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"---N The Omaha Bee MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chirf Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which Tha Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for 1 epublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and aiso the local news published herein. AJ1 rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. • The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audita, and The Omaha Bee s circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1 f*08, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 8, 187 9. { BEE TELEPHONES ' Private Branch Exchange. Ask for AT lantic 1000 the Department or Person Wanted. OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs—15 8rntt St. So. Side—N. W. Cor. 24th N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bid*. ! Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bid*. St. Louis—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Fran.—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. k-> Oraahd-Vheifr |heM?st is at its Best POLITICS AND TAXE” The new tax bill reduces taxes. That is about all that can be said for it. In that respect it is in line with the republican program of tax reduction— it is the second slash in taxes within four years. . Most of all the chopping off of revenue, which I his measure provides, is a proof of the splendid handling of the treasury and its problems by Secre tary Mellon. President Coolidge and other statesmen at Wash ington can find comfort, therefore, in these two out standing facts of republican accomplishment. They will bear restating: 1. Taxes have been reduced twice during the four years of republican control, and, 2. This has been possible only because of Secre tary Mellon and the budget. * * * The new tax bill itself, in the language of Presi de,it Coolidge, “does not represent a sound, perma nent tax policy.” The Mellon plan sought to lift the burden of taxes from productive industry and to bring back into productive activities the mil lions of dollars that now escape taxation through tax-free securities. Congress, however, was more intent upon politics. “The passage of the bill,” said the president, “has been subjected to unfortunate influences which ought not to control fiscal questions.” Taxation is difficult at best, particularly is it difficult for the people generally to understand. It is governed by laws as definite as those which govprn nil financing. Demagogues can and do take advantage of this fact. ... The democrats in congress sought to make for themselves a campaign issue by misrepresenting the Mellon plan. They have overlooked the president’s clear thinking and courage. It is Calvin Coolidge who has been given a campaign issue. Politics should not govern in fiscal matters. Un fortunately it has. The president will move at once for a better, a scientific tax hill. The people of the country will be with him. The people are growing /nore impatient with demagogues every day. * * * America is a self-governing republic. Demagogues are able to hold sway only for a time. The people rule in the end. They know the difference between '.he real and the specious. The coming presidential campaign is going to drive out many goats from the flock. SELL NEBRASKA TO NEBRASKANS. The Nebraska City Daily News, one of the 16 daily newspapers of this state now engaged in the great work of talking Nebraska to the outside world, offers a suggestion that meets with The Omaha Bee s hearty approval. “Now let’s encourage Nebraskans to ‘sell’ Ne braska to themselves,’' urges the News. If it wasn’t Pope it was somebody else who said, "The proper study of mankind is man.” It is equally true that the proper study of Nebraskans is Ne braska, for, as the News truthfully adds to its bit of advice, “what Nebraskans know about their state is pitifully meager.” Genuine state pride can he built only upon a knowledge of the state’s resources, and this knowl edge may be gained only by study and by personal observation. The automobile tourist season is here, and thou sands of Nebraskans doubtless are preparing for their annual tour to the mountain and lake regions of other states, in utter ignorance, of the fact that right here in Nebraska are beauty spots and climatic comforts equal to those of neighboring common wealths. Thousands of Nebraskans annually drive to Colorado, ignoring the scenic beauties of Pine Ridge, the canyons of the Niobrara, the mountains of Scotts Bluff county and the beautiful lakes of the sand hill country. They either do not know or are forgetful of the fact that western Nebraska, nearly a mile above sea level, has a summer climate, equal to that of the far-off mountains, and that scarcely a summer night passes without making the traveler pull the blankets up under his chin. A two weeks' automobile tour of Nebraska dur ing the coming summer would not only he a liberal “ducation, but it would be a stimulus to stale pride. “See Nebraska First” and “Know Your Own ^lebraaka” ara two good slogans for Nebraskans to adopt. POLICEMAN'S LOT STILL UNHAPPY. The result* of an experiment in applied psychology on the police force at Los Angeles might be repeated in almost any city. Still, the result would not be conclusive as to any of the real qualifi cations for a police fflcer. Psychologists lay much stress on the “I. Q.,’’ which is their formula for “in telligence quotient,” the result obtained by a series of tests. Such tests may indicate the capacity of the person undergoing them as to facility of mental reaction to specified impulses, but at yet they are not accepted generally as an infallible index of the work ing of the mind, or of its capacity for assimilating, analyzing and co-ordinating impressions. What the Los Angeles experiment may lead lo lies along quite a different route. The best, police men are born, not made, yet training is a very es sential factor in the aeneral problem. In Europe for centuries much attention ha* been paid to the education of the police officer in th* science of hi* business. For there is a arience in police work, ** Interesting and in some regard* as exact a* psychol ogy itself. Police trained in this are more effective than tie untrained. In the United States the mat 1 ter of training has not reached the stage it has abroad, yet it does have its effect. Gradually the need for this is extending, and better grade of po lice work is resulting. When a higher degree efficiency is exacted, and is accompanied by greater security in the way of permanency of employment, and better pay for all grades of police officers, improvement in the general tone of police work may be looked for. A police man must be something more than honest and able bodied. He must be a specialist in crime, and to be this he must have an incentive beyond the attrac tions of an easy job. To make him happy he must be lifted to a higher standard of importance. TAKING CHANCES FOR SCIENCE. Thd tragic death of two army balloonists in quest of meteorological data may be regarded as a sac rifice to science. It may also have consideration from another standpoint. This pair of young men, both well known in Omaha, having received their rudimentary aeronautical training here, were work ing on a problem of much interest. It had to do with conditions that actually prevail in free clouds during a thounder storm. To obtain this information, Ihey made balloon ascensions just ahead of approach ing storms, and took observations. A balloon filled with hydrogen gas is a ticklish thing to deal with under the best of circumstances. Explosions have been caused by a spark generated in the creases of the silk envelope. Static electricity is the greatest foe of the balloonist. Hydrogen gas ignites readily and explodes promptly and disas trously. Thus it will be clear that these young men were taking great chances when they went up in a balloon, facing a storm of any sort. A single spark of electricity was all that was needed to end their adventure. Their names wi"_ be added to the continually growing list of those who have ventured into the un known, staking their lives on the off-chance that death wobld not follow. Science has built its monu ments on just such experiments, but not always to the experimenters. Timid souls say slay safe on land, yet lightning has been known to strike one lying in bed at home. Lieutenant Neeley and Dr. Meisinger had already added some little to the ac cumulating mass of knowledge concerning the air and the storms that disturb it. To their names should be attached a scroll of honor such as befits the life that gives itself that man's mind may be broadened and his understanding increased. CHILD LABOR EVIL VANISHING. Friends of the child labor amendment to the constitution of the United States have reason to felicitate themselves on the passage of the resolution by the senate. Already the house had given its ap proval. Now it is up to the states. In nearly all the states a session of the legislature will meet next winter, when endorsement may be obtained. A few states will require a referendum vote on the pro posed amendment, but in these the sentiment is gen erally in favor, and they may he set down in advance as almost certain to approve the change in the fun damental law. The victory is noteworthy. Just two years aro the supreme court gave its decision nullifying the second attempt of congress to legislate child labor out of existence. At that time the principal advo cates of the reform felt that a long and arduous campaign of preparation would be required. Ex perience had shown that about 15 years of agitation was needed in order to get such a measure through congress. Now it has been accomplished "in two. This may be accepted as an indication of the power of the sentiment that is behind the movement to abolish the evil of child labor. Transferring the battleground from the national to the state legislatures gives the friends of the amendment a chance to organize and carry on their campaign more effectively. A large number of states, among them Nebraska, already have auch laws, and in these the approval of the amendment may be taken as a matter of course. Another year should see the labor of children entirely eliminated from American industry, so far it may be done by opera tion of law. T he most important bit of news coming from Washington recently was an item to the effect that Edgar Howard bad yielded his two minutes of time on the naval appropriation hill to Pou of North Caro lina. Edgar yielding a chance to talk on the floor of the house is worthy of being Embalmed in the Records. A man and a woman In Scotts Bluff county joined in a suicide pact, and of course it wag the woman who went through with it and the man who came through with an excuse. It has been several days since there came from Miami the suggestion of another impossible demo cratic candidate. This must presaee devotion to the preparation of another paramount issue. Governor Smith announces that he wants to run on a dry platform. And, we presume, with mental reservations as to the moisture content of th» base ment. General Pershing says, “It is especially given to the. soldier to realise the price of liberty."' Yes, and the other folks soon forget, all about that. Parents of the girls sending flowers to Leopold and Loeb are advised that the membership rolls of the Bedslat club are always open. Senator La Follette is not strengthening his po litical fences by putting obstacles in the way of a speedy adjournment of congress. Peggy Joyce has just taken a count for her fourth. Wagers are now being made as to when th* rount will take the count. Cheyenne county has issued 700 more auto licenses this year than last. It beats all how hard times keep up! A philanthropist is often a man who has grabbed it by force and given it bark with a flourish. r A Homespun Verse —By Omeha’s Own Post— Robert Worthington Dnvie ---- THE TOWN SPORT. The (own sport whlslle* and laughs anti *Ipk», And speak* of all but the worthier thing*. What is Tomorrow in his young life? Whit Is the meaning of earthly strife? The town sport sousndera hi* dally wmisi Or Idly await* for an heritage Hs'a not »o had. hut he doesn't see Into the deep of Destiny. (till age comes creeping slowly near. And the town sport wakens to see and heal And the srnnly year* In the yaln past, then, " He views with the knowing eyes of men. The town sport learns when the tale Is told, And the town spoil yearsn when he'* growing old Anil hi* Old heart burn* a* to toil he hand* Anti hie vutisuieiice spurn* his spendthrift friends -- -- . f All Right, Judge, Who Is the Rightful and Legitimate Heir ] I I I [ I I f j | I t i ___ I f-—« “From State and Nation” V J The Heal Pacifist*. From lh* Sr. Foul IMapatrh. Negotiations, Interrupted hv a revo lution in Paraguay, have been re turned between the leaders of the M*nnonite colony and the new Para guayan government, for the estab lishment of a colony of 6.000 families In the southern American republic. The demands of the Mennonites, to which the government has acceded, are worth attention at a time when leading churches in the United States are declaring against even a war of self defense: "Complete religious liberty exemp tion from military service; right to administer properly on a trust (or communist! system In accordance with the tenets of the sect; prohibition of intoxicants in the territory covered by the colony; use of th* German lan guage In the schools and churches: exemption for 10 years from the pay ment of import duties on household goods and farm Implements Driven from Russia because of th*lr peculiar customs and faith, thev' were offered and found an asylum in Can ada But when the world war en gulfed the Dominion and Canadian* found these strange neighbors were “in Canada hut not, of Canada” and refused to lift a hand to beat back the threat of a military despotism,! they became no longer welcome 1-ong trains of emigrants, at the close of the war, passed through the United States for Mexico, where a new colony was established by the Mennonites who had sold their Canadian lands aPd shook Its dust off their feet. The Alexlran colonization was not the suc cess hoped for. Now Paraguay offers a new scene to a sect whose member* own nothing individually and w hose twefs forbid them the use <tf the *v#nrd even for self protection. Thus they wander in the fruitless search for peace—Germany, Russia, Canada, Mexico, Paraguay—a people without a country, because thev deny themselves the chance to love It i>v d» fending It. Decline of the Judiciary. From ths fultlmnrs Evsrlsf Sue There w-es a time, not very long ago. when the federal laws, for the most part, were wise, temperate and admittedly for the welfare of the peo. pie. There were few slatutee not having support of Intelligent members Of the community. That happy day la no more. Within the Inst few .eara t he federal government ha* gone far afield and undertaken the regulation of matters not properly it* concern. T-aws have been passed foisting upon the communities regu lations which ara contrary to their own heat Judgment and which make crime* out of things that In the eves of many men are not crimes a< all, A be Martin / It's nil right t’ he u republican part o’ th' time, or n democrat some o' th’ time, hut we nil ought t’ vote fer th' boot man any ole time. It'a too bad folks can't be good without it rankin' (her faces sour an' color ing, lOopyright, 1K4 ) ' LISTENING IN | On the Nebraska Prese. Fred Carroll of the Schuyler Sun, after viewing the landscape o'er, de clares that the biggest nuisance In the nation today is the blatant politician who runs wild with his cut out wide open. • • • Charley Botkin of the Gothenburg| Independent suggests an "Editors day." having found room in his dresser i drawer for another shirt. • • • Every tints Dale Krebs of the Scotia Hegister makes a good golf score he cuts a notch In the editorial desk Every visitor comments on how smooth and unmarred Dale manages to keep his desk. * * * Editor Tout of th* North Plattel Tribune says his frequent visits to a] sandbar In the Platte river are for the purpose of studying animal and plant life, and denies the rumor that he keeps divers and sundry concealed thereon. • • • The Hay Springs News points nut that, a lot of kiddles who can hear for thousands of milr« over the radio can not hear mother when she calls them In the morning • • • Ocn# Wcftcrvck of the ScottsblufT Republican a*»ert« that th# people will l*» well eatiefled when con fret** gets tired and quit.*. • • • "We never criticize a man for blow ing his own horn." blurbs Allen May in Ihe Auburn Herald. "lie might have chosen a sssophone." • • • Noting that it is proposed to manu factura sugar from corn at a • <mt of per cent less ihan cane and beei sugar, the Arnold Sentinel man ad mits that he won't be a bit interested until he is convinced that the con sumer gets a part of the benefit of cheaper production. • • • George Brewer Is hark on the Broad water News, snd both George and Broadwater are proud snd gUd of It • • • Lew Sheitsv of the Falrhury News announces that he is about to install a perfecting press to tike cars of his immense circulation. Whan Lew first took hold of the News he pulled the lever on sn old Washington hand The federal judge has been made to subscribe to these errors. He has been pul In the position, always prejudicial to dignity and to Integr ty. of being a party to the enforcement of laws which In the minds of many are stupid and silly laws H* has been made to appear the Instrument of tyranny and oppression. His own consciousness of rectitude and dignity has been undermined and he has sometimes appeared In (he light or a man doing those things obviously op posed m his own conscience. No of flee could withstand such a develop merit, and Ihe judgeship least of all If the federal Judiciary is falling In repute it Is because Its members have been made to appear to be friends of ty ranny and foes of justice, rather Ilian allowed to remain as Impartial administrators of wise laws. When in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 R<>om*«— 250 fUih.s— Rites $2 to $3 — Aid KHrbKMKNT. Gained 10 Pounds In 22 Days That a going tome—but skinny men, women and children Just cen t help put tins on good healthy flesh " hen they take McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets. As chock full of xittfminr* as the nasty, fishy tasting cod liver oil Jtself. hut these sugar-coated. tasteless tab IMS hit ns c.isv to take ss innd>. amt won't upM*t the stomach. One woman gained ten pounds in twenty i wo de>s Mixty tablets aixtv Mills A sU Slid man-McConnell Drug company, Keaton Drug Company oi Brandt is store, or any good druggist for Mct’oy'a Cod Liter Oil Tablet*. Direction are furnished on each box "Let McCoy's, the original and genuine Cod Liver Oil Table!.'1 . press and *ot out the whole edition In less than two hours. -—-—-| NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for April. 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .74,265 Sunday ..77,999 Does not include returns. left* ■ over*, samp'et or papers spoiled in printing and includes no special | sales er free circulation af any kind V. A. BRIDGE, Clr. M*r. ! Subscribed and sworn to before me this lOtk day af Mav, 1924 I W H QUIVEY. (Seal) Notary Public j Came Home and Stepped Into a Lawsuit J\S<i\' expected to be in Europe only a week or two. but business kept him there two months. While he was gone, a problem an.se in the management of the Hapgood estate, railing for his decision as *x ecu tor. He decided by cable, without full knowledge of the facts The estate lost money, and the llapgood heirs brought suit against him. charging mis management. Virtually, Jason went from the steamer to the courtroom. He was found legally responsible, and had to make the loss good out of his own pocket. Men often step into estate manage ment without realising the responsi bilities assumed and the exacting work involved. They give permission to friends to name them as executor* in wills, and forget the matter, until sud denly called upon to act. Executorship requires business judgment of Jhe high eat order, close attention to numerous details, accurate accounting, expert knowledge of investments, and many other qualification* It h*s been found, hy experience ex tending over more th»n onr hundred rear*, that this is work for an iustitu tion. the trust company, ra?hpr than an individual, because it has conliuuou* life, and the collective experience and knowledge of i s officers and director* is wider than the individual possesses. Mismanagement of an estate may be unintentional, a- in the ease of da son. Through lack of knowledge the indi vidual executor may make wrong in vestments. hold securities when they should be sold, overlook some impor tant detail of routine business, make a derision that causes loss A little-known fart- An individual executor can. at any time, by render ing an accounting and asking consent of court, turn these responsibilities over to a trust company. Ask for a Free Booklet entitled "‘Safeguarding Your Family's Fu ture. It d i s c u vacs wills and trust*, the duties of an executor anil trust**, and the ad\ antage* of trust company service U. S. Trust Co. Omaha Trust Co. First Trust Co Peters Trust Co. Members American Bankers Association t | SUNNY SIDE UP 9ake Comfort, nor for yet [_9/uz/ swLsVnM*rf*ile<Us vetK^t't J IF BI T A DAY OB IKIK Jf I had but a single year to llva And then to pass Into the great unknown, ]'il tint repine, but strive the more to give Some work worth while before my time lias flown. Kiii h day for me would he a day apart To scatter smiles and banish doubts and fears; To carry comfort to some aching heart And bring new joys to dry the falling tears. I inay not have a year, nor yet a day. Because I know not when the time may he: And so, let me in ways the best I may Si ill carry on with talents given me. I do not dread the, summons that awaits. Nor fear the final verdict on mv case. I'll strive to live so that when I reach the gates J may, erect and unafraid, that verdict face. The tip moth is working havoc in the pine tr»e nurseries of Nebraska, and a government entomologist has been sent out to Investigate and. if possible, devise some method of curtailing i the pest’s activities. This reminds us of another pest abound in* in Nebraska—the carp. The man who introduced the carp Into this country and told us that It had great food possibili ties must have had a queer idea of food. We contemplate being a candidate for the legislature at the first opportunity, and our platform will be the Passage of a Law putting a liberal | bounty on the scalp of the German carp. -— it |s our firm conviction that If Leopold and la>eb had been compelled now and then to attend private sessions of the Beil slat club, there might have been more physical anguish for I hem, but less mental anguish for others. We cheerfully admit that we are just old-fashioned enough to ding to the notion that It Is now and then necessary to make appeal to the anatomy while paying due attention to the mental. Since becoming a voter in this glorious republic we have lived 40 years, IS of them under democratic administration and "4 under republican administration. During that time things haven’t been so bad but that they might have been a whole lot worse, and we are thoroughly convinced that every one of tb» 40 was a blamed sight better than they would have been under litis new fangled idea that party responsibility and party loyalty are reprehensible, and personal whims and schisms the thing to depend on. We'll take our chances under a straight-out re publican administration, or a straight-out democratic adminis tration, In preference to an administration of bloc*. We still cling to the notion that everybody knows more than anybody. Knowing divers and sundry of the gentlemen who are figuring on attending that New York convention as represents fives of Nebraska democracy, we are prepared to state of fl< tally that it isn't the i; mile limit that will bother them. It is quite another limit. It was a Missouri hanker that told u« a few days ago that business was bad. His hank had no outlet for its surplus fund*. Nor could we convince him that he was mistaken as to a small part thereof. WILL M. MAUI*IN. - ■ - ^ —f ■ '■ ■ ■ ■" ~ ~ "Ti !■ 1 " I Sfo NO COMMISSION_6% SIREAL ESTATE LOANS]; |l 6% INTEREST ° 1 NO COMMISSION f 0 Easy Repayments o The Conservative Savings & Loan Ass'n o 2 1614 Harney Street ^ 6% NO COMMISSION 6% USE"BEE~WANT ADS—'THEY BRING RESULTS