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i i s . i . 1 THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1918. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PLBUSHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha postoffiee a tcond-UiWatUr. TERMS OF SCTBSCR1PT10N B, ftmtr. Bi Mil). Daily ud stand; .par ni lie rtr jew. Kv . Iteil tntlwMll Mundas. ...... ........ 106 4 'fcvwitas and Sunday. " M i " tM twain viUwut Staid.. . 4M 'Sunday the oulr. " lo ' 10 (tud nwi etianc (X tddtew at irrenlarltr la Minn to Ooitu the ttreulsuoe uetfcruyecL MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS n lanrittM PrM. e whtrt The Bee H) s nuwiher. n tirlmtTttJ antttlni to Dw e for raMettton ef all se dmou-hri rrwtiiM lo it or not Mtwrwlae credited Is Urn panel and elan (b krel nmt nMMa aema. ji nam pveucaiioa w our neciat awwesa. an tlM Keened. - , s , REMITTANCE RmiK IV dfsft, ornw or port! order. Mitt -M stamps takes to pariMnt of mil xmrnt. IHmil ebacx. axetM oa Omaha aso taaura aarsanaa. tm mocmwo. OFFICES Onuh Hw Bm Bujidlni. ? ikieaso Peer)'! !u ftalldtat gout Osiahe S31 N Bt. he Vorti SM riftb . Council Bluff 14 1 tills m. m. Umlt-Nrm B'k if uxnanrat Uaeotn UuJ Buildtaa. . WaihmitMi 1311 0 St. , CORRESPONDENCE IiMm mnmnilMttonf rHitWf to UK sad editorial auttat to (RnUut Bmw Editorial Department. - - DECEMBER CIRCULATION 59,541 Daily Sunday, 51,987 iterate etrrolettos tor tut Konta. eubaorlbed ana won ta bj DinaM Wtllttma. llrculatioa Manaser. . . Subscribers leaving tbe city should havs Tfca Baa jmIM la loam. Address changes aa alias at requested. Tigging the shovel has no reference to clean ing walks. : : That snow blanket is just abbot what the Ne braska wheat fields needed. i i . Kemember that the worst food waste of all is the food that "goes into the garbage can. f The "Liberty Six, having demonstrated its patriotic devotion, now has a further chance to serve by getting into khaki. GeneraI Wood evident got a little closer to the front than the bureaucrats intended, else he would not have been wounded. , . f . i . v ;. ( Calling the kaiser "noise" may express some of the feeling towards him, but a big enough noise causes a lot of annoyance, just the same. , v. Other cities have grappled with, and at least partially solved, the public dance problem. Why should not Omaha profit'by others' experience? Despite disturbances and difficulties. Omaha is still the heart, of the most favored section of the country. Stay In Omaha and , avoid heatless Mondays.'7 ; ' ' '. - "A ' ' ' . . - The government regretsb report that making of "moonshine" is increasing in Iowa and Kansas. Human nature's perversity will stick out, "even in the driest of the dry belt sections. ;j Soldiers must not write letters home about mp conditions. There has evidently been too much of this sort of letter writraf for comfort of the War department bureaucrats, i , Mr. Bryan's "ringing" speech n prohibition to New VorVers has a strangely familiar sound p Nebraska ears. The Gothamites are due to hear a lot 6f things that have been told out west , before ?,;. -n' , f , ; ; ,i r':jt- Governor NeviH has sent a "personal repre sentative" to intiuire into conditions at Camp ody. Emulating the Wite House is good con lervative practice for the democratic state execu tives', if they do not carry it too far.. There is no excuse s for the unaccompanied young girl frequenting public dance halls into the wee hours of the night, but the dance halt pro prietor is the one who should be held responsible for; admitting her. A few c!osed-up dance halls would go a long way toward correcting feis evil. '-' :'y ' ;'y Save FueL .S! - Weather conditions have not been in harmony with aspirations for greater economy in the use of fuel, extreme cold of the last few weeks hav ing contributed largely p the existing shortage. Other1 elements are recognized and definable, but the main point is that fuel is scarce and one way of remedying the siutation is to conserve as far as possible. This applies to all users of fuel and affords the basis for the "tag your shovel," which should be done by,very man who wields a coal shovel, no matter where. 5.The householder can help materially in this move for economy by using a little less coal each day. None are asked , to suffer from cold in this cause, but all are Urged to avoid overheating homes.' The middle of the stream is yet a poor place to swap horses, but it ' may' be accomplished," and the present lesson mould be recalled t when the pressure is removed One of the most conspicuous phases of our na tional extravagance is th careless use of fuel. Therefore it is well to get the habit now and practice it next winter and ever after. Careful firing and better furnaces will effect a tremendous saving. All these things are for present as well is future consideration. Tag' your shovel, and keep in mind that you are personally responsible for part of the shortage in coal, and, through you wilt.be accomplished whatever of saving is achieved.' 'V , , I 4 The Duty of Sacrifice. Nearly every expression which the president has addressed to our own people since our en trance into the war has emphasized the necessity of sacrifice to accomplish our supreme .purpose of winning the war, The sacrifice, which must be ungrudgingly made by the man who stays at home in support of the man who takes up arms and answers the call to fight ir he trenches, is probably dwelt upon and every one knows that the sacrifices are being made. Fathers, brothers, sons, have been sent forth and money'poured out in overabund ance to meet every" call which those conducting the war for us have been impelled to make and they may be sure of equally prompt and generous response to further demands. The commandeer ing of the railroads has been acquiesced in, limi tations fixed by the food administration are be ing observed and the fuel orders are being carried out regardless of the colossal cost to industry and industrial workers. Tjhe spirit of sacrifice is everywhere manifest. y Everyone knows that we are engaged in war by personal contact with war's consequences. -But the duty of sacrifice imposes a reciprocal i duty upon those in official power. No sacrifice should be required in vain.. In other words, the people should not be loaded with burdens to no purpose, and by the same reasoning should not be req !red . to make greater sacrifice than the object to be accomplished really calls for. There is. re much and more obligation upon the authorities not to waste the money and supplies which the people furnish, and also to see to it that the tl igs are done and provisions made for our soldieii to the full extent that the available resources (and these are almost limitless) warrant. ' ' : . Sacrifice? Yes, all that is needed and heap ing measure I But such sacrifice merits full recog nition in efficient and competent prosecution of the war, utilizing the nation's best ability to speed up and, by hastening achievement of the goal, bring an end to war's sacrifice. V Secretary Baker's Defense. The engaging frankness of the secretary of war in admitting what already has been well established does not afford any especial def use for his direction of the War department Mr. Baker had previously accepted responsibility for the acts of his subordinates, and thus assumed all blame for mistakes made. The statement then that conditions at camps are being remedied is useful chiefly in proving that criticism has at last stirred the bureaucracy out of its complacency and is enforcing some stepsjor improvement The explanation of the. shortage in arms and equipment offered by the secretary b not so ft would re uir'e irthto eftSt Alsace-Lorraine Historian's Review of a Prussian Crime and the Atonement The reference in President Wilson's state ment of the war aims of the allies to Alsace Lorraine ought to cause the" public on both sides of the Atlantic to seek to understand the history and condition of those province under German despotism. Fortunately there was recently issued by Prof. Charles D. Hazen of Columbia university, whose mas terly works on "Europe Since 1815" and on "The French Revolution and Napoleon" are recognized as standards, a brief, clear and im partial review of the history of France's lost provinces. The Germans, after their brutal robbery in 1871, tried to delude the world by asserting that they were simply taking back territory which had once been German and which was annexed to France in the time of Louis XIV. They even went farther and tried to make it appear that the Alsatians for nearly two centuries had been yearning to be restored to their mother country, and that, therefqre, the seizure of them by Germany in 1871 was really a restoration. This assertion was a deliberate falsehood, for there was no Germany, in the modern political sense, at the time when Alsace and Lorraine became part of the French kingdom. By strict re gard for title, Alsace should have been re stored to Austria because the holy Roman emperor in 1648 belonged to the house of Hapsburg and he held-the traditional pro prietorship as over-lord in Alsace. Much more important than what we may Call the real estate' point of view, however, was the attitude of the inhabitants. Al though many of them spoke a German dia lect " their preferences, attachments, and traditions were French and during the six fenerations which they passed as natives of France their devotion to that country stead ily increased. 1 "The Marseillaise" was com posed in Strasburg and first sung at a din ner there during the French revolution. Many patriots, many of the most famous cenerals of the Napoleonic era, Kellermann, Kleber, Lefebvre, Rapp, Custine and, most famous of all, Ney, were Alsatians who would have resented the idea of being German. The Germans took the. provinces in 1871 to satisfy their ambition and their love of having a foreign people on whom tfiey could trample. To escape from the odium wMch this brutal act aroused throughout the civilized, world, Bismarck protested that he had not sanctioned it, but had been forced to submit to it by the Prussian gen erals. They told him, he said, that the pos&ssion of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany Was a military necessity as it would enable them to dispense with two army corps for defending the frontier. Kecent events nave taught us what as construed oy military necessity" means the German general start parts of the empire." In 1911 they secured a special constitution which did not give them the rights they asked for, and merely veiled under more hypocritical terms the traditional persecution of their masters. Two vears later occurred the monstrous affair at Saverne. which simply proved the truth of Mirabeau's famous phrase: "Prussia is not a country which possesses an army, it is an army which possesses a country." A coward ly, swaggering officer, Lieutenant Forstner, s'ashed a lame cobbler, named Blanck, across the forehead on the pretense that Blanck had smiled derisively at him. Even Germany could not stomach such an outrage without a protest There was a trial, which turned out to be a farce, as might have been expected, for Forstner was acquitted on the ground that he had only exerc'sed the right of "punitive self-defense." The crown prince sent him a telegram aoplauding him as a worthy upholder of Prussian honor and Prussian valor. Germans who were then classed as liberals and the socialist organ Vorwaerts continued to protest against the outrage and the verdict Then came August 1914, and the war, during which Alsace-Lorraine have been subjected to war measures which could scarcely have been harsher if those prov inces had just, been captured from a foreign enemy, such is the story ot persecution ana of hypocrisy which runs from 1871 to 1918. The Germans can no longer dupe the world by their old lie that the Alsatians were Ger mans at heart, praving to be restored to the German fold. The kaiser's government knows this and so he proposes that the de termination of the future adherence of Alsace-Lorraine shall be made by plebiscite. What value would a plebiscite hold under German officers and counted by them have ?s an indication of the wishes of the natives? We must remember also that Germany has sent several hundred thousand colonists into Alsace who can be counted on to vote, as the kaiser directs. The restitution , of Alsace-Lorraine to France becomes therefore, as Professor Hazen solemnly declares, an act of atone ment which the civilized world must make. In 1871 when the world permitted Germany, to take these provinces as a proof that might' makes right, it became insofar the sharer of Germany's guilt and it can purify itself now only by insisting upon the act of restitution. "The twentieth century," he says, "must redress the greatest iniquity of the nine-teenth."- Not merely because the enslaved Alsatians and Lorrainers plead for their lib eration, not merely because France desires restoration of her dearest provinces, but be cause morality demands it must be done. And we Americans can all rejoice that Presi and the kaiser. But we do not need to sur-!dent Wilson, like Prime Minosrter Lloyd Moltke himself boastingly as countrymen that, in taking the .. a . . . . , provinces, thev naa assumed a usk wnicn mise. sured for his satisfying... People will not easily be brought to understand why the richest and most resourcefu' manufacturing nation in the world had to gc abroad to buy so much of the material needed for the use of its men in the field and by so doing take it away from our Allies. Delays in deciding on the type ot arms, on letting contracts for clothing, and many other exasperating points are not going to be sniile.d away, even by one s6 well balanced as the .secretary of war. , - . Accepting the situation that these mistakes are of the past, and all the, harm they might bring already done beyond undoing, what the country needs is assurance that things will go better, (n the future, and . the retention of the' men re sponsible for" past blunders does not give that Mr, Baker's explanation of .the work of his de partment it a convincing argument for doing it differently from nov on. v Cxernln'i Significant Action. If Count) Czernin did, as reported, forward a copy of his' speech to President Wilson in ad vance of its delivery and without consulting with German leaders, his act is one of the most remark able of recent history. . It can be taken only as direct overture for peace negotiation. , The fury Of the Germans at this disclosure is easy to understand. When the principal ally of the kaiser verges so close to defection, the action seriously imperils all the junker party has. con tended for, Austria, without hope of ultimate victory, can discern in the present more of real advantage than might be obtained after the war had progressed farther. The collapse bf, the Italian army and the resultant deep thrust of Aultro-German forces into Italy leaves the dual monarchy in a far better position there than it was four months ago. This is Austria's best trading point and one it can not afford to' lose. President Wilson's action in the matter just now, is only subject to surmise. Normally, he will be required to consult withsthe associated rations, before opening conversations with Aus tria, as it is not conceivable that he would enter into engagements for separate peace with either member of the Teutonic combination without no tice to" other belligerents. The significance of the Czernin procedure is that a way to serious discussion of peace aims is lertainly being opened up. . 1 "' ' Emma' Goldman and August Berkman have been denied further stay of sentence by the su preme court, and this precious pair will now be gin to pay the law they have so persistently flouted. In them all similarly-minded may read lesion. Sooner or later the law overtakes its contemners, no matter who they be. Tn other words he and the other Prussian 'eaders who perpetrated this crime aimed at "ixing militarism as a dominant policy on Germany for the ensuing half century. We need only to recall how many times Bis ' marck and his successors started to cry that the provinces were m danger of, becoming seditious in order to secure larger war ap propriations, or an increase injhe army, or to keep hot the natural German appetite for war. , ' . ' ' As soon as the provinces were taken over and governed -by the sGcrmans the word had its first cause for surprise in the fact that the Alsatians were not welcomed as lone-lost brothers returned to the Teutonic fold but were treated as inveterate enemies. The brutality with which the Austrians oppressed the Italians of Lombardy and Venetia, 60 vears ago, was less than that with which the Germans persecuted these pretended scions of .the German race. In order that tbe provinces might feel the full weight of German domination they were created a part o the German empire a Reichsland which could be controlled directly from Ber lin. Nothing was spared which might break their spirit; the schools became German; the official and common lnnniage was German; the youths conscripted into the army were sent far ofTinto Prussia, or some other thor oughly German region; te humbug of po litical rights, by which Bismarck tried to make the Germans suppose that they had iplitical freedom, was not even kept up in Alsace-I orraine; severe penalties fell upon those who were caught speaking French or who had French connections. Fpurvhundred thousand Alsatians emigrated into France rather than submit to German domination, i , Meanwhile the German government en couraged Germans to colonize the provinces and to usurp the industrial and financial management and to cxploifeven the agri cultural districts. The few Alsatian members of the Reichstag., protested steadily against the atrocious regime, but their number de creased because German deputies . replaced the natives fn some of the thoroughly Ger manized constituencies. For a little while, under Marshal Manteuffel, an attempt seems to have been made to give the conquered peop'e a milder administration, but he died in 1885, to be succeeded by Prince Hohen lohe, a cold and unsympathetic bureaucrat, who restored the old methods of persecution ?nd improved upon them where he could. The Germans supposed that, after a genera tion, the young people who had never known the old French . days would accept quite naturally their German environment, but the Germans, taught by the Prussians, are per haps ihe only race in the world who imagine that the proper way to placate anybody is to kick him as hard, as you can and to slap his face on every occasion. So the Alsatians who came to manhood 15 or 20 years ago were, if anything, more resentful than their fathers had been of thesibhorrent German rule. The campaign , of protest having fsiled, they waged a campaign of strict legality. "You call us the Reichsland," they said to their op pressors; "very well, we demand to be gov erned by the laws which prevail in all other George, puts this aim on proper grounds and declares that ' the allies will insist upon it without compromise. Boston Transcript Pulchritude in the Senate From the Congressional Record for Mon day, January 21. A passage-at-arms following the attack on the republican parly by Senator Stone of Missouri. Senator Lewis of Illinois, demo cratic whip, is speaking. Mr. President, I will not trespass upon the time of the senate longer, Accept to say that the senator from Pennsylvania promises the senate that at a future early day he will enter generally upon an indictment as to all the matters which he feels are. the shortcomings of the administration, particularly as to the conduct of the war. When that time arrives I take it there will be senators on both sides of the chamber who will see that justice is done to those to whom an injustice may be done, if such shall be. by the senator from Pennsylvania. But, Mr. President Mr. Penrose Mr. President will the sen ator, as a part of that program, help me to get through a little resolution I have offered requesting the names of the gentlemen and lady employes of'the Creel Literary bureau? Mr. Lewis Mr. Presidentj-I can under stand from the senator's 1 ' Mr, Penrose Will the senator help me get that resolution through? Mr. Lewis I can understand from the. senator's general social habit that his desire to get the names of the lady members might be personal. Laughter. , Mr. Penrose If I were capable of excit ing the admiration of the fair sex like the senator from Illinois, I would be rejoiced; but the day would not be long enough nor would I be skillful enough or have the ar tistic temperament to adorn myself like the senator from Illinois so as to attract the fair sex. Laughter.) , , The Vice President The 'galleries must remember that there is a rule of the senate to the effect that neither approval nor disap proval can be manifested in the galleries, and that it is the duty of the chair to clear the galleries if it does not cease. That order will be enforced on repetition of any manifesta tion in the galleries. Mr. Lewis Mr. President, amidst the uproarious acclaim of the senator from Pennsylvania in the galleries a source to which he usually appeals by his speech, and seldom to the reason or wisdom of the lower floor I lost much of his animadver sion; but I take it that the last part of his remark was that he could not compete with me touching progress toward the lady mem bers of the Creel cabinet for lack of ability of self-adornment or adornment of himself by himself, or something of the kind. Let the senator understand that if it is a matter of adornment that is attractive, I, poor me, would have to apply Ihat to myself. He can lay the unction to his, soul that nature has been so generous to him as to give him those courtly proportions that need only present themselves to the sight of a lady to have her succumb to immediate surrender. Laughter. The Vice President The sergeant-at-arms will clear the galleries if the outbreak of laughter and applause is repeated. The senator from Illinois will proceed. Just SO Years Ago Today With State Editors One Year Ago Today In tbe War. " ' German crown prince delivered Heavy blow at , Verdun, capturing . French positions at Hill 304, latter re Juvered lost ground. , rtMt Day W.T Celebrate. ' -- Meyer Klein, cigar dealer, born 1889. Thomas E. Brady, attorney at law, 'bora 1870. , , .;MaJor Frederick Palmer, famous rr correspondent bow staff officer in the intelligence department ot the American forces in Franca, born at Pieaantville, Pa., 45 years age today. John D. Rockefeller, it- only"on of . :he Standard Oil magnate, born in Cleveland 44 year ft go today, ' - Remain Rolland , famous French ; luthf.r and Nobel prlx-s winner, born 1 52 years ago today. - . aiamejr Oidfleld, one ot the most fa- mous automobile racers, born at Wau eon,KX, 40 yeara ago today. . Oils Day lo History. . 'S.'-' 17J7 Thoma Paine, ' author of , Tha Ageef Keanon," born in Ens-j .and. Died In New, York, June 8, 1809.1 : 1T81 Albert Gallatin, a son ot Switzerland, who adopted our country : hm his own and save us devoted aerv-' Ice, born In Geneva- - Died at Astoria, ; u i.tn 1849. . -r 1 774 Ik-njaitnn Franklin appeared before the KnKlish privy -eounall, to prenent a patitiun from Jiasisachu aetta. - . .. - . . 1779 A force of 2,000 British, took "oatKjtfsSoa of Augusta, 3a. . ' . ' Weather indications for Omaha are: Colder, fair weather, light to freeh, variable winds. , . George M. Rlbbel and K. Adalbert Smith, two well known traveling men, will quit' the road February 1 and start out on their own account in the commission business, A meeting' preliminary to organiz ing a branch of the Catholic Mutual Benevolent association, was held at Klnsler's drug store. John B. Furay waa elected chairman and P. J. Bar ret aecretary. -.. . Rev. J. K. Ensign, accounting sec retary of the Young Men's Christian association, presided ever a revival meeting inaugurated at the Dodge Street Presbyterian churchwhlch will continue for one week under the di rection of W. J. Harsha aa pastor. The hotels swarmed with repre sentative commercial travelers, who put In the day straightening out their order books, writing letters, reading and other high pursulta, - ; ;. After forty yeara in an upstairs print shop the Crete Vldette-Herald is about to move to the ground floor. Forty years climbing stairs deserves a change that conserves knee muscles and make for business comfort ' Kearney Hub expresses a shade of doubt of " Governor Neville's state ment: "In the main Nebraska's pro hibition is being pretty generally enforced."- The absence locally of the co-operatiqn of citizens in tipping off bootlegging puts the Hub among the doubters. 1 Grand Island Independent features a fuel conservation plan which is simplicity itself." Just bale your waste paper into convenient brlcquets and feed them Into the furnace. This plan followed in summer produces a reserve for cold weather and saves many a shovelful of coal. "At all events," says the Independent" we 'already know from 'the fuel saved that this office has a resourceful janitor doing his bit in the fuel saving . line for his country and his firm." f ' Plattsmouth Journal manages to keep warm and cheerful regardless of .the weather, while Uncle Sam's tax collectors supply the fuel. "First' says the Journal, -mey seize our in j come and whirl us around thorough i ly. Then ' they change hands and, I grasping us firmly by our disburse ments, shake us down for wbat is 'left" In spite of the (Vzzy excitement I the victim maintained his editorial nnlxn itmiMmd "' with humor .and ! saved "Our potential anticipations." Your real optimist greets a touch with a emlle -. '-.," 'V ,v- Peppery Points Minneapolis Journal: 'What, peace on earth and good will to men? It iss verboten! Louisville Courier-Journal: Early to bed, lato to rise, saves fuel, and if It doesn't make you wealthy It prove you wise when soft coal is $7 a ton. Washington Post: In good old wot towns where the dispensaries are de prived of coal, the victims will have to take a few extra drinks to keep warm. - New York Post: "Two per cent of drafted men lack brains." Thla gratifylngly low ratio euggests the possibility of applying the draft for war administration. Brooklyn Eagle: If railroad sal- ai-lu or-a fWttA hv Clnlldfl Kltchln Lways and Means committee, no Wll- lards will be employed. Bigness is not to be expected from little minds. Baltimore America: The effect of Lloyd-George's epitrrammatic- sum mine; up of the condition, go on or go under, is not difficult to foresee,' tn view of the bulldog tenacity ot the British character. New York World: Wheat stored to use tor wild-duck bolt waa selzeJ in Oregon, But Met not the. east where wheat has been in some cases reported as fed to pigs boast too much of superior virtue. Ttaitimom American: Tremendous advances in the cost of men's cloth ing are predicted for next season, uui by that time It may be that the peo ple will have through their insistence brought about a federal bureau to de termtrfe when prices are warranted Or not ." . . v Twice Told Tales' Wisdom of Silence. An officer, far from popular with his men, coming to camp one even ing, was almost drowned' in a river swollen by recent heavy rains. He waa rescued by a private in his own regiment The officer was duly grateful, and asked his preserver how he could reward him. "The best way, Blr." said the sol dier, "is to say nothing About it" "But why?" asked the astonished officer. . "Because, sir." waa the reply, "if the other fellows knew I pulled ypa out they'd chuck me in." Chicago Herald. 1 ' The Magnet. "The climb ain't so perilous." . "Not at all." Then why don't more people as cend Mount Blink?" "Well, there's a pretty good Inn about half . way up." Louisville Courier-Journal. f Extreme Want. Mrs. A I suppose you find many casea of extreme want during your visits to the poor. Mrs. B Yes, Indeed. I visited a family today, and actually they hadn't a drop of gasolene for their automobile. Boston Transcript Tranpttlng Jewels. v "My dear, what on earth are you carrying so carefully in .your v.knit ting bag?" 6h! don't talk sor loud! It's two doten pieces of hard coaL'" Balti more American. . 9 siy For the Working Girl, Omaha, Jan. 26. To the Editor of The Bee: In one Omaha daily paper aDDears an article slsned by "a work ing girl." Simultaneously an editorial nonpars In the same naDer in which the writer condoles with "these plain commeb. ooor people," as he calls . them, because the public dance, hall Is about to be closed, thereby "taking the Joy out of life" for them. If the public dance actually signl fles "the greatest enjoyment" for working girls It is time conditions for them are improved in our own city. Why try to cheapen the working pirls by inferring, that ,the public dance halls are the best they can hope for? The great majority of working girls are from respectable homes and if working conditions are not conductive to maintaining ee!f-respect then it may be necessary for these same "good people" to make an investigation along that line. Let us try the "community dance" In lieu of the "public dance. Many of the young people attending the dances can furnish good singing, good music and good readings, thereby ad ding to the pleasure of all. Wake up. working girls! Do your bit to help the gcod work, along. Remem ber If you keep clean morally s well aa physically, if you are a joy in your home, if you do your best in the business world, then the best is none to good for you. You can look the world in the face with an unflinching eye whether ydu are standing behinds a counter, sitting at a desK or wonting in somebody's kitchen. MOTHiSK. Work for Water Power. Mllford, Pike County, Pa., Jan 21. To the Editor of the Bee: The 12 year light to keep the nation's water power from capture by the power monopolists is at last on the verge of being won. The administration water power bill, now before congrers, opens the way to save for tne people or tne United States their most valuable nat ural asset Some 50,000,000 water horsepower is attake. The bill in question was formulated under the direction, of the secretary of agriculture, the secretary of war, and the secretary of the interior, was submitted to the president for his ap proval, and recently put forward as an administration measure. It deals with water power In national forests, public lands, Indian lands and navig able streams. A special committee of the house has been created to con sider it. It is an admirable measure, drawn with thorough knowledge and unusual skill. The -principles essential for the wise use and development of our pub lic water powers in the public interest are all embodied in it In my letter to you of November 18, 1917, 1 urged your support of the fol lowing seven definite principles in water power legislation: , (1) The thing to do with water Vower fs to develop it Whatever re tards or restricts the development ot public water powers on terms fair to the public is against public policy and hostile to the .general welfare. , (2) Water power belongs to the people. (The sites wiere it is produced should always be held in public hands, for only so can effective control in the general interest be secured. (3) Where public development is not desired, the right to use water power sites should be leased for periods long enough to permit sound, attrac tive and profitable investment but never longer than 50 years. At the end of each lease all rights should re turn to the people who gave them. (4) In order to' protect the con sumer against extortion, rates and service should be regulated by fed eral authority whea state or local au thorities fail to do so. (5) Reasonably prompt and com plete development and continuous operation, subject to market condi tions, should be required. Already millions of water howepower are held out of use to further monopoly by private corporations. (6) Corporations or individuals who make money out of rights granted by the people should share their profits with the people. (7) The public has a right to com plete information about every business based on the use of public property. It is a real pleasure to tell you that every one of these principles is fully safeguarded in the administration's water power bill. What remains, therefore, is for congress to put this measure through without delay. The administration water power bill will first come before the house of representatives, where an effort will certainly be made to amend it In the interest of 'the power interests. If that falls, the water power lobbyists will endeavor to have'the indefenwble provisions of the Shields', bill substi tuted in the senate for the administra tion bill. Beaten in that they will fall back upon the formula of obstruction and delay they have used so success fully for tha last 10 years. This measure is practical, fair and wise. The friends of conservation should insist that their friends in con gress shall give their prompt and full support to the administration water power bill, and shall see to it that it is passed without emasculation, suosutu- tion or postponement It is of vital1 interest to pur country while the war is on and will be equally Important after tha war is over. The passage of this law will secure to- the American people foreveri vsst resources vhose use for the good of all will make this land a safer and a bet ter place t- live in. All the forces of conservation are behind It 1 urge you to give the administration water power bill your strongest approval and support. GIFFORD PINCHOT. SAID IN FUN.' "Jack is awfully annoying at times. Ha made me go angry today that I picked up book "What! Tou aurely didn't throw tt at him?" "Oh. no; I remembered in time that w weren't married yet" Boston Transcript "Ton look better sinee prohibition cams 4l"ISfeel better." admitted tTnel mil Bot tletop. "I believe the little trip I have to take every now and then In order to obtain a few bitters Is kind o" good for my gen eral health." Washington Star. Toons Bride I wonder why thy call a wife's allowance pin money Old Matron Because the average hnsbana thinks money enough to buy pins to hold her old clothes together Is all a wife seeds. Baltimore American. 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