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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1920. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publisher. MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tha Aivx-utnt Prmi, of which Th Km It member. It -einM?ir entitled to the nit for publication of "ill news rlmpitchee endued to U or nnt otberwlM credited In thii itper. ud aim the UwU aewi tmaUshed herein. All tlhu of imUUcatiou of our special OUpalches r alio reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Prit Brsatk Firhente. Art for the Tmm- 1 1W1 Pepertmem or Perioo Wuilett. IJltt 1UUU For Nifht Calls Attar 10 P. M.t MltorUI Department ........... fj ioool Ulrculatlon Department .......... Tyler 1WP8L AdnrUstng Department .......... Tyler IOOOL OFFICES OF THE BEE . Main Office: 17th and Fimsa nuttl Bluff! IS 8colt Bt. I Bouts Bide 13 U H St. Out-of-Town Offictst Jew Tort 1S Fifth An. 1 Waahlnrton JSll O Bt. Cbieaio Stecer lilda. Farts France 430 But St. Honora The Bee's Platform 1. New Union Passenger Station. V 2. A Pipe Line from the Wyoming; Oil Field to Omaha. .3. Continued improvement of the Ne braska Highway, including the pave ment of Main Thoroughfares leading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 4. A short, low-rate Waterway from the Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 5. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. SCRAMBLED EGGS. ' As the times comes for taking the cover off at San Francisco, it is more and more apparent that the eggs are delightfully scrambled. Ex pressions from leaders en route to the Golden Gate indicate such diversity of opinion and purpose a will make harmony 'extremely diffi cult. It it not alone who is to have the doubt ful honor of leading the forlorn hope through the coming fight, in which defeat is as cer tain as anything human can be made in ad vance, but irreconcilable division as to the prin ciples to be set forth on which the devoted candidate! are to make the offer. , Woodrow Wilson has deliberately injected his personality into the fight, and demands not only the adoption of his views as to the peace treaty and, the league of nations, but unequivo , cal endorsement of all his actions as president. Some able members of the party revolt at this. They have rebelled at times against the auto cratic attitude of the president, chafing at the pedagogic tutelage in which he has held his party and tried to hold the world. They recognize his blunders, both of omission and commission, and are not inclined to accord him the complete and perfect vindication he de mands. Senator Owen is one of these, and William Jennings Bryan is another, and they each have followers who will be heard from. Just as hopeless, and becoming more rigid each day, is the split in the party over the liquor question. Whichever horn of the dilem ma is seized, disaster awaits, for there can be no reasonable compromise between the two democratic elements. Illinois, New Yqrk and New Jersey delegates have gone through Umaha, raising the shout of personal liberty, knowing that when they reach their journey's end they will be confronted by a phalanx, for midable and determined, whose purpose is to establish the donkey on the water wagon for all time. Between these are those who make up the group whose members accept prohibition as set tled and who seek to omit both wet and dry planks from the platform. Other issues have dwindled before the light of these paramounts, the one of Mr. Wilson and the other of Mr. Bryan, the unquestioned heads of embattled democrats. As to the candidates, the choice may well be left with the democrats. Just as Wilson or his opponents prevail in the convention, so will the selection be made. Former supporters of the president, such as William F. McCoombs, who piloted him to victory in 1912, are now arrayed against him. "Jimmy" Gerard, his ambassador to Germany, is not even a lukewarm follower f'Wilson, and other leaders of the party are faking positions against its head. This will force' the candidate, whoever he may be, into the un pleasant predicament of being a factional rep resentative, regardless oi his personal views. ': This is one time when the old Wattersonian aphorism,-"the more fights the more demo crats," is likely to fail. " John D. Weaver, Optimist. ; useful and inspiring life was ended when John D. Weaver passed away. Only those who came into close and continuously intimate contact with him are competent to judge of the service he rendered. One who knew him but little said the world is better because he had lived in it. During a third of a century his life in Omaha was devoted to pushing the town ahead. His unselfishness was reflected in the fact that he did not accumulate any great share of wealth for himself, but many who did may easily recall some service he rendered them in their forward march. To Ak-Fn.r-Ben, the great institution through which Omaha's aspirations are expressed, he gave his time and effort with out stint. A member of its "working crew" and "booster committee" almost frm the very be ginning, he was especially equipped for the managerial duties he later assumed as secre tary, and which he discharged with such re markable success. No word of tribute can con vey any adequate notion of his zeal and energy, his patience, good nature and willingness to serve Optimistic service was his creed, and Omaha has lost a gallant, modest servant in his death. ' A Much Neglected Duty. " What proportion 'of the free and easy spend er for the past two years, we wonder, included in their liberal distribution of big wages a safe guarding fund for the wives and children they laye so well? It is a grave duty that every young man of family faces. He has not only the present comfort of his wife arid children to provide for, but their future in case of his death. Never was there a time when young men may so easily maintain life insurance. Why do they not all do it? i. Why do they not hunt for it.Jnstead of being hunted." Have they ever waked up In the middle of the night and thought what would happen to their wives if they should suddenly "pass on" without providing for them y, life insurance? They should look about them nd see the desperate plight of many a bereaved woman left with no adequate support, perhaps with a child or two clinging to her skirts. They Bbpuld get a glimpse of the anguish many a nMflow has suffered because she had to be gejarated from her .little ones to earn a scant living in some distasteful or galling employment When death comes to young or middle-aged married men who have not been able to build up large means, and who have neglected to insure their lives, with what dreadful regrets must their dying hours be tortured, as they toss on their beds, helpless and think of the unhappy prospects of those they are about to leave be hind! How can any young husband look his wife in the eyes with this duty undone? Burleeon'e Latest "Break." The remarkable capacity and zeal displayed by the postmaster general to both rule and ruin the department over which he has presided for the last seven years is nowhere more impressive ly exhibited than in his order concerning retire ment of old employes. With the postoflice forces already crippled and below par in efficiency, Mr. Burleson seeks to emphasize his disapproval of the civil service retirement act by peremptor ily dismissing all employes who have attained retirement age, regardless of whether they are serviceable or not. That the postoffice needs eery capable, competent man It can get is ad mitted by all its officials. Such has been its straits that the entrance examination long ago was dispensed with, and men and women have been taken in without any test of fitness, and even with this the department is shorthanded because it can not get the help needed. In face of this situation the postmaster gen eral, moved by pique, would still further hamper the service by dismissing some thousands of ex perienced and competent postoffice workers solely because they have reached the retirement age. If the situation were different, and behind these older men stood a long line of younger servants of the government, eager for promo tion attainable only when their elders stepped aside, the act of the postmaster general might, perhaps, find some justification in the situation. To arbitrarily declare that all who have attained the years requisite to retirement shall instanter leave the service, regardless of the effect of such a move on the handling of the mails, is press ing the power of an autocrat to the limit. The step is in keeping with the whole course of Mr. Burleson, whose management of the postoffice has been such as has brought chaos to the most important of all the government activities. If the failure of the mails, to function were asqribable to war conditions solely, ex cuses might be made; but long before the war came the effect of Burlcsonian methods were noticed. He found a smooth working organiza tion, moving along lines established by experi ence, and immediately set about a series of ex periments which soon brought confusion where order had existed, and such exasperating and vexatious delays in the handling of mails as aroused indignant protest from the public, which he has persistently ignored. One innovation after another has been tried, all given the ap proval of the department's publicity corps, but none of them bringing the relief the public needs. To this record he adds the crowning blunder of dismissing thousands of competent, capable and needed workers. The civil service retirement law is for the benefit" of disabled and incapacitated men. The Postoffice department is not a private institu tion, conducted for gain. Mr. Burleson evidently takes the reverse view of these fundamentals. He will have to back track, t'.iough, 09 his present position, or see the institution of which he is the head, entirely fail in its work. Consecrated Lives. Two Omaha women have just been placed on the retired list by the Board of Education, one after 40 and the other of 35 years of service. So simple a statement imparts but little of the work of these women. They gave themselves completely to the republic, with a consecration as fine as that of the soldier who loses his life for his country. The American public school is called our one great original gift to democracy; to be truly free the citizenship must be trained, and the foundation of this training is laid in the elementary schools of the land. . The school teacher is above all other public servants in the importance of her work, for as she is faithful and effectual, so is the sum of intelligence pre served and liberty made safe. Jennie Redfield and Effie Reed missed much that other women know. The joys and cares of home life and family responsibility were not theirs, but they had a part in the development of the manhood and womanhood of the city that is not to be measured by the light of a single home, for it is spread through thousands. Into their retire ment they will be followed by the kindly thoughts and good wishes of a host of boys and girls, grown up or growing, who owe to the de votion of these women more than they can calculate. "It is sweet and proper to die for one's country," but it is also magnificent to live for it. The Victory Medal. From the War department comes the an nouncement that the Victory medal is now ready for distribution to the men who made up the great army. Each soldier who wore the uni form is entitled to one of these badges of utmost distinction. It will denote participation in the mightiest enterprise on which the Americans ever set out, although one to which our nation is dedicated, the preservation of that liberty on which American institutions rest. The propriety of providing such a badge for the soldiers- has never been questioned. All could not share alike in the honors of war, for the opportunity was not equally presented, but all did partake of the glory bf defending our country and its flag, and all they mean to humanity, and each contributed something to the gloyous victory that resulted. So therefore it is fitting that each soldier be given this decoration from his country. Those who will have the added distinction of the "battle clasp" may be proud, for that mark desig nates the wearer as one who went through the hell of a modern battle. The Victory medal should lire cherished as a priceless possession. An important jury is about to assemble at Lincoln, charged with the selection of plans for the new state house. We suggest that what ever it does, it provide a secluded place into which statesmen can retire while changing their minds. Wedding guests arriving by airplane indi cates the progress of the race. This is a won derful age. German dyes are again to be admitted to America, if you doubt whether the war is over. Mr. Wilson's chance to "knock Mr. Bryan into a cocked hat" is at hand. Our democratic, friends seemvflustered A Line 0' Type or Two Haw to the Line, lat the aulas fall when they aiay. THE WILD GOOSE CIIASE. They say there's a pot of shining pold At the end of the rainbow's arch, And there's ease at the inn when the night falls cold At the end of a weary march; That lovers who toil to the Journey's end Find each the beloved's face, But the goal for you and me, dear friend, la the end of a wild goose chase. We have traveled far over field and fen With our eyes turned up to the height; Our feet have stumbled now and again, As we followed the bird in its flifrht; We have passed by river and market town, We have waded through ford and race, Tow'rd the magic boundaries over the down, At the end of a wild goose chase. Oh. the loiterer lingers for wayside flowers, And the beggar stops and begs, And the huckster barters for hours arid hours For the goose that lays golden eggs; But fools such as you and I will still Toil on to this one lone place, Where a blue flower grows at the foot of a hill, At the end of a Wild Ooose Chase. ANCHL'SA. RUMORS that Mr. Wilson intends a third term persist, in spite of his specific declaration that "I do not believe they will permit themselves to be led astray in order to gratify the vanity or promote the uncharitable or selfish impulses of any individual." A LIGHT SLEEPER. (From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.) Pierced by three bullets from a revolver and disturbed by the reports of the shots, Mrs. Rosa M. Doyle was aroused from sleep at 2 o'clock Sunday morning and found her husband standing over her with a pistol in his hands. THE mere f '.ct that Sig Kami, floor man ager for Gov. Edwards, has been identified with the brewing interests leads ClifTritz to headline, "Edwards Rushes Kann to Convention." What's tho Matter? What's the Matter? Wliat's the Matter! (From the Sat. Eve. Post.) "What is it? What is it?" cried Mr. Tayne. "What is it? What is it?" reiterated Mr. Payne. "What what is It?" cried Mr. Tayne, com ing closer. "What is it?" he exclaimed. "Why do you say that?" "Oh, no, don't say that. Don't say that." "Don't say that. Don't say that. That isn't so. That isn't so. That isn't so." A BASKETFUL of attempts to finish Stone Phiz's limerick has been received. One of them has a chance for the prize: "A ghost once appeared in a crowd Without the least shed of a shroud, A thing that is mostly Considered unghostly." Should the spirit of mortal be proud? E. B. R. THE ne plus ultra of sociability is to be found in Denver, where a real estate agent of fers a house with "three spacious bed chambers and large bath room with two bathtubs." IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE US. Sir: May I not ask if the finding of the pink silk garment with the initials of the owner out away is not a bit of 'press-agenting' of the early production of that screaming farce, "Up in El well's Room?" MIKE. "IT is said that many storekeepers are not relying on the freight service to transport goods from wholesalers and robbers." South Bend Tribune. And the proof-room chorused, "Stet!" TO CF.LE. You say you wonder how I make the Line, Your own poor luck, you rue it. For glory only once was yours. In fine, You wonder how I do it. Press back the sob that quivers on your lip Smile through your tear-dimmed optics. ; Take, if you will, my confidential tip Can classic stuff. Play "Chopsticks." Fling gobs of ink at foibles of the day, Pan public folk bombastic, Turn serious stuff to words of humor gay By comment writ sarcastic. You've often looked upon the Boul Mich girls Who wear the lacy stocking. You'll surely make the Line by taking whirls At them with comment shocking. My rules are awf'ly simple, but they're right, This is no idle soothsay. I'm writing my advice on Sunday night, To make the Line by Tuesday. W. S. How to Keep Well By Dr. W. A. EVANS OtifKtlnna conrerning; hvuirne. eanl tntlon Htid prevention of diiwa. ub mitteil to Dr. Kviins hy render of The llee, will be annwereil x'rioiiully , sub ject to proper limitntiun, where; a stamped, addressed envelope la en cloaed. Dr. Kvmn will not make dtasnnsia or prescribe for individual diseases. Address let! era in ceure of The llee. Copyright, 1920, by Dr. W. A. Evans. "BEGINNING Saturday, we have arranged to serve a short dinner at $1.50 per plate, in ad dition to the regular table d'hote dinner at $2.50." Olympia Fields Country Club. Portions are so small these days! DOING AS WELL AS COULD BE EXPECTED. (From the Highland Park Press.) Mr. and Mrs. George D. Stagg, of San Bernardino, Cal., are the proud parents of a baby boy. Mr. Stagg is still in the mili tary hospital. THE Retail Lumberman has a yarn entitled "A Tale of Two Cities," which begins, "No, there isn't anything Shakespearean about this story. We merely 'mooched' one of his titles." ADIEU ET NO.V AIT RF.VOIR. Air de M. Du Mollet. Bon voyage, Monsieur Hirate, A San Fiasco retournez sans suffrage. Bon voyage, Monsieur Hirate, Et souriez at the frowning of Fate. II. D. THE height of recommendation is achieved by a Warsaw merchant, vho writes: "Being in possession of your address, I have the honour of recommending me to you as an agent." KISSED BY THE AMOROUS BREEZE. (From the Madison Capital Times.) Wanted to buy one 16-inch osculating fan. Commercial National Bank. "AUTHENTIC INSTANCES." Sir: I offer one-quarter bottle of Creme de Menthe (domestic) for an authentic instance of a child having been born with a silver spoon in its mouth. C. S. Sir: Three cakes of yeast for an authentic instance of a wife hitting her husband on the bean with a rolling pin. ANNABF.LLE RING. (Friend Al Is willing to turn over his pre scription for a pint to anyone producing proof of a person's eyes popping out.) IT is wondered by S. R. P. why Boni & Liveright did not publich Vance Thompson's "Eat and Grow Thin." WHY THE BOUL MICH WAS CROWDED. (From the Crown Toint Register.) Harry B. Nicholson and Irvin Linton have made arrangements to drive into Chi cago tomorrow. AT a local wedding, the proceedings were opened with the solo, "Sing, Smile, and Slum ber." BOY, PAGE MOTHER GOOSE! (From the Kankakee Republican.) n Lost Baby Bunting in Aroma park, near Cole's store. Reward. MR. McADOO has a smile as pensive ami childlike as the Heathen Chinee of Table Moun tain. And we will wager that he is playing a similar game. You remember Ah Sin: "In his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four packs. Which was coming it strong, Yet I state but the facts; And wo found on his nails, which were taper, What Is frequent in tapers that's wax." B. L. T. Huge Coaling Plant in Natal. A new British coaling plant has recently been erected at Port Natal. The plant is stated to be the only one of its kind in South Africa, and it is claimed that it is one of the largest belt con veyor installations at present in operation for coaling vessels, ALCOHOL AND EFFICIENCY. Yesterday the story related to the drinking and absorption of alcohol. This one gives the immediate ef fects of alcohol as determined by the medical research committee of the British natnonal health insur ance. The eommiteee endeavored to dis cover the effects of alcohol on ef ficiency. It worked on just two questions efficiency of persons who had taken alcohol and the. food value of alcohol. Each experiment lasted five weeks. During the first week and the fifth the subjects took no alcohol. In the second week they took one ounce of pure alcohol, to which was added one-third of an ounce of fruit syrup and five ounces of water. This was taken at dinner. During the third week the alcohol was taken on an empty stomach. During the fourth week the daily dose of alcohol (with dinner) was two ounces. The task was typewriting. Tho investigators took into account both speed and tho number of errors. These experiments were made on eight men and five women. There was a moderate slowing up in type writing. The mi t marked effects, however, were in errors made.' Er rors were increased two to four fold. Alcohol on an empty stomach was much more harmful. One subject increased his adding machine mis takes 74 per cent after taking clar et on an empty stomach. . Sherry taken on an tmpty stom ach increased one woman's mis takes on a typewriter 156 per cent. One subject took a glass of port at dinner without increasing the num ber of his mistakes. Alcohol taken in 5 per cent strength was about three-fourths as effective in causing mistakes to be made as when the same dose was taken as a 20 or a 40 per cent bev erage. Claret was found to be slightly more harmful than pure alcohol. Brandy straight caused more errors than claret, but diluted brandy caused fewer. Tho conclusion was that persons drinking alcohol and doing office work did lews work and made more mistakes than persons who did not drink. 7 Having determined that alcol.ol Is a poison, the committee sot. out to discover whether it is a food. When alcohol is consumed somewhere be tween 2 and 10 per cent of it is thrown off as alcohol by the lungs, kidneys and in sweat. The balance is burned in the body. It can sup ply about 30 to 40 per cent of the energy of the body, rt cannot re place protein" in the diet, but it can in a limited sense replace starch and fat. If the amount consumed is small it acts to a considerable de gree as a low grade food. If tho amount taken is large the poison features come into the ascen dency and it serves only slightly as a food. It increases the heat pro duced only slightly, but it inereares the amount of heat thrown off ccn siderably. Therefore, a man who has consumed considerable alcohol feels hot, but he may have a tem perature below normal. The gen eral conclusion is that it cannot be considered in the same category as other foodstuffs. Torpid Liver. A. D. writes: "I wish you would give me information in regard to liver trouble. What kind of focd to eat, etc., for a torpid liver, what ex ercise to practice for it, or what will act on the liver." REPLY. Torpid liver is another name for constipation. Eat bran bread and bran as a cereal, plenty of vegeta bles and fruit. Drink water freely with meals and between. There is no exercise that is better than work ing in a garden. Lie on the floor with your toes under a piece of heavy furniture. Raise jour body to the upright position. Repeat twenty times. Sleeps Poorly. J. W. writes: "I am employed nights at very light work from 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. and have about an hour or so sleep during the night. When I reach home I am unable to sleep during the day only for about two hours at a time. I drink milk before going to bed; also have taken a hot footbath and eaten raw onions, but do not seem tc be Wythe upremr The revolutionary device which makes the sounding-board of the Mason Sr Hamlin proof against deterioration is called the'Tension Resonator!' No other piano has it. which is why none is as long-lived as the Mason tV Hamlin. Ask us to 7 ZF7 A Priced ffigtesr Praheti 1513-1515 Douglas St. The Art and Music Store helped. Can you advise me what to do to Induce sleep?" REPLY. Three hours' sleep a day is not enough. If you cannot get more than that you had better change your job. Do not sleep at all at night. When you return from work eat your heavy meal and go to bed shortly thereafter. Sleep in a dark ened, quiet, well ventilated room. Do not take any sleeping medicine. Warts Am Mystery. H. H. writes: "1. What causes warts? 2. What is the best and quickest eyre for them?" REPLY. It Is not certain what causes warts. One theory is that they are due to something like bacteria. By taking a wart, grinding it in water, f.lterlng tlu water through a . orce lain filter, and injecting it into tho skin warta have been produced. This seems to prove that some warts are caused by a filterable virus. There seems to be no proof that a wart on tho skin can seed the near by skin with warts. 2. There are scores of wart reme dies. All are good. Many treat warts by searing them wiih a piece of hot metal or 'piercing them with a hot needle. Some paint them with some salicylic neid corn cure. In some cities clothing is now being offered at from 20 to 50 per cent off. At the bathing beaches it promises to be 99 per cent off. lial timoro American. i nun mi n i i i i i i i - Beautiful Pianos I 1 for rent : : Expert Tuning, ; Repairing, ; ; Refinishing - : and Moving - 2 Phone DougUt 1623 for Z 2 Eitimatei. 1 i SchmoIIer & Mueller ; I PIANO CO. 114-16-18 South 15th Street. Z ii i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ii Tliere are still some bankers who are Irying to SERVE in a way which might have been good business fifty years or so ago LUit, knowing men as wo do, we prefer to meet them in a "c h e e r f u 1," straightforward (may we say, good old western) manner, and to give such SEUY ICi: as will be both, profitable and enjoyable to all our cus tomers. Come in any time (in vour shirt sleeves, if you please), mullet us ltely to make yours a 13ETTEH l3lSLNLNb. Nzrihrnal Bank The Bank WHh an INTEREST In I0F. 1503 Farnam American State Bank Capital $200,000.00 18th and Farnam Su., Founded on Security Built for Service A word about Savings WHY This department has in creased $100,000.00 in a short time. A compound quarter ly interest added to your ac count. Deposits made on or before the 10th day of any month considered as having been made on the first day. A good place to put idle funds waiting for investment, or funds accumulating for in vestment at a higher rate. Subjec to withdrawal without notice. Deposits in this bank protected by thi Depositors' Guaranty Fund of the State of Nebraska. D. W. GEISELMAN, President. D. C. GEISELMAN, Cashier.. H. M. KROGH, Ass't. Cashier. Most Unusual Brass Bed V alms Will be offered by H. R. Bowen Co. on Saturday Brass Bed $24.75 Like Illustration The Posts are two inelies in diameter, the filling rods are ? substantial and rigid. X Two Other Bis Values i Massive Post Beds at.. $28.75 Continuous Post at $d4.5U All Wonderful Values. Beds now on display in our windows. Many added features for Saturday in our Drapery Department. Confidence More than 13,000 women and 22,000 men make up the list of the owners of Swift & Company. - Every state in the Union is represented. Of this great enrollment more than 10,000 are employes of Swift & Company who own shares in the business. An additional 13,000 employes are buying shares on deferred payments. These men and women have confidence in the company's poli cies, its integrity and purposes. That is why they invest their savings in shares. Swift & Company has been paying dividends regularly for 34 yeas. The present rate is 8 per cent. Swift & Company shares are bought and sold on the Chicago and Boston stock exchanges. The company itself has no shares for sale. ' The shares represent actual, tangible values. There is no water. Anybody livestock man, retailer, or consumer may buy them and thus become a part owner of Swift & Company. No one man, no one family, owns as much as half of the stock. This advertisement is for the purpose of acquainting you with the fact that Swift & Company is not a "close cor poration," and that any one may participate in the profits and share the risks and responsibilities by becoming a shareholder. Swift & Company, U. S. A. Omaha Local Branch, 13th & Leavenworth Sts A. W. Gross, Manager