THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1919.
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What The Bee Standi 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
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5. Inculcation of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship-
' Medicine Hat took an unfair advantage.
The Oldest inhabitant reminds us it is al
ways darkest before dawn.
Old Doc Garfield has revived the 1917 fuel
schedule. This ought to save coal. v
The president proposes to "handle" Mexico
himslf, with the tongs, of course.,
Lots of folks are finding out just how at
tractive home can be made when' they try.
Santa Claus would find the roads in fine
shape if he were to visit this part of the world
now.
St Louis frowns on a "national" convention
of radicals. They should worry as long as the
booze is, on tap.' ' ';
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navy, but what would it have been if his policy
of 191S had continued? .
! LOCAL FUEL SITUATION.
Time spent in trying to ix responsibility for
the short supply of fuel In Omaha will be
wasted. The community is facing a fact, and
must be governed accordingly. Nothing it
gained by retailing "estimate" mad by any
of the stock of fuel on hand. The committee
handling the situation knows exactly what it
can rely on, and is acting for the best. Interest
of the community, and not to protect any in
dividual, industry or group, save that its pur
pose is to keep homes supplied as long as it can.
Not a little hardship has already been sus
tained, and a great business loss will be charged
up to the emergency. This is unfortunate, bat
must be borne as patiently as possible.
So far the citizens have shown admirable
fortitude. Whatever of complaint has been
heard arises from a misunderstanding of the
conditions. Very few had iny definite idea of
the daily consumption of fuel by the city, and
when told of hundreds of cars of coal standing
on side tracks, jumped to the conclusion that
plenty was in sight. If they will read the state
ment of the local fuel administration, they will
learn that the hundreds of cars amount to only
a few days' supply, and must be carefully con
served in order that extreme suffering may be
averted. ! '
If the miners determine to call off the strike,
a they are expected to, and resume work at
once, several days must elapse before Omaha
will be back on a normal basis. The unusually
severe winter weather has added a terrible com
plication to the problem, and upder most fa
vorable conditions will render bringing in sup
plies a big job. v
Summed up and viewed in its most favorable
light, the local fuel situation is grave. The only
solution is strict compliance with all the rules
laid down by the authorities, cheerful co-operation
being worth a great deal more than
grumbling submission in this case. All hope
for early relief. After that comes, plans for
the future may be laid, but now it is the actual
coal famine that must be met.
Lincoln wonien are going to boycott eggs
: to bring down the price. In Omaha the problem
is how to get hold of the price.
Carranza evidently has no sense of humor,
or he would have seen the joke in the plot to
start a revolution in the United States.
Shouldering the Hayden burglary onto Beryl
Kirk will not get the thieves. He was in the
penitentiary when the job was executed.
Many booms are being paraded in Wash
ington, for the1 edification of the republicans
gathered there, but the convention will not
meet till June.
French women insist that Champion Carpen
tier is shirking, the real match, that of matri
mony. If he is looking for a finish fight, here
is his opportunity.
Habeas corpus has been denied Emma Gold
man and Alexander Berkman. The parting is
std, on their side, but they must leave for
happy soviet Russia. . ,
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An army of 300,000 has been agreed upon
by the house committee on military affairs. This
ought to be big enough, with universal training
to support it in event of another war.
An Illinois, judge has refused citizenship
to a group of striking miners, telling them that
good citizens will notvengage in a conspiracy
against the government. He is right.
"War" to Continue.
Awaiting word from tlie White House, the
senate has tacitly agreed to allow the peace
resolutions to go ojeer the Christmas rece.9,
This will at least adjourn the matter until the
first week in January, and thus continue the
state of war. Senator Lodge says that the
treaty is dead, unless revived by the president;
Senator Hitchcock clings to the view that it
may be brought up on the presentation of a
compromise, and he hopes to be able to present
one. No intimation is given as to the probable
ourse of the president, as he hasconveyed no
notion of what his special message on the
treaty will contain'. In the situation there is
nothing of menace to public prosperity.
Europe is going ahead to the settlement of mat
ters involved in the general adjustment without
our participation, and apparently with as much
of success as if we were in the midst of the
debate. This is the wise course, and the one
that ought to have been taken from the start.
The domestic situation is just where it has been
for many weeks. I The president insists on
something he knows the senate will not accede.
Whenever he is willing to abandon his present
attitude and meet the senate at least half way,
ratification of the Treaty of Versailles is pos
sible, and not before, v ,
TK ririnri" of Wales havinsr reached home
again his subjects are busy arranging a match
for him with a native princess, x his leaves a
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lOt OI tUlCIltrtll queens uui in
The Omaha man who left home because the
stork brought a girl when he ordered a boy is
trifling with his lucki He ought to be glad it
was not twins. i
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A British savant has solved the mystery of
transmutation of matter. Now if he will just
tell us how to get coal out, of the ground with
out digging it, he will get a large audience.
Growing Merchant Marine
With spacious coast lines on two sides of a
continent Americans are naturally a maritime
people. They have shown it" in various ways
throughout their history, though at times their
merchant shipping, for special reasons, has al
most vanished from the oceans. During the
civil war it was practically wiped out by a few
confederate cruisers fitted out in European
ports. From this blow it did not recover, for
foreign ships were run much more cheaply than
ours. When the recent war began our exports
and imports were carried under other flags
than our own at a cost of hundreds of millions
a year. But the world conflict changed the sit
uation. We speeded up in building ships, and
our merchant marine will begin the new year
with a tonnage of nearly 10,000,000. We should
hold this gain and add to it steadily. We have
the resources to build ships swiftly and apti
tudes for seamanship equal to the best We
should not fall to the rear on account of the
cost of crews or materials. The fresh start and
opportunity will not be lost unless by some mis
management of our own.
, The United States is the most powerful na
tion with a front on both Pacific and Atlantic
To allow our freight to come and go mainly in
foreign ships is proof of unwise economic man
agement both in the government and among
the people. The spectacle should never be re
peated. The better era that lias begun ought
to be permanent. This is a subject that needs'
vigilant attention all the time. St Louis
Globe-Democrat, . ,
Maynard Should Prove This.
If a statement given to the public by the
Anti-Saloon league is founded on fact, then
Lieutenant Mn -nard, the "flying parson," should
be called upo.i to at once substantiate his as
sertion.' . According to the "dry" organization,
the winner of the air derby says that if it had
not been for over-indulgence in liquor by his
competitors, he would not have won. This is
either a slander on a lot of gallant gentlemen,
or it is a reproach to the army. The lieutenant
is quoted as talking of "hang-overs", and half
tipsy pilots, and as ascribing the accidents and
breakdowns of machines to the unfit condition
of the men who were handling him. It is un
thinkable, of course, that the broken crank
shaft that delayed him eighteen hours' near
Omaha is in any sense due to his dalliance with
old John Barleycorn. Who would be brutal
enough to suggest that the accident in the bliz
zard out' in Wyoming, wherein 'one bright and
bravrj boy lost his life, resulted from an exces
sive indulgence in liquor? Zeal for prohibition is
excusable 'in any of its advocates, but the cause
should rest on a better basis than slander. We
hope the army authorities wilft take full cog
nizance of he story set afloat by the Anti
Saloon league, and get at the facts.
Kirk Case and Politics.
The huge barrage of words being laid down
before and behind the Kirk case indicates a de
termination on part ot the democratic machine
in Nebraska to prejudice the "public mind as far
as possible in advance of anything like a judicial
inquiry into the circumstances. If this be true,
and the purpose to make political capital out
of the matter seems clear enough, it will be well
for the public to keep in mind thaV the "fur
lough" or whatever it may be called was
granted on ,the recommendation of the assistant
prosecuting attorney of Douglas county, him
self a democrat So, if there is to be politics
in the consideration of this incident let the
record be kept straight. Investigation has been
promised by the governor, while the attention
of the bar association has been called to the
matter in such way. as will undoubtedly get at
tention, and all the facts will be brought to the
surface in due time. Blame is due to some one,
but it should not be recklessly, placed in advance
of a complete inquiry, i
The proposed, repair bill of $2,418 for the
smashed-up police car suggests that, several ma
chines of a popular make can be bought for
that sum, and might give just as good service..
At any rate, the loss would not be so heavy
when one of them dives through a store front
"Vic" Berger had little trouble in getting the
socialist nomination for congress again, but the
big jump will come on Monday. Milwaukee
has a chance to redeem its right to be called an
American city. ,
Folks who are spending their time in telling
how to help matters by making the gold stand
ard variable might do better if they were to aid
in limiting the output of paper dollars. Money
is not wealth.
The head of the . weather bureau ought to
come out here and run for office, if he wants to
find out what the people think of his prediction
of a prolonged cold spell, : ' -
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Romance of Militaty Insignia
Bulletin of the National Geographic Society.
"What does that insignia mean?"
"For what was his medal given?" 1
In years past the average American citizen
considered it a part of his blissful democracy to
be ignorant of matters military; since the
armistice of a year ago it hat become a hall
mark of the well informed, as well as a patri
otic duty, for him to know the decorations won
by our valiant soldiers in their glorious smash
at Germany's mailed fist.
Moreover, there is a keen interest, akin, to
that ' the collegian shows in the pennants of
rival foot ball teams, in the insignia which dis
tinguished various military units of the Amer
ican expeditionary force. And, finally, comes
the victory medal, soon to be the proud posses
sion of some 4,500,000 men; and, in after years,
to be cherished heirlooms of American families.
Up to this time information on insignia has
been available only in piecemeal, and there has
been much misinformation, leading to con
fusion. Therefore, the . National Geographic
society enlisted the co-operation of Col. Robert
E. Wyllie, general stall, U. S. A., who had
charge of all War department records concern
ing the award of medals in the present war, and
the archives of those bestowed in other wars,
in compiling a complete list of medals, decora
tions, and insignia of all kinds recognized by
the American government in the past, and mul
tiplied so profusely during the great war.
The results of Colonel Wyllie's compilation of
pear in an article, "The Romance of Military
Insignia," in the December number of the Na
tional Geographic magazine, the official organ of
the National Geographic society. Supplement
ing the historical and descriptive sketch are
124 illustrations, in color of each medal, ribbon
and organization shoulder insignia authorized
by the United States government to be worn
by its uniformed forces and by civilians whjo
have been honored for signal services to their
country. Accompanying the - illustration, in
color, is a description of the history of each of
the insignia.
The 124 illustrations in tolor are triumphs
of color printing, reproducing, by a special
process, the exact shade and hue in each de
sign, j In addition there are 27 other illustra
tions, in half tone, mainly depicting incidents
of note in connection with the bestowal of
awards of the present war.
Colonel Wyllie's exhaustive article not only
deals with the history, the exact significance, and
the etiquette governtng the wearing of insignia,
but it goes into the highly fascinating history of
the origin of medals and similar decorations,
and the development of the practice in this
country, xwhere distinctive customs have been
established. . . ' '
In making available this data, of interest to
the 4,500,000 men who were in uniform before
the world war concluded, and to the many
more millions of their families and friends, tlte
National Geographic society sought to perform
not nly an immediate service but to make a
permanent volume of reference, akin to such
other compilations as its now famous Flstg
number, and the issues devoted to birds and
dogs.
The Test of Practicality
Favorite among the theories of the com
munistic and socialistic members of the labor
group is the public ownership of utilities, more
especially street cars. Extremists among them
even advocate the making of transportation a
municipal function to be supported out of the
taxes. Now, it seems that there is a flaw in this
incomparable pearl of theoretical government.
Union organizers of the street railway em
ployes have appeared in Toledo, O., where the
Central Labor union is, advocating the munici
palization of the system1, to enter a solem'and
forceful protest against any such action being
taken. The reason is peculiarly typical. It is
that . the unions can deal better with private
ownership than with public ownership. They
would, they said in their class language, "rather
fight officers of private corporations than the
scheming politicians who usually run the cities."
From this the deduction it to be made that
each 'union will regard its interests as superior
to those of the community and, this being
true, the end to municipal ownership is easy to
discern. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Our Free Legal Aid
State your case clearly but
briefly and a reliable lawyer
will furnish the answer or
advise in this column. Your
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Cbange of Name.
R. W. I long have been a reader
of The Bee and I would appreciate
if you would trtve me the informa
tion desired. I have a name that
has caused me much embarrassment
and humiliation from time to time.
Ia there some way that I could legal
ly have it changed, if so, What is
necessary for me to do?
i Answer Employ a lawyer and he
can file a petition in the district
court of this county asking to, have
your name changed, giving (the rea
sons therefor, and no doubt the
court will grant the request
Criminal Lavr.
E. C. O. When a man Is misled
without his own fault or careless
ness concerning facts, and, while so
misled, acts as he would be Justified
in doing were the facts as he believed,
them to be, is he legally innocent the
same as he is Innocent mo rally t
Answer He Is.
Foreclosure.
V. S. Can a Junior lienor who has
not been made a party to a fore
closure by a superior Hen redeem
the property from a decree made in
the case?
Answer He can.
Young Citizens
Hunting Eye Attends Council
By R. 8. ALEXANDER.
Hunting Eye wondered what the
big stone building 'with the tower
was for. He entered a door which
stood open. Ahead of it was an
other door' with light" showing
thiough the crack at the bottom of
Receiver Foreclosure.
F. T. Some months ago we mort
gaged our home for a short time,
thinking that we would be able to
pay the amount, borrowed, but ow
ing to unfortunate conditions occur
ing in our family we were unable to
raise the money. Proceedings in
foreclosure weve had and we have
taken what is called a stay. The
man who foreclosed threatens to
have a receiver appointed, so as to
compel us to pay rent during this
time. We are taking good care of
the property and the property Is
worth much more than the amount
of the loan. Can we be compelled
to pay rent to a receiver during the
time we are In possession?
Answer Tou cannot
T;lmimtion.
G. D. Where grpwmg crops and
personal property are injured by
the negligent construction and main
tenance of a dam, causing water to
overflow on adjoining land, when
does the cause of action accrue?
Answer When the injury oc
curred and the damage is sustained.
Installment Contract
'Subscriber I bought a piano on
the Installment plan, and In looking
over the contract I find it calls for
6 per cent interest. Have they a
right to charge interest on things
that are sold on the installment
plan? '
1 Answer Tee, if contract calls for
it
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I Contract.
G. B. G.' Sometime this summer a
book agent came to my house to
sell books. Of course after her
fluent talking I became interested
and signed the slip for the books. A
small amount down was required
and then monthly payments. After
she had gone, visions of this forth
Coming winter came to my mind. I
called her back, and told her I
couldn't take them. She said she
would hold my order until further
word from me. ! She sent my order
in that very night and I then wrote
to the publishers and told them to
cancel the order. They still kept on
; and finally sent the books which I
; refused to take. Sometime ago they
agreed to lower my payments so I
! could take the books. This I also
agreed to do. I told them that I
would be in the hospital in a few
days, and they 6aid that they would
notify the postofflce to return imy
books; I failed to get the books and
wrote them to that effect. Now they
say if the postofflce has confiscated
the books or not, I must pay for
them. Why should I hold up my
end of the contract when the agent
did not hers. Can they, do anything
to me if I do not take or pay for
the books?
Answer Tou are not liable. ,.
WILLIAM F. BAXTER.
The gentlemen who hold the land by titles
strong and tough can often dress in purple,
trimmed with broidery and fluff;' can sit in sacred
vantage points where trade must trundle by;
can make the restless renter raise the corn and
oats and rye; can gather bags of revenue im
pressive and profound because they "own" that
work of God, the firm and fruitful ground.
But here's a thoughtful citizen who swears
it isn't right. He's sure the system indicates a
lack of social light He hollers for the single
tax to squelch the profiteer who feeds upon -the
ownership of this restricted sphere. If all the
public revenue were gathered from the land,
there'd be, says he, prosperity, evinced on
every, hand.
He holds that Woodrow Wilson is a prophet,
true and square, and not a manufactory of en
tertaining air; that all the hasty senators who
will npt see the light or rush to sign the docu
ment they could not help to write will find, if
they should get the news in regions far and
hot, that his is stilt immortal when their names
are all forgot. i
He heads a house which hankers tcS provide
the lovely dames with fashionable garnishments
to hang upon their frames, to emphasize their
pulchritude with flattery and stress (for what
on earth can do it like a well developed dress) ;
and all the ladies faithfully and frantically
prize the well-selected bargains he continually
buys.
Next Subject Robert Beecher Howell
I I OI VAV
The Day We Celebrate.
Edward P. Boyer, manager of the Boyer
Van Kuran Lumber and Coal company, born
1879.
Charles A. Goss of the law firm of Switzler,
Goss & Switzler, born 1863.
Sir James Aikins, lieutenant governor of
Manitoba, born at Grahamsville, Ont, 68 years
ago.
Countess of Warwick, prominent for her ac
tivity in the cause of social reform, born 58
years ago.
Asle J. XJronnar senior United States senator
frdrn North Dakota, born at Elkador, Iowa, 61
years ago. '
Jouett Shouse, former Kansas congressman,
now assistant secretary of the U. S. treasury
born in Woodford county, Kentucky, 40 years
ago. .. j
James H. Johnston, outfielder of the Brook
lyn National League base ball team, born at
Cleveland, Tenn., 30 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Rosina Vokes, playing in the double bill.
"The Circus. Rider" and "A Double Lesson,"
was the occasion for a number of theater
parties.
Mrs. Bishop Newman was tendered a recep
tion at the home of Rev. P. S. Merrill.
Mr. Will Simeral and Miss Georgia Dustin
were married at the home of the bride's mother
in Chicago.
The Kountze Place Social club met at the
home of Miss Minnie Collett on Locust street
Mrs. J. R. Nicholas returned after an ex
tended visit with friends and relatives in the
east I
An attractive Turkish bazaar was given at
Cortlandt in, the interest of charity
Mutilating Will.
H. A. W. My sister and brother
were recently put to a large expense
in proving the will of our father
owing to the fact that the will was
mutilated by. having the names of
the witnesses cut out and other ma
terial parts changed by my brother.
Can we sue him and compel him to
pay the expense including attorneys
fees.
Answer Tou can.
Municipal Corporations!
B. L. C Can a city- in Nebraska
pass an ordinance providing for im
prisonment if one refuses to pay for
the use of an automobile which he
has hired?
Answer It would be unconstitu
tional. . '
Fire Protection.
M. I. L. Please let me know If I
can sue a city for the negligent per
formance of its duty in not giving
me proper fire protection? 1 am a
taxpayer. I . ,
Answer A city exercising govern
mental function is not liable for the
negligent performance of its duty in
that regard.
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it. When he opened it, he saw a
number bf men seated listening to
one of their number who was speak
ing . The little Indian Boy slipped
into a seat and sat silently until the
meeting was over. One of the men
approached him and said kindly:
"Well, you butted into politics this
time, sonny."
"What is this meeting?" asked
Hunting Eye. ,
"It is a meeting of the council."
"But the council is always held out
under the open sky," said the boy
from the North Woods.
"True, among your people, the
chiefs and medicine men, seated
about the council fire, make laws
for the village. We also have a
council which makes, laws for the
city. In some cities, it "is called the
city council, in others, the board of
aldermen, and in, still others, the
city commission. Its members are
councilmen, aldermen, or commis
sioners. The laws which the council
makes are called ordinances.
"Usually the city is divided into
sections called wards. Generally,
one or two aldermen are elected
from each ward by the people of
that ward. Sometimes, however, the
aldermen are elected by the people
of the whole city instead of just one
ward. The aldermen are elected for
a definite term of office (usually two
or four years) which varies from
city to city. ,
"The council or board of alder
men is different from the commis
sion. The main difference is that the
council can only make laws and can
not enforce them. ..The city which
has a council has also a mayor to
enforce the ordinances. A commis
sion, however, does the work of both,
the mayor and council. It makes the
laws and enforces them. In some
cities, the commission is elected
merely to choose a city manager.
He makes the ordinances and en
forces them. He is the whole gov
ernment in himself."
1. What la the term of offlee of your
alderman T
, t. What ward do you live InT
' t. How many aldermen in you city
council? How many elected from you
ward ,
(Next week: "Hunting Eye Goes
to School.")
Boys' and Girls' Newspaper Service
Copyright, 191, by J. H. Millar.
CLEMATIS.
Where the clematis la vlnlng,
And the southern aun Is shining.
For the cabin I am pining.
Near the falls.
Where the mission bells are ringing.
And the mocking-birds are singing.
There the clematis la clinging
To the walla.
Something makes my heart beat fonder,
Aa I retrospect and ponder
On the happy days down yonder
It Is this.:
In her hair ClareUen wore it.
With a bonnet partly o'er it;
That must be why I adore it
Clematis.
WILLIS HUDSPETH.
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Christmas Piano Stock
Embraces Pianos, Players,
Benches, Lamps, Cabinets,
Player Rolls and all sorts of
Musical Instruments.
'Rryrlt Vaisariag.
1513 Douglas Street
The Art and Music Store
Woodcraft
For Boy and
Giff Scwit
DOT PUZZLE.
Nature'! Christmas Tree.
By ADELIA BELLE BEARD.
Suppose you put aside all the tfti
set, glass balls, glass fruit, and other
artificial trimmings for your Christ
mas tree and this, year use only hon-cst-to-goodness
decoration-t h i n g s
made by Nature, not manufactured
in a factory. There are many to be
found in the woods, the fields, the
garden, and yes the barn. Some,
grow wild, others are cultivated, but
they all grow. '-
If you can go to the vwoodf and
bring home the tree yourselves, that
will be a trip which will send the
Christmas feeling down to the tips
of your toes. Choose a balsam-fir if
you have a choice, its spicy, aromatic
breath makes the air redolent of the
Christmas season and its slender,
symmetrical, cone shape makes the
young tree especially well adapted to
the purpose.
Here are materials for your decor
ations. Clusters of red berries of any
kind tied to the branches with nar
row red or bright geen ribbon. Ber
ries of the mountain ash, holly ber-
lies, the dangling, four-lobed berries
of the spindle tree, or burning bush,
and the pendulous coral drops of the
barberry bush.
Bunches of clean, yellow heads of
barley and other bearded grain
from the barn, with their sprays of
stiff hairs standing out like rays of
light Strings of shelled, golden
corn, also from the barn, and from
the woods, clean, dry cones, large
acorns, balls of the sycamore tree,
the spiky balls of the sweet gum
tree, and many other dry seed ves
sels that are decorative.
Gild the cones and balls to make
them shine and hang them to the
branches by yellow strings several
inches long. Add the time honored
festoons of white popcorn and red
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Draw from ont to two and to on to the end.
cranberries; then let the tree benr
real fruit; apples, oranges, clusters
of grapes, .nuts and raisins, and it
will be a real, not a make-believe
Christmas tree.
(Next week: "Trailing ")
Boya' and Olrla' Newtpaper Service.
Copyright, 1(1 , by J. H. Millar.
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