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f I The Omaha Bee MORN 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 HACKLF.R. Editor in ChiefBusiness Monster MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is s member, *1, 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 ri«ht,s of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha ltee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognised authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 2X, 1908. at Omaha postoffice, under act of March 3. 1X79. ‘ BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for iti 1 (¥1(1 th. Department or Farson Wanted, ^ 1 lanuc IWO OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago—Stager Bldg. Boston—Glob* Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred I.. Hall. San Fernando Bldg. Ran Francisco- Fred I.. Hail. Sharon ltldg. New York City 270 Madiaon Avenue Seattle—A. I„ Nietx, 514 Leary Bldg. “ MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year *6 00. * month* $3 00. 3 months *1.75, 1 month 75c DAILY ONLY 1 year *4.50, 6 months *2.75, 3 months *1.50, 1 month 75e SUNDAY ON1.Y 1 year *3.00, « months *1.76, 3 months *1.00, 1 month 50c Subscription* outside the Fourth postal xone. or S00 miles from Omaha: 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 65c, X week 15® Sunday Only .. month 20c, 1 week 6c k---* OnidliaWhc^the^st is a< i(s Bes( BORING FROM WITHIN. C. A. Sorenson of Lincoln, who has experimented with more kinds of political' Urns and failures than almost any other man in his generation, is quoted as saying that all efforts to organize a successful third party must of necessity prove futile. He now pro poses to return to the socialistic program of “boring from within” and capturing the republican party, that being the dominant party. The specious arguments put forth by Mr. Soren son to support his position would do credit to Machiavelli. That distinguished Florentine declared that any means adopted by ruling houses to maintain their power would be justified by the end sought. He very definitely pointed out means whereby princes and rulers might secure and maintain authority with out the consent of the governed. - The downright dishonesty of the plan proposed by Mr. Sorenson does not seem to bother that gen tleman a bit. The plan in effect is for the diverse and divergent element* that made such a fiasco of th* third party movement register as republicans. That their political beliefs are the exact opposite of republican doctrine is to cut no figure. Once inside the party fold these disguised political highwaymen { are to proceed to capture the party machinery and '■ us# it to their own ends. To use another simile, the S Sorensons are to stow away on the republican craft, and at the auspicious moment break loose, scuttle the ship and escape in the lifeboats, leaving the faithful crew and regular passengers to their fate. To hoodwink and deceive, to outrage every known rule of political decency, to don priestly robes to gain entrance to the temple for its defile ment, are not worse than the plan proposed by Sorenson. Were he to advocate joining the Masons in order to make its secret work public to the world, or joining some church denomination in order to spread doubt and destroy faith, he would be guilty of no worse offense against public decency than he is when he advocates deceiving the people by sur reptitiously seizing the machinery of a political party to work for the success of schemes he knows full well the people would not accept were they fully in • formed. Mr. Sorenson’s predile-* ion for emulating the example of Machiavelli has been exposed on divers and sundry occasions. The most rectnt expose was that of his effort to destroy party organization* by surreptitiously amending the constitution to prohibit party designations on the ballot, the scheme being disguised as merely a proposition to remove the party circle from the ballot. He now proposes that th# machinery of the primary he prostituted by pre tended friends in order that he and his political ilk may foist their peculiar views upon the country. There is one sure method whereby the political Sorensons, freebooters sailing the political seas, may be defeated in their plans, whether those plans be to capture the republican party or to capture the democratic party. That method is for republicans and democrats who are such from principle to see ;o it that only true blue believer* in those princi ples are put on guurd. LOCAL IMPROVEMENT CLUBS. There is just one trouble about this improvement club idea—there are not enough of such clubs. There should be many of them scattered all over Greater Omaha, and citizens interested in civic bet terment should take an active interest in their de liberations. It is in such clubs local question* of the most vital Importance can be threshed out. There plans for civic betterment may be formulated, dis cussed, perfected and put over. Schemes founded on ulterior mo*ives that might he put over on the masse* are pretty sure to be thwarted if analyzed in clubs composed of wide awake citizens. Improvement plans that might die if submitted to the mass and left undiscussed and un explained, may easily be carried out if they are found to be wise after careful analysis by Groups of interested citizens meeting here and there all over the city. More improvement clubs like the few already or ganized and at work would arouse greater interest in public matters, would cultivate greater civic pride, and would tend to civic betterment by reason of making more neighbors and fewer near dwellers. The improvements club* already at work are doing a great public service. More clubs of the same kind would do a greater public aervice. WHAT THE PEOPLE EXPECT. The overwhelming majority given Adam Mc Mullen, and the republican majority of the leglbla ture, combine to give the people of Nebraska the right to expect a common-sense session and a com mon-sense administration, instead of another two years of personal self-advertising and constant fric tion. By a majority never before recorded the peo ple have declared themselves to be weary of political grandstanding, and desirous only of being relieved from constant annoyances at the hands of hare brained reformers and wild political theorists. Nebraska ia not in need of * lot of now laws. There is greater need for law repeal, amendment to exuding laws and better enforcement of all law*. The great eat need of all is a drfiuile and well-Con ( ►idered plan of administration that will reduce costs and increase efficiency; that will forward the work cf internal improvements, and will give the tax payers 100 cents’ worth of service for every dollar they pay in the shape of taxes. The people are not demanding the impossible; they are demanding a business administration for the benefit jnf the whole state instead of a political administration founded on a desire to advance some individual’s political fortunes. Governor McMullen and a republican house and senate working together harmoniously and with the single purpose of meeting as far as humanly possible the desires of the people, are in a position to confer great benefits upon the stale at large. They are not expected to do more; they can not do less and be true to the commission given them. SOLVING THE FREIGHT PROBLEM. If the citizens of Nebraska but knew it they have ^he ability to solve, at least to a great extent, the problem of decreased freight charges, and without recourse to congress or commissions. A few cases in point may serve to make plain the method wheheby decreased freight costs may be obtained. Nebraska annually produces millions of pounds of wool, and every pound of it is shipped to the At lantic seaboard, grease, dirt and all. There the wool is woven into cloth and the manufactured goods shipped back to Nebraska, and Nebraskans pay the freight both ways. Nebraska produces an average of more than 90, 000,000 bushels of wheat a year. Three-fourthtf of this wheat is shipped to Chicago and thence to the seaboard, the producer paying the freight. Then Nebraskans buy thousands of tons of four manufac tured in other states, and pay the freight back to ! Nebraska. Nebraska produces from seven to ten million bushels of potatoes every year, and they are the best potatoes in the world. But Nebraskans prefer to buy potatoes from other states, paying high freight rates thereon, while Nebraska potatoes arc shipped elsewhere, the Nebraska growers being com pelled to pay the freight out, Nebraska users the freight in. Millions of pounds of Nebraska hides are shipped to the Atlantic seaboard every year, and there manu factured into shoes and harness and saddles and shipped hack to Nebraska, Nebraskans paying freight charges both ways. Nebraska apples, than which there are none bet ter, are shipped by the carload to other states, and apples raised in other states, many of inferior qual ity, are shipped ii$o Nebraska, the Nebraska con sumer paying the freight in and the Nebraska grower paying the freight out. Scores of other examples might easily be cited, but these are enough to point the way. It is not so much the payment of freight rates as it is the pay ment of freights that might easily be avoided, that burdens Nebraska citizens. Here is an angle of the freight rate problem that is deserving of more at tention than heretofore accorded it. NEBRASKA CHAMPIONS. Nebraska has produced many champions, from long-distance running champion candidate for the presidency to champion corn shuckers, football play ers and horseshoe pitchers. But right now we .pause for a sufficient time to hail a couple of new' cham pions—or should we say championesses?—in the persons of Beck Sergis Hengerveld and Beauty Girl Gerben. They are the kind of champions we love to hail, because they are setting championship rec ords worth while. Becky as a senior 2-year-old Hoi- i stein produced in one year 19,410 pounds of milk and butterfat, equal to 888.9 pounds of butter. How we wish Beck had strained herself just a little bit and produced that other one-tenth pound of butter. Beauty Gerben, a full aged Holstein cow, made a record of 3,182.8 pounds of milk and 146.76 pbunds of butter in thirty days. At that rate Beauty Ger ben would produce considerably more than half a ion of butter in a yeaiy-or pretty close to her own weight. Now those are what we call worth while records. To have bred and fed rows equal to those records is something worth boasting about. Far be it. from us to discount the ability of champion* on the athletic fields, but just the same the producing of cows that make records approaching those of Boeky Henger veld and Beauty Gerben strikes us as being quite considerably better, not only for the producer but for the state at large. The cow that can make two pounds of butter ap pear where only one pound appeared before is en titled to a niche in the Hall of Fame alongside the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. After looking at the newspaper reproductions of those photographs radioed across the sea we feel like insisting upon a twelve-mile limit for radio pic tures. It is a bit strange that references to the ocean’s foam have not been barred because they might recall memories of foam of another kind. The democratic campaign committee reports a deficit of 1260,000. Piling up deficits is a chronic habit of the democratic party. The Bee’s “Shoe Fund for Poor Children” oflfers a fine opportunity to exhibit a little of the well known Christmas spirit. Those suspended senators might organize a four some and talk it over while going the rounds at Chevy Chase. The confession of Koretz proves that there is only one fish crop that multiplies faster than carp, the suckers. The president has served notice on the lame duck congress that he will not stand for any quack remedies. Doubtless that Tia Juana blaze was started by a hot tip. t-* Homespun Verse —By Omslia’s Own Poet— Robert. Worthington Davie ■ • — - J I'M JEST AS GOOD AS JIM. It doesn't matter much to me How 'way-upstairs an' cool Is Jim, Kr what lie'll tnelibe someday be — I’m Jest as good, li'gosh. as him! I ain't quite on to all the fads, I ain't exactly up to bate, 1 can't keep pace with all tlie lads, i'v« got a send gallop gait. Hut I’m Jest like I am that's ni*l There ain't no artifice In mine; I'd ratlin- show off naturally Thau like a final glossed pumpkin elilm Jim doesn't worry ma s bit; He rod her tieklra me inatead ills bigness *r the rim*! of H la Micked away up In hi* head I ■ ■ - - ■ - ■ — - ■ — - Everybody Satisfied ] _____ ■ —^ ■ VE ARE ENTIRC.LV .satisfied vjith the abundant " SUCCEBT or THE PROHlBITrOH CAVr.S. THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER-S’ ARE JMAK1N& THE CONSUMPTION OF U QUOR» H2AC TI CALL Y IfRLFI^ tHC r M<1 LIMITED oTATE • ^ THAT THE / Prohibition law f ISAM ABSOLUTE [ FAILURE* INSTEAD OF PREVENTING THE USE OF Alcohol * wt are^^y^V IHIT - AND " \^k anybody WHO T> JUST Smell OF IT And VVAfJTS A DRINK. &£T the bosjuet, i CA^r CETItZ J>OW'T WANT To HR AO OUT IP THAT WAI PUT V.WAT'i ,/l|. \h. IN A MUJTN Ol-D BOTTLE \ \ \ \ 'I ’ 1 WITH A FRENCH l-ABLE ( a T} IN \ I \' ON IT Vow’d THINK IT WAS 'FtN MADE BN OLDMAN EPESNAT Jg*~/ft I >. Jr (---« 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 Even Homer Nodded. Omaha—To tha Editor of The Omaha Bee: An editor should cer tainiy quote poetry (?) correctly. It was not done In an editorial In The Omaha Bee last night. This: To the hen said the eminent preacher. "My deai, you're a wonderful crea ture;" And the hen just for that Bald an egg In his hat. And thus did the Hen-re Ward Beecher. Instead of that: ,Wa are reminded at the Juncture of a beautiful poem written of Biddy lien a great many years ago: "Sa d a renowned Brooklyn preacher To a lien, 'you're a beautiful urea ture ' And the hen Just for thst Bald an egg in his hat. And thus did the hen reward Beecher. Don't you think the first one sounds better? Vottrs very truly, IS HA KB I .OVETT. City Electrician. Business for Printing Pressed. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I note, Arthur Brisbane makes the suggestion: "Some financial colossus of tha fu ture. whose Income would enable him to buy all the Rockefellers once a year, will perhaps undertake to wipe out poverty, for all time, as the Rock efellers of today seek to wipe out the worst diseases." 1 haven't much faith in the altruis tic Impulses of Financial Colossi, but this 1 do know, poverty is ths worst scourge of mankind and the most unnecessary. From the beginning tlie Creator has given ills children, regardless of creed, color or religion, everything needed to maintain life lit comfort and decency, according to the standard of the period. Poverty exists because of men's greed anil Ignorance- a powerful com bination. It will not be wiped out until a change Is worked in the hearts of men as well as In our industrial and national banking systems. This government of ours rmtU ‘■•pend $115,000,000,000 on the World War,but never a dollar toward em ployment to keep the people from Starvation. If the house and senate would rhamplnn the cause of the pen pie, such ns the Community Chest and tffsnv other things appllnabls thereto, would not he necessary. This plain tslk may hurt, hut If It's the truth, ths administration st Wash Ington, D. C, the senate and house of representatives need If. And, the truth is the only way to do something for the reactionaries that they should have done long ago, pay the govern merit debits with government money, by killing the national bank and the r--—-S Abe Martin Hod for eighteen yours an’ I ean’t figure ’em out,” mi id lko Lark, t’day, in disaus.sin’ rroaa-word put Hos. Wouldn't it be irroat if wo men oould make up thor mind* as easily a* they kin make up thor fares? iC»a>ri|Ut IK*) % federal reserve currency, and the la-! suing uf real government money. K. PHILIP HAFFNKR. I, Omaha Night SchooU. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: To the Employer* of I Omaha: A large number of employes and laborers are working in Omaha, in stores, factories and oilces. Every J employer likes to have good workers. In offices and stores, as well as any other business, people with a good eduratldn are needed. A young man after he leaves school starts to work; goes to a hank, store, office or factory. A foreigner along with hie school learning has to know the English language If lie Is to be come a good helper. While tie Is working during the dais the only tipie he can study any «ubject Is after the business closing time. So 1 arn going to beg all employers and man agers of Omaha to let off. If possible, ! every one desiring to get a better education, because It 1* your gain, too, when your co-operators are well educated. They will become better cashiers, better salesmen, better writ er', etc. In a word, you will have belter workers. The school hoard of Omaha is spend I Ing quite n stub every year In evening I schools for the foreign people and those who are willing to complete Ihelr education. The people of Omaha, the employes as well as t he'employers. should pay more attention to the evening schools, w hich are under the Board of Educa tion and the direction of Miss Thorn gate, evening school supervisor. The night schools, first • f all, give AllVFKTIgKlUN r. ! A THREE DAYS’ Girnnic coughs snii persistent colds j lead to serious lung trouble. You can j stop them now with Creomulsinn, an j emulsified creosote that is pleasant to | I take. Creomulaion is a new medical I discovery with twofold action; it soothes i and heals the inflamed membranes and kills the germ. Of all known drngs. ereosote ts rec j agnized by the medical fraternity as the greatest healing agency for the treat ment of chronio coughs and colds and other forms of throat and lung trouble*, j Creomulaion contains, in addition to I creosote, other healing elements which 1 soothe and heal the inflamed mem j brane* and stop the irritation and in | flamination, while the creosote goes on to the stomach, is absorbed into the blood, attack* the seat of the trouble and destroys the gei;us that lead to consumption. Creomulsion is guaranteed satisfac tory in the treatment of chronic coughs and colds, bronchial asthma, catarrhal bronchitis and other forms of throat ami lung diseases, and is excellent for building up the system after cold* or the flu. Money refunded if any cough or cold, no matter of how long stand ing, ia not relieved after taking accord ing to directions. Ask your druggist. Creomulsion Co., Atlanta, Ca. NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Sept., 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily . ..73,340 Sunday .73,865 Do«a not Includn returns. loft* over*, lamplri or papers spoiled In printing and includn* no special I • •Ins or free circulation of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE. Cir. Mgr. Subfltrihril and sworn to hr lorn mn this 4th day of October, 10*4. W. II QtJIVFY, | (Seal) Not at y I'ttblfc j —.. ... .. very one a chance to complete hi* duration and help the foreigner* to ecome good citizens WILLIAM ECHEL, Comenlus -Night School. Itefore Election. He—We must economize. She Huh! Vou sound like a demo ratic candidate making a apeech.— toston Transcript. \ it ene ef a serin ef J- adieu Dementi in ubi.b icteric ipets and incident) in Nebraska bitter) )< ill be fea tured, If yeti detire a complete file op them, write the Standard Oil Cempany if Nebraska and the ce mplete series u ill be mailed te yen as seen as the last ad vert :m mint bat appeared, v ch)hen it < to send a Letter ON April 3, 1860, a rider dashed out of St. Joseph, Mis- ' souri. At the same instant a man on a white thorough bred left Sacramento, California. They earned letters limited to half an ounce in weight and costing $5 each for delivery. At intervals of 15 to 20 miles fresh mounts saddled and bridled awaited their arrival. After every third or fourth re lay, a fresh rider took the locked mail bags and dashed away. Dav and night the mad pace was kept over mountain, desert and plain. This was the "Pony Express" which made its first tnp west ward in 0 days and 23 hours. The regular schedule for this l.'XiO-mile ride was 10 davs, but on special occasions faster time was made, Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address waj rushed through in 7 days and 17 hours. Tcffth the completion of the cross-continent telegraph line, in October, 1861, the Pony Express semce came to an end. During 16 months of operation only one mail was lost and one rider killed on a tun. From Kearney the riders followed the line across Nebraska later chosen by the Union Pacific. The hoof-beats of the galloping "Pony Express were a prophecy. Today, the "iron horse of twelve great railroad systems serves Nebraska with over 7,000 miles ot track. Omaha holds fifth place as a railroad tenter. In two generations Nebraska pioneers have brought under the plough, a state larger than all New England w ith Dela ware and New Jersey thrown in. Their job was not easy. Nature was stubborn and unkind and the Indians unfriendly. From a thin line of little settlements and lonely randies w ith less than 30,000 population in 1860, Nebraska has become well-peopled but uncrowded with a population of a million and a quarter. In the long pull from povem to prosperity, never-failing supplies of kerosene have accompanied the homesteader to all comers of the state With the advent of gasoline-driven automobiles, tractors and rrucks, our service has kept pace w ith Nebraska's needs in the thinly populated parts ot the state as well as in the cities. Our work, too, has pern pioneer work. This company is a home institution, doing business in Nebraska and under a Nebraska iharter I: is directed and operated by Nebraska residents and pays Nebraska taxes and Nebraska wages. Its success depends cn us ability to deserve the patronage of Nebraskans STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEBRASKA Afar* Ofia: OMAHA Ofiat: LINCOLN HASTINGS NORTH PI-ATTF. A. H RtCHAROSON GBO M SMITH H VI Pll m'NT C N, HUMPHREY Pmia'mt Ytt Prtsuiml St.-Ynmj. A n«. Gtn. Mp <( SUNNY SIBEUP ^ lake Comfort.nor forget , -f <Jhat Sunrise ne\Zer failed ___) --- r-— * ' Ahout • ynr ago an Innorent little eentenoe In I football story from IJncoln. hinting at “fiat" politics In Cornhusksr football circles, caused certain spirts wrlteri and editors to rend their nether garments and wav® ,1h®,Rrn.h*"„ * frantically, L*we a massy, how they did carry on. But how singularly low and sweet those same sports writ*ra and ate singing now about the action of tbs university athletio board In declaring there was too much fraternity politics n the election of a team captain, and annuling lh# aforesaid election and appointing a captain. The first snowfall always brings memories of the old bob sled rides, the jingling sleighbells, the songs tinging on the froaty air and whoops of delight from the merry riders. On«h all hemlock, fellers; them was the happy days! And coasting. What do the bovs and girls know about roasting from sliding down a short, hill In a big city and taking chancea on being hit by an auto steered bv a fool driver? We can close our eyes right this minute and vision the long hill just opposite the old home town in Missouri, and actually hear the voices of the young folks as they went flying for a mile and a half over the frozen snow. Sure It was that far back up the hill, but what of it, so long as she trudged by your side? Her arms around you as you guided the sled down the long Incline, and your arm—say, It \va*n't so g:osh awful far back up the hill, after all, was It? Rev. George I,. Miller, walking down street In the storm, met a friend. Juat as they exchanged greetings the friend ■lipped and almost fell. “Ah, the wicked stand In slippery places,” remarked I)r. p Miller. , , “I've noticed they do, but I can't,” dryly remarked his friend Nebraska lJmerick. An agllo young dancer named Darrell, Who lived In the village of Carrol, l>!>st his coat, vest and pants On his way to a dance. And had to go home in a barrel. Famous House*. *K .Tey - - boats. Full - - parties. S. R. O. Beta N'oir. O how I hate That guy McDuff. Blows his breath In my face And says, "Real old stuff." “Csveat Emptor" had Its origin In ancient Rome when th# first bootlegger engaged in business. Things that do not worry; What becomes of the hairpin manufacturers and discarded safety razor blades. Six p. m . December 13, is the hour and date we are going to face the dingus at WOAW broadiwsting station. We sol emnly promise not to sing. A friend of onrs has been reading the new literature in barber shops and new claims to bs the beet knitter, purler and tatter in eastern Nebraska. We have often wondered about the mental processes of the Individual who designed belie on overcoats for fat men WILL M. MAUPIN. ^ 0 ■■- ■- ■ => 1