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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 13, 1918.
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days.
Do not overlook the thrift stamp "baby
bonds" will help to win. f
The weather man has ceased to play favorites
with his cold wave, but that does not help warm
the house.
President Wilson's single-track mind may yet
have to develop a turnout of some kind so far
as his cabinet is concerned.
We have profited by the mistakes the British
made, but we have made enough blunders of our
own to balance the account
Well, exchanging a colonel's uniform for a
senatorial toga is not such a bad trade, if the
deal only can be put through.
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The cold wave was bad enough as such, but
when it got mixed up with a series of tornadoes,
as it did down south, it became a terrible visita
tion. ,
Secretary Baiter's smile is poor camouflage for
the many deficiencies he has admitted. Some
thing more than a pleasant look is needed to
whip the kaiser. j
Uncle Sam's army has had one imperative job
tl- ust on it at Somethe capture and punish
n. cut of the bloody butcher guilty of the awful
crime at Camp Funston.
Omaha's, municipal court is setting a very bad
example both as to nepotism and fee-grabbing,
but it is hard to dislodge a democrat, once he
connects with the pay roll. 1
The Bolsheviki threat of repudiation is open
ing the way to a fine harvest for speculators in
foreign securities. ,The man who can afford to
wait for his money will reap a fine profit from"
'he Russian bonds in time.
' Politics as a Profession. ! '
Frederick M, Davenport, writing to the
i Outlook from Philadelphia after attending the
sociological' convention there, puts himself down
a favoring the profession of politics for young
men. He reaches his conclusion after consider
ing the various elements that enter our social
arid political fife, and the necessity in his opinion
of arriving at some solution that will do away
with much of the disorder that now characterizes
our attempts at government. Mr. Davenport has
no quarrel with democracy, except such as is
common to deep students whose sympathies ate
with their fellowmen. This arises from an im
patience with the' inefficient results accomplished
pnder our ways of doing things.
The blame is not so mucji on the masses as
on their leaders, thinks Mr. Davenport He cites
the recent city election in New York as a good
illustration of his point. Here an attempt was
made to hand down an effective form of govern
ment from above, and the defeat of the plan by
an organization that keeps in touch with the
people is almost impressive illustration of its
futility.' Tammany knows what the people want,
or think they want, which Amounts to the same
thing, and at least promises it to them, wasting
no time on studied efforts at "reform," no mat
ter how attractive the field in this regard.
To meet this young men should be trained
not alone in political science, but in "practical"
politics. They should be kept in close range of
mankind, to the end that they will understand
the impulses and emotions of the multitude, and
will have an appeal to some other sentiment than
mere economy and efficiency. In this way a
confidence may be developed that will eventually
lead to a better system in our governmental life
and a nearer approach to the ideals of liberty
combined with efficiency.
Time to Do Something.
President Wilson is reported from Washing
ton to have expressed his full confidence in the
capacity of Secretary of War Baker and Secre
tary of Navy Daniels. This was in answer to an
approach from congressmen, seeking toN learn
the attitude of the president on the proposal to
add to the cabinet a secretary of munitions. Presi
dent Wilson may yet hold to that confidence
which led him to invite them into his official
family group, but whatever trust the American
people may have had in them has been sadly
shaken.
Secretary Baker has been busy for some time
explaining to congress and apologizing for de
lays. He has admitted (that our army is not
equipped for service, but says it will be. He has
accepted responsibility for the conduct of affairs
under his department through the bickering bu
reaus, but in doing this he merely admits that
he gave his approval to suggestions made by sub
ordinates without full realization of what was
involved or the delays that would follow. In
stead of being able to tell congress the task is
done, he can only report that work is about to
start For example, when one senator made the
assertion that only one of the proposed new ma
chine guns is ready for use the secretary smil
ingly begged the senator's pardon and stated
there were nine. Nine machine guns for an army
of a million and a halfl Is it any wonder that
the Germans do not take our army as seriously
as we do?
Secretary Daniels is yet to have histurn, but
he will be given full opportunity to explain how
it comes that the call for ships and more ships
has been answered by continual strife inside the
shipping board. He may be able to tell why
instead of the needed .5,000,000 tons less than
3,000,000 wiU be ready, although the world was
promised the greater amount
Our nation is at war; our situation is serious
and conditions on the battle front are critical.
A million and a half of our best men are with the
colors and another million and a half are wait
ing (the call. But we are short of arms and
clothing and everything an army needs. And
the president still expresses his confidence in
the men who have so miserably mismanaged the
work of getting ready.,
Complaint on this score does not arise from
partisanship. It is a protest against incompe
tency, demonstrated inability to do things. Mr.
Wilson will have to amend his cabinet if he
makes any real headway on the biggest job he
ever tackled.
Citizenship in Nebraska.
Some headway is making in the demand that
aliens be deprived of the right to vote in Ne
braska. Our constitutional provision on the point
is one of the most liberal in the union, purposely
made so at the time the constitution was
adopted. Six months' residence and a declara
tion of intention to become a citizen is all that
is required of the foreign-born to permit him to
vote. When our state constitution was framed
Nebraska was being settled up rapidly and largely
by men born in Europe. It was thought desir
able that these be extended the privileges of
full citizenship as soon as possible. Conditions
have materially changed since then and full par
ticipation in the government of the state deservea
higher value, ,
Disclosures made possible by the selective
draft law have astonished those who come into
contact with the truth. A surprisingly large
number of young aliens have made declaration
of intention to become citizens, but have pro
ceeded no farther, some allowing the time for
applying for full citizenship to expire and filing
a second or even a third declaration. This deals
only with those of draft age and does not include
the older men, many of whom must be in the
same predicament. If American citizenship is
worth having, it will be appreciated by4 the foreign-born
resident only when he is impressed with
the fact
No hardship is involved in requiring him to
complete his application for naturalization. If
he does not he should have no part in our gov
ernment. 1 .
federal Control of Capital Issues. ,
The business world now knows what the presi
dent1 had in mind when he said no borrowing
must be allowed tf run athwart the govern
ment's borrowing. In determining on federal
control Of all capital issues the government has
made it clear that no private undertaking will
be permitted to get in the way of financing the
war. The policy in itself is not entirely a nov
elty, except in its general application by the
federal government For quite a while all rail
road jssues have, been subject to federal ap
proval, while state authorities have held a strict
supervision over all forms of stock issues. For
the present private enterprise may go into the
market to sell securities only with tlje approval
of the Treasury department, which means that
a check may be placed on any venture that is
unnecessary for war purposes. This move will
bring home a little more closely to all the fact
that the United States has gone into a great
enterprise, the issue of which is infinitely more
important than the development of nonessential
industries. The full effect of the new rule can
not be forecasted, but in general it means that
borrowing for capital purposes must be under
approval of federal authorities.
Palestine as a Jewish Fatherland
Powerful International Support Given the Movement
By Frederic J. Haskin.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 10. A resolution i And that great longing for organic coher
pending in thaHfliouse of representatives con
gratulates the British government on declar
ing in favor of "the establishment in Pales
tine of a national home for the Jewish peo
ple" and further states that "we rejoice that
it may be given to us and our associates in
the war to lend the fullest measure of our
support to the successful prosecution of this
historic undertaking in behalf of justice and
liberation."
If this resolution passes, as it probably
will on coming up for consideration, it will
mean that the United States is pledged with
England to the establishment of a Jewish
nation in the ancient Jewish land of Pales
tine. The millions of Jews in the United
States and the powerful position they oc
cupy in industry, commerce and finance ren
der the establishment of such a Jewish state
and its effects of great interest and impor
tance to the American people.
The resolution was introduced by Con
gressman Lunn of New York, who curiously
enough is a Presbyterian minister. The
chairman of the committee on foreign af
fairs, Mr. Flood, expressed approval of the
resolution and said his committee will re
port it as soon as war business permits. Mr.
Flood's statement is significant inasmuch as
it might be interpreted as expressing the at
titude of the administration
ence, which any human being can only feel
towards one country, even if he loves an
other country, too that longing has seized
them with a oeculiar strength."
This state of affairs probably applies to
the German army, where Jews were only re
cently admitted to the privilege of winning
officer rank; to the Austrian army, where
anti-Semitic feeling has always run high, and
perhaps to the Russian army, for the Jew in
Russia lived apart under the old regime,
though since the revolution Jews have taken
a prominent part.
On the other hand, it does not apply in
America or at least only in a very attenu
ated form. Some thoughtful American Jews
have looked with doubt on a politically au
tonomous lewish nation which might under
take to speak for the Jews of the world. They
do not feel painfully isolated here and they
fear that the existence of a Jewish nation
mieht differentiate them from other Ameri
cans, as hinting the possible existence of a
"hyphen. It should be stated that the men
who are nerhaos the most prominent in
American Zionism do not seem to share this
views.
There is little doubt that the proposed Jew
ish nation is in accord with the principles
often voiced bv President Wilson since
America entered the war, but the attitude of
the government is somewhat in doubt, owing
to a technical point involved. The United
States is not at war with Turkey. The pro
posed Jewish state at present belongs to Tur
key. Hence the Lunn resolution might be
construed by Turkey as a hostile act.
, The question cannot be settled in any
event until the peace conference and there
is no doubt that the United States will sup
port the general aspirations of the Zion
ists, as the Jews who wish to found a na
tion in Palestine are called, at that time.
However, passage of the Lunn resolution
is regarded as probable at an early date.
The Palestine question is an involved and
delicate one. The great majority of the
Jews of the world are in favor of Zionism
in one form or another the establishment of
a center for the race and a fatherland for
the persecuted members of it on the old site
of Jewish nationalism. There is, however, a
strong Jewish minority who oppose Zionism,
on the ground that the Jew should become
a part of any existing nation where he casts
his lot, so completely that even a senti
mental fatherland and race center, which he
may never visit should be far from his
thoughts. This minority has never suc
ceeded in its opposition. The Zionists have
treated with premiers and presidents, their
cause has been recognized and in the event
of an allied, victory their purpose is assured.
But even among the Zionists there are sev
eral parties and some disagreement as to
the form which the new Jewish state should
take.
Ziori may become a colony, a protectorate
or an autonomous state. There are support
ers of each form of government among the
Jews in the movement Many Jews desire
an independent nation." This sentiment was
expressed in a recent proclamation from the
powerful inner actions committee of the or
ganization, in which occurs jhe phrase: "The
trenches on all fronts have played the role
of a good school. With the fighting com
rades, apparently closely linked together
through blood and suffering, the Jews there
have this must be frankly admitted all the
more felt their isolation with increased grief.
It has come to the surface very plainly in
Eneland. however, where the formal decla
ration of the cabinet that "His majesty's gov
ernment views with favor the establishment
in Palestine of a national home for the Jew
ish people and will use its best endeavors
to facilitate the achievement of this object"
has brought the matter to a head. An asso
ciation called the League of British Jews has
been formed, numbering among its founders
some of the most prominentJews in Eng
land, including sundry lords, members of
Parliament, army officers, scholars and fi
nanciers. One, of the objects of the league
is "to resist the allegation that the Jews con
stitute a separate political nationality, in
explanation of its stand the league announces
that the fitness of Jews to be loyal British
subjects has been questioned on the ground
that they have a "dual nationality." The
leatrui seems to reoresent a minority senti
ment in Great Britain, but its formation is of
interest to Americans as casting light on
another angle of the problem. j
Neither the league nor most of the Ameri
can Jews who are not supporting the inde
pendent nation government are opposed to
Zionism insofar as it means the settlement
of Jews in Palestine. The Jews of the world
want that with practical unanimity and they
will get it. A, cultural center for the race
brings up no argument among its members;
an economic center raises very little, but a
political center gives rise to discussion. Prob
ably the majority of Jews in America favor
all three. Whether the majority of American-born
Jews go so far is more doubtful.
First-hand investigation shows very differ
ent attitudes. In the,great cities of the east
political Zionism is strongest. Here, too,
foreign-born Jews are more numerous; there
are, for example, 200,000 Austro-Hungarian
Jews in New York alone. In the west, where
Jews are less numerous, but more predomi
nantly American-born, their interest in Zion
ism is frankly sentimental. They will give
their money and their labor to secure again
the old land where their race gave the world
a literature and a religion; they will work
to give their oppressed European brethren of
Europe a place in the sun, but the over
whelming majority of them have - not the
faintest intention or desire to leave for Jeru
salem any more than the Catholics of Amer
ica desire to move to Rome. Politically
these Jews would regard an autonomous Jew
ish nation with a detached interest as a for
eign power.
Washington Time Wasters
From the Minneapolis Journal.
OtJ all war commodities time is the most
precious, because it is irreplaceable. Time
that is wasted can never be retrieved it is
gone forevef.
The head and front or the Washington bu
reaucrats' offending is that they have wasted
time. They have let the months slip by with
out pushing war preparations to the utmost.
Winter came upon them and found them un
ready with overcoats for soldiers, with ri
fles to drill with and machine guns to study.
It was a comparatively small matter that
wool should cost the government $15,000,
000 more than it might have been bought for;
the serious and irremediable blunder was that
it was not bought till September, when it
ought to have been taken in May. so that the
winter clothing for soldiers would be ready.
America should be ready to take its place
full-panoplied in the ranks of the Allies next
spring. But will it? It can't be done, be
cause time, precious time, has been wasted.
The government began to waste time'when
the world conflagration suddenly broke out
in August 1914. And the waste has gone
steadily on. For two years and a half con
gress and the administration kept us out of
war and did almost nothing to make ready
for the inevitable day when we had to get
into the war. Nine months have now passed
since that entrance and still we are unready,
still we are held back by the time-wastrels
in office.
In tw6 respects the War department has
done great work. The selective draft under
Provost General Crowder has, on the whole,
been wonderfully well handled and the foun
dation for a great national army has thus
been well laid. Again the men gathered in
camps and cantonments have been well fed.
But the rest of the job of making soldiers
out of them lags, chiefly because of bureau
cratic incompetence at Washington.
All this is now so plain that the day of
complete reorganization must be near at
nana. The president has the admirable qual
ity of standing by his friends, of steadfastly
supporting those in whom he believes. But
matters have come to such a state that be
must choose between turning out his friends
and facing disastrous (failure.
People and Events
1 Every day is becoming a wheatless day in
Cuba.
Women are employed as guards on New
York subway trains and as conductors on
Brooklyn trolley cars. They appear as effi
cient as the males in whispering, "Move up in
front, please."
Weather clerks along the northern banana
belt, while showing the best winter good in
stock, fall far short of sounding the subcel
lar. Yukon touched bottom at 86 below and
stopped for breath..
The first of 11 commandments posted up
by New York's mayor provides: "Employes
must not loll in city automobiles with big
cigars in their mouths." A finishing blow
for Tammany Indian cig:.r signs.
Missouri proposes to compete with Uncle
Sam in extracting income taxes from the
natives next spring. A double touch on in
comes promises a clinching answer to the
question, "you'll have to show me."
One trouble follows another. Owing to the
long spell of zero weather down east ice har
vesters find the crop so thick and hard that
the labor of cutting and storing already cam
ouflages a price boost next summer. .
Automobiles killed 837 persons in New
York state and 45 in New Jersey last year.
Both states are some 3,500 miles from the
nearest battle front but are harvesting' a
fair amount of war product nevertheless.
Two unlicensed food jobbers at Rock Isl
and imagined themselves free to put things
over as they pleased. I he tood administra
tions rudely jolted their conceit by ordering
the pair to discontinue handling 20 leading
food products embraced in the food regula
tion law. Uncle Sam's reach is wonderful in
its versatility.
' Things do happen in Missouri courts now
and then despite the vigilance of General
Technicality. The state supreme court sat
down hard on a minor judge who nought the
double role of accuser and trial judge in a
criminal contempt case. Holding that a judge
whose fairness Is challenged should disqualify
himself, the high court discharged the at
torneys cohvicted of judicial contempt
One Year Ago Today in the War.
British attacks north of Ancre
pushed Germans back toward Serra.
Russian raiding squadron sank 40
Turkish vessel oft Anatolian coast of
Black sea. t
The Day We Celebrate.
Ellery H. Westerfleld, attorney-at-law,
born 1870. .
Henry L. Dillon, superintendent of
the Bradstreet company at Omaha,
born 1870.
Edward S. Westbrook, treasurer of
the Trans-Mississippi Grain company,
born 1888.
William H. Wood of the Union
Stock Yards, born 1886.
Sir Alfred Yarrow, England's great,
sst shipbuilder, born 76 years ago to
day. ,
Duke of Kosta, one of the chief di
rectors of the Italian military opera
tions, born at Genoa, ti years ago to
day. Lord Balfour of Burleigh, veteran
British statesman, born St years ago
today, -
This Day In History.
17Jt English coltnists arrived at
Charleston, S. C, to settle Georgia.
17(7 John Davis, governor of
Massachusetts and United States sen
ator, barn at Northboro, lass. Died
Worcester, Mass., April 19, 1854.
1 f85 Schuyler Colfax, former vice
president of the United States, died at
Manliato, Minn. Born In New York
Cat. Marh 23, 18J.
Just SO Years Ago Today The Unlucky Seventh
The Omaha Fair and Exposition
association has decided to maintain
the annual exposition with the addi
tional determination of making every
one of them more Interesting as the
years go by.
Judge Shields had his first experi
ence in marrying a pair. The two who
were made happy were Christian Tver
son and Kate Sorenson.
A aleigh was found In a four-foot
snow drift at the corner of Twenty
fourth and J streets and the finders
are looking for the- owner.
, For three hours the commission
men could not reach the yards on ac
count of the snow drifts and no busi
ness was transacted.
Any number of stock trains are re
ported as being .mowed In both in
Iowa and Nebraska.
County Commissioner Corrigan dis
covered that he is the first native born
Nebraskan ever elected t an offlct In
the county.
York iNews-Times: No matter what
the excuse may be, there always will
be in the minds ot the people of Ne
braska, a doubt as to the Justice of the
treatment accorded the men of the
"Unlucky"! Seventh.
Beatrice Express: Was it not Mr.
Hitchcock who "desired control of the
chief executive office of Nebraska to
further personal ambition and fac
tional and partisan ends." And did he
not want it so bad that he not only
forced the death of the Seventh but
of every other guard regiment in the
country that had been organized since
the National Guard was called to the
colors..
Grand Island Independent: The
final curtain has fallen, on the "Lucky
Seventh," and several other National
Guards regiments in other states, it
Is Inferred. Much has been said about
its political complexion and of the po
litical maneuvering, pro and con, with
reference to Its origin and purpose.
Factional partisan interests have
kicked it about rather too freely and
undeservedly. It had more merit
than was givenUt No one questions,
for Instance, the sincerity, of Its
leader. It was, It is true, poor judg
ment, wherever the fault may lie, in
appointing only democrats, well nigh
without exception, aa officers. There
in was weakness.
The Kick Conrteons.
Some coalless patriots are wonder
ing If it shouldn't be named the
"futile administration." Washington
Post '
Odd Bits of Life
Engineers estimate' that standing
four inches away from the telephone
when talking is equivalent, to length
ening the line 218 miles. :
A nest of wasps will kill from 3,000
to 4,000 flies a day, but the one or
two- they may miss will breed about
23.456,789 more before the avengers
can get back on the Job next morn
ing. Oscar Hammersteln declares that
his marriage to his present wife was
a cold blooded money proposition;
that he bought her for a big block of
stock In his opera company. Oscar is
simply, more frank about his marital
operations than are many in his set
Uncle Sam has one more "Fighting
Mc,Cook" In Philip J., a lawyer who
gets a commission of major in the
officers' reserve corps. Civil war vet
erans recall the four brothers who
made for themselves the "Fighting
McCooks" sobriquet
There will soon be a "corps of fer
rets" on the battlefront In France for
the purpose of helping t clear out the
rats now infesting the galleries in the
chalk hills' ,left by the Germans in
their retreat The ferrets are now be
ing mobilized and several hundred
have been shipped.
' It Is literally true that there is a
star in our flag for every state. The
law of 1912 that gave the stars their
present arrangement provided that
the stars if you start at the upper
left hand corner and read each of
the six ro rs from left to right' shall
correspond to each state in the order
ot it sMiflcation of the constitution.
Sign Frosts of Progress
Chicago's' journeymen barbers pro
pose to boost prices to 25 cents for
shaves and 50 cents each for haircuts
and shampoos.
The government's bureau of War
Risk Insurance at sea has taken in al
most 813,000,000 more than it has
paid out and giyen cheap insurance
into the bargain.
' Bo extensive are precautions taken
by railroads that link Argentina and
Chile by climbing the Andes, which
have the steepest grades in the world,
that not a fatal accident has hap
pened since they opened in 1910.
The total value of all pumps Im
ported into Paraguay In a year aver
ages about $6,000,000 of which more
than half represents Imports from the
United States. Germany hitherto has
been the nearest competitor, followed
by England.
The United States Bureau of Fish
eries has received complete revised
figures, showing the number of fur
seals in the various categories in the
Alaskan herd as determined by the
census taken this season. The herd is
shown to have contained 468,692 ani
mals. x
In spite of many unfavorable con
ditions, tha postal business of China
in 1916 showed as a whole substan
tial Increases, and in certain cases.,
surpassed expectations. In 1914 there
were 212,115,297 articles posted; in
1916, 226,801,928 articles .and in
1916, 250,432,273 articles. The 1916
figure represents an increase of about
100 per cent in the last five years.
Around the Cities
Mayor Van Lear of Minneapolis ap
plauds and endorses President Wil
son's statement of the country's war
aims. This makes the battle for de
mocracy fairly unanimous in the mill
town.
A survey of the dance halls of Chi
cago shows 17 klssless dance halls,
eight for kissing. 11 for hugging, seven
for fighting and in 90 per cent of the
public dance halls the moral and lo
cal laws are dead ones.
Women as mail carriers are not a
success In St. Louis, according to
Postmaster Selph. A 15 days' trial
convinced the postmaster that the
work was too heavy for women. "Mere
man" comes back occasionally. ,
Out In Salt Lake City two men and
two women, comprising a jury in a
bootlegging case, disagreed and were
discharged. The second trial jury of
four men convicted the bootlegger
on the same evidence. What's thp
answer?
Boston's food administration ir
pressing for observance of a "pork
less day" wisely explains that the sac
rifice need not interfere with the puis
lng joy of baked beans. An attack or
the bean pot in that quarter is a
risky as impugning the sanctity of
the cod.
The 1917 report of the New Yor!
board of health shows a reduction o
the death rate in the greater city t'
13.79 per thousand, the lowest yet. at
tained. A feature of the report is a
marked reduction in deaths from in
fectious diseases and an increase in
deaths from tuberculosis.
The fqunder of Helena, Mont., Ja
cob Scherrer, Just "crossed the range'
at Denver, aged 80. Jake headed the
party of weary prospectors who dug
into the gulches around present site
of the city, striking "pay dirt" in one
ravine, which they named "The Last
Chance." Out of the diggings Helena
was born and reared to affluence and
capital prosperity.
If George Washington was cam
paigning now as In the winter of
1776-7 he and his troopers might
cross the Delaware on skates, for the
river is frozen tight from Philadel
phia to Trenton. Below Philadelphia
ice boats are employed to keep the
channel open. The duration of the
New Year cold wave with tempera
ture at zero and below froze gas pipes
in Philadelphia, necessitating digging
through pavements to obtain the fluid.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Road Commissioner But who la to pay
for aa"h a fine road as you propose?
Cltlzen-The motorists. It tempt
them to break the si.eed laws and thoir
flne? wUl Py for the road.-Boston Tran
script. "I love the ground you walk on."
you inconstant rascal. I know you've
been engad to foilr eirls.'
"Still vou can't accuse roe of lncon
tancv ' They all walked on this eamo
ground." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Poor old Crimes! So he's (tons at last.
What a man he was to run afier widows.
"yes after everybody's but his own."
Baltimore American
"Whafa the matter, old chap?"
"I fear I am only on the edga of so-
f'"in that case, why don't you join one ot
these community centers? 'Kansas City
jou-ml.
THE SATISFIED TAXPAYER.
John Kendrlck Bangs In Life.
Three cents to mail a letter now
But I can tell you anyhow,
I'd make It four or even eight
If it would aeal tha Kalser'a fate,
And send him whirling down to where
There's fuel plenty and to spare.
I do not mind the Movie tax
They've laid on patriotic backs,
With rarest Joy each extra cent
By yours sincerely will be spent,
Sines every penny goes to slug
Von Hindenburg's ungodly mug.'
When Income Taxes loudly call.
My answer's "Come and take It all.
For poverty I do , not yearn.
But you can have all I can earn,
If It will help us to erase
The nose from Herr von Tlrplta's face."
For eight per cent, on Railroad Fares.
What patriotlo human cares
A tinker's ding, if so he knows
The extra store of shekels goes
To give the Potsdam Gang the boot
And bang the Crown Prince on the snoot
ril pay on neckties and cigars,
On taxlcabs and trolley-cars,
I'll pay on collars, cuffs and spats;
On pugs and pink angora cats,
Golf-clubs and pancakes, If thereby
Wer black the lecherous Teuton's eye.
I'll put a stamp. on all I eat
I'll feed on sawdust 'stead ot wheat
And laugh with joy aa I shall pay
The taxea I must meet each day.
If all these extras go to spill
The potadamned Beans of Pirate Bill.
Popular With
College Women
Darkens Gray Hair
a
PLEAN, simple, marrelous in its
action this new. scientific toilet pre
paration -NkvbR-TeL-tha worlds finest
hair restorative. Put up In ""iUry. ocllcate-br-perfnmed
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water as osea. uaraono B'J
hair so graauaj y jooion
and thst's why it has been
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NBVER-Tn. was born m
a college uooraujry ana
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oarkenuur wiinoui uie auKnuBi.
skin was adopted, and is today legally known
thronghoi't all civilized countries as
Nevbr-Tel. Treatise on care of the hair in
every box, also early history of NlVXR-XKL.
At your d .igg.at, 5jC, or d.rect
from Never-Tel Laboratoriea Co.,
Dept. 204, Kansas City, Mo.
There is an unostentatious mag
nificence in onr equipment that
appeals to people who favor fun
erals of unassuming worth. We
are worthy of your confidence.
N. P. SWANSON
Funeral Parlor. (Established 1888)
17th and Cuming Sts. Tel. Douglas 1060.
TheUseful Light
Should your Gns lamps need
attention DAY OB SIGHT
Call Douglas (505, or,
Maintenance Department,
only
t i ,,a
H Omaha Gas Co.
1509 Howard Street
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NOW 15 when you
need a Piano most
These are times when no homa
should be without a piano. Music
is restful cheering a solace for
keyed-up nerves and anxious hearts.
Just now we all need music
and then more music and then
still more music. And the home
without a piano today, is in
deed a home" that is lacking in a
lot of mental cheer and comfort.
Wa are selling today tha NEW 1918
STYLE
&..-$300
This is, Indeed, a splendid instrument. It would be hard
to find a more satisfactory piano, were you to pay a
hundred dollars more.
This piano is just so good, that you may purchase one
with this understanding: That if, for any reason, you
wish to exchange, at any time within a year, we will
make the exchange and give you credit for every dol
lar you have paid, up to the time the exchange is made.
Sepd one home THIS WEEK. $25 makes
your first payment; after that $10 a month
A. HOSPE CO., 1513 Douglas St.
The Home of the Apollo Reproducing Piano
We Are Right
In Showing How Europe Lacks1 Liberty
Woodnen Of the Wrld
Teaches Freedom and Liberty.
Our Life Insurance Certificate Assures Your Wife
Freedom From the Sweat Shop
and Gives the Children Liberty
and a Fair Chance in Their Fight for Life.
Rate Reasonable, But Adequate.
Ring Douglas 4570. No Chart for Explanation.
W. A. FRASER, JOHN E. YATES.
Sovereign Commander. Sovereicn Clerk.
- THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU
Washington, O. C I
Enclosed find a 2-cent stamp, for which you will please send mt,
entirely free, "The Navy Calendar."
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