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Bonus Bill in Its New Form.
The house ways and means committee has
a bonus bill about ready lo present to congress
im wliith it pins great hopes. Some of the
features, luubly that of ralt payment, of the
original plan have been eliminated and others
modified. In l;eu of the cah payment, ft certi
ficate of insurance is to be isucd, which will be
given collatrrat value of SO per tent of its com
pensation value. Through this method it is ex
pected that the men who want the money to
assist in setting tip for themselves homes will
be able to get assistance in such fashion a will
prevent the too ready dissipation of the funds,
and thus answer those who objected on the score
that the money would be soon spent, and no one
would be much benefited by it.
This phase of the question deserves a little
consideration. The men of the A. I'.. F. are
fairly representative of the whole citizenry of
the United States. Among them are some who
are reckless, extravaant, thoughtless and im
provident, but these are found everywhere. Hap
pily, they do not constitute the majority, for
most of the boys who were in the great army
?re industrious, frugal, and prudent in their
habits, the foundation of a great country, and
they are to be entrusted with the management
of their own affairs. If the government insists
on being an equal partner with them in the new
enterprise few will object, for they are learn
ing to know that the government is the one
thing that may be looked upon as permanent.
Its bargains will be kept.
Initial payments will be provided for by
economies to be effected. Terhaps the state
ments of the Washington correspondent, that
these' can be made from savings effected in army
and navy appropriations, is putting it too strong.
At least $100,000,000 will be saved on the navy,
as a direct result of the arms .conference; a
similar sum will be saved on the army, as it is
being brought to a peace footing, and this with
out making the drastic cuts proposed by Chair
man Madden of the appropriations committee.
Other sources may be found in savings effected
elsewhere, and the bonus will very likely be
taken care of under the 1921 revenue law without
the addition of any new tax.
When the threat of increasing taxation is
removed, most of the opposition to the bonus
will vanish. The plan outlined by Chairman
Fordney suggests that a solution has been
reached.
lint any oiher farm of r.refe.uiil pvrt, imlrn
i b it tlirg. When th American l-rijiou pro-
riiotrj boxing bill in the NcbiU legislature,
it wis not with tne thought tl (otterinc ine com.
iiierei.1 tvtt of pugili.m, but to give a my
tommendrfble form vl athletic, a lritimte
ttandws in Xfbrs.ki. The Lejiun owei it to
iuelf, well at to the public, to redeem the
sport it sponsored. If boing U to be rontinued
in Nebraska, it mu.t be for the sake oi the game,
ind not for the gate receipt.
Democratic I .ypocrisy.
nu!ur Jlitiluoik ha taken up the ctiuVI
against the four power treaty proposed by the
amis limitation conference for maintaining
peace in the air about the 1'ii'iiic ocean.
The treaty provide that the nation iigna
tory shall "communicate with one another fully
and frankly" in case their right "are threatened
by the aggreme action tf any other power"
in order that they may "arrive at an under,
standing a to the most efficient meaure to be
taken, jointly or separately, to meet the
exigencies of the particular situation." Senator
Hitchcock demands the insertion of the word
"provoked" so that the treaty will provide for
an exchange of idea iu cae the right of signa
tories "are threatened by the PROVOKED
aggressive action oi any other power." Without
such an an amendment, he pretends to believe
that the United States may be forced into war
by the back-door route. Japan, for instance, he
would have us believe, may command our Mip
port against Russia by "provoking" aggression
by that nation.
What extremes of hypocrisy!
Only a few months ago this same senator
tiainninned for manv lone weeks the ratitica,-
lion of the Versailles treaty without the cross-
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Wells of Jericho
Some Light on What Wat
Hefore Joshua and the Jew.
iug of a "t" or the dotting of an "i."
The
nrincmal battle was waged over Article 10 of
the league of nations covenant, which read:
"The members of the league undertake
to respect and preserve as against external
aggression the territorial integrity and ex
isttng political independence of all members
of the league." '
This is what Senator Hitchcock wanted the
United States to ratify. Stubbornly and in
dignantly even, he refused to consent to the
slightest change in its terms. Can anyone find
here the word "provoked," which the senator
now deela'res to be so essential? Can anyone
find any clause or phrase which may be consid
ered a substitute for that word?
The search is vain. If it is possible under
the four-power pact for a nation to provoke
aggression, it is just as possible under the
league of nations, which Hitchcock acclaimed
as the perfection of international relation. No
consideration save complete subservience to
petty partisanship can explain so contradictory
a position as that now taken by the democratic
politicians.
V
Not Puritanism, But Purity.
The revolt against impurity on the stage and
on the screen is growing in America. No sign
of Puritanism or nambypambyism is visible in
the swelling movement, but a hopeful indication
that the clean minds of the people reject the filth
that lias been offered in various guises, now and
then attractive, but nevertheless vile because of
its quality. In the Saturday Evening Post is
an editorial ' with regard to the effect of unre
stricted immigration, a portion of which reads:
Today our amusements are largely keyed
to the standards of Broadway, which are less
and less the standards of America, and more
and more those ot rans, cernn, vvaisaw,
Vienna and Petrograd, and not their best stand
ard', either. The last word on the stagey
threatens to become the last garment that can
be taken off short of nakedness.
All this is not native to America. There is
a dash of Puritanism in the American charac
ter, and even at its broadest and roughest, a
wing remnant of decency that instinctively
revolts against this lowering of our old stand
ards 'V reaction to the tyranny of blue laws
is coining unless the present tendency is
checked, for the old America and it is still the
majority America-does not want indecency
in its amusements. From the standpoint ot
profit alone, a comparison of the clean show
with the dirty show will establish that fact.
Omaha has had lately several notable exam
ples, both of the speaking and the picture drama,
that clean plays pay better than the unclean. If
the managers are alive to their own interests, they
will give the point raised immediate considera
tion. The Bee does not want to weary its read
ers with repetition of this theme, but this paper
has always stood for the worth while drama,
has never failed to denounce the meretricious,
. and is convinced that a God-fearing community,
such as Omaha is, prefers to have decency at the
theater.
Sport for Sport's Sake.
A clear line has long stood between the true
smateur and the so-called professional in sports.
To the one the game is a pastime, a test of skill
or endurance; to the other it is a source of live
lihood. One plays for the sheer joy of pitting
lu ability, muscle, wit, skill, against another,
and, win or lose, he gets benefit from the effort
ti,. nhr ; animated only by the desire to se-
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cure the greatest possible monetary reward for
his effort.
When the enthusiasm of Americans swelled
to more than a million dollars of gate receipts to
watch a contest between a pair of unevenly
matched pugilists go to a foregone conclusion,
real sport was at a low point, if not at absolute
,Ar snnir cieantic frauds have been perpe
trated in the name of sport, and the victims have
" forgotten their chagrin and prepared a royal
welcome for the next event, by which they were
to be again permitted to contribute many dollars
- that the wily promoters and equally astute prin
cipals might enjoy the fruits of their enterprise.
Priaa fiehtitm is the source ot more trouoie
Nailing Another Falsehood.
The desire that taxes be reduced to the ut
most degree possible with the continuation of
necessary public service is well nigh universal.
That, however, does not justify gross falsification
of facts in an effort to make political capital out
of the situation.
Democratic newspapers of Nebraska are
publishing an attack upon the tax legislation of
the last legislature, in which appears this charge:
"Take, for example, just one little thing
that bill did. It provided that all property
should be valued and assessed at actual value,
instead of one-fifth value, as before. But it
left the limit of the levy the same as it was
before. By this single change, it made it pos
sible for the spending authorities, and the
taxing authorities, to increase the amount of
taxes five times the amount they were per
mitted to levy."
This would indeed be a subject for severe
criticism if it were, true. But it is not true.
Section 1 of Article 12 of this tax bill provides:
"It shall be unlawful to fix or make any
levy upon the actual valuation of the tangible
property in excess of 20 per cent of the maxi
mum rates of levy authorized by statutes
force on the date this act becomes effective.
In other words, the republican state legisla
ture provided the very safeguard which the demo
cratic press contends should have been provided.
The charge that it did not do so is a plain false
hood. Will the newspapers guilty of this mis
representation be fair enough to make correc
tion? Let us see.
Fiume and the Fascisti.
Aft,pr nrrftv little incident has arisen over
Fiume, where the ebullient fascisti have uprooted
the government set up under approval ot xnc
League of Nations, and call upon the govern
ment of Italy to take over the community as
part of the kingdom. Fiume was included in
the Italian demands at Paris; President Wilson
awarded the city to Jugo-Slavia, along with
a strip of the Dalmatian coast, that the new
republic might have "a window on me nanauL.
TVA,.n,.;,i V: irked this arrangement into use-
lessness, and finally it was determined that Fiume
should be a free state, to which all nations snoum
have equal access. The fascisti have routed trie
governor, demolished his autnoruy, anu
t:;m. ; a Italian as Naples. Suppose
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Italy should acquiesce in this decision ot its
: ..u;,.. enns. will the League oi isauuus y"-
ceed under Article X, or will the matter be
allowed to rest as it is?
Some of the Wilsonites are having a hard
timr. to fight the four-power treaty and lace
their record at the same time.
v T-i.M.r.nrffe mav see in the "die-hards"
something akin to the irreconcilable group in the
United States senate.
(From the Cumudcr.)
I'ew ecavation of recent tinir have had
retulu of a inure intrroting nature than those
on the file of ancient Jericho, which lir to the
eait of Jerusalem and but a few mile north
of the Dead ea. They have revealed that ih
Jew had every ritiht to be proud of their cap
ture of the C'naauiiih forttr.i, which wa mot
remarkable in iu day lor utiength against an
it j. king army.
Then year it there Mood at a diMaiue of
a mile and a half from the modern Jericho a
huge oval mound, known a Tell e-Sultan, about
400 yard long by livU yard at it errattst
breadth, and rising from 4U to St) feet above the
level of the mrrouuding plain, with a few maller
mounds tanding on the lop,
l'rof. Sellin began work on thi. aided first
by the Autro-Hungarun government. He un
earthed a tremendou surrounding wall and part
of the interior of the town, including the citadel
within the northern end of the oval. The outer
wall proved to consist of three part. The low
est cction was a solid natural rock foundation,
with a few feet of loam and gravel on it. On
thi was built a toue wall about 16 feet high,
the two lower cour.e being of etiormou block",
in some cae a large a mx feet by three, while
in the subsequent one the stone grow gradual
ly les iu ie. 'The ftonc wall itelf also dimin
ishes in thickness a it ascends, being eight feet
at it base. The top section is of mudbrick,
which reaches now to a height of about eight
feet, but may originally have been considerably
higher. Tower pf mudbrick project at inter
vals around the whole enclosure.
Such a fortification niu-t indeed have been
difficult to capture, especially as in the central
tier of the wall the spaces between the blocks
were fdled with smaller stone as a protection
against the besiegers' tools. The builders were
verv skilful craftsmen.
Those who have examined both e remains
of Jericho and Troy find strong resemblance
between the walls just described and those of the
"second city" discovered by Prof. Schiliemann at
Troy, and it is suggested that the architects had
something in common or learned from the same
masters. ..... . ...
The citadel at Jericho is hardly lcs inter-
atlntr than th miter fortificatious. Its walls
are built in much the same way. but they are
double, with a space of 11 to 12 feet behind
them. Two towers rise at inc two i....uu.
angles. Within is -a periect warren ut
houses." with only a single thoroughfare among
them, as is the cae with many hastern bazars
of today. These houses, of which one is in
a verv fair state of preservation, seem to be
later in date than the city wans, anu
to the period alter the Jewish capture of the
Pla": .... ,........ .t.- MlU ,rt 14th
l ie canaanncs, utii - - - ,
centuries. B. C. erected me a..s, "."";';
the greater part, if not all, of the c.tidel: but
the Jews, while utilizing the sneu, rcmouc.cu .
interior. . .. . t
A thorough examination oi mc
ever, deduced hut little as to the history ot Jeri
cho after its fall before the army of Joshua. T wo
interesting points came out-one, u.-i ....
Egyptian pottery was m use; the other, that
under the floors of some of the houses were
earthenware jars containing the bodies ol m-
"The sand which composed the mound of Tell
es-Sultan has had an excellent preservative effect,
and now that much of it has been cleared away
it is possible to realize vividfy how imposing a
place Jericho must nave once iuuvu -
plain lor miles arouuu.
Gentle spring is still wearing her goloshes,
even if she is making magnificent gestures this
way. '
Fiume and the fascisti have an alliterative af
finity that may account for the fuss they have
fomented.
Burning Up 33540
Dwellings
In the five years ended with December, 1920,
the direct losses Irom nres in tne umitu
as recorded by the actuarial bureau of the Na
tional Board of Fire Underwriters, reached the
stupendous total of $1,338,178,142. This is the
record compiled irom o,ou-,yoo aujuon-ia
ports. It does not ten tne wnoie muij u. in
struction wrougnt Dy names, j-ussca u......
ported fires and from fires damaging or destroy
ing property not insured are conservatively esti
mated at a quarter of this total. Thus it is fig
ured that in five years the direct money oamage
done by fires in the United States reached $1,-
672,722,677. , ,
The damages considered oy nre underwriters
are direct losses on property. They take no ac
count of indirect losses resulting from interrup
tion of business. They take no account of in
convenience or of actual want caused by sus
pension of employment because o fire. They
take no account of the maiming and killing of
men and women and children. ,
If money to the amount lost in hies had Dcen
invested in dwelling houses the nation would be
better off by 334,540 homes, each costing $5,000,
and each comfortably sheltering a family of five
persons. If it had been put into school houses
at $100000 each the United States would have
16,727 of these structures, cut tne money wan
up in flames and smoke. New York Herald.
The Missouri Senatorship
How to Keep Well
By PR. W, A, fVAN
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TJfte Heel
Nebraska Politics
T;i,rv transoort workers have seized the
gas works. You remember Tipperary, of course?
The police have at least one bandit in charge;
now, let them increase the count.
Argentina and Mexico report times improv
ing. Getting general.
A Big Hate-Target
The democratic theory that Senator Lodge
isn't such a big man after all, seems to be some
what weakened by the enthusiasiasm with which
the democrats hate Senator Lodge. Detroit Free
Prat.
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MILK IN BIG CITY SAFER.
I'l-uperly piuieurUud milk i a
very muiriiil fai'ior In protKiiina
auiiiit lli 'illt.win Uia4: T
I't.ot.l frvi-r, lul.er.'ul'.aia, wnrlrt
vor. ilurrhi- in but. if a. n. a.-piie
a..i-t thro.it. It i of si'iim nfivi.v in
pr'HiTting Kg tins! iiiluhiri.i.
I'hieaiin wa tll IH"i lira rliy
Im th.i worlil to Pin law r-.iiltiim
tlio foininiUory iiiNtturmiuti of
milk. Thu wua d.iiiD in ti. Hin.o
lKltl thU law linn linen niifiiri'i'il per
ftty. Tho lieulth ili imitment Bttrlumea
much of lli vory isritai derllna In
tlu iireviihineo of tho iMamae rwim-eriii.-U
above, allowed by th atatinitea
nf t'hliuKO. to the iisiiKtf of th biw
of IMS mid thn mrl.t .rifonemeiit
of nil i:iHirurlxation rHiiiri.rwiit
tltr J !llll.
The Tnlted Hiatea lVimrtnunt of
Aurlculturn put out a tlto allowing
thn growth of the puHtnurlxullon
movi'iiient in Amorlean ililri be
twei-n tHIS ami 1 ! -1 .
Of rlllea with 6u0.ii00 mi.! over.
77.11 p'r int hud j nHii'iirlriitloii or
illiiumta In 19l.". All hud kuth or
diniimia In 1921.
Of i-ltlea with between 1O0.U00 ninl
500. nun InhiililtiiiUii. 3 per cent titul
mirll iirdinani'M In 1915. In
9U..1 pee cent had nueh onllimnci-a.
Of ilth'a with COO.ouO Inlmlillanm
aml over. It w'na eatlmuteil that, In
11115, 77.8 per eent had more thnn
Gu per eent of thi-lr milk pimteurlzed
nnil 22.2 per rent had between 11
ami (in per rent no tri'iite.l. '
In 1921, lutl piT rent of th-m Iwot
more, than 50 m r cent of tlo-lr milk
jiiiKteurlzed. t'hleugo hml 98 per
rent of im milk mo treated.
The figures for the rltleo over
100.UU0 and leca tliun .700.000 are:
1915, over 60 per eent jiaMteurized,
or 3D per cent of tha 'ltie.
Eleven to 50 per eent punteurlzed,
one-half the eltiex.
No milk iiiiHteurtzed In 8 per cent
of citlea. In l2l over 50 per cent
milk pasteurized. 90.5 per eent of
cities. Kloven to 60 per eent milk
pasteurized, 9.5 per cent. Nona with
no pasteurized milk.
In titles or ts.uuo to iuu.uuw:
In 1915, over 60 per eent milk pas
teurized, 28. S per cent of cities.
Klcven to 60 per cent pasteurized,
42.1 per cent of cities. All raw
milk, 10.6 per cent of cities.
In 1921. over BO per cent, 73.3 per
cent of cities. Eleven to 60 per ?ent
pasteurized, 25.7 per eent of cities.
No city is without some pasteurized
milk.
Cities of 50,000 to 75,000 Inhabi
tant, 1915: Over 50 per cent milk
safe, 13.3 per cent of cities. Eleven
to 60 per cent safe, one-half the
Krotip. No pasteuirzed milk in one
half tho group.
In 1921, over 60 per cent milk safe
In 67.7 per cent of cities. Eleven to
50 per cent safe in 14.7 per cent of
cities. No safe milk in 14.7 per cent
of the cities.
In cities with 23,000 to 50,000 In
habitants in 1915: One-sixth had
more than one-half the milk pas
teurized; four out of 10 had one
tenth to one-half of It safe, and
more than one-quarter had no pas
teurized milk.
In 1921 the figures were over 50
per cent pasteurized, six out of 10;
one-tenth to one-half pasteurized,
one-quarter, and one-ninth had only
raw milk.
Of the cities between 10,000 and
25,000 in 1921 only one-third had
more than half their milk pasteur
ized, and nearly 40 per cent still had
no pasteurized milk.
The less safe milk Is in the smaller
places, as shown by the progressive
lowering of the percentage having
more than half the milk pasteurized
as we progress from the '500,000
group to tha 10,000 group, as wit
ness the following figures 100;
90.5; 73.3; 67.7; 59.7, and 33.3.
The great public health problem of
1922 Is the city of less than 50,000
inhabitants. It is almost the rulo
that in such places tjio milk is not
safe.
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qarlk,. rrUMla thai IHIr.a fc
Ma..ahlv kfl.. oa . a4a.
also li.sl.la thai !! . of Ika ortlr
NWIHSI rack Mlaf. 01 raaartl
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aiwaaraia lo Ida Iiim lfci.
What Hie Ikiiiua a,
Omaha, Feb, SSI To tho Editor of
Tin Heo! Will on pleaaa ive,
ihi.Minh lit letter H"X tolumiii. tbo
1. 1 1. hi a mourn In dollar the iol
illnr would receive tltrouali tho prr.
ent bonus bill? H. II. II.
It. Is ratliep illffi.-ult lo detrmln
Jut what lnfoinialloii vour inrroa.
pi lldent wantN. so I will at tv OU
tho salient polnla of the Mil:
A man's oervieo shoulJ have been
between April 5, 1S1T. and July .
191: It per day for homo s.-rvl-'.
11,25 per day for overe (u-nl.e.
with a maximum f 162) fr a msii
with overae.is servi.'f. and a maxl
iiui mi of S '.'to for a man wuli wholly
home service. To nuiko tip for the
JtiO bonus ilvon overy tnnn at the
time i,f discharae. 0 ilwvs la ile.lurl
ed In fliturliiK eath man's credit of
dlIVS,
No pavmeiit shall bo made to any
officer above tho rank or captain In
tha nrmy or marine corps or lieu
tenant In tha tiavy. and icrtuln spe
elnl clnsKea of senlto ar barred
froio ndliiMted eonipensatlotis.
Tha above flames ara for tha or!
Riiml "cash" or adjusted servlct
plan. .
In lieu of tho ".ah" plan, a man
ran accept an "adjusted service cer
tificate," whose faco valua Is 23 per
cent more than he would ba enlllled
to under the cash plan. These certl
f i.iiics liava Insuranee features, ami
with Interest, are payable at the
end of 20 years to the veteran, or at
his death, to Ms beneficiary.
Or he can devote his compensa
tion to homo or farm aid. receiving
for this purpose. 40 per cent more
than hi" ah or adjusted service
nay. Or ha can get the same amount
... ...... ,.nui tminlnir. or land set
tlement. If a man had served 300
days, none overseas, he won in
entitled to either:
$40 Adlustert service pay.
300 Adjusted service certificate.
S336 Farm or home aid.
1336 Vocational training; pay.
ite I nnil settlement.
In case your correspondent refers
to tha total cost. I cannot tell him
because of the revision the bill is
undergoing; In congress. Tho ad
pisted service pay totals $ 1.560.1 (G.
330. Vntll tha final provisions of
the Mil are known, and the number
of men who accept the different op
tions. It would be difficult to calcu
late the various amounts that tne
veterans would receive.
HARRY 1IOLGH.
Adjutant. Douglas County I'ost,
American Legion.
On the Girl Worker'a Side.
Moorhead. Ia.. March 3. To the
Editor of The Bee: In attacking
people for working, why doesn't
"Square Deal" confine himself to
the fields which are really overrun,
and not condemn those who try to
do their share where there are as
many shortages as there are in the
school world? A short time ago.
this teacher shortage was pronounc
ed the greatest menace facing the
...inn in t in ereat unreal. .
be
Yotk lifuiiMral Tl" I" !''
ill oo.ai.4 ran.li.iateo f" ''
r. publican iiiminMiK.n foe an
'a i f vi.ti t.i ly fiannnii up an
IhtorratUlK ainpnii-'h. If a'l f'
porta sie iru. K Is Mid thit
Jotferta will 'hh out lor an amend
n rnt iu ho VuUtt a l a t t. pro.l.la
f..r lubt wins and tr. This is ek
p.niB.I in pita W nil lh 'I b"
lund liim. and on lln other hand
Howell to suppiMcd in otaud pat lur
il,a nrraeiil iratticili.iia. and litis, !
t-Mtirwi will tall lo I'ls khin.lard all
i i.f the drva. This w ill niak a no
' lino nil nod o.itiio oil', r inn. lid ii
who a willnsT ! t-nnceita I nil tor
eiahiei-nlli ameiidnieiit s.-ltl.'l llu
prohibtiion nmstloii and u-fn M
...ioh Him fiuht HiiL' t win. Theia
aio mmt Ihiitas lhat the pioplo at,
very Hied of hearing rvltaslieil anl
lids la one of Ihctu
Vnrk Im"'i i: fliaii.s I.. Hion-,
d. ts. a mentlter of lh" state aeiiai
f r many years and n no mher of tl J
Into oiK.tituuoiittl envention. I
likely lo ba a andl.laia fr Ihe re-
publuan nomlnatoui f.r ih w-naie ,
N.ither of lha otner iMiian.i
dales appear to suit all clasw s and a
viaorous ettort l belou pm fonn i
bring riauinlcra ton as a lira saver.
They i-mild do a wlmla lot worse.
Ilrand Iaiand Independent: !
p.rta have n that Jhn o. Veis.r
i,f Omaha will be n nindidal for the
r. publican nomination lor the I niteii
K'taies s-nnt... IjuI. kindly pane Mr.
ltns of la-xiiiKtoti.
I'ozad IHtil:"Knink I. fonlrk.
former lowuuian nd i.wni r of Hi"
Local, has fhied his castor Into Ina
rliia. and will l h candl.lale f..r
stita auditi.r. I'raok has been in
rlns.. Ii.uch wild polltlis for several
veura and will inako a strong bid for
ihn nomination, He has never asked
for an election nine before. At tb
lust regular session of the legislature
ho was rlerk of tha lower house.
Coma on. we're for you.
Ccrlng Midwcl: Oriint 1.. Shuin
way of HcotlMhluf f, once elected com
missioner of public lands and build
ings as u, democrat, dereat. d for re
election, nnd once an unsuccessful
candidate for the dt mocratlo nomi
nation Mr governor. Is now taking
tha lead In organizing tho "progres
siva party" In this rounly. We are
not advised na to what office t.rant
expects to asplra to its u "progres-
aive, but the inrormauuo iu
l.sa come alont? In duo time.
voi.iMk:i ritv l'ress: Arthur .1.
Weaver's refusal to seek the repub
lican nomination for the governor
ship changes tho situation again.
Just where th party will turn for a
candidate now remains to oe "e".
That the former chairman of the
constitutional convention would take
the bit in his teeth and run away
with the nomination secmcu ainium
assured. Itttl kouieiliiiig haa loioi.
ened. Mr. Urait 4a ha laiuict
ancrd lo inakv ht! .iciifua of per.
ooiial alfatt wl.i.li ia n.-irasary
If oho is i piopriiv ana tatrly ad.
iiiiittaier I'tiiiUo ntauera. If thai is
Hue and ther l.l reusoii i d'Kil't
it Dion N.'trak4 b.aea another
i hint u have a good t.ums man
f.ir ki.v oritur. And. a Is Said In ho
Itmiiining, It will ba raihor dittti u'l
in put one's linger im a man who wi I
li.p.iB.irs lli lo lha standard whleu
the situation and tho limn renuoe
niniE MfcN- II
Wild KKEAIIAIUOMI
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j Telegrapher f iiVT.
i P""1 LT Ba'r' J;
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Washington reports that a number of sena
tors, usually classed as friendly to former Presi
dent Wilson, have agreed that Senator Reed
of Missouri should remain in the senate and
accordingly have pledged him their aid in seeking
re-election this year. ! ,
As the arch enemy among democratic sena
torsof President Wilson, he was the greatest aid
and comfort the republicans in the senate had
during the days. of democratic ascendency. At
last accounts, the Missouri democrats were not
particularly proud of the work of their senator.
They declined to permit him to represent them
in the national convention at San Francisco, and
nothing has occurred since to indicate that they
have changed their attitude.
So far as President Wilson and his policies
are concerned, they are infinitely more popular
today than when the democrats of Reed s district
sent a Wilson delegation to the convention, the
vindication of Wilson is proceeding at an un
expectedly rapid rate, and it is not possible to see
where Reed can hope to gain anything by right
ing this rising tide of approval, found both in
tbe democratic and republican parties
The attempted dictation from Washington
is likely to prove a boomerang for Reed's can
didacy. If Missouri democrats are anything like
Texas democrats, they are jealous of their right
to 'elect their own leaders and representatives,
and they will resent the interference of politicians
from outside the state. If Reed is wise, he will
keep his Washington supporters in the back
ground until he is sure of the nomination. Hous
ton Post.
Doing Their Country.
Union labor influence caused a 40 per cent
depreciation in railway efficiency when the gov
ernment took over the operation of the roads
during the war. . That is the testimony of ex
perts as given to the senate committee on inter
state commerce. That was the way some pf the
radical unionists had of "doing their bit. Los
Angeles Times.
Read and Weep.
Lacking search warrants for legally entering
a Jiouse, Cleveland, O., police used a tear gas
bomb effective and make their arrest in the
open. Search warrants will be obsolete soon.
Science as a convenience to anarchy is a most
interesting studv. Brooklyn Eagle.
Once a Day.
Mis. jr. S. Writes: "1. I have a
four-months-old baby weighing 20
pounds. He is breast fed. Would it
be advisable to start giving him one.
or two bottles of cow's milk every
day?
"2. He was born August 1. When
should I wean him? '
"X followed your advice as to colic
and found It worked fine."
y- REPLY.
1. It is all right to give him one
bottle in the afternoon, in order that
you may be free to attend to other
duties. Give a mixture of eight
parts milk daily and 12 parts boiled
water.
2. About June 1.
Dust Causes Pneumonia.
J. S. writes: '"I am employed as
a cleaner in the public schools, and,
in conjunction with sweeping and
cleaning classrooms, I am required
to wheel coal and take out the
ashes.
"1. Does the dust inhaled from
the performance of these duties en
danger one's health in any way, or
does such dust hasten consumption
(as I have been informed).
"2. Does dust affect the digestive
organs, and what remedy, If any, Is
there of preventing the dust from
sticking in throat and nostrils?".
REPLY.
1. Yes. Inhaling of that charac
ter is one of the important, causes
of consumption. It also causes
pneumonia, coryza and sore throat.
2. The remedy lies in keeping the
dust out of the air. If you must
breathe dusty air be thankful that
your nose stops a lot of the dirt.
Do you properly moisten the floors
before sweeping?
Do you use sawdust or wet paper?
Do you sprinkle the coal and ashes
before handling them?
Do you ventilate well?
Do you keep things clean?
"I Says, Says I."
The Mormon invasion of London
has aroused our charlady to un
wonted heights of eloquence. "Can't
think what the goveinmint's a
thinkin' of. lettin' them Mormonds
come to London," she stormed yes
terday. "Gawd knows we've got
enough sexes 'ere already, but
them's the worstest sex of all. 'One
woman's enough for any man,' says
I to my man, 'an' it's my silly opin
ion that if every man 'ad as dootl
ful a wife as you've got, then there
wouldn't be no Mormonns at an
ravs I. I can put up wi' a good
ileal tn religion like." she continued
j"from 'Igh church to the Sallies, and
I ain't again spiritalism nowa ana
n erains. but them Mormonds, wen
thev ain't dacent to begin wi'."
London Morning Mail.
Sweet Summer Woman.
What makes a girl so much more
attractive in her summer costume?
It's her dazzling white shoes and
gowns. They are In perfect accord
with the summer season, for white
Dartakes of the very spirit of sum
mer-time beautiful, cooling, rest
ful to the eye. Boot and Shoe Re
corder
the young lady with the high school
education and the teacher s certifi
cate would have no trouble In find
ing a place to use them if she rea -ly
wanted to. Agencies are always
calling for teachers and there are
numerous rural s0018,,1,.0
taught by young glrla w-lth permits.
t-' oov fhat rnra work is neneatn
tnflv. There are many
unpleasant features, but one is busy
trying to grow big enough to grasp
tv,o nnnnrmnitles. I am in
clined to agree with the poet who
!i!pv.. 4 olnrnv. TPOrk Withal,
And tools to work for those who
m- -.J!.L iv.rv. T sav that I am
not defending anyone who has a Job
at the expense of a man who left
that Job to take another in the in
terest of us all. But here, also I
UKICHW '"J F , ,
' l-nr.nlnO' OnVflTiA OUt O" ft jOD
M I t'll U RCC"6 ".r
if he is trained for it and cares i for
it. A RURAL XriAUtiixv.
Why the Bonus?
RmltPii Bow. Neb., March to
the Editor of The Bee: Will Air.
....... n ctnmo mner --uunua iauvt
" . ..llnn
Tilease answer wuen ju.
,i,a v cr inv ' t n k siny-.i """" "
ceivea, ao you ia. '"-
tion the big necessary expenses also?
Are you aware tnac an mo
vomo wpra not bo from choice?
sirt, mime of your necessary
expenses while in the service? Why
ili.l vou not save a part of that ?33.'
Vmi consider yourself more en
titled to a bonus than the veterans
of other wars, men who really
fought for their country, while it
i .MAra V no 11 AVPfl . VUU lUUKUk -'
v,o monp.v interests? or
course that is beside the issue: You
both fOUght. JJ1U you trnuu.o
, jv,i. tvmn the. veterans of
jiaiuaiiiH. ---- , .,
other wars, men wno oouuu un
.o T,.vin liar! no uo-to-date
IISII WUUlm","- - " ,
hospital service totiow mem up
o- vp tnpm vei.y nuoin.v..
ZnAa ono Tiesrioii man answer-
IICCVICU -u- , ,
"Mo hut- we had cooties." JJia you
have scurvies oeeause oi "
food, starvation ana rags ; xm
lav for months In an Andersonville
or Libby prison? Were you ai-
,,.iii irnnerene. caui:u
v.,,iia.a nnri inaiLeiiLiuii w
ItyO
riorfninlv vou went through a hell,
,,!., of the other wars;
PO U1U liic .ti...... .
there was a business aerie.""
ter all the big wars when men who
had served their country as well as
those who haa not couiu m".
.mn nvmont: tnere are liiuuoi.'o
,v,pn who did not serve overseas as
,.,0n the thousands Who did, th'
cannot obtain employment at pres-
Mr. Avery hints that a citizen can
not give his opinions in puonu,
.1.11. ,oforo ex-servlce men, ana
this is the country whose liberty
they fought for. What kind of
i." . that? T.iherty for the
7,v onlv? Some of them
Voin a irveat many liberties
. jonoirinir iheir own cause.
There is such a thing as being a.
gentleman, even in an argument.
Personally I would like to see the
men receive the bonus but some of
the arguments put forth simply will
n0t g COULDN'T GET TO GO.
MY LIFE AND I.
I want to know of tha hidden thlnga,'
Sam l io v --;l.v. realiy
Walt."' aaid My Life "you may.
I want to feel all tha throba and thrilla
That aver woro leii ..
I nr-an to flirt with tho Ood of Sin.
"Walt." aaid My Life-"ou can.
"I want to go by the Broad Hlahway
Tnatrad of the Narrow one.
And cast my lot with experience.
Well." aaid My Lite "ita done."
Til walk unharmed down tha Prlmroa
n,JilA Sjn T will trUSt.
And I will not pay for the throbs and
thrilla."
"But." aaid My Life "you mut.
Nan Terrell Kee.1 a Tork Tlmea.
"I
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The staccato flood of dots
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l always on the alert to serve you,
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