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— ' ■—.— — -N I The Omaha Bee MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO~Publi*hrr 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 h member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for repuhlieation 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 is 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 organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908. at Omaha poatoffice, under act of March 8, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for XT’ 1 _ — *1 f|nn the Department or Person Wanted. ^ * lantlc 1UUU OFFICES Main Office—-17th ahd Farnam Chicago—Stegor Bldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall. San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco—Fred L. Hall, Sharon Bldg. New York City—270 Madison Avenue Seattle—A. L. Nietz, 514 Leary Bldg. MAIU SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year $6.00, 6 months $3.00, 8 months $1.75, 1 month 75c DAILY ONLY 1 year $4.50, 6 month: $'-.75, 3 months $1.50, 1 month 75c SUNDAY ONLY 1 yonr $5.00, 6 months $1.76, 3 months $1.00, 1 month 50c Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal zone, or 600 milts from Omaha: Daily and Sunday. $1.00 per month; daily only, 75c per month; Sunday only, 60c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday.1 month S5e, 1 week 20tr» Evening and Sunday.1 month 63c, 1 week 15c Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week 6c s.-——' Omdhd-VheiU thc^bst is at its Best I POWER FOR THE FUTURE. Two courses face the race for the future. It is j admitted that a day may come when the supply of - mineral oil will be exhausted. There will he no more 1 gasoline. The need for gasoline as a source of en t ergy may have vanished before that time. The in j ventive genius of man may bring forward a sub t stitute either for the fuel or the engine. The one [ will relieve industry from the menace of a diminish ing supply of fuel. The other will operate to con it tinue indefinitely the service of supply available. One or the other must come. Talk of releasing interatomic energy still keeps matters from stagnating around the laboratory, t Scientists are not entirely agreed if the power latent • in nature can be adapted to man’s service. They do not wholly despair, however, of some day making the experiment on a scale that will be conclusive. Until then, however, the quest for some available substitute for gasoline to use in the internal com hustion engine will go on. Unfortunate results • have checked an attempt to fortify gasoline with ‘‘looney gas,” hut further trals will be made to se cure something that will increase the kick and not the danger of the familiar article. Henry Fcrrd finds himself coming to the point ' reached by some others when ‘‘Tama Jim,” Wilson I was secretary < f agriculture under Taft. That is )' to say, the great industrial leader looks to alcohol as a source of energy and fuel for the engines that depend on internal explosions for power. It was ■ settled long ego the! alcohol was serviceable. In b fact the fluid was used in Europe, especially in Ger I many, prior to the war. We may yet see the day when the farmer actually will be permitted to dis till his own fuel, a Secretary Wilson actually hoped tt he might, without the interference of the internal h revenue re : ' i ns that threw the low passed in H 1910 inter th di ward. ** HERO! E > OF EVERY DAY LIFE. ^ One need m go to battlefields and hospitals to find heroe ;:"d hi mine-. They arc to be found in 5 every day life; in humble and high place; in quiet neighborhoods a:, i in busy mar;.-. One of the real heroines in thi •em .-e.iii'n has ju t been called to jl her Ion;, ho:: B> She h. • ;.o opportunity to achieve fame as nurse M upon thi' lo tlefie’d. F U'd no great crusade. Her- wa;; : n i m Me pi: hut he filled it. At the same tir.i" !,e filled 1 life with "unshine. By her work and her iinpit he made life brighter for thou and- of otb r . in Selma ‘ )hlfs of Omaha was a hopeless cripple from fee birth. Not one of her days through forty-three years of life wa without suffering. She not only bore her own afflictions smilingly and uncomplain lr ingly, but she helped others less fortunate than her self to bear their afflictions. She was a daily ex ample of patience and good cheer. She put to shame many who pos e ted good health and sound |r. bodies who filled their homes and their neighbor jo hoods with loud complainings. $V| Selma Ohlfs, hopeless cripple, one of the world’s ?°‘‘shut-ins," sent her sweet spirit out into the world • to radiate hopefulness and helpfulness. She ] triumphed over affliction as only real heroines can i jjdo. Despite her handicap-, she not only supported CJrberself, hut she provided a home and all of a real •^home's comforts for her aged mother. g85 No word of complaint was ever heard from her ^lips. Always there was a smile upon her face. Ever Hu-and always a word of cheer, a warm hand-clasp of of friendship, and an example of self-sacrifice and de ho,votion. What a contrast to those who weakly suc ^Vumb to afflictions. Often the afflictions to which pothers succumb are small. They are afflictions which ► Twould have been a little less than heaven to this at hopelessly crippled woman who triumphed over all. Selma Ohlfs may never have a marble shaft tow ering above her last resting place. Her name may anC'Cver be inscribed on a bronze tablet by the side of Mathe names of men and women who engaged public Attention by reason of heroic sacrifice while the i"nvorld looked on and applauded. But Salma Ohlfs r < vas none the less one of the great heroines. Her Kymluring monument is the rich memory of her use V 'nl life, cherished in the hearts of those who knew lor and.who were inspired by her example. ^ LET ’EM KEEP ON CRICKETING. The American baseball teams now barnstorming -n Europe report that our great national pastime will Aiever gain a foothold over there. The Briton clings Jo his cricketing and the Frenchman clings to his fnustaohe twirling and cultivates his spade whiskers. iVlJverybody to his taste,” as the old woman said llwhen she kissed the row. ' Jv Thomas Hughes, author of "Turn Brown’s Sehool /lays,” told us that Britain’s wars were won upon / Jho playground* of Eton’. That may be a justly de served tribute to cricket and soccer football. Let it i ot be forgotten, however, that the United States 5 ,fas a baseball diamond wherever there is enough JfU!flvel ground to lay out the h.-r-os. If national games keaire to he accounted as winners of wars, the United WFKtates has every right to point to baseball as a war ^k’-vinner, for Uncle Sam he n’t lost any wars to date. r"aJ By all mean* let the Briton stick to his cricket / bat. Far be it from us to make any effort to wean him away from it. Hitting a ball as big as a beef bladder with a bat as wide as a fence board may be the Briton’s idea of sporting efficiency, but it fails to satisfy the American youth. Neither does it seem to satisfy the youth of any other nation except Great Britain. The American Army of Occupation played baseball in Germany, and former enemies danced around and rooted for their favorite teams, thus doing more to establish peace than all the diplomats of the allies combined. The little brown brothers in the Philippines looked askance at Ameri can schools until a wise teacher imported a few baseball outfits and told the youthful Filipinos to go to it. The inevitable happened. The Filipino boys could not be kept away from the schoolhouse by a cordon of infantry. Great Britain boasts that her drumbeat is heard around the world, and that the sun never sets on the British flag. Perhaps; but wherever the sun shines the whole world around is heard the cry, “Play ball!” and white and black, brown and yellow, engage in the good old American game. Uncle Sam has little to worry about so long as his nephews grub a baseball about the time the chil dren of other countries are reaching out for rattles and .teething rings. He need not worry about clean sportsmanship while his nephews are running the bases or chasing long hits on the sand lot diamonds of his broad domain. So let our British cousins stick to their cricket and drink their tea between time?. Let our French cousins wax the hirsute adornment on their upper lips and toy with the lambrequins that decorate the lower part of their faces. We'll continue to piny baseball, win wars, build the world’s greatest indus tries, raise the foodstuffs for all mankind and lead the world in every line of human endeavor. LOSER, YET A WINNER. Rev. B. H. Dawson of Falls City lost an election, but he is none the less a winner. Rev. Mr. Dawson filed for the democratic nomination for state senator and won. His opponent on the republican ticket was John Wiltsc, an experienced member of the legislature. Rev. Mr. Dawson made an active campaign. He made it, however, in an unusual way. He admitted that his opponent was the better man because of his long experience and bettdr acquaintance with condi tions. Then he admitted that he would like to ac cumulate a similar experience and acquaintance. He also admitted that he would appreciate the honor of being a state senator and pledged himself to do his best if elected. He promised to give his op ponent unwavering support in case of his own de feat. Rev. Mr. Dawson made a splendid race. He was defeated by 402 votes in a district that normally re turns a republican majority far in excess of that figure. But in defeat Rev. Mr. Dawson emerges spiritually victorious. He has made friends of far more worth than a temporary service on the floor of the state senate. He set an example of fairness and good nature that is altogether too rare in political strife. But best of all, Rev. Mr. Dawson may now re turn to his pastoral duties with the pleasing knowl edge that he had strengthened his hold upon the people of his community. He has made it easier for him to carry his message to them. A Chinese statesman predicts a coalition of lesser nations against the few successful ones and says it is probable that a Chinese fleet may some day sail into San Francisco bay and capture the city. This is assurance that San Francisco need not fear any shortage of laundrymen. A Maryland judge has ruled that the half per cent clause in the Volstead act does not refer to bever ages made in the home for home consumption. If the decision is upheld by the supreme court we may expect a great revival of the old neighborly call. Just why the man on the city desk should scare head the story of a woman bandit holding up a man is heyond ordinary comprehension. Hasn't she been doing it so long and so often that it is no longer an item of news? The discovery of water ten million years old in a natural crystal flask causes no great excitement. Discovery of something more than ten years old in a hand-made wooden receptacle would precipitate a riot. The spectacle of the Brothers Bryan trying to extract comfort from a study of the election returns recalls to mind the scientific gent who spent a life time trying to extract sunshine from cucumbers. After perusing a large number of democratic ex planations for the recent defeat we are forced to the conclusion that it was a shortage of votes for Davis and Bryan. A Cuban political party imported f>00 dynamite bombs for election purposes. A political party in this country relied on compressed hot air suddenly released. The Kansas man who offered a reward of $10 for the return of his missing wife is evidently not at all careless with his money. Father and Son week ends Saturday night, hut should begin all over again early Sunday morning. Probably wheat hasn’t heard about the predic tions made by third-partyites just prior to election. While Mr. Bryan is writing his memoirs a lot of democrats will be busy trying to forget him. The proposed skyscraper college in Pittsburgh is probably intended as a tribute to higher education. Fill the Community Chest first, and then be pre pared for a Thanksgiving full of joy. Father and Son banquets Jfifi days a year would also prove beneficinl. -- Homespun Verse —By Omaha’* Own Poet — Robert ff ortbington Davie -j.---_ CORN' III SKINH TIMK. Along In autumn, kimla late, Jest ere the winter break*. You hear the eorn a < rackin’ on the bang board* of the wain; You hoar the lumber holler when the team stnrts up, er watts Too long to snatch n sample of the nearest golden grain. You hear the wheels a creakin' o'er the pliant, unkempt loam; You see the wagon tillin’ up until It holds no more; You see the rugged hunker as ho hauls tils treasure home, And scoops It with prri Mon through the open corn crib door. You see him leave the firm hou ■ where the welcome has been true, And drive away the long, long rows to trend with pride nnrl seM; You meet him In the gloaming when the husking day Is through; You know that he a entitled to a night ul perfect reel. I So That’s It, Is It?_ A .1 . . A' & i '- -——--V Listening In on the Nebraska Press Noting that a film actress Is to take her husband's name, Cius Iluechler, the sarcastic thing, says In his Grand Island Independent that it isn't worth while for so short a time. The Rushvilie Standard declares that the most dangerous dlsedse af flicting the country is 4S legislatures and a congress. Charley Kuhle of the Reigh World comes down within hailing distance of the earth long enough to be heard saying: "Tho result of the election ■suits us fine!'' Some politicians are mourning the disappearance of the old-fashioned partisan weekly. Rut their mournful ness is not at the loss of partisanship -—they mourn because country pub lishers are doing business on a busi ness basis these days. As Frank Edgecombe puts It in his Geneva Sig nal: "The Nebraska Press associa tion Is giving the timid the courage to withstand the blandishments of the space graftrrs, whether It he a gyp sum company, a silk or tea corpora tion, or a politician." So lienee the tears of the politicians who mourn the disappearance of the country edi tor who was supposed to rend hts nether garment every time a candi date asked for support. The Wausa Gazette Insists that Ne hraska must get out of the mud be tore the automobile license fee Is re duced. George Snow of the Chadrnn Jour nal and Mayor Rowenthal of that city are seemingly at outs. George says ho has been editing the Journal for iO years and Intimates float ho can keep right on without any instruc tions from the mayor. Af'er 41 years of exlsfenr« the York Democrat has suspended. There was no obituary, no explanation, no ex pression of regret—just the simple announcement: "With this issue the Democrat suspends." it was bought by Thomas Curran of the Dally News Times several months ago and eon tinued until other arrangements could bo made. Rob Rico of tiie Central City Re publican notes that the candidates who wore "pleased with the pros pects'* far outnumber tho candidates who are "pleased with the results." Ole Ruck arises to remaark that the lest way to Improve conditions is lor people to mind their own busl ness. Fletrh Merwin of the Beaver Citv Times Tribune complains that some of bis subscribers give his statement* their unremitting attention. Central Nebraska Press association meets nt. Broken Bow November 21 and Emerson Purcell guarantees a Wo don't know much nhniit Gas ton II. Means, hut his name sounds like he'd nover learned n trade. ki»a tin' rc-makeup. "up) right, Lh*s.) good time. One thing that will help make it a good time is the fart that there i* no set program and no long speeches. It should be a fine meet ing. Marie TVeekes of the Norfolk Press wants to know if the democratic lead • « are convinced that they can not win by putting a reactionary st one end of the ticket and a progressive on the other. Members of the newspaper profession in Nebraska will learn with sorrow of tho death of Mrs. Ross I,. Ham mond at Riverside, Cal-, on November It. Mrs. Hammond was born in Dodge county. Her father, J. F. Reynolds, was one of the county's earliest pio neers. Khn was the mother of four children, two sons and two daugh ters. One daughter died in infancy. Ross L. Hammond was for many tears editor of the Fremont Tribune ar 1 one of the best known editors in the eentral west To him goes out tiie sympathy of the Fourth Estate. Editor Aiden of the York Republi can insists that any movement, pn htical or. otherwise, that breaks up the government of this nation into blocs or groups is perilous and should he thwarted before It gets a good start. NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Sept., 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .73,340 Sunday .73,865 Dora not include returns, left over*, samples or papers spoiled In printing and includes no special sales or fres circulation of any Uind. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. .Subscribed and sworn to before ms this 4th day of October, 1924. W. H. 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H. ljOeb, who died on Monday in Chicago." In the best criminal society it is not regarded as exactly comnie il faut for a murderer to attend the funeral of one of his victims. i SUNNY SIDE UP lake Comfort.nor forget lhat Sunrise ne\lerfailed *_✓ ^ ——- ■■ ---—' _ ——■ ■■■ "*1 " 1 ' \ /— AV« don’t like tea. In fart, we abhor it. We have seen so many tea derelicts cast upon the shores of time that we are determined to Pass a Law. Unless something turns up we ate going to devote our time hereafter to the securing of a con stitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture, sa possession of tea containing more than one-tenth of one-hun dreth of one per cent of whatever tea is. If we get away with l, ,.-e are coin? to begin prohibiting everything we don t like. incTuding professional8reformers. Two-thirds of our national troubles would disappear in six months were it not for the professional reformers stirring up things to make us worry. We are considering acceptance of a proposition to become general manager of a great railroad system If we decide to ac. -ept. .- first official act will he to appoint a cabinet con sisting of men who never knew the first thing about running railroads. Then we shall ask them to submit their plan* of operation and, after giving all of them careful consideration, wc .shall immediately proceed to operate our railroad in ex actly the opposite way. By this method we will be reasonab.y assured of doing the thing correctly. The best railroad manager we ever met talked to us for an hour the other day, explaining just what the railroads needed We managed to get away from him by lending him 15 cents to get something to eat. Me hava noticed that the men who think they know the most about inonagUi*- big business are so busy telling about it tAt they never have a big busi ness to manage. Suggestion to street railway company: Not a good adver tisement for up-to-dateness to keep those Old Vote' circulars l„ ,.;,rs Causes considerable sarcastic comment. Saw a man ,each for one and, after glancing at It, he said: "Week or ten days behind, as usual." "Where were all you democrats on election day?” asked Ben Baker of Fred Wright. "A lot of them remained at home. If they d gone to the polls the republican majority would have been bigger,' growled Fred. Rev. Mr. Holler of the Trinity Baptist church started in business life, as a lawyer, but soon entered the ministry. When asked the whyfore of the change be replied that he preferred to confine his practice to the Supreme Court. A wondrdus shot Is Nellie Bance. She pierces hegrts With every glance. Vaudeville entertainment on corner near the family apart ment Monday evening. Two automobiles tried to turn corner while occupying same portion of street. Fenders smashed and locked. Fine flow of language from both drivers. Didn't know there were so many available cuss words In the whole world. Cars disentangled by spectators. Drivers departed, still finding new words to fling back. WILL M. MAUPIN. v: —= Difference in Wages. From the Tnieilo Blacle. There ran be no doubt a.* to the desirability of an adequate protective tariff if a comparison is made of wages in the United Ktateg and for -ign countries. Textile wages in Mas sachusetts may be contrasted with —' J textile wages in Germany to Illus trate the situation. While the Arne iean textile workers were averaging $23.27 in a period conceded to te slack their kindred artisans oversees received $8.48 for 52 hours' work. No one could favor a low textile tariff in the face of these facta. Page 7 V - ■ — y " The Same Kindly Care Afterwards that you Gave Before” ^ Handling a Cremation Service £ We were slightly surprised recently to £ receive an inquiry asking if we would y handle a service involving cremation, y and w hat, if any, additional charges y would be necessary. ^ The public may be interested to learn that crema y tion services involve but one unusual feature—a writ y ten request for such disposal of the body must be filed y with the crematory officials by the head of the family. y Aside from this and the fact that neither burial plot y nor outside case for the casket is necessary, the serv y ice is identically the same as in all other cases. y We make complete arrangements for a service of y this nature—prepare the necessary notices, secure the y use of the crematory and look after every detail, even y to the delivery of the ashes at a designated place, if ^ desired. There are no additional charges of any kind. 0 y The services may be held in the home, in the church, y in our chapel or in the chapel of the crematory. The y use of our chapel is included in our own service y charge; the charge for the crematory includes the use y of the chapel there, if desired. y Bill y Hoffmann-Crosby service in cremation cases includes y every detail of completeness and refinement as in the y regular burial; and we shall consider it a privilege to y, advise regarding the necessary arrangements in such y cases. | ^ Hoffmann-Crosby Funeral Home y Twenty-fourth y I at Dodge St. '•—mrnTTT .-—-' —