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■ o The Morning Bee mornin g—e v e n I n g—s u n d a y THE BEE PI HUSHING CO.. Puhllahrr. MEMBER OF THE AS:OC!ATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the u^e for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatcher, are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department «T i. or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: . „„„ Editorial Department. Atlantic 1021 or AT. 1042. ltiUU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Council Bluffs—16 Scott SL S. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bid*. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syndicate Trust Los Angeles—Homer-Laughlln Bldg. Bldg. San Francisco—Hearst Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. — - - ---x I. C. C. DRAINING OFF THE WATER. The ruling of the I. C. C. in the valuation cases, affecting the Salt Lake, Los Angeles & San Pedro and the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic lines, will probably have far-reaching effects. It should lead to a clarification of a situation that is at present rathei* complex. The commission declares a princi ple that must touch every transportation line com ing before it for rate-making purposes. This is the declaration: "In the determination of a value for rate-mak ing purposes, we are not limited, and can not be Confined to a mere formula.” Rigidly adhered to, this will do away with the Stock issues that rest solely on earning capacity. A distinct difference should be drawn between the stock that represents actual investment of capital employed in the creation and maintenance of the transportation service, and that which is set off to represent certain elements that do not figure in a material sense, and which can not be presented in tangible form as a factor in production of reproduc tion cost. Earning capacity, present or future, is one of these elements, generally relied upon, and having the effect of fastening on the public definite and continuing charges based on estimates that may or may not be realized. Ordinary business theory at least regards the proper charge for service as that figure which will return a reasonable revenue on the capital employed In carrying on the business. Practice has extended this theory to mean whatever profit may be obtained, and the capitalization of earning capacity has fol lowed. Usually this is referred to as “water,” and nobody knows how much there is of it in the billions of stock representing corporation activities today. A cut of $33,000,000 in round numbers from the claims of two minor roads, one of them described as Bn attempt to realize a dream that has not yet come true, if pursued proportionately, will set the vrlua tion of the railroads on which they are permitted to earn revenue well under the tentative figure of $18,500,000,000. Disturbance of value will not fol low to any great extent, for the stock list shows that prices have already been very well discounted by the investing public. What may be looked for is such a readjustment as will restore public confidence in the commerce carriers of the country, and make It pos eible for them to secure the new capital so much needed. Wall Street control has been the greatest blight that ever fell on American railroads. No granger legislation ever had the influence to destroy the trust of investors as has been that of the manipulators who run the railroads from a board room just back of a broker’s office. OUR VANISHING FORESTS. Another reason why the public should take a greater interest in tree planting is that the scarcity of timber is being felt in the home. Col. William B. Greeley, chief of the United States bureau of forestry, says that not only are there fewer homes, but that the homes being built are poorer, because of the depletion of forests. American forests have been reduced from five trillion board feet to 1,600 billion board feet, virgin timber, and 600 billion feet of culled and qecond growth. This is being reduced’ at the rate of 60,000,000,000 feet per year, so the end is not many years ahead, unless some vigorous steps are taken to replace the growth and check the depletion. Soft wood timber is being cut six times as fast as it is replaced, and hard wood timber three times. Less than 25 per cent of the cutover area is being replaced. In the east the famine is not a matter of speculation; it is present. The west is feeling the effect of the scarcity, and will continue to note it in the ever increasing difficulty of getting lumber with a steadily mounting price for what is furnished. Japan is expected to get from the Pacific north west the lumber it will require for rebuilding the cities shaken down by the earthquake. A closer source of lumber is unavailable, because the forests of Siberia are not yet being worked on a scale that would assist Japan in the emergency. The answer for America is in tree planting, the systematic, intelligent forestation of waste places. Unless this is done, 1975 will see our country at the end of the timber supply. Thirty one states, as well as the federal government, have forestry bureaus at work, but Nebraska has none. YOU CAN~ALWAYS TELL THE WINNER. Omaha is talking “hoss” again, with as much lest as ever, the reason being the presence of Ak Sar-Ben fall racing meet. Numerous kings and queens of the turf are present, and their perform ances are pleasing or not, according to how you have judged them before the clerk of the course hangs out the name of the winner and the time. It is worth while going out to the trnrk, just to see what beautiful examples of horse flesh still exist. After gazing at stream line models all day long, while dodging “silent sixes” and barking eights and being distracted by the rattle and snorting of the gallant little fours, it is n comfort to look at something that is just as beautiful as far as lines and grace are concerned, and immensely superior because of being endowed with sentient life. It seems quite a stretch from the 2:40 dnys of Dexter, and the world renowned team that Robert Bonner made up from that famous trotter and his great rival, Rarus, down to the time of the 2:00 speeder, and the racers that turn in heats but three or four seconds over the flat time. Along the way we pass Maud S., Alix, and a great parade of nags whose names are graven deeply on the tablets of the track. If the modern “bike" sulky does not greatly resemble the old-time h!gh wheeled nffairsl it serves; if the garniture of hobbles and harness the racer wears to correct faults nr assist pace seem to denote n greater application of mechanics than the ancients knew, they too are modern adjuncts of tho great game' and finally the outcome depends as ever upon the horse plus the driver. And down from an antiquity so remote that no one knows the begin ning comes that difference of opinion that begets horFo races, and 'hot deep, keen zest that can be in no other way. NATURE’S SECRETS COMING TO LIGHT. As if the earthquake, the typhoon and tornado, with TNT and the secret explosive of the United States government were not enough, men are at work trying to loosen even more terrible forces. This is all in the interest of progress, though, for along with the loosening it is planned to develop the method for binding, so that when the double secret is obtained, great benefit will follow, because man will be able to make the elements do tricks that are only possible to nature now. Speaking to the summer school at Columbia uni versity, Dr. Paul D. Foote of the United States bureau of standards said that if the hydrogen in two spoonfuls of water were converted into helium, the energy set free would represent $20,000 worth of electric current. The mind can not grasp the amount of energy here represented. In a spoonful of water, so changed, is contained the power to devastate cities. Carrying this along a little further, the brain swims at the thought of what may happen when the alchemists succeed in tearing from nature the secret of transmutation. In the suggestion is found an inkling of what happens when one of the dread events of nature sets out on its career of terror. On the other hand, if the research results in unlocking the door to a new world of physical facts, and man can master and control the forces he knows to exist, a future of wonderful range is opened. Just as the thought of the energy now bound in the atom staggers the mind, so it bounds with the picture of the power that will come with the knowledge. If nothing else will be gainer, the science of aviation will be made absolute, through possession of helium in ample quantity for balloons, and a motive force that will be exhaustless to drive the cars. Inquiry is broadening the opportunities for civilization, and the twentieth century is just be ginning to realize its triumphs and rewards. FAILURE OF THE LEAGUE. One achievement of the League of Nations, as announced at the present convention, is the salvation of Austria. This is all to the credit of the league, but it was accomplished by the generous co-operation of nations, including the United States, furnishing funds on which the rescue of the Austrians was effected. » This is a very pretty picture to display, but it will not hide the ugly spectacle of Italy, throttling Greece and defying the league to interpose its au thority. Italy has gone a step further, as might have been expected, and warns the league against any attempt at intervention in connection with Fiume, In a sense this is more important than was the Grecian incident, for the treaty of Versailles that creates the league of nations also designated Fiume as a free port, whence the people of Jugoslavia would find access to tidewater. D’Annunzio flouted the league and the govern ment of Italy by his hairbrained adventure in seizing Fiume and holding it against all authority. Now comes Mussolini, filled with high ambition, and pro poses to take and hold the port permanently for Italy. He disdains his pledge to get out of Corfu on the submission of Greece. Having received the pledge of Greece to carry out all that the ambassa dors in council ordered, the Italian dictator now tells the world he will stay in Corfu until he has settled matters with Jugoslavia, which dispute he aggravates by his announced determination to seize Fiume and again shut the Balkan states from the sea. Anything that takes place at Tangier is sub sidia'ry to this. Plainly the matter is one for the league to deal with, as it involves the possibility of war, as contemplated under article fifteen of the covenant. But Mussolini does not care for this, nor for the league, and the small nations appeal to the great in vain for protection. Is this twentieth century Napoleon to overawe the whole of Europe as did his predecessor in the eighteenth? Will a “whiff of grape shot” again dear the way for a dictator to pass to empire? While the league is busy congratulating itself over the saving of Austria, it will do well to find out if it has any control whatever over Italy. The normal school at Peru has the biggest en rollment in its history, no doubt due to the fact that it is the center of one of the biggest rows that has disturbed the Bryan administration. Italy now declines to evacuate Corfu on account of the attitude of Serbia. After that some other pretext will occur, for Napoleon Mussolini does not intend to let go anything he has seized. British praise the heroism of the men on an American destroyer that carried relief to Japanese stricken. Our men never count the cost in such emergencies. Ireland is now a full member of the League of Nations, and the rest of them will learn that “Erin go Bragh” means something. One thing is becoming quite well understood— nobody is ever wholly satisfied with the outcome of a booze raid. The money question is being debated again. Another sign that we are well back to normalcy. Let us hope the new pump sticks to water. Homespun Verse —Ry Omaha’s Own I’oet— Robert Worthington Davie THE WIND. Hear the whlap’rlng of the wind; Hear It rise and hear It fall— O’er, before you and behind. Tersely common—that la all. Hear the sighing of the trees, Gentle, and caressing too. And suggesting melodies , That would thrill the he art of you. If your love were sweetly singing Hongs of n familiar strain, Dreams and tender niem'rles bringing From that rendezvous again. 9 Rut It Is the wind that’s blowing. And the lifeless trees that sing; There Is litile In the knowing The diversity they bring. There Is nothing to amuse you, You know not the things they any; Rife must evermore enthuse you. And you turn the other way. There Is beauty In the swinging Of the wind, and there Is song: There Is muale In the singing Of the tree* the whole day long. There’s a moral that Is splendid; There Is purity stib’lme, And the world shall h, befriended tVhll* «V,„ xenhves wsft In rhvm* 9 “The People's Voice" Eltltorlalt from roadort al Tkd Maralad Bad. Rtadcra ot 1 ha Moralsg Baa ara iavttad to uaa thla column trail* tat exaraaaian ad mattrra ot publla lataraat. Modernizing the State Fair. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I was much interested In reading the editorial entitled "State Fair Falling Short." Having covered the fair for six days, paying attention to every feature, some of our Ideas along this line may not be out of place. In the first place, we desire to state that we mingld with the crowds on ail parts of the grounds and never once did we have occasion to learn that, according to The Omaha Bee: "Visitors from the state were sorely disappointed and visitors from out side Were amazed at the scanty dis play.” The quotation refers to the county agricultural exhibits of corn, grains, grasses, etc. We heard scores of folks say that the 1923 Nebraska state fair was the peer of any previous fair in its ex hibits and, having attended fairs In many states, we can vouch for the fact that it did not disappoint anyone who was really looking for the things it featured. True, there were but 13 counties represented at the fair, but these counties were situated In so many dif ferent sections that the exhibits prac tically featured ail of Nebraska's crops, grains, fuits and grasses. There was Douglas county on the extreme east and Kimball county on the ex- ( treme west. There was Custer coun ty, the largest in the state. There was Dawson and Box mute, and Lan caster afid Thayer, and Dawes and Kearney. We wjjl wager that prac tically every species of native grass was on display, every variety of grain grown in Nebraska and every variety of fruit. There might have been more counties, but we see little use in hav ing scores of booths presenting a du plication of pumpkins and grains and grasses as would be true if many more counties exhibited. Then again, there are various ways of representing counties. The Ne braska state fair has nevertln its his tory had a better exhibit of the work of the boys and grls from scores of counties and men who know Nebras- l ka state that the boys' and girls' club work was the most Instructive part ; of the fair. Dixon county was not represented with pumpkins and grains and grasses, but Dixon county se cured far more publicity and imparted far more educational Interest due to the fact that the champion baby beef . was exhibited by Dorothy Norris of Laurel in that county, und also be cause of the fact that the Sunrise Baby Beef rlub had six baby calves : which sold for more than $800. Adams county had no agricultural booth, but Adams county sent a trio of boys who won the state dairy judg j ing contest and a trip to the National I Dairy show at Syracuse. N. Y., next i month. Clay county had no agrieul | tural exhibit, but Clay county had a better exhibit in the shape of two club boys who gave what was without doubt the cleverest pig club demon stration ever staved on the grounds. Webster countv had no agricultural exhibit, but Webster county’s live i stock judging team was there and they won the state championship. The facts of the case nre that folks ' are more interested in spending their money in sending boys’ and girls' club i teamsito the fair than in lining booths 1 with grains and grasses and fruits ' Then, as we wandered everywhere ' around the grounds we noted that 1 | folks were more interested In the i I work of the boys and girls than any i I exhibits of tile fair. We believe that I I where 10 minutes was spent in view- l ing agricultural exhibits an hour wa« ■ spent watching club demonstrations. The Omaha Bee reporter could not i have seen the county extension ex ’■ hlbi's. the most complete exhibits of their kind that any state fair could “how In the Agricultural Extension I huildlng there were county extension exhibits f-om the following counties- i Douglas, Dawes Furnas Saunders. < Cum'rftr. Butler, Seward. Holt, H"rntl 'on. Richardson, Thurston. Clav. Cass, * Dodge. Webster, Red Willow. Adams, 1 Pheins, Gage. Nance Cheyenne, i Washington. Frontier. Pn)k, Dakota. 1 Dawson. Thaver. Valley, Buffalo, 1 | Fall. Johnson. Otoe, Howard, Kimball, j Morrill, Lancaster. Colfax. Line In. I i Fillmore and Custer. In all this i makes 40 counties renresented in a ' striking way hv exhibits whch cnlled attention to the constructive work bring done by the rountv a.-ent* and ' farm bureaus. As an edurnt'onal fea ture and as county exhibits ready < worth while thev could not have been ' excelled. They drew thousands every ' dev. Bos'des these exhibits, there were j school exhlbl's of value, and also ex ; t-lb'ts from the different counties of I ; !he various breeds of live stock. If j , anyone can ette to anv state fair In | previous 'ears In Nebraska that had more real educational exhibits, we would like to hear from them, and we sav this nf'er talking over the fair with folks from scores of towns and country localities In Nebraska. Nebraska had a bet'er display of agricultural exhibits than the great i Iowa elate fair at Des Moines, and | thp fair management deserves real eredp for the showing. The new Idea at fairs Is not to crowd exhibit halls with pumpkins and grains and grass es nnd corn In endlc«s confusion, but to sire's the more interesting along edorationnl lines such ns the work of the bovs and girls and the work of tb« organized farmers. And 'hat to our mind is much more of Interest II. HOWARD RTGGAR Intermediate Credit. Red Oak. la.—To the Fdltor of The Bee: I am enclosing n cllpp'ng from The Omaha Bc«», Issued the first part <*f the wff»k, which I think, in Justice to the rouptry banks, should be cor rected." Till* nrt'rle States that the rate of j| IJaily Prayer \ I will pn!*s Thy asms for Thy loving klndm*** —F*. las? o Clod, our Heavenly Father. we thank Thee this day for our health and strength, f* t* our homes, for our loved ones, for all the hlrssings and privileges Thou art giving us every day. hut more than all these we thunk Thee for the gift of Thy dear Son. Jotai* Christ. We thank Thee that Thou didst give Him tip for S3 year*, and that He shod His precious blood, and gave 111a life, a ransom for our sins. And so. O God, help us to die to self j and sin this duv. Forgive us for the mistakes of yesterday, and mny they bo stepping stone* to higher and bet • r thing* today. Brent ho Into our 1 <•* Thy Christ likeness, ahlne through our eves, speak with our lips, grip with our hands, throb with our hearts, and mny \ve help the World hack to Thee. Wv would pray Thee for those who are In trouble, for those who are sick, for the e who know Thee not. Grant us In our weakness, strength In our Ignorance, knowledge; and In our ► Ickne *, Thy healing touch Bless all the families we represent, and bless our loved ones wherever they are. We a*k these things, with pardon for all sins, In Christ’s name. Amen. IllfiV. m<i VlUjjr SMITH, JH, Firemen In Omaha 50 years bro were kept pretty busy, but they yet had time to enjoy themselves oc casionally ln their own free and easy way. Members of the department to day, who have to take physical ex aminations, do setting up exercises nnd drill in many ways, will be in terested In reading the following ac count of how a member of the com pany was “Initiated" as told in The Evening Bee of February 6, 1H73. “FIREMEN'S FI N.” "They Initiate a New Member.” One would naturally suppose that to become a member of the fire de partment 1b a very easy matter— that the only requirement!* are to be elected and sign the constitution—but such is not the case in Omaha, at least, as a new member is not ac cepted till he is proven worthy and capable of becoming a fireman. "East evening Engine Company No. 2, at their engine house on Tenth street, Initiated a iipw member named Jim Greenwood, who for some time past has been desirous of becoming a full-fledged fireman—good and true —so that he could run 'wid der ma shine.’ The initiation was conducted with a great deal of dignified cere mony. and was witnessed by a BEE reporter, who made his observations from a key hole point of view. "The applicant was first blindfolded and brought Into the presence of the firemen assembled nnd sworn to the utmost secrecy and subscribed to the following: "Am an American, 22 years of age; never was sick; don’t belong to any secret society; never stole anything but a chew of tobacco; never told a lie. except when necessary; never ln love, and will never let the tender pas sion Interfere with my duties as a fireman: promise to be punctual in giving the alarm: will not be afraid to take hold of the dirty end of a hose: will obey orders, etc. "The applicant was then removed and prepared and instructed to re ceive the first degree, which consisted in taking a shower bath in the hose tower, and then going over to Phil Mehriing’s and carrying a couple of dumb bells, weighing 225 pounds across to the engine house, where his 1'fting nnd carrying power* were thor ouehly tested. "The second degr-p was the lung test. In which Dr. Hanlon belted him on the breast with an Indian dub and pronounced him sound. The third de gree was received by the applicant drinking less than a poll of wa'er and endeavoring to blow off steam enough to fill the engine. The grand bounce (fifth degree) was conferred by 12 good men and true, who to sed him to the ceiling 22 times In a buffalo robe. The applicant was then re freshed by a drink of salt water. The sixth and last dgree. which made him a full member of the company, was the h.afdest. and was composed of several ceremonies—eating a sponge the size of a man's head walking up an imaginary ladder: sliding down a rough nine plank Into a tub of water: a repet'tion of the grand bounce: an other shower hath: gvmnastlc exer c!s«s: Instructions in the grip. etc. “James Greenwood was then de dared to be a member of the com panv by the Hon. Max Meyer, grand master of ceremonies, and was hen escorted about the room by Sealio. Reed, dV.aiker nnd other bouncers, to -eceive the congratulatory grin of h- i brother firemen. A grand collation consisting of obi rubber h< se and salt j water, was then spread in honor of the new memher “There Is not the least doubt but that after having urdergi ne these se vere tests. Jim Greenwood will make a splendid fireman, and the comnaiv can congratulate themselves upon the valuable acquisition to their ranks." 'nterest charged the farmer by the Federal Intermedn'o Credit hank Is 514 per cent, whereas the rnte charged, unless the hank is to do budnes* for nothing, is 7 per cent. Immediately after th's article ap peared we had requests for this 5'4 per cent rate and If thlB op'nion Is to prevail in the country It Is going to keep us busy exnln'ning. A. O. NORENE. I ” I Center Shots When congressmen start out to flx ! the price of a product the public will| understand In advance that It Is done | for political purposes and not In the Interest of economies.—Toledo Blade. Now one of the croakers snvs the national anthem !s a teacher of hate. And as yet there Is no cure for that kind of dyspepsia.— Milwaukee Bentl nel. T.ima Beans says the man who says it’s against his principles to do this or that might often ns well admit that it is against his prejudices.— Toledo Blade. If the next war is really fought in the air ns predicted, we cun name several politicians who will Is? In the front rank,—Portland Oregonian. Senntor Magnus Johnson says the president should call an extra sess on of congress Immediately to settle the coal, agricultural and gasoline qiiea tlon*. The senator's childlike faith In congress will undergo a change after he has been a working member of it for n few years Detroit Free Press. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for Auiuit, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEF Daily .72,1 M Sunday .75,138 Poes not Include return*, loft over*, Damp)** or paper* spoiled it printing and Include* nr »peci« •sis* B. BREWER. Gon. Mgr V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. luluirihril *rd iwmn to h#for» me thl* 4th day of Softer -her, 102.1. W II QUIVEY, (Seal) Not*ty Public “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— Helium a National Asset. Prom tha Boston Transcript. A timely summary ot the uses of helium, and an outline of the gov ernment's efforts to conserve a valua ble natural resource, ure contained in an address made by Dr. Hichard B. Aloore, lately chief chem.st of the bureau ol mines, bet ore the geology section of the American Institute of Mining and Aletallurgical Engineers at a meeting of that organization in Montreal. Not only Is It true that Americans generally have little con ception of the value of helium In peace and war, but It Is true also that we have let large quantities of It go to waste. The habit of national wastefulness persists. Hence the im portance of the government's plan to conserve this element, and increase the supplies of helium available for whatever uses may present them selves. Helium is invaluable for use in air ships. As the number of airships In creases, Its commercial value will also increase, as will also its value to the government in war time. So far as is known today, the United States contains the only large sources of natural gas containing helium. Out side this country only Canada and, Italy can produce helium in commer cial quantities. For this reason, de clares Dr. Aloore, It Is, "of great im portance, from the national defense standpoint, that our monopoly be re tained; therefore the exportation of helium is Inadvisable.” Before the war, he says, probably not more than 15 feet of isolated helium-was in ex istence. Now the government plant at Fort Worth Is producing 15,000 cubic feet a day, and this output will noon be increased to between 30,000 and 40,000 feet a day. Harvard uni versity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the bureau of stand ards have carried on experimental work in helium for the bureau of mines, and some two and a half years ago the cryogenic laboratory of the bureau of mines was established to co-ordinate all this work under one organization. The present plans of the government In general call for construction and operation of three repuritlcation plants, the operation of the production plant at Fort Worth, and In general the continuation of re search both in pure t^ienee and the application of results so obtained to various engineering projects. Such a program, declared Dr. Moore, will eventually put the helium problem where it belongs, "namely, as a great asset to this country. 1' h In time of war and in time of peace.” There Is a great need, moreover, that our helium supply be conserved Instead of wasted, i.s is the case at present. Official Investigations have shown that considerably more than 500.000.000 cubic feet of helium are annually going to waste in connection with the ord'narv use of natural gas. Not all of this, of course, eou'd be ex tracted for commercial purposes. Inas much as there is a wide variation In the percentage of helium in natural gas. "However, It would be quite pos sible,” points out Dr. Aloore, "to ex tract yearly 60,000,000 cubic feet of helium from gas which Is being reg ularly used, If sufficient p’ants were available.” In view of the Importance of helium, in peace es well as war. It w-ulrt certainly seem to be the part of prudence to prevent any such waste as that which Is now taking place. Sense About Rum Running. From tta* Detroit Fre* Pres*. The growing sentiment in Canada in favor of the American proposals for co-operution for the suppression of rum running across the border is an expression of sound sense among the officials and people of the Domin ion rather than an evidence of any • special sympathy for the dry laws of the United States. If Ottawa finally decides to Join hands with Washington to put an end to the con traband trade In Intoxicants, the ac tion will be taken because It is con sidered a self protective measure. The Montreal S;ar puts the matter quite directly in welcoming the idea of an International conference on the sub'eet when It nays: "If a fraction of the things written, and not denied, about the methods and manners of these rum runners, is true, they constitute a serious and shameful Indictment of the law abid ing character of our two peoples Si fret smut ■ s is one thing, but open defiance of the law with loaded truck guarded by loaded revolvers Is quit' I another. Neither Washington nor Ottawa can permit that condition—If it exists outs.de of the imagination of the writers—to continue. We in Detroit know perfectly well that the condition described by the Star exists. The armed smuggler, and the hijacker are unfortunately no figments of the imagination. They are ugly, menacing facts that are growing ugiier and more menacing ail the time. The Star Is quite cor rect when it says that Ottawa cannot permit the condition to continue. Though the offenses of these outlaws may be committed within the boun daries and against the enactments of the United States, the persons them selves do not cease to be criminal in their lives and habits when they are In the Dominion. They constitute a disreputable class whose very pres ence is noisome and detrimental, and whose example and influence are In jurious: and any country that toler ates their presence Is certain to be Infected, and suffer more or less as a result, League Has Fifty-Two Varieties. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. A Cuban has been chosen to preside over the deliberations of the League of Nations. Of the six nations which have not sent delegates to Geneva this year, five are in South or Central America. The selection of the Cuban may serve tov emphasize to his own country and to the Latin American absentees the particular Importance to these lands of the settlement for disputes by arbitration instead of at the edge of the machete. There are 52 countries In the league, and their population is three-quarters of the entire number of the earth’s in habitants. Young as it is, the league represents a public opinion too con siderable to ignore. Home Runs and He-Men. From the Seattle Post-Intelttf'meer. It argues a healthy condition In public affairs of America when the Abe Marlin i. Pv i svnmR a V 9* >m I Mrs. Tilford Modt’s paw dropped dead t’day. He wus havin’ his car fixed an’ when he wen’ t’ get it he found it ready. Th’ easiest o’ all th’ man killin’ jobs is bootleggin’. Copyright, 1923. nation can take such interest as tt evidently is taking in the race be tween the h g league baseball players for home run honors. "Did Babe Ruth get another homer today?" Is asked by half the business men you meet, and the battle between Ruth and Cy Williams for the heavy hitting su premacy is quite as absorbing a topic as stock ticker quotations or affair* in Europe. There Is nothing radically wrong with a man as long as his interest in -norts keens up. Is Your Furnace a “Coal Eating Monster?” If you believe your furnace to be a “coal-eating monster” and that it just naturally takes “so much’* coal to keep it going—We want you to try BONANZA. BONANZA will prove to you that keeping a house warm is purely a matter of coal; that the furnace has little to do with “poor” heating. BONANZA burns well in ANY furnace; it gives perfect satisfaction even in furnaces having poor draft. 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A grade to suit every make and size of gaso line motor —light, medium, heavy, special heavy and extra heavy. Polarine shows unusual resistance to injury bv heat and it main tains a protective film of lubricant under all conditions. It does not wear out quickly. Consult the Polarine Chart and use the grade of Polarine that has been proved best suited to your car. It is the surest way to keep down repair costs. Buy oil and gasoline where you see this sign. STANDARD OIL COMPANY ___