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The morning bee! M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Frew, of which The Bee It a member. Is exclualrslj entitled to the use for republlcaUon of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this psper. and also the local news published herein. AH rights of republicatlons of our special dispatches are also reset red. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department Af lantic or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: mon Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. 1UUU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs 15 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. ...— -.— —. - WHEN A NATION MOURNS. As the funeral train bearing the body of Warren G. Harding moves swiftly along to its destination at the capital of the nation, the world is given an impressive spectacle. A nation in mourning is ex emplified by multitudes of its citizens, quietly as sembling at the stations by which the train passes, even where it does not stop, day or night, standing with bared heads and sorrowing hearts to pay a silent tribute to the memory of a good man. Omaha had anticipated a visit from the president this fall. He had given a tentative promise to be here, depending on the nature of his engagements. When the announcement was made of the change in his plans because of his serious illness, the program for his return to Washington included a “bread Journey” stop of at least 24 hours here. It would have been a pleasure to Omahans to have had the president as their guest at the Ak-Sar-Ben festivi ties; they would have laid themselves out to enter tain him. Also, it would have been the unanimous effort to have given him a restful day and night here on his way home from the west, had he been spared to make that journey. With mournful hearts and genuine grief, Omaha people lined up at the Union depot in the early morning hours, silently respectful, as the train made the necessary halt here. Civil and military bodies were on hand, to represent the dignity of organized government, but equally noteworthy was the group of citizens, each mourning the loss of not alone the chief magistrate of the natidn, but of a man who had been honored because of his established worth. Such a sight is possible only where the life of the one who has gone on was such as truly endeared him to the people. Men do not shed tears or beat their breasts when a tyrant or a despot dies, but it becomes a nation of freemen to signify its sense of loss when one of their number, called to highest of honors and gravest of responsibilities by their ballots, lays down his load, a sacrifice to his earnest effort to serve those who trusted him. The silent throngs that give this most sincere respect to the memory of Warren G. Harding thus notify the whole world of the stability of our institutions. “TO A LITTLE CHILD.” Nothing so appeals to the heart of humanity as the baby. Tiny, weak, unable to do anything for itself, its helplessness is pathetic, and its appeal be yond resistance. Baby has its wants and needs, and knows how to register them. Loving watchfulness and tender care has taught us how to meet these wants and needs, and baby responds by giving its confidence to those who give it attention. But that attention frequently calls for something that is beyond the power of those to whom the baby * has been entrusted. Babies frequently brighten homes where the only radiance is that shed by their presence, which lightens the gloom of poverty, but adds a greater worry because of the baby’s need for something that is not easy for father and mother to provide. Then the little one becomes a problem. Acting as agent for almost 1,000 individual con tributors, The Omaha Bee turned over to the Visit ing Nurse association, through its Free Ice and Milk Fund $1,528.66. This money, freely given by gen erous souls, goes to help solve the problem for the fathers and mothers, who could not meet its de mands otherwise. Fresh, wholesome milk is furnished to feed hungry little mouths, that little bodies may be nour ished in health and comfort, and grow up to become useful men and women. Good milk must be kept good, and along with it goes a supply of ice, to cool and preserve the milk, and thus the generosity of the contributors dispels the greatest bugaboo of summer life among the lowly in Omaha. “Even a cup of cold water to a little child,” said the Man or Sorrows, who knew what hunger and thirst means to the little ones. So the Free Ice and Milk Fund does a blessed work, for it gives and preserves wholesome food for those who would languish and die were the fund cut off. Donors to this fund know to what end they are subscribing. HOME BEFORE OUTSIDE HONORS. How much real money is it worth to gratify an ambition? There's no answer to that question, for ambitions vary and people vary, and no hard and fast rule can be laid down to govern the point. We have the case of Mr. Sires of New York, who sots out in court that his wife’a desire to become a political leader cost him $100,000. She became a leader, a committee woman, and got a divorce and $1,000 in lieu of ali mony. Was thi game worth the candle? Mrs. Sires may think so, hut her former husband seems to hold otherwise. He does not especially regret his wife’s going, but he does look longingly after &e $100,000 lie says he let go of in order to make her happy. And the tragedy of it all is, instead of making her :iappy, he only made, her restless and discontented. Not knowing any more of the family life of the Sires than is disclosed by the reports in the New York papers, it is impossible to say accurately if politics was the mainspring of their trouble or not. Very likely there was some other reason, but it is not disclosed in the court proceedings, these merely showing that Mrs. Sires paid more attention to pol itics than she did to her home work. It seems too high a price to pay for political distinction to break up a home in order to he a leader. American political life turns on the home and rests on the sanctity of that great human institution. The man or woman who lets ambition get the better of family life is making a serious mistake. Our pres idents all the way hack to the beginning illustrate the truth of this, for only one harhelor has been elected president, and one other succeeded when his chieftain died in office. Americans love the home, and that is why they arc interested in government. Senator Cummins may be right as to one term i, being long enough, but Americans might find a way to make it easier for the president while he is living. Oldtime printers will taka solemn pride in the fact that President Harding never forgot the ‘‘boxes.’’ Keep right on helping the farmer hold hia wheat; it is good insurance for future prosperity, . U» in i POOR PICKING FOR PARTISANS. Whatever may be the reason for the price of wheat, and a great many possible causes have been assigned, there is little justification for the endeavor of certain of \ ie democratic brethren to make polit ical capital out of the situation. Especially strained is the attempt of the esteemed Lincoln Star, which quotes from a letter sent out by one of the Omaha banks, in which the statement is made that the farmer who owned his land before the war and who was able to finance the greater part of his operations with his own capital is making money, but the one who is trying to pay out on the 1919 peak price for land is up against it. Following this up, the Star proceeds to put all the blame on the tariff. Bless their hearts, do not the democrats know and the Star as well, that the purpose of the tariff was to establish something of a parity in the home market between the wheat grown in the United States and that grown on the prairies of Mani toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta on the north, and the pampas of Argentine on the south? Land there is just as cheap or cheaper than it was in this country before the war, and wheat grown there competes, or did before the tariff went on, in Amer ican markets with that grown in Nebraska. Argentine and Canadian wheat was coming into this country, taking the market from home-grown wheat, and it was to stop that the tariff was passed. How would it help the Nebraska farmer to restore the conditions that existed two years ago, when wheat from / rgentine was sold 500 miles inland from the Atlantic seaboard cheaper than our wheat? It was “a condition and not a theory” that we were dealing with, and the same is true today. One of the plans suggested by the group that is asking for an extra session of congress is to put an embargo on all foreign wheat. How would the free-trade •democrats like that as a remedy? WHERE DO THEY GET IT? If a man sees a thief breaking into his neighbor’s house, he will give an alarm, and do what he can to help catch the criminal. That is only what is ex pected of a good citizen. How far may this rule be ' extended into business life? To illustrate: One of the rascals suspected of looting the Hibernia Bank and Trust company was known around Denver as the “boy broker.” He was also known as a lavish spender. For the last two years he has attracted attention by the prodigality of his way of living. Parties at the fashionable hotels cost him as high as $1,000 each; he spent $1,200 to $1,500 at a visit to jewelry stores; in the year he has purchased for his wife more than $15, 000 worth of diamonds alone. Would it be expecting too much to require that when a youth, no matter what his position in life, began to throw money around, that a quiet inquiry be made as to the source of his income? Of course, a “boy broker” is expected to have more money than a boy working on a salary, but business men ought to be aware of its source. A man seeking credit is examined very closely as to his probity and depend ability, but the man who pays cash is seldom looked up very closely. When a merchant has cause to suspect fraud or wrongdoing of any sort, he usually takes pains in a quiet way to expose any crookedness. He can not, in the very nature of things, ask every customer to come to him with a certificate of character; such a proceeding would be absurd. But when “boy brokers” go to imitating drunken sailors, a little quiet investigation may stop a great crime. If this lad had been looked up a few months ago, a consid erable part of $400,000 might have been saved to the Hibernia bank. MACHINE OR MAN SAFETY? A great eastern railroad is experimenting with a machine to control its trains, trusting thereby to prevent accidents. A device has been perfected by which a train may be stopped when anything is wrong ahead on the track, and well within the limits of gafety. Under certain conditions all trains in either direction will be stopped. This sounds like the sort of safety we all have been looking for, but who can guarantee 100 per cent continuous efficiency for the device? Experi ence has shown that in other matters electricity fails, just as do other forms of machinery. The mind of man can not always be relied on, but it functions more certainly when it is kept alert by responsibility. When divided between itself and a mechanical device, it is apt to come to rely alto gether too much on the machine. Some hazard exists in every sort of undertaking, and that is why men are continually striving to im prove operations to make safety more certain. The best results so far attain'd have come through train ing men to be careful at all times. Omaha public parks are said to be worth more than $2,000,000. That is the real estate valuation. The multitudes who visited them yesterday would cheerfully say they are worth 10 times that much. We hope the next time Governor Bryan takes a vacation, he will be thoughtful enough to leave an emergency address with some of his confidants at the state house. General Duncan is going to try to bring Whisky here for Ak-Sar-Ben—but in this case it is a horse with a suggestive name. A California court has ruled against picture marriages, and put a damper on another phase of the "yellow peril.” An effective form of flattery is to tell a hoy that the down on his face is bristles. Mr. Volstead’s "rats” may be as potent as any thing A1 Smith says. Bought your Omaha-made tire yet? Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own I’ocl— Robert Worthington Davie WHERE FAME BIDES. He knows Ills hooka, he knows his art—a scholar deep and wise. There Is a glimpse of lore within the glamor of his eves. He knows philosophy; he writes with science ss a guide, And yet, the heat, of human heart he haa himself denied. The angel smiles of rhernbland. the traits of babyhood He does not picture with hla words as sen a mother would. Th* high, sublime—it la to him what heartaches are to me, And so I wonder oftentimes for what Is poetry? Folk song and ballad*! Time has made them dear for w tint they give Of virtue und content to ua as through the \eais we live; * And oft I think, while fame might hide In some exalted dome. That It forever aoimant lies within the halls of hoiut. I “From State and -Ndtion” Editorials from other newspapers. War of Tlie Wasps. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The angry Ichneumon, with his brother parasite, the tachinid, has been enlisted in the warfare against the Japanese beetle, which', like the locusts of old, is stripping bare the harvest Helds. The beetle, as its name implies, rame from the east, and from the cast comes the insect army which is to put him to rout. The newcomers are outnumbered 1,000,000 to 1, the entomologists say, and are strangers in a far land and a difficult climate. The first winter may kill them. Their foes have become acclimated, and are thriving on the fat of the land, luit tenlng on the crops which should come to our dinner tables. Fighting one pest with another 1* no new strategem of science. Some times it is a dangerous one. The familiar sparrows were brought to this country, in the memory of some men now living, and released to war upon the caterpillars. Half a dozen other curious Instances might be cited of similar import. The wasp and fly parasitee which are to exterminate the beetle may flourish and propagate to a point in future years where we will be forced to go into the Helds of the world in search of insects to war on them in turn. As De Morgan says; Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite ’em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. And the great dens themselves In turn have greater fleas to go on. While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on. However, scientists have pointed lout times without number that life Is a warfare in which one pest preys upon another. If there were not ac cidents and tragedies beyond count ing In every stratum of life the germs and bugs, the crawling things, the flying things, the furred and toothed four-footed races would have crowd ed us humann off the earth long since. The importation of the beetle exter minators is merely giving assistance to the orderly processes of nature. Advice to New Teachers. liay Crellln In Ewing Advocate. Xeligh papers last week stated that no less than six teachers of the Ne ligh teaching force had been mar ried since the close of the present school terms. This recalls to mind the old admonition of W. H. Clemmons, former president of the Fremont Nor mal college. Invariably, at the com mencement exercises each year, he would theorize thus: "Now young people, especially the young ladies. If you wish to be suc cessful as a teacher, you will do well to follow my advice. The faculty, from the president down, has labored inces santly the past year to make you better teachers, but if wo had the slightest idea that you were going to follow teaching for the next 20 years, we should Indeed tie very much dis appointed. My advice to the young ladies is to not figure on teaching more than three years, at the out side. During the first year have ab solutely nothing to do with the young men who wish to pay court to the teacher. During your second >rar. If you happen to he so fortunate ss to 'get in good' with the board and get a second term, you might entertain the young man, say once a week, on Friday nights. Hut during the third year, if you get the school again— let the school go to thunder, and get the man.” In Justice to Government. From the Kintu City Star. To The Star: If it takes SS com missions to govern Alaska, as stated In your editorial, "Too Much Gov ernment.'' it would be Interesting to know what they find to do. I have been in Alaska, and I doubt If there are 24.U0O white people there, as you state. But I think I saw many hears. Maybe these 26 commissions are there to administer government for the bears J. H. M'lVOR. Mr Mi Ivor should not exaggerate. The 36 commissions referred to do not administer government for the bears Only two of them do that. There is one commission for*the black bears and one for the hrown. Re cently when for some unaccountable reason some of the black bears turned brown there was a serious conflict between the two commissions over which had jurisdiction In the case. The row threatened to disrupt the government, but happily nature averted the calamity later In the sea son when some of the brown bears turned blivrk. The commissions ac cepted the compromise and we under stand the government of Alaska la proceeding now along regular lines. We cite these facts as a warning to Mr. MoTsrr against over statement. What la the KetneflyT From >h. N.bm.W. City Pr,,». Two men ware killed Ht a railroad croasing In central Nebraska tho other day. On «ach side of tho crnaalng, a newspaper reporter who saw the reaulta of the accident declare*, the track may ho plainly seen for more than a mile. There were no screens of trees, no high embankments. The track was level; so was tho road Tho accident occurred In a section known for Ha lack of hills and val leys, tho exact opposite of th* topog rapliy of eastern Nebraska, where accidents ar« sometimes unavoidable I'ecause dangerous crossings ar* hid den from view behind embankments or scrolls of foliage. Hut this acci dent. which resulted In audden death Daily Prayer Wh»l«o»»>r yp ihill n*k In My n»m», tb*t I win do.—John 14 ll Thou, O Go<l. ait out* bather. We are the children of eternal love. Help UK* xve pray Thee, to 11 ve our lives In Thy .sight. Get nothing unworthy claim our hearts, and may we find In Thy will our peace. We pray that Thy likeness may he formed In us. and that our live* may abount In tho love and peace nnd Joy of Thy Holy Spirit. Help us to love Thee with a pure heart fervent ly, end to love those who love Thee nnd are loved by Thtr. Hies*. pray Thee, all for whom wo should pray. We name their names in the silence of our hearts Pity the ungrateful, the wayward, the wanderer. Comfort the lonely and the desolate. Get thy peace rule in our hearts and In our home. Whom have we In heaven but Thee, ami there Is none upon the earth that we desire hut Thee When we aturnh^-. mn\ Th\ strength support us. They wisdom lend us. Thy love redeem us. Open our hearts to receive Thee, the Divine Guest, into the home of our souls, nnd may w« hold fellowship with Thee as we walk trrnugh the path of life. We ask all In .lean*’ name. Amen lit till J H' M8UN Ktcnn, L» V , riit»buigh« i’4. Furh storm* ns thnt which deluded Omaha with rain on Saturday morning ar« not an especial novelty in the hls tory of the town, nlthoinch It i* probab ly that never <|Uite ►<» much water fell in the same abort time mb ratne down than. Here i* an account of a storm that swept the city in May. 1H8<». tt Is tak'*n from The Omaha He* on Monday, May 24. of that year. "CYCLONE.” “A Terrific Wind Storm Strikes the City and Does Considerable Damage." "Shortly after 6 o'clock last eve ning the atmosphere of the city indi cated a coining wind storm, of extra ordinary proportions. The barometer fell two Inches within fifteen minutes, and the sky to the west and north became overcast with a lurid glow. A few moments later the cyclone hurst upon the town with terrible fury, sweeping heavenward immense clouds of sand and dirt, tearing off shutters, blowing down fences, unhinging gates, and disarranging the telegraph and telephone wires throughout the city. The streets were deserted. The ter rific velocity of the wind rendered pedestrianlsm more than dangerous. Gusts of sand whirled and eddied along the thoroughfares, and dashed against window and door, hiding all view of the surrounding landscape. "In the north part of the city the effects were felt most severely. At the commencement of the storm the house of A. J. Miller situated on Irene street in Shinn's addition, was struck by the cyclone, lifted from its foundation, and carried over the fence into an adjoining lot, where It fell with a crash, whicli dashed It Into a thousand fragments. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were both in the building at the time of the catastrophe. Assist ant Postmaster tt. I'. Campbell who lives near by hearing the noise of the storm, rushed to the window and saw the house fall, a long string of lum ber marking the spot. He hastened to the scene of the accident, and found Mr. Miller lying on the ground, outside the ruins, bleeding and un conscious. Mrs. Miller, though seri ously bruised, was conscious and able to walk to a neighboring residence. Mr. Miller was at first thought to be fatally injured, and was borne on a shutter to a neighbors house, while Dr. Van Camp was summoned. After some time he regained consciousness and Is now thought to be out of danger. His escape and his wife's from instant death seems nothing short of miraculous. "The center of the storm appears to have been over Shinn’s addition. At the same time in which Mr. Mil ler's house was destroyed a small frame dwelling by Ittner's brickyard was also demolished, no one. however, being hurt. Mr Ittner's brickyard suffered heavily from the cyclone, two kilns of brick. Just ready for the burn ing. being entirely destroved, entail ing a loss of at least $500 on the proprietor. Besides these two 'acci dents. Mr. Blakesley's barn was moved from Us foundation, and an other harn adjacent was nearly de molished "Throughout the whole northern part of the city more or less damage was done to fences, shells and out buildings. The force of the wind was beyond comparison. At one point. In a single yard, the trees at opposite corners were bent almost to the ground in different directions "At Council Bluffs and the transfer the force of the storm was felt, though in a somewhat less degree. The wind tore off the tin roof of the postofllce and landed it in the middle, of Broadway. At the transfer empty cars were overturned In every direc tion. a portion of the depot sheds was blown off. and perfect havoc played with the telegraph lines between the bridge and the transfer, so that up to 12 o'clock today only one wire waa working between this city and Chi oago." for two, occurred just whore there should be no chance for such a catastrophe It would Indicate, it seems, that the trouble frequently lire with the man who drive* the automo bile. not always with the railroad company, the road builder or Provi dence. Perhaps we shall yet find It necessary to probe the mental quali f,cations of the man who sits behind a steering wheel. That Town Will Boom. From t h* York Nrw*-Tlmr» A crank by tho name of Albert .T Moore, bond of the I*lfo Institute* «*f Chicago, is going to found a place called “Heaven." near Harvard. Ill This guy Is tho head of a “love cult" and hia finish Is assured sooner or later. Ho bis bought a farm and t ha people s!\n live there are to work but two hours daily. This two hour stunt Is what is going to make tho place popular with the sluggards and weary willies of the country. Tho love cult lias bad lta day, but the two hour system Is some tiling new and has peculiar attrac tions. Tho founder of this “Heaven" hns bought n farm and his dupes are working from 1 ~ to 14 hours daily to make the place habitable f. r the two hour “guests" who nro to come Infer. Harnum underestimated the number °f fools that nro born in a minute. However, Harnum lived some time ago and may ho forgiven for his con* No One Man (tovemment. While President Harding is away If will not constitute a capital offense for members of the cabinet In Wash ington to confer. Times have .’hanged Pittsburgh 0»asette-Times. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for July. 1923, of j THE OMAHA BEE Daily .72,472 I Sunday .75,703 I Poes not Include return*. left ever*, samples or papers spoiled in I I printing and Include* no sproial sales. B. BREWER. Gen. MEr. V. A. BRIDGE. Cir. MEr. | SubscHbad and swmn to h#foi a m« j this 4tb day of August. 102.1 W. II QUIVEY, j (S«al) Notary Public. “THE PEOPLE’S VOICE” j Editorial from raadara af Tha Moral** Baa. Raadara a» Tha Marala* Baa ara Invited to iiea thla column fraaly for ax*raaaloa aa aiattara a« aubllc lataraat. Nettle the Wheat Question. Omaha.—To the Kditor of The Omaha Bee: "Buy a bushel ot wheat'." What is all this talk about from Chambers of Commerce and from other sources? Cast fall the slogan was "buV a bushel of pota toes" and help the farmer. Some are petitioning the railroads to reduce the freight rates on wheat. Sup pose the roads would reduce the rates 25 oents per bushel. Does any one think for a minute the farm ers would receive 25 cents more on the bushel? What do some of you hicks want, anyway? Have you some shares of stock to sell. Ho you want Rulx> to give you the wheat and pay the freight besides and buy all of your gold bricks? What is the big idea anyway? Volt will have us farmers trading our wheat for German marks after we buy all the gold bricks on this side of the pond. "Buy a bushel of wheat!” Wheat goes lower, flour a trifle higher, and the bakers have al ready informed the people that bread will not be any cheaper, but will be improved in uuality. Happy thought. A few years ago farmers were ad vised through the columns of The Omaha Bee to market their potatoes when the thermometer registered 20 degrees below zero, as the roads were then nice and hard. In the winter and spring of 1922 the state was over run with men sent out by “commer cial clubs" advising Rube to plant potatoes. It worked. I raised nearly 1,000 bushels and realized minus 50 cents per bushel. Commercialism is wnat is causing low prices for farm products and high prices to consumers. The dairyman gets 18 cents per gallon for pure cow.s' milk. It is then run through a separator and a rertain amount of butterfat extracted, then doctored up with the Lord * only know what, and then the dear public can have U at 12 cents per quart, or 48 cents per gallon "Buy a bushel of wheat!" The farmer can not take his wheat to mill and exchange it for flour, although we have a law In this state saying how much toll the miller is to take. Neither can one buy a sack of flour from a mill unless he is a merchant and buys it to resell to the public. That was slipped over on the public aa a war measure. Neither can one be a wholesaler and retailer, another slip-over on the dear people in war times. I have raised potatoes for market for the last 15 or 18 years and. with two or three exceptions, have been forced to deal directly with the pub lic. I have sold potatoes to a mer chant. and he resold them, some the same day he bought them, for 12.50 per bushel more than he gave for them, and I will gladly give name and address of merchant to any one. Commercialism has tried to make it a i ime for one to ship a car of fruit or vegetables and sell to the public and they make it work in some places, too. Say. you fellows that don't know what wheat is if you was to see jt. give Rube a rest He is not kickin'. You wise guys get ltehind the farmer and help him to get credit on that wheat (money is what 1 mean), to tide him over. An average loan of 1500 to each wheat grower would enable Rube to hold his wheat till the cows and atcers come home. Ret Rube hold it six months and then if prices are no bet ter let him feed it to his stock. Ah long as the wheat remains in the stack or bins it is safe. "So why should you worry?” Rube is not wor rying For the love of Mike, give us a rest: you give us a pain in our middles. Have a heart Cabbage is retailing at 8 cents per pound and a truck gardener can not get an offer for what he raises. Ap ples. |2 to $2.50 per bushel, and apples rotting in orchards around Omaha. From a farmer PERI. M (’AIN. 8487 North Forty-second street. labor and Liquor. Omah i —To the Editor of The Omaha liee: As I said in a previous letter, it is gratifying to me to learn from reports coming from various parts of the country that the liquor interests are not bt.ng --upported hv organized labor so unanimously a.« vcoe seemed (■ be the ,kisc Another in :ance of this is rl.e Electrical Workers Journal ortii ial publication of the Internatiiv.il Brotherhood of Electrical Workers While the. Journal makes no claim to being j "dry." in an editorial entitled "Why! 'KM' Yourself?” it. among other things, says: "Don't think that Just because New York repealed its dry enforcement laws that the country is going wet again. . . . Trotting out the an cient ami honorable wet and dry Is sue means absolutely nothing to the 'common herd.’ . . . We believe it nothing less than criminal to inject such a fake issue or sham battle into our (labor union) affairs at this time to obscure the really live questions of the day. . . . Do not forget that prohibition is a part of the funda mental law of the land—It is in the constitution—and as a practical mat ter it is next to useless to hope to get an amendment out of the con stitution after it Is once there. . . . We are more concerned In trying to have the wage workers keep their eyes on the bail of progress and not !>e fooled by ail this meaningless bun kum. insincerity and sheer hy pocrisy.” It seems. Mr. Editor, that the liquor interest* are learning, slowly perhaps that labor unions are not organized solely for the purpose of heing a barrage behind which the said liquor interests may safeiv hide I. J. COPEN'HARVE. Noted With Sorrow. Omaha.—To the Kditor of The Omaha Bee: It was with a keen sense of disappointment and disillusionment that I read that the South Side Legion post was staging a brutal boxing match at the very moment when the funeral services were being held in San Francisco for our dearly beloved late president. Surely, when everyone else In the country was manifesting sympathy and grief for Mr. Harding, the boys might have stayed their activities for a few minutes at least, to Fhow some modicum of respect for their late commander-in-chief. It was probably thoughtlessness on the part of the South Side boys which caused them to ignore the sorrowful feelings of a bereaved nation, but if it is a thoughtlessness, that is all the more marked, displaying as it did, a lack of consideration by the represen tatives of one of our greatest pa triotic societies. Boys. boys, think what you are doing! The American Legion has held the respect and confidence of the greater part of the American people. - 7 — Abe Martin Th’ Pittsburg feller that’s alleged t’ have killed his wife an’ then had his legs cut off by th’ cars may go free, but he’ll never be able t’ skate agin. A ladies’ handbag con tainin’ powder an’ pistol awaits th* owner at th’ pust office. Copyright, lets. Do not destroy our confidence in you by such displays as that of Friday evening. MRS. ELIZA PETTI FN’YDER. The Lion and the Flivver. As we go to press unconfirmed re ports say an African lion swallowed a flivver a few weeks ago. He forgot to shut off the engine, however, and shook to death in 15 minutes.—Arkan sas Thomas Cat. X_T AVE The Omaha^ •*•■■■ Morning Bee or The*T|-< Evening Bee mailed to you when on your vacation, j Phone AT lantic 1000, Circulation Department The 17th Century Will • frequently failed to carry out the decedent’s wishes for distributing his es tate. 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