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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-17

educative in all its aspects, teaching
needed lessons in plain and prac;
teal manner. 1t is offered under
the auspices of the federal govern.
ment, having been originally used ir
connection with the army and navy
For men only.
During the current week one Of
the most decided hits of the Or
pheum show is scored by Billy
Bailey and Lynn Cowan. With ban.
10 and song and lively repertory
of syncopated numbers they rouse
tumultuous appreciation. Charnf-
ing Edna Pendleton appears in the
title role of the musical allegory
"The Heart of Annie Wood" This
stellar feature is handsomely staged
and capably presented. So, too, is
the hilarious one-act farce "Prevari-
cation" with Bert Baker playing
the leading role. In the trench en-
tertainment, "A Night in Billet" the
four wounded Canadian soldiers are
very effective.
Enthusiasm and satisfaction over
Hip, Hip, Hooray! Girls" at the
Gayety continues as the weeks en-
gagement progresses. No better
staged production of musical bur
lesque has been seen in Omaha this
season. Ben Pierce and Perrin Som
ers in the comedy roles are accept
able in every way. Tomorrow night
the second and last of the amateur
diving contests will be held. Only
feminine swimmers will compete
the prize being a loving cup. Ladies
matinee daily at 2:l5 o'clock.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-17
Doom for Helgoland.

London, April 16.-The council OF
four, says Reuters Paris CORE
spondent, has decided that Helgo-
land shall be dismantled and as far
as possible destroyed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-17
"BEST OF ALL"
BALMWORT KIDNEY
TABLETS

Mr.. VIM. E. Bryant, R. F. D.,
Bryantville, Mass, writes: 81
am using your Balmwort Kid
ney Tablets and find them the
very best of anything I have
ever tried. have tried lots of
other remedies" etc. Pains in
the back, rheumatic pains, fire.
quent, scanty, highly colored,
smarting pains, ETC., tell you
that Kidney and Bladder are
not doing their regular duties.
Balmwort Kidney Tablets cor
rect and revive their activity.
Sold by all druggists.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-17
$50 SICK AND
MISERABLE"

Mrs. A. E. Hager, 900 Lon
Ion Road, Duluth, Mimi,
writes: II have been taking
your Cadomene Tablets for
the past month. They certainly
did wonders for me, as ! was
50 nervous I wasn't able to do
my own housework; SO sick
and miserable. Now l can do
all my own work and feel good
all the time. My daughter and
her husband have also been
taking them, and they helped
wonderfully" -.
Thousands Of sick, nervous,
impoverished, weak men and
women have found Cadomene
Tablets true tonic and build
er. Try them-if not perfectly
satisfied with results the pro-
prietors will refund purchase
price. Sold by all druggists
everywhere.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-17

feet that the first of the 20 two-reel
Texas Guinan subjects, entitled
South of Santa Fe," has been COM
pleted under the direction of Cliff
Smith, and the second production,
"The She Wolf" is we'll on its way.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
GheVELVET g..
HAMMER MaV~~'tlll
| By Arthur Brooks Baker mn1aSA WMSN
WILLIAM A. ROURKE.
By Arthur Brooks Baker nm

The men who write the league of peace to
make the nations tame are claimants, we should
recognize, to honor and to fame. The gov
errors are citizens of brilliance and display;
we joy to view them once year on Decora-
ton day. An admiral may not inspire the ord-
nary heart, but feeds the eye because his dress
is such work OF art.
But who should be the center of our vision
and our dream, if not the head and forefront
of the local base ball team? We find in Mr..
William Rourke, whose other name is Pa, the
choicest gilded idol of the mass in Omaha He
owns and manages the team on which our hopes
are hung, though often by the wasp of fate
those gentle hopes are stung.
For mathematics teaches US that logic has
no scheme by which the pennant winner can be
made of every team; and our religion teaches
US we should not play the beast, but let the
rival cities have chance for it at least, expert
ence instructing us that when they win it, Pa
will always have a soothing sweet excuse for
Omaha.
Grand Island claims the honor of his former
residence, before he climbed to glory, both
effugent and intense. Had they but glimpsed
the future of SO fine and fossy shape they
might have locked the gate and have prevented
his escape BUT while their early training may
have aided his advance, the credit comes to
Omaha for giving him his chance.
(Next Subject-John H. Beveridge.)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
ScntiHations By Sorrenson
The Examiner.

The Bees numerous roasts OF the manage.
ment of the police department in particular and
the demoralized condition of the department in
general are 90 per cent true, and then some
more. It's The Bees truth that stings. Truth
squashed to earth will get up again. and keep
a-moving along with The Bee. No newspaper
ever told the truth without making enemies, and
The Bee should congratulate itself for the
enemies that it has made. Say, Victor, keep on
hewing to the line, and don't you give tinker's
damn where the chips may fall.
]. Commissioner Ringer is we'll qualified to
make assuccessful poker player. He knows how
10 put up stiff bluff on four flush
The fact that bonding companies are mighty
skeery about taking risks on Omaha policemen
is pretty good proof that there is something
rotten in the management of the department..
/ The Amalgamated Union of Omaha Pulpit
Founders No. | has indicted The Omaha Bee
for "in 4 large measure (exact dimensions not
speciied) instigating and augmenting by sensa-
tional misleading and malicious statements" the
infamous riot Of Sunday, September %, 1919
The Amalgamated Union of Pulpit *Pounders
charges that the vicious criticism INDUCED in
by The Bee leads only to anarchy and riot"
The Bee, having given bonds for its appear
ance for trial before the august tribunal Of the
& pulpiteers, is allowed meantime to pursue its
deyilsh and anarchistic career. Il should
smile" remarked Editor Rosewater, when
served with notice OF the indictment
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
High Prices for HiQh Times

How shall we define normal price" to-
day? Are these times normal? And prices,
moreover have no fixed relation to prosperity.
What we call the cost of living has actually
no real relation to prices. For while the pres
ent price level is high, the human effort that
must be put forth to live, which is the actual
cost of living" is as low as it ever has been
far lower for us than ever in any one coun-
try in the history of the world-simply be-
cause in most cases days work will buy as
much and sometimes more than before the war
and because a given amount of labor will Sc
cure an amount of necessities and luxuries
that men, say Is years ago. never dreamed of
possessing.
There is no doubt that salaried people and
unorganized laborers have suffered from the
fluctuating dollar and that spectators have
made temporary large winnings, but, by and
large, the cost of living in the sense of this
country's productveness, the yield of its nat
ural' resources, the accessibility of its supplies
brought about by the vast network of distri
button, is on an excellent basis.-The Nations
Business for October
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
STOPPING THE MINERS STRIKE.

Whatever effect the presidents orders to the
soft coal miners may have, it will be palliative
and not corrective. To declare unlawful the
threatened stoppage of work in all mines, with
its attendant possibility of disaster to the social
and industrial life of the country, is justihable
and may cause the miners to desist, but it does
not touch the root of the trouble.
Mr.. Wilson is eminently correct in his
characterization of the proposed strike as i'm
moral and unjustihable. The men base their
claim for the thrty-hour week on the fact that
with $4,000 miners in the military service, those
employed produced under a forty eight-hour
week 135,000,000 tons of coal more than peace
requirements call for. They ask, therefore, that
the working time be cut down and the wages
increased in order that all may live we'll and
happily on less production. This rests squarely
on the socialistc doctrine that happiness is
found only in idleness, and that production
should never exceed consumption.
At this time, when the utmost is required of
every man, when steady work at big wages is
being offered on all sides, it is unreasonable
that the coal miners should insist that the day s
work be shortened by rs per cent and the
weeks time by SIS per cent, in order that more
men may be engaged in bringing up the lessened
amount Of coal called for. The economic folly
of this must be apparent to any. Society needs
output now, and all should be eager to con-
tribute to relieve the situation. When plenty
comes again, it will be time to curtai effort.
The miners should also understand that it
will be impossible to meet their demands with
out increasing costs to everybody else, which,
in turn, will react on them and leave them no
better off. They are in the vicious circle,
along with the rest of US.
Nor will the miners program have any
effect on the fundamental fact that wealth is
unevenly distributed. Injustice in this direction
is not to be met by the process they have in
mind, that of shutting off production. The
president and his cabinet may head off the
present trouble by some method not disclosed,
but they will not undo the mischief that began
when the Adamson law was passed in 1916. 1t
is time to give over the practice of old Mo-
kanna who found "heavens TO suit the wants
of ALL" to stop preaching inverted principles of
economics and politics, and get back to a solid
foundation of human experience. The world is
not a glori6ed loahng place
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
Was the Armistice a Mistake?

A thought that has lodged in the back of
great many heads has been voiced by General
Harries, who says the armstice was blunder.
No one who has studied the war in its broader
phases disputes the great moral effect that
would have been produced by the spectacle of
an Allied army marching down Unter-den-Lin-
den. Nor is it questioned that the great mass
of the Germans, in and out of the military serv-
ice, cling to the belief that their acceptance of
the terms presented by Foch was an act of
magnanimity, graciously conceded by an I'M
beaten army.
Did not Marshal Foch and those associated
under his command have higher purpose than
to give the purblind German people an object
lesson? Foch knew, as did Ludendorf, that
Germany was beaten. The military could only
prolong struggle, the end of which was ad-
mitted. But to bring that end about meant the
expenditure of thousands of lives and millions
of money. 1t has been explained that Foch
generously foreclosed his opportunity for win
ming triumph in the field in order that he
might bring an end to the fighting. He did not
want to accept responsibility for further
slaughter, and in many an American home this
sentiment of his is appreciated as only the family
circle can.
Conceding that the Germans regard them
selves as unbeaten, hate the nations opposed to
them, and look ahead to "the day" once more,
is it not quite within the range of probabilities
that the memorable logic of >events will drive
home the truth3 With their navy destroyed by
their own act, their merchant vessels taken over
by the victors, their emperor fugitive, their
armies disbanded and generally disarmed, their
constitution revised by War council at Paris,
it must be plain even to the most stolid of
them that something went wrong. As they d.
vide the fruit of their toll through generations
to come with those they despoiled in their
hour of triumph, they may realize that Ger
many did not win the war. Teaching the lesson
in this fashion is quite as effective and much
more humane than shooting it into them.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
Common Sense Will Save Us.

"A little common sense would have avoided
this litigation" writes Mr.. Justice Preston of
the Iowa supreme court in handing down an
opinion. He is right on that point and his
terse comment may be equally applied to a
great many things that now disturb the public
mind. A little cool reasoning, disposition to
see the other fellows side of the case, will
make comparatively easy what has the appear
ance of being an insurmountable difficulty.
When thing is too high to climb over, a
workable plan is togo around it. Passes exist
in the Hottest mountain ranges Always a
way out of any trouble may be devised, if only
common sense be applied, and it is on the COM
mon sense Of most that the American people
must now rely. Too little of it has been ex-
hibited of late Many things have occurred to
excite people, whose easily aroused emotions
or sympathies have been played upon until
they are all upset. Stop till the dizziness has
passed, and then let reason, not self-interest,
be your guide, and the way out will soon ap-
pear.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
f. title cToAky Corner 3
Veteran Fishermen.
Nv ADELIA BELLE BEARD.


BY ADELIA BELLE BEARD.
They don't use fishing pole or
tackle, these veteran fishermen, and
they catcf, no more fish than is
needed for themselves and their
families. From that you may know
they are not men.
There is little, brown veteran of
Manitoba, the North Woods, and
Yellowstone Park named mink, who
is worth watching if you have a
chance to see him. He is only
about two feet long and his wife is
smaller, but they can fish. He has
white chin, a long, bushy tail and
short legs, and belongs to the
weasel family.
When he fishes he is apt to settle
himself on a convenient rock in mid
stream and there await the coming
of fat trout or delectable salmon
the best is none too good for him.
Then suddenly he will dive and
come up with a good sized fish in
his mouth, half his own length, per-
haps. When he regains his footing
on the rock he lays the fish down
and quickly stops its struggles by
sharp bite at the back of its head.
You may sometimes trace another
veteran fisherman, called Otter, by
the broken shells of the shell fish,
of which he is very fond. Vie leaves
the scattered fragments or the
banks of streams and lakes. and
among the rocks. His coat, also, is
of brown fur, and it is SO valuable
that, in order to prevent men from
taking it from him, he hides away
near secluded . lakes or water
courses, far from human habitations.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
Ohio's Governor and Canton's Mayor.

Something refreshing in the message Gov
ernor Cox of Ohio sent to Mayor Poorman Of
Canton, where strike riot is impending: The
press dispatch says:
At the same time Governor Cox sent a
telegram to Mayor Charles E. Poorman of
Canton, notifying him that he would be ex-
pected to bring about immediate order The
telegram stated that if this were not done,
Mayor Poorman would be summoned to the
governors Office Monday to show cause why
he should not be removed from office mme-
diately.
Suppose some such order as that had been
sent to Omaha on the afternoon of September
20, would the riot and lynching have taken
place, or the court house have been burned?
Just difference between Ohio and Nebraska
that's all. -
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
FROM HERE AND THERE.

A man is generally at his heaviest
in his 4oth year.
Nearly all shoes worn in Japan
are made of straw or wood.
Sugar has been eaten In China
for at least 5000 years.
The Chinese language has 10000
characters and there are six diff
ferent styles of writing 1t.
The "clocks" on stockings, now
merely ornamental, were originally
the cover for awkward looking
seams.
Platinum was so named by the
Spaniards on account of it's silvery
color, plata" signifying silver. 1t
was discovered in the sand of the
River Pinto, in South America, and
was unknown in Europe until 1741.
One Of the largest copper mining
corporations in America has taken
out an industrial insurance policy
covering the lives of all Of its many
thousands of employees. The face
value of the policy exceeds 10000
900.
The Indians on the banks of the
Orinoco river assert that an alliga-
tor, previous to going in search of
prey, always swallows a large stone,
SO that it may acquie additional
weight to aid it in dragging cap
tured animals under water.
A wonderful substitute for coal,
made Of a compound Of straw, has
been discovered by a Spanish en-
gineer. The composition is said to
develop sufficient steam for a loco
motive in 80 minutes, and the ashes
leaves has been found to make an
excellent fertilizer.
Despite the present high prices,
King Georges tailor bills are prob
ably half of what King Edwards
used to be in year. The late
king rarely wore the same suit of
clothes more than half dozen times
ana often only once or twice, whilst
King George usually wears a suit
many times before it is removed
from the royal wardrobe.
Railway ties used in southern Rus
STA are sailed for preservation. The
discovery Of the efficacy of salt for
the purpose was made accidentally
some 80 years ago. The telegraph
poles of Sebastopol soon rotted be-
low the ground, and one of the work
men tried the experiment of putting
a quantity of salt into the hole pre-
pared for the reception of the base
OF the pole. The wood lasted five
times as long as usual, and the ex-
pertinent was repeated and extended
to railway ties.
In factories where needles are
made the grindstones throw off
great quantities Of minute steel par
t1cles, although the dust is too fine
to be perceptible to the eye Breath
ing the dust shows no immediate
erect, but gradually sets up irrita-
ton, usually ending in pulmonary
consumption, and formerly almost
all the workmen died before the
age Of 40. Ineffective attempts
were made to screen the air by
gauze or linen guards for nose and
mouth. At length the use of the
magnet was suggested, and now
masks Of magnetized steel wire are
worn by the workmen, and effectu-
ally remove the metal dust before
the air is breathed.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
MUCH IN LITTLE.

A new utensil for beating eggs OF
whipping cream has heavily
weighted bottom to hold it steady.
Nearly 5000 commercial motor
vehicles in England have been con-
verted to the use of coal gas as fuel
Nearly $4,000 patients, without
means to pay their way, were treat
ed free in New York's hospitals last
year.
Complete collectios of official re.
cruiting posters, window cards and
war loan posters issued in Great
Britain during the war are now sell
ine~for more than $500 each.
Mrs. Ella Sprague of Fairbanks,
Me-. picked 700 boxes Of Strawberries
in six days, working seven hours a
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27

have expressed your feeling about it
in some way. Write a poem, make
play, deliver an Grafton, or COM
pose story; draw picture, make
a song, take your tools and build
something, take your clay and
model something.
Mary spent month studying the
Indian question. The more she
looked up histories and government
reports and books on mythology,
the more she sympathized with the
Indians in their losing struggle with
the civilized white man. Here is
the speech she imagined Black
foot chief might have made to his
people. She tried to use metaphor,
as the Indians did. They are vul-
lures" She tried to use adjectives
that expressed feeling as we'll as
picture, cold eyes," sleek hair"
pale skin" But the most impor-
tant point is that she was not
through with the Indian question
until she had expressed her feeling
in some way.
The Blackfoot's Warning.
"My people," began the Blackfoot
chief, there is a dreadful plague
come to our country which our
medicine men cannot cure. / have
returned from the lodges of the
pale faces. They are vultures, wait
ing to prey upon us. They have a
look in their cold eyes that / dread.
Their skin is pale as the rising
moon, an evil sign; their hair is
sleek as the serpent's skin. This
means sorcery. Surely they are a
new kind of devil.
These men are to be feared. The
pale face carries in his hand stick
that speaks fire and death. 1t flashes
lightning and speaks thunder. They
come to US with smiling faces and
take our lands and lakes and streams
where we and our forefathers have
played and hunted and fished. They
kill our buffalo and trap our beaver.
Beware of them! Heed my warn
ing! These men are to be feared.
This is the sign that the Great
Spirit has sent us"
(Next week, How to Use Maps.")
Boys and Girls Newspaper Service.
Copyright. 1919, by j. H. Miller.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27

day. One day she picked 1872 boxes
the next day 1875 and the third daS
ia.
The length of silk in the cocoon
of a silkworm is about third OF
mile.
A new form of swing for children
consists of a car that runs back and
forth on a semi-circular track.
Mrs. Robert Cleaves of Soutf
Presque Isle, Me, has so quarts OF
preserved field strawberries stored
away for winter.
Sunflower stalk pith. which i,
about 10 times lighter than cork. is
used in life-saving apparatus in
vented by Russian.
From the source to the. mouth OF
the Rhine there are to be found
nearly 500 castles, formerly thr
homes of warlike chiefs. ~
Even pianos have been made from
paper, and one specially manufac
tured for the late sultan of Morocco
cost over $4,000 to put together.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR,

at straddle Ridge for?" asked a a citizen lien
OF Sandy Mush, Ark.
Fer Fer h hish l15tia!s Tsi b BIS reply
Vii" W " initials i They happened to be
1T I sell you lot In this suburb you
agree agree to to o6 build house costing not less
Yes. If that is the rule"
:. And I might suggest thai. my brother
Is an architect He'll see that you OBJ
serve the rule. "-Philadelphia Bulletin
Her Soldier Husband-one of the first
things I learned in the army was how to
carry 7o-pound pack on a 2O-mle
hike.
Mrs. sububs-How lovelyl Now I must
insist gu your going shopping with me
this decentralization Post.
Friendly Constable-Come, come. sir:
pull yourself together; your wife's calling
: Convivial Gent-wha' she call-calling
me, Billy or William?
Consta ble-William, sir
Convivial Gent-Then I'm not going
hope.-London Blighty.
girl"
I'VE had a tiff. I told her I was 60
Ing away forever, and she told me to go"
well, If you're any man at all you'fl
stay away, at least two evenings. "-Louis-
Vile Courier-JournaI.
Are you lawyer" asked the wrathy
visitor
y, am, sir. What can I do for you ?"
I'm in the grocery business A woman
called me a profteer. Is that word &C.
tionable?"
at certainly is-,f she can prove IT,
Birmingham Age-Herald.
A bow was presented with some young
guinea pigs by his fathers friend. Meet
ing the boy soon after, the friend in
quired about the pets.
"Well, Bobbie. how are the guinea pigs
getting on; are they in good sfape?"
'They are just the same shape, only
bigger "-Osteopathic Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
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The Day We Celebrate.

John L. Kennedy, vice president United
States National bank, and former congressman,
born 1854.
J. Van Rensselaer,, superintendent of the
Pacific Fruit Express company born 1856
Gen. Christopher Columbus Andrews, one
of the few surviving general officers of the
Union army, born at Hillsboro, N. H.. 90 years
ago.
Giovanni Gioltti, noted Italian statesman and
former premier, born on Piedmont, II years
ago.
Hon. Walter Scott, former premier of Sas-
katchewan, born in County Middesex Ontario
81 years ago.
Edwin F. Gay, who has resigned as dean
of the Harvard graduate school of business
administration born in Detroit, 81 years ago.
Viola Allen, long leading actress of the
American stage born at Huntsville, Ala, so
years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Mr.. John OKeefe and Miss Grace O'Keefe
left for Strong City to attend the Cushing
Langtry wedding.
S. " B. Holloway, travelling salesman, has
resigned his position with the Omaha Rubber
company.
Mrs Nels A. Lundgren was taken suddenly
Moses R. Redmond is i'll and off duty
Mr.. Herman Kountze has returned from
the east