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te them. Address changed at often aa requaatad.
The Red Cross is an easy one to bear.
Hope once more arches the Seventh's heaven
with a rainbow.
"Count that day lost whose low descending
iun" finds not a new "drive" begun.
It is quite evident from reports that a host
of Teuton invaders win hospitable graves on the
Italian slopes.
Owing to the ravages of war and other causes,
the names of Tom and Jerry will not appear on
Omaha's holiday visiting list this year.
"Cut out the lights," sayi the fuel administra
tion. "Turn on the light," is the demand upon
congress. Luckily the wires are not crossed.
The famous firm of "Me und Gott" is as bar
ren of sentiment as the Turk. Sacred and pro
fane loot look alike to both, whether in Jeru
salem, Belgium or France.
Revolutions come and go in Portugal, but the
young republic remains true to the allies. Even
the Portugal brand of democracy quickly spots
the one sure source of nourishment.
The "dry belt" now covers 24 states- which
means two-thirds of the necessary two-thirds to
win. Some of these may sound a discordant note
and prove as difficult to hold as the wet ones.
But how long would our soldiers have had to
wait for guns and cartridges had our Senator
Hitchcock succeeded in pushing through the
kaiser's bill to put all our American munitjms
factories out of business?
The late "Diamond Jim" Brady's jewels ap
praise at only a little more than $300,000, but
they made more of flash than that several
timea over. Moral if you want to look like a
multimillionaire put it in jewelry.
Some qf the outgivings from Washington at
the outset queer the objects sought. Here's a
call to service Jor -old soldiers," with an age
limit of 60 years. Think of it a soldier "old"
at 60? A slam of that kind frosts mature en
thusiasm at the start.
Des Moines' 90-cent gas rate is also being
shaken by war increases in the cost of raw ma
terials out of which gas is manufactured. The
city authorities there are being asked to author
ize a raise to the same $1.15 per 1,000 cubic feet
which is proposed for Omaha.
A congressman from "somewhere in the
country" jumps on the editors and reporters of
the Official Bulletin and insinuates that their
"nose for news" scarcely amounts to a sneeze.
Criticism from this quarter was inevitable since
the 'publicity bureau excluded congressional
speeches from the rival morgue.
Fuel regulators may be as earnest as re
ported in running down - hoarders. Results
scarcely justify the tffforts, because the sleuths
overlook sources daily, advertising an excess
stock. In the past nine months 435 degrees of
normal heat have disappeared lost, strayed or
hoarded. A search of the weather clerk'a prem
ises might reveal a few serviceable hot bins.
Dr. Gunsaulus likens the kaiser to Caesar,
possessing the latter's evi traits and none of his
virtues. Ambassador Jusserand, following a
similar line of thought, declares that apologies
are due Attila for comparing the modern kaiser
with his ancient model. The paucity of classical
types suggests, as a last resort, the champion
whom Michael knocked out of the ring. He'll
do.
Alien Poison
-Philadelphia Ledger-
It must be understood that the Germans arc
as ready to poison wellsprings of information as
to pollute those of water and that it is the part
of vigilant preparedness to have antidotes at
hand in either contingency. While men go over
the top in a military offensive the subtle German
political propaganda goes under the bottom, in
more or less successful efforts to undermine pub
lic confidence and destroy the foundations of na
tional solidarity, even as bv mechanical means
there is achieved the downfall of brick and stone.
President Thomas of Bryn Mawr is right in
saying that the war is to be fought in this coun
try against the spreading of German propaganda,
as well as at the front against visible weapons of
steel. We must set our hands to the eradication
of the tares sown by the enemy. We must realize
how stealthily they come to set in our midst this
rank and noxious growth. They come bearing
gifts, they come wearing the sheep's clothing,
they come with honeyed and dissembling lan
guage, pretending the unselfish interest of friends.
The militarism that stoops to every low and
mean physical device to conquer does not pause
at employing perjury and prevarication to attain
its ends.
Prisoners taken by the British on, the west
era front have had their minds fullfed with lies
about the Allies, however their bodies may have
been starved. We know better. We are not de
pendent on Berlin for information. We do not
believe in the literal inspiration of Potsdam nor
is our God the deity whose vicegerent the Hohen
zollern believes himself to be. The insidious
German mendacity that wears the camouflage of
peace negotiation has no place in fr,ec America,
for in darkness and in sirence. behind its overt
activity and its explicit declarations, Prussiauism
forges heavy and intolerable chains for the on-
yicasiun 01 tne apiril OI man Kind.
A Good Subject to Keep Off Of.
"There is a day coming when our Nebraska
women will be keening over their dead. There
is a day coming when Nebraska fathers will be
stirred to the depths of their being by sad
tidings that come from across the Atlantic.
This newspaper has exerted itself to prepare
Nebraskans for exhibiting, in that trying time,
such an attitude of fairness and moderation,
with all their Krief and righteous anger, as
will redound to the eternal glory of our great
state." World-Herald.
It takes supreme self-assurance for the
World-Herald to presume so on short memory
or it would realize that its record in this war is
a good subject for it to keep off of. That news
paper "has exerted itself" to prepare Nebraskans
for exhibiting such an attitude "with all their
grief and righteous anger as will redound to the
eternal glory of our great state," so it now tells
us, but its back files from day to day up to and
since the entrance of the United States into
the war boldly belie its assertion.
Let the editor of the World-Herald turn again
to what he wrote when the news came of the
sinking of the Lusitania as Germany's first fright
ful exhibit of ruthlessness, for here are his exnet
words:
"According to reports at this writing the
1,300 passengers wese saved. This mitigates
largely the horror of the event. Had the ship
been struck far from land, had there been no
opportunity to disembark, and had many
American lives been lost, the effect of the in
.cident on public sentiment in this country
would undoubtedly have been grave. This in
spite of the fact that prominent advertisements
were published in New York papers before the
sailing of the Lusitania, authorized by the
German embassy, warning passengers not to
sail on the doomed vessel because of the sub
marine danger.
"It is difficult to imagine why a safe con
voy was not insured the ship, especially after
it had reached British waters. It would seem
that the German notice of intention to sink
the Lusitania would have been accepted as a
challenge to British naval pride and efficiency
and that no effort possible in war would have
been spared to frustrate the German plan."
World-Herald, May 8, 1915.
What fine-spun excuses and palliation for Ger
man barbarity all the way through! Even later,
when the full extent of the loss of American lives
was ascertained, our hyphenated contemporary
saw nothing for us to do but to engage in "diplo
matic communications," adding, "Germany can
hardly deny a claim for the fullest possible
reparation even though she adheres to her policy
of submarine warfare."
How the World-Herald has "exerted itself"
to inveigle Nebraskans into accepting the pro
German propaganda, through artful defense of
German intrigue and ingenious attacks on our
present allies who were fighting the battle of de
mocracy for us, through its persistent advocacy
of the kaiser's scheme to make this country
helpless by putting all our munitions plants out
of business, is too well known. At all times its
columns have extended an open invitation to in
sidious sophistry for German exculpation even
down to its latest exploit when it "exerted itself"
against declaring war on Austria, German's
partner in atrocity. Indeed, had it been hired
for the job, that paper could hardly have "ex
erted itself" more to the kaiser's liking.
When the day arrives that brings the sad tid
ings which it now foresees coining, the hyphen
ates and the World-Herald that has been serv
ing as their spokesman, will do well to go into
hiding.
Progress of Red Cross Drive.
Walking about the city one sees Red Cross
posters in the windows of many homes. Before
the present drive is over, we shall of course, see
one of these posters in nearly every home. Every
man and woman who has a dollar to spare will
be pleased to contribute It will take some little
time to reach everybody, but the net result when
the campaign closes will prove that the vast ma
jority of our people act in keeping with the
6pirit of the day, and cheerfully contribute to the
Red Cross.
For these and other reasons we believe the
Red Cross advertisement goes a little too far
that declares the absence of a poster from the
front window of a residence is evidence that a
traitor resides therein. To say the least, such
a statement is inopportune and unfortunate.
Every intelligent man knows that there are
many loyal, worthy men and women in the
city who may not feel able to spare another dol
lar at this time, yet who undoubtedly wish to do
so and the time will come when they will con
tribute. Aside from this the Red Cross membership
campaign in Omaha is coming along fine and all
connected with it deserve approbation.
Question of Farm Labor.
The district exemption board officials, it is
said, are advising young unmarried farmers of
draft age to go slow in the matter of selling off
their farm implements and live stock. It seems
that many of the young men on the farms, having
received notices from local boards that they have
been placed in the first class, take it as a foregone
conclusion that they will have to join the colors.
Many of them, of course, are anxious to join the
army, not only for the training to be derived
therefrom, but also because of a desire to see
Europe and to get into the great theater of ac
tion. They see, as do all young men, that this
war is affording unprecedented opportunities for
them to better their condition and to do their bit
for democracy.
Young America never had such an opportunity
to distinguish itself, and it is not at all surprising
that the young farmers feel the impulse of patri
otic sentiment in a degree equalling, if not ex
ceeding that of the city boys. But when the lists
are all made up and the books are closed upon the
next draft, many places on the farms will be left
vacant by those who have taken up arms in de
fense of the country. These vacancies, of course,
must be filled, and many of them will bring into
requistion men in the cities and towns who, for
one reason or another, have been rejected or ex
empted for military service.
There is some reason fr belief that the time
may come sooner or later when congress or the
legislature must provide for drafting these men
for service on the farms. While the idea is not
original with us, we are inclined to think that
the authorities of the agricultural farm could
with propriety make a survey of the situation in
order to be prepared to advise our lawmakers as
to a reasonable course to be pursued to make sure
the farms of the state are tilled to a maximum
capacity.
A war contract shop at Buffalo and one at
Albany report the loss of important aviation and
marine plans. Suspicion points to alien enemies.
Even so, the loss emphasizes the gross careless
ness of shop managers in giving thieves the opportunity
Other Things a Soldier Needs
By Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C, Dec. 19. The first scout
that went out from the United States forces sta
tioned at Camp Devens was a scout of a new
kind. He was a social scout, but nonetheless
a part of the regular army organization, for he
represented the Recreation Association of Amer
ica, which is a branch of the commission on train
ing camp activities of the War department.
The quartermaster's corps supplies the sol
diers with necessaries, such as food, clothing
and blankets, and the commission with essentials,
such as smiles and relaxations.
The smile sleuth from Camp Devens faced
quite a problem. Boston was 35 miles away
and Worcester 18 both too far to serve as
sources for the kind of intangible supplies that
he was seeking. But there were half a dozen
smaller places within the radius of 10 miles. So
he picked the most likely-looking of these, which
was Ayres, population 3,000, distance from camp
only three miles. He sought out a prominent
citizen and explained the case at some length.
"I want invitations to dinner for two enlisted
men," he concluded.
"Bring 'em along," said the prominent citizen.
The social scout went back to camp and spent
four hours selecting the two men. For it was
vitally necessary that the two men should make
a hit In order to make a hit they must be men
of the sort that would probably be congenial
to that particular prominent citizen and his
family.
This does not mean that the scout intended to
discriminate in favor of men of any particular
social status. But he realized that all social re
lations are and must be founded upon con
geniality. Now a man in khaki loses, to a great extent,
his social identity. The occupations, companions,
clothes and habits that made up his social per
sonality before he became a soldier have all
been taken away from him. In the community to
which he is transplanted he has scant means for
getting in touch with the people that would ap
peal to him and they have even greater difficulty
in finding him.
Hence the need for the social scout. Exer
cising his judgment, and no doubt also his luck,
he selected the two men that he thought would
suit and they did. Their dinner invitation re
sulted in arrangements, in which sundry feminine
brains had a large part, for a dancing party. The
two first men supplied the others from among
the friends they had made in camp.
Meantime the social scout had been diligent
in other quarters, had secured other invitations
and selected other men to fill them. Within a
few weeks there might be seen at Camp Devens
every evening a line of about 50 automobiles
which had been sent by the people of the town
for soldier guests.
This is only one of a number of activities
which arc being carried forward by the com
mission to supply those things which are no less
necessary to men than food and clothing. In a
camp like Camp Devens, which contains 35,000
men, while the entire civil population within a
radius of 10 miles is but 17,000, there are natur
ally not enough smiles, or at least not enough
smilers, to go around. It is not wise to give
more than 3,000 men leave at one time. But there
are numerous ways of entertaining those who
have to stay at home. The Liberty theaters,
which are going to open the first of the year, the
Young Men's Christian association auditoriums,
and the two large chautauqua tents in every
camp will accommodate about all of the men that
stay home. t
Not all the good fellowship is- between men
who have come of similar environments and so
cial traditions either. For example, the captain
of a company wanted a chauffeur. A young en
listed man who had followed that calling applied
for the place and with him came a friend and
boon companion, anxious for his success.
"How do I know you are a good chauffeur?"
the captain demanded. "Can you give any rec
ommendations?" "I can testify to the fact that he is a darn
good chauffeur," put in the friend. "He drove
my car for three years."
This aggregating of unassorted humanity in
khaki this gigantic shuffling of the nation's
manhood is bringing forth a good deal of such
proof that neither in ability, nor in taste and
manner, are people as different as they pretend
to be.
Perhaps the greatest stimulus to good fellow
ship of all is the practice of community singing.
The men are enthusiastic about it. First officers
are trained and then they train their men. For
the big "song fests" as many as 4,000 voices are
sometimes brought together, and the resultant
music has something of the volume and quality
of a great organ. So contagious is the spell of
this singing that people of nearby communities
have asked to be allowed to take part in it; and
there have been held some great gatherings at
which soldiers, sailors and marines merged their
voices in the old songs that anyone can sing.
Christmas in Camp
Waehington Poat
Soldiers of the national army and the Na
tional Guard will spend their C hristmas in camp
this year. There will be no general furlough, as
many of them had hoped, to enable them to visit
their homes during the holidays. Sectetary of
War Baker states that it is not practicable to
give a general leave of absence to the men, and
a study of conditions sustains this decision, even
though it may be disappointing to thousands of
families.
Secretary Baker points out that many of the
men in the training camps are stationed far from
their homes. To send them home for Christmas
would involve a greater financial outlay than
they are able to stand. Another point is that a
general furlough would break up the system of
training through which the men are now going
in preparation for the real work ahead: But the
chief objection, and the one that will have the
most weight with thinking people, is that it would
impose a burden upon the railroads greater than
they could bear. With traffic already heavier
than the roads can handle, it would be impossible
to transport hundreds of thousands of soldiers
to their homes and back within a period of a
few days without hopelessly disarranging the
transportation facilities of the country.
Consequently the boys will have to celebrate
the Yuletide in camp. They will be the recip
ients of gifts and good things to eat, and many
of them will receive visits from their relatives
and friends. The camp commissary no doubt
will be adapted to the holiday season, and every
effort will be made to inject the Christmas spirit
into camp life. They will find that they have
by no means "been forgotten.
People and Events
Clarence Anderson, a semi-professional base
ball player of Chicago, got the fighting fever
into his system, and was about to go over the
top at the recruiting office when the army doc
tor spied his big toe. The army couldn't stand
for that. Such a trifle could not stop Clarence.
He had a section of the offensive member
chopped off and was allowed to sign up for glory
and democracy.
A probability of martial law in New York City
is reported by a correspondent of the St Louis
Globe Democrat. The great melting pot carries
a high percentage of alien brew, from Teutonism
to anarchism, Sinn Feiners and Bolsheviki, gun
men and common law breakers. Each is re
garded as trouble makers, or profiteers of trouble.
Soldiers already patrol the water front war zone
and restrict operations of alien plotters. But
effective control of disloyal elements requires a
broader sweep of power beyond the reach of po
litical fear or favor. According to the writer
the question of martial law is under consideration
and is likely to become an actuality should the
melting pot boil over.
Right In the Spotlight.
Chase S. Osborn, who has an
nounced his candidacy to succeed Wil
liam Alden Smith as United States
senator from Michigan, Is a former
governor of the Wolverine state. A
native of Indiana and a graduate of
Purdue university, Mr. Osborn had a
varied career as a newspaper editor
and owner before he settled down in
the banking business at Sault Ste
Marie, his present home. After be
coming a resident of Michigan he held
several minor state offices before his
election to the governorship on the
republican ticket in 1910. As chief
executive he was conspicuous for his
advocacy of progressive measures,
and he was one of the seven republi
can governors who invited Colonel
Roosevelt to found the progressive
party. In announcing his senatorial
candidacy Mr. OBbora. has given his
endorsement to woman suffrage, na
tional phohibltion and the war poli
cies of President Wilson.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
President Wilson warned Europe
United States was brought to verge
of war by acts of belligerents.
British government decided to re
lease at once the remaining 676 Irish
men Interned after the rebellion.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. ,
The Parnell club held its sixth so
cial dance at Cunningham's hall. The
members and their girls numbered
about 200, which just about measured
the comfortable dancing capacity of
that hall.
An arrangement of holly and mis
tletoe is displayed in the windows of
prominent florists, and the green
leaves, together With the white and
red berries, mak'. a handsome com
bination. The holly comes mainly
from Holland.
The "Ivy Leaf Pleasure club" is a
new social organization of which the
following are officers: President, D.
P. O'Connell; vice president, E. J.
Johnston; treasurer, J. Mlnorstoff;
secretary, M. Ford. Their first party
will be a masquerade.
Extensive preparations are being
made by the teachers and pupils of
several of the schools for entertain
ments appropriate to the holidays.
An alarm of fire was sounded from
box 61. It was occasioned by the dis
covery of a small blaze in the roof of
the shed In the rear of Mrs. Scholl's
restaurant, corner Sixteenth street
and Capitol avenue.
The laying of the cable on the
Dodge street line has begun. Nine
teams are engaged and several men
under the orders of Superintendent
Tucker.
The Norway pines, which make the
finest Christmas trees, are being sold
on the Omaha market as high as 14
each.
This Day In History.
1776 Benjamin Kranklin reached
Paris as American envoy to France.
1807 On account of insults to the
United States flag by British cruisers,
congress passed an embargo act, for
bidding the departure of any United
States vessel for a foreign port, and
closing American ports to British
ships.
1863 Convention of German states
resolved to oppose Denmark's claims
to Schleswig-Holstein.
1864 General Sherman's army en
tered Savannah.
1870 French city of Tours surren
dered to the Germans.
18TB Rt. Rev. John Ireland, bishop
of St. Paul, was promoted to the arch
bishopic. 1880 Amos T. Akerman, who
served for a time as attorney general
in Grant's cabinet, died at Carters
ville, Ga, Born at Keene, N. H., Jan
uary 6, 1823.
1914 After driving the Germans
back into East Prussia the Russians
massed their forces before Warsaw.
1915 French captured important
position on Hartsmanns-Weilerkopf in
the Vosges.
The Day We Celebrate.
Frank T. B. Martin, the insurance
man, is 41 years old.
David L. Brainard, one of the new
brigadier generals of the United States
army, born in New York 61 years ago
today. Ho was with the Greeley Polar
expedition.
Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati news
paper publisher, born in Cincinnati
74 years ago today.
William Church Osborn, New Tork
lawyer, who has become chairman of
the board of the Texas & Pacific rail
road, born in Chicago 55 years ago
today.
Adele Ritchie, a prominent actress
of the musical comedy stage, born in
Philadelphia 43 years ago today.
Dr. Edward O. Elliott, chancellor
of" the University of Montana, barn
In Chicago 43 years ago today.
Fred Williams, outfielder of the
Chicago National league base ball
team, born at Wadena, lnd., 27 years
ago today.
Timely Jottings antl Komlnders.
One hundred and ten years ago to
day congress passed the first embargo
act, prohibiting all commercial inter
course with foreign nations.
Patriotic and historical societies
throughout the country will observe
today as forefathers' day, in com
memoration of the landing of the Pil
grims at Plymouth Rock.
Special trains will be run today
from many cities throughout the
country, carrying parties of Christmas
visitors to the milltary.training camps.
Beginning today all elementary
schools in the city of Cleveland will
be closed for at least one month, ex
clusive of the Christmas vacation,
owing to the shortage in the fuel sup
ply. Storjrtte of the Day.
The difference, not merely of de
gree but of kind, which is supposed
to separate the English rector from
the inferior order of curates is amus
ingly exemplified in the following:
Returning to his parish after his
autumn holiday, a dignified country
clergyman, noticing a woman at her
cottage door with a baby in her arms,
asked: "Has that baby been bap
tised?" "Well, sir," replied the curtsying
mother, "1 shouldn't like to say as
much as that, but your young man
came and did what he could." Chi
cago Herald.
SMILING LINES.
"Are you the dealer mho supplies Cin
derella with her glaes allppera?"
'i am and lt'a a job to (It her. too. 1
admit aha haa a email foot, but ahe thinks
tt'a amaller than It really la. And you
know a-laea allppera don't itretch." Louie
Tills Courier-Journal.
"I bear that Bllcum la folnf to run for
congress."
"Really T I'm not urprieed". Whn he
was a boy they aay his parents were aw
fully worried about him." Life. f
"I aay, Dick, what makes jou so sus
picious about your girl letting other fel
lows court her?"
"I put It to you, Bill, wouldn't tt make
you auspicious If your girl's parrot kept aay
tng all tha tiro you were Bitting with her,
'Oh. don't, Charley?" BalUmora American.
Decries a Public Annoyance.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 20 To the Edi
tor of The Bee: I attended the meet
ing at the Auditorium on Monday
evening that was addressed by Con
gressman Stephens, but did not get
to hear all of it. From the time he
began to speak there was first one,
then another in all parts of the hall
who would either cough, or sneeze
or clear their throats of frogs, pre
sumably, or blow their noses, so that
it was an almost continuous annoy
nnce from the time the address was
begun until it was ended. It seems
to me that pedple who will annoy
meetings in the way I mention ought
to be called down fr it.
I felt like clearing my throat my
self a number of times, but having
been kept fronnhearing the long ad
dress a good deal of the time, I held
myself in and was not guilty of both
ering others.
If people cannot go to a public
meeting without continually cough
ing, hacking, clearing of throats and
otherwise making themselves ex
tremely annoying, they ought to stay
away until they learn better manners.
There has been no epidemic of
grippe this winter and it seems to
me it is wholly inexcusable for peo
ple to make themselves such
nuisances at public gatherings.
FRANK A. AG NEW.
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Bad Cough
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How to Handle Austria.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 20 To the Edi
tor of the Bee: Austria is the key
to German ambition, the door by
which Germany expects to reach out
to the east, to Constantinople, Bag
dad, and India.
The mere restoration of Alsace
Lorraine, Serbia, Dalmatia, Istria, and
the Trentlno is not sufficient to insure
a lasting peace. Should Austro-Hun-gary
remain the servant of Berlin,
Germany will eventually emerge the
victor in this war.
The future peace of Europe there
fore requires that Austro-Hungary
must be resolved into her original
elements and recomposed into
sovereign states according to the
principles of nationality.
To make the world safe for de
mocracy -e must give freedom to the
Czechs of Bohemia, the Poles of
Galicia, the Roumanians of Transyl
vania, and the Serbs of Croatia. Ter
ritory, which properly and racially is
Germanic and Austro-Ilungarian,
should not be partitioned, for that
would result in bringing about future
wars.
Max Nordau truthfully says that
the German people rejoice in their
slavery, and is proud of it. Their
lords and masters have contrived to
give flattering names to this staoe of
affairs: livery is called uniform: servi
tude, organization; blind obedience,
discipline: renunciation of all right,
all dignity, and all character is
heroic self denial. German contempt
for treaty rights and Hague conven
tions brought Great Britain into the
War. Her acts of murder, piracy,
and defiance of all international law
brought in the United States.
Germany Is not asking for a last
ing peace. She is playing for time.
By intrigue she seeks to foment dis
cord between the allies, trusting that
negotiations in any peace conference
would result in a disagreement, and
enable her to prosecute the war to a
successful conclusion; thus leaving
her world master.
HERBERT HEINRICHS.
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