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TtfE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1919. 0 The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWABD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tha Auoclated Preaf of which The Bae Is a member, H clvahely entitled tn the m for publication of ell ! dispatches (edited la It or not otherotM credited tn tali Paper, end also the local nnra rrahllihed kmln. All nghli or DUDUcauon n our apa- etal dltpetrbea an all BEE TELEPHONES: PrWat Branch Sxchanae. Aak for till Tvlftp 1000 Paparuueot or Particular Ptnon Wanted. J 4ti For Nifht or Sunday SarvUa Call: Mltorlal Dti-artBiMit War IOO0L. ClrculaUon IWperunent Tyltr 1008L. AdnrUaliui Department Tyler 1008L. OFFICES OF THE BEE: Horn Office, Bm Building, 17th and ftroam. R ranch Of float: . Ames 4110 North SI Park M15 Leaten worth. Banana 6114 Military Are. South 8ld 3318 N Street. Council Bluff 14 N. Main Vinton S7 South lth lake IS11 North 84th Walnut 81) North 40th. Out-of-Town Offices i New Tort City 280 Fifth Ate. ' Waihinfton 1311 O Btrot. Chicago Seeaer Bids'. I Lincoln 1330 H Street. APRIL CIRCULATION Daily 65, 830 Sunday 63,444 Ararat circulation for the month subscribed and sworn to fcf E. R. Baian. Circulation Manaier. Subacrlbor leaving th city ahould have Tha Bm mailed to them. Addreaa 'chanied as often a requested. You should know that Omaha is the leading city in the United States in per capita owner ship of automobiles. Oh, such a headache 1 It will not be a "wet" Fourth. Omaha barbers are doing all they can to induce men to shave themselves. A Sleepy Eye man won the Minnesota shoot ing tournament, if you still think there is any thing in a name. Nebraska is said to be buying automobiles at the rate of 300 per day, but just wait till the assessor makes his rounds. "Gasoline and whisky will not mix," says an Omaha police magistrate, yet a lot of drivers will not desist from experimenting with the two. The French Chamber of Deputies has been given the text of the peace treaty. Pretty soon the United States senate will get the glad news. Our mayor still thinks that folks can get along without ice on the Sabbath, but for tunately the commission does not agree with him. him. Von Bethmann-Hollweg offers himself as i vicarious sacrifice for Herr Hohenzollern. He need not worry; his own case may come on in time. Omaha will be glad to see a regular army unit back at Fort Crook, and the Twentieth will find it quite a relief after its long stay in Utah and Kansas. Nebraska's small grain harvest is exceeding estimates, and old King Corn is doing better than ever, so the. future holds nothing but rosy i Jight W this state. Omaha was spared the proceedings that marked the exit of the saloon from cities such as San Francisco, Kansas City, Milwaukee and .the like. Prohibition has some advantages, after all. Nebraska "suffs" have finally won their suit in the supreme court, leaving the "antis" to pay the costs. This contention will be recalled by many long after the federal amendment has gone into effect and the now limited suffrage is made complete. 1 Germans are already talking loudly of re jl.'venge, but they had better forget it and go to i work. They spent forty years in preparation and toasting "der tag," only, to get soundly 1; thrashed in the end, arid they will never get J another such an opportunity to fool the world. !., ' Judge Flansburg of. Lancaster county has ' started something, in holding that the Scottish ? Rite Masonic cathedral at Lincoln is subject to , 1 taxation. If his reasoning is good, it will affect i not only the property of Masons but of other similar organizations throughout Nebraska. ' Until the supreme court has passed on the case r"7"The- outcome can not be told, but it will be watched with interest by many societies who have "looked upon their property as being ex , e'mpt from txation because of the use to which it is put. Keep the Desirables If Something ought to be done to dissuade the million or more men of foreign birth, some of ' them naturalized citizens and most of them in- dustrious, law-abiding, from going home to their native lands. A great exodus of this kind is expected, once peace is established, because ; these men think that conditions in the home land are better now than they were before the 1 war better for them because they have saved up in each individual case hundreds, possibly thousands, of dollars during their residence in this country and are prepared to make the most of the opportunities and very unusual advan tages which the possession of money is sup r posed to give where men of their station rarely ' have so much accumulated wealth. This means the loss of much needed labor, and the sudden withdrawal of many millions of ! money from use in this country. We are J preparing to prohibit temporarily or to limit J immigration, which has been reduced to prac ' tically nothing during the war. We are, how : ever, at the beginning of an era of expansion These laborers will be needed more than ever and at high wages. Their opportunities here 1 will be better than ever; they have no assurance of improved conditions in the old countries. ' Indeed, conditions are so unsettled in many of ' the European states that they can have no guar ; antee that they may not be walking into liabil ' ity for military service instead of fancied ; chances for financial and social advancement. Perhaps the government might restrict the removal of the large sums of money from the f country and retard the migration by arbitrary regulations; but it would be better to educate the desirable element of this foreign popula ; tjon to consider carefully the wisdom of the ; proposed return to the. old country. It may not be the highest and most unselfish form of 1 interest in these people, but its exercise need not interfer with the manifestation of the higher ; concern for their welfare which consists of ef ' forts at Americanization. They will certainly i appreciate in years to come the interest shown in them, whether actuated by the selfish or the unselfish motive. Minneapolis Tribune. HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER. Advocates of national development of hydro electric power term to have their long fight nearly won. The prospect for a general measure passing congress is better now than ever before. What remains is to determine if the expectations of the champions- of "white coal" will be real ized. No one has questioned the feasibility of turning water power into electricity. In the western mountain regions of the country mil lions of horsepower are going to waste. As long as the sun shines, the Pacific ocean rolls and the mountains stand, just that long will cascades tumble or ctaracts roar down the cliffs and tum ble through the gorges. These are potential sources of energy, only needing to be harnessed to be made of possible service. Here comes the greatest question of all. How is the power to be distributed to the user? Already on the western coast industry is amply supplied with hydro-electric current, and in many places it is actually allowed to waste. Seattle and Tacoma, for excnple, have a sur plus, while San Francisco and Portland have all that can be economically used. In the east, where the great power-using industrial plants are lo cated, current is generated through steam or other engines almost if not quite as cheaply as by water. Before the price of fuel took the great upward turn electric power was created by engines in many places for less money than at the great Keokuk plant. The question of getting the current to the market is yet to be answered. When the time comes that electricity can be safely and economically transported, it will be the power. Until that time, its successful competition with the steam or internal combustion engine will be possible only in such regions as are fortuitously within easy reach of a reliable water fall. Pas sage of the Esch, the Jones, the Lenroot, or any of the other measures now before congress, will have the effect of encouraging develop ment, for it will largely eliminate the danger of monopolization of a great natural resouce, but the element of delivery of product will re main the controlling factor in the problem. High Tide for the Bruiser. Within the easy memory of man prize fight ing was a proscribed occupation. Its followers were compelled to shun the sheriff, and prac ticed their trade in secrecy, frequently spend ing a considerable post-meeting time in durance vile. But the world do move, and behold the pugilist, now transformed into a big business man. He is exploited with such fanfare of pub licity as might please the most puissant of po tentates, his daily downsittings and uprisings are chronicled with detail as meticulous as ever bestowed on an empress and her court. No so ciety queen draws in her train 50 large a con course of the curious; no showman ever beheld eager spectators vieing to pay for tickets such sums -as are offered for the privilege of viewing from afar the progress of the affair that is set for next Friday. A princely fortune awaits each of the burly boxers, no matter which one wins, while the promoters of the affair look ahead to profits equally munificent All this while the thrifty burghers of the community where the perform ance is to take place are garnering a rich har vest from the multitudes who throng the city, idly spending easy money while they discuss the prowess of the principals and wager on the issue of the meeting. News of the peace con ference is crowded out of its first page im portance by accounts of the preparation being made, the record of the varying opinions of self denominated experts, and public excitement is brought to fever pitch. Rome never packed the Coliseum with a mob so mad as that which will gather a To ledo, nor "has the world witnessed anything like the lunacy inspired by this event. It is more than the apotheosis of the pugilist; it is the sublimation of national damfoolishness. Will the Kaiser Be Tried? The offer of Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, former imperial chancellor of the German em pire, to take on himself all blame for starting the war, coupled with the confident assertion of a Dutch newspaper that the allies will not ask Holland to surrender the refugee Hohenzol lern, arouses a little curiosity. In the treaty of peace just signed the personal guilt of the ex-kaiser is alleged, and his extradition is asked, that he may be put on trial before an in ternational court. The Dutch paper argues that the entente will be satisfied with the publica tion of the ex-kaiser's moral guilt, and the imposition of a sentence that he be forever de posed. It is possible that this conclusion is not warranted. Grave question has been raised as to whether the late emperor of Germany can be put on trial for offenses committed in his official capacity. It is held that as a private citizen he is both morally and legally absolved from the acts of the government of which he was head. Dissent from this view is taken by many who have given the matter close atten tion, they holding that legal as well as moral guilt is personal. Especially does this view at tach to an autocrat, whose acts are not subject to review by another branch of the govern ment. The moral guilt of the former despot Germany can not be gainsaid, and his personal responsibility ought to be established, if only as a precedent. Clean Out the "Reds." Congress is asked to provide $2,000,000 to finance a general campaign against the anarch ists, now infesting the country. It will be money well spent if it results in ridding the United States of the undesirables who are now threatening dire things. It is not alone the "red" who hurls a bomb however, who de mands corrective attention. The so-called "high brow" who encourages the bolder or less re strained by his continual sneering at the gov ernment, who has prated of liberty while in sisting on license, is quite as dangerous as the assassin who spreads the "terror." These men and women have fostered bolshevism, and to them may be traced the inspiration if not the actual crime. Slackers in time of war, they were leniently dealt with by an over-indulgent gov ernment, and now repay that misplaced kindness by further outrages. Money in plenty should be furnished, that the pursuit of anarchy be not interrupted for want of funds, and all honest American citizens will applaud the day when the government lays hold of the last of these secret enemies who are conniving to destroy its organization. Postage stamps go back to the pre-war price today. . Here is a pointer for other thing. Women in Legislatures W. L. George in Harper's Magazine. What effect the entry of the political woman will have upon the legislatures is not easy to say, because what we know of the female tem perament does not necessarily imply to the political woman. The comic papers in England like to make jokes about female members of Parliament, to print cartoons where they are shown doing fancy work or powdering their noses during the debates. I do not think that the women legislators will be as representative as all that, and I chronicle with regret the view that they seldom powder their noses. No, the woman legislators will not become a legislator until she has some virile quality. She will approximate to man, but I think her influ ence in congress will be rather different; she will probably import, as did Miss Rankin, a cer tain emotional atmosphere, which I, for one, think valuable in assemblies always a little in human. As regards the question that interests the public more namely, her influence on the moral tone of politics, this will depend upon the politics she finds herself in. Thus, in France, she will find herself in a parliament inclined to financial corruption; in such countries as Spain and Portugal, in a mechanical system of alter native rule by sham conservatives and sham radicals; in America, in an assembly where financial interests juggle with the law and con tinually conflict with the representatives of pop ular morality and justice; in England, in a par liament where financial corruption is very slight, but where faiths can be seduced by a post of power or a lunch with a duke. The woman legislator will be influenced by the nature of her temptation, and I think she will best resist the temptation of money. The type of woman who is interested in politics does not, as a rule, care for money, either be cause she belongs to the laboring class and has few desires, or because she belongs to the rich class. In England we don't bribe people; we make them rich first, and, as Anatole France says, the rich exhibit over the poor this moral superiority, that they neither beg in the street nor steal bread. But where her weakness may lie is probably in the direction of honors and of power. For thousands of years we have so much encouraged woman's vanity that self-exaltation has in many become a habit; I am credibly told that a large proportion of the titles which have showered from the Lloyd George government as water from a leaky bath, have been accepted by men because their wives wanted to be Lady X, And, whereas it is becoming an act of good form to refuse the order of the British empire, I hear of no woman who has declined to be made a dame. As to power, I have, during this war, seen women in minor positions controling nurses, directing wages, even running filing rooms, and always filled with a bitter, earnest delight in controlling other women. From that point of view the woman legislator will be corruptible; she will expose you if you offer her a hundred thousand dollars, but if you offer her a sub-deputy-assistant-directorship, she may very well vote for you. That is, if you make no bargain, for the art of corruption consists in not seeming to corrupt; the born corrupter prefers in inocu late with the microbes of gratitude and loyalty. How About the Garage? Henry Ford is reported to have in mind the construction of a "gasoline buggy" which will be still less expensive than any he has ever per petrated. He is not the only automobile manu facturer who has in mind a tremendous expan sion in the production of this form of vehicle. Recently it was discovered that the highly paid ship workers- who had occupied certain charming little homes in the government-built village of Hilton, near Newport News, Va., were storing their automobiles on the front porches of their houses, the design of the village not having included either public or private garage.. It is obvious that these machines must be stored. It is desirable, probably, that they be stored close to the homes of the owners. Many instances come to the mind of anyone of how the cheap garage has been introduced into the back yard, destroying the little garden, and looking in the city no less uncomfortable and inappropriate than a boil on the owner's nose! Yet with the great housing movement necessar ily going forward in the United States, it is not noticed that the archietcts and the town plan ners have yet realized the necessity for provid ing adequately for the automobile. None of the new government projects, admirable in many ways, make any provision for automobile storage beyond the provision of location for public garages. The automobile is still archi tecturally considered as a luxury, a possession of the wealthy man, despite the fact that 6,000, 000 gasoline-propelled machines use American streets and roads. Isn't it time for the architects and town planners to become aware that these 6,000,000 automobiles in the nation will soon be doubled in quantity and must be stored, and that they must be "parked" when away from the garage, some part of every day? We are paying much attention to the looks of our towns, but unless we consider this mat ter of the location and character of the garage in connection with the location and character of the house, all our town planning may fail to give us the adjunct of beauty and good order so desirable. To neglect provision for the ga rage in connection with town planning is only a little less neglectful than to continue to over look the street traffic and street "parking" prob lems. Let us wake up the architects and the town planners by demanding that each of them in his work accept the possibility that every wage earner whose income exceeds $1,000 a year is likely to own an automobile within the next five years, which must have room to run and to stand and be conveniently stored when not in active use. J. Horace McFarland, President American Civic Association. Norway Sugar Production. Norway produces no sugar within its own borders and the sweet sirups produced from vegetable sources are of slight importance, so this country is in a position of almost absolute dendence on imports for its sweetening materials. The Day We Celebrate. Nathan Bernstein, insurance man, born 1871. George Forgan, president of the Forgan In vestment company, born 1871. Harry B. Fleharty, city solicitor, born 1872. Thomas E. Mickel, Mickel Bros.' company, horn 1864. Hon. Charles Marcil, former speaker of the Dominion House of Commons, born in Quebec 59 years ago. Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, Harvard univer sity professor and noted publicist, born at Clarksville, Pa., 65 years ago. ' George W. Donaghey, former governor of Arkansas, born at Oakland, La., 63 years ago. Edward J. King, representative in congress of the 15th Illinois district, born at Springfield, Mass., 52 years ago. William A. Ashbrook, representative in con gress of the 17th Ohio district, born at Johns town, O., 52 years ago. Friend of the Soldier Replies will be given in this , column to questions relating x to the soldier and his prob lems, in and out of the army. "Names will not be printed. Ask The Bee to Answer. Payment of Allotments. Soldier's Mother Last month it was announced that the Bureau of War Risk had determined to com mence sending out delayed allotment checks in anticipation of the ap propriation then being hurried through congress. The money has been set apart by the present con gress to meet all claims, and only the accumulation of business may be taken to account for any delay in the payment of allotments. If your son still is in the service in France, the payments should be made to you regularly. Would suggest that you write again to the Bureau of War Risk, allotment division, and call at tention to the delay in your case. Many Questions Answered. M. M. B. The 16th balloon com pany has not yet been released for return to the United States. Mrs. J. H. Field remount squadron No. 342 still is at St. Nazaire, but will very likely leave there some time this month. Mrs. R. The Sixth division still is In the army of occupation. It was released for early return, but the orders were recalled. When it is to start can not be said, but with peace at hand the original order may be renewed at any time. This applies to all units of the division. A Reader Mobile veterinary hos pital No. 1, at last accounts, still was waiting for transport home. Watch papers for announcement of its ar rival. M. B. Veterinary units Nos. 13 and 17 are under orders to return, waiting for transport. A Soldier's Mother No date has been set for the return of the veterinary unit No. 18, but it will not long be delayed. The Fourth division still is held in the army or occupation, and no time is fixed for Its early withdrawal. Mrs. W. P. T. The last station given for the 91st transportation company was Tours; the headquar ters for the service of supply. As this is being withdrawn from France, the transportation units may De looked lor on the sailing list soon. Miss H. H. Write to the adjutant general of the army, Washington, D. C, for the information you request We can not furnish the address of an individual soldier. B. C. A. General intermediate storage depot, A. P. O. 713, is located at Gievres, Loire-et-Cher. Prison ers are allowed to write home at stated intervals and to receive mail during good behavior. American soldiers who are undergoing punish ment in France will be brought home; many already have been so returned. If a soldier dies in prison his relatlvees are notified of his death. Mrs. G. B. M. The 15th cavalry was scattered pretty widely over France, and while some of the units have returneed, most of the regi ment still is on the other side. MUCH IN LITTLE The so-called cork legs do not owe their name to their composi tion, but to the fact that their in ventor was a Dr. Cork. Only 466 Austrailians have assets exceeding tb 100,000 each, while 2,156,560 of those who have over lb J 00, the lowest assets considered, have less than rb 1,000. Street railways in England have been experimenting with a com pound rail, the worn portion of which can be renewed without in terfering with the roadbed. It is estimated that the total number of houses required in the United Kingdom to meet the de mands within the next few years will be not less than 300,000. A Montana man has invented a chicken-coop equipped with ap paratus that drops a spot of color ing matter on a hen's back to show when she has laid an egg. An adjustable subframe has been Invented by an Ohio man to enable a standard type of motor-truck body to be fitted to trucks of dif ferent widths and lengths. The National Exposition of Venezuela, which was to have' been inaugurated about June 1, has been postponed until July in order that more complete arrangements may be made for it. The value of the imports from the United States into all parts of the Madras Presidency In 1917-18 was 12,716,224. There was an in crease in imports of miscellaneous articles, but a reduction in im ports of motor cars and railway materials. SONG OF THE PEOPLES. Wo are the people! We, who Broke In ages past the stubborn yoke Of Aryan kings, that fell upon The painted walls of Babylon. 1 On Freedom's sacrificial fire We offered Nineveh and Tyre. Proud ancient temples, built to stand For tyrant gods, have felt our hand. And crumble now In dust that speaks The vengeance man for bondage wreaks. Rome, fallen, witnesses our might To surge toward liberty and light. And down the ages we have slain The hope of every monarch vain With power. Pharaoh and Caesar fell, And Alexander. Lo! the knell Of tyranny for kings to heed Rang long ago at Runnymede. And St. Helena stands to show The way that lustful emperors go. Oh. blind, vainglorious, little Powers Who dared to match your strength with ours. Could you not see In centuries done The way that all your mates have run? Did you not know our mighty cause Is justice, liberty, and laws Of brotherhood, to make earth whole? One King is ours, one hope, one goal! We are the People! None prevail With us! God's Freedom la our Grail! Hilda Morris. DAILY CARTOON "TE Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. Mrs. Byron Reed is in Colorado The Metropolitan club gave a lawn party at the J. L. Brandeis home in honocof Arthur D. Brandeis, who soon leaves for Detroit, where he will marry Miss Friedman. A pleasant impromptu reception was ten dered Corporal Tanner, commissioner of pen sions, by Mr. John Grant at his residence on Park avenue. Eggs were selling at 10 and 11 cents per dozen; butter from 14 to 18 cents a pound and live hen from $3.50 to $4 per dozen. rnoirouT ON THE ouf ukk3 rnh study where: i wont be LTllSTURftp-n 1 T7 I ' ) I s WHED1D , t&e ofody Qcrm&r g DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. "THE QUEST OF JOYOVSXESS" (Peggy and Billy, guided by the fairies. Hopeful Smiles and Cheer-up, pursue Joyousness up a mountain side. Frown ing Phil and Wantit Myway chase aft;r them.) On the Mountain Peak. PEGGY and Billy could see Joy ousness flitting swiftly up the steep, rocky slopes, and for a mo ment they were sorry the train hud to take the longer, winding climb up the pass. They were afraid they might lose her. , "Joyousness will wait for us at the top," laughed Hopeful Smiles. "And the way up the pass, though slower, is filled with beauty," added Cheer-Up. So Peggy and Billy found it. Tho wonderful mountain scenery made their hearts leap with gladness. A brook roared beside them, waterfalls hung from high cliffs like dainty bridal veils, chasms yawned below them, forests swallowed them for minutes at a time, sudden turns brought them out upon dizzy heights presenting views that made them gasp in pleased amazement. "Can't you hurry this train along? We'll not catch Joyousness at this rate," complained Frowning , Phil, who had been so out of breath from his chase after the train that he couldn't talk. "Zowie! There you go upsetting me again!" wailed Wantlt Myway, rolling over on his head. "Aw, shoot! Stop that topsy-turvy business," shouted Frowning Phil, turning upside down in the car. "I'm getting seasick as well as disgusted. "It's all your own fault," retorted "Zowle! There you go upsetting me again!" wailed Wantit Myway. PAILY DOT PUZZLE 34. 33. , ? 35,W Nr'' 3b ,29 ) r 40 lo 5 ' 9 2. 41 11 IS 27 4 V '"Vv, 4i 12 is V I. 2 (l 47 Trace the lines to fifty-three And a pretty you'll see. Draw from on to two and so on te th and. Wantit Myway. "Huh! I suppose it was my fault that we were upside down when the train started and had to run after it through that dark tunnel," said Phil crossly. "Of course it was. And it was your fault that we missed that danc ing show," declared Wantit Myway. "If you didn't throw those fits of discontent when things go other than you expect, we wouldn't get upset." And so Frowning Phil and Wantit Myway quarreled all the way up the mountain and so of course they missed the beautiful scenery that was delighting Peggy and Billy, and didn't enjoy the trip a bit Higher and higher crept the train. climbing above the trees to the bar wind-swept rocks, and then among the clouds themselves. It wa all very astonishing and exciting to Peggy and Billy, the more so be cause Hopeful Smiles and Cheer-Up didn't let them miss a single thrill of the Journey. As they reached the top of thi very highest peak, Frowning Phil and Wantit Myway quit quarreling. They looked around eagerly for Joy ousness. She was nowhere in sight "Aw, shoot! I told you we'd never catch her in this slow old train,' howled Frowning Phil. "Zowle! There it is again." And over flopped Wantit Myway. And over flopped Frowning Phil In com pany with him. But Peggy and Billy were keenly enjoying themselves. The inspiring view, the feeling that they were at the very top of the world, the queer sensation of being up among the clouds delighted them through and through. And besides that Joyous ness was there, hiding merrily be hind a wisp of mist. She nodded at them and pointed upward with her finger. There they saw a striking picture. Cloud King was rushing along bear ing struggling Snow Maiden in- his arms. Around the peak swirled Swift Wind. Sweeping at Cloud King, he smote him hard. Cloud King staggered from the blow, and quickly Swift Wind snatched Snow Maiden from his arms, bearing her away trlumphanly, while Cloud King vainly pursued. Frowning Phil missed all this pic ture, but turned right side up in time to catch a glimpse of Joyous ness, as she danced away again. "There she goes! After her! She is getting away from us!" he shouted. Hopeful Smiles laughed. "Joyous ness never gets away from those who know how to pursue her," she sang. Peggy and Billy wondered what she meant. ' Soon they were to learn. (In tomorrow's chapter' Frowning Phil mlrsrs a thrilling ride and runs Into danger.) Omaha's Rotten Police, Seward, Neb., June 28. To the Editor of The Bee: Have been keep ing tab on the fight The Bee is mak ing against graft and unlawful meth ods of the police department of Omaha. This is a worthy cause and should be commended by every law abiding citizen who has the well be ing of the community in which he lives at heart Mr. Editor, you are laying bare the festering sore that afflicts the Omaha city government. The Bee's expose of the gambling outfit on the Patterson show grounds under the eyes of the police officers goes to show that they got hush money to protect this grambling out fit. Concerning the Detention home for women, the same methods were used and according to the confes sion of one of the inmates they were let out for a price. Another wo man of the underworld stated that she paid tribute to the police offi cers for protection, and now we come to the last act, the invasion of Mrs. Thomas Brown's home with out a warrant at 2 o'clock a. m. The officer who arrested her per sisted in staying in the room while she put on her clothes until her son came and kicked the brute aut. The boy smelled liquor on him; there is no doubt he was drung, for there is no sober man with any self-respect who would do such a thing. This good Christian lady was taken to Jail without bail. The girls who lived in Mrs. Brown's flat were taken to Jail also without a warrant. This is an outrage on justice. At the trial the police failed to prove their charge and the court dismissed the defendants. They let Kelly getaway; they didn't want him. He knew too much. This is the man who, with two officers, helped to carry out the frame-up to defame the character of Mrs. Brown and those two girls. What their object was no one knows. These acts of delinquency in the police department of Omaha are by men who swore to uphold an( execute the laws, who turn round and perjure themselves and lose the respect of their fellow men. ' After all the evidence The Bee has brough to light, law-abiding citi zens can come to but one conclusion that the police department is rot ten to the core and needs cleaning out from top to bottom. In fact, Mayor Smith confirms this view in his letter to the Board of Commis sioners, although he didn't intend this for publicaation. We need more men like Ole Hanson to enforce the laws. Yours for law enforcement, M. M. CAMPION. II Certified Few people have any knowledge of medicines. They must de pend upon the druggist and the institution behind him the source of his supply. For 67 years the Meyer Brothers Drug Company has served the public with medicines of proven purity each product inspected, analyzed and certified before leaving the laboratory. Meyer Certified Drugs comprise a complete list of household drugs and chemicals. Sealed as they are put up, each package con tains a certificate guaranteeing the contents to be of highest quality. Meyer Certified Drugs certify the more than 15,000 stores that sell them as stores of public se curity health protection de pendable service. Meyer Brothers DrugCo. St. Leuia t-n Tim Lb Druf soae In tht WmU What About the Law. Beaver City, Neb., June 27. To the Editor of The Bee: What ails the people of Omaha? Is there no law to punish a crime so heinous as committed by those policemen? There is no stain blacker on the pages of history in our state. .. If there are no laws to reach them after all the precious lives and money spent for liberty and freedom of the world, I would be in favor of the people taking the law in their own hands and resorting to mob vio lence. If Armstrong and Herdzina could pull hemp for a short time it might be a useful lesson for future police. I am quite disappointed in Mr. Ed P. Smith, mayor. I did not look for him to stand for crime in its vilest form. MRS. ORRIE A. HARVEY. IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. She I never could see why they call a boat "she." He Evidently you never tried to steer one. London Ideas. Louis XIV announced: "I am the state. "Piker." Versailles, York Sun. replied a later sojoulirier In "I am all, the states'' New "A man is as old as he feels," quoted the parlor philosopher. "And a woman is as old as her pro tograph taken about 15 years ago," add ed the mere man. Pearson's Weekly. "How did Hicks manage to reform that nagging wife of his?" "Bribed her masseuse to tell her that talking caused wrinkles'" Boston Transcript. 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