TMK HEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1918.
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I 66,558 Daily Sunday, 56,553
tMrtft etmilttiea for the moots, subeortbe tod twora to by Dwlght
ttiUiaoit. ClrcultUoa Hun. -
SnhaeriWs lea War the city ahavld have The Bo malU4
tbara, Addraaa changed a oftta aa raquasted.
See slatesmash it I
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t And don't forget to vote for Joe Hummel.
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' Be early at the polls tomorrow and pick the
nest men.
Last call for roorbacks, campaign canards
ind the like. '
What a campaign it might have been, if the
war had not interfered!
If the government gets desperately short of
steel, the "welcome" arch is always available.
Twenty-six hundred Omaha voters are in the
army, so some of the close places may have to
wait on the mails this time.
One thing the Picardy offensive has done is
to relieve. weary world of the annoyance of
having to listen to Trotzky.
The Lincoln State Journal hints that several
gubernatorial booms wilted at the meeting of the
Farmers' War council last week. Give us the
names. i -
Nebraska, having put its share of the Liberty
loan over the top arid then some, will now turn
to plant'ne? corn iri anticipation of another rec
ord crop.
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Dissolving the Austrian parliament may stop
debate in Vienna, but it will not silence the up
roar at Prague or Cracow, where the real trouble
for Emperor Karl is to be found. ,
it you believe organized labor should be ac-
commissioners, vote for either Reynolds or
Wulf both are endorsed by the labor unions as
"--".men who will be actuated by union principles.
Secretary Baker asks for the modest amount
v of thirteen billions for his army, and he will
have no trouble in getting it. In return the or
dinary citizens will hope that it be expended to
better purpose than was the $640,000,000 allowed
for airplanes.
' For a political orphan not on any slate,
Commissioner . Jardine is showing remarkable
speed accelerated by the backing of business ele
ments who believe his retention in the city hall
is demanded in the interest of good business
management. Jardine has always been in the
forefront of all activities for the advancement
of Omaha's material prosperity.
Omaha As a Communication Center.
The Chamber of Commerce rightly makes
much of the establishment in Omaha of the di
visional ( headquarters of the Western Union
Telegraph company. This is handsome recogni
tion by one of the highest authorities of the im
portance and strategic location of Omaha- as a
center of communication and of its exceptional
facilities as a wire distribution point to all the
Rurrniinniner frritnrv a rrrnmilinn stroarlv
credited by the' location in' Omaha of the tele
phone headquarters, for this region. The gain
will in a measure serve to offset the loss by
Omaha just a year ago of the main office for
the Associated Press in Nebraska,, which over
the protest of The Bee went to Lincoln as a re
sult of the selfish machinations of the other
Associated Press member here. With the ad
vantage of the divisional organization of the big
gest telegraph company emphasizing Omaha as a
news distributing point, the Chamber of Com
merce ought to get busy now to regain the As
sociated Press headquarters, bringing whatever
pressure may be necessary to make the news
paper that drove it' away, back-track and stand
t up for its home town. v
CHOOSE THE BEST MEN.
While The Bee has commended a number
of candidates for favor in the city commissioner
ship contest as competent and capable and merit
ing support, it is not trying to make a "slate"
of its own or ram any "slate" down on the
voters. It is fortunate .that there are more
than seven good men in the running and only
two or three whose fitness may rightfully be
questioned, making certain that the commission
about to be elected will be controlled by a ma
jority equal to the task. Thei Bee's advice is:
Smash all the slates choose the best men out
of the various self-made combinations.
As to the Gas Proposition.
The proposition to order proceedings to
value the gas plant with a view to purchase
and operation by the city will probably be voted
'at our impending city election. There has been
no issue made over it, the gas company has not
evinced any active opposition, it would naturally
be expected ft) carry of its own momentum.
So far as The Bee is concerned, in order to
keep the record straight, we wish to be recorded
as having no disposition to -block municipal
ownership of any essential public utility that can
be profitably conducted by the city to public
advantage. Whether a gas plant is such a public
utility and whether, if so considered, immediate
purchase at the present sky-high war prices is
advisable will be open to future discussion.
The cost of making the appraisement need
not be great and may be' money well ihvested
whether we buy the plant at the figure fixed or
iot. The approval of the gas purchase proposi
tion, however, can at best e but a first step.
Let us not camouflage ourselves in a cloud ofj
mere political campaign gas.
Between Bee and Banderlog.
We are long familiar with the success of the
enterprising man who cross-bred bees and
lightning bugs, and produced a brood of honey
makers who could work at night. He is matched
now with a New York sociologist who proposes
an ideal for the human race in a cross between
the bee and the banderlog. This writer finds in the
monkey the ideal individualist From the time
he rubs sleep out of his eyes with daybreak un
til he gives over his chattering and seeks slumber
in a safe crotch at night, he is busy on one or
another of his- fancies or whims. He does what
he wants to, when he wants to, and aslong as
he wants to, and each evening finds him just
where he started in the morning. He follows a
leader, or goes by himself, the perfection of in
dividual control. The bee, on the contrary, is
the steady worker, continually producing, part
of a great machine whose incessant operation re
sults in the accumulation of far more than the
tribe can use. It goes on and 'on, steadily piling
up more than it needs, with no surcease and no
reward. A mean between the two is sought,
a happy medium, in which the energy of the
bee will be blended with the aimlessness of the
monkey. Under this arrangement man will
produce enough, and even accumulate some sur
plus, but not to excess. He will have his spell
of monkeyshines, but will temper his whims with
the industry necessary to provide for his wants.
Here is a prospectus that is most attractive if
one does not look toward Russia, where the bol
sheviki seem to have attempted the experiment,
with- the disappointing outcome that they have
only succeeded in engrafting the foolishness of
the banderlog on the socialism of the bee, to the
utter extinction of the productive energy of the
insect. 1
Look at Them Now. '
One year ago. the streets of Omaha were filled
with embryo spldiers. They were awkward,
their uniforms did not fit well, and their car
riage betokened nothing of the martial spirit that
animated them. Plenty of work ahead for the
drill sergeant. Careless of appearance, loose
in walk and carriage, the boys sadly lacked that
element of "smartness" that is the distinguishing
characteristic of the, soldier. No wonder, . for
they had corns from the various walks of civil
jife, the farm,' the factory, the store, the office,
with only the one great impulse in common be
tween them. Some had lumpy muscles and some
had none, but all had the spirit. The streets of
Omaha are still full of soldiers, khaki in sigljt
everywhere at all times, but what a difference I
Now the wearers stand erect, heads up, chins out,
shoulders squared, the waist line where it ought
to be. They look alert and when they move it is
with the easy, snappy, graceful walk of a well
drilled man. The . muscles that were limp and
those that were hardened by specialized toil have
been co-ordinated, and the awkward, gawky boy
of a year ago is now a man, full of physical vigor as
well as spiritual ardor, qualified to do and to
bear things beyond his reach twelve months ago.
If Uncle Sam has done'no other service for his
nephews, he has given 'them life and vigor by
his kindly but rigid training, and none can con
trast the two, pictures without acknowledging the
improvement. Our future will be all the better be
cause these boys have had fhis training.
Omaha people may not be excited over the
impending city election, but just the same the
vote 'Tuesday will show that they are vitally
interested.. j
' Treasury "Watchdogs" and the War :
Disappearance o the Old-Time Guardians of the Exchequer
and Development of a New Breed '
Senator Thomas of Colorado sprung a
fable on his colleagues one day recently. It
was during a debate over a miscellaneous
lot of appropriation bills, in which a number
of items attracted his attention. His fable
has to do with the disappearance of the
"watch dogs of the treasury" and the alarm
ing growth of another breed, that can not
tolerate the presence of an unappropriated
dollar, and runs as follows:
"Once upon a time, when Uncle Sam was
youthfuK he had to make his own way in the
world. He was therefore careful to live
within his income. Being thrifty, he amassed
wealth sufficient for all his purposes, albeit
these were many. In those days his money
vaults were guarded by faithful and courage
ous animals called 'watch dogs of the treas
ury.' Then, as now, Uncle Sam's increasing
family was divided into factions bearing at
ractive and inspiring appellations. He com
mitted the management of his affairs first to
one and then to another of these factions,
as their changing preponderance in numbers
required. Each of these factions championed
economy with great vociferation, and each
claimed a monopoly of the virtue. Both had
their watch dogs, who succeeded with their
masters in the guardianship of the treasury.
Hence, Uncle Samuel took no great con
cern as to the safety of his strong box, and
especially since the watch dogs on duty were
watched in turns by the dogs in temporary
retirement.
. "Moreover, each of Uncle Sam's factions
contended that its watch dogs were rlie only
thoroughbreds, and those of the opposition
were mongrels and coyotes masquerading as
dogs of pedigree. Uncle Sam was pleased
with this situation, since theft or misappro
priation would be detected and exposed by
factional self-interest, promptly followed by
an early and complete substitution of watch
dogs.
"As time progressed these great factions
established the custom of holding quadren
nial 'pride and alarm' meetings. They were
so called because the factions at these meet
ings always paraded their own virtues and
watch dogs with great pride and viewed the
vices of the other faction and its watch dogs
with great alarm. They also compared each
his own economies in past administration of
Uncle Sam's fiscal affairs with the reckless
extravagances of the other faction. So com
mon has this formula become that it has
persisted down to this hour. No 'pride and
alarm' meeting of either faction would be
complete were these terms eliminated from
its public announcements.
"These watch dogs guarded the treasury
and watched each other with great success
for many years. Through the mutual rivalry
and suspicions of their owners Uncle Sam's
accumulations waxed fat and became more
and more alluring. As time passed, and these
accumulations multiplied, the financial virtue
of the factions was gradually but surely dis
integrated by the temptation to divide and
enjoy them. They gazed more and more avid
ly at the vaults, which contained them, and
more and more reproachfully at their vigil
and watch dogs keeping sentinel over them.
The barriers of their moral resistance finally
yielded to the unremitting pressure of oppor
tunity. So the watch dogs were gradually toll
ed away from the treasury porjals and tied in
the back yards, where they were starved and
their breed finally extinguished. Canines of
different quality have been substituted for
them. They watch the treasury, but only to
ascertain whether anything is left In it or about
to be put in it. They do not watch those who
need watching, but they watch for them.
Their olfactories quiver with no sense of the
possible proximity of marauders, but with the
joy of a prospective continuous feast, whose
abundance may partially satisfy the insatiate
demands of their unappeasable appetites.
"Theirs is the policy df 'the open door,'
and the more doors the better, and the
fecundity of the breed is beyond computation.
It multiplies, but - does not replenish the
earth. They can not be classified as a species,
for their shapes are protean. They have just
one line of vision, and that embraces the
federal treasury. Their rriotto is 'Let no guilty
dollar escape.' Their (pretexts for public con
tributions are countless as the sands of the
seashore. They are as prolific of them as
Germany is of spies.' In f heir progress toward
treasury exhaustion they have sheltered un
der the roof of the national treasury all birds
of the air, the beasts of the field, the fishes
of the waters under the earth, and the multi
tudinous swarms of insectivorous life. They
inspire federal employes and men who heard
the guns of the enemy from cloistered sanc
tuaries during the civil war to help them
selves and welcome. They have devised re
volving tunds which do not revolve and can
not do so. They are incapable of -turning
over. I hey are called revolving funds because
they are all large, round ones. But their
spheres become segments as soon as they
emerge from the treasurys,doors.
"The war has quadrupled the breed and
multiplied their pretexts many fold. Discover
ing and utilizing them constitutes the prin
cipal source ot competition between Uncle
Samuel's factions. The things which have
become and are becoming necessary, or which
are said to contribute to the successful prose
cution of the war, enhance within their scope
of the Garabed scheme to harness natural
energy and purchases of imaginary homes for
homeless Indians. The hungry, howling,
clamoring pack has surrounded the treasury,
burrowed under it, and swarm all over the
roof.
"Time is fleeting. It creates opportunities
but it bears ihem along its hurrying tides.
This war is opportunity, and all wars must
end some time. Hence, other, avenues to the
money vaults, all of them either necessary
or contributing to the prosecution of the war,
must be devised and pressed to the limit right
now. The field has been prettv thoroughly
gleaned, but here and there a stray pepper
corn may be uncovered and developed. It
may still be possible to secure appropriations
tp teach the taxpayer the difference between
pulling his tooth and pulling his leg, and why
he should howl at the one and smile at the
other: to investigate the habits and heredi
tary ajendencies of the tumblebug and the
lightning bug, and ascertain why the one
pushes in one direction and looks in the
other, while the latter hangs his lantern upon
his rear and then flies ahead; to study the
vagaries of the lobster, and make him quit
blushing when he is boiled; to study the
habitat and the anatomy of the skunk and
teach him to use only blank , cartridges in
polite society; to devise plans for abolishing
toil and making idleness productive; to study
the maladies of the skin and ascertain why
measles break out and shingles strike in.
Other suggestions occur to the mind, but let
these suffice as specimens.
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The Murder at Brandenburg
The burning alive of seven prisoners of
war one English sailor, one French soldier,
and five Russian in the German prison
camp at Brandenburg is officially established.
The statements of British and German govern
ments agree on the fact. The fire was acci
dental; that is to be assumed. Eye-witnesses
assert that when the prison shack took fire the
Germans made no attempt to rescue the
seven inmates; that they forcibly prevented
other prisoners from going to the rescue;
and that when the endangered men tried to
climb out through the window, a sentry bayo
neted them one after the other and they fell
back into the flames. The first to suffer in
this way was John Genower, the English
sailor, and his fate is thus described in a
memorandum drawn up by eight Spanish
sailors who saw it:
"Those inside the dungeon were being
choked. The Englishman broke the panes of
a small window wjth the idea of freeing him
self and his companions. The sentry, seeing
him leaning out of the window, gave him
a tremendous thrust in the chest. The wound
ed man fell like lead. A small but revolting
struggle then took place. The prisoners at
tempted to get out, and the German soldier
reddened his bayonet again anrf again with
the blood of the men shut up, who saw with
horror that the fire was increasing,"
So say: the Spanish sailors. An English
prisoner of war, who tells the same story,
adds that after the bayAieting of Genower
"a rush forward was made to break the place
open, but we were driven off by other armed
Germans who had arrived on the scene."
Another eye-witness says that when he and
other prisoners attempted to go to the rescue
"they placed a cordon of German soldiers
at a distance of 60 yards around the cells,
with rifle's loaded and' fixed bayonets, so as
we could not get near." . ,
The German government, while admitting
the death of Genower from f re, denies the
other allegations. The German government's
word on any subject is worth nothing unless
uncontradicted. In this case it is contradicted
by the testimony of eye-witnesses; of the
eight Spanish sailors taken from the Gravina,
and of two prisoners of wjr. It will be as
sumed by everybody that the eight Spaniards
and the two prisoners of war are telling the
truth, especially as their stories all agree,
and that the German government is telling
as much truth as it did when it officially as
sured the president of the United States that
its submarine did not sink the Sussex. New
York Times.
German Super-Strategy
A year ago the German people were as
sured .that no American army could ever be
sent to France, because the U-boat3 could be
relied upon to destroy the transports. When
the American troops began to arrive in
France regardless of the U-boats, the assur
ances took a new turn. The United, States
might be able to send a few divisions, but
they would be untrained and useless.
Now that there are large American forces
in France and American 'troops are fighting
with the British and French in Picardy as
well as holding trenches on the western front,
further explanations are necessary. These are
provided by the naval expert of the Lokal
Anzeiger of Berlin, who has observed with
symptoms of distress that, "notwithstanding
our brilliant submarine successes," no Amer
ican transports are sunk. That might be dis
turbing to an. ordinary mind, but not to the
mind of a German expert. It is not worth
while to waste torpedoes in sinking Amer
ican transports. "If America couid send
1.000,000, i soldiers, they could not be fed.
Our war aim would be reached as well as if
thev were all drowned."
What subtle strategy! How clever Ger
mans are! Week after week the procession
of American transports crosses the Atlantic,
the ships loaded with troops, and no Ger
man submarine destroys them because all
these soldiers are destined to perish miser
ably of starvation. New York World.
People and Events
Cuba is hot for Liberty bonds, and boost-
fmg the sale with all the fervor of a new re
cruit. The Havana Post of April 21 epito
mizes the spirit of the queen island with a
front page cartoon depicting a giant Amer
ican swatting the kaiser on the jaw and res
cuing a maiden from the Potsdam clutch.
A great act in live colors.,
Tax-gatherers and tax-eaters in Missouri
still wbnder where they are at. Assessors
under the spur of the State Tax commission
worked up a huge boost of assessment val
use. Taxpayers were dazed by the uplift
and tax-eaters shook hands with themselves
over the prospect of abundant "velvet." Then
the State Board of Equalization took a hand
and cut the boosted values to the regular
level. Now the power of the latter body to
do more than equalize values is challenged
and the courts are to be asked to solve the
mixup.
On Basis of Ability,
Omaha, May 4 the Editor of
The Bee: vv hen the city abolished the
form 'ot government paying council
men $1,500 a year to the commission
form of $4,500. we did it expecting to
secure good business men to manage
the city affairs, but the result, thanks
to the brewery and corporation con
trol, we were given the same men at
$4,500 a year plus automobiles, chauf
feurs, private secretaries, fine quarters
and with more swelled heads. Now
these men openly admit that they are
great and want to be continued as our
masters.
The rrtanas:ement of this city under
a nonpartisan commission takes It out
of politics and places it on a ' busi
ness basis, and everyone who votes
next Tuesday should do so in a busf
nessliko manner or stay at home for
if he votes for incompetent men he
injures his fellow citizens 'as well as
himself. Let the voter ask himself
the questlpn "What man is there on
the city commission, excepting Jar
dine, that could command the salary
from any business house in Omaha of
one-half what the citv pavs him?"
, Tlie Daily News urges us to vote
for Daif Butler. Now as they have
use for men of ability, if thev will
publish that if the city does not want
Dan, they will take him on at $4,500
a year it will help Dan, to more votes
than anything they miht say. If the
World-Herald will propose to srive
Mayor Jim a Job at $5,000 a year we
would then consider that it really be
lieved him a man of ability. All vot
ers should follow the- Golden Rule and
not vote as trustee of the city, a man
they would not trust to manage their
own property. Every man should vote
for "Jim Dahlman next Tuesday who
wbuld be willinp to make him the
executor of his estate without bond.
and not otherwise.
D. C. PATTERSON.
you want to "Grow With Growing
Omaha" catch step with progress and
progressive people. There ar many
useful features introduced by Hummel
that are conducive to health, moral
and physical uplift.- The creature is
never greater than the creator. Con
sider what Mr, Hummel has, accom
plished with his small appropriation
and what he could accomplish it dealt
with more liberally. ' Omaha is -rapidly
taking its rightful place as a cirj
that is making Itself most beautiful.
Joseph B. Hummel has started these
improvements with the idea afcd ideal
that they may be improved without
destroying their present effect Why
change experience for a novice?
When a man can accomplish what
Mr. Hummel has with the limited
means at his disposal, it is easy to see
what his work would be i with more
assistance. i
A vote for Joseph B. Hummel
means a vote for honest, faithful
service with economical expenditure.
W. E. ALEXANDER.
2513 North Twenty-fifth Street
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
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"Did you make a business once of readlnf
people's futures In their hands?"
Yes, and those were my palmy days."
Baltimore American. V
Mro. FUtbuah Ho a manly little fellow,
isn't he?
Mrs. Bensonhurst Why?
"Seo what a face ha makes when h
takes his medicine." Tonkers Statesman.
"Dad, I want to go In for war work.
-aii .iffhi vifi nut remember It means
something more than, Just getting youi
plcturt. In the papers." Louisvills Courier
Journal. . . .
About Purchase of Gas riant.
Omaha, May 3. To the Editor of
The Bee: Doubtless you have access
to and have read the law for the ac
quisition of the "Gas Plant" if the
people next Tuesday vote to acauire
the plant, but it has been suggested
to me that I send to vou a full copy
of the law, that you may point out.
if you choose, its material features.
The act is the result of an extended
research throughout the legislative
acts of the country for information
concerning proceedings of this char
acter and a discovery of the latest
and most approved method for such
condemnation and the holding of the
courts respecting the matter.
As you will see, the essential fea
tures are those which provide the
method of securing the services of
three district Judges to sit as a board
of condemnation, and these are to be
selected by the highest Judicial' trib
unal of the state the supreme court
and two of them must be taken from
judicial districts outside the city. This
condemnation court is empowered to
command the attendance of wit
nesses Rnd to enforce the production
of all books, (as you will recall we
had trouble, to some extent, on this
point in the waterworks case, even
tually), papers and data deemed es
sential by the court as a basis for
fixing values.
The most important features of the
act so far as the citv is concerned.
however, are those which provide, if
the condemnation court's finding of
value be deemed excessive or so high
that the city does not care to proceed
now with the acquisition of the plant
at the price found, the city authori
ties are given the right to elect to
abandon the proceedings at any time
within 60 days after the filing of the
value by the condemnation court, but
If the city does not abandon, within
said time, then the company is given
the right to appeal, by filing a bond
within 20 days after the 60 days given
the city to make Its election; and an
important feature of this law. unlike
other laws on the sublect. is the one
which provides that if the company
does appeal, the city in the meantime
has the right to take possession of the
plant and operate it, by tendering to
the company the amount of value
found by the condemnation court.
This feature was inserted mainly be
cause of our experience with the ac
quisition of the waterworks. Pending
the appeal in that case and for nearly
a period of six years, as you will re
call, the water company, keeping pos
session of the plant and naturally
enough not desiring to make better
ments or extensions while the acquisi
tion of the plant was in litigation, the
people of this city were much an
noyed and the growth of the city re
tarded, to some extent, on account of
the almost total cessation of exten
sions by the water company, and in
many instances the property owners
resorted to the expedient of laying
extension pipes and paying for them
themselves. Under this act if the
city elects to take within the 60 days,
even though the company should ap
peal, the city goes into possession of
the plant, if it elects to make the ten
der of the amount found by the con
demnation court, and the city may
treat the plant as its own from that
time forward and hence, of course,
make such improvements as it desires
and fix 8t'f.h rates as it mav deem
proper. ' JOHN P. BREEN.
Hunimcl's Record in Parks.
Omaha. May 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: Joseph B. Hummel relies
on deeds and not on airy persiflage
in his appeal to the public. Hummers
department was wished on him, but'
those who waited to criticize and scoff
can amuse themselves by consulting
Hummel's record of achievements. If
you please, do you want to return to
the day when what are now fine recre
ation grounds, were onlv spots of
grass and trees? All right. But if
n.,i... Tk.t nffim- wot I've just shaved
has been wounded twice, and he's actually
gorn away cursing because I happened to
t-asb him a bit. London Opinion.
Mother Tommy, stop pulling that cat's
tall
doing the pulling. San Francisco Chronlelo.
Pnr, Innulred little Clarenca Lils-
. .. . t in -.
white, -wnat am jiiiwoiiuim. .
"Sho." said his' parent. "Doan' you.
know what a millennium am, chile? ' It'
1st about de same as a centennial, only.
It's got mo" legs." Illustrated World.
"Ha died In harness, poor chap."
Tes, and, by the way, did you over no
tice how much Hko a harness Ufa la?
There are traces of care, line of trouble,
bits of good fortune and breaches of faith.
Also tongues must be bridled, passions
curbed, and everybody has to tug to pull
th-miffh 'Roston Transcript. ? :
Wife Since this medicine 'If't doing
you any good I'll throw it away. '
Sick Man No. no. not that! I'll drink It
when I get better. 'Mr. HooVer doesn't want
us to waste'anything, you know. Judge.
"What did you read while you wera con
valescing?" - ' , , ' ,,
'The 'German Invasion of Belgium.'
"Did you think that an appreprlata
book for a person In your condition?"
"Sure, i The madder I got the stronger
I felt." Birmingham Age-Herald.
DARE WE IGNORE HIM? . ;
We are building ships with tonnaga that
will carry old New Tork; -
We will tako the coal mines "over thsre
by plane. til '
We have harnessed up the lightning, w
consolidate the air, '.
And we ll utlllie the gas, and thail, ana
rain. ' ... ...
We will bridge Atlantic ocean with to
bodies of our boys '
If we have to, and not one of us com
plain "
But a national petition to the God who
made the world?
That's , for women! Please don t mention
it again.
We are mighty millions, listed In the cause
of freedom fair, x
To redeem our leader's promise we will
That the' peoples of the sad, old earth 'ba ..
freed from tyranny,
We are hearing and are heeding that Jar
cry-
Ukrainia and Belgium, and Poland, too, an ,
France, . -
. i i. i.j.t..n. n fhAlf call: -
America nam nn. - .
Then need we seek as ally In our prouc and
grand array i(
The gentle Ona, who "marks the spar-
row's fall?" .
We are calling to the farmer man with
hearts of trust and hope, r
. - L.- ...Ill .iialaln tia t thft lSSt.
AS OI yore, HO Wll owo... -- - .
We are giving up our banquets, and will ,
dine on nasn or wnaie,
A kaiiii fi nnr renast:
KJT aircepi aimiie. - . ' .
We will bow down to the plggie ror nw
racon ne Drinso uumv. ,
. . i 1 1 1 1 ,rtn- 1. orem tn irmV OOStS. .
Can we furnish . transports, arms and ham,
and saccnarme anq. wki
And yet have no time to give the God ol
hosts?
We "have never seen His rating In tha mili
tary caste, ' .
This God who made the sun, tne say.
me stars M
And we know our own brava Pershing ana
our Wilson, ana our turn, ,
And oifr Baker, we will shout their name
to Mars! . ' ,'
Eut the power that raised the deluge, ,
moved the earthquake, sent the ,
scourge, . '' ....
Llveth still; for man hath earned the v
chastening rod. , '. '
Yes, we need Him; and the sign tnw
flamed for Constantino of old;
Oh, America, awaka, and pray to God!
M. CARKAHER CARET. ,
Petersburg, Neb. i - -
NOT
rub v xrr
'Business is (food tbaak You'
TODAY
One rear Ago Today in the War.
Allies urged United States govern
ment to send American troops to
France at once.
French forces completed their oc
cupation of the entire Craonne ridge,
taking many prisonerand advancing
on s front of 20 miles. v
The Day "We Celebrate.
-' Charles A. Rlchey of Rlchey Sand
company born 1873. -
Cornelius Claassen. with the Peters
Trust company, born 1882.
S. P. Bostwick, real estate, loans
.nd rentals, bora 1860.
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary.
United States navy, retired, discoverer
of the north pole, born at Creason,
Pa., 62 years ago.'
Oscar W. Underwood, United States
, senator from Alabama, born - at
Louisville, Ky., S years ago.
- Philander C. Knox. United States
wnator from Pennsylvania, born' at
Brownsville. Pa., 65 years ago. '
This Day tn History. y-
,1840 By order of the secretary of
war, troops from Fort Snelllng, Minn.,
expelled Swiss squatters on the mili
tary reservation east of the Missis
sippi. '
1862 Henry J: Thoreau, famous
author and naturalist died at Con-
.cord, Mass. Born there, July 12, 1817.
' 1910 King Edward , VII died at
Buckingham palace, London, Born
lere, November 9, 1841. 1 ;
J ust SO Years Ago Today
The rain of the last two weeks has
greatly delayed the progress in all of
the departments of the new wagon
bridge across the river. ,
South Omaha river was running
down N street as usual during the
rain storm.
Commercial travelers flocked to the
city to enjoy tie hospitality of the
hotels and the various attractions the
city haa to offer.
O. P. McCarty. former assistant
general ticket agent of the Union! Pa
cific railroad, has recently been ap
pointed chief clerk in the general
passenger office of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad under C. N. Ford, gen
eral passenger agent.
.The Parnell Social club, which Is
composed of young gentlemen resid
ing in the central portion of the city,
is, making arrangements for its semi
monthly hop, to be given in Cunning
ham's halt
Aimed at Omaha
Nebraska City Press: . An Omaha
man was arrested because the officers
found a quantity of liquor in his yard,
although he professes to nothing
about himself. .The Omaha authori
ties are getting busy with a -vengeance.
Beatrice Express: An Omaha man
is suing for a. divorce, alleging that in
order to distress his mind and injure
his feelings, his wife frequently
addressed him as "the kaiser." The
grounds for a separation are cer
tainly just and reasonable. The af
flicted Omahan is entitled to the relief
prayed for. 1
- Grand Island Independent: The
grand -jury investigation which fol
lowed the disclosures at the ouster
proceeding against County Commis
sioner Lyrrch of Douglas county ap
pears to have been rather below what
was expected by way of results and
what might have been expected. Too
much "political pie" and not enough
efficiency and economy in the man
agement and maintenance of the
court house were openly charged.
Albion News: The Omaha Bee
briefly reviews the first year of pro
hibition in Omaha nnd says the score
stands in favor of the drvs. The law
has not brought tho millenium as ex
pected by the drys nor haa it pro
duced total destruction as prophesied
by the wets. The fact is that after
on year of . enforced abstention the
people generally find themselves pros
perous. Drink is still obtainable, but
surreptitiously only, and under cir
cumstances such as do not tend to
encourage Us use. , .
Peppery Points
Minneapolis Journal: Germany la
still shooting up Russia. That is
what comes of turning the other cheek
to autocracy. '
Baltimore American: The British
effort to' bottle up the submarine by
the attack on ZeebrVigge will have the
cordial approval of one Hobson.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: rfot a
single recommendation this spring to
plant potato peelings and raise pota
toes. The editors of city papers have
taken one step in the science of agri
culture. , .
Louisville Courier Journal: Form
er President Taft, who says the war
will last four years longer, might add
with deep feeling that while Sherman
didn't exaggerate it Is better v to be
fighting than president.
Brooklyn Eagle: "It's the Ameri
cans! It's the Yankees!" The cry of
the Germans at the mole ot Zeebrugge
announces that coming events cast
their shadows before. Soon and often
on sea and lane that cry will be cor
rect New Tork Herald: Another reason
for the inability of the Germans to
prevent the present flow of American
youth toward France is found in the
news that ten base ball games are
played a day in Paris.
New York World: One of Ger
many's demands upon Holland is for
the right of way for sand and gravel
sorely needed in the construction of
trenches and fortifications. As to the
outcome of the quarrel, a great deal
will depend upon the amount of real
sand that Holland has in its posses
sion, ,
Twice Told Tales
Seldom Seen.
' Sobyeski Kournos, the Polish pian
ist, narrated at a dinner In Denver
Poland's unhappy Btory.
"In this new Austro-German wran
gle about the partition, of Poland,"
said a mine owner, "which side, pro
fessor, will Poland take?" '
Prof. Kournos laughed bitterly.
"Did you ever see two dogs ngnting
over a bone?" he asked.
"Yes." said the mine owner.
"Well," said Prof. Kournos, "did
yon ever see the bone do any fight
ing?" Washington Star.
Tho Kids Come Back.
There are', of course, anecdotes
about General Pershing gtoing about
all of them to his credit t need
hardly be said. But this is one which
General Pershing himself is fond of
telling, and it is always much relished
by his Uarers. It happened when the
general was on the Mexican border.
A regiment was marching by whert it
met a small, ragged Irish boy, holding
tight to a donkey, which had bef0"8
fractious owing to the noise of the
regimental band. "It was all his small
owner could do to hold him. As the
men swung by somebody In the ranks
called out: . ,.,
"Say, kid, what are you holding
yotfr little brother so tight for?
"Because." replied the Irish lad. he
sees you guys, and I'm afraid- ne
might - enlist" Christian Science
Monitor
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