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The Omaha Bee y,Q R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY • • THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. b. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN, JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Anoeieted Press, of which The Bee is ■ member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for republieation of nil news dispatches credited to it or not otherwlso credited la this paper, and also tho local news published herein. All rights of republieation of our speeinl dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bea la a member of tho Audit Bureau af Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audita, and The Omaha Bee s circulation la regularly audited by their organisations. _ * Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1808, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 8, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for a X I—_ale> 1 fWl the Department or Person Wanted, ez 1 laniic IVAAI TT OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnaa Chicago—Steger Bldg. Boston—68 Dovenshlr# St., Room 8 Seattle—A. L. Niels, 611 Lary Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco-—F'red L. Hail, Sharon Bldg. New YoTk City—270 Madison Ava. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year 16.00. 6 months 53.00. 3 montni 61.76, I month 76c DAILY ONLY 1 year 11.50, 6 monthe 62.7S. 3 months 11.50, 1 month 76a SUNDAY ONLY 1 year (3.00. 6 months SI.75, 3 months 81.00, 1 month 6Gc Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal zone, or 600 miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday, $1.00 per month; daily only, V6c per month; Sunday only, 60s per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday.1 month 85c, 1 week 20c Evening ami Suuday.1 month 65c, 1 week 16c Sunday Only .. month 20c, 1 week 6e 's—_-—--* life, ^oes and gets married. But even though he was a cabinet member in those long vanished days of the second Cleveland administration, Hoke is only 69, a mere youth, because to him life has always beeen full of sunshine, and today love is young and fair. Congratulations and best wishes to the youthful Georgian of 69 summers, and may he always be young of heart and sunny of disposition. ENTHUSIASM—PLUS. The Ad-Sell League launches its fall and winter program next Monday evening. Those who have not joined that live organisation should do so. It may not be possible to get in at once, but there is a waiting list. The Ad-Sell is worth tying up to even if one must sit in the ante-room for a while—until there is room inside. The Ad-Sell League is unque in Omaha. It generates enthusiasm plus. Primarily it is an edu cational organization. But there is developed at its meetings a good fellowship spirit that is worth real money to all who partake of it. The people of Omaha are indebted to the Ad Sellers for the splendid speakers they bring to the city. They are indebted to them for their educa tional courses, conducted in conjunction with the University of Nebraska—courses that are open to students of better business English—letter writing and accounting. The speakers who are brought to Omaha by the Ad-Sellers brings each his own inspiration. Each is a leader in his field, each has a message that he de livers with earnestness. Those who attend the Monday evening dinners at the Burgess-Nash tea rooms, may not always agree with the speaker, but they can always find good in something he says— even if it is only a stirring up of his hearers’ minds. All in all, the Monday evening dinners of the Ad-Sellers make up an institution in Omaha. An institution the city is pround of. An institution that brings us into contact with the great world of events. Because of this institution the people of Omaha are broader, more sympathetic and more worth while than they would be without its in spiration. f--——“ - ’ We Knew Passenger Pigeons and Buffaloes Were Getting Scarce But We Never Expected .This _—-----' I SUNNY SIDE UP] 9ake Comfort, nor focoet J. E. D, whose institution furnishes the illumination for I our modest apartment, promises that the next time his electric lock slows up he will provide the necessary written excuse to smooth the ruffled feathers of Eottie Clifford, also to provide a sumptuous repast to make good any meal lost by reason of I tardiness. Now we've got. to watch that blamed clock, hopeful , that sooner or later we ll catch It In error. Dr, George A. Miller, pastor of the First Christian church, was located In Covington, Ky., several years before accepting a pastorate In Washington, D. C. While corresponding about the Washington call he received a questionnaire from the clerk • of the Washington church. The last question was. "Do you use tobacco?” j Whereupon Dr. Miller made characteristic reply: i ‘ No; but I can If It Is really necessary.” He received the call and officiated as pastor of the Wash ington church for several years, hut he was not required to use tobacco. -- — I The German reparations question having been settled, and the American fliers safely landed on American soli, will some body please give us definite and authentic figures as to how much Bro. Gharley has saved the gas users of the state? Until this information is received we will be unable to fix our minds upon other, and perhaps trivial, issues. * Being in somewhat of a hurry to prepare for dinner in our private car at Nebraska City, vv<- forgot to remove our glasses before washing our face. This caused one of our guests, J Hyde Sweet, of t lie * Nebraska city Breas, to chortle with glee, loiter he admitted that while in Minnesota he dived off into a lake forgetful of his wrist watch. We havo been guilty of washing our face without first removing our spectacles, hut we never dived off a springboard into a moist lake with a watch strapped around our wrist. Among other things of which we have not been guilty Is wearing a cute little watch on our wrist. Nor do we tgick our handkerchief up our sleeve. ■I. Hyde says he wears a wrist watch because it is handy. We wear spectacles because we have to, and that's that. Notwithstanding the fact that he has worked for the Burlington more than 40 years, Ed Westervelt still has an un paid claim of $25 against his employers, contracted about 35 years ago. It represents.$25 he subscribed to a church in Bel vldere, thereby saving the Burlington something like $2,600 in i he purchase of right-of-way. To date he has not been able to convince the management of the fact. We investigated and found Ed's claim to he well founded and shall so report. If the claim is allowed, with reasonable interest, we shall de mand a sizable commission. After watching for a time the construction of the new hog houses at the Union 8tock yards we are convinced that, after all, there are worse things than being a hog. Again violating instructions not to mentloif politics in this department, we shall express our decided opinion that the best and quickest way to bring the old Ship of State back to even keel is for everybody to vote who is legallv entitled to do so. WILL M. MAI'PIN. _ Omaha Vheife |he^?s( is at its Best CASH REGISTER—VI. Again the Coolidge cash register. This is a practical world, however much we may occasionally leel the irksomeness of work. We would all like to go fishing oftener than we do. We would all like to get into our automobiles and drive out onto the broad highway, following it wheresoever it might lead. ' A feeling of that sort comes over us oftener than we would like to admit to our friends. We are the sons and daughters of nomadic ancestors—of those who once roamed the plains free from all care. There were no cash registers in those days. Life wan filled with poetry, hard fighting, and harder drinking. The days of machinery, of the growth of indus try, of the building of cities, has left us the heritage of our nomadic forebears—but deprived us of the time and the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of those faraway days. There is nothing else for it_we must work, we must watch the cash register. When we give thought to this for a while, there comes over us—even the most restless, the thought: —thank God for Coolidge. Coolidge is the watchman on the tower. The watchman who never sleeps. We slumber safely in our beds and in the dead of night there comes to us that peace which is-born of safety when we hear the call: “Twelve o’clock and all’s well.” * • • Let us look again at Coolidge’s cash register. In his acceptance speech he said: "One of our llrst thought In 1021 was for the relief and revival of agriculture. As many as 15 laws have beetn passed to assist and support this fundamental industry. Through the War Finance corporation it hits extended credits of between $300,000,000 and $400,000,000. In addition to this, government activity provided about $50,000,000 from private sources for tlie relicl: of the cattle industry, and in the early spring of this year a $10,000,000 corporation was formed which it was estimated could furnish $100,000,000 for diversification and iinancial relief in the northwest. The intermediate credit banks have loaned over $86,000,000 to indi viduals and co-operative associations, which as sisted directly and Indirectly over 500,000 farmers." This much has been done for the farmer. It is what the farm leaders asked to be done. Now that world conditions, coupled with the influence of these aids from the government, has brought relief to the farmers, Coolidge proposes that we look further into the problem to see if some lasting remedy may not be worked out. "The republican platform." says the president, 1 recognizes that agriculture should be on the basis of economic equality with other industries. This is dasy to say, but the farmers themselves and their advisers huve never been able to agree on a plan to pnrvide it by law. Now that nature and economic uV h ave given some temporary relief, I proitoae, th<4e fore, to appoint a committee to investigate and >ep<irt measures to the congress in December that help secure this result which we all desire l^ayntit profitable agriculture established permanent lvv.*\ l want to see the dollar of the farmer always Purchase as much as any other dollar." m * m 3V American farmers know that in this busi ne?<Jifce manner alone can a solution be discovered —that to continue to make the farmer the victim of divided counsel and of political buncombe is non sense Then, too, Coolidgo, the watchman, has his eyes on the cash register of labor. About their welfare be says: "I'mler the policy of protection anil restrictive Immigration no deflation of wages has occurred. While the cost of living has gone down, wages have advanced. The 12-hour day anil the seven-day week have practically been abolished. The uninterrupted operation of public utilities with mutually satisfac tory and legally established methods of adjusting labor questions have been sought. Collective bar gaining and voluntary arbitration have been encour aged. Republican rule has raised the wage earner to a higher standard than he ever occupied before In the world." The American people have experimented with but four democratic administrations since the Civil war. Each of them brought deflation to the farm ers—stoppage of work and low wages to labor. Can ther$ Jse any doubt that both farmers and labor realise the comfort in that midnight call of the watchman? The entire nation realizes that there is safety in that call: “Twelve o’clock and all’s well.” IN "HOKE” SIGNO VINCIT. In the words of the old song, “Life is always sunshine when love is young and fair.” Hoke Smith of Georgia has just done gone and got married. Just because a lot of political his tory has been made since Hoke appeared upon the stage of political ac tion, do not get the notion that he is a suprranuateil old septugenarian. Far be it from so. Hoke was a member of the second Cleveland cabinet, which body contained some illustrious gen tlemen. That was not so awfully long ago, either measured In years, although seemingly centuries ago measured by events. Later, while Roosevelt was president, Hoke officiated as governor of Georgia. That was but a short time ago, measured by passing time, although aeons ago measured by world actions and events. And when Wilson was president Hoke aat in the senate of the United States. Rut that, was •nly yesterday, although it seems in the distant gal leries of elapsed time. Now Hoke, always an attractive figure in official LET’S ALL BE THERE. Omaha may win the Western League pennant this year. The final outcome depends on the dispo sition of the Denver team. Just at the moment that outfit is showing all the outward characteristics of the beast it is named for, the grizzly. Candor com pels us to admit that Denver has a right to carry on as it is doing. For some weeks in the early part of the season the team from the Mile-High city lorded it over everybody in the league. Omaha at that time was running up and down the standing table, like a monkey on a stick. Suddenly the Burch fam ily took a brace. Starting from down very close to the bottom, the Buffaloes pounded out victory after victory, until they appeared at the top. Here the home team has stayed since before the Fourth of July. It was suggested then that the race was about over, and so it looks now. Denver vigorously disputes this, and hangs on with a de termination that is worthy of something better, but second place seems to t>o about the limit for them. All of which is prefatory to the statement that Saturday has been set apart by the home town patrons to attest their appreciation of what the Buf faloes have been doing. On that occasion a sort of testimonial demonstration is to be staged, and every body is expected to attend at the park. Baseball is popular in Omaha, and many a losing team has had good support here, just because the public is loyal to the sport. Now that a winning team has arrived, after several years of barrenness, it will be well to make the demonstration a big one. Give the boys credit for the gallant battle they have maintained against all comers, and encournge Barney Burch by the most effective way possible, buying a ticket and swelling the crowd in the grandstand. The Wichita Kagle insists that Brother Charley state his position on Darwinism. Perhaps he will, just as soon as he learns that it is not a new style of haircut or something sold behind the prescription case. Among other things that incline us to fear for the perpetuity of the republic is the damphoolish ness exhibited by a lot of Americans over the visit of that popular and estimable young Briton, the Prince of Wales. “How Bees Keep Warm” is discussed by the American Journal of Pharmacy. The bees we have met have always been plenty warm, at least at rtne end. Candidate Wheeler has given up his speaking tour to attend court, where he is under indictment. It will take more than senatorial courtesy to get him out of that. Senator Brookhart/s plea for an extra session ofc congress will not have an especial appeal to the thoughtful voters who remember the recent session. While the pro-ponents of the League of Nations are still wandering and maundering, the Dawes Reparations Plan is untangling affairs in Europe. Mars is getting away from us without our hav ing discovered how they enforce prohibition, if they have it. Do »iot confuse the Wheelers. It « Burton K., not Wayne B., who is running for vice president. Politicians who formerly passed the buck are now engaged in passing the hunk. It would seem about time to bring Williamson county, Illinois, into the Union. r ' Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthinffton Davie ___ THINKING OF MOTHER. I often think of mother A* I go down life's way; Karh day makes deeper, truer The things she used to say. And. as each step Is taken. And knowledge wider grows. The proven farts show clearly 'Tla much a mother knows Karh day T am awakened To truths my mother knew. And everywhere 1 Journey Her prudence keeiretli true. - And only do I sorrow Because I can't advise My mother that her teachings Kxalted were and wise. But.looking on another— My children’s guiding star, t dream of mother, mother Where aalnts and sngela are And where, perhapa, my mother Beholds this cosmic vast, And knnweth that Ihs present U blended with the past. (<*-----—' Letters From Our Readers All letter* mutt bo signed, bnt rnime will br withheld upon request. Coin mow I - rations of 200 words and less wrlll bo given preferrnre. l,__... mem— mm ■ ■ ■ J Strong for Test Day. Omaha—To the Kdltor of The Omaha Bee: The 12th of September has been selected as a test day—that Is as a national examination of the defensive forces of the United State#!. The civilians are invited to take part. This Is not a military demonstration, but a general review, where the mili tary and civilians meet on equal foot ing, seeking co-operation in maintain ing our national defenses and Insist ing In having more loyalty to the flag and the Constitution of the United States. I cannot understand how the pa Clflsts. such as our governor, ran be opposed to a test day. These same pacifists, led by yellow journalism, are raving against imaginary mili tarism and would let tilts nation In case of war. be at the mercy of Its enemies because of the Ignorance of its strength. Every civilized nation has its test day, so why not the United States? Kittle Switzerland has hers every year, for every able bodied man from IS to 45 1s subject to military maneuvers or review every year. She has a standing army of 3,000 men, though she ran mo bilize an army of 450,000 men. She Is not afflicted with militarism. She showed to the world during the late war, surrounded by an Iron ring, she was able to maintain her neutrality. I am only a laborer, but I believe It is my duty to uphold tha test day. In my 45 years' residence In the United States I have observed that there t» a lack of loyalty to the Amer ican emblem and the constitution; for the Ijist 20 years. I am sorry to confess. that some of the foreign element have had very llttls respect for America. Its constitution ami Its (fag, and the causa for this is poor discipline. 1 want to see a closer re latlonshlp between the army and civilian, so 1 hope that every able /-----—V Abe Martin ---/ Bootlegger Ike l,ark was acquit ted t’day on nocount of u gland dis order. Ther's few lonesomer things than n rich nonentity. (Copyright, li-4 > NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for July, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .74,010 Sunday.74,792 Dam not Include return*. laft* • vrto, or paptra ipoilAl In j printing and Include* no apodal or fro* circulation of any kind. V. A BRIDGE* Or. Mgr. Sukar.rikad and sworn to holora mo thin Itk day of Auguat, 1W4 W. H QUIVtV. _(Stall Notary Puklte hodled man take a part In the test day and show the pacifists that you are not influenced by that bogey and nightmare called militarism. My hope Is that this test day. or national re view day, be made a national legal holiday in I he next congress. Many people think discipline is military despotism, but it is not; it trains nun to perform their duty, whether on the Industrial nr political field. Let us stand for one Ood, one country and one flag. The destiny of our country Is in the hands of the young generation. JESSE MARTEL. Just Plain Propaganda. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Roe: If experiment In gov ernment was not such s dangerous thing, I would like to see Bob La Fol lette elected to the presidency—and I would help elect him—just for the pleasure of seeing him tnsde a mon key of when he tried to put over some of his visionary Ideas What the old guard adherents and demo crate would do to "Fighting Bob" would be a plenty. I would like to see him tumbled from his "pinnacle" of egotism. Just In order to give the fools who follow him a good lesson. Most any person of ordiaary In telligence knows that business Inter ests ha Id the balance of power in this country. He knows that "govern ment by the people" Is Just an ex pression end means little X am a voter, and the only thing I have to do with governing tills country is that once tn so often T help to elect certain Individuals who eventually— if they are elected—become cogs In the different wheels of government, whether it be national, stats or city. So far as my having anything else to do with the machinery of govern ment I could Just as well be In tireenland except when my vote Is needed. It tickles me to see some of "my constituents" swell up and think they are helping to run the government by voting for certain parties or certain candidates. The only real help we voters give 'he gov ernment is aid in paying the bills, and we don't have anything to say about how much or how little we shall j>av; we simply shell out the amount the assessor fixes as our share and kick for reduction In taxes. When 1 see or hear of grownup peo ple advocating men like I>a Follette or Brvan for the chief executives of fiee, I don't wonder that ''capital" takes as much care of Its Interests as it does. Progressivlsm, which 1* Just an other name for radicalism, must not be allowed to get any more of a foot [hold here than It already has, or In t short time we will have another Russia I have been out in the Jun gles time and again and heard the talks put up by "radical" this and that adherents. One would think that this was the hardest country on earth to get along In when, by long odds. It Is the best I wish I could give j every one of the discontented with conditions a taste of tha real Russia and see how quickly they would want to get hack to formerly enjoyed pros perity and happiness. I have heard men kick—when they were hungry— because they had to go to work for capital." Tan you beat such an Idea’ And yet these people are al lowed to vote They are allowed. It MOTHERFletcher’s Cas toria is a pleasant, harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Teething Drops and ' Soothing Syrups, prepared for Infants and Children all ages. To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of aL^uZZ Proven directions on rach package. Physicians everywhere recommend it End Corns QUICK this new way NO waiting for results, no dan ger. Paring a corn yourself is risky. This way the oain stops in stantly, then the com loosens and comes off. Simple, easy and safe. Dif ferent from any other corn remedy. So why let corns torture you? Get Blue-jay now at your druggist. Use it tonight, walk in comfort tomorrow. Blue-jay hey are strong enough, to turn this prosperous, happy land into a reel lerror with their ballots. But it won't nappen. There are too many home jwners; loo many people in business >n their own; too many little capital sts; too many folks who have got he welfare of this country at heart tnough not to want to try experi ments that cannot help but turn out liaastrously. FRANK MARTIN. New Word Wanted. •'ChaufTeur" being too professional, the wordsmiths are looking for a erm to designate a man who drives hii^ own car. It Is safe to say that :he terms used by pedestrian* will not be accepted.—Uttte Hock Gazette. TYPEWRITERS Any make—large or portable. Prices most attractive. Terms j very easy. Our rental rates are ' lowest. Com* in and save money on your next purchase or rental. 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