Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 01, 1920, Page 14, Image 14
v A :- 14 THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUAftY - 1, 1920. e t t I .1 c fl t 0 i n n e c i t n t: 'i p a 5 v c I 4 P B T w d P n t b I! it P tl P ft The Omaha Bee DAILY CORNING) -EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWAKP ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR 1H BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. P.BOPRIETOB MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ttit Atwxtitxl Press, of which TM Bet ! a eiembw. It es elnslMlr u titled to the us for publication of ll newt dispatches rwlitad to II or not ottitrwlM credited In Uilt paper, aod alao tn local am published Herein. All rlfhls of publication of our spaoiaj dispatch u lso reaerted. BEE TELEPHONES: Prim Branch EMhinse. at for ths TuIai 1 HOH Department or Particular Person Wanted. Jf 1C1 A w W For Night and Sunday Service Calls Editorial Dewtmmt ...... Tyler M0. Circulation Department ..... Tyler 10081, adtertiiins Department ...... Trier 1008L OFFjCES 0p 0 Horn Office. Be Huildlnf, 17th and Femem. Branca Of flew: , Ames 4110 North 24tb I Park :15 Learenworth Heueoa 1H Military Are. Houth Bid 5818 N Street Council Shifts IS Scott St. I Witlnut SI North 40tb Out-of-Town Office: New Tor Offle is Plftb Are. I wh!nftoo 1311 O Street Cbleaio Better nid(. I Lincoln 1330 H Street T7 OCTOBER CIRCULATION) " Daily 66,315 Sunday 63,160 Average olrculaflon for th month aubrcribed and affoni Co by ti. B. Racan, Circulation Manager. Subscriber leavlnc the city ahould have Th Boo mailed to Ihem. Addrcsl changed a often a , required. You should know that Within 150 miles of Omaha, in eastern Nebraska, 980,170 people live, two-thirds of the population )of the state right at our doorg. What The Bee Stands For: 1. Respect for the law and maintenance of . drder; 2. Speedy and certain punishment of crime through the regular operation of the . courts. 3. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of 4 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. Happy New Year to you! If you made 'em, try to stick to 'em. " ?Vr,the rst ,in,e J'ou are dating things 1920. Well, nobody lias tried to steal the city hall. Is it any wonder anti-burglary insurance is 'going higher? "A cauld blast o' Jan'war wind blew" hansel in on" 1920 also. t ft' I to ... A correspondent inquires to know if the senate fight is to save America's bacon or Wil son's ham. You guess. The scramble for a vacancy on the district bench Indicates appreciation of the dignity and honor that distinguishes a judge. "Cal" Coolidge announces that he is not looking for a consolation prize. But somebody must be nominated for vice president. Xothi ng remarkable about Colonel House's espousing the cause of Oscar Underwood. One is from Texas, the other from Alabama. , i A Chicago parson has denounced the ''Win ter Garden" show as "vulgar, salacious, and in- - decent." No wonder thev can get $11 a seat.- I ' .' V Canadians are going to try to struggle along without titles of special class or distinction con ferred by the king of England. Democracy is taking real root north of the line. i A preacher has been found who resembles ; his parishioners in one respect he likes to play poker. It would be interesting to watch him trying to make a bobtail flush "stand up," Notice is sent out to consumers that produc ers intend t advance the price of coal.' Here is a splendid chance to see of the government can control, the operators any better than i did the miners. s . ' Scotch in New York want "Jtfacbcth" abol is!?edv for reasons similar to that set up for putting' a' ban on "The Merchant of Venice:'' "Anthony-and Cleopatra" and "Julius Caesar" ire possibly immune. - "Fat" Crowe is getting unduly boastful in hia old age. He ought to be returning his thanks tfiat a jury thought less of duty for a moment than anything else, and turned him free from deserved punishment. v What Omaha wants is not meek submission ' to thing ts they are, but a public sentiment that will promptly jump on to anything that looks wrong. And not star chamber or dark I lantern proceedings, but every move of the I government out in the open. I ; The matter of controlling man's appetites I ty law is not progressing as smoothly as its 'advocates would like to see. Wood alcohol is I to be put on the prohibited list, also, but that 1 1? not going to terminate the thirst that only can be assuaged by something more potent fthan one-half of 1 per cent. Frohibition may -1 prohibit, but it will not prevent men from get : ting hold of something with a kick . in. it. , V Why the German Mark Has Fallen ; - One curious result of the depreciation of the German mark in all foreign countries" is that Germany by that very fact becomes the cheap est market in which they can purchase, thus showing the tendency of economic laws to cor rect evils produced by their own operation. The Berlin correspondent of the" London Economist estimates that the cost oi living in ine ocrnun capital is less tlran one-fourth what it is abroad., The Germans probably will have to work four times as hard, however, to meet this cost. But the fact proves the truth of the old adage that it's an-ill wind that blows nobody, good. The situation offers an exceptional advantage Jo foreign purchasers, of which tlje French and Belgians have been quick to take advantage. One reason for the rapid fall of the German mark in foreign exchange is said to . be th smuggling out of the country by the wealthy classes of their large fortunes, for many Ger man captains of industry have profited enor- ipuusiy oy xne war. rromeering is uy nu iui tonfined to the United States. Transfer of e ar a- .a.C a;. A js proceeding: rapidly in order to escape the serins of tht treat? of Versatile. Ney York DONT KICK JUST STAGNATE, The new commissioner of our Omaha Cham ber of Commerce marks his advent by publicly calling on every one in Omaha to stop com plaining about things that are wrong because it may make other people believe that condi tions in our city are worse than they really are. "It does no good," he says, "to talk about such things (as rottenness in the police force or the avalanche of holdups or presumably any other public abuses or deficiencies), but the thing to do is to adjust them. If you can't adjust them, give your officials the best support until you can adjust them." ' If the commissioner really said this, as quoted, he has certainly jumped off on" the wrong foot. Following -his advice, the people of Omaha would stand for any sort of mis government, oppression, thievery and lawless ness if only perpetrated by some one wearing the badge of authority, and they would look pleasant and "support their officials" supinely while the damage was being done. On that principle of unresisting submission and "keep it dark" for fear criticism might hurt the town, no reform and no improvement would ever be achieved. - . No, what is needed is not the covering up of the bad spots but their exposure to the light of day so that they will be cut out. The great propelling force for progress is publicity. It is what The Bee has enumerated in its plat form as "pitiless publicity and condemnation of inefficiency, lawlessness and corruption in of fice," coupled with "frank recognition and com mendation of honest and efficient public service." Only through the aid of such publicity can the required "adjustments" be brought about. The best advertisement Omaha can have is the Ad vertisement that will come from notice to the world that it has cleaned up and that it will not stand for rottenness or misuse of power in any branch of its public service that Omaha is in fact and not py pretense a safe, attractive.com fortable, prosperous place for people to live in and do business in. The Chamber of Com merce would come much nearer fulfilling its mission if it would-exert its influence inces santly in this direction. Omaha's Balance Sheet. The year 1919 was one of activity in Omaha in all lines. How busy its factories, jobbing houses, banks, mills, elevatdrs and other busi ness houses were may be discovered by an ex amination of the figures presented by Th? Bee this morning. This is not a fanciful showing, arranged to delight the eye and delude the reader, but a sober array of totals made up from the carefully revised reports of the va rious concerns involved. It is a balance sheet such as a customer would submit to his banker in support of a loan. The growth indicated by the reports is solid and substantial. All through the year it has been apparent that affairs have been moving at high speed in the business world, and the re view not only makes this plain, but justifies the confident predictions of greater tilings forthe year just ahead. Plans have been formulated, and many of them are under actual headway, for a campaign of industry in. 1920 that will ex ceed any the city has ever experienced. Ex tensions of established concerns, the coming of new, additional buildings down town, continua tion of the effort to house the residents here and to come, and millions to be spent on public works, all make sure that, things will hum In Omaha during the coming months. The most satisfactory aspect of this pros perity is that it has been shared by all. Em ployment has been steady and wages have been high, not at any time has any great destitution or suffering been endured. The privations of the fuel shortage fell on all alike, and were sustained with good natured patience, so that when the brakes were let off the forward move ment was steady. From every-aspect the ener getic, enterprising men and women who make up the community have reason to congratulate themselves on the showing made by the inven tory, and for confidence in the prospects. A happy new year is assured because of the good" work done in the old, and the bright fu ture is Omaha's because it is alive to its opportunity. Two Eclipsed Stars. Removal from the police force of two de fectives who disobeyed orders and disregarded instructions from the chief of police may be ac cepted as evincing a determination on part of the authorities to require better discipline and behavior on part of the pqlice hereafter. This is all The Bee has ever asked. It has vigorously protested against the invasion of homes without warrant of law and the abuse of peaceful citi zens by police detectives in total disregard pf either right or 'justice. If .the campaign has brought the city commissioners to a point where they can see the nature and danger of the abuse, then it has borne good fruit. The Bee has acted at all times solely in the interest of good government It is far more pleasant to commend the police for good work thanto publish accounts of unlawful acts done by men clothed with authority and charged with the duty of enforcing the law. The Bee congratu lated Chief, Eberstein when he suspended the detectives just dismissed and filed charges against them. It now commends his action ifi pushing the case to a conclusion that ought to mean a better controlled and more efficient po lice force for Omaha. Thrift Week for Omaha. A week has been designated to be locally observed as "thrift week." It is set far enough into the future to give us spendthrifts a chance to get used to the idea of saving something, although most of the local wage slaves wonder just what it will be. However, inured as we are' to utmost economy, and with most of us this is not a matter of choice but of necessity and that the direst, we will do anything once. This spirit makes us eager for the advent of thrift week, that we may get an example of what we must do on the other fifty-one of the year, or go hungry part of the time. Seriously, if the observation of a seven-day period of genuine thrift will serve to induce any to ex fend its teachings over the rest of the year, it is well worth undertaking. A companion piece to it might be a seven-day armistice on part of the price boosters, to give the thrifty a chance to catch their breath and start over. - .A Los Angeles woman offers to drown her babies if it will please the landlord. It would be required of her in some parts of Omaha. - When burglars and "highjackers" ke to robbing United States battle shiptvit is time for something to happea, Farmers and Government Railways ; . From the New York Times. The president's decision to return the rail roads to their owners on March 1 will be gen erally approved, not only by those interested in the railroads but by the entire business com munity. The president has shown himself more acquainted with the needs of the time than Mr. Gompers and some - of his - unrepresentative farmers. Delegates representing the American Fed eration of Labor, the four railroad brother hoods, and certain farm organizations, appar ently, in the main, emanations of the Nonpar tisan league' or skeleton societies of political farmers, gave Secretary Tumulty on December 19 a communication asking President Wilson that the railroads be not returned by the gov ernment for at least two years. "As you will doubtless know," Mr. Wilson was told, "an overwhelming majority of the farmers, of the American Federation of Labor, and of the rail road brotherhoods, as well as the general pub lic, favors an extension of the period of gov ernment operation of the railroads for at least two years," and so on., Mr. Wilson doubtless knew, as most of the rest of us know, that the great majority of the general public did not pine for longer government control of the railways any more than it pines for the Plumb plan. Doubtless, too, he knew that the overwhelming majority of the farmers were opposed to the nationalization of the railways, just as they are opposed, and have shewn in case after case and organization after organization that they are opposed, to accepting the invitation of the great labor unions to make common cause with them. It will be remembered that the National Grange enthusiastically, refused to form an al liance with organized labor. It demanded the return of the railroads to their owners. Mr. T. C. Atkeson, its Washington representative, wrote Mr. Wilson the other day denying that "organized farmers" want government control of the railroads continued. Persons busily spreading that report were not "representatives of the farmers." "Substantial country people" wanted the railways returned to their owners at the "earliest practicable moment." That was the attitude of the grange, of the agricultural press, with few exceptions. The leaders of most of the great farmers' groups were united in urg ing immediate return of the roads. The New York State Federation of County Farm Bureau associations called on Mr. Gompers to make clear to the public that he had no authority to speak in behalf of that federation; and it adopted a resolution urging the prompt return of the railroads to their owners "under v such conditions as will insure reasonable returns on the value of the properties and reasonable rates for transportation through the country." The great majority of agricultural papers supported this view, and declared the opposi tion of most of the farmers to the radical labor program which they were falsely represented as favoring. Thus, the Pennsylvania Farmer said, "there is reason to believe that the real motive back of some of the big strikes in this country is the idea of forcing political actions that, will result in government ownership of the essential industries." Few people, "except theorists," believe in government ownership. This "is especially true of farmers in spite of the declaration of a few radical, would-be lead ers to the contrary." The American Agricul turist speaks of "the so-called Farmers' Na tional Council," whose voice is for government ownership of the railroadg, as mainly the mouthpiece of one man and not reoresentative of "the real farmer of the country." The at tempt to unite the farmers with the Federation of Labor and the railroad brotherhoods, etc., was an absolute failure. "The National Grange, the Federal Board of Farm Organisations, the Farmers' National Congress, the State Com missioners of Agriculture, also State Federated Farms, are dead set again this scheme to en mesh farmers in the web of radicalism.- . . . The farmer is an American first, last, and all time." For all their boasting, the radical labor lead ers know very well that the farmer is an Amer ican, and cannot be made a convert to exotic, radical and revolutionary policies. After Cromwell Charles II. The All Round Girl Red Cheeks and Pep Assets and Liabilities. By SIOLLIE PRICE COOK. "Daddy, I heard you dictating a letter when I was in your office yes terday and you were talking about assets and liabilities. What did you mean?" "Assets are the good things a NEW YEAR'S BALANCESHEET ASSETS Good Health Enerqy Ambition Respect Bsrsonallty Cheerfulness Neatness Generosity Service . .53 H. Anderson, sta,te superintendent of i-Saloon league in New York, protests W. H. the Anti against the election of Elihu Root as a dele gate to the republican national convention. Mr. Root represented the liquor interests before the supreme court, arguing that the war-time pro hibition act was unconstitutional. Therefore Mr. Root is an undesirable citi zen. He must be kept from the privileges and rights and honors and responsibilities inherent in American citizenship. MrRoot might take a glass of wine. There fore he must not be allowed to function as a citizen. He did, as a lawyer, take a case in the supreme court. Therefore he ought to be locked up. Mr. Anderson is right, but he does not go far enough. The indication that a man would take a dirk if he could get one should operate to suspend liie Dili or rights with regard to i him. A s:;s:iirion that he might take a drink j should be sufficient to taint him. If there were i a certainty that he would if he could, it should be sufficie'M to deprive him of the right to vote. ' to marrr. to inherit property or hold it. Further it ought to be. recognized that manv j citizens urV-ippy in the United States are seek- j ing to avov! the regulation oi habit and custom by the government and are going abroad. Pass- ! ports ought to be refused such citizens. If the purpose of law can be frustrated bv traveling, the benevolence of the law is void. The law is designed to, interpose between the citizen's will and his acts. The will is criminal. The act is catastrophic. - The intervention is not effective unless it is complete. If it can be evaded by travel, the in dividual is injured. He should not be permitted to travel. Passports should be issued only to drys. We are now in the days of Cromwell. They were succeeded by the days of Charles II. Moderates did not like the rigors of Crom well. They did not like the excesses of the restoration. When extremists rule sanity suf fers. The restoration may be coming. Gosh, how we dread it. Chicago Tribune. business owns cash, property, mer chandise. Liabilities are things a business doesn't want debts and in cumbrances. If the assets of a man's business do not amount to more than its liabilities it is in a bad way." A twinkle appeared in Mr. Clark's eye?. "By the way, Helen," he said, "you have assets and liabilities, too. Why not start the New Year with a list of them?" Helen thought hard. Her father was right. A girl has strong poin$b and weak ones that stand in just as important a relation to her success in life as the property and debts of a business firm. ; She took a paper and pencil and began writing: "Helen Clark, In corporated. Assets:' Good health. Can sew. Know how to study, Can walk farther than any girl 'in my room. Admire brainy people who succeed. Want to be somebody my self. , Liabilities: Hate to obey par ents. Lack cheerfulness when I cannot have my own way. Could do more for others. Don't know how to skate or swim. Forget to brush my teeth. Eat too much can dy and cake. Wow! That's enough! I could go on forever." It is needless to say that so clever a girl as Helen will not falter long on those liabilities. She will anni hilate them. Any girl can profit by her example, beginning the new year, 1920, with as clean a balance sheet as possible. Personality is the greatest asset a girl can have. Personality means health, alertness, cheerfulness, neat appearance, generosity and willing ness to serve others. Poor health, lack of energy, a grouchy, peevish disposition and j dowdy looks are habilities that Jan uary, lV-tJ. snouui see pam out in full and rubbed off the books. CNext week. "1 Should Worry.") Boys' snd Girls' Newnpaper Ssrvlce. Copyright, 1919. by J. H. Millar. Making England Attractive. The announcement of 115.000,000 gallons of liquor released in Eng land will 1 also help to stimulate tourist traffic, Indianapolis Star. FATHER TIME'S NEW YEAR 1 PART i. December SI. Spin me a rhyme. Said Father Time And mis It with glad potion Tomorrow morn A child is born. To give the world new motion. Make It replete With merry feet, In dancing rhythm nnfl measure, Let this last night, Be gay and bright, Then off to a new pleasure! 'tart-tt. January 1. The ch(!fl Is born. This New Tear's morn. We Christen It. so winsome. "Good Fortune." yes, Th" world to bless, It comes so fnh and hanrironn PART III. Evening. The rhyme is spun The day is (lone, Ami Kathor Time ag;iiii fries out RlouJ, To all the crowd. This annual shA refrain "Jly bonnie child. Though far from mild. Sweet nineteen., best of all w hat pain you bore, i'ou are no more!" Then turned and left Mnht's Hall! J. M. K. C. I i on Ay The Day We Celebrate. Hon. John D. Reid, Canadian minister of railways and canals, born at Prescott, Out, 61 years ago. William Fox, one of the leading American producers of motion pictures, born 41 years ago. George E. Chamberlain, senior United States senator from Oregon, born at Natchez, Miss., 66 years ago. Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, U. S. A., commander of the Northeastern department, born at Cleveland, O., 61 years ago. Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, noted Chicago clergyman and educator, born at Chesterville, III., 64 yeare ago. i i Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. Bishop and Mrs. Newman tendered a recep tion to the Methodist ministers of this city and their wives at the Paxton hotel. Clement Chase held open house from 3 to 6 for the young business men of the city. J. M. Barr, the new superintendent of the Nebraska division of the Union Pacific, received intimation that he was to share. to the extent of $WO,000 in the $5,000,000 estat left by A. E. Touzalin. Mr. Barr was formerly private secre tary to Mr. Touzalin. Miss Yost gave a reception at Happy Hollow club in honor of Miss Coleburn of Detroit. Kiralfy's spectacular show, "Antiopi," was the New Years attraction at the Boyd DOT PUZZLE. 4 3, 13 .21 3 Jo iz 14 15 II lb .21 25 5o 49 ir Sl 3o 27 29 Vs. 28 24 2b 25 43 as 47 52. 3A 4b 45 44 .35 .36 54 37 4i 39 4o Ring out the old, the old, old year, Trace fifty-eight and see who's here. Draw ffom on to tw. and so on to th cd. Sports that Make Men Athletics SL The Basket Ball Center. By H. O." (PAT) TAOE f The center should be both an offensive and defensive player, and in addition, a good floor man. The qualifications of the center' are as follows: The Ability to Get the Ball at the Tossup. Ordinarily this comes from height and reach, but sometimes it is the result -ef jumping ability. The boy who aspires to make center on his team should practice timing his jump so as to hit the ball when he is at the top of his jump and not when he is still going up or has started com- i is so made' up that the duties of the center are changed. Sometimes he plays the game of a stationary forward or defensive guard. But the typical center should have the qual ifications outlined and the boy who is out for center will not go far wrong, if he develops himself along these lines. (Newt week: "The Basket Ball Guard.") Copyright. by J. H. Millar. Boys' and Girls' Newspaper Service, No Recommendations. We suspect that when the hair tonics become nonpotable the Indig nant patrons will refuse to give any more testimonials of their efficacy Houston Post. IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. J Hon. Woman I ahaad tf raaa. - 1 Hubby Certainly; what may -TJ , traw hat In January t Dotroit HtM, i Hub Well, tny Af, what da ifoi think of th nw nlhborT . Wtfe OH. Jack. thy talt tfrte. if a pleo of tc a w do. Told J!d. . "So ttaat'i CI' nuabant I b. warts f . much ?' f "Oh, yes. Her father v a hundred' thousand for him I" Patlng Show. Muband (antrlly) Whatl Klfht mines for a hat! Wlf (soothingly) Well, dear, Just think what I savd you on your lncum tax! London Answe.ru. "Ho seems vry narrow' minded lu argument!" "Not at all. H says there are two siiln to every question, hts side and the wrors side!" Cartoons Magaslnc. Walter I hop. you enjoyed rour nlop" Dtnr (savawely ) 1 did. While 1 i It I looked at the owner of this Jii and Imagined I wn a cannibal. (Judge.' The Judge Jou were found under eri with a baif of tools. Any exctisa? bed The Prisoner Foree cr nsou. : washup! I've been iMmrisl. U"-' Opinion. rv ing down. He should also practice until he is able to tip the ball on the tossup to any spot he desires. Scrap for the ball on every tossup. Jump for it clean and fair but put all you have into every jump. Work to get the ball, not your opponent or the referee. Endurance. After the tossup, it becomes the duty of the center to run the floor and make himself an important fac tor in team work. As both a defen sive and an offensive player, his territory is the whole floor. He must move fast. If he is- slow, he slows the whole team. Speed is more es sential for him than for almost any other man on the team. To play a fast game as well as cover the en tire floor requires endurance and stamina. So if you are trying for center, practice to get the ability to go at top speed for as long a period as nossible. Clever Foot Work. His position makes him the logical j man arouna wnom to Duua the team work. For this he not only needs speed and endurance but cleverness in dodging, pivoting and sidestep ping. He should practice in going down under the opponent's basket and by means of his height and jumping ability digging the ball out for his team-mates. Many times of course, the team We Close Our Books January 10, 1920 The end of our fiscal year. Every article we can sell .. between this date and the 10th will mean that much less. Inventory Therefore every Framed Picture, Every Lamp and 'Shade Every Fancy Art Piece Is subject to 20 Per Cent Off. Special Pre-Inventory Prices and Terms On Grand Pianos Upright Pianos Player Pianos Electric Pianos If Jou need them NOW IS THE TIME 1513 Douglas Street The Art and Music Stdre Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmm vmmrnmmmm immms wmmmtumza wriiiiffliiiniwpiaQMiTjiiiiCT MffiiOiriMISHIWim a a 4 3 3 1 i S 3 I I 5 1 II 1 fi i E 1 i H 1 s I ' s DR. EDWARDS to better serve his patients and more ade quately accommodate his ever-increasing v . practice, has been forced to move to more commodious quarters. The New Office is m I Diagonally Across the Street From the Old Location The new jiome of Dr. Edwards covers nearly all of the second floor of the Ot tawa Building. It is furnished throughout to meet every requirement of the patient and the Chiropractor. Friends are invited to see this new office, which is the largest and has the latest Chiropractic equipment of any in the city. The Office Hours, 9 to 4, Remain the Same Lee W. Edwards, M.D., D. C. CHIROPRACTOR Southwest Corner 24th and Farnam Streets Second Floor ' Entrance on 24th Street - Telephone Douglas 3445 I r ! s fa i nrawwniiiiiiiniM iiimiiintimffltiwiimtimii 0 -v Li n