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The Omaha Bee MORN1N G—E V E N 1 N G—S U N P A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. UPDIKE. Provident BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLE*. Editor in ChiefBusiness Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ths Associated Press, of which The Bee is s 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 art also reserved. ..... , The Omah.i Bee 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 organisations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice, under act of March 8, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for AT lantic 1000 the Department or Pcrsoa Wanted.. OFFICES Main Office—17th and F.rnam Chicago—Steger Bid*. 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. Niets, 511 Leary Bldg. _ MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year $5.00 6 months $3.00. 3 months $1.7$. 1 month 75e DAILY ONLY 1 year $1.50. 6 months $2.76. 3 months $1.50, 1 month i5c SUNDAY ONLY 1 year $3.00, 6 months $1.75, 3 months $1.00, 1 month 50c Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal sone. or Hint mile, from Omaha; Daily and Sunday, $1.00 per month; daily only. 75c per month; Sunday only. 50o per month. uai;y a SUBSCRIPT1ON RATES Morning and Sunday .1 month 86c, 1 week 20c Evening «nd Sunday .I month Me. 1 week 15c Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week 6c ^ ' ' - n Cmiatkj Vhei& the'kfest is dl its Best BUDGET TO MEET STATE NEEDS. Governor McMullen has courageously met a sit uation by presenting a budget that does not con template a reduction in taxes. He recommends some noteworthy increases in appropriations as compared with those submitted by former Governor Bryan as lie was retiring. The difference in the budgets is mainly that Mr. Bryan made no provision for the needs of several state institutions, while Governor McMullen finds it imperative to care for some. The Bryan budget cut out all expenses for build ings save for a new cell house at the state peniten tiary. Mr. McMullen will provide for part at least of the building program at the University of Ne braska and for some other of the state institutions. In his inaugural message, while recommending strict economy, the governor emphasized the point that at limes prudent expenditure is a genuine saving. * * * This has been demonstrated many times in Ne braska's history- At one time or another state in stitutions have been neglected, in order that a fic titious showing of economy might be made. When cettlement day came, as it will come, it was always found that the state had been saving at the spigot and wasting at the bunghole. Proper maintenance of buildings and equipment is good business. The increases made by the governor in his estimates so far as they include public buildings are commend able. Both governors recommended the continuing ap propriation for the completion of the state capitol. This can not be altered. For the carrying on of cer tain activities the McMullen budget restores tome, like the Library hoard, which the Bryan budget dropped. Half a million dollars is added to the es timate for the University of Nebraska, in a place whore Bryan lopped off half a million. This great in ;,titution is growing faster than the people realize, and if it is. to continue serviceable, it must be sup ported. Governor McMullen recommends a million dol lars more on good roads than was put out in the last two years. He asks that connections be made be tween improved highways and farms. • * » The outstanding point is presented in Governor McMullen’s message to the legislature: ' The Increase ot the total appropriations of this budget, as compared with the total budget of two years ago, is undoubtedly more than it would have been had current expenses of the last biennium been properly estimated and judiciously expanded. Under the circumstances. I have been compelled to disregard, as far as possible, the extension of gov ernmental activities Into new fields." It requires courage to approach the people with ruth a proposition, but we believe the public will approve the governor’s action when it understands v hat is involved. Adam McMullen does not intend to allow the interests of the taxpayers to suffer in order that he may keep up the appearance of economy. If his predecessor had had similar cour age and foresight, the present situation would not exist. In plain words, the present governor is called on to pay for the mistakes of the man he succeeded in office. HELP WILCOX PUT IT DOWN. W. L. Wilcox, recently elected president of the ! Omaha Athletic cluh, has taken on a real job. The club is to be congratulated. In a sense the future of the Athletic club Is a tert of Omaha. The club fills a genuine need in the community. It suffered with the “blow-up” that Allowed the post-war inflation, but it is coming again into its own. Wilcox is the leader of the new spirit that insists that the club be restored to its former position. Omaha is catching its breath once more, and those things that are the expression of the high pur pose of tho city, are also taking a new breath. We need this new breath in Omaha and Mr. Wilcox is entitled to the united support of the club’s mem bership and of all those in the city who realize what such a cluh means to the city. There are those who have the receivership habit, who argue that the cluh must go through this tor tuous path. It is not necessary and Mr. Wilcox has the job of proving that it is not. The club has put him in the lead, it is now tho duty of the club members to enthusiastically support him. Here is • splendid opportunity for Omaha men to prove their mettle. The job, however, is bigger than the present members can handle alone. They need the hacking of all citizens interested in a rejuvenated city. MILADY WITH THE PITCHFORK. Of course, there are some things thut a man does which a woman onn not do just as well. Farm ing, however, Is not one of them. While the boys were “Somewhere in France,” the girls looked after the crop-raising activities with considerable success. Over in Iowa quite n few have clung to the farm and are making good. A creamery concern, with itate-wide connections, has just completed a survey *>f Iowa and discovers there are 7,fifift lady farmers In the state, who are looking after fiOO.OOO acres of farm. Of these 4,000 are operoting their own farms, ”0 •s managers and not quite DUO as tenants. Of tho fc 500.000 acre* in the farms run by women more than 400.000 are under cultivation. The average value of the farms owned and operated by women is in ex cess of $27,500. Many other women carry on minor farm operations, such as poultry raising, dairying on a small scale, fruit and vegetable raising, and other activities that more than produce pin money. No good reason why this should not be *o. Ma chinery has removed the operation of a farm con siderable distance from the old-time toil and drudgery. Man's rpuscle is now replaced by the electric current and the gasoline engine, while the ether processes are relieved of a great deal of the man-killing terror that once went with them. Woman can therefore apply her intelligence to the business of producing crops as successfully as a man. About the only thing she can not do as well is to raise the whiskers with which "Ding” delights in decorating his farmer’s face. And, as a matter of fact, not many farmers wear beards any more. LET THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALONE. As might have been expected, the bill to cut the Omaha school district into bits for representation on th* Board of Education has made its appearance in the legislature. This measure comes quite ns regularly as the biennial session of the body. It is supported by the customary arguments. All that has been said against it, however, still holds good. The ostensible object of the bill is to give dif ferent sections of the city representation on the board. This is to be accomplished by permitting residents in restricted localities to vote for board members. What will be gained by such practice? At present, and for many years, the members of the board have been selected by the voters of the district at large. Good results have always been ob tained. Once or twice the plan to elect by district has been tried, and always it has been abandoned because unsatisfactory. Under existing conditions no member of the school board represents any particular group or sec tion of the community. Each represents the entire district. To have any other arrangements is to in troduce confusion in the board’s affairs. Sectional ism, even in a city, establishes a state of affairs that militates against service. No situation exists in the Independent School District of Omaha that could be cured by the ap plication of the proposed law. No section of the dis trict would be better served. The charge that six members of the board reside in one ward has no force. If all lived in one block, so long as as they are voted for by all the district, no right is put in jeopardy nor any loss-to the interest of the schools or their patrons involved. If the proposed twelve districts were established, immediately we would have a clash of interests. Com binations would be formed, and cliques would con trol. Members would feel compelled to look after the particular part of the district that elected them, and would lose sight of the interests of the district as a whole. It is very certain that under such an arrangement the affairs of a small section would de termine the choice, rather than the general concern of all. Our schools are being well managed. The present board is doing its utmost to solve problems of admin istration that may be dealt with in the light of the entire district, and not for the especial benefit of a subdivision. Sections of the city where improve ments of school conditions are needed are getting at tention. Millions of dollars will be expended during the coming season in the erection of new buildings. Other betterments are being provided for. And the board should be let alone. The Independent School District of Omaha is not suffering at present because of the character of the hoard. It certainly would, as it has in the past, if tinkered with along the lines proposed by the bill Messrs. Hines and Caldwell have introduced. We do not want sectionalism in the schools. The management of the Texas inaugural ball an nounced “formal” attire, whereupon Pa Ferguson spoke up for Mr and said any cowboy who wanted to dance with his pants tucked in his boots could do so. Pa doesn’t intend that Ma shall get in bad, as he did. The suggestion that the pay of cabinet officers be increased has some merit. Cabinet, officers should he put on the samp financial plane as football cqpches at great universities. Bolshevists held a memorial service in Omaha without attracting any particular attention. Won der if an American convention could be so held m Moscow? When men like Jack Dempsey write their auto biographies it means that some clever newspaper men have a chance to earn good money on the side. Minneapolis is getting ready to build a mag nificent city auditorium. A visit to Omaha would give the committee in charge some valuable hints. Milwaukee is to have a powerful broadcasting station. But will it, be able to distribute a program equal to some distributed a few years ago? The eclipse kept its appointment right on sched ule time, thus setting a good example to a lot of business men. France, it appears, would have us believe that we owe her something for having accepted our help when tendered. After taking a chance and being caught at it, a lot of fellows blubber about never having had u chance. Grocer Gulick, hy the way, gives a pretty good example of the benefits of preparedness. Homespun Verse —By Omaha'* Own Po«l— Robert IVorthington Davie V._) INCOME TAX PUBLICITY. I v* a 1ob—I am one of the many Who follows (he commoner art: My Joy la the good that ea< h penny Allows me to take from the mart. If T knew that my master was stealing, Would I go to his desk and resign" - Or would I give In to the feeling Of care for the loved ones of mine? Would I rush Ilka a thunder cloud rising. And lell to the world all I knew? Would I silently keep on surmising, And work as expelled to do? Kew men are so honest thnt money Won't tarnish faith, honor and right. When skies, that at daybreak are sunny, Are veiled by the darkness of night. thing forth for a candid Inspection The transcript iind figures and name l.et there not he the slightest reflection Straightforwardness need not he shame! It Is no| by secret Illusions Thai virtue Is sifted front grime. Hut rather by piitilb Intruejoiis That light Hit dark tunnels uf lima. ^___ —— -——————> There’s a Cure and You’re the Doctor v - —— ' -—---' Letters From Our Readers All letter* must We signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communi cations of 200 words and lest, will be given preference. L ___ - - - — ^ Pleads for the Girl. Hoskins. Neb.—To the Editor of The .Omaha Bee: The unfortunate girl facing a murder charge In Coun cil Bluffs seems to be without friends In Omaha or Council Bluffs unless it is her attorney and relatives. From information gained in the cotumna of the papers, it looks as though there never has been a murder case in Oma ha or Council Bluffs before. Why make an example of this unfortunate girl, while cold-blooded murderers es cape in a good many cases untouch ed.■ Anyone that ever witnessed the sufferings of a mother during the or deal of passing through the valley, cannot help but feel she has been punished enough already. She at least had courage enough to face the world with her trouble and under the most unfavorable conditions. This Is a whole lot more than a good many will do under the most favorable con ditions. Today's article states the man cannot be arrested. He goes over the bridge untouched, escapes all the suffering and penalty. It appears from evidence already ohtalned that she meant well from preparations she had made for the arrival of the child, and was deserted In the darkest hours. I believe if. as stated, she dreaded the coming of the child, she was wise enough, or could have gained Informa tion from the papers last summer and fail, when certain medical men were getting an airing In Omaha, (charged with Illegal operation), how to bring her trouble to a conclusion before it terminated In childbirth. There are men and women In all cities walking the streets to prevent cruelty to animals. Isn't there anyone in Omaha that Is willing or rares enough to assist in prevention of rruelty to mothers, or must this girl pay the penalty and furnish an. example of the great. Just laws In operation while genuine "he” murderers escape prison, or If in prison, are pardoned" ____ M. R. H. New Tork's 5-Ont Fare. Omaha To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Citing New York City's street railway as an example of suc cessful munielpa! operation of a pub lic utility, a writer in thia column on •tanuary 71 urged municipal owner ship as a panacea for Omaha's trac tion Ills. The person who wrote that article was rather unfortunate in his choice of New York as a city which Is mak ing street ear operation i>ay on a B f ent fare. For I ho New York system is n glaring example of the political Inefficiency which almost Invariably arrompaniea municipal ownership of proprietary business, Consider for a moment the Staten Island transit lines, an important link In the New York City traction system. These lines lost BR7.118, or more than .'•() per cent, In 18 months, according Abe Martin s_) r^V'V* BOX !t=Jr *y . •IwVFmc I >ir>TTir^ ^^ wee I ^^SSS^Bnln 1 Mitt KlRWPif !y„t itfkwitZm j)J “'"’'IfnWnW .LOr^roMApl r A sir or right-hour day is putty soft, hut how’d you like t’ ho n king an’ not even have t’ ha avail able? Who recalls when a foliar'* head, tin' not his intestines, helped him oil t' Micros* I (CuI>>llgUI, Uii.) to LeRoy Harkness, transit commis sioner of New York City. Every nickel ride on this trolley actually cost 10.27 cents to produce. Revenue on \his line for IS months was $54,171.58. against operating and maintenance charges of $111,289.65. Ip other words, every passenger who rode on this line for a nickel actually cost the public 5.27 cents in taxes. And this in spite of the fact that the system pays no taxes and is financed by tax-free securities which provide a hiding place for rich men's wealth. On another municipally-operated line in New York, it has been ne- es sary to increase the fares 20 per cent. The reason for this increase, it was officially stated, was that the political employes who manned the street cars stole so much of the fare money that the line was unable to make a show ing. Yes, New York City has a municipally-operated street car sys tem winch carries passengers for 5 rents. But the car* on New York’s lines are so shabby and rickety that they would he laughed out of Omaha. And in order to continue to operate, even at a loss, these lines must, keep one hand constantly In the taxpayers' pocket. J. G. T. An "X’” of Affection. Little Dorothy (watching mother vote)—Mamma, you voted for the man you love hest. didn't you? Mother—What do you mean, dear? Dorothy— I saw you put a kiss after his name.—Boston Transcript. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. Correct Your Disordered Stomach Instantly! 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It does all the good work of grandmother s . mustard plaster without the blister, i Musterole is a clean, white ofnt | ment, made of oil of mustard mid other home simples. It is recommend cl by many doctors and nurses. Try Musterole for sore throat, cold on the chest, rheumatism, lumbago, pleurisv, stiff neck, bronchitis, asthma, neu ralgia. congestion, pains and aches of the hack and Joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises chilblains, frost e j feet—colds of all sorts. To Mothers; Musterole Is also made in milder form for \ ha hie* and small children. I \sk for Children * Mnsferole Sec and tor tars and tubes; li ra ws •r Charles J. Lane. I From the Lincoln Journal Few men had as wide an acquaint ance in Nebraska or a wider knowl edge of its resources than the late Charley Lane, head of the freight de partment of the Union Pacific. He has been connected with the road for many years, and his work took him into many parts of the state. He had a personality that made him a welcome member of any party wheth er gathered for pleasure or business He preferred sticking to the railroad business, and he knew the rate struc ture from one end to the other. Mr. Lane s gift for new and orig inul expressions of thought was mani feet even in his business correspond cnee. Before rate-making bodies he always secured closer attention be cause of this ability to phrase his ar guments and presentations, and his wit and humor bubbled on every oc <asion. He also hud a talent for writ ing. Men who accompanied him on trips were amazed at his knowledge of e ownership and productive char acter of almost every tract that the1 train whirled past. i W-O-O-D Fireplace, Furnace Cut to Lengths 12, 16, 24 Phone AT 2700 Sunderland Bros.Co. ’ sunny side up lake Comfort.norfoeset , Qhat Sunrise rw^etrfailed us^ijeir^ I-.--1 r—' “Step forward In the car, please." Is a slogan we hear every time we board a street car. It Is a mighty poor argument In favor of a hike in fare. "What did your father say when you blew in laat night, lit up like a Christmas tree?” "Plenty, and the static was something fearful Scientists tell us that the average span of life is 15 years longer than it was a hundred years ago. Being a Missourian by birth, we in*i«t upon bein^ shown. It i* our belief th.it the multiplicity of restrictive laws and the constant interference <n Professional Uplifters merely makes life seem that much longer. When corn was selling around 35 rents we were informed that the low price was due to the destruction of a hie corn market when the distilleries dosed down, if our informant was correct they must have opened up a lot of distilleries te cently. * -- We don't believe that the country is going to the dsmnltion bow wows. Nor that our young folks are worse than the young folks of a former generation. Nor that our public offlmal* sre all dishonest. Nor that there Is no longer honesty in the busr ness world Nor that we are a generation of law breakers. H we did think so we'd move to Mexico. And we are growing al mighty tired of hearing so much pessimism. There are more good people than bad; more honesty than dishonesty, mote respect for law than disrespect. The country s greatest trouble is the number of people who mistake abdominal convulsions for superior virtue. Speaking ahout the rigors of winter, did you ever have to thaw out a frozen wooden pump before brdikfast? Did you ever have to milk four rows before daylight when the ther mometer registered 5’6 below? Did you ever have to scramble into a root cellar for a mess of potatoes and a head of cabbage when there was 1* inches of frozen snow on the ground? Did you ever hop out of bed on a cold winter morning and try to don a pair of cowhide hoots that were wet through when you took 'em off and frozen solid when you picked 'em up' Did you ever have to. chop the ice out of the horse-trough before your eyes were fairly open? If you have never been called upon to do all of these things, don't come around us complaining about cold weather. There is a young piano player in our neighborhood who needs only a penitentiary sentence and a good announcer to be come famous enough to get an engagement on the two-a-day . circult. Nebraska Limerick. There was a bright man in Walthill Who built him a neat little still. Then he said to himself, "I'll gather much pelf. No matter how many I kill ” Hereafter the meetings of the Chicago city council are to be opened with prayer. It must be a last recourse. A feminine correspondent accuses us of being "old fash ioned We rl_*ad guilty. We are old-fashioned enough to be lieve that the home ia the place to inculcate moral lessons, by example and precept We are old-fashioned enough to believe that the parvjts yho delegate to the legislature the duty of regulating children are sowing the wind We cling to the old fashioned notion that men ran not he made moral by law. And we are such an old fogy that we actually believe In teaching children to work before they become confirmed loafers. ^ Old fashioned? We il tell the world! W ILL M. MAT PIN. Shortest Line ■ Fastest Time ROCHESTER CT PATTI MINNEAPOLIS Two Fast Well Appointed Trains Daily TWIN CITY LIMITED Lv. Omaha . 8:10 p.m. Ar. Rochester 6:15 a. m. Ar. St. Paul 7:05 a. m. Ar. Minneapolis 7:45 a. m. TWIN CITY EXPRESS Lv. Omaha . 8:00 a. m. Ar. Rochester 6:10 p. m. Ar. St. Paul . 7:30 p.m. Ar. Minneapolis 8:05 p. m. »*•"• •• “*•"m »* 'll Sa tU.4 to orrooro for* rtehoto on4 rooon otiono. H E. BL'LLA. C. A P D. 1414 Fiat National Bank Bldf . 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