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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1920. aw The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENINGSUNDAY THE BEB PUBLI8HINO COMPANY, KELSON B. UPDIKE. PnMUaer. MEMBEJU OF THE ASSOCIATED PKESS Tk Anneluad m wile tktai eMKker. ex f'!' enuUed to Um ne lot paMtoMo f all MX aumrtwa eaMeS e tt or MC etaenrlee tradiud la UK paper, ea4 alee tin iff uh"rt'4 All rlinu or puMleMMa X on ncS a'pKlm m alea teamed, . BEE TELEPHONES t2&2&TSrgZt Tyltr 1000 For Nifht Calls After 10 P. M.I ' Mala Omi lTt tad rnu .a mm is tvMt s i Soma Mt uit m at Out-ef-Tewa Officeai Trk SM fifth Am I Wutiinnm mi a at. CUeaca Suea Bid. I Pari Praac 42 Bm St. Hooare TAe flee Platform 1. Now Unioa Pawiir Station. 2. Coatinuexl improvasMnt of lb Ne braska Highways, iaclacliaf the) pave) moat ef Maia Tkarouf hfaraa Uadiag into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A abort, low-rat Waterway from tk Cora Bolt to tfea Atlantic Ocoaa. 4. Homo Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of GoTorameat. f AMERICA'S DUTY TO THE WORLD. On this page wc reproduce a letter written by a Nebraska woman, whose sons served in the American army during the World War, and whose personal activity along all lines of pa triotic endeavor throughout the critical period mark her as one devoted to the ideals of the na tion. Her questions are pertinent, and deserve careful consideration. In objecting to the League of Nations, most of its critics have in mind its fortrj and not its object. We all long for peace, for the genius of America is for peace, and we are all willing to make many sacrifices to maintaiiJ the world in orderly, quiet activity, just as we are equally willing to combat fiercely for the preservation of our liberties. The natural development of our wonderful material resources has made ns the unquestioned leader among the nations of the world in commerce and industry, the wealth of this country far exceeding that of any other. It has also come to pass that we are to take a position with the leaders in the political affairs of the world. Our prominence, our powers, our opportunities and our ideals forbid us to stand selfishly aside and seek to escape a responsibil ity that rests heavily on the strong. In assuming our proportionate share of "the white man's burden," which in reality means those duties we owe the weak, and, more even y that, the privilege we have of being help ful, vfc must not do so at the expense of our in stitutions. If Amcifa Can help a weary world to a better way of life, jt will be through pre- iu- iniaci us own great constitutional gov an American-built automobile. Once the great republic was traced around the world by a trail of tin cans in which its kerosene oil had been carried to dwellers in outer darkness; now the "tin lizzie" or the more pretentious "boat" has followed the oil can, and is consuming "gas" for the comfort and convenience of the nabobs and the visitors, if not for the ordinary in habitants of the remotest places. In civilized lands the American machine has fairly won its way, and will hold it, because it combines utility with comfort, service with luxury, and is as much of a necessity in the affairs of civilized man as the steam engine was in the epoch closed with the last century. Cummingi Repudites Cox's Slander. It fell to the lot of Homer S. Cummings, until six weeks ago chairman of the democratic national committee, absolutely' to discredit Gov ernor Cox's "evidence" of a republican fund and conspiracy to "buy the presidency," and in cidentally to disclose the fact that the demo cratic national committee is "attempting to raise funds by the same method used by the repub licans." In his sworn testimony before the senate in vestigating committee, in tlx presence of demo cratic senators, Pomerene of Ohio and Reed of Missouri, Mr. Cummings said on Monday: Senator Reed Do you know of any effort being made to buy the presidency to corrupt the electorate? Mr. Cummings Only such impression as you would gather from the collection and dis bursement of manifestly excessive sums. Senator Reed Do you know of any mani festly excessive sums that have been col lected? Mr. Cummings I don't know of any. Senator Reed Do you know, of your own knowledge, of any moneys that have been contracted for or arranged for in excess of those that have been testified here today? Mr. Cummings No, sir. Senator Reed then called Mr. Cummings' attention to the testimony of Will H. Hays earlier in the day that the republicans had planned to raise $3,079,037.20 for the national committee's campaign budget and that possi bly another million might be necessary in the stite campaigns. "Now, Mr. Cummings." Senator Reed asked, "would you say that the raising of $3,000,000 by any national committee would indicate any corrupt purpose?" Mr. Cummings Certainly not. Senator Reed Then you seem to agree with Mr. Hays that his fund does not indicate any corruption. . . Mr. Cummings after some discussion said he could find no evidence of corruption in the republican plan for raising campaign funds, adding that his own organization was at tempting to raise funds by the same method used by the republicans. The Tide oiTraTel. What wilf the tide of travel do as it meets the new,4ates? Will it ebb, or continue to flow in present or greater volume? One thing is certain: The world never trav eled as it has of late years. Everybody has been eminent and all the blessings that have flowed- going everywhere. East, west, north and south I therefrom to benefit mankind everywhere. " A the covenant for the League of Nations now stands, it does interfere with the constitu tional government of the United Stages. Presi dent Wilson has said that the decision of the council of the league carries a nioral obligation that is even weightier than a 1 jal mandate, one we would be bound to obey stand dishonored. This interpretation of th.4neanine? of Article X J V jerfW'aWy' accepted. The Lodge reservation, rejected by the president, undertook to make plain that the council of the League of Nations, can not supersede, set aside' or suspend the Con stitution of the United States. On this the issue is joined. Many are averse to our intimate mixing in the politics of Europe, but none is unwilling that we should aid in every way we may to help the people over there to so adjust their affairs that they may live tranquilly, enjoying each the fruits of his industry under a government set up by the people who have to live under it. Further than this we can not go without meddling in matters that do not rightfully concern us. We are willing to enter into association with other nations to establish and maintain justice, to pre serve right and secure international order, but hesitate at taking up a course that leads us into a wilderness where only uncertainty can attend the way. Free State of Flume. A statement from Rome, published last week, indicates that the Italian government has de termined to recognize the "free state of Fiume," set up by Gabrielle D'Annunzio. This will probably carry with it the sanction of England and France, and that means at present the League of Nations.- So ends one of the most fantastic episodes of the war. President Wilson astonished the world while at Paris by awarding Shantung to Japan on one day and Fiume to Jugo-Slavia on the other. Comment in this country on this remarkable pair of decisions was energetic, but nothing in comparison to the indignation created abroad. . Italy temporarily withdrew from the conference, while Cadorni .went to Rome for conference with his govern ment. Protest then lodged was never wholly withdrawn, and when the astonishing poet-warrior sprung his coup a few months later it did not greatly surprise any. j The decision now arrived at may be an easy way out of an embarrassing situation, although it does seem to flout Mr. Wilson, just as does the Chinese persistence in clinging to Shantung. D'Annunzio, who will be dubbed very likely "Duke Gabrielle I," is out with a scenario for his future government of the free state he has set up, and another principality is created thus for the cartographers to puzzle over. What must interest Americans is the light it throws on the attitude of our president at Paris, where he undertook the pose of great and good friend to all, and finally arbiter as well. ' He reached and announced three important de- . cisions there: One that Fiume should go to Jugo-Slavia, the second that Shantung should : go to Japan, and the third that Article X should take the place of the Constitution of the United States. So far he has been markedly unsuc cessful in getting the folks chiefly concerned to agree with either. Fortunately, Senator Hard ing has pledged himself to abandon the Wilson .' foreign policies. the gadders have gone, on pleasure or on busi ness bent. Crowded coaches, crowded Poll mans on all trails on all roads. It has been the wonder of all observers. Travel never has been inexpensive. Even with 2 cents a mile rates it is costly, and for a year it has been increasingly so, not only in the loss of time by those who travel, but in all the side expenses lunches, meals, hotel bills and other items which, even the tightwads cannot evade. Yet it has continued, a great public transportation jollification. Once the automobile, the touring car, was feared as a menace to the railroads. But no longer. The more people rolling over the coun try on pneumatic tires, the more going on the rails, has been the rule. Will the new rates check the t,ide of rail travel? 'We guess yes. They hit the pocketbook of the tourist hard, and there is some evidence in other directions that the little old wallet is not as fat as it was even six months ago. , Well, staying at home and sticking to the job for a year or two will do the country no harm. American Automobiles Abroad. A report from the Department of Commerce says that during the fiscal year 1920, just over, manufacturers of the United States exported al most a quarter of a billion dollars' worth of au ! tomobiles. These machines were sent all over the world. Everywhere man travels, from the . inaccessible recesses of Tibet, the Desert of Gobi, in the Himalayas, across Sahara, up the ' Nile, along theAmazon, the hinterlands of all - continents, he4as theopportunity to ride on Democracy's Plutocrat Candidate. The other day some paper whose name we forget spoke of Governor Cox as the possessor of four or five million dollars. Since then the New York Tribune has mentioned him as a mil lionaire, and the Wall Street Journal as a multi millionaire, quite familiar with Wall Street. He is the first millionaire in the history of the country to be nominated for the presidency, and the astounding thing about it is that the democratic party, which, has damned plutocrats for a generation as necessarily enemies of the common people, should have been hooked by him. For Jim Cox, whose fingers are yellow with the gold of Big Business, to go about saying mean things of other excessively rich men is certainly a joke on the "poor man's party," as they used to call the democa It's as funny as Cox's hypocritical horror over a mythical eight-million-dollar republican campaign after the statement of the New York World of the plans of the democratic fat fryers to raise a campaign fund of $10,000,000. Can it .be that it has all hap pened because the people are not investing in the democratic party this year? What Youth Wants in Marriage. Ohio State university students of both sexes have expressed their views of essentials to happy marriage. The" girls declare for good providers, preferably business men, for com rades, appreciation of music, and physical pulchritude, with affection the first requisite. The boys arejfor good housekeepers, good looks and sound health. Not a bad guess all around. Twenty years from now a different line of desirable things will have occurred to all of them. At that time mental traits and habits will come into prominence in their thoughts, and thrift, wealth, social position, fidelity, gen erosity and charitable views ef human short comings, will loom into importance. The voice of the concrete mixer and that of the steam shovel is heard in Omaha these days, indicating the solid growth of the city. Money from the rank and file is btfilding up the campaign fund, says Chairman Hays, and the Voters will do the rest later on. The boleshevik idea of courtesy and fairness is indicated by their making virtual prisoners of the peace commissioners. Governor Cox is back on the league again. He knows more about that. Evidently the straw hat did not notice the calendar. " '" A Line 0 Type or Two Hvw to tttt thp4a tot Hm few vftiw taty Mays BORDER BALLADS. I- Boatman, I'll gle thee a siller pound To set me o'er yon ferry. To clink a can In Canady. Where all la kind and merry. Boatman, I'll gie thee pounds and pence, Or all that you may lack. To set me down In Walkerville, And never take me back. II. Now here's to brave Horatlua That swam the boiling tide! , What made him so audacious? Falernlan inside. And here'a to young Leander That swam the Hellespont What gave him all hla dander? A drink from Bacchus' font. And here's our border chivalry. Bold sons of Cadillac. That ride to merry Windsor dry And come a -swimming back. TAN". WITH more or less aoorooriateness. Pan might warble a few lines about goat glands. The topic vaguely suggests the Pagan world. A WILD ROSK BY ANT OTHER NAME . . (Twin Falls, Idaho, Item.) Miss Alwilda Odor has returned from Albion normal school, where she completed a six weeks' course. AS the campaign heats up, candidates might profitably consider a 'line by Mr. Ping Bodie, apropos of a little run-in with one ot tne oppos ing team. "They can call me anything they want to," said Mr. Bodie, "but they got to cut out personalities." "Ponded Finance." Sir: You pay for Mr. Ben Franklin's Weekly by subscription I have not read it for long time but it used to be dollar and a half the year and It probably is that now and you get it once the week. Each week it weighs most of the time two pounds and the paper in it costs the man who publishes it at least seventeen cents because when any of the rest of us want to buy such paper which is supersized and supercalendered and what we call super we have to pay right now 14 rents to IS Cents and we can't get it for months and mentis and it must cost him prob ably nine cents. And aecond hand paper brings you two writs to three cents. So you take your Ben Frarrnlin Weeklys for a year for which you paid , SI. 50 and you call in the paper man and yot sell them to him for $2 or maybe 13, and ;'ju make a nice profit. And when I get out from where I am I think I will do this. I can perhaps sell the papers back to Mr. Franklin himself. PIETRO PONZI. THE PLEASURES OF HEADLINING. Sir: Mr. and Mrs. . Cal's discussion of the kick you get out of writing headlines reminds me of the time I sent you a line from the St Joseph News-Press, "The meal was served by the good women of the town," heading it, "A Reward of Merit.'.' I've always thought you were peeved because I beat you to it This by way of preface to saying that I have a Scheme for outdoing Mr. Ponzl. I'm going to corner all the Shaker flan nel and sell it to the shimmy dancers. W. S. CARDS received announce the wedding at Bass Lake, Ind., of Miss Fern Olive Parrott and Mr. Charles Swan. Let Hartmann feather the nest, orv "whittle your own wheeze. The Lonely Heart. The night birds call, the shadows fall About my door; The waters creep along to sleep Upon the shore; The evening breeze drifts thro' the trees. My heart leaps up like flame. Thinking I hear your voice, my dear, Whisper once .more my name. A mocking-bird is faintly heard, The willows sigh; The waters croon, the crescent moon Hangs in the sky; While high and far the evening star . With happiness I see. Dreaming the while your tender smile Beams gently down on me. In vale and hill the birds are still, The breezes die; On field and town night closes down, Dark is the sky. As all too soon sets the pale moon, The waters faintly moan; My eyes are wet let me forget That I am here alone. IRIS. How to Keep Well Br DR. W. A. EVANS Quaatioaa concerning hygiene, aanlta tion and prevention of diaeaae, eub mitted to Dr. Evana by reader of The Bee, will ba anewered pereonally, aubject to proper Umitatioaa, where atamped, addreaaed envelope ia an cloaed. Dr. Evana will net make dlarnoaia or prescribe for individual diaaaaea. Addreca lettera in cara of The Bee. Copyright. 19S9. bj Dr. W. A. Evana. FROM an announcement by the sports and games' committee of the Maple Bluff Golf club: "The champion will be heralded near and far as the greatest golfer in the club, and in addition will receive six balls. The runner-up will receive due credit and in addition three balls.", WHY THE EDITOR JUMPED DOWN THE 1 ELEVATOR SHAFT. (From the Boot and Shoe Recorder.) John A. Bush, president of the Brown Shoe company, accompanied by Mrs. Brown, has gone east for a short vacation. ANOTHER reader with a tenacious memory recalls the corn-eating contest conducted in these precincts. "Persons of nut-cracker phy siognomy were allowed a handicap, while those with snub noses and slab chins were entered at scratch." HIS GAME. Last week a poor dub i Why plays golf The way I do Said to me: "I was on my game last Thursday, Except I wasn't putting, And I made an 81." And I said: "Did you ever do better?" But he hurried off. So then I knew That his idea of his game Was to be His ideal of himself every minute. And I thought If somebody On the divinity staff 1 Would arrange so people Thought about their life As they do about their golf, All the churches could go nit of business, s DOUBLE BARREL. A SECRETIVE tailor in Sterling. Colo., has a sign on his shop: "Closed for repairs." AN APPRECIATION. (From Dogdom Magazine.) Mr. A. Pruden of Pittsburgh says: "I must say Miller's A-l Ration is a real dog food, and I like it very much." "THE mask is off." Hon. George White. Comical chaps, those politicians. A FAMILY ROW. bFrom the Paxton Register.) The Oneal family reunion was hell at -the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Oneal on ' Sunday. THE idea of a fifteen-million dollar campaign is not merely shocking to the Democrats. It is painful. B. L. T. Great Machine. "I watched a wonderful machine at our shop work this morning." "And how docs it work?" we asked. "Well," was the reply, "by means of a pedal attachment, a fulcrumed lever converts a verti cal reciprocating motion into a circular move ment. The principal part of the machine is a huge disk that revolves in a vertical plane. Pow er is applied through the axis of the disk, and work is done on the periphery, and the hardest substance, by mere impact, may be reduced to any shape. "What is this wonderful machine?" we asked "A grindstone," was the reply. Electric Ex perimenter. How He Got There. Sympathic Visitor (to prisoner) "My good man. what brought you here?" Prisoner "Borrowing money." S. V. "But they don't put people in prison for borrowing money." P. "I know, but I had to knock a man down three or four times before he -would lend it to me." Edinburgh Scotsman, HEART DISEASE LEADS. Heart disease now heads the list nt rmui nt death. It is responsi ble for about one-eighth of all deaths. In the draft examination 4.23 per cent of all the young men oisminerl were rejected on account of heart diseases; 1.6 per cent of all the school children examined c-y school physicians in New York City had heart disease, 76 per cent of the children under 10 years of age in Bellevue hospital suffering rrom rheumatism had heart disease. A very large proportion of the children with heart disease do noi de velop symptoms until they are about 30 years or age and do not suspect that there is anything wrong in early life unless they happen to be examined for the army or for life insurance or in school. Contrary to the general opinion, heart disease is not very likely to cause sudden death. Only a very small portion of the mass with heart disease die suddenly. Perhaps there are other more important causes of sudden death. Also contrary to the general opinion, heart disease may be present for 10 or 20 years with out causing symptoms. Also con trary to the general opinion, after a man has developed symptoms of heart disease he may still live and work for many years. Tho nub of the matter for him is the state of his heart muscle. ' If that muscle is good enough to do all the extra work thrown on it the man has no symptoms. If after he has broken down he succeeds in building up a good heart muscle he can come bsck. If his heart muscle can stand it he can work. In New York City they have or ganized 27 special heart classes, In which there are more than 3,000 cases of heart .disease. In most in stances the patients work during the day and once a week at night they go to the class to learn what to do and what not to do and to find out whether the work they are doing is too much for their heart muscle. To learn how to live and work in spite of heart disease is a matter ot going to school and taking of medi cine is of minor importance. Some of the patients work at basket mak ing and that is all right so long as they stick to small baskets. Some drive automobiles, and that is all right provided their machines are equipped with self-starters. Some are tailors, but they are generally in structed not to iron. Some do shoe repairing. The fact ia there are many jobs they can do as well as anyone provided once a week or al most that often they drop in and have someone decide how well they are standing up under the Job. Dr. Ginle, who suggested these clinics, said there were three things a person with heart disease must avoid alcohol, tobacco and staira. Dr. Ginle's medicines for heart dis ease are forgot, but this advance in hygiene lives on. Xo Game Law on Tonsils. A. V. W. writes: "1. Do you sup pose there is any harm to a per son's health to have his tonsils re moved? "2. Will it benefit a person in any way to have them removed? 3. Is there a certain season for this operation?" REPLY. 1. No. In rare instances there is danger from hemorrhage and ab cess of the lung at the time of oper ation or soon afterwards. 2. Yes, if they are diseased or ff they are causing rheumatism or neuritis. 3. ; There is no closed season for tonsils. Concerning the League. North Platte, Neb., Aug. 28. To the Editor of The Bee: May I ask you the question, "Do you think the league of nations as it now reads is a protection to our nation or a men ace? Will it in time of trouble de mand that we go to help any other nation out of Its troubles at any time we are Called upon to do so or will its agreements adhered to protect us from trouble with foreign powers?" It seems to me, as I understand it, that we would be called upon at any time to not only be prepared with a full army and navy but be ready to be called any time. I think we have given an exhibition of our ability to not only protect ourselves but others in time of need; why when we are able to close oup ports and are sufficient unto ourselves be dictated to by foreign powers and drawn Into their troubles? We are able to take care of ourselves, why not tell the others to "scrap it out," come to a settled law-abiding rule throughout all Europe then they will be recognised and all business relations be restored and be on friendly terms; until then stay out. We paid our debt to France, we owe no nation; let's close our doors and take care of ourselves peace ably. Please explain why this can not be done so our youn gmen won't be called out as they were in the re cent war. Thanking you for any inT. formation. A CONSTANT READER. l:lllllllllllllllllllilHllilllllilllllllllllllll!IUlllMIlllll i iioiei auuie; SB f The Circus has gona but MOTEL ROME i t CAFETERIA - still continues to serve the f I best of everything to eat " Open Day and Night. 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Back in 1857 when The First National Bank was established, a few individuals could handle' all the banking transactions of the institu tion. The growth of Omaha to a cosmopolitan city has changed all this, but The First has kept pace with the necessities of the time3. Today the same individual atten tion is given as in the old days, but it i3 given by a large organization. Each unit knows its customers, calls them by name, and knows their re quirements. In addition the services of a corps of specialists is avail able to render service in the many complicated matters that con stantly arise in these modern days. ft 1,"! la - - First National llM! SBSMk em . .w3 J Jav vautcaata Our Shop Is Open Joe n. Bedfldd. to the users of printing who want the kind of service wc furnish. ' As a matter of principle, Redfield & Milliken, owners of the K-B Printing Company, have always operated an open shop and will continue to do so, as long as they stay in business. K-B Printing1 Company Redfield & Milliken Owners Printing Headquarters IIarre7 eaiillken. Do You Like Porterhouse Steak? Probably you do. It is gener ally considered the choicest cut It is also, unfortunately, the scarcest Nearly one-half of the live animal is not meat at alL , It con sists of hide, oils, bones, etc., which have a low value compared with meat. A live steer weighing 1000 lbs. yields only about 55 or 550 lbs. of meat 19 Of this 550 lbs.,only about Bfo or ...... is orterhouse. 44 lbs. This means that only about 4 per cent of the live weight of the animal goes into this cut But less than half the animals which come to market are high grade, corn fed cattle, from which the choice porter house steaks you like must come. Sirloin, ribs, round, chuck, flanks, etc. make up the greater part of the dressed animal. Chucks alone amount to over one-fifth. Although palatable and nutri tious when properly cooked, these cuts cannot bring the price of the finer steaks. Naturally, these rare and popular steaks have to bring higher prices to enable the dealer to offset the low prices he has to take for cuts less in demand. Otherwise he could not keep on serv ing you. And neither could we. , High as porterhouse prices may seem to youf our profits on cattle, including the return from hides and other by-products have aver aged only about one dollar per head dur ing the past few years, or about one quarter of a cent per pound of beef. Swift & Company, U. S. A. OmahaLocal Branch, 13th ft Leavenworth Sts A. W. Gross, Manager . 1131