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©raahd-Vheie the^bst is a( its Best
"CARRYING A BUDDY’S PACK."
“There's never a tie binds friends like this,
We’ve drank from the same canteen!' ’’
When a "buddy’s” feet gave out, or for any
reason he fainted on the long hike, his load was
lightened. Others, whose strength was more endur
ing, took his rifle, his trenching outfit, anything that
would lessen his burden, and soon he was up and
keeping pace with the moving columns. That spirit
still run* etrong in the American Legion. Carrying
a buddy’s pack is the beet thing these boys do.
They have a good time in their own way. Why
should they not? They are young, the tide of life
courses full and strong in their veins. It would be
unnatural if they did not seek an outlet for the
energy of their nature. But war taught them
something else. One of the greatest of all lessons
learned in the army is that of discipline and the
effect of orderly unity of purpose. Discipline marks
the difference between an army knd a mob.
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Many of the boys who went Into the army were
sadly dislocated by the experience. They were jolted
out of the life they were living, and have not been
able to fit themselves into the new conditions. Not
all of them got their jobs back, some were con
demned to live by casual employment, many were
unfitted for steady work, and many could not work
at all. For all of these the government undertook
io make provision, but with sad results so frequently
following that had it not been for the American
Legion the suffering after the war would have been
intensified tremendously. The Legionnaires laid
Ihemselves out to carry a buddy’s pack, and so saved
many an unfortunate soldier from the depths of
misery.
Omaha post, No. 1, which Is the largest In the
country, has to its credit the following list of
achievement for the year 1923:
“Maintained five bed ward In St. Joseph hospital.
“Secured 2,500 Jobs for ex service men.
“Provided food, fuel, clothing, rent, medical care,
etc.. In more than 1,200 cases.
“Assisted with over 2,000 claims for disability
compensation, vocational training, etc.
“Conducted 40 funerals.
“Gave temporary aid to hundreds of families of
ex service men.
“Carried on Americanization work among Im
migrants.’’
Carry that through the years to come, or project
it backward over the four years since the boys came
come, and you get a vision of what the American
Legion is actually doing.
Omaha post is just now carrying on a drive for
an increase in membership, planning not only to hold
its proud position as the strongest numerically In
the country, but to double its roster, and go Into the
summer campaign with 4.000 members. We hope
that soon the message will be flashed back, ‘‘Ob
jective taken!”
Every good reason exists for all ex-service men to
join the Legion. No good reason is known for any
not doing so. This is with all due regard for the
claims of other organizations of the men who made
up the great army. Many of these exist for a special
purpose. None of them should conflict with the
great general objects that are being sought by the
American Legion. It is helpful, efficient, demo
cratic, and reflects the best spirit of the men who
faced death and privation all the way from Camp
Cody to the Argonne Wood.
WHEN A NAVY IS NOT A NAVY?
•* winter one morning the news from the capi
tal brought word that six so-called first-class battle
ships of the United States navy had been found unfit
to take part in the first maneuvers. Their boilers
were old and obsolete, and were unsafe for opera
tion at pressure sufficient to maintain speed. Fol
lowing this came other disclosures, until until it is
admitted that the navy of the United States is so far
from being what it is supposed to the that the ratio of
5-5-3 is really 6-3-1, with Uncle Sam on the ‘‘1” end.
We are not impressed with the idea that neglect
of our navy may be laid to the influence of England,
Such may be noted in connection with the merchant
marine, hut the fighting force is not held back for
the same reason. What has happened Is that devo
tion to the cause of peace and disarmament has led
to the unwise policy of allowing our navy to go
backward. In this connection, too, consideration
must be given to the claims of the airmen, who In
sist that aviation methods have made the battleship
as useless as the dodo if not as extinct.
President Coolidge hag called attention of con
gress to the situation, and the house committee is
after the navy for reports and even another inquiry
may follow. The submarine program Is to be sub
ject of the latter. What will come out of it all is
beyond the range of anything hut guess work. What
should come out of it is a definite policy. Either we
should have a navy fit for service, or we should go
out of the business. Our aircraft, submarine and
battleship and cruiser programs need overhauling.
GERMANS VICTORIOUS AT HOME.
Jareful analysis of the result of the German
election on the face of returns so far la out of the
question. On the sufare Chancellor Marx appears
to have won a substantial victory. He Is returned
to the reichstag, and he will be able to form a coall
tion sufficiently strong to support his cabinet.
Against this coalition, which must comprise
thrpe political groups, at least, is arrayed
a really formidable combination of commun
ists and nationalists. These have hut one point
in common, the overthrow of the republic. The na
tionalists are devoted to the monarchy, the commun
ists to anarchy. Six other groups are represented in
the reichstag, each with its independent program, but
neither with sufficient power to overturn the leading
combination. *
Marx's hold on power will not be especially se
cure until he has been able to work out some part
of his plan for putting the Dawes recommendations
into effect. As he proceeds with this, on which the
restoration of Germany now depends, lie will doubt
less gain in strength. Progress in the direction of in
dustrial activity and commercial stability will be the
surest way to consolidate the three groups that pro
vide his majority. Between them the difference is in
degree rather than in principle, and any betterment
in public affairs will bring the three nearer together.
Communists and nationalists may hope only to
defeat the government on some point of blundering
policy. Against such a contingency it may be ac
cepted as certain that Marx, Stresemann and others
will move cautiously. Experience has plainly shown
them what not to do. The way out is equally clear.
Divided as the German people are on the matter of
politics, all but the communists want to get the
country on its feet again. The election it is hoped
will help in that direction.
AN INTREPID PERFORMER.
Governor Bryan, having formulated the platform
upon which the democracy of the state must make
its campaign, turned around and gave us another ex
hibition of his versatility by formulating a platform
for the national democracy. No pent up Utica con
fines the powers or the abilities of our versatile gov
ernor. With one hand he writes the platform for a
state, with the other he writes the platform for a
nation, and with his voice he explains how it came
about that his promises were not all carried out.
In the old days Nebraskans were permitted to enjoy
the exhibitions of a three-ringed circus in which
there simultaneously appeared the democratic, popu
list and silver republican parties to give displays of
ground and lofty political tumbling.
The mutations of time have banished the three
ringed circus, but brought to us the state executive
who can give three separate and distinct exhibitions
at one and the same time. He can make glittering
promises impossible of fulfillment, and then explain
to the satisfaction of those easily satisfied that fail
ure was due to some special interest jumping out
from behind a pile of brush and throttling his re
form. He can reach out into the realms of his
Imagination and bring forth more statistics than
the ocean has fish. In the matter of claiming credit
for the work of others he is the drum major of the
claim-it-all brigade.
Had it not been for the conscienceless, base, sub
sidized and corporation controlled republican legisla
ture two years ago, he would not only have abolished
all taxes, but actually would have paid a premium to
property holders. Single-handed and alone he grasped
the oil monopoly by the throat with one hand and
throttled it into submission, while with the other
hand he squeezed the unholy coal combine until it
shrieked for mercy. Just so long as he is continued
in office, just so long will the palladium of our liber
ties be safe and the gonfalon of freedom be kept
fluttering at the head of the procession. The only
fear that Nebraska entertains is that he may be
called from our midst, leaving us to the mercies of
the corporations and combines that now are forced
to sneak far in the background because he stands
between us and their devouring fangs.
METHODISTS SEE A NEW LIGHT.
A report from the Board of Bishops to the Meth
odist Quadrennial council, now meeting at Spring
field, Mass., favors the removal of the ban of the
church from certain forms of amusement, because
the prohibition laid upon them has not brought cor
rection. As yet the list of pastimes to be permitted
is not given out, but the suggestion is that they are
such as may be “enjoyed in the name of Jesus
Christ.”
This leaves a very large radius for choice. Meth
odists are a merry people, getting the maximum of
joy out of their religion, and seeking at all times to
include others in the circle of their pleasure. One
of the perplexities of the elders has been that not all
would comply with the requirements of the dis
cipline of the church. Some would dance and others
would make a fourth at a bridge table, and now
and then two or maybe more would stray off to the
theater or the movies. This, of course, was forbid
den, but the daring participants in these worldly
goingson did not seem outwardly the worse. They
still attend prayer meeting, and services on Lord’s
day, and otherwise observe the requirements of their
profession.
Maybe the original discipline was mistaken. Some
Ideas long held and firmly rooted in regards to the
wickedness that lurks in a pack of playing cards, the
demon that leers from the stage, or the depravity
inherent in a modest dance, are not so rigid in light
of modern experience. Bishops are no longer firmly
conyinced that one may not do some of these things,
and yet escape the fiery pit. The point has long been
mooted In the Methodist church, and practice has
beeen a great deal more lenient than the regulations.
These facts may sway the conference, and the rules
of the church be accordingly modified. We venture
there will not be much greater indulgence than there
is at present.
The claim that synthetic food has been discovered
would interest more people if so many hadn't already
had experience with synthetic beverages.
David aoothpd King Saul's madness with music
on the harp, but it is to he hoped the saxophonists
will not take that as full license.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’e Own Poet—•
Robert ff'orthinp'lon Davie
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BUYING A HOME.
Kvery month a certain portion
Of hla honeat wages go
Toward removing the encumbrance
From the home he trensuree go;
True It Is, It routs him dearly
Both of earnings and of vim—
But the price will lie as nothing
When the home belong! to him,
Kvery year the debt gets smaller,
And he may with reason grow
Proud of his consistent progrees.
Proud for nil his efforts show;
And within the cozy haven
Find contentment, pure end deep,
When at eventide hie children
i'n hie arms are rocked to sleep.
The endearing hope that guldee him
To Ids work at early dawn—
The quiescent consolation
That he mcels when day has gone
Ami the dream that's wending nearer
To Ita zenith day by day.
Promise much and give him pleasure
.While Its lulls Ills debt lu pay.
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An Appreciation
1we Gur in Ruetic office. " " ^
has a Tough ©to Row To Hoe ---
in case he shows a OTne sPeeo |j EDITOR ,,
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or” if Before The Beefsteak C4ut3,
He mentions “our ioeAts*,{
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WHite IP ON Some SPedPiC. Point,
he rivets His Attention - ■■•*-*** W
They say he has no 8rcaoth or view -
'An© Thus THeae's More Dissension
He Easy " sees petty politics
.-a’I And Rises Xo Protest
* jfek ,F ** p'k-cs cfeRTAiN offices (
With ffeNTS who ^ive out West •
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1 -VNV OR^IKHE PICKS in THE FAST /;
The We ST W<4i Rise and snout
’That Bird is Ptavint? rAvoRireS?
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The Helmsman who, unsweeveo (5y STorm ’7“”^
OR SNAR4INC? MUTINOUS &AnD, » 1/ jhi^
Keeps HeAoeo FoRThb oit> (homc FbRT, * '>=%feK
With Pi«M 4 AnO TTREteSS HAND,
Deserves"a~EioRtous wreathi indeed,
\1o Deck his furrowed Brow *
Be A hero "Some day J.
ip mb isn’t one Just Now ?•
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Letters From Our Readers
All letter* mint be *lgned. hut name will be withheld npon requeet. Common!
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M.-jigus Will Inquire.
St. Paul—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Mangus came home the
other day and the folks told him he
had not done anything while In Wash
Ington, eo he gops hack again and
tells "the boys.” "Well Mangus” says
one of the "progressives" there Is
only one way to make a hit with the
folks bark home and that Is to get
busy and Investigate something."
"Hut what will I Investigate" says
Mangus. puzzled like
"Oh. anything at ail. Let's see Say,
Bill, what can we give Mangus to In
vestlgifte?”
"Well most everything Is used tip”
replies Bill, "But the good old saw
about Investigating party funds is
still popular with the home folks
Put him to work investigating the re
publican national committee."
And so Mangus gets something for
the press agents to write the home
papers about. But before beginning
he attacks the stockyards and pack
ers, because he knows thst will tickle
the isde up country who have heifers
to sell. GOPHER.
Flying Railroad Rate*.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Ree Congressmen snd senators
at Washington havs had before them
for consideration, the matter of rail
road legislation, sine# last fall. Hear
Inga still contlnu#, but the queetlons
In the minds of the voters Is whether
»ny action will ever be taken. Will
It be left for s campaign Issue again
In 1924, as It was In 1922?
A few days ago, S. Davies War
field, president, and Forney Johnston,
counsel, of the National Association
of Railroad Securities, submitted to
the senate commltte the reasons why
the owners of railroad securities he
lieved seetlon lb-A should bs retainer!
in the transportation act. His asso
ciation advocated legislation in 1919
Ths memorials of his association tie
fore the committee show that the
transportation act of 1920 was framed
to meet the requireiuonts thst rates
t-----n
Abe Martin
"I've gone t’ lot* o’ circuses an’
menajeries, but I never yet found
an Abyssinian wart hop awake,”
said Grand-maw Turner t’day. Out
o' all our senators an’ congressmen
only three or four ever seem t’ cut
any Ice.
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NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
for March, 1924, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily ..74,860
Sunday .79,350
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camples or papers spoiled in
printing and include* no special j
• ales or free circulation of any hind.
V. A. BRIDGE, Ctr. M«r.
, Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of April, 1924.
W. H QUIVEY,
(Seal) Notary Public ( ;
cannot he made for Individual rail
road* hut must be made nationally.
A substantial part of the proposals of
his association in 1919 were recognized
and embodied in section 15 A of the
transportation act In 1920.
Senator Howell asked Mr. Warfield
If section 1S-A was not an "assur
ance." Mr. Warfield replied that it
proved a mechanism merely for mak
ing rates to meet the situation. Mr.
Howell believed the result was to ap
ply higher rates In "lean" territories
He referred to an Instance In which
he said the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce had tried to get the Croon
Pacific to reduce rates on grain to
the east and that the answer was that
it could not be done, under the mini
mum rate provisions of the act. Chair
man Smith said aecti.-n 15 A tended
to raise rates and that was to he
remedied by the recapture clause hut
that the public obtained no benefit
from that clause in the way of relief
from high rates because the law was
not workable.
The general solicitor for the Na
tional Association for Railway I till
ties Commissioners, John K. Renton,
testified that the state coinmlssii*ns
were In opposition to Section 15-A. He
eald that it commands that the Inter
state Commerce Commission shall fix
rates, which shall produce, taking all
the roads together, as nearly as nmy
be, an aggregate return upon the
aggregate value of all, equivalent to
the fair percentage fixed. It ac
cordingly does guarantee the right-of
the carriers, collectively, to earn In the
aggregate a fair return upon the
aggregate value of all railroads, good,
bad, and indifferent.
It Is true that before the transpor
tatlon act was passed, the I. t\ C.
did not sttempt to limit the most fsv
orahiv located carriera to a fair return
on their values. Rut It is also true
that tha commission felt itself under
no compulsion to attempt to produce
a return on the roads which repre
sented unwise Investment and disap
pointed hopes.
Speaking of the law as It then was
Mr Renton said that the commission
had held that money invested bv In
vlfatlon of tiie government should he
allowed a fair return, but that this
would not mean the commission
"Should permit rates which will
guarantee all railroad Investments."
Furthermore, the operation of the re
capture clause‘Is likely to lead car
rlers to he very free In axpe n d I n g
When in Omaha
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Cuticura Treatment
For r* Falling Hair
Before ahatnpoolng anoint the
ecalp, eapeeially apota of damlrufl
and itching, with Cuticura Oint
ment. letting it remain on over
night when poaaihle. Then aham
poo wit ha auda of Cuticura Soap and
warm water. Rinae thoroughly.
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Oap* I’l' Uild.i ««, Me. SnMea.r.
the Ointment r^mlf-Op Vglettnt flh •
hr *>ur new Mt«*tnw Slick.
money when they have reached the
point where recapture begins.
The act' of 191!0 increased the re
sponsibilities and multiplied the
duties of the I. C. C. When the
words, "economy and efficiency” were
put into section 15-A, they increased
the burden upon the commission. To
make the determination for a single
railroad Is a great task. To make it
for all the railroads in the United
States is almost beyond human capac
ity. It can certainly not be made by
a few clerks looking at the annual
statistical reports of railroads.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC.
Disturbing Company.
“Here. Willie, com* away from that
bad boy."
“He ain't a bad boy, mamma. He's
a nice lK>y, he gave me half his orange
and candy.”
“Mercy! th» child is a socialist.
Come away from him this Instant."—
Boston Transcript.
The Inevitable Weather.
There Is nothing to be done about
the weather It is self winding and
autoniatic. It requires less care than
an oil-burning furnace. It has no
more nse for an argument than a Mis
souri mule.—Chicago Daily News.
[IjnnysibeIjp
lake Comfort, nor foroet
lhat sunrise nei/er failed us yet
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BI II.DERS OF OMAHA.
He may b* a man who carries a hod,
Or handles a hammer or plane;
He may be the fellow with level and rod,
Or the man who handles the chain.
He may be the fellow who digs In the trench,
The wielder of sledge or of saw :
The man with riveter, windlass or wrench—
They’re the builders of Omaha.
He may he the man who lays brick In the wall,
Or drives a big truck ev'ry day;
He may be the fellow who answers the call
When demons of fire are at play.
He may he the man who Is walking a beat,
Or worker with hands bleeding raw;
Tlie fellow who fixes the holes in the street—
They're the builders of Omaha.
Through heat of (he day, through dark of the night.
Though humble their station, or high.
They give to their tasks the strength of their might,
On which the whole world must rely.
Though overall clad, though grimy with grease.
Their betters the world never saw.
These warriors bo'd in the Army of Peace—
Real builders of Omaha.
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Gwendoline: Dear girl, you ask the Impossible when vou
request us to print briefly In this column our personal opinion
of the Nebraska primary law. In the first plaoe, we could not
do It briefly. In the second place, office rules and postal regu
lations forbid. Nor could we voice our opinion thereof over
the telephone, even though ''central'' is now an lnsensare ma
chine. Lastly, we couldn t do it in your presence, owing to
the fact that we have some old fashioned notions about the
kind of language to use in the presence of a member of the
fair sex.
Desiring always to be fair, and ever ready to boast about
'he Power of the Press, we gladly announce that recent and
frequent wails-wbout the brand of car service on the North
1 latte branch of the I. nion Pacific no longer have foundation.
The gas lines have been cleaned out .the Illumination 1« satis
factory, the new lock on the door Is workable, and life once : *
more resumes a rosy hue. Save a* we always sympathized with
I "ur friends, we are no longer greatly interested in the matter
of * sleeping car service on the aforesaid branch.
Advancing Years Bring Caution.
I'd really like to take them off and don my B. V. D but
;now full well that if I do I’ll surely cough and sneeze, I'd
like to feel the softer touch of linen on my hide, and lav the
flannel undiethings for many months aside. They've mad# m»
scratch, they've bound my limbs, they've filled me full of woe
hut fearing the pneu mo ni a I dare not let them go. And so to
flannels I wilLcling till summer conies to stay then B. V. D 's
I'll gladly don, and flannels put away.
Doc Bixby often speaks of the 'Intelligent compositor"
(here are not nearly so many of them as formerly, the Colonel
and myself having retired from the ranks.
WILD M. MAUPIN.
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Center Shots
Mr. Bok was just getting a good
start with his peace plan when Tea
pot Dome blew up and the onlookers
moved across the street.—Chicago
News.
It is reported that the former crown
prince has become a dealer in farm
machinery. Maybe he can sell a buzz
saw to the old man to take the place
of that famous hand saw.—Detroit
Free Press.
New York undertakers announce
thev "seek to make funerals more at
tractive." Even bargain prices rouldn t
do it.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Fears are now general that there
has been a modernist movement In
politics that is not proving a success.
—Washington 8tar.
The latest motor car, a T^ondon In
vention, can go sidewise like a crab,
across a ditch at 15 miles an hour and
climb an eight inch curb. It is get
ting harder and harder to he a suc
cessful pedestrian.—New York Trib
une.
Senator Jim Reed said he wag in
the hands of his friends and then h s
friends acted as if the wanted to wash
their hands of him.—Des Moines Reg
ister.
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