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The Omaha Bee MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y T IE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publishar K. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN, JOY If. HACKLER, Fdltor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Th“ Associated Press, of which Tha 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 tha local news published herein. All rights of rcpublieation of our special dispatches ara also reserved. > The Omaha Bee fa a member of tha Audit Bureau of Circulations, tha recognised authority on circulation audits. mmd The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by organisations. _ Entered at second-class matter May 28, 1908, at ^ ' jg 1" Omaha postoffice, under act of March *, 1879. * " * BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for AT Untie 1000 the Department or Person Wanted. ” OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago—Steger Bldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. •*. Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall, Kan Fernando Bldg. San Francisco—Fred L. Hall. Sharon Bldg. \ New York City—270 Madison Avenue Seat tie—A. L. Nietz, 614 Leary Bldg. „ ’ ; * MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES „ .* DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 Siar $5.00, « month. $.1.00, 3 month, $1.75, 1 month 75c V DAILY ONLY 1 year ft.60. ( month, $2.76. 3 month, $1.60, 1 month 75c SUNDAY ONLY 1 ypar $3.00, 0 month, $1.76, 3 month, $1.00, 1 month 60c Subscription, outaide tha Fourth postal lone, or «U0 mile, from Omaha: Daily and Sunday. $1.00 per month; daily only, 75c par month: Sunday only, 60c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday .1 month 86c. 1 wa.k 20c Evening and Sunday .1 month 65e, 1 w„k 16c Sunday Only .. month 20c, 1 -weak 5c V— OmahanUJhere the IDest is at its Best JAIL FEEDING GRAFT IS DOOMED. The house has passed the bill to regulate the feeding of prisoners in county jails. This transfers the battle to the senate. It is a battle, too. Sheriff Kndres will concentrate his forces in his effort to de feat the measure. ( Endres’ interest In the matter is direct, for he 1s just now the sheriff of Douglas county, to whose private account go the proceeds of the rich picking afforded by the practice. Feeding of prisoners con fined in public jails is a public charge. Heretofore it has been the hands of the sheriff, and only in the larger counties has’it ever been a matter for serious consideration. In Douglas bounty, where a large jail is continually overcrowded by prisoners, the sheriff’s boarding house has been made the source of luscious profit. The law was not intended to enable a sheriff to acquire a competency through gains at the expense of culprits or unfortunates who happen to be held in his custody. The bill just passed by the house pubs the matter of feeding prisoners under the con trol of the county board. So regulated that the ele ment of profit or graft will be eliminated as fr.r z.2 ip humanly possible. It is not aimed at the sheriff in any personal sense. Endres is but following the custom of his predecessors. That, however, does not , make it right. V We trust the senate will follow the example of ^ the house, and so provide that “Mike” Endres will p he the last sheriff of Douglas county to swell his per <’ • sonal hank account through profits gained from the *’ feeding of prisoners at less than cost to the county. MITCHELL STARTED SOMETHING. Whether William A. Mitchell remain* as brigadier ijp general in command of the air forces of the army or whether he drops hack to he a colonel of infantry, !-> he has started something. While not approving the methods he adopted, many people will have sympa y. thy, with the end he had in view. Representative Britten of Illinois, of the house naval affairs com v mittee, summed up the matter by saying that Mitch V ell’s stand would serve to increase efficiency of the V «ir service, hut was not g„od for the plan of national defense ns it now exists. President Coolidge, the secretaries of war and * Ifhvy, and the general staffs of both departments, oppose the Mitchell plan for unified air service. On the other side are many officers of both the army andj navy, as well as civilian experts, who insist that an independent department^ created, and that all avia lion be put under its administration. Army air of ficers, at least, are moved in this feeling by what they regard as the good of the service. They are loyal to the army, but believe they should have free dom of operation that is not possible so long as con ditions remain as they are. What the people want is to sep aviation developed lo its utmost both for commercial and military pur poses. So far the army has made the most notable contributions to the science, although the navy has done many fine and useful things in its development. Whether General Mitchell retains his present rank and command is not so important. He has been in strumental in bringing attention to something that has not had sufficient consideration. That in itself ought to bring some good. • ■—■ ’ BROOKHART’S bill for the birds. Whatever else Smith Wildman Brokhart may or may not be, he is a keen sportsman. His knowledge of outdoors is extensive, and rest* on experience. Therefore, hi* bill to establish bird sanctuaries for migratory wild fowl has the approval of all the sportsman organisations of the country. Moreover, It has the approval of the republican steering com mittee of the senate, which has listed it among the measures to be enacted before the session closes. The United States has gone a long way in the direction of securing protection for wild fowl. Con nected with the federal statute prohibiting spring shooting, is the agreement with Canada covering migratory birds. Add to this tha chain of bird refuges now proposed, and the North American con tinent will be made safe for the species that were threatened only a short time ago with extermination. Sportsmen of today are looking a long way ahead in this matter. It is the future they are providing for. That is why the fight, was made and won for the Winneshiek bottom. That is why the forest north of ‘Duluth is being saved without "improvement." That is why It is now asked that sanctuaries be estab lished along the strenms, the lakes snd genersl water courses of the country. That is why every national park is a sanctuary. Two of these exist in Nebraska. All this is a part of the program of the Isaak Walton league. If the BrookhSrt bill becomes a law at this session, it will be a real triumph for the league, which has put its driving force behind the ’measure. . THEN AND NOW. h Robert C. Sherwood, aged SO, will retire from congress on March 4. He in the only veteran of the Civil War now serving in congress. He began hi* Jfinrf congressional term In 1873. Of the 31ft mem ifcers of that congress, representatives and senators, he and Uncle Joe Cannon are still alive. Mr. Sherwood recall* that when h* first entered congress the congressmen paid their own office rent, paid their own secretaries and all letters were writ ten with a pen. There were no tariff experts in congress, no secretary to explain parliamentary rules, no steering committees running to the White House to find out what legislation the president wanted, prize fighting waa not the popular enter tainment, and tainted actresses not the popular stars of the stage. But Mr. Sherwood pointed out one great change in these words: “We had no secretary of agricul ture, hence the farmers were contented and reason ably prosperous.” That quoted remark goes much further than ap pears on the surface. It is worthy of more than usual thought. The more one thinks about it, fol lowing it to its logical conclusion, the more one sees in it. Out of his wide experience, covering more than half a century of official life, Mr. Sherwood has evi dently reached the conclusion that merely to Pass a I.aw will not cure ills that are curable only by the application of education and common sense. i LIBERATE DOUGLAS COUNTY. A great debate is going on at Lincoln over the proposal to change the practice of voting in Douglas county. The amendment is intended to put Douglas county voters on a parity with those of other coun ties in the state. At present if a voter in Omaha wants assistance from an election official in making out his ballot, he must orally state for whom he wishes to vote. In all other counties the voter who seeks assistance is permitted to present a prepared iist and have his ballot marked in accordance there with. Reasons for so penalizing the Douglas county voter have no real force. Allegations that we have more corruption here than in the other communities of the state rest on prejudice rather than truth. The law contemplates absolute freedom of choice by the voter and the most absolute secrecy as to his choice when made. This feature of the law is violated when a voter is required to declare orally his choice when his ballot is being marked for him. That is sufficient reason, in our estimation, to warrant passing the amendment. We do not believe that it will give an especial advantage to one or the other of the factions that are striving for control of local affairs. Douglas county is the most populous of the stated but that is no reason for singling out its voters and putting them into a proscribed class. Fix the election law so it will be the same for every voter, so far as his Tight to have his selection of candidates kept secret is concerned. This can easily be done by repealing the oral voting provision now contained in the law, and which applies to Doug las county only. PERVERTED HUMOR. G. Shaw, who evidently poses as hu morist because he contributes to Judge, which is admittedly funny, every now and then, contributes to that publication the following: "They had been married just IS year*. “Just 13 years. " 'I adore you more every day,’ he told her. " ‘I worship you, my darling,' she whispered In his ear. "'You ar# the only woman In all the world I want to be with,’ he aald. 'There is no one but you, dear, X could ever care for,' ahe vowed. "They had been married juat IS years. "But. of course, not to earh other." All of which is neither smart nor funny. It is merely a sample of the perverted humor that too often appears in would-be smart or humorous pub lications. It is unworthy of Judge, or of any other periodical, and equally unworthy of the writer. It is on a par with the ham-fat comedian who depends upon his damns and hells for hi* laughs and seeks applause by cracking the ancient and unworthy mother-in-law wheeze. There is nothing humorous in quips about the most sacred relation that exists between man and woman. Making light of the marriage tie illy be comes any man born of woman. If such be humor, it is a kind of humor that appeals to those who hold nothing to be sacred, a majority of whom may be fit tingly classed as morons. But there are some who see a laugh in pain en dured by others, and even those who get a hearty iaugh out of the sufferings of dumb animals. Men like that were once boys who delighted in pulling one wing from a fly and going into paroxysms of hilarity watching the insect’s wild gyrations. There is humor that degrades and humor that elevates. It may be that Mr. Shaw is capable of humor that ele vates. He exhibits no such capability in the dialogue above quoted. This country had many vicissitudes at first. After disposing of John Bull it had to conquer Sitting Bull.—Birmingham News. And now it ii worrying with the congressional and legislative kind. I If that Italian scientist really ha» discovered a way to prevent Vesuvius from erupting we'll con tribute something to a fund to bring him to Linroln to try it out on a certain dual body we have In mind. The postal bill has one fatal defect. It contains no provision for making you remember to mail the letter your wife gave you day before yesterday. When Ahe Martin said "movie censorship should begin at home” he gave utterance to a whole volume of common sense in one short sentence. A universal language would be worth little unless ^accompanied by international common sense. The trouble with many reforms is that they run with the cut-out wide open. 1 ..1 i ■ Homespun Verse Bjr OmaKi’i Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie -----' THERE’S A WAY. We’ve heard of men who know the fBrm like grocer* know the sea; We’ve heard them tell how they would lov* the farm proaperlty. They’ve lived In town since they were horn—they know the atreeta nnd aur h, But on the farm they’d he without the knowledge needed much. There la a way, of courae, to atoop to milk the kicking COW', And keep her tall from landing on the weary milker’* brow, There la a way trr hold lire pall ao tltHt the milk Won’t slop In caae the cow In nueallon atarta to move and doesn’t at op; In winter when the chickens to the chicken rnoat Won’t go, There la a way to get them In ao neighbor folks won't know. Tint no one yet has found a way through learning or device To put hla harvest up fAr (tile and get * pacing pile*. ----—---N We Do Forget So Easily 1_ ---\----5 (s Lives op great mew all remimp its We CAW MAKE CXJfL LIVES SU8UME > i r l 4 9 • 0 .Amp— But look twere ^ Some ome 4 prop?::o j-. rtME f „ 1™, /V ' -) - , 7/^ 'V / / I / / * W A. - r--—“ "'I Letters From Our Readers All letters must be signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communications of 200 words and less, will be given preference. __/ Another Fnd In Sight. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: We notice you take the side of tariff against the realm of usury demand for the 1'nlted Stares market for the world borrowers of in visible exchange to sell in, in order to pay interest. Either the gold stand ard or tariff will have to go In the conflict arising. The tariff certainly1 hinder* the lenders of Invisible ex change collecting interest on foreign lending. The Wilsonian element have kept themselves groomed for Just such an occasion. That Is why .1. 1*. Mor gan loaned them the services of John W. Davis in the recent campaign. You will soon hear tasrlff revision down ward preached hv G. O, P. gentlemen who are interested in the preservation of the gold standard, the ratio be tween debts ami gold leaves Europe absolutely zero. And our debt creating banking system has created the lend ers of credit, a supply to lend abroad. Hut If good cannot he Imported, the Interest will be paid In gold. Hut the gold supply will soon vanish and the hanking systems crash. Thus ending the fatal fallacy—the gold standard. 1. U. SI'l’M. Teachers’ Wages. Gibbon. Neb To the Editor of The Omaha Hee: It seems strange that we should hear so much about retlr Ing and pensioning teachers when so little Is said about doing this with others whose work is of far more vital importance to the rountrv. It is hard to understand why so many look upon the teacher as a superior person, en titled to special consideration. Now, it is not compulsory upon any one to enter the profession nf teaching; those who do, do so because, in most rases, e - --- .. — s It'* jest leaked nut thBt Mrs. Art Smiley cave her husband rigarris fer th' home Instead of a *ofy pil ler Chri*tmu». Th' latest young rouple t’ split up i* .lark an’ Myrt Purvianre. She'd allu* hrrn used t’ bein’ petted, hut hr don't drink. (Copyright, 1HI.) NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION For JANUARY, 192S THE OMAHA BEE Daily .74,002 Sunday .. 77,234 D«m not Include return*, left overt, temple • or papers spoiled in printing and Include* no special •alea or frae circulation of any kind V. A. HRIDGF., Cir. Mgr. SubarrlkMl aaad aarara to Win*. oar till, 2d day of Fabruaay, 1*2* W. H QUIVFY, Notary Public .■ ' ' 1*0——* it offers, in their opinion, a suitable means of earning a livelihood. If we are going to pension any class, why not include those engaged in all the essential occupations? When we have a toothache, we call upon the dentist. When we are sick, we call the doctor. When we are hun gry, we consume the products of the lowly farmer. When we are cold, we obtain warmth from the product of the labor of the miner. And so on. In none of the*** cases do we feel the need «>f the services of the teacher. A writer in your columns recently deplored the fact that teachers are paid wages that could hardly l»e term ed a salary. To tell the truth, it is not a question of paving the teachers reasonable wages, but <»f paving them wages that will enable them to “go avvav to school next year." If a lot of our educational institutions were turned Into •workshops ami factories and the teachers and students In them put to work producing something that the world needs, “teachers' wages' would ' ease to l*e so much of a prob lem. CiKOK< IK 1A KKNBILU Thanks From Veterans. Omaha.—To the Kdltor of The Omaha liee: The editorial of recent date in your valued paper entitled "Forgotten Veterans of Great War," was thoroughly discussed at a recent meeting of T.ee Forby camp. United Spanish War Veterans, and by unanimous vote of members present the adjutant was requested to con vey to you the hearty appreciation of the sentiments therein expressed Believing we voice the sentiments of all the..comrades of Douglas county W hen in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Rnonn— 250 Rjtc*. $2 to $3 Mott cough drops <uive only Menthol to recommend them. Mentopine it □ recognizcd a* “ Thr Beit C*Mfh a Drop in the H'orld." It con* ^ taint healing, toothing Pina Oil with cooling, clarifying Menthol —a combtnation that no other cough drop can equal. t*4l alt drug and cnrnfr<i>onm* if*rti Rheumatic ? give you quick relief The lightest application — end pain and stiffness begin to give way as fresh, new^hlood is sent tingling through ’ the inf<<eted spot. No bothersome nibbing. Just, pat it on gently. Get this 3uirk sure relief today. All rugged* 35 cents. Sloans Liniment -kills pain/ and of the state, for ourselves and In I ihefr behalf we thank you most sin-,: cerely. i Hoping that you may have no cause I to regret this stand for our comrades' \ cause, we are yours in appreciation. . I.KK FORRY CAMP NO 1. By Charles L. Cline, Adjutant. Seeing Angels. The great sculptor had just fin ished his model of an angel, and one of his numerous friends had called in to see it, and at the same time give a little friendly criticism. "Friend." said he sagely, "angels don't wear silk stockings. Did you ever see an angel in high heeled shoes and silk stockings?" For a moment there was silence In the studio. And then: "Did you." asked the sculptor, "ever see one without them?"—London An swers. Millinery for the South. Millinery which is destined to make its first appearance at the southern resort* will in no small measure in fluence the modes of late spring ami early summer. Mxtremely charming are small hats of white felt which are given an accent of color by touches of | al* yellow. Ilut Stuff "Th' whole town's gone to blares." "How come''" "Fire down the street."—Yellow Jacket. Tactless. "When 1 left college I didn't owe any one a cent.” "What an awful time to leave."— Harvard J*ampoon. Lower Funeral Prices A 10 Per Cent Reduction Which H e .N ever Advertised The reasonableness of Hoffmann-Crosby prices never has been questioned by those familiar with the excep tional refinement and perfection of service which we render. Nevertheless— In 1024 we were able to. and did reduce our prices 10 per cent from those charged in 102:?. because of in- • creased business. We have never before mentioned this fact in our advertising. We do so now. not to em phasize price, but to explain why this reduction was made possible. In 1024 Hoffmann-Crosby were called to serve in 471 cases of death in Omaha—in almost twice as many instances as any other like institution in the city. ■1 ■■ '■ ^ This fact is a matter of public record, as the number of calls received by each funeral home is daily entered on ln **rT* humanity the records of the city health department. Because this record IS public, there can be no just criticism against printing it here, in part: Calls received by Hoffmann-Crosby in 1024 .471 Next largest number of calls received by an Omaha funeral home.277 Lower overhead, due to a greater amount of business, enables price reductions to be made in funeral directing, as in any other business. This is one of the laws of business economics, referred to previously by us. It is lowered costs of doing business which make it pos sible for us to give the unusually refined, impressive service we render at the comfortingly low prices we ask. Hoffmann-Crosby Funeral Homo __ Twentv-fourth .l i Telephone at Dodge St. Umfllia, weo. JA ckson 3901 | Tina ia th# thml nt a i»H«i «*f dealing with tH# hu*<ne«« *<••»- I nemin nf funertl •rttleiam t* incited frvm th# ruW»<*. tk.|»y right, a SUNNY SIDE UP Hake Comfort.nor forget , tJhat Sunrise ne\/erfailed A correspondent writes to The Omaha Bee for a short biography of ourself, "especially of our early life- ' ’1 its short biography will he supplied, but we shall especially abbreviate the "earlier life" part of it. The Colonel, who sits at our left In the Joint cubicle, offered to write tile whole tiling, but Wn hastily declined. We shall see to it that our Boswell con veniently forgets a lot. Come, take this gentle tip from me. Or do not, as you choose. The time Is drawing pretty near To don your low neck shoes —Hastings Tribune. ft Adam, such a tip from you In my m|nd rankles. ’Tis many a year since they were worn Above the ankles. Many times and oft we have heard people express surprise that there has never been a newspaper published by the pris oners in the state penitentiary. And just that often we have explained. Making newspapers requires editors and printers. Our exhaustive research among the prison records revealed that to date only one printer has been sentenced to tile Ne braska penitentiary, and a few weeks after he arrived there lie was transferred to the insane asylum. Were we inclined to he sarcastic we might say that it would he possible to secure editors for a prison paper by transferring patients from tic asylum to the penitentiary, but what good would tint do There wouldn’t be any printers to set up their copy. Every now and then we receive a compliment. Yesterday the representative of a high-priced automobile tailed on us and actually tried to sell us one. lie tame near doing it. to Only a little difference In the matter of terms prevented com pletion of a sale. Aye, there's the rub! The terms. A sympathetic admirer of this department suggests that we might don our swallowtail, then lie down and let Bottie i f ford amputate the coat alamt the waistline, thus making - it of it a real dinner coat. But that doesn't help us a bit. Me live in an apartment house. Speaking of the smoke nuisance, there is the fellow who comes into the offices, draws up a chair near the desk, re I hes Into iiis pocket, withdraws a cigar, lights it and remarks "Sorry, but this is the last one 1 have." No use: luck is against us. M'e awoke Saturday morning last to find the same old round facing us. No harp, no crown, no winging through space—Just getting up with a in- - "cl pi o test, looking for the shoes, hunting for the lost collar button, trying to find a sharp razor blade, hunting for a dry towel, hustling for the street cor and the same old vrind of hammer ing the battered typewriter. Since reading about tlie alcoholic content of s , jer hr at we have withdrawn our sarcastic remarks about sauer kraut pie. The men who left footprints on the san-1* of time 1n other days, have in too many Instances been succeeded by sons wl.o leave only impressions on soft cushions. Our old friend. Colonel YanBibber. says be is not at all in terested In seeing the first robin. M'hat he is interested In is the next swallow. WILL M. MAl’PIK. , -^ Feverishness arising therefrom, and. by regulating tbe Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving natural sleep. To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of Absolutely Harmless - No Opiates. Physicians everywhere recommend it.