Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, "APRIL 14, 1917. 12 The Omaha Bee DAILY (M0RN1NO-BVEN1N0 SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR " THE BE8 PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Entmd at Omaha postoffic. a. second-cUaa matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. bj Carrier. Kf MllL nallr ana Sands? per monto, . par rear. ROO tall anthOBt Sunday " 3o " 4.00 Rteoiaf and Suoda, M 40o 6.04 Kratlnc without Sunday " Ho " 4.00 Sunday Baa only " Wo 100 naild Sunday Baa. thraa reara In adraoee 110.00 ottee of cnanee of addreaa or trrecularlty ta daUrary to Oauba Baa, ClreulaUoB lapanmaDL REMITTANCE Rarntt by draft, aroreai or pgaial ordr. Only a-cant etampe ukan It larmeat or email account.. Peraoual chaoa, aicat on Omaha and aaatam axcftaaie. not aroepud. OFFICES. Omaha TM Baa Bonding. Chlcain People's Oas Bnlldlno. Rout Omaha Mill N Hu New York tM Flfta An. IVuBdl Blufre 14 N. Main fit. St. Louie New B'k. of Commeroa. Uncola tittle Building. tVanhlnaton-TH litll St. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE Addraag oenfflRnlratlmia ralatlng to news and editorial nattat to Omaha Baa. Editorial Department. FEBRUARY CIRCULATION 54,592 Daily Sunday, 50,466 Weraya elrcuLtlon tot tha month eubecrlbed and fworn to by Dwlfa! '.Vllllame, Circulation Manager. Subscriber, l.avinr tha city ahould ha. Tha Baa mailed to them. ArMraaa chanted aa olten aa raqueeted. ' Guess Britannia made no mistake in letting Lloyd George do it. J. B. to U. S.: "My word, hit's a great pleas ure to clasp your "and." Never mind I We will have another "Friday the Thirteenth" before the year is ended. Major Burke did not survive Colonel Cody long. They were two good old scouts! See The Bee's offer to secure for you free the government book of instruction on gardening and take advantage of it I The pulsing breezes of welcome wafted from London and Paris tickles the ears of your uncle's big family. Please excuse the chesty feeling. Without any external cause visible to the man on the street, grain prices move up a notch or two daily. Why? Force of habit whetted by a cinch. That's where someone overlooked a bet. The beer advertisements should have exploited the beverage as the best lubricant for speeding up street-cleaning machinery. Though official reports fail to mention it, the secret of Canadian speed in France must be a determination to enjoy the fine bathing facilities ef the Rhine in midsummer. An American correspondent tells of ham sell ing in Berlin at $2.50 a pound. Without the pinch of nearly three years of war Americans have traveled one-fifth of the distance, and the native hog is still going strong. Today it takes over three ounces of silver to buy a bushel of wheat Yes, we used to be told by a certain school of statesmanship that an ounce of silver and a bushel of wheat would al ways and invariably exchange at equal value. With a state of war again a foreign foe, there is no, good reason why we should iTot maintain industrial peace at home. Both labor and capital are under mutual obligation to the public to get together in matters of controversy between them. One of the tracts put out by the railroads bears the heading "Solvency of railway companies threatened by rapid rise of cost of material and labor." Oh, pshaw 1 Is it any different with the Industrial and producing companies that pay the freight? The legislature has authorized the water board to operate a municipal ice plant as an adjunct to the waterworks. If we mistake not, The Bee was Hw first to suggest that the board could supply Hit water in a frozen as well as in a liquid state Mrd not overstep its province. Our amiable hyphenated contemporary now Mil M that "food is as much war material as mitt and powder." But the senator, whose per- K organ that paper is, never proposed an em on the export of food, but only on the ex port ef shells and powder. What's the answer? ' As a measure of safety first, the projected "Omaha bullwhackers' brigade" should be mus tered in in moderator numbers. A clean awcep of court house warriors imposes too great a hard ship on Douglas county to be seriously enter tained. Let's have the sweetness of parting long drawn out. The patriotism of Nebraska lawmakers is ad mirable in words and unanimity. Expressed in works it will not bear analysis. Witness the treatment of returned guardsmen, denied the price of their civilian clothes. Economy? Surel But the lawmakers found little trouble in putting over tn $80,000 hog palace. Business As Usual -St. Lauta Clebe-Der.ocr.t- Lloyd George's Compliments, After making all due allowance for the occa sion the speech of Premier Lloyd George dealing with our entrance into the war will go far to confirm Americans in the belief that our decision has been marked by wisdom. Words of commen dation and encouragement are always welcome, but they should not blind us to the serious as pects of the business we have engaged in. It is no holiday jaunt ahead of us, but our own states men well have counted the risk and the cost of the venture, and so can judge of the sincerity of the praise from the British premier. The true meaning of the 'great world war is clearly brought out in the address where Lloyd George distinguishes between the motives that ac tuate America and those that might prevail in Europe. The struggle is now plainly marked as being between democracy and autocracy, between the modern civilized and the ancient pagan con cepts of service. All other considerations have dwindled before this one great central fact, which is emphasized to the utmost now by the presence of the United States as an actjve participant in the contest. The faith of our fathers in the righteousness of self-government is pledged anew and our allies need have no fear of America failing to do its dUty' y An Object Lesson in Railway Control. The activities of the National Council of De fense in organizing the transportation of the country to meet war-time demands and the ap pointment of a committee of railway presidents to co-operate in executing the plans that may be adopted, emphasize again the essential unity of the nation's railroad systems and promise an ob ject lesson in national control and regulation. It goes without saying that whatever methods of operation or of handling passengers and freight are agreed on as best for our military necessities will be inaugurated and carried through in dis regard of state lines, without reference to state railway commissions and wholly regardless of interference, real or attempted, by state authori ties. In a word, the demands of the nation on our transportation facilities must take precedence over everything else and we are about to have, to all intents and purposes, exclusive federal con trol as the admitted prerequisite to efficient serv ice. Will anyone complain that this is an invasion of states' rights or that it is depriving the people of a power which they ought to exercise? Not at ail; for this tremendous concentration and cen tralization comes by the exigencies of the case under a democratic administration representing the political party ostensibly committed to states' rights and implacably opposed to federalism. It is the irresistible force of economic conditions and realization that our railroads are no longer separate lines, but, in fact, one great interlocking system that makes it imperative to deal with them as a unit and through a single governmental agency. Furthermore, if this is vital to railway efficiency for military purposes, it will follow later that it is also best adapted to efficiency for industrial purposes. It is absurd to expect that the United States can participate in the greatest war in history 'without any disturbance of its normal business ' machinery, but the slogan "Business as Usual" sets up an ideal which we should seek to approxi mate. When the great war began there was un certainty throughout the world. Shipping was deranged, with the result that the machinery of production was thrown out of kelter. The final effect on American business was foreseen by the thoughtful, but during the period of adjustment there was great distress. America's participation has been so long foreseen that it has not caused serious business disaster. The Council of Na tional Defense and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States are working together for the purpose of reducing disturbance to the minimum. The raising i f our army should not be done in a haphazard way. We have the sorry experience of England as a warning against that. "Selective conscription" does not imply partiality; it means the exercise of sound sense. Men must not be sent to the army who can render more important service to the country in some other capacity. The railroads must give government business the right of way, but they cannot neglect the necessi ties of the civilian population without bringing avoidable disaster. The supply of raw material and of labor for the making of things necessary to conduct of the war must be attended to. Our future food supply must receive attention. Mar keting methods must be improved. Economics must be practiced. Home production of vege tables must be encouraged. There must be a bet ter organization for connecting the man and the job than the country has ever had before. Not all these things can be accomplished by govern mental agencies alone, it will require general individual co-operation. Campaign to Convince Congress. The president and his military advisers have apparently entered upon a campaign to convince congress of the necessity of the selective con scription plan to secure the men needed to main tain the army at the point of efficiency deter mined upon. Chairman Dent of the military affairs committee of the house is devoted to the Hay "little army" idea and as earnestly opposed to any interference with the volunteer and Na tional Guard combination. He has told the presi dent it will be impossible to secure a majority recommendation from his committee for a uni versal service bill. In tne senate Mr. Chamber lain, who is sponsor for the bill that nearest meets the president's idea, is committed to the short term of training, not an insurmountable difference, but enough to support a considerable argument. It has, therefore, become necessary to provide the congressmen with an object les son before they will consent to give the president the weapon with which to support his position. If the campaign is effective in jarring some of the bourbonites from their opposition it will per haps be worth the while, yet it is disappointing that it is necessary to so proceed at a time when the nation is pledged and eager to go ahead on stronger and more rstionat lines. Automobiles, Amateurs and Accidents. Time spent in admonishing amateur automo bile drivers to take care in all they do seems wasted; at any rate the daily list of announced accidents indicates little heed is paid to warnings. Men and women of limited experience start cars and career along public highways in sublime ig norance of the tremendous forces they are fool ing with. If providence leads them safely through the dangers that beset them they assume with pride the tribute to their skill; if overtaken by any one of myriad of mishaps possible they at tribute the misfortune to some defect in the ma chinery or fault of another. If these devoted blunderers menaced only their own safety it would be bad enough, but mifht be borne; but they are far more dangerous to others than to themselves, and only on rare occasions does one of them suf fer alone. We may never, perhaps, see a fooV proof automobile, but it is fervently hoped that the day will come when "safety first" will be in stilled into the minds of all who sre permitted to drive cars in public and when those who do not observe the reasonable rules of the road are pro hibited from using them. Death De Luxe By Frederic J. Haikin Philadelphia, Pa., April 11. Philadelphia is noted for many things a certain cracked bell, a famous restaurant, an infamous street car service, an independent spirit, muddy drinking water, a favorite American cereal, a unique undertaking establishment. Philadelphians never have occa sion to worry about what is going to become of thein when they die. They pay so much a week to the undertaker and when they die they are buried royally. They have, as the Philadelphian himself would say, "a swell funeral," purchased on the installment plan. This establishment which takes the sting out of death in the City of Brotherly Love is a five story building supported on narrow pillars, sug gesting the eighteenth century French style of architecture. For the first time since the days of the Egyptians art is associated with the un dertaking business. You enter a tall, cool white marble foyer on the ground floor, at the back of which are wide white marble staircases leading to the floor above. The floor is covered with thick Oriental rugs that muffle the sound of foot steps; the furniture is of the best Louis XIV style and a life size bronze Joan of Arc, with statues of Diana and Apollo in the distance, lead you to suspect that you've happened in on the wrong concern. It looks more like a wealthy Masonic temple or an exclusive club. The second floor, like Cinderella's second dress, is even more beautiful. It consists of four large parlors, furnished sumptuously in the style of Louis XV and XVI, and separated only by heavy brocaded portieres, so that the rooms may be used individually or all together. In the cen ter of this group of parlors is a large assembly hall, where against one side of the wall the pipes of a big electric organ stretch away to the ceiling. This organ is equipped with the latest mechanical and electric devices for the manipulation of the stops and pedals; it possesses three banks of keys, three octaves of foot pedals, a complete set of chimes and is supposed to be one of the finest organs in Philadelphia where there are many of them. In this second floor suite of parlors some of the most elaborate funerals of the city have been held and also some of the poorest. Wealthy peo ple who live in hotel apartmentshaving no fa cilities for funeral receptions; peeple in moder ate circumstances who live in apartments and boarding houses, where funerals are also diffi cult, and people of the poorer glasses, also with no facilities for funerals, but with a fancy for large receptions that has led them to pay 50 cents a week regularly for many years for the privilege of being buried here, all lie in state in this Louis XVI splendor. For no extra charge is made for the use of the rooms, this being covered by the ordinary price of the funeral. Not long ago a famous musician was buried from this establishment. His whole orchestra had to be seated in the assembly hall, so that they could play in respect to their former comrade. This was done without any difficulty, however, and the whole four parlors were thrown open to accommodate the thousands of guests who came to the funeral. The next day, in the same place where had lain the renowned musician, there was the small gray casket of a little 20-year-old fac tory girl who had found the making of buttons too much for her. The selection of a casket is one of the most important features of every funeral and the whole third floor of this establishment is devoted to cas kets displayed in large glass cases. There are black caskets and white caskets, mahogany cas kets and teakwood caskets, couch caskets and bro caded caskets, and one red satin one, which no one has ever wanted. Some of them are really beautiful and few of them produce that vague sensation of horror occasioned by most material things associated with the dead. In gazing at these delicate-hued, satin-lined biers you feel that death is a dramatic and artistic thing not half enough appreciated by the human race. There are the pictures of the Lily Maid and the Death of Beatricbe to substantiate this. Howard Makes a Strong Point. Lieutenant Governor Howard hit one of the weaknesses of Nebraska legislative practice when he denoted a bill as having been "read in part" in stead of read in full, as the constitution requires. This fault taints a very large proportion of all the laws passed in recent years in Nebraska. Leg istators allow their work to pile up until the clos ing hours of the session and then rush bills through pell mell, with only i pretense of ob serving constitutional forms. Presiding officers have been complaisant and have certified that all prescribed formalities have been complied with welt knowing they have not, while our courts have but seldom inquired minutely into the point. TheJ practice is dangerous in the extreme as well as proof of culpable- carelessness. If Mr. Howard's action leads to breaking up the practice he wilt have done the state a genuine service. Some day we may get a legislature that really wilt attend to its business and then a sixty-day session will be plenty long enough. Intensive and persistent plowing and plant ing promises immediate solace and future finan cial amends for Dodge county fans. Go to it! On the fourth floor, however, the establishment suddenly develops a surprising feature. This is a complete suite of rooms, including bedroom, sit ting room, bathroom and dining room, all fur nished in the same artistic taste as the large par lors below, where the relatives of the deceased may take up their abode while making the ar rangements for the funeral. At the back of the suites of rooms on the fourth floor is a dress making establishment, where a number of women are constantly engaged in making funeral apparel. They make the soft satin linings for the caskets and they also make whole outfits of clothes. The relatives ot the deceased may not only select the caskets they want here, but they can select the clothes. Most of this wearing apparel, though, is for old people, the styles being conservative and the colors black and white only. The majority of people, of course, prefer to supply their own clothes, sometimes procured elsewhere for the oc casion or sometimes apparel which the deceased had worn. A young married woman buried from here not long ago was dressed in a pink satin evening dress, with a long train which fell in soft shimmering folds over a gray velvet casket. Ihus has undertaking been brought to a high art in Philadelphia. There is not another estab lishment like this in the world. It is the idea of a man whose! business was undertaking while his avocation was art. He recognized a need for such service as he has now perfected, built the place from the ground up and filled it full of art treasures. He has made money, of course, but that is not his greatest success. He has been able to make the most difficult of businesses artistic and dramatic. ' People and Events Bostonians have volunteered about 2,500 motor ears snd trucks for war uses, and many of the owners offer to do the driving on call. That brand of eldHy patriotism carries the right brand of pep. Eastern life insurance companies are reported attaching war riders to policies and calling for additional premiums where the insured enters active service. Some policies are said to have been cancelled in cases of enlistment. Down in some of the rural sections of Texas judicial mandarins tolerate a moderate amount of urban gayety and cheerily accept spuds in pav ment of the penalty. A bushel of potatoes usually wipes a good old souse oft the judicial slate. Extraordinary rushes to the marriage altar are on in Chicago, New York and other eastern cities, due to the general belief that marriage cuts out military service. Young men eligible for service are hastening weddings aid getting into a state of blissful preparedness for exemption. Frederick Sumner Boya, an Englishman and I. W, W. foghorn, blew into a feed mill in New York, and blew out with involuntary speed. Re- fusing to rise when the orchestra struck up "The Star-Spangled Banner," Boya suddenly sat on the floor and some of the crowd sat on him, later carrying him to the door for fresh-air treatment. . Six hundred workmen employed in a manga hese plant at Pittsburgh are about to receive three weeks' pay, lost in the bankruptcy of the company in July, 1910. War and good manage ment brought orosneritv to the comoanv. and it is paying off old obligations. About $30,000 will be distributed among the workmen or their heirs, giving them a feeling akin to "getting money trom home. Tom Cunningham, elderly millionaire and re. tired banker of lonlin. Mo., two vcara aso was dazzled by the flashing lamps and petite figure of a young woman, a chance acquaintance, and gal lantly took her under his wing. Presently the old man's bride developed marvelous business tal ent, sequestered some fine bunches of property and cash and wept copiously when Cunningham's friends chased her away. The old man won a divorce last week, and figures up the cost of the venture at $JU,WO. tasy money. Proverb for the Day. A smooth a never makes skillful mariners. One Years Ago Today tn the War. Italians captured I.obbla mountain. Russians carried by storm a height In Oallcia. Turks reported to nave neen rouiea by Russians west ot Erzerum. Bombs dropped on Constantinople bv three British airplanes, which cov ered 300 miles. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today. The leaders of the Ooapel Army, which is now holding nightly meet ings in the Buckingham, aay that their forces are to be strengthened by a new vocalist named Miss Brown, otherwise atyled "the nightingale," who Is from Chicago. At a tancy aress oan given oy me Metropolitan club the following eight young married ladles wore quaint Oreenawav dresses: Men-dames Adolnh 14 I !eyer, I. New, George Heyn, Morris tloman, Haas, Morlti Meyer, Mendels sohn and S. Sloman. The first prize was won by Miss Sellgsohn, who rep resented a lamp post. The many friends of Dr. F. N. Con nor will be pleased to learn of his recovery. Mrs. AdolDh Meyer nas nad a very handsome crayon made ot her son, Otto. The work is by Fugeman of New York. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Snuires gave a dancing party at the Millard, to which 400 Invitations were issued. The pro grams bore the monogram of the host In bronze. Among those present were noticed Messrs. and Mesdamea Guy Barton, J. B. Boyd, 8. D. Barkalow, Louis Bradford. John Brady. T. C. Brunner, Samuel Burns, Arthur Cooley, J. C. Cowin. C. K. Coutant, J. N. Cornish, J. W. Cotton, F. Colpetzer, I. E. Congdon, C. N. Dietz, George Hoag land, Herman Kountze, Fred Lowe, N. Merriam, E. W. Nash, Lewis Reed, Andrew Rosewater, Edward Rosewater and J. L. Webster. Judge and Mrs. savage have left for England, where they will put in the summer touring the cathedral towns before traveling on the conti nent. Mrs. CaldweU his rented their house. Phil Warrick has gone clear to San Francisco for a bride, namely Miss Georgia Taylor of that city. They will reside at 2412 Cass. This Day tn History. 1802 Congress repealed the law Dreventintr the natives of an enemy's country from becoming citizens of the United States. 1812 That Dart of west Florida west of Pearl river annexed to Louisiana. 1817 Admiral sir John Thomas Duckworth, a celebrated English na val officer in the Napoleonic wara, died at Plymouth, England. Born Febru ary 28, 1748. 1830 Bill for a national road irom Buffalo to New Orleans rejected in house of representatives. 1842 Act ot congress authorizing a contract to p made with Robert L. Stevens of New York for the building of an Iron war steamer to be shot and shell proof. 1848 Prussian government sent as sistance to Schleswig and HoKtein against Danes. 186b president Lincoln snot Dy i. Wilkes Booth. 1892 The United States voluntarily paid 125.000 to relatives ot the Ital ians lyncnea in xsew urieans. 1894 General Henry W. Slocum. noted civil war commander, died at Brooklyn, N. Y. Born at Delphi, N. Y., Beptember 24, 1837. 1806 The body of John Paul Jones was discovered in Parla by General Horace Porter. The Say We Celebrate. George Barton, president and man ager of the Barton Printing company, is 66 years old today. He was born la Detroit and learned his trade as an apprentice, beginning at the age of 12. He edited a paper at Loup City for a while. Howard M. Gouldlng arrived on earth at Kearney, Neb., Just thirty-six years ago today. He Ma president of the Omaha Bottling company and the Nebraska Carbonic Acid Gas company. Rear Admiral Albert W. Grant, com manding the Atlantic submarine force of the United States navy, born in Maine sixty-one years ago today. Princess Beatrice, youngest daugh ter of the late Queen Victoria and aunt of King George V, born sixty years ago today. Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, gover nor of Pennsylvania, born in Hunt ingdon county, Pennsylvania, fifty-five years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Today is the fifth anniversary of the Titanic disaster. A convention has been called to meet in Toronto today to complete the organization ot the new dominion labor party. Today la the date fixed for the open ing of bids for more than 4,000 acres of land on the Klamath Indian reser vation in Oregon, which the govern ment has decided to open for settle ment btoryette of the Day. The average foreigner can rarely comprehend the geographical area of the United States, aa was quite fully illustrated by the Englishman and his valet who had been traveling due west from Boston for five days. At the end of the fifth day master and servant were seated in the smoking car and it was observed that the man was inzlnaT stead v and thoughtfully out of the window. Finally his companion tiecame curious, -wiinam," said ne, "ofwhat are you thinking?" "I was Just thinking, sir, about the discovery or Hamerlea," replied the valet. "Columbus didn't do such a wonderful thing after all when ho found this country, did he, now, sir? Hafter hall's said an' done 'ow could 'e 'elp itr' Everybody Magazine, WINTER. Tha says are trowing lonser, sow, and winter aonn will be A thins thnt'e paat, aiming only I" our memory. AHho' we've had aom. trlala. tho' some Save wara cold and drear. We've had a tot of comfort, we hav. had a lot of cheer. For thrlro bleeaed Is the fireplace whea wa ve braved tho biting atorm, ThN the amila rrowa broad and cheery. nd tha heart srowa young and warm. There our mind, so drlftlns backward te our happy carefreo daya. Or wo dream or future conquest leading Into higher wara. Tea, tha winter bring, ua bleaainga. brlnsa ua deep and laatlns Joy, Qlveo us thoushtn for aweet reflection, that time can ne or deatroy. Wo lovo tha Joyoua aummer, with Ita amtl' In aktaa ot btua. Tha aprlnstlme and tha autumn, but we love tne winter, too. MART A. BLACK. Grand Island, Nab. A Ilelpliifr Hand for RuhsIa. Omaha, April 13.-r-To the Kditnr uf The Bee: Hutwia. the old traditional friend of the United Htateii, has on more than one occasion monifpsted her true friendship and good-will to ward the United States. The historic records show the substantial aid given by Russia in our revolutionary war ffcr intjppendfnre in 1776. It in probably still fresh in tne memory of many of our survivors of the civil war, the sudden appearance of a Russian fleet in the New York harbor, when England threatened to recognize the southern confederacy, and Russia with the guns of her ships was ready for action in case of Inter ference by England, and thus pave her moral and physical support for the preservation of our union. There has Deen always a high ad miration, yea, a worship, for the free Institutions of this great republic. In Russia; and the alms and ideals of the fighters for .liberty and freedom, of Russia, has always been to emulate the United States and to copy our con-i stitution ana tne Declaration or inde pendence, as the final goal of the Rus sian people and tholr vast country. America, cognizant of the old tradi tional friendship of Russia, to show her appreciation for the nast deeds and favors, was the first nation to rec ognize the provisional revolutionary government of Russia after the over throw of the Romanoffs in March Inst, and to bid her welcome into the ranks of the gallant sister republics. Yea, our president gave Russia spe cial mention in his gr.eat historical and epoch-making document of the declaration of war, putting the United States aa an ally, side by side with the new Russian republic, against the common enemy. The sons of Russia will again show their high regard and admiration for the United States with deeds and sac rifices to prove It. The Russian patriot, Ivan N'arodnv. now sojourning in the United States, Is offering to organize a corps of Rus sian-Americans to fight for the Amer ican nag and the adopted country on the Russian battlefield under the aus pices of the American army. Hons or Russia: Let us show the world that we mean business, and that we are again ready to stand by our traditional friend in time of trouble. Let us show the world that we stand ready to spill our blood and give our lives, ir need be, for the free in stitutions, liberty and justice, and for the annihilation of tyranny, oppres sion and injustice. Kusslan-Amerlcans! Let us get to gether and formulate plans to give our Kuseian patriot. Katodnv. a he n ne hand in organizing a corps of men he offers to the president to be sent to tne oattieneid of Russia. DR. E. HOLOVTCH1XER, 309 Ramge building. Protest on Food Hold-Up. Omaha. April 12. To the Editor of The Bee: I sent you a copy yesterday of a letter that I wrote to C. O. Lo beck in regard to the high cost of liv ing and will now send you a copy of a leuer inac i sent to Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock on the same subject. If you see fit to publish it, it is all right with me. If all the neoDle of the countrv would flood their members of congress with letters on the subject, it might cause them to do something. i ne leuer mat i wrote is as follows: "You claim to be workine' In the interest of the general public. Why not Immortalize yourself now by get ting a bill through congress providing that the general government take charge of all food supplies of this country, or at least fix a price for all necessaries of life. We are being robbed worse and worse every day by pirates and highway robbers right in our miast. "It will end in a socialist form of government if this thing don't stop. It is time the Wilson administration did something for the people at large in this country. A great many people feel a good aesi oi inuiirerence auout pushing th enlistment of soldiers to fight for thi country simply because the Wilson ad ministration has allowed us to be robbed blind by highwaymen In our mldft. "While attending to the German pi rates, better also look after the food pirates tn the United States." I do not think it is treason for us to kick on being held up the way we are bv (he food price manipulators of the United States. F. A. AG NEW. Trent Them All .Mike. Omaha, April 13 To the Editor of The Bee: I see where Major Todd Hays the girls have more patriotism than the boys. He may think so, but remember the girls who get govern ment work as stenographers, etc., have a soft snap and good money, most likely $65 to $70 a month, while an enlisted man gets his $15 or $17, as tho case may be, and maybe gets shot to pieces in the bargain. Let-the gov ernment pay the girls $15 a month, put a uniform on them, pay their board and lodging, as they do the boys in the army and you would soon see how little patriotism they lad at those wages. They will enlist a man as a private to do stenographic work and give him $75 or $80 a month. What I would like to know is why the men in the ranks are not worth as much as the other class.- A man who really loves his country doesn't serve for the money alone; he does it because It if his duty, but when the government pays the men in the ranks as well as it does the clerical help, there will be not near so much trouble in getting men, and when the government pays such help the same as it does the boys in the ranks, it will treat them alt alike, and there will be more justice to the system. The ones who take all the risk get almost nothing; those ho take no risk get good wages. Think it over. ONE IN THE RANKS. Universal Military Training. Omaha, April 13. To the Editor ot The Bee: It seems to be the general impression that the passage of a uni versal military training bill by con gress is not absolutely assured. Per sonally, it seems to me that the volun teer system operates unfairly and un justly both upon the volunteers and those dependent upon them; that con scientious men. who appreciate duty and assume the discharge thereof, should not bear the whole burden. The volunteer system takes an undue proportion of men, who had already assumed duties which are quite aa im portant, if not momentarily as urgent as military duty; that is to say. men who are supporting and rearing fami lies, or who are maintaining parents or other dependents. I am convinced that it is no more equitable for the government to depend upon voluntary contributions of service than it would be to depend upon voluntary contribu tions of money. I do not feel qualified to pass upon the merits of the Chamberlain univer sal military training bill, but do net believe that there is any question as to the necessity of some similar adequate legislation, and I urge you to do everything In your power at this time favorable to the passage of some such legislation. HAROLD L. PRITCIIETT. CHEERFUL MOMENTS. are those itrlkebreaken gettinr 'How on?" "Working Itke rfular employ!. I shouldn't be surprised If they formed a union of their own to hold up their present com pensation." Washington Star. "I dess Z will marry Eddy Jonei when I idPt drowed up," said little Esther. "Why, do you really Itke him ao much?" asked her mother. "Oh, it isn't that." answered Esther, "bat he liken the same kind of candy I do." Chicago News. "Do you use this muddy river wster for conking ?" asked the stranger in Plunk- vllle. "It is all we have." "Well, you've got an flog ant foundation for soup." Louis villa Courier-Journal. "Has .Tone, had trouble with the servant question tn his suburban home?" "Xo, Indeed. He has a woman who cooks, washes, irons, cleans, nursea and sews, and takes the wages he chooses to give her." "How did he manage to get hold of such a marv?l?" "He married her." Baltimore Amerloan. 1 .IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL Locomotive Auto Oil E The betl oilwt know Htt L V. 5C?holas Oil Company Grain Exchinfs Bldf., Omaha, N.b. iiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiniiiniinnHiiiiinuiiniHiii." Final Closing Out Sale Medicinal Malt Extracts Wines At Mar 1 approach., w. ar. cloa Ins out cv.it item in our Malt Ex tract Department, aa under tho pro posed prohibition law even theae ar ticles, which hava hitherto been chiefly uaed atrictly for medicinal purpose., will no longer be sold in our atores. We still have a few doien. of th. fol lowing kinds: Pabst Best Tonic, per dozen at 82.35 Guineas' Dogs-Head Stout, per dozen S2.75 Malt Marrow, per dozen $2.00 Malt Nutrine, large, per dozen 82.23 Malt Nutrine, splits, per dozen SI. 75 Wyeth's Liquid Malt Ex tract, per bottle 35e Per dozen .$2.85 Johan Hoff'a Malt Extract, plain, per bottle 25 Per dozen $3.00 Johan Hoff's Malt Extract, with iron, per bottle. . . 35t Per dozen $4.00 Storz Malt Extract, per doz en, at $1.50 (One of the very best kind) Also the following Pure and Choice Wines: Irondequoit Port Sherry, per quart bottle $1.00 Duroy Port Sherry, per quart bottle 75i Sherry or Angelica, per quart bottle 50 Blackberry Cordial 25. 50s. 75t and $1.25 Delivery to any part ef Greater Omaha sherman & McDonnell drug company lath and Dodga 16th and Harney' 244 and Fareara 19th and Famam Lace Curtains and Draperies House- 8 I I cleaning -at-V-A Call lor jfR J New ' Jfvi T uct tt; Curtains I i li I Marquisettes Voiles Scrims Novelties in every weave, fashioned in ev ery pleasing design, for every room of your home. Come Saturday and every day next week and inspect them. Neat, nifty Lace Cur tains are priced, each, as low as 30c, 35c, 45c, SOc. There are many ex ceptional " bargains " in Vt pairs, "pairs and a half,'' in Scrims, Voiles and Fancy Nets, at substantial reduc tions. CENTRAL 17th and Howard Sts. 1513 Howard St. .