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6 THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY IB, 1921. TheOmaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY i THK BEE PUBLISniNO COMPANY, NELSON B. UPDIKE, r-ubllseer. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Th awwleietl rnwt, f which To Im Ii I Member. Is si luMoit willtIM In Um um for puNinii.m nf til mm dUp.U'hn ereitltee: ta H or tint otherwise endued In tbll iwpsr, nd sleo (lit lot-Si mwi rubllfhed berein. U rUU of publication of out irMltl dllpetrset sr sleo rewrtrd. BEE TELEPHONES tas Psiurtntnl or r Wmied. yiOT IW Fr Nljht Call! Aft.r 10 P. M.l MUrll DrrtiMl TIr lCOOf. fHrevlsllrai Peparlment ........... jr 10011. AdTietMni tiepertmtnt UhKL OFPICES OF THE BEE (in Office: Kid mil Fmeal Council luff( 1.1 Scott HI. I South Sid 1111 N It. Out-of-Tewn Offices: Jfew Turk !M ririh At. I Wathlnilon 1311 0 fit. CklMfO 8(nr Blill. I fans, France; 410 Rut St. Honors The Bee's Platform 1. New Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued Improvement of the Ne braska Highways, including tka pave ment of Main Thoroughfare leading , into Omaha with a Brick Surfaca. 3. A short, low-rat Waterway from the Cora Bait to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government, Sales Tax for Revenue Purposes. A great deal of weight is being put behind the sales tax as a substitute for the excess profits tax and certain features of the income tax. One of the latest of the great national commercial or ganizations to give adherence to the, plan is the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, Inc., in which is comprised practically all of the con cerns interested in the production of music and musical Instruments. Its committee on legis lation, after an examination of the revenue sit uation, makes a comprehensive report, carefully weighing the factors involved, and reaching the conclusion that a flat tax on commodity sates is the solution. It recommends: The imposition of a uniform tax on all sales of commodities, wares and merchandise, ex clusive of capital assets, to be paid monthly by such seller. . . The abolition of excess profits tax and the so-called "war-time" excise taxes and material reduction of individual income surtax rates. The imposition of a minimum tax of $5 upon all residents of 'the United States who receives an independent income. These three propositions embody a program that has had a great deal of earnest considera tion by students and others interested. It is estimated that a tax of one-half of 1 per cent on commodity sales will produce $2,000,000,000 of revenue; that it will be easily collected, the monthly payment making settlement with the dealers causing a minimum of inconvenience to trade, and the "loading" of prices to anticipate taxes will also be minimized. The dealer will know at any given time exactly what tax is due from him to the government, because he will know the gr.oss amount of his sales, in which the tax has been included. A tax on all sales will do away with the onerous and in many ways ridiculous "luxury" and excise taxes now levied, and will distribute the impost over all articles dealt in and not put a heavy burden on a few. Nor does it appear to the committee reporting to the music men that the sales tax will finally have the effect of greatly increasing the selling price of any wares. U passed along to the consumer, as it undoubt edly, will be, when fairly distributed over the whole field, the addition to the retail price will be less than that resulting from the present method. , The excess profits tax did not produce all that was expected from it, and with the heavy surtax laid on individual income has encouraged the "hiding" on taxable incomes in various ways. If the law is changed, and the reductions made, it is argued, money that is now fixed in long time, low rate tax-free bonds will remain liquid and be employed in the normal channels of trade. The federal treasury will lose nothing by the operation. A tax of $5 on individuals having an independent income is intended to reach a great many who do not now contribute to the support of the government. It appears, however, to be reaching out too far to go after those whose incomes are below $1,000, or heads off families whose incomes are $2,000 or less. The $80,000,000 expected to bi raised by this tax may well be provided from fome. other source. These people do not con tribute to the support of the government by direct payment of taxes, but they indirectly con tribute their full proportionate share to the sunt total Of the revenue. Any scheme of taxation which fails to take cognizance of the fundamental fact that gov ernment revenue must in the end come out of created wealth, and that all business is carried on with careful and definite attention to the cost ihf running it, will fall, just as has the present law, which disregarded some of the maxims of taxation because of the emergency. A commodity sales tax, however, offers at least a variant of the mode of securing money for public needs. (Capital Punishment. Controversy over whether or not capital pun ishment acts as a deterrent to crime may never end, but the account in The Sunday Bee of the last hours of condemned Nebraska murderers did not adduce any evidence in favor of those who claim that more liberal application of the noose or electric chair will discourasre law break ing. In general, it was found that the prisoners met their doom without faltering. This absence of cringing terror impugns the theory that legal executions tend to strike terror into the hearts of others. It may be doubted if any man com mitting a crime of passion gives thought to the penalty if he is caught. The influence of capital punishment in degrading and brutalizing the public mind and instilling the idea of revenge is another factor that must be considered. In that classic of childhood, the Queen of Hearts used to settle 111 controversies by shout ing, "Off with his headl" In the same way, some criminologists say that the taking of life for crime is a confession of failure in which civiliza tion says, "I do not know what else to do with this offender, so I will kill him." Nebraska's National Guard. . Announcement that two floors of a downtown building have been rented by the state for the uses of the National Guard in Omaha calls to tnind the fact that the state and city alike are remiss in one important duty. Decent quarters irUH far the Guard. Much mieht be written as to the desirability of the citizen soldiers; they, have been and may be of use to the community, but the community has done little for them In return. In congress, when the army appropriation bill was under debate, a great deal of stress was expended in emphasiz ing the charge that the army seeks to throttle the National Guard. What the army really has sought at all times to do is to bring the National Guard up To a plane of high efficiency. This can not be done without co-operation on part of the citizens. First of all requisites is an armory, properly fitted up, where the Guard may be quar tered. The third and fourth floors of a down town building is not such a place. Storage room for field and camp impedimenta, a drill room, and perhaps offices for carrying on the business of the organization may be so provided, but that does not fill the bill or take the place of an ar mory. In Omaha particularly for many years earnest efforts were made to keep infantry com panies at a state of high efficiency under such circumstances. As the companies were driven from one location to another, the men became discouraged and the personnel suffered accord ingly. If the city is to have even one company of the Nebraska National Guard, it should be adequately accommodated. One of the real needs of Omaha is an armory of ample size and equipment. The Dead-Game Farmers. - News of the farming districts of Nebraska is interesting because out here in the Middle West the conviction still is clear that the earth is the source of all wealth. Dozens of dispatches in The Bee the other morning brought every evi dence that the farmers of this state, although hard hit in many instances, are' carrying on. With the exception of one county, which is con sidering lower wages for teachers, there was a singular absence of gloom. Reassurance of one kind is to be found in the story of 80 acres of land in Merrick county which sold for $175 per acre, but the farmer is not primarily interested in land speculation. One of the mistakes that have been made is seeking compensation for losses on production in the increasing value of the land. Figures setting the value of our major crops last year at $327,959,951 are especially interest-' ing because of their excess of $21,000,000 over the United States Department of Agriculture fig ures announced about a month ago. Our own state department of agriculture apparently is in the better position to make an accurate estimate, and this woutd place Nebraska in twelfth place, following Missouri as a crop producer. It is apparent that the farmers still believe they can farm at a profit. They are ceasing to concentrate their sole attention on production problems and have learned to regard themselves in the light of consumers as well as producers. The report showing the profitable activity of 374 co-operative associations is a sign of this develop ment. The farmer may yet find that circum stances that now seem so unfavorable may turn out to be blessings in disguise as he is forced to a careful survey of the agricultural problem as a whole, and not of merely one aspect. Lloyd-G eorge's Hour of Test. The reassembling of the British Imperial Par liament, after a recess of nearly two months, brings the final test of strength of the Lloyd George ministry that much nearer at hand. It will be attacked from all sides, but by an oppo sition that is rather more determined than united. This very fact may prove the strength of the ministry. Ireland will present the chiefest sub ject for debate, and one on which the premier and the coalition government are most firmly united. Lloyd George has flatly declared that he will not Consent to disunion; that the full program of Sinn Fein is unacceptable, and that Ireland must take home rule as put up by Par liament. While the- labor group has declared in favor of Sinn Fein, it is not so completely knit together on the point as will give it solid weight against the ministry. It is possible that a ma jority might be put together to overturn the government and send it back to the country, yet it is not likely that the elements that would join to put Lloyd George out of office could be brought to support any of those who are looked upon as his possible successors. British party lines are not so well drawji as before the war. even the laborites showing a considerable width of "twilight zone" between the different winga of the party. All this gives the present session a peculiar interest, and indicates an expedient if not a permanent advantage for the premier. As it stands, Lloyd George is the last of the great war premiers to hold on, and if he is able to re tain office through the impending crisis, it will be a remarkable tribute to his astuteness as '.veil as his worth. Land of Waste and Plenty. No more important task could be found than that undertaken by Herbert Hoover with the assistance of 200.000 American engineers to make a survey of American industry for the purpose of curtailing waste. For all the boasted efficiency of modern life, our rich natural re sources and those of man-power and mechanical energy undoubtedly are being squandered. For the first time the nation is to be studied as a single organism, thus recognizing the close connection between all the members of the in dustrial system. Farming, manufacturing, for estry, mining, transportation and distribution have been critically examined before this, but singly, and with as little result as if a physician should center his whole attention on a blood poisoned finger without overhauling the whole physical system which caused it. There have been efficiency experts before this, and they knew all about machines and records, but were ignorant of human nature; consequently their scientific efforts frequently ended in dis aster. In regarding the production system as a whole, the human element will be found to bulk larger than that of the machine. The waste of casual occupations, of waves of unemployment when men are unable to satisfy their needs though willing to work, of monopolies that dis courage production or hamper other lines of in dustry by their requirements these are as im portant matters as the inefficient burning of coal, the failure to use water power or any other me chanical failures. Mr. Hoover and his associates, if they follow their announced intention, have a joa of immense proportions. Not even the .appearance of B. V. D.'s in the shop windows will alter the climate, and we have ordered two tons more of coal. It ought not to have been necessary for that Iowa mail carrier to hang himself might have entered the air mail service. Paderewski is now in the market for a player pianq and a phonograph. 1 A Line 0' Type or Two Haw ta the Lino, lat tha aulps fall where they may THK l'lUENDLY LKiHT. My room is high above the street, And up a lone;, long- stair, And when I'm left to go to sleep, , I'm often lonely there. But underneath my window stands The street-lamp, tall and fine. Just Ilka a (treat Mr eye, that looks Directly Into mine. I pull the window shade aside And look down at the light: It winks at me, as though to say. "I'm here sleep well g-ood-night:" IRIS. WE like Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, Kubla Khan, and many other unfinished things, but we have always- let unfinished novels alone unless you consider unfinished the yarn that "Q" finished for Stevenson. And so we are un able to appreciate the periodical eruptions of ex citement over "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Were we to read it, we dessay we should be as nutty as the Dickens fans. THIS PARTS' MUST BE A FALSK ALARM. (From the Marinette Eag-le-Star.) In Saturday evening's paper there Avas an announcement that Miss Goldio Vlllen eauve of that city was about to msrrv a i.po Janowlta of Menominee. Miss Villeneauve wishes not to have any such rumors as this In circulation. And furthermore she wishes to let the public know that she wants nothing- to do with this party, and never had any Intentions of marrying- him, and docs not wish to hear any more of this person or anything- concerning this. Miss Qoldie Villeneauve, Marinette. OUR young friend who is about to become a colyumist might lead off with the jape about the swnenman wno asicea tor red oil lor his lantern. Then there is that side-stitching sign, "Pants pressea, ju cents a leg, seats tree. London Correspondence. London, Jan. 27. The lady was uncertain whether to get off at Marble Arch or to keep on the 'bus till the next stop west, which would have .been Bond street. She would, and she would not; and all the others of us besan to acquire nerves. "If," said she "if Lady Cochins wains mis way to meet me, l shall pass her; vet, if I walk, she may take a 'bus, and. so, pass me. So, what shall I do? . . . i n get off here. . . . No: I'll stay on to Bond street. . . . One moment, conductor! I think it better that I get off here: why, you've started! What do you mean? What do vou mean?" H came in. pulled the strap, and told her what he meant, in tnese words: "Madam, this Is a vee-hy-kul. A vee-hy-kul Is somethin that eoes on wheels. The wheels turn, Madam, when that man up in front puts the wheel to the right. When he puts it to the left, Madam, the wheels stop. Now, Madam, if you don't mind the sug gestion, from one such as I, it is this: that. If you wish something that stands still while you make up your mind, you give up takin" vee-hy kuls, and get on the Arch there. I've been rldln' this way twenty-two years, and it's never moved jet!" F. D. WE se'ldom listen to a canned-music machine. but when we do we realize the great educational value of the discs. They advise us (especially tne records ot singing comedians) what to avoid. MARY GARDEN MIGHT RISK A FIVER. (From the Mattoon Journal-Gazette.) Canaries are so easy to raise when you know how; If they won't feed their young, or your hena won't set, or the eggs won t hatch, or your bird is sick, or don't sing, it's all your fault. I can tell a singer from a hen in the dark. I can tell if a singer has lost its voice, or Is in song Just by looking at it. For $5 or a singer I will tell you my secrets, which took me many a year to learn. If I don't tell you $5 worth keep your money. Mrs. Hogue. "THELANDER-ECKBLADE Wedding Solomonized," reports the Batavia Herald. In teresting and unusual. "WEAK Undertone Noticed In Eggs." "Possibly," ventures C. N. S., "the chickens coming through." THE THOt'SAND A XT) OXE AFTERNOONS; '' , IV. i 'The most extraordinary thing happened, the fair Saldee made reply. 'When the Boss learned of Ben's all from grace, 'he sent for the old man and cursed him roundly. "How long have you worked in this shop?" he asked. "Twenty seven years," sniveled the ancient slave. "And what am I paying you?" the Boss demanded sternly, "Twelve dollars a week," confessed tho culprit. "What! Twelve dollars every week! Why, you scoundrel!" And the Boss, in a rage, sent for the head clerk, who had put up the job on Ben, and ordered him to make the wages of the ancient one a hundred dollars a month. "And if Tie doesn't quit taking money that doesn't be long to him, make it a hundred and fifty! By gravy, I'll stop that old fool's stealing if I have to take him into the firm! ' I call that story concluded Miss Perkins, 'Paid In Full, or theKe ward of Virtue.' 'An excellent tale,' declared the office man ager, who had lent both ears to the telling. 'It is nothing,' said Saidee, 'compared with a thou and others that I know.' 'Oh, Miss Perkins,' cried the office boy, who also had listened spell pound to the musical narration of the First Stenographer, 'you promised to tell me The Story or the Fink Bhirt." Did I? said she. 'Well, you will have to wait until tomorrow, as It Is quit ting time. I don't mind saying that it is a story worth waiting for. It is one of the best in my collection. I am sure Mr. Houssain would like to hear it, too.' The merchant looked again on his Firs Stenographer and Private Secretary, and he Baw that her face was like the rising full moon, and her hair like the plumage of the raven, and her eyelashes like those of Night, and her figure put to shame the young birches of the forest, and her voice wa more melodious than the water courses of the hills, and he remembered the words of the Oriental poet 'Shejs like to the peach kist by the sun, and the mole on her cheek Is globule of ambergris dropped on the face or a ruby.' And Houssain, having remembered and noted all this, and more, made answer: , 'Sure. I'd like to hear it.' AS to the best sea story, the opinion of II. M. Tomlinson is of peculiar interest. He tells Comrade Morley that "Moby Dick" is "the Im mense book of the sea." WEDDED, in Chicago, Otho Neer and Lfl cille Dimond. Fashion your own setting. Twins, at Least. (From the Hooker County, Neb., Tribune.) We wish to thank the citizens of Mullen and vicinity for their sympathetic conduct and unselfish endeavor in our behalf while ' Mrs. Ferch was detained in your city. And especially do we thank the ladies for the part they so well performed. We remember the efforts of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs." Alex Burnett, Miss Delia Pool, Mrs. Elmer Clemens, and Mrs. J. H. Welton. Also Mr. James, Mr. Barber and another bachelor whose name we do not know. Re gardless of the facts as finally exhibited, we sincerely thank each and every one who assisted In any way. Mother and bablea doing well. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Ferch. "YOU get the bird," waggishly advertises J. J. Nick, the Rhinelander mortician, "and we will furnish the nest." THE pious prayer of a German .blatt during the war, "Heaven defend Germany from a per manent peace 1" is in a fair way to be answered. LET HIM BLOW. Sir: Please decide this problem of conduct for me. When friend husband, who dearly loves & sweetly sentimental story, with the happy-ever-after ending, comes home with May Sinclair's "The Romantic" and Thomas Burke's "Lime house Nights," should I, knowing the disappoint ment awaiting him, utter an Ineffectual warning, or sit tight and wait for the explosion ? JAY AYE. "WANTED Permanent place as a widow lady. 1416 N. F." Richmond (Ind.) Palladium. Add Queer Occupations. IT may be nay, it is ungallant so to say, but Well, have you, in glancing over the beauty contest exhibits, observed a face that would launch a thousand ships? Or five hun dred? B. L. T. Have More Time. Salespeople in stores work harder than 'wait en, but they don't get tips,Albany journal. How to Keep Well By DR. W. A. EVANS Questions concerning hyilene, sanita tion, and prevention el disease, eub mltted to Dr. Evana by readers of Tha Bee, will be answered personally, subject to proper limitation, where a atamped, addieessd envelope is en closed. Dr, Evana will not make diaenosis or prescribe for individual diseases. Address letters in care of Tha Be. Copyright, 19:1, by Dr. W. A. Evans. Tcuiii Omaha, Feb. 13 To tho Editor of The Bee: Jf you want to purify a stream, whoro its source, or course. If you want to reform a man, where would you begin'.'- With tho mind which governs hltn. If you want harmony, would yon tench the causes of discord? Would you not, rather, teach and practice the principles of harmony? If you want to make a carpenter, would you teach him astronomy? In every ono of theso cases you would teach and practice tho thing you SPORADIC CASES OF FLU. Whether or not we have a general ized epidemic of Influenza this win ter, there will be scattering' cases. Here and there a community will have an epidonmc which, go far as its horizon extends, will be as im portant as tho great epidemic of 1918. About the middle of December a physician told nie he was seeing a few cases of genuine grlrt anil thnt he feared an immediate recurrence of the disease. Theso cases had nose bleed, their lungs rapidly filled up with fluids and some died quickly. Subsequently events proved the in correctness of his prophecy, though it Is certain he was right in his diag nosis. The disease did not spread because few who came in contact with the cases were susceptible to the disease. In January, 1920, Watertiurv. I wish the student to know. Now let us continue this analogy. If you want health, would you teach disease? If you want purity, would you picture filth? If you want good morals, would you teach immorality? The Bible say. "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall ho also reap." What Is It. we sow but' thoughts good or evil? Jesus said "By their fruits ye shall know them." That is, the effect will correspond to the cause like produces like. If one is pure-minded, ho will re flect purity, health and harmony. If one indulges in evil thinking, it will be manifested as murder, rob bery, sensuality, Immorality and disease. N What shall we do to ho saved from this awful condition which con fronts us today? Instead of taking tho poor body (which is only a con dition of thought mado manifest) and dortoring and cutting it up, or putting it behind confining walls, as the case may be, why not begin Conn., thought It was in for a repo tion of tho 191s wave. Drs. Alex ander and MacDonald report on a series of 100 cases and it is worth reading a brief summary of this re port in order to get the nature of influenza back into our minds. Tho striking quality whs the ten dency to nose bleed. Any coryza which causes nose bleed or bleeding from other arts of tho body should be suspected to be influenza. Ninety-five per cent of the cases started with chilliness. In 12 per cent of the cases thej;e was a distinct chill. In only 3 per cent was there sneez ing:. Fourteen per cent started with a "cold In the head." Seventy-four per cent had an early, dry lacking cough. Only 2 per cent of the peo ple gave a history of influenza in the epidemic of 1918 as In that epidemic tho great majority of the cases were In young men and women (72 per cent). The fever was not very lifgh. Tn 12 per cent it did not go over 101, in 25 per cent not over 102, and in 23 per cent not over 10S.II. Different from the onset of the epidemic of 191S. there were no cases In Which the lungs rapidly filled with water at tho onset of tho attack. Forty-eight per cent of the cases developed pneumonia, it is true, but the pneumonia slipped over the patient very gradually. A per son who had what seemed to be an ordinary Influenza would continue to have fever through the day without having any tendency for the temper at the source of all tho trouble? Paul says, "Let that mind be in you which was also In Christ Jesus" and "Renew the body by the renew ing of the mind." Why do not our reformers, who are working night and day to get the legislature to puss the children's code bill which real ly means turning our children over to control of the state (and we must submit to everything that means no matter if we like it or not,) why do they not see where the trouble lies and correct the thoughts which govern these suffering ones? Teach them purity of thought and this will bo reflected in health and happiness. C. B. Asks For Proof. Cedar Bapids. Neb., Feb. 11. To the Editor of Tho Bee: I notice in The Bee's Issue of February 10. that Mr. Harry Moss, secretary of the Nebraska Chamber of Com merce, made a remark in his ad dress to lumber dealers, In the Rome hotel, which cannot go unnoticed. If The Bee quotes it right, he said, "Do you know that there are thousands of teachers in our schools, who are teaching your children that kind of philosophy which is diametrically opposed to our national ideas?" ature to drop. Now for the good of these thou sands of teachers, Mr. Moss speaks of, I call Air. Moss to explain tha ! Maybe the chilliness had been a little prominent and maybe the sput um had been a little blood tinged. Examination of the chest showed the kind of philosophy these hard-working teachers, are teaching, that goes diametrically against our national ideas. Does Mr. Moss try to in sinuate, that we have thousands of teachers in our schools that are not doctor rather unexpectedly a begin ning pneumonia. This pneumonia differed from an ordinary pneumonia in that it rarely caused fever blisters around the mouth, there were few pains in the chest, the sputum was not rusty col ored and tenacious and examination of the blood showed only a slight In crease in the white cells. This was a local influenza outbreak and such We will doubtless see this winter. Put Prohubly No Danger. Airs. E. E. H. writes: "What dan ger is there, if any, in having a girl come to work in the house from a home where there Is tuberculosis? The girl seems to be perfectly well herself." REPLY. . flf the girl Is free from tuberculosis there Is practically no danger, par ticularly If the girl is cleanly. Feed Bahy TjOss. Airs. H. S. writes: "1. Aly baby is months old and weighs 15 pounds, measures 28 inches. He weighed almost 7 pounds at birth. am feeding him for 15 minutes every four hours. He cries very lit tle and appears to feel fine, but his bowels move from eight to 12 times in 24 hours. His food seems to be digested, but stools are often green. I am regular in his care. I was told he should have only from one to three movements in 24 hours. "2. I am 20 years old and could not feel better. Aly menses have re sumed. I have no pain. I am told there is something the trouble, as this should not happen for six to nine months and that iny nourish ment will not satisfy my baby much longer.1" REPLY. 1. Tour baby has a mild degree of indigestion but not enough to dis turb him greatly. If you could feed him a lettle less the indigestion should cease. Try taking him from the breast at the end of 12 minutes. 2. You have nothing to be dis turbed about. In the "Good Old Days." A. N. writes: "Please inform me Of the virtues or medicinal effects of Haarlem oil. I am in my 70th year and have been obliged to get up at night to urinate once or twice since I can remember, but recently more frequently. After lying down have pain in the bladder, but standing have no pain." REPLY. The only reason for taking Haar lem oil Is because your parents and grandparents took it. Like blue eyes, it is inherited. It got its reputation a hundred years or so ago because it tasted nastier and smelled nastier than any other medicine, and in that day medicine was supposed to drive out devils, and the more offensive the medicine the faster the devils got away. Drinking plenty of plain water will help you more than tak ing Haarlem oil. The 'probable cause of your trouble is prostratic enlarge ment. Tho best treatment for that is surgical. Heat locally applied is of service. If You Drink Enough. K. writes: "Kindly let me know whether buttermilk is fattening." REPLY. It is if you drink enough if it, especially if you eat bread at the same time. We fatten pigs on but termilk and table scraps. EARL H. BURKIT h. k. BURKET son Established 1876 FUNERAL DIRECTORS c l'm - ity of Thought. good and true-blooded Americans? Air. Moss speaks of thousands, I ask him through the columns ot Tho Hee to give only Just 100 names (if teachers, nay 1 will be easy, give us 10 names of teachers, in Ne braska who arc teaching the philosophy ho speaks of. Come, Air. Moss, In behalf of the fair and good teachers of our state. 1 challenge you for proof. If you cannot prove tho assertion you made, and give nnnies of teachers, I call on you to apologise to the many men and women who have taken on their shoulders the burden to teach our would you begin? At children good ana true ideals. FRED VAN ACKKKEN. Mkes The Bee. Omaha, Feb. 14. To the Editor of The Bee: Please permit ino to offer my sincere thanks and to pay a well deserved compliment to the one who wrote tho editorial In the first column of The Bee of February 12 entitled: "Abraham Lincoln's Birth day." It is certainly worthy of con servation. When it comes forth tho truth the facts ing so great a subject, feel that our voices or whollv unequal to the task, but you, Mr. Editor, have done well. 1 think that It Is In order at this time to state that a distinct imruovemcnt has been noted in The Bee. E. E. ZIMMERMAN. Gettlmt History Straight. Lincoln, Feb. 13. To the Editor of The Bee: I wish to correct a couple of statements found In Alexander's article in The Sunday Bee, entitled "Last Hours with Doomed Mur derers." It states that William lchea was the first murderer to pay for his crime at the penitentiary at Lan caster. This is not so. Gottlieb Niegenflnd from Pierce county was hung there on March 13. 1903. I witnessed his execution, being at that time a representative from Pierce county. Khea was the second man hung "there, his date being given as July 10, 1903. He also states that BUSINESS S GOOD THANK YOW LV. Nicholas Oil Company Yourself on Your Own Payroll This is not difficult. Start a saving account. Add to it regularly each week or month. Invest in Con servative shares, permitting the dividends to be credited into more shares, and in a few years you will have a fund bringing a nice income each year. For Nearly Thirty Years The Conservative has been paying drvjdends-to-tliose-who have invested in shares. The money is loaned to buy and build homes. It is perfectly safe-secured by First Mortgages on these homes and the loans sro hoirwr rerlnrerl recularlv each month. This con stantly increases the value of the security. It e sarc, simple ptan. s ,t Savings 6LOAN association j & ft c2 r n o y South Side Agency, Kratky Bros., 4S0S South Twenty-fourth Street. j, What the m 1 I i eiepn Does The gas, the electric and the water companies sewe many residences and business houses from the same pipes or wires. But the telephone com pany must furnish individual wires for your use all the way from its office. When the water-or gas pipes "spring a leak," or the electric wiring. "goes bad" or a lamp burns out, you pay for the repairs. - But when your telephone is "in trouble" you send for the telephone man, and the telephone company pays the bill. , NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. Niogeliflnd killed his wife .ui. her brother. This Is true as to In wife, but not us to thn brother. Il Kiu, ,i his wife and father-in-law, Alin Breyer and also shot his io.mIhm in law, but diil not kill the luMer. Tim brother, Gottlieb Breyer, Is now H resident of Florida, mid he also wat present t tho execution. N. M. NKLSU.V. OX Catching 1 1 to Mcllcn. And now the experts aro sol eninly suggesting a pool of resources by tho New England railroads, a iv scrambling of tho unscrambled! Mellen may yet take his place in history as the prophet and protago nist of tho inevitable. Hrookl.ui .t 1 1 I f 1 f I f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 1 1 II I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 CADILLAC SERVICE and E 1 REPAIR DEPARTMENT S 26th and Farnam Street We make it right. 2 Our satisfied customers aro our best asset. s Have your Cadillac attended s by efficient capable, mc- . s chanics who through constant 3 practice can do it for less in E E the long run. S J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co. Service Department E E Guy Whoaton, Service Mgr. S Harry Reid, Shop Manager nllllllllllllllinilllllllllllllllllllllllllllll American to setting concern most or u pens are Nllill hor tkojc willing to pay the price, piano vaJue beyond compar ison is offered by the itlflii&lfniifhl jT ' Ir beauty ot tone it is recognized generally as having no equal. And it superb tone outlwrfts that of any piano bar none. in tWkoracfcionit is mrmitabjy responsiw to any mood or emotion. fiighesi- priced is "rand Aighest praised nvestigate and YOU ovjj nave, none otlier. Other Notable PIANOS represented by this house are: The" Kranich & Bach7 Sohmer,' Vose & So'fii, Brarh bach Baby Grand, Kimball, Bush Lane, Cable Nelson and Hospe. The APOLLO Reproducing Piano and the Gul bransen Player lead the world in every feature of Real Player mech anism. 1513 Douglas St. The Art and Music Slorc is a I I tone for You Company People .wire their own houses for elec tricity. And they furnish their own Yxtures and lamps: ' . You pipe your .ouse for gas and water at your own expense, and furnish the fixtures, too. ,
