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The Omaha Bee MORNIN G—F. V E N I N G- S U N D AY THE BFE PUBLISHING-CO.. Publisher N. b. UPDIKE, resident ! BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKt.ER, Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBF R OF—THE "aSSOCI ATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Be* 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 els* the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our apecial dispatches are Ha alio 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 1 their organisations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1306, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 3, 18"#. I BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for i y iiiuin the Department or Person Wanted. i IctntlC IWv * OFFICES I Main Office—17th and Farnain ! Chicago—Stcggr Bldg. Boston—53 Dovenshire St., Room 8 Seattle—A. L. Nielz, 811 I,ary Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco—Fred L. Hall, Sharon Bldg, j New York City—270 Madisoa Ave._ MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES ! DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year *6.00, 5 months 83.00, 8 montns 81.76, 1 month 76c DAILY ONLY 1 year *4.60, 6 months $2.75. 3 months $1.50, 1 month 75c SUNDAY ONLY 1 year *3.00. 8 months *1.75, 3 months *1 00, 1 month 6Cc 1 Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal zone, or 600 f miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday, $1.00 per month; daily only, 75c per month: Sunday only, f>0o per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday.. month 86e. 1 week 20c j Evening and Sunday.1 month 55c, 1 week 15« Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week Ic t OraaliaVliefe is at its Best A DEMOCRATIC TEAPOT DOME, j Certain transactions of the late democratic ad ministration have passed from memory of the pub | ]ic. The Department of Justice, however, docs not • forget. Harlan F. Stone, attorney general of the i United States, has just filed at Philadelphia a suit to recover for the United States possession of the dye patents. These were seized by the alien prop erty custodian, A. Mitchell Palmer, and turned over by him to his successor, Francis P. Garvan. By Mr. Garvan 4,500 patents were sold to the Chemical Foundation, Inc., for $250,000. A little later on Garvan bobbed up as president of the Chemical foundation, Inc. The suit just started Is an appeal from the de cision of Judge Hugh M. Morris of Wilmington, Del., who held against the government’s contention that the sale was invalid. Chief of these is that under the law Woodrow Wilson, as trustee for any and all property sequestrated under the Trading With the Enemy act, had no authority to delegate to Frank L. Polk, under secretary of state, the power to sell any i property. Congress alone could dispose of any property confiscated. Proceeds of such sale to be used to compensate Americans who had claims against the enemy. a ■ * Another point raised by the government on ap peal is that the price paid by the Chemical Founda tion, Inc., was grossly Inadequate, On this the pe tition recites I % A block of patents—to say nothing of trad* marks and other rights—having ajt average of over eight years to run, controlling an industry; one branch of which then amounted to 125,000,000 [ a year, and Indirectly controlling an Industry amounting to several billion dollars a year, eon k trolling Importation and sale of the most important i dye and chemical products In the United States, including such patents as salvarsan, neo-sal varsan, novocains, and others, as well aa the dye patents. Is sold by a public officer and trustee to a corporation of which he Is president for the nominal sum of * $271,850. It Is contended on part of the very par ties who conducted the transaction—In face of the evidence discussed as to the enormous value of these properties, and In spite of their admission that the price was arrived at by guesswork—that in > a court of equity the transaction can be sustained!’’ • a e> Also, the attorney general contends, Mr. Garvan Arranged, If his acts were valid, to have the United States return the entire consideration, so that the Chemical Foundation, Inc., would come into posses sion, without cost, of more than 6,000 of the most (Salueble patents known. Further, under the Garvan ■ scheme, the government was to turn over to the foundation all the money that had accumulated while the patents were held In trust by the custodian. Under this arrangement the concern would have re ceived up to December 81, 1922, three and one-half years after the purchase, $1,287,217.85, or $1,015,* '867.85 In excess of the consideration paid for the patents and other valuable rights. And the Cheml eel Foundation, Ino., of which Mir Garvan is presi dent, would Still have the plunder he turned over ^a 11 while acting as custodian of seized alien prop •rtjv Nothing fn any oil transaction, hot even the acts rt Libert B. Fall, has any more (mister aspect than thl* transection of the good democrat, Francis P. Garvin, earrled on while holding an office of trust -under • democratic administration. '' ■ WHAT IS GOING ON IN CHINA. Matters In China are moving more nearly in « direct line Just now than when the struggle for pos ! session of Shanghai began. Signs point to the im minent renewal of the clash between Wu Pci-fu and Chang Tso-lin, adjourned two years ago, hut out \ of which may come the desired strong central gov ! femment for China. Two years ago Wu decisively defeated Chang, And drove him to shelter behind the Great Wall in I Manchuria. Because of one of the quirks of Chi nese procedure that baffle Western minds, Wu did not take the presidency. Instead he elevated Tsao Kun, who has proved inefficient and of little force. Wu retired to his own tuchunate, leaving whatever plans he might have cherished in connection with the government in keeping of Wellington Koo. A suggestion is made that the disturbance over Shanghai was brought about by Wu, as a means for Letting off the train he expects will land him on top In Peking. Whether that he true or not, the fact that the little war Is but n curtain raiser to a greater is shown by the attitude of Chang Tso-lin, who is Wu’s greatest rival, and the real backbone of Ithe Anfu party expelled from Peking by the Chi group when Wu defeated Chang from the north and prevented Sun Yat-sen advancing from the south. Shanghai, held by the Anfu party, is a great producer of revenue, of which the Chi party feels need. Therefore Chang threatens to advance to protect what he conceives to be his party’s inter ests. Wu is as strong as be was two years ago, hav ing lost none of the suppoj^of the tuchuns who ro operated with him. Chang is stronger, for he has had ample funds to build up an army and has lost no time in doing what, was needed. Japan is credited with having backed him two years ago, hut has declined to venture any further in his be half. A suspicion that he has the active support of Russia is rife. The admission from France that ) “commercial” air planes have been sold Chang is interesting. Western prestige in China has been greatly weakened during the last few years, hut this is not % especially involved at present, as the great 'powers are seemingly content to let the Chinese settle this matter for themselves and in their own way. “Watchful waiting” is once more the word. The problem is not simple as this may make it appear, but Wu and Chang are the lending figures, and the central government control is the final stake. Should the outfall be in favor of Wu, it will be the dawn of a better day for the republic, for he is as progressive as his rival is reactionary. JOHN J. PERSHING, CITIZEN. By the operation of a singular law of the United States, John Joseph Pershing for the first time in his (54 years of life is permitted to take part in the ordinary affairs of a citizen. His first 26 years he spent in acquiring an education, his next 38 in serving his country in a most responsible character, but one to which the duties of citizen ship are denied. As a soldier, John Joseph Pershing could fight for his. country, negotiate for his coun try, die for his country. But he could not vote or hold office. Yes, he did have one privilege, in estimable in the eyes of the citizen. He could pay taxes. Newton D. Baker, sometime secretary of war in the cabinet of Woodrow Wilson, tells the world that General Pershing was selected for command in France because he could obey orders. The test was that while on the abortive quest for Villa into Mexico, Pershing was under direct orders from the White House. The commander-in-chief did not go through military channels to reach his officer in command of that expedition. Major General Fun ston at Fort Sam Houston was quietly ignored, while a direct communication was kept up between the president and the general at the head of the expedition. Pershing was a soldier and did obey those orders. Probably any man in the army would have obeyed them, as they came from the presi dent. Those who know John J. Pershing know that the president and his war secretary were taking no chance when they selected the head of the army in France. They might have rested their choice on a more worthy basis than the one suggested by Mr. Baker. However that may be, General Pershing went forth to the greatest, in magnitude at least, of ventures the American army ever undertook. ] Time will continually add to the sheen of glory that surrounds the story of the A. E. F., and its com mander will share with the men under him the ef fulgence of a crusade that honors America. Nebraska has a claim on Pershing that even his Missouri nativity is secondary to. It was amongst us that he really began his march upward to fame. As a soldier he was loved and honored in Nebraska. As a citizen, he will be equally regarded. Lost to the army even in his prime, he will bring to private life those qualities that count for so much in the sum of American citizenship. While the nation has lost a soldier, it has gained a voter and a man. BROTHER CHARLIE ALL DOLLED UP. The New York Times Is the original champion of John W. Davis. By that paper the candidate was chosen long before the primaries were held in any state. Through all the uncertainties and perplexi ties of the pre-convention days, and the convention itself, the Times stuck by its guns and fired salute after salute to the name of Davis. Finally he came through. The joy in the Times office was lawful and unre strained, until they took a second look, and saw what John W. Davis brought with him. It was none other than Brother Charlie Bryan, laid on the party’* door step by Brother Will. For two months the Times has been studying the running mate of Its accepted champion, and now say* of him; •'An for Governor Bryan, he hsa a prominence largely thrust upon him by his name. Thu» far he has taken what almost seems a malicious pleasure In disappointing those republicans who looked to him to make loud explosions and wave fire brands: but It Is undeniable that being the brother of 'William J. Bryan pursues him. In the minds of many people, and doubtless will continue to do eo ( till the end of the campaign.” The corridors of the Times’ sanctum still echo with the reverberations of denunciation that came from William Jennings Bryan when the name of John W. Davis was proposed in the convention. So the Times has undertaken to dress up Brother Charlie so he will look like a nice, clean conservative to the Wall street brotherhood. Brother Charlie may strut in his new suit of clothes, but the garment does not fit, nor does the wearer enjoy them. lie would lots rfgther be ram paging around, whooping it up against the Money Devil. He has not so much disappointed the repub licans as he has kept the democrats uneasy, Germany is going hack to a sound currency by exchanging one gold mark for 1,000,000,000 paper marks. The “easy marks” will now mark time until it ia possible to complete the exchange. All the vociferation of the opposition fails to drown out the noise of the wood sawing being done down in Washington by one Calvin Coolidge. Of eourse Unde Sam had to play the rich unde before his European nephews would consent to be in£ helped out of the hole. Zona Gale has joined the LaFollette forces. But it didn’t need that to make the LaFollette cam paign a big wind. Chinese troops refuse to fight In rainy weather. President Sun ought to look into it. ---— Homespun Verse —By Omaht’i Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie ____-V AFTER HARVEST. The Binder's song Is finished, And the Thresher's monotone Has generally diminished Where the wheat and oats were grown; The Stubble's greener growing As the autumn days pass on; The Plow Its trail Is going Almost at the break ot dawn. The Drill the furrows follow. And the winter wheat reclines • O’er hillock and In hollow With the tangled glory vines; The Harrow leaves Its traces As It slowly winds Its way Across the open spaces. Leveling the loam and day. Th» Corn Fields dance and glisten When the hidden sephyrs rise, And seem, askance, to listen To September's lullabies. The Hay Stacks, brown and solid, Represent the Meadow a weal. And Agriculture—stollrl Make* an honest wise man feel On Going Away to College. ] ,- . ... " i To I'.Ut It - Only a Railroad Ticket With a Few Pennants, College Veils and Professors at the Other End. »— ' ■—..— ■ ' ■■■■ • —. . v Letters From Our Readers All letters must be signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communi cations of 200 words and less will be given preference. V.___—--J ! For Brother Charlie to Consider. O’Neill, Neb.—To the Edita* of The Omaha Bee: Kindly grant me apace to ask C. W. Bryan a few ques tion*. The governor will not answer them when he speaks at Madison fair next Friday, but perhaps later they will be answered: j. Will you state specifically how you have reduced taxes when the saving* have been made In depart ments not supported by direct taxa tion? 2. Will you tell your audience how you could undersell your competitor when In the ice business st I.lncoln, kindly Illustrating the difference be tween pond Ice and distilled-water Ice? 3. Give one good reason for your associating. the administration with the Standard Oil company to effect a temporary reduction In price of gas ollne at the expense and ultimate ruin of Independent companies? Why do you wish to put’ the Independent companies out of business? 4. Why do you Ignore petitions from hundreds of sportsmen request ing a small portion of their own money to use In buying a bike In Holt county? You have classified these petitions as "public clamor," not worthy of consideration. Ho you class all aportsinen aa beneath your notice? These questions are copied from smong the many pertinent ones we bear asked your lieutenants every day. Ho far they have not answered one In a satisfactory manner. AV111 you reply to them and relieve the sus pense? You will not. OBSERVER, Bonds for Good Roads. Omsha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: In your editorial page of September 12, there appears a plan formulated by the Nebraska Good Roads Bstoelstlon for financing hard surfaced highways In this state which contemplates taxation as con , ftructlon proceeds. This plan aeems burdensome It covers a six year period of heavy tax ation. Ths demand for sons or more hard surfaced highways across ths state In each direction seems Imperative and a satisfactory solution will prob ably bs rsachsd but Is It not better to extend the period of payment by a reasonable bond Issue? How would this method work? Issue bonds of $10,000,000.00 fqr 15 yssrs at 4 per cent Interest. This would require $1,200,000 per yenr In terest and $2,000,000 per year for a sinking fund. Ths gasoline tax of two osnta will produce about $2,400,000 per ymr to which may be added onsfouith of the license fee a or $750,000, and these amounts will take care of the Interest and retire the bonds when due. A levy will not be needed and the present by biennial levy of $1,500,000 need not be continued. To pave the Lincoln highway from Omaha _ to North Platte (about 200 miles unfinished) will cost about $6, 000,000 and to pave from Yanktoji to Wymore about $7,500,000. East-west and north-south roads are needed more than others and should rccekre first attention. The cost of these roads will not deplete the bond Issue as they will take only about one third of the Issue besides no account Is here taken of federal aid. This suggestion contemplates s greater revenue from a gasoline tax than the figures heretofore given and Is supported by statistics. It also considers the heavy burden of maintenance placed upon the counties and leaves to them three fourths of the license fees which are now inadequate in many counties. The bond Issue also could be large ly absorbed by the state and other public subdivisions by the Investment of public funds therein. JAMES E. RA1T. Here Comes the Helpers. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: Two hours ago I witnessed a showing of "Abraham Lincoln" at n local motion picture house, and I write while the Impressions of that experience are still with me. If demonstrated the power of the screen. It brought history liefore the eves and into consciousness better than much study snd many hooks. The beauty of devotion, the goodness and greatness of sacrifice, the in famy of trifling with wrong and t,!e tragedy that lies in its wake, stand out as unforgettable lessons of this motion picture play. Ahraham Lincoln was human, and | had his faults of head and heart, but let his lowly origin be kept in mind, his purity of purpose, his love of the common people, his tenderness of heart, his sense 0f Justice, his de fiance of difficulty, the deathless con fidence of his soul that the right would triumph as he saw the right. These qualities are not too common today, as witness the petty lives of many even among the prominent and powerful. It were not going too far to suggest that we need a baptism of hir spirit, in order that his spirit might be the dominant spirit of so ciety and as full of freedom for all mankind *s it was for the chattel slave. "This country, with its Institutions, belongs to the people who Inhabit it Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to overthrow it." These words front Lincoln's first inaugural ad dress come near to constituting a charter of liberty. They make neces sity the test of any step, no matter where that step may lead, although to rehifth through revolution. Poes this republic need to be re born? I.et events and reflection re ply, Certainly great changes must and will come. The rising of city and country workers in the farmer-labor movement is one of the most hopeful developments of the hour. Common folks will make themselves felt even In this campaign. They may succeed, but if they fail, a fresh start will he [SUNNY SIDE IIP lake Comfort, nor forget , Qhat Sunrise ne<Jerfailed^us . u.nuiered how the switch was thrown, formerly ‘the* merman had to ^".^'^ng'u^the tr. ' m,„i,aliy thrown, but. U w|*» ~tjn.il the ^yw’r'e that is Wgg&stsEm have in turn explained it to you, we may all ride wltn m >re coup fort. Barring accidents, which same list Includes the Big Chief s denial of the necessary time off. we shall lie present <n a couple Of days at the Mid-Nebraska Exposition, to he held in Columbus, September 23 to 2«. It is going to Ice P<*ultar ln some respects. There is no grandstand, no races, no exhibit I,uililings, but the agricultural and »'•«“** ** rJ£i wonderful. There is no race track. It is going to lie a reaa agricultural an.l livestock show. The chief attraction for us * the promise of Judge Hensley to take us do"" where we can catch a 6-pound channel cat. And maybe Har old Cramer will again invite us out to his house to s-e that new baby. Incidentally we made our menacing gesture to the world by marching in the Defense Day parade. Despite a growing obesity and a tendency to flat feet, we covered the entire line of march, alongside Judge D. M. \lnson haler and mmedlatsly in front of Pete Elsasser. We noted with sorrow, tinged with disgust, that only about one man in 60 lifted his hat when the colors went by. We hug the sweet unction to our soul that when General Duncan saw us limping by the reviewing stand he was thoroughly satisfied that with us there the entire country was safe. We are not going to get all het up over that war In China , until the contending forces select generals whose names can be spelled twice In the same way. Much to our regret both principals in the WUlsTirpo fight f were not knocked for a row of mile-posts. The candidate who muld snatch off as much free publicity and ballyhooing as a second-rate pug could be elected president of a world republic. Incidentally, while we are working so hard to Americanize | Ihe foreign born in our country, it might not be a bad idea to I devote a little time to the Americanization of Americana. There are various definitions of the word optimist. After mature deliberation we have decided that the best definition is ol’ Doc Bixby himself. A lot of fellows who vociferously de< lare that they are w ill ing- to die for the flag are too all-fired lazy to even vote for the maintenance of the principles Its represents, WILD M. MACPIN. A LISTENING IN On the Nebraska Press. Adam Breede of the Hastings Tribune really ought to take some thing for that dismal feeling. He says "the average man is a very good friend of yours until vnu give him a rhanre to prove it." The fact is that if a man is a real friend he doesn't have to prove it. Wilson Tout of the North Platte Tribune makes it plain that he does not favor bobbed hair. Dollars to doughnuts that the fair ones of North Platte make it very plain to Wilson that they don't care a hang whether he does or not. Noting that plans have been ac cepted looking towards assisting Germany to pay Its debts. Editor Penschoter of the Hay Springs News wants some plan that will help a few Sheridan county citizens to pay their debts. Allan Mav of the Auburn Herald sagely remarks that people who think they have found the key to success discover that somebody has change : the lo?k white they were hunting the key. _ Ed Curran of the Greeley Citizen boasts that Greeley county has had but three divorces in two years. The Tekamah Herald 1s offering odds of I to 1 that King Corn beats Jack Frost to the wire. Editor Muse of the Wayne Herald observes that as an irritant and destructive critic 1 jFolleite renders some service so long ns he Is kept In a powerless and harmless minority. The Wahoo Wasp has just ceieiJpt ed its 50th anniversary. And at that it is a lively youth. Ben Sallows of the Alliance Times Is an expert, lie *avs that when a made, and the effort will continue un til there remains no doubt of success. "That government of the people, by the people, for the people "—shall become a fact and remain a fact. EDMl’ND K, BTU MBAFGH. err stops by the roadside in the day time. that'* trouble; when it /tops by the roadside after dark, thafs ro mance—the trouble coming later. Te l O'Shea of the Holdrege Prog ress chooses second place when the railroad crossing is the goal. Taking No Chances. Governess—Now, Lena, you must give your brother a bite of your ap ple. Lena—Not likely! Kve did that to her hue 'and and she never heard the last of it —Kasper. Stockholm. W hen in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Rooms—250 Baths—Rates $2 to $3 ! I My Bank |jj ii I !|! _ I I MY Bank ,s the Guardian of my money. ) It saves me from worry. lj( When I hand my money to the receiving teller I know / have nothing to fear. Great vaults of steel and concrete are safe , guards against theft and fire. f Over $2,000,000 of Capital and Surplus ■—total resources of $30,000,000—are a guaranty of safety. Ij'l I! ! 1 Yet when l want some of my money all / need to do is to write a few words on a slip of paper—a check I enjoy both Safety and Convenience a/— The QbahaNational Bank 9 A be Martin >_» I Th' prince o' Siam h*« never got a nickel'* worth o' publicity in his life, an’ he’* been thrown off o' elephant* an' ever'thtng. Th'Handy thing nhout giftin' a democratic nomination in Te.xaa i* that you kin l»«gin t' pack right away. 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