Today Sane or Insane? Germany in 3 Parts Rothschild Tivilight. Finance Is Worried. ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ Is the planet, now several hun dred million years old, sane or in sane? You are inclined to think it hglf and half, as you read the latest news. There is a mutiny in Athens, another# rebellion. Bombardment by airplane will attend to the mu tineers. Greece hasn’t had enough trouble, apparently. While Germany totters on the brink of heaven knows what, Bel gium solemnly prints a “Gray Book” showing that Germany can pay 3,000,000,000 gold marks a year. Germany doesn’t even know whether she can keep alive. If Caesar came back he might begin his new book, “All Germany is divided into three parts.” That is the program well under way. Germany is to be chopped up into | three parts—Prussia, with what she can hold; a new Rhine repub lic, and a new Catholic Germany in the south, made up of Wurttem burg and Bavaria. Germany will lose three-quarters of her min eral and manufacturing resources. The iron of Lorraine and the coal of the Ruhr will combine to build up the wealth of the new Germany. Doxens of its best cities, the great ports of Hamburg and Bre men will be lost to the German em pire. Canals through France will give South Germany access by water to the Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean. A new map is to be made for Europe, and a new safety manu factured for France. How long that “safety” will last depends on Russia, Turkey, England and a few other things. The splitting up of Germany, especially the cutting off of Cath olic South Germany from Protes tant North Germany, is the plan devised by Marshal Foch. It is an ingenious plan, for if Germany can be divided by the combined ha treds of religion and civil war, France, free from a German men ace, may rule Europe for many years. Nathaniel Rothschild, English head of the great money family, is dead, a suicide. Nathaniel Roths child chief interest was not money, but science, particularly entomol ogy. He collected fleas, from all parts of the world—fleas from the Arctic fox, from animals born at the Equator. His death is called the end of the Rothschild money power. But that faded some time since. Roths child money is no longer powerful. The interesting fad, important to all races, is the inbreeding of the Rothschilds. This suicide may be one of its direct results. Nature forbids inbreeding. Animals or men that break that rule suffer. The Rothschilds, to conserve their fortune, have bred within the Rothschild family as often as possible. Not good for the family. European exchange fell, badly frightened by the splitting up of Germany. That also frightened Wall street. It didn’t seem that things could get any worse in Eu rope, but they can gat worse. And they will. , German marks proved that there ia a pit below the lowest pit, by dropping to three cents a billion. Yon could buy yesterday for three cents German money that before the war would have been worth $250,000,000. That is what you might sail a teal drop. That wasn’t all of it English, French, Italian and Belgian money also dropped. Conditions will be worse when governments and stock speculators realize, as they will, that France is back of Ger many'! splitting up. High finance is practical rather than patriotic. In the Ruhr it agrees to exploit mines and fac tories under the control of the French. Making money under the French whip is better than not making money at all. The efficiency of German capi tal is shown in Stinnes’ ability, in spite of the atrophied mark, to compete with Standard Oil. The German money king’s oil lands reach from Persia and the Black Sea to Texas and the Argentine. This is a small world and Stinnes' mind is able evidently to grasp the fact. He is as much at home all over the surface of the globe as the or dinary individual in his own back yard. Murder Plot Seen in Death of Six in Fire lly Amoriltn) Press, Bend, Ore., Oct. 23.—Six charred bodies were found In the ruin* of a farm house near Deschutes today. Tho dead: Eli Chasae, found with a revolver close to his head. Mrs. Anno Lordee. his sister. Illta Lordee, aged 9, daughter of Mrs. Anna Lordee. Wilfred Chassce, aged 9. Viola Chaese, aged 7. - Chasse, 13-year-old son of Chnsse. Coroner E. I*. Nlswonger of Bend visited the scene of the tragedy, but the smoking ruins were too hot to make a thorough Investigation. Mrs. Lordee was a widow. Members of the coroner's Jury and the county sheriff expressed the opinion that f'hasse killed the mem bers'of the family and then shot him self. The English city of Leeds proposes to use street railways to transport coal direct from the mines to the factories and other consumer* In the city. J HUGE LOSS OF ITER PRIOR TO MUD DEEUGE MYSTERY AT BOARD INVESTIGATION What Became of 116,180,000 Gallons Pumped Into Settling Basins During June, July and August Is Question; Failure to Wash Basins Blamed by Official Investigator for Epidemic. FIREWORKS EXPECTED WHEN KOUTSKY STARTS TO ASK QUESTIONS What became of 116.180,000 gallons of water pumped Into settling basins at Florence water plant during June, July and August of this year and which is unaccounted for, according to the report of George T. Prince, investigating engineer? This problem is paramount among problems which claimed the at tention of the board of inquiry Into Omaha’s muddy water epidemic when It reconvened in the city council chamber at the city hall Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Prince’s report, submitted to the investigating committee yester day afternoon, sets forth these figures, and also calls attention to the fact that an open mud valve increased low service pumpage and made less water available for basin washing and filling. Failure on the part of employes* at the Florence pumping station reg ularly and systematically to wash the basins during the period Imme diately preceding the muddy water epidemic of last August was given by Mr. Frlnce as the cause of the epidemic at the opening session of the official Inquiry by the hoard In the city council chamber Monday. The hearing opened with W. J. Coad, member of the board and chair man of the investigating committee, In charge. Other members of the board pres ent were Frank J. Burkley, Fred D Wead, J. C. Dahlman, C. M. Wilhelm and R. B. Howell. The city council was represented by Commissioners Joseph Koutsky arid H. W. Dunn. Members of the municipal affairs committee of the Chamber of Commerce also were In attendance. Reports Are Read. Reports submitted by Mr. Prince, together with reports from R. B. Howell, general manager of the Met ropolitan Utilities district, and C. D Robinson, engineer In charge of open atlon, were read. The Inquiry was resumed Tuesday afternoon, and the fireworks were ex pected to begin with the questioning by Commissioner Joseph Koutsky, chairman of the city council com mittee In attendance, of water plant engineers. Others will have the same oppor tunity, as Chairman Coad announced that the Investigation will be on a broad basis, and that "all the books will be on the table and open.** The reports read at the opening session of the Inquiry offer an Inkling of Interesting and probably animated discussions today, and at the meet ings to follow. Hunt to Be Examined. The report of T. P. Harmon, chief engineer and assistant general man ager, was not submitted Monday aft ernoon. Among the wltnesiei who will be examined during the bearing la A. B. Hunt, super'- tendent of the Florence pumping on and who Is within the Jurisdiction of Mr. Rob inson. In a statement given for pub lication during the week of the water emergency, Mr. Hunt asserted that Improvements urged by him two years ago were delayed by the general manager. It la known within tha circles of ths utilities organisation that Mr. Hunt It dealrlous of being examined, that he may tell hie story of the alleged delays of improvements. The alleged delay In construction work, as set forth by Mr. Prince In his report, will be a matter of close Inquiry, and also the alleged failure to wash the basins with regularity, as admitted by Mr. Robinson In hla re port. Obstructions found on two mud valves of basin No. 2, damage to a valve of the bypass around the same basin and difficulty in operating the mud valve of basin B also will be gone Into with considerable detail dur ing the forthcoming sessions. New York — Day by Day— By o. o. McIntyre. New York, Oet, 23.—This paean of praise Is for. Just now, the most talked about young man In New York. He Is Joe Cook who came out Of vaudeville to be a Broadway sensation. He is the highest exponent of'hokum'’ the town has ever seen and the great est laugh getter. It Is easy for the man raised In a small town to see at once that Joe Cook arrived to fame by the way of the backyard pin show. In fact his performance Is a glorified presenta tion of the circus that hundreds of boys are giving in the barn each year. He has a winning boyishness—hun dreds of young men who loolgllke him are soda water clerks, undertaker's assistants and delivery wagon drivers in small towns. He walks the tight wire, dances, plays the Jew's harp, the saxophone. Juggles Indian clubs and moves a rolling ball under his feet. All of these things he does Just passably well. It Is his chatter and absurd contrasts that give to his per formance the unfathomed profundity His costume may be ear muffs, a straw hat, fur overcoat, sandaled sock less feet and an umbrella. These are exaggerations that bur lesque exploited for years but it re malned for this small town boy to lift them into the realms of true art. Outside of vaudeville audiences, no body knew of Joe Cook a year ago. Today he la as much of an Institution as Weber and Fields. His funniest moment to me Is when he plays a saxophone solo. There Is a dumb assistant who Is supposed to hit the triangle at certain points In the solo. The assistant Is In a chair Over him Is rigged up a pile driver, the weight being suspended directly over his heed. The contraption is aa ridiculous aa one of Goldberg's cartoon Inventions. When the time comes for the assist ant to tap the triangle. Cook steps on a lever, the mechanics of the contrap tion go Into action and the huge weight thumps the assistant on the head. Tlngl goes the triangle, with no show of emotion. Nothing Cook does has any point. His Imitation of the three Hawallans winds up after a long tale that has nothing to do with the matter, with the announcement that because of the incidents he relates he cannot tonight Imitate three Hawallans. He promises much and does little—and this de lights New Tork. Those who think of New York as all sky-scrapers, honking motors and rushing crowds might be disillusioned now and then. It Is 7 o'clock In the evening as I write. From my window I can see a flock of pigeons In the street. A man is lending a cow to the You want it in pipe tobacco— You must have it in a cigarette— Ask for tobacco that’s aged in wood. tjoomrr A Mmi Tobacco Co. IDVKKTIHKMKNT. WOMEN! DYE OLD TIGS NEW Sweaters Waists Draperies Skirts Dresses Ginghams Coats Kimonos Stockings Each JRcent package of "Diamond Dyes'* contains directions so simple any woman can dye or tint nny old, worn, faded out thing new, even If she has never dyed before. Choose any color at drug store. WHEN IN NEED OK HEM* OMAHA IIEE WANT AI>M • Every day in tome way I r--v RECIPE FOLDER SENT FREE ^ A meric a n Cranbrrry Eichinf* 90 Writ Broadway, New York Open Mud Valve Which Puts Mystery Into Water Query This shows the open mud valve referred to in the report of George T. Prince, engineer commissioned by the board of directors of the Metropolitan I'tiltles d'striet to make an investigation into the causes of Omaha's muddy water epidemic last August. It was partly due to this valve, according to the report, that Insufficient wnter was supplied by low service pumps to permit regular washing and filling of settling basins. Grand Central. On a roof a woman Is sprinkling the garden with a hose spray. And In front of a chain cigar store Is a group of young Idlers sky larking just as they do in front of the Main street drug store. Speaking of cigar stores, It used to be the retreat for men. Now there are almost as many women customers a* men. Even the privacy of the bar ber ehop has suffered from the fem inine Invasion. Recently In a four chair barber shop 1 was the only male customer. Three girls were In other chairs being bobbed and trimmed. Speaking of feeling conaplcuousl A few cloves added to vegetable soup will give a delightful flavor. 4reV0U ? 111 ^ lot 1| «*?%**'Z> 1 d'i *k* get «V$* 1 tion^ 1 iter. «»®* -fl* ^ I , ' e^^odl00' „s» <*w , hssT f FOR THE FINEST CLIMATE!]] •FORTHE “LIVEST* RESORT ! FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TROPICAL SCENERY! FOR THE BEST IN EVERY OUTDOOR SPORT! 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