Today
Goodby, Reparations.
If Bismarck Met Kaiser.
News Samples.
Hark, the Wizard.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE j
With a loaf of bread in Germany
costing five billion marks—which
would have been $1,250,000,000
in the old days—the intellectual
allies are beginning to set aside
all question of reparations. They
are wondering whether they can
hold Germany together and pre
vent the appearance of another
and worse “Russia.” France says
it’ll pay us when Germany pays
it. Uncle Sam will charge five
billions to experience.
Smuts, able premier of South
Africa, wants the British empire
to interfere with France and de
cide on some definite course for
Germany to prevent chaos there.
England wants a prosperous
Germany with which it can trade.
France wants a ruined, broken
Germany, which it need not fear.
If it can have, as Marshal Foch
planned it, a Protestant north
Germany and a Catholic south
Germany, separated and hating
each other, so much the better.
When Germans hate Germans
Frenchmen may sleep peacefully.
Yesterday’s latest news must
have pleased the French. The
Palatinate, rich, important sec
tion of Germany, declares itself
free of the German republic. What
is more important, it agrees to
defend the safety of France and
pay its share of German repara
tions. i
If Bismarck could come back
and call on the former kaiser in
Holland, he would have some
things to say to him.
That kaiser, reading the news,
must remember the day when he
threw Bismarck overboard, con
vinced that he, the kaiser, without
help, could look after the empire
that Bismarck had established.
What a big man creates, needs
a big man as caretaker.
What’s the news? All kinds:
The French government is ne
gotiating for business dealings
with Russia. And Russia is modify
ing its statement that it will never
pay its debt to France.
An American lady gets from an
American jury $5,000 paid by a
man who forcibly embraced her.
The lady, Mrs. Alice Mercer, asked
for $50,000.
Chinese bandits were beaten In
the attempt to capture another
passenger train, and Princess Her
mine, wife of the ex-kaiser, is
busy in politics, hoping to become
empress. Such a lady would have
starteAJjousekeeping in the middle
of the Johnstown flood.
This country, with untold mil
lions of tons of coal below the
ground, is importing 100,000 tons
from Wales, and, incidentally, half
a dozen middlemen get their share
of profits on the hard coal mined
here.
There seems to be real hope for
asthma and hay fever victims. So
one surgeon in Chicago tells the
other surgeons gathered there.
Whoever conquers hay fever,
asthma and poison ivy will deserve
a monument as high as Pikes peak.
Imperial Wizard Evans of the
Ku Klux is worried, because in
this country only a “little more
than a third are of native Anglo
Saxon stock.’’ Would the dis
tinguished wizard have kept out
Christopher Columbus? He hadn’t
a drop of Anglo-Saxon blood in
his veins, although he did have, on
his mother’s side, a good supply
of Jewish blood.
Wizard Evans objects to the
Jew “because he is unblendable.”
Yet Disraeli, in England, “blend
ed” well enough to make Victoria
empress of India.
Gambetta, in France, “blended”
to the extent of establishing the
French republic, following the
stupidity of Napoleon III after
1870.
Heine “blends” pretty well with
the best literature this earth has
produced.
And Spinoza, another Jew, is
“blended” in the best thinking
processes of every philosopher,
Jew and Gentile.
Without questioning the sincer
ity of Wizard Evans, it might be
appropriate to suggesby careful
analysis and proof, as, for in
stance, when he says “to Catho
lics the presidency at Washington
is subordinate to the priesthood at
Rome.”
This news will Interest more
Americans than anything that
could happen in Europe.
A carpenter named Clemens
took out a claim in the Cobalt
region. On Tuesday, perfunc
torily working at it, in accord
ance with law, he dug up “a
chunk,” practically solid silver,
weighing 3,200 pounds. The dull
est imagination can imagine how it
feels to find ns many silver dollars
as that in one single lump.
The news will set many pros
pecting for precious metals.
They will forget that more
money has been sunk in the ground
looking for gold than has ever
been taken out of gold mines.
(Copyright, 1923.)
Boys’ and Girls’ Hobby
Display at Columbus
' Columbus. Neb., Oct. 25.—Public
school authorities and Hunday school
teachers will co-operate In plans now
under way to hold a hobby exposi
tion at the Y. M. C. A., whern will
be shown exhibits of things mado
or collected by young people of the
community. Included among the ex
hibit! will be samples of girls' handi
work with the needle and various
kinds of articles mado by boys, as
well as collections of stamps, curios,
War relics, pet animals, birds, fishes
and agricultural exhibits.
Crawford Man Heads
Nebraska Bankers
.... '
(Continued From Face One.)
with this he took Issue with James
M. Beck, who spoke against the
liquor law before the American
Bankers’ association convention at
Atlantic City.
"America is an experimental lab
oratory,” he said. “Perfect experi
ments can not be made while there
is antagonism among the w-orkers. It
should be possible for men In power
to differ in opinions without getting
angry”
A progressive note was sounded in
the closing speech of the morning ses
sion, by M. L. Corey of Washington,
D. C.. a member of the federal farm
loan board and former Nebraskan.
Mr. Corey described the Federal In
termediate Credit banks as institu
tions to protect the farmers from such
hard times as they suffered in recent
years and are still suffering.
"The federal reserve system ought
not to be loaded with tills long
term farm paper,” continued Mr.
Corey. “It is essential to keep the
assets of the federal reserve system
in liquidation and general reserve
notes ought not to be based upon long
term farm paper.”
“Those who watch the signs of the
times cun scarcely avoid the conclu
sion that representative government,
ns conceived by the fathers, has al
ready been succeeded by something
else,” declared J. L. Cleary, vice presi
dent of the State bank of Grand
Island, in an address on "A Few Ob
servations on Governmental Changes.”
"The most staunch conservative and
the most advanced progressive agree
on one thing—that the old order is
passing or has already passed," said
Mr. Cleary.
"Lawmaking bodies are too prone
to listen to the clamor of brutal ma
jorities.”
Raps Klan.
The speaker deplored the clamor
for constitutional amendments and
"the rise of invisible empires which
attempt to supplant, and In some
measure succeed In supplanting, the
constitutional authorities.”
“The last four amendments to our
constitution were adopted with com
parative ease. They have made a
profound change in our whole gov
ernmental system. And changes lurk
in the minds of certain individuals
more drastic than any which have
yet been made.
"These persons would approve of
changes to limit or destroy the power
of the United States supreme court.
Such action would mean nothing less
than minority control and the de
struction of the separation between
the legislature and the Judiciary.
"May not the present disrespect for
law, one of the most serious signs
of the times, be attributed to a weak
ening of our traditional respect for
law. Experience shows that the dispo
sition to make a new law for every
condition is harmful to our whole ju
dicial system.”
Last night the bankers and their
families were entertained at the Or
pheum theater and dancing In Hotel
Fontenelle ballroom.
Men Caught at Ogallala to
Face Auto Theft Charges
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 25.—Two men,
giving the names of Eugene Stewart
and Edward Jackson, both of Bos
ton, Mass., having In their possession
a touring car stolen from the Louis
Tryba garage, Duncan, Neb., were
captured In Ogallala, Neb., by Arthui
Brahman city marshal there.
The two men are alleged to hav«
deserted another cab on the road near
Duncan, removed the license plates
and after taking the second car, put
the license plates on it. They will
be brought to Columbus to face trial
In district court. The abandoned car
Is also believed by County Sheriff Ed
Kanavaugh to be a stolen one. This
Is the second car stolen from Colum
bus streets within the last month,
to be recovered In Ogallala by Marshal
Brahman.
Nonresident Trapper
KpM-Ul nupatrll to The Omubn Bro
Lincoln, Oct. 25.—The first non
resident trapping license of the year
was Issued today by the board of
agriculture. It was purchased by
S. B. Newport of Springfield, S. D.,
and cost $25.
Bluffs Marriage Licenses
Tha following persons obtained mar
riage licenses in Council Bluffs yester
day :
Morris Robinson Perry. Ta.....36
Helen Clark, ISddyvllle, Is. .27
Louis Rlnos. South Omaha ..29
Mario Skedaresl, Houth Omaha .21
Fred Coefeneon. Kewanee. Ill.39
Alice Rodsrllng. Uehling. Neb.32
George Stouffer. Mtrna. Neb.63
Viola Kennedy. Ireton. la.63
Chsrles Dykes, Omaha ........33
Lena Harinum. Omaha . 31
Allen Palmer. Lincoln. Neb.21
Marv St^vonwon. Lincoln. Neb.1 H
Racine ,Boys Drum Corps Which Played Here Yesterday
Action on Hughes’
Plan Up to Paris
(Contlnned From Fair# On*.)
need not bind themselves in advance
to accept the recommendations."
America’s willingness to help was
expressed in a sentence which read:
"I have no doubt that distinguished
Americans would be willing to serve
in such a commission.”
This is the plan which is now
again informally called to the atten
tion of Europe. Tho next move Is
up to Europe. More specifically, it
is up to France, for it is already
well known that the other countries
Involved approve the Hughes idea.
This is the French government's
opportunity, if the French govern
ment really wants reparations fixed
and wants a financial plan to arrange
for the payments, which plan un
doubtedly would include a loan un
der properly arranged conditions from
private bankers in America. But
if the French government does not
want this, and prefers that events
in Germany shall continue to take
their present course, France’s fail
ure to respond to this renewal of Mr.
Hughes' suggestion will be a sign
of its disposition.
With regard to one other point
there is an obvious wish on the part
of some European governments that
whatever commission takes up Ger
man reparations should also take up,
as an incident of reparations, the
debts owed by European govern
ments to the United States. To this
insinuation the American government
is unalterably opposed. It is oppos
ed, first, because of its faulty logic,
and second, because the American
people wont have it. What Garmany
can pay Is a definite amount.
It is not contingent upon the debts
due from other governments to
America.
Germany's capacity to pay would
not be increased to tho extent of 1
cent by the fact that America had
reduced or cancelled the debts duo to
us from Great Britain, France, Bel
gium and Italy. The first step, and
the step that must be taken by itself,
Is to fix the amount of the repara
tions which Germany is to pay to
the other countries.
Reparations Come First.
After this sum is known that fac
tor will obviously have some bear
ing on the capac.ty of the other coun
tries to pay their debts to America.
But it Is only after reparations have
first been fixed that this matter of
adjusting the payments by European
eointrles to America can be fixed on
a basis of reasonable time and rea
sonable rates of interest.
Whether America would be willing
after reparations have been fixed to
cancel any part of the principal sum
of the debts due us Is a question to
which the answer is probably "no."
Our people expect these debts to be
paid. They are a matter of actual
cash to each lndlv.dual American
citizen. Consider the relation of these
foreign ^ebts to our own American in
come tax.
The total amount of these debts due
us from Europe Is, roughly, about
$10,000,000,000. The annual Income
tax, which we collect from our own
people, is roughly about $3,000,000,000.
That Is to say our fore gn debts are
about equal to our Income taxes for
three years.
The Individual citizen can figure It
out for himself. Roughly speaking,
the stake that each American citizen
has In these foreign debts Is a sum
equal to about three time whatever
is his present annual Income tax.
Would Continue Taxes.
If Europe doesn't pay us. then wo
must pay our present incomo taxes
three years longer than we otherwise
would. This has an important bear
ing upon whether public opinion in
American would permit our govern
ment to cancel or to reduce ma
terially the amount of the debts due
to us from Europe. Most certainly
we will not make any reduction so
long as the nations which owe ui< are
maintaining large armies with the
money they might be paying to us on
account of their debts.
Our government during the last
year has gone rather far In dis
countenancing the use of Aiherican
money, either from the national
treasury or from private American
tankers, for the financing of Euro
pean armies. In one case a loan
which American bankers had ar
ranged to make to a European gov
ernment was vetoed informally by our
government.
Our pos.tlon was that It was proper
for American bankers to loan money
to European governments for the pur
poses of recuperative Industry; but
that It was not desirable for Ameri
can bankers to loan money to Euro
pean governments for the purpose of
maintaining armies or balancing Im
properly managed budgets.
Burlington Man Elected
Head of Iowa Baptists
Burlington, la., Oct. 25j—The Iowa
Baptist association, in convention
here, today overcame an insurgent
movement and elected John M. Mer
cer of Burlington as president. Rev.
W. H. Rogers of Muscatine headed
the movement and was a candidate
against him. Other officers chosen
included C. W. Fletcher, Befotd,
Richmond A. Smith. Red Oak, and
E. H. Millett, Cherokee, as members
of the board of managers to serve
until 1926.
Orient Woman W orthy Grand
Matron, Iowa Eastern Star
Waterloo, la., Oct. 25.—Mrs. E. Myr
tle Willy of Orient, la., was elected
worthy grand matron, Iowa grand
chapter of the Order of the Eastern
Star, today at the closing session of
the 46th annual convention, succeed
ing Mrs. Grace Sprecher of Denison
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Sioux City was awarded the 1924 con
vention.
Changes in Train Service on
Burlington.
The Burlington railroad announce*
that the Denver Limited leaving Oma
ha at 7:10 a. m. westbound and the
Atlantic Coast Limited, leaving Oma
ha at 2:35 a. m., eastboun ’ will be
discontinued, the last trains passing
through Omaha, October 2Sth
Also on October 23th the following
changes in the time of trains will be
made
No. 22 to St. Joseph and Kansas
City will leave Omaha at 11:10 p. m.
arriving at St. Joseph and Kansas
City the same time as at present.
No. 24 to Plattsmouth and Pacific
Junction will leave Omaha at 1:30 p.
m. instead of 12:30 p. m., returning
from Pacific Junction and Platts
mouth at 3:45 p. m. Instead of 2:40 p.
w.—Advertisement.
Burgess Bedtime
Stories
By THORNTON \V. Bl'RGESS.
W# n«>r «u*pect how often wo
Are patched hy th'>*» we do not
—Jumper the Hare.
In the Midst of the Green Forest.
Htrange things are to be seen at
times In the Green Forest. Every
one of the little people who live there
can tell you this. But no stranger
sight was ever seen than that which
Jumper the Hare saw early one Oc
tober morning from his favorite hid
ing place. At least that Is what
Jumper thinks.
He had seen a hunter with a ter
rible gun seat himself on a log and
wait. He had seen handsome Mr.
Grouse alight just a short distance
from that hunter, and he had seen
that hunter lift this terrible gun and
point It at Mr. Grouse. There was
nothing strange in this. Jumper had
seen things like this before. But that
hunter hadn't fired the terrible gun.
He had sat pointing it for a moment
or two, and then slowly taken it
down and rested It across his knees.
After this he had sat there for a
long time, watching Mr. Grouse.
After a while there had been the
whirr of another pair of stout wings
and Mrs. Grouse had joined Mr.
Grouse. Together they had moved
over beneath a big beech tree and
began to pick up beechnuts. Not for
an instant did they fail to be watch
ful. They knew that the terrible
hunting season was on. They didn't
miss the rustle of a leaf. If a leaf
fluttered down from a tree their
heads were up Instantly, and they
listened and watched to make sure
that that rustle was not a warning of
danger. Yet all the time a hunter
with a terrible gun was watching
them. He could have killed them at
any time, but he didn't even lift his
terrible gun again. Do you wonder
that Jumper thought this the strang
est thing he had even seen?
Mr. and Mrs. Grouse continued to
pick up beechnuts until they could
eat no more. Then they went ovef
fo a little sandy place and ttook a
dust bath, just as you have some
times seen hens do. It was clear that
they had no suspicion whatever that
anyone who could harm them w«®
near. And all the time the huntt*
with the terrible gun across his knee®
sat motionless on an old log and
watched them. Jumper didn’t know
what to make of It. It was a new
experience to Jumper.
l-'or the matter of that. It was a
new experience to that hunter. If
he had stopped to think about it be
wouldn't have known what to thlnl^^
of it himself. For the first tt~V
since he had first had a gun he h&d
no desire to kill. The longer he sat
there and watched Mr. and Mrs.
Grouse the more Interested In them
he became. He forgot that ha had a
gun. For the first time he was really
seeing the birds he had so oftea
tried to shoot. For the first time
he was learning the meaning of real
sport.
"They think they are all by them
selves." said he to himself with a
noiseless chuckle. "They haven't the
least idea In the world that they are
being watched. I am having a chance
to see them just as they are at home.
My, they are handsome!"
Just then, way off in the distance,
there was a bang of a terrible gun.
Instantly Mr. and Mrs. Grouse were
up on their feet with heads held high,
while they listened and looked keen
ly In all directions. Then as If they
had settled in their own minds that
the danger was far, far away, they
once more settled down to their dust
bath. The hunter smiled, and Jump
er the Hare couldn't help thinking
that it was a pleasant smile. Truly
it was a strange scene.
(Copyright, 1923.)
The next story: ‘ The Hunter Shoots.*
Union Pacific Changes Time.
Effective October Dvth, the Denver
Special, trains 11 and 14, between
Omaha and Denver, will be discon
tinued for the winter months. Th®
Colorado Special will leave Omaha at
12:25 a. m. and arrive at Denver at
2:00 p. m. Sleeping cars ready for
occupancy in Omaha Union Station
at 10 p. tn The Colorado Express
will leave Omaha at 4 25 p. m. and
arrive at Denver at 7:30 a. m. as
heretofore. Tickets and berths may
he secured at Consolidated Ticket Of
fice. 1416 Dodge street, or at Union
Station, 10th and Marcy streets—Ad
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DAN B. BUTLER’S
MUNICIPAL COAL YARD CUSTOMERS
. . . who have not been able to buy, this season, the Coal that
they have bought in former years when the Muny Coal Yard
was under the management of COMMISSIONER DAN B.
BUTLER
After several months of negotiations
we have completed arrangements to
handle exclusively this higher grade.
Colorado Coal
By reason of our Shipped direct to
Large Contract us from the Evans,
we are able to sell Weld County,
this coal at the mines of Northern
nominal price of Colorado.
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