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Uilhaasa, Cireulatloa Manager.
, Subacribwra laavlnf the city eheuld bava The Be mailed
x ta than. Addraae chaaged aa often aa requeatad.
Late bulletins reassure subjects that King
Com absorbs nourishment with customary gusto.
Coin, bullion and currency come under the
shipping embargo. Conservation in that line safe
guards the wherewith to foot the bill..
As an evidence of high esteem and, real sport
ing blood our city corns might offer the Audi
torium rent free to Messrs. Howard and Gooch.
f There Is room for patriotism behind the
trenches, at well as on the firing line. In other
words do your bit in the place that lies nearest to
you.
Notice how the Omaha Hyhenated has ceased
boasting about its wonderful enterprise in violat
ing the release order on advance matter furnished
in confidence?
The one thing certain about filling that va
cancy on the county board is that the favored
candidate will be a dyed-in-the-wool democrat
who stands in with the ring.
. Truly these are troublesome days for big and
little Bills Bill . Hohenzollcrn, Bill Stone, Bill
Thompson, Bill Haywood and Bill Mason. No
fit company for our Bill Bryan.
Colleges anticipate reduced attendance this
fall, owing to the rally of students to the colors.
Cliccr up. A multitude of under-age Americans
will quickly fill .the gaps intlie college yells.
The original group of ."wilful men" in the
United .States senate shrunk to five on the last
record vote on war taxes. Fotsdam's pull on con
gress grows beautifully less as the light of duty
breaks in. ' -v.v..-': '. ; : ; i
The lure of clerical jobs "somewhere in
France" draws out more willing patriots than
there are jobs to fill. A trip abroad at govern
roent expense, minus th risk, spans" a rainbow
over "the great adve,rilurS.'': , ,
German Admiral' Scheer, expresses confidence
in the outcome of tha' war, though his optimism
is shadowed by the fear that Americans "may
make themselves unpleasant" No doubt of It,
admiral; that's the intention. .'
, , .!;'',. '. '
. More wages are sought to meet the high ctist
of living, and the cost Of living movts upward to
cover 'every wage increase granted. Thus tjae
circle widens with every upward move, yet neither
sidescores' a substantial net gain.' '
. :x- .., .-,
Hungary wants its neighbors to understand
that the country is not a vast boarding house serv
ing the fat of the land to whomsoever has the
price. As a matter of self-protection itinerant
boarders must show whence they come and why
they are there.. As things go nowadays, Hun
garians, like other people,' consider food better
than outside money.
In other places, attempts' to reach into the
public treasury by fixed paving contracts do not
stop with mere injunctions. Injunctions are only
preludes to indictment and prosecution of the cul
prits and removal of their confederates in office.
Why is Omaha so easy with public thieves? What
do we pay all that host of lawyers in the county
attorney's office for anyway?
Advance reports of the seventh German war
loan note the introduction of the element of
chance contingent on. the early drawing for re
demption of premium paper, A similar system
sprang up in Missouri some years ago, spread into
adjoining stales and soon withered under a blaze
of publicity, .'The' inventor, however, vanished
with much of the booty, hanging on the office
door the pathetic farewell: "Good-bye, Suckers,
Good-bye !" A government guarantee carries
more substance, but the chances of early redemp
tion are as vague as the dreams of indemnities.
Financing the Soldier
Minneapolis Journal-
Intensive Training for Young Soldiers.
Once a young man's education was thought
complete when he had been properly instructed in
the use of such arms as he was fitted to handle.
He was required to serve a full and complete ap
prenticeship to an elder soldier, and to prove him
self before he was accepted as a warrior. Then
his social status was determined by his personal
prowess. "Thank God!" exclaimed incensed Doug
las, "that son of mine, save crippled Gawain, ne'er
penned a line." How that dear old warrior would
open his eyes with wonderment were he to look
over the program laid down for the young soldier
today.,
Our modern fighting man must start well
equipped with that clerkly skill that Douglas dep
recated. Then, in addition, to be trained in arms
and evolutions, he must master a number of other
trades, once foreign to the service of the soldier.
He has to become a navvy, and excel in digging
ditches. He must learn the coal miner's art of
swiftly constructing a brattice, and have at least
a rudimentary notion of the elements of masonry,
that he may pile sandbags securely against attack.
These things, and many others, come in connec
tion with the use of the arms with which he is
fitted out to fight. But the list comprises only a
few of the things the soldier is expected to know.
' He is to be tiught base ball, boxing, foot ball,
conversational French, some elementary principles
of sanitary science, how to patch and mend his
clothing, first aid to the injured, the chemistry of
certain gases, and a lot of other things he never
would have bothered his head about, had he re
mained quietly at home.' Six months is short
enough time in which to t hain't he modern soldier,
even if he does spend long hours every day at
the work. But it's worth while, and" since the
work of war demands it, the boys will master
their lessons and be the better for having done so.
Mr. Hughes and Mr. Wilson.
Several notable speeches were made before the
American Bar association at Saratogi last week,
none of them ringing more true in argument or
patriotism than that of Charles Evans Hughes.
It is referred to here only to emphasize the true
democracy of our people and to illustrate the
unity of spirit which our entrance into the war his
engendered. On the day before, Mr. Wilson had
again' shown his devotion by marching down
Pennsylvania avenue at the head of a column es
corting the young men answering their country's
call under the selective draft. Mr. Hughes, who
last year led his party in opposition to the presi
dent seeking re-election, gave his hearty endorse
ment to the war policies of his late opponent, and
provided the constitutional and logical support
for much which the president has founded on
sentiment alone. The contrast between the man
who so strenuously opposed Wilson a year ago
and some of those who then were equally ener
getic in supporting him is so- marked that it can
not escape notice. To say that real patriotism
rises above party is but to repeat a truism, trite
but not to be forgotten, and in Hughes,, Root,
Roosevelt, Taft and other republican, leaders has
been found this quality of Americanism, so woefully-wanting
in some highly honored in the na
tional councils of the democratic organization.
A famous civil ; war ; cartoon represents
"Father Abraham" Lincoln as saying to the troops
who have responded to his call for volunteers:
"Go along, boys! I'll take care of the wives and
thebabies." And history shows that the country
did take care of them and of the surviving vet
erans in oiunaeringiy doumiiui way. it was
bountiful, but as a business operation it was
poorly done. : "v.-, : , "'
I lie private soiaier 01 tne civil war received a
minimum wage of $13 a month, together with his
rations and clothes. His wife and babies had
no help from the government so long as he was
able-bodied. Federal care l for the wives and
: babies came after the soldier was disabled or dead,
and it came not over-freely during the war.
. It was only in later years that the survivors
were maae pensioners wttn tne more or less in-
, discriminate lavishness now evident in the pension
rolls. The main fault with the civil war plan of
soldiers' compensation is that its oar was chiefly
in the form of delayed charity, when it should
have taken more largclysthe form of immediate
wages ana insurance. .
Life insurance is one oi the. efficient and die
rtified forms of provision for dependents that
"should be easily available for the soldier. Hith
erto he has been cut off from this protection in
war time: but plans are now under discussion that
aim to make the premiums on such insurance nor
mal, the 'government paying whatever excess
charees are due to ihe military risk. Life insur
nee would thus be within reach of practically
every soldier and sailor, the physical risk being
good and4Jie money for premium payments regu
lar and assured.
Operation of the New Whisky Lawi
Enforcement of the law to prohibit the manu
facture of whisky or other spirituous liquor pre
sents some anomalies. It will not prevent the
making of alcohol for other uses, and at least two
of the immense distilling plants of the country,
one Using 16,000 and the' other 10,000 bushels of
corn: daily, announce, that their' dperations will
continue. Nearly as much alcohol is .manufac-.
tured for scientific and mechanical uses as went
into beverages, while the source is kn6t entirely in
foodstuffs. Much is made from' refuse, such as
discarded molasses from sugar refineries, pits ex
tracted from fruit that is canned or dried, pumice
from cider or wine presses, and similar otherwise
useless and neglected materials furuishipg. high
grade alcohol in large quantities. ' . ' :j
Alcohol is called for in the manufacture of
many articles, and is absolutely indespensable to
processes that may not now be safety abandoned.
Moreover, the time i not far away when the ex-
haustiont of other fuel supplies will force the
world to turn to alcohol as a means for generating
power in internal combustion engines. Wonder
is that the world so long has paid tribute to a
volatile oil resulting from the distillation of an
other when, it has potent rtlief to be obtained by
the simple process of slowly stewing in confine
ment 'vegetable rubbish that now is allowed to
decay. Thia waste will some dajr be stopped.""'.
The drink evil is not involved in this applica
tion of the material to its. proper uses.' Alcohol
has its function for service that cannot be gain
said, and while the world may well do without
whisky, it needs the alcohol. 1
Insuring Soldier and
Citizen
By Frederic J. Raskin
Washington, Sept 7. The bill providing for a
comprehensive System of insurance- for Uncle
Sams fighters, now before congress, is a part of
a world-wide tendency toward the care of the
individual by the state, which has been greatly
stimulated by the war.
This insurance plan will authorize and enable
the government to provide a fund which, with
the contributions from the fighting men them
selves, will keep their dependents safe. This fund
will compensate soldiers and sailors who are in
jured in the course of duty and will assist those
who have been disabled to learn new trades and
otherwiseiielp themselves. Finally, it will enable
the government to insure the lives of its defenders
on land and sea, thus providing for their depend
ents in a quicker and much more efficient way
than could be done by the payment of pensions.
This gradual substitution of the insurance prin
ciple for the pension idea in taring for those
needy citizens for whom the state acknowledges
responsibility is one of the significant social and
economic developments of our age. , The modern
state has come to realize that its own welfare is
bound up in the welfare of its individual citizens.
The greater the health, strength and length of
life of the individual, th better the prospect for
the nation, particularly in these days when nations
fight for existence in war and tridft.
The practice of pensioning those who had
served the state or the sovereign and had retired
tiecause of age or any other incapacity is almost
iterally as old as the hills. The kings of Chaldea
4nd the Jf naraons ot t-gypt did it. i ne mutual
id society is even older than thepension. Vol
untary aid has been a human habit ever since the
days of the cave man. Before history was writ
ten there wire burial clubs.' In the middle ages
there were, the guilds. Today we have the fra
ternal orders, all bearing testimony to the inclina
tion of men to "club together" for the purpose of
aiding themselves by helping their fellows. - As
for commercial or actuarial insurance, it is also
of very ancient origin. .
Social insurance systems providing against loss
by death, sickness, accident, unemployment, old'
age and other impairment of , capacity to work
are in working order in many countries of the
world. s
Compensation, or insurance for accident, has
been established by law generally throughout
Europe, in mariy of the British colonies, as, well
as in most of the states of the American union.
Compulsory old age insurance already exists in
Germany, France and Luxemburg. . Old age pen
sions are provided by law in Denmark, Great
Britain, France, Austria and New Zealand, while
in Italy, Belgium Serbia and Spain there are
state systems of old age insurance voluntarily sub
sidized by the state.
Legislation for compulsory insurance for ill
nets has been introduced in most of the large
countries of Europe, includinf Germany, Austria
Hungary, Norway, Great Britain, Serbia and Rus
sia. There js voluntary sickness insurance subsi
dized by the state in France,. Belgium, Denmark,
Sweden and Switzerland.
Norway and Denmark have national unemploy
ment insurance by means of insurance subsidies
to workingmeVs organizations. The idea and
practice are spreading to many larjte European,
cities. Great Britain has recently established the
first compulsory unemployment insurance, system
on a national scale .i ' ' ' ;
A national system of widows' and orphans'
pensions is being established and worked out in
Germany, '
Changing Indoor for Outdoor Life.
An eastern business man warns his contem
poraries not to make the mistake of treating wors
en, taken on (to fill places vacated by young men
gone to war, as temporary help. They are far
more likely to become permanent, he declares,
reasoning that the military training and outdoor
life will give the boys a distaste for indoor em
ployment. In this he will be well supported by
experience which shows that while some of the
lads who haxe marched away will be content, per
haps, to return to the vocations that formerly
claimed them, most of them will turn to dther
avenues. ' , ', .
Nothing could b$ more natural. . These young
folks are at the venturesome time of lift, when
they1 truly can say, "the world's mine oysterl"
and proceed to its opening with the zest that pnly
comes with full-blooded youth. If they -have
been' confined it is because economic conditions
have constricted those restless stirrings that if
unchecked would have led to adventurous search
for new, experience. The call to war has truly
broken " shackles that bound them, arid experi
ences that will be theirs are most certain to widen
their horizons. Youth will assert itself, and the
blood of . the i forefathers will quicken again
through their veins with its restless fever that has
led the race to conquest. Quiet industry will in
time reclaim them, but not until they have tasked
some of the joys of life unknown to him whose
"sober wishes never learned to stray" from "the
Cool aenueatered vale of life."
The girls who are faking up the boys' work
in offices, factories ind stores may as well make
up their minds that they are fitting themselves for
steady jobs, for once the gallant lads who mike
up the new army get a taste of what it is to live
and do things out-of-doors it will be mighty hard
to get them cooped up again.
Premier' Ribot of France reaffirm the nation's
determination to permit no compromise on the
restoration of the lost provinces. Restoration is
t beyond and ahove round-table discussion, France
I proposes to ficlit it out "on present lines to a
finish.
If tlie individual is secure froni exceptional,
risks he wijl be better able td hieet.the ordinary,
demands add thus become a more efficient mertj
ber of the community v In Germany, where social
insurance is oldest, it is the opinion thar, by free
ing the working classes froni .anxiety as to sick
ness; infirmity and accidents, heir, condition of
life ha? been materially bettered. ' Labor and in
dustry therefore tend to become stabilized. From
the employers' standpoint, the contributions made
are admitted widely, to be an excellent invest
ment. There is even official testimony to the
fact that the great wa has positively proven jjie
benefit of the national insurance System to the
Gerntan niassesv . , ,
Up to argeneration ago social insurance ex
isted, only in the most rudimentary forms.8 Its
beginnings are to be found in the sporadic public
benefits paid for out of taxes, tli result of which
is to increase and preserve national wejl-being,
such as the various forms of public sanitation,
food inspection, free hospitals and other methods
of community hygiene. The idea has had a rapid
though even development,
Social insurance operates as a protection for. a
wide range of cases of trouble. Some learned
economist has put it this wayi (1) Temporary
impairment or capacity to work, and with this,
of the earrting power, through sickness (sickness
insurance) : through accident (accident insurance) ;
through child-bearing and what - follows (ma
ternity insurance); through adverse conditions of
the labor market (unemployment insurance); (2)
Permanent impairment,, either partial or total, of
the working and earning power; through the after
effects of sickness or accident (invalidity insur
ance); through advanced years (old age insur
ance); (3) Complete destruction of the personal
ity, that is, when death results irt a financial loss
to some survivor; as -9 result of the cost of burial
(burial money insurance); for the survivor
J widow's insurance); Or for the survivor's chit
ren (orphan insurance).
The war-has put everything that we fondly
thought wis fixed and permanent into the melt
ing pot. Just what changes and extensions of
th Atrial frlaiiranr' nrAdrrame nf tVf wrtrlrl uril! h
III. u W .' . . ...um..iv ,r.w. .. v. . V. ' . . n ...
jjiade in the next few years, it is inipOssible to
say, but such changes will no doubt be radical
and far-reaching. v
Our Fighting Men
Harry C. Hale. :' -
. Major General Harry Harry C Hate, who has
been assigned to the command of Camp Taylor,
the national army training cstmp near Louisville,
is a product of the middle west, having been born
in Illinois, from which state ht wai appointed to
West Point in 1879. He is S6 years old and his
military life has been an unusually active one,
Evidence of his ability is best indicated. by the
fact thst a few years ago, when Uncle Sam had a
very dellcite mission to be performed in .a, for
eign country, Gcnerat Hale was the man selected
by the War department to perform it .
Berkeley Enochs.
Lieutenant Colonel Berkeley. Enochs, the new
commandant at Fort Snelling,, Minn., arid of, the
National Gvlard training camp located there, is
the youngest officer, to bi named by the War de
partment to have charge of a training camp. He
was born in Massachusetts In 187$ and graduated
from West Point in 1898. He attained the rank
of captainin 1903 and during the same year served
on the general staff. In 1915 he was mide a
military observer and attached to the embassy in
Vienna. In .this position , he Witnessed much of
the heavy fighting between the Austro-Germaas
and the Russians.
William P. Duvall.
Major General William P. Duvall, wher.has
been appointed to the command of the Southern
department of the army, is more than 70 years of
sage and has been on ihe retired list since 1910.
He is a native of Maryland and was, graduated
from West Point in 1809. During the war with
Soain he served as an inspector general of volun
teers and later as ordnance officer of thfc Second
army corps. From 1899 to 1901 he served with a
volunteer regiment in the Philippines. In the
summer of 1907 he went to Germany to witness
the, army maneuvers in that country and in 1909
he was placed in command of the Philippine divi
sion! which post lhe held at the time of his retire-
1 mcnt frotn active, Service a year later.
One Year Ago Today In thi War.
German 'and Bulgarians captured
the Roumanian fortress ot Silistria on
th Danube. . . ,
Berlin and Vienna conceded a sain
ef ground to the Russians in the Carpathians.
In Omaba Thirty Years Aco.
Dr. Youngr and bride, nee Morley,
have returned from Chicago and are
now at home to their friends at 2211
Seward street. s i
, Mrs. Reubwi Gaylord of this city
has made a libera! donation of $500 to
the Franklin academy, which is under
the . direction of the Congregational
association.
The South Omaha lodge of Odd Fel
loes has a membership of thirty-nine
and is on the road to prosperity. w
The following guests were assem
bled to witness tho marriage of Frank
Frey.to Miss Nettle Gould at the resi
dence of the ..bride's parents, 934
North Twenty-seventh: Messrs, and
Mesdames C. B. Frey, Hoch, Beitle
man, Magihn, Volkmeler, Reed, Lead
er, LafTerty; MisseXAnna Frey, Mag
gie Cole, Laura Russell, Laura Kumpf,
Emma, Keatley, Ka0e Kumpf; Messrs.
Julius Festner, . Joseph Weith, ' Fred
Metzger, Frank Hummel, Ralph. Hoflt.
man, Jim Hadfleld, E. Stryker. B;
Paul, J. Alkhorn and J. Vangren.
John M. Drfexel, coroner of Douglas
county, has returned from an extend
ed tour, of eastern cities.
Milton Hendrix, Jacob R Hendrix,
Joshua 8. Stoneman and Meredith M.
Green, have incorporated under the
name of the New York & Otaaha Land
and Trust company With a capital
stock of 100.000.,
The Board of Health, consisting of
the mayor, chief of police and presi
dent ot the city council, held a meet?
ihg at the mayor's office and elected
Dr. Ralph secretary Of the board.
This Day In History.
1608 John Smith wis elected pres
ident of Virginia.
1730 Carter Braxton, signer of the
Declaration of Independence, born at
Newlngton, Va. Died at Richmond
October 10. 1797. v.
1750 Commodore Nicholas BWdle,
Who commanded the first frigate built
by the United States in the revolution,
born in Philadelphia. Killed in action
Maroh 7, 17W. ,
1787i-John 3t Crittenden, famous
statesman, born In, Woodford county,
Kentucky. Died near Frankfort, Ky.,
July 26, 1863.
1835 Willie. Blount, fourth govf
ernor of Tennessee, died near Nash
ville. Born-in North-Carolina in 1768.
1J67 Elias Howe's patent on, th
sewing machine expired; estimated hi
had realized about f 2,000,000 from it.
1898 Empress Elizabeth of Austria
assassinated at Geneva by an an
archist , ,
west
The Day We Celebrate
William D. McHugh is celebrating
hl fifty-seventh birthday. He was
born at Galena, III., and came within
an ace Of spending his t$ on the
United States bench, being appointed
district judge by President Cleveland,
who later withdrew the' appointment
at his request .'".'
Ezra Millard, assistant cashier of
the United States National bank, wis
born September 10. 1877. He is a
native son of Omaha and a graduate
of Harvard.
John " E Van Dorn was born at
Seventeenth and Harney streets. Oma
ha, Just forty-five years ago. He is a
member of. the Omaha bar.
Lieutenant Colonel David S. Stan
ley,' U. S, A., member of General
Pershing's staff, bom ii Dakota forty
five years ago today.
Colonel George1. E BUshpelt. U. S.
A. lil vilK&B villus IBBK yi tac&Afguaiu-
ing the soldiers against tuberculosis,
born in Massachusetts sixtyfour yers
ago today.
, Lord Brooke, who Is aeting as Brit
ish aide to General, Pershing, born
thlrty-ftve year! ago today ...
Dr. Strattori D," Brocks, president df
the University of Oklahoma, and now
Oklahoma's food commissioner, born
at Everett, Mo., forty-eight years ago
today. , .
Robert E. Speer, chairman of the
commission established, by the Fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ iri
America to deal with social and re
ligious problems arising from the War,
born at. Huntingdon, Pa., fifty years
ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders, , .
The Association of Iron and, Steel
Electrical Engineers meets in annual
session today in Philadelphia. . ,
Providence, R. I., is tp be the meet
ing place today ot (hi annuAl conven
tion of ,the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway Em
ployes of America. , ,
In pursuance of an, act passed ny
the legislature last February a spe
cial election is to b.Jield in Maine to.
day to. give the voters an epp6rtunity
to pass On the adoption of a constitu
tional amendment granting suffrage to
women. . - '
Admission day, the anniversary of
California statehood. Is to be celebrat-.
ed with a big parade in Sacramento
today under the piisplces of . the Na
tive Sons and Daughter of California,
Storyette of the Day.
Miss Munro was one of avilachlne
routes west of the city. At one home, 1
A jft a 1 If... I
on tne aiaywooa roaa, otisb wunra
alighted and, seeing several men in
the carriage shed back. Of the, house,
proceeded ' in that direction, fleter
mined to make her appeal to the
purse-holding part of the family.
Soon the othef occupants of her ma
chine, heard sounds indicating some
presumably humorous situation, and
Miss Munro emerged from the shed
and showed to her companions a dou
ble handful of bills and small change.
"Six dollars:" she exclaimed, laugh
ingly, "and how do you suppose I got
UT I ran into a keg of ber and a
poker game, , and, In order to get rid
of me posthaste, they gav me every
oerit on the boardV-Indianapolis
News.
- THE GADDER'S RUBAIYAT. '
- Ctflr to Tribune;
Why lo teme othervlae tmpolUhed Mates
Spend o much time and monay on their
Nails .. . . ' 1? ; .
' la It to iret a' Pollen, or because
A Manicure knoa manlcurioua. talee? .
When yon are ealln In the Dinln Car
Try not to use the Knife. A audden jar
May eatlee the Knife to alio Ind cut
; yoar Mouth, . , a , ; 1
No matter how experienced you are.
A. B. P. hotel underneath thi Bough, ,
A plate of pal and watery Soup, and Thou
Bceld me alngtnr, "ftoiatSeefpOrkand
lamhl ' , - , .
6 W1ldern wef just II food. I tow!
Tutoveri. It la foolleh to (it aora .
Because the tealn crew often llauj the Dpof,
Tho tt Keep yau awaae It aaea aw aamp
tato theMan wno otherwise wouia enore. v
De not become profane, or ftrowl, or cry x
Berauat a l c or soot dnrta in your eye.
For every cinder landlnt in your Lamp
-Meest a thousand en your Collar fly.
Mywlf. when yount. have many hours, apent
With Ragialamen In heated argument. -r.ut
since I've learned to allp them a Clfar
I set my wleH, and illll remain a Geat.
Jkmlrox Viatorum. should endow,. . ', , ,
A ch-' -lome day, to teach the Traveler
how . . . ;
To i . . ihe Time Tables' mysterious signs.
Thar, a aa one Uvlna that can da it now.
One Wide Awake Minister,. ,
Omaha, Sept. , 8. To the Editor of
The Bee: The rastor of the First Re
formed church of this city .closed his
sermon last Sunday evening with the
significant statement that "the church
would never fill ita pews until it
changed its tine of thinking and its
line of acting.". It is certainly refresh-
'j. j :..! b-.i ii i 11 . ....
jug, cluu lutigvi&uug ay well, lu nuuff
that there is one preacher in Otnaha
who has not had his mind hermetically
sealed and who Is In sympathy to som
extent at least with the aspirations of
the common people. . i
More' strength to hisaarm.
H. E. ROBERTS.
Omaha's Garbage Problem.
Omaha. Sept 7. To the.Editor of
The Bee: The collection of'gartfage
and municipal waste is a city problem
is much so as the police and fire de
partments. ,It should be a community
problem, met by community taxation.
Omaha has reached a point where the
collection of garbage should be done
Under and by- the municipal govern
ment, supported by the police depari
ment ip connection with the health de
partmenr. It is the health officer and
his department who are looked up to
and held responsible for- the health
conditions of your city.
Municipal collection is the most
economical method you can adopt.
The disposal question is a secondary
consideration.. You have had a sys
tem for collection that could have
been operatedxunder better conditions
and at less expense, giving better re
sults. The time is past when a city of
the sine of Omaha should consider
continuing under its present method.
I Would recommend wiping it out, the'
sooner the better.
Cincinnati. HENRY WAGNER.
Heading Off Treason.
Ogalalla. Neb.. Sept. To the
Editor of Thi Bee: .Mayor Thompson
pf Chicago is starting heavy damage
suits against Several newspapers. It
will only give him additional- unenvi
able notoriety. He might get a ver
dict of 1 cent, but no patriotic jury
man will mulct a newspaper for show
ing up our pacifist, disloyal, counter
feit Americans.
Uncle Sam has just made a grand
raid in several cities of Industrial
Workers of the World and other dis
loyal documents, and no doubt a howl
will go up from parties, who 'are impli
cated in acts of disloyalty.
History ts only repeating Itself, for
the same things happened in the time
of the civil war. Knights , of the
Golden Circle, copperheads and south
ern sympathizers attempted to make
trouble in the northern cities-, , until
President Lincoln found it necessary
to suspend the habeas corpus and to
declare martial law in some localities.
Finally, a bunch of Sore heads went to
Washington and had an interview with
(he president They told htm he was
annulling, the constitution, the corner
stone of a fre government, and over
riding the rights and privileges of the
people.- .Mr, Lincoln listened patiently
until they Were don, then hiS- back
straightened uf 4 little straighter, and
he looked them square in the eye and
said, "The rebels, down south a.re try
ing to shoot holes, in the constitution
and trying to disrupt this government
and destroy this nation. I am.go!ng
td save the uijion if I have to twist the
constitution to do 1t," ,
president WilsiHi and that man
Lartsiri are showing Some, of the same
kind of .backbone, which all tyie
Americans so much admire. '
' EDWIN M. SEARLE.
even ia freedom. Our peace fflends
ought to go to Mexico; that is where
their ideas find approximate realiza
tion now. Unrestrained they would
have thhj country in the Fame condi
tion in six months' time. Each would
Insist upon rtis rig ht to do his own
thinking without interference, ahdvw
would have worce than Russian Chaos,
worse than Mexican revolution.
t H. W. MORROW.
"Newest" Freedom.'
f)mh Kent . 7.i-Tn the TEilitnr of
The Bee-: A friend, a thoroughly hon
est, conscientious man, said to. me the
other day something like this: '
"This (the privilege of talktng things
over mildly and privately) is all' that
we have left that is different from
Prussianism. . We have taken up every
thing that we, cphdemn in them and J
cant see where we are going to ger:
anything out of it."
' Now, this wasn't wild ranting or pro
Germanism or anything of the kind,
just a specimen of the muddy thinking
that is being done by a lot of thor
oughly good people, at the present
time. Now. it is liberty we are losing.
The "newest" freedom is certainly a
thing to amuse if it did not so distress
one. Liberty to have' someone- else
carry' our load, that seems to bd what
we want now. Not only that, we want
the . privilege of standing . back andJ
jiDing ana jeering ana cajung names.
We insist upon the privilege of exalt
ing the bullies who started the fight
and belittling everybody else. Free
dom is what is needed, liberty to run
in the face Of the enemy as the poor
misguided Russians are doing. And
don't forget that, either; the Russians
are being misled in thesame way that
spme of us are; they are. Just as hon
est, just as well intentipned, and just
about Is intelligent. I fatt to- see
where it arty worse Just now, to run
when you see the bayonets of the
enemy than It is to hold kpeaa6" meet
ings and listen to traitorous speeches
In broken English filled to the brim
with gutturals. I rather think the
Russian ahows Jhe, more Intelligence.
"But Where's our boasted free
dom 7" they want to krfdw. Thef IS a
good answer t6 that question. Fre
aom never yet amounted to anything
exoept lit the hands of men who have
sense enough te use it. A man who
doesn't know that now is no time for
harping , on theoretical freedom wall
never,add anything to the cause of
freedom. , There must be subordination
How Housewives fan Hc'p.
. Omaha, Spt. 8. To the Editor of
The Bee: I have for some time heard
rumors from the Retail Grocers' asso
ciation of a two-delivery system being
put "in action and With that idea ir
view I want to add my hearty ap
proval. Years ago no one thought but, that
two deliveries were sufficient. Earliei
still ope was the custom. But in those
good old times a Wife was the house-"
keeper, not necessarily a drudge and
kept a careful eye on her home and all
that pertained to good housekeeping.
We had no telephones, but If a jprocery
clerk called to take our order we gave
him a well prepared list, or, better
still,. we donnedour bonnets and we,nt
over to select what the family needed.
We did rtot frantically rush as now to
the telephone and give our order, per
haps forgetting some small essential, a
box of pepper, or, as I was about to
say, a half a cake of yeast, but no I
remembered our present day ,wivs
hardly stay home long enough to bake
bread. Some national or society work
demands their time to the limit I do
not want to be understood as siying
ail women leave their homes, for, I
know many Who regard their h6me
cares first in line of duty.
How little time it, takes to order or.
buy intelligently and thoughtfully, and
what a saving to Our retail .merchants
if they could put in operation the rula
of two or even one delivery1 a day
one for each district or Section where
their customers reside. ;
It would lessen expenses, fdr cer
tainly these everyifew-minutes orders
are a great tax on nerves as well aa
profits. Think of it,, you. women who
are urging conservation of everything,
time included. Let me suggest a plan.
Make A pencil note on a tablet, when'
at your iftsure you can think hat
you need for your dally menu, and di
not ask your grocer to deliver your
order but once a day. It will be a. help
to the grocer, to his clerk, to the. auto
mobile, and gratefully received by the
poor, weafy boy who goes all day on
his"yery thankless mission. .?
HELEN ARION LEWIS.
fHEERY CHAFF.
First Burglar Hello, pard; I haven'i
seen ye since you cracked dat crib on Jpa
kins street. Git anyt'iag?
Second Burglar yes, hut I, dtdVt knew
it unUl about a week afterward. I got d
measles. Boston Transcript.
Hobbs I understand vou are livinganext
to the cemetery out your way. How do'
you like it ? , ... , .
Dobbs First-rate. Good neighbors. Quiet'
and piacdabla. And they haven't borrowed
a thing from us since we've1 been there.
Boston Transcript. '
- -
"I spent some, of my salary today. : I
think even a mirrlcd man has the rilht
to do that; don't. you?" - ,,
"Well, there's a great deal to be laid
On- tht Subject" ,
"Thit'l trne, 'and, believe me. there will
b as loon aa I get home." Boston Trans
cript Ethel Papa, did mother accept you. the
first time yeu proposed to her? '! -.
Father Yes, my .dear; but sine 'then
she 'has scornfully "rejected any proposal
that' I have over made. Life.
"It cn't be the rule thst men are gov
erned largely by associations in their
actions'
"What makes you think, so?,"
''Because, je it were, street corner oral-era
-would never take their stand on soap toils."
Baltimore American.
Jessica Oh, you needn't pretend jou tan
sympathlie. - What do you know about hei
lAg in love with the wrong .man?
Janica Well, I am having two nerves
killed and a tooth crowned. Judge.
"!Hrs. Oabfeet Is sn incessant talker."
VI don't aee how' her husband aver gate
in a. word.'" i ' . ,
"He .doesn't try. 'His part of the con
versation Is confined to grunts, lifting of
eyebrows, shrugs and nods." Louisvirie
Courier-Journal.
"I ice that the czar hal 'gone to triit
famous rr.iortt' Siberia." . , - .
'Resort,? Where did you get that ituff?"
"Why, I understand that a great, rainy
Russians have taken a'knouting . there.'
Boston Transcript. .
He This ta the limit! When J want to
remove a grease spot from my clothes
there's never a drop of gasoline in (hi
house. , ' ; "
She If juat s I said Sn autOmoBjla Is
absolutely Indiepenlable in every household.
Boston Transcript. . ,J , ii
Locomotive Auto Oil
the Best Oi! We Kriow
51c Per Gallon N
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The L V X&hHit Oil Company ;
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for inele.-San. First
.. At ths very beginning
f tlie war, tft , service,
i the eoulpmen t . and the
nieV-of the Bell.'Tlel,efhonc
$tem -were priced, ,tifi
resertedly. 4t the disposal
of the government. .
switthbdird, poles., wire. . and tei4
prion .Idstrumefjts have .been, . turned
over to tne government as r)eeded at
nrtoy .hed$ua.rtrs,Un. military, tfain
ing camp and fdr signal corps serv
ice id the' field. ' . .
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Tfu; esn "dd year bit" by asKing 6nly
for telephone equipment yon nauat have
and mating only such local or loftg dis
tance calls as are absolutely fieeestary.
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