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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
Why We Tolerate Bolshey1sm,

Americans who cherish America and are
willing to lay down their lives to preserve this
nation are anything but pleased by the failure of
the allied governments to grapple with boil
shevism. They. are astounded at the fatuous
logic of those who suggest that the throwing of
sops to the bolsheviki will help to destroy boil
shevism. They are disguised with the action of
the. British prime minister who surrenders
rather than fight British bolshevsn to a finish,
Mr.. Lloyd George has made probably fatal
mistake by trying to curry favor with bolshe-
visn. 1t will take all the advantages he offers,
and then will turn and rend them.
Let England do as it will, under Lloyd
George or under bolshevik regime; the United
States will not yield AS the peril increases, so
does the courage Of patriotic Americans in
crease. This nation was not born to become a
slave, either to crowned tyrants or to usurpers
disguised as champions of the people. The
United States is more fortunate than England
in the distribution of land to its own people,
and in the obliteration of class distinctions, no.
bility and all the trappings that are now so
provocative O. hatred and civil war. The fathers
of this republic builded wisely when they made
every American the equal of another, with equal
opportunity and equal responsibility. The poor
est American can indulge in reasonable hope of
success in life, and the richest must obey the
law laid down for al1.-Washington Post.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
Rights of, Radicals

A thoughtful radical and Russian recently
remarked that the limit Of rights for radicals
in the United States is the right to seek to con-
vert others to their views and that there 10 no
right of force. This appears too obvious to need
comment. In the case Of expelled members Of
the New York assembly, much of criticism has
been brought forth. The criticism if well based
would be warranted.
Yet one of these men says that the socialists
do not believe in resort to force except as last
resort. That means when they should regard
their ends other than by force to be hopeless
they would resort to force. Such declaration
is declaration Of violent purpose and should
act to debar any persons holding such views
from sitting in any state or national legislative
assemblage.
There must be no reservation as to loyalty
to the constitution Of the country until that con-
sttution has been altered or superseded through
prescribed political methods. The fact that
these men contemplated force makes Of them
revolutionists and probably anarchists. As So
cialists, of the clear American brand before the
visitation Of the party by the radicals and ter
rosists, no person elected upon socialist ticket
would be barred from sitting.-Baltimore Amer
lean.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
Exploration Of Ground Well
KnoVn
KNOVN

Quite the straugest feature Of the current re-
vival OF imagined traficking with the dead is
the belief Of those engaged in it that. they are
taking a long stcp forward, and that those who
do not follow them are being left behind in the
progress OF the race. AS a matter of fact, the
long stepis backward, and the imagined pro-
greSsion is a reverson. The spiritism of the
dsy does have, indeed, some marks of modern
ity, but these are all superhcial-mere embroid-
cries, as it were, of the ancient superstitions-
and in essentials the new mysticism does not
differ from that of the Middle Ages or of the
sremoter times when, at many a. famous fame,
the gods spoke through the mouths of con-
. vulsed and entranced 'priestesses.
Between the former and the present believers
however, there ;sNa single real difference-in
the one case faith was justified by the absence
ef sefuting knowledge, in the other the believer
IS obliged to ignore available proof that the
phenomena he ascribes to another world all
arise from sources close at hand.
Quite needless weight is granted to the ac-
eeptance OF spirit communications by men like
Lodge and Crooks and Doyle. They are intel
lisent, ufquestionably, and in their own domain
Of SCIENCE or art trustworthy, but out Of it they
are far from being experts, and 1t is only neces
sary to read British memoirs and biographies to
realize that the English, longer than almost
any other civilized people. have retained their
liking for ghosts. and still treat them as some
thing to be proud of-as retainers which only
old families can have. "White Ladies" abound
in Great Britain, and derision of such visitants
a resented by people otherwise sane and sensi-
blc.-- New York TimeA s''-as ". 4
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
Douglas County's Valuation.

The attorneys for Chicago firm of bond
buyers has turned down the court house repair
issue because it exceeds what he conceives to
be the legal limit. His mistake is in assuming
that the $s9,000,000 valuation on which taxes
are levied is the true value of the county. The
point is good one. For many years people
in Nebraska have been fooling themselves by
listing property for taxation at what purports
to be its cash value, and then levying tax on
one-fifth only. Whether the figure accepted for
the levy or the total really carried on the as
sessment roll is the one on which to predicate
validity of bonds is the question to be settled.
However it may be decided, the incident should
direct attention to one of the queer customs in
vogue in connection with the scheduling OF
property for tax purposes in this state.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
COMPROMISE ON COVENANT.

The ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
by the senate depends now, as it has from the
first, on whether 4 sufficient number of demo-
cratic senator's can bring themselves to accept
reasonable reservations. II they persist in sup
porting the president in his attitude of rigidty
the treaty will remain moribund so far as Amer
lea is concerned. '.r
In Europe the leaders are beginning to won
der at the Wilsonian obstinacy. Statesmen Of
England, France and Italy courteously withhold
comment or suggestion, delicatcy RETAINING
from mixing in any way in American domestic
affairs. The fact that they are proceeding along
their own lines to attend to business that con-
Germs them, and which might otherwise 60 be-
fore the League of Nations, is most significant
1t is even suggested from sources of influence
there that it would be better for the time were
affairs left to the management OF the alliance
between the Entente powers without regard to
the league
This sentiment naturally has its reflex in
America, where the failure of the covenant as
prepared at Paris has been foreshadowed from
the beginning. With European leaders willing
to, concede the point demanded by the senate,
which finally involves only the right of America
to remain independent as concerns domestic at
fairs and the declaration of war, it amazes the
world that the president of the United States
can not make similar concession. ~.
Leaders Of the League to Enforce Peace, the
agency which more than any other promoted
the propaganda in favor of the League OF Ma
tons, and whose sincerity can not be ques-
toned, have stated that the senate's reserva-.
tons are not fatal to the league. Judge Gray
admits that the hope of adopting Article X as
presented no longer exists, but the president
still demands it.
Responsibility for the further postponement
of action on the treaty now rests squarely on
the minority of the senate. Whether it is yet
ready to accept Mr.. Bryans advice and permit
the majority to assume its rightful place in the
government will soon be known.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
Told in Dollars and Cents.

Some interesting but neither, startling nor
dscouraging information is given out by the
National City bank of New York, which est-
mates the present worlds debt at $500 100000
900, compared with $40000,000,000 prior to the
war. This implies an increase on account of
the war in the tidy sum of $l600O0000,000.
These figures are meaningless to the ordinary
mind, which can not grasp the idea of what
they represent.
In effect it amounts to the over capitaliza-
ton of the world as a going concern to just
that extent Most of this wealth was blown to
smithereens in battle or sunk to the bottom of
the sea. Some of it was dissipated in other
ways, but it has all vanished. That is, what
ever of material, actual wealth is represented by
the figures. A considerable portion of the total
consists of inflated valuation, incident to the
extravaganza with which all governments car
ried on their military operations.
s., Some idea of how the madness for issuing
money" has affected the nations may be gained
from the further statement that the currency
issues of thirty principal countries jumped from
81 100000 in prewar days to $40,000,O0O000
at the time the armistice was signed, and since
then to $50,000,000,000. No account of the 1884,
00O,0O0,000 issued by soviet Russia is taken in
this
Here is clear view of what is before the
world: Until this enormous debt is taken care
Of by the replacement Of wealth destroyed, the
balance will not be restored. The existing
deficit may be regarded in a sense as watered
stock, and until each dollar issued is repre-.
scented by dollar employed in the business, par
is not attained. How long it will take to
restore 200 billions of wealth is. beyond con-
lecture. 1t can not be done by legislation. nor
by a scaling of debts. Steady production is the
only answer, and the sooner this is realized,
and the world stops jazzing around on bor-
rowed capital or fiat currency, and gets down
to hard work, the quicker will it get out from
under the mountain of debt it has assumed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
THE DEMAND.

Saddle your sons with the cost OF guns
And the toys Of the martial caste,
While the golden wheat and the things
Are the things that 70 think Of last.
Draw out the ore from the mountain
And exchange for paper and gold.
So that towers massed in a city vast
May reek with crowds they hold
Drain off tho oil from beneath the soil.
That the wheels may spin around
Let the worl forget the sovereign debt
Decrease your flocks and deplete your
stocks
That the price may remain on high.
While the cities TEEN and the millions
OF home meath . country sky.
The city's lure to the countless poor
Is a shackls of strongest steel,
And the open door to brighter shers
Ye never would dare reveal
The food W share snd the clothes "
The coal that - have to burn.
Tho things ys need and the beasts 70
Are the lessons ,ye have to learn.
So long as the sun in it, course shall
And rain from the heavens fall,
Tho crops will grow and the food Will
To the waiting mouths Of all.
But not alone. on the breezes blown
And over the rolling plain,
Will the seed take roet and the pale
green shoot
Mature to the golden grain.
There Is endless toll In the fruitful soil,
Ere the crops shall grow and spread
And If man shuns. still. the field for the
mill,
He'll bid high for his loaf Of bread.
II strong men seek wage by the week
And disdain the call Of the land,
Then supply shall fall and want prevail,
In face of the great demand ~,
. WILLIAM v. STEPHENS.
11th Engineers, U. 8. "A.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
Control of Public Utilities,

The constitutional convention is now agi-
taed over the question Of control of public utli-
ties, having before it three separate PROPOSE
tons, any one Of which will take from COM
munities the powers they now have in this and
bestow them on a stats commission. Two Of
these proposals emanats from members Of the
State Railway commission, which will have little
if anything to do with railroads, if the
present plan goes through congress. Under
either Of these provisions the railway board will
become public utility commission, charged
with the regulation of affairs involved in the
several sorts of public service.
That such service must be controlled is
plain, but it is not so clear that such control
should be detached from the communities and
vested in central board. Difficulties in max
ing bargains between corporations and commit
mites are always present, but the business is
part Of the life Of any municipality, great or
small, and should be so accepted. Nor has it
been shown by experience that the people are
always indisposed to deal fairly by the cor
porations. The trouble usually has started from
the other end.
When the time comes that communities will
make contracts and observe them rs do ndi-
viduals; when investors in public service enter
prises will not be looked upon as public enemies,
nor ask to be considered as benefactors; when
bargains will be fairly made and squarely car
ried out, control of public utilities will lose
much of the formidable aspect it now holds
Until then, however, the power should not be
taken too far away from the people. i. 49,.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

be taller than the other, and col
ored blue and pink. Use these for
your fun titles. Using your best Ii
brary hand writing, letter them
neatly, recipes, parties, games,
stunts, books, hand-craft and favors.
If there are cards of a contrasting
color to these. that hold the main
titles, letter them with sub titles.
Back of your. recipe card, have cards
marked, sandwiches, salads. cake
and candy. Sub titles for the party
division of your file will be, holi-
days, afternoon and evening, The
hand-craft section of the box will
be divided into embroidery, dress
making and knitting.
Back of each colored card stand a
few white cards on which you will
write or paste suggestions.
The First Fun.
You can have your first party fill
ing the fun directory. Ask your
girl friends to spend an afternoon
with you comparing notes as to
recipes, hand work, and good times.
Put all their suggestions and your
own in their proper places in the
card file. If a suggestion is too
long to go on one card, use two, and
fasten them together with a smaller
paper clip. Be sure that the fun
notes are arranged alphabetically,
and are placed back of the proper
colored card in the file.
Filling the Fun Box.
Almost every day you see a good
recipe, the description of game or
party, or some new idea about
needle work or knitting in the news
paper or in magazine. You al
ways read these, but you are apt to
forget them, for you have no place
to- keep them permanently.
Don't let one escape you now.
Clip them all, and paste the clip
pings to cards in the right place in
your card file. When you want to
entertain your friends in the incest
possible way, look over your cards,
and find out in moment how to
do it. r.....
(Find out what water to drink
on a hike: Miss Beard tells you
tomorrow)
Copyright, 1910, by J. H. Lillar.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

ger. locks to snap or shoot caps. You
might take the lock cut of cheap
cap pistol, but it is more fun to
make triggers of cigar box wood.
Here are two designs: ....
he more easily made Single
lock- has the hammer and trigger
in one piece, pivoted at P, and strik-
ing a staple CO. Make the spring
(S) by winding stiff wire around a
naii. We used to get the wire out
of an old broom. To shoot this
lock you pull the trigger and let it
snap back.
THE double hammer lock takes
two pieces and two springs. If
made right you hold the trigger
when you cock it and the hammer
catches in the notch. Then a trig-
ger pull releases it. You may have
to experiment with it before you get
the pattern just right. especially the
place for the pivot. Fasten the lock
to the outside of the gun and cover
it with piece of tin
(Tomorrow Hunting Eye Visits
the Grange.) s..
Copyright, 1920, by ]. X. BilIar.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
What The Bee Stands for:

l. Respect for the law and maintenance of
order. .
q Speedy and certain punishment of crime
through the regular operation OF the
courts. .tS.
5. Pitess publicity and condemnation Of in
efficiency, lawlessnessan and corruption in Of
flee.
T. Frank recognition and commentator of
..honest and efficient public service.
5. Incubation of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship. p.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
For Boyst Make
|E.SHandicran SI
Guns for the Drill Corps.
BY GRANT NJ. HYDE.

I'VE boys want to have . soldier
drill corps, Uncle Bob, but We
haven't any guns. Our rifles aren't
all alike, and you can't do the man
ual of arms with an air gun"
= Yes, sonny, for a regular COM
pany you need your guns all alike.
I'm glad you're organizing one. III
lend you my Infantry Drill Regu!a-
tons and tell you how we used to
get guns when / was a boy.
"Well-designed wooden guns are
best Make pattern Of heavy pa
per, take Il to the lumber yard or
planning r:ill and have guns sawed
on the bandsaw of seventh eighths-
inch cyprus or pine. Order the en-
tire number at once and they will
cost but few cents each. The rat
tern should be about three and
half feet long, shaped like an army
rife. You might make it by draw
ing around a % rife, but keep the
point of the stock high so that the
gun can. be sawed from a sM-inch
board.
when the guns are delivered have
each boy smooth his with sandpa-
per. varnish it and put on tack for
a sight and carrier strap. Some
companies rig the guns with trig-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
Safe Bet.

Probably Colonel Bryan will not
be nominated. but the chances are
that he will have influence enough
in the convention to get more or less
economic unsoundness in the plat
form.-Ohio State Journal.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
T. title Folks Corner 3
Fora Girls oaMake
s. '4onse'.fs g
A Directory of Fun.

BY CAROLYN sHERw1N BAILEY.
Still shut-in weather most Of the
times Well, what difference does
that make, when a cardboard box
from the stationer's and a set Of
cards to fit in it such as are used
for card cataloguing will tell you
how to have good time, any time?
Preparing the Cards.
Some OF the cards in this file will
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Capture Of = group Of Americans who, were
cooperating against the reds in Siberia may not
eomplieate matters, but it will make us lot
more trouble. Nothing in the war looks worse
than the ian-Siberian policy Of hot and cold.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Turks are said to shy at bolshevism. 1t
would be difficult to improve on their present
system for living without working.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Bill Bryan's compromise now
needs only the approval of the re-
publicans. democrats, mild reserva-
'tionists, President Wilson and for
eign governments to be unanimous.
Post.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Highwaymen who handed back the overcoa
OF victim may have spoken with an eastern
accent, but they did not act like eastern wolves
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

The United States produces 81 per cent Of
the petroleum output Of the world, and uses it
nearly all.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Terse facts about Nebraska are being pub
lished, each luminous point as to why the
state is great ."%.. ..
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Having replevined Alsace and Lorraine, with
the help Of God and a few Allies" France ought
ito be able to get the ex-kaiser out Of Holland
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Boishevism is said to be spreading in China.
If the heather Chinee can possibly be worse off
than he is, it will come to him through en-
bracing the Lenine doctrine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Seed catalogues are commencing to bloom.
The war garden should be perpetual inst-
tuition.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

d.. Garfield refuses to be content with the
pYesidents settlement Of the coal strike, but as
the miners and operators are agreed and the
public can't help itself, 1t looks as if the doc
tors protest were in vain. -"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Egypt Is to bar i'undesirables," a move that
ought to stir what Is left of the dust of a long
line Of Pharaohs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Visitor (being shown round the grounds
Of estate bought by profiteer)-That
tower. I believe. goes back TO William the
Conqueror. .f...
: Profiteer-Oh. no. 1t don't; I've bought
the lot-Blighty Uondon).
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

'Did anybody comment ON the way you
handled your new carr"
"One man made a brief remark, Fifty
dollars and costs boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Down at Junction City, Kan, five men
pitched nickles to see which would be permitted
to buy hish-priced touring car, The only
thing strange about this Is where they got the
nickfes In Kansas.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

/ Hewitt-How do your and your wife get
along together?
Jewett-First rate, considering that our
automobiles are not Of the same make.
Houston Post.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Education 10 the remedy for most OF our
social ills. When men and women are trained
10 they can think straight nearly. all Of their
treubiss viii vanish, and they will, 60 to work
and soon be rid Of the rest 81
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Five days in Jail seems short time for some
Aof the reckless taxi drivers who make Omaha
streets 50 uncertain for others, but it may give
those who get tia moment or two for sober re-
Election. 81.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Presidential booms are beginning to rever-
befate in Nebraska, all right.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Mstress-Now, Ada. I want you to
show us what you can do tonight. We
have few very special friends coming
for a musical evening.
Cook-Well, mum. 1 'aven't done any
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
No IMckt No ImcN

No Luck! No LUCIA
Hundreds killed by earthquake in
Mexico, but Carranza and Villa are
not in the casualty list.-Columbus
Record
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

singin' to speak Of TOR years, but ~ you
insists upon 1t you can put me down for
"Ths 'Oly Cityr'-London Passing Show.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
OpAY.]
The Day We Celebrate.

William Lampman, accountant, county treas
urer's office, born 1872
Wilhelm Hohenzollern, former German en-
peror and king Of Prussia, born at Potsdam 81
years ago.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the American
Federation OF Labor, born in London 20 years
ago.
RI Rev. William Lennox Mills, Anglican
bishop of Ontario, born at Woodstock Ont, "a
years ago.
George Hox Mccain, we'll known traveller
and lecturer. born at Allegheny City, Pa, "a
years ago.
Bishop Thomas Nicholson of the Methodist
Episcopal church, born at Woodburn, Ont, So
years ago.
Albert Wickland outhelder Of the New York
American league base ball team, born in Chi
cago 80 years ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27

Light on light rates is called for.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.

Mrs. Boyd and Miss Chanutc, who had been
visiting Mrs. Richardson, returned to Chicago.
{, A gas explosion destroyed the grocery of
Newman Brothers at the corner of Tenth and
Center streets
: The famous Savini played the part of Con-
rad in "The Outlaw" at Boyd's.
M. Amblard of Paris was in the city for the
purpose of appointing an agent to handle very
fine BRAID Of wine
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-27
FLIGHTS OF FANCY.

Copyright, 1920, by ]. X. BilIar.