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I The Omaha Bee * V* MOXNIN G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y ————^■! ' II—— ■ l» II ' ' " " , . THE BEE PUBLISHING CO . Publi.k.r • - N. B. UPDIKE, Pra.idant [; BALLARD DUNN. .TOY M. HACKr.F.R, F.ditor in Chief Bu«in**e Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . I The A*»nriated Prenn. of which The Bee is a member, Is exclusively entitled to the use for i epublication of all new* dispgtchea credited to it or not otherwise credited ,, in this paper, end aisn the locsl news published herein. - , All rights of repuhlieation of our special dispatches are ' also reserved. * The Omaha Re# is a member of the Audit Bureau of ! Circulations, the recognised authority on circulation audits, • and The Omaha Bee s circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. V . — Entered as aacond-claas matter May 21, 19b*. 12 at Omaha poatoffice under act of March ft, 1H79. BEE TELEPHONES *L Private Branrh F.»chan»». A«k for AT (antic 1000 the Department or Person Wanted. ■■ OFFICES ..lain Office—17th and Farnam ‘V Co. Bluffs— 1 5 Rrntt St. So. Side—N. W. Cor. 24th N. New York —World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louie—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. /w San Fran.—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta Atlanta Trust Bldg. liomahdVhe^ the'ktest is dl iis Best I * !> WHAT SHALL BE THE PUNISHMENT? Murder being one of the few crime* for which ■ the extreme penalty is exacted in the. United States, ^ murder trial always attracts great attention. When "4ne so unparalleled in its atrocity as that for which ! Leopol and Loeb are held in Chicago comes to lisht, ; public concern is heightened to the utmost. Every ;jjispect of the case is one that draws the interest of Everybody, and much speculation is indulged as to What defense will be presented. It is admitted that ; the boys will have the best counsel, and that nothing ’ Will he left undone to mitigate the terrible offense which they confess to having committed. Why, it is asked, is a trial neressary after they have confessed the crime? Why not accept their ad missions as a plea of guilty and proceed to sentence , them according to law? These questions are not .unnatural, and are springing up in the minds of a >reat many persons, who are accustomed to proceed ing in a straight line, and to accepting as the truth •the undisputed admissions of any one with regard to his conduct. • * ♦ »>■ The theory of our law, especially in criminal ,".rases, is that guilt must he proved beyond the 'shadow of a doubt. A judge invariably instructs the jury that if any doubt exists, it must be resolved .in favor of the accused. Under the humane concep tion of our law, it is better to allow a guilty man to escape than to punish sn innocent one. On this point there is no longer room for an argument. It is sustained hy long custom, has the support of good •ptorals, and is ethically sound. Our courts arp to protect the innocent, rather than to punish the guilty. A confession of guilt usually is hut a step on j which the prosecution builds its case. The police ! authorities warn a suspect that anything he may say may be used against him, and statements he makes '•after such warning are at his own risk. No witness can be compelled to testify, if his testimony will tend to incriminate himself. Confessions are seldom re ceived as final proof unless the defendant insists Jipon it. They must be made in open court, and therein sustained hy corroborative proof in order to Vstablish the guilt nf the culprit. The old common law, that the direct result of a loan’* act i' to he taken as prims facie evidence of J-i« intpnt, i« subjpet to modification. The plpment of rpsponsihility must Hp estah]ish"d bpforp the rule i« accepted. * • * In any criminal case the attorney for the defense is an officer of the court, a3 much as the attorney .for the state, and has a solemn duty to society that .is unescapable. He mus see to it that his client, even Ahough his guilt be apparent, or even admitted out ride of the court room, has every defense the law will permit. Otherwise, the record will be incom plete. In Nebraska we have had several notable c .hibitinns of how the law in its various moods can 4>e made to intervene on behalf of men accused of .prime. The Cole and Grammar case is too recent ’.Jin event, to have been forgotten. ,J Juries have hepn known to bring in some re .loarkahle verdicts. In the trial of Pat Crowe, a few "J.ears ago, a Douglas county jury disregarded the ^written confession of the accused, and returned a 5'»rdict of not guilty. Not all the miscarriage* of Justice are chargeable to the court or the lawyers. U • * • '! We may expert, then, that the attorneys em ployed to defend the two hoys in the Cook county J'ourt will go as far as the law will let them to se eCure their acquittal. ; The public is interested in the one question: 'What, shall he their punishment? The whole pur pose of the trial will he to determine this point. .The public is not vindictive, it may he urged. If the young men are insane, experts ought to he able to determine that point without weeks of trial and the idling up of huge costs. If they are insane they .ought, to he confined, placed beyond the possibility of e'er again committing another such crime. All of this is true, hut if the defendants insist upon a trial they are entitled to it. The reported efforts of Loeh to save himself from a death penalty hy testifying for the state and against hi» former part •ner in rrim» may change the whole face of the matter. VANDERLIP CALLS IT OFF. Frank A. Vanderlip has closed his graft hunting organization in Washington and taken the train for home. “For rent,’’ is now the sign on the door of the big suite of offices where with so much blowing of horns he launched the “Citizens’ Federal Research .Bureau.’’ It is to he hoped that Mr. Vanderlip will issue a statement.. The people are entitled to know why he has given over so promising an enterprise. Press dispatches give an inkling. 1 Reformers of manv and diverse type* poured tn , on the Vanderlip bureau.'* It ts reported "They had grand schemes for purging and purifying the go. ernment. Rut first of at! thev wanted to connect • with the payroll. A great manv nf them succeeded In that important phase of their ambitions.'' The truth of the matter is Mr. Vanderlip mis ' took gossip for proof. He revealed that defect in his make-up when he shocked the nation and brought Instant condemnation upon himself hy charging as truth the foul story he told about President Harding land the sale of the Marion Star. There is of such gossip in the gutters of .Washington and, no doubt, he swept clean many of those gutters and some of the *ewers during his short and hectic career as a super-reformer. And now it has all passed away. Apparently not even Brookhart could use his stuff, Pressed on by a desire to vindicate a foolish ut terance, no doubt, he paid out many thousand* to those who told him tales as tall as the one to which he gave publicity. A *ad spectacle he has made of himself. After all hi* spectacular announcements he sneaks home. The once crowded offices are dark. The typewriters are stilled. The files wherein are stored the gossip that he thought was proof, are— there's the question. Are they to be destroyed? Maybe, maybe not. Press dispatches say Mr. Van derlip is to write a book. He may yet be able to recoup the money he paid out to his scandal band. If he can only make that book livid enough, fill it with enough hearsay, tra duce enough dead men, maybe he can get it *11 hack, thus turning a fiasco into a grand scale press agent scheme. IT WAS GREAT WHILE IT LASTED. Senator Walsh, reporting for the majority of the oil investigating committee, finds that neither Secretary Dcnby nor Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy department was culpable in any degree in connection with the Teapot Dome lease. Also he reports the wild stories about the plot of “oil” to control the 1020 repuhliean convention to he with I out foundation. As an anti-climax to the hubbub raised in thp senate by democratic partisans, this re port is perfect. Insofar as the Walsh investigation dealt with di rect evidence, such as the Fall connection with the lease, the efforts of Harry Sinclair to clpar up the title to the Teapot Dome by buying off rivals, how ever shadowy their claims, its work was proper, and its report is proper. When the senator came to dealing with questions of opinion, on which one man’s view is as good as another's, when honesty held, he becomes the partisan pleader. Sweeping de nunciations of policy and condemnation of an in terpretation of the law that does not coincide with the senator's views merely exhibit the bias of the committee's head, and are subject to examination that may destroy their forep. Senator Spencer, speakine for the minority of the committee, criticizes the report, charges that it is filled with mistakes as to facts and glaring prrors as to law. He charged, too, that the minority was not given an adequate opportunity, pven to see the report before it was submitted to the senate, to say nothing of being requested to help in its drafting. The net result of this high-handed procedure was the refusal of the senate to approve the report in the closing hours of its session. It did not have time to hear Senator Spencer in the presentation of I his views and it refused to act upon the report without giving him a chance. The net result of the weeks of inquiry therefore, is Fall, Sinclair. All the rest of the “testimony," all the scandal, all the gossip that was given publicity, all the impres sions created upon the public mind backed as these scandals were by the dignity of the United States senate, was a collossal mistake. When senators are running for office or other wise advancing their political interests, it is of coursp proper for them to strive to Pet their names into the front page headlines of the newspapers. The terrible wrongs done by the Walsh commit tee, and now confessed in the Walsh report prove, however, that the senate's power of investigation should not exercise the tactics of a grand jury. Un like a senate committee, a grand jury can, behind closed doors, make inquiry into every report, even hearsay, because through it the truth may be found. It was a great spectacle while it lasted, hut it reminds one of the often careless vigilantes of the frontier days. “We beg your pardon, madam,” said Alkali Ike [ to the newly-made widow, "the joke is on us. We j have Ivnrhed the wrong man.” Walsh. Wheeler, > Heflin, Robinson, Carraway, Harrison and others rocked the rafters of the senate chamber, thunder ing anathemas against Secretary Denby and Assist ant Secretary Roosevelt. Resolutions demanding ( their resignations were sent through the senate. Sec retary Denby did resign because he wearied of being the target for unlimited, unmitigated, and undeserved abuse. Now the committee finds there was no justi 1 fication for that attack. However, the democratic lynchers had their holiday. They hanged Denby, | and then tried him and found him innocent. Governor Jack Walton is finally down and out, so far as the courts are concerned. And he long ago broke his plate with Oklahoma voters. That big barbecue was given in vain. If the democratic leaders are in doubt about a platform we suggest the following: “Investigate everything and everybody, let the lies and insinua tions fall where they may. Mhen who used to complain about waiting their turn in the barber shop are getting shaved twice a day now that so many handsome women are sitting around waiting their turn. Frank T.nwden may he drafted, and if lie is he has the example of Theodore Roosevelt to cheer him up. The vice presidency is no longer a job to be sneezed at. Mr. Rry*n will be a delegate from Florida, with instructions to support McAdoo. Rut Mr. Bryan gives instructions he never takes them. Two air mail boxes will do to start on, hut Omaha business men will soon have the number increased. •Tune*is also the month of rains, as well as of brides and roses. Express rates are to romr dnwm. Now the freight schedule has a good example. I Homespun Verse — By Omaha * Own Pool — Robert Worthington Davie v__ J WHEN WE ARE DEAD AND GONE "Whan \va an* daad and gona. Though grant tha part* wa pla yad. Tha world will util! go on A.* though wa might hava *tald, And flung our ahallariga out. A ml hald our word aa law*, And ualkad Ilka king* about. And a«national all ua **u And whan ua ara daad and gona If ua rmild u aka and know That atill tha morning* dawn, That atill tha min alnka low. That othar man hava roma To land a a we hnva lad Hurpriaa would atrlka ua dumb, And truth would atrlka ua daad. AVhan ua ara daad and gona!— It doaa not mat tar than. For thara at a hrnlna and brawn, And that a mn a Ida man Though grant-tha part a ua play ad, Tha u or M Kill Kl ill go on, And pmgirs* w jll ha tmula \N hen wa hi a daad and gona -— The Most Noticeable Thing About the Cleveland Convention Is the Apparent Elimination of a Lot of Old Familiar Faces From the Cast -. —— — -- ■ ..— ■ " ■ > No Money for the Bonus \__*_J He stood at Armageddon and battled for fhe right. Senator Pieman, democrat of Nevada, want* what he want* when h» want* it—ay*, though *11 *he world crack. It wa* the !a*t hour* of the dying senate. Pitt man wa* on guard. The appropriation bill was com ing to a vote. Somewhere in that bill was an item for $800,000 to establish an irrigation project at Spanish Springs, Nev. It had taken weary month* of labor to put over that $800,000. Now it was coming to a vote and Pittman was on guard. The bleak mountains and the scorched desert* of Nevada would acclaim him as a statesman. There are 77,407 people in Nevada, or were in 1920, At Spanish Springs, the odd numbers. 407, waited with anxiety for word from Pittman and that much needed $800. 000. And, Pittman w*« on guard. The hill came on, the hill was read where wa* the $800,nnn for the 407 who waited at Spanish Springs? Gone, cut 9Ut in conference. In that appropriation bill was the money for the bonus, the money to run all the vast machinery of the nation for the balance of the year. Waiting, too, for the appropriation bill to pass was a bill authorizing the construction of eight new cruisers and the modernization of the battleships of the navy. There was a bill to pay to farmers a bounty on export wheat. The bill to bring about a basic reform in the whole reclamation service was also there, waiting it« turn for a vote. What mattered *11 these things to Pittman, demo rtat of Nevada—hi* $snn,nnn had hpen cut out. Until it was put hack he would hold though the whole sen ate took arm* against him. The senate was in an uproar. Senator after sen ator pleaded with Pittman to yield the floor and perfit the passage of the bills upon which hung so much. “Put back the $800,000“ ansyered the democrat from Nevada. The hands of the senate clock moved on. Disorder seized the senate. Anathemas were hurled, fists were shaken—and then came calls for the sergeant-at-arms to “restore order.” Pittman stood his ground. “Put hark the $800, 000!” he shouted. “Nothing moves until Spanish Springs gefs its $800,000!” The hands of the clock mov ed on. Morp disorder, more appeals. Pittman was on guard. The bonus, go hang the navy, Ipt it sink the bounty for thp wheat farmers, lpt 'em starve— relief for the reclamation victims, lpt 'em pay up. Pittman was on guard. “Bang!” went the gavel. “The senate is adjourned." Pittman the democrat was still on guard. Experts say an extra session may be necessary to pass the appropriation bill if there are to be any bonus payments—if the departments are to be given their funds. And the democrats, talk of party unity, party sanity and expect the nation to give serious con sideration to their appeals for votes. It may he, of course, that if a democrat i« elected president, Pittman will get his $800,000. — Abe Martin \__> Have you noticed th’ beautiful bond o' friendship between th’ own ers o' cheap cars? Miss Fawn Lip pincut did not attend “Fast Lynne" last niffht, as tears wash th’ paint off. (< opyTight. 1I?4 ) * The Mapper lire**. Now rlnc« Another champion of lb** flapper to tmtify that her dro*** ia not more InmindrAt than wn« that «f NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for M»y, 1924. of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.,. . . 73,980 Sunday.. . 76,373 Do#* not Include taint n*. laft i nvtri, aaniplaa nr papara • polled in 1 printing and Include* no iprrial | i«Im nr frw circulation til any kind. V. A BRIDGE, Ctr. M*r. Still*. . tiled and • wm tt in hrfnie me thia Rth day of June. .A/4 v* H ouivr.v. (Seal) ‘Notary Public women In the past, going hick more than a hundred years for evidence with which to srengthen the case for the modern girl. Mavbe so. Certainly *f one goes hark far enough Mr to the Harden of Kden. there will i he none dispose.1 to dispute *h|s con tention. and in this country a back j ward dance of only a few centime* would prove the rase hr comparison* with the red women, if the artist*, have painted them correctly. The . ase for the modesty of the flapper'* attire could also be strengthened by reference to the sculptured figures of Ureck mythology. Kven chaste T>iana went the most daring flapper a number of shreds better, or worse. However this mav he. the flapper 1« little ron erned. She will continue to dress as she pleases, and to please others, too — Washington Post. Probably Overestimated. Tt is estimated that the 4..V.’* miles j nf billboard* In Amarln* hava par 17 m buy «nni»thint tlta* would not ha va bought otharwlaa - Hi It I morn Sun. SUMMER FARES EAST Reduced Round Trip Fares to many eastern points, on sale daih to Kept. 30, return limit Oct 31. I.il'eral stop-overs. Here are some of the round trip rate* FROM OMAHA to: Asheville, N. C. $50.70 Asbury Paris. N. J. 87 48 Atlantic City, N. J. 83 96 Dighy, Nova Scotia .... 93.95 Halifax, Nova Scotia . 96.15 l ake Placid, N. Y. 78 61* Marblehead, Mast., via Boston . 9011* j Montreal, Qua.... .. 75 45 Montpelier, Vt... 82 80 Newport, R. I... 93 98 Niagara Falls. N. Y. 58 80* Norfolk. V* . 80.45 Portland. Me. «« 94 Sandusky, O.. 44 90 (•Standard line fare, slightly lower via other lines). Travel eiperts at your service to plan vnur trip and arrange all details. W. E. BOCK. G. A P. Dept. 306 South 16th, Omaha. Neb. Tel. JA ckton 4481 SUNNY SIDE UP I 'lake Comfort, nor forget Hhat sunrise n*iAerf*tte<*c“/*U5fkmjttr i \o ji stick: • These mitnmen sure do puzzle m*,’’ Said htrle Rufus Rlrk; "Their words an' actions don't agree. An' that's what makes ms sick. I If I glia mud upon my feels I Mi say* it ruin* th' plans; j An' than she smears it on in shest* j All over her own face. , "She veils t’ m» 'You carela** bov, | You clean those muddy shoe* ' A feller sur* ain t got. no Joy A glttin' such abuse. It s orfle if I git some dirt . 1'pon ms a parlor rug. j But somehow it don't seem to hurt When plastered on her mug. \V» feller* had a minstrel show With tots o’ cork an’ paint. I ant my mother would she go— She did, an’ had t’ faint. Raid it was orfle f’r young men T‘ wear such dirty streaks. But not a word t’ sister when She dauba paint on her cheek*. Ma. daubs th’ mud upon h*r far# An’ sister paints hsr phiz. • But mud on my test’s a disgrace— O what s th’ use? Gee whiz! A boy ain’t, got no rights no mors At grown folk* must reepee'. An a’ * what makes me orfle acre— Lll run away, by heck!” - ... Sad indeed « 'he tale that comes breezing in from tha *un kissed heights of the old home county. A debonair gentleman drifted into Scottsbluff and Intimated to the knowing and thlr* ty ones that he had quite a supply of the stuff that Volstead made scarce, which he would dispose of to the proper parties st *15 per gallon. No, he didn’t want any money down until the goods were ready for delivery. Quick sales, large bulk and small profits, was his motto *■ He soon signed up for J»n 25 gallon kegs and departed. 1 ■. i A few da'* later the Initialed were Informed that thev ■night reps.,- to a oer'ain secluded spot, cash In hsnd. and get. it. They did. There were the kegs. 1 ’ I can’t dlvld* It, gentlemen, you pay for the 5* gel ,one and divide |t yourselves. But first sample it." Thu* quoth th* salesman. The keg* were sampled, and the **uff wa* wonderful. Th* monev was paid over and th# salesman disappeared Then ram# the work of division. There wa* a quart of rea! I Tior in each keg reposing in a glass container connected • with the spigot. All th# rest was North Pla't* river water. Two quarts at $375 per quart. Ain't it awful, Mabel: | WILL M. MAUPIX. K - — STILL PRAISING TANLAC j AFTER SEVEN YEARS “It Brought Me Relief 7 JS& Year# Ago and I’m Still A Well Man” Saye. Eley. XI nv weight up 15 pound*. Sine* then The best of results, lasting result* . h,xe recommended Tanlac t® hat is what I got from Tanlac for ,rprM pf peop)<> ind th, mMlcin. ,t has been seven 'tart now since ^. kg pp th, pra|„ j r„ ltw it heiped me bai k to hea, h and I Tania is for sale by ail good drug am still a well man. is the glowing ^st*. Accept no substitute. Over 4<J tribute paid the medicine by ,T. C MiUion ^,1,, grfd. Bley, 70, a retired farmer, 34IS Ti St., _ Lincoln. Neb. Tanlac Vegetable Fill* for constlps* ( "Before lak ng Tar.lac I had tlon. made and recommended hr tho ^ known hardly any peace or reat lr rnanufarturers of Tanlac—Advertiao* | _n veara on account of indigestion ment. -*-- - ■ - - ' -- - ' ■■■ — ■■-— s • —* Yellowstone / Salt Lake City Colorado a A11 for the Lowest Round-Trip Fare to Yellowstone Alone • This Grand Circle Tour of the Rockies embraces Yellowstone.Great Salt Lake, Ogden, the Royal Gorge, Colorado BSprings, Pikes Peak and Denver. You can do it in two weeks or take the whole season, stopping anywhere you like $46— ROUOmahar0m Fcur-and-a-half-day motor tour through Yal lowstont Park, including meals and lodging* at hotala, $54.00 additional; at campa. $45.00. Season Jun* 20 to Sspt. 15. Motor sida trip Danvar to Rocks Mountain National Park and raturn $10.50. > • . H’nt* for froo boohl*t» and lot ui holp you plan your trip PERSONALLY ESCORTED TOURS AsW abont our parsonally escorted, all svpanse, two weeks tours to Yallowstooa and Rockv Mountain Parks. | Eer lafeneatisa, aak — Cud*. City Eisa. A*ect. U E. Svrtaw. , 1*16 St J^eltMd K$22 CoAMli*«t«d TieUt 0<*c# • | 1416 Dod** St M aM»c *114 *r Uftlftft Station. 10th *ft* Mart* S*r##tt Union Pacific . i ———*