Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1917)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 23, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR llll it ' Entered at Omab pontoffle ai second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION IHMr and 8undsf Dili without Kujidu Crams ud SUDdt. Emnint IUxut Suadar turn am on if. Itj Ctmtr. .per mouUi. 65a joe Br Mall Per yu. ft. 00 .M 00 400 t.00 bend notice of cbuiaj of sddrets or trrefuIarlU' la dellreir to Oraaba iwe. uicuiaiton uernrtmeor. . MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS flie aaegentcd Press, of which The Bee la a member. It exelualrelf entitlrd to the un for renubiicstum of ell nei credited to It or MiirlM uotilrd In this piper and 1m the local Dws pub II ilted herein All rchti of rciublicatliD e( our apeclal diapatchee are a leu resemd. i REMITTANCE Remit o, draft, .inrm or postal order. Ooly 1-cent stamps taken la parment f (mail account a. raraoaal cases, eicept oa Omaha and eaMarn exi-hansr. not accepted. Omaha The Bee Hulldlnt. SnuUi Om.iu ST 8. 34lh Ml Council Uluffa 14 N. llain 81. Lincoln Uule HulMlnf. OFFICES tilcin I'enrle a Oat Building. Nnr York SM Fifth Are. 8t. liuli tint B'k of Commerra. WaahlBfton 7M 14th St, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE Address aoaimuniesllnos relallni to news and editorial matter to Casta Eee. Editorial Oepartmeat. T" - AUGUST CIRCULATION 59,01 1 Daily Sunday, 51,912 Arerare Mnralatlon for the mnnth subscribed and awora to hr Dwtfht WiMiama. Circulation alanaear. Subacribera leaving the city should have The Bao mailed ' to than. Address chanted aa often aa requested. Strict economy and no waste make patriotism and profit chums. 1 Hello, central. Please connect wth one of those $15,000 drafts. ' The kaiser says he was for peace at the start. Not half so much as he is for peace now. Decorate for Ak-Sar-Ben and help impress the visitor with the warmth of Omaha's welcome. VI The World series will have to go some this year to command its accustomed attention from the public. f ',, Profiteering under the cloak of patriotism is bad enough, but profiteering on unpatriotism is infinitely worse. Agitation for a municipal coal yard fails to 'radiate to coaLdealers the customary cheerful ness of early fall fires. , But if. the kaiser really cherished such a, lively - dlsire for peace as he assures the pope, we would never have had this war. - While the canning season is on managers may easily double jthe public obligation by putting the jail-feeding stew effectively under the lid. War,' shows itself a more effective pulmotor than politics I Even Colonel Bryan will concede that silver's come-back tops his own score. ' After all the juggling and a lawsuit, the county loard doubles back - to the starting point. A judicial club now and then lets in useful light. ... -'; :.::'' Z J , s' . iThe "municipal campaign in New York puts -t the issue of saving the country squarely between soap-box 'orators and, cart-tail spouters. High winds impend. " i , ' , ' ajaHamMaralaBa The kaiser's train of cars are said to resembje hospital trains in having red crosses painted on the roofs.. The siens are appropriate and becom- : ing the sickest man in Europe. v-v. The bulging vaults and 'ledgers of Nebraska : 'state banks shelter $224,896,229.84, a gain of $73, 775,159 in a year.' Never before has prosperity tickled the torn belt with such golden figure! . p ... . srr- - v : n : The Omaha Hyphenated did tueh valiant . work tor the German propaganda conducted in this country by the kaiser's agents that if other were paid it surety ought to have had some Ger man gold," too'. , . Flag-making patriots got together and deftly pulled down ,300 per, cent profits. Last winter' potato kings "are small and few in a hill beside the reach of the flag men who have been flagged by the trade commission. ' . The' soft'drihk: parlor is a legitimate institu tion, but If it is rnadc a bTind for organized boot- legging the reputable venders are threatened with the same odium that attaches to the disreputable places. A word tb the wise should be sufficient. . , If soldiers in . active service are entitled to a moratorium again court process,, what about folks whV have pending cases in which essential witnesses are away on milifary duty? The courts will have W recognize the existence of a state of war ' and govern themselves accordingly. German Reply to Pope's Proposal. The notes from Germany and Austria in reply to the peace proposals of Pope Benedict are ex actly what was looked for. Both the kaiser and the emperer accept the terms as outlined in the papal program, thus confirming the opinion that these conditions would be distinctly favorable to the Teutonic combination. Such terms already have been specifically and categorically rejected by all the opposing allies, with the exception of the scheme for disarmament, so the only sub stantial progress made is in getting closer to the aims of the allied democracies. Further discus sion is certain to follow from time to time, for the contest has been opened to the diplomats and politicians as well as the warriors, and peace is the ultimate and eventual goal. Everyone reading the notes must be struck by the contrast between the mock humility of Wilhelm and the unfeignedly pious submission of Karl, marking the difference in their attitude toward the pope. One and all must still be as tounded at the challenge to intelligence by Ger- man insistency that the empire was "attacked" as excuse for precipitating the terrible war. The kaiser calls on the head of the great Roman Catholic church to condone all the outrages In Belgium and France, the profanation and de struction of churches and cemeteries, the sub version of morality, the whole policy of ruth, lessness and the systematic attempts to under mine and corrupt every government save his own, pretending all the time to be acting in self defense, with the sanction and help of Godl Such colossal assurance is the fair measure of his imperial assumption of power. Pope Benedict should carefully compare with these professions the record made up by Cardinal Mercier, and rad again and ponder well the note from President Wilson on the topic of peace with kaiserism. What the world wants is not a temporary truce, but a lasting peace a peace treaty that is not to be wantonly violated at will and again scattered to the winds as a torn "scrap of paper." Revival of the Carnival. One of the features of life just now is the tendency to resort to the carnival as a safety valve for relieving the tention on nerves strained by unusual conditions. The frivolity of the affair is demanded as an antidote for the exactions in cident to the energetic application required by modern business, heightened now by the tremen dous expenditure of nerve force in making ready for war., Omaha for many years has had its Ak-Sar-Ben festival as a harvest home feature, a time for relaxation and merry-making. Now comes Kansas City with its "Old Glory Week," St. Joseph with its "Reign of Roubidoux," and Des Moines and Sioux City with their own local demonstrations of gayety, and all through the region smaller towns are giving time to similar demonstrations on a lesser scale. If this argues anything, it is that the people need some respite from the season's round of strenuous effort Omaha is especially glad to see Us neighbors up and down the river waking up and showing some Inclination toward a good time. We have demon strated the usefulness of Ak-Sar-Ben, and have well established it as a national institution, the importance of which is emphasized by imitation on part of our contemporary communities. Will History Repeat Itself? Sixryrfour years ago Commodore Perry, com manding a fleet of primitive craft, entered the forbidden, haibor of Ydo bearing a letter from President " Fillmore to the emperor of Japan. Foreign violation of the sanctity of Japanese waters at that time was risky business. Antici pated trouble was prepared for. None resulted. Commodore Perry delivered his message by ex ercising diplomatic "tact and .straightforward friendliness, even though Japanese law was vio lated by the act. V The Perry mission changed the current of Jap- . antse life on that occasion. The spirit of inclu sion and. exclusion dominated the country. For eigners were forbidden to enter and natives were not allowed'to lcavv Intercourse with the out- ' . . . . f j stc-e woria was unsougnt. uovernmeni ana peo ple were content with their own ways, their home trade,-' their , simple, ' aelf-cehtered lives. The American commodore calmly and coolly broke down the barrier of isolation and unconsciously loosed the. forces which have made modern Japan Japan now realizes, and appreciates the ines 'timable aerviccs of Commodore Perry'. They honor him as the-foster parent of modern empires. A monument , to his memory mark the spot where he landed to deliver his message, and the Japanese mission recently visited his grave at Newport, R. I., and laid garlands, on bis tomb. j , The incident' links past and present and fore shadows a future possibility. Just as Perry in isted on official Japan receiving America's mes sage of neighborly good will, Americans of -today . v. ' . . i . I - : wuu greater cmpnasis insist on imperial uermany heeding the message of , democracy. Japan re aented intrusion with much the same arrogance Germany now shows But official Germany must wallow the dose even "as .ruefully as Japan did. -The prescription is Just as good.- Later on the patient will rejoice as Japan does. In all proba bility the historian sixty years hence will record the coming of a mission from the. republic of Germany bearing wreaths for th$ tomb of Wood- row Wilspn. - Stranger things have happened. Prayer Along the Battle Line. British church authorities find time tip discuss some of the psychic phenomena of battle, and just now are considering what they admit is one of the most marked, that of the general practice of prayer among the soldiers. This is not taken to indicate a sudden spread of religion among the men, but rather as a recrudescence of the primitive impulse to appeal to the supernatural for aid. In commenting on this point during the first year of, the, wa The Bee called attention to the fact that men in the presence of death are more likely to feci their dependence on God and to have recourse to Him for needed help. Daily contact with dangers of warfare sobers the judg ment and inclines the thought to things ordi narily neglected in time of security. Experience has developed that prayer in presence of immi nent danger does have a most remarkable psychological effect. . Men in complete funk pray after their own fashion, and immediately seem to gain sustenance, their minds becoming clear, their actions rational and their fright disappear ing entirely. Reasons for this are apparent, but are likely to be variously construed. The fact is noteworthy as characteristic of the workings of the human mind, rather than significant of deeper devoutedness. . Cur Dogs and the Nation. , i Considerable support is coming to The Bee in the campaign it started a few weeks ago against the cur dog and in favor of the sheep. The Chi cago Tribune, the St. Louis Republic and the Manufacturers', Record of Baltimore are a few of the influential papers that have taken up the mat ter for discussion and which endorse the stand taken by this paper. Senator Weeks of Massa chusetts has introduced a measure designed to levy a tax on dogs, not so much to add to revenue of the government as to discourage the harboring of the worthless animals that have become a costly luxury to us. It is now estimated that the United States harbors 25,000,000 dogs, of which by far the greater part are properly classified under the heading of "curs," and are worse than worthless. These can be greatly lessened through the simple process of making it expensive for their owners to keep them. When a man is willing to pay a spe cial tax on a dog he is usually willing to look after the animal and keep it out of mischief. With the destruction of the useless and dangerous dogs raising of sheep becomes possible in places where the curs now make it impossible. It ought to be easy to determine which is the more valuable to the nation as a source of wealth. Fall campaign strategy embraces half a dozen hot drives on the trenches of loose money. The second Liberty loan bulks' large behind the lines, "The Young Men's Christian association 'wants $35,000,000, the soldiers' amusement . board $3,500,000 and the American Library association $1,000,000 for army and navy branch libraries. At least four fraternal organizations are raising funds from stay-at-home members for the benefit of fighting nieri. There is no lack of ways of rendering patriotic service for the nation and the men who bear the brunt of the struggle for world wide democracy. ' There is no such word as fail in the lexicon of engineering skill. Two disastrous accidents served as spurs for daring bridge builders deter mined to rear a dry crossing over the St. Law rence at Quebec The task now apparently crowned with success is a notable triumph of constructive genius and perseverance. Slacker revelations in the courts of Oklahoma may offer a clue to. the whereabouts of the I. W. W. $100,000 slush fund disappeared from Chicago 'By Victor Reaawater T AM DOWNCAST over the death of Colonel William F. Stone of Maryland, for many years sergeant-at-arms of the Republican Na tional committee, with whom I was closely asso ciated in the work connected with the arrange ments for two of the four national conventions in which he officiated in that capacity. Every body who knew him well called him "Billy" be cause he wanted his friends to call him by that more affectionate name, and he was, in fact, the embodiment of affability, good nature, industry and, above all, an accommodating disposition. He was in politics because he liked the game, though he also shared in the fruits of victory in local office and later as collector of customs at Baltimore for seventeen years, not for the emolu ments so much as for the prestige which well earned recognition gave him, Hiruself the prin cipal political factor in his own state, he was in touch with party leaders all over the country and kept extremely well posted on political condi tions. I used to stop in to see him at the cus toms house and later at the bank with which he subsequently became connected, and we would check up our estimates of party developments. He was 62 when he died, but he did not look it. He was as bouyant and jovial the last time I saw him as the first time. No one who has not been on the inside will ever appreciate how much the credit belongs to "Billy Stone for the smooth working arrange ments of the colossal convention hall in which all our recent republican presidential tickets were nominated. The .layout and reconstruction of the building, the seating, the decorating, the dis tribution of tickets and badges for delegates, guests, press and spectators; the door tenders and ushers and the thousand and one little things for convenience, comfort and safety, were all under his direction and personal supervision. In this exacting work he was an expert and he could handle the job by reason of his familiarity with it more easily and at less outlay of exertion than any other could be expected to do it. Is it any wonder he" had a life tenure on the position of convention sergeant-at-arms? Someone else will, of course, perform those duties in the next re publican national conclave, but "Billy" Stone will be sadly missed. Here is a good readable story that I get from John T. Bell, who has gone back to California after his visit to Omaha this summer, and is now in Los Gatos, from which he writes to me: I made the acquaintance today in this little town at the foot of the Santa Cruz mountains of a man who is a born story teller. He lived for a number of years in Cincinnati, when he knew personally, or knew of, many prominent people. One of these was "old Nick Long worth," grandfather of Congressman "Nick" Longworth, son-in-law of ex-President Roose velt. He says the grandfather, who was a very rich man, would walk on the grass alongside of the sidewalk to save wear on his shoes and that his coat sleeves would be covered with bits of paper memoranda pinned to them. The name of this Los Gatos man is W. T. Kelly, and the first nijjht he spent in Omaha was at the rierndon House. He was then com ing to the west from Ohio with the Casement brothers, who were about to begin work as contractors on the Union Pacific. Speaking of Omaha, he gave a list as long as a man's arm of names of Omaha business men whom he knew. "Out on the plains I was well acquainted with many distinguished army officers," said Mr. Kelly. "I was living in North Platte when General Sherman and others held a treaty with the Sioux at that place. In 1868 I saw Jack Morrow, somewhat 'under the influence,' standing at the top of the stairs leading down to the office and trying to induce General Sher man to go down to the bar. He reached out to take hold of him, but lost his balance and rolled down the full length of the stairs. Gath ering himself up, he looked back at Sherman and said, 'General, I didn't think you would be so impolite as to push me downstairs.' "Jack Morrow was in Nebraska City and saw a load of hay on the street. He asked the owner what he would take for the hay and wagon; a price was given him and he told the man to unhitch his horses; when this was done Morrow set fire to the rear end of the load, and would have set fire to the town as a result but for-the prompt rushing of the wagon to the river, which wa3 only a short distance away. "In 1867 I was postmaster at North Platte," he continued, "and Ned Buntline came there looking for material for a story of western life, Major Frank North and Buffalo Bill were then at Jack Morrow's ranth, on the opposite side of the Platte. Buntline went to the ranch and first tackled Major North for a story of his ca reer, but North wouldn't talk to him. Then he caught oh to Cody, who up to that time was not specially famous Buntline made his headquar ters at my postoffice which was not much of an establishment and the first chapter of his story of 'Buffalo Bill,' printed in Street & Smith's Weekly, was written on the dry goods box which I used for a desk. Buntline drank much whisky in those days and was so short of memory that I stood sponsor for him at the 'Hamfat Man's Restaurant' for his meals, and paid for them, too." It was a delight to witness the production here last week of that clever comedy, "The Boomer ang," and for me this delight was increased by seeing on the bill the name of Victor Mapes as collaborator in the authorship. . Mr. Mapes grad uated in the same class with me at Columbia and was one of the honor students of that year. In his college days he not only stood high in his scholarship, but he also ranked among the fore most athletes. If I remember correctly, he held the college record for the 100-yard-dash, was a member of the crew and on the track team, and a general all-round man, not to mention being cnosen ciass president, niter nnisnmg at couegc he went into newspaper work in New York and thence into the playwrights' profession, and this latest example of his talent maybe is the capstone of a long list of successes to his credit. People and Events , One man truly removed from the world of strife and strafing is J. H. Carpenter of Mama, Colo. In response to a federal invitation he hiked into Pueblo and explained to the draft board that he did not know the country was at war and did not hear of the registration. , The bliss of ig norance saved him. Two women are available for every job lost by men drawn to the front from the Wall street district of New York. Twenty thousand women have been given places in the financial district since the war began and as many more are listed for prospective vacancies. "When Johnny comes marching home again" he need but marry the job and look wise. Every optimist who draws the oil of joy from prunes is in for a jolt The prune raisers of California have come togetlier ana decided tney are not getting all the prune juice in sight They want more Of it and will so handle the goods that optimists and other victims of the habit must come across or go without. Seventy-five per cent of the production is under control of the asso ciation. Liberality will rule with respect to home needs, but on this side of the mountains the prune appetite must dig up or suffer. Owing to the high cost of living and other thines. the mayor of Philadelphia denounces the customary political shakedown of police and fire men. In former years "political donations" from these sources brought 55 per man for the ward committee and $10 each for the city committee. This year the city committee stands for the old figure, but the ward committee wants 1 per cent of wages, making the minimum shakedown $20. The victims are encouraged by the mayor's stand and arc organizing to defy the grafterf One Year Ago Today in the War. Roumanians evacuated Vulcan Pass. Twelve Zepjielins in night raid over London and the English ceast coast killed thirty-eight persons and injured 125., In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. B. B. Younr. the new director of the Apollo club, has arrived frutn Salt Lake and will take up hia residence In this city. The building- of a new passenger depot ky the Union Pacific on Tenth between Leavenworth and the present depot la again up for discussion. Professor Gillespie, auperlntendent, and Dr. McFarland, one of the faculty. of the Deaf and Dumb asylum, were at the depot all day receiving the Incom ing pupils, numbering about 125. George W. Holdrege, general man ager of the B. & M., has gone to Den ver. Milton Nobles made his annua ap pearance at Boyd's before a large audience in his new piece "From Sire to Son." The building erected by John A. Wakefield over his lumber yard, be tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth near Pierce is about completed and covers more ground than any other building in the city. Hobby Brothers took out a permit for the erection of a three-story and basement brick block at the corner of Leavenworth street and Park avenue, to cost $20,000. Fully 1.000 Odd Fellows stopped over in Omaha after the adjournment of the sovereign grand lodge for the purpose of laying the cornerstone of the new hall of Goodrich lodge, Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows,, at Hamilton and Saunders. AROUND THE CITIES. Sioux City reporta an exodaa of land aeekera from that section to the aouth. Auto joy ridera in Chicago last Sunday rolled up a score of five dead and many serious injuries. Philadelphia!!! put much faith In official assurances that. a fourteen-ounce loaf of wheat bread for 5 ctnts is on the way. H. B. Irwin, local grain controller, saya it ia a sure thing "before long-." For the first time in forty years last Sun day was a dry day in Peoria, III. The im mediate cause of the drouth was the hilarity of flocks of excursionists who hit the town for a souss on the Sabbath. Consumer! in fit. Joe arc organizinc for fight agatnat food boardera and avaricious dealers. An attempt to corner potatoes and boost prloea to 14 bushel lend vim to a projected drive against "profiteers. Hot Urea of indignation are cracking around the coal dealers of Salt Lake for failing to come down as Uncle Sam decreed. Idaho buyers join the local crowd -in swell ing the flames and are wiring hot appeals to Garfield to etdp the alleged holdup. Down in Caney, Kan., P. B. Humphrey, superintendent of schools, turned down an invitation to help entertain departing sol diers with the remark: "Wa don't want to entertain roughnecks." Mr. Humphrey has made a public apology and will garner fool's luck if he holds his job. A flicker of doubt as to the purity of the evidence caused Judge Iddlngs of Sioux City, hearing some bootlegging eases, to call for a sample bottle. of the goods. The label said it was beer,' it had the color and the bubbles on the jtollar ware conclusive. The judge passed the bottle down from the 4 bench, let the, lawyers fondle It and re served decision. wnat Happened to the con tents? . lt A roundup of prominent retail shoe stores in New York City by World reporters re vealed a . variation in prices of footwear ranging from $5 to 18 and $10 to $12, with out change in .the quality of the goods. Prices art aid to advance as the neighbor hood caters to the fashionables. . Ona dealer representing a manufacturer told tht quit xexs that manufacturing costs advanced $1.50 a pair, but that jobbers boosted their share from SO to 60 cents a pair, ind that retailers exact a war profit of 60 per cent, while 80 per cent was the peace time limit. Tills Day In History. 1745 John Sevier, the famous sol dier and pioneer, for whom the Na tional Guard camp at Greenville, S. C, is named, born in Rockingham county, Virginia. Died near Fort Decatur, Ala.,-September 24, 1815. I 1777 General Howe crossed the Schuylkill river with the entire British army. 1779 The Bohhomme Richard, in command of Paul Jones, captured the British warship Serapis off.Flambor ough Head, England. 1790 General Willia Trousdale, distinguished Mexican war soldier and governor of Tennessee, born in North Carolina. Died at Nashville, March 27; 1872. 1867 Garibalda, about to enter the Roman territory with volunteers, was captured by the Italian government and sent to Alessandria. 1870 M. Duruof conveyed mail bags from Paris to Tours during the siege. ; . 1 888- Francois Achflle Bazalne, the marshal of France, who surrendered to the Germans at Metz, died in exile in Madrid. Born at Versailles, February 13, 1811. 1892 General John Pope, who com manded the Federals at the . battles of Cedar Mountain, Manassas and Chas tilly, died at Sandusky, O. Born at Louisville, March 12, 1823. 1914 French captured Peronne on German right wing. 1915 Russians reoocupied Lutsk in Volyhynia. The Day Wo Celebrate. G. L. Emil Kllng'ell was born Sep tember 23, 1863, in Germany, but was brought to this country when 1 year of age, and is now head of the North American Life Insurance company. Abraham Lincoln Reed, president of the United Trust company, was born September 23, 1865, right here in Omaha. He is also president of the Byran Reed company. Dr. C. O. Robinson is just 62 today. He graduated in medicine at the Uni versity of Pittsburgh and is also a post graduate of the medical school at Chicago. Howard T. Judson was born in Oma ha just 39 years ago and Is now su perintendent of the Midland Glass & Paint company. Fay-J. Uehllng, secretary and man ager of the Commonwealth Life com pany, is Just 36 today. Scribner, Neb., is his birthplace. Edward M. Martin, lawyer, is 46 to day. He is vice president and counsel of the Guaranty Fund Life association and president of the Home Casualty & Trust company. W. D. Robb, recently appointed vice president of the Grand Trunk railway, born at Longuoull, Quebec, sixty years ago today. , Walter Lippman, who is serving as special aide to Secretary of War Baker, born in New York City, twenty eight years ago today. Emmet O'Neal, former governor of Alabama, born at Florence, Ala., sixty years ago today. William Brace, prominent labor member of the British Parliament born fifty-two years ago today. Thomas Mott Osborne, noted prison reformer and former warden of Sing Sing, born at Auburn, N. Y., fifty-eight years ago today. Dr. Sidney E. Mezes, president of the College of the City of New York, born at Deloment, Cal., fifty-four years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. First day of autumn. The St. Louis 'museum today will open its eleventh annual exhibition of contemporary American paintings. Between 1,400 and 1,500 students are expected at Annapolis today for the beginning of the regular academic term at the United States Naval acad emy. The biennial supreme convention of the Order of the Alhambra is to be opened today at Syracuse, N. Y., with the erection an'd dedication of a memorial tablet to mark the spot where mass was celebrated for the first time In what is now the state of New York. Storyette of the Day. ' On a road in Belgium a German 'offi cer met a boy leading a jackass, and addressed him in heavy, jovial fashion as follows: "That's a fine jackass you have, my eon. What do you call it? Albert I bet!" "Oh, no. officer," the boy replied, quickly. "I think too highly of my king." The German scowled and returned: "I hops you don't dare to call it WillIam.T' "Oh, no, officer. I think 1 highly 1 1 my Jac.s." Parle Liberte. HERE AND THERE. Hansen's North pole ship. Nimrod, is now carrying coal for the allies. The present British Parliament has lived longer than any of its twenty-nine prede cessors since the act of union. A moderate wind moves at the rate of seven miles an hour, a storm at the rate of thirty-six miles, and a hurricane at the rate of eighty miles. A census of the Canal Zone taken by the police and fire division as of June 30. 1917, shows a total civilian population of 23,295, a gain of 49S, as compared with a year ago. Of the total population 7,447 are Americans, of whom S.494 are men, 1,130 women and 2.06S children. Of the population of all other nationalities (13.848), there are 9.S10 men, 8,00S women and 3,53$ children 'JTAG, YOU'RE ITl" "Der Tag" isa here at last, dear Villum "Der Tag" lss here. Und you are it, yah sthrlctly lt, Meln Villum, dear. Und neffer, dodge nor haf a fit. For dat von't moot "der tag'' von bit. Nlcht! Nicht! You're tagged, Tou've got der mitt! "Der tag" ia here, dear Villum! "Der tag" Iss here, doar Villum! Tour wooden head 'von't safe you now. (Le Boche you are, Indeed!) Unless you shtand on It enow To make your long rose bleed Und den perhaps, ve let you go To Join Old Nick of Russia; To let you know "der tag" vas here, Vot seea der lest of Prussia! , RUTH C. CHAMBERS. Woodenhead. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "That fellow serms a profitable customer." "He is," said the druggist "Ha comes In every morning for something to give him , an appetite, and every evening for some thing to help him digest his grub. Louis ville Courier-Journal. "That ladv Judge lias decided against us." "That's ail right." said the feminine at torney. "I know her. By tomorrow ahe 11 change her mind." Life. "The young nurse we just saw at the hoa pltal Is very clever. She made a man there cough up a brass tack." That's nothing. She made one or the young doctors there cough up a diamond ring.' Baltimore American. 'The rule of despots is about over. "What are you talking about? We may nut kings and kaisers out of business, but w"ves will remain on the Job."-Detrolt Free Press. "Do you think Bacon wrote the Shake c-eare plays?" . ,, "To tell you the truth, I don't much care. "I didn't use to. But I'm trying to open up some controversy that'll get my mind off the war." Washington Star OftBcDiuFBAnxfe Sanatorium This institution is the only one in the central west with separate buildings situated in their own ample grounds, yet entirely dis tinct, and rendering it possible to classify cases. The one building being fitted for and devoted to the treatment of non-contagious and hon-mental diseases, no others be ing admitted; the other Rest Cot tage being designed for and de voted to the exclusive treatment of select mental cases requiring for a time watchful care and special nursing. We are held in high regard by those who have availed themselves of our ser vices, because we have respected both their grief and their finances and have served them in a -manner that has won their esteem. N. P. SWANlON Funeral Parlor. (Established 1888) 17th and Cuming Sts. Tel. Doug. 1060 l HIGH BLOOD k PRESSURE Arteriosclerosis is a disease of the utmost importance, and the principal symptom is a Hijh Blood Pressure. This disease, formerly looked upon as a heritage of old age, is now very common and greatly on the increase because of our present mode of living. ." i In the earlier stages this disease can be cured and the treat ment that has achieved the greatest success is the D'Arsonval Method of treatment, as used in the Solar Sanitarium. This insti tution is most completely equipped for treating this condition. If you have high blood pressure you should not neglect this danger signal. CpME TODAY. x THE SOLAR SANITARIUM DR. H. A. WAGGENER, Medical Director 417 Brandeis Bldg. Omaha, Neb. 5v Winter Tourist Fares to Florida Points VIA ILLINOIS CENTRAL Ticket to All Points On Sale October 1st, Good Returning Until May 25th, 1918. Solid Steel Equipment Rates and Information at City Ticket Office, 407 SOUTH 16TH STREET. S. NORTH, District Passenger Afent. The Reason Why lir I e - W oodmen of the World Sell Life Insur ance Certificates $500 to $3,000 CALL DOUG 4570 No Charge for Explanation J. T. YATES, Sovereign Clerk. W. A. FRASER, Sovereign Com. THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU Washington, O. C. Enclosed find a 2-cent stamp, for which you will pleasa tend me, entirely free, a copy of "Storing Vegetables." Name Street Address. City .State.