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Law and Its Relation TO
Man an Interesting Topic

THE REAsONABLES Ess OF THE
LAW" the "Adaptability of Legal sane
charles ,Ha s. ". Bacon and Tranilyn s.
Morse: with an Introduction by Prof.
James a. Woodburn; @. p. Putnam 5
Sons, New York and London. publish
ers.
Charles w. Bacon is a member OF
the New York bar and author. Of
.'rhe American Plan of Government
Franklyn S. Morse Is instructor in
history in the Collegiate school of
New York City, and James A. Wood
burn is research professor of Amer
lean history at Indiana university.
Thus it is indicated that the volume
they present has authority Of re-
spectacle character behind 1t, both
for it's historical and its legal phases.
Even to the practicing lawyer It
will be of interest to the student,
whether of law or history, 1t will be
of great service. The average man
might read it with profit, for 1t
makes very plain some things that
are often found perplexing by the
layman. 1t shows the origin and
growth of law, constitutional and
statutory, its developing and progress
sive evolution and the great part 1t
has played in mans efforts to estab-
lish his social life on firm founda-
ton. Equity in its several phases
also gets adequate attention. Best or
ALL the work is so written that 1t
may be read and understood by those
who are not profound in the law.
Sweet reasonableness' is the funda-
mental characteristic, the vital prin-
ciple, Of the law. and this the au'
thors have made clear.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18

light, and he sees In what discourage
many others the signs of better days.
He also outlines the scope Of other
works that are to follow in the Sc
riee, which promises to be a worthy
contribution TO the growing literature
on American social life.
It 10 not = ponderous volume. but
small; pointed, alert and brief in ef-
feet. If It Is not large, neither Ii 1t
vague, but intimate. concrete, imme-
date. Mr.. Galpin knows 1t all comes
down to people, in the end. and that
what the farm has to provide the
it is to continue to feed
us-is reasonably happy and well-re-
warded living. with good hopes ahead
to sustain hard toll.
Frontier in Farm Life; Why Farmers
Think as They Do; The Cost Of Fam
lily Living; Questions that Confront
the Farm Woman; Where the Farm
Family Trades: Landlords and Farm
Tenants; Agriculture and High
Schools; Agriculture an d Hospitals;
and Churches: Affording
Modern Institutions; Replanning a
City as a Place Not to Live In; De-
fense of Farming; Movements OF
Population to and from Farms; Amer
lean Agriculture in American Art;
The Coming Rural Municipality; Peo-
pie on Sub-Marginal Land; Sources
of Hope for Rural Life.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18
"Clubfoot" Comes Back and
Stirs Up Scotland Yard

"CLuBFOoT, THE AvENG Err !" by Val
entine Williams; Houghton Mifflin com
pany. Boston. publishers.
This is a Scotland Yard story, full
of battle, murder and sudden death.
"Clubfoot" is DIR. Grundt. great head
of the great German secret service.
He has some work to do after the
war is over such as numbering
number OF Scotland Yard operatives
who had upset his plans while the
conflict was ON. This he does in
very systematic and highly business
like manner. Major Okewood and his
brother are called back in by the
Thief," and between them manage to
tnwart some Of Clubfoots' plans. but
;.- finally gets away from them and
back to Berlin, from whence he will
doubtless emerge 30 afford another
volume for those who like their mys-
terry mysterious and their crimes
done In the raw.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18
BOYS Who Had Real
Thrills in Old Navy

"BoYHoops OF OUR NAVY ERoEs
Nv William o. Stevens: Hi per ana
Brothsra. New York. publishers
Hand.to.hand encounters with enc
my warships, fights with storms ana
pirates, blockade-running, privateer-
ing, rash escapes from foreign pris'
ons, unheard-of responsibilities be-
falling them at moments OF their
country's peril-these are some OF the
adventures of boys at sea DESCRIBED
in this book. And they have tho
added thrill of being true. Famous
officers who have made our Amer
lean navy great, whom most boys
connect with mere dates and names
of battles, were once the luckiest
Youngsters alive. For they really had
inst the sort OF wild and hair-raising
experiences which every boy dreams
about, but never gets, except IN
books
William o. Stevens. who teaches fu-
ture officers at Uncle Sans naval
academy at Annapolis. tells these
tales of little David Farragut, Joshua
Barney, David Porter, and half a
dozen others, in way that makes
most imaginary stories Of sea adyen-
lures seem tame in contrast.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18
Light From the East"
Needed by Men TODAY

"EX ORIENTE LUX" Light from the
East"). by Alfred II. Henry: the STRAIT
ford company. Boston. publishers.
Scottish Rite Masons Of the thirty
second degree will find in this work
much to interest them, as well as
much that is familiar to them. In
the main it consists of a series of lee
lures, prepared, as the author frank
ly admits. to lead up to the ante
room Of Rosicnucia nism. These deal
with fundamental concepts, which
the author insists must be mastered
if man is to truly know himself. Mr..
French believes the awakening of
thought is of more importance than
the blind following of any prescribed
plan, and such awakening is neces-
sary II catastrophe in human affairs
is to be averted.' The object is to
rouse men to think. Students will
find a great deal of interest in the
hook
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18
The Bee
Bookshelf
Daniels Extols
Wilson Beyond
ALI Other Men
Former Secretary of Navy Be
slows Lavish Praise on His
Former Chief.

THE LIFE OF WOODROW WILSON"
by Josephus Daniels: the John c;
Chicago. publishers.
The late secretary of the navy set
himself q most agreeable task when
he undertook his biography of his
dead chieftain. II will seek to show
what his life meant to his country
and the world, and how he always
played for the verdict of history" is
MIR. Daniels own declaration of in
tention. Whether he has realized this
or whether he has shot quite beyond
the mark will not be determined by
this generation. 1t remains for read
ers unborn to say IL Woodrow VIII
son deserves all the praise so lavish
ly bestowed upon him by his former
cabinet officer. mo man is q hero
to his valet" but Mr.. Daniels was
not Mr.. Wilson's valet-he was his
devoted follower. and, one might
Judge from his pages. ardent wor.
SHIPPER.
Some other writer's, equally astute
and on terms of intimacy with the
president quite as close as those be-
tween Wilson and Daniels. have not
been so unrestrained in writing of the
late president. Nor. II the experience
of some of Mr.. Wilson's other cab
met officers may be accepted as
criterion, are we justified in conclud-
ing that the president always made
close confidantes of the men he Sc
lected to carry out his orders. When
we think of Bryan, Lansing, Garri-
son and some others, a retort made
by Colonel Mcclure to the late John
Hay comes to mind. 1.-The president"
said Mcclure, referring to Abraham
Lincoln, had some secrets that even
his private secretary did not know"
Making allowance for a pardonable
has interestingly narrated the story
of Woodrow Wilson's life from the
cradle to the grave, together with
some valuable information as to his
descent. The gravest fault is the in
sistence on discovering predestination
in ex post facto analysis Of events.
Even this might be pardoned as as
cribable to the fond admiration of
the author for his subject, were it
not for the solemnity with which he
persists in pointing out how each
step or movement taken by Woodrow
Wilson presaged his ultimate emil
nence.
The little human touches with
which the book abounds. incidents Of
the various stages of life through
which the great man passed. give the
Volume light and color and enhance
its real interest II Mr.. Daniels had
contented himself with writing of
great man. and not of demigod, his
work would have been more worthy
the effort he has put upon it. As 1t
is it deserves and doubtless will re-
ceive attention from the millions who
share with the author his estimation
of Woodrow Wilson.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18
National Health Series Is
Worthy Careful Attention

THE National Health Series edited
by the National Nealth Council. 10 a
group of well-bound little books. writ
ten and edited by the best authorities
on their subjects. and covering In an
intelligent and understandable man
ner almost every. subject which has
bearing on physical well being.
Funk & Wagnalls Co.. the pub
Usher, has released 10 volumes OF
the series, as follows: THE Quest
for Health" by James A. Tobey;
Taking Care of Your Heart" by T.
Stuart Hart; 1.-The Human Machine,
How Your Body Functions" by w.
II. Howell; Personal Hygiene, the
Rules of Right Living" by Allan j.
NJ. Mclaughlin: Community Health,
How to Obtain and Preserve It, by
D. B. Armstrong; Food for Health's
Sake, What to Eat by Lucy II.
Gillett; 1.-The Baby's Health" by
Richard A. Bolt: THE Young Child 8
Health" by Henry l.. X. Shaw;
Man and the Microbe. How Com
municabls Diseases Are Controlled,
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18

New York Philharmonic orchestra. led
by Mergelberg. who will direct an
other orchestra this summer in Am
sterdam, Holland. where the same
composition will be played. Another
composition by Hanson is a string
quartet number to be played at the
Berskire festival during the coming
summer.
This Nebraskan Is now in Rome.
completing his attendance at the
Academy Of American Arts, entrance
to which was gained through the
award of the Prix de Rome for Ameri-
can symphonic writing in a nation
wide contest. Previous to this dis
tinction he served three years with
the College of the Pacific. San Jose.
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dancing priestess. She has q COM
plete case of dual personality, with
the sex complex fairly we'll developed
in both. Around her move three
men, who also were associated with
her in the dear old Druid days. Incl
dental to the unwinding of 1t all are
some disquisitions by the great Craig
Kennedy on applied psychology, the
gently art of making love, and how
one can mix deodorized methyl alco-
kol with renatured denatured alcohol
and very successfully poison another
whose removal Is essential to the car
rying out of ones other designs,
nefarious Or otherwise. Also, we
meet some society bootleggers. some
smart stage girls, and get two trips
from Broadway to the Bahamas. Mr..
Reeve has not lost any OF his cum
ming or skill of invention, and as long
as he keeps Craig Kennedy up to the
mark touched in "Atavar,' he will
have a hearing.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18
Social Life on
Farm Comes in
for Attention
Problems of the Farmer. and
His Family Treated in First
of Century New Series.

RURAL SOCIAL PROBLEMS" by
Charles Josiah Galpin. the Century
company. New York, publishers.
This Ia the first volume of the
Century Rural Life Books" which
are to deal with problems Of the peo-
pie who are not urban in any essen
tial regard. The author was assist
ant professor of sociology in the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and Is now In
charge Of the division of Farm Pop
ulation and Rural Life in the United
States Of the Department Of Agricul-
ture. This connection and training
at least qualities him to deal with the
big questions he discusses. He takes
up one after another the outstanding
problems Of rural social life, and
gives attention as we'll to some that
are little known to others than rural
dwellers. His optimism Is his high
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18
Prattling Pepys Made to
Look Like a Real Man

THE SOUL OF SAMUEL PEPi py
Gamaliel Bradford, Houghton Miffiin
Company ,
To one who Is opposed to simpli-
fled spelling. abridged dictionaries,
Esperanto and the cafeteria era in
general the promise Of the publishers
that this book "simplifies and clari-
fies, and makes the mans portrayal
of himself lmeaning Pepys). an aver
age man; tangible, .ntelligible and
readable" seems rather good rea-
SON for avoiding Mr.. Bra iford's ef-
fort rather than "A recommendation
Of it.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18
Choral Composition of Nebraskan "
toBe Used at Leeds, England Classic
Uncle of Howard Hanson, Ma.
tive of Wahoo, Tells
of Achievements.
BY EDWARD BLACK.

A feature of the 30oth anniversary
celebration of the Leeds England) mu-
sical festival during the coming sum-
mer will be a choral number COM
posed by Howard Hanson. native Of
Wahoo. Neb.. and related to Mrs.
Hannah Eckstrom and Emma and
Fred Eckstrom. 2201 Lothrop street,
Omaha.
Carl Eckstrom, New York City.
who Is here for a brief visit, related
on Friday the achievements Of his
talented nephew.
North and West" Praised.
The New York uncle was present
last February when Hanson conducted
the New York Symphony orchestra in
the rendition of his own symbolic
poem. North and West" On that
occasion Walter Damrosch, conductor
Of the orchestra, bestowed unstinted
praise on the young Nebraska com
poser. Damrosch referred to North
and West" as one Of the finest Ameri
can compositions and as being truly
a notable contribution to the music
of this country.
The annual Leeds festival Ii recog-
nized in Europe as ono of the great
musical events of the year. Hanson
will conduct an orchestra Of $50 play
ers selected from London symphony
orchestra and the Albert Royal or
chestra of London during the rendi-
ton of his own choral number. There
will be a chorus OF 1000 voices.
European musicians consider 1t a
great honor to compose number
for the Leeds festival.
Symphony This Fall.
A Nordic symphony composed by
Hanson. and running about one hour,
will be rendered this fall by the
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18
Craig Kennedy Solves Our
Problem Of Dual Personality

"ArANAR, THE DREAM DANCER. by
Arthur u. Reeve: Harper & Brothers'
New York. publishers
In this very interesting and some
what complicated tale, Craig Ken
nedy comes to the front as psyche
analyst. Natalie Lisle Is wonder
girl. with New York at her feet be-
cause she is the star dancer in the
popular spectacle OF "Astarte. Nat
nlle. A the title suggests, Is a throw
bacxTcven to the days when Stone
hS, was new. Then she was
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18

democracy, and thinks IT. offers q So
luton for religious and political prob
lens that now are seemingly hard 70
reach. The book is well worth study
ing by any who is interested in in
dustrial or social matters.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-18

ford's preface, however, to be reas-
sured. Here is the summarization of
aims of the author, stated by him In
the manner which literary man
and an admirer of the great diary
for 80 years should state them;
worthy aims-aims which cause one
to turn quickly to the first chapter.
And here another thrill awaits. for
one Is Immediately plunged into a
most enthralling diagnosis Of the case
Of Pepys. 1t Is a diagnosis which
permits the patient TO do consider
able talking and which makes this
talking intelligible.-J. T. A.
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bv C.. e. A. Winslow. and Cancer
Nature, Diagnosis and cure oy
Francis c. Wood.
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Say what you please to the con
trary, but the most forgiving thing
in the world is a camera.-Arkansas
Democrat.
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A Nordic symphony composed by
Hanson. and running about one hour,
will be rendered this fall by the
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persevered in. the punishment of
these defendants will both satisfy the
ends OF justice and safeguard the in
lterests OF society.
Pronounces Sentence.
'I therefore sentence you. Nathan
F. Leopold, jr.. to the state peniten-
tiary at Joliet for the remainder OF
your natural life for the crime of
murder and to the same penitentiary
for a term OF 80 years for the crime
of kidnapping for ransom.
And l sentence you, Richard A.
Loeb, to the state penitentiary at
Joliet for the remainder of your nat
nral life for the crime of murder and
to the same penitentiary for 80 years
for the crime of kidnapping for ram
son.
Robert +. Grove, states attorney,
In a formal statement, issued immedl-
ately after the session. said:
"I still believe the death penalty
Is the only penalty feared by muf.
derers."
DarrOw Satisfied.
"It was all we could have asked
for" said Clarence Darrow. chief of
defense counsel, there will be no
appeal"
II do not regard 1t as a victory ex.
cept a victory for justice" said Ben
jamin Bachrach Of defense counsel as
he shook off those who offered con
gratulations on the youths escape
from the moose. "Do not congratulate
me personally"
Nathan F. Leopold. sr.. sat silently
weeping. He offered no comment and
merely nodded his head when friends
grouped around him and whispered IN
his ear.
Foreman Leopold. Nathan's older
brother. relaxed visibly as the Judge
reached the words in his statement
which meant life for the youths. He
had sat with tense face as the Judge
read from the transcript.
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staying of Bobby Franks. Judge
Caverly's sentence will encourage
crime and inspire contempt for the
law"
Henry Dunn, Police Commissioner:
They have a hanging law IN Chi
cago. Why didn't they use It? This
was one of the most aggravated cases
| ever heard OF. I am much dlsap-
pointed IN the sentence
Sylvester Rush, United States Attor-
ney:
Just what I expected. The worst
criminal would plead guilty in SINH
lar circumstances, hoping for a life
sentence. I think the judge did the
right thing"
Elmer Thomas, Prohibition Director:
ITS just the sentence ] expected
under the circumstances.
DIR. Frank G. Smith: "If capital
punishment were ever justifiahle 1T
should be in the case of Loeb and
Leopold. The crime was premedIated,
unprovoked, heineous and certainly
merited the supreme penalty il ever
such a penalty was Justifiable to the
tenets of society"
Rabbi Frederick Cohn: THE life
sentence in a way was best. 1t will
avoid further litigation and may give
the boys a chance to realize the true
extent of their crime. Although /
am a firm believer In Old Testament
justice | think this sentence was
permissible under the circumstances. +"
Rev. A. A. De Larme: IT have
nothing to say about the sentence.
The judge had to use his own judg-
ment and he may have had things
TO think of which we know nothing
about"
Mayor James c. Dahlman: "I
would hang them. It seems to me
the case should have been decided
in that way"
Municipal Judge Holmes: The
judge passed on the case so I suppose
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The text of Judge John r. Caver.
lys decision in the case follows:
In view of the profound and I'M
usual interest that this case has
aroused, not only in this community.
beyond its boundaries, the court feels
it his duty to state the reasons
which have led him to the determina-
tion he has reached
1T is not an uncommon thing that
pleas of guilty are entered in Grim.
inal cases, but almost without excep-
tion in the past such pleas have been
the result of a virtual agreement be-
tween the defendant and the states
. attorney whereby. in consideration OF
/, the plea. the states attorney con-
. sents to recommend to the court a
! sentence deemed appropriate by him.
+. and, in the absence of special reasons
. to the contrary, 1t is the practice OF
the court to follow such recommends
tions.
I'm the present case the situation
{ has been entered by the defense with.
out a previous understanding with
the prosecution and without any
knowledge whatever on its part.
Moreover, the plea OF guilty did not
In this particular case, as 1t usually
does, render the task OF the prosecu-
ton easier by substituting admission
Of. guilt for possibly different and
uncertain chain OF proof.
not only of the essential. substan.
tiating facts. but also of voluntary
confessions on the part of the de-
PENDANTS. The plea of guilty, there.
fore, does not make special case In
favor OF the defendants.
Since both of the cases. that,
namely, of murder and that OF kid.
naping for ransom. were of char.
acter which vested the court with
discretion as to the extent OF the
punishment, II became his duty under
the statute to examine witnesses as
to the aggravation and mitigation OF
the offense. The duty has been fully
met. BY consent OF counsel for the
state and for the defendants the testi
iIVHe ia An' Atihi iti td69 mas DffT
accepted as equally applicable to the
case Of kidnapping for ransom.
kfsFIn addition. a prima facie cas-,
was made out for the kidnapping case
as well. Tho testimony introduced
both by fhe prosecution and the de
ferise has been as detailed ant
elaborate as though the case had beer
tried before a jury. II has beer
given the widest publicity and th'
public is so familiar with all III
phases that II would serve no use
full purpose to restate or analyze th'
evidence. BY pleading guilty the de-
fendants have admitted legal re
sponsibllity for their acts: the test
mony has satisfied the court that tn
? ease is not one IN which II would hAv'
been possible 10 set up successfully
: the defense Of insanity. as insanity !
defined and understood by the es
tablished law OF this state for the pun
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Omaha Divided
on Merits of Z.
Verdict -

Belief that almost any judge. sit
ting on the bench in Judge John II.
Caverly's place, would have passed a
similar sentence upon Nathan Leo
pold and Richard A. Loeb, jr., was
expressed Wednesday morning by
Judge A. C. Troup.
Il could have sworn that the SEN
tence would have been life imprlson-
ment," Judge Troup said. "The age
of the slayers had to be taken into
consideration, and then the fact that
Judge Caverly allowed the hearing to
go for such a long time made that
sentence apparent.
when Clarence Darrow entered
the courtroom and pleaded guilty on
behalf of his clients he declared them
suilty In every way. l can't under
stand why, after that, Judge Caverly
permitted him to plead again and, in
his testimony, insist that the boys
were not guilty in every way"
Judge L. b. Day refused to express
an opinion of the verdict. II have
nothing to say. l did not try the
case" he declared.
Judge Arthur Wakely felt as Judge
Troupe did that the verdict was TO
be expected. but that the weeks OF
time used in the hearing were not at
all necessary.
Rev. Charles w. Sayidge:
mo Indian who ever scalped a
nh H., 4.
as Leopold and Loeb. saw 32 Sioux
Indians, leaders in the massacre at
Mankato. MINI. hanged together
near Mankato in 1862, but their crime
was petty compared to the horrible
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guidance of his discretion. In reach
welcomed the counsel and support OF
others. In some states the legisla-
ture in rs wisdom has provided for a
bench of three judges to determine
the penalty In cases such as this.
Nevertheless, the court Is willing TO
meet his responsibilities. 1t would
have been the path OF least resistance
to impose the extreme penalty of the
law. In choosing Imprisonment in
stead of death, the court is moved
chiefly by the consideration of the
age of the defendants, boys of Is and
10 years. 1t Is not for the court to
say that he Will not in any case en-
force capital punishment as an al
tentative, but the court believes that
it is within his province to decline to
impose the sentence of death on per-
sons who are not Of full age.
Dictates of Humanity.
This determination appears to be
in accordance with the progress Of
criminal law all over the world and
with the dictates of enlightened hu-
manity. More than that, it seems to
be in accordance with the precedents
hitherto observed in this state. The
record of Illinois show only two cases
of minors who were put to death by
legal process-to which number the
court does not feel inclined to make
an addition.
Life imprison may not, at the
moment, strike the public imagina-
tion as forcibly as would death by
hanging; but to the offenders, par
|ticularly of the type they are, the pro-
longed suffering Of years of confine.
ment may well be severef form OF
retribution and expiation.
1.-The court feels 1t proper to add a
final word concerning the effect Of
the parole law upon the punishment
of these defendants. In the case of
such atrocious crimes, 1t Is entirely
within the discretion Of the depart
ment of public welfare, never to ad'
NIT these defendants to parole. To
such a policy. the court urges them
strictly to adhere. If this course is