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THE BEE : N OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1918. f The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNIKG) EVENING SUNDAY ; FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOSEWATER . . VICTOR ROSE WATER. EDITOR ' ' THE BKK PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. . Entered at Omaha poatoffiee at econd-clsse Bitter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Bt flrrtar Rt Mall! and Sendu.. .............. ..Mr Irak. 1M mr. 14.00 DallT WILbnt Sundu. IfKi 4 Ml Bvenlns sod BundT,. ...... ........ " lOo " (.Of noina witaoai uuca.... ee , t.oo Buadtf Be. ool " Id -100 txod nMic or cnian or eaareaa or tnaruiamf la seiiterr w omana ewe tucuiMioo wniwn Pally MEMBER 'OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' fta AesMUtfd Press, of wfcteb The Bee la a member. M sxcluiittif entitled to th om for .rublictloo at all ew dispatches creditM la ii or Dot ouennet araan pQOUuxd tenia, ere else mml ted la Dili nMr and alto the local news AU riaku of pabllcatlao of eur apaolil dlipatcbta REMITTANCE ' Kaaift kr draft, annua a aortal ardat. Onlt i-flM etaana takaa pennant of email aoommta Personal dtect. except oo Omiua aud anare axcaaof a, not aeeeinea. Omaha The Baa Bnlldlna. South Omaha lilt N M. uowuai bioot i n. bnooln Little BulldlBf. OFFICES x Uiicats Psenlt'i Oee Bvlldlst. iere 3 una Am Bt taole New B'k of Commerce. . wstbinstoa nil o at. CORRESPONDENCE iddrai orBimtnlcatton reltum to oewt aod editorial matter to umaoe Baa. Sdltortei Department. Willi. t JANUARY CIRCULATION 59,964 Daily Sunday, 52,534 latum for tne moMl roulatlon llanaaer. Arenas olrealatlon for tna mneth, aobwrtbed 'od tworn to tt DWsht Urouiation Manner. ' SubscriWe leaving tba city should bava Tba Baa malleel ta them. Addresa chanced aa otttn aa requested. Keep the tag on your shovel to view. ! . -. .. M Every little mow storm helrjs the wheat fields flow. " ' ' - m " Do not shoot a pigeon until you have looked him over carefully. He may be 'in government service. '' Helping Nebraska farmers to get their pota toes to Nebraska consumers will not be wasted effort on part of the railroad board. Five hundred million a week of treasury cer tificates for six weeks ought to afford an idea of the speed at which we are progressing.- . The busy bolshevik rejoices over finding 100,- 000 poun'ds of butter in Petrograd, or about two ounces per capita. . What will be done when that is gone? ' ' ' Omaha Indians are working for the Red Cross as well as fighting for iltcle Sam, showing that the original Ameri&ans are also concerned in winning the wart' ' ";; , 1 "Joe" Tumuy will hang on as secretary to the president, and not become t mere Unittd States senator. fromJew Jersey. He knows where to go for power and prestige. " President Wilson's message to Mrs. Roosevelt will be echoed by all Americans. No sickbed less than the president's will be watched with more soliciuide than tiiaf of the colonl. V.;. That" Red Cross car torn Nebraska ought to be hauled in daylight across the way to the Ati lantic port from which its contents, eventually will b shipped, just to show the folks along the route that the west is not asleep. : ; ;. Representative Glass arises in the house to de fend the War department,' and recounts as one of jits achievements 'tliaf 10,000,000 yonng- men walked up and registerede-for military service. Yes, but where do we go front there? ' '. ; Georgia ruralists -are making life interesting for military balloonlsts, firing on them under, the belief that they are Germans. , We suggest that the Atlanta Constitution undertake to enlighten its readers on the point, before some enthusiastic Cracker patriot wounds or kills an incipient aero naut - i'' . : v:' A Paris paper prints proof that Lenine and his coadjutors had : an unlimited credit at German banks prior to going to Petrograd. This may be true, but the bolshevik! no longer relies on the kailer to finance his operations, as he has a sim pler way. He merely seizes what, he needs, and puts aside all captive treasure against the day when he no longer can plactice-is present facile methrfd of acquisition? " t' ' Nebraska Potatoes for Nebraskans. . ( The Beea uaites with Land , Commissiotter Shumway in asking why it is that cars may be found to haul potatoes from Wisconsin to Ne- braska points at i time when Nebraska potatoes cinot he shipped for lack of cars. This is one of the great crops of northwestern INebraska', in deed the principal crop in some of the counties, and relied upon by. the farmers there as -their mainstay. Moreover, during the scarcity of po tatoes a year ago these farmers were urged to exett themselves, to the end that they would be able to come to market again with'a crop tat would defy famine. ' Having done so, it is singu lar that they (should now be shut out of the mar , ket of their home state by reasotftf inability td transport their trop to the consumer at a time when the farmers of other states find ready ac cess to Nebraska customers. If the conditions are such aa Commissioner Shumwav alleges, and he ought to know, for he comes from the potato section of the state, a vemedy should be found without delay. . - . No Check t War Activities. Every American heart, is today echoing the re mark ascribed to Farragut at Mobile Bay: "D--n the torpedoes; full steam ahead I" It was this spirit that crushed the rebellion and saved the union, and it is this same indomitable resolve that will carry America's part -of the war through to victory. Our people knew from the beginning that the way to France lay over a course beset by the lurking danger of the submarine. None tried to bide the fact that transports might be torpedoed, and that terrible loss of life would follow. 'Never have we deliberately sought to dissemble or minimize the peril that inevitably accompanies war. Our German foes thought we might; they builded on the prospect that proba bility of destruction by the subsea terror' might deter us in our purpose to combat against them No hope was ever more vain than that the kaiser builded on his U-boats. The Tuscania was the first; it may not be the last, but its fate will not change America's attitude in the war. Transports will continue to cross the Atlantic, carrying men and supplies, food and ammunition, and in due time Old Glory will float over a field where autoc racy has gone down to defeat The Tuscania- is but another reason.jvhy we should not lessen our zeal for the great conflict . Is the Middle West Awake? Now. and again, ever since the war started, somebody has arisen in one or another section of the country and accused the middle west -of being somnolent or indifferent as to the situation of the nation. The latest of these is a Chicago man, who is quoted in a Tacoma paper as saying: "In Kansas City, Omaha, . Denver and other places away from cantonment) and shipbuilding plints the people seem to be asleep." - .v ' When this statement is brought before our busy workers they will -find in it cause for amuse ment during the brief periods of relaxation they allow themselves from the arduous work of sup plying men and means to carry on the war. To be sure, none of our folks have wasted Vnuch time in organizing parades or carrying on 'brass band demonstrations of any sort They have not devoted, their energy to telling one another of their intense loyalty, nor spent much wind in ad vertising what they have done.. They have sim ply worked, quietly, effectively and persistently, tothe end that the United States be made ready for the tremendous task it has taken up. Neither have they, set up any invidious contrasts against their .neighbors, that they might vaingloriously boast of their own-doings. But they are not asleep, nor unmindful of the common peril. - . , How well the middle west is aware of the danger may be gathered from the figures on con scription' given by GeneralCrowder. At the time of registration last summer it 'is shown that t)f the .gross quota of min required from each state Illinois had already furnished -345 per cent in volunteers, Iowa 49 per cent, Nebraska 41 per cent jmd Kansas 63.1 per cent These are but a representative group of, the great agricul tural empire, and chosen for the fsct that from them comet the principal part of the faod crops of the country. Each of these states has "gone over the top" on Liberty bonds, Red Cross and other subscriptions, and is doing zealous' work along all lines suggested by .the government as helpful or necessary. ' , Any man who says our people are asleep may be excused, for he does not know what he is talk ing about - . '. On Board the Tuscania. : j Many days will probably pass before we are given a connected and lucid account of the cir cumstances attendant on the sinking ot the troop MMaA. Tm...h rv. r .t. . ANf.i.!.M r t, fragmentary accounts now coming through from Ireland one great fact looms big and bright It is that the proportionately small loss of life was due to the calm behavior of the young American soldiers Briefly trained, these lads already had learned the greatest of lessons to be derived from discipline, that of coolness in presence of danger, and of orderly action in emergency, Such con duct is traditional of Americans in service of their 'country, a characteristic to which we may largely ascribe the prestige of our national strength. The decks of the Tuscania will afford theme and Inspiration for poet and painter; many hundreds of young meu, suddenly placed in immi nent and deadly peril, standing in ordered ranks calmly waiting their turn to move toward safety, singing meanwhile the anthem of their country, resolute and determined types of manhood that may be developed only in a country where man is free in soul and body it is a picture fit to go with any of the heroic incidents that illumine-our history. And when all 4he facts are known it will be found that American youth has again shown itself worthy of American trust and honor. ' Who Is Paying lor the War Very Few Escape the Squeeze, Dircetly or Indirectly Prof. John R. Commons, University of Wisconsin. Everybody must expect hardships from tees ducing the prices that producers are permit ted to charge. This has been done for iron, steel and almost everything else that the government buys. It is hard to do this and yet not dis courage production. We must have ai enormous increase of food, clothing, muni tions and other necessities during the war.' But the government is doing tfiis in the only way possible, Tt calls in the represen tatives of labor named by the American Fed eration of Latoor,- and the representatives of the' manufacturers and farmers. The Amer, icati Federation of Labor wanted the price of wheat fixed at $1.84 a bushel. Ttye farm ers wanted $2.50. They compromised on $2.20 a bushel. This is the way it is done for coal and other essentials which the people must buy. if the price is cut too lcjw then wages can not he paid; and if there are no profits, the thing will 'not be produced in sufficient quantities. Increased cost of living always goes along with wars. But here is something to re member: the outbreak of war in 1914 brought an increased demand for labor, at a time of great industrial depression in this country. ) The demand of the allies for munitions. equipment, and food set everybody to work in the United States. Immediately also wages began to rise. They went up fastest and highest in the industries that furnished munitions to the allies. The employes of the United Mates steel Corporation have had an increase of 60 per cent in their rates of wages, and when to this is added steadv Two-thirds of the people pay but very lit-femployment, their Earnings by the week or war ine greatest narasnip is on tne ooys who go to the front Nobody can ever pay them what they are worth to the nation. But our nation is doing the next best thing. We have more than doubled the pay that soldiers jrot before the war. The SI day, besides food, clothing, and ' expenses, which they now get while training and fight ing is four times as much as the British sol dier gets, 18 times as much as the rrench, and nine times as much as the German. Besides, if they are disabled, the govern ment compensates them for the rest of their Jives, bv Eivine them as high as Siuu a month V. m ' I. . . . m . a A . ... " . it totally disabled, -in addition to teaching them new trades if necessary, so that they can mmce a living. Next to the boys at the front, the greatest hardship is on their families. These families can never be paid what the boys are worth to them. But the nation does the next best thing. While they are serving their country it pays their, families according to the num ber of children. In case of death it pays the family the compensation the boy would get after the war if he were disabled; and it fur nishes as high as $10,000 life insurance at less than half what an instrrance company charges in time of peace, and permits him to con tinue it after 'the war at substantially the same rate. . ' ' The next great hardship is taxes. In former wars our government taxed food and almost everything the people used. Jn this war it is taxing only' liquor, tobacco, patent medicines, luxuries, amusements, new in surance premiums,, business documents, transportations and postage. tie extra taxes directly to support the war. The other one-third of the people are taxed on incomes and excess war profits. . In the civil war the income tax was 3 per cent to IS per cent, and every income as low asOO was taxed. In this war, .three different income taxes are piled on top of each other, so that an income of $4,000 pavs $40, an income, of $1,000,000 pays $475,000 and larger incomes pay nearly 60 per cent: But no income of a married man less than $2)500 is taxed at all, and none less than $1, 000 for an unmarried man. No workingman with a family pays an income tax. The largest incomes, on the other hand, are not yet taxed as much, as they can stand. A corporation pays two 'taxes an excess profit tax that is said to average about one fourth the profits aboVe 9 per cent on its capital, and an income tax of 6 per cent on what is left. Our government has called in the leadjng tax experts of the country to work On this problem. The government is trying to cut down excess profits. As fast as possible it is re- year have gone up far beyond 60 per cent, In the state of New York the only state where statistics have beea collected on a large scale the earnings-of all factory wage- earners throughout the entire state have risen, an an average, over 38 per cent since June, 1914. In some of the metal and ma chinery industries, they have more than doubled. Nobody can give exact figures, but the cost of living taking everything into" ac count has gone up about 30 to 40 per cent. Food has gone up more than,' that-nk? per cent, according to figures of retail prices col lected by the Federal Department of Labor. But food is something less than half of the workingman's expenses. Other expenses, such as rent, have not gone upso much. Taking into account the increased amount of .work and the increase in wages, the total earnings of wage-earners have about kept up with-the cost of living. Some have gone far ahead, others have not kept up. Those who have gained most are common laborers and organized labor. Owns the Railroads? They Actually Belong to 626,122 Stockholders Who As to the matter of equipping; our fire depart ment; tht city should adopt a policy and pursue without regard to the political prospects of any man. In this at In all other respects; the best it the cheapest always, but no effort at standardiza tion should become so rigid as to prevent the purchase of improved machinery at any time. A little better team work between the broth erhoods, the managers and the government might help the railroad situation. At least the public would like to tee the experiment tried. , Ownership of the American railroadsNreo- esenting an investment of about $17,000,000, 00, lies in the hands of the people, who, how ever, do not seem to be aware of it, despite the efforts which are being made in various quarters to impress the fact upon the country at . large. For years, observes Theodore Moore, financial editor of the New York Sun, the vast army of stockholders and bondhold ers have been asleep to their own interests, and their attitude toward their ,own property has been one of indiscriminate criticism and punitive legislation. The public eye has seemingly been focused upon the purpose of obtaining the greatest amount of service on a basis of cost which this writer considers to be wholly out of proportion to the service rendered by the carriers. It has been in tensely selfish and, strange to say, at the ex pense of its own properties. In recent months, however, there has de veloped among- at least a part of the public something , akin f to realization of its proprietary interest in the railroads. This has been largely due to the efforts of the Rail way Investors league; organized by John Muir of New York, formerly a railroad man and. now a banker, and to the subsequent and larger efforts 01 the National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities. Accord ing to the records of the latter, the capitaliza tion of American railway corporations is. di vided into the following classes of .owner ship: By individuals who number more than 1,000,000 and own $10,000,000,000 in railroad stocks and bonds. ' By life insurance companies,with 46,000, 000 policies ,in force, representing a total ownership of $1,550,000,000. By savings banks with 10.000,000 deposi tors, representing $847,000,000. . By fire and marine insurance companies. casualty and surety companies, representing a total ot SGWjUOO.UOO. "By benevolent associations, colleges, schools, (charitable institutions, and similar organizations, representing an ownership, of By banks and trust companies, owning a total of $865,000,000. The remainder is held in channels not enumerated, mostly abroad. Recent estimates of financial -authorities state that the stock of American railroads is distributed among 626,122 stockholders. Stockholders, of course, are the actual own ers, while the bondholders are creditors. Take a few of the prominent roads, and we find that, in round figures, the Santa Fe has 45,000 stockholders; the Pennsylvania 94, 000. of whom 46.000 are women: the Mil waukee 17,000; the Great Northern 25,OOOfl the Baltimore Bt Ohio, 27,000; and the Southern Pacific 33,000. These holdings represent a heavy increase in individual own ership at compared with 10 years ago, writes Mr. Moore in Munsey's. . He adds: "During recent years there has been per sistent absorption of railroad stocks by men and women of modest means. In 1901 many leading railroads were owned by a few hun dreds, or at most a few thousands, of in vestors, while today some hundreds of thou sands of men and women ofx relatively small means are the real owners of our great trans portation companies. "It is the common talk among the mis informed that the Vanderbilts, the Harri mans, .the Morgans, the . Rockefellers, the Goulds, the Astors,' and other great financial powers, individually and throughtheir banks and trust companies, own the American rail roads. As a matter of fact, in comparison with the holdings vested in the people, the interests of the groups named are small It has been said- pf the New York, New Haven & Hartford that itsvownership lies in the pockets of Wall street Look at the facts in reference to thjs company. At the close of the fiscal yesTr 1915-1916 there has been little change since then there were 25,769 stockholders, divided thus: Men v. 11,142 Wdmen 10,358 Trustees and guardianship 1,331 Insurance companies and other cor porations i 938 "The following table shows the respec tive numbers of large and small holdings: 1 to 10 shares 11.915 11 to 50 shares 9,375 51 to 100 shares " ; 2.324 101 to 500 shares 1,788 501 to 1,000 shares 203 Over 1,000 shares ..; 164 It will be seen that nearly half of the New Haven stockholders held no more than 10 shares. The same thing is said of the New York -Central, the Union Pacific, the South em Pacific, the Northern Pacific and prac tically all our important railroads. It is true, we read, that a good many small lines are owned wholly by larger concerns, but it would be absurd to say that an interlocking corporate ownership covers our railroads in general." Current Comment. A ' ? People and Events " New York ftewspaper publishefs last week countered on the striking newsdealers bv organizing a co-operative company for distribution of papers. The strike persists, however, but the strikers are losing ground every day. X One of the unsolved mysteries or won ders of New York is the persistent back wardness of the coal supply coming across the river, -while at the same time all kinds of food supplies reach (he right spot without noticeable delay. What it there about Chicago atmosphere that lures male ' octogenariant to nimble capers and high stepping gayety? At least one Chicago woman is curious to learn. Her ancient hubby, 80, hasn't shown up at home fois three months. As he it reported to have $40,000 to finance a vacation, imputing frisky qualities to the local atmosphere ap pears a baseless aspersion. On Year Ago Today In the War. Steps taken in Washington to speed ud industrial mobilization, f Lieutenant Hans Ber and aw of Appam sent to Philadelphia for in ternment f Berlin announced GerarA and -his tarty would be sent at once to Switz erland. Th Day Wo Celebrate. , John C. Howard tof Webster & Howard Fire . Insurance company, born lttl. Allen B. Romano, electrician for the Nebraska Telephone -company, born 1876.. - ' ' Sir Anthony Rope, the famous Eng lish novelist recently knighted by King George, born 65 years ago. Sir Edward . Carson, who recently created a sensation b'y resigning from the British cabinet born 14 years ago. l"Ii Is Day in History. 1 S01 Bonaparte dictated the peace of Luneville,. by which France made great gains at the expense ot Austria and Germany. 1S2I General John A. Logan, fa mous soldier, senator and-republican candidate for vies president in 1884, . born in Jackson county, Illinois. Died in' Washington, D. C, December it, 188S. '. 1881 General Winifred Scott Han cock,' for whom the national army camp at Augusta 4s named, died at Governor's lala&d, N. X- Born qear juonigomeryvuia, ra-, reoruary it, Just 80 Years Ago Today Tha Brotherhood ,-of .Locomotive Engineers, division 183, gave their fifth annual ball in Masonio hall, and their guests numbered over 800. The Second Infantry band cam in from Fort Omaha and seranade Gen eral Crook In the rotunda of the Pax ton. A number of leading society people ol this city were Invited to at tend the- concert " Petitions asking for a vote ot tht citizens on the advisability of issuing 1250,900 bonds for publlo improve ments are being circulated and are very generally signed. Mike O'Hearn has secured the signatures ot over SO property owners. The change of the management ot the stone department ot the Union Pacific has taken place and tha prop erty goes into the hands of the Beck with syndicate, of which the head is A. C Beckwth of Evanston, Wyo. , A musical and literary entertain ment will be given at the T. W. home, JilO Dodge street Friday evening, - Aimed at Omaha - Hastings Tribune! The Nebraska supreme court has herd that a hus band is not Justified in slapping hm wife. Now will you be good? f Hastings Tribune: With bandits doing the daylight stick-up and rob bery stunts in Omaha Nebraskans feel that their metropolis is certainly trot ting right along In Chicago society. - Blue Valley Blade: With shovels being tagged to remind people io save tnat shovel of coal, it looks rather In consistent for the pool halls, billiard halls, bowling alleys and theaters to run full blast on Sundays in Omaha, the home of, the state fuel adminis trator. 1 Albion News: People at Omaha paid 116.000 to hear one man sing last week.. It was worth what each one paid no doubt but it indicates that notwithstanding the high cost of liv ing, income tax, and donations to va rious war auxiliaries, the people have money to spend for luxuries. . , Aurora. Register: A World-Herald editorial says: 'The flames ot the nethennest hell are not hot enough for tha man who attempts to play politics tn this war." This might be tough on the man or . men who "oholoroformed" the Seventh Ne braska. York News-Times! An Omaha ser geant of police and a bunch ot detec tives are arguing about the "white feather" in the recent bandit battle. They are all brave enough. They Just ran on to somethlngthat they did not expect to find and there -was some wild shooting and incidentally tome artful dodging. flere and There ' The Chinese republic is abolishing gambling, early marriages ana foot binding.' Each day Miss Louise Ford, bag gage woman at Verda, Nev., loads and unloads truckloads of trunks. ' A Syracuse, N. T., woman has sued a neighbor for 8500 damages for alienating the affections of a canary bird. Thousands of cords of wood useful for fuel are rotting on the forest res ervations of New York because the constitution forbids their sale or re moval. Sir Francis Fox, the eminent Ehg Ush engineer, has found an original way of helping war work.- Learning , that linen was in much request for nospitai use, he obtained many Old maps and surveyors' plans mounted on linen. He soaked them, and sep arated the linen, which, after a visit to the laundry, was In first-rate con dition for making bandages. Among individuals there have been few donors to the allied cause more generous than the Maharaja of Uwalior. His gifts include 860,000 to the British national relief fund, $75, f0 fqr motor transport $30,000 for Belgian refugees, & 0,000 for muni tions, $25,000 for officers' motor cars, and $5,000 for telescopes. He has sent in . addition, large checks to Princess Mary's fund, and the Young Men's Christian association, has con tributed $125,000 worth, of motor vehicles, and in conjunction with the Begum ot Phopal has presented England with a hosuiUl hi contain ing 500 beds. Peppery Points St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The old fashioned editor who took cordwood on subscription . regrets that he abandoned the practice. Louisville Courier-Journal: News from London as to Btrlkes in Ger many is interesting, but it isn't ex actly the sort of news upon which to bet. . Washington Post: We can Imagine no greater shock to the allied leaders than to learn that Crown Prince Wil lie had held a war council all by him self. Minneapolis' Journal! .General von Stein says the allies lack military sense. They do not know that they are licked. Von Stein's name is hard but wrong. It should be von Bone. New York World: Dr. Dernburg is now reminding his fallow countrymen that one mark in almost any foreign money will now buy two marks of Germany's war , debt And nobody wants to buy at that Brooklyn Eagle: Frederick Palmer, Pershing's chief censor, a veteran war correspondent ot the best type, trained in the Russo-Japan war, the Balkan war and the war in the Philippines, knows his business. When he preachee optimism abouty the army in France, he delights a mighty big audience. New York, fvc-rld: The United States Steel corporation paid war taxes to the amount of $235,000,000 upon excess profits in 1917 and still had enough left to declare dividends on the common stock amounting to more than 16 per cent If the Krupps can beat that record they have not yet given ut the details. ' ' - , 0 ' f IV Jk 4 Dividends and Income Tax. Omaha, Feb. 8. To the Editor of The Bee: In figuring personal income tax, are sums received as dividends from corporations exempt? Last 7ear they were exempt having already been taxed as corporation earnings. IGNORAMUS. Ans. Dividends received from cor porations are exempt only for the pur pose of the normal income tax. that levied under the law of 1913: for the w,nt drjr " i . .. . . - . . - ... i "nl an surtax, unaer tne law or 191B, ana tne- exeess profits tax, under the law of 1917, dividends are, not exempt. For the surtaxand excess profits tax, all income, from whatever source de rived, is included, subject to the de ductlons and exemptions specified by tne jaw. water in the winter. I wantvone bfl the fresh air houses In mine. Poultryn netting is not warm enough for chick j ens in this cold climate. They needfi Droteciion irom- wmiry uimu same as people. , FRANK A. AGNEW, ; SMILING LINES. ' "Why do you thinl Plunkville aaada a? Stands for Wilson. , Phillips, Neb., Feb. 4. To the Edi tor of The Bee: After reading the shallow article 1n The Bee "An Ode io xneoaore Roosevelt" by M. E. Krow, I am of a very different opinion. The idea of putting anything so strong as to say "For folly we sure have to pay. He was always right there when ne sat m tne chair, and that s where we need him today." If he was right tnere ne would want to tako a trip to Africa or some place else to kill an elephant, but not so keen for the Huns. Mr. Krow's article sounds as if he was not very loyal to our presi dent whom I think has been under a strain sucn as -none otner has ever experienced. All honor to President Wilson. E. M. D. Open Front Poultry Houses. Omaha, Feb. 4. To the Editor of The Bee: On Sunday last I visited the poultry plant of a gentleman in Omaha who has between 200 and 300 very fine Black Minorca and Rhode Island Red chickens. He has very fine houses for the birds and all kinds of the latest appliances including au tomatic feeders and water vessels. But he has open front houses and it is my opinion that at least three fourths of his chickens have frozen combs and wattles and at least 60 .per cent of them have colds to a greater or less extent I know 'some people advocate open front poultry houses. They may be all right in a warm climate, but where there is so much zero weather as we have in Ne braska nearly every winter, they are a mistake and I have so contended for years. Chickens originally came from a warm climate and they are subject to colds "Just the same as people and if they get too cold they suffer. It is Just as unnatural for chickens to have parts of their combs and wattles frozen off as for any of us to have fingers and toes frozen off. I contend that warm houses -are neded for poultry in the winter in Nebraska, Just as much as warm places are required for animals and people. I do not advocate artificial heat, but houses for fowls should be kept warm enough to keep them from freezing combs and wattles. A lot of people are going to try raising ehick eris this year that never raised any before; if they follow the advice of government officials and irlembers of various poultry associations. So it will not be amiss to give them some free advice on the subject of poultry keep ing. If they are going to build poultry houses, I would advise them to build a house not less than 8 by 12 feet of almost any kind of lumber, then cover the house, roof and all with at least two, layers of roofing. Do not have the windows on any side- but the south ft you can help it Doors east or south. Have plenty of windows on the south and do not have them open front if you do not want your birds to lose their combs and wattles. Take windows out in the summer. When we have such intense cold as we have had this winter, I shut up my birds and do not let them get outdoors after the, temperature gets as" low as 10 de grees above zero. I do not open any of the windows, for plenty of fresh air will creep in anyhow when the weather is Intensely cold. 'I seldom have a chicken with the slightest cold and they do not freeze their combs, because my houses have two and three thicknesses of roofing. I would not advise any one to have over 20 chick ens in a house 8x12 feet through the winter for they would be too crowded as I thing some of the chickens I saw last Sunday were and" they could not exercise in the cold air. Chickens need warm air, warm feed and. warm i.iir "Aa a town Improvement." . "Do you aonalder a Jail A town lmprova-4 ment 7" - . j "Wall, It ought to effect a soad many 1 Improvementa, anyhow." loutBvllla Cou-rlet-JaurnaL "Do you mlsa the old excitement that Crlmaon- Gulch offered before tha town. 'Not ao much,"' replied eroncno miu "Prlcea have gone up ao that two buck wheat cakee and a (fried egg aeem Ilka a regular dissipation." Washington Star. They were leaturlng tha young; aoapa grace and told him he should ba mora grateful to bis unole who had paid hia deDts- ........ "Tea, yea," he allowed coolly, 1 know my uncle paid my creditors, but what haa he dona for me?" Boston Transcript, "la It true that the government la build ing a new revenue cutter?" "Yes." "Hav you any Idea what they ara going to name It t" "Prohibition." Life. "Howdy do, Coualn Ellea. Me and tha glrla have come to town to do aoma shopping, and we thought we would atofj and take lunch with you." "Oh, I'm awful sorry. Cousin Amanda, but this la one of our foodies! days." Bal timore American. Mrs. Flatbush Wa have great team f work at our house. i Mrs. Bensonhurst Well, go on. Mrs. Flatbosh My husband and tha dog growl at the aama time. Tonkera States- Iman. . A T" . -n irii"ri ILV AVlKAAl ViiilUiW. iwriiun h la.Tear-Old Son of Omaha.) Tha bells were a rlngln' merrily across tha brlnv aea. 'Twas In tha Emerald Isle;- ao dear ta you ana me. For the 27h Regiment or Micas irora County Clare : Drove 'em back for miles and miles In a victory "over there." The firing on tha front, they aald. was la tensely hot When the Irish received their order to nlaa it "O'er the top." ' Their captain, Patsy Bryan, had Juat 7 climbed over when ha fell. , And this made the Irish rush tha Buna Ilk demoqg fresh from- hell. Tha sheila were flerca that day and how cunning they did whtna But they went "over tha top" that noon ta avenge old Patsy Bryan. Tha Irish were a gallant bunch and th flghtln' was O. K. And although they charged again and agara thebattlo raged all day. They finally bunched together and away again they flew At the low-down Hungarian whom they'd resolved to chaw. They smashed 'em and they bumped 'em until they got a grip And at last through the German lines they fearlessly did rip. Tha poor Germans, alaa! ware loft hi ttttav defeat, While the Irish, God blesa 'am petroled their new beftt. LOGAN T. FINNBBTT. Mr. Schneider Tells How His Baby Was Healed by Cuticura ''.When baby was cutting hia teeth he suffered very much from milk crust t commenced in the form of small pimples about the ears and forehead and it. turned into watery pimples and finally info nasty scales. The eruption produced great irritation and itching, and he was con stantly scratching and cry ing. Many a night we only had three or four hours' sleep. "I saw a Cuticura Soap and Oint ment advertisement, and tent for a free sample. I bought more, and when I had used two and a half cakes of Cuticura Soap and nearly two boxes of Ointment he wts healed." (Signed) Gus SchneiA-r, 1448 W. 15th St., Chi cago, 111., August 17, 1917. Clear the pores of impurities by daily use of Cuticura Soap and occa sional touches of Cuticura Ointment Sample Each Free by Mail. Address post card : Cutionra, Dept. H, Sottas." Sold everywhere. Soap 25c Ointment 25 and 50c. If F it is to be a Baby Grarid- ano ot course von areo-oino- .Ur 7 .7? S ' -or o io put a piano m your nome ai once in order that yourself and the family may no longer be de prived of the cheer of music you must come in and see4he BRAM BACH BABY X1R AND for $485. Tou need pay only twenty flte dollars when purchas ing then fifteen dollars a month. a. hospe cor 1513 Douglas St. We Jake your old piano as part pay. CHANGE OF HOURS On Saturdays Wa Will Ba Open for Business From 8:00 A. M. TO 3:00 P. M. NOT OPEN IN THE EVENING February 12th, Lincoln's Birthday, and February 22d, Washington! Birthday, Will Be Observed as Legal Holidays . THE CONSERVATIVE SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'll. v 1614 HARNEY STREET. i . , m : f ' THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU Washington, D. C. t '' Enclosed find a 2-cent stkmn.' for which you will please send me, " I entirely free, "German War Practices." " ' I Name I Street Address I i I I City State '. j