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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1918.
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Omaha chauffeurs do not take very kindly to
he knitting idea; they have other things to look
after.
Those Canucks are right at home when it
tomes to winter fighting, as the Germans around
Lens are finding out. -
Ambassador Francis gives to the Russian
people a New Year's message to which all his
rountrymen will say amen. '
The poet who can see a vision of spring under
neath the January snow drifts has good eyesight
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s wen as a vivid imagination.
Early dosing' on Saturday night certainly
ould save coal, but it is an open question as to
ow it would affect the city's business.
Omaha did not have such , an altogether un-
tleasant experience with the storm, but missing
istern mails for three days gives the citizens
notion of what they escaped.
Slowly the volunteers are wheeling into line
and filing for the city commission, elimination
race in April, but some of the strong men are
holding back,' waiting to be drafted. The game
ts wide open. 1
I Hindenburg might have learned something if
ne had looked ' up the record left by Hannibal
and1 his successors, all of whom could tell the
German war Jord something about carrying op
t Winter campaign in the Alps.
Talk about luckl "Tommy" Allen had just
about completed arrangements for trying to dis
cover something about the bootlegging syndi
cate, and along comes the syndicate and furnishes
all the proof needed. V A
iOf course, a little mistake in ' measurement
amounting to $216.20 on bills for city advertising
just shows. that the best of plans sometimes go
wrong. Wonder what' would have happened if
The Bee had not turned the spotlight on?
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I Associated Press bperators are going to per
form another public service by training drafted
men in vocational schools to handle wireless mes
sages. This is only one of several big things the
great news gathering agency, maintained by the
leading American, dailies, is doing for the govern
ment in connection with the war. Some day the
Story of what the newspapers have done' to help
out -in the 'emergency may be told in full, but
not until then will the public know how great
the contribution.
German Invaders Caught in Alps.
If reports coming from Italy are reliable, Gen
era) January has proved most effective ally for
the Entente armies there. Not only has the cold
weather checked the German onslaught most
definitely, but a very large force of the invaders
is hopelessly caught between a well disposed and
active army on the one side and the impassable
barrier of the mountains on the other Under
these circumstances starvation or surrender is
the choice offered. While too much reliance may
not be put on the situation, it certainly is in favor
of the defenders, and the attacks now being made
against the Austro-German forces show thit the
Allies are making the most of their opportunity.
It is not without the range of probabilities that
news of a great victory for our side may come
over the wires soon. Of course, due allowance
must be made for the fact that the German high
command could foresee the predicament of troops
caught as theirs are reported to be and that ar
rangements to keep communications open would
not be neglected. However, a , storm that can
tie tip axountry as the late blizzard did the
United States may be sufficient to upset army
transport, when the way lies through deep and
dangerous mountain paths. It looks as though
the invaders were trapped. I
Government Control of Railroads.
Senator Underwood has raised an interesting
'question in connection with the taking over of
the railroads by the government. Discussion of
the continuing or "revolving" appropriation of
$500,000,000 to stand as an emergency fund in
connection with the operation of the roads
brought up the question as to what the present
situation is. This led to the conclusion that the
roads had been taken over by the secretary of
war as a military measure. Under this appro
priations are limited by the constitutional pro
vision for a two-year term. This will bring up
the further question: Can the roads be taken
for a longer term than money can be set aside
for their maintenance, or will it be necessary for
the government to make another proclamation
of expropriation at the close of each two-year
period during the war? The question may seem
futile in connection with the announcement that
control was taken for the duration of the war
and the fact that congress has been asked to
make arrangements for continuation of the sit
uation after peace has been restored, but it may
as well be determined just how far the power
of the secretary of war extends, and what else
must be done if the safety of the country requires
the continuance of government management of
internal transportation facilities.
Mexican Affairs Murky Again.
Seating, Venustiano Carranza in the presi
dent's chair at Mexico City did not end alto
gether our deep concern in the affairs of our
southern neighbors, nor has it had the expected
effect of tending to the early tranquilization of
that troubled land. Plotters against Carranza
are busy, and rumors afloat suggest that they are
making some headway. These are not the brig
ands and outlaws who forage under the banner
of Villa or other leaders of the ilk. Men who
have influential followers are conspiring against
the government, taking advantage of the dis
tractions and difficulties Carranza inherited and
created to foment discontent. y
The attitude of the president and his party
towards the United States and its associates in
the world war is also quite disconcerting. From
the very beginning of his career Carranza has
been suspected of being under German influence,
if not actual control, and his whole course has
been such as to warrant the thought that Dr.
Zimmerman knew what he was doing when he
sent the memorable note to the German minister
at Mexico City. Greater importance now at
taches to this, for the reason that the delegation
dispatched from Mexico to attend the conference
of neutral American nations at Buenos Aires
is known to be composed almost entirely of Ger
man sympathizers) Conduct of this sort is most
unfrierdly to the American nations that have
gone into the war against Germany. Mexico's
right to remain neutral iy beyond question, but
the character of its mission is decidedly unneu
tral.' : ' V ,
We must not forget that after the world war
is over European nations will be presenting big
bills for damages to Mexico, because of outrages
committed by one or the other faction during the
years of disorder. These bills will be an embar
rassment to the United States, for under the
Monroe doctrine we have practically assumed
responsibility for all American governments. It
will therefore be our part to see that Mexico
pays whatever damages finally are awarded to
Europeans. That bit of unfinished business will
be quite troublesome when it comes up.
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Jockeying at Brest-Litovsl
1 Such bits of information as filter through from
Brest-Litovsk serve only to confirm the belief
that little likelihood of opening a way to peace
exists there. Trotzky is talking boldly enough,
but has made apparently no impression on the
German mind. Admission of the Ukrainian dele
gates to the conference amounts to notice that
the Bolshevik! is not recognized by the Central
powers as authorized to speak for alt of Russia.
Germany has formally excluded Russia's former
Allies from peace proposals, and insists on going
ahead with separate negotiations. To this pro
gram Trotzky demurs, pretending to insist that
all the world be included in the ultimate plans.
While this farce is under way things at home
are going badly for the Leninites. Instead of
having a majority of delegates in the assembly,
the Bolsheviki turns up with but 168 out of 510
elected. To offset this the assembly has been
again postponed, granting time for Lenine and
Trotzky to put through their deal with the kaiser.
Russia's economic collapse is imminent, and the
only hope for its people now rests in their com
ing to understand what peace with Germany on
lines suggested by the conference at. Brest
Litovsk realty means. Nonresistance is not an
effective weapon apinst a government that does
not regard as serious the "hunger strike," and
whose representatives beat women and children
that do not respond to demands for production.
It may not be possible to enslave a nation, but
Russia is dangerously near to that condition.
Mr. McAdoov picked up the railroad job at a
time when it was about the biggest thing one
man ever tackled. He has more respect for the
operating gang now than he ever had before, '
Mexicans are monkeying with the buzzsaw
again, and the result may be quite disastrous for
them. They are not wholly immune.
Nation-Wide Search for Potash
Fortune Awaits Discoverers of Ample Supply
Washington Letter in Boston Transcript
The story of American potash is almost a
romance perhaps not more than a half ro
mance, it is true, and possibly destined to de
velop into a tragedy when the war is over.
for no enterprise of fundamental importance
to the United States could rest upon a more
slender basis than that which temporarily
sustains the new-born potash industry. The
case of potash is analogous to the situation
described, in the famous line, "Water, water
everywhere, nor even a drop to drink," for
with an estimated 2 per cent or more of the
entire crust of the earth composed of pot
ash science and exploration so far have been
unable to discover this indispensable chemi
cal in cheap commercial quantities except in
the potash beds in a limited area of Germany.
Here hundreds of square miles are underlain
at a depth of from 1,000 to 1,600 feet with
potash salts so concentrated and workable
that with a little processing they are able
to supply the farms, the match and soap
factories and the munition plants of the
world. So abundant is German potash that
the government carefully regulates the out
put of the syndicate which controls the sup
ply to avoid an overproduction which would
debase prices and perhaps demoralize the in
dustry. Germany sold to all the world at its
own prices before the war, and more than
1,000,000 tons of crude potash came to the
United States from this source, the great bulk
of it for use in the making of fertilizer.
Much of the hunting has been done by the
United States geological survey, which has
scoured the country, if not the world, for de
posits. Only a week or two ago Secretary
of the Interior Franklin K. Lane issued a
ruling whereby, should a prospector discover
potash in quantity upon public lands, the gov
ernment would give him a fee simple patent
to a quarter section of the land, to do with
as he pleased, reserving to itself for lease
the remaining three-quarters of the section.!
Encouragement of this character naturally will
stimulate prospecting and may result in valu
able discoveries, notwithstanding that few, if
any, have yet been made. Germany could
lay potash down here for $22.50 a ton, which
is possibly not more than half the cost of ex
tracting American potash, i It is doubtful if
the richest desposits available, worked with
the best modern machinery and methods, can
produce an article that can compete with the
German in price.
The largest single source of potash appears
to be Searles lake, in San Bernardino county,
California, a so-called dried lake whose snowy
surface is composed of crystals so strong and
deep that railroads are built over them, as
over ice, while the container of potash is the
brine which underlies the crystals. Searles
lake therefore is really not a lake at all, but
a deposit of crystalline salts, the surface of
which is practically dry most of the year. The
ancient lake was large and deep and after it
had dried out the salts which had been in so
lution in its waters were left on the bottom,
so that now when neatly all the surface wa
ter has disappeared the moat striking feature
of the whole basin is a central level plain of
white crystallized salt which covered about
12 square miles. Wells boVed into this mass
show that the salts average 60 to 75 feet in
thickness, sometimes reaching to 100 feet.
The crust is porous and easily pierced and
the potash content of the brine appears to be
fairly uniform. ,
Searles lake was not worked for potash at
all when the war opened, but for many years
had been producing borax and common salt.
But when German potash went out of the
market and prices doubled and trebled the
American Trona corporation, which con
trolled part of the lake, went in for the ex
traction of potash, as did another company
representing an alliance of the Pacific Coast
Borax company and the Solvay Process com
pany. The Trona company has expended
something like $4,000,000 on its plant and the
Solvay company some $500,000 in exceedingly
costly experiments and construction, with
the result, however, that Searles lake is now
yeiiding about 1,500 tons . of drypotash a
month and will produce some 3,000 tons a
month by April. This supply alone, although
not a flea bite in comparison with normal
consumption, is a protection to the munition
makers, to whom potash is indispensable in
certain powders. Not as much potash is used
in making explosives as formerly, nevertne
less a large supply is still necessary.
In western Nebraska and in Utah potash
is now beinsr recovered from brines much
after the manner of the salt at Searles lake
enterorises.althoueh nowhere does the mother
liquor appear to contain potash in any suchJ many other acts now being performed
proportion as at searles lake. I ne uiamona
Match company, to whose operations potash
is necessary, has established a plant, through
one of its subsidiaries, at Grants, Utah, and
is utilizing the waters of Great Salt Lake,
which carry about 20 per cent of dissolved
salts of various kinds, asainst 3.5 per cent
carried in sea water. The west just now is
being hunted as industriously for potash as
it was once for gold and temporarily at least
is vieldinsr some srratifvine results.
Practically all the potash made in this
country previous to the war was derived
from vegetable ash, largely from wood ashes
and distillery waste, including molasses. But
the raw material for extracting potash from
ashes must be cheap and plentiful and it was
discovered that the giant kelp, a seaweed
growing in the Pacific ocean, gave a high
yield of potash. The government had made
exhaustive investigations into the recovery
of potash from kelp and private capital has
gone somewhat into the business. The Du
Ponts, who use much potash in their pow
der making, are extracting several hundred
pounds a month from kelp at San Diego.
Some 70 or more plants in various parts of
the country, chiefly Michigan and Wiscon
sin, are making potash from wood ashes and
the refuse of beet and cane sugar manufac
ture. The business is growing rapidly and
every known resource is being worked to
give the country the largest possible yield.
A story in which altruism and enterprise
are charmingly blended is that of the recov
ery of potash from flue dust, as at the fur
naces of the Bethlehem Steei company, and
from the dust of cement works. To F. G.
Cottrell of the bureau of mines the country
is indebted for inventions which have ren
dered the smelter harmless to surrounding
vegetation and have confined the equally fa
tal cement dusts"to the works in which they
originated instead of permitting them to be
distributed over the orange groves, as in Cali
fornia, or over the neighboring farms and
communities, as elsewhere, when cement was
manufactured under the old processes. Mr.
Cottrell instead of resigning his position and
pocketing the profits of his inventions' formed
a small corporation under the auspices of the
Smithsonian institution, which receives the
Royalties, already amounting to some $250,
0UO, and disburses them for the diffusion of
knowledge in chemistry. Like Charles L.
Parsons of the bureau of mines and Hoyt S.
Gale, the great potash expert of the geologi
cal survey, Mr. Cottrell is continually work
ing at his desk in the Department of the In
terior at a modest Salary, whereas eitherhe
or any of the gentlemen named might step
into commercial life tomorrow for two or
three times the money they are now receiv
ing from the government.
Experiments in connection with the slag
in a dump at a lead smelting works in Den
ver have indicated that old slag dumps may
prove to be a source of soluble potash' salts,
although in studying this subject a distinc
tion must be made between potash and phos
phate. The cement mills now yield potash
and cement at the same time and at little
extra cost. In all this field much is very
new and experimental, but results already ob
tained indicate a material increase in the na
tional potash supply, although not enough to
replace the loss of the German import. With
all that science, encouraged by the govern
ment and stimulated by the prospects of new
profits, has been able to discover, the United
States is still very far from an independent
position in the production of potash. One
of the greatest prizes of the century, would
go to the man or men who can solve the prob-lem.
Our Rock of Gibraltar
New York Financial World.
Foreign trade is the mirror through which
it is possible to see whether a nation is an
international creditor or borrower. It per
forms for business a function similar to that
supplied by the pulse for the human system,
denoting whether it is going along upon a
healthy basis or not. In this respect our
foreign trade during 1917 gives us the most
encouraging sign of our strong financial posi
tion and tells us not to fear for the future.
Moreover, as we read these billion dollar
figures we cannot but think deeply that the
hysteria through which we now have suc
cessfully passed was a nonsensical state of
unstrung nerves into which we should not
have fallen. '
We shipped goods to our Allies and neu
tral neighbors during the last year valued
at more than $6,120,000,000. This is $620,
000,0000 more than was sent abroad in 1916,
when we were still at peace. Then we con
sidered we were doing a record business. Our
security markets, with their record high
prices reflected the confident state of the
public mind in regard to the condition of our
national prosperity. Now that we are at war,
our trade still grows apace. What need is
there for any worry?
We have purchased in foreign markets
goods to the extent of $3,000,00Q,OOO. Al
though we increased our own purchases by
a billion and a quarter above the previous
peace year, there is still left a trade balance
in our favor of over $3,000,000,000, not con
sidering the interest on loans we have made
to our friends on the other sider As a credi
tor nation our place is permanently fixed.
One cannot help forming the impression
that the economists of the central powers
view this plain exposition of our financial
strength with grave apprehension and that
this very power is rolling down swiftly upon
their country to crush them. It is such silent
factors, proof of which are self-evident to
thinking men, which prompt the Prussian
overlords to seek peace at all costs, while
there is still time or otherwise it will be
forced, upon them by a grindstone against
which the highest military skill only battles
in vain. The Hohenzollerns may well think
of the solitary position Napoleon occupied;
victorious as he was on the battlefield, in
the end he could not crush under his feet,
as he did men, the vast credit and business
of his principal enemies, but finally had to
succumb to them. Just as infallible an
axiom as that an army fights on its belly, is
that nations battle most successfully upon
their credit
People and Events
The United States and Canada last year
burned up $267,000,000 worth of property,
the heaviest fire toll since 1906, when San
Francisco topped all records.
After running around the courts of Min
nesota for 27 weary years Hennepin county
"must refund a tax claim of $24,000, to Fred
Penny. Probably twice ,that sum was spent
in litigation, but justice comes high in peace
and war. , . ,
Loan sharks operating around Camp Fun
ston are warned to keep at a safe distance.
Some of the boys have been inveigled into
borrowing on Liberty bonds or pay assign
ments at regular skin rates, necessitating an
official warning against the practice. A squad
of husky surgeons has been detailed for the
duty of extracting the shark's teeth for the
camp museum. ,
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Germany declined to state its peace
terms In response to President W1U
on'a note. -
Terrific explosion and lire destroyed
munitions factory at Kingsland, N. J.,
causing 14,000,000 loss.
Swiss federal ; council orders mobi
lizing of army reserves. ; , ,
Too Day We Celebrate.
George E. Macfarland, general
manager of the Nebraska Telephone
company, born 1863.
Henry Monsky, attorney, born in
Omaha in 1S90. ,
Brigadier General Charles G. Mor
ton. U. 8. A., is 6 years old.
Crown princess of Sweden, for
merly Princess Margaret of Con
naught, was born S8 years ago.
Just 30 Years Ago Today
South Omaha Bohemians haev or
ganized a national benevolent society
to be known as C. S. P. S. No. 145.
A light in the graders' camp back
of tha depot brought out all the camp-
Thia Day la History. !
177 T -Vermont passed the Declara
lion oi independence,
Twice Told Tales
Asking Too Much.
"Germany's mouth for conquests
and annexations is as big as it ever
was," said an actor at a luncheon in
Los Angeles,
second heavy,
"A second heavy had a very, very
large mouth. One evening the com
pany gave a party, and on toward the
small hours the refreshments began
to run out It was a long time be
tween drinks. Finally, though, a
fresh pint of whisky was brought in.
" 'What'U you have?' the chairman
asked the second heavy.
'"A mouthful of whisky,' said he.
" 'No, you won't, son,' said the
chairman. 'You'll have Just the same
as the rest, of , us.'." Los Angeles
Times. j
Aimed at Omaha
Beatrice Express: Two , Omaha
men who were recently arrested on
a charge of Intoxication when they
appeared at the police statlotv to
nnmnlairl ftf St rlvnomlfA Itlst fit wllfoh
Germany is like theith.v ciaimed thev were the victims.
asserted that what tne headquarters
police emelled was garlic, not whisky.
The excuses were taken as an Insult
by the Omaha police Judge, who is a
lover of garlic but a hater of whisky,
and the men were fined f 10 and costs
each. Thus the good name and odor
of garlic is upheld by law.
York News-Times: The latest
frenzy in Omaha is chicken yards in
every little back yard in the town.
When the would-be poultry raisers get
through paying for the feed that win
Peppery Points
Washington Post: Count von Lux
burg has been decorated with the Or
der of the Iron Nut
Philadelphia Ledger: Two hos
pitals hit and 18 patients killed Is the
latest item in the progress of kultur
in Italy.
Minneapolis Journal: Slackers and
pacifists might have a heart and look
forward to the time when their
descendants will be trying to bust into
various orders of the Sons and Daugh
ters of the World Revolution.
New York World: A woman car
conductor having successfully stood
the test of a traffic accident the fit
ness of the sex for this kind of em
ployment is finally demonstrated.
Believes in McAdoo and Wilson.
Norfolk, Neb.. Jan. 9. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: After reading the
letter signed by Mr. Walter Johnson
in your issue of January 1, the writer,
who is a member of the class "hav
ing no more principle than the trusts"
is moved to attempt a reply to that
effusion.
Mr. Johnson says, "The appoint
ment of Mr. McAdoo to manage the
railways of the country is in line with
bv the.Dresent administration." It is
to be inferred from this that Mr.
Johnson seriously objects to this, and
other acts, of the "administration."
However, there are a few persons in
this grand country of ours who thor
oughly approve the appointment of a
man who has made the study of rail
roads and their needs almost his life
work, and if all the president's ap
pointments are as wise as this has
been, we need have no fear for the
future of America.
The writer of this letter has been
a life-long republican, but he voted
for Woodrow .Wilson for president
and is proud or it The time is near
at hand when this country will thank
God it had the president it has. It
may be that the demands of the broth
erhoods should be met by placing
them in the front ranks, but many of
them have discounted such action,
and gone voluntarily. The writer has
an only son in the aviation corps, and
would gladly go himself if the govern
ment would take him.
The members of the four railway
brotherhoods may be as devoid of
"principle" as the trusts, but they
have at least shown their patriotism
by agreeing to accept any decision
reached by the president and their
representatives concerning their re
quest for more pay, without any
threat or thought of a strike, even
though it may be decided that they
shall have none.
So far as placing Mr. Clifford
Thome In the place now filled by the
Hon. William McAdoo is concerned,
will say that in my opinion, and in
that of many others, Mr. Thome and
his like are mainly to blame for the
financial predicament in which the
railways are at the present time, and
the placing of Mr. Thorne in that po
sition would be nothingUhort of a na
tional calamity. Trading a thorough
bred for a bronpho may be a profitable
transaction for the owner of the bron
cho, but it would hardly be profitable
for the United States of America to
make such a trade at this, or any oth
er time.
I wonder of Mr. Johnsen knows
that there are fn the national army
at this time 1,573 former employes
of the Chicago & Northwestern rail
way alone, and there is little doubt
that employes of other railroads can
make as good a showing? Does he
know that railway employes bought
almost $50,000,000 worth of the first
issue of Liberty bonds, and pinched
themselves and their families finan
cially to do it? Many of them were
obliged to pay for them in install
ments, but they did it
A. M. LEACH.
LAUGHING GAS.
'Ton say thla man brought a load of
whisky into dry territory?"
"Yes, your honor."
"Why didn't you seise the stoffT"
"Well, your honor, we had no stomach
pump." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Do you know of any place that looks
aa lonely and deserted as a summer hotel
In midwinter?"
"Oh, yes."
"Name It."
"The deck ot a submarine Just before
the vessel submerges.' Birmingham Age-
iieraia.
"We hear a good deal about sensible
Christmas gifts." said hubby. "But what
Is a sensible Klft?"
"Mr. Wombat gave his wife a diamond
necklace," responded wifey. "I call that
a sensible gift." Louisville Courier-Journal.
water for make-believe tea. she said:
"Mamma, can I have water or is the food
conversation on water. toD?" Boston Tran
"Now that John Bull has taken a stand
aa'int the Turk, what do you suppose ha
will do next?" '
1 suppose he will proceed to sit oa the
Ottoman." St Louis Globe-Democrat.
"There's one thing I like about the Ice
crop." '
What la that?" i . ., . .
"It ts never damaged by frost. Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
"in business life, I see.'
'Tes.,
"How do you like It girlie?"
"I find it slow. I never hear any of those
trade secrets I used to read about." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
WHEN JIMMY LEARNS TO FLY.
A. P. McDowell. In Minneapolis Tribune.
Us tollers had a meetln' in the alley, t'other
day.
An' talked about the great big war each
feller had his say:
Shorty said he'd fight the Turks, tho' Shee-
ney didn't dare.
An' Skinney 'lowed he'd run away, an' Join
brother "over there;"
"I'll be a Captln in the army," said tousel-
headed Red;
Then when it came my turn to spiel, why
this is what I said:
Mother's nittin sweaters, as' Grannle'a
nittin' socks.
Pa, he bought soma Liberty bondayou
bet he's got the rocks;
I'm goln' to buy a lrerplane, an' when I
learn to fly.
Why, we'll all git the kaiser, In the sweet
bye and bye.
That made a hit with all the kids Red got
his Chrlssmua drum.
We marched the alley up an' down Red sure
can make 'er bum;
An' then we planned the whole war out, an"
Johnny got his. gun.
An' smashed a wlndar'n Sourkrout'a barn
they say he is aHun;
We scattered then.i to meet agMn by light o'
the new moon.
An' when we git Into our camp, they'll hear
me hum this tune:
L Auntie's in the Red Cross, a nurse is sister
Bill is In the Navy they think I ain't a
man ; i
But when I sail my airerplane.Tway over
there In France,
You bet we'll git the kaiser, it they glva
us halt a chance.
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"Is he trustworthy?" ,
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"Would you lend money 'to him?" '
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iiV- Z I 1 AO Puffed Up.
A match between Tommy Brooks of' Presiding Genius What la the
Council Bluffs and Frank Downs has charge against Private Jones?
hn arrnnrori .it wiu h a VnnrVla ! Sergeant -If yer ulase, 'es been
fight to the finish. - j drunk, an 'e'a been breakln' things ,tion ln Greater Omaha and see that
Judira O'larv. thai aumMMful and , an' he won't Obey no orders. In fact ,h nrrlinanrM rnlattv tn them ara
18S1 Chicaxo made the county accomplished electrician who presides, Va been behavin" glnrally as though enforced.- There ,1a no question but
J . Vjy maao 1110 county ,,.. iVl- ,, . j Tv. . thn hlnnmtn' colonel himself ; .v.-. .w . i
be required to keep the hens going They have won their spurB and are
they will find that there U "no money ow "Jy matriculated,
tn chickens." Besides a chicken yard Louisville Courier-Journal: One
in a city is a nuisance. reason why the United States govern-
Middle .West School Review: We, ment does not want married men in
believe that the police of Omaha
should Investigate the -pool hall situa-
eat of Cook county. . over ,ne Pe and fire telegraph ays-1, e wus mo oioomia coiuuci nnnmii
1871 Napoleon in burled ,t'tet"' oepartea tor Ainnuc, a.. wprWum .,v...,. ""o"--"
Chiselhurst England.-- .... wl married to Miss Annie f t . ZItJi,"
1908 United States senate muuiAri
a joint resolution remitting the Boxer
indemnitv tn f-hins
' , . j i running in ma un.
A Welcome Rnit The Omaha Furniture company and
., ,oome Respite. Omaha Brass Works were totally de-
Many a fellow who is denouncing stroyed by fire. The factories were
5 rnment for not Betting situated at Thirteenth and Castelar
Browning guns sooner is secretly glad streets. The loss is estimated at
.m , lnJme tax blanks have been IJ5.000. Bota were covered with in
Held up. Brooklyn .Eagle, leurance,
Murrsv I A woman s uogic
John M. Comstock came up from! Mrs." Newlywed I see by this med-
Kansas City and reported business leal work that a man requires eight
hours sleep ana a woman iv.
Husband Yea, I've read that some
where myself. - -
Mrs. Newlywed1 How nice Tou
can aet un every morning and have
the Are made and the breakfast ready
before it is time for me to set up.
Phlldelphla Ledger
gregate in these places are in great
danger. At least no good can possibly
come from such associations. Omaha
has cleaned up the open saloon and
made it much safer for our boys.
Why not see to it that the pool hall
laws are ' obeyed and make it much
safer for them whlla we are at it? .
Eh, What?
How do Petrograd lawyers make a
living, when there are no laws?
Minneapolis Tribune.
its war armies is that it cannot afford
to trust with Important military du
ties menwho cannot with any cer
tainty or dispatch mall a letter.
Brooklyn Eagle i "Don't throw rice,
save food and help win the war." But
it is a pity to abandon so time-hon
ored a bridal custom merely because
of a world conflict) why not a sub'
stltute, warranted to contain no
calories, of an artificial war-rice r-
Baltimore American: When the
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he will still deliver inflated addresses
on the world's loss more than his in
losing the dominating influences of
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