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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1017. The Omaha Bee DAILY (SIORXINGJ EVENING SUNDAY F0UNBF.D BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR ' THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. Euteird at Omaha poatoffice as aeeond-elaee matter. ' TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ( Ur irrlrr Hr Mill iiit did Kuda per Dxinia. " oer fu, II5.0S Ktlty tillhmit Sundnr.... IV " 4.0(1 t.tetilu. and 8uo). " "0 Kmiteit kiUmhii 8.imly ie If Sunday Bee " . 'J11 Kid notk-a of ebaii of adJint or Irregularis to diltterj Is Omaha Hee, Ciirulatlna Department. REMITTANCE emtt tif draft, MprrU or voatal order. Onl -owt SUmre Ho garment ot until aitnuniv eraouai check, aicei oa Omalia and eaittera exchange. et accMed. OFFICES. Omaha-The Bee RuildHig cuirastt-Panola's 'lea HutldlDf. Hmitu OraaJia-IS-7 8. S4th u New V'Wa ia Jina Aw. OwinHI Bliiffa-14 .V Mala W. W. Il-Na D k of ComBjrc. Lincoln l.mle Bulldlnt WaaWmtoe ; Ml 8U 3. W... CORRESPONDENCE Address aawiiuiileauuua relating to news aod editorial (Raltar U Omaba Bee. Milotial Deiiartroeiit. JUNE CIRCULATION 55,982 Daily-jSunday, 50,986 mn clmtauon far tne mourn lubecrihed aod tworo to to Dih. nutlaua. Ctreulatioo Manaier. . Subscribers leavlnt the city aheuld have Tha Baa nailed U them. Addraae chanted olton aa reaueatad. Show your colors, but do not boast. Only one allegiance in America, and that to Old Glory. Getting down to brass tacks, whose "morals" was that squad to look after? The canning lessons taken by the city com missioners ought to come in handy at the finish. ' From the number of fluttering birds, the State Council of Defense must have hit pretty close to aomething. . . From General Thayer to General Harries, Ne braska ba provided some really able brigadiers whan war called. Those I. W. W.i recall the Coxey and Kelly army hosts which every city and town was.glad to pass on to the next. , , Some of pur detectives may have been "buffa 'loed," but the taxpayers who foot the bills have plainly been ''buncoed." The man who left hi native land because he did not like it and who is not pleased wit'i con ditions here can niove again. It may be noted as an exception to the gen eral rule that King Corn is one potentate who has no cabinet troubles on hand. No. 1 in the draft will be distinguished, but he will have no occasion to brag, for all the others will get an equal chande with him. In the light of official reports the Gregorian motto once more points the way of safety: "Obey the law and keep your mouth shut!" With General Harries in command, the Ne braska boys will have a trained military man look ing after thent and assurance that no amateur experiments Ayill be practiced on them. 1 Omaha will show up pretty well' as far as num bers go on the firing line, with cighi companies in tha National Guard besides all the boys in other branches of the service. , A veritable "horn of plenty" crystalizcd the patriotism of the Elks at their Boston meeting. A subscription of $1,000,000 for war relief, work sets a splendid example of benevolent (and protec live loyalty.- ' It Is much easier td plan a coup than to make it stick. With 60,000 republican troops surround ing Tcking, the general who projected the Man chu restoration will play in great luck if he es capes, the celestial axe. .. . J M I I 1 - 1 - American steel interests trust the United States in the matter of fixing a fair price for the product A like degree of-confidence down the line would cheer the little fellows who arc doing their bit without a thought of profit. Colonel Fanning's efficiency plan might work out all right on a paving job, but wait until lie 'lists had a regular 'encounter with postofike red tape. At that, anything he may dp to relieve the mail situation in Omaha wilt be appreciated. Reports from France glimpse in a large way the magnitude of the task of maintaining a fight ing army abroad. Few realize the vastness and variety of upkeep and the multitude of employes necessary to keep the fighting machine in work ing order. Those professors in the state university seem to forget that they are on the public pay roll and part of a public institution the same as other tate officials and with the same duty to give loyal support to the government in 'even greater degree than a private citizen. Isn't that adding insult to injury to make the main item of a program for road improvement, for which the senator'i paper is clamoring so loudly, the pavement of a highway to Fort Crook at government expense, for which the senator would have to get the appropriation? If all road improvement had to wait for this pavement we fear we would have a long wait. ' War Prosperity -New York Tlmee- Theorists may differ about the wholesomenesa of war prosperity, but the tax collector's returns cannot be disputed. The federal internal revenue tax total for the year ending with June was $809, 215.997. That is a maximum and an increase of nearly $300,000,000. Income taxes alone increased $235,000,000. divided about equally between cor porations and Individuals. The income tax total of $360,000,00 is now fivefold the original total and shows signs of vigorous growth still. New York's six neighboring districts contributed $190,000,000. nearly a quarter of the whole. Internal revenue alone exceeds internal revenue and customs to gether last year, and this year's customs will be larger than last year's. .These great growths are only partly due to the activity of trade, to which they are proportioned. . They are partly due also to added taxes on wines, amusements, tobacco and sundry other indulgences. These items can not be separated now, and the totals are still sub ject to additions from belated and distant returns, bat it is sure that 11.000,000 more gallons of whisky were drunk than ever before, and that the tobacco tax is $12,000,000 larger than ever. Enough is known to make assurance doubly ure that the country has been both busy and self-indulgent, . Never have the expenditures on costly superfluities been larger than at the time when waste has been declared 6inful and econ ry.a necessity to the nation's self-preservation. Aimed in the Wrong Direction. A peculiar and, we think, very questionable propaganda it being carried on through Viereck's Weekly, which is the Fatherland with its name changed, for what it calls "optional service for German-Americans." Thus the very people who heretofore have objected strenuously and rightly to being designated as "hyphenates" are now urg ing something that would operate to set them selves apart in a special class, and have prevailed upon Congressman Britten to offer a resolution in the house to exempt German-Americans from military duty abroad on the theory that it, does not comport with the dictates of humanity to compel anyone to fight against blood relations or family connections. Now we all agree that it is a horrible anachro nism for any nation in this so-called civilized era to be forced to defend itself by resort to arms, but, under the circumstances, the German-American appeal for "optional service" is aimed in the wrong direction. Instead of wasting time, money, good print paper and postage distributing this literature broadcast here, the petition should be sent to the kaiser demanding exemption from mili tary duty for all German subjects who have rela tives of near or remote degree in the United States whom they might be called upon to fight when the American armies are marshaled across the water. If all the German soldiers with family connections in any of the countries that are' at war with Germany were to be excused from the kaiser's military forces, the conflict would h. over right away and there would be no need of further propaganda for exemption for German-Americans. By the way, has anyone heard of any member of the Reichstag introducing a corresponding "optional service" resolution in that body? The Draft and the Corn Fields. Provost Marshal General Crowder has recog nized one great and vitally important point in the coming draft, especially recommending that men actually engaged in or needed for farm opera tions be not taken for immediate military service. In some parts of the country commercial bodies, County farmers' associations or similar organiza tions are planning to watch the progress of the draft and to secure as far as possible exemption of men needed on the farms. This is all right as far as it goes, but it easily may be extended a little farther and made more effective. If the call to the colors were delayed a month or six weeks in the great corn belt states it would give opportunity to gather the great crop and have it in full security before the young men take up the work of soldiers in the field. In Nebraska, for example, the corn crop will be ripened by the middle of September or first of October and ready for harvest not later than the middle of October. By withholding the call to the colors in this state until the middle of November the training of the young soldiers will be delayed only a month or six weeks, but the great corn crop can be har vested and put under shelter. It is already certain that a shortage of farm labor will be experienced, for 13,000 young men already have gone into the service of the government from the Omaha dis trict. In this district the corn crop will be above 300,000,000 bushels, and every grain of it will be needed. General Crowder'i recommendation should not only be heeded, but, if possible, the extension suggested should be granted. Dealing With the I. W; W. Efforts of state and military authorities throughout the west just now are centered on the serious problem of how to deal wUh'the. I. W. W. It may be questioned if some of the proceedings arc just what wight be called for, particularly when they assume the character ofj censorship over telegraphic communication by private indi viduals, as was done in Arizona. The I. W. W. represents a peculiar phase of the industrial life of the United States, a maldevelopment suddenly become acute through presence of a state ot war. Deportation, often tried, merely shifts the mass of desperate men from one community to another, but gets nowhere near the solution. Just now the labor power of these men is sorely needed. Their attitude is unreasonable and unreasoning and their capacity for annoyance is considerable. .In num bers they are few when compared to the general population of the country, but in the thinly-populated districts, where they are mostly found, their presence is a perpetual source of trouble. .The constituted authorities will be able to put them down and to find means for checking their de structive efforts, but suppression does not remove the cause. The Bee has in times past discussed the situation of the migratory or casual worker, whose condition always has been a menace to industrial stability. The I. W..W. may have to go over until after the war, but some time will have to be dealt with on a more rational basis than the exercise of arbitrary police power. Sound Advice to Business Men. Secretary Lane's discourse on the Council of National Defense contains -much that should be carefully digested by all citizens. It is not in tended as advice to business men alone, although it is directly addressed to them, but interests everybody. The purposes of the organization, how it was called into being, its powers and its services, as well as its limitations, arc plainly set out. The organization of our government was such as prevented its meeting the great problem suddenly thrust upon it any way other than by calling in men of experience and ability to deal in an advisory capacity with the details that had to be arranged before orderly progress was possible. Men who have assisted in pushing the arrange ments as far as they have gone are real patriots and have given assistance of inestimable worth to the country. And the very fact that the Council of National Defense is without power other than its moral influence should operate to make it the more potent. " Selfish interests will be found arrayed in opposition to the recommendations of the council, but its high purpose will be recog nized in the end and its help wiH be appreciated when it is better understood. It is pleasing to note in this connection that business, big and little, throughout the country, is generally co operating fully with the council. 1 Toor old Tom Watson drifts from bad to worse. Strive as he will the world refuses to re form on the Watson plan. Evidently the hard fall experienced as the populist tail to Bryan's presidential kite in 1896 jarred loose his balance wheel, letting the rest of the mental machinery whirl at random. Promoting lynching parties is comparatively safe work beside throwing a ham mer at Uncle Sam. in war time. V The coal producers indicted and tried in New York won a verdict of acquittal Their claim to innocence is not as clear as they wished. Cor respondence produced at the trial revealed the methods of the big squeeze. That the operators escaped the legal squeeze was due to the weak ness of some lifika in tha cluia of collusion. A Navy for the Air The Men in Charge By Frederic J. Haskin Washington, July 11. A warm dispute has de veloped in connection with the new aircraft pro gram over the question of who shall be in charge of the building and operation of our aerial navy. On the one hand there are those who want to see an aviation department established similar to the War and Navy departments of equal rank with these, its head to sit in the cabinet as a tenth member. On the other side is the party opposed to the creation of such a department and in favor of keeping the aviation service under the War and Navy departments. Among the most prominent advocates of a separate aviation department is Rear Admiral Peary, who was one of the first to awaken the country to the importance of an adequate air serv ice. Various members of both houses ot con gress also favor the proposed department of aviation, as do numerous civilian authorities. A bill to create the department was introduced in congress early in April, and now that the build ing program has been enormously increased, with a corresponding increase in organization and de tail work, supporters of the aviation department idea claim that the amount of extra work would overtax the organizations of the War and Navy departments. On the other hand, numerous men in high po sitions, both official and civilian, are opposed to the creation of separate department of aviation. Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels apoeared before a house committee considering the question and, while supporting the new building program unconditionally, gave it as their opinion that the creation of the new department at this time would be inopportune and not in the interests of effi ciency. It is understood that they compared the project to the establishment of a submarine de partment disthict from the Navy department or an artillery department distinct from the War de partment. The aeroplane is a weapon either for sea war or for land war, according to this view, and can best be coordinated with the work of other land or sea weapons by being kept under the same supreme command. Th? existing agencies for developing the avia tion service are numerous and various. They show how the problem of aviation has been at tacked in the past from numerous different angles and also the need for welding all these dif ferent parts into a single whole. It should be remarked that these different agencies are work ing together very smoothly today, united by their common enthusiasm for the same cause. To look after the aviation service we nave the-War department, as represented by the signal corps; the Navy department, represented on three joint boards; the aircraft production board, a sub committee of the advisory commission to the Council of National Defense, and the national ad visory committee for aeronautics, which was cre ated by act of congress in March, 1915. Besides these, the Department of Commerce is represented by the bureau of standards, which is overseeing a constantly increasing amount of the most important tests and research work. The Aero Club of America is entitled to be listed alongside the official agencies, for it has supplied the government with machines and men in time of need, it has consistently backed the movement for expansion of the aviation service and several of its prominent members are represented on offi cial committees and subcommittees. Its member ship includes every licensed amateur and profes sional pilot in the United States today. Most of the machinery for aviation organiza tion that exists today is found in the War depart ment. Under the chief signat officer, Brigadier General Squier, there are some twenty-four sub ordinate divisions and offices, each dealing with a particular problem of construction or organiza tion. The War and Navy departments maintain three joint boards to coordinate their aviation activities and to study the leading divisions of the air service problem. , . , The aircraft production board bids fair to be come the largest and, most important subcommit tee of the advisory tomniission to the Council of National Defense. This advisory commission, by the way, is giving some concern to certain of our legislators. Appointed originally to advise the government, it is today one of the most powerful organizations in the world. Through its subcom mittees it exerts a tremendous influence over all our leading industries, partly because of its buy ing power and partly because the subcommittees include some of the most powerful men in each particular industry. The subcommittee on trans portation alone, through its control of the dis tribution of cars, has a means of making the Voice of the commission listened to with respect in any industrial quarter. Some members ot con gress have demanded the abolition of the commis sion. Popular sentiment seems to back the com mission tip, however, on the ground that whether or no its powers are technically legitimate, it is using them wisely and sincerely for the public good.. . The aircraft production board subcommittee is headed by Mr, Howard Coffin, who is an au thority on industrial organization in general and automobile manufacture in particular. The board also includes General Squier of the army and Admiral Taylor of the navy. This system of "interlocking directorates" insures co-operation. On the aircraft production board will fall the brunt of the tremendous task of organizing Amer ican manufacturing plants for the building of the monster air fleet. ; The organization for the development of avia tion is obviously somewhat loose. But in actual practice the different committees are so consti tuted that they achieve co-operation fcnd har mony. Thus the national advisory committee alone includes representatives of five departments as well as of unofficial scientific institutions. Whether we shall have a separate aviation de partment at this time is a live' and interesting question, but there is a tendency to exaggerate the importance of the dispute over it. Whether the department is created or not, we will get the aeroplanes. People and Events Outside of war supply factories the greatest boom in war business clutches the telegraph and telephone forces in Washington. The increase in business overwhelms resources and more room and more help are pressed into service with fever ish speed. One of the things which spurs Philadelphia is its. Americanism. It claims to be the one pure American city on the map. . To. prove it a crowd of natives jumped on a dozen vendors of alien anti-war literature and turned 'em oyer to the police somewhat disfigured, but still alive. A series of fascinating poker games staged in the rectory of the Russian Orthodox Church of Three Saints at Garfield, N. Y wound up with the pastor, Rev. Alexander Alehin, $800 in the hole. That was too much. Besides, the pas tor's wife spotted a few marked cards in the deck, whereupon the victim hiked into court with a welching scream. . "Like father like son" arc the Goulds in heart affairs. George, the head of the house, picked his wife, Edith Kingdon, from the stage beauties of Boston. Kingdon, their son, recently wedded Miss Armunziata Camilia Maria Lucci, a daugh ter of Italy, formerly governess in the Gould family and an exponent of stage dancing, also of Boston. The bridegroom is 29 and the bride 31. ". A "cbsmic goat" butted into the soul-mating proclivities of Mrs. Estelle Mctzger Maitlack Hamsley and radiated a package of soul stuff in St. Louis and Chicago. Maitlack, a telegraph op erator, is husband No. 1 and Hamsley the "soul husband," or, as the madame puts it, the "cosmic goat." In Chicago the woman explained that a champagne appetite and a $100 husband lack the harmony of soul which makes life worth while. Hamsley is pictured as a retired engineer with a soul fortune of $500,000. The pile looked soulful to the champagne appetite and fascinated Mait lack to the extent of consenting1 to divorce. The "cosmic goat" appears satisfied and the "astral fcridt" likewise. Who else has a right to kick? a--aaJaHBnSaaaa-ajadlaH Proverb for the Day. Evil communications corrupt good manners. One Year Ago Today in the War. Lloyd George predicted early victory for the allies. Italians destroyed entire Austrian force on Monte Castellerto by mine. British broke through German sec ond line trenches on four-mile front on the Somme. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Rev. James Patterson, pastor of 8 Margaret's church and editor of the Guardian, was married to Miss Julia A. Parsons at Plattsmouth. The happy couple will make their home in Omaha. The Hawaiian queen Kapiolani, and her suite arrived from the east In a 14. hotel car of the New York Central & Hudson River road. With her was her sister-in-law. Princess Liliuokalani. Nahan Franko, director of the Phil harmonic orchestra, closed a contract with James E. Boyd, proprietor of Boyd's opera house, to furnish the music during the coming season ot 1887-89. Frank George Carpenter, the well known and versatile Washington news paper correspondent, is in the city on his way east. Ned O'Brien has changed his mind and instead of spending a couple of months at Long Branch, he has gone over to Manawa for twenty-four hours. He probably will find out, however, what the wild sayings are waving at. The workmen are tearing out the exposition main room with the view of turning it into a grand opera house. John L., Dickens' horse ran away on Cuming street, and, colliding with a lamp-post on Twenty-third, was in stantly killed. Tom Murray's building. Fourteenth and Harney, Is to be completed at once, having been rented for a hotel by Mr. Sllloway, who has charge of the Ogden house in Council Biuffs. This Day in History. 1817 Madame de Stael, famous French authoress and social leader, died in Paris. Born there April 22, 1788. 1818 General Nathaniel Lyon, cele brated federal comander. born at Ash ford, Conn. Died August 10, 1861. from wounds received in battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri. 1842 John C. Fremont, with a party ot Canadians and Indians, arrived at Fort Laramie, Wyo., on an expedition to explore the country between the Missouri and the Rocky mountains. 1867 Benito Juarez, constitutional president of Mexico, returned to the ancient capital of the country, after an absence of four years. 1870 Congress granted to the widow of President Lincoln a pension of $8,000 a year. 1871 A foreign syndicate offered to take all the 5 per cent bonds that the United States government desired to sell.' " 1892 Ignatius Donnelly was nom inated by the people's party for gov ernor of -Minnesota. .1901 A monument to Commodore Matthew C. Perry, U. S. K, was un veiled at Kurihama, Japan. : The Day We Celebrate. Wynn M. Rainbolt was born July 14. 1S77, at Ampn, la. He is vice president and trust officer of the Peters Trust company. B. P. Billings, the dental supply man is Just 39 today. He was born right here In Omaha. Harry A. Jacobberger is a native of Alsace and is Just S8 today. He Is president and treasurer of the Kimball Laundry company. Brigadier General Abiel U Smith, TJ. g. A., born in Missouri sixty years ago today. Prince Adalbert, the sailor son of the German emperor, born at Pots dam, thirty-three years ago today. Arthur Capper, governor of Kansas, who has announced his candidacy for United States senator, born at Garnett, Kan., fifty-two years ago today. I Rt. Rev. John H. Tihen. Catholic bishop of Lincoln. Neb., born at Olden burg. Ind., fifty-six years ago today. Eddie Plank, pitcher of the St, Louis American league base ball team, born at Gettysburg, Pa., forty-two years ago today. Charles (Jeff) TeSrcau, pltetar for the New York National league base ball team, born at Ironton, Mo., twenty-eight years ago today. x Timely Jottings and Reminders. Literary France today will observe the 100th anniversary of the death of Madame de Stael, the celebrated French writer and social leader. Russia today puts the daylight sav ing plan into operation, advancing the clocks one hour, for the purpose of economy in the consumption of fuel. General Pershing and his American troops are expected to have a con spicuous part in the celebration of the French national fete day in Paris to day, commemorating the fall of the Bastile. . ' The French societies of New Orleans have arranged to celebrate the French national holiday today on an unusually elaborate scale, so as to make amends for the three years of informal ob servance, while the United States re mained neutral In the war. General Goethals, builder of the Panama canal, is expected to be the guest of honor at the first annual re union and dinner to be given in Wash ington tonight by the Panama canal "diggers" who are now resident in tfie capital. Storyctte of the Day. There is an old negro living in Mem phis who was taken ill several days ago and called a physician of his rue to prescribe for him. But the old man did not seem to be getting any better, and finally a white physician was called. Soon after arriving he felt the negro's pulse for a moment and then examined his tongue. "Did your other doctor take your temperature?" he asked his patient kindly. "I don't know, sah," he answered feebly. "I hadn't missed anything but my watch as yit, boss." Nanhvllle Times. MA HOHENZOLLERN DREAM." When Jui.t about to cut a, slice of wholo- aoma standard bread. The loaf assumed the alse and hap of Kaiser Wllhelm's head. ' "Come now," aald I, without surprise, and feeling quite serene, "Vou'll realise the flaror's spoiled, Id spite of margarine." The kaiser with a crusty smile, sufteated "Juat a bite; "Tou tar.'t refuse me when I've eome to tempt the appetite. "The exlrn slice at breakfast and at supper oo the sly -Will soon make all the difference to your government's supply." I aetsed tbe woodeq handle ot the bread- knile with a will. And I ftunc It, aiming sorely, at tbe fact of KaUer BUI. And t woke. Juit as he vanished in a cloud ot gaa and steam; I But I've rut the family's rations since my Hohcniollern dream. SAM L. MORRIS. , ": , - J' Objects to Council for Defense. Omaha, July 12. To the Editor of The Bee: The charges made by the Council of Defense are uncalled for, unjust and un-American. Without this organization in exis tence we would not know eyen today, that we are at war with a foreign nation, 3,000 miles from home. This so-called Council of Defense is in for politics and some of its members are boosting their own interest either to nake an easy dollar out of it or boost themselves into office in the near fu ture. Of course, there is always some sincere men in every organization, but as a rule they don't know, and don't take pains to know what their leaders' object is. AUGUST MILLER. This Jackie Not Lonesome. Great Lakes, 111., July 11. To the Editor of The Bee: Sometime ago my name along with several others was published in The Bee following a no tice saying that we were lonesome, homesick and wanted some Nebras ka girls to write to us. I don't know who sent it in but I wish you would let my Nebraska friends, who chanced to resfd it, know that, I am not lonesome, all my spare time is taken up by writing to friends I knew before I left, and that I am not publishing, or advertising as one girl wrote, my name for correspon dence. If you will do this for me I will be ever so grateful to you. CHARLES HART, U. S. N. Scoffs at the "Reminiscence." Council Bluffs, July 11-To the Ed itor of The Bee: I was somewhat amused in reading Edward M. Searles' letter of Ogallalla, Neb. It sounds to me almost like a pipedream. Now, l have Jived in this county since April, 1865 and I have no recollection of the hanging of a young man from Ohio in 1866, or the hanging of his brother and a lawyer the next year. I am sure 1 know the Vigilance com mittee he refers to, and I think Cres cent City is the town he speaks of. I lived there from 1865 to 1909. when I moved to this city. Tha community, as he says, was very much annoyed by thieves, especially horse thieves. In 1873 an organization was formed at Crescent City, atnd called themselves the Mutual Protective association, which had for its object the running down of thieves, and many were run down and punished, but always by the law. I was a member of that commit tee and was present at its organization. Mr. Robert Kirkwood was president, Mr. William Currie, captain; O. H. Dutrow, treasurer. Mr. Kirkwood was a member of the board of supervisors of this county for many years, and for a number of years was chairman of the board. Mr. Currie still lives at Crescent and Mr. Dutrow at Council Bluffs and they were of the best citi zens of this county. The order still lives and W. A. Groneweg, sheriff of Pottawattamie county, is ita president at this time. The Ogden House in Council Bluffs was erected in the year 1874. Mr. Searles states that these people were taken out of the Ogden House in 1866. Now, in 1866 there were two men hung in this county by mob Tio lence; one of them for the robbing of Mr. Parks, who owned a flouring mill east of this city, and the other one for general cussed ness, you might say, but not by this association spoken of. WARREN HOUGH. Why the Council of Defense? Persia, la., July 12. To the Editor of The Bee i have read with much interest the statement of the Nebraska State Council of Defense; in your is sue of the eleventh, If the assertion publicly made by one In a high place, and afterwards publicly confirming it that "This is Wilson's War." is treason, why does the council delay in bringing this person to the bar? The members of this council surely are clothed with power to act in sucn cases. Why do they not do it? This man needs no campaign of education. He is a leader in. thought and action. He has a large following and his in fluence is great. I venture the assertion that hun dreds of thousands of men know of this incident. The loyal men wonder why he is not brought to book and the disloyal men are encouraged by his example to further expressions of disloyalty. To this Source may be traced, largely, the conditions set fortn in this statement. We urge our young men to lay their lives on the altar of our country. We conscript a nllllon of our boys to de fend us all of which is right, proper and necessary, but what Judgment will they render against our Councils or Defense if they fail to stamp out treas on at home, or allow any man hlgn or low to weaken their arms by lend ing encouragement to the enemy? As to a campaign of education sending speakers to every town in Ne braska. The traitors do not want ed ucation they will not listen to your speakers. Apply one of the several de grees of punishment to some of the leaders and apply it at once and hard. I think you will thus accomplish in one-fourth the time and at much less expense the end desired. As a nation we are too easy too soft hearted. We should remember that at this time we are at war, burdened with all that the term implies, with re sponsibilities resting on every man and that every citizen, every agency must meet calls for service in what ever manner they come. - THOMAS H. PLATTER. AROUND THE CITIES. Catlettaburg-, Ky., stages one of most un common trisls in the annals of federal courts. Sixty mountaineers are on trial charged with using; the malls to defraud by a scheme that yielded about 175,000 worth of mer chandise. These alleged "simple folk of the mountains operated a mythical bank and a number of fictitious firms and thus equipped secured all kinds of goods In the usual way, each "Arm" being vouched for by the imaginary bank. It worked like a charm for a while, and the mountaineers spruced up on tick as never before. i CHEERY CHAFF. "Such a large proportion of telephone op erators get married before they have been long In the service." "I see. It Is hardly a case of ring off be fore ring on." Chicago Poat. Sergeant Where were you ever en picket duty 7 Recruit At home. Whenever they killed a chicken X had to pick It. Puck. "I aee where they are folng to employ flagwomen on railroads." "I don't see why they wouldn't make good. Tou know, until the short skirts came in style, women were used to holding up trains." Baltimore American. "I'm Just a bird In a gilded cage," com plained the fashionable wife. "If you had to keep the gilding scrubbed and polished." declared her practical friend, "you wouldn't havs so much time for idie fretting." Judge. 1 HEAR THW M FIANCE. HAS CfTWR Qm-M0TOW WE WAS SE4 WW A WUHETrtf AND TVJESpW HE WAS SEEN WTH Lim -VJHrY WU MWE , ' OUve BPME5 1 THINK TWE SAME k- "On whst grounds do you claim exemp tion from military service? "My mother aays she didn't raise me to be a soldier." Detroit Free Press. "The second edition ot your book will soon go to press, doctor. Do you wish io make any changes?" "Yes; 1 shall cut out the appendix.' Bos ton Transcript "I can't sail you whisky without a doc tor's prescription." "Then why do you advertise pickling ma terials?" demanded the Irate customer. Kansas City Journal. "George, if you would only give up your poker club gambling, you wouldn't have a fault." "But, my dear, look at all 1 won tonight that I Intended to share with you." "Well, George, I suppose it would get monotonous trying to live up to a perfect husband." Baltimore American. - BBfjaaJ A GOOD COMBINATION , BLITZEN GASOLINE LOCOMOTIVE AUTO OIL The L V. 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