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drees will be changed aa often aa reqoosted. ,
Starch S:
Thought for the Day
5ecfef by IngUmtta Wart
Thtr$ is no itanding itiiltven as J pavte
Tkt tUtp path thtfu, and I$lip back apart.
Movement vai tajely; by the journty'$ late
Xo help it given, no tajt abiding place,
Xo idUng in tht pathway hard and slots,
J mutt go forward or mnst backward go.
Anon
The March lion is evidently holding back
for a more pressing invitation.
What's the law commanding lobbyists to reg
ister between friends, anyway?
Bread la the itaff of life required by one and
all to no shortening weight there.
In a word, the decision of. the school board
is that It will play ball only on the home
grounds.
"No axtra session of congress" is word from
Washington. A growing national deficit, though
voiceless, threatens to disturb.
Again the Auditorium.
The Auditorium is with us "at&tn or yet" In
the form, this time, of Soother proposal for
the rlty to take it over and maintain it as a
public convention hall and meeting ptaee. The
prcoont offer contemplates conveyance to the
City for actual outstanding indebtedness with
complete annulment of the stockholders' In
terests. If this offer had been incorporated
into the original proposition submitted to a
vote, it would undoubtedly have been accepted,
although to transform the stock subscriptions
into compulsory donations is no more fair to
them now than it would have been then. As a
business proposition, however, the present new
offer Is Just $60,000, or 23 per cent, better for
the city. The Bee believes that Omaha needs
the Auditorium, and that the city should acquire
it or provide the necessary gufranty for its
maintenance on some equitable basis.
Report on the Colorado Strike.
The report of the house committee appointed
to inqulro Into the causes and progress of the
rtrlke of the coal miners in Colorado comes
tather late, as the strike has been settled, but is
still of interest because of its statements, criti
cisms and recommendations. For the most
part, the criticism of the committee Is directed
against the militia of Colorado for its conduct
when called into the field. Instead of seeking
to establish and preserve law and order, the
committee reports, the militia became an active
agent of the coal mining companies. It Is
pointed out that the organized forces of the
state should bo iispd to protect all citizens alike,
which was not done in Colorado.
The committee finds that Colorado's mining
laws are good, but not obeyed by the mining
companies. Employment of private guards, and
posting of notices that turn incorporated towns
into private preserves, is condemned by the re
port as certain to provoke trouble. The absen
tee owners of these mines cannot evade moral
responsibility for what is done In their name by
managers on the ground.
In conclusion, regardless of the sanctity of
state's rights, so dear to the democratic heart,
the committee recommends:
It should be the duty of the government to assist
any states In settling a dispute that la ratlon-wldo
In its scop; and If any federal law can be enacted
that will help not only Colorado, but any other atata
that may bo similarly altuated. It Is tha duty of con
gress to speedily put t:pon the statute books the neces
sary laws so that such Industrial disturbances may
forever ceasa.
Hitherto Mr. Breitung's Dacla led the con
versation la plain United States. Now she must
vocalize In French or hire an interpreter.
One thing Is fairly certain. The nonulatlon
oa the European battlefronts Insures a busy
spring season for hospitals and cemeteries.
Still, it Is no part of the short ballot pro
gram to extend by legislative enactment the
terms of present office Incumbents afraid to
chance a popular election.
Remember LanlganT Noble champion of
free speech, who pats the constitution with one
hand and mur.Kles psrty opponents with the
other. Be the powers, he's a peach!
Reg-ulatlnff the "Jitney."
Recognition of the "Jitney bus" as a factor
in the problem of urban transportation brings
with It the necessity of fixing the responsibility
of the machine in its dealings with the public.
Much of its success is due to the fact that the
Jitney is not restricted In Us operations by con
ditions that bind the trolley companies, such as
fixed routes, for example. Its ability to operate
Independently gives the Jitney a decided advan
tage in the competition for nickels. .
Los Angeles, where the Jitney had Its birth.
is taking steps for its control, by requiring that
operators under license bind themselves to fol
low established routes, to pay a proper license
fee, and to otherwise come under regulations
that rightly apply to the control of common car
riers. These steps are taken, not for the pur
pose of limiting the service the Jitney may per
form for the public, but to assure the public that
that service will be performed under safe con
ditions as far as possible,
In Omaha the service of the Jitney, while
plainly appreciated by the public, has not yet
reached the stage where It can be considered a
serious factor In city life. Yet the possibility of
development suggests that we must look ahead
to its proper regulation. It will be easier to
apply necessary rules now, and will be better for
both operatora and public.
With the entry fee so low, and the stajtes-men-out-of-a-job
so hungry, the three-yearsago
record of eighty-six city commlssionershlp can
didates ought to be easily broken.
It should be remembered that these ex
changes of diplomatic notes dp not foreshadow
an agreement Usually tbey are merely feelers
for a basts for further negotiations.
Several eastern cities are trying to devise
ways and means to fire-proof themselves
against fire losses. We in Omaha could also do
something In this direction with advantage to
ourselves.
Colorado politicians are a queer lot. Tbey
hate reformers so cordially that they threaten
to legislate Judge Llndsey out of a Job and hand
him a crown of martyrdom. Martyrdom Is the
judge's specialty.
Hon. Rachel Berry, the lane woman member
of the Arizona legislature, hag been overthrown
and routed by the smoking majority. Her asso
ciate abstained during sessions for eight weary
weeks. They survived by the expedient of a dry
smoke. But a dry smoke in a dry state proved
too great a strain on Arizona gallantry and
Mrs. Berry waa beaten 10 to 1.
Zeppelin and His Airship
T. K. Moltaekaa ia varraedy's. '
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The spring camraifcn Is foreshadowed by tha sprout
ing of numerous candidates for city office. A petition
is tln circulated requesting lion. James tt. Dovd
to atand tor mayor, and In event of his refusal tha
vatlilonera will urge Hon. John A. MrKliana to run.
Mr. Vf. Ik Gibbon and Charles B. Rustln ara alar.
mentioned by democrats. On tha republican aid there.
ara four poMlbllltk-s: A. U Htrans. Clark Woodman,
W. V. Morse and tha preaent mayor, P. F. Murphy,
Tor tha other office tha same has not yet focused.
Tha city council transacted merely routine business.
but Is contemplating a division of tha Fourth and
BixLb wards.
Tha market basket column gives three prices for
, tUa twtail market: "White fish, trout. bas and perch.
U eenta a pound; fresh pickerel. IS oantai oysters 45 to
M cents a quart; best cuts of sirloin. II rents; rib
reeat. UH oanta; vea! scars and hla-h. front 1 to zo
cnt; sweetbreads, tt centa a pair; mutton, LTV4 to U
casta; turkeys, dry picked. 1! to IS cents; large, U to
IS cents; lemons. SO to 40 cents a dosen; Florida
rangua, 40 to M cents."
D. C. I'hllttps of Grand Rapids, Mich., ia tha guet
or jura t.. m. uray.
Among mscoiiwi to Omaha are Misses Falll and
utile Alien, wuo ar ner (ruin Nebraska City,
Tha bricklayers' union In session decided to contn
diet tba abatement that they proposed to strike for li
a oay.7
The Commercial. Club's Referendum.
A straw ballot, or referendum of members
of the Commercial club is to be taken for an
expression of sentiment on the electrlo light bill
pending in the legislature. The club has a resi
dent, membership of over 1,500 representative
business and professional men who It is hoped
will all respond. The unfortunate part of a
referendum of this kind is that it requires those
voting to take the measure just as it is drafted.
and gives no chance to say whether they would
prefer to have it first amended. We have no
doubt, for example, that if a straw ballot could
be had on divorcing the proposed municipal
lighting plant from politics, it would be
practically unanimous, with no one against it
except the politicians who hope to turn it to
their advantage. The same holds true, we be
lieve, for a requirement fixing a maximum price
schedule proportioned to meter readings instead
of what we have termed the "Chinese puzzle"
computation of "the step system" now em
ployed. It the sponsors of the lighting bill
would perfect it before its enactment, opposi
tion would be materially lessened, if not alto
gether eliminated.
Partisan Politics at Lincoln.
The democrats now assembled at Lincoln
seem to have eyes fixed on something that lies
beyond the immediate business that concerns
them aa legislators. Instead of giving their at
tention to the framing of statutory laws for
Nebraska, they are busy with the politics of the
future and more intent on the campaign. of
1918 than on the bill calendar of 1915.
On no other grounds is it possible to ac
count for the suddenly manifested determina
tion to settle the controversies along party lines,
without regard to the merita of the questions
involved. Refusal to permit proper discussion
of the Lanigan resolution in the bouse iudlcates
a purpose to mske political capital If possible
out of the disagreement between the Railway
commission and the attorney general. This in
itself, is but a tempest in a tea-pot, but Is being
magnified into a veritable tornado of partisan
fury by the democrats.
The best Interests of the people of Nebraska
call for co-operation of all their officers, and
are sot served by the purblind partisan zeal
now being exhibited at the capital.
Pree speech Is a glorious institution, tha
cornerstone of the temple of liberty. It is the
caloric darling of democracy, and every live
democrat will sacrifice in Us defense the last
puff in his lungs. On one condition, however,
that party opponents are excluded from the
conversation.
A noe1 rr ef the Family.
The steadfast and obstinacy of north German blood
blended In Count 3pre11n with French dash' and
thimiasm. Mia name, ondlnir In in, Ilka Kuestln and
Ilerlln, belona to the northern part of the empire.
?PPflln. a vlllane In Met klentrtirg. waa founded In
14t by Hugo do Zepi.elln. and nearby are the rulnS
of a castle where the ancient COtinta von 7ppe'ln
held sway. His nobl- anceMry. by the way, has ben
no Inconsiderable asset to Count Zefpeltn.- In Ger
many, none but n man of birth would hava dared watte
the fight ho made aralnxt public opinion. HIS natural
bent for engineering probably deecended from hla
mother, the granddaughter of it French llugwnot of
rank and scientific, attainment, who ram to tha city
of Constance from C'tncva, when Joseph of Austria
offered crown grsnta to Swiss manufacturers. He re
ceived the whole "Inland" of the Dominican monks, a
peninsula separated irom tha city by a canal, and he
turned its disused convent Into a. combination homo
and cotton factory. It waa here, on July 8. IMS. that
the future "air count," Ferdinand Von Zeppelin, was
born.
Zeppelin In Amerlrs.
In 1SS.1 Zepnelin entered the war school at Ludwlgs
burg, and later the army, with a short Interval at tha
University of Tubingen and two years as ambassador
from Wurttemherg to Rerlln. Than tha restless, hlgh
splrlted young French-Ocrman decided to try for ad
venture In America.
Intending to Investigate military conditions In th
civil war. he obtained leave to serve aa a second
lieutenant undT several Vnlon generals. Ha had Gen
eral Grant's permit to move freely within the federal
lines; but that was not enough. Out of pure romance
and venturesomcness he fought confederates, exposing
himself recklessly, ot course, he iaaiendcd In a cap
tive balloon with "Professor" Lowe, tho army's aero
naut, and after the war, he started out, with two Rus
sian offioera and Indian guides, on an expedition to
discover the source of the Mississippi. Tha party al
most starved. ,
Now follows a series of exploits which the count
regards as mere fool hardiness. But tha same wild
daring that made him risk life needlessly was. to find
expression later In his airship ventures.
Ho swam the Niagara rapids simply to get a mora
Idealistic view of the falls. He had observed that tha
river current always drifted logs to a certain rock on
the other aide, and decided that It must Inevitably drift
him to tho same refuge, which It did. Ha was taken
off that rock by ropes.
Ilia Famous Cavalry Itald
Next ha found himself on tha "southern aide" In
the conflict between tha north and south Oerman
states. While scouting near Aechaffenburg ha was
suddenly cut off from the southern shore
of the swollen Main river. Instead of finding a ford,
which he could easily have done, he swam his horse
through the torrent and waa almost drowned. But ha
got Immediate Information of the enemy to his com
mander. Now an Incident even more characteristic: During
tha army maneuvers preparatory to the Franco-German
war, Zeppelin waa riding with a kinsman from
Mecklenburg, when they were halted by a wide dltclt
of mire. In splta of protests, tha count, out ot sheer
deviltry, jumped tha bog, missed tha bank, and might
hava perished. It ha had not vaulted over the horse's
head, dragging tha reins In hla hand. Then ha got a
firm foothold and held up the horse by tha bridle until
aid arrive,!.
When the war actually broke out, Zeppelin per
formed a feat that made hla name famous with every
German schoolboy. General von Obemlts picked the
young daredevil to command a desperate scouting
rlde to get vital news of tha French mobilisation dur
ing the slow massing ot the Indeppandant Oerman
states. With a handful of officers and men, young
Zeppelin Invaded the heart of Alsace.
Two regiments of French caraJry a troop for
every man In Zeppelin's command went afber him, and
surprised bis patrol In a lonely, fortress at the edge of a
dense forest. Tha count alone escaped. His two of
ficers and men were lost In the hopeless defense, but
the count stole out at the rear, and. snatching a
French officers horse from the bands of an old
woman, he rode full tilt Into the forest.
Ha concealed the animal In a thicket and, climb
ing a tree, tild there while the PrencTi pursuit waa on
He waa tracked for days through tha forest. A French
officer accidentally surprised him, and Zeppelin fought
with him and killed him. Then, the pursuit not find
ing him, he made his way, enduring many hardships,
back to the frontier, with' Invaluable Information for
his general.
Birth of Ills Balloon Idea.
At tha alege of Paris, as he lay in the tranches, the
count's imagination waa quickened by tha sight of
.French mall ba loons leaving tha beleaguered city and
passing aafely over the Oerman lines. Rlgrht then his
mind began working on tho possibilities ot aerial navi
gation. By 190 his Inventions were well planned. But
In this year, tha count now a major-general was
abruptly dismissed by tha government. Ha had paid
too much attention to the closet study of aeronautics.
What had airships to do with a major-general of
cavalry?
Zeppelin was greatly chagrined, but he new de
voted hla entire time to study of the airship. And Ula
brother, Kberhard, became aa much part of the
count'a dram and work aa Wilbur Wright was of his
brother, Orvlllc.'s. At S3 years. In the faca of gen
eral astonishment that a general of cavalry should
take up work so apart from military humdifm, Count
Zeppelin embarked on his Inventive career aa boldly
as he had undertaken his great cavalry ride.
Zeppelin built a long, thin, light aluminum sheath,
as rbild aa steel, that could be driven against alr-cur
rents Instead of tin unruly balloon that sags and
bulges when it is driven at anything like high speed
against a gusty wind. But. nevertheless, be used the
balloon to lift and Support blin he stowed many In
flated balloons Inside his aerial "submarine," where
they ara arranged Ilka peaa In a pod. There they dis
placed auffloient of the air to outweigh completely tha
shlp'a akin and cargo, and each bag Is maintained in
dependent of the others. Ilka a vessel s water-tight
compartments. If one compartment bursts, or If It is
perforated by a war missile, the others prevent a su1
den descant until ballast can be tlirown overboard to
restore the craft's buoyancy. Hidden away In tha hull,
safe from sun, cold and wind, theso bags tff chambers
retain gas for long ptrlods. thus Insuring the craft's
endurance for great distances.
Makes a Flytaa Manater..
All of the airship's other features followed so
naturally that today It sema Incredible that any In
telligent engineer should hava overlooked them. On the
aldea of the hull, all propellers, rudders and fins ara
rigidly attached. They point the hull to go up or down.
guide It to right or left. Two gondolas, each equipped
with a motor, ara suspended under tha skeleton, so
placed as to balance the weight. All these arrange
ments give a wonderfully steady airship.
Yet this practical ahlp was, to moat en fnosrs and
other sensible people, Ilka the red flag to a bull. They
might have listened It the count had offered a small
craft a type now proven entirely Impracticable, tint
his conception this colossus, suggestive ot tha half
flying, half -swimming monsters of a prehistoric age
waa so entirely outside ot the conventional that en
gineering societies rose and railed tha schema Insan.
A private commission aasambled In Berlin and
ridiculed the monstrous contrivance. Then for three
years more Zeppelin worked without a ray of enoour
agvment. begging various societies for aid In demon
atrattng hla project. At last the German goveriiraeut
was persuaded to appoint a commission to examine
Zeppelin's plans. Engineers who hava since inspected
these drawings and data say that they are won
der'ully clear and simple. Yet tha commission only
partly approved, and refuaed to recommend aid by tha
state. At this crisis, after Insistent pleading, tha
Oerman Society of Engineer finally endorsed the
schema. Tha count waa enabled to form a atock com
pany, with resources of A0.'U, he himself eontrlbut
Ing one-half.
So the first airship waa built In a flailng bousa
on Lake Constance. Ttw craft rested on a pontoon
floor that could be towed out of the house, thus pre
venting collision with Its walls. This first Zeppelin Was
cruda and weak, its motors and Its steering device
quite experimental. Naturally enough It was smashed
And after the makeshift rudders had been repaired,
its' gas-cells leaked away all tha costly buoyancy,
which had bceu transported to tha lake In steal bottles.
Yet at the last minutethe airship had risen and
bean steered perfectly! Count Zeppelln'a sclentlfie
prlactpla waa vindicated.
LI
Here a a Ten Pointer.
OTSBON, Keb , March l.-To the Editor
of The Dee: I see In The Bee ' American
I-egion t be Organised." I heartily ap
prove f thla more and would suggest
that alt convicts In our penitentiaries be
drilled la the manual of arms and In case
of urgent need that they be sent to the
front, giving them a chance to redeem
themselves on the field of battle. There Is
a vast army ot good flghtcra held pris
oners who would be glad of thla oppor
tunity to make good. W. L. RANDALL.
The President's Perallar Ideas.
YORK. Neb., March J.-To the Editor
of The Bee: Can you tell me where th
president got hla Information that caused
him to say, "The republican party had
not had a new Idea In thirty years."
What does ha mean by new Idea? Ho
can not say there has not been much
good, wholesome legislation paMC1. fr
the records prove It, nor can he mean
they put good Ideas Into law without first
having the Idea. That would be unthink
able. So it must be w differ on the
meaning of the word "new."
Then he says that tha business ot tha
country hss been checked for the last
twenty years. Wa ara led to wonder
where he got that notion. The records
In every line of business refutes It That
Is, If wa can agree on what the word
check means. But we will be frank to
admit that there are lots of differences.
that is only an honest difference of
opinion. Yet there are rases In which
there is more than difference of opinion
In them. Wa do not wish to be under
stood as raising any questions of veracity.
Ills own statements msda during his
campaign were taken by the reporter
and then compiled in book form by him
and named "The New Freedom." The
heading of tha first chapter Is. "The Old
Order Changoth." In hla description of
tho old order he does not say that there
ara signs or results that gives one
grounds for fear or for suspicion, but
ssys boldly, "We know that aomethlng
Intervenes between the people of the
United States and the control of their
own affairs at Washington. Our govern
ment has been for tho last few years
nder the control of heads of great atlied
corporations with special Interests."
Seems ha Is more of a prophet than
historian. In giving his remedy he said
that "publicity was the cure, for the
legislation lr. favor of special Interests
wag the result of caucuses behind closed
doors," ond that "It is In the committee'
rooms that legislation desired by the
Interests Is framed and brought forth."
Wa hava a right to take these cam
paign atatementa aa promises, for he was
denouncing what he ssld was the old
order and was promising a new freedom
should he be given control. What has
been done with those professions? The
three most important bills before con
gress for tho last eighteen months has
been taken to caucus again and again by
his party and because a few of hla nartw
differed from the majority on one bill or
both the wisdom (or lack of It) and the
caucua rule they were using to put it over,
they were held up to acorn and rebuked by
tneir own party, but the few republicans
who saw the bill aa the majority did
were lauded as men of conviction because
they wore, not bound by party rule.
Funny. Isn't It? Then sea what tha
president says In hla Jackson da speech
tea given in tha February Commoner):
Democrats who will not nlav on the
team should get off the team." No party
whip In that.
About thirteen yaara ago a western
aper, In a vl y bitter editorial on the
president and congress, said that the
west neede'l the canal worst of all In
order to keep freight rates down; then
said, "but the canal will never ba built
while the old republican party was In
power, as It was owned by the rsllroads.
which would not stand for that sure
competition." The records show that tha
republicans did build It. The reoorda
also show that the democrats repealed
the law that gave tha competition tha
country wanted and did It by the caucus
route, ana lr the visible signs In 1912
would warrant his statements h.t
could be said of the present? Then
after giving away our chance for ship
ping in peace and Bafety, he tries to force
through congress a bill for tha govern
ment to subscribe Si per cent of the
capital for a shipping coraortiftn k-
government to make good tha losses
with no limit placed on that part of It
Now J am aralnat tha far too r,rr,v.i.n?
custom of flings and unfounded aecusa
tlona aaalnst publlo men. but I have
.mp.y quotea nts own words and cited
facta of record. But why h a d the
democrats blame the rennhii,..,,.. ..
using tha caucus, which they have not
dona for years, while the democrats sre
making an Increased use of It to further
l",,r own na- Having failed to f in 1
their new ideas, I retire.
FRANKLIN POPE.
Iiil and . prisons reiilie l'to.vO.O.O
tubus. . , .
To meet this situation taxes were
raised from I to M per cent How would
the taxpsyers In Nebraska like an In
crease of taxation which would neces
sarily follow prohibition? Now, since
Ilussia's industries aro almost entirely
paralyred, the Increase of JO per cent In
taxation yields scarcely any additional
revenue, compelling tbe government to
mrtke fresh lonns, r.utlthstandlng the
fact that the Russian paper ruble ha
already declined 14 per cent, being worth
only M kopecs In gold (1 ruble. 1) ko
pecs), sunly an Indication of the inie'er
able financial condition of the Russian
government. These are facts, and yet
the prohibition correspondent, the Rus
sian minister of finance and the Lincoln
Journal would have us believe that
Russia by the adoption of prohibition
strengthened its finances. And as to the
patriotism of the dry soldiers, they seem
to show a particular willingness to be
takan prisoners, so as to go where things
are not entirely dry. That the prisons
In Russia aro emptj Is not d ie to a
moral Improvement, but simply to the
fact that the prisoners have nearly all
been put Into tha army, and the reason
why there are lees fires is that fact
that all Incendiaries hava gone the same
ey, which would also explain the whole
sale destructions by fire of property In
EaBt Prussia, which the Russians In
vaded for awhile. No. gentlemen of the
water wagon, prohibition has neither
improved Russia financially nor morally,
no mora than It Improves Maine, Kansas
or other flowers of the prohibition Wee.
"By their fruits ye shall know them:"
DR. II. GERHARD.
CHEERY CHAFF.
Patience I see a doctor has come out
and stated that the tango produces in
sanity. Patrice Well, I know a lot of girls
who are crasy about It Yonkcrs States
man "Here's Jack taking Maude out for
automobile rides, and Will always in
viting her to supper, and she accepts
the attentions ot both, hvdoc-n t sha
(b-clsie for one or the other. ...,.,
1 believe she claims she IS rnair.t..in
Ina a strict neutrality." -Baltlmoi e
American.
"I alwavs ray aa 1 go." remarked the
careful Individual .,
Lots of fellows do that who don t
save enough to pay their way baca.
added the mere man. Judge.
Customer (looking at auto) What! the
lamps not Included In the advertlse.1
price of the machine. But the lamps are
shown In the illustration.
Salesmnn-My dear sir. SO Is a ver
benutiful women, but were not giving
a lady with each car. Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Racon It has been decided that
KanFRS, women need not tell ages when
registering to vote.
Mr. Bacon Wall, who on earth ever
supposed that they would? Yonkers
?tH teaman.
Msry pert Thank goodness. 1 have a
perfect complexion! . ,
Klttv Katt But you carry a haresfoot
Just for luck? Judge.
CLOUDS.
I had a friend when I was down,
And evervthing seemed rotten.
And all the blexslngs I had known,
Had long since been forgotten:,
When crops were tad and eggs were
scarce,
And pigs got In the clover,
Who came and leaned against my fence
And cheerfully looked over,
And with a smup smile full of Rice,
And whistle agRnvatlng.
RegsJed me with the maxim terse.
In tone exsaperating:
"Remember that behind the clouds
The sun is ulwavs shining.
And clouds of lire as well aa sky
Have each thetr silver lining."
Oh. then I had a fierce desire
To selie upon a mlsalle,
And end his exhortation
With the stopping of hla whistle,
But with a sickly smile I said,
All platitude eschewing,
"That all depends upon the point
From which you do your viewing.
And also it depends upon
The way the cloud'a inclining.
"Tin doubtless true, niv clouds to you
May have a silver lining,
But silver linings do not show
To tTiose directly under, .
They may be there: I do not know,
To me they look like thunder."
Omaha. DAVID
Rassia mn Prohibition.
OMAHA, March 5. To the Editor of
The Bee: The Lincoln Journal a tew
days ago published an eulogy on pro
hibition in Russia, dwelling upon its now
splendid financial condition, and that It
should serve aa an example In all other
civilised nations, urging them to also
get on tha "wrater wagon." The Journal.
however. Is not quite sure that it can
entirely rely upon the density of Its
readers, and therefore takes the precau
tion to add for the benefit of the more
sophisticated: "If only half of the etprtes
we read aa coming from Russia are true,"
and furthermore refera to the corres
pondent of the Saturday Evening Post,
Who has been sent specially to Petroerrad
to Investlgsta Russia's financial condi
tion under prohibition. Then after thus
cunningly leaving a loophole tor retreat,
It goea on to say that Russia's minister
of finance ia reported as having said
laughtru'y, "Oh, pshaw! a whole milliard
of rubles In revenue lias been abandoned;
no other people would hava dared to
adopt prohibition during such a serious
wsr. but we find all tba money wa need,
(mainly borrowed from Franca an Eng
land), and In tha coal districts, although
90 per cent of the men ara serving in .the
army, we produce 30 pr cent mora cdVl.
because all of the remaining are sober;
fires have been reduced SO per tent; ar
rests S3 per cent, etc."
Not having seen any contradiction of
tlitsa statements, I will endeavor to point
out briefly what Russia's finances really
are; that t'aey have been In a deplorable
condition Is pretty generally known,'
Tho revenues of tha Russian govern
ment ruse between 1S and 191S Sg per
cent, amounting to J.4lT,000.O0o ruhlea (not
quite SO cents). Upon the revenue tha na
tional budget was based, but collapsed
already at tha beginning of the war, be
cause the greater pert of this revenue
was derived from tha alcohol monopoly
(9M.u),uii) and from tha state railway
' S7O,0uO.fl00. which revenues were elimin
ated through prohibition and the trans
port of .he army. At the present time ST.
per cert o' the entire income of the
government la being used for the army;
1TH per cent for Interest ea loans, while
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Tonight, for Instance
J Right alter dinner you may
be in shape to tackle a big,
strong cigar.
3 But following that, you should .. .
elight your smoker's taste with ' ' '
the genial flavors of a milder
cigar a 'modulated' Havana
the Tom Moore.
Men who have
learned the trick
of temperate
Lilth Tom it "all fW
even As afoes coif only
nickel.
.
smoking alwayt
for
come
Moore.
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Tom Moore
cigar io
Littls Tom 5
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ff'
You can have your choice of either
a Boy's or Girl's Wheel
it is a famous
WORLD MOTOR BIKE
It has a 20-inch Frame
with Coaster Brake. Motor
Bike Handle Bars, Eagle
Diamond Saddle, Motor Bike
Pedals, Motor Bike Grip,
Luggage - Carrier Holder,
Folding Stand, Front and
Rear "Wheel Guards, Truss
Frame and Front Fork.
This picture of the bicycle
will be In Tbe Dee every day.
Cut them all out and ask
your friends to save the pic
tures In their paper for you,
too. See how many pictures
you can get and bring them
to The lice office, Saturday,
March 8th.
The bicycle will be given
Free to the boy or girl that
send us the moat pictures be
fore 4 p. m., Saturday, March
Ctb.
Subscribers can help the
children in the contest by
asking for picture certifi
cates when they pay their
subscription. We give a cer
tificate good for 100 pictur.es
for every dollar paid.
, Payments should be made
to our authorized carrier or
agent, or sent direct to us
by mail.
Some little boy or girl
will be happy next week
riding this Bicycle. Are
you the lucky one? You
have until 4 p. m.,
March 6 to try for it.
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