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MARCH CIRCULATION
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"". 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.
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etorious victory, is now getting returns of killed,
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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
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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.
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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.
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coming man.
Mother Perhaps so. but 1 wish ho had
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Kate She's an awful tattle-tals, I
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