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Yes, King Corn will soon be ready to defy
Jack Frost to do his worst.
Prospects for the bootlegging industry are
not as good as the gentry engaged in it had
hoped.
Oh, what a pot could have been divided had
not that juicy county road paving job been put
in the discard by court order I
Omaha-trained railroad men are in steady
demand for railway presidencies. What is more
to the point, they invariably make good.
Chunks of economic wisdom continue rolling
outjjf the coal regulating bureau, but the prom
ised price reduction is yet to connect with the
chute.
STOP THIS RANK OUTRAGE.
The announcement comes from the county
attorney's office that a 12-year-old Italian lad is
to be put on trial for murder in the district court.
The charge against the boy is that in the heat
and passion of a quarrel he stabbed to death a
M-ycar-old companion. The announcement con
tains the further information that the juvenile
prisoner is to he defended by the office associate
of a deputy county attorney and by the son of the
county attorney himself and that there is no rec
ord in our court of a child of such tender years
ever before having been tried here for killing an
other.
In the. name of decency and humanity we pro
test against this rank outrage. Assuming the
facts to be as charged, who for a moment iniag
ines that a 12-year-old youngster has any sense
of responsibility for sucli an act incited by a boys'
light? What jury on earth made up of men in
their right minds would bring in a verdict to send
such a lad to the penitentiary? What the boy
needs is discipline and training rather than pun
ishmentnot exposure to the mock heroics of a
sensational trial for the benefit of the lawyers, but
saving by instruction In the difference between
right and wrong. It is for just such cases that
the state maintains a reform school, to which
vicious and incorrigible boys may be committed
and taught the things they ought to know.
Let Douglas county not be disgraced by put
ting a 12-year-old child on jury trial in a public
court room for any first offense.
V ild Life Protection Fund
Bu Frederic J. Hr.skin
Prophets are not without honor in their own
country. Consider King Ak-Sar-Ben. His vision
of "The Triumph of Democracy" foreshadows
a sure thing.
Even though his feelings may not be as. pleas
ant as he would like, still the German minister
to Argentina has no kick coming on the warmth
of his farewell.
According to returning travelers, Des Moines
is' humming with thousands of strangers drawn
there by the cantonment. But why recall that
unpleasant episode?
Lincoln papers keep barking at Omaha as if
the dry law were being violated in no other place.
We suggest that our -Lincoln contemporary look
a little into the leaks in its own bailiwick.
State fair managers carry over for next year's
how a reserve fund of $22,955. Attendance fore
shadowed a fattened treasury and the reality fair
ly gauges the upward climb of corn belt prosperity.
The Russian revolution will fall far short of
success unless royalty and royalists are per
suaded to work for their board." Providing shel
ter and food at public expense merely fosters
lives of comparative uselcssncss.
"Reduce the temperature of buildings during
winter.' Save coal." Advice gratis from Dr.
Harry Garfield, federal guardian of fuel bins. Old
Boreas will do one and the price tag the other.
The doctor hitches up a sure-footed team.
Prospects of an early finish of the war Ip
pear as hopeful as an early settlement of the
O'Connor wil case. With claimants increasing
and legal talent crowding the trenches, the des
tination of the estate is well within the realm of
prophecy.
The national House of Representatives re
sponds to public sentiment and war needs with
admirable unanimity. Practically every war
measure to date won approval from a united
body. The contrast between a unanimous house
and a divided, discordant senate should be remem
bered by patriotic voters.
The great state of Texas is being administered
by an acting governor pending trial of its gov
ernor on impeachment charges, which reminds
us that not long ago there was serious talk of
Governor Neville resigning to take a military
commission and turning his office over to be ad
ministered by Edgar Howard in line as lieuten
ant governor to succeed him.
Our Fighting M
til
Peter E. Traub.
Brigadier General Peter E. Traub, assigned
to the command of the Fifty-first infantry bri
gade of the new Twenty-sixth division of the
army, which comprises the New England Na
tional Guard, is 53 years old and a native of New
Tork. After graduating from West Point he
entered the cavalry, first serviug as a second lieu
tenant of the First cavalry. He subsequently
served with the Fifth, Thirteenth, Twelfth and
Seventh regiments. In 1914 he became assistant
chief of the Philippine consta&ulary with the
rank of colonel. He came from Manila last spring,
being recalled for service in the field.
Henry H. Arnold.
Major Henry HY Arnold of the signal corps
is one of the best known officers of the United
States military aviation service. He was born in
Pennsylvania in 1886 and appointed to West Point
from that state in 1903. Upon his graduation from
the military academy four years later he bcs:a.i
his career as an infantry officer and continued
in that branch of the. service until he demon
strated his ability as an tviator. when he was
assigned to the 6ignal corps. Since the begin
ning of the war with Germany, Major Arnold has
been stationed in Washington as assistant to Gen
eral George O. Squicr, chief signal officer, being
engaged on plans for building the great aero
fleet which the United States is to send to Europe.
Joseph W. Beacharo.
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph W. Beacham, jr.,
who hasbeen appointed quartermaster of the new
Twenty-sixth division of the army, is a notable
example of the officer who has risen from the
ranks.' Colonel Beachan entered the Astor bat
tery in New York at the beginning of the Spanish
war, rising to a sergeancy a year later. He was
, commissioned a second lieutenant in the First in
fantry April 10, 1899, and. except for a detail with
the tvgnal corps, has been with the infantry
the Seventeenth, Twenty-seventh, Ninth and
. Twenty-ninth being his regiments. He was grad
uated from Cornell university in 1897, and with
distinction from the army school of the line in
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Sweden's Uncomfortable Position.
Additional disclosures from the archives of
the State department show further proof of
Swedish connivance at German intrigue. While
as yet no proof has been presented to show that
the government at Stockholm has been privy to
the deflections of its representatives, the long
continuance of the practice supports the conclu
sion that the Swede foreign office must have had
some knowledge of the irregular doings, else it
is too simple to expect to cope with the active
minds that planned for world conquest. The note
just dispatched to Argentina may contain some
light on. this point. It may disavow the acts of
the minister there and it may hide behind the
allegation already made that Sweden was abused
by German violation of privilege.
When that is settled America may ask some
explanation of the recommendation made that
the Swedish minister at Mexico City be given
an imperial decoration by the kaiser in recognition
of his services to the German chancellory, he be
ing the only means through which information
could be obtained from the "enemy's camp" in
plain words, the Swedish minister was a German
spy. Either horn of the dilemma will be awk
ward enough for the Swedish government, whose
neutrality is now entirely discredited and practi
cally destroyed.
Another Self-Made Man to the Front.
America has just afforded another striking and
positive example of recognition given here to
merit and ability. A man just put into office as
president of one of the country's great railroad
systems began his active career as call-boy in a
round house thirty-six years ago. He did not
have the ordinary equipment of a boy of his age,
for he had been forced by poverty to go to work.
He did have something, though, that stood him
well in hand and his rise has been steady and
solely due to his making good in one after another
of the several grades of railroad work, until now
he is executive head of a transcontinental line.
In his new position he succeeds a man who
started railroad life as a telegrapher and leaves
it only because of his great age. These are but
incidents many times repeated in our commercial
and industrial life, showing what prospects are
before the industrious and trustworthy American
youth. No other country in all the world holds
such opportunity for young men of ambition and
energy. Democracy permeates all our life and
persistent effort brings success. There is no royal
road to the high plac'es, but earnest effort and in
dustrious application will open the gate just as
it did for Harry Byram and for many others who
have risen as he has.
Washington, Sept. 12. -Despite the war the
permanent wild life protection fund is continuing
its battle to save American frame from extermina
' tion. War is a benefit to wild life in that it takes
. many hunters out of the field and has raised the
average price of guns and ammunition about 50 per
cent, making hunting what it is rapidly becoming
1 in this country, anyway a rich man's sport.
Hut hunting should not be a rich man's sport.
I Game should be abundant enough in this country.
so that every man who liked the outdoors could
have his days afield and his share of the game
without the expense of a long journey or of be
longing to a club which maintains a game pre
serve. The far corners of the wilderness and
the game preserves are the only places where any
wild life will remain in a few years if the cause of
protection is neglected.
TODAY
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Italians pierced Austrian line before
Tl iest.
British raptured new German third
line, twe miles deep and six miles wide,
taking 2,300 prinoners, in greatest bat
tle on western front since July 1.
Soldiers' and Sailors Compensation Law.
A bill for the relief of American soldiers and
sailors who may be injured in active service, just
passed by the house, is intended to substitute
graduated compensation for arbitrary pension
allowances and to be automatic in its operation.
It does not do away with existing pension ar
rangements, save for the future. Liberal provi
sion is made for the victims of war casualties, the
bill embracing a schedule for injuries graduated
on experience in industrial plants and compre
hending the best of developed knowledge on the
subject. This scale applies to all who wear the
uniform and contemplates relief in amounts reach
ing up to $100 per month for those who are
totally disabled and making allowance for the
hire of nurses for those whose condition requires
constant attention. Dependents are likewise pro
vided for on a generous scale.
It is asserted that the proposed law contains
safeguards that will check abuses to which the old
pension laws were subject.' Its insurance feature
is novel, but . generally approved as tending to
encourage men in the service to make extra pro
vision for those who have claims upon them. The
rates are low enough to permit every man to carry
a moderate amount of reliable life insurance with
no strain upon his resources. Nothing but actual
trial, however, will show just how it works out.
In a broadly humane way the law recognizes
the obligation of the republic to its defenders,
contemplating aid to the injured patriot in his
effort to re-establish himself in the pursuits of
peace without the help of charity of any kind.
Its early passage by the senate will surely en
courage the men now going to war.
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Fruit of Protective Tariff.
In 1892 the McKinley tariff bill was made the
leading issue of the presidential campaign, and the
democrats won. One of the chiefest of crimes
imputed to the protective tariff was the effort to
foster the growth of the tin plate industry. This
had been especially favored in the McKinley bill,
a duty sufficiently high to encourage home pro
duction having been levied. Just now the results
of the policy then adopted by the republicans are
worth looking at. In 1891 the United States im
ported 1,036,489,074 pounds of tin plate, manufac
tured 2,236,743 pounds and exported none. In
1916 we imported 1,370,462 pounds, manufactured
2,552,224,000 pounds and exported 521,861,390
pounds. In other words, in twenty-five years we
have increased our production by a thousandfold
and raised our exportation from nothing to half
a billion pounds. These figures are from the De
partment of Commerce of the United States and
not from a republican campaign text book. They
are a most eloquent argument in support of the
correctness of the policy of the republican party
as exemolified in its tariff legislation
These "arc the facts which the wild life protec
tion fund is trying to bring home to the American
people. Apathy and failure to realize the facts
are the difficulties encountered; for there arc cer
tainly enough persons in the United States whose
interests are involved in the saving of wild life
to obtain the passage of the needed laws if they
would only demand it. Between three and five
million men go hunting in the United States every
year. Once a hunter, always a hunter. There is
not one of these men but wants the sport to con
tinue and wants his son "to enjoy it, too. These
men cannot fail to observe that the game is de
creasing year by year, but most of them do not
realize how widespread and rapid the decrease
is, that nothing bui concerted action all over the
United States can stop it. Some of them do
realize that the game is going and are animated by
selfish determination to get all they can while
it lasts.
The wild life protection fund, in its literature
and the lectured of its distinguished campaigning
trustee, Mr. William T. Hornaday of the New
York Zoological park, is seeking to spread the
idea that the sportsmen must act to save the game,
that they are robbing themselves and future gen
erations if they do not.
Another difficulty in the path of game preser
vation lies in the opposition in congress to fed
eral action in the matter. Nothing but federal
action saved the wild fowl. By reason of the mi
gratory game law, drawn by government scien
tists and providing protection for water fowl from
Canada to Mexico, they are now believed to be
safe for a hundred years.
Nothing but federal action can save the big
game of the west, which is dwindling at a rate
that promises early extermination of many spe
cies. J he case ot Colorado is typical. io longer
ago than 1900 deer to the number of 8,000 were
killed in Koutt county alone. Now deer are
scarce tlirouehout the state and are protected at
all times of the year in an effort to save them from
extermination.
The fact which the average sportsman does not
realize is that when a species of wild game is re
duced to a certain point it cannot "come back"
no matter how much it is protected. For example,
in 1884 the buffalo hungers said and believed that
there would always be plenty of buffalo. In 1885
they went out to hunt them and there were none.
It took them two years to realize tne tact that
the buffalo were practically extinct. Wolves and
hunters destroyed the remnant much faster than
it could breed. Of course, the buffalo has been
overworked as an object lesson in game protec
tion. As opponents of protective measures have
pointed out, the buffalo could not have survived
civilization except in very limited numbers
anyway.
But this is not true of deer, elk and mountain
sheep which inhabit the high mountain ranges that
will always be a wilderness. There is only one
measure which tan save them, and that is the
provision of garfie refuges on national forests
where these animals can breed, unmolested and
the increase restock the surrounding country.
The plan proposed by the wild life protective fund
is for a chain of these refuges which would dot
the Rocky mountain region from One end of the
country to the other. They would in no way
interfere with stock-raising or mining. The regu
lations could be quite effectively enforced by na
tional forest officers. Such a law would mean the
certain saving of big game in many sections and
it would probably lead to its increase throughout
the Rocky mountain region.
In view of the increasing use of the national
forests as playgrounds by the whole American
people, this measure is of national interest and im
portance and it would not really or seriously in
jure any interests. Yet because certain live stock
interests do not want the bill passed it has never
gotten before congress. In the last session such
a bill was introduced by Hayden in the house and
Chamberlain in the senate. It was referred to the
committee on agriculture, where it was opposed
in hearings by Representative Mondell of Wyo
ming, despite the fact that Mr. Hornaday pro
duced a long list of Wyoming sportsmen and
officials, including the governor, who favored the
passage of the bill.
Nevertheless, the committee made a favorable
report on the measure, but it died with the ses
sion and has never been revived in this congress.
Every man who hunts and wants his son to
hunt, who values the wild life of his country for
any reason, practical or aesthetic, should urge
upon his congressman the passage of this legislation.
Golderi Age of Farming
Wall Street Journal-
Wheat totals 30,000,000 bushels more than the
harvest of 1916, and is a plump, heavy grain. .If
measured by weight and flour content, the crop
is at least 50,0 0,000 bushels larger than that of
last season. It now seems certain that the United
States and Canada can export as much wheat as
last year. Also, it will go farther, because it will
not be poured into Germany through neutral
channels.
Farmers will value the crops in dollars. By
that standard of measurement there has never
been a harvest so valuable. Based on Chicago
prices for December delivery the promised crops
of corn, oats, barley, rye and wheat alone are
worth more than $6,300,000,000. When the value
of the cotton crop is considered with its seed,
nearly $8,000,000,000 is in these crops alone.
Never have the farmers, seen so much money
coming from the soil. What will they do with it?
The question is one that affects the money market.
Most of these crops have their heaviest move
ments from October to the last of January. For
this movement bankers must be prepared. If
the farmers are not dazed by their remarkable
crop returns, if they pay off obligations and re
frain from contracting new obligations, they will
patriotically assist the country. It was the large
crops that once helped the country when we went
to a single monetary standard. So, too, at this
time when huge war loans are forthcoming a
proper attitude on the part of the farmers will
make the great crop movement self-liquidating
and provide resources for government financing
for war needs.
People and Events
Exigencies of war wrought a lively boom in
bicycles in England. Scarcity of gasoline cuts
down the use of automobiles nad forces a revival
of bicycles as a means of getting there. The aver
age cost of a bike in war times is $50.
A start for the organization of a patriotic press
association" in Wisconsin brought twelve editors
to a meeting in Milwaukee. Five hundred invi
tations had been sent out. The fluid that made
Milwaukee famous bubbles into a yellow streak.
E. McCoy of Salt Lake City, owner of a big
cache of outlawed whisky seized by the police,
insists that his goods are private property and has
began legal proceedings for restitution or $5,000,
thevalue thereof. -The prime object of the suit
is to test the constitutionality of the law forbid
ding possession of liquor after August 15 last.
, In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
! Many of the old friends are clad
j to know that Charles McDonald, for
: merly dealer in dress suits here and
more recently of Brooklyn. X. Y., Is
' fisrurinsr mi returning to Omaha to cn-
gace in his old business.
II. A. I'enroKe and Jack Knowles
made quite a respectable bag of teal
north of Florence lake.
Mrs. A. W. Saxe and daughter have
returned from several months' visit to
Michigan and is now at home at 2 1 1
South Twenty-fifth avenue. x
Miss Hannah Casey, daughter of
Thomas Casey, one of Omaha's old
and well known eltiz.ens, was united
in marriage to Andrew J. Fahey, one
of the newly appointed members of
the police force. Harry O'Hollerah
supported the bridegroom and Miss
Pertle Peterson was bridesmaid.
Harry B. Moorse and S. Ernest
Morse, sons of A. D. Morse of this city,
have discovered on property of their
own near Brookville, Kan., a vein of
salt which Is said to be 150 feet thick.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rubin, 51S South
Tenth, announce the birth of a daugh
ter. Miss Prescott appeared at the Boyd
as Rosalind in "As Yeu Like It."
J. C. Calhoun and Stockton Heth of
the internal revenue office, with Frank
Ballantlne of the First National bank,
hae gone to Lincoln to attend the
annual dance of the rieasant Houf
club.
G. R. Griswold of the city ticket
office of the Union Pacific was married
to Miss Lula B. Cremer of Detroit.
Congressman Laird and ' Colonel
Dawes have returned from an enjoy
able and successful trip through the
northwest.
Tliis Day tn History.
1777 Washington left Philadelphia
with the remains of his army, deter
mined to give battle to the British
wherever he should meet them.
It 14 British attacked Fort Bow
yer at the entrance to Mobile bay and
were repulsed.
1829 Slavery waa abolished in
Mexico by a presidential decree.
1834 William II. Crawford, United
States senator, diplomatist and cabinet
officer, died In Elbert coilnty, Georgia.
Born In Virginia February 24, 1772.
1842 Lieutenant General Henry C.
Corbin, who had a distinguished
career of over forty years in the army,
born in Clermont county, Ohio. Died
in New York September 8, 1909.
1862 Harper's Ferry, Va., was sur
rendered to the confederates.
1883 president Lincoln suspended
the write of habeas corpus and pro
claimed martial law.
1914 Germans were driv-en back aa
far as Amiens and the Argonne re
gion. 1916 Germans under General von
Mackensen occupied Pinsk.
The Day We Celebrate.
William H. Taft,. former president
of the United States, born in Cincin
nati sixty years ago today. v
Prince of Piedmont, heir apparent
to. the throne of Italy, born in Rome
thirteen years ago today.
Henry D. Hatfield, former governor
of West Virginia, now a major in the
army medical corps, born in Logan
county, West Virginia, forty-two years
ago today. I
Sir Algernon Freeman Firth, presi
dent of the Association of Chambers
of C6mmerce of the United Kingdom,
born sixty-one years ago today.
Dr. Edmund Otis Hovey, who led
the recent expedition into the far north
for the relief of the Crocker land
party, born at New Haven, Conn.,
fifty-five years ago today. "
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Birthday greetings to former Presi
dent William H. Taft 60 years old to
day. Cardinal Fat-ley today completes
fifteen years as archbishop of the
Roman Catholic archdiocese of New
York.
Today has been set apart in Ore
gon as a day for the women of that
state to register for national service.
Governor Pleasant of Louisiana has
named this as Organization day, re
questing the citizens tf all counties to
meet and organize county branches of
the State Council of Defense.
Members of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows from all parts' of the
country are expected, to pour into
Louisville today to attend the annual
session of the sovereign grand lodge
of the order.
Storyette of the Day.
During the cross examination of a
young physician in a lawsuit the
plaintiff's lawyer made disagreeable
remarks about the witness' youth and
inexperience.
"You claim to be acquainted with
the various symptoma attending con
cussipn of the brain?" asked the
lawyer.
"I do."
"We will take a concrete case," con
tinued the lawyer. "If my learned
friend, consul for the defense, and
myself were to bang our heads to
gether, would we get concussion of th
brain?"
The young physician smiled. "The
probabilities are." he replied, "that
the counsel for the defense would."
Boston Transcript
THE IRISH DECLARATION.
Je I. C. Clark n New Tork Sun.
We've, foufht tor freedom Ireland a ani.
W lv th Harry llaf.
When aound th aumtnont ef th tuna
War never knotfn to lac.
From Sheridan t Corcoran.
From Kearny on to Shield.
We'va battled manful in th man
On firty bloody field.
And that a a flghtlnf reason
TV will not tand for traien
In on of Ireland a aoni.
Th land that a;av our rac a hem
Is Ood'a land of the free.
We love It all from foam to foam.
We enure its destiny. '
And when Its men arm fat to atrlk
The, rotten kaiser crew
We're with them heart and hand and plkt.
And we will see them through.
And that' a true man'a reason
W wlU not atand for treason
In one ot Ireland's aons.
A monster with a poisoned sword
Would bid all freedom die;
But wa shall smash his slavish horde
And smite him hip and thigh.
We hold the warrant of the Osel
To atand where danger stands.
That freedom's gospel shall not fail
Throughout the broad world's lands.
Behold a ruling reason
That we'U not stand for treason
In on of Ireland s sons.
Whoever with a traitor's tongue
Befouls our Irish race;
Whoever, two-faced and unhung.
The star flat would disgrace;
Whoever by on word or deed
fringe comfort to our foe.
May God a eternal justice heed,
And lsy th traitor low.
And more and more the reason
V will not stand for treason
In on of Ireland's sons.
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Thanks from nejristratiun Committee.
OmrUia. Jjf-pt. 14. To the Editor of
The Bee: The Douglas county reg
istration committee wishes to express
its most cordial appreciation to you.
not only for your valuable space, but
for your willing suggestions and hearty
co-operation. We Xeei that without
this help the result so eminently sat
isfactory would have been far less so
Will you, through your column,
kindly' extend the gratitude of the
committee to its splendid workers in
every line workers who by their en
thusiasm and aid showed the presi
dent that the women of Douglas
county are ready.
EDITH TOBITT,
Chairman Douglas County Committee
on Registration.
God and Science.
Omaha, Sept. 12. To the Editor of
The Bee: In the issue of The Bee of
September 13 one of your correspond
ent discusses the impossibilities of
Christian Science, and says: "In other
words, if God is our father, He must
be impelled or controlled by principles
at lea.st of as high a standard as a hu
man father."
Let me suggest to the readers of The
Bee that the holy scriptures do not
teach that God is controlled by princi
ples. "In the beginning was the Word,
and th Word was with God, and the
Word was God. All things were made
by Him and without Him was not any
thing made that was made."
When any disputant undertakes to
place a scientific principle before God
he is placing the cart before the horse.
God was first, and all-principles are
the offspring of His creation. The
readers of The Bee will do well to turn
back to Genesis, written by Moses,
where by inspiration he declares
plainly that the Spirit of God moved
upon the face of th? waters, where
all was so uniform that principle, not
so much as gravitation, was known or
existed.
We know that two friends a thou
sand miles apart can think of each
other and there is set up a real com
munication; but why? 1 1 do n&t know
why. And I have never met any per
son who could tell me why: If such
communication exists constantly
among men, and that scientific prin
ciple is a part of our creation, why
should the infidel go into fits when
one mentions the fact that God im
parts a spirit which conies to men to
heal them of all their diseases? "The
fool hath said in his heart there is no
God."
We all know that a certain leper
came to Jesus beseeching him to cure
him of the disease. s He cured him and
also instructed him to go and show
himself to the priest and offer for his
cleansing those things which Moses
commanded. When we turn back to
Leviticus to find what Moses com
manded we find that those "things"
possessed no medical value, and they
wefe not intended to have any medi
cal value. When Jesus cameito Naza
reth He referred to the fact that in
the days of Ellsha there were many
lepers in Israel, but none of them were
cured save Naaman the Syrian. Jesus
again revived the power of God in
men and women. If the orthodox
churches deny that men are visited by
the spirit of God to take away disease
those churches are denying what Israel
possessed and what Jesus practiced.
Christian Science may not be the key
that unlocks the door to cure .disease,
but we must admit the fact that the
scriptural teaching is that Israel had
no doctors. .
If the powers within us which God
gives to each of ua may 1)6 turned
against disease, why should we fur
ther doubt' the inspirations and au
thenticity of the scriptures? The fact
is that civilization is now suffering
from the teaching that God is circum
scribed by scientific principles, which,
in substance, is that God does not
exist at all. WALTER JOHNSON.
o Time for Strikes. .
Genoa, Neb., Sept. 14. -Ta the
Editor of The Bee: I feel .as if I
must say a few words in regards to
conservation. This word, when truly
applied at the present? time, means far
more than merely conserving in econ
omy. In my estimation, the word con
servation has a significance that we
should not misconstrue. I speak of
this word in particular as to relating
to speech, demands and other conces
sions and conditions. For instance,
strikes and other labor disorders
caused from some soap-box orator,
"socialist" or Industrial Workers of the
World persuading men to rebel in
their peaceful occupation. This class
of men who create trouble in our in
dustries today are no less than trai
tors to our principles and in an indi
rect way to our nation. Samuel
Gompers is a true patriot if what his
statement implied holds good. Every
labor head should unite as one to
stand by Uncle Sam in the same way.
That is by urging their men to remain
steadfastly at their work regardless of
some petty grievance which they may
have and keep the wheels of industry
humming at top speed, that the neces
saries of war shall not be wanting.
There's not a man or woman who
really wants work who can't find if
Rnd make a decent living. I have
heard men say recently, "Now is the
time to strike for more money." I
most certainly don't encourage their
remarks regardless of their wants. It
is highly unpatriotic to attempt , to
hinder the progress of our railroads
and other lines of business by strik
ing Just because ' the war his con-
gested our rommercial enterprises and
is causing the 6fe men of this country
to sit up ni slits figuring Out a method
l 'j relieve and handle the acute situa
tions. Let us all join hearts and
hands to be harmonious in our efforts
to keep the wheels of industry moving
and remembering that the men who
best ten work and best agree aire the
men worth while.
V. A. BRADSHAW.
CHEERY CHAFF.
"I think I can mak a living far jet.
girlie."
"JTce dear, I have every confidence In
your good right arm."
"And my left Is just as good a my
right. I'm a southpaw, you see." Louis
ville Cuurier-JournsL
.Mrs. Jiggs So jour daughUr married a
surgeon ?
Mrs. Noggens Tea: I'm so glad At last
I can af.'ord to hav appedlcltis. Philadel
phia Ledger.
"Ioy did this china- cup get broken?"
asked Mr. Flubdub.
"By coming Into contact with the Iron
sink." answered Mrs. Flubdub.
And. as the volunteered no further de
tails, he asked lor no more. Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Have you taken piano lessons long, little
girl?"
"It se-ms awful long to me. and to pa.
and to the neighbors, but not to ma and
the music teacher." Lite.
"No, darling," said Edna's mother. "I
cannot give you any more of my paper t
acrihble on; it's too expensive."
"Des one more slice, pleas mamma,"
bcg6d th little one. Boston Transcript.
She Wht t kind of a husband would you
advise me to get?
lie Better get a single man and let th
husband alone.--New Tork World.
'I've Just come from a place where ther
is a lot of fine talking going around.
"Where Is It?"
"In a police court where they're heirlnt
speeding cases." Baltimbre American.
"Kitty, I wish you'd get out ot th habit
of asking for pennies to bay candy all
th time."
"What do you expect m to do, Grandma.
Simply suffer In' silence?" Brownlns a
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