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r THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1920. - The Omaha Bee 5 DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY TBI' BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publisher. MEMBERS or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ,". Tbe AHomat hw. of wtlth Tbe Bee II aaajbar, M e. . tlMirali aoUUM to lb uee tat pnMlcalloa or all iMira eliaalrtiaa - awUtad to It or oot otharvwe cndlud la tale eerer. and alio tne ..' Ion I m autKtahrd Benin. All flfhte of DuMloaliee at oar epaeUl djapetcbae are alao reetrved. BEE TELEPHONES ' PrlTtt Branch txrhante. kit. toe fee Tw let 1 AAA Wanted. - J " Departaeat or Fareon Far Nifht Calls After 10 P. M.I tdjterta Department JireuJetloa Department fcdTartlilng Dapartmant Trier loeoi Trior 100U. - Trior 100IL OFFICES OF THE BEE Main iKIm: 17th and raraea IS Scott 8t. I South Bid Out-of-Town Offlcoai !S9 Flftb An. I Weahtnaeon 1311 O 8t Stoiar Bids. I Parn rraaca !! Baa St. Hoooro i I Cooed! Bluffa ! Tori Cluoafo mi at The Bee s Platform 1. New Union Passenger Station. 1. Continued improvement of the No. braska Highways, including the pa to- man! of Main Thoroughfare loading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the Cora Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. guessed at, but in all probability be will find" enough of snobs to afford him all tire dancing partners he desires. However,, unless his royal sensibilities are uncommonly impervious, he will treasure in his memory the deserved snub he has received, and in tjpie will get a much higher appreciation of the genuine American woman, and understand why she is revered at home. OMAHA'S POLICE DEPARTMENT. The city commission is about to act upon a proposal to reorganize the police department, the first step to be the dismissal of Chief Eber stein. In making its decision and putting it into effect, the commission has reason to use its best collective judgment and to proceed with most painstaking care. i As always, the enforcement of law through the police department has been the most vexing of all the questions that have confronted the ' city administration. It is no reflection upon the integrity or purpose of the commissioners to say that the problem has not been solved. Other men, in this and other cities, have failed at the same task. The fact stands, however, that Omaha's police administration has been mud dled. The commission has now to consider whether it will continue to muddle or will face 1 the problem with courage, judgment and tact. It will do no good to reopen old sores; the city will gain little by attempts to attack the motives or tear down the, reputations of men, who, The Bee is convinced, have done their best, although that best has failed to meet the '; necessities of the situation. What the city of Omaha needs today is a chief of police with ability sufficient Jo organize - 200 men into a single cohesive unit, intelligence " enough to know the law, honesty and couragA . enough to enforce it without fear or favor, and the knowledge of human nature that will enable him to win and hold the respect and confidence of his employers, the people, and his subor dinates, the police. The Bee suggests that under the circum stances an army man or a retired army officer may well be the man to whom the city com mission should turn. Such a man as Colonel Grant, recently retired, should fill the bill. The police force is admittedly demoralized. It needs a leader. It needs a he-man 'with brains, with red blood, with "punch." The city commission should seek such a man and when '. it find, him should make him chief of police in ! fact as well as in name. Subject to general principles and broad polices, he' should run the ' police department with efficiency as the sole s test and the administration of justice as the only aim; He should not be embarrassed or harassed by the interference of the police Superintendent or other commissioners in matters' pertaining to the personnel and internal organization of the department. He should be employed as an ex pert, and he should be given the full authority necessary to do the job. . , ? " Senator Thomas and His Party. Colorado democrats, and through them the world, have received another proof that Charles Spaulding Thomas is devoted to principle, and would rathef enjoy the freedom of his conscience than hold high office. ' When his party besought him to accept nomination as a candidate to suc ceed himself in the United States senate, he re plied that he was not in line with the San Fran cisco platform, and could not, therefore, stand on it while asking for votes. He frankly and ably opposed the president's policy in the treaty de bate, and voted against the League of Nations covenant, because he looked upon it as 'de structive of American interests. Now he de clines to stultify himself by posing as a candi date on a platform he can not heartily endorse. In other times Senator Thomas has found himself at variance with the policy of his party, and has not hesitated to so declare himself. In 1892, when Grover Cleveland was nominated for the presidency, Senator Thomas bolted be cause of his free silver beliefs. Six years later he was chosen governor of Colorado, and in 1912 was sent to the senate of the United States. His service there is contemporaneous wi,th the administration of Woodrow Wilson, whose policies he has frequently opposed, particularly in connection with foreign relations. His service has been to the country at large, for he has courageously battled against unwise and extravagant measures, no matter from whence they emanated, and has under all cir cumstances stood a staunch advocate of con stitutional government. His retirement' will re move an able man of rich experience and estab lished courage, and will also add another notch to the record of Wilson in the way of silencing minds that do not run along with his. The Sour Milk in the Cocoanut. Europe today proves the impotence of the League of Nations as at present constituted. jTwenty-nine nations banded together to. end war now constitute the League. They include the European powers that helped bring Ger many to her knees. Their league has been in existence for months, with full power to act, and the League's law that they shall act. What is happening? ' Poland spurns the eastern border "fixed" for her by the "peace" treaty, and grabs 200 miles of Russian territory. .Russia comes back with an army now at the gates of Warsaw. Wilson, repudiates Russian soviet government. Eng land would recognize it. France pins her faith to General Wrangel, who fights soviet rule. And the League of Nationsl What is it doing? Not a thing. It is ' powerless, paralyzed, its members at cross purposes. ' And Mr. Wilson and Governor Cox tell us it is all our fault because we did not swallow the League without reservations. That, means, if it means anything, that the 29 nations now in the League .expected 'us to settle all the dis putes and wars (including those now going on) with our soldiers and money. The league of, 29 nations fails to function in this grave emer gency, while its members dispute. They, want the United States to do the functioning, to guar antee the military and financial obligations of the League, to endorse and underwrite the 'wars of Europe. So do Mr. Wilson and Governor Cox. - ' - ,; How about the American peqple? Do , they wish we were now in the Russian and Poland struggle? Do they want us served up in every European war? Go out on the street and ask your democratic friends about it your neigh bors who have sons of military age. Put the question to the mothers of our boys also.; t That is the real-honest-to-God question that js'to: be. decided at the polls next November once for all. A Line 0'Type or Two Mae to tka Llae. M Wo lN Ml kr Irian aty. . ' TO PHTRAKCHIXO. O yearning; colleague, moderate that pish! y Final Test ; for Merchant Marine.: . The federal government has announced terms pn which the cargo carriers, built during the waj! will be turned over to private owners. These . are liberal in the . extreme, . permitting payment.to'.Dr, jm?ae trom trie earnings oi xne vessel, thus enabling shipping concerns to 4 acquire their fleets or to extend ' existing ones at a minimum of investment. Such liberality is rare, even in the United States, where we are accustomed to something of javishness in the way of public contributions to new enterprises. No matter what the cause, American shipping . languished,' until the sight of . Old Glory in a -'foreign port was one of the rare experiences of J traryjt' partakes of the nature of cordial d travelers, lmpeuea oy me war, we vemurcu deeply on the construction of vessels designed primarily to carry freight. "These have, proved worthy of the purpose, and now' the govern ment has 1,200 vessels of "more than S.OOO.QOO deadweight tons to dispose of to' private con cerns. V.- ' '', . During a quarter of a century many plans were brought forward, each having for its ob ject the restoration of the American merchant marine. AH included subvention ;n some form, but none was entirely satisfactory. Here is the richest subsidy ever offered. Substantial, sea- iVorthy ships, capable of operation at minimum expense, equipped with all modern devices, and proven as to qualities, offered to purchasers at a moderate prrce and on terms that will not soon again, if ever, be obtainable. ; How serious the existing transportation com panies as well as the great exporting combina tion? are in their desire for an American mer chant mapine will be indicated by the results of the impending sale. The bargain is pre sented, the needed laws for protection of the . enterprise have been enacted, and only the com ing of the new owners is awaited. The Ship ping board anticipates success, and, for the -matter of that, so do all who are well informed in the matter. It begins to look as if the Ameri can merchant marine were born anew, out of the great war. , , i, . Prince Geti a. Deserved Snub.- From San Francisco comes a Vtory tnat , ought to be perpetuated in America, .The wife of an American army officer taugh a foreign prince a lesson in etiquet as well a affording him-a. better notion of the high "'standing -of American womanhood. Prince Carol of Rou mania, who has made for himself the reputation . of being something of a devil among the ladies, signified to this young American matron that he would "condescend" to dance with fjer. She very promptly sent him wqrd.lhat she would, not under any circumstances condescend to. dance k with him. Just how this sprig of roa'ty will accept thV lesson thus conveyed; may only1 be 'CL4.'-?a.'. .. ..V I ' . " -J- , r jsTy ' " "' ' " Georg White Saya a ChinfuL . Democratic Chairman George White.'bumped off his plans for "progression," is on his. feet again.. Pressed by the wets for encouragement lie makes this emphatic-party announcement' from New York: , ' ' The democratic party is not going to base its campaign on a beer and light wine policy.' It will , stand squarely on the national plat form and for law enforcement.. The wets can interpret this platform any way they choose. There is not one-half of 1 per cent of en couragement for the wets in this. On the con- . 1 a lis- approval of their plans. Uttered under the nose of the demands of New York democrats in their state platform for -real beer and wine with no restrictions on sales and no taxation on the traffic, it has all the earmarks of a savage re buke. - ' . i J . What is the democratic thirst that it should presume to butt in on the sacred Article X and the plans of WootJrow for having the United States fight the wars of Europe? Wicked Destruction of Pood. Most abominable waste morally .. if riot legally reprehensible in the highest degree is reported from Wilmington, where eighty car loads of Delaware white potatoes were dumped into the Delaware river to decrease the supply and maintain the market price of this household food necessity. s Every man who shared in this robbe'ry of food resources ought to be driven out of busi ness and association with decent people. It seems there is no law against a man wan tonly destroying his own property. There ought to be, in any event, a statute against that sort of wickedness, and when it is committed to keep up the prices of food, or 'clothing, or any other necessity, the penalty should be especially severe. Finns may excel at throwing the javelin, but when it comes to throwing the bull, you have to give it to the average democrat. l" 1,-" 1 ; ' '. ' -Governor Cox -finds the speed Regulations as inconvenient as the president thought the Con stitution. -;' ',- ' Those ambitious jsbViets , had better look twice before they start to subjugate America. '-' . ' Now the! joy-rider is to be curbed by cost. Boosting the price of gasoline helps some. v Charles Spaulding Thomas would rather be right than be senator. , . : . Nebraska's corn fields are living poems now. Far too exotic are thy vistas all. Heed first they native country's wooing call To epots accessible in Northern Mich. r Achernar know we not, nor tropic flsh; No wild goats leap, no whistling parrots pall; For larger, mellower moons we do not fall; Tet Natyre here, extends a bounteous dish. Where sapphire Vega gleams, where .Spica shows Its diamond rays, while, sinking to Its rest. Amber Arcturus wheels into the west v , And huge Antarts like a ruby glows, Here canst thou wander over silver sand And split infinitives to beat the band.. . ' ARIOSTELI.O. "AFTER the detour we always get back to the main highway," moralizes, Mr. Harding, "likening modern travel to some of the problems of life." It is plain that he has been motoring in the Columbus section. There is a terrible detour between, we think, Springfield and Columbus, which set us moralizing recently, in pale blue language. ' "TO us," declares Mr. Watkins. "the su preme question of the year is not equal suffrage, the League of Nations, labor, Mexico, or Ar menia; the great issue is the entire extinction of the liquor traffic." Of course. Just so, to the Puritans, bear-baiting was the- supreme ques tion.. Every man to, his obsession. "SOCIETY owes me a chance to redeem my past." urges Mr. Ponzi. Agreed. .And what interest rate shall we fix? Fifty per cent? APPARENTLY THIS PERSON SAT IN A CUS TARD PIE. (From the Minneapolis Journal.) Will pay reward to party who found trousers in Royal Lunch. Main 9281. SOME readers of this journal tee-hee be cause it credited to the Chinese the invention of "explosive gunpowder." But thjs is to dis tinguish it from gunpowder tea, which is not explosive. HOW SWEET THE MOONLIGHT SLEEPS UPON THIS PATOIS! (From the Milwaukee Sentinel.) The house Is almost entirely surrounded by a screened In veranda about a smaller patois or courtyard. , THE WONDERFUL WORLD. t (Summing up (Chapter One of an unpublished "Political and Social Economy for Grammar Schools," by P. cribbles Wrott.) wTiat is Politlcalt Economy? The economical irte of politics. Is there such a thing? Only in theory. What is a food illustration of the extrava gant use of politics? . Chicago. Are there too many people there? Yes, and everywhere else. Why? Because common things breed with rapidity than uncommon things. Are human beings common things? Very. With what are they endowed? With the sum of their ancestral instincts like other animals, only more so, and with an in satiable desire to loaf at another's expense, to wear silk shirts with resounding stripes, and to own or operate a motor vehicle. t Are there no exceptions? A few here and there, but they do not count. Are they not the ones, however, who are drawing the spiral of progress? Perhaps. But that spiral forms ultimately only a circle. What is then, apparently, the proper func tion pf every human being? To avoid work: to persuade or coerce others to one's way of thinking or acting; to answer definitely, emphatically, and precisely all uiH. mate and unanswerable questions, to gratify the senses and obtain all possible comforts without effort; and, if these things cannot be done, to demand communism, clamor for free speech, howl at injustice, and raise hell. And what is hell? It Is no longer a thing Imagined or prognosti cated, but a state of being, our present state. Is it likely to continue so? 1 . It is, for humanity 4s fast ruining the earth, beyond repair. greater SPALDING'S ad. "One-third Off. All Wo- 4-men,'s Bathing Suits," seems to have interested our contributors immeasurably. rerhaps that was the object of the adi WE can generally pick out' the new readers of this department 6f human futility. For ex ample, a bunch of them clipped and sent to us a recent paragraph in , which we related that a golf ball pitched by Mr. Vardon "hit a Jady on the bounce." V,; THE CANDID INNKEEPER. ' (From the Danville Commercial-News.)" St. Louis Hotel. Wabash Junction. , Rooms for housekeeping, sleeping, and . other purposes. H. R. Bennett. Call at " rear. ; SECRETARY COLBY'S note, we under stand, is to be distributed over Russia by a flock of aviators. Concerning Slogans. . Sir: A slogan should have lilt and rhythm. One' cannot make a slogan out of Harding and Roosevelt. With Cox and Coolidge it is better. "Cox and Coolidge! Cox and Coolidge! Seven per cent and no damned foolidge!", I wish we might have back the old days of the torchlight processions. I was a little girl then, but my brother marched, and three of the torches he got were around the house for a long time. Once, when my, little dog Clarissa was lost at night, we lighted the 'torches and found her crouched, against the fence, . utterly bewil' dered.. I did so want to write to Mr. Garfield and thank him. , LYDIA PINKHAM PILZ. IT transpires that Scott was not the author of the line, ''one crowded hour of glorious life," but a Major Mordaunt, who penned it in 1791. We who knock off these happy phrases 'have only to wait, and literary history will do us justice. ( TOO BAD IT'S COPYRIGHTED. WE CAN GIVE YOU ONLY THIS MUCH. ( (From "Chautauqua's Story.") Real muBlc's a part, I very often the start ofr programmes for evening or day. There are sometimes duets, and more often quar tets, by musicians who truly can play, Or who sing with rich voices the songs of thelf choices, which hearers would gladly pro long; So they ofttimes repeat, as surely is meet, that which gives great delight to the throng. NO doubt you noted the latest blow to Ire land. Diarmid Lunch, food controller of the republic, has resigned.' ' ALL RIGHT. WE HEAR YOU. Sir: A Moon car, purchased by Mr. Beam of the A to Z Auto Supply Co., clamors for your attention. ' R. A. THRILLED, MY DEAR, THRILLED. Sir: Would you be interested to know that Miss Mary Carton of Earl Park, Ind., sells eggs? MARY JANE. "FREE verse," warns the poet D.v H. Law rence, "has no goal, it has no finish." Alas! we feared as much. B. L. T. The Great Wall of China. The Great Wall kept, out the barbarous no mads of a few centuries ago; it is as power less as a chalk line on the' earth to exclude an aeroplane. In Canton the old city wall has gone; that is merely a symbol. Breaches in the wall are being made by dozens, perhaps hun dreds, of thoughtful Angle-Saxons in China. They should be encouraged to continue their efforts, for they work, not only for China, but for the benefit of humanity. They are practical missionaries who let in a flood of light upon ignorance. Hong Kong News, x Something to Puzzle Over.- "Divorce statistics." Says the Globe, "show 156,176 men divorcep in a year and 185,101 wo men." Maybe, but what were those 29.025 extra women separated from? Boston TransuuaJ. How to Keep Well :. j By W. A. EVANS " ' Quoatioaa cencornlaf kvftaia, aanita tioa anal provontion of diaomao, sub nitteoi t Dr. Evan by raador et Th Bm, will b aiMwarad poraoaally,' ub joct to p'ropor limitation,, wboro a atampad, addrl onvelopo ia en closed. Dr. Evan will not mak dtagnoai or proacribc for individual dUeaao. Address letter in car of The Bee. Copyright, 192, by Dr. W. A. Evanu HOW AND WHEN TO FAST. "Yesterday,' the 25th, being a Jewish holiday," J. H. writes, Ifttst ed for a whole day and a whole night, not even drinking water. I would like to know. whether fasting is beneficial or harmful. I reduced five pounds." " ) There is no objection to fasting. In fact, breif fasting spells will bene fit most of us who consider our selves in good health. Many diseases any symptoms of disordered condi tions are benefited by brief fasting spells. Some writers attribute some of the good health and endurance of the Japs to their habit of fasting, as a cure for various minor disorders, as well as their habit of occasional fasting when no disorder is present. The laws of certain religions which prescribe periodic fasting are in ac cordance with - sound physiologic principles. However, if the fasting is overdone it may result in acidosis with headaches, rapid pulse, fre quent urination, and other symptoms. If these symptoms develop it is wiser to take food, preferably some oatmeal gruel. A fast of 24 hours is safe enough for practically every one. In fact, few people are disturbed by a two day fast. The hunger and "feeling of goneness" is less on the second day than n the first; after the sec ohd day, the suffering from hunger is almost nil. I have known tasters who on the third day have developed headache, rapid pulse, and frequent urination. On the other hand, I have talked with men who have fasted much longer than that and they have told me .they suffered no headache, no rapid pulse, and no other symptoms which could be attributed to acidosis. The disease in which fasting has achieved most reputation is diabetes. Fasting diabetics are given, if it is deemed necessary, a little coffee without cream or sugar, and some times a little alcohol. In this disease there is a great tendency to acidosis; therefore, it is often wise to begin the fasting gradually. First, all greases and fats are eliminated from the diet, then the prqtein is markedly diminished, and finally the jump takes place when the man is eating a small amount of starch, very little protein, and no fat; or, to put it more simply, one day a man Cuts out all butter, fat meat, and gravy; the next day, all meat; the next day. while on vegetables, fruit, bread and cereals, he starts his fast. A man while fasting should drink enough water. As I understand, no religious law demands that no water be taken.' . Try Eating Bran Bread, H. L. writes: "Two years ago I had an operation on bleeding piles. After that I was advised by a promi nent doctor to take a cup of senna tea every evening before bedtime. I have kept it up since, and feel good while eating it, but am afraid it will affect my system if-1 keep it up. I eat vegetables and fruit and drink lots of water, but that does not help me very much. The only relief Is the senna tea. Please advise if it is harmful." REPLY. v Senna tea is about as near harm less as any drug you can use. Why .not eat bran bread and bran as a cereal instead?. "BUSINESS IS GOOD THANK YOlf 11 i s) I LV. Nicholas Oil Company v - ". A 4. 4- tneticaa m name arid. oumr?rshiT). Wfc worldwide infts matcnie is the less supremacy, 011 t .1 see, tne ex- auisite small errands just recelved.J You will find twelve r different Piano fac tories' lines on our floors. The Art and Music Store 15 13 Douglas Street tees a World War Yeloran Complains. Omaha, Neb., Aug.- i4.To the Editor of The Bee: The way things are going on in Europe at the present it would seem like we were going to get embroiled in anothef war over there sooner or later and 4t strikes me that the American people, busi ness men and ihe government should stop and consider the possibilities of obtaining another army before they become involved to deeply. Now in the last War th young men all went sway and left every thing' behind them;, thinking, that surely the people Who stayed at home would give them fair shake, but when they returned -they were cer tainly surprised, for the patriotic girls who took Jheir jobs were not quite patriotic enough to give them up or the heads', Of the business houses were not ' patriotic enough to tell them tlfat .the men who held their place had. returned and that they would have to dispense with their services in order to make room for those who had made the sac rifice. No they, told the men that they could return to work but would have to take a place below some girl and receive less wages, than they; Now of course this has left a very pleasant impression upon the minds of the former soldiers, and will greatly tend toward increasing their readiness to enlist In case of another war, How many of the people of thi city know that the boys that enlisted in the Sixth Nebraska regiment did not receive one cent from the time they enlisted until they were drafted into the federal service, some ot them having lost two and three months' wages bv doing so. Now who was supposed to pay them, that is what a great many of them would like to know, and I think it is for someone to find out and have this remedied, for they have something coming trom the. sate of Nebraska or someone else,--ar least in my mind. 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