TttE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 9. 1917.
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ta tfceea. Address ceaagtd aa attaa aa requested.
Medicine Hit whisper! it has the good.
Jack Frost teems to have lost none of hit
old-time form.
No Ulk this time atout retting the boyi out
jf the trenchei by Christmas.
"Hide in Austria" bow traveU on the lame
:dioua level at "Made In Germany," ' . t .
Dei perate effort! to force a decision en the
lidelinei map! the beginning of autocraey'i end.
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The . esteemed Lord Landsdown drove hi!
foot to deeply into his mouth that self-extrlca
iioii appear! hopelest.
War promliei to drive horrje for keep the
Uijoni of national thrift. Succes! in that line
writei a credit mark for war, ! '
Ai a relief for poisible appreheniion, our
reader! are reminded that Omaha is to have l
mnniclpal ice plant by next summer.
tt ja evident front his remark! that the post
muter general did not consult the Labor depart
went before swinging the hammer.-'
Self-named "conscientious objectors" to war
wight command more public respect if they fe
f rained from wagging a yellow tongue at the
same time. - '
StaBdirdizing food prices stopl compttition
to that extent, but It Joe not stop competition
in service to the customer; In other words, with
price' tutting ' eliminated eervice ought to
improve, ;L-i: " v- 1
"Foots ti'd slaves of imperial Gstrmany"
tersely expresses the conduct of the Russian redi.
Kerens nd Dukhonin, wcrlficed' to the mob,
knew their enemies and measured theta with
camera txactness. -M .' . a,--
" Ar 'til these explanation! of ; why Senator
Jlitcheock has flopped from his announced oppo
sitipij t declaring war on Austria intended to
arjaart htm with patriotic Americans Or with
disloyal fro-Germtns? ,
An award" of from W to 30 months at Sing
Sing for, the first of pve r tharity grafters in
New York sets an admirabla 'a w a 't"
Profiteering oh Arswrlcan fehirosity. there and
liewhcca thaltengea Uta limit and soma over.
Some day later on when the IloheneotJtrns
iober'tip and see uje(ul job$, Crown Trlnce Rup
precht may recall Cambrai and wd a letter of ap
preciation to General Byng. The prince owes it
. .-o tha general for giving him the finest tank show
ver ataged. ;,.'
Running the "dry" blockade along the alis
souri valley cannot be classed a profiteering
cinch, A runner caught by both state and fed
eral court! may count himself lucky if allowed
his clothes. One experience enlarges the bump
of discretion.
If that tillboard atroeity js rtally one of the
necessary evils of war, why not make a duplicate
to embellish the front of the beautiful home of
our hyphenated contemporary, where it would
be surety as conspicuous as the one disfiguring
the court house.-
Nailing a German Lie
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There is little question that tha German prop
aganda is responsible for nearly all the under
current of discouraging misinformation that dr.
culates in this country. Apparently well authen
ticated stories pass from rnouth to mouth, gath
ering momentum as they go. They are started
with sinister intent by German agents, and are
repeated by the thoughtless without even an ef
fort at confirmation.
Manv of these have been exposed, but the
work of inventing and circulating new tales, cal
culated to discourage and divide the American
people goes stesdity on. , ' ' '
Recently a Hennepin county official listened
to one of these tales. An apparently well in
formed man declared with great wealth of detail
that the German guns were proving vastly su
perior to those Of the Allies. This, he explained,
was due to the fact that the Germans had the
Secret of making gun steel, while the Allies did
not. The result, he said, was that, while a gun
. of a certain sire on the Allied front was useless
after being fired 200 times, a German gun of the
same' size could be fired 4,000 times. v-
The narrator of this tale, professedly pa
triotic, was nevertheless pessimistic about the
result of this disparity in artillery. The county
official found it difficult to believe the story, in
spite of (he wealth of detail with which it was
told. Instead of repeating It to others, he wrote
it to the Scientific American. ; Here is the reply
that came promptly back: ; .'
"The editor- of the Scientific American has
your inquiry of the 2fth instant regarding the
life of Germans guna. Ha cannot assure you
too emphatically that the statements which you
quote are absolutely nothing except German
camouflage. The Germans have no monopoly
cjpon first-class gun steels, and their guns have
no appreciably longer effectiveness than ours and
those of our Allies. The next, time anybody re
peat this yarn to you, you might counter with
the statement that tha German industrial ma
chinery for producing fsnts baa broken down to
tKh an extent that in many parts o! the front
the Germaa forces are compelled to use guns in
which th rifling ii so badly worn that effec
sv aijbiing ad ranging is out of tha Question,"
Academic Freedom and Academic Obligation.
So much talk, much of it thoughtless or un
digested, has been indulged lately on the subject
of academic freedom that a distinct service js
performed by President Bntler of Columbia uni
versity in emphasizing the concomitant obliga
tion which the instructor takes on when he be
comes part ofMhe college faculty.
It is perfectly obvious to a teacher when he
accepts the invitation to become a member of
an academic society that by so doing he gains
in standing and authority and what he writes or
says acquires an added significance and com
mands a hearing because of the prestige of the
institution to which he belongs. And yet, to
maintain his connection with that society he
must remain loyal to its traditions and do noth,
ing to impair its reputation and influence. No
one is compelled to remain in academic associa
tion which he dislikes or which makes him nn
comfortable, and neither can he be expected to
be permitted to remain if his conduct becomes
odious and uncomfortable to the great body of
his associates. To quote from Dr. Butler:
"It is important, too. that academic teachers
shall not be so absorbed in their own individual
work as not to give thought and care to the
larger problems and interests of the academic
society to which they belong. No part of a
university system is without experience that is
of value in helping to meet satisfactorily the
questions that arise in other parts. The pro
fessor of law who is interested in the work of
the law school alone, or the professor of en
gineering, of medicine, or of classical philology,
who cannot find time or inducement to con
cern himself with questions affecting the en
tire university, or those parts of it that are
foreign to his immediate field of interest, is
doing only half his academic duty. No formula
can be suggested for improving these condi
tions. They will be removed only by patiently
pointing out, year after year, what the words
. obligation, loyalty, and duty mean, and by re
fusing to let them all be transmuted either into
label! for ancient vjuperstitiops or names for
various forms of personal advantage."
At the aame time no invariable formula is
presented aa the remedy except "patiently point
ng out year after year what the words obliga
tion, loyalty and duty mean and by refusing to
let them all be transmuted either into labels for
sneient superstitions or names for varioua forms
of personal advantage."
, While, Columbia has perhaps achieved more
unpleasant notoriety than most of the univer
sities through terminating the tenure of the num
ber of professors unable to fit the relation of
academic freedom to academic obligation, other
institutions of higher education are booked for
the same kind of trouble and may as well prepare
to face it by demarjdng the limits beyond which
membership In the faculty becomes no longer
mutually beneficial.
Where Tenants Should Help Out.
The manager! of our large office building!
have been counting the aggregate cost of beat
ing and lighting, and have tabulated the rate of
Increase of such eosts in a year. The result
might have been easily predicted. Based apon
It, the building manager! have made an appeal to
all tenant! to help them conserve coal and arti
ficial light. The tenant! are admonished to turn
off the electricity when not needed, for the rea
son that coal must be Used in large quantities
to generate electricity, Tenants are requested
also to be careful not ta waste the hot water and
to turn off radiators when the heat is pot needed,
Tlere la a word also to the fresh air fiends who
have a habit of heating their apartment to about
60 degrees and then opening the window! very
frequently In order to reduce the temperature.
' la times like these when everybody is called
upon to eliminate waite in every possible way,
these admonition! of the, building managers seem
to vi to be both timely and logical; in facOthey
are long past due. Real estate men and property
ownetrf generally have long known of the in
ordlaate waste due to Carelessness of tenants.
Everybody knows that the building manager!
have real cause for complaint jn this important
regard and wilt commend efforts to bring tenant!
to a realization of the Iosms they are incurring.
W't do not think, however, that a mere admoni
tron will cause a great many tenants to conserve
the heat and light which the landlord furnishes.
The case is one which sooner or later may call
for official action as suggested by the regulations
imposed by she local government! in Europe, 1
Range of Red Cross Work.
The firit ml-annual report of the war coun
cil of the American Red Cross, made public by
Chairman Henry P. Davison, furnishes inspiring
reading for its millions of members and support,
ers. ' Under the spur of war necessities its mem
bership has grown from 200,000, to 5,000,000,
millions of women have been mobilized for work
and 14,000 nurses enrolled for active service'. By
far the larger part of its energies and resources
are employed in France, where the vastly greater
demand for service exists. At different points
along the west front the society maintain! 49
army base hospital units' and five for navy, be
sides organizing and equipping 45 ambulance
companies comprising 5,580 members. Activities
reach far beyond these particular lines. The
emblematic helping hand reaches out to non
combatant' victims, to the homeless young and
old on all sidea of the war, the refugees in neutral
lands, the exiled Serb! and Roumanians and the
Armenians and Syrians. Despite these pressing
demands of war, the helping hand administered
to the relief of persons afflicted by other disasters,
including flood victims in China.
Public support and voluntary service at the
conmand of the Red Cross cannot be estimated
in money. Its great value is indicated by the
report showing the $100,000,000 fund subscribed
and collected for less than 1 per cent. Of the
total subscriptions $38,000,000 has been paid in
A little more than $10,000,000 was appropriated
for home work at training camps, cantonments,
naval stations and for supplies.
On the present basis of expenditure, Mr.
Davison reports, the $100,000,000 fund will net
last much beyond spring. Even so, the remark
able record of money wejl spent in succoring
afflicted humanity and in welfare work at home
and abroad insures liberal responses to the
second call.
That $9,000,000 surplus of which the post
master general boasts represents depreciation of
the service and overworking and underpaying
the men. For this he is entitled to the aame sort
of credit as would be the secretary of war if he,
too, 'saved a few million dollars by putting our
soldiers on a starvation diet and holding out on
them the clothing and equipment congress had
voted.
' The war declaration of congress signed and
ready for delivery emphasizes the oselessness of
wiring peace messages westward from Vienna.
Br Vic tar Raaavatar'
rpHE TERRIBLE catastrophe at' Halifax
x comes probably more within the range ot
conception of those of us who underwent our
Omaha tornado experience (on a comparatively
small scale as that was) than of people whose
. a a aa
idea of it is gained wnony irom newspaper ac
counts. Few realize what it means to have i
rr3t riiv aiiiMn1v rtvrwhrlmed hv Such 1'tre
mendous disaster, thrown into utter darkness
and confusion and almost helplessness as nap
pens in a visitation for which no forewarned
preparation can be made and from which there
is no possible escape. The pathetic, weird and
comical incidents of which the stories are now
coming recall the similar tales that accompanied
our tornado havoc and after what we observed
and heard here at that time nothing from Halifax
can be rejected because too fantastic or pre
posterous. I think I suggested once or twice before that
among the compensations for the burdens of all
these war activities we are engaged in must be
reckoned the occasions they present for bring
ing big men of affairs to Omaha to see what
kind of a city we are building here and to meet
the people who make up the city., A week ago
we had Mr. Davison, who was self-transplanted
from the house of Morgan to the head of the
Red Cross campaign and this coming week we
are to have a visit from Frank A. Vanderlip, who
has thrown aside his exacting duties as president
of the National City bank to direct the war sav
ings certificate plan for the government. Mr.
Vanderlip is on the top round of the, ladder in
the financial world and he started his upward
climb as a newspaper man. When I spent a few
weeks with the Chicago Tribune, now many years
ago, he was its financial news editor, from which
;osition he was taken along by Secretary of the
reasury Lyman J. Gage to Washington, where
he made good ana has been going up ever since.
While Omaha is not entirely a strange land to
Mr. Vanderlip, 4t -should be mutually advantag
eous to have him stop off here again long enough
to look Us thoroughly over.
In tribute to the memory of another pioneer
of Omaha and old-time friend and neighbor, I
attended the funeral of Louis Raapke, who de
voted a half century's active career to helping
advance the business interest of this city, during
which time he saw it evolve from a struggling
village to its present magnificent proportions.
The Raapke home used to be on the same square
with the Bee building, or to be more exact, im
mediately back of the city hall, but facing Doug
las street. This was in the days before the street
was graded, although even then their little cottage-was
on an elevation above the roadway.
The leading retail grocery of Omaha was origin
ally that of "Pundt & Koenig," which, when Mr.
Koenig dropped out, was reorganized into a
wholesale and retail establishment under the
firm name of "Pundt, Meyer & Raapke." This
later was split by amicable arrangement so that
Mr. Pundt continued the retail grocery and
"Meyer & Raapke" took over the, wholesale busi
ness, of which Mr. Raapke continued at the head
until he retired a few years ago. He was peculiarly
the best type of our substantial German commun
ity which, was such an important factor In lay
ing the foundations fqr Omaha and which un
fortunately is now losing so many of its older
members. '
The occupation of its handsome new building
by the Detroit News is the occasion of some
well-justified self-exploitation on the part of that
enterprising publication. What impresses me
most in the account of the structure, which must
be as artistic as it Is serviceable, is the series of
Inscriptions defining the ides of a newspaper as
specially prepared under the direction of Prof.
F. N. Scott of the English department of the
University of Michigan, as follows;
"Mirror of the public mind, Interpreter of the
public intent; troubler of the public eonacienca
"Reflector off every miman interest j friend of
every righteous causer encourager of every gen
eroui act."
"Bearer of intelligence; dispeller of Igrtoranee
and prejudice; a light shining into all dark
places."
"Promoter of civic welfare and civic pride;
bond of civic unity; protector of civic right."
'Scourge of evil doers; exposer of secret
Iniquities; unrelenting foe of privilege and cor
ruption." "Voice of the lowly and oppressed; advocate
of the friendless; Tighter of public and private
wrongs." !
"Chronicler of acts; sifter of rumors and
opinions; minister of the truth that makes men
free."
. "Reporter of the new; remembrancer of the
old and tried; herald of what la to come."
"Defender of civic liberty; itrengthener of
loyalty; pillar and stay of democratic govern
ment. '
"Upbilder of home; nourisher of the com
munity spirit; art, letters and science of the com
mon people."
People and Events
Sympathizers of the Bolshevik! held forth in
New York the ether night and let loose some
of the froth of the melting pot. One speaker
asserted that anarchists and members of the I.
W. W. were not pacifists, but are "fighters en
gaged in a war on society"
Howard Heini swings the federal food club at
Philadelphia, He has a large variety of awings in
stock and applies them with considerable vigor.
In several instances lately the plea of ignorance
of the law by retail profiteers brought down dou
ble swings and much mental and financial sore
ness. As a matter of reminiscent Interest here
abouts mention may be made that "bone dryers"
are. not multiplying In-some sections of Massa
chusetts. In last week's municipal elections four
dry towns swung back to the "wet" column and
nary a "wet" fell out of line. Salt cod maketh
a thirst that is a thirst,
" The president of the New York State Hotel
Men's association intimates out loud that busi
ness men from "dry" states now makes a atay
of a week in New York City, whereas two days
was the limit in former times. Moreover they
come oftener. How is that for a giveaway? And
from a hotel man, tool
War charity profiteers are getting a hot run
for the money in New York City. A dozen indict
ments are out against as many shady crooks and
several persons have confessed bilking generous
people for bogus charities. In one instance a le
gitimate charity was victimized by crooked solici
tors: in another crooks organized a fake charity
and picked up $1,500 before police raided the plant.
While the militant suffi were itaglnr a picket
act around the White House recently President
Wilson signed an order opening a civil service
door to a patriotic woman. Miss Edith Strand
of Princeton, III. Civil service rules stood in the
way of Miss Strand taking a rural free delivery
route served by her brother who was called to
the colors. The president's order removed the
obstruction and permits like action in similar
cases.
"Pitiless publicity" turned on war charity or
ganizations by the New York World produced
immediate results. Three crooked solicitors have
been indicted for fraud and forgery, thre- so
called "patriotic organizations" have disbanded,
two managing committees canceled contract!
with fifty-fifty promoters and nine committees
filed with the authorities properly t udited fjnan
eial statements. "The Hero Und" bazar now in
progress safeguards the income by placing all
receipts in direct charge of the Guarantee Trust
company, with an office on the (remises, thus in
arnica honesty and safety.
TODAY
One Ter Ago Today la the War.
French battleship Suffren, with 18
officer and 700 men, reported miss
ing. Heavy cannonadlpir reported on
Italian and weatern front.
Berlin announced tha capture of
S.ouo more Roumanians.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
J. H. Thomaa of Cincinnati comes
to Omaha to take tha position of fore
man of the Western Printing com
pany, recently 6tarted in this city.
Mr. Philip Miller of this city was
elected vice president of the meeting
that J
of tha National Association of Bar
bers, In session at Buffalo, N. T. Mr.
Miller-was one of the delegates from
Nebraska,
General Passenger Agent Euatis
of tha Burlington returns today from
a business trip to the west.
The Young Men's Christian associa
tion held the third annual banquet at
the rooms on the corner of Fifteenth
and Dodge streets. Over 100 persons
were present
John Klusman and Mary Peterson
were married by Judge McCulloch.
Both are residents of Omaha.
Charles L. Davis appeared at the
Grand opera house in his well known
piece of "Alviu Joslin."
A move is now under way to estab
lish a new hospital on a large scale
In this city on the corner of Nine
teenth and Cass streets. The hospital
will be managed by trustees, no tw
of whom shall be ot tho same reli
gious denomination.
This Day in History.
ITS! Joseph Desha, ninth govern
or of Kentucky, born in Monroe
county, Pennsylvania. Died at George
town, Ky. October 11, 1842.
1817 Frederick A, Pike, chairman
of the naval committee of the national
house of representatives during the
civil war, born at Calais, Me. Died
there December 2. 1886.
1843 Samuel Woodworth, author
of tha popular song, "The Old Oaken
Bucket," died in New York City. Born
at Seltuate, Mass., January 13, 1784.
1867 -A convention met In Atlanta
to frame a constitutional civil govern
ment for Georgia.
1893 Augusta Vaillant, a violent
anarchist, threw a dynamite bomb
from the gallery of the French Cham
ber of Deputies among the members
below whlla they were In session.
1894 New treaty between the
United States and Japan was pro
claimed. 1904 Lord Nelson's letter book
was sold at auction In London for
8950.
1914 'Russia reported its expense
In war to date was $893,500,000.
1915 -Berlin claimed the Antfo-
French troops had been pushed, back
into ureece.
The Day WeiCdebrat.
'Elmer A. Cope, treasurer of the
Updike Grain company, is celebrating
nis 38th birthday today,
Clarence McElfresh, attorney-at-law.
is 38 years old today.
John H. Hassman, city inspector.
was born in Chicago 64 years ago to
day. ? f.
aiajor-uenerai ueorge .Burnett,
commandant of the United States
marine corps, born at Lancaster, Wis.,
a years ago toaay, .
TBsniamin D. Fouiols. tha vouncest
Xjtgafjler-general of the United States
army, born in Connecticut, 38 years
ago toaay.
Meradith Nicholson, autaor of nu
merous popular novels, born at Craw
fordsvlUe, Ind-, 81 years aio today.
Tnomas w. tiarawicK. united mates
senator from Georgia, born at Thom
asvllle, Ga., 45 years ago today.
Prince Peter Ivropotkin, famous
writer and philosopher, who has re
turned to his native Russia after many
years or exile in England, born 75
years ago today.
Robert Arehey Woods, president of
the national conference on social
work, born In Pittsburgh, S2 years ago
toaay. t
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Churches and Sunday schools
throughout tha country will observe
today as ''Bible Sunday."
The first national community sonr
day will take place in Washington to
day, in the magnificent new audi
torium of the Central High school.
Six hundred and fifty stars, the
largest number displayed In a serv
ice flag in Washington since war was
declared last April, will be in the
Old Glory" which students will raise
on the campus ot Georgetown uni
versity today.
To raise money to build a gym
nasium and theater at Camp Upton.
soldiers of the national army have ar
ranged an elaborate military specta
cle, entitled, 'Your Boy's Day's
Work," to b presented at the New
York hippodrome.
Storiette of the Day.
For some reason the Sunday school
class had become Interested In Me
thuselah At their urgent request the
teacher related all the authentic in
formation recorded in the Bible about
that amazing man, also various anec
dotes gleaned from less reliable
sources, in conclusion she said:
"Now, is that all? Are there any
further questions you would like to
ask about Methuselah,"
TO like to know." said the most
Interested youngster of the lot, "where
all his birthday presents are buried."
Galveston News.
NEXT YEAR'S CENTENNIALS.
Nlnttaa-stfhtoa will mark - the 100th
nalTcrtSTy f
The introduction ef ihot pe.
Th invention of the velocipede.
The Invention of potent" leather.
The introduction of maeadamlied road.
The admlnlon ef Illinois into the union.
The first e of steam for warming
bouses, .
The first dramatlo performance in St
Louis. .
The publication of "Endymion," by John
Keats.
The adoption ef the present United
State flag.
The launching ef the first steamboat oa
Lake Erie.
The founding1 of the New York stata
library at Albany.
The establishment ot the first infant
schools in London.
The foundlnr-ef the Order of St Michael
and 8t. George.
The Invention of the process ef engrav
ing on soft steel '
' The fail of Table Reck ea the Canadian
aide of Niagara Falls.
The expedition of Sir John Boss to dis
over a northwest passage.
The laying ef the center foundation of the
capitol at Washington.
The re-establishment of peace in India,
following the Maharatta war.
The Florida Indian war and Ihe capture
of Fensaeola by General Jackie n,
Tho appearance of the eurione , novel,
"Frankenstein," hr Mary. Wollstoaeertit
8helley - - -
SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS.
Drivnig- of Diesel engine with gas made
from peat is one of the developments of
the coal and oil shortage in Denmark.
There are more than 260,000 miles of
railroad in the United States. Of this num
ber about 5,000 miles only are operated
by electricity.
The South Manchurlan railway ha more
than doubled its operated mileage, becom
ing one of the great raiiway systems of
the world.
Although before the outbreak of the war
the output of British magnetos wss not more
than 100 week, since the war no fewer
than 160,000 matrnctos are said to have
been produced in the islands. '
Charles Mix. a farmer near Pierre, S. D.,
hauled a blanketed full-grown porker to a
doctor for medical attention, using a pleas
ure car. 1 He says hogs are too valuable
these days to take chances with them.
England is planning to spend $30,000,
000 within the next 10 years for reforesta
tion in the United Kingdom. This involves
an elaborate plan, lor timber planting, es
pecially in Ireland, where large areas have
been denuded to furnish mine timbers.
Experiments are being made to determine
the value of pulverised coal for fuel on
the railroads of Brasil. An .American
pulverising plant has been built, and with
American coal the tests were successful
Brazilian coal will be tested in the near
future. i
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Sher-Wby do you refer to that dar.ee;
we saw tonight as the modern Venus T
He Well, you see. my dear, it a Just J
matter ot form. Cartoons Magaslne.
Tired Tompkins Won't you glvs a veu
eran something to eat, ma'am?
Lady of the House You veteranl Teu
vrern never a soldier, I'll be bound.
Tired Tompkins Lady, you- do me an In
justice. I have done nothing but soldier
all me life. St. Loula Times.
B DID IT.
Byng has Banged and Busted Banks ' i
Built Big By Brewing Boches
Bully Boys of Johnny Bull '
Beat Baek the Bloomln' slouch.
But HindcnBurg and Kaiser Bill
Both Bawled and Bluffed and Plastered.
But Byng Just Jtspt on Bangln' Balls
By which he "cut the mustard." .
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HomBastlf. Bill and HindenBurg j.
Bemoan their Battered line y
Before Big Byng gave It the Bang
Both Boasted It was fine.
But soon they'll Bellow a retreat.
Because the line is thin
Both Better "Beat It," while they can,
Back to that ' Dear Berlin."
Omaha. H. F. W.
AROUND THE CITIES.
Kansas City anticipates s falling off of
saloons on the first of the year. High cost
of living and reduced demand makes wet
profiteering precarious in some quarters.
Doctors disagree in St. Joe as elsewhere.
The local medical society, after a searching
self-examination, could not get together on
the question of a "wet" or "dry" banquet.
Prospects favor a (0-50 split, each ban
queting as taste dictates.
Minneapolis Gas Light company wants a
boost of 25 cents per 1,000 feet in the price
of its product. The present rate is 7T cents.
The company considers $1 the right figure
in war time. Permission to put over the
boost is sought from the city council.
St. Joe tax gatherers sit up and look
pleasantly surprised over a voluntary boot
in values in personal tax schedules coming
in. Increases range from 25 to ISO per
eent ever last year's returns. Think of that
happening ia the tank of the dry belt.
Seattle's chase for the dollar became so
extensive la reach that the authorities of
Camp Lewis forbid soldiers going to the
city without special permission. At the
same time the soldiers are permitted the
freedom of Tacoma. The letter's good stand
ing in army society cauterises the bump
on Seattle's business noodle.
HORSE LINIMENT
FOR RHEUMATISM
QuHy Blasts of Winter and (he Attending Ache
and Fains Quickly Succumb, to the Peoe
trtttaf EflecU o! Dr. GatchdTa
&&G.NcrvxiuidBoiKlinImeat.
A poor furnace con
fines Ita heat to tho
furnace bowl art un
worthy liniment confine lta
beat to tha outer surface or
point of application. Dr.
Gateheirs Nerve and Bona
Liniment opens the pores, per
rnittiiur the am thing ingredients
to penetrate to the very bonei.
It is unnecessary to even
rub G. & Q. Liniment sa
you can sea with the
nsked eye every drop dis
appear through tha skin
without the slightest rob
bing.. ia less than 49
seconds, ieavinsr ma de
posits on the skin, but con
fining tha warm, soothing;
streets to toe muse tee.
fliri
and bones. We do not sale
son ta take ear word, but
purchase a bottle today. A
ciy Q.tu. unnrent to one part, ana any other
linlmento any other part, and if you are not eon
vinced of the superior qualities of Dr. Catchall's
G. & G. Nerve and Bone Liniment, jtour dealer a
authorized to return tha full purchase) price,
Thousands of bottles sold, yet not a single refund.
It penetrates --that's the reason. ..
If your druggist can't supply, gondii for term
bottle of G.&G. NerraarftneLiiiimswtiibvKt ts)
DR. W. Be GATCDELL St SON
Dept. KsnssisCttyyaias
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A Musical Christmas
Genuine Hawaiian-made Ukulele--$5,
$6,- $7.50 and up
Ukulele Banjos. $12.50 and up
Steel Guitars. $6.00 and up
Swiss Music Boxes. .75c and up
Music Kolls and Bags. . ... $1.25 and up
ICuu' Pe' Pe' Dolls. ..... . . . ..... ... . . . .7; .$2.00
Drums Snare and Boy Scout.;..... $10 and up
Mandolins $8.00 and up
Banjos .$10.00 and up
Violin Outfits, including case, bow and strings
$10.00 and up
J. C. Deagan Musical Bells, Xylophones and
Marimbas'.
Frank Holton & Co.'s- instruments, such as
cornets, saxophones, etc. Everything in strings and
accessories for the k musician. The most complete
stock in the west.
A. HOSPE CO.
1513 Dougla. St v "THE VICTOR STORE"-
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Rente of tha
Celebrated Seminole Limited
THE ALL STEEL TRAIN
Most Direct Service to the South
and Southeast
Round trip reduced WINTER Tourist Tickets oa sale daily.
Limited to Return Ma 25, 1918,
RATES TO PRINCIPAL POINTS AS FOLLOWS:
Jacksonville 854.56
Ormond 860.96
St. Petersberf ...... $66.16
Daytona S61.26
Tampa $66.16
Orange City 863.66
Ft. Lauderdal $75.16
Palm Beach $73.06
Lake Worth $73.06
Miami $76.66
Key We.t $87.66
Fort Mysrs $71.26
Havana, Cuba, via New Orleans...... .. $95.91
Havana, Cuba, via Jacksonville 8103.56
Tickets to all other points at saraa proportional rates.
Tickets via Washington, D. C, in one direction, returning via
any direct line, at slightly higher rates.
For full particulars, descriptive literature and sleeping car
reservations, call at City Ticket Office or write S. North, District
Passenger Agent, 407 S. 16th St., Omaha. Phone Douglas 264.
MR. XMAS SHOPPER
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S . . . Rf Douglas 4570. No Charge for Explanation.
I J. T. YATES, Secretary. , . W. A. FRASER, President.
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