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Coal and sugar get the hook. Next! Step
lively, please!
Teutonic dream, of world dominion proved as
alluring' and deceptive as the mirage of Croclcer
land. " -' , ;
It is inferred from the output at Sofia that the
Bulgar king's stock of pious expletives were
"made in Germany."
With his dominions lying chiefly in the wet
belt, Old King Coal runs no risk in taking a bracer
for his groggy nerves.
' Farmers own 40 per cent of the autos burning
gas in Nebraska. Well, what class has a better
right to stir up the dust?
Imperial Germany takes Argentina to its
bosom and whispers fond words. Now watch Ar
gentina get it in the neck.
War profiteers may count themselves lucky if
they get away with half of it. Congress knows
where to reach the holdup. ,
The status quo ante-bellum departed this life
August 28, 1917. The date of the funeral will be
announced later. No flowers.
' It may, be inferred from his latest remarks on
Teutonic royalty that Tresident Wilson entertains
no fear of getting pulled for Use majeste.
Court-martial for the mutinied colored soldiers
insures military spffed and salutary punishment.
Civic prejudice will have no part in this method
of-dispensing justice..
Touring autoists of Nebraska are not surprised
at the holdup methods of Missourtans. Proof of
.honesty does not outweigh technicality down
there. Besides, they need the money.
The pan of time between ancient and modern
food 'dictators leaves precious little dust on Jo
seph's record for efficiency. Even though Mr.
Hoover may top, the score, equally enduring pub
licity it impossible. . i
Southern ports are promised some of the ex
cess war business jammtd at north Atlantic
docks. This will materially expedite shipments
and partly equalize the load of war profits con
getting the northeast corner.
Second only to the offering's of the state fair
ranks the thrilling sport of picking out of the
noises of the city the rumble of coal prices go
jng down. As an ear test the sport beats a pen
nant chase. No restriction on entries.
The MacMillan exploration party plunged into
the Arctic wilds s year before the war. Though
missing much lively business in four years, lack
of knowledge is no bar to the party breaking into
the discussion! "Who started the war?"
- It is a merry race and a hot one between wheat
and corn in the market place. At the present rate
of speed corn stands more than a chance of over
taking, if not passing, wheat'. Looks as though
the yellow monarch is putting for a pair of Hoo
ver bracelets.
The force and power of the president's indict
ment of imperial Germany rests on a secure foun
dation of documentary proof stretching from Bel
gium's fscraps of paper" to the Zimmermann in
trigue in Mexico. Even brute force cannot dodge
the spear of truth.
British recruiting . missions in this country
threaten the peace and comfort of slacker vaca
tionists several miles from home. The alterna
tive f registering voluntarily for service or get
ting an escort tends to mar the joys of entrancing
scenery and the mental serenity of touring away
from trouble.
Loyal Navy Yard Men
New Verk Tlmee-
The disloyal attempt to delay war preparations
through a ship-building strike has failed. The ad-
cress of the men employed in the' League island
navy yard to the secretary of the navy is a mani
festo of true patriotism:
ve desire by our example to stimulate all
others to the fullest performance of their duty to
the country at this time. We promise to stand by
you shoulder to shoulder in carrying out meas
ures for the development of our navy.
We promise to notify our superiors of any indi
cation ol disloyalty on the part of any employe
working for the government With the
fullest confidence that our country ii in the right
in this war and relying on the wisdom of Presi
dent Wilson, we earnestly pray for a speedy suc
cess for our cause and we pledge you by our
work to do our full share toward the victory which
...:it v. ...
So every honest citizen feels. The men
the navy yards are doing work of as great value
to our cause as the soldiers can do. So are the
men in all the shipyards. So is every mechanical
worxer wnose services in his trade exempt him
from the military draft In the Brooklyn navy
yard there is no indication of a strike. There may
be shipyard strikes here and there, but it is not
conceivable that any of the men employed by the
government will stop their work. The man with
a German name who advised the shipyard men
to "pull the navy yard" will find that his influ
ence is just what it ought to be. Wages for war
work should be just. But in the nation's hour of
peril the unions must be prepared to make con
cessions '
. Omaha's Public Schools.
The Bee has received an anonymous commu
nication in which the writer argues from a point
that indicates his utter misconception of the po
sition of this paper on the city schools. In taking
exceptions to the elaborate and costly program of
building proposed by the "survey" made by an
eastern expert The Bee did not put itself on
record as favoring restriction of the operations
or extension of the Omaha public schools. On the
other hand, this paper has consistently advocated
from its very beginning all moves for increasing
the efficiency of our schools, believing in them
as the foundation of our liberties, but it has not
at any time consented to extravagance or unwise
plans for building or management.
Our "unidentified correspondent refers in his
letter to the campaign carried on here a few years
ago, when a large bond issue was authorized for
the purpose of erecting new school buildings and
to purchase additional sites. If he is completely
familiar with the course pursued by the Board of
Education he will know that the board then neg
lected to carry out in full its announced plans.
Some of the money was expended as it was in
tended, but a considerable portion was diverted
to other uses than contemplated by the voters.
This was because of contract prices overrunning
estimates and of shortages that had to be cared
for. No matter what the cause, the program was
not completed.
It is true that the demands on our schools are
steadily increasing, a natural effect of the rapid
growth of the city. It is equally true that the
people are willing to meet the situation fairly,
that the service of the city schools be not per
mitted to languish. But it is also true that for
the coming year the highest amount of money
ever raised by taxation to support the schools is
asked from the property owners, who will be
more than ever inclined to scrutinize public ex
penditures of all sorts.
These facts must be kept in mind when con
sidering proposed building programs for the
schools. The Bee again repeats its advice to
"come out of the clouds."
Utilizing the Gulf Ports.
Another of the demonstrations of efficiency
proposed by the war shipping board is that food
stuffs from the west intended for oversea con
sumption will be loaded at the ports on the gulf.
The reason for this is that Such a diversion of
traffic will go far towards relieving the conges
tion on the east and seaboard railroads. It is,
however, a belated recognition of the fact pointed
out by The Bee many years ago.; The natural
outlet at tidewater for this region is the gulf
and it would have been so established long since
had it not been for the control of the east and
west railroads. These lines, concerned in the
long haul between the fields of the trans-Mississippi
region and the Atlantic seaboard, have per
sistently defeated all efforts at developing the
north and south lines that would carry the grain
by the shortest route to tidewater. If any of
the arrangements made for- the carrying on of the
war are to remain after peace has again been es
tablished it alioutd be that part Which provides for
agricultural products intended for foreign con
sumption reaching the ocean-going transport by
the shortest route. , ' ' '
The Negro and the South.
Economic pressure is exerting a' very appre
ciable influence on the status of the negro in the
south. The white man has been entirely awak
ened tjO the fact that the labor of the black is an
important part of the problem of production, and
this is bringing more serious consideration of
the relations between the races. Sociologists and
students of economic problems are agreed On one
point, that the policy traditional in the south of
dealing with the negro on a basis of repression
has brought a result that at the present has some
really critical aspects. The principal question
now is how to induce the negro to remain where
his services are most needed. Mr. Monroe N.
Work of the Tuskegee institute, in writing of this
question for the American Journal of Sociology,
says:
The problems which just now confront the
south are how to deal with migration and at
the same time successfully meet the food
crisis. Two ways have been suggested: One,
to have more stringent labor laws; that is,,
by force and restriction endeavor to check
the movement; efforts along this line have
thus far failed; the other suggested way is to
have co-operation between the races with the
assurance of better wages and better treat
ment of negroes, including, here protection
from mob violence, justice in the courts and
better educational facilities. It appears that
the latter way would be productive of the best
results '
This seems to be a very reasonable statement
of the proposition frOm the standpoint of the
negro himself, but how far and in what spirit it
will be met by the white man must determine
the future of the great industries of the south.
To a great extent the whole labor problem, both
white and black, of the south has reached a stage
where a very extensive revision is absolutely
necessary, Final adjustment will doubtless be
deferred until after the war, but it must come
then as elsewhere in America.
Scandal Brewing in Air Service.
Direct charges are being made that the big
airship-building "concerns, as well as those who
manufacture parts or accessories, have embarked
on a profiteering cruise that may lead to a scan
dal. Specific instances of overcharge, in some
cases amounting to as much as 300 per cent, have
developed from records of transactions in con
nection with the purchases for the aviation section
of the army. In addition to these prices, exorbi
tantly high, apparently special advances have been
quoted on supplies that must be had if our air
forces are to be effectively equipped.
Nothing in the disclosure so far involves any
of the officers of the United States army in any
thing like discreditable proceedings. These men
have been helpless in the presence of the greedy
builders of airships or makers of parts who have
ruthlessly raided the appropriations made to sup
ply the army and navy with heeded aircraft The
exposure at this time should result in such ac
tion by the war purchasing board as will bring
down some of the charges made for machines and
material furnished. When this has been accom
plished plenty of work for the price fixers will
yet remain, because the airship makers are not
the only offenders in this regard.
Conscription is now in effect in Canadaafter
a legislative battle of four months. . Opposition
to equality of service and sacrifice is both racial
and political. Representatives of the French prov
inces fought conscription from the start, owing
to the strange indifference of. their constituents
to the fate f their motherland. Alien stackers
of all grades sought a referendum as a means of
delay or possible defeat The outcome of the
struggle constitutes a signal victory for the Bor
den ministry and a spur of triumph for the gallant
Canadians bravely leading the fight for democ
racy in France. " 1
The Almost Sacred Cow
By Fre eric J. Haskin.
Washington, Aug. 29. The Department of
Agriculture is putting under way a program which
has for its main object to save the American cow
from drouth, disease and slaughter.
A few years ago there was much .said and
written about our shortage of meat animals; the
condition was declared to be serious. If it was
serious then, it is alarming now. There has been
a slight increase of hogs and cattle in the United
States since the war began, but not nearly enough
to offset the terrific world decrease; to meet the
demands of our allies for meat, or to meet the
demand for live stock that is coming from Europe
after the war. There is only one national figure
who can remedy this situation. No. not Herbert
Hoover, but the American cow. Like the ladies
on the Ark, she faces the tremendous problem of
repbpulating a stricken world. For this reason
she "must be saved, and the bureau of animal in
dustry of the Department of Agriculture is out
to save her.
The method of procedure has been to appoint a
committee consisting of G. M. Rommel, chief of
the bureau of animal industry; Mr. Pinchot, the
well known conservationist, and Mr. Lassater, a
big Texas stockman. These are the official pro
tectors of the now almost sacred American cow.
For their aid and advice a council of representa
tive stockmen has been called by Secretary of
Agriculture Houston.
The program of cow conservation which has
been mapped out includes the moving of cattle
from drouth-stricken regions to more favorable
ones; recommending special attention to the cow's
diet; restricting the slaughter of cows as much as
possible, and urging farmers to provide more hay
and ensilage for their,live stock.
The newest and most interesting thine under
way is the removal of cows from the dry lands
of the southwest to the rich and perennial pastures
of the southern states. Down in the lexas fan
handle they are having one of the driest spells in
the history of the state. This Panhandle country
is one of the greatest ranee sections in the United
States. It is practically all devoted to the business
of raising cattle, and Hereford blood has Deen
introuced until all the cattle have been bred up to
a high standard of excellence. This year condi
tions are most unusual, both as to forage and as
to water, and thousands of valuable cows are
threatened with death. In Mississippi and Louis
iana especially there are great areas of cut-over
lands that are not cultivated and are supporting
only a few head of scrubby stock. Until a few
years ago they could not do more in that section
because of the prevalence of the cattle tick. But
recently the work of the Agricultural department
has greatly reduced the tick menace and has
made great areas of southern pasture land safe
for cattle of good breed. J5ome few landowners
in Mississippi have been buying cattle from
Texas for several years..,
The government experts are now doing every
thing in their power to stimulate this movement.
They have men both in Texas and in the. more
trl.. itsfni urhn 9rr wnrtcinor to bring the
ranchmen and the farmers together. The Texarts
are glad to sell at a pretty low price Decause 01
the losses which threaten their herds, and there is
good money in it for the southern farmers. Fur
thermore, live stock of good breeding, like that of
the Texas Panhandle country, is just what the
south needs. An infusion of Hereford cows is
worth a great deal more to that country than it
will probably cost F. W. Farley, who has charge
of beef production work in the bureau of animal
industry, believes that the movement of cattle
from the southwestern ranges to the southeastern
farms will become a permanent thing and a good
one for all parties concerned.
Next to the maintenance of a maximum breed
ing herd, the most important thing for the pro
ducer of live stock is to provide enough food to
keep his herd in good breeding condition. Stock
raisers are, therefore, urged to produce more hay
and more ensilage. With beef prices where they
are he can afford to do it. ,
Perhaps the most important word which the
experts have for' the farmer is that he may be
sure of high prices for all he can produce for
years to come. It has long been the experience of
the farmer and live-stock man that when he pro
duces abundantly, prices go down, and this makes
him somewhat shy of all propaganda looking to a
greatly increased production. The experts, how
ever, believe that high prices for a long time are
insured by conditions in Europe. The herds over
there hive been slaughtered without any regard
for the future. This has been made necessary not
only by the demand for meat, but because the soil
has been devoted to grains and other crops used
for human food; there has been nothing for cattle
to eat. Beef cattle, dairy cattle and blooded cattle
used for improving herds have alike been killed
by the million. Upon America will devolve very
largely the task of replacing these European herds,
and this export demand cannot fail to keep the
demand at a high nptch for a long time.
Our Fighting Men
Marcus D. Cronin. .
Marcus D. Cronin, one of the new brigadier
generals of the national army, is regarded by the
War department as one of the best fighters wear
ing the uniform of Uncle Sam. General Cronin
Comes from Worcester, Mass., and studied at
Holy Cross college before he entered West Point
in 1883. When the Spanish war broke out he was
a lieutenant in the Twentieth infantry, and in the
Santiago campaign acted as adjutant of the regi
ment. He was with General Lawton at the El
Caney fight. Later he saw much active fighting
in the Philippines, and was twice recommended
for bravery. With eighty men he successfully
fought and routed 1,000 Filipinos at Vigan. He
is a graduate of the War college and has served
a detail on the general staff.
George T. Bartlett.
George T. Bartlett, one of the new major gen
erals of the United States army, is a native of
New Hampshire and a graduate of West Point in
the class of 1881. Soon after the outbreak of the
Spanish war he was made major and commissary
of subsistence of the volunteer forces and was the
chief commissary of the Department of San Diego
and later of the Department of Havana. For
three years he was adjutant at the Artillery school
at Fort Monroe and for four year?, from 1902 to
1906, was a member of the board of officers to re
vise the drill regulations for coast artillery. His
recent promotion is his second elevation in rank
since the beginning of the war. His last pub
lished assignment was with the general staff
corps.
People anl fSvents
William Penn's 'iat atop the statue on, Phila
delphia's city hall is not planned to talk through,
but is utilized as a lofty detector of stray wireless
messages. A local inventor's device is under
going test through the historic lid. '
Society in a section of rural St. Louis became
so interested in a judicial function growing out of
a husbandless joy ride that the court room didn't
begin to hold all comers. The judge adjourned
court to a neighboring lawn so that all might see
and get an earful of spicy testimony.
Overtime and overwork to the limit of ex
haustion accounts for the death of nineteen per
sons in a trolley collision in Connecticut, lhe
company was short of men, the motormari needed
the money, took an extra run and fell asleep.
The rest of the story ends at the graveyard.
Back in old New York coal patriots utilize
everv onnortunitv within reach. Federal trade
commission reports that dealers gouge the public
in some cases for as much as $J.u a ton prone
Over in Brooklyn the reach is a shade longer.
The commission illuminates a trade truth in the
epigram: "The smaller the dealer the bigger the
gouge." ,
I iiii mmm li I II
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Turkey and Bulgaria declared war
on Rou mania.
Total British cusualtiet for August
announced as 4.711 officers and 123,234
men.
Rome reported the repulse of Aus
trian attacks in the Trentino and near
Tivoli.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
As Charles H. Guiou, of the firm of
ColpeUer & Guiou, was driving down
Sixteenth street with his fine span of
bays,' he collided with a runaway
horse and buggy at Sixteenth and
Nicholas, the force of the collision
knocking all the horses down, the
shaft of the buggv entering the breast
of one of Gulou's horses, passing close
to the jugular vein, thence under the
shoulder blade between the ribs and
the outer flesh clear to the ftenk. a
distance of four feet It took the
united efforts of four men to remove
it, but unless Inflammation sets in the'
horse is expected to live.
Kowler & Beindorff, the Farnam
street architects, have prepared
elaborate plans for the triumphal
. Sliili
arch which Is to be erected at the
corner of Sixteenth and Farnam in
honor of the forthcomingreunlon of
soldiers.
Harry Carpenter had his anklB
sprained by the falling of a horse
which he was riding.
Frank H. Green, of the Herald
business department, was married to
Miss Nellie Corcoran, Rev. C. W.
Savidge performing the cermony. v
Edward Rothery has entered his
cote of homing pigeons for exhibition
at the fair.
The fairground is assuming an ac
tive bustlinar appearance. Superin
tendent Couch is on hand busily over
seeing the work being done by the
large force of men.
Professor Hunt, aeronaut, has ar
rived with his lady companion and
his balloon. He intends to make
flights varying In distance from five
to twenty-five miles.
This Day In History.
1744 John Houstoun, governor of
.Georgia during the revolution, born In
St. George parish, Ga. Died- near
Savannah, July 20, 17S6.
1811 Theophite Gautier. cele
brated French poet, novelist and
critie, born. Died October 22.-1872.
1864 Army of the Tennessee at
tacked hy the confederates under
General Hardee, at Jonesboro, Ga.,
1870 Germans attacked French In,
plain of Douzy and drove them to
ward Sedan.
1892 George William Curtis, noted
author, died In New York. Born at
Providence, R. I., February 24, 1824.
1914 French government removed
from Paris to Bordeaux.
1915 Alphonso Pegoud,. noted
French aviator, killed in midair duel
with Germans. v
1916 Adamson" eight-hour bill In
troduced in the house of representatives.
The Day We Celebrate.
Walter L. Selby, real estate and in
surance, is 63 years old today.. He is
a native of Ohio.
Emperor Yoshihlto of Japan born
thirty-eight years ago today.
Queen Wllhelnrina of The Nether
lands born thirty-seven years ago' to
day. ,
James E. Furguson, governor of
Texas, whose official acts are now a
subject of legislative investigation,
born in Bell county, Texas, forty-six
years ago today.'
Dr. Joseph A. Blake, surgeon in
chief of the American Red Cross hos
pital of Paris, born in San Francisco
fifty-three years ago today.
Right Rey. Alfred H. Randolph.
Episcopal bishop of Southern Vir
ginia, born at Winchester, Va., eighty-,
one years ago today.
Antonio Salandra. former premier
of Ital born near Foggia, Italy, sixty-four
years ago today.
Mrs. Harold F McCormlck, daugh
ter of John D. Rockefeller, born In
Cleveland, forty-five years ao today.
Brigadier General Anson Mills, U.
S. A., retired, born In Boone county,
Indiana, eighty-three years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Viscount Ishll and other members
of the Japanese war mission are to be
entertained at dinner In Washingtcn
tonight by Senatoi Saulsbury of Dela
ware. The thirteenth annual summer con
ference of the Chinese Students' al
liance, eastern section, is to meet at
Providence today as the guest of
Brown university.
Army, navy end relief work will be
the chief subjects of discussions at
the annual convention of the Asso
ciated Young Men's and Young Wom
en's Hebrew Association of New Eng
land, opening today In Boston.
A Chinese, a Japanese and a Hindu,
are among the students who will re
ceive desrees today at the one-hundred
and fourth convocation of the
University of Chicago.
Trading in wheat for future de
livery will cease on all grain ex
changes in Canada today on orders
from the board of grain supervisors.
The nat'onal shlpoers" conferen-e
has summoned a meeting of shippers
to be held in Chicago today to take
action against a projected Increase
in freight rates which It is asserted
the railroads are about to renew.
Storyette of the Day.
"The Carnegie Foundation's recent
resolution to the effect that the only
way to insure a permanent world
peace is to crush Germany," said
Captain W. E. Dame, of the Rough
Riders, In his New York office, "re
minds me of the stocky, well-dressed
chap in the police station.
"A big burly drunk had been
brought In on a stretcher, and the
sergeant said to the stocky chap
rather sternly:
"'What have you got to say for
yourpe'f?"
" 'Sergeant.' said the stocky chap.
'I have merely been acting the part
of a peacemaker.'
" 'But. good gracious,' said the ser
geant, 'you broke six of this man's
ribs.'
" 'It was the only way. said the
stocky chap, 'to get peace.' " Wash
ington Star.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
rriction mtchei were first made in 1827.
The first paskenger railway wai operated
in 1825.
Carbolic arid was added to the world'i
chemical! in 1834.
The legion, the chief ubdivtpon of the
Roman army, contained about 6,000 men. and
a contingent of cavalry.
A pinch of augtr dropped into the tea
when it it aet to ateep will cause the leaves
to open in about half the time usually re
quired for steeping. v
The number of British workers engaged
In war industries has nearly doubled dur
ing the first two years of war. In 1814
there were 1,686.004; today there are 3.S0O.-
The daily output of the t we've British
national projectile factories which have, as
yet, developed barely one-half of their total
capacity, would fill a train one mile long
composed of 400 trucks and rcoulrin eirht
engine to pull it. ' r
Dentists and Their Charges.
Omaha. Aug. 29. To the Editor of
The Bee: At. last, according to the
advertising columns of The' Bee, pub
lic opinion is centered on a .class of
profiteers that have been "gettmg all
they can" and who ought to be sup
pressed along with the food specula
tor and the coal baron.
In ope of a series of advertisements
appearing in The Bee recently a local
dentist says: "I do not pose as a
philanthropist nor do I offer charity
f ork to those who" are able, willing
nd glad to pay a reasonable fee for
first-class dental services, but I do
claim that charging people $500 to
$1,000 for services worth at best not
to exceed $50 to $100 Is neither hon
est nor creditable."
Many victims of unscrupulous den
tists have waited long for a statement
from the inside bearing out the popu
lar belief that the exorbitant charges
are made because as yet we have
no laws that protect the public from
this class of profiteers. I. J. C.
Pantheism.
Hancock. la., Aug. 26.- To the
Editor of The Bee: God all in all, from
everlasting to everlasting, omniscient,
always 'was and always will be. All
that is is God. This, the most intellec
tual conception of a God, is pantheistic,
not pantheism run to seed nor fetish.
At one time things were material and
immaterial, matter and motion, mortal
and immortal, but as the microscope
developed many more things became
material, so reasoning from the known
to the unknown we are beginning to
believe that everything Is something,
and that God never made anything
out of nothing; yet many creeds are
established on the nothing theory.
Now, wherein are we to find the sci
entific facts in the claim that all ma
terial things are unreal, and spiritual
things only real, when the mineral,
vegetable, animal, spiritual and many
other kingdoms, up to the most high
God, go to making up God. Each
kingdom being only a part of Him,
differing only in-degree or quality
thus the rock in the quarry, the wood
in the forest, the mobility of the ani
mal, the lightning in the. clouds, and
the life in His beings.
We are led from one degree to the
other, up, up, up into the spiritual or
speculative kingdoms, where the big
gest only can reach, and wholly be
yond the grasp of any, making it pure
ly a matter of belief before you are In
a mood to receive. And regardless of
the unreasonableness of the demand,
also claiming the most trivial things
for excuses why God didn't do bo and
so. From the beginning of time men
have reached Into the spiritual king
dom, or the fourth dimension, and
seemingly with the same result.
Though certain ones claiming to call
on God for most any old thing and it
would be granted (in a pig's eye) sure
many, many believed. . Jnd unto this
day not a few are under the same de
lusion. Such comes from a belief in a per
sonal Godand devlV doing voluntary
things, Justifying the persecution of
the Jews, the Inquisition, killing of
the first born and a hundred andi one
ether such damnable acts in the name
of God, priest and clergy notwithstand
ing. Common sense my experience to
Illustrate, in following those two paral
lel lines to see if they come together.
I started out one morning, followed
them across the continent, over the
ocean up past the moon, out beyond
the Pleiades, on into the Milky Way.
on, on, on for billions and billions of
miles out into space. I went, follow
ing those two parallel lines to see
where they came together, but getting
very, very hungry, I returned for some
thing to eat, and to this day I don't
know that those lines didn't come to
gether farther on, but common sense
made me believe they never did. Hence
an agnostic I must be, or an igno
ramus. ' DR. J. F. STEVENS.
MIDSUMMER MIRTH.
OUR HEROES.
"On to Berlin!" ( tho slogan
"On to Berlin!" the cry;
Our brave boys chargo the Hfhdenburg,
To conquer or to die.
They go from a land unconquered
Hy foes on land or tea,
They strike for love of country.
To safeguard liberty.
They follow the Ulood-atalned footprints
Of thos with Washington;
And will neither fear nor falter
As bravely they press on.
They will crush that cruel tyrant,
Germany's Kaiser Bill,
In the name of world-wide freedom,
Born at old Bunker Hill.
Paul Jones, when askod to surrender
His ship In Its batter plight,
Keptled, midst his dead and dying,
"I've not begun to fight."
And his brave snd courageous spirit
Before them in the fray,
Inspires with dauntless courage
Boys of our IT. S. A.
'Twas that world-renowned old warrior.
Admiral Farragut.
When reminded f torpedoes.
Who said he feared them rtot.
"Our cause demands It," and, said he,
'We'll sail through Mobile bay.
Torpedo boats, r.or aught beside,
Shall check us on our way."
And an his spirit hovers o'er
Our boys who sail the main.
The treacherous U-boats seeking them
Will find their efforts vain.
"Unconditional surrender
Was. U. S. Grant's demand.
And" that slogan e'er Is taken
By soldiers of our land.
Our countless heroes of the past
Whose deeds shine bright today
Have left their Impress on our land
To light each soldier's way.
"On to Berlin!" Is the slogan,
"On to Berlin!" we hear,
O God, we would pray Thee save them,
Our soldier boys so dear.
JENNIE BAYER,
" Pender, Neb.
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