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THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1921. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COM PANT, NELSON B. UPDIKE. rubUk. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TM Awwuud rnu. of ohlrb Th Btt ti t lumber. II -clout! vitlUid to li um for twbltcttlou of all iwwi dlmtobM tndlttd i II or not attwmlM credllM la thu papar, ai alio lb local oaira ruMIhM twain. VU ritlta ol publication of out lal ilipattfeaa art alas taaartad. BEE TELEPHONES Prltaia Branth Eichanja Aik frf i Tvlr 1000 lha DararUBaol or rtraoo Waotad. lwt Far NUbt Call Aftar 10 P. M.i Mitcritl Dfpartmant Ttlar lOOM. ClrrulaMoa napanmanl ...... Trlw lOOJt, 4dranlalnt Dapartmant ..... Trw VML OFFICES OF THE BEE Main omcai lTlh and ramus CounsU Bluffa 1J Bootl St I South 8: da CSU N It. Out-l-Tw Oflicm Km Tnift FiflS ita. I Waihlnlton 1311 0 St. Blew BIiu. raria. rranca. auin. nouon Cbtcan The Bee's Platform 1. Nw Union Passsnger Station. 2. Continuoil Improvement of th No brisk HigWajs, including tho pave " men! of Main Thoroughfares Usding into Omaha with a Brick Surfaca. 3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the Cora Bolt to tho Atlantic Ocean. 4. Homo Rulo Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. Harding's Foreign Policy. While Mr. Harding has not been precipitate in disclosing the details of his foreign policy, such as he has made public appear sound and rea sonable. His attitude towards Europe, evinced while a, senator, has gradually developed into a settled gonvtction, it would seem, and he has in mind to keep America free from the internal troubles of the Old World. However, this docs not inclyjie any purpose to abandon obligations as sumed through our participation in the late war. The United States entered the war with a definite object in view, and until that object is made se cure our president will not be satisfied. ,., . , Germany must not only admit guilt but must make reparations. Until this is done, and only limi ted by Germany's ability to pay, the big issue in volved in the conflict will not be settled. The United States holds Germany responsible for the war, and will not render futile the expenditure of blood and treasure made by our. people through taking part in any move to exculpate the offen ders. While the Treaty of Versailles will not, again be submitted to the senate for ratification, cither with or without the covenant, the attitude of our presfdent holds no consolation for those who had" hoped to drive a wedge between the United States and the Entente Allies. Selection of Colonel George Harvey to be am bassador to the Court of St. James, the most im portant foreign station under our government, had been discounted and has been extensively dis- cussed. It means, if anything, firm adherence to the best traditions of Americanism. Col. Harvey is a democrat, and was originally responsible for Woodrow Wilson, having been chiefly instru mcntatm securing his election to the office of governor of New Jersey and then paving the way for his, domination at Baltimore. Wilson broke with Harvey, just as he has with all others who have been of great service to him and yet who would persist in doing apportion of their own thinking.' flie rupture was hailed as a fine piece of poliuisal finesse at the time, as it marked the line bei reen the conservatism of Harvey and the radicalism of Wilson. Harvey's attitude on ' the League of Nations is quite, in harmony with that of.the president, and his appointment may be fairer interpreted as notice to the world that so far a the United States is concerned the cov enant fiamcd in Paris is dead. Satisfaction ought to follow these disclosures " of the Harding policy. While they do not come with" any element of surprise, they do have the merit of being sincerely put forth without any ttteniot at preparatory exploration of the public mind. Above all, they are in line with pledges ' made while the campaign was on. and so indicate . determined fidelity by the president to a well reasoned American policy. Self-Determination for Hungary. The;coup d'etat attempted by Charles, latest and perhaps last of the Hapsburg emperors, ap pears to have failed. It was bungled fronvthe " very start. A peculiar ineptness seems to have marked the plot, wherever it was conceived, and Its failure is not a source of wonder, now that some of the details are by the desire and fatuously supported by the thought, Charles left Geneva on what he im gined would be a triumphal march to a throne at Budapest. He returns disillusioned. Not only, were the eager throngs, waiting to acclaim .tarn king, missing, but a stern and capable regent flatly informed him he could not achieve his aim WoL than this for his future, he has brought om the Allies an expression that is . ominous The pos that control will not assent to the " retiiirTof a Hapsburg to rule in Hungary. Rear : oSSr this are plain. Rehabilitation o Hun- ry af a kingdom under the control of the de- of Stuart, or that of Orleans, it has had its day a star is waning. Its dukes, archdukes, "'gs and em IroVs wrote many a line of history the blood of their subjects and those they wish ed to subjugate, but the future contribution from this crVwillttlemorethan a footnote.. "Cabbages and Kings" in Spain. A few years ago the Infanta Eulalia wrote en tertainingly for the edification of her American .friends, under the caption of "Cabbages and Kings," and gave us some interesting informa tion regarding the private life of European mon- archer and dignitaries in general. She might add a chapter now, with her nephew as the topic, .T and 1i actual doings more nearly related to the title thn she could have hoped. For Alphonso has turned to gardening, and daily the royal hands lay down the scepter for a short time and dally with the hoe. How long he will keep it up we wouldn't like to guess, but he is learning some things that are good for a king to know. A ' pathetic touch in connection with the arrest of Alexander of Russia was his expressed wish to be allowed to retire to his country home, there to spend his time with his roses. His fierce captcjrs ordained another fate for him, but the thought is poignant with the wistful yearning of a weary man whose burden had become too heavy for him, and who was sore beset and knew not whom to trust. Other tnonarchs have found surcease from the cares of state by meeting nature in the garden, where the mystery of life challenges al ways the imagination and affords inspiration to the thoughtful. Alphonso is doing well to dig in the ground, to produce garden truck and send it to the poor. He will be the better ruler the more intimatey he views the wonder of growing things. Lewis was not so far off the track when he wrote "cabbages and kings," although he might have intended to thus adjoin the antipodes. Omaha's Electric Light Rates. The announced schedule of electric light rates, proposed by the-city council and now pending final adoption by that body, has met most fav orable reception from the home consumers. The rate for the small user contemplates a substan tial reduction in price, more than had been hoped for, and the more acceptable because it comes as a sequel to a long and earnest effort on part of the company to secure permission to increase the rate. This reduction does not extend to the whole sale users of current. To them the new schedule slightly increases the charge. Naturally, these object, but the choice is easy between 40,000 homes and some 250 big institutions. Hereto fore the rule has been applied the other way round, not always with justice, and generally accompanied by much grumbling. Along with the new rate schedule the council has also under consideration a proposal to sub mit a bond issue to provide funds for setting up a small municipal lighting plant to compete with the existing service. The need for this is not so urgent as it might have been were the company not disposed to accept the terms of the city. For this reason it appears wise to allow the bond issue to stand over; nothing will be lost to the public by putting it on file, from whence it may be taken at any time, nor is the right of initiative on part of the voters affected in any way by such action. If a substantial decrease in the lighting bills paid by the homes of Omaha may be achieved, and no right of the city jeopardized, we think it vould serve the public better to take the lower rates in sight. The municipal plant can well be held in abeyance for a time. Making Children Welcome. No one now believes that two can live as cheaply as one, nor can a family of four or five or six live as cheaply as two. Disillusionment no doubt has something to do with the fall in the birth rate. Three men work at the same job, for the same pay. One is footloose and free, another has a wife, and the third has not only a wife but a brood of children. Each man draws the same pay, for industry is not yet run on the plan of each according to his needs. This penalty on parenthood is lightened in the textile regions of northern France through an association of manufacturers that is paying three -francs extra a day for each child in a worker's family under 13 years of age. In ad dition to this, 200 francs is paid to the head of a family on the birth of a child. The birth rate of France has been declining for a century. According to the magazine, "La France," which tells of the new plan to make children welcome, from 937.345 births in 1881 the volume decreased to 328,466 in 1915. During the war period the death rate far exceeded the birth rate. In 1917 there were 613,148 deaths, exclu sive of those in battle, and only a little more than half as many births, 343,318. It is estimated that births last year exceeded deaths by about 140,000, but even this' improvement is small, and the ex periment of higher pay for parents than for thu unmarried or childless will be watched with in terest and hope. Brains on the Farm. Sixty-seven boys and girls will be graduated from the school of agriculture of the University of Nebraska April 15, a reminder that farming has become a science demanding a high type of training. Some young people master their vo cation as their parents did, in practical experi ence on the farm, but at least a short course in some, agricultural school is quite a usual method of preparation for what is rapidly becoming a profession. Almost any city man feels capable of advis ing the farmer, but no great rush from the cities to the land is in evidence. Nor are such ama teurs ' wanted there. The best brains of the country are needed on the farms and the stream of young men' and women trained in the agri cultural colleges affords hope of the ultimate solution of one of the greatest national prob lems. It is not altogether a question of produc tion, although these costs may be able to be reduced, but the problem of marketing especially demands trained men to design economies in dis tribution from producer to consumer. Political candidates may look the very best on their campaign cards, and strew them over the whole city, but the only pictures 'hat will get a second glance arc those' of the -.vomen who are running. Though we may not vote for them, all are interested to sei what a femi nine politician looks like. Now that an army airplane has been driven from Washington to New York in a little more than an hour and a quarter, "forty-five minutes from Broadway" no longer will indicate only the suburbs. . As an aid to river navigation, Governor Me Kelvie might well appoint the intrepid business men who sailed on the good ship Castalia as ad mirals on his sfaff. Missouri estimates the damage to the fruit crop by the freeze at $10,000,000. This looks as if the persimmon and pawpaw crop might be a total failure. That paper strike at Sioux City is the kind we favor. Have it over with before it. can inter fere with work in any way. Local married couples have little trouble in "making the first page" nowadays. Cupid must have been on a spree hereabouts. The legislature would welcome the news that Omaha had adopted a home 'rule charter. Slate making is the great sport today, but tomorrow it will be slate breaking. Wonder who will run the Weekly while the colonel is abroad? ' Have you picked your fourteen yet?- Pay for Teachers Too Low Endowed Colleges Menaced Because U nable to Raise Salaries . New York. April 3. The General Education Board has just published a study entitled, "Teachers' Salaries in Certain Endowed Colleges and Universities of the United States," by Trev or Arnett, for several years auditor of the Uni versity of Chicago, now a secretary of the Gen eral Education Board. This studv was undertaken to provide a basis for the distribution of a $50,000,000 gift made by Mr. Rockefeller in December, 1919, with the sug gestion that, as far as practicable, it be used for the purpose of stimulating and assisting colleges and universities in raising additional endowment for the increase of teachers' salaries. . Up to the present time, $24,250,000 has been al located to 184 institutions, which have undertaken to raise a further sum of $55,035,000, making a total of $79,285,000. For immediate relief, an nual grants have been made aggregating $4,304,' 451. In order to disbuse the fund most effectively, detailed information was sought as to college salaries prior to the war, increases made since the war, the relation borne by such increases of sal ary to the increased cost of living and the plans under way for financing further salary increases in the near future. Mr. Amett's study contains information con cerning colleges of arts, science and literature, arranged under three groups, men's and co educational institutions, women's college's and colleges for negroes. State universities, and one or two large endowed institutions are not included. Salaries paid in 1914-15 to 8,540 teachers, ranging from instructors to full professors, in 259 institutions in all parts of the country, are compared with salaries paid in 1919-20. Of this number, 4.559 or 53.4 per cent, were paid in 1919 20 from $901 to $2,100 per year; 3,293 received salaries above $2,100, but of these only 516 re ceived more than $4,200 a year. Only 92 received over $6,000. These salaries include an increase of about 25 per cent between 1914 and 1919. . Meanwhile, ac cording to the United States Commissioner of Labor, the cost of living had increased' not less than 80 to 90 per cent. Sixty-one per cent of the teachers reporting were married. To meet their increased necessities, colleges have utilized three methods: first, the raising of tuition and other fees; second, the procuring of additional endowment; third, the acceptance 'of annual gifts by which they may be tided over an immediate crisis. Prior to 1920: fees had been raised an average of about 25 per cent. Further increases are being put into effect and are contemplated, but many institutions hesitate to increase tuition fees lest they make it impossible tor students of limited means to attend college at all. Emergency gifts have been widely sought, and, in general, trustees, alumni, and the public have responded generously. But gifts of this nature are inadequate in financing permanent salary in creases. . The main requirement of endowed institutions is increased endowment and Mr. Rockefeller's fund is being used to stimulate such endowment, primarily devoted to the rais ing of salaries. Mr. Arnett's study develops the relation be tween teachers' salaries and other expenditures. Such salaries form on the average only 47 per cent of the total expenditures of the institutions reporting. Since 1914-1915 expenses of maintain ing and operating physical plants have increased 74 per cent, while salaries increased only 42.6 per ceryt. This shows a tendency on the part of American institutions to put relatively larger Sums into maintenance and upkeep as compared with the sums devoted to teachers' salaries. Mr. Arnett concludes: The data above given show clearly that our higher institutions of learning, which are supported by endowment, are seriously mcn aced through lack of funds to pay adequate salaries to teachers. Business economies may be effected by the introduction of more ef ficient methods of conducting strictly busi ness operations, yet there is grave dangej that large numbers of able men may be driv en from academic life and that young men and women of ability may be deterred from entering academic careers. It is incumbent upon those who believe in the importance of endowed colleges and universities as factors in our educational development to co-operate promptly and generously in assuring their future. Copies of this document may be had by ad dressing the General Education Board, 61 Broad way, New York City. Dangerous Moral Degeneracy. The man who now thwarts the law of his coun try by buying whisky knows that it has been ob tained either under false pretences or that it has been stolen; there is no other way of obtaining it except through the bribery of public officials. He is deliberately encouraging the breaking of many more laws than the Volstead law: he is indirectly responsible for such murders as that good citizen who is horrified when some half idiotic creature preaches the overthrow of the constitution. The constitution can survive the verbal attacks of the demented. It cannot sur vive the moral degeneration of our own citizens, which is what open defiance of the laws made under it would mean eventually. From the New York Mail.' Cowboys of 1921. The 1921 cowboy, like the trapper, has al most vanished from the western picturg. He lives now chiefly in Hollywood, Ca!., or in barn storming troupes touring the country. He is no longer concerned with, cattle, except as the atrical props; he is an actor, not a stockman. Ex cept in a very few places he is gone from the range, and in these scattered spots where he still persists it is in reduced glory as a greatly modified type. He is likely to be as familiar with flivvers as with horses: he is as handy with the innnkey wrench as with the branding iron, and as for six-shooters, he is more likely to carry a kodak. Chicago Journal. Versatile William. And at last comes the news that Wilhelm Hohenzollern has written a book. Those who were credulous enough to believe he spent all of his time sawing" wood may now be credulous enough to believe his publicity man isn't the author of his book. The still more credulous may believe much that is in the book. Louis ville Courier-Journal. Americanism. , The essence of Americanism is equality before the law; majority rule; representative govern ment; progress by parliamentary processes rather than by mob action; and co-operation for right ends by just means, expressed politically in the federal idea, and socially in economic organi zation, governed by duty and guided by educa-tion.T-Leslie's Weeklv. Lying Ancient vs. Modern. This story is vouched for as true. A Sunday school teacher asked a small girl the other day why Ananias was so severely punished. The lit tle one thought a minute, then answered: "Please, teacher, they weren't so used to lying in those days." From the London Morning Post. A Searching Question. If a woman who slays her paramour gets $1,000 a week for 50 weeks in the movies on the strength of her accomplishment, will it have an influence to cause young women to be good? From the Pittsburgh Gazette Times. The Eternal Paradox. Women are buying more clothes than men, but men continue to wear more clothes tha.ii women. Indianapolis News. How to Keep Wei! By DR. W. A. EVANS Quaationa concarnlnf hyflana, aanitatlon and pravantion of diaraae, submitted to Dr. Evana by reader of The Bee. will be aniwored personally, aubject to proper limitation, where a etamped addressed envelope ia encloaed. Dr Evana will not make diagnosis or preacribe for individual diaaaaea. Address letters In care of The Bee. Coprricht, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evana A Texas View. If passenger rates go much higher in this state a person on a train will be looked uoon as a spendthrift. Dallas News. WOMEN THINK; GROW TALLER. Triors is some statistical proof that women have achieved something besides suffrage in the Inst 30 years. it has not been thought that man eoulj by taking thought add a cubit to his stature. Maybe men cannot, but iomen can. A thoroughly scien tific woman, )r. ('. V. Mosher of Ice land Stanford university, comes for ward with statistical proof that wo men who have attendnd that univer sity during the Inst 30 years are in creasing in height and weight, though the average age is lower now than at the beginning of the observation. In the year 1891 the average height of the women students was 62.4 Inches. There may have been error in the measurements of this crowd, because the average height of the group in 1892 was 63.3 and the average for the 10-year period was b3.Z. In the next decade, 1901 to 1910, the average height was 63.5. In the last decade, 1911 to 1920, the average was 63.8. The tallest group or ail, J 917. averaged 64.1 inches. By grouping the women by de cades yearly fluctuations were over come and the groups were made large enough to overcome the effects on the averages of unusual indivi duals. The average weight of the women is increasing and the average ago is decreasing. The women of Leland Stanford are drawn from nil parts of the country. Dr. Mosher has either done the examining her self during 30 years or has super vised it when it was being done by women she had trained. She thinks it proves that the women attending Leland Stanford now average two- thirds of an inch taller than did those of the last decade of the last century, and she further thinks it fair to infer that the average wo men of the racial stocks longer in this country are becoming taller In all parts of the country. And what is the reason?. One is that woman's dress is gradually be coming more sensible. The change in fashion makes possible the wear ing of clothing which interfere less with the hygiene of tho woman. They ride more, walk more, and play more games. From time to time the athletic girl becomes the vogue and the influence of such activity on the fashions in clothing persists for a long time, and snreads to all parts of the country. The colleges, uni versities, secondary schools, put a good deal of stress in games for girls and gymnasium work for them I11 addition. Getting out Into affairs caused her to hold herself straighter and to step livelier. She is now the political equal of man and she realizes that she must grow up to the part. She is not so willing to acnuiesce In fash ions and decrees which work against her physical development. Bv tak ing thought she is adding a cubit to her stature. Shoes Cause Trouble. Mrs. J. G. writes: "I have a little boy of 3 years, lie always is troubled Harding and Labor (From tho Philadelphia Public IjPdger.) Labor must be willing to live up to its name, ia the opinion of Pres ident Harding-. In brief, as he sees it, labor must labor. This view was expressed to a labor union president in a recent interview at the White House. That labor must take .on a big share of the whole job of gen eral reconstruction in industry seems to be the position of the chief ex ecutive. That position is very gen erally shared. Tho president has voiced the popular belief. There is an impression that labor is not doing its full part. This goes back to prearmistlce days, when labor was reported. as slowing up in spots. These reports grew damning in their details after the armistice and became more marked through 1919 and into 1920. Industrial plants all over the country claimed that labor was "lying down on the Job." The matter became a sort of a national scandal. The claim was borne out when the slump came last summer with its reduction of work ing forces. Smaller forces that were retained began turning out a better percentage of work per man, in nu merous instances. Labor was begin ning to get over its "nervous pros perity. It is still convalescing. - It was brought out in this same Interview that the president has found empolyers have 110 particular desire to cut wages. v hat they do want Is a chance to give 100 per cent pay for 100 per cent work. If his Information is correct and labor Is willing to meet the employer half way, to stand for production and for the delivery or a run day s worK for a full day's pay and for the re duction of Wages in certain clearly over-paid trades, why, then, look for troubles? And labor will find it hard to take any other position and keep it long. Maybe the time of returning san ity is at hand on the part of both employer and employe; that "nor malcy" that President Harding and the nation hopes for. Significant Brevities. I suppose you are prepared to de liver some 'great speeches?" "Not long ones," replied Senator Sorghum. "One word may decide the future of a man In my positlon.J Everything depends on whether you know Just when to say 'Aye' and when to say "o,'" "Washington Star; Restoring a Sense. It is pleasing to learn that ears are coming back in style, and that lovely woman will soon be able to listen as well as talk. Chicago Daily News. Artist Materials 1513 Doug. Street The Art and Music Slore POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. Be Sure and Vote for Harry B. Z-LM-M-A-N That's the way to spell it. with ingrown toenails. He will not let mi! get them out. Can you tell me if there is something to stop them?" KEPLV. Let your boy go barefooted and he will not have ingrown toenails. Or have him wear broad-toed sandals and loosely fitting socks. Ingrow ing toenail results from wearing nar-row-toed shoes. The nhoe pushes the front end of the nail and causes it to lie diagonally across tho toe. AlHiut Children's Diet. Inquirer writes: "1. "What are tho hours for nursing a 6-momhs-o!d baby? How often during tho night? "2. How much orange juice should be given? "3. AVliat should his weight, be? Also what is the proper weight for a 2 1-2 year old boy? "4. What diet should a 4-year-old child have?" HE PLY. 1. Six, 10, two. six, midnight. 2. About a tablespoonful. 3. (a) about 16 pounds, (b) about IS pounds. 4. Second day bread, well cooked cereals, ordinary fruits (not very sour), most varieties of cooked veg etables (avoid corn and cucumbers), fresh meats, including llsh and eggs, a pint of milk a day, simple des serts, especially those made with milk. . 1'or tho Welfare Hoard. Omaha, March 30. To the Editor of The Iteo: "Welfare Sponsor" takes som,. trrrihln shots at the worthy Hoard of Public Welfare of Omaha, but ho falls to cite any spe cific instance where the board has fallen down in its duties. The Welfare board Is supposed to keep the public morals as clean as it ran, and 1 believe It has done this. Take that "Mack and White" r-ah-nret affair. As soon as tho shooting occurred, they slapped the well known lock on the gate. They've "razzed" the Mack Cat cabaret un til it's scared to be anything but iiice, and the Empress and Orpheum gardens are both behaving. "Wel fare Sponsor" hasn't read of any rows for a long time in the De Luxe dancing academy, and he'll have to admit the Welfare board's been get ting in some good work. Cut out the knocking, "Welfare Sponsor", or else show some specific! grounds for J our argument. Don't shoot a lot of wind without something solid in it. I'm for the Welfare board, from now or. in. UEORGK D. Ct'llTIN. od Physician's Care. Mrs. G. S. writes: "I am 40 years old and have inflammation of the gall bladder. As it causes me con siderable worry, would like to know if it is anything serious and what would you advise me to do?" REPLY Inflammation of tho gall bladder may prove very serious. My advice is that you put your case in the hands of a physician and obey orders. Xo Taller: Probably Fatter. D. S. writes: "To settle an argu ment will you kindly tell if people grow until 21? If a girl has reached 20, is there another year of growth?" REPLY. Xo further gain in height can be expected. There will be gain in weight. When Palate "Falls." J. J. H. writes: "What causes fall ing of the soft palate? Would this cause a feeling as if something was caught In the throat, and also a choking feeling-?" REPLY. There is no such condition as fall ing of the soft palate. Some such so-called cases are cases of ordinarv sore throat. In some instances the palate is elongated. If the palate is long enough to cause trouble the ex cess should be snipped off. Can Reduce Symptoms. "A Reader" writes: "Is hardening of the arteries incurable in a woman of 70? What are the symptoms? Is there immediate danger of sudden death?" REPLY. While hardening of the arteries is not curable in the smsn tiiat -n.imfa been done can be undone, the blood pressure can be lowered and the SminlnillflMli hn nnmlln,.,. women withstand it for a long time. The symptoms are dizziness, head ache, high blood treatment consists in overcoming i-uiixupauon, living on vegetables fruits and cereals, bring moderate in the use of coffee and tobacco, and living a life of quiet and poise. Outdoor Life Will Help. L. B. write-.- "One of my father's sisters died a few years ago from consumption, and tho nty,ar. i treated for the same sickness at a sanitarium. Is there anv chance of my inheriting it? How could I avoid it? I am 16 years old and am not in what you can call the best of health v-au jou suggest anything to in crease my weight?" REPLY Practically speaking, tuberculosis Is not inherited. However, a per son with a bad family history should live- in conformity with established rules of health. You should sleep In a well ventilated room or out of floors. It would be better for you to train for some outdoor trade or other work. A young person with a tuberculosis family history should try to bring his weight up to par and keep it there. Do this by ex ercise, work, and by a diet contain ing considerable milk, cereals, and bread. Oinulm's Air Police. Omaha, April 2. To the Editor of Tho Ree: What ever became of Omaha chief of tho air police? Some time back the papers were toutipg Jack Atkinson and Pilot Holcomb to become the chief of the air police. Rut their wild goose chase down the Missouri river after a trio of bank bandits ended up as such and their glory apparently must go unsung. Why wait until an Omaha bank is blown up and several hundred thou sand dollars stolen before we get an aviation Police shli tn trait 'them. Let's go. Onward Omaha, and not be so far behind our sister city, Denver. I'm in favor of naming Jack Atkin son chief of the Omaha air police on his own terms and then we'll ho nro. pared when tho next bank robbery takes place. Jack'll hop off and in a trice he'll run the bandits down to their lair. He did some good serv ice in the army and in Denver. Whv not in Omaha? Come on, Mr. Eber stein, let's get some action instead of sitting in that swivel chair and mak ing the wind blow. HERBERT SHORNEY. after the county attorney is about to be getting ready to prepare to com mence to start to take action against thin miv .lenklnfton W nil know ha'a a si cker. 1 Know It better than, you do. He's got some of my dough Hut I'm willing to wait until the county attorney does something an 1111 hi tlllll, w, .-1 ' II.H Iii the top linos of the paper every day. HKNRV F. LUCAS. Food Price in Omaha. Omaha, April 2. To the Editor of The Hee: How come? The papers are filled nowadays with widespread reports of the falling cost of living. Likewise Omaha papers and the Chamber of Commerce are crying "Onward Omaha." Walk down the streets of Omaha and glance at the signs brazenly displayed in the win dows of tho restaurants, "We take pleasure in announcing a 20 per cent reduction In all our prices," "Prices here now are 011 a prewar basis." and other as false state ments. Now Mr. Editor, how come that eggs are selling at the Omaha. Chi cago and Kansas City markets for 20 and 21 cents a dozen, and at all of these "prewar basis hold up joints" in Omaha, two eggs, any style, still cost you all the way from 25 cents to 35 cents an order? Egg sandwiches likewise, consisting of one cold storage egg and two slices of bread, cut with a raior blade still attract the "peak price of the war time period" of 15 cents. Ham and eggs likowisc have not taken tho toboggan despite the reductions in market value. These are but. In stances, isolated, of the tremendous cuts made by the benevolent restau rant men of Omaha. G. G. A. One Real Sooop. Omaha. March 31. To the Editor of The Ree: I see all the time where newspapers brag and boast about their "scoops" and I have also been told that Washington, D. C is the Mecca of reporters who long to make the "big time circuit." Well, Just chalk up one great big whale of a "scoop" for that little country editor. Harding, and his henchman, for HOW COMB the well-known Mr. Debs could saunter into Washington and out again with out any of those hundreds of hlgn piuvered newspaper folk that comb the nutlonal capital for the myriads of newspapers throughout the land nosing him out? Tell mo that, will you? Defend your profession, Mr. Editor, for I havo many friends In that f,ame profession and -I'm sure going to use that little incident as a clamp to keep their tongues stilled for a time. "JUST A CUB." Liken Dudiey. Omaha, April 1. To the Editor of Tho Hee: I have known .1. J. Dud ley for years as a police officer. He can look any person in the eye as he is fearless, honest and reasonable and clean. He believes in good gov ernment and law enforcement, not of the reform that would close up the city nor of tho liberal that would open it up. His judgment Is good with lots of snap. And I appeal to all women voters to consider him at . 1. 1 .. . .1 r ' I ....... derful energy and vision will be a credit to those who support him. MRS. R. I. PENNELL. 517 Dartmoro Apartments. High Cost of Movies. Omaha, April 1. To the Editor of The Bee: It seems to me. that the movie theaters are about due for a jolt. The only place that the work ing man may go for recreation. AVages ara coining down, as appar ently is everything else, yet 110 one seems to mind the exorbitant prices charged for admission to the thea ters. Investigation reveals the fact that all of thd main playhouses for mov ies are making enormous profits, running into thousands a week. The film houses are cutting prices. Now I wonder if it is going to be neces sary to boycot in order to get a lit tle reduction in admission. EMBARRASSED. Just "Weary of Jcnklnson. Omaha, April 1. To the Editor of The Bee: Say, what kind of an ad vertising medium are you running down there? What's the idea of fol lowing this guy Jenklnson. "pastor promoter" and all that, around like he was tho Rajah of India? Don't you suppose the public ever wants t read some news beside whether Jen kinson is in Omaha or Fremont or Timbuctoo or where and whether the county attorney's going to prosecute him or not? Well, we do. We like to read the news when It is news and not when it's going to be news A Word for Fori!. Omaha. March 31. To the Editor of The Ree: Having Just read Ben nle Flnklestoin's letters regarding Bergdoll and his question why others should not be prosecuted, particular ly Henry Ford, wish to say that others besides could also be added. The American is a fair and good natured being: he loves fair play. It it not persecution but Justice that he desires should be done. If an average could be struck of how loyal and patriotic any certain class of people were during the war, I am sure some self-praising people would not stand so high. It came to my particular attention a case in Indianapolis of a man named Black who had as bad. or worse record than Ford. Many soldiers that happened to be In New York city tell of a "slacker's para dise," which had a majority ot a cer tain class of people. Do not attack the man but attack what he says. You know truth cannot be denied, suppressed, or done away with. If Henry Ford is wrong, show us; we are from Missouri. A MISSOURIAN. "Get Boi-jcdoH." Omaha. March 28. To the Editor of The Ree: Bravo! I salute you. Your editorial in the Monday morn ing Bee entitled "Goln After Berg doll," is something like. And the lines of the editorial which caused my old heart to Jump and sing was this: "The pursuit of this peculiar fugitive should be relentless and his punishment certain, if for no other reason than to keep faith with the more than 4,000,000 other young men of the land who subjected themselves to the operations the draft and 6erved as their country required." I volunteered. But I hold nothing against the many who waited for the call in the form of the draft and did their service. For it had to be so and all wero not footloose like I was in those days. But I want to see Uncle Same reach over there in Germany and seize that young pup, Bergdoll, by the collar and Jerk him right back here to Leavenworth where he belongs. And I am sure there are millions of my buddies who trudged their weary way over that high hill at Montfaucon that hold the same idea on this case as I. Wield your pen, Mr. Editor, for the pen Is mightier than the sword, and GET BERGDOLU MOBILE HOSPITAL NO. 1. No Back-to-Afriea for Them. Charles S. Gilpin, a negro actor, declaring himself not in sympathy with the back-to-Africa movement, isks, "How can you go back to a place where you have never been?" That expresses the sitnatlon. The present-day American . negro Is a native citizen with all the rights that the status implies. Springfield Rs publican. Not The Morning or The Evening Bee - - But Both DO YOU remember when you used to read the same news in The Evening Bee that you had read at the breakfast table in The Morning Bee? Or maybe it wai the other way around, and you read in The Morning Bee what you had read the day before in The Evening Bee! You wont find that in The Dee Morning and Evening TODAY. The Bee is not a "warmed-over" newspaper nowadays. The Bee doesn't have that "warmed-over" taste. ' The news you find in The Evening Bee is distinct and different from that you read in The Morning Bee and vice versa. The Policies Are Different The Morning Bee specializes in state and national news, in market and financial reports, comment and gossip carried by Associated Press, Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee leased wires and special telegraph and cable from every part of the world. The Evening Bee specializes in local news and in entertaining features.'" The best features and the most important news are in both. But the emphasis is different. Not only the most important local news is in The Evening Bee, but the humor, wom en's affairs, human interest of daily happenings in and about Omaha are there. The Morning Bee carries important local news but places emphasis on the big newi t from everywhere politics, trade, conventions, agriculture and the like. The Two Are Not the Same The difference is so marked that there is enjoyment in reading both. t rs l j - 1 ti. r . . n.iL i 1 C. I many jmana men una women jeaa 1 ne uec jjoin morning una ivciing una lih'L WHY NOT YOU? Tyur 1000 THE OMAHA BEE
