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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-03-07
i. S. Rests
in Trial of
Promoters
Potash Company Sold Stock
After Failure Certain,
One Of Governments
Contentious.
Defense to Hold Boards

The government closed rs case
against the four promoters OF the
Berg Potash company late yesterday
with these two main points:
Evidence that two shares OF Berg
treasury stock were issued to w. A.
Carnine Of Oseeola. Neb.. for 500.
on February Is l9l9-iye days after
w. A. MeWhorter. one OF the de-
fendant officers. told Walter Hope
we'll the company had gone iloey"--
was supplied from company books
by III. A. O'liara. accountant.
The Berg company paid 100000 to
the Ncb-Ota company June 20. 1918,
Tor leases. although there was no
Neb-Ota company in existence
until August II. A. l.. Krciss. for
lnrr general manager OF the Berg
company, recalled to the stand, tes,i-
Ned he did not negotiate the leases
in question until some time in July
oy August.
Claim Nothing Paid.
No, a penny was ever paid Tor
these leases, Tor which 100000 alter
wards was exchanged, krciss de-
Clarcd.
I'VE promised the owners only
the royalty from the potash cX-
tracted.' he said.
Payment OF this 100000. 500, col
ol which was made in certificates OF
deposit, was not completed until De-
cember 81, 1918. according TO the
books.
There wasn't enough money June
20 to pay such an amount" O'Hara
icstilled.
Judge Munger overrulcd objections
: rom the defense to the inclusion OF
this testimony.
Another 100000 item, credited
once for commissions to William A.
McWhorter & Co., and again ito
lease account to the McWhorter
company. fiscal agents, also was
questioned by Lane.
Nothing on Books.
On cross-examination OF O1ara
Judge ]. NJ. Parsons. for the defense,
disclosed evidence that the Carnlne
stock sale was negotiated August "a,
1918, nearly six months before the
payment appears on the Berg conf
pany books.
He emphasized the fact there was
nothing irregular about the transac-
lion and asked the accountant II 1t
a. not customary to pay ior STOCK
BY note, later than the date Of sale.
: THE books show no such note.
IN was a cash payment" returned
pos, seutor Lane holds that the
consummati6r OF the sale was the
date that thersaayment was MADE
February IS. h r
Further inquiry ato the sale OF
original or treasury stock, not trans
fers. after September so, 1913, when
the company's fortunes began TO
wane, occupied the rest OF the ses-
sion.
O'Hra on Stand.
O'Hara will be on the stand a few
minutes this morning to complete
cross-examination after which the
dsfensc will hold the boards.
1t is thought w. A. McWhorter
will be the first of the four men on
trial to be put on the stand by the
defense, though Judge Parsons. their
chief counsel, declined to admit, last
night. that any of his clients. would
testify in their own behalf.
The other three defendants are w.
G.. Chpley, Charles Wohlberg and
Jacob Masse.
Parsons said he expected TO use
four days for the defense.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-03-07
Hughes Back Home

Washington, March 6.--Secretary
Hughes arrived tonight from his va
cation trip to Bermuda and went in1-
mediately to his home, saying he
would be at his office in the State
department early tomorrow.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-03-07
Portrait Painter Dies

Pennington, Conn, March O.
Robert Boiling Brandegee, portrait
and landscape painter, died at his
home here late yesterday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-03-07
The Weather

Forecast.
Tuesday fair and colder.
Ho,rtv Tep,oe,aturrs
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
Different Than"
Professor Beers Of Yale Supports
Meradith Nicholson.


To THE NEW YORK HERALD: MY old
in his dislike OF the phrase different
tAan." "Than"sis properly used only
after a comparative. The only excep-
tion to this rule that can think OF Is
in the expression "other than" Other"
OF course, Is not comparative. In such
sentence as He Is other than he
seems It means just the same as "dif-
ferent from what he seems" But by
reason Of its ending in er Other looks
"other than" Is firmly established.
I know that my other old friend Pro-
fessor Lounsbury used to maintain that
usage Is the only criterion Of good Eng
lish. and there is plenty OF usage In
favor of different than." as another
of your correspondents has pointed out.
But usage Is not entirely arbitrary.
There are considerations which deter
mine 1t. The language sense is very SUBJ
tie. 1t acts unconsciously. but 1t acts
unerringly. Between rival locutions
which run along side by side. perhaps
for centuries, It chooses the best in the
end. One may venture to predict that
different from" will prevail over diff
ferent than" because the word different
implies no comparison. Also that "dif-
ferent to" will disappear from use. ITO"
marks approach from" marks depar-
ture. No one would say ''it differs to-"
Take It from your uncle that different
from" Is the idiom which will perma-
nently obtain. HENRY A. BEERS.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. September l6.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
The Bonus at the White House.

The bonus bill for a Ave billion
dollar raid on the United States
Treasury, when the Government
reven s are not now and will not
be big enough to meet the expendi-
lures 1t already faces. Is now through
Congress.
1t went through on the schedule
the Fordneys and the McCumbsrs de-
creed for 1t against the financial
safety OF the Treasury and the COM
mon interest of the American people.
Invent through on their schedule.
although neither FoRDNEY, its spon-
sor In the House, nor McCUMBER, its
sponsor in the Senate, will be back
in the new Congress to be elected
next November.
But the five billion dollar bonus
raid on the Treasury which the Ford
neys and McCumbers have jafnmed
through Congress Is not yet law.
1t Is now at the White House, where
It awaits the action of the President
Of the United States, and the Amer
ican people count with confidence
upon the Presidents veto Of the five
billion dollar bonus raid.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
The Pity of the Schools.

The Board Of Education's report
on the number of part time pupils in
the public schools of this city Is both
astonishing and depressing.
Instead Of the total receding from
the 126,000 of last year to the 100000
predicted early this month it has
leaped forward to 166,717.
The parents who in the Mayoralty
campaign OF 1921 listened with hope
to Mr.. HYLAN's promise OF "the
greatest school policy in this or any
other city in the world" must be
bitterly disappointed.
In pointing to the Hylan admins
tiation's failure to keep the schools
up to the city's needs THE NEW YORK
HERALD does not forget that building
conditions have been abnormal. Labor
and materials continue to be high
But when city is spending $50,
600 year on its educational depart
ment surely we ought to see the
schools holding their own II not
improving.
When Mayor HYLAN succeeded
Mayor mitchell In January, 1918,
there were only 34.431 part time
pupils. Mayor mitchell had i'm
proved conditions.
The Hylan administration has built
only five schools In year. The re-
suit Is that in Brooklyn alone nearly
$4,000 children of the elementary
schools are on part time.
All the excuses, all the promises
in the world, will not absolve politics
from this sin against the children OF
New York.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
Moonshine in Virginia.
The Few Illicit Distillers Operating
Travel by Motor Car.

To THE New York HnRAID. Recent
statements as to moonshining in vir-
ginia would II unanswered permit the
impression to be formed that this COM
munity Is In a way overrun with trans
gressors Of the law.
1t Is needless for me to admit that
there is considerable moonshining in tho
mountains Of Virginia, but at no time
can any one meet vehicle In which
there are carried openly firearms OF any
description. On the other hand, moon
shining has progressed In such a man.
ner that the mention of horse drawn
conveyance is far from depicting true
conditions. The few moonshiners within
the immediate vicinity OF Hot Springs
and Warm Springs transport their Illicit
product in high powered motor cars.
AS for the natives dropping their oc-
cupations and Joining the Sheriff In .
posse to pursue moonshiner, that Is
out OF the question. The Sheriff has
sufficient assistants. together with the
local prohibition enforcement agent,
who / know would resent any and all
meddling from any one not properly
constituted by law to partake of the
chase. I might add In the way OF dem
onstrating the above conditions moro
clearly that there Is bounty OF $50 for
the person that arrests and convicts the
owner of still. and that in itself II
sufficient reason for declining outside
help.
am not prompted to answer the
statements about moonshiners through
interest take in local affairs. While
I have been here the greater part OF
two years. my home Is in New York
State, and i am in no way connected
with the moonshiners. but am very much
against the unjust effect the publication
OF statements of this character has upon
any lawabiding community.
WILLIAM #. HoPxrNs.
HOT SPRINGS, Va, September 10.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
Constitution Day.

On September II, 1887, 135 years
ago to-day, the Constitutional Con-
vention adopted seven articles which
formed the nucleus Of the present
Constitution of the United States.
The men who agreed upon and
framed those articles did so only af-
ter the adjustment OF bitter differ
ences Of opinion. Every intelligent
American of that day knew what
those articles were and knew their
Importance to the State which was
being built. And probably every citi-
zen disagreed with his neighbor about
some Of them.
There Is only one section Of the
Constitution over which Americans
generally are In wide disagreement
to-day, and 1t Is the only one to
which they refer familiarly by it's
number. AS whole, those seven
original articles and the nineteen
amendments which have since been
added are accepted by most Of US as
a matter OF course.
They are to the majority Of the
public vague something; they ought
to be very definite something. Their
provisions should be known to us
and our belief in them should be
clear. 1t is to that end that the
National Security League is promot-
ing the passage OF law, already
adopted In five States, which will
require the public schools to give
definite courses of instruction In the
Constitution. aH7o-1e n
Careless or unintelligent teaching
might do a great deal Of harm. II
might throttle youthful interest in
government just as careless and un-
intelligent teaching of books has often
throttled youthful interest in litera-
ture. But the right sort Of teaching
could make that study one Of high
interest and inspiration and an aid
in the training of better citizens.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
Now Comes Music.

The season Of music in this city
will begin tomorrow night, when the
San Carlo Opera Company will give
Its first performance at the Century
Theater. From that time until near
the middle Of May the procession of
concerts and operatic representations
will be continuous and interesting.
There will be spectacular doings at
the Metropolitan Opera House. There
will be intensely serious offerings of
German music dramas by artists from
Berlin. There will be plangent con-
tributions by great orchestras to the
Joy Of music lovers, and long array
Of solo players and singers will ap-
pear in recitals.
II any question arises at this mo-
ment it may be an inquiry as to why
music does not reign all the year
round as the drama does. The de-
lights of the tonal art are provided
in the hot weather almost exclusively
by the Stadium concerts. The Opera
House is closed. The famous orches-
tras are silent. Does New York not
love music In the summer as well as
in the autumn and the winter?
The answer to the queries is not
difficult. The opera is now, as 1t has
been from It's inception, the royal
entertainment Of society, and in the
summer society betakes itself to for
eign shores, to the seaside or the
mountains. Opera on the grand scale
to which New York is accustomed is
too expensive to flourish in the alb
sence of wealth and fashion. Nor
can the appetite for it in its more
modest form, as presented by a San
Carlo Company. be sustained through
twelve months. The same dishes must
not be served too often. The musical
palate needs rest to acquire new zest
for repeated "Aidas," "Toscas" and
"Pagliaccis." New operas are not
made as fast as new plays are.
1t would be Impossible also Tor the
great orchestras to prolong their sea-
sons, for the reason that their patron
age is composed almost wholly OF
resident New Workers.. The immense
floating population Of the city is more
eager for the play and the amazing
spectacles OF Hippodrome than for
an incessant proclamation Of the
gospel OF BACH, BEETHOVEN and
BRAHMS. It is therefore for the good
Of musical art that each returning
summer sends the masterpieces OF
music into retirement till autumn
brings back the army Of music low
ers with freshened sensibilities and
ears newly attuned to the songs OF
the immortals.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
Book Vanes.

No better proof OF the great in
terest the American public has In the
personalities Of famous men could be
had than that offered by the list OF
books other than fiction which are
most in demand and have been most
In demand for months past at the
bookstores and the public libraries.
OF the ten most popular works in
the non-fiction field, as recorded in
the Bookmdn's monthly tabulation,
six are biography, autobiography or
collections Of sketches dealing with
eminent personalities. Although the
most popular book of all, WELLs's
Outline OF History" is not properly
biography, its emphatic portraiture
of historical figures has created wide
discussion.
IL Is fair to assume, since the Wells
book and VAN Looms STORY OF Man
kind" lead the list, that the pub
lies interest In personalities Is not
founded altogether upon a thirst for
gossip. There is behind il also a
genuine interest in men In their re-
lation to events. That assumption
is further borne out by the presence
Of LYTToN STRAcHEY's Queen VIC
toria" In third place. STRAcHEY's
book is not a string OF anecdotes
about the Queen. The background
against which she moved 10 no less
vividly recreated than the Queen her
self. 1t Is book OF more solid char
acter than the Mirror books.
It is natural that THE Mirrors OF
Washington should lead In interest
Painted Windows" and THE Mir
rors OF Downing Street" "The Glass
of Fashion" which is more gossipy
than the others, occupies last place.
This interest in personalities ap-
pears to be national characteristic.
It is evident not only In the books we
read but in our politics. Our inter-
est In foreign affairs is in large meas
ure an interest in personalities also.
The newspapers feed that interest and
give 1t greater stimulation than does
the European press.
1t may surprise those who deplore
ahe lack of serious reading In Amer
ice that the fifth book among the ten
Is Professor JAMES HARVEY RoBrS.
sons The Mind nthe Making
The New York herald., 1922-09-17

united action by the British and
the French. That the French insist
upon the freedom of the Straits and
that they are not opposing the ap-
parently strong precautionary meas
ures of the British in the allied zone
are good indications OF an under
standing to meet firmly KEMAL's de-
mands. The Turks hold as the great
menace to both nations, France and
Great Britain, the proclamation of a
holy war.
But the jihad was the weapon Of
every Sultan for the last half CEN
tury. ABDUL HAND was always 60
ing up to the mosque at Eyoub and
raising the Prophets holy green flag.
His successor, MoHAMMED ", did
this when Turkey entered the world
war. But when he unfurled the sa-
cred banner before his troops no
holy war followed, and 1t is doubtful
If Turkey won a single recruit by
this means in Islam. It Is announced
that Islam wants Constantinople be-
cause it is the seat OF the Caliphate.
But all Islam is not united on this
point.
The Persians, who are Of another
branch of the Mohammedan faith than
that of the Turks, have only mild
interest in Constantinople. The Indian
Moslems in the world war declared
the question Of the location Of the
Caliphate was purely a POLITICAL mat
ter which the Turks themselves were
exploiting. Most of northern Africa
sustains the pretensions Of an en-
tirely different branch Of the Mo-
hammedan family and if 1t were able
to do so it would remove the Cali
phate from Constantinople. The
jihad has in the last four centuries
been merely bogey man to frighten
Christian nations. The support
which Islam will bring to KEMAL will
not come from a general Moslem up
rising but rather through individual
accessions, such as he received at
Angora.
What allied Europe needs now Is
unity and an expression Of that will
power displayed In the world war.
The situation is not so terrifying
that Western civilization should
throw up its hands and invite KEMAL
and his Asiatics to enter.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER IT. 1922
Hold Back the Turk.

There may be question as to where
the first responsibility rests for put
ting the torch to Smyrna. crowded
like beehive with tens of thousands
of refugees. There may be question
as to the numbers of the victims OF
the colossal and frightful catastro-
phe. whether burned to death in an
uncomfortable furnace or, butchered
In cold atrocity. And there may be
question as to what disposition shall
now be made of-the Smyrna ruin.
But there is no question as to what
the Christian and civilized world de-
mands of Great Britain. France and
the other allied Powers. 1t is that the
Turk shall not be permitted to take
himself, his armies, hfs Government
and his ways back into Europe; shall
not be allowed to go nearer Constan-
tinople, the Straits and the neutral
zone than, thanks to Greek madness
for conquest, he already has gone.
Whether Red Russia merely gives
aid and comfort to the Turks or
throws in it's lot with them can make
no difference in the imperative duty
Of the Allies to themselves as well
as to the Balkans and the stand they
must take against any more of Tur-
key in Europe. whether by grace Of
Russia or by fear of consolidated
Mohammedan support of KEMAL, now
become KEMAL the Terrible.
The Turk must not come back.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
Book That Lost Its Chance.

To THE New YoRK HERALp BY the
victory of the publishers and authors
over the Sumner surveillance Of lftera-
ture we are at last free again to writo
rs inspiration leads us on.
Looking at II from another angle. the
advertisement the books IN question
have received is profitable in the near
sale OF the books. I wish that my book.
''The DEVILS Diary" published in 1900.
had been banned at the time. let the
DoWl express his opinions. Had Mr..
Sumner put ban on It how my book
would have been eagerly sought by the
public Loura M. EirsHEMfus.
NEW YORK. september 10.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
More Milk, More Beef.
Contented Cows and Fat Steers Re.
suits Of Suppressing Flies.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: II one
ny disturbs and annoys the lord OF the
vineyard nifty million fat steers and
cows have that trouble many times null
tiplied. II we could stop the loss OF
ten pounds or twenty-five quarts Of milk
for each COW due to that annoyance the
money saved at current prices would
help to pay the interest on the twenty
billions we owe.
One pile OF cattle manure may have
the eggs to produce 1000 dies and tho
flies may multiply many times every
season. To get rid OF the fiies bury the
acres Of ny hatchinss; put them under
ground and let them produce grasa
Then that man without one hair be-
tween him and heaven may stop his
profanity, cows win yield more miih
and steers will weigh moro.
d. c. KENYON.
cARsoSDALn, Pa. September 1e.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
Myths Of the Plainsmen.

II there was one tradition Of the
plainsman which survived through
the years 1t was that a rattlesnake
would not cross hair rope. The
cowboy thus considered q rope Of
hair as indispensable to his equip
ment as his spurs, blankets or tapa-
deros and he carried 1t in q close
coil over the horn Of his saddle. He
would carefully lay 1t around his
bed, foot or so from every part OF
1t, when he went to sleep on the
ground. Hunters, soldiers, prospec-
tors. herders and tenderfeet did the
same and all felt that by this means
they had created an impossible bar
rier against the plains greatest ter
ror, the rattlesnake.
WILL c. BARNES In American For
cstry declares that this Is one Of the
myths OF the plains. A rattlesnake
will cross a hair rope, he says, and
he has proved It, In his early days
he made use OF this snake defying
continuance, but when he began to
make inquiries he found no person
whom he asked regarding II had any
first hand information on the sub
ject. The nearest that he got would
be "a man who said that he knew a
man who tried 1t out"
He made his first test In the Sierras
OF California. All the rattlers he
found went over the rope wherever
they met 1t. He laid the rope at
other times in a straight line where
the snake must either go over 1t or
go around the end to avoid II. and
In large and small rings about the
reptile. The snake went over II each
time, Mr.. BARNES says, with abso-
lutely no hesitation or reluctance"
And he reproduces photographs to
prove his assertion.
Another myth which he disposes of
Is that regarding the family and ia
miliar relations said to exist among
rattlers, prairie dogs and owls. 1t
was prevalent notion that they used
to live together more or less har-
moniously In prairie dog houses.
This too, he says, is another Of the
plainsman's legends which must be
cast into the discard.
There has always been widely va
ried opinion regarding the effect of
the rattler's bite. Mr.. BARNES says
that out Of dozen cases which came
under his observation two Of the per-
sons bitten died. Every person whom
he knew to have been struck by the
reptiles fangs suffered intense pain
and most Of those who recovered did
so because Of prompt administration
of recognized remedies.
What people generally call the rep
The New York herald., 1922-09-17

the Juice are carefully followed. These
directions may be obtained from the
department.
A blend OF grapefruit Juice with logan
berry Juice has been found popular.
Orange vinegar IL a satisfactaGv substi-
tute for apple vinegar and should be
made in districts where many Gull
oranges would otherwise be a total loss.
Citric acid Is a valuable commercial arti-
Gle which can be made from Gull lemons
or Lines II proper apparatus is installed.
Other byproducts from citrus fruits
often wasted include candied citrus psel,
for use as q confeotion or by bakers in
place Of cltron. marmaladee, jeilies. but
tcrs and pectin.
The New York herald., 1922-09-17
The Desert.

When the Master OF all creation
Had finished the work of His hand
The earth and the world of people,
The sea, the sky and the land
Methinks that His heart grew heavy
And lie said. with n sigh and a nod,
so much for the world OF people,,
And nothing at all for Cod"
Then lie chose from His vast creation
A desolate waste OF sand.
Sprinkied 1t over with sagebrush
And fashioned the Desert Lend.
lie gave II the glow of the sunset.
The glare of the MONDAY heat.
The lure OF distant horizons
Where earth and heaven meet
And when His labor was ended
He said with a smile divine
"The beauties OF earth are my chill
dren's--
The Desert alone Is mine"
HELEN F'RAzEE- BowEa.