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). i 8 v THE BEE:- OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1919. THE Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) - EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD KQ3EWA1ER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISH IMP COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The AaMrleted Pna, af which The Bee U a member, It ax erulvslr entitled to the an for publication of all newe dupetchee credited to It or not otberwlw credited la thle nw, and alio tM knl newt pubttihed barrio. All iljhti at publication of our apt- clal OMPttcfira on aiao BEE TELEPHONES i Tyler 1000 Print Branch txehuiie. Aik for tot Department or Ptrtlculu Parent Wanted. For Nlfht or Sunday Service Call: Editorial Department - ... Tyler 10001. Circulation Department - - - - - Trier 1008L Adtertmni Department Trier 100SL OFFICES OF THE BEEi Horn Office, Be BulldlOf, ITtb and Farnam. Branch Officee: Amu 4110 North 14th Park MIS Le?en worth lirawn U illlltirr Are. South Sid 3318 N Street Council Bluff 14 N. Main Vinton 248? South 16th Lak Mil North 34th Walnut 819 North 40th New Tori City Chicago Out-of-Town Office: Waihlnitoa Lincoln 18 Fifth An. Seeier Bid 1811 O Street 1330 H Street APRIL CIRCULATION Daily 65,830 Sunday 63,444 Average circulation for the month tubicrlbed and iworn to br E. R. iUian. Circulation Minater. Subscriber leaving the city ehould hav Tha Be mailed to them. Addreea chanced a often a requeated - , King Corn is doing quite well, thank you. Watch him grow. Which reminds of the ancient political max im "Don't write letters." All right,' why not make the start at team work in the police department. The courts must decide whether wartime prohibition can be enforced in peace times His administration may be a failure but as a ready letter-writer, our mayor is a brilliant and unqualified success. If Paris is having "a riot of audacious fem inine fashions," it will not be permitted long to keep a monopoly of it. Special road paving bond election tomor row. Show your interest in the question by going to the polls to vote. The Illinois legislature has passed a law - permitting 10-round, no-decision boxing bouts in that state. May be hope for Nebraska fight fans yet. : Mr. Gompers says he is vindicated from v charges of his detractors. With re-election and a salary boost at the same time he should have said doubly vindicated. It would have been far better for the Ger mans had they scuttled their warships before !they went to war. It was the kaiser's lust for seapower that first Ted him to invite trouble. ."Bleak House" made famous byi Dickens is for sale. Almost any old house, bleak though it be, passably conveniently located, would be readily saleable right now, if it were only in Omaha. 4 ' The general or sympathy strike is a delu sion and a snare to hit at somebody for some one else's grievance is not reaching, the mark. A sympathy lockout , would be just about as senseless. Brazil's president-elect is greatly pleased with the attentions and courtesies be is enjoy ing duryig his visit to the United States. Other presidents of other republics also catch the travel fever. ' .After the $3,000,000 road bonds are issued, it will be up to those who are urging them to see to it that the money is not wasted or stolen that the taxpayers who foot the bills get their full money's worth. : A straw vote taken by one regiment of our boys still "over there" disclosed 77 per cent against the prohibition amendment. But can they be counted on to vote the same way when they get back home? Cross -ocean , flights are becoming so com mon that soon they will command no more newspaper space than the announcements of departure and arrival of steamships. That's the may the wind blows. Lighting the Movie Theater. "When lighting problems are considered, auditoriums of photoplay theaters present a con dition differing somewhat from that presented by the legitimate theater because sufficient light must be furnished to permit the audience of the photoplay theater to find its way about, yet the distribution of this light must be such as not to interfere with the picture on the screen. The intensities in different parts of the theater may b5 materially different, since the surface most vitally important is the screen. It is usually quite practicable to raise the illumination in the (rear or at the entrance if the motion-picture screen itself is properly submerged in darkness. . "In this way a person entering is not at first subjected to so low an intensity of illumination as he is after passing down toward the front of the theater. The minute or two which elapses between the time of entering and the time of reaching an area of low illumination gives the eye a certain amount of time in which to accus tom itself to the lower intensity. "A second requirement of this type of light ing is that the greatest amount of illumination should , be thrown upon the horizontal plane, that is, the seats and aisles. It is considered poor practice to throw any amount of light on the side walls because of the effect of reflection toward the screen. Moreover, such light serves , ao useful purpose. The third point to be con sidered is the elimination of sources of light from the field of vision. In this category fall such items as bracket lamps along the sidewalls or lamps on either side of the screen, if the units are low enough to catch the eye. Such lamps not only tend to disturb the eye, but they also produce depression of vision and cause a diver sion which distracts attention from the picture. "As an example of a method by which such ' lighting can be worked out is shown at Escana ba, Mich. . . . The lighting is effected solely by means of artificial windows in the ceiling. Above these window are long boxes approxi mately 18 inches in height, painted white inside. These boxes act as diff users, throwing the light through the windows into the auditorium. The type of glass used gives very good diffusion and efficiency. The lamps are arranged on three separate circuits, allowing for the use of. full in tensity, a secondary intensity, or a low intensity for photoplay work. The lamps on the circuit which give the lowest intensity have been so graded in size as to furnish a very low value of illumination near the front of the theater and a higher value of illumination near the rear. This type of lighting directs the greater percentage of light to the seats and aisles, where it is eeded.'VThe Electrical World. THE MAYOR'S CONFESSION. The mayor's confidential circular (letter to his fellow city commissioners is a remarkable contribution to the literature of the day re markable for its frank confession of his own failure to deliver the goods, and also for its in genuous charge that all of his colleagues 'are equally culpable for the fall-down of the ad ministration as a whole. Of course, the mayor did not anticipate publication of his letter, other wise he would not have .marked it confidential, he would not have had it delivered in person by special messenger, he would not have written it at all. ' ' To proclaim the ineffectiveness of their labored attempts to give the city the kind of government it is entitled to and to do this just at the moment the socalled "Committee of 500" had been rallied to back the commissioners against the "detractors" carries a vein of ivory. By his confidential letter the mayor admits everything that has been said about misfits in the city hall though he will find no one to agree with him that all of the city commissioners are in the same boat with him and equal partners in the mismanagement of the particular depart ments under fire. The next question for the mayor is "What are you going to do about it?" He calls for team work. But how can improvement be ex pected through team work that merely gets behind incompetencey, wrong-doing and pig headedly upholds subordinates proved guilty of brutality, arbitrary misuse of power, r corrupt connivance in lawbreaking? Writing letters alone will not mend rotten conditions in the po lice department, the first evidence of good in tentions should be a clean-up of the spot that needs it. Germany Ready to Kick In. It takes no perspicuity to see that the up heaval ithat has been taking place within the German government are but the preliminary motions for a reluctant acceptance of the peace terms formulated by the allies and the signing of the pact with numerous and loud protestations that its conditions are much harsher than they ought to be. In the vernacular of the street, Germany is ready to "kick in," and take what is handed to it. It would be too great an about-face for the cabinet that had denounced the peace treaty as "impossible" and had asserted they would never sign, to come back meekly and write their auto graphs at the bottom of the sheet. Someone else had to be found to perform this thankless task in a way that would not altogether alienate the support of the people at home from the government. What other way than to form a new cabinet and let the new crowd do it? This method may not make the dose any more pal atable, but it should ease its going down. Germany has been beaten to a finish, it must have peace, it can not stand for military occu pation in preference to yielding its pride, down deep perhaps in their inner consciousness the German delegates may have salving thoughts that the allies might properly had exacted still more. pretty Good Old Constitution. The first issue of the Nebraska Leader, or gan of the Nonpartisan League, charges the officers of fhe "New Nebraska" association with being members of the "gang" that wants to "prevent the framing of a new constitution for Nebraska which will give the common people privileges now enjoyed by the big business in terests." Of course this is tommyrot, because the big business interests of Nebraska have no protection under the laws of the state that is not accorded to the; humblest individual. The so-called "common people" of Nebraska were in fact right on the job when the constitution of 1875 was adopted, and they have been on the job when adding amendments to the original docuntent. The political sport who sets out to discredit the present constitution as a "class" product will not get to first base. Kearney Hub. Right you are, Mr. Kearney Hub. Fore and aft and amid decks, the fine ship "Nebraska" has a pretty good constitution. It was firmly builded and has successfully weathered every storm through all these years and while some parts are now too smll and need enlargment, most of it is safe and sound and worth sticking to as against experimental cruising on a flimsy new-fangled craft. ' Enforcing Personal Guilt. It is to be noted that the German peace ne gotiators while protesting many, to them, ob jectionable features of the treaty, have not dwelt to any great extent upon the demand of the allies that responsibility for the flagrant vio lation of the laws of war and for the indes cribable atrocities be located and the penalties of personal guilt be enforced. Whether the kaiser and his war lords by themselves brought about the war or whether they really believed as they in sisted so vehemently that the sword was forced into their hands, the people of Ger many cannot afford to take the blame for the unspeakable savagery of the invasion of Belgium oi the wanton devastation of France. Under the fervor of war there were perhaps over zealous Germans who sought to excuse and justify these inhuman acts on the pretense that they were reprisals or necessary terrorization of the. enemy. But these feeble attempts at de fense have inot been repeated since the con clusion of hostilities. If there is to be a peace of justice it should include justice alsd for the miscreants who plotted and carried out all sorts of crimes in no way included within the legi timate acts of war. Bringing these fiends to justice would be as much for the benefit of Germany as for the .benefit of the people ot the other countries of the world. An overseas solders' publication observes that there is one consolation in being the last to be sent home because the Yank this month will receive more francs for his pay than ever before. By way of explanation, the $33 each man pulls dowta is now convertible into 214.83 francs or 14.18 francs more than the exchange value of four months ago. How much more or less the Yank can buy with it in France or Germany is not specified. Presidential booms are sprouting so fast, these days it is hard to keep track of them. Most of them' be it noted, are in the republican field. If the president would only make public his. conclusion as to trying a third time, there would soon be more doing on the democratic side. The pace of peace-making is snail-like slow. Who thought when the armistice was signed on the 11th day of last November that the pact would still be waiting the acceptance of signa tures this last week in June? In a Turkish Bazar (From the Christian Science Monitor.). At four paces from an arched doorway of a Constantinople bazaar one still can believe that within those fortress walls there is nothing but silence and solitude. But once inside I stood bewildered. It is not an edifice, but a labyrinth of arcaded streets, a real city with fountains, crossways, and squares, dimly lighted, and thronged with people. Every street is a bazaar md each bazaar is always crowded with buy ers and sellers,- which makes it difficult some times to squeeze through its various passages. The merchants are interesting to look at, as each man wears the costume of his particular country. The grave Turk, seated cross-legged upon his carpet at the entrance to his shop, invites only with his eyes. Here my companion and I loitered a few moments when we were greeted with a morning salutation, "Sabahler hire ol soon" (Good morning to you), and then he pro ceeded to show some wonderful curios, embroi deries, materials of Oriental manufacture, fezzes, sweetmeats, old armor, swords, rifles, clippers and boots, some yellow, others of red morocco, all sizes, the most attractive being the embroi dered slippers for woman's use indoors. These are made of velvet, silk or cloth covered with gold and silk embroidery, pearls, etc. Walking along a short distance we came to another stall where we found an Armenian merchant. Though rather humble in manner. he politely said, inch goozek (what would you like?), and pushing aside his long robe with an air of great importance, he tried to hold our attention by placing a lot of his wares oefore us. There we found beautiful Oriental jewelry, silver filagree, copper cup holders, an tique rugs, dress goods, silver heads for nar ghiles, snuffboxes, cutlery. We often heard the expression, "Ice shad ageg dessage" (this is a fine specimen),, when he seemed determined we should make a purchase. The Armenians are watchmakers, tailors, silversmiths and money changers. ' From the Armenian shop we strolled along to see what the Greek "Katastima" (store) con tained. As we stood here we heard the cry of a muezzin from an outside minaret, calling the faithful Turk to prayer, "Come to prayer; come to the temple of salvation; great is God! There is no God but God." The Greek's morning salutation, "Kalimera pos esthe" (good morning, how are you) was easily answered, as we had familiarized our selves with a few phrases in the three languages and were able to make a, satisfactory purchase without an interpreter. The Greek is more cheerful and quite gay in manner and invites you to examine the goods he has to sell. We found dress materials, draperies, shoes, cloth ing, groceries. There are many perfumes sold in these bazaars attar of roses, jasmine, musk, sandal wood and other sweet odors. In the fruit bazaar we found Smyrna figs, dates, plums and other fruits. The Brousa silk bazaar was particularly in viting. There we found all kinds of beautiful silk patterns. This product is a mixture of cotton and silk with gold and silver threads running through it. Dresses and jackets are made from it, and the writer saw a splendid evening gown made in Stamboul that would do credit to an American modiste. At a large shop different varieties of confec tionery were sold. All are luscious, especially the preserved rose leaves, and rahat locum Turkish paste). You may linger a whole day in these bazaars unconscious of the flight of time. They are emporiums of beauty. Pin-Pointing or Photo-Mosaic As young as the science of aerial photography is it is not o new as not to have acquired a fairly large vocabulary of words and phrases that are peculiar to it. A "pin-point" is an ob ject on the ground such as a building, railway crossing or some other clearly defined land mark. When this object is viewed from an air craft, many thousands of feet above, it is in truth only a point, and it has been the custom to term these objects when viewed under these conditions "pin-ffoints." Photographing pin points is called "pin-pointing." Catching these designated objects on a photographic plate is not at all easy, but the skill required and the fascination about the work are almost sufficient to class pin-pointing as a sport. Airplanes travel at a tremendous speed and objects seem fairly to fly by. When a camera is held in the hand it can be leveled and "fired," but more often it is fastened to the bottom of the plane with the lens pointing through an aperture that as been cut in the fuselage. When the camera s suspended in this way it is not quite as easy to sight it as when it is held in the hand. At the School of Aerial Photography located at Langley Field, a miniature airplane is sus pended over a small plaster relief map on the iable. The strings that have been run from the little planes to the map indicate very clearly to the assembled students just what area on the ground cameras in the planes will cover when the planes are at different heights. As the camera when it is fastened in the plane points directly down through the aperture made in the bottom of the fuselage, the tilt of the plane in any direction will cause the camera to take an area on the ground very different from that which would be included if the plane were flying evel, so that it will be seen that it requires skill and experience-to know the exact moment then to make the exposure, as the wrorg area m the ground will be included if the plane is living, banking, rising or doing something other han flying level. During battle the pin-points that are sought o be photographed are the important strategic lositions held by the enemy and the vital things ipon which depends the success of his opera ions, such as batteries, bridges, supply depots md the like. The aerial photographs made of :hese things are speedily finished and handed to the aerial bombers, who are able from the pho tographs to locate these works of the enemy s.nd destroy them. In the making of photographs at the proper points and in sufficient number to cover a large area, certain pin-points are indicated so that they may be used in guiding tha pilot and pho tographer. The photographs .tnat cover a large irea when joined constitute a photographic mosaic. Obviously the individual photographs in a mosaic must be so taken that they will fit together properly, and therefore it is necessefy 'or the photographer, when making the photo graphs, to observe very strictly the "control points." A control point is the name given a "pin-point" that is used when making the ptio Jographs necessary for a mosaic or, in other words, making an aerial survey of an area. People You Ask About Information About Folks in the Public Eye Will Be Given in This Column in Answer to Readers' Questions. Your Name Will Not Be Printed. Let The Bee Tell You, The Day We Celebrate. Thomas F. Hall, real estate man, born 1841. Herbert H. Neale, abstracter, born 1864. Frank E. Clark, broker and school board member, born 1869. Irvin S. Cobb, well known author and- war correspondent, born at Paclucah, Ky., 43 years ago. ) Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. More than 5,000 people saw Omaha, who stands second in the Western Base Ball association, defeat St. Paul, the leading team. Nichols pitched for the home team. Under, the direction of John Rosicky and John Hoffman, about six passenger coaches of excursionists went to Wahoo to participate in the eleventh anniversary of the benevolent Bo hemian order at that place. At the children's festival of the Southwest Lutheran church, Gussie Carter 'and Edward Debald were awarded Bibles for bringing the largest number of scholars d'nto the Sunday school. The Omaha Guards gave their usual con cert at Hanscom park. Mexican Rulers Since Diaz. C. G. Tour question Js best an swered with a list of Mexican rulers for the last ten years: Porfirlo Diaz, resigned May 6, 1911. Leon Francisco de la Barra May 26, 1911, to November 9, 1911. Francisco I. Madero, November 9, 1911, to February 19. 1913.' 1'edro Lascurain, president for 28 in nutes, November 19, 1913. Victorlano Huerta, November 19, 1913, to July 13. 1914. Francisco Carbujal, July 16, 1914, to August 12, 1914. Venustiano Carranza, August 12, 1914, to November 10, 1914. Kulalio Gutierrex, November 10. 1914, to January 16, 1915. Roque Gonalez Garza, January 16, 1915, to January 18. 1915. Venustiano Carranza, January 18, 1915, to . Governor Lister's Successor. L. M. Acting Governor Louis F. Hart, following the death of Gov ernor Krnest Lister of -Washington on June 7, automatically succeeded to the office of chief executive. The deceased governor was a democrat, while Hart is a republican. The constitution is not perfectly clear upon the point of succession, read ing: "In case of the death of the governor, the du ties of the office shall devolve upon the lieutenant governor." Local in terpretation, however, passes on the title with the duties. Is Princess Mary Engaged? M. S. Princess Mary, only daugh ter of King George, is still believed to be engaged to the earl of Dal keith, despite denials to recent newspaper announcements of the be trothal. The earl of Dalkeith, who is a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, the prince of Wales' regi ment, and who has also served on the personal staff of the sovereign, is a scion of one of the oldest ana must famous of noble Sootch families. Senator Warren's Three SeOre and Five. Francis E. Warren, for 30 years a United States senator from Wyom ing and long a prominent figure In national legislative affairs, will re ceive the congratulations of his col leagues in the upper house today on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Senator Warren has been conspicu ous in Wyoming politics for more than half a century. He was twice territorial governor and was the first governor under the state constitu tion, and previously had been a member of the Wyoming council and president of the Wyoming senate, lie served three terms as treasurer of Wyoming. His first office in the teriilory was as mayor of Cheyenne. Senator Warren was born at Hins dale, Mass., and was educated at Hinsdale academy. After serving in the union army through the civil war he went to Wyoming and soon ac cumulated a large fortune in the cat tle business. He was the first United States senator elected under the state constitution in 1890. Constant Reader War tax on soft drinks is paid by the retailer, who in turn passes the charge on to his customers. It is all right-for a retailer to charge 17 cents for a 15 cent bottle of any taxable beverage, the 2 cents whether explained to the customer or not being the war tax. Prince Aage of Denmark. C. A. S. It is reported that Prince Aage of Denmark will pay a visit to America. He is the eldest son of Prince Waldemar and the late Prin cess Marie of Orleans, and a first cousin of the Danish king. The prince has been described as a fine fellow, with charmir unostentatious manners. He is an ardent sports man, a clever boxer and one of the best skaters in Europe. He inherits his good looks from his mother, an extremely beautiful princess, whom the duke of Clarence, eldest son ot the late King Edward VII, was so desirous of marrying. Several years ago Prince Aage married the daugh ter of a plain Italian nobleman, In consequence of which he had to re nounce his ' rights to the Danish throne, and the titles of count and countess of Rosenberg were con ferred upon him and his wife. Nonpartisan Candidate for Mayor. Scottsbluff The nonpartisan can didate you refer to is probably Cass E. Herrington, who has announced his candidacy for mayor of Denver. He has become known throughout Colorado and the west for his con nection with large industrial and development corporations. He ia a. citizen of a distinct service-rendering type, and as such has filled impor tant posts of honor and responsibil ity in his home city. Mr. Herring ton is a native of Michigan and re ceived his education at the Michigan Agricultural college and the Univer sity of Michigan law school. After receiving his LL. B. degree from the last named institution in 1879 he re turned to his native city of Pontiac, where for 10 years he engaged in the practice of law. In 1889 he re moved to Denver and there formed connections as legal counsel for sev eral great corporations, which soon placed him among the most promi nent men of his profession. DAILY CARTOONETTE HEYPETtf-THRDlOME TlOlON R OF THAT 3 - ' - DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. "CINDERELLA'S BALL." ' (Pefrgy receive an Invitation to Cin derella's ball. Her dreas 1 turned Into a gorgeous party costume by CtnderelU'a fairy grandmother.) Optimistic Ostrich. GLAD as Peggy was to have a princelike chap ask the pleas ure of her company in going to Cin derella's ball, she was still more glad to find that the princelike chap was none other than Billy Belgium. And she was proud to go with him, for Billy looked very fine Indeed in his silks and satins. "Do you know the way to Cin derella's palace?" asked Billy. "No, I thought it was right here," replied Teggy, looking around won deringly. She found that they were in a deep wood, ad there was not the slightest sie;n of a palace nor of a road leading to it. "I wish I had a map of these woods," said Billy, searching his silk and satin suit just as if he expected to find a map there. "Boys are queer creatures," thought Peggy to her self as she watched him go through one pocket after another. But Billy actually did find something a long, slender whistle stuck away in a deep pocket. Boylike, Billy put the whis tle Blew a Sharp, Clear Note. tie to his lips to try it. He blew a sharp, clear note that sounded ter rifically loud in the silence of the forest. Like an echo came back an an swer another sharp, clear whistle. "Who-oo, who-ooo, who, who-ooo!" it sounded, and then the silence was broken by a noise like a runaway lo comotive rushing through the woods. Peggy crept close to Billy, who put his arm protectingly around her. Bushes .swished, branches snapped, the shrubbery parted, and with an other shrill whistling shriek a most surprising creature rushed into view. It whs an ostrich, but a most mon strous ostrich, with long neck, a huge lxuly and powerful legs. Hitched to It was the very same two-wheeled cart in which Peggy had been drawn to Story-Book Land by the tiiant of the Woods disguised as the Mighty Bronze Genie. "Who-ooo, who-ooo, who, who-oo-oo-oo!" whistled the ostrich, wheeling the cart up beside them. "The chariot waits, my lord and lady," he added, just as If it were the most ordinary thing in the world for an ostrich to talk English. "Jump in, and Optimistic Ostrich will bear you away to Cinderella's palace." Peggy and Billy, immensely sur prised, promptly took Optomistio Ostrich at his word and climbed into the enrt. Peggy had to be very are ful not to soil her beautiful ball costume, but Billy gallantly aided her, covering the wheel with his G. .. satin cape. "Who-ooo, who-ooo, who, who-oo-oo-oo!" whistled the ostrich again, and off he pelted through the woods at a rate that made the cart bounce and jolt so Billy had to cling fast to Peggy to hold her in the seat. From the woods they dashed out upon a broad plain. In the distance they could see Cinderella's palace, its spires gleaming in the sun. Optimistic Ostrich traveled across the plain at a rattling pace, but came to a sudden halt 'upon the bank of a broad river. The ostrich looked hesitatingly at the stream, whistled loudly, and then to Peggy's alarm, splashed right into the water. She was afraid the flying spray would ruin her wonderful wish clothes, and could hardly hold back a scream. ' But the stream was not so deep as it looked and Optimistic Ostrich swished through It lri a jiffy without getting a drop of water on Peggy and Billy. Cinderella and all her guests were line., up at the palace dor to receive them. "Welcome," cried Cinderella gra ciously. "Princess Peggy and Sir Knight Billy are here! Let the music begin." Immediately all the guests took partners and marched Into a won derfully beautiful ball room. There they set themselves to dance, wait ing for the music to start. But there was no music just an awkward, silent pause while the dancers looked questioningly at each other. "Why, what's the matter?" cried Cinderella. "Let the music begin. Where's that lazy orchestra?" Thump! A heavy brass drum stick landed on the floor as if thrown from a great distance. Wrapped around the stick was a note. Cinderella wonderingly read the note aloud: "The orchestra has influenza and fees ox Single Track Minds. To the Editor of The Bee: Just what is the purpose of printing the two criticisms of a correspondent who recently wrote of Wilson's style of speaking and writing? One of these, from a small-town clergyman, exposes the fact that the writer is suffering from the delusion that in referring to Wilson's "single track mind" the critic of the presi dent's manner of speech was calling him hard names and makes half a column of his rage. Before the par son bursts an artery do inform him that it was Wilson himself who styled his mind a "single"track" af fair; that it is in fact one of those classic touches which, along with the celebrated "too proud to fight," "peace without victory," and numer ous other gems entitle him to "rank with Lincoln." The other contributor, who doubts the ability of the president's critic to "understand the English lan guage," and himself displays a sad lack of ability to use that language, trots forth the ancient and bewhis kered last-ditch poser, "Too bad you are not president." It is to just such persons as these, as Mr. Caigue pointed words, that Wilson makes his greatest appeal. What, I inquire, is the purpose in printing such twaddle? If it is merely to make known the abysmal ignorance of Wilson's followers in these parts it is good space wasted, for that ignorance needs no demon stration. COLIN LANDIN. Defend Random-Shooting Cop. Omaha, June 19. To the Editor of The Bee: Someone recently criticized, through the press, a traffic officer for shooting on the boulevard in making an arrest. I am of the opinion that the officer should have been commended for his splendid tact and judgment. In this particular instance, the offi cer followed his man several blocks, giving him ample opportunity to stop, but instead of doing so, he put on all speed and attempted to pre vent the officer's following him by crowding him over into the line of machines going in the opposite di rection. The officer, biding his time, waited until he got his man opposite a vacant lot where he would not en danger anyone, and then opened fire on the machine, putting It out of commission, or, at least, puncturing a tire. Traffic officers are sent out to en force road rules. Without them, our streets would be dangerous to drive on, and as it is, they are none too safe and accidents are frequent. Should an unscrupulous driver be permitted to drive pell-mell through our streets and dodge prosecution by out-racing an officer? Which is the most dangerous to shoot into a ma chine opposite a vacant lot, or have a man (perhaps intoxicated) drive at a terrific speed through crowded streets? For my part, it is a great deal of satisfaction to know that we have officers who have the courage and judgment to bring to justice thes& unscrupulous bullies who have no re gard for law and order. T. F. STROUD L. H. ASDELL No Race Question In It. South Omaha, June 19. To the Editor of The Bee: I am a working man. It seems in this strike there is an effort to make trouble between the races by saying there is a car load of negroes being brought to town. Have you seen any "negroes unloaded in Omaha for strikebreak ers? Have you noticed that most of the wagons that have injunction signs on them are being driven by white men? Did you know when Armour and Company's brick layers struck, all were white men? Non union men tonk their places. Not a negro showed up on the job. I am a poor white working man. believing in doing right. Don't ride the colored people to try to make trouble to suit the teamsters' strike. A FRIEND. LINES TO A LAUGH. Sunday School Teacher What 1b more to be dnulred than prpat riches? Chorus of Scholars Nothln'. Royal. "The language ypu uae to that mult Is perfectly shocking ! "Yen," replied the driver. "It seems to trouble, everybody bu the mule." Stray Stories. "When will the boss return?" 'How do you know the boss is out?" "That's easy. Four bookkeepers are matching pennies, two stenographers are sharing a box of chocolates and discuss ing summer togs and you have your feet propped on your desk.' Birminghttm Age-Hnrald. "Business Is Gooo.ThankYou" l.Y. Nicholas Oil Company DAILY DOT PUZZLE 1 8. 1 5 7 1 l& I5 13 Jo . 55 "ML O S3 52. j 54 SU 3.73b 3' .Z7 48 i, 7 .45 44 Draw from one to two and ao on to the and I've put it In quarantine. Send me me an invitation to your ball and I'll let it out." "Lovingly yours, Red Beard." (Tomorrow will be told how Peggy pro vides mualc (or tha ball.) TWhen Youl I! 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