Today
l lic Muss in Miissolini. ,
Common Sense at Last.
What Are Luxuries.
On an Ant’s Eyeball.
^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^
You read about Greece and
Italy, about England worrying
over the scrapping of the Lau
sanne treaty, and the uselessness
of the league of nations.
Mussolini’s battleships and fly
ing ships are ready. He says to
Greece, “Apologize, salute our
fleet 21 times, execute the assas
sins that killed our officials, mourn
publicly for those officials in the
Roman Catholic cathedral at
Athens, and pay 50,000,000 lire
damages. Don't talk platitudes
about the league of nations. This
is an affair of honor.”
Everything is an affair of honor
if a man wants war, or a duel or a
street fight. Be'glad that our
country is not tied up in the
league; that it is not necessary,
as a distinguished editor says, for
us to “take the Muss out ©f Mus
solini.”
Mussolini bars the league, ap
plies rigid censorship, threatening
newspapers that print any news.
You can’t kill the ancient war
spirit with mushy sentimental talk
or a dreamy league.
The United States, with rather
slow moving common sense, has at
last formally recognized the gov
ernment of Mexico. It is a repub
lican government, backed by the
people, a sound government, pro
tecting the interests of Mexicans.
The head of the government, Presi
dent Obregon, is an able, honest
and patriotic man That ought to
be enough to insure recognition.
Mr- Smoot would tax luxuries.
Three dollar and a half shoes are y
not luxuries; $7.50 shoes are luxu
ries. A $700 automobile is not a
luxury; a $2,500 automobile is a
luxury. Sometimes it is the other
way around; $7.50 shoes will out
wear three pairs at $3.50, and are
not luxuries. The $3.50 shoe is
then the luxury and waste.
The $700 auto, soon worn out,
may be a great deal of a luxury,
compared for instance with a
$5,000 car that this writer used
during 10 years for passengers
and has now changed into a sub
stantial heavy load carrying truck.
Something cheap may mean great
extravagance. If often costs poor
women more than rich women to
buy shoes for their children.
Moving pictures taken with the
microscope offer an education that
millions need, ehildren, old men
and mothers
A fly is shown leaving in its
trail across a child’s little plate
enough typhoid germs to supply
the disease to five million people.
Respect the spider, whose business
is killing flies.
Nature perfecting insect life
through millions of years of evolu
tion shows you on this microscopic
screen how imperfect a creature
is man. You see an ant lifting a
weight that for a man would be
equal to 250,000 pounds.
You see plainly a species of flea,
a parasite of the ant. walking
across the ant’s eyeball. If it
were possible to dissect and photo
graph the inside of that parasite
you would find within a mechan
ism as complicated as your own
and other submicroscopic para
sites inside.
Dr. Curtis, professor of botany
at. Columbia, says the destruction
of our forests may come in 10
years. Thanks to the flying ma
chine, that destruction need not
happen. Our 832,000,000 acres of
• virgin forest have been reduced
to 140,000,000 acres. But what
men have cut down in centuries,
fliers could replant, scattering
seeds from airplanes in four or
five years easily. Millions of acres
of mountain land, rut off or burnt
over, could be replanted from the
air, and the Agricultural depart
ment should be supplied with the
men, money and seeds and ma
chines to do it.
England Is like the old lady that,
moved from the brick church to
the wooden church after the earth
quake, saying she believed in the
Lord, but didn’t believe in fooling
gwith him. England believes in
'peace, but doesn’t take any
chances. England has just de
veloped a new “supef tank," a
sort of battleship on land. It is a
fighting caterpillar tractor, carry
ing its own field artillery, with
artillerymen inside of it, and drag
ging huge cannon behind it. These
machines cost $40,000 each.
(C*pyr!|ht, IMS.)
Street Car Employe
Injured in Occident
Tom Howard. 45, 292X Avenue U,
employed at the street tar hams.
Twenty-eighth street and Avenue A.
Council Bluffs, received fractures of
both arms Friday night when a trol
ley pole swung wide on a street car
hacking Into the barn and struck him
as he was making adjustments on the
roof of the car. He was taken to his
home and attended by I>r. J C\ An
derson.
Bluffs Pioneer 4 .eaves.
William H. l,yn< hard. pioneer
f'ounell Bluffs newspaper man, left
Saturday, areompanied by his wife,
for California, where they will make,
iheir home with their daughter, Mrs.
V. L. Hughes, 1090 Old Mill road.
I’asadenn. Cal.
Eox Becomes Director.
Ai s special me<4ing of the board
of directors of the Council f.luffs Mu
nial Building and l.onn association.
Frank A Fox. manager, of t he (leorge
A Hoagland Lumber company, was
selected to succeed Robert B. \Vnl
lace as direct^ _
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Harding Favored
League, Yale Man
Says in Address
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Prof. Irving Fisher, in Liver
pool Speech, Declares l,ate
President Told
Him So.
Hr Associated I’ress.
East Liverpool, Sept. 2.— The asser
tion lhat the late President Harding
was in favor of America's entry into
the league of nations and that any
Impression to the contrary given by
him was for political purposes only,
vat made by Prof, irving Fisher,
noted Yale economist, in an address
prepared for delivery today at the
East Liverpool Methodist church.
Prof. Fisher declared he had
this information first from Mr. Hard
ing's own lips in an interview at
Marion, O., in July, 1920, when the
then Senator Harding was conduct
ing his famous "front porch" cam
paign for the presidency. The let
ter from President Harding to news
paper publishers, recently made pub
lic through the Associated Press by
Walter Wellman, author and journal
ist. in which the president discussed
his hopes for a world association,
led him to infer, Prof. Fisher said,
that the president "never for
sook his intention to form his ‘asso
ciation of nations' out of the existing
league of nations, by securing what
ever amendments were necessary to
effect the transmutation.
Interview at Marion.
"It was at his campaign headquar
ters at Marion that I talked about
the league with Mr. Harding,” Prof.
Fisher said. “Although I had twice
heard him speak, this was the first
time I had ever met him person
ally.
"Plunging into the subject I asked
him what his real stand on the
league was. and how he could ex
pect to create an entirely new asso
ciation of nations.
“He answered: ‘I’ll tell you, pro
vided you will not publish it in this
campaign. I must control the pub
licity of my own campaign.'
“Then he said: 'I want the Vnited
States to get into the league just as
much as you do.' On noting my
amazement, Mr. Harding showed
some amusement and then proceeded
to reconcile his amazing statement
with the common expression as to
his attitude by adding:
Wanted Amendment* Made.
" Of course, I'm opposed to the
Wilson league, as 1 have always
said, but the league can be changed.
My idea is to call the nations to
gether and ask them to make such
amendments as are necessary to se
cure the approval of the 1'nited
States.'
" '.But,' 1 said, do you think the
other nations would accept such con
ditions?' '.Most certainly,’ he re
plied. 'they would he only too glad
to get us in on any terms '
" Why not.' I said, make your
standing clearer in the campaign?'
" 'Well,’ he said, 'a political cam
paign is like a military campaign.
1 am the Marshal Foch of the repub
lican forces. It is not good tactics
to tell every detail to the opposition.
1 want to draw their fire first.'
iGovernor Cox speech of acceptance
had not yet been published )
Forres Were Divided. _
"‘But,’ I said, 'in your, own party
what will Senator - say,*for in
stance?'
“'Oh.' he said. 'Senator-doesn't
care. I know him better than you
do. When he take* his extreme
stand, he is doing so for political
effect. X must ultimately, I realize,
come to a definite program But
with my own forces divided on de
tails. my firBt concern is to get
those forces together. For the pres
ent it Is enougli to make it clear
that I am against the present Wil
son league, but for an association of
nations of a different sort.'
“In response to questions from me
as to how far my lips were sealed,
he said: I won't tail this talk con
fidential. but It ts personal. I mean
you must not go out of that door and
quote me lo the reporters waiting
for you there. But you are free,
even in this campaign, to tell your
friend*.’
"This X did, telling among others,
ex President, now C.'hief .iustice
Taft, whom I viaited the following
week at Points an Pic. Canada."
Iowa Fair Attendance
Larger Than Last Year
Des Moines, Sept. 2—The Iowa
state fair, which ended Saturday, will
show a profit of about $60,000, Secre
tary A. R. Corey of the fair bcurd
has announced. The total attend
ance exceeded that of 1922 by several
thousand.
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Boys, Playing “Indian,” Die in Flames
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While crossing a field near Spring Ijikr. N. J., Richard Foreman, 17;
Caleb Hubbard, 18; Willie Hubbard,14. Caleb's brother, and diaries Spindler,
11, began playing "Indians" |{irl)nrd FWeman and Ca^eb Hubbard fieri the
other boys to trees and net fire to a little excelsior around them not heal
ing that the ground was oil snaked from neighboring gas works. Before
they could beat out the flames the two boys were burned to death.
Earthquake Kills
100,000 in Japan
(Continued From First Page I
the water-front buildings. Fears are
felt for many ships.
The prinre regent is reponed safe.
Premier Yamamoto had a narrow es
cape. N'o definite information has
been received as to the fate of for
eigners.
In both cities the entire water sup
ply Is shut off and there is a scarcity
of food. Relief ships are being rush
ed to and front Yokohama harbor.
The town of I to, with 500 houses,
was carried away hv a tidal wave.
Sixthousand are reported dead
Many Villages Wilted Out.
The Osaka, railway tunnel Japan j
largest, collapsed
Numerous villages on the slopes o(
•Mount Fuji have been entirely oblit
erated.
Thousands of people. including
many foreigners in theHakone Hot
springs, are fleeing because of re
peated rumblings from Mount Ha
kone.
Besides Tokio and Yokohama, thn
following cities and towns are re
ported to havo been either wholly or
partially destroyed by the earthquake,
tidal waves and fire;
Osaka. Kukagawa, Senjl, Yokosu
ka, Asakusa. Kanda, Hongo and Shi
nagawa.
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Good Whisky Here;
Prices Hit Toboggan
Rumors are i urrent tip and down
lower Douglas street, In places where
booze runners gather that good Ca
nadian whisky is being run Into
Omaha by the auto loads.
The result is lower marker prices
for good liquor, they claim. Accord
ing to the reports good Canadian
whisky Is now selling here for 111
a quart.
No one seemed to know specifically
who, where, when or how about It,
hut they were empathlc that the re
ports are •true.
Dunbier to Teach
Painting at Y. M. C. A.
August Dunbier, Omaha artist, will
succeed George Barker ns teacher of
painting at the Y. M. < A. night
school, which opens September 10.
lie studied for seven years at the
Royal academy. Dusseldnrf. Ger
many. He paints portraits and land
scapes.
TODAY IS THE
LAST DAY!
Manawa Park closes the successful
1923 Season today.
Istial attractions of tho "Good Old .Sum
mer Tima"—bathing, dancing, boating,
free movies this evening, rides, game*,
pit nics and otrfer attractions invite you
(or that
LAST BIG TIME!
Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbor*
lodge* of Omaha, Connell Bluffs and
Southwestern Iowa hold their annual all day outing at Manawa
Park today. Plana made to accommodate everybody. .loin the
crowds and spend a delightful time'
Manawa
Park
AilmUftloa Free— llapld Street Car Service—Aolo lined* r.nnd
Bridal Couple Left
IT ailing at Church:
Minister Is Missing
There were they
Wilting at the ehffrch
Waiting at the church—
But enough of this ditty. It was
no joke to the Metcalfe Phelps wed
ding party which waited in the Firit
Fresbyterian church Saturday night
for <0 mortal minute* for Rev Dr.
Kdwin Mart .lenk' to perform the
ceremony.
When he did not appear. Rev.
Frank Cl Smith, pastor of the First
Central Congregational church was
roused from his early slumbers and
came to the church and performed
the ceremony uniting -Miss Rachel
Metcalfe and Kdward 1 Phelps, jr.,
in the presence of a large and fash
lonable audience
Rater, in a Joint h of neglected
telegrams, was found one from Dr.
■lenks stating that he would be un
able to get back from a motor trip
to Des Moines in time to officiate
Leap to Engine
Saves Life of
Truck Driver
low; Man Clings to Rod
on Pilot of Moving
Freight After Cross
ing Crash.
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I. W. Wright. 43. Glen wood. la.,
narrpwly escaped death at 7:45 Satur
day night, when a Northwestern
freight engine struck his auto truck
at Korty-ninth and Kansas avenues.
Wright saved himself by leaping
from his stalled truck to the pilot of
the swiftly moving engine and hang
ing on by his hands to an 'iron rod.
The truck was hurled 75 feet and
ianded by the side of the track, a
tangled mass of wreckage.
The engineer evidently did not see
the collision and it was not until
Wright yelled to him from his peril
ous position that the train was
stopped, about 200 ylrds from the
scene of the wreck.
Injuries Not Serious.
Wright sustained several broken
bones in his left hand, a gash sev
eral inches long In his forehead, and
many bruises and abrasions. In
some unaccountable manner he lost
one of his shoes.
He was coming from work !o ihe
home of his father-in-law. Bert Aus
tin, 4816 Kansas avenue, half a
block from the scene of the accident.
Vhe track, at the scene, goes through
a cut and around a curve. The road
slopes up to the track. Wright said
his car was almost stopped when he
reached the track and that he did
not know of the approach of the
train until he saw the headlight
swing around the curve.
Jumps to Safety.
T wasn’t scared," he said/ I just
knew it was Jump or be jumped on.
t leaped for that rod and fortunate
ly I got hold of it. Hope my wife
doean't hear of this till I get home.”
Wright's wife and seven children
are in Glenwood.
His father-in-law and mother-in-law
were waiting for him. The latter
was looking out of the window and
says sho heard his car and saw- its
headlight and also the headlight of
the engine.
"I turned away from the window
and said to pa: 'Go out and see. I
think the engine hit him ' " said Mrs.
Austin.
Two girls. Marie and Zella Marsh,
were crossing a bridge over the track
a block east of the accident scene.
Zella fainted. Marie leaned over the
bridge railing and screamed to the
engineer to stop the train. I
Wright, though apparently calm
after the accident, refused to let Po
lo e Surgeon Klnyoun take stitches
in the gash In his forehead because
it would hurt.
Iowa Woman Golf Champ
Wrcls Lo* Angeles Man
r>es Moines, la . Sept. ? —Ruth
Harwood. IS year-old women s golf
champion of Iowa, was married Wed
nesday to Clifford .Johnson of Los
Angeles, her parents have announced.
Miss Harwood won the women's
golf championship at the state tourna
ment over the Hyperion club links
here two weeks ago. i
Hope of Future in Dignity of Toil.
Is Theme of Labor Dav Sermon
Rev. John E. Spencer Calls for Application of
Christianity to Ordinary Round of
Industrial Life.
The world owes an infinite debt to
the toiling masers for the measure
less contributions they have given in
making our 20th century civilization
possible." said Rev. John E Silen
cer ip his sermon at R. E. Wheeler
Memorial Presbyterian church. Twen
ty-third and J streets, yesterday
morning. The text of his Eabor day
sermon was* taken from John 6:27,
"Labor not fpr that meat which per
isheth. but for that meRt that en
dureth unto* everlasting life. Which
the Son of Man giveth unto you: for
Him has God the Father sealed "
■ This injunction to labor, and these
instructions as to what to labor for
fell from the lips of Him who came
to plead the cause of the working
man. to wipe away his tears, to ena
ble him to bear his necessary bur
dens of life with a more cheerful
heart, anil to become a child of the
kingdom of God," said Mr. Spencer.
"This command plainly teaches us
that God in His divine economy has
ordained that man should labor. We
are not placed In this world merely
to have a good time.
SI* I>ays for Labor.
"We are here for something more
than to ornament society. God has
ordained work. He has set six days
out of seven for that purpose. In
T-ixodus 20:9, we read these words:
‘Six days shalt thou work and do all
thy work.'
We hear much and we say much
about Sabbath observance—of keep
ing one day In seven for rest and wor
ship; and it is well that we do so, for
the proper observance of the Sabbath
is the guardian of all our civil and re
ligious liberties. We find, however,
that according to the teaching of the
passage of Scripture above that it 1?
just as much a divine command til
work six days as it is to rest one.
“Work is a blessing. It is the anti
dote for many a sickness. It makes
the eye bright and the cheek rosy.
It makes the muscles strong and the
brain clear. It sends the blood bound-^
ing through vein and artery nt a
healthy gait. It is nature's panacea
for half the Ills that afflict human
society. There is nothing truly val
uable that can be purchased without
labor. If you would gain the favor
of Diety. you must worship; if the
friendship of your fellowmen. you
must study to oblige them; if you
would be honored by your coun
try, you must serve it. In short, if
you would lie eminent in «ar or peace
you must, -through unremitting toil
and labor, become master of all the
qualifications that can make you
such.
True Source of Greatness.
"It :s true that there are some who
ever stand ready to offer an apology
for not laboring with their hands by
boasting that they do all their work
with their heads. These persona
might be reminded that the wood,
pecker does the same. He does all
the work by bis head, yet ha ;s the
biggest bore in the business.
' Giants of moral and Intellectual
power have come forth from humble
dwellings. Those who have climbed
times ladder highest began on th*
lowest rung. The families from whiefc
the leaders and saviors of manktni
LABOR
DAY
CELEBRATION
Official Labor Day Picnic
KRUG PARK
Monday, September 3
FREE ATTRACTIONS
Four High Diving H orses
The greatest array of equine high-diving talent ever assembled will make special
dives Labor Day—5 p. m. and 10 p. m.
ATHLETIC CONTESTS
LABOR DAY ADDRESS
By Vice-President of International Machinists * Union
Free Balloons For Kiddies
A 1^ g^ ¥ g~** Matinee Dance Starts at 3 P. M.
mj /a ll A ll vA Evening Dance at 8:30 P. M.
NO PARADE-COME OUT EARLY
The usual Labor Day parade will not be held, to enable Union men and their families
to be out early to enjoy the fun.
Basket Lunch At Noon
KRUG PARK
joins the Central Union in estending a hearty invitation to enjoy its big picnic,
which will be the greatest ever staged—not a dull moment on the program.
emerge do not belong to the soc.ety
of the 400.
Hope of the Future.
• When we study the rivers of (he
different continents, we find that the
mightiest streams have their origin
far away amid the quiet loneliness of
unfrequented hills. When w£ study
the stream of human history, we find
that out of unknown hiding places,
from obscure conditions, ami from
humble dwellings have come the men
who have changed the history of the
world: and the bright beams of hope
for the future radiate from the be
lief that the tolling masses will strive
to tie like Him who. 'for the joy that
was set before Him endured the cross,
despising the shame.’ For to be like
Jesus the Christ, tho most beauitful
and glorious character In all history.
Is the ultimate goal of our being. This
is the one thlng^fhat will satisfy man
kind and justify our creation.
”To be like Him—that will be glory
enough for kings and queens, heroes
and martyrs, orators and statesmen,
saints and sages, men and angels. To
he like Him—that will excel the beau
ty of silver and gold, earth and sea,
suns and stars. To be like Him—
that will turn every tear Into laugh
ter, every sob Into song, every loss
Into gain, and will transform sorrow"
into joy, defeat into triumph and
death into life '
Jury Unable lo Agree
in Virginia Murder 1 rial
By Associated Press.
Cumberland. Courthouse. Va Sept.
2.—A mistrial was declared in
the case of R. O. Garrett, after the
jury had failed to agree and ex
pressed the belief that no agreement
was possible.
Garrett, county clerk, was charged
with the murder of the Rev. E. S.
Pierce, last June a.
It was said that the jury stood nine
for a manslaughter verdict and three
for acquittal.
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of R. B. Wallace
"He Bore the Burden*
Other* as Well a* Hi*
Own.” Declare*
Minister.
"lie fought the fight, not know i i.
how severe the battle was. He ran
race so swift that he was burning
up all his vitality every day. In
dition to his own burdens, he over
loaded himself with those of doze: •
of others. I.et us take him away ar
let God untangle his doing*
This, in Substance was the serrr.oi
Saturday afternoon of the Rev. Psi 1
Calhoun of the First Presbyterla
church, who officiated at the funer?
services for Robert B. Wallace. Cotn
cil Bluffs realtor and civic leader.
Nearly 1,000 people attended the
services, which were held at 3 in tl.'
home on Bluffs street, with burial r
Walnut Hill cemetery. There were
100 automobiles in the funeral cortege
and the floral offering*, including
tribute from friends in all parts of the
country, were rrefuse.
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Clerk Receipts Growing.
Receipts in the office of the ci’ -
clerk. O. Hochman, at Council Bluff*
during the month of August, totak
*1.328.05, as compared with S1.S1S.05
for the same month last year.
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