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THE BEE: OMAHA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1921.
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Into Omaha with a Brick Surfaca.
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City Manager form of Government.
President Harding's Message.
In his first message to congress, delivered
esterday, President Harding touches the issue
gnored by Woodrow Wilson, that established
peace is necessary before an association of na-
ions can be safely formed. On this point the
president in effect recommends the ratification of
the Treaty of Versailles, if it can be done with
eservations that will safeguard the interests of
(he United States. This course is preferable to
the negotiation of separate treaties,' for the
United States must recognize European adjust
ments already made, and is not justified in over
turning the progress so far achieved in the direc
jfion of reconstruction. In such a course the
president will have support of the people.
J His recommendation that the revenue law be
tven a tnorougn overhauling was anticipated,
s was also the request for early tariff legisla-
lon. Similarly he had prepared the public-for
is position with regard to relief for the soldiers,
nd on the matter of railroads and general busi
ness legislation. He shows the way back to
tinrmttlcv Vrv rtlatntv an1 hae a riflrli ti mvrm,'
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that all classes will follow it. Government med-
.
'tilinir with nrivate affairs nf hntmpti ic tn roacr
jnit at the same time commerce and industry
Itiust be conducted along right lines. In this the
president includes the merchant marine, where
JJie proposes that private enterprise will be per
mitted to exercise its fullest scope, with govern
ftient assistance only where needed, but oppres
sive monopoly forbidden. The message surely,
Jugl:t to be helpful because of its sanity and
Sincerity in these matters. President Harding
lircvailed Yirinr to 101.1. "vhn inirtarivi and n.
jferprise were the deciding factor in business,
Ind not the guiding hand of a paternal government.
His foreign policy is clearly outlined, and is
f paramount importance, as the way to prosp
erity KStds through peace,' and peace can not
e general until the UnitecJ States is out of the
,ar. Y"th the adoption of the Knox resolution
Ind the revision of the Treaty of Versailles, to
preserve its real provisions for the readjustment
f Europe and yet cut off the League of Na
tions, not impossible of accomplishment, a clearer
fmderstanding will be presented. America can
ot claim rights as a victor and shirk responsi
ility as a participant, but it is wholly consistent
ith this view that we remain outside the League
i Nations as at present constituted. No need
fxists to reopen the entire -uestion, or to call to
gether another peace conference. The message
jives emphasis to notice already served on Ger
Jnany as to the necessity for that country to
reet the obligations entailed by the war.
Only private interests hoping for undue ad
vantage will be disappointed in the message; the
general public will find m it the redemption of
Promises made when Mr. Harding was nominated.
I Hay-wood '& Co. Must Settle.
Having run the entire gamut of the law he
defied, "Big Bill" Haywood finds himself at last
irmly held by the government. With his coterie
f rampant spirits, bent on revolution, openly
nd blatantly declaring the destruction of exist-
g order, he has been caught up by the law and
face to face with the penalty he invoked. He
foes not meet this in the spirit of a fighting man;
e is not the splendid champion of the cause of
ireedom he so loudly proclaimed. Having sown
' he wind, and now undergoing the harvest of
he whirlwind, he cringes. A deputation will go
o Washington to plead for amnesty for him.
It is unfair to compare Haywood with Debs;
hey are no more alike than day and night, have
iothing in common, other than their defiance of
aw. Debs sought to overturn the existing order,
ut only that another he conceives to be better
night be established. Haywood wanted to put
iown all order. Debs accepts his imprisonment
s a triumph of might; Haywood is not inclined
'to recognize ven the might of the law, but: asks
that it be suspended in his case. -
The execution of the sentence will vindicate
the majesty of the law, but will not remedy the
evil Other men will rise up to preach the fal-"
lacies of communism, the terrors of anarchy, and
they will find followers. So society must ever
be on the watch, guarding, against the inroads of
forces that would steal away the sound and ra
tional liberty of the people, even as a burglar
ransacks the home of his victim.
Safety lies in the certainty that men . who
preach sedition, who advocate revolution, who
teach sabotage and "direct action," will be over
hauled by the law, and punished when their
guilt is fairly established. "Bill" Haywood i'i
prison may be a martyr to his deluded followers,
but he will also be , a monument to warn them
that the law can not always be flouted.'
i How Are Cities to Grow?
; There are 287 cities in the United States
having a population of more than 25,000. Th;se
contain, according to census,-37,770,1 14 persons,
tnore than a third of the entire population of
the country. Each one' of .these cities is grow
ing, and never takes its thoughts off the ques
tion of population. Will the time never come
when Americans will cease to think in numbers
and instead will, devote their energies to improv
ing what they have?
There is rivalry between the cities, but who
ever heard of one metropolis gaining at the ex
pense of another? No, they draw their fresh
manpower from the country or from immigra
tion. No great objection is heard to the plan to
cut down the influx of foreigners, although this
clearly will lessen the rate of growth of most
cities. Unless, then, the drift from the farm is
accelerated, the growth of the great cities will
henceforth be much slower.
A good thing, too, if the balance between
rural and urban population can be maintained.
No ultimate good could come to a city which
denuded the countryside of tillers of the soil.
Is the Mayor Most Important?
Our esteemed but excitable contemporary,
the World-Herald, having assumed sponsorship
for an avowed candidate for mayor, insists that
one of the big issues in Omaha is who shall be
mayor. This raises the question as to the real
importance of the office.
Under the present charter the mayor is head
of a department, the same as other commis
sioners. He makes certain appointments, among
them the city attorney and his assistants; he
presides at the council meetings, signs warrants
and welcomes conventions. He is otherwise only
one of seven commissioners, each of whom is re
sponsible for the administration of a division of
the city government, each authorized to go ahead
in his own department without consulting the
others as to details. : The mayor is merely the
figurehead on the ship in his capacity as mayor.
The real issue before the community today
is to secure the election of men whose capacity
has been proved by trial, whose experience in
office is of value to the community. Six such
men, Ure, Zimman, Butler, Ringer, lTowl and
Falconer, have been nominated for re-election;
they stand on their records as commissioner, and
are not seeking election because they are pledged
to support any particular aspirant for the orna
mental office of mayor.
Omaha is vitally interested in good govern
ment. This means the prudent management of
all the city's affairs, careful control of the details
of administration in each department. The six
commissioners seeking re-election, The Bee be
lieves, have shown their fitness for the work as
signed them. We believe it to be far more im
portant to secure the services of such men, to
leave it to them to assign departments after elec
tion, than to hamper any . by requiring that he
pledge himself in advance to .be controlled by
the political aspirations of any individual or self
ordained cpmbination of individuals. 1 .
Chicago's Crime Commission.
Chicago's crime commission, operating just
as any business organization, and with a mem
bership reading like the directorate of a great
industrial enterprise, has emerged from its in
vestigations with proposals for several new laws
to be laid before the legislature of Illinois, Its
efforts have been centered on suppressing the
murder, robbery and automobile stealing that
have characterized the city's crime wave,
v Although most of its hope appears to rest on
more severe laws rather than on enforcement of
present statutes, some of its suggestions are un
questionably good. Highway robbers, for in
stance, would be punished with life imprison
ment if armed with a deadly weapon, and armed
burglars also would be .more severely punished
under the plan of the commission, than those un
armed. Possession of a revolver can. only be
taken as indicating a willingness or intent to
kill to avoid capture or frustration. Heavier
penalties for such potential slayers ' would be'
simple justice. '; -.' .... i
There is a suggestion also for making auto
stealing a felony punishable for from two to fif
teen years in prison that may prove of practical
benefit. However, it is by: speeding up the ap
prehension and assuring v the punishment, of
wrongdoers that this commission can best fulfill
its function. This also is a part of the work of
the business men who make up the board. Its
operating director, Henry Barrett Chamberlain,
long a Chicago newspaper man, is familiar with
the inside lines and is posted on the political
links of the underworld; its chairman, Edwin
W. Sims, former United States district attor
ney and later secretary of the vice commission,
is equally cognizant of the connection between
corrupt politicians and the criminal classes, and
backed by the other members, among them bank
presidents, manufacturers and business men, they
already have carried on a winning fight against
the crime wave that is worthy the attention of
other communities where no such general public
interest in law enforcement has been roused.
Get at the Bedrock Facts.
An inquiry into the proposed electric light
and power rates is now under way, begun at
the instance of certain large consumers of cur
rent who feel that an injustice is about to be
done them in the adoption of the schedule pend
ing before the city council. This investigation
should be pushed to a conclusion as early as pos
sible. Also, it should be thorough, in order that
all the fa ais be brought out. When the schedule
was proposed the announced purpose was to de
crease rates to small consumers and lightly in
crease the charges to the larger, a sort of evening
up process that would lay no hardship on any.
Suggestion is made that a "joker" is concealed
in the measure, and that if adopted an undue
charge will be put on the wholesale buyers of
electricity. For, this reason the whole matter
ught to be carefully examined, in order that
the bedrock facts be made known. Celerity is
essential, because the matter ought to be closed
up white the present city commission is in office.
It has handled the whole electric light and power
question, its members are thoroughly informed
as to details involved, and should be permitted
to take final action on the question.
One thing a good stiff immigration law might
be expected to do is to force a lot of Europeans
to stick to their native lands and clean up con
ditions there rather than escaping alt responsi
bility by coming to America. With this outlet
closed or partly so, foreign governments will no
longer be able to maintain the attitude, "If
you don't like the way we run things, why don't
you go to America?" .
If we were Charles, we wotild not cry our
eyes out for our lost throne as long as the Hun
garian people continued to mail the yearly check
for $50,000 to us in Switzerland. Next to being
a king, being an ex-king is about the softest job
in the world. .
C . lhe former German crown prince appears
to retain some of, his divine privileges at least
he has been exempted from taxation.
The war that was to end war has been suc
ceeded by the peace that hu ended peace.
Sugar Monopoly Threatened
Prospects of Suits Against the
Menocal Commission.
(From the Boston Transcript.)
Havana, April 6. The Cuban sugar finance
commission has struck a snag. Its legality is to
be attacked in the United States courts by the
Federal Sugar Refining company and by several
independent importers, according - to an an
nouncement made here. As a result sugar pro
ducers are alarmed and panicky. Should this
attack be successful and the commission cease to
function, the effect on the central and colono
might be fully as disastrous as the crash of Vat
fall and winter. When the commission was es
tablished by President Menocal and given the
sole authority to market the entire Cuban crop,
all sugar interests took heart and believed a fair
price for this year's crop was assured. As a re
sult 192 mills are grinding and stock in ports are
about 63,000 tons larger than last year at corre
sponding date. This sugar has cost more than
anticipated, for the rendiment has been a full 1
per cent below last year, with a prospect that it
will be still more unfavorable, as frequent rains
keep the cane growing and sucrose contents
low. The market has. however, been a buyers'
one and 550,000 long tons less than last year
have been exported. A possibility that the sup
port given to the market by the commission will
be withdrawn in the event of its organization
being declared illegal, is enough to send cold
shivers down the spine of the perplexed sugar
grower. ,
Eminent counsel, among whom is Hon. Wil
liam D. Guthrie, have expressed the opinion
that the commission is a combination which vio
lates the provisions of the anti-trust acts of the
United States generally known as the Sherman
law of 1890 and the Wilson law of 1894 as
amended by the act of congress of February 12,
1913. It is contended that the combination di
rectly affects the foreign commerce of the United
States and is being effectuated and , carried into
practical operation and force in the United
States. At least one member of the commission
is directly representing and acting on behalf of
the commission in the' United States and the
commission is maintaining an office and is being
represented regularly in New York by a sub
committee, who are directly participating in and
operating the combination. , It is alleged that
the commission has a complete control and
monopoly of the 1920-1921 sugar crop of Cuba,
that it has power to restrict, trade, and free com
petition therein and the export and shipment of
such sugars into the United States: that it has
power to increase and has actually increased
the market price of Cuban raws in the United
States and is regulating, restraining, and
monopolizing such imports and getting from
American refiners whatever increased prices it
may see fit to fix. The members of the sub
committee become parties to the combination
directly and the American sugar importers of
sugar and owners of sugar factories in Cuba, be
come parties by reason of filing their acceptance
as provided in article 10 of the presidential de
cree or by obligating themselves under article 5
to subject their existing contracts of purchases
of Cuban sugar to the conditions of the article,
or by entering into contracts for the sale of their
products through the commission under article 2.
Counsel are of opinion that any act done in
the United States by or on behalf of the com
mission to carry such combination into force and
effect and thereby to restrain and monopolize
imports of Cuban sugar into the United States
and unduly obstruct the course of trade therein,
would render the persons doing such acts, guilty
of a violation of the anti-trust law.
It has been supposed that the Cuban Sugar
Finance company being formed in Cuba and
legal there was safe from attack, but counsel
contend that its Cuban status is immaterial; but
that insofar as the operators of such a com
bination relate to and affect importations of
sugar from Cuba into the United States, they
come in direct conflict with the public policy
.of that country as to its foreign commerce and
with its anti-trust acts of the United States con
gress. The maintaining of an office in New
York, accepting or entering into contracts cov
ering manufacturing in Cuba, offering t for sale
Cuban sugar controlled by it, entering into con
tracts for the sale of such sugar, negotiating and
executing charters for its shipment from Cuba
and attempting to regulate and control dealings
pn the New York Coffee and Sugar exchange,
are all functions of the commission performed
within the jurisdiction of the United States.
It has not been determined whether suit will
be begun under the Clayton act of 1914 which
permits the plaintiff to sue at law for threefold
damages sustained, or in equity for injunctive
relief. It is considered likely that both form
of actions may be brought. Cubans are natur
ally indignant at reports of these proposed suits
which threaten the existence of the commission
appointed by President Menocal at a time when
the Cuban sugar industry seemed doomed. Al
ready the price has dropped a little. Naturally
sensitive of nature and intensely jealous of their
national sovereignty, they resent the idea that
Cuba cannot do. as she pleases with her own
sugar. She has allowed, rather unwillingly.
Uncle Sam to supervise the recent election of
her president and been willing to accept advice
from him as to her internal affairs, but the
proposition that sugar grown on Cuban toil and
ground in Cuban mills cannot be marketed by
Cuba alone in' the United States, but must be
thrown on the market, is the cause of protest. -
Burbank at Work
In 1875 Burbank came to California. He sold
all but 10 of his stock of potatoes for $125. He
finally reached Santa Rosa, with less than a
dollar in his pocket, but with the precious 10
potatoes. Here, after t years of struggle, he
finally secured a few acres of land for a nursery
and for experimental work-in plant breeding.
Just one incident of those days will illustrate
his persistency and resourcefulness. A fruit
grower wanted 20,000 young prune trees to be
delivered within ten months.- None were in the
market and the nurserymen all said it was im
possible to produce them in so short a time.
Not so Burbank. He promptly accepted the
order. As the season was far advanced, he
planted almonds in sand, supplied them with just
the right moisture and kept them covered with
cloth to maintain an even temperature. As the
tiny sprouts appeared they were transplanted
in the nursery. He then secured from near-by
prune orchards thousands of prune buds, and as
soon as the small almond trees were old enough
the prune buds were budded into them. In less
than seven months the order was filled and he
seemingly impossible had been accomplished.
Thrift Magazine.
Skeptic'
Personally we are probably as credulous as
the average, but when he see a sign that says
Home Cooking, we don't believe it. Galveston
News.
. Gethsemane.
There are degrees of sorrow.
Light sorrow like an April cloud
Dispelled upon the morrow; "
And deeper sorrow known and shared
Thus: strongest ties are oft prepared.
And none escape, for all must know
Some touch or sorrow as they go.
But O, that sorrow deep that clings
And though the very soul it wrings.
No easing tears will flow;
.Twas known upon Gethsemane
Deep, lonely sorrow's. last degree
That mortajs seldom know.
Yet sorrow's shaft that sinketh deep
Awakens oft a soul asleep,
And yields a touch divine.
It seems God's plan that some degree
Of sorrow shall included be
To season and refine.
, . .. v . -Jgnette Martin.-
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Qtwatioaa onctrninc hyln, sanitation and prevention of dia, submitted
to Dr. Event by readme ol The Boo, will be eaevered pereonally. eubject to
mroeor limitation, where etempod addressed envelope ie enclosed. Dr Evans
will Ml make diagnosis or prescribe lor Individual diseases. Address letter
- la cere ol The Bes.
Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evan
1921 HEALTHY THUS FAR.
At the time this , is written h
month ot March ia about at an end
and the phenomenally low death rate
of. the nrt two months of tho year
has not been greatly exceeded.
The wety census office report on
tne rteaitn or 60 cities in wnicn Z7.
000.000 people live shows a deMh
rate that has kept below 14 per
1,000. The average death rate for
the whole country for 1916-19 was
14.4.
In this series of yeara in only one
was there a lower yearly death rate
than has prevailed during: the last
three months. Of course, in the de
cade 1901-1910 the yearly rate
averaged, considerably higher than
have the last three months.
The first four months of th year
are the very sickly months ordinari
ly. October, November and June
stand at the other end"bf the line.
With the excellent health ; record
made during the three months by
way of velvet we can make a phe
nomenal record in 1921 if the early
summer and autumn months will run
true to form.
The phenomenally low records of
1919 and 1920 were accomplished
in spite of a first three months In
eachxinstance much more trying than
the last three months have been. In
fact, the record for about two
months in January, February and
March of 1920 was nearly twice as
high as that of the corresponding
period of this year
In the autumn of 1918 an English
statistician said the waves of in
fluenza came at intervals of 83 weeks
or multiples thereof. The second
considerable wave came in January,
1920. about 66 weeks after the onset
of the great wave of October. 1918.
Basing calculation on a similar in
terval, another wave has been pre
dicted for about April 15. But health
officers are not very much agitated.
The weather during the latter part
of April generally is good and influ
enza is a disease of cold, damp
weather. It is true the wave of 1918
prevailed in Europe in summer and
started In this country about Sep
tember 1. But at that time the dis
ease was fresh and v?ry few people
were Immune. Now the great bulk
of the population has some degree
of immunity and the disease itself
has lost Its force. The general opin
ion is that should another wave come
at the expected time it will not cre
ate much havoc.
AVe are not yet out of the season
of epidemics. Pneumonia, influenza,
lethargic encephalitis, smallpox.
measles and scarlet fever are at
their worst in this season, w-hich runs
for more than another month. Nev
ertheless the outlook for a phenom
enally good health record during the
first five months of 1921 is fine.
For Seven Year Itch.
Appreciative Reader writes: "1.
Much has been said about winter
Itch, but nothing about the so'called
seven year itch. What causes It?
Will remedies prescribed for winter
itch cure seven year Itch?
"2. I perspire .eider the arms win
ter and summer. I am embarrassed
when with other persons. Is there
anything I could do to keep me from
perspiring?"
REPLY. . ......
1. This column has carried several
thousand words about seven year
itch. It is caused by a parasite.
Remedies for winter itch will not
benefit seven year itch. Sulphur
preparations cure the latter but do
not helD the former.
2. Apply a 25 per cent solution ot
aluminum chloride m distmea water
about once a week. Do not overuse.
lias Raynaud's Disease.
F. V. B. writes: "for some time
T have been temporarily incommoded
by the blood leaving my fingers and
toes. There is considerable pain as
the blood leaves and then forces its
way back again. At such times the
use of my hand la very uncertain.
The fingers or toes feel very cold
and I imagine there is more than
the usual likelihood of freezing In
cold weather."
REPLY.
You have Raynaud's disease. This
is a winter disease, and you should
be over your trouble for the time be
ing. But watch out for next winter.
Ask Health Department.
W. C. V. writes: "I would like to
know where to get the soya bean
flour for diabetics. I hava diabetes
and have been unable to get the
flour."
REPLY.
' I do not know what stores In your
city carry soya bean flour and other
starchless flours and breads. There
are many such diabetic foods on the
market. Ask your health depart
ment which firms sell them.
Eat Less, Exercise More.
D. F. writes: "What is your ex
planation for habitual yawning? I
notice little difference when outdoors
or indoors. Loss of sleep does not
seem to affect the condition any."
REPLY.
In the absence of all other symp
toms It merely mtans that you need
pep. There is a fair chance that
your blood pressure is low. Eat less
and exercise more. If you will take
up tennis or some other exciting
game you will be cured.
Send Stamps for Pamphlet.
E. L. M. wriets: "When a woman
is approaching the critical period of
her life do her menses stop all at
once?"
REPLY.
Sometimes, though the rule la the
other way. Send a stamped, ad
dressed envelope for free booklet
on that subject.
lees
Economic Pressure.
Omaha, April 10. To the Editor
of; The Bee: The employer who
wants to run a non-union shop, but
who ,'cannot obtain the necessary la
bor without purchasing it from
union men, is in the eame position
as the employe who wants some
necessity of life but cannot obtain
It without patronizing some manu
facturers or retailers' union. It Is
a business condition called economic
pressure, not a principle, that con
fronts both classes.
So far the capitalist system has
failed to establish proper relations
between employer and employe.
Counter-organizations intended, to
hold one another level have made
some progress, but yet lack a long
way of approximating justice. They
would doubtless make more progress
if there were not so many members
of both classes who either want
more than what they are entitled to
or are satisfied with lees. This per
versity Is usually laid at the door of
the race by describing it as a poor
quality of human nature, or is placed
entirely on the bare shoulders of the
first workers In the Garden of Eden
who appropriated more of the fruit
than the Great Employer ap
portioned them.
It is hard for a fair employer, to
treat his employes right; if his com
petitor refuses to treat his employes
right, because this economic pres
sure give the latter an advantage
that enables him to undersell' the
other. So It Is with the employe
who has to compete with other em
ployes who are optimistic enough to
have nothing to say about the
amount of their own working time
or wages.
While the government 1 Team
ing to protect the rights of all, the
consuming public can use thla eco
nomic pressue for either good or evil
for either further equalization of
wealth or further concentration. By
giving preference to products made
or sold under fairer conditions the
people can use this pressure for the
benefit of deserving labor and de
serving capital without Infringing on
the rights of anyone.
WILLIS HUDSPETH.
won the war ia she must be con
sulted by the European powers in
regard to mandates and German In
demnities. Our domestic problem
will be solved only If we are willing
to co-operate with -our chief execu
tive. We have to be charitable to
the world in general, now let ua be
be charitable to ourselves. We are
the greatest industrial and agricul
tural nation in the world. We need
more, food, clothes, homes and books;
we have the material, the brains and
brawn, but selfishness and greed for
money is our failing. Co-operation
between employers and. employes
must be a reality. The open shop
Idea advocated by selfish and greedy
employers must be treated as an eco
nomic epidemic. , Co-operation must
be our slogan; It can be done If we
will restrain our egotism and selfish
ness. In conclusion I must confess that
we are the victims of speed and
rushing. Business men as well as
workers rush to their meals, don't
take; time to eat and rush back to.
work to speed, speed. We are. not
living, we are only existing, for we
are slaves to speed. Let the busi
ness men and workers have more
recreation, shorter hours, and will
produce just as much, and better
products will be the result. We have
the heft country in the world, but let
us make ourselves better. Let us
not be money hungry; lot money
be our servant and not our master.
It is like fire, a good rervant but a
bad master. Our country Is safe
if we only co-operate socially and
Industrially for its welfare.
JESSE M. MARTEL.
Break the Slate.
Omaha. April 10 To the Editor
of The Bee! The next mayor, why
not selected according to law? What
right has any crowd or gang to select
the man? Why not trust the people
and turn down at the polls any man
pledged? Let them run according to
law as a commoner. All of the peo
ple that voted the Dennlson ticket
are not and don't want Dahlman for
mayor. But they were friends of the
candidates on his elate made up by
one man and the same is true of the
Wead slat. The most of, the people
don't want Sutton.
Th self-constituted that think
they should rule should be turned
down once and the people should see
to It on election day and do away
with the r.ng and the crowd.
YOUNO VOTBR.
High School Frats.
Omaha. April 11. To the Editor
of The Bee: I would fain take one
last parting shot at C. D. II. and then
let him ramble around in utter dark
ness for he seems to have closed his
mind to argument. I admit my high
school fraternity comes under the
charges I made which he repeats,
but I resent 'the insinuation that I
was a poor fraternity man. In High
school, I followed the general con
duct incited by my fraternity and by
members of other high school "frats"
which was to "step out" as much and
often and long as possible without
getting thrown out of school, home,
church or "frat." And. C. D. H..
they were all alike and they still
are. I'm using this concrete ex
ample just to strengthen my argu
ment.. And I did not belong to a
High school fraternity in Omaha, al
though there is now flourishing, I
am told, under the very noses of the
Board of Education a chapter of this
fraternity in the Omaha High school.
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