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The Omaha Bee pauses in the strenuous work of taking note of things divers and sundry, to pay an especial tribute of respect to John Lee Webster of Omaha, patriot, lawyer and noted citizen. To him is due in largest measure the wonderful success of Wednesday’s .great historic and patriotic pageant. His mind conceived it, and his indomitable energy that takes not note of his four score years, brought it into glorious being. It is not surprising that the man who enlisted while a beardless boy should hold close to his heart the history of the country he served so well. Nor is it astonishing that he should work long and hard to bring about the depicting of that history in pageant form so that it might be more firmly impressed upon the minds and hearts of a generation that seems all too apt to take for granted the things accomplished. Just as the heart of every patriotic man and woman swelled with pride as they viewed the ani mated review of America’s glorious history, no must the patriotic heart of John Lee Webster have swelled with pride as he made note of the splendid result of his splendid vision, his long planning and his tireless energy. It was great accomplishment, and its les sons will not be forgotten. Neither will the patri otic man whose brain conceived it and whose energy, seemingly unmarked by the. flight of passing time, brought it into being. A RESOLUTION FOR ALL OF US. The Rotary club of Kalamazoo, Mich., recently adopted a resolution that is so wise in its inception and so patriotic in its application that it may well be taken as a motto by all elasses of our citizenship: “We hereby pledge ourselves that, despite differ ences In political views and on policies of national and International Import, we shall pay to the office and to the man the respect and reverence which are their rightful due; that we shall refrain from in vective toward the executive and shall give voice to criticism only that is kindly, tolerant, respectful and helpful; that we shall make this a rule of our conduct, both as Individuals and as a club organi zation, and that we lead the way ln-a movement to revive a proper respect for the presidency. In par ticular. and for our national, state and civil leaders In general." The pity of it is that there should be need for the adoption of such a resolution, or for the applica tion of the principles therein set forth. Time was when men took their political affiliations so seri ously that differences therein were warrant for severing friendships and dividing families. But hap pidly for the country that time is past, and, while men may continue to cling tenaciously to their po litical opinions, they have grown tolerant of the political opinions of others. Why, then, should party leaders and party newspapers, and party rank-and filers, deem it necessary to heap contumely and invective in order to prove their party loyalty? No man big.enough to be president of these United States would resent constructive criticism or sneer at honest suggestions for betterment of con ditions. But no man with heart and brain big enough to serve acceptably as president will ever be able to bear with fortitude the avalanche of sneers and abuse that come from Opponents who are incapable of any thing above billingsgate, and mentally so deficient that they believe abuse of political opposition to be the acme of patriotism. Blind partisanship is never patriotism, and abuse and invective are never the foundation upon which helpful suggestions are builded. The Kalamazoo Rotary club’s resolution is a good enough creed for •vary honest American citizen to adopt. PLAYING THE GAME SQUARELY. In a hundred and more Nebraska cities and towns the high echool football squads are busy, getting into shape physically and mentally for the gridiron bat tle* of the season. Football is not a game for "sis sies,” to be sure, but it is not the brutal game that so many decry. True it is that many of the boys emerge with closed optics and bloody noses, and now and then a broken bone, but these are minor things when compared with the lessons of discipline and en deavor that are inculcated upon the football field. The young fellow with a "yellow streak” is quickly eliminated if by chance he applies for a try-out, and the sneak, the talebearer and the lounge lizard are conspicuous by their absence. A great English gen eral is quoted as saying that the wars of Britain were won on the football fields of Eton and Rugby. It may be said with equal truth that the valor shown by American soldiers in the Argonne, in Bellieu Woods and at Chateau Thierry had its inception on the baseball diamond and the football gridiron of American villages, towns and cities. A manly, husky, capable lot of young fellows, these Nebraska high school and college boys who are now donning their moleskins. They are getting the lessons of pluck and daring and discipline that will make them powerful factors in the citizenship of the future. Just as they learn to play the game of football squarely and honestly and courageously, just so will they take into their future avocations the love of squareness, fairness and courage. To win the game, boys, is desirable. More desirable than all is to play the game on the level, playing with all your might and giving to your school'the very best you have within you. To go down to defeat trying is, after all, far better than ^> win with little effort or by unfair tactics. “What to do with your gold” is seriously dis cussed by the New York Journal of Commerce. It did not interest us. Please give us one on “What we have done with your gold.” Col. Tom Majors is keeping mum in 17 languages about that Peru Normal matter. The big headlines will be due when Colonel Tom erupts. Possibly that beer war in Chicago was merely lhe turmoil resulting from a tremendous rush of customers. ‘ ' 1 - ■ . ii i « }(a\ ing marched pompously up the hill, Governor Walton skidded 4^wn in very uwkward fashion. JUST LIKE THE KING OF FRANCE. “The king of France, with full 10,000 men. Marched up the hill—and then marched down again.” Then, too, there is the famous bear that marched over the mountain to see what he could see, saw the other °ide of the mountain, and returned. Both of which incidents remind one very forcibly of the gubernatorial actions so quickly following the fulmi nations of Governor Walton of Oklahoma. From this distant viewpoint it appears that Governor Walton made the mistake of doing all his thundering in the index, reserving none for the actual contents pages. Somehow or other he reminds one of the bramble that would be king. The country has become so accustomed to stir ring indications and placid performances on the part of Nebraska’s two sister states to the south that it no longer grows excited or hysterical when things threaten from these localities. Governor Walton’s daily output of proclamations and pronunciamentos made such cheerful reading as contrasted with the doleful tales of flood and fire and famine that the public evidenced a great interest therein, albeit the public refused ^o grow very deeply concerned. It was an awful smoke while it lasted, but the fire did not amount to much. Now let Oklahoma get down to business again. . PAYING FOR WAR. * One of the great incentives to influence people to stay out of war in the future is a compilation mude by Herbert D. Brown, chief of the United States bureau of efficiency which shows that 85 cents out of every dollar of income tax paid goes to pay inter est and principal of the debts from past wars, to provide war pensions and to maintain a fighting machine for war in the future. Seventeen cents went to the army and navy, 25 cents to pensions, the veterans’ bureau, etc., 4 cents for “special activities pertaining to the recent war,” such as war contracts, settlements with railroads, etc.; 28 cents for interest; 11 cents for retirement of the public debt. , The other 16 cents out of each dollar was spent for the president, congress, the courts, executive de partments, research work, education, public works Mars is a hard taskmaster and, instead of paying and all other civil activities of the government, his employes, forces them to pay. A Milwaukee father caused the arrest for assault of a teacher who slapped his daughter with a ruler. Proper application of a bedslat at home might result in obviating the necessity of applying a ruler in school. A lot of grayhaired men easily remember when a whipping at school did not mean the arrest of the teacher—it meant a repetition of the whip ping at home. Nebraska democratic postmasters who displaced republican postmasters under Wilson, are now being displaced by republican postmasters under Coolidge. This explains the howls about disregarding the civil service we hear from the sanctums of democratic newspapers. A Texas man recently successfully wound up a four-year search for the six bunco men who fleeced him out of $45,000. And to think he could have saved all that money and time by just subscribing for a good newspaper and reading it carefully. Seventy-three thousand people killed in accidents in the United States in one year, two-thirds of the accidents preventable. That many killed in battles during a single year would horrify the world, but there’s nothing like becoming accustomed to a thing. The Cincinnati Times-Star wants to know if ever there was a real recipe for keeping ants out of the sugar bowl. Don’t know, and don’t care. Where is a sure-fire recipe for keeping sugar In the bowl? Governor Bryan’s tribute to J. Sterling Morton was very gracious and kind. It reminded many people of former tributes from the same source that were neither so gracious nor so kindly. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Rowell of Barada took the prize for the largest family at the Falls City fair, coming in with their 16 children. We recommend a state pension for Mrs. Rowell. Too much stress on the dollar, declares a speaker at a recent religious conference. We don’t know as to that, but we are convinced that there is en tirely too much strain. “What should a golfer talk about?” queries a contemporary. If his score is like ours he ought to talk about as low as possible, especially if there are women around. The automobile may put a crimp in pedestrian records, but it is going to give us a wonderful stand ing broad jump record some of these days. The probability of a one-house legislature doesn’t worry people nearly so much as the greater prob ability of a one-horse legislature. Fashion decrees that men's trousers shall be worn longer. If some of us wear ’em much longer we’ll get into trouble with the police. It has taken a little lf:ss than five years for a whoje lot of fellows to forget to remove their hats when the flag goes by. President Coolidge’s motto, “Work, not words,” might be applied to a number of situations without harmful results. “Can Europe hold together?” asks John F. Sin clair. The answer is: “Yes,«f Uncle Sam will fur nish the glue.” Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie OUR CLIMATE. Sonin folks get quit* disgusted with th* climate of our state, And some condemn the thunder storms with vain but heated hate; The sudden changes that we have bring truly deep disdain, But llttln good Is given them who criticise the rain. Horne look with grief upon the snow and frigid northern gale, The Ice and sleet evoke a sigh, a shiver, or a wall; The balmy kiss of summer sun us swelt'rlng is *» pressed— The only place to live, It seems, is In the golden west. But do we realise—we who would hie afar— Thai earthquakes come with awful wralh where west ern pleasure* are. And shake the realty till houses full and men grow cold with fear, And they'd be glad to live, and love the horrid weather, her«7 f “From State and -Nation9 9 — Editorials from other newspapers. Public Privacies. From the St. I’aul Dispatch: The suggestion has lately been made to the Postoffice department at Waphington that a special stamp, per haps with the dove tastefully con cerned in the design, should be Issued to carry love letters. The appropri ateness of the idea cannot be pues tioned when one reflects that of all branches, the literature of tenderness has enjoyed the widest publicity. Learned men have mailp a hobby of scholarly eavesdropping.'In the inter ests of knowledge they have seized upon the billets doux of great men. When Browning committed to paper the record of his intimate sentiment for Elizabeth Barrett Browning, he probably did not anticipate that, at last, these writings would, in the scholarly.phra.se, "throw much light" upon his work. Nor did Byron imagine that his love letters would eventually be submitted to the curious scrutiny of the public. In the past, these assaults upon privacy have been made after the deaths of those Involved. Today we are even less lacking In self-consciousness. While they both remain very much in the public eye, Mrs. Pat Campbell has al lowed the world to look over her shoulder and read her jeering love letters from Bernard Shaw. In the personal columns of the most cosmo politan papers, anonymous lovers al low the world to share the outpour ings of their thoughts. There Is noth ing self-absorbed about Paola and Francesca in our frank day. Anyone with a sufficient number of coppers may own a share in their secrets. The perfect rightness of identifying love letters with a distinctive stamp Is therefore apparent. An even more expansive idea would be to write such messages exclusively upon the backs of postcards. And better than either would be the setting aside of a period during the day when these intimacies could be confided to the radio for the more efficient broadcasting of their Interesting concerns. Mrs. Campbell might institute the pretty custom. Golf and the Death Scythe. From the Minneapolis Tribune: Because u dozen or more British golf<^ have dropped dead of heart trou* or apoplexy w hen engaged in Play on links this season, some Eng lish doctors are uttering warnings that the player who- has passed 50 years of age is in the danger zone and needs to watch h!s steps lest the Grim Reaper come along and trip him up. John D. Rockefeller Is one who Is likely to smile at this admonishment. William Howard Taft Is another, and there probably are thousands of other followers of the game who will go on serenely with the sport as if nothing had happened to take away any of the Joy out of life for them. Of course the man over 50 should know what he is about on the links as to his physical condition and as to the powers of endurance of his vital organs, but that statement ap plies probably even more to the man who leads a strenuous business life in office or shop and stays away from the golf links. Jn fact, it applies to the man under 60. whether he Is a golfer or a non golfer. The arteries of the average man over 50 or 60 are prone to stiffen up perceptibly. He Is not w-ise to exert himself as he did 20 years earlier. He should make sure that his heart is serving him well and Is not being overtaxed, whatever the bodily ac tivity in which he rnay engage. To set an arbitrary time line between danger and the lack of It, however, and make that line applicable to all men alike is something that hasn't very depen dable physiological hacking. There are general rules of caution to follow, but in the last analysis deals with the Individual rather than with the age group. The large number of sudden deaths of men whose outward appearance, i nd perhaps whose physical serr a tions. seemed to Indicate good health, I* a matter of serious concern, hut this phenomenon does not nppenr to have borne any specially significant rela tionship to golf links or golf playing. Conlidge’s Consistency. From the Waahlngton Star. In Chicago a Coolldge for-PresIdent club has been organized, and the sec retary wrote to President Coolldge apprising him of the fact. In reply the president outlined his attitude to ward the post he now holds and to friendly efforts looking to his possible rontinusnre In It. He frankly appre ciates the motive, expressive of con fidencb ip him. but makes it clear that seeking the nomination for 1924 is at this time secondary to a duty which has prior claim upon his atten tion. that of carrying on the policies of the Harding administration and fulfilling to his highest ability the re sponsiblliies of the office of chief ex ecutive of the United States This outline of the action and feel ing of President Coolldge is consistent with the course he had undevlatlngly followed since he succeeded to the presidency. He 1ms shown It In word and deed Not dissimulating or dls playing false modesty as to the nomi nation. to which any American citi zen is entitled to aspire in 1924, he nevertheless loresaw from the out set that the first thing at hand was to take up the duties of which President Harding was relieved by death before thinking of politics for the future. The American people were quick to grasp his Interpretation of his respon sihilities nnd duties In the premises. Daily Prayer | Thou »rt my Oort; «rly will I seek Thee —p* fii. j. Our Heavenly Father. Who hath kept us through the night and given us a new day. we thank Thee for all Thy glfta. We thank. Thee for re newer! strength of laidy, and for re freshment of mind. We tlmnk Thee for the new opportunities that come with tho new day—tho opportunity to learn, tho opportunity to Is- kind, tho chance to work, and the chance to pray. We failed yesterday in leav ing undone ihlngs that we should have done, and In doing things tlint we ought not to have done, hut Thou hast given us today In which to begin anew. We look to Thee, the Oiver of all good, for help to epend the day In ways Thou dost approve. May Thy place posseea our hearts flrant us that perfect love that cast elh out fear In all our ways we would acknowledge Thee, that Thou mayest direct our paths. We beseech Thee to give unto us that measure of Thy sustaining grace that will make us victorious over temptation, patient when tried, kind and helpful and lov ing In all our relations with others Help us to be faithful In the little things of dally life, nnd 111 everything In seek first Hie Kingdom of find. Hint our lives may conform to Thy perfect plan ami Hint we rimy glorify Thee In scconipllshlng the work Thou dost give us to do. We ask It for Christ's sake Anion. RBV It K Mcl'l it 11 MON D. A. Montreal. Cunyie. The Omaha Ree welcomes let ters front readers recording In timate observations of animals or plants. A bird perhaps on< lias seen while waiting for a street ear, or 4 voluntary flower or some creature one lias coinc upon in the woods away from the noise of the city—these are—and always have been—of interest to ethers. Ql EEK PETS. "People Do Have Queer Pets” is the title of an article in the October num her of the American magazine, written by Max Gelsler, Ofnaha dealer In birds and animals. Mr. Gelsler mentions all kinds of pets, from snakes to baby elephants. Dogs, he says, are the favorite ptts of men. Women go In for more of a variety. Men always get a pet that they can play with. When a man huys a dog, he Is very careful, asks questions as to the ani mal's pedigree, his probable size when fully grown, and his Intelligence, he then puts the dog on the floor to see how ho “handles himself.” A woman buys a dog merely on his "looks." (»n the other hand, when a man cornes in for a bird he asks to have a good one picked out for him. A woman shops around for an hour, looking at birds of all colors and breeds. Among the strange pets. Mr. Geisler lists, a lion, a turtle, snakes, a baby elephant, a gazelle, monkeys, marmo sets. an African genet, an ostrich, a baby kangaroo, a small alligator, a pig, a goat, ferrets an#a trained duck. and have continuously applauded him. Consistently carrying out this policy is calculated to attract more genuinely effective support next year than ail the boosting clubs that tan be or ganized. Government Literature. From the New York Times: It ought to lie the duty ot a pater nal government to supply some stfrtj of literary nourishment to its citi zens, unusual as anpeals to this kind may be. When T. W. Ezzard of I Chamblee, Ga., wrote to Senator Harris requesting pome government publications to comfort an old man of ^3, he probably did not expect the year book published by the Depart ment of Agriculture or several copies of the Congressional Record in re turn. It appears, however, that no other kind of literature was avail able. Still there are certain qualities in an agricultural year book as well as in th^ Congressional Record which ought to recdmmend them to a man of S3 in need of comfort. They are not likely to run up his blood pressure or make him nervous or keep him awake when he would otherwise be drowsy. Since their in fluence might be to this extent sooth ing a worse selection might have been made. t Profiting hv this experience pos sibly the government will take steps to lay In a supply of literature better suited’to such unusual purposes than its routine publications. A transla tion of Cicero’s ”De Senectute’’ nr the Bible once could have been cordially recommended to comfort a man of advanced age. The time is past, however, when such a choice could be unquestionaldy relied on. The younger generation, it has been ob served. is not the only one that changes. So It may he that a man of S3 to day will able to find comfort In D. H. Lawrence Of Ronald Flrhank or a new treatise on psychoanalysis or a discussion of the E'nstein theory in view of the erlipse of the sun or some account of the recent speed rec ords of the airmen. Nowadays the older generation can pose Just as many puzzling "problems as the younger. Mr. Ez.zard of Hum blee. Ga.. has Introduced a difficult precedent into political life, if all the old constituents of our senators when they are in need of comfort appeal to Washington it is not going to I>e an easy task to satisfy them. Every man to his taste, and ever}’ woman. Tastes are likely, moreover, to harden a little and grow less plastic the older they are. It will take at least a five foot shelf to contain the necessary supply of literature for such emergencies. Necromancy at Work. From the New York Son amt Gabo Chemistry In its beginnings and for its thousands of years of Infancy was associated with magic. Hut Its glam our was not of the kind which sur rounded any exhibit at our Chemical Exhibition The bellow*, the caldrons nnd the phials of even a 16th century "iHlsiratory" were still a necromanc er's paraphernalia. The chemistry Shelley and Comte knew was associat ed with violent nnd miraculous phvsi cal changes, with philosophic ideas, with dreams of eternal life. It Is a long road from this to the manufac ture of an electric filament or the use of oat hulls In the production of a satisfactory vulcanizing agent. Yet the sense of disillusion with which the romantic chemist would probably view the commercial science of todny, and the cnsualness with w^ilch most modern observers view it are Ironic- nnd unwarranted. Insulin and Intarvln. soil analysis and sewage disposal are necromancy at work. But if Iheir appearance Is at times drab, the drnhness would seem attributable to the attitude of those who profit hy applied science, and not to anything in the nature of the science itself. To pass the candle through an npo t heistle process which Increases its U thting power from SO to 1.000 times Is nti accomplishment no hunter for the philosopher's stone would have scorned. To make sour soil sweet, to Make a food on which the sick get well, to produce a bread nil suff'clent for life In llself thi s, tilings outrun and ouf vury old dreams. Today they are al most legion. It would seem that what we lack is not miracles in chemistry, bu! the Imagination to recognise and value them. NET AVER AGE [ CIRCULATION for August, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .72,114 ■Sunday .75,138 Doe* not fnetude returna, left overt, taniplo*. or neper* spoiled It printing aixl Include* nr apoclel vole*. B. BREWER, Gen. MRr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. MRr. Subscribed and *wom to befot* im ihi* 4th d*y of September, 192$ W H. QUIVfcY, (SmI) Notary Public “THE PEOPLE’S VOICE” Editorial from raadtra ol The Mornlne Bee Haaden ol The Moraine Baa are Invited to oee thlo column tree!* lor eaereaiioa on mottera et public interact. Omaha in Maine Fix. Council Bluffs—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: You published a scathing criticism of the people of Council Bluffs for neglecting to pre pare for an emergency such as Fri day night. No doubt but what they had it com ing, but how about Omaha'.’ What was done eight weeks ago. or apy other time to prevent the enormous damage that resulted from those storms? Will adequate sewerage be built to prevent the mercantile Anns In the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and 'Cuming and the wholesale district from suffering the enormous losses they have sustained during the last two months from oecuring again? Is this the way Omaha thanks Council Bluffs for the. service ren dered It some weeks ago In .helping It through one of the worst blunders that a city could make Advice tastes better if it is taken as well as given. F. W. HOLLENBECK. 2409 Seventh Avenue. Some Prison Feeding Figures. • Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: I see that the public in gen eral is dissatisfied with the way Sher iff Endres Is feeding the prisoners In the county jail. . In the year 1912 I had the contract for feeding the pris oners from the county at a 9 cents per meal. I fed them under protest from Sheriff McShane. and his men made it just as hard for me as they could. They were always getting some of the prisoners to make com plaint about the food. I Anally agreed with the county commissioners to have the food in spected twice a week by the health office, and this was done. That was the end of ihe complniifls. In February, 1913, the courts ruled that Sheriff McShane was entitled to feed the prisoners, so I had to turn over the contract to him. I made a good profit out of my contract at 9 cents per meal, and I know that at the present prices of potatoes, beans, vegetables, rice, oatmeal, cornmea). prunes, tea, coffee, etc., Sheriff Endres can feed the prisoners for 9 cents per meal each. If that he the case he makes 41 rents a day on each prisoner, or on 200 prisoners $46 a day, not saying anything about the prisoners he gets 65 cents a day each for feeding. My bill of fare changed three times a week, with always a little extra on Sunday. Monday, Wednesday and Friday I had oatmeal and milk for breakfast, with one-half loaf of bread and coff.-f. afternoon, one half pound of ham and beans, one-half loaf of bread and coffee. Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday I had for breakfast oatmeal and milk, one-half loaf ^of bread and coffee: afternoon, one-half pound of meat, one-half pound pota toes with gravv, one-half loaf of bread and it a I HA FLANAGAN. • 3028 Larimore Avenue, j Sajs It Does Matter. To The Editor of The Omaha Bee: After a careful study and analysis of the epistle signed ' I. T. Duzzenmat ter," trying to defend the Ku Klux Klan. I must say that I can find there in nothing but the miserable sophistry of justifying one wn ng by the exis tence of another. We are told we have no right to condemn the klan wltl ut i full knowledge of its work ings and then given to understand that such knowledge can be possessed by menjbers only. A holy organiza tion, forsooth! He asserts that w-e do not hear the klan “hollering" about how the gov ernment should be run. Is this true? What is the trouble In Oklahoma to day but a struggle between the klan and th, governor ns to which shall he supreme In the affairs of the state? | His not the klan attempted In many : th»r instances to dominate polities? And If expressing an Interest In gov ernment affairs is so heinous a sin why does I T. D. In his next breath j assure us that our government, na- | tional, state and municipal. Js all rot- i ten and going to the demnTtlon bow wows? Surely this boast was unhap- i pilv chosen. If. indeed, the publir Is so lamenta ble Ignorant and misinformed in re j card to the iptents and purposes of the “Invisible empire," why do not I the klan and Its apologists take some steps to set us right? We have heard many sweeping denials, hut they lack convincing force. A tree is known by its fruit. Men do not gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles any' more toduy than in ilia days of the Naza retie. I. T. D. admits tftat he knows little of the klan, hut what he bus read or. heard: then he goes on to say that no dependence can be placed upon news paper reports, as they are :