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The Omaha Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N b. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thu Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, U exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication o2 our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee (§ a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908. at Omaha postoffice under act of March S, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for * »r ■ . • i non the Department or Perscn Wanted. ^» IRIlllC IvW ' OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago—Steger Bldg. Boston—63 Devonshire St., Room 8 Seattle—A. L. Nielz, 514 Lary Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco—Fred L. Hall, Sharon Bldg. New York City—270 Madison Ave. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY l year $6.00, 6 months #3.00, 3 montns #1.76, 1 month 76c DAILY ONLY 1 year $4.60, 6 months $2.75, 3 months $1.50, 1 month 76c SUNDAY ONLY 1 year $3.00. 6 months $1.76, 3 months $1.00, 1 month bCc Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal zone, or 600 miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday. $1.00 per month; daily only, 76c per month; Sunday only, 50c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday.1 month 85c, 1 week 20c Evening and Sunday.1 month 66c, 1 week 16c Sunday Only .I morth 20c, 1 week $c i-—-' Omdhd Vheie the V^st is at its lies! PAINLESS PAYMENT FOR ROADS. An Iowa man visited The Omaha Bee a day or two ago, and boasted of the comprehensive road work that is now under way in the Hawkeye state. A state highway commission, consisting of two competent taxpayers and the dean of the engineer ing school at Ames, is in charge of the big pro gram. They select the engineer, and decide on the details. Funds are raised by license tax and a gas oline tax. Three thousand miles of hard surfaced road, a “main line" system is under way. Three hundred miles a year are financed through the taxes mentioned. In 10 years Iowa will have a highway system commensurate with her importance I as a state. The subsidiary system consists of 4,100 ? miles of highway surfaced with gravel or some sim ilar material. Our Hawkeye friend proposes that Nebraska, [ where he once was resident and still owns property, adopt a similar plan. He suggests a 2-ccnt tax on gasoline. Reminded that Governor McKelvie’s ef fort to put such a tax on gasoline started a statc [ wide revolt, this enthusiast for good roads an | swered that perhaps Nebraskans had had time to 1 think it over, and might be more responsive at this I time. H • • * R Surely Nebraska needs the roads. The unpleas ant fact is that at the beginning of the current year our state ranked forty-fifth in the union in hard surfaced roads. Those that do exist are near j ly all in Douglas county. The position will not be . bettered by work being done this year. Another ; fact is that most of these roads are paid for by the taxpayers, and turned over to the general public for common use. ! Bus lines, trucking concerns, and other transpor tation agencies, aside from the farmer and those who might be rightfully entitled to do so, make use of the highways and pay very little toward their [upkeep. It is unfair, for example, to tax the rail roads to maintain a highway for a trucking con cern that takes business away from the railway Mary taxpayers do not own automobiles, but under the existing system they are required to pay for building and keeping up the roajls. Perhaps this is a reason why road Kuilding in Nebraska has lagged. If a plan can be devised whereby the cost for building and upkeep of roads will be transferred to those who use them most, and in a painless way, there will he consent to a program as proportionate ly extensive as that of Iowa. Nebraska needs about 1,800 miles of “main line” roads, and twice that length of laterals. * * • At present something like 8,000,000 gallons of gasoline a month is consumed by Nebraska users. A tax of 1 cent per gallon on this will produce $900, 000 a year, and this added to the vehicle license fees, amounting to something near $4,000,000, will provide a tidy sum for the building of roads. Another plan is to charge users of roads accord ing to the amount of use. A metered service to be substituted for the license fee. One or the other plans may be adopted, as seems better suited for >he needs of the state. One thing else, too, will lave to be adjusted. Instead of the automobile 'license fees being expended in the counties where they are collected, the money will have to he paid Into the general road fund of the state. Instead ! of the road construction being in charge of the county hoard or the district supervisor, control i: should he vested in the state highway commission. | Central authority will govern, and the program it | adopts will be systematically carried out. The re sult in time will be a comprehensive network of well built highway, crossing and recrossing the state Instead of the patchwork and haphazard results we \ low have. FOOT NOTE TO HISTORY. Did Roosevelt avert a world war in 1904? Dr. I Tyler Dennett of Washington avers that the “sud den” president of the United States is entitled to I that credit. Addressing an open conference of the j political science summer school at Williamstown, i Dr. Dennett said he is in possession of a photostntic copy of a note sent by Roosevelt to Berlin, the exist ence of which has never been mentioned. In it'was the flat declaration that if Germany and France, ns it was 'expected they would, went to the assistance of Russia in the war with Japan, he would go to the* support of Japan, and would “take whatever steps necessary for her protection.” ! Thfc European scene presented a rather peculiar ippearance at the time. France and Russia were allied, England and Japan, and Germany is sup posed to have encouraged Russia in the aggressions that brought on the war with Japan. This latter view is somewhat discredited by the memoirs of Baron Rosen, recently published in this country. The baron rather inclines to the view that the Rus sian steps toward Japan were taken in pursuit of a policy that, according to court, circles in St. Peters i burg (now “Leningrad”), moved in "eyries of cen turies.” Holy Russia was looking forward to world dominion. This is a detail. It'is interesting to know that our president was astute enough to sense the possi bility of a general conflict, and to throw his influ ence on the side of peace. The United States had but lately given the world an example of its readi ness in the war with Spain and the Filipino insur rection. Added to this was the part taken in the Boxer uprising in China. Military authorities abroad 1 had a more wholesome regard for our ability ttien than they had held prior to 1898, and so the presi dent’s word carried a little weight with it. When, in 1905, Roosevelt brought Russia and Japan to gether at Portsmouth, agreement came easier be cause of the fact that Germany and France had had the note referred to by Mr. Dennett, although Ameri cans knew nothing of it at the time. Speculation as to what might have occurred had the challenge been accepted is idle. Reflection on what has since taken place justifies doubt as to whether the nation would have gone to war where our interest was remote. Yet if the gesture did avert a world war, and it may be easily be believed that it did, the fact is another bay in the huge Roosevelt wreath of laurel. WHEN THE BOY COMES HOME. An ordinary episode in the life of every nor mal boy is the day he runs away from home. Some times he does not get very far, and nobody is aware of his secret until he cares to disclose it- Thft is no one but father, who went through the same stage of development, and knows all the symptoms, bet ter than does the son. Father, however, if he has beeen attentive to the teachings of experience, has learned when to say nothing. So the crisis is passed. Again the boy may get far away from the roof before he realizes just what has happened. It is a real tragedy then, if he does not get back. When he sets out upon his great undertaking, he is full of his plans for conquering the world. He knows it is going to be a tough job, but he has strength and skill and knowledge, and is fully determined to win. Other boys have done it, and why not he? Shortly he discovers that he has left home. Cer tain comforts that were his are missing. No stran ger’s face, however kindly, will suffice for the old familiar faces of father and mother. Mother! Just now he begins to think of her, for the first time. He never knew how’ much he would miss her, and somewhere he begins to realize that she misses him. Happy the lad who can win back readily to the home nest when this first great wave of homesickness comes over him. “But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.” Fathers do that yet, just as they have been doing it through all the ages. Sons find it out some times. The day comes when the boy who has returned is ready to go out and win his way in the world, but he knows then that he is accompanied by the love nnd the hopes of both father and mother, and that, no matter what turn fortune may take for him, he can never get beyond the ever-stretching circle that encloses him. Boys are always leaving home, and coming back, and the old tale is ever new, because it comes fresh always from the hearts of fathers and mothers and boys. NO REASON FOR GLOOM. A cool summer all over the land. Unusual atmospheric disturbances. Excessive rainfall. A great many disastrous storms. Out of these might be manufactured a long tale of woe But not so. Summer’s chief use is to encourage the growing of crops. So accustomed have folks become to high temperatures in July and August that they have al most ngrecd that the weather must be hot if any thing to grow. Here in Nebraska we had quite a little fruit. What loss was sustained was due to storms and not to heat. A big erbp of wheat is coming to market, while other grains are doing un usually \frell. All this argues that extreme heat is not really necessary for any sort of prosperity in the grain belt. In fact, the only man whose business really depends on hot weather is the soda fountain owner. Even he has had a fair trade. In the meantime the householder goes to bed at night with the blanket tucked under his chin, and sleeps that sweet refresh ing sleep that poets rave about. Those who are called upon to work out in the open enjoy every minute of the day. Indeed, there is no reason for • gloom in the fact that we at last have a cool sum mer to brag about. It probably will make no material difference in the ultimate outcome, but Senator "Jimmy” Reed is not going to take any chances with his party reg ularity. He will be for the ticket from Davis down. Now that that’s settled, the main event can proceed. One day Norway floats a loan of $25,000,000 in the United States, and the next day Japan steps in to borrow $22,000,000, and so it goes. We may not be at the head of the procession, but the other nations know where to find us. - _/ Henry Ford positively refuses to be a candidate for anything. It has not been so easy to get Henry to unbuckle sin^e he backed the Frau Schwimmer peace ship. President Coolidge is said to have boiled down his speech for the notification committee. This means it will he right pointed. The globe-girdling flyers announce that they are coming home ,by air. That is what the country ex pected of them. <-upid is getting squint-eyed, if some of the shots he has made lately are to be taken as evidence. Just to show how peaceful they are, the soviets still keep the Polish mission in jail at Moscow. ' Business must be gottting better. Even the democrats admit the general improvement. Little baby tornadoes can he extremely mis chievous ns well as playful. t--■-‘ Homespun Verse - By Omaha's Own Port — Robert Worthinflon Davie v___:_/ (IIII.DKEN l\ TIIE riTY. "It I* no hiti'il to keep thorn from thr afreet," ahe mild to mo "The llttlo thing* are *o *hnt In they hanker for thr frro An<1 omlloHN open country. If* awertnrea nnd It* rhnrm— A* they were wont to aharo whrn wr werr living on the farm. "How oft thc\ *llp from out mv *i|tht /uni *« imprr down the wny A* though tome «venue mlvht mnke them ample room for piny* An though tlnv yearned to get a ghrnp«e of mendowa wide nnd free tftioh >»* tho*e which they romped mIhmiI in day* that lined to hr "Ami many time* line | have known thr Joy* for which the\ yearn 1've hoped that to the country we might preaently ret urn, A nil oner again—If Jw*t for them rrahlr amid thr • harm A And freedom which belong* t<Ptho*e who live down on • the farm." | We Got a New One About a Year AgStarting the Fire Works! YUP, GREAT [ THINGS AREN'T THEY?I WE HAVE ONE THAT I LOOKS JUST ABOUT f LIKE THAT ONE I -- Letters. From Our Readers All letter* mast be slrned. hut name w ill be withheld upon request. Comm uni • rations of !00 words and lew* will be riven prrfereace. V___ J War and Christianity. Council Bluffs—To the Kdltor of The ftmaha Hee: A correspondent of The Omaha Ree denounces the Metho dist church on account of recent con ference declarations against war. end talks of what he terms "Christian ity," applied and shown by the sol dier in warfare. The only proper objection against the churches In this respect Is that for practical good the position now taken Is adopted seven yeais too late. War was a damnable thing In 3917 18. at which time the Methodists and all other religious bodies should have demonstrated Christianity by refusing to kill human beings or assist there in, a most elemental test always for a Christian. At that time we became a nation of maniacs, going 9 000 miles to And opportunity for killing in a fight w hich had no concern whatever for us. but Instead of taking the right stand thereon, many of the bishops and high officials of the leading denomina tions sought to outdo all others In their maniacal performances, rivaling of the Mad Mullah or most fanstleal Mussulman, whoso cardinal doctrine is to advance his religion by the ■word. Witness the ravings of a former pastor In Omaha, now holding high office In one denomination. e» he talk ed of a "war for righteousness sake " and repeated, dervish-llke. that wild and absurd lie concerning Belgian children, whose hands had been am putated as a means of cruel sport hy < the opposing army, which story he had the brazen audacity to shame lessly repeal and claim to know It to be true. It Is well that even though seven years too late some are now awaken ing and impliedly admtj the awful, unapeakable aln and apostasy of that time. Real Christianity, It Is very evident, [ Martin ^ 1 -" ■ ■■■ ■ ■ ■" ” J does not exist, and would not be known or recognized scarcely, If at all, anywhere In America or the world. The least knowledge of and acquaintance with Jesus Christ as a follower of Him causes and produce" always a determination that mankind are not made to lie killed and slaught ered, hut instead the Christian has given to Him from <Jod a love for his fellow lielngs. Title distlguishes the Christian from all others. That love makes It at once impossible for the professor to engage In an occupation which has for Its object and purpose the killing and wounding of men, who are made in the image of God. The dastardly perversions of Christianity, so called, which exist tn this genera tion are appalling and beyond belief and It ntay he truthfully e.tld genuine Christianity is almost if not entirely unknown. Less than one tenth of 1 per rent of the people In America in 1917 had any serious objection to killing other pt i sons, If It were to be done In mass or groups, by the process called war. These facts were shown by the draft enrollment. Rnd afford sure basis for 6%_NO COMMISSION_6% j § I REAL ESTATE LOANS § = 6% INTEREST § 1 NO COMMISSION ! 2 Ea*V Repayments jj o The Conservative Savings & Loin Ass’n c ^ 1614 Hern*; Street 6% NO COMMISSION 6% the assertion that Christianity Is an unknown quantity. The vital doctrines of Jesus Christ those which are basic for real mem bers of His kingdom, are a million times more honored by rejection than In obedience. His Sermon on the Mount presents an unknown doctrine In the modern church, and the princi ples therein are the object of utter hatred and rejection by per cent of thos-» who profess Christianity everywhere. ‘'Love- your enemies." "Give to every one that asketh of thee. "Lend your money to those who are unable to repay it." "If sued at the law and your coat taken, offer also your overcoat." "Lay not up for your selves treasures on earth." "Resist not evil, etc. All these and many of like nature are elemental for real Christians. War Is unthinkable thereunder, and may God grant that the religious !«>d ies all awaken thereto and realize where they have heretofore stood L. H. MONROE Freezing Eyeglasses. Since optical glasses cannot be cut unless they are fixed in an Immov ble position, it has been the practice to glue them to iron frames of va rious sizes and shapes Until a few years ago the plates of glass, when finished, were knocked off the frames by means of a light mallet, the Mow SUNNY SIDE UP 9aJoe Comfort, nor foroet I J On the Wing: Somewhere In Nebraska—As open confes sion is goM for the soul, we purpose a little soul cultivation at this point by making a confession or two. For years we have cherished an ambition to be a railroad president, or a sup«jrin tendent, or aomethlng equally high and authoritative, so we could ride over the rood in a private car. We yearned for the •report unity to lean back In an easy chair in our own palatial I private car, stopping now and then to give the admiring popu lace a chance to gaze upon us, and to issue a few peremptory orders in an official tone of voice. ( But another ambition has been shot all to thunder This thing of being a railroad president or superintendent Is too darned strenuous. AU day long we have been riding in a private car and watching the big chief at work. It is the work car of John Mulick, superintendent of the Nebraska Wyoming division. It has everything the big private cars have, only It is smaller. Dick, the colored chef, is a veteran of the Philippine war. and he knows the culinary game back wards. I awoke early this morning, expecting to spend a pleas ant five or six hours, chatting with Mulick. And right there is where my ideas about superintendents got their bumps. .From the time we arose from the hreakfast table until we sat down to' lunch, Mulick put In every minute dictating [ telegrams and letters to his secretary, Bowan. Between lunch and dinner It was the same. When our train stopped, Mulick was off and up the line to confer with station agehts, pump men, section men and elevator men. By the way. our private car—accent on the ’‘our’’—is swinging along at the tail end of a wheat train that is beginning to assume great length. We ire picking up from one to five cars of wheat at every station. At every station Mulick gets a bunch of telegrams, and before the wheels get to rolling good out of town he is dictat lug answers. Bay, that man knows every signal tower, rail joint and tie along (his whole division, and this division Is longer than most railway systems Being a railroad man he Is given to terse expression, often quite emphatic. Mulick wouldn’t lit clerical garb worth a whoop. We are not supposed to listen In when he is dictating, but now and then we just can't help hearing a word or two. Bonn- of them Wouldn’t look # well In print, but there are many Indications that they get the ■ lesired results We might qualify as to the language part of the superintending game, hut. believe you us, we no longer yearn for the job of superintendent. But being a guest on a superintendent!# private car Is something different. Our ambition now is to be a guest thereon whenever we feel the urge. None of the responsibilities, none of the strenuous work—just sitting and looking out of the rear window and appearing wise. Wonder if the people who see us In this pose Imagine that we are some big brass collar of the railroad: or a great eastern'Capitalist taking a look see with a view to Investing a few of our millions in this wonderful •action of the footstool. Wonder, too, what they would think 1 If they really knew. By the way. tailing along in a private car at th» end nf a freight train beats riding the bumpers or lurking in the corners of a dusty boxcar. Nobody knows it better than we do. We've t'J both over this great steel highway. WILL M MAUPIN. / ^ _ -—4 being delivered cautiously upon the edges of the plates. Naturally enough, this was a delicate and dangerous bit of work and, unless performed bv the most expert of workmen, resulted, of course. In the Injury of the lens. But the discovery was made that the blocks of crystal separated more read , ily when they had been exposed to a certain degree of cold. The result has; been what might be called a revoJui tion in the making of special glasses. —Washington Star. W hen in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Room*—250 Rithv—Rites $2 to $3 BEE W \NT ADS BRING RESULTS Recreation in Endless Variety at any of minnesotas 104)00 LAKES The Land of the Sky Blue Water Her* you have swimming—canoeing—fishing— hiking — riding — tennis — goIf— dancing — every < outdoor sport you can think of. Fashionabla hotels, cottages and camps next door to the big Dpine woods and lakes. Bright, sunny days—de lightful, cool nights. LOW SUMMER FARES Reach the 10,000 lakes via tha Chicago Great Western. Fast time and good service. Send for free book, “The Land of the Sky Blue Water,” telling where to go and what it costs. Faster Tima twin ci i y limited twin city express ?m!h» * 00 p. m. Lv. Omaha 7 SO a m. Ar. St. Paul 7:05 S. m. Ar. St Paul 7 25 p m. Ar Minneapolis 7 «S a. m. Ar. Minneapolis t OOp nk tTnw, fKtmt tail on MARSHALL R rRAIC. C A P D. H T MINKLER. D P A U14 B«i NstiansJBmk Bid, . PWe J.rksoa 0260 LJmtha. Nebraska -me CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN THE MINNESOTA LAKES LINE 1 Good listeners are almost un known these days, an’ we ourselves hnve got so we kin look interested an’ still be thinkin’ about giftin' our oar painted or our heels evened up. My. how time drags. Senator La Follette is only a little over 70. (Copyright, 1124 ) NETAVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for July, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily . 74,010 Sunday.74,792 l)o«i not Inrludr return*, left over*, • ample* or paper* spoiled In printing and Inrlude* no special •ale* at frae circulation of any Wind. V. A BRIDGE, Cir. M*r. .Subscribed and sworn to before this Ath day of August, 1P24. W II QUIVFV. (Seal) Notary Public \»\ r.KTIMCMK\ r. WOMAN AILING FOR A YEAR Took Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound - Happy Results Newcastle, Pa. —"I waa all run down and everybody thought I waa going into a de cline. I had been ailing for a year with paina in my right aide so that I could hardly atand on my feet. When I wanted I felt aa if something was failing. I waa not able to do any work and had a nurae most of the time. She spoke to mo about I.ydia R. Pinkham'a Veg etable Compound, ao I gave it a fair trial. Some women think one bottle ahould cure them, hut I did not atop at that. I took more and got better and am able everaincn to do my own housework. There was a time, when 1 would complain of not feeling well, that my husband would say, ‘Go to the doctor. ’ Hut now he will tell me to get a bottle of Lydia R. Pinkham'a, and it has always helped me. 1 have had druggista tell me that thev had aomething N't ter, hut they don't tell me thnt now. for I take no other. I have Is en taking the Vegetable Com pound now for five year* Any wo man who cares to call or write. 1 will he clad to tell her how it helped me r' Mrs. Mahki. 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