THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1917.
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Signs of the times: Blank dates in newi dis
patches. '
No home is so humble that it cannot afford s
flag for the window.
Incidentally, it is another ahower of gold for
the telegraph companies,
All eyes on Washington and ill ears alert for
the president's menage I
Get eloie behind the spring cleanup drivel
Otherwise, the dust is your'.
Lent said in explanation of the Zimmermann
note, ths better. It simply cannot be satisfac
torily explained.
In appraising the various symptoms of patriot
iim the devotion of the lawmakers in working for
glory should not be overlooked.
Hia majesty the hog at 15 per on the hoof
uggests to those who carry home the bacon the
need of police protection along the route.
With congress monopolizing the spotlight
there is nothing worth while in sight to detain
state lawmakers. A motion to adjourn sine die
is strictly in order.
Colonel Roosevelt, Colonel Bryan and Colonel
Watteraon hold down different sections of
Florida, yet the state insists it is at peace with
itself and the rest of the world.
When Florence is annexed to Omaha it will
lose its separate postmaster. That's nothing,
however, for South Omaha's postoffice . waa
merged before that city waa annexed.
How fast the world moves! The most strenu
ous advocates of a declaration of armed neutrality
today are the very same ones who were vigor
ously opposing such a declaration one month ago.
r,- T-b' ktoldeH anniversary of taking over Alaska
at 2 cents per acre is a cheery reminder of Untie
Sam's success as a master realtor. So long aa he
confined operations to the mainland returns in
variably crowded the profit side of the ledger.
The rush for land bank loans Is moderate,
considering the bargain terms. Five per cent
money is such a rarity in the west that demand
may tax resources as soon aa borrowing land
owners acquire working knowledge of the ayatem,
With every product of the farm bringing top
prices and federal money available at bargain
rates, the boy or girl who leaves the farm for the
towa or city virtually exchanges wealth and In
dependence for a mighty uncertain prospect in
the jostling crowd.
Herr Zimmermann insists that Uncle Sam
possessed himself of that Mexican plot tetter in
a "not unobjectionable way." It is not the way
that is objectionable to the plotters, but our
unexpected possession of the information and its
exposure to the world. k
If the street railway, or the telephone, or the
railroads, or any other public utility habitually
disregarded complaints about service the way
the postoffice does, what an an outcry there
would be and how irresistible would be the de
mand for public ownership!
The opening of the British imperial congress
in London .marks the beginning of an epoch in
the government of the empire. The war knitted
the various parts of the empire together as never
before and makes possible the realization of the
dream of imperial federation and a representa
tive parliament That such will be the outcome
of the steps now under way admits of little doubt
if the lessons of the war are heeded.
Federal Farm Loam
-Wall Straat 1
In fixing a uniform rate of 5 per cent on farm
mortgages throughout the country, the Federal
Farm Loan board makes a bold bid for business
It is a radical departure, in view of the existing
range of average mortgage rates from 5.3 per cent
to 10.5 per cent in the various states. The dis
parity in the rate will be more pronounced in
the southern and western sections. Here in the
east, the 5 per cent rate will douhtlesa not make
such a strong appeal, since banking facilities are
broader, and the satutory interest rates range
lower than in other parts of the country.
Naturally a new competitor in the field must
be prepared to undersell the market. In the case
of the Federal Land banks this is particularly
necessary, because, in addition to the decided
novelty of the enterprise, the fact that farm loana
are to be made by the new institutions at not
exceeding 50 per cent valuation, and 20 per cent
on improvements, will atand out in relief in the
eyes of prospective borrowers. The rate must be
attractive to offset this disadvantage.
Nevertheless, there is no gainsaying that this
is a tremendous benefit now offered to the farm
ins; community. The opportunity will be readily
seized. To be able to borrow at 5 per cent, and
with the loan amortized, easily, over a period
of forty years, is an undoubted boon to prospec
tive land owners. For the country as a whole, it
means enhanced production of the soil.
Farm development in this country has reached
a stage, under the ordinary credit machinery,
which admitted of relatively slow future progress.
There is still a large field to be developed, which
the regular banking standards could not reach.
Now, new facilities and fresh resources of credit
have been devised to open up that hitherto neg
lected field, and good results should be manifest
for many years to come . '
What Answer Will Congress Give?
Congress will meet in extraordinary session
today, having before it the most momentous and
important single question to answer ever pre
sented to that body.
What response it will return may only be sur
mised, but some points well established in advance
seem to warrant a prediction. If President Wil
son frankly and definitely states his wishes, it is
almost certain he will be granted what he asks.
If he refers the German question to congress
without specific recommendations, we will prob
ably be treated to interminable debate, and weeks
may elapse before a conclusion, if any, is reached,
Beyond thia all is conjecture. Mr. Wilson haa
been feeling out public sentiment ever since the
adjournment of the Sixty-fourth congress, and
his action in setting ahead by two weeks the date
for the extraordinary aession, after he had once
called it to assemble, may be taken as an indica
tion that he had made up his mind what to do.
Cabinet conferences since then, as well as con
sultations with leaders of his party, must have
confirmed him in his conclusion. He is aware of
what opposition he will encounter within the
democratic circles, and he knows what support
he may look for from the republicans. His ad
dress, therefore, ought to be given with confidence
as to its reception.
Something will depend on the speed - with
which organization is effected in the house. If
the democrats hold the support of the five "inde
pendents," congress should be in working order in
a very short time after it is called to order today,
and we should know before the week is out what
the immediate course of the United States in
reference to the war is to be.
"Sweet Bells Jangled Out of Tune.".
Americans of today are agreed on single point,
that war should be avoided if possible. When
this point is passed opinions and beliefs begin to
diverge, and as the quest for information or sup
port proceeds the ways to obtain and aecure peace
multiply until the Inquiring observer is lost in the
maze. Leaders of thought, real or imaginary,
point in every direction, until the bewilderment
of honest, patriotic citizens seeking the right
road is made complete. In all our history such
another situation has not been encountered. It
is not because the devotion of the people to
American ideals is lessened, nor that patriotism
Is weakened as a controlling impulse; it may be
for lack of some one great leader, whose person
ality and influence can command attention and
crystalize opinion into concerted action.
Our president has moved for four years in a
valley of indecision; statesmanship for him has
been a process of experiments rather tha of pos
itive action. His party associates and advisers
have acquired from him something of his vac
illating ways and the resultant discord obscures
the issue and prevents conclusion. Outside ad
ministration circles voices, more or less impres
sive and potent, are heard, each giving advice, but
not one supporting another. For nearly twenty
three months this nation haa quivered on the very
brink of war, with never a chance to draw back,
fully realizing that any serious efforts to main
tain national dignity or to secure the safety of
citizens in the peaceful pursuit of their own af
fairs might plunge us into the maelstrom of con
flict, and we are as far away from a decision, ap
parently, as ever.
We still agree that we do not want war, that
we prefer peace and friendly relations with all
the world, but the "sweet bells" of the nation's
reason are sadly "jangled out of tune." What
shock must we have to solidify public sentiment
and set us all moving along a definite course?
. , Farm and Factory Workers.
The April bulletin of the Department of Labor
contains quite a bit of useful information, dealing
mainly with questions of wages and cost of living.
Conclusions based on tabulations of pricea and
wages are that the city workers actually receive
less pay now than ten years ago, because of the
sharp advance in cost of living. This haa been
well recognized, as is the additional fact that the
workers are not alone in feeling the effect of the
extraordinary inflation of values. What ia of
curious interest in connection with the price and
wage movement is that the farm worker has a
decided advantage over the factory worker.
While farm wages have not advanced so fast as
those paid by factories, the important items of
board and lodging generally are included in the
farm hand's contract He, therefore, has not as
yet felt the uplift in the cost of feeding himself.
Hia money will not go any farther than the city
worker's in the purchase of clothing or similar
articles, but his way of life requires less of him in
this regard, he is relieved of the charge of trans
porting himself to and from hia place of employ
ment and evades a number of fixed charges that
must be met by the city' worker. Viewed from
this standpoint, the farm hand is much better off
under existing conditions than his fellow who
toili in the workshop.
Crime and the "Food Cards."
How certainly the systematic arrangement of
the German Internal administration directs all
things to the end that no citizen may overreach
another at a time when alt are subject to strict
regulation is shown by the effect of the food card.
From Berlin comes the information that this
government arrangement for distributing provi
sions, that alt may be fed, that each may have
enough and none too much, haa had a decided
effect on reducing crime. The explanation is
simple enough. One criminal, whose course had
baffled pursuit surrendered himself to the authori
ties. He had found he could not get anything to
eat without a food card and he could only get
the card by applying at the police station. Rather
than starve he ended the chase, which had not
been especially energetic, for the police felt cer
tain he must either go hungry or come to them.
When the authorities generally get such control
over the conditions of life crime will largely
vanish.
' Once in a while the knocker's hammer becomes
a boomerang. The esteemed Clarence H. Venner,
broker, bond buyer and welcher, essayed recently
to block the plans of a railroad by the injunction
route. After much heated argument the court
ruled againat Venner and taxed him with all costs
and $1,666.67 each for the personal counsel of
eight defendants Mr. Venner's opinion of New
York justice would doubtless shrivel asbestos
paper. ,
If the conversational peace plan of Colonel
Bryan is all that the maker represents, no time
should be lost in giving it a practical tryout
The strained relations between the liquor inter
ests and the colonel urgently calls for a trial
test of the hot air harmonizer. A grave situa
tion needs heroic treatment
The Stake of Czarism
-Nav Vara Tlnai
"The autocracy of Russia," said JaakofT Pre
looker, the author of many revolutionary books
and the last editor of the Anglo-Russian, a
monthly periodical published in London just be
fore the war, "is like the head of a family grown
too Iarse for personal direction and control. Sue
cessive autocrats, or czars, have attempted to
preserve personal control through members of
I, . i ft.. i - . .i
ineir laniuy anu muac in ayinuauiy wiiu incm
until an immense bureaucracy has been evolved
which is entirely apart from the people except
as it controls their life and property in the name
of the czar. The autocrat, because of this bu
reaucracy, would grant no rights to the people
which would transfer its power to them any more
than the father of a family would surrender any
ot nu domestic ngnts to nis children without
abdicating as their head.
In the many ways in which the czar and his
family and their servants of the bureaucracy have
managed to maintain the autocracy, the land
question and the imperial revenues are said to
offer a striking example for immediate adjust
ment by the revolution.
Since the treaty of Portsmouth the Russian
Empire has occupied 8,647,657 square miles or
one-seventh of the land surface of the globe. It
has a population of about 200,000,000, or fewer
than twenty-hve to the square mile. Nominally
the autocrat "owns'1 both land and people, but he
and his tamily out ot the immense total of VW,
063,763 acres actually own and receive the reve
nue from 680,938,927 acres, about 70 per cent of
the whole land area of Russia; one-tenth that
of the world. The balance, or 267.124.836 acres.
is distributed as follows, according to the 1910
report of the Department of Agriculture, the
latest:
Acres.
Nobility 181,606,519
Merchant 36,321.303
Peasants 35,141,886
Landed proprietors 8,381,839
Other classes , 5,673,289
Total 267,124,836
The nobility number about 1,400,000, the agri
cultural classes (peasants and landed proprietors)
110,000,000. Thus the tiller of the soil and tax
payer possess on the average about one-third of
an acre; the Russian nobleman, who does not pay
taxes, possesses on an average some 18.
To put the case in another form: From every
384 loaves of bread produced by the Russian agri
culturist the noble land owner alone takes away
aome 383 loaves for himself, leaving one loaf for
the producer, from which the latter has yet to
devote a part to satisfy the state or autocratic
tax collector.
In many instances, aside from the tax. there is
an autocratic perquisite in kind; as, for example,
in tne trapping ot sables. About every one in
ten is a jet black sable. These from time im
memorial have been the property of the Ro
manoff family, and may be worn in Russia by no
one else under severe penalty. Other penalties
are attached to attempts to export the black pelts.
Concerning the autocratic power of the czar
and how it may be used independently of any
legislative functions of the Council of the Em-
lire, or Duma, M, Prelooker haa cited the fol
owing instances:
"An action was brought against Princess
Imeretinsky by her late husband's heirs. . The
princess privately petitioned his majesty to inter
vene on her behalf, and he ordered the plaintiffs
to be .nonsuited, against the decision of the law.
Similarly, in a case when the Tula . bank was
charged with the sale of the estates of a bank
rupt to satisfy the claims of creditors, the czar
interfered, issued a personal order stopping the
sale and suspending the operation of the law.
"Again, in another case, some nobleman sold
his estate to a syndicate of merchants; the trans
action was properly carried out, and legally rati-
tied, nut czar Nicholas 11, by tiis autocratic
power, canceled the deed of sale, and ordered the
property returned to the original owner, whose
only desire had been to obtain the use of the pur
chase price for a few months."
Nobody knows exactly the amount of the czar's
enormous iucome. The expenditure of some of it
is traceable to certain public works whose bud
gets are matters of public record, and a large part
is known to be absorbed by his family and their
dependents, who number about 3,000, and are en
tirety apart from the noble class, which has no
Romanoff affiliations. According to M. Prelooker
the czar "takes" an annual salary of $12,500,000:
"I use the expression 'takes' deliberately, for
there ia no one, no law or institution in Russia
that could veto the assignment by the czar to
himself of any sum he is pleased to name. Be
sides this enormous revenue, he derives yet an
other annual income from his private estates and
mines, the latter being worked by common and
political convicts."
According to the "Almanach Hachette," the
czar enjoys an annual income of $42,500,000, or
$85 every minute. , . .
There is still another source of income which,
with the consent of the czar, is more or less de
voted to the support of his immediate family.
This is from the Romanoff property of 680,938,
927 acres, 32,000,000 acres of which are at present
productive. This yields an annual revenue of
$10,000,000. This sum goes for the support of the
grand dukes and duchesses, who number forty
six, many of whom draw yet other incomes from
private sources, or from various posts occupied
in the army and navy, or in the general admin
istration of the bureaucracy posts which, of
course, outside of the actual working depart
ments which extend from the ministries down, to
the most insignificant official, are mostly sine
cures. The Russian autocracy has been, therefore, not
only a political form of government, but a tre
mendously paying business for the autocrat him
self and all his relations, near and remote.
The disposition of the properties of the Ro
manoffs will naturally be one of the first problems
for a new government to solve, for the members
of that family, while abdicating all political rule,
may still, as individuals, claim that vast wealth as
their own.
People and Events
Co-eds at the University of Minnesota will not
do a Hawaiian dance in bare legs, A delegation
of shocked mammaa saw the grass skirts and or
dered stockings.
John Murray's bay mare got tired of being a
land-lubber in New York and started to swim to
sea. John pursued in a rowboat and had a hard
time wheedling her back with a halter and a wisp
of hay. '
President Wilson's daughter, Miss Margaret
Is a good lobbyist She got the O. K. of Governor
Whitman and several New York senators on the
bill permitting the use of public schools for civic
forums.
To remain beautiful eat an onion, half a pound
of cabbage or spinach, half a grated turnip and
a handful of cranberries daily, Mrs. Anna Peter
son, domestic science lecturer, told club women in
St Paul
"Some 300 artillerymen," says the Minneapolis
Journal, "who served their countrymen faithfully
on the Mexican border, are now walking the
streets of the Twin Cities without irteney, without
jobs and even without clothes to wear, only what
the government lets them use." Nebraska and
South Dakota handed their soldier sons much
the same kind of a dose. Still, all three states are
strong for Old Glory,
Beginning at the foot of the newspaper ladder
fourteen years ago, William H. Rankin of Chicago
reaches the high goal of a newspaper advertising
agen-v bearing his name. The Rankin company
takes over the Mahin advertising agency this
week and launches into a much wider field of
advertising activities. Associated with Mr. Ran
kin are Wilbur D. Nesbit poet and prose artist,
and Herman A. Groh, financier and trade expert
Proverb for the Day.
A game is never won until It's
ended.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Second Zeppelin raid on England
and Scotland Killed sixteen ana in
lured 100 Dersons.
British steamer Perth sunk, six Uvea
belne lost
French regained most of Calllette
wood between Douaumont and Vaux,
Verdun.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago,
C. V. Gallagher, the recently ap
pointed postmaster, has just returned
from an eastern trip and states that
he met President Cleveland while In
Washington and had a very pleasant
taiK wun mm.
C. W. Beall & Co. have purchased
the well-known commission business
of Fearon & Cole and will continue
business at the old stand.
Fireman John Taggart of Truck 1
has secured a ten days' leave ot ab-
2
sence and will, during that time, lead
a bride to the altar.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Currier gave a
birthday reception In honor of their
daughter at their residence, Twenty
fifth and Woolworth. Ths following
guests were present: Messra and Mes
dames Darrell, Barr, Weber, George
Swlgart R. W. Clayton, Rath, Clancy,
Patterson, L. A. Rhoades, Stephenson,
Misses Minnie Dergen, E. Brown, M.
Green, C. Rath, Messra C. W. Moul
tnn, Geortre Rath. R. M. Patterson.
William Rhoades, Henry Rhoades and
Arthur Bollard.
The funeral of Patrick O'Gradv oc
curred at Bt Phllomena's cathedral.
The following were pall bearers: John
Rush, T. P. Brennan, Domlnick Mul
hun, John Ward, E. J. Brennan and
Thomas McGovern. '
J. B. Carmlchael and E. A. Benson
have returned from Davenport, where
they have been settling up their Interests.
This Day In History.
1781 United States shlD Alliance
captured two British privateers.
1792 United States mint estab
lished at Philadelphia.
1801 British under Lord Nelson
bombarded Copenhagen and destroyed
Danish fleet
1847 Alvarado. Mex.. surrendered
to the Americans.
1866 Grant assaulted and carried
the works about Petersburg, Va. '
1866 President Johnson proclaimed
the war between the States at an end.
1886 Great meeting in London to
protest against proposed Home Rule
for Ireland. .
1891 General Albert Pike, who
distinguished himself in the Mexican
war and in the confederate service,
died In Washington, D. C. Born In
Boston December 29, 1809.
1898 The Snantsh fleet havlnar
sailed from Cadii on the eve of war
with the United States, arrived at Cape
de Verde Islands.
1900 Boers captured 600 British
officers and men at Reddersburg.
The Day We Celebrate.
Judge William A. Redick is 58 to
day. He was born right here in
Omaha and practiced law with hia
father for many years nrior to going:
on the bench.
Dr. Andrew Johnson, nhyslclan. was
born April i, 1860, In Sweden. He
Was superintendent of the Nebraska
Institution for the Feeble-Minded at
Beatrice under Governors Dietrich,
Savage, Mickey and Sheldon.
General Sir O'Moore Creagh, one of
the most distinguished living veterans
ot the British military service, born
In County Clare, Ireland, sixty-nine
years ago today.
Lieutenant General Sir Bryan T.
Mahon, commanding the British
forces on ths western front of Egypt
born in County Galway, Ireland, fifty
five years ago today.
William B, Wilson, secretary of la
bor in President -Wilson's cabinet and
one of the mediators in the recent
railway dispute, born at Blantyre,
Scotland, fifty-five years ago today.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi
dent of Columbia university, born at
Elizabeth, N. J,, fifty-five years ago
today.
Prof. J. Laurence Laughlln. for
twenty-five years a member of tha
faculty of the University of Chicago,
born at Deerueld, O., sixty-seven years
ago today.
Dr. Carl L. Alsberg. chief of the
bureau of chemistry ot ths United
States Department of Agriculture.
born ia New York forty years ago to
day. I
Hugh A. Jennings, manager of the
Detroit American league base ball
team, born at Plttston, Pa, forty
seven years ago today,
Timely Jottings and Reminders,
Called together in SDeelal session hv
President Wilson, the two houses of
the Slxty-flth congress will assemble
at noon today to receive from the
chief executive "a communication
concerning grave matters ot national
policy."
Thlrtv-flve years aro todav Alfred
C. Bradford . tar ted his career in the
employ of the Standard Oil company,
of which great corDoratlon he waa re
cently elected president to succeed the
late jonn o. Archbold.
The Drellmlnary session of the Mex
ican house of deputies assembles to
day in Mexico City,' According to an
official statement the gathering will
have no international significance.
The 175,000 mine workers employed
In tha anthracite field will keep a holi
day today In celebration of the first
anniversary of the granting of ths
eight-hour day, which they won In
their agreement with the operators a
year ago.
steps to give tne American lumber
Industry a new impetus, through bet
ter co-operation between tho various
sections of the country, are to be
taken at the annual meeting of the
National Lumber Manufacturers' as
sociation, which opens today In Chi
Storyette of the Day.
Jerome S. McWade said of the man
agement of children in a recent Bun
day school address: "Diplomacy suc
ceeds beet with the little ones. A lad
of 8 came purring and rosy in out of
the cold the other night and said:
'Pa, I'm tired. I ve sawed enough
wood for this evening, i n't I? I'm
awful tired.'
Tired! cried his father, looking
up from his paper with an air of sur
prise ana disappointment 'Why, I
bet your mother a quarter you'd have
tha whole pile done before supper.'"
"Did you?' shouted the boy, taking
up his hat and mittens again.
" "Well, you'll win your money If the
saw holds out Nobody ever bet on
me and lost
And he rushed hack to his hard
task again, his eyes flaming with en
thusiasm." Philadelphia Bulletin.
Who Will Write to a Prisoner?
Denver, April 1. To the Editor of
The Bee: Ours is a generous-hearted
country and the sympathy of our peo'
pie Is easily aroused when causes of
distress are made known to them, giv
ing abundantly of their dollars.
There is a form of distress to which
few give a thought and for which I
am asking something far more subtle
than money. I am appealing in the
cause of friendless prisoners to whom
a word of sympathy and hope is more
tnan an tne dollars in tne world.
Everyone knows how quickly the so
called friends depart at the first sound
of reverses and how quickly the world
turns up its nose. Friends are good in
prosperity, but who has not known the
far greater value of a friend In
adversity?
Who will be that agent of mercy
and correspond with some of these
friendless ones? Many today are
earnestly asking for correspondents.
Their names may be obtained from
Dr. H. N. Stokes, the O. E. Library,
181)7 (4 street, Washington.
NELLIE RANDOLPH.
Still Nineteen Wooden Indians.
Omaha, March 80. To the Editor
of The Bee: Upon my return from the
senate, two years ago, I had occasion
to refer to the "nineteen wooden In
dians" in that body who served not
the interests of the people. It seems
that there still remain the same num
ber. Thank God that one of those to
whom I referred two years ago, from
this county, has taken a higher posi
tion at this session. Senator Howell
alone of the delegation from Douglas
county has maintained a creditable
record throughout this session.
Senator Robertson, however, true to
his past unprogresslve record, be
comes the leader of the "wooden In
dians." It is somewhat amusing to hear
Senator Albert speak of the failure
of a law that has not public sentiment
back of It He is the author of the
Albert law. Had that law been sub
mitted to the people of Omaha, among
whom it was chiefly designed to oper
ate, at the time of Its Introduction
It would have gotten few votes.
Senator Beal still remains the fear
less and splendid character .that he
proved himself to be two years ago.
The words of Senator McAllister
upon the amendments to the "dry"
bill, Introduced by Robertson, In re
ferring to "prohibition" as the virgin
being clothed in the garments of the
harlot and desecrated by libertines,
fitly describe the situation. It is to
be hoped that the house, rather than
accept the amendments of the senate.
will defeat the bill entirely and leave
the Slocum law to deal with the situa
tion. Again I have good reason to ask
why is a "sitting" committee t and
why Is a senate? The solution is the
anoiition of tne state senate, retain
ing only one legislative house.
L. J. QUINBT.
Hlsrepresentattve Representatives.
Calhoun, Neb.. March 81. To the
Editor of The Bee: The action of the
Nebraska senate on the liquor amend
ment is one ot the best of the many
reasons advanced why the state could
to Its great advantage dispense for
many . years with the services of a
legislature. The voters by an over
whelming majority decided last fall
that they were through with booze
and booze dictation, but it is evident
that they were mistaken.
Kaiserism and czarism are not con
fined to the other aide of the Atlantic,
when a handful of mlsrepresentatlves
of popular government can thus
thwart the will of the people. It
would be Interesting to the public to
know by what sort of Inducements
these few senators were persuaded to
betray the democratic party and the
great state of Nebraska. Such action
makes us feel that possibly Russia is
making a mistake In changing from
a monarchy to a republican form of
government.
C. F. A. NEBRASKA VOTER.
being absolutely free from smallpox.
One ot the first means he adopted in
producing this result was to abolish
vaccination entirely."
Vaccination made Cleveland one of
the worst-infected cities. Common
sense freed Cleveland In three months.
llrater. England. Dresents a very
similar case. It is a non-vaccinating
city, practically free from emallpox.
The benefits of sanitation, disinfec
tion and quarantine are freely admit
ted by the medical profession in the
cases of all contagious diseases except
smallpox. But where smallpox is con
cerned there is a curious changs of
front everything is due to vaccina
tion. The day is coming when the vacci
nation delusion will be adduced aa
proof of the ignorance and super
stition of twentieth century times.
H. H. SOMERS, D. O.
LAUGHING GAS.
, Proror What ar the u of hot air?
Student It 1 frequently employtd In ora
tory to set the audience warmed up to th
subject Boston Transcript
"A congreaamatl haa sreat power. The
used to any that you can't recapture th
poken word.".
"Well?"
"Tt a congreasmarj Is allowed to with
draw hia remark." Loulivlll Courier
Journal.
IfflCS LOME MAKE THE
K.YimiW NKugKri
(mi $Ett.Z2Y AMb
I PROPOSE!
Mr. Eaa I told that alrl what ta do and
she haan't dona It at all.
Exe 1 preium your order went ta one
ear and right out the other.
Mr. Exe Oh. no. Indeed: SB Raver
set anything through her head aa easily
that. Boston Transcript
'Tea, we've gone to housekeeping. My
wife haa bought a machine to mix th
bread, another to stir the caxe, a nreiess
cooker and a whole lot of other devices.
And now we need Just one thing mora."
What that?"
"A machtnst who oan cook." Boaton
Transcript.
'Anybody try to sell you (old bricks
while you waa to town?"
'No." reolled Farmer corntossel. "uoi
the cltv fellers tamed, we have. They're o
busy looking for cold storage eggs rnd imi
tation butter they ain't got time to think.
up no more trloks on us innocent, tjnsuB
pectln' farmers.' Washington Star.
SOMETHING IN A FLAG.
More About Vaccination.
Neola, Isl, March 31. To the Editor
of The Bee: Tho "weighty evidence
for vaccination" -which Dr. Connell
gives in The Bee Is a joke. He tells
about the wonderful success of vac
cination in freeing the city of Cleve
land from smallpox. Here are the
facts as recorded at the time of the
epidemic in the Railway News Herald.
November S, 1911:
"To Dr. Frederick, In charge of the
Health board of Cleveland. O.. is due
the credit of furnishing the civilized
world with an example of a large city
Eoren Ware (IronqutU.)
There Is something In ft flag
And In a little burnished e&irle
That li more than emblematic
It It florioua. It la regal.
You mar never live to feel It,
You mar never be in danger.
You mar never vlelt foreign lands
And play the role of stranger.
Yon may never tn the army check
The march of an Invader.
You may never on the ocean cheer
Tha swarthy oannonader.
But If these should happen to you.
Then, when age la on you pressing.
And your great big booby boy
Comes to ask your final -belaslng.
You should tell him, "Son of mtna.
Be your station proud or frugal.
When your country calls her children
And you hear the blare of bugle,
Don't you stop to think of Kansae,
Or the Quota of your county.
Don't you go to asking questions,
Don't 3u stop for pay or bounty.
But you volunteer at once.
And go where orders take you,
And obey them to the letter,
If they make you or they break you.
Hunt that flag and stay you with It,
Be you wealthy or plebeian;
Let the women sing the dirges,
Scrap the lint and chant the pean.
Though ths magaslnes and journals
Teem with antiwar persuasion
And the stay at homes and cowards
Gladly take the like occasion.
Don't you ever dream of asking
Is the war a right or wrong onet
You are In It and your duty Is
To make the fight a brave and strong &
And you stay until It's over,
Be tne war a short or long one;
Make amends when the war Is over
Then the power with you Is Ivlnsri
Then If wrong do ample Justice
jbui mac nag, you Keep flying.
'1.
If that flag goes down to ruin,
Time Will then, without a wamlnv.
Turn the dial back to midnight.
Ana me worm must wait anotner morning'.
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