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.AUGUST 22,1918. ' TOP. PPP- fiT ATT A THURSDAY. " : ; i i - - ...... . 1 ' 1 $ " iwiini I i - 1 ' I " I I The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY. i . FOUNDED BY EDWARD ikoSEWATEB VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR -THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. . MEMBER dF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , Tbs-Associated Pre " Tb Bee is . oeoitw. "JJJJ entitled to tut e tor publication at all mm dlniUnhei credited to It or not oUwnrtu credits to this tf. ud l" the o pubusbed aerela All rtgbu Of publtcatlee Of oui special dilhet an also msned, ' - . , . OFFICES Omo-5ni Bm Bnlldmi.' tSOcwo-PwIe-i Oas Bulldls 8outk Omh-lU N. St. ' - Nee York-Ms fifth Council Bluffs it H. Main at St. Loul-New B of Commsros. Unoola Uule Building. WMfctntwn 18U O St. A ,i JULY. CIRCULATION ., V , . , Daily 68,265 Sunday 59,312 Average elrculitioe 1or the moot, subscribed and swore to b Deign Wlillaas, Ofculrtlor. sUsMef. . - - Subscriber leaving the city sbeuld have Tho Boo atalled to thorn. Address changed . l olton o requested. THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG BW:ri!''I.H'llilP!'m.l": lillHi'lint P IMIWIMHillltll mm HW t m " " III f "Big Jeff" for congress. 13 Anot)ierT9liUeal . maclt, ane Jo the scrap, heap. 'rV ":i't Vl'i i -T Sheriff 'Mite Oark' isiaome-runntfwhether after bootleggers or after votes. .. ,f v 1 Still, that dark horse "gave certain members of the water board the scare of their lives. r A lot of the "boys" had a nice little exercise gallop, if they didn't win much else in the race. i-: f August seems to have entered the sign-of Aquarius, whether the rest "of the summer did or not. ; ,v . ' ', ' ,- !' And the real beauty, of it Is that hone of the losers will, dare to say the ballot .boxes were stuffed .against him. . . . . L .'..-, ., : Now we may look for a brief respite from pol itics until after Ak-Sar-Ben, and then a strenuous windup of the campaign. ; The Hun has discovered that,, while he may start things on the western front, he can't halt them without the consent of the Allies. . '"Just a little common courtesy" was the re quest the crew made of the captain, adding, "and the commonest kind 'of courtesy will do." This story might be ' emblazoned ' in some railroad offices alongside the recent note from Secretary McAdoo. ( ; V.V " : ) This is a bad time for "the Ice men to begm to rock the "boab 'prhalia is not the" only community suffering front shortage of ice, but trie' fact that have eompany'will not reconcile ''the villagers t any fooling with prices that already are higli rnough. . ,. , . . - - - Now that the first poltical flurry is over, our city commission should establish a rule and give notice of itsVstrict enprcemc,nt that anyone hold- ka a catartit tinrinartisan titv fiall lob who ftleS hr nomination ior political office will' have Ins iVsigftt'onacccp J .-. j , Spain threatens to; seize- interned German slaps to replace Spanish losses incident to U bjoat activities,' but if will not be surprising if the Spaniards find the wily Germans have practiced sabotage on their own ships, as they did on those, tied up in American ,hafbbrs.v Jusf as the kai sej'a piratls maWe'war on alf nations, so they trust none. i Redrawing the Industrial Map. A GOOD COUNTY TICKET. . Despite, the light vote and lack of interest in the primary, the republicans have managed to pull out a good county ticket which may be pre sented to the voters for the November election with confidence In its strength. For the main offices present republican in cumbents are given deserved endorsement by way of renomination. For sheriff, Mike Clark headi the" ticket with a complete vindication, and Harry Pearce for register of deeds, Frank Dewey for clerk and Lou Adams for surveyor, bring with them the power and prestige of satisfactory pub lic service. Shotwell for county attorney and Shriver for treasurer will also prove to be pulling horses, and the legislative and county commis sioners, although the exact Jineup may wait n the official. canvass, form a phalanx which re publicans can back up without apologies to offer. The campaign against the democrats, to be sure, is not begun, but in the personality of the leader the weight of superiority is plainly on the republican side. "Big Jeff's" Smashing Victory. In the first scrimmage of the campaign, score for "Big Jeff," who has won out over his oppo nent in the republican primary by a 2 to I ma jority. . ,. ; This smashing victory presages well for the next offensive, which will have as its objective going over' the top in ' November as against;' the present democratic incumbent. 'f t. "Jefferi for Congress" is a good tandard to rally under and should appeal strongly to every one enlisted in the "win-the-war? movement. It should appeal also to everyone who wants this' congressional district to have in Washington an. active and energetic representative constantly on the firing line for America first and unceas ingly alert to-the interests of Omaha and Ne braska. . While it will not do to underestimate the strength of present democratic congressmen up for re-election, the 'primary tfve 8ucn 1 80 tart that "Big Jeff" need only keep his speed to make the winning race. i?. Senator Pittman of -Nevada enlivened pro ceedings of a sultry "morning hour" in the great est debating club oOhe' world by introducing a plan proposed for redistributing industrial plants ifter the ar, jto stabilize life in America. The idea flow from C. C. McChord of the Inter state Commerce commission. It is to follow an adjustment of freight tariffs that will put each community, large' or small, on a parity, Without artificial advantages now existing by reason' of unequl transportation costs, the building up of industrial communities in the great open spaces where only farms exist will come naturally, and the. congestion along the eastern -seaboard will beV broken fup. Neither " Senator Pittman - nor Commissioner McChord has indicated how some other , factors, such, as natural deposits of raw ntaterials, or needed supplies of any kind, will be adjusted, bu' the presentation of the matter did permit Senators Fletcher, Smoot, Sher man and Johnson to descant on what the rail road service is not doing at present, the latter be- mg tea to renuric inai ii government ownersmp tan withstand the present management, its future U not itt doubt". All oi .which forces us to the conclusion that .ttje senator are enjoying their racation period- hndsomely'.'Vnd that the "illy leasoa";has riqt 'bB. adjourned, although poli- tics has, Substantial Help for Italy. Our government has taken a long delayed but very necessary step to give Italy aid in the matter of financing its share of the war. While the Italian government has been favored along 'with our other allies in the matter of extension of loans, the fluctuations in foreign exchange have been so strongly against the lire that even with the help of American money Italy has been at great disadvantage in making purchases. It is. aid that Italy has been compelled to pay 20 cents for 9 cents' worth of material because of the rate of exchange against that country. To correct this the United States government has' arranged for an oversight of transactions, to the extent that whatever may be done to stabilize the rate and give Italy an even break will be done. The government at Rome is not strong eriOugh to protect its own financial standing,' and 'certainly deserves the assistance given. This is the more apparent because the adverse quotations are largely through Switzerland and Spain, where German influences have worked to discredit the Italian issue. Our own government was tardy enough in coming to the aid of this important associate, but now that it has taken cognizance tot git situation, ytt hv tightjb expect that early correction of the discriminatory exchange will lake place and that Italy will no longer be left a victim to the extortion of foreign money changers. Economic Pressure a War Measure. Germans already realize something of the harvest that is ahe,ad, pf them in the increasing agitation for an economic "war after., ' the war." They Iquite deliberately prepared for this1 by de stroying in Belgium, France, Poland and other countries they penetrated every vestige of indus trial undertaking, "that Germany should have no nearby competitors after the war. German peact terms include an allotment of raw material to be supplied by the rest of the world in such quanti ties as the Germans deem requisite. Othef plans for carrying on the business of, the world under direction of Berlin were elaborated. These are now beginning to bear fruit Lloyd George out lines Brjtish sentiment when he says: An agreement among the Allies means that . the economic fate of the world will be in the hands of the great allied powers federated, to gether' at present The longer the war lasts, the sterner must be the economic terms we im- . pose on the foe. I think the sooner he real izes that the better. He is fighting to impose his cfwn economic terms on the Allies. He will never succeed in doing so. , . Mr. Wilson's own expressions on the point are not so pointed, but are susceptible of some what similar interpretation. While no definite agreement for such a boycott is likely, it is plain that under the most favorable conditions the Ger mans will have Breat trouble in restoring their trade relations with he world. An outraged civ ilization will find means to repay such offenders in ways they will riot misunderstand. "Bingo" Bing is back in line, and promising to redeem the mistake he made at Cambrat so long ago. He is making his name respected in Berlin. . " . War Risk Bureau Delays , f O; " Overlapping Contrd, Neglect of Men, and Other Guwcs Louis Seibold in New York World An investigation recently completed of the war risk insurance bureau has served to disclose some of the -defects of the system of insuring the lives of the soldiers and sail ors fighting for the country and providing foi their dependents during the war. The report of the committee making the investigation explains to a very large extent the causes for complaints made by the de pendents of the nation's warriors that the government has been derelict in the perform ance of its obligations to them. No concealment is attempted by either th4, war risk board or the finance and ac counting division of the quartermaster's corps that there have been hundreds, perhaps thousands, of complaints received from rela tives of men bearing the arms and following the flag of their country in France, Italy and Russia. As a matter of fact, the two bureaus which divide the work of allocating to the depend ents?pf soldiers and sailors allotments of their pay invite persons who believe themselves en titled to a part of 'the pay of a relative in the military service to establish their claims, and point out the responsibility for the miscar riage of such gratuities or failure of the gov ernment to perform its duty in this respect. Although the report of the investigating committee does not say so, an impartial in quiry by a disinterested observer justifies the statement that much of the criticism of the tremendous enterprise undertaken by the government is ,due to the divided authority of two co-ordinate, though separate, depart ments of the government the War and Treasury branches. A great deal of the confusion resulting in hardships to many dependents of soldiers and sailors is unquestionably due to this cause. It is the opinion of army and navy officers generally that the work of the war risk bureau should be divided that relating to the allotment of pay be given to the two fighting arms of the service and the insur ance of the men themselves to the Treasury department. The phenomenal growth of the war risk bureau was obviously too rapid to permit of satisfactory adjustment. From a subordinate bureau, manned by five employes to insure hulls and cargoes from destruction by enemy submarines less than four years ago, and ad ministered at a cost of $44,000 a year, the expanded department now employs more than 9,000 clerks, supervises the applications of 3,023,007 persons engaged in military service and up to date has mailed 4,724,998 checks covering allotments of monthly pay to the descendants of soldiers and sailors. Checks of this character are going out at the rate of 1,000,000 a month. The total amount of insurance takei out by 3,000,000 of the nation's fighters amd written by the government is veryclose to $26,000,000,000. The average amount of insurance taken out is in excess of $9,000, the maximam being $10,000. . ' The amount of Insurance carried by the government exceeds by $3,000,000,000 that written by all the legal reserve insurance companies of the United States combined. There has been comparatively little difficulty beyond mistakes due to inexperience and lack of system natural in the organization of so great a venture in the insurance feature of the war risk work. The government col lects the premiums "at the source;" that is, it takes it out of the ay envelope of the in sured soldier and sailor, the monthly pre mium ranging from 63 cents for a youth of 15 to $3.35 tor a man of 65 per fl.uuo. The keeping of these accounts is attended by only such complications as are to be expected from bookkeeping problems. The work of allotting to dependent rela tives part of the pay of soldiers, in accord ance with their wishes, is not so easy, due W many causes that cannot be anticipated ' or guarded against """ Every enlisted man, whether he has de pendents or not, is required to file with the war .risk insurance bureau a blank upon which are scheduled facts relating, to Class "A" relatives (wife, child or former wife divorced, in respect to whom the allotment of pay is compulsory), and certain information as to Class "B? dependents (mother, father, broth er or sister, in respect to whom the allot ment is entirely voluntary), which informa tion must include the amount which the en listed man had habitually contributed to their support prior to his entrance into the service. : - Of the 3,023,007 statements on file there are 1,791,028 in which the enlisted men have declared that they have no dependents and, therefore,'have allotted no part of their pay. The experience of the bureau has been that in many such cases dependents do exist, and the failure to report them is due either to a misunderstanding on the part of the soldier or his willful intention to misrepresent con-i ditions, so that he may be spared the neces sity of allotting part of his pay. In some cases it has developed that, al though, he has reported no dependents, the enlisted man has misled the wife or mother by writing to her that he has allotted part o! his pay, and that she should receive each month a check from the government. After waiting some time and failing to receive a check, the wife or mother either writes to the bureau or complains to -her senator or congressman. As soon as the bureau is notified of this situation a special application blank is for warded to the wife, upon which she can lay the basis of her clpim, supported by the testi mony of witnesses. It is then definitely as certained whether the Toan is in the service, and if such is the case an award is made and the commanding officer of the soldier is no tified of the facts. The commanding offi- men withholds a part of the man s pay each month to reimburse the bureau for the allot ment which it forwards each month. . . ' Under the present law nothing can be done in the case of dependent mothers for whom the soldiers have not made allotments, for they come under Class "B," and tt is en tirely voluntary upon the part of the soldier to make allotment for the benefit of depend ents within that classification. In these cases a notice, is sent to the commanding officer with the suggestion that he bring the situation to the attention of the enlisted man, and urge him to make suitable allotment so that the bureau may pay the allowance justi fied by the facts. In view of the large number of applica tions allging no dependents the investigating committee decide4 to have a more definite warning given to enlisted men, and in the future a warning notice will be printed in large type on each application. The notice will call attention to the fact that failure to report the existence of a wife or child, or the making of any false state ment in such report, will render the offender liable to two, years' imprisonment, a fine of $5,000, or both. ' It will also urge the enlisted men having dependents in Class "B" (mother, minor sister, minor brother, etc.) to allot some portion of his pay for their benefit and to correctly state the amount of the habitual monthly contribution previously made for their support. Since November 1, 1917, the day the war risk insurance act became . effective, up to June 15, 1918, there have been probably 30, 000 applications filed by enlisted men claim ing exemption from making allotments to their wives upon the ground of desertion, unworthiness or other causes. In many of these cases ignorance is expresesd of the wife's whereabouts. When such application is received steps are taken to ascertain the wife's address, and she is then called upon to reply to her husband's charges. One of the most common causes of delay, for which the "bureau is not responsible, is the giving of an incorrect address of the ben eficiary, either through carelessness of con fusion on the part of the soldier. In other cases the allottee has moved without giving the proper forwarding address. Over 6,000 checks are returned each month by the pos tal authorities to the bureau because the al lottees cannot be found at the addresses given. The carrying out of rules issued by the pension bureau in connection with the de livery of pension checks by the Postoffice de partment has resulted in troublesome delays for allottees under the war risk insurance act. Pension checks cannot be delivered un less the beneficiary establishes, by the pos session of an identification number to the sat isfaction of the carrier or the postmaster, that he is entiled to receive the check. No such regulation has been established by the bureau of war risk insurance, and the en forcement of the rule by the postal authori ties has resulted in numerous complaints. Troublesome cases are gradually being cleared up and the Postoffice department is co-operating with the bureau to that end. , Sabotage in High Places Not less impressive than the indictments returned the other day by the federal grand jury in the army raincoat scandal cases is the statutory ground upon which the indictments are drawn. This is a section of the so-called sabotage act which provides that "When the United States is at war, who ever shall wilfully make or cause to be made in a defective manner, or attempt to make or cause to be. made in a defective manner, any war material as herein de fined" ... ... . ' shall, on conviction, be fined not over $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or ootn. Army raincoats are evidently such "war material," and the further charge is that the contract manufacturers have caused the coats to be made in a defective manner to over reach the government for the sake of profits. Sabotage is i an ugly word. It has hereto fore been exclusively applied to the malicious acts of employes in injury of their employer, or, since the war began, in injury of the country's power to prosecute the war regard less of the consequences to the employer. It now reaches out to embrace the grafting war contractor. And why not? So. far as affects the war prosecuting powers of the country there is no difference in kind between the alien or traitor who at wages uses his place to crip ple a gun-making machine and the army con tractor who palms off for his own profit upon staldiers defective coats or shoes in the guise of good-quality wear which he had agreed to deliver. Sabotage! It is a word which will strike upon the dishonest war-contracting ear with a new sound of warning and a new power, perhaps, for deterring. New York World. People and Events The voter of Wichita, Katu, nominated a dead man for office. There are others, but this one is tagged. Stealing flags is the latest patriotic caper in New York. General Dix's order must be revised: "If any man steals the flag, shoot him on the spot" ' Cheer upl The country is safe. Waiters in dining cars are in a class by themselves, performing a service essential to winning the war. All other waiters are) nonessentials and must" work or fight." Something of a feeler for a price boost may be visioned in the report of an early frost nipping the coffee plantations of an Panto, Brazil. The advance notice might command a glad hand in the morning coffee belt if appreciable symptoms of the frost hopped along with the beans. 1 For some unaccountable reason state fair managers out west overlook a mighty fine drawing card. The annual pictorial cards of offtceseekers constitute a remarkable artistic exhibit. Collected and staged with becom ing drapinga and shaded lights, the show would beat a midway 40 ways. Perhaps the managers do not need the 'money or dread a bargain crush. !)ne Year Ago Totfay Ja tho, War.t., Japanese .war", commission, headed y Viscount IsmV received in Wash jiirton... . . . ' j German airraid on London resulted 4 11 persona killed and 11 Injured.' -Brltieh repulsed fierce ' counter at tacks by tiM German crown prince on :he.Ypre front . , " the Day Wo Celebraie., Burton W. Christie, physician ; and lurgeon. bora 1877.; .George T. MiltleJohn, attorney-at-taw. born:iS67.- ' !. C. RoMoktr, chief clerk to the tar service) agent, of. the .yawn, JPacJ M hnrn 1X75. ... ... MaJ.-Gea. TncJa H. Lincoln." V, a. A- born In Iowa, 40 yean ago. . Brlg.-Gen. Robert L. Howze. U. 8. iL. born in Rusk county, Texas, 14 k-eara suro. .'-... ' 'Brif.-Gen. Edward T. Donnelly, TJ. B. A. orn in England, i years ao Maud Powell. - violinist;., bom -at Peru,. Ill, SO.yeara go., , . . . Thii i Da ta Rlstorr. 184 Marriage of Lt V. E. Grant aad Mia Julia Dent or St. ixmu.- -. 1881 Tho' Confederate Provlelon , al congress tt Richmond 1 closed its third session. - lSiz Catletfa Station. Ya- - waa captured by cod federate cavalry un-, djr General Btuwt, v . . i t 1J1 -Germany made a. levy of siv.vpQ.vv on jgniaMia. ;; , ' J ust 80 Years Ago Today James Donnelly, Bernard' Saches and'E." C vWlgga were elected dele gates to the convention or demooratio clubs at -Lincoln.. - ' . " The heaviest train ever pulled into Omaha oyer , the Union Pacific, came la with 85 cars drawn by one loco motive., i , ' ? The following slate waa made, for Second ward delegates to the county convention: Thomas Casey, -' Lew Herman, "Walter - Brandels, - Patrick Bagley Andrew Frlck, Thomas- LOW ry and -John zener. - waiter Bran dels and George' Kef man will solicit funds for a fiagr pole.. : . - . , v,-: ... 'An "Old Hickory" club was organ ized by the democrats with the follow ing o racers;. 8. B. Lenno, president; James. Fleming, -. vice president; Thomas Hoctor, treasurer, and R, J Carter secretary- Over There and Here 1 Great Lakes Naval training station Initiated 32,112 new men during July. Great Lakes 'sailor boys this week are staging living flags of all the al lies, which photographers will pres ently send on the rounds. Old Glory heads the list. , . . Verboten signs are more numerous all over Germany than "Keep off the grass ' signs in American parks. Raids of allied bombers on the Rhine .Cities are doing great slaughter among the Verbotens as well as other Hun institutions. One of the most Interesting of the card Indexes of the government at Washington Is that which holds the names of 20,000 Individuals who sub scribed for about $100,000,0000 to the ix German war loans Quietly put over in this country prior to April 8. 117. Tho new army kitchen on trucks. named in honor of former President Taft and Invented In Connecticut, Is capable of oooklng 8,000 meals in three - hours. As the new kitchens carry their own power and fuel, con fldenoe Is felt that piping hot meals will keep in touch with the boys chas ing the Huns. j . A thousand men in, training for army sen-ice at the state deaf insti tute, Indianapolis, were crowded for drill ground. Adjoining was a field of wheat In shock, which had not been moved to threshers owing to labor' scarcity. "Save the wheat and tales the field." said the owner. Ia 24 hours the wheat and the threshers were hooked up. by the men and field won, . Right to the Point '. Washington ! P6st: If Secretary McAdoo's susestnons as to a tax on gasoline go through, every, owner of a filwer will regard the revenue meas ure as a burning issue. Brooklyn Eagle: Dutch ships will bring us sugar and quinine. If the cud of sweet amd bitter fancy is grow ing tasteless. Uncle Sam still sees the dawn or nope in me orient. New Tork "World: A short stop in tho allies' advance in Picardy gives the average reader of war news time to cateh up with his lessons In pro nunciation of French proper names. Baltimore American: The allies lately captured a box containing 450 iron crosses. Jf they send them over they can' be distributed crews who gas ta this side imnni the U-boat broods of chickens. Cleveland Plain Dealer: Tho sub marine commander who sank the Lus ttania has gone to his reward,' and those who didn't believe . in future punishment are hurrying back into the orthodox camp. ... . . Minneapolis Tribune: Secretary Baker could lust as wen triueo'd. much better have told congress some months ago that ' immediate extension of the draft ages - is ' imperative." Plenty of congresmen had the right "hunch" then, but the secretary asked for time to think lt over. The secre tary does not believe in. unseemly hste in preparing for war Twice Tlod Tales ; . The General's. Retort.: Sir Henry "Wilson,, unlike many sol diers, has & ready tongue, and Is more than a match for the average politi cian. Hfs encounter with an eminent, if not too tactful, statesman at an early stage of the war Is historic. The latter thought fit when dining with our commander-in-chief in France to observe to the company;' . ?'Is it not curious that so great a. war should have produced no great soldier?" . General "Wilson replied: "Is it not, sir, even more curious that so great a crisis in Europe should have produced no European states man ?'VrLondon Chronicle. Proving His Words. "Patience and perseverance will ac complish all things," was the favorite saying of an old farmer. He had Just made this remark in a train one day on the way to market, when a pom pous individual in . the next seat turned to him and said: "Nonsense,, sir! I can-tell you many things which neither- patience nor perseverance can accomplish." "Perhaps you can," said the farmer, "but I have never yet come across one thing." . "Well, then, I'll tell you one. Will patience and perseverance ever; en able you to carry water in a sieve?" "Certainly." A would like to know how." "Simply by waiting patiently for the water to creese." Detroit Free Press. Exploiting Patriotism. ' Omaha, Aug. 20To tho Editor of The Bee: It makes no difference how good may be any undertaking, there are always found those who are ready to take over the project from its promoters and conduct it for per sonal gain. Usually the honest pro moter is overwhelmed by the argu ments of the other, feels his own in significance in the presence of so much bombast and unconsciously steps from the front rank to let some brum magem leader take his place. And. so we find a similar situation as a result of our war activities. In Omaha there is no exception and we find a few loud-mouthed persons set ting the standard of our patriotism and the public seems so overawed by their accusations and insinuations that they are allowed to occupy the lime light as the quintessence of patriotism, much to the discor.fort of those per sons who considered themselves pa triotic citizens until, In the presence of the personally conducted - kind of patriots, they discover th ir short comings. We generally discover. If we watch closely, that those self-confessed "pa. triots" are exploiting their so-called patriotism, sometimes for political ad vantage or for business profits, and sometimes to detract the public atten tion from some other manner of plac ing patriotism on a cash basis. Making mountains out of molehills for advertising purposes is their usual stock-in-trade, and they work at it night and day. If there is a more despicable person than the profiteer in necessities it is he who exploits his so-called patri otism. NORTH SIDE. Women In Penitentiary. Seneca, Neb.. Aug. 18. To the Ed itor of The Bee': Where are the women in the Nebraska penitentiary kept, and how are they employed? Are they permitted to be out of doors? Where is the hospital for them? What hour do they arise? Do they have church services? Under whose control is this place run? QUESTIONER. Answer r-Women prisoners In the Nebraska penitentiary are kept in the section set apart for them inside the prison walls. They are employed at sewing on garments, mending, wash ing, knitting and doing other work that is appropriate for female labor. All prisoners are entitled to and re quired to take a certain amount of outdoor exercise every day; some are employed in the open air continually, and all but the most refractory are given an ample opportunity to get plenty of fresh air and sunlight The hospital for sick prisoners Is inside the prison walls. Usually about 6 o'clock in the morning; the hour for arising may vary at the will of the warden or matron, although it la uniform for all prisoners. Services are held in the prison chapel regularly on Sunday, and frequently during the week; a regular chaplain and- bands of church workers look after the regeneration of the prisoners. The prison is under control of the state, the governor ap pointing the warden, who Is in direct charge and responsible' for its man agement Religion and the War. Omaha, Aug. 12. To the Editor of The Bee: Just a few lines to express my appreciation of your able editorial appearing in last Sunday's paper re garding the church missing its chance. As waa stated by you, lt seems that this Is a great day for the church to redeem its past record of petty quar rels and miserable dissensions upon dogmatlo creeds and "thou shalt's" and "thou shalt not's," which have caused the church of Jesus Christ to present a divided front to the world and give it the appearance of a house divided against Itself. The boys on the battlefield do not care for the finesse of theological hair splitting, but they want to know the answer to the fundamental proposi tions of life. The men who are about to make the supreme sacrifice want to know the simple story of salvation, and they want to know the road that leads to heaven in straightforward terms. They do not care whether you wear your collar backward or ' for ward, or whether you use cigarets or smoke cigars, if you have the answer that satisfies the human soul. Never In the history of the world have the small, mean, insignificant unessentlals of the church been brought to light and exposed as they have in this war. We must remember that the only men that Christ condemned were those that put the emphasis on the ritual and the outward show in matters of religion. Those men that have come into large contact vith all kinds of men in the' army and have met and solved all the great problems that are of real conse. quence in human life are truly mak ing one of the greatest contributions to the Christian church that has ever been made. It Is to be hoped that they will be able to bring the church back from a dogmatic, ritualistic ma terialism to the simple apostolic Christianity of tho early days. For the Advocate, a Methodist pa per, to decry that large sympathy that is now existent among the ministry working with our troops and quibble over tho use of tobacco and dogmatize over the things that have no meaning in the larger things in life is to hark back to the days of the Pharisees and hypocrites. It is again to attempt to place the black gate of religious intol erance across the path to heaven and to hurl bleeding humanity back down the hill of yesterday to barbarism Again, Mr. Editor, . let me .express complete satisfaction over the splendid! vision or your arucie. WILLIAM H. THOMPSON. SAID IN FUN. Mri. Knlcker Do you approre of youR busband's poker games? , Mm. . Bocker--Tei, he Hires mo Thrift Urapi when bo loiee and War stamp when he wlna.--New Tork San. Vicar toTerely) Ah, It's tho old otorfc unskilled man dodging work ho fcifht get. Tramp Unskilled, am IT Tou, "ave a gi at dodgln' work these daya an aee tf i don't take a bit o' kill. Boston Tran-1 script. . j 'i hear, James, your master Is a perfect ladyktller, especially -since he got bis newj auto." 1 "Taint, so. sir. He has run over some), but none of 'em's dead yet'' San Franclsca Chronicle. . ' She You don't write me now such nleaj long love letters every day you don't see me. Is lt Indifference? I He No, my darling, it Is patriotism. Thej government wants us to save paper. BaHl-j more American, I "Oh. would some power the giftle gle na to see ourselves as others see us." "That would be foolish. Most of us thin pretty well of ourselves as things are." Louisville Courier-Journal. . . The. hyphen Is viper. It seemed so straight and stark That Uncle Sammy used It For a punctuation mark. But lt soon began to wriggle, And lt bit our Uncle sore. 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