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THE ALLIANCE HERALD
M,OVI C. THOMAS.
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lIX 20. 1017.
THE NEIIKASKA
school FLAG LAW
Since the publication in The Al
liance Herald last week of the ar
ticle regarding the neglect to put up
flags at country schools by several
boards in the county, so many in
quiries have come into this office re
garding this law that we are publish
ing it complete for the information
of all concerned.
This law was passed at the 1917
session of the Nebraska legislature.
It Ib known as House Roll No. 730
and reads as follows:
Section 1. Flags and flag staffs
shall be acquired, constructed, main
tained and used on the grounds of
public institutions of learning in the
following manner: Each such In
stitution shall erect and maintain in
a suitable place upon its grounds a
flag staff of any suitable material,
which shall not be less than twenty
feet high and painted white.
Section 2. The Mags to be ac
quired for use upon said poles shall
be not less than six tfeet by eight
feet in size for urban schools and six
feet by four feet for rural schools.
The colors shall be fast colors and
cloth shall be of good substantial
material. The said flags shall be so
arranged upon the said poles as to
be raised and lowered with ease.
1 he national flag of the United
State of America of any convenient
size shall be conspicuously and con
tinuously displayed on the interior
wall of every school room, claas room
and chapel in the public school build
ings of the state of Nebraska. A
program providing for a salute to the
flag and such other patriotic exer
cises us may be. deemed best adapted
to be the requirements of whatever
grades in such schools shall be car
ried out by each tOSfhsr on Lin
coln's birthday, Washington's birth
duy, Memorial day. Flag day. and
upon such other special occasions as
may !, required by law or rule of
the school board.
Section 3. Each public school or
Institution of learning shall acquire
and maintain a flag staff and flag in
Accordance with this act. A dona
tion may be accepted for the pur
pose, but if no donation is made the
same shall be paid for out of the
funds for the maintenance of such
public Institution of learning.
Section 4. The said flags shall be
raised upon their respective staffs on
ail national holidays from 9 o'clock
In the morning until 4 o'clock in the
afternoon when the weather condi
tions are favorable.
flection 5. The state superintend
ent is empowered to make rules and
regulations governing the use of the
flag by schools and it is he-oby made
his duty to enforce the provisions of
this ac. The provisions of this act
wlttiu the meaning of this section
shall be deemed and taken to apply
not only to the common schools of
the stat j. but also to the public high
schools, public normal schools, state
university and each and every public
institution of learning of every nat
ure and description whatsoever. The
word pupils, within the meuning of
this act. shall be deemed and held to
spply to every person receiving In
struction in any public Institution of
learning.
flection 6. It shall be the duty of
the governing board of each public
school or Institution of learning
within this state to provide a flag
and flag staff in accordance with this
act and to enforce the rules and reg-
ulat'onB of the state superintendent
regarding the same. Any person or
persons violating the provisions of
tins act shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor and upon conviction shall
be fined any sum not less than ten
dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars.
stall. mi nt of the gr v cost might
cause him to lose reunite. Like Mr.
Flagler in the case of his marvelous
railroad, now triumphantly In opera
tion, the p SO fls of this country want
the war to be won, no matter what
It may cost; and many or them, un
alterably determined to see it
through, shrink from s'elng the
startling figures aid staggering to
tals in lam lest tlK'ir resolution may
in some measure be weakened.
SOLDI Kits TO
HE PIUH l OF
A welcome result of the disgrace
ful "frame-up" designed to prove the
existi m p of immorality in Camp Up
ton is the testimonial of the Major
General Bell to the good behavior
and promise of the youtiE soldiers in
his charge. In exposing the delib
erate and groundless slander. Gen
eral Bell said: "I have never
known a body of men as self-respecting,
as morally clean as these. The
pride they exhibit In avoiding any
thing which might reflect discredit
upon themselves or their camp Is as
remarkable as It is gratifying. The
handful of regular officers in this
camp are enthusiastic over the re
sults of our first experiment in cre
ating a national army. They have
never dreamt that such a cheerful
spirit of subordination, of pride in
good behavior, or zeal to learn could
be exhibited save by the exceptional
members of long established crack
military units which have acquired a
high degree of esprit de corps.
Their good behavior Is really extra
ordinary; their zeal to learn only
leBS astonishing than their progress.
They will soon be ready -to begin
training beside their brothers in
France."
In every army, as in every com
munlty, there is a certain percentage
of the criminally or immorally in
clined. This Is inevitable, and Is
known to every one with any expe
rience of life. But the gratifying as
surances of General Bell show that
the great cantonment under his care
Is characterized by a much greater
general wholesomeness than could be
expected and gives promise of sue
cessful achievement at an earlier day
than the country had good reason to
hope. ,
FROM THE
CATHOLIC PULPIT
Two recent utterances of Catholic
clergymen are notable. In a sermon
In Washington Bishop Russell de
clared that the power of all govern
ment, though depending on the
choice of he people, "Is derived from
God" a truth on which 13 based
"the much abused and much misun
derstood so-called 'Divine right of
kings.' BlBhop Ru3scll also made
the assertion highly interesting if
entirely accurate that "at least one
third of the American army and navy
la made up of Catholics, although we
are only one-sixth of the whole popu
lation." Nearly all Americans of
Irish birth or parentage are Catho
lic and many of them are supposed
to lean toward pro-Germanism be
cause of long-standing hostility to
ward England, but 'Bishop Russell's
statement clearly indicates that
there is very little lack of loyalty to
the Stars and Stripes utnong the
Irish in this country.
The other notable utterance from
a Catholic pulpit was made by
Father McCort. of Philadelphia, who
paid his respects to "the present in
decent dress of women." He said
he was engaged In propaganda
against a "growing Impropriety" re
sponsible for "much of the evil of
the times," and declared that "in
decent styles" are "no excuse what
ever for women appearing without
sufficient clothes." He was under
stood to refer especially to the short
skirt, which some may contend is
not Indecent because the exposed
members are covered with shoe
leather running nearly up to the
knee. But this plea, even if ac
cepted, does not remove the econo
UH objection involved in the ex
travagant waste of scarce and costly
; leather. Nor does it take away the
confusion of the thousands who
every day tardily discover that sup
I posed "little girls" are in reality
! full-grown or even aging women
Tfil WAR
EXl'ENDlTl RES
It has been predicted that the
fUnited States will be forced to spend
fifty billions In this war, and it is
said that the government is now
spending in a year considerably more
than the entire cost of our four
year's war of 1861-5. Indeed, it is
asserted that our present war outlay
is fifteen times as great as that of
half a century ago. No doubt many
will agree with the New York World,
therefore, that congress as a mat
ter of course should look searching
ly into the outflow from tne treasury
and audit carefully the administra
tion's war expenditures. Doubtless
the proposition is reasonable enough,
provided congress, In Its search for
extravagance or errors or Judgment,
rlSSS above a parsimonious spirit and
does not hold up any Important ex
penditures already begun.
But among average citizens .the
feeling about this matter is prob
ably similar to that of the late Henry
M. Flagler when he undertook to ex
tend bis railway from Miami to Key
West over a few small islands and
the open sea and sent out engineers
to report upon the practicability of
the scheme. When after two years
they reported that the thing could
be done and began to give the
figures, Mr. FUgler refused to hear
of the estimated cost He. waa deter
mined to build and was afraid a
PHILANTHROPY
AND ADVERTISING
Andrew Carnegie who has Just
celebrated his 82nd birthday, de
serves 0 good word from his coun
trymen in spite of the faults that
were noticeable In his day of prom
inence. We heur little of him now,
but no longer than ten years ago his
utterances or his benefactions were
in the papers almost every day. If
he still retained his old vigor and
had money enough, it would scarcely
be surprising to find him offering to
finance the wnr, for it will be re
membered that he was reported to
have offered to buy the Philippines
from the United St: tes in order to
present them to their inhabitants
an extraordinary proposition which,
of course, could not be considered
for a moment at Washington.
Mr. Carnegie has been criticised
for raising hundreds of white monu
ments to himself with his name on
them and embarrassing as many
town treasuries with the require
ment that they pay half the first cost
of those monumentii plus the ex
pense of maintenance through the
years. Yet the Carnegie libraries are
of great vrlue and a distinct gain to
the country. If Mr. Carnegie had
given his millions anonymously,
there would never have been any
thing but praise for the generous un
known, and the fact of his generosity
remains even If still somewhat shad
owed by his self-advertisement and
love of C a limelight. No less a per
ponconage than the poet, philosopher
and statesman, Lord Morley, de
clared, after personal acquaintance,
that Andrew Carnegie was an ideal
ist. Such ho no doubt was, although
In his make-up the advertiser in
sisted on sharing the front seat with
the truly generous benefactor.
can socialist party to give up pro
Germanisin rather than commit suit
ide
SOCIALISTS
ARE IN LINE
One of the most significant of the
comments on the president's great
address to congress came from the
socialist editor of the Appeal to
Reason, said to be the oldest and
largest socialist publication in this
country. In his congratulations ad
dressed to the president this social
ist says: "Your open-hearted
espousal of a .democratic peace af
ter the Central European people have
been freed from the yoke of Prus
sian militarism removes the last
possible suspicion against the cause
of the Allies. I earnestly trust that
the peoples of Germany and Russia,
particularly socialists, will now real
ize that they have been badly duped
by the scheming Prussian military
masters. Your address should con
vince liberals of all lands that the
cause of democracy is championed
by the American president and throt
tled by the kaiser." I
This may be a sincere statement,
or It may mean that socialists have
seen a light and now realize that they
must either get in line or face the
wreck of their party and policy In
the United States for a generation to
come. Originally made up largely of
persons of German birth or patron-
hge, the socialist party in this coun
try from the beginning of the great i
war has been so pronounced in Its
pro-German leanings that all of Its
prominent members of native birth
t IS
RE4 'REANT Rl SSI A
The Russian revolutionists, after
llspostng of a home autocrat, per
mitted the control of garrulous en
thusiasts prompted by secret trait
ors, and now in consequence they
tre at the mercy of a foreign auto
crat who, if allowed, 'will make
Russia pay the tolls he will be un
able to collect elsewhere. Such Is
the manifest meaning of the Intima
tions feeling their way out of Berlin
to the effect that Germany is willing
to make peace by restoring Belgium
and Alsace-Lorraine, provided Ger
many and Austria can take compen
sation in the east at the expense of
Rucsia. It seems to be assumed,
that, as Russia has betrayed the Al
lies, the resulting resentment will
permit a settlement Involving the
payment of all bills by that country
and the saving of everybody's face
'xcept that of the helpless and fool
ish Slav.
It might be urged that faithless
Russia deserves such r. fate, and but
for one great obstacle she might be
compelled to suffer such a conse
quence of her folly. The one great
obstacle, which may b aptly de
scribed ns Russia's undeserved pro
tection, is the sentiment reiterated
by President Wilson, whole heartedly
supported by the American people,
and apparently accepted by the Al
lies. This sentiment decrees that
Germany shall reap no harvest, great
or small, in any quarter. "The
voices of humanity," reeds the
president's message, "insist that no
nati n or people shall be robbed or
punished because the Irresponsible
rulers of a single country have done
deep and abominable wrong." Even
recreant Russia will be protected.
dreamed of something of the same
sort, and the people generally have
been taught that their loyalty and
co-operntlon in every possible way
are Imperative. As for the gallant
men In khnkl, they undoubtedly have
a right to the conviction that they
will play at least a small part.
Scientific experts out of the colleges
are of great value, but, after all,
they are only one cog in a mighty
wheel.
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If national guardsmen from thirty
three states had arrived in France
some weeks ago. as recently an
nounced, our force of regulars that
went across early last summer must
have greatly enlarged Its original
dimensions. We are gradually pro
ducing a formidable army "over
there."
The Detroit Free Press is quite
serious when it says that "If Ger-
, many should win this war It won't be
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doubt many thousands in Belgium,
northern France. Serbia, Rumania,
and the overrun strip of Italy feel
exactly that way about It.
In doubtful prnise of the late
William E. Chandler, the New York
Sun remarks, that but for the "po
litical acumen" of this republican
leader. Samuel J. Tilden, democrat,
"would undoubtedly have been
seated as president."
New Foodstuffs Are Recommended
for Use In Germany
Concentrated straw fodder and
ground grape pips are suggested for
table use in Germany. In a pub
lished list of new foodstuffs, with de-
j scriptions of use. the following are
j also found :
Rhubarb leaves, s aweed, straw
meal, crushed and ground maize
ears, heather stalka, ground sugar
beet seeds, parsley seed, wild radish
husks, bran, wine yeast, beechnut
cake, fish meal, and various mixed
foods.
Attempts have recently been made
in England to establish the use of
rhubarb leaves as greens, but It ap
eaprs that such food is dangerous.
English newspapers have reported
several cases of Illness following the
eating of rhubrrb leaf blades.
According to a quoted German
paper, the Weser Zeitung, President
Wilson promised the millionaires
gigantic profits and the people gei
erally great prosperity out of this
war of his making. We don't re
member it. What we do remember
is his call to universal sacrlSce on the
altar of national honor and the
world's freedom.
Although the world got along
without sugar up to about 200 years
ago and can do It again, It Is best to
keep on saving It for a rainy day In
spite of the fact that the shortage
strain Is now slightly relaxed.
It being necessary to save both
water and fuel In Berlin, bathing is
now "verboten." But the most
popular German form 'of Immersion
In a submarine Is still urgently
recommended.
More to be feared than her mili
tary offensive is Germany's political
offensive crafty intrigue which is
still pushed In every country, and
with especial energy and cunning in
our own.
The college professors, necording
to one of them in Chicago university,
will win the war because they are
trained experts. The farmers have
been told that they will win the war
by producing the r.eeessar'' fooo'.
Labor has been assure! that it will
do the same thing by keeping the
wheels of Industry turning. The
captains of industry an.i the great
dreamed of something of the same
tiuanclers have also heard or
The reassembled congress needs
all the wisdom, courage and devotion
to duty that can possibly be mus
tered. This is no time for pretty
self-seeking or partisanship.
Italy has another Garibaldi on Its
war front and he Is sure of victory.
At all events his name will prove an
inspiration.
Grape juice does not intoxicate,
but the Russians are unquestionably
drunk with the new wine of liberty.
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