RAGING TEMPESTS
PARALYZE NATION'S
RAILWAY TRAFFIC
Business Suspended in Chicago, Nine Deaths Reported;
Abandon Attempts to Move -Freight; Snow Plows
Make No Headway Against Piling Drifts;
Worst Condition Experienced in Years.
(By Awioriated IrM.)
; Chicago, Jan. 13.-From the Rocky Mountains to the Al
ieghemes and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Hudson bay the
most terrible storm in more than 50 years, has paralyzed
transportation and cut off entire cities and states from all com
munication with the outside world.
With temperatures below zero prevailing over most of this
section, relief work was made impossible by high winds and
drifting snow, while untold thousands battled with the grim
spectre of famine with no relief in sight for days.
. BUSINESS SUSPENDED. O
In Chicago all business vas practi
cally suspended earlr in the day. The
big department stores closed at 3 p.
m. All schools were closed tor a week
and the 60,000 children urged to help
clear the streets to avert the danger
of conflagration and permit the de
livery of fuel and food.
Nine deaths were reported, as a re
sult of the blizzard. '
Arctic temperatures accompanied
the storm, ranging from 37 below zero
at O'Neill, Neb, to 12 above zero
at San Antonio. In Kansas and Mis
souri temperatures of 20 br low were
common and central Illinois points
reported from 10 to 36 below. Minne
sota reported 30 below in the Iron
Range.
Railroads entering Chicago aband
oned all attempts to operate trains.
The lashing, below-zero wind made it
impossible for workmen to make any
headway in their efforts tt elf r the
switch inter-sections of snow. Scores
of passenger trains were reported
stalled in drifts throughout the cen
tral west.
Snow Plows Futile.
Attempts to move freight were
abandoned early. Passenger trains
were kept running fo.'a time as they
could be moved with two engines
on the front and one in the rear.
Snow plows were ordered out with
three engines behind them, but their
work was futile. The wind piled the
drifts behind them as fast as they
could push it from the tracks ahead.
' As conditions became worse toward
nightfall, the railways abandoned all
attempts even to keep their lines
clear and concentrated their efforts
upon ihe relief of passengers mar
ooned on their trains along all lines
from 25 to 100 miles from the city.
No distress was reported among
these, victims ,of the blizzard as nost
of the trains carried dining cars and
a plentiful supply of fuel.
: ft KviSleepin Stations..! v
At wight the usual crowd of travel
ers assembled at the railway stations
in Chicago and being .unable to get
trains or hotel accommodations, hun
dreds spent the night in the stations,
sleeping on their baggage. At- the
Illinois Central station the railway
officials threw open fifteen Pullman
cars for women and children.
The Chicago,- Milwaukee' and St.
Paul railway operated one train today
to St. Paul. All others were abandoned
this morning. A train which left for
Omaha at 6 o'clock last night was un
heard, from until 6 o'clock tonight,
when It returned to Chicago after un
successful attempts to plow through
the snowdrifts. During the twenty
four hours it had advanced only sev
enteen miles, becoming stalled at
Bensonville, 111.
Two through trains from the Pacific
coast, due yesterday, are reported,
"Somewhere along the line." .
A through train from the west on
the Rock Island has been suited all
day in the switch yards on the out
skirts of the citv. The Rock Island re
ports that many of its trains are tied
up .between he Mississippi river and
the Rocky mountains, but that ef
forts to locate them have f ailed. Traffic-in
this section is said to be the
worst in history.
Throughout the southwest traffic
conditions are reported desperate.
Unless tracks leading to the Chicago
stock yards are cleared by tomorrow,
many, head of live stock, now in cars
on the outskirts of the city, will be in
danger of freezing or starving to
death. .
New York, Jan. 12. The terrific
storm raging in the west and moving
eastward has made impossible the
movement of freight in the states of
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan
and in the territory between Pitts
burgh, Buffalo and St. Iouis. accord
ing to a statement made tonight by A.
II. Smith, assistant director general of
railroads. " ' -
'There Is no prospect of improve
ment at present," Mr. Smith said.
"The lower temperature is moving
eastward. No freight trains are being
moved in the territory around Chica
go and very few passenger trains. No
freight trains have been moved from
Pittsburgh, either, and only a few
carrying' passengers."
Mr. Smith was in freuuent commun
ication with Director General McAdoo
and kept him informed of the weathet
conditions which had precipitated dif
ficulties in railroad operation more
serious than had been experienced in
the United States in many years.
Swift's Welfare League
To Give Benefit Dance
Employes' Military Welfare asso
ciation of the Swift Packing company
will give a dancing party at Keep's
dancing academy Tuesday night Pro
ceeds will go to the boys who have
gone from Swift's to serve in the
army or navy. .
Private Have Improved.
Captain Clry, tho recalled Argtnttne
Aval attach. was praltlnt In Buenor
Aire to American private soldier.
"Often '.let bred." said Captain Celery.
-inia yovnf man la always intelligent, alert,
brare aa4 refined. -
HI refinement male me think of an
old-time officer who said in a reataurant
prlvaUa war at a different elaaa then:
"'By Jove, what do you think I taw
today! I aaw a private, by Jove, take out
a handkerchief and blow hie note In It.'
Tb rvte, la loins' to the doc, by Jovj.
They'll be ;elvtn the nwo powder puff
and rouce sticks- nest." Washington Star
WOUNDED TO WEAR
HONOR RIBBONS
FOR FIRST TIME
Badge of Distinction Is Or
dered for Men Who Shed
Blood for Country; Other
Insignia.
American officers r.nd enlisted men
who are wounded in this war are to
wear for the first time in the his
tory of our armies ribbons of honor
which will indicate that they have
shed their blood for their country.
Orders have just been issued that
these ribbons are to be worn on the
right breast and are to le one and a
half inches long and three-eighths
inches wide, the length to be divided
into equal sections of red, white and
blue.
The soldier is to wear one ribbon
for each date upon which he receives
a wound.
Usual in Foreign Armies.
All the foreign armies designate
men who have been wounded by
stripes or similar marks, usually
worn upon the slcee. These new
ribbons are but one designation
among a large number which have
been ordered on account of the great
broadening of the American armies
to meet conditions of the present wor.
Among the new regulations as to uni
forms and insignia are the following:
-Aviators-To wear two silver em
broidered y wings on a blue back
ground the wings three inches from
tip to tip, with a shield between, sur
mounted by five-pointed star, with
the letters U. S. in gold thread em
broidered beneath.
Junior aviators, the same, except for
:he star.
Observers To wear a single wing,
with the letter O.
Aeronauts Two wings with a bal
loon between them and the gold let
ters U. S.
Army Field Clerks and Feld Clerks
of Quartermaster's Corps Same uni
form as officers, but minus all insignia
of rank, and a hat cord of silver and
black silk intermixed.
Postal agents attached to units In
the field, same as field clerks; but with
brassard bearing words Posts, U.
S. A.
Other Insignia.
Tank Service A tank one-inch
high, with number of regiment below.
Interpreters' Corps The letters
INT inclosed in a wreath one inch
high.
Anti-Aircraft Artillerists Crossed
cannons with AA in upper angle.
l rencb mortarmen, crossed can
nons with TM.
Machine gunners, crossed rifles with
M.G.
Ammunition train men, the letter T.
Intelligence police, the letters IP. .
Dental Corps, a bronze caduceus,
one inch high, with the letter D su
perimposed upon the center.
Veterinary corps, the same with V.
Ambulance service with A.
' Sanitary service with S.
Chemical service, crossed retorts
within a ring.
The orders prescribe a badge which
may be worn by those who took part
in any of the Mexican campaigns.
This consists of a bronze disc, one and
one-quarter inches in diameter, show
ing a Mexican yucca plant with
mountains in the background. Above
thep lantare the words Mexican serv
ice. Supreme Court to Decide
Basis of War Tax Inventories
Washington, Jan. 13. On advice of
the Department of Justice the bureau
of internal revenue has decided to
leave to the supreme court determi
nation of whether, in figuring income
and excess profits for the last year,
inventories may be made on the basis
of either original cost or present mar
ket value whichever is lower.
The treasury this week will issue
a formal order embodying the new de
cision, which is regarded as one of
the most important under the war
tax law. The optional plan of report
ing securities or merchandise is in
tended mainly to eliminate the neces
sity of actually selling holdings of
depreciated value in order to record
Josses. Millions of dollars in taxes are
involved.
Late British Risers Get
Left on Sunday Roast
London, Jan. 13. There was a
great rush of customers to the butch
er shops here this morning, long lines
forming at each market several hours
before the opeoing with the inten
tion of making sure of the Sunday
roast, which mayy persons were un
able to obtain last week. Even the
early arrivals, however, had to be
satisfied with smaller portions of beef
than usual, while the late risers
found that the shops had been sold
our
THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. JANUARY
Woman Suffrage Movement
England, Was Organized in
Held First Convention
Extravagant Modes of Dress
Advocated by Early Leaders
Roused Storm of
Ridicule.
The suffragist movement assumed
an organized form in the United
States even earlier than in England,
where the idea originated.
It arose out of the interest taken
in America by the women in the
temperance and anti-slavery aerita-
tions and was fostered by the dis
cussions on women's property rights.
In 1840 the nuesi inn was raised
in a more acute form by the ex
clusion ot women delegates from the
World's convention and in 1848 the
first women's surTraffp rnnventinn u
held in Seneca Falls, the leading spir
its being Mrs. t-hzabeth Lady Stanton,
Martha C. Wright and Lucretia Mott.
Later convention at Salem an1
Worcester, Mass., in 1850, were the
predecessors of annual meetings, but
the extravagant dress adopted by some
of the women hrnncht forth rlHiml
upon the movement, which further
was thrown into the background by
the civil war.
National Association in 1869.
In 1869 the National Women's Suf
frage association was formed in New
York City and the American Wo
men's Suffrage association was formed
in Cleveland. In 1890 these two so
cieties were amalgamated as the Na
tional Women's Suffrage association,
of which Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt
became president in 1900.
The question was considered by
a select committee in the Forty-eighth
congress and 200 petitions, represent
ing millions of individuals, were pre
sented in J900.
The leading woman's suffrage so
cieties of the world have for their
basic principles the same ideas and
the same ideals. The National Union
of Woman's Suffrage Societies is the
oldest organization of its kind. It
was originated in 1867. The National
W oman s Social and. Political union,
associated chiefly with the name of
Mrs. Emmeline Pnkhurst and Miss
Christabel Pankhurst, formed in 1906,
originated the more militant policy.
Societies of various kinds multi
plied, and in cities and states through
out the country there were different
named organizations, each working
for the same general result to ob
tain the vote for women, regardless
of any other minor differences that
might prevail over the manner in
which the vote should be obtained.
The suffrage movement under the
Pankhurst rrv'.mp with it militnf
methods, soon found itself being
cioseiy watcnecl by the government
of the United States and in 1910 500
Of its member had heon arrctf! snrt
placed in jail. It undertook a wide
spread campaign ot meetings, and
though at first its speakers were sub
jected to an opposition of a violent
character, there was no doubt that
the movement received from its ac
tivities a wholly new stimulus. Its
official orean. Votes for Women oh.
tained a large , circulation.
Numerous other party and non
party organizations were formed and
resolutions aunnortino- the nrinrinl
either in the abstract or as a part of
aauu suffrage, were adopted by vari
ous conservative, liberal and labor
conferences and associations.-
Miss lane Adrlame of (hii-one, Af-
clared that the laws governing women
anu cnnaren in Colorado are superior
to tnose ot any other state. Women
receive equal pay for equal work in
Colorado. They ure permitted to hold
any office and the education of chil
dren has been placed almost entirely
in the hands of women.
Thrift Stamp Drive
Starts Monday Morning
Plans have been completed for the
big drive for the sale of thrift stamps
and war savings certificates which
will start on the South Side early
Monday morning and continue
throughout the week.
Everett Buckingham and W. B.
Cheek- are S-eneral chairmen (nr th
South Side. The following commit
tees have been appointed: Superin
tendents Edwards, Gibbon, Spangler,
and urcnard, in charge of the drive
in the packing plants; J. B. Watkins,
M. Culkin, John Hinchey, William
Yeager, to conduct the campaign in
the city; Frank Coad, L. M. Lord. J.
C French Wd J. L. Svoboda, banks:
G. L. Degen. H. C. Kiddoo. W. E.
Bavinger, the Exchange building;
Roy Richardson, J. G. Walters, stock
yards; Dr. R. L. Wheeler and the
Rev. Father Michael Gluba, churches,
and W. E. Reed, schools.
The exchange will have a booth in
the rotunda, where the thrift stamps
and savings certificates will be sold.
Stryker Elected Secretary.
A. F. Strker was re-elected secre
tary of the Omaha Live Stock ex
change at the annual meeting of the
directors Friday afternoon. J. C.
French was elected treasurer.
FREAK STORMS
Spring Rains in East,
Cold and Snow in West.
HIT COUNTRY
It is freakish weather over the
whole of the United States.
Here in Omaha the mercury has
gone far below zero and the cold has
seriously interfered with business.
In New York the weather is spring
like and tropical and torrential rain
storms are the rule.
But consider what the telegraph re
ports says of the weather elsewhere:
Blizzard in Chicago, Kansas City
and St. Lou's. In the last named city
the' storm is the most severe in 45
years. In Denver a Chinook wind is
blowing and in Arizona there has
been a rise of 32 degrees in tempera
ture in the last 24 hours. Asheville, N.
C, has been experiencing thunder
showers and snow storms during the
day. Tornadoes have passed over
Alabama and Georgia. Camp Wheel
er, near Macon, Ga., was in the path
of one of the tornadoes, but the ex
tent of the damage has not been ascertained.
PEACE ONLY ON
VICTORY BASIS.
ASSERTS T. R.
Former President Declares
Those Who Resent Criticism
of War Officials Are Boost
ing Pro-Gsrmanism.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 13. America must
accept no peace except the "peace of
overwhelming victory," Theodore
Roosevelt said in an address yester
day at a dinner of the Ohio society of
New York:
"To accept an inconclusive peace,"
the former president said, "would
mean that the whole war would have
to be fought over again by ourselves
and our children. Those who demand
such a peace are not only the enemies
of America, but of democracy through
out the world and stand on the level
of the Bolsheviki, who have betrayed
both Russia and its allies to the mili
taristic and capitalistic autocracy of
the Hohenzollerns."
"Unless both Belgium and France
are restored and indemnified," Colonel
Roosevelt said, "justice will not have
prevailed."
Expedite War Preparations.
The expediting of war preparations
was urged by the speaker, who de
clared that "to refuse to see and to
point out," the country's failure in
this respect, "is both silly and unpa
triotic" "To permit them to go uncorrected,"
he said, "is to play the German game
in the most effective manner possible.
It is no mere accident that has made
all the pro-German organs in the press
clamor against the men who dare to
point out our short coming; for the
pro-Germans know well that the ruth
less enemies of this country, whom
they serve as far as they dare, desire
nothing so much as to see this country
afraid to acknowledge and to make
good its short comings and these pro
Germans cloak their traitorous aid to
Germany under the camouflage of pre
tended zeal to save American officials
from just criticism."
Advocates Military Training.
Colonel Roosevelt said America
would be wise to make its ultimate
aim, "such military and industrial pre
paredness as shall save us from ever
again being caught in such shape as
to be helpless to protect ourselves."
In this connection he reiterated his
advocacy of universal and military
uaijiiiJK. & uy t,iiiii.j vaults iwubji
he said, "are huge universities of
American citizenship; and it will be a
crime if they are ever discontinued."
When llooTer Whisked Hash.
Times certainly ' change condition and
relaUons, aa shown In the latest Hoover
story, which comes from San Francisco.
John Talt, who has mads s national reputa
tion as a dispenser ot food and has one
of ths show places of San Francisco, used
to operate a restaurant in Enclnal hall at
Stanford university. Being called to a con
ference with Hoover recently and being In
troduced to the jgreat food controller, Mr.
Hoover said: "I know Mr. Talt well. J
once worked for him."
Hoover then explained that while working
his way through college as a student In
1895 and 1896 he was employed as a waiter,
serving threo mrali dally for his board. The
students were fsd for $15 a month. New
York Journal of Commerce.
Business Caution.
A shopkeeper recently loaned his grandson
enough money to purchase a motorcycle.
The money was to be paid back In Install
ments, the machine to remain the property
of the' grandfather until the last payment
had been made. One day, when out riding,
the boy met his grandfather and jumped
off his motorcycle.
"Say, grandfather," said the boy, "who
does this machine belong to?"
"It belongs to me until you have, made
the last payment. That. was ths agreement,
you know. But why do you ask?"
"Well, I Just wanted to make sure," re
marked the boy with a grin. "Your motor
cycle needs new tire." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Girl Kills Man Who
Played Role of Bandit
Minneapolis, Minn, Jan. 13.
Miss Mabel Brummater, clerk .in a
fuel company office who last night
shot and killed E. F. Orr, when he
told her to throw up her hands,
suffered a nervous collapse when
she learned later that he was only
joking, and today her condition is
serious.
Orr, who was a railroad switch
man with a wife and several chil
dren, entered the office to order
some coal. As the girl raised her
arms in compliance with his de
mand, one hand held a revolver and
the first shot pierced Orr's brain.
First reports of the police were
that a bandit had been killed.
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NOTICE'.
Folks who drm
instead of coffee
SleGOTetter
14. 1918.
Started in
America, and
77 Years Ago
RAIL TRAFFIC
TO THE EAST IS
AT STANDSTILL
No Trains Running Out of Chi
cago Because of Snow; Con
dition May Continue to
Prevail 24 Hours.
Following the worst blizzard in re
cent years throughout the central
states, railroad traffic between Chi
cago and Omaha is practically at a
standstill, according to railroad offi
cials. ,
The fierce cold winds and drifting
snows through Illinois and Iowa hin
dered westbound trains, which are
still snow-bound in isolated parts of
the states. Local railroad officials
have received reports that no trains
will leave Chicago until those which
are held up on account of the snow
are well on their way.
No trains from Chicago are expect
ed here for 24 hours on account of
the tie-up.
No Trains to East.
All eastbound trains out of Omaha
will await further weather reports
along the lines before their departure.
The Northwestern, Burlington and
Milwaukee railroad lines are hampered
the most outside of Chicago by the
deep snows.
Westbound Burlington trains re
newed their normal schedules of de
parture out of Omaha yesterday after
noon and reports from the western
lines are that weather conditions have
moderated.
Grand Island reported the tempera
ture 16 degrees below zero yesterday.
me temperatures Between umana
and Grand Island ranged from zero
to 20 degrees below zero. Last night
the mercury hovered near zero.
Trains Are Delayed.
The Rocky Mountain Limited on
the Union Pacific arrived in Omaha
last night one hour and a half late.
Union Pacific train No. 10 was two
hours late.
The Union Pacific lines are blocked
with deep snows and trains are leav
ing Omaha without full equipment of
coaches. Officials say one or two
days, perhaps more, will be required
to bring railroad traffic to normal.
The temperature in Nebraska has
moderated, though cold of mdderate
degree will prevail for some time ac
cording to the weather bureau.
St. Paul Bowlers Win
Record Share at Sioux Falls
Sioux Fails, S. D.,' Jan., U (Spe
cial Telegram.) By' rolling up a to
tal ' nf ' 2 ROQ in the' anrtitaT .v....
of the Tn-State Bowling association
acnmitz team imo. l ot St, Paul took
the lead in the five-man team event.
Schmitz No. 2, St. Paul, was second;
McNellis, Minneapolis, third; Sioux
City Serum company, fifth, with 2,632.
The total of 2,809 rolled by Schmitz
NO. 1 IS thf hich W9tp m-lrlr In
history of the Tri-Slate association.
T'L - 1 a. .
iiic uesi previous record was VqI.
In order that- mttswlr nlairc m
vt.v f J kl U VU'I IV"
turn to their homes as soon as possi-
Die piay was continued throughout
Sunday and Sunday night
De Oro Hangs on to His
World Title by One Point
Havina. Tan. 13 Alfrrl TV rr
champion three-cushion billiardist of
the v orld, retained his title last night
hv iust one noint in hi m.itrh i.m1.
Charles. Otis of Brooklyn, the chal-
1 T- - t . i ......
icugci. uz wro iook me tnira Diock
by a score of SO to 49 in 89 innings.
With Otis leading, 149 to. 147 in the
series, De Oro made a run of two,
tying the score. Otis, unsteadied by
his eagerness to win, missed his next
shot. This cost him the chance of
becoming the world's champion at the
game, because De Oro ended the
block and the match with his next
shot.
Price-Fixing Not Part
Of U. S. Oil Control Plan
Washington, Jan. 13. Price-fixing
is not included in the immediate
plans of the fuel administration for
oil control, a delegation of producers
was told today by Fuel Administra
tor Garfield and Mark L. Requa, head
of the fuel arlminietratiftn't na.nl..
created oil division. A general sur
vey first will be made of the situation
to determine what mpasnree ar ni-.
essary to assure an adequate supply
1 iM,.yrxj
BACK YARD HENS ARE
PROFITABLE-REGER
Will Tell Housewives- What
Breed of Poultry to Keep
and How to Raise
Them.
The second lecture on poultry
raising in a series under the auspices
of the University of Nebraska arid
the Department of Agriculture will
be given in the assembly room of
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion Monday night. The first lecture
was given last Tuesday evening, but
hereafter they will be "held on Mon
day. The speaker will be Louis P. Reger,
president of the Omaha Poultry
Breeders' association and chairman
of the Omaha poultry extension com
mittee. The subject will be, "What
Breed of Poultry Shall I Keep?" Unr
til s.x years ago Mr. Reger, was a
large poultry -raiser at York, Xeb.,
and supplied the foundation stock
for some of the largest and most
successful poultry farms in the state.
Since coming to Omaha, Mr. Reger
has been a back yard poultry farmer.
Mrs. Reger has kept very accurate
records of the cost of raising poultry
in the back yard.
"If there is anybody in Omaha
who says it does not pay to raise
poultry in the back yard, let them
come to my lecture," says Mr. Reger,
"and I will demonstrate from Mrs.
Reger's figures that the small poultry
yard can be conducted at a profit. We
have ,it figured out to the penny."
A Bogus Relic and
A Greeley Myth
A wealthy steel man of Youngs
town. O.. i mniirninflr Jnta n( -
. . ----- & ...v, ui a
Valuable COllertinn of naintinrrc iiiIa.
graphs and manuscripts by fire, one
vi me most, prized relics being the
original letter written by Horace
Greeley, entitled "Go West, Young
Man.'" He has not disclosed how
this oarticular relir came inln hie nn.
session, a though
belief that he had it, notwithstanding
mc laci mat vreeiey never wrote such
a letter and did not originate the ad
vice, with which his name has been
popularly linked.
Briefly told, the asm'ntmn nt U.
excellent advice to Greeley came about
through an argument in 1851 between
Richard Thompson; later secretary of
the navy, and John L. B. Soule. editor
of the Terre Haute (Ind.) Express, in
which Mr. Thompson predicted a
brilliant future for Soule in the West.
He told Soule he was bright enough to
write an article that people would
attribute to Greeley. To test this
Soule wrote an editorial for his paper
beginning with the misleading state
ment that Horace Greeley could never
have given a young man better ad
vice than that contained in the words,
"Go West, Young Man." This was
naturally construed as a quotation
from Greeley and was widely repro
duced by American papers. William
S. Walsh, who investigated the matter
many years ago, states that Greeley
reproduced the Express article in the
Tribune, with a footnote ' disavowing
credit for the "epigrammatic advice of
the Terre Haute Express," but "in
dorsing it most heartily."
How the wealthy Youngstown col
lector came to imagine he possessed
this mythical relic is easily explicable.
The illegibility of Greeley's chirogra
phy is a tradition of the craft and
printers tell oil sorts of illustrative
tales. One is about a discharged re
porter passing Greeley's letter of dis
missal as an enthusiastic letter of
commendation, winning a new posi
tion by the imposture. It would have
been easy to pretend that any sort of
letter written by Greeley contained
the famous advice. The collector must'
take chances in buyin things he can
not possioiy read. Ixjuis Globe
Democrat His Fnnlshment.
An angltr died and went to his "right
place," which, of course, was also the resi
dence ot tis good friend Baron Mun
chausen. Oodles ot time skittered slonir,
and one day as the big boss was going by
the anglor said: "Please, your satanlo ma
jesty, can't I try my luck somewhere else?
I've been fishing from this blamed place
for 200 years, and I haven't had a bite."
"That's the hell of It." explained the
big boss and passed on. Boston Transcript.
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parages and accessory dealers sell them.
If your dealer cannot supply you see us.
Oeleo Exide Service Station
Whslssst and Retail Distributors
2024 Fsrnsm Strest Plisn D. 8687
Omaha, Nab.
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HIGH PRICES PAID
FOR BLOODED HOGS
Sales in Iowa Net Large Sums,
Showing Farmers Anxious '
to Better Their
Herds.
"Hogs are hogs, now, and the
wishes of Mr. Hoover for increased
production of this breed of live stock
are being fulfilled." said H. A. Sex-
smith of . the Twentieth Century
Farmer, upon his return to Omaha
from a tour of pure bred hog sales
in Iowa and Minnesota. He attended
six sales of pure bred hogs and re
ports the prices being paid the high
est in the history of the hog industry.
At a sale of brood sows from the
herd of Vipand & Son in Algona, la.,
the 60 animals sold brought to their
breeders an average of $234 a head.
This is the highest average ever made
at a sale of pure bred hogs in the
entire west. At the six sales he at
tended, 312 hogs sold for a total
of $64,800.
"Breeders are anxious to buy the
best hogs on the market this year,"
said Mr. Sexsmith, "and as the sale
season is just starting, I expect to see
these records broken many times.
Tverywhere they are planning on in
creased producton of pork and it will
certainly be the largest year in" the
swine industry."
Religion Achieves Many
Things During the War
"Religion has accomplished , three
great things in the war. First, it has
emphasized anew the ideals of free
dom, righteousness and good faith,
the three fundamental ideals of faith;
second, it has given us a .new type
of soldier. In the Canadian and
American armies, especially, the old
soldier type of the Crimean and Pe
ninsular war times has passed awav.
and credit for this new type of warrior
must be given to the Young Men s
Christian association, which is recog
nized by every high command. And,
third, religion has steadied and en
couraged thousands of people and has
given them a new and higher view
of what sacrifice and service mean.
"The kaiser has taken God on hfs
staff and made him his adjutant-gen-eral.
Well, he has his theory of God
and we have ours. The true test of
God is how He affects man, what the
Godlike influence is upon the people.
Our claim is that every person making
up the sum total of humanity has his
individual rights.
"The kaiser's god is a state. He
has no regard for individual man. He
will sacrifice hundreds of thousands
of men to gain his ends, as he did at
Landrecies, in the retreat from Mons,
when the attacking Germans became
mixed up with the opposing forces of
English and Irish regiments and the
guns of the German artillery ' were
turned upon the whole mass, friend
and foe alike. To the German state,
men mean nothing. There is a verse
in the Psalms which may exemplify
my point. It is, 'Precious shall thejr
blood be in his sight' The right gov
ernment is the one that is distin
guished by that as the final test The
religion that is not merciful and piti
ful to men is the one that the world
will reject. Humanity is the big thing,
and when the war is over, all govern
ments must stand or fall by thftfr at-'
titude toward the welfare of human. '
ity." -
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