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    THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER '4, 1919.
The Omaha Bee
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OCTOBER CIRCULATION:
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Sueacribers leavinf the city ahatiM have Tha Baa mailed
la them. Addraaa chanfed aa often aa required.
You should know that
Railroads entering Omaha employ
more than 5,000 persons in local
headquarters and shops.
What The Bee Stands For:
1. Respect for the law and maintenance erf
order.
2. Speedy and certain punishment of crime
through the regular operation of the
courts.
3. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of
inefficiency lawlessness and corrup
tion in office.
4. Frank recognition and commendation
of honest and efficient public service.
5. Inculcation of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship.
The penitentiary seems to be leaky, too.
Optimism prevails at Washington. That
ought to help.
The farmers can urn corn, but the miners
can not eat coal.
. Wyoming made good on "Bill" Carlisle.
Now let it come through with some coal.
The Chicago Tribune tells of a "heatless
cold wave." Must be the kind Omaha is having.
' Sterling exchange is down to another new
low point This has nothing whatever to do
with eggs.
The senate will inquire into the Newberry
bribery charges. 1 Get at the facts. No white
wash if wanted.
Judge Anderson inclines to the opinion that
miners and operators are in cahoots. Does look
something like that.
, The "industrial" conference is sitting behind
closed doors. That is one good way to win
public distrust these days.
. v Mine operators are meeting to work out de
tails of the 14-per-eent wage increase, but what
good will that do if nobody tries to earn the
money?
.Somehow the burglars, footpads, "high jack
era" and the like seem inclined to take the grand
jury's word for the quality of Omaha's police
leadership. v
City Health Commissioner Edwards gives
some good advice as to how to heat and ven
tilate homes, and people will profit by follow
ing the same. -
Carter .Glass says it will be impossible to
reduce taxes. Not if he has his way, but con
gress may find some means to cut down esti
mates a billion or so, and thus teach the secre
tary a new trick.
The wealthy Chicago girl who "proved" she
could earn her own living by acting as a shop
sales person, did not stick to it long cnotigu
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Carranza has been entrusted with full power
to handle relations between Mexico and the
United States, which are pronounced by him to
he ' "extremely delicate." Meanwhile. Consul
Jenkins is carefully locked tip in prison at
Puebla.
"Doc" Tanner's Compliments
' Victor Rosewater, editor of The Bee, and
one of the fearless writers of facts, was fined
in the district court for telling tome things
about the Omaha police. Vic should worry.
The supreme court will have to review the case
before ft is finally adjudicated. When I first came
into Nebraska I had some dealings with the
Rosewaters. I worked on The Bee as a re
porter. Mr. Rosewater always told me to get
the facts. Never color anything. 1 worked on
his paper for several years in a minor capacity,
but frequently Mr. Rosewater would call us
reporters in and warn us not to be sensational
or write anything that we could not absolutely
prove. He was specific and told us repeatedly
that if a reporter on his paper misrepresented
facts he would be discharged. We all under
stood that our positions were gone in case we
did not turn in facts. I know Victor Rose
water pretty well. I never worked under his
direct instructions,, but he is a chip off of the
old block and wants to be fair and square.
When I was a reporter on The Bee Victor
was a kid. just out of college, and. had no
authority over us old-timers, Dut a little later
on, after I went into business for myself, I had
an opportunity to know. Although he is a
republican partisan, and I am about as complete
a democrat as I know how to be, I want to go
on record as stating that Victor Rosewater has
always been as fair and honorable as a par
tisan can be in these fights. He only allowed
his men to write the news. Of course, when he
allowed his reporters to tell. the truth it natur
ally hit some one. I know nothing about the
facts, but I'll take The Bee's statement because
they dare not print things they can not sub
stantiate. And the only object of The Bee, as
I take it from an unbiased standpoint, is that
they are trying to give the public the benefit of
facts, regardless of politics. Rosewater is a
lentleman. His home is in Omaha, and here
is where he expects to stay. He has done as
much or more, I might say, to promote Omaha
as any man. Thousands and thousands of dol
lars have been spent in The Bee to promote
your interest and mine. Give credit where
credit is due. Look out for the grandstand
atQfWDoc" Tanner in Nebraska Democrat.
NEITHER COAL NOR HELP IN SIGHT.
Confronted by the most serious condition
the nation has faced since 1861, the administra
tion at Washington it apparently as helpless as
it is trustful. Many months ago the contumacy
of both operators and miners was evidenced.
Before the government took hold of the coal
industry, conferences at Washington had
presaged something of the present trouble. An
agreement then entered into by one member
of the cabinet was kicked over by another, and
the record of the Garfield management of fuel
production and distribution that followed has
been a continued source of private merriment
and public objurgation on part of the mine
owners.
The miners gave warning early last winter
of what was to follow if demands then some
what hazily outlined were not met As days
went on and these demands toolc shape, the list
less indifference of the government fitted ex
actly into the program of the agitators. All
through the last summer mine operators
pleaded for cars to haul coal; dealers big and
little advised customers to fill their bins and
bunkers, and no cars were furnished, nor any
surplus accumulated. Winter found all but the
miners unprepared for the strike.
Rigid control of the scant supplies, of fuel
may tide us over the great emergency, but will
not meet the real trouble. No country in all the
world is as well supplied with fuel as is the
United States, yet our social life is as com
pletely disrupted, our industries as effectually
throttled, industry and privation as acute, as if
we fvpend on some outside source for coal, and
it unfriendly.
Judge Anderson, whose injunction is daily
ignored by the miners, expresses himself as of
the opinion that a conspiracy exists between the
operators and the men to hold up the public.
He might well include the democratic adminis
tration of the United States government, for in
no other one way has it so notoriously shown
its incapacity for dealing with preat problems
as in this.
, At present the country is freezing, industry
paralyzed, thousands on thousands of people
being turned out of employment every day, and
at Washington "watchful waiting" prevails. A
little something of the eagerness that led Mr.
Burleson to seize the telephones twenty-four
hours after the war had ended might be of use
right now. i
A Four-Billion-Dollar Budget.
Americans who consoled themselves with the
thought that thewar is over and the enormous
expense of conducting the government would
thereby automatically terminate scarcely were
prepared for the estimates transmitted to con
gress by Secretary Glass. Including ordinary,
Panama Canal and sinking fund expenses the
total asked for 1921 i $4,473,696,358.62. Ap-'
propriations already made for 1920 amount to
$5,62(1,486,359.42, indicating a reduction in pro
posed expenditure of $1,155,790,000.80. Analysis
of this enormous sum may be for the present
deferred, as it will be taken up later in detail.
That a considerable reduction will be made is
morally certain, for the people are looking to a
decrease in not only the cost of living but the
cost of running the government as well. In
cluded in the estimates are certain irreducible
amounts, of which more than a billion dollars
interest charge and a sinking fund -provision
of almost $300,000,000 form part. Generally the
sums asked by the several departments are sub
ject to considerable downward revision, and
these should be given careful attention. The
public will even stand for a little "cheese pari
ing," if legitimate economies can be effected.
Ways of extravagance that spring up under war
conditions must not be allowed to assume a
status of permanency, and Uncle Sam will do
well to set' an example of rigid economy in
the management of his own business. "
Slowly Making Progress.
Lamenting the president's failure to make def
inite recommendations to congress on the labor
situation, the World-Herald says: ' ,
The president's silence may be due to
recognition of the fact that congress is the
body which must initiate legislation.
If this is only true, then the country is to
be congratulated. It has been quite the op
posite, however, since the present incumbent
has occupied the executive chair. From the day
he took office down to the present. Mr. Wilson
has looked upon congress as medium for trans
muting his ideas into laws. He has not only
suggested, but actually lias dictated the form
of legislation, and on several occasions has an
nounced in advance his intention to veto a bill
congress proposed to pass. In fact, no presi
dent in all the long line has so persistently and
insiste.ntly meddled with and messed up the
work of the legislative body. If the president
has come at last to realize that congress is in-I
dependent of the executive, he is really making1
progress.
"A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned."
If Americans were as carefully watchful of
their expenditures in other regards as they are
economical when it comes to paying street car
fare, the savings banks of the country would
have to be enlarged many times in order to care
for the accumulations of' thrifty individuals.
Omaha hat shown something of this, in the
overwhelming preference given the 654-cent
slugs offered as an alternative to the 7-cent fare.
Over in Chicago the situation it complicated a
little further, but this serves only to emphasize
the fact that folks will buy their car rides at
the lowest possible cost. A 7-cent fare is in
effect on the Chicago lines, "but patrons may
purchase ten rides for 65 cents or fifty rides for
$3, and the fifty-ride books were exhausted
within a short time after they were placed on
sale, while the ten-ride tickets were entirely
neglected. No use in trying to account for this,
but the spectacle would do "Poor Richard's"
heart good, could he but observe it.
Emma Goldman doesn't want ' to go back
to Russia any more than does Aleck Berkman.
Neither is to be blamed. Instead of being sent
to jail either of this precious pair is quite likely
to be shot by order of some other anarchist in
the happy land ' where the proletariat holds
sway.
A member of the North 'Dakota legislature
objects to the circulation by the state-managed
library of free love literature. To this a non
part member retortt that it is up to the
state to give jts citizens anything that contains
information. Glorious liberty I
Secretary Lane is accused of writing the
president's message, but it was hardly in his
style. He usually tells what he wants and
docs not mince woj
The Miners and the People
From the St Louis Globe-Democrat
The refusal of the officials of the mine work
en to accept the proposal of the government
places the issue squarely before the miners
themselves. Unless they, individually or collec
tively, decide to return to work, definite action
to relieve the situation, both by state and fed
eral authorities will be imperative. The re
serves of coal are being rapidly exhausted.
The first pains of swiftly approaching disaster
are already being felt Many industries are
being put on short time or closed down, throw
ing the employes out of work. The number of
these will increase in geometrical ratio at each
day goes by. Extraordinary measures for con
serving the fuel now on hand are being applied
in tome cities and must extend to all. These
measures will, of necessity, increase in severity
at the ttockt are exhausted. Some coal is being
mined, to be ture, but not enough to tave us
from widespread disaster and distress. And it
should be understood that the great financial
loss from this condition falls with heaviest
weight upon wage-workers, while the physical
suffering it must involve if continued will fall
virtually upon the whole population. The pro
tection of the people is the chief purpose of
government, and our representative democratic
government is a failure if it cannot find means
to cope with such a situation aa this which so
gravely menaces all.
Technically there is no coal strike. In obedi
ence to the order of court the call for the strike
was withdrawn and canceled.' But actually the
strike continues, with no material abatement.
The miners have refused to return to work,
proving convincingly their general support of
the demands of their representatives formulated
at the Cleveland convention. That the claims
of the miners are entitled to consideration is
not to be questioned. That measures should
be taken for their relief cannot be fairly denied.
But the elemental instincts of self-preservation
in a nation demand that no body of men be per
mitted for their own advantage to put a stop
to the industries of a country and inflict loss
and suffering upon a whole people. By insist
ence upon such a course the merits of their
claims will be overwhelmed by public indigna
tion. The fact cannot be forgotten that the rep
resentatives of the miners refused to consent to
the president's proposal in October to continue
operation of mines pending negotiations and to
submit to arbitration matters upon which the
operators and miners were unable to agree.
This appealed to the people as a fair proposi
tion, and it was a mistake, from the miners' as
well as from the public standpoint, not to accept
it. And now they have refused to acceot the
proposal of the government for an advance in
wages and the creation of a body to ascertain
the facts in the situation and to influence the
adjustment of wages and of labor conditions to
a fair standard. The operators agreed to both
proposals, and after the failure of the last one
offered again to submit the matter to arbitra
tion, which was again refused. Whatever may
be the facts as to the past or present profits
of the operators, the government's proposal
would have set in operation the means of find
ing out the facts, definitely and officially, and
it would be possible then to base a just judg
ment upon the facts, which is not possible now,
nor cannot be without such information.
The miners, as mem and as Americans, should
consider all the circumstances of this situation
very seriously. They have put themselves in a
position and we say this without any reflection
upon the merits of their claims for better con
ditionsthat must compel the authorities to
take action in the public defense. Fuel is an
absolute necessity to our existence, and some
how or other it must be obtained. The longer
essential supplies of coal are deferred, the more
acute .will be the suffering of the public, and
the greater -the public indignation against the
cause of the distress. The miners cannot ad
vance 'their cause by refusing to work. Every
day will further alienate public sympathy. Every
day will make more difficult the unprejudiced
consideration of the rights of the miners. On
the other hand, immediate resumption of work
would allay public feeling, would check the very
great and grave disaster now breaking upon us,
and would make it possible to have a fair, and
impartial inquiry made of the whole situation,
and to provide the means for such an adjust
ment of wages, hours, continuity and other con
ditions of labor as to satisfy the just require
ments of the mine workers. The present re
SDOnsibilitv rests whollv imnn the. tninre Triv
alone can immediately restore production. If
mcy reiuse mere can De no cnoice on tne part
of state and national authorities; for willy nilly
the country must have coal.
We Had the British System
The Toronto Globe publishes in its "Notes
and Comments" column of November 19 these
two paragraphs: '
A League of Nations without the United
States would be a reproach to that country
which its conscience would not long tolerate.
What is happening at Washington these
days must cause Canadians to be thankful
that they live under the British parliamentary
system of government.
Let's sec; if the United States had been
'under the British parliamentary system of
government in 1918, there would have been
something very important doing in Washing
ton official life after the elections of that vear.
That something wouldn't have left in the na
tional capital much more than a memory of
the Wilson administration.
t Is that what the Globe paragrapher had in
mind when he wrote down those two para
graphs? Possibly, but we do not believe so.
The Wilson government was denied a vote
of confidence not only in November. 1918, but
in the present month of November, 1919. Either
would have put him and his cabinet at least
temporarily out of business under the British
system.
These words are not written in criticism of
the British scheme of doing things govern
mentally. That scheme permits of a much
readier response to the expressed will of the
people than Ndoes the American system. The
point is that if the Globe's paragraphs were
composed with the idea that the present Amer
ican administration' would have come forth un
scathed to date under the British system, those
paragraphs' do their barking up the wrong tree.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Day We Celebrate.
Frank J. Carey, manager of the Carey Clean
ing company, born 1882.
Percy R.- Todd, regional director of New
England railways under the United States rail
way administration, born in Toronto 60 years
ago. ,
Lillian Russell (Mrs. Alexander P. Moore),
for many years a famous star in light opera,
born at Clinton, la., 58 years ago.
William J. Sears, representative in congress
of the Fourth Florida district, born at Smith
ville, Ga., 45 years ago.
John F. Collins, outfielder of the Chicago
American league base ball team, born at
Charlestown, Mass., 34 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
' Judge Brewer, for five years identified with
the United Stales court in Omaha, was ap
pointed one of the associate justices of the su
preme court of the United States.
At. a meeting of the city council Lyman
Richardson donated 40 acres of ground in north
Omaha for park purposes.
Mrs. W. A. Paxton gave a reception in the
afternoon in honor of Miss Durfee, a visiting
friend from Rochester.
Dr. Louis M. Scott and Miss Clyra B. Staf
ford were married and a reception given them
at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jensen, Leaven
worth street.
Mrs. C. W. Hamilton gave a handsome re
ception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. C. Will Ham
ilton, who had recently returned ' from their
wedding- journey,
Our Free Legal Aid
State your case clearly but
briefly and a reliable lawyer
will furnish the answer or
advite in thit column. Your
name will not be printed.
Let The Bee Advise) You.
H. J., Arlington, Neb., : Tour In
quiry it not sufficiently definite to
enable us to reply.
Exemptions.
M. K. Provided a man ia married
and a resident of Nebraska, the head
of a family, and hat no lands, town
lots or houtea subject to exenrptlon
as a homeatead under the laws of
thit state, can hit wage! be gar
nisheed? In other words, can he get
the benefit of $500 exemptions of
personal property provided for In
Section E21 of the code; that in, if
he has no personal property can he
claim hit wagea exempt under Sec
tion 521? In the case of Jonet v.
Union Pacific Railroad company,
Nebraska, it was held that a man
may claim all the wagea due him as
part of $500 of personal property ex
empt to him. There seemt to be
conflicting views on thit and I would
like to be eet right on It and would
appreciate your reply In the columns
of The Bee.
Answer He it entitled to $500 ex
emptions. Adultery.
E. H. I have lived with a travel
ing man for over a year at hit wife.
but he haa deserted me and gone
back to his family. He told me he
loved me and promised to many
times to marry me. What legal
steps can I take against him?
Answer You can do nothing.
Marriage and Divorce.
M. R. If a man and wife are di
vorced in the state of Illinois and in
less than three montht the man goes
into Missouri and remarries and
comes back into Illinois to live, can
the man obtain a divorce or can the
divorced wife have their marriage
annulled?
AUBnCl ItlB HU.JW--
advantage of his own wrongful act,
neither can tne divorced who navo
the marriage annulled. The husband
could be convicted of bigamy.
Marriage and Divorce.
M. N. 1. How long does a per
son have to live in Nebraska before
they can secure a aivorce s
2: On what grounde. My hus
band and I have been parted for
three years. I have not heard from
him in over a year and he never did
support me, aa I worked all the
time.
S. Would I have to have a wit
ness from my home etate to prove
this?
Answer 1. It depend! upon
whether the marriage wat contract
ed in this etate and whether the
cause for a divorce arose in this state
or elsewhere. If the cause arose out
of the state, two years. If the cause
arose in this etate one must be a
bona de resident for at least one
year- .
2. Desertion and nonsupport
S. Not necessarily. Any witness
who could testify aa to the facte.
Wife's Separate Estate.
1. What is a eeparate estate? My
real estate It the home In which we
live. I own it and have deed in my
name. Property it free from debt.
Have been told I cannot tell it with
out husband's content; it that right?
If so, then can I mortgage or rent
it without hie consent? I have no
children.
Answer If the property waa pur
chased with your own money and
your husband in no way contributed
towards the payment of the same It
becomes your separate estate. I
doubt, however, whether any lawyer
would be satisfied to past a title
without your ' husband't tlgnature,
although technically, if it it your
separate estate, his signature is not
necessary. The same reason would
apply to mortgaging it However,
you may rent it.
Municipal Corporations.
A. E. J. I am the owner of cer
tain municipal bonds and it is the
purpose of the city, which belongs
to that of the second class, to dis
connect certain property that is now
part of . the. city. Will this jeopardize
my investment? If so, can I enjoin
the city from carrying out their pro
posed intentions?
Answer Your security will not
be affected . and you cannot enjoin
the city.
Contract.
T. D. Where both parties to a
contract fail to perform their mu
tual agreements on the day named,
will that be considered in the nature
of a waiver of the performance of
the contract and will the contract
thereby be terminated?
Answer It wll be a waver of the
strict performance as to that cove
nant of the contract, but the contract
will remain unimpaired as to its ef
fect.,,
liilapl mid Slander.
Tj. B. Y. How much damaRcw can
a in'an recover for the publication of
a libelous article stating that he was
Kuilty of retaining money belonging
to the company for whom lie
worked? It has caused me consid
erable humiliation and the publica
tion was not justifiable, as the same
was not true,
Answer The amount of recovery
Is for the Jury to determine.
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Are Your Feet Happy.
' B7 MOILIE PRICE COOK.
Baby Bunting has a perfect foot.
The toes are all even. The foot is
soft and pink and beautiful. Baby
Bunting's sister Alice has an ugly
foot It has corns and callouses. The
toes are crooked and lap over one
another. See how different they
look in the picture.
Alice Bunting wears "fashionable"
shoes. They have high heels and
pointed toes. Baby sister wears na
tural shoes, just the shape of her
feet. Alice cannot walk very far.
She complains that her feet hurt.
She never shows her bare foot be
cause she is ashamed of it! But
Alice was -stubborn and would have
those shoes I 1
The Chinese women used to bind
their daughter's feet so they would
stay small. When "the Chinese girl
grew up, the could not walk alone
but required an attendant at each
arm so the would not topple over.
Funny that American girls should
want to imitate Chinese girls.
Alice Bunting is handicapped by
incorrect shoes. She takes little
mincing steps that would make
an Indian laugh. She runs the
chance- of having "flat feet" or "fal
len arches." The high heels she
wears place her feet in a strained
position. The weight of the body
is thrown on the ball of the foot
and there is too much pressure
over the transverse arch. The heel
is up in the air instead of down
on the ground where it can help
suooort the body. Ihousands ot
girls and women have foot trouble
because they wear incorrect shoes.
The soinal column is jarred ana
jerked with each step, so headaches
and backaches are very common.
Alice s brother was m the army
and went to France to fight. The
government , did not give him high-
heeled shoes to wear, imagine our
soldiers and sailors in high-heeled
shoes with pointed toesl If Alice,
wishes to improve her feet, she
must buy sensible shoes and walk
with her toes straight ahead, not
toeing out. The Department of
Social Education of the Y. W. C. A.
is starting a campaign for correct
footwear and is preparing a list ot
all firms in the country that carry
approved shoes. , Approved shoes
have low heels and broad toes. They
are shaped like the human foot and
are comfortable. If all girls de
mand sensible shoes, the manufac
turers will stop making the kind
that deform the feet.
(Next week: "What Mary Ate.")
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Boys Like
Volley Ball.
Br R- ALEXANDER.
You think nothing good can come
out of Germany? But volley bail
did. It was invented and first played
there.
Volley ball can be played out
doors or in the gym, in a backyard,
vacant lot, school yard, or attic. All
the equipment needed is a net, about
the same size as a tennis net, a
couple of posts about 7'A feet high,
and a ball a little smaller and about
half as heavy as a basket ball.
Set the posts in the ground or on
the gym floor about 25 feet from
each other. Stretch the net between
them, the top of it level with the top
of the posts. If you can't get a net.
a rope stretched from the top of one
post to another will do. Mark out
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your court about 25 feet wide by 50
feet long. A basket ball will do if
the kind of ball described cannot be
had.
The game can be played by any
number of people from two to a
dozen or more. The opposing teams
are posted on opposite sides of the
net. To start the game one person
acts as server. The server places
himself with one foot on the back
line of the court away from the net
and bats the ball over it with the
palm of his hand. The players on
the opposing side try to bat it back
over the tnet. If it touches the
ground before they can do so, it
counts one score for the server's
side. If they are able to knock it
back then it is up to the server's
team to return it. If they are un
able to do so and it touches the
ground, it counts one score for the
opposing side. Whenever the ball
touches the ground on one side of
the net, it counts one score for the
opposing side. The team which first
makes a certain number of points
may be declared the winner or the
game may be played for a certain
period of time the team making the
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greatest number of pointt in that
time winning.
Considerable science and team
w ork may be 'developed in knocking
the ball from one person to another
on the same side until a chance
comes to bat it over the net into ai
open space not played by one of the
opposing side.
(Next week: "Program for Train
ing in Basket Ball," by H. O. (Pat)
Page, Chicago Star player.)
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