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Ilia kiiLti: UA1AHA, b KlDAl, AUGUal 24, Lli. The Omaha Bee DAILY (M0KNING)-EVEXING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATES VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR TUB BEE PUBLISHING COM P AMY. PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha postolfice as eecond-elas matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Bj Carrier. Hi' ana Bonda...... ....p aoaib. .V Br Hell Mr itu, SS.U .tail vilimm HiuuUv.. .... " 4.V " t.00 Branlns ud Bund? - " (.00 iSrenluf wltoeut Sunday.... " SS J 0? Sunday DM ool J " SO " tu Head oette ot ohanf of address er tmfutanty deittefT to Ornate Re. Ctrculstlos DtperUMiit. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TIM InocUtM Prau, of rhleh T! Bm li l mtber. II eieliulrelj entitled to la um for republleellnn of all Mini orbited to It or not otbonrlM erKitln) In thta paivr and aim tti !! newt puo lithad serein, ill Hants at republication of our specisl dispatch ar alao learned REMITTANCE ' f0Dt toy draft. tzttm or seeral rr. Out? t-oant stacpe payment of email aeoeanu. Panosel cases, uoapt oo Oa water oichaat. dot accepted. nab and I'biesjn People Oae Ballaln. l jrort: Final . OFFICES. Cnh too hm Buiiaui. SVnttk nnim-tM7 ft. i M. I'omrll BlafTe 1 It. aUia St. til. lmis Ne B'i. of Cositwn-, Linoola Utl Buildln. avaautaatou TM lia m. r. w... CORRESPONDENCE address eoaunimlaatloBa nlatiof to a tin aad editorial Batter M Omasa Baa. Editorial Department. JULY CIRCULATION 57,229 Daily Sunday. 51,153 a-etats etirv'ttten tor te mnetn sutsoniM and enora to 0 betfhi Wllllana, ClrculaUo Maat-a. . v -. 3obcribr leavtaf the city ah.uld have The Bee ssalM le) them. Addres changed often ea requested. Kin; Coal joint monarch. Next I the colony of discredited Oh, well, as the hog picks the bed of affluence, who will begrudge it? .'. period of activity on exemption boards ful fill every necessary test for membership in the Don't Worry club. . ; v ' Business appears a shade unsettled in Wall street An excess of bull juice for bears upsets the equality of the split .. It should be noted on the scoreboard of sunny summer days that King. Corn does his custom ary bit with unseemly conversation. If the fighting crew of the Campana had a few more shells! "If mark the wordl No other pair of the alphabet compresses as much speculative regret. Deferring the second draft call until next year gives the elect ample time to arrange their affairs and tide them over the holidays. Buy your Christ mas presents now. .The government, we are told, loses millions every year through evasions of the income tax. Still some authorities, insist that American art has seen its best days. . Nothing less than $3' a bushel will satisfy the patriotic reach of Oklahoma wheat growers. The kaiser is not the only one eager for the earth and the fullness thereof. A friendly reception of the papal note was to be expected 'n Germany. .For more than a year the Central Powers have shown, auspjeious pari tiality for a round table debate. -( Government regulation of life's necessaries is another way of reminding alleged patriots that "doing one's bit" does not include doing the other fellow. An official club lets in the light. "Everybody is doing it" is on par with other excuses put out in justification of pirate prices for coal at the mines. Some day candid mem ber of the' combine may hark back to the true formula, "We need the money," and let It go at that ' ' ' Nevertheless! land notwithstanding the anony mous letter writers are still abroad in the land, We know because we see no-name missives that go into our waste basket appearing almost daily in print in the columns of our amiable content poraries. ' :. .. Chances of repeating last winter's squeeze In coal shipments grow beautifully less.' Govern ment control' of distribution spoils a fine line of brokerage at the mines and gives buyers an equal show in price and quantity. More power to Uncle Sam's fistl . " V Quick action in the food survey is promised by the Agricultural department. . Stocks in li censed warehouses are already known. , The chief task ahead is seeking out the minor hoards of foodstuffs, which form one of several pillars de vised by profiteers for "stabilising" price and heading off market slumps. A summer season of prolonged drouth greatly increases the menace of forest fires raging in Montana. Under seasonable- conditions control of forest fires calls for energetic and dangerous work. V, Lack of moisture multiplies the peril and requires extraordinary forces of fire fighters to check the spread of flames. v Several of the big props of the Navy league have retired on account of the persistent attacks of President Thompson on Secretary Daniels, Whatever reasons exist for a personal squabble, this is not the time to air it In promoting discord in the service for personal ends the league de stroyf whatever usefulness jt had. Getting the .Truth at Last Well Street oanaal- New Tune on an Old Harp. Dr. Richard von Kuehlman, third to fill the office of foreign minister for Germany since the war began, has delivered his first speech to the main committee of the Reichstag, and it is as tonishing to note the difference in his expressions and those of his predecessors. Von Jagow, at the start, stood manfully for the accepted doctrine of militarism, that superior force constituted both right and justice, while Zimmermann, who suc ceeded him, abated nothing in devotion to that theory, but felt called upon to achieve by craft what he could not attain by open aggression. Von Kuehlman may believe as did those who have gone before him, but he states it differently. In politics, he says, might counts, but right also is entitled to some consideration, and at least ought to have a part in calculations. By giving attention to this, he says, Germany may be able to avoid alienating nations not already in arms against the empire. If such advice had been heeded three years ago the deluge of blood that has since drenched the earth would have been spared, no thunder of guns would have been hear3 and the millions who are under arms would have been left to pursuits of peace. It is a new tune the imperial foreign minister is playing when he says: "To arrest further defection of impor tant neutrals is an extremely serious and impor tant task confronting 'us.'' Considering the fact that every first class power and many of the lesser outside the Mitteleuropa combination is already arrayed against that combine, Von Kuehlman's, warning comes rather late. It is encouraging, though, that even by indi rection a member of the kaiser's cabinet should admit that the policy which drove the United States into the war and which has alienated Bra zil, Argentina, China and other nations that strove to remain neutral was a bad mistake that must not be repeated. At any rate it is the first word of the kind that has come out of Berlin. Peace and Politics. Pacifists are giving way to politicians in the preliminary maneuvers that precede possible ap proach to peace. The jockeying for position has become quite an interesting spectacle. First in the movement, the socialists have hope of getting whatever advantage may come to any political movement through being the originator of the basis on which the world war may be ended with out further fighting. These have devoted them selves to this view from the first, but all the shrewd and self-seeking politicians are not so cialists, and therefore the rivalry for the honor that will be the lot of the ultimate peacemaker. Emperor William himself has aspirations in this direction and will undoubtedly make a special claim to the credit coming to him who ends the war and ' accommodates the conditions between nations. In the United States we have a number of individuals and societies who are bending every effort in this direction. Little progress has been made toward the goal, however. As already pointed out by ine tiee, the definite aims of the several nations, while un doubtedly subject to material modifications, still contain such elements of opposition as are ir reconcilable until one side or the other is driven from its present position. So long as the actual issues of the war are so rigidly joined talk of peace must necessarily be more or less indefinite because of the, uncertainty of what one or , the other of the contestants may be induced finally to accept The actual compromise, however, does not seem to have been approached as yet an this connection it is interesting to know that a mys- teriousAmerican laid to-1 :rverenced in- Japan has taken a considerable 'part in the conference in Rome prior to the announcement- the pope of the proposal that has be'en since more or less praised in Germany because it'eontains the Teu tonic terms; 'Much curiosity may be expressed as to the identity of this American and the Japan ese diplomats who made the assertion might serve a good purpose by giving the name. Until the very end we may feel sure that the aspiring politicians will not permit to pass unim proved any opportunities for the furtherance of their interests and that they will continue putter ing away at peace suggestions until the final set tlement Is made. Then the scramble to secure the honor, will equal some of the mighty engage ments now presented in the battlefields. Lieutenant General Baron von Frevtasr-Lor inghoven is likely to get himself into trouble in Germany. He is their chief military historian. with access to the staff records, and what he writes about the invasion of Belgium squares with the truth. All the falsehoods circulated of French designs on that country or of airplane and auto mobile attacks are discarded by him as childish ihe invasion is shown as what it was the un pardonable violation of Belgium to secure a mili tary advantage over France. That advantage was in a large measure se cured and this is amnle justification to this Ger man military critic, France trusted the neutrality of Belgium and its mobilization was made with due regard to international rights between Bel fort and the Belgian frontier, in the confident as surance that Germany would respect its pledges. Had France been equally unscrupulous the whole of northern France now in German occupation and at least that part of the Belgian coast now used for submarine bases would have been saved. As the genera! says, the French had to break 'up their plant' and move their troops in order to meet the attack through Belgium. This, against four perfectly-equipped, and prepared German ' armies, gave the Germans an advantage of from ten to fourteen days and entailed the French fight 1 in rear suard battles ud to the German check at the Marne. Nothing could bring out more clearly the enormous value to civilization of the heroic sacrifices the Belgians made. Had they not made them the Germans might have been in Paris now and probably in the occupation of the channel ports .' . . . 1 , American Pensions B Frederic J. Haskin Washington, Aug. 21. The war insurance bill now before congress is an effort to place the compensation of persons who have fought or suffered in behalf of their country on a just and efficient basis. The compensation to be paid sol diers and their families is called an insurance instead of a pension, and is provided definitely in advance, instead of merely giving promise of some compensation to be provided later. The most progressive provision of all is that which encourages forethought on the part of the men themselves by providing an opportunity to insure their lives at low premiums. As Secretary McAdoo has frankly stated, one of the foremost objects of the administration in providing this measure of compensation is to stimulate response to the draft. It is hoped that its passage will result in a decrease in the num ber of claims for exemption and it will certainly justify more rigor in passing upon these. The United States has long claimed the dis tinction of having dealt more generously with its old soldiers than any other nation. The word "generous" is, of course, rather misapplied in this connection. The man who loses both his legs or his eyesight is not generously recompensed by a pension of $75 or $100 a month, nor does a payment of $40 a month to the wife and $5 for each. chiH generously recompense a' family for the loss of the father who would have served it in so many capacities besides that of provider. Patriotism, like other virtues, most be largely its own reward so far as the man that actually goes to war is concerned, although for those who serve their government by providing it with munitions, funds or political talent, it is not infrequently profitable. " Most of the pensions which our government is now paying are provided under laws having reference to those who served in certain 'wars, and their dependents and surviving relatives; and nearly all of them have been variously amended from time to time, generaly in the, direction of liberalizing them. Nearly 1,000,000 persons, or one per cent of the population, have shared in this governmental bounty. In spite of these large and widespread dis bursements, many of our pensions have come too late to do much good. Service pensions were not grant id to the widows of men who fought in the revolution until 1836, and then only for a period of five years, ani provided the soldier's marriage was prior to his last service, and that he had served for at least six, months. In 1853, seventy years after the close of the war, the limi tation as to the time of .marriage was removed In this way many women who had married vet erans of the war were provided an income, which women who actually lost their husbands in the struggle never enjoyed. It is such legislation as this, extending the benefits of heroism long after the last of the heroes are dead, that has wasted Uncle Sam's pension money. The last survivor of the war of independence was Daniel F. Bake man, whcf died in 1869 at the age of 109 years and six months. Yet two claims based upon serv ice in that war were still being paid in 1908. The first act granting pensions for having served in the war of 1814 was not passed until 1871, fifty-six years after the war was over. Un der this act a man had merely to have served sixty days in the war to be entitled to a pension. Laws providing for those injured had been passed long before. Widows were not granted a pen sion unless they had been married previous to the treaty of peace which ended the war. But in 1878 this act was so amended that a man had only to have served fourteen days to get a pen sion, and the limitation-as to date of marriage was removed with regard to widows. In this way the benefits of this war were handed on down the years, like those of the revolution.. In 1908 no less than 471 widows were drawing pensions based on service in the, war of 1812, although the last survivor of at died, in 1905 at the age. of 105 years. .' . $uch have been the bungles and frauds of our pension laws. The one now hefore' congress is better drafted and will probably be more efficient ly administered. The contrast between old and rtw." provisions with regard to war cripples is typical. Under the old law the government would buy a new wooden leg every three years for a man who had lost his limb in action; un der the new one, it will teach him how to work with what is left of his anatomy. The Barrage -St Looli Globe-Democrat- Russia's New Struggle for Freedom. Advices from Russia bring disquieting reports as to the progress of the social readjustment there. At least three divergent elements are co-operating, unconsciously, perhaps, but effectively, to dis turb and defeat all attempts at establishing a (ta ble and Orderly government Chief of these agents of disorder is the radical group,, made up of the anarchists and extreme socialists, who are op posed to any form of government, save some hazily outlined schemes of their own, wherein they contemplate nothing that savors of perma nence. The next group is that of the reaction aries, comprising the aristocracy and its follow ers, who seek return to power, and the most dan gerous of all is the German group, whose propa ganda is forwarded by both the others through their unwillingness to assist the moderate social ists and constitutional democrats in the great work of putting the affairs of the country into orderly shape. Just now a conflict that may amount to a counter revolution is threatened. Ker ensky is holding firm, with the majority behind him, but majority means nothing to the irrespon sibles, the overturned aristocrats or the agents of the kaiser, on whose suppression the safety of the Russian republic depends. The only sign of encouragement is found in the fact that the great mass of the Russian people desires, free dom and order and may yet be brought to under stand that these can be secured only through self-control. For the present the problem is their own and they must solve it for themselves in their own way. Friends of liberty everywhere will, watch them, closely, feeling certain that in the end the people of Russia will, have, their own government, fashioned as they would have it. Truly these be times, of joy for those who kneaded muscle and perspiration with seed- in garden plots. The vagaries of the vegetable mar ket provoke no worry and King Spud's lofty pre tensions start a scoffing chorus. Decorating the family table with home-grown, hand-pickd edi bles, fresh from the soil, constitutes an outward and inward reward for industry and thrift "Successive waves of men," says the accouns, "assailed the hillside occupied by the Canadians and melted before the guns." This is war as au tocracy wages jt for self-preservation. To the average mind untainted by Kultur it is nothing more than plain human slaughter. Maximilian Harden expresses the opinion that President Wilson has the power to make peace. Americans hold the same opinion. For that rea son Americans are moving on Europe to exert the power which alone can make peace worth while. The word "barrage" is not as fully defined in the dictionaries as it will be "when this' cruel war is over." Present definitions are clear to the extent of defining a barrage as an obstruction placed in position to check or restrain; as "an ar tificial bar in a water course to facilitate irri gation and for other purposes." Hereafter the icxicograpners must inciuae in me aennttion the use of barrages which are not stationary nor made to restrain permanently, but a moving wall to advance in front o a column of infantry and to act upon something in front of its line. - TL. !j - -. : .-i.ir ....... inc mca is nut, m useir, new 10 military oper ations. There was an incessant cannonade-of two hours' duration immediately preceding Pick ett's charge at Gettysburg, which, failing, the world heard "the death cry of a nation lost? There was a long bombardment of the British po sition at Waterloo before the Old Guard charged and was sent reeling back to defeat and glory. But these fierce fires were never called barrages and, compared with the magnitude of the bar rages of. these times, they were mere popgun af fairs. The barrages of today act in conjunction with a moving column in the sense that they pre cede it to the point of closest action, clearing the ground of mechanical obstacles and holding the enemy under an incessant fire of shot and shell until the men can come to close quarters. Some of the reports call such a bombardment "a cur tain of fire." A curtain it assuredly is for troops advancing to an attack. But barrage is the shorter term and the one that will live. r Miim, wam. a y -jr Proverb for the Day. It takes two to make a bargain. One Year Ago Today In the War. Roumanta mobilized its troops and crossed the frontier. Subscriptions to new British 5 per cent loan in the United States were rlosed, the $250,000,000 being over subscribed within, three days. In Omnba Thirty Years Afio. ; . ; ' Harris & Fisher bought the lot on the northeast corner of Seventh and Leavenworth from John Powers, pay ing for it the sum , of 120,000. It is their intention to erect upon it a hand some warehouse which may be used for wholesale purposes. A natural gas spring- was discovered in the region of Fifteenth and Uurdett by the following gentlemen: Joseph, T. Witherow, Charles J. Menter, John , Drexel, Michael O. Maul, A.' B. .Snow' den, S. J. Chambers and' Wllam. A. Watson. - ' - - '-. - Nelson, the porter 'on the dummy, while assisting the ladies on the ear" on his morning nm, was-pushed aside by man who seemed to be in a iurry aril refused to give the ladies prefer ence, whereupon ,the porter . inter viewed him according to the Sullivan style and the rude fellow, being satis fled with his punishment, took a seat when hla turn came. ' It is reported that Omaha i to have another daily newspaper under :the management of O. H. Rothaker. Among those who have subscribed $1,000 each are Isaac S. Hascall, Hugh Murphy and several other men who are Interested in politics, public im provements and raising Cain generally. Adolph Meyer, musical director of the synagogue, announced that 'the choir for the next year was. selected as followed: Mrs. J. W. Cotton, soprano; Miss L. Pennell. alto; W. B. Wilkins, tenor; T. J. Pennell, basso; Miss M,. Boulter, organist Charles Mares and James Chamber lain at the Union Pacific depot. Officer Olsen at the B. & M. and Wara, the regular day police officer on the Tenth street beat are examining suspects very closely as they come into the city, endeavoring to keep crooks and confi dence men from overrunning Omaha during the fair and Grand Army of the Republic reunion. Our Fighting Men Edward K. Massee. Captain Edward K. Massee, recently promoted to be a judge advocate in the United States army, is ofte of numerous officers who recently, have made rapid advance in the army without the ad vantage of a West Point education. Caotain Mas- see hails from the northwest and began his mili tary career as a private in the artillery. In the war with Spain he was a minor officer in the Wis conson Volunteer infantry. .. At the conclusion of the war he re-enlistedjn the regular army and for ten years was a private and non-commissioned officer, tit made a highly creditable record dur ing several years of service in the Philippines and by 1915 he had attained the rank of captain. He was educated in law at the law school of the Uni versity of Minnesota. He is also a graduate of the infantry and cavalry school and of the staff college. , Ira L. Reeves. . ' Known to hundreds of college men in many sections of the country is Captain Ira L. Reeves, U. S. A., retired, who has been nominated to be transferred to the active list of the army with the rank of major. Captain Reeves was retired in 1901 on account of disability caused by wounds he received while serving in the Philippines. Since that time he has served as an instructor in military science in a number of institutions of learning, including Purdue university. Henry Ken dall college and the University of Vermont In his youth he passed the West Point examination as an alternate, but failed of entrance to the acad emy because his principal also passed. Young Reeves immediately enlisted as a private n the Fourth infantry, rising rapidly through the non commissioned ranks and receiving his commis sion as second lieutenant in 1897. This Day in History. - 1777 Washington's army passed through Philadelphia for the Chesa peake. 1781 The allied American and French armies under Washington and Rochambeau crossed the Hudson and marched upon Philadelphia, 1810 Theodore Parker, eminent di v!n, whose grandfather fired the first shot at the British at Lexington, born at Lexington, Mass. Died in Rome, May 10, 1860. 1814 Battle of Bladensbnrg and burning of the capitol at Washington. 18B1 James McDowell, twenty-fifth governor of Virginia, died at Lexing-. ton, Va. Born in Rookbridge county, Va., October 11, 1793. 1889 Emperor William conferred the Order of the Eagle oLthe first class upon the commander-in-chief of the Belgian army. 1914 Capture or Namur. by the Germans announced. 1915 London reported a successful landing of allied troops at Suvla bay. l FA COW Work of the Land Bank. Omaha, Aug. 21. To the Editor of The Bee: Much misinformation has been circulated concerning the opera tions of the new federal farm loan law. In Justice to the federal land ' bank of Omaha it is only proper that ! the public should know that there is; already a well-organized National i Farm Loan association, with head quarters in uniana, tnrougn wnicn tne land bank has recently loaned over $30,000 to members of this association and an equal amount is in process of being loaned to other members. The members of the Douglas and Sarpy National Farm Loan association are well satisfied with the promptness with which the land bank has met their needs. In every case they have .secured their loans at a lower rate of interest than they formerly paid. This association is prepared to serve any farmer in Douglas or Sarpy coun ties who wants a loan on long time and at a low rate of interest. JOHN J. BURESH, Secretary-Treasurer Douglas and Sarpy National Farm Loan Associa tion, Rout 5, Avery, Neb. .am WW aA. Ba .. W .ar I Trade with Sweden. : Omaha, Aug. .22. To the Editor of The Bee: I want space to reply to a letter published from one who hated to see the thumbscrews applied to the old folks of Sweden. Of course, the trouble begins with the stopping of exports from this country. A few fig ures will speak very plainly in the case of Sweden. Last year 73,000,000 tons of pig iron were shipped to Germany and during the first three months of this year 16,332,000 tons of pig iron were exported to Sweden from the United States. Sweden supplies the German army direct with great sup plies of material. As belligerents we cannot sell to the Scandinavian countries when they im port from us to . replace what they have sold from their own countries to the Germans. . . '.'. Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Hol land are the nations helping the Ger mans hold out No true American could think for a minute that the United States should aid any of them in their unfriendly trading with our enemy. They are truly the black sheep among the neutrals. Mr, Carl W. Ack- erman is my authority. ,, , FAIR PLAT. Start to aave money by opening a charge account with u for handaotnc, genuine diamond, fine watch or other jewelry. Hundreda of thouaande of people have formed the habit of aaving by buying diamond on credit of ua. It'a a good habit to form. The dime a day. or more, that you apend for candy, cigart. moviee, etc., will aoon pay for a diamond and put you on the road to proeperity. Loftis Perfection Diamond Ring 298 This exquisite Diamond ring stands alone a the most perfect ring ever pro duced; 14k solid gold. $2.25 a Week $90 t 1179 Cameo Ring, 4 fine diamonds, pink Coral Cameo: fine solid COC gold $2.50 a Month Diamonds $240 A MONTH. 1161 La Valliere, fine solid told, green gold leaves, bright finish: 4 fine brilliant Diamonds. Special value, (1C Terms, $2.50 a Month. Open Dally Till P. M. Saturday Till 9:30. Call or Writ for Illustrated Catalog No. 903. Phone Douglas 1444 and sales man will call. THE NATIONAL CREDIT JEWELERS 409 S. 16th St, .. OMAHA. I0FTIS E3 BROS 4 COl fii MIRTHFUL REMARKS. , Madg Many men down at the beach where you were? Mabel Mercy, po! They were so scarce I had to learn to awim from a magazine. Boston Transcript. Little Elsie bad great difficulty in re membering her prayer. Th other night after repeating it with the assistance of .her mother, she looked up and said: "Mam ma, won't the Lord be real pleased when I can say this through without a brealt?" Boston Transcript. "I've traded some worthless stock for a Mexican farm." i "Seen It yet?" i "Nope, and I don't want to se it. I'm ' happy now in the belief that I couldn't have lost anything and may hav gained." Louisville Courier-Journal. Beatrice Marriage is such a problem! Bornice You've said a mouthful) One's troueueau ia so seldom worthy of one's first and one's second Is almost neve worthy of one's trousseau. Judge. "The second doctor the Smith family got is exactly like the firBt one. Don't you think they would have wanted a little chance?" "Certainly not, Why should not a sick family have a fac simile?" Baltimore American, "That man Clark can Invent more sure ways of making money -than any twenty men I know." . , . , ''What'a he done now ?" , ' "He's opened at employment bureau for Kings only." Life. The Day We Celebrate. Ferdinand Haarmann, president of the Haarmann Vinegar and Pickling company, was born August 24, 1856, at Hanover, Germany. He went into his present business with his father in 4870. . . Peter H. Dillon, an old-timer on the Omaha police force. Is fifty-three. He was born in Cincinnati and went into the service in 1889. Frederick Cohn, rabbi of Temple Israel, is celebrating his forty-fourth birthday. He was born at Attleboro, Mass., and educated at Hebrew Union college. Harry G. Counsman was born Au gust 24, 1861. He received his educa tion in the Omaha public schools and for four years filled the office of county assessor. Miss Lolita Armour,, who recently was honored with election as a trustee of Armour institute of Chicago, born in unicago iweniy-one years ago loaay, Rt. Rev. Theophlle Meerschaert. Catholic bishop of Oklahoma, born in Belgium, seventy years ago today. Rear Admiral John C. Watson, United States navy, retired, who com manded the Cuban blockading squad- j ron in ins war wiui opuu, uuiu o.t Frankfort, Ky., seventy-flve years ago today.; v ' '"' -i Rev. Samuel ,A. Eliot, for many years president of the' American Uni tarian association, Jboro at Cambridge, Mass., fifty-five years ago today. Harry B. Hooper outfielder of the Boston American league base ball team, born at Santa Clara, thirty years ago today. ; Henry Gowdy, late catcher of the Boston National league, base ball team, now in the army, boVn' at Columbus, O., twenty-rseveri, years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. A monument to Horatio S. Earlo, the father ot good roads In Michigan, is to be unveiled toduy,t Cass City, Mich. ,--"71" Important .transportation problems ar scheduled to beidtseyssed by the National !?ndustriab Traffic league at Us summer meetlnff Jr Buffalo today. One hundred and three years ago to day 4.0QQ British troops;, under the command of General Ross, took pos session of the national capital, having defeated 6,000 American ;soldters on their way. -A committee named" , by the "War, Navy and Labor departments to study adjustment of wage schedules in navy yards, arsenals and other government works to bring about satisfactory schedules, is to report its findings TO the government todsy. Storyette of the Day. - i London children certainly .jet sgme quaint Views of -life.' An-instance of this recently occurred in an East Side Sunday school, where the teacher was talking to her class about Solomon, and his wisdom. : "When the queen of Sheba came and laid Jewels and fine raiment be fore Solomon, what did he say?" she asked presently. One small girl who had evidently had experience in such matters promptly replied: . "Ow much d'yer want for the lot?" New York Globe. HERE AND THERE. Some of th big gun used by the allies la th fighting on th Somm hav fired a many as SOS shell a day. Th greatest linoleum manufacturer in th world is Lord Ashton, who i -said to de rive a yearly income of $3,500,000 from hi business. The thumb, according to professional palm ists, i an unerring index ot th mind. If a person t trying to deceive you he will in variably draw hi thumb in toward th palm. On th other hand, if he Is telling the truth, the thumb will be relaxed and point away from th palm. The Majdr How long have you been ir the regiment? Private Grogan Wan week, or; but 1 fought in the 6panish war. The Major And did you salute with a pips In your mouth In '98? Private (Irogan. Xo, sir; I wasn't smokln' thin. Judge. ThiB undertaking establishment occu pies a position of eminence in the publi mind. We have won the people's com mendation by painstaking, praiseworthy methods and an up-to-date equipment If you are in need of our services you will be pleased by the manner in which we transact business. N. P. SWANSON Funeral Parlor. (Established 1888) 17th and Cuming St. Tel. Doug. 1060 To Quickly Remove Ugly Hairs From Face (Beauty Notes) Beauty-destroying hairs are soon banished from the skin with the aid pt a , delatone paste, made t by mixing some water with a little plain ! powdered delatone. This is spread upon the hairy surface for 2 or'S minutes, then rubbed off and the j skin washed to remove the remain ing delatone. This simple treatment banishes every trace of hair andv leaves the skin without a blemish.' Caution should be Used to be certain that it is delatone you buy. Adv. . ', R'sMWeather-antl there's Snowballing at Glacier National Park ' ' - ' 66 to 72 at midday; 36 to 42 at night that's how the ther mometer registers at Glacier Park. Out there in the Montana Rockies breezes cool ed by the mountaintop snows and, by the glaciers malce glorious summer days, "campfire" nights. In the passes snowballing's a midsummer sport. Glacier Park tarnsthrough from Chicago, St Paul; Minne apolis, Kansas Cityset you down at the front door of the Park's gateway . hostelry, the Glacier Park Hotel very low fares to Glacier Parle and back are in effect, Pacific Northwest Summer Round Tnp ticket routed "Great Northern" permit stopover at the Park, . Further information from neartst tic iet egtnt or W. M. ROMINE, District Passenger ' Agent, 315 Seventh Street, Des Moines, la. U J sun am H Mis THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU Washington, D. C Enclosed find a 2-cent stamp, for which you will please end me, entirely free, copy of The Fresh Food Book.' ' Name Street Address. City. .State.