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DECEMBER CIRCULATION
59,541 Daily Sunday, 51,987
ararart atmtutioa tor tha awwita. eabeertbeS aod ewora ta kr DwIsM
Williams. t'lrculatloB Manager.
, Subscribers leavini tha city should baa Tha Baa aalled
ta tit am. Addraaa chanted aa often aa requested.
The raid on Helsingfort thowi the Bolshevik
has plenty of fighting power if the loot is suffi
ciently attractive. ' ' ,
High water pn the Ohio is a sure sign that"
.'winter has passed its crest, although the break-up
is still ahead of us.
Even in war activities the stimulus of public
ity is an important factor In gettfog work out of
patriots who love the limelight..
"Orders is orders" is the reply of the food ad
ministrator to the grocers, and the public 'may
be expected to give due heed to this.
Reference of the fight over fire apparatus to
the next city council makes certain that that
body will have something to start on.
o- : ' - f
Leon Trotzky is certainly the "spokesman"
for the warring nations, if the number of ad
dresses he emits is to be taken as a standard. -
t According to Secretary Baker, there has been
nothing whatever to find fault with in the work
of the War department, but he won't let it hap
pen again.
New York's 1-cent newspapers have all gone
to 2 cents. There is not a standard l-nt news
" paper anywhere -that has not been giving its read-
rr fujlri trtfir mnnrv'i worth. - : .
. The restricted closing hours for fuel laving
are only fair when they apply to all unifortnly. If
every individual merchant fixed his own hours
thwhola object would be defeated.
The weather man is overlooking a number of
opportunities to win back his diminished popu
larity. All he needs do is to haul down the cold
wave flag for the rest of the winten
' Teace is again restored between the big pack
ers and their employes, and the world will hope
it will continue, at least till .the war is over. Then
maybe both sides will be content to settle dispute
i)jr pefceable methods.
One thing not scarce fa Germany is words, as
may be proven by the charge, one member of the
Reichstag hurls against another, calling him a
"hungerfriedensrcsolutionsmehrheitsbiszuendebe
kaempfer." ThisMs not a snort word, but it is just
a ugly p any. Ju- ' .''
Omaha people are entitled as much to a fair
bread price and a full weight loaf as are the
pebple of any other city, There must be a point
that Is fair to the consumer and to Jthe distribu
tor as well as to the baker, and that Is the point
'.he food administration should determine and
tick to.
;! V Vice Conditions in New York. t M
V The appointment of7 woman is deputy po
lice commissioner, to be charged with the spe-
iclat duty ' of suppression , of "white slave" traf"
fic in N?w York, throws some shadow on the
report recently made by the Committee of Four-
s teen covering its operations for 1917. This body,
which has been active for several years in com
batting vice In New York, in its latest report
shows & great reduction In commercialized vice
" there and says: "Vice hat been reduced from an
aggressive, highly organized business, conducted
by exploiters, to a temporary, hazardous business
' conducted, for the most part, by, individual pros-
ititutes." The committee reports that open re-
. sorts have practically been exterminated and that
secret places are. strongly repressed. The asser
tion of the police commissioner that a woman is
needed to check the spread of vice docs not tend
.to support the statements of scientific investiga
tors. AVe have no reason to duarrel with any
effort to improve social conditions in Gotham, but
the action taken will tend to throw suspicion on
the sincerity of the Tammany politicians now In
control there. , .' ." . . ;
Split in the Bolshevik Faction.
The outstanding feature of all the contradic
tory reports now coming from Russia is that the
Bolsheviki are no longer united on the maer of
peace terms. Trotzkyjrfdeelaration that he would
not agree not to sign a separate peace has brought
a division in the ranks of his supporters, despite
his renewed assertion that he would not accept
less than he had demanded. Whatever may be
charged against the Russian proletariat, it may
be admitted that the great mass of the people
has no desire to desert any part of its breth
ren to the mercy of Germany, as would result ft
the terms proposed at Brest-Litovsk are ac
cepted. And a considerable group of the soldiers
and workmen dread the prospect of renewal of the
conference, fearing that Trotzky may betray the
Baltic provinces in order that he may thereby ob
tain a promise of nonrnolestation for the rest of
Russia. Asseveration of devotcdness to the cause
of democracy as he interprets it ha not served
to retayi for Trotzky the full confidence of the
people, he has misled. ,
It is far from safe to predict what may or
may not take place in Russia, in these days of
prevailing unreason there, but the overthrow of
the present leaders by the Soviets wobld not oc
casion great surprise.) In the meantime the prop
aganda m having its effect, according to word
from Washington. Germany is, violating its truce
pact by withdrawing additional troops from the
Russian front and sending them to the west.
Only in 4his does the Russian situation seriously
affect the; war in its general aspect and in this
Trotzky and Lenine have given Germany the
best possible service. '
How War Affected the Newspapers
High Cost oj Publishing Brings Rise in- Price of
New York Dailies
Land Grabbing in Hawaii.
Congressman Reavia givrjs an accoun of con
ditions in Hawaii that strongly recall experiences
of the United States in conne'ejionwith the pub
lic domain. He tells, of how sugar planters in
the islands are moving to secure title to land
through having employes file homestead claims
and then turn the land over to the companies.
This was once extensively applied in the United
States, where cattle companies and other syndi
cates filched princely baronies from the public by
means of this chicanery. The practice was given
its deah ' blow by William Andrew Jackson
Sparks, who was commissioner of public lands
under L. Q. C. Lamar, Grover Cleveland's first
secretary of the interior. In 1885 Commissioner
Sparks cut the, knot by suspending nearly a mil
lion applications for final proof pending inves
tigation of the sincerity of the alleged settler's
Intentions. The howl of indignation then sent
up exceeded any ever heard in this country, but
the effect of the order was to restore to the
public domain millions of acres pf fertile land
that since has passed into the possession of real
farmers and ranchers. Hawaii evidently needs
another Sparks,
The Case of William Clancy,
y William Clancy, American-born, native of
Texas, enlisted in the British army to fight the
kaiser. When the United States entered the war,
Clancy, with fine sentiment, attached a small
American flag to his bayonet and was first to
carry "Old Glory" over the top in France. This
exploit entitled him to recognition, which he duly
received. Clancy then forgot something, -and as
a result hi is in prison.
Hit strong desire to serve in the American
army led him to ignore the contract he had
entered Into when accepted for service in the
British army. .That was to fisht for a certain
time unaer tne urmsn colors, ana to taxe oraers
from British officers. When refused a transfer
to the. American forces his duty as a soldier re
quired that he accept the situation and remain
where he was placed. The principle -involved In
this is one of the causes of the war, and the prin
cipal reason for our country's being in it '
Sanctity of contracts, whether between lnr
dlviduals or nations, must be established. En
listment papers 'are as bindirig' as international
treaties, and, unless they are respected as such,
all order fails. Clancy is not acting the part of
a good soldier in his insubordination, an offense
that is punishable by death) in time of wr. If
his friends want to do him a real service, they
will advise him to abandon his attitude of con
tumacy, which is a poor example for American
soldiers. Obedience is required in all armies, and
only when k is given without question is the
fighting man fulfilling his mission. ,
Clancy's better judgment will very likely res
cue him from jail, and he will fight the harder
after he has made up his, mind to stick to the
bargain he originally took on voluntarily.
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Amendments to the Lever law, designed to
give Food Administrator Hoover more author
ity for the control of food supplies, must empha
size the seriousness of the situation. Americans
generally have given such voluntary response as
indicates public willingness to submit to self-imposed
restriction, but in order to catch the self'
hh few who will not give up indulgence all must
be brought under operation of a more stringent
law. If the new measure wilt onlyget the ones
it is aimed at the rest will not feel so badly.
Nebraska may be ahead of other states in
the matter of roads, but that is no reason why
efforts to improve our highways should be re
laxed. Only when Nebraska has the best roads
known anywhere will the true goal be reached.
The announcement that beginning tomor
row (January it) alt the 1-cent newspapers
in Greater New York will go to 2 cents in
price ushers in a remarkable evolution, not
to sy revolution, in journalism. It is only
a few years ago that newspaper men every-
wnere were saying that the 1-cent price had
come to stay, that there would never be,a
change and that this price was the basis of
the great circulation and remarkable pros
perity of the leading metrooolitan journals,
Mr. Ochs' brilliant success with the Times
was, for example, quoted as proof that vou
must offer your publication for the smallest
piece of money and that no such record of
converting a (dying property into the best
news gathererin the east could be made again.
unless 4 1-cent price was the foundation of
the undertaking. But the war has changed
all that. The enormous increase fa the cost
of production, particularly in that' of paper,
has made newspapers evsrywhere reconsider
the question and as time passed they have
been more and more driven to the necessity
oi increasing tneir price. ,
It has been a curious obsession among, the
public that newspapers profit enormously by
war. This is never .the case, save that they
may have a slight circulation growth. The
increased expense of gathering news and the
invariable rise in prices accompanying war
rr . i. .1' l. r - r j .
ujisci inc angut gam. .vjr. juunscy ones rot
exaggerate when he set forth in the Sim re
cently the burdens under which the news
papers are staggering. To increase advertis
ing rates is impossible for most of them;
there remains only the relief to be afforded
by an increase in the income from sales and,
after all, this is but doing what manufactur
ers in every line of business have been .com
pelled to do. In St. Louis, in Chicago, in
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia the change has
taken place, as well ' as in many smaller
cities. Beyond question, the example of New
York will now' be compelling everywhere. At
first, it has been proven, there is a decrease
in sales, but this is gradually and in some
cases rapidly overcome. The St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, fpr instance, lost some
thousands on raising its price and then speed
ily overcame the loss and went ahead. Doubt
less the New York newspapers will have the
same experience. '
But, our readers will ask, why is it that
if the 1-cent newspapers are going to 2
cents the EveningPost has announced its in
tention to drop from 3 to 2? For a long
time past the Evening Post has been urged
to lower its price to 1 cent. Many oppo
nents of yellow journalism and many advo
cates of the liberal policies for which the
Evening Post has endeavored" to stand have
urged 'this upon us., T6.it there have hith
erto t been insuperable opjections. Now,
however, the opportunity is at hand to test
the desire of the public of this city for a
high-class journal which shall cost no more
than its journalistic antithesis, the Evening
Journal. With practically all the newspa
pers of the city on an even footing, so far
as price is concerned, it . will be more than
ever a 'test of fitness among tliem all, at
least among those that aim at responsible
and sober journalism. If then any one of
them fails to win a satisfactory popular sup
port it will confessedly be the fault of that,
newspaper. Long having been assured that
its price was a stumbling block in the way of
a considerable increase in its circulation, the
Evening Post is now ready to make the test
which the change by its contemporaries ren
ders possible. It goes without saying that
the change in price will be the only change in
the Evening Post- There will be no lowering
of standards for a wider appeal; on the con
trary, every effort will be strained to make
it more than ever a useful reporter of all
that goes on, of the liberal side of the great
problems confronting the world and a help
ful adviser in the processes of reconstruction.
Curiously enough, the annual subscription
price of the Evening Post has shown but
comparatively little change in the 117 years of
its eventful history. When it was founded in
1801 there was no sale of individual copies,
even so distinguished an individual as Aaron
Burr having to come to the office to enter
his name on the secona page of the first
subscription book and to pay $8 a year for
the privilege of watching Jie journalistic ma
neuvers of Alexander Hamilton's friends and
supporters, who founded this newspaper to
further his principles. Country subscribers
had to bay $9 for the daily and $5 for the
.special weekly edition "for the country,"yet
today the annua subscription is but $iu. dur
ing the civil war the price rose from 3 cents
to 4 cents in 1864 and to ' cents in 1865. the
annual subscription going up correspondingly
from $10 to $11 and to $12; there was the
same phenomenon of rising costs and price
inflation, and it was not until 1875. when the
Evening Post moved jnto its home of 32
years, on the corner of Fulton street and
Broadway, that its price was reduced to 3
cents, at which figure it has been consist
ently maintained for nearly 43years.
Tti Ar'f'trn nf Krnt Vnrlf rfa'lipt rtitbprto
selling for 1 cent to charge 2 cents hereafter
19 III line win wic pv.iv. vp.. ...
Ph;ia11rhi3 Pittchnrcrh Riiffalfv Cleveland.
Chicago,, St'. Louis and other cities in an ef
fort to meet the rising cost of production,
particularly the higher price of paper. The
trtnrni'nar nuicniinrr nf tnrlav. in announcing
their change of price, explain the reasons
which lea to u.
Th WnrM uvi' "Thi's aten ift made nee-
essary for all New York newspapers by the
tremendous increase in me price oi pnm
paper and the costs of production caused by
th rr9r w9r which haa been felt in everv
line of industry in the United States."
According to the Sun: in tnese war times
ur tnucr ftav hiao-pr nanfra. to rarrv all the
waf news in addition to the usual run of
news. Ana inis'war news, mum ui wiui.ii is
gathered at great cost abroad and brought
U k..Vih1 mniinli tiitrh in the Pvnpnsp of
1 1 V 1 V. WJ 1.VIV ...vu.u I
newspaper ' making. Altogether war news
papers are produced at a osr mar, compels
a war-selling price."
Tha Tnrmn maWpa this statement: One-
cent newspapers receive but half a cent for
their product far less than the actual cost
itlelf. The other half cent
goes to the news companies who distribute
and to the dealer. Jt is impossiDie to increase
the margin of profit to the dealer at the
1-cent price and sve believe the public will
appreciate the fairness of the advance."
The Herald remarks: "The shortage o
print paper is not temporary. There is no
reason to believe the demand will be less or
the supply greater as time goes on. And so
it is with other materials and labor. The
cost of these has kept increasing and experi
ence has shown that the process of educ
tion, if it ever comes, will be long and slow."
New York Evening Post.
Facts and Not Fancies.
Omaha, Neb.rJan. 25. To the Ed
Itor of The Bee: It is written, Where
there lsatfo vision the people perish,
and never In all history was Its truth'
fulness -more fully exemplified than
right now when a great people pre
sent the spectacle of a colony of ants
disturbed or the flying hither and
yon of a hive of bees upset Confu
L Blon -and chaos where .everything
might and should be running as
smoothly as the unraveling of a well
knit sock. Is It not anomalcus that a
people are hungry and cold and un
employed amidst the greatest pro
fusion of products ever known any
where? Corn that should be In the
markets instead of in a car congested
and untraceable; coal that should be
In the yards instead of on the cars or
in the mines; men that should be
Working Instead of idly waiting. Ever
since the time when Joseph set the
pace by garnering; the corn of Egypt,
the people have not lacked men of
vision lest they perish until now,
when the man with vision and the
courage to assert it was laughed to
scorn and charged with playing poll
tics by a party that never yet pro
duced a man broad enough or big
enough to rise above party, even when
the lire of the people is at stake.
They wouldn't even act upon the sug
gestion of our man of vision. They
make it a partisan war in fear H may
reflect some credit on the republican
party.
Make no mistake. It will avail
them nothing. The republican party
as a whole stands with our president,
with every man and every dollar, and
every measure of merit passed by the
late congress and for which they
claim such great credit was voted for
by republicans In opposition to mal
contents of their own. The cry of
"partisan" comes with ill grace.
Sounding like the cry ,of "Stop!
Thief!" from the criminal. The life
long republican that voted the other
way last election and is proud of It
never knew why he was a republican.
Probably because his daddy was. A
statement jot fact is not always par
tisan and criticism not necessarily se
dition. We wash our hands of having
raised the question. All they have to
show after nine months is a tale of
wonderful things they have done, are
doing and will do when the time
comes for action. We ask for bread
and they give us-a stone in the shape
of high sounding words and phrases
beautiful and eloquent that butter no
parsnips. Eloquent .words are waited
in tha nrrtunpa et oVnrmont fnrfH and
Uthe eloquent fact is, We are worse
than unprepared.
, JOHN G. FISHER.
For&ckrd-Looking Policy Among Merchants
New- York Journal of Commerce.
It was interestingly developed at the re-
.cent meeting ot the National association of
n--i ' ,' ci ' r-. .,
ouui anu onue manuiaciurcrs mat in many
kinds of leather the "shprtage" of which so
much has been said does not exist. Unusual
ly heavy slaughtering of cattle, the relative
decline of our export trade in shoes due to
embargoes and other conditions, the v diver
sion to tie of hides which would normally
have, gone elsewhere but could not owing
to the war, as well as other factors of impor
tance have tended strongly to enlarge supply.
High prices have partially cut off demand for
some classes of footwear; and thus the basis
has been laid for a readjustment to demand.
Few,x however; are inclined to predict much
decline in. the retail price of sttoes and the
consumer's position seems unlikely to be
much altered in the near future.
The situation as to shoes parallels that
which exists in many other lines of consum
able goods.1 Prices1 have advanced very
greatly, and.the excuse is given that the rise
is due to war and its consequences. Investi
gation in many instances shows that such a
conclusion is warranted,' but in many others
that it has no justification. In some, it ap
peals that the effects of the war, though per
haps operating in the direction . of higher
prices for a time, have reversed their influ
ence and are now working in the opposite di
rection. Sometimes there are complex con
ditions that tend to mask one another. In
the case of shoes, for instance hides may be
lower at the same time that labor and other
elements remain high and tend to keep up
prices. Industrial and other disturbances or
departures trom normal conditions are so
numerous, 'and their effects are so difficult to
forecast or disentangle as to give a 'colorable
excuse in many instances for high prices and
so to furnish a basis for making abnormal
charges or keeping them up to a figure once
justified but no longer defensible.
The tunes are not such as to stimulate
real conservatism of thought or the use of a
forward looking policy among business men
in general. Nevertheless, it is precisely in
these times that moderation and wise tore
thought yield greatest returns. Few doubt
that upon the close of the war there will be
general readjustment accompanied . by
shrinkage of prices. In numerous lines this
readjustment will not be so long deferred.
The progress of the struggle and the appli
cation of many enforced economies neces
sarily foreshadow reduction "of consumption
and limitation of purchasing power a?mong
large groups of consumers. From now on it
will be wise policy to husband the purchasing
capacity of the community and to build up a
clientele strong in the, belief that it is being
protected rather than exploited, and disposed,
therefore, in return to protect and support
the producer and retailer rather than to re
gard them as agents M oppression or extor
tion. Merchants who pursue the foresighted
and mdderate policy are likely to profit
lararelv from it in the. long . run. It is only
the man who is looking to a quick return and 4
who does not expect to continue in business
that can afford to consider any other plan,
even from the narrowest standpoint. --
, From the standpoint of private business
in general the policy of. voluntary control
of high prices cannot be too strongly urged.
Government interference has thus far bjeen
attempted in those lines chiefly where exces
sive charges were observable or at least rea
sonably tobe expected. Railroadman spor
tation affords almost the only exception to
this general rule and it is clearly the subject
of very, unusual and special conditions. No
business has found public interference gen
erally profitable for those engaged in it;
but it has often proven disastrous to private
interests. The dictates 6f wise policy from
this general standpoint of relation to the
government as well as from that of fore
sighted business strategy thus counsel
the avoidance of unreasonable prices and the
checking of all tendencies toward exploita
tion of the consumer whether of raw mate
rialsf foodstuffs or finished products.
People and Events
"Rue Victoire-Americaine" is the sign on
the main thoroughfare to the docks of Bor
deaux where some American soldiers land.
"American Victory Stree,t" sounds good as
well as prophetic, but was not put on fr the
occasion. The name is a compliment to Mine
Victoria America, a former benefactor of
the city. Now it has double significance.
All the signs, portents and experiences
failed as warnings to Frank Brownell. age
60, against taking a girl-wife under his wing.
He traveled all the wav trom Brownell.
Ariz., his home, to Detroit and told a court.
that he saved only his clothes and a tew dol
lars from the wreck of hi3 domestic dreams.
The girl-wife took the rest and chased him;
Frank got a divorce. 1 ' , . "
CK5D5H
One Year Ago Today tn the War.
Three English suffragists accused
of plot to poison Premier Lloyd
George.
Captain Hans Boehm of German
army, carrying American ' passports,
seized by English.
British admiralty announced that
about 200 lives were lost when
Laurentic was sunk by a mine. '
Tim Day We Celebrate.
Rt, Rev. Arthur U Williams. Epis
copal bishop of Omaha, born at Owen
Sound, Ontario. 63 years ago
James R. Dewar of U. P. Coal com
pany, born 186J.
, Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant
secretary of the navy, born at Hyde
Park, N. T., 86 years ago.
Jacob II. Dickinson, secretary ot
war in Taft cabinet, born 67 years
Charles Martin Loeffler, musician
and composer, born in Alsace, (7
years ago. ,
JustW Years Ago Today
John B. Howard of Omaha will sail
for Havre, France, oa one of tha In
man line steamers on ,the 8th of
February.
There are several men now at work
State Press
ss uomments
: One of the nicest
nils Day in History.
1778 Franca acknowledged inde
pendence of the United gtates.
, 1787 General Edwin V. Sumner,
lecond In command to MoClellan in
he Peninsular campaign, bora., in
Boston. . Pled at Syracuse, N. V.,
March it, 1863.
1815 Bill to Incorporate the Bank
of the ) United States was vetoed by
President Madison. !
, 1825 Lafeyette 'was enthusiastical
ly received, on his visit to Ilarrlsburg,
Pa. " , . " v v..., v
placing the new clock in the tower of
the high school. ' j
John C. Hlgby. sr., of Beatrice,!
Neb., visited his son, Ira, at the Pax-ton.-
Fred Millard, Rev, Harsha, I I.
Jones, Clinton La Powell, Otto Lobeck,
Mrs. Dlnsmore and Mrs. Perrlne were
appointed a committee to make ar-
rangements for the grand charity con
cert to be given February 14.
The "instruction car" ot tha West
inghouse Air Brake company arrived
over the Union Pacific and was at
mn.l. ....In Mil Amm m k. nnM,
,I WW, It UCW .ft., b ..IV Wr)FV.
Qyards.
. t our prisoners recently conviciea oi
various crimes in the United States
courts will be taken from '.he county
jail and transported to Sioux City,
whare they will enter upon their re,'
spective terms of conflneir-aa
, Nellgh Leader
political scraps of recent years is com-
ing up over the democratic candidate
for United States senator next fell.
Edgar Howard is being groomod and
has himself la training for the Bryan
ite support, and indications are that
lie will receive it Present indications
are the Hitchcock following will put
forward Governor Neville, that is, if
the; governor can be coaxed into the
race. Former Governor Moreheaa
and Congressman Stephens, running on
their own responsibility, and without
the support of either machine, aro
also in the race. If Neville should de
cline, however, there are Indication1
Moretiead ' might fall heir to the
Hitchcock favors. Present indications
are that the political knives have
already been sharpened and someone
Is likely to shoot out the lights and
start something most any time.
Columbus Telegram: Yesterday a
railroad man told me that President
Wilson made a mistake in choosing
McAdoo as director of all railroads
under government control. He w.ld
the president should have chosen Sen
ator Hitchcock, because he is a prac
tical railroad man. That was news to
me, for indeed I had never heard of
Hitchcock haviag anything to do with
operating a railroad, except in the po
litical department But the railroad
man still insisted that Hitchcock,
should have been appointed director
of railroads Instead of McAdoo, and
when I demanded tbt he give lite one
good reason why Hitchcock should
be named for the place, the man
crushlngly reptledt "Because Hitch
cock is the most accomplishedswitch
man in all America.'' .
Around the Cities
While a Brooklyn retailer shook
hands wlth.hlmself for having laid in
a stock of 51.000 pounds of butter in
the low price days an unfeeling food
sleuth got next to the hoard and
wrecked the golde vision of the
profiteer. The stock went to hos
pitals at cot. 'j
Justice, is speeding up in Chicago.
Two auto'Meves charged with reboot
ing a chauffeur have been indicted
and arraigned for trial within 48 hours
after the crime was committed. Lo
cally the record is astounding and en
courages hope of bringing to trial
nine ancient cases of murder and
manslaughter, some of them dating
back to 1911.
Jack Frost, In his January round
up, touched up the two-piece suiters
from San Diego to Miami and put
overcoats at a premium. Jack's hand
out underscored official suggestions
regarding the undeslrability of travel
in war time. Besides a preparedness
home is more comfortable at all sea
sons. i . ,. .,
Ploux City figures on putting
through 1281,50,0 worth . of. public
work this year. Promoters ot "im
provements as usual" foresee a plen
tiful supply of construction material,
an adequate supply of skilled labor,
and much home building.- The only
cloud on the horizon is the transpor
tation problem and a scarcity of un
skilled labor, .; : .
' afW aa rTtAma
"Have "you ever been in No Man's
"Tea, I was the guest at my wife's
bridge club one afternoon. Life.
Peppery Points
New York World: Dr. Garfield
has performed the i Oracle of making
the public revolt because ot a holi
day. . - ' .
Minneapolis Journal: Old King
Coal might have been a merry old
soul once upon a time,' but his dis
position has been soured.
New York Herald: One thing can
bo said for Dr. Harry Garfield he
never will be suspected of being one
of. those politicians who keep their,
"ears to the ground."
Baltimore American: If he Is as
astute as accredited, the kaiser will
not laugh -at America's Industrial
shutdown. Instead he will see In it
aa invincible determination to win
the war. ;
St Louis Globe Democrat: Con
gress created all the offices except
those of president vice president and
chief Justice of the supreme court so
no question can be raised as to its
constitutional power to abolish any or
create others. c
New York World: That "shock"
which certain alarmists wanted the
country to receive as a means .of
waking it up to the existence of the
war has been duly delivered. But it
was hardly expected from the partic
ular source whence it comes.
; New York World: German news
papers renew the story of the exe
cution here of the woman spy, Anna)
Huitems. Unfortunately, there is ex
aggeration. Her first name wasn't
. IIa. I.., MamA urann'r TI 1 1 1 1-
AUUd. AJC WO. . - -
(ferns. There was no such woman. No
spy has been executed. otnerwise
the statement is fairly accurate. :
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Medicine In and Oat of Army.
Central City, Neb., Jan. 24. To the
Editor of The Bee: In a recent issue
of The Bee Statistician Major Harvey
in commenting upon tlfc report of
Colonel Coffin, division surgeon of the
army at Camp Cody, is made to say
that 35 per cent of the sickness in
Colonel Coffin's division coould have
been prevented if only physically able
men had been accepted into the army.
That many of the men should never
have been taken into the armyf that
during the six months covered by his
report there had been 83 deaths, none
of them from preventable disease, and
that 19 per cent of their pneumonia
cases had resulted fatally."
evidently Major Harvey does not
consider pneumonia a preventable dis
ease, as do many eminent physicians
of today. Pneumonia being a bac
tericidal disease, I do not see how
any one can draw such a conclusion
personally, I believe it is Just as much
a preventable disease as is typhoid
fever, which, if you will remember,
'was considered ' as nonpreventable
only a few years back. We wish you
to mark the distinction between pre-
vehtion and. cure by preventing ty
phoid fever we limit the deaths from
typhoid to practically nothing but
we must immunize the patient against
this disease before he has contracted
it and while he is in his normal
health. The same can be done and
will be done in the future to prbvent
pneumonia. Once the germs find
lodgement in the body," no matter
whether the disease is typhoid or
pneumonia, they will live their alloted
time, and the disease they produce will
run a specific course, Irrespective of
any treatment that may be given. The
condition of the , vital forces at the
time of the invasion will have much
to do with the severity of the attacks.
The treatment or management of a
case of pneumonia requires experience
as one of the requirements of the
medical officer if the case is to be
safely guided back to health. And
right here is where the government
needs the services of the general prac
tician, and not the statistician, surgeon
or novice in the profession. 1
I doubt very much whether any
body of men, the sise of an army dl
vision, could be gathered together, no
matter how rigid the physical test
and placed under the same conditions
as the drafted men, could show up 8
less death rate trom pneumonia ui
any other disease if handled as they
are medically and otherwise, than that
of th'e drafted men sent to the various
camps throughout the country. It
om tn ma that this kind nf "camou
flage" that is being dished up to us
by so-called army experts, to cover
up the sins of the medical officers in
the army, is a distinct slap at the
physicians in civil life, v who have
qualified as to the fitness of the men
sent to these camps to serve in the
United States army.
I may be a little harsh in my criti
cisms, but as an examiner for an ex
emption board, none we sent to camp
were sent home for any cause what
ever nona of our rejections were
overruled By any of the higher pow
ers and none we examined were dis
satisfied with the examination as we
conducted it All we passed went to
war unless exempted for other than
physical causes, and none we sent
nave been seriously sick so far as I
know, all of which makes me think
that with probably a few exceptions,
a pretty fair army of physically fit
men have, been sent to these camps.
What could you expect but more or
less serious indisposition as a result of
the conditions under which these men
were placed when entering ( these
camps. A majority of the men were
filling clerical positions, slept in good
beds and were well housed in every
respect prior to being drafted. Al
most instantly wlthojit any habitua
tion whatever, they were compelled to
sleep on the damp ground with insuf
fl,lnr nvotection. and eat food such
as they never, before have been ac
customed to, besides being compeuea
to, do. hard physical exercise for from
elcrht tn in hours a dav. Is OOt thiS
enough to weaken the vital forces of
the most hardy ana iurnisn a ieruie
soil for the implantation of some germ
i.ii. ArM tn thfa the nonr sani
tary conditions in most camps and the
inexperience of many or tne meaicai
men and we have sufficient evidence
to call such reports as Colonel Har
vey s as "camounage. ai. v.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
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Featherstone -W-at gave ycai auca an
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