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THE BEE: TjMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1918. The Omaha Bee JAILY (MORNING) - EVENING - SUNDAY FOUND KO fiV EDWARD ROSKWATKB A VICTOR EOSEWATER. EDITOR THI BEk'tUBUSHINO COMTAST, f ROPR1KTOR, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED TRESS t tin wswwd. OFFICES toi-litil Bui lni wmwum-l-U o at. " JULY CIRCULATION Daily 68,265 Sunday 59,312 ttrnn MtUiin" tat Ins ei Miifc. .ub.vlt1 nl snn bt ntb InittsiM. Ofcoltlior Uiier tub. crib rs (ravin th city ahoatd ha Tb B J lit thrm. Addr.. hand Hn rqu d 1 THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG ttiiiKiifrii;""".. r,l i":!-,.::'':'l!l'!Hiil'lllliliiil iill, (Hi;''! Mf-i:i'H;.ii!l.j'!!'!!n)ljiiiHMl' Come on cow, Mr. Weatherman, with your Indian summer I Bohemia hat won by persistency againit a powerful array of oppbncnU, and deserves ita triumph. ! Chief Eberstein may not have had experience la handling a police force, but he is about to ac uire tome. The kaiser is said to be a changed man. How x Ter he may look, he must feel like small change -ay about 30 cents. "Freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell," but may now shout with joy in the rise of Masaryk Utd the Gtecho-SIovsk republic. - -g The Canal du Nord might serve the retreat ing Huns welt if it only had top on it. But Ihey cannot stand fighting in the open. Omaha's readiness to support every worthy thsrity is proved again by the Visiting Nurse ssociatton going "over the top" with more than (9,000 receipts from its tag day. If the convicted I. W. W. leaders ever com manded any sympathy, a few bomb explosions killing and maiming innocent victims, traced to their associates, will forfeit it to them. The hyphenated World-Herald refers to the -defeat of Cole Blease in South Carolina and of Senator Vardaman !n Mississippi as "(deserved" on their' war records. Tliere are others! - Wonder what the kaiser and his war lords re handing the deluded German people In explana tion of how tht Americans got. across the Atlan tic in spite of the U-boats that were to itop ocean traffic completely. . : It was worthy of the Hun pirates to set sailors And fishermen afloat far at seat without food and drink, to te chancea of death by starvation and --Mffi$Wt.,The day of reckoning for these heart iesiNbrutes is at hand. , ,.); i ... ,' , -- ; Difaft boards that excluded bankers from con ' s deration for industrial exemption art instructed from higher up that they made t mistake. The popular delusion tbat a banker does no work, thin, has no official standing. JUGGLING THE POLICE PENSION FUND. Though we believe Chief of Police Dempsey should have a square deal in recognition of his long and faithful service, culminating in his merit promotion to the headship of the police force, we protest that it is dangerous to juggle the police pension fund in disregard of the plain provisions of the law. The charter is so clear that it can not be mistaken. It authorizes retire ment of a police officer after completion of 20 years' service at half the salary received at the time of retirement "provided he shall hold the rank he held at th'e time of his retirement for a period of at least one year." It is only whipping the devil around the stump to propose giving a leave of absence to make a fictitious year's service in the top rank and worse than that it is an evasion of the law. If this can he done for one member of the de partment, it can be repeated at will for others. It is just as bad a precedent as restoring an offi cer far beyond the atre limit after being for years off the force in order to let him qualify for a pension to which he has no moral claim, as has also been attempted over the vigorous protest of The Dee. The way to do justice to Chief Dempsey, if it was the intention to let him earn a chief's- pen sion, would be to let him have the remainder of his year to make 'good in the new job; for only if he made good after a fair trial would he be rightfully entitled to a pension. We sumbit, however, that if the police pension fund is to be juggled by favor, the door will be opened to all aorts of abuses and invitation issued to constant pulling and hauling to get in on the fund for special benefits. When Buying Water Power. A sharp difference of opinion between the president and the house has arisen over terms of the pending water power bill, an administra tion measure. It concerns the method of pro cedure in regard to purchase or "recapture" at the termination of the leasing period. Mr. Wil son would like to have "fair value" substituted for "net investment" in this section, but the house has declined to make the change. Either of the phrases contains possibilities of greau aouse. rair vaiue is not aiways easuy esiau lished, and might be used to cover up consider able extravagance in the ultimate purchase; net investment, while more easily determined, also can be manipulated so as to lay the'public under heavy tribute to speculators. Development of water power projects, with a view of ultimately unloading on the public, will be encouraged under either provision of the law. That the "white coal" of America should be brought into service is admitted, but it should be on such terms as will not rob the people of their rights, nor open a new field for speculative promotion at public expense. Every encouragement should be given to those who undertake the development of water power under provisions that will protect the in terests of public and investor alike. '.. No politics In tht president's proposed tour of the country in the interest of tht next Liberty loan. Qf 'course sot. But our democratic na- Uonal committeeman and our democratic United States senator are prompt to urge him to include Nebraska in the itinerary to save the situation for their democratic ticket which they otherwise , despair of. . . . . ... . One Transportation Evil Overcome. . While the management of the railroad by J the government has not as yet produced ideal conditions, it bas overcome tome of the troubles - tfcat' had brought the transportation industry of , the country to almost a atandstilL One of these was the result of routing of freight Special agents, serving their own line, were able to se ... cure such detouring of cars at often all .but - doubled the straight-line or most direct route fcaul This has been done, away with by adminis trative order, and the results have astonished op erating, officials, who long had recognized the tyti btit had no way of effectively overcoming ' it A report to the director general shows that by rerouting freight in carload lots from points west f of the Mississippi to eastern destinations . over the most direct lines, an average haul of 195 miles pjr car was eliminated. The advantage of this is plain. It could only have been accom plished ty the adoption of the system enforced under government management, a privilege that was denied 'the private owners. By the time the war is over,' the public will probably be educated to the point where it will not again so seriously Interfere with efficient operation of the railroads. "Cottage" Cheese and Congress. Almost anything serves to get money out of the treasury these times. In the supplementary agricultural appropriation bill, now in the senate, is an item setting aparj $52,950 to teach farmers' wives how to make cottage cheese. Some of the senators from western states are under the im pression that this is not a lost art, but one of the most commonly practiced of all culinary econo mies. However, Senator Nelson discovered that two young women are traveling through one of the counties in his state, with good salaries and a liberal expense account, the whole amounting to more than $10,000 a year, to teach the mys terious process of putting clabbered milk into a bag, bringing to a boil, and then hanging it where the whey can drain off. And it is pro posed to have similar 'crusades set afoot in each county in the union. What most interested the senators, and will surely engage public attention, is how the small amount of money will be stretched to pay the cost of the program sug gested, by the experts of the Agricultural de partment The bill also has an item of $3,000 for exterminating the pice weevil,' which Senator Kenyon thinks will just about pay somebody for sitting around and looking wijse. It is not the prohibition amendment that is causing the slow progress of this measure through the senate, but the consideration of the cottage cheese and other oddities on which money is to be expended. 1 . The Lichnowsky Memorandum By Professor Munroe Smith oj Columbia University Criticatinterpretation 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. IV. Lichnowsky's memorandum was written in the summer of 1916. According to German statements which have reached neutral and allied countries, and which, in epite of minor variations, are in the main accordant, a copy of the memorandum was lent by Privy Coun selor Witting, a brother-in-law of Maximilian Harden, to Captain von Beerfelde, who was employed in the political section of the general staff. Von Beerfelde is described as an idealist and a pacifist. A man who was neither might well desire, in the interest of Germany itself, an early coiftlusion of peace, and might well have thought, as Captain von Ueerfelde is said to have thought, that one of the greatest obstacles to the conclusion of a reasonable peace was the conviction pre vailing in Germany that Great Britain was responsible for the war. Such a man might well have wished to see Lichnowsky's memo randum published, on the ground that its publication would tend to correct this mis conception and lessen the resulting hatred. Since the publication of the memorandum a similar view has been expressed by Cap tain Persius, military expert of the Berlin Tageblatt, who is neither an idealist nor a pacifist. Actuated, apparently by such mo tives, Captain von Beerfelde, without the au thorization of Prince Lichnowsky, had a num ber of copies made and sent them to some of his friends and acquaintances. Early in Feb ruary, 1918, the New Fatherland alliance (a society formed in the autumn of 1914, which is neither socialist nor pacifist, but is op posed to autocracy and has protested against annexations) had 2,000 copies printed in South Germany and sent to Berlin, where they were seized by the police. Such a seizure, of course, is seldom complete; there are usually copies, or at least proof-sheets, which the po lice do not find. About the middle of Mdich, 1918, a portion of the memorandum appeared at Stockholm in Politiken, the leading organ of the Swedish socialists. Publication of fur ther installments was temporarily arrested by the Swedish government; but on March 21, 1918, the complete text of the memoran dum was printed in the Berlin Borsen-Cour-ier. After this, fie German government ap parently ceased to oppose further publication in Germany. Efforts were still made, how ever, to prevent printed copies from passing the frontier, and not until May was any copy of the German text available in this coun try. Captain von Beerfelde was placed under arrest and, according to the Bernese Freie fitting, which usually is well informed, he nas been confined in an insane asylum. No such measures have been taken against the author of the memorandum. At a meeting of the main committee of the Reichstag, on March 16, Vice Chancellor von Payer read to the deputies Lichnowsky's letter of ex planation, already cited, and stated that, as the prince had been guilty of imprudence only and had resigned his diplomatic rank no further steps would be taken against him. Since that time many German writers have demanded that he be placed on trial and be sent either to prison or to a sanatorium; and a movement was started in the Prussian Up per House to expel him from membership in that body. Themost vehement demands for Lichnowsky's punishment very naturally came from leading militarists and annexa tionists who knew that his statements were substantially true. The imperial and Prus sian governments, however, evidently wish to leave the matter where von Payer left it. Under governmental suggestion the German press lias almost unanimously treated the memorandum as unimportant. Not only is the prince described as a discredited diplo mat, but his narrative and his conclusions are alleged to be so colored by his extreme van ity as to be valueless. As far as the German people are con cerned, this view seems to be generally ac cepted. Upon some intelligent German read ers the memorandum has undoubtedly made a strong impression; but most of these were already fully aware that the official explana tions of the causes of the war were false. The effect of the memorandum was doubtless sensibly lessened by the absorbing anxiety with which all Germans were following their great offensive movement on the western front. This, it will be remembered, was started at the very moment when the mem orandum began to circulate freely in Germany. In a Germany sobered by defeat, the Lichnowsky memorandum, with the Muhlon letters and many other pieces of evidence that demonstrate the guilt of Berlin, will doubtless attract increasing attention; and it may be anticipated that the truth will slowly filter into the German mind, as it seens al ready to be filtering into the minds of many Americans of German descent who have here tofore accepted the German official legends. In the social-political struggles that will fol low the conclusion of peace all this mass of evidence will- be re-examined, if only because it will be valuagle campaign material. Among the peoples of the allied countries and among neutrals the importance of the memorandum was promptly appreciated. Its revelations did not surprise them nor change their views, for they had long known the truth. Nearly all intelligent Americans had understood the events of July, 1914, before the end of that year, as soon, indeed, as the evidence then accessible was laid before them. We and our allies, however1, welcome every new piece of corroborative testimony, and we rightly attach the highest importance to evidence that comes from Germany itself. Especial value attaches, of course, to the tes timony given by men of political standing, like Lichnowsky, or of prominence, in the industrial world, like Muhlon. From a law yer's point of view, perhaps the greatest im portance is to be attached to the admissions of the chief witness called by the German government for its defense, its former foreign secretary, von Jagow. France a Great Empire' A Statistical Fiction and Map Illusion Disposed Of New York Independent. Limit to Civilian Building. As another evidence that we are at war, the War Industries board has announced its intention to restrict civilian building. Any construction of a non-war character is to be at permission of this board, and this means it must be of an uncom monly useful sort if it be permitted. . Labor al ready is under requisition; the registration next week is to be followed by a very strict enforce ment of the work or fight rule. Steel stocks have practically been commandeered; the voluntary re striction of useof gasoline, the call for conserva tion in the use of other fuels, together with many similar signs, all emphasize the fact that America is getting down to brass tacks on war prepara tions. We have made much progress, with a minimum of disturbance to business in general, and while this policy should be maintained, the winning of the war comes ahead of everything. France is not a small country. It is one of the largest in the world. It is not, as is commonly said, "smaller than Texas." It is larger than the Unite! States. This is not a statistical fiction, an illusion of the map. It is a vital factor in the war. Germany is not fighting merely the French nation. It is fighting the French empire. .North Africa under the enlightened re gime 'of the French is again becoming what it was in ancient times, the granary of the Mediterranean region. This saved France and its allies from serious suffering through . . rv f ' . v T-i . . r . ine cuiiing on oi me Russian grain. More than half a million tons of cereals a year is now exported by the French North African colonies. Besides this, during the first two years of the war Algeria supplied the armies in France with 60,000 head of cattle and 9,000 horses and mules; Morocco with 3,000 tons kf wool and millions of eggs; Indo-China Farm Loans and War Bonds The investment of savings in war bonds has in a maqked degree reduced the volume of new farm loans. Not only this, but it seems probable that a considerable part of the proceeds of maturing loans this year will be withdrawn for investment in bonds. It is safe to say that not less than $800,000,000 of farm loans will mature this coming autumn and winter. A fair propor tion of this will he paid up with the pro ceeds of the year's abundant harvest, but as usual the larger part of it must be renewed. Moreover, ' in spite of a good harvest and good pru.es, the world's call for food seems to make it necessary that the present volume of farm loans be at least maintained, if not increased. The American insurance companies, which hold about one-sixth of all the farm mort gages, are beginning to withhold funds for new loans, owing to the fact that the federal government has asked them for heavy in vestments in bonds. But that the federal government realizes the necessity of financing the farm industry is shown by its purchase of $200,000,000 of federal farm land bank bonds, and its per suasion of the British government to with draw its order for recalling the $100,000,000 of British money invested in American farm mortgages. Taking support from an industry vital to the winning of the war to aid the govern ment in the prosecution of the war might well result in merely dogging the war ma- i cnine. .Minneapolis journal. with 360,000 tons of rice, Tonquin with 30,000 tons of antimonv and zinc ores, New Cale donia with 100,000 tons of nickel and 13,000 tons of chrome ore, the West Indies with more than 200,000 tons of sugar, besides cof fee and cocoa; Guiana with three tons of gold, the Sudan with 50.000 head of cattle and Madagascar with 110,000 tons of beans. So far from being a burden upon the mother country, as pessimists predicted, the French colonies have turned in millions of dollars of surplus revenue to the French treasury. The black army was only in the process of formation when the war broke out, as Germany very well knew, but more than 25 battalions were ready for service in 1914. Of course, the number rcruited since has not been made public, but what the zouaves, tir ailleurs, chasseurs and Spahis have accom plished in France is known in part to all the world. Besides soldiers, the French possessions have provided help in other fields. Last year there were more than 30,000 colonial labor ers in the French munition factories. Half of these came from North Africa and half from Indo-China. It is a fine tribute to French colonial ad ministration that the natives have volun teered in such large numbers. In many cases the sons of former adversaries of France are now enlisted in its service. A grandson of Abd-el-Kader is a captain of spahis; a son ot tne late king of Guinea is a lieutenant and has received the Military Cross and Legion of Honor. The Moors, barely conquered when the war began, are now fighting on the side of the French. People and Events One Long Island farmer drew a check for $1,400 for his crop of spuds raised on 10 acres. Nebraska potato kings do not com prise Jhe whole royal spud family. Out in the stSte of Washington a school teacher, disqualified for disloyalty, promptly broke into the socialist party and won a nomination for congress. He knew where to head in. Fuel officials figure a saving of 5,000,000 gallons of gas every Sunday under the ban on joyriding east of the Mississippi. How much gas the owners of cars got out of their systems to ease the pressure of wrath doesn't nter the computation. Both possess dis tinct value. One advances the winning of the war, the other relieved the pressure on disappointed tempers. I TODAY I One Year Ago Today In too War. Franca celebrated the anniversary of the battle of the Marne. Austriana again drove the Italians from the summit of Mount san uaon la. German airplanes bombed a hospital near Verdun, killing It and wounding The Day We Celebrate. t- j fmr t Iw cvf -v An", vZXttont nf Th Raa. born. I860. Patricks. Doran, cleric at ma wwon lnnlAn hAna Hni 1 ftft M. I've Guyot, economist, born at Dinan, trance, 7S year o. James 1C' Hackett, noted actor . manager, born at Wolfe Island, -Ont, Miu.Jant AddamsT" founder of Hull House. Chicago, born at Cedar- Ule, 11L, 8 years ago. Thin Day ia History. ,11111 tamo xf rjniix who con ducted the first, working astronomical observatory in the United States, born t Georgetown. D. C - Died In Wash- Ifinn Vtthriiarv A. 1 H K S- 1S1J Gen. W. S. Rosecrans. who commanded the ftderaia at Chicka-munsn- nrn at Kingston. O. Died Bear Los Angeles, March" 11, 1S98. 18S2 fhe confederate army of Gen .w. l ju. wrimlpi1 Frederick. Md. ' 1 uti TTIr.it r.haoa nt th German ln- a.ion of France terminated with the battle of the Maine. . Just SO Years Ago Today Magnus Nllson haa become editor ot the Swedish Tribune, with hfs office In eheeley a block. The Bee was serenaded by the Wayne band from Wayne, Neb. The organization, 16 musicians, la under the leadership of Mr. Buchanan. H. D. Kelley, editor of the Pioneer, Deadwood, & D., is in town and will write up Omaha and the Omaha fair. Russell B. Harrison passed through Omaha going west The attraction at Boyd'a opera house this week ia the three-act farce, "A Tin tsoiaier. , - ' - The Omaha base ball team will play at Missouri Valley, with Lovett and Kagle as the battery. - Over There and Here Schrecklichkeit is going home to roost. Germany Is about the only section of the world where meatless days are the real thing. Great Lakes naval training station has graduated 69,000 students since the United States entered the war. In peace times the station housed about 1,200 men. In July last 61,000 men were quartered there- Up to September 1, New Tork state haa sent into the army S(4,0s6 men and expects to add '. '6.000 to the num ber in the next 10 months. The fig ures embrace militia and setectives only, excluding enlistments in the sev eral branches of national arms. Harvey Pope, the war singer of Lodge Pole, Neb., starts the chorus with these catchy words: 1 caw the boat come round the bend. Goodbye, old Hunnle. goodbye! R was loaded down with Yankee men. Goodbye, old Hunnie, goodbye!" Enemy bombing parties are giving cologne ana other Rhine cities fre qucnt feasts of Schrecklichkeit The brand is not as appetizing to the n& uvea aa that sent to England n re cent times. Cologne is especially at tractive as a target The huge Ho- henzollern bridge easily maps the huge railroad station a few blocks away and very close to the river bank Clever bomb-dropping will be needed to dodge Cologne cathedral, which rises between the bridge and tha sta tlon, scarcely a hundred yards from , th railroad track. Right to the Point Minneapolis Journal: The morale of the German army will look like its morals if it gets any lower. Washington Post: When the time comes the allies should shift the lux ury tax over to the German empire, If there should be any such animal' left Louisville Courier-Journal: After the war gas masks can be carried for use when the soap box agitator begins to declare that America is not a demo cratic country. Minneapolis Journal: That grating noise heard at Berlin was Germany filing the Austrian protest to Ger many against the Hun swiping all the Polish coal fields. Brooklyn Eagle: The Lusitania claimants are entitled to the first sliee of Hun property seized in this coun try. There are hundreds of millions of Hun property here and we shall need it all to ram truth down the throats of the Huns. The Lusitania claimants are by no means out of court New Tork Herald: One of the first things Germany will be called upon to do will be to repay the forced levies made upon Belgium and towns in northern France and to redeem the "notes" and spurious currency which the Germans have' issued wherever they have planted, themselves- Com pensation for damage done also will have to be made as far as possible In gold, and the rest In commuted pay ments, extended ever a period of years. ' f) Twice Told Tales A Silenecr That Failed. A hard, little never-sav.rtl Tnmmw who had been captured bv th Rnrh refused to work, and tormented his captors by continually shouting: -we gaive ye nen ai ine Marne, didn't we. Fritz? We ni v h.n at the Marne, eh?" He continued this, undaunted by their threats, for many days. Finally, the officers, exasperated, offered him tne cnoice or eunerDeing shot or get ting into a German uniform and sub mitting to the diSCiDllne of a. Herman soldier. After a struggle, he gave in, and the first night his new Boche comrades welcomed him to their ranks and de manded a patriotic speech. Tommy ruse B.iiu oaiu. "Well. bovS. I rnn't aalv nrV,r, rood now &DOii4 tVi na WAnnVitA a... y - .uvaiico .uu 'Tommies over thorn- hut f t.n, i wuv, j-o nuurv, tney gave us neu at the Marne, didn't iney: -verjooays Magazine. RtHnrt Rich Old Aunt Robert I am miner to make my will. I think I shall leave you (pause) NeDheW f Pit p-erlvA Vm xmr Aunt Before long. Boston Tran- Knotted. Buck What's become of the man wuw ur. 10 lay up something for a ramyaayr Wing--I saw him this morning, and f wam ?x,yln P-r tire! Youngs- wwa ercgTam. Some Inside Political History. . Omaha, Sept I. To the Editor ot The Bee: Having been absent from the city when your "Views, Reviews and Interviews" of August 25 ap peared, I did not set the reference to congressional campaigns until today. In the interest of historic accuracy, permit me to correct some of the de tails. It was In the campaign of 1908, not 1910, that you called together the four gentlemen named in your article. Only two of them had filed for con gress, however; I filed first and Mr. Saunders followed. Both Messrs. Jef feris and Sutton had repeatedly stated to my friends and friends of Mr. Saun ders that they wonld not be in the race. The surprise, therefore, which you sprung upon Saunders and me was two new candidates. We had reason to believe that Jefferis and Saunders had a private agreement to the effect that if one filed the other would keep out. It looked very plain, therefore, that the plan suggested by you was loaded, and when Jefferis, who had several times aspired to be county at torney, refused to consider that office and Saunders was not willing to be stats senator, there was not much prospect, for a division of the spoils, according to your suggestion. We met later in Mr. Saunders' office, and there Judge Sutton declined to eay whether or not he would file for congress. Saunders and I had been campaigning several months, and though recompense for expenses was offered, no fair basis for an agreement was Indicated either by yourself or Messrs. Sutton and Jefferis. You do not quote me correctly. What I said was, "I am not a candi date for state senator or county at torney, or the appointment of a judge to succeed Judge Sutton. 1 am a candidate for congress and nothing else." You are mistaken, also, in sayinti that Jefferis "finally kept out" and "Sutton was triumphant." Jefiens did not file for almost two weeks after these "conferences." He did then file. You supported him. Sutton kept out Early In the campaign you stated to me that Cornish was your first choice, Baldrige your second choice and Jefferis your third choice. I told you I had offered to stand aside for Mr. Cornish if he would become a candidate. You stated he would not run, that Baldrige could not make up his mind and Jefferis was In doubt After these three you said you had no choice. Jefferis won over Saunders and my self at the primaries and was defeated by Senator Hitchcock, then serving his second term in congress. In 1910 Sutton secured the nomination over Mr. Saunders and Charles O. Lobeck was elected. In 1912 Baldridge walked away with the nomination, taking it from Ben Baker and myself. He also was beaten at the polls by Mr. Lobeck. In 1914 I was nominated over W. B. Howard, and this same Charles O. Lobeck carried my scalp back with him to Washington. In 1916 Ben Baker beat Dave Mercer for the nom ination, but Lobeck was again the winner in November. This Is the second whirl Mr. Jef feris has had at congress. He is competent, popular and has your sup port again, as he had it in 1908, for both the nomination and the election. Charles O. Lobeck has beaten four of us, one after another, but Jefferis ought to win, and I hope he will win. THOMAS W. BLACKBUUN. ' Note: Reference to the records shows Mr. Blackburn coi.eci .... ... date qf my harmonizing effort bein't 1908 instead of 1910, but the force of the incident as illustrating the diffi culty of merging conflicting political ambitions is not affected by the par ticular time. V. R. LIVELY AND LIGHT. The S-tAtlr wh MasM als -naa ea u eca ctMtr, did paradoxical ttlns. "How to!" ' "H landed him la th middle H ." Baltimore Amarteaa. ' - - "Wall." azelaimad Noah aa thf landed ea Ararat, "thla trip he Indeed been a aueceaa." t -In what wayf x i 4 -- "We have conducted th entire excur sion without a flsht or an accident." Waebtnston Star. Bacon "Ton ear be haa lmomnlm very badT" Kfbert "Tea, awfully." "How haa It affected him?" "He'a quit solns to church." Tonker Statesman. "I aee the Germana are very much en couraged about the food eltuatlon." "How' thatt" "Why. eo many of them are belns killed on the western front thnt It take Irrt food all the time." Life. : : u rn f 11 IF V "I wonder what the Germana rre about now?" mused the cheerful Idiot. "I hope they're about all In." reaponded the aage. Cornell Widow. "Tou'r a fine duck. I Introduce yea t Wombat and expreea the hope that you'll be good friend. Tou Immediately try to borrow five dollar from him." "Well, a good friend 1 on who will loan you money, and you might a wH try 'em out at the tart. Loutrlll Conrier Journal. PTew Agent (earnestly) Bellev me, M man Draraatle Bdltor (Interrupting) Tea er asking too much. Buffalo Expreea. M V German Vote for Norris. Dorsey, Neb., Sept. 1. To the Ed itor of The Bee: In regard to iu Germans I would like to say a w wqfds. It seems funny to me that the State Council of Defense uotvn t do more, but it seems that it does no good to report to them, for I have re ported several cases to them and got no satisfaction out of any of them. Mr. Butterfleld here gives at length the details of an occurrence in a store at Venus, Neb., where his wife and daughter had gone to make pur chases. Two men of German extrac tion used unpatriotic and disloyal language and were far from polite In their demeanor towards the women folks. Mr. Butterfleld, who has a son In the army, says he proposes to take the adjustment of this matter Into his own hands. It shows how much pro-German there Is in our country. At our pri mary , election the pro-Germans and lame republicans elected Norris. Why did the Germans who had always voted the democratic ticket vote for him? It is easy to see. Many a Ger man walked up to the polls on elec tion day and called for & republican ticket, and only to get Norris nomi nated, without any doubt I myself am a republican now, and always have been, and I for one will not vote for Norris or any other pro-German if I know it. I have been with Wilson all through this war that is, since we have been in it, and will stay until we win, and I am all ready to go if the United States will let me in. J. F. BUTTERFIELD. War Welfare Work. Omaha, Sept. 2. To the Editor of The Bee: Could you please inform your readers in what respects the work of the Salvation Army differs from that of the Y. M. C. A., the Y. w. C. A. or the Knights of Columbus? Is there not duplication of effort in havingo many organizations in the field? e. S. Answer The duplication of effort fs apparent, and is reflected in the pres ident's suggestion that the drive for funds of the seven bodies involved be tuiiBouaaiea. Tne matter has several times been discussed by The Bee Editor. Life In a Large City. Omaha, Sept 2. To the Editor of The Bee: The city man likes to pride himself on the conveniences of the large town, but that there are disad vantages to life In the city was plainly shown by a visitor from a country town Monday. He was standing on a downtown corner and gave the im pression by his appearance thathe was a prosperous country business man, which as a matter of fact he was. To a chance acquaintance he voiced his grievance against the city thusly: "Don'fit Just beat the dick ens how little a man amounts to in one of these large towns, and ain't it surprising how inconvenient things are, especially for a stranger? Here I am, almost broke, and stuck in this town for more than two days, al though my business demands that I go east at the earliest possible minute. I was to have had a letter with a re mittance 6ent to me here last Satur day afternoon. I'm sure it got here, but the mall was distributed so late that I couldn't get it Saturday. That held me over till Sunday, and I'll be doggoned if I could get any mall on Sunday, try as I might Today is La bor day, and there ain't anybody on duty at the postoffice, and here I am stuck till some time Tuesday. 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