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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 81, 1920. nun i I he Omaha Bee Y (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEI PUBLISHING COMPANY. . ... NEL8QN B. UPDIKE, PublUhtr. " MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS timiurf rim m vhicn Ai Da a namaar. la as. JWal aaUUad to It mm Cor publication of til am diapatcbar T.'Mf to It or not Mhtrwlw trtditw In thli Mpr. ud alts tha IMB UDlimad nanrin. All rithta af nuhltaatlM af M Batekaa an aim Mimd, MM Braaek brhur. Aw for Um ill; DM. Aak tm tha a VIA r pm Mt.i. lyicr iwv Far Night Calls After 10 F. M.I DaBaruaanl Trlar 1000L i papartraant .......... Tytar 10ML War 100BL ;rtlato Daparuacni ft I felaaaMa, - OFFICES OF THE BEE Mala omrt: lTth and Virata II Beott Jt. Booth Bldt Bit II Bt Owt-of-Tawa Offteeai . IN nrta ik i waninitoa uu a it r Bldt. I Ptrlt rrtact 4M But St. Honor I- - w; : The Bee's Platform nvw vnioa raaaenger aiauen. dj.J. Contiaued improvement of tha Na- break Highways, including tha pave ment of Mala Thoroughfares leading into Omaha with a Brick Surfaca. a . , . ... . !' anon, iowrate waterway from tne Cora Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. Horn Rule j Charter for Omaha, 'With City Manager form of Government. tlXS IT TO BE RRKATH CHf PBDMISP) !tM The public rtaction to Governor Cox's un . alified endorsement and adoption of Wilson's ireign policies and pledges has been anything reassuring to the Ohio governor's cam 'ijjlgn managers. It developed pronouneed re 'ntinent in democratic minds that do not run I )iflg with Wilson's, and signs of a shift of sails M visible. . ) ;, . " . 1, first, the New York World hears that :!vpandidate Cox and President Wilson went into ; p details of the. League of Nations," and "never get down to specific reservations," which be the exact truth. But, what necessity I BJ there fcr bothering over details, after Cox i'blicly confessed that he had swallowed the j'trre Wilson! program? r ijj Second, the governor's fag, the handy candi jjjjtefor vice president, trailed the World with J Je declaration that "the peace treaty and league tjrmot be regarded asfixed issues in the cain t j'S" " Just volatile, evanescent idealism 'J jlitical quicksilver you see! But too palpable Jji rdodge in view of the platform and the presi J, n't declaration after the Sunday conference. I ''ch tactics immediately stirred resentment in JtrWhite House. Hoity! Toity! Will not , javtrnpr Cox stay put? Is he an in-and-out, Cre-and-there, yes today and no tomorrow, sort '.mn? An all things to all men and loyal to ' me sort of fellow? Obviously there must be 'iwfthdrawal from that dangerous .attitude with tfodrow shaking his finger from the garret ;' the Executive Mansion. So we have a third policy of avoidance of t nday conierence pledge, the trumpets ,, . fcurish and the crier announces that the gover- r, shunning his record on liquor.pn suffrage, id those 1916 Jwar editorials in his Dayton ,''ews, has turned his eyes toward the progres I ve west. He sees promise beyond the Missis- fcr ioi anions- the nrofirrrssive who voted in the 1 publican primaries against the League of Na- ni, or for it only with stiff reservations. fitiG stuff for anti-league democrats. But 'tail's Bells" again at the White House and in jie xast among the Wilson idolators! jjrfeanwhile the public awaits Governor Cox's .tech on his notificatioji. He cannot sidestep jt ceremony with weasel words. 1 ; Currency for the Campaign. !Whn Candidate Cox came out with his de Afitl for a monthly showing of receipts and ex Ji3itures of campaign funds, he prefaced his I titement with an assertion that the republicans rVf preparing to crush him under the weight ,a enormous bulk of money, estimated to be vteast $100,000,000. This stupendous sum was I ' be used in any way possible to debauch and' I irrupt the electorate To guard against this, and I'ApTeserve the purity' of the ballot, Governor Cox Dposed that each thirty days the public be & ken into full confidence of the managers as to p t progress of the- campaign from the point of distributions and expenses. He probably did t expect the prompt acquiescence of Stnator I arding and Chairman ilays, but 'they at onoe i Jireed with the democratic candidate, assuring p m 4hey had nothing to conceal, and that they fftpected to use money only for the legitimate pence of the party's machinery. -An echo of IS now comes from the. complainants. Chair- in White, certainly with the knowledge of his rief, states that the democrats will not limit iVamounf of contributions, as they have osten '.tiously done in the last few campaigns, but fill give "scrutiny" to thfr source of any-noney p;at comes into them. To be sure. No tainyteel f oney will be, accepted, but Mr. White does not ff.;timater just what will be considered polluted ; 'jIL The days of 1917. when the floodgates of the easury were opened by the democrats and peitth .in great waves poured out to enrich is t'ose who were fortunate enough to connect ft' fth a government contract are not far enough 13 have fceca forgotten by the people, who fw billion disappear and leave no trace. t jiyhz some of this will find i!j Lcl: to C"ie coffers of the. Cox campaign exchequer, but is a safe guss that the "scrutiny" applied to it ill hardly be more severe than that to which ante UI inc pruiliccilllg uiiuci me aumuiisua- bh was submitted. Another World's Highest Dam. 'rOut in southwestern Arizona the Roosevelt n stands a marvel of' modern construction, itttieated to the reclamation of land otherwise orthless. It is typical of a movement general iVoughout the worfd. of bringing the waste !S3 into ccrvicc. The rfi&t Jan ct Assouan ava man control of tne waters of the Nile, and jjlted a huge stretch of Egyptian desert into a ind of magnificent production. Elsewhere simi- iT; project have had similar effect, and the est nas snarea in tne oenenis oi mis meinoa f Vestoring to usefulness soil that only needs I'iter to realize its fecundity. Now it is proposed to erect another great ajtn, exceeding the Soosevelt, to be the highest i , the world, to impound , water at present V "V,, art,;.!. u,lin firnnerht ntiilfr rnntrnl M redeem 500,000 acres in" the wonderful Im- Ate. eat ttaxa 11 a, mY iva ntrj4iiiff rtil tMitrfl (f coil that will yield the things the world 4 teds."".' The Bee has for many years been a i ersistent champion of reclamation by irrigation. ,Vn the first it has advocated federal control -'f the great projects, because only the federal vrerament can competently manage them.' the present instance it is interesting to 'j that the projectors of the new enterprise under .the auspices of the government are turn ing to the Kinkaid law for authority under which to proceed. This far-reaching application of the law written by "Uncle Mose" gives a new light on the great service he has quietly ren dered in congress during the long years he ias been there by reason of the confidence of the voters of the Sixth Nebraska district in his ability. The influence that has been exerted by Ncbraskans on the great work of reclaiming the arid lands of the west has been more extensive than most people understand, but some day will be recognized. ) Originator of Ice Cream Soda. . ' ' The man who discovered the pleasingquali ties of ice cream soda, and made a comfortable fortune providing other men with fountain equipment to spread the ice cream soda habit, died in Baltimore a couple of months ago. Some fifty years ago, to save a glass of soda water in which ice cream had been accidentally dropped, he drank the mixture and found it good. Having the commercial instinct, he made his discovery popular and profitable in Philadel phia. Now it develops that the -man's will provides that his tombstone shall carry this in scription: Here Lies x Robert M. Green Originator of Ice Cream Soda Why not? He beat everybody else to a pleas ing beverage that has quadrupled soda water sales, and he was proud of it. His provision in his last testament will perpetuate his jame, and that seems to be one of the purposes of cemetery monuments. An interesting, even if melancholy half hour on a rainy Sunday, might be spent by our readers in composing suitable epitaphs for themselves. If we could all be frank about it we dare say the most of us would not have as much to tell the world on our grave markers as Robert M. Grefn. The subject reminds us of an elaborate monument in a cemetery at Marietta, O., de vised by the man in whose memory it was erected. He made his money in the oil fields of that region, and at the top of his shaft his own statue stands by a homely oil derrick done in marble. He was not ashamed of his busi ness or himself, and always gets the attention of cemetery visitors. That's more than most of us can expect. That New Passenger Station., Not a day passes but adds its weight of ex perience to support the assertion that Omaha needs a new passenger station. Delays to traffic, inconvenience to patrons, and, all the other things that combine to make the present 'facili ties unworthy the great lines that center here, are not only present but are increasing. No one doubts that the business of the railroads at Omaha is going to increase as time goes on. The commercial and industrial importance of the city is mounting steadily, and the great transportation lines should prepare to take care of it.. Our passenger stations were established in the last century. They were ample then, and designed to care for the normal growth of the community over a decade. Omaha growth has been more than normal. Twice the population is here now that was served when the Burling ton and Union Pacific erected separate stations because Messrs. Burt and Perkins could not agreelon terms for one. Whatever of foresight was then evinced has been greatly surpassed by the actual increase in demand on the capacity of the station facilities. And now, with the pros pect of an even greater growth, it is physically impossible to properly take 'care of the business at the old stand. A new passenger station is just as much needed for Omaha as is the con tinuance of trains to serve the traveling public. Nothing is more imperatively indicated by the situation, and the sooner the railroads let go of the long delayed announcement that the im provement is to be provided, the quicker they will relieve a public complaint that is mounting higher with eVery train that is held up in the yards because1 the present depot is inadequate High and Low Buildings. Mr. Edwin S. Jewell of this city, in his ad vocacy at the Minneapolis convention of builders last week of low buildings as ultimately more profitable for investors than skyscrapers, reaches the same general conclusion to which a young man in this state came thirty years ago. The young man had no technical building knowledge, but worked out independently a conclusion which thirty years of profits have demonstrated to be correct. His problem, as we remember it, was between a three and a five-story building. Mr. Jewell's position is worked out on buildings of less or more than ten stories. Investors and builders all over the country have had trying experiences with structures built one or more stories higher than the profit zone.' Doubtless both the experience and ob servation of Mr. Jewell justify his judgment, and builders will be wise to study his argument. It is quite unpleasant to own a building that makes money in its lower stories only to lose it in the upper ones. , Government officials sidestep the question as to the "kick" in hard cider, but this does not warrant any great expectations on paj-t of the bibulous. Canadian government lines will meet the United States railroad wage schedule, which will make the Canadian taxpayers grunt some more. Marshal Foch is invited to be the guest of the American Legion. It will do him good to see where all the Yankee soldiers came from. Victor L. Berger is again a candidate, but he knows what the house will do to him, if the voters do not get to him first. Pancho Villa was almost as interesting to the authorities in private life as he ever was during his public career. j The Allies promise to protect Poland, but they will have to move fast or there will be no Poland left Candidate Cox will have to spring a new one his shot about campaign subscriptions was a "dud." ' The "farmer-labor" party is laying its plans, but what the country most needs is farm labor. Another Omaha attorney goes . up higher, just to encourage the beginners. Y. Alvaro Obregon is also using the front porch. That murder mystery remains a mystery. A Line 0' Type or Two Mm ta Ida Llat, M tha iuIm tall ariwra tht at. HOMERS. When Homer smote his bloomin' He smote his way to fame; But many million simple aouls Have never heard his name. lyre When Babe Ruth smites the bloomin' ball, And smites it o'er the fence, Hjis homer makes the Grecian one Resemble thirty cents. "SILENT CAL," as Mr. Coolidge is endear ingly termed by his friends and landlord, strong ly reminds us of the New Englander who re marked that sometimes he set and thunk, and sometimes he just set. HE SHOULD CONDUCT A COLUMN, NOT A STREET CAR. .Sir: I was taking a chair' to the furniture hospital, and waited for a street car that went my way. As I did not board the first car that stopped, the conductor remarked airily: "Waiting for a crowded car bo you can be sure of a seat?" BOB. 4 IN at least one respect racers of yachts re semble farmers. The weather never suits them. There is always too much or too little. YES, WE KNOW IT. WHAT OF IT? (From the Washington Times.) Do you know that: During the Middle Ages and in the renaissance period brides wore crimson to the exclusion of all other colors? "LINGERIE CLASPS for Three Hours." Canadian ad. My dear,' what next? Small Town Stuff. Sir: There are week-enders and weak enders. The local paper probably said: "Banker Thrip persent Monthly took a party of friends to Lake Hlpley Sunday. Bathing, tennis : and dancing were- indulged in to a late hour by the delighted guests." ...You ' are entitled to know the facts. Several 'carloads of people invaded our orderly camp, arriving after dinner. They romped and swam, and used the benches around the tennis court. . They utilized rooms for unadorning themselves for the -lake, and helped themselves to towels ad lib. And when the gong sounded for supper, which had been prepared for the in creased number, they cried: "Gosh! I didn't know it was that late! Where are the children? C'mon, mother!" And honk! honk! they passed out of our lives, having spent four delightful hours and nothing else. J. U. H. THE Coolidge house is said to be "severe in line, with at least the merit of utter plainness." At least? Commonplaceness is the desired vir tue in this campaign. A candidate who lived in a house which displayed more taste in architec ture than a cheese factory would land in the scatteringcolumn. v "EXCESS profits tax is-paid only by corpor ations," says Prof. T. S. Adams in the New York Evening Post. We had not suspected that we were a corporation, although threatened with one during the winter months. lays of the lake, ix. the lake .. is a blue-eyed , lady fair, j her waves ' , are lulling , and debonair all night i she splashes the glad sands, t , where I I lie and dream in the chanted air t that her fingers are combing' , my moonlit hair x ' if I had the lake in my own front yard I never would work at ell Just smoke my pipe" . and dream ) by the waves from April 1 x ' to frosty fall ; and in winter , I'd skate . . V from early to late I wrapped up ' in a Paisley shawl rlquarius How to Keep Well By DR- W. A. EVANS Qutttiont conctrninf hyflana, aanlta tion and pravantioa of ditaaaa, aub mlttad to Dr. Evana by raadara oi Tba Baa, will ba anawarad paraonally, aub Jact ta propar limitation, where a atamptd, addreated anvelope ia an Cloaed. Dr. Evana will net maka dlngnoalt or preacriba for individual diaeaiea. Addraaa letter in cara of Tha Baa. Copyright, 1820. by Dr. W. A. Evtni. EVENTUALLY, predicts Lord Robert Cecil, America will join the League of Nations. His Lordship is probably right. If there is a league to join when America gets around to join it she will join. And then all this present guffle about hundred pr cent Americanism will seem a wan ton waste of the supply of energy remaining to the race, energy which is dissipated by heat and unrecoverable. A CHEAP SKATE. ANY WAY YOU VIEW IT. - (From the Bloomington Bulletin.) On Monday evening Jesse Stevens had his buggy pretty well demolished. The accident occurred by a collision with an automobile which did not stop to see what the extent of damage was, whether life had ' " been snapped out, severe bodily injury done, or merely property damage. Of course we . suspect the driver was a cheap skate and did not have money to pay for the repair bills pr else he certainly would have stopped. At least it is most assuredly a distardly mean trick to say the least whether he had money to pay or not. . ' MR. WALLACE, who publishes Wallace's Farmer, says the agriculturists in the corn belt are much pleased with Harding. , It, is under stood that the nominee has promised them good weather ikjring the four years of his adminis tration, and comparative immunity from insect pests. YET SOME FOLKS SAY THE ENGLISH s : HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR. -' (From London Punch.) New Jersey has a clock with a dial 38 feet across. In any other country this would be the largest clock in the world. In America it is just a full-size wrist watch. AS his wife "lacked appreciation of his liter ary work," Harold Bell Wright has obtained a divorce. The quondam Mrs. Wright appears to be a bit of a critic. Correspondence from Japan. Yokohama, Jurie 21. In the humid heat of Japan's early summer a great inspiration comes over me; in fact it's next to overpowering. I've concluded that the reason the w. k. cherry blos some have no odor .is on account of the compe tition. A robust tannery would have some diffi culty announcing its presence in the good old summer time, and even a pole cat with all its poles working would be a geranium, as Old Bede Carder might observe, alongside one of the tur gid canals. However, with unimpaired eyesight and a cold in your head, Japan is enchanting. SIB. DR. JESSE GREEN died in West Chester, Pa., last week, aged 102. He was in good health, but he fell off a stepladder. And the extraordin ary fact in connection with his longevity is that he never used rum or tobacco, nor coffee since 1844. .. MINIMUMS YOU MAY NOT KNOW. Sir: One tire company asserts that the dan ger of air seepage in their tubes has been re duced to the lowest known minimum. You will admit that this Is getting It pretty low. . J. N. N. i DR. DALY. Harvard geologist, believes that Kthe ocean level has dropped some twenty feet since prehistoric days. He calls such a move ment "eustatic that is, general or world-wide." Now if we could have as good-looking a word meaning nation-wide, we might get rid of both atrocities, , AT LEAST KEEP OFF MOSQUITOES. Sir: She may not set the world afire, but I will wager a yen against your wampum that Corda Greenwood of Minneapolis will make quit a smudge. , HIP. ' . BYRON is Lloyd George's favorite poet, Meredith his favorite prose writer, and Handel his favorite composer. Not so bad for a states man. - - - , B. L. T. ' The Michigan Standard. '. Our own idea of a picnic hero is the man who without a murmur will drive back nine miles for the small package of salt for the hardboiled eggs that was left either on the dining room table or in the right hand corner of the third pantry shelf. Grand Rapids Press. . OVERHAULING HUMAN ENGINE, v Early in 1918 J. J. F., a civil war veteran, entered an old soldiers' home. He sends me this story for the benefit of old people and espe cially those in soldiers' homes. When he entered he was all in. He had an enlarged liver, kidneys were out of order, was passing a handful of green stones once in about every sixty days, bowels sore, tongue heavily coated every morning, sleep disturbed, suffered from hemor rhoids. His bowels moved only when he used a strong purge or a warm water enema. He had pain in the lungs and irregular heart action. It was only a question of a few months before as a machine he would stop running. Something must be done. This is what he did. Instead of eating three meals a day he ate two and the total amount eat en was less than one-half what he had been accustomed to. This he found difficult, as the food at the home was i "bountiful, tasteful, well prepared and prepared under the direction of an expert dietitian." Nevertheless he limited himself to two small meals a day. He took three or four tablespoonsful of wheat bran to the breakfast table and, turn ing this .into his coffee or milk, ate it with a spoon. Furthermore, he used mineral oil to regulate his bow els. He took two good swallows of this before breakfast. During the day he took another swallow. In this ' way he overcame constipation and piles. He got a block of wood 8 inches long, 2 inches 'thick, and 6 inches broad, rounded the corners and wrapped it in paper. Placing this under his shouldeis so as to raise them 2 inches he lay flat on his back and breathed oeeply. Then he moved the block down the backbone 4 inches and left it in that position for awhile. By setting this block successively at points 4 inches apart down his backbone he curved the column backward,' overcoming a natural tendency of old men to slouch down subluxation1 of the chi ropractors. He then turned' the block on its side so as to get a raise of 6 inches and went through the same series of back bendings. Next he took a block of wood 4x5x1 and nailed to it fingers 3 inches long and 5-8 inch wide. This he called his wooden hand. Attach- it ere are tunes amen voter Diano seems to respond indirentljr to your changing mood Tne cmrailiruj respons iveness of the matchless Mvaon matin to every playing mood is the delight or owner -and hearer-it is Loth the despair and tmat rained goal ojfthe makers ofall other pianos. Liberal allowances or eld 4 pianos. Gzoieztv. Our one price, our terms ivill interest you. We represent Twelve Dif ferent Piano Manufacturers. r 0$ 0, The Art and Music Store 1513 Douglas Street The Wealthy Man who has been the principal contributor to new enterprises, today has all that he can do to make ends meet. The great national income is that of the wage earner. SAVINGS 4 compound quarterly in terest. No notice 1 to with draw. First ten days of the month considered as having been made on the first day, American State Bank - 18th and Farnam Streets Capital $200,000.00 Founded on Security Built for Service Deposits in this Bank pro tected by the Depositors' Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska. D. W. Geiaelman, President s D. C. Geiaelman, Cashier H. M. Krogh, Asst. CaJhier 3- lng a cord to this he went up and down his backbone with it dally. With hia two wooden devices he ex ercised each morning before getting out of bed. This took about one hour. Then he brushed his skin with a kitchen brush. He then clasped his hands under each tout and brought the knees to the chin or as nearly as possible. Then he bathed his feet in cold water, dried them and rubbed them well and was ready to dress and go to breakfast. He is now free from symptoms and expects to live to pass 100 years of age. 1 As to Xcar Bctrs. C. J. E. writes:" "When speaking of kidney trouble, what is meant by the specific gravity being low? Does the drinking of soda water and near beers have any injurious effect ort ti.-s system when tak9ii in excess?" REPLY. The specific 'gravity is the weight compared with an equal quantity of distilled water. ' A specific gravity of 1020 means that each 1,000 parts water hold about 20 parts of heavier solids in. solution. Urine of low specific gravity may mean chrdnic Bright's disease or nervousness or a diet containing a large amount of fluid. - A moderate amount of charged water or near beer will do yon no harm. K. M. A. A first-class Church School for boys of good character. For catalog address Col. Henry Drummond The Kearney Military Academy Kearney, Neb. TRADE ARE YOU IN A HURRY? "BUSINESS IS COOP THANK YOU" The men in charge of L. V. Nicholas Filling Stations will attend your car without waste of time and will render you the' efficient service we are so proud to furnish. It takes just 30 seconds to put 10 gallons of gasolene in your car. There are sufficient attend ants and pumps at each station so that you are not kept waiting. J Two GOOD gasolenes: VUiCAN (Dry Test) 28c BLITZEN (Export Test) 31 c L. V. NICHOLAS OIL CO. Locomotive and j- Auto Oilsiv Keynoil The Best Oils We Know. Preaident Our Electric Pumps Insure Accuracy -Your Protection and Ours. U : ' a la Announcing The Grand Opening " OF. THE "SIL VER MOON" THE SILVER MOON was planned, designed and built to be Omaha's most beautiful refreshment and luncheonette parlor. Now we announce that it will be open to the public Saturday, July 31st. Here you will find the most luxurious Soda Fountain in the west-r-also the entire parlor is elaborately decorated in the most effective manner artistic wall decorations blending with French doors. Our parlor is finished throughout with selected American walnut. ' i Expense has been eliminated in making this the most luxurious refreshment parlor in the middle west.' Our SERVICE our CUISINE harmonize with the pleasant sur roundings. Our main parlor affords ample room to accommodate several hundred Omahans at one time. Special Music Rendered by Reese's Ladies Orchestra each member of this orchestra is a soloist! special numbers will be given by Miss Elsa Reese, soprano soloist. Special Luncheons Delicious Salads Home Made Pastries Special Ices Fancy Ice Cream Home Made Candy PASTRY Mr. Kinkenon, formerly of Courtney & Co., will be In charge of our PASTRY DEPARTMENT. Always a fresh supply of fancy pastry and bakery goods. Prompt, Courteous Ser'vi ice LUNCHES Light n co n d a y punches. Special lunches for auto par ties and after-theater parties. THE SILVER MOON Opposite Hotel Sanford ' 1910 FARNAM STREET SKREKAS BROS.. Proprietors- Opposite Hotel Sanford . ..! .ia -