Today
A Sham Hattie.
And “Sham" Is the If ord.
In Deadly Danger.
It Interests You.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
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Between now and March 12 there
is to be a great naval sham battle
off the coast of Lower California,
and it is well named “sham” bat
tle, pince no such battle will occur
in future wars, just as none oc
curred in the late war.
Involved in the sham battle will
be 13 battleships—not our best, we
sank.those—and in addition to the
battleships there will be 120 other
xvar vessels, with crews In all to
taling 40,000 nien. Nice target for
foreign fliers.
The Investment represented will
amopnt to a billion of dollars at
least. Please note that airplanes,
costing less than one-tenth of 1 per
cent of that amount could sink the
whole fleet and call it an easy day’s
work.
Also, that if there were real war,
the first step would be to hide our
battleships, camouflaging them in
side safe harbors, to keep them
from aerial bombers. “Sham bat
tle” Is the right name.
There will be flying machines in
the sham battle, of couse, if they
don’t fall down and drown the
pilots.
"Twenty squadrons of airplanes,”
you are told, will take part. What
is a squadron? It has been testi
fied that we have just 20 planes in
all fit to fight. Is one plane a
squadron?
And what orders will be issued to
the pilots, to carry out the army
and navy theory that airplanes do
not count in war? Will the men
be told to miss the ships carefully,
when they start dropping imitation
bombs on them?
Something must be done to pro
tect the profits of those that build
$45,000,000 battleships.
Theodore Roosevelt's letters, just
published, show that Senator Lodge
wrote to him from Washington on
duly 6, 1898, after a visit to the
War department:
“I was perfectly appalled by the
utter lack of efficiency, organiza
tion or plan there displayed by the
head of that department."
In the same letter Lodge wrote,
“How we get on as well as we do, I
cannot imagine,” and he says, with
self-confidence that was not lacking
in him: “I was a rank outsider
and have no military education or
experience, but I could have taken
those'questions up which they are
tnudifling over and settled them in
•n hour,’*
Muddling stupidity, a war depart
ment owned by the packers of em
balmed beef were not so dangerous
then. The oceans, east and west,
then meant real defense. When war
did come, it came from Spain, pro
videntially. Any attacking power
would have had to land troops here,
and fight here. Now troops would
stay at home. Fliers would come,
dropping bombs, then flying on to
land in Canada, on neutral soil, to
be interned, and more fliers would
come.
The danger to this country is
very great. There is danger also
to the peace of mind of those re
sponsible for leaving the nation un
protected. The bombing of any big
American city would mean an un
pleasant quarter of an hour for
them, if it lasted as long as 15 min
utes.
While the richest country in the
world, envied and deeply hated by
at least 90 per cent of Europe and
Asia, remains unprotected, it is in
deadly danger.
, And while the danger lasts, the
task of eliminating it is the chief
duty of every citizen.
Write to your congressman and
your two senators your opinion of
our Army and Navy department
that apparently don't know the fly
ing machine has been invented.
Write to the president. He is glad
to lie.ar from any citizen.
Don’t be made bashful by the
thought, “I am upholding my opin
ion against experts.” No experts
are involved. The head of tht
army knows about, the stock broker
age business, but he knows ns lilt!
about aviation as any child, ant
hasn’t even the imagination to heir
him realize what war in the aii
will mean.
a secretary of war, he is i
first-class stock broker.
The secretary of the navy, taker
from the bench lately, knows as lit
tie about flying as about playing the
har'p: Brigadier General Mitchel
says, “Give me one of your old dis
carded battleships for a target am
I’ll sink it for you in from two t<
four* minutes, from an airplane.’
They refuse his request becaus(
they are afraid that he could do it
General Mitchell is an expert, am
they threaten to demote and hu
milinte him, for telling the trutl
and annoying the Strasburg geest
in charge of national defense.
Hear from another brigadier gen
eral, the Rt. Hon. Lord Thomson
who was chief of Britain’s flyinj
aeryjfe, writing in the Survey:
\ ... “In every Europeni
•tate an air force is the first lini
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of defense. Immediately after t
declaration of war, while both sides
are mobilizing their land-sea forces,
the first invasion of enemy terri
tory will be made by airplanes
crossing nn invisible and indefensi
ble frontier; almost at once there
will he encounters in the air.
“The world war started in the
British Isles on August 4, 1914. If
at that time, aviation had attained
its present development, the first
bombing attack on London could
have been made during the evening
of that first day of mobilization.
“Moreover if the Gearman air
force had been as powerful as the
French air force is at the present
time, it would have been able to
drop anything up to 70 tons of
bombs daily on London or other
important centers in the British
Isles.”
Lord Thomson, a real expert, j
goes on to say that another great I
war might be settled once and for \
all by “a great aerial battle.”
Here in America, when an expert
like General Mitchell tells unpleas
ant truths about our lack of de- '
fense, we try to gag him with
threats.
When that does not stop him, the
congressional committee abandons
its investigation. Like the three
little Japanese monkeys with hands
on their eyes, ears and mouths, that
they might see, hear and speak no
evil. __
In England, when such men as,
Brigadier General Thomson tell j
them the facts, they build airplanes, j
They are spending $100,000,000 ■
on war planes this year.
Our officials announce that of i
more than $400,000,000 spent “for j
flying machines,” only $18,000,000
were actually spent for new ma- j
i chines.
What became of the remaining
$382,000,000? For even $18,000,
000 you could buy. even from graft- ,
ing contractors, 900 planes at $20,
000 each.
And you are told that we have
only 20 machines all told, fit to be
used in war.
Somebody ought ,to be in jail, or
jin the idiot asylum.
(Copyright, 1925.)
j Large Flocks of Geese and
Ducks Fly inf? Northward
Beatrice, Feb. 24.—Barge flocks of
geese and ducks have been passing
over the city northward the last few
days, indicating that spring is near.
The warm weather of the last week
has caused much frost to leave the
ground and farmers are making prep
orations to begin spring work with- ■
in the next 10 days or two weeks.
Wheat Fields Green.
Wymote, Feb. 24.—The mist and
drizzle of Sunday turned to rain over
southern (Jage county, and continued
throughout the night, until Monday,
about one Inch falling all told, and
soaking fields and lawns. Wheat fields
are beginning to show green and a
fairly good stand is expected, noth
withstanding the adverse conditions
in the fall.
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The Daily Cross Word Puzzle
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10. Eve Rave one to Adam.
12. Down.
14. The forests abound, with them.
15. To climb (Scot).
16. Behold
IT. To decay.
IS. A fowl.
19. A big noise.
20. A Biblical city.
21. A’il.
22. A division of land or territory.
23. Again your father.
24. Slime.
25. Dull.
27. One's father>pr mother.
29. On.
30. Gum. »
31. To mix.
32. A city of Switzerland.
33. Cape Breton (abbr.)
34. Poland (abrr.)
35. Duties to perform.
36. fliree.
37. A Chaldean city of the Bible.
38. A visionary notion.
39. One's pedal extremities.
40. An island off the east roast of
Sumatra from whenee Conies tin.
41. The supreme being of Moham
medenism.
42. To use one's head.
43. A gentlewoman.
44. Your mother.
Vertical
1. Protectors.
2. A clothes protector.
3. A malt beverage.
4. Musical note.
St. One’s evening meal.
6. A seaport of Arabia.
7. A fish.
S. Otherwise.
9. A Scottish oatmeal cake.
11. A favorite.
13. A gaseous element In the air.
15. Put aside for a rainy day.
16. A cloth.
IS. The fatty part of sperm
whales.
19. Twelve.
21. Taste, or the quality affecting
taste.
22. A skunk.
23. One who learns from Vertical
25.
24. Fertile spots in deserts.
26. One who instructs Vertical 23.
27. Annoying.
25. A woman of Joppa who was re
stored to life by the apostle Peter.
30. A scoundrel.
31. A sudden dash.
32. Where you put some of your
money.
33. The best part of milk.
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on New Spring Things
Let “ Cesh and Carry” Be
Your Motto.
F. W. Thorne Co.
Bill Would Exempt
New Railway Lines
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From Tax 10 Years
South Dakota Legislature
Considers Measure to Fast
er Development of
State.
Pierre, S. IX, Feb. 24.—The charge
that granger states are definitely
committed to a program of railroad
baiting is disproved by the support
given in the legislature here to free
38. An enthusiast. .
30. Something man has learned to
do within the last twenty years.
40. Doubly (prefix).
41. Our own era. (abbr.)
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railroads from taxation on new lines
and extensions.
South Dakota proposes to exempt
from taxation for a period of 10 years
all new lines and new extension* of
railroads. If the same shall be con
structed during the next 10 years.
Right-of-way, roadbed, bridges, main
and side tracks, switches, spurs and
terminals, and all buildings and im
movable construction necessary for
the building and maintenance of the
same, are Included In the exemption.
The bill has already passed the sen
ate by a good majority, and It is be
lieved It will pass the house.
The purpose of the proposed law
is to encourage railroad building and
development, thereby opening up new
territory and in the final analysis
Increasing the taxable property of
the state.
Wyoming has a similar law con
cernlng sugar factories for the pur
pose of encouraging tpe sugar Indus
try in that state. The supporters of
the proposed law argue that the ulti
mate benefits will great. Freedom
from taxation for a period of 10 years
will encourage development, and In
due time the property will be added to
the assessment roll.
Bank Urges Clay County
Farmers to Sow Clover
Harvard, Neb., Feb. 24.—Claiming
that $1,325,000 could be realized in
one year by the sowing of sweet
clover on the farms of Clay county,
Harvard State bank has Issued a
statement urging the farmers of the
community to seriously consider the
plan, and offering financial backing.
The hank claims that sweet dnver is
An Ounce of Prevention
every day to keep the
family well!
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worth about $10 an acre, and sug
gests SO acres be seeded to clover
on each of the l.fiiiO county farms.
Two Boy Riders Injured.
Bridgeport, Feb. 24.—The 13-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Groskopf
is In a serious condition, with three
fractured ribs anil possible Internal
Injuries, as the result of a horse fall
ing on him when he was riding near
Mitchell. Within a few hours of this
accident, the 11-year-old son of Mr
and Mrs. William Gelso fell under a
horse that stumbled with him, and
sustained a broken arm.
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MRS. JENNIE REEVES
Widely Known Woman. Says Karnak Completely Restored
Her Health After Four Years of Unrelieved Suffering.
"My recover}' Is little short of a
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ands of others who may be helped
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"I suffered for four years from
such a bad case of stomach trouble
weak spells and nervousness that I
thought my end was near," stated
Mrs. Reeves, "and although I spent
hundreds of dollars on treatments and
medicines 1 grew gradually weakei
and suffered mors and more as the
months dragged bv Everything I
ate cause,! me agony from Indigos
tloti for hours afterwards, and my
nerves seemed strained to the break
ing point all the time Frequently the
weak, dlzxy apellsHvere so severe that
I thought surely It would lie ti e last
of me and to add to my burden of
suffering 1 would have the most ter
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called on to bear.
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Were Also On Neck. Hard, Large
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* I was bothered with pimples
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*' 1 tried several other remedies
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In two and a half months 1 waa
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boxes <’f Cuticura Ointment.”
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until the small hours of the morning,
too weak and miserable to sleep—just
lie there suffering and wondering if
there were a medicine in the world
that would help me. I guess I was
about the most miserable and discour
aged woman in Kansas City and had
about lost all hope of ever being my
old self again.
“Then one day a friend told me
about Ktrr.ak and advised me to try
it and 1 will always bless the day I
did, for fur Kit ties of the medicine
have made me a well and happy wom
an again. It is the one and only medi
cine that ever helped me. and to say
that 1 am overjoyed by the results
expresses mv feelings but mildly. I
eat three hearty ' meals every day
without a trace of indigestion, and
I sleep all night long as soundly and
rest fully as a healthy child. The
nervousness Is entirely gone and I
never have the headache any more.
1 get up every morning feeling fresh
and eager t< r the day s work and
pleasures, just like I used to years jf/M
ago."
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of the acclaim accorded Karnak by
prominent people in all Walks of life
everywhere the celebrated medicine
has been introduced.
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i in Council Bluffs by Taffe Drug Co.,
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