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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 27, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNlNO-EVENlNG-SUNDji T FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOSEWATEH VICTOR ROSEWATER, EUITOB THI BEE PUBUSHINU COMPANY, PBOPR1ETOR. Entered at Omaha postofflee u eoeond-slau matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Br Carrier, rjt Mall. OMt am amiau (Bonu.ua MmKn riallr eriUiout Bandar " ao e.0O Cnelni sol Bund.r " Oo too Craning enmmil Sunder Mo " 106 .under B ooil too " ISO mmd ootltw of obense of addnae or Irreralarttf la dollraff 10 Oraataa lue. walaUoa Dtperun.nl. REMITTANCE Bmtt M Oraft. ainiaai at raalal Order. Onlf pajnsBt 01 email aoroonte. Penoaej aback. aapl 00 Oauae aad oaataro nseliaoa. not aoaapuo. OFFICES. Omaoa o Boa Bolldlna cnieMO PomMM (laa Belisias, South Omaha 1311 M fit. New Vort 1M nuo Are. Council Blufa-M N. Ilato St St. Loula N," B'k. of Conuaefoa lloonU-Lialo Bulldlni. Beaalniton-TU lilt St. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE Adores) ooounonleatlons relating te Omen Boa. Editorial lleperuneot, see. afl elUMlSI ettst M MAY CIRCULATION 56,469 Daily Sunday, 51,308 Arerera otnraluioo for ma eue auooDM eod eaora to to DwUM Wtuiaao. aicttlaitoo ataaaaat. Suaecrlhere leavtoi trio city obould Row The Boo i aaatlee St tboom. Addrooo dtonfod ae oftoa ao requested. Peace reigns officially in Mexico, happy day I Hail the If no slip occurs in the program laid out, it will be a busy season for the fruit jar makers. ' "Billy" Sunday smiled on Omaha for a few moments, and then Jupiter Fluvius returned his operations. Reports from the wheat belt bring word that ought to cheer the householder with the prospect of cheaper flour next winter. Advancing food control bills in congress are reflected in lowering price balloons. Food Spec ulators glimpse the handwriting. Cuba plans abolition of the death penalty. In that line of human progress, the gem of the Antilles outruns most American states. - At a means of safeguarding the political meat tub the democratic drive on Lincoln links up with the conservation measures of the hour. Housewives are notified, however, that de mand fof cherry pie for immediate consumption must have consideration ahead of the canning campaign. ' ; Greatest hoard of gold ever accumulated Is now reported from the tubtressury in New York. Here is a chance for the new food dicta tor to get busy. The remarkable outpouring of wealth for the Red Cross organisation affords gratifying evi dence that those who stay will back to the limit those who go. , For once the Missouri Pacific had the anawer ready, and it is now up to the council to explain why the city has delayed the work of making the west side crossings safe. Very little information for the householder Is contained in the announcement from Washing ton that canned goods have doubled In pricei Most folks hereabouts knew that long ago. Lincoln's school authorities have inaugurated a drive against societies in the public schools. Restricting school activitiea solely to educational ' ends is a welcome revival of first principles. , Iron, iteel and oil will be asked to take a dose of the same sort of price regulation proposed for meat, wheat and potatoes. What ia sauce for food ought also to serve for fuel in this re The coming regulation of American exports -should go far towsrd ending the gamble on food products for foreign account. If the gamblers get hit in the pocket they need not go beyond themselves to fix the blame. Underwriters call attention to the fact that not less than fifty million bushels of wheat is an nually fed to flames in America. ' Mill and eleva tor owners should see to it that this lost is re duced to zero during the coming year. In selecting Frederick Palmer as chief of the intelligence bureau of the Americsn . army in France, General Pershing exercises splendid judgment Major Palmer brings to the task the ripe experience of a veteran war correspondent, and the discretion of a seasoned newspaper man. An inpouring of Russian anarchists, thieves and other grades of human leeches turned the usually cool Helsingfors, in Finland, into a hot town for a few days. The invaders imagined they owned whatever they could reach, but the illusion vanished under the pressure of cold steel backed by organized order. A million tons of shipping are reported idle in foreign ports. Demand for high freight rates, not fear of submarines, is responsible for the amazing situation. Already ocean rates on two cargoes approximates the value of the average freighter. That does not satisfy the shipping reach. Evidently the marine departments of the allied government sorely need a few live man agers. Sport a Needed Tonic -Fbuedelpola Lodsor What a Bonehead Play I In sending a telegram to Samuel Gompers to urge Secretary of Labor Wilson to protest to Secretary of War Baker against considering Omaha's claims for the army cantonment, the local labor strike strstegists are making jrhat must be called "a bonehead play." They are short-sighted, indeed, if they imagine they can by such tactics win public sympathy for their demands upon their employers or strengthen their position with wage-workers who are regularly employed in the community. What surprises us most is that the building trades strikers should put obstacles in the way of Omaha for the benefit of Des Moines, where they know labor conditions from the union stand point are no better, if not worse, and when they ought to know the increased demand for mechan ics which the location of the cantonment here would bring would necessarily provide work for all union men who are here and several thousand more from the outside. It is surely a pity that the rank and file of these unions should have to share the blame of such foolish leadership. Sport is an industry even war cannot kilt. As many men play golf or nearly so ss played three years ago. Our tennis courts are packed with chamoionshio oerformances. Even collese ath letes, deoleted though their ranks mav be. sro ahead with their accustomed contests. And pro- sessional oase Dan nas attracted tnis year as many as 30.000 oersons to one same. It is oossible thai when the new army is selected some of the star actors on the diamond may be forced to change their club uniforms for the khaki of Uncle Sam. That wbuld produce a rather startling element in the world's championship race. Some of the very best players, indeed a Dig majority of the best ones, are still under 31 yeara of age, although here and there a "Honus" W agner or a "Larry" Lajoie is venerable enough to escape even a call to the veteran cores. Is it right to continue all these sporting events during a world-war calamity? Many urge that it is not, yet it must be obvious that the nearer any country can retain its normal condition in all ordl ' nary affairs the better can it meet those abnormal . and extraordinary calls which our people must now face. Officers at the front do not wish their soldiers to think of a battle until they go into it To brood over what was ahead of it would un nerve an army, and so diversions are planned even for the trooos behind the very trenches them selves. So we had better stick to our sports as a tonic, it for no other reason, , Come on Out to Nebraska! In an interesting discussion in the Outlook about gasoline power in agriculture, Theodore H. Price, one of the recognized high authorities in the east on business and finance, notes the prog ress being made in developing the farm tractor, but evidences an appalling ignorance of what has been accomplished when he says: Because such efforts are designed to meet our supremest national need during the war they deserve all the encouragement and public ity that can be riven them. I wish that some arrangement could be made for a permanent and competitive exhibition ot all the tractors now offered for sale, so that farmers and others who are interested in the subject could make their own comparisons and selections. Failing such an opportunity to appraise their relative merit, my own interest in the subject leads me to say that I ahall be glad of an opportunity to inspect any improved tractors that have recently been put upon the market. Provided my other en gagements permit and they are not too far from New York. I will, at my own expense, go to see them at work. and. if thev commend them selves to my judgment I shall so state pub licly. Without dwelling on the fact that these tractor demonstrations have been regularly held for the last several years, Mr. Price should be sdvised thst the next big national farm tractor test ia to be held in Fremont the first week in August next, and he is cordially invited to come out and see fbr himself. Aside from gaining any informa tion he desires as to the relative efficiency of all the standard tractors on the market, such a trip would also give him a view of agricultural con ditions in the most fertile section of our land and a chance to estimate the food production pos sibilities of the country which he can never get by sticking close to New York. 1 Come on out to Nebraska, Mr. Price, atvd bring S bunch of Wall street "farmers" with you I Nebraska's Contribution in Men. Energetic efforts now being made to recruit a third regiment of the National Guard in Nebraska bid fair to succeed. At the same time a deter mined drive to secure enlistments in the regular army is in progress, with indications that the requisition will be met Marine corps and navy recruiting has fared welt here, some thousands of young men having gone out from the Omaha district into these branches of the service. All this tends to prove that Nebraska has contributed of men fairly as could have been expected. Indus trially and socially Nebrasksjs jp a position that differs materially (rot (hat M aider states. For example, in normal times we have few unemployed in the state, and during the growing season prac tically none. Every man who has gone into the tervice hat left a vacancy in one or the other of the great industries that must be filled by another, and some of them miss the boys who have gone out to fight This hat had a deterrent effect on enlistment, while the, uncertainty of the time when the call for real service will be made has influ enced others to defer answering the call to the colors as long Ss possible. But Nebraska has so far met every demand, and in the end will be found with a full list of its sont in the ranka of the fighting men. ' Omaha In the Federal Reserve System. The statement of Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury department that Omaha is to have a branch of the Federal Reserve bank shows that the financial importance of the city finally is rec ognised in Washington. Omaha is the center of a business community far more extensive than its own residents fulty realize. It ia the natural market town for a wonderful agricultural empire and the gateway to a region of such unlimited and diversified resources as must for years continue to add an ever increasing share to the sum of na tional wealth. It is in the direct line of the rapidly growing trade of this section of the country, the normal course of which bad to be detoured in order to reach Kansas City. The mistake of hitching all the great interests in Omaha's natural territory to the bank down the river it now ad mitted and will be corrected as far at possible, and the solidity of the local banking houses, never in question, will now be enhanced by the pret' ence of the new and needed inttitution. Yankee Gunners Are Making Good. Stories that now are coming in from Atlantic ports tupport the wisdom of arming merchantmen to resist submarine attacks. Encounters of the crsft are frequent, and ao far the score it largely in favor of the merchantman. Yankee gunners on the high seaa are making good with their weapons. Young, alert and vigilant, these sea warriors have added a picturesque tone to the gloomy picture of war. The U-boat captain no longer finds his prey so easy, but must take a long chance if he comes close enough to make his tor pedo attack certain. At long-range fighting he is equally matched in skill and craft, with the pre ponderance of danger against him. The combat is no longer ao one-sided, and the terror of the sea is finding its scope materially circumscribed by reason of the presence of high-grade fighting men where once only helpless victims were sub ject to tilent snd unresisted attack. The festive firebug continues blazing a broad path into the coffers of insurance companies, The record for five months of the year exceeds the corresponding months of 1916 by $11,000,000 and distances the score of 1915 by $48,000,000. The lessons of fire safety so vigorously impressed upon the people a few years ago and manifested in re duced losses appear wholly consumed in thit year's huge record. American cities are living beyond their in come, a fact that in part may be accounted for by the introduction of a lot of expensive folde- rols in the way of boards and commissions to do things the public used to do pretty well for itself. Fads come Ugh for those who indulge. The Farm Labor Army By Frederic J. Haskin Washington. D. C. June 24. There are 700 street car employes in Boston, who have had ex perience in farm worn, and nave agreea ro sperm their vacations wonting lor iarmers in uie out rounding country. This is one result of the Department of Agri culture's campaign to make up the shortage in (arm labor so that the United States can pro duce maximum crops this year. The Boston car companies co-operated by listing alt of their em ployes, finding out what farm experience they had had, and agreeing to give each man who was willing to do farm work his two weeks vacation whenever the department wanted him. Thus 1,400 weeks of first-class help were made available for the Massachusetts farmers. The nlan for aunolvine the farmers with labor involves close co-ooeration between the Depart ment of Agriculture, the Department of Labor, and atate agricultural colleges, and other state agencies. The system is represented by a man in every community, who is usually a public spirited farmer; a man in every county, generally one of the county agents of the department; and a state agent, who may be connected with the State Agricultural college or may be sent out by the department. A farmer who wants help will apply to the community agent, or the agent nearest him. If the community agent cannot supply tbf demand, he passes the order up to the county agent, who in turn may give it to the state agent it he nas not tne laDor on nana. In the same way, those who wish to do farm work apply to the agency nearest to them, and they will be placed as near home as possible. The agents compile lists of rural and village people who are willing to do farm work, making appeal to classes who are especially suited or available. Thus about a million high school and college boys have been listed. They are between 16 and Z0 years ot age, and a large percentage ot them have had experience in farm work. Some critics to the contrary notwithstanding, the farm ers find this sort of labor very desirable. Even college and school boys who have had no expe rience on farms do very well for harvesting work, especially picking apples and digging potatoes. As they are paid by the piece for this work, the farmer does not lose anything by reason of their lack of skill, while the workers, if industrious, can make from $2 to $3 a day. Another class listed is that of retired farmers. of whom 700,000 have agreed to take up the hoe again. About half of these men are under 60 years of age, and perfectly capable of doing a stood dav s work. Most ot them are landowners. and many of them will play hired man to their Own tenants. When the Department of Agriculture is un able to find enough labor to supply the demand, the Department of Labor supplements its efforts through its elaborately organized employment bureau service. In New England, especially, the Department of Labor is the mainstay of the system. One of the most imoortant Darts of the work it to induce the farmers to make known their needs at the earliest possible dates. Large post ers printed in red and black are being posted all over tne country, urging tne farmers to notity the county agent how many men they will need and when. If a farmer is going to need ten men for ten days in August to pick tomatoes, and will notify the agent now, he has an excellent chance to get them, but if he waits till the to matot are ripe, he is apt to lose part of the crop. It is a curious fact that, just as the city man regards the farmer and his hired man as over worked drudges, so the rural dweller pities the city man his hard lot. A couple of sportsmen last winter stopped overnight at a farm in Tidewater, Virginia. The farmer and his three sons culti vated several hundred acres and fished with seine and trap net besides. But next dav they took their shotguns and went hunting with the city men. I hey explained that they had plenty of time on their hands. All the crops were in: Jt their "live boxes" were full of fish which they were holding until the price should reach top notch, there was nothing to do Due teed the live stock every morning and. read the market quotations in the Baltimore papers. The rest of the time they visited among the neighbors. went duck hunting or played their musical instru ments of which they had an astonishing assortment. "I wouldn't live in the city," said one. of the young men. "The city people have to work every day or else quit eating. I don't mind work ing hard when I work, but I want some time for recreation." So maybe there are two sides to the question, At present the labor situation on the farm is looking up, but there are still places where help is greatly needed, especially in the middle west If you want to do your bit by becoming a farm hand, apply to the employment bureau of the Department of Labor which is nearest your home. Shrinkage in German Money Now York Pool. r The value of German currency, as measured In the present bid of neutral markets for drafts on Berlin, payable there in German paper, stands by the last quotation 47 yi per cent under parity. Compared with the similar measurement of other currencies, Germany's paper is now worse depreci ated than that of any other important nation; with the two exceptions of Austria, whose financial condition is known to be nearly ruinous, and whose currency rules at a discount of 60 per cent, or more on neutral markets, and Russia, whose political and economic disorganization has brought the ruble down to a discount of 55 per cent. In all these countries political considerations have undoubtedly had a hand in the depreciation of the currencies; but paper inflation must have been the main influence. Inflation is probably worst in Russia, though Austria's refusal since the war began to publish any figures has its own implica tions But the German Reichsbank's notes, not now redeemable in gold, have risen to $2,056,000, 000, as against $1,659,000,000 and $l,3U,O0OrO0O, respectively, one and two years ago, and $394,000, 000 when the war began. People and Events The pioneer plumber of Chicago, John C. Clif ford, recently deceased, left a fortune of $500,000. The biggest part of the pile came from manu facturing goods plumbers use. That's different. James Larkin, the Irish anarchist from Dublin, has been pulled in New York for working his mouth on the Emma Goldman plan. Anti-draft and anti-everything are Larkin't vocal affliction, and federal authorities are expected to give him personal attention. Members of interested professions have set up in Philadelphia a reclamation camp for men re jected by army and navy surgeons for minor physical defects. Mending methods -apply to holey teeth, corns, bunions and like imperfections, and dentists, chiropodists and physicians arc doing the work gratis. Something over $5,000,000 was laid aside by John Hoge, soap maker of Zanesville, O., re cently deceased. Half of the pile is to be dis bursed among churches, hospitals,' and other charities of his home city, $500,000 going to the actors' fund of New York City and $1,000,000 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the same city. Never mind the brand the residue it good. A quartet of Holy Rollers exhibiting at Mur physboro, 111., on invitation tumbled into the fed eral grand jury room with such explanations as they could devise for failing to register under the draft law. "The Lord fights our battles," said the spokesman, "and there was no need to register." The Murphysboronian struck a Missiouri pose and indicated a descire to put it in the indict ment, - pnatafafavaaajr-rassc 'M "fa T Proverb for the Day. Don't throw money into a hopper. One Year Ago Today In the War. Aslairo and many other towns cap tured by Italians. King Constantlne signed a decree for general demobollzatton of the Greek army. British on western front penetrated German lfnea In ten places and started heavy artillery attacks. In Omaha Thirty Yeara Ago. It Is reported that Armour has at laBt decided to locate a packing house at Omaha and that he has bought out Thomas J. Llpton. The planks In the walk of the Elev enth street viaduct are warping badly, making It unpleasant and painful to walk upon them. Mr. H. I,. Plckard of near Sarpy Mills brought into The Bee office a atalk of corn nine feet eight inches In height. Mr. P. says he has nfne acres just like it The court house lot Is being sodded by Contractor McDonald. Louia Helmrod and Frank Harmon have left for Plattsmouth to select a ground for the grand plcnio to be given by the Omaha Turners. A horse belonging to Mr. Burnham, the real estate dealer, became fright ened and ran down Douglas street, frightening a couple of other horses on the way, and ended by jumping on the platform four feet high at the rear of Collina' Gun company's store, drag ging the dilapidated buggy after him, where he etood calmly surveying the gathering crowd. The following students took part In the exercises which closed the Bcholas tlc year at Sacred Heart academy: Misses W. Lowe, A. McParlin, M.-Mc-Namar, L. McShane, M. Bresnau, C. Crelghton, C. Babcock, J. Gregg, P. Lowe, S. Nash, K. Crelghton, K. Mc Hugh, L. Dellone. At a meeting of the board of fire and police commissioners, D. D. Jones was made a special policeman for the Crounse block and C. A. Starkweather given police powers for the benefit of the gospel army. This Day In History. 1778 Sixth Continental congress adjourned after a session of ill days. 1829 James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution, died at Genoa, Italy. Born in France In 1765. 1845 By an act of amnesty the Rhode Island legislature released Thomas W. Dorr, leader of "Dorr's Rebellion," who was under a lift) sen tence for treason. 1866 Prussians repulsed at Tran tenau by Austrlans. 1867 A general conference met at Berlin to complete the reorganization of the German Zollverein. 1892 King Charles of Roumania visited Queen Victoria at Windsor. 1908 More than 200 persons killed In a railway accident on the Bilboa Saragossa line in Spain. 1916 Official announcement of the appointment of the Duke of Devon shire as governor-general of Canada. The Day We Celebrate. Frank Dewey, county clerk, is 55 to day. He was born In Cedar Rapids, Ia., and la bookkeeper and accountant by profession. Charles G. McDonald Is Just 41. He waa born on a farm in Spencer, Ia., and graduated at Oberlln college. He studied law at the University of Michi gan and haa been practicing in Omaha since 1900. ' Daniel T. Quigley Is just 41. He was born In Edgerton, Wis., and Is one of Omaha's coming surgeons. Rear Admiral Harry S. Knapp, re cently in command of the United States forces in San Domingo, born in Connecticut, sixty-one years ago today. Major General Oswald H. Ernst, U. S. A., retired, a noted veteran of the civil and Spanish wars, born near Cin cinnati, seventy-five years ago today. Helen A. Keller, the celebrated deaf and blind scholar, born at Tuscum bla, Ala., thirty-seven years ago to day. May Irwin, for many years a leading comedienne of the American stage, born t Whitby, Ont, fifty-five years ago today. J. C. (Rube) Benton, pitcher of the New York National league base ball team, born at Clinton, N. C, twenty seven years ago today. Bishop Earl Cranston, a leader In the movement for reunion of the divided wings of the Methodist church, born at Athens, O., seventy-seven years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. The first national conference of col lege workers in landscape art Is to as semble today at the University of Wis consin. Charlevoix, Mich., is to be the meet ing place today of the annual national convention of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Plans to aid recruiting will be dis cussed today by the supreme council of the United Commercial Travelers, holding its thirtieth annual session at Columbus, O. A hearing is to be held today before Assistant Secretary of the Interior Bradley In Washington . on questions that have recently arisen in the five civilized tribes and the Osage nation concerning the settlement for Indian royalties on oil produced on leased lands in Oklahoma. A special examination of candidates for admission to the United States Naval academy is to be held today. The extra examination is due to the war and the fact that two classes of midshipmen have been graduated this year to meet the need for officers in the navy. Storiette of the Day. The heroism of France has made the French language popular. On this head there is a story illus trating the tact of M, Jusserand, the French ambassador. A senator at a luncheon said to M. Jusserand: "Take er eska voo voo-ly I mean er passy-mol, sill voo play M. Jusserand laid his hanji on the senator's shoulder and In his excellent English said: "My dear sir, my very dear air, do, please, Btop speaking French. Tour accent ia so Parisian that positively, It makes me homesick." Philadelphia Bulletin. HERE AND THERE. Lyddite, ths explootro used in the moot domdlr of alt ohollo, takoo ito name from the Engltoh village of Lrdd, wher it waa first made. Italr waa otto of tht first. If not the 11 rat notion to noo ooroplanoo in actual wmr foro. employing- them in ito campaign in Tripoli in 1811. Tho foundry ot Creuaot, where the rreot funs for tho French army and navy on made, woo atarted oishtr yeara aso, by a fomily named Schneider. Today tho plant rivala fat auto tho famous Krapp Works at se'sSi Railway Mall Clerks' Statement. Sioux City, la., June 25. To the Editor of The Bee: The signers of this letter have recently been dlsmiwied from the railway mail service charged with telling the truth concerning de lay of mail in the Sioux City termi nal. We have not been charged with making any untrue statements. After being dismissed we have pub lished a signed statement In Vie Sioux City Journal of June 9 charging that mail of all classes is delayed by the department's "economical" method of concentration and delay; that circular mail originating In Sioux City and elsewhere has been piled outdoors in heaps, the mail at the bottom of the piles being delayed at times for weeks; that such publications as Everybody's, National Geographic, System and the Ladles' Home Journal have been delayed a week at a time; that parcels originating in Sioux City were sent to the terminal for dis tribution contrary to orders and re gardless of delay, about one-half of the parcels being delayed thereby. So far as Is known no one has denied the accuracy of the statements made In the article. They are facts which an impartial investigation would sub stantiate. The conditions here are known to be typical of the situation throughout the country. It was stated In the article that the number of transfer clerks at the depots has been reduced from four to one, which has resulted In the mis sending and delay of large numbers of mail sacks and pouches. It was further charged by us that the report was being spread that there Is an "organization among the clerks for deliberate delay of malls" in an effort to saddle them with the blame for failure to complete the work heaped upon a reduced working force. We have served nearly four years as substitute railway mall clerks. We have rather large families to support and have found the service very un profitable. We make no complaint on account of our dismissal as, under the present system of salary cutting, de motion and dismissal without cause, a position in the mall service Is not a lucrative one. But, knowing the situation from the Inside, It seems to us a patriotic duty in the present national crisis to say some word of the grave impairment of public service resulting from Post master General Burleson's deliberate delay of mail In the interest of "economy." A chance acquaintance tells of a loss of approximately $3,000 to his firm owing to delay of a letter notify ing him of increase in the price of tractors. He sold seven tractors while the letter was awaiting "economical" distribution. Every business man will ingly furnishes instances of like serv ice or, rather, the lack of it. The country has no more loyal citi zens than the railway mail clerks, but they balk at the wholesale curtail ment of service, reduction of force and reassignment to distant points while hf-.n&r mad a th inntrnmAnt nt Mr Burleson In his deliberate delay of malls to the serious impairment of the business prosperity of the country. Every week sees further reduction of the working force with consequent impairment of service. Railway mall service is being taken from many lines entirely. Nearly all lines have been cut to some extent. Newspapers, chambers of commerce and the pub lic generally are becoming aroused. It is time that Instead of being threat ened with dismissal, railway mail clerks should be required to reveal the facts concerning present service conditions. Congress should investigate the mail service. PAUL NORTON, RALPH M. HOWELL, NEBRASKA EDITORS. Robert Rice, editor of the Central Republi cs, lsit week turned a fin lixteen-pave Red Crot edition. Tht Falle Cttj Semi-Week!)' Newt hai discontinued on of it edition and will henceforth appear as a weekly. ' Frank A damn, editor of the Fort Calhoun Chronicle, haa been appointed pottmaiter at Fort Calhoun, vice Wallia McMillan, who reiicned a few weeki ago. Lyman Beecber Cunningham, founder of the Kearney Journal, now the , Kearney Morning Tiraei, and for many yean on of prominent figure in the Nebraska newspaper field, died last Wednesday at hi home at Glenwood, Ia. Mr. Cunningham came to Ne braska in 1872 and was for many year ac tive In th development of the central part of the state. He wa the author of many article on the history of Nebraska that ara now In the files of the Stat Historical so ciety. For th last few year Mr. Cunning ham and his son, Ralph E., have been pub lishing th Glenwood Opinion, at Glenwood, la., and th Nemaha County Republican at Auburn, Neb. DO YOUR BIT. Brooklyn Eagle. We are In th fight to stay Do your bit I We have seen th light of day Do your bit! Every drop of fighting blood, Every Instinct that 1 good. Bids you Join the brotherhood Do your bit I Every mother son of you Do your bit! For the old Red, Whit and Blue Do your bit! When our gun begin to boojn -Let them roar the kaiser' doom; Let u aweep them like a broom Do your bit I For the Briton and th French Do your bit! For your brother In th trench Do your bitl For the freedom of th seas Bring the kaiser to his knee; Btop his sacrilegious pleas Do your bit! For the cause of Peac and Right Do your bit! Let u smash them with our might Do your bitl With a good red-blooded yell Let us Round the dying knell Of this Pmsslantstio hell DO YOUR BIT1 4 LAUGHING GAS. Randall There' no foreign travel now. Roger Isn't the whole world planning to "do Germany ?" Life. "Say, I'm thinking about going Into a big deal with Blank. What kind of a man la he?" "Oh, he's like a fish." "What kind of a fish shark or sucker Boston Transcript. Jennie Gee, we've got company, and and we're goln to have swell eat. What you goln' to have? Jamie Oh, I gueas ma'll give us some more o' her blame calories! Judge. Every Day is "Cut Price Day" at the Rexall Drug Stores With prices of food stuffs and other necessities rising rapidly you owe it to your self to make your purchases where dependable merchan dise can be procured at the least expense. You can Save lime and money by trading at the 5 REXALL DRUG STORES Sherman & McConnell Drug Co , Fire Good Drug Stores. It's Cool Today In Colorado Springs and Manitou YOU will want to linger in Manitou, famous for itfl fcealthgivin8 Mineral Springe and world renowned acenie spots. Your Railroad Agent can tioket your tour ticket through Colorado Springs with for detailed logs and information. out any additional fare; or if you aro planning an auto tour, writo You'll Sea tries. World Famous Scenic Attractions ' Sod. Springs Where "Orlz- Glen Eyrie ft Queen's Canon inal Manitou" Water is bot tled. Care of th. Winds Temple Drive. Geological Miracle. Th. Co Road By Rail to the Summit of Pike's Peak. Pile's Peak Auto Highway Easy Grade to the Summit. Mount Manitou Incline Rail way To Summit of Mt. Manitou The Newest Scenic Attraction. Cripple Creek Short Lin. Trip To the Famous Gold Camp. Seven Falls ft South Chey.nn. Canon Nature's Beauty Spot. Garden of th. Cods Monu ment Park Stratton Park, j Street Cars Make all scenic , spots easily accessible. For full Information write Chamber ol Commerce. 432 Burns Blag Colorado springs, er aieniura loroirarrcuu vihd mwiwi. GRAND VIEW HOTEL Maaltou Modern. Amsrictn Plan. Preo Auto 8r Yice. S to $5 Daily. llS.EototSO Weekly ACACIA HOTEL Colorado Sprints Nswtst Hotel, faeinr beautiful A eel a Park. Thoroly mod tm. European plan. J.W.Atkinson. Man aging Director. CLIFF HOUSE Manitou In front of tho Maaltou 8odm Springs. Fret Au to Service. All out door sports THE ANTLERS Colorado Springs Fir THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU ' - Waihinfton, O. C Enclosed find two-cent stamp, for which you will please send me, entirely free, a copy of The Canning Book. Nam Street Address . 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