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Evening star., 1921-12-18
PLACED ON PROBATION.
Mrs. BambinA Maude belmont
Pleaded Guilty to Biramv

FRESNO. Calf. December 17.-Mrs.
Bambina Maude belmont, who swore
to the San Francisco police court
complaint charging Roscoe C. (Fatty)
Arbuckle with numbering Virginia
Rape. was granted today one year
on probation when she appeared in
court for sentence on a charge Of
week.
The complaint Mrs. belmont swore
out was reduced to one of, man.
slaughter by the police court and the
jury which tried Arbuckle on it fail
ed to agree.
Evening star., 1921-12-18
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK, December 17.-Cotton
goods closed steady today with trade
of moderate volume. Yarns have been
bought more freely this week at low
prices. The burlap markets were fair
iy steady. Silk products were priced
higher, but sales restricted. In wool
goods markets slow progress has been
made toward showing fall 1922 lines.
Evening star., 1921-12-18
LIGHTED BOMB IN HALL.
Eight Families in Apartment House
Have Marrow Escape.

7 NEW YORK, December 17.-Eight
families living in a Brooklyn apart
morning when Nicola Cerulli found a
lighted bomb in the lower hallway Of
the building. A policeman extinguish-
ed the fuse and soused the bomb in
q pail Of water. .
Cerulli. q druggist. said he believed
the bomb was Intended primarily for
him. ass he recently had received
threatening letters demanding .Sl0. o.
Evening star., 1921-12-18
MAY CONFER AT DANz1G,

KOVNO. Lithuania. December IL
The Lithuanian Press Bureau an
nounced today It had received infor-
nation that Poland has proposed to
LithuAnia the holding of q conference
at Danxig early in January in con-
nection with the questions of wilma
and Memel. -
Evening star., 1921-12-18

and No. mixed durum, Ill elf. track
New York to arrive.
Corn-Spot steady; No. 2 yellow.
65A: No. white, 66%. and No. 2
mixed. 65A elf. New York. all rail.
Oats-Spot firm: No. 2 white, 46.
Other articles unchanged. F.,
Evening star., 1921-12-18

Close requests that the names Of the
ofhcers-elect for the ensuing year Of
the seven camps be forwarded to de.
partnent headquarters a. soon a
possible, 10 the same can be sent to
national headquarters in Chicago.
Evening star., 1921-12-18
RANGE OF MARKET ~AVERAG

following
sentative dealt
Evening star., 1921-12-18
LIBERTY BONDS AT A GLANCE.
THE WEEKS BOND MARKET

Following summary of the fluctuations of prices OF
bonds the New York Stock Exchange for the
December IL, 1921
Previous
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
The High Cost Of Alcohol.

Liquor is said to be going up IN price, but it
will be long time before the cash outlay for a
beaker Of alcohol reaches the cost set i'll the will
OF Chicago attorney. II either Of his sons in
dulge in alcohol or tobacco as long as their
mother is living, the testament provides, they
will forfeit their inheritance Of 100000.
II memory does not play false, there were in
the old days many delectable drinks which con-
tanned more than the Vosteadean proportions Of
alcohol, but there are not many men who would
pay willingly 100000 for the pleasure of re-
freshing his recollection and the inner man. One
need not be moralist to perceive, however, that
indirectly price fully as large has been col
lected for Intoxicating fluids before this. The
connection between the crime with which film
actor now stands charged and his indulgence in
alcohol is unmistakable. There is no vice that
is not given additional stimulation by vinous
indulgence.
1t seems scarcely probably that these two
heirs would trade their birthrisht for bottle Of
moonshine, and yet men before this have given
up even more.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
Success From Failure.

Almost everything has happened to the cot
ton crop to make it the poorest in years. Strange
as it may seem, this is said to have saved the
credit situation in the south. The demand for
cotton at fair prices, which is developing, is
counted on to make possible the liquidation of
the south's Indebtedness and to bring about
some degree Of prosperity.
For long time that section of the United
States was unable to find any market for its
main crop. Some Of the white topped plants
were ploughed under in the fields and thousands
OF bales for which there was no sale collected in
the warehouses. Naturally, the farmers planted
less Of this crop last year, and now nature. in the
guise Of excess rainfall, cool weather, the boil
weevil and the army worm, has still further
limited production. 3
Now the money that has been tied up in cot
ton is being freed, debts arc beginning to be
paid, and new purchases to Be- made. Every
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
Snobbery Properly Rebuked.

When President Harding went to dinner at
one OF the great earavanseryais on the Board
Walk. Atlantic City. he found the table spread
with gold plate. The manager OF the hotel had,
perhaps, though, to do honor to his distinguished
guest
Take away that plate and bring ordinary
Dishes" said the president.
A simple enough. and not at all all unex-
peeted request, for the man who sits in the ex-
eeu,iye's chair at the White House is as unpre.
ten,ous in his walk and conversation as the
humb!est citizen OF the United States. The in
ciden, contains something more than mere
illustration OF the good sense OF the president
II ought 10 be accepted as stern rebuke to the
spirit OF snohtery that has grown up SO rapidly
in the land. Nowhere is this more ostentatiously
paraded than at Atlantic City.
One OF the most pleasant places on the At
lantic coast, where all the alurcments OF the
ocean are displayed termed "thc playground OF
a nation" it has been ravished OF much OF its
charm by vulgar display OF wealth. Nowhere in
the country is so much tnsel and gilt grouped
in mass TO dazzle, nowhere does mere money
talk in tones so loud nowhere arc charges for
service so cxtortonate as at Atlantic City. A
service Of gold plate is maintained for the nabobs
who see money disappear as waters sink into
sand and, while this may be the climax, it is
typical OF the spirit that pcrvades the whole
Board Walk sector.
President Harding took an outing there, just
as has many another American; he undoubtedly
experienced some OF the exactions that are
borne by his fellow countrymen who go there
ior holiday, but he did himself and all the land
a service when he discouraged the snobs who
would treat the head Of the republic as though
he were the crowned ruler OF dccaying mon
archy. A few more jolts like that may help to
put the Board Walk on level with the rest of
the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
Excess Profits Tax and Revenue.

The senate finance committee has decided to
accept the plan OF the house and retain the eS-
cess profits tax for the calendar year 1921. The
Justice in this arises from the fact that whatever
OF business done so far during the year has been
on the basis OF the 1918 revenue law. and provi-
sion has been made for the payment OF taxes as
levied by that statute. With this point def
nitey settled. it will be possible for the tax
payers TO readjust business beginning with 1922
10 meet the requirements OF the new revenue bill,
which will undoubtedly become law long before
the end OF the year.
The excess profits tax was a war cxpcdient,
copied from the British law, and was aimed at
prohtccring, although experience has shown here
as j, did in England that the provision did not
accomplish either OF its aims. 1t did not prevent
prohteering. and it did not produce the revenue
expected from it. Now that peace times and
II hods are with the country again, it is pos
siblc 10 apply some OF the lessons learned from
the war, and one of them is that many features
OF the revenue bill now on the book are crude,
cumbersome, inefficient, and some of them are
absolutely unjust. Correction Of these is i'm
perative, while others must be adopted to pro-
duce sufficient income for the support OF the gov
ernment, and In such manner as will work the
least possible hardship on the public. Such a
task is not an easy one.
One OF the greatest problems is how to lay a
tax on the huge sum Of profits and income that
has escaped the present law, the excess profits
tax encouraging the evasion Of payment OF reve-
nue. estimated to amount TO billion dollars due
the government If the leaks in the law can be
plugged, the collections will soon compensate for
the amount that is to be forfeited by the repeal
OF the provision, laying a tax on swollen profits.
While the tax bill is being considered, the
work Of readjusting the administrative costs of
the government also is going ahead, and the
promise is definitely made that the appropria-
tions for 1923 will be far less than those for 1922.
Each year since the republicans regained control
of congress has seen notable reduction in ap-
proprations. By singularly fortuitous event,
it was possible for the republicans to cut down
the democratic appropriations for 1920 by more
than billion OF dollars, and each year since has
noted similar saving. At no point has the adj
-ministration neglected the redemption of the
promise that taxes would be lowered and ex-
penditures cut down.
If the excess profits tax repeal disturbs our
democratic brethren, they may get some conso-
lation il they will only consider the fact that
the exemption to heads Of families has been
doubled, and that father will not be burdened
next year as he was last under the existing law,
which was passed by the democrats in 1918 and
purposely extended so that the republicans could
not tamper with it until 1921.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
Mans Greatest Foe.

An eagle SCARED high above the Nemaha county
court house, king of the air until an airplane,
swifter and stronger, passed far above it. The
correspondent who witnessed the scene writes
that observers found in it a perfect symbol of
mans dominance over all living creatures.
And so it is. Afoat and ashore, under the
sea and in the air above, man has oudone the
achievements of nature. The world and all its
varied mineral, vegetable and animal life has
been turned by the intelligence of man to his
own ends.
With everything else in restraint, man has
neglected only to conquer himself The air.
plane, piloted by soldier flying from Fort Sill,
Oklahoma, to Fort Crook was more than a
symbol of mans supremacy. 1t typihes also
that mans great enemy today is man.
Each great nation has these instruments, de-
signed to protect it from the rest. Carrying ex-
plosiyes and poisonous gases, they are capable
Of laying any civilization in ruins. These and
many other machines combine to menace their
inventors. Partly in recognition of this fact the
subject of disarmament is much to the fore. In
this is to be seen the final determination OF man
to bring himself under due restraint-and COM
pared to this all other achievements will be as
nothing.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15

such continuous fire as that which
was reported on the eve Of the ar
rival of federal troops. Who directed
the campaign? These men certainly
did not go upon their own hook with
out leadership or guidance. There
was some plan of operation. Par
ticular bands were directed to certain
strategic points. In short, there was
generalship. whatever it's quality.
1t is most important that these
questions be answered in order to
find out who was responsible for this
bit of warfare, who inspired 1t and
for what purpose. II the United
States secret service cannot learn
these things it is not functioning very
effectively. If the facts are known to
the Department of Justice they
should as soon as possible be laid
before the public; that is tc say, as
soon as quiet is restored and law is
established. If they are not
known they should be.
A veritabl instruction has been
undertaken, and in circumstances
that arouse the direct suspicion that
sinister force is at work in what
has become the most sensitive section
OF the United States to the end of
provoking direct conflict with the
federal government. What the peo-
pie want to know today is who start
ed it and carried it through to the
point of intervention by federal
forces and stopped 1t just on the
verge Of battle.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
An / Indiscreet
Director
(From the New York Tim.s.)

(FrOm the New YORK T1mes.)
The democratic national committee
treats itself to director Of publicity.
What it needs is director Of silence.
The person occupying the former ex-
alted station has been good enough
to enrich the press and the public
with statement about the plans of
Mr.. Harding's administration in re-
gard to the Washington conference.
Whoever is responsible for that
statement ought to tarry in Jericho
till his beard has grown to his feet
His intelligence may be judged from
his assertion that 'the simple ques-
ton of disarmament Limitation of
nrmament) has been complicated by
the injection of purely diplomatic
Asiatic questions which can only
operate against speedy and successful
results"
A schoolboy Of IS, regarded as
backward in his intellctuals on ac-
count of scarlet fever ought to know
better than that. To remove or abate
the causes Of international contro-
versy in the Pacific is a condition
precedent of an agreement for re-
duction Of armament. But it would
be time wasted to go through the
ramifications Of foolish partisanship
and eXecrable taste in which this
document abounds. The whole thing
is partisan attack, an effort to COM
nit the democratic party to queru-
lous. prejudiced and unpatriotic atti-
tude on national and international
policies of momentous possibility and
scope; policies whose success must
be desired by every friend Of peace
who is not satisfied to let the ruin
Gus competition Of armaments run
on and the always lurking germs of
war to develop in the old way, un-
resisted.
Whatever may or may not be ac-
complished by the approaching con-
ference, the best wishes of every per-
son of goodwill go with it. The
democratic party, whatever provoca-
tion it may have had from the re-
publican party's treatment Of the
treaty of Versailles, shouldn't make
the mistake of initiating it in any
degree. The peace of the Pacific, a
mighty contribution to world peace,
the lessening of the enormous weight
of taxation are objects so vital that
the effort to bring them about should
receive the heartiest help from every
citizen. The democratic party can't
be silly enough or base enough to
approve or follow the narrow and
nagging course laid down by this
impertinent director of publicity.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
WHY PUPILS ARE ABSENT.

II asked how much OF the pupils
time is lost and. inferentially, how
much OF the taxpayers money Is
lest because OF poor attendance by
reason OF sickness. what would the
answer be-
DIR. ID. u. Collins Of the public
health service made study 10 set
tie this point in thirteen localities In
Missouri during the session OF 1919
20. The towns studied varied In size
from oregon with a population Of
s04 and with 1877 school children 10
Sedalia with a population OF i,lfi
and 1857 school children,
The children ranged in age from
6 TO IS. on an average each boy
was absent twenty days during a
session on account of sickness and
each girl twenty-one days, That
amounts 10 four weeks OF Ave schoo!
days each for the boys and little
more for the girls. The absence
rate for all other causes was slightly
more than one-half that from sick
ness. Young children 9 10 10 had n
higher average sickness absentee
rate than older children.
Absenteeism was worst In Febru-
airy. January. March and April came
punched. but considerably behind
the worst month. However. the
February rate was exceptionally
high because OF recurrence OF In
iuenza In that month In the year
under investigation.
Among the causes OF absentecispi
colds were far and away the most
important. both In number OF cases
and days lost. Measles was second
and the other diseases followed In
the order named: Mumps. scarlet
fever. whooplng cough, chickenpox,
tcnsillitis. pneumonia, dlphtherla.
smallpox and miscellaneous.
When II came to the average
number of days lost for each illness
the order was considerably changed.
Whooping cough kept the child out
OF school "a days on an average.
pneumonia 10 days, diphtheria 16
days. scarlet fever Is days, smallpox
Is days, measles II days. influenza
10 days, chickenpoX days. mumps
Z days, tonsillitis Z. colds. 3 and
toothache 2.
An interesting table is that which
showed the ages at which diff rent
diseases caused high or low ab-
Colds were least trouble
some in children 6 to 10 and Eluch
more so at the older ages. The
same rule held for tonsillitis, tooth
ache and diphtheria. All other dis
eases were most troublesome with
young children. For inst. nee,
was three times as preva-
lent among the young children and
whooping cough seventeen times.
While influenza was prevalent
enough in February seriously to dis
turb the schools for a while, that
disease ranked no higher than sew
enth as a cause of absenteeism for
the year. A more extended study |
will be carried out among Missouri |
school children this session.
1t must surprise the taxpayer to |
find how much Of the school money |
is used for the teaching Of pupils
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
Tom Kelly Talks
On European Tour
Rotarian Delegate Considers
France Entitled TO All In.
demnity II Can Collect.

Tom Nelly, past secretary OF the
Omaha Rotary club aud one OF the
delegates TO the international con.
vention OF Rotary clubs in Edin-
borough, Seotlad, last June. deserib.
ed at length his trip through Eu-
rope To his fellow Rotarians at their
weekly meeting Wednesday noon at
the Rome hotel,
Following his stay in Edinboro,
Mr.. Kelly, his wife and other
Rotarians, made tour OF Europe
which took them into the devastated
regions OF France and Belgium,
Holland. Switzerland, London and
Paris.
AFTER seeing the ruin wrough, in
France. | believe that France can
not extract too much indemnity from
Germany" said Mr.. Kelly. "Much
OF the damage done by the German
invaders can never be repaired.
The graves OF the Americans
who died in France are being cared
Tor by the French. lar better than
we could do over here"
Harold George, landscape arch,.
tect. told Rotarians how to combat
the web-worm and tussoek moth
which are doing such great damage
10 trees. The pests can be destroy
ed by arsenic compounds sprayed
on the limbs and leaves OF trees and
by burning,
Mr.. George declared ii the Ca
coons and eggs were not destroyed
this fall the pests would be worse
next year.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
New Hinges on the City Gates.

Mr.. T. c. Byrne, speaking at the Chamber
night, suggested four things for the betterment
OF Omaha. Two of these are part OF the plat
form for Omaha which The Bee carries at the
head OF its editorial column, namely, continued
improvement of highways leading into the city
and a new union passenger station.
These items appear naturally in Mr.. Byrne's
list, as they will in any list compiled by men who
are giving thought to the city's future. Both
the condition Of the highways and the present
Union station are obstacles between Omaha and
its neighbors. The one constitutes an actual
territory; the other gives the visitor most url-
favorable impression of city of 100000 people
and, if the weather should be inclement, works
a positive hardship.
As to the highways, progress is being made
But what Of the Union station?
Mr. Byrne quoted railroad officials as having
said in the past that Omaha has never made
progress toward new station because it has
not made sufficient effort nor directed it in the
right way. If that be SO, now is the time to
find out the way and follow it. 1t may be true
that railroads are in no condition today to spend
millions for new terminals; that, however, is no
course be plotted now, much time will be saved
in getting action when the time comes for that
Let the Chamber Of Commerce survey this
situation. Let it decide upon the proper loca-
ton. Let it find out which Of the railroads are
Omaha's friends in this undertaking and which
are not. Let's get ready.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
Who Ran the War
IN the Hills?
(From the washington star.)

After peace has been re-established
in the West Virginia hills the United
States government should do some
sharp questioning to find out certain
facts. 1t should ascertain first what
form of organization there was
among the marching miners whose
defiance of the state laws compelled
federal intervention. 1t should learn
furthermore who provided the arms
or the means OF buying them which
these men Carried into the hills. 1t
should find out who furnished their
subsistence supplies. 1t is impossible
to send two or three thousand men
on a military expedition without
some sort of comnlissary. Anyone
who has ever been in that region
knows that a freebooting expedition
of 1000 and more could not possibly
Tive on the country" II is not a
fully settled. generally titled land.
1t is mostly wooded, rocky and
rough. Two thousand men would
clean out all food supplies within a
radius of 10 miles of camp inside of
two days. 1t follows that there must
have been some sort Of organization.
Not even the most fanatic of these
people would have stayed in their
hills starving. And where did their
ammunition come from to keep up
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
Omaha Bank President
Settles Strike i'm Prapue

Frank c. Horacek, Omaha bank
president, settled strike among
bank employees in Prague while vis-
iting there last summer.
Horacek, who is president of the
Union State bank. heard the en-
ployes were on strike, declaring they
wanted voice in the management
OF the bank. Mr.. Horacek advised
them they were getting dangerously
near to bolshevism and they called
off their strike.
Mr.. Horacek and wife returned
Tuesday from an extended visit in
Europe.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
Sergeant Theslrup Resists
Demolion to Police Ranks

When OLAF Valdemar Thestrup
len Omaha seven weeks ago to yis-
y Denmark he was sergeant on
The Omaha police department When
he reported for duty Wednesday
upon his return, he was notified he
had been reduced TO the ranks and
must hereafter walk a beat. Thes-
tfup, former sergeant OF the morals
squad, declares he will not walk a
beat until the city council has cory
iirmed Chief Dempsey's order,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
OUR BABY.

There's rose in our garden Of beauty,
dear heart.
A flower in our garden Of love.
She came on the wing sof the star-lighted
night,
A blossom OF light from above.
The sunshine still turks in her golden
locked hair.
And the Infinite shines in her eye:
While the smile that she brought is the
seal of our love-
An expression of trust from on high.
Robert ]. Meeker in the Rock Isfa nd
Railroad Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
Department Report Shows
5000 UNEMPLOYED i'm Omaha

Department OF Labor statistics
show that 5000 persons are unem-
ployed in Omaha. ]. NJ, Gillian. man
ager OF the industrial bureau OF the
Chamber Of Commerce, considers
the figures too high and declares
that only 5000 are unemployed.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15

part OF the country. from the lumber fields, the
mines, the factories and railroads to the grain
growing districts OF the middle west will be
benefited by the reiuyenation OF King Cotton.
Things OF which the people OF the south have
been in need can now be purchased by them.
aud encouragement given trade everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
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readers who care to discuss any public
question. Its requests thst letters be
reasonably brief, not over so words. 1t
also insists that the name Of the writer
accompany each letter, not necessarily
for publication, but that the editor may
know with whom he 10 dealing. The Bee
does not pretend to indorse or accept
views or opinions expressed by corre-
spondents In the Letter Box.)
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
Where Washington Draw. the Line.

In leases of apartments as they are now drawn
in Washington the dweller therein agrees not to
keep or allow to be kept any dogs, cats parrots,
graphophones or monographs" 1t is to be OBJ
served that there is nothing said about babies,
fact which shows the Washington landlords
know where to draw the lne.-New York Her
aid.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15

Commissioner Dunn wants to stop stunt
flying over the city. He is right. The atmosphere
is big enough to give plenty of room elsewhere
for dangerous exhibitions.