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The Omaha Bee M O R~nTn"c—E V ENIN G—S U N D A Y THE BEF. PUBLISHING CO . Publiiher N. B UPDIKE, Pre id^nt BALLARD DI NS .JOY M. HACKLF.R. Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED”!PRESS The Associated Pres*, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the lye for republican ion of all new* dispatches credited to- it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local new* published herein. All rights of republication of cur special di.-patches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audita, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organization*. Entered as second-class matter May 26, 1906. at Omaha postofficc, under act of March 3, 1 679. BEE TELEPHONES • Private Branch Exchange. Ask for a *T 1 *• 1 oaa the Department or Person Wanted. ^1 IRIltJC 1UUU "offices Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago—Steger Bldg Boston Globe Bldg. Los Angeles-—Fred I.. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco— I’rcd L. Hall. Sharon Bldg. New York City--270 Fndi*on Avenue Seattle—A. L. Nietz, fill Leary Bldg. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION^RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year $5.00. 6 months $3.00. 3 months $1.76, 1 month 75c DAILY ONLY 1 year $4.50, 6 months $2.75, 3 months $1.50, l month 75c SUNDAY ONLY 1 year $3.00, 6 months $1.75, 3 months 51.00. 1 months 50c In the Fourth Postal Zone or 300 to 600 nule< from Omaha, The Daily and Sunday Bee i* $3,50 for 6 monlh*. $6 a year. The Daily Only Bee is S3 for 6 months, $5.50 for on** year. Subscription* outside the Fourth postal zone, or 600 miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday, $1.00 per month; daily only, 75c per month; Sunday only 50c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mornir.g and Sunday .1 month 65c. 1 week 20 Evening and Sunday .I month 65c, 1 week 15c Sunday only .I month 20c, 1 week 6c V-/ Omaha* lUhere the West is at its Best A REAL GOAL TO WORK FOR. A goal to work for. Some definite piece of work to accomplish. It is this that makes men. It is this, too, that makes cities. Omaha has always had its goal, though sometimes it has not been clear. At one time it had the goal of planning, erect ing and coducting a great exposition. The goal was won. In the winning of it Omaha moved forward into the position of a front rank city. Since those days we have had many goals and have achieved them all. Ak-Sar-Ben presents ns with a goal for 1925. A member of the Board of Governors of that truly Omaha organization, Louis C. Nash, speaking before the Rotary club on Wednesday, announced that if the Ak-Sar-Ben season of 1925 was as successful as the season of 1924, consideration would be given to plans for erecting a great Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum, seating 12,000 persons. This would enable Omaha to hold a great live stock exposition. It would enable Omaha to com pete for the national political conventions. It would rupply the, one thing which Omaha needs most at thi3 time. Truly this is a real goal to work for. It is a program in which every citizen of Omaha can take part. When we come to joining Ak-Sar Ben this year we can approach it with the enthusiasm which should be ours, knowing that our $10 is to be a part of that “successful season" which will lay the plans for discussing Omaha’s Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum. Plans have been worked out for a 5,000 member ship this year. We have before us the American Legion convention. The successful handling of that greatest of all conventions is our immediate goal for 1925. We Viave before us the early possibility of our Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum. That, too, is a real goal for 1925. When we join Ak-Sar-Ben this year, when we take our place in the ranks of the 5,000, let its do it with the thrill of this goal before us. SOCIETY IS ALSO CONCERNED. “That is your problem," said an Iowa judge to a mother who was arraigned before him, charged with keeping her 15-year-old daughter out of school. The mother presented the fact that she had 11 chil dren, that her husband's pay is but $20 a week, and that the family needed the money the daughter could earn. Although she had a nursing child, she was ordered to jail in default of bond. Her problem again. The Iowa school law is similar to that of Ne braska, as regards the compulsory attendance of children under 16 years of age. Also the child labor laws are similar. Of course, the law is intended to bt of service to the child. To make certain that the benefits of education he provided, and that growth and development will not be hindered or stunted by too early employment at regular work. In this society is protecting itself bj^ making as sure as possible of the mental and physical fitness of its future members. The wisdom of this is apparent But has not society neglected something? A fac tor of the ca^e is that presented by this mother. A family of 11 can not be properly supported these days on $20 a week. Yet the judge tells the mother, “That is your problem." So far as the court is con cerned, and the law as it stands is reckoned with, ■the judge spoke truly. The mother, however, is i i hard case. We do not propose the remedy. Merely recite the facts, that they may be considered. The problem of women and children in industry, of com pulsory education, and the maintenance of a high standard of living is complex. Not all its parts are well adjusted. If a little more attention were given to the economic anil not so much to the political or social phases of present-day life, better results might be obtained. NEBRASKANS MOVING FORWARD. Municipal elections in Nebraska on Tuesday carry a dominant note that should revive any spirits that may he drooping. Not necessary to consider in detail or attempt to analyze the various local is sues on which the elections turned. Where partisan politics was r factor the republicans won some and the democrats others. In at least two towns the Han is credited with having dominated the result. All that is neither here nor there. The outstand ing disclosure is that in almost every instance where public improvements were submitted to the voters, approval was given. New paving will he put down, new school houses will be erected, parks will be es tablished, enterprises of a public nature of many varieties will be undertaken, because the people say “Go ahead.” This is the best possible indication that any feel ing of depression that may have clouded the skies ever Nebraska is disappearing. An Inspiring de termination to advance has replaced the sentiment that retarded community progress. Not reckless ex travagance, but a prudent policy of betterment* that will improve living condition* for nil , Nebraska has been notable for a long time be cause of the thrifty, tidy communities that have (*rown up on its prairies. These communities have eared each for its own problems, maintaining always a generous rivalry as well as close relation*. To note the renewed determination to move forward is most encouraging. Our people have faced a serious sit uation for several year*. They have overcome it, nowever, by method* of industry and economy. They now find themselves over the top and ready for ex pansion. The Omaha Bee congratulate* those towns whose citizen* have resolved to do the things that will make the home town better. THE REAL REASON. One of the youths attending Central High by grace of the sacrifice* of the taxpayer* of Omaha, is quoted as follows concerning the fraternity con troversy: "To stamp out the aororllie* and fiats will he the hardest job that h«s ever been tackled tip this way. 1 don't believe it van be done." ‘‘And right there, in this cock-sure statement of youth, is the real reason why the pubi c school fra ternities should, and will, be abolished. It need not be a difficult job, cither. It merely requires back bone on the part of school authorities and a little common sense on the part of parents, the common sense being backed up by an exercise of parental authority that may be in need of revival. Things have come to a pretty pass when those who annually contribute millions to the education of these callow youths must sit idly by and listen while the aforesaid youths tell them wherp to head in while ‘hey defy authority and law. ‘‘I don’t believe it can be done!” That is a challenge that should he speedily ac cepted by the school authorities, and with equal celerity done. The declaration of thp cock-sure youth is additional proof, if such is needed, that it is high time many pupils of the public schools be con vinced that an opportunity to secure an education is not something to be nonchalantly accepted, but something to be seized and tenaciously held. And the first lesson the callow youth quoted should re ceive should be in the shape of an application of a bedslat. or proper use of dad's razor strop, at the point of broadest application. NATION OR CONFEDERATION? . Senator William E. Borah of Idaho had one of his bad spells over at Chicago, when he talked to -he Isaak Walton League- He made it very clear that he could not consent to -he taking up of any problem of foreign relations while so much at home remains unsettled. In this he is consistent. He has reso lutely and unremittingly applied himself and his great talent to the job of opposing whatever looks like an approach to entanglement in affairs outside the border of our own land. When he gets down to brass tacks on American affairs, he begins to skate around a little more care fully. Before the “Ikes" he contented himself with an oft-repeated demand that centralization of gov 1 ernment at Washington cease. Sovereign states must again assume control over their own domestic affairs. Liberties must he restored to the common people. All of which deserves examination. • A few years ago the sovereign states of the union took cognizance of the transportation industry Forty-eight state boards and the Interstate Com merce Commission regulated our railroads. Bad as things are now, who wants to go hack to the time vhen regulations changed with earh state boun dary? A few states in the union had granted suffrage to women before the amendment to the federal con stitution was adopted. . Is there any great objection to that exhibition of centralized power? The Eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act under it banished the saloon, the distillery and the brewery. Could that have been accomplished if state rights alone had controlled? Perhaps it was tiot the wisest move that could be made, but it was done in the name of all the people. We still believe that some matters are better left to local regulation. But we know that some are too big, too broad in their general application to le safely handled by states or communities alone. Problems that are national in their aspect, affecting equally all of the states, may still be safely handled as matters for federal control. Some other prob lems, such as education, child labor, and the like, i re aggravated because of the attitude of certain states that are hackward, indifferent, or recalcitrant. Finally, whether anyone like it or not, the growth of this land haR been more towards the national idea for half a century than is generally realized. Great questions of policy, important in all their hear ings, have been solved through federal action. Left to the states, there would have been confusion where now there is concert. If the United States actually fulfills its destiny, it will be along lines that lead for ward to greater unity, and not backward to condi tions that became intolerable when diversity of in terest threatened the unity of the states. Cen tralization is not so great a menace as Mr. Borah lets on to believe. The rerent, session of the Nebraska legislature was so unique in one respect that a monument «hould be erected to its memory. It did not create a single new commission or bureau. It is estimated that the treasury surplus will he more than a hundred millions on .June .10, And^ a lot of congressmen are sore because Cautious < al did not call an extra session. Williams Gibbs McAdoo has just patented a new kind of vacuum bottle. He probably got the idea while at the New York convention. The new iail feeding system is an improvement, but further improvement could he liHd by attaching a work provision to the eating clause. The health commissioner says the cows are hon est, even if some of the milk sold does fall below the mark. /■ —^ Homespun Verse - By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert If orlhinftton Davie. __—-/ LUXURY. I go a-tearing down the street A free, min h-cnvled ross. Amt e\ery on* I chsnce to meei Admires thy shining bus: It s up to snuff In every way, In all respects It's line, And 1 feel proud that t can aey li Is entirely mine. Hut heretofore I've waited alwoit, And salted down m.v dough. And many things I've gone without I .Ike misers do. you know And I have parried many a <tulp In ihose dark rinse of .sore That like the slinging Inah of whip i'in a conscience to ihe core. My lienrl Is gay, my mind la free, And no! « cent t owe;' No creditor I" watching me No matter wheie I go Because I put mv ia«li In brine When • waa young nnd strong. And In this shining hua of uilns Turin) I glide along Letters From Our Readers All letter* must be signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Con* muniratinnt ef 200 word* and !••• will be given piefeienc*. V-' si/inc 1 p Europe. <’oh i mb us. Neb.—To the Ed ii or of The Omaha Bee: When in connec tion wiuh Ghaniberlaln’s statement as I' appeared in your editorial, “Peace by Security. ’ in The Omaha Bee of March 30, we study the article. “Poln < are Warns Against Germany,” on the front page in The Omaha Bee of the same date: we needn t make anv further inquiry as to Europe s fu ture. Exceptionally frank, stripped • »f their diplomatic verbiage, eac h may be taken for Its face value. Each em phasizes his determination not to budge from bis position. At no point do their views on Europe security converge. Bather do they give abun dant proof of further and more ex tended divergence. Pointing to con tinued acute conflict. This conclusion is Justified not only by the words of tjie present two lend ing spokesmen of Europe. It is sub stantiated by the history of both Great Britain and France. Great Britain’s statesmen, cool and calculating, mod erately liberal-conservative, yet ten aciously Insisting on expansion of the British empire, and Arm unity to the > mother country and her supremacy over all. A determination recipro cated by the sons of Britain, who deem the policy a religious necessity, which sentiment in the hour of peril the British politician can count on bringing nearly all opponents to what h*r the time being might be the dominating power of bis support. Not in sequlPHcenee to his policy, but as an intelligent and substantial sacrifice to national security. On the other hand France, as Poln care’s speech indicates, i« scared at i lie German ghost. The French politician is excited and nervous and i be French people reflect bis nervous ness. Except the difference in tem perament and lack of religious faith, rhe latter of which their politicians robbed them of and gave them art in return, "the peonle of France, like ihose of Great Britain, are loyal to their country.” But they have no faith other than the faith of the Ger man ghost, the handiwork of art, to support the artificer. Their fear of the Germans An the fear of the cun ning criminal and arch-traitor. They demand security against German at tack when thev already are privll^S^d to maintain around Germany a chain of allies purchased with the world's blood and maintained hv gold belong ing to the American people. A sum for which these ate required to pay a yearly interest of approximately $40,000,000. G. FOLKEN. In Favor of Trees. Orta via. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: For the Iasi 50 or HO years I have been advocating more trees, especially fruit trees. shrub berv. There are thousands of dollars worth of fruit shipped into our state every year that could be raised here at home. .lust the work for girls; and the forest trees are so hadlv need ed to break the cutting winds and to moisten the air. Each kind of tiers has a particular place to fill. The cot tonwood is good in the low ground to Keep it from washing the hackberrv is a good hardy timber the walnut is «. ery valuable. We all admire the elm tree for its beautiful shade. T.et us remember that Washington took his command under the shade of an e'ni tree: there is the oak. a tree that surpasses all trees for the value of wood and for hardiness T have beard it of them that if cared for thVy make good progress Holland lias a colder climate than we have. When a Hollander builds a house and barn be plants a row of trees around both of tjiem. Tt Is sun no«ed that the house and barn ill last a hundred years the tree* have grown sufficiently large. «n the lum ber will replace both the house and barn. Sip h far sightedness as this has made Holland the richest rountrvj in the world. Oak trees are planted all along the highway, and fins "sunny side up Hake Comfort,norfovget. Qhat Sunrise ne\Jerfailea. us yetr. Ctlca. ‘Jh.ajCte»* v___' i -—-- N j Racsntly n expressed nnr f**Hns« about btinr pr#v*nt«l from usinc our hattsrrd old Corona vv hlls rldinx The Kat> down T*xs« way. Our good friend. Gootge McNutt, a pt»pn ger agent of t lie aforesaid Katy. mildly rebukes us. anil calls our attention to the fart that hi* railroad is not to blame. It is « Pullman regulation,“ explains George. Rut that explana tlon does n"t satisfy us. V\ e withdraw mir criticism of The Katy—that I*, we withdraw that particular criticism. Rut It lacerated our tender feelings to he told bv s Pullman conductor on The Katy—on The Katy. mind you—that we couldn't use our old machine. Whv. bless your soul. George, we've u»ed that machine on rullman* on the greatest railroads In th» C S. A . and never a kick before. If that rule is to he enforced on all Pullmans, then we'll have to hid goodby to all future vn cation trips. Reckon the only thing George can do shout it i« either Pass s t.aw or nersuade his superiors to quit pulling antiquated Pullmans over their rails. Tteep silence pervading the atmosphere around Kvanston III mav be taken as evidence that Ihe opening da v of the next session of congress will witness some fireworks over in the senate end. AVe are standing strictly aloof and enjoying a* * spectator the prevailing row over the parking question. AN e h.tve no automobile, and the Indication* are that we will not have one We gaunter down to the Job In the morning, and when we do not saunter homeward in the evening we charter one of Mi l*eti**ler‘g tramway nr*. AVe ha*e no difficulty in finding * parking space for our rather portly frame, the same being re served for us bv official edict No policeman can tag u* n«> IhmIv tow* u* In we have no lire* to puncture. and we wot t v not *t all about auto thieve*. Whenavei we mourn ttie fact tliat we do not posses* an nuto, which I* not frequent wr sre solaced bv the Thought that we are free from a lot of worry j about whet* to park it. I*a«<t Tuesday s majority of Nebraska Incorporated town* village* and cities held their election* Time wm* when the** rnunicipalltle* were torn asunder by the wet and dry Nun* It 1* not mo much so now although the same Issue In another i g ulse show s up now a nil • hen I’.ut a religious Issue show cd up In ■» number of town* last Tuesday. Personally, we do4 not gives whoop what s man's religion may he. lust *«* he haa some and work* at It nt least occasionally We ll talk politics till the cows com* home, hut we absolutely refuse to discus* religion. AN * sttsi k no man's faith, and we simply Pirn and walk sway If * nian attacks our* To he downright frank shout It. we would father have s /*#vlv*| of tha old wet and dry Issue than a revival of religious Issua* In pnlith * A commission ha* been appointed to design a Nebraska state flag, a* authorised l*v the last session of the legislature | If the commission I* open to suggestion*, we offer the following j | A blue Meld heating the figure* of a yellow knockei reclining j and a red blooded, loyal booster rampant. We lunched In the grill room of the Koul euelle one dav thl* week, spot were frightfully embarrassed by our companion, ole Flock. At the conclusion of the lunch we lighted our fragrftnt Imported rigaret, and t »le exhumed hi* ancient pipe and pro reeded to pollute the atmosphere AN »• were so Mabbet gaated \ \ that we overlooked the check long enough foi (tie to take It. | Next Sunday I* Kaaler, which reminds it* that at one period In our young life Kaster was »« failure if we ware not privileged to sneak off into the wood* and rbaat egg* surrepti lions obtained. In a fire built in .v thicket Wild* At M.NI PIN. ^ ^ -—- By BRIGGS That Guiltiest Feeling _ _ ____ kjovU Just-a-momcrT- PLEASE*. 8ereBe a Th=. SUMMER-- US A R.MS ®C' [ATE FOR .DIMMER t MiCKeL To TELEPHONE >f= You ARE ^ Ir^.Tu To iuPPoRT So A remember you have a w,p_5 and ■ \mcSS - * - And incidentally i ITT lE ATTENTION To BUSINESS' - J? r _ VU E TeAN/e us A LITTLE CASH ^ BEFORE YOU - , MAY MCCD EoO-£> AMO clothing scpo^ YOU RETURN makes It the most beautiful country in the world, especially in the summer time. The acorns they produce are immense. There should he a million oak trees In every county. There is no limit to their growth; for railroad ties they surpass all others; they live to a great age. There was one cut down in ojir state over 300 years old: it Is said that it was here before Co lumbus discovered America. The oak tree that Abraham pitched his tent under died just about a century ago. The oak tree is the hardest of all trees. Rv all means plant more trees nf all kinds SETH VANDERKOHK. .Matter of Conscience. Gibbon. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: May T.. ton. say a few words in reply to the letter of \V. H. Green, in which he look von to task for telling a few- facts about Senator Norris? Now, I will nay in beginning that I once admired the tactics of om* senior senator, but the last four years have been enough for me lie fought the Harding administration with all his power, and thus far has lived up to his reputation by opposing Presi dent Coolidge with like energy. In supporting the president in the Sar cent appointment, "mv conscience'* must have slipped a cog. How else could he have voted as he did*’ Durin pthe sanatoria! campaign of 1922 he stated emphatically that be would not again be a candidate for the senatorial nomination. Then, when his term expired, after openly admitting that "he had no party to j defend.'' and after waiting until sev eral loyal republicans had filed for the nomination, he again came out on the party ticker under whose banner he has won all his political honor. As a matter of principle the senator should have run independent!', hut evidently "my conscience" was more concerned in his re-election than it was In matters of principle If the democratic party had offered better chances of advancement in the begin ning of his political career, who knows but that he might hove been masquer ading as a democrat ail these years.’ It is said that the British had no admiration or respect for Benedict Arnold after he had deserted the cause of his country and joined their side. I often wonder if the demo crats do not feel rtre same, in a politi cal wav. toward renegade republicans of the Xorris type. for. if they were in power. ‘my conscience" could he de pended upon to dictate the same form of opposition that it does to the i epublic a ns. MKOHCSK I.l’KKNBIhL We wonder if any photographer has been able t' make a speakin’ likeness o’ th’ president. Th’ rea son so many girls are reducin’ is because they know that things that are reduced are soon grabbed up. H’npvrigh . 1 • n • / Center Shots v ■ - — It is nbe to read about 10th-century wars and reflect that all of them are paid f or.— Associated Kditors, Chi cago. The lethal gas pistol found on an I immigrant in New York might be a handy article for Dawes to have on bis desk on the senate rostrum.— Philadelphia North American. There is muc h talk of the go getter, but is he of any more importance than the come backer’'—Toledo Blade. Though not laying any claims to the gift of prophecy, we see the time1 coming when there will be a-* man' ’ beauty shops as there are hot dog emporiums.—Toledo Blade. How would It do to retain Hffry M. Daugherty as special counsel to help prosecute the Wheeler indict ment in the District of Columbia?— Cleveland Times. Eventually, perhaps. people will be unanimous about everything except the proper length of a skirt.— Birm ingham News. Perhaps the most hopeless combina tion »n earth that of a jay walker and a jay driver.—Okmulgee Demo crat. 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