THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1921.
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France Rocking the Boat.
The shock of amazement that followed the
announcement that France is planning to build
a navy that will exceed cither that of the United
State- or Great Britain under the "5-5-3" Hughes
plan increases as the suggestion is weighed.
In some of its aspects it appears fantastic. When
Aristide Briaud made his eloquent appeal for
the French army before the open session of
the conference, only a few days ago, his words
fell on sympathetic ears, and both Mr. Balfoux
and Mr. Hughes hastened to assure him that
France is not Jo be left aione to defend her
soil and her institutions. This does not seem ,to
have been enough.
Under the "5-5-3" plan each of the leading
powers is agreeing to scrap a considerable por.
lion of a navy already afloat, as well as to ad
journ building for a period of 10 years, A
secondary reason for this is the desire of each
to reduce the burden entailed by the cost of
creating and maintaining a navy. That France.
at the hour of' its greatest financial distress,
precariously existing under a steadily increasing
tax rate and with a steadily mounting - budget
deficit, should deliberately set out to construct
the most formidable navy afloat while the other
powers were doing nothing in this line, is al
most incredible. Guaranties of security for the
French nation against German or other invasion
are freely given, not only to reassure the people
but to give them a chance to recover by re
ducing the expense of a defensive army and navy,
not to encourage them in an unreasonable and
unjustified extension of their armament.
Germany has no navy, Russia and Turkey
are powerless when they reach the water's edge.
Whom do the French fear? Certainly not the
United States, or England, or Japan, who were
alongside the French in the terrible days of the
late World War. What possible enemy can
menace the great republic?
Lloyd George' has just awakened a new note
of interest by his proposal that the British gov
ernment is contemplating the cancellation of all
debts owed to it by other nations, which amount
to almost $10,000,000,000, This will relieve France
of the payment of a large sum of money. Not
a little pressure is being brought to secure simi
lar action on part of the United States, and it
is not beyond reason to expect a settlement pn
some such basis. Can France, in the face of
this and of other powerful reasons, proceed
solemnly and deliberately to arm to the, teeth,
when all the rest of the world is disarming?
It is beyond belief. 'j
Or do the French dread being forced to ac
cept a place as a second-rate power? Or, is
the move simply a trading proposal to give life
and vitality to the moribund Wilson-Lloyd
George-Clemenceau treaties? Some further de
tails must be forthcoming before a definite con
clusion is set down. If the French insist on their
present plan, then the work of the arms, con
ference will have to be largely done over or
go for naught.
Saved and Slain by Science.
It Is quite to be expected that improvements
in sanitation and increase In knowledge of heal
ing will Increase the average length of life. In
fact, a high official of a great insurance company,
speaking at a national convention of his busi
ness, lately quoted statistics which he considered
may Indicate "the dawn of a material lengthen
ing of the span of human life in the Unked
States and Canada."
There were 153,000 fewer deaths in 1921 than
in 1920 In these two countries, he asserted, and
this year Is the healthiest ever experienced.
While there has been a huge decrease in death
from natural causes, it is a matter for concern
that violent deaths have increased. Suicides,
homicides and fatal automobile accidents have
taken a heavier toll. It is said that 10,000 per
sons will be found to have been brought to pre
mature death in motor car wrecks this year, a
loss estimated in economic cost to the world of
$25,000,000.
Such is the blind way of man; by science
to reduce the number of premature deaths from
disease, while by use of scientific inventions of
other kinds, by automobiles, pistols and the like,
doing more to death. There is Irony In the
thought of science saving a man's life after weeks
or months of care, only to have science, in the
shape of a motor car or a bullet, snuff it out
in a second,
On the Last Lap.
The final week of Christmas buying is under
way, and before next Saturday night the holiday
rash will have swelled to its highest tide.
Whether or not the oft-repeated admonition to
shop early has had any real effect, the stores
have shown uncommon activity for many days;
In all tba displays of Christinas wares variety
and excellence, art noted, and the shopper has
nad wide range for the exercise of choice in
w itliitini ee! presents. ThJa It but the ex
pected thing la a modern city, vhtf the rcuil
4eleri are fttridty abreast the times, and art
enterprising and energetic in their quest for
patronage. Maybe it is overworkiug caution to
again oSar advice to Christinas shoppers, et wt
venture to renew the suggestion that, ia their
eagerness to secure the articles sought they do
not entirely abandon prudence in conduct,
Crowds oo streets, in stores, in tram cars, every
where present in ordinary limes are greatly en
hanced during the holiday season, sud for the
rest of the pre-Christmas period will amount to
jams. Many children are present in these, and
so the utmost care must be take a to avoid acci-
dent, Keep your temper, watch your packages
as welj as your step, and all wiU be welt. Christ
suas only comes once a year, and it would be too
bad to have it marred by any accident that plight
have been avoided.
"Xbt Lantern of Diogenes.
That interesting character known as Mr. Zero
lately conducted a one-man demonstration out
side the door of the disarmament conference.
In addition to the heart-shaped umbrella that
he carried in his campaign to advertise the woes
of the unemployed, he had acquired a lantern.
After the fashion of Diogenes he explained that
he was looking for a man- Christian in the
international conference. He was led away by
the police, but not before he had dramatized the
peril that menaces the movement to end war.
The spirit of brotherhood seems lacking in
the negotiations now going on, It is unfair to
put the entire blame for this on the diplomats,
for if their people were imbued with the com
plete good will which may be called Christianity,
there .would be a deal less pulling and hauling
in the conference. All this makes most timely
the issuance of a set of principle's by the Federal
Council of the Churches. The first three of these
read as follows:
We believe that nations, no less than in
dividuals, are subject to God's immutable moral
laws.
We, believe that nations achieve true wel
fare, greatness and honor only through just
dealing and unselfish service. .
We believe that nations that regard them
selves as Christian have special international
obligations.
These and the remainder of the principles
look simple, yet they have vast meaning. Na
tions may claim to live up to these standards,
and yet it is plain enough that they do not, or
they would not now be in such turmoil. When
critcising the tricks of Japan, for example, it is
well to remember that it 1s only the people of
the European nations that pushed their way into
Asia. There is as yet no moral code among
nations; theirs is the law of the jungle. It is
beyond the power of statesmen to alter this
only the people .themselves have the power to
change age-old customs.
Sovereign Citizen, Not a King.
An American citizen who bears the name
and in whose veins flows the blood of the great
Napoleon denies that he is considering acceptance
of one of the inseled toys called crowns in Eu
rope. The decision is about what might have
been expected from a man who was born and
trained in the United .States, and who knows
the value of American citizenship. Giving over
the privileges, even of the humblest, to take on
the cares and difficulties of managing a king
dom of any sort is not the sort of thing to
interest a man who has always enjoyed the free
dom of action that is his in America. When
it comes to being mpret of Albania, or what
over ridiculous title they may bestow on the
unlucky man who becomes the figurehead of that
country where life is a constant succession of
surprises, chiefly consisting in assassination, al
most anybody with good sense and in possession
of all his faculties would pass. It is not so
long a time ago that even a German princelet
declined to take on the job, and that at a time
when back of him he might have expected to
see goose-stepping the then unconquered army
of the all-highest. Nobody at the time blamed
the Albanians for not wanting him, nor the
prince when he declined to accept the chance
of early death entailed by his undertaking to
enter the land he was assigned to rule over. For
a number of years the free and easy residents of
that peculiar little country have complacently
contemplated a vacant throne, and in all human
probabilty that condition will prevail for some
time to come. Albanians have about as much
use for kings as Americans would have for a
dictator.
Corraling the Wireless.
The world will await confirmation of the
story from Russia that an Ukranian electrician
has succeeded in so adapting the wireless tele
graph as to confine it to communication between
designated stations. If this is brought about,
the service of the radiograph system will be
tremendously extended. At present messages are
shot into the air, and any receiver whose wave
length is synchronized with that of the sender
will pick up the message. For that reason
radiograms are confined to such communications
as may be sent open, to cipher messages, or
to such as may be transmitted in arbitrary form,
which Is equivalent to cipher. The advantage
of having direct and exclusive communication
is apparent If it may be 'secured by some
form of apparatus which Is capable of provid
ing the secrecy that now surrounds ordinary
wire communication, the gain will be direct,
both in peace and war. The number of "bear"
stories that have come out of Russia within re
cent weeks will result in this being set over
among the things that are "important if true,"
waiting for genuine news as to the result of the
experiments. No good reason exists why some
such invention should not come out of Russia,
save the fact that the contributions from that
country since early in 1917 has been of any
thing but a useful scientific nature. It will
be a welcome change to learn that something
useful has been accomplished over there.
Just for the purpose of keeping the record
straight, let it be stated that the railroads of
the western district had a net operating income
of $53,984,082 in October, this being at the an
nual rate of return of 5.8 per cent. This Is get
ting a lot closer to that 6 per cent return than
many other branches of business.
A bul has been introduced in congress to ex
tend the life of the War Finance corporation one
year. This is deserving of thought, as under the
existing law the loan activities of the corporation
would end July 1, 1922.
' Those Hindoos who all stayed home when
they were expected to get out and shout for the
prince of Wales certainly showed themselves
adept at the gentle art of giving the "raxzberry."
Compensation Bulktin
Soma Cases That Wrn
Workmen as to Danger.
(By Frank A. Kennedy, Secretary of Labor and
Compensation Commissioner.)
Lincoln, Neb., Dec 14. This bulletin Is Is
sued to warn the workers of the state against
being misled into bringing common law suits
for damages following injuries while at work.
The following esses are cited to more definitely
illustrate the danger of taking chances under
common law rather than accepting a lure thing
under the compensation law;
In January, IVlo", Henry Duhrkopf was se
verely burned by an electric wire while moving
a house for a contractor named Brown iu Lan
caster county. As a result of this accident Duhr.
kopf lost one hand and one font. -Under the
compensation law at. that time he was entitled
to receive $12 each week for 300 weeks and $9
each week for the balance of his life. Instead
of coming under the compensation law, the in.
jured man was prevailed upon to accept $2,000
from his direct employer and tlien sued the
owner of the house for $35,000 under common
law. lie lost the suit under common law, and
the statute of limitation, under the compensation
law, had ran against him. He lost a clear cut
compensation claim that would have netted him
$3,600 during the first 300 weeks, and $11,700 lie
would have received during a life expectancy of
25 years. This is one case.
Here is another: A Mrs. McGowan was In.
lured while working for the Omaha Athletic club.
Instead of coming under the compensation law,
Mrs. McGowan was prevailed upon to sue under
conimoa law, claiming that domestic servants
were exempt from the provisions of the com
pensation law and, as she was a pantry woman,
she was a domestic servant and did riot come
under compensation law. The district court held
that a pantry woman in a hotel was not a do
mestic servant, but rather was a regular employe
under the compensation law. The case was ap
pealed to the supreme court. and that body sus
tained the decision of the lower court. We do
not know how serious an injury Mrs. McGowan
sustained, but we do know she lost her damage
suit and received nothing under the compensa
tion law, because the statute of limitation ran
against her when she got through studying law.
Here is still another case: Tony Bullock wag
employed in 1919 by a nursery at Arlington, Neb.
The employer carried compensation insurance to
protect himself and his employes in case of in
jury. Bullock was drivinsr a team that was work
ing around a windlass pulling stumps. The double
tree snapped and part of it flew back, striking
Bullock on the leg, between the hip and knee.
The leg was broken and after healing he had a
50 per cent loss of the use of his leg. He ac
cepted compensation for six months, and then a
Fremont lawyer prevailed upon him to refuse
further compensation and sue for big damages.
The commissioner made two trips to Fremont
and plead with the young man to stick to the
compensation law and not take any chances
with, a common law suit. 1 he case went to a
hearing before the district court at Blair last
week, and the judge decided he was estopped
from suing under common law after he had
accepted payments under the compensation law.
He cannot sue under the compensation law now,
because the statute of limitation runs against him.
He lost $1,312.50 by refusing to accept com
pensation and lost his common law suit.
A workingman who does not wish to be
bound by the provisions of the compensation law
may do so by filing with the department of labor
a written election not to be bound by the law.
If he does not do that then, he is bound by the
law, if the employer carries compensation insur
ance covering his employes.
The compensation department of the state re
quests the workers who learn the contents of
this bulletin to warn injured men and women
not to make the mistake made by the parties
mentioned above.
How to Kccf Well
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CprrihL IS I. by Dr. W. A. Evaas
Prison "Breaks"
Letters to the Editor
Opposes Vaccination.
Omaha, Dec. 14. To the Editor of The Bee:
A. S. Pinto, city health officer, served a per.
emptory order to have all school children vac
cinated or immediately barred from the public
schools who can not present satisfactory evidence
of having been successfully vaccinated. The
order is to meet what Dr. Pinto says Is a more
or less serious smallpox situation in the city. It
sounds like as If this order conveys the idea,
that a "great proportion of cases have been con
veyed by and through the school children."
The city health officer's vaccination require
ments for school children is based on the state
Jaw and the city ordinance, which make com
pylRory vaccination a requirement to school at
tendance. The majority of the school board
opposes the move.
Will the public please note that practically
all the vaccination laws in the states are drawn
over the same last? Vaccinate the men in the
cheap front avenue lodging housfis on Eleventh,
Twelfth, Thirteenth, Dodge, Douglas, Farnam
and Harney streets and the people who attend
the dance halls, movies and soft drink parlors,
then proceed to clean up some of the down
town alleys, yes, those which have not been
cleaned for four or more years, first, and then
begin on the school children to sow the seed
for cancer and tuberculosis.
I. P. A. BRTJECHERT.
Omaha, Dec. 15. To the Editor of The Bee:
Omaha is not threatened with an epidemic of
smallpox, there being only three or four cases.
The action of the Board of Health has already
had the effect of dissuading many persons from
visiting Omaha to trade. It Is strange that the
Association of Retailers has taken no action to
thwart the efforts of the health board to "throw
a scare" into the people. It is passing strange,
also, that parents have not risen up in a storm
of protest against the vaccination of healthy
school children, for which there is no lawful
authority. In this connection let me quote a
medical doctor, Edwin R. Heath, of Kansas
City:
. "I do not believe vaccination prevents
anyone from having smallpox, and on no con
dition should it be made compulsory. It is an
outrage to compel school children to be vac
cinated. Vaccination is always liable to b fol
lowed by blood poisoning, tetanus and abscesses,
and it may cause other very serious diseases. I
have had much experience in treating smallpox
and have discarded vaccination."
I can quote a hundred medical doctors to the
same effect. What is the motive "actuating our
health board? J. B. H.
Progressive Party's Thanks.
Omaha. Dec. 14. To the Editor of The Bee:
We want to thank you and the newspapers of
the state for the courteous treatment shown the
new progressive party in your reports of its or
ganization. We .are pleased to acknowledge and
give this means of expression for your fair and
unprejudiced reports so generously given of the
organization in detail of the new party on De
cember 8.
Tour generosity In publishing our platform
In . full has been announced in the following
clearly defined declarations: First, the taxes
shall be lowered in both state and nation;
second, that the prices of farm products must
not be permitted to go below the cost of pro
duction, plus a reasonable profit; third, wages
must not be permitted to go below cost of liv
ing of America's standard, with a margin for
old age.
Our platform rurnisnes reuer ror tne average
business man who is for a square deal. This
political platform declaring that the "labor is
worthy of its hire"- and calling on all followers
of the "Prince of Peace" to help drive the money
changers out of the country Is a page from the
Golden Rule. J. H. EDMISTEN, Chairman.
W. H. GREEN, Secretary Progressive Party.
EFFECTS OF DIATHERMY.
It is poaaJbla to end. electricity
through a tumor and burn It to a
t-iUp without causing any pain. It
la poiwlblo to send eleitri" Ity
through the tbwues and treat them
several degrees above the normal-
In fact, to heat the blood enough
to cousulate It In the veln, and
tht. too, without pain.
Without pain or any other die.
agreeable sensation, except a sensa
tion tf warmth, It Is possible to heat
the tissues and the blood ooniulned
In them ho much that the heat Is
carried all over the body by the
blood and other fluids of the part,
causing a fair degree of generalised
fever.
-If the body is exposed to radiant
heat, as, for Instance, an open fire,
the temperature may be raised as
much as 2 degrees. If one lg is
held exposed to a warm, open Are
the temperature of the entire body
mny be raised an much as a degree.
Is there any way to duplicate
thene effects of an open fire by the
use of electricity?
An ordinary electrical current
could do it, but the amount of pnln
contraction aud electrolytic action
from a current strong enough to
best up the body is unendurable
Experimenter found that by re
versing the current of electricity
6,000 times In a second considerable
heating could be accomplished.
If the current was reversed 10.000
times in a second they could heat
further without causing pain or con
tractions. Now they have It up to 500,000
breaks and reversals In the current
in a second, and, using apparatus
designed accordingly, they are able
to heat the body, to cause fever, to
cauterize a cancer and warts, and to
treat certain diseases with satisfac
tion and without causing more than
a local redness.
This kind of treatment Is called
diathermy, because , It in a heating
through process in that, differing
from the local application of heat,
It Is the deep tissues which heat up,
and not the electrodes or any other
part of the electrical apparatus.
And now what are some of the
physiological effects of diathermy?
It lowers the pulse rate and the
blood pressure and warms up the
body. It causes the lungs to take
in less oxygen and to give off less
carbonic acid gas.
And In the treatment of what
conditions is it used?
Persons who feel cold on slight
provocation, who develop cold feet
and cold hands, and who say they
have poor circulation, are said to
bo made more comfortable by dia
thermy treatments.
It will slow the pulse in some con
ditions of which rapid pulse is a
symptom. It will lower the blood
pressure by some 10 to 20 points.
It is used in the treatment of pain
due to neuritis and neuralgia. It is
employed in the treatment of
sprains and bruises.
These are about all the known
medical uses.
In surgery it is used In the treat
ment of gonoccocal infections, in
burning out cancers and other tu-
kmors. The diathermy spark will
remove warts, small skin tumors
and certain pigments from the skin.
Who Flung "Dat Onion! '
0. S. writes: "With the aid of
good books a man may learn to
recognize ringworm by mail; but
broad knowledge of life comes only
from ability to observe life. If you
are armed with slender, second
hand information of the arts, then
you cannot generalize on life from
the basis of small pathology assisted
by a library. A good mottor for you
might' be: 'Warts and bunions and
safety. How many painters have
you known?"
REPLY. ,
To quote General Longstreet's
gentle reply to Jenkin Lloyd Jones:
"I was not shooting at you, sir. I
do not know you and I am sorry if
I have hurt you." jvfany men whose
work always will live were inter
mediates. If you care to inform
yourself, read the works of Have
lock Ellis, Forel, Moll, Weininger,
Block, Carpenter and Krafft-Ebing,
Orange Juloc for Baby.
Mrs. J. B. M. writes: "I have a
baby 6 months old. She is breast
fed and weighs lS'4 pounds. Lately
I have not enough milk for her. 1.
I am giving her grade A milk, two
ounces of milk to four ounces of
water twice daily- is that all right?
2. Is her weight correct? 3. Should
I give her orange juice, and how
much?"
REPLY.
1. A baby 5 months old can take
milk and water mixed equal parts.
Continue breast feeding as many
meals as you can supply as long
as the secretion permits.
2. She is one pound, below stand
ard. 3. Yes. Begin with one teaspoon
ful daily. Increase the allowance
one teaspoonful twice each week.
Ijet Others Try It.
Mrs. E. H. writes: "I have ft
friend who has been advised to have
X-ray treatment for" tuberculosis.
Would It penetrate sufficiently to
cure the diseased lung, and what
would be the effect on the lung and
the tissue from the surface to the
lung?"
REPLY.
Not even the very modern high
power machines make rays strong
enough to affect the deep tissues of
the lung. If they did we do not
know whether they would cure or
make worse the tubercular process.
'Advise your friend to take the
rest-fresh-alr-feeding treatment and
to let the experiments be tried on
some one else. .
Appreciates Assistance.
Omaha Dec 15. To the Editor of The Bee:
I wish to express the appreciation of the reserve
officers for your very generous reports of our
convention and publicity prior thereto, given us
by your excellent paper. O. E. t-uL,t.R.
Capt. Inf. O. R. C, President Nebraska Reserve
, Officers Association. .
Man Who Gives Out the Jobs.
Young men with new-fashioned ways are wise
to remember that most of the jobs are given out
by older men with old-fashioned ways. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
CENTER SHOTS.
Says a headline: "Alcohol Is a
drug." Yes, but not on the market.
Greenville (S. C.) Piedmont.
Sometimes it looks to us as if the
Christmas dollar has mora speed
than power. Houston Post.
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viaici, cajro a. a.ow lum ucau mis.
Draw your own conclusions. Day-
"Three Day Holiday In Arms Con
ference" headline. Determined to
have some kind of a holiday. Ad
kansas Gazette.
One difference between 'league"
and an "association" of nations is
that the United States will probably
belong to the latter. Worcester
Telegram.
The modern nursery rhyme seems
to have been edited up to "Sing a
Term of Six Months for a Bottle
Full of Rye." Columbia (S. C.)
Record.
"Gaby Deslys Wardrobe for Or
phans Home." It Is hoped this In
cludes the millinery. Kansas Clty'a
recollection of Gaby Is that without
the millinery the orphans are In for
a hard winter. Kansas City Star.
rnas the vaaaiau lHar )
Within few days three dsprsle
prlaon presks" have occurred, two
ef ihem succoaeful, t the time. At
Little ttuck, Ark., the other day,
one ttt the moot notorious "t4
men" of that rogion ovrnniit Ins
guards, and with nve othar tonvliis
won I he way to liberty, only is f
shot down by one f tils rtuinlims
lainr and killed. It has brrn lilutad
that the man who slew him ws
chiefly responsible for l'ie "brisk,"
seeking to wrenk pri.te vneiir
upon the 4apradu dospiie the vir
tual certainty that he would be ess.
cuted. In Chli'iign yeKtertiay, a no
torious gunman, Implicated In nu
merous crimes ami nnully convicted
and sentenced to death (or killing a
polloeman, eaeaped with two other
convicts after a fight with the
guards, Is now at liberty, with the
police ordered to shoot to kill the
moment they se hint, This esse
suggests "inside aid." The cm
demned man was armed, and under
a priHon rule the guards In charge
of the sxerclntng siial had no
weapons. Eventuully dnubtloss this
fugitive will be taught and probably
slain. lie was taking a last desper
ate chance in the fare of certain
death on Thursday. Almost simul
taneously with the Chicago "break"
a Hot occurred In the Michigan slate
reformatory at Marquette, where,
during a motion picture exhibition,
a number of the prisoners sprang
upon the warden and best him,
wounding him dangerously with
knives presumably taken from the
prison .kitchen, and before they
were subdued several of the ofnclaia
had been badly Injured.
These succexslve troubles In sup.
posedly well conducted penal Insti
tutions stiirgest th it discipline Is lax
In these places. The tendency for a
number of years has been to loosen
the hand of control over men held
by the state In confinement. Prls.
oners have been given 'more prlvl.
leges, even condemned men have
been treated with sympathetic leni
ency and much more visiting has
been permitted. Communication
between prisoners is now eaHy,
whereas formerly in tho major es
tablishments It was difficult. The
smuggling of contraband to the
inmatos of a large Institution is
comparatively easy. It v-iuld appear
from results, and i.jcupes occur
with significant frequency.
The question arises whether
prison leniency has not been carried
too far. The men who are held for
crime are not, of course, all hard
ened into Irredeemable rebels
against society. There are many
who are susceptible of Improvement.
Perhaps most of them, If releaned
at once, would lead law-abiding,
decent lives. But there are many
who cannot bo trusted, either in
prison or out of it. Probably the
best course in seeking reformation
would be to have two types of in
stitutions, one for those who are
readily to be classified as chronic
criminals, and the other for those
who are only casually breakers of
the laws. This has been to Some
degree the tendency, but for lack
of proper provision the states have
not offered adequate opportunity to
the courts to dlfferenti.tte in sen
tencing those convicted of crime.
Paroles and probations permit
some classification of the convicted,
but there remain many of the hope
ful kind who must be held in cus
tody, and for these there should be
provided detention places suitable
to their condition, while the habit
ual law breakers, the men with rec
ords, the men for whom there la
practically no chance of redemption,
should go into jails and peniten
tiaries where confinement means
punishment, and from which there
is no chance of escape.
a$y to Select
Moving INivrinent Piatt
Vox Pari UoulevartU
'(lis, Vt, If A moving pave
ment nuy soon be insulted .under
the l'aris boulevards. Tht municipal
council hat decided! to sk (or plans
to b submitted during the next six
months of i circular moving sub
way, which would pass by the Palais
Koysl, tht Bourse, tht Opers, and
tht I'lut de I KtutiliUf. This sub
ty would be so constructed that
passengers could gel ol and on at
any point on it route, and by luesni
of frequent staircases r4ch tht
streets above. The traveling pl.t
form would be constructed in three
bands moving at progressive speed,
to that passengers by stepping from
one to another could mount or alight
without danger of falling. The fastest
band would rarry its passengers
along at 10 miles an hour.
Kintal Farmeri Durninj
' Com Instead of Coal
ToiHks, Kan., pre. IH, "Hiram,
iaa,I.a 1 rO 0 S. t I a ST . 1 J I T a Al
doesn't mean another bumper of torn
whisky, in this part of Kansas this
winter.
TbertVss a bumper corn crop this
fsll, and farmers have found ihsm.
selves with n over supply and a
poor market. Many have announced
their Intentions of buminB" their corn
for fuel litis winter. It' cheaper than
coat, the farmers say.
When in Omaha
Hotel Henshavv
ARTHUR C. SMITH aayi:
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the itlng of present toil and self-sacrifice. If jjou
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II Splendid progress has
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the contest is gaining
momentum each day.
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