Today
/Vo Mars Message Yet.
Dr. Old Constitution.
Torture and Hanging.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
V_'
Saturday, day after tomorrow,
Mars comes within 35,000,000
miles of us. Not to come so close,
again for 200 years. It is too much
to hope for any message from our
highly educated older brother in
space. A planet millions of years
older than we are probably looks
upon us as a full grown man looks
at a new baby biting its toes, con
sidering us something interesting
to look at, but too young to be
taught.
Mr. Dawes says the issue is “the
constitution versus radicalism in
the United States." That is all
right for a short campaiipi, but
there isn’t much substance in it.
The radicalism today, sometimes
becomes good United States con
stitution of tomorrow.
The income tax was radical.
Learned supreme court judges de
clared it unconstitutional. It is in
the constitution now.
i And so of woman suffrage, once
so highly ridiculous. That’s in the
constitution.
To interfere with child labor,
highly profitable, in fact essential
to profit in certain sections, is
called “radicalism,” or worse—so
cialism or anarchy. But that will
be in the constitution soon.
It was radicalism once to sug
gest that slaves should be free. In
New Jersey, when someone printed
a prayer book showing a negro in
chains kneeling at the feet of the
Savior, along with other unfor
tunates, the picture was rejected
by church authorities. It was
called “radical,” and “respectabil
ity” felt that a negro in chains
was all right.
The constitution now holds the
radical statement that a black skin
shouldn’t deprive a human being
of his human rights. Once the pub
lic school was considered worse
than radical. It is the cornerstone
of the republic now.
In 50 years La Follette will seem
as conservative as Tut-Ankh-Amen.
Mrs. Borden, novelist, says,
“Love is played out as a theme for
novels, the subject has been
squeezed dry.”
“Love and sex,” sjie thinks are
both out of date, but she is mis-,
taken. As soon as man was created,
it was noticed that something was
missing. Eve was produced, then
along came the snake, forming the
first “triangle.” Early legends con
cerning that snake are queer. Ask
the moving picture makers. They
will tell you that whether you show
the wild west or the crafty east,
you must drag in your “love story”
or you miss your crowd.
The public prosecutor demands
death for young Leopold and Loeb.
“If they do not deserve hanging,
no murderers ever did deserve it.”
The question, however, is not
alone “What the young murderers
deserve,” but also “What does the
public deserve?”
Everybody admits that putting
men to torture in judicial poceed
ings was demoralizing, degrading.
Nobody would restore the torture.
Ravaillac, who killed Henry IV,
may have “deserved” to be killed
by torture inch by inch. The ques
tion is, did the French people de
serve to have that disgrace put
upon them?
The young Chicago murderers
deserve dpath if any criminals ever
did deserve it, assuming their men
tal responsibility, and putting them
out of the way by hanging, would
be the most humane course as re
gards their parents, who can never
know a day’s peace or safety while
the young men live.
But what do civilization and
respect for justice deserve? Is a
civilization that hangs or electro
cutes essentially different from an
earlier civilization that subjected
criminals to the torture?
Henry Ford will sell soft coal
from his mines in Kentucky.
Having big plants far west on
the lakes, Ford might develop and
perhaps concentrate the northwest
ern deposits of lignite. Billions of
tons 6f it await development and
could supply all the fuel of the
northwest. The by-products should
pay for all the work.
Ford, in addition to selling coal,
should be selling fertilizer in quan
tities to the farmers. He would be
doing that soon if the lawmakers
would allow him to develop Muscle
Shoals instead of withholding to
oblige fertilizer and power gentle
men.
George Gustow shocks the world
by confessing that he has set fire
to 50 houses. “I love the uproar
and the smoke,” says this son of a
respectable lawyer, and all are hor
rified. Yet the great equestrian
monuments erected on this earth
to “famous men” were built to
honor individuals that, like Mr.
Gustow, “enjoyed the uproar and
the smoke” of battle.
Gustow set fire to empty houses
only, risking no lives, so it is hard
ly fair to associate his name with
that of the world’s great “heroes."
Copyright, 1924
The Love Story of
A Mighty Pirate Chief
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MILTON SILLS
in the Year's Rest Ret
1 AUGMENTED I ELABORATE
I ORCHESTRA I PROLOG
Dawes Discards
Canned Speeches;
Omahans Pleased
G. O. P. Candidate to Make
Campaign “Straight From
Shoulder,” Without
Notes.
Enthusiasm greeted the announce
ment In Omaha today In dispatches
from Chicago that Charles G. Dawes,
republican candidate for vice presi
dent, had determined to make no
more prepared speeches, but to talk
directly to his audience, "straight
from the shoulder."
No more “canned speeches” for
Dawes Is the net result of the an
nouncement. It Is particularly Inter
esting to Nebraskans and 'to the peo
ple of the western states for the rea
son that the first "canned speech"
thus to be thrown aside Is the speech
scheduled for Lincoln, Neb., on Fri
day of next week.
Those In Omaha who know "Char
ley” Dawes are not surprised at his
decision to stand squarely on his feet
before his audiences and talk to them
In his usual double-flsted manner.
Some of them have recently visited
Dawee at his home In Evanston, 111.,
and have realized the burden of the
Job of spending hours, both day and
night, preparing speeches for reading
to his audiences. Frequently Dawes
has expressed himself to the visitors
that the preparation of a speech In
advance takes out much of the en
thusiasm and robs the speaker of the
opportunity of coming Into close con
tact with his hearers.
"Dawes knows his subject” was the
consensus of opinion In Omaha to
day, "Why should he have a string
of sentences prepared In advance?”
Talks From Shoulder.
“He Is In the habit of talking
straight from the shoulder and across
the table to his business associates.
Why should he not talk to his au
diences, particularly In the west, In
the same heart to heart manner? His
speeches will be more effective, his
hearers will get more out of them,
they will understand each other bet
ter and, above all, it makes certain
that his speeches will not be long but
short, crisp and to the point.”
Others In Omaha saw In Dawes' de
cision a return to American politics
of the virility and straight talking of
Roosevelt.
“It Is Inevitable that a man like
Dawes should speak extemporaneous
ly,” said Halleck P. Rose. “I know
Mr. Dawee and I know that he can
speak offhand without embarrass
ment. He Is an able speaker and re
sourceful. He is quite a man in every
way and wants to get close to his
audiences."
Stresses Homan Element.
E. C. Page appreciates from experi
ence that a public speaker la- better
able to be bis real self by speaking
extemporaneously. He explains that
the human element la accentuated by
speaking without manuscript and he
knows that Mr. Dawee Is the type
of man who wants to be himself be
fore an audience.
"A speaker can think more readily
and clearly and express himself more
emphatically under the Inspiration of
an audience when he speaks extem
poraneously,” Mr. Page said. "Under
the enthusiasm of the moment he mill
hit upon stronger language for ex
pression of his thoughts than would
occur to him In the quiet of his study.
In the case of Dawes, his self-control
before an audience will be increased.
He wants to get close to his audi
ence and he knows the advantages of
speaking, as we say, 'offhand'.”
Mayor Dahlman likened Dawes to
Roosevelt. In that the present repub
lican candidate for vice president does
not want to he hampered by "canned
speeches.”
Characteristic Says Zitnnian.
"It Is my opinion that Dawes will
make an Interesting campaign, I be
lleve that extemporaneous speaking
Is best suited to his temperament,”
said the mayor.
"By George!” exclaimed John Paul
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From Wm. J. Locke's celebrated novel, “The Mountebank" J
—with—
ERNEST TORRENCE
The famous Bill Jackaon of “The Covered Wagon"
—and—
ANNA Q. NILSSON
-ON THE STAGE
The Strand’s Kiddie Revue
A gorgeously gowned, beautifully staged rstue.
The ontire cast composed of littla tots.
A REAL TREAT FOR CMILDREI ARD SROWR-RfS
STARTS STARTS
SUNDAY SUNDAY
“Kiddies” Give Carnival for Babes
- - ---— it-in n-a—m
From left to right, tnese young
philanthropist* are, above: Francis
McGuckin, Janice Smith, Norma
Bloom: below, Luclle Olsen, Janet
Llndleaf, Evelyn Bloom, Helen Olsen,
who Is holding Baby Bobby Relda.
They gave a grand carnival and pop
and candy barbecue ait the Olsen
domicile, 1022 South Twenty-eighth
street.
And they gave the profits, $11.11, to
the Free Milk and Ice fund to supply
mllk to the suffering babes of the
very poor mothers,
Breen, "I like that determination to
speak out and not be bound by writ
ten matter gone over beforehand. I
like the courage of a man who will
tell the truth as he sees It on the spur
of the moment. It is Just like Dawes
to do that sort of thing.”
"It Is quite characteristic of
Dawes,” said Harry B. Zlmman. "I
know from experience as a public
speaker that one can get cloee to his
audience by speaking extemporan
eously. There Is a human factor In
this method of speaking.”
.T. H. Beveridge, superintendent of
schools, stated that his experience
convinced him that a speaker Is bet
ter able to present his case If he Is
free from the limitations of a manu
script. An outline Is advisable, he
said.
Gift Auto Damaged.
Shenandoah, la., Aug. 21.—A metal
culvert barely saved the car of Rev.
Floyd Aldrich, missionary to India,
from going over a 10-foot embank
ment when he was trying to avert
a collision. The car was a gift to him
to take back to India. He Is having
the car repaired in time to take it
with him when the family sails Sep
tember 12.
Last Times F£d«d
AMERICA’
D. W. Griffith’s
Thrilling Spectacle
Only Time Shown in Omnhe
During 1924
TWICE DAILY ’ ,'58 P. M.
These affairs are fine for the chil
dren that "get them up," teaching
them charity and unselfishness.
Great Is th# need for more money
to keep up the supply of milk during
these sweltering days. No other way
Is provided for these more than 100
Infants to get their dally milk.
Address Free Milk and lc« fund,
care of The Omaha Bee.
Already acknowledged .$1.227.58
F. H. More . 2.00
Omaha dim . 1.00
Carnival above mentioned. 11.11
Total .fj.841.09
PIONEER IN STATE
66 YEARS DIES
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bca.
Stella, Nob., Aug. 21.—The death
of Miss Catherine Msrtln, *0, near
Stella this week, took the last of the
early pioneers In this locality, ex
cept her brother, William Martin.
The two lived together, neither hav
ing married. Miss Martin had lived
within a few miles of Stella since
1858.
She wag born In Ireland. She came
with her parents to Nebraska, their
mede of travel being two yoke of
oxen, two wagons and three eowe.
Nearly a quarter of a century
passed after they settled In this lo
cality before the railroad came with
the new town of 8tella In the early
80s.
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Tragedy Ends
Yachting Trip
Owner of Craft, Missing, Be
lieved to Have Drowned
at Sea.
Seattle, Wash. Aug. 21.—A yacht
ing party, the personnel of which In
cluded three unmarried women of
Seattle, ended In tragedy and mystery
laat night when It was discovered
that Charlea N. Seaborn, Seattle ship
builder, was missing from the craft,
the Tenlno, which he commanded.
K. H. Scheel, navigator of the
yacht, told police today that Mr. Sea
boarn became 111 In Puget Sound, four
miles north of here, and that he left
his sick friend lying with his head
against a coll of rope and went for
a robe. When he returned Mr. Sea
born was missing. The craft then
cruised back to Seattle.
In reporting the affair to the po
lice Mr. Scheel was reluctant to give
complete Information as to the Iden
tity of his feminine sailing compan
ions, as he had agreed to protect
them from publicity, but gave their
names to the police later, he said. Be
sides the three unmarried women,
whose names the police did not make
public, Mrs. Scheel was aboard the
yacht with her husband when Mr.
Seaborn disappeared.
The Tenlno left here Tuesday night
for Balnbrldge Island, In Puget Sound,
where Mr. Seaborn maintained a sum
mer home with Mrs. Seaborn and
their three children.
Friends believe Seaborn fell over
hoard from the Tenlno and was
drowned. 9
CLARINDA COACH
LICENSED TO WED
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Shenandoah. Ia., Aug. 21.—Cheater
Mead, former University of Iowa foot
ball star, who haa been coaching
Clarlnda High achool. haa been Issued
a license to marry Miss Dorothy Spry
of Clarlnda. sister of Merrill Spry, a
Shenandoah banker. Meed will be
roach at Iowa Wesleyan, Mount
Pleasant, this fall.
Three Fishermen Fined.
North Platte, Neb., Aug. 21.—Three
Japanese were fined »100 each In po
lice court thla morning, having been
caught fishing In the North Platte
river by Deputy State Game Warden
Korb without license*.
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Bj THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Resentment leads to naught but 111.
If on«*e allowed your heart to fill.
-Old Mother Nature.
Reddy tlie Fox Is Resentful.
"Resentment" looks like a big word,
but it looks bigger than It really Is.
It means a feeling of 111 will, a feel
ing of anger toward others for some
thing they may have done. Resent
ment filled the heart of Reddy Fox.
There was no real cause for It, but
he felt It fill his heart just the same.
It was because Buster Bear was vis
iting the Old Pasture every day.
You know, Reddy had his home In
the Old Pasture. You know, Buster s
home was In the Green Forest. Red
dy doesn’t like Buster Bear. He Is
aftald of Buster, and people who are
afraid of others never like them.
There was no real reason for Reddy
to be afraid, for he could always keep
•ut of Buster's way. He always took
oare to do this when he visited the
Green Forest. But now Buster was
spending a great deal of time In the
Old Pasture looking for blueberries.
And two or three times Reddy had
met him very unexpectedly. So Red
dy was filled with resentment.
“Buster belongs In the Green For
eat and not up here," mumbled Red
dy. “He has no right to come up
here In the Old Pasture. Why doesn't
he stay where he belongs?’’ Reddy
quite overlooked the fact that he him
self visited the Green Forest, which
was Buster's home, whenever he’
chose.
Day by day Reddy grew more re- j
sentful. Every time he saw Buster
Bear his anger became greater. And '
there wasn’t the least cause for It.'
No, sir; there wasn't the least cause, j
Buster wasn't Interfering with Reddy.
Buster wasn’t getting food that Red- )
dy needed or wanted. He wasn’t In- j
terferlng with Reddy’s hunting. He j
hardly gave Reddy so much as a I
glance when they happened to meet.
Perhaps this was one reason why aft
er each meeting Reddy became more
resentful. It got so that he thought
of little else but Buster Bear and how
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he would like to drive Buster out ot
the Old Pasture.
Reddy began to spend most of his
time spying on Buster and hoping
that something would happen to drive
Buster out of the Old Pasture. He
saw the meeting between Buster and
Farmer Brown's boy. That meeting
was a great disappointment to Reddy
He rh tickled as he trotted along.
Fox. It made him more resentful
than ever. He had expected to see
Buster take to his heels snd make
for the GreeivForest. You see. Reddy
remembered that this Is what had
happened when Buster was Younger
and had met Farmer Brown’s boy.
But Buster hadn't taken to his
heels. To be sure, he had moved away
from where Farmer Brown's boy was
but he had done It In a very digni
fied way and he hadn’t left the Old
Pasture. He had simply kept out of
sight and waited for Farmer Brown’s
boy to leave. Reddy had1 ground hla
teeth In disappointment and anger.
After this Reddy spent most of his
time trying to think of some way of
frightening or driving Buster Bear
out of the Old Pasture. But all hla
thinking was in vain until by chance
he made a discovery. It was a great,
gray paper castle, the castle of paper
wasps. An Idea came to Reddy. He
went home to think it over.
(Copyright. 1*24)
The next story: "Reddy Plans a
Hot Time for Buster."
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CHILD, 3, DROWNED
IN WATER CANAL
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Hee.
Fort Morgan. Colo., Aug. 21.—
EstherHoke, 3. (laughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Hoke. northwcBt of here,
was drowned In an Irrigation dlfch
which runs neAr their house.
The child was playing on a pl»ok
over the ditch and wits not missed for
three hours. One hundred men began
dragging the ditch, but failed to dis
cover the body. The water was turn
ed out and in a short time the body
was found lodged under A snag In the
ditch over a mile from where the
child fell In.
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