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ENLISTING OUR FULL MAN-POWER.
Congress may not be In the mood today to
past without discussion the measure recom
mended by Provost Marshal General Crowder,
designed to so extend the age limit of the draft
law as to include all from 18 to 45. A few
weeks ago a similar measure was proposed, but
was deterred, Decause oi opposition, buib iu
congress and in the executive department Now
it is stated Secretary Baker gives his approval,
which means that any oouot tne president may r Thjs Jg not a cold copybook utterance,
have had as to its expediency has tbeen cleared cre(jiteQ to some mythical Spartan mother,
embalmed in and possibly embroidered by
Supreme Hero of the War
Found Not on the Fighting Line But Whefo
Mother Reigns
Philadelphia Public ledger.
"I would not have had him anywhere
else. If he had'been home, with the
great need that exists for real men over
there, I should have been ashamed of
him. I know he died bravely."
cold copybook utterance,
Wataliutoo 13U 0 Ik
JUNE CIRCULATION
Daily 69,021 Sunday 59,572
-i,h. ft. tba rath. BbtortW sad worn to b Dg6'
. awrtte OKTCUtloa rar m manm,
Kiiimt. (.Mrooiauoa ataoaaw.
Subscribers U-vte, the elty should have , Tbe "'
to theaa. Addreae cbaaied aa oif as requeatea.
up. reasons aavancea at me nine uic uuguisi
draft law was passed for fixing 21 to 31 as the
"ages for conscription are as -potent now as then,
which simply means it was sentiment rather
than solid sense that prevailed. Careful exami
nation of the industrial conditions of the coun
try, especially a survey and loose classification
into groups of essential and nonessential occu-
THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG.
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history. It is not the stoic, caim-orowea,
firm-lipped moralizing of the traditional Ro
man matron. We are not quoting from the
mother of the Coracchi or any of the great
personages of the past who, seem so im
possible to us as they rise, suffering, sub
lime, superhuman, against the sky.
These are the simple, unstudied words of
one syllable -that fell naturally from the
lios of an American mother when sne nrsi
- a .a 1 S "T7
cations, affords a much better basis for the ap
.CMtinn f h nita fnr a1-rtlnn of men for hard that her bov was dead in France
.mice T, broaden z. witMn V 2Pt2l!S. tTJ&Si
which selection is to be made will simplify to speeche9 born at great moments often
considerable extent the task of adiusting mili- rarefullv oreoared afterward to match this
tary necessity to the ordinary routine of life in quiet, direct, transparently sincere statement
the United States. The man-power of the United by a mother our &own people the mo-
Anybody from 18 to 45 will be welcome,
whether the draft age is changed or not'
Even the wets fail to see where they gain any
thing by the camouflage put tip to ave the gov
ernor's face. : ' j
Two cents a gallon tax on gasoline will have
some effect on the joy rider, if it does not pro
' duce much revenue. ' .
" ' "Pretty words will not win, the war," says the
Lincoln Journal. Jesso, but think of the nawsty
f names the democrat called the kaiserl
' Omaha does not relish the distinction of being
an important station for automobile thieves, and
will aid In any way to remove the stigma.
It lias been a long time singe' t senator from
Nebraska couldn't face a convention of his own
States is pledged to the war, and whether 18 to
45 or 16 to 60 be adopted as the age limits, the
forces needed will be furnished.
Gloom in Germany Deepens. '
Such bits of dependable information as come
out from Germany serve to support the state
ment that the gloom qj impending defeat deepens
over that country. This does not mean that the
people have become dctacheJ from the kaiser, or
that they are less determined than before to
press the war unto the very end. It, does
mean, though, that the Germans are beginning
to realize in some degree that the tremendous
efforts they have made within the last four
was too stunned to pose. A German bullet,
fired in France, had crossed the Atlantic
and torn its brutal way into her heart She
rnnld not. had she been so minded, think up
the nrooer. the aooosite thins: to say.- She
had only to let the honest- feeling that had
dwelt in her heart ever since ncr uuj
appeared in her familiar hallway, withTiis
summons to the colors in his hand, pour
out through the gaping rent that the Ger
man bullet had made. It was not what she
braced herself to think that she thought at
the crisis it was what she had always
thought. ' , . .t
He lies dead in France, covered by the
Stars and Stripes. He will be buried there.
Until the war closes his grave will be sim
ply marked. Shwill never see him again.
She may never see his grave. The British,
the Canadians, the French, all have vast
burial grounds today behind the German
lines. Will the German ghouls respect the
dead? Who dares be sure? Yet though
this sister American woman of ours knows
all this-an American wife and mother who
might be living next door to us, who lives
much the daily-'life that we do she only
says in her sorrow, "I would not have had
him anywhere else." '
Do you want to know the name of the
supreme hero of Jhis war? the name that
should go first on your commemorative tab
lets and your soaring monuments? No; it
is not the victor of the Marne, the Saviour
of Verdun, or the gallant Italian who sank
two dreadnoughts with a motor boat
It is the mother. .
;x Nine Days oma Raft
Norwegian Sailor's Experience With Submarine Brutality
London Times.
This is the story heard from his own lips,
in the naval hospital at Harwich, England,
of Haakon Ohlson, the 'sole survivor of the
crew of the Norwegian barque Eglinton,
which was destroyed by a German subma
rinn in the Heligoland Bight about a fort-
- . h The litte snip.s COmpany ot nine
years have been m run, that their sacrifices have oRur of them Dady w0unded, were left
brought them nothing, and unless some unfore
seen event transpires, that their cause is lost.
Four years ago they were sweeping gaily along
holiday path, strewing misery and desolation
nirtr and ask an endorsement for his career, but on' every side as they passed, moving to the cer-
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' it happened at Hastings.
As the consumer still pays the tax, smokers
are much interested in the proposed new schedule
a aw . Most of them will not care a lot
tainty of world dominion. Now they are fighting
in sheer desperation id hope of exacting some
term less than utter defeat and bitter humilia
tion. Back of the lines the people no longer
respond to the flambuoyant bombast of the mili-
k thm .uhmarine Hrit in the ooen sea on
a small sft. One by one they died of
wounds or exposure, and when, after nine
days, the raft was found by a British patrol
boat, Ohlson alone was left..
None but a man strong above the
average in body and will could have under
gone so dreadful an ordeal and lived. Ohlson.
as I saw him this week in the naval hospital
here, was but the shadow of such a man". His
hollow cheeks, his sunken tired eyes, -his
11 hore witness to the terri
ble strain through which he had passed.
if the dealers will only furnish the tobacco paid I tary leaders, nor do they give much h'eed to the Hardened though he had been by more than
empty boastings ot the Kaiser, iney na.c come zo years ot a seatarer g me no is ou, c ium
for.
;l What did the innocent, guileless "drys" ex
pect when they went op against the "Hindenburg
line?" Did they think they were going to get a
, square deal, or did they look for just what, hap-
pened? ;-; 'i 'v
Tie Hun never retreats so precipitately that
; he has not time to set fire to any villages that
may have fallen into his clutches. As soldiers
'the kaiser's army stands pre-eminent in the role
of firebugs. ' ' .
-. The Colorado Midland is to be sold or junk,
and wtlt thus attain a higher place in service than
ever it did as a railroad. And this with U due
; regard to the fact that its main line went over
Hagerman pass. t , - . v
Now the New York World will get into the
same class as the Globe and other papers that
have commented on the kaiser-coddling record
of the chairman (by . ight of seniority) of the
senate's committee on foreign relations.
"The Lor'd has done great things unto as,"
piously ejaculates the Frankfurter Zeitung, and
thereby recalls the statement made by Bjrother
Jones at the "experience meeting," after going
through a long spell oj misfortune. "He wejl
nigh ruined me," was the startling answer given
by the brother to the elder's request that he
testify.., . , ' '
N ' Congress and Patriotism.
Our democratic friends are vehemently in
sistent on the point that control of congress be
left in their hands. They especially urge this as
, an act of patriotic necessity, vitally essential to
the winning of the war. In other words, the
democrats assume to be the patriotic party, and
directly insinuate that failure to continue them
in power means defeat for the Allies. The ab-1
' surdity of this remarkable position is so apparent
that ordinarily it would have no attention. To
begin with, the democrats have turned a twisting
somersault on the war question since the last
; ' election; many of the leaders of that party, nota
bly the senator from Omaha, are doing their best
to run away from the record they made in behalf
of the kaiser. For these men to say that their
defeat would cause rejoicing in Berlin is simply
sublime impudence. The republican party every
where. ispledged to the utmost to win the war.
It does not lay claim to t monopoly of patriotism,
but it can point to a record of service to Old
Glory and the nation as old as the party. It, is
notv"rocking the boat" to ask that the destiny of
the country be again entrusted to the party that
has made good in time of trouble. The nation
: and the world need a relief from democratic in-
, decision, and this will be brought about by elect
ing republicans to congress. ;
to fully realize what vhe near future holds for
them, and some are speculating as to what will
come hen peace has been set up again. They
see Germany an outlaw nation, with credit des
troyed, commerce ruined, and industry in the
dust No nation ever faced a blacker prospect;
even prostrate Russia's outlook is rosy in com-
me. and has lived on the sea since he was
I4tne nine weary aayi anu whiu
the castaway spent at the mercy of wind and
wave had left him a haggard and wasted man.
As nearly as possible I give his story as
he told it to me. If there are gaps in it, the
reader must reflect tha when men have been
face to face with despair and death their
memories are apt to be blurred.
"We left, he said, "aoout June ie, wun
Until the Germans.determine to abandonAheir Jfl
attitude of self-pity, which has succeeded self- an(i jt carried, in addition to the Norwegian
rf.,1.lnn mnA rnlv tn tnskA thfir rnuntrv (Winner (Cantaitl Kind), a Crew OI seven
a truly self-reliant and trustworthy member of a
great sisterhood of well-governed states, their
chance for bettering themselves is slim, The
dream of the superman is over; the Blonde Beast
will be destroyed. Will the German people ac-
other Norwegians and one Finn. A" went
well for two days. We were not over-anx
ious about the submarine danger, for the
tkipper had crossed the North Sea many
limes wiuiuui uuuuic. ' .... r
Tn ii mnmir.T of the third dav a ber
man submarine appeared in our wake and
cept the lesson of defeat, and bring forth a new J began to overhaul us. We flew no flag, but
life that is worthy of a place in the world? It is
up to them,
. After the Automobile Thieves.
Call of two meetings, for today by citizens of
Omaha, interested in the suppression of auto
mobile thievery, is an encouraging sign. Active
concern 3s superseding indifference, and out of
the interchange of ideas some good should come.
Experience of the last few months has shown
that ordinary methods are not sufficient to cope
with the criminals who have so boldly operated
here. The development of the theft of automo
biles into the status of a seemingly well organ
ized and efficient industry is a disgrace to our
civilization. Several causes have contributed to
this, chief of which has .been carelessness on the
part of Owners and authorities. Lottie will be
accomplished, however, in the way of reform
by either side scolding the other. Closer co
operation between them is needed at the outset.
Discussion at the meetings should be free and
open, for it will engender ideas, out of which
may come a remedy. Omaha's goof name is
concerned in this, and all its law-abiding citi
zens are therefore concerned in what is done at
the meetings.
Hitchcock s Lame Apology
I was the author of the bill to prohibit
the exportation of arms and munitions.
' America was a neutral country
at that time. Senator Gilbert M. Hitch
. cock. 4
Germany had sold munitions to Boers,
Japanese. Turks, Russians and Mexican reb
els. To have stopped a lawful trade would
have been taking sides with Germany against
our present allies. Senator Hitchcock ap
parently asks us to believe that the effort
"to retain our neutral position" would have
been furthered by an act in Germany's favor,
Of such material is a chairman of the senate
committee on foreign relations made. New
York World. .
our name was plainly shown on out bow and
stern. The submarine was not submerged.
It came quite near to us we were making
only about six or seven knots and without
any warning or signal of any sort it opened
fire on us. Shells wrecked our sails and rig
ging. We tried to launch a lifeboat, but a
sfcell snapped both davits and the boat hung
useless over the side. There was another
lifeboat on the top of the deck-house. We
tried to get that out, but when the men on
anhmarin aw us . on the house they
turned their gun on us there, and we had to
abandon the attempt. Four of us were
wounded bv their fire. The stewards arms
and one hf his lesrs were blown off. The cap
tain's arm was shattered from the wrist to
" "For 20 minutes the submarine contiued
to shell the ship, putting, do far as I can tell,
about 35 shots into her. She began to settle
.Inwn and we Lould not use the-boats we
decided to abandon it for a raft. We
i-fenht iflust five ninnies suooorted on
four barrels, two at each end, without mast
or means of steering or rowing and the
captain and six others helped one another to
get on it The other two members 'of the
frew inmned overboard and we picked them
up. The raft was not much bigger than this
bed (about 7x5 feet) only just big enough
tn hnA the nine of us. huddled uo together.
We had not much clothing on. and the only
food we had was a tin of biscuits and a bar
rel of fresh water. I
"An hour and a half later the snip went
down. We were drifting near it an tne time,
and we had a arood view of the submarine.
fnr it rame nuite close to the raft. It was
i hitr craft, at least as lone as the Eglinton
and it carried two guns one, fairly large
mmtnted for'ard. and the other, a smallet
gun. mounted aft. We could see tne omcer
on Its conning tower giving his directions
and watch the gunners swing the gun rouna
I c ould have thrown a stone on u. i nc om-
cerNand his men must have been able to see
that some of us were seriously wounded, hut
they said nothing and offered no help,. and
as soon as our ship same tney circiea uuunu
us and went ott. . ,-.
"There wu a hrislf northwesterly wind
hrtneiner nrrasmnal imialll and hailstorms,
and the sea was choppy. Our raft, lyin$ in
the water i continually awash. As time
went by the barrels at one end begai to leak
and the raft dinned on that side. The salt
water got into the tin of biscuits, and spoiled
them before the end of the first day, and
somebody left the water barrel unstoppered
too long so that the salt got into that as
well. 1
"Not many words passed between us. It
took all our time to keep on the raft. If we
tried to move, too much weight would be put
on one end of the raft and it would dip. Sev
eral times one or another of us was swept
off by a wave, and had to climb or be lifted
back. During the first day one of the sea
men died, and we put his body overboard.
None of us slept that night. In the morning
the steward died. He had lain desperately
injured on theVaft for 24 hours. A little
while afterwards the second officer, who had
also been wounded, died. Early the next
morning the captain went. He said to me,
'I am going out of this. I shall not go to
sea any more.' " I cannot remember the
deaths of the others, but I know that in the
afternoon of that third day the chief mate
said, 'There are only two of us left now. We
must keep it going, and not give in.' It was
a fine afternoon, but blowing very hard. The
mate and I were talking a little later, when
he suddenly said, 'I am going down to the
cabin to fill my pipe.' I begged him not to
do that, telling him there was no cabin on
the raff, and that if he tried to go below he
would bo overboard. But he tried, and I
had to stop him. He lay down presently on(
the planks, and anhour or two atterwaras
I found he was dead. I myself pushed his
bodv into the sea.
"What happened during the four or five
days when 1 was alone i cannot ten. i re
member iust sitting uo and lying down, hav
in a a few hours' sleen and trettine uo again,
and sometimes moving backward and for
ward on the raft, looking for help, from
the time when the submarine went to the
ninth day, when help came, I saw no ship
of any kind. ... I
. "On the morning of the ninth day I woke
up and heard the sound of firing. I jfot to
my knees and had a look round. I could see
" a V .... 1 fi tM
no Dody, so i lay uown again. Aiier a wnnc
I got up on my knees once more ana saw a
motor-boat not far -from me. I jumped up
A Tli ncwr name 'Vnu ara
all right You are all right Then the boat
came alongside the raft, and someone asiceo,
Can you help yourself upr JL caught noia
of the stem of the Loat, climbed aboard, and
was helped amidships. The boat took me
to a British warship, and here I am. I shall
go to sea again. .
Two things only need he added to tms
statement. One is OhlsOn s comment on the
conduct of the submarine commander: "He
was trying to kill us on the deck. He gave
us no chance." The other is that during nine
days in the Heligoland Bight Ohlson saw no
sign ot that uerman neet wnicn, according
to German wireless messages, is daily
searching for the British fleet, and that it
was a British naval craft which rescued him.
Father udge Make an Offer.
' Omaha, Aug. 2. To the Editor of
The Bee: The Individual who attacks
the fair fame of hla fcllow-cittzens
In the pubMo press under the camou
flage of an assumed name Is no better
than the assassin who hides in the
dark behind a, tree or a stump and
stabs In the back his neighbor as he
goes by. Tour Issue this morning
contains sucn an attacx, on one oi
the Catholic parochial schools of this
city, that is as cowardly and ma
licious as it is false and without foun
dation. The writer of this outrage on
an institution deservedly held in high
esteem - in this community, as all
Catholic schools are, endeavors to put
a halo round his own cowardly head
by the self-given title ot "Patriot."
Save the mark.
This self-styled "Patriot" says that
he discovered a Catholic parochial
school In the north part of this city
that does not sing the national
hymna. Min you. this brave "Pa
triot" has not the moral courage to
give the name of the school any more
than he has the courage to give
his own name. His own name must
be "Mud."
Now, the writer of this letter Is in
terested in Catholic parochial schools,
as lve happens to be running two of
them In the north part of the city,
the Sacred Heart Htgh school and
the Sacred Heart Junior school.
Therefore he wants to bring to book
this moral assassin, compel him to
come out In the open and either prove
his words or eat them, li ne is a
"Patriot" as he signs himself, here
is an opportunity to prove it Here
is my offer. Although not a rich mam,
I hereby agree todonate to the Red
Cross chapter of Omaha $50 if this
self-styed "Patriot" will come out in
the open and prove that there is any
parochial school in Omaha, north or
south, that does not teach -and sing
our national anthems. Here is an
opportunity for our "Patriot" to se
cure $50 for the Red Cross to help in
carrying on their nobly patriotic work
in Omaha.
y How insidious and seemingly fair is
this outrageous attack of this A.v P. A.
"Patriot" is seen from the patroniz
ing way he pats on the back Arch
bishop Harty, the Knights of Colum
bus and "our good Catholic brethren."
It may safely be retorted on their be
half that Archbishop Harty and the
others do not desire compliments from
a party who is afraid or ashamed to
give his own name, so that we may
know his record as a "Patriot."
The two fundamental planks in
Catholic education are religion and
patriotism, God and country. These
two are the bulwarks ot our nation.
What overwhelming proof of this
teaching is now furnished in this
crisis of our country by the undeni
able fact that over one-third of our
brave boys, in both army and navy,
Who. baring their breasts to tne out
lets and bayrnets of our enemies, are
Catholics from our parochial schools.
Since such is the case, it ill becomes
this nameless "Patriot" to attack their
schools.
Catholic schools teach patriotism as
a part of their religion, in season and
out of season. For years, even before
this war, as is well known to all citi
zens, it has been the custom for the
children of all the parochial schools
of this city to assemble on Decora
tion day in the city Auditorium, under
the auspices of the Knights of Colum
bus and the leadership of their teach
ers, and sing with youthful voices
and wave with lusty hands the "Star
Spangled Banner." Who, knows what
is the record of this self-crowned
"Patriot" who at this critical time
tries to sow suspicions amongst fellow-citizens?
REV. PATRICK J. JUDGE.
naw Mtowoblle korn ha bousht tha otho
dar." Birmingham Herald.
"Why do yoa keep that patch ef mint
rolnf alnce th county went dry? Yoa
can't aiaka Julepa now
"Oh, I know. That mint patch If Dacle
of tha Icahouae, both In lull view of tha
roadside." .
"Well?"
'And many of tha motor tourlsta who
ccma alonf hava tha other Ingredients."
Louisville Courier-Journal. , '
Trafflo Cop-Coma on! What'a the' mat
ter with you?
Truck Driver I'm well, thanks, but m
englne'a dead! Buffalo Express.
"Your apeechea are getting shorter and
shorter." .
"Of course they are, assented senator
Sorghum; "there are mora ways ot saving
daylight than turning the clock back."
Washington Star.
"I suppose if the allies win they will push
on to Berlin?"
"Of course." ,
'Then I wonder what will happen when
those tanks get to the Spree." Baltimoie
American.
The Marne After Feeling. ;
the Krowa
algnt
'Ton ara old, Father William,'
Prince remarked.
"And your waist-line shows
distress;
But a churchful of women at seventy miles
Is a very good score, I confess."'
'Tour years back, Frledrlch Wllhelm," tha
Kaiser replied,
"We began shooting girls by tha lot;
And thus by aub-callber practloa grew fit
For tbta laat striking trlbuta to Oott"
"Too art old, Father William." tha Krowa
Prlncs observed,
"And your wind Is not alt It night b
Tet that little Slav tango you did at Lltovs
Waa a Joy and a pleaaura to aeo.'
'Tour yean back," laid tha monarch, ani
smiled on his heir, .
'I took up paper scraps as my Una;
And the pieces from Belgium Just made up"
a nfca
Little treaty for Mr. Lanlna."
"Ton are eld, Father William," tha Srows)
xrincs aeciareo,
cir t limit vou are well In Jour prime
And yet you are soma distance away front
Fares, . .
Do you think yon will gat there In timet
Now that," sobbed old William, "oh, pride
ot Verdun,
Is just what t fear from tha map,
Though an expert at soxapplng of paper
I'm not
Quite up to the French kind ot scrap."
SIMEON STRUNSKT.
-WHY-:,
NOT
HI OC'liA
People and Events
Four women have been arrested in con
nection with, the holduo and robbery of a
train in Missouri. Thus is the last trench of
masculine enterprise invaded.
t- ! . -j :.. .1. - tt i
.every live native aunms uic iiawitcye
state is a warm member, still they burned up
$3,250,000 worth of property in six months
to prove lu i nc state lire waiucn uuiicuus
the fieures as the fire score for half the year
One hundred thousand jobs of taking
the census loom ahead in 1920. Let's see,
nineteen-twe'nty is presidential year, but that
has nothing to do with the case. Politics
is adiourned.
Washington land the surrounding district
to outward seeming has been in the bone
dry sector for some months. Evidently
there are leaks somewhere, and a presidential
proclamation is promised which will soak
the soakers, uet that. Baltimore t
Ever since Indiana entered the "bone
dr" belt, Hammond has drawn supplies
from Chicago. Supplies have not come uo
to demands, especially since Old Sol 6taged
his midsummer stunt. Drouth and perspira
tion wrought strange capers in cohsequence.
Even the town clock sent out an 15. O. S. call,
whacking the bell 242 times without a break.
Hard by lies Lake Michigan, bidding the
thirsty to a souze, but Hammonders are shy
because the 10am lacKs pep.
Food Price lists. s
Culbertson, Neb., Aug. 1. To the
Editor of The Bee; I cut the en
closed Item from The Bee a few days
ago and would like to know if those
prices apply to Nebraska as a wnoie
or Just to Omaha. The reason I am
asking Is that with the exception oj!
flour everything la so much higher
here. For instance, corn syrup is fl;
per srallon: substitute flours, 10 cents
per pound; cornmeaJ,-7 cents, and so
on. Will you please answer mis in
the Letter Box and oblige a Culbert
son subscriber? We pay cash and
carry our own groceries. E. T. M.
Answer: The "Maximum- iooa
prices as published In The Bee apply
only In Douglas county. Prices in
other counties v in the state are fixed
by the food administrators of the re
spective counties, they always keep
ing in mind tnat aeaiera are supposed
to charge only a fair profit on the
commodities sold.
IDark or ight V j
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LINES TO A SMILE.
"Tnni- London friend does not aeem to be
auacentible to feminine charms. Has ne
other things on hla mlndT" -
r mtu ba baa. lor wnen i assea mm
what ha did when siren tones fell on his
ear ha said ha ran for tha first handy
cellar." Baltimore American.
Church Do you know hi wifef
Gotham Oh, yes, very well.
MAnA la ah a tiaolf let ?"
f .hnuld say notl Why, she'll tight at
tha drop of a hat!" Tonkets Statesman,
"I had no Idea Dubwalta waa a scientist."
"Why do you think sot"
iu. t.iia mo he's studying sound waves."
'Umph! He'a merely experimenting wlthl
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TODAY
One. Tear Ago Today la the War.
The , last increment ot National
Guard was drafted Into the Federal
service. Reports from Rome indi
cated the Italian fortes were prepar
ing to launch another great offensive.
fm. VklAKNktA
Charles C. BeJden, of Thompson-
Belden company, born 1849.
Dr. Ralnh W. Connell. born 1S5S
. J. O. Detwetler, attorney-at-law,
horn 1SS3. ' f
- C. D., Sturtevant,' grain man, born
: Hit. i " '
Brig. Gen. Henry A. Greene, U. S.
A., born 62 year go. .
' James J. IXornbrook, new brlga
dier-general, born tn Indiana, SO years
, ago.
Mails Craig, new brlgidr-reneral.
horn in Missouri. 41 years ago.
Rear Admiral Theodore F. Jewell,
TJ. & N., retired, born at Georgetown,
T. C, 71 years ago.
This Dav tn History.
1862 Confederates under Gea.
B reck ear Id ge made an unsuccessful
jkttack on Baton Rouge. . -"
1893 Mills tn Fall River, employ
ing 1.000 hands, closed on account of
scarcity of currency.
1.41 De-th ot the Dowager Ex
press Frederick of Germany, eldest
daughter of Queen 'Victoria and
mother of the prvMit German Em-
ror. Born Nov. Zl, 1840.
1SU French rolled back German
forces in fiercest fighting ot Verdun
Just 80 Years Ago Today
Fire Chief Galligan, Theo. Greve
and Geo. Windham were granted ten
days leave of absence to attend the
fire chiefs' convention at Minneapolis.
The Triangle Lodge No. 64, K. ot
n 1 1 " 1 11 " 1
P., gave a watermeton ana ice cream
social. '
t v" rvv.ni.1 tha nonular actor
t.t the People's theater, who is filling
a tour- montns engagement, reemvou
iv p,Af id- il. nm oi il 1.1 sui-
. . ... w -
mirers, an elegant amethyst ring and
A nrannfl antri atua as evidence ui lu.
Miller's appreciation of the young
artist's talent
-kfn Wnlff tha well-known tenor
of the Apollo club and proprietor of
the - Danish newspaper Danntbrog,
v Nebraska Polities' ,
Wiivna: TTorald: Democratic news
papers would do well to lay aside nar
row partisanship in reference to te
war, and not assume credit which be
tn tv whnla nkonla. Every DO-
llUcal party ia vitally Interested In the
prosecution oi tne war, nu no
is deserving of special credit , above
another. -
vrnnv Huh: Further investlera-
.i . ftiifaa tf flarmnn nrnnA.
ganda in flhia country finally brushes
the sklrtsvoi tne umins v ona-ner-eld.
We need not be surprised that
The Fatherland printed Hitchcock's
nnt.alt nr that tha Onrman-Ameri-
can Alliance enaorsea mm ana voveu
for him when a candidate for re-elec-
linn Nnr -,ieed w. be aurnrisea tnat
tha New York Globe, m view of
wttotioApk'a aerVToea for Germany. OS
mands that he resign aa chairman ot
the committee on foreign relations.
Ttaaltnn Tribune! The adODtlon Of
this practicauy meaningless resolu
tion reDresents me sum. oi anuui
iiiiien'a triiimnh in a. I convention
which caused him much sadness.
Fighting all day with his bacic to tne
wall, he was xorcea to yieia nnmy
wmmh urTTHira inn I n inrriu buovi
fin mlnrment nf Senator HitchCOCk,
... . . . . M V. .
These were tne tnree Dig issues ut. n
convention and the Mullen forces pre
vailed on the most important Suf-
fr,, end tVie nmlKlnn tit both Hitch-
cock and Neville from the resolutions
waa a httto,. nlll hut It rr&CefullV
awallnwait tn a onntaat that 1T1RV be
said to have gone about fifty-fifty tor
Cente Shots
Minneanolls Tribune: If somebody
could only Invent a comfort kit that
will do the business when it is 93
in the shade! I
rifv Star: The Kansas
banker who advised his customers not
to buy Liberty bonds is in Jail and
cannot get a UDeny oona.
Cleveland PJaln-Dealer: Ddrlng
Avi. v,J farm tt la verv fnnnv and
unprecedented to observe that people
are as gja bc wu mM
the ice man. .
Norfolk Press: There's nothing
like having good backing in a fight
-... n kta tha haat haclclna-
unu VtI limn j ...m. ...v uvv " -
Dcssible-iour boys are at their backs
wmie vney r" "":
ftavainnd Plain Dealer: "The suD-
marlne menace no longer, threatens
tha tnnA an nr! v." Hoover tells the
T.nniAnera "We hava turned the
corner at last. coesn t tnat mM
your rye bread taste .sweeter T
Baltimore American: Germany
dismisses Secretary Baker's statement
that there are 1,000,000 Americans in
aa InruMillil. Wa therefore.
KIAIIV, WW llli'uvuiui v. -
.have the Satisfaction of knowing that
the impossible has been acnieveu,
Brooklyn Eagle: The great world
nor 4a entering- Ita fifth vear. And
its authors had planned for a 'few
montns oniy or it isow, iri
nharitenf tni-rh in their hands With
which they expected to burn away
opposition to their world domination,
l, h., hannma a raa-lno- fire Which
threatens to destroy themselves in the
(urnace tney unwuungiy crev
Twice Told Tales
Only Reason He Knew,
A new railroad through Louisiana !
passes one of the towns about a mile
from the business center, so that it is
necessary to run an omnibus line. A
salesman asked the old negro omnibus
driver about it
Say. uncle, why have they got the
deeot way down here 7"
After a moment's hesitation the old
neero replied:
I dunno, boss, unless they wanted
to git it on the railroad." Every
body Magasine. ,
Peace Offensive. '
W. Rtanlev Hawkini. director ""ot
camp singing, said at Camp Dix:
..TCTham tha lrnlaaia K.MU ,V.a 1 A 1 t
f, ...... . HUIJVI u WaLI, v.. a
offensive, began, the kaiser ordered
Qf tq 11 a rnmnnsA s t.lrfrf mo trh
Utft aav a ww w wae'wva w v iv ixa j eLaaaa wa 1
that should be played on the German
troops' triunipnai entry into Paris.
"f nnAeratAnrt that fit... a- fcoa nnw
tkoen atleil . exfT hla vintnrv merph.
The kaiser has asked htm to try his
nana m a peace overture.
Tempns Fugit
- The lawyer was trying very hard for
his client and was setting the points
out in a logical manner. There was
one thing he was not quite clear about
and he accordingly said:
"Now, sir, you state my client
knocked you down and then disap
peared in the darkness. What time
of night was this?" - - i
"I can't say exactly." the pomolaln-
ant answered dryly. "Tour client had
my watch." -New York Globe.
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C To these special
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ing operator, such as calls for disconnected numbers, or
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operators, won't you co-operate with them by being con
siderate and patient ? "
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