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CONGRESS AND THE COUNTRY.
Our democratic contemporary is working it
self up to quite a temperature over the legis
lative situation in congress. It discovers that
, lot of vital legislation, such as stamping the
date 09" eggs when they go into cold storage, is
being neglected. And, worse than all, nothing
has been done to revise the tariff.
Let us consider the most heinous of the of
fences first. When the Underwood bill was
' passed, the president pronounced it the first
: perfect tariff law in history. He later found
occasion to ask that it be amended in several
important particulars, and now the democrats
indict the republicans for failing to completely
revise it. If they can but content themselves
! in patience, the matter of tariff revision will be
reached in time. So also will the cold storage
regulations, and similar legislation.
Please remember that it is just a little more
than a year since the Sixty-fifth congress,
dominated in both branches by the democrats,
died with its legislative chutes so clogged with
bills that even the great appropriation measures
failed of enactment because the majority had
frittered away so much time that legislation
was impossible. On the Sth of March, 1919, the
president sailed on his second journey to Paris,
leaving a topsy-turvy country behind him. He
was in more than a tantrum; his last evening,
ashore had been devoted to scolding his coun
trymen, and he was determined not to call the
republican congress into session. He did, how
ever, when he realized that unless he did the
machinery of the government -would stop be
cause his party had failed to make good on its
assignment.
The record of the present session is one of
much activity. While the public has heard
most of the treaty debate, bills for the return
of the railroads, the leasing of oil and mineral
lands, and a few such "minor" matters have
been , disposed of, measures for reorganiz
ing the army, for revising the revenue laws, and
: to carry on the government have been enacted.
It is not likely that any needed part of the
great program will be neglected, nor will it
greatly matter if the president carries out his
implied threat to refuse to permit congress to
take a summer recess. The executive will not
find such a chaotic conditions as existed a year
ago, regardless of whether he returns the treaty
for further consideration or not.
The effrontery of the democrats in their ef
fort to make it appear that the republican con
gress is neglecting its business is quite in line
with their effort to make the present uproar
in Germany a result of the failure of the senate
to surrender to the White House on the treaty.
As Our English Cousins See It
The London Times reflects English opinion
of treaty conditions in the United States with
clear understanding. Now that the senate" con
test is over it is worth while to read how truth
fully the Times has presented the matter to its
readers throughout the British empire.
Six weeks ago it said: "The treaty may still
fail in the senate. The hostility of certain sen
ators is unappeased and implacable. The Lodge
reservations do not satisfy them; no reserva
tions would satisfy them." Then it makes this
statement:
Democratic senators, it is said, are get
ting ready to abandon a sterile opposition,
and to join the republican reservationists over
the Lodge resolution. They know that the
country is eager for ratification upon some
such terms as Mr. Lodge proposes. They
know that the president is in a minority on
this subject
- A fine presentation of the situation as it was
six weeks ago. The Times adds:
Numbers of Americans deplore as untrue
and calumnious ihe suggestion, which has
been made from the White House, and from
some quarters reputed to be under the in
spiration of influential politicians here, that
the republican opposition to ratification pure
. and simple has been actuated merely by a
petty spirit of party. Conviction, our corre
spondent declares, as well as expediency,
prompts democratic senators to support a
policy which has behind it practically the solid
, public opinion of the United States and. of the
civilized world.
That "solid public opinion of the United
States and of the civilized world" is that the
treaty should have been ratified with the Lodge
reservations attached. The Times has it right.
The president has destroyed the treaty in op
position to the enlightened opinion of Europe
and America. No wonder Colonel Harvey says
he has the worst disposition in the world.
Lodge Defeats Wilson.
American independence and sovereignty are
safe, thanks to the superb leadership of Sen
ator Lodge on the treaty battle-ground, the
; floor of the senate. The prolonged struggle to
internationalize America, to subdue and subject
American patriotism t6 the will of a European
'council, has failed utterly. Should the presi
dent who sought to overthrow the counsels of
Washington and the traditions of America
which are the ideals of liberty, take the matter
into the coming campaign, and seek there a
mandate from the people to mortgage the tran
1 quility and resources of, the United States of
: America to the uncertainties of European poli
tics, he and his party will get such a dose of
home-made self-determination as will be a per
petual warning to all future presidents to be
for America first for home and native landl
Available Tools for Getting Knowledge.
Knowledge, according to no less an au
thority than Dr. Samuel Johnson, is of two
kinds: knowing a thing and knowing where
to find information on it. New York Sun.
And the greater of the two is "knowing
where to find information." The man, young
or old, who knows books, who can lay his
hands on the printed page, which contains the
knowledge he needs, is the one who is valuable
la every human activity.
. No sua ' in Omaha need long remain ig
norant on any subject which bears on his pros
perity or advancement. The public library is
handsomely equipped with reference books
which lead straight to the answer sought in
any particular instance, as - well as to the
broader fields of culture and general literature.
Nobody has it all in his owi head. But any
body can train himself to know how to find
what he does not know; and the most direct
route is through' the public library. Go there
and ask questions; then it shall be opened unto
you. i . '
The Poorly Paid College Professor.
One college graduate makes $10,000 a year
in a tea room. Another receives $6,000 a year
for running the college dining rocm, more
than any professor or. the faculty is getting.
More money in food for the body than in
food for the mind! Here is food for thought.
St. Joseph Gazette.
There i no mystery about this, any more
than there is about the fact that the greatest
tragedian who ever walked the boards, or the
sweetest singer in grand opera, cannot earn as
much as a vulgar buffoon who happens to catch
the public's fancy in moving pictures.
The college professor does not teach
primarily for money. His purpose is not to get
rich. It is to serve youth and humanity by the
spread of culture. What is- culture? Let a
great Ohio editor, the late Col. E. S. Wilson,
answer:
The fluttering leaf, the sailing shadow, flie
dreaming landscape, the songs of the stars,
the modesty of the lily, the strength of the
hills, and all God's thought expressed in
forms of grace and beauty; and these, with
all their lessons of power, of mercy, of jus
tice, of love, translated into human thought,
and hope, and conduct, and desire, constitute
culture.
Those are the tilings the professor teaches
with his Latin, mathematics and science. He
is not training youth to make money, but to
absorb, true principles of life and conduct. He
teaches what is worth more than money. But
the world, hot foot after material prosperity,
has not yet learned this, and so the professor,
like the preacher, goes on doing noble service
for a bare living in these abnormal times.
He earns more than he gets. He should
have all he earns. But he will never put his
services on a cash basis primarily. That would
be impossible, for he is concerned with spiritual
things which money cannot measure.
Pity These Orphans of Soldiers.
Thomas De Quincey's "Flight of a Tartar
Tribe" is said to be the most complete narrative
ever written one to which no word could be
added nor one taken away without marring a
perfect product of genius. Charles Dickens,
another author of the same period, has never
been equalled in pathos and the description of
abused and unhappy childhood.
One wishes both these masters of narrative
and description might be put on a story that
comes from Normal, 111., where there is a
home for soldiers' orphans hat is a disgrace
to civilization. There are 338 children there
and 76 employes, not including teachers one to
every five unfortunates, enough to make their
child life beautiful and happy. Instead, the
Chicago Tribune reports loafing attendants gos
siping while sick children of from 5 to 10 years
scrub cement floors, wear heavy hobnailed
shoes made by convicts, wear prison uni
forms, and are decimated by contagious dis
eases measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria and
sleeping three in a bed, sick and well together.
In this house of horrors, an idling place for
political employes, the "play room for sick chil
dren" is a concrete basement room absolutely
bare of furniture of any kind. An inspector
who dropped in on this abode of unhappy chil
dren found two of them kneeling on a crack
as punishment. For what, do you suppose?
Blowing soap bubbles through' a wash rag!
That tells the whole story of these imprisoned
children, robbed by heartless keepers of their
rights as children; sentenced to the harsh gov
ernment of unfeeling attendants; subjected to
deadly contagions a normal condition in hell
in a town called Normal on earth!
Testing the Code Bill.
One of the Lincoln attorneys engaged in
fighting the code bill comes to the front with
a novel plan to spare the state the expense of a
referendum on the measure. He proposes a
test suit, the basis of which is to be an agreed
stipulation that the law is unconstitutional.
With this he says a decision can be had in
the district court against the law, laying the
foundation for a presentation of the matter to
the supreme court.
This is very ingenious, likewise ingenuous.
Why not present the law to the courts on its
merits, and secure a square decision as to its
validity? Those who have carefully studied the
measure are convinced of the soundness of its
underlying principle, and have no misgivings
as to its constitutionality. Why, then, should
an admission of invalidity be made, except to
accommodate an opposition captious in its na
ture and unready to face the outcome?
If the delay ami expense of a referendum
may be avoided by recourse to a test in court,
the alternative should be accepted, but it should
not be prefaced by a stipulation that the law
is unconstitutional. It is quite possible that ex
perience will suggest some modifications of
the code law, for it may not be perfect in its
workings, but that it will bring better govern
ment to Nebraska can not be gainsaid, nor is it
seriously questioned as to its validity, save by
those who for partisan reasons oppose its en
forcement. Let it go before the courts, but on
its merits and not on an agreed stipulation that
belies itself on its face.
Omaha streets are being made dangerous
again by careless drivers, but mostly of trucks
and delivery wagons. The joyriders contribute
their share, though, and the careful motorist
must bear the blame for all. Some way ought
to be found to curb the reckless driver.
If Omaha is to have a new auditorium, let
us make it a good one. The one we now have
has taught us a lot of things not to do again.
Now that a perfectly good spring has ar
rived, the weather man is trying to crab the
works. Out with him!
Five million barrels of flour for hungry
Europe is our latest contribution. It ought
to help some.
The ex-probation officer says he can return
to the ministry. Wish- him luck.
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If McAdoo knows how to reduce taxes, let
him speak, '
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Syria and Mesopotamia
From the New York Times. .,
The Syrian congress sitting at Damascus
has proclaimed the independence of Syria, and
Mesopotamia notabilities are talking of inde
pendence for Mesopotamia. Whether a son
of the king of the Hedjaz has actually been
proclaimed king as yet is not certain, but
something of the sort is likely to happen.
British and French statesmen specializing in
the Near East may well be somewhat dis
turbed, and doubtless it does not add to their
peace of mind to remember that their neglect
of Turkish questions and the protection of Ot
toman Christians was largely due to their ab
sorption in arrangements with the Arabs, which
have now apparently broken down.
The king of the Hedjaz and his active ; on,
the Emir Feisal, were of considerable use to
the allies in the campaigns which ended with
the victory at Megiddo; but the Arabs were not
fighting for England and France, they were
fighting for themselves. Through 1916 there
were negotiations between England and the
Arabs, on the .one hand, and England and
France on the other. France had a traditional
position in Syria, going back to the Crusades
and emphasized by French action in the nine
teenth century. To this stntiniental interest
was added the desire to get something which
should counterbalance "the great acquisitions
which England was on the way to making in
Mesopotamia. French and Arab interests
clashed in Syria, where apparently support ;'or
France is confined to the Catholic element of
the population. And even the Catholics have a
good deal of Nationalist feeling.
For a while Lord Allenby prevented the
French and the Arabs from coming into con
flict, but French diplomats were disturbed at
the continued presence of the British, even as
shock absorbers. So presently the British left
and the French began to make adjustments
with the Emir Feisal. That gentleman, who
seems to need no guardian, realized that French
assistance could be useful in the development
of Syria and that it might be bought at what
to the Arabs would seem too heavy a price. A
conflict was in the interest of neither party,
but popular ' sentiment was becoming irritated
at many, places. The Emir's orders have been
necessary already to prevent clashes between
the Arabs and the French, and some of the
wilder spirits are talking about co-operating
with Mustapha Kemal Pasha if an arrangement
cannot be made with France. Meanwhile- the
French, trying to find compensation in Cilicia
for what was endangered further south, en
countered Turkish troops at Marash and- are
likely to have a fight on their hands to make
nrtich progress in this quarter.
The differences between the Arabs and the
French are not incapable of adjustment," but it
begins to be apparent that both French and
English will have to realize that the Arabs are
going to have a good deal more to say about
what happens in Arab countries than had been
expected. Colonel Lawrence, the Frankenstein
of the Emir Feisal, must be somewhat alarmed
at the activity of his creation. Optimists in
Washington see in the possibility of a great
Arab state from Persia and Cilicia down to
Aden a power which should compensate Mos
lem pride for the expulsion of the Turks from
Europe, but optimists have not often been
right in recent times. British and French
statesmanship in the Near East has shown a
grea. deal of ingenuity since 1914, but talent of
a different sort seems to be needed now.
The Waking of the Woods
Already the call has gone out, not some thin
trumpet call of the fairy folk, but the call of
instinct; and the response will presently be seen
in the reappearance in the forests of their com
mon habitat the bears and the lesser forms of
animals that are either fully or partially hiber
nating in their habits. The waking of the woods
has been sounded and it will be but a short
time before the teeming life of the wooded
stretches and the abounding life of the vast
forests will be in full activity and in the open.
From the hardy Rocky Mountain goats and
grizzly bears of the Rockies to the least of the
furried things that are timid during the sternest
periods of winter, there has been heard the one
sounding cry: Awake!
The waking of the woods is always an event
of the keenest interest and the furried denizens
of the forest have the ears of the inner sense
to hear and heed the cry. With the birds it is
much the same, although the migrating species
often make mistakes of judgment as to the per
manence of the waking of the woods from (lie
winter cold, and find themselves at their old
feeding grounds caught by a late blizzard or
sleet storm, and from which many of them
perish.
It is rarely the case that the things of vege
tation are caught napping. They are in clossst
touch with the forces of the awakening, and
they feel and respond to the slightest intima
tions that the earth has become warm enough
for them to take on movement and that the air
is mild enough for them to unfurl their banners
of green. They are pretty apt to be sure before
they enter upon their spring activities. Pres
ently, very shortly, the woodlands will be
clothed in green and the fields will be redolent
with green and the world will present a picture
of wonderment that never palls by its annual
repetition. But even now the call has gone
forth and the arousement is in process, and the
buds and the blooms are preparing for their
display. How eagerly the winter-bound ani
mals, are looking forward to their enjoyment
of the tender buds and sprouts that will spring
into being, as if by magic, and give to than
the assurance of abundance of the tender and
sweet food they have lacked for many months.
Tt will not do take too long a look ahead to
behold in fancy the transformation of the
earth for that will not be in full swing for a
long time after the birds and the animals have
found the buds beginning to swell and the song
of the coming spring sounded upon the lute of
the responsive trees. Baltimore American.
Against Public Policy.
The interference of the Federal Reserve
bank of Chicago with its clerks' desires and
plans to marry is happily not to be taken as a
precedent here. No such attitude is tenable.
Any attempt of employers or of government
to check marriage is against public policy.
It is perfectly true that limitation of in
come tends to act as a bar or as a cause of
delay. But this is a matter which must be
left to individual judgment. No absolute line
of minimum living cost can be drawn by statis
ticians, though it is necessary at times to
make an approximate estimate for various uses.
New York Sun.
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The Day We Celebrate.
Philip J. Kunz, contractor and builder, born
1865.
Cardinal Bourne, Catholic archbishop of
Westminster, born at Clapham, England, 59
years ago.
Viscount Milner, entrusted by the British
government with the difficult task of pacifying
Egypt, born 66 years ago.
Prof. Franklin H. Giddings of Columbia uni
versity, widely noted as a sociologist, born at
Sherman, Conn., 65 years ago.
Hazel Dawn, a poular actress in, motion pic
tures, born at Ogden, Utah, 29 years ago.
Gavvy Cravath, manager of the Philadelphia
National league base ball club, born at San
Diego, Cal., 38 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Rev. J. G. Griffith, new pastor of St. Mark's
Evangelical Lutheran church at Twenty-first
and Burdette, was installed in his new, position
by Rev. H. Kuhns.
Memorial services for, Gen. George Crook
were held at Boyd opera house.
Mrs. W. B. Millard and Miss Jessie Millard
were visiting in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Swobe returned from
an extended tour through Mexico and the
southwest 4
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. EVANS
Tr. Kvans will answer perannitl In
quiries from readers of Tbe Bee, pro
vided a Ntnmped envelope l enrloseil with
the iiueNtion. He viil not diagnot Indi
vidual ailinenti or preaerlbe for tliem. but
will five eareful attention to all lnqulriea,
nubject to then limitation. Address Dr.
V. A. Kvuua, The life, Omaha, Keb.
(Copyright. 1020. by Dr. W. A. Evans.)
TYPHOID PERILS BANISHED.
Possibly the grandchildren of the
present generation will class typhoid
fever with the dodo, dinosaur, and
the lchthysaurus for the disease
seems in a tair way to pass from
the earth. It looks as though we
could banish it from the United
States if the smaller cities, the
towns, and the rural districts will
measure up to the pace set by the
larger cities.
In 1919 the total number of deaths
from typhoid in 60 cities with an
aggregate population of more than
27,000,000 was only 1,126. In 1891
Chicago alone, having then a popu
lation of 1.148,795, had 1,997 deaths
from typhoid.
The -journal of the American
Medical association began publish
ing the typhoid records of American
cities in 1914. The gain shown by
this sixth report as compared with
conditions set forth in the report of
1913 is almost unbelievable.
In 1919 Spokane, with a popula
tion of more than 125.000, had not
one death from typhoid. Hartford,
with a population of over 100,000,
had one death and Cambridge only
two. Chicago, with almost 3,000,000
people, had only 31.
The American Medical association
carries eight cities on its honor roll.
They are Spokane, Hartford, Chi
cago, Scranton, Taeoma, New Bed
ford, Cambridge and New York. The
typhoid ceath rate of these range
from Spokane, none, to New York,
two.
The cities with a typhoid death
rate over two and less than five are
31 in number. In this list are found
Newark, Boston, Jersey City, Seattle,
Cleveland, St. Paul, Minneapolis,
Milwaukee, Portland, Richmond,
Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
The cities in the second rank are
15 in number. They have a rate be
tween five and 10. Grand Rapids
leads this group, among which are
also - Detroit, St, Louis, Pittsburgh,
as well as several southern cities.
In the third rank are five cities
with rates between 10 and 20. Mem
phis, as the result of a water borne
epidemic in the spring of 1919, oc
cupied the fourth group, being with
out companions.
Compare with that the following
records: For the year 1906-10 only
one city in America had an average
of less than 10 Cambridge. 9.8.
Eight had records between 10 and
15. Fifty-four had records in 1919
lower than the lowest 10 to 15
years ago.
Of the entire list of cities with
more than 100.000 inhabitants only
six had a record in 1919 higher than
the best record in 1906-10. A record
over which as health commissioner
of Chicago 10 years ago I used much
printers' ink in boasting would be
condemned as disgracefully bad today.
The journal of American Medical
association says:
"The remarkably successful re
sults reached in this group of cities
are due to the unremitting elforts of
health officers in safeguarding the
public water and milk supplies in
applying proper methods of excreta
disposal and in tracking down ty
phoid carriers. It seems to be evi
dent that water supply and milk sup
ply are hardly important factors at
present in typhoid causation in our
large American cities."
The association gives credit for a
considerable part of the improve
ment to the reutrn of the young men
from military camps, these men be
ing immune to typhoid by reason
of vaccination. In previous wars
increase of typhoid has followed in
the wake of war.
Now decrease in this disease is
cited as one result of war. Since pro
tection of the water, chlorination of
water, disposal of excreta, parteur
ization of milk, and typhoid vaccina
tion have accomplished so much in
these large groups of people why
should not the people who live in
the rural districts and in the small
towns individually employ the same
methods?
Perils of Half Truths.
CJ. N. writes: "I heard a lec
turer trying to prove that diseases
all exist in the mind say that the
Chinese were the most careless peo
ple on earth In regard to hygenic
laws, and yet were the healthiest of
all people."
REPLY.
The Chinese are very thoughtless,
heedless, and indifferent as to hy
giene. So far your informant was
right. They have a fearfully high
death rate. One or two awful pes
tilential diseases Incubate in China
and semioccasionally sweep over
the world. There's where the lec
turer's argument goes to smash.
ru'lmonary T. B. Not Hereditary.
A. S. M. writes: "Is pulmonary
tuberculosis hereditary?"
REPLY.
No.
ODD AND INTERESTING.
Russia is the oldest gold produc
ing country in the world.
The percentage of left-handedness
among women and children is higher
than among men.
In proportion to its area Norway
has the smallest population of any
country of Europe.
The musical acuteness of horses
is shown by the rapidity with which
cavalry horses learn the significance
of bugle calls.
No fewer than 500 trees must be
cut down and worked up into paper
for a noval that sells a quarter of a
million copies.
An English clergyman thinks he
has a good claim to the long-distance
reading championship, having read
the Bible through 71 times.
The first locomotive with steel
springs was built in .England just
100 years ago, and is still to be seen
in the South Kensington museum.
If a man had spent $1 every min
ute of every hour, day and year since
January 1, A. D 1, until today, he
would not yet have spent $ 1,000,000,
000. A Japanese bacteriologist has
built a dust-proof; air-proof, germ
proof house of glass, the air that is
needed being pumped through a
pipe and filtered.
Orientals seem to be immune to the
fierce heat of the tire-room on ocean
steamers, and can endure for a great
length of time temperatures that
would speedily prostrate white men.
The extravagance of the newly
rich of Japan finds vent mostly in
endowing colleges, assembling treas
ures of literature and art, and min
istering to those senses and desires
through which men nourish the
soul.
In Brazil not one per cent of the
male and female servants will, it is
said, sleep in their master's house.
They insist on leaving at the latest
by 7 o'clock in the evening, and will
not return before 7 or 8 o'clock In
the morning.
The roof ridges of a Chinese house
is usually decorated with an dabo?
ate plaster ornament In the form Of
a design embodying th character
"fu," signifying happiness. To pre
vent the ornament being damaged
by birds the owner of the house
sticks numerous ordinary sewing
needles point outwards into the soft
Iilastar.
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Neglect of Nebraska' Wounded.
Omaha, March 20. To the Editor
of The Bee: The article in The
Bee regarding the activities of the
State Department of Public Welfare
in "discovering" wounded Nebras
kans at the army hospital at. Fort
Sheridan, 111., was of unusual in.
terest to me. I am certain'y glad
that the department of public wel
fare has finally awakened to the
fact that there are sick and wounded
Nebraskans at the army hospitals
and that some effort Is now being
made to better their moia!t and
keep up their spirits.
During the months of May, June,
July and August, 1919, when the in
flux of patients at this hospital was
at the highest, there being approxi
mately 4,000 patients registered,
many of whom were Nebraskans,
the states or iowa, Illinois ana ivaii
sas had representatives at the hos
pital to look after the welfara of
their men. Outings wero spon
sored for these men: an Illinois
woman was instrumental in getting
steamer trips on LRke Michigan for
the boys, and many NebrasUana
were guests on theso trips, but noth
ing was done for the Nebraskans
officially by their state. Ac the
same time fully one-third of tliu
medical detachment, on duty at the
hospital were Nebraskan", but like
their sick and wounded comrades
they, too, hearil nothing from Ne
braska. As sergeant in charge c.f the cffV.'C
of medical service at this hohpita!
from December, ISIS, to Octobet,
1919, I can say from personal know
ledge that I never hf-ard of any in
quiry from this state officially aa to
the welfare of the men there, and
I ask where were our state citica'.s
and what were they doing all ti-.is
time? Lists of patients to tl'.e hou
pltal, residents of Iowa, Illinois, and
Kansas, were prepared by ti e vsard
surgeons on Instructions froru head
quarters, and similar lists wild
have been made of Nebraskans had
any effort been made to look after
them. It seems to me that thl3
eleventh hour effort to do something
for the boys, coupled with news
paper publicity, is but to camouflage
the short comings of our state offi
cials. However, thanks to the work
of the Red Cross. Y. M. C. A.. K. of
C and Jewish Welfare board, the
boys were in a measure made com
fortable. Yes, Nebraska has ranked with
the top-notchers in all of the various
war activities, but the laxness and
indifference shown by our executive
and legislative officials towards the
men in the hospitals, as well as
towards those who have returned
home, is a blemish that will take a
long time to erase. However, our
day is yet to come.
EX-MEDIC.
TREASURE HUNT
FOR OMAHA BOYS
NEXT SATURDAY
jFree Membership in Y.
C. A. Hidden in Four
Corners of City.
M.
IN THE WORLD OF INDUSTRY.
About 8,000,000 tons of coal are
annually consumed in London.
Belfast, Ireland, has the biggest
distillery and the biggest tobacco
factory in the world.
It is estimated that the total of
British capital invested in Mexico
amounts to about $500,000,000.
Peat powder is now being success
fully used In Sweden as a substitute
for coal in the direct firing of loco
motives. Coffee sold for $29 a pound when
first introduced into England about
the middle of the seventeenth cen
tury. A deposit of coal estimated to
contain about 40,000,000 tons of
Rood quality fuel has been discovered
at La Union in Chili.
The production of electric lamps
In the United States now approxi
mates 130,000,000 annually, or about
one for every Inhabitant of the
country.
The process of crushing the seeds
of various plants for the purpose of
extracting the oils has been known
and employed In Japan for centuries
Scientists and inventors are trying
to devise a process whereby sugar
beet refuse may be used as a sud
stitute for wood pulp in the manu
facture of paper.
The neonle of the United States,
comprising about one-sixteenth of
the population of the world, consume
almost one-fourth of the world's
minnlr of sugar.
In Egypt cottonseed oil cake
seems to be proving a satisfactory
substitute for coal. The present
value of the oil cake is less than a
fifth of the cost of coal.
Japan is becoming a large manu
facture of toilet soaps, In spite of
the fact that it is necessary for her
to import most of the raw materials
used in the industry.
Tf the electricity now generated
annually in the United States could
be used in a single gigantic nitrogen
lamp, it would almost equal the sun
itself in brilliancy."
The nitrate of lime factory at
Rjukan. Norway, Is claimed to tie
the largest power station in the
world, and to be able to produce
200,000 kilogrammes of nitrate per
dav.
The annual production of wheat
in the world prior to the war
amounted to about 100,000,000 tons,
the largest producers being Russia,
with an output of 22,000.000 tons,
and the United States, which pro
virled nearly 19.000.000 tons.
No soaps containing animal fats of
any kinds are sold in India, because
of religious prejudice. American ex
porters, disregarding this fact, were
for a long time unable to build up
any business in India. Finally they
overcome the difficulty by printing
on the soap w-rappers the fact that
their wares were made wholly of
vegetable oils.
Always a minority.
Washington, the preliminary cen
sus figures show, has 437,000 people,
some of whom are not on the gov
ernment payroll. Kansas City Star.
THE APE.
I yearned to romp and frolin,
I yearned to laugh nd play, ,
I yearned to be a rover
Along the gypsy way.
And wander blithely singing
Forever and a day.
There was an ape that say me.
"You are my slave!" he cried.
He seized rny .hands and bound them,
My dancing feet he tied.
"Oh. let me loose!" I pleaded.
' Said he: "Have you no pride?"
I called: "Farewell to gladness!"
"Be thanbful!" muttered he.
"Just think of what a scandal
if you escaped from me!
I'll bold you chained forever;
T am your Pignity!"
Stanton A. Coblentz In New Tork Times.
Capitalizing; this desire in every
normal boy for treasure hunting;, E.
E. Micklewright, boys' work secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A., has worked
out an intricate scheme whereby
eviry Omaha boy between 12 and 1
years old may have this craving for
a search for treasure satisfied. Next
Saturday aftemon at 1:30 a real
treasure hunt will start from the Y.
M. C. A.
Invitations have been sent to sev
eral thousand Omaha lads inviting
them to the "treasure hunt." Every
boy in the city above 12 vears old is
edible. They need not be Y. M.
C. A. members. At exactly 1:30
rext Saturday afternoon all treasure
huntets will be l;ned up on the Sev
enteenth street side cf the Y. M. C.
A. and will be given the rules of
the contest. Each boy will be
given a printed sheet telling him
exactly how to find the treasure.
In four sections of the city, treas
ure has been hidden, north, west,
cast, and south. The treasure is in
each case u year's membership in the
boys' division of the Y, M. C. A.
The routes all start from the Y.
M. C. A. and landmarks are given
for every twist and turn that the lads
mu, make. A house with a certain
odd color or a combination of fire
hydrants, mail boxes, etc., at one
corner, or a peculiar sign on a build
ingr, and many other things which
will test the boys' powers of obser
vation. The only requirement for the boys
finding the treasure is that they
triust be able to tell when they find
the free membership at the end of
the trail, just where the various land
marks were that guided them on
their trip.
Should Y. M. C. A. boys find the
treasure, a year's addition to their
present membership, will be given to
them. In the case of boys who are
not members, the membership will
be made out to them for a year,
starting April 1.
SEEK TO ENJOIN
WAGE PAYMENTS
OF $1,000 MONTH
Suit Brought to Declare Mis
souri Valley Cattle Loan
Offices Vacant.
TRADE
"BUSINESS1S COOP THANKYOU
LV Nicholas Oil Company
Suit was brought by G. R. Meek in
district court yesterday to declare
all offices in the Missouri Valley
Cattle Loan company vacant on the
ground that the boaru of directors
acted contrary to the articles of in
corporation t'ebruary 10, 1920, in
appointing C. E. Burnham and G.
D. Butterfiel'l of Norfolk and F. M.
Currie of Omaha an "executive
board" and empowered them to
carry on all affairs of the company.
An injunction was also asked to
prevent the company's treasurer,
K. S. Johnson, from paying to the
members of the executive board a
retainer fee of $2,500 each and a sal
ary of $1,000 a month each.
The defendants in the case,
officers and directors of the Mis
souri Valley Cattle Loan company,
are G. C. Junkin, V. W. Gittings,
C. B. Gano. P. E. Mctfillip, L. D.
Ohman, F. M. Currie, R. S. Johnson
and W. H. Graver.
The company is incorporated for
$300,000. Most of the stockholders
live outside of Omaha. Many are
from Douglas, Wyo. The plaintiff
lives in Riverton, Neb.
A. HOSPE CO.
PIANOS
TOED AND
REPAIRED
III TTwrk Gnaiantiwd
Ul Dotiglas St. TeL Dong. 188.
After all, those who
experiment and send
their clothes to be
cleaned at various
establishments, gener
ally end up by sending
their work to
DRESHER
BROTHERS
Dyers Cleaners
2211-17 Farnam Street
Phone Tyler 345 Will
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MANY ADDITIONAL
Safety Deposit Boxes
$5.00
have recently been installed in the mod
ern deposit vaults of the
OMAHA SAFE DEPOSIT CO.
and may be rented from
Per Annum
Upwards..,,
Rooms are provided where contents of
boxes may be examined in private. Every
convenience and protection is afforded to
customers 'of this department.
OMAHA SAFE DEPOSIT CO.
Ground Floor '
Omaha National Bank Building
if
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and quality of materials used. Our
years of experience with both en
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and
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