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i Thc drive is not over yet; come on with your
.Look at Ypres and then say if you have done
yiur share.
U:Another tad day for the kaiser. Not a hos
pital hit by a shell nor a baby killed by a bomb.
It's a good thing for Adam and Eve that
Wajor Funkhouser.was not abroad in the Garden
pr Eden.
jl Firing squads for spies will do far more 'than
moral suasion to quiet a lot of apprehension in
tlys country.
' 'flThese little April showers are just about what
th& doctor ordered for the wheat crop, if only
enough of them corrte.
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j i Conscription is ordered for Ireland by a vote
that leaves no doubt as to the intent of parlia
ment. Now we will see what the outcome will be.
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;"Do not be misled by hypocritical surmises that
ti(j U-boat has been put out of business. When
tls sea lanes are safe again the government will
mjt hold back the news.
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r'lsJu4 hat the governor can do for the colo
rfs who passed out from under his jurisdiction
months ago is not plain, but the state house
strategists perhaps know the value of his efforts.
- 'Alexander the Great may have been able to
stand the National league on its head, but he will
find the United States army a different proposi
tion. He will play where Uncle Sam wants him.
I The best news Secretary Baker has given out
since his jeturn is that Pershing will not be inter
fejre'd with. This may not please some of our
aAateur warriors, but it will meet with approval
from the American people.
Fuel Director Kennedy said something when
he .told the coal men this is no time for penny
weighing. They should realize they have a great
-opportunity for service, and best can fill it by
co-operating cheerfully with the government.
.Reactionaries Control in Austria.
. If perfect understanding is possible between
Austria and Germany, it ought to be brought
about under the new premier. Baron Burian, just
returned to power, is of ultra-reactionary charac
ter, wholly in sympathy with the policy of junk
erdom fend out of touch with all progressive
movements. He will be best recalled by Ameri
cans because of his defense of the sinking of the
Anconia in the Mediterranean in 1915. At that
time be assumed the attitude that U-boat at
tacks on merchant vessels, without warning, was
permissible. His specious arguments then drew
from the United States a sharp warning, such as
was sent to Germany. His return as premier in
dicates that Emperor Karl is entirely controlled
by the German cabal that has worked for months
to regain ascendancy at Vienna. All that has
been accomplished by Hungarian or Bohemian
: opposition to Berlin's influence is undone. Aus
tria no longer will pretend to seek peace, while
qttjetly sharing in the loot, but will go up or down
wfth Germany in the great plan for world con
quest and robbery.
AMERICAN MAN-POWER TO WIN WAR.
Let there be no mistake as to issue that now
is squarely presented to the American people.
American man-power is depended upon to win
the war. Our dollars alone will not do it. We
must furnish soldiers, millions of them.
Hysterical calls for subscriptions to Liberty
bonds, coming from those who have and do per
sistently oppose the training of soldiers in Amer
ica, are but hollow pretension of patriotism.
Those who indulge fn this sort of verbal camou
flage are deceiving themselves and attempting to
deceive others.
America can not now hold back. In the face
of the terrible demonstration of power for de
struction and devotion to its uses, as afforded
by the German war machine, hesitation on our
part is worse than Aveakness. To thank God that
we were unprepared for the task thrust upon us,
as was done by George Creel in Washington a
few days ago, is sacrilege. It is like giving thanks
to God that we were not prepared to quench a
fire that burned our homes, or that we were
stricken by an epidemic we might have foreseen
but made no effort to avert.
Americans must be shaken out of their fool's
paradise. The structure of human liberty, toil
somely reared through the ages, is more than
threatened. It is being battered down before our
very eyes. If any part of it is saved, it will be
because we put forth our strength unreservedly
and without stint.
Universal service is demanded of us now as
never before. To serve well we must be
trained. It is murder to send untrained soldiers
into the field. Therefore, universal training is
needed. It derogates freedom in no sense to be
prepared to defend that freedom.
Buy bonds, but do not think that in doing so
you have discharged your duty, or that bonds
alone will win the war. We ntust have soldiers,
well trained in the deadly art of warfare. Uni
versal training for Americans is an imperative
duty.
Nothing Vital Lost in Battle.
Lloyd George's reassuring words to the House
of Commons are welcome also in America. Noth
ing vital has been lost to the Huns in their furious
onslaught against the British line. Haig hangs
on with bulldog determination, maneuvering his
army with skill and prudence and maintaining the
front intact, although yielding ground sufficient
to prevent his line from being pierced. Yester
day's dispatches modified greatly what had the
appearance of possible disaster and showed the
British to have vastly improved the situation.
The crisis is not passed, but the change is en
couraging from our standpoint. ' While the ene
my is exhausting himself in futile efforts to gain
a decision, Foch is holding in check the attack
he will deliver when he sees the moment for such
a movement has come. His big plan, that of "sell
ing" the Huns ground at the highest possible
price in men and munitions, is endorsed by mili
tary scientists. Germany is paying now at a rate
beyond what it can afford for nothing of advant
age. Lives expended in desperation can not be
replaced and, unless victory does come now, even
the war lords must admit the hopelessness of their
cause. This is why battalion after battalion has
been sent to destruction, wave upon wave bf
men to wash over and break against the defense.
Our danger is not over, but our defense is the
most gallant ever recorded by historian. Stout
hearts will win for freemen yet.
Help for Unfortunate Farmers.
Considerable, prominence is being given to an
account of how the North Dakota Nonpartisan
League legislature came to the relief of the
farmers of that state, by setting apart money to
purchase seed grain. This commendable action
is being paraded as if it were a novelty and pos
sible only because the league is introducing new
features into government. Nebraskans will smile
when they see the story in print and realize the
claims that are made for it. Farmers of this
state passed through experiences very similar to
those that have afflicted the unfortunate agri
culturists of Nerth Dakota. In the early "90s a
combination of crop failures and low prices
brought dire distress to a large area of Ne
braska. In 1895 a republican legislature autho
rized a bond issue to provide funds for the relief
of hose who had been brought to destitution
through the calamity that overwhelmed the corn
crop in July, 1894. This act has never been pa
raded as showing any unusual virtue in the re
publican party. The step was taken as a matter
of right and justice. It was recognized even that
long ago that the state owed something to its
citizens and in part this was discharged by aid
ing them in their deep need. Other states can
duplicate the story. The North Dakota legisla
ture did what was right in placing the credit of
the state behind the farmers who need help, but
how the Nonpartisan league can rest claims for
special recognition on that act does not show on
the surface.
The shipping board now has a real booster at
its head, in the person of Charles Schwab. If
past performances count for anything, Schwab
can be depended upon to straighten out some of
the kinks into which the business has been snarled
by previous managers and we may expect some
doings in the steel mills and shipyards.
Photographing Enemy Lines
Warm Work in the Air on the Western Front
Letter in London Chronicle.
I was asleep, comfortably asleep, having 1 1 glanced out and saw our faithful escort
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learnt overnight that work for me did not
begin until the afternoon, when I was
roused by a hand on my shoulder. Through
half closed lids I was aware of my batman.
"You confounded cuckoo," I murmured,
"go away, you've made a mistake," and
would have slumbered again, but the fellow
was insistent.
"The C O. wants you on the aerodrome,
sir at once."
Grumblingly, I got up. Of course there
was a mistake somewhere. Orders had
been clean enough, unless some wretched
observer was sick and I had to take his
place, which happened to be the case.
On the aerodrome I saw the C. O. and
with him Captain Harris, my pilot, no one
else. I got closer and saw that the C. O.
held a photographic map, a small enough
thing in itself, but brimful of meaning to
me. Silently I received a copy and listened
to instructions.
Harris turned to me with a smile. "We
are in for it again, old man. We have to
go umpteen miles over the lines and pho
tograph all this," a sweep of his hand across
the map indicated it. "We are escorted by
six scouts, whom we shall pick up at X ,
and then I shall cross the lines here."
And then followed minute instructions.
These are very necessary on a job like thi3,
because you are sent out with instructions
to photograph a certain area. The pilot
must fly over that ground, and the observer
has to judge when he has reached that lo
cality and begin working the camera.
Five minutes later, we were on our way,
getting our height as we approached the
lines. We signalled to our scout escort
and soon they were circling above us pick
ing up formation. Higher and higher we
went till at last Harris turned our bus to
wards the lines. Behind us and abovo fol
lowed the scouts, gleaming like silver in the
sunlight.
As far as I could see, as I gazed some
what anxiously ahead, there was no other
machine in the sky, but this is small com
fort to an experienced flyer who knows that
Fritz is fond of lurking high up in the sun,
where he is nearly 'invisible, and dropping
like a thunderbolt if he scents easy prey.
I took up the telephone. "Harris," I said,
"I am going to start taking now."
"Right-o," came the reply.
I ducked in the cockpit. Suddenly
"Whouf, whouf, whouf," and then a sharp
crack, and the bus rocked a bit and dropped
100 feet or so. Archie was at work, but one
gets so used to his little games that one
heeds him not at all.
Between the manipulation of the camera
still on our tail, while below us were towns
that we were not m the habit of flying over,
and ahead were others which I had only
seen before as blotches on the horizon.
I ducked into the cockpit again, and the
roar of our engine and Archie's "whouf"
were the only sounds, when a small voice
spoke in my ear. "Huns," it said and noth
ing else.
Now, I knew that we were to leave the
fighting to the scouts unless it became es
sential to join in, but I scrambled out to
have a look. There they were, 12 I judged,
500 or 600 yards away, and bearing down
towards us. I glanced behind. There was
our faithful escort in perfect formation.
I fingered my gun lovingly, then ducked
back into the cockpit. I was out again
between each snap. We were now heading
for home, and I judged that another six
photos would cover all the ground required.
Then the fight began. I could hear the rat
tle of machine-guns. Imagine what it is
like, squatting down in a small hole sur
rounded by canvas and thin wood, and
knowing that a short distance away a battle
royal is being fought, a battle against odds
too, where another gun would mean a lot.
. I glanced outside. The air was alive with
planes, diving, climbing, banking, and spit
ting fire. I noted one machine turning over
and over as it dropped, and had time to see
with satisfaction that it carried black
crosses. Then into the cockpit again, the
last photograph just taken, and I was aware
that my pilot was rocking the bus, and a
louder "crack, crack, crack" cSrried its own
meaning.
I was out like lightning. Scarcely 200
yards away and diving straight at us came
a Hun. I took aim and fired a long, sharp
burst. Luck favored me. The Hun seemed
to stagger slightly, then a bright streak of
flame shot up, and he dropped, blazing furi
ously. Ten minutes later we crossed the lines,
and shortly afterwards landed.
After handing in my precious negative I
strolled round to the Squadron Office, and
found Harris filling in a combat report.
"You got that one a treat, old man," he
remarked; "have a cigarette." I helped my
self, and at that moment the C. O. put down
the receiver.
"I have just phoned X he said;
"they got five, and have one machine miss
ing; good work."
I echoed this sentiment much more heart
ily on my way to the mess, as I thought of
that gallant escort fighting against great
odds to protect us. But it is thus that pho
tographs are secured.
Irish Home Rule Movement
1870 Isaac Butt became leader of the
movement for Irish home rule.
1878 Leadership of the movement passed
to Charles Stuart Parnell.
1882 Negotiations between Parnell and
Gladstone halted by the murder of Lord
Frederick Cavendish and Under Secretary
Burke, in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
1886 Gladstone introduced his first home
rule bill, and it was rejected by 30 votes.
189.1 Gladstone succeeded in having his
second home rule bill passed by the House of
Commons, only to have it killed by the House
of Lords. Several succeeding attempts to
bring about the enactment of bills to estab
lish self-government in Ireland met with
failure, but with each attempt the movement
became stronger.
1905 Redmond's motion for a considera
tion of home rule defeated in the House of
Commons by 50 votes.
1907 Government presented a home rule
bill. Convention of Irishmen at Dublin re
jected it unanimously and the ministry
dropped it.
1908 Redmond's motion for a considera
tion of home rule was carried by 156. No
further action taken.
1911 Parliament passed an act abolishing
the absolute veto power of the Lords.
1912 New home rule bill introduced in
the House of Commons.
1913 Bill passed the third reading in Jan
uary by 110 votes. Rejected by the House of
Lords.
1913 Introduced a second time in April
and passed in July by the Commons by 109
votes. Lords again rejected it.
1914 Passed the House of Commons for
the third time on May 25.
1914 Signed by King George V. on Sep
tember 18, and went on statute books.
1915 Application of home rule held up
pending agreement of the rival Irish factions.
1916 Revolt in Ireland and martial law
declared throughout the Island. Arrest and
execution of Sir Roger Casement and other
revolutionists. .
1917 Irish nationalists in House of Com
mons presented a resolution calling for the
immediate application of the home rule law.
The government replied that home rule
would not be forced upon Ulster.
1918 Premier Lloyd George announced
the intention of the government to apply
conscription to Ireland and to grant the im
mediate application of the home rule law.
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People and Events
Indiana put on the dry belt and welded
the buckle on April 2. Lawmakers skipped
the first day of the month doubtless to im
press upon the sufferers that the drouth is
no joke.
Forty-three more trust compaies slipoed
into the Federal Reserve bank tent, during
March. The main tent of the national bank
ing system grows more popular with financial
kids as time slips along.
Death scrapped the tax dodging ability of
Louis C. Cohen, late millionaire junk dealer
of St. Louis. In life his business was assessed
at $700. Postmortem investigation of the
estate boasted the assessed valuatfon to $615,
000. Some jump that. i
Seizure of German-owned
Mills
One of the direct results of the investiga
tion into German plots for wool control may
be seen in the recent action of the alien
property custodian, who has seized six great
woolen mills, German-owned, in New Jersey,
and has named a governing board of di
rectors to take control of them. The six
mills are estimated worth $70,000,000. Earn
ings of the properties during the war will go
into the federal treasury for the purchase of
Liberty bonds. The mills taken over are the
following: Passaic Worsted Spinning Mills,
the New Jersey Worsted Spinning company,
the Forstmann & Huffmann company," and
the Gera Mills, all of Passaic, N. J., and the
Garfield Worsted Mjlls of Garfield, N. J.
Investigation by the attorney general two
weeks ago connected two of the mills above:
the Botany Worsted and the Forstmann &
Huffman company, with attempts to clothe
the German army with wool brought from
British colonies with the permission of the
British government. The wool was to be
brought to this country from South Africa
and Australia and consigned to dummy
American purchasers who, in turn, were to
tranship it to Germany through neutral coun
tries such as Denmark and Sweden. The
scheme was successful to a limited extent,
the Botany Worsted mills aiding by means
of breaking an agreement with the Textile
alliance, a semi-official organization working
in conjunction with the War trade board.
Both of the firms mentioned were in com
munication with the Deutsches bank and
Hugo Schmidt, the German fiscal agent, who
participated in almost every expenditure of
German funds in this country. Chicago In
vestment News.
Colored Troops In Battle.
Omaha, April 16. To the Editor of
The Bee: I notice wltn mucn interest
Mr. C. T. Wallace's communication
which appears in The Bee's letter box
of the 13th Inst. I frankly con
fess, however, that his letter Impressed
me as being more noteworthy for lta
lack of statements of historical facts
to the negro's credit than for those it
contains. Indeed, I have been fre
quently puzzled in these later years,
when I have attempted to explain sat
isfactorily to myself the conduct of
some of our paleraee brothers when
they deal with questions that pecu
liarly concern their "brothers in
black."
Away from me the suggestion of
doubt as to the sincerity or .Mr. Wal
lace's friendship for the negra race.
But ought he wonder when I express
surprise that he felt sufficiently inter
ested to mention in his letter the brave
act of the young colored boy, Crispus
Attucks, on Boston Common, the im
petuous and victorious charge of the
black heroes at San Juan and the not
less brave but signally unfortunate
charge of a mere handful of cavalry
at Carrizal that he felt bound to
mention these relatively minor his
torical events, while he apparently
thought it better to omit all particular
notice of the many grand displays, of
genuine valor whi"h colored soldiers
exhibited on the bloody fields of our
civil war.
There are doubtless people of hon
est and unprejudiced disposition who
entertain doubt as to the primary im
portance of the negro's contribution
in support of national solidarity and
Bupremary. Let me earnestly commend
to such the candid perusal of the tes
timony of one whose tragic taking off
by the hand of treason more than half
a century since we even now recall
with tears.
Under date of August 26, 18G3. Mr.
Lincoln, in a letter to Mr. J. C. Conk
ling;, used this language: "I know as
fully as one can know the opinions of
others, that some of the commanders
of our armies in the field, who have
given us our most important successes,
believe that the emancipation policy
and the use of the colored troops con
stitute the heaviest blow yet dealt to
the rebellion, and that at least one of
these important successes could not
have been achieved .when it was b t
for the aid of black soldiers."
Let the fact be kept in sight here
that at the time this letter was writ
ten colored soldiers, as a whole, had
hardly had time to learn the manual
of arms. At this time we had hardly
reached the halfway point in our
progress toward the overthrow of the
rebellion. We were yet a long way
from Fort Wagner, the Wilderness,
Nashville, etc. But "the colored troops
fought nobly" from start to finish,
both in the army and navy.
CYRUS D. BELL.
"Kulturn at Its Best
How glorious are the victories standing
to the credit of the kaiser's famous long
range gun I That Good Friday triumph, with
its slaughter of pious innocents praying in
the church of St. Gervais, was followed on
Wednesday by a fine center shot into the
heart of a refuge for orphaned children, four
of the little ones being murdered, and on
Thursday by the dropping of a shell into a
maternity hospital, its toll of death being
one patient, one maternity nurse and one
newly born babe, while six patients, three
infants and two probationary nurses were
wounded all to the glory of the kaiser's
Gott.
And yet there remain at large in this
country a few asinine writing persons like
one attached to the Metropolitan Magazine
who keep harping upon the advisability of
more talk on the subject of why this nation,
believing in justice and civilization, is at war!
This nation is engaged in a mighty war
of defense against the thing which chortles
with glee over the murder of those new born
babes, of those mothers in the pangs of child
birth, of those orphaned children, of those
pious worshipers at the footstool of a mer
ciful God against the beast called Frightful
ness. spawn of Prussianistn and savagery.
This nation is at war because it knows
that if Germany is victorious in its onslaught
upon civilization the American people and
all the liberty loving peoples of this earth
will become slaves to that beast, that mon
ster, that horrible thing. New York Herald.
Ortfl Year Ago Today In the War.
- ;Cbngress passed a bill legalizing al
lied recruiting In the United States.
After two days of vigorous offensive
of the front between Solssons and
ljelms the French reported the cap
tare of 15,000 Germans.
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Tk Day We Celebrate.
! Samuel Burns, Jr., broker, born
181S.
. : Charles M. Schwab, leader of steel
industry, born at Williamsburg, Fa.,
66fyears ago.
' j!shop James Atkins, Methodist
' Epfscopal church, south, born at
i Knjtxville, Tenn., 68 years ago.
: Johnny Kllbane, featherweight
pugilist, born at Cleveland, O., 29
years ago.
Fred Fulton, heavyweight pugilist,
' born at Blue Rapids, Kan., 26 years
This Day In History.
General Gage, the British
commander, Issued orders forbidding
anyone to leave Boston after dark.
" 1J99 -John T. Mason, secretary of
the navy under Tyler and Polk and
: late United States minister to France,
born In Virginia. Died' in Paris, Oc
tobfer 8, 1859. -
1165 General Sherman accepted
the surrender of General Johnston's
:'arjiiy.
1868 The asteroid lanthe was dis
covered by Dr. C. H. F. Peters.
171 Versailles army took church
of Neullly and drove back . Cora-
'ri'iisw , - v .
J ust 30 Years Ago Today
The W. R. Bennett company Is the
name of an organization that filed
articles of incorporation with the
County clerk, to transact a general
mercantile business. The Incor
porators are, W. R. Bennett, Mrs.
C. S. Bennett and F. W. Brown.
Another heavy telephone cable, con
taining 123 wires, was stretched from
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the office along Fifteenth street, and
then west on Farnam street. Eight
men were required for the work.
Dr. George L. Miller, at a meeting
of the educational board, ottered to
furnish the board with as many
catalpa saplings and varieties of trees
as they might desire for planting on
the different city school grounds on
Arbor day.
Prof. H. B. Boyles, the accom
plished principal of Valentine's short
hand institute of this city, left for a
two weeks' vacation at his home in
southern Illinois. The services of Mr.
Charles Pearsall, official court stenog
rapher, have been Recured for the
absence ot Prot Boyles
Aimed at Omaha
Minneapolis Tribune: A socialist
candidate for city commissioner of
Omaha has been indicted for violation
of the espionage act The anti-American
socialist runs true to form,
wherever you find htm.
Harvard Courier: An Omaha man
had a bad quarter of an hour the
other day when he refused to take off
his hat while a band was playing the
national air. The crowd soon made
him glad to at least observe the out
ward forms of patrotism.
Beatrice Express: As one of the
means of winning the war an Omaha
woman who visited Beatrice this week
suggested the raising of poultry in
city and country. The average fellow
who starts in to raise poultry at pres
ent prices of feed, will find that he
will either have to starve the poultry
or starve his family. In either case
he is liable to run up against the so
ciety for the prevention of cruelty to
animals.
Aurora Republican: AH cattle
price records were broken Monday,
April 8, on the Omaha market when
18 head of beef cattle sold at $15.25
per hundred. ' The load averaged
above 1.500 pounds and brought the
owner 8234.55 per head. A year ago
the same kind of cattle sold for 89.40
on the Omaha market, about 60 per
cent of the price paid for this load
Mondav. We'll waiter that the New
York fellow who eata any of the beef
cut from those steers sold Monday will
think it, "rare meat,"-; ,
Whittled to a Poinl
Louisville Courier-Journal: Fight or
work and buy Liberty bonds. If you
will do neither step off of the earth
and make room for the defenders of
civilization. '
Washington Post: Nothing is more
remarkable than the promptitude with
which the bolshevik leaders can scent
an enemy to the eastward.
Baltimore American: Might is the
only thing Teutonio temperament can
respect: and the force of America
aroused will bring Germany to its
knees and change its trend of thought
for generations.
Minneapolis Journal: The vice
chairman of the California Council
of Defense resigned because he felt
he was under criticism for drawing a
salary of $6,000 a year for supposedly
patriotic service. So he was and ev
eryone else In like case.
Louisville Courier-Journal: The
Germans are said to want Amiens as
a scalp for the kaiser's belt They
wanted Paris and they wanted Calais
in 1914. They want 'em yet The
kaiser's belt Isn't as long or as tight
as it used to be, and hio Bcalp is inse
cure. .
New Tork World: The worst news
Berlin has heard for many a day is
the condition report of American win.
ter crops, made publicly recently. This
Indicates a winter wheat crop likely
to reach 660,000,000 bushels: of rye
the crop prospect is 86,000,000 bush
els. Our 10-year average of rye be
fore the war was, but 85,000,000 bush
els; a crop more than doubled will be
decidedly welcome and rye Is first
t the vwneatea loax.
V
Twice Told Tales
The Limit.
One evening two men drifted into
a hall where a woman was giving a
demonstration of economical cooking.
She easily talked about eggless pud
dings and butterless cakes, and then
turned to the audience with a pleasing
smile.
"I will now tell you," said she,
"how a splendid soup can be made for
next to nothing. Take the bones left
over from your Sunday Joint "
"Come on, Bill," said one of the
men at this point, a disappointed look
overspreading his features. "Let's get
out o' this."
"What's the matter, Jim?" re
sponded the other. "Don't you like
soup?"
"I like soup well enough," answered
Jim, "but how many bones does she
think there is in a half pound o'
liver?" Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Sailor's Joke.
A naval officer told a sea story at a
banquet.
"Sailors have a strong sense of hu
mor," he said. "A certain young
sailor was just back from a nine
month cruise. He celebrated his re
turn in a great many bars and when
the last bar closed he danced Jovially
down the street with all his pockets
filled with bnttlea nf hmr and waving
a bottle in either hand above hisl
head:
'"Boys," he said, Ifs disgraceful
what I'm going to say for a sailor,
but It's the truth I have a horror of
Wants Clean Commission.
Omaha, April 1G. To the Editor of
The Bee: May 1 have a word in your
paper? The late primary election
seems to Indicate the office of city
commissioner is a very lucrative one,
or one at least with good graft and
grab, by the number of candidates
running. A nigger in the woodpile
somewhere. Sting them again. Bee.
Let us wipe the slate clean, from the
billiard ball down to the cue. Surely
there are enough of honest-minded,
thinking people in Omaha to put
clean men in office. See to it, laboring
men and Sammy boys. Show the gang
that it is possible to put clean men
in office in Omaha. Taxpayers, look
to your interest. Wake up and cast
a conscientious vote once.
A VOTER.
attention to the safety of those was
do not ride in autos. The State Rail,
way commission ought not to have
any say in a purely local situation.
FRANK A AQNEW.
LAUGHING GAS.
"What kind of a character ! old Unu
Gabby?"
"Shs'i.th ktnd of character that dooaa't
believe anybody ele has any." Baltimore
American
Parka My one regret la that I am beyond
the draft age.
Lane But yon are doing a lot now,
aren't you? ,
"That's It. My wife la sWlnr me a eonrve
of Intensive household training. Life.
the
"Tou must be happy, having all
money you want?"
"Thnt's queer logic. Is a man necessarily
healthy because he has all he want to
eat?" Boston Transcript.
"When the bank was struggling In the
teeth of the financial storm, that financier
advocated their filling with gold."
"He must have started life aa a dentist "
San Francisco Chronicle.
"Old man. did you whisper tender noth--Ings
in her ear?"
"Yep, but nothing doing. She came
back at me with tough realities." Florida
Times-Union.
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That they shall never crucify
I'pon the cross of German might I
The Child of Liberty and Light.
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Hold the lines against the Huns;
Back to Autocracy's slimy lair
Drive them back and keep them there.
All the crimes of these sad yeare
Must not end in women's tears:
Though with might they may assail.
Your cause is just, and shall prevail.
Wtth Freedom as your battle cry
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Doesn't Like Near Side Stop.
Omaha, April 16. To th,e Editor of
The Bee: You and I do not agree on
the safety part of the near side stop
for street cars.
When we transfer under the near
side system, 'we have to walk about
half a block and cross streets full of
automobiles to get to the new stop.
Under the far side system we only had
to cross a street to transfer, but the
effort of our officials seems to be to
make things as inconvenient for the
general public as possible, and so the
near side system was adopted. We
hear much from politicians about do
ing the greatest good for the greatest
number, but they forget when they get
into office. When we transfer at
Twenty-fourth and Farnam, for in
stance, we have to dodge all kinds
of automobiles in our efforts to go
the half block to get onto another car.
It would be much safer if we only
had the street to cross.
Then the drivers of autos to a great
extent a!ct as if no one had any right
to the streets but themselves, and
many ;of them pay no more attention
to people on the streets than if they
were so many dogs. Then they do not
obey any of the traffic rules of the city
iu the least. Last Friday evening I
had occasion to pass the Muse theater i
at Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets
as I was making a half block journey
under the near side system to change
cars and right in the place marked
"Do Not Park Here" were two mag
nificent autos. .They were there at 8
o'clock and were still there when I
came that way again at 11 o'clock.
That shows how much attention the
average driver of autos pays to the
rules established.
The near side stop is the greatest
possible inconvenience to patrons of
the street railway and If there was a
vote of the general public taken it
would result in an overwhelming ma
iority for the far side stop. We do
not care what they may lo in other I
cities. We who live in Omaha do not
have to. adopt every fool law that ob
tains in other cities. It is not fair or
Just for public officials to impose on
the general public something they do
not favor and do not want and did not
ask for. Not one of the officials who
fixed the near side rule ride on the
street cars once a year and most of
them ride in autos at public expense. I
hope when our new city officials come
into office that they will restore the
far side system, the side favored by
the people who ride on the street care,
and make the auto drivers pay more
Hum
1513 Douglas St.
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