Today
No Homer, No History.
Men Need Fear.
Russia Wise, Perhaps.
Mussolini, New Broom.
^ By ARTHUR BRISBANE j
A Moro girl, pretty, self-willed,
eloped with some one her father
did not like. A blood feud started,
several men have been killed, five
are in jail. It is Helen of Troy,
over again, but there is no Homer.
The poet-historian makes history,
by making it interesting.
Rev. Percy Stickney Grant
mourns, as follows: “If 85 per
cent of young men enter college
believing in Christianity, and
nearly all of them have lost their
faith, on leaving college, we are
teaching Christianity in thg wrong
way."
Very likely, hard facts of
science are taught in a way that
crowds out belief in miracles. It
must be remembered, that boys in
their teens do not exactly believe
anything. They only takjj for
granted what has been told them.
It takes long mental medicine
to plant religious belief in a young
mind, beyond all possibility of up
rooting. A man, known all over
the country, said at the recent
Lloyd George luncheon, “only the
Catholic church stands between
property and red radical confisca
tion. The Protestant church lost
its power when it stopped teach
ing that there is an actual blazing
hell. Men need to be frightened.”
The gentleman is a good Pro
testant and goes through all the
usual motions, but he is discour
aged. If it’s true that fear of
hell fire alone will keep men
honest, that’s sad. But is it so?
The American Federation of
Labor, which is non-sectarian,
comes out strongly and officially
against communism, confiscation
of property and other extreme
radicalism. High wages enable
men to acquire property. And
when a man owns something, he
at once objects to any plan for
dividing evenly. Capital will learn,
perhaps, that its safety lies in mak
ing the little man a little property
owner, a house paid for, and a
savings bank account will inspire
more conservatism than any fear
of hell. _
The bolshevik government pays
a substantial subsidy on every
yard of cotton goods exported to
Persia. The idea is to build up
Russian industry, and take world
markets from England. Russia
may not be as dreamy and imprac
tical as it pleases us to imagine
it. Even our sublime selves,
always letting growers do “their
own worrying,” might learn some
thing from despised bolshevism.
Birmingham, Ala., tells the
world her laws are made to be
enforced. Last Sunday no one
was allowed to play cards, domi
noes, croquet or golf. The golf
players, important citizens, de
cided that it has gone beyond a
joke, and will test the matter in
court. The way to improve laws
i3 to enforce the$n. How long do
you suppose*, the Volstead law
would last, if it were not only
possible, but extremely easjfc for
the "better class” to get what they
want?
Mussolini, having made the
league of nations ridiculous,
“Much obliged to you for that,”
says Uncle Sam, proceeds to prove
himself a good new broom. He
will devote money and labor to
reclaiming the bad lands of Italy,
increasing productive acreage.
Nine hundred and eight thousand
acres of lapd, hitherto wafted,
have already been put under culti
vation. An example for the
United States, with its disease
breeding, climate-destroying
swamps and deserts.
When old Germany finishes
building the big Zeppelin, ordered
by this country, the great Zeppelin
plant must be dismantled and de
stroyed. Such are the orders of
France. A plant that the world
needs, for its progress, is to be
made a junk pile, because it might
make machines for war. It’s
natural for France to maintain
her dictatorship in Europe and
protect herself against numbers,
while she can. But could not
France herself run that factory,
or sell the plant to be transported
to this country? All nations share
the burden of such wilful waste.
Our learned congressman, Fred
A. Britten of Illinois, finds to his
horror that food on the American
ship Leviathan is lubeled with
French names. lie asks why “ha
chio de volaille” is not called plain
hash. Answer: It is not hash. A
normal human being can digest it.
In the second place, real cooking
is a PVench art, and entitled to
French menus, as npproprito in
cooking as Latin in botany.
A young cow in the barnyard is
a calf. It's veal, a French word,
when it comes on the table. Its
uncle, called “ox” when living, be
comes beef, another French word,
when cooked.
Cooking is a science and an art,
Mr. Britten. The French alone,
among the nations, understand it.
Go teach the orphan boy to
read, teach the orphan girl to sew,
and teach the American lady to
cook. After she has learned, give
American names to her dishes. Let
the Frenchman name his. "Chn
teaubris” is very far from “fried
steak.”
We had the bachelor of letters,
of arts, of sciences. Now the Uni
versity of Bristol, in England, will
confer the degree "bachelor of
agriculture.” It sounds strange,
but that title or another like It
will be more important ten thou
sand years hence than the “bac
calaureus arts” with which we are
familiar. —
Man’s real work here Is to de
velop and improve the earth,
changing a chaotic planet of wild
beasts, wild men and wild wastes
to a gardeq inhabited by civilized
beings.
Brains Fail in
Bewildering
Money Swindle
Germans, Crazed by Stupen
dous Jumps in Prices, Throw
Money Into Streets by
Basketfull.
Berlin, Oct. 9.—"Money madness,”
a new disease, Is spreading In Ger
many as the German mark and the
Russian ruble are racing neck-and
neck towards absolute zero.
Doctors report that the strain of
constantly computing ordinary busi
ness transactions In astronomical fig
ures Is causing frequent mental break
downs.
Most purchases, even the price of
meats, are computed In billions, and
stocks sometimes Jump billions of per
cent in a day.
A symptom of the disease Is a mad
desire to fling money away. Papers
report dally Incidents of people throw
ing money into the street by the
basketful, often causing embryo riots.
More aggravated cases of this mania
have led to a number of suicides.
In unofficial trades the mark today
crossed the billion to a dollar line,
making it the cheapest money In the
world, though the official quotation
was set at 850,000,000 to the dollar.
The Russian ruble was left behind
at 890,000,000 to the dollar.
Income Tax School.
Sixty Income tax collectors of Ne
braska and Missouri are taking a
course of Instruction In the federal
building under J. Dlnsmore of Wash
ington, D. C.
"A banker who goes away for
three months and hires someone to
take his place cannot deduct the cost
of that hiring from his Income.”
“A paralyzed man who requires an
attendant 24 hours a day may deduct
the cost of the attendant during his
business hours, but not while he Is
at home.”
These are some of the answers to
the scores of questions put> to Mr.
Dlnsmore daily by the men In charge
of the tax gathering.
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Douglas Will Is Held Valid.
The will of the late Robert W.
Douglas, Elkhorn farmer, Is valid and
should be admitted to probate, was
the verdict Tuesday morning by the
Jury in Judge A. C. Troup's court.
This will was contested in the
courts by daughters of the deceased,
Mrs. Eva M. Kellet, Mrs. Cora Bailey
and by his granddaughter, Lillian
Sehainost, on the ground that its
maker was not of sound mind at the
time he made It, and that he had
promised them an equal interest with
the three sons, Alvin S., David E.,
and John E. Douglas.
Corn Stalks 20 Feet High.
Washington, Oct. 9. — Cornstalks
towering to a height of 20 feet and
tobacco leaves with a width of 40
inches were among the exhibits
brought by Commissioner D. W.
Davis of the reclamation service from
a western trip. The corn came from
the Sunny Side division of the Ya
kima project and the tobacco from the
I Huntley project In Montana.
Mess Hall of Kentucky Prison Held by 3 Convicts
The room in which (ho bodies of the convicts were found Saturday after
they had stood off guards and soldiers since Wednesday.
Eddyville, Ky.—Three graves in the cemetery of the western Kentucky
state penitentiary over which earth was freshely heaped, and the bullet-scarred
mess hall in the center ot the prison area, are the mute reminders of the
desperate last stand of a trio of convict murderers who killed three guards,
were besieged for 81 hours In the mess hall, and found dead from bullet
wounds when a storming party entered the barricaded building late Sautrday
afternoon, October 6.
Members of the storming party entered the mess hall after It had been
filled with ammonia fumes, prepared, to meet three desperate gunmen, and
found the bodies ot Monte Walters, Lawrence Griffith and Harry Ferland.
All of the gunmen had been dead for at least 36 hours, and, in the
cases of Griffith and Ferland, whose wounds Indicated death from suicide,
opinion was expressed that the end might have come 48 hours before the
siege was raised. Walters, believed to have been the last to die, was shot
through the head and had been struck by a rifle grenade.
Roads Protest
Iowa Bus Lines
Objections Filed to Operation
of Motor Busses by Ma
son City Girl.
By Associated Press.
Pes Moines. Ia.. Oct. 9.—Four
powerful railroads and two interur
ban companies have filed objections
with the state railroad commission
here seeking to prevent the issuance
of a bus line certificate to Miss Helen
Schults, a 24-year-old Mason City
girl.
The girl operates 24 busses out of
Mason City. Some go as far north
as St. Paul and Minneapolis and oth
ers run south to Des Moines. Still
others operate to nearby towns.
Under a law passed by the last leg
islature. a certificate of operation
must now be obtained from the state
railroad commission before busses
may operate over the public highways
in Iowa. Miss Schults has been run
ning her busses for several months
under a temporary certificate.
The railroads, the Chicago North
western, the Chicago, Rock Island,
the Chicago Great Western, and the
Minneapolis A St. Louis, and the two
lnterurbans, the Ftort 'bodge. Pes
Moines A Southern, and the Mason
City A Clear Lake lines, In objec
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lions filed today argue that the bus
lines are not needed and do not “pro
mote public convenience,” as pro
vided under the law. The busses,
owned by Miss Schultz, operate in
competition to the lines named.
The railroad commission has set Oc
tober 23 as the date for the hearing.
Vermont at Polls.
Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 9.—The voters
of Vermont went to the polls today to
select party nominees for the special
election on November B to choose
successors to the late I.'nited States
Senator William P. Dillingham and
to Congressman Porter H. Dale of the
Second district, resigned, both repuh.
Means. There Is no opposition to the
nomination by the democrats of Park
H. Pollard, a cousin of President
Cooltdge, for Senator, and of Burton
E. Bailey for congressman.
Raps Gibson Station.
Jerry Howard, state Inspector, fol
lowing a sanitary survey of Oibson
station, advised city council that con
ditions in this railroad suburb are
deplorable. One of the sights which
offended the sense* of Mr. Howard
was a dead dog which he observed
on one of the principal thoroughfares
of Oibson. The health department
will assign an inspector to Investigate
conditions referred to by Mr. Howard.
Warm October.
Temperatures Tuesday are far above
normal for October 9, Meteorologist
Ttoblns said. Monday the mean tem
perature was 64, while the average
for that date Is 6S.
Tuesday was several degrees warm
er than yesterday. The river reached
the 13-foot stage Tuesday.
Monte Walters, killed In gleg* of
Kentucky prison.
Auto Hits Tram; 2 Die.
Ily International New* Service.
San Francisco. Oct. 6—Fred Zub
lar and William Gunderman were In
stantly killed; Miss Violet Nelson, 19,
Is In a dying condition and Daniel
O’Nsll and Edith Johnson were less
seriously Injured today, when the au
tomobile which Zublar was driving
crashed head on with a Fulton street
electric car. Miss Nelson had her
skull frattured and one eye gouged
oat.
Jscquette Sate Wednesday
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many are fur trimmed; values run
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What’s the Crowd?
Thousands and
thousands of
Omahans and Council
Bluffers stop at The
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Buttermilk Shop each da}}
for a glass of sxvect milk or
Creamed Bu(lermill(. It's
the busiest place in toxvn.
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Seriously . . . the noon hour sees a real rush in our
shop, and we suggest to those of our good patrons
who can ... to shop as early as possible when it
comes to choosing delicious pastries, fresh breads,
real fresh, large sized country eggs or any of the
nice things to eat and drink we have in The
Buttermilk Shop.
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Money to Loan on
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E-Pastor of
Omaha Takes
His Own Life
Rev. John William Jones,
Formerly of St. Paul Episco
pal Church, Suicide at
Kansas City.
Rev. John William Jones, formerly
of Omaha, was found dead In a
Kansas City Wei Monday.
He was shot to death with a shot
gun and had been dead 10 hours when
the body was found.
In a letter addressed to his wife,
Rev. Mr. Jones said:
"We never seem to have gotten
any where on the divorce question
nor have we succeeded in making
a go. The kids need a home. For
nearly six years now I have been
unable to do the right thing by
you and them. Let’s call it quits,
and may God take care of you all.
I am well in body and mind, but ’
sick in heart and soul and have
decided to go ‘beyond the vale."’
Rev. Mr. Jones was at one time
rector of St. Paul Episcopal church
In Omaha, rector of St. Paul church
in Council Bluffs, and chaplain of
Clarkson Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Jones and their children are
in New York. Mrs. Jones is known
on the stage as Pauline La Verne.
Mary Tupper Jones or Mary Tupper.
The children are Isabelle. 19; John
Starr, 17; W'alter Tupper, 16; Paul
Robert, 14, and Theodpre, 12.
Rev. Mr. Jones was removed as as
sistant recotor of St. John cathedral
in Denver because his wife had taken
part in stage productions in Omaha
She played ingenue parts with the
Eva Lang company at the American
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and Boyd'theaters, to pay family
debts.
Rev. Mr. Jones- Jersey cow was a
familiar figure on the lawn of St.
Pauls Episcopal church at the rear
of the church and rectory when the
family lived In Council Bluffs. The
cow was maintained as a source of
Income to supplement his church sal
ary, needed for his already large
family and the fashionable members
of the parish were at times embar
rassed by It.
Modern Enoch Arden
Appears; Divorce Asked
Mrs. Albina Krafka Monday was
given a divorce from the husband
whom for more than 13 years she
had believed dead, and In six months
will be eligible for a legal marriage
with the man to whom she has be
lieved herself wedded.
Karel IJrafka, first husband of Mrs.
Krafka, abandoned her 17 years ago
and disappeared. After seven years
of separation Mrs. Krafka was in
formed that her husband had died,
and in 1910 married Alois Dlowhy. Ke«
cently ahe learned that her firet huo«
band was still alive. ■ j
$300,000 Fire in L. A.
Los Angeles, Oct. 9 —Damage estU
mated at |300,000 was caused by a
fire early today that wrecked a build
ing at 641 San Pedro street occupied
by a tent and awning comany and x
spread to adjoining buildings before Sr
was controlled.
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Ink Company Head Dies.
Chicago, Oct. 9.—William Henry
Redlngton, president of Sanford Ink
company, died suddenly yesterday at
a Battle Creek sanitarium. He was
born In Fredonia, N. Y„ and entered
the service of the company In 1869.
Ralph Peters D ies.
New York, Oct. 9.—Ralph Petera,
president of the Long Island railroad,
died suddenly at his home In Garden
City today.
Fashions from Vogue are regular
features of The Evening Bee.
Qropon^MiensCa •
“Your Coats Have
Individual Style”
—women tell us who are
buying their coats here this
fall. This explains to us the
unusual demand which ne
cessitated Mr. Niccoll leav
ing for New York Saturday
last to select more coats of
the type found in groups
priced— i
$98.50 $159.50 £
$225 *5
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rank are distinguished
black, rich warm browns
and the ever correct navy.
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35 Animals for
Every Omaha Person
If all the cattle, hogs and sheep that come to
the South Omaha market every year were eaten
in Omaha, every man, woman and child would
get about thirty-five.
Seven million head of live stock passed through
the South Side Stock Yards last year.
The Omaha live stock market for the past five
years has been second in the United States.
As a market for feeder sheep, it has been first.
Twenty-six states ship stock to this market.
Each year Omaha’s live stock industry is grow
ing. All Omaha is growing. And as Omaha
grows the telephone company must obtain vast
sums of money from investors, to extend its sys
tem. And it must train a larger organization
to handle the increased demands tor telephone
service.
In order that we may do our part in helping
Omaha go forward, our constant effort is to pro
vide reliable telephone service at the lowest pos
sible charges consistent with reasonable wages to
employees and a fair return on the value of the
property.
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