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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1920. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENINGSUNDAY TBS BEE PtlBUSHINO COMPANY. PROPRIETOR NELSON B. UPDIKE. PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . T 4mociii Prut, at wuicb niBmii Mb, tl m MUlM to Um um for publlctlloB of all am Unwtcaf ftM to It or not oUunrtM mdltai In (Ml ptam, ud alas IM tot am rubUrtiM amla. All iifhu of puDUcatlo at iu wnUi d.witw ara alaa rmnut BEE TELEPHONES Print Branch Kxrhaot. Aik for th rp..l 1 AAA DaMitaat or ftrtlcalu Ttnoa WuUL 1 ylCT 1UUU For Nlfht aad Sunday Sarvlca Call: IjWntlil DaMrtaimt friar 1M0L CbcaiatiM Jtawrtawt iIm W0L 4nrtiUHf Daptnimnt Tjiw lMtt, OFFICES OF THE BEE Bom 09: J 7th it rreu. Bruek OStaaii . , Ml Norta Hit, I Souti Sit. MI if at. Ma Bluffi It tcau St. Walnut 111 KorU MUl rut ttlf Laaraiinrt I Out-of-Taws Offica.i Kw Tort OOot 2M Firm An. I Wuhlnrtog 1111 Q St. Caieato Stasw Bid I Pni Tunc. 430 Eat It.. Itiut The Bee's Platform 1. New UnioB PMBgr Statioa. 2. A Pip Lin from tk Wyoming Oil Fields to Omaha. 3. Continued improvarasnt of tko No. brs.k Highways, including I ha par, mont of Main Thorouf hfaraa loading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 4. A short, low-rat WaUrway from th Cora Bolt to tho Atlantic Ocoan. 5. Homo Rut Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Govsrnmtnt. HOME RULE FOR OMAHA. The Bee has added another paragraph to its list of desirable things to the accomplishment of which it will devote special effort. This is home rule for the city of Omaha, with a city manager form of government. Home rule is not a novel proposition for Omaha, although it yet is thought of only as a hope deferred. From the beginning of things it has been required that the city go to Lincoln whenever it wants to do anything. At the out set this worked little inconvenience and perhaps no hardship. Omaha has always been the metropolis, but its housekeeping affairs have run on fairly well in line with those arranged for other communities by the general law. Long ago, however, it was found necessary to put the city into a special class, created in conform ity with the constitutional provisions, but re ceiving the benefit or restraint of laws that apply to no other community in the state. Out of this situation has grown a condition that is not advantageous either to the city or to the state. The Omaha city charter is granted by the legislature. True, the lawmaking body has been disposed at all times to give us what we asked for, but the decision frequently has been reached only after a considerable part of the time of the legislature and its committees has been occupied in dealing with things that ought to be attended to at home. On the other side, the rapidly developing growth of the com munity has frequently brought difficulties be cause of the hampering restrictions of the char ter, which only could be removed by going to Lincoln, and relief from which had to await the convention of the general assembly. Thii state of affairs should be remedied. Home rule is within reach of the citizens, and ought to be taken on as a domestic responsibil ity, for the relief of the state as well as for the advantage of the city. The adoption of a form of government by ; which the business of the city will be handled " by a city manager is confidently suggested as a way to more efficient government. To have the ' executive and administrative authority vested in a single head is merely to adopt the system by which the United States is governed, and to which every success in business may be traced. It is the natural outgrowth of the commission form of government, and where it has been adopted has brought benefits of better service at lower cost. These proposals from time to time will be given such exposition as will familiarize our readers with them, to the end that when adopted the public will be prepared in all ways for the change. Discussion is invited, and criticism as well, that the matter may finally be wholly un- derstood. Our next city election should be held under a home rule charter, and the chief officer after that time should be the city manager, i Lamentations of a Loser, j In commenting on the vote which uprooted him as democratic national committeeman for Nebraska, Arthur Mullen takes occasion to de plore the breaking down of party lines under the primary system. This manifestation of the voter's ability to discriminate when given the opportunity is one of the foreseen results of the primary. That it would be destructive to party organization was apparent from the first. In fact, the proponents of the primary plan set forward this very fact, although, not in exact form, as one of their strongest arguments for its adoption. To let the people rule was the great end they had in view, and if the people occasionally make apparently captious exercise of the power, who is to complain? Surely not the defeated candidate, especially not one of the party whose leaders laid the greatest emphasis on the demand for a free and unrestricted op portunity for the voters to decide for them selves who should run. It is conceivable that party discipline will in some way survive the shock, and that responsible party government may endure, even with the tendency of the citi zenry now and then to go to the polls with a firm determination to rebuke some individual candidate whose course has not had general ap proval. Brother Mullen may console himself with the reflection that, if he is convinced republican voters decided his fate, some on the other side are equally certain that democrats and nonpartisans settled a few of the questions that perplexed republicans. It is always good policy, after the votes are cast and counted, to accept the result and wait for the next time. Japan's Financial Flurry. Ten days ago came word that a great bank in Japan had failed, dragging other financial in stitutions down with it, and causing a general panic. Then no word from the Flowery King dom for a week except that the Tokio Stock exchange has been closed for three days be cause of a smashing tumble in stocks. Now we hear that Japan has been entirely up to date in speculation in stocks, steel, silk, cotton, banks and shipbuilding, along with many foreign projects. Even a "corner" in rice was put ever that all but started a revolution among the poor, and millionaires blossomed on scores of industrial cherry trees. It is not surprising. The Jap is an ex tremely clever fellow. He has studied the United Suites, and its financial habits are model for him. Why should he not make money playing the market? Like nearly all Oriental races the Japanese dearly love a gam ble, and with a paper currency not any too strongly fortified by gold reeserves, heavy army and naval expenses, and a serious boycott on her trade in Clfina, the cards were marked for a smash. It came; but with a cunning unwise as a financial policy, the details seem to be pur posely withheld, which is likely to be more in jurious than beneficial in the long run to Japan's world credit. Fifty-Cent Sugar Predicted. Before the war sugar was sold five or six pounds for 25 cents granulated at that. Now it's in the air that it will go to 50 cents a pound. Senator Capper talked hotly of the present sit uation and future prospect of this commodity Saturday. After denouncing the speculation in sugar, the shipments to Europe, and the plans of the refiners for robbing the people, he calls on the government to seize every stock in the country for distribution to the public at cost, even while he charged the administration with permitting tin people to be fleeced for out rageous sugar prices without putting a curb on the "grand larceny in daytime" now practiced daily. In Philadelphia retailers contented with one eighth of a cent a pound profit on sugar before the war, are pocketing 50 per cent, selling sugar bought at wholesale for 17 cents at 25 cents a pound. And while this is going on, the Kansas senator says the speculators and profiteers in sugar "are known, but go unhung." The gov ernment is idle and indifferent, but the people are urged to buy war savings stamps to enable the spendthrift administration at Washington to live in nine-billion-dollar style on a six-billion income. It is indeed a time of widespread extortion, particularly in sugar and cotton, both profitable to the south. Senator Capper says the "spread" in cotton materials between the plantation and the consumer has reached about 1,800 per cent an amazing extortion due to speculation and profiteering. Silas A. Holcomb. Another important figure in Nebraska public life has been touched by the finger of death, Silas A. Holcomb, who served the state as judge of the district court, governor, judge of the supreme court and member of the Board of Control. In all of these official capacities Judge Holcomb brought to his duties the full power of a well balanced mind, an extensive knowledge of human affairs, and a. sympathetic understand ing of the problems that confronted him. He was governor of the state at a critical time, having to deal with some very knotty questions, and if he did not succeed in solving them all, he at least dealt with them as wisdom and prudence dictated and not for expediency alone. His record as executive was such as justified his later elevation to the supreme bench, where his legal knowledge and his judicial balance were of decided benefit to the administration of law and justice in Nebraska. Retiring because of failing health, he was again called to serve with the first Board of Control, and again aided In improving conditions at the various institu tions of the state through the application of his experience and wisdom. His retirement from the board was finally forced by his broken strength and he sought the comfort of a daugh ter's home in another state, where his days were ended. Silas A. Holcomb's name will be recorded among those of Nebraskans who were eminently useful to the state during their lifetime. Want More Out-of-Town Money. Announcement is made that theater .tickets will go to $4 'and $5 for a single seat in New York at the opening of the fall season. As Bob Ingersoll said, "the past rises before us like a dream," and we remember when $1.50 or $2 would buy excellent New York scats on the main floor, and 75 cents or $1 pay for the best seats in the first balcony. One theatrical pro ducer in New York says $5 seats will ruin the business; that prices should be reduced, and at once, instead of being raised. He is right. The theater is not a necessity in the sense that one must attend it either occasionally or regularly; It is not like sugar, flour and meat. A man may live without it. If he feels he must have dramatic entertainment, the moving pic ture shows afford a fairly satisfactory substitute for musical comedies and the spoken drama. And there are a hundred, perhaps a thousand, screen performances in comfortable theaters to one of the kind now seeking to "prepare" the public for higher priced tickets. In other words, four and five-dollar shows of the sort we used to see for two dollars or less, now have real competition. Doubtless this fact is what impels Mr. W. A. Brady, who knows a lot about theaters and the theater-going public, because tie controls many theaters, to say that $5 a seat will kill the business. Selling Their Incomes Short. Many admirable qualities constitute good citizenship, so many that a book presenting them all with their collateral application to the individual, his associates and the state would be a volume of large size. No less paper would be required on which to set forth the many kinds of unwise and evil conduct that make a man poor or a bad citizen. At the present time one phase of poor citi zenship is illustrated by those who are doing less than a full day's work and spending more than they are getting. Such men are a social liability. Among them may also be classed those already spending profits not yet earned. Thrift is one of the first qualifications of a good citizen, because upon it depend not only his own independence and self-respect, but to a large extent the opportunities of his family. "Co-operative Home colonies" to solve the housing situation and end rent profiteering are to have a try-out in Omaha. The average tenant will wish them well. Another war has been declared, this time on stiff shirts and collars of any kind. Why not go back to the blanket and "gee-string" and have it ended? Gompers complains that congress did noth ingthat he ordered, he might have added. Now that money has started after sugar, it looks as if a real race were on. A Line 0' Type or Two H.w ta Mia llaa. M tit ulM tall antra thay au. Five miles in two minutes I Do you re member the days of Dexter? "Shorty" Hensel will be missed old-timers. THUS far we have received three copies of "Have Faith in Massachusetts," composed of "speeches and addresses" of Calvin Cooljdge. These will do nicely. In fact, one is more than enough. We gave proof of our faith in Massa chusetts by being born there, and we have not wavered since that day. Peculiar Legal Tangle. (From the Colorado Springs Gazette.") Mrs. Zoa Baldwin Sublette ha brought suit in the County court against Willard J. Sublette as the result of a. dispute as to -whether the latter is entitled to remain in a house which he claims to have leased from her. "MY candidacy is in the hands of the Rods and the delegates," declares Nic Murray Butler. But, as Boilcau queried, "Can so much gall find place in godly souls?" SPEED. Sir: We have all heard of the man who was so fast that he could blow out the gas and be in bed before the room got dark; but the medal belongs to the South Bend fire depart ment. It was responding to an alarm when one native was heard to ask another: "Wonder where the fire's gonna be?". GRIPS. ANOTHER distressing result of prohibition is mentioned by Dr. Keillor, professor of anatomy in the University of Texas. Because of the sharp decrease in the number of paupers, the medical colleges face a shortage of material. The Old Tale: A Man and a Maid. Sir: We had a maid; she was born in Posen; her mental age was 12; she was awkward and slolvenly; yet somebody talked her off. They coveted our ox, ass, and maidservant all in one. Her successor was a dark horse not so very dark cocoa-color. Last Sunday we sent her out with the youngsters for a walk. She took them into the drug store of a hotel to get them some ice cream. The management made her wait outside the drug store while the children ate the ice cream they had ordered. Consider ancient proverb relative to "man's inhumanity to man." Called Central 2842 in response to ad. Reply: "We have only union help. If you meet requirements can furnish girl. Requirements: One day week oft after 8 a. m.: every Sunday after 2 p. m.; ten-hour day with one hour rest after lunch: individual room and bath: no wash ing; minimum wage, $15 per week. Instructed officials of housemaids' union to soak heads until swelling disappeared a favorite prescription. Inserted ad in Trib two-liner. One response. But the wife says she's a corker. And she ought to know! Glory! glory!! Hallelujah!!! M. F. "IT is believed," reports the succinct A. P. from Paris, "that this note will necessitate a pro longation of the length of the conference." And that would have the result, perhaps, of increas ing the period of its duration, at least for the time being. EXPLODING ANOTHER FALLACY. Sir: Half a gallon of hard cider (rapidly merging into excellent vinegar) to the corre spondent who can produce an authentic in stance of a person's pinching himself to de termine his degree of awakeness. GALAPINO. ; ACCORDING to the Trib, "Cantwell went to France with the ambulance corps and was given the choix de guerre." What was the al ternative? A RED, REVOLUTIONARY ATTACK UPON AMERICAN PRINCIPLES. (Huxley, "On the Natural Inequality of Men.") Men are certainly not born free and equal in natural qualities; when they are born, the predicates "free" and "equal" in the political sense are not applicable to them; and as they develop year by year, the difference in the po litical potentialities with which they really are born become more and more obviously con verted into actual differences; the inequality of political faculty shows itself to be a necessary consequence of the inequalities of natural fac ulty. It is probably true that the earliest men were nomads. But among? a body of naked wan dering savages, though there be no verbally recognized distinctions of rank or office, su perior strength and cunning confer authority of a more valid kind than that secured by Acts of Parliament; there may be no property in things, but the witless man will be poverty-stricken in ideas, the clever man will be a capitalist in that same commodity, which in the long run buys alt other commodities; one will miss opportuni ties, the other will make them; and, proclaim human equality as loudly as you like. Witless will serve his brother. So long as men are men and society is society, human equality will be a dream; and the assumption that it does exist is as untrue in fact as it sets the mark of im practicability on every theory of what ought to be, which starts from it. ALL the contents of the locker room were destroyed, including thousands of golf clubs. William Hardy, cashier of the Hinsdale bank, lost 195 clubs. For president of the Nut Club, William Hardy. WE WILL ADVISE THE WORLD TO THAT EFFECT. (From the Fargo, N. D., Courier-News.) The Lutheran Ladles' aid met with Airs. J. Helmark on Wednesday afternoon of last week. The interchange of courtesies among the three aids in town is marked. It is a growing factor and as a means of obliterat ing sectarian distinctions shoulld be sed ulously cultivated. THERE was no rioting after the Caillaux verdict. Two women pulled each other's hair, but that was all. Oh, for the good old days of Record of a Long Distance Telephone Call. April 21, 1920, 12:45 p. tn.: Called Oakdale j-iotei, BrooKport, ill. 12:50 Operator called up to say there would be a delay of one hour. 2:00 Operator wanted to know if we were calling Bridgeport. Put her right on this noint. 2:05 Operator wanted to know if Illinois or Iowa. Gave her this information. 2:30 Operator Informed us no Brookport In Illinois. Gently requested her to look again. 2:55 Operator informed us no Oakdale Hotel at Longport, HI. Sweetly corrected her. 3:25 Operator informed us that Brookport line wu out or oraer ana it would take a while to adjust it. 7:00 Gave up, and wrote a letter. AVE see by the card of the Imperial Male Quartette that H. B. Herrington plavs "first base" and J. E. Bunnemeyer "second base." You're out! Surely They Have Not Overlooked It. Sir: Referring to your literary case of an amazing day, when the sun set in the east, I submit the following: On a fine morning last month I arose on "the Lark" shortly before the train reached Santa Barbara from the north. As we rounded a curve my wondering eve beheld the risinc mm Just above the waters of the Pacific! Santa uarDarans are not reluctant to extol their mar vels of land, sea, and sky, but I doubt if they have ventured to elalm-a-j they justly may that in their favored region the sun can both rise from and set in their ocean. F. ."TAKE, OH TAKE THOSE LIPS AWAY!" (From the Freeport Journal-Standard.) A bill for divorce has been filed in the , Circuit court by Attorney Douglas Pattison for Joseph A. Kiss against Alice Kiss, his wife. OX THE OTHER HAND. (From the La Porte Herald.) Wanted To rent six or seven-room house by permanent couple. Excellent references. ' ONE must admire , the nerve of the New State Cafe and Restaurant. It advertises "Mod eri Prices." REPLYING to O. J. S.: Overalls worn by our snappy dressers are creased at port and starboard." "RUSH War Ships to Mexico." Post. "AMERICAN War Ships Rushed to Mcx- l XT ico. News. "RUSH U. S. War Ships to Mexico." Journal. What's the rush? OH to be in Florida, now that April'.? herd B. it T. How to Keep Well By Dr. W. A. EVANS SCIENCE REPLACES MAGIC. This Is the season for rheumatic fever. Beware! Not only is the disease important of Itself but it frequently leads to heart disease and heart disease is now our most fatal malady. A study made by Lambert in Bellevue hospital indicates that rheumatic fever during four years was one and a half times as prevalent during March, April and May as during June, July and August, twice as pre valent as during December, Janu ary and February, and six times as prevalent as during September, October and November. This is almost enough to establish that rheumatism is a seasonal dis ease to about the same extent that typhoid, pneumonia, measles and smallpox are. - By rheumatic fever is meant the old fashioned rheumatism the kind for which our forefathers carried in their pockets buckeyes and Irish po tatoes. According to Edwards, one-eighth of the cases are preceded by ton sillitis. Edwards wrote before, great attention had been concentrated on the tonsils, gums, and teeth. Look ing at the tonsils and teeth more closely as they do at the present time the cause is much more fre quently located in the mouth. Our forefathers carried their buckeyes in the wrong places. They should have kept them in the crypts of their ton sils or the cavities in their teeth. Rheumatism is characterized by fever, profuse sweats, and pain and swelling in one or more large joints. The disposition of the disease to jump from one Joint to another is well recognized. In fact the rheu matics themselves are suspicious of any inflammation which sticks to one Joint. It is much more liable to be something besides rheumatism. An acute attack of rheumatism commonly last about four weeks. The fever having subsided the man is somewhat lame for several months. He is lucky if a careful examination of his heart, made at this time, does not show that the disease has af fected his heart. To prevent the disease a person who is subject to rheumatism should have his teeth cleaned and polished at least once during this rheumatic season. If he has tonsil trouble he should have them removed or at least cleaned up and massaged. If he has chronic suppuration in his nasal sinuses or elsewhere he will do well to give it proper attention. According to the older viows he should wear flannel underwear and flannel bands, especially around the joints most liable to develop the trouble. Lambert's finding that there is more rheumatism during June, July August, than during December, January, February, gives the chilling theory considerable jolt. More re cent investigations tend to lessen our fear of local chlllings as a cause of rheumatism, but no one is justified in leaving off his flannels during the rheumatism season until the evi dence is more complete. For relief during an attack of the ox A Primary Puzzler. Gretna. Neb., April ' 23, To the Editor of The Bee: fuppono two nominees, A and B, are both run ning on the republican ballot at the primary election for the same office; B defeats A, and as there are no candidates on the democratic ballot the democrats write A's name on their ballots. Can A then legally run on tho democratic ticket at tho fall election for the same ofilco? A. L. W. Answer: He can. Nothing In tho law prevents a man from running on both tickets hs a candidate forythe same office, but the supremo court has held that he must decido which nomination ho will accept in event he is fortunate in securing both. In this Instance the candidate has been named by but one piirty, and Is clearly the nominee of that party, regardless of his expressed affiliation. disease, salicylates and alkalirs aro given. Opiates are not. Water should bo drunk freely. After an attack has subsided iron tonics and visits to baths are helpful. Meat bears no relation to the disease. It can be eaten in moderation without harm. Fixing Tooth anil Feet. Miss J. D. writes: 1. "Can you tell me what can stop the decaying of teeth?" , 2. "Can I do anything for flat feet?" REPLY: 1. Have your teeth cleaned and polished at leant twice a year. Clean your teeth several times a day with a brush and a cleaning compound. Supplement the use of the brush by using a cloth wrapped around the index finger. Have all cavities filled. Eat less sugar, candy, sweets and soft starchy foods. 2. Strengthen tho muscles of your foot and lowet, leg by exer cises. Stand on the edge of a two inch plank with your feet projecting. Bend the feet downward. Repeat 40 times night and morning. Wear broad shoes with a flexible straight sole. Walk with your toes turned in. IBOSMSSS COOP THANH YOtf Wants the I -aw Repealed. Geneva, Neb., April SI. To the Editor of The Bee: Since the prl mary of last Tuesday wo hear a great deal of complaint against tho primary law and it seems as though tho complaint was Justified. It ia to be hoped that ths next legisla ture will repeal the law. Of course, we all know that the old convention system had become corrupt, but the prlniury has become more corrupt tlimi the convention system ever was. That Is shown In tho last re sult of last Tuesday's election. There were many voters who went into tho primary, asked for a democratic bal lot and voted for Bryan and his delo pates who were republicans. They were anxious to defeat Hitchcock's plan for light beer and wines. Then tho results show that democrats went into the primary and voted for Johnson because of his extreme radicalism. Under the old conven tion system McKelvie would not have received the nomination nor would he have come any ways near It. Under the old system Nobrinrtca's delegation to the natlonul conven tion would have been instructed for Wood. Tha democrats who wont Into the primary and voted for Johnson because of his bitterness t ward England would not havo had a chance to get into a republican convention. Of course it is plain ly evident that the newspapers of tho slate will put up a big flsht fm the continuation of the primary be cause It gives them thousands o( dollars worth of advertising which tiiey would not get otherwi.se. r.ut on the other hand it costs the tax payers thousands of dollars which would be saved by the old conven tion system and in this day of hlRli (axes It seems as thouKh everythmi: that tends to increaso tho taxes ami tho cost of living should be elimi nated. , W. M. PURCALL. LV Nicholas Oil Company Gov. Calvin Coolidge ySays: ffTITE need a broader, firmer, deeper " faith in the people, a faith that men desire to do right, that the Commonwealth is founded upon a righteousness which will endure, a reconstructed faith that the final approval of the people is given not to demagogues, slavishly pandering to their selfishness, merchandising with the clamor of the hour, but to statesmen, ministering to their wel fare, representing their deep, silent, abiding convictions The fourth large printing of Governor Goolidge's book, "Have Faith in Massachusetts is ready. There is no second-hand thinking in this book. Read it: every speech has a vital message for this day and hour. i I At all heek-tttrn; tr tml pst H I poiifrtl.SOijtktpMith$tt R I Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1 A Last CaLL to Baptists The canvass for the Hundred Million Dollar Fund for the New World Movement of Northern Baptists nears completion. The last pledges will be written Sunday, May 2nd. It looks like Victory The success or Mure of the campaign, .however, can not yet be determined. onyouwQwust depend Only you can know whether or not you have done your duty. There Is no test but your own conscience. In this hour of world crisis, when humanity 's need surpasses that of any other day In history, a "let-the-other-fellow-do-it" spirit will not permit a man to look his own soul in the face unashamed. Does the pledge card you have signed bear "Approved of God" In unseen writing across its face? Perhaps you will need to tear it up and sign another. He knows the Insistent cry for help that the world is raising today. He has tried to reveal it to you. He reads your bank account and knows the extent of your prosperity. He knows what you are spend ing for luxury and for pleasure. It Is He who speaks through tho voice of your e nscience. Does your conscience say Approved of God? Quicken X This is the Last Call! TT 1
