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THE BEE; OMAHA, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1917. - 'i I ;1 The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER '"" VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR Entered at Omaha postoffice ai second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Br Carrier. By Mall , Psllr ana" RrmdiT par mouth. .' Per jaw. fi.0fl lnl without Sunday " 4xi 4 00 Vtwnlna uiA fiiinrtu " 4'KI 1.00 Erenini mihoul Bundiy " " 4 AO Sundu Bet only 50o " . IW rVed notice of etianw of addrws or tmfularity la dellfery to Omane Bee, Circulation Department. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Anmtsted Press, of srhleh The Be Is a member, Is aielmrlrelr entitled to me uae for reruNlcntlnri of all newi credited W It or not otAenrlM credited la this paper ana also in looai news poo llalied herein. All right of reioiblkatloc uf our (pedal dispatches are also reeerred. . REMITTANCE Remit bf drift, eipresi nr rtl erder. Only i-ent stamps taken In payment of small arronnta Personal check, except oo Omaha and eastern eichJJigt. not accepted. Omihi The Bee Bulldlne. South Omaha 117 8. Hth (ft. roundl Bluff-! 4 V. Main St. Incoln Little B-illdlna. OFFICES Chlriro People'! Gal Building, New York m Fifth Are. St. Iwila New B's of Comnwroa, Washington fa 14th Bt., VA W. CORRESPONDENCE Address eommnnleatlons relittrif to new and editorial mttV to Jttah Her, fcditonsl Department JULY CIRCULATION 57,229 Daily Sunday, 51,153 Awrage circulation for the mouth (ubicrlbtd and worn to by Dwlght Williams. Clrcalauon ilaiwiw. - Subscribers leaving tha city should have The Be mailed to them. Addreaa chanted at often aa requested. Over the Alps lies Vienna. Italy thinks the ng is good. Daniel Webster's historic prophecy: "Murder will out," shines anew as a living truth. Cheer up! Some day, perhaps, the squeezed consumer will have a real "friend at court." Owing to the distance from home it is im possible to hear at Moscow the wireless words of Nick Romanoff: "I told you so." Convoying men and goods across the Atlantic putt an effective crimp on U-boat operations. Vigilance of battleships and scouts makes for safety and hastens victory. With an experience of three years as a guide, Great Britain takes 80 per cent of excess war profits. Uncle Sam inclines to a fifty-fifty split, but we are young in the business and modest of reach. Munition "melons" carry an excess of juice, but they have nothing on the oil melons of Texas. One sample of the fiscal crop, 1916-7, yielding $22, 900,000 net for twelve months, which suggests a hurry call for federal surgeons. Victory is not always to ihe strong in num ber. ' Co-operation, and skillful battle tactics fre quently overcome the advantage. Witness the failure of a million garden plotters to muss the crowns of potato kings in. the market place. ; Accommodations for friends of the enemy at American internment camps hardly equal t first floor front or a cosy cottage on the wayside. Uncle Sam is not boosting business in this line, how ever. Merely doing the best he can for those who insist on breaking in. , In casting about for legitimate sources of "easy money" toll bridges on popular highways rank near the top-of sure things." Pennsylvania shook 'off: the tell grip after a struggle of a quar ter of a century. Polsibly Nebraska, younger and more alert, will achieve highway freedom in less time. ; ! Hard luck troops behind the suffrage sentinels of the White House. Faring forth betimes with banners aloft they rarely know where they will head in. Sometimes the police map the destina tion. On other days loitering crowds seize the banners and leave the sentinels without a painted ward against masculine tyranny. Still the suffer ing sisters come back vainly seeking the martyr's crown. , Harry Garfield's price-fixing committee said out loud that a $-cent loaf of fourteen ounces was possible and profitable under the government's wheat price. Herbert Hoover flouts the asser tion, declaring a sixteen-ounce loaf for 8 cents is ,the best the bakers cao do under the conditions. It is evident from these contradictory statements that the food managers work both sides of the road at the same time. How Much Can We Spare? New York Journal of Commeroe- A deficiency in wheat seems to be regarded as the most serious point in the food supply situa tion so. far as the allied nations in Europe are concerned and the official administrator is anx ious that as much relief as possible should go from this country. It seems somehow to be considered easier for Americans to substitute other grains for wheat in bread consumption than for Euro ' peans. One reason is that Indian corn is regard d here as an excellent material or human suste nance as well as for fattening cattle and hogs. Europeans have never been used to it and thj meal will not stand transportation as flour will. An other reason is that people in Europe are not so much addicted to home cooking as we are, at least for bread and pastry. They depend upon the bake shops and "maize" is not one of their materials. They would not know what to do with it if they had it Taking the countries of France, Italy, Belgium and Great Britain as the needy allies, it is said that their average production of wheat in the three-year period was about 590,000,000 bushels, their imports from the United States a little less than 90,000,000. from Canada 112,000,000 and from other sources 188,500.000, a total consumption of nearly 975,000,000 bushels. As a result of the war their production this year is estimated at consid eroly less than 400,000,000 bushels and their de pendence upon Canada and the United States much greater than normal, as less is to be obtained " jrorrt other sources. It is said that our prospec tive harvest this year is 678,000,000 bushels, while the normal consumption would be 590,000,000, leaving a surplus of 88,000,000. while Canada's surplus is expected to be 120,000,000. or 208,000, 000 bushels in all from this side. This is nut at 369,000,00 bushels less than 'the normal require ments of those allies from this source. How are they going to make it up? Our people are expected to cut down their consumption of wheat on a generous scale and replace it with something else so far as it needs to.be replaced Much.can be saved in all food materials, but in any one it may be largely done , by substitution. ' Of other cereals, it is said, the United States is going to have a surplus of over 829,000,000 bushels, meaning a surplus over our normal consumption. This includes corn, rye, bar ley and oats, and those other nations usually im port o4,uuu,uuu bushels ot (those. It is evident that there is to be a somewhat 6hort allowance . of all these food grains. Much may be saved by more limited consumption and so far as this coun try is concerned there is no danger of a serious lack of bread. We can spare a great deal larger proportion of our wheat than usual without suffering Labor Day. This one day of the year is dedicated by the people of America to the purpose of acknowl edging in some way the debt of society to labor, without making any especial expression on un derlying sentiment, it may be set down as a fact that Labor day's place on the calendar is one of highest honor, a tribute to the expanding intellect uality of man. Labor, as such, is coming more and more to be recognized as an opportunity rather than condition of misfortune or servitude. Useful service in an honorable station is sought by men and women as a privilege. The idler and the parasite are being sent to the rear, while the worker is given the front place in the ranks of society. Under the new condition, which must follow after the upheaval of society incident to the war has subsided, it is probable that labor will be strengthened in its position as a controlling 'fac tor in the affairs of, humanity. With further democratization of the world, it is impossible that the false relative position of work and idleness which have prevailed in men's minds for many generations will continue. This does not mean that man will cease to amass wealth or to seek pleasure, but wealth and pleasure alike will be but a means and not the end itself. This change of opinion is already recognized by leading think ers, whose views are conservative and not revo lutionary. Labor is the foundation of all achieve ment, it is an honorable condition, and that worker who most respects his employment and honors his production, by the sincerity of his efforts does most credit to himself. Wherever the worker spends hs holiday, he may do it with the assurance that his share in the responsibility for civilization is greater than ever. Staggering Figures of War Cost. One of the few foreign reviewers of war who discusses costs instead of policies presents in the Manchester Guardian a statistical showing of the tremendous wastage of war for three years past. The statistics apply to Europe's battling nations, the United States being excluded as a beginner. Estimates, necessarily speculative, enter into the calculation, but these, the reviewer asserts, err, if at all, on the side of under-estimate. The founda tion of the staggering figures rests on official in formation which rarely sees the light of publicity. The toll of human life, as the reviewer com putes it, aggregates 9,750,000 men, most of them in the full flower of manhood. This means that war's death roll is already equal to the combined "population of New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Chicago. Nor is this all. For obvious rea sons the losses of noncombatants, young and old, in the army-ravaged sections cannot be es timated, nor the number . of war captives who perished in prison camps. Allowing for losses in birth rate, directly due to war, brings the total loss of population as a result of three years of war up to 14,250,000. Dividing the death roll among the warring na tions, the reviewer computes Great Britain's losses at 400,000 men, France 1,300,000, Germany 2,250,- 000, Austria 1,750,000 and Rujsiar not less than 2,500,000. Turkish losses and those of Italy and the minor combatants add 1,550,000 to the total. Appalling as these totals appear, they express far less human misery afnd suffering than ii the lot of the wounded. On the usual ratio of two and a half injured to one killed, the wounded num ber about 23,500,000, probably one-half disabled for effective civil life and labor, On the material side of war the direct cost to the various national treasuries : totals $107,500,- 000,000, a sum that would baffle imagination in pre-war times. Sixty per cent of the huge burden falls to the allies and 40 per cent to the central powers. ! Opening the Citizenship Factories. With the opening of the public schools comes again resumption of activity in the great citizen ship factories of the United States. Under the teachers' guidance, the minds of the children slowly open tya receive information and knowledge essential to growth and development that event ually .will fit them to assume responsibilities inci dent to their status as freemen. No other activity of our national life is more important than our schools, and none is more generously provided for. Responsive understanding is the first requisite for self-government, and therefore the duty of each generation is to see that its successor is given fair opportunity to obtain an education that the institution of free government may not languish. In Omaha we start the new year with a school system expanded, beyond previous exper ience and with its problems of maintenance and administration correspondingly enhanced. The new superintendent will find that the people of Omaha are jealous of their public schools and require a maximum service from whoever is in charge. On the other hand he will discover that our people are very liberal in their support of this great institution and devoted in every way to its interest. Nowhere have the people more just occasion for honest pride than have the peo ple of Omaha, and this must be maintained. Term Insurance for Soldiers. Under the provisions of the insurance and in demnity bill now pending before congress men in the army and navy of the United States are to be given protection at a minimum cost. A flat rate of $8 per thousand per year is set as a premium to be paid on the term insurance offered to these men, while the indemnity rates are on a liberal scale provided by the government. The whole plan comprises a comprehensive system of pay ment that will amply provide for the man who may be injured in the service, or his dependents in case he loses his life. The rate of premium charged for the insurance is so low as to make it the most attractive, form yet offered. It nat urally falls within the scope of the government, because no private corporation could afford to itssume the risk on men engaged in war. A single battle might easily wipe out the entire assets of an insurance company. It will put a big load on the government, yet is looked on as being far better than the pension system this is intended to supplant. Only one material objection has been raised against it, and this applies only to a single subordinate feature. Insurance companies do not like the, idea of the government continuing this low cost insurance after the War, and therefore are opposed to that section of the bill. However, this point is not absolutely vital to the measure and will very likely be disposed of in its proper turn. The main" fact is that the government is trying to make some arrangement that will care for its soldiers on a just and generous basis. Full credence may be given the stories of hard ships endured by Americans in getting away from Germanized Belgium. A government capable of denying the American ambassador freedom of movement due his station, will not scruple at means to make things- hot for isolated intruders. War and Dogs By Frederic J. H:skin Washington, Aug. 31. The matter of provid ing dogs for the use of the United States forces in France has recently attracted an amount of at tention among dog fanciers and some other people which is rather disproportionate to the importance attached to the matter by the War department. Senator Brady of Idaho'is the chief exponent in congress of the idea that our fighting forces should be provided with dogs, as are those of most of the other belligerents. He wrote to the War department requesting that a model be drafted of a bill which would provide for the ac ceptance by the government of dogs offered by American citizens for use in war. The reply stated that no legislation regarding dogs was necessary as the War department had full au thority to organize any auxiliary units needed for the army. Dogs will be provided for the fighting forces in France "provided General Pershing de sires the assistance of dogs." Hence the military future cf the American dog seems to be entirely in the hands of General Pershing, but this has not abated the activities of those who are interested in the subject in this country. Senator Brady has introduced a bill which provides a sum for the purchase of dogs to te used in the army. Breeders of various kinds of dogs are urging the claims of their favorites. Germany is now recruiting dogs for its army, much as Senator Brady would have them recruited in this country. An advertisement inserted in a government controlled German paper asks owners of dogs to donafc them free to the government. The dogs must be from 1 to 4 years old, the ad vertisement states, and must be Airedales, sheep dogs, fox terriers or mongrels of these breeds. They are to be used as watch dogs for fighting forces in the field and "will make possible a con siderable lightening of the latter's military duties." Those that survive are to be returned to their owners free of cost. The claims of all fanciers of thoroughbred dogs are given a rude shock by a student of animal psychology attached to the government hospital of St. Elizabeth's, who says that in his opinion common street curs will be found superior to any thoroughbred variety for military work. He says that the poundmasters in great cities can supply the government with all the dogs it needs at a very low cost. He further urges that a dumber of camps be immediately established for the pur pose of training dogs for the army. He states that in the United States there are more men skilled in animal psychology than in any other country in the worljj, and he believes that in addition to the training of the dogs, valuable research and experiment bearing upon the use of animals in war could thus be made. He would have the training stations located chiefly at several great universi ties where these animal psychologists are em ployed, and would have regular army men to co operate in the work of training. About 10,000 dogs are now in use on the battle fields of Europe. Besides the Red Cross dogs, that seek out the wounded and help them, dogs are used lor sentry work and scouting, where their keen noses often detect enemies concealed from human eyes. The British have just taken up the use of clogs, ii is reported. In the Boer war they found that the Boers hid a considerable advantage in their dogs, especially in guarding prisoners. Germany is now using them extensively for that purpose, too. v- In general, the effect of the war has been in other countries and doubtless will be in this coun try to discourage the breeding of useless dogs and promote the destruction of curs. The advan tages o the latter effect will be disputed by no one. The toy dog, on the other hand, is extremely popular in America, and opinion concerning him is very sharply divided. Owners of these useless little pets are very devoted to them, while most other people seem to regard them with a certain aversion. At any rate, breeders of the larger and more useful varieties are already prophesying in their advertisements that the popularity of useless dogs is about to decline. Military and police dogs, stock dogs and hunting dogs will continue to be bred and kept because they arc useful. Whatever the merits of the case and against the useless dog may be, it would certainly seem desirable that the degenerative breeding which produces them should be stopped. Nearly all of the toy and ornamental varieties are the descend ants of larger and more useful breeds. The Pomeranian, for example, which is now regarded as an ideal apartment house dog because of his very small size, is descended ftom a larger breed which was much used for hunting. The degen erative process may be witnessed in the case of the cocker spaniel. This dog takes his name from the fact that he has been long and successfully used for hunting wood cock. In Europe, he is considered the ideal dog for covers containing mixed game, and he runs rabbits as well as putting up birds. In this country, although the cocker spaniel benches at the shows are always well filled, few of the dogs shown have been used in the field, and a type of cocker is being evolved which has scarcely leg enough for a hunter. The larger and leggier varieties are still bred and hunted by a few men, but the tendency of the cocker spaniel is to degenerate front a strong and lusty hunter into one more plaything for rich American women. The same tendency would seem to threaten the Sealyham terrier which has recently been br.ought here from his home in North Pembrokeshire, and is becoming popular. In his native land he is an inveterate hunter of vermin and is used with packs of hounds to get the game out of the ground. In this country he has scarcely been hunted at all, and is in danger of losing the energy and courage which belong to the native breed. Politics fn Nebraska York News-Times: The old-time politician is beginning to hear the rumble of the Farmers' Non partisan league and is, wondering which way to flop. Even the Nebraskans it) Washington are taking notice. Genoa Leader: An exchange declares that Hitchcock disgraced Nebraska when be voted against the proposition to submit the question of national prohibition to the people. Can anyone point to a single instance when Hitchcock ever represented the sentiment of Nebraska on a sin gle important issue? Grand Island Independent: It is net to be wondered at that we have not seen anything of Senator Hitchcock in the limelight of activities at the national capital since his vote on pronation. He has been spending the greater part of the time, it is averred, in the moonlight of a Massa chusetts summer home. Polk Progress: Merton L. Corey of Hastings would make a very strong and capable candidate for the United States senate when tire opportune time arrives. The Progress is not in a position to say whether Mr. Corey will be a candidate, but democracy of Nebraska is looking for such avail able men to fill important offices. Emerson Enterprise: Carried away by his success as lieutenant governor, Edgar Howard suggests that he is good timber for the United States senate. Wait a while, judge. Anybody can neat Senator Norrts, but it's going to take a full sized man to defeat the tall slippery elm from Omaha when his turn comes later on. Nebraska City Press: It is too early to speak much of politics, but we shall digress for a mo ment to suggest that the people of the South Platte will insist on having the next United States senator from Nebraska live in this subdi vision of the state. And the next senator from Nebraska must have his Americanism undiluted and unafraid. Oconto Register: "Uncle Mose" Kinkaid, Wf congressman, voted against the declaration of war because he thought his constituents were on posed to it. Now that we are in the scrap our representative is at the front in advocating meas ures aimed to hasten our victory and he docs not choose his words to soothe the few kaiser men in his district One Year Ago Today in the War. Allies captured Gutllemont, Le For est and Clery on Somme front. Furious battles between Russians and Austro-Germans east of Lem- berg. German and Bulgarian troops crossed tne uobrudja frontier, south eastern Roumanla In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Andrew Rosewater and wife have returned from Manltou, Colo., and are stopping at the fllllard. J. V. Morse, with hla turn rlanoVi. ters, has reft for South Bend, Ind., wnere me iauer win enter tne ladles' seminary, situated a few miles from the center of the city. r A business course has been added to the studies in the high school, to be completed in one year, or to be taken in parts during the period of four Years ntCMIiarv for prnritiatinn The Overland train had anions its passengers a distinguished party con sisting of Ma Kie Chang, imperial en voy from the government of China; his secretaries, Li Kla Tu and Chu Kan Ta. tfn their wav to PhliArininhia relative to forming a National Bank or cnina on tne American plan and establishing a telephone system in that country. The Pletz photograph gallery is now open for business at 1406 Far nam, under the ownership of H. PieU, lately of Springfield, 111. J. P. Shinman u-a nlenjaanrlv nr. prised at hla home, Twenty-fifth and i-aincK avenue, tne iouowing young Deorile dolns- th "stirnrfaHno-" oof- Mlsse Sflillft TCfllv Martin TtirHIa Coy, Nellie Lanagan, Mrs. Nile; Messrs. winiams. MacMuiien, Louis Littlefleld, Arnold, Burkholder, Bert jxne. N. Tt. Fnlnnner la mnlrlnar erlsnolva preparations for the decoration of his store in honor of the Grand Army boys. Tills Day In History. ' 1783 Final treatv nf ninon ViottvoBn United States and Great Britain signed at rans, emnodying recognition of the independence of the United States. 1845 Dr. Cornelius Herr fntnnua statesman and scientist, who was prosecuted by the French government on charges arising from the Panama canal scandal, born in France. Died In England July 6, 1898. 1881 General Ambrose E. Burn side, noted federal commander in the civil war, died at Bristol, R. L Born at Liberty. Ind.. May 23, 1814. , 1889 A convention to frame a con stitution for Wyoming met at Chey enne. , - V 1894 -Ijahftr iftvv nVtaAn-AA aa a o-a eral holiday for the first time through out tne unitea states. 1910 The Nationa! Conservation congress at St. Paul was opened by President Taft. ' ' 1914 Russians occupied the city of Lemberg, capital of Galicia. 1915 Germans stormed the bridge head" at Friedrichstadt on the Dvina. The Day We Celebrate. Harley G. Morehead, lawyer, is 41 today. He was educated at Oherlin and Columbia university and came to Omaha in 1902. Thomas A. Fry was born September S, 1860. He is president of the Shoe Market, the Drexel, th Fry and the Stryker Shoe companies, a director of the United States National bank and president of the Nebraska Savings and Loan association'. - J. B. Root, well known live stock dealer of Omaha, was born here in Omaha September 3, 1875. Colonel Mavern-Hiir -mum. mem ber of the seneral stafi of the United States army, born in New York fifty four years ago today. Federal Judge Emory Speer of Ma con, Ga who has rendered a decision affirming the constitutionality of the selective draft, born at Culloderr, Ga., sixty-nine years ago today. Sir George Foster, Canadian cabinet officer; who attended the Washington war conference last April, born in New Brunswick seventy years ago to day, v Dowager Queen Olga, grandmother of the present king of Greece, born in Russia sixty-six years ago today. Edward J. Konetchy, first baseman of the Boston National league team, born at La Crosse, Wis., thirty-two years ago today. t Timely Jottings and Reminders. The American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology holds its ninth annual conference today at Saratoga. Governor Rickett has requested the1 people of North Carolina to observe today as "Patriotic Day." in honor of the men called to the colors. The annual convention of the Na tional Federation of Postal Employes opens at Memphis today and will con tinue in session until the end of the week. State fairs are to be opened today in Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska. West Virginia, Washington and a number of other states, with patriotism as the keynote of nearly all ot the exhibi tions. Reforms in working conditions, salary increases to meet the high cost of living, and proposed affiliation with the American Federation of LAbor, are among the leading subjects to receive attention at the twenty-first annual convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers, which meets today at Dallas. Storyette of the Day. Vice President Marshall declares that the politest man ives in Newark, O. Mr. Marshall made a campaign speech there last fall. When he was about half through a man made his way quietly from the rear of the room up to edge of the platform, waited until Mr. Marshall parsed to swallow, at the end of a paragraph, and then ofTcred to shake hands with the vice president "I'm sorry, but I'll have to bid yon good night," the man said. "I've got to go home now." Collier's Weekly. SEPTEMBER'S TRAIL. Time for Talking Peace. Ogallala, Neb., Aug. 30. To the Editor of The Bee: President Wilson does not want the "Status Quo Ante." If a man murders his neighbor's wife and little children; and is caught red handed, you would not talk status quo ante: worse than a criminal; he would receive no consideration. When the time is ripe to discuss peace, your Uncle Samuel will be sit ting at the head of the table, holding all the cards in the pack. He can and will dictate the terms. Let us hope that Old Glory will yet bring peace and good will, to all man kind. EDWIN M. SEARLE. The God of Battles. ' Macedonia, la., Aug. 30. To the Editor of The Bee: If C. S.. who v. rote "God in the War" in the Letter Box of Ausust 30, will read the Old Testament he will realize that the God of that time was a true god of W3 r When Phrlcf namn frt V. n .,-1 .) Vhe God of Love was first taught. The trouble with the kaiser is that he doe6 not seem to realize that we re now living in the Christian age in stead of the Old Testament age. There are others who have not awakened to the fact that a new dis pensation was given to the world over 1.900 years ago. Prominent among them and on a par with the kaiser are those who are taking advantage of the kaiser's precipitating the world into a literal hell for his and his followers' selfish ends and rob bing their fellow men. We do not have to go to Germany to find them either. They are risht among us and doing business every day. The great blessing that will come from this horrible war is that they will get their Just punishment as sure as will the kaiser get his. M. A. IIEMPEL. Government Control of Exports. Omaha, Aug. 30. To the Editor of The Bee: The British naval blockade of Germany for the last three vears has been a Joke: it is now a fact. Gov ernment control of exports from the United States to neutral countries adjoining Germany removes the shackles from the British blockading fleet placed upon it by American ex porters. President Wilson has signed the death warrant of Germany's hieh seas fleet. The British grand fleet, un der command of Admiral Sir David Beatty, will carry out the execution. In less than twelve months from the date of this letter the economic strin gency in Germany resulting from the British blockade will have reached its full effectiveness. The end of the wrtr is in sight. A more effective answer to Germany's ruthless submarine war fare could not be conceived. Presi dent Wilson's proclamation of gov ernment control of exports will soon convince the German imperial chan cellor that the pen is mightier than the sword. THOMAS HENRY W ATKINS. DRIFTWOOD OF WAR TIME. Every United Statei warship is soon U carry a Y. M. C. A. unit. The Artillery School of Instruction at Fori rcs Monroe wa established in 1824. The giving of cheera a a compliment to any officer is forbidden by the navy regula tions. Warships are said to be within signal dis tance when it is possible to make out flag signals. All of the largest gun"! for the ncvy are manufactured at the gitn factory in Wash ington, D. C. The government pays no royalties on ord nance or other inventions made by officers of the army or navy. From 1792 to 1706 the regular army was known under the official title of the Legion of the United States. The only corps of the navy consisting ex clusively ot Annapolis graduates ia the corps of naval constructors. 1 The flag of the secretary of the nnvy it of scarlet bunting and bears upon it an eagle with Sutstretched wines. Chaplains are on the same footing with other officers of the army as to tenure of office, retirement and pension. Electric lights, Roman candles and rockets are among the common methods of night communication by warships at Sea. The oldest armored cruiser in the United States navy1 is the Saratoga, formerly the New York, which was launcned twenty-five years ago. The funeral of Admiral Farragut, who died at Portsmouth, N. H., in 1870. was the most elaborate ever given an officer of the United States navy. The wardrobe of an officer of the United States navy includes special full dress, full dress, evening dress, mess dress and white and blue service uniforms. The many retired officers of the United States army who have been recalled to ac tive serrice in the present emergency, re ceive the full pay and emoluments of their rank. Major generals of the United States army wear their sashes across the body from the right shoulder to the left side, while briga dier generals wear their sashes around tha waist. When the president visits one! of our war ships it is required by the navy regulations that the drum give four ruffles and the bugle four flourishes, followed by the national air, played by the ship band. The old frigate Constellation, now doing duty as naval training chip at Newport, is 120 years old. It wr.s one of the sis frit- ates laid down in 1794 as the first division of the United States navy. Ore of the most notable cases of mutiny in the United States navy occurred just seventy-five years ago, when Midshipman Spen cer, a relative of the secretary of the navy, along with a boatswain's mate and a seaman was hung from the yard arm of tne U. S. S. Somers for s.uspected mutiny. MIRTHFUL REMARKS.. Kancy Byrd Turner. I like to atray along a way September's lately traveled My steps can hardly pick a path the mlr acles among; On every ban It a twisted thread of ruddy vine unraveled. On every bush and every bough a fleck of crimson flung. Bright at each turn slim maplea burn and sumao fires kindle. The delicate clematis bloom la scattered, white aa milk. And every staff ot goldenrod ia Ilka a shin ing aplndle. And all the wind blown milkweed pods are pinning ailver silk. A flock of little taay leavea, ilka yellow birds unnumbered, Ektmi down tha crystal air to light upon an old gray wall; An ancient tree leans, gnarled and low, with precious weight Incumbered. ' And ripe with heat and summer aweet, the mellow applea fall. t tike to go with musing heart and happy eyea unholdea Along a beauty laden way September lately trod: Sometimes the rusret flel.ls stretch out to fairer fields, and golden; Somehow with human feet I walk a tralghter road to Got Plea for Toleration. Omaha Aug. 30. To the Editor of The Bee: The hope of every nation, and especially a democracy, and its ability to be of true service to its peo ple, depends upon its calm, honorablo and truly patriotio citizens. Thero are atways extremists in any direction, and especially in time of war are they most active. In a democracy they are disloyal to the government and its people who. endeavor to array senti ment against a patriotic class of citi zens because they came from an enemy country or have the blood of that country in their veins as mucn so as is a person to express love for his native country. Citizens of foreign birth who a-e loyal to this country and who sought it in preference to their own deserve our regard more than those who are citizens of this country from accident of birth. We are Justly in this war to aid other countries in ridding the world of militarism. All fair people must concede tnat Germany has the most cruel and oppressive military system among civilized nations. It may have been a necessity at one time, but that time Is past, and such a sys tem is a menace to all other nations. We have no rlsht with the German or Austrian people here or abroad, nor with their form of civil government, but we are seeking to aid them and other people by removing the cruel and militaristic incubus, an organiza tion that oppresses them and toe spirit it engenders in its people. AH must concede that the German peo ple in this country as a class aM among the most honorable, hard working and thrifty, not seekers of office or control of others in the po litical, business or educational world. Our careful reflection on crime in this country and an examination of the records of our criminal courts finds the German people among the least of law breakers. We are in this war to remove a world menace, andTiow is a gooci lime to remove it. AMERICAN. HERE AND THERE. Negroes in the United States hare a tax able wealth of about $67)0,000,000. - Herring are nine pence each iit Vienna, and no one may buy more than two a day. James Sullivan, who has reached his 100th birthday at Gorleston, says he is England's oldest showman. More than 90 per cent of the world's cloves come from Zanzibar, which has about 3,700,000 full-bearing trees. Since 1991 84,000 miles of fencing has been erected in the state of South Australia for the purpose of controlling1 the rabbit pest. Mack queered himself with JIame when he tried to compliment her on her hands '' "Hov so?'' ".She Is proud of their bring so emajl. and he told her they were simply great." Balti more American. "On what grounds did jou claim exemp tion?" "I am a conscientious objector. I believe that if they were called for a mllllon.men would spring to arms in a single nightiand I object to being dragged to arms in the daytime." Kansas City Star. , MR.rABlBBlE M (tfRCS fAMlLY HWJE MCWEO AYM FROM OUR BLOCK -VJMT EXCUSE CWl FIMTO VI&Y HER M THt MEW PUCE- -NKrWrNN rWrnfTeaONE'lU lASf PIACE ANt CAU. OR mcto VMM THE RE.CEPY.' Rounder Thin gas bill is only 20 cents. Clerk Well, sir? Eountfer Better malt it 14 20. Vv ir,. keeps the bills and I've been writing hei that during her absence I've epent all mt evenings at home.--Boston Transcript. The Boy I shall be glad when 1 am ole enough to do as I please. The Man And about that time you'll g and get married, so It won't do much gooc " after all. Chicago Herald. "You've heard of the champion pugiltw who couldn't put his own baby to aleep?" "Yes. What of It?" "Saw tha same thing happen the othei day to a professional composer." LoulsvlIN Courier-Journal. Thn doctor felt the patisntit sore appendi) and pushed rather hard. The patient be came very angry from pain and shouted "Cut that out." u .i jgf The doctor tltd. Awgwan. Kriil1dor-J 55c Per Gallon A Heavy, Viscous, Filtered Motor VhoJasOilC, ompany GRAIN EXCHANGE BLDG. fruiJti The Soldier's Telephone Needs Served First When war was declared, the Bell Telephone System wns immediately placed at the disposal of the government. The government has had first call for local and long distance telephone service, as well as for men, for switchboards, poles, wire and tele phones for use at army headquarters and in the field. You can "do your bit" by asking only for equipment you must have, and mak ing only such local and long distance calls as are absolutely necessary. NEBRASKA TELEPHONE CO. footNoouRBrr' THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU Washington, D. C. Enclosed find a 2-cent stamp, for which you will please send me, entirely free, a copy of The Food Problem. Name s Street Address ,.A City State