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TTjg OMAHA SUNDAY BEE ! JANUARY 20; 1918. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY ,, FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOSEWATEK :-; VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR ' THE BEB PUBLISHING COMPANY, pr.OPRIKTbn. Entered at Omaha poa toff lea ae second-clan matter.. TERMS, OF SUBSCRIPTION " B rVrrler. . Re. Mail. Oailf and gmar .............per waek. 1:4 i'er rear, W.M OtllT without Bandar " 19 . ' 4.M EkuIbi and Bunas... ........ Js. .. , " loe " Bnulax without Huodar .. ' 60- 410 Sosda Be ofllf.... " e " 100 notice of ehun of address or Irregularity la deMrtrj to Omaha Bt Clreolatloa DtvartaeM. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fta aseoctatad tnm. at which To Be ll awriber, t exclnilrtli entitled to tb. um for publication of all new dLpstehes credited to It or not etberwlM credited lo this par and alto the loesl new rWellshed herein. 41 rlibta Of publication of aut special dUpatebea r alaa rwrred. 1 ; REMITTANCE Remit hy drift, eipma or postal erder. Only J-esnt aumra tekeo tn r.rawnt of mU araoonte. Personal Check, except oe Omaha and man eaohaaaa. not accepted. , . i ' ' nmtua The Bee Fultmnt Moutn Omaha tli 1 UT Council Bluffa 14 N. Main St. Wmeoln Uttl Balldlna. V OFFICES ' iU..llai,1.a e'S.ei UltM.H uioapiu ic " iiiuiua New York M Klfth Are. fit. Iul New B'k of Commerce. Wtihlniton 1311 0 Ht CORRESPONDENCE . Addren ooniminlcetloei relattnt to awa and editorial Bitter to Omti'.a Baa. Editorial Department. - DECEMBER CIRCULATION 59,541 Daily Sunday, 51,987 Attrsjr etrcnistlnn for the month, tutieerlbed and leort to of Dw!M . -X- Uiill.int. Circulation Manner. Sabacribers leaving th city ehould have The Be mailed ts then. Address ehand a often aa requested. . Dr; Garfield was hauled over the coals, but he proved to be a salamander. .", , - The, opening session of the Russian assembly recalls to mind some nominating-conventions of the good old days. , v y' V , tBerlinese: are reported to be subsisting oh bread and meat and potatoes. ' They; ire nearly as badly off as we are for food. '- -.'. Cornmeal is.(down 1 cent a pound, but even at its present' price it is vho!esomf5lnd, attrac tive, and ought to be a popular food. v i- i : :. "Go through or go under," says Lloyd George ; to the British, and .his words mean as much on . this side of the water as over there. ., - President Hagenbarth of the wool growers is not the first, man to make a blunder and then ; try to shove it off onto somebody else. , , , Little railroads are not to bfr bothered by gov ernment control, the big one$ furnishing enough nroblems' to occupy the dictator's spare timA .-; I ; IPresideht Wilson disapproves the appointment of k munitions director, but congress seem bent that shall have one. Somebody ought to have control. in that department. A ' . ' ;'A nVytype'pf lboat is carrying "kultur'.' far ther from shore, but it will meet the same recep tion accorded to its predecessors. ' "Spurlos ver senkt" will not win in this' Avar. - Coal is moving into the empty bunkers aboard 'ship and soon the heldup' munitions will be on their way across the sea. but it took; an awful ' jolt to get" things up to this point. , v , . ' .V, fore the - Mediation is to be" given full testJbef government takes over the. picking houses at the f behest of the- employes. .This may meanthat justice between them will be established. , V ; , , " ' - -.' ' i'. v"s " Omaha churches are meeting the fuel, short ' age by" consolidating services. In'thia way a ca lamity may. bring about; something, of good,. as it will give the congregations a chance to get acquainted.-with the fact that -all thecreeds lead to one end and so co-operation rriaycome a little closer.'--1 -.!.,.; ) '. ," ' , ' Holding Up; Dutch Munition!. , - - A protest from, Uplland against the JLJnited States holding up a; shipment of machine guns - and ammunitioii ordered .by", the Dutch govern ment. brmg iinto. vie- ariotlier'-ngle of our re latfonship with neutral ' coun.triest i Holland's friendship is 'valued; and unquestionably , we ,are ready to. make, considerable sacrifice' to "retain the good feeling between the two countries, but the situation as one that does i not seem to te wholly' appreciated at Amsterdam. k America is I engaged in : a war and finds" embarrassing difft- v culties i in the way of providing arms and equip ment needed for its own soldiers. , No doubt but ' Holland wants to be ready Jor possibilities and is forehanded in purchasing arms and other war material in advance.- But we need the supplies now, and so we have stopped, shipment to, IIol Jand, not as -an unfriendly act; as. some of the Dutch profess to believe, but Just as a matter of prudence. ' Our excitable friends in the Neth erlands should remember tb'aYwe have never re fused to share with a neighbor and for that reason ought to at least consider, the predicament in which we Ire caught .Wore chiding us for. hot "allowing things we need "to be sent abroad for storage.' It would be very; nice for Germany to have Holland buy up' machine guns and . cart ridges as fast as our factories can produce themV i It would equally be very foolish 'for our gov fernment to permit such transactions. The' Dutch willget the -war, supplies in good, season, but should, not have them until our own wants are 'provided for. . . Power of the Simple Music. , What quality does the voice of a singer pos sess that draws 7,000 citizens from their homes on a winter night, each eageri to listen to the songs? In all times- and among all peoples men and wetmen have been ready to give over pressing oc cupation to listen to the singer. Through, the darkness of the past we hear the voice of the mitfstrel'or the troubadour reciting the tale of the champion or the love and the martial mind of the warrior or the lender breast of the senti mental maiden is moved in sympathy to the notes rather than the words of the song. The fife's shrill note and the drums clattering rattle put new life into the feet weary of marching and the pibroch leads the clan to battle in a frenzy of lust' for strife "Music hath, charms" beyond the, ken of man and1 most of its potency lies in the sim plest forms. ( ' Tne'Jilting melody of the shepherd's whistle, the crooning of the mother, the outburst of the youth whose joy of Jiving must find an outlet in song, all are familiar and have decked many an homily, poetic or, prosy according to the mood or the humeri of the-writer. The stately measure of -the devotional anthem or hymn or praise has led the heart of the worshiper to-be lifted up and acknowledge its debt jto the Go" it worships. And all of these, whether minstrel's lay or war rior's cry, lover's song or mother's lullaby, the devotee's canticle or the schoolboy glee, are the simple expressions of the music that dwells within. . , . , : Tlic more formal compositions, intricate jind masterly, betokening the understanding of the mathematics of sound as well as the imagination to give birth to mighty works, impress the hearer and give joy to the cognoscenti, but the multitude longs for the things it can share in, and therefore the minstrel of today gets the ransom of a king for the service his predecessors performed for a meal and a bed. Better Care for Apple Crop. - , At Lincoln last week delegates to one of the several gatherings of farmers were disturbed by the statement of . a retail grocer, who accused the farmers of Nebraska of neglecting vone of their principal crops, that. of apples. This fruit, asserts the grocer, is not well cared for;. farmers, as a rule, do not properly sort and pack their crop and lose moneyas a result. Whether this charge applies generallyjpr not, it is true tova greater extent than is creditable to, our . fruit growers. . ' ' " Apples form a staple, article of food in Amer ica and under modern methods have been brought up to a commanding position. Nebraska orchards produce apples of the finest quality; indeed, the Nebraska Jonathan isunrivalled in all the quali-. ties that, go ttTmake up a good apple, while many other varieties are produced in abundance and of superior sort. Much of the value of this crop U now lost because it is not, correctly handled. A little more care irt preparing apples for market, assorting them as to variety, size and condition' and. otherwise getting them ready to present in ( attractive' form Jo the consumer will bring its i compensatiili. -( - - ' y In caring for the better, grades the grower must keep in mind that the, lesser sorts, so long as. they are sound,, have a ,vafu8,-too. All apples are good and can be disposed of to advantage. Better ways .of marketing must be devised. Last fall within a Xfcf miles of Omaha farmers gave away good apples to, any who would come and pick them irom the trees, while at that time the fruit was courfnanding almost prohibitive f rices in the retail shops in the city. Many thou sands of bushels rotted on the ground or were devoured by hogs turned in to feed on the fruit.' Such a condition of affairs should not again exist. Our farmers are busy men and will be busier yet before all the world's cry for food ie satis fied, but, they, ought to find spme way to look after as important a factor in their, business as the apple i crop, . ' ,t .. , Enemy Firebugs Destroy $50,000,000 All Industries Aiding Country in War Suffer ' , , ' in Nine Months : AROUND THE CITIES. I IQDAV Qnc Tear Ago Today In the War. Brltiah government appeared for 8,000 more munitions worker. ; , Jt'Ply of the entente allies to Ger--many'a peace offer sent by State Je. Tartment to Ambassador Gerard, to present to the German government The Day We Celebrate. . - S ; John A. Kuhn, transportation man Ker for the Updike Grain company, born 1870. ,.i Dr. Sanford RinRler. born 1878.: Brigadier General Jo a L. Cham Iverlain, inspeetor general of the T'oited State armjr. born In New York City, 80 years airo today. Harriot Stanton Blateh. woman suf frage leader, born In New York City 63 years ago today. iFurnifold M. Simmons, United States senator from North Carolina. Jiorn in Jones county, N. C (4 years fMTO today. This Day In History. ' . ! 1777 Congress voted "that an authentic copy, with names of the turner of the Declaration of Inde pendence, be sent to each of the United States." .1896 Nathaniel P. Willis, brilliant ithor and Journalist born at Port land, Maine. Died at "Idlewild" on Ihe Hudson,' January 20, 18 7. ' . '' 1882 Jesse D. JJright of Indiana vas expelled from the United States Hnate ob a charge of 4Ulalty. ' ; "Anyittle Girl is a Good Little Girl." , Qur goyerrimentha's abandoned one campaign; It was intended to locate the prettiest girl in the United States and use her for the central figure of a poster to advertise the war savings stamps. Some quest Of course, it may be theoretically admitted that somewhere the prettiest girl ex ists,1 just as we admit ' absolute zero or Aho squared circle or some of the other things we have not yet . determined. . It is a very close approach .to the Newtonian law, that what is un true in finite things is true of the infinite. But the job of finding the prettiest girl in the United States is a task that makes the judgment of Paris Took simple and that affair started a war the folks still are talking about. Our government did well to give up the undertaking. , It would have to de cide too many things before, it could get under real beadwpy. Let us agree on what we all feel sure of, that the one we have in mind is the pret tiest, and that for poster purposes "Any little girl is a good little girl and thak Uncle Sam may pick from among his lovely daughters at ran dom and not go astray if he wants only a beau tiful face and figure to. advertise his venture in thrift stamp sales. 1 " f V '" aeM y Qnjaha's contribution to the "unlucky 'Seventh"; is turniug its, face to the navy, and many of- the lads are taking to the water to sec the action they were denied on land. This is proof of their sincere dcsjrc to serve. A (able of fire losses prepared by the National Board of Fire - Underwriters and printed in the -New York Times gives by months a statistical story of the damage wrought in ,tht United States by enemy in cendiarism since April 1, 1917. In the nine months that have elapsed since the country entered the world war against autocracies the value of munitions factories, grain elevators, stock yards, oil properties, cotton, marine properties, tan neries and otherindustries vital to the war efftciency of the nation, which have been destroyed as a result of known incendiary 'or Suspicious origin, is more than $50,000,000 and of this amount over $43,000,000 repre sents fires in which the damage done amount ed to $100,000 or more, in each specific in stance. . f The underwriters' record shows' that the enemy has been busy itf every part of the country, in 11 instances the damage done equaled ' or exceeded $1,000,000, the most disastrous of the conflagrations toeing that which in October last destroyed piers and war supplies in Baltimore valued at $3,500, 000. The grain destroyed by the enemy torch has totaled since we, went to war more than $6,000,000; that of piers and other marine properties over $5,000,000; the. oil and oil products lost has amounted to more than $6,000,000, while the loss due to ' incendiar ism on timber lands and in lumber yards reaches a total of over $6,400,000. Ail these totals refer only to fires in which the loss was $100,000 dr more. ' . - The total fire losses in 1917 were the greatest of any year: in "the history of the United States except 1906, when the great fire which, followed the San Francisco earth quake swelled the total for that year to $450,710,000. The 1917 record exceeds that of 1916 by about $37,000,000 and that of 1915 by 'more than $84,000,000. There is not a great industry the con tinuance of which is essential to th? war efficiency ; of ' the United States and . their allies, which has not suffered as a result of the activities of the enemy agent or his hire ling. Included, in the long list are tanneries, flour mills, leather factories, coal pockets, car and machine shops,.iron mills, navy yard structures, chemical works of all kinds, auto mobile manufacturing plants, gasoline tanks, tood warehouses, woolen mills', stock yards, sugar mills, guncotton plants, railroad equip ment, arsenals, munition - plants, tobacco warehouses, cotton gins, cotton warehouses, dry docks, ocean-going shipping, steel mills, army, storage l warehouses, stables, horses, coke ovens and mine properties. The National Board ofFire Underwriters was, at the outbreak of the war, asked by the government to co-operate in the effort that the goveriment is making to combat the fire menace.; The result has been that the na tional board has devoted the entire work of a majority of its officials and fire experts to the government service and its inspectors to day cover every part of the country, investi gating all fires, regardless of whether the properties damaged or destroyed are insured or not. These investigatiofts,. made in every instance, by men expert n hre investigation, show that the loss due to fires of incendiary or suspicious origin which ' have involved the loss of $100,000 or more in war munitions of equipments has totalled since April 1 $43,558,000. - . - ', - In April, the first monh of the war; the destruction or damage due to fires involvirig a loss of $100,000 or more amounted to $5,555, 000. In that month there were 4 great fires n ill rrtnntrv nn1 flips firpa rfnirrrrl tn X different states. The fire which entailed the heaviest loss was when grain elevators in Chicago valued at $700,000 were destroyed. The value of the grain elevators destroyed in that one month jtotaled $1,700,000. The oil oss due to incendiarism amounted to $770,000; foundries, machine shops and car shops worth $500,000 went up in flames, -while the loss to the coal and coke industry totaled $400,000. -! -In May the total loss as shown in the table showed a falling off of nearly $2,000,000, the audited figures for that month giving a total of $3,69.T,0O0 and of this amount $1,200,000 rep resented the grain and grain elevator loss, or $2,900,000 for the first eight weeks of the war. It was in -May that the lumber incendiary first got to work, and the report for the month shows that the damage he accom pi ished 'totaled $1,100,000. May also intro duced the chemical incendiary and the total loss to the chemical industry in the secoira month of the war was $300,000. , The loss in Tunc was $3,800,000 in of this amount $1,000,000 represented mine-property losses in Montana, lhe lumber lose in June was $650,000, the grain total was $600,000, gas oline to the total value of $350,000 was burned up and the chemical industry s loss was in creased by another $200,000. The automobile figures for the flfst time in the June report, when an automobile factory in Reading,. Pa., valued at sju.uuu, was destroyed. In July the figures began to climb and the total loss due to incendiarism or suspicious ause was $4,140,000. The Tulv losses included oil properties valued at $700,000, a $400,000 cotton compress blant. a woolen null worth $500,000, elevators and Warehouses valued at $900,000. a $250,000 suirar mill and shell and shipbuilding properties of a total value of S52U,M)0 and dye works worth $150,000 and au.uuu m tanneries. . August was one of the enemy incendiary's best months, his total destruction that month entailing a loss of $5,101,000, $2,550,000 of which, was suffered by the oil industry. The enemy also destroyed his first guncotton plant in August, when a factory valued at $100,000 ii vjaiy, jiiu., was ucsiruyeu. xnerc aiso oc curred in August a fire which destroyed ships and oiers inBrooklvii worth $1,000,000. In September the fire loss due to the activ ities of the enemy incendiary were the small est ot any month since the war started. The total for that" month was- onlv $2,875,000 and of this amount $1,700,000 was due to the de struction ot lumber mills and other lumber properties. There also was a second big sugar fire, entailing a. loss of $200,000. The enemy made up in October for what he failed to accomplish in September, the de struction in October being the greatest of any month since the, war began. The total for that month was $7,820,000, The loss to the grain and flour industry amounted it. October to $2,850,000. The big Baltimore fire, which destroyed piers and supplies worth $3,500,000, also occurred in October, as did also the $750,000 stock yards fire in Kansas City. The cotton industry suffered a,loss of $725,000 in October; the chemical lost was $470,000 and the loss to the lumber trade was $810,000. The' total loss for November was $4,850, 000. which included a $1,000,000 gasoline plant in West Virginia, a wire manufacturing plant ii.New York valued at $1,100,000, cotton prop erties valued' at $900,000 and a $100,000 muni tions plant at New Kensington. Pa. 1 In December the total loss was $3,725,00OJ TL!. -I - T ' it ., ims inciuuea ury qocks in crooKiyn worm $1,000,000. Governrnent warehouses worth $325,000, chemical works valued at $350,000, lumber properties of. $500,000, a $300,000 tan nery and -a $100,000 sugar mill. f Economic Pressure Upon Germany A Move That WUl Jar the. Commercialized Junkers St. Louis Globe-Democrat. That- Germany will have to suffer after the war from loss of trade due to' tjie en rmties it. has aroused by this inexcusable conflict and the methods it has used in waging it is not to be doubted. -The theory that friendship and business do not mix and ought not to mix is well enough for ordinary experience, but we think it safe to say that friendship and business will operate as a team in opposition to Germany, for sqfne time, at least after the war comes, to air-end, and this will be the case regardless of the terms of peace. There will be few places in the world, where the stamp "made in Ger many" will not be a detriment to sale.' Ger many knows this. Its business men know it well, even though some of them pretend to believe that the animosity of civilization is an affection and will disappear . before the perajuasivencss of the German business agent. They know this feeling is real and they arc riow racking thejr brains for some method of restoring German trade that will most effectually conteract this inimical influence. Germany is essentially a material nation.. Its ruling autocracy wants power for. power's sake,, but its business elements want power for gain sake, and there is no influence that presses so closely to their hearts as that which is expressed in terms of money. They would be indifferent to our enmity simply as an emotion, but as a source of econmic loss it becomes to them a matter of grave concern. There is sound sense, therefore, in the proposal the National Chamber of Commerce is laying befpre its members throughout the country for' their acceptance or rejection, which contemplates a refusal to trade with Germany after the war unless a government is established responsive to" the wishes of the German people and free from the mili taristic principles and aims of the present government, A combination of American business men lor that purpose is suggested, which holds out the alternative proposition that "the ' American people will not join in discrimination against German goods after the war if the danger of excessive armament has been removed.? This would, be e private movement, clearly : distinguished from gov ernmental action, though undoubtedly it would have its influence upon governmental policies A"d, being private, and represent ing as it would the business interests of the country, it would be likely to impress the business interests of Germany more strongly than would official action, for itwould show very' plainly the feeling and attitude of the elements of the American nation with which German business -will have to deal. . Such a movement at this time should bring an economic pressure -fo bear upon ' Germany that would materially weaken its resistance and hasten peace. i ' " T ' ' - People and Events Down in Texas where the elders fight with their money, cash bids for the kaiser's scalp are steadily rising. One real Indian who could not enlist offers $1,000 for the royal pompadour,, cash on delivery. - Berliner Busst knows where he is going and is on the way. He hails from Randolph, N. D., and joined the navy at Minneapolis. To the regular enlistment ' oath Berliner Busst added this postscript: "I hereby pledge that if I don't I will." - '. .While the noise makers of New York beat the air of Gotham with screams for coal some 400,000 tons of it rested in cars in Jersey terminals last Monday. Very little of it moved across the river because moving called for real , work. . ' Expert service in municipal government fashions the sweetest of the political touches which Chicago's , city treasury experiences. In the last seven years expert. salaries end fees cost the city $1,787,000. In 1916 the haul amounted to $688,000. These juicy rolls offer conclusive proof of expert work. TheL estate of Joseph H. Choate, famous lawyer and diplomat; who died last May, is officially appraised at $4,629,8791 Topping the property listed are Standard Oil stocks and bonds and at the end a fine assortment of wirres valued at $2,750. Tl shrewd investor was. old Joe. Out of 196 holdings of stocks and bonds only, five are rated "of no value." Just 30 Years Ago Today Articles of incorporation were filed with the county clerk by the Arctic Ice company with a capital ot 830, 000 for the harvesting and sale of Ice. Charlie Broaderick, of the T. E. and M. V. is back at his desk having fully recovered from the. shock caused by seeing his name down to respond to the toast of "The Railroads"- at the shippers banquet He mysteriously disappeared that night. The ladies of Cavalry Baptist church gave a reception to thl letter carriers at the Young Hen's Chris tian association rooms. ; The Union .Pacine has decided to put on a new futsenger train between Omaha and Kearney, to be known as the Kearney express. i The recently elected officers of En terprise Ipdge No. 70, Knights of Phythias, were duly Installed last nisht in their halL ' Out of the Ordinary Maintaining- the rate of increase" shown during the last 40 years, Rus. Ma's population at the end: of the present century will number 800,000, 000. So sensitive is electrical apparatus invented by a French scientist that it will detect the presence ot one part of bichromate of potash In 200,000,- 000 parts of water. , . In this war 14 out of . 15 men come through safe and sound." not more than one man in SO i kilted, and only one in 600 loses arv arm or leg. In the civil war the per . cent was much higher. , t , Without masculine advice or help Miss Edith McGee of Monroe county, Mo., farmed successfully 65 acres which she planted tjcorn. Miss Mc Gee Is 18 and asks no odds of men when It comes to plowing. 1 - Edward C. Wilson, aged 9S, of Jacksonville, Vt, .tramps l miles to Rowe, Mass., once every year to play checkers with his former neighbors. This year he faced nine opponents, winning 30 games, drawing in eight and losing only seven.! , The first woman to enlist in the navy as an electrician has joined the colors. She Is Miss Abby Putnam Morrison of Chicago, and she Is now an electrician, first class. . She la a member bt the wireless- (lass for women, of which Mrs. Herbert Sum SSi Owen is the founder am) director, Sign Posts of Progress jn English inventor of a newTrire less telephone claims that it is com pact enough for a man to carry the entire apparatus. . The number of students enrolled in German classes at the University of Wisconsin has decreased 42 per cent this year and the number studying French has increased 14 per cent. The average price Tor teams .of work horses at an auction Just held in Llnkoplng. Sweden, was $1,300, and good single harness animals brought 3875. There was a fair de mand even at these prices. ' . It has been discovered that'a hemp rope twisted in and out of the links of an iron chain will make the chain last 70 per cent longer by reducing friction and save from one-fifth, to one-third ot the price of a new chain. Twenty dollars "clear" profit", a head from 175 ewes, with the wool clip averaging eight pounds, and an Increase in numbers of 168 per cent is reported by a. Wisconsin , sheep raiser. , , ; ,f. . my- . A bill has been introduced in the Philippine legislature proposing' to give an annual subsidy for three years, cf 6 per cent' ot the total capital invested In the business, ' to any person, association, 4r corpora tion that will organize and establish a paper factory. in the. Philippine Ik-load ' N Here and There There are. 656 war charities regis tered in London. ' Idaho produced 500,000,000 pounds of sugar last year. New York City has a total of 132 modernized hotels, with an aggregate of 36,660 rooms. A grain elevator with a capacity of 10,000,000 bushels, said to be the largest earr built, has been opened In Chicago. Nearly 20,000 British South African natives have been recruited for serv ice behind the lines in . France and Flanders.. Peasants on the slopes of Mount Etna can still boil water oer the lava that flowed from the volcano during the eruption of 1910. Port Sunlight, the English village noted as the seat of the soap makina- industry, has furnished 4,600 men toJ wo jjmiau military service. . , Neariy 10,000 workshops in Great Britain are engaged in the production of munitions, of which 5,000 are coih, trolled and 130 are national factories. At each station in the London "tubes" there is a clock to indicate to the motorman how many ' minutes have elapsed since the previous train left the station. A rifle bullet covers about two miles in1 five seconds, while sound travels the same distance in a shade over nine and a half seconds, so It is easy to see why the bullet strikes before the report of the rifle that fired tt is beard New Orleans, with the mercury at 11 above during the late blizzard is said to have experienced its tlrst snow fall in 56 years. The "oldest inhabitant" swears to it. Water shortage is. becoming a se rious problem at Topeka and Wichita, Kan. Cold weather intensifies the pinch, provoking talk, of water ra tions for the residents and shaping visions of a real dry belt Minneapolis police have unearthed another tfirifty gang of six auto thieves and recovered 184 stolen cars. Nearly 300 cars disappeared' from the twin cities in. six months, most of them through the operation of the captured gang. During, the snow blockade at Chi cago even the hoboes partook of the fatness of' necessity. Some pulled down as much as $5 a day and lodg ings thrown in, while others hit the road with a snow shovel for 810 per. The price Revived the work habit. The city council of . Minneapolis served notice on heads of departments to keep within the appropriations for the year or get oft tho Job. As an economic wanning, the edict carries the gripping power of a NewYear resolution. St. Louis vhome owners breathe easier since the trial and cons'iction of a policeman burglar jiamed Cum mins. The crooked cop did not actu ary burglarize homes, but "piped 'off" godd Jobs for a professional burglar who is now in the state penitentiary and secured a 50-50 split of the spoils. Back in old Hoboken, N. J., the zeal of saloonmen in dishing '"suds" to men in uniform ig 'growing So'ex pensive as" to' Spell bankruptcy or worse. Three recent convictions net ted nine months In jail for two sa loonmen and p. fine of 3750 for the third. Greed's overreach in Hoboken is dazed by the return blow. , . ; Out in Salt Lake City the kid hus band of a pro-German wife, 48 years old, sued for divorce, alleging gross abuse for his loyalty to the United States. She didn't want him to -be, a spldier, slapped his face for cussing tile kaiser . and did everything but spank' him before she packed her , kit and "went homo to mother." . - WOMAN BEHIND' THE MAN. I . - ' V ' 4..;iuc w, an uerveer in Leslie s. Tea I grant they're'the V. S. Army , Standing there,three in a row; Tho roan In the garb of the workshop, The soldier, tho man wtih the hoe. And I wouldn't belittle .their service All part of a splendid plan But I want -you to think a moment Of the woman behind the man.. Warl Ah, the word strikes-terror To the heart of womankind. It hasn't a plate In her scheme of life. ' Aor a -chord of response In -her mind But look she has squared her shoulders, '. "It has -come I must do what I can." And she finds her work did Ehe ever shirk? This woman behind the man? ' Not in the line of baltlo Is that the one place for tSe brave? But Just in back in tho, hospital shack, Who has measured tha service she gave? Tireless, sleepless, unfaltering, -pvoi". hiaprl i n cr ha -,Bt .tin -m Strength she spent slreirfcth she gavei hers This woman behind the man. And back in.the homes they are leaving rf l. v. .... J 4i i i . . . . . jitcrsv wyv xiieu iTuu pacriois zeal Linked so close to. her life sweetheart. jiMJiner or wue , . ' ' Can nhf juiNiror thA i.p..t mnMlf Ah! What of the tireless sewern. or the knitting needles that fly, -Of the thought and the care, food to save This is her mute reply. ' Taint us'aiJHher picture,' , Artist wlfcli t'houkhtful Craw, Put theui all three In the front but see That sne has a place there now. The soldier boy-rhow we love him! . The farmer, the working man But Isn't there-.space Just some modest place For the woman behind, the man? DOMESTIC PEASANTRIES. "I suppose you travel on Easy atreet now with jour big. car?" "Xo, sir. THu traffic cops, have fixed It so there is no Kasy street for the mo torist. Lonisville Carrier Journal. "There's Ilirks and- his 'Wife out on the floor. That woman'a a brunette; I heard ho married .a blonde." "Oh, ho did; but she dyed." People's Home Journal. . i - "Your prima, donna can't sing In this town, fir." ' "Why not?" "Your advertisements tell of the spirit In her liquid notes, and this is a dry town.'V-Baltimore American. The JiMle tot was "losted." At the station the officer tried all sorts of ques tions to ascertain wbo she was. Finally he said: "What name does your mother call your father?" . 'She doesn't call him any name," re, -piled the child; "sho likes him." Boston , Tanscrlpt. ' "How do you like this rafout,' Henr? It's a "war recipe Mrs. Benton gjava'lne over the phone." y "To be perfectly-frank, my dear, it tastes as if the wires had got crossed." Browning's. , i "Jagsby had a fine coojt who command ed big wages. Now she has another Job where she works harder than ever, does housework tnd washing In addition to cooking, and gets very poor pay." Why doesn't she give the poor Job up for a better one?" "She cau'tt He married her." Balti more A aierican. - "We arc oil ready to tajk about tho duty of others.'' "Yee." commented Miss Cayenne, "Duty Is something like tho Darwinian theory. It seems perfectly all right for a lot of people we know, but none of us like to bring it home to ourselves. "-Washington Star. After fcinderella left, the cpurt cham berlain reported the findjng of a slip per. , The Prince yawned. "- , " 'Tls a marvelously small one.',' '.'Yes, they buy 'em too small and then th?y have to slip 'em off to rest their feet." . And that's all there was to the . epl- ' sode. Louisville Courier-Journal. Op NOt Procrastinate You cannot afford to delay filling your important posi tion's. We have, on our lists both men and women who can qualify for any kind of service from managers down t to the ordinary clerical places. Call us for help. Watts Reference Co. 1138 First Nafl. Bank Bid. ' Douglas.3885. ' If you inquire as to the reputation , of this undertaking establishment, the ' - overwhelming response f rolh the peo- ' pie whom, we have served as to out fulfilling our obligations, will convince you of our. trustworthiness. We handle a moderately priced funeral with as much painstaking fidelity to details as we bestow upoa. a more pretentious service. 1 : N.P.SWANSON Funeral Parlor, .: i' (Established 1888) I7th and Cuming Sta. Tel. Douglas 1060. I NOW, OF ALL TIMES, IS THE TIME TO HAVE MUSIC IN YOUR HOME TIESE arb times when music is a blessing, a solace, a comfort. Tfeese are the times when every means should be employed to strength en home ties. Every means should be used to drive away gloomy thoughts and lighten heavy spirits. Make your home cheerful. Make it the rallying, point for your family and friends and mak music its chief enjoyment and means of entertainment This is THE TIME to get your piano, for this is a time you need it MOST. No other form of diversion is so satisfying and comforting as MUSIC, and a piano in your home, TODAY, will prove to be an invaluable source - of mental relief and , cheer.' A. Hospe Co. 1513 Douglas St. ' , Emerson Upright. . . $115 Bailey Upright. ........ .$110 Steger Upright. . . .' . . . . , .$125 Camp & Co., Upright.. ..".$165 Kimball Upright. ....... .$175 Boardman Upright ...... .$180 These instruments will be-' taken in exchange at full price upon any new instrument pur-,, chased within one year. PIANOS RENTED $3.50 Per Month ; Persistence is the cardinal vir tue in advertising; no matter how good advertising may be in other respects, it must be run frequently and constant ly to be really successful. .-y THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU : - Washington, D. C ' . Enclosed fid a 2-ccnt stamp for which you will'please send me, entirely free, 'ffhe Navy Calendar.' ' Name.....'.... - . Street Address......... ......... ......,,,.,.,, City. .state. ..V . .-.-.v. ' ' ' i