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The Morning Bee MORNIN G-—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member. Is exclusively entitled to the ubc fqr 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 republleation of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department at buttle or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: s AAA Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or AT. 1042. -EWV OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Council Bluffs—IB Scott St. S. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louts—Syndicate Trust Los Angeles—Homer-Laughlin Bldg. Bldg. San Francisco—Hears! Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. ALL EYES ON NEXT JUNE. Once more President Coolidge has given proof of his astute ability to cross no bridge until it is reached as he proceeds. A group in Chicago has organized a “Coolidge for President” elub, and notified the president to that effect. In reply he acknowledged with appreciation the compliment, but suggests to the club that if it really wants to help him, its ener gies should be devoted to aiding in the solution of problems that are pressing. The nominating con vention is yet afar off, and a session of congress is at hand. No one questioned two months ago that War ren G. Harding would be nominated to succeed him self. • All that has been changed, and a new deal made. Calvin Coolidge succeeded to all the load that Harding carried, but without inheriting his political assets or liabilities. His is the pole position just at present in the line up for the race about to start, but with this goes no absolute guaranty. Sen ator Moses of New Hampshire, not very long ago regarded as head of the Johnson cohorts in the far east, has announced his adherence to the Coolidge chances, and it is hinted that William E. Borah has adjourned his own ambitions that he may support the Massachusetts man. .Against all this, Hiram Johnson is quietly mak ing hay. The publication of his letter t(o his friend McClatchey, no matter how it reached Andy Law rence, is reacting in favor of California’s frvorite son. For Hiram is the darling of the voters t the Golden state, and it is extremely unlikely that Her bert Hoover's personal popularity will be of suf ficient weight to overturn a verdict that seems sure at the moment. In other of the Roosevelt states, such as Nebraska, Johnson will have much if not all of his old strength. Bebore the convention meets a busy session of congress will have made up most of its record, and as it disposes of a lot of what promises to be vexati ous if not exactly troublesome matters, the way to nomination will be cleared or obstructed for one or the other, and maybe for both of the leading candi dates. BOARD STANDS BY ITS GUNS. Very few people in this part of the world ever heard of the Arizona Eastern. It is part of the Southern Pacific system, running from Phoenix to Maricopa, with a little wiggly branch leading off somewhere into the desert north of Phoenix. The railroad labor board has just lifted this obscure line into national prominence through announcing some principles of general interest and presumably of general application. First of these is the one which serves notice on railroads of whatever station or degree, hnd labor unions as well, that the board’s decisions as to wages are to be reviewed only by the board, and changed only after hearing. This is the language of the board: “The railroad labor board decides that the carrier has been compensating the employes in volved in this dispute at a less favorable rate of pay than provided by the decisions of the board, and therefore orders that the rates in effect prior to January 1, 1922, shall be restored, and the employes affected Bhall be reimbursed by the wage loss sustained by them since that date on account of the wage reduction made by the carrier.” While the board has no authority to enforce it* decisions on either party, it is supported by a steadily growing moral force, and as Its purposes become better understood, its existence is more and more justified. Every case, almost without excep tion, that has been brought to the, attention of the board since July of 1922 has resulted in benefit to the workers, which indicates the nature of the blunder of the shopcrafta in striking rather than tak ing the orderly way of getting a readjustment of working conditions. The decision just rendered is in line with others, in which the board has asserted its dignity, at least, and which have generally been complied with, be cause managers and men alike recognize in the tribunal the best piece of machinery yet devised to settle disputes without resort to strikes. If the board succeeds in establishing itself in the minds of the parties chiefly interested, the great third party to all labor disputes will be benefited, in that the un interrupted service of the commerce carriers will be available while differences are being settled by men in conference. CALAMITY FALLS ON CALIFORNIA. A strange freak of the weather has turned the atherwlse joyous climate of California into a veri table blister. San Francisco reports what would be a hot night even in the Mojave desert, and then comes news of a sirocco, driving a tidal wave of flame across the wooded slopes of the coast range, through pretty little summer, resort towns, and sweeping a swath of destruction across the residence section of the lovely college town of Berkeley. Here is disaster a little closer than Japan, with damage as complete as fire can make it, although accom panied by less of loss of life. The news concerns us all, for no loss of property, much less of life, can lightly be passed over, even by so prosperous a land as the United States, and when the loss is on a scale of such magnitude it is doubly important. While the timber involved was not of great market value, it was forest timber, growing under conditions favorable to development, and cer tain in time to be of service to the people. Eighteen counties are involved, and some of them are those where orchards and vineyards constitute the great industries. They are especially open to damage by such fires, and it is reasonable to expect that when the details are all in the loss will mount high into the millions. San Francisco reports it as California's worst experience, with the possible exception of the great earthquake and fire in that city in April, 1906. Thir ty-five residential blocks in Berkeley were swallowed up by the flames, a single, but perhaps the most im pressive, incident of the disaster. Undoubtedly an other call for relief will come from those who are caught by the calamity, and ussurcdly this will meet the seme promot and generous response that always follows a call for help in America, RUTHLESSNESS REACHES ITS END. When the armistice was signed in November, 1918, along with the welcome thought that peace had been restored to the wotjid went another that held something of consolation. This was that indus trial Germany had not been seriously affected, and so would become a contributing factor to the restora tion of the world. How quickly and completely that dream was dissipated is understood by all who have watched the progress of events for the last five years. Germany was to be required to make restitution and reparations; it was a matter of simple justice, but that same simple justice also demanded that a sum be fixed for Germany to pay that was within her power to pay. All now know that Keynes was right when he published shortly after the conclusion of the Paris conference that the demands made were beyond reason, and equally beyond the capacity of the German people, and that if insisted upon, only material ruin faced the defeated nation. No matter how the conclusions of Keynes were disputed, the fact is that several conferences were held to determine exaAly what the total of indemnity should be, and none with sufficient of decision to pre clude further inquiry. France has been obdurate all through the whole affair. Clemenceau’s government gave way to Briand, and Briand to Poincare, and the position of the French government grew more and more insistent with each change of premier. Re venge to the uttermost appears to be the animating purpose of Poincare, and nothing so far has turned up to swerve him. As a result Germany has come to a point where seemingly utter collapse or abject surrender must be accepted. Industry is destroyed, plants are idle, workmen are starving, all the currents of national life are dammed, and the destruction and devasta tion accomplished in peace is as terrible as any that accompanies war. Streseman has offered Poincare everything save unconditional surrender, which seems to be what the French dictator requires, although he has not flatly said so. He has, however, emphatically rejected all offers from the German government, and all over tures from England and Italy looking to a readjust ment of reparation claims. France must have all, he insists. Yet Poincare is paying closer attention to the United States than he is to any other land just now, for he cherishes a hope that he may secure favorable reaction here to a hint he gave some weeks ago, to the general effect that France is willing to forgive the German debt to the extent that America fbregoes the French indebtedness. In other words, he looks to the United States to pay $4,000,000,000 of the French claim against Germany. Premier Baldwin of England is to have a secret conference with Poincare, out of which may come something helpful. Conditions in Germany are grow ing more desperate each day, and, no matter what the attitude of France, or whether surrender or col lapse follows, the nations of the world will find an imperative duty awaiting them, for Germany, pros trate and in chaos, must be helped back to stability. “Peace hath her victories no less renowned than those of war," and also terrors that almost surpass the most dread effects of conflict. Poincare is press ing this latter to the absolute limit ICE COLD JUSTICE. A tale, sordid in its details, conies down from beyond the Arctic circle to confirm the might and majesty of the law. Two Esquimos are to be legally executed by the Canadian authorities, after trial and conviction on a charge of murder. Rex Beach, Oliver Curwood, Robert W. Service, and a lot of lesser writers have given us thrillers from the north land, tales of brave men, fair women, villainous bullies, cold, snow, dog teams and Esquimos, but none of them surpass this which merely rests on proven fact. It started with the lust of a white trader for an Indian maiden. She took up with the white man, and the native she abandoned did the next best thing, and killed another of his tribe that he might have a woman of his own. Then began a blood feud, with wholesale slaughter on both sides, until finally the medicine woman ordered the execution of the original murderer, and the law came in. A prisoner killed the policeman who arrested him, and trial and conviction followed for two. It is all part of the day’s work for the Canadian Northwest Mounted, who carry the law into the frozen wilderness. And over there law is law. Uncle Sam has a fashion of going after the men he wants, and no matter how far they flee, or how securely they hide, he eventually gets them. This is why the mail robberies and mint and postoffice crimes have been so remarkable few. Criminals engaged in such enterprise are either uncommonly shrewd or stupid beyond understanding. In either case, they pro ceed with full knowledge that they will always be hunted until found and tried. The arm of the law is long. It may seem inert, slow to reach out, sometimes, but it does eventually lay its weight on the offender. That is the true safe guard of society, under which men live and enjoy the fruits of their own industry and thrift. Prizes at the food show will be popular, because most of them can be taken home and eaten. Canada’s wheat crop is not the first thing that has been over-estimated this year. At least, the Bulgarians have learned how to write notes. Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie IMPRESSIONS OF AUTUMN. I gaze through the glistening window aglenm with the diamonds of dew, Where the grass hns a snllowr complexion and tho leaves a golden hue, And the trees seem to droop as If weary and waiting for winter and rest, . While the clouds of un autumn evening cllmli up from an empty west; Drear forms of the zenlas are waving with mournful expressions that burn TUI the heart of the dreamer Is longing for beautiful Hprlng to return; Tho air Is nswlrl with the music the zephyrs Instinctive ly play— The beauty of sadness and glndness Is blended In splen did array. Through life I have drifted surveying the scenes of the great out-of-doors. Through youth, middle nge I have Journeyed to embark for the fairest of shores. Through rapture and strength 1 hare'hastened, through pain and distress 1 have gene— And arrived at tho season of Autumn to pause for the beckoning on. Orown old like the leaves and the zenlas, afflicted by age like the trees— 1 hear tho wind's fluctuatons refrains of the master of keys; . I gaze through tho glistening window where the dia monds of dew are agleam, And know that the season of Autumn Is inure than a fanciful dream. “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— A Coal Magna Charts. From the Christian Science Monitor. The United States coal commis sion's report has been submitted tu President Coolldge. The Impartiality of the commission's members, the de cisiveness of their language, and, above all, their facilities for piercing the mystery of the American coal In dustry, make the document one of the most important ever issued in this connection. In a nutshell, the six investigators find an Irresistible clash in the coal fields between two sets of acknowledged right: the right of the Individual to Join a union, and the right of a corporation to discharge him if he Joins the union; in other words, a contest involving the exist ence or destruction of the United Mine Workers of America. Each side ''ad mits,” In the words of the report, "the principle In which the other be lieves, but each is quite satisfied that peace .can only come by killing the other fellow's principle.” From this clash of opposing, but Indisputable, rights, likened to the clash between the definition of the Declaration of Independence concern ing liberty and the original constitu tional right of slavery, has come an armistice In the coal fields. It ex ists today, but Is liable to break down in "riot, bloodshed, and the destruc tion of property," simply because there is no compromise, and no yard stick by which the conflicting rights of the parties may be measured, even if arbitration were employed. It is this yardstick, In the form of a coal code, which the commission now offers. In seven recommenda tions, which may become a coal Magna Charta, a definite path to peace is proposed. The first three articles lay down the miner’s right to bargain individually or collectively without coercion from corporation or union, and affirm that, though the Constitution does not permit a wage contract to have the force of law, It should be respected by each party. The fourth enunciates a policy of public interest before which private rights must yield enough to secure peace, and the fifth urges a wage suf ficient to secure an American stand ard of living. The final articles are the most Im portant, as they are the most definite recommendations. One proposes a presidential ''fact-finder" at each pe riod of contract negotiations, to keep the public informed, so that it will never enter a strike period blindfold ed. The last proposes a system of arbitration boards, local and appellate These are the recommendations of the commission, of such evideftt value that congress In all probability will translate them Into law. From first to last, the commission declares, and tVn ri’bi'c will admit, that In a clash of "rights" the law will always be ' * ave ce of the Judgment and con science of the community,” and that above all and in defiance of whatever theoretical rights mav stand In the way. "the general public has a right to demand of its government that it shall not freeze In the midst of an abundance of coal." The Corfu Martyrs. From the 6t. Louts Post-Dispatch. Greece having deposited 60,000,000 lire to meet the demands of Italy for reparations on account of the murder of the Italian commissioners, the families of these commissioners will be amply compensated in so far as money can compensate them for the loss of their members. ■ But who will compensate the fami lies of the sufferers from the murder at Corfu? In the proposed settlement of the dispute between Greece and Italy nothing whatever was said of the 53 victims of the heartless assault on unarmed civilians. Including sick orphan children, 30 of whom died from the effects of the tearing wounds of shirpnel flred by Italian guns. It will not be forgotten that the bom bardment of Corfu was ordered by the Italian government and took place before It nod even been proved that Greeks wore guilty of the murder of the Italian commissioners near Janlna The bombardment whs an act of wanton brutality. Its victims were martyrs to Italy's Imperialistic spirt*. Had they been citizens of a great power they might have been alive to day. Italy should generously compensate the families of the Corfu bombardment victims. Immigration Evils and Remedies. From th# Minneapolis Journal. Although the 3 per cent Immigra tion law has happily resulted In In creasing the percentage coming to this country from northern and west ern Europe, it has also resulted In smuggling In of aliens on a large scale. Estimates place the number of aliens "bootlegged” Into the United States all ths way from a hundred to a thousand a day. To combat this evil and to secure a better admin istered Immigration policy. Secretary of T-abor James J. Davis proposes two Important remedial measures. He feels that nothing would so strengthen our Immlgrstion policy ns to remove our examining machinery to foreign shores and then to enroll and register all aliens after they arrive. The present policy of passing on Immigrants after they arrive not only leads to smuggling of aliens, but causes grest suffering to those who leave home and Journey thousands of miles, only to find that they are harred from the promised land. Re jection for many menns utter poverty and an enduring hntred of America These hardships nnd Injustices would he ended, if Inspection nnd selection of immigrants were mado before they leave home. Secretary Davis' second suggestion looks to a census nnd anrollRM lit of all aliens In this country by the nat uralisation bureau. If American citi zens nre required to register before they nre permitted to vote, surely there Is hotter reason for registering nllens who desire to qualify for Amer ican citizenship. This might well be made the tlrijt step to a true naturali zation of mind nnd heart. Our Immigration laws. Ill Ideal and Daily Prayer T,*t no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, hut thut which Is good to th« uaa of edifying, thut It muv minister grace unto the huurcru. And griovn not the holy Spirit of Ood. whereby ye iro seuied unto the day of redemption. I.ct all hitterneee, and wrath, atul anger, and clamor, and evil -peaking, be pul awny from you, with all malice—ICphea, 4:2931. Almighty Ood, our Father and Pre* server. Who, having refreshe<l us with night's slumber, hast awakened us to the duties nf a hew day, grunt us. wo humbly beseech Thee, Thy honvenly presence, that we may lie able to <1n our work us In the great Taskmaster's eye. O Thou Who bust redeemed us through Thy mercy, lie pleased to de fend us by Thy grace from the evil without us, and within. Save us from the power of our own lusts; the will it lo suggestions of our own thouglps; the treachery <>f our own hearts; and cause Thy face to slilne upon ns. t> Thou In Whose presence there Is no night, that this day and all «'tir days may he pure and holy, and that w«< may walk In the light, ns children of the light. We beseech Thee t" hear us, through Jesus Christ our laird Amen nt;v, T ft M'CaHKtNSAbR, M. A.. Choittrvllle. Canada. I In administration, have developed in a haphazard way, and have been greatly influenced by questions of momentary expediency. But aliens now coming to this country hail from war-torn and revolutionary countries of Europe. Many of them are unfit for American citizenship, because they do not easily become assimilated and are imbued with all manner of wild and chaotic doctrines. The time has come to make this country’s im migration policy not only as restrlc live as may be, but alBo more selective and fair, both to those that are ad mitted and to those that are shut out. Secretary Davis has pointed out what seems to be the most practical way of doing this. The Strategy of Feeding Wheat. From the Mlnneapolle Journal. While wheat is cheap, the price of hogs has advanced $2 per hundred weight since July. This condition points the farm strategy of feeding poorer grades of wheat to livestock instead of so much corn. The Country Gentleman of re cent date urges farmers to do this and supports its advice by varied data. Prior to 1912, when the price of wheat was relatively no higher than that of other grains, it was almost a universal hog feed In the northwest. When wheat rose in price the practice fell off, until now it seems that farm ers have forgotten the strategy of feeding wheat to itvestock. It still remains true that wheat by Itself, or mixed with corn, barley, tankage, al falfa or fishmeal, makes a great grow ing and fattening food for livestock. Experiments show that three pounds of soaked ground wheat give as much gain to hogs as four pounds of soaked whole wheat. Because it is so solid when moist, it should not be fed in large -quantities to animals not used to it. Best results are secured when it Is mixed with foods that contain more roughage. Wheat fed to livestock produces quick gains, and also helps to reduce the wheat surplus. Evidence of its rapid fattening power has been gath ered in experiments at the University of Missouri, where it was shown that 483 pounds of wheat produced 100 pounds of pork, whereas It took 682 pounds of corn to produce the same result. There is no doubt about the value of wheat in feeding livestock. Agricultural experts strongly urge that when if is below its norma] price level the poorer grades be used in this way. An Absolute Increase, Not Relative. From th« New York Times. It is with a discouragement verging toward despair that the Pennsylvania railway management reports the seem ing failure of Us eforts to prevent grade crossing accidents. More people were killed and Injured this July than last. This Is not conclusive proof, Indeed, that nobody la learning to exercise caution In the crossing of railway tracks. It may show only that the number of automobilista is increasing at a rate so great that (lie supply of people who either cannot or will not be cautious there or anywhere else, even when their lives depend on It, is kept at the same relative level That would explain the increase of casual ties, and will continue to explain It until the country, so far as automo biles are concerned, has been, as the statisticians say say, ‘'saturated.” That point has not been reached yet, though there are a few signs that It is not far distant. Included in the Pennsylvania’s re port are astonishing stories of the ex tent to which recklessness and stupid ity are carried by not a few of the motor folk Again and again they have been killed this summer, not by having trains run over them, but by running over trains, or at least trying to do so. That is. they have collided, with fatal results, with trains stand ing, not moving, on crossings. Even for such an ‘'accident'1 as that it is not quite necessary to assume madness or idiocy on the part of the victims. The report ascribes it to the habit of crowding so lliany passengers into automobiles that when a sudden emergency comes the driver lacks the unimpeded access to his brakes and his gear shift that ho should have. He talks with his passengers, too, and they to him. which Is something never permitted In the cab of a locomotive or In the wheelhouse of a ship, though In those places the danger of inatten tion is no greater than It is in an auto mobile. People, or too many people, still fail to realize the perils Incidental to riding In a machine that moves as fast as does an automobile, or that It takes the constant exercise of high in telligence to operate one of them with a near approach to safety. Knocking In Vain. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The United Mine Workers’ charges that "red forces," under the direct supervision of Moscow," are raiding American labor are not new, and pos sibly not even true. It is easily believable, of course, that the mad-dog group In ltussta would like to sink, their soviet-poison fangs Into American labor. They have the passion for propaganda and pros elytizing characteristic of zealots who nro at once crafty, criminal and crazy. If American labor could he Induced to go crazy with them It would set the world by the ears. There has been some “boring from within," the I. W. W.'s consecrated method of spreading poison, without a doubt. Every labor union has its tailings of radicals, men of the William Z, Foster and Alexan der Howat type. There Is, however, about as much chance of American labor turning "red" as there Is of It ndoptlng pink neckties or frilled shirts ns Its badge of toll. The American workingman Is no more sovietminded than ho Is convinced that capital Is a benevolent Institution working wholly In hla in terest. As a class the American work ingman Is of the firm belief that In his union there la strength and war ranty against undue oppression. He knows that capital. In paying him wages, pays his bills: that property ad vantageously administered by others, makes It possible for him to have property of Ids own. The reds might knock successfully at'America'* door If they did not knock ns well nt the doors -of millions of little homes own ed by the workers. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for Aufuit, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .72,114 Sunday .75,138 \ Does not Include returns, left overs, samples or papers spoiled Ir printing and Includes nr special sales. B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subscribed and sworn to before o»e this 4th day of September, IMS. W. H. QUIVEY, (Seal) Notary Public “The People's About Cottonwood Trees. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: One objection to the raising of cottonwood as a source of lumber supply is the fact that the tifce bearing the female or pistillate tflossoms Is an unmitigated nuisance of the flying down with which it fills the air. Those who recall the clouds of fuzz floating in the air last summer, clogging screen wire, retarding the work of painters and causing thou sands of seedlings to spring up in lawns and gardens, can substantiate this statement. This objection might be overcome by planting the stamlnate Instead of the pistillate trees, though whether there is any means of distinguishing between the two In the nursery stage the writer Is unable to say. The lumber, while it could never entirely replace pine, would doubtless be use ful for many purposes. But the udvocacy of reforestation, as of any constructive and meritori ous work, loses force when it Is made a left handed plea for the bootlegger. The only conceivable connection be tween the lumber supply and the activities of the hootch vendor is that reflected by the coffin market. • E. J. WHISTLER, 2712 North Sixty-fourth Street. Thanks From Churchmen. Wiener, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: We want to thank you for the generous space given the Bible conference that was held in Omaha last week. This, not only the space reporting the meeting, but the advance notices of It. H. ELLIS LININOER. Executive Secretary, Nebraska Christian Fundamentals Association. Commended by Senator Norris. Waupaca, Wia.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I have read with a great deal of intereet the editorial* In The Omaha Bee on the freight question. It seems to me The Bee , has hit the pivot in these editorials.. You have at least reached the conclu- j sion that something must be done | about freight rates. Your action In fathering a movement to buy and sell ( wheat was In my judgment, com mendable. You were anxious to bring, relief. , I do not believe, however, that you j have yet reached the fundamental, point. Through your Influence, this committee from Omaha was appointed to see the railroad presidents. I \ ould have been delighted had they accom plished anything. I am delighted to; know that they were willing to try I watched the proceedings with great interest. I did not believe they would succeed. I felt confident from the be ginning thnt the plan would fall. This does not detract, however, from the good work The Bee has been trying to accomplish. It Is because of my Interest In your editorials mat I have been moved to write the enclosed article. I would be glad to have you publish It In The Bee. G. W NORRIS. Warns Against Crooks. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: As the carnival Is com lng on. so will the crooks of all de scrlptions. They will emigrate to Omaha and make their usual harvest. So I would like to warn the visitors as well as the Omahans. It seems it would be a wise thing for the people to keep their valuables, such as Jew elry and valuable papers and money. In a safe place, and they should see that their doors, windows and base ment windows are securely locked. Men. keep your pocketbooks or walleta in your inside coat pocket Instead of In-the hip pocket, for you are giving the pirkpncket a good chance to slip your porketbodk out of your hip pocket. Keep your eyes on the man that tries to shove you on a crowded street or in the big department stores and 10-cent stores. Those are the places where petty crooks make their harvest. You can easily detect these petty crooks in a crowded street car or big store. I am giving this warn ing so the people of Omaha and vis itors may be on their gukrd. Through vigilance they will assist the police department In Its duty. The crooks will be here to make honey, so every body lie on the lookout. No doubt the police department will appreciate the co-operation of the citizens of Omaha. JESSE MARTELL. When the Little Brown Men Died When the little brown men died Earth wept for the myriads slain, For the noble* In their pride. For the little one* who died. For the human wheat and the grow ing grain And the flower* that grew by the Orient main; For the sudden death and the linger ing pain. When the little brown men died. Oh, the whole world tolled a knell For far-away old Japan; For the earth smote and they fell. And the flama* made earth a hell. And the tidal wave over thousands ran And the cities fell and the flames began To feast on the flesh and blood of man While the whole world tolled a knell! When the little brown men died, And the women and children fair, Then the white forgot his pride. And the Ku Klux side by side With black and yellow and dark and fair . Gave tears and treasure and service there And knew them for brother* who perished where The little brown men died. —William Earl Mill. Not Picturesque. "So you are really a cowboy from Arizona!" exclaimed the romantic maiden. "Why, you look Just like anybody else. You are not a bit plctureaque." “I'm sorry," replied the cowboy, "but you see I have very' little oppor* tunlty to study up the fiction in the magazines or go to the moving picture shows.”—Philadelphia Record. An Unimaginative Prophet. War In Europe Is predicted by everybody W'ho returns from that quarter except Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, who reports "There is no sign of war, no talk of war. no likelihood of war." We move Dr. Butler be made our national permanent pre dictor. _ Abe Marlin Ik “I’ll be glad when my stenog rapher’s vacation ia over so I kin git back to words o’ more’n one syllable,’’ said Tornado Insurance Agent Tell Binkley t’day. We hope all th’ doubles o’ President Coolidge that are showin’ up’ll be as retirin’ as th’ original. 'Copyright. ISIS.) Why Hiram Resents It. We suppose what makes good oi l Hiram Jonnson feel especially bad about having his private letters stolen and made public in this dishonorable and Indecent manner is that It make* it unusually difficult to have been mi* quoted.—Ohio State Journal. No Reparations. There Is still some doubt concern ing the origin of the song, "les, we have no reparations,” as different ver sons have appeared in Paris, London and Berlin.—London Puncn_ The Strength of Youth is reflected in the mirror. But Life sometimes ends, for Youth as for Age, as quickly as the snap ping of one’s fingers. None is immune. Do you want your w ife to inherit your estate? Or your sister? Or your mother? A legal will and competent administration — that alone — will settle the matter to your satisfaction. Consult our Trust Officer Oam/m N4tion*l Bank Building « p$ V°ur otor d°e ju t use up oil? or is it properly lubricated ? . UST because there’s plenty of oil in the reservoir and you use 1 up lots of oil, you can’t be sure your motor is getting proper lubrication. Bearings may be heating and parts wearing out at top speed. The temperature of the pistons and the cylinder walls varies from 400 to 900° F. 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