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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1917.
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la then. Addraaa changed aa ottan aa requeited.
Sir Wilfred Laurier looms up as the W. J.
Bryan of (Canadian politics.
It is evident the Russians gripped Mr. Root's
moving words and are moving the right way.
It looks as though, the I. W. W. will not be
happy until it breaks the combination of some
federal jail.
Every pledge.for food conservation at home,
vitalized in practice, clouts the high cost of living
in the cheek. .
With the tightening of the lid on neutral ex
ports from this country a fine line of precious fat
drops into the fire.
Patriotic' gospel is a reliable guide, not only
for Sunday, but for every day in the year and
every hour of a lifetime.
Plans for mobilizing the first grand army ad
vances anothet step. Great bodies move slowly,
but the steps are firm' and sure.
Omaha's final Red Cross, figures top $255,000,
being $50,000 more than, our' allotment. Some
achievement to point to with pride 1
Alrlinno-h the alliri have not indicated the size
of the indemnity, it is evident from advance no
tices that the Teutons must shell out 'now and
later."
It it part of the agreement, of course, that
Acting Governor Howard will refrain from reno
vating the pie counter at this stage of the political
game.
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iOW suppose 3 ucrmau suusca iciiui iui-
pedo into the bowels of an Americanized German
' steamer, how much will the explosion scale Herr
Ballin's claim for indemnity?
Somewhere in America, possibly, a commun
ity might be found restricting outgo to income.
If there be such, their loneliness forbids appearing
in the, spotlight; in budget time. ,
The fixed coal price of $3 a ton at the mines
doubles the top price for the goods In peace
times. Fears of dangerous heart enlargement near
the mines appear wholly baseless.'
Last year's record of war profits, figured at
$4,000,000,000, promise to top the score for years
to come. Changed conditions and the war tax
split handicaps 1917 in. the race for first place.
Experience, advice and protest utterly fail to
modernize the real estate methods of the Mis
souri.' 'Here it transfers a farm, there a platted
addition or throws a wet icare into a dry town.
The chances of rising to the dignity of a realtor
seem remote. ,
As a further means of easing the strain on
railroads Manager Willard urges that people make
purchases as near home as possible and thus
shorten the haul. The spectacle of a railroad
manager passing up a long haul tags one of many
revolutions of the hour.
A large Volume of senatorial indignation is ex
pended on the possibility of big business profit
ing by having representatives on the advisory
council of the national defense. It is impossible
to reconcile the political old guard to changes
which endanger the reach to the flcshpots.
One of the strike agitators arrested in the oal
regions of Pennsylvania proved to be an active
German agent operating under an assumed name.
As the mouthpiece of the I. W. W. in that quarter
he attracted secret service notice and search re
, vealed his real identity, It is a clear Case of Ger
man money talking for Kaiserism. ;
.. Since April, 1915, the British army has not
lost i gun to the Germans, have captured sev
eral hundred German guns and hold two German
' prisoner to each Briton in the German camps.
In the light of this official score one may glimpse
the "contemptible little army" of 1914 tightening
a bulldog grip on the throat of the dachshund.
The Land of Opportunity
-Minnaapella Journal'
The charge is frequently made that America
is no longer the land of opportunity that it was,
when the boys came from the farms and worked
their ways up to places of great responsibility
and wealth. But the' facts seem to deny this
claim. Every little while the newspapers gtrry
I stories that refute it. Witness the following dis
patch from Omaha:
"William M. Jeffers.'who started railroading
as a messenger boy at North Platte, Neb., twenty
eight years ago, was made vice president of the
Union Pacific railroad. Mr. Jeffers is but 41 years
Wot every messenger boy is on his way to
the vice presidency of a railroad, but there are
thousands of positions on the railroads now occu
pied by conductors, engineers, superintendents,
foremen, general agents, all responsible official
positions, waiting for faithful and energetic em
, ptoyes to rise from the ranks. And so they
will do. , ,
v When Bulfinch, the "first American architect,"
was near the height of his fame early in the last
century, he discouraged an applicant who desired
, to study architecture with him, .stating that it
was his belief that most of the great building in
America had already been' done. Architects of
the coming decides would not have much of im
. portance to do, '
This is the tendency xf the older mind to
feel that the work has been done.
America spells opportunity. We have hardly
started yet. The young man is fitting himself to
take his place in a country of a mighty future, in
new and better word, Co it right.
Another "Peace" Speech Promised.
The address of the imperial chancellor to the
Reichstag, shortly to be delivered, is expected to
embody the revised terms on which Germans are
willing to listen to peace proposals. This speech
will command attention of the outside world only
if it indicates the German program has undergone
considerable change. Previous statements as to
what would be considered a basis for settlement
by Germany have contained demands that could
not be granted. At present German politicians
arc divided on' the question of what to ask. One
faction professes to be willing to accept the
restoration of the status quo ante, the other
insisting on extreme aspirations as to territorial
expansion and indemnity. Which of these the
chancellor will favor, or if he will favor either,
is not indioated by any of his recent utterances.
It is certain the Allies will not accept a return
to conditions existing before the war. This
has been made definite and. final, and a settle
ment cannot be approached on the basis of a
draw,- Short of the actual crushing of the Ger-.
man army, however, enforcement of the full
program of the Entente is impossible. What
modification, if any, is to be suggested, by Von
Bethmann-Hollweg will be highly interesting
right now.
Price Fixing Methods.
The findings of the federal grand jury of Chi
cago on fixing food prices for private profit re
veals business methods neither new nor startling.
Its chief value lies in giving judicial support to
matters of common knowledge. The conclusion
drawn by the jury from the evidence) shows sys
tematic and effective work in widening the dis
tance and the cost between the consumer and the
manufacturer of prepared foods. The canning
industry is typical of this class. Where formerly
the retailer could deal directly with the cariner
now he must deal with the broker or go Without.
At various' convenient times the brokers get to
gether in an informal sort of way, discuss weather
and similar business topics and develop harmo
nious ideas and ideals. In analyzing these seances
the jury found a subtle system of "exploiting war
conditions to raise prices and extort unconscion
able profits from consumers." In support of this
charge the jury shows that canned corn and
canned tomatoes sold a year ago at the factory for
90 cents per dozen, or 7li cents per can, last
Pwinter cost the consumer 25 cents each.
The Elgin price fixing butter board underwent
similar grueling inspection. A search of the
minutes of the meetings of the board during the
last six months confirms what newspapers have
shown repeatedly. The board is nothing more
than a blind worked by Chicago jobbers who
spend a few hours in Elgin once a week, bid on
a few tubs of butter and thus fix a price for the
product which governs the trade throughout the
country.
The report of the grand jury presents a search
ing and exhaustive review of "price fixing meth
ods andpractices which indicate the necessity of
legislation." It is particularly opportune as a
means of easing the minds of congressmen who
fear the nation cannot safely do what private
individuals accomplish without a symptom "of
brain fag or physical weariness.
Japan'i "Monroe Doctrine" for Asia.
Coincident with the political disturbances in
China comes from Japan the assertion of a para;
mountcy of interest and influence in affairs of the
Celestial kingdom that amounts to the exclusion
of all nations of the world save as permission may
be given by the mikado's government to deal
with the Chinese. In defense of this attitude the
Japanese politicians refer to the Monroe doctrine
and the relation of the United States to other
American governments, especially Mexico, where
Japan was prevented from obtaining concessions
that would have permitted the establishment of a
naval base. This comparison will not stand close
analysis. At no time have we sought unduly to
meddle in the internal affairs of our neighbors;
whatever we have done we have not sought un
due advantage with any and have permitted each
to enjoy the utmost freedom in intercourse with
the world, even to our distinct disadvantage. The
Monroe doctrine was pronounced and has been
held to to prevent the suppression of democracy
in this hemisphere by any autocratic government.
In China our interest has been equally" be
nevolent The "open door" was insisted on at
a time when the dismemberment of the venerable
empire seemed imminent. Only selfishly concerned
governments have challenged the justice and eq
uity of our dealings with" China. Japan has its idea
of the Monroe doctrine on upside down. Its de
termination to dominate in China has led to the
assumption of a paramountcy not warranted and
full of the possibilities of trouble. This course
was foreshadowed by the visit of Baron Shibu
sawa in 1915 and since has made much progress,
but the United States has shown no indication of
intention to recede from the "open door" policy.
The sfpproach of the Ishit commission insures
"conversations" on this point and ought to bring
about a better understanding, so as to relieve a
situation that is gradually becoming more tense.
Women and the War
The Dependent Woman
By Frederic J. Haskin
Negro and the Public Schools.
Recently The Bee asserted that the American
negro is to have a constantly increasing share in
the solution of the social and economic problems
intp which he enters as a factor. . This is sup
ported by a report on negro education, just made
by Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, after four years of
first-hand study of the field, under the direction
of the United States commissioner of education.
The progress the colored man has made is evinced
in the single statement that in 'fifty years of free
dom negro illiteracy has decreased from 90 per
cent to 30 per cent, and this in face of the actual
increase in numbers. More than a million negroes
are now farmc.rs in varying degrees of independ
ence, and more than a quarter of a million own
their farms, title to twenty millions of fertile
acres being held by them. "These facts," says the
report, "are indisputable evidence not only that
the colored people are capable of progress, but
also that their white neighbors have looked with
favor upon their struggles and in many instances
actually have given substantial aid to their en
deavors." ,
Much of the educational work among the ne
groes in the south is carried on through private
schools, supported by philanthropic donations,
largely gathered through the churches of the
north. This fund is required, according to Dr.
Jones, because the south is unable to fully pro
vide the free schools for all. It will be necessary
to continue this work until the economic situation
in the southern states will permit the establish
ment of public schools for the negro, the need for
which is pressing. Supervision of private anc5 pub
lic effort should be increased, that the efficiency
of the educational plants be advanced. '
The time may yet come when the negro in the
south will be permitted to vote, as well as to own
property and pay taxes. At any rate, he is mak
ig good progress in spite of his handicaps.
Washington, July 6. Lena is the wife of a
soldier not a regular soldier, but a member of
the National Guard. . Soldiering, in fact, was just
a sideline, his real vocation being the selling of
cotton goods in a department store. They lived
in a small house in the suburbs, with a tiny porch
and an even tinier garden. There were two chil
dren, and a welcome was being prepared for a
third.
The government ordcreti the National Guard
to the Mexican border. Lena's soldier-salesman
husband had to go. There was an announcement
made stating that his employer, who was a real
patriot, was going to pay the salaries of all his
employes who thus served their country, but
somehow that was all there ever was to it just
the announcement. After the first two months,
Lena, in sgite of constant needlework and em
broidering, could not meet the payments on the
house. I hey had to move to a much cheaper lo
cality. Then the baby came. And when it was
3 weeks old the mother got a job as charwoman.
This is an uncolored sketch of the main points
in Lena s story, as it was uncovered by an Amer
ican woman social worker who has recently seen
the family restored to its former status, with the
exception of Lena's health, which is not very
good. It greatly resembles the story of many
other women whose breadwinners went to the
border.
Now we are in a real war. It will be the policy
ot the government to exempt from military serv
ices all men who are supporting dependents, but
it is the pessimistic view of most people that such
a policy cannot be maintained forever. The iues
tion is: What will be done for the mothers,
wives and children of the men called to war?
The United States Children's bureau has anti
cipated this question recently by making an in
tensive study of the provisions for soldiers' fami
lies that have been made by other countries, for
weeks it has had researchers at work, interpret
ing the various laws enacted by the belligerents,
until now it has a complete report, which will be
of inestimable value to this government if the
time should come for drafting married men, or
the sons of dependent mothers and fathers. ,
There is the example of Great Britain, for in
stance, betore the war, the Children s bureau
found, this country did not encourage the enlist
ment of married men at all. Officers and a cer
tain percentage of non-commissioned officers were
allowed to marry, with certain provisions for their
families in case of death or disability, but in the
case of privates the war office let it be known that
nothing would be done for their families if they
were to marry. Shortly before the war, it ap
ptars, the government became a trifle more
lenient, on account of the low recruiting quotas.
Now Great Britain has a verv thorouerh svstem
for looking after the families of its soldiers. In
the first place, there is the so-called seoaration al
lowance. This comes out of the soldier's pay
wnen tne person to be cared for is his wife; the
government takes care of his children out of its
own pocket. The sum paid to the wives of non
commissioned officers and automatically deducted
from their pay is $1.45 a week. The wives of
privates receive $1.25 a week. Allowances made
by the government for children are $1.25 for the
first child; 87 cents for the second, and 50 cents
for each child thereafter.
When a man enlists in the British army he is
handed a paper on which he is told to set forth
full particulars concerning his wife, children or
any other dependents he may have. This paper
is then sent to the paymaster of his regiment,
who, without waiting to hunt for birth and mar
riage certificates or otherwise to ascertain if the
facts are correct, puts the wife or dependent on
his payroll. The allowances are paid through the
postoffices. The paymaster sends drafts to the
postmasters and -identity cards to the dependent
persons. On "pay day" there are always lines of
women gathered about the postoffices waiting for
the doors to open. As each woman steps before
the window and shows her identity card she is
paid in money. The postmaster keeps the drafts
to show the postal accountant of his district.
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Proverb for the Day.
Every tub should stand on its own
bottom.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Russians reported disorderly re
tirement of Teutons on lower Stokhod.
First German commercial subma
rine, the Deutschland, arrived off Nor
folk, Va.
French carried German lines east
of Flancourt and captured village
close to Peronne. .
In addition to separation allowances, the Brit
ish government also pays pensions, in the case of
a soldier's death; disability pensions when a man
is hurt, and certain special allowances for special
cases. The government is not in favor of equal
pensions for everybody. It believes that the man
who was earning a thousand pounds a year before
he was conscripted should receive a greater al
lowance than the man who was earning only a
hundred rw-tnnrla a vr Hie cl-nArA t
would have been much higher, and it is the policy
oi ine government to maintain pre-war standards
Of livintr a far aa nccclM C. .u. ,.,,-f. ,u.
$5,000 man is paid more than the $500 man by
special Dispensation or tne government.
Then, there is th rac f m-,n ,t,A t,-j
contracted financial obligations before he enlisted.
iie oruisn government in sucn a case would keen
up mc interest on tne investment. .Also, where a
man is deprived of his former occupation owing
to physical disability incurred in the war, the gov
ernment pays for his training in a new profession;
it also pays for the vocational training of widows
of soldiers.,
It is also interesting to note that the British
government makes no exceptions with regard to
illegitimate children, if those children have been
supported by a man before he entered the army.
Allowances are akn naiH tn nnmirrUA :c
they were supported by men before enlistment and
the men acknowledge their responsibility on their
enlistment papers.
France insists the private employers shall con
tinue the salaries of their employes who are at
the front, inasmuch as the government is already
taxed to the utmost with the payment of pensions
and allowances. Allowances are paid only to
needy families; if the members of a family may
support themselves, or if they have enough money
to live on, they do not receive any compensation
whatever. The separation allowance amounts to
about 25 cents a day for the wife of a soldier, and
15 cents additional for each child under 16 who is
dependent upon him, whether they are his own
or not. Only one allowance is paid to each fam
ily. A woman may have had seven sons support
ing her before the war, but she receives an allow
ance only for one, and only one pension. The
families of foreign soldiers, including Serbians,
Belgians and Russians, are also paid the same
separation allowances, even though the men may
have returned to their own armies. This courtesy
is also extended to French families in other coun
tries. -
France also pays a pension to workers, other
than soldiers, whose means of livelihood has been
swept away as the result of invading armies; and
a pension of from 10 to 30 cents a day to pros
pective mothers for a period of eight weeks before
the birth of their babies. This pension is extended
for another eight-week period if the mothers agree
to nurse their children. The death rate is so much
larger now than the birth'rate in France that the
government is putting a premium on maternity.
This same maternity premium is also offered by
Germany, although on a different basis.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
The ladies of the Women's Christian
association have taken steps for future
effective work by Incorporating' under
the name by which the association has
long been known. The following ladies
are the incorporators: Mesdames P.
L. Perine, J. J. McGoin, J.B. Jardlne,
C. S. Soule, Z. B. Knight,' J. Hudson,
Isabella P. Ludlngton, H. M. James,
W. J. Welshans, H. M. McCague,
Rohwer, M. E. Pratt, M. A. Elliott, E.
B. Wood and W. V. Doollttle.
Prof. William F. Rlgge of St.
Ignatius college, Chicago, is assisting
his brother, Father Rigge, professor
of astronomy at Crelghton college, in
taking observations and placing some
new astronomical instruments in po
sltion.
Arizona Jack, from Fort Whipple,
is in town with several Indians whom
he is taking to Fort Leavenworth.
John Welsh, son of Judge Welsh of
this city, took the highest honors at
the school commencement at Forest
City, Sarpy county.
Stuht and Hamel are carrying on the
biggest contract for grading ever taken
in this city, extending from Mason on
the north to Bancroft on the south
about eleven blocks and the thou
sands of yards of earth which tire
being removed are to be deposited on
the grounds of Herman Kountze on
South Tenth.
John Nelson, a new member of Hook
and Ladder company. No. 1, was
struck on the shoulder by a piece of
falling glass at the Pomy & Segelke
fire and badly cut. It was his first
fire.
This Day In History.
1750 Thomas Posey, soldier of the
revolution, senator from Louisiana and
governor of Indiana territory, born in
Fairfax county, Virginia. Died at
Shawneetown, 111., March 19, 1818.
1788 General Arthur St. Clair ar
rived at Fort Harmar as governor of
the Northwestern territory.
1802 Thomas Davenport, who was
the first to discover the principles of
tne electric rotary motor, born at Wll
liamstown, Vt. Died at Salisbury, Vt.,
July n, 1851.
1832 L. W. Tazewell of Virginia
was elected president pro tempore of
1868 Democratic national conven
tion nominated Horace Seymour for
president.
1879 Prince Alexander of Hesse
took the oath as reigning prince of
Bulgaria.
' 1881 Review of 56,000 volunteers
before Queen Victoria at Windsor in
celebration of their twenty-first anni
versary. '
1892 One hundred Chinese laborers
killed in an explosion in the powder-
worits near west Berkeley, cai.
The Day We Celebrate. '
Edward T. Yates, the rlnieplst.
just 47. He was born m ogden, 111.,
ami commenced to learn the drug
Dusmess in L.ogan, la., in 1888.
James M. Beck, former assistant at
torney ceneral of th TTnHert Ktataa
born in Philadelphia fiftv-six vears s en
loaay.
Lord Stanley, eldest son of the pari
of Derby, and who has Just been
elected to the British parliament, born
twenty-three years ago today.
Rt Rev. .Robert A. Gibson, Episco
pal blshon of Virelnin. hnm at Pot
burg, Va., seventy-one years ago today.
Edward Keating, renrpsontntliro. In
congress of the Third Colorado district,
uorn at ivansas uity, Ivan., rorty-two
years ago today.
People and Events
Just before the invasion of new potatoes from
Ve?vth ,th.e "ilroad yards of Philadelphia held
40.000 bushels of last vear's crop. Provision deal
ers held them back and held up the price, and the
railroads refused to accept more shipments until
the cars were unloaded. As this worked for the
benefit of provision dealers the railroads revoked
the order and issued another taking all offers and
making special efforts for transportation. That
blow killed Father Gouge. A drive of spuds
from the Virginias sent prices tumbling and
wrecked the combination.
These are tough time3 for kaisers at home and
abroad. Mrs. F. K. Kaiser of New York, claim
ing she is a widow, petitioned court to relieve
her of the name because it had become odious
in America. Just as the change was about to be
authorized Mr. Kaiser bobs up and swears he is
not a dead one, but very much alive, and that
Mrs. Kaiser merely seeks to humiliate him. So
it goes. Still, tht majority of mankind agree with
the alleged widow that Kaiser ought to be re
vised downward.
Timely Jottings and Reminders. ,
The rrand lodee of th Re
Order of Elks began its business ses
sions in Boston todav.
a special session of the Louisiana
legis ature. called hv cinvemnr peas
ants to enact legislation mostly of a
wartime character, convenes today.
A great army of teachers is ex-
peciea at t'ortiana, ure., today, for the
opening of the annual convention of
the National Education association.
Today is the tentative date fixed for
the meeting at Buenos Aires of a" con-,
gress of Latin-American republics to
discuss neutrality and other problems
arlsinr from th war v..
Delegates are to gather at Atlanta,
indav fni. tVtA , ; . '
j . ' v, ouvcicigii t o.ii 1 1 r conven
tion of the Woodmen of the World, one
of the largest of the fraternal and
beneficiary orders. ,
, Many questions involving newspaper
policy in relation to the war are ex
pected to be threshed out in the an
nual convention of the National Edi
torial association, which is to begin its
sessions today at Minneapolis.
Under the auspices of the Chickasaw
Pioneer association, a three-day cele
bration is to be 6pened at Ringllng,
Okl., today in honor of (he fifty-first
anniversary of a treaty between the
I'nited States government and the
Chickasaw and Choctaw Indian tribes,
whereby the development of the lands
of these tribes by the white men w,as
made possible.
Schools for the special training of
chief officers for the new American
mercantile fleet are to be established
today at Atlantic City, Cape May,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Crisfield, Md..
and Norfolk.
Storiette of the Day.
For the first time Louis was hearing
the cherry-tree-and-hatchet story. It
was very dramatically related by a pa
triotic aunt, but Louis was not so deep
ly impressed as he might have been.
When the climax was reached and
George .Washington said, "I cannot
tell a lie," Louis displayed his first
glimmer of enthusiasm.
"Couldn't he?" he asked. "What waa
the matter with him?" Philadelphia
Star.
HERE AND THERE. '
Barnard eollagt girla liava. made 2,000
bandagea and large number of aweatcra
and mufflere for the aoldiera, and have
pledged $3,500 for foreign relief work.
During the Iait decade three atatei Call
fornia. Colorado and M
three-fourthe of the area under augar beeta
In thia country and produced three-fourths
of the beeta and augar. ;
At leaat f 1.400,000 haa been ipeat during
the last 100 yeara in the translation of the
Bible into the languagea apoken in China,
Mora than ISO miaaionariea have give the
beat yeara of their Uvea to the work.
Aa a memorial to Gyp, the organiiation'a
faithful mascot for many years, Eat Or
ange, (N. J.) lodge of chauffeurs will ereet
a monument to the dog. which died recently.
A notice of Gyp's death waa posted In a
garage.
Prof. Fisher Explains.
New Haven, Conn., July 4. To the
Editor of The Bee: My attention has
been called to your issue of June 18
and your editorial note on myself. I
was correctly quoted as stating that
our health ideals are at present low
and that 99 per cent of our adult
population is below par.
I was not corectly quoted, however,
as taking a gloomy view of what can
or will be done to correct this condi
tion. The "99 per cent" is based on the
medical examinations of the Life Ex
tension institute on bank clerks and
stenographers among 1,000 such clerks
in several banking institutions in New
York, and another thousand foremen
and mechanics in an automobile fac
tory in Detroit. The figures also har
monize with data from many other
sources. I was stating the cold facts
as L have been able to find them after
many years' study, and facts which I
would not myself have believed a few
.years ago. I was not stating a mere
personal opinion or guess. If you will
write t6 the New York headquarters of
the institute you can get the exact
percentage of high blood pressure,
arterial thickening, albumin, casts,
sugar, defective teeth, eyes, ears, etc.
As to the future, I am an optimist,
for I believe that the growing realiza
tion of our shortcomings will of itself
afford the needed stimulus to our
health ideals, and there Is abundant
evidence that almost all of our short
comings, if taken in time, can be cor
rected. In fact it was my own good
fortune in overcoming tuberculosis
twenty years ago which led me first to
study preventability of disease. In my
report as a member of the Roosevelt
Conservation commission, I estimated
on the basis of data supplied by au
thorities on ninety different causes of
death, that by applying knowledge al
ready existing we could prolong human
life at least fifteen years, and (I am
willing to add) probably much more.
Already in the eight years since that
report was written we have actually
accomplished one-fourth of the esti
mated possibility.
The point which we should all now
keep before us is, that in "pledging
our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor" to protect the nation, we imply
mat we snail nrst or ail conserve ourT
selves for the sake of our, country.
Unless the medical examinations aire
very lax, I expect a majority of those
drafted out of the 10,000,000 enroll
ment to be rejected, but the vast
majority of the rejections can un
doubtedly be made fit by military
training. Both those enrolled, and
those too young or too old to be in
cluded in the enrollment, ought, as a
matter of patriotism, to go into physi
cal training and to relinquish all in
dulgence and habits which impair the
power to work. War, even more than
peace, requires the full strength of
the nation. IRVING FISHER.
place by the side of the defenders of
liberty and announced that that des
potism should no longer threaten the
democracy of the world. War is so
infamous that there is only one thing
worse and that one thing is a supine
submission to tyranny. In such a con
test war becomes a holy thing.
This is where I have always stood
and stand today without apology.
Let 'us cultivate a little more the
spirit expressed by Mr. Pope. Let us
cease to cavil about anyone ven a
"convert." Let us rejoice that the
preacher to whom he refers since his
original error has uttered as lofty sen
timents of patriotism as anyone could
wish. The true American will not
sneer at him, but help to encourage
him and all others like him to stand
unitedly for this government in as
noble an enterprise as it has ever
undertaken in all its history.
L. J. QUINBY.
SMILING REMARKS.
"Sir. Wombat aays he'll take apple pie
for dessert Instead of berries."
The waitress announced this in a loud
wh'sper.
"In that case," directed the landlady,
"give other boarders eight strawberries
apiece instead of seven." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Asket Well, George, are you meeting with
success, now that you are a lawyer?
George Tes, I seem to meet with It every
place I go, but It Is the other fellow who
Is on friendly terms with it. Indianapolis
Star
Betty Jack aaya he will atop drinking If
I marry him. ,
Mrs. Wyse Well, be careful, dear. It's
easier for htm to begin again than It is
for you to be unmarried. Boston Tran
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Executors Fees. . .....
Omaha, July 7.-To the Editor of
The Bee: Would you please state in
the Letter Box columns of The Bee
what per cent the laws of Nebraska
allow an executor in settling an estate,
and if it is the same in other states.'
A READER OF THE, BEE.
Answer Fees for executors in Ne
braska are fixed by law on a varying
scale of percentage, according to the
value of the property and the service
renaerea. in cases oi special service
the court may allow a special fee. The
tees vary in dirrerent states.
Excepts to Herring's View.
Omaha, July 6. To the Editor of
The Bee: Having read Carl E. Her
ring's letter in The Bee's Letter Box
on Christian SHenne T must rav that
I am surprised that a man of culture
and sound iudement that he rlnimx ho
is could believe in such an erroneous
aoctnne as that. Christian Science
denies the real existence and personal
ity of Satan and the realltv nf sin anA
sickness. According to the teaching of
Christian Science, sin is simDlv an
erroneous view of the truth snmeii
lodged in "mind," which they affirm is
wnai is cauea man. uod is "mind" or
love, and Tnan is a reflection nf nnA
as "mind." Satan is an error lodged
in "mortal mind," as man, and Christ
came to destroy sin and Satan by cor
rectine man nf hta mist a ire in thinvtno
there was any real Satan, devil or sin.
consequently "an" is good, and sin,
Satan and sickness are unrealities, the
errors of mortal mind. Therefore,
ScriDtural cnnverslnn la a thlni Imnne-
sible with believers in Christian Sci
ence, unless thev rennnnnA their rrnr
and turn to the true and living God.
bucn a mfxture of pantheism and
heathen rjhllosonhv r-annnt' Instlv he
called Christian,. It has corrupted
every principle of truth taught in the
Scriptures, and misrepresented Jesus
Christ nnrl CSnA nnr Vathar It v.e
denied God's word, thereby making
uuu a nar.
It Is a soul-deceivlnc Mv.temnf re
ligious, belief, entirely outside of the
Kingdom of God. Mr. Herring advises
people to investigate, and so I have,
and find it Just as I have said.
XI. D. tl.
"Oh, Bobby, I hear you had a burglar at
your house last night. Did be take muchf"
- "Tes, he took my big red apple and a
lot of stuff belongtn' to mother. Brown
ing's Magazine.. '
She You're a military man. So tell me
one thing.
He Gladly If I can.
She What is the difference between a
parrot gun and a repeating rifle? Balti
more' American.
Mr. Millyuns I will give you my daughter,
sir. It you will promise to maintain her
afterwards.
Saltor Heavens! Tou talk as though you
were glvtng away a free publio library.
Boston Transcript.
The maiden looked at her ardent wooer
wjth disdain.
"'If you try to kiss me, I'll acream," she
declared.
"I'll do It anyhow, and take the risk,"
he returned, preparing to ault the action
to the word.
"In that case," she said, with charming
resignation to the Inevitable, "I don't see
It Is any use to scream." Baltimore American.
' Questions of Patriotism.
Omaha, tfulv 6. To the 'Editor nf
tne Bee: I am in full avmnathw with
the spirit and letter of the communica
tion of Franklin Pope. There are few
tnings more reprehensible than intol
erance and than the disposition to im
mien mntiu.a
His Dlea that we unite mm thnnohli
aim energies ior tne nation s good at
this time, that we cease to question
the SlncerltV Of Others nni fnrhear Kin
cynic's attitude of throwing out our
iciest ana swemng witn a raise pride
that we havn had the
brand of patriotism on the market, is
a. iinieiy one. i nave noticed in the
past, and I find it now. that such
brands of patriotism are nothing
Ui.U.. ...
iiiKiirr man mara s Pr nnpA tA man
or a party rather than to country.
Those who havA al
war need make no apology for that
attitude. Their position was tmiv
American and right. But very few of
those who ha
hesitated to defend war when it came
to a question of liberty. In thia atti
tude I stand. I Am nn mnro an aHi'A.
cate of war today than I have ever
uc. i am, nowever, a stauncher ad
vocate of liberty and democracy than
ever before, for tnriav Wtik fioA (ha i rt .
famy of a policy that has denied lib
erty ana democracy. We see today
the WOrM drpnrhAll In Klnrl nA
--V...V.X as iivuu tXlJ VA VI I-
lions upon billions of Wealth destroyed
for no other reason than that a usurp
ing despot, an ego-maniac, flattering
himself that he hnlH hi unnu..
- ...u VVIII1UKW1UM
fromflod and not the German people,
nurrounamg nimsen with the most ef
ficient war machine that a? VAT ATtfltavA
conceived the idea that he waa des-
unea not only to rule Germany and
Europe, but the world. Though I had
hoped that dav rftllM hA irtflrad frrtm
our life, I never was so proud of Amer-,
ju ts x was on mat aay wnen our
government threw down the gauntlet
to this usurping despotism, took its
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