THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1917.
The Om'aha Bee
DAILY-OIOBNJNO-EVEiyNC SUNDAY
FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOSEWOTEH
VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR
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Got your tcrccm all up yet? Swat the fly.
Investing in Liberty bonds strengthens the
bonds of Liberty.
; That jlrcam of "Mittel Europa" promises to be
k nigh c for the dreamer.
All right, Mr. McAdoo! Come again without
fear of wearing your welcome outl ,
Still there Is no objection to the coeds staging
a "Maud Muller" act on the university campus.
If 'you want to go to sea and be a soldier still,
tell it to the marines they're looking for more
men. -
The ease with which allied commissions tie
gotiate the vcrboten zones emphasizes the secu
rity assured by armed escorts.
; Looks as lfthe Omaha detective force were
working both tnds against the middle, and just
when team play is more urgent than ever.
Th names of those "bolting farmers" read
quits familiar. The man with the calcium light
seldom has any trouble in "spotting" them.
A little community singing in Omaha -might
help out patriotic outbursts from time to time.
The spirit is willing, but the voice is often weak.
Judgment for the state drives the corks deeper
in the juice bottled up in the court house. But
there's no telling what s legal corkscrew will do.
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One of the prettiest little races ever witnessed
is about to be staged in these parts. It will be
a handicap affair between the gardeners and the
weeds. . '
With the hoes and the muskets and the dol
lars all lined up, the Yankee phalanx is mora
formidable than any Alexander or Macedonia
ever reviewed. '
, It took considerable courage for a mere man,
even if he be a grocer, to' undertake to tell a
woman anything about horns affairs. And he
didn't get very far with it either. - , - .
City people depend on farmers as much as
farmers depend on city people. One cannot
prosper without the other. Close co-operation is
ths best and safest policy for both interests.
New York proposes to subscribe for a billion
of the Liberty bonds. That's just like ths Broad
way folks, to want all the good things for them
selves. But they'll have some competition this
time, t
An abundance of practical advice on sane war
economies Is available for all who live to learn
and apply it. Taking advantage of the knowledge
demolishes time-worn ruts and makes for progress
and profit,
Appeals fof ths dairy cow and her offspring
ought not to go unheeded in Nebraska. A per
fect machine for turning our prairie grass into
golden butter Is one of the most profitable manu
facturing plants known.
Sunshine follows the rain in endless succes
sion, the routine operation of Nature's Immutable
law, and result of this endless round is fruits
wherever seed has been planted and tended. That's
Why Nebraska Is blessed beyond any other region.
Just at the moment ths Rockefeller Founda
tion announced an additional $25,000,000 to its
funds gasoline took the elevator for a 2-cent rise
hi New York. For the sake of appearances the
Croesus of Focantico Hills might defer action
fof recovery for a few days.
General Pershing finds it necessary to cancel
his engagement for the University of Nebraska
commencement and statehood semi-centennial ex
ercises at Lincoln, In which he and Colonel Roost'
velt were to be the headliners. While the general
will be missed, if anyone can fill the place of two,
ths colonel can.
The New Missouri Pacific
New York Financial World -
Missour! Pacific is about to emerge from re
ceivership thoroughly rehabilitated and prepared
with adequate, up-to-date equipment to cope with
all the traffic problems likely to develop. The
company during the receivership, which began in
August, 1915, expended more than $15,000,000 on
improvements, rebuilt more than 15,000 freight
cars, and new engines, passenger cars and new
tteight cars nave been bought at a cost ot more
than $4,300,000.
It was this rehabilitation of the svstem which
enabled it to prevent any traffic congestion all
last winter artd at a cost lower than ever before. In
the first three months. of 1917 the Missouri Pa
cifies gross increased $2,178,230 while net earn.
ings gained $1,894,000 over the corresponding
quarter of 1916. The amount available in the
three months for fixed charges was $4,950,000,
and the surplus for the quarter for the new stock
would be $2,950,000, or between $11,000,000 and
$12,000,000 for twelve months. There is $76,.
751,000 S per cent preferred stock, and the pay
ment of this dividend for the full twelve months
would take only $3,037,581 of the year s surplus.
: If wa take the nine months' operating .results
to March 31 results equally cheerful are found.
The nine months' gross was $56,347,000, a gain of
$8,385,000, or 17.5 per cent. Net after operating
outlav and taxes was $15,105,000. a gain of nearly
40 per cent, compared with the results of the cor-
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responaing nine niomns oi inc year previous.
The Missouri Pacific will be but of the re
ceiver's hands in less than a fortnight, judging
by all the indications now st hand.
The Case for the Liberty Bonds.
Secretary McAdoo is a good salesman, how
ever he may be qualified for other undertakings.
He knows the quality of his wares, and has the
faculty of presenting them in most favorable light.
Mis presentment of the case for the Liberty bonds
is simplicity itself, and therefore the more con
vincing. Without oratorical flourish, the secre
tary of the treasury very plainly told the folks of
Omaha, what he has told others, that on the peo
ple of this country rests the responsibility for the
successful issue" of the war. Fart of the public
obligation takea the form of furnishing money to
defray the necessary expenses of conducting the
war, This is elementary and is presented without
decoration of financial folderols, that it may be
understood by any who will stop to think for a
moment.
The fact that the treasure of the country as
well as the manhood is included in the resources
pledged by congress to the world for our part in
the war is also undeniable, and this point, too, is
emphasized by Mr. McAdoo in his bond-selling
crusade. But he does not entirely stress the
patriotic aspect of the issue, for he gives the ma
terial side of the great bond issue its due weight.
One of the most attractive investments ever set
before the people is the present Liberty bond
issue. It is backed by the honor of the republic
and the wealth of the nation; it pays good rate of
interest and is unapproachable as a liquid asset.
Moreover, the whole of the proceeds of the sale
will be turned back immediately into the chan
nels of trade, to make business better.
Any way it is looked at, the Liberty bond is a
good thing to buy. And it is being offered in
such denominations and under such terms as make
it possible for everybody to buy one. That, per
haps, is it chief attraction.
Now, Let Us AU Oct Busy.
In much counsel lies safety, and we have had
much of counsel lately. Now, let us all get busy,
for plenty of real work for everybody awaits the
most serious attention s united citizenry can give
it. Each division of our great commercial and in
dustrial organization knows by this time what is
expected of it, and each is eager to make good.
Not a piece of all our great social machinery but
has been thoroughly overhauled and put into the
best possible working condition, and the smooth
and easy operation of all justifies the belief that
this is going to be the greatest year in all Ameri
can history, so far as the production of needed
things is concerned, Co-ordination of effort is
required, and less of the keen and sometimes
selfish competition that has frequently disturbed
the harmonious working of the machinery. None
are to be discriminated against, and none are en
titled to special favor. It is each in his proper
place, putting forth his proper effort, that is going
to win the battle for America and liberty for all
the world.
Heading Off ths Plotters..
, Secretary Lansing has publicly declared no
passports will be given to any American seeking
to attend the socialistic so-called "peace" confer
ence at Stockholm. The reason for this is that
Americans are forbidden to take part in any pro
ceedings, the outcome of which may be inimical
to the interests of the government in sny of its
undertakings. If the Stockholm conference has
any purpose whatever, it is to arrange s separate
peace for Russia with Germany, the most dis
astrous thing that possibly could happen for the
United States now at war. Such action would not
only release the German army now on the Russian
front, but would give Germany access to immense
stores of food snd material needed for the further
prosecution of the war, snd, instead of bringing
hostilities to s close, would prolong them, and re
quire an enormous sdditional expenditure of blood
and treasure on the part of our other allies.
When the United States entered the war, it
was on behalf of the common people of Russia as
well as for those of all the world. Russia's liberty
more than that of any other immediately con
cerned depends on the overthrow of the Prussian
military mschine, snd only the purblind zealots
of anarchy fall to see this. That they willingly
co-operate with the kaiserized "socialists" of
Prussia is one of the sstounding proofs of their
mental warpedness. Socialists of France and Eng
land have withheld from participation in the
Stockholm gathering, and those from the United
States wilt be compelled to.
Dealings with Russia just now are sufficiently
difficult without the additional complication that
would be provided were any citizen of the United
States permitted to take part in a conference that
promises so much for trouble as that proposed by
the Prussian plotters. It is well that our country
will not be "represented" at Stockholm.
What of the Dental Dispensary?
When the free dental dispensary was opened
in Omaha for children of parents otherwise un
able to command the needed professional services,
it was generally hailed as a good move and a fore
ward step In community progress. The institu
tion was originally made possible by a group of
enthusiastic public spirited dentists, volunteer
ing their time, and the assistance of generous
friends in providing equipment snd supplies.
It is already evident, however, that this dis
pensary cannot continue in its full usefulness on
the basis of a wholly private charity and the ques
tion at once propounds itself, "If it is worth while,
why is it not properly chargeable, at least in part,
on the community, which is the real beneficiary?"
Where we have a county physician for the indi
gent sick, a city health department to enforce san
ction, school nurses to look after the health of
the children in the schools, it would not be going
far to appropriate money out of the public
treasury to take care of the poor children's neg
lected teeth. If this is advisable, surely some way
ought to be found for the county, the city and the
school district to co-operate ratably to that end,
on condition, of course, that the dentists who have
ahouldered this humanitarian work are willing to
continue to do their part, as they doubtless are.
In the early days of the war the ears of Ameri.
can tourists in London were bombarded with
hopeful expressions of the United States joining
forces with the Allies. These were dark days in
the British capital. German armies were moving
on Paris with irresistible speed. The battle of
the Marne was yet to come. British hearts were
fearful and hope turned to the west for succor,
Long delayed hope now approaches realization to
the full. Units of the American forces yet to
come carry to the British metropolis living evi
dence of the help prayed for and their welcome
fairly measures the depth of national gratitude.
A round of activities at the officers' training
camps, beginning at 5:10 a. m. snd ending at 10
p. m., spells business from start to finish. It goes
without saying that every minute of the remain
ing seven hours of the twenty-four will be utilized
to the full in hitting the tick.
Floating the Liberty Loan
By Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, May 22. What are you going to
do about it? That is the attitude of the world to
wards the United States today. We have an
nounced our intention of playing a decisive part
in the war and it's our turn to move. The first
thing before the nation is this little matter of
absorbing a $2,000,000,000 bond issue and calling
for more. ,
Congress passed with a rush the measure au
thorizing the raising of $7,000,000,000. While
every other proposed law was being torn to
pieces and patched together again and raked by
cross-fires of criticism, this immense financial
measure went through on a unanimous vote. It
was the biggest single financial bill ever passed
by any national legislature and it went through
in quick time without one voice raised in dissent
a characteristically American proceeding. There
was plenty of pride over that and just a little too
much tendency to regard the achievement as
achieved. That was only the beginning.
Then offers to subscribe began to pour in;
for a time they came at the rate of $500,000 a min
ute. That sounded pretty well, too, and the coun
try was proud of it, but -there was a tittle too
much tendency to take it for granted that this
rush of offers would take care of the loan. A
J treat many people actually got the idea that the
oan was over-subscribed, that there was neither
necessity nor use in further subscriptions. That
idea was quite incorrect. The loan is not over
subscribed today nor anywhere near it . There
are hundreds of millions still needed. The Ameri
can people must act.
The men in charge of the loan do not like to
talk about obligation and duty in connection with
it. These new bonds are an attractive proposition
financially in many ways. Nobody is giving any
thing away bv buying a bond. The buyer is do
ing a patriotic deed and getting a gilt-edged in
vestment paying 3'i per cent, free from taxation,
with the finest security in the world behind it. As
one man puts it, should the time ever come when
the United States will not be able to pay inter
est and principal on these bonds the world will
be in such shape that none ot us win care wnat
happens.
The newlv created publicity bureau of the Lib
erty loan is going after the job in a fighting spirit.
The publicity campaign it will stage promises to
De me warmest mat America, Dirmpiatc ui scien
tific publicity, has ever seen. The publicity bu
reau is in charge of Robert W. Woolley, formerly
director of the mint, and Mr. Woolley is at pres
ent one of the busiest men in the western hemi
sphere. Every conceivable means of telling the public
about the Liberty loan, its advantages,' its patri
otic significance and the need for subscribing to
it will be worked ovartime. If it is humanly pos
sible to tell the story to 104,000,000 people in less
than thirty days the publicity bureau is going to
do it. The task is no light one. As a reader of
the daily papers you already know all about the
Liberty loan. But even in the United States
there are people who do not read the daily pa
pers, in English at least. There are more than
300 dailies printed in the United States in for
eign languages. Through this foreign language
press the officials hope to reach several million
American citizens and residents who would other
wise never know what is going on.
To detail all the methods of reaching the peo
ple that the publicity bureau plans to adopt would
take too much space. The moving picture line is
tvmcal. It is well known that 10 per cent of the
American people go to the movies every day.
There they will see printed paragraphs explaining
the Liberty loan thrown on the screen. Just be
fore the big Charley Chaplin feature an experi
enced bond salesman will step before the curtain
and give a little talk on the Liberty loan. (Jut
in the lobby of the theaters will be a desk and a
man behind it and a pile of blanks whereon you
may subscribe to the Liberty loan. If you want
to subscribe and haven't the cash for the neces
sary 2 per cent deposit a salesman will take your
name and address and arrange to call at your
convenience. This scheme has been worked out
completely in New York and is expected to spread
to numerous other cities. The various salesmen
and speakers will not be in government employ,
but turnisnea oy private organizations.
Besides alt the usual avenues of publicity the
bureau is to make use of many unusual ones.
If you go to vaudeville shows you may expect
to hear the Liberty loan frequently mentioned on
the stage. If you walk down Broadway you may
expect to aee a flaring sky-sign urging you to
subscribe to the loan. There ia already an elec
tric sign of this kind on Pennsylvania avenue
in Washington. All government correspondence
will be stamped with the alogan "Your first patri
otic duty buy a Liberty bond." It is proposed
to cancel stamps in all postoffices with a starnp
that prints the same legend on every envelope in
the United States mails. Mail carriers may wear
the legend on their hats.
buttons marking tne wearer as an owner oi a
Liberty bond are to be given to subscribers. In
this way every man and woman can show the
public at targe that he or she has done the first
tiling toward winning the war.
The officials of the treasury have had no lack
of co-operation in their efforts. Big companies of
all. sorts are closely enough in touch with affairs
to know the importance of prompt action and hun
dreds of them have come forward to help in get
ting the hpnds in the hands of their employes and
the general public. Many such concerns have
bought the bonds outright to re-sell to their em
ployes on easy payments. The hanks of the whole
nation have responded hobly to the call. But
banks and big companies alone cannot turn the
trick. It is a job for the whole people, for every
American. , .
There have been several single subscriptions
for $25,000,000 worth of bonds. The wealthy
classes as a whole have responded well, largely
because they are in a position to know the ad
vantages of the investment and also just how mat
ters stand. They are in touch with finance. Sev
eral million Americans are too busy earning their
livinga to keep in touch with finance. These are
the people to whom the government looks to save
the day. Subscriptions for bonds of $1,000, of
$500, of $100, of $50 these are the subscriptions
the treasury is waiting for. They will come just
as soon as the nation realizes they are needed.
Millions of individual names on the subscription
blanks are needed to tell the world what Amer
ica knows already that this country is In the
war and back of the war from top to bottom and
from coast to coast.
Readers of The Bee can obtain literature and
blanks giving full information as to the Liberty
loan by writing to The Omaha Bee Information
Bureau, Washington, D. C, enclosing a 2-cent
stamp for reply.)
People and Events
A police raid on the piggeries of South Phila
delphia last week netted 300 pigs of various sizes.
A crowbar brigade demolished the pig shanties at
the same time and made a general cleanup of the
locality.
Guying sports on Long Island sprung a $20
bluff on a local fat man weighing 300, conditioned
on his flying across the bay as a passenger on a
hydro-airplane. The, fat man won the money
handily and is eager to meet more bluffers on the
same terms.
Agitation for household economy caused a de
cided slump in Chicago's garbage can. A reduc
tion of one-half in garbage haulage attests greater
care, less wastage and conservation in a desirable
direction. It means s substantial saving at the
household purse.
Former Vice President Fairbanks, clad in over
alls and clodhopper shoes, is boosting the big
crop movement on his ranch in irreene county,
Illinois. Hundreds of acres are being planted
with wheat and corn, and Fairbanks is on the
job from sunrise to sunset directing the work.
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Proverb for the Day.
Birds of a feather flock together.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Italians continued their retreat in
Trentlno.
All meat supplies In Germany or
dered placed at the disposal of the
Imperial Meat bureau.
King George signed the compulsory
military arvice bill applicable to all
able-bodied men between IS and 41.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Graders are now at work near the
old city boundaries of Florence, on
the "cut off" spur of the Chicago, 8t.
Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha railway.
The force has 220 teams at work and
the way they make the dirt fly ia cer
tainly attractive to the "tenderfoot"
observer.
The Omaha Rowing association Is
considering accepting a proposition
for a ninety-nine year gratuitous
lease ot four acres on Lake Manawa
two miles south of the dummy depot
In Council Bluffs, on which to erect a
it
boat house to cost 1800. Mr. H. B.
Hudson states that Lake Manawa la
a better place to hold a regatta, than
Cut Off lake and also that the ladles
will be more attracted to the spot.
C. L. Bhrlver, manager of the six
daya' "go-as-you-please" pedestrian
contest at the exposition building, says
It promises to bs the greatest contest
of the kind ever held In this country.
The race will be for the championship
of the world. .
J. W. Bennett, one of New York
Clty'a favorite burnt cork comedians,
Is in the city looking for people for a
mammoth minstrel show, with which
he Intends to startle the western
country.
George Fisher and Miss Angle
Fuller were married at the deaf-mute
Institute by Rev. Willard Scott. Miss
Fuller Is from Ravenna, III., and Is
the only deaf-mute poetess known.
Owen Ifor, 1141 North Seventeenth,
Invited a number of Omaha Welsh
men and the Welsh members of the
Presbyterian assembly to his residence
where, during the evening, Mr. Davis
of Council Bluffs sang the Welsh na
tional air, "Hen wlad ty Nhadan."
This Day In History.
1774 Governor Dunmore dissolved
the Virginia house of burgesses for
setting apart a day of fasting and
prayer, In sympathy with the people
of Boston.
177 The Continental congress re
solved to engage the Indians for mili
tary service.
1808 Ralph Waldo Emerson, fa
mous poet and essayist born In Bos
ton. Died at Concord, Mass., April 37,
1881.
1840 Lake Erie rose four feet In a
few hours, and then subsided, without
apparent cause.
1862 Confederates under "Stone
wall" Jackson drove General 'Banks
from Winchester, Va.
1888 Cornerstone laid for a monu
ment to the confederate dead on the
capttol grounds at Jackson. Miss.
1892 Prince George of Wales (now
King George V) was created duke of
York, earl of Inverness and Baron
Klllarney.
mi United States battleship Wyo
ming launched at Philadelphia.
1915 Representatives of Argentine,
Brazil .and Chile, at Buenos Ayres,
signed a treaty to better their political
relations.
The Day We Celebrate. 1
Ralph W. Emerson is it today.
While he lives In Omaha now, Oswego,
Kan., is his birthplace and he Is dis
trict manager of Tengwa.ll company,
which furnishes office supplies.
Frederick Augustus III, king of Sax
ony, born In Dreaden, fifty-two years
sgo today.
Henry Breckinridge, former assist
ant secretary of war, born in Chicago
thirty-one years ago today.
Sir William Maxwell Altkan, ths
Canadian-born statesman upon whom
King George recently conferred a
peerage born thirty-eight years ago
today.
John R. Mott, noted missionary and
Young Men's Christian association
worker, and a member of the Root
commission to Russia, born at Liv
ingston Manor, N.. Y., fifty-two yeara
ago today.
Dr. lirown Ayres, president of the
University of Tennessee, born In Mem
phis, sixty-one years ago today.
Princess Christian, daughter of the
late Queen Victoria and aunt of King
George, born seventy-one years ago
today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The famous Brooklyn bridge enters
upon the thirty-fifth year of Its career
today.
The American Iron' and Steel Insti
tute meets in annual session today In
New York.
Because three-fourths of the stu
dents have left for war service Colgate
college will close for the year today,
without examinations or commence
ment exercises.
Rabbi Wise of New York and oth
ers of prominence are to speak In Bos
ton today at a celebration of the fif
tieth anniversary of the Free Religious
association of America.
To impress upon the negro farmers
of Georgia that all possible space
must be utilized for foodstuffs and that
emigration to the north must be
stopped a food conference ia to be
held in Macon today under official
stats auspices.
Stnryette of the Day.
There la In the employ of a Brook
lyn woman an Irish cook who has
managed to break nearly every va
riety of article that the household con
tains. The mistress' patience reached
Its limit recently when aha discovered
that the cook had broken the ther
mometer that bung in ths dining
room.
"Well, well," sighed the lady of the
house in a resigned way, "you've man
aged to break evear the thermometer,
haven't you?"
Whereupon, in a tone equally re
aigned, ths cook said:
"YIs, mum; and now we'll have to
take the weather Just as it comes,
won't we?" Brooklyn Eagle.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
Any eld shoea thrown at tht wadding laat
nlsht?"
"No: tha peopla' wara aartns tharn for
farm work."
"Any tIcb?"
'What! With foodaturfa ao hlsht"
"Oonfattl. than?"
"Sayl 1 guaaa you don't know bow papar
hal Bona up." Boaton Tranacrlpt.
'Thaat vegatabla sardana taking ttit placa
of riowora, will ba no placa (or lovara'
atrolla."
-whr not?"
"Becauaa the ayca of potato wilt at.
waya ba on them and tha rare of corn
llatentag-" Baltimore American.
"Jagra aaya te.u raw, Samp weather Jual
aulta him." . .
"Why, 1 undaratood him to say hla wife
waa very auacaptlble to cold."
-That'e )uat it Whan aha takee cold, aha
cas t apeak above a whlapar." Baltimore
Hatter of Birthdays.
St. Michael, Neb., May it To the
Editor of Ths Bee: I have been
chosen registrar for my district and
wish to perform the duty Intelligently.
Kindly adviae me as to this question:
Does a child have a birthday on the
day that the child la actually born?
To state It differently, is the day on
which a child Is 1 year old the first
birthday or the aecond birthday?
This question will become of some
Importance on ths registration day and
should bs settled definitely.
If a man of 80 years of age, but
not yet 81. should claim that he had
already attained his thirty-first birth
day, how can this claim he resisted?
Please print the reply in The Even
ing Bee or kindly send it in the mall.
SILAS ROBINSON.
Ana 8o far as Ths Bee knows, this
point has not been passed upon by the
courts. It la logically true that the
day on whleh a child Is born is its
birthday and that the day it ia 1 year
old la the aecond birthday, but only
the first anniversary ot that event
It la alao true that the child is not 1
year old until it has reached the
first anniversary; it follows equally
that a man ia not 11 years old until
he has attained the thirty-first anni
versary of his birth. Confusion msy
arise between the use of the terms, but
safety would seem to He on the side
of ruling that a man la 80 until he
ia 31.
Ireland Must Be Wholly Free.
Omaha, May 22. To the Editor of
Ths Bee: Ireland must be absolutely
all free, without any English govern
ment strings on her In the hands ot
her traitors. Its time this great re
public and the world In general open
their eyes to facts that have been go
ing on in England for years and are
openly going on today. Who are these
men, Ed Carson and Bonar Law? Sir
Edward Carson, first knight of the ad
miralty and Bonar Law of the ex
chequer? Ask how they come by
these titles and you have it all. Espe
cially when I tell you I am only one
of the thousands thst feel and know
these honors and titles were never
given to either of them for any brll
liancy or wise scholarship, not for any
beneficial or wise statesmanships, not
even for the good they have done Eng
land or can do England, as these are
the vipers that England would have
the world believe that she intended to
do justice to Ireland with.
Now the day has come that the
peace, prosperity, happiness and fu
ture welfare of England and Ireland
means only Justice to the citizens of
both and that men who have betrayed
their country for titles like Carson and
Bonar Law, have no longer a voice in
the public interests and the sooner
Lloyd George and English house of
fiarllament understand this the better
t will be for the country and its peo
ple. A view which hardly agrees with
Lloyd George's statement that for the
first lima Ireland and not British
statesmen will have charge of their
own problems. It was never further
from the truth.
DR. W, J. M'CRANN.
York County's Roll of Honor.
York, Neb., May 22. To the Editor
of The Bee: On several occasions dur
ing the last few weeks you have pub
lished "rolls of honor," In which you
named counties and cities that have
responded well to the call for volun
teers. In none of these "rolls of
honor" have I seen the name of York
or of York county. Why this dis
crimination? It is extremely doubt
ful if there is another county In Ne
braska that can excell York county's
record in this respece All told, this
county has responded with nearly
thirty recruits for the navy and with
Company M of the Fourth Nebraska
infantry. This means a contribution
of more than 100 stalwart young men
from this county to the nation's de
fense. But this is not all. of York county's
record. Company M of the Fourth
regiment was formerly Company A of
the First regiment and is perhaps the
oldest guard company In the state.
Company A lost Its letter in the reor
ganisation a year or so ago. But as
Company- A of the First Nebraska It
played Its part in the Philippines and
all Nebraskans are familiar with that
splendid record. In view of all the
facts, is it not due to the young men
ot York and York county, and to the
city and county also, that due recog
nition be given? Of course "Y" Is
away down In the list, but it seems to
me that in the circumstances the name
"York" should appear well .towards
the top of the list.
WILL M. MAUPIN.
Price of Milk in Omaha.
Omaha, May 2 To the Editor of
The Bee: This morning my dairy
man informed me that In the near
future he would be compelled to raise
the price of milk to lg cents per quart,
the same as the dairy-men of Kansas
City are charging.
While I along with others think
that he is not making any money or
in fact coming out even at the present
price, with corn selling at $60 per
ton and hay at 830 and help higher
priced than ever before. Still I don't
believe It necessary to charge 15 cents
per quart, but believe that a price of
12 Vs cents or 13 cents would be fair
to the dairymen and general public.
Would like to hear from others on
this. R. L. MATHEWS.
1014 South Twenty-seventh street.
Roosevelt at San Junn Hill
Omaha, May 14. To the Editor of
The Bee: To settle an argument,
please tell us in your paper where
Theodore Roosevelt waa at the battle
of San Juan "at the front" or "at
the rear." MRS. C. E. WILKINSON.
Ana The regiment of volunteer
cavalry, known as the "Rough Rid
ers," under command of Colonel
Roosevelt, took an honorable and ac
tive part In the battle of San Juan
hill. The regiment was led by Colonel
Roosevelt In the famous charge and
lost a number of Its men in killed and
wounded during the fight
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