OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 13. 1918.
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' Our Sammies are, beginning to learn the first
steps on the road to Berlin.
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1 Mr. McAdoo has evidently been keeping track
of what the banks are doing. .
The Red Star is coming in for just recogni
tion nowadays; help, for' the war horse is help
for the man as well , :
i Whatever reason the barbers may have for
charging more for shaving, it is not because
Omaha men are wearing long laces.
Selective Draft and Farm Labor, .... -General
Crowder's order regarding the selec
lion and movement of the next increments to
the army under the draft should set at rest, all
apprehension as to possible interference with, in
dustry. Especially has provision been made to
so arrange the earlier movements that agricul
ture will be disturbed but little, if at all. Men
who are actively and assiduously engaged in
planting, caring for or harvesting crops will not
be called into service until they are absolutely
needed and all others in their cluss have been
taken. Idlers who have merely used their con
nection with agriculture to' secure a deferred
rating will be dealt with accordingly. Generally,
the movement will be so directed as to obviate
any hardship arising from a sudden disruption of
activity in any line. Men will be selected in
small groups, so distributed throughout the coun
try as to'affect as lightly as possible working
conditions everywhere. While '.he increment for
the present year is tentatively fixed at 800,000, as
fairly meeting estimated needs of the service, the
provost marshal general says no such numbers
will be called to the colors at one time. Assur
ance thus given should convince, everybody that
the maintenance of our army is to be made pos
sible through wise and careful control of all as
pects of the industrial situation. The work of
producing all things needed for the-life of the
world will go cm at top speed and the army will
De , maae strong ana emcient witnout violent
wrench in any direction. "
At any rate, while in Europe Secretary Baker
will be immune from embarrassing questions
propounded by impertinent senators. "
.." "Friends of Free Russia," who are anarchists
in intent, are finding that Omaha is a poor place
to preach the doctrine of destruction.
The people of Russia have America's sym
pathy, but they would have it much stronger
if they would stand up for their own rights.
; If Governor Neville wants the lawmakers to
gather next Tuesday .he will have to sound jthe
call very soon, for it takes some of them two"'
days to reach Lincoln after they start from home.
"Billy", Sunday got away to a flying start over
at' Chicago and if he goes on . aa well as he
urmed up he will give the denizens over there
something tf taV; about other than their neigh-
Food ! not the only thing necessary to win
t! c war that should not be wasted. We have al
t jjcther too much waste of precious tjme, inval
mble energy and perfectly good money in other
infections, as well ' ' ' ' '. .
Choosing city commissioners at the coming
election means picking out a board of directors
for the municipal corporation of Omaha- a cor
poration board spending thj-ee and . a half mil
''pn dollar year of money that! comes out of
i s people's pockets.
' One of the real triumphs for the bolshevik!
is shown in the fact that since' the occupation
of Roumania the central powers have received
almost 1,400,000 tons of foodstuffs from that sec
tion. New peace opens ' still bigger stores to
rman requistion. TroUky and Lenine may
.live been working for freedom, but the kaiser is
collecting the fruit of their efforts.
r How to Get t Home Rule Charter.
I , It will be hard to work up Interest, much less
incitement, over the choice of members of the
coming home rule charter convention, greatly as
it is to be wished that the real leaders of our1
business, professional and laboring classes should
volunteer for this thankless and uncompensated
job.' It would be hard even were we not under
stress of an all-absorbing war. Why? (Because
any charter conscientiously and carefully formu
lated to introduce desirable reforms and improve
ments and to correct the defects of the present
charter runs a great risk of being rejected when
submitted at the polls. .The experience of Omaha,
a$, well as other cities, teaches that charter revi
sion must be gradual to get past the concen
trated opposition of those displeased by each
specific' change. -v ;
.That does not mean that a home rult charter
iss-!ess desirable or less urgent now than hereto
fore, but that, to make sure of getting it, the wise
course will be to do as was done in Lincoln
submit the existing city charter with few and
slight, modifications and' then, when we are free
from legislative interference,ypropose our reforms
separately and let them stand or fall, each upon
its merits. When that is done Omaha can have
a home rule charter made to suit the, demands
of" its inhabitants and subject to change from
time to time exactly as .they desire.
' ,-., Sweden and Germany..
: From the very beginning of the war Sweden,
-In common with the other Scandinavian coun
tries, has occupied a difficult and at times anoma
lous position in its relations to the belligerents.
Sweden has been frankly suspicious if not exactly
hostile to Russia since the czar's government an
nexed and suppressed Finland. This feeling nat
urally led to an inclination In favor of Germany,
which was' enhanced by other considerations. Not
only was a profitable trade within reach, but the
"intellectuals" of Sweden had long been Ger
manophile in tendency. This sentiment had care
fully been promoted by the Germans, who had
flattered and cajoled the Swedes in many ways,
until a friendliness, genuine enough in Sweden,
had sprung up between the cultivated classes of
the two countries. To understand how effective
this is, it must be remembered that in Sweden
the door to official preferment, and generally to
access in life, is through the university, On the
other hand, the masses of Swedes are not so in
clined to admiration of Teutonic, habits and in
stitutions. Ther have intense democratic lean
ings, and 'these found some outlet in dislike and
distrust, of the czar. It was this' tendency
towards democracy that made the separation with
Norway so easy of accomplishment. AH of these
elements must be considered when tiewing the
problem of th! Swedes,1 sNow that the Germans
have returned the Baltic into a German instead
of a Russian lake, and show an inclination to
impose some harsher conditions on the people x
svho have been both friendly and useful, although
profiting through that friendship and service, the
'whole problem of the Scandinavians becomes'
more than ever one difficult to comprehend.
Until the kaiser makes a more definite move it
will 1e hard to divine a course for Sweden.
President Wilson's. Pledge to Russia. " ;
"-Little surprise will be felt br any wnoreads
'the tnessage of President Wilson to the Soviets
at Moscow. It would have been astonishing if
he had taken any ptber course. Since Novem
ber the president has carefully avoided any stfep
that might be 'construed as even remotely rec
ognizing as responsible the travesty ort govern
ment enacted by the bolshevik!, and now he for
mally expresses his views that Russia is with
out government. His assurance that the United
States "will avail itself of every opportunity to
secure for Russia once more complete sover
eignty, and independence in its own national
affairs and full restoration to its great role in
th life of Europe and the modern world" wilt,
be approved heartily. by the people of the United
States. This language may be taken Vs giving a
little fuller interpretation to some of the four
teen theses; As suggested by The Bee hereto
fore, whilq'tjie American people do not feel
called upon to redraw the map of Europ, they
are not inclined to abandon any of the op
pressed nations of that continent to the domi
nation of usurping tyranny. Russia will yet be
revived by the aid o the United States and its
people will, have the full measure of. self-determination,
in. which they have been mocked by
treacherous leaders and wily foes. '
Former ' Governor McGovem shows his pa
triotism by withdrawing from the primary race
in Wisconsin in' order that all republican strength
may be put back of Congressman Lenroot to make
sure that a loyal republican will be sent to the
United ' States senate. The socialists, deprived
by a federal grand jury of the joy of voting for
Victor Berger, have decided to swing their sup
port to! the La Follette candidate as being next
most acceptable to the kaiser. Wisconsin has a
great opportunity to clean house right now.
The March lion sterns, to realize the world
has plenty of trouble without him. butting in to
spoil things, "
Dog Tax and Sheep Damage
Some Record oj Experience in Ohio and Its Possibilities
for Nebraska
' " By G. W. Hervey. , "
1 A Very interesting situation in relation to
dog tax and sheep damage is reported from
Ohio, one of the old-time big and wealthy
sheep states of the Unfted States. This sit
uation is now especially' interesting in view
of the activity that Nebraska and other west
ern states are now exercising in opposition
to the wolf and the unrestrained sheep-killing
dog.
The total damages paid in the 88 counties
of Ohio for sheep killed by dogs, including
witness fees for appraisers of damage, etc.,
in 1915 was $105,702. The total collections
of dog tax in Ohio for 1915 was $233,790.
Hamilton county with cheep population of
1,515, collected $10,858. 4 dog tax and paid
out only $854.80 damages, and the other
counties in the state containing large cities
had a similar record; Cincinnati is the county
seat of Hamilton county.
Knox county, Ohio, leads all others in
the number of sheep kept, having 85,587
head. The dog tax collected in that county
was $2,324.67, and damage last year amounted
to $707.65, leaving a balance in the treasury
of $1,617.02 to be apportioned by the county
commissioners to ' school fund, poor fund,
county agricultural " society, public road or
other fund under county or?anization.
Harrison" county, the next in sheep popu
lation, 82,922 sheep, collected $1,446.40, and
paid for flock damages $1,264.85. ,The largest
damages were in Muskingum county, $3,
542.51, being 85 cents more than the amount
of dog tax collected.
In 1868 there were 7,688,845 sheep in
Ohio, while at the present time there is a
greatly reduced sheep population; it has,
however, not been influenced by lack of dog
law protection, as every dollar of sheep loss,
traced to the dog, is amply provided for and
promptly paid. The Ohio, dog law is effec
tive and a similar one should be in effect in
every western state that is engaged in sheep
raising or feeding. As a matter of com
parison in these two states, Ohio and Ne
braska in the sheep industry, and the in
fluence "that a ffooa aog law exerts in popu
larizing the sheep growing industry, we will
illustrate by the existing conditions in Ohio
and Nebraska. . '!
Ohio has a land area of 26,000,000 acres',
keeps a well balanced agricultural and live
stock industry and maintaines from three to
four millions of sheep, annually, with its im
mense mutton and wool industry, while Ne
braska with its approximate 50,000,000 acres
of as good agricultural and grazing lands as
there is in any state, maintains an annual
sheep population of from 185,000 to 200,000
per year, about one twentieth the number of
sheep kept in the flocks of Ohio, notwith
standing Nebraska has almost double the
area in acreage that Ohio has. So far as
pasture and feed is concerned Nebraska
could keep 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 sheep easily
andiot overdo its resources for feed.
Nebraska, with the same law for govern
ing its dog population that Ohio is now op
erating under, would work no hardship on
any one. It would on the contrary be the
means of increasing the sheep population of
the state to the extent of several millions,
which would represent an increased wealth
to the state of $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 for
each 1,000,000 sheep added. It would add to
the quality of the dog population by weeding
out the worthless,vicious, good-for-nothing
cur and encourage the keeping of the pure
bred dog that ordinarily is not possessed of
vicious inclinations and tendencies. There is
not a disposition among live stock owners
and breeders to kill dogs to get rid of dos,
farther than what is necessary to restrict
damage and loss caused by the vicious dog
that runs unrestrained over the country, a
trespasser on the property of others, killing,
wounding and frightening stock; thus mak
ing himself a nuisance and menace to the
best interests of the live stock industry of
neighborhoods and communities. Under
present conditions the land owner and live
stock grower is not only required to fence
his animals in their inclosures, but td fence
the vicious, good-for-nothing, sheep-killing
dog out. The dog is permitted to be a
privileged character in Nebraska, because of
an insufficient dog law which is now very
much in need of adjusting," for the best in
terests of all citizens concerned and the pub
lic at large.
7 .VJ A.
'Wekdime'Sign8'in Mid-West Cities .
Democratic Sociability Supplements the Glad Hand
' ' ' Meredith Nicholson in Scribner's. ; - "
At the end of a week spent in a middle
western city a visitor from the east inquired
wearily: "Does no one work in this town?"
The answer to such a question is that of
course everybody works; the town boasts
no man of leisure; but on occasions the citi
zens play, and the advent of any properly
certified guest affords a capital excuse for a
period of intensified sociability. "Welcome"
is writ large over the gates of all western
cities literally in, letters of fire at railway
stations. . Approaching a town the motorist
finds himself courteously welcomed and po
litely requested to respect the local speed
law, and as he departs a sign at the postern
thanks him and urges his return. The west
ern town is marked as much by its generous
hospitality as by its enterprise, its firm pur
pose to develop new territory and widen its
commercial influence. The visitor is bewil
dered by the warmth with which he is seized
and scheduled for .a round of exhausting fes
tivities. H may enjoy all the delights that
attend the triumphal tour-of a debutante
launched upon a round of visits to the girls
she knew in school or college: and he will
ht conscious of a sincerity, a real pride and
joy in his presence, tpat warms his heart to
the community. Passing on from one town
to another, say- from Cincinnati to Cleveland,
from Kansas City to Denver, from Omaha
to Minneapolis, he finds that news of his ap
proach has preceded him. The people he has
met at his last stopping place have wired
everybody they know at the next point in
his itinerary td be on the lookout tor him,
and he finds that instead of entering - a
strange porj there are friends veritable
friends awaiting him. If by chance he es
capes the eye f of the. reception committee
and enters himself, on the' books of an inn,
he is interrupted in, his unpacking by offers
of lodging in the homes of people he never
saw before. ( . . .
In the smaller western towns, especially
where, the .American stock is. dominant, lines
of social demarcation are usually obscure to
the vanishing point. Schools and churches
are here a democratizing factor, and a wom
aij who "keeps help" is very likely, to be
apologetic about it; she is anxious to avoid
the' appearance of "uppishness" an' unpar
donable sin. It is impossible for her to
ignore the fact that the "girC in her kitchen
has, very likely, gone to school with her own
children or has been a member of her Sun-'
day school class. The reluctance of Ameri
can girls to accept employment as house
servants' is an aversion not to be overcome
in the west. Thousands bf, women in com
fortable conditions . of life manage their
homes without outside help other than that
of a neighborhood man or a versatile syndi
cate woman who "comes in" to assist in a
weekly "cleaning".
There is a type of small town woman who
makes something quite casual and incidental
of the day's tasks. Her social enjoyments
are in no way hampered if, in entertaining
company, she prepares with her own hands
the viands for the feast. She takes the
greatest pride in her household; she is
usually a capital cook and is not troubled by
any absurd feeling that she has "demeaned"
herself by preparing and serving a meal. She
does it exceedingly well, and rises without
embarrassment to change the plates and
bring in the salad. The salad is excellent
and she knows it is excellent and submits
with satisfaction to praise of her handiwork.
In homes which it is the highest privilege to
visit a joke is made of the housekeeping.
The lady -of the house performs the various
rites in keeping with maternal, tradition and
the latest approved text .books. You may if
you like accompany her to the kitchen and
watch the broiling of your chop, noting the
perfection 6f the method before testing the
result, and all to the accompaniment of
charming talk about life and letters or what
you will.
The Why oj Bryan1 s Long
Hair
Mr, Bryan's explanation 'of why he
obliges the c'artoonists by wearing his hair
long appears at first sight to be complete:
"It's my wife's idea. 'The Lord made me
for utility rather than beauty, and He gave
me ears that stick out a good deal more than
artistie standards require. I had my hair
cropped away back in 1882, when I was en
gaged to my wife and tlje result was terrible.
I almost lost her. She has made me ear
my hair long ever since. It is what I call
justifiable camouflage."
On examining the historical records, how
ever, one discovers ti singular hiatus. In
cluded in Mr. Bryan's great work, "The First
Battle," there is a biographical sketch writ
ten by his wife, in which she records that
she met him in 1879, ."in the parlors of "the
Joung ladies' school which I attended in
acksonville." She describes her impres
sions ' . i -
"His face was pale and thin; a pair of
keen, dark eyes looked out from beneath
heavy brows; his nose was prominent too
prominent to look well, I thought; a broad,
thin-lipped mouth and a square chin com
pleted the contour of his face. I noted
particularly his hair and his smile. The
former, black in color, fine in quality, and
parted distressingly straight; the latter ex
pansive and expressive." .
It will be observed that Mrs. Bryan says
nothing of his ears. She could not have seen
them. The conclusion is irresistible that
even then he had resorted to the "justifiable
camouflage" that has concealed his dreadful
secret ever since. Now, mark Mr. Bryan's
own statement; it was not until 1882 that he
appeared before her without his hirsute dis
guiseand shocked her so as almost to break
the entente. For three long years, a period
long enough to include the presidential
election of 1880, the assassination of Gar
field, and the disruption of the Irish Land
league, Mr. Bryan had kept his ears a secret
from his future wife; he had built before
them this barrage of hair, and she suspected
nothing. Then, on one dark day in 1882,
while she was complacently reading the latest
news about the bombardment of Alexandria,
he abruptly strode into the room with his
ears standing on end and nothing between
them and his "broad, thin-lipped mouth" but
a slender line of hair, "black in color, fine in
quality," but of absolutely no use . as a dis
guise. , i
Vre seem to see here the outline of what
might have been a tragedy. Fortunately,
true love can overlook even deception, and
after the shock was over, and with what
anguished protestations of penitence we can
guess Mr. Bryan had sworn that she should
never behold that sight again, all was for
given. Yet we should think the terrible les
son would not have been lost on Mr. Bryan,
that he would have learned the value of per
fect frankness, and that now, 36 years later,
we should not catch him in an effort to
blame his hair on her. New York Times.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Germans abandoned their main de
fenses west of Bapauma.
The remnant of th government
forces and officials In Fetrosrad sur
rendered to the revolutionists, ,
The Pay We Celebrate.'?
N'oah E. Carter, architect and
builder, born 1863.. , ...
' Thomas P. Redmond of the Bur-gess-X&sh
company, born 1869.
General Sir Herbert C. O, Plum er,
commanding- British forces In Italy,
hum SI ranri ae-rt.'
Fairfax Harrison, president of the'
southern railway, born in New York,
49 years ago.. ,
Jack Lalt, short story writer, born
S years ago.
Oswald O. VHIard, New York editor
ana publicist; born at : Wiesbaden,
Germany, 48 years ago.. v ,
'This Day In fflrtory.
11 7 8--The treaty of - alliance be
tfteen the United States and France
was officially announced.
1115 The allied powers engaged to
aid Lou la XVIII of Francs and de
clared Bonaparte to be without the
pale of social and civil relations.
let a General Albion P. Howe, a
distinguished sotdter of the Mexican
and civil wars, born at Standish, Me.
mii at Cambridge, Mass., January
2t.--l.97.'.-'
1865 President Jefferson Davis ix
ucd his last message to- the Confed
erate States con grew.
Just 80 Years AgoToday
, ieroy iiougn, swift's hog buyer,
has returned from Chicago and is
ready tor business as soon as the
packing house is opened.
The pupils of the public schools on
March IS will exhlolt specimens of
their penmanship and drawing. The
best will be selected for the teachers'
convention at Fremont.
J. . Waters, superintendent of the
registry la tho postoffice, was treated
to a Jolly surprise by a host of friends
on the occasion of the anniversary of
his birthday.
Chief Seavey appointed Officer
Pulaski 'sanitary Inspector of that
part of the city lying north of Harney
street, and Officer Hlnchy to Jhe same
office over all property south of that
line.
Mrs. General Georgs M. O'Brien
and daughter Frances left for Mil
waukee.
Henry Voss left for Nebraska City,
where he has charge of the beautiful
structure which is b!lng erected there
by Anheuser-Busch of t. Louis.
Peppery Points
'. Baltimore American: The kaiser
has been buying more Krupp bonds.
But speculations in slaughter are
destined to turn out disastrously for
Uohensollern investors.
Wall Street Journal: With Prussia
In control of Baku, oil fields, the
Caucasus copper deposits and the
Baltic ports, Sweden might realise
that friendship may be carried too
far. . ' . -
Minneapolis' Tribune: A political
party in Montana desires to have all
fortunes over $1,000,000 confiscated
for the government. This will not hif
Paragraphed union No. 65 very hard.
Brooklyn Eagle: The German war
debt of $32,000,000,000 is only a flea
bite to what It will be when the costs
of reparation are attached. Allies of
the Hohenzollerns who stand from
under soonest will collect the largest
rebates. . , ; - .
New York World: 'Under a new
law in New Jersey a candidate for the
United States senate cannot spend
more than $50,000 -on his campaign.
At that rate an honest senator can
serve a six years' term and be out of
pocket only $5,000, provided it
doesn't cost him anything to live.
Louisville Courier-Journal: jTrotsky
has i been talking some more tdoeo he
even stop for breath? and says that
if the bolshevikl could go back to the
state of affairs which existed last Oc
tober Just before they overthrew the
Kerensky government they would re-
i peat the- whole, program ; which has
been put through since that 'time. In
i short, once fools always fools.
Round About the State
As a matter of timely Information
and to close the discussion, the Hast
ings Tribune observes: "But then, all
the profiteering hogs are not all on
Hog Island." Truth occasionally
climbs from the bottom of the well.
During November, December and
January the authorities of Gage;,coun
ty caught a number 'M people with
wet goods and squeesed $754 out of
the bunch. Profiteers along-the booze
line do not get away with all of it
It is gathered from a half.-column
article In the Albion News that the
County Council of Defense are not
glad hand exponents of brotherly
love. It is doubtful if they speak as
they .pass by or walk on the same
side of the road.
Kearney. Hub pipes a note of Joy
over the announcement of the Ak-Sar-Ben
festival going on as usual
next fall. "A wise and proper de
cision," says the Hub. "There is noth
ing , that 1 could possibly be gained,
either now or in the future, by tem
porarily suspending and possibly de
stroying this splendid fall festival."
. Hastings Tribune: The Omaha
Chamber of Commerce is going to
raise $50,000 for. the purpose of ad
vertising Omaha and the state of Ne
braska in eastern publications. That
is a good move in the right direction.
Omaha is one of the most nrorrwHive
cities in the country and Nebraska Is
, uuo yi w.e umaiesi states ana tnese
are facts that should be known
J iliPi'Shout the eg,
"Over. There" '
' Australian troops stood on "Jor
dan's stormy ' banks" for a moment,
then, by common Impulse, they strig
ped and took a plunge.
A German paper reports Now Toik
City fenced with 625 miles of barbed
wire and Hoboken the only unguarded
spot in the vicinity.
One of strangest tragedies of the
war, as told by Lloyd George, is the
death of General Maude, commander
of the victorious British . forces in
Mesopotamia. General Maude visited
a plague-stricken area where, no mili
tary duty called. The "ceremonial
cup" was offered, ' to refuse which
would be discourtesy. He drank, and
drank death. He realized the risk
and had forbidden his escort to taste
food or drink. --.
- To a Boston father who had writ
ten sympathetic and admiring words
to his boy at the fighting front, the
soldier boy answered In this cheery
fashion: '"Somehow or other. I think
that you have placed your son, who
is made of the satnu clay aa all the
rest, on a rather perilous pedestal.
knd that when he comes down the
'common clay will bust all to pieces.
from your standpoint. I realize that,
the folks at home regard our little
Job as a big one and give us a lot of
credit for doing it,, but you know we
sren't the heroes you think we are.
We are Just doing the day's work as
well as we can, and that let's us out
But I don't feel all that you say. The
Job is here, I am here, and nobody
made me come, eitiier, so why not
go to it, get it over with, and return
home?" :
Woman and Her Garb. r
Crawford, Neb., March 10. To the
Editor of The Bee: In the editc; al
column of today's. Bee I find an ar
ticle headed "Bifurcated: What Will
Women Do?" There is little doubt
in my mind that tho majority will
wear "that which pertaineth to man,"
since, as you say, they will "do a
man's work and draw a man's pay,"
etc. But what does God say regard
ing this very act? (And no one
can afford to turn a deaf ear to Him.)
Turn to Deuteronomy 22:5 and you
will find these words: "The woman
shall not wear that which pertain
eth unto a man, neither shall a man
put on a woman's garments, for all
that do so are abomination unto the
Lord, thy God." A SUBSCRIBER. .
Shut Off Propaganda. '
Omaha. March 11. To the Editor
of The Bee: Reading 'an account of
a meeting held in Omaha by the
Free Russia ' propagandists In this
country, I am moved to protest against
such a propaganda being carried on
in any language. I will quote the
chief speaker, Mr. Ginsberg, who said
"that the bolshevik! of Russia had
done more to instill fear Into the
hearts of capitalists than the Inva
sion of a German army." Fellow read
ers, read that over again and you
will agree with' me when I say that
in his assertion he admits that the
bolsheviki are even more frightful
than a German army. The speaker
has convicted bis own doctrine beyond
all appeal to free Americans. The
Russians, choosing the least of the
two evils, submit to the German army
in preference. Think that over, fel
low reader. We know now- beyond a
doubt what the German army is on
an invasion. .
The speaker also made the asser
tion that the American socialist is a
like organization to the bolsheviki.
That assertion insults the intelligence
of every free-thinking, honest Ameri
can socialst, who will, in my opinion,
no more countenance such a propa
ganda than he does the Industrial
Workers of the World doctrine of de
struction and frightfulness, which I
claim is bolsevlsrri. The only differ
ence between those two Is the same
as the difference would be between
the tar and the kettle the tar. is
melted In. We Icnow at least where a
large portion of the finanoes to sup
port the Industrial Workers of the
World propaganda comes from the
kaiser and his bribing, murderous as
sassins. Leon Trotrky was supplied
with German money in this country to
go to Russia to deliver as much of
his country to tne kaiser as possmie
and we all know now how well he suc
ceeded. These "Free Russia" propagandists
say to stand by Trotzky, he is the
savior of Russia. He is the modern
Judas of Russia, I say, and any so
cialist of America who wlll,sponsor
such a propaganda Is misbranded. He
is an Industrial Worker of the World
and not an American socialist
In conclusion let me say, fellow
Americans, free citizens of a glorious
nation, in the name of the flag, the
Stars and Stripes, the emblem of lib
erty, be on guard against all such ln
sidio.us, poison gas, kaiserized propa
ganda. Anterlcans, stand by your
guns at home as well as our boys at
the front and we will be doing our
bit. Eternal vigilance Is the price of
liberty, which our forefathers guarded
so valiantly and handed down to us.
Do your duty to the end, that their
Immortal names may be glorified by
your deeds. The emergency is . at
hand. I know we will not fall if we
keep on guard. . , P. G. LEWIS.
'" German In Public Schools. 1
Council Bluffs, March 11. To the
Editor of The Bee: Will you please
try and find out through the columns
of your paper where Mr. P. P. Clax
ton, claiming to be fhe United States
commissioner of education, gets the
money and the hunch to write the
article in the World-Herald of Sat
urday, March 9, 1918, entitled "The
Study of German ? .
If this is not a case of traitorous
German propaganda we are no judges
of the pure article. Now is it not in
the interest of the United States as
well as the press of this country that
some method of censorship be In
voked if necessary by the govern
ment to see to it that such articles
are not published? It is self-evident
theft these kind of articles and the
writer sees many Instances of it is
producing a lukewarm brand of loy
alty, if not actual traitors, and should
not be allowed at this time:
If the loyal people of this coun
try could have their way the Ger
man language if ever taught or read
again in this country it would be as
dead language of the dead Hun. .
Our sole object' in writing to you
is to try and suggest that you may,
through your paper, bring to the at
tention of those in authority in the
United States to not only adopt some
preventive measures with reference
to Uiis style of articles or at least the
publication of a fitting answer to every
man who daris to plant such seed of
disloyalty among the people, but, if
possible, prosecute the writers of
these articles. It is especially dan
gerous to allow. a man to write such
an article as the one referred to and
give it the apparent force of being
official, in being by the United States
commissioner of education. In the
name of every loyal cltisen of the
United States, we ask you to use your
pen, and may it be inspired, to destroy
the influence of tnese traitors.
FORREST SMITH.
SUNNY GEMS.
"How do you find life in a dry town?"
Makes me think of the trlflee I need
to worry over. They seem email enough
now."
Eh?"
"Why, I thought It a hardship when
they abolished free lunch." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
"What wai old man Cruder ehootlnf at
that feller for yesterday!" Inquired a
friend. V
"Aw, that was his son-in-law," replied
Mr. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge, Ark.,
"but, of course, he may have had some
other reason." Kansas City tSar.
"Kitty's dog is dead and she's writing
a verse about It."
"Doggerel, I suppose."
"I suppose so. Anyway she's going to
print It on a piece of bark and have It
framed in dogwood." Boston Transcript.
"It is customary to seal t proposal with
a kiss, is It not?"
"It used to be, but nowadays it Is con
sidered best to have a witness." St Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Ethel (reading) An the younger maid
looked at the knight and replied to his
question, "Ay, Sir Knight, marry, will I."
Maude How like the ladles In chivalrous
times were to the girls now! Baltimore
American.
He Tou haven't a thought above lew
hat.
She And you haven't a thought worth
mentioning, under your old one. Houston
POst j
Rankin Isn': Wobblesby the limit?
Phyla Yes. 1 call him the human prune.
"Why?"
"Because, the more he is soaked the more
he swells up." Youngstown Telegraph.
1 "She's different to most women."
"In what way?"
"She admits that she was over SO when
she married," Detroit Free Press.
While mother was arranging the pantry
shelves Marjory handed her the spice
boxes, mentioning each spies by . name.
Presently she said: "Mamma, I can, read.",
"Pan you, dear?"
"Yes. mamma." said Marjory, "but I
don't read like you. I read by the smell."
Boston Transcript.
FIGHT ON, AMERICA.
When war's dark eagles are screeching.
And brave men have answered the cry.
Where their mangled bodies He bleaching.
There's were I, too, wish to die!
Better to die where gallant men are dying.
When the honor of our nation is at stake.
When all the world in dire distress Is sigh
ing, -
Than to flee,' and, as a coward, to forsake.
When civilisation Is bleeding
And her grim sons are spending thelf
might.
The mother's son who l unheeding
I not a giant (or right! '
Better to 41e, where gallant men are dying (
Kot to live, but to nobly live.
For in Ood's alght are they deserving
Who life for othera give) '
When death's red toll has been taken
And the master of peace and of right
Counts o'er the list of forsaken
In that fight humanity's fight.
May he find we were true in the battle for
right.
That America did play the game
That every man took his part in the fight,
ComrsKes, this In Ood's name!
VAHAN SHIBVANIAN.
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today she is plenty
old enough to begin
her musical educa
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she'll be "playing
pieces f o r her
Daddy."
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