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The Omaha Bee M O R N I N G—E VENIN G—S UNDAY ! THE BEE PUBLISHING Co!, Publisher N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN, JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief Business Manager | MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Th# Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the loaal news published herein. All 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 audit*, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 3. 1879. ________ Private Branch Exchange. Ask for a t 1 1 aaa the Department or Person Wanted. ^ * IftlltlC 1UUU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side—N. W. Cor. 24th N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Fran.- -Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. MAIL SUBSCR7PTION RATES Dally r.nd Sunday 1 year $5.00, 6 months $3.00, ? months $1.75, 1 month 75c Daily Only 1 year $4.50, 6 months $2.75, 3 months $1.50, 1 month 75c Sunday Only 1 year $3.00. 6 months $1.75, 3 months $1.00, 1 month 50c CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES . Morning and Sunday..1 month 85e, 1 week 20c i Evening and Sunday.1 month 65c, 1 week lfic ] Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week 6c * ___/ Oradhd-Vhe^ ihe^st is at its Best COMPARING THE KEYNOTES.—II. Senator Harrison, as had been expected, claims .•'or the democrats all credit for reducing taxes: - ". . . . Under the leadership of Simmons in the •senate and Garner in the house we triumphed, not because we were numerically strong, but because we were assuredly right. . . . The administration said that (t we would increase taxes on 3.5S0.5S5 in come taxpayers and reduce the taxes on 5,400 it would release money’ for productive enterprises and increase the prosperity of all." The fact that President Coolidge urged tax re duction, and that the secretary of the treasury of fered a plan whereby that end might be achieved does not seem to trouble the senator, especially when he says the administration sought to increase taxes. Garner in the house reported a substitute for the ways and means committee’s report, which in turn was rejected, and the Longworth compromise was adopted. In the senate this was rejected, and Simmons presented a substitute for the finance com mittee’s report, which also was rejected, and a com promise measure was passed, to be worked over by a conference committee, on which the republicans bad a majority. Why, then, should Simmons and Garner have credit for anything, save that with the assistance of a group of insurgent republicans they were able to block the administration measure? • • * Representative Burton must have foreseen this claim of Harrison's, for he said at Cleveland: "The demagogue may ray to the unthinking: See how we are taxing the rich;’ and then, in a soft aside, say to the great capitalist: ‘How exepllent an avenue of escape we are providing for you.’” Senator Harrison show’s little consideration for the intelligence or ability of his hearers or the public ♦ o discriminate when be sayst "Amid all thla deceptive rry of economy let It be remembered that the republican party, during It* less than four years of control, has expended $9,592,000,000 more than did the democratic admin. Istration during the whole fhe years Immediately preceding the war.” It should be remembered that a considerable por tion of that expenditure was to pay for democratic mistakes, made during the war. It will also be re membered that twice since the democrats went out of power taxes have been reduced, and government in every direction has been lowered. Mr. Burton points out: "As an Illustration of present eondltlons. the per capita expenses of the United States government In the tlacal year of 19J0 were $7.74; In 1919, the year of the peak of expenses, they were $173.54. and for the last year they were $33.44, more than four fold those of 1910.” * • • Yet the per capita reduction in favor of the republican administration looks like $140.10. Not until the war debt is paid, and the last democratic blunder is settled for, will there be any chance for getting hack to where we were in 1910. However, it i- too much to expect that a democratic keynote ora tor will be entirely frank with those he addresses. We shall follow’ Senator Harrison a little further in his course. l. ABOUT THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. From the sick bed in which Woodrow Wilson lay inrough the winter of 1919 comes a story that gets ■'ome color of support from the address of Chairman Walsh to the democratic convention. It is to the effect that Mr. Wilson was at one time ready to ac cept the Lodge reservations, that the Treaty of Ver sailles might he ratified, and the United States be come a member of the League of Nations. Advisers to the president opposed this, ns a surrender to the republican senate. The matter was carried to the “great and solemn referendum,’’ and there over whelmingly defeated. Senator Walsh now says, “It is not so necessary that we immediately join the league as it is that we aban don any foolish antagonism to any world movement, however commendable in itself, merely because it is |n some way connected with the league." This un doubtedly refers especially to the World Court. Sen ator Walsh must be familiar with the plank of the republican platform adopted at Cleveland: "The republican party reaffirms Its stand for agreement among the nations to prevent war end preserve peace. As an Important step In this direc tion. we endorse the permanent court ot Interna tional justice and favor the adherence of the United States to this tribunal as recommended by Presi dent Coolldge. This government definitely refused membership In the League of Nations and to assume any obligation under the cpvcnant of the league. On this we stand." • > Let the democrats make as square a declaration, either way, and the issue will be fairly joined. What likely will occur at New York will be a straddle of the question, for the men in control of the conven tion are not willing to again try the question before the bar of public opinion. They prefer to adopt the Machiavellian strategy so frankly endorsed by "Pat” Harrison, and win by trickery if possible. ANOTHER SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD. Saturday, June 28, Serbians all around the world will celebrate KoBsova day. It is the anniversary of the defeat by the Turks of the Serbian *rmy on tha “Field of the Blackbird" in 1389, fnd for centuries was observed as a day of mourning. Now it is their Fourth of July. Ten years ago the change was wrought by a group •f |pu»piratora. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of • " tria, heir apparent to the throne, and his wife were visitors at Serajevo, in lower Bosnia, their presence inflaming the patriots who resented Austrian domi nation. On June 28, 1914, seven young men were armed and stationed along the route through which the arcbducal party was to drive. They first tossed a bomb into the motor car in which the archduke and duchess sat. Franz Ferdinand tossed it out, and it exploded under the car following. A few moments later Prinzip sprang on the running board of the motor car, as it slowed up at a corner, and fired with deadly aim. The archduke and his wife were dead, and the road to freedom for Serbia was opened. It led through five years of the most stupendous ly destructive war the world ever knew. Millions of lives and billions of treasure paid the price of free dom for the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, for the/ Poles, the Czechs, Slovaks, Moravians, Letts, Lith uanians and others of the submerged peoples. Their liberty was dearly bought, and should be the more highly prized because of that. The celebration of Kossova day by the Serbs, wherever they may be, should be joyous, but they ought not to forget that more than their freedom was accomplished by the shot fired that day by Trin^ip. That bullet shattered old institutions till they crum bled, and empires that seemed founded to endure fell before its echoes. Europe is rebuilding, but has not yet heard the last of that shot. LET US ROAR TO THE LIONS. Omaha has listened to the roar of the Lions since the first of the week, and has enjoyed the sound thereof. It means the Lions are well pleased with what they found here. Now, it will be in order for the citizens of Omaha to do a little roaring, while the Lions of the local Den stand at attention and re ceive the plaudits of their fellow citizens. It was no mean undertaking the Lions club of Omaha set on foot a little over a year ago, when it determined to go after the 1924 international con vention. Courage tliat is typical of the great king of beasts inspired them, and wisdom, too, for their plans were well laid. When the time came, the Omaha delegates went to Atlantic City, where the 1923 gathering assembled. Omaha’s attractions were recited, Omaha's hospitality was extolled, and Omaha’s advantages were emphasized, to the end that all other claimants were driven to a corner and the prize was Omaha’s, Then the real work of gettihg ready for the meeting was up to the local group. How well they contrived and managed is shown by the success of the greatest convention the Lions have yet held. Visitors have been well taken care of, and are going home, content that the delegates from Omaha to the Atlantic City convention did not promise anything that was not delivered. Also, that only half was told them, and the rest has been shown them. Enterprise such as that which animated the Lions club of Omaha is the stuff that builds a city. The community really owes to these men a debt for serv ice well performed. The city comes in for a price less lot of advertising, for all of which the Lions club is to he thanked. In the name of their fellow citizens, The Omaha Bee congratulates the Lions on their worth while achievement. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERET The devoted, single-minded patriots now gathered at Madison Square Garden afford a most interesting study. They are devoted to the great, emprise of defeating the republican party. They are single minded as to that purpose. When they pass this point, then it is something different. For example, one group says if the klan is not specifically named and soundly denounced, the whole party will he wrecked and ruined. On the other hand, another group says if the klan is so mentioned and so denounced, the party will he smashed so flat the remains will have to be taken up with a blotting pad. Likewise as to prohibition. Ditto on some other points. The immigration law will be touched most gingerly, child labor not at all. "Where do we go from here?" Is the question uppermost in the minds of the delegates. The party is ruled from below, so its leaders say, but each of the rulers Is watching for a sign. Who will give it none can say, but the way ahead just now is en veloped in something more than a mist. Mr. MrAdno built some big tunnels under the Hudson, but it remains to he seen whether he can bore through the Smith-Taggart-Brennnn-Tnmmany wall. Doug Fairbanks discovered that he was not as well known in Denmark as Doc Cook, but Doug is touring Europe and Doc is thinking it over in a federal prison. Incidentally the men yho pick W. .1. Taylor of Merna as an easy victim for gold brick artists are going to meet up with surprise and sharp disappoint ment. The "red menace” at Minneapolis was that some of the reddest delegates may leave without remem bering the cashier at the hotel desk. Another good thing about flying across the coun try in less than 24 hours is that the aviator does not have time to stop and make political speeches. This Is going to he a campaign in which those who suck political eggs are going to find it increas ingly difficult to hide the shells. A Chicago physician talked In his sleep, and now he is in jail for bigamy. Beware of sleeping with the muffler open. The days are growing shorter, but the same may not truthfully he said of campaign speeches and promises. It seems that our dry navy Is having a rum time of it. - — . 11 .in — ■■■■ » Homespun Verse —By Omaha’i Own Poet— Robert. Worthinpton Davie ——-' APPRECIATION. In stream the trout are nesting. In tree the sparrow* sing. In lea the bees are resting—■ Drunk with the (lews or Spring. In sky the clouds lire ooarlng, On earth the flowers fnnme, AnJ white and red are pouring Their fragrance through the grove. And life Is all a glimmer. And life Is all aglow. Entrancing and a shimmer With tilings that Jlvf and grow; With e*r ellence prevailing In symbol as In truth. And graceful nature sailing The fervid sea of youth. By night the scenes I ti°udcr, By day I *m hcgullcd Enhanced ss life grows fonder, Ntvceicned with incense wild. f f Are Anybody’s Ears Burning? ] ' ’ ~ -V “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— V.____ Mr. McAdoo Is Mad. From ths Chicago Tribune. Mr. McAdoo complain* In New Tork that lie Is tha victim of a breach of hospitality. New York democratic newspapers do not think ho I* an available candidate and their criticism mak»s Mr. McAdoo mad. Probably In courtesy the New York democrat? ought to wait until after th« conven tion and fhen, ff Mr. McAdoo Is the candidate and has gone home, start criticizing him. Th* republicans would be eatisfled with that. 1V« do not as yet view Mr. McAdoo with the critical Interest which would he aroused If Mr. Brennan had bad luck In the convention and got the candidate he does not want, but if his avallahillty Is an Issue among the democrats It Is at least explanable, strange as the candidate may regard It. Mr. McAdoo was In a position of In fluenee In Washington. He was the son Irj-law of the president and a member of the cabinet, lie chose to resign his government position nnd resume pi-ectlco ns a private cltiren. Men frequently do that because they feel they are not Justified In sacrlflc Ing the future of their family to their own preference for politics and gov ernment service. Bitch service hon estly given does not mean much rev enue. Mr. McAdoo or his firm took the ra'es of corporations having claim* against th© government. Tic took the r-s Mr. and Mrs. I.nfe Bud have moved out o’ th’ Acme apartments as th’ cocktail shakers kept ’em awake. It must be awful t’ reach th' nga when women don't think anything o' kissin’ you. (Copyright, > NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for May, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.. 73,980 Sunday... 76,373 Doon not tnclud# rot urn*, loft* Avon, lampUi or papara apoilad In printing and Include* no aperial • aka or |m*« circulation cl any kind. V. A. BRIDGE. Cir. Mgr. 5uhacrihrd and iwotn to krfnr* mi thta 5th day nf Jum, M»*4 W II QUIVEY. (5#*l) Notary Public f claim* of Mr. Dohenjr In Mexico.] Shrewd corporations wanting the most favorable consideration of their de-1 Hands would want Just such a man is Mr. McAdoo. He was not recom mended to them, we believe, hy any superiority except In Washington con. nectlons. Doheny knew he was the man to press the Mexican clalma be cause he waa the son-ln law of a pres (dent who had been Indulgent of Mex lean outrages. A sensitive man would have eaid that he waa unable to take cases In which his personal and political as soclatlons might prejudice the Inter j ests of the government In favor of! his clients Mr. McAdoo hid a legal! right to do so, but he need not be astpnished If the propriety of It Is questioned when he seeks to turn from the private practice again and re-enter politics and become the chief of the nation. It Indicates a flexibility of code which win hardly escape the comment of critics either before the conven tion or. If Mr. McAdoo should be* nominated, after It. When It Was Not Oregon. From th# Portland Orrg n!an. As every Oregon schoolboy knows the river already had been named i "Columbia ' by Capt. Robert Gray ! its latest discoverer, when "Thanafop sls ' appeared. But It had been Jests rated variously as "Ouragon. "Ourigan,'' "Origan," "Oregon" snd "Oregon” even before the voyage of Gray. It was an easy transition from the river to the region through which It flowed, and though the latter was destined to bear the designation of the ship that first entered Its mouth the sonorous quality of the supposed Indian word, its novelty snd. above all, the mystery that enveloped It give It a peculiarly literary utility. These attributes were scited on by Bryant, and the Instant fame of "Thnnutopsti." Its wide publication, and particularly Its quotabfllty, spread the nerd '‘Oregon” to the farthest corners tf the Kngllsh speaking world. Uut It Is Interesting now to recall the form In which the Oregon passage appeared In 1817; Alt that trsad Tits sicks ars but a handful ef the tribes That slumber t,t tta bosom. Taka the wines Of rnnrittng—end the Bnre*n dsaert pierce— Or tner thye f le the eontlmioue weeds . Thet vets Ortfoa. whs.# he neare no sennd. Sst# b-s rwn dashing*—yet—the dead are there Th* exigencies of meter here plain ly throw the accent to the second syllable, and conceding the Influence "f the poem In giving vitality to the word in the literature of the day it le a fair Inference that It would have so ICED TEA—Cool OU and Refreshing, A Tall Gltii with Slice of Lemon Koine Cafeteria Open l! t Hours Fi ery Day Omaha’s Welcome to You HOTEL i FONTENELLE 350 Rooms—350 Baths Rates $2 50 to $4.50 Noted far the • «< ellanra a( Its Dining 3«rvk« — continued If Bryant had not later changed it to read: Where rolls the Orefon and h*»rs no sound, Fav* h4« own daahlnfj—yet the dead •ra there? It is not likely that the mystery of the Inception of the name long ap plied to the entire Pacific northwest and now borne hv the state will ever be resolved to the complete satisfac tion of all disputants; but It la uni verssily conceded that the poet—and Incidentally the North American lie view—did more to make it permanent than all the dusty charts and musty government archives in the world. Power of Compound Interest. We often hear that Pet»r Mlnult In ISIS paid th<* Indians only $14 for Manhattan island. We are apt to think of this as a ridiculously small WARNING! Because of the terrific wind and driving rain of the two recent storms, many electric light wires were strain ed and may break be fore repairs can be made. Under no conditions should anyone touch or come in contact with wires of any kind which are loose, dan gling or lying about in streets or alleys. If you see any loose wires anywhere, call the Ne braska Power Com pany, AT lantic 3100, and experienced line men will eliminate the danger. Nftbfudtd^jPowrC “SAFETY FIRST” KEEPING WELL-An N? Tablet I (a vegetable apeileot) taken at I night will help keep you well, by 1 toning and strengthening your di- 1 geetK u and elimination. | 0«t A tS'Bcm Vmsolo [SUNNY STOElllP c.lake Comfort. nor forget | <J!uU tunnsenZir/vItJutv^" j HIS PREFERENCE. The preacher in the pulpit stood and talked of many thing*. Of golden afreet* and jasper walls and harps with golden strings. He told about the angel choir that spent the happy days In winging 'bout a golden throne with joyful songs of praise. Of peace and rest through endless years with never thought of carr ot long white robes and golden crowns that all the angels wear. j And then he shouted: “All who wish to go to that fair land Beyond the Jordan’? sullen flow will please arise and stand!" The congregation all arose and stood upon Us fret All except a stranger who sat tight in his seat. He minded not the wond'ring look? the people turned his way. Nor did he seem to care a whoop about what they might say. lie merely sat there with a smile whije all the rest arose To signify they’d like to be beyond dark Jordan's flows. The wondering preacher In amaze said:* “Friends, you may eit down," And, turning to the stranger, said with something like a frown: "My good sir, you who kept your seat, must I now understand You'v? no desire to go with us to that far happy land? Ho you admit ’tls your desire through future years to dwell With hosts of evil who are doomed to live and move in hell?" The stranger listened for a time, a smile upon his face. And when the preacher tlosed his talk he stood up in hi? place And made reply: "My parson friend, it’s just thi? way, you see, I much prefer Nebraska, which is good enough for me!" The family car. still being dismantled with little hope of repair, we are unable to enthuse over the gasoline war The price eff gasoline doe? not Intrigue us even a little bit. But if you want to enlist our enthusiastic and unfaltering support just start a crusade to bring the price of our favorite brand of cigaret back to 10 cents, where It used to be. Nebraska Limerick. There, was a young fellow in Yalley Who loved a fair maiden named Sally. But Sally was cold And very soon told The fellow she wouldn't be pally. - % We may be ? poor mathematician. On the other band, our riends may merely take us for an easy mark. But we have it figured out by means of the pari-mutuel machines something like $2,564,7*4 was won at the races, and less than $56 lost. Our British friends will have none of steer roping buBdogging. We confess that we have often wondered how Americans who shudder at the Mexican sport of bull fighting can applaud the spectacle of the aforesaid roping and bull dogging. We are authorized to announce to the visiting Lions that the skeleton steel framework at Seventeenth and Dodge will be a completed building when next they hold an annual conven tion In Omaha. WILL M. MAUPINL V-" . —- —^ I sum for what Is today the most val-j uable piece of land of Its size In the world; but we do no* stop to think that if this original $24 had been In vested by Peter Minuet at the rate of 7 per cent per annum and compound ed every six months to date, it would have earned a sum equivalent to the assessed value of the entire city of New York, so it is said, including Its street*, sewers. railways, subways, theaters, hotels, skyscrapers and palatial homes.—The Thrift Magazine. Mistaken Identity. "So Bill got nipped in the stock market. How did it happen?" “Oh, the usual case of a lamb mis taking himself for a fox.”—Boston Transcript. ■I takes, yon East \ completely satisfied with every detail of your journey; on-time arrival; the smoothest of road beds; the best and most modem equipment; service that anticipates your every travel wish. • A travel-value, in short, that has made thou sands regular patrons of the Burlington year in, year out. Let us help you plan your trip. Take the Burlington also for Colorado, the | National Parks and the Pacific Coast. I j IVIUNOrSN TKAVCl SUMAC II Ulk and rareas, Omaha, Nab. j j 11 n»M Atlantic »m and Call 11 l W. JH ARrr J. B. RFYNOUD8. 1 j C>rj Pan AjnU Citj Twkn A|n> I , 4 WHAT SCHOOL OR COLLEGE? ? T\. - C .L 1 1 _ 11*_. ■— • mt 'V i