weary must they be! The hills aro old and lean and told, And dress so raggedly Whert runs the summer season To other lands away 1 sing, but still, each sleeping hill Is wan and worn and gray. Nor song of mine, nor trumpeting. May wake the sleepers soon; O hills will cling with slumbering Through dawn, or night, or noon; But. when coquetting summer cornea With roses in her hair. The hills will dress their nakedness And woo her everywhere. And so. ye listless hills, sleep on; My songs are all in vain. The clouds may storm each aged form With all the worst of rain; And sleet may lash your hungry sides, And heat your barren heads. You are as slate; you hibernate Like grizzly quadruped*. —Jonathan Johnson. )Yotta Life! Wotta Life! (AilLIAiVV'j ! can't relieve us of that all-phoot stuff on a subject that is worthy real ef fort to provide something tangible and prove an asset to your paper. I say this with the kindest feeling of constructive censure. ATTEMAS L. IRELAND. Let’s He More “Ruined." The sorry extent to which we are being ruined by the present “iniqul tious tariff'’ is suggested by the sol emn fact that in October our imports were $319,00,000—the largest In two years.—Hartford Courant, Republi can, APROPOS OK NOTHIMi. From the St. Louis Globe-T)emoer*t. Thousands of men never have read novels; hut the movies are overcoming that neglect lit their early lives. One of the inter- sting sports is to make someone who dislikes you, quit it. You won't hear much more if you only listen than you will if you ask questions. Brooding over one’s rights Is near ly as distressing as brooding over one’s wrongs. A Wise Father Youth is supremely confident of ultimate success. But a wise father, no matter how much faith he has in his sons' ability, realizes that life holds many reverses for even the most deserving. For the safety of your children on their way through the world create a trust fund here which will provide them with a sure and steady income regardless of the vicissitudes of life. We shall be pleased to go more fully into the matter of trusts if you will call on us. OmahaTrust Company Omaha National Bank ButMmf Far-Sighted Family Financing A first duty with every man is to fortify the future—as well for those dependent upon him as for himself. To save regularly and systematically a part of one’s income, every week or month, and then, at intervals to invest this money in safe and profitable securities which this bank can offer, is to gradually build a financial reserve which will do much toward fortifying the future. The Omaha National Bank Farnam at 17th Street Capital and Surplus - - - $2,000,000