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THE BEE: OMAHA. FK1DAY. SEPTEMBEK 17, 121. If X s ''I u SI I 1 1. 1 The QM'aha Bee DAIIY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE 'PUBLISHING COMPANY. NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publish. MEMBERS UP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . "''l" p'mt- wntea in. tam am Mr, M n ? oU""l tot puMtratloo of til news dlspaiebet ftf1 " " otherwise credited lo ttali paper, sna also tha weal "newt published bereln. e.U rifbta of ouUlctUOD of our social dlepstchee f !k rwrred. BEE TELEPHONES rtwfo Rranett Eioiiaiua Ask for lb TiAa... IfViil Department or Person Warned. I ylr 1UUU - For Night Calls Ahw 10 P. M.I editorial Department Trier 10001 ClmiUtloo Department .......... mlL tdrertitlna Department ........ Tjtt looti " OFFICES OF THE BEE Main Office i 17th and rerassj lS8o St I South i Bide Sill II It Out-of-Town Officoai - 1M riftb At Washington m o t Stesar Blda. I Parle frsnet M Baa St. Boonre Co audi Blurts New Tort i Chloafo The Bee a Platform 1. Nw Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued improvement of the Ne braska Highways, including the pae tnent of Main Thoroughfare leading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A ahort, low-rate Waterway faom the Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. . REPUBLICANS AND THE LEAGUE. When the president determined for his party that the covenant .for a League 6f Nations should be the paramount issue of the campaign, he laid the groundwork for the most determines display of hypocrisy And deception yet under taken by the desperate politicians fighting for control of government. The chicanery and de ceit practiced by the democrats four years ago is mild and innocuous compared to that of the present. Especially do they declaim that the repub lican party is opposed to making and maintain - ing peace with the world. To support this they merely cite the fact that the senate of the Unifed States declined to accept the dictum of the president. In order to throw possible shadow on the action of the senate, they are continually ringing' the changes on ."the senate oligarchy," trying to ttonceal the fact that twenty-three democrat voted far the Lodge reservations and gainst the president's demand that the treaty be ratified just as he presented it, without the dotting of an "i" or the crossing of a "t" other than he had prepared. The democrats also ignore the fact that Villiam Jennings Bryan, a leader of the party, urged "democratic senators to accept the reservations And that since the San Francisco convention one of their senatorial champions, 'Charles Spalding Thomas of Colo rado, has refused to stand as a candidate for re-election because he would stultify himself if , he did run on a platform endorsing the un abridged Wilson plan. The republican party of the United States is not opposed to an association of nations, formed and maintained to preserve peace, to settle international issues by arbitration or in court, or in any manner satisfactory 'short of war. Governor Coolidge made this very plain, in his recent speech, when he sard: , Humanity would welcome -the creation of n international association for conference and a world court whose verdicts upon jus ticiable questions this country, in common with all nations, would be willing and able to t uphold. The decision of this court or the recommendp.ticr.e of such a conference could be accepted without sacrificing on our part or """'asking any other1 power to sacrifice one iota to its nationality, i Governor Coolidge properly says a world re- 1 lation exists for the United States it cannot hope to avoid, nor does it seek to evade any of its responsibility. To this the republican party is committed by its historyand its traditions. It will not be "a relationship' of subordination of the United States, but of full parity of the United States and pthe'r powers without yielding up any of thrs country's intimate responsibilities." Friends of real peace in the world will not be misled by the Wilsonian pretense to infallibility, o plausibly pleaded by the democratic sachems, for they havaa firmer foundation in the pros pect of Harding's success, endorsed as it is by such leaders as'Taft, Wickersham and Hughes, j all pro-league advocates, and by the only man whose advice Woodrow Wilson is known to have heeded in connection with any part of the covenant, Elihu Root. V. . v , Still Making It in West Virginia. West Virginia, ' largely mountains, and sparsely settled in its precipitous hills and hick ory thickets, has long been disposed to make its own "likker." Thirty years ago its laws against the manufacture and sale of whisky were strict, but every session of the United States courts at Wheeling, Parker sburg and Charleston have been capwde,d ever since the War of the Re bellion with offenders who were caught moon shining. Neither federal or state officials were' ever able; to put the thousands of private distil leries out of business. Recent arrests -show the mountaineers are still' running true to form in their belief that the chief necessities of life are whisky, tobacco, cof feef'and a rifle. In June more illicit stills were discovered, than in any one month in the state's history. One was found in the attic of a church, another in a residence fifty feet from the state Capitol in Charleston, another in the home of a man who owns two farms worth $40,000. Many two-quart stills are being unearthed. They are elaborately and .expensively made, and produce as fine whisky as any distillery can make. They are for "fine family use." . ' ' ; As a rule, the moonshiners of West Virginia make their illicit liqvior not for profit, but to supply themselves with what they believe to-be a household necessity. They are ready for a duel to( the death with any njan to defend their Jittlf? stWs, and always liberal in relieving any ieed, real or professed for a stimulant with a ; punch comparable only to a submarine depth bomb. " ' - Burbank's Blunder. , Every man to his trade, let the shoemaker stick to his last, and other pithy admonitions -Whose purport is that a man is not safe when he ventures into fields other than those he has long studied, are brought to minf by the pub lication of Luther Burbank's opinion that belief in God and immortality are mere superstition. Another- instance of the vagaries of remarkably ?;ifted men when caught alone with subjects far rom their usual contemplation. The inventor, Edison, an extraordinarily useful genius, was caught' on the sne hook some years ago, and Mr. Ford of Detroit gave humiliating testimony contrary, to the usefulness or need of history when on the witness stand. In the caseof Burbank and Edison,-men of e-eat scientific education, there is a total lack . of spiritual education. They do not believe be , cause they do not know, and in unhappy mo ments; disclose th'eir uncultivated side. With Ford it was amazing ignorance of world fa mous facts he never has had time; to learn. We are always ready to leam truths about electricity from Edison, facts about plant life Irom Burbank, and knowledge about flivvers Irom Henry' Ford; but we are not justified in giving serious attention to the first two on religious principles, nor on history to the last .named, because they are confessedly ignorant of tbe best thought on the two subjects. An Example Fre-m France. ' The resignation of President Paul Des'chanel of France on account of ill health will excite a current of wondering thought among Ameri cans. To the mind of the average citizen it must recall the unprecedented experience through which ouf country has passed. About a year ago the president of the United States suffered a stroke that incapacitated him for many weeks for discharging the duties of tbe office.' The constitution of the United States provides inai in event or ine acain or jnu",lJ of the president, the duties of hit pffice devolve on the vice president Was the constitutional mandate observed? During the long weeks that Woodrow Wil son lay helpless, and as Chairman Cummings so sobbingly expressed it at the San Francisco con vention, "hovered at the point of death," the government of the United States, such as it was, was administered by men who had nc, shadow of legal authority for doing fhe things they did. Great and important, acts were done in-the name of Woodrow Wilson at a time when he waji helpless and incompetent ,to decide on anything Who were the' conspirators who. did tUpse things, who connived to set aside the fundamental law, and kept the truth from the people, sending forth daily misleading statements from the sick, room, that they might continue to exercise a control of public affairs which they had no shadow of right to interfere with? Even now the lid has not been taken off; the scandal surrounding the dismissal of Secretary Lansing was but a small part of the whole. Some-day the truth will come out, and the peo plewill learn just who it was took the name of the president at a time when that man was unable to speak for himself. Till then the pub lic will be left to surmise, but in the experience of France is afforded an example o( respect for the basic law of a nation which was sadly lack ing in the United States. . ' Closing a Celebrated Case The return of Beryl C. Kirk to the Nebraska penitentiary, which is impending, should close a case that has been very generally discussed in every possible way save on its merits. Executive clemency was exercised on behalf of this man, perhaps not with the perfect" judgment that should accompany such application f sovereign power, but certainly with honest intent. A hue and cry was raised, and the' episode still is re sorted to in partisan effort to discredit the of ficials concerned. Last December The Bee com mented on the affair to the general effect that if this were the first or the most .flagrant case of misapplication of the pardoning power in the history of Nebraska, the hullabaloo might be justified. Had it not served the needs of par tisan opponents of the governor, now a candi date for re-election, the affair would have been . dropped long ago". " . ," Carefujj, inquiry by ihe State Bar association, failed to disclose improper or ulterior motives in connection with the granting of the furlough. It was a ma,tter of individual judgment, and.al-i though the favor was misplaced and the con; fidence of the acting executive was sadly abused by the criminal, the affair showed nothing worse than- vthat a man in responsible position did what many another has done under similar cir cumstances, acted on generous impulse rather than reflective judgment. Now. that 'it has Veen so well established that there was no collusion nor unfair con nivance, either on the part of the governor, the lieutenant governor or the president pro tempore of the senate, and that the criminal who escaped is once more in custody, we think the whole af fair can well be left to rest for what it is, a mistake that cost the public but little, although it will doubtless be used to adorn many a long and otherwise pointless tale of partisan misrep resentation between now and next November. A Visitor From Abroad. Mr. Philip Gibb's "People of Destiny Ameri cans as I Saw Them at Home and Abroad". (Harper & Brothers) is a most entertaining and amiable contribution to the literature of England and 'the' 'United States. More nearly than any English writer of recent years,' Mr. Gibbs sees Americans irs they are, and fathoms the truth about them in all ages stations and conditions. His chapters on the adventure of life in New York, some people I met in America, and things I like in the United States, are written with such'true insight into our character as a people and as individuals, that it is hard to realize they were written by a visitor and not by a native. , The chapters on America's new place in Jhe ' world, what England thinks of America, and Americans in' Europe, will be given taost re spectful and sincere commendation. JThe two English speaking peoples discussed cannot but be strengthened in their appreciation 0f the ad mirable traits of both, by a perusal of this read able and vivacious book. ' The youth who succumbed to the burlesque beauty who centered her eyes, on him while she sang "Come to My Arms and' Kiss Me" in a New York show, and after he arrived "had to be pried away from her,? was a good adver tisement for her, although he had to pay a $3 fine after an old magistrate had heard the song and found it nonprovocative. . If the Wall Street disaster is due to T. N. T." the next question is What is a truckload of that stuff doing on a crowded eity street?. ' The" contests for republican nominations this year seem to indicate a general idea that Such places are worth having. If Lillian Russell does 'as well on the stump as she did on the stage, her triumph is assured. "Jim" Hanleyvsays Nebraska is kwon stills, but yet we have too many. e . . " Old, King Corn has gotten over the top, and may now Jaugh at Jack Frost any old time. ' That "tow-line" seems to have conneeted with the federal brigade.- A Primary day in Chicago has its thrills. A Line 0 Type or Two 'Meet to th llae, M tat eels tan erfcer tha raar. PROHIBITION is not an issue in this cam paign, says Gov. Cox. And we wonder whether he will be able to prove that as easily as he has proved thaf the republican campaign fund is not the issue. v ALTHOUGH improved in recent years, the American diplomatic corps leaves a few things to be desired. Still, the Trib is a bit severe in referring o "the American negation at Copen hagen." t The Subtler Sex. Sir: What a lot of subtle stuff the women voters have to learn. A venerable bird I know, who has been voxpopplng at the republican candidates' since the hazy daya of Hayes, always begin his attacks, "As a lifelong republican " STONE PHIZ. PRAISE js given to the Soviet government because it has put Emma Goldman to work. Let us wait and see whether it can keep her tnere. -. . ONE MIGHT, INDEED. Sir; "Military and police visited Enniscorthy District Lunatic asylum, and removed a re publican flag from the tower over the main building." , If the British government could display as much sense of the fitness of things aa the En niscorthy patients, not to speak of the saving sense of humor, one might find a solution of the Iriah problem. 4 BALLY BTJNNION. i London Correspondence. LONDON. Aug. 21. Going out to Hammer smith,' you observe that while A. E. Cuff la a hosier and shirt-tailor, he carries a full line of starched detachables, so that voua disiea que il est sur son travail. Then in the tall of an eye, I saw a larger sign, "Loud & Western," and I nearly fell off the bus as I made a full turn In my seat, thinking I should get from it some thing with which you might further annoy your readers In Kansas City or Denver: but L. & W. were mere launderers. Compensation, however, sat in my path, farther along the road; Nazareth House, where Archbishop Mannix is in retreat, Is just across the street from the King's theater, where the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire is on and, to make It even better, "Patience" was the piece that night. F. D. "BUT the biggest thing this year is the price of foreign hats." Capper & Capper. Thanks for the warning. NAMES OMITTED BY REQUEST. Sir: The continued reference to him' as the "Cork Mayor" confused us. The town I live in has a cork mayor, and some Other places in the United States have cork mayors. Not men tioning any names. t 8- H. "BACHELOR, 35, Protestant, would ap preciate congenial home with couple having a sense of humor, to whom income is a secondary consideration." Wantad. This has evoked much comment from read ers, who are strangely agreed that their land lords are deficient in a sense of humor. WHERE NIGHTS ARE LONG. (From the Maynard, Minn., News.) Sylvia Gjevre Is night operator at the tele phone office these days. COMPARED with some of the writers of advertisements, Mrs. Malaprop was accuracy itselfr v AS a political prophet we bat less than one half of one per cent. But we have' a hunch that the ladies of Connecticut will get Senator Brandegee's scalp. Mental Tests for Morons. 1. For what great city in France was plaster of Paris an 3. Paris green named? 2. What, relation are Mike and Ike? If soT Why? ' 3. Why does a man take off hia coat before driving a Ford? W. S. AS the information cme from two sources. we are obliged to believe that Vestal Suffridge isfrying doughnuts in Minneapolis. 1 . ( WITH INDISCREET. Sir: Do we rhyme it with discreet or nighty? . , SUSAN'. A DEMOCRATIC friend ventured the pre diction that -if Mr. Cox is elected he will prove a greater autoarat than Woodrow Wilson. He certainly has given a great deal of his time and attention to the interests of Mr. Cox. How to Keep Well By PR W. A. EVANS Questions concerning hyf ino. sanita tion ana) proventloa ef disease, sub mittsel te Dr. Evana by readers el The Bee, will be aawareeT personally, aub Ject te proper limitation, where a tamped, addreaaad enrelopa is en closed. Dr. Evaaa will act make - dlafBosle er prescribe la iadlvidua! diseases. AoUreaa (ottere In care ef The Bee. , ' Copyright, 1920, by Dr. W. A. Evans.. TREATING RINGWORM.' With the. opening of the schools there is some increase in the letters askinr about ringworm. Of all, the skin 'diseases which trouble school children this is one of the moat widespread and troublesome. Be ing frequently on exposed portions cr tne ooay and the public knowing it to be contagious, the other pa- irons as wen as the teachers gener ally insist on its being treated. - The name comes from the Shape cr me eruption an its tendency to shift its location. TJiis is the ex- iiauiKiion oi ine term worn, so far aa I know no one ever suggest ed that the parasite causing it was a worm. The parasite causing the skin eruption is a fungus somewhat skin to the molds. Barber's Itch and dhobi's itch are both forms of ringworm and there are other forma besides. The ring worm which occurs on the non hairy parts of tbe body is cured somewhat easily. , . In places where they have school inspection and nursing the doctor provides the nurse with a stock prescription for ordinary ringworm snd this she uses at her discretion. It may be an ammonlated mercury ointment or a sulphite solution or tincture of iodine and a simple salve. Curing ringworm of the scalp lj much more difficult. The parasites get into the shafts of hairs or deep in the skin around the hair ' roots and ordinary medicines do not reach them. In some place the schools provide X-ray treatment for chil dren with ringworm of the scalp. One or two treatments with X-ray causes all the affected hairs to fall out, carrying with them most of the parasites. Several weeks are required for new hairs to grow, but only a week or two of local treatment with some remedy like ammonlated mercury salve is required to kill the parasites left behind and cure the disease. But not every community has X-ray .apparatus for treating ringworm of the scalp. Dr Eiford treats the disease suc cessfully by the following nethod The affected area of the scalp is shaved. It is then soaped well and the soap is washed out. In order to clean off all scabs and thickened skin it. is brushed over with liquor potassa on a piece of cotton. It is dried. It is then sprayed with ethyl chloridafor 30 seconds and dried. Next it is painted mildly with tinc ture of iodine. With the exception of the shaving this is gone through with twi e a day for three days and once a day for four days. After that ammonl ated mercury is applied twice a day for two weeks. ' This treatment can be carried out hy tjkechool nurse. It .is more tedi ous, more painful and less successful than the X-ray treatment. ' , Can You Bet It? It seems that the armistice just took tbe big war to the bank and got it changed into 80 little wars. Nashville Tenneseeean. OX Cox at Home. Dayton, O., Sept 10. To the Ed itor of The Bee: It would be com forting to know that Governor Cox sentiment is rather waning here in his heme town. I was led to be lieve that the governor would in advertently carry Ohio before I left Omaha, but here in Dayton the sporting fraternity say they can get all the mrfney thejt want. They say "Cox carsnot cany his home, town. ie aione tne state or unio, ana as to his being elected president of the United States he is not thought of in that line. Residents in Frank lin and Dayton have three Harding pictures in windows to one of Cox, and I find it pretty nearly so in Cin cinnati, and all along the line. In cluding Pennsylvania, etc. The ac tion in aN-school proposition has made Cox very unpopular through this section. It was my privilege, to hear F. D. Roosevelt just before 1 left Omaha, and his' associate speak er, and "Cox's" prospects were bril liant, but I have changed my mind somewhat since making the rounds here in , Dayton. I have a good chance) to know the general feeling tnroushout these cities from Cin cinnati. Dayton, Springfield, Xenia and Columbus, and 1 am convinced that Cox's adherents in Omaha have grasped the wrong line and are be ing misled. JAMES. GRIMES. Jerry on the Job. Omaha. Sept. 13. To the Editor of The Bee: At the Lewis and Boucher's debate on the league of nations Saturday night .-eference was made as to the freedom of the seas. Today being the 117th anni versary of the death of Commodore John Barry. I am -curious to know whether or not the citizens of this era are conscious of the services rendered by the "Father of the American Navy" and those of his race. Every school child is famll iar with Germany's departure from Belgium and how the kaiser's army would have reached London only for the Americarr boys. England's army in Ireland and the nefarious crimes committed by the hired thugs sur passes anything done by Germany in Belgium.' I Have, no idea of sug gesting tnat America go to war witn England to free Ireland. I am ask ing it to remain neutral. To simpli fy my question I will say that the recall of that enormous sum of money given to England woulf cause the army to scaddle out tf Ireland. It is a conundrnra to me why the American Red Cross which so many Irish-Americans support, -toes not go into Ireland to assist the thousands fnade destitute by the Invading array of England. JERRY HOWARD. A V DR. L. L. 1RV1N. 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'-'An afternoon more calm has never shone. , The caterpillar labors through the grass; , , The garden spider, splendid on her throne, Heeds not the puffs of wind that overpass ' And shake her citadel; with downward head She keeps! her lonely watch, indifferent To time. The ghostly smoke that curls from 1 dead Damp leaves heaped by the wall Is indolent In all its ways And quiet sounds are meet;. The worker's thoughtful whistle here and there, -A wagon creaking through tho shady street, A gentle whinny trembling In the air. , The sparrow's cheep; and, -sweeter tlian all these, The old knife-grinder's bell on the light breeze. .' A. B. . ' OLD T. U. H., who is still toiling westward, being hauled out of the mud ever and anon. reports that Clay county, in Missouri, is well named.. ; 4 . ;. SORROWS CROWN. (Pendleton, Dre., ad.)' ' V The Parker dental system has a new Aoroiat in thai lrwal nfflp. Dr. F. V. Orlnf of Salem. Dr. Grief will' d,o special crown . and bridge work. "HAPJtlST Picnic to be Held at Duck Creek." Billings, Mont., Gazette. How perfectly apropos 1 v ' ' Tailor to the Immortals. - ( Sir: As a tailor- to the Beau Brummels of the Academy, permit me to suggest the clothier on North Wells street who Advertises, "All tr. latest styles in second-hand clothing." R. R. M. PERMIT E. A. C, while the permitting i good, to suggest as butler to the Immortals th acting chief engineer of the Kwongtung Tram way Co., th Hon. Yu Mai Chu. y ADD CLASSICS. v Sir: The Fort Wayne classic revolves aroir the death reporter of the morning sheet. Tl apathetic gentleman was making his grewso rounds over the telephone, and was in conver tion with a local undertaker. That night, in ' of the railway yards, a particularly messy af had happened,, a brakey being separated i ' sundry .parts. The jovial embalmer was re to pass on the details. Asked the d. r.:."Got n deaths tonight?" "Well," welled the undertak "there was an accident, in which " "I aiii takin accidents, I'm taking deaths," snappei the d. r., and banged up the receiver. SCOOP. WHT NOT JUST OWN IT?' Sir: On Halsted street I see the sign: Paule Leases Men's Clothing Why not own your own suit? L,.'M. S. "DENY Tacna-Arica Treaty." Headline. . You might amuse yourself seeing how many words you can construct out of Tacna-Arica. . , i ' B. L. T. Mental Millions Draft all the diamonds dwelling in Kimberly. Mass the mazuma produced in the Rand, They won't be a patch on the millions so lim berly Cashed m by Cox from the orator's stand! Ransom the rubies of rajahs oi Ruzzlepore, Bust every bivalve that stUl packs a pearl, They can't compare with the glittering gobs of ore t Juggled by Jimmie as he does his whirl 1 Lift all Kidd's loot from its hidden locality, Put Monte Cristo's atop of the pile, Cox lifts his brows at the oettv totality. Smiling the while a contemptuous smile! 1 r 1 f - '." m m . unions no longer cool a he dandles 'em; ' Adding machines have been all put to bed, Digits are dizzy, so reckless he handles 'em; iPonzi, surpassed, bows dejected his headl There is one point in the proof that is frangible, Hard headed persons are going to find. Diamonds, rubies and gold dust are tangible. While Jimnrie's millions he mints in his mind. Uauauu Uaui ie Slaw York Sun. LOVE-HASKELL COMPANY INSU-RJ&NCJB Ever) Known Kind OMAHA, NEBRASKA Archibald J. Love, Prest. Frank J. Haskell, Vice Prest.' '. : To September 17th, 1920. Executive Officers, . v. AirBranches of Commerce, Gentlemen: . - Most-executives give agreat deal of attention to .the question of costs and pride themselves on keeping 'their overhead charge down to a minimum. ' But, strangely enough, many executives do not pay much, if any, attention to tjie costs and adequacy of their irisurance protection. 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