Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1923)
Today^ Nature's Savage If ar. IT heat Slays Down. Mussolini's Honor. Commercial Rivalry. ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ You learn much about earth quakes in the report of Omori, ■Japanese earthquake specialist, perhaps best informed of all men. Omori predicted this great earth quake and may have lost his life in it. His report, as head of the imperial earthquake investigation committee is comforting to those that live in New York city, and along the rocky Pacific coast. It appears that serious danger from earthquakes is minimized on rocky lands.'-The biblical house “built on a rock” is safest from earth quakes. This applies to the rocks on which New York stands, and to the Yocky coli&l of the Pacific. Nature proved in the Japanese typhoon that her war can be more terrible even than man’s war. The unfortunate Japanese were attack ed by earthquake, fire, tidal waves, new volcanoes bursting out, tor rential rains, typhoons, and, worst of all, by dreadful fear, afflicting millions. Oil and gas tanks exploded, bridges collapsed. Fortunately there is reason to hopp that the loss of life may prove less than was feared. But Japan has undergone a shock call ing for years of recovery. The power and credit of Japan, the confidence of other nations in its people, is proved by Japanese government bonds keeping their place wonderfully well. This country ought to show sym pathy otherwise than by mere charitable contributions of a few millions. Such contributions are all very well as a safety valve for friendly sentiment. But Japan needs and should have real help. It has to clothe, feed and provide houses for more than 2,000,000 homeless and hungry. It must suppress disorder, keep down anarchy and other violence. It must rebuild its ruined cities, raijroads, telegraphs, bridges, highways, telephones. The loss even with economical Japanese labor will amount to more than S5,000,000,000 The American nation could and ought to help with a most liberal loan, on the most liberal terms, a loaj) worthy of this nation's wealth and greatness. A million Japanese by the way could easily be found to give their lives, rather than fail to pay that i <iebt of honor. The Japanese are very “old fashioned.” — In Japan the usual marvels and i miracles accompanying disasters will not be lacking. The biggest statue of the great Buddha has been thrown down Temples and pagodas dating from ancient time* are heaps of ruins. But here and there a temple or idol will be spared. Bhintoists. Cokfuti&n ists and Buddhists.who represent. Japan's religious beliefs, \vilF«11 rnmytroof of the superior ity of their religion, and the in feriority of the others. Even Japanese socialists, meet ing at the time of the earthquake, who escaped without damage, can boast of a near miracle, and per haps suggest that Zin-Mu celestial ancestor of the heaven-born mikados, looks upon them with a favorable eye. That same Zin-Mu will approve hts descendant Hirohito, prince regent, son and heir of the retired mikado. Hirohito gives $50,000, 000 from his private fortune to the sufferers. No ruler has ever been as generous. No ruler except the czar could have afforded such generosity. Wheat was lower yesterday, and ihe day before. The earthquake leaves thousands in need of food, hut that doesn’t help the price of wheat. Nations always find money to buy wheat for war, no matter how high the price. They do not spend so easily merely to relieve human suffering. Mussolini defies the league of nations, because Italy's honor is involved. Honor is always involved where war is concerned. It was so with us when the. Maine was sunk. We would not have welcomed foreign interference there. The kaiser sent word that our ships must go only where he said. His submarines would sink them if we didn’t obey. That was a mat ter of honor also—to his sorrow. If the league of nations can divert war only where no question of honor exists, the league will not do much. Meanwhile, it is a badly jarred and jolted organization. Even the simplest-minded will soon realize that the best thing for the United States to do is to keep out of any league that would ex pect us to force upon others the interference that we should not al low them to force upon us. Aside from ^earthquake, war threatening, wheat down, coal up, these are the interesting things: President Coolidge lets it lie known that he is no friend of Haig and Haig, and intends to stop boot legging. That means something for the next election. Secretary Hughes wants a full report of the Ftulion attack on Corfu. Such attacks are all alike. I.et's hope he doesn’t think the United States, its men or money, must do anything about It. We didn’t shell Corfu. Secretary Hughes also suggests that nations will ‘‘limit economic rivalry,” which means that they will stop going after each other's trade, thus removing the chief cause of war. If Mr. Hughes can bring that about, changing the leopard’s spots or the Ethiopian’s skin should be easy. Until men change within, where they see n dollar, they will go after it. And going after a \ iaiblr dollar i the short name fot ‘‘eco nomic rivalry.” 195U.J Rural Sections of Europe Are Now Prosperous 'Back to Farm Movement*’ Spreads to Continent, Ex Congressnian Sloan. Just Back, Says. (« ontinued From Pag* On*.) sheep had hren slaughtered during ihe war and the calves and lambs are aow being butchered almost fta fast as they are bred to supply meat for tourlats. Germany, oci the contrary, did not Glow Its cattle to decrease so mark fdly during the war and has since tieen breeding diligently, so that the number of young cattle for 6 months to 2 years in age Is very noticeable. France la second in this respect, while Conditions in England arc better than on the continent. More Livestock Urged. Mr. Sloan adduces from this sit uatiort the advice that American farmers had better breed more cattle and raise less wheat. Europe ha/s made up its mind to produce its own grain, and America, so long as pres* rnt conditions and tariffs in Europe fcontirtue. will do well to raise only as much as Americans can use. Wheat farmers will receive a total value equal to that of the present crop If the production is only 70 per cent of what it is now, he estimates. America will have a near mono poly of the com. supply for some time to come, but that Is chiefly valu able as fodder. Europe is not de manding fodder just now, but In two or three years, prophesies Mr. Sloan, tlie rehabilitated nations will want to buy hundreds of thousands of cattle and a great deal of meat from America. Mr. Sloan, who was greatly inter ested in the eradication of tubercu losis of livestock while he was In congress, conversed with agricultural authorities and American consuls in every large city he visited about the progress made in Eurctpean countries In tuberculosis eradication. America in Front. He found them eager to stamp out the disease, but without exception their means for doing so have been and will continue to be limited. The United States la about six years in advance of other nations In this movement. Opinion leads toward the English proposal toward dealing with Ger many in all the countries through which he traveled except France, Mr. Sloan said. France is as firm as a rock behind Premier Poincare, but all other nations appeared to feel that the suggestions of Premier Baldwin of Great Britain were more practical and more to the advantage oi Europe as a whole. "Italy is the most ambitious coun ity in the world and led by the most forceful and daring character in pub lic life.’’ wrote Mr. Sloan while in that country. "Italy boasts of Its rapid increase in population and chal lenges attention to the decrease In France. On the lips of many of its citizen* is the word, 'W* will lead the I.atin countries.' " Mussolini Forceful. Mr. Sloan heard Mussolini mal.e an address in which the premier de manded a vote of confidence and threatened to prorogue the chamber and rule without It if It refused to agree with hie policies. He found little opposition to Mussolini evident In Italy, the people subjecting ' dif ference* to their enthusiasm io* tional aggrandlzment. The ■ « are hard at work, he found, ami „tive wonderful crops of grapes. wh* 1 tnd olives. In Germany he found prosperity in agricultural districts. Most of the work in the fields, however, Is done by women. The forests are wonder fully kept, the people getting most of their fuel from them without de stroylng or harming them. In the cities he found comparatively little manufacturing, most factories being paralyzed by the money situa tion. This situation he believes to be artificial, Germany having deliberate ly debased Its money for various pur poses. Vienna In Poor Hhape. Unemployment was not so much In evidence ns In Vienna, where swarms of beggars haunt the etreets and the restaurants. Food Is cheaper in Ger many than anywhere else In Europe, In American money. Czechoslovakia, according to the former congressman, ia the best man aged and best equipped of all the new governments. It. has succeeded in establishing a comparatively stable Lost Priflce and U. S. Ambassador 9 Ainba^SStuicf ^ocxtar 1— -- ■ ■■—*■-..— «■ ' m ■■ ■in* f i» ■■■-«-■ f v ... i . »u c* ambassador to Japan, came safely llirooeh the eaitlniuake when the Japanese capital was destroyed. Mr. Woods is shown here with Prince Yantashlna, a prince of the royal house of Japan, who was killed In Tokio. Prince Yamashlna was a lilch officer In the Ja|>ane*o navy. Ambassador Woods later reported he and his entire staff were saved. currency and has developed a marked unity of spirit and national enthus iasm among its several nationalities. Its thrifty people are investing In Improvements the money that they formerly paid in taxes to the Austrian empire, and count on developing a prosperous little country. Bohemia, the principal province, has the Best balance of population of any Europ ean country, having an agricultural population almost exactly a* larg ns its industrial population. Situation Arutr in Britain. In the British l«les Mr. Sloan saw a great deal of unemployment. Two million men are out of Work, and the ship building yards at Glasgow and Belfast ara absolutely idle. Many English. Scotch and Irish lads are emigrating to the United States and Canada. This situation is due to the damage to English trade caused by the condi tion of central Europe. Agriculture, however, was In better condition than It has been for very many years In the British isles. In Ireland, where Mr. Sioan was about a week before the election, he saw much political excitement and a little shooting, hut reached the ion elusion that Ireland is gradually pacifying itself under the present gov ernment. which la supported by 7r> per cent of the people. Me tried to locate some Sloan relatives in north eastern Ireland, where hts parents came from, but discovered that the whole family had come to America. World Good Will Is Aim of United States (Continued from glmt I'nge.) for the shipment of American dollar* to Europe. In fact, so many of our dollars a is already In circulation in Europe that some American banks think it is possible to *ell to foreign ers in America, order* for dollar* deliverable In Europe. Base Currency On Dollar. In two of the European countries with depreciated currencies, the gov ernments are making definite begin ning* toward starling new currencies based not on gold, but on some mil lions of American dollar bills in the treasuries of their national hanks. The lowest estimate the writer has heard is that upward of «ne hun dred million American dollar hills have gone to Europe during the pres ent year Another estimate places it as high as a million American dollar bills a day. Our officials can see the reasons for this flew readily enough, but are pus sier! to figure out what effect if any It will have In America. They do not have any apprehension of an unfa able effect. Each dollar bill that goes 10 Europe is to that extent an offset to some of the gold (n the American treasury if which we hate too much and which we would lie only ton glad to distri bute In this or any other way. Would Become Standard The movement I* an infallible < tn of the disposition of the whole world to make the American dollar tlw standard currency. This is a position which in years past was held by the lb Irish gold sovereign. Great Britain pot an Immense advantnee out of it. We are not equipped to get so g <mt sn advan’age becau*" we da not carry on international business to the -auie fxtent that Britain did. Aroth»r deduction I* that the hu man animal. In Europe or elsewhere, tends Inevitably *o turn to gold n» hi standard of curr»- cv. Me wants to work, he wants to trade, he wants to make a profit, he want* to save some of his profits anil ho wants diat »a\■ li g to be in gold nr the equivalent of told. This human motive is triumph ing over experiments of theorists or governments who wish to abolish money nr to abolish private trade or to *e> up currencies based on some | thing other than gold. I Both in the International helpful ness of charity, and in international economics American leadership g'^s On steadily, even though some ideal ists sincerely think they have reason to complain about our lark of inltia tne In another respect. (Coovr-t«ht. lltl > Subscription to Loan Banned. larndon. Kept. S—A dlspstch to the Itally News from Cologne says tlv' Rhineland high commission hss for bidden the raising of subscriptions to the German gold loan !n sny of the occupied territories Another ordinance empowers search for German orders received by Ger man officials end authorised the tc placement of the latter If desirable. Drink ' GRAPE BOUQUET 1 A rich red refreshment with a luscious grape flavor—not unlihe a sweet red wine—a sparKling, cooling beverage. At all fountains or by the case from your grocer. lOo per bottle Mixed with fresh fruits, tt mahea a delightful punch for lawn parties. ta and other summit tainmenta may I I also to give flavor t<_ jf tees and pudding s. / Anheuser Busch ST. LOUIS _ . Paxton Sr Gallagher Co. WhtUtmU DUtrikulort Omaha, Nebr. 5c par glass — Japanese Need Flour, Envoy at Tokio Asserts List of Necessaries Given by Ambassador Woods—Some Americans Reported Dead, Safe. By AunrUlM Pr«> Washington, Sept. 6.—Ambassador Woods at Tokio, in an undated dis patch sent by wireless via Iwakt to the State department today, listed the commodities most urgently needed for relief work in the devastated area of Japan. "Any aid from American people for over one million homeless Japanese,” the message said, should preferably take form of tinned meat, condensed milk, flour, underclothes, galvanized sheets and dimension timber for one story shelters." A second message from the stubas sador again reported the safety of the staff of the American embassy. Con sul Kirjassoff and family ami Miss Doris Babbitt, he added, were re ported killed. Tile reference to the "family" of Consul Kirjassoff. is be lieveil by the State department to re fer to only Mrs. Klt-jasenff, as lire \ lous reports had said that the two children were safe. Miss Babbitt Is believed to be the daughter of the assistant commercial attache at To kio. Ambassador Woods aniil Maj. \V. (' Crane, language officer st the embas sy, and wife had not been heard front, but advices received'by the military intelligence section of the army gen eral staff here said Major Crane had reported his safety. Consul James i“. Davis at Bhang itai. cabled tlint Mary and Nellie j Hands were safe in Shanghai Judge Loblnger of the Cubed .States court at Shanghai and other officials of I he court who were in Japan also were reported safe. Omabans Forsake Trains for Cars lit Go to State f air Omaha went to Lincoln for Omaha day at the State Fair in n pillar of dust, forsaking the railroad for the flivver and the brood highway At the Burlington station at P:i", this morn ing officials gazed sadly at the single train pulling nut of the sh-ds with its tw o extra coaches handling a crowd that used to require two extra trains. Keen the t.'nion Stockyards has passed up the steel rails for the D. L. D. Highway and joined the esti mated procession of ;00 cai s bound for the exhibits at Lincoln. Bee Want Ads produce results. Prisoner in Woman s Garb Almost Escapes j This is Hie woman's outfit in wliirlt Otto ( ole, Omaha life termer, nearly caratesl from the si a to peni tentiary Wednesday, when he min gled with a crowd of visitors. It took him three months to make it. Detailed story Is on Page ?. Peace Prize for Harilinp. Copenhagen. S«pf 6,—The late presi dent Harding Is hided In a list of about 30 persons who are hung pro posed as recipients of the Noble peace prize, says the Christiania A ft enpoeten. Others In the newspapers list In clude Miss Jane Addatns ami Secre tary Hughes. Wife Beaten Up by Husband. Is Claim Columbus Farmer's Wife in Hospital After Alleged At tack With Cordwood. Columbus, Neb., Sept 6 Mrs. Stanislaus Kula, a farmer's wife th ing four miles west of Columbus, Is in St, Mary hospital, suffering severe bruises about the face, head, hands and legs from a beating she Is alleged to have received with a piece of cordwood from her husband. Mrs. Kula. claims the attack fol lowed her attempt to punish one of (lie family's six children because the youngster cut open a muskmelon and spilled its contents on the dining room table. County Attorney Otto Walter to day issued a warrant for Rule s ar rest. charging wife beating. Congress Due to /— Act on Tidewater Hr Assoc is t«d Chicago, Sept. —Reprr»entath ** of the Great I^akes Ft. I-awrence Tide water association in session here to day expressed the belief that eo gressional action in support of the deep waterway project to ronrer the Atlantic and the Great Lai.'* would be taken at the next srss ' Sentiment ip New England Is rap idly changing in favor of th^ d»e; waterway, H. C. Gardner, preside of the association, declared. Not orb has the waterways committe. of tl e Associated Industries of New Err Und endorsed the waterway, but • New England. St. Lawrence andRreat. Irtkes assoeiation is being formed tr . further the project, he said [orapeon ,€>d6en ^ Ca Phone AT lantic 0600 Two Special Values in Our September Sale of Bedding Blankets $3.95 An extra heavy quality of wool nap blanket?, 66x80 inches, in pink, blue, tan or gray plaids. Comforts $3.95 Winter weight comforts in the large size. 72x84 inches. Attractive cover ings filled with fluffy sanitary cotton. Baby's Carriage Robe and Pillow to Match Don't be nfraid to choose this blue crepe de chine robe and pillow for the Baby Girl, be cause. although it looks exquisitely dainty, it's washable. Robe, $4; pillow, $2.50. Other lovely ones in pink for boy babies. Second Floor The Hard Coal Indust *y On Trial For Its Life A single act of tyranny in the hard coal fields may be the last straw to break, not the back, but the patience of a long suffering people. Already We read in the press of the country of plans that are being formulated for a possible permanent abandonment of anthracite coal by consumers: the immediate utilization of bituminous coal, coke, oil—and the speeding up of plans to supersede coal in industry with huge water-power electric projects, and even solar or atomic energy. From all of these far flung plans, The New York World deduces that. “The hard coal industry of Pennsyl vania is on trial for its life.” There is an illuminating article in The Digest this week that presents .all of the facts on this timely subject. Other News-Features in this Week’s Digest Our Interest in Cuba's Railroad Problem A summary of the trouble in Cuba and how the , United States is affected. Making Up With Mexico Details of the steps that have led up to the present entente rordiale and the possibility of the proposed treaty being passed by the Senate. Italy s ‘New Liberty of the Press The restrictions that have been placed by Mussolini to regulate Italian publications. The Klan As a Victim of Mob Violence The case for and against the attack upon the Klan at Carnegie on August 25th. The Night Mail in Reality How distance shrinks with air-plane transporta tion of the mail. In the news of the successful five-day test of the air-mail service there is a duplication of the perils of the dashing days of the pony express riders who carried the overland mail in the picturesque decades of the past. The Plan to Split Protestantism in Two The schism that is widening between the Liberals and the Fundamentalists. Japanese Ire at ('liina's Boycott —If anted-Air Terminals—Are Animals Color-Blind?—The l sen of Drudgery—To Keep Timber Sound Robert K. Lee in Drama Tuo Men II / o Helped Make the President -Magnus, the Cnbluf fable, of Minnesota The Girl Who (ante Ip From Despair — “Gasoline Rabies,” a National Peril Meaning of the Canadian Bank Failure—Topics of the Day There are also many striking Illustrations, including the heat of the Cartoon* September 8th Number—On Sale Today—All News-dealers 10 Cents --—-----*v \-, The First Anniversary of FUN from the PRESS I It was just a year ago that The Literary Digest's short humorous motion-picture reel Ft’N from the PRESS was released. Almost from the first week, it became popular and each additional week but served to increase its popularity with the public. It is being shown in about 2.000 of the better class motion-picture theaters throughout the country. The high spots of the cleverest newspaper humor ists and cartoonists are transferred to the screen in this jolly little reel and the public which at tends theaters where it is shown may be sure of five minutes of laughter. There is a theater in your town presenting FUN from the PRESS. Why not drop in and see it? Produced by The Literary Digest, Distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation It is a mark of distinction to be a reader of I EMILY POST’S ETIQUETTE "The Blue Book of Social U.age" Ihe rno.t complete hook on .octal »aa£e. that erer <rr- Sfllln* LOW copie. a meek! cJO parfew or.nemu.tro Nef-een two eoeon. ~f A.oa,. Ini,., Imp.; *4.I». pet At ere nr Rook.tcwe m thw oo e FUNK * WAr.NAI.l_S COMPANY, hit.her. .VS4 MO Fourth Are.ua Now .York