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THE BEE; OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) - EVENING -- SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER " VICTOB RO SE WATER, EDITOR . THt BE fUBLISHINO COM PAST. fBOPRIITQB Entered t Omaha poslofflce a second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Br CtrHw. Si Kill til sad mail?... .......tar Bosia, St Tm yets, M I iiir muout tanasy m: t i Etenlag ul Sued,., "to " IM1 Evmuif without Suaasi.. ......... "14 4 1 Suns. Bee Mir tX 108 Seed imm o ntun of sdlms or Irrtfolsrltr la Mlnt to Oth bt. Clrculttiaa Defertsatot. MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The assoeltud Press, of vklch Tfct latl ebea, It auladfdf entitled u ihi iuc for repuMlculoa af all am oredlted to It ant otliirwiit emitted In this pines and !m Um kieel Hm out. Ushed aerett all rights a( mwbltcuioa at ant spe<l aoPMutiai ere 1m twnil REMITTANCE aetstt at trift. express ar tests! ante. Only -osn lUani okas la teymeat at until seeounl. Perioosl aback, ncept on Of outsit aaebsaas. Dot aectpteo. OFFICES Orates Ttie Bat Bul.'dtm. Bautt Onka 4117 8. I4Ui at C'aumII Bluff ! N. Msil L LukoI Uitla Building. iliicMft People's Dm Bnlldlas, Km Vnrk-SM fifth At. r IK. Louie .' U k af Cotwews, WohlntloB TM Ullj St., K, W. CORRESPONDENCE Address eosjmwiicstieoi retetlnt U ! tsd tditortal tisUer Ostafe Baa, SdltorUl peptrtaMat AUGUST CIRCULATION 59,011 Daily Sunday, 51,912 A mt Ma alranUtlaa far Hit iieots subsrrlbed tad fsjom la bf Dalfhl Wllllsas. Circulates Mutter, i Subscriber Itavint tht cltjr should bava Tht Baa Milttj to thts. Address cbtnrttl aa af taa aa requested. All it not grist that cornel to tht street open? ing mill. ." .' ' - ' A soldief s moratorium maps for the bill col lector the trail to the dictionary. ' King Corn rounds into the, home stretch, joy ously smothering pessimists in his dut. Russia is credited with having wiped Vodka off the map, but Petrograd appears soused in something just as bad. - .:. . . - t , S3 The paucity of iron crosses reaching this country nowaday ton titutes once of the horrors of the British blockade. ' . Two millions look small in an era of billions, but is large enough 'to induce those who foot the bill to pause and ponder. - Flooding the market with 'public securities occasions no alarm among bond buyers. The nore business, the higher the interest rate. Taking reports .from headquarters at face value, it is evident that members. of the State Council of Defense are not quite ready to join the "Don't Worry club." Jobs, hitherto distinctively masculine, (Jrop in countless numbers to women. Jrtjnny instances the change is not wholly due to scarcity of men. That excuse conveniently hides mute opposition to wage advances. ? ' ?' .- : t j -.v. It is a far cry to the fall campaign of J9v but the power that b? jn Illinois already place crepe on the senatorial ambition of Mayor Thompson, Hetr Wilhelm is esteemed in' Amer ican circles as a popular political corpse. , Britons face restriction on tea drinking which wilt' affect more people than ny ether national regulation. Practically all stocks in the country have been taken' over by the government, to be 'doled, out as sparingly as the supply warrants. Tea is to the British what coffee ji to Americans. Control and restriction measures the increasing sacrifices entailed by war. ;'."-.y - Great Britain's campaign for increased produc tion of food stapjes shows gratifying results in crop reports, 'The increase: totals 650,000. acres, of corn and potatoes alone, exclusive of innumerable, garden plots cultivated for the first time. This if equivalent to ftve weeks' extra food for the whole population of the kingdom, record which fash if ns new plumes for the bonnet of Mother Ne eessity. , . , ; ' - v.v-- i'; 4" 1 ', "i'ji1,1:,1."!!,",,' ' '' . Patriotic democrats down in Missouri boldly insist that the honor of the state requires th re tirement of Senators Stone and Reed. Both are tarred with the same mixture, Action to force resignations assumes significant proportions and looks Jike business, As the recall is not a workable pullback on senators, it is fairly certain Gumshoe Bill and his side partner will stick to the job long after "the tumult and the shouting dies." The Amsterdam summary of the reply of the central powers to the peace note of Pope Benedict underscores once more the growing longing of the Teutons for a joint debate on the issues. Conver wtion now appears the main hope and refuge of autocracies. Thirty-seven months ago Germany ini Austria spurned arbitration and flouted sug gestion of peaceful conversation. The whirligig of time transforms the Teutons' war eagles ipto cooing doves. i ' . . . f Tht name of Clancy, hitherto a cheery source of emerald smiles, rises above the tflrf smoke and reaches for a place in tha hall of fame, It was a Clancy, William G ,. Americanised in Texas, who first carried the Stars and Stripes, into the thick of the fight in Franca and waved it to victory on tht crest of Vimy Ridge. The honor camt to .'JS't WTjfee of the Canadian contingent. Hail the name of Clancy. , May his tribe increase and glorify humanity I Before and After Taking Chirco Trlbane- An officer in the new army writes home: HMy men are from the rural districts, and all of them were scared stiff - whea they .arrived. They seemed to expect sudden death as soon as they reached the army or at the very least slow star vation." ' . ..; .. , . ' . " -t ... . ' It it to laugh. There are thousands of tads, drafted, but uof yet called," who shake in their fe-b-b-boots. A soldier who began that way has sinee written himself up, reporting a high old St, Vitus dance attended with collywobbles and catnip fits, and then confessing, "The first thing that happened when I got off the train at camp was tht ' presentation to me of a waterproof poncho. Then I was taken to supper, as good food as I ever att in a restaurant in Chicago. I was issued my btdding and I had a fine sleep. Then I received a uniform and, if I do say it my self, I look roort tike a man, in that than I ever did tu anything, - From the outside looking lntht army is dread ful, (dreadful From tht instdt looking out, it is a startling, contrast to 'all a drafted man has awaited with shudders, and this helps to explain tht exhilaration with which he takes tip his new work. The officer's letter continues: Thert is tht keenest spirit among the men. They are learn ing ever so much more rapidly than the vaunted 'American volunteer. It is a constant surprise to the regular army men." , ; As seen by their officers, such chaps art a joy or, a grief, according to temperament As seen by thoughtful onlookers, they are Undergraduates in that matchless university, of common sense. " good will and stalwart Americanism, our national rap. , , Tht Jobber and the Newspiper. The Pee efres a welcome sign that Omaha wholesale merchants, as distinct from Omaha re tailers, are waking to the fact that no agency is so potent in winning and holding trade territory as the daily newspaper. Predicated in a discus sion of Complaints of difficulty in buying home papers in other cities, the executive committee of the Commercial dub, in a report to the publicity bureau, has directed itself for once to a different phase of tht problem, To quott from this report: "It was stated that an effort should be made to induce the Omaha daily newspapers 'to in crease the sales of their papers in Omaha's trade territory where newspapers of rival mar kets are on sale more than are the newspapers ot Omaha, J he executive committee went on record advocating such effort on the part of the Omaha dailies. Individual cases ot towns in competitive trade territory where newspapers of other market! were read more than the Qmha papers were Alliance, Casper and Cheyenne. It was stated that it was oarticularlv difficult to secure Omaha newspapers in these three towns." We have here open acknowledgement of the value of the newspaper in cultivating and keeping out-of-town patronage for Omaha business houses, What, for example, The Be has done, and is doing every day, for Omaha jobbers and manufacturers is to help rivet the attention of their customers upon Omaha anij make them le-ok to Omaha as their natural market town, The Bee advises its readers constantly as to Omaha mar ktt conditions, interest! them in Omaha amuse ments and Pfjrorts, society" and polities, and keeps them posted on Omaha activities of all kiuds. The trade territory of a city is practically limited to its newspaper territory, although, of course, both will alwaya encounter a zone that must be contested with other cities, The particular towns mentioned in the Commercial club report happened to be from 300 to 500 miles distant from Omaha and therefore nearer to Denver, which fact, together with the train schedules jwhich govern delivery of mail, explaina why newspapers i from other towns sometimes have the lead.' What the situation suggests, however, is bet ter and closer relations on the part of al Omaha jobbers, commission, men and manufacturers and the daily paper hat is ceasetessly serving them as a promotion agent. What is also needed is a better realization by them of their obligation to support both at home and in this trade territory the newspapers that help push Omaha trade abroad. Our tremendous industrial and commer cial progress and development would have been wholly impossible without loyal newspapers to fight its battles and work for Omaha's supremacy battles fought frequently without reinforcement and sometimes with a fire in the rear from the very interests enjoying the benefits. ' The Commercial club committee json the right track, although it has not yet quite grasped the full significance and possibilities of what is involved. The School Poard's Building Program, ' The schooi board announces an extensive building program, which includes, soma innova tions in school work, establishment of additional high schools and erection of a new building to house ont, already in operation. ' The main ques tion to be determined is whether Omaha taxpay ers are ready to assent to the $2,000,000 bond issue asked. Only a little while ago a million dollars was voted for new school buildings, which has not all been expended and part -has "been used in ways not in the prospectus originally made. Tht building budget carting for $2,000,000 more will demand careful consideration. V , . Omaha facet a problem that all growing com munities must meet, that of properly taking care of a constantly increasing school population, Jn addition all agree that the schools must be kept well abreast of advancing educational methods. This should not commit us' to tht adoption of fads or passing whims in connection with the schools. The effort should be to keep educational work pn a solid basis, so the greatest service Can be given the community, This, of course, includes keeping the buildings and equipment up to a high standard of safety and efficiency, but always within the limits of available resources. The board'! present move is apparently de signed to invite debate and taxpayers and school patrons ought to consider the matter fully and critically before giving their answer. , A Moratorium for Our Fighting Men. Congress is said to be moving to provide for a. moratorium for the duration qf the war to cover men in the army o far as, affects obliga tions enforceable at taw. Objection my be raised as to the power of congress to Suspend or in any way intervene in contracts made under the laws of the several states, but the justice of the proposat will not be questioned. While no large proportion of the men who have gone into the army have left any axtensive affairs of'one kind or nearly alt have private affairi of one kind or an other unfinished and which must some time be attended to. Those' who have dropped business or private enterprise of any kind, at the risk of losing all, surely are entitled to whatever of pro tection congress can give. Taking life insurance for example; this will be specially beneficial if it avert; lapse and maintains tht policy in full cf feet. Creditors would have to extend credit to the amount of the temporarily suspended accounts of debtors with the colors, but their relations would not otherwise be disturbed. The peace settlement would restore the situation the same as if order had not been disturbed. Whether we have this limited moratorium or not, the man fighting for his country is of right entitled to the benefit of every saving clatrse the law permits him. .V . . The World's Output of Gold. Shortage in food,, clothing, fuel and other necessities may threaten by their unwelcome pres ence, but the basis of money wherewith to pay (or them remains undiminished. Compilations just completed by the Engineering and Mining Journal show .that the war has had but little ef fect on the world's production of gold. The total output for the year 1916 reaches the enormous total of $470,442,068. Of this sum the United .States contributes $92,315,000, while tht Transvaal stilt holds the lead, its production mounting to $192,198,000 for the year.. Only twice has the world brought forth more gold in a single year, once in 1915 and again in 1912, while the total for 1917 it very nearly double that of 1597. The alight decreases in the output of several producing coun tries, which bring the aiim below that of the preceding year, art entirely ascribable to shortage of labor, and not to exhaustion of tht mines. Present signs art In favor of a continued bounti ful supply of the money metal, which wilt be needed to support the more than generous increase in quantity of money In the world. , , War and Health Draft and American Physique By Frederie J. Has' in ' ; Out of the abundance of -war material in which royalties shine selection promises to perplex tht future historian. One at least tags itself in ad vance. The spectacle of Wilhelm and Karl "stringing the Poles deserves historic immor I Wlity. h - Washington, Sept. 16. One of the most effec tive measures for improving American health that could be taken is the physical examination of sev eral million young men for military service. Hundreds of thousands of these young Ameri cans who .had - never given their health much thought have suddenly awakened to the realiza tion that they are not fit to fight. Whether or not j' you warn id oc a soiaier, u is unpleasant to learn that you are not physical man enough to be one. All over tha country, particularly in our large American cities, it is the testimony of the physi cians who examined the men in the selection draft that the great majority found unfit for service were very much surprised to learn that anything was the matter with them. Many perhaps the majority of these rejected men earnestly inquired of the exemption board experts what to do for themselves. They were fold to consult a physician. As a result of the examination bv the armv doctors and their refection as unfit for military service, hundreds of thousands of young men throughout the United States have already begun to form new habits and take new precautions for the sake of bringing back their health. Up to jquite recently, acoording to statistics compiled by one medical authority, there are more than two million American homes in which there was at least one jnvalid. Undoubtedly a large proportion of these case! have resulted from ignorance. The awakening due to the examining tests of the army doctors in making up the selective draft will no doubt have a very salutary effect on the national health, an effect almost beyond calculation. Right in the Spotlight -Judge John P.'Hylan, who it ex pected to receive the democratic nom ination for mayor cf New York Citf lu today's primaries, haa for eome year been a picturesque figure In lo cal politic in New York. He waa born on a farm near Hunter, N. Y., In 1868, and in early life waa employed a a raHroad section hand. At the age of SI he decided to seek Ms fortuire in the metropolis. His first employment after reaching New York was as a fireman on th eltvated railroad. Later ne Became an engineer, while tWus employed hi found time to take the law course at New York university. When he got his degree he went into practice In Brooklyn. At about the same time he botan to take an active interert ift politics, and eventually was eiec. . ..wwuiy judge. Of course, the first standard set was a very high one and many a man was kept out of the army on merely technical shortcomings such as being slightly over or under weight. In either of these cases tht wholesome welt regulated life in camp would soon correct the defect. Many other shortcomings could be quickly cured if taken in time. One ailment which appeared with amazing fre quency during the daily examinations was "flat foot," meaning fallen arch. Other frequent de fects were varicose veins and hernia. Both these latter can be cured permanently by a compara tively slight operation. Although it is true as the great Napoleon put1 it mat an army moves on its belly, it is never theless equalty as true that it actually covers dis tances on ita feet The fallen arch is probably due almost entirely to improper care of the feet probably to wrong habits of walking. Uncle Sam does not want to depend for his national salvation on men who have anything the, matter with their feet. There are "foot doctors," somewhat learn edly known as chiropodists, who can usually set right the ordinary foot ailment Very few cases--surprising!y few of cancer and tuberculosis, or any other of the more serious disease! have been' reported 'by the medical ex aminers, at least so far as is known at army head quarter!. Many bad cases of defective teeth and eyesight are curable, and a word from the physi cian wquld put the young man right on these stores, it to future care, Certain interesting points were brought out by the tests in the District of Columbia. Although" there was wide diversity of opinion among the ex amining physicians as to the meaning of the re sults of tnest tests, it was the general testimony that a very large proportion of the rejections in the District were due to under : weight under even tht variation permitted by the regulations. The fact that this decided under weight defect characterized the young men of the District was emphasized by the confirming' fact that other young men from other' sections, who had their cases transferred for final settlement to Washing ton, did not show such under weight. The ex planation which seems most reasonable, is that the vast majority of young men in the District of Columbia lead a sedentary life. They are clerks, and, generally speaking, do not take enough exerr cise, The jesson they will get from the examina tion is to move about more in the open air and im prove their muscles. , , . . ' But few of the young men who were examined and found physically defective would ever have asked for s) test as to their health. Now they have received from Uncle Sam, wjthout cost to them, service! of surgeons, physicians and other health specialists of inestimable value to- them. ? ' Suppose that peace should come tomorrow! Suppose that, by far the greater number of young men between 21 and 31 throughout our country never get any further than-Hhe. examining sur geon's office or at moit the training camp. Even in that event the building up of an American army of millions of our youth wilt have been a great benefit to the Country at targe perhaps a greater blessing to those who were rejected than to those who passed and marched off to camp as the for tunately choseVi ones. The nation's manhood, at its usually heedless age, will have been literally compelled to take thought of its health. X Fixing' the Price of Bread rNew York World- If, the master bakers are sincere in their ex pressions of a willingness to co-operate with the national food administrator it should not be diffi cult to reach a reasonable settlement as to the price of bread. Wheat for two crops has been standardized at a fixed price. - It is known how much wheat is required to make a barrel of flour, and the weight of the loaf once determined, the number of loaves to be produced from a barrelof flour is as easily to be ascertained. ; Unlike coal, sugar and other commodities, in respect of which price-fixing has been or is to be attempted, bread has no definite standard. Wheat is marketed by the bushel and flour by the barrel, but bread gees to the consumer by the toaf, which may be of one siae and weight or another. In time 6f peace, municipalities have sought to estab lish some regulation in this matter, and the su preme court of the United States has upheld them, but in practice tittle has come of it , War conditions and an honest purpose on the part of bakers to meet them ought to produce an official loaf at an official price which will be just alike to baker and consumer, The computation is simply mathematical. Once accepted, it will free an important industry Jrom a great deal of trickery and 'relieve the people of a short-loaf im position which ought not to be put upon them. When a certain amount of wheat and flour is worth so much, the value of a certain amount of bread, making every allowance jor the cost of production and distribution, can be fixed to a farthing, Men worthy of the nam of master bakers ought -to solve that problem for themselves cheerfully and patriotically. ' : Our Figkng Men Thomas D. Milling. In view of the important part that the great aero fleet now building in this country is expected to play in the war particular interest attaches to St men who are at the head of this arm of the nited. States military service. One of these is Major Thomas D. Milling, who has been attached to the aviation section of the signal corps since )907 and is recognized as one of the leading fliers Of the United States army. Major Milling is 30 years old and a native of .Louisville. He was appointed to West Point in 190$ and served fo a time in the cavalry before being assigned to the signal corps. ? .. . .- , a Thomas M. Anderson. Major Thomas M. Anderson, jr., now serving as senior instructor at Camp Oglethorpe, is an other striking example of the army officer who has made his way upwards from the ranks. Ma jor Anderson is a native of Texas and' spent his youth in that .state. After enlisting in the army he served as private, corporal and sergeant before being commissioned as sergeant lieutenant in the Thirteenth infantry in 1897 Iiv 1902 he attained the rank of captain and received his latest promor tion since the beginning of hostilities. lie is a praduate of thf amy school of trie line and has famed ciht 3 furs iu Cuba and the Philippines, One year Ago Today tn the War. Russians defeated Teutons at Hon garyi northeastern gateway. - Roumanian troops Invadiny Transyl vania suffered a reverse at the hands of theAustrians. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today. The republican central committet met W. f. Bechel presiding and the following members being present: Lee Estelle, W. A. Kelly, C. B. vgchrote, C. Bpecht F, J. Kasper, M. Lahey, O. H. Rothaker, Julius Cooley, John gahler, J. I Webster, R. D. Duncan, W. F. Ourley, J. T. Clarke, Joseph Redman, D. H. Mercer and Michael Lee. The Sunday morning breakfast given untrernhe auspices of the Omaha City Mission to the homeless newsboys and bootblacks of the city at the littlt church on Tenth between Dodge street and Capitol avenue was patronized by thirteen happy youngsters. Mrs. Andrew Borden, wife' ot the well-known railroad ticket agent, has arrived In Omaha, having Just returned from Europe, where she played In London a very successful engagement with the "Held by the Enemy" com pany. A well-knywn Omahan again made his appearance on the street in the person of Judge Savage. He appeared in excellent weight and with a height ened color in his good-natured fea tures. These changes were the result of a trip abroad. Dion Geraldine, representing tha Deering Harvester company, gave a banquet to the company's traveling men, at tht Board o Trade building. John V. McAdam of Chicago came here a few days ago and returned home with his wife and children, May rose, Anna, Nettie and Vinton, who had been guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Daily, 1 This Day in History. . J77 Lord Brougham, the English chancellor, for whom a carriage was named, born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Died at Cannes, France, May 7, 1868. 1790 Last consecration of an American prelate by Anglican bishops. 1862-r-Confederates seized steamers on Lake Ontario. 186S First day of the battle of Chickamauga, in which General Bragg defeated the federals under General Rosecrans. 1870 The German forces completed the investment of Farts. 1871 President Lincoln's body was removed to its final resting place in Springfield, 111. , r ' 1873 Failure of Jay Cooke & Co. caused a panic on the New York Stock exchange. J!H Germans evacuated Ter-. monde, Belgium. 1815 Vllna was occupied by the Germans. The Pay Wa Celebrate. J.. H. Hunter of tha Hunter Inn was born September 19, 1849, at Marietta, O., and has been a resident of Omaha since J870. Brigadier General George H. Har ries was borni in South Wales fifty seven years ago. He has been identi fied with many corporations, includ ing the Omaha Electric Light com pany. He has had a Master of Science and also a Doctor of Laws degree con ferred upon him. Ira- O. Marks, traveling for Marks Brothers Saddlery company, was brn September 19, 1877. at Ackley, la. He has been on the road since he was 23 years old. Charles N. Robinson was born at Kalamazoo, Mich., fifty-five years ago, Formerly a commercial traveler, he cam to Omaha in 1900 and is now second in command of the Byrne & Hammer Wholesale Dry Goods com pany. Major John H. Parker, considered one of the greatest machine gun ex perts in the United States army, born near Tipton, Mo., fifty-one yeare ago today. Captain William R- Rush, com mandant of the Chaiiestown navy yard, born in Philadelphia, sixty years ago today. i Lucius JB. Plnkham, governor of tht Hawaiian Territory slnct 1913. born at Chicopee, Falls, Mass,, slxty-sevtn years ago today. Ml3 Mabel Hydo Mlttredge of New York, a noted expert, on the problems of food conservation, born In Boston, fifty years ago today. John P. ,Melnnis, first baseman of the Philadelphia American league base ball team, bom at Gloucester, Mass., twenty-seven years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. " Throughout the country the mobili sation of the 40 per cent quota of the national army will begin today. Today is fall primary day through out New York, state, with interest cen tering chiefly in the mayoralty contest In New York City. Many leading representatives o'f the insurance business throughout the country are expected In Boston today for the annual meeting of the Western Union... " -Today will be the day of the annual parade, the spectacular feature of the national conclave of Odd Fellows now In session in Louisville. Principles arfd Failures. Omaha, Sept 17. To the Editor of -The Bee: At times It would seem that , our friend who writes on "failures" almost caught the distinction between principle and execution, and then be lets go of the rope for a minute and the bucket falls back. Let us take the postulate once more, that "light never fails." Webster de fines light as the agency which ren ders objects visible. He defines dark ness as the absence of light Now if the streets are dark, is it a failure' of light or a failure of the lighting sys tem? Again, tyro and two are four. Does there ever come, time in the devel opment of higher mathematics when this fundamental fact becomes unre liable? No. If such a thing should oecue the whole structure would fall. Mensuration is cited as a methemati cal failure. It is said that to secure accuracy sfxfeen decimals are neces sary, but for convenience an approxi mate factor is used and this arbitrary number produces a wrong result. One would hardly call this a successful on slaught on mathematics. Rather a limitation on tha use of paper and pen ciL . It, requires no space v to prove that human agency has failed to build ships that would withstand icebergs ana raiiea to build bridges that would stay spanned, but what we art in search of is not failure to work the problem, but for principles that art In themselves absolute. When we have once established a principle we have a goal toward which to work, but if we' throw it away the moment a faulty construction appears we have no standard of perfection and never will have. To be pure we are again leading up to "Lova destroys hate." 'Here, of course, we cross the barrier and en ter Into the metaphysical realm. Ha tred of "German terrorism" or hatred of any other evil Is not even a, by-path and we will not pursue it. . Jesus expressed the spiritual truth we are illustrating when he said, "Love your enemies." Whether yoq say that love Is the opposite pf hate, or love destroys hate you are merely stating the problem in different form and must determine which is the sub stance and which the shadow, exactly tlje same as when you are called upon to say whether light or darkness is tht entity. Now we once more lead you up to the threshold of spiritual understand? Jng and Invjte you to enter the realm of love as the spiritual reality end hate as the mortal belief. We commend this philosophy to you as furnishing the solution ot man's being and giving in place of a chaotic condition a Principle, God, by which you will no longer be. the . buffet of every material passion, but will learn", as Mrs. Eddy says, that "Human hate has no legitimate mandate and no kingdom. Love is enthroned. That evil, or matter has neither intelligence nor power is the doctrine of absolute Christian Science." (Science and Health, p. 454.) - CARL E. HERRING. HERE AKP THERB Wttthtr condition! were not fvorbls for tht sugar an4 corn eropi la the union of South A'r il tht lat ytar. Tht com crop will bt!t per cent below normal, and, due to a much incrtaied aereaet, tht utr pro, dUCtiOR will ilightly txeeed tht total of other year. If every ont of tht eountry'i 0,009, 0QS hornet throwe away ont slict of bread day it mean wasting daily 876,009 pounds of flour, or enough for more thtn 1,000,00 lotvet of ont pound a day. SEPTEMBER SMILES. "Pear, I aaw a dream of bonnet whlcg cot only $50." "Air right Hand me that dream boott and I'll write a client tor ou to buy it in your deep." Baltimore American. "Why were the police called at that big wedding?" "They wert throwing real rice st tht newlywedt." Puck. "Where did you get that gold mint yotf art promoting? Who did the prospecting ?' "No ont; but we have a flrat-claia man doing tht prospectuelng." Boston Trans, icrlpt. "How'a your motor car behaving?" "Wtll," replied Mr. Chuggins. "tht way It ueei gasoline showe that while it may be weak tn epott its appetite la til right."- Washington Star. "Maybe he hasn't found himself yet, cotteeled tht confidential friend. "Isn't lie gifted In any way?" Gifted ?'' tuerled the father. "Well, 1 should aay be i! Everything ht't got was given to him.' Harper'e ilagasine. 'ie's a liberal spender." : "60?'' "Yes, almost anybody but his wife caa get money out of him." Detroit Fret Press. BarKetp Can't scrvs you In uniform, gents. i ' Conscript Newmsn, V. S. A. Serve 'era tip In your shirt sleeves for all wt cart, old host! Judge. WE ARE READY, UNCLE SAMMY i . . Need we herd llk baiting cattle. Meed we lash likt laggard knaves. Need wt drive the sorp to battle Of tht tires in Dixie's graves? Needed Lee to scour Virginia? Needed Grant to ransack Maine t '' God, if there's "that within you To respond, the lash is jvainl But we're reaap. u'dcI Sammy, wt ar ready to the last, With-our lives and with our limbs until this dreadful scourge is past! And If to fall In distant regions wt era destined by the fates, Wt will gladly dit for Liberty and our twa United States! There'll bt gladness on tht Ypret And rejoicing on tht Meuse, And tht 'Tommies go plumb crazy With tht spreading ot the ntwsi And tht Hunt bt turning pallid, And tht Baches blink with doubt, And tht swarthy sons of Islam ' Think tht devils all art out! For we're ready, Uncle Sammy, we art ready for the fray, With our lives and with our limbs until this scourge be passed awayl And If we find our field of honor on tht shell-swept dunes ot France, What nobler death would you prescribe1 for your Shermans, Lest and Grants! Wt will man our given sector And we'll bold It 'gainst the world! And we'll thrill a hundred races When Old Glory it unfurled! And If we fall to break their leglont And to makt their kultur crack, . Then your Sammies. Uncle Sammy, , They art never coming back 1 For we're fttdy, Unclt Sammy, wt art ready to the last. With our lives and with our Itmbg nntll this .dreadful scourge Is past! And if to fall In distant regions wt art destined by tht fates. We will gladly die for Liberty and our own ' United States) Omaha. K. MAXIM. Good Health 'good appetite, good spirits mean no discord in the body. To keep $he prgaris in har-mpny-when there is need-use BEECHAM'S PELS Urges! Salt of Ay MtcBcbt) in tha WtrU. , VMtTVtt, Is boxes, IQczSc. i mm .s a aa os wt 1 - ill 1 1 sMrl l - : Si . ( Fast trains on convenient schedules arrive Englewood Union Station (63d St.) and La Salle Station-most convenient locations' in Chicago connecting, with limited trains for all Eastern territory. The Storyctte of the Day. Private McDonough came into a trench from a raid one night with a fine pair of new shoes. "Where did you get them?" asked Frlvata Doolin, who was McDonough's bunkit. "1 killed a German an' took them from his feet," replied McDonough. "Ain't -rhey tho Illigent footwear though?" ' "An its meself as will get a pair like 'em," was Doolin's reply. Next day Doolin was missing. Also tht next day and for two days after. He was reported missing, believed to be dead. But on the fifth day ha reappeared in tht trenches, displaying proudly a pair of German boots of even finer quality and fit than Me Ponough's. "It took yej a long time," was tht latter! comment. "An' don't I know It, said Doolin. '1 had to ktll sixty-four Germans be fore I found & pair to nt me." Balti mort American. A curious feature of animal life in tht deserts of tht touthwtst Is that rabbits, tuaii, squirrels, deer, antelope, tht mountain sheep and any number of reptiles and in sects live at great distances from visible tt, . &aB.9iSijfe lJ spiral X Leaves 6:08 p. m. daily. Have dinner on the train arrive ' La Salle . Station, Chicago in the heart of the business district ready for the day no time lost. ; , ' Carries sleeping car for Tri-Cities may be occu- pied iintil 7 :00 a. m. 4 Low round-trip fares to points in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Noya Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, Vermont aad Virgina, also circuit tour fares to Boston and New York, in, effect daily. : ' Automatic Block Slgn$lg Finest Mq4 cm All, Steel Equipment ' Absolute Satety Writa, phone or call at Rock Island Travel Bureau ; im Farnam St, lor tickets, reservations, information. J. 8. McNALLY, Div. Pass. Agent Phone Doug. 428 THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU I Washington, D. C Enclosed find a 2-cent stamp, for which you will please send be. entirely free, a copy of "War Papers." Name.. ) ' J - """'"'V' eet ICe . Street Address. . -t ,,,,,,, ... f i City..: .......... . .V.". . . state. . . . .-.--.-. .
