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The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publisher. B. BREWER, Gen. Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee la & member, is exclusively entitled to the use for rejiublicatlon of mil news dlmpmtclloa credited to it or not otherwise credited tn this paper, and also the local news pub;.shed herein. All rights of republlcatlont of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Privets Brunch Exchange. Amk for the Department af • . • or Person Wanted. Fur Night Calls After 10 P. M: Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. 1000 -—---W— OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs ... IS Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Sieger Bldg. KING ALCOHOL PUTS ON OVERALLS. Oil is a very essential thing to modern civiliza tion. The need for gasoline as a source of power has led to serious disputes between great nations. Experience in the world war taught the lesson most impressively. Without gasoline or a similar fuel, a combatant is at the mercy of the foe. France is desperately Endeavoring to secure control of an oil field on which to depend for fuel, and the break down of the Lausanne peace conference turned more directly on Mosul than any other single point. In the United States control of oil is so nearly monopolistic as to lay every user under tribute to the producers. Moreover, it is listed among the perishing industries. A dry oil well about as useless as anything well can be, and oil wells are being exhausted. Naturally, this directs attention to substitutes for oil. One of the readiest is alco hol. Long ago alcohol was put to the test, and found to be serviceable as a source of power for internal combustion engines. It is not so eTicient as gasoline, but it will do the work, and the source of alcohol is unlimited. ’ In President Roosevelt's time a serious endeavor was made to secure the privilege of using alcohol for fuel. Secretary Wil son of the agricultural department advocated the plan, and a law was passed to allow the distillation of the agent on the farms or elsewhere to be used as a power producer. Many kinds of farm refuse <ould bo used for making power alcohol. Such elaborate restrictions were provided in the law, however, that it proved almost unworkable, and people stuck to gasoline. With a monopoly threatening the price, a condition is developing where alcohol may come into use. Modifications of the existing law may be necessary, and should be made, in order that, fanners and others can ,have the advantage of a product that is easily obtained and which will relieve a situation that is burden some to everybody. LIVE STOCK GROWERS REMEMBER. Mr. William Gibbs McAdoo did not gpt away to s very happy start in his race for the presidency, at least not before the live stock men gathered in Texas. On the contrary, when he addressed the convention of Texas and Southwest Cattle Growers’ association at Ei Faso he pulled one of those slips that has gained for Sparkplug such a wide place on the map. Following the well-trodden path of the 1922 campaign, the late secretary of the 'treasury and dictator of the railroads charged the republican party with responsibility for all the misfortunes that have overtaken the country since he took charge of the transportation lines five years ago. Now, none so w^ll know when and where the de flation started and took its greatest effect as do the cattle men of the country. “The toad beneath the harrow knows exactly where each tooth point goes,” and the men who lost billions, who were in a twinkling plunged into the deepest financial dis tress, many of them facing irretrievable bank ruptcy, are not easy to fool as to the cause of their trouble. The cattle growers promptly challenged Mr. McAdoo’s statements, especially with regard to freight rates and deflation. One of the speakers particularly referred to June, 1920, as the begin ning of the post-war deflation, while the repub licans did not come into the administration control until March, 1921. It is well to keep these dates in mind. Most of the trouble is over, but the demo crats are yet inclined to shift the burden of their mistakes onto the republicans. They will, find, how ever, that men who suffered as did the live stock growers are not apt to forget whence came their troubles, nor who it was helped them out of the hole into which McAdoo and those he worked with plunged them. POLITICS AND THE POLICE FORCE. If Dan Butler wants the police department, and Henry Dunn is willing to let him take it, the transfer should be made. If any improvement in service results from the change, it will be welcome. Omaha’s police force has been a storm center of politics for 35 years. The metropolitan police sys tem was brought into being in the midst of a political storm as fierce as any that ever beat in the city, and in all its life it has seen but few clear days. One tempest or another has raged around it almost con tinuously, and the effect has been what might have been anticipated. Men cannot do good service, no matter how well they are disposed to serve, when the conditions under which they work are subject to the perpetual dis turbance of political maneuvers. Until the police force is set on something approaching a basis of per manency, discipline and general conduct will be nt a low ebb, because the men will be hampered in their work, no matter how loyal and efficient they may be. No man can serve two masters. A policeman can not be loyal to his public trust and the interest of a political boss or clique at one and the same time. It is not merely a question of stopping card games in cigar stores and soft drink parlors. The law can he enforced without resort to such expedients as changing superintendents and chiefs of police, or the threatened shakeup by which sergeants will he demoted and patrolmen promoted, and the whole working organization shifted, Omaha citizens have just consented to the expen diture of a considerable sum of money over last year’s budget item for police protection. This was done to Improve the service, and get security for the homes. That is the real mission of the police force, to give protection to life and property, and it should be the chief end of any man who is put in charge. It will be possible when the time comes that the police department of our city government is no longer a storm center of politics, hut headquarters for a well trained and efficient group of men who are dedicated to keeping the peace and running down criminals. Walking is good exercise, but it ought to be pos sible without a snow blockade to stimulate the sport. SEEN AT fHE STATE HOUSE. Persons who thought the state of Nebraska did not need a new state house should pay a visit to Lincoln while the legislature is in session. Let the visitor stumble through the dark and crowded cor ridors, make his way up and down unlighted stair ways, and otherwise endure the inconvenience and discomforts of movement around the old building. On every side he will note the props and scaffold ings that have been erected to prevent total col lapse of the antiquate’d structure. Then, let the inquiring visitor enter either the ! senate or house chambers, and discover what the, | lawmakers are putting up with. Poor light, no ven ! tilation, desks close together, accommodations of the most primitive sort, even the pioneer lawmak ers, who sat in the first Nebraska territorial legisla ture, had less to put up with than is borne bjr the body now in session at Lincoln. After noting the conditions prevailing in the legislative halls, visit one of the state officer’s head quarters, whether it be the treasurer at the west end or the state superintendent at the east, and discover how unfit the quarters are. Men and women who are serving the state deserve something more than mere salary for the sacrifices they are making. Men are not capable of producing their best men tal efforts when under stress of physical discom fortj, and this fact may account in some measure for what is going on at Lincoln. Just the other day the legislature had to ndjoum because of the cold. The need of a new building for the 'state’s officers and lawmakers is certainly imperative. SPEED UP THE MAIL. With no reflection whatever on the departing postmaster general, yet the citizens of southern Ne braska along the Burlington tine from Thompson to i Oxford hope that the new head of the postal depart ment will see that their mail service is improved. A correspondent of The Omaha Bee living in Guide Rock writes in to call attention to the neglect of postoffice or railroad employes which often results in the delay of the mails for a whole day. “We received our Sunday Omaha papers on Sun day, March 11, for the first time for quite a while,’’ he writes. “It is not only Sunday that we miss, but it occurs quite often during the week." He states that citizens along this southern Nebraska line intend to carry the matter to their representatives in Wash ington Incidents of this sort, in which mail is left to lie , on the platform of a junction as the branch line train pulls out are too frequent. In this case the people for 150 miles are discommoded. They look for their daily paper, as they look for their letters, only to . discover that they have been left behind and will ; arrive a day late, If carelessness is to blame for this situation, it should speedily bo remedied. If train schedules are at fault, they should be altered in be half of good service. Omaha needs closer connection with the great region along the southern boundary, and Omaha is willing to help in whatever way it can to establish prompt mail service. TAXES ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN. The provision in the federal income tax law which allows payments to be made-in quarterly in stallments is one that might well be taken over into state and local use. It is not always convenient or even possible for citizens to provide the cash with which to meet the entire tax bill at one time. Governments do ndt spend all their funds at once and there is no reason why they should seek to collect it in a lump. i City, county and state tax collections should be spread out over quarterly periods. They would be ! easier to bear thus, and there might not be so much complaint over footing the expenses of government. Moreover, in the interests of efficiency, the dates ‘ for paying all taxes should be made alike. As things | now stand, city, school and water taxes are paid in July, while county and state taxes are paid in May. These fall too close together to allow much breath ing space for taxpayers. If all these bills could be presented at the same time and payment in install ments through the year authorized, general benefit would result. The decision to abolish publication of “Shun,” the annual scandal sheet of the University of Ne braska, ends a most vulgar episode. The students responsible for this paper, sail to say, are young men with talent enough to produce real literature. Their crudity and lack of culture, whatever its cause, may not be eittirely eliminated by the abol ishment of “Sfiun,” but at least they will not have the facility for exposing themselves. One of the mysteries of the hour is why the house should want any additional help in debating the form of government Nebraska is to have. Mr. Bryan’s opinion of Dr. van Loon will be as vigoroous, but not so sulphurous, perhaps. These doggoned robins were just spoofing us. Look* like the drouth were bent n little. Homespun Verse * Ry Robert Worthington Davie A BACHELOR’S PLEA, You wonder wliy I'm baching, though a graceful youth of yore— An extremely fluent speaker—as they used to vouch of me— Why I'm happy with a cottage that has verdure for a floor, And ft roof that Is ns "holy” ns n roof could ever be— Where the rain drips slowly downward from the foliage of a tree— I behold the star* n-dnnclng In unpalnted brilliancy. And the sunbeams creep around my couch and table and settee— Is there any wonder I'm a bachelor and poor? I’ve no children to divert me of my dreams tmmacu lata; I’ve no need to dig for opulence. In peneefUlness I dwell Close to Nature’s subtle freshness In a simple, whole some state. And I listen not to misery, and I have no grief to tell; When I'm Victim of at/ Illness dandelion make* me well, I exist amid the treasures man can neither buy nor sell. Anti my verse gives recreation In this nulet, restful dell. • Could I bn one of God's children and be seeking, crav ing more? Here I meet no strife material; here no dreariness 1 know. Beauty of the seasons snd the air fowls’ roundelay Teach to me platonic virtue, make my thoughts sub llmrly grow. I'm u child, for with the children of Nativity I plsv. And my eyes look up to Heaven cleur, unflinching when I pray. And I need no guide to lead me lest by vice 1 m lured astray. I And I welcome night as gladly as I seek the dawn of day. | Why should 1 want a Wlf*and children tinea or four? ( “The People’s Voice” CSItsrlab fra* raudara ut TM Morals* Bos. Raadara of TIm Morslas Boo on Invited to UK thla column fraolv ftl onsroaalos oo ■attarn of subllo lotoraat. A Nokrailun'i Tribute to Neihardt. Albion, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: A poet has come out of the west. The Boul of a dreamer, "out of the vast," early looked upon the cloudless blue from a Nebraska home. Here upon the wind-swept rolling plains of our own land of the golden rod rose a man whose great heart pulsates with thrilling epics, whose harp of life quivers with sweetest lyrics. While the state was rolling up the i wealth of half a century a. little boy 1 was looking afar off, down the cen turies which are yet to come. He saw the days yet unborn when the events of our territorial infancy would be ancient history. Their personali ties would be all unrecorded, the throbbing purposes, the heroic sacri fices, the direful struggles of the wilderness would he no more. The poetry of their lives would be as a song that is sung, but of which no man remembers the lay. A great race mood would be lost. it must not be. Thus was our Neihardt touched with celestial fire. The song story begun to inako music throughout the great reaches of his Intellect, while events took form and the dramatic crises of history shaped themselves in his vision. The first contributions have already been made* Those who have read them and lived in t’hem reflect with reverence on their kinship with this great American. To Nebraskans must come an awed pride, that ho has lived right among us while writing his im mortal verses. But while Nebraska is discovering him. John G. Xeihurdt is toilfully'm work on his masterful epics. Arduous years lie ahead of him. He will al low nothing lo abate the work, for cosmic forces have come to n focus In his life and the Presence bids him not lay down his pen Until -the last epics are finished, lest the world lose the memory of "the last great west ward movement of civilization.” » The greatest gifts to the world have been the products of heart and mind. Inventions, music painting and po etry have enriched human life. They are cumulative. They are passed on as heritages, when buildings have fallen In their own dust. Poets give us new contacts with the infinite. They reach out into the illimitable spnees of spirit and attach anchorages by whirl) others may climb to mountain peaks. They give us courage. They inspire us with hope. They find rose tints in back of dark clouds. They see life in Us grandest aspects, stripped of sordid ness. They interpret life for us. Shall Nebraska claim her own child? There are millions for things com mercial or transient. Why not a beautiful home for tile poet and a life professorship at the University of Nebraska? What a pitiful sum it Would take front our large resources and how It would release his energies! Are our sensibilities so atrophied by materialistic chnslderntions that w< cannot conrojve spiritual values? Perhaps there is a spot among the wooded hills of Omaha, overlooking the Missouri, or some dell of beauty where Nebraska's metrdpolis could shelter our poet in a spacious home. Here he would bo on the very route of his epic Journeys. Omaha, al ways big. always generous, with open purse strings for every good cause, quick to appreciate culture, might well afford, as u community enter prise. to make it possible to write In her literature—"Omaha, home of John O. Nelhardt." Carlton college bids for the honor. A significant event is about to take place. Some Amer lean city Is going to h-drek her ^trerfs with flowers for the triumphal entry of this < mlnent American singer and claim him as her life guest. Has Ne braska the perspicacity to vision what is transpiring? A LOYAL. NEBRASKAN. Explanation, of the Bible. Danbury, Neb—To th«- Editor of The Omaha B»*c: Of late I note the advent of Home marvelous minds After Mich giants as Paine, Voltaire, Volmy. Hume, Renau, tlitihon. Owen, et ill . of equal learning and mental potency, signally failed to dent the Christian scriptures, should I rush into public print. asserting my disbe lief of any part of the Itlble, I should consider egotism a mild term to apply to myself. The notoriety would bo ton cheap. But alas, some men eannot live out their allotted time without making themselves recusant. If I should make a tirade against the Bible, which has made civilization what It is. I would consider my Impudence to be phenomenal, and my Ignorance of the Bible and church history colossal. Should I rush Into print with my Infidelity. Instead of gray matter I would think I only hud sawdust In my head. The sun will shine just 11s bright when the little popgun scholars shuffle off their mortal roll. Think of Ingersnll. A few decades ago In everybody's mouth, even the little popgjtns scared out of their Daily Prayer j A»k mnd It ■hall 1j* |Ivm you —Luk® 111 Our Heavenly Father, accept our thanks for the re-creation of body and mind Thou hast given us In the hours of wonderful sleep. Hdp us to l*e mo attentive to the still small voice of our Teacher and Guide, the Holy Spirit, that whether we cat or drink, or whatever we do this clay, all shall he done to Thy glory. \V« desire th it Thy Kingdom come and Thy will l»e done In our hearts, our home, our city, our country, and In all the earth. We ho desire this, that here und now we offer Thee our bodies, our minds our reputations our characters and our lives and nsk Thee to use each and all as seems best to Thee. Ho relate us and rill we have to Thy work In the world that we may count for most In Thy Kingdom Ho t.*.o h and train us by Thy Word and dally providences that we shall trust Thee daily for our dally needs, and wit ness for Thee by being as peaceful and Joyous in dlsnppointm nt. adversity, or affliction, as in prosperity We ask It In the name of Jf *us, our Savior. Ann n. WILT TAM T» STI HHS rtavannsh. <t» Songs °f(Courage John & P{cihardt NebnaskasToet Caurcaie HARK THE MUSIC. Hark, the music calling! From the earth it grow*, From the sky ’tis fulling, In the wind it blows. Silver-noted star-gleams Through the moony glooms. Golden-noted sunbeams Wooing cherry blooms! Flying fingered Winds srpite Throbbing strings of rain; Through the misty midnight Moans the Growing Pain! Cradle-buds are shaken By a hand they know; Brother, Sister, waken— 'Tis the time to grow! wits for fear he would subvert the Bible. Now forgotten and recalled only for comparison. The Bible i* just us vigorous as ever. I nm neither Homan nor Greek Catholic, nor Protestant. Am a Christian. The only name in whicli the Bible says you can. glorify God; 1 Peter, 4:16. Now, Brother Smith, in your ex plaining of Revelations, 17:5, you say. no one can explain the book to a cer tainty. As to the symbols, we grant your contention. But that w hich is not sym bolic is just as plain as language can make it. The first chapter tells us that it Is letters to the Church of Christ in different localities., It says things "which must shortly come to pass,” not have come to pass, as you reason. Fourth chapter: Things which must be hereafter." All In the future tense, not in the past of mythology already revealed. Tour opinion, or my own. "cuts no Ice." Vou have a big job, brother, explaining the Bible. £ can take it and confound all denominations. The Church of Christ 1 belong to Is not a denomination. Christ is not divided. With charity for all who have lieen misguided. ELDER W. R. B CRB RIDGE. Questions School Hoard Policy. Omalia—To the Editor of the Omaha Bee: The board of education's extrav agance in equlping the new Technical High school building with costly and unnecessary luxuries as well as the unwarranted purchase of a building site for the North High school that cannot be used for such purpose are subjects of deepest import to the tax payers and school patrons. Coming at this trying period of our city's his tory, when taxes are so heavy that the strictest economy is expected among all public officials, it is there fore surprising that the school board should bo disis-nse public funds that are urg ntlv need for grade schools. from various districts have come urgent appeals for larger school buildings that should be safe and sani tary, but the board has expressed it self as belhg unable to relieve these districts at this time. Nevertheless, the board has authorized the construc tion of a swimming pool in the Tech nical High school building, the cost of which is report-.d to be not less than J60.000. Two hundred shower baths will also be Included with the pool, as well as electric hair dryers and other nonessentlal luxuries. It Is reported that the above-mentlon< d Items are only a portion of the un necessary cost of this building alone. It is presumable that the new North High school will also be furnished in like costly magnificence. There may be extenuating circum stances in connection with the school board’s present costly building pro gram. which, if known by the \ax;uiy ers and school patrons, might mitigate their resi ntmenf If such is the case, a statertient by the president or some other member of the board would not be Inappropriate at this time TAXPAYER. Common Sense j Kerogniie (.nod Service a* Well as Bad. Jf you are not Riven good strvlew in a store you do not hesitate to make a complaint to the man in charge of the department. But do you ever call his attention to the particularly Rood service you have received at the hands of one of the clerks? .Mighty seldom. Why? Why do you not praise na well as blame? Certainly the ones hired to serve you are expected to do their part in giving you attention and satisfaction, hut Is it too much for you to express to them and to their employers the fact that your are pleased with their service? A few words from you mnv bring deserved recognition to s good clerk, for it is only the capable clerk who can Rive Rood service, worthy of com mendation. Isn't it true that you save most of your compliments to lie given at so elal functions, or to those from whom you hope to recelvo some benefit? Instead of complimenting those who can favor you, why do you not ex tend your favorable comments to those who serve? (Cspyrtsht, 1*5* > The Spice of Life Wmiitd—Will pay IS cash. 1« hags po tfttoeff n alda-rar uaed four >*ara nn» Ring I* harn#aa and « *tud*»rf lump for a Ford «nr in flrutiWta* condition. Addrcaa kb r 0-—Krle Kftilnn>t Magazine II«\e you any frnah vitamin*!*" naked th»« young forld* ‘ Yu, mum.' *• at«l tlu> veradoua dealer. "\V* vt* mmip that waa » aught on tha cunit yesterday " ' A pound, pleaao " Hh* g >t ahrtropa—Birmingham Agr. Herald. Olfford Plneh'»t. ona of tha original progr«**ivn repuhllcana of the country, (rlribl and follower of th*» lata Theodore Itooorvrlt. and hading ronvaraatloftlat.-^ Oaktan'l (Cal) I'mit • Knqulrar. gju) 1 »*-<• i - jeX^eC* IW*. ^\T>r r;. cju ^>+o o^r OJt'l+Ol I,—~~——~-it SAVE 25 to 50% on Any Kind of Typewriter Wo Hill nil kinds, guar antee them to give 10ft*. service and back up our words with action. All-Eikes Typewriter Co 205 South ISth Street I |--1 “From State and -Nation’ ’ — Editorials from other newspapers. Inseemly Haste. From the Osceola Record. Many people are wondering why the haste in the matter of Mr. Bryan's request that the home folks write to him and also to the legislature de manding the passage of his hill so that the state would be saved that *‘i.000,0t)0 and have that bunch of 150 employes wiped off the pay rolls at the stale house. Why does the gov ernor wish pen pie to write to him? Is he needing to be convinced that his program is a good thing and will it require a few thousand letters from people over the state importuning him to stand for his own program before he will be finally convinced that it is a good thing? And if the gov ernor wants to receive some letters himself, why does he not wait till he is convinced before he urges the home folks to shower the legislature with these demands0 At.d then, ton. why did not the governor wait till people had p. chance to see what was in his 44 bills, before they commence their bombardment of the legislature to i n s these bill*? As a matter of fact members of the legislature com monc.d to get these cards that Bryan asked them to write before they had even had time to see the bills which the cards requested them to vote for Wouldn't that frost the feathers hi your sun bonnet? Bid such antics as that ever happen before in all the His tory of Nebraska? If so. when? Mr. Bryan promises that if this hodge-podge of 44 measures is passed and his proposition for replacing 'be code Is adopted, that he will save the state $9,000,000. Vet with the excep tion of a few hundred thousand, the whole nine millions comes off the state university, the normal sctiodls. the state institutions, the agricultural irdust v and not off the code at all. The same slashes could have teen mad$ if the code had been left entire ly alone. As ft matter of fact, Mr. Bryan has set up an Impromptu structure which he has designed to take the place of the code and then star's out with a grand rush to the people asking them j to demand something they know noth- J ing about except the label that Bryan has adroitly pasted onto the tiottle. i The. unseemly haste that has been ex , hlhlted by the chief executive of ti.e state in this matter of rushing the game before there was any opportun ity to fathom the inside of ttie plav is , n ' piece c* d trickery which i didn't got very far. For the s . oinking people of I A Strain on the Family Tie_ /'wnu ir you \ f mutt! Voo mi6«t 60 ( r' tw' wevace RooM fa W tm" gakage wwcra. I 7 VTWf cei MOKE ROOM/1 i £=<d,——v 1- feAAfL Nebraska are commencing to wonder where that $4,000,000 deficit that fjryun «h > ved is coming from. They :> - - . •■■■ who got th- money or whether the whole brazen bluff to dis emi.it nis piiuecessor will be heard from again. And if the Bryan method of relief for the taxpayers of this state is as sound is the charge that <• that state is 44.900,000 short in its finances— u i.„uK i t it? Bather un s en-.iy and indecently hasty, isnt it? We ll see. A Key to Maya Secrete. rrom the Kocky Mountain News. Tho world seems to be experienc 1 ig an archeologii-al boom, judeing from reports reeeived of discoveries in Egypt and Central America. Per haps the various expeditions are no more zealous than those which dug amid the ruins of an early civiliza tion before the war checked such ac tivities. but the more recent results ha\ h been the must successful in years. An expedition dispatched by the Carnegie institute to Tti -at .1 Las returned with photograph' rec ords and relics bearing os the am < " Maya civilization of that region. When the key to the tablets is die covered, it is believed that the sc crets disclosed will be as valuable as the buried treasures of Egypt found in the tomb of King Tutenkhamun. This expedition was In charge >1 ■Sylvester <i. Morgan, associate In mi l die American archeology in the Car negle institute, and excavations we 1 made on the site of Tuluum. the c:*j built by the Mayas, in whose mini the key to the “lost tribes" is sough*. The city is said to have risen sever centuries ago on a high cl:!T over looking the Caribbean sea. It wa< made virtually impregnable by a great wall 15 feet high and 3 0 feet thick, the only wall which the Mayas ever constructed around a city so far as known. It resisted ali attacks of enemy forces until conquered by the Spaniards in 1542. The newcomers treated the natives with customary t ruelty, and the civilization which they had built up soon vanished. V I -ON LECTRIC BILLS Due Today will be Allowed 4 When Transr rlatlon is Re sumed. THIS CONVEi IEKCE is offered as >ne of our ef forts to rendei a \ Pe decl Service Another Elec'iricTrlumph Electric Trucks of the Jay Burns Baking Company and Peterson & Pegau Baking Co. are right on the job despite the blizzard, deliver ing Hard Roll and Betsy Ross Bread to your grocers. I_ I Nebraska Power®.