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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1917. The Omaha Bee EMU MOBNINQ-EVENINO-SUNDAV FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THB BBS PUBUSHWQ COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Entered at Ommht poetoffics as second-class nutter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Br CtrrU Br Mill Dilr sag iuadsj ....... .par auaca. e per w M Dtiir smaoui Sunday So " 4.o tnnlif sod talUr "tlx .M mini wtlhoal Bandar " " tusdu Ba ontr 0 " t JO Daily sad Sunday Bee, Unas rain m adnaea 10. M tend ootlM nf cbkBia of address or IrresularUf Id deUien to Omaha Baa. Cuottlmoo PeperpBent. REMITTANCE. BiBtt eg draft, am or postal eider. Onlf f-nt straps tales In pamMBt of smaU eenmnta Personal eases euepl oa Omaha aad emara cjhma, not accepted. OFFICES. Oasts no Bat BoDdraa. riileaso TmW Oaf Btfldtag South Omaha SSIS M St. Kew Tort JS Fifth Ira Osindl Bloffa M If. Mala It Bt loula Ke B'a. of Coesmerae. Lincoln UlUa Building. Washington TtS lt Bt N. W. ' CORRESPONDENCE. addresi eommmloeUenj niaUat to neat aad afflurlil autear a Onuha Bra. Editorial DtnartaMnt. FLBRUAKY CIRCULATION 54,592 Daily Sunday, 50,466 limn sUeolsum for ma moots sebasrlssd aad iwora 10 or DwtsM OTIhsm, qreniauoa Manager. WMcrikon leaving tke crty eaosuet km TVa Baa Ballad to tea. Addraaa skaaurast aa aftaa aa leanasaag. Epitaph for armed neutrality: "Talked to death." If the police Khan Oola, who will can the sucken in the net? When a preacher goes a-slumming he ii likely to find what he it looking or. Another campaign of education for lest speed and greater safety is overdue in auto-driving circles. Yes, we agree that spring housecleaning and municipal housecleaning would go very well together. Note that Tom Marshall is the only vice presi dent to succeed himself since the early days of the republic It goes without saying that the deceased con gress upheld the best traditions of the service in windy performance. Revision and reconstruction is the modern or der. Even presidential programs get the S. O. S. call to come in for repairs. ; How the inaugural parade could proceed with out our Nebraska governor and all his gold-laced colonels passes comprehension I ' Mexico follows Japan in denying receipt of the Zimmermann hunch. Premature punctures usu ally induce hesitation on the road. ' Senator "Gumshoe Bill" Stone's efficiency as a party kicker reminds the country that the Mis souri mule is not the sole exponent of native, art. The fine haul made by that dusky clairvoyant only proves that in this enlightened age just as many new ones are borrl every minute as heretofore. At further evidence of the porcine tendency of the times observe how easily the hog in the mar ket place outpoints the "cow that jumped over the moon." The fakirs kept it up un,til the last minute that Secretary Lansing would be president ad interim between .the two terms of President Wilson. But there wat no "ad interim I" With the campaign behind him and another six-year term nailed down, our democratic United States senator evidently no longer feels the ne cessity of "tickling the Germans." Not that our Mexican neighbors would ob ject to taking back a slice of the United States, but they tee obstacles in the way which Hcrr Zimmermann' vision does not embrace. But the reprehensibility of a filibuster depends on who is doing the filibustering. Anyone with a good memory can recall similar filibusters that evoked applause from the very sources now con demning and denouncing the last one. With the federal "bone-dry" law waiting until July 1 to become operative, it is up to the leg islature to say how much of a hang-over will be permitted in Nebraska. But will the lawmakers have a heart for those who have a thirst? The Bee repeats (hat county jail prisoners ought to be fed on' the same plan as inmates of the county hospital or detention home or state institutions. We think, however, the law which was inflicted on us to protect the graft of the last democratic sheriff should be promptly repealed and the people have the pledge of Sheriff Clark that he will interpose no objection. Women After the War -Now York World- The mobilization of women for war work continues. Under the plan for releasing non combatants in the British and French armies for active military service, women are to take over most of the clerical positions hitherto filled by men. Tens of thousands of women are already serving as army cooks and waitresses and in like occupations, and other thousands will be assigned as typists, accountants, storekeepers, secretaries, motor-drivers and garage hands. Apparently it is designed to intrust to women practically all of the routine work of the pay and commissary de partments. This brings the sex measurably near the firing line, from tne larms ot England and France al most to the trenches, women in vast numbers are now doing what before the war was man's exclu sive work, and doing it so welt and with such sest that the question is pertinent as to how they can he persuaded to quit it when the war it over. Will the women who have proved their equal capacity in the mines and factories, and in a hun dred vocations previously monopolised by men, consent to return to scrubbing and sewing? Will the multitudes of women who run tram cart and buses and elevators, and serve the public as capa bly as men employes ever did, relinquish their lobs for the asking? Will employers who have earned their efficiency consent to have them go? The question is an important one in its bearing sn the future of women in industry in the bel ligerent countries. They have had a new birth of economic freedom. They have achieved at a stroke, in their patriotic response to their coun try's need in a crisis, an industrial independence 'or which they might have fought in vain for rears under peace. Will they surrender it volun tarily? Can they in fact be compelled to forfeit t? Of the many readjustments of economic re lations which are certain to come after the war, none contains more interesting possibilities than the disposition to be made of women's labor in the light of-its new conditions. Minority or Majority? Another successful filibuster in the senate has turned aside the course of legislation favored by the majority of the members and in this instance earnestly desired by the president, an incident certain to revive the debate as to' the rights of the minority. The president has indicated his be lief that until a change permitting cloture is made in the senate rules little good will come from ask ing congress for what he desires. Under existing conditions a brutal majority may be held in check, but, granting physical endurance, no way is known of heading off an unruly minority. The member in opposition may prevent a vote so long as he is physically able to hold the floor and when, as in the present case, several unite in such tactics the majority is completely blocked under the unlim ited debate rule. Some share of responsibility for failure to ob tain assent to his program must go to the presi dent. His delay in presenting the whole matter to congress has resulted in the upset of his plans. Wisdom and prudence alike should have suggested the formulation of both policy and plans long ago, and when Bernstorff was dismissed the entire sub ject matter should have been given to congress, and to the public, instead of being presented piece meal and under condition! that cause even the president's closest supporters to say, his moves were made more to force congress rather than to apprise the people of the gravity of the situa tion. The more serious aspect of the outcome is that a large proportion of the work of the entire session is wasted and must be done over. Many important measures, some of vital concern to the country, went down in the tangle, and an extra session of congress will be needed to provide-for carrying on many of the government's activities. The change demanded in the senate rules to limit debate may be expected to encounter as much opposition now at at any time in the his tory of the country. Some way may yet be devised to induce a determined minority to yield its posi tion, but it should not be stripped of its rights. Why Pick on Omaha? Disclosure of details of the operations of a seeress who held court in one of the secluded placet of the city brings further proof to support the statement that Barnum was right. But why should she pick on Omaha? Are the gullible here more easy of approach and less Susceptible to the promptings of wisdom and common sense? One wonders. Having survived the Mabray gang and the wild horse vendors, the crop of "Mikes" will doubtless flourish long after the "Princess Khan Oola" has been retired from local circulation, but little comfort is derived from that thought. In these days of general education and when ample avenues to accurate information are wide open at all times it is disquieting to reflect that so many otherwise useful and industrious citizens are ready to give portions of their substance to reward a fakir for his supposed superior knowledge of hu man nature. Omaha will not worry if these "mystics" and their retinues should give the city the go-by in the future. And this isn't to be taken as hinting that other ways will be found for part ing the foolish from their possessions. Pretident'i Party Emphasizes Itt Failure. A better illustration of the futility of the dem ocratic party as an agent of constructive effort could not be had than is presented by the record. Its failure to achieve results it aimed at is due to itt lack of coherent purpose. With undisputed control in both houset of congress and continu ally renewing its pledge to tupport the president, it has signally failed to bring about any of the great things it promised to do or to give life to serious suggestions made by the president. Even the routine work, that should be sent forward by automatic operation of the rules, is delayed, and much of it is dead because of the inability of the democrats to work together. Thit partial paraly sis of the legislative branch of the government is ascribable to factional divisions of the dominant party, which has been headless from the first, with an unsettled scramble for power continually in progress among the brethren. The only thing on which they could agree was "pork." This condi tion was pointed out weeks ago by The Bee and, as then said, the failure of the democratic pro gram is not such a calamity but it can be sup ported. The sorrow it that such a spectacle thould be set before the world at so critical a period. Plea for Skimmed Milk. In its search for neglected articles of food the Department of Agriculture calls attention to the availability of tkimmed milk, now sent to the dis card to the extent of tome 17,000,000,000 gallons each year. 'Removal of the cream or butfer fat doet not entirely destroy the food value of the milk, as has been clearly proven, the skimmed product yielding a considerable content of pro tein, as well as containing properties that make it not only proper, but of value as a factor in nour ishment. One simple use suggested by the in vestigators is the substitution of skimmed milk for water in bread making. The protein content of the bread is largely increased, and its digesti bility, if affected at all, is improved, while it is so rendered more than ever palatable. In other wayt the milk from which the cream hat been taken is of use and when health officers can be brought to recognize the fact and rearrange their regulations to permit the sale of skimmed milk under its own name to be used as it welt may be, another considerable source of good food will be added to the available list. How a good law may be easily overdone is again illustrated by invoking the prohibition against stamping an article of merchandise with the American flag to prevent the printing of the stars and stripet in newspapers. The aim of the law it to stop the commercializing of the flag, while the purpose of the newspaper publication is to inspire patriotic sentiments And so it goes I When the German plot against the United States wat revealed last week George Sylvester Viereck, editor of the former Fatherland, de nounced the Zimmermann letter as "an obviout fake," an "impudent hoax," and a "preposterous document." Official confirmation of itt genuine ness sustains one of Viereck s three guesses. All will agree that it it "a preposterous document." Unfeeling nature turned loose a deluge on the silent sentinels at the White House. Still the Congressional union may soothe itt wet feelings with the thought that it is strictly in the suffrage For those directly concerned it is. the part of wisdom to await the fnneral before assuming that Villa is out of the game. Pancho at times rivals Br'er Possum in laying low. It Rev. Frederic E. Pamp "My First Sermon "I wrote no sermon. I can recall the little church. I seethe upturned faces of the people ready to receive the mes sage oj the letier-carrier preacher." It will perhaps be more difficult for me to write of my first sermon than for most of the preachers whose stories appear in this column. My entrance into the ministry was not so clearly defined a step as with most ministers. It was a gradual development with me. I began preaching before entering a theological seminary. My father was pastor of our church. I was consciously a Christian from earliest years. The nearest ap proach to conversion in my life came at the age of 19 years, when I dedicated my life to God. Immediately I was drawn into the work of the church, especially among the young people. I began to lead their meetings and djrect their activities. My father never spoiled me by trying to force me forward. He knew, as he has since told me, that the Lord would lead me into the ministry, but he had confidence in God that He would be able to care for that work. About that time "Billy" Sunday came to our town Princeton, 111. to hold a revival. The whole county was stirred. It provided some of the young men of the town who were Chris tians with the proper atmosphere for Christian work. We went to work after the meetings closed and began services of religious nature in a hired storeroom. Later, when we had driven the saloons from the town, we rented and equipped one of the buildings vacated by a no torious saloon and there we established a real Young Men's Christian association, not a billiard and pool hall, but a room for Bible study and preaching services for young men and a reading room in connection. When summer came we found a plan to interest the new converts by open air meetings. We hired a hayrack, made a solid platform on it with planks, borrowed an organ from one of the churches, engaged singers to sing and ministers from the churches to give us short sermons. We made it particularly clear to them that we did not want them to be long winded, for this was our meeting. We did one of these ministers one of the best turns that ever happened to him. We broke him of a habit that he thought absolutely incurable with him. He never before had spoken extemporaneously, but now he simply had to. And he preached better those ten minutes than ever before. He was very thankful that the ice had been broken. At these meetings we young men testified nad ex horted. We hauled this hayrack from one end of town to the other. Princeton had a north end at the railroad station and a south end around the court house. We drove the town band out of commission, for we drew their crowd on Sat urday nights. Every Saturday evening we held forth. So, you tee, it it hard for me to define what address can be styled with the dignity of my first sermon. However, there is one address, which stands out in relief to me, and I usually count it as marking the epoch in my life of entering the min istry of Jesus Christ. All of the development which I have related above led to a decision to offer myself to God to be his minister. Because of my father's small salary he had been unable to give me more than my high school education. I had gone to work three years in a grocery store and now for nearly five years I had carried the mail sack as a letter carrier for Uncle Sam. But now my decision was made. I would go to college and fit myielf for the ministry. One day the pastor of a little Baptist church out in the country about eight miles called on me and asked me to occupy his pulpit one Sunday when he was to be absent in another charge. This man was the one we had trained by our open-air meetings to preach extemporaneously. After some hesitation I promised. The day came and I drove out to fulfill the engagement. When I look back now upon those first efforts of mine to preach the Gospel I wonder at the courage I had. I simply had no thought other than to tell of Christ and His wonderful salvation. I wrote no sermon. In fact even now I write very few, speaking almost entirely from notes or extemporaneously, as is the custom in our denomination. I had chosen Romans 5:1 as my text. I can recall the little church. I can see the upturned faces of the people ready to receive the message of the letter carrier-preacher. I dis tinctly remember the face of an old saint of God whom I knew quite well, a splendid type of American and Christian. I read my text of had made-some preparation as to the line of treat ment. But the spirit of God gave me rich meas ure that day There was a joy in my heart that transfigured all. I was led to speak of the justi fication by faith whereby we come into right rela tion to God, and of the peace that through this experience comes into the soul. The boy preacher felt the power of the living word that day and the congregation with him was melted to tears. How heavenly this experience is only those who have tasted it know. All the riches and honors of earth could not buy a moment of such time. When the sermon for I believe it de served that title was concluded, they trooped forward, those dear people, and told me of their pleasure. Especially do I remember the old gen tleman mention before, who, with tears streaming down his checks, thanked me with broken voice for the blessing I had brought him. So with my effort ended I drove home again, this experience of mine having clinched my decision to enter the ministry, and here I am, preaching the Gos- fiel and not sorry that I took the step into this ife-calliiig. though it meant a sacrifice of ambi tions. Why do so few of the young men go into the Gospel ministry? During the twenty years our family has resided in Princeton, 111., I am the only one who has gone from that town of 4,500 people into the Gospel ministry. My classmates are lawyers, doctors, teachers, business men. Here am I, alone representing the ministry. Pastor Swedish Evangelical Mission church. (Nest "My First Stnttoa," by Rav. Emanuel L. Rmm.) People and Events Things are popping in suffrage circles at Washington and a new drive against the White House projected. Field Marshal Mrs. Belmont hurried from New York to the front with $5,000 designed to put more "pep" into the silent sentinel campaign. The inventive skill of wet goods venders keep the dry sleuths guessing here and there. Schoon ers plowing the Potomac slip into cozy coves along the dry Virginia shore and unload pints and quarts of hot stuff to all comers. The experience suggests great possibilities of future navigation on the Missouri and other dry boundary streams. Professional beggary hat become a lost art in Greater New York. Formerly the easiest means of living off the people, it is now almost extinct, due to the energetic and intelligent work of the police "mendicancy squad." The latter separated impostert from - real charity cases, chased the former to jail or out of town, while charity cases were cared for and work provided for such at were able to work. The Massachusetts commission on the cost of living suggests a course of conduct for public bodies that embodies tound, common tense. Pointing out the certainty of lean years suc ceeding an era of abnormal-prosperity, the com mission urges the legislature, city governments and all public bodies to defer for the present, wherever possible, the spending of money for public buildings. A direct saving may be effected m building material by delay and employment in sured in public workt in dull times I r-arafr-toaaar m m u Health Hint for the Day. Authorities claim that with cream and, If the patient wishes it, brown sugar, raw meat Juice Is a valuable medicine to be used In treating anaemia. One Year Ago Today In the War. ' German warships reported to be cruising off the coast of Holland. Petrograd reported Russians had taken the offensive along moat of the front German naval staff announced that the raider Moewe had arrived at a home port with 1260,000 In gold cap tured from enemy ships. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Mrs. R. C. Patterson gave a re union dinner to her husband's mother and six brothers, who have not for twenty-two years all been together at one time. L. O. Jones, superintendent of the First Methodist Episcopal Sunday school, announces that a first-class orchestra will be a special attraction there every Sunday. Mrs. E. M. Smith of Creston, la., has come to Omaha and taken up lu residence on Burt street. Mrs. W. W. Murphy, widow of the late United States consul general at Frankfort, Is visiting, at Bishop Worthington's. Miss Carr and Miss Robinson, who have been the guests of Mrs. Gar neau, have returned to their home In Lexington, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. George L. Barney are rejoicing in the advent of a brand new and very lively young son. Henry Koll and Miss Grace Flebbe were granted a permit to take each other "for better, for worse." O. P. Moore, an estimable young man, until lately employed in The Bee office, died suddenly from inflamma tion of the brain. The new addition of North Omaha hag been placed on the, market. It Is owned and being sold by W. G. Shriver, Flack ft Homan and Stevens Bros. This Day In History. 1706 Sir George Pocock, the Brit ish admiral, who took Havana from the Spanish In 1762, born. Died In London April 3, 1792. 1820 Congress authorized the peo ple of Missouri to form a state con stitution. 1836 Texans who had retired to the Alamo were overpowered and massacred by the Mexicans under Santa Ana. 1845 Mexican minister at Wash ington protested against the admis sion of Texas Into the union and de manded his passports. 1867 The supreme court of the United States delivered the opinion in the Dred-Scott case. 1861 Salmon P. Chase resigned his seat as United States senator from Ohio to accept appointment as secre tary of the treasury. 1867 Charles F. Browne (Artemus Ward), famous American humorist, died in England. Born at Waterford, Me., April 26, 1884. 1882 Serbia was proclaimed a kingdom. 1889 Milan I of Serbia voluntarily abdicated in favor of his son. 1909 Ex-President Castro was for bidden to re-enter Venezuela. 1916 The Hay bill for increasing the army waa Introduced in congress. The Day We Celebrate. Dr. Charles W. Pollard waa born March 6, 1871, In Albany, N. Y. In addition to his practice, he gives gives instructions In obstetrics to the medi cal department of the University ot Nebraska. Frank W. Corliss, president ot the Waterloo Creamery company, was born March 6, 1842. at Richfield, Vt. 'He served nine years as county com missioner of Douglas county and still has his farm at Waterloo. . Charles Harding of the Harding Creamery company was born March 6, 1869, in Pike county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Harding is interested in various business organizations here in Omaha. Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer ot Scotland and hereditary keeper of Holyrood palace, born fifty-five years ago today. Prof. Archibald C. Coolidge of Har vard, appointed to investigate Red Cross operations and methods in Europe, born in Boston fifty-one years ago today. Truxton Beale, former United States minister to Persia and to the Balkan countries, born in San Francisco sixty-one years ago today. Dr. Albert Parker Fitch, who has resigned the presidency of Andover Theological seminary to accept a pro fessorship at Amherst college, born forty years ago today. William J. Sweeney, former well known shortstop of the Boston and Chicago National league base ball teams, now a coach at Boston college, born at Covington, Ky., thirty-ono years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. The seventh annual meeting of the nation council. Boy Scouts of Amer lca opens today In Washington. The annual meeting and sale of the Iowa Shorthorn Breeders' association opens today at Dm Moines and will continue over tomorrow. The village of Nameokl, 111., which la more than 100 years old, Is to hold Its first municipal election today. The town recently incorporated In order to -be able to retain its saloons. Southern Baptists, representing a membership ot more than 2,000,000, are to meet In convention today at Shreveport to consider the general topics of the religious obligations ot men and the need for wider Interest In missions. Governor of all the states have been invited to attend a conference tn Washington today to promote the project tor the establishment In the national capital of a permanent states exposition tor the display of the prod ucts and resources of each ot the com monwealths. Storyette ot the Day. Scribb and hit wife were going to the theater. "Will you please go up stairs and get my goat off the dressing table?" said Mrs. Scribb. "Your goats?" queried the puttied Scribb, "What new-tangled Idea have you women got nowT" "I'll ehow you!" snapped the wife. Then she sailed away and soon re turned, putting on her gloves. "Are those what you mean? Why, I call those kids." "I used to," replied MM. ' Scribb, "but they are getting so old I am ashamed to call them by that name any longer." Pittsburgh Dlsuatch. Race as a Food. Omaha, March 5. To the Editor of The Bee: I serj In the paper a good deal about rice as a substitute for potatoes. I would like to have your opinion on the subject of rice as a food. Is it possible that it could be cooked and put up like shredded wheat biscuits? If it can, It will go a long way toward cutting down the high cost of living. G. B. SMITH. No Right to Befoul the Air. Avoca, la., March 6. To the Editor of The Bee: Mrs. B. L. M. of Wayne, Neb., ought to receive the praise and congratulations of everyone tor her frank, truthful denunciation of "Offen sive Tobacco Smoke." Furthermore, every lady who patronizes the cafes should look upon and denounce the habit of smoking therein as an Insult. It these smokers would take the lib erty to dash into the faces of lady patrons some ot the pure, sparkling water which is served for them to drink, how many would tolerate such conduct? It Is safe to say that not many would do so. Furthermore, the perpetrators of the act would be asked to leave the place and would possibly be arrested' for disorderly conduct. ' Yet these same smokers are permit ted to befoul the air which every patron Is compelled to breathe and endure whether offensive or not. Of course, gentlemen do not do these things. No man has the right to be foul the atmosphere which others must breath any more than he has the right to befoul the water which others must drink, and no thoughtful, considerate gentleman will do It, espe cially where he knows that it is liable to be offensive to others, as he must know it to be In public eating places. F. A. TURNER. Break With Germany Justified. Valley, Neb., March 4. To the Editor of The Bee: Do you think Wilson was Justified in severing dip lomatic relations with Germany? If so, please give me some good points ior a debate. Please let me see your answer before March 7. STILL A SCHOOL GIRL. Note: The Bee expressed Its ap proval at the time. Having given an ultimatum as to what would follow continuance of the unrestricted sub marine warfare there was no course for us to pursue on the notification by Germany but to carry out the previ ously announced intention. Just Won't Believe It. Plalnview, Neb., March 6. To the Editor of The Bee: There Is a rumor circulated through the press about a plot Detween Germany, Mexico and Japan to make war on the United States. The document to this effect, signed by the German secretary. Dr. Zimmerman, was found in former Ambassador Bernstorff's office, the re port says. Can any sane man believe a story like this? Can anybody be lieve a careful man like Mr. Bern' sfcorff would scatter documents of that kind around the office while on duty in Washington? If he had had such a document he certainly would have kept it. We are Inclined to believe that If such a document was found at all It Is a forgery by somebody to stimulate people for a war against Germany. We are In trouble with Mexico already without German In fluence and Japan is an ally to Eng land, so the rumor is nothing but non sense. T. STEINKRAUS. Protests on Water Pipe Charge. Florence, Neb., March S. To the Editor of The Bee: Seeing an edi torial in an Omaha paper entitled. "Burdening Water Consumers," I take the liberty to say that there are decid edly two sides to this question. It is all very well and good for a man who has had his water main laid and paid for by the water company to say that the other fellow should not enjoy the same privilege, but that he should be compelled to pay 60 cents per front foot for the water main that is laid in front of his property, which is for the convenience of the water company mucn more so tnan his own, as it allows the water company to furnish water to users that are many blocks further on that he has no Interest In, but Is compelled to pay for the pipe laying and all expenses for furnishing these people water. There are many coses like my own, or even worse, in the city of Florence, and I might add, also in Greater Omaha. Having a 264- foot frontage I waa compelled to pay lui wnen tne water main was run by my place. I was also compelled to put In eighty feet of lead pipe, me ter and other equipment, making the cost almost amount to 1200. Under the old regime none of this would have been necessary, and I wish to say that when you wrote this article you did not stop to think how hard It la for a poor man to try to pay this exorbitant sum besides try ing to pay for his home and raise his family In a decent manner. Ksti mating the savings that I am able to make by the present reduced water rate and figuring my outluy that I have been compelled to make at the rate ot 6 per cent interest, I find at the end of twenty years I am loser by this system 8370. I would like to ask: Is this fair or Just? I say. "No." Municipal ownership that does not reduce the rates of all equally. but doubles one person's rate and gives the other a 60 per cent reduction is not a success. Right here in Flor ence there are many persons who are worse hit by this unfair system than I am. I would also like to ask is this necessary? In almost every public meeting Mr. Howell has been brag ging about the large amount ot money that he has been able to accumulate upwards of 2,000,000, I believe. So It does seem as though the water company could well afford to lay these OlilCOEUEF FROM CONSTIPATION Get Dr. Edwarda' Olivt Tablets That it the joyful cry of thousand! since Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tab lets, the substitute for calomel Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician for 17 years and calomel's old-time en emy, discovered the formula for Olive Tablet! while treating patientt for chronic, constipation and torpid livers. Or. Edwards' Olive Tablets do not contain calomel, but a beating, tooth ing vegetable laxative. No griping is the "keynote" of these little sugar-coated, olive-colored tablets. They cause the bowels and liver to act normally. They never force them to unnatural action. If you have "dark brown mouth" now and then a bad breath a dull, tired feeling tick headache torpid liver and are constipated, youll find quick, sure and only pleasant results from one or two little Dr. Edwarda' Olive Tablets at bedtime. Thousand! take one or two every night just to keep right Try them, 10c and 25c per box. All druggists. - mains themselves and yet make a large per cent over and above operat ing expenses. I have often heard the preacher preaching on robbing Peter to pay Paul, and I think this) must be where Mr. Howell got his inspiration. As the water company sharges. SI per running foot for every foot of water pipe laid, and as I am told that It takes less than this to pay the entire expense ot furnishing the pipe and lay it, then the question uppermost in my mind is who owns these water mains? We, who havs to pay for It, or the water company, who does not invest one cent in it? If we ownhese mains as I believe we do should not the water company pay us a reason able rental for the use of these mains? I hope the legislature will see the Injustice of this system as practiced by the Omaha Water com pany and pass this most Just measure that is now before their honorable body and compel the water company to refund the money that it has forced poor people who are try to pay for their homes to pay. There are thou sands in Omaha and the surrounding territory who have been as badly treated, or even worse, than I have been. The people had this In mind when they voted to give the electric light company a new franchise. They did not want to pay for poles, wiring, me ters and all such paraphernalia that is necessary in installing electric light. A. P. BRADY. The Theory of Gravitation. Omaha, March 6. To the Editor of The Bee: I am always Interested In the articles of Garret P. SerVlss. In his article of this date he advances an Interesting theory upon the sub ject of gravitation. He speaks of it as a new theory, which it Is, and attributes It to a recent idea of Dr. Charles F. Brush. Now to do credit to an old resi dent of Omaha, permit me to say that some six or seven years ago my friend. Prof. J. J. Points, advanced this iden tical theory in an article which he wrote for my publication, the Chancel lor. Prof. Points' Idea was that gravi tation is a push and not a pull: that the "pushing" agency is the ether, which permeates everything. So far as I have been able to learn, Prof. Points is entitled to the credit for first propounding this theory. The idea is so logical and simple that It seems to make the laws of gravity far more easier to compre hend. Scientists agree that there is some element, or agency of some sort, which permeates all things. It is colorless, tasteless and invisible. They term it ether. Prof. Points' idea is that this , ether fills the space that we commonly allude to as the "earth's attraction.'' Then his theory extends further In assuming that the center of the earth la a vortex Into which this ether eter nally streams. It rushes from the space about the earth, pushing every thing before it. Now, the molecules of some sub stances are more closely allied, more compact, than are those of some oth ers and thereby offer to this stream of ether a greater resistance. Yet the power of this stream of ether is Irresistible. In Its rush toward the center of the earth It passes through all things, but when it encounters compact solids rocks, for instance in contrast with substances less solid, the effect is to force them more yjlently toward the earth's center. Just, for instance, as a wall thrown across a stream of water, would require greater strength to maintain it than would be required in the same position a wire netting. The water would pass through the netting with greater ease than lilt could through a solid wall. It is a very interesting theory. I am not pretending to express It in scientific terms not even in the terms used by Prof. Points but in my own way. My obvious purpose Is to give credit where credit is due and at the same time recognize one of our own honored citizens. L. J. QUINBY. CHEERY CHAFF. Lawyer Did you see what passed be tween the two men during the affray? witness No, air. Lawyer But you were present, weren't you? Witness Yes, sir: nut my eyes are not quick enough to follow a bullet. BoBton Transcript. "War seems to be very much like that old genlt who got out of the bottle in the 'Arabian Nights.' " "How'a that?" "Why, It's a hanged site easier to let It loose than it is to cork it up again." Boston Transcript. "An Intellectual feat as 'welt as one Il lustrating gynastio prowess." 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