THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1917.
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Register!
Every true American must do hi duty.
Kronsttdt may yet come to realize the feel
ings of the fly that rode the wheel. "
Youths; Register! Elders: Shoulder Liberty
bondsl All together: Forward, march!
Intimationi that dollars bring less now than a
year ago falls far short of a news scoop.
It is still a question for chemical analysis
which side drew the most blood at Chadron.
1 The world war marks progress. Human lives
on steamships are now insurable as well as the
cargo. '
Every little rain storm helps the crops along,
but they'd be more popular if they spaced a little
farther apart.
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The home-coming of Benson and Florence bear
the essentials of a family reunion. A nice batch
of bills, as usual, cornea home to dad.
Ambassador Elkus is a lucky man. Traveling
from Turkey to Switzerland with the loss of only
his passport is a notable war-time incident.
A general demand in Fetrograd workshops for
wages equaling $147 a month serves as a reminder
of the comparative modesty of Uncle Sam's
toilers. - ' "
The waning fortunes of the U-boat campaign
mocks the February promises of assured Teu
tonic victory. Results prove at visionary as
world dominion.
The mere handing down of indictments against
egg speculators at Chicago caused instant sus
pension of the Kansas City board. The action
implies great respect for the efficiency of the
grand jury gun.
Let us hope the investigating professors will
tell us exactly what is needed for our public
schools to make them the best possible. Omaha
wants nothing less and will be disappointed if the
survey does not produce real results. .
Hints of amnesty for Sinn Feineri are cur
rent in London. Such action is probable as a
prelude to the coming Irish constitutional con
vention. Unfortunately for the cause, amnesty
cornea too late to carry a message of genuine
good wilL
Oracle of fashion announce greater economy
In the wearables of men and women during war
time. Some reductions may be effected in men's
duds, doubtless, but further moves toward econ
omy on the other side of the house challenges
the fate of "September Morn." ...
It it Inferred from Secretary Daniels' remark
that If his "brother editors" could do at the front
as much execution as they do at home the war
would collapse for want of cannon fodder. Jose
phus might try out the idea by sending the staff
of the Raleigh News and Observer to the firing
line : ; . ! i " . , .
From the cove of Cork to Dublin bay the
water road ia rocky one. Submarines lurk in
the turbulent waters and smash Irish fishing fleets
at cheerily as they send British craft to the bot
tom. Yet the Irish were assured by trusted agents
that "Germany loved thern ao it would not do a
thing to them." . i
Division and discord marks the democracy of
China as welt as Russia. Conflicting interests
take advantage of divided counsels to attain its
ends. Selfishness, no doubt, is at the bottom of
the confusion in both countries, and democracy is
bound to be the sufferer. Division . invariably
forges the chains of tyranny. - "
: Via Dolorosa
-Philadelphia Udfar-
History is making so fast these days that
it ia more than usually difficult to get the true
Jierspective of events. Looking back to the revo
ution and to the diverse parts which England
and France played in it, there was a peculiar sig
nificance in the tributes paid by Mr. Balfour and
M. Vivian at Mount Vernon to the memory of
Washington. No more impressive illustration of
the common purpose which now moves the allies
could have been imagined. Yet the visit of the
Italian commissioners to lay a wreath upon the
tomb of our national hero is in one sense a fitter
symbol of the course which destiny has marked
out for us. . With Italy, too, we'must hereafter
have the closest ties. Nothing could have been
more felicitous than the address of the Principe di
Udine on this occasion. It has a sustained note
if noble feeling- and high resolve. This is indeed
.via dolorosa upon which the champions of hu
manity have entered. Urcit sacrifices nave Deen
made; greater sacrifices may be to come. In
what Washington did and dared we find our best
example. We come to his tomb, said the prince,
"to seek purification," to dedicate ourselves anew
to holy cause. It is a cause in which Italy has
already won great triumphs. Its representatives
tells the latest of the allies that it will never
falter in its service. "We shall never lay down
our arms he declared, "until our liberties and
the liberties of the peoples who are suffering with
us shall be rendered safe against all surprises
and all violence'- -
No war has ever been quite like this war.
Whatever its immediate or ultimate causes, what
ever ambitions or resentments may have been
involved in its beginnings, it has become a union
of the great nations of 1 the world against a peril
that threatens all they hold most dear.
Partisanship in the Senate.
A deplorable spectacle is presented in the
United States senate just now, where certain
democratic senators are playing party politics in
a way that will really hamper the government.
Leslie Woolsey, long connected with the State
department of the United States government, has
been nominated by the president to be solicitor
for the department. His confirmation is opposed
end may be defeated by a group of democrats in
the senate, who conceal their real purpose behind
trivial pretexts. No question is made of Mr.
Woolsey's ability; his worc has won high praise
from those who are in position to judge of its
character. (
Since the relations of the United States and
the European countries became critical Mr.
Woolsey has been of invaluable service in gath
ering the data, arranging the points and in some
instances drafting the notes that have been sent
from this country. He is credited with having
written the note to Austria in reply to the protest
from that country on the exportation of muni
tions, a statement of the case so clear and con
vincing it will stand as a precedent.
He was recommended to the president by
Secretary Lansing and by Attorney General Greg
ory, who vouches for his qualifications as a law
yer. The president nominated him, but his name
is objected to because he is not a practicing
lawyer.
Incidentally, Mr. Woolsey told inquiring sena
tors that he is a republican in politics. Also, as
a bit of light on the situation, several "deserving
democrats" have sought the place, and one of
them may get it, should the nomination of Mr.
Woolsey be rejected. While this is going on
Chairman Willcox and Chairman McCormick of
the national organizations are working side by
side and urging members of all partes to forget
their partisan affiliations at this time.
It is pretty hard to fathom the workings of
the minds of some democrats. In this case only
the nation can lose, and all the party can gain
will be another name on the pay roll.
Poles Lin Up for Liberty.
No finer example of the impulse for liberty
could be had than that afforded by the young
Poles of Omaha, who have so enthusiastically de
clared for liberty in the most effectual way pos
sibleby enlisting in the army of the United
States. These young men have a double inspira
tion in their movement; they realize far better
than some of the native born just what life under
Old Glory meant, and they have also the present
wrongs of Poland to consider. Kosciusko and
Sobieski are more than names to them, and liberty
is a reality in their lives. Freedom appeals to
them as it did to their fathers, and, that it may
not be impaired, they are willing to give all a
man can give to the cause. They do not enlist as
Poles, but as Americans, -even though Poland
will benefit by their sacrifice in the end. Amer
icans may well observe this movement and take
inspiration from it, for it is a splendid act in a
cause that involves the future of humanity.
Future of German Commerce.
One phase of the war that has been overlooked
Is being forced to larger attention by reason of
recent developments. It is the futur of Ger
many's exterior commerce. Through long and
peraistent effort the Germans had built up a great
trade With the world. This necessitated not only
cultivation of friendly relations with possible cus
tomers, but required the establishment of an elab
orate system of financial and transportation facili
ties, which were provided with that degree of effi
ciency that made the nation such a power. In the
beginning c-1 the conflict it was alleged that Ger
many had been forced into the war in order that
it might protect this commerce, on which the
industrial life of the empire depended. Jealousy
on the part of Great Britain and others of the
competitors for world trade was said to be ham
pering the German, and in order to make sure of
the future the present must be defended.
In two directions was it possible to extend
German trade in China and in the Americas. To
these outlets for future production the Germans
had given especial attention. How great the in
fluence exerted by them is only coming to be
understood now through the fact that it has been
sacrificed by the pursuit of the ruthless military
policy adopted by the great Prussian machine.
With China estranged, the South American coun
triea openly at war and all the great machinery
for transporting and financing the commerce of
the empire disrupted or destroyed, the extent of
the ruin brought on Germany by the war party
is apparent.
Germany's war lords staked the future of their
country's commerce on a cast of the war dice,
and have lost. No nation ever faced a future of
greater economic difficulties than that now con
fronting the Germans,
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Shumway's Great Discovery.
Land Commissioner Shumway has made a start
ling discovery that the State Normal board is an
illegal body and that it has spent millions of dollars
of the state's money without warrant. The com
missioner is to be commended for his zeal, show
ing a true democratic propensity for guarding the
treasury but if he gets a little further into the
mysterious intricacies of the state government he
will very likely discover the normal board ia well
within the law. One of the fictions under which
the complicated machinery for Nebraska's govern
ment has been built up under constitutional re
striction has been the deputizing of authority by
the governor." This doesn't apply specifically to
the normal board, but by a little stretching of
the constitution which already has endured some
decided expansion under pull it may b found
that the principle which permits the governor to
deputize his authority, and which also contem
plates the continuance of appropriations by the
faintest of implication, will also serve to validate
expenditure of state money by the board in ques
tion. The State Normal board may be a useless
appendage to the administrative machinery of .the
state, but it will require some argument to prove
it illegal. Commissioner Shumway can readily
establish a name for himself as a. "strict construc
tionist" if he so desires, but he will not endear
himself to hia fellow democrats by adhering too
closely to the constitution. It isn't fashionable in
his set.
; A fifty-fifty split of belated plum tree fruit be
tween governor and senators raises a starvation
blockade in Pennsylvania and leaves the solons
free to tackle minor patriotic duties.; With the
political commissary fully stocked, the valiant
Keystoners fear no foe.
Congressional "porkers" managed to spear" a
small chunk of fat for "flood control." Six mil
lions is not so much Where billions fly, but it
serves to keep a grip on the bacon department
The New Indian
By Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, June 2. The rumor that a unit
of American Indians would be included in the
first division of troops to be sent to Europe is
only a rumor. Secretary of War Baker has an
nounced himself opposed to it. He does not be
lieve that the various nationalities and races that
constitute the American people should be sepa
rated in service, but should all fight as Amer
icans. As a matter of fact, the number of Indians
available for military service is extremely small.
There are only 320,000 American Indians, located
principally throughout the west and middle-west;
of these only about 40 per cent speak English.
Even of this 40 per cent about half are women,
while a great many more are either under or
over the military age limit or for various rea
sons incapacitated.
The War department, therefore, is not disposed
to favor any plan calling for a special mobiliza
tion of Indians. All Indians of military age will
register the same as other American males. Many
students in government Indian schools have al
ready gone into training in various military organizations.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is also opposed
to any policy which treats the Indian as a race
rather than an individual. Mr. Sells' declared
policy is to make citizens of all Indians who are
ready for the privileges and responsibilities which
citizenship involves. In determining which In
dians are competent to exercise the rights of cit
izenship, the following facts will govern.
If an Indian is of more than one-half white
blood, other than in exceptional cases, he will be
given full charge of his affairs, including his
money and property, and the government there
after withdraws its supervision of him. He may
stay on the reservation or go out into the world,
at his pleasure. He is a free man. Now, to all
Indians of one-half or more Indian blood, the
same privileges will be granted when, after
thorough investigation, they are determined to
be as competent to manage their own affairs as
the average white man, except that it will be the
rule to withhold patents in fee to forty acres of
land belonging to each Indian, so that he may be
insured a permanent home.
In addition to 'declaring competent and giv
ing patents in fee to adult Indians, Commissioner
Sells has established the practice of giving patents
in fee or competency certificates to graduates of
non-reservation Indian schools giving the full
course of study who are 21 years of age and have
demonstrated competency to manage their own
affairs. '
On being declared competent, the Indian will
receive not only the entire control of all his
individual Indian money and property, but his
interest in tribal funds will also be paid to him.
Ths money will be withdrawn from the treasury
and their pro rata shares paid to all competent
Indians, while the shares of the incompetent In
dians vill be withdrawn and placed in banks to
their individujl credit to be expended for the ben
efit of the Indians under the 'supervision of the
auperintendent of their respective reservations.
Along with these new privileges, however, the
Indian' will encounter responsibilities. For ex
ample, he will have to pay for his children's
schooling. For many years the government has
been educating at its own expense Indian children
who contain in some cases as much as three
fourths white blood and whose parents are
wealthy. Sometimes there were adequate public
ScWpol facilities in the immediate vicinity of their
residences, but the parents preferred to send them
to the non-reservaton schools at the expense of
the government. Now, according to the new
ruling, "such children shall not hereafter be en
rolled in government Indian schools supported
by gratuity appropriations, except on payment of
actual per capita cost and transportation."
Today there, are hundreds of well educated
and prosperous Indians In the west who are suc
cessful farmers and ranch men. Many are en
gaged in the professions and business occupa
tions. Many of the Indian women are excellent
housekeepers and, as a rule, they are making
rapid improvement in home economics, domestic
science being one of the chief courses taught in
the government schools. Two United States sen
ators and three congressmen are Indians, and on
nearly fullblood Indian woman has recently aston
ished eastern audiences by her highly cultured
and beautiful voice.
The rapid strides of the American Indian for
the last few years are strikingly significant of his
future. The competent Indian will henceforth be
freed from the restrictions of guardianship and
have all. of the privileges of an American citizen,
while the incompetent, those who need the pro
tection of the government, and they are still the
large majority, will have it in full measure.
Spirit oj the State Press
Plattsmouth Journal: Economy may be a war
time virtue, but .say, girls, your skirts are short
enough now. i.
Hastings Tribune: Omaha banks are to buy
$4,000,000 worth of Liberty bonds. That shows
those Omaha money kings have the right apirit.
Albion News: We are asked why it is neces-
L sary for the American people to eat corn so that
we can aenu our wncai 10 lurcign cuuiunca, why
not let the foreigners eat the-corn?
Kearney Hub: Nebraska farmers have given
a working demonstration as to how to hold a
farmers' congress. They simply flock by them
selves and let the professional gentlemen and
politicians do likewise. ,
York Republican: Call it a "liberty loan" Is
another of the cheap deceptions by which the leak
traffickers in Washington seek to manage the
people. It is another "he kept -us out of war,"
good enough for election purposes.
, Clay Center Sunr Our young women will be
interested in a note that was found in a ream of
Canadian print paper handled in this office last
week. Here it is: "Please, Mr. Printer, come to
Canada. Our men have all gone to war." An
Adamless Eden lies on our northern border.
" Aurora Republican:" Ex-Governor Aldrich has
identified himself with t highly undesirable class
of citizens by declaring his opposition to the
army draft and announcing his intention of mak
ing a Chautauqua campaign on that issue. "Chet's"
tendency to go off at half-cock has caused him
some embarrassment in the past, but he will never
know what real trouble is until be undertakes to
carry out this threat.
Fremont Tribune: One Dodge county farmer
threatened to boycott his bank if 'if pushed the
sale of Liberty bonds. A few other citizens with
the. same sort of motives have stopped the Tribune
because it doesn't print enough news of German
victories. A little list of such as these will , come
handy for the use of the Dodge County Council
of Defense. There is some work yet to be done
in spotting enemies here at home and giving them
what they deserve. . ,
Our Fighting Men
William M. Black.
Brigadier General William M. Black, chief of
engineers of the United States army, has risen
through all the grades of the service to his pres
ent rank of. brigadier general, to which he was
promoted last year when he succeeded General
Kingman as chief of the engineer corps. General
Black was born at Lancaster, fa., in 1855 and
graduated -from West Point in 1877. He served
as chief engineer in the Porto Rican campaign
in 1898 and subsequently superintended impor
tant engineering works in Cuba during the Amer
ican occupation of that ialand. He had charge of
the work of raising the wreck of the battleship
Maine from Havi-na harbor and also assisted in
the building of "he Panama canal. At other
periods of his can -r he has served ae-instructor
at West Point am '. at the United States School
of Engineering. - - -
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Proverb lor the Day.
Bricks don't make a home nor bind
ing a book.
One Year Ago Today tn the War.
Karl Kitchener, British war minis
ter, and his staff lost when the Brit
ish cruiser Hampshire was sunk by a
mine or torpedo near the Orkney
Islands.
German Imperial chancellor, In
speech before the Reichstag, declared
any further suggestions ot peare by
Germany would be futile and evil.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Mrs. Annie Wentz, 617 North Four
teenth, being awakened by a noise,
found a burglar In the next room be
hind the door. The plucky woman
wrested his revolver from him, where
upon the night raider broke away and
Jumped through a window, taking the
whole sash with him and dropping a
silver watch out of his pocket.
Walter Sama, the Fifteenth street
Jeweler, has presented Rev. Joseph
Foy, D. D., pastor of the First Chris
tian church, with an elegant gold
headed cane.
Lewis S. Rend has been elected pres
ident of the Equitable Trust company
and vice president of the Nebraska
National bank.
John C. Dingman and Charles J.
Emory, who have been connected with
the Western Detective agency for
some time, have gone Into business
for themselves.
F. P. Trench has left for the east
with matrimonial Intentions.
The residence ot the Misses Georgia
and Florence French was the scene
of a charming entertainment, at which
the following were present: Misses
Carrie McLaln, Mamie McLain, Sue
King, Mollle King, Mollie Knowles and
the Messrs. Bryans, Day, Craig, King,
Sherman and Norwood.
Richard 8. Berlin gave a theater
and dinner party in honor of Miss Kln
sie of Chicago, the guest of Mrs. Gen
eral Wheaton.
, The little daughter of Richard Wilde
gave a charming lawn party at the
residence ot her parents, Eighteenth
and Jackson, at which the following
little folks were present: Blanche,
Maude and Bessie Her; Rena, Edna
and Percy Jensen; Marie, Susie and
Dick Welty; Ethel Gelst, Mable FuK
ried, Ouasle Korty, Arthur Parr, Edith
and Ena Burns, Love Dunn, Sadie
Lelsenrlng, Helen Drake, Grace Nich
ols, Katie Havens, Roy Black, Roy
Dubois, Nina Shoemaker, Charlie and
Mamie Koster, Laura Goetz, Tot
Moores and Bessie Goetz.
This Day In History.
1781 Americans took Augusta, Ga.,
from the British and loyalists after a
aiege of two weeks.
1806 Napoleon made his brother
Louis king of Holland.
1848 The first state legislature of
Wisconsin assembled at Madison.
1854 Canada and the United States
concluded a reciprocity agreement.
1867 National Brewers' congress,
in session at Chicago, favored political
action to stay the progress of the "fa
natical" temperance movement
1892 Dam at Spartansburg, Pa.,
gave way and oil from, tanks burst
ing from the rushing waters Ignited
on the surface of Oil creek; over 100
lives lost
1899 Frank Thomson, president of
the Pennsylvania railroad, died at
Merlon, Pa. Born at Chambersburg,
Pa., July 5, 1841.
1916 Great loss of life and prop
erty caused by tornadoes that swept
over parts of Illinois, Missouri, Mis
sissippi and Arkansas.
The DsW We Celebrate.
Albert Hale, employed by the gov
ernment to boost American trade In
terests in South America, born at
Jonesvllle, Mich., fifty-seven years ago
today. 'v
Mortimer J. Schlff, prominent finan
cier and philanthropist, born in New
York City forty years ago today.
Dr. Richard C. McLaurin, presi
dent of Massachusetts Institute ot
Technology, born In Scotland forty
seven years ago today.
Emmet Corrigan, one of the promi
nent actors of the American stage,
born in Amsterdam, Holland, forty
nine years ago today.
Fred Mitchell, manager, of the Chi
cago National league base ball club,
born at Cambridge, Mass., thirty-eight
years ago today.
Battling Nelson, former champion
lightweight pugilist, born In Copen
hagen, Denmark, thirty-five years ago.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Army registration day.
Colonel Roosevelt is scheduled to
speak today at the registration day
celebration at Atlantic City.
James W. Gerard, former ambassa
dor to Germany, Is to deliver the com
mencement day address today at the
University of Chattanooga.
Secretary ot the Treasury McAdoo
la scheduled to speakin Boston to
night In behalf of the Liberty loan.
President Wilson is expected to be
among the speakers today at the for
mal opening of the confederate vet
erans' reunion In Washington.
The dedication of the 1300,000 Mc
Klnley Memorial at Nllea, O., origi
nally fixed for today, has been post
poned until September, when It is ex
pected the memorial will be com
pleted. Nearly 1,000 graduates, the largest
class In the history of the institution,
will receive degrees today at the com
mencement ot Ohio State university.
Storyette of the Day.
Well," said the far west mayor to
the English tourist, "I dunno how you
manage these affairs over there, but
out here when some of our boys got
tied up in that thar bankrupt tele
phone company I was tellln' yer about,
they became mighty crusty!"
"Oh!"
"Yua; they didn't like the way the
receiver was handlln' the business no
how." "Indeed!" commented the earnest
listener. "Then, may 1 ask, what they
did?"
"Sartlnly. I wus goln" ter tell yer.
They Just hung up the receiver."
Puck.
AMERICA.
From warjr hrU on Itnd in lea
RMoundi a yoarnlnt fill to Tht
To guard iceurely ind not fall
Thy truit, the Hopo that muat provill.
, America
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By witapon kaoncr than thy ataa! 1
In Tha waa bruliad Oppreialon'a heol
And wroua-ht, in love of liberty,
A atato whooe aim la equity,
America!
Thr aure foundation. Human Rlfht,
la blasonod by Thy banner brtfbt;
Thy aubtle, all-pervadlns forca
Is His who enapod and tnldea Thy eouria.
America I t .
Oh. Herald ot the Golden Ate.
Hope's promlae. peerleea heritage!
sly heart la thine: thine la my hand. 1 .
My Land, my Land, mr fatherland,
America?
Omaha. .. ALBIN N. OSTEHU,OLM. .
Italy Also Our Ally.
Omaha, June 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: I notice many people of
our city are displaying the Union Jack
and the French Trl-Colors It Is nice
to thus compliment our allies; but why
not also favor the others? For in
stance, why not display the flag of
Italy? We have many citizens among
us of Italian lineage and they are
loyal. They are an intensely emotional
people and may feel somewhat slighted
by our oversight In not displaying the
Italian colors along with Uiose of
France and England. A few years ago
a splendid demonstration was held by
Omaha Italians to honor Christopher
Columbus. It seems the least we
might do would be to honor the nation
of which the discoverer of America
was a representative.
FAIR-MINDED.
Memorable In American History.
Omaha, June 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: Tuesday, June 8, 1917, will
go down as one of the most memor
able In our history. It Is a day of
mingled pride and Joy, of pain and
tears. Pains and tears that the aspir
ing youth ot our land, just ripening
Into life, having hoped to equip them
selves for the more glorious pursuits
of peace, must Bet aside their ambi
tions, their loves, their hopes, and
take upon themselves- the arduous,
wretched business of war. Pride and
joy that the great anchor of human
liberty our fathers fixed secure to bed
rock in the ocean of life, still holds.
Pride in a nation that believes In the
majesty of man against the majesty of
kings; joy in the hope that its ideals
shall spread through the world not
by means of force, but by its precept
and example. Pride and joy cmobined
that the youth of this land today,
whether they fully realize it or not,
have their radiant faces set toward the
dawn of a brighter day for the world,
when kings, kaisers and czars shall be
no more, when democracy shall be the
order of the world and over every land
shall spread the Jeweled wings of
peace.
We are facing a foe that has spent
a nair century preparing for this con
est, white most of the rest of the civ
ilized world has been devoted to the
arts of peace. I insist that this foe
is not Germany, but a cruel autocracy
that has undermined the spirit of Ger
many itself.
To meet such a foe, America has
been compelled to adopt some meas
ures, not before so universally applied,
Conscription is one of these. It has
had a harsh sound upon our ears. Be
lieve me, it has its better side. It is
not aat all certain that a nation has a
moral right to leave its preservation
wholly in the hands of those who are
loyal enough to volunteer. As no one
who will not work should be allowed
to eat, so no one is entitled to the pro
tection of a free government if he is
unwilling to defend that government.
To maintain that we should leave our
selves to be defended vy volunteers
alone Is to assert that we should sac
rifice thousands where then might do.
If it is necessary that we must strike
a blow, let us make that blow as now
erful and swift as human capacity can
make It, that the evil business ot war
shall be short and as merciful as pos
sible. We are facing a foe that never
dreamed of depending upon volun
teers. I deny that conscription is undem
ocratic. To deny that democracy has a
moral right to defend itself is absurd.
When it meets a foe that has stood
against disarmament and that has cul
tivated the war spirit above every
omer, it nas a moral right to defend
itself by any means In its power.
So, while today a million homes are
saddened at the necessary sacrifice,
and before another year has passed
thousands of these will be in gloom
because of vacant chairs that never
more may bear their sacred burdens,
let us rejoice in the thought that
never before did the sons of America
enlist In a holier cause. And let us
remember that while these dvoted boys
offer their lives in defense of our
Ideals, thos who remain behind have a
no less necessary and sacred task,
which Is to preserve intack America's
high ideals, and not allow traitors in
our halts of state to corrupt ond gov
ernment at its source. Let us all, men
and women of America, emulate the
example of the fathers"who pledged
their lives, their fortunes and their
sacred honor, that "this government
of the people, by the people and for
the people, shall not perish from the
earth." j. (JUINBY.
Beg Your Pardon.
Columbus, Neb.. June 2. To the
Editor ot The Bee: I notice by my
morning's Bee that you have a pic
ture of my son, Thomas, in his Boy
Scout uniform and spoke of him as
living In Grand Island and as blowing
the bugle for the old soldiers who
held their state encampment in that
city during the month ot May.
For your Information would ad
vise that the state encampment of the
Grand Army, Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Woman's Re
lief corps. Sons of Veterans and Span
ish War Veterans was held in the city
of Columbus and not In Grand Island
as stated In your article, and that
Thomas Dickey's home la in Colum
bus. I feel that Columbus should be cred
ited with the honor of having enter
tained these guests instead of Grand
Island and would appreciate your cor
recting the error.
CHARLES L. DICKEY.
Uonounces Socialist Party.
Verdigree. Neb.. June 1. To the
Editor of The Bee: Permit me to
write a few lines about the socialists
ot the United States.
I have been a student ot the move
ment for the last thirty years and
have adhered to a large extent to the
principles of their teachings for hu
manity's sake and a square deal for
the common people. I have preferred
this party before all other political
parties. But in this world crisis I
come to the conclusion that the stand
the socialist party has taken is shallow-minded,
unworthy of its princi
ples in the great struggle for mankind
Th? rfl lability of this undertaking con
cern la one of its bulwark of itrenjrth.
Wt art courteous at all tims. Our
funerals are conducted in aa e.eMit, dig
nified manner. Our beautiful, fairly pri
ed burials have eaused us to be talked
about in this community. Wt art adver
tised by mr friend.
N. P. SWANSON
Funeral Parlor. (Eatabliaheel ISM)
17th and Cumin Sta. Tel. Dui. 1080
and liberty, and from the American
standpoint, should be condemned by
all thinking people and patriotic cttl
xens. The leaders in their conferences
should be courtmartlaled as they are
worse than enemy spies, because they
are agitating against their own plat
forms and adherents for ths purpose
of disruption of our democratic gov
ernment. I want to stand wiUt our
great president and Its best men be
hind this country in It effort to fre
the world from autocracy.
A. V. KOUBA.
Mnlasscs autl Animul Food.
Omaha, June 2. To the Editor ef .
The Bee: I not in The Bee's Letter
Box of May 29, under the caption
"Molasses and Alcohol," a letter un
der Louisville, Ky., date signed by T.
M. Gllmore. president of the National
Model License league, in which is -quoted
from a debate In the United
States senate May 1 2, to the effect that
the molasses used in the manufacture
of alcohol would be thrown away It
not so used.
I would like to correct your corre
spondent so that no false impression
may be gained by your readers.
For at least twelve years the Lous!
ana "blackstrap," or cane refuse mo
lasses, as well as "refuse syrup" from
the western boet sugar factories, has
entered largely into the manufacture
of animal feed, being combined with
the by-products of grain elevators,
flour mills, etc., as well as with
cracked corn, oats and alfalfa meal,
and is known as molasses feed.-
The Omaha Alfalfa Milling com'
pany, together with other feed manu
facturers, take from 4,000 to 1,000
tons of this refuse molasses annually
in the conduct of their business, which
it will be agreed is no small propor
tion of the visible supply.
Prior to August, 1914, thla molasses
commanded from $12 to 114 per ton,
f. o. b. Louisiana or western sugar fac
tories for use In manufactured animal
food. Today It commands from $25
to 830 per ton. This great advance
in price is due to the competition of
the southern alcohol distiller. Sine
this competition started feed manu
facturers have had to depend largely
upon the western "refuse syrup," the
freight differences on the Louisiana
"refuse molasses" being In favor of
the distilleries In the south.
While it Is true this "molasses" Is
not tit for human consumption, It Is a
big factor in the animal food industry,
and were it not for the competition
of the distillers the animal feeder who
is obliged to use prepared feeds com
prising molasses would pay consider
ably less for his supplies.
B. J. DRUMMOND.
Traffic Manager, Omaha Alfalfa Mill
ing Company.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"There are two phonograph records mlas
Ins. Bridret."
"Sure, the soat did eat 'am np today,
Pat."
'Well, he waen't feeling first rate: ar
hapa they'll tone him up a bit." Toakers
Stateaman.
"Theae quick lunch plaeea are eonvantent,
but the Ironclad china they uaa here 1
rather thick."
"It la ao."
"Yea, t had my wife In here the ether
night and ahe couldn't lift her cup."
The children were having a TOvlew loeeeft
tn hiatory. The teacher aatd, "Columbus .
had a compaea to sail by; did Erlcesea uaa
a compaaa?"
"No." anawared a boy, "he aalled by ths
atara."
"And what elae?" aaked the teacher.
After a moment the boy replied, "And the
etrlpea." Boston Transcript.
HATS OFP1 COLLEGE BOYS!
(Philadelphia Ledcer.)
They ecowled at all our pranka and Jokes,
the wlldnesa of our oate,
For all the faults of ardent youth wa were
the very soats;
Our tennis ahtrta and blaierl, and eur
aportlna Jackets, too,
Came In for full derlalon and our eecke of
rainbow hue;
Our hair-cuts and our turnad-up pants, our
lolling dancing waya
Ware eubjecta for their censure, not a word
aaid In our praise
But now that wa are marching eff, amid
the station's noise,
Xt'a handclaapa everywhere; "food luck!1'
"hats off!" "the college boys!"
They told us we could never win our way
in after life,
That wo were too luxurious for the grins
Industrial atrlfe.
They laurhed at our "Commencements;'
"Commence to learn," they aald,
"How little you've Inside that bleak that
passes for your head!"
And thourh we pointed In our pride how
college men had won
They said they did It 'spite tha elofe ef
, four yeara full of fun.
But now that we are solns, gone Jiut hear
the atatlon notae
Ita "Heroes!" "heroes!" everywhere t "Kits
off the college boya!"
What Doctors Use
for Eczema
A aooth mg eenbinstka ef oil ft
green. Thymol, and ether Maine n meaty
called D.O.O. Prescription is now a ft rrse
remedy of skin apociaUtta fajaaahiasai.
It penetrates the pons, atess teeSastf nttC ,
trtmlMUMaimmammtaatmtm,
Sherman aV McConnell Drug C.
Cuficura Makes the
RaodsMandlite
And keep them free from redness,
roughness and chapping. Bathe them
each night in a strong hot lather of
Cuticura Soap. Dry and rub in Cuticura
Ointment and wear old (loves during
the night, or wipe of surplus Ointment
with soft tissue paper. These super
creamy emollients are ideal for all
toilet uses. For sample each fre by
mail address post-card: Csttiem
Dept. 3G, Boston." Sold everywhere.
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