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THE BEE; OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1917, 6 ''in The Omaha Bee DAILY IMQF.KINQ EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omahp postofficc as second-class matter. , TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ' tiv terrier. Hj Mill. Daltr mil Hnndar per month. AM oer tear. SAW Dal srctiwttt similar - Se " J Enrtiot ao4 Sunday " i!la . ! z tiiu without Sunday " 2 goada; B onl ",.! .. , 7 ,t?a Bros notice of clunee of addreaa or Irreiulsrttr In deUnr? la Onaha Baa, Circulation Urpartmnit. REMITTANCE Bruit tij drift, fipreu or pwtal ofr (Ml -ent stamps taken IB paraimt of small acrcmnu. I 'era: oat chacs. except oa Omaha and eaaurn exchange, aot areerswl- OFFICES. maris The Bm Bulldlnt. t'l.tau-o Penr.le'j list Kulldina. Soh 0m!is-4S27 8. 24tn St. JCew Vor-Uiii KiftU Ae. Cowdl Bluffe-M K. Main at. Kt. Wta-fw U'Il nf OPjimjrra. Lincoln Little Uuildint Waahlupon Zip Uth HI CORRESPONDENCE address eoBnenritratlnria feiaOM ta aewi sud editorial matter t Omaha Bee. Bdiiarial Department. JUNE CIRCULATION 55,982 Daily Sunday, 50,983 Iterate circulation fur the month HioacrlDcd and aworn to by liwlnli. IVlttisms, Circulation Manajor. Subscribers leavtaf tks cH aheuld have The Bee Bailed to them. Address changed aa often aa requested. Keep your eye oh the official bodies that are about to make the levy and fix the tax rate. To Anxious Inquirer: Yes, The Bee's car toonist, Mr. Powell, is on his vacation. He'll be back. - Selling below-grade milk is expensive in Omaha, as some venturesome dairymen are find ing ou . German papers persist in talking of American "Muff," but it is a long chance that they are merely bluffing themselves. " The flag price boosters deserve to be enlisted with the regiment of embalmers that propose to march under the "purple cross." The sun will dry fruit or vegetables, but the "new fangled" way of drying in trays has some advantages, cleanliness being one. The local weather man is doing Jiis best, but does not seem able to reach h's record of for mer years. He will be excused for failure. I Three Years of the World War. This is the third anniversary of the declara tion of war by Austria on Serbia, the spark that kindled the world conflagration. What then ap peared to be a matter of local importance is now recognized as the first move in the realization of an extensive and carefully laid plan of world conquest. Desire to punish the Serbians for al leged instigation of the assassination of the heir to the Austrian crown was made the pretext for beginning a campaign that was to establish a mid dle European empire, extending from the North Sea to the Persian gulf, across Europe and Asia, a confederation under German control that would dominate the world. This magnificent dream has been extinguished in the awful awaken'ing that followed the formal declaration of war on July 28, 1914. Human foresight scarcely j:ould have planned better than the German expansionists had laid down for their course. What actually has come to the world is so far from their thoughts as to make their calculations appear grotesque. Be yond the trenches may be seen' a new world ris ing. In Russia an autocracy has gone to its doom and a mighty people is struggling to bring order out of the wreck of a discarded system, with freedom for the individual as the splendid re ward awaiting them. In Great Britain and France caste lines have broken down under the pres sure of war and a social order set up that will bring a greater measure of economic justice than ever was enjoyed by their people. In Germany democracy boldly proclaims itself against vested privilege, while dissolution of the Austrian em pire seems as certain as any outcome of the war that may be predicted. In the United States effects of war are yet hardly felt, but the strength of the people is slowly arousing to demands of the moment and possibilities of the' future. AH the world has felt a forward move as the result of a threat that brought democracies into close communion only possible where all are subject to a common men ace. It is far too soon for any to say just what the end will be, but so far the war has produced nothing sought by the plotters who set off the mine three years ago today. The cheapest answer to the person who hap pens to disagree with you is the charge that he is "disloyal" and "giving aid and comfort to the enemy." " Germany wants all the gold in the empire turned into the treasury without delay, a sign that the empire is feeling the strain en the money side at least. '- Oklahoma proposes to put joyriders on rations until the gasoline situation clears tip a little. This move is a little ahead of the game yet, but may eventually come to all. Jimham Lewis admits he introduced his peace resolution in the senate at the instance of "promi nent Chicago Germans'acting for- Mayor Thompson, presumably. Local grocers would reduce the number of daily deliveries to help cut the cost of living. If this move has a reflection in the monthly bill the housewife will not complain. . ' , . ' Kerens? knows the cost of liberty too well to let it be put in jeopardy by poltroons or trai tors. His medicine" is sharp, but desperate dis eases still require desperate remedies. First hand stories from the trenches are be coming plentiful in this country just tow, but wait nnti! our own boys begin to tell ol their experiences. Then we will get the real yarns. The latest song for the soldier has for its re frain, "Send me away with a smile, little girl." The advice is good for all when saying goodby to the soldiers. Give them a cheer as they start To those who recollect what a, flagrant "wel" offender Iowa was when it was, "dry" once be fore the information that several points in Iowa are bases of booze distribution is not so startling. For the soldier who is to be taken across to Europe before snow flies the argument for train ing camp cantonments in southern states rather than in the northern states loses its force and falls flat. Switzerland and Denmark have put the Ameri can ooiiar at a discount, out as long as we arc about through buying islands and are making our own schweitzerkase, maybe we can starW th pressure. Nepotism on the public pay roll differs in form only slightly from making state institu tions free boarding houses for near and far rela tives. "The sisters and the ' cousins and the aunts" should take a back seat Profiteering Flag Makers. If the report of the Federal Trade commis sion is to be relied upon, Americans have been deeply gouged by flag makers since the start of the war. Patriotism called for the display of Old Glory on public buildings, private residences and elsewhere and the general response showed how fully the people understood and appreciated the duty. It now appears that, while the cost of materials used in making these flags has increased not to exceed SO per cent in the last year, flag makers have advanced prices till their margin of profit is 500 per cent, while in some cases re tail dealers have taken a rake-off of 400 per cent A cynical Frenchman once remarked that "patriot ism is the last refuge of a rascal," but heie is a case where the feeling has been turned into a golden stream, leading into the pockets of manu facturers and dealers who are fully alive to the opportunity for a harvest It strains one's ad miration for a free country When confronted with such facts.. ' ' New Mexico's governor wants a Spanish American regiment recruited from among border Americans who speak Spanish only. But would this be setting a good example and would not the ' disadvantages outweigh the advantages? Our part in this war must be fought out by Americans without distinctions of ancestry, race, religion or language. Joy Riding in War -New Terk Wat-Id" President Bedford of the Standard Oil com- cany warns motorists that they must curtail pleas ure riding to save Easoline for war uses and he fortifies his warning with facts that reveal seri ous conditions of shortage in the oil industry. While the country is producing crude oil at the rate of about 300,000,000 barrels a year, it is con- summe it at the rate of 335,000,000 barrels, and notwithstanding redoubled efforts in well drilling the abnormal demand for gasoline is making targe tiuuisua uxi mc luuimya uu icacivwa, mum uu Mar 1 amounted to but 165.688.797 barrels. The 4.000.000 automobiles in the United States use up 40,000,000 barrels of gasoline annually: they . are the main cause of the deficit and it is there that the first measures of economy mart be in stituted to overcome it. An obligation, of course rests on oil producers to increase the output of crude oil and the higher prices furnish an mcen tive additional to that of patriotism. But the im mediate remedy is by a reduction of consumption The Standard Oil president in his capacity as chairman on petroleum of the advisory commis sion of the Council of National Defense issues his plea for gasoline conservation as an appeal to the patriotism of automobile owners. The conditions - of war make it in effect a command. As he says "Not a gallon of gasoline should be used in th present emergency except for some useful end." - A It . t. . - A L - J 1 . ... . c ciuiioiujr (annul uc maac voluntary 1 naaf compulsory. Rivers and Harbors Appropriations. Scandals of the past have so tainted rivers and harbors appropriations that the bill is auto matically labeled "pork barrel," a fact that is un fortunate at this particular time, when the water ways of the country are coming fast to the front Analysis of the present measure may disclose items that could be omitted with little detriment to the general welfare, but the bill itself is im portant. The future demands that existing works must be protected or extended, projects under way continued and new plant consolidated. Our coastal waters must be made secure and internal waterways brought to usefulness. This is not extravagance by any means, but the thoughtful care a business man would give his own concern to keep it in going order. The present rivers and harbors bill contains one of the most practical provisions ever Included in the measure, that of commission which is to make a study of the country, with a view to presenting a comprehen sive plan for waterway improvement. Such a plan should lead to something like a continuing pro gram and result in future appropriations with no taint of "pork." Information for the Drafted. Provost Marshal General Crowder ts sending out some valuable information for those who will be called 'up under the first draft First of all, he tells them how to go about getting their ques tions answered. The regular route is through the local board, up to the governor and then to the provost marshal. No complaints, he says, will be considered at Washington until after passed on by the local boards. Married men with de pendent wives or children will be exempt, this to extend to those who have been married since June. In the Washington dispatches may be found some interesting speculation as to where the draft will hit hardest. The conclusion is that for the first call the well-to-do will be called upon to furnish the men. Physical fitness will be the main deter mining factor and after that the question of who best can be spared from home employment In the great industrial centers the draft will Houch lightest, as the men will be needed in the fac tories more than ir the field. Uneasiness of all subject to call soon will be quieted, by the action of the boards, and the great first contingent of the new army will be under arms and in training within a few weeks! The World Builds Ships By Frederic J. Haskin Washington, July 25. The dispute, between the president of the United States shipping board and the general manager of the emergency fleet corporation has attracted world-wide attention because of the importance of speed in the ship building program. The crucial feature of the war today is the race between the world's ship yards and the German submarines. A good many peo ple in the United States regard it as a race be tween American ship yards and German subma rines. This is not quite accurate. We are not the only ship-building nation in the world, nor even at present, the largest In spite of its immense munition and airplane factories, Great .Britain still finds men and materials to lead the world in construction of new tonnage. The importance of the American ship-building campaign cannot be overestimated and if the idea that we are the onlys nation building ships would speed our construction it would be worthy of encouragement, right or wrong. But, taking it for granted that our ship yards will be pushed to capacity, it is perhaps worth while to see what the rest of the world is doing. England, Japan, Holland, Norway, Sweden and the United States are the principal ship-building nations today. Almost every nation in the world is building some ships. Italy, Spain, France, Por tugal and the British colonies, notably Canada, have enough tonnage under cor.3tructioni to af fect the situation materially. China, is building ships, largely by the use of American material. What effect government control in this country will have on the Chirfese building program is'not yet known. The United States is rapidly forging to the front among ship-building nations. If our pro gram is carried out we will lead the world in two years. It is, however, very essential to this and all other desirable ends that Germany and its al lies be shut off from a submarine victory in that period. " The great uncertain factor in the whole world shipping situation is the future of the submarine. It is the opinion of most experts that Germany has a large number bf subs building. At the present rate of sinking Germany cannot inflict a mortal wound on the allied shipping. The weekly sailings from British ports have not diminished perceptibly. The rate of destruction has not increased. The report of the New York customs house, just published, shows that the sailings and arrivals at the port of New York for the fiscal year 1916-1917 were little less than for the pre vious year. In spite of losses which the best es timates place at. from 600,000 to 750,000 tons monthly for the last five months, the world's ship ping holds to the seas. Calculations for the future are necessarily based on this record of the past. If the Allies find some effective means of limiting submarine operations the beginning of the end for Germany will appear. If, on the other hand, Germany be gins to increase the number of its submarines without any corresponding increase of efficiency in the means for fighting them, then the Allies will find themselves in a difficult situation. Naval ex perts estimate that Germany started the unre stricted submarine war with about 200 U-boats. They also estimate that by concentrating on a standardized submarine construction Germany could be building 500 or more submarines at a time, the completion of each boat requiring from five to eight months. In other words, Germany at this time would have two or three times as many U-boats as it had in February were it not for losses. It is probable that the Allies ate bagging U-boats faster and the Germans are building them faster from month to month. So far the sinkings seem to show that the Allies are holding their own. H the Germans gain m this race the sinkings will increase. Dealing in facts rather than possibilities, how ever, the Germans are seen to be sinking ships at the rate of 8,000,000 or 9,000,000 tons a year. Were there no new construction this loss would put the Allies in desperate straits in a single year. Eng land is building fast, however, and has placed orders for ships wherever a keel can be laid. Ex act figures are not available, but it is probably building in its own ship yards at the rate of about 1,000,000 tons a year or even better. In 1913 British ship yards built 2,000,000 tons of merchant shipping,, but this figure went down rap idly in the first two years of the war. Besides this home construction about 500,000 tons of ship ping in American yards was begun on British contract Japan is building ships for England. Canada is starting a wooden ship program and Australia is building some ships. The Joint ship output of Japan and Holland three vr-ars aff:o was about equal to that of the United States. Since then Japan has made tre mendous advances. The war has brought more advantage to Japan than to any other belligerent nr anv neutral nation. Its merchant marine has increased greatly. On domestic and foreign or ders Japan will turn out about sixty complete vessels', before the end of the year. Norwegian shir, varHs have canacitv orders, but their facui ties are very limited. Norway has lost more ship ping proportionately through the U-boat cam paign than any nation, neutral or belligerent, fiver 400 Norweeian vessels have been sunk. Sweden is the most imoortant of the neutral ship ping nations to be frjghtened from the seas by tti submarine ramnaitfn. Its total shipping is not far from 1, 000.0(H) tons and over half of it is tied up in port. The Swedish ports are par ticularly dangerous places to leave and enter, owing to tneir location reianvc io mc uhuu coast. .. New Food Army Mobilized. Under a banner of conservation a ne? food army has been mobilized and 800,000 boys' and' girls are enlisted to battle the hosts of waste and want. These young folks wili help in the great work of preserving vegetables for the winter store. ; The importance of the step as a practi cal feature of American life cannot be overesti mated. One of the first lessons of the war was that we should provide food in sufficient quanti ties Call to the gardens was heeded by millions in the planting season and with the magnificent result that the central board in charge of the movement estimates the yield thus produced as worth $350,000,000. An enormous quantity of food is now ready for preserving, to be canned or dried, that it may be available later on. Ener getic organized effort is being directed to this end and many a home will go into the winter. with such a stock of food in store as it never knew before. It is the one sure way of meeting the high cost Of living and to defeat famine. The experience is one that should be repeated year after year. Wai has driven us back to abandoned or neglected practices of our fathers and we find them good for present day needs and none of them of more immediate value than that of rais ing and preservinAour own, vegetables. Our own shin-buildine oroeram is by far the most ambitious of all. VVhen we decide what kind of ships we want. we hope to build 3,000,000 tons or more within eighteen months and to turn out between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 tons in two years. Added to other nations' construction, this would probably mean safety for the Allies. ' It would r J .. ... . .11 Ia1-aA oort not mean tnat construction wouia equai mc y.uuu, .000 tons of annual destruction, but it would serve Tnglandhas still a tonnage margin to draw on before it is reduced to rock hoom. But it is very plain that we will have to build those ships without delav. The high-water mark of construction will not be reached for many months.. In the meantime it is Germany's own ships that save the situation. All in all, through sinkings and seizures and in ternments, Germany has lost half its merchant marine of 6.000,000 tons. About 1,400,000 tons of German shiooina have been seized by the AI lies, including the United States. An equal amount is lying interned in neutral harbors and every nation which is forced into War by the subma rine campaign brings more German tonnage to the help of Uermany s enemies. People and Events -Movies won ovar Shakespeare in a vote of Yale seniors. When Stanford university begins its next aca demic year, October 1, it will have a new printing plant in operation. - The first name to come out in the draft at Kan sas City. Kan., was that of Ignac Srbelj. Some American, that boy. Germany appears to have mastered all the rudiments of optimism. It counts on a big wheat crop in Rumania'and refuses to recognize the one in the United States. The Prussian minister of education has an nouneed that 10,950 public school teacher have fallen during the war-and that their places hav been taken by women. ' x Commercial Attache William C. Downs re ports from Ri.i de Janeiro, Brazil, that the Aneri can Chemical Works. Inc. with headquarters in Wilmington, DeL, has been authorized by the president of Brazil to operate in the republic. The capital of the company is said to be $50,000 and the amount set aside for operations ii Brazil $10,004. Proverb for the Day. Re Is best served who serves him self. One Tear Ago Today In the War. Seventy thousand Turks reported in Hungary to meet the Russian invasion. Russians captured Brody, an impor tant railroad center in Qalicia. British wholly occupied Delvllle wood and village of Longueval in Somme region. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today. Elmer E. Sides, a mortar mixer working at the corner of Twenty-sev enth and Chicago, was dangerously affected by the heat and was taken tp his home, 1507 Corby, and placed under the care of Dr. Ross. The fire department visited Jefferson square and gave the parched earth and withered grass a thorough drench ing. A number of tramps who had congregated on the square and who were alow to obey the orders ta move were also freely sprinkled. Robert C. Miles, night clerk at the Metropolitan hotel, found a pocket- book which some person in the crowd running to the early alarm of fire had evidently dropped. An interesting feature of the con cert at the Casino was the playing for the first time of the new John A. Crelghton march, composed by E. A. Schenk of Dayton, O., and dedicated to the popular gentleman whose name it bears. It was written for the piano, but has been arranged for the orches tra by Prof. Stelnhauser. George Sternsdorff is now a full- fledged notary, having received his seal and all the other desiderata of the office. John Wilson, an experienced and well-recommended builder of Fall River, Mass., will take up his residence in this city. Contractor Stuht is experiencing a great deal of trouble in trying to pre vent property owners on Eleventh street from moving their houses and getting in the way of his grading work. SUNNY GEIS3. 'It you want a comfort In the houa. set one of thete tnstantaneoua heatera. t It keepa the whole family la tot water all the time." "Don't need It Sly wife attenda to that. Baltimore American. Physician Tou will have to change jour occupation. Tou must get out In the open air more. By the way. what la your busl neea? Patient I'm an aviator. Puck. Man No, I am carrying all the life In surance I , want. Persistent Agent I notice you have wooden leg how about fire Insurance? Eoetor Tranacrlpt Her (sighing) On, I met tuch a lovely, polite man today. Him Where was that? Her On the street. I must hava been carrylna; my umbrella carelessly, for he bumped his eye Into It And I said, "Par don me," and he said, "Don't mention It I hava another eye left." Cleveland Loader. "What Is the name of that handsome prisoner?" asked the impressionable young lady. i "No. JJM. Miss." replied the guard. "How funny But, of course, that la not his real name." ' "Oh, no, miss, that's Just his pea name." Boston Transcript She Well, you can't deny that her third husband Is a better man than her first was. He Another victory for selective con scription. Judge. ' "?- i HXZXM I f J I This Day In History. 1751 Joseph Habersham, postmas ter general in the cabinets of Wash ington, Adams and Jefferson, born at Savannah, Ga. Died there November 17, 1815. 1778 Admiral Charles L. Stewart. who was connected with the naval service of the United States for seventy-eight years, born In Philadelphia. Died at Bordentown, N. J., November 6, 1869. (Admiral Stewart was trrand- father of Charles Stewart Parnll, the famous Irish home rule leader.) 1509 Wellington defeated the French at battle of Talavera. 1817 Major Sylvanus Thayer. known aa "the father of the United States military academy," assumed control as superintendent of the insti tution at West Point 1833 Commodore William Bain- brldge, who figured conspicuously in tne war with Tripoli and in the second war with Great Britain, died in Phila delphia. Born at Princeton, N. J., May 7, 1774. 1866 Act of congress increasing and fixing the military peace estab lishment. 1914 The present great world war was opened with the Austrian declara tion of war against Serbia. The Day We Celebrate. Cyrus Dean Glover, the senior part ner of Glover & Spain, was born on a farm near Long Pine, Neb., July zs, lsss. ue is & member of the Omaha real estate board and the Building Owners' and Managers' aa-4 sociatlon. Thomas F. Wiles was born July 28. 1870, at Plattsmouth. He was admit ted to the bar In 1893, removing to Omaha thirteen yeara ago and con tinuing hia practice here. Ballington Booth, founder and head of the Volunteers of America, born in England fifty-eight yeara ago today. H. Garland Dupre, representative la congress of the Second Louisiana district born at upeiousas, ia., ior- ty-four years ago today. Mary Anderson de Navarro, for merly one of the leading actresses of the American stage, now retired, born at Sacramento, Cal., fifty-eight years ago today. Charles D. Perrine, noted. Ameri can astronomer, now director of the Argentine National observatory, born at Steubenville, O., fifty years ago to day. Rear Admiral John M. Hawley, u. S. N., retired, born at Northampton, Mass., seventy-one years ago tcaayr Dr. Alfred E. Craig, president of Morningside college, born in Ontario, Canada, fifty-six years ago today. URIC ACID An Enemy in Ambush (By DE. M. C. LTJCAS.) It was not until the discovery by Sir Arthur Garrod, in 1848, that the blood of goaty patients contained uric acid in an excessively large amount, that much attention was paid to this aubject Later scientific mean learned that in gout (also true in rheumatism,) the kidneys do not work properly to throw off the unc acid poison; consequently uric acid crystals are deposited in and about the joints, where an Inflammation is set up in the nearby tissues. When for any reason the circulation is sluggish, as in the joints of the toes, crystals formed from uric acid are deposited there, and one suffers from gout; or, when deposited in the tis sues, one suffers from muscular rheumatism or articular rheumatism. My only medicine to counteract the uric acid and to throw it out of the system is tablets of Anuric (double strength), three times a day. The pjain in the baek, lumbago, pain in the neck, creaky joints, stiffness in muscles, have all been proven to be caused by uric acid poison in the blood and tissues. The kidneys soon become diseased, then there often follows disease in the muscles of the heart x Kidney disease carries away a large percentage of our people. What is to be done? What can the ordinary person do to properly balance bodily health? The answer is easy. Eat less meat, eat . coarse, plain food, with plenty of vegetables, drink plenty of water between meals, and take an uric acid solvent before meals for awhile, such as Anuric (double strength), obtained at almost any drug store. It was first discovered by Dr. Pierce, of the Surgical In stitute in Buffalo, N. Y. Most every one troubled with uric acid finds that Anuric dissolves the uric acid as hot water will dissolve sugar. Advertisement. HftvelfettTricd Ii? By th Bottlt or Cm Wturner DrtnU ore Sold H. J. Hughes Co., Wholesale Dis tributors, Omaha, Neb. Tel. 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All stockholders are protected by ample real estate and other holdings. Shares $100 each. We invite your investigation. The.L VJ&holas Oil Company - President Grain Exchange Bldg. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Today is the third anniversary of the beginning of the great war. A special election will b held in Tennessee today to determine the question of holding a constitutional convention. The annual Rock River assembly opens at Dixon, 111., today and will Continue its sessions until August 12. "The Edward Bangs Descendants," with members throughout the United States and Canada, will begin its sixth annual reunion today at Brewster, Mass. Governor Gardner of Missouri has issued a proclamation designating to day as "Patriotic day" and requesting yall Missouri women to register for service ana 100a cuiibui vauuu. Citizens of MemphiB will vote today on a $750,000 bond Issue for the build ing of a municipal auditorium and market house and a $500,000 bond is sue for the proposed river-rail termi nal. Silver Spring, Md., is to be the scene of a notable wedding today, when Miss Edith Blair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Blair and granddaughter of the late William F. Draper, Massa chusetts diplomat and statesman, be comes the bride of Lieutenant Com mander Adolphus Statoa, U. S. N. Storiette of the Day. The young teacher was proud of her little pupils and beamed with pleasure at the appreciationshown by some visitors, who applauded gener ously. Then came the lesson and the teacher announced the subject - "Children," she said, "today we are going to learn about the cat and I want you to tell me what you know about it Tommy, how many legs has a cat?" "Four," replied Tommy, proudly conscious of rectitude. "Yes, and, Daisy, what else has the cat?" "Claws an' tail," murmured Daisy shyly. Various other portions of the feline anatomy were ascertained and finally the instructress turned to one of the latest acquisitions of the kindergarten and said sweetly: "Now, Mary, can you -tell me whether the cat has fur or feathers?" With scorning and contempt min gled with a vast surprise, Mary said: "Teacher, am t you never seen a cat?" And the lesson came to an abrupt end. Chicago Newa. The House of Taylor 351 400 Baths 600 Rooms HOTEL MARTINIQUE v Broadway, 32d St., New York Equally Conveaient for AmuvemenU, Shopping or Businaaa 1 KT ianmi. vrSlla nrivata Kallt 1 $2.50 PER DAY 257 excellent rooms with private bath, facing street, southern exposure, $3.00 PER DAY Aba. Attractive Rooms from $1.50. The Rettauraat Prices Are Most Moderate. Insist V T fn7 p There Being I C II li 'l011? c j i A X 1 11 Jufit Served J J f With ' . Xzt Good i j Made in Omaha The Great Teetotaler's Beverage Willow Springs Beverage Company Douglas 1306 or Douglas 2103. 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