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The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING - SUNDAY ' , FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSE WATER : VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Bj Carrier. F stall. 1 Dill; 'and Bandar mcmfclM fmn,K(l lunlj wltaout Suadav " 10e " 100 tranioi ud Buodar , 10o " f 00 ' tactiius wiuwut Buaday.... " o t " e.90 Ud V DM PUIS J" . " -tMid notice al ohanss of addisas Of Irnculsdty Is dtilisn to Ootslia .-lias CircnlUo Department, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ( Aatoelated Pnn, ol which The Hm It t BMEber. Ii nxclurtrrtv tnlHled le tfca ass for pubuoellon of all otwi dltliatcnea ereultafl to 11 or not otsarwles credited In tbli paper, and alio lit local news IxiMlsliad hwelu. AU rtshu o( publlcailoB of out spools! dpiU-bea ere also reserved, REMITTANCE Itmut draft, acsraa or poaUl order. Oal I sad l-enl staat Ufcm la panneai of null accounts. Personal etas, sxetpt m 'ftaehe and eastern escaaasa, apt accepted. OFFICES imahe-Tlis Bao Butldlnt OWeara-Panpla't Baa BuildUi. o.iU Omaha-MU N Bu Kew Tors-3 Pmh Ave. (iiwil Biuffe-14 . Mala K t Umla Ke B It of Co macros. Ueeoln LIUls BuUding. WaahlasMO Ull O St. CORRESPONDENCE Address eownnJileaUnue rtlaUnt to as and dltorltl atltsi to iaaa Baa. Editorial Pssartaent MARCH CIRCULATION 66,558 Daily Sunday, 56,553 ranta sirculauea for ths ownta, aatantkaa sod swore to or Dwiibt .Mil, .ma, ClniuUtloa Msaasei. . Subscriber Isawfef the city SB-eota bavs Too Bao mallsd to than. Addroso changed aa often aa requested. TAe 3ees Service Flag ' ' ainiiiaa n. It "". Samson ii after you do not dodge. - Chairman Grdei says he was "just joshing," but Member Mayfield is yet to report. Missouri may have to resort to the selective oVaft to ret a United States senator; now if it was in Nebraska A . . i Mayor "Jim's" biggest bomb went off with a loud noise, but some of the pieces seem to have tit back of his own line. . v 1 Emperor Charles hopes to square himself by evicting his mother-in-law from Austria, but his ruse will fool nobody. President Wilson is to get at! the power he has asked for. he has the support of the people is the fullest, but he must win the war. . . t t I I .11 I ha wii.nirsv navinir nrsru ail luuui Liiu lira Ai4w.tp.wn. m ----- etorious victory, is now getting returns of killed, -J tk. AaM4a Vdtaj Sm QakIIii nn rrirl fit trilimnrl. ' Again the kaiser has shown his wonderful courage by getting Mose enough to the firing line to watch it through a telescope. Talk about your daring leaders he takes almost as many chances at' his sons! : ' ' Putting Prince Lichnowskl on triaHor treason is not likely to give an outsider the impression that he told anything but the truth in his dis closures concerning the kaiser's maneuvers to start the war. Bailey P. Waggoner's death will be a cause 9' sorrow to the old-timers hereabouts, who knew him at a man of genial soul, devoted to his clients, but a well spring of joy even for his opnonents. Atchison yet has Ed Howe as a cause for fame, but it will miss Waggoner as much as it did Joha J. Ingalls. A Year of Prohibition. Today ends Nebraska's first year of "bone dry" prohibition. While an. exact review of con ditions is not possible in a few words, it may fair ly be said that both sides have been surprised at the working of the law. No approach to the mil lennium promised by the drys can be detected, nor have we experienced anything of the total de struction prophesied by the extreme wets. The law under which the constitutional amendment was made effective is not ideal, nor exact in its work ings, but honest efforts have been made to enforce it. and generally the' people have sought to ob serve it Whether its success so far may not in some way be ascribable to the war, which has filled the public mind to the exclusion of every thing .else, or whether Nebraskans were willing to submit to the banishment of boote, may not now 1 be answered. The fact is that after one year of enforced abstention our people generally find themselves prosperous and well occupied with their own affairs. Drink is still to be obtain ed, but surreptitiously only, and under circum stances such as do not tend to encourage its use. i Quietly tht public has acquiesced in the change and Nebraska's efforts to prohibit liquor have so far been attended with very little friction. The score for the first year is in favor of the drys. PICK YOUR CANDIDATES. A week from today Omaha citizens will elect the commissioners who will administer- the city government for the next three years. Fourteen candidates are presented, from among whom seven are to be chosen. These fourteen were selected in an elimination contest, and the vote then taken shows the citizens are capable of dis criminating between men. Plenty of room for exercise of this same form of judgment is left. Slates have been announced and efforts made to array the candidates in groups, but the final de cision is with the people, and it is quite likely that the slates will again be smashed. William G. Urc, by long service as county commissioner and as- county and city treasurer, has acquired a familiarity with civic affairs that should recommend him for a place on the city commission. Harry B. Zimman's ability and qualifications are admitted by all, and his election will mean that his fellow citizens have requisitioned the services of a man who understands municipal problems, who devotes himself to the public in terest, and who will give his attention to his work. "Joe'! Hummel has nude good as park com missioner. His care of playgrounds and boule vards is his best certificate. J. Dean Ringer is an aggressive young man, who may fairly be said to represent the newer ideas of government. His election will be a rec ognition of this element. , Other men of ability are on the list and may be referred to later. These four are qualified and deserve the endorsement of the public. Ak-Sar-Ben in the Field. Another drive has started in Omaha that de serves consideration. It is the annual hustle for membership in Ak-Sar-Ben. Of all the years of the king's history, this is the one that is most vital Big affairs are uppermost in the minds of all, but they must not be permitted to over shadow the fact that In this peculiarly Omaha made and Nebraska-fostered institution is an agency that is of genuine help. If the purpose of the organization ended at providing a good time, it might possibly be dispensed with. But under neath the frivolity of the court and the carnival is a deeper and solider sentiment It is a well spring of energy, of unity and of action for the good of the community and the upbuilding of the region. Along with its tomfoolery, which is also of use in its way, Ak-Sar-Ben brings men together under-conditions that beget good feeling, better understanding and consequent advantage to both sides in business. Those who have kept in touch with the course of the kingdom for the last twenty-five years know this, and they will re joice that the king is to continue in his good work. Public Market for Omaha. T: e city commission is being greatly impress ed just now with one of Omaha's long standing needs, that of a public market The proposition up for consideration provides at best for only a makeshift, and does not in itself afford the relief that is needed. War conditions have pressed home to housekeepers the need of more syste matic buying and closer supervision of household expenditures. No othet arrangement can. contrib ute to the ends of economy more directly than a public market,, where eatables may be' had at first hand. Omaha has long been deficient in this regard. The Bee has many times pressed the matter for consideration, and once or twice it has had some brief consideration. One unfortunate experiment with a market house should not be taken to mean that no service can come from the proper solution of the problem. For the present, it must be admitted, the inadequate quarters now available in the commission district are the best that may be had, but the public market should not be abandoned. Seed Corn Reported Sound. , One of the most important of announcements from the state headquarters at Lincoln is that seed corn situation in Nebraska is safe. Tested grain in sufficient quantity to seed the normal acreage is in the hands of farmers and will be planted as soon as weather conditions are favor able. Cold weather through April has delayed the planting of corn, and the present outlook is that another fortnight will pass before much of the seed goes into the ground. Sufficient moisture has been had, but the cold soil will prevent germ ination. Time enough remains, however, for good corn has been raised from seeding as late as the middle of June, although this is always a source of worry in the fall. Just now the main point is that enough of reliable, tested grain is available to ensure the acreage that must be had. Nebraska is expected to produce a large part of the food the world needs, and no part of its out put is of greater importance than corn. "When the Hun collects, he takes everything and leaves no interest," is a warning brought back to us from the other side. ,The answer is, Buy Liberty bonds. Grand Canyon a National Park . Prdspects Paint to Early Action by Congress , Allen Chamberlain in Boston Transcript. ' Those powers of selfishness and greed that have for long been conspiring to annex for their own emolument one of the most sublime examples of nature's grandeur that this world has known, seem now to be on the verge of suffering complete defeat There is ej-ery indication that congress is at last to give to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado the dignity and protection that are its due. The bill which will accord to the canyon its merited rating as a national park, the highest form of trusteeship that the nation can pro vide, is before the senate for early action, and there is reason to expect that the house will not long delay in following suit. It has been a long time coming. Thirty-two years ago the first move was made, to throw the protection of the national park laws around the canyon, when the late ex-President Ben jamin . Harrison, then a senator from In Tliana, introduced a bill with that end in view. Notwithstanding the many schemings of late by water power promoters, by trolley line builders, by would-be miners, and by land grabbers, the -canyon still remains the property of the nation, having in recent years been under the watchful guardianship of the forest service. Subsequent to the inclusion of the canyon within the national forests, President Roosevelt, in the hope of giving it a greater measure of protection than that which the forest laws alone were capable of affording, proclaimed it a national game preserve and also a national monument. In adequate as have been the facilities for suit ably displaying this glorious spectacle to all who might desire to see, and in spite of the wholly insufficient government authority at hand to protect the visitor against imposi tions and extortions, the canyon has been steadly attracting an ever-increasing throng at all seasons of the year. With t the e:. rmous increase in the number of visitors, the building of the railroad to the southern rim having brought the canyon within easy reach of the transcontinental traveler, the time has unquestionably come for dedicating this property definitely to the public as a recreation ground, and for delegating its ad ministration to the national park service. At the time when the railway was opened less than 1,000 people saw the canyon in a yeas. In a number of recent years the tour ists have numbered well over 100,000. That is something like three times as many as have been in the habit of resorting to the Yellowstone or the Yosemite parks in normal years, although they have long been among the best advertised, most accessible, and best developed of the parks. When the public comes to realize that the canyon, unlike most of the parks, is accessible throughout every month of the 12, and that under the park control accommodations will be provided to suit the visitor of modest tastes and purse as well as the millionaire, it will attract a far greater host than ever heretofore. Moreover, it is only a question of a little time when the canyon will be approachable from the north as well as from the couth, for the state of Utah has plans for extending a motoring road that will lead from Salt Lake City di rectly to a commanding point on the north ern rim, almost immediately opposite the present railroad terminal. As delimited by the terms of the pending bill, the park will not cover as great an area by a third as that embraced within the pres ent monument boundaries. That, however, need disturb no one, for within its almost 1,000 square miles there will be included a sweep of country SO miles lone east and west. Lby nearly 20 miles north and south. Yellow stone park is more than three times as large, to be sure, Glacier park is half again as big, and Yosemite has nearly 200 square miles more area, but no immediately essential fea ture appears to have been omitted by the revision of the Canyon park lines. It will extend from tjje Marble Canyon and the Lit tle Colorado river on the east, to the western most rim of the fascinating Cataract Canyon, while on the north and south the boundary will lie in the pine and cedar forests a mile or two back from the rim of the main scenic portions of the canyon proper, affording ample opportunity for the location of hotels and boarding camps without obtruding them upon the landscape, and for the necessary roads. Thus far the Grand Canyon has stood in the public mind for what it most assuredly is, one of the most magnificent spectacles in all nature. It is safe to assume that no one who has ever journeyed to its rim for the . sake of merely a few hours in the presence of that scene, "unflinchingly real, yet spectral as a dream," as one writer expressed it, has felt otherwise than fully repaid for the time and expense involved. As a vacation field its possibilities have not been touched in any adequate sense. Satisfying . as it is, in its way, to sit upon the rim, and gaze at the mysterious forms and sumptuous colorings of that maze of sculpturings below, the true perception of all this might and glory can only be had by taking to the trails afoot or in the saddle. A single day devoted to the stereotyped descent into the depths and re turn, wonderful experience though it is, will not suffice to reveal the full charm that only comes through the more intimate ac quaintance with the many moods and. aspects of the place that is to be had through a leisurely circuit of several days along the lower benches. It must be lived with under the sun and under the stars. It must be ap proached with calm and reverence. Under the direction of the park service the varied beauties of the canyon will be made every where accessible through the construction of more and better trails, and by providing those facilities that will enable the pedes trian to wander safely, freely and com paratively inexpensively, through the. in tricacies of the blazing labyrinth. Baron von Munchausen Outdone Germany's Prize Lie "Told to the Spanish Marines" Mayor "Jim's" first volley has drawn such a barrage as means he will not get over the top to the "allied" trenches on the tack he has taken. Literary The frantic anxiety shown by the Germans to minimize the importance of America's intervention in the war is the best evidence of the fear they feel. The German papers are full of stories, possible and impossible, about what is happening in this country, and every effort is made to persuade the Ger man people that America's adhesion to the allied cause is but a half-hearted affair. It is, however, to the German-controlled press in neutral countries that we must turn for stories whose stupidity passes the compre hension of man. For example, the good peo ple of "Valencia, in Spain, are told by the local t pro-German paper, El Dia, that America is on ine point 01 revolution against the warlike clique which dominates the situ ation in Washington and that the army and navy themselves are riddled with disaffec tion. The sublimest piece of imbecility, however, was the astounding discovery by the Germans that the Amercan navy mu tinied last October, and the guileless Span iard is treated with this exquisitely authentic account of what happened. El Dia starts out with a glaring headline which runs "Sensational News! Important Rebellion in the North American Navy!" It then pro ceeds to treat its readers to this entrancing piece of imaginative writing: "Sensational news has reached us of a serious revolt which occurred about the mid dle of October in the North American navy on board several war ships which arrived damaged at the port of Halifax after they had escorted a large number of transports going with American troops to France. The rebellion started on three Yankee battle ships which came into Halifax flying the signal 'Rebellion on board.' "One of the ships raised the flag of a vice admiral as a sign that the commander of the rebels, Commodore Dorswetl, was inviting the naval authorties at Halifax to come on board, which they did quite un suspectingly. "The battleships were awaiting with steam up. When the authorities arrived they were made prisoners by the mutineers, who then proceeded to threaten the garrison of the forts, unless they came over to their side. The forts were powerless to fire upon the rebellious fhips, which were behind a rocky sailent of the coast, so a group of officers were sent for a parley, but they, too, joined the rebels." It is interesting to note that the writer of thfs ingenious piece of fiction seems to imagine that Halifax is an American town garrisoned by American troops. Having proceeded to capture all the representatives of the Navy department in a place where none exist, the mutineers started a pitched battle with the ships that remained loyal. El Dia goes cheerfully on: , "In the meantime the battleships Minn- Digest. esota, Kansas and South Carolina and the cruisers Albany, Raleigh, Des Moines, Ta coma and Chattanooga all of them boats of little military importance and slow speed, with the exception of the first battleship mentioned surrendered with loud cheers. When the battleships tried to line up for bat.le the Kansas was hit by a 30.5 centi meter shell fired by the North Dakota, the flagship of the mutineers, whose commander had already been convicted in 1916 of in subordination and grave neglect of duty in connection with the first submarine cam paign. When the crews of the other ships saw that the Kansas was out of comV ' n they joined the mutineers." Apparently after this comic opera battle th j sailors became as mad as this story, for, we are told: "The bailors began to commit all kinds of depredations, and they continued for about four hours. They cut the steel cables which held 16 partially constructed vessels, sliding them into the water and sinking them at the entrance of the dikes, which were thus closed for several months. Thirty-eight other hulls, all of them well advanced in the process of construction, were sunk in the channel leading to the arsenals. . "The government, though powerless to resist the mutineers, still controlled the censor, but, despite all their efforts, they could not prevent the news from reaching Eurcpe, although, as will be seen, it arrived somewhat late" '-America's Swelling Army of Liberty According to the revised estimate of Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals, acting quarter master general, the United States will have an army of 2,200,000 men by July 1. This means that by that date there will be 600,000 more men in training than were contemplated when the original estimates for the next fis cal year were sent to congress. And a a result of the revision of these figures it is probable that an appropriation of $10,000, 000,000 to $11,000,000,000 will be asked for the army. Upon this basis of increase, the army by the end of the year is likely to be tin to the strength of 3.000.000 men. It is also proposed to increase the strength of the marine corps from 30,000 to .7?-000 men. The elan is to maintain a full division of 28,000 marines on the battlefields of France permanently, leaving 47,000 for re placements and reserves. When the United States became involved m the war the ma rin rftrna tinmhrH Hit le.flflfl tnn. This is America's resnonse to appeal of the allies for men to help defeat Germany. Washington rost One Tear Ago Today la the War. BUI to give government control of ; food production and distribution In. . troduced in congress. $V ' French attack in Cbampagna drove Germans nearly a mile northward and threatened their front near RheUns. h Tne Day Wa Celebrate. -' l J. Fred Kerr of the Kerr Abstract a company, born 1884. . J'- A. H. Williamson, manager of the i Omaha branch of the American Radl- s ator company, born 1877. i' Will W. McBrlde, employing printer, bora 18M. Dr. W, O. Brldgea, born 1858. . i William H. Crane, dean of the ? American stage, born at Leicester. f Masa. 73 yearn ago. , M , t um xf ! flrntt Lord Harrison. widow of President Benjamin Ilarrl h aon. bora at Honeadale. Pa., 60 years I' Frams Lehar, composer of light v- operas, bora in Hungary jnrm t Tbl Day la History. - : 1818 General Jackson hanged 1 Alexander Arbuthnot and an Engllsh- it man named Ambrister, in Florida, for !; inciting the Creek Indiana to war. 3; . 1848 Francis Flckett builder of S the Savannah, the first steam vessel to ?' - crosi the Atlantic, died in New York f City. Born at Stroutswater, Me., Octo- ',' ber . 1781. ft J 864 House of Commons adopted - Mr. Gladstone's resolution for dis- " ? , '.H'-Hinar tygh (Church, Just 80 Years Ago Today Mr. and Mrs. Goodman of New York, who are visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. Levi, have e-eciaea 10 mane unjana n.. nf tViA ranut hrllllant concerts of the series by the Apollo cluo was "i" " a given before an, audience completely filling Boyd's opera house. Robert J. Wright has sold to Thorn as Parker his interest in the United States Steam .laundry at 1804 Cass street Senator Manderaon returned home from Washington. At a meeting of the Omaha school board a letter from Mr. Foster of Des Moines was read, asking per mission to exhibit plans to the board and it was decided to grant an audi ence to Mr. Foster. The opening of the Popular shoe store. 1S20 Douglas street, took place and an elegant souvenir was given to each lady and gentleman In attend Right to the Point Minneapolis Tribune: The drafting of some of these movie actors is calcu lated to minimise the horrors of war for the folks at home. Minneapolis Tribune: "Boiled po tatoes are ever so much better if they are boiled gently," says an expert To get the very best results, have the cook gently sing. "Keep the Home Fires Burning." Brooklyn Eagle: Canada's farm ers are also getting rich, paying oft their mortgages and enjoying life. What a fool Cinclnnatus was to drop the plow for the sword. He' didn't know when he was we)! oft Baltimore American: It some pass ing war cloud throws a bit of gloom about us, consider the cheer and con fidence of France and England, where sacrifice Is to the utmost and the future faced with courage and optimism. New York Herald: No time should be loet in running enemy alien women out of Washington. Nor should some other women there not technically aliens but alien. In their sympathies be overlooked In the combing out. The female of the spy species often is more deadly than the male. Kansas City Times: The vice presi dent of the Baldwin locomotive works says "the greatest engine of destruc. tion that has yet been produced in ar tillery will move out." and so forth. We hope the vice president Is right But it might be suggested to him that the Germane were smart to say noth ing about their supergun until the bombardment of Paris had actually "Over There and Here1 ' The manufacture of beer in Great Britain has been cut to 45 per cent of the output in peace times. Discarded shoes of British soldiers are carefully saved and all the sound leather utilised in hundreds, of ways. For quick execution in close quart ers the satfed-oft shotgun Is a power ful peacemaker. General Pershing wants 10,000 of them for shortarm work. An' American sculptress nas opened In Paris a shop where false faces are made for soldiers so mutilated that they cannot appear in public un masked. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt is said to have scrapped the diamond bracelet which the kaiser sent here as a wed ding gift The proceeds were donated to the Red Cross. t Out of 6,284 conscientious objectors whose cases were considered by the British authorities 4,680 have been court-martialed for refusing to Obey orders and sentenced to hard labor. Horse meat has become a regular feature of restaurant menus in Paris. Something like 10,000 horses were killed for eating- purposes In France last year. Best cuts being SO cents a pound, while 20 cents la the ruling rate in New York City. Governor Holcomb of Connectlout has by proclamation abolished teach ing of German In the elementary and private schools of the state after July 1. Action is In accord with public sentiment and accomplishes by one stroke a reform delayed by local dis- Twice Told Tales ' . Back Talk. "TlTe bolshevlkt and TJkranlans are abusing one another something hor rible," said District Attorney Clyne at a dinner in Chicago. 'These people seem to hate each other as bitterly as the two society leaders did. "The two society leaders met one day in a hotel tea room and had tea together. " Well, I must be going now,' said the first leader. 'I'm going 10 can u mother. . . , The second leader looked astort- " "What! have yrfU got a mother iivingr" sne saw. t , "The other gave an acid laugh. 11 ran. n .... 1 mmi ah, 'ana I as- sure you she doesn't look a day older than you, either.' " Chicago -ou Justifiable FrWe. KTk... m v.. ntihin? hut war lima Y. ... u, wv...-p - talk heard all over the world for many years to come." sal a an aumor, amKimlr and eosev- corner campaigners will be lucky If they dotft make a lot of military mis take!. -"It was the same thing during and after the civil war. 1 rememoer in . a mnsltal In Bos .. v.b ,vau Aimtnnt nova if sne didn't think Moiart's Twelfth Mas was superb. ... " 'Superb!' she cried.- It certainly is superb! Why. my two brothers are in that reglmeatr" n""""" Jerry on the Job. Omaha. April 29. To the Editor of The Bee: That article in yesterday's issue headed "Thinga That Are Ger man Now Consigned to Discard" aroused my curiosity, about the in consistent actions of my fellow citi zens. The breaking of steins, and the destruction of German pictures prob ably is all right But lo and behold what can a fellow say about the con sistency of his Americanism when he stands up to listen to a mongrel ditty sung in harmony with a German air, while our national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner," Is omitted.' or if it happens to be sung it is mutilated. Another important topic I desire to call attention to whereby the contra dictory actions of our military men can be seen, General Pershing God bless him Is In France fighting to sub due that monster, the kaiser, while some of the men stationed at Omaha, in direct violation of article 7, section 4. constitution' of the state of Ne braska, registered to vote for the pur pose of perpetuating the local kaisers In the oity hall. Awake! Arise! God sate America! JERRY HOWARD. Not for Prohibition. Council Bluffs, la., April 26. To the Editor of The Bee: Any editor of any newspaper that prints or allows printed any article In favor of prohi bition Is either not intelligent or Is a traitor at heart to this country. Pro hibition today is creating more disturb ance and hatred among the people of this country than any other sub ject Prohibition put Russia out of the war and 'will do . the same for the United States of America if pre- sisted in. GEORGE EDWARDS. Illuminating and Ileating Gas. Omaha, April 29. To the Editor of The Bee: I notice where Ed P. Smith says that "the argument that gas will soon be obsolete for heating and cook ing purposes Is the argument of those who oppose municipal ownership un der any conditions." There must be some mistake about that for that is just what gas can do and not light. Since about 1890 the method of. manufacturing gas for domestic pur poses has undergone a great change, for this new water gas does make an intense heat especially with the new Bunsen arrangement burners, but in order to make it illuminating the thorium mantle had to be introduced so as to compete with electric lighting. This, as you know, is heated to a white heat and gives (when in order) a splendid white light, but Its delicate structure is a nuisance and expensive in the end. The new mazda lamp, or rather the new tungsten filament In the incan descent electric lamp, has taken the place of the mantle, it seems. But on the other handit can be said that electricity is far inferior to modern water gas for heating, especially for cooking and such purposes, as one can easily find out when he reads the meter and pays the bill for electric heating. The reason for this is a matter of the amperage rather than the voltage used, and there is not space to ex plain that here. Some may remember the old gas works when nobody ever thought of using gas for heat In those days. Gas was then made from coal and It was a real Illuminating gas, bright and sparkling and white when well refined, and it had a strong, pung ent smell and not nearly so poisonous as the present gas. Real coal was put In retort and when heated white hot the coal gas came over and was col lected tor use and distributed. It is not coal gas, but water gas we now use, and a very different thing. It is a deadly poison, almost as much so as prussta acid gas, and, curiously, it acts in the same way on the red blood corpuscles. The reason is that it Contains a high proportion of car bon monoxide along with'marsh gases, or the deadly fire damp of the mines. This modern water gas is made ty throwing: steam over a bed of red hot coals and then collected in the big tanks and distributed. The reason is it is often called carburetted water gas is because that since this water gas has no odor (and hence the car bon monoxide and the marsh gases can not be detected when escaping in the room like coal gas can), hence to give it an odor (so we may detect it when escaping), along with this water being blown over the coals Is mixed some hydrocarbon-like crude petroleum oil. The old coal gas aid not nave me high percentage of carbon monoxide that water gas has and In London it must be kept down to 20 per cent on account of its poisonous properties and they would reduce it o 16 per cent but this would destroy the thorrum mantle Industry. I have here the 'report of the gas commissioner of Omaha for the year 1911: The average for the months of that year for carbon monoxide was about 28 per cent and for the marsh gases about 25 per cent GEORGE P. WILKINSON. AMERICA. AWAKE 1 Hold tno Una, yon dossed Brltona! Hold, briva France, aa oft before. We are coming with our legiona, Hold like bell and that much moral Out ln.Flandera where It' hottest Every Chriatlan aoldier stands! Over aeaa our ahlpa are apeedlnj To your bruited and bleeding lands. ' Give the Huns their fill of gassing. Slash 'em with your blades of steel; It waa they who chose the weapons; Hurl 'em back with rlghteoua seal! Wa will fight for what la dearest ' Justice, Law, Humanity; For the things that life holds noblest-Self-respect and Liberty. Proud are wo to pledge our children. Proud to give our aons away, That the world may be but human. Might to right just honor pay! What la life without such purpose? Better death than aouls enslaved; God of Bight Is our Commander! Civilization shall be saved,! Glorious death wo woo for country. , We will end the devil'a dream! What's the odds If we pass onward, If from darkness Justice gleam? There's imperilled In this struggle Vastly more than natlona' rights; It's a war to death, for Freedom, Christian spirit! Human rights! , We will fight, though fight bs endless? Come what may. though Nations fall! They but dis to save, creation. Justice lives! Or death ends all. JOHN HARSEtt ItHOADES. New York. LAUGHING GAS. "S Daughter I tell you. mother, you are) prejudiced against Reginald, but ha is a coming man. Mother Perhaps so. but 1 wish ho had moro "go" in him. Baltimore American. Kate She's an awful tattle-tals, I Sate I should say so. Why, If she tool; a speaking likeness It would bs sure t have a telling effect Philadelphia Bul CHICAGO i wmmm 3HfSiit5. 1 Heart y -nttim if rana surer Conserving Energy THOUSANDS of travelers find they best conserve and renew their visa for business or pleasure by just resign ing their bodily comfort to the care of the smooth-running, courteous serv ice; the luxurious conveniences; tbo the pleasant, cheery atmosphere that prevades this hotel's 21 stories of modem home-semenesa.'' 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