Today
Handsome Mr. Willis.
Head Hunters at Home.
Y oussoupoff -Rembrandt
Gold in the Zhugh-Zhur.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
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Senator Willis, tall, handsome
gentleman from Ohio, who might
serve as model for all the ready
made clothing advertisements, has
a program for the republicans in
1924.
"They must stand for the con
stitution of the United States and
not for any of the various propos
als advanced by so-called reform
ers, who would like nothing better
than to see it torn to tatters.
"I refer, for one thing, to the
proposal now pending to substi
tute the transitory power of con
gress for the power of our courts.”
Mr. Willis, and some others be
lieve that the people of the Unit
ed States never really intended to
rule themselves. The idea was to
make a constitution, and then give
control of the nation to somebody
else and let somebody else run it.
Mr. Willis is mistakeh and he
and others will realize it when the
time comes.
The people of the United States
do mean to rule themselves.
Once in awhile a man enters a
police station and says, “I think I
am crazy and I’m afraid I may do
something foolish, please take
charge of me.”
The people of the United States
are not that kind of a crazy person
—not yet. They think they can
take charge of themselves. And if
they find that any power outside of
the people has become greater
than the power of the people, then
that thing will be changed.
It isn’t necessary to “tear the
constitution to tatters” to have this
a country managed, as its found
ers intended, by the people and not
by a chosen few, whatever their
label may be.
A very weak chain is the human
race, if it is only as strong as its
weakest link. And far is that
poor human race from real civili
zation.
From Rangoon, India, comes
that the efforts of the British to
stop slavery, in border districts be
tween Burmah and Assam, are bit
terly fought by the slaves them
selves. They have enough to eat,
their brains are comfortably soak
ed with opium, they want to re
main slaves.
That’s bad enough, but in Naga
Hills, human sacrifices still con
tinue. The Papuan head hunters
capture and sell Indian children to
be used in the sacrifices.
That shocked us, but our own
supreme court declared unconsti
tutional a law that would have
prevented United States head
hunting under the guise of child
labor. Whether you chop off a
child’s head to please a savage
trod by the sight of its blood, or
kill 1,000 children slowly to make
money out of their small bodies,
doesn’t make much real differ
ence.
Prince Youssoupoff of Russia
demands two Rembrandt pictures
held hy Joseph B. Widener of
Philadelphia. Mr. Widener says
he will he delighted to return the
Rembrandts when the prince pays
him hack $500,000 plus 8 per cent
interest now due.
Frederick Landis, brilliant
brother of the famous Judge
Landis, writes:
“Youssoupoff is about the only
Russian prince now worrying
about Rembrandts, most of them
worry about ham sandwiches. If
Rembrandt knows about two of
his canvasses now being worth
half a million dollars, he doubtless
recalls the dav when all his posses
sions were sold at auction, includ
— ing his dead wife’s clothes, even
her wedding dress; of the hungry
days when he sketched with chalk
on tavern walls to amuse the
crowd and of his funeral at the
hands of charity, which cost a lit
tle over seven dollars.”
If you want to hunt for gold go
to Siberia, to the/Stanovol Zhugh
Zhur and Yablonol ranges.
Gold is there, according to a
great mining engineer recently
killed in the Japanese earthquake.
Nobody can guess what the wealth
of Siberia and the future wealth of
Russia are to be. This exper#
says, “Four thousand square miles
within 50 miles of the seaconst,
every part of it as far as it has
been explored, shows gold."
Klondike or Alaska would be
nothing compared to it. That
news will promote friendship with
Russia.
If you have plenty of real gold
you are all right—just a little
eccentric, perhaps.
Many Americans are amazed at
the prosperity and rapid growth of
Canada, with farms producing
more bushels of wheat per acre
than ours, railroad stocks selling,
in porportion to return far above
our own and so forth.
There is no mystery about it.
They use common sense In
Canada while we shut out popula
tion that this country needs, and
tax our people to pay dividends
on privately owned, inflated rail
road stocks, the Canadian National
ruilwuys establish a department of
immigration and colonization, to
import, distribute, encourage and
assist desirable immigrants.
Canada has brains enough to
know that nations are made pros
perous, and lands made valuable
by human beings, not by bond
issues, or foolish legislation.
(Copyright. 1*23 I
Affirms Lebeck Decision.
Des Moines, la., Tier. 13.—The Iowa
supreme court yesterday affirmed (he
decision of the Hhelby county district
court by which Mrs. Kthel I.check of
J’ralrle Rose, la., rnuet serve 20
years In the Women’s reformatory
for the slaying of George Hohnk*.
Mrs. Rebeck killed Hohnke when he
came to her borne with another wo
man, and then turned the guri on
herself. The conviction Is for man
slaughter. Mrs. I,check testified at
her trial to intimacies with Hohnke.
Her husband Is pruprlstor of a gen
t-ial store St 1’raVlc Hose.
Boil Canned
Goods to Avoid
Botulism Toxin
State Department of Health
Outlines Causes* and
Prevention of
Disease.
Lincoln, Dec. 12.—Prompted by
several recent deaths in Nebraska
from botulism, the state department
of health today Issued a statement
outlining the causes of botulism and
possible preventives. In It the- de
partment urges users of canned goods
to boil the contents before placing
on the table.
The statement of the department
follows:
“There are several species of bac
teria that may cause changes In pre
served foods, rendering the foods un
fit or even dangerous for human con
sumption. One of the most danger
ous, although not the most common,
form of food poisoning from bacterial
cause is botulism. Botulism and
ptomaine poisoning are two entirely
separate and distinct forms of food
poisoning
“The bacillus may grow and pro
duce Its poison in vegetables, meat,
fish, cheese and occasionally In some
fruits. As It requires time for its
growth, and the production of Its
poison, fresh foodstuffs are not dan
gerous as far as botulism is con
cerned. Foodstuffs that contain the
botulism poison may or may not be
altered in color, taste or odor. The
absence of any evident change can
not be taken as proof af the absence
of the botulism poison.
Lives in Soil.
“The bacillus botulinus seems to
live In the soil as its natural habitat.
Its spores have been found by bac
teriologists in soils from widely scat
tered points from all of the conti
nents of the northern hemisphere
and from practically every state in
the United States. Dust containing
botulinus spores may b« carried by
wind or insects and deposited on
foodstuffs and there the epores lay
dormant until conditions become fav
orable for their growth and the pro
duction of their poison.
"Bacillus botulinus will grow un
der a wide variety of conditions.
Body temperature, partial or com
plete exclusion of the air, as In
canned goods; the presence of a ltf
tle sugar and a nearly neutral re
action, such ns is present In canned
vegetables and In meat products, of
fer the most favorable conditions.
Bacillus botulinus, however, will
grow In brine solutions, In strong
4ugar solutions and In the acid Juices
of many fruits.
"Although the botulism poison la
readily destroyed by bolting, the
spores of bacillus botullnus are ex
tremely resistant to heat. The spores
alone ai*e harmless but are potentially
dangerous as they are able to de
velop and produce the poison, given
time and favorable circumstances. It;
Is possible to destroy the spores by,
temperatures higher than boiling
such ns may be secured under steam
pressure In canning factories, but
the boiling temperature which is
available to the housewife in canning
is not sufficient, even through pro
longed, to insure the destruction of
all the spores in the canned product.
Survival of the spores through the
canning process is likely to occur
with vegetables which have a nearly
neutral reaction, but will !>e more un
common with canned fruits which
are more acid in reaction. Any spores
not killed by the heat in canning
may of (jourse develop and produce
the botullnus poison in a few days
or months.
, Fatal to Humans.
“Botullnus poison is toxic for hu
mans, animals, and as it occurs in
the western half of tlie United States,
also for fowls. In animals it is
called forage poisoning and In fowls
'limberneck.' The number of cases
In humans is quite small. During
the last four years, five cases are
known to have occurred In Nebraska.
The total of known cases for the
United States during the same period
Js under 200. The percentage of
fatalities Is high. Botulism Is easy
to prevent and difficult or impossible
to cure.
“Food showing evidence of spoil
age such as gas bubbles in Jans, tops
swelled, squirt of liquid when top Is
unscrewed, abnormal odor, or mushy
disintegrated appeal a nee of solid
parts of contents should be discarded
without being tasted and should not
be left where humans or domestic
fowls or animals have access to It.
Such food showing signs of spoilage
is more apt to contain the botullnus
poison than food showing no signs
of being spoiled, however, absence
of evident spoilage does not mean
necessarily absence of botullnus
poison and it is urged that all canned
food should be thoroughly heated or
boiled after being removed from the
container and before being used or
tasted. There are few if any 'ready
to serve’ canned foods which are in
any way damaged by boiling and if
necessary cooling before being eaten.”
Idaho Bill, Famous
Hunter, Visits in Imva
Shenandoah, la., Dec. 11.—Idaho
Bill is in Iowa on his way to the
mountains of Mexico to capture lions
for the national .zoological gardens.
He is a guest here of his daughter,
Mrs. J. E. Mohnejr.
Idaho Bill, whose name is Col. B.
R. Pearson, has Just returned from
Washington, D. C., where he pre
sented President Coolldge a bear.
NEBRASKA NEWS NUBBINS
BEATRICE —Although hts big
truck, loaded with poultry, went Into
the ditch southeast of Wymore on
account of the muddy highways, Ben
Clark of this city, fearing that some
one might carry off the fowls, pro
cured an oil stove and remained on
the job until his machine, practically
undamaged, was pulled out of the
ditch and driven to Beatrice. Mr.
Clark was en route to Oketo, Kan.,
and Barneston when the accident oc
curred.
CALLAWAY—Mr. Crogfhan, who
has lived in the vicinity of Finch
ville for a number of years, died
at his home there yesterday. Ho
was 111 only a few days.
CALLAWAY—The 3-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Embree of Mer
na was seriously irijured while play
ing with a lawn mower at the F. C.
Embree home. He caught his hand
in the mower and it was necessary
to amputate part of one finger.
LIBERTY—While John Penning
ton, farmer north of here, was driv
ing his auto on the highway near
Lewiston, Just north of here, the car
struck a stone In the road and skidded
to one side where It went, over a small
embankment and tipped over. Pen
nington sustained a deep cut on
one hand and severe body bruises,
and Olen Pickard, farmer near Paw
nee. who was riding with him, re
ceived a sprained shoulder and a
deep cut on the hack. The auto was
badly damaged.
RED CLOI’D—The funeral of Mrs
A. H. Carpenter, 68, of this city,
was held here. Mrs. Carpenter had
spent nearly her entire life In this
state, having moved to Nebraska
City with her parents In 1885 leaving
there In 1873 for Red Cloud, where
she had made her home since. Be
sides her husband, she leaves several
sons and daughters.
RED CLOUD—The Community
Christmas club of this city and the
business men are making elaborate
preparations for decorating the busi
ness section of this city during the
coming holiday season. In addition
to the usual 20 foot Christmas tree
w-hlch Is put up In the heart of the
business section and decorated with
electric lights each year, there will he
53 smaller trees In front of the busi
ness establishments. A prize has
been offered to the merchant pro
ducing the prettiest decorated tree.
RED CLOUD—The following offi
cers were elected by Charity chapter
of the Eastern Star here: Mrs. W. D.
Edson, worthy matron; Mrs. F. J.
Munday, (associated matron; A. D.
ltanney, patron; Mrs. Harry Cramer,
conductress; Mrs. J. E. Betz, associ
ated conductress; Mrs. Mabel A1
bright, secretary, and Mrs. A. D.
ltanney, treasurer.
BEATRICE—Mrs. W. J Dunnlck
of Wymdre died suddenly at 8t. Louis
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while there visiting with her niece.
She had not been In good health
for some weeks. The body was
brought to Wymore. where funeral
services were held from the family
residence. Burial was at Washing
ton, D. C.
BEATRICE — Announcement has
been received here of the death of
Lou Blum, 60, at his home at Canton,
O. He leaves a wife.
BEATRICE—H. C. llartwig, living
near Barneston, reports that he has
just finished gathering 3,200 bushels
of corn from his field. He says that
from 72 acres he secured a yield of 40
bushels to the'acre. The grain was
of excellent quality,
GENEVA—Andrew M. Morrissey,
chief Justice of the supreme court of
Nebraska, was the speaker at a dinner
of the Geneva Community club Mon
day evening. Judge Morrissey spoke
entertainingly of his trip to Canada,
making comparisons t>et ween that
country atjd the L'nited Htates. Music
was furnished by members of the
Community club.
MADISON — Mrs. Marie Clausen
died at West Point. The body was
brought to the home of Jens Jensen
here, where the funeral will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2, Rev. F. G.
Knauer, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, officiating. Burial will be
made in Crownhlll cemetery.
FALLS CITY—Every Falls City
store window is spruced up for the
holiday season as a result of a cam
paign waged by the chamber of com
merce. All of the decorating was
done behiml curtained windows. The
unveiling of the windows occurred at
a given signal amid the playing of the
city band and was made a gala event.
As a result of the decorations, the
stores Rre attracting the largest
crowd of shoppers in years.
LINCOLN—W. L. Clay, postmaster
here, has chosen a novel way to pre
sent his "mall early" recommends
tiona to business houses of this oily.
A letter addressed to "The Boss" is
being delivered with the regular mail
to each firm or office in the down
town district by the regular carrier
on each route.
The letter says that "business
would (.(^expedited through an earlier
dispatch, sometimes making a dif
ference of one entire day in the de
livery of the mall."
(IRANI) ISLAND—Genera! Man
ager Flynn, General Superintendent
Lyman. Land Agent Westervelt, Gen
eral Passenger Agent Cottsworth,
General Freight Agent Montmorency
and Superintendent Mullen were in
the city today and enjoyed an in
formal smoker with ft few of the of
ficers and members of the chamber
of commerce.
AUBURN — About 20 boys under
the leadership of Paul Lamb met at
the high school Monday evening to or
ganize a Hi V club. Officers were
elected and the newly arranged or
ganization plans to proceed with its
work.
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Omaha Man Is Held at
Hastings, Neb., Dec. 12.—John
Palmer, 31, of Omaha was lodged In
the bounty Jail today on a charge
that he forged checks on the volun
teer fire department here amounting
to more than fl«0.
Palmer was arrested late yesterday
following a ehasi- which led to Grand
Island yesterday afternoon. He was
arrested on the outskirts of the lat
ter city and held until the arrival of
local poll' e. Palmer is said to have
chanced deposit slit-i while on hla
way to the local bank and to have
8igp<-d the name of fitty Ituby, treas
urer of the volunteer fire depar'
nient fund.
According to a story told ^he ro- a
life, he was on his way from th!a^^^^|
city to';: tnd Island to borrow raone
with which to cover the alleged
forgery end other shortages jn hts
accounts.
■Japan lost l.f>0n,0(W) books at a re
sult of the earthquake whloh de«.
troyed Yokohama and a large part r-f
Tokio.
GiftHosiery
Hose That Will Please at
Christmas Time, and Be
Appreciated All Through
the Year
Thompson-Belden’s special 12-strand, 4 —
all pure silk hose, full fashioned, ^
street shades, pair— JL
Chiffon hose of gossamer weight, full 4 nt
fashioned and silk to the top, pair, **
$2.45 and
Clocked hose in smart openwork de- 4 etr\
sign, silk to the top. A distinctive ^ i
hose at—
Heavyweight black silk hose of lus- $ 50
trous quality, silk to the top, pair—
Madame Antoinette
has exclaimed over the wonderful
assortment of shades—those exquisite
hues which the Parisiennes are wearing:
Dan‘n, Blush, Sunset, Rochelle, Autumn, Log
f 'nhin, Belgique. Freckles, Babbling Brook, Pil
grim. Cut Steel and Rose Beige.
Street Floor
Christmas Gifts From
Th ompson-Belden’s
Are Appreciated As Is
Silver Marked “Sterling”
In our effort to be helpful during this busy season of the year, ice offer a
number of most acceptable gifts at one very attractive pricing. It is our
hope that you will find shopping here a genuine pleasure, for whether
you wish to inspect or to buy, you will be cheerfully and willingly
served. Store hours nine until six.
Lovely
Philippine
Gowns
An intimate j?ift—beauti
ful, practical and much to
be appreciated. We have
just received them, in a
number of new patterns, some of which are
very elaborate, others quite plain. French
gowns such as these are a rarity at $3.95.
Second Floor
Friday at
$3—
We Suggest:
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Madeira
Luncheon
Napkins
Of fine Irish linen with hand scal
loped edge and hand-embroi
dered corner. The gift of a half
dozen of these napkins is a real
tribute to one's friends. Very
special at, half dozen. S3.95.
Street Floor
Hand-Made Blouses
Of French voile with^fine filet lace trimming—a
blouse such as any woman will be delighted to re
ceive. In tuxedo style, they are becoming to all.
Practically every size. $3.95.
Third Floor
Half Dozen Handkerchiefs
These are our 75c all pure linen hand
kerchiefs for women. Each is daintily
hand embroidered with corner design or
with initial. All white or colored linen
with embroidery in color. Most accept
able and priced at, half dozen. $3.95.
Slreet Floor
"1 retousse Uloves
Perfect-fitting gloves, the only glove
we know of that comes in two finger
lengths. Two clasp style of fine
French kid in black, brown, gray and
pastel at $d.95. We will fit the
gloves and correct the size after
Christmas.
Street Floor
Imported Perfumes
A true compliment to the re
ceiver is this gift. If she is a
blond Madame Antoinette has
said Houbigant’s ‘Quelques
Fleurs,” original bottles. $3.95.
If she is a brunette. “White
Narcissus," ounce, $3.95.
Street Floor
Out-Sized Ho se j
Pure thread silk hose, full fashioned
and w ell fitting, l isle garter top and
sole insure servicabilitv; the value is
exceptional when we offer two pairs j
of these fine silk hose at $3.95.
Street Floor
Most Acceptable is a
Rain-Sun Umbrella
And an exceptional value are these attractive selections
with newest handles and tippings, and the assurance
that the crisp new taffeta will give the best of service.
Navy, brown, purple, black and green. $.1.95.
Str##t Floor
Silk or Wool
Bloomers
Jersey silk bloomers of sturdy wear
ing quality; sport length and street
shades; pair $8.95. Flesh colored
jersey silk bloomers of knee length
make a dainty gift, at $3.95. Wool
bloomers of snort length will be often
appreciated on cold wintry days. Black and navy. $8.95.
Street Floor
Christmas Gifts From
Thompson-Belden’s
Are Appreciated as is Silver Marked “Sterling '