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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1925)
Today Collins Dead, Better So. Our Feeble Imagination. Great Nation’s Danger. Every Man's Business. By ARTHUR BRISBANE. v__ Floyd Collins’ suffering is over. The rescue party found him dead, in the cave trap. How long he has been dead doctors will tell, approxi mately. Better dead than living, in any case, if only one or two days of the intense suffering were escaped. This man’s death illustrates the power and the weakness of human imagination A hundred men risked their lives to save his. Doctors went to his rescue by flying ma chine, but could do nothing. The entire nation followed closely the tragic story. Imagination showed the man ly ing in the low cave his leg crushed, by the 14,000-pound rock, existing day after day, for nearly two weeks, in horrible agony and dis comfort. It was possible to imagine clearly that dreadful situation. And the nation sympathized. Any legisla ture would gladly have voted $100, 000 to save Collins. The same nation, through its leg islatures, refuses to pass the child labor amendment that would free tens of thousands of children, from years of slow torment. The feeble public imagination cannot see clearly on those children in the mills. ^^j»#Brigadier General Mitchell, a •^^brave man at staking his brigadier’s star, as Cyrus H. K. Curtis has well ■aid, on his fight for the national safety, deserves the thanks of this nation, and will have them. If he has found no supporters high up in the army or navy, more shame to his superior officers that are cantrolled by battleship-build ing interests; or have idled away their time in the public service, learning nothing. Desk men that get extra flying pay without ever flying fail to sup port General Mitchell, quite natur ally. He flies and risks his neck in our inferior machines constantly. That puzzles them. But men that flew in the war are back of him, 2,000 of them, and whatever other “heads" of the army and navy may do, it is quite certain that President Coolidge, the real head of the army and navy, willl see that Mitchell is properly treated. Men of every branch of service, in the late war, saw with their own eyes the power of aircraft. Every one of them should write to the president, if only 10 lines, urging an adequate air defense. Presi dent Coolidge will be glad to hear from any ex-service man, or any other citizen. - Every American should read the testimony before the congressional committee yesterday by Gen. Amos E. Fries, chief of the army chemi cal warfare service. “There is no real answer to gas H ; r i 1- except airplanes with which to stop the enemy’s onslaught, and gas him in turn.” General Fries further testified that gas warfare with the new chemicals would be 50 times as deadly as it was in the last war. And as for anti-aircraft guns, smoke curtains, and sprinkled smoke, combined with persistent gases and rained down from the clouds, would make anti-aircraft ar tillery worthless. The marksmen would be firing at a sky filled with smoke, while the fliers rained down their explosives and deadly gases. The people’s business is to real ize what the next war will mean, and see to it that the nation is pre pared for defense. Nice old maids in the navy quote Captain Mahan’s book on the sea power and his statement that command of the sea means command of the world. Captain Mahan, a great sea cap tain, knew as little about modern war, when he wrote his book, as Napoleon knew about transporting troops by rail, or using submarines to attack England. Air power is now the only power. Who rules the air can rule the world. The great cities, the dwell ing of every ruler, president or king, is at his mercy. This country needs fighting air craft, 10,000 of them, the most ef ficient fleet in the world, to be used for the mails and other public use in peace, for fighting in war. And whether they “pay” or not, la of no importance. Safety is at any price. One efficient grtfiting patriot, if a war came, could cost this nation more than all the flying machines necessary to save us from foreign aviators, from any home-bred corporation and in dividual grafters. If you believe that, WTite to the president and tell him so. You’ll help to pay the grafting bills and get your share of gas from the sky, if war ever catches us unprepared. You may say “too much aircraft talk in that column. I’ll skip for ■while.” All right, skip. If a war finds us lacking an adequate air force, you will remember this warning: This country is unprepared, as defenseless as Germany was, when C. R. Heflin Company LOCK AND GUN SMITHS Remington Firearm* Service Station J. B. VER MEHREN. Mgr. 117*/* N. 16th Street v Opposite Post Office Phone JA. 2974 Omaha J -V. j Interstate Machinery and Supply Company , Formerly Sunderland ” Machinery A Supply Co, 1 ft emu ■■ j Omaha, Neb. Office and Warehouse 1006-8-10 Douglas St. ^ J t 4 a The Daily Cross Word Puzzle Itjr RICHARD H. TINGLF.Y 7 12.13 w I htth 1 T~\ p5" 77 72H p3 7F jjgTZ , , U~" ■ rr, /tf 20 2/ 22 '■ ■ ■ ■ 1" Z ^5' 2£> 27 ■ 2? 30 3/ IT ’“^33” % Tv IF 3F 37" 38 W To T7 Horixotu:... 1. A slight puff of air. 5. Tlo' there! (nautical). 8. The ground. 10. A national banner. 11. A common luw term in two words meaning “and others" (abbr). 1*3. To kill. 14. To Jabber. 15. A Southern State (abbr.). 16. The Egyptian gun god. 17. Anger. 19. Prevailing wind near the equa tor. 23. Musical note. 24. Toward tiie top. 25. A rope sling for handling bar rels. 28. Part of the verb “to eat." '29. Otherwise. 30. An article. 32. Lubricated. 34. An exclamation of despa'r. 35. Unbleached. 37. A pointer. 38. An osculation. 40. Fearless. 41. A servant in Mexico. Vertical. 2. The land in which we 11 i. 3. An enemy. 4. Spasms. , 5. Wing-shaped. 6. Cattle fodder. 7. King of Baahan (Biblical). 9. W'raps around. 10. A tiny insect. 1?. Clear. 13. To throw small ol.Jecis ■ Is. To refute. 19. A spigot. 20. Melody, 21. To vex. 22. Owing. 26. Exposes. 27. To discontinue. 29. A'erbal. 31. A portion of the bod 32. Happy. 33. To fall In drops. 34. Somewhat ill. 36. To employ. 37. To accomplish. 39. In this way. The solution will appear tomorrow Solution of .yesterday's puz/le. the French marched into the Ruhr. Any one of four nations, in a sud den attack, could destroy, every great city in America, and hold the nation to ransom. The oceans no longer protect us. The Pacific coast is only 30 hours from Asia, and the Atlantic coast 10 hours from Europe, by airplane. First would come the swift high power planes, throwing our cities and our unprepared government into confukion, with attacks on half a dozen cities at once, including Washington. Then would come the slower, heavy bombing machines, to force conviction upon us. And finally would arrive in very safe machines, plenipotentiaries, with power to fix terms for us. If they happened to be very po lite gentlemen, with exquisite man ners and slanting eyes, courteously expressing their regret, and bring ing us a new set of ready-made im migration laws, we should not like it. But that would not help us. Fly ing machines would help us and nothing else would. Our lumbering battleships would be a ghastly joke. And the gov ernment official that defends and urges reliance on the battleship in defiance of common sense, because his friends make millions in build ing battleships, is a dangerous traitor, and needs to have the truth told plainly. God help those responsible, from top to bottom, if an attack from the air ever finds this nation de fenseless. RADIO 1 ^--I (Courtesy of R#*1!n Digest). By Associated Press. WAR, Atlanta Journal (42* 1), 10:45. harmony hoys. WERT, Boston (479 5), 7. orchestra; 7 30. musical; R. opera. 9. Mary Dyer. William Hughes; 9:30, Griffith, McGlnley, 10, nri'an V.GR, Buffalo (319). 7:15. specialties, philharmonic concert; 10, dance. --- WI.S, Chlrago (J44.6). 4 10. organ; I:B«, 1,11ml Iilanlst; S. farm program; D, opera alar. SaJiller feature; J4IMU.4U, gym phony, solo, orchestra. WON, Chicago Tribune (370 2, 6. or gan; t» 30, ensemble, string quintet; a, i classical; 10, dance. Jail aitisi*. VV'UBH, Chicago (370k 7. dance, book chat. Riviera theater. 9 dance, Hawaiian guilat ists, readings; 11, dance, songs, readings KYW. Chicago (645.7), 7, concert; 8. musical; 8:30. dramatic talk; 9.45-1 revue; 1-3* frolic. W M Ay, Chicago New* (477.6), 6. or-, gan; 6 :30, stories, 6, lecture, 6.30, piano concerto; 9. WMAQ players. WEAR, Cleveland t359.4 ), 6. music. W’LW, Cincinnati (422 3). 6. concert* quintet; 8. trio, pianist, orchestra. WFA A, Dalian (silent). WOC. Davenport (4x4), 7, Sandman; 9 organist. KoA. Denver (323). I, play, lnstrq mental. vocal, address WHO, Des Moines <526 >. 6:30, orchef tra; 7:30, music; 9. symphonic. WWJ, Detroit News (352.7), 7:30, qf ( chestrn. tenor. / W14AP. Ft. Worth Htar-Telegrasn (475.9), 7:30, Jordon eisters, songs; 9:|0, dance. KNX, Hollywood (337). 9, concert! JO. features; 12. orchestra. WOS, Jefferson City (440 9), I, 0d dresses, musical. W’DAF. Kansas City Star (305 6), f. School or the Air; x, varied mualcal. WHB, Kansas City (366.6), 7-6, npu ■Ical. original poems. KH.l. I.os Angeles Time* ( 404 ), 8. con cert. 8:30, children; 10, Instrumental, yo cnl; 12. dance. WHAM. Louisville Times (399.8), 7 »J0, concert. Will., Memphis Commercial Appeal (499.7) silent. WtX'O. Minneapolis Mt. Paul (416.4), 9. band; 10. dance. 11:30, organ WKAF. New York (491 5), 6. services. 6 30, contralto; 7:20. philharmonic con cert: 9. opera quartet; 10. dance. WHN. New York (361.2), 6. orchestra. 6:3<). health talk. WJZ, New York (454 3), 8. glee cluj>| 9, pianist. WNYC, New York (626), 7:30, falk; 8:46. dance. KdO, Oakland (299 8), 6. concert. WOAW, Omaha, (silent). WFI, Philadelphia (396). 6. talk. WOO. Philadelphia (609.9). 6 IQ. or chestra: 7, concert; 9 03, recital; 9 30, orchestra. KDK A. Pittsburgh (309.1), 7:15, ad dress; 7:30. concert. WCAK, Pittsburgh (461.3), 6 46, spe cial; 7:30, play. KOW, Portland (492). 10, concert; 12. or* hestra. WKAQ. Porto Rico (304 7), 8. concert. PWX, Man Juan (400), 7.30, concert. WHY. Sdinectady (silent). KFQX, Seattle (238). 10, orchestra; 11, concert; 12. dance. WBZ, Springfield (333 1 1 ). 6 16. dra matic critic; 6:30, French lessons. 7. so prano; 7:16, orchestra; 8, mualcal; 6:15, tenor 8:30, program. HMD, St. Louis (silent). KFAB Program. K FA R ("40). Lei.and Wood violinist; Phi Mu. musical sorrorlty, Dehart or chestra Beatrice. t * Our Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Woodmen of the World *■33= t -TT=r m The Acorn Press 1214 Howard Street 1 La V_/ .UiUU> - • W. 0. W. City Tax for Year $31,336 Assets of Order Total $119, 906,674; Monthly Business Over $10,000,000. "In 1924 the Woodmen of the World I.ife Insurance association paid to the city of Omaha $.11,336.32 In taxes,” said W. A. Fraser, sover eign commander of the association. "AVe bear a certain part of the expense in the running of this com munity,” said Mr. Fraser, "and we are glad to do our share In this way bemuse we know that the money Is used to develop Omaha." The AVoodmen of the World I.ife Insurance association is one of the largest brotherhood Insurance as sociations In the world, according to Mr. Fraser. This association has as sets amounting to $119,906,674.66, and does a business of approximately $10, 000,000 a month throughout the Fnited States. Its Individual bank clearings In Omaha for 1924 were $35,187,968,36, and it received and sent out in Omaha during 1924 12,167,292 pieces of mall, according to Mr. Fraser. Jewell Helped Found W. 0. W. in Omaha d8. m xf&wtff ..—.—-—' Jl. W. Jewell was present at the meeting in the Paxton hotel, Omaha, June 5, 181)0, at the founding of the Woodmen of the World and waa elect ed a member of the sovereign execu tive council at that time, continuing as such. Jewell was nominated and con firmed as sovereign ad\ Iser February I, 1924. WOODMEN HOLD VAST SUM IN BONDS The Woodmen of the World Ulfe Insurance association has Invested in securities *67,248,#58.3.1. These securi ties consist of government, state, county, road, school and municipal securities. They represent securities' from state, city and counties all over the United States. "We do not fnvest in speculative stocks of any kind," said W. A. Fraser, sovereign commander of the Woodmen of the World, in comment ing on the securities held by the as sedation. According to Mr. Fraser, the Wood men of the World accounts are audited by state insurance commis sioners periodically, Just as banks ate examined. If surpltfs funds are ac cumulated in excess of the reserves required by state law, the full amount Is refunded to its members, and up to date the Woodmen of the World J. ife Insurance association has re funded to Its members over $6,000, 000 since January, 1921, said Mr. Frasar. Choked to Death. I .aural, Feb. 17.—Funeral service* were jheld here for K. E- Burn*, who choked to death In a paroxysm of coughing at hi* home here. For sev eral years Mr. Burns has been troubled with asthma and recently contracted a acvcre cold. 9 ___ V * ' I I f is with great pleasure that we congratulate the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Association upon the celebration of its thirty-fifth anniversary. WTe also congratulate Omaha and Nebraska in the possession of this wonderful institution and. its nationally known radio broad casting station. They have truly informed the world that this is “The city sur rounded by the United States Omaha Printing Company Omaha, Nebraska « __ _ __