j - i THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1920. The OmAha Bee DAIIY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEX PUBLISHING COMPANY,' ' NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publlaktr. - MEMBEftS OF THE ASSOCIATED tUSS Hi ImiiM Praa. at wax Tbe Bm i a tlaeiral euu4 U ttt M for oabliuNoo of til an otoae rlud to tt or aot lUumi) cnrtttet to ihii sopor. en elm ' Ian I nm oatuae ktrata. Ail tifku of puWlettloa of ou otoBiol intkei ero elo Will oMitorfet Deowtaenl Cwoaluloa Ponortount Adtlila Dtetrtaau BEE TELEPHONES. . Aik fat t TVT. 1000 For Nlgat Call Aftar 10 P. M.I . Nnti Bnueh deauife. tHiBMil u Pews Wutoa. Trior lMOl Trior 1WM. Trior MM1 OFFICES OF THE BEE ; .. eucU llafft II boom at I loutn 814 13 U X ft Out-ef-Tewa Offices i Km Tori IN rifta Ao. Weohlnttes 1311 0 it QUstfa Sua Bldf. I Prli frtnee I M So (k Bono ; The Bee's Platform ' 1. New Union Puwspr Sutian. 2. Continued improremeat of the Ne. braska Highways, including the pare meat of Main Thoroughfares leading lata Omaha with, a Brick Surface. 3 A chart, low-rat a Waterway' from tha Cara Bait to tha Atlantic Ocean. Ham Kal Charter for Omaha,' with City Manager form of Government. AGREEMENT AS TO RUSSIA. Sorpe satisfaction must be felt over the ac cord with which the United States and France appreach the Russian question.-' The "policy adopted by these great republics differs, in some degree from that manifest in. Great Britain, chiefly on the point of how far political recogni tion may be extended to the sovictst 1 It is not very likely that Lloyd George. wiU go to the extent that seemed lo be indicated as possible in his late note to France, which suggested the not altogether' insurmountable obstacles "fd deal ing with the Lenine crew as responsible leaders in Russia. The French go-ernment adopts the language of the Colby note as its own, while Italy is similarly committed, ind thus we are as sured that if England does move as intimated it might, the step will be taken alone, and this under existing conditions is hardly to be thought" of. Advocates of the 'League of Nations, who have been so earnestly asserting that our -country could not be called into war on account of Poland, might wish Secretary Colby had been a little more circumspect in his language,-, when ad dressing a deputation of Poles. The seeetary of state then expressed himself that the Aineri-s j cin government w-ould support 'PoHsh indeperl f fierce to the full, extent of the constitutional J ' power confided in the executive." .It, is cdrrifort- ing to know that at last the executive admits that the Constitution limits his power; but it i$"tiisi Sir quieting to have the secretary of sUte officially j express himself thus: 'i"V . We cannot go to the .relief even of Poland,, ? provided the-view prevails that ye i-have no V !?;' concern with anything beyond ' our national' J . it borders. The question, you see, in its larger ''': and truer aspects is a political question. I, 'V call your attention to the fact tliat'the attitude"" jf' j' of this government can only be the attitude of '. -its people; and you, as American citizens, have )k P -r the power to determine the trend and the 1 . weight of public opinio ,;..- r "k ? In simple terms,' Mr. Colby tells these Ameri disorders are bubbles that will burst as the waves of world disturbance gradually subside. More petty setbacks come from the maladroit meddling of politicians than from any other source. The people of Europe want peace and are going to have it, even1 if it becomes necessary to kill off the trouble makers in order to get it. fican citizens of Polish birth, "Vote the demcraf?el,1 ticket; elect Cox and we will save Poland." A more shameless use of official position for par-4-'tisan political purposes has not yet been uncov ered. If this isythe depth to which' American statecraft and diplomacy has descended, the jwhole world will welcome the election of Hard - ing for the change it will bring in an office once J I. I 1 ! t- J ' - '. TV 1 J ff 'Cf0"010' Sucre democrats as rucnara winey, II i :sueh sritnmen a Tohn Havl ind now uneA. far t r. . -J- t vward politics by Bainbridge Colby. ' Traneportation and, the Farmer. When the farmer has garnered his crop, hra Important -'Very If True. At last the American eagle may again stand upright and look the whole world in the face. His savor faire, his amor propre, his nonchal ance, his verve and his metier (if you know what that means) have been restored to him.. His. scream will once more be loud and raucous, and the lesser breeds of birds and mammals will lie low when they hear it. "'.'' "How come?" you. ask us. Well, just read what Franklin D. Roosevelt told his hearers at Butte, Mont., Wednesday: The republicans are playing a shell game on the American people, because they are still busy circulating the story that England ha . six votes to America's one. It is just the other way. As a matter of fact, the United States has about twelve votes in the assembly. Until last week I had two of them myself, and now Secrethy Daniels has them. You know I have had something to do with the running of a couple of little republics.. Facts are Jhat I wrote Haiti's constitution myself, and if I do say .it, I think it a pretty good constitution. Now, isn't that just too cute for anything ? AH this time Keynes and Dillon and Gibson and the rest have been depicting. Wilson at Paris in the role of Little Red Ridinghood, or Alice in Won-, derland, or Daniel in the Den of Lions, and we have felt sorry for him, when, as a matter of fact, he was just trying to conceal the truth that he had not only hornswoggled Lloyd George and Clemenceau and Caproni and the other smooth Ephs who represented the effete monarchies of Europe in that conclave, but actually had skinned them out of their eyeteeth. Of course the truth had to come out some time, and how delicately the democratic candidate for vice pres ident goes about to divulge the secret. How Mr. Wilson must swell with pride, when he thinks of this disciple of his, and how Bain brjdge Colby will shrivel in envy as he views the triumph of "F: R." Then, consider the element of modesty that resides in the simple confession of the shrinking violet candidate that he had up to a few days ago two votes himself, but had turned them over to Josephus Daniels. "I wrote Haiti's, consti tution myself," sezze, "and if I do say it, I think; it is a pretty good constitution." In view of the fact that it was prepared in the Navy depart jjnent, and that Haiti is just now governed by the Marine corps, any form of constitution so prepared and presented will undoubtedly look good to Haitiens. " Try to imagine the spectacle of Uncle Sam, walking into a meeting of the League of Nations, supported by Haiti, Santo Domingo. Guatemala, Costa Rico, Panama, and Cuba, to offset the votes of Canada, Australia, the South African Union and ; India. No wonder Mr. Wilson kept still about it; but Mr. Roosevelt has .spilled the beans! ! problem is only half solved; he must get it to market, and the cost -of transporting it de- ilktermines his real profit. This is elemental, and' : .requires no demonstration. It follows,- thenj J f"4hat any change in transportation .directly af- fects, the value of all the farmer produces, and t' incidentally, his land as" well. i,Xs '':. The primary , element of the transportation ;;!problem as relates to agriculture is the hauj.from Jf the farm to the railroad. This is determined by M fiht quality of the highways, and explains the .nterest taicen oy farmers in gooa roaas projects. jThen the accessibility of tidewater becomes a "ifactor, for the final selling price of the farm's utput depends on world markets. Hence The 'jrBee's sincere advocacy of the projected water-way to Europe via the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river. f Here enters another factor, of much impor tance in the west. Some of the most prolific, and not always the .newer, grain producing jfegions are remote from railroad facilities. In (western Nebraska, hauls of forty miles to get H rain to ears are not uncommon. The expense i of getting crops out is discouraging to these S Ytarmers. who are not ahie to earn the proper ; .ireturn ror tneir enort oecause oi tne advanced i .'cost of operation incident tq the difficulty in ii preaching, a market. They-are now asking f,or jj 'relief, and will probably be' before the next leg t islature -in quest of help. r j It is' axiomatic that access to market is es $ jifential .to success for any producing industry. ft rtt is equally clear that counties such as Chase, t :hr example, can not prosper as they should until j $ ?'they ire given; railroad communication with the ' ! tauter World. -Right now several hundred car- I - Joads of wheat are heldjn Cha.se county simply ; it . because the growers can not get it to the rail- ! jr road. Transportation is the vital factor in the- i t farmer's problem out there, and must' be pro I f "S-ided. ' , . ' ... .' I 5? ---a? I Froth From Europe. i - ' s-' I here Is a, vast amount of bunk in the sen f aational stuff sent over from. Europe by highly t V.aia newspaper correspondents whose chief ob 4 ject is to ferret out and magnify dissatisfactions. .Even the copy .supplied by .Colonel House may Jbe included. We are told, for instance, that aoviet Russia plans an alliance with Germany i vreliminarv to the subfuBition'of France. Ens- anl and the United States. . The fact is, Germany wants peace, not-only I I "with Russia, but with atl countries. She has had I Ber fill of war. We are getting merely the foam ; pi foreign affairs. The deep and all powerful I Undercurrents are given little attention. They I ; 4re for rest, for normal conditions, for work, for poduction, forinythin hut war. The present A Strange Cleopatra. Women who have this curious power of in citing men to violence are seldom beautiful, to the eyes of ah unprejudiced observer. Their power rests on some deeper witchery. Cleo patra's coins show her a hook-nosed harridan, but she changed, the history of the world at .Actium. Chicago Journal ' t : ; Cleopatra -jvis 1W Vet, forty when she poi soned, herself,' and 'ail the weight of history is againsi any such classification of her face and form as that' conveyed by the words "hooic riosed harridan." Plutarch, (whose descriptions of the personal appearance of people he wrote about are generally accepted as authority, says Dellius "had no sooner seen her face" than he was certain Antony would not be unkind to her. The great historian and biographer himself said "her actual beauty" was not incomparable,- but it, w ith her charm of manner, voice and culture, "was irresistible." So Antony found it, at any rate. He met her, Plutarch says, "at the time of life when woman's beauty is most splendid." (she was then 28) which can hardly be rejected as evidence of her beauty too strong to be offset by an ugly coin. 1 Dr. Smith, in his "History of Rome," speaks of her beauty at IS; and at 28,, when she set out in her barge to capture Antony, she took the "most beautiful of her female slaves" with her. So clever a woman as the Egyptian queen, had she herself been ugly, would not have done that. Dr. Smith says "her wit and vivacity surpassed even her beauty." Another convincing fact is that the sort of dalliance Antony enjoyed with Cleopatra does not go with unsightly features, no matter how winsome a woman's intellectual Piifts may be. We cannot escape the conclusion . that the Journal has been deceived as to Cleopa tra's facial charms by a false coin. I Delight Not the Word. , Professions of delight by democratsbecause they think they are "driving Harding off the front porch," are a little premature. The senator will make quite a number of speeches away from home, but the front porch also will be a busy place until November. ; . Even in the event that Senator Harding 'abandoned his porch speeches, and . went all over the country delivering addresses, the effect of them would not be delightful to his political opponents, for .his appearance is notably at tractive, and his personality a great 'asset. We have not a doiibt that every public appearance he makes away from home will add to his ma jorities. , -. , ' If his travel delights the democrats, we shalT be delighted with them. Mysterious phials cast up by the sea are get ting a lot of attention down east, but they are not half so eloquent as the "empties" tossed overboard by joyriders. A smart Kansan says his theology is to turn down every tramp who calls him -Brother; all Others being welcome. Mexico promises to reform ' again. If the gentle caballeros ever do settle down, they may find time to settle up. ' If wholesale prices really are lower, the bene fit may yet reach to Mr. Ultimate Consumer. "F. R must not overlook the fact that "T. R." once punched cattle in Montana. j Chairman George White also knows when he has had enough. A bumper crop of corn discourages nobody. Ponzi played no favorites. ' A line O' Type or Two How to tk Lino, tat tti tttlos tall whtr tkoy any. - '"WHOM the mad wags fp Gloucester way call the Ponzi asinorum," observes - F. P. A. Showing, perchance, that the m. w. u. G. w. are occasional readers of this column. A BALLADE OF ALCATRAZ PRISON. Actors, a party gaily dressed; Scene, ferry boat, the "Bonnie May." The spieler tcheckered suU. green vest) . . Is reeling off his little lay: , "Now, friends, you'll kindly step this way Goat Island, Oakland, and the piers; Alcatraz, where there is, they say, A prisoner for a hundred years. 'Now, just a little to the west. The Campanile across the Bay, Erected as a last bequest " . . (Bell rings. All hurry to the quay.) But thoughts are errant things and stray. And, he whose heart heard, only hears "Alcatraz where a man will stay A priDi;er for a hundred years." i .- , . Not his tall Tamalpais' crest. Not his the clouded waters grey. Nor ships upon the ocean's breast, Nor any wonders grave or gay. His but to rot. the helpless prey. In bitterness and pain and tears Of every hopeless night and day A prisoner for a hundred years. Forget the price that he must pay. The sky is blue. Forget your fears. Forget (for it is sweet to play) . , A prisoner for a hundred years.. P.W. B. BOLSHEVIST sympathizers broke up a church service in New York with cries of "Yah! Yah!" " This expression of opinion is commonly heard in the jungle, and is accom panied by a shower of cocoanuts. . NEWS FROM BIRD, CENTRE. (From the Eureka, Cal., Times.) Sir. and Mrs. McCaw and 'family of San .: Francisco stopped at the McKee place over night. . 1 . Mrs. J. V. Snipes Is recovering after her. serious illness. R. A. Woodcock made a business trip to Briceland Saturday. AT a mass meeting in honor of Archbishop Mannix "Speakers predicted the speedy crumb ling of the British empire." 'Twas midnight. In his Sinn Fein tent, ' The Turk was dreaming of the hour "IT is useless," says Georg Brandes, consid ering wisely the Russian situation, "to send ar miss against ideas." But he-adds, for those who are fearful'of revolutionary ideas, that' an idea has never passed from one country to another without assimilating much of what it encoun tered in this other land. WILL SOME RACE TRACK PERSON OBLIGE? Sir: I'll supply the one-dollar bills if you'll estimate the number it takes to choke the average-sized horse. What is the minimum-sized roll? R. C. THAT extremely entertaining writer, Mr. McFee, refers to "the cinema World, that hospi tal , for literary defectives." " '- THE BIRD CLOCK. The night fades, all is hushed; ' ' The paling sky is like a sheet of canvas waiting color; Even the air is expectant. Suddenly from the maples comes an experi mental whistle, Then,, confidently, 'Cheerio, cheerio quick, quick, quick!" The cardinal heralds the dawn. The light grows stronger, the breeze, springs up; A catbird's liquid melody - Splashes down from the tree tops In a sprinkle of silvery notes. The sun is in the sky. , ,.J All the bright morning hours 1 The-robins, little cousins of .the household, . ' Scatter their cheerful remarks to the winds ' And spot the lawn with color. , ..i Noon comes; the 'birds are quiet, ' ;: ' ... Save a scolding Jay, nagging the queuio.us wood pecker. -.-' ; -, .". . ' - , i Though the. sparkling afternoon,. 1' ; Flash the orioles,- trilling Jazz-music, j While the grackles and fedwings ; Ask their, ceaseless questions. ,'' ' The browrt-thras.hers Jurk In the shadows, And the rain-prow prophecies dolefully. .' The wrens come and go, noisily, tirelessly, Ticking off the minutes of the day. Now the sun slips below the purpling hills. The mourning-dove Utters her soft lanjent to the twilight, The whippoorwills circle and call' in the deepen ing dusk, ' A hoot-owl shivers the air into fragments, i But is soon still, moth hunting. Night. The far, hoarse call of a bittern, A night-hawk's petulant note, One last crooning murmur of the dove .The birds are still.. IRIS. AND THEN THET ARE SO HUNGRT THET WILL EAT ANYTHING. Sir: A hotel In Benton Harbor, Mich., which has mineral springs in connection, urges on Its bill of fare: "Guests will please exercise pa tients until their meals are served." W. W. THERE is another 'answer to the question, "What has been urging the Russian army from victory to victory?" It is what one essayist calls "the repercussion of external pressure." The allies have shown that they- are admirable in struments of repercussion. In a Country Store. Polite Old Lady, to Clerk: "I'm afraid I'm taking up too much of your time." Jane, behind counter, shifting gum-wad, and arranging coiffure: "Oh, you should worry." R. R. M. ASIDES. P. V.: We shall get around to it eventually. Gene: Send' the picture! - ' THE political architects at Versailles drew beautiful plans for a House of Nations, buf"they neglected to provide each family with a corridor. Hence the general dissatisfaction. Academy Jottings. H. E. E. Mv? "I rush the application for Chair 3 of A. Barum, the Madison barber." S. I. D.: "Please let in Ima Walz and Ima Rabbit, of the La Crosse High school." , H. J. L.; "For the ball team or the choir," I nominate Prlmo Basso, lumberjack Klamath Falls, Ore." v "REVEAL Greek Plot to Reseat Con stantine." Rush? "INDIANA Has 2,930,544." Census report. Mostly poets. B. L. T. Where Shirts Grow on Trees How to Keep Well .. . By DR. W. A. EVANS Quottioao coacornlnf fcyflon. oit tiou mni prevention of diaoafte, tub mittoa to Dr. Evans by roadors af Tha Boo, will be anoworod porooaolly, aub joct te proper limitation, wbara a tun pool, aai!roMo4 envelope ia an . cloooa. Dr. Evaaa will not aiako aMacnoaia ar proocriho for iaoivioWl diseaoeo. Addreaa lettora in cara af The Boa, Copyrlsht, 1920, by Dr. W. A. Evaao. RAILROAD HEALTH WORK. H. W. Hovenberg of the St. Louis. & Southwestern railroad told the Southern Medical society recently of what the railroads lri southeastern Texas had done to fight malaria. Upon investigation he found that one-third of the admissions to the railroad hospitals on his road were due to malaria; one-third of the money spent on medical relief was charged to malaria. Each hospital patient cost his road an average of $50. All of this runs into money, but the greatest loss came from poor work done by railroad employes who were drawing pay for a day's work, but because of malaria could pnly do about one-half a day's task. The federal manager of a railroad through that section said the rail road could afford to do antl malaria work if it only prevented one case of malaria for each 10 miles of track. In addition came the railroad's loss through the inefficiency of the malaria-stricken labor force of saw mills and other Industrial enter prises along their lines. Undoubted ly the railroads contribute through their burrow pits and other water pools to the spread of malaria in the civilian population. In fact, Dr. Carter said in Virginia the railroads were responsible for one-half of all malaria. ' ' . ' Hovenberg found that 90 per cent of the malaria among railroad men was among the section men, the extra gang men, and the shop men. Of these forces the section hands, comprising 20 per cent of the group, furnished 25 per cent of the malaria. The extra gangs, 'making up 10 per cent of the force, furnished 25 per cent or the malaria. The bridge crews, water service, and work train men; comprising 5 per cent of the force, furnished 15 per cent of the fever. Twenty per cent of the men were shop men, but they supplied only 10 per cent of the malaria. The way to control malaria among the section hands is: (a) Screen all houses. (b) Supply 16 mesh screening at cost to men who live in their own homes. (c) Furnish free quinine. (d) Eliminate' all mosquito breeding places along, the right In these days of high, prices it makes one envy the natives of New Granada, who are provided with ready-made shirts free' of all charge. "The Song of the Shirt", is not ap plicable in Oronoko, which is situated on the Cerra Drida slope, New Granada, for it is there that the natives wear Nature's eady-made shirts. No stiches are needed in these shirts, and as they grow they are carefully watched until they have become large enough to be util ized for clothing purposes. The marina tree is the wonderful shirt-producing palm, it being a species of tropical palm, having a thin, fibrous, red bark. -When an Indian wants a shirt, all he has to do is to cut off a piece of one of these palms, about 18 inches or thereabouts in diameter. He next removes the bark, taking particular care that he does not cut it in any way, and thus he now possesses a hollow cvl- inder of flexible bark, which somewhat resem- Dies a sacx witnout a oottom. tie next makes a small slit in each side for his arms to go through, and Nature's ready-made shirt, which requires no stitching nor laundering, is com plete. Lon' on Answers. . Verdict Awaited With Interest. Mrs. Charlie Chaplin having sued Mr. Charlie Chaplin for divorce, the public will be interested in seeing which of them is given the custody of' tht custard pie. Chicago News. : ',r '.''!, ; , . '.it. '"("'''.; I ( , is supreme, Vill , nrnorr-1irl Diane m the world br none. Ask Cor a. guarantee from tne maker or tHr of arvy other piano equal to the Mason 6 Hamlin - .guarantee. ....... , Such a guarantee v will cfil grw because tt cannoL-i ', pe. qiven. " - ; V. ,. Isk usto i showjott. of way by drainage and oiling. (e) By educational campaigns to control malaria in bridge and work, train crewa. (a) Screen, all bunk pars. (b) Train the men to swat mosquitoes In the bunk cars. (c) Spot the out pits away from mosquito breeding pools. ' ' -(d) supply quinine free. (e) Educate the men and es pecially the foreman in mosquito prevention. The application of these methods has decreased the amount if malaria about SO per cent. In addition the railroads work with some of the towhs along the route, not only in draining borrow pits, but In controlling malaria by drainage, weed cutting, and oiling all parts of the community. They find it pays. Curing the Toiurue Tied. W. K. writes: "If a child !s born tongue tied when Is the best time te loosen the tongue, and Is there any specialist for this work?" REPLY. As a rule, tongue tie does no harm. Tf with this child it Is exceptionally bad the band can be snipped at any time by any physician. The opera tion is exceedingly simple and safe. Yes, It's Curable. M. E. P. writes! "What are the cause of mucous colitis, symptoms and treatment? 2. Is it curable?" REPLY. 1. Mucous colitis is generally found In nervous persons who give a his tory, of chronic constipation. 2. Some months ago we wrote of a New York physician who treated it successfully by giving a very large enema daily. Correspondents have told me of being cured by correctnlg constipation. you Are In No Danger. Vf M. writes: "Mv wife died of cancer a year and a half ago. Would there be any possibility of my de veloping the disease now?" REPLY. 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