The Morning Bee MOKWIN G—E V E N 1 N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher". MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tha Associat'd Press, of which The Bes Is a member, is exclusive!? entitled to the me for republlcation of all news dispatch's credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and aim the local news published herein. All ri#hts of repubiirstlona of our special dispatches are aim reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department lantic or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 F. M. : i nOO Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. www OFFICES Main Office—17th and Famam Co. Bluff* - - - 15 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—£86 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. ABSOLUTELY, MR. HARDING. Disrespect for the law is a national peril. If one set of citizens flouts any section of the constitu tion or encourages violation of one statute, then it may be expected that another set will become emboldened to flagrant disobedience of some other law which conflicts with their weaknesses or habits. It is not for men to choose which laws they will obey. President Harding, in his address at Denver, came into direct conflict with those who urge that because the prohibition laws are difficult to enforce they should be repealed. “There can be no issue in this land paramount to that of enforcement of the law,” the president declared. Thus does he res cue the question of prohibition from the flood of hysteria and place it on a sane and reasonable basis: “The issue is fast coming to be recognized, not as an issue between wets and drys, not a ques tion between those who believe in prohibition and those who do not. not a contention between those who want to drink and those who do not; it is fast being raised above all that, to recognition as an Issue of whether the laws of this country can he and will be enforced. So far as the federal govern ment Is concerned, and I am very sure also, so far as concerns the great majority of the state govern ments and the local governments, it will be enforced. A gratifying, indeed it may fairly be said an amazing, progress has been made in the last few years to ward better enforcement.” If the state of New York hoped to discourage enforcement by repealing its liquor laws, its effort was in vain, for Mr. Harding announces that there A will be no relaxation of the national government’s ■ activity in this regard. State and local authorities, * he believes, should bold themselves resposible for local enforcement, but if they do not, the federal officers will step in. To his mind the action of New York, instead of emphasizing state’s rights, merely exhibited the weakness of the state government in throwing its proper burdens on the nation. It is to his regret that the prohibition issue has not been removed from politics, for, as he says, it will continue a demoralizing element in our whole public life and “be a paramount bar to the wise determination of many issues utterly unrelated to the liquor question.” Venturing into prediction, he expresses confidence that “neither of the great par ties will see the time within the lives of any who are now voting citizens, when it will declare openly for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment.” He goes even farther: "The prohibition amendment to the constitution is the basic law of the land. The Volstead net has been passed, providing a code of enforcement. I am convinced that they are a small, and a greatly mistaken, minority who believe the eighteenth amendment will ever be repealed. Details of en forcement policy doubtless will be changed as ex perience dictates. Further. I am convinced that whatever changes may be made will represent the sincere purpose of effective enforcement, rather Than moderation of the general policy. It will be the part of wisdom to recognize the facts as they stand." The president speaks with the voice of common sense. The prohibition law must be respected and enforced to the same degree as are all other laws. That community brings disrepute upon itself and peril to the republic that encourages contempt for the Volstead law or the eighteenth amendment. WITH LIFE IN THE POT. “You’ll have to kill me to get my money,” said the victim of a holdup, and the robbers at once fired three bullet* into his body. He died a few hours later at a hospital. This was the end of a sordid story. The victim, a professional gambler, had “organized a party,” and out in the country, far from the reach of city authorities, he opened a “layout” for gambling. A number of so-called sports attended, and bet (heir money on the turn of the dice. Not a man there but knew he was breaking the law. In fact, they sought the open field at the dead of night, and by the “lantern dimly burning” they gambled. Excitement was what they were after. Most of them probably cared little if they won or lost; they craved the sensation that comes with a risk, the un explained feeling of satisfaction in an adventure that has the elements of wrongdoing. No amount of discussion will ever touch the reason for this, for it is bom in some men, and they yield to the im pulse as naturally as to breathing. But they also know that such ventures are likely to lead to very serious ends. , Not a great while ago a murder was committed ss the outcome of a quarrel over payment for a jug of bootleg liquor. An Iowa farmer faces a future of prison life for this crime. Now Iowa’s fair name is stained by another murder, as wanton and as useless as that of the bootlegger, also the outcome of petty lawlessness. Men who engage in these bits of lawbreaking are not vicious, simply reckless. That a great crime grows out of a little one, and that murder follows their dicing, is a consequence they do not consider when setting out for a “good time.” Young men must learn some day that gambling and similar things are not outlawed just tb deprive “boys” of any chance of having fun, hut because they are evils, minor, perhaps, in themselves, hut. leading to greater ones as certainly as water runs down hill. Our esteemed democratic contemporary makes the mistake of quoting from the wrong Palmer in discussing the sugar situation. Instead of Truman G„ it should tell what A. Mitchell Palmer did to help out when he was attorney general of the United States. Some folks around here paid ns high as 30 cents a pound and could only get a pound at a time when “Mitch” Palmer was running things. Sounds like old times to read about a schooner laying a shot across the hows of another, but in this esse it was only a dry boat chasing a rum runner. Looking for a place to help? There's the hree Ice and Milk Fund; everybody's welcome to subscribe. It gives 100 per cent eervice. «A1” Smith ought to read the Denver speech twice. / CONSCRIPTION OF DOLLARS. When, on Memorial day, President Harding de clared himself as in favor of drafting every dollar as well as every man into the service of the nation, in event of another war, he aroused a storm of pro test. Now, at the army general hospital at Denver, and in presence of men who are battling for life against disease and injury incident to service in the army, he renews that pledge, in these words: "But I want to tell you if ever there Is another war, we will do more than draft the boys. If I have anything to do with it, we will draft every dollar and every other essential.” Most of the objection to the president’* pro posal rests on the Fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which says, ‘‘Nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law.” This is one of the matters left by the federal constitution to state control, hut it must be read in connection with that section of the constitution which empow ers congress to provide for the public defense. When the selective service was first put into effect, it, too, was attacked on the provision of the amend ment, which did not exist when the draft was re sorted to during the Civil War. The answer of the supreme court at that time was to the general effect that the draft law was for the general defense, and so within the power of congress to enact and enforce. It called every man between the ages of 18 and 45 to Berve with the colors, or wherever he might be stationed. Prop erty was not so drafted, and, while over 4,000,000 men were called upon to enter the military establish ment, other millions were permitted to pursue their normal vocations without interference, except that the productive resources of the country were gen erally mobilized for war purposes, yet with the un derstanding that ‘‘due process of law” would provide ample compensation for any property used. Efforts were made to offset this by certain pro visions for the benefit of the soldiers, such as the insurance and educational plans, hospitalization, and the like. None of these plans, however, has ever been adequately carried out. Aside from the insurance feature, the rest of the program has been badly administered, and the men who went into the service feel they have been shabbily treated by a government that has not in all things redeemed its promises to them. Of the 4,000,000 and over of men who wore the uniform from 1917 to 1919, 110,437 paid with their lives that their country might live, and that freedom would continue to bless mankind. The government can take from these men their dearest possession, that of life itself, demanding that they risk it in the general defense: does it not seem as reasonable that the power that can conscript human life can also conscript dollars? Just because it never has been done is no good sign that it may not be done, and a lot of young men will march away to another war, if such calamity should befall the nation, with lighter hearts if they know their exposure is not going to result in enormous profit to some greedy profiteer, lying in safety behind the defense they provide. WHAT DOES FRANCE WANT? “The new German note offers as fair a basis for the settlement of the economic problem of repara tions as is within the power of the German govern ment to give.” That is the opinion expressed by John Maynard Keynes, author of “Economic Consequences of the Peace," and probably the best informed man in the world on the subject. Politicians have bungled the problem from the start, and to Mr. Keynes’ notion it is high time for a settlement on a business basis, taking into due regard the German capacity of pay ment. Poincare, he says, wants a blank check from Ger many, but if Cuno should hand it over, his govern ment would collapse. He ventures to say that in such event a government of communists and social democrats would endorse the check, though without any intention of making it good. The choice, accord ing to this theory, lays between payment from Chan cellor Cuno or a signature from the communists a la Russe. This English financial expert has shown an un canny gift of prophecy in the past. That makes more interesting his speculations on what would happen if another German revolution should break. Then, he .says, the world would see Bavaria, Saxony, East Prussia and the Rhineland splitting off under sepa rate governments, soon to he brought under French control. Instead of collecting reparations France then would establish a military empire beyond chal lenge by any other power. “France would have achieved what Germany was broken in attempting," Mr. Keynes says. "Such s project is capable of achievement. Poincare msy be deliberately pursuing it. It the light of history it is not improbable.” This is monstrous, full of woe for the German peo ple and full of peril for the peace of the world. The hope is that Belgium and Italy will withdraw their support, and that the English government will aban don its trimming and speak what is in its mind. “Queen of the Seas” is some title, but the Levia than is big enough to wear it gracefully. “Bob" Samardick has the federal court criminal docket all cluttered up again. A good plan at the Muny beach is to keep inside the life lines. “Icelrss Sunday” was no delight to anybody. Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert fT'orlhinffton Davie. WHEN SUMMER COMES. |,ong ha vs we Sighed, tong have we yearned, for sum mer e fragrant halm. And dreamed onr dream and sun* our son*—our heart enthusing psalm Around the rosy Are we sat In winter cold and drear. And yearned that aummer's *w#lt ring days would hasten to ua here. Our heavy coats we vould di<-o*id our caps In garret fling. Roll up our sleeve* and mow the card, tune up our lyrewand aliur. A nil feel the honest ([l atitude of them w hose aehe* are none, And rest content upon lit* porch when da>* turmoil was dene O, joyous dreams' The day* are hot, the scorching zephyr* blow. The hug* and »keeteta *pars us not. we'd Ilk* to hav* It anow, We d *lilver with sincere delight and ruh our ear* with . “The People’s Voice” Editorials from roadora at Tfca Maralnt Boa. Rcai'cn of Tilt Murnliif Baa art invited to uee this column freely for •xprmfoo on matter* at subtle latoreot. His Life ft Miracle of Faith. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: If you would bring a message of cheer and hope to the dope fiend and the drug addict would you not count it one of the greatest privileges of your life? Paul T. Hill, the sign painter, went to his reward a few days ago. Before his conversion seven years ago in the Billy Sunday meetings he was a dope fiend and a drunkard. He would even smoke In a day as many as 65 clgar ets. He was a victim of the chloral habit, and his case seemed far more hopeless than that of many a victim today. But he found a Savior in the Lord Jesus. Ho learned that Jesus Is mighty to save. No less a Savior would do the man who knew his lost condition. He determined, now that he had surrendered to Christ.-to learn all he could and to do all he could In service for others. He was di rected to a veteran Christian. Dr. T. C. Webster, then pastor of Oak Street Methodist church, whom he always looked upon as his spiritual guide. Listen, men and women who have de spaired of deliverance from the grip of the dope. Listen to Paul Hill s tea tlmony when he declared that he lost all his taste for drink and dope. What a deliverance! This Is not imagination, nor the boasting of man without experience, but the testimony of a man who for seven years lived an exceptionally Godly life In Omaha, quietly, unas sumingly laboring in his paint shop, working at night in mlsaions or in the street, or holdlog little prayer services in his shop or elesewhere. Think of the change. Once a bur den to himself and to society, now wondrously converted, and furnishing the proof of it by seven years of most loving, devoted service for others. Time and again has he had a word of prayer with men who dropped Into his shop. But one of the most beau tiful services that Paul Hill did was his Interest In children. Here was a man who died at 63. hut up to the last laboring untiringly with the boys snd g-rls of Oak Street church, teaching them. 30 or 40 boys and girls, Sun day afternoons. Nothing but the grace of God could enrich a life like that. The Oak Street Methodist Episcopal ■liurch was crowded when the last service was held. There was scarcely s dry eye. A man of God had passed rrom us and, old and young, felt a ereat personal love. He, lieing dead, yet speaks a most wonderful message of cheer and hope for the hopeless, for all who will trust implicitly the same Almighty Savior. W. H. JORDAN. Prefers English Propaganda. Cozad. Neb.—To th* Editor of Th' Jmaha Bee. In the ' People ■ Voice' column of June 20 was a letter con. learning British Influence in America .s injurious to Americanism. The writer of that letter seems to be a on firmed anti Anglican of the sort who me always blaming Britain for ill our misfortunes Any fair-minded man can see that of all the foreign propaganda In America, the English variety would be the least harmful -ecause of the similarity of the two lations. If Mr. Howard wants some real harmful propaganda let him look to jtlaer foreign countries. The Ger mans. for instance, are proving that Washington and Lincoln were Ger mans Let him look to the Japa and Chinese of California and to the Slavic and !.atln population of th# east. Why pick on the English alone? I agree with Mr. Howard that for sign propaganda is had. hut I insist that the Slavic. I-atln and Oriental kind is worse than the Anglo Saxon. R H. ‘•Reinstate Trapp and Dunn.” Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: la-t me express my em phatic endorsement of iho sentiments expressed in jour editorial entitled Reinstate Trapp and Dunn. ' The ac tion of the city commissioners ap pears to an outsider as an unmanly method of fighting commissioner Bui ler. Us effect is Just the opposite of lhat desired by the opponents of But. I*t. It has advertised Rutler ns a man if bei kNine and grit, Just th* typ* f a man needed to ' bust up" the tin lerground ma- bine which has run the iffslrs of this city, especially th* iav lice department, to the heart's desire nf such gsmblers and bottleggere ss ire considered useful as vote getters It may be true that the action of :hc»e two detectives failed to comply t l*h the letter nf the Inw If this was he .-use, the responsibility falls upon Rut let who gave the older for It: If Butler did Infringe upon the Daily Prayer My (led. unto Th** will l prif.—P* II Holy Father. w* thank The# forth# privilege of prayer It i* of Thine amazing goodne** that we ore per mitted to pray, and of Thine Infinite | wisdom that our prayers are an swered Our gratitude goe* out to riod for life and health, and all the blessing* which come to up. Above ill other Messing*. we are grateful to The# for the Savior. In thinking of the bleaalng* *o graciously bestowed upon ua, our heart* adopt the word* nf Scripture—“Thank* he unto God for Hi* unspeakable Gift “ We lay ourselve* at Thy feet, moat Holy One. w# adore Thy Great and Holy Name Thou alone art God, and beanie Thee there 1* none el*# I>o Thou hie** our home, and guide u*. To make It mjrh a home n* Thou wouldat have It to be Sanctify our relation* one to another, to become all that God ha* planned for our live* Hie**, we pray Thee, all other famtlJe*. our neigh bora and friend*, together with the arranger afar off though an enemy, hear u* fnr them, moat gi avion* Father, and gi\e to them every good thing we would aak for ourselve** Ml#** our country. Give the *p!rlt of wfadoin and wound Judgment to all r|v'tl officer* arid those in authority So overrule, that peace shall be main talned among *11 nation* T<*t Thy Kingdom come. Spend the glad day when every knee whnll Vow and every tongue confess Him loot'd to th* glory of God th* Fuller Amen RRV F r M.rONNKLt,. Atlanta Ha NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for MAY. 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.7:1,181 Sunday. 80,206 Pea* net Include return*, left aver*, ••mpl#* nr spelled In rrintine and Include* no eperlal j •alee. R. BREWER. Con. Mgr. I V. A. BRIDGE. Clr. M*/. ! SutiirrlkMi and tworn to hefor me j thie Zd 4my of June, 1*2*. W. H. QUIVEY, ! (Seal) Notary Public i 1 ■' I Fifty years ago sugar beet culturi had hut experimentally been under taken In th*- United Htatea. It was already established in Europe, and beet sugar was a competitor against cane in the market* of th*' world Nebrawka * adaptability an a beet rais.ng state was impressed on Ed ward Rosewater, and on February 29, 1*72, ha wrote the following: "SUGAR BEET CULTURE.” “A farmer who ha* for two succes sive years experimented in sugar beet culture in Colorado, gives hi* expert ence through the Colorado Press, from which we glean the following item*: The proper time to sow the seed I* from the 15th of April to the 1st of MHy. About 10 pounds of seed to the acre is Hie average quantity used. The rows were 24 Inches, and the plant* eight inches apart. According to an analysis made in November last, 100 pounds of beets yield 14' ng only about the usual amount in i,anufactured articles, the farmer Is , t IS vet out Of the wood* into wh.ch ho was shoved under the Wilgorden deflation policy.—Grand Island Inde pendent. It is stated by the statistician of the Mate bureau of agricultural economics •hat taxes pn Nebraska farm lands have doubled within the past eight rears And not farm lands alone, it s piohable that nearly every form of property Is taxed to three times a* i,caw as before the war. < ost of go* •rnment has Increased with every hlng else and the ecallng down will >*. very alow —Kearney Hub. •Tust to avoid future complications he powers should get together and osist that if any nation starts an vther war she must pay for it t D.—Norfolk New*. Now they have Started * contest unions the farm girls in milking eon <«t* Mi-s KUse Krs«ney of Kansas is in the lead In two minutes she Ailed a two-quart patl full of auperfine Jersey milk Bentce Wallen of Mis pu.uit was her nearest competitor. This heats -lance marathons ah to pieces.—York News-Times It seems like the supreme court h*» found out the war t« over Now if , he rest of us ran bring ourselves to 0,1 pse it we will socomplish more for peace and good will than all that ha* in that direction.—York rl* pubUran. _ not Insult their intelligence by char* them with, what a blind calf kn-wa. that r residential issue of thi« kind which might land New lorn in the democratic column would eer talnlv take Texas out of It These men are afraid that the tot .e* are In the ascendancy In the demo -ratio party and they have fixed up an issue to perpetuate their hold " the i Ity and state of New Wvrk and Lh, balance of the country can go " some of the tr«U, profiteers »nd •her graft*,* ate broadcasting th moor-am* of this issue, but It I* >n I T»e, of removing the spotlight from [Urn own misdeed* But .ha^t-n nthor «tor> " — Two Heads Better Than One MOTHER guides the Childish Mind— leads and inspires the Childish Soul— with the Wisdom that comes only from a Mother's Love. The TRUSTEE named by the Father's Will Safeguards the Child’s Inheritance —insuring the funds for Home and Edu cation—with the Wisdom that comes only from Experience in Rusiness Affairs. Our Trust Officer Will Explain Hair to Prevent the Dissipation of VOI R Estate Postscript to the Hall of Fame In the article which follow* th* editor of th* Scribner Ruetler give* an interesting end altogether so-ur,t, estiiuai* of the litersry sblllty of Richard L Metcalfe of Omaha. It «a» natural that the question *hould have been a*k*d whjr Mr Metcalfe s picture did riot appear In The Omaha He* a "Hell of Fain*. ' Th* beat gnawer la lhat hinted at by the Ne braska edltoe—the modeety of tiie man. Mr Metcalfe " a* one of 'he firat Nebraskan* Invited to appear In thi* gallery, but loqueated to be excused from the pubic ity If* sug gested the namee of % number of other Nebraska authors who later appeared In the eerles. but it was at hi* express wish that he himself "ia omitted. The attlcl# from tb* Scrib ner Rustler follow*; The Omaha Bee 11 running a “Hall of Fame'' column In which it* ha* named various men and women whom it believes should be known to poster ity for their individual greatness. Without meaning to detract from the words of praise which these individ uals have elicited, this newspaper de sires to advise the Omaha newspaper that I* seems to have forgotten ' ihe greatest Roman of them ail.” Mr. Richard D. Metcalfe, of Nebraska. For one to know Nebraska as It should Ire known he. of necessity, must know “Dick"' Metcalfe, the man who has written millions of words that have sent the red blood coursing Ihrough the veins and caused the heart to sing songs of Joy—has lifted up the fallen and comforted the widow and the orphan. No Nebraskan ;s known better or more favorably than he—newspaper man, gentleman and scholar. If Mr. Metcalfe were to be asked his opinion as to his greatest achievement during hlg life, doubtless he would reply with a smile: “Well, I didn't know I had ever achieved anything great.'' And he would mean it. for iie is a man who does things that sre gieat and forgetn them. That's Dick” Metcalfe, (rue to life, and Hint's why about a half million of i Nebraska’s population believe he is j mtitled to sit In the hall of fame of1 his adopted state. If Richard L. Metcalfe hid never | written a line In his whole life other than those which are to be found be tween the covers of his 'Such is the Kingdom. ' or performed no other memorable thing, that alone should ause him to be famous—would place him high on a pedestal above prac tically every man and woman named for “hall of fame honors by the 3maha newspaper, and on an equality with the very best mentioned If you have never read “Of Buch Is he Kingdom.'' go to the public libra-' y and get a copy. Read it and you will knew- the real Metcalfe, for its, iweet stories of child life will appeal j to you as do the verse stories of; he immortal James Whitcomb Rilev. rhroughout his long and honorable areer as a writer Mr. Me’calfe has written almost an endless number ■f articles that have left their Impress, hut none—editorial, news story or ;plc—that has caused him to b* more j worthy of a place In the hall of! ’.me of Nebraska than his de! ghtful book. Of Such Is th« Kingdom." Europe's Program. In winter Europe suffers s'srva lon md cold, and in summer It think* of j ear. Something ought to be done ibout It.—Chicago News Threshing Before Sifting. One year from r.ow we shall know j more about possible presidential candi | late*.—Albany Journal. 1 Abe Martin ftRw / cotntp etfrf IPtebfroiLtrl n+hHec / l 50AF6 5**rr*KY I U-—XWpasf Th’ Chinese bandits have released th’ foreign prisoners held from May 6 t’ June 11, an' now we know how long ‘‘only a question of a few hours” is. Next t‘ an invitational affair, nothin’ leaves so many sore spots as failin' off a stepladder with an arm full o’ window curtains. (Copyright 1923) Center Shots Under an ordinance against nol*» a hundred years age, Elizabeth. N. J.. silences radio horns. 'Which proves the old maxim that if you keep any thing long enough. some use will be found for it—Brooklyn Eagle. it is reported from London that The Merry Widow" has been revi-.ed Since I>ondon went mad over the Egyptian exhumations, there's no fell ing what they'll dig up next.—Cleve land Plain Dealer. The weather se-s the youth of the country a had example It Is willful, - capricious and has no settled habit*. —Kansas City Star. The honeymoon is over when he be gins to borrow from her household money to complete th« payments on ■ e engagement ring—Roanoke World News. The r»al shir' sleeve diplomacy is ha-, rg '-ne's coat 'IT when the boss comes in early In th# morning —Al bany Knickerbocker Pres*. A d--ting ..-hed Journalistic thlr.k»r advis*- ■ ( : body to take up aviation, because :• w:’l be so much safer than land traflV— there’*'plenty of room in the air " And that is mors or le*» true as long as everybody doesn’t take up aviation.—Tacoma News Trib une. If there* anything In this new French theory that fruits feel psin, • e green app'.e would apptear to hat* a good comeback.—Detroit News. Or ac unt of certain tendencies in modem dancing it has been suggested th.it dancer* be equipped with bump er*. And while they are at it. shock absorbers might rot be an unw.se ac essory —Nashville Banner. A PRODUCT OF LONG RECOGNIZED QUALITY now adds Atlas service facilities and dependability COWBOY brand Portland Cement in this territory has proved its excellence in all types of construction, and under all sorts of conditions. Rightly the building material dealer has vouched for it to his customers. The acquisition of the company by the ATLAS Portland Cement Company of Kansas has been with the idea of retaining that quality, retaining practically in tact the present sales and man ufacturing organization — but adding a greater service to the dealer and his customers. Allas publicity is more than simply a nation-wide famil iarising of the public with the name Atlas. It is a gen uine service to the dealer in opening up for him nett sales possibilities, and a genuine service to the consumer in showing how, u here and why he can best use Atlas. THE ATI.AS PORT1 AND CEMENT COMPANY OF KANSAS Independence, Kansas HA\ K 1 he Omaha Morning Pee or The Evening Bee mailed to you when on your vacation. ' I'hone A1 lantic 1000, C irculation Department