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The Morning Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publl.h.r. f MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Baa !• a member, is axdualYSlj entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not oUierwiae credited in thia paper, and also the J*»cal news published herein. All rights of republications of our apecial dispatches are also resorted. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department it l.-aiu or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: , Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. 1UUU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam > Co. Biuffe - - - 16 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—280 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. 1 ■ —--■--- ■■ •■■■■»■ ■■ ■ -- — .■ .. - ■ — —« INTERNATIONAL BULLIES ON TRIAL. ^ome tends out word that Greece is in the midst ot a political upheaval, and that the government is . threatened by revolutionists. This would not be an ■ unexpected accompaniment of the situation forced by the Italian course of action. However, no revo lution or aeries of such in Greece can justify the Italian attitude or behavior. A far more serious aspect of the whole affair is that which shows Italy as defiant of the League of Nations, of which body she is a charter member along with Greece. The quibbles put forward by Mussolini are unworthy of a pettifogging lawyer. His con tinued assertion that occupation of Corfu and other , Grecian islands do not constitute acts of war are no more worthy a dignified, responsible government than his equally absurd statement that the shelling Corfu was but an exhibition of moral persuasion. The ugly incident is given a more sinister color by the fact that the roll of victims in Corfu includes 16 refugee children, who were bathing in peace, and whose death will stand as a tribute to Italian gun nery, the shots having been intended for the citadel some distance away. Rome now proposes to appeal to the International Court of Justice, not to justify any demand of Italy on Greece, nor to request a judgment on the merits of the case. Not on your life. Italy wants the court to say if the League of Nations has any right to eomo between her and her victim. She has solemnly agreed to submit any dispute that might lead to war to the council of the leaguq, and now proposes to ask the court to relaee her ffom that agreement. Greece alone is unable to resist Italian strength, and unaided, must either humble herself to the dust, to meet the extraordinary demands of the Mussolini government, or to submit to all the inconvenience of constructive warfare, now being carried out by block ades and seizures of Grecian territory, and probably to the horrors of actual war. If the League of Nations has any vitality at all, it should meet the arrogance of Italy firmly and ef fectively. A few plain words to Mussolini may do 9 lot of good, in sparing the world another war. Word from Geneva just now is of more interest than any thing that will come from Rome. What the world would like to know is whether the League of Nations really can deal with an international bully, or if everybody will be driven to carrying arms again for *p]f protection. THIS LOOKS LIKE A MAN’S CAME. Some of the sturdy youth of the land who pause with admiration at the mention of the name of .lack Dempsey or “Babe” Ruth, will certainly be surprised when they read of the tennis match at Forrest Hills court on Saturday. William T. Tilden and R. Norris Williams of the United States won from James O. Anderson and John B. Hawkes one of the great est matches iff doubles ever played. Just what does this mean? Five sets were played, i squiring 82 games to determine the victors. Two hours and thirty-eight minutes were consumed in . the contest. Anyone who has watched the progress of a match between two ordinarily skilled tennis players may get a notion of what such a trial of skill and endurance really Is. Four of the greatest play ers the world ever knew, each straining his utmost; ■ the ball flashing back and forth across the net In lioree smash, low-sailing volley, back hand or for i ward, the deceptively floating lob, the swift and ; deadly service, all to be met and returned, not once [ but again and ngain. Tense, alert, the players must ;! i ross and recross the courts, from net to back line, 'rom right to left, perfectly co-ordinating their ! work, never one taking the other s ball, until the : well played stroke derides the point, and then repeat until the points count game, and the games count I -eU A baseball game runs off in an hour and a half, S with alternate periods of rest and activity. Not even the pitcher is asked to sustain the continued ac tivity that falls to the tennis player's lot. Ten rounds is a long time for a boxing match to go these , days, and a minute of rest comes between each round. The boxer employs his utmost energy and power, but no more than does the tennis player, and . not for so long a time.. As a sheer feat of endurance, the great match between Tilden and Williams on the one side and ■ Anderson and Hawkes on the other, stands out as i one of the greatest of man's physical achievements. It is the more popular because the Americans won, I but the Aus.-ies made them go some. “W. H. GREEN OF CHICAGO" What shall it profit a man if he gains high place ,n a political party, and the editor of his home town paper never finds it out? W. H. Green of Omaha attained some promi uence in connection with the third party movement in Nebraska, and later took up with the federated farmer-labor party, and was made vice president of its executive committee. He is now on his way to Russia, where he will make a personal study of conditions. All this has been announced in The Omaha Bee, as a matter of current news. In the Sunday World Herald editorial page we learn: “It appears that, the Moscow government has invited tV. H. Green of Chicago, vies president of ih« farmer-labor party's national committee, and other officials of that pnrty to visit Russia at soviet expense during September and October.” Having allowed that bit of misinformation to soak into his readers, over Sunday the editor made a discovery. He found out that “W. H. Green of Chicago” really and truly is W. If. Green of Omaha, so on Monday morning he makes this further an nouncement : "\V. H. Green. 3021 Cass street, vlca president of the farmer labor p.-irly's national committee, with another official of thn party and an inlerpre ter, are on their way to Russia to attend tho soviet agricultural exposition. They sailed from New York August 23.” A California professor has discovered that bulla io not mind red flags more than any other. A professor once discovered that a bull could be quiet ed by the steady gaze of the human eye, but the public is not making iny general use of the infor mation. Missouri is going to have a new constitution, but that does not. mean that Jim Reed can no longer t arry the state. | GIVE THE BOYS TIME, CHARLEY! Charles M. Schwab is the latest captain of in dustry to give the present American plan of educat ing youth a solid jolt. Mr. Schwab lines up sev eral counts in his indictment. First of these is that schools and colleges today are rather formalized, that is they standardize their output. Second, the stu dents are taught to think in terms of the intellectual class, and therefore are likely to become insulated and out of touch with ordinary people. J'hird, very few college graduates are fitted to step into the shoes of a superintendent at a great modern steel plant. • To each of these counts the univcrsiti is of the land will plead guilty, with some reservations as to the ideas of democracy. Some of the higher insti tutions of learning can point out some notable ‘‘rought necks” as examples of the work carried on, yet most of them take pride in the fact that their graduates are taught the value of human society, and if they show signs of culture it is because they have a bent in that direction. At any rate, it is not a reasonable charge against anyone to accuse him of having good manners and a desire for polite amuse ments. Mr. Schwab is himself a graduate from the school of hard knocks; he was a shoveler in a ma terial yard when Henry C. Frick gave him his chance. He scarcely would look for a chemist or an engineer among the muckers around any of his plants. As to dealing with men, the average college man is quite as well qualified for the job as any, for in the end one should have experience, and even with that the man at the top sometimes scores a dud. The day may come when Henry Ford, Thomas A. Edison and Charles M. Schwab will endow a school to teach the things they think ought to be drilled into the youthful mind, but generally the world will have to worry along with the system that has pro duced Fords, Edisons and Schwabs from the very beginning, for these are not the first of their kind. JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. A doctor over at Chicago has bocn making some wonderful discoveries in connection with his search after the secret of good health and long life. If what he puts forth is generally adopted, it will make a lot of work for the carpenters, bricklayers and plumbers, and thus restore the balance by giving them what'he expects to take from the undertakers and the grave diggers. One of his discoveries—made by somebody else a long time ago—is that: "Sleeping with the head pointing north makes one en rapport with the universal intelligence, .is manifested by the magnetic vibrations of the earth. In the daytime, the sun's vibrations, east to west, dominate." To follow this closely, a lot of bedrooms will have to be turned around, for many of them face east to west, and do not permit the bed being turned from north to south. However, this may in a measure be overcome temporarily, by allowing the night workers to use the east and west bedrooms and the day workers the north and south. Some complications may arise, but that is a mere detail. For the plumbers the doctor offers a greater out look. He says that “instead of the fancy tub and shower, a plain old-fashioned garden hose should be used for the morning bath.” This will be all right in the summer time, as Vesta Victoria used to sing, but what to do when winter eomes is another question. Maybe the doctor will tell us later. What a sight the residence section of Omaha will present, or any other community in the early morning hours, when this goes into effect. Rut thq poor cliff dwell ers, who infest the cubicles called sleeping rooms in the modern apartment house, or those who take down the wall bed in the living room,” will be hard put to get a garden hose hath. The court yard might do, but, oh boy, think of the effect. Walking barefoot in the dewy grass will draw the poison out of the system, says the doctor, who cites John D. Rockefeller and the late J. Pierpont Morgan as examples. If everybody was fixed like them, the advice might he followed. Yet, after all in said and done, even Methusaleh did not live for ever, and the only mark he put on the record was 665 years. What most folks today call for is action, and, to quote Francois Villon, “an end is an end, whether it eometh on the winged heels of a week, or the dull crutch of a century.” Many of our townsfolk avoided the Japanese disaster by not being there, but several were close enough to know what the feeling is like. With the “wets” and the “drys” both after him, Brother Charlie is finding out the difference between making promises and redeeming them. If Italy really wants to know what the little en tente can do, Bulgaria and Turkey can furnish the information. Again wc are warned of counterfeit S'JO hills, and again wc hear the chorus rise, “Yes, we have no A friend of the farmer insists that King Corn be restored to the throne. When was the king de posed? School must seem like n rest to little Johnnie, after the hectic days of the long vacation period. “Tremblor" is a perfectly good word, but it has no business in a tale like that coming from Japan. Nebraska retailers are organizing anti-burglary clubs. Here is one more tip for the governor. France Is pulling out of Constantinople and dig ging in in the Ruhr. Omaha should not be lacking when the hat goes round for Japnn. Omaha bad plenty of picnics if it had no parade on Labor day. Been to the state fair yet? It's good. Homespun Verse —By Omulta’s Own I’oet— /?abort Worthington Davit WHERE IS MY MARY? How often 1 sit by the window. And wonder where Mary ran be The gill whom i left at the gateway The night that tier father met me. How often I vision §ier smiling . As over the highway 1 ran; How painful It Is to remember Tho voire of Hint horrid old man' How happy I was for my swiftness « hi going remote from the fray. But when Is tuy Mary, mv Mary" O, where Is my Mary today .' How often 1 muse in my dreaming. My heart Is excessively sad. I might have been true to my Man If l had avoided her doit The biggest n*»w* Item or the day &0 years ago was the building of the Union Pacific depot, which was to stand until well along Into the '90s, when It whs « ompletely outgrown and entirely obsolete Bids on material for th‘- ere* t Ion of the building w ere j opened on Frida?. September f>, 1*73, this account being taken from Tha Evening Bee of that date: "THE NEW t. P. DEPOT.” "Heliini of Nuperintcndrnt Sickles and OiMuiinc <>f ISids for Furnish ing .Stone ad Brick.” "W ork to Be Commenced Almost Immediately." "Mr. T. E. Sickle*, superintendent of the Union Pacific railroad, after a prolonged absence in the east, re turned home tlds morning. The sealed bids for furnishing the brick and stone for the new depot build ing, which were handed in in accord ance with the advertisement tele graphed from Boston, some weeks ago, were opened and examined by Mr. Sickles, almost the first thing after his arrival. "For the stone thev were as fol lows: J. H. Green, $3.69 per cubic yard, delivered: J. 11. Luce, $3.40; if. T. Clark, $4.75; flush A Hogeborn, $3.75; It. Laing. $6; Jason L. Lamb, ft; Gray A O'Brien, $3.40; w. A. Gwyer, $! 40, loaded on cars. It will bo seen that the two lowest bids are $3.40 each. "The bids for the brick were as follows: Benjamin Ittner, $10.85 per 1.000; It. B. Dexter. $10.50; R. C, Jordan, at Grand Island, $11.50; Samuel f'afferty and Frank Railey, $12; Shape & Qulnby, $10.47, this last bid being the lowest. "Superintendent Sickles informs us that the contracts will be awarded either today or tomorrow, or as noon as he can ascertain the responsibility of the parties. "The erection of the depot buildings will lie begun ns soon as the first installment of material Is delivered, and the work will be pushed forward rapidly, and continued without inter ruption till completed. "The depot and general office build ings are to cost $200,600. The depot is to be 125 feet wide and 300 feet long, and 50 feet high at the arch of the roof, and It will be extended 1,000 feet when necessity demands. The Omaha A- Northwestern and B A- M. in Nebraska will occupy the depot with th» T'nion Pacific, and track* will l>e built for their accom modation. Inside the depot five tracks, occupying 95 feet, will he laid. On one side will be a news room, dining hall, liaggagc room and ladle*’ and gentlemen's waiting rooms. The main entrance will be on Tenth street "Early in the spring a general fill ing up of hollows and leveling of hill* in the vicinity of the depot will take place, *o ns to afford ample room for track purpose*. The tracks on the bottom* will he abandoned. A new track from the shops to the depot will he laid in a more direct route than the present one, and numerous other Important Improvement* will be made.” Said Nothing Bash. Fite decreed that the speeches which the president delivered should stand ns an tinalterahle summing up of the ideal* of the policies which he held before him for the remainder of his term. In ail hi* worts there was no extravagance or excess which need* pruning, no bitterness to he expunged, no unkindness to qualify the grief that every man feels. The words uttered onlv as part of his day's work may stand as hi* monument to the nation. —IJetroit Free Press "Like llcgets Like.” The i-ivx voting people now »o com mon will produce jait. children. I know two well behaved young people who married a few rears ago, and now have a fine baby T also know two jsr.z young people married about the same time, and they have a Jaar. baby; a nuisance, in spite of the best efforts of the kin on both sfdes.—E. W. Howe’s Monthly. Daily Prayer ] Tour h*srt shall llva that ssslc God — rs o i:. O Lord, our gracious Father, we would bring tn Thro our thanksgiving for all Thy groat kindness and Jove to us. Wo bless Thee for all remem bered or forgotten of Thy providences. We bless Thee for all tl*o wav by which the Lord our Hod hath led us, md whilst Thou hast been so gracious in the past, wo thank Thee that wt ran hope in Thee perfectly for all the f uture. Strengthen u*. we pray Thro, that wo may draw near to Thee wfcfh lowly and obedient spirits Do Thou quicken ns. that wo may « all upon Thy Name with more earnestness of desire, and more true submission, and more f/ilth than wo sometimes have. We se Knowledge that, as 've go about our daily work, wo too often forget Thee, for Whose sake and by Whose strength It should l»e done We confess that we vjeld far too much to the temptations that are around ns, drawtrfg us away from Thee. We live ns If Die present work! were oil we had to do with or depend upon Do Thou deliver us. we pray Thee, from all foolish over esti mate of the worth of transitory things here, and ennble us to rise above the temptations of the fleeting present, and to find 1n Thyself the treasure that the world cannot give, and no change ran t»ke ntvay. Amen. nrv vt a cam iron, n a, Toronto. Otnrlo. ('snstfs. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for Auiuil, 1921, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .72,111 Sunday .75,138 T>o«« net Induct* returns, left over*, simples or papers spoiled in printing ami Includes spseial sales. B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. j V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subscribed and sworn to hr tors ms (bis 4th d*V <M a*pt*»nbei. IStS. I W. H. QUIVF.Y, I (Seal) Notary Public | ’ .. “From State and -Nation” Editorials front other neu'Sftapers. The Goal of Farming. From the Fargo Tribune. Festivals were once held to cele brate bumper crops and to showr ap preciation to the gods for a bounteous harvest, but with the advent of huge crop productions and large farms with surplus productions, the festival spirit follows a good business year regardless of production. Supplies for tlie home tabic are no more the. main consideration In farming, and frontier crops are not yielding ade quate returns to growers. Some lands still have frontiers, but America is passing from that gtage. Just as the home builder finds It iin profitable to build a cottage on ex pensive property in business districts, so the farmer is finding it unreason able to use expensive lands for grow ing single crops in a frontier maraerf The mattor of fertility Is becoming a problem in sections of the northwest where it has never been considered a factor in crop production. If the farmer were still required to grow his crops without the aid of time saving machinery, the situation of the single grain farmer would be even worse than it now- Is, despite the greater production which modern cultivating anil harvesting machinery makes pos sible. Manufacturers of farm machinery are curiously enough among tlie most enthusiastic advocates of mixed farm ing and the change from grain farm ins. Idealizing that the basis of their whole business is the prosperity of the farmer, regardless of the crops he produces, the machinery men are strongly in favor of less wheat, of less single-cropping and of more dairy farming, more poultry, and a more careful choice of crops. The fact that the farmer plants blindly without knowledge of what his crops will bring bim In return is not largely the farmer's fault. He can gradually change his svstem of farm Ing. but he cannot Influence produc tion and his markets without an organization or agency which is in close contact with his whole industry. Brother Charles and Coal. From ths Ilia< k Diamond. Governor Bryan of Nebraska an nounces that he Is perfecting arrange ment* whereby the state of Nebraska, working through local authorities or committees, will retail coal to the domestic consumer, including the farmer, "at several dollars per ton below prevailing price*.'’ In his pre liminary announcement he makes various childish statements about the operators fomenting strikes and vast quantities of coal in storage, which, to the well Informed, are beneath consideration. His avowed intention la, however, so Inimical to the Inter ests of a considerable business ele ment In bis own state as to receive careful attention. Granting every one of Governor Bryan’s statements to be true—which they obviously are not—why should lie contemplate and attempt serious financial injury to everv ons of the several thousand retail coal mer chants In the state? By what right does he single out, from the whole field of merchant*, the coal retailer, and Pit the power of the state against him in an effort to break him? Is he governor of Nebraska or Just all of Nebraska except the coal merchants? Or I* It possible that he believes the farmer vote Is lareer than the coal merchant rote and is willing to crucify one class to gain the favor of the other? He announces his plan as a blow at the operator, and we can not keep from wondering how It can be so handled. No matter where or when he buys the coal it will have to conie from this same despised operator. The stale * money is Just as good to the operator as It a retail mer chant's. The only man his state dis tribution plan will hurt I* the retailer. With the state underselling him "sev eral dollars a ton,’’ or even one dollar a ton. he Is bound to loose his eus tomer and his business. The fact that the state can under sell him Is no reflection on either the business ability or the Integrity of the coal retailer. So, too. could the state do with sugar, lard, gasoline, men's suits or any other article of commerce. The slate would buy In vast quantities, would sell only for cash, would lake no profit, would maintain no plant apd would pav no taxes All these things the coal mer chant has to do He Is a reputable citlten who assumes his share of the responsibility of the community and pay* hi* share of the taxes He d serves better tieatnient than da mag lng discrimination at the hands of thn governor of the state If Brother t'hsrles carries out this plan his next logical *i«p will lx to buy sugar by the shipload, rgflno It In a state, tax exempt factory, and drive the grocer out of husinese. Then will come shoes made in state, lax exempt factories and the shoe dealer eliminated, state made ment product*, and the butcher ruined, slate trimmed Indies' hats and the milliner mu of husineae. This is an ambitious plan—one worthy of the genius of the originator of IS to I and the disputant of the Darwinian theory. Kriticalinn Handicap* From th« Sioux Clly Journal The recent action of the board • f truataea of Tennessee university tn dismissing s professor because he did not agree with their xlews of evolu tion, is, like a similar proceeding in Kentucky, a serious handicap Im posed upon education. The point of deepest Impression lies in the thought that universities. wherever situated, are undertaking a groat responsibility In behalf of the future citizens of the community, the state, the nation and the world, end, further. In the con viction that educated men only should ha vested with the authority of en gaging and dismissing insl motors. The rase tn the Tennessee university may be cited to illustrate the neces sity. Prof. .Tames W Sprowl*. a member of til* university faculty, was dls missed by the trustees because he recommended for outside reading a hook entitled "The Mind in llie Mak ing." The author maintained In the volume recommended that the mind and the body are not separate entitles, hut that both constitute a single en tity which has grown up from small Iteginnltigs. which, in a word, has evolved. Just ns the mind and the body of a child develop together ns inseparable .pails of the Individual. This, 111 Hie view of the IrUatccg, was an evolutionary theory and they ! “The People’s Voice” I editorial* from raatftra *1 Til Morifag Baa. Reader* of The Morning Boa ara lavttai to u*e thla column frggl* for •• 1 matter* ot public tataraat. Can Congress Cut Prices? Omaha.—To the Editor of The Oma ha Hee: It would seem that by this time tint period of high price* ought to ruse up. Since prices advanced from the lower levels questionable excuses altound why high prices remain the same or why there |s need of further advancement. The feeling for fair play to the consumer appears ceased. The greed for more money overshad ows brotherly lave. Living condition* are becoming almost unbearable for those having small incomes. This makes for discontentment and un happiness. It would be a worthy act for any •persons with time and financial mean* to start a probe into the causes for high price* with a view toward en deavoring to lower same. Such a movement could nlso be undertaken by welfare organisation*. It is a duty of stats am! national officials to strive for lowering prices of commodities and necessaries of life. Tile great mas* of people who are forced to live on small Incomes are certainly entitled to re lief. Congress might to he convened to formulate constructive measures. Not further restrictive laws. Something could be done if the proper steps are taken. If there is a reason for con gress assembling In December, why must the public who la paying them for service be obliged to wait until De cember for aid? Why would not Sep tember lie as well? Kor what reason is congress idle between March and December, a period of nine months? It is costing the public moro than f3, 000.000 alone for the salaries of the representatives and senators during that period. The taxpayers must un willingly stand for this expense along with their numerous other burdens. No doubt the public would appreciate it greatly if the newspapers would launch a nation wide drive against in flated price*. Newspaper prices are fair—why cannot other prices he like wise. OTTO L. BREMERS. 3620 Hawthorne Avenue. Wooden Shoe* Are Wooden Shoes. Torrlngton. Wyo.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The writer was very much amused, almost laughed out loud to himself, on reading your tree planting article on Page -t of your Morning Bee. The article goes into details con earning the necessity of tree planting, hating pointed out the fast disappear ing native tree* of these United States, and urging more planting of trees, and cite* the many uses for which our trees may he applied, such a* for ‘ wooden shoes.” etc. I may ha ig norant of the wooden industry: I have traveled a number of miles in these United States, being an ex-service man, but ss yet have never neen an American pair of wooden shoe#, either worn or for sale, although no doubt some foreign born may have cut a pair from an old cottonwood log while he is resting from his labor. If we increase our foreign reserve, no doubt the wooden shoe industry would thrive, yes. revolution)** the shoe industry generally. PAUL H. UNDEMAN. Homesteader from Omaha (Note.—"The customer is always right." hut if Mr. Lindeman will get off at Columbus. Neb., the next time he is coming through, he will pee the biggest wooden shoe factory In Amerl rs. snd one of the biggest In the world, turning native cottonwood into wood en shoes. These are not worn or the streets, or at parties, but if he will go into one of the big butter factories of the city, or one of the soft drink breweries, he will see where the wooden shoe is a vital factor in in dustry) (iet After Fall Worm*. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: The second crop of worm* that infest our trees are coming out and I stopped at the entrance of an alley the other day and destroyed some. Continuing down the alley l found quite a number and at the end of the trip had the same feeling of satisfaction one gets from a suc cessful hunting or fishing trip. Tt might he worth while for other* to try this, and even though they find noth ing in it. the community would bene fit a little by their one trip A. E. YULE. would have none of it. Prof Sprowle was told to get out. * Whether It would be safe to »ngago trustees, or members of boards of education whose education 1* far lje lew that of competent inetrurtor* and trust them to admit that thev did not know as much ss. or more than, the teachers seems to he answered bv the Tennessee incident. Autocracy should have no place on a hoard of that kind, especially an autocracy of ignorance and defiance that undertakes to out line what shall be taught and what Is to be proscribed Trustees of uni v realties, on the average, are not men of the highest education. Rome have taken common school courser other* are high school graduates and a few are college or university men- A school or college or university trustee ship Ig not * business, however More frequently It Is n position of honor and trust Imposed bv the community that has sons nnd daughters to edu cate. It Is obvious that men of aver ago good education, who have never specialised In the work undertaken by highly trained Instructors, really do not know as much as the teachers know about the various subjects taught. Tt. therefore, may he ac cented that they would not be romp*-' tent to p*y whether an instructor in advanced sciences was right or wrong. As to Minnesota. There may he considerable disturb ance of political conditions for the time being, but Inevitably will come the reaction from radicalsm ns In 1*9$ Moreover, that one of the old parties that seeks additional strength by merging with itself all the discontent ed elements and pledging itself to all their economic follies Is likely to find Itself where the democrat ic party found Itself In 1*9$ after the ' Hoy Orator of the Platte” had disposed of It.—Springfield 1'nlmi Two liuesses Our guess is Ilia! the anthracite coal strike will be settled and that the price of coal will be ralacd tZ a lob. As usual. As to the lime, of setllsment of the a e. s our guess Is that it will he when the operator* shall have had time lo sell all (heir rubbish heaps of slate and coal dust As usual Phlla delplda North American. Money to Loan on i Omaha Real Estate ^CONSERVATIVE Savings6Loan association / Af <3 t* n o y 1A Book of Today [ "THE WHITE K EAG"—By ii»n» Btr»tlon Porter. Doubleday, rage * to. The reader contemplates a new novel bv Gene Btratton-Porter with keen reilsh. having In mind tills au thor'a "Freckle*.” "A Girl of the JAm her lost,.rhe Harvester,” and other books that have attracted nation-wide attention. Charm of style anil strong • tory interest are combined with splen did character!**tions In this new book which undoubtedly will add to the laurels already won by this able writer. It is a story of the small town of Ashwater, giving a vivid cross section of various classes of people—the high and the low ly—whose Uvea are Intermingled through social and business activities. Jt shows that virtue lias its reward and that obli'iui ty and faise pride run their course to a fall. The story revolves in most part around the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin Moreland and their son, Junior, and Mr. and Mrs. Nahlon Bpellman and their daughter. Mahala. Jason, foster-eon of a washerman, Is a noble lad woo surmounts many difficulties. And there ia Becky, with her white flag, urging all to pass under her em blem of purity and bo cleansed In heart and soul. The hook has some tragic features In the concluding chap ter*. Mahala Bpellman is moved by an Impulse to ho fair to all, while Junior Moreland, eon of thu wealthiest man in the county, allowed no scruples to stand In his way. "The JVhite Flag." will be appreciated by all who enjoy a story that carries the reader through with unabated Interest to the last page. The Stratford company offers "Wall Street. Fifty Years After Krie." being a comparative account of the making and breaking of the Jay Gould rail road fortune, by Ernest Howard, for merly of the Springfield Republican and latterly of the New York World. It Is primarily a narrative of authen ticated fact dealing with the manner in which the bead of the family of the lale Jay Gould was pushed off the railroad map of the United States. It is claimed that the book "shows how the artual control over the railroads of the coun try have passed from the owners to a small number of elusive and publicly irresponsible private bankers who must be dislodged from that control before the rountry can have peace and unbroken operation for its vital transportation lines." The author writes, "This control of Ameriran railroads will have to be taken away from Wall street and from its private bankers. 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