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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1918)
' ' row tjpw? nwAWi, TWTTPRnAV. SF.PTRMBFR '15 ' 191R. ' - ' " 1 ' n 6 '' A liU AJUU V MAiA i A A A W .wmf j - i a 1 sJ : ; ; - 1 1 4 The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING -SUNDAY t'OL'NDED B EDWARD BOSBWATEB VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR THIS BEE tH)BU8HlNO COMPANY. PROPRIETOR, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fix. liaoeitted Pre, ol ni Tb Be mtaba. enwsiielj ..rt'tliTw the 'oT publUalto. 01 U new diwetjbe. d to K & whenrte. nested id tint DPr. i"J rukliifced bmta re Uo tm4 OFFICES SoulB Ofih-SSU N. St Ka Yors-Me fifth Lincoln -J Utle Bulldlct- walnHon-13U Q Bl. JULY CIRCULATION Daily 68,265 Sunday 59,312 ' eiiwiution ft th. monta. eubecribea end swore to b DwifM Wlllum. nrculitlai Manner. : Subscriber leaving th. city shUJ km The Be. mM to them. Addrese changed tt as requested. THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAP ft! VII MM Hlll In 1 fjlfc m uiiH5iiiii!lillllllllllllllllli The Visiting Nurses deserve it Director McAdoo It to every-day Santa Clans for therailroad men, all right The crewn prince of BmrU on say "l told yon so" to Ludcndorff. if that wilt help him any. Today ii Omaha day at the State fair. Omaha owes it to itself to make it a record red letter day. The kaiser it aaid to be wearing a aorrowful look-but wait till the Allies get through with him. '-. ' " "" British military expert , expect Pershing's army to do the mopping Bp, and the gooda wilt be delivered. .... : ', , Still! the police department of Omaha ia not to be made more effective and better disciplined merely by proclamation! addressed to the public Ludendorff was right once, when he laid the war had changed from one of position to one of movement And his troops are doing the mov ing toward the rear. The one difficulty about the recognition of the Czecho-Slovak republic ii that it will eventually restore Przemysl and other geographical jaw breakers to daily use. - American! have never yielded an inch of ground, once Itaken, according to a London paper. .Nobody on, this aide thought they would. Ctyir army has no back-motion gearing. Tancho" Villa thrusts ? himself into notice from time to time, just to remind the world of the inefficiency of the Carranza government Some time we will have to finish the work laid aside in 1916. . If the kaiser thought he could finish the job on the western front before the Americana could get into the, fighting, he fooled himself badly est as'.badly as-when he figured that his U- : boats could stop, ocean traffic' ; y ,.'. Ex-Governor Cole Blease of North darolina has been beaten for the nomination for United States senator. There are soma consolations in ht,e consolidated into one. the primaries even though Senator Norris man- 'aged o pull in between a divided opposition. It is to be hoped no embarrassing reference will be made to the kaiser's bill to stop the ex port of arms at that big New York meeting of Ciecho-Slavs which is to be presided over by oar democratic United States senator from Nebraska, One Wonderful Achievement Sixteen hundred thousand American soldiers arc now serving with the colors on foreign soil Just what is actually involved in this sin.c nouncement by the chief of staff of our army is difficult to explain. It is a wonderful achieve ment composed of a number of separate but correlated achievements, each in itself a wonder. Under conditions that existed fourteen months ago six or seven years would have been con - nvmri in getting the force we now have in France to the scene of its service. Six months ago we were told we would soon have half a million men under arms in Europe This so cheered the Huns that the great drive of March ; was set in motion that victory might be secured before enough Americans to turn the tide might be landed. Iindenburg's campaign was well planned, but he underestimated our capacity for hurrying up. In one month since then 285,000 soldiers have been delivered in France. In Au gust more than 250,000 were sent across. That means that in these to months more American troops have landed in France than we sent there in the first year of the War. Their equipment and supplies have gone with them. Nothing in all history equals this performance, and the most .... satisfactory thought in connection with it all is that the boys got there in time. . f ; FAIR PLAY FOR COUNTRY DISTRICTS. Another election has passed and the city cf Omaha has again chosen every Douglas county representative in the state legislature from within its own city gates. They have . also chosen another county superintendent to pre side over the country schools, in whom they have no interest and care nothing as to their qualifications or fitness for the position. How longl O Lord! must this unjust rule be en dured by the country geecks of Douglas coun ty? .Valley Enterprise. . lkt Bee sympathizes with the voters of the country districts in Douglas county who rightly protest against being constant victims of a situa tion which practically deprives them of repre sentation in the legislature and gives them an officer not of their choosing to look after their schools. ; As the remedy for the first difficulty The Bee has urged, and still urges, that 'members of the legislature be chosen by districts so as to make them truly representatives of a constituency. That is what is done everywhere In Nebraska except in Omaha and Lincoln and 4wq or three other counties to which are apportioned more than one representative each. There is no good reason why, however, any person should vote for more than one legislative representative at a time any more than he should vote for more than one representative in congress. If our five state senators and twelve members of the House were elected by districts, the county voters would have the whole say for at least one of the House districts and a deciding voice In at least one of the Senatorial districts. As to the county superintendent, whose jur isdiction is confined to the county schools, it is palpably unfair to leave his selection or employ ment to the people of the city with whose schools he has nothing to do. , We believe the county superintendent should not be elected at all, but should be hired on his merits and qualifications as an educator the same as is a city superintendent, the principal of a high school, or the chancellor of a state university. If this is to remain a local office, we should have a country school board chosen exclusively by the voters of the school districts affected and that board should run the country schools through a trained superintendent for the teaching side and an experienced business man for the business management. Correcting a Diplomatic Blunder. ' The United States is to mediate between Nicaragua and Honduras, in the interest of peace between those" touchy neighbors, and is thereby offered an opportunity to correct a diplomatic blunder. f ' v Planning for defense of the Panama canal as well as to protect the future of American con cerns, it was found necessary to secure naval bases on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts north of the canal termini. On the east this was located on the Corn islands, which were acquired with little trouble. On the west the base is situ ated on the Bay of Fonseca. While the area ac tually obtained is wholly within Nicaraguan ter ritory, Honduras and Salvador have control of those portions of the bay bordering its entrance, and, therefore, claim concern In the presence of the United States. Obtaining control of the so called Nicaragua', canal route also brings Hon duras into the matter, for the river Involved forms part of the boundary between Nicaragua and Honduras. , ' ' - - ' In negotiating for these rights the United States dealt only with Nicaragua, as it was held that no right or privilege of either of the other countries was involved. Hope had. been ex pressed, that the three small governments might The people of the three have not yet responded to such a sugges tion and have shown a decided resentment of the action of the United States. This has gone so far as to bring an end to the international court, through which the five Central American repub lics were operating to maintain peace, a result greatly deplored, by the advocates of ' the plan. If the United States can avert war between the Nicaraguan and Honduran government, and at the same time do something to rectify the blunder made in the course of establishing the canal defenses, it will be doing a real service to the cause of universal international arbitration. A Sidetracked "Peace Drive.,, Events along the front line trenches in France and Flanders have had the effect of sidetracking the German "peace drive" before it could get under way. j The co-ordination of a "conference" of socialists and other pacifists in Switzerland with a forward push towards Paris was the open ing move of this remarkable bit of, strategy. The kaiser had pulled the trick before, however, and the Allies were watching him. , Ludendorff'a drive on Paris was checked by the American armyana the refusal of the British government to issue passports to delegates intending to visit Switzerland put a stop to the "conference." Since the middle of July the Hun has been so com pletely occupied In trying to keep ahead of the Allies steam roller he has had no opportunity to set in motion any further devices to entrap the sympathies of misguided peace lovers. Some whines have been heard from behind his lines, Indicative of the disappointment that is heavy over the councils of the kaiser, but his beautiful vision of another "diplomatic" triumph, together with a military success, has been dissipated. . The Lichnowsky Memorandum By Ptofessvr Munroe' Smith oj Columbia University Critical interpretation and discussion of this most important war docu ment by one of the world's foremost authorities on historical jurispru dence and the study of comparative international law. When Lichnowsky reviews the fateful events of July, 1914, he rejects with the same candor the construction which his govern ment has given to these events and which the German people have, for the most part, blindly accepted. For the official German theory that Serbia had inflicted upon Aus tria's honor a stain that could be washed out only by blood, he substitutes the statement that Serbia had to be "massacred" because it stood in the way of Austria's ambitions. The official German statement that Russian mobilization was an act of war he dismisses with contempt. He, does not attempt to dis prove it, because it is a purely military theory that has" never had the least recognition in the diplomatic world. He reminds us only that the czar had pledged his word that no Russian soldier should march so long as ne gotiations continued. Against the theory formally advanced by Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg in his speech of December 2, 1914, before the Reich stag, that Great Britain was responsible for the war because it assured France, and there fore Russia also, of unconditional support against Germany a theory fully disproved by the documents Lichnowsky insists upon Grey's earnest desire and persistent efforts to prevent the outbreak of a European war. He expresses his Own conviction that Grey's proposed conference with the German, Ital ian and French ambassadors in London, for the purpose' of devising an adjustment of the issue raised between Austria and Russia, would undoubtedly have averted the war had Germany wished to avert it. To justify Germany's refusal to take part in such a conference, von Tagow now argues that "Italy was Serbophil and, with its Bal kan interests, stood rather opposed to Aus tria." Has Herr von Jagow forgotten that, when he first heard of the proposed confer ence, he told the French ambassador, Jules Cambon, that he was "disposed to join in," and that it was only when he was instructed, from above, that the conference would be "a court of arbitration," that he changed his at titude? If the conference were to have been a court, Germany might properly have chal lenged Italy's participation on the ground now first suggested by von Jagow. In fact, however, it was not proposed that the con ference should attempt to decide anything; it was simply to suggest a settlement; and Bethmann-Hollweg's deliberate misconstruc tion of Grey's proposal was simply a link in the chain of lies with which Berlin dragged Europe into the world war. Von Jaow's record is so much better than that of his su periors that.it is painful to find him still coun tenancing a misrepresentation-for which he was not primarily responsible. On the more important Question of Great Britain's alleged responsibility for the war von Jagow aupports Lichnowsky's view. Britain did not contrive the war;' "on the contrary." von Jagow writes. "I believe in Sir Edward Grey's love of peace and in his earnest wish to arrive at an agreement with us." Perhaps the most valuable feature of Lichnowsky's memorandum for the future historian, certainly its moat interesting feature for us today, is his characterization of Sir Edward Grey. After two years' close association Lichnowsky was assuredly in a position to form a-just estimate of the man as well as of the statesman. Not only is he convinced of Grey's love of peace; he Is also profoundly impressed by Grey's complete honesty and unmistakable sincerity. Svldom, if ever, in the history of the world has a diplomat of one nation paid such a tribute to a colleague of another nation as Lichnowsky pays to Grey. Never has such a tribute been paid at a moment when the two nations con cerned were locked in a desperate struggle. , In the light of subsequent events, many Englishmen have found that Grey was too peaceful They have criticised him for his readiness to make concessions to a rival power which, as we jiow see, was unlikely to be satisfied with any concessions, because its appetite was insatiable. Grey has been crit icised also because in his negotiations with predatory Balkan principalities, after the outbreak of war, he was too scrupulous to be successful. There remains, however, to his credit one achievement that far outweighs any errors or failures, an achievement that was due to his love of peace, his honesty and his scrupulous honor. He carried Great Britain into the greatest of all its wars with spotlessly clean hands. The value of- such evidence as Prince Tribute to Sam Gompers Whatever questions may have been raised in the past of Samuel Gompers' stand upon domestic questions, there can be few men in the United States who will not echo what Lloyd George, the British premier, said of him yesterday in as distinguished an assem bly as London cpuld muster. "No one," said Mr. Lloyd 'George, "has done more than Mr. Gompers to convince the civilized world that Germany must be beaten: and specifically that "victory in this war means more for those who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow than, for any other class." He who spoke has thi right of one raised by energy and merit from humble circumstances to high place to speak for labor. He who listened hacj. deserved he tribute. Among the big factors which are swinging the war against the rule-or-ruin clique in the Berlin war party, not the least is the fact that, when the conflict was treacherously brought on for the loot of half the world, the president of the American Federation of La bor was not a bolshevik or one tainted with the doctrines of the I. W. W.. but a strong and brilliant champion of true democracy. New York World. Lichnowsky gives us depends, of course, not alone on the witness' knowledge of men and of events, but also on his personal charac teristics. It would be an exaggeration to describe the prince as a subtle man, or even as a very acute man. He is possessed, how ever, of good, sound understanding. His description of the public men with whom he came in contact in England shows discern ment His analysis of the relations between society and government in England, as Eng land was before the war, is substantially cor rect His truthfulness is apparently beyond question; he is too much of a grand seigneur to say anything that he does not believ. His chief foible is that to which the grand seigneur is most liable, an exaggerated sense of his own importance.. It is because he is so self-centered that he is inclined to ascribe to the envy of rivals all opposition to his policies. This illusion finds an extreme ex pression in his belief that one reason, at lease, why the authorities in Berlin clung to a policy that must lead to war was their dis inclination to give to him and to Grey the credit of keeping the peace. ; It is on this weakest point that the Ger man press, taking its cue, as always, from the German government dwells with especial insistence, ft should be noted, however, that Lichnowsky's vanity appears to mislead him only in the explanation of facts. It does not anywhere appear that it has led him to mis state the facts themselves. He is very proud of his African and Bagdad treaties, but his summary of their provisions is confirmed by other testimony. In general, so far as his asertions can be controlled by other evidence and most of them can that evidence is confirmatory. If we accept the statement which Lich nowsky made to the imperial, chancellor, in his letter of March 15. 1918. that he wrote his memorandum "with regard to the future" and for the sake of "noting the details ot my experiences and impressions before they van ished from my memory" that is, that he wrote for his family archive? and for history the truslworthiness of the document is en hanced. There is, aparently, no reason to doubt the sincerity of this statement The prince had, indeed, urgent motives to wish that the living wosld, as well as the living historian, should appreciate his diplomatic activity. Even a more modest and more ju dicious man might well have found it unen durable to be made, as Lichnowsky was made from the moment Great Britain entered the war, the chief scapegoat for the disastrous results of a policy which he had consistently opposed. Even silch a man would -probably have defended himself with equal energy and frankness in private conversation with his friends. Such a man, however, would hardly have put his defense into writing, much less have put several typewritten copies into cir culation, as Lichnowsky did, while the war was still rapine , A less self-centered and more judicious man would have seen clearly that a document of such interest, thus made current, could hardly be kept secret; and he would not have characterized as "unprece dented" the breach of confidence through which it became public That Lichnowsky foresaw such an outcome and was not un willing that his defense should be published, provided this happened without his sanction, is conceivable indeed, but highly improbable. Such a hypothesis is improbable, not only because so underhand a way of attaining an object would have been repugnat to a man of his rank and character, but also because the inconveniences which even an unauthor ized publication would draw upon the writer would have been fully realized. (To Be Continued lomorrow.) To the Critics Back Home There are certain patriots back home who admit that they are willing to support the army program .up to a certain point, but who insist that they have a right to rise up at any monjent with any criticism they may care to make. Thev begin their support with a brick held in the right hand, looking for the first chance to let the brick ny. No such fifty-fifty support is wanted by the A. B. F. This is no fifty-fifty war in any sense. There is no fifty-fifty stuff in the soul of the soldier who swings over the too under heavy fire. Those back-home patriots who do not intend to go the whole distance with the A. f. with all they ve got .should never start at all. They are merely clogging up the road. They may mean well enough, but they are not hooked to our kind of a war. There are but two kingdoms ahead the kingdom of Liberty and the kingdom of Kaiserism. "Under which king, Benzonian? Speak, or die." Stars and Stripes (published in France). People and Events t, Senator John Sharp Williams piped the requiem of his associate. Senator Vardaman, in one sentence:: De mortuis nil nisi bonum and I do not know any good. The telephone girls of Massachusetts are accused of eating 3U tons of candy in a month and a matinee idol iu San Francisco has been run in as & slacker. Conservation of sweet things seems wobbly in spots. u A hot race ia on between St Louis and Kansas City for the distinction of speeding under the wire first in thrift stamps. Ihe quota of St Louis is $16,000,000, and df Kan sas City $6,259,000. Go to it ,and jar loose. Out of a bunch of speeding chauffeurs pulled into a New York court 13 could not speak the language of the court and interpre ters were called in. A mission for the Amer icanization of Gotham mighty easily com mand overtime on the job. One Year Ago Today la, the War, First soldiers of national army went Into uniform. German army pushed It mile be yond the city of Riga. Japanese war mission received la nous of representative) m Washing ton. . Two Russian grand dukes arrested for complicity la plot for eounter-rey olution. - The Day We Celebrate. . V f William Newton, president of th Haskin Brotmtrs & , Co- manufac , turers. born in 1158.' , HL Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster. Episcopal bishop of Connecticut bora at Windham, conn., 70 years ago. Thomas E. Watson, former Georgia congressman, born in Columbia coun. ty, Oeorgla, fz years ago. ; This Day fa Hlstoty. A- ;174 Ttaomaa becam gover nor of Virginia, t . ; 1857 August Comte, the famous French philosopher, who was th founder ot poelttvlsm, died. JBorn In 1792. - ' ; 1 1 s s A synagogue, said to be the largest and most beautiful - in the vorld, was consecrated in Berlin. 1914 England, Franc and Russia agreed sot to treat for peac separ 1916 French captured mile of German trenches on Verdun front J ust 80 Years Ago Today Chief Seavey has In his possesson a half dozen walking sticks which had been dropped betwen th seats at th "Sleg of Sebastopol." Arthur Rothery has two water spaniels and on hairless Mexican dog on xmoit at tn rair. , Cameron & Smith, th entertrl lng muslo firm of this city, tendered th commercial travelers a concert and th program consisted ot songs. duets and quartet by several of the finest lady and gentlemen singers of umana under the direction of Frank. lia & Smith and a number of piano elections by Prof. August Walther. O. W. Holdrege, general manager of th Burlington & Missouri railroad, naa arrived horn from th east. Fred Nash, general agen.of the cnicago, juiiwauKe & su faul road, returned from Chicago. . Here and There Kangaroo farming is aa Important Industry in Australia. American Indiana ar said to b able to se one-tenth farther than th average whit man. Durlnsr th latter months of th sleg of tadysmlth, South' Africa, tobacco was sold in th town for 130 a pound. Th Jananes languag Is now In cluded in th course of study ia the high schools of Australia. Th automobl ndustry employs half as many people as ar employed by all th railroads of the United States. Th high prlc of linen is du la large measur to th enormous de mand for this material for covering aeroplane wings. A farmer of Jersey county, Illinois, is th Inventor of a davico with which"! b claims to have caught 85 bushels of grasshoppers In a slngl day. Th teas of India and Ceylon ar named according to the position of the leaf on th plant the lower leaves being ot the lowest grade quality. The present Japans dynasty Is by far the oldest in th world, . for Yoshihlto claims to b th llzd monarch ot an unbroken line dating from th seventh century befor the Pltrlutlnn . - The latest affliction n New York is th "tax lien shark," a species of coin sweaters not uncommon in th coun try. Th Gotham, variety is noted for reach and seat, and ar receiving th auonuon ot tn grand jury, - Whittled to a Point Minneapolis Tribune: Congratula tions to th modern south that has put the silencer on Jim Vardaman and New York Herald: Th kaiser,? it is announced, haa gon to Bad Nau helm. Going to the bad is the easiest thing that kaiser does. f ' Minneapolis Tribune: Th Ger mans havo given up all hope of going to Paris, but they ar headed th right way and they may get to Berlin first but they will hav to hurry. - Minneapolis Journal: Th War de partment is to send over 250,000 men a month this summer and fall. When a bunch Ilk that gets under way something will have to crumble. Kansas City Star: The German' ob jective seems to have changed again. First it was Paris, then it was th Channel, and now the supreme effort of the general staff is to get back to the Hlndenburg line. v Louisville Courier-Journal: Ger man symbolism Is exemplified la the crucifixion of Sergeant Col of East Liverpool. O.. whos body was found spiked to th door of a shattered building. Thus Dan-Germanism would crucify civilization In th Interest of kultur had it sufficient strength. . New York Post: Imagine the case of th widower of 44 who, having married at about 20, speeded his 42- year-old son off to an officers' train ing camp a year ago and is now ex pecting soon to be dratted into his son's company. These ar times for fathers to treat their sons right, Twice Told Tales , Sailing Close to Fact Food Regulator Merrltt was dis cussing th "nih cost of living and other things, and remarked ; "The fluctuations come so fast that it is Impossible to keep an accurate lln on prices. We are all in th same position as the small boy who said to ms motner: 'Why do hats cost mor than houses, mamma?' " 'But they don't dear. What mad you think so?' M 'Well, that slga aaysi "Hats, $10 up, and yesterday I saw a sign that said, "Houses, 110 down.'."' Limited Vision. t Two soldier boys from the west who had been hurried to the coast and on board ship in the dark, were 'next morning surveying with open-eyed wonder the boundless stretch of roll lng blue around them. "Gee whiz, Bill," said on, "Who would have thought there cduld be so much water as that?" "I know it," drawled the other. "And Just think, Jim, yon only se wnat s on top." Boston Transcript. The Family Line. - : in a way, Mayme followed her father's speculating propensity when sne engaged herself to an aviator." "How so?" I "He took a flyer In some stock, and she took some stock in a flyer." Bal timore American 'VP State-Wide Primary and Short Ballot, Lincoln, Sept I. To the Editor ot The Bee: Under dat of August 26 a Nebraskan of wide experience in politics, and who has ben honored by election to several high offices, one of which be holds today, writes: "It is'doubtless apparent to you by this time that our system of nominat ing candidates by filing and -holding a primary election has failed in its pur pose. You are th man to make a close estimate of the cost to each candidate and put it in form so that it can be used in the future." Inasmuch as our law relative to cor rupt practices excludes postage, print ing, circular letter traveling and other personal expenses of the candi date, but does include newspaper ad vertising, the records of the secretary of state and the several county clerks will reveal possihy considerably less than half of what the rec5nt primary cost those who aspired to" a nomina tion. I shall take time to prepare the estimate: but for the present-assume that most persons agree that our pri mary system Imposes a heavy burden upon candidates one altogether out of proportion to the legitimate benefits to accrue. . I am not ready to say that the money expended In our primaries Is an economic loss, but there Is no question that it should com out of a larger number ot pocKets man ai present v. From th prcinct caucus up to the legislative sessions, and every official act of th executive state officers. evfirv steD is a cart of our system ot representative democracy, and one in which all the people, wnetner mey realize it or not, are interested. Po. lltical organizations are no longer re garded as private clubs, in the con duct of which the general public hac little or no interest, slight oversight and no responsibility for the costs. Year by year it is recognized more and more fully that each political organi zation Is an integral part of govern, ment Revolt against the abuses of the old nominating convention system led to the adoption of the state-wide pri mary, bus no man could foresee that it would emasculate the press, robbing it of its high estate as a reflector of pub lic opinion and making it a mere intel lectual taxicab tor tne transportation of what each candidate has brass ennneh to sav about himself. Theer is no doubt that the primary brings con siderable revenue to the newspapers and thy are surely entitled to all tripy; receive; but the advertising bills should be borne by all the people directly. I would not tavor abolition or tne present primary, and am not sure I should favor the so-called "short bal lot," even If our constitution permitted It; but I believe a modification of our present law can be made In such a way as to place the burden of expense where it belongs, gain at least a part of the short ballot benefits and return to the state nominating convention purged of its most obvious evils. I do not claim these amendments will give a perfect system, or one which will not at all times require the alert attention of every good citizen. Roughly jotted down, these changes are as follows: , Thirty days or more prior to last filing day for county officers, permit a "elate" or group filing to be made in the office of secretary of state, to gether with platform of principles and measures, by the candidate lor gover nor, giving the names and postoffice addresses of the seven candidates' he desires associated with him on th party ticket for general election. Fil ing fee, $800; platform to not exceed 1000 words. Filing to be,a""om panled by concise biographical sketch ot the eight group candidates, not ex ceeding 2,400 words for the eight Secretary of state, not later than 20 days before last filing day for county officers, to publish in every legal news paper In Nebraska each group filing, giving names and postoffice addresses of candidates, the platform, in full and th biographical sketches.. Provision should be mad that the platform shall be published in 8-polnt Roman, and that the biographical sketches should be entitled to the space re quired to set them in 10-polnt 13-em measure; and that if the candidates desire, and supply the necessary ruts, the allotted space might be used partly in cuts and partly in printing, l-'ub-lication should be one time in every legal newspaper, and bills paid by the state. Within the time of filing for county offices candidates for delegate to th state nominating convention may file, each filing to be accompanied by a written declaration showing ' which group the aspirant wishes to represent and a pledge to support each candi date in such group for not less than three formal ballots in the state nom inating convention. Delegates to re ceive $10 per diem for not more than three days, together with actual ' rail road fare the nearest way, be subject to arrest for nonattendance and ex cused only for sickness attested by Anrnrm Mrtiflcat. To b tid by county; filing fee $5. Representation based on one delegate for each 500 votes or major fraction thereof cast for th party nomine for governor at the next preceding election. . Immediately after county canvass of primary votes county clerks to re port to secretary of state the name, postoffice address, poltics and group adherence of each delegate elected. State committee of each political , party should be required to prepar printed roll call blanks, showing al phabetical list of delegates grouped under alphabetical list of counties, to gather with the postoffice address and group adherence of each delegate, for use at the state nominating conven tion, not less than one copy for each delegate and at least 46 for use of the tellers. So-called "unit rule" should be prohibited andsevery delegate rev quired to keep his pre-primary pledge.. State committee should be authorized to select in advance the temporary chairman and secretary; to prepare all necessary printed blanks for use in the state convention. Customary convention procedure should be pre scribed, except that the committee on platform should be named by the suc cessful candidate for governor. An absolute majority ot the elected dele gates should be required to make each nomination. 1 Such, in the rough, is what I be. lieve would prove a forward step In our political progress. - The filing fee are sufficient to insure bona fide can didates, but the burden of expense let placed largely where It properly be longsupon the taxpayers as a whole. I would prohibit all campaign primary expenses above $500 for each state candidate, for any purpose whatso ever, except the filing fee. - CHARLES Q. DeFRANCK. LAUGHING GAS. That worthy man haa halttd many people who were going wrong.'' . "Welfare worker?" "Traffio eop." Judge. "Row wee It that you were not tartta t lunch at the Jobbea when you called there t" "Mra. Jobbes aald ehe wae lorry, bat "we had struck one ot their eatlesi dayi." Balti more American. A WAR ANGELUS. Ob, Thou, who In the hollow of Thy hand Hold earth and eky and aea. Be with our boys our khaki band Wbate'er, their fortune be. - Protect them tn their hour of pela, Olve health and strength and life, Make war to cease; peace come again The world Is surfeited ot strife. Our righteous cause our only plea. Our faith a rock on which we stand Inspire us. Lord, to ask of Thee, Triumphant peace for our dear land. FLORENCE! S3, KBINUWJB. Mlnden, Neb. , - -WHY- ' At 1 WW - Btoisefta it, OoodThmfc Toa1 JNsJ NEW FIREPROOF 1 iilil? ' -With Beta. 'te JitiP i With Toilet Mmm "M- WAXljh$A Car Ub 1 'SSr! rromPpeie Hotel Sdnfor , The Brambach Baby Grand VThQ smallest grand piano made in an upright space and price X Y TOULDNT you be keenly interested if a friend aaid W "I know where you can buy the most wonderful little) and ciano in the world! It is the Brambach Baby Grand. It will actually fit in that corner where your j old upright atanda think of that I The price? 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