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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING-SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD EOSEWATEK VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPR1BTOR. Entered at Omaha pottofflca aa eaeond'.laaa matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Bf Canter. Br UalL Dally and Suader Mroualb,63o per mr. 11 00 Oallt wtUl M Sunder . " 4Se " 4.M fcnux mil luLia lOt t.M Swing vtiaoul Siaiaar.,,..,.,,.. " fc " e.W luMu see oni , ao. "in Dttlr ind Bandar Bee, three run M edfaaoe 111. Bend anlee f ebanee of addreea er Uraaulertlj la Oellrarf W Oauaa tM, cueaietiea impuumbl REMITTANCE Rtwll at drift, hl I w or portal erdrr. Only i-eerrt ataape takw la paymcal of tniall account. Pereeoel aback, axeapt on Oauba eaS aaaum eteeanie. Boa aoeeeua. OFFICES. Oman Tba Boa Bnltdlna. Cnlcaio P.enle'e Oal BeHtOna, M..UIH Omibe-1311 U 8t. N. Tore-JM nrta Ate. fnundl Bluffe 14 M. Mala at Bt. Iula Hew B'k. of Cotnnme. Uncola Utile Building. Waahlnttno-TM 14th Bt. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE Addma oomniHiteatlAna ralatlni to antra and odltnrlal aultar la limine vae, aaiioriai uoparuaaBb FEBRUARY CIRCULATION 54,592 Daily Sunday, 50,466 4erage emulation for tTin twntna Hbaarlbad lad nrorn l kg Dlruaal iviuiema, urouiaiioa jaanaior. Subecribere lanvlnf tha city ohould aae Tha Baa analleel to taeea. AdaVeee caanie aa afiam aa raejiiaates. Cheer up! Indiana pledges bumper crop of melons. Could patriotism promise more? . And London is eating bread made from Ne braska flour at less cost than does Omaha. Alternate rains and sunshine will do more good for the farms than many tons of advice. Maybe after the legislature is gone the good people of Lincoln won't miss the street cars so much. It should be noted for the benefit of pessimists that flag makers are able to sit up and look pleasant, Whoever makes a potato patch grow where none grew before benefits mankind and makes a hostage of fortune. AH - grades of patriots bloom In Gotham. Some raisa the roof with hot ssir, others plant gardens on the roofs. ' The correspondent who suggests that farmers concentrate their efforts on beans evidently recalls how Grant's army was fed. Hoarders of food no doubt wave the flag of patriotism. It is not the first time that greed sheltered itself under the flag. One department of the government urges economy, snother deplores too much of it. Let the political cooks get together end specify the proper quantity. The chances of the government "throwing business out of joint" is not near as dangerous as the gamble of nonproducera on the necessities of the nation. Stick a pin there. "Nutty, but honest" a nifty motto, artistically laundered and fit to hang on the washline of legislative history. By the way, what did the lawmakers do to the laundrymen? The Turk has found time from other pressing matters to notify the United States of his sever ance of diplomatic relations with us. In time they will be restored, but on a decidedly new basiS, Price fixing by the government may not be effective in producing another bushel of grain, but it will head off the accumulation of many un earned millions by men who stand between the roduter and consumer. ' ', , Another blow has fallen. Turkey cuts loose from the United States, The rudeness of the parting is lightened somewhat by the prospect of Generals Murray and Maude plucking some of the leathers beyond our present reach. The grain dealer who aaya the farmers will heed only the call ofhigh prices doesn't give them credit with either patriotism or foresight. Happily for the country, all its affairs are not regulated by the grain gamblers. One ultimatum more or leas will make little difference to the kaiser; he has other things to think about just now, such as the riots at Madge burg and Berlin. A note from an American re public won't add much to his worries, With the safe arrival of Mr. Arthur J. Balfour and others of the British commission, a great deal of the apprehension caused by the possible presence of U-boats off our shores has disap peared. When the French delegation lands the greatest of modern war councils will be held at Washington. Back of National Advertising By Clinton L. Olivtr Back of National Advertising there must be Quality, Service, Price. i Manufacturers have long ago learned that ad vertising will not sell goods that do not have quality. Neither will advertising aell gooda "re gardless of price." If there is anything lacking in Service the article gives to the consumer there will be no profit from the advertising. The question has been asked: "Who pays for advertising?" The answer is "Nobody." The cost of ad , vertisins is absorbed. By advertising the manufacturer gets a wider distribution. His volume is increased and with increasing volume the ratio of cost decreases. With decreasing costs the goods can be aold on a closer margin and thus the consumer is Not taxed for the advertising:. If a packer employe all his expensive organi zation and machinery to cure 100 hama the cost of those hams would be so great no ordinary per son tould buy them. But if the Dicker uses his expensive equipment to cure a million hama the cost per nam is small ana ne is permitted to sell to the consumer at a tair price. The packer gets his distribution and consumD' tion through advertising of one kind or another. The more people who know about his hams, if . thev have quality, the greater the demand and the greater the production with its rapidly decreasing ratio ot cost. With a rapidly moving product, backed by service, the retailer needs a smaller stock that turns often. The oftener it turns the more money ne makes on nis investment ana the cheaper he can sell. Back of National Advertising there is advan tage to manufacturer, retailer and consumer. Na tional Advertising is a sane and logical oroDosi tion. It is fair to alt because it has back of it , Quality, Service, Price. No advertised article has ever aucceeded on the market unless it has all three. Arbor Day: Its Possibilities. No Nebraskan builded himself a more endur ing monument than did Julius Sterling Morton, the father of Arbor day. It is true that trees had been planted in the state before he took up the work he carried on so enthusiastically; and it is perhaps also true that trees would yet have been planted in the state if he had never seen Nebraska. But it is true that he devoted much of his time and genius for energetic leadership to propagating the idea of tree planting, and that through his efforts the day was set apart as a legal holiday on which all the people of the state are adjured to plant trees. Spreading throughout the union, the observation is ifow general, and so long as trees wave in the breezes, so long as their leafy crowns cast a grateful shade for man and beast, so long as birds can nest in their branches, so long as the weary earth is blessed by the presence of pleasant groves, so long will the work of this man endure. But Nebraska has not exhausted the possi bilities of Arbor day. It it not enough that treea be planted for ornamentation, or for protection against the wind and weather. In time the fuller meaning of the injunction to plant trees wilt come to the people of the state. Then another valuable crop will be added to the list of Nebraska I sources of wealth. Until the waste places of the state are covered with the growth of wood they properly should bear, Arbor day is not being observed as it should be. Nebraskan s will realize thia in time. Individual Rights and Public Welfare. The Bee has a letter from an anonymous cor respondent at Lincoln, in which the writer says: "I have always lawfully opposed the administra tion of President Wilson on the war question and shall continue to do so. What do you mean by country, any way It is nothing apart from me. In abort, my view of the affairs of this nation enter Into consideration just as much aa my fellow citizen's view." More of fallacy acarcely could be expressed in so few words. The writer admits the weakness of his position by concealing his name because, he says, "of the malicious inferences placed there on because of its Germanic origin." He cannot now lawfully oppose the president on the war question; a state of war has been declared by the congress of the United States, an action that has the force and effect of law, and which brings into operation all the machinery of the law re quired to support the authority, dignity and safety of the nation in war. Those who preach opposition do so at their peril. If the writer, apparently an educated man, does not know what Is meant by "country" he has wasted the time he spent in study. If he is of the opinion that he owes the country noth ing in return for all the advantages, opportunities and privileges it has bestowed upon him, he does not deserve to share them, as he apparently has, with others who are willing to sacrifice that the future may be made secure for tha enjoyment of alt the blessings of free government. His own views are entitled to full considers tion before the vote is taken; after that he must conform to the decision of the people. He may retain his own opinion and hold the majority to be wrong; none can gainsay him that satisfaction, if it be h satisfaction, but his actions as a citizen must be within the limits laid down by his fel low citizens for the government of all. He can not escape that Finally, if he be a citizen of the United States, he is unworthy if he cannot feel the solemn im port of these word oi the president: "The su preme test of the lotion, has come. We tnuitl all speak, act and serve together." . Great Britain's "Willful Men." John Bull has his own troubles with "willful men," which in their way are as serious as those encountered by our president. Two of these are just now coming in for consideration by the press of the United Kingdom Mr, John Redmond and Sir Edward Carson. English newspapers insist that a word from Carson would end the home rule strife, while some advise that Redmond might with equal grace defer the confess until after the world war is ended. The New Age of London charges that Carson and his Ulsterites are keeping half a million men at home who are needed in the trenches. The ramifications of home rule are too extensive to be followed here, but the opinion ia likely to prevail that neither the one side nor the other will lose a great deal through foregoing final action until the more im portant engagement In France is brought nearer to decision. The battle of the Boyne does not loom nearly so big as does the spring drive now in progress. Americans, who are going to war for a principle, may through Irish bickerings be brought to say with Mercutio: "A plague on both your houses 1" i Revenge of the Rooster. Nature's laws operate with inexorable cer tainty ind for any infraction she exacts a pen alty that must be paid. This fact is just now be ing forced home on some enthusiasts whose zeal for "service" exceeded good judgment. A year ago some inspired Individual over in Illinois lifted "the slogan, "Swat the rooster!" his plan being that non-vitalized eggs kept better in storage. Accord ingly the rooster was swatted and the big refrig erators were filled with eggs that will not hatch. Now comes the same man, or one of his kind, and calls for more chickens, insisting that it is possible to add 100,000,000 pounds of poultry to the meat supply. The trouble is, we can't have chickens without roosters. Chanticler's service extends beyond his matutinal duty of crowing the sun out of bed and without him the old ques tion of precedence between the egg and the chicken falls into nothing. Interfering with the plans of old Dame Nature for the perpetuation of life is folly; co-operation may be beneficial, but any attempt to repeal her regulations is apt to end in failure. Various reasons are given for the enhanced pricea of sugar and restricted sales. Demand and crop shortage are the main excuses. The former has some foundation, the latter none. Reports to the Wall Street Journal show that the cane crop of Cuba, the dominant producer, ia greater by 400,000 bags than the output of 1916. The ex planation is not reduced production, but in more compact control of the crop, a fact evidenced in the boom in Cuban sugar shares. They drip with sweetness. Despite the disturbance of war and the havoc of submarines and mines, the leading steam ship company of England last year cleared up a net gain of 33 per cent. A 15 per cent melon pulled from the verboten zone affords consider able solace for Britishers in trying times. The Department of Agriculture IX. From Farm to Table By Frederic J. Haskin Washington, April 20. A few' days ago half a dozen men from Chicago paid a quiet visit to the secretary of agriculture. The little call was arranged by Julius Rosenwald of the Council of National Defense, and the half dozen Chicago men represented the biggest meat packing in dustry in the world. They suggested that the Department of Agriculture should supervise their billion-dollar business during the period of the emergency, and if necessary, fix maximum and minimum meat prices. The results of that sug gestion still lie in the future, and they may welt be enormously important. It will come as news to many Americans that the department has already the adequate founda tions tor a system which could lar more readily take over the national problem of food require ments and supply than any other organization in the country. The machinery of this system is largely concentrated in the office of markets and rural organization; and the chief of this office himself is authority for the statement that not so long ago there were men to be found in positions of high authority, who had never even hard of it. Yet this office already has a nation-wide sys tem of information covering the meat supply and the movement of most of the more perishable foodstuffs; it has collected the most competent staff of experts in marketing and distribution to be found anywhere; and with the help of some enlargements in its force it could furnish within a short time an accurate statement of all the available commercial supply of food in the United States. The office of markets is little known com pared to some of the other bureaus of the De- fartment of Agriculture, because it is so young, t is the latest addition to the department, and even before the war emergency, it was growing at a great rate. The first provision for any work of the kind was made in 1913, when congress ap propriated $50,000 for the purpose. The growth of the work is shown by the fact that the income of the office for the coming year will be $1,700 000, exclusive of any additional funds that may be voted for emergency work. The office of markets keeps in touch with the! the food supply through several channels. It con ducts a market news service by mail and tele graph, which is the only thing of its kind main tained by any government, This news service keeps track by wire of the movement of every car of perishable foodstuffs, such as potatoes and onions, in the country. Since the first of the year a telegraphic news service on the shipments of live stock and the conditions at all the principal live atock markets has been operated. The in formation gathered by these services is sent free to any one interested by mail, or it is furnished by telegraph to anyone who cares to pay the telegraph charges. A special force at headquar tera works alt night sending out the daily tele graphic reports. Reports for the market news service are re ceived largely from railroad division superin tendents. In 1916 the news service only covered the more important fruits and vegetables, but reports were received from 665 division super intendents, representing 225,000 miles of railroad. Reports were received from every railroad, which handled carload lots of the fruits and vegetables covered by the service. At the height of the season, as many as 230 superintendents were re porting at one time. There is no law compelling the railroads to furnish such information to the government, but the roads have shown themselves very willing to co-operate. The value of auch a market new service lies in what it can do for the farmer and the ultimate consumer. It steadies prices and elimi nates waste. The distribution system for farm products has become enormously complex, and no single farmer or association of farmers can tell where their goods are needed. As a result, without accurate information, some markets are flooded, and others are left short. In the flooded markets, the perishable products rot and decay; in the short markets, the shortage makes the consumer pay extravagant prices for fruits and vegetables that are rotting in some other city a icw nunarea miles away. 1 he whole object of the news service is to SDread broadcast thr sary information about the supply in every im portant city. The cantaloupe growers in the Im perial Valley of California alone estimate that the news service saved them $250,000 in one sea aon. The Bermuda onion growers of Texas say the service was worth a million dollars to them in a single year. The office of markets has been at work col lecting and distributing information on the total amount of food held in cold storage throughout the United States. The co-operation of 1J450 meat-packing cold storage houses has already oeen enlisted, ineie nouses represent 98 per cent of the total capacity of their class in the country. . Figures are being compiled that will tell the total cold storage capacity of all the planta of this nature in the country, and of can ning factories and general foodstuff warehouses as well. A list of factories which 'manufacture all the substitute fat products, such as oleomar garine and compound lard is being prepared. The value of such information in case of a centralized control of the nation's food is very clear. It should not be forgotten that one of the biggest meat packera in the world predicted that if the war lasts a year, we may well have to put in force a system of meat-cards such as are used in Germany. Between the highly organized system for estimating the yield of farm products, which is operated by the Bureau of Crop Estimates and the machinery of marketing and distribution available in the office of markets, the nation is better prepared for national control of the food supply than most people realize. Surh control may not become necessary, but this is a time to take atock of preparedness for any emergency. Our Fighting Men John Biddle. Colonel John Biddle, who delivers the diplo mas to the graduates of the United States Mili tary academy, has been superintendent of the West Point institution since the early part of last year. Few officer of the army are more widely known than Colonel Biddle. He is a native of Detroit and a graduate of West Point in the class of 1881. His entire service has been in the engi neer corps. Two years after his graduation he was appointed a first lieutenant in the corps and was for a while connected with the Department of Dakota. At the outbreak of the Spanish war he was appointed a lieutenant colonel of volun teers nad was assigned as chief engineer on Gen eral Wilson's staff in the First and Sixth army corps. In 1902 he accompanied General Wilson to England as one of the military representatives of this country at the coronation of King Edward VII. Augustus F. Fechteler. Rear Admiral Augustus F. Fechteler, who commands one of the divisions of the Atlantic fleet, is 60 year old and a native of Germany. In early youth he accompanied his parents to New York and at the age of 16 entered the Naval academy. Following graduation he went through the usual routine of alternate shore and sea duty. In the war with Spain he was one of the senior officers of the monitor Monterey. Soon after his promotion to a captaincy the dreadnought South Carolina was completed, and the command of that vessel which waa one of the pioneer "all-big-gun" ships of the United States navy, was assigned to him. Admiral fechteler is heia in tne nigncst estimation by Secretary Daniels, and has been consulted on many occasions by the secretary on imnortant mattera of the naval administration. I Albert Gleavea. . raaajajyngIFx w m m Proverb for the Day. A stream cannot rlae higher than Its fountain. One Tear Ago Today In the War. Uermans captured trench near Hau court, Verdun region. Juliana defeated Austrlans in fierce engagement on Carso front. Russians and Turks both reported aucceses on Caucasus front. Turks destroyed Btltish camp near 8ues canal, taking 300 prisoners. In Omaha Thirty Yrnrs Ago. The wall paper dealers held a se cret meeting in the - store of T. J. Beard & Company, of Douglas street, to discuss the demands of the paper hangers who want higher wages. Booth as "Richelieu" transported a large audience at Boyd's theatre. A team of horses attached to an ex press wagon ran rapidly south on Tenth St. and when opposite John Bell's drug store demolished the rear of Dr. Dysart'fl buggy, knocking the doctor out and shaking him up pretty thoroughly. Lou May, of Fremont, chairman of the Nebraska State Fish commission, was in town closing up some of the affairs of the commission of last year with Mr. B. K. B. Kennedy. Mr. May waa city clerk of Omaha twenty-two years ago, when Charles Brown was mayor. Workmen are busy In South Omaha elearing the ground and getting things In shape for the grading down of the hill Immediately west of the Exchange building. The dirt will be used in filling up the pond and the low ground east of the yards. The Edison system of electric light ing has been Installed at the Paxton hotel and an hour's Inspection of the new lights failed to show a single de fection in the current. Tickets are being Issued for a raffle of the team and wagon of Bernard Doran, who died from Injuries sus tained In the fall of the elevator in Oberfelder'a building. The raffle is for the benefit of the widow and tick ets may be had of Morris Morrison, P. Desmond or George Carey. This Day In History. 1607 Henry Hudson sailed on his nrat voyage of discovery. 1778 Captain Paul Jones destroyed the shipping at Whitehaven, England. 1781 Americans under Colonel Lee took Fort Watson, South Carolina, from the British. 1789 Washington arrived at New Tork to take the oath as president, crossing the river in a triumphal barge rowed by thirteen pilots dressed In white. 18 0 Cornerstone laid for the old state capitol at Albany, N. T. 1818 James Anthony Froude, Eng lish historian, born. Died October 20, 1894. 1842 Died, a prisoner in the hands of Akbar Khan, General Elphinstone, commander of the British forces in Afghanistan. 1898 President McKinlev Issued a call for 125,000 volunteers for the war witn spam. The Day We Celebrate. Frederick C. Penneld, American ambassador to Austria-Hungary until the severance of dlplomatio relations, born In Connecticut, sixty-two years ago today. Major John McA. Palmer, member of the general staff of the United States army, born In Illinois, forty- aeven years ago today. cnauncey M. Depew, former United States senator from New York, born at Peeksklli, N. Y., eighty-three years ago today. Edwin Markham, author of "The Man With the Hoe." born at Orea-nn City, Ore., sixty-live years ago today. ur. Aruiur t. riaaiey, president of Tale university, born at New Haven. Conn., sixty-one years ago today. vr. Bimer b. Bryan, president of Colgate university and official head of the Chautauqua summer schools, born at Van Wert, O., fifty-two years ago today. James Scott, pitcher of the Chicago American league baseball team, worn at Deadwood, S. D twenty-nine years ago today. Tlmelji Jottings and Reminders. Today is St. George's day, the fes tival of England's patron saint. Shakespearean societies throughout the world will commemorate today the anniversary of the birth and death of the great poet and dramatist. The annual congress of the General Society, Daughters of the Revolution, which was to have met today at Ral eigh, has been indefinitely postponed because of the war. The euperdreadnought New Mexico, a sister ship of the Pennsylvania, will be launched this morning nt the New York navy yard. The vessel will be christened by Miss Margarit C. de Baca, daughter of the late iovernor of New Mexico. The case of Harry J. Spanell, ac cused of the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm C. Butler, U. S. A., is to be called today at Coleman, Texas. Spanell shot and killed his wife and Colonel Butler in the town of Alpine last July. In February he was tried at San Angelo, Texas, for the murder of his wife and acquitted. Storyette of the Day. During President Lincoln's first visit to the Springfield penitentiary an old Inmate looking out through the bars remarked: "Woll, Mr. Lincoln, you and I ought to be well posted on pris ons. We've seen all there are in the country." "Why, this is the first one I ever visited," replied the chief executive, somewhat astonished. "Yes," was the reply, "but I've been In all the rest." YOUR LAD AND MYLAD. (Written ny Clara Hay Morsan, axed 14, eighth arada pupil, Plattamouth (Neb.) achool. With apologlea to W. D. Neablt.) Tour lad and my lad And how ho llvaa today In your land and my land And half a world away. Tour Joy and my Joy Hla ayaa forovar gleam: Tour boy and my boy Soma Hula mother's dream. Sky blue and true blue Hla area etui gleam aright; Oh Ood bo hla guardian Hla protector thru the night! Tour lad and my lad And may he live to be. Aa were hla good forefathers, A eon of liberty. Tour hope and my hope And may he never He, And honor then next to hla Ood Hla flag that wavea on high. Tour heart and my heart Moat breaking at the night When "Old Olory" calle our lads To help her win tha fight. Tour price and my price And oh high high It aeema Out where "Old Olory" gleama. Arma acbe and hearta ache For lada gone from our aide. But your boy and my boy Shall aave our country'a pride. Tour Ood and my Ood Still rulea Hla world below. And you're glad and I'm glad To aend our lada 1 know. As Between Heroes. Somewhere, Neb., April 20. To the Editor of the Bee: The present war, which seems destined to involve the whole world In Its maelstrom, was started by a pistol shot. I would not be so stupid as to claim that shot was the primal cause of tne war. Tne ma terials for conflagration were ready; the pistol shot was the luclfer match that set them afire. By an agreement of the powers, Bosnia and Herzgovlnla were under the suzerainty of Austria Hungary. After the Russian and Japanese war, Austria with the con sent and backing of Germany, nnnrxed these twi little countries to her em pire. It is hard to conceive a luoro hleh-handed Diece of villainy. In this proceeding Austria took advantage of Russia h then weakness, me two em pires had a common purpose. Ger many was seeking, by Austria's ab sorption of the Balkan states which was a progressive paralysis and her own alliance with Turkey, to extend Germany's sphere of influence through Asia Minor and the valley of the Euphrates to the Persian gulf. Gabriel Prlnslp, the school boy who shot Franz Fredlnand Hapsburg in the street of Serajevo, was a Bosnian. The facts brought out at the trial of the slayer are as follows: The arch duke, Frani Fredlnand, heir apparent of Austria, and his morganatic wife, were riding down the Btreet In an au tomobile. Prlnzlp threw a bomb at the archduke, which missed him. Then the boy drew a revolver and, leaping upon the running board of the ma chine, fired a shot. The archduke's wife, seeing the revolver, threw her self between her husband and the slayer. The first shot killed her and the second her husband. There was no Intention on the part of Prinzlp to kill a woman. Let the consequences of that act be reserved for a subse quent letter. But I will now ask a question of all your readers: In what respect does Gabriel Prlnzlp differ from William Tell, except that one nsed a bow and arrow and the other a revolver? When Tell killed Gessler, Austria was seeking to absorb some of the 8wlss cantons. When Prlnzlp shot the Hapsburg, Austria had absorbed his native land. I am not Justifying as sassination; I am not saying that either Tell or Prinsip did right; I am not saying that tyrannicide is ever Justified. But I beg leave to call to your attention, what you already know; For 500 years Tell has been ap plauded as a hero. His name is a syn onym for patriotism. Germany's sec ond greatest poet has made him the hero of a drama that will live as long as human language endures. The Scotch poet, Campbell, has hardly been less eloquent in his praise. James Sheridan Knowles wrote a tragedy with Tell for hero. It Is sec ond to Schiller, but great enough to immortalize its author. At Altorf, Canton Uri, Switzerland, a life-sized statue of Tell stands on a pedestal, Man or myth, Tell has been an Ideal for f.ve' centuries. But Prinzip has been condemned as a feloiw . DER HEIOE. Colonels and Others Who Serve. Sedgwick, Colo., April 20. To the Editor of Tha Bee: Isn't It a bit funny? Colonels Roosevelt and Bry an chase up the White House steps and "offer our services" to-the coun try "in the most humble capacity" and yet give the recruiting offices the glassy eye. Little Tommy Jones of Krlckton don't worry about making a bid for his services to the president, but is sincerity Itself and chalks the mark as a soldier should, thinking only of his country. Unheard-of Billy Smith, late of the regular army, trained to discipline, maneuvers and ail that enters into the science of war, again humbly and dutifully and loy ally takes his place In the -anks with out annoying the chief of the army and navy, much less thinking about It, yet with ability to show them all tricks and Just as bravo and as com manding if given opportunity. The colonels are as usual playing to the first page. Each has learned the trade of publicity so well that each ought to stick to his last and leave the real skill of warfare to the little Tommy Joneses and unknown-of Billy Smiths to practically fitted soldiers not to mere agitators with simply a political past. We'll all take their word for their valor. . EP A. FRY. Storyette of the Day. Little Doris Is very polite. The other day she offered her aunt a share of her candy. "Will you have a sugared almond, Aunt Mary?" she asked, sweetly, at the same time tendering the paper bag. "Thank you, I will," replied Her aunt. And as she was particular what she ate she selected a white one. "Auntie," said little Doris, "do you know the difference between the pink and the white almonds?" "No, dear," said auntie with a kind ly smile. "Well, I'll tell you," explained Doris. "They were all pink once, and I sucked all the pink off the white ones. Didn't I do It nicely?" Youth's Companion. Nebraska Editors. The Wood Lk Stockman, Elmtr L. Howtll, editor, has moved into it new home. M. J. Romlf hat eueceeded H. U Will n editor and rublliher of the NeHgh Register. Editor R. Jeff Taylor, of the Winnebago Chieftain, has placed an order for a line graph to enable him to care for hi rap idly increasing business. Oxford Standard: L. O. Matthews, editor of the Riverton Review, and Milt Selma Elvers Seabert were married last Thar. duy evening. Brother Matthews waited until the paper was printed, and then went to press right. Congratulation., old top. W. L. Hand has flled a suit for $16,000 against the Kearney Morning Times and Frank W. Brown, its editor. Mr. Hand, who was a candidate for office at the re cent municipal election, alleges he was li belled in a story printed in connection with the campaign. J. W. Tamplin, editor of the Tektmah Journal, has been sued for tlMOO by Mrs. Estella Peterson, proprietor of the Mer chants' hotel at Tekamah. The suit is the outgrowth of a story alleged to have been printed in the Journal in regard to a raid on the hotel by the police. The Big Four Editorial association at Its meeting at Nelson last Thursday elected these officers : President, F. A. Scbers inger. Nelson Gaxette; vice-president. Lew Frailer, Fairmont Chronicle ; secretary treasurer. Tyler Edgcombe, Geneva Signal; executive committee, E. L. Correll, Frank O. Edgcombe, A. D. Scott and J. J. Pfeif fer. Editor A. B. Wood, of the Gering Courier, notes the passlivr of time with this reflec tion: "Thirty years ago today the Courier started business. It was over at Sidney, where George W. Jenner gave me the first advertising order and paid it in advance with some lumber from which I made the frames for the newspaper ttoiie." SMS tHRr W X MMtW wcri CHEERY CHAFF. "A great deal may be said on the sub ject," quoth the prolix person. "'That,'' said the weary auditor, "is the one point on which you have convinced me." Boston Transcript, "I can prove to the satisfaction of the court that my client In stealing the watch of the complainant was actuated by the moat laudable motive of economy." "What was that, sir?" "He merely wanted to gain time." Balti more American. "Have you a servant whom you can. trust?" ''Absolutely. We even let her peel , the potatoes. "Washington Star. Clinker Did I understand you to eay that there Is nearly always something broke about your motor car? Blinker Yea. Clinker What is it. as a rule? Blinker Me, New Tork Times. Mother The teacher complains you have not had a correct lesson for a month; why is It? Son She always kisses me when I get them right. Puck. "Inspectors claim that oysters have too much water in them. Dealers claim that oysters come that way." , "What about it?" "A difficult situation arises. Looks like Mother Nature doesn't care a hoot about the food laws' Louisville Courier-Journal. The widow sat beside the bedside of her dying friend. 'Now, Susan, when you get to heaven will you tell John that I am longing to be with him?" she said. "If 1 sees your John I'll sure tell him," Susan said, "but If I don't I ain't a-goln' cltckety-clackln' all over heaven lookin' for hlra." New Tork Times. JIIHIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIimililllHIIIIIHIIMIII 77 znnzs 7 Locomotive Auto Oil Tht be$t oil m know ;Tht L V. Kcholas Oil Company rVatttW s Grain Exchange BIdg. Omaha) Nab. 5 rillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllin? 'THE quickest way to get down stairs is to jump out of the window. But makin' haste slowly pays sometimes, espec ially in curin' tobacco. THE two years spent in age-mellowing Velvet are well 6pent. Try Velvet and see. ,.. ht.. THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU Washington, D. C. Enclosed find a two-cent stamp, for which you will please aend me, entirely free, the pamphlet "Care of Food in the Home." Name Street Address City State