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Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
Nonpartisan League Losses

Radical movements have their natural his
tory" as men OF science would say The re-
suits of the special referendum in North Dakota
on the set of statutes-seven in number-en-
acted by the legislature of that state to give
effect to the principles of the Nonpartisan
league, a political organization decidedly So
cialistc in its aims and methods, are interest
ing and Illuminating from the point OF view of
"naturalistic" study of politics.
The league appears to have carried all its
measures, but by majorties only one-half as
large as those it received in the election last
November The revolt of several high Off
Gals who were elected by the league, but who
could not approve some OF its advanced" pro-
posals-notably the act for a state bank to be
managed by politcians-accounts to some ex-
tent for the losses sustained, but two other
factors evidently have played important part
N weakening the leagues grip on the state.
In the first place, where the farmers have
enjoyed prosperity the league vote has declined
heavily, while in corner of the state in which
the farmers have had four successive crop fail
ures the league has retained its hold. Good
crops, high wages and substantial bank &C
counts initiate everywhere against destructive
or otherwise un-American forms of radicalisn.
North Dakota. despite some alleged peculiar
conditions that have made it radical. remains
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15

rhe next thing of supreme interest with re-
gard to the league of nations is the probable
procedure of the senate. 1t has been repeat
eddy asserted by those who favor Incorporating
reservations in the resolution of ratification
that a majority of the members are in favor
of reservations in a greater or less number.
Mr.. Root has outlined certain qualifications
Whether all of them only part of them
will be incorporated in the ratification resolu-
ton remains to be seen. But the rule of the
senate provides that while the resolution of rat
ification must have the support Of two-thirds
Of the members voting, such resolution being
before the house may be amended by ma
jority vote That being true and the ma jority
being in favor of certain amendments, those
amendments or reservations could be adopted
and made part Of the resolution Of ratification
and the question would come before the house
on the adoption of the ratification resolution as
amended.
Presumably all, or practically all, who sup
ported the reservations will support the gen
eral proposition as amended and it would carry.
unless sufficient number of those lnsstent
upon ratification without qualification should
vote against it. In that event, the admlnlstra-
ton group clearly would be responsible for
the defeat of ratification.
In other words, the president and his sup
porters standing for ratification without quail
fication and refusing the right Of the senate to
give advice in accordance with its constitu
tional power would be responsible for the re-
lection of the peace treaty and its incorporated
league of nations
At the present writing, ratification with
reservations appears to be the most probable
conclusion of the whole matter.-Mlnneapo
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
ODD AND INTERESTING.

The word Czechs should be pro
nounced as though it We're spelled
"cheks"
iowa is the corn state. She grew
409,147,00O bushels in 1918. Hi
nois was next.
The Chilean government has
taken steps to electrify three Sec
tons of its railway system.
An English inventors interlock-
ing concrete piling is said to be
stronger than sheet piling made of
wood.
An Englishman has invented a
centrifugal pump directly connected
with an electric motor that runs
equally we'll either in or out of
water
Forestry experts have found that
a plant growing luXuriantly in the
Philippines and heretofore thought
a weed is used in other parts OF the
Far East for the production of cam
phOr.
After IA years Of experimenting
an Illinois mechanic has produced
bit that bores stars, crosses, heXa-
CONS, triangles and holes of several
other shapes in metal as well as
wood
Lake Bower a Des Moines auto
mobile salesman, has been away
from home for 80 years, and in all
that time has never missed a Sun
day in writing to his mother or the
folks at home.
At Pittsburgh Stanislaus Trenski
and Mrs. Mary Danska returned
marriage license that had been is
sued to them. having concluded
after talking it over that Mrs Dan
skas four children and Trenskis
five children together would be too
big burden.
According to the London Times
for May IA, 1919, army horses and
mules were bringing better prices
in the United Kingdom than at the
last Of April. Since the signing Of
the armistice, 91,Sl9 horses have
been sold at an average price of
S1S4.24, as compared with $1S1.97
averaged $107.91 per head as
against the previous average of
S92.45. The total amount received
from the sales since the signing of
tho arnistice was s17,22O, 54l97.
Portugal bought $40 mules for $685.
5T2.12, or $170.33 per head
In the heat of summer, owing to
expansion, steel bridge is appre
ciahly longer than it is in winter,
and at various times of the year it
may be longer on one side than on
the other, as when a hot sun plays
on one flank, and a cold wind in
pinees on the other. The "breathing
apparatus Of bridge consists of
rollers under the feet at one end, so
that the end can move to and fro
freely according tc the expansion
and contraction of the huge girders.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
Pleading for the Peace Treaty.

Senator Swansons "keynote' speech in be-
halt OF the peace treaty with its league of Ma
tons feature does not clarity the situation in
the least, In the main, the new spokesman for
the administration has merely repeated what al
ready has been said, dealing in generaties and
avoiding Decentralization What the American
ner they are obligated by the document How
much of mortgage will be put the future
OF the country? The citizens have the courage
to face the truth. and would like to know the
facts.
Mr.. Wilson, when he laid the treaty before
the senate, INDUCED only in broad and general
references to its contents and the difficulties
under which agreement was reached by the con-
ferees at Paris, but did express indirectly will
lngness to discuss in detail its provisions. This
perhaps, will come later. For the present it
may be accepted that the opening of the de-
bate is not to be taken as dealing with the con-
tents of the treaty in their minute and separate
application but only to outline the underlying
principles If this is SO, the senator's address
serves the purpose.
Other senators will be heard however, for
the certain thing in connection with the
treaty just now is that it will be thoroughly
discussed. 1t is unfair however, for the sup
porters of the president to allege that Ameri-
cans will be skulkers if they decide finally to
act contrary to the belief of the group that
favors ratification without reservation.
Americans want permanent peace if it can
be had without sacrificing national honor and
sovereignty They are not too proud to fight"
ba1, Al ~,
nations of the world to the utmost, but they
would like to see some settle down to the
legitimate occupation of helping themselves.
And they not in mood to accept treaty
the terms of which they do not fully under
stand just because it is presented to them with
the assurance that it will bring peace.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15

did as he said. She quit trying to
tear herself loose by main strength,
and set about cutting the threads
She quickly found that while she
couldn't free herself from all at
once, she could easily break them
one by one.
But that isn't what the spider
wanted her to do. When he saw
that she was a wise bee-wiser than
any he had ever caught before he
came rushing across the web to
spin more threads around her. But
he was very, very careful not to
get near her singer.
"Buzz-z-z-ZL-z," hummed Billy
Bee angrily, making a quick dash
at the spider Old Spider Manyless
stopped short. This was something
new to him--to have a man bee
defy him in his own web. He
couldn't understand it. Maybe this
was new kind of man bee. one
with a sting that would make it
mighty hot for him. Man bees
usually didn't have stings, and the
lady bees were the real fighters, but
this chap was so bold he must have
some hidden weapon about him.
That's the way he figured It out
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
CHAPTER III.
In the Spiders Web.

Doggy BEE was startled when
i she saw the two fierce eyes Of
the creature hiding in the corner
of the lacy curtain. At first it look
ed like tiger ready to spring at
any one who might come that way.
But a second glance showed Peggy
what it Was-a spider, cruel and
hungry. with his web spread to en-
tangle unwary insects. To her bee
eyes it seemed just as big as tiger
and just as dangerous
AS she gazed at him, the spider
suddenly darted out of his den.
Peggy was startled and lodged
to one side. This is just what
the sly old spider wanted. for
when she lodged she lodged
right into corner of the web she
hadn't seen. In the flash of an eye
she was caught fast.
"Ha, what a fine CATCH" laughed
the spider. I'll have a nice plump
bee for my supper"
Peggy struggled desperately to
free herself, but the harder she
thrashed around the more she got
tangled. The fine, silky hairs seem
ed to wrap themselves around her
legs and she couldn't jerk herself
loose. Now she knew how to pity
flies she had seen caught in spider
traps.
keep cool!" warned Billy Bee
You're doing just what the spider
wants when you struggle that way.
Break the threads one at a time"
His advice was good and Peggy
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
MUCH IN LITTLE.

German experiments have made
textile from the fiber of plant
similar to the North American cat
tail.
An electric soldering device has
been invented that can be operated
with an automobile storage battery.
Demands for telephone service in
Japan are about 10000 ahead of
the governments ability to supply
equipment.
The handle Of a new razor strop
of the usual two-faced type is hol-
lowed out to form a recess to con-
tain a hone.
Brazil is coming rapidly to the
front as a shipper of manganese.
From January to June of this year
1920 tons Of this metal, valued at
s1,47O,5O0, was exported.
Mrs. A. Sinclair of Woodstock, N.
H., caught a hen hawk in her hands
and after quite a battle succeeded
in killing it. 1t measured two and
one-half feet from tip to tip.
Latin America bought S24,618,-
63S worth of American automobiles
last year, gain of more than
vi .Uuu,UUU over lne l1npOIldllOlS
from this country in 1912.
At recent meeting of the board
of industries of India, held at Be
mares, the Adjustment of schools
was discussed for instructing eX
soldiers in motor driving and oil and
steam engine practice,
Miss Rose May Bowers. aged 16,
of Richmond, Me, recently earned
SIS in an unusual way. While out
walking she saw young wolf at
the entrance of a den, crawled in
side after him and captured him.
The government railways, says
the Japan Advertiser for May 2,
have decided to cut a submarine
tunnel under the ShimonOseki
strait, according to the chief of the
construction bureau. 1t will be
started this year, and it is planned
to complete it in 1928.
Australian coal exporters are
making a strong hid for the Philip
pine market. They are offering
their product at a much lower price
than the japanese dealers, who
have heretofore held the monopoly
in this commodity. The lowest Aus
tralian price recently quoted was
about 1896 per ton f. o. b. mines,
while that quoted by the japanese
was Sl2.75 per ton f. O. b, mines.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
Oh, Boston! Why Have
You Not Confessed II?

Boston.-There are dozens of
fashionable women residents Of the
Back Bay who" have not touched
water to their bodies for the past
10 years" and as result are pic
lures of perfect health@, SO asserts
DR.. Charles T. Page, physician,
author of health books and advo-
cate OF the non bath doctrine.
In addition to this bathless
theory, he sounds a serious warning
against the wearing of underwear
He says:
Leave it all off and you will
escape colds, bronchitis, influenza,
pneumcn", and all the physical all
ments tia are commonly supposed
to threaten the average human
being.
Attire the body in the draper
les is his injunction, meaning
drop all underwear, both wooden
and cotton. He advises men to
dress only in shirt. trousers,
suspenders, jacket, stockings and
low shoes. Wear hat if YOU must
but your hair will do much better
without one"
DR.. Page is 70. and thinks he
should live to ITO or lis and any
body, he says, can do likewise.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
Many Questions Answered.

Sister of Two Soldiers-Our last
word If the 101st balloon company
is that it is at Bordeaux. assigned
to early convoy. but no date fixed
for its departure. Its new address
is A. P. o. 705.
I. NJ. l. COMPANY E, s11th pio-
neer infantry, still is in France, but
is assigned to early convoy Most
Of this regiment has reached the
home station, and part of it has
been demobilized.
A Soldiers Sweetheart-Grave
registra ton unit No. 30S is not at
tached to any division. nor is it I'M
der early sailing orders. Its last
address is A. ?. O. 731, at Neuf-
chateau.
Father-No farther announce
ment has been received with refer
ence to the departure for home of
the Second division. 1t was ordered
to prepare for sailing about
two weeks ago The marines in this
subdivision will very likely be sent
home with the rest. 1t Is under
stood that the some provision for re-
leasing drafted or enlisted men ap-
plies to the marines as to the army
service.
Arthur-You should write to the
adjutant general of the army for in
formation regarding an individual
soldier. We cannot furnish it.
-Embarkation hospital No
. was demobilized many weeks ago.
We can give you no information as
to what became of it's members, who
have been returned to their homes
or otherwise scattered.
r. A. M.-Depot service company
No 2 is in the service of supply at
Eourges, and is not yet under sail
ing orders.
Qua"termaster - Depot service
company No. 81 reached New York
last week. and will very likely be
demobilized this week Cannot tell
you which camp it was sent to.
MOther-The Fifth division has
not yet been mentioned among the
early returning forces. This applies
to all units of the division, and in
cludes evacuation ambulance COM
pany No. So.
l.. r. K-The 22d service COM
pany, engineers corps, was sent to
Camp Upton Cannot tell you if it
has been demObiliZed yet.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
A WISE DECISION.

Announcement by Governor McKelvie that
he will not ask the legislature to avert the
threatened referendum on the administrative
code law by repassng that measure at the COM
ing session, will put where it belongs the re-
sponsiblity for keeping the people from having
the legislation they voted for at the last cleo
ton The governor declares that it was at his
own instance that the law was not originally
passed with the emergency clause because he
wanted sufficient time to organize the depart
ments properly and had no thought that any
political party or machine would resort to the
referendum by which 10 per cent of the voters
Would defeat the expression of decisive ma
jority.
What throws sharper light on the un-
scrupulous character of the democratic partisan
clique fomentng the referendum is the esti-
mate that under the law requiring the full
text OF the act to be mailed to every voter in
the state this procedure will cost the tax
payers approximately upwards of $l50,0O0 for
printing and postage alone. To hold up the
operation of this law and force it to another
vote. without a chance to make good in prac-
tice, the referendum promoters apparently have
no compunctions about saddling this colossal
aad needless expense upon the public ex
pense which could be easily avoided without
abating the purpose of popular vote upon it,
by letting the law become effective and then
initiating its repeal We doubt whether the
people of Nebraska will feel like approving
such expensive folly.
The decision of the governor not to include
the code bill in his special session is, all things
considered, decidedly the part of wisdom. Per
hapS it would also be wise. in view of the cir
substances, to consider anew whether special
session for the sole purpose of ratifying the
suffrage amendment and the outlay involved
are warranted at this time in the certain knowl-
edge that ratification by Nebraska will not
not come anywhere near making the necessary
thirty-six states and that final adoption will not
be fastened or retarded whether Nebraska acts
this month or later on.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
Scandal in Spruce Production.

Some of the romance of spruce timber pro-
duction for war uses may be kicked galleywest
by the iconocastic process of a congressional
inquiry. The great forests of the Pacific north
west contained the finest timber in the world
SO far as airpane requirements are concerned
Nothing else equalled the straight grained
spruce of this region, and to its production
much attention was given How it mounted in
price from somewhere around SIS to $3.50 per
thousand feet has been told. with a wealth of
exciting detail descriptive of the superhuman
energy expended in the great woods. The Loyal
Legion of Loggers. or whatever it was, set
up to combat the I. w. w. and other pro- Ger
man agencies and influences in the timberland
did loyal service. But now comes a charge
that all this splendid work was accompanied by
wastage that was criminal. Uncle Sam was
footing the bill, and consequently millions of
dollars were thrown away The inquiry should
go to the bottom, that justice may be done, to
the men engaged in the work if they are inno-
cent, and to the public if they are not.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
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Clever Police Work.

Omaha. July 10.-To the Editor
of The Bee: Last evening about 7
o'clock while Mr.. Ringers pet and
eX-chief of the moral squad was
enjoying a social visit with several
persons in front of the Forrest &
Meaney drug store at Twenty fourth
and N streets, a rapidly driven auto
mobile struck and knocked down a
boy in plain sight of Mr.. Briggs,
and not more than 80 or 40 feet
from where he was standing, and
after stopping for a brief instant,
perhaps in anticipation of some
action, or at least investigation on
the part of Mr.. Ringers favorite,
passed on south on Twenty-fourth
street, while the boy who was struck
and knocked down crawled to the
opposite curb, without any discovery
by Briggs that anything had hap
peued. Surely that man Briggs is
great police officer.
T., DAILY
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15

and he wasn't a bit anxious TO nave
poisoned sword thrust into his
soft body. He retreated bit ana
looked BILLY over.
"Bumhle umble buzz z-Z-z!
doomed Bundle Bee Buzz. Hurry
up. Princess Peggy Bee, old Spider
Manylegs will get you in minute
That Is about the worst thing that
Bundle Bee Buzz could have said,
for when Old Spider Manylegs
heard it he made up his mind that
Billy was only an ordinary man
oned sword. Getting over his fright,
he started again for Peggy.
Buzz zz-zz-zz! I'll sting you!"
threatened Billy, flying close over
Spider Manylegss' head, But now
Spider Manylegs just grinned and
kept on going toward Peggy,
Bundle Bee Buzz saw the harm
he had done, and he. too, made
quick dash at Spider Manylegs. TAX
ing care, however, that he didn't
get caught in the web Spider
Manylegs lodged, but when he saw
how humble Bee Buzz steered clear
Of the web. he grew holder and
made sudden dash at Peggy. Just
before he reached her, Billy lunged
downward and bumped Spider
Manylegs on the nose, bouncing
away again before the spider could
grab him. The bump delayed the
spider just moment, and In that
moment Peggy gave a hard jerk
and pulled herself free.
Spider Manylegs was mad clear
through about losing her and also
over the bump on the nose.
"Ill get you yet he cried, but
Peggy and Billy only laughed at
him. humble Bee Buzz didn't laugh
at him. He was scared of some
thing he saw coming through the
woods.
Quit your laughing and follow
quick for your lives,' he
buzzed, dashng for hollow tree
that stood above the spiders web.
Here comes the worker bees, and
If they catch us it's goodnight for
u.s."
Gn the next installment will be told
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
Stop Itching Eczema

Never mind how ofte you have tried
and failed, you can stop burning, itching
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moment zemo is apple d. In short
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similar skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin ane making it
vigorously healthy, always Us zemo, the
penetrating, antiseptic liquid 1t is not
greasy salve and it does not stain. When
others fail it is the one dependable
treatment for skin troubles o. all kinds
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Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15
Railroad Rate Control.

Judge Lovett, in his discussion OF the rail-
road problem, puts not a little emphasis on
the proposition that control of rates, both pas
senger and freight, must be in the hands of the
Interstate Commerce commission. This, he
says is necessary to avoid the unjust discrimin-
alton that rests on the activity of state COM
missions empowered to fix tariffs within state
boundaries. In this nothing new is presented.
1t was recognized long ago, and in the repub-
lican national platform of 1916 definite prom
Use was made to remedy the situation.
Experience under federal control has made
even clearer the need for centralized authority
over transportation, Competition without
fair discrimination is possible, but the reverse
was too often the condition when state boards
We'd in effort to secure advantage. The en-
tire fabric of rates needs overhauling. but it
will be much better done under supervision of
one than of forty-eight boards
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15

OF course, when the senior democratic
member of the foreign relations committee is
spending few days at his summer house at
"a fashionable seacoast resort the duty of lead
ership falls on the next man. 1t is not that the
administration has asked change in the sem
ate; it just happened that way
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15

Making historic spots around Omaha for
the edihcation of automobile tourists and others
should be encouraged. And, by that same token,
most of them would have greater attention than
is now bestowed on any
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-15

Great Britain is about to receive all object
lesson in economics, to the effect that the cost
of producing coal can not be increased without
putting up the price to the consumer. This is
too often overlooked