i (The Omaha Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y ! • ' 1 ■ m. i. ■ ■ n ■ THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher * N. B. UPDIKE, President * BALLARD DTTNN, JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is is exclusively entitled to the use for iepuhlication of all new* dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited * in this paper, and also the local news published herein. * All right* of republication of our special dispatches are 1 • also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of » Circulation#, the recognized authority on circulation audits, >* and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908. at Omaha postoffice under act of March 3, 1x79. BEE TELEPHONES •a Private Branch Exchange. Ask for AT 1 Ann * the Department or Person Wanted * iamiC 1UUU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Earnam Co. Bluffs— 1 n Scott St. So. Side—N. W. Cor. 2 ith N. * New York -W’orld Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bide. * Chicago- Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. * St. Ijoait- Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldr. * San Fran.—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. ; --' i OmalidVlip'i^fho’^st is dl its Best l A -■ THE HUMAN MIND. * Dr. Robertson's “Mind in the Making” has been hailed as marking an epoch in the advancement of I human knowledge. In it he curiously traces the de •* velopmcnt of intellect and intelligence from the * earliest beginnings, through the most tortuous * courses and ramifications, to the point where inquiry * rests almost wholly on speculation. Psychopathology goes only so far, because it finally comes to a bar I ricr that shuts out the inquiry from the secrets that T are alone those of the individual. Some depths of * 'he mind never have been plumbed, and probably * never will be. * Out of one of these depths springs the impulse * to do murder. Whatever the motive, the action fol * lows when a hidden and unexplained spring is * touched by some circumstance. Criminologists have J.studied the aet from every angle, have analyzed all ^obtainable facts, and while they are successful I enough in classifying the motives, they do not ex I plain what mysterious force it is that brings the I thought, formed in the abyss of the intellect, into the . * shape of a consummated action. * * # r Thus the two youths at Chicago, who admit the * cruel slaying of the little boy who had been their companion and playmate, presents a curious interest to the scientist as well as to the layman. Certain * phases of their crime are easily understood. Shrewdly j scientific, one of them advanced far beyond his years, , they were anxious to extend their field of observa t.tion The sophistry with which the more learned of - the two undertakes to sustain himself is not mys terious. He was engaged in an experiment, that was all. Just a laboratory test. It necessitated the tak ing of a human life, in order to secure certain reac * tion? he was eager to observe. L He had observed animal life and death, birds, » plants, and the like, and wished to carry his investi » gations into a higher field. Just how many deaths, and j under what circumstances, he would have had to note -and analyze before be reached a conclusion, can not * be said. His present attitude indicates that the one J experiment he carried through did not give him any satisfaction. • * *» It is recounted in French annals of crime that a • judge, well known and beloved by all, for his up • rightness of character, his probity and other quali ■ ties, finally was convicted of a series of atrocious murders. In his confession, the judge related how, ^ on one occasion, he had caught a pet canary and thcld it too tightly in his hand. The little bir^l died • while he was holding it. This excited in him a de 2 sire to take the life of a human being, to get the • sensation that might follow actual murder. He •eventually did kill a man, and found it so easy he •ret out on a long scries of experiments, testing va ;'lions ways of ending human life. J History records many cases wherein individuals •have taken up the business of murder, becoming so *• allnuscd in the work tiiat human life held for them „»in sanctity or significance. Even their own was "lightly held, for they moved in fuli knowledge that ^detection meant death. Some families, of which the 1 Borgias are the best known example, have carried .on such remarkable series of murders as to gain eq • during infamy. In our land the Bender family is • comparable to the Borgias, suffering only because it •"as not so politically prominent. Kate Bender, who " ielded an ax, is psychologically a sister of I.ucrezia • Borgia, who served poison with her smiles. ■ * * • !• J No doubt each of %c great murderers of his };tnry contented himself wth the inverted logic or per il ertcd philosophy that now is employed bv young Ij rnpold. The question for the psychologist is how • ito open tho door that leads to the murder chamber • in the human mind. Such a chamber does exist, and • cut of it emerges from time to time deeds that, shock •the world. The Almighty set His canon against it, •lawgivers in all ages have made statutes to Heal “with it. In our time it is catalogued and graded into • various divisions, ranging from involuntary man • laughter to deliberate murder, each with a special jjrnd presumably adequate penalty attaching. “ None of these satisfactorily answers the ques J ion. On the other hand, they merely serve to ; heighten the impression that all research so far made 2 has failed to grasp the secret of the mind. Something J lies there beyond the reach of the probe of science. '' Fortunately for mankind, this secret working does 2 not always take the form of action that ends in mur 2 der. It is just as impossible to explain some of man’s J good works as it is to understand the evil deeds. *#' __ ; SOCCER MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN. Americans watching n baseball game forget that 1 -ny other sport is known to humanity. All lesser J forms of exercise and competition are lost in the i glare oT what is admitted to he the greatest of out 'dbor sports. Yet from Paris comes certain informa tion thHt ought to make the complacent admirer of the home run and the stolen base think for a mo - ment. A week or so ago we were indignantly scold ing the French for their lack of sportsmanship, be • cause certain rowdies had mobbed American football ' players, who had defeated the French at Rugby. Then wc got news that Uruguay had won from ’ America nt soccer. What is soccer, and where is • Uruguay was the double question that sprung up in • the mind immediately. Well, soccer is a sort of foot ball that rails for skill, nimhlenes* of foot and mind, 1 and endurance equal to that of the more strenuous 2 form of the game known as Rugby and practiced ’ more extensively in this country. Uruguay is a spot on the map, put. there to keep Brazil from having a aeaport on the River Plate. Possessed of all this in formation, the American mind is now appeased. How come the hoys from that far away and unknown region to overcome the hoys from home at anything? Well, just to show that it was no mistake, on the next time out, Uruguay defeat* France, and at the same time Sweden defeats Egypt. Thus proving that soccer is known somewhere, even if our citi zens are not familiar with it. The Olympic games are proceeding apace, and a lot of little nations are getting more glory there than from the League of Nations or the World War. The link that binds them all, the game that makes the whole world one, seems to be soccer. MAKING WAY FOR LIBERTY. The way of the premier in Europe is difficult, beset with many thorns and pitfalls just now. On the same day the Austrian premier is shot and dan gerously wounded by a fanatical opponent, the head of the French government resigns, and in Germany Premier Marx is confronted by a royalist demonstra tion at Munich that may be opera bouffe—it would be under ordinary conditions, but conditions there are extraordinary at the moment. On the surface this would seem to indicate that the fires are dying slowly in the old countries. Under the surface, though, is probably the dpep desire for peace, for an opportunity to live not always in the presence of strife. In France the socialists, who control the chamber of deputies, demand the resigna tion of President. Millerand as well as that of Premier Poincare, just handed in. Eduoard Herriot, who has heeen regarded as certain to succeed Poincare, will not be permitted by his big groUp to accept office under Millerand. This will mean a short-lived min istry, or the failure of the French government to function while Millerand holds office. Millerand succeeded Deschanel, who resigned in 1920, and con sequently has three years of his term to serve. He represents the extreme group of conservatives, who forced Briand to make way for Poincare on the question of dealing with Germany. The sentiment of the newly elected chamber is fairly expressed in the speech of Deputy Pinard, who said: "Elected at the hour of victory, the last chamber was unable in give us peace because It committed the great fault nf forgetting that we obtained vie toty, thanks to the aid of the allies and friends. We are entitled In claim reparations, hut will only gain our demands if mir allies are beaide us and the League nf Nations endorses our demands. We want Justice, but Justice by right and not by fnree." Only along such lines does France hope to find peace and satisfaction of Haims against Germany. The royalist outburst at Munich is not surprising, for Bavaria has been at outs with Prussia since the republic was founded. Yet few believe that the shouts that greeted Rupprecht are an expression of true German sentiment. Marx will steer the Ger man ship a straighter course, now that the exact state of affairs is disclosed under the Dawes report. Lfforts to restore the monarchy may continue to excite the classes, hut will scarcely find extensive sympathy among the masses, while the reparation debt will continue, no matter what form of govern ment eventually prevails in Germany. People of Europe are making way for liberty, even as Winkleried is said to have done. Spears of circumstances may pierce them, but they are slowly rising to a point where they can control even cir cumstances, for they are learning to govern them selves. WHO COMES AFTER M’ADOO? A lot of democratic dark horses are just now peeking carefully out of their hooded stalls, wonder ing which one will he tapped by Fate and told to come forth, along about the Fourth of July next. It should not be a very difficult thing to string the . democratic convention out that long. The only thing certain is that it will on June 24. After that fact is stated, all the rest is subject to change without notice. Expert calculators, such as David Ladd Rdckwell, who is handling Mr. McAdoo’s campaign, have been busy with the adding machine and the crystal gaz ing ball, and have penetrated the future to a definite point. By the simple process of eliminating all ap parent candidates, favorite sons and the like, they ; | reach a final conclusion that somewhere after the i first ballot the count will stand: McAdoo, filO; j Smith, 482. And 782 votes are necessary to nomi nate. This leaves McAdoo with 122 to go, and only a remote chance of getting them. Smith has even a higher hurdle to get over, and a slimmer chance. Who will he the choice? Back of the leaders who sre out in front stands Destiny, in the shape of some very shrewd politicians, who are calculating closely and weighing chance to the estimation of a hair. If they have picked a candidate at all, they sre keeping the knowledge so closely upder cover that it is not even hinted at outside. Carter Glass has been put forward as the residuary legatee of the McAdoo strength, hut Governor Bryan says the can didate must come from the west. Either of these might be the man. But the name of Bryan does not end the possihili- I ties from the west. Our own favorite, Ed Meredith, might be heard from, and there are others to whom the eager but disorganized hosts of democracy might turn. A seat on the sidelines at Madison Square Garden is going to be worth something during the middle days of the approaching convention. • Governor Bryan will please take notice that he is not the only man in Nebraska who would like to be nominated nt New York. i f > i Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie V___! THE IDENTITY OF ISAAC. J've been asked who Is the Isasr thst mv words so often prslse; Why se|e, t |f mine sre visions, such s queer, old fashioner! name’ Ike snd I were farmers - neighbors In the dear old golden days. Now ue'rp far from one another, but our friendship Is the same. And I think of him with fervor as a friend I've ever known To be faithful, true an d kindly In the fact of awful trials; In my hours of need his goodness ha has always, always shown, And I've been encouraged greatly by hla hopeful worda and amllea. lie's s sort of saint whose kindness Is appreciated more When the years of benefaction further In the shadows lie, And his name belles me never, for It's him whom I adore, , For assistance be has tendered In the days long since gone by. Isaac Isn't much for gadding he's a home contented cuss. And he dneen t shout his virtues hut he's genuine clear through. And I reckon he a aa perfect aa the very beat nf u», And he'll surely g»j|to Heaven if a lot of othera do '-- y It Pays to Advertise V._ __ SALUTE TO NEBRASKA. From the Chicago Tribune. One of the most encouraging signs of the times appeared iri the advertising columns of The Tribune last week. Y\Te are wondering whether our readers got its full significance. It was a page advertise ment of a state, the state of Nebraska. It was paid for by sixteen newspapers of that state, and it will appear in other principal advertising mediums throughout the country. The advertisement is a message to the American people to set Nebraska right in their eyes, to offset the gloomy propaganda of demagogues, whose political interests are depen dent upon the sowing of discontent, to give a true picture of the state, its people, its resources, its achievements. This is not the first effort of the kind. A while aso about thirty public spirited editors of Iowa pub lished a page advertisement in The Tribune and other papers to offset the effects on the credit and good name of Iowa of the campaign of calamity howling of Rrookhart and his supporters. Nebraska editors took the hint and here are some of the facts they tell the world: The wealth of Nebraska exceeds $4,000 per capita. The value of the average Nebraska farm is three times greater than the nation's average. Nebraska is first in the value of agricultural pro duction per capita. Nebraska is first in beef production per capita. Nebraska’s 1923 corn crop exceeded that of 1922 by $40,000,000. Livestock on Nebraska farms in 1923 increased $55,000,000 over 1922. Nebraska has an automobile for every five per sons-—an increase of 2t per cent since 1921. Nebraska has 250,000 telephones (one to every five persons), or more than in England, Scotland and Wales combined. Nebraska dairy cows have increased 17 per cent in number since 1921, as against an increase of 5 per cent for the entire nation. The Tribune’s hat is off to Nebraska and to the public spirited editors who do not propose their state shall be victimized for politicians. There is every reason for all Americans to be proud of Nebraska and of the record of American manhood and wo hanhood in that region. Two generations ago Ne braska was a wilderness, given to the wild Indian and the buffalo. Many people of that day thought it would never be much else. What an answer Ne braska today is to that doubt I Nebraska, with its prosperous cities and towns, its rich farm lands, its colleges and schools, its banks and railroads, its homes of comfort and luxury, best of all its virile American citizenship. All this has not been won by weaklings, nor given for the asking. The story of Nebraska and of Iowa and of the west is a story of courage and faith, of hard work and conquest of great difficulties. There have been black days in her annals; years, in fact, of sore discouragement. But never a day when the people of the west would accept defeat. Nebraska’s story belongs not only to Nebraskans but to all Amer icans. Our brothers of the Iowa press and of the Nebraska press have done a national service in re minding 1he nation of what Iowa and Nebraska are. We are hearing a lot of the troubles of the agricul tural west. Troubles it has, as we all have had since the great storm of the world war tame, hut they are small troubles in comparison to what we have over come in the past, and we are unworthy sons of man ful sires if we exaggerate them or lose the triumphant courage and unflinching hope which in spired our forerunners to conquer all discourage ments and build the America in which we are blessed to dwell today. We need a new dedication of our apirit to cour ageous America. We need to think gratefully of our blessings and to turn from the preacher of class hatred, suspicion, intolerance, and envy of success. We need to look forward in brave confidence as our fighting forerunners did. That is to he Americans. -- i "-* “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— -— -J lf'» N>frtnl. From th« Pstrolt Fro# Fr*a«. There 1s more than a. fair prospect that the states shortly will be called upon to accept or reject a child labor amendment to the federal constitu tion conferring on congress the power to limit, regulate or prohibit work by children under 18. The house of rep resentatives has -passed a reference resolution by h big vote anil it does not seem likely that the senate will either desire or dare to disapprove what the house has done Except in a few localities the sen timent of the country is overwhelm lngly In favor of effective laws against the exploitation of children, Congress some time ago passed a statute which met with wide approval, but Inter ested parlies made a test and the su preme court w hs obliged to decide that the law was unconstitutional. Con gress has no power to regulate child labor within the states. If it is to act at all it must he given more constitu tional authority. The principal argu ment against granting that authority is a contention that it should he re served to the states. But In ststes where children most need protection there are influences which block any adequate action by the legislatures Mere babies are put to work at stunt ing labor and there is nobody to help them. Their only hope is in the fed eral government. It ought unfailing ly to be put into a position to go to their rescue. Certainly the amend ment can hurt nobody. Those states which already have proper laws have nothing to fear. Recalling History. From th# Brooklyn Standard T’ntoa. It was Governor Plnehot who made the trouble between Colonel Roosevelt . and President Taft in 1912* which) brought disaster cm the republican! parly, put Woodrow Wilson in the] White House as a democratic minority! president Htid paved the wav for th later democratic victory in 1916. Now he Is trying to bring aln»ut an Other republican disaster. And the manner of his procedure is much the same »s it was in 1912 when he fell afoul of President Taft. Jtist as ),#. ha« now' fallen afoul of Presi dent t'oolidge over the Heney matter. But Plnehot Is up against a different proposition now at Washington. He has not the easy going Taft to deal with. Curiously enough the same Francis .1. Henev of Pan Francisco, lugged Into the row over the senate Investigation* *t Washington, figured as a Pinrhot ally In the dispute with President Taft. Pinrhot wanted to dictate the Taft conservation policy. And behind him. carrying on lend prosecution* concerning certain in filngemenla on the public domain, was this same Francis J. Honey. President Taft, an experienced law yer, now chief justice of the supremo court of the I'nited States, thought the matter of the land prosecutions should lie handled one wav, while Pincho, expert forest conservationist, and Francia J. Henev thought the prosecutions should he carried out ar cording to their view*. Pinrhot diil not carry out the fight on Taft In man fashion. Instead, being a inuitl millionaire and a man of leisure, he stalled off to Kurope to waylay President Roose velt, who was returning from his big game hunt in Africa. Pinrhot got the ear of Roosevelt and poisoned him against William H. Taft, hl» old tints friend, telling ths colonel that hie successor in the Whit* House was undoing all that had been accomplish ed by the Roosevelt conservation pol Icy. Roosevelt came hack and quar reled openly with Teft, who naturally, sc ording to the custom of the party, desired a renomination. Then liegan the attempt to break tip the republican party. it was a tight of unparalleled bit terness. and all started by Pinrhot because he was not allowed to dictate the policy of tba president of the United States upon a subject so im portant as conservation. Atmosphere. "We must get some arttst* to act as patrons of our ball." "Aw, srtisls never have any money.” "Never mind that. Rook what we can stage under their auspices.”— l.oulsvill® Courier-Journal. Letters From Our Readers All letter* mn*t be ftigneri. but n*we will be withheld upon reciueet. (nm munlrntinn* of 200 worn* *nd l*s* will hr given prrfrrmrr. J Padlocking Homes. New York.— To the Editor of The Omaha TW: The decision of the T’nlted State* court at Omaha against the padlocking of a horn* ha« been given publication in almost a column of space in an issue of the New York Times. Jn New York City a person locked out of the home am] the home de molish'd without any process of law is ignored by the New York Times, and the other newspapers. Editors •ays; ‘That isn't news; it's a common occ urrenoe." Orth iuls of the New York City gov eminent refuse to a**e the peraon and fail to answer letters. As "municipal’’ uiTUiorlties they soli" about ’Mie home.’’ arid the child. ’’ and "the* mother,' to do it, they appear" on public platforms and in the daily press. According to report, the Omaha case was based on an infringement of the l*th amendment. The New York City aituation is not involved in the infraction, nor the dis regard, of any law nor ordinance The person was living privately, quietly A law' existed, and exists, by statute, for the protection of a continuance of living precisely as the peraon mas living. She and her household mete •hinst into the street without a hear I Abe Martin Some folks die with their hoots on, an' others nearly die with ther shoes on. Actors an’ politicians never quit in time. («’npvrtf ht, 1 »2< ) 1 111. t Circle 'round the west this summer. Visit charming California. Enjov it* matchless beauty of sea and mountain. Know the scenic grandeur of the Pacific Northwest—The American Wonderland. Go to California via Denver, the Colorado Springs-Pikes Teak Region, the Royal Gorge. Scenic Colorado and Salt Lake City; then return via the North Coast. Motor over the wonderful Columbia River Highway from Portland; from Tacoma or Seattle visit the Rainier Park flowrrland and make a sea voyage on Puget Sound. Stop off at Glacier or side trip to Yellowstone National Tark or both. All this you can do on your comprehensive Burlington Tour of 6000 thrilling miles. Special summer excursion fares reduce the cost to only 00O.M. Typically superior Burlington service is at vour disposal going and returning. Through cars—or stop ofT where you wish. Information,'reservations, descriptive hook lets—tic kef*—Jrvvicr BURLINGTON TRAVEL BUREAU ifcth and Fsnuai, Omaha, Nab. Pkssss Atlantis in* ana *svt J. W. SHARPE. City IW A»t., J. R. RFYNOI OS, City 1\t. Aft I Burlington i 1 SUNNY SIBEUP i c]aJce Comfort, nor forget t ^luit sunrise ntuerJailea_us yet^ ^tr JINK TIMK. ■Inn* time with all 1t* roses Anil breezes that waft tn and fro— (Gosh, what a nuisance my nos* Is; It takes all my tlma Just to blowli •fun* with it* *oft, balmy breezes That agitate leavea on th* trees— (Excuse while I take a few aneez.es Too quickly I donned P. V. D. s i June with its picnics and pleasures, Verationa at mountaina and lakes— (Great gosh. let u* take Instant measures To cur* Mother Nature* mistake*') June with Its wealth of rich (lower* i That blush In th* light of the sun— (What's become of that coal pile of oure. Have we got to buy a new tnnb We Are Commended. Craig N'*h . May lift.— Reading (Sunny Kid* l'p" this morn ing the thing that appealed to me most was you^attitud* to ward* bobbed hair. I want you to know what I think. Ton are th* first man I ever heard tell of that took an open stand for bobbed hair. All the men. or at. least, those around here, do not approve it. 1 am glad we hsv* one, anyway. I cer tainly want to thank you for what you wrote about it — Graduate C. H. 8.” Incidentally we take pleasure in noting a very considerable increase in th* population of Greater Omaha. We have just brought in a considerable number of the second generation to Grow With Growing Omaha, therefore attack the daily grind with a heart considerably lightened. It. has been a bit more than 2.1 year* since the family larea and penate* were removed from Omaha, but it's jest like getting back home again. Of sli the ungrateful nations of earth. France is certainly the acme, the ne plus ultra, the very ultimate. After all we have done for them, including the loan of several billion dollars worth 100 cents each, the French people are now going to ban ish all the American jazz orchestras. This means that jazzera will have to come hack home. 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