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THE BEK: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY IT, 1917. The Om'aha Bee DAILY (MORNINC)-EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THB BER PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. Entered tt Omaha postofflc tecond'ClMt mitttr. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION, Br dinar. OtUf ud Bater .per mootto, .V Dallf WUIxwt Sunday " tHlOC Od SuBdU 400 mint witbmit tnJnUy 15c Aumfa Mm mI 200 Dati tad turxUf Ban lares mn sdnaM, Bf Mall. par jru. te w - .M " 4.M 100 SUM aod otlo of eouw of addma or imtuiaitr a daUfwr to Onuoft Km. oraoiauoai vaMnnam. REMITTANCE H kr draft txprM or pol order. Only f-wnt WnN Uksn U pamanl of mall arcouata. Personal ebaek. oapt oo Omaha ud Mtcra HdiaAca. sot accept. OFFICES. OnUia Ttia fUa BaUdlng. Chicago--People's Hat Rtdldlatv Scuta OmaAa 231 N Bt Nw Tors rift At. Oouoell Btofa-H N. Halo ft St. Iul.-New B'k. of Cohere, Liwola-Uuls Bulldlnc Wattingtoo-Ttt Utb 1 N. W. CORRESPONDENCE A 44m ooBion1eatlMa ralatlm to oem and editorial CBtttat 10 Oman Baa. eaitonsi ucpstudsbs. APRIL CIRCULATION , 56,260 Daily Sunday, 51,144 irsrtis ctieattUca for Iht nratsl tabwDbta we si 10 fcr DwlfM WllUsnt Cmulttha Usus. SuWerik liiI Hit elfr ikauM b.v The Bo iuW to Ottm. AtJrm chxl w ! u nqunud. Vale the coal dealer I Welcome the ice manl A little Liberty bond will go well with your Red Crosi button and your Y. M. C A. subscription. Six bits to a dollar and a half a barrel off flour in three days is a pretty fair concession to public opinion. Keep it going. Omaha will gladly take care of 21,000 soldiers it its two army posts, and can provide accommo dations for more if need be. The most urgent of new Russia's needs is a practical application of the old populist slogan: "Keep in the middle of the road." Labor troublei in munition factories, railroads and other industries serve to reveal a few discords In the harmony of war in Great Britain Old Glory Is floating over the battle line in British waters now. It won't be long till that eagle acream is heard back of the Hindcnberg line. If congress could raise the money as smoothly is it provides for spending billions, much time and valuable print pape; would be saved for practical uses, Grand Army and Spanish War Veterans now In session might save time by amending the con stitution so as to admit the "boys of '17," for they arc on the way. Representative, Gardner of Massachusetts has put into practice what he has been preaching, and will hereafter be found fighting in the army he has worked so hard for in congress. He is the first of the body so to act, but surely not the last. The batting average of ruthlessness shrinks encouragingly with increased vigilance and scout ing activity on the seas. The triumph of a pinch hitter visioned at Berlin months ago grows more visionary as Uncle limbers up to pitch the final innings. . . Authorities appear perplexed for a workable definition of "a reasonable amount" of booze law fully kept in the dry belt. The letter and spirit of the law opens the valves of controversy and promises a run of conversation limited only by the stimulants within reach. Just how much faith the directors of the Chi cago Grain exchange have in the "stabilizing" of pricea by speculation is shown by their action in discontinuing all dealings in grain futures. Gam bling in food is not going to be popular in the United States for a while. Joffre, Viviani and others of the French com mission carried home with them enough "junk" in the way of- mementoes of their trip to almost sink a ship, but the thing they wilt doubtless prize most Is the intangible but nevertheless substantial tribute from the great heart of the American people. , Russian radicala will rejoice at the overthrow of Milukoff, and force the resignation of army offi cers, and generally raise hob in their unrestricted enthusiasm, and one of these fine days they'll stand still and watch the Romanoff ride down the Nevsky Frospekt under escort of the Hohenzol , lern, which wil be a glorious triumph for liberty! Russian reports indicate that committees of soldiers and workers censor orders of military chiefs. The system does not measure up to military-ethics, but accords with the sentiments of the rank and file the world over. Privates are to be found in every army who disagree wi'h cim mandera and secretly flout their skill. The Rus sian case is exceptional enly in the privates se curing power to vitalize their ideas of militiry action. Officeholders Privileged -N.-Y.rkW.rM- Hollweg'a Pronouncement A most unusual combination of political forces is working in Europe just now to an end that neither professes to desire. That end seems to be the prolongation of the war and will be achieved by the unhappy influence of the junkers in Germany and the socialists in Russia, two ele ments in purpose as widely apart as the poles of the earth; yet the latter is playing into the hands of the first as effectively as if sworn allies. The speech of the German chancellor to the Reichstag in answer to interpellations as to the course of the war and possible peace terms gives no indication of thought of yielding on part of the war lords. Von Bcthmann-Hollweg declines to state even in general terms the basis for peace, leaving plain the inference that nothing contained in the original program has been abandoned and that the leaders of German arms are determined to pursue the war. This attitude of the chancel lor, after consultation at the great army headquar ters and in Vienna, throws into high relief the futility of the German socialists. Permission to ask questions, even to indulge in criticism of the government' and pessimistic predictions as to the end of the conflict, is proof enough that autoc racy does not fear the dreamers, who either have been made harmless or thoroughly "kaiserized." On the other hand, the chancellor's adroit offer to Russia is well delivered and calculated to in crease the disunion that already prevents effective operation by the Russian armies. The greatest possible service Russians could render the Ger mans now would be to quit fighting. What would happen to Russia later can only be conjectured, but the uttermost stretch of fancy cannot include a free republic for the mujiks if the Prussian mili tarists come out victorious. Financing the War. The editors of the monthly magazine known as "Equity" are taking a referendum ballot on "Methods of Financing the War," to secure the consensus of economists, political scientists and sociologists as represented by the membership of the American Economic association, the Ameri can Political Science association and the Ameri can Sociological society. As the questions pro pounded are of vital public interest, they are here given with the vote recorded on each by the edi tor of The Bee: 1. Shall incomes in excess of necessity for rea sonable comfort be conscripted during this war as the chief reliance for meeting the expenses of the war? Answer: Yes. 2. Which of the following amounts should he made the starting point of incomes to be taxed directly for war expenses (allowing additional exemption of $1,000 for dependent consort and $.100 for each dependent child)? Answer: $1,500. J. What should be the lowest percentage rate to be imposed on the minimum taxable income? Indicate opinion on the following scale (ranging from I per cent to 10 per cent). Answer: One per cent. 4. What should be the maximum income per mitted to an individual after payment of 'income tax? Indicate opinion on following scale (ranging from $2S,000 to $200,000). Answer: The indi vidual should have a large enough percentage of income left to him to stimulate continued and un abated wealth production. 5. Shall the conscription of incomes be prac tically the sole means of obtaining war revenues so that there shall be no need for stamp taxes on railroad tickets, commercial paper, etc., and no increase of excises, duties, postal rates, etc? Answer: Yes. Probate Judge Day of Massachusetts resisted the collection of i federal income tax on his sal ary during the civil war and finally won a deci sion from the United States supreme court in the well known case of Collector against Day. This decision rested on the ground that as the states could not tax the instrumentalities of the United States government, the latter could not tax the instrumentalities of the state governments. Justice Bradley alone dissented from this judg ment. He agreed that the states had and should have no power to tax the federal government or its agencies, but said that it was a very different thing to hold that a federated government of states and people could not tax ita own citizens as salaried agents of I state government. "It will lead to mischievous consequences," he said. nirf h ,nn,i, , 1 .L- M -- MMic much we nation would n at wir anrl ,t .....&... : c ,,. ... gwTti mucin in nccu oi caning on the taxable resources of all its citizens? That uiiic ia iicre, ana on me strength ot that old de- ilifm th frf.F.t ..... : . i . " " iiiiuiuc ix ikw excepts the compensation of all officers and emploves of ... ... t ...ij;. rit ' P",,ut auuaivision xnereoi. f -r-J v.. !.:, LUUIIUCS 1IU CHICS, outside of day laborers, number hundreds of thou sands of men. They are citizens of the United Mates. They are paid official salaries, as in this f.K a1f CAA J v- .... tauc. uwa aj,iw aown. r evr ot them tail in i i.wiiFiiimi9 pruviuca in mc war income tax bill. Their positions are all very rnmfnrraKIt Th s ik. f ' . But in tint great time when alt other citizens vi vmicu Pieties iiiusi swcai io support their stand out a privileged class above the federal .Ming jurvn . ndi mc majority oi mt supreme court wrong in 1870 or was not Justice Bradley Milukoff Unseated; What Next? Russian radicals have arain trii.mnhrrl this time unseating Foreign Minister Milukoff, the height of whose offense is that he presumed to give a pledge to Russia's allies withnct aecurinff ner- mission from the extremists. Tragic as thij out come may be from the viewpoint of those cherish, ing high hopes for the Russian republic, it is not startling, because it was apparent from the first mat AiuuKott and others with whom he was asso ciated had assumed an herculean task in ihrlr effort to provide Russia over night with a free government, forces were losed which, uncon trolled, must destroy, and it calls for the mpi and most consummate of leadership to check and direct the passions of a multitude so long re pressed and so suddenly unbound. Without the presence of war the undertaking was sufficiently serious to engage the best of Russia's liberal lead ers; under the circumstances the task of estab lishing orderly government there is tremendously more difficult. Hope is expressed that the resigna- tion ot Milukoff will tend to the solution of the immediate problem, but the increasing nnwr and influence of the radicals will not correspondingly improve tne prospect of permanence for the free government. What will hannen next in R is of immense and vital concern to those nations whose interests are bound up with Russia's. Our Three Billion Dollar Budget. The senate has inrrea.;iH th. hniK. u, ,nnm. priation bill bv addin? half hilllnn rfnll.r. .nrf the total now carried is three and one-third bil lions, far exceeding any appropriation ever con sidered. The great hulk nf tlia mnnv int.nJ. to be expended for war purposes and much of it is mere guess work. For example; half a billion dollars is to be applied to the ship-building plan. Every ship yard in the United States is driven to its full capacity and has been for the last two years, and the contracts on hand will keep them busy for the next two years. The senate now proposes to "speed up" these plants by forcing the abandonment of private contracts in favor of government-owned merchant ships. Why should we check private enterprise in favor of a dubious government undertaking when the end is the same? Ship builders can work no faster for the government than for private concerns and com mandeering the yards will not increase their ca pacity. Much of the rest of the measure is in the same category with the shioninc nlan Antir;n.,in, appropriations are made with no definite notion t tne actual cost will be. This simply means extravagance, against which the people are so amply warned, and doesn't guarantee service. Congress can make more speed by cooling off a little, for haste always makes waste. "I will not use fin urnrle af,n..f. - -..v., mum, Chancellor Hollwcg, referring to U-boat opera tions. Moderation is becoming. A series of ex ptosiv dash words best characterize ruthlessness. t... , .U -.... ' ,.. rr . . .. ' u migiii oncnj tne polite cars of Junk- ' Turkey manifests uncommon eagerness tj make friends with Russia's of a few feathers is trifling compared with the nope oi saving the skin and bones. College Patriotism By Frederic J. Haskin. Washington, May 14. There are to be few intercollegiate sports this year few field meets, boat races or tennis tournaments. The colleges are going to war. Class rooms are rapidly being deserted as thou sands of students leave for military duty in one organization or another. A large number have gone to Newport to enter the naval coast defense reserve; others are reporting for duty at the re serve officers' training camps, opened up by the War department on May 14; a few have gone all the way to France as members of the American ambulance corps and hundreds are joining the government's new army for the commissary. Those who remain are drilling on the campus, studying radio and topography and displaying unusual interest in laboratory work. For the government is going to need engineers and chem ists as well as soldiers. Practically all universities are now urging the need of agricultural enlistment. In a talk made to the student body of the University of Penn sylvania not long ago the dean summed up the situation as follows: "We must not make the same mistake England made by sending men tech nically trained and proficient to contribute in the production of food and goods into the army and leave men who are inefficient in charge of such Eroduction." One of the biggest jobs that the toiled States is to be called on to perform is the supplying of food to itself and to its allies, in Europe during the next year. Herbert Hoover has pointed out that unless the farmers of the United States materially increase their plantings of foodstuffs thousands in the United States and Europe will face actual starvation next year. This agricultural preparedness propaganda has been eagerly taken up by agricultural colleges of the country, which are offering their services to tHe government almost to a man. The plan that has been worked out in joint conference by the United States Department of Agriculture and the admin istrative officials of over 100 colleges is like this: The students are to be drVided into bat talions of from five to fifty men. Each battalion will be in charge of a captain, who will be ap pointed in consideration of his experience and who will distribute his men among various farm ers of a particular section. The farmers pay good wages; they will take the young men into their households and board them as members of the family, but they will be expected to work. In the case that any dispute arises between the farmer and the student the captain of the bat talion will be called upon to settle it. He will also report to the university the progress of each of the students under him. While this agricultural feature of college pre paredness is gaining great popularity with all college students, it is only one of many equally popular features. The University of Pennsylva nia, for example, has recently opened up a naval training course, which has already recruited up to 125 students. It is purely a student organiza tion, having no connection with the government. The military courses sriven bv the universities are supervised by United States army officers and occasionally government equipment in the form of rifles and wireless is borrowed; in this case the only government property to be borrowed is a naval officer, to be assiened by the commandant of the Fourth naval district, who will give lectures on navigation, seamanship, ordnance and gunnery. As yet, the proper facilities are lacking in the course, but the students themselves are endeavor ing to raise funds with which to purchase them. At Princeton aviation is popular. Over 200 students have announced their intention of en tering this line of work, but of this number only sixty have passed the strict physical examina tion1 given to aviators. Anyway, a college aerial corps has been organized. The alumni of the uni versity has come forward generously with a gift of two planes, their hangars "and sufficient funds to pay the expenses ot tne necessary mecnanics and upkeep of the planes." And Princeton is now flying. Yale's contribution to preparedness has re cently caused a great deal of consternation among the other universities. In addition to its military activities Yale announces through various mem bers of its alumni, including ex-rresident J att, that its graduate reunions this year will be "dry." The alumni feels that by establishing prohibition at these celebrations they will be setting a pa triotic example to the whole nation, which win be worth the sacrifice. If war demands the elimi nation of alcohol in the United States as it did the abolishment in Russia, Yale is with the United States. In addition to the military activities of the students the faculties of the universities have also been quick to extend their services and the use of the college buildings and equipment- to the government. The University of California, for example, offers its buildings at Berkeley, Cal., as storehouses and laboratories of war, while a large farm in connection with the college it offers as the headquarters of a regiment of calvary. Three regiments of men could be trained on the college grounds, the president asserts, and the farm would form the basis of a cavalry depot, Since the United States entered the war the suggestions of assistance offered by the nation's schools and colleges have multiplied until the War department is in confusion as to just what use should be made of them. It is known that the colleges of Europe have played an important part in the war. In France even the public schools have been mustered into service. But of what value college buildings will be to the government now that this country is at war is undetermined. The War department is awaiting the return of Dr. John H. Finley, commissioner of education of the state of New York, who recently sailed for France to find out how Europe has handled this question. How War Reaches the Pocket Philadelphia Lediar. Congress has now before it the most impor tant tax measure presented there in fifty years. It embodies the heaviest payments which the American people have been called upon to make since the civil war. In bulk these taxes amount to an average of $18 for every inhabitant of the land, and that does not include postal receipts. The magnitude of the figures is best compre hended by placing them beside our national debt as it has stood Tor years past. We shall in a twelvemonth pay in taxes almost double the whole amount of that debt, besides which we are also preparing to multiply that old debt by seven. But stupendous as these figures are, our people will pay all themoney cheerfully, provided they feel that the methods used to collect it are the best, fairest and most democratic that can be de vised. Does the bill now before congress meet that test? One feature will cause widespread discontent. Making the income tax retroactive to cover the calendar year 1916 will in a vast num ber of instances cause genuine hardship. The very last thing which our country must do is to paralyze business or to freeze at its source the capital necessary to carry on business. It may easily happen that persons having calculated their taxes for 1916 disbursed all the remainder of their incomes for that period, so that now to be called up to meet this extra and wholly unexpected bur den will entail genuine financial miseries. It is true our country never had so much liquid capital with which to pay taxes, personal and corporate, as it has today. But it is also true that in this generation they were never before expected to in vest such colossal sums in government loans. The new bonds are made in denominations as low as $50, to come within the reach of ilmost every citizen of the land. So here we have an appeal to patriotism and duty which impels us to buy bonds and at the same time for heavier taxes than for half a century, which means a smaller sum left with which to buy those bonds. In such a crisis it is to be sincerely hoped that congress will rise above every narrow preju dice, sectional bias and partisan advantage. We need statesmanship and not log rolling. raaaHBv9aar--iaaair jr" ' m Proverb for the Day. Better to have the good will even ot a dog. One Year Ago Today In the War. Three ships sunk by German sub marines in Baltic. Sir Roger Casement, after prelimi nary hearing In London, held for trial on charge of high treaaon. Italians abandoned advanced posi tions in the Trentlno and lost several thousand prisoners. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today. The resignation of Deputy Sheriff James N. Phillips waa accepted by Sheriff Coburn. Mr. Phillips will em bark in the real estate business for himself. A Hnance committee has been ap pointed, consisting of John Jenkins, Julius Meyer and Kichard O'Keefe, to wait upon the merchants and manu facturers, aa well as the property-owning citizens of Omaha, and solicit as sistance toward making the celebration of the Fourth of July In Omaha one of the regular old-fashioned, rousing kind. Articles of Incorporation were tiled of the John Dlerks Manufacturing company, with the following incorpo rators: John Dlerks, W. R. Vaughan, C. E. Holt, S. P. Rounds, J. E. Riley, A. P. Hopkins and J. H. Lamar. South Omaha had a heavy wind storm, which blew down the two-story house belonging to Mr. Nelaon, while Mika O'Herne's house and Mr. Car penter's new home were blown off their foundations. Dr. W. C. Spalding has left for Chi cago, where he will remain two months, studying with the eminent surgeon, Dr. Klnger. Mrs. A. W. Saxe and daughter have gone to Marshall, Mich., on a visit of several months' duration. John E. Newman, late of the freight auditor's office of the Union Pacific, has accepted a position on the Omaha Hotel Reporter. This Day In History. 1741 John Penn, a North Carolina signer of the declaration of independ ence, born in Caroline county, Vir ginia. Died in Granville county, North Carolina, in 1788. 1743 Seth Warner, a famous leader of the "Green mountain boys" in the revolution, born at Woodbury, Conn. Died at Roxbury, Conn., December 26, 1784. 1759 John F Mercer, soldier of the revolution and governor of Mary land, born In Marlborough county, Vir ginia. Died in Philadelphia August 30, 1821. 1774 General Thomas Gage became last royal governor of Massachusetts. 1776 General Washington first learned that 17,000 German troops had been hired by the British and were landing in Canada. 1826 Protestant Episcopal diocese of Mississippi organized. The Day We Celebrate. King Alfonso of Spain, whose favor has been sought by both sides in the world war, born in Madrid thirty-one years ago today. Princess Arthur of Connauirht, only sister of Princess Maud of Fife, the reported fiancee of the prince of Wales, born twenty-six years ago today. Bishop Eugene R. Hendrix of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, born at Fayette, Mo., seventy years ago today. Patrick D. Morton, representative in congress of the Third North Dakota district, born at Ishpemlng, Mich., forty-one years ago today. Dr. Andrew F. West, dean of the graduate school of Princeton univer sity, born at Allegheny, Pa., sixty-four years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. The first Scottish Rite body in Amer ica was formed in Boston fifty years ago today. Norwegians in all parts of the world will celebrate today the 103d anniver sary of Norwegian independence. The celebration of the centeAnial of the American Sunday School union, to have been held today in Philadel phia, has been postponed because of the war. The annual encampment of the Kansas Grand Army of the Republic, with meetings of the various affiliated societies, will open today at Sallna. A $50,000 confederate monument erected on Shlloh bottlefleld by the United Daughters of the Confederacy is to be Unveiled today with imposing ceremonies. The annual International convention of Klwanls clubs is to be entertained in Detroit during the three days be ginning today. Important recommendations will be made to bakers of the country and suggestions of Importance may be made to the government at a special meting of members of the National Association of Master Bakers, to be held today at Chicago. The annual conference of city high school superintendents of North Da kota, together with the state inter scholastic track meet and declamation contest, will be entertained at Grand Forks during the three days begin lng today. Storyette of the Say. "William, when we were married you promised to stop smoking." So I did, my dear. You remember that I said to you, holding up three cigars I had in my pocket, 'As soon as 1 smoke these I'll quit' " "Well, you haven't kept your prom ise." "Oh, yes, I. have. You see those three identical cigars are still un smoked. I have them in my desk." Boston Transcript THE NEW RECRUIT. Coma into th garden, Maudp. Don't stand at tha gata and balk. Doo't sit on tha plow, it ain't tima to alt now I entreat you to get up and walk; The sack of eeetl-latera Is ready to plant, Don't aot back your eara and rebel. But be a good donkey and help us reduce To our level the H. c. ot L. Come Into the garden, Maude Don't plant your feet there in the road: For your feet will not grow Into tatera, you know, No matter how much tb.ey are hoed: Come. Umber you kneea and "gld-dap," that's a dear. Tor the whole world la waiting for taters, And If we don't plant, tha crop will ba scant, And hoarded by food epeeulatora. Come Into the garden Maude Tie your country, remember, that begs: Prom the cltlea and farms, she la calling to arms Now aha'a calling you to your legs; Do 1 see your long ears pointing forward a bit? Do I aee a aoft glint In your eye? Let me atlck thla amall Hag In your' narness, my aear; Perhaps that will make your feet spry. Do come Into the garden, Maude Don't show such a hesitant manner; Instead of a brute, be a willing recruit In the cause of the Star Spangled Banner; Ah! now you relax, you are atarting, you go You're enlisted to battle for freedom Now let'a hope that all slackers, like you, will repent, And answer the call when we need 'em. Omaha, BAIOUi KB TRELE. Frlcw and Patriotism. Omaha, May 8. To the Editor of The Bee: 1 have been a citizen of the United States for seventy-five years and am of English and Scotch ori gin. In my younger days I took part in the civil war, at the call of Abra ham Lincoln. I willingly did what I could, without any complaint, under the authority of the greatest man who ever lived. The time and conditions have ar rived when this nation and the peo ple of this nation are called upon to take a stand to emancipate the world from bondage. The industrial and political conditions must be adjusted for the greatest pood of all. The in dustrial conditions need and must have a radical change to make any degree of success. In the first place, the cost of liv ing is out of all proportion to the wages received by the Industrial workers of the United States. It simply means that the law must fix and control prices for products con sumed and prices for labor. When a few men are allowed to control the food products for their own personal gain it Is time to call a halt. The vampire class must go. Put the price of wheat at $1 a bushel and all other products on the same ratio and raise the price of la bor to correspond to the cost of liv ing and the agricultural class will not complain and will be pleased. The great loyal egricultural class is go ing to do its best. Every man, woman, boy and girl will make the greatest effort to produce food this season. Not one acre of ground will lie idle. The failure of wheat will put this land into corn and we expect to raise the largest corn crop ever produced. People will not starve or go hungry with plenty of corn for bread. What did the southern people live on in time of war? Corn and bacon, mostly corn without bacon. This corporation called the govern ment Is the richest in the world today and Is bound to control the destinies of the whole world if we are honest with ourselves and the test of the world. We can take any man or woman for any service we have use for and not one can be exempt, no matter how much he or she may have. No money wlil be used to exempt any one from service who is physically fit for service. Property is not sa cred any more than life. All must and will be used if need be. The wealth of this country will be freely used for all needs. Property is noth ing compared to life. Spend the money to save the world from going into darkness and despair. I favor taking the railroads and the coal mines as a war measure immedi ately. With one head and under one man, with the government behind him, the traffic will be handled. I have for the last sixty years been a producer of all kinds of food prod ucts, such as cattle, sheep and hogs, all kinds of grain crops and own sev eral hundred acres of choice lands and will be more than pleased to have the federal government fix the price for both producer and con sumer. E. STODDARD. MIRTHFUL REMARKS.' "Do you think women ousrht to (lmoke?,, "I should Bay not. It'n hard enough as It Is to tell who's the man of the house." Uetrolt Free Press. "I know a bank where the wild thyme Wows," he said, dreamily. "And I know a bank where the Interest on tha mortgage grows," said his wlfe and If wax no dream. Puck. He Jlbbs can't care very much about his wife. He never gives her a kiss or a caress. She He cares tb best way about her. He gives her his whole weekly envelope. J3altlmor American. Mrs. I-ookyoung For mercy sake, don't put ino near old .MIHyuns. Hostess Why not ? He's awfully inter esting. Mrs. Lookyoung I know It, but I never sit near him at dinner but that he blurts out something like, "You remember back In the old civil war days?" Boston Transcript. -PUMPS For Spring 1917 Pumps arc more popular than ever this season. This may be due to the long vamps, which give slenderness to the foot and neatness to the ankle. The long vamp makes the pump a better fitter and more comfortable, because it cannot slip. A small, narrow ornament, fitted well up on the slope of the instep, is popular this season. Our stock is the largest and most varied we have ever shown $4.50 ,0 $7.00 AAA to D Sizei 2 to 8. Parcel Post Paid DrexelShoeCo. 1419 Farnam St ) 3 Locomotive Auto Oil The Beit Oil We Khow EThe L V;K2holas Oil Company S Grain Exchange Bldf s j; Omaha, Neb. 3 TfiMiiiiiiiiiMiimiiiiiimiiiiiiiimmiiiiiii? Bell-aims Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package; proves it 25cat all druggists. J rnesui t mini SLzr 1, . TWW M : I J Illinois Central R.R. 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