Peace, Sweetness, Light. Won't Pay, Can’t Pay. It’s a Latv, but Bad Law. Unimportant Earthquake. ^ By ARTHUR BRISBANE j Speaking of peace, sweetness and light, you notice that our neighbor, the Argentine republic, plans to spend more than $147, 000,000 for an army this year. Lloyd George says England has just signed with Turkey the most humiliating peace treaty that Eng land ever signed. The treaty allows ships of all nations to go through the Dar danelles. That isn’t important The important thing is, what kind of a fleet will Russia one day tend through the Dardanelles—ships on the water, submarines under the water, flying machines above the water. George M. Reynolds, wise Chi cago banker, returns from Europe saying France won’t pay its debt to the United States. That’s true. France won’t for the reason, among others, that it couldn't if it wanted to. It couldn’t pay us four or five billions, interest excluded, and pay the same amount to England with out taxing the people as heavily as the English and the American peo ple are taxed. The French won’t stand that kind of taxation; they don’t like it. And when they don’t like a thing, they have a way of making their government know they don’t like it. We haven’t that here. A Chicago judge upholds the right of any man to disinherit his wife and children. That is the law, but it’s bad law. If a man has a dog the law will compel him to feed that dog, al though the man isn’t the dog’s father. What a man must do for his dog, he should be compelled to do for his children. Napoleon knew it. Frenchmen are not allowed to dis inherit children that they have created, unless for good reasons. If a man’s children are worth while, he should be proud not to neglect them. If they are worth less, his is the fault for he made them, and he should be compelled to support them. Earthquake rumblings in Cali fornia with nobody killed are treated in eastern newspapers as a combination of the world war and the destruction of Pompeii. Cali fornia quakes are not nearly as dangerous as floods and lightning in the east, and don’t collect one tenth as many lives. Out there the earth is just set tling down, getting ready to sup port and hold up about 60,000,000 more human beings. In Toldo, by the way, there were 60 earthquake shocks, one after the other, within two weeks, and nobody paid any attention to that —wisely, for they didn’t amount to anything. Steinach, brilliant surgeon of Vienna, has undoubtedly changed old men into apparently young men by gland transplanting, and also, according to good authority, has made a person aged 20 suddenly become 60 in appearance. As between the two, the wise man would says, “If you must change me, make me older. Any thing but a return to youth and all its foolishness.” The great empire of China is crumbling. Anarchy is growing, the opium traffic is opened up wide for the sake of revenue. Conditions are bad. But China has always been crumbling more or less, like the great Chinese wall that began crumbling when it was finished. Like the dinosaur of old that died off because of its very big ness, China seems too big to man age itself. That’s bad for China, fortunate, perhaps, for the rest of the world. If China developed a genius able to control the five or six hundred million Chinese, able to feed and raise the babies to swell the nation to 1,500,000,000, more than all the other peoples on the earth combined, it would be dangerous for the others. The Baptist World Alliance con gress at Stockholm is told that only Christianity, spread everywhere, will prevent wars. Christianity would prevent if those in power paid any attention to Christianity’s teachings. But in the seven years’ war, the thirty years’ war, the hundred years’ war, among 10,000 other wars, were all perfectly good Christian wars. And there are plenty more to come. And when Christians got tired of fighting each other in the old days, they started out all together on their crusades to fight gentle men in the east—who gave them a series of good beatings, by the way. For Christianity to stop war, the nations must become Christian, actually, not merely in name. In the last great war there were hundreds of millions praying to a Christian God convinced that He undoubtedly would help each group to beat the other group. (Copyright^ !»:».* Scores of Auto Tourists Caught by Flood Waters Many Motor Parties Marooned in Wyoming — Retreat From Thermopolis Cut off by Cloudbursts. (Continued From Faso One.) service. Three cloudbursts scattered ovqr an interval of six hours swept down the mountain passes carrying tons of rock and dirt, cutting off from the outside world 400 tourists and completely demoralizing all forms of communication. Ranger stations, summer resorts, lodges and other buildings were swept into flooded rivers. Canyon creek moved westward a quarter of a mile and formed a new channel. Debris 35 Feet Deep. Absaroka lodge. Dude resort, is re ported filled with debris and trees 35 feet deep. Mud three feet from the overflow of Grinnel creek covers the road for miles. Boulders, trees and wreckage of all description was strewn over an area of more than half a mile when Clock Tower creek went over its banks. Hundreds of marooned tourists worked feverishly with forestry serv ice men in throwing temporary bridges across the flooded streams, and this morning had succeeded in making a passable road from the park to this city. Shoshone dam reservoir is black with a mass of wreckage washed down by the flood of waters. Woman Wlio Lost Arm and Leg Found Alone in Her Home Mrs. Ella Hampson, 50, who recent ly suffered the amputation of her right arm and leg at a Council Bluffs hospital, has asked the county to buy her an artificial leg. She was found yesterday at her home, 24P7 First avenue, by a county official with no one to care for her. She had been taken to her home from the hospital only a few days before. She was removed to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fehr, at Twenty-fourth street and Avenue N. Koutsky Acts as Paving Inspector for Few Hours City Commissioner Joseph Koutsky, head of the public Improvements de partment, served for several hours as paving inspector yesterday. He was on the Job at Twelfth and Bancroft streets at 6:58, and when the whistle blew at 7 he was all set for work. Due to the death of the father of J. W. Burns, city Inspector, Commis sioner Koutsky took Bums' place as inspector until a man could be ob tained. Hernberg Store Buyers Make Trip to New York A. Herzberg and staff of buyers are In New York making purchase* for the approaching season. Ths buyers accompanying Mr. Herzberg are Mrs. Linton. Miss Sofia Fayman, Mrs. Bolzendahle, Mr. Waterman, S. Lowensteln, Miss Hilda Peterson, Maurisa Brownstcln and Mrs. Irene Grey, Mrs. A. M. Hall, buyer of furs. Just returned from several weeks In New York. Men Charged With Auto Theft Waive Hearing Ed Shaddox and Paul Romano, ar rested Monday on the Douglas street bridge with a car stolen from the garage of H. 8. Garisbe, Lakoina an nex, Council Bluffs, waived prelimi nary hearing on a charge of automo bile theft In Council Bluff* police court yesterday and were bound over to the grand Jury on $2,000 bond each. Butler Says Illinois Man Sent to Get “Goods” on Cops Police Commissioner Butler charged yesterday that E. A. Page of Peoria, 111., who Is being held for Illinois authorities on a charge of bank robbery, was sent to Omaha to endeavor to collect evidenc* against the police department. H* charged that Page was employed In an effort to discredit his work since he became police commissioner. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament to Close Novena Exposition of the blessed sacrament, closing the novena of 8t. Ann, will be held In St. Anns church today, lasting 14 hours, from 6 a. m. to S p. m. The service will close with a solemn benediction. Through an error the date of this service appeared as Wednesday In stead of Thursday. No matter where night over takes you. when In Iowa, you are within easy driving distance of a Miller-operated Hotel. It Is al ways worth while to plan your day's drive so as to enjoy the overnight stop at one of these hotels. Here you will find everything to bo desired In hotel appoint ments together with a service personally Interested In your wel fare and Insuring you the rest you need after a day on the roads Kend for free map and resort In formation. "'^•pisSEr:" Dm Melees, lews. JL. [rtVF- Mil lJM MOTCI4 IN IQW* I. Hslfl F«rl fl« Mwih* •*# h, Of* Mnint* I HoW*i Stmjf • Um Momm I Hatol IMwl - • • Mmm r.Mf 4 Nvltl • % % Otxupatl I Halfl l>i»f«|wH »« y>, r. 0*«W|M(1 1 I ________________________________ Flock to Park Spring Have one on Joe Hummel, city com missioner in charge of parks. He dis penses nothing stronger than H-O at the springs In Elmwood park, where the proletariat and pleblans go for a cooling draught. "Some call It Adam's ale and others refer to it as aqua pura,” Mr. Hum mel said. "All I know is it's the best water In this neck of the woods.” Increasing numbers of motorists who go with receptacles during the evening hours this season have made another parking problem for the com missioner. This water service station in Elmwood park is connected to two springs, the second having been dis covered last year when excavating Roads Asked to Cut Wheat Freight Rates (Continued From l’uue Oar.) export wheat from this country and would thus tend to increase the price of wheat that remains. One grain man expressed the belief that the operation of the proposed reduced rate would have the effect of grain men offering 5 cents more a bushel on this terminal market. An other grain man stated that the re duction of the export rate would be divided by the export buyers and the farmer. The committee received a message from C. W. Mental, Industrial com missioner of the Kansas City Cham ber of Commerce, stating that the ag ricultural department of the Kansas City chamber Is taking cognizance of the wheat and flour situation. Ohioans Hear of Plan. George A. Roberts of the Omaha Grain exchange reported having met a delegation of travelers from Marlon, O., who stated that they had been reading In eastern papers of the movement launched In Omaha to stimulate the wheat and flour mar kets. W. A. Ellis of the Chamber of Commerce reported that co-opera tion has been promised by the Mer chants' market week committee. Omaha clearing house. Associated Retailers. Nebraska Manufacturers' association and Nebraska Federation of Retailers. Randall K. Brown and J. M. Gil lan attended meetings yesterday at Sidney. Neb. Former Omaha Man Writes Mayor from Buenos Aires A. M. (Tony) Easterling, former member of The Omaha Bee editorial staff, Is Identified with a Weekly magazine In Bueno* Aire*, according to a letter received by Mayor l)nhl man. Since his work as Instructor In the air service during the period of the war. Tony has engaged in newspaper work through Germany, Russia and other European countries. Kimhall Laundry Employes to Pirn it- l Elmwood Park Employes of the Kimhall Eaundry company and their families will picnic at Elmwood park Saturday afternoon at 3. There will be contests and stunts, with prizes, and a hall game between the salesmen and plant employes. Basket dinner will be eaten at 6. for pavement. There are two small springs about 200 yards .away and not as yet harnessed. Commissioner Hummel looked over the ground on Monday with a view of moving the present outlet pipes to a point about 123 feet northwest of the present location, to improve the accessibility. A contractor is now working out the details of the plan. The proposed new location would be about 60 feet from a roadway. Mr. Hummel has discovered that the flow of the Elmwood springs is more during spring and summer months. He intends to determine the amount of flow from these springs during 24 hours. Postman Allowed to Wear Shirts in Hot Weather Washington, July 23,—Postmaster New in a ruling issued today author ized carriers to wear shirts, prefera bly of light gray or white, and belts, instead of heavier blouses or shirt waists. At ono time carriers were re quired to wear coats and vest® te gardless of the_ temperature. Oklahoma Mercury Sizzle?. Oklahoma City, Okla., July 25.— Heat records for the summer were smashed in Oklahoma City yester day. Temperatures above the 100 mark were the result. At Knid, the mercury sizzled up to a new record of 106. Muskogee estab lished a new ceiling of 105 and at Tulsa the mark of 105 was reported for the fourth time this summer. Bartlesville reported 104 and Okmul gee stood on par with Oklahoma City with 101. World Court Proposal Ridiculed by Johnson ((nntlnutd From !'■•« One.) Italy and Japan, have specifically de clined to submit to its compulsory jurisdiction." Senator Johnson said tonight's meet ing was without political significance and his address merely was to give his opinion on International affairs as he had seen them during his visit to Europe. "I was an ‘Innocent abroad’ " ho said. “I went to Europe Just an American. I return just an Ameri can.” Senator Johnson said he spoke with neither "personal nor political hostility to any man," but asserted he could not "forgive the man who decides this nation's future solely by the present apparent necessity of par tisan politics.” Men Alike World Over. "What we condemned under a democratic administration, we will not accept under republican adminis tration" he declared. The senator said he would refrain from any ex tended discussion of domestic ques tions, but pointed out that “men are not unlike the world over.” "Common humanity learned from dread war It must bear the burden," he said, "but It learned too It could wield the power. Discontent abroad in our land, say our publicists? Of course there Is discontent. It arises not from dissatisfaction with popular government but with the lack of It. When we are so weak, our efforts so futile, that we cannot frame laws which will stand the test of the courts, to prohibit child labor and give women a minimum living wage, the common man looks at us, he even dares to look at the courts, with some dotibt and mistrust. Humanity Demand*. "If one-tenth the effort now being made to take u* into Europe were.de woted to taking our own country out of this distress and want, we would have a happy, contented and pros perous people. But of one thing be certain. Humanity is determined to have its own. It no longer begs; It demands. It asks the right to life, liberty and human happiness. It will have it in full measure. I sug gest to my conservative brethren that recent events Indicate they must choose whether progressive things will be done In a conservative way or in a radical way. You may have to take progresslvism or radicalism will take you. “But upon these domeatlc ques tions our peope will divide without pretense or cant and they will be decided in tho good old American fashion, in fair atand up fight.” I'nllke domestic politics. Senator Johnson said, foreign policies could not readily be changed, lie declared The Master Piano -of the World A THE STEINWAY Lasts for generations, and our pleasing payment plan makes it possible for any one to own a STEINWAY, “The Instrument of the Immortals.” Your old piano will be accepted as a substantial part payment and terms of three years ar ranged on the balance. We are the exclusive representa tives of NEW STEINWAYS in Nebraska and Western Iowa. We Cordially Invite You to Call and Hear These World Famed Instruments S(toolkfSjlhidkftm)o(A 13M I618 Dod W Bldg, Omaha r « this fact made It Important that a de cision lie reached on America's atti tude toward Europe without haste, passion, partisanship or prejudice. Sums Up European Situation. Senator Johnson summed up the present European situation by declar ing that England pursues the policy of the commercial supremacy of Eng land; France Is determined to main tain Ita continental position and its world power; Germany, disarmed, sees Its fairest Industrial provinces seized and dreams of a future day of reckoning; Italy bluntly announces the Italian policy of "nothing for nothing; Italy for Italians,” w'hlle the Balkan states retain their capacity for Invoking their greater neighbors, and with but one or two exceptions still cling to the good old Balkan method of changing ministries by assassinating ministers. On every hand, he asserted, there are distrust, suspicion, hostility and hatred; hostility and hatred of one another and distrust and suspicion of us. "Europe must put her political house in order before she invites guests to cross Its threshold,” the senator said. Toronto Bank Bandits Flee With $130,000 Toronto, July 25.—Six bandits en gaged in a pistol battle yesterday with a dozen bank messengers in the heart of the financial district and the bandits won. The robbers fled in a stolen car with about 1130,000, leaving three messengers lying wounded on the sidewalk. Two may die. The messengers were walking along Jordan street from the clearing house, carrying pouches of money, when the bandits drew up In their car. The robbers Immediately opened fire. In the fight David Campbell, mes senger, Sterling bank, fell with bul lets in his left lung and shoulder; A. F. Duck. Union bank messenger, crumpled with a wound In the ab domen, and James V. Harris was shot in the chest. Campbell and Duck tonight were in a serious condi tion. Seizing what pounches they could, the bandits fled In their car. The money they took belonged to the Bank of Nova Scotia and the Sterling bank. Thief Senteneed to Prison 48 Hours After His Arrest Ceveland. O.. July 25—Within less than 48 hours after his arrest in Montreal on charges of forgery and embezzlement. Michael M. Dugan, for mer private secretary to James Corrl When in Omaha Stop at Hotel Rome gan, millionaire steel man, was to day sentenced to from 1 to 20 years in the Ohio penitentiary following hi* plea of guilty to embezzlement of "more than 110.000” from hi* former employer. Novelty Footwear Reduced to $7.95 Colored Sandals Novelty Oxfords A fancied extravagance need no longer restrain you from possessing a pair of the prettiest new colored slippers now that July Clearance brings them at reductions of more than one-third. Our finest summer novelties in French kid and suede are included. Red Green Tan Gray White Trimmed In Color Main Floor Thompson-Belden Special Silk Hose $1.95 In black, white and all shoe shades. August Fur Sale Begins• Monday, July 30 Watch for detailed announcement in Sun day’s papers. 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