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Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
DIAGNOSING THE SCHOOLS.

Now that the educators of Nebraska are discuss
ing means Of reducing school expenses hope begins
to bloom. If this matter were to be left solely to
the judgment Of those outside the teaching profess
sion much harm might come from ill-informed efforts
at economy.
More than score of tax-saving suggestions have
been obtained from QUESTIONABLE sent to 108 Ne
braska school superntendens, asking three methods
of reducing school costs Thirty Of the replies favored
abolishing special supervisors. Seventeen favored
dropping coaches for athletic contests Elimination Of
manual training suggested by 3S. and of domes-
tice science, by 23 Fiftyfour replied that nothing
should be dropped, thus lining up with c. Ray Gates,
the new superintendent Of schools at Grand Island
who asserts doubt that there is anything in the
age school system that can be abandoned without
taking backward step.
A surprising number Of responses to the ques-
tionnaire proposed end for special instruction in
music this probably will not find favor with parents,
who look to the schools for some cultural activity.
Very few of the answers advocated dscharging
school nurses, closing night schools ndergartens
shortening the school year ceasna to supply free
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
THE BROWN PAROLE AGAIN.

Not all OF the blame for abuse Of the parole sys
TEN appears chargeabls to the state parole board,
Warden Fentons statement reflects the record
The new parole law, drafted originally by Attor.
ney General Davis and passed by the last Legislature
provides that no prisoner shall be paroed until after
published notice Of his application and personal no.
tifcation to the district judge, the county attorney
and the sheriff Of the, county from which the ap.
pcant was committed. It is made the duty Of these
officers to make Recommendation ss to the granting
Of the application.
Warden Fenton says that this rule was followed
In the case Of Fred Brown whose parole turned loose
upon the community criminal Of deadly purpose
and fendish cunning. He says that no objection was
offered to Browns parole.
On that record others than the parole board must
stand some OF the blame for Browns premature re-
lease. The purpose Of the law was to make certain
that the local officers most likely to be we'll informed
should be offered the opportunity and should be re-
CURED to advise the parole board. To the extent Of
supplying such information and making q recon-
based upon it, the local officers have a
responsible part in the parole system.
The local officers, however, simply advise. Re.
sponsbility for decision rests with the parole board
does also responsibility for investigation into the
criminals past record disclosed by the penitentiary
records. That the board can not escape.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

$40, 900 must be assessed at $4,000,
but II the owner had his farm con-
verted into $4,000 In money the
money would be assessed for just
$1,000.
Mr.. Mutz presents his argument
for revenue reform on the highest
plane Of patriotism, He insists that
In spite Of the fact that every men,
ber of the senate was republican
and 26 of them voted for the law of
exemption it must not now be
treated as a political question. The
bill was passed in the house by a
| majority of 81 votes. It was signed
! by a republican speaker and a re-
publican governor and. in spite OF
the fact that the property exempt
| by the law is. the property OF the
rich men of the state It must not
| now be treated in partisan spirit.
He says that there Is a great army
| Of republicans who are just as de-
serving of a revenue law that will
bring every dollar Of the property
to the assessment rolls, and compel
every tax dodger either to reform or
move from tho state as any citizen
of the state, and that because their
representatives failed to represent
that this is no excuse for partisan
s The exemptions under Senate File
E65 absolutely exempt more than
$4,000, 100000 from taxation. Seven
years ago a law was passed in Ne
braska that exempts from taxation
real estate mortgages amounting at
this time> to $509,000,00 and the
supreme court by recent decision
exempted $73,000,000 Of county.
precinct, village, city. school dis
trict. drainage, irrigation and other
bonds from taxation and the total
of exemptions in the state amount
|'to as much as the entire assessed
value Of property in the state. II
we will assess this property along
with the farms and the homes we
will divide every mans tax by two.
This is our purpose. 1t is the de-
mand of every man who will ap-
proach the subject in spirit of
fairness. The right to protection Of
government is support Of govern
ment, and that support must come
through the payment Of just share
Of the taxes of the state. There is
no room in Nebraska, where our
great seal is Equality Before the
Law" for a tax dodger, and it
makes little difference whether he
lodges the payment of his just tax
BY legal exemption or by refusal to
assess It. j. H. EDMISTEN.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
soFrENINo MEMORIES OF WAR.

Down In Hastings this week half hundred Span.
ish War Veterans are relving the days Of '9s.
The state encampment Of the former soldiers
can not but draw comparison between the three
living generations Of Uncle Sans fighting men.
The ranks Of the blue and the gray are thinning
faster and faster each year. The ranks Of those
who donned the khaki in the war with Spain and
Aguinaldo are beginning to show effects Of time.
The Yanks, Gobs, Doushboys and Marines of the
world conflict have yet to lose the bad tastes Of war;
But these will be softened by time.
Already the blood Of Chateau Thierry is hal
lowed; the mud Of Varennes, once the waow Of dis
contented citizen troops, has assumed the cloak of
romance; the duckboards Of St. Nazaire have at
tanned their niche in the hall Of humor.
But still within the breasts of these youngest
veterans Of America, democratic at heart, rankles
the memory Of the salute, the "shave-ta," inspec-
tions, passes, revee, and TX. p"
These at best but petty dislkes and, as Father
Time grinds down their edges and prickles on his
milestone, laughter will crnkle the Of those
hero eyes a. youths inventive genius in getting
around these regulations is retold in tale and fable
And. as the years roll by, the horror and hatreds
of the war days of II will be turned into romantic
memory, even as with the veterans of 81 and '98
Twenty-four years from now, their ranks, too
will be thinning as are those Of the Spanish War
heroes; and fftyone years hence thnned as are the
Civil War comrades Of '22. .t. .. ,r..
Then will the rankles and diskes of IT be sub
merged in oblivion. t.a-.t9l ...
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

Since women GOT to voting there 10
no pep In election day. One can 90
down the stree, and see two or three
women standing on the corner swap
pins a line OF conversation somes
thing like this:
why. hello. dearie. You do look
too sweet this morning, And where
did you get your new hatl II 10 .
darling and makes you look 30
young"
And "Call me up some day and !
will give you a new recipe tor devils
food. !, Is jus, delicious"
A great line OF talk Tor eleetioe
days. In years gone by the topic OF
conversation was: "What have you
got on your hipi"
Have = little nip on me and vote
for John Jones. He is . good fellow
and q free spender." Blu, those days
seem as far In the dim past ~ the
time when Nero tried to play jsss
on . one.s,rinsed fiddle.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
HOW TO DROWN.

Throw up both hands, shout 'help'-and
drown" That is the formula for suicide by the
water route, according to ironically worded poster
issued by the National Safety Council.
Having thus dramatized the danger, the bulletin
proceeds to more positive instruction, defining swim
ming reaching for shore first with one hand and
then with the other" That is good thing to re-
member. when the impulse comes to collapse into
helpless foundering of shore.
Swimming is 80 parts confidence and one part
experience, taken in water-frequently," the advice
continues. Beyond warning against needless risks
and bathing too soon after dining, there is not much
more that needs be said
Twelve persons had to be rescued by life guards
at the Omaha beaches Sunday One of the reasons
for this accident roll is that the has just begun
and bathers have not gained the knowledge or the
confidence that they will have by autumn. It's fine
thing to know how to swim, for it exercises every
muscle. Bvt don't forget that the chief requisite is
keeping cool head.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
Treaties Not Ratified.


Norfolk News: Americans learn
with surprise that the treaties re-
sulting from the Washington arms
conference are not yet in effect, and
are not likely to be for some time
to come. They do not become oper-
ative until all of the signatory pow
ers have ratified them and ex-
changed notifications, and the Unit
ed States is the only one OF the five
big powers that has taken the neces-
sary steps.
Japan has ratified the Shantung
agreement and is expected to ratify
the important five-power naval re-
duction treaty and four-power Pa
cific treaty at any time. But when
Great Britain, France and Italy will
ratify Is problematical.
Why the powers should delay ac-
tion is not explained. They have
been busy with the Genoa confer
ence, but that hardly accounts for
80 long a delay. They have had
time enough to ratify, if they wanted
to, in these four months.
Nebraska City Press. A man who
has lived in Otoe county for 40
years declares he never saw the
time when there was too much rain
in this favored section Of Nebraska.
This is mentioned just now because
there has come a recent complaint
that rain, sent in punches, is OF lit
tie value to the hardy agriculturist.
The average rainfall in eastern Ne
braska, il the World almanac can
be trusted, is "a inches per annum.
Seldom is that amount exceeded,
year after year. So far. for the
most part, farmers in Otoe county
have not been driven from their
homes by flood; there have been
times when a shortage Of moisture
has burned up their crops, dried up
the streams and made them radicals
in thought and example. On the
other hand, this little sermon does
not apply to the farmer who lives
on the Iowa side of the river, where
wide expanse Of bottom" offers
sustenance to the man who tills
| the stubborn glebe. 1owans who
are "neighboring" Nebraska are not
keen about moisture in wholesale
quantities. We must temper our
desires when we think of them and
time.
York News-Times: President
| Harding, who used to make up" a
country daily paper at Marion, O.,
| is going to make the government
| employees in Washington work eight
| hours instead Of seven.
President Harding Is brave man.
| His ears must burn fearfully, if
there is anything in the old saying.
In most offices and in nearly all
of the trades the workers put in
| eight hours. It is true some Of the
unions are pulling for shorter hours,
but they have not made much prog
ress. It seems natural to work
eight hours. have eight hours for
recreation and eight for sleep.
President Harding will get abused
roundly for his attempt to make the
government employees at Washing
ton work eight hours. 1t is nothing
more than right, but they do not
see it that way. They think they
should work seven hours and get
eight hours pay. The Great
Father" in the White House thinks
| otherwise.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
MAKE 1T SNAPPY.

Brevity is the soul of wit as it is the soul of
nearly everything else in the form Of language.
Yet the human refuses to learn this simple
fact After-dinner speakers ramble on for an hour
or two while their auditors inwardly rebel. Con-
gressional orators debate for many hours, mufaing
their thoughts deep in mass Of useless verbiage.
The creation of the world is described in the
Scriptures in less than 600 words Caesar sent back
word Of his conquest Of Gaul in just three words,
"vendi, vidi, vic" And Sir Sidney Smith probably
capped them all as model of brevity when he sent
back word of his capture of the city of Scinde in the
one word, "Peccavi," which is Latin for ri have
sinned."
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

text books. and only twelve mentioned resdjustment
and reorganization Of the educational system.
Discussion should not end here. The fate of the
children as well as the largest proportion of the
peoples taxes is involved in the school pres!sm.
Waste in education must be lesssnsd. and efficiency
must be increased. Those who engaged in teach.
Ing as well as these superintsndsns should be heard
from. ..#."...
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
THE LAWS DELAYS BREED CON.
TEMPT,

From the Birmingham News,
The other day one OF the Alabams
papers carried an account OF ths
third reversal OF case. ana there
was also another trial In which ths
verdict OF the jury was set aside
Four trials In three years In q homi'
eide case-each trial q conviction
and the accused still has not beer
given punishment. Is II any won
der under such conditions that there
10 q very prevalent feeling that oui
laws are but labyrinths into which
the accused enter under pilotage oi
criminal lawyers. 10 emerge finally
at some unexpected and concealed
entrance. and then TO express their
utter contempt and defiance at our
system?
. In England a man who 10 arrested
on q homicide charge gets q trial
Inside OF two weeks. Not 4 mere pre-
iiminary trial; but he faces the gal
lows II II 10 murder. or the peniten-
tiary IL II Is n lesser crime. The case
Is tried In less than week; the work
In expedited. There are two appeals
open to him. and both OF these are
usually cleared UP inside OF three
WVVhb, utd 10 cttHsT HHNHSaf htN'A
or sent TO begin his sentence inside
Of another two weeks.
The result In there are fewer homi-
cides In all England than there are
In the Birmingham district In year. \
time.
Britishers are noticeable for their
respect for the law. II IL q vital, q
living and a sacred thing to them.
but the reason II is thus regarded is
because II has compelled respect for
It. It has refused to shackle its
Judges and. practically turn the
courts over to the lawyers. 1t has
set at doing substantial Justice, and
II accomplishes just that. Over
there man knows that II he kills
another man without mighty good
excuse his neck will pop at the end
OF a moose, and pretty quickly.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

It seems tragic that poor family should be
thrown into debt by thief taking $12 pay check
It seems tragic, too, the way rent, food clothing
and the bare necessares Of life eat into larger wages
than that.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

There are not many poets in America who are as
well received in their home state as John G. Nei-
hardt. His lectures in Nebraska towns will give in
spiraton to one knows how many boys and girls,
and lead them to look about them the prairies for
their souls good.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
Opinion of State and Nation

decent. Queer thlns. though. I was
listening for sparks about IL o'clock
and switched for continuous wave
reception. and who should ! pick up
but mi. Haven't caught him In
years"
aaid Mr., Smith 10 Mr.. Jonss;-
I've come TO the notion that my
antennae aren't reaching high
enough, Ny notion 10 that with d
fundamental OF 500. excited with q
straisht gap. ! ought 20 get about
anything ] want from ss up, Say.
you amt got an oscillatins trans
former among your extras. have you
So7 Well. 80 long. 9GH."
Said Mr.. Jones 10 Mr.. Smith.
80 long, 7S."
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

Invisible Exercise" is fad that may be expected
to grow. Gerald Stanley Lee, the author, defines it
as 'the act Of consciously relaxing ones neck and
pulling ones SELF soul and body together" For our
part we confess curiosity over the chapters the
exercise of keeping stil and the art of liking to
get up. @#&
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

Walter Lippman, in the Yale Review, castigates
democracy for being content with the second best"
in political leadership. How many political contests
have been won the theory of choosing the least Of
two evils? -
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

Semenoff is on his way to Russia, and no doubt
he will soon be raising the lid in Siberia.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

THE Bee offers its columns Freely 10 its
readers who care 10 discuss say public
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accompany each letter. not neceesaTiiy
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know with whom he y dealing. The Bes
does not pretend 70 endorse or accept
Views or opinions expressed By eosre-
spondents In the Letter box.)
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

Say what you will about the republican primaries
in Iowa. Indiana and Pennsylvania it still must be
admitted that whatever readustment is taking place
is within the party ranks. The voters are doing as
they wish inside the party and have no reason for
going outside.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

Small incidents such rs the Dutch florists sending
cut flowers by airplane to London the same morning
they are gathered illustrate the way the world is
shrinking.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

ELECTION DAY PATTER.
From the Ssilisyilis twis) Press
Election day isn't what II used to
be. Them days Is gone forever.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

York News-Timss: II Il costs as
much TO get a nomination in Me-
braska as II does In Pennsylvania
somebody 10 going broke.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

Nebraska City Press: "Can
Crime Be Cured by Psychology ga
reads q headline. Perhaps II can.
but 4 sawed-off shotgun In the
hands of police who are not afraid
TO do their duty will do more.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14

Grand Island Independent: Sen.
ator Hitchcock predicts that the
United States will join the league OF
nations before 1894. II would seem
that tho former president OF the
country 10 still hearing voices in
the air. that the Nebraska senator
Ia still woodrow's spokesman and
that. like Cox. he shifts another
solemn referendum" Let 'er REF.
erend!"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-04
PRoMULGATE WORKING PLANS
Rules Governing Distribution Of Coal
Issued BY the Presidents Fuel
Committee.

Washington, Aug Working plans
that will govern the distribution OF
coal during the present stike emerg-
ency were promulgated by the Presi-
dents fuel distribution committee.
Coal needs viii be supplied in the fol-
lowing order:
Public utilities, including rail-
roads and public institutions.
2-Household coal.
S-Industries manufacturing public
necessities.
Industries in general.
District committees will be created
in the principal producing districts
east of the Mississippi river for the
purpose of distributing orders from
the federal fuel distribution among the
mines
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-04
TO END CHICAGO TIEUP
Surface Lines President Offers
Men a Compromise.
Offers IS Cents an Hour and Comedies
Eight-Hour Day and Other
Working Conditions.

Chicago. Aug. Bit was predicted
by a city hall official that peace will
be effected and street cars will re-
sumo operation tomorrow
This followed submission by Presi-
dent Blair of the Surface Lines of an
offer to union leaders of a 65-cent
wage and conceding the eight-hour day
and other working conditions. The
men struck for y cents.
The union leaders, it is said, will
recommend that the men vote accept
aace Of this offer at their meeting for
tonight.
Announcement of a reduction in
wages to 65 cents was made after
fares had been reduced from 8 cents
to cents by the state commerce COM
mission.
Henry A. Blair. president of the
Chicago surface lines, is said to be in
communication with the Rockefeller
group of New York financiers who con-
troll the company's finances. 1t was
said the financiers were willing to
compromise with the men if assur-
ances were given by the state COM
merce commission that no further re-
ductions in fares would be made for
at least a year.
Another reason why the company
desires speedy settlement is said to
be the fear of municipal ownership.
William Hale Thompson, mayor of
Chicago, is said to be disposed to have
the city own and operate its traction
system. A prolonged strike. it was
pointed out, would increase public de-
mand for move of this sort.
Reports that an effort would be
made to break the strike with non
union men was persistently denied by
Mr. Blair.
transportation conditions showed
Improvement. Thousands of automo-
biles were pressed into service, fares
ranging from % to so cents, according
to distance. zone way" traffic rules
In the downtown section eliminated
serious traffic congestion. Steam roads
operated suburban trains at intervals
OF five minutes during rush hours.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-04
MORE FIGHTING IN DUBLIN
Regulars Win Clash With Republican,
Rebels-Free Staters Continue
Progress in Southwest.

Dublin, Aug. 3.-Fighting between
Free State troops and republican ir-
regulars broke out again in Dublin.
Free State troops that were holding
Burke's distillery We're attacked by
irregulars. After severe fighting the
attackers were driven off.
Later Free State armored car was
ambushed in Grafton street. There
was considerable sniping in the south.
ern and western suburbs.
The Free State troops continue their
progress through the southwestern
counties.
All of Kilkenny is now in control
of the regulars. Other strongholds
are falling into the hands of the Free
State forces one by one.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-04
MAY HOLD CLEVELAND PARLE,
Hoped That Conference Will Be He,a
Despite Refusal Of Some of
the Operators.

washington, Aug 3.-Belief thar a
joint conference Of coal operators and
miners will be held at Cleveland IN
Monday. regardless of the curt refusal
of the Lewis invitation by some of the
operators, was expressed in govern.
ment circles today.
1t has been ascertained, unofIiciallv
that fully 90 per cent of the Ohio
field could be represented at the CON.
ference; probably 30 per cent Of tbe
Western Pennsylvania field and *
per cent Of Indiana. Illinois could have
a fair representation of operators
present. Several operators not renra
sented in the central competitive
field have already notified Lewis that
they viii attend the joint conference
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-04
KILL 70 PROHIBITION AGENTS
Illicit DistilIers in Texas Lead List ~
Twelve States, According to
Haynes Report.

Washington, Aug. 3.-Since the dry
laws became effective twenty-five fed.
eral prohibition. enforcement officers
have been killed. according to a state
ment issued by Prohibition Commits
sioner Haynes.
Twelve states were reported in the
list Of officers killed in efforts to stop
Illicit distilling and illegal traffic in
liquor. Texas led the casualty list with
four deaths, while Georgia. Alabama
Tennessee and Oklahoma were listed
with two each.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-04
MOTHER AND BABY KILLED
Two Burned Fatally When Moonshlne
Still ExpIodes in Kitchen of
Their Home.

Chicago, Aug. 3.-Three-year-old
Florence Singer, 25O Center street
died in the Augustana hospital Of
burns incurred in an explosion IN her
home July -. The girls mother. Mrs
Sarah Singer, died shortly after the
accident. They were burned when a
large moonShine stlll in the kitchen of
their home exploded.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-04
CHINA'S NEW CONSTITUTION
Parliament and President Ii Yuan
Hung Agree to Its Adoption,
Report.

Peking, Aug. 3.-Parliament ana
President Ii Yuan-hung are in COM
plete agreement over the adoption q
permanent constitution for Chns
similar to that of the United StaIes
the cabinet announced here. The rls@
of each province to maintain its e1a
assembly is to be recognized. Inns
it is believed, will comply with the az
mands of the southern provinces 10
provincial autonomy.