THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. SEIf EMBER 16. 1921.
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The Bee's Platform
1. Naw UbIob ruBr Station.
2. Continued improvement of tha Na
braska Highway, includiaf tb pave
mbI f Maia Thoroughfare leading
iala Omaha with a Brick Surfaca. .
3. A abort, low-rate Watarway from tha
Cora Bait to tha Atlantic Ocaaa.
4. Worn Rula Ckartar for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
The Double Loss of Accidents. ,
To apply thrift only to money matters is to
fall into the condition of penny wise and pound
foolish. One may be thrifty with his health, his
life, his sight or even with his peace of mind,
for it is but fair to consider one who wastes his
energy in fits of temper as a spendthrift.
. Illustrating the possibilities of economy along
these other lines is the statement of the National
Safety council that $1,000,000,000 a year can be
saved to the industries of this country by the
prevention of the 20,000 deaths caused annually
by industrial accidents and of the many thou
sands of injuries suffered by workers. In addi
tion to these accidents are 55,000 deaths and hun
dreds of thousands of injuries met with else
where than in employment. Automobile acci
dents alone are responsible for 12,000 of these
fatalities each year. Taken in the aggregate, the
monetary loss entailed in these various ways is
beyond calculation. '
Omaha is not behind any othci city in its
efforts to reduce the toll of motor casualties, and
the crusade quite properly has been made a com
munity activity. A similar organization of pub
lic sentiment behind the ideal of prevention of
other accidents would not be without its effect.
With this end in view, the tenth annual safety
congress of the National Safety council will meet
in Boston the latter part of this month. More
than 3,000 men and women who make a business
of saving lives and limbs will attend. Among
thein are teachers, factory managers, highway
engineers, railroad officials, mining representa
tives, industrial experts of many kinds, govern
mental authorities and insurance men as well.
Problems of. long hours and fatigue, carelessness,
lack of safety devices, of safety education
through motion pictures, fire prevention, elec
trical hazards, and all the others having connec
tion with the cause or prevention of accidents
will be threshed out there. All this will be se
verely practical, starting out with the considera
tion that these mishaps result in loss of income
and of production which mounts up to tre
mendous sums of money. But for all that, the
thought of the avoidable suffering and the misery
and distress that bulks so large will not be ab
sent from the mind of anyone who has witnessed
the dire results of the maiming and killing which
they will discuss. The fundamental justification
for safety -first is humanitarian and only inci
dentally economic. ' '
'- Omaha; as a Farm Loan Center.
'..' That the war finance corporation intends to
get as close as possible to the farmer is indi
cated by the selection of Omaha as one of the
centers for . handling applications for loans.
Omaha, furthermore, has again won recognition
as the center of a great agricultural empire.
With the appointment of three local bankers, F.
W. Thomas, chairman; R. P.- Morsntan and A.
W. : Pratt, as loan commissioners, assurance is
given of efficient and understanding administra
tion of this district's share of the $1,000,000,000
fund which congress has set aside for the benefit
of farmers and live stock men.
The question of agricultural credit was made
of more than usual importance by the low and
uncertain prices for products of the soil, the im
poverishment of Europe and by a tendency to
ward relying on farmers or primary purchasers
of their crops to do more of the necessary hold
ing. Instead of attempting to pour' American
- credit into Europe, which is said not to be as
eager for extensive loans as some American
politicians and others have .mistakenly claimed,
the credit is to be used at home instead.
Eugene Meyer, jr., managing director of the
war finance corporation, will come to Omaha in
a short time on a tour of the agricultural dis
tricts. The thorough way in which he is investi
gating the farming situation, and the selection
of Omaha as one of the main offices would seem
to promise much both to the farmers and busi
ness men of the district.-
. Cheaper and Faster Freight.
Eight steel barges drawn by a towboat -arrived
at New Orleans the other day with 12,000
tons of freight from Cairo, 111. As any one would
know, the cost of transporting this dargo by
water was less than that by rail 20 per cent
cheaper, as a matter of fact. Another advantage,
however, is likely to be overlooked the trip
was made much more quickly than if it had been
attempted by railroad, with the customary' and
inevitable delays in terminals and along the way.
Cotton, grain, steel girders and general mer
chandise composed this shipment For the most
part this represents the coarse bulk freight that
congests the railroads in times of great business
activity. The development of water traffic such
as that proposed for the Great Lakes and on the
Mississippi river would not only result in moving
this faster and cheaper, but would clear the lines
for quicker movement of other products by rail.
! The great inland waterway systems of Amer
ica have been neglected, but trie demands of
business are growing so rapidly that they will
be-forced -into use. ..The federal, government
during the war undertook to establish freighting
a the Mississippi and hs had considerable sue-
cot, The Mini advantages and more art latent
in the project for opening up the Great Lakes to
ocean iriitli.
Testimony Subject, to Test.
A French agent ior a brandy distillery is re
ported to have ..id, as i result of world-wide
investigation, that drunkenness is more preva
lent in the I'nitrd States and Canada than any
where le on earth. Such an astonishing state
ment would challenge attention, coming from
any source, and will naturally be subject to ex
amination, for it contains an aspersion on our
national character that can not be lightly pasted
over, At the very outset, the asiertion is sub
ject to a liberal discount, because it is made by
the agent for intoxicating liquors, the sale of
which is forbidden in the United States and in a
greater part of Canada. His credibility ordi
narily is not affected by his business, yet in this
instance it is likely lo be affected in some degree
by self-interest. However that may.be, it is
worth while to inquire as to the foundation.
Enough drunkenness prevailed in the United
States before the war to arouse the people to
such action as resulted in the adoption of the
Eighteenth amendment. The charge frequently
is made that more liquor of one kind or another
is consumed now than ever before in our coun
try, No reply may be made to this in exact
terms, us no way is known to determine the out
put of home breweries and distilleries, or the
quantity of synthetic "moonshine" that is dis
posed of to the dupes. Actual per capita con
sumption of distilled liquor in gallons as shown
by returns to the internal revenue bureau dropped
from 1.60 in 1917 to 0.79, or less than half, in
1919; for wines the figures are 0.41 in 1917 and
0.50 in 1919, an increase of 0.09 gallons, in no
sense an indication of increasing drunkenness,
In 1917 the per capita consumption of malt
liquors in the United States was 17.95 gallons;
in 1919 the total was 9.17, a reduction of almost
50 pr cent.
Police court records, the experience of city
health departments, and all dependable agencies
from which information can be gleaned, agree
that there is less drunkenness in the United
States than before prohibition went into1 effect,
If this is true, and if the statement of the French
lquor agent is based on fact, then the world is
to be congratulated, for if there is more drunken
ness in the United States and Canada than in the
lands where liquor is sold openly, "Pussyfoot
Johnson's job of sobering up the world is already
nearly accomplished.
Human Nature in the League.
Trusting persons who pinned their "faith to
the League ot Nations as an agency for the es
tablishment of permanent universal peace and
concord must be amazed, to say the least, at the
proceedings now under way at Geneva. The
league as constituted is a double-barreled affair,
and, as is not infrequently the case, each barrel
is inclined to shoot at a different mark. For ex
ample, in selecting the judges for the world
court, a sharp difference of opinion has arisen.
The assembly elected Dr. A. Alvarez of Chile to
be judge, but the council rejected him. He was
then elected a deputy judge by the assembly
and again rejected by the council; four times
this has occurred, and the split that seemed in
evitable has been for the time avoided by the ap
pointment of a committee on part of the .as-.
sembly to talk the matter over with the council.
What will happen if the council does' not
deign to name a committee to consult with the
representatives of the lower body? The council
is imperial, autocratic in its power, capable of
vetoing any act of the assembly. Out of such
things as this wars arise: broadly stating the
cause of war to be lust for conquest, for com
mercial supremacy, or any ' of the generalities
commonly employed, it is finally true that back
of any war may be found, if search is carefully
made, some seemingly trivial point on which
agreement could, not be reached. Human nature
is the same, whether exhibited in the lowly walks
of private life or in the rarefied atmosphere of
international statesmanship.
When men can be taught to insist less upon
having their own judgment accepted, and as
sume a willingness to be guided at times by con
sideration for. others, then will have come a
chance for the end of war. Disarming is a step
forward, but it does not mean the end of quar
reling. ' ,
"Low Down" on "Babe" Ruth.
Would you like to know the secret of how
"Babe" Ruth is able to boost the ball over the
fence and break up games? It has been discov
ered.' One day last week experts at Columbia
university took the "bambino" from the Polo
grounds to the university laboratory and put him
through a series of tests that lasted three hours.
When it was all over and the figures totaled up,
it was discovered that Mr. Ruth assays 30 points
higher than the normal man. On a basis of 100
points as physical perfection, 60 is accepted as
normal, and Ruth scored 90. This has to do with
co-ordination of brain, nerve and muscle, in re
pose and in action. Just on the basis of batting,
it. was determined that a pitcher is required to
pitch faster to Ruth by 20-1000 of a second in
order to have him on a parity with other bat
ters, assuming they are normal. Ruth's eye
reacts that much faster than the average of man
kind.- Some other very interesting facts were
discovered. For example, he welted the test
ball a blow that deduced for the mathematicians
a probable distance of 400 to 500 feet In flight,
sorne elements being undetermined, such as the
effect of the "english" put on the ball by the
pitcher, its relative resilience and the like. Also,
he holds his breath when he is swinging. Pitch
ers who have watched the ball sail over the
grandstand will be relieved to know that the
home run record is not a result of their weak
ness, but because they have been pitching to a
super-man. " .-,'
Several notable improvement projects have
been adjourned by the city council, subject to
renewal at any future time, when the taxpayers
are more in a mood to assume the burden en
tailed. Just now the price seenu to be a trifle
too high.
Argentina expresses the belief that the dis
armament conference in Washington is of more
importance than the League of Nations, and
that it holds the key to the situation. How
nice; now the only problem is to find the key
bole. . ' ' .
Dame Nature seems bent on keeping the Ne
braska farmer busy. At any rate, she is making
ample provision for fall plowing, planting and
pasturage, three very essential "p' in the An
telope state's pod. .
About the Ku Klux Klan
Amj.ng Mixture pf Mumbo
Jumbo and Something Els.
(Continued From Yaiterday.)
The victim themselves were 'sometimes bad
characters and sometimes of good repute. One
wa a former marine who served at Chateau
'Ihierry. Another, Sherwood Vituon. was the
son of a lifelong resident (l.ulkin. Tex., who
writes to tne American Uvii Liberties union
thus:
Xf y 19-year-old hoy, Sherwood Vinson, re-
reived letter through our mail ordering him
to leave and advise his bootlegger friends to
go with linn. I took the letter to the grand
jury and ask the jury to tell my boy if he wa
violating the law but they done nothing so far
at I could tell. Later they caught the boy on
the streets of Lufkin with a pistol in the hand
of one of ther.i, put him in a car, went to the
woods, tarred and feathered him, brought him
back to the streets of Liifkin, set him out, and
our sheriff paid no attention, so far as 1 could
tell, to the pistol or crime. The boy says he
knows the men that done the work. I have
lived here sixty-four years, not educated, but
want right, want the laws executed, and tried
to get the grand jury to do so. We can get
the bunch it we can get the law handed out
honest.
Although the state of Texas has been more
favored than any other by thcc manifestations
of a desire to bkss mankind, they have ap
peared elsewhere, throughout the south. At
Miami, Fla., on July 17, the British rector of a
church in the negro quarter was tarred and featli-
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. RVANS
Quotient caacsraia aysian, aaaiUlisa ana1 aravaalisa l atissssa, ukajilt4
U Or. Ivans as- mdm ! Tha Sm. Mi a swsaaalls-, sustasl
ranr limtUIlM, kr Htmpti i4rttn !! U IW. Ot.
van will aol a aiaiiuMit
Aadrttt lttrt In (trt Ikt BM.
Mr arttcrika far iaivi4ul fitaatat.
Cupyright, J1CI, by Dr. W. A. Evtni.
THEORIES ABOUT ECZEMA.
It ia irotalile Uiut we ar on the
toad toward a solution of tha ecse
ma problem and nearer tha goal
Hum wa ever have ben. 11 u n
gin by trying to underotnml what
inn-ma Ik.
Anions? Iiiy neonlo any eruption
wrk'h Inula any time, which itchra
mid which It tn any drare niomi
at any time la apt to be called veto
mo. In fact, wa could Inn off tha
third f thvta requirement- and ay
any chronic eruption which ttchc
come to be railed eczema.
Thla mean, of course, time tha
term ia applied to many tkln din
mm. aume tnruruble. aome easily
curable, aome in between. auue due
to one thin, so mo due to nnotner.
In comtMiucncft of thja loopeneya
llieie are hundreds of ecxema cure,
all bucked by honent people who
hnva been genuinely cured or think
they have. Kven whrin we awa'p the
skin pexlallMls' uroiip of ecsemtt
and throw out U the nilncelloneou
n ceteras that the Iny poople dump
Into the ecxema box wa atlil are
holdinir on to a inlm'pllaneuiiH a-
surtment of akin troublm.
The Archives Bf Dermatology re
ceiitly published an address on this
ered by masked men. The day before, an elderly tuujcct Kiven by Dr. r . u. Harris as
farmer was s nil ar v se red and whioned it '--i" l" "-
Warrensburg, Mo. On July 23, a man and a
woman at Birmingham, Ala., received like treat
ment. And so it has gone. Of course much is
charged to the Klan that can not be traced di
rectlv to Mr. William IoscdIi Simmon's dues- school of Vienna
navincr nrfrnmzatinn. Thi cami warn ton tnvit- I school of Hamburg,
ing; naturally it had imitators. Some call them
selves Ku Klux Klansmcn without paying dues;
others indignantly oppose the Klan but copy its
methods. An anti-Ku Klux Klan organization
logical society and prepared for pub
Ifratlon by his widow after his un
timely death. He Raid ai to tne
cause or eczema "tnere are inrce
tchoola the external irritation
the infection
and the hu
moral nchool of France. As a mat
ter of fact there are many cases of
eczema due to external irritation.
'Most . cases of eczema of the
hands come from substances which
The essential of cure In these cases
is to protect- the skin or else to
change occupation or method of car
rying out the harmful occupation
Dr. Harris suggested that there
mlcht be a relation between de
in southern Texas adopted the slogan, "Kill 'em get on the hands while at work.
on sight Mike you would a mad dog. J. he
Black Hand of Joaquin, Shelby county, icxas,
threatened to burn the whole town if Klansmcn
committed more violence. And in Charlotte,
N. C.i a 19-year-old ecnius elected himself "ex
alted dragon" of a junior Ku Klux, and collected flclent adrenal secretion in the blood
25 cents dues each from a large number of his in all diseases which were charac-
nner fr nU Thpra c nnnl rnnfncutn tCrlMQ DV UCninff. I nut lnciuues
.. k . . .. ,, . uiai uiat vo juauc ui cuiiivijiiiihi v..
is against oiue raws, mil in ie,xas n mrcatens t , d f the adrenal KUlnd. jt is
bootleggers. In one Honda town a group ot Rlven by hypodermic and applied
aueeea is.iansmen even inreaienea a juage guuiy locally.
of mfnrrinor the snreil laws. But the theory which is attract
fit l-. iU.r. -n.nn cor nil. ,- urn., nf 3 ltlC ItlOSl &UenUOn HOW IB IUB
financial nature against the Klan. Major Craven, French or hum ! plan.tlon of
the grand dragon of the invisible empire lor the . .. . 4U,t hol,'n . th.
realm of North Carolina, recently issued an order of eczema are due to eating foods
disbanding the Klan m that state, saying that as which, 'while wholesome enough to
conducted in North Carolina it is an organiza- most people, cause eczema in some.
tion engaged exclusively in collecting initiation
tees under Jalse pretenses, without any legal
standing in the state, and is, in my opinion, a
failure and a fraud. He added that the most
notorious criminal in the county got in by paying
for it . . . and the organizers kcot him in
because he was. bringing in others of the same high protein diet, and alcohol were
ua rr,nn'i Dotent factors In causintr eczema.
charges are disputed by the king kleagle of the 's 'nY?si'5a'i0-n' .I1,0- 3"!
i ir tir r J i . it U U I 1UOUS IHW UWUUio we mica-
realm, Mr. W. V. Guerard, but they should per- I rupted by death. In about half the
naps serve U watte uuier puujit; uiniiciis iviiuvv
the example of the mayor of Thiladclphia, who
has directed that inquiry be made as to the dis
position of the fees for which membership in the
order is bestowed. These fees are large. -It
costs $10 to be initiated into the Klan, plus $6.50
for a white robe and it is obvious that these
robes can be produced at a cost of about SI
These fees appear to go to the grand aulic of
the lmoenal wizard at Atlanta. Local branches
In an investigation digestive trou
ble was found in 70 per cent of a
series of cases of pruritis, 68 per
cent of urticarias, 75 per cent of
rosaceas, 54 per cent of eczemas, 62
per cent of tetters in babies.
Harris found that constipation.
cane of ecsema. diet appear to ba
tha raima. Kxiirrlnieniation In
em-h cava should thow what food
tlutt person should avoid.
Heller lie KiIihhI.
M. It. O. writ: "I have read ev.
(nil article lately In reaard lo the
du nger of diabotea and have Do
come alarmed. 1 am 23 year old.
b feet ineheu tall, and weigh HO
pound. I went through an exam
ltmUon hut December and waa told
there wa too much augar In my
blood yind that I had a blood pre,
are of 140 pound, which th doe
tor claimed waa entirely too high
for a girl of my age. I have given
up diarchy fooda and weeu. The
Mia thing I really vat along thla
line ia ice cream. I have eoiimilttd
another doctor and ha claim 1 am
too young to have trouble of this
aort. What is your opinion? Do
ou advlno mo to aee another doc
tor? I have not had my urine
examined."
UK PLY.
You are not too young to have
diabetes. No diabetic should eat lee
cream. Neither should an obese
pirsou. You khouM nave your ucine
examined. However, high blood
pressure of Itself la enough to make
you go on a low starch diet.
Child nnd Beauty Culture.
Mrs. P. P. writes: "1. At what
ago are nuts, salad, and raw
fruits beneficial to a child? 2. Often
after the least bit .-of emotion on my
part, or after washing, my face
breaks out In red blotches. Is that
due to a faulty akin or blood? I. I
have a mole on my nose, which
often Itches and smarts, although I
leave It strictly alone. Would you
advise Its removal, and, If ao, how?"
REPLY.
1. Children 3 year old and over
can take salads and raw ripe fruits.
Nuts are safe enough ftt 4 If you
watch to see they are well chewed.
6. I do not think so.
S. Leave it alone.
Symptoms of foolish iicm.
M. J. writes: "Can you kindly tell
me the symptoms of diabetes? For
the last two weeks I have been
drinking entirely too much water.
The more I drink the more thirsty I
seem to get andmy tongue always
is dry and irritable. It cannot be
my stomach, as I have taken quite
a number of physics?"
REPLY.
The symptom which is worth all
the balance put together five times
over is the presence of sugar In the
urine as shown by chemical test
The hot weather could explain your
symptoms. Taking physics could
aiso explain tneni. mow can you
expect to feel good when you take
-physics frequently? First thing you
know you will be taking calomel and
wondering why you feel like the
devil.
Going Too Far
The Great Unwashed
(From the Philadelphia Ledger,)
Bath. England, was an appropri
ate place for the deliverance of Sir
James Crichton-Browne on the sub
ject of bathing. This eminent medl-
i L ...it... j.. ..,..,ii s tin .nm.oliv cal authority asserts that If every-
Whal becomes of all this money is not Uj u gg uuLTsou
The imperial wizard says he pays himself only t. alatomBt immeflintpiv
$100 per week, but an Atlanta paper recently an- giVeS a ot Cf the little fellows a
nounced the purchase by the Ku Klux Klan ot chance to bark at the heels of the
an entire block on Pcachtree road, which was big one in the hope of jetting them-
to be made national headquarters "at a cost of selves noticed; but, of course, taking
about $1,000,000." "Lanscape improvements," the tst(a'T.l '.fHi fhfli,.
. , j. T ' ' '! j k.. ttn nnn was intended to be taken, the speaker
including an artificial lake and about $30,000 ,s right A great manyr j,aths ln
worth of marble and plaster statuaryi were to water mean8 baths in the open air
be made. "Lanier university," Atlanta (a school as well! and the idiotic agitation to
which docs aot figure in the rather complete list I make people cover themselves up
of academic institutions in the World almanac), when they bathe so that they can
has also been taken over by the Klan, and the wmiy oreame ana p.u
imperial wizard himself, it i announced, will be Jg-J , ood'UiatVo!
the new president. It may ve said that William i,.n..tv, lnfforahi of ihn
Allen White was probably not unjustified in highest morality.
exulting that it was "to the everlasting credit of The author of "An Outline His-
Emnoria that the organizer of this cheao clan tory of Tubbing" in the August is-
found no suckers here with $10 each to squander." sue of Gas Logic (New Yorlt) points
It is of course, unlikely that the remarkab,e ;
series of mob outbreaks were foreseen by the . fc om rm,mn rinrinnBti
imperial wizard in 1915. Such a program would in 1842. He had run the gauntlet
have been too hazardous to have been deliberate. 0f the severest medical censure, and
But what should have been forseen was that such was told that the abhorrent custom
a consequence was well-nigh inevitable. . The would lead straight to the pr.lmonary
n,n nr;nrre fmm th fnomnru n! nnct.n'vil War and phthisical ailments wnich Sir
lawlessness! when the 'negro was disfranchised 3l4SW.
by terror. It proclaims its purpose to maintain phIa the common council, that per-
white supremacy and to protect womanhood, the enniat fount of all wisdom, actually
two customary cloaks for lynching. Its leader debated with vehemence and failed
asserts its purpose to protect the security of the to pass by the narrow marsin of two
neoole "in the absence of inadeauacv of the forces votes an ordinance that would make
It i.. j .j- t ,i,-,v,; bathing illegal from November 1 to
Ul lavr aim u'uu. ita ,uv.,..uv,o. ,j, . 1 Ta vn'h 1 K Tr, Tlnotnn a similar nrAi
. . . , T t , j , i mart: ii ju, x jduoluii a, oiuiuni vim-
closes an unmistakable anti-Jewis -and ant- n wa3 not repeaied until 1862.
cainouc Dias. us organizers in uic nuiin amim in the latter seat of learning it was
at private meetings that there it is to be mainly unlawful to bathe except upon the
an instrument of anti-Semitism. Its nrotesta- prescription of a physician. But It
tions of 100 per cent Americanism and its warn- l on record that some Bostonians
ngs tsKag.tf.tor. suggest the familiar tactic. i ot d o;
IIIC CUnvciIUUIiai UUIIUIICIIIS Ul uixainitu uum. (. 4ic,i .ttlno nf a nn
Indeed the group of rowdies at first described as dominantly saponaceous character'
American Legion men who tore Mrs. Ida Lroucli even before the civil war. They
Hazlett from a socialist platform in Mason City, I prided themselves on having more
la., last month, and drove her out of town, were space behind the ears than most
quoted by the United Press correspondent as ul . ......
.l-. k.i j v. i. Though the bathtub was ana-
saying mat nicy prerrcu m u.v. thema there wfire opportunities for
jvu in.iux xvian, aim 111c xvaosas v-ujr ui naun.- ,athnK in Philadelphia even in the
lv describes the Klan in that .part of the world eiehteenth centurv. Georee Easterly
as an anti-Nonpartisan league organization, uver in revolutionary , times advertised
the whole ha been thrown an amazinir haze Ot "meaicai waters lor ariniiing ana
mumbo jumbo with its imperial wizards, its king paining, masing nasie 10 auu, n
1.1 1 a a t,..i rtA I is aeterminea to Keep tne Dest 01
n.cuK-ta, b.i.u u.a6Uu nquors of all and eVery kind." He
cyclopses, its fiery crosses and the rest. It was cirove a thriving trade. Ths so-called
inevitable that all this should have attracted those wiewam Baths were oDened bv John
most easily stirred to mob action and that the Coyle on the flowery marge of the
range of prejudice to which the order appeals fcchuyikin in 1791. Patrons mignt
should have led to repeated outbreaks. The im- disport themselves in two shower
Priest in his travels could not see
the water there. His annotation
runneth thus: "On the table there
svere coffee, cheese, sweet cakes,
hung beef, sugar, pickled salmon,
butter, - crackers, ham. cream and
bread." One Coghlan, to- the ac
ceptance of the many, ran floating
baths at Windmill (Smith's) Island
in 1826.
The Philadelphlan who bathes no
longer feels that he is a daring In
novator, like the hardy pioneers of
1842 -who put bathtubs in their
houses and then stood back, arms
folded, and said: "Let the law do
we have made some
perial wizard (Mr. William Joseph Simmons)
should have foreseen all this, tie cannot now
absolve himself by proclaiming lawful and bene-
ficnent purposes for his empire. He had much
better ' destroy the child of his own handiwork,
as he threatened to do not long ago. It is a child
conceived in the tradition of a lawless past and
brought forth in the extravagant obscurantism
of present-day prejudice. Its life cannot and
hould not be a happy one. the modern -hu
Klux. Klan does not deserve to live and it had
much better die.
Lower Freights; More Business.
The reduction of freieht rates on wheat for its worst!"
export, it is said, will enable American wheat to Progress between 1842 and 1921. We
. r I . J 1 ' I , f I ...J
Keis. improvea export acmanu wui ui iuuisc ujj, cellar,
tend to raise tne price, out 11 mere De any ad
vance the credit therefor probably will be ac
corded by the protectionists to the emergency
tariff. Topeka State Journal. . 1
the bathroom to
One Strike Generally Aprpoved.
The waiters of Holland who are
striking for the abolition of the tip
ping system, with an increase in
Na Prm Vminf Olvmmi. "ages to maKe up lor consequent
' I lnaa in tnntimp will hnva tha avm-
Accordinz to the president. Secretary Weeks I nnthv of & rood manv oeoDle the
is jocularly called ""Mars" in cabinet meetings. I world over who do not approve of
We mav imaeine that IJavis. the Pittsburghef. truces aa a general xning. spring
i railed "Vnlran!" IJenhv. "entnne-." Hoover. " iwpuuubiii
-r . 1 . r
nermes l nsmegisius, me patron 01 mcr- ;-rt nl of h ...
.1 ' ..j u.t ta... nu,. 1 u:n.. 1 - -
vuauis, x uuu, .u.i., 1 wn, om.ftn(! ni-as. Invent a
Homers ferocious old boy, docs for Hil) tra..rnni,.P that win tnm the ora-
Hays. Anybody can complete the cabinet list! tions of the learned Into bread for
for himself. Brooklyn taglc, - ithe poor? toiversalist Reader.
(The Bee offrrs Ha column freely la It
readers who cure to diaeuM any public
question. Ita requests that letter be
reasonably brier, not over 30 words. It
also Insists that tha name o( the writer
accompany each letter, not necessarily
for publication, but that the editor may
know with whom he Is deallnf. The Bee
does not pretend to Indorse or accent
views or opinions expressed by corre
spondents in the Letter Box.)
Ak-Sar-Bcn Ball.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 12. To the
Editor of The Bee: A number of
us had planned to go to Omaha and
take in the festivities of Ak-Sar-Ben.
bringing our wives along, and attend
the coronation ball on the night of
September 23. This was in recipro
cation of the presence of the Com
mercial club of Omaha at our big
Frontier celebration. Now in read
ing your valauble paper we are in
formed that no outsiders will be
permitted at the ball, as It's only
for the members and their family.
This is not the usual Omaha hos
pitality, and I am greatly surprised
that such an edict should be issued
by this splendid body of citizens who
comprise the Ak-Sar-Ben. Besides,
you know that we people of the
great west are not pikers, and us
ually pay as we go. This kind of
treatment is not an Omaha idea and
quite in contrast with a custom that
means. so much for the prosperity
of Omaha. Ak-Sar'-Ben has a host
of friends here and when we come
to Omaha we spend our . money
freely and stop at your best hotels
and patronize your big department
stores and leave many a dollar with
youi My wife is greatly disappoint
ed in the action of the ball commit
tee, and it's not too late to rescind
this unjust order.
The widest publicity can be given
to an occasion of this kind by a
good attendance of nonresidents.
Omaha will be the loser if some
thing is not done at once to remove
this social barrier. Friends ought to
bo welcome in any man's home. I
hope your great paper will publish
this and Ak-Sar-Ben render a serv
ice to the community.
"FAIR PLAT."
Editor's Note The rule limiting
attendance at the ball to actual resi
dent members of Ak-Sar-Ben is
made because of the physical Im
possibility of accommodating at the
Den all who would be willing to pay
the fee for the privilege of attend
ing. It is not lack of hospitality on
part of the knights, but a sad proof
of the fact that the Den is not big
enough to hold everybody.
Get out Your Latin Grammar.'
Richmond, " Va., which saw the
first trolley railway, in 1888, is try
ing the first trolley omnibus in 1921.
The "trolleybus," as its promoters
have named it, is by no means the
first "trackless trolley" to be oper-j
ated, but It is the first transporta
tion line to be' largely served byj
such vehicles. ; "Trolleybus!" We
wonder how it is pronounced?. And
if a compound word, with its three
syllables, equally accented? Or, as
if a Latin ablative: trollibus? Which
reminds us that "omnibus"- is an
ablative. Is "trollibus?" Could
"every schoolboy" tell us? Thai
Churchman.
-i- A Progressive Suggestion.
If it is proper for the cliy to sell
gasoline, as has been proposed, why
not peanuts? There a abundant op
portunity to take the profiteering out
of tho street vending the nut that
pleases and feeds the children.
Florida Times-Union.
Warn of Disarmament Foes.
Those with high hopee for dis
armament must be on their guard
against low tricks and Jokers.
Washington Post.
City People and 3ioises.
City people complalrf of noise, but
when a man habitually slams his
doora there's one who doesn't St.
jLouie Globe-Democrat,
rvasa Iks . Yafc Time.
Far from us be tha spirit of In
tolerance or tha wlah to apoll euort,
but tli burglar, gunmen and nils
rellansous unclassified bandit era
really abusing Ihelr privileges. Urt
threa in hi a in auoceaalon aoma cf
our loo nthuaiaitie gaiigatera, rac
ing along In their ears, have tried
to kilt mera pedestrians, not legitU
mately, aa It were, br running over
ilism. but by ahootlng . at them.
Lspsi-lally must wa remonstrate with
the gentlemen who fired from an
automobile on hevenlh avtnua and
shot a man who waa walking with
it oung woman. Kven If there wa
acme Intention of "passional crime."
It la not agreeable to person on
tha street to have I lies hula fan
laslet with firearm executed In
Ihelr presence. Professional etl
quet and a proper sense of cour
ttsy to tha public ought to prevent
thru rapid flrera from playing their
llitl games in auch clrcumsiHnres.
It not most indiscreet on thtlr
part, too, to rob ao many house
that th burglary Insurance com
panies ar forced lo put up their
rates? Kven from the point of view
Of good business, thl enthusiasm,
this excessive professional activity,
I Injudlcloua If not restrained by
volunteer agreement It will tend to
make even cltizena possessed of their
full ahare of the patience necessary
to tha dweller In thl rtty querulour,
Inquisitive, and even a little apery.
They will begin to ak If tha authori
ties hav ever heard of the Biilllvan
law. Why la that Inw honored In
the breach and not In the observ
ance? Why I it easy for anybody :o
get a "gun" and to us the same
for nnn-altruiatie purpoae? Why
are robberies, burglaries, murders,
assault with intent lo kill, ao nu
merous and roiiiiniiied with auch
larva shut nf impunity thai aveti
ihil"soihi txtisarvative feel bound
It, protaal?
(, alls-stars will b aaiignter, but
they should Irani a little mora mod
oration. If lliey don't, Hi commu
nity may get into a passion, and
rn th I'tillr may hsva mska
up; though, of rouise. no though
ful t'ltlien would press litem loo
hard to lurrt from such vital dulirs
a wairhing tha carea anil restau
rant 10 wmk on Htiih trivial mat
ter a (he protection t'f life and
property.
CONSTANCY.
In Ih mornlti esily
Lots wsnl leuahiii e
Powe the rosil I" Ar.-sil,
And rosy wss ins sky.
Easer arms I lift.
Kafir ass my rail
U vnl Isushln down ih resit
And did ant hsrd l all.
New lAts'f steps sr lasting,
Now ha stalls ma Ions.
Put I slay wlihm the nout
And sin a little song. ,
Sin a i-aiele.a amis-, Lots,
iv I seem snl free
On. I ilsra not let ynu guess
Th htsvy heart of ma!
Pe not fim ma patient.
Come snd storm the daort
Tou will find ma msIIIii you,
As tar ss before.
AhiKSII W, Creasoin In tha New Totk
Itaisld.
"BUSINSS IS COOP THANK YOU'
LV Nicholas Oil Company
Pathe Phonograph &
Lloyd Baby Carriage
Exhibition, Saturday
Union Outfitting Co.
A Handsome "Lloyd" Baby
Carriage Given Away at
. End of Demonstration.
Realizing that many music lov
ers are thinking of the fall and
winter evenings . indoors, . the
Union Outfitting Go. has ar
ranged for a special demonstra
tion of the new "Electric" Pathe
Phonograph, starting next Sat.
urday.
These balmy Autumn days are
also ideal for baby and, as many
mothers are getting out for daily
walks, an exhibition of "Lloyd"
Baby Carriages at special prices
will also take place. -
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