Norris St:md Against War. North Platte, 'Nab.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; "Lest We For ftl The events leading up lo the entry of the United State* into the world war developed into a remarkable dramatic situation. For the first time In the history of civilized warfare the German government exereised anil as serted a right to fence off a large part of the Atlantic ocean. Not only cover inp 'he approaches to Great Britain and France, but also to the neutral powers. Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holland. And Germany proceeded to ruthless ly destroy the American commerce found within the prescribed area, with the use of the submarine. Add contrary to the rules of all civilized naval warfare gave no opportunity for the saving of the lives of American citizens engaged In lawful commerce. The American government protested vigorously and repeatedly against this war so carried on against American ships engaged In lawful commerce. Such protests proved unavailing and j the unlawful war was carried on. Public acntlment In the United i States finally culminated in a demand ! for this government to take up arms’ In defense of Amerh-an rights. And 1 In response to this demand President Wilson delivered his famous war incs si*e, asking congress to declare that a state of war existed between Ger many and her allies and the United States. * This action of the president was hailed with delight by the great mass of the American people. The lower house of congress bv an almost tin ainimous vote adopted the declaration. In the senate a pro German minority of seven s-natora entered Into a con spiracy to prevent a vote on the f ono«ltion hy filibustering. And as this centred In the last few days prior to March 4. when that congress would expire they succeeded by talking ag.iinst time. The leader and the hralns of this lu*o German combination w as Senator T.a Knllette and the tall, of It was N’e hreska’s senntnr George W. Norris. The fact that the American people were practically unanimous for this declaration as was Nebraska, the .on st.tuency of Geo. W. Norris had no weight with this beautiful seven. On the morning of the fourth of March .Senator Norris had the floor of the senate until the gavel for adjourn ment fell, delivering an unpatlotic ad dress, apologizing for and justifving the acts of the German government in destroying peaceful American com rnerce. Senator Norris Is asking for re nomination as a republican candidate for t'nlted States senator at the primaries of April S. He admits that he is not a republican and he proves It by offering the indorsement of Senator I.a Koilette, under whose leadership Senator Norris has been waging warfare against the republican party and its policies. A vote for Norris at the primary will he a vote indorsing his pro-Ger man activities and his anti-republican career. Why not for a change elect a true blue republican and a 16val American. We will have an op portunity of doing so by voting for Charles H. Sloan. THOMAS C. PATTERSON. Walkers Who Delay Traffic. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: Cannot something he done to prevent the balky jiedestrian from in sisting upon taking whichever side of the pavement his or her fancy dictates, regardless of the fact that by walking on the left side they are impeding the progress of those com ing from the opposite direction? One allowances should, perhaps, lie made for those In from the country hut Omaha folks are just as guilty in this resjiect as the “Main Streeters." Then again one observes so many peo ple choosing the center of the walks to stop and converse, which the writer has seen hapjren time and again on even so crowded an inter section as Sixteenth and iarnam Streets. It has taken me minutes to walk a block on Sixteenth street, all the time being engaged In trying to avoid those coming the other way. I have made far better time In congested New York and have vet to visit s city either east or west where jveople walk In such a haphazard manner as thev do here Shmetlme ago we had some s gne up reading “Keep to the Right," Has Omaha removed these because it con siders It a hopeless task to tearh the i n considerate, and provincials the jiroper method of walking in a city 1 would suggest that these signs iie again posted in conspicuous plm es so that In time the peo|ile will move along the walks in an effir lent manner and Omaha will not referred to bk an overgrown country town by both east and west. BHJ bill! Sign*. ‘What makes you think they're engaged?" She has a ring and he's broke."— Mount In ion Dynamo. The Omaha Bee MORNIN G—E V E N 1 N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD Dt NN. JOY M. HACK1.FR. Editor in Chief business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is s member. exclusively entitled to the use for republiration of all news dispatches credited it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published hereir^ All rights of republicat.^n of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee Is n member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognised authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. * F.ntered as second-class matter May 28, 1908. at Omaha poatoffice under act of March S. 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for anr f a AAA the Department or Person Wanted. IMUC iWU . OFFICES Main 0ffice--17th and Fiinim Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side.N. W. Cor. 24th N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis— Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Fran.—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. V----' "PRESSURE” FOR A NEW DEPOT. Terminal facilities are just as essential to rail road operation as are tracks. Without the one the other would he useless. Unless the terminal facili ties are adequate to care for the traffic that is hrought to them, delay and loss is inevitable. These are transportation truisms, just now reflected in the Union depot issue in Omaha. That better accommodations for passenger traffic are needed is confessed by the action jaf the rail roads themselves. Freight depots have been greatly enlarged and extended since the passenger stations were erected. If the freight business demanded en larged facilities for its proper handling, certainly the passenger traffic deserves the“sqme attention. It, too, has enlarged. In 1900, two years after the present depots were put into commission, Omaha had a population of 102,000; now the census credits us with 204,000, an increase in 24 years of exactly 100 per cent, and still growing. Facilities at the railroad stations have not increased accordingly, although the demand on them for service has more than doubled. Not Omaha alone, but the surrounding country' is concerned in this. Population has increased, travel has increased, the number of people going in and out of the Union and Burlington stations each day is steadily growing, and will grow. It is on this basis that Omaha asks for better accommodations. Walter Head put the matter very neatly, when he assumed that Mr. Gray had felt the gentle pres sure bf popular demand. We appreciate the situa tion of the railroad executive. His problems are complicated by demands from all sources and of all natures. Each has its advocates who press with all convenient zeal for the furtherance of their ends. Omaha is necessarily included in this list. Only Omaha is not asking an unreasonable thing in this. No thought is held that a great monument shall be erected here. Thinking men have questioned the wisdom of such investments as have been made in other cities, where hundreds of millions of dollars have been forever fastened in passenger stations. These are an economic burden on the whole public. Every dollar that has been lavished on features that are not serviceable is a dollar wasted. What Omaha wants is a passenger station that will take care of not only the present needs of the city, but will reasonably anticipate the fufure. One very conservative estimate, made by a corporation whose business requires it to look ahead, considers Omaha as certain to double in size within another score of years. In the very nature of things, the railroads must provide for this growth. President I* inley of the Northwestern pleasantly suggests that Omaha build the depot and rent it to the railroads. That might not be beyond reason, if the rest of the Plumb plan were accepted, or even the Howell plan. The Northwestern just now is a tenant of the Union Pacific so far as the Union sta tion is concerned. So are the other lines whose trains enter the station. Were the city in position to finance the operation, it might as well collect the rents as the railroad company. But that does not solve the problem. It is one which the railroads must adjust between themselves If it comes to an independent corporation, such as the Kansas City or Denver depot companies, let them form such an organization, and finance it to a sue cess. If a modification of the Charles Francis Adams leases, on which the present tenancy rests, is needed, 'hat also is for the railroads to work out. The courts have held the leases good, and any change that is made in them will be for negotiations between the companies. What is admitted by all is that better arrange ment for handling passenger traffic in and out of Omaha should be provided. No bitterness exists, and we trust none will enter into the consideration of the big job. A station that is easy of access, that will quickly arid safely care for the people wRo must use it, that will not be unsightly, is all that is asked. For their own profit the railroads need such a depot. Why delay? VANDERLIP ASSUMES A MARTYR’S CROWN. A rebound of his remarkable course seems to have hit Frank A. Vanderlip. According to his‘own ac count, he is about to retire from any active partici pation in the numerous business enterprise* of which he has been a director. This was precipitated by a request that he be removed from the directorate of the Continental Can company. This will excite some comment, but the effect of the gentleman's own action should surprise no one. That he will emulate some others, who have posed as martyrs because removed from responsible posi tions after forfeiting confidence of those responsible for the management, is forecast by his conduct. Yet it should not he forgotten that when Mr. Vanderlip was placed under oath and asked to tell on what he iiascd his allegations, he admitted he had no proof, that he was simply repeating gossip. No amount of insistence as to the purity of his intention ever can warrant anyone in retailing scan dal. To repeat slander or libel is an offense not only against the law hut against good morals as well, (iood motives can not he pleaded in justification of such conduct. A man in high position, he does in finite harm when he publicly states what he after wards admits he can not prove. Especially is this true at a time when the public is being stirred deliberately for partisan purposes. Mr. Vanderlip will be required to answer In court for a portion of his foolishness. He will also have to answer in the court of public opinion. “The work I am doing in Washington,” to use his own words, so i far has been to assume that he is the criterion of public morality, so far as the government is con cerned. If he knows of any corruption that is not yet disclosed, he should not delay to brinj? it for ward. Mere assertions do not prove anything, and his one great chance to make good passed when he admitted under oath that he dot not know what he was talking about. KEEP GOOD MEN WHEN YOU GET THEM. When the law creating the Omaha Water board was passed, it contained<41 provision that member ship should be divided between the two principal political parties. This provision is carried over into the law that constitutes the Metropolitan Utilities District. The obvious purpose was and is to make the board absolutely nonpolitical in its nature. Members of the board are charged with the ad ministration of three great business undertakings, water, gas and ice. supply'. The first two are para mount. Domestic life of the community can not be carried on without them. Collectively’ they repre sent an investment of more than $12,000,000 of the people's money. Nobody questions the fact that the business has been efficiently’ handled, that public in terest has been protected, and that nothing has been omitted that will s^eguard the welfare of the rity in its relation to tlrese institutions. A private concern would *ot think of removing any of its executive or administrative officers, whose record was dean and whose services were in all re gards satisfactory, simply to give the place to some one else who wanted the job. Such things are not done in private business. No more should they he done in public affairs. -Fred D. Wead is a veteran on the Municipal Utilities Board, having served from its inception. W. .1. Goad has had several years of such service. Each is a business man of approved capacity. At all times ami under all circumltances they- have been alert to protect the public. On their records as public officials they stand for re-election. Such serv ice as they have given justifies thf-ir continuance in office. For this reason they are recommended to the voters for faVor on election day. HASTINGS CELEBRATES ITSELF. Hastings has just celebrated an event that marks j an epoch in the city’s growth. It was the informal opening and acceptance of the municipal audi torium, “the full realization of a dream of three dec ades or more," according to the Tribune. It is located on what is to be a civic center of magni ficient proportions. Let us admit without argument that the build ing is all that is claimed for it, that it is the finest and best appointed of its kind in the state. That is what it should be, to meet the needs and aspirations of a community so enterprising and far seeing as to bring such a dream to fruition. Its importance lies in the fact that it is a substan tial evidence of the civic spirit of Hastings, the ! unified expression of the public purpose on which the greatness of any community large or small finally must rest. Public buildings advertise to the eye, not of the stranger or casual visitor alone, but the citizen more than anybody else the im portance of his home town. N'o man whose heart is not wholly calloused but will feel it swell as he approaches a structure in which is combined the efforts of all the citizens in their endeavor to provide something that will typify the courage, the energy and the confidence of thp people who make up the community. There fore, The Omaha Bee congratulates the people of Hastings on having brought to pass the vision they have nurtured so long, and under the circumstances ] that attended the acceptance. Not only was praise j given the mayor who launched the enterprise, th« architect who planned the building, hut the con tractor and his foreman were congratulated on the faithful manner in which they had carried out the trust they assumed. Long may that building stand a credit to Hastings. SENATOR, “SAYS A MOUTHFUL.” , Out of the tumult and shouting at Washington emerges a still small voice, something like the con science of a senator, trying to make itself heard : above the din. Senator Robinson of Arkansas warns other senators that a great mass of public business is going unheeded. Legislation needed and prom ised is neglected, relief is being denied, and the sen ate is wasting time. He enumerates quite a list of matters that should have prompt attention, if the sen ate is to come anywhere near justifying its ex istence. The public has knou-n all this for some time, but | we wonder who it wss told Senator Robinson. He surely did not discover it from Roxie Stinson, or A1 •Tennings, or Gaston B. Means, or any of the other “notables" who recently have be.en regaling the world, and the senate especially, with tales of their own importance, and, we fear, their own invention as well. Senator Robinson has devoted considerable time in the senate since the first of the year, sup porting his amiable colleague, Carraway, in his as saults on* republicans, and particularly on the presi dent and his cabinet. If time has been wasted, no body knows better when or how or why than does Senator Robinson. A Norwegian scientist is credited with Inventing a plan whereby the next war will be fought with mechanical soldiers guided by wireless. But why should there be any next war? The Sherman avenue housewives won their battle against the paving material plant in jig time. All they have to do now is to consolidate the victory by getting the plant removed. r-1 Homespun Verse • — Bjr Omaha’s Own Poet—■ Hnhorl tt'itrlhinplon Dario __—-——-.-' OLD AGE. Old Ag# com#* HtcnllnK over uh I,Ik# cloudlet* cm#* th# #ky; Thl# pHrt of Fflt# w# nnot now Nor later on ri#f' . Our hfllr will turn to #nnw.v whit#, Our dimple* idowly fad# Ah down lif#'« lavi* wft w#in1 our way • From ftUnny youth to fthud#. Hut buoyant h#*rta need not grow old, Nor w#arlti#ftft reveal. Arul rnptur# ever will portray 'J b# Way w »• live -h lid 1* H; While w# muftt wear th# icmy of Ak# iMk# autumn * eolUrnliln#, \\ liiin our h#nrth th# *park *»f youth May with r#Hpl#nd#nc# *IAI.#. Th# p:i#ld «llv#r will r< Th# n whui n and tl # gold; Th# mirror will prov# unto im That w# mi # grow inn old. Hut laughter deep within our heart# May w#ll dUput# th# truth, And give li• pow#r 1*» retain Tii« lowlincaa of juuth. 1 Letters From Our Readers All Irtfrr* mu*t hr •IgrMrrf. hut mmf will hr Millilirld Upon rruurat I lim* niunlrutlon* of frttt wnnl* uml |m will hr *i»rn |irrfrr#w«» V, ../ Query For Senator \\ heeler. laiurel, .N'eb To the Editor of The Omaha Hee: Now that Mira Itoxlne Stinson ha* for weeks test tiled as to what she has heard has been pi I U to .lease Smith, now dead; Gaston Means (under Indictment for attempt ed bribery) baa also testified 'as to what large sitnia of money he has re ceived Hint paid to said Smith; the I ton'.' Frank E. Yanderlip has testified as to rumora concerning the amounts paid for the Marlon Star to our kiln President Harding, now dead, and At Jennings (ex-train robber) has teatitied as to how much Jake llamon, now d»ari, paid to Boise Penrose, now dead, would it not lie pertinent for Senator Wheeler, prosecutor. Jury and Judge of the Daugherty Investigating committee, the champion scandal monger, gossip purveyor and rumor chaser of the world, to testify or at least state to the public, how much money, if any. .Dictator Benin, now dead, has contributed towards bolshe vik propaganda throughout the United States, and whether or not, while In Russia, he discovered the system of convicting an official of this country on hearsay, gossip and rumor, without l he right of cross examination ot witnesses, nor defense, which system appears to have been adopted by the majority of said committee'.’ "Yet let me flap this bug with glided wings This painted child that stinks and stings: Whose buzz the witty and fair annoys Yrt wit ne'er tastes nor beauty en joys; So well bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray As shallow streams run dimpling all the day.* And as the prompter breathes the puppet squeaks: Or at the ear of Eve (Roxlne) familiar toad. Half froth, hdlf venom, spits himself abroad. In puns. In politics, or tales, or lies. Or spite, or sonnet, or rhyme or blasphemies. His wit is all see saw between that and this Now high, now low, now master, now maid. And himself one vile antheais." F. P. V. Abe Martin V---'i V Referrin’ again t’ th* olp time doctors an' whiskers, Pnc Mopps tells ns that one winter ther wui such a demand on him that he had t’ rut his heard off t' git a little rest. What dandy parkin’ places wo see when he hain't got a car. _ir*oeyrl«h». lilt ) NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for February, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .75,135 Sunday .80,‘28’2 Doe* tint Include return*. left- J I •vers, samples or papers spoiled in I printing and ini ludee n«. special | | sale* nr free circulation of any kind V. A. BRIDO.E, Cir. M«r. Subarnhed and sworn 1n before m« this 4th day of Match. 1974 W II QtJlVF.Y. ! (Seal) Notary Public j snnySide Up fokc Comfort.nor forget dhat 'Sunrise neCerfuumius yet ** ^ "kmhr ., TIIK IlKMKm. M llr moaned about corruption till he weltered III Ills wo* And lie cussed until the air was fairly blue lit- groaned about disruption, and confessed lie didn't Know What tlie blasted, blunming country's coming to. lie damned all the politicians up and down front morn till night. Anti sung tits doleful sting, calamity, by role He wept about condition*, but he overlooked hi* tight To get out .tail change conditions by his vote. lie swore by the little Ashes and the great horn handled spoon That the country is hell-bent toward the reef. ]b declared he only wishes to see something happen soon That would bring h speedy end to all hia grief lie said politics is rotten and dishonest men in power. And lie sat around and whined his time away. Just one simple thti / forgotten, that it only took an hour 'I'u get out and CHl t a vote primary day. Ill tils whining all so hitter he has overlooked a bet — That would mean escape from all his woe anil grief: lie s a double barreled quitter, with a yellow liver, net. Who ref uses trying hard to get relief. All tlie moaning and bewailing he tan do in ninety years Won't Miifllco to change the bad Into the good. He must rouse himself to sailing out with lusty, rousing cheers. And then do his bounden duty as he should, ('■cue Westerveit of tlie ScottsblufT Republican is not only a big man mentally, but lie is a giant physically. Recently an undersized man was introduced to fiene, and, after looking the big editor over, be remarked: ‘ rar* old. who entered the senate In 1S17 and was reelected In 1*22. administering a first rale heating to the republican candidate, F. W. Mondell, who sat in the house of representatives con tinuously for 24 years, and was te publican floor leader In two gesso ns. Who launched the slogan? We are pot sure, hut the Buffalo (Wyo i Voce democratic, i spushinE it along, with the unqualified assertion that "the whole west is for him.” Kendrick was horn In the steer country of Texas, drove a herd of cat-1 tie from Matagorda hay to Wjorn-j ing In 1S7S and settled down for life, in that bailiwick of ranches. He still; raises cattle on a large si ale. He ha» the biggest ranch out there and he is president of the Western Stock men's association, whose interests range all the territory west of the Mississippi river. He has no love for the big packers and he is credited with iielng the wielder of a powerful cudgel In behalf of the man who pro duces calves and rears them into steers. The Buffalo Voice likes Kendrick because, it says, there is no tincture of oil about him. although his habitat is almost within hailing distance of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve. From the floor of the senate Ken-i drick has assailed the oil leave asj "vicious and criminally wasteful.” It may he remembered. ' says The I Voice, "that the western frontier' made a Dincoln. when once before the people turned to an Honest Abe from! the then frontier of Illinois. The western frontier built a Roosevelt, a man whom the west moulded, helped to educate—and elected. The western frontier made a iyendrb k. and today the nation, not one county, one state, or one section—the whole nation—is turning to a man of his type, inde I«ptnl<*nt, pro*resolve fn though' i yr.-sslw in spirit, progressive in > dsavor, and unwavering in hi* * ice •• Kendrick did not get beyond common public schools in his fern education, but that fact did to t si in the wav of hi* rising to the g< ernorshlp of his adopted state )* the Buffalo Voice merely erv. r in the wilderness, or is It tioth an vqeate ami » prophet'.’ Obvious! la nut satisfied wTh the Candida* * William fifblis IfcAdnn, Who has la* annexing demtxratic delegate r despite hi* well paid service* to oil Interest* If Senator Kendrh . * friends think the democratic w oe are fine enough for him. wlo - os say that they shan't grab h * ram hat and toss it into the arena' Him ami Phonograph Museum. From Ihe I-lv'ns A** The future will both see and h-a us. if the rest of the world adopts plans »hi' h are now being made t establish a film and pbonograp record museum in London. The new museum, if it is forme tie built around the nucleus of f : . already in the possession of the in perial war museum. There are hun deeds of thousands of feet of mm.' picture film in this collection, repor* mg historic, military and naval ei gagements of the war, among wh. are the bstlle of the Comme and the blocking of Zeebrugge harbor. Hithe to pw W Mi Moult because the Negatives from which they are made eventually on Iract, but s new celluloid mater;.-, which 1* unshrinkable and unburna- - promises to solve thl* difficulty or Mltn also In existence chronicles events as fur hack ss lVt9, showing Queen Victorias visit to Lablin in that ye ami her funeral in 19oo with • e former kaiser as one of the mourner - To the purely visual collection of the war museum may be added ’ - strictly vocal collection of the Brit.* , museum This Includes phonegrapu records of the voices of King George ind Queen Mary Patti, Melba. Cam* Chaliapin. Among the statesmen whose voices have been taken are Mr. Asquith. Lloyd George, Winston Churchill. Admiral Perry. Sir Ernest Sharkleton. and various others. rui.ITICAL AIAVKRTIMCMK.NT.IHIITK AL AMVKHTbE.MKNT, MATHERSI For GOVERNOR •>o use to nominate someone on the Republican ticket and then suffer defeat in the November election. Speaker Mathers ts not a politician, but he is a shrewd, ke n debater ar.d a won derful campaigner. True, he is a new man in state affairs and has never been a candidate before, yet during the last session of the legislature he kept close record of the state's political affair5 and knows C. W. Bryan, his metheds and hi« record. With the nomination. Speaker Mathers will campaign this state and fight his way to victory over Bryan, as no other Republican candidate can do. ? We Republicans want Mathers governor, first-of all because be ha« in even way the qualifications and tn thh = ecord place. Republicans and many Democrats have had enough of Brvar. and his henchmen. Bryan is for the "Spoil5 System" and "Professional Politics." Mathers is against the "Spot's S- $tr and "Professional Politics." Let Mathers have the Republican i. v.nation April 8 and dur ing the following campaign Bryan will not get ..wav with h.s usunl line of “political bunk." "deception" and falsification. Mathers has the facts and will call Bn an a', every turn. All over Nebraska people are saying that Speaker Mathers is the one Republican who can and will defeat l\ W. Bryan. Nominate Mathers m the primaries and he will eliminate Bryan in the election. H ARRY E. AN RES. Chairman. Scott* .Bluff Countv Republican Centra: Comm ‘tee VOTE FOR A WINNER Down the Great St. Lawrence On \our Trip to Europe The journey from Montreal down the majeatleSt UwrrtKwpreaent. to the loter of beauty many a Mata t hat wtll linear long lathe memory The Curtarvl liner* hare. beai.lo their luiuriou* appointment* anou. SUIe-roont. hare one. two. three and four berth*, with wardrobe*. amnmL.t,.iiontror,“'’t ‘'f*m h*“ >»« *«« UwnT^wri" io *"d r*U*' W ,h* Cun*rd **»««. '« >«ar THE CUNARD STEAM SHIP COMPANY. LIMITED