THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1917.
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New Chancellor Same Old Policy.
Announcement of the selection of Count
George von llertling to be imperial chancellor
for the German empire contains surprise only in
the fact that the choice has fallen on him. That
Dr. Michaelis was to retire has been certain for
weeks. His utter inability to conciliate the oppo
sition in the Reichstag marked him as a failure,
and his retirement under fire is not likely to clear
the situation. Count von Hertling, as prime min
ister of Bavaria, has shown none of the attributes
that tend toward democracy. In the present crisis
he may be expected to develop an approach, if
not a coalition, between the centrists and the
government party in the Reichstag. This would
be a victory for the kaiser, for it would leave the
socialists short of a Majority, and reduce them to
ineffectual protest. Nothing in the new chan
cellor's career suggests that his presence in the
cabinet presages in any way alteration of the
kaiser's policy. Supported by gains in Italy,
and with the Bavarians mollified, the emperor is
not likely to yield any concessions to the social
ists in the way of modification of his war plans,
or abatement of peace terms. Already Germans
are assured they possess strength sufficient to
conquer peace, and it is safe to assume that until
the effect of the Italian drive wears off, no great
popular demand will be heard for a change in
policy. The two moves are apparently well
timed to extend the kaiser's chance to play his
own game in his own way.
Our New Camera Corps
By F reder c J. Hashn
After the pledge card comes performance.
" It is well to remember that it's the hit bird
that squawks.
The Allies made noi mistake when they
scrapped Constantine.
Co-operation is the handmaid of conservation.
Together they are war winners.
Every one of those five billions of Liberty
bonds polishes a shell for Potsdam.
Austrians have invaded Italy before, but al
ways found the climate too hot fori permanent
residence.
As an advance agent of war profiteering, op
portunity doesn't get half a chance to deliver the
customary knock.
"Forward with Godl" says the kaiser to Karl.
The patience of the Almighty passeth , human
comprehension.
The honor of firing the first American gun in
the right direction naturally fell to a red-headed
gunner. Artificial torches are forbidden in the
darkness.
So long as Meat Dictator Cotton delivers the
goods the public wjll stake him to the limit. If
not, a bale won't make a mouthful for the multi
tude of chewers.
Omaha is about to complete six months of
dryness. The verdict must be that neither the
fears of the wets nor the promises of the drys
have been realized.
Not enough discussion yet of the proposed
$2,250,000 school bond issue to be voted on next
month. The Bee's invitation to our readers to
express themselves through our columns is re
newed. Hohenzollcrn kultur in all its lofty beauty
shines in Queen Sophia's reference to the Allies
as "infamous pigs." Wonder which one of the
unkultured Allies swiped Sister Sophia's pork
sausage?
Elisha Benjamin Andrews.
Illisha Benjamin Andrews, whose death is re
ported from his late home in Florida, became
known to Nebraskans through serving the Uni
versity of Nebraska as its chancellor for a de
cade. Dr. Andrews had attained scholastic dis
tinction before coming to this state, having been
president of Brown university at Providence and
later superintendent of schools at Chicago. His
relations with Brown were interfered with to
some extent by his warm espousal of certain of
the political doctrines preached at the time by
Mr. Bryan, through whose influence he was
brought to Nebraska when Chancellor McLean
went to Iowa. Dr. Andrews' career at Lincoln
was not particularly eventful, although the Uni
versity of Nebraska under bis administration con
tinued to keep pace with the growth of the state.
When infirmities of age lessened his activity, he
resigned the care of the great institution and
made hisliome most of the time in Florida, where
he found a more congenial climate. A veteran
of the civil war, a historian and an economist of
note, Dr. Andrews found in the history of our
country much to attract him, and his best known
work, and most useful, "The History of the Last
Quarter of a Century," deals with the closing
days of the reconstruction period and the develop
ment of the nation following it. He will be re
membered as a sincere and capable educator, an
intense patriot, and a man of scholarly attain
ments though plainly misguided in accepting the
16-to-l free silver fallacy.
Intimations from quarters about to market a
good thing picturt the Thanksgiving turkey
chestier than ever before and scarce at that. If
Herb Hoover will feature a turkeyless day on
November 29, his place in the hall of fame is
secure.
The submarine commander who ducked from
the ship carrying United States senators doubt
less considered discretion the better part of
valor. How could he tell from appearance
whether a senatorial friend of the kaiser was not
on board?
The Ku-Klux treatment of socialist Bigelow is
clearly unconstitutional and the provocation
equally so. Unfortunately the socialist preacher
got his maps mixed and mistook the Rhine of
Cincinnati for the Rhine of Germany. One error
led to another. Repetitions are unlikely.
Lord Northcliffe's admonition to "tell the truth
and the whole truth" about the war, the bad
news as well as the good news, may well be
heeded by our press censorship at Washington.
Suppression does not withhold any information
from the Germans, who, we may be sure, keep
thoroughly posted on everything that is happening.
The German Loan
-Wall Street Journal-
Ln October, 1915. the secretary of the Ger
man treasury introduced the third war loan. He
admitted that the amounts voted up to that time
equaled the value of all their railroads and equip
ment. That the burden was appalling he did not
deny, and the only way he could see to deal with
future debts was to leave the question for settle
ment after peace. "If God grants us victory,"
etc., their enemies "and not we deserve
to drag through the centuries to come the leaden
weight of these milliards."
Two years have elapsed and the prospect of
shifting the "leaden weight" are not so good as
then. Some might even say they have disap
peared. Meanwhile, the "burden" has increased. Gvr
many's credits have steadily grown larger. The
first asked in August, 1914, was for 5,000,(100.000
marks. The last one asked was for 20.0X).tHK).000.
but this the Riechstag reduced to 15,000,000,000,
making the total now 94,000,000,000. Their own
bankers long before this set 100,00),000,000 as
the limit of what Germany could stand and the
war is costing her $25,000,000 a day I
Germany has completed subscriptions to her
seventh war loan in a war that to date has cost
near $25,000,000,000, or near 30 per cent of her
national wealth. Isolated, with a gold stock of
about $600,000,000, her government and people
are trading with themselves by means of incon
vertible paper, of which the amount must be ap
palling. A year ago it was officially stated that
the amount of the stuff in circulation was
$2,108,000,000; and in the report of the Imperial
bank for 1916 it appears that even iron coins were
minted to the nominal value of $6,250,000. This
and paper even less defensible is the "money"
represented by the seventh loan, the interest on
which, as in all other loans, is to be paid to the
people in the same kind of money by further
borrowings from the same people. What means it
when a man must borrow to pay interest?
War alone holds Germany up at this time.
When peace comes, if not before, its financial and
economic structure must crumble like an over
baked pudding,
Germany's Economic Future.
Whatever may have been the guiding motive
of the German war party three years ago, it is
certain that the course of the war has changed
its aspect so far as the self-sufficiency of the em
pir is concerned. Instead of a political question,
Germany is now confronted by a most serious
economic situation. Mills and factories are idle,
not so much because workers are on the firing
line as because supplies of raw material have been
exhausted. More than this, the matter of sup
ply in the future is to a considerable extent in
volved. The world's surplus has been heavily
drawn upon by other nations and England and
the United States now are using all available ma
terials. If peace were declared at once Germany
could not return its soldiers to the workshops,
for it has no raw stuff to work up into manufac
tures to send abroad. Al! this must be pur
chased abroad and the German pre-war system of
buying is not likely to avail under new condi
tions. Its "cartels" will find a new industrial
world with which they are strangers and that
great strategic organization which gave them
such prestige and advantage in 1913, for exam
ple, will avail them nothing. These facts are
understood in Germany and are demanding more
thought from the solid men of the country than
the political situation.
"Save the FoodWin the War."
The big drive for food pledges is on this week.
In its way it is just as important as the Liberty
loan. Americans are asked to give a little each
day to aid in winning the war. It does not mean
privation or serious sacrifice; it simply means
moderation. Even if it did call for sacrifice, the
little asked can well be given. Food is scarce in
the world, and the present purpose is simply to
make what we have on hand go as far as possi
ble, to the end that none within our reach go
hungry. If supplies are carefully managed, they
will be ample. It is not asked that people burden
themselves with masses of statistical information,
or that they go unfed or unclothed. Simply that
they do with as little as will suffice to meet their
needs, using available substitutes for articles that
can better be sent to the soldiers, and by a little
daily saving aid in accumulating the surplus that
will make our share in the. war a certain success.
This is what the food pledge means. Signing it
entails no obligation beyond being careful, but it
will help to win the war.
Omaha and a Public Market.
Food Administrator Wattles is advocating a
public market, with which, he reminds us, nearly
every city in the world of Omaha's size is
equipped. We once built a public market house
in response to persistent agitation voiced by The
Bee, but the market never overcame the obsta
cles put in its way and was soon pronounced a
failure and eventually dismantled. The Bee be
lieves the institution should have been main
tained, but the lesson teaches the futility of a
public market without the whole-hearted sup
port of those for whose benefit it is maintained.
This much is certain that a well-conducted sys
tem of public markets would do more for us
toward mitigating the high cost of living all the
year round than a muny coal yard, relieving only
a seasonal demand.
The matter of picking the right man for the
throne of Poland is particularly embarrassing to
Wilhelm and Karl at this time. If the selection
could be put over until the United States is thor
oughly kaiserized, then a draft on Ak-Sar-Ben's
roster of kings would simplify the job.
The first German prisoner captured by our
troops is quoted as saying the German soldiers
did not know that Americans were on the front
or in France. Perhaps not, but the officers in
command know it, and they will all be aware ot
their presence soon enough.
Washington, Oct. 28. Official war photogra
phers are now with the United States forces in
France. Wherever American soldiers and sailors
go they will be followed by the faithful moving
picture man, ady at any minute to grind out,
"United States Troops Go Over the Top" or
"Heavy Gunfire on the Firing Line." Other mem
bers of the photographic division will take
"stills" and yet others attached to the aviation
section are preparing to secure photographs of
enemy trenches and fortifications in the face of
hostile fire.
Our photographic division was planned and
built up almost over night, it is only a few weeks
old, but already it is one of the most important
branches of the service. There arc no raw re
cruits in the division. Every man is there be
cause he can do some particular thing and do it
well. When the War department decided that
the time had come to organize the star! of camera
men and laboratory workers it did not wait for
casual volunteers. It got in touch with the com
mittee on public information and the committee
immediately produced data on the best available
photo scientists, moving picture men and still
camera men in the country.
Two months later the photographic division
of the signal corps was occupying four rooms of
Washington's priceless office space and four ma
jors, a captain, two or three dozen lieutenants and
a number of enlisted men were directing, study
ing and experimenting in laboratory, office and
training camp. Jifet exactly how many men are,
or will be, in the division cannot be made pub
lic, as this information would indirectly disclose
the number of men abroad.
All the best features of the allied war pho
tography systems are being adapted to fit our
particular needs and we are profiting by the ex
perience of all the warring nations. At the be
ginning of the war unofficial photographers were
allowed on all the war fronts by the foreign
army authorities. The belligerents quickly learned
that this was an unwise procedure, for it resulted
in a leakage of valuable military information. To
day the official photographer has the field to him
self, working as a part of the military machine.
The British government has three official camera
men to take war news pictures for the public.
All of our war pictures will also be official, but
our news camera force will run into the hundreds.
From abroad we secured the idea of releasing
the pictures for the benefit of the war relief so
cieties. The Russian war news pictures are in
the hands of the Skobelerf committee, an organi
zation for the relief of Russian wounded in the
hands of the enemy. This committee is author
ized by the Russian government and headed by
a Russian army officer. It sends out its official
photographers on assignments and then manufac
tures and sells the pictures taken, the proceeds
going for the benefit of the relief work. Our
use of the Red Cross in this matter will be lim
ited to the distribution of the pictures to picture
companies through the nation. A special Red
Cross committee will distribute the official pic
tures that are turned over to it by the commit
tee on public information and the net profit will
be, added to the Red Cross fund. This method
of release will give the various moving picture
corporations an equal chance at the pictures. The
alternative would be- to display all pictures
through one company, an arrangement which
would involve less work, but would give one con
cern an advantage over the others.
The photographic division is so new that it
seems natural to refer to its activities as affairs
of the future. The fact is that even now its pic
tures are being printed in the newly created sig
nal corps photo laboratory in Washington and
results of its work are ready for use. Lenses,
paper and photographic apparatus of all kinds
are being studied and improved, though the most
up-to-date and labor-saving equipment ,is in use.
Many of the officers in charge of the photo
laboratory are news photographers who have seen
service on every European front. The enlisted
camera man faces the same dangers and hard
ships as the soldier in the front line of trenches,
but the civilian war photographer has a few
extra worries, such as being continually taken
for a spy and often nearly shot and having his
best pictures held up by the censor. Diplomacy
is more essential to him than a passport, for by
diplomacy a general may be induced to trot out
a battalion or so and stage an attack or shoot
off a few four-inch guns. He may even, if prop
erly approached, send his army out of a city
already taken and let the camera record the tri
umphal entry for the benefit of the public. Such
pictures are not, properly speaking, fakes, be
cause they represent true conditions and merely
have the advantage of being taken under favor
able circumstances. Most war pictures, how
ever, are snapped without special preparation.
Our official photographers will be attached en
tirely to the American divisions and staff head
quarters and their official status will remove for
them many of the difficulties faced by the civilian
photographer after news.
Pictures by our men, stamped with the seal
of approval of the committee on public infor
mation, will soon be featured at local moving pic
ture theaters; already they are being displayed in
newspapers and magazines. These and other pic
tures of a more technical or confidential charac
ter will be studied in training camps and at the
War college. Representative pictures will be laid
aside for historical purposes, so that America's
share in the great war will be vividly preserved
for future generations of Americans.
German airplanes falling within the allied lines
have several times placed unique cameras in the
allies' hands. One of these German machines
suggests that the popular term "shoot" referring
to the snapping of a picture may be literally appli
cable, for a trigger like that of a gun controls the
shutter and the camera itself has the appearance
of a revolver.
Great stress is being laid upon aerial scouting
in this war. The highest military honors are con
ferred upon the men who "take" enem batteries
under the fire of hostile aircraft and ground bat
teries. The airplane photographer is the lineal
successor of the scout of civil and Spanish-American
war days, who reconnoitered on foot or on
horseback. He flies in the zone of hottest fight
ing. His business is not to give battle, but to
take pictures, and he has often to do l is dan
gerous work without the anodyne of excitement
born of fighting back.
Air Highway Coast to Coast
-Mlnnaapolia Journal-
President Wilson is said to be favorably im
pressed by a suggestion made by the Aero Club of
America for the establishment of an aerial high
way (highway seems to be, an especially happy
name-in this correction) from New York to San
Francisco, with branches running (or rather fly
ing) to important centers north and south of the
main line. It is to be called the "Woodrow Wilson
Aerial Highway."
Airplanes have already been built of sufficient
stability and carrying capacity to make the
project entirely feasible, and the perfection of the
Liberty motor assures a satisfactory power unit.
The pioneer aerial liners would not do much
with freight, but for the carrying of mail, includ
ing parcel post, would prove highly valuable. A
limited number of passengers would also be
carried.
The air line is indeed no dream. The belliger
ents are spending millions on aircraft, and the
United States has appropriated, over $600,000,000
for aviation purposes a sum twice the cost of the
Panama canal. Once the war is over an immense
number of high-powered planes of great lifting
capacity will be available for peaceful uses.
The air age is already here; and we shatl see
the practical results of the knowledge acquired
during the war utilized in peaceful pursuits as
soon as it is possible to turn from destruction
to construction. Large numbers of trained air
men wilLfind positions in the service and a new
era will Uawn.
Right In the Spotlight.
Bishop Paul Jones ot Utah, who has
been requested to resign his post, by
formal action taken by the laity of two
of the leading congregations of Salt
Lake City, is one of the youngest
bishops of the Protestant Episcopal
church. Born at Wilkesbarre, Pa., 37
years ago, he was graduated from
Yale In 1902 and from the Episcopal
Theological school at Cambridge
Mass., four years later. In 1. he
was ordained a priest of the Protwst
ant Episcopal church and settled down
for his life work in I'tah. His election
to the bishopric came in 1914 as a
recognition of his efficient record in
subordinate positions. Bishop Jones
has been a socialist for some years.
Now he has been formally charged
with disloyalty to his country as indi
cated by hia membership in organiza
tions not in sympathy with the na
tional purpose, and also by his own
criticism of the government.
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Plea! Send Xanies.
Will "A. D. M. A City Woman"
please send her name to the editor of
The Bee? Otherwise her letter will
not be printed. "E. H. H." will also
please take notice, as this applies to
his letter.
Suggests Death Penalty.
Omaha, Oct. 29. To the Editor of
The Bee: The warning sent out by
the federal food administrator that
a conspiracy to destroy food exists is
sufficient Justification for a govern
ment proclamation that the death pen
alty will be the medicine administered
to all persons convicted of incendia
rism or promoting it and that the de
cree will be rigidly enforced as long
as a state of war exists.
THOMAS HENRY WATKINS.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
German submarine L-53 safely
reached German port.
Roumanians assailed von Falken
hayn'g principal army.
Washington sent inquiry to Berlin
concerning sinking of steamship
Marina and loss of American lives.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
The extension of the water mains to
South Omaha will be completed this
week. The 18-inch main will run
through that city to the southern end
and there will be a 14-ineh main on
N street and a 12-inch to the stock
yards.
Lieutenant Kennon, the Niobrara
voyageur, arrived in this city after a
trip of 15 days.
The dramatization of Conway's
novel, "Called Back," which has been
extensively read by people in this city,
is the attraction at the Boyd.
Two lots on the corner of N street
and Railroad avenue were subdivided
and sold for $15,000 each.
Thomas Kilpatrick, senior member
of the Kllpatrick-Koch Dry Goods
company, returned from an enjoyable
trip to Europe.
A most enjoyable evening was spent
at the concert given by the Sunday
school of the Hanscom Park Methodist
Episcopal church.
The driving of the piers for the via
duct of the new bridge on Douglas
street will be completed in the near
future and work upon the uprights
and superstructure will be immedi
ately begun.
This Day in History.
1740 William Paca, a Maryland
signer of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, born In Harford county,
Maryland. Died in 1799.
1827 A marble statue of George
Washington was placed In the state
house in Boston.
1842 John B. Gough, who became
the foremost temperance orator of his
day, first signed the pledge at Wor
cester, Mass.
1847 George Burgess was conse
crated Protestant Episcopal bishop of
Maine.
1867 David Graham Phillips, noted
novelist, born at Madison, Ind. As
sassinated In New York City, January
24. 1911.
1873 International bridge across
the Niagara river completed.
1883 Philip H. Sheridan was ap
pointed 16th commander of the United
States army, and the fourth to rank
as general.
1914 Japanese opened general at
tack, by land and sea, on Tsing-Tau.
1915 Varna, the Bulgarian Black
Sea port, again bombarded by Russian
fleet
The Day We Celebrate.
Charles Z. Gould is 60 years old to
day. He is a graduate of the Shattuck
Military academy and the Trinity col
lege at Hartford, Conn., and has been
general agent of the Pennsylvania
Mutual here for many years.
James A. C. Kennedy was born In
this city Just 41 years ago. He started
out as a messenger boy for the First
National bank, and now ranks among
the busiest lawyers.
William G. McAdoo, secretary of
the treasury, born near Marietta, Ga.,
54 years ago today. t
Joslah O. Wolcott of Delaware, the
youngest member of the United States
senate, born at Dover, Del., 40 years
ago today. i
Major General James B. Aleshire,
U. S. A., retired, recently recalled to
active service, born at Gallipolis, O.,
61 years ago today.
Countess Magri (Mrs. Tom Thumb),
the world's most famous midget, born
at Warrentown, Mass., 76 years ago
today.
Edward J. Burns, catcher of the
Philadelphia National league base ball
team, born in San Francisco, 30 years
ago today.
George R. Meehan, champion long
distance swimmer, born at Charles
town, Mass., 27 years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
All-Hallowe'en.
General celebration of the 400th an
niversary of the Protestant Reforma
tion. A national war -council of the
Young Women's Christian association
is to be held today at Kansas City.
A aeneral conference of insurance
and warehouse men is to be held at !
the Department of Agriculture in
Washington today to discuss the pro
posed rules and regulations of the
secrstary of agriculture under the new
United States warehouse act.
The North Dakota Education associ
ation has decided to eliminate the
musical and entertainment features
from itaaannual convention opening
today at Bismarck, and to devote the
money to war relief work.
At midnight tonight the bars of
Washington, D. C, will close, probably
never to be reopened. As a result of
the Sheppard law coming into effect
the wholesale and retail liquor stores
will be closed, local breweries shut
down, and thirsty residents of the
capital left dependent upon the pri
vate importation of liquors from be
yond the confines of the District of
Columbia.
Storyette of the Day.
Irvin Cobb was on a Boston trolley,
riding on the platform, standing next
to the gate that protected passengers
from cars coming on the other trak.
A Boston -lady cam's to the door of the
car and, as it stopped, started toward
the gate, which was hidden from her
by the men standing before it.
"Other side, please, lady," said the
conductor.
He was ignored as only a born and
bred Boctonlan ccn ignore a man.
The lady took another step toward the
gate.
"You must get off the other side."
said the conductor.
"I wish to get off on this side," came
the answer in tones that congealed
that official into momentary silence.
Before he could explain or expostulate
Mr. Cobb came to his assistance.
"Turn your heads, gentlemen, Cobb ,
remarked quietly. "The lady wishes
to climb over the gate." Boston
Globe, T 1
"Camouflage."
Omaha, Oct. 28. To the Editor of
The Bee: Since some of the local
bugs, as the Bumble Bee terms them,
squabbled pro and con over the ex
istence or nonexistence of a dog and
embodied the Just-invented word
"camouflage" in their literal expostu
lations, it appears that they were in
strumental in promulgating to excess
and abuse this very delicate and re
fined term.
A housewife who talks conservation
to her friends and neighbors, buys a
corkscrew, one of the smallest com
modities of the home, has it charged
(indicating that she is well-to-do) and
has it delivered to the very outskirts
of the city. Now what is she doing?
Camouflaging, isn't she?
Also the minister who preaches the
commandments of God, which say
thou shalt not kill, and then gives
comfort to the very source that is di
rectly responsible for the disembowel
ing and burying alive of men, women
and innocent infants. What kind of
camouflaging do you call that?
Jj. A. DILLAVOU.
Points on the School Bonds.
Omaha, Oct. 29. To the Editor of
The Bee: Let me address this let
ter to the improvement clubs of
Greater Omaha, for they represent the
larger number of home owners, who
are in position to compel public offi
cials to reduce tax levies.
The tax situation is alarming. Here
is a paragraph from a recent editorial
in The Bee: "In 1914 the total schoo'
and city levies aggregated 58.37 mills,
yielding- $2,078,314; for 1918 the com
bined levies are 81.4, to produce
$3,988,908 almost double the amount
of five years before."
Isn't this one statement enough to
challenge the serious attention of
Omaha home owners, of whom there
are about 25,000 in Greater Omaha?
Do these taxpayers know that they
are assessed heavily every year to pay
the interest on a colossal bonded debt,
approximately $20,000,000?
And now comes the school board
asking for additional bonds in the
sum of $2,250,000. The interest on
this issue would be $112,500 per year,
to which must be added the proceeds
of a sinking fund levy. And, by the
way, the sinking fund levy of 9 mills
as ordained will produce $449,228.
Isn't that enough for this year, when
the country is at war with a powerful
foe?
Those favoring this bond Issue tell
us of the need of a Commercial High
school building and of a North Side
high school building. It was for these
specific purposes that the people voted
the last Issue of school bonds, $t,000,
000, in 1915. The school honrd and
the real estate boosters all argued for
the bonds on that ground. Why didn't
the board use the money for the in
tended purpose? After breaking faith
with the voters, how can the board
have the face to ask for bonds for
the same purpose? AVhat was done
with the money? Granted that it was
honestly expended, would It not be well
for the board to tell the people how
many new sites were purchased? The
answer would show the real estate
men are plugging for the proposed
issue!
Another thing the board should be
Induced to explain: Why was the
contract with a school house archi
tect at lVt per cent annulled and con
tracts with other architects let at 6
per cent?
And why did this reform school
board make a wholesale rise in sala
ries from Clontarf to Benson in the
face of a $500,000 deficit?
Will the improvement clubs demand
a full explanation on these points? Let
us make sure that the board is com
petent to handle so vast a sum as it
is now asking for.
I contend that it is unpatriotic fpr
the school board to put a bond issue on
the market when the government
needs every cent it can borrow. In
January Uncle Sam will float another
loan It is the duty of the people of
this city to defeat all bond propose
liens during the war. This is a self
evident fact. To suy the least, th
school board makes an unfortunate
blunder in proposing a bond issue at
this time. .
There is another important reasorg
for suspending building operations
during the wur, vis.: The cost ot
building material is higher than ever
before and will not decline during tha
war. There is much to say on thisi
PAn'uther reason is the unfavorable
municipal bond market. I have be,
fore me a long list ' municipal bonda
offered for 'v-ViVa at and 6 pe(
cent witl. uj takers. Wish I had tima.
to teil about them, f
This is the worst time in oO yeari
to place bonds for salo.
There are other reasons why thtj
school bonds should be defeated.
hope the improvement clubs Will ais
cuss the matter thoroughly. i
JAMES ii. HATNES. j
Indicts the Squirrels.
Omaha, Oct. 27. To the Editor of
The Bee: Von were kind enough to
publish a letter of mine in The Bee
m regard to the Nebraska boys at
Mare Island and so I make bold t
venture again. ,
1 always read Mr. F. A. Agnew s let-,
ters in The Bee. They always con
tain so much of common sense and,
of course, are practical and to the
point. Ins letter in reference to squh
rels i want to endorse, although I'm
sorry to say I m not even a near
farmer and therefore not fully aware
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,.,,u,nu ,,r th. ir.tm Ho in field and
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How I wished I could have told these
r,hirw n(,t tn build in that tree, tor
I knew squirrels often ran up among
its branches. In a short time the nest
was finished and the hen robin laid
her eggs. The second day after that
I saw the squirrel eat tnose eggs ana
destroy the nest. Needless to say, the
robins left for other parts.
I've heard folks abuse the Englist
sparrow (because someone else did it
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robins and songbirds"). After ten
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robins in my lawn and neighborhood
I've never once seen a sparrow at
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win him iirnnnrl the robin to trv to
get tho worm the latter pulls up, but
with small success, ior usuuuy ine
rhm rirlvoa tlim nff. Thfl law fof
protection of squlrrele, is sentimental
nonsense and ought to oe wipea oou
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