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When in doubt buy Liberty bond I
,Yes, but can the Iowa "wets" get the goods
t celebrate with? .
, low it still dry, but with a very noticeable
indication of desire to moisten up a bit.
Three-cent postage will be effective in two
weeks. Do your early Christmas letter writing
now,
; Four scant weeks for Christmas shopping and
shipping to American soldiers abroad. Do it
now I ' .
; Accounts of the noisy welcome home con
firms the suspicion that the So brought home
the bacon.
, Oklahoma Indians subscribed for $412,000
worth of Liberty bonds. If you can't be a fighter
be an Indian. "
Looks at if Edgar Howard's occupancy of the
governor's chair might be more in anticipation
than realization. 1
The impatience manifested over the long wait
for the appointment of our fuel controller will
be abated now if he shows that he really control.
It it passing strange that hotel men, princes
of courtesy and vision, must be reminded occa
sionally of the respect, if not reverence, due leg
islative dignity. ,
Though speaking without authority, we re
sent for our fellow Nebraskans the suggestion
that the result in Iowa may.be explained by the
fact that Mr. Bryan campaigned there for the
"dry." ; 5 . ,
The corn belt country Ueing assiduously
bombarded by die big gun orttofi of the Liberty
bond campaign. The men making out the itinera
ries know intuitively just where the money is, if
they an only bring it out ",'
. Price boosting persists in an ever-rising cir
cle. An occasional recession, scarcely perceptible,
it t preparation for a higher leap. The higher
the (limb the greater the concussion when the
inevitable collapse comet. "
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Every fire, it not incendiary nor every incen
diary fire part of German plot, but,, just the
same, the intrigues disclosed through the Bern
storff correspondence warrant careful checking
of every tuspiciout conflagration. .
Managers of munition plants turned into the
government treasury $10,000,000 of the $17,000,000
of federal tweet overlooked in the hurry of mak
ing the schedule, It will go mighty hard with
munition bookkeeper! guilty of that annoying
, mistake. , '. - .. '. f
. ; Count von Reventlow, the champion wind
jammer of Prussia, scuttles editorial ship once
more end explains the failure of U-boat fright
fulness. The explanation does not explain, but
it servei to vary the wind with which the junkers
muffle the pain of vanished hope. . ; '
j Omaha' hospital facilities, always comparing
'favorably with other placet, are now far in ad
vanced the best in any other cities of our size.
THe ' unexcelled clinical opportunities here now
ought toon to make Omaha the recognized center
of medical education for the whole country west
of the Mississippi river, r
New Lesson? jor Americans
-St. La all Claba-Damocrat-
: Not long ago we were calling attention to tire
perplexities of the makers of tin goods in this
country in trying to nuke supply equal to de
mand, owing to greatly impaired shipping facili
ties and the growing scarcity of one ingredient
indispensable to tin making which can be had only
in Australia. The tin-plate dealers had issued an
. appeal to the people of this country to exercise
economy rather than the wastefulness which has
always characterized Americans not only in this
but in many other ways. At the time, we ven
tured to hope that such an appeal to patriotism
. and altruism would reach even the women whose
culinary operations' empty many more tin cam
than they fill, and who build tin monuments to
themselves and their accomplishments as cooks,
in tin can pyramids in alleys behind their homes.
Nor can we doubt that the pleading of the tin
men has resulted in a more economical use of tin
. in many directions. But that we are still far from
making the best use of opportunities, and have
much to learn from more frugal peoples, a story
brought out by the new regulation compelling an
exportation license for anybody exporting prod
acts containing tin. is ample evidence. Japanese
merchants have for long been using the five
gallon cans in which American oil merchants have
sent petroleum products to that country, by
cleaning and refilling them with vegetable oils
made in Japan, and shipping them back to the
United States, where there is a steady demand for
these Japanese oils. After being landed on the
west coast; the five-gallon cans would be emp
tied into tank cars for shipment, and the cans
thrown away. Japanese merchants resident on
the coast, gathering up the discarded receptacles,
sent them back to Japan for use in the making of
toys, export cases, bottle caps, dustpans, etc.
, a Now the Department of Comnseree, being ad'
vised of such re-exportations, has not laid an env
bargo on the shipment of what empty cans the
. thrifty Japanese may continue to get, but it is
urtrinir an increased utilization of the tin by man
ufacturers, or .others, of this country as a means
ot conserving tin supplies,
German Estimate of American Resources.
In forming conclusions as to the German esti
mate of American resources and capacity for
war it will be well to remember that the general
staff at Berlin has never yet told the world its
plans. It is not at all likely that so thoroughly
organized an institution would overlook the most
serious factor in its problem or make the mis
take of undervaluing any obstacle to its plans.
Therefore we must conclude tl.at the published
report of Major Hoffe dealing with the possible
effect of the United States on the military situa
tion is intended exclusively for home consump
tion, with some slight reference to any indirect
influence it may have on minds in this country.
Despite the expressed contempt of the major,
we may be sure the kaiser is making due prepa
rations for the rception of the Americans, fully
calculating on our part in the fighting. Germany
knows our resources and also knows how well we
are making use of them at present Moreover, the
war lords realize that the conflict would long
ago have terminated in their favor had it not
been for supplies purchased in this Country by
England, France, Russia and Italy, That this
tremendous reservoir of power and wealth has
been tapped and is loosing a flood against them
brings no consolation to the predatory pirates of
Potsdam.
The Hoffe report may be considered as a part
of the campaign of moral camouflage, 6f which
stories i German weakness form the backbone.
These are purposely circulated in hopes that
Americans will relax their efforts and thus aid
their enemies. We must not underrate the seri
ous nature of the task beforeaour army and navy,
but continue resolute in all bur preparations, and
by acti&n show how ridiculous is the pretense that
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our sircngin in war is negugiDie. 1
William Howard Taft Our Guest
William Howard Taft will be in Omaha today,
for the first time in more than five years, and
come on an inmportant mission in connection
with the future of our country and the world.
When last he was here Mr. Taft was president
of the United States, and an earnest advocate of
an international tribunal for the establishment of
world peace. He comes now as spokesman for
the League to Enforce Teace, an organization
that has the support and endorsement of states
men and students, and which looks ahead to such
agreement between nations as will make war dif
ficult K not impossible. The purpose of this or
ganization doet not interfere with the prosecu
tion of the war, nor, hat the president a more
staunch or earnest supporter in hit present courts
than is Mr. 'Taft, whose mission is to lay before
the public ideae that may lead to permanent
peace, after the affairs of the world have been re
stored to order. His sincerity in this move it
beyond question, as 'he proved his devotion to the
idea before and while he was chief executive of
the United States. He will find ready hearing for
his cause, for our people have lost none of their
aversion to war, although entering into it heart
ily for self defense. No work can be greater than
that which promises to establish the world on a
basis of justice to all, with rights of every nation
secure. That it what the Taft mission looks for
ward tot
Our New Banking System.,
President Wilson's appeal to all banks to get
into the Federal Reserve system draws from the
hyphenated World-Herald fulsome praise of that
measure. That it is meeting the demands qf our
war emergency is admitted ahd'thVit may be
roadeof greater Sfityjct Js e,qally true, ( The
system is capable of ttfch expansion as will put
our national finances or the soundest of basis
and enable business to proceed at all times with
out fear of monetary shallows. Its facility for
turning credit into currency at times when expan
sion it required, for assisting commerce by means
of reditcountt and other beneficial operations and
possibilitiee mark the plan as worthy of full
support But, wbils giving it all credit and praise,
let vi ,not forget that when, the Aldrich-Vreeland
bill wat presented to congress -it met the undis
vided opposition of the democrats, who denounced
It at a great conspiracy to enable Wall street to
come into full confrol of the money of the na
tion. Ridicule and party prejudice defeated this
meature, but on the coming of the democrats into
power it wat taken up by them, changed in some
minor details and enacted as a great triumph for
the financial geniut of the party. Nb harm It
done by keeping history straight and to do so
we mutt remember that our new federal banking
system really had its birth under republican ad
ministration. Reward of Merit in America.
The news columns of The Bee one day, con
tained two items of interest as showing that merit
it still rewarded in this world. One told of the
act of a popular moving picture actor making a
second subscription of $90,000 to the Liberty loan
and the other of how two base ball teams divided
a-bonus of $153,000 among their players as a re
ward for extraordinary skill. All of this money
has been contributed by people who admire abil
ity of the sort evinced by the recipients. The
man or woman who can do In an unusual way
anything the public likes or cares for is cer
tain of a golden harvest It does not' matter that
in each of the instances here ded the money hat
been spent for entertainment; even that is to be
counted as necessary in some degree. One of
the singular features of our scheme of things is
that we are willing to pay for the froth, but ex
pect the solid substance to be furnished without
money and without price. V a
A new light is thrown on the controversy
over the physical qualities of city-bred and country-bred
boys. Dr. J. A. Nydegger, head of 'the
United States Public Health service at Baltimore,
awards the laurels to city-bred boys,' basing his
conclusion on statistics compiled by the govern
ment ; These show an average of 14 per cent
more defectives in rural districts than in the
cities. This it by no meant conclusive, but there
is unfortunately too much truth in the doctor's
explanation of the cause: The health of school
children is almost entirely neglected in the coun
try schools." j '
Major Hoffe of the German general staff
echoes the official view in advising Germans to
ignore the American army as a fighting force
on the western front Like war-lordly contempt
was directed at the British army in 1914. The
latter shot tome of the conceit out of the war
lordt and Americana will assist In blowing up the
remainder. The misinformed major is welcome
to all the comfort whistling in a graveyard gives.
The tactical wisdom of the Teutons shines
anew in following lines of least resistance. Driv
ing on Russia's disorganized posts furnishes use
ful trading territory besides material for acclaim
ing "victory" among the famishing home guard.
Planning America's Airplanes
tiy Frederic J . Hasktn , '
Washington, Oct 16. When congress appro
priated $640,000,000 to build a fleet of airplanes
it is safe to say that, very few of the gentlemen
who voted the money had any clear-idea of the
stupendous engineering problems their wholesale
order involved. Of all the strategists who are
advocating 20,000 American aircraft to flutter
over Germany next summer there are probably
very few who realize what difficulties must be
overcome to put a single thousand war planes in
the air. ,But here in Washington there is s body
of scientists, naval, military and civilian, who
know what these difficulties are, because it is
their business to overcome ihem. This body,
one of the most important ana least known iorcct
behind the world's biggest airplane program, is
the national advisory committee for aeronautics,
There are a dozen men on the committee, Two
of them are army officers, two come from the
navy, four are men high up in other government
departments and the remainder are technical and
theoretical experts selected from the country at
large. Their business it with the theory of air
craft, their work It too hopelessly technical to
come under the eye of the layman or to be un
derstood when it does, yet it must be the founda
tion for all quantity production of flying craft
Recently the committee published a report of
which it was said that not more than ten men
in the United States could understand the whole
of it But reports like this are what make pos
sible the sudden appearance of new and improved
types of airplanes on .the fighting front, such as
the Fokker of the Teutons and the allies' Nieu
port and Spad. Behind the wood and steel of
every machine lies a maze of theory and techni
cal calculation that determines power, stability
and speed. . ,j .
The advisory committee understands the mag
nitude of the construction problems involved in
our aircraft program, but that is far from Indicat
ing that they believwe have "bitten off more
than we can chew." The problems will be solved,
but the public 6ught not to take, it for granted
that there are no problems nor fail to appreci
ate the value of the men who work them out
' For example, the committee is about to pub
lish a report on the use of cottom fabrics in the
wings of airplanes. That report represents a
triumph over an obstacle of the first magnitude.
It wat long believed that linen was the only
suitable material for this use. Our great aerial
fleet could never have been built with linen wifffrs.
There is simply not enough linen to be had. The
problem was taken up as one of the most imme
diate importance ana the committee worked it
out with the co-operation of the bureau of stand
ards, in the laboratories of the bureau a proc
ess was perfected by which cotton can be made
to take the place of linen and serve not only just
as well, but actually better. Thus a lack that
threatened the whole program was not only over
come, but actually turned into an advantage;
x ne advisory committee lor aeronautics was
established before (he war. Back In 1915 congress
saw that airplanes were being used a good deal in
Enrope and appropriated $5,000 a"ear. for the
use of a committee of experts to study theoretical
questions connected with aviation. By 1916 the
airplane as a war instrument was looking up, so
the 3,wu tuna was shoved up to ?yu,uuu. This
year the committee has about $120,000 to spend.
This looks like a small sum, but it is about all
that can be used. The work is limited not by
funds available, bur by thi - number of suitable
laboratories and especially by the number of
capable men. f , fV ;v
Broadly speaking, the committee deals with
the theoretical problems of flight and aircraft de
sign. It is the function of the committee to se
lect certain problems that need study and experi
ment ana to see mat tney get tn nrst. ror mere
are not sufficient facilities in the United States
to work at ihe same time on all the features that
will bear improvement Hence the most vital
have to be picked out for precedence.
Saving decided what .-to. work on, there are
us ways of going to work.1 Several impor
tant and expensive investigations have been con
ducted under the supervision of the committee
without any expense to the government Suth
work is done by industrial corporations, whose
business will benefit if the problem in question is
solved. Other investigations are carried on in
University laboratories which are particularly-well
equipped for the task. In such cases enough
money, is taken from the appropriation to cover
the cost Very important work has been dole at .
the bureau of standards and at the weather bu
reau. Then the committee has a laboratory of its
own. and an experimental flying field which it
tharet with the army.
Various details of equipment and construc
tion are being standardized and exactly defined.
Specifications have been drawn up for the seven
teen instruments which the modern aviator car
rier in hit flights. Eventhe words which ap
ply to all the parts and the evolutions of air
craft have been given standard definitions. The
committee has done away at far as possible with
foreign terms, giving the prefernce to the Eng
lish equivalent where one exists. A surprisingly
iarge vocabulary has sprung up relating to avia
tion, much of which will soon be in common use.
It is interesting to note that the committee has
adopted the word "airplane" and consigned "aero
plane" to the discard. A most praiseworthy move
was the decision to use the word "aviator" for
either sex,' so -that the young women who are
beginning to fly should no longer be referred to
as "aviatrices." , ,
, Carburetors, propellers, spark plugs, wireless
equipment and various materials of construction
are all being laid on the operating table ofj sci
ence with a view to their; recasting and improve
ment Tests of the famous Liberty motor are
being carried on largely under the supervision
of one of the committee's expert men. And as
a last word it may be added that while the Lib
erty motor is an immense success this does not
necessarily indicate that the designers of air-
tlane engines are sitting back with folded hands,
f the war lasts long enough there may be fur
ther surprises for the powers of Berlin. ,
I TODAY I
Right la the Spotlight .,
Dr. Alexis Carrel, whose opinions on
hospital standardization are to be laid
before a notable conference of American-
surgeons meeting in Chicago to
day, Is one of the world's most famous
surgeons. 1 A Frenchman by birth, Dr.
Carrel Is still in hi thirties, although
he owns a practice which is said to be
the most lucrative in the world. For
tune came to him in disguise. He was
for a number of years Jeadlng practi
tioner in a small French town, but the
unmerited persecution he suffered
from the pompous mayor caused 'him
to leave the "land of the tricolor" and
seek fame elsewhere. He landed in
Canada an, unktTpwn man, but came to
thr United States and attracted .the at
tention of John D. Rockefeller, who
engar d him for r ireh work at the
Rockefeller institute and gave htm the
opportunity for the experiments which
have made him world famous, in 112
Dr. Carrel was the recipient of the
Nobel prize for medicine. Early in
the present war he went to France to
engage In hospital work, returning
only recently t to help organize the
United States sunbulance service.
One Tear Ago Today tn the War,
Cunard liner Alaunla sunk by mine
in English channel. . -. . i
- British advanced their line south of
Bapaume. .
Reginald . McKenna, cVafcellor of
the exchequer, announceuhat Eng
land was paying $10,000,000 a day in
ths United States for war supplies.
In Omaha Thirty Tears Ago Today.'
The general shoot which took(place
at the Omaha Gun club grounds wan
participated in by a Jarge nurgber of
shooters.
A watch house is being built on the
Eleventh tftreet viaduct at the north
Lawmakers Dodge Taxes
'aw rark Werl"
The congressmen who voted-an excess profits
tax upon salaries above $6,000 carefully exempted
themselves. To create a preferred class large
enough to give the discrimination considerable
support they also relieved officers of states, terri
tories snd the District of Columbia of the tax.
A great many years ago, when national sover
eignty was not as well recognized ss it is today,
,the supreme court of the United States denied
the power of a state to tax the agencies of the
federal government Long afterward the court
held as a corollary of this proposition that the
national government could not in comity tax the
agencies 4f the states. From these two judg
ments much confusion has arisen.
' The constitution is silent on the point except
ss to the president and the judges of federal
courts. The president's compensation shall
neither be Increased nor diminished during the
term for which he shall have been elected and
the salaries of judges "shall hot be . diminished
during their continuance in office." - -
It will be seen, therefore, that we have nothing
but one supreme court decision to justify the ex
emption of sny office holder from taxation apply
ing to citizens in general and. of course, that de
cision, so far aa it relates to the exercise of na
tional power, may be overruled by congress when
ever it is disposed to act upon the matter iree
from interested motives. . ,
If it it tcandalous secretly to pass a law bear
Ing oppressively upon an element already carrying
a great burden of war prices and war Saxes, how
shall we characterize the men who were at such
pains to safeguard their own pocketbooks? s
It Is not without significance that the author of
this provision is Claude Kjtchin, who was against
preparedness,' who voted against war and whose
chief smbition apparently is. to make the war. as
burdensome as possible to the people who pay
the taxes to canjr it on. .
end of the main trues for ihe shelter
of policemen on the structure.
The first of a eeries of parties to be
given under the auspices of the A. O.
H. band occurred at Cunningham hall.
James Douglas was master of ceremo
nies and E. Burk and D. P. Clifton
'comprised the committee of arrange
ments.- ,.,1
The third anniversary of Nebraska
lodge No. 154, Independent Order of
B'tuU B'rith, wa celebrated in Germa
nia hall with a literary entertainment
and bail. - , ;
Dr. W. H, Hanchett left for St Paul,
Neb., on a professional visit
The annual meeting of the Omaha
Clearing House association waa held
at the Nebraska National bank. The
following officers were elected: Presi
dent Millard I vice president H.
W. Tatea; member of the committee
of management, M. T. Barlow; man
ager of the clearing house, W. H. 6
Hughes. , ,
Articles of incorporation ef the
First Presbyterian v church of South
Omaha were Wed.
The monthly meeting of the Wom
en's Christian Temperance union will
be held at its headquarters on Dodge
street between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets. . , V
Thin Day In History. v.
1635Roger Williams was banished
from the Massachusetts colony.
1781 Surrender of Cornwallia; and
tha British army at Yorktown, ending
the war of the American revolution.
1784 Lelsh Hunt whose cheerful
philosophy of life is expressed in his
literary work, born near London, Died
Jn London August 28, 1859.
1810 Caselu M. Clay, noted diplo
matist botn in Madison-county, Ken
tucky. Died at Whitehall, Ky., July.
22, lt . ' -
- lMZTewn of Monterey.. Cal., waa
taken by Commodore Jones, U. S. N.,
under ths belief that war existed with
Mexico.-, 4 f-.-i
1841 An Incendiary destroyed the
,Mormon temple at Nauvoo, ill.
11(1 A force of confederate sym
pathizers left Canada and attacked St
Albans, Vt
1S14 The allies advanced to Rou
lers, Belgium. . x - ' '
1918 Italy declared war against
Bulgaria and an Italian fleet sailed for
the Aegean, presumably to .blockade
the Coast. - -.,-,. I
Ths Day Wo Ceiebratl 4
R. A. McFarlane, president and
treasurer . of the Robert Dempster
company, was born in Ottawa, Can
ada, October 1, 1.S78; ' -
Frank J. Norton is 41 today. He is
one of Omaha's, popular real estate
abstractors. . , ,
Brigadier General Francis J. Ker
nan, U. S. A., recently detailed as chief
of the embarkation service, born at
Jacksonville, Fla.; ftf tyetght years ago
today. - i. , -f :. :
Charles R. Crisp, representative in
congress ot the Third Georgia district
born at EllaviUe, Ga., forty-seven years
ago today. - .
Judge Walter H; Sanborn of the
United States- circuit court born at
Epson, N. H., seventy-two years ago
today. " '
Dr. John H. Finley, commissioner
of education of the state of New York,
born at Grand Ridge, 111., fifty-four
years ago today, . . . .
William J. Burns, who has an in
ternational reputation as detective,
born in Baltimore fifty-six years so
today,-'. ...
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Today in the one hundred and thir-ty-sixth
anniversary of the surrender
of Cornwallia at Yorktown, which vir
tually ended the American revolution
ary war.: .. , . . ;
A conference of 850 of the most dis
tinguished surgeons in the United
States meets in Chicago today to dis
cuss a practical plan of standardiza
tion for the hospitals of America.
Theodore E, Burton, former United
States, senator from Ohio, is to ad
dress the convention of the National
Association of Cotton Manufacturers
today at Springfield, Mass., on the sub
ject of "Our New Problem."
More than 200 saloons, one brewery
and a dozen wholesale liquor' houses
in Dallas, Tex., will cease to do busi
ness tonight aa 4 result ofthe recent
action of the citizene in voting the
county "dry." -
Storyettf of the Day.
"The way Germany prepared for a
generation for this war was positively
uncanny." eaid a congressman. "Yes,
Germany's forty years of minute war
preparation is as uncanny aa the story
of tha potato bugs.
"On an autumn evening a group of
Minnesota farmers sat round the Are
in tha general store and complained
of the potato bugs' ravages.
The pests ate my whole potato
crop in two week,' said one farmer.
They ate my crop In two day,'
said" a second farmer, 'and then they
roosted on the trees to see if I'd plant
more.'
. "A drummer tor s seed bouse
cleared hie throat "
" 'Gents,' he eaid, 'all that's very
remarkable. - Let me tell you, though,
.what I saw in our to. I saw a couple
ot potato bugs examining the books
about a week before planting time to
see who had bought seed.' "Wash
ington Star.
'Tha maatMea day mm to b making
a hit. I wendsr if tha Idea won't apraad?"
-Tea, I andarataad that eons rcaa . thlnka
f holding a parkleaa aewloo ever? waak."
LUa, .
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Camouflage Extraordinary.
Omaha, Oct 14. To the Editor of
The Bee: I rf ad in your Letter Box
department several articles regard
ing "camouflage." The Examiner of
the current issue describes several
historical camouflages of how the
Greeks camouflaged the Trojans by
means or a wooden horse filled with
soldiers, of an incident in the early
Indian wars of Massachusetts where
the Indians covered themselves with
branches of trees, of the strategem of
Macduff in covering his soldiers with
branches of trees from Blrnam wood
and going to Dunslnane and giving
Macbeth his just deserts and several
other examples. But the most out
standing case of camouflage ever
pulled off has been going on right
here under our very nose and the
author seems to have gotten away so
far with the good as neatly as any
thing that history record.
I refer to the owner and publisher
of the World-Herald and senator from
Nebraska. For the last twenty years
that the writer has lived in Omaha
I have been amused at the political
autlcs of our senator and watched
him get away with it and helped him,
too, by voting for him, as I admired
his nerve. '
Getting back to the word camou
flage, let's review history Just nUittle.
We can all see now that his abuse and
vilification of Edward Rosewater wa
mere camouflage. Bryan and Metcalfe
were the radical camouflage under
which this reactionary concealed him
self and reaped the reward. Bartley
was camouflaged in another manner,
but it was camouflage all right. And
our old friend, Tom Tibbies, how the
senator camouflaged the "pops" with
him! And there are others, lots of
'em. Some Germans seem to think
that he even tried a new wrinkle called
"double camouflage." Wish we all
knew the details.
If the army needs a flrst-class, hon-est-to-goodness
camouflager over in
France let's all boost our senator tor
the Job, for he certainly has delivered
the goods hereabouts.-
CURIOUS OBSERVER.
Germany's Alleged Strength.
Central City, Neb.. Oct. 17 To the
Editor of The Bee: In reading your
paper'! noticed a report of a speeah
made by Rev. P. D. Vasslleff, in which
he states that Germany Is too strong
to. be defeated. Now that must be
very bad news to the millions of men
who are training and waiting to be
called to the United States army. But
I would like to differ from the rev
erend gentleman on that subject and
would like to know on wtoat he bases
his statement. Is it the old tale of
the kaiser being invincible on the "me
and God" plan or is it based on man
and gun power? (
Germany could have won this war
very easily in the first few months if
it had only had enough initiative, but
the disaster it met! at the Marne sent
the German army along the entire
front hunting for cover, and the 'day
the German war machine threw down
the rifle and took up the shovel it told
the world that its forty years of prep
aration had come to nothing.
Trance had time to draw its breath
and Britain time to organize and raise
the armies that are doing euch good
work today. Everyone has read of
the. terrible losses of the French, BeU
gian and British armies. Have the
Germans had no losses at all? Are
there no German dead on the western
front? Even in the early days of the
war when the Allies had no auns or
supplies the German losses were very
eavy. At the Marne, where Von
Kluck's wonderful army was shat
tered; at Ypres in 1814-1915, on the
Champagne and later at Verdun, the
Somme, ArraS, Messine and right to
day where the British army is slowly
but surely pushing the kaiser's army
out or Belgium. ;
Why did the Germans retire at the
Somme, at Arras and Messines? Was
it because they were too strong 7 They
lost 4,000 guns, 7,000 machine guns
and millions of dollar worth of store
and about 160,000 men in killed
wounded smd prisoners. How is it,
for the last ten months the enemy has
been on the defensive ana can't hold
the positions they have been working
on an fortifying for the last three
years? ' , ' -
I will tell you the reason and in a
few words., There is no army or or
ganization, nothing that human skill
can devise that can live in i front. of
the terrible gun power of the Allies
on the western front (and that is
where this war will end). The fight
ing is rapidly coming down to a big
gun duel, with the odds tremendously
in favor of the Allies. We have the
guns, the supplies, the men that Ger
many had in 1914 and we are get
ting results. Every strategic position
on the western front is in the' hands of
the Allies and we get stronger every
day, while Germany gets weaker.
The American army of over 1,000,
000 men will noon be ready. Thou
sands! of American airplanes will soon
be carting Cain with the German line.
The entire weight of the United States
is thrown into the scales with the Al
lies and then the reverend gentleman
puts the damper on us by telling ps
we can't lick Germany. It's too bad,
and t am sure the boys In the United
States army will be diaappointed. That
kind of talk may be all right in Bul
garia or Berlin, but . don't tell it to
American or Canadian soldiers they
might get mad.
1008 SERGEANT HANLY, ,
Late Princess pats.
LINES TO A SMILE.
"I find thla maa guiltjr of larceny and
itntence him "
"Klaptomanla, your honor. A caaa lor a
Sector, not a juJfu.''
"Very good, I'm a doctor of lawa ana
I'll preecrlbe about two years." LoulavlIU
Courier-Journal. ,
Maria Wlllla How Inconsistent tha gor
eminent la. For their officers' training
campa they say they want applicant whe
can bundle men.
Jane anils Yes?
Marie Willis And yt they won't let ui
woman enlist St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
"What! Didn't yon catch any flab at
all?'' ,
"Teat I caught a doien big ones, but they
were atolen from ma on tha ear'
Well, never mind, old man; .you've
brought home a new story, at any rate."
Boston Transcript.
Commander What makea you think you
ran get through the enemy's barbed-wire en
tanglements safely 7
American Private Sir, I've pinned up my
wife's party dreas many a time without
getting a scratch Judge. ,
First Boy (contemptuously) Huhl Tour
mother takes in washln.
Second Boy Of courv : you don't a'pose
she'd leave It hangln' uui over night unlets
your father was In prUon, do ye? Minnea
polis Tribune.
"Talking about educational Improve
ments, I would suggest l- have schoolroom
rigged Ilka vessels."
Why sot"
"Because then they could have what ia
much needed a spanker boom." Baltimore
American.
"Henrietta." aald Mr. Meegton in burst
ot sentiment, "your voice Is always muilo
to my ears,"
"Even when I am vexed, Leonids! ?"
"Yes, even then. A trl-'le Wagnerian, per
haps, but still , music." Washington Star.
Mrs. Hoyle She hasn't much political In
fluence. '
Mrs. Doyle I should say not: aha doesn't
control her busband's vote. Life.
"Man, why did 'you give your wife a
pearl necklace for a birthday present? Do
you know that pearls mean tears?" i
"Don't I Just! She cried till she got era."
Baltimore American.
I GO MY WAY.
I go my way
Along the path towards the goal
t hopa to gain. ;
Shafts of ridicule and hate
Are hurled by enemies In vain,
Who seek my ruin,,
I fear them not.
The wretched, cursed and bitter fste.
They'd loose like billows to o'er me roll
Wll pass me by and be forgot.
For. unheeding aid unflinching,
I travel on from day to day,
The master my destiny, .
I so my way,
I go my way
Knowing that truth will always prevail,
And though misjudged.
Maligned i-nd hindered by my foes.
Their work ia not begrudged.
They're not my referee
Jn this game of life,
A Higher Court that knows.
And whose judgments never fall,
Will render Justice In this strife.
So, with purpose fixed, believing,
Caring not what the world may say,
I fling my banner to the breeze,
.And go my way.
- Gertnr, Neb. W. R. TWIFORD.
To Stop a Persistent,
Hacking Cough
Tie beat remedy Is one yen eon
easily make ot home. Cheap,
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Thousands of people normally healthy
in every other respect, are annoyed wita
a persistent haugimr-on bronchial cougk
.iiA, jwj. u.Dvuivmx muir eiceu,
&na making life disagreeable, it's eo
needless there's an old nome-mada
remedy that will end such a cough,
easily and ciulcklv.-
Get from any druirHsfc."2H ounces of
7M A9 ce5t.Fortu Vow it into a,
pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain
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it at once. Gradually but 'surelv von
will notice the phle-rm thin out and then
disappear altogether, thus ending; s
coujrh that you never thought would end.
It also promptly loosens a dry or tight
courrh, stops the troublesome throaft
iickle, soothes the irritated membranes
Ihnt line the throat and bronchial tubes,
r.nd relief comes almost immediately.
.A day's use will usually break up an or
dinary throat or chest cold, and for
bronchitis, croup, whooping cough and
bronchial asthma there is nothing
better. It tastes pleasant and keeps
pcrfectlv.
Finex is a most valuable concentrated
eompound of genuine Norway pine ex
tract, and is used by millions of peo
ple every year for throat and dieet cold
with splendid results.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
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full directions and don't accept anything !
rise. A guarantee of absolute satisfac
tion or money promptly refunded goea
itn. tnie preparation, jh xacx to 1
f"ti Wayne, lad.
NUXATE
D
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HERE AND THERE.
Is Austria smoking is to be restricted to
tea cigars or twenty-five1 cigarettes, a week.
1 Apart from tha various shade of blue
and green, tha sea appears of deep red In
the Bay of Loango, yellow off the coast ef
Japan, white near Cape Palms, and almost
black near the Maldive Vslands. ;
Arthur Balfour, the British foreign min
ister, who was a recent visitor to the United
State, ia in the habit ef setting through a
large amount of hi correspondence every
day during meals, dictating letter to hi
teretary between the courses, , ; -'
A frame tor holding tha clothe' to be
dried over an oil stove Is shaped like a
great cage. It ta cylindrical, and its top I
dome-shaped. The frame is built in sec
tions, and when not in use may be taken
apart and set sway.
In an English faetory where 10,040 khaki
uniforms are turned out daily, aa many as
sixty areut out at tha same time by one
man equipped with a circular knife, which
cuts through the sixty layers 'of cloth as
easily aa if they were sheet of paper.
The library of tb School of tlfe Son of
the Empire, an ancient Chines university,
which, it is said, wa ia existence a thousand
year before the Christian era, comprises 1 8Z
tablets of atone, whereon are carved all the
"thirteen classics," the essence of Chines
uiture.
Salt lak City' health board note with,
oat comment that bites, not bullets, supply
a majority of patients at the city emergency
hospital. Insects, and animal bites brought
twenty-one patienta to the hospital in Sep-i
tember, twelve being victims of eaterpillap
bites. Only on gun victim showed up in
the same time. . , "
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