THE EEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1921. The Omaha Bee fUlLY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, NELSON B. ITDIKK. Publiihei-. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tte aatnrtalM KM. of wWih Tie Baa la a number. K ei j'lu.mif entitled m ih. u for publication of all ntm d.apatchaa rrliinl lo II or not oiharwlae (-mute In llin papar. and alto the Im-al newa publlahed hrrrtn. All rio(e of publication of our Biceial Tipilcbaa ara alaa leeerred. BEE TELEPHONES TriTaia Brani-h fciclianin. Aak fur lb a luturtment or l'traun Warned. For Nifht Calls A Her 10 P. M.: Editorial Department - - - - ' friroulatton I'epartmerit - - - - ...... , alrarUilng Uepartanent - - - - - v OFFICES OF THE BEE Main Offlrer 17lh ano1 Farnam .louncll Bluffi 13 floott 8t. I South tlda Out-of-Town Officee: Tyler 1000 Trier 1000T. Tyler KWSf, Tjler lOODL law York laltaro 5SII Fifth At. Wuhhirtnn 23 IS N 8t. nn o m. Steier DMi. I Parle. Frame. 4J0 HueSt. Honora Tfte Bee's Platform 1. New Union Pattengar Station. 2. Continual! improvament of tha Na braeka Highway, including tha pava mant of Main Thoroughfare loading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A abort, low-rate Waterway from the Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Homo Rule Charter for Omaha, with ' City Manager form of Gorernment. it ! The Muscle Shoals Muddle. i. A tight concerning whicli the public is ('largely unable to judge is raging in congress ' fiver the appropriation of $10,000,000 for Muscle plioals, the largest water, power project in America. Opinion of trustworthy men in Wash ington is divided as lo whether the Wadsworth , iiicasnre can be made constrictive. Congress- Jfnan Jcfferis of Nebraska was instrumental in iji'aving the appropriation stricken out by the 1 louse, while the agricultural committee of the -cmite has now reinstated, it. Thus far the iovernmcnt has spent $120,000,000 on the work, iiiid $45,000,000 more will be required for com ' ilction. 1 ' There arc claims that the Muscle Shoals bill. jvhich deals with the great government dams ;hnd nitrate plants on the Tennessee river in Northern Alabama, is a steal; this much is ccr- iiin, that immense waste characterized the con struction done during the war. The agricultural .interests have been supporting the bill now hefore congress in hope of obtaining a cheap :orm of fertilizer by extracting nitrogen from jflie air by the electrical power. Experts have Icstificd before congress their belief that nitrates Tould not be produced as cheaply as they can te bought from Chile. The question of an Assured supply for munition making during time war, however, enters in here as an argument ju favor of the plan. The fertilizer corporation Jvhich at one time expected to conduct the itiitratc plant on power bought from the govcrn- Jucnt, and which backed the schema, now has lost the opportunity and is said to oppose the jirospcct of competition. 'In its place as an advocate of prompt completion by the govern ment is the Alabama Power company, which is variously described as hoping to be able to buyv tip the completed plant at a heavy discount and fis planning to purchase the electric current ifrtit, tli orrn'prnmiMir on4 malMtior 3 tarcre. nrrtfi u. iiiv i -w ......... . m.tu .ua... tg, u . u . . f.w...- tin its distribution. ' Even were the power handled in this way It would furnish great impetus to industry in the south by affording cheap electric power, and we find southern statesmen supporting the bill. Those congressmen who look to public Ownership and operation of basic industries also are aligned in favor of going through with the project in spite of the fact that the bill as drawn Validates large claims of private companies jgainst the government, and. would throw the mantle of charity over one of the most scandal ous wastes of the war, rivalling Hog Island and the airplane spruce operations. The mixup is indeed confusing, and is in no iivay cleared by the information that the legisla tive agent for one powerful body of farmers iivho is leading the fcibby for the bill, was lobby ing five years ago for a bill which was so gen erally characterised as a power grab that it failed. j ' I ! Torturing Public Men. The people of the United States regard with fespect the men they have put in office, and it (s but the natural expression of their feelings p wish to shake hands with public men and to 3itertain them at imposing receptions whenever iheir duty or pleasure brings them on a visit, i -Newspaper men, who get closer to public figures Jhan anyone except their wives, can tell many jVtories of the anguished and even indignant at jitude of statesmen who have no other desire iihan to be left alone with their thoughts, but ivho are forced to accept the invitation to attend 4' dinner or reception or make a speech instead. More public men have been killed by kind ness than by hard work in office or unfriendly criticism. In the current news we read of how president-elect Harding is beset with plans for elaborate receptions in Florida. At Miami, after Jconsultiog his wishes, the entertainment com mittee decided to forego their original plans and to celebrate his presence only by a display of 'flags. Southern hospitality no doubt is not en tirely .satisfied with this limitation, but the na tion need not be surprised if, when the appoint ments of Mr. Harding are made, his appreciation ' for being let' alone will be expressed in a sub stantial vrpy. "- ; , They Don't Live Forever. . We are saddened by the n.evvs the telegraph brings from California. One day last week wc 1 heard of a citizen of the Golden state, whose i salubrity was orice extolled by Colonel Starbot ;tle in his never-to-be-forgotten panegyric on t,'the great, grand and glorious climate of Cali- forny," dying at the unripe age of 114. He was "believed to be the oldest man in the state; now J lie is followed to the eternal shades by another 'youth of 101. Too bad to see these young fcl Hcws cut off; 'even Nebraska knows what it " means, for only a few months ago one of the rnost promising boys of this lovely state passed away just in the bloom of springtime, having at 'tained to only 127 years. His decline was ascribed by some to his being deprived of whisky, to which he had been accustomed from 'infancydating back a century or so. K What a pity these chaps couldn't have stuck -around until 1925, and then have been permitted to enter into the glorious "antitype" state, so alluringly outlined for us by Judge Rutherford. To 'be' sure, they will come back with the rest. but how rjce it would have been if they had been permitted to enter into tiic eternal bliss without having to undergo the dissolution in cident to death, even ii the state is to be en dured for just a few months. However, they may enjoy the jcuth that awaits all the more for having a brief respite. The thought for the moment is that they do not live forever in Ne braska or in California. Vhich states between' them hold all records for climatic advantages. Dawes for War Office. The open season for advising Senator Hard ing as to cabinet appointments is near its close. In four weeks, at most, the personnel of the new presidcr.t's official family must.be settled. Meanwhile, the tugging and hauling this way and that is entering uJSon a stage of final frenzy. Chief dispute appears to center over the nam ing of a postmaster general and a secretary oi the treasury. National Chairman Hays an4 Na tional Committeeman llcrt are reported to be out for, the former place; Hanker Mellon of Pittsburgh and Charles G. Dawes of Chicago are listed as rivals for the latter. ' Senator Harding is reported to be anxious that General Dawes be in his cabinet, but to be under con siderable pressure for Mr. Mellon's appointment to the treasury portfolio. The solution is easy. General Dawes' experience in France, where he w-as General Pershing's right-hand man in charge of the business affairs of the American ..Expeditionary force, gives the answer. He can be made secretary of war with the certainty that he will fill the place acceptably. Further more, his relations with General Pershing arr such that he would undoubtedly find a way for ending the curious spectacle of the titular head of the army having a title and no wo.-k to du. A Line 0' Type or Two Haw to Bt Lisa, tat tha quip (all whrrc they nay THE hoching of the Kaiser in Germany sug gests that Kurope is more likely to be made sate for monarchy than for democracy. More likely because it is more natural. HE SHOULD HAVK AX VNDKUSTL'DV. (From the Melrose Park Advocate.) XotJee Our compositor strained his right hand last week and we were unable to secure another union man to fill Iil-s place . in time to issue a paper last week. How to Keep Well By DR. W.'A. EVANS Queationa concerning hyaiena, aanitatiea and tiravantion of diaraae, aubmittcd to Dr. Evana by roadora oi Tha Bao, will ba anawered peraonally. atibjact to proper limitation, where a atamped addrraeed envelope ia encloaed. Dr Evan will not maka dia noala or preacribe for individual diaeaaca. Addreaa letter in care of The Bee. Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evana NEW WAY TO VACCINATE. Here is a now way to vaccinate. It was devised by Kinyon, late of the Washington health department, ami. later revived by Hill, then con nected witti, the Canadian army. OBSERVING the disappearance of the Po- That army used the method to ,a mess Reporter, the stenog in W. W.'s office considerable extent At'that time I narked: "Wc can all act natural now." ! ,r ,,a "i Lt', "'Ll f.ir,n' Since Law and the Condemned Socialisb. A rather anomalous condition is developed by the action of the supreme court in granting a new trial to Victor L. Berger, Adolph Germei and others who were convicted tinder the espionage act. The supeme court holds that Judge Kehcsaw Mountain Landis should not have heard the case after his personal attitude had been challenged. If this is good law, it is conceivable that the offenders may never be tried in this country, for they can allege per sonal bias against any judge who may be called upon to heai their cases. The patriotic citizen, wherever he tay be placed, naturally entertains a prejudice and bias against the man who has tried to break down the government in time of national danger. Setting him on the bench will not divest him of all trace of manhood, and therefore one judge is as open as another to the same accusation that has disqualified Judge Landis in tbis instance. Another interesting thought in this connec tion is that the president has just declined to commute the sentence of Eugene V. Debs, turn ing down the recommendation irom Attorney General Palmer that the convicted socialist .leader be liberated on February 12, Lincoln's birthday. What an astonishing proposal, that a man convicted of high treason should be given a pardon . on the natal day of the man who referred to Debs and his ilk in these words: Must I shoot the simple-minded soldier . boy, while not a hair of the w ily agitator . who encouraged him to desert must be touched? "It is not the duty of the government to sup port the people, bnt the duty of the people to support their government," said Grovcr Cleve land. We have been wandering from these fun damental truths, and it is high time that we came back to that place of discipline and self sacrifice that makes and that only can make our liberties secure. Negro and the Theater. New York's ultra-sophisticated received a thrill when they discovered the name of Charles Gilpin blazing in electric lights over the en trance to a theater. Not so much, because he is a new "star," but because he is a negro. We fail to sec any reason for especial astonishment at the fact. Gilpin many weeks ago demon strated his capacity as an actor, and has been giving a good account of himself. The role he plays is that of a negro who suddenly finds him self in a position where the knowledge he has gained of civilized ways gives him great pres tige. Metropolitan . critics have credited him with real achievement in the character. There fore, no reason for amazement exists in his hav ing been advanced to a place in Broadway's galaxy. His test is yet to come. From his peo ple have sprung poets, musicians, novelists of distinguished ability, and men and women who have in many ways done themselves credit in the higher walks of endeavor. Why, then, should not the American negro give the world an actor of parts? The country' will watch with interest the career of Charles Gilpin, realizing, as he must, that a single success docs not con stitute permanency at the Hall of Fame these days. France has a gun that will shoot 200 miles and England has a gas deadly to every form of life and for which no mask is a protection. If their military experts would only exchange ideas and put the gas in the shell, what a splendid war they could pull off, and still re main in their respective capitals. ' It was kind of the correspondent at Atlanta to make it plain that Mr. Coolidge did not con verse with any of the prisoners on his visit, to the federal penitentiary there, for the impression might have got around that he was consulting Eugenq Debs or some of the other "master minds" that Mr. Harding overlooked. From the remarks of California's senators1 it is difficult to judge whether they are more angry at the rest of America or at Japan. Uncle Sam may have to knock the chip off their shoulder himself. If wc were Mr. Harding we would not feel unduly grateful for the hospitality of Senator Frelinghuy'scn, who first got us aboard a house boat and then sued in court to prove it was un scaworthv. ' ' liten rem Frenzied Fiction. I From Collier's Weekly.) "Uh. mother!" triumphed Flame. 'Oh, mother." apologized Flame. "Oh. don't they, though?" gloated Flame. "Kh? What?" jumped her husb;tM'l. "I'-m-m-m." uniifed Flume's mother. , ''".Vow," thrilled Flame. 'Dear me dear me." shivered FUni". "Oh, my glory!" thrilled Flame. ."They seem to like me. don't they?" triumphed Flame. "Mr. Delcote?" ((uiikened Flame. "But this Air. Delcote?" puzzled Flame. "Why?" brightened Flame. "Mother?" frowned Flame. "U-m-m," encouraged Flame. IT is not strange that we do not know Homer's birthday, or whether he was born a: all, for the date of McKinley's birth is in dis pute.' A SENSIBLE ARRANGEMENT. Sir: Mr. Hoover is arranging for a large shipment of donated corn to the starving Chinese, and the arrival is reported of 3,000,000 eggs from China, causing a drop of 6 cents a dozen in the American market. A Chinaman tells me the Chinese do not eat corn. However, they can feed this free corn to their chickens and send us more eggs. IC D. B. FROM Philadelphia comes word of the nuptials of Mr. Tunis and Miss Fis;h. Tunis. Ve Icspingly conclude, is the masculine form! THK VETERAN. (Green Mountain Version.) An old Green Mountain boy. He champed Ids brand-new teeth: "Give me a real hard-cider drunk. Before I get my wreath! I will not drink Feruna. For I'm of some renown; , Kgo fui plenus Colby's, Jn Middlebury lown. Achates said, "All full of rum, I've oft gone home with thee, But now it's time lo turn about And now you go 'Jong with me. 1 have barrelsful of beet wine Which will turn you upside down; Figo eram plenus Colby's, Jn Middlebury Town." The.v tapped this curious vintage, They measured out enough To. get them good and woozy. On that most awful stuff. tut pints and pints nnd quarts. and quarts Their senses cnuld not drown, Fuerant plenl Colby's, In Middlebury Town, COLUMBUS. A MAN on the west side .set fire to some gasoline by rubbing two pieces of silk together; but if you tried to do that in the woods, in order to kindle a fire, you might rub your arms off. AN IDEAL SETTLEMENT. (From the Drumrlght, Okl., Derrick.) Notice My wife and I have divided our possessions. My wife gets all of the Rent Instate and Fersonal Property and I get to j,' pay $1.00 per day board, and sleep in the smoke house. On and after this date each one of us pays our own bills. A. J. F.eid. WILL POPP was pinched, in Montana for home brewing. On the other hand, we read that "W. D. Cowan, dentist of Regina, was injured on Wednesday by the bursting of his vr.lcanizer, a small copper steam vessel that is used profes sionally by dentists." The Psalms of David. - (Lord Ernie, "The Power of the rsalms.") With a Psalm we are married, and buried; with a Psalm we realize to the full, nnd end, our earthly existence. With what strange power do the familiar words of the Book come home to lis as we grow older! Here are verses, over which have stumbled, forty years ago,- the child ish lips of brothers, severed from us by years of change and absence, yet now, by force of as sociation with the Psalm, seated once again by our side in the broken circle of home. Here again is a passage, which, with trembling voice and beating heart, wo read aloud by the death bed of one. with whose passing the light faded and our own lives grew grey, and void, and lampless. "FORMER Scranton Waiter to Sing in Rigo letto." , What better way to develop the lungs than bawling through the hall, "We don't give bread with one fishballl?". THEY EMPTY THE BASKET TWICE A DAY. Sir: A sign of the times in the wash room of "Hotel Ramsey in Redwood Falls. Minn.: "Throw your empty flavoring extract bottles in this basket. Thanks." F. S. A. FRANCE and England are agreed that the pound of German flesh must come off. The dif ference is that England doesn't want the patient killed, while France . . . GAMMON AND SPINACH, OR THE BEARDS OF THE PROPHETS. The beards that some false prophets wear Selling their lips to Mammon, Serve as illusion for the snare, 1 As spinach for the gammon. PAN. IF you ever wondered' what the seven seas are, let Mr. Kipling inform you. They are the North and South Atlantic, the North and South Pacific, the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Indian. WHY THE EDITOR TOOK TO THE HILLS. (From the Fairmont West Virginian.) Miss Bertha M. Dilgarde sang sweetly and effectively "Just as I am, Without One Flea." WHENEVER1 there is a mild winter you hear people say, "We'll catch' it in February.'' B. L T. Moths of Splendor. To gain some idea of the splendor of some of the world's moths and butterflies, one should glance over nearly complete collections of them from the tropics as they occur in South Amer ica, .Asia, Africa and the great eastern and western archipelago, with certain parts of Aus tralia. says the American Forestry magazine of Washington, D. C. Such collections are to be found in the United States national museum in the reserve and duplicate series. There is a superb species that comes from Africa, wherein the "tails" to the hinder pair of wings are over eight inches in length. Then we have the gor geous Atlas moth of the East Indies that meas ures a foot across from tip to tip of its'uppct wings. Portland Oregonian. i then its use has increased. I am informed that it is being em j ployed at the Great Iikes Naval . Training station. . Having been a'd vocated by .Dr. White before the I Evanston Medical society, it is being .' used with satisfaction by physicians in that section. It is a method fori injecting vac cine into the skin, instead of scratch ing the Kkin and rubbing it in. The skin is thoroughly washed and scrubbed with soap and water. This is followed by an alcohol bath, where this is obtainable. Tighten the skin by grasping the arm just below with the thumb and fingers. Drop vaccine virus on the properly prepared skin Use a . coarse sew ing needier Hold it slanting- but nearly parallel with the skin. Pass the needle through the virus and then into the underlying skin in such a way as to pierce the outer layer of the skm. but never to go entirely through. Never draw blood. Repeat this a dozen times from dif ferent directions in a space of one sixteenth of an inch. It is better to repeat this so as to make three small vaccination areas, no one of which is as large as a split pea. Per mit the vaccine to dry on. Apply no shield, adhesive strip, or band age. Whenever possible the shirt sleeve should be clean or else a piece of clean gauze or a clean handkerchief should be pinned to it in such a way that the gauze covers the vaccina tion. After this vaccination there results, neither a blister nor an ulcer. Instead there comes a button, which comes away and leaves a scar. The advantage of the method is that it does not cause suppuration or an ordinary sore and it lessens the danger of infection, decreases 1 the pain, soreness, and swelling. I cm told that when vaccination is done by this method there are no bad arms. When an army is vac cinated, on account of the good after care they are very few bad arms. My information : is that when the army used this method there was none. I have before me an anti-vaccina tion document which quotes Sir William Osier in such a way as to indicate that ho .was opposed to vaccination. Here is what he said as to its efficacy: "A great deal of literature has been ' distributed , casting discredit upon the value of vaccination in the prevention of smallpox. ' I do not see how any one : who has gonf through epidemics as T j hav and who is familiar with the' history of the subject and who has any ca pacity for clear judgment can doubt its value. Some months n&O I was twitted by the editor of the journal of the Anti-Vaccination league for a Curious silence on the subject. "I would like to- issue a Mount Carmel-l vaccinated go into the next severe epidemic with ten selected unvaccinated per sons. T would like to select three unvaccinated physicians, if they can be found; three legislators opposed to vaccination and unvaccinated, and four unvaccinated ' propagan dists; and I will make this proposi tion not J;o jeer. or . gibe when they catch the disease, but to look after them as brothers." Sir William is dead, but I am sure every health commissioner main taining a smallpox hospital is will iner to issue the 3ame challenge.- He will board and lodge ten unvacci nated anti-vaccinationists in his smallpox hospital for three weeks alongside ten vaccinated attendants, will give good care to . all who con tract the disease and will publish the results. in walnuts (eaten often) is a good cure or at least -i temporary remedy for constipation?" REPLY. I. They will not. J. 1 do not think so. Operation Is Simple. Lucy writes; "1 am a girl of IS years, and my left eye has been crossed since childhood. I have been wearing glasses for the last three years, but the doctor says it won't help. Would you advise an opera tion? Is it dangeriuis, ami could blindness follow?" REPLY. 1. Yes. 2. The only danger is thai you will lijse the sisht in that eye. In fact, you ure probably blind in that eye now. The operation is a simple one. mm iik- itr. iksuu it ,UMllll like(cluillenge to anyten un :ed priests of Baal. I will It's Not Very Useful. F. B. writes: "A friend of mine recommends that I take creosote in cream for a cough. Is this a good idea?" REPLY. No. If you have consumption you need something more than that. Creosote was very frequently used for consumption twenty years ago. It is less used now. if you have an ordinary cough 'you do not need cre osote. Figs Xot Injurious. Mrs. L. V. F. writes: "1. Will the seeds in figs injure the intestines? I am fond of figs but have feared that possibility. "2. Also please tell me if the oil Columbia Grafonola And Columbia Records HER LOST FREEDOM. The bandits who are holding a California man's wife for $30,000 ransom presumably chose a victim whose married life had been as success ful as his business. Why doesn't President Wilson go ahead and write that $150,000 article and divide the, pro ceeds with every child named Woodrow? One of the best cures for sleeping sickness is an alarm clock. Now we know who a bumper crop bumps hardist. Mush each day drives the surplus away. A Young Mother Speaks. Breathing, live thing on my arm. Soft, and' still, and red. and warm, Iii a few years you will be. Small, strange thing, a girl like me. Ere you came, my whim and moo.l Wetje my own. N6v you intrude, I must live my nights and days 'Neath your scrutiny always. 1, who used to pout and mope When I wished, must sing and hope. And be kind, that you, some day, May, intruder, be that way. I. so young still, may not be Ever, while 1 live, now, free. You will build your life like mine, . How can I. then, dare to pine, Or be aught but brave and fine? I. your mother, am, beside. Your child, for your wise eyes to puidc B.v Mary Carohn Da vies m rcbruary Hear the Latest Columbia Records It's a . pleasant practice to drop into our store and hear the new Columbia Records. You'll like these '7've Cot the Blues for Afp Kentucky Home" "Sweet Little Stranger' We will gladly play them for you. aO ft Jlousckccuiitr looil j WAHASVAUII tlVINi STOW mum at amw i Water Loaded Bread. Sutton, Neb., . Jan. 26. To The Editor of The Bee: Refering- to "Prayers asked for Bread Bill" House Roll 24, Smith: This bill should pass. A section, however, .should be added making it a fine anil prim punish ment, for any baker to project steam into his oven while the bread is bak ing for the purpose of adding weight to the breael. I once leased a build ing to a baker having an oven that was equipped with this power. Bread will bake all right without this condition. This was a standard oven manufactured in Chicago. This oven is still operating in' 'Nebraska. Tn London the English baker is lim ited to a certain amount of water in his bread. When this 'water-loaded bread comes out of the oven you seem to be carrying a wet dish rag. The pure food chemist could easily determine the percentage of water projected into the bread mechan ically to dishonestly increase its weight. M. V. C. AMERICAN STATE BANK 18TH AND FARNAM STS. Service" and "Profit" are synonymous. In other words our offer Service means nothing unless we can prove it means a profit to you. Here your banking requirements of whatever nature will encounter the attention and co-operation of those who guard the service record of this institution. $1,000 a Day Increase has been our average gain for the past six months in our Savings Department. , . " Safety $200,000.00 capital with added advantage of being fully .protected by the Depositors'. Guaranty Fund oi the state of Nebraska. 4 interest added to your account January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st. -. First ten days of the month's deposits oTraw interest for the entire month. . i , . . Funds subject to withdrawal without notice. . D. W. Ceiielman, Preaident. D. C. Geitelman, Caahier. H. M. 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Tja gglCSXrat' SERIES OF THRIFT MESSAGES -in the form of posters will appear, starting Tues day, February 1st, in our Farnam and Seven teenth Street windows. Q These posters are de signed to bring out in a forceful way the value of thrift and saving. 9 They will be worth your notice as you are passing. THE OMAHA NATIONAL BANK FARNAM AT SEVENTEENTH STREET , -J