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The Omaha Bee M O R N 1 N G—E YEN 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 The Associated Press, of which The Bee is • member, 4s 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 of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee ia a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation uuditb. and The Omaha Bee’a circulation ia regularly audited by their organizations. I Entered as second-class matter May 28. 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 8. 1879. ______ Private Branch Exchange. Ask for * »r i . • a aaa the Department or Person Wanted. ^ • laflllC lUvU OFFICE? Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago—Steger Bldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. Seattle—A. L. Nietz, 514 Leary 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 1 year $5.00, 6 months $3.00, ? montns <1.76, l month 76c DAILY ONLY 1 year $4.60, 6 months $2.7!k, 8 months $1.60, 1 month 76c SUNDAY ONLY 1 year 13.00. 6 mbnths $1.75, 3 months 81.00, 1 month 6Cc Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal zone, or 600 miles from C-’.aha: Daily and Sunday, $1.00 per month; daily only, 76c per month; Sunday only, 60c 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 .1 month 20c, 1 week *c ---J Omaha Vtefe theW?st is at its Best BRING OMAHA UP TO DATE. Omaha has been growing faster than its citizens realize. In some respects the city’s present gar ments were cut for it thirty years ago. These are not outworn, but certainly they are outgrown. Some new ones are required, and the citizens are to be asked to authorize the expenditure. Three notable bond issues will be presented to (he voters at the election next month. One of these will be to carry on tl» needed extension of the pub lic school system. Another will be to finish the work on the Riverside Drive. The third will be to pro vide for the erection of a branch public library build ing on the north side of town. Each of these objects is the outcome of the city’s growth. A demand that must be met, and which should be no longer delayed » • • Consider the library first. Omaha has long been proud of the fine institution that was created and maintained by the people. It is a public library in the fullest sense of the term. Because it was set up and supported by the people, independent of en dowment from private sources. In 1871 the asso ciation was formed, and since the the institution has been going steadily forward. Beginning with 8,000 volumes, it now has nearly twenty-five times th^t number. Starting in rented quarters, and moving from time to time, it has long occupied a handsome •structure, built for its accommodation. While it is crowded and cramped in some regards, the estab lishment of branches and the circulation of books through the city schools relieves the pressure greatly. South Omaha had its Carnegie library, which be came part of the city plant when consolidation oc curred. Requirements of the South Side are well taken care of through this active branch. Now the North Side is asking that it get similar considera tion. A branch has long been operating at Twenty fourth and Ames, but in such congested quarters it does not give the service that is needed. To relieve this situation, a bond issue of §50,000 will be put up to the voters. The money will be used to erect a.North Side Branch Public library, WTe believe the voters will agree that this is a worthy expenditure, and that the bonds will be authorized. In time the Dundee and Benson sec tions will have to be cared for, but one thing at a y time. * * * For the erection of new grade school buildings, $2,500,00# is to be asked. Junior high school and the like have been laid over for some future con :ideration, if ever. Just now, though, there is de mand for grade school buildings. Several in use are i.ntiquated and unsafe, as well as being poorly lo cated. In other districts new plants are called for. Not only the growing population, but the shifts in ’the centers of population, give the problem of school plant some interesting and even acute phases. To meet these the school board has outlined a building campaign which has been examined and approved by various civic bodies, among them the Chamber of Commerce and the Real Estate Board. No ques tion exists as to the need of the buildings and equip ment contemplated, and this bond issue should also meet the favor of the citizens. The third issue, that of $250,000 to acquire the necessary land and complete the construction of the parkway along the river, scarcely needs much ar- . gument. It has been before the people in a tenta tive form for longer than a quarter of a century. Now it is presented in a concrete form. For $250, 000 Omaha can acquire something of the sort Kan Vsas City spent millions to obtain, and have a more beautiful drive when it is completed. Experts have wondered why the work has been so long delayed. If we sense the temper of the citizens aright, we believe the job will not be put off longer. Plans are. worked out to the last detail, and for the small sura of money required the public will obtain one of the finest drives in the country. * • * Seldom has there been offered to the public proposals more generally commended than these three. Each provides for a necessity. All are dis tinct needs arising from the city’s growth. From them the whole community will get benefit. The Omaha Bee echoes the approval of forward looking citizens in recommending these bond issues to the voters for their favor on election day. I . . OLD GRADS SPEAK THEIR MINDS. If an appeal is sent to the graduates of any school or college in the name of the institution, ask ing support for a worthy cause, the response is in stinctive. If members of n class are called upon to do honor to a former classmate, the tribute is paid. An appeal for aid in any form gets results. School traditions, school spirit, the pull of friendships formed under the trees of the campus, never weaken. But, when it comes to asking the old grads to kick in to swell the campaign fund of an alumnus whose political ambition has led him off on a tan gent that is something else. So graduates of Wis consin resent the effort that is being made to raise a campaign fund for Robert Marion La Follettc be cause he happens t>^ have, won his degree there. Wis Cotirm men have a pride in their school. It is one of the foremost fountains of learning, of helpful culture, in all the world. Out from there have gone men and women, solidly grounded in the funda mentals of human knowledge, keen minds splendidly equipped for dealing with the problems of life. One of these was La Follette. His rise in life is typical of the energetic stu dent who has a definite objective and industriously seeks it. By some strange quirk he finds himself out of step with the political party that honored him. With the men who were proud to have him on the list of the school where they, too, were edu cated. These men properly decline to contribute of their means to assist him in what reason tells them is a course that leads only to obstruction. La Follette as a senator deserved and had regard. La Follette as the reckless leader of a red host merits only what one indignant alumnus expresses as the blush of shame. THE LOAN AND THE LEAGUE. Prompt oversubscription of that portion of the German loan offered in the United States is not sur prising. Neither is the effort of Mayor Hylan of New York to give a political tinge to the movement. Dawes has been getting too much credit out of the plan that bears his name. Consequently some way must be found to cast a little doubt on the whole af fair. Mayor Hylan pretends to see'in the guaranty clause of the protocol of London the possibility of cur country being drawn into a war in order to en force payment of the bonds. That would be a fine rallying cry. “War to pro tect the holders of German bonds. Blood of our boys spilled that Wall Street may regain its gold!” Happily, however, the danger is extremely remote. So far back in the realm of possibilities that it may be dismissed from thought. Only a lively imagina tion, stimulated by a fierce partisanship, can see any sign of war in the loan to Germany. Mayor Hylan knows that the United States of America is not a member of the League of Nations. He knows also that, if the powerful group of which he is an influential member has its way, our country will never be a member of the League. Under the protocol the sanctity of the loan is underwritten by a group of nations that do belong to the League, and are individually as well concerned to see that Germany keeps any bargain mnde. Therefore, the United States is not and under existing conditions can not become a guarantor of the German loan. Americans generally are interested in the res toration of Germany, for that will lead to the re covery of Europe in general. What helps one wall help all. Also, and this is not to be overlooked, the new German loan, offered at 92, is a very attractive investment. It means 7.7 per cent on a gold bond concerning which there is almost no risk, and such opportunities for investment are not common thesq days. Worthy of notice, too, is the fact that General Dawes at Louisville on Monday broke his silence with reference to the plan. He disclaims entire credit for it, although it bears his name, and says he believes it is workable. Also that it will bring peace. Mayor Hylan’s question, addressed to Presi dent Coolidge, will doubtless get its proper answer from the White House. Republicans have little need to worry about any effect the Tammanyite's move may have on the course of either election in America or peace in Europe. FRANK BOSWORTH BRANDEGEE. A peculiar invitation to the speculative philoso pher is the tragic ending of Frank Bosworth Brande gee. A leader of men, a success in all material ways of life, possessed of influence, friends, wealth, posi tion, everything, seemingly, that men strive for, he took his own life. After due deliberation, and with firm intent, he asphyxiated himself by inhaling illuminating gas. What strange impulse seized this man, whose moral and physical courage had been so well tested and approved? Life had been good to him, at least so far as outward prospects go. He had all that would make existence pleasant for the ordinary man. Moreover, he had that fine quality of mind that appreciates the intellectual pleasures of life. Accepting the statement of his friend, John W. Weeks, that he had lost heavily as a result of real estate investments, this does not answer the ques tion. He was not menaced by want, nor in danger of loss of his high prestige. Two years more of his term in the senate were before him, assuring him of the immediate future at least. In the senate Brandegee wielded great influence. Especially did he make this influence fel^ in the fight on the League of Nations, which culminated in the rejection of the Treaty of Versailles. Fol lowing this, he was one of the group that went to Chicago and put the republican party on record as standing back of the senate’s action. The vote of the nation in the election of that year must have been grateful to him for the approval it expressed. In Connecticut an especial drive was made to defeat Brandegee, but he was victor by 85,000 in a vote of 350,000. He continued a lender of the conserva tives in the senate, and as chnirman of the judiciary committee and a member of the committee on for eign relations he had great part in shaping the work of the body. That one so gifted, so developed, should termi nate his own life at a time when his outlook for service and for enjoyment appeared so wide will mystify the philosophers and the moralists. He an swered his own problem in his own way. Whatever explanations may be given, there will always be some uncertainty as to his motive. .1. .... ...n i ... i ... Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Pool-— Robert Worthington Davie L_/ IF YOU HAD HIS MONEY. If ynu had Ids money, the goodly thing* you’d do Would make the earth like heaven, and worry would be through; You'd aid the weak and needy, you'd clear the skies of gloom. And where the barren desert lbs you'd make fair lilies bloom. You'd close the gates of poverty to many a mournful soul, The sweetest of sweet music across the earth would roll; You'd give Just to tie giving where'er you chanced to go— You'd shower the world with blessedness, If you only bad his ‘‘dough,” If you had his money —your ship of gold at shore,— You wouldn't bo contented until you'd hoarded more; You'd pass the pleading pauper, you wouldn’t hear him cry. Nor would you be distracted If starvation let him die. You'd lei the homes be taken from mortals old and gray To satisfy the mortgages they tried In vain to pay; You'd guard your vnst possessions until the lights were low;— » • You'd be exactly like him, If you only had his "dough.” *■ —- ■ It’s a Wonder There Aren’t More Serious Accidents _ - _ ^ — VyfHODO HOT Vote at av.u OR VOTE V/rrHOCJT 3>UE CONSIDER ATION FOLKS WHO DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO Will.ID, THEY ARE GOING THE BARM THING'S. MO GOOD/ IT WOS'T STAY » ^ IM THET20AP/ . ^ OUGHT NOT TO COMPLAIN IK THEY LAND IN THE DITCH. e *n 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. Roy Wants an Argument. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; In order that the va rious Issues now before the electors may be discussed, as the progressive party nominee for congress. I chal lenge Hon. AV. d. Sears, republican nominee, and Mr. AV. N. Jamieson, democratic nominee, to meet me be fore election, in a three-cornered dis cussion, in the City Auditorium of Omaha, and also at Blair and Papll lion. Neb.; each nominee to he given 30 minutes to tell the voters where he stands on Important Issues, and why, and each nominee to defray one third of the expense Incurred. Then let the voters decide on election day which man will best protect their In terests in congress. ROY M. HARROP. Religion and the Schools. Omaha-—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I like The < >maha Bee's editorial policy and, as a general thing, the editorials are sound and constructive, but I have to disagree with you on the argument about the "Lord’s Prayer." The attorney gen eral of California is right. The "Lord's Prayer" is unconstitutional, just as is the Ten Commandments, hut that doesn't make them any the less the hest yet. I agree with the attorney general because there l» no room for religious teaching in any form in the schools. AA’c are making clearing houses out of our schools for every new idea or foible that comes into the mental vision of edu eators. The exact and proper plnres for the Lord's Prayer. Ten Command ments, religious songs, etc., 1* in the home and the church. If we teach re ligion In the public schools we won't need churches. Sunday school does more good for the young mind than any amount of Bible teaching In the puhlic schools, for the reason that there Is a religions atmosphere In the Sunday school that is entirely ab sent in tile public school. Religion to he effective must he administered with a goodly amount of mystery and awe. Scientific religious teaching can lie assimilated only by the highly in tellectual and receptive minds. It a child is to learn the Lord's Prayer nnd the Ten Commandments the same ns he learns his multiplication tables, or geography lesson, he will hold them In the same commonplace ma terialistic point of view. I have heard the Lord's Prayer repeated by a gathering of people who put about the Bamo amount of reverence Into it that they would have given to some formula or recipe. They were [ Mobhe ■ all keep still an’ don’t say n’ wo k1 n (tit clean thro’ this ipaiitn without any Klee clubs. No criminal ever jtot very fer with a wife or sweetheart on his Htalf. U.'u(>yil(ht, not church members and knew noth ing of religion In their hojnes worth mentioning. Teaching the Bible In the public schools will lend to re ligious chaoe, to the death of the church, and to a hybrid form of Christianity, half spiritual, half scien tific. The church and the home is the right place to teach religion and, if necessary, the Bible, and not the schools. What the young mind must bo taught is reverence for the work ings of nature and the spiritual and not belief in dogma. We cannot give a child an education and expect him to refrain from using his mind to reason with, but we can train his mind to a proper channel of thought regarding the spiritual mysteries, and this training must be given with the proper setting, which is not to be round in the schools or colleges. It Is said that Jesus Christ was a car penter, hut no one ever heard hint preaching the gospel while building a house. Why, then, should the child be forced to commit the Lord's Prayer to memory while in the act of study ing his arithmetic lesson? Why try to mix spiritual and materia! es sences? They won't mix any better than oil and water. FRANK MARTIN. End of tlie Track. Casper, Wyn.—To the Editor of i The Omaha Ree: There seems to be quite a bit of agitation all over the ' country for government ownership of railroads and. of course, the reason is very plain. In years gone by, it is common knowledge, that owners and managers of railroad systems, have made suckers out of the people by watering the stock tip to the limit and then going into fake bankrupt! y and cleaning up on the small stock holders. The people have been long suffering, but there Is a limit and It has about been reached. So It don't make a great deal of difference who is elected this time: it's only a mattei of a short time until the government will lie running the railroads, and no body is to blame but the owners them selves. If they could have been sat istted with reasonable profits Instead of robbing the people they would have gotten along fine. The same thing applies to the so loon and liquor business. They have nobody to blame but themselves for being kicked out. They ran such disreputable Joints and their places were made headquarters for the worst crooks In the country. It looks like big business would see this, hut It seems the more money mad they become nml with the power they are seeking after the less reason they possess. So in the end It turns out Just ns Lincoln said: "You can fool all tho people some of the time. LUMBER Mill wor k and General Building Material at 25% or More Saving to you. Don’t even consider buy ing until you have sent us com plete lists of what you need nnd have our estimates by return mail. No money down. We ship quick and pay the freight. W. F. Hoppe Lumber Co. 9tli and S St». Lincoln, Neb \li\ l irriSFMKNT. Dangerous Varicose Veins Can Be Reduced Never mind what people any. If you have vnrlcoiio or awolleti vein* nnd want t<» u*dtu e them to normal, go to Mij live driiggiat nnd n*k for an original two ounce bottle of Emerald • ill (full strength). If he hasn't It. In* ran got It. Apply It to the enlarged vein* ns dl re< tod utid linprovetnent will be no tired In n few day*, Continue !th use until veins return to normal alr.e. It is guaranteed to reduce swollen veins or money hack, and also to redure swollen glands, goitre and wens licuton ‘Drug Co some of the people all the time, but vou can't fool all the people all the time. WILLIAM C. YODEK. Could Watch Each Other. Two men, evidently business part ners, took their places in the line that was wending its way toward the ticket window for the evening per formance. Suddenly one of the men NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Sept., 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .73,340 Sunday .73,865 Does not include returns, left* | overs, samples or papers spoiled in printing and includes no special i sales or free circulation of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of October, 1924. W. H. QU1VEY, I (Seal) Notary Public •> ■ — seemed to remember something. He clapped one hand to his forehead, gasped, and in consternation said to his nartner: "Abe, X forgot to lock the safe'." "Huh:" said the other. "Why wor ry about the safe ain't locked’ We re both here, aren't we?’—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph._ .— —~~N SUNNY SIDE UP 1 Hake Comfort,nor forget , qhat Sunrise ne''erfaiLe£l]z(?<jliZfier j_ J _-_— _____—----N f ' % In a few days we are going to spend a few h°ur« in an other one of the old home towns, Minden. home dear rela and a whole pasael of dear friends live there. Mind." ■£■ about the first Nebraska town we struck during ^J* y( "„d“ we were a perigrinating printer And one of the good friend* we expe.-t to hold a reunion with is John L. “^htff.^'dl trlct is a candidate for the supreme bench from the< *ifth list i t and personally we are pulling for him with aJl X.t ifttlid in has been a Nebraskan for half a century, lie first settled Seward county, where he broke sod with an tea"\'®h , ana wood and sold it In Lincoln to get money to buy clothes ana books. He worked his way through law school, and start^ in practice at Minden more than 40 years ago. lie ba» Uvedm Minden eve. since, and as county attorney and county ' Judg* he has demonstrated his legal ability. If the voters of the FUtb district elect "Mac" to the supreme bench, as they should, we 11 call him judge in public, but just between the two of us he will always be Mac" to the Architect of the Department. When we first struck Nebraska a smoothfaced man and a bobbed haired woman were as rare as natural Ice at the equator. Now whiskers and long hair are the exception. This is noted merely as a sample of the changes time has 'vrouBbt in 40 years. We hope to be here 40 years from now to note the changes that have taken place. Some thoughts on Sunday while in a strange city in an other state Wonderfully fine October day in Colorado. Couldn't be better for golf. Not so bad for fishing either. LU dently majority of Sterling people looked upon it that way. We went to church, taking three of our companions Wautl ful church, splendid choir and strong, able minister of I reap.• terian faith. Inspiring senncin Interspersed with humor, but congregation seemingly afraid to smile aloud. Friendly sort of people. Shook hands with many who ex- *, pressed pleasure at having us with them at worship Back to special train for dinner. Always eat too much on trips of th s kind. Too little exercise, floing to walk six or eight miles it IKisslble to get one of the bunch to go along. inclined to be a bit homesick today. Tomorrow 30th wed ding anniversary and tie 500 miles from home. F.rst wed ding anniversary we've missed at the family table. Wont let it happen again. Must go and watch the hull wranglers exer cising the animals that have been confined in narrow pen* aboard train since last Sunday. Train parked near roQnd house, machine shops and ice house. View from car window not very inspiring. Morning papers just in. Nebraskans aboard special stunned by football news from Oklahoma. One Chicago man and one Denver man rubbing all of us Nebraskans wrong way. Liable to lose our usually sweet temper any minute. Informed Den ver man that Nebraska never plays Colorado because Colorado has no football class. Situation growing tense. Chicago man offers to bet Notre Dame will beat Nebraska. Have just frac tured moral and statutory laws. Took Chicago man s bet. Among other joys of a trip like this is the opportunity it gives to meet and greet old friends. We meet them at every station—men and women we.have known since the early 90s; who have been the great factors in Nebraska's development. Henry Ford is a wonderful man. and he has multiplied millions of money. But we doubt if a dozen people slap him on the back and call him "Hank." We would not take his millions in exchange for the thousands of Nebraskans who slap us on the back and call us "Bill." WILL M. MAUPIN. J ----- W hen in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Rooms—250 Baths—Rate? $2 to $3 IMUNY COAL YARD CITY OF OMAHA NOW SELLING COLORADO LUMP $9.50 Delivered $9.50 The Only First Grade Northern District Coal Sold in Omaha ORDERS TAKEN AT OFFICE OF CITY CLERK -- 1 Chicago and North Western System I C. & N. W. RY. C. ST. P. M. & O. RY. Cost of operating the railroads during Govern ment Control increased abnormally. This has now been substantially decreased under private man agement. Hourly and daily rates of pay for railway em ployes are yet higher than they were during Government Control. Beginning with January, 1922, the Interstate Com merce Commission has made several reductions in freight rates until fully one-half of the advance in | freight rates made in 1920 has been wiped out. Rates are still about forty per cent higher than be- j fore the war. j None of this increase in rates goes to the owners of the railroads. The net return of the owners is less j than it was before the war, and this notwithstand ing the fact that more than two billion dollars have I been invested by the railroads since 1917. j All of the increases in rates, both freight and pas senger, express and other service, have gone and are going to pay higher wages, higher taxes, and higher costs of materials and supplies.