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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1923)
Progressive Move Breaks ^ in Illinois Governor Small Announces Campaign Principles Same as Those of LaFollette Bloc in Congress. By AuwIMnl rrrun. Chicago, Aug. 16.—Illinois, which has held rigidly to the two chief political parties for years, and in which the farmer-labor party has not gained a foothold, bids fair to rival Minnesota, Iowa and other states west of the great lakes as a stamp ing ground for progressives and al leged radicals during the next year, some political observers were Inclined to argue today. Governor Small at a political rally yesterday in his home town of Kankakee announced he would seek renomination on the re publican ticket next year, but this statement did not cause as much dis cussion as the enunciation of princi ples adopted at the convention and approved by the governor. These principles, which a commit tee composed of leaders in the ad ministration faction of tlie republican pdrty in Illinois will seek to advance to members of congress, are in line with those of the progressive bloc of the senate recently elected from midwest and northwest states. The chief declarations follow: Repeal of the Ksch-Cummins rail road act. No entangling alliances without ap proval of the people through a refer endum. Condemnation of compulsory mili tary training. Drastic federal action to relieve the farmers’ distress. It was suggested that an interstate food commission, similar to the com merce commission, be created with powers to fix and regulate prices and distribution of farm products so that the farmer would receive adequate return and the consumer would not be gouged. A constitutional amend m e n t against child labor. Abolition of the Pittsburgh plus steel trade practice. Election of federal judges. Reduction of all railroad rates on a basis of property scale values of property. Wild Excitement. William H. Thompson, former mayor of Chicago, who has,' been mentioned ns a possible opponent of Senator Medill McCormick for the senatorial toga next year, caused scenes of wild excitement among the 7,000 persons at the meeting when he said: "They told me in Washington last week that they heard the voice of Minnesota recently. Next year they'll hear thq voice of Illinois." Pointing put that the primaries will be held In April, Mr. Thompson predicted that the new political weather vane will be Illinois. "It has been 'as Maine goes, so goes the nation'.” “Next year it will be, ‘as goes Illi nois, so goes the nation.’ ” -♦Passage of Bonus Sure, Says Smoot Declares Measure to Be Put Through as Soon as Con gress Meets, By International >>hi fimir# Washington, Aug. 18.— Congress will provide a bonus for America's 4,000.000 world war veterans as soon as it reconvenes. Senator Heed Smoot, republican of Utah, next chairman of the powerful seriate fi nance committee, predicted today to International News Service. Smoot declared he expected Presi dent Coolidge to sign the bill as it is enacted by congress, but warned i lie measure would become a law, if necessary, over presidential veto. Smoot previously held a long confer ence with (lie president at which numerous government financial mat ters were discussed. While personally advocating a bill, providing a sales tax for raising the bonus revenue, Smoot declared con gress probably would pass the same hind of measure enacted at the last session and vetoed by the late Presi dent Harding. The old bill was spon sored by the American Legion. "I feej, that congress should pro vide revenue to meet the bonus ob ■j-ligations,'' Smoot said. "I recognize ^*!*)iat farmers and labor organizations are opposed to the sales tax and as long as they remain opposed, it is futile to attempt enactment of any sales tax legislation. Nevertheless, in the near future, legislation involving the sales tax principle will be written into our laws. "It is the most just tax that can be levied nnd with exemptions, I fall to see wliy any farmer or laboring organization can object to it.” The whites of eggs will beat much faster Is thoroughly chilled. EDDIE’S FRIENDS The Dealer Turn* Ip a Card. ^1 ; ( MAviD Air* T-lZ.VEC.rf /AyyyU ^EfTlM’ F'W K' ELfAEP., SET ^~\//ys ImOMEU EAST \ MllA PioK OUT A MI6E yy/yjL EWOU&H y, I hamd To suit Himselfj—--j wjiT-Iout < ----7-ss s s' ( £KwT(_EMEM-I POLLlM THAT -- —--\ 6Al^E - uiELU L STUFF?* r MOvxi USTEKJ TdlS tMOUJ P\D UooJ^E ME IS A 6EMTLE^EMS' l 196 SAME "f/OU SjOTTA A ,TAV(E TAAT SARD / /* A I 3’/7 n* int l rcAruwt _J I Burgess Bedtime Stories i By THORNTON W. BURGESS. Advlc% that’* given to the young Is like the dust that's skyward flung. —Old Mr. Toad. Old Mr. Toad Gives Some Good Advice. Tho young Chuck, who has lost his temper and started to bite Old Mr. Toad, dropped him as suddenly as he had picked him up. You see, Old Mr. Toad had in self-defense used a sort of poison which made the mouth of that young Chuck most uncom fortable. Instead of trying to get away, Old Mr. Toad turned and faced the young Chuck. Old Mr. Toad is not one to remain angry very long. His golden eyes began to twinkle. He saw that this was a young Chuck, and shrewd ly guessed that he was just starting out in the Great World and really knew nothing at all about the ways of the Great World. "I hope, young fellow," said he, “that this will be a lesson to you. Never despise others because they are smaller than you. Never make fun of others. If you make many mis "I hope, young fellow,” said he "that this will be a lesson to you.” takes such as you have just made, you will come to no good end. You will not live long enough to see much of the Great World. Has your moth er sent you out Into the Great World?” "No—o," replied the young Chuck slowly, but truthfully. "Then,” said Old Mr. Toad, "you have run(away. If you will heed rny advice, you will go straight back as fast as your legs will take you." “I don't want to go home,", said the young Chuck. Obi Mr. Toad nodded his head quite ns If that was Just the answer lie expected. "I don't suppose you do," said he, "I suspect that you are a headstrong, wilful young scamp, and that what I may say to you will go In one ear and out the other. Just the same, I am going to give you some advice. As I said before, I ad vice you to go home as fast as your legs will take you. If you won't do It, and I know you won’t. Just remember what I say. Never he Impudent to any one. It never pays. Never trust a stranger. Had you met Ihizztall the Kattb-snake and been as Impudent to him os you were to me, you wouldn't be alive now. "The Great World Is full of dan gers. The only way to live long Is to learn what those dangers are and nil about them. The surest way of keep ing out of danger is keeping out of sight. Never go far from a safe hid ing place. Never let your stomach rule you. It Is better to have an ijc&dina c\ J\ Bkit y Improved Passenger Service and Lowest Fares f From CHICAGO rim A NICKEL PLATE ROAD-LACKAWANNA R. R. > Far* to CloreUnd $ 11.28-Buffalo $17.31-Now York $30.70 > Through Sleeping Cars and Coaches—Parlor and Dining Car Service Reduced Summer Touriet and Circle Tour Fare* To Mountain and Seaside Resorts In Eastern States and Canada ask Ticket agent to route you *ia nickel plate koad Far full iaf arasetloa call a* Laccl Ticket Aeeat or eddreae J. L. b.-A-c, c.T.A. A. B. UbKfcOYsd, T.K. L. V. COOPER, T.R. J 520 Railway Exchange D t’f- KY"3as City, Mo. j ■out *Tahora of Lake t th« plataraaqua Paeon* Moon- jFj Uin$. and trough lha " * empty stomach yourself than to fill the empty stomach of another. Don’t go any further in this direction. This Is the end of the bushes along the Long Lane, and Farmer Brown’s barnyard Is no place for a Chuck.” "But I want to se# what it is like up there,” said the young Chuck. "I'm not afraid.” "Just as I expected. Just as I ex pected," said Old Mr. Toad. "You don’t know enough to be afraid. Very young folks seldom do. That is why so many of them never live to grow up. There is nothing disgraceful In being afraid. It Is only the stupid who refuse to be afraid. It is better to t>e timid than not to be afraid at all. When you are older, you will, if you live long enough, know when to be afraid and when not to. Until then it is wisest to be afraid all the time excepting when you know that you are where no harm can reach you. Now I must go about my busi ness. Be wise and run along home.” Old Mr. Toad turned and slowly hopped away. Copyright. 192*. The next story: “Courslty Proves Too Much for the Young Chuck. Municipal Ice Plant Saves Omaha $ 120,000 United States Senator R. B. Howell says the effectiveness of public owner sh p competition is strikingly illus trated in a comparison of the cost of ice in Omaha and Detroit, according to a report made by W. J. Barber, head of the sales department of the local municipal ice plant. “Omaha sells municipal ice at 42 neighborhood stations at 30 cents per hundred, ns against 50 cents per hun dred charged at 103 neighborhood stations operated by private com panies in Detroit. This is a saving of 6120,000 this year to patrons of Omaha municipal stations based on an estimate of 30,000 tons. Chicago Phone Rates Cut. Chicago, Aug. 16—Telephone rates In Chicago were ordered reduced by approximately 61,900,000 a year, ef fective October 1, by ?n order of the Illinois Commerce commission, made public today. Shots Fail to Stop Motorist Patrolman Jumps on Kunning Board of Car and Is Knocked Off. Fatrolmen Eggers and Reilley, on special duty at Tenth and Pierce streets, have sworn vengeance on mo torists who fail to stop when they are signaled. Wednesday night Eg gers limped Into the police station as a result of one encounter. The officer stepped into the street to halt a suspicious automobile, but ihe motorist failed to obey the of ficer's signal. Eggers leaped for the running board of tho machine, his revolver in his hand. Ho got on the running board Just in time to get hit squarely in tho mouth with the driver's fist. Eggers fel* sprawling into the street, sadly damaged a pair of trous ers and his dignity, and then be be gan to shoot. Although he emptied hi* revolver at the fleeing machine, no damage was done; nor was the driver halted. During the remainder of the eve ning the officer was more careful of his actions. As a result, nine per sons were arrested on charges of un lawfully possessing and transporting liquor. At the Central police station those arrested gave the names of Bert Bussey, 302'West Pierce street, and Deo Carrol, 1324 Avenue B, both of Council Bluffs; C. J. Regan, 4722 South Twenty-fourth street; W. J. Mills and Frank Kimball, both liv ing at 2219 Dodge street; Roy Pace, 1121 Avenue A; George Pool, 1109 Avenue A; A1 Clawson, 11S10 Avenue D, and Art Goldberg, 1122 Avenue C, all of Council Bluffs. Tri-State Phone Rate Hearing Is Finished The Tri-State Telephone and Tele graph company of Minnesota rents Its instruments from the Bell tele phone organization at 21 a year be cause it finds this cheaper than buy ing them outright elsew-hcre, C. N. Bell, enginer of valuations and rec ords of the Tri-State company, testi fied today at the telephone hearing in the federal building. The hearing, which has been in “Louisville Lou” (The Vampin' Udy) it stealing into every dance program and trot* ting away with all the bouquets. Ted Lewis’ Columbia Record of this go-gstter is the vamp ingest, coaxingest fox* trot you ever heard. “Beade Street Mamma" Is the whix-bang selec tion on the other side. At Columbia Dealers A-3892 75c NEXT NEXT WEEK WEEK SUinuay iU wc-UNEbDAY HARRISON DORIS EDMUND FORD KENYON BREESE “Bright Lights of Kew York” SUNDAY AND ALL WEEK The World’* Greatest Syncopator*—Bar Nona Warings Pennsylvanians 12—COLLEGIANS—12 , The Mo«t Sophisticated Jazz That Ever Caressed Ears * ■ . --— "—■■■ - THURSDAY TO SATURDAY LLOYD PAULINE JOHNNY HUGHES GARON WALKER In “Children of the Dust” 'Til say it again —it’s the best cigarette I ever tasted!” progress more l h ry 1 two months be fore B. H. Dunham, was concluded yesterday. Attorneys for both sides Will prepare briefs and final argu ments will then be made. The hearing concerns the railway commis s'.on's refusal to allow the telephono company to continue Its surcharge. The modern way to get what you want when you want it Is to read and uae The Omaha Bee "Want” Ads. ALL NEXT WEEK STARTING SUNDAY The Picture You ve Been Waiting For! If you think there is nothing new under the sun, you are in for the most entertaining surprise of the year when you see Sinclair Lewis' Daring Novel 'MAIN MET" The Story That Made the Wor\d S:1 Up in Dazed Surprise rioatwot vtooa ^ Supporting Cast Includes Harry Myers Noah Berry Alan Hale Louise Fazenda Robert Gordor and a Host of Others Much Better Than the Book Very often this claim is made 5 for picturization of a “best seller"—and very MONTE 6U* °f!en tHe+ •!ta,t,e -- m e n t holds good. Critics of our metropolitan i e wspapers lave agreed hat the pic u r i z ation o f “M a i n Street,” this year’s “best seller,” is— Much Better Than the Book It is truly a screen masterpiece, faithfully portraying all the typical characters of this great American novel. MEN! If you were legally dead. Would you still be your wife’s husband? Would you still be the father of your children: Could you be sued for debt? Could you marry another wo man? WOMEN! If your husband were legally dead Would you marry another man? Would you expect him to sup port you? Could you divorce him: Would you hr.ve to marry him again to make him your husband? See The amazing rtc.y of a man who came back to life. Featuring MILTON SILI S CLAIRE ADAMS STARTS SUNDAY vsj^KmtoBni'bfrTinwK^ *73E»» iMuVlwsuryuiMltt'au^ Also Showing CHARLIE CHAPLIN in a Revival of One of Hi* Greatest Comedic*. The Beautiful Betty in Four Marvelous Characterisations BETTY COMPSON —ami — RICHARD DIX —IN— “The Woman With Four Faces” 1 »EBD® CHARLES RAY in “A Tailor-Made Man" i Seven Days, Starting Tomorrow First Semi-Annual Road Show Of six exceptional Vaudeville Act* and Photoplay Feature*, headed by the Sensation of 1923 Vaudc 1 FRANCIS I RENAULT 1 “The Slave I of Fashion” Sjj Gowns valued at more than M $25,000 worn by Renault will B t>e displayed at a "Fashion Matinee” next Tuesday. NOW <\ T O D A Y | - CEEGJ II “Trailing African | Wifd finals” TOMORROW |J RODOLPH VALENTINO ta Hit Givattit Picture i “The Four •| Horsemen" rtEIGHBQHHDDD THtATOa GRAND .... lam and Pinna* NTH SHIPMAN in THE GRUBSTAKE** VICTORIA - . path and Po.l **Cnnla*t in Omaha" •NANOOK OF THE NORTH