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    THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1917.
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OCTOBER CIRCULATION
58,059 Daily Sunday, 51,752
Africa elreiilatlne for too month lubaortlMl and muia le ST Dwtrlrl
tilliama. Ctreuistloa atuuujse.
Subacriaara leawlnf the city shewtat hava Tlia Baa mail ad
! thesa. Adclrssa dkaagad aa oftaa aa resjueeted.
Byng, bang, busted! the mighty Hindenburg
line. Ach, Gott!
Ten nays more and the president will again
tiave "congress on his bands."
Forward the army of early Christmas shop
pers! Omaha merchants are all ready for the
holiday drive.
A fifty-fifty split on citizenship is a dangerous
srpedient in war time. Safety points the warn
ing, "Cat it out." .
11 mmm I
Viewed from another angle, a crawling, mur
derous tank looks just right as an alarm clock for
German dugout. ,
Five submarines put out of business in one day
seriously mars the rightfulness of the Von Tir
pitz style of whiskers.
! Never too late to repeat the warning to auto
drivers to slow up in crowded city streets if thejr
want to avoid needless accidents.
Every live politician in New 'York munches
' humble pie these days and looks longingly for a
tip to act as a big brother for every sister in the
state. ,
Red revolutions would stand a better chance
, of success if the pie counter could accommodate
all the reds. Trouble begius when a red faces
real work. ,
, Premier Clemenceau at 76 shows the vocal
vigor and enthusiasm of youth. With loyal,. un
selfish support , he may prove the strongest man
of the hour for France and the Allies.
As time hops along and funerals multiply un
hidden regrets tro0p around President Carranza
of Mexico. Had ivt stood by when Uncle Sam
staged a major operation 90 Villa how different
things would be I
The formula for fel conservation is not to
waste it Overheating homes and places of busi
,'rvess not only wastes coal, but is harmful to
health, a every cotnpttent physician and sanitary
expert will tell you.
Devotees. of the game no doubt regard base
ball playing' a work of paramount necessity. Man
agers and owners view it more keenly in that
light. Both elements have some warrant in plead
ing for draft exemption, for the cfcym of being
dependents on the pastime for cheer and nourish
ment. The point is worth pressing on the funny
bone of General Crowder.
President Loree of the Delaware & Hudson
railroad maintains a higher pitch of optimism than
his colleague. "Viewing with alarm" is not his
style. Railroads are in fine condition, in his opin
ion; locomotives and passenger equipment super
abundant and every prospect pleases for at least
18 months. If Mr. Loree has any worry it is on
the hopelessness of being drafted i a soloist in
the railroad concert.
Answer to H. G.: Yes, while authorship of
the so-called Patricia Neweorab .letters has been
, a subject of conjecture, there is ho dispute about
the avidity with which they were welcomed for
publication, played up and editoriatly endorsed
by the hyphenated World-Herald, whose owner,
United States Senator Hitchcock, also introduced
and championed the kaiser's bill to make the
United States helpless by prohibiting the manu
facture of arms and munitions here for export.
' Venice
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Why Waste Good Money?
The proposal to call upon the State Railway
commission to make an immediate physical valu
ation of the Omaha street railway strikes us as
the height of foolishness because sheer waste of
money. '
No matter "for what purpose it is wanted, we
have no doubt the street railway company would
welcome such a physical valuation at public ex
pense at the present time, when every item of
material and construction that goes in to make
the replacement value commands on the market
from two to ten tiroes what it originally cost.
If the purpose of the valuation is to furnish a
guide for fixing the rate of fare for carrying pas
sengers it is idle to expect results to warrant
reduction, under existing conditions, and if there
is any desire to seek authority to increase fares
U should devolve upon the company to make the
showing upon which the demand is based.
If, on the other hand, the purpose is to se
cure data as Ho what the property is worth or
should cost should the city later want to take
it over the prevailing inflated prices would make
the finding a counterpart of the costly water works
appraisement by which Omaha was stung for an
extra million and more when the water plant
was purchased.
Regardless of the object whether the valua
tion is desired by the street railway company or
by those who have been attacking it we see no
excuse for saddling the already overburdened tax
payer of Omaha with this needless expense now.
All the world trembles lest the city of Bel
lini, Giorgone, Titian, Tiutoretto and Veronese
be ravaged by the Hun. Absit omen I Italy is
doing its best to avert the barbaric -age. Venice
will not resist attack; already it broods in si
lence over deserted streets and empty; palaces.
Will the hand that fired Louvain refrain from des-
crating this sacred shnne of art? The last scene
of violence within its borders was the heroic re
volt of Danieie Manm against the Austrian ov
aressor. No vengeance was wreaked then upon
;;ie inanimate witnesses to the glory ot the past,
a win aaa a ueeprr damnation to tn very name
ftf kultur if vengeance is wreaked now. Perhaos
Ilie valor of the army at the Piave will suffice to
protect the Bride of the Adriatic. Its destruction
would be the greatest calamity of the war. Even
Rome itself has hardly a better right to demand
exemption. There is no other city just like en
ice there never will be.
Its old supremacy has oassed forever, even
though it has become agaiu a busy mart of in
dustry and trade. It is in this respect but one
among many. Yet its history remains among the
wonder stories. The Venetian republic, an oli
garchy in fact, was one of the great power of the
world. After the fourth rusad it held Con
stantinople and dominated the east. Italia Irre
denta. for which the battle is waging now, was
ners; so were the Isles ot Urccce, where burning
Sappho loved and sung. It made its Mediterra
nean rivals its vassals. In the fifte:nth century
it was the leading maritime state.. It might have
carried to success the constant struggle with the
Turk had not the hardy explorer of Portugal
altered the map by discoving the sea route to
India by the Cape of Good Hope. But for this
it may be doubted if even the incompetence and
corruption which overtook its governmebt could
have destroyed it.
, Yet the one-time Queen of the seas still keeps
it regal mien. If the Hun is not beaten back
from its gates, will h( dare to lay sacrilegious
sands apon it?
Implement Pealeri Getting Into Line.
From the beginning of the war the spotlight
ha been from time to time turned on the deal
ers in farm .implements. Users of farm machin
ery have complained frequently of advance in
prices, of difficulty in obtaining tools wanted and
for other reasons. The dealers have met these
complaints with the statement that they have
had their own war problems to solve, principal
of which- has been the embarrassment of makers,
due to high prices and scarcity of raw materials.
Those of the guild now in session in Omaha
have struck a high note in their good advice to
farmers. All engaged in agriculture are urged
to conserve in every way, to repair and make
used machinery last as long as possible. The
foregoing of profits is the implement dealers' vol
untary contribution to the sum of the whole coun
try's effort. A" commerce and industry is con
cerned in the struggle and the men who handle
farm machinery are ready to take their part.
When peace comes again they will share with
others in the glory of the victory that will be
ours because all have helped to win it, none less
than the farmers, on whom the world depends
for food and to whom the implement dealers
are ready to give all assistance in 'the way of
providing implements. ,
New Medical Discoveries.
Two very interesting announcements come
from the Rockefeller institute, concerning dis
coveries made by scientists there. One is of an
American substitute for salvarsan. This drug,
originated in Germany, had an almost prohibitive
price of $3.50 per dose; the new one is said to
cost but 5 cents per ministration. Salvarsan was
the cause of a bitter controversy at Washington a
short time before war was declared on Germany;
Unable to import any of the drug, the United.
States sought the privilege of using the secret
formula to produce what is required for its army.
This privilege was denied by the German agent,
who asked an extortionate price. Since the war
started the government has been using the
formula, with the intent of settling with its own
ers later. The newer and cheaper drug, if found
to be efficacious, will greatly extend the use and
service of the treatment, should occasion require.
The other announcement is evenof greater
importance, that letanus or lockjaw has. been
cured by injection of epsotn salts, a drug that is
cheap and plentiful This, too, will take th'e place
of a high-priced serum, scanty in supply and un
certain in its results. These discoveries, while
not intimately connected with the war, come
when they will be of great service in military op
erations. They are available to combat diseases
much dreaded by army surgeons, andadded to the
other "finds" made bv scientists, the new remedies
will take away some of the terror ot war, and
aid in restoring injured or. diseased men to health
and usefulness.
Germany Junkerized
Minneapolis Journal,
I am not ashamed of my German birth, but
I am ashamed, bitterly and grievously ashamed
of Germany junkerized.
It is hard to speak against the country
''". v c Ir.i it must be done.
Honor mut be superior to race. It is not
enough for us to do our duty in sad silence.
We must give voice to our deathless loyalty
and to our passionate convictions of the jus
tice of America's cause. We must speak out,
because our voices may reach Germany, where
others might not.
We are not fighting the people of Germany,
but we arc fighting and we shall fight with
every ounce of our power the spirit which
possesses and which has misled and poisoned
the people of Germany.
The spirit of Prussianism and the spirit of
Americanism cannot live in the same world.
One or the other must conquer. Do we love
liberty? Then fight for it. De we cherish in
dependence? Then meet Prussianism. Throw
every ounce of your power into this conflict
for American safety and honor and democracy.
Otto H. Kahn, German-born, in address to
America First Association of Minnesota.
Arrrcricans of German origin can scarcely fail
to give heed to the stirring words of Mr. Kahn.
Here is an able and patriotic man of pure German
,blood who tells his compatriots of similar blood
where the path of duty lies. He knows. He has
lived in the United States for 24 years, but he
has never lost touch with his native land. Every
year until the war broke out he revisited Ger
many, and in the light of his American expe
riences studied her development.
He watched with growing misgivings the
gradual moral deterioration of the German people
under the debasing influence of the Junker phi
losophy of might makes right The fine old
Germany of his youth, the Germany that so many
German-Americans remembered with veneration
as the Fatherland, he saw year by year sinking
deeper into the morass of moral degeneracy.
Fed on false doctrines, puffed up with theories
that they are a chosen people, to whom the earth
belongs by right of conquest, educated sedulously
to believe that whatever the German state may
do, however base or treacherous, is right, the
German people have been molded to the purposes
of the utterly unscrupulous oligarchy that rules
'them. As a nation they have lost the power
to distinguish between right and wrong.
This is what Mr. Kahn means by his phrase,
"Germany Junkerized." It is a picture to open
the eyes of Americans of German origin who do
not realize what 30 years of Junker rule has done
to break down the moral fiber of the people. If
any such Americans have lingering doubts about
their duty, they must heed the clear call of Mr.
Kahn to put conscience above blood, honor above
race.
Our Easy Ways
Bonton Trajiacrlpt.
Bolsheviki Worse Than Czar.
The world is again afforded a most impressive
illustration of what follows when the forces of
order are disrupted and disorder takes the place
of law. Mob rule in Petrograd has established
a reign of terror, under which all useful work
has ceased. It is exactly what was to have been
looked for when Lenine and Trotzky set' up the
standard of Bolsheviki, the Russian equivalent of
I. W. W.ism, or anarchy, which is no standard
at all. The tyranny of the mob invariably excels
that of the despot, for cruelty born of ignorance
knows no restraint. It strikes only at the weak,
the helpless and the innocent. V None are safe
from it and refuge may be found only in hiding.
In Petrograd today, as in , Paris in 1789, the
basest of passions sway the group whose brute
force has overturned law and prder and set up
a state in which lowest elements of man's nature
control in the name of liberty and brotherhood)
The world is getting one more awful illus
tration of what happens when definite and respon
sible government gives' way to the' uncontrolled
humor- of the excited populace, Even the so
cialists, who saw in the overthrow of the czar
opportunity for enforcing their system, realize
the horror invoked by them and admit their blun
der, but the damage is done, and suffering fol
lows the disorganization of government If the
terrible experience 6f the people of FetrolTad
teaches nothing else it is that human affairs must
be arranged and administered in orderly fashion
or misery results. Self-government, which means
self-restraint at all times, is man's greatest con
quest. " v ' ,
Order will, be restored in Russia and it will
be part of our duty to assist its stricken people
to get themselves firmly set on the way to pros
perity and happiness. The terror will pass, as
it always has, for control of the mob- eventually
disappears before order, but Petrograd will al
ways stand before the world as a warning of the
futility of political dreams of the sort indulged in
by Lenine.
The famous old building on Downing street,
London, where the political wires of the British
empire converge, has sheltered countless mis
sions dealing with world ajlatrs. Its wires
shaped innumerable combinations and' directed
the course of history. None surpassed in vital
importance the deliberations of the Allied war
council jn session there. An ' unpretentious
building, verging to shabbinesSj what it lacks
in outward show is overbalanced by the power
cazAWd within.
Prof. Anton H. Appelmann, the German
professor at the University of Vermont, who was
so long and so strangely sheltered at Burlington
through the influence of President Benton of the
university, has at last resigned his chair, and we
are informed by the Burlington Daily News that
in resigning he let it be understood that he was
leaving Burlington and the country at once "and
would as soon as possible return to Germany
and take up war work there" war work said to
be tn behalf of American prisoners. The Bur
lington Free Press says that "he will soon start
for Germany, permission and safe conduct having
been given by the State department."
In a signed' letter in a university publication,
Professor Appelmann made this state, October
31, 1914:
I, like a few others who have been in this
country before, was sent back because the govern
ment thought we might be of better service to the
fatherland by teaching and lecturing here than
by fighting in Germany, since there were too
majiy volunteers anyhow. I was instructed, how
ever, that I might expect to be called back at any
tirffe."
Professor Appelmann. in an interview which
he authorized, said also:
The German government sent a number of
men who were connected with universities in this
country back, the idea being that their good work
here in their ch'osen professions and as diplomatic
representatives of Germany would be worth more
to the fatherland than their services in the field
with the army. If there are any German inter
ests in the vicinity he is to care for them."
In a letter written about this time Appelmann
laid down his governing principle in these wprds:
"Anything for one's fatherland and everything
for it." That Appelmann fulfilled his duty to the
German government as he conceived and thus
freely expressed it, there has never been the
smallest reason to doubt. Yet he has been per
mitted to exercise, up to this very week, his func
tions as an American university professor, in close
proximity to a large military camp and in conven
ient communication with the Canadian centers
of operation. Has there ever been a queerer case
of easy American ways than this? And it seems
that the easy ways are not yet at their end. Ap
pelmann recently received frfem the Swiss lega
tion at Washington a telegram stating that "per
mission had been granted him to return to Ger
many if he so desired." Does this mean that the
Washington government will require the British
authorities to pass this man, with the abundant
information that he has gathered, through their
lines and back to Amsterdam, on hrs way to the
loved and faithfully served fatherland? We sin
cerely trust that if our government is so weak as
to demand that, the British government will have
another thought about the matter.
People and Events
Three prominent teachers in the DeWitt
Clinton High school, New York City, have been
suspended, pending trial on charges of disloyalty
to the government, expressing views subversive
of discipline in the schools and undermining good
citizenship.
The council of the National Academy of De
sign iroes on record in nrotestinir aeainst allow
ing replicas of the Barnard statue of Lincoln
going to France and England as gifts from the
American people. In the opinion of the council
the statue "does not adequately portray Lin
coln," and "does not convey his recognized char
acteristics, his genius or humor, or any of ithe
lofty qualities which are invarialby associated
with his great name."
One of the. women orators at a New York
jollification meeting, after listening to plain poli
ticians and political judges pass the camouflage
to the new citizens, tossed back a few of the
bouquets and wound up with this jolt: "My big
message to you tonight," she said, addressing the
sisters exclusively, "i$ to keep the politicians
guessing. Don't tell them what you are going
to dol" Oh, what a swing. Mere man had to take
it. Didn't have time to duck.
The juice of Wyoming oildom oozes through
44 pages of the Casper Daily Tribune in compli
ment to achievements past and the certainty of
greater prosperity to come. The edition glows
with development stories, historical reviews and
millionaires in the making. Thirty years or
more ago a few farseeing Omaha men urged de
velopment in that region and prophesied what
was" to come. They foresaw what the Tribune
details as actualities. Many heard but paid no
heed. Fear of bucking the oil trust restrained
the enterprising, and the prospect fell to later
men with the energy to dare and do. Seven dis
tricts in Wyoming now yield 43,500 barrels of
oil a day, the Salt Creek district alone turning
out 16,000 barrels every 24 hours. About 4,000
men are employed in the oil territory contiguous
to Casper. The minimum wage is about $5 per
day and the annual pay roll is better than
$8,000,000. "The touch of the Midas hand is on
Casper," says the Tribune"scribe, ."and untold
wealth remains ta be thrown into her lao."
Here's hoping the lap will overflow into a pipe-
, una te umana. ,
Right in- the Spotlight
Dr. Benjamin Thinkham Marshall,
who Is to be Installed today as presi
dent of the Connecticut College for
Women, has long hfen prominent as
a clergyman and educator. Born in
Boston in 1872, Dr. Marshall was
graduated from Dartmouth college
with high honors in 1897. He made
a similar record of scholarship at Un
ion Theological seminary when a resi
dent of New York City and during
the same period he pursued a post
graduate course of study at Columbia
university. Upon the completion of
hie studies at the theological seminary
in 1900 he entered the Presbyterian
ministry and during the ensuing 12
years he held pastorates at Scarbor
ough, N. Y., and New Rochejle, N. Y.
In 1912 he became professor of bib
lical history and literature at Dart
mouth college, which position he held
until called to the presidency of the
Connecticut institution some months
ago.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Allied troops advanced north of
Monastir, taking Dobromir.
Constanza, Koumanla's chief port
on the Black Sea, taken by .Austro
Germans. New emperor of Austria-Hungary
promised German emperor he would
continue the war.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
Mrs. C. N. Dietz entertained 25
guests at a dinnor at the Millard. The
menu cards were models of beauty and
elegance and the individual name of
each ruest was embossed In gilt let
ters on the title page.
E. St. John, general manager of the
Rock Island road, has telegraphed the
committee on securing the national
republican convention that his road
will subscribe $1,000 to securing the
convention for Omaha.
The Parnell Social club held its
usual bi-monthly dance at Cunning
ham hall. One hundred couples were
present and a general good time was
enjoyed by all.
Mat Miller, the well-known lawyer
of David City and for the last two
seasons member of the state legisla
ture, who has been in the city for
several days in attendance upon the
United States court has left for home.
Dr. Frank Joseph Ives, assistant
Burgeon of the army at Fort D. A.
Russell, was married to Miss Mildred
Elizabeth Megeath, the ceremony tak
ing place at 600 South Twenty-eighth
street
The new scale house at the stock
yards is nearly completed.
Tula Day in History.
1749 Edward Rutledge, a South
Carolina signer of the Declartion of
Independence, born at Charleston, S.
C. Died there January 23, 1800.
1817 Three hundred Georgia in
fantrymen repulsed the Fowltown In
dians near Fort Scott on the Flint
river. .
1837 Patent granted for the
Crompton loom, one of the most valu
able inventions in cotton machinery.
1861 Frigates Niagara and Rich
mond made unsuccessful attack on
Fort Pickens, Fla. '
1863 Federals under General
Thomas occupied Orchard Knob, mid
way between the defenses of Chatta
nooga and the foot of Missionary
ridge.
1867 Execution of Allen, Larkin
and O'Brien, the so-called Manchester
martyrs.
1914 Germans forced to retreat on
the Warthe-Vistula line in Poland.
1915 Fall of Mitrovitza and Prieh
tina, keys to plain of Kossovo.
The Day We Celebrate.
Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, U.
S. N., born at Oskaloosa, la., 62 years
ago today. '
Marquis of Carisbrooke (formerly
Prince Alexander of Battenberg) born
31 years ago today.
Dr. Henry J. Waters, president of
Kansas State Agricultural college and
one of the federal food administrators,
born at Center, Mo., 52 years ago to
day. George E. Martin, associate judge
of the United States court of customs
appeals, born at Lancaster, O., 60
years ago today.
Hobart Henley, prominent actor and
photoplay star, born in Louisville 31
years ago today.
Theodore Lyman, Harvard profes
sor of physics, now a captain in the
aviation corps, born in Boston 43
years ago today. .
Timely Jottings and . "xmlnders.
Dr. Benjamin Tinkham .Marshall,
late of Dartmouth cull3ge, is to be
formally installed today ai president
of the Connecticut College for Women.
War problems in connection with
summer school work are to be dis
cussed by the directors of the vari
ous summer schools of the country,
who are to open their first confer
ence today at the University of Michi
gan. Delegates from all sections of the
country will begin to assemble in De
troit today to take part in what i3 ex
pected to be the most important an
nual meeting in the history of the
National Municipal league.
The problem of getting sufllclent
supplies of cotton to the manufactur
ers will be further considered at a
conference to be held in Washington
today between the National Council
of American Cotton Manufacturers
and the traffic representatives of the
cotton-carrying railroads and steam
ship lines,
Storyetto of the Day. 0
J. Monroe Fitch, .former represent
ative in the lower house of the gen
eral assembly from Delaware county,
lawyer and republican politician, who
is, by the way, one of the big farm
owners of Delaware county, in show
ing a company of friends over his big
stock farm near Yorktown the other
day called special attention to the
fact that a number of pet squirrels
lived in the trees near the tenant
house that were so tame they treated
those about the farm as affectionately
as though they (the squirrels) were
kittens.
"Why, there's one fox squirrel
among 'em," Fitch told his visitors,
"that's so tame he run to meet me
and climbs on my shoulder whenever
he notices me come in the gate. If
that doesn't prove that even wild ani
mals have affection and sense, what
does it prove, I'd like to know?"
"Well, since you've asked the ques
tion," said one of his visitors, ever
so kindlv, "it might prove that he
thinks you're a nut" Indianapolis
News. f.
HERE AND THERE. .
Aa manr aa 2,000 woman s month, moitly
from farms, are aaid to visit tha ,retroom
catablished by the city of Phoenix, Aria.
Lake Superior whiteflsh ' and trout have
been Belling In the retail markets of Port
Arthur and Fort William, Ont., at 15 and
IS centa a pound. i
Since the European war began one-third
ot the Armenian race has been massacred
or died from atarvation and one-half of
those remaining are homeless and dvirut In
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Dress for Breakfast
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 17. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: I understand some
lady with much time and high ideas
wishes a law passed compelling all
women to doll up in their "best Sun
day go to meetings," at breakfast bo
"pa" won't leave home and get a di
vorce. Now most of the common or
garden variety of "pa's" eat without a
collar and without a shave. Some
times they bring a nice big grouch to
the table also a few choice "cuss
words." Why shouldn't the lady pass
a little law about that?
Imagine "us ones" on $25 per week
putting a real dress on for breakfast?
We are lucky to have a clean bunga
low apron or a kimono and if we have
a dress-up or two to go out in, that
is about all we can manage. And fur
thermore, I know business women who
had husbands making plenty of money
who had to lie and steal in order to
get anything outside of a dress or
two, a year. I don't think it's "doll
ing" for breakfast that causes di
vorce. The most beautiful and beauti
fully kept society woman I ever saw
has a husband who has another
"hume," so it seems dress isn't it.
Poor John would have a hard time if
Mary Jane stopped to curl and primp
when he got up at 6 and had to be at
work at 7. What nonsense.
JUNE.
Ethic Standards.
Omaha, Nov. 20. To the Editor of
The Bee: The difference between the
ethic standards of man and beast up
holding respectively right as might
and vice versa, causes confusion be
cause under certain circumstances
both are prevalent in civilization.
We still mostly use the fang and claw
method of settling international differ
ences, with individual (or group) of
fense and defense, instead of by the
means of the collective power of all
nations, functioning through a court
of justice as in our commonwealths, on
account of the slow moral growth of
the race as a whole, caused by its
numerous retarding units. Otherwise
the "brute law" is resorted to only in
minor or exceptional cases. A few
thinkers of the last century made the
ominous mistake of advocating a "re
turn to nature," without reserve, ig
noring the two moral standards.
Harking back for example to the sub
terranean fishes or underground
mammals, we find that eyes are not
necessary, but in the higher animal
reaches blindness is fatal. Likewise
present day environment demands the
higher moral sense, recognizing the
modern standard. And even the vol
untary sacrifice of the' individual for
the state, that is, the recent phase of
the herd instinct, manifesting through
co-operation, will not (as some con
tend) compensate for the lack of this
quality, upholding aa it does all true
democracy. H. MELL.
v Give the Russians a Message.
Omaha, Neb. To the Editor of The
Bee: When the Russian commission
accompanied by Mr. Washburn comes
to Omaha, and as I see by the papers
will appear before the Commercial
club, they must be given to under
stand that the United States did every
thing in its power to help poor Rtis
sia in' its present struggle, . encour
aged it with words and deeds in its
first steps as a. democratic republic,
opened its purse to fill Russia's
empty treasury, has sent a commis
sion of experts to organize" its rail
road transportation so aa to give it a
semblance of a system, has sent a
shipload of medical supplies with Dr.
Billings of Chicago, has sent the Root
commission to tell Russia not to -be
discouraged at its reverses; that its
big brother, the United States, is will
ing to stand fcy it and do everything in
its power to help it to organize a stable
government on a solid' democratic
foundation, but Russia must do its
part in fighting the mr dog of Eu
rope. It must marshal its forces
against the common enemy, must not
lie down and let the Huns run over its
country, must not whine and blubber,
crying it is tired and wanpj to rest. It
must not play the coward or show the
yellow, but must gather itself together
and show the world that the burly
bear may be somewhat disfigured, but
still in the ring.
We must tell the Russian commis
sion that there is nothing that they
would tell us that we don't know and
that if there is something that we are
ignorant of that they could not en
lighten us because things are in such
chaotic condition in Russia that noth
ing comes direct from Petrograd, not
even to the Russian ambassador. The
Russian commission undoubtedly un
derstands, and If they do not, must
be given to understand that we are
here in 3ead earnest; that we are
bending all our energies, our power
and our resources to prosecute the
war to a victorious conclusion for our-
.going to lay down our arms until n
universal menace mu wo wuim s ,:
Prussian militarism and kaisensm. ai(
crushed and wiped off the face of tht
earth. That is the message that
want the Russian commission to t; k
back home; that they must lay as 1-,
their internal strife and bring ti; .i
house in order and marshal th.
forces against the enemy of tr ,
democracy. They must show !i(
world that they are not only eai;d
to throw off the yoke of tyranny tr, ,
their own necks, but that they can ; r
will fight to make democracy safe i: ...
world over.
DR. E. HOLOVTCHINEI.
Pleads for Railroads.
Genoa. Neb., Nov. 19. To thf i: i
tor of The Bee: The important t.., ,:
of discussion of the Interstate Cui,,.
merce commission at Washington i
day is, whether or not the railroao.'
shall be granted the advance .r.
freight rates asked for. If there ,
any corporation entitled to an in
crease in rates, it is the railroads of
America, especially the westprn
roads. The shippers' representatives
put up the argument before thatbod.
that the railroads are not entitled ; i
the increased freight rates, ' on t'u
grounds that they are making enough
on the present basis. That's a very
weak argument in fact no argument.
The railroads today are paying ex
orbitant prices for material, an.;
wages have been advanced In all d
partments. To make a long stoi,
short, every turn the railroads mad.
in the past couple of years has en
tailed a heavy expenditure, withkia
prospects to be reimbursed. VT
It is only a matter of very shou
time the railroads will need many new
locomotives, cars, and general equip
ment and the prevailing prices .
such material are almost prohibitive,
but they must be purchased regard
less of price, in order that troops, war
necessities and other freight can l
moved. If the railroads are not permit
ted to revise their freight tariffs to a
higher scale, I am unable to figure
out how they enn successfully meet
the heavy expenditures - that now
face them. V. A. BRADSHAW.
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The spinal column is a
jointed pipe line for transmit
ting the nerve power between
th body and brain. Acci
dent, strain, bad habits of
work or exercise, frequer.ly
cause the joints to get out of
alignment.
D. D. Palmer discovered
such mechanical misalign
ment ot the spine could be
corrected by hand, a discov
ery that promises to make
health as contagious as Gut
enberg did knowledge.
In my experience' with
coughs, colds and such minor
ailments, adjustments of the
spine to restore 100 per cent
nerve power in ailing organs,,
is always followed by health. "
Write me or call for free
spinal analysis.
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