.THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1919.
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Subecriher leaving the city should have Tha Be mailed
to -.them. Addreae changed a often requested.
Do not worry about the ice man's future.
Secretary "Ri!" Wilson is also something
of, a steam-roller driver. '
One packer says hogs are going up arid the
other says going down. Send for Mr. Heney.
"" Rhodes scholarship elections are to be re
sumed in the United States'. The -war must be
over.
"B. L, T." suggests that Champ Clark can
mix salads in the punch bowL Or use it to
serve burgee.
The-jiresident's ship is steering for France
the straightest and quickest route, as this is a
business trip.
Senator Chamberlain says General Crowder
did not tell the truth, but the public will not
waste much time in choosing which is the liar.
"The boys of '98" would also like to be re
membered when the pie is being passed. Not
a bad idea. They also fought for Old Glory
uid freedom.
"We thanked God we were out of it."
World-IIcral
And none was more lusty or persistent in
expression of gratitude to him who kept us out
if it.
The tieat manner in which the president
side-stepped the Irish question gets commenda
tory comment from the hyphenated, which is
i.lways ready to applaud a nifty bit of political
mggling.
Governor Harding puts the issue, squarely up
10 the legislature. He saya if he is right, he
:;liould be vindicated; if wrong, impeached.
'ow, Iowa ought to get atthe facts and end
'.he dispute.
A democratic victory in a Pennsylvania con
cessional district is to be listed alongside the
Vermont towns voting wet in face of nation
wide prohibition. Some things can not be done,
jut they do happen.
Three of the senators are going on tour to
discuss the League of Nations from the stand
point of the opposition, and two of them are
democrats, if you are anxious to know how the
matter stands politically.
The federal employment service .was one
branch of war activity "that made good and
which might well have been carried over into
peace days. That is why the democrats are so
eager to abolish it. v
Walker D. Hines will hold onto the rail
roads, and finds their outlook much brighter
than he" told congress a few days ago. This
change of view shows what a difference failure
to get an appropriation can make.
Henry Ford is sgoing to dot the landscape
with factories to make his new flivver, so that
distinction will rest on the village not having
one. If the factories become as familiar to us
as Fords -we may all live to bless the Michi
ganders for not electing him to be senator.
The. New York World laments that Mr.
Wilson is not able to distribute largess among
European flunkeys on a basis of royalty. Per
haps in time those flunkies will come to realize
that all Americans are not spouting geysers of
easy money. '
Kahn of California will be chairman, of the
military affairs in the next house, which fact
insures that bills of importance to the "safety
of the governo6nt will be reported ' by the
chairman and not by the ranking member of
the opposition, as was the rule in the Sixty
fifth congress.
Fifty-three convicted of sedition received ex
ecutive clemency In the rush of business at the
White House. Nothing like sticking up for the
majesty of the law and the dignity of the na
tion. Loyal, devoted patriots will get great in
spiration from this exhibition of magnanimity.
THE WORLD AND THE AUTOMOBILE.
On Monday next the Omaha automobile
dealers will open their annual show, affording
the public an opportunity to observe the
progress made by the industry, even during war
time. Eighty-one different makers will be rep
resented by 221 cars of varying styles and prices.
This variety in itself is impressive, as showing
the wide range for choice between machines. It
isTnot alone to suit the possible whims of a po
tential buyer, but to meet the requirements of a
particular service, some highly specialized, that
the designers nd builders have extended the
scope of their efforts to include so many kinds,
and styles. Each has its own peculiar advan
tages, its own refinements arrl individual service
qualifications to recommend it, and for users or
curiosity-seekers alike the exposition will be
educational in a high degree.
The automotive industry is the earliest to
reVive from the effects of war. Maybe this is
because it has merely turned from supplying
the government with cars of various kinds to
its original trade with the public. Two years
ago the industry almost over night went on a
war basis; its product was in effect com
mandeered, for the army and navy required
about all the manufacturing facilities of the
plants. It was not alone self-propelled vehicles
for the service of. the fighting forces, but muni
tions of various ' sorts, flying machines and
nearly everything made from metal manipulated
into intricate or simple form, the government
called for,"-nd the automobile takers put off
the private requests until public needs could be
satisfied. Now they are back at the old stand,
and the people are ready to meet them.
How the automotive industry is meeting de
mands, anticipating needs, and fulfilling its
destiny, may be discoveredat the show. Ffc
miliar as we have become with the uses of the
car in all the ways of life, both urban and rural,
none of us as yet has realized its possibilities.
That it is a leading factor in the world's ma
terial advance is admitted, and that Omaha is
one of the important places in the world of cars
and accessories is also understood. But how
great this place is can better be conceived after
a visit to this exposition.
"A Shock to the Country"
Because of the personality of the speaker
and the place where it was delivered, the ad
dress of Dr. William T. Manning ia Vassar
chapel at Poughkeepsie, scoring severely the
flaming of Prof. George D. Herron to represent
the United States at the Princes Island confer
ence on, the future of Russian-compelled special
attention.
Dr. Manning of Trinity is the ranking rector
of the Protestant Episcopal church of America.
He was speaking through the Vassar students
to the young womanhood of the United States,
who have, like their brothers, the habit of free
thinking, of examination of all new things and
theories, and whose cultivation cannot be re
strained within narrow lines.
Prof. Herron stands in the average mind for
defiance of the sacrament or the social conven
tion of marriage. He is, as Dr. Manning said,
"an open advocate of free love' The Trinity
rector added:
"Such an appointment is a shock to the coun-.
try. It ought not to be passed over. It cannot
be defended or excused. It should be at once
and publicly revoked. There is small hope in
our trying to stem the divorce evil if we have
no word to say against the official recognition
of a notorious advocate of free love."
This is a grave criticism of President Wilson,
but many American men and most American
women will not regard it as too harsh or unjust.
On the other hand, perhaps the majority will
recognize the president's motives. He was man
ifestly seeking to prove to all Russians that we
had a brotherly feeling toward them, and that
we could match their radicalism with specimens
of our own. Such recognition of the president's
purpose is only fair. Whether a mistake was
made or not is a wholly different question.
Brooklyn Eagle.
" . A
Italy Getting in Bad. ,
The dispute over possession ( of the Dal
matian coast is just now the center of attrac
tion at the peace conference. Italy has assumed
a remarkable attitude, and as a result is com
ing in for some unpleasant notice. Under pre
tense of maintaining a blockade to protect na
tional interests along the Adriatic, the Italian
government is shutting out food supplies in
tended for the Jugo-Slavs and other sufferers
in that region of Europe. Such a course can
only have one effect, that of lessening the force
of whatever claun the Italians may have to the
region in dispute. It does not seem possible (that
at a time when the yatftns are gathered together
to calmly determine the justice of all claimants,
and to so arrange boundaries in Europe as to
provide for the equitable interests of all, that
one of the so-called great nations should grab
seaports and close them to all traffic in order
to enforce an asserted right to them. Yet this
has been done by one of the prospective equal
partners in the forthcoming League of Nations.
Moral suasion will be sufficient to raise the em
bargo, but the spectacle is one that must make,
ordinary folks rub their eyes. Italy has done'
nqgood for its own or for the general cause
of .humanity by holding up food intended to re
lieve the hunger bf starving people.
Outlook for Business is Good.
From the Federal Reserve board comes as
suring word that a summary of reports from
the regional banks indicates that business condi
tions are being adjusted in a "fairly satisfactory
way." While the movement is not as rapid as
some might wish, it is progressing, and, a stable
basis will be reached ere long. The board does
not look for a level of prices much below those
now prevailing to be established soon. Un
employment has been exaggerated, and what
ever danger might have come from this source
is being met by easily applied remedies', such
as the elimination of overtime work, and put
ting forces on short time to distribute the
volume among more workers. Wages will not
recede rapidly, but will eventually get to a set
tled standard, which will b6 higher than tne
rate prevailing before the war. Money that
was being -hoarded is coming back to the banks
in increasing volume. These elements of the
general business situation all encourage the ex
tension of enterprise, and suggest a general re
sumption of productive activity with the com
ing of spring.
After the "Houn Puo" Asrain.
Somebody is always kicking Champ Clark's
dog around. Now that he has stepped out or
the speaker's chair, and Claude E. Kitchin has
abdicated in his-favor as leader of the minority,
a lot of democrats have set on foot a moveV
ment to "replace the aged and energetic Mis
sourian. The pretext is that if a northern man,
say Rainey of Illinois, isput forward as floor
leader for the democrats, the party will be re
lieved of the onus of "southern domination."
"Perhaps, but no matter who is in the front oh
the floor, the votes yet come from the south,
and the whip does not dare run counter to the
caucus. A deeper lying motive may be ""back
of the move. Clark went to' Baltimore with al
most enough votes pledged to nominate him.
Nebraskans may yet have some lingering recol
lections of how the instructions givtfn by the
democratic voters of this state were carried
out by the delegates. That incident has not
entirely been closed, and a few of Mr. Clark's
friends have thought he might secure some be
laid recognition at the democratic -convention
next year. If he can be sidetracked in the
house, the third-term chariot will be in less
danger, maybe. It will be worth watching, this
little game. " i
Lenine says "Sam" Gompers is a traitor to
the socialist party. As the president of the
American Federation of Labor has always been
and still is the most influential oooonent of
soc!a!sra in America, we are at a loss to under
stand how he could go back on the "comrades."
However, this is not much wilder than most of
Lenine's utterances.
A native-born Nebraska!, is to head Chi
cago's city schools at the biggest salary ever
paid for a like position. " They come high, but
the world must have them.
Post-mortems of the late unlamented con
gress ar not at all profitable to the party that
just laid down its power. Most of its leaders
would prefer that the public forget it
The President's Mistake
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
A short time ago we warned the republicans
of the peril of opposing the League of Nations
on party or personal grounds. This, we said, is
a matter of much too great magnitude to be in
fluenced by such considerations. It is not a
party question, and we, for our part, decline to
place it In that category. But ie cannot shut
our eyes to the fact that President Wilson has
done much to make it a party question by the
conspicuous if not deliberate offensiveness of
his attitude toward the republican leaders in
coneress. and. for that matter, toward congress
N as a whole. The incoming congress will be in
republican control, yet the president, with trie
greatest question of our day, if not all time, im
pending for settlement, pursues a course tend
ing to antagonize the interests essential to the
proper settlement of that question. He offended
the whole senate when he ignored that body
V-.1 -i -r-vi 7i 1 ...
in me consideration in me peace treaty uciuic
he went to Paris, and in the appointment of his.
commission, when he might easily have won
their interest and concurrence by taking them
into his confidence and giving the senate repre
sentation in the deliberations of the Paris con
ference. - It was within his right to do as he
"did, but it was not wisdom, and we said as much
at the time. "Sincerely do we wish," said this
paper on December 1, when discussing this mat
ter, "that the president would be more generous,
more open and less self-sufficient. He would
gain much and the countrJ"would gain more."
And now he has returned, after helping com
plete the draft of the constitution of the League
of Nations, and, having signed the bills awaiting
him, is going back to Paris immediately, with
out a word to congress except a brief private
talk with the members of the Foreign Relations
committees. Moveorer, he has given notice
that he will not call an extra session of con
gress until his return, thereby preventing the
discussion of this subject in the halls of con
gress until it suits him. It does .seem to us that
elemental prudence as well as common fairness
and ordinary courtesy should induce him to re
main here for a time and endeavor to conciliate
the forces he must in the end rely upon for sup
port by a frank interchange of views, by a
manifestation of willingness to consider the
criticism raised, and by a disposition to clarify
the language of the constitution if necessary to
make it more acceptable to American ideas.
J. he president is seriously mistaken it tie
thinks the AmericaM people are not influenced
by his attitude and conduct in this particular.
There is a strong feeling of resentment, not
only among republicans, but among democrats
as well, against this position of aloof self-sufficiency.
And it is just as strong among those
who ardently desire the success of his main pur
pose as among those who oppose it. The Globe
Democrat favors the League of Nations because
it believes it is inherently right and supreme
necessary. We have not followed Mr. Wilson
in this conviction. We had been advocating a
League of Nations long before he gave any
evidence of an interest in the subject. And we
do not support it now because it is his policy.
On the contrary, we may truthfully say that
we support it in spite of that fact. For we be
lieve profoundly that this is too large a matter
to be hindered by either personal or partisan
antipathies, and we pursue our course without
regard to them, confident that somehow right
will and must prevail. But we regret, deeply we
regret, that the president rnakes success, need
lessly makes it, so much more "difficult.
Leniency Toward Slackers
Instructions sent by Secretary of War Baker
to commanding generals in charge of army
camps in this country regarding the treatment
to be accorded conscientious objectors who re
fused to do military duty shows a degree of
tender consideration which is decidedly dis
' tasteful to the patriotic men who put behind
them every consideration and went forward to
fight for their flag and country. The secretary's
letter contained this provision: "
"With respect to their attitude of objecting
to the military service, these men are not to be
treated as violating military laws, thereby sub
jecting themselves to the penalties of the arti
cles of war, but their attitude in this respect
will be quietly ignored and they will be treated
with kindly consideration."
The selective draft act specifically exempts
conscientious objectors from military service,
but it does not guarantee them "kindly consid
eration." Under the terms of the law they are
not compelled to beat arms or to perform any
other combatant service. However, the presi
dent is authorized to draw the distinction be
tween combatant and noncombatant service", and
the law'provides that "no person so exempted
shall be exempted from service in any capacity
that the president shall declare to be noncom
batant.". - They were not, however, exempted from
doing any one of many duties which the presi
dent consistently could have rulecTas noncom
batant, and it is probable that the services of a
large number of men were lost through, trying
to maksrjydiers .put of them 'when they re
fused to become soldiers, and were protected
by th law in their attitude. Washington Post.
Our Free Legal Aid
State your case clearly but
briefly and a reliable lawyer
will furnish the answer or
advice in this column. Your
name will not be printed.
Let The Bee Advise You
Assignment of W'BBf.
M. C. S. T am a married man
having-slx children. In June, 1915,
while working for a railroad 1 bor
rowed money ajid gave an assign
ment of my wages. Since then I
havechanged my work and am now
working In a packing house. The
party from whom 1 Borrowed has
fileii a notice of the assignment and
threatens to garnishee my wages. ' 1
would like to know whether this as
signment is good and whether or not
my wife had to sign such assignment,
which she did not.' '
Answer 1. The assignment does
not cover your wages in the packing
house and the notice evidently is
given simply for the purpose of
"bluffing" you Into paying.
2. The legislature, which met in
1915 passed the following law:
"Wages, Assignment Every con
tract or agreement for the sale, as
signment or transfer of the wages
or earnings of the head of a family
shall be void unless such contract,
agreement, assignment or transfer
shall be executed and acknowledged
by both husband and wife In the
same manner that conveyances of
real estate are required to be signed
and acknowledged by the laws of this
state." '
Furnish Heat ,
A. M. R. I rented an apartment
for one year and the landlord agreed
to furnish me heat during the time
that it was necessary to have the
same. About half the time my apart
ment is so cold that it is absolutely
impossible for me to live in it with
out subjecting myself and family to
the dangers of colds. What would
you advise me doing?
Answer. The landlord In refus
ing to furnish you heat has broken
his conact and you can move out
without being liable on your lease
for the unexpired time, or any dam
ages that you may have sustained by
the breach of contract the landlord
would be liable for. I would advise,
however, your moving out rather
than bringing suit as It would be
hard to prove your damages that
you may have sustained.
Soldier's Pay.
G. C. G. A soldier having died
from wounds received In action what
becomes of three months' pay due
him at the time of his death and
have his parents a right to it?
Answer. In the case of a single
man, his father and mother are en
titled to the back pay. Apply to
quartermaster general of the army.
Religious Instruction in Public
School.
H. Ii. D. A school board permits
church to be held in a school house
and allows the use of coal and light
belonging to the district.
I. Would such meetings as
preaching, revival metings and pray
er meetings and Sunday school be
included in religious purposes?
Answer. Yes.
2. Is there anw officer to whom,
one could report and whose duty it la
to make the schoel board enrorce tne
law?
Answer See county attorney and
county superintendent.
3. What penalty is there for tie
school board which allows such use
of the school house and its coal and.
light?
Answer. Xo criminal penalty, but
ouster proceedings might be effec
tive. 4. Can one go before the county
attorney and make complaint and
have him handle the case?
Answer. Yes, but if he refuses to
act you will have to employ your
own attorney to take action.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY
FIXI.AXD.
"PeRRy end Billy find that mean sprites
have hidden away King Pun of Funlnnd as
a joke. Wily plans to trap the sprUe in
a tar heater.)
Putting Idlers to Work
America used to support an aristocracy at
Palm Beach and at Newport and in continental
watering places. There wasn't any' utility in
the American aristocracy except perhaps that
of decorating the pages of the Sunday news
papers and providing an ideal for the models in
the collar advertisements.
It is said that the English aristocracy was
the finest flower of the earth, but-that the earth
bore this flower because it wS manured with
the rest of the English nation. At least the
British,, aristocracy did things. It sacrificed
itself in this war. The young aristocrat may
.have had the best of things, but he gave back
to his country the best he had. Ours did not
do this. It gave us at best a sickly plant with
out beneficence.
We are glad, at tlurt, it is going. It had no
utility in our scheme of things. It to&k no re
sponsibility for leadership and hone for the na
tion. Large inheritance taxes, large income
taxes, are going to put bur rich men's sons to
work. -
Americans are not going to fertilize a bed
for such-plants as they have proven themselves
to be. Whatever real aristocracy we majrliave
will not need inherited fortunes to assert itself.
Chicago TribbuHt.
7
mt iay we ceieDrate. t
Dr. J. C. Hammond, physician, born 1861.
George K. Howell, lawyer, born 1881.""
Everett S. Dodds, architect, born IS86.
Champ Clark, late speawer of the United
States house of representatives, born in Ander
son county, Ky., 69 years ago.
Dr. Ira N. Hollis, president of Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, forn at Moorestown, Ind.,
63 years ago.
Scwell Ford, one of the most successful of
American short-story writers, born at South
Levant, Me., 51 years ago. -
In Omaha 30 Years Ago.
The Union Pacific will take over the Pacific
Hotel company, April 1, and run its own meal
stations.
Oscar Gordon was fined for permitting a dog
to run at large the first fine of this kind ever
imposed in Omaha. .
Judge Kroeger tied the knot that made Mr.
Fred Brandes and Miss Marian Haarwan one.
Miss Emma Schwab was bridesmaid and Mr.
Fritz Wells, best" man.
W. F. Carter, formerly of The Bee, is publish
ing the Daily Tribune at Memphis, Tennessee.
Mrs. G. W. Clark is in Lincoln looking after
the proppsd state appropriation for a home for
unfortunate women at Milford.
CHAPTF.R IV.
In tho Tar rot
JOKER, Mocker, Wit and the
other mean sprites stopped
short when they naw the tar pot
"Is it hut?" they asked anxiously,
their fear of hent being as great as
their fear of being captured by l'o
liceman Sense for the supposed kill
ing of Mammy Chloe.
, "There is no tire in it now," an
swered Billy, throwing open the fire
box and showing them'the cold ashes
within. That satisfied the mean
sprites, and they pilfcd Into the tar
"I Have the Goo l-Tlnie Spoilers in
Tills Pot," Me Kxplainod.
pot head over heels, fighting and
jamming each other r until every one
was inside. Rilly swung the iron
cover back into place and clamped
it tight The mean sprites were his
prisoners.
While this was going on Peggy
and the agreeable sprites had found
that Mammy wasn't really dead, but
was only pretending as a part of Bil
ly's plan. After helping Mammy to
her feet and sending her happily on
her way, with the basket of clothes
perched on her head, they chased
along to see what Hilly was doing
with the mean sprites. They found
him starting a lively blaze under the
tar pot.
"Sh-h-h-h!" said Billy, putting his
finger on his lips. He motioned that
he had the mean sprites locked up
In the pot. This tickled the agree
able sprites.
Soon the mean sprites In the tar
pot began to notice the heat
"Hey, what are you doing out
there?" yelled Joker.
HUt4,.Mnir littlA ffi-a art VAU TL'Ilt
j not be cold," answered Hilly, wink
ing at the agreeable sprites.
"Let us out! We can't stand
heat!" shrieked the mean sprites,
while the agreeable sprites doubled
up with silent laughter.
"Don't make so much noise or Po
liceman Sense will flndVou," warned
Billy.
"This heat is worse than Police
man Sense. Let us out!" yelled the
mean sprites.
"What's going on here?" demand
ed a stern voice. Billy whirled
around to find Policeman Sense,
joking very big and severe, towering
over him. Billy felt a quick chill of
fear, but he faced the policeman
bravely.
"I have the Good-Time Spoilers in
this pot" he explained. "I'm roast
ing them until they tell where they
have hidden King Fun."
"Good!" said the policeman
promptly, his eyes beginning to
twinkle. "That's what those scala
wags deserve."
"Let us out and we will tell
where King Fun Is," promised Joker.
"All right Where Is he?" an
swered Billy.
"Shut up in the garbage can at
Peggy's house," screamed Joker.
"Now let us out quick!"
"No," said Hilly. "You may be
joking again. We will see first if
King Fun is there."
"Wow! Let us out now! It's hot
in here!" shrieked the mean sprites,
but Billy, Peggy, Policeman Sense
and the agreeable sprites were al-
inn t ijjt-AK
& tf "
Income Tax.
D. E. H. Please advise me if I
must pay an income tax. I am a
single man, without dependents. ' My
income was 11,500 up to July l.
1918, when I entered the army as a
private receiving $30 per month for
the rest of the year. '
Answer You will have to pay
an income tax on the excessof $1,000
on your income up to the time you
entered the army. The pay of per
sons in the military service up to
$3,500 a year is not taxable as in
come. Desertion.
G. II. I was married at Chicago
in 1914 and maintained a home there
until November. 1918. I then re
ceived a good position in Omaha, but J
mv wife refuses to come here ana
threatens to have me arrested for
desertion. Wnat are my rights?
Answer. The residence of a wife
is that of her husband. If she re
fuses to come here she is in fact de
serting you and cannot prosecute you
for desertion.
RIGHT TO THE POINT
New York World: When Marshal
Foch says that the new armistice
convention will effectually provide
for the military and naval disarma
ment of Germany, the discussion
would appear 4o be closed.
Baltimore American: Mexico
wants a place in the league of na
tions, and real friendship with the
United States. It is wonderful how
all the nations are suddenly ,. dis
covering that it pays better to be
good. '
Minneapolis Journal: Speaking
about this everlasting domestic prob
lem, what needs reforming li the
rterminotOfry of the business. What
can you expect when we permst in
such distinctions as "saleslady" and
"hired girl?" No matter if the
"hired girl" does get more wages
than the "saleslady," besides her
"board and keep," the psychology is
wrong; and you've no idea what a
lot of psycholQgy there is on the back
stairs.
DAILY CARTOONETTE
ffOHN-THROUJTHRT
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Oppose T,ea?uo of Nation.
Omaha, March 4.-" To the Editor
of The Bee: As an old-time believer
In the Americanism of Washington,
Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, John
Adams, Jackson, and Harrison, I for
one want to express disapproval of
tne League of Nations, as it is called.
It would be opposed today by Lin
coln, by Grant, by Blaine, by Gar
field, by Cleveland and by Roosevelt
were they among the livlrtg. It is
.my opinion that if the project was
submitted to the people of the united
States today that it would be voted
down by an overwhelming majority,
for most of us believe that as we
grew great and prosperous as a na
tion without mixing up in the polit
ical affairs of other nations, that we
should continue that policy in the
future. ,
When we had a war amonp our
selves in the war of the rebellion, we
strongly resented interference on the
part of England on the side of the
South and when the English did help
destroy a part of our commerce upon
the seas, we made them pay us
millions of dollars damages for their
interference. When President Wil
son practically forced congress to
pass a law for the charge of tolls to
our own vessels in our own Panama
canal at the dictation of England,
the people of the United States re
sented such interference on the part
of England, and had there been a
chance at the time to remove the
president for that act, he would sure
ly have been removed.
The people of the United States to
day demand the rapid return of all
their troops who are on foreign soil,
for they 'were sent to Europe for a
purpose and as that purpose has
been accomplished by the loss of
tens of thousands of the best young
men of America, and as Germany has
already been practically disarmed
and lies impotent at the feet of the
allies, there is no further excuse or
demand for the retention of our
troops on foreign soil. " We do not
want to bind ourselves as a nation
to the political affairs ot the nations
of Europe, for we have problems of
our own that need solution, prob
lems that will need wise considera
tion by our$wisest statesmen. The
League of Nations is bound together
with ropes of sand and the binding
will break almost as soon as the
league is formed.
It is all right for us to make treat
ies among the other nations of the
earh, but when we come to be
come a part of one great whole, with
all kinds of peoples and all kinds of
nationalities, with all kinds of alms
that are divergent from each other,
then we should staj by ourselves and
solve our own problems without the
aid or interference of other nations.
The days of the millenium have not
come as yet and all the -visionaries
like Wilson and Bryan cannot
change -the people of the earth by
their visionary scheme of a league of
nations.
President Wilson should stay home
and help solve tho one great problem
of the South, of the disfranchise
ment of both black and white voters
of the southern states who are dis
franchised by the hundreds of
thousands. They were good enough
to go to France to fight for what
Wilson calls democracy, but the
southern democracy is not willing
that they should exercise the right in
their own country, which they were
compelled to fight for in other coun
tries. Before forming any League of Na
tions we should show some consis
tency by making it safe for every
citizen of the United States to cast
their votes as freely In 'Mississippi
and Virginia as in Maine and Ne
braska. Let us solve our own na
tional problems. .
FRANK A. AGNEW,
AROUND THE STATE.
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Norfolk will pull off its auto show
In a big tent or several tents. The
limousine crowd is too much for any
show building in town.
A study of the number of boys
arrested for various offenses con
vinces Beatrice that a curfew law
with a swatter attached is badly
needed.
Sidney is promised a new modern
hotel "in the near future." Bona
pice Harper of the old Le Grand
hotel gives the promise, and he
makes good.
Beatrice express put out a peace
edition of a score of extra pages
filled with 'the good things that make
life in a print shop a periodical Joy
ride. The record of the war activi
ties o-Beatrk!e and Gage fill a large
part of the number and is an ad
mirable showing.
A prospective recruit for the Hob
nquad sounds a doleful note in the
Gothenberg Independent In connec
tion with the excess of eligible girls
ibroad. Importing a few thousand
of them to the great west "where
they will find husbands waiting with
open arms." is urged as a measure of
relief. "The requirements are mod
erate," says the sorrowing scribe.
"They mint be sound and well
broke, wfffr good, bone and a. Mon
mfl carry their heads high." It is
up to the Gothenburg belles to make
up and step lively toward the In
dependent office.
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And the will arrive.
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ready running to release King Fun.
Peggy led the way to the big
metal garbage can behind her home.
Billy quickly pried off the lid.
"Hurrah! Hurrah for King Fun!"
shouted the agreeable sprites, ex
pecting to see their ruler bob up
out of the can. But he didn't bob
up, Und Billy looked in to see what
was the matter.
"Humph!" he said. "I'll hafe to
make that fire hotter. King Fun is
not here!"
Tomorrow will bo told how Billy for-j'-s
the mean sprites to tell the truth about
King Fun's hiding place.)
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