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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, '1917.
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Will Venice become another Rheims or Lou
vain? .
rhe adverse vote of miners on the strike pen
alty clause supplies a clear measure of their patriotism.
It is a pretty good rule to ask, "What would
the kaiser like to have us do?" and then do the
other thing
Perseverance is accounted a winner 99 out
of 100 times. Here's hoping the oil seekers of
Banner county are among the 99.
When the lion of Columbus lies dowu with
the lamb of O'Neill, it does not require the son
of a prophet to guess which one cuddles inside.
U-boat scores slumped heavily during the past
week. The number resting on the bottom of the
sea must be rrluch greater than Zeebrugge will admit.
Reduced passenger train service signifies little
more than .winter schedules. Freight movement
is the pressing need and all surplus energy pressed
into that service best serves the public in win
ning the war.
Reports of vast savings of meat and flour re
sulting from meatless and wheatless days fairly
justify campaign expectations. The expected
happens when proper plans are made. But, do
he savers double up the day after? Perish the
thought! )
The fewer explanations offered for the
Italian retreat the better. Attributing the Isonzo
collapse to propaganda put over by enemies dis
guised in Italian uniforms merely strengthens the
belief that an over confident army fell asleep at
the switch.
The Turks in Palestine wisely back up under
British pressure on two sides. For the moment
friends of the "allies may forget the Neva and the
Piave and draw solid chunks of comfort from
the excellent funeral arrangements for Turks and
Teutons in Palestine and Flanders,
While many jobs seek the jobless in vain and
uch urgent work awaits workers, the proposed
ternment of the vocal boosters of discontent
(alls little short of economic waste.' Connection
with a job should be established and maintained
in return for entertainment and feeding.
. .. ...
The probability of Venice being a victim of
ruthlessncss is an occasion for universal regret.
Much of, its art treasures are reported to have
been moved away, but vastly more remains that
cannot be moved and presents conspicuous targets
for Hunnish artillerists. The sole hope of its
, architectural and monumental treasures being
spared lies in the city's defenselessness. In tne
light of experience elsewhere that hope is
shadowy, ,
Remember, however, that most of the disloy
etlty and pull-back on the prosecution of the war
is due to the poison spread broadcast in this
country month after month by German propagan
dists with the active assistance of such kaiser
worshiping newspapers as the hyphenated World
Herald. If that paper were as earnestly desirous
now for the defeat of the kaiser as it professes to
be it could not, -with its best efforts, undo alt
the "pernicious and insidious work for which it
was responsible prior to its conversion.
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- Liberty and Other Loans
-Now York Poet
Just June the treasury asked for $2,000,000,000
subscriptions to the first war loan and got offers
of $3,035,226,000, representing an oversubscrip
tion of 52 per cent For the second loan the mini
mum was fixed at $3,000,000,000 and applications
totaled $4,617,532,000, the oversubscription thus
being 54 per cent. For the first loan there were
somewhat more than 4,000,000, of whom 99 per
tent bought no more than $10,000; for the second
there were 9,400,000 subscribers, 99 per cent of
whom took $50,000 or less. The Small sub
scriber," as thus defined, accounted for $1,296;
685,000 of the first bond issue and $2,488,469,000
of the second.
In point of number of subscribers and (with
one exception) of amount realized the subscrip
tion exceeded that made .to any Joan floated in
Europe during the war or before. England's
largest bond issue, of last February, brought in
$4,943,500,000, including treasury bills" treated as
.cash; the total number of subscribers to that loan
was 5,289,000, including, howevtr, 3,200,000 whose
subscriptions were in the form of "war savings
certificates" a form of investment which did not
figure in our own recent war loan, but which the
government is soon to inaugurate. Individual sub
scribers' to the $3,000,000,000 British loan of 1915
numbered only 1,100,000.
Germany's largest loan was that of last April,
, l the sixth of the series, which realized (at the
nominal value of the mark) $3,192,500,000. De
ttajls of the subscription to this and to the suc
ceeding loan have not been published, but the
aixth loan was reoorterl to hv harl S fMTO (Wl nur.
chasers. The empire's largest preceding loan,
placed in September, 1915, was for $3,040,650,000
and was taken by 3,966,418 individual subscribers.
To the next, or fourth, German loan there jarere
5,279,645. subscribers, of whom 2,406,118 bought
less' than $40 of bonds. Subscribers to the fifth
" loan were 3,809,976. On this occasion there was
4 a striking decrease jrv- the number of small in-
vestors; those taking the smallest denomination,'
f $40 or less, being fewer by 25 oer cent than
d tilt case of the fourth loan. .
Lloyd George Carries His Point
The storm in the British House of Commons
over the speech made by the premier in Paris
subsided as quickly as if rose after Lloyd George
had explained the purpose and scope of the inter
ally war council Talk of bis becoming a dicta
tor for the United Kingdom sounds very strange
over here. Lloyd George is a vigorous and ca
pable leader, who has proven his ability by serv
ing England well in trying times. It is incred
ible that he should aspire to assume absolute
authority now. What he seeks undoubtedly is
unified control of military operations, to turn
the battle line into one front from the North
sea to the Adriatic. This can only be done through
a central agency, where plans may be co-ordi
nated and army movements directed effectively,
and the inter-ally war council provides this
agency. Tories and socialists of England alike
oppose' the premier, although the present cabi
net is purposely formed on coalition lines, even
containing representatives, of the extremists on
both ends. Only a few weeks ago Lloyd George
was compelled to ask for the resignation of a
socialist minister because of his connivance with
the party promoting the, pro-German conference
at Stockholm. The bitterness of party politics
continues to crop out in Parliament, but the pre
mier's new victory will establish him even firmer
in his position, and the war will go on without
disturbing Haig or other generals jn their great
work. .
Clean Up the Clairvoyants.
The police department has commenced a cru
sade against clairvoyants that should be carried
through to the end. It is proposed by the city
authorities to stop the practice of consulting the
spirits as to the troubles of mortals for pay,! this
to include all sorts of necromancy or mystic pre
tense, whereby the unwary are bamboozled by the
crafty. Such procedure will not impose any re
striction on the practice of religion of any kind.
Devotees may continue their peculiar observances
of rites and symbolisms without fear of interrup
tion. Nor docs it interfere in any way with psy
chological research or investigation. Delvers into
obscure or mystical lore may pursue their in
quiries, to their heart's content, enjoying undis
turbed such treasures as their quest may disclose.
Enforcement of the new ordinance will check the
custom of preying on the credulity of the igno
rant and superstitious and may thus do some
thing to bring an end to ignorance and supersti
tion. Gross frauds perpetrated by professional
clairvoyants and seers have been unearthed else
where and Omaha has suffered in some measure
through their operations. The city should be
made, unsafe for men and women who prey on
society by imposing on the simple through pre
tense to supernatural or unusual psychic power.
John W. Foster.
Death coming to John Watson Foster at the
age of 81 closed a life whose activity spanned
the most interesting chapters of American his
tory. When war broke out between the states
he was practicing law at Evansville, Ind., and
immediately entered the volunteer army, emerging
as a regimental comnrf nder. His political activ
ity brought him into national prominence and in
1873 President Grant sent him to Mexico as min
ister, beginning the career that led to his emi
nence as dean of the diplomatic corps at Wash
ington. President Hayes sent him to St. Peters
burg as minister rto Russia and until his retire
ment a few years ago, on account of failing health,
he was almost continually in the diplomatic serv
ice of the , country as minister or special envoy.
His personal connection with one of the more
exciting of modern political episodes' is now re
called. In the late spring. of 1892 James G.
Blaine, then secretary of state in the cabinet of
President Harrison, startled the Country by re
signing his portfolio and entering the race as a
candidate for the republican nomination for presi
dent before the Minneapolis convention. At this
time Mr. Foster was invited to fill the place
made vacant and acted as secretary of state until
his chief retired in 1893. The many and delicate
missions in which he served the United States,
his profound knowledge of international law and
his intimate acquaintance with the affairs of the
world gave him honorable distinction and his
services to his country will make for him a per
manent place in its annals.
Wall Street Checking a Deluge.
The New York, stock axchange has taken fur
ther steps to prevent a complete demoralization
of the stock market. This action has been neces
sitated by the course of speculators who unhesi
tatingly take advantage of abnormal business con
ditions to grab extra profits. Listed stocks have
been weakened in price for reasons explained in
The Bee last week. The use of tremendous stims
in payment for Liberty bonds and other urgent
demands has stiffened the money market,-"while
liquidation of holdings to secure cash has low
ered stock quotations. In this situation profiteers
haye found opportunity forf raids they were not
slow to make, to the general detriment of busi
ness. The governing board has made a rule re
garding "short" deals that is intended 'to limit
the .practice of the gamblers. Legitimate dealings
will be fully protected, but unpatriotic money
mongers are to be deprived of their power to
wreck business that they may turn tainted profits
into ttieir own coffers. We want no repetition of
"Black Friday." ,-
Whale Meat on the Table.
The latest innovation in the way of flesh foods,
that of whale meat, is making considerable head
way in America. One northwestern company re
ports having disposed of a quarter of a million
pounds of- this food within thyear and other
companies are activen purveying the flesh of
these aquatic mammals. This connects the Age
of Man directly with the Mammalian Age, but
that is no reason why our diminishing meat sup
ply should not be supplemented from this source.
Those who , have partaken of whale meat pro
nounce it (ood, palatable and nourishing and
worthy of its plac$ on the bill of fare. Here
is another of the lessons the wag has taught men,
too long set in the ways that produced comfort.
They have been jarred out of , the rut of tradi
tion and must make shift to find substitutes for
things no longer available. Promoters may find
some difficulty in substituting the whale for the
tender, juicy, grass-fed, corn-finished steer, but
it can be done. Competition between the cow
boys of land and sea for the privilege of serving
the people may bring an increase in supply and
put the price of steak or roast back within "the
reach of ordinary mortals.
Jn their search for the gulden dream- city of
Cibola. Coronado and his fortune seekers trod the
unscented oil fields of Oklahoma. What Coro-1
nado could not see fell unbidden in part to the
Osage, Indians, making every, member of tne tribe
a bloonfing Rockefeller.
State Care for Children
By Frederic J. Haxkin
Washington, Nov. 13. Nearly 2,000,000 orphans
were placed under the guardianship of the state
recently when the French and Italian govern
ments passed laws adopting tnem. no longer
will the orphan children of France and Italy be
permitted to die from lack of food; no longer
will they-ie worked beyond their strength and
no longer will they be exploited by thnttyrela
tives. The state stands ready to protect them.
France passed its war orphan bill ostensibly
as a debt to its soldiers who had iallen on the
field of battle, but the fact that the French birth
rate is so far below the death rate actually in
spired the measure. France's hope for the future
is now entirely wrapped up m the younger gener
ation. The children must be protected as never
before.
Italy, too. feels this keenly. The wars of the
Balkans made great inroads on the Italian popu
lation and the present war has taken even greater
tolls. The necessity of conserving every human
life for the future of the country is clearly rec
ognized. In this respect the Italian law goes a
step farther than the French law, in that it pro
vides for the state adoption ot all orphans,
whether victims of the war or not. It also pro
vides for the adoption of all feeble-minded jper
sons up to any age.
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With these exceptions the laws of bbth na
tions are very much alike. The French law passed
the Chamber of Deputies last July, after stormy
debates in which, curiously enough, one of the
greatest issues was religion. The Protestants ap
peared to be afraid that the Catholics would ob
tain the majority of memberships on the guardian
ship board. This dispute was finally settled ami
cably, but the law, as it passed, was admitted to
contain many practical defects. Concerning this,
M. Leon Berard, rapporteur of the deputies, 'said:
"The measure is extremely urgent and if it is
necessary to revise our work sooner or later
it will not be a matter of scandal or surprise, be
cause all the legislative assemblies of the world
will be doing the same, for the very simple rea
son that they are going to legislate on subjects
ever newer and more complex."
The guarding of 1,000,000 French children is
a complex problem in itself. To figure out theLV county Clerk Needham Is busy
needs of each child, from education to hair rib
bons, is a task that should test the executive bil
ity of any government, to say nothing of a gov
ernment at war. But the Chamber of Deputies
appears to have been equal to it. In the first
place a national commission, under the direc
tion of the minister of public instruction, was es
tablished. The duties of this commission are
to distribute the funds of guardanship, to inves
tigate and report on all measures affecting the
wards and to determine the eligibility of private
institutions for children. Its membership in
cludes 99 persons, selected from teachers' asso
ciations, public assistance societies, agricultural
trades, business and workmen's trade associations,
co-operative and mutual aid societies and philan
thropic associations caring for war orphans.
In order to keep the assistance of private
charity and at the same time to co-ordinate the
efforts of its various institutions the Chamber of
Deputies further provided for provincial commis
sions to be chosen from the same sources as the
national commission and to be under its direc
tion. These state or provincial commissions will
have""The actual control of the child. They are
to decide where the child shall live, where he
shall go to school, what his recreation shall be:
in short, they will decide his destiny.
The government urges, however, that every
child shall be treated as an individual, a per
sonality. Naturally there will be orphans from
every walk of life. Many willbe sons and daugh
ters of artists, business men, college professors,
army officers and engineers; other will be chil
dren of mechanics, tradesmen and farmers. Hence
the duty of the commission is to place each child
in the environment to which he has been accus
tomed. Says the law;
"A child, by the act of being born, achieves
a number of rights to subsistence, education,
family affection and legal protection. The father
is the natural defender of these rights, but when
he falls upon the field of honor France has the
honor of taking his place, since in these children
rests its future.'
The guardianship of the government is ex
tended to all orphans whose fathers, mothers or
other supporters have died during the war, either
as military or civil victims of the enemy. It is
also extended to every child born or conceived
before the end of the war whose father or mother
or family, support is prevented from earning a
living by wounds or diseases contracted or aggra
vated by the war. Illegitimate children are in
cluded and so are children of other nationalities
whose fathers have fought for France. "
Children already in colonies or schools .under
the supervision of private charity are automati
cally transferred under the control of the govern
ment, while the claims of individual orphans are
filed in the courts. If a court decides that a
child is eligible to be a ward of the nation he
is at once sent to the state commission of guard
ians in the province in which he lives, where his
case is considered.
Under the new adoption system when a man
is killed or wounded on the firing line the gov
ernment at once ascertains if he has any chil
dren. If so a member of the local commission
of guardians is sent to investigate the family's
conditions and to look after them.
Right In the Spotlight,
William P. Kirby, Junior United
States senator from Arkansas, cele
brates his 50th birthday anniversary
today. Senator Kirby is a new mem
ber of the democratic majority in the
upper house, having been chosen last
November to fill out the term of James
P. Clarke. He is a native of Miller
county, Arkansas, was educated at
Cumberland university, practiced law
at Texarkana from 1885, served two
terms as attorney-general, and in 1910
was elected an associate justice of the
Arkansas supreme court. Senator Kir
by has a wide reputation as a law
authority. He is the author of "Kirby's
Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas."
which is considered an indispensable
part of the office apparatus of every
lawyer in his state.
One.Ycar Ago Today In the War.
Serbian, French and Russian troops
advanced six miles toward Monastir.
British continued Ancre battle, cap
turing: several thousand German pris
oners and advancing on wide front
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
The new military company recently
organized met at Potter & Cobfe's last
night and adjourned to their tempor
ary armory on Farnam street. The
squad is under the command of Ser
geants Lowe and Webster.
The new police clubs have arrived.
TheV are of hard wood, neatly turned
and are stained a dark brown. Th,ey
lees
Loot of the Robbers.
Bruno, Neb., Nov. 12. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: In your paper there
was a reference to the doings of the
Fins. I would call your attention to
the fact that it is not the Fins proper
who are raising Cain, but the aristoc
racy and upper classes, who are
Swedes who came into the country
when it was conquered by them. Also
would call attention to the camou
flage of the Teutons regarding Poland.
They make a great noise proclaiming
a kingdom of Poland, but they only
mean that part of Poland held by Rus
sia. Austria means to hold on to Ga
licia (its share) and Bill means to
h$rtd on tohis share; to wit, Posen,
the old Mark" and Danzig with West
Prussia.
I call attention .to this, as very few
Americans are posted regarding the
stealings of the Hohenzollern robber
clan. WILLIAM C. MACH.
are worn at the side in a short sheath
and give the officers a deejdedly mar-
iiai appearance,
nre-
paring credentials of election for the
successful candidates in the late election.
The Western Printine comnanv filed-
articles or incorporation in the office of
tne county clerk. The incorporators
are: Albion M. Dyer, O. S. Wood, L. D.
Holmes, A. W. Lemar, C. V. Scharff,
and W. H. Dyer.
I no CJtble Tramway company set a
force of men at work puttine rh Dlace
beneath their tracks the pulleys upon
which the cable is to run.
Dr. S. D. Mercer received the high
est relative figure yet secured for a
piece of property in this city for his
lot on the northwest corner of Six
teenth and Farnam streets. The prop
erty was sold for $75,000, the pur
chaser being a Philadelphia capitalist,
who will erect a 10-story stone struc
ture Xm same.
The Omaha Press club has secured
rooms at the corner of Sixteenth and
Douglas streets. The club is fully or
ganized and will soon be in their new
quarters.
The- Italian law contains thesame working
plan as that of France, with the exceptions al
ready cited and certain minor differences. The
head of the Italian war orphan commission, for
Instance, is the minister of the interior instead of
the minister of public instruction, and the mem
bership of the local committees is different. It
includes the prefect as chairman, the guardian
ship judge of the coutt, the physician of the prov
ince, a delegate of the provincial commission of
public charity, the school inspector, two repre
sentatives elected by the provincial council, two
officers in service or on leave, one from the crmy
and one from the navy; one delegate from each
national institute and one appointed by the rari
ous charitable institutions of the province caring
for children. These members will guard the in
terests of the Italian children.
Thus the two governments have become foster
fathers of the younger generation. They are
building the future France and Italy from the
very foundations up and incidentally setting a new
example for other nations. In this country, for
example, the government children's bureau is mak
ing a study of these laws. .
People and Events
The appellate division of the supreme court
has reversed a lower court which exempted the
Elk club house of New York City from taxation
because the building was "used for charitable and
educational purposes." "We think," says the ap
peal court, that a social club cannot be made
in effect a charitable institution by providing thai
a small net income shall annually be applied to
charity." v
According to a report just issued by the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
American manufacturers are now supplying three
fourths of the $400,000 worth of shoes imported
annually into Jamaica, although it is pointed out
that much of this trade has come 'to us since the
war started and may or may not be retained when
normal times return. The American shoe has
won a fine reputation for quality, and especially
for style.
Postoffice sleuths cornered Donald D. Fitz
gerald -in Chicago and halted for a while the
smooth workings of a blue-sky stock selling deal
involving" $100,000. Fitz is esteemed one of the
slickest promoters of fake stuff who has survived
two prison terms. He had headquarters at St.
Louis and Detroit and numerous victims from
coast to coast The venture which drew the at
tention of the postoffice authorities was the Min
eral Farm Mining company of Idaho which was
featured as a sure thinta for 40 oer cent dividends.
This Day In Ilistory.
1753 James McHenry, under whose
direction as secretary of war. the Mil
itary academy at West Point was es
tablished, born in Ireland. Died In
Baltimore, May S, 1816.
1817 General William Shepherd;
who commanded the troops that put
down Shays insurrection, died at
Wesfleld, Mass. Born there Novem
ber 20, 1737.
1848 Insurrection in Rome; demo
cratic ministry and free constitution
demanded.
1863 Knoxvllle was besieged by the
confederates under General Long
street. ,
1903 Colombia sent a protest to
Great Britain against action of the
United States regarding Panama.
1911 Russia ordered troops to Per
sia because Its ultimatum demanding
the removal of Mr. Shuster, financial
director, was disregarded. ,
1914 New York cottonexchange
re-opened after suspension of 15 weeks
on account of the war. ,
1915 Bulgar; forces captured Kru
sevo and advanced east to within six
miles of Prilep.
The Day Wc Celebrate. x
R. L. Carter, president of the Carter
Sheet Metal works, is 53 today.
Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, for
many years chief of the Ordnance
Bureau of the United States navy, born
at Mt. Morris, N. Y., 56 years ago to
day. "
William F. Kirby, junior United
States senator from Arkansas, born in
Miller county, Arkansas, 50 years ago
today.
Dr. Lemuel H. Murlin, president of
Boston university, born at Mercer, O.,
56 years ago today.
Stephen 8. Gregory, noted Chicago
lawyer, formerly president of Amer
ican Bar association, born in Olsego
county, N. Y., 68 years ago today. .
Rear Admiral Eugene H. C. Leutze,
U. S. N., retired, born In Dusseldorf,
Germany, 70 years ago today. '
Rt Rev. Joseph P. Lynch, CathoHo
bishop of Dallas, "born at St. Joseph,
Mich., 45 years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
' The federal reserve banking system
is 3 years old today.
Kentucky will celebrate Arbor day
today by proclamation of Governor
Stanley.
Patriotic speeches that will leave no
room for doubt as to wljere the north
.west stands with regard to the war,
will feature the All-Northwest Loyalty
convention, which is to hold its ses
sions in St. Paul and Minneapolis to
day and tomorrow.
Storyette of the Day.
The conwersation in the lobby of a
Washington hotel turned to the sub
ject of poker, when Congressman
RichaVd W. Austin, of Tennessee, said
he was reminded of a little incident
along that line.
x One night a friend called to see Jim
Smith and found him playing poker
with a bunch of bachelor friends. Bot
tles and things shone conspicuously
and -cigar stumps and ashes littered
the parlqr floor. Obviously Mrs. Smith
was summering by the sea.
"Gee whiz, old man!" etclaimed the
friend, sizing up the scenery. "What
would you say were your wife to drop
in here at this moment?"
"I wouldn't say a thing," was the
calm rejoinder of Smith, as he handed
the cigar box to the newcomer.
"What s that?" was the incredulous
rejoinder of the other. "You wouldn't
say anything!"
"No," answered Smith. "I am raTher
inclined to think that all the talking
would be done by Mrs. Smith." Phil
adelphia Telegraph
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
, "I told my boss everything bad gone up
and I wanted my pay raised.''
"How did it work?"
"He said he was just about to say to
me . that aa his living was costing him
more, my wages would have to coma down.'
Boston Transcript.
Challenge for Pope.
Waterloo, Neb., Nov. 12. To the
Editor of The Bee: I see in your pa
per of November 10 one Pope from
York, Neb., tells of his experience, but
he gives more to laranguing the
other fellows for standing for their
rights as real farmers who have not
made ar failure at it This same Pope
says the farmer makes first $11.95
per day-for his year's work and now
he says he would make $21 for his
day's work. All the matter withthis
Pope is that he is sore that he has no
corn to sell. If he did he would be
one of the first to holler. He says
when he farmed he raised two crops
out of five, tells us what he paid for
a binder, corn planter and such, but
he doesn't say what taxes were those
days or what horsed cost. Today he
can't buy a binder for less than $250,
wagons, $125, a good team $400 to
$500. cows from $75 to $150, brood
sows up to $75 and $100, gang plows
$125 and tho others in proportion.
He says he has to work with his
team for $4 per day; now' he must
be a poor teamster if he can't make
$6 to $8 per day. I am past 50 years
of age and I can do it. I can get out
and shuck SO bushels of corn a day
this year and I will take this Pope if
he will come down here and put a $20
bill on one end of the row and we will
start at the other end and the first
one to shuck to the end takes both
twenties, he to do the same.
C. F. SEEFUS.
Home-Grown Stock,
Omaha, Nov. 7. To the Editor of
The Bee: I am reading The Bee's ar
ticle, "Call to Stock Raisers." v I think
those stockmen know their business
better than the city families do. Eggs
are 45 to 50 cents a dozen and pickied
at that If every family would raise
their own chickens who have a 30x130
foot lot they could be independent of
commission men and stock yards. Eggs
would soon drop again to a reasonable
price. Chickens to eat and , eggs to
eat. Yes, and the city should take the
ban oft pigs. Let every family be al
lowed to raise two hogs. There will
be i?50 pounds every fall for pork and
lard. That would solve the meat and
lard . affair and it would be so much
better to eat than the cold storage
kind. And in the Suburbs every fam
ily who can have three or four' lots
could have a cow. Teach children to
care for them. It will be good for
their health and they will like the job
better than jumping around at the call
of a manager in the city., I have lived
in this city 45 years on one spot. Al
ways had chickens and a cow, but no
pigs, because I could buy pork for 6
cents a pound of farmers, and they
are not so pleasant around as chick
ens and a nice little Jersey or Holsteln
cow for children and mothers to care
for. I have had no chickens or a cow
tor the last five years. My children
ae all grown up and have a dis
like for such animals, while I am lone
some without them. Why, give -me a
good shepherd dog and cow and chick
ens and they are all company good
enough for me from 6 to 10 o'clock.
Then a good horse 'to take a drive and
a good companion to ride, with me and
enjoy the beauties of. nature and the
work of man, whose ingenuity will
neveY be developed, but hope it will
not be used to destroy lives of their
brothers and sisters and innocent chil
dren as the kaiser is doing.
JOHN G. WILLIS.
2325 North Twenty-second.
If Germany Wins?
Omaha, Nov. 12. To the Editor of
The Bee: Should Germany win in the
Hohenzollern movement to conquer
and Germanize the whole world it will
.be the most stupendous calamity that
has befallen the world since the flood.
What will happen when the conquer
ing legions of the despot land upon
our shores? The treatment we will re
ceive will be a hundredfold more
dread than that meted out to the peo
ple of BeU-ium, France, Poland, Serbia
and Rou mania who have had the mis
fortune to fall into their hands. Should
Germany conquer the United States,
we will all be compelled to forget-our
American language, and will be com
pelled to learn the German language,'
as were the people of the provinces
that Germany stole from Poland ana
Denmark.
Should we refuse to give up our
own language we will be sent to jaiy
and our properties will be confiscated
for the benefit of our conquerors. The!
teachings of John Adams. Benjamin!
Franklin, Patrick Henry. Thomas Jef-j
ferson and other revolutionary leaders.?
will be wiped out and instead we will
be taught that might is right and be
compelled to follow the teachings of
Bismarck and other tools of the auto-,
crats. We will be made to forget that
there was ever a George Washington,
a Winfleld Scott, a General Grant, a
General Sherman, a General Sheridan
or a General Logan, and be compelled
to learn of Frederick the Great, of
Von Moltke, of Von Hindenburg, of
Von Mackensen, of Kaiser Wilhelm,
and have tiose butchers of men held
up as our examples to follow.
The monument to Washington will
be overthrown and one to Kaiser Wil
helm will be built in its place. Mount
Vernon will be obliterated. All mon
uments erected, in commemoration of
the valorous deeds of our private sol
diers in the warfare for liberty of
mankind will be destroyed and only
monuments to our oppressors wiH be
allowed to beDreeted. Boston and "the
Bunker Hill monument will be de
stroyed, as were the beautiful old cities
of Liege and Louvam in Belgium, for
nothing that savors of freedom of
mankind from the oppressors' handa y
will be allowed to stand for fear that a
we may again rise in our might and
again drive the autocrats out of this j
land.
Should Germany win and conque"
us the name of New York City will be
changed to New Berlin, the name of
the city of Washington will be changed
to Hohenzollernville, Philadelphia
will be changed to Hesse, Chicago to
Potsdam, St. Louis to Kaiserslautern,
Kansas City to Sonderhausen and
Omaha to Schneidermuhl.
'The name of the state of New York
will be changed to New 'Prussia,
Pennsylvania will be Darmstadt. Illi
nois will be Pomerania, Missouri will
be New Rhine and Nebraska will bo
changed to New Hanover.
But it does Jiot seem possible that,
the gallant young soldiers of the re
public who have been sent abroad and
the hundreds of thousands who will
soon follow them, will ever let the
ruthless destroyers of mankind, tho
destroyers of all that is dear to man
kind, the destroyers of the hoirie8 and
families of man, to ever set their per
fidious feet upon the American soil
and profane a land that has been ded
icated to liberty and made sacred by
the blood shed by hundreds of thou
sands of men who died that the great
est republic of the world should live.
It does not seem possible that any
army controlled by tyrants and des
pots will ever again set foot on any
part of the soil of either North or
South America, which has been dedi
cated by republics ' to the rights of
men. FRANK A. AGNEW.
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