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The Omaha Bee M O R N 1 N G—E V E N 1 N G—S U N P A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUHN. JOY M. HACKL.ER. Editor la Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED~PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee 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 also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee la 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 postoffice, under act of March 3, 1879. _ gEE TELEPHONES ?urlv«* B£neh. AT Untie 1000 the Department or Perfon wanted. OFFICES Main Office—T7th and Farnam Chicago—Steg-r Bldg. Bnston—Globe Bldg. Los Angela*—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. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year $5.00, 5 months $3.00, 3 months $1.76, 1 month 75c DAILY ONLY 1 year $4.50, 0 months $2.75, 3 months $1.60, 1 month 75c SUNDAY ONLY 1 year $3.00, 0 months $1.75, 3 months $1.00, 1 month 60c Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal zone, or 600 miles 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 86c, 1 week 20c Evening and Sunday . 1 month 65c, 1 week 16c Sunday Only . 1 month 20c, 1 week 6c v_/ 0mateiVbe£>the^kst is a( its Best “HEAR YE! HEAR YE! HEAR YE!” A little difference between a policeman and a judge of the municipal court has been happily set tled. The policeman did not want to observe a time honored formula in opening court. The judge in sisted, and as is proper in deference to constituted authority, he had his way. But the incident serves to emphasize something the American people are prone to overlook. They are inclined to forget the very purpose of the court. They miss the meaning of the words that announce to all and sundry the fact that the tribunal is open. As a matter of fact, no words officially em ployed in the ordinary course of life in the United States are more pregnant than “Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye!” They announce to the world that a tribunal of justice is open. That it is ready to hear the grievances and redress the wrongs of any solicitant. A chapter might be written to expound the triple repetition of the call. It has reference to the number “3.” This number has a significance that is beyond the scope of simple superstition.- It serves to remind the erudite of many things not to he discussed in this connection, but all having a most important bearing on man’s life. « • • Time was when the court was not open to all. When justice was not dispensed with an even hand. Suitorg did not always stand on a level before the judge, nor were accused assured of proper and just defense. In many European countries the old form prevails to this day. There, the burden of proof is laid on the defendant. He must prove himself in nocent. In America the state must prove him guilty. At Runnymede the greatest single conces sion wrung from King John, by the barons was: “Justice, sold to none, delayed to none, denied to r.one.” People today have difficulty in recalling a time when courts were not open to all. There is nothing in their experience to recall when justice was sold, and the wealthy had a real advantage over the poor. Nor can they know much of that day when the ac cused already was convicted, even before he hjid a “hearing.” W'hen the terrors of physical torture rided stern and cruel judges in extorting eonfes rions to support any indictment. All of those things belong to a day that has vanished before the sun of liberty, of equality and of a rational understanding of man’s rights. * * • As to the honor of the police court. Mo tribunal in the land should have a higher standing. From the supreme court of the United States, the most digni fied body of its nature in all the world, to the police court, the humblest of all, the golden thread of hi nor runs without break. Into the police court conic the lowest of mortals, but humans just the ! me. Through its proceedings daily runs the tide of human woes, misery, sorrow, misfortune, mis deeds. While a plain drunk may not mean as much to the policeman, calloused to such matters through long experience, as does the more respectable con troversy that engages the attention of the federal judge, yet to the culprit it is all important. And the judge, who represents in his person the dignity t'f all the people, must deal with the weakness of (in erring mortal, just ns docs the judge in the mote elevated tribunal adjust the balance between ether men who are also liable to make mistakes. And the police court stands as a temple of justice just as truly as does the highest court in all the land. * * * “Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! the honorable police court of the City of Omaha is now open. I,et all who have complaint to make, wrong to right, or grievance to state, approach." TEACH THE YOUNG IDEA SAFETY. A committee of recognized traffic experts reports to Secretary Hoover that “accidents arc primarily the result of ignorance." It is obvious, therefore, that one remedy is to enlighten those who otherwise may become victims. Thirty of every 100 persons killed in street or highway accidents are children. If this mean* anything it is that the children must be taught the dangers that lie in the streets. An educational course for all schools is urged by the committee. Primary schools, public, private, parochial or denominational, should give the subject especial care. In the secondary grades, the methods of avoiding accidents should also be carried, and given proper emphasis. To make sure of the ef fective teaching of safety rules and plans, teachers should have sufficient instruction, which throws part of the load back onto the normal schools and teach ers’ colleges. Another very practical Improvement suggested by the committee la the training of drivers. Whether It be truck or milk wagon, taxicnb or what not, every self-propelled vehicle should he in charge of a capa ble, trustworthy driver. Rule for employers to ob serve contemplate the careful selection of drivers, their full and competent instruction, and prompt action in event nny driver proves reckless or careless. Then, the traffic squad come In for some recom mendations. Handling traffic is not. a simple thing. Th* need of special training of men In control of •onftated districts is urged. After all this Is looked to, then comes the great, careless public, the source of most trouble in the way of traffic jams and acci dents. Education in safety rules is the only hope th ecommittee has to offer. When folks begin to watch their step, to regard the safety and convenience of others as equal with their own, then the tide of street traffic accidents will begin to recede. Omaha’s Safety commission is doing good work towards making these things plain to all. Such seed ought to produce a good crop. SOLONS MAKE A GOOD START. Nebraska’s legislature is under headway once more. It has a fair start to what all hope will be a profitable session. If the beginning augurs any thing, it will be a working period. Selection of of ficers followed the action of the republican caucus. John W, Robbins, a veteran member of the sen ate from Douglas county, was chosen president pro tempore of the senate, after a spirited but good natured contest. John Wiltse of Richardson county, also a veteran, was the runner-up. His selection would have been as commendable as that of Senator Robbins. In the house another Douglas county man, James P. Rodman, was second choice for the speaker ship. The choice, however, fell on Allen G. Burke of Cuming county, and will have general approval. The voting in the caucus shows that Douglas county members will have influence in the work of the ses sion. Freed from the distraction and interruption that once went along with the election of a United States senator, and from the annoyance of having to pass local legislation for the benefit of Omaha, the law makers will have ample opportunity to give their attention to the general needs of the state. Speaker Eurke made an earnest plea for “a session of re sults.” This plea will have an echo throughout the state. Important business will be before the legislature, and should have consideration entirely on its merits. What is good for the people of Nebraska should be the guide to action, and not what is good for any political party. Republicans are in full control in both house and senate. This, however, must not produce any partisan legislative action. If the tradi tions of the party are observed, the result will be free from partisanship, and for the general welfare of the state. ENTITLED TO A VACATION. Joseph McKenna, who has just resigned his seat on the bench of the supreme court of the United States, has had a long and honorable career of pub lice service. Starting from no particular eminence, by diligent application and the development of his native ability, he rose to a position of great honor, influence and responsibility, the cares of which he lays down with the regard of all his countrymen. A citizen of California, Joseph McKenna is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born in Philadel phia, but was taken to the Golden State in 1855, when he was 12 years of age. There he-served as district attorney, then as member of the legislature, followed by several terms in congress. He resigned from the Fifty-second congress to accept a position on the federal circuit bench, at the hands of Presi dent Harrison. Later he resigned that judgeship to become attorney general of the United States under President McKinley, who soon advanced him to be associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, to fill the vacancy caused by the re tirement of Associate Justice Field. Judge McKenna has had a great share in "shaping the course of the nation through one of its greatest periods of expansion. In 1898, soon after he took his seat, came the momentous decision in the Philip pines case, that “the Constitution follows the Flag.” A long line of highly important decisions have been made by the court since that day, in which Justice McKenna had his full share. He has earned his va cation, and the right to spend the time that remains for him in his own way. Happily he can do so with the full regard of the republic he has served so well. WE LIKE THIS BOY'S COOL COURAGE. A story comes from Nebraska City that should interest all readers. It tells how a 15-year-old boy ventured on treacherous ice and saved the life of a man who had broken through. He took the risk, al though a crowd on the bank sought to dissuade him. By his daring and good judgment he rescued from certain death the victim of a mishap who otherwise was doomed. We do not know what sort of training this lad has had, but we venture it has been good. At least, it is of the quality that led him to act promptly and effectively, and sustained him in his effort. Danger confronted him every step he took on the uncertain way. Anyone who knows the Missouri river knows how very reluctantly it lets go of a victim once in its clutches. The lad must have known this. It makes his act the more heroic. Harold Lyon should have at least a Carnegie medal for his courage and skill in saving the life of Carl James. His pluck is commendable, his judg ment good, and his deed a noble one. The non-support complaints of neglected wives that are now being filed so numerously nfford very good support for the Nebraska law regarding mar riage. Hotel corridors are buzzing at Lincoln, say the reports from down there. The old place comes to life every two years. One drawback to going to the theater via radio will be the inability to note what clothes the chorus does not wear. One thing the democrats are agreed on is that. Adam McMullen will select his appointees without their advice. --- Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poat— Robert IVorthinglon Davie. I_____> MY BROTHERS. I lived with them, I played with them Through boyhood mumners fleeting: I laughed with them, 1 prayed with them, I shared with them each meeting. Their friends were mine, my friends were theirs Through those few years at Mother's; My Joy* w-ere theirs, their cares my care* ■ They were my loving brothers. We older grew; at length I sped Into the vain of promise, And as I swiftly marched ahead, I .out Jim and George and Thomas. They nre my brothers, brother* *1111, I am the same a* ever. I can't forget! I never will Tims# 111 hold tic* dis«cver! Pul how those year* together m i ni Those few brief year* at Mnlhet r' Wlien one sway nut on life's stream Think* fondly of his brothers. ---— Strange Nobody Ever Thinks of Spending • Anything on the Young Lady V.------------' . .... —-- —-——• - - — ■ - ■■■ ■ w? '— ' ' ~"Y" — t---—--— Letters From Our Readers All letters must be signed, but nunc will be withheld upon request. Communi cations of 200 words and less, srtll be given preference. V.___/ How To Get the Roads. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: On every side the claim is being made that the farmer re ceives too little for his produce, while the consumer pays too much. The gap between the producer end the manufacturer, on the one hand, and the consumer, on the other hand, is too large. The problem of distribu tion is one of the greatest problems of the country, and a great many husincss people and salesmen do rot give due consideration to the econ omics of distribution and the factors entering into its consideration. Human nature is one of the great est factors, and without doubt, one of the most neglected. Barg of this knowledge Is causing numerous fail ures in the business world. The five great M's in ths business world are; Money, materials, machinery, mar kets, and men. The greatest of these is men. The farmer must learn to market his products at greater profit to him self and less exi>ense to the consumer. It Is up to the farmers collectively to perfect a system of distribution. It Is commouly known that the manu facturing cost of many articles is not more than 20 per cent of the price paid hy the consumer, which means that if you pay II for an article, 10 cents of that dollar goea to pay the cost of getting the article, or product, from the manufacturer to the con sumer. Some of the profits made in the distribution of goods are honest, but a considerable portion of the ad ditional amount paid by the consum ers goes Into the coffers of those who seldom see the goods Title economic waste can be eliminated, but not un der our poor distribution methods. And It is up to the producer to bring the source of production and con sumer closer together. Good roads is the grestest economic weapon the producer can wield in the distribution of products, and every farmer, business man and laboring man should lie in favor of good roads. The advent of the motor vehicle makes concrete roads practloally n necessity. We must r«tnetnb*r that with good roads Caesar built up one of the greatest empire* in history. What Caesar recognized 2.000 years ago we, through necessity, are being forced to recognize, and It is the duty of the government to see that this want is supplied. Army engineers aay tt will coat II, 000,000.000 to build sufficient concrete roads to meet the needs of our com merce. Then why should not con Kress Issue 15,000,000,000 of currency snd pro rata it to the 41 states in the -- s Abe Martin V - ^ union, according to their size, to be used In building these roads? Con gress has this potyer under the con stitution to issue money and create the value thereof, and every voter should get busy and write his con gressman requesting that he intro duce or support such a bill when in troduced, that the people may enjoy the necessary means of transports tlon without additional bond Issues, added tax burdens, or a gasoline tax. ROT M. JIARROP. Discusses .Arthur Brisbane. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: Your editorial. “Long on the l.'nited States," issue Sunday, Decern her 21, 1924, personally interested me, as Mr Arthur Brisbane and myself were, 20 years ago, members of the Independence league of New- York, a political organization that champion ed the cause of William Randolph Hearst for mayor, and who was elected, but counted out by the Tam many and republican machines. For I was on the recount before Judge Wheeler of Buffalo and know! Mr. Hearst tbok Brisbane from Pulitzer of the N’ew York World at $26,000 a year; subsequently Increased to $50,000. He was drawing $19,000 when he quit Pulitzer Today he Is classed among the rich men of the country. Like Henry Ford, Brisbane, too, fi - ~ .... - ==71 was born, reared, nursed and rocked In the cradle of the democratic party, and until they espoused the cause of President Coolidge, were for people's rights as against property rights. In fact. Mr. Brisbane's tendencies, anterior to the aforesaid change, were considered socialistic, although he never was a socialist in the true sense of the term, but it was on editorials smacking of that sort he became popular and which gave to both the New York American and Evening Journal a circulation which they would not otherwise have enjoyed. Brisbane has always been a strong advocate of public ownership and the champion of »hp working people's cause. Note h‘s holler for Increase of pay to the postoffice employes Like William Randolph Hearst, Brisbane never lets his right hand know- what the left does for charity, and the New York City poor will mis them when God knocks at their hearts and Invites them elsewhere. Really I am at a loss to understand why Brisbane now champions the cans* of private ownership against public wonership. Surely "there 1* a nigger In the fence homewhere. But if he aver comes out of his ma terial trail*' he will expose the nigger. That Is Arthur Brishane! F. PHILIP HAFFNER. First Aid. Hub—I met Hawkins on the street today and the poor chap was very gloomy—told me he was perfectly willing to die. Wife—Oh. Tom, why didn’t you ask him here to dinner?—Boston Trar script. _j Speculation is only a hope of winning. A Savings Account hat the guaranty* of SUCCESS WE FAY On Savings Compounded Semi-ennually "If you don’t save your money someone else rvili' STATE SAVINGS & LOAN ASS’N. Bankers Reserve Life Bldg. S. W. Cor. 19th and Douglas ADVERTISEMENT. Simple Way to Take Off Fat ("*»n anything be simpler than taking a ■ onvanlant lltfla tablet four times each day until your weight i* reduced to noiraa.lt Of ooureo not. Juat purchase n box of MitmoU Prescription Tablata from your druggist for one dollar, and ■ tail now to reduce Follow directions no starvation dieting nr tiresome ex ercialng. Hal aubatantlal food, bo aa laiy ee you like, end keep on Retting elendar. 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(Copyright. 1M4.J SUNNY SEDE UP „ lake Comfort, nor forge t. tJhat Sunrise rie\/erfaiLea. uS yet" Cairo, ‘jh.apteir ■J v- • - -. 1 A few years ago the Gideons put a Bible In everv ho*e. roorn In the country. It w-a* a fine idea If this cross word puzzle thing don't let up pretty soon it will be up to some o ganizatlon to put dictionaries alongside the Bibles. Being a little more Indolent than usual, If that is possible, we refrain from hunting up a dictionary, hence wo Ml .for Information. One bank window displays the sign I " ted States DepAsltory." Another one disP!:,>'s fhe States Depositary.” Now what is the difference between a de pository and a depositary? Senator Emerson Purcell has been newspapering in Cutler county for nigh unto forty years. In 189tf the year J** big Farmers' Alliance uprising, he was publishing a nec . paper a* Merna. His equipment consisted of an army press and a cigar box full of type. He had no job department. "a* before the Australian ballot, you know. The Farmers Alliance managers had printed their tickets and distributed them liber ally. but some scoundrel went around and gathered them ail upj and by early afternoon there wasn't one to be had. Party managers rushed over to Purcell's office to get some printed pronto. He tried to explain that, having no job press, he sim ply couldn't print them. The farmers thought Purcell was trying to work a sharp trick on them, and they ganged on mm. They came into the office in squads, droves, platoons and bat talions. and stopped their papers. By nightfall he dldn t havs a score left, hut he did have some money. After election, when the real facts became known to the farmers, they came back In and put their names on the list once more. ‘ But it looked tough for a few weeks,'' admitted Purcell. Omar M. Kem was elected to congress by the Farmers' Al liance that year. After he got to Washington he sent Purcell the Congressional Record. Purcell sent him his paper, and a year later sent Kem a bill for a year’s subscription. Kem wrote back a scathing'letter, in which he rebuked Purcell for sending him a bill. "I've been sending you the Congressional Record In exchange for your paper,” wrote Kem. If you don't think the railroads are practically out of the ” political game, go down to Lincoln and mix around. Twenty years ago the two or three days before the opening of the ses sion would have seen almost as many railroad lobbyists cir culating around as there were members-flect. The best rooms In the hotels were reserved for the railroad men. and they kept open house. They Insisted Thar they had to do it to project themselves against vicious attacks. Today there isn't a railroad lobbyist in sight. In a few days the genial "Bob" McGinnis will #how up. and he will be about the only one on hand during the session unless some bill demands a little more attention than usual. Th»n a representative of th» !»gal department will show- up, take a modest room, appear before the commit tee, make a talk and go home. The railroad lobby is history’ In Nebraska. Senator Bliss of Sherman has a grievance against us He says he told that manure spreader story with good results dur ing the early part of his campaign, and then read our protest revamping that ancient wheeze. After that he was afraid to use it and had difficulty in finding something to fill in the spar* thus vacated. We have promised not to butt in on him during his next campaign, and In return he has promised to lend sup port to our Reform Measures. WILL M. MALTIN'. - Feverishness arising therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving natural sleep. To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of Absolutely Harmless - No Opiate*. Physicians everywhere recommend it $ On the Nation’s Business SLEET storm snaps wires in New England; a blizzard tells a line of poles in the West ern ranges; a flood overwhelms a valley community; a prairie cy clone sweeps away everything in its path,*—wherever the emer gency, men and materials are rushed to the spot in order that telephone service., vitally im portant at such a time, may be restored. And the * mending of every break res to ratio telephone users, everywhere *in- America, a .par 0 ticularpath for the passage of his voice. Whether sudden calamity comes fron^ an Atlantic gale or a Texas “twister,” its damage must be repaired at once, be cause it cripples some part of> a communications system that is nation-wide. Because \merica has univer sal service, the telephone truck speeding to a scene of disaster is truly “on the nation’s business,” and the implements of its work ers are weapons wielded in the nation’s cause. 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