THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 191e.
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:'. f JANUARY CIRCULATION
59,964 Daily Sunday, 52,534
i fit (urutativn tot tfte awoUb tubacrlbed tod sworn to or UniaM
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v Subacribert leaving the city should have The Bee juileo
to them. Addreaa chanted aa often aa requeated.
', t . Chicken meat is to be cheaper, which may
,he!p a little on meatless days. -
Cheer up! Not many more of those Manitoba
waves are likely to. hit us this winter.
The great drive along the west front will have
nothing on the big primary drive soon to open
in Omaha.
Nebraska will be glad to furnish Texas with
potatoes and that is really where our surplus
crop ought to go.
The kaiser is said to have a new. "mystery"
gas for use on the west front, but he has made
his greatest gains with just hot air.
Bolshevik bluster about harassing Germany
is about as serious as the boasts Trotzky made
that the kaiser would accept his terms or none. '
i. Secretary Baker hastens to assuretthe public
it was General Bliss and not the secretary of war
who drew the docunlent Lloyd George gave such
high praise. Was it necessary he should do so?
Cutting . out frills on' passenger rains will
have a material effect on reducing the railroad
deficit,, and discommode the public but little.
Americans can stand more than that to win the
war. ' . ' ,
. A senile Missourian, seeking divorce from his
third wife, , says the giddy young thing , soaked
him $10 apiece for kisses during their honey
moon. Evidently hisv. experience taught him the
price was' too highl ., , t
v Another bugaboo lias vanished. The call for
volunteers to work in ship 'yards has brought
ut registration of thousands more than the gov
ernment needs or asked for. The workers of
this country are not holding back.
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' Hog Island authorities say that they soon will
be, opening their arms to receive the bouquets
that are certain to take the place of the brick
bats now being thrown their way. All right, it
s quite as easy and a lot more satisfactory to
praise than to blame. Only they will have to
deliver the goods.
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Conditions unearthed by the inquiry in wages
paid packing house employes in Chicago are a
direct challenge to our social efficiency, That
'men, women and children should exist !in free
America under circumstances and surroundings
iuch as are recounted in descriptions of the re
(ion "back of the yards" is almost incredible.
Several years ago Ufiton Sinclair shocked the
jvorld by his writings of conditions in and around
the packing houses, and a great government in
quiry followed Remedies were applied so far
as the big plants themselves are concerne'd, but
apparently the work stoppefj there. It is not so
.much a question of wages that is involved here.
JIabits of cleanliness do not altogether depend
pn pay received. It will be conceded that em
ployment in the huge abbatoirs and around the
Stock yards is not especially conducive to re
finement in ways of living, but it is not to our
credit that we permit the brutalizing influence
of the occupation to control. The packers who
have been called to testify in the inquiry lay
great stress on tne fact that they maintain wel
fare work among their employes. In comment
ing on the living conditions disclosed the at
torney for the packers puts the blame on city
authorities. V It is dear that both have failed.
Americans must understand that Jessons of pa
triotism are wasted on people who are allowed
to live as do the denizens of the region "back
of the yards." Shifting responsibility between
the ciTy and the packing, companies only per
petuates the evil. If we expect to make good
American citizens out of these people, we must
teach them how to live as Americans, and see
that they are given a chance to do so.
George Washington.
Americans will pause today to pay a trrbute
to the memory of George Washington, gentle
man, soldier, patriot and statesman, and the only
nonpartisan president this country ever has had.
His greatness grows as years pass, and the
lengthening perspective only serves to throw his
qualities into higher and brighter relief. His
farewell address will be read in congress today,
and in many places throughout the land, and the
people will join in patriotic ucmonstrations of
many kinds, renewing their devotion to the
United States under the inspiration of the man
who did so much to make this country possible
as a nation. Washington's life, private and public
alike, in all its aspects is a record to .which
Americans can turn at any time for encourage
ment and help. His patriotic fervor and zeal, his
probity and integrity in every act and under all
circumstances, will stand forever an example for
man to follow. It is not alone Americans who
look to this truly great man as an exemplar of
human virtues and a type for emulation. Through
out the world he is enshrined as, one who not
only embodied but employed in the service of
mankind those qualities of mind and heart with
which he was so richly endowed, and which have
made him immortal. And that is why Americans
today can honor Washington with an increased
appreciation of all he was and did, and cap sing
"America" with greater fervor than ever.
Root's Warning is Timely.
Ehhu Root, through a letter addressed to a
convention in Chicago, gives the country a timely
warning not to be deluded into any laxity of
thought or conduct because of peace talk. lie
cites the example of Russia, where the bolsheviki
prattled of peace without annexation or indem
nity and went to Brest-Litovsk to negotiate such
a peace, knowing that Germans would not grant
it. In nothing emanating from-the Central' pow
ers, either originating at Berlin or at Vienna,
have we had any pledge that Germany or Aus
tria will consent now to a peace that would be
acceptable to the world. This being true, our
people must not permit their resolve to be weak
ened or their purpose to be dulled through the
vague and entirely speculative talk about peace.
Germany and Austria alike are proceeding against
Russia and the Ukraine and show no signs of
giving way in Flanders, France on Italy. Turkey
has moved back into Armenia as the Russians
have withdrawn, and at no point does the course
of the kaiser indicate intent to recede except as
driven back. It behooves every American then
to give careful heed to the advice of Mr. Root,
thus expressed:
"Sincere and constructive criticism of execu
tive conduct is a very useful thing. But we all
must be careful that neither shortcoming or
criticism tends in the slightest degree to divert
or decrease the heartiness with which we all
support and reinforce the president and his civil
and military officers in carrying on this war.
"I beg of you as citizens of. this great re
public not to let your minds be carried from
the great work we have before us."
Boloism in a Tiger's Grip
Significance of Past and Coming Treason Trials in France
Railroad Control After the War.
Senator Lewis, discussing the administration
railroad bill, says that never again will the roads
be permitted to pass entirely into private control
for the purpose of private gain. His language
lacks the clarity essential to official expression.
It is characteristic of the democratic administra
tion in its dealings with great economic prob
lems, however, to indulge in generalities and
trust to, luck to develop the right road. It is
quite certain that ante-war conditions will not
be restored for the railroads, any more than that
we will go back to abandoned practices in other
ways.
Instead of being under private control and
solely for private profit, as Senator Lewis says,
the railroads for more than a- generation have
been subjected to public control, continually
growing more rigid. Starting with the "granger"
legislation in the early 70s, and coming on down
through the Mills law that set up the Interstate
Commerce commission, state boards have added
to government regulation, until the operation of
railroads in the United States was hedged about
with such a maze of regulation and red tape that
it seems astonishing that a United States senator
would now say they were under "private" con
trol. Under Mr. McAdoo the roads are being
required to do many things they had been de
nied permission to do but a few months before.
It is conceivable that competition will be' ex
tensively eliminated in the new Scheme of things,
that serVice will bo performed under the closest
of regulation, and that needs of commerce and
industry will be provided for without any arti
ficial distinctions. It is good1 that all the possi
bilities of the future, so far as they can be fore
seen, are now coming in for consideration, that
we may nationally deal with our transportation
in the coming years more intelligently and ef
fectively than we have in the past.
The food laws of Nebraska are being grace
fully bent so as to conform to the government's
regulations. The main incident only affects the
size of the package in which cornmeal can be
sold, so no great effort is required.
Liberty motors are reaching France five
months ahead of time, but not a moment before
they are needed. Let us credit the War depart
ment with' having speeded up something.
So acute an observer of - things psy
chological as Mr. Galsworthy remarked the
other day in his renewed impressions of the
French people that now and then in that
highly civilized, broad-visioned and humanly
sympathetic race one catches a startling flash
of the tiger. Connect this with the popular
nickname of the man now at the head of
the French government and we understand
something of the temper which lies behind
yesterday's court-martial verdict upon Bolo
Pasha. 'With this difference, however, that
it was not an unprovoked ferocity of which
this international adventurer is today the
victim, but the sudden, crushing leap of a
powerful organism goaded into action. We
have here another vivid revelation of this
French people whom popular opinion before
the war too easily accepted as eaten up with
factional politics and yellow-backed litera
ture. It was ttie mistake tne kaiser made
when he launched his army against an ef
fete France only to encounter the Marne
and the Spartan manifestation at Verdun.
Nothing in this war of extraordinary endur
ance on all sides has been more striking than
the supposedly exclusive British bulldog
quality, revealed in adversity by the French
nation, which proportionately has suffered
more than any other combatant, which has
so many times been "bled white," whose
morale has so many times been on the
"breaking point," but which today is neither
helpless nor wavering.
Like the Waldeck-Rousseau ministry of
"national defense" formed in the midst of
the Dreyfus affair 20 years ago, the Clemcn
ccau government, though not so complete a
coalition, was brought into being by the gen
eral feeling that the nation was endangered
from within. A series of "affairs" apparently
ranging from national disaffection to out
right treason broke upon the country. It be
gan with the Almereyda case, in which the
editor of an anarchist paper, the Bonnet
Rouge, was arrested on tne charge of preach
ing the gospel of "defeatism" under the in
spiration of German money. There followed
the arrest of a deputy, Turmel, on the charge
of accepting German bribes. There came
the accusation by the editors of the mon
archist L'Action Francaise ihat Louis Malvy,
minister of the interior under Painleve, had
used his powers to protect the practitioners
of treason. The Fainleve ministry fell,
Clemenceau came into office, and the climax
ensued with the arrest of Joseph Caillaux,
denounced by his enemies as the mainspring
in the entire elaborate machinery of plot and
disloyalty. Bolo's trial has been justly re
garded as the first act in the great Caillaux
drama; a development which friends of the
French people do not regard without ap
prehension, carrying as it does the threat of
a bitter civil conflict at a critical moment of
the war.
Against Caillaux the charges are by no
means so clear cut as against Bolo. In his
case consorting with the enemy is riot, even
according to his enemies, a question of sell
ing one's self for money. Caillaux' at one
time premier, and at all times a power in (he
country, had for his main policy a rapproche
ment with Germany, long before the war. It
has been his preliminary defense that he is
still entitled to his own opinions of national
policy. But his enemies say that boundless
ambition ma.de him welcome the opportunity!
which he saw opening for a peace with Ger-1
many andfor himself the role of saviour of
the nation. That opportunity seemed to be
come most promising in the summer of 1917
as the result of a period of national depres
sion. France had been looking forward to
the campaign of 1917 under Nivelle as the
New York Evening Post.
decisive bid for victory. To that end, as we
have good reason to believe now, the British
army with Haig had been placed under
Nivelle's orders. But there came the
sanguinary failure of the April battle on the
Aisne and in Champagne. The influence of
the Russian revolution made itself felt also.
There was mutiny in the trenches. It was a
passing episode. The Germans sought to
capitalize the situation by a furious onset
along the Aisne, but the effect was the op
posite of what they expected. Under the
enemy's blows the Freifch army rallied.
Nevertheless, the general situation seemed
to provide a favorable soil for the preach
ment of "defeatism."
If a considerable section of the Cham
bers has rallied to the support of Caillaux,
the reason is not altogether a belief in his
full innocence. As a matter of fact, the bulk
of his support has come, not from his own
party of the socialist-radicals which, in spite
of its name, is a bourgeois party; but from
the unified socialists, who on general prin
ciples would have no love for the bourgeois
Caillaux. There has entered the complica
tion that the campaign against Malvy, Cail
laux, and their supposed accomplices was
opened by the avowed monarchists of L'Ac
tion Francaise, by men like Leon Daudct,
Maurra's, and Pugliesi-Conti, in whose pol-
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icy ine socialists discern a maneuver against
the republic. This will explain why men like
Jules Guesde, Albert Thomas and Marcel
Sembat, who have stood for a vigorous war
until France's "just" aims are attained, have
voted against the government in the Caillaux
affair. In the stormy session of January 18,
in the course of which a revolver was flour
ished from the tribune, 87 of the 118 votes
cast against Clemenceau were unified social
ist. . Fundamental political questions and
animosities are involved. The Manchester
Guardian has said that a parallel to the ar
rest of Caillaux by Clemenceau would be, for
Lloyd George to clap Mr. Asquith into prison
on the charge of high treason.
The evidence against Caillaux, so far as
we know, is not of the convincing nature of
the evidence adduced against Bolo in the
form f his financial transactions witlj Ger
man agents in this country. But if the con
tents of the famous Caillaux safe-deposit box
in Florence should turn out to be what soie
newspapers have made them, the former
premier's predicament is serious enough.- In
L'Oeuvre for January 21 is published a de
tailed summary of the Caillaux memorandum,
found at Florence, providing for a "reor
ganization" of the French government. If
the account is true, then Mr. Caillaux is in
a bad case. His alleged scheme, called vir
tually for the destruction of Parliament and
the transfer of power to a Conseil d'etat un
der a minister in power for seven years, and
removable only on impeachment. This
smacks very much of a dictatorship. This
memorandum also contained a list of Cail
laux's nominees for power Sarrail for commander-in-chief,
others 'for prefect of the
Seinend police chief of Paris as well as
the . names of men who must be banished
from France. Briand and Viviani are there
characterized as men of great talent, but
"without character," who would do very well
in some diplomatic office abroad. How cor
rect these anticipations of the Caillaux doc
uments are and how near they can be
brought to actual treason we must wait for
time to show. But the conviction, of Bolo
Pasha shows that Clemenceau is stripped for
action. Perhaps more ominous is the sen
tence of death imposed yesterday, in absen
tia, on the Italian, Cavallini, with whom Cail
laux's relations have been close.
Sport of Master Sea Dogs
E. T. Bronsdon in Popular Mechanics.
A . Rocky mountain ram, silhouetted
against the sky on a "crag a mile and one-half
away, is a difficult target. A wild duck in
full flight is also hard to bag. The snipe,
likewise, has a way of stepping in between
the"No. 8V that"you fire his way, but the
"sportin'-est" game that flies, runs, or swims
today is the German U-boat. No; true
sportsman, during this coming year, will
think of wasting ammunition on prey of any
.less caliber. , .
vThc game is different from, elephant or
rhino hunting, in that the individual need
make no costly preparations. Uncle Sam at
tends to that. He provides his sportsmen
with full equipment, guides and alf para
phernalia. The campaign really is a monstrous and
deadly serious game of tag, and most of the
time there is considerable doubt as to who
r "it." One American destroyer of our new
est type just recently went to the assistance
of a sinking transport, and in doing so
shelled onesubmarine effectually with its
forecastle gun as it approached. The sub
marine was hit badly for it could not sub
merge. The American destroyer turned to
succor the crew of the transport (it had no
troops aboard), but just as it did so, -two
torpedoes from lurking U-boats behind
struck it. damaging it so it sank in three min
utes. One of our veteran destroyers, recently
ran into such a trap. Through some means
or other the U-boats that day had copies of
the radio code. An "S. O. S." message came
whirling out, seemingly from a sinking mu
nition carrier, unconvoyed, and making for
King George's Channel and Liverpool. The
destroyer, being near at hand, immediately
answered the message, and steairied straight
into the trap. The code message kept giv
ing directions, and the destroyer kept giving
assurance, telling how fast it was coming and
on what course.
Forty miles off Quecnstown, the de
stroyer ran clean into the waiting arms of
three U-boats. "Hard left!" came the cry
from the bridge, and every man knew that it
was nip and tuck between the turning of the
helm and a torpedo.
"That's wrong." came a low. fascinated
cry from one of the gunners. "We're steer
ing right into it!" He pointed down at the
sea where, obliquely, a dark shape like a
porpoise only speedier and more straight
was hastening toward the destroyer. It was
too late to do anything. Two torpedoes had
been avoided by the turn of the helm. The
third, coming from a different quarter, was
too near. 1
All hands on deck held their breath and
thought of their loved ones, for it seemed
that death was but a second distant. The
second passed and yet another.
"It went under usl". came a relieved yell
from the lookout on the mast, and the ten
sion relaxed.
That instant many things happened, how
ever. Three submarines opened fire at once
with their guns, the bridge crumpled, the
single mast was shot away clean, and the
gunners on board the destroyer opened fire
also.
On went the destroyer at full speed,
weaving an irregular course to avoid the tor
pedoes. One of the submarines was winged,
though not badly, and then all three sub
merged. The destroyer dropped depth
bombs and proceeded to port.
People and Events
Business is business with the saloon in
terests of Kansas City, Mo. After observing
for a few years a sort of a "dead line" near
school houses the authorities wiped it off
the slate and granted license for boozeries re
gardless. All of which help emphasize the
dry swatter.
Summer resorts easily head the list of
Jersey's profitable industries. A survey made
by the Athlantic City Chamber of Commerce
shows $200,000,000 invested in shelters and
pleasures for about 21,000,000 visitors an
nually. The joymakcrs number 22 resorts
stretching along the ocean from Sandy Hook
to Cape May.
The home folks of Missouri intimate that
fears for the safety of Ambassador Francis
at Petrograd afi needless. Our Dave went
through many a hot scrap on the St. Louis
exchange and weathered a score of demo
cratic storms. Beside his home experiences
the Trotzky-Lenine threats hardly rises to
the dignity of a caucus in the Kerry Patcll.
One 'car Ago Today in the WaY.
French and Italian troops. In con-tat-1
in Albania, cut oft from centrar
powers. ,
Herlin made a ttecond announce
ment that American sailors brought
in on Tarrowdale had been released.
Tt Day IVc Ceicbratc.
.i Ferdinand Adler, retired, born
184S. i
Daniel Mi Ilildcbrand, real estate
man, born 1880.
. Colt G. Campbell of the Arm of
Campbell & West, torn I8JT.
George W. Gatchell. new brigadier
seneraJ,. born in Rhode Island. 61
yean ago. .
Clyde Ii. AHchison. Interstate Com
merce commission, ..born at Clinton,
la.. 43' years ago.
' Marguerite Clark, motion picture
actress, born in Cincinnati, 41 years
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This Day In History,
r 1732 George Washington, first
president of the United States, born
In Westmoreland county. Virginia.
Died at Mount Vernon, Va., December
It, 1799.
1811 Concluoion of the treaty by
which the United States purchased
Florida from Spain for $5,000,000.
c -1847 American army tinder Gen
eral Taylor began an attack on the
Mexicans at Buena Vista.
.1848 President Johnson nominated
Thomas Ewing of Ohio, to succeed
Edwin 1L Stanton as secretary of
Just 80 Years Ago Today
At Grand opera house Custer post.
Grand Army of the Republic, gave
another entertainment which at
tracted the largest lecture audience
which has assembled in this city since
thr. night of Bob Ingersoll's appearance.
bill Nye and Colonet William II.
Vlsscher were tendered an informal
reception by the Press club.
A large and fashionable audience
was present at the second subscrip.
tlon council at the Apollo concert at
the Boyd.
Prof. Krati will give his first les
son In vocal music Thursday evening
after the prayer meeting at the Young
, vt B V'i tO.IC.U 0i3VJ4XI,s:lle
The cable tramway company let a
contract for the extension of their
Twentieth street line to the corner of
Lake street at the ball park.
Divorce Defined.
"Divorce is a sort of telephone dis
connection." "How so?"
Right to the Point
New York World: Apparently there
have been no porkless days on Hog
island.
Louisville Courier-Journal: As yet
there has been no decided, coal wave
this winter.
Wall Street Journal: Perhaps
Abdul the Damned paid Wilhelm the
only possible compliment, and died of
envy.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: There
Is nothing surprising in the charge
that there is a pork barrel on Hog
island. '
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Still
the submarine casualties are hardly
keeping pace with those or the auto
mobiles. Washington Post: Old Ab Hamid
probably died of envy, having lived to
see his abominable record beaten by
Bill the Boehe.
New York World: The chief trou
ble with the American railroads ap
pears to be that they have a lot of
rolling stock that won't roll.
New York .' Herald: Boloism in
France is an open road to the guil
lotine or a firing sqirad. Boloism is
a side issue of Bemstorffism. We
have some .loloism in this country,
more Bemstorffism. France still can
teach us many things.
Minneapolis Tribune: "I examine
myself and And that 1 have many de
fects." says President Feng Kwo
Chang of China. There are a good
many members of congress who""might
help the country by adopting the
Feng Kwo-Chaag method.
Doings of State Editors
Grand Island Independent very
properly features events at Hogwal
low, "where every prospect pleases."
There's where profiteers head in.
"Here's something that doet
jibe," says the Butte Gazette. "Farm
ers of draft age are being exempted,
and yet there are many good farmers
that cannot get farms for, this year.
That does not look like a scarcity of
farmers." , i
Falls City Journal notes a great im
provement in the product of the local
electric light plant since bonds for its
betterment were voted. Just before
the balloting the plant suffered a
severe attack . of flickers, aggravated
by flashes of extreme poverty. The
art of camouflage is not a French
monopoly.
York . News-Times , shows signs of
winter weariness which dulls appre
ciation of "the poet's tine Ivxzy throb,
blng through the line, "O. the beauti
ful snow." If there is anything beau
tiful about snow the York scribe
would like to be shown. In this grade
of art nature handicaps Itself in fea
turing a shovel,
Peru Pointer points to a sore spot
common among the craft and vocal
izes a timely kick against the flood of
public war literature .-pouring into
newspaper shops and demanding ree
space. Generous, even lavish, dona
tions of space apparently swells the
flood. "White paper costs money,"
ijhe Pointer modestly observes. "We
must publish a little home news in or
der to get subscribers and advertising
enough ta pay expenses."
- Twice Told Tales
A newspaper friend of ours, whose
duties keep him up o' nights, entered
a downtown restaurant at a late hour
Tuesday evening. He glanced at the
clock, then at the calendar, .then at
the menu, from which he ordered a
frugal repast. Then he. waited,
nervously.
At the end pf 10 minutes he suc
ceeded in catcning his waiter's eye.
"Look here, how long am I going
to have to wait for that grub I or
dered ?Mie inquired.
"Oh, I guess it won't be long, now,"
yawned the waiter. "In a hurry?"
. "In a hurry? Say. I ordered a meal
without meat because it is meatless
day. And if I have to wait five min
utes longer it will be wheatless day,
and I won't get a darned thing:"
Cleveland riain-Dealer.
Back to Earth.
"My dear woman," asked the liter
ary slum visiter, "do you periodically
castigate your offspring?" .-
"I dunno?" said the lady of the
tenement, suspiciously.
"He means," translated the settlement-worker,
"db you ever wallop
your kids?" Baltimore American.
Profanation.
Having Just learned over the phone
that he could not get an ounce of
coal. Bangs, the terrible tempered,
went into the parlor ,ttering the most
awful imprecations.
"William," exclaimed his wife, "if
you must swear for mercy don't do it
standing on the prayer rug." Boston
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Complains of Gas Cost.
Omaha, Feb. 19. To the Editor of
The Bee: Would you kindly explain
to the public of Omaha why it is that
the Omaha Gas company, after hav
ing promised the city of Omaha to
furnish gas at a rate of $1 per thou
sand if paid before the 10th of each
month, have 'raised to 81.15, or 15c
per thousand? This amount is even
increased to SI. 25 if paid after the
10th.
The writer's gas bill, for instance,
has averaged about 84 or less per
month. My bill for the month before
amounted to $4.90, the highest
amount it ever reached. For last
month, however, the gas company
sent me a bill for an even $10 which
is twice the amount of the previous
month. Did you ever hear of a gas
bill baivc doubled when one has not
used at more gas than usual, even
thon the advance in price is 1 5c
per thousand? On the strength of
this, I asked the Omaha Gas company
to investigate, and one of their men
stated that there was an escape .of
gas on .account of two lamps being
improperly installed recently by their
own men. In other words, the Omaha
Gas company expects me to pay. for
gas which escaped through no fault
of mine. They argue, however, that
I will simply ' have to pay for the
amount of gas used according to their
meter, otherwise they will remove the
meter. , ' '
This shows that the Omaha ; Gas
company has the public by the neck,
and imposes upon them to the extent
of paying out . their good hard-earned
money for no value received. They
know the public must have the gas,
and therefore . suit . themselves as to
the price and amount of gas used.
They simply say, "Pay, or we cut your
throat
It is time that the public of Omaha
wakes up and makes up its mind to
take some drastic steps in reference
to the Omaha Gas company. There
is no reason why a corporation should
control gas, which is an absolute. ne
cessity of life, and then bleed the
people to suit themselves. It is time
that the control of gas was taken
away from the corporation and given
into the hands of the public. In other
words, the city should control the gas
and make prices which are just, and i
within the reach of all. j
GEORGE B. L. BRAUN.
Approves of the Appointment
Omaha, Feb. 19. To the Editor of
The Bee: The members of the State
Board of -Control of State Institutions
could not have made- a more worthy
or a more deserved appointment than
in the appointment of -Paul S. Mc
Aulay as superintendent of the Girls'
Industrial school at Geneva. L have
known Paul McAulay ever since
as little kids we lived less than two
blocks apart arid we have' been
friends in all that period of nearly
50 years.
He was always the same mild and
even tempered person from the time
he was a little boy and as superin
tendent of the Industrial home he will
show the same mild and even temper,
but at the same time will maintain
the most complete control over the
inmates of that institution. While he
is mild he jias the decision and sturdi
ness to stand for what is right and
will have the same success as head
of that institution as he has had in
looking after the wayward in Omaha.
What Omaha loses in giving up Paul
McAulay, the state gains and his work
will prove that the Board of Control
made no mistake in appointing him.
The women who are objecting to
his appointment are 'making a" mis
take, for his work for the interest of
the unfortunate girls will. prflve.' him
to be the right person in. the right
place. . The whole state ought to feel
elated that such a worthy and efficient
man could be found, to fill such a re
sponsible place.
FRANK A. AGNEW.
. Approves Japan's Position.
Omaha, Feb. 19. to the Editor of
The Bee: Having made- a careful
study of the moves that ' have been ;
made by the several leading, nations
of the world since .the commencement
of the European war it is amusing to
read articles in the newspapers
criticising Japan for sitting on the
fence. If Disraeli t was living
would bo bound to admit that
forming, of the 'British-Japanese
liance was a master move on
diplomatic chessboard and that Jaiian
undoubtedly is faithfully fulfilling her
obligations to Great Britain.
THOMAS HENRY WATKIXS.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Soldier and statesman, rarest unison;
Hifh-potsed example of treat duties dortt
Simply as breathinr. world's honors wora)
As life's indlffrrent Kifta to all men born!
Dumb for himself, unless It were, to Ood,
But for his barefoot soldiers eloquerlt,
Tratnping the snow to coral where they trodf.
Held by his awe In hollow-eyed content:
Modest, yet firm as nature's self; unblamea
Save by the men bis nobler temper.shamedl
Not honored then or now because he wooed
The popular voice, but that be still ltW
stood ;
Broad-minded, higher-souled, there la but
one
Who was all this, and ours, and all men's-
Washington.
Minds st'rong by fits, Irregularly ' great, '
That flash and darken, like revolving lights.
Catch more the vulgar eye unschooled to
wait
On -the long curve of patient days and nlghti
Rounding a whole life to the circle fair
Of orbed completeness; and this balanced
soul
So simple In its grandeur, coldly bare
Of draperies theatric, standing there
In perfect symmetry of self-control,
Seems not so great at first, but greater
grows
Still as we look, and by experience learn
How grand this quiet Is. how nobly stern
The discipline that wrought through life-
long throes
This energetic passion of repose,
A nature too decorous and severe,
Too self-respectful In its griefs and Jovs
For ardent girls and boys,
WUp find no genius In a mind so clear
That Its grave depths seem obvious and near
Nor a soul great that made so little noise.
They feel no force In that calm, cadenced
phrase.
The habitual full-dress of his well-bred
mind,
That seems to pace the minuet's courtly
. maze
And tell of ampler leisures, roomier lengtS
of days.
His broad-built brain, to self no little kind
That no tumultuary blood could blind,
Formed to control men, not amaze.
Looms not like those that borrow, height ol
haze;
It was a world of statelier movement thtB
That this we fret in, he a denizen
Om that ideal Rome that made a man Coi
men.
Placid completeness, life without a fall
From faith or highest alms, truth's breach
less wall,
Surely If any fame can bear the touch, ,
Hia will say "Here!" at the last trumpet's
call,
The uncxpressive man whose life expressed
so much.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL,
"pider the Elm." Cambridge, July S, 1875.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
,
I met the man in history. It seemed
At first he was so great and stately
Hraaaeflav
T was beneath him. But his likeness beamed
On me a smile that set my senso at re3U
I saw him just, veracious, as a youth,'
The fire of love of country smoldering!
I saw him later grasp the sword of truth
And bid defiance to a self-willed king)
I saw him tramping In the burning sunt
And rowing o'er the freezing Delaware!
I saw him, after liberty was won,
Refuse a title or a crown to bear: '
And after that he didn't condescend
I saw him as a citizen and friend. .
WILLIS HUDSPBTH.
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Pay of City Employes.
To the Editor of the Bee:. A dis
pute as. to the salaries of fireman, po
liceman, and detectives, of the city
of Omaha, receive and the length' of
time they get a raise in said salaries
came up. If you will kindly publish
paid information, you will, greatly
oblige. A CONSTANT READER.
Answer Police department: Pa
trolmen start at $65 per month and
receive raise f $5' per month after
each 'six months until they reach a
maximum of $100 per month. De
tectives and sergeants, $125 per
month; captains, $150 per month; as
sistant chief, $200 per month; chief,
$250 per month.
Fire department: Firemen receive
$65 to start and are increased $5
every six months until pay reaches
$85 per month and at end of next six
months they are advanced from $S5
to $100 per month. Junior captains
$115 per month; senior captains, $130
per month; battalion chiefs, $2,000
per year; assistant chiefs, $2,500 per
year; chief, $3,600 per year.
CHEERY CHAFF.
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The majestic qualities of our funerals
appeal to those who appreciate an unau
Burning grandeur of real worth in a burial
service. Our equipment is superbly ef
ficient and our business deportment is of
a tactful nature.
N. P. SWANSON
Funeral Parlor. - (Established 1S8)
17th and Cuming Sts. Tel. Douglas 1060.
"Mrs. Fusty,' our neighbor, is very anxious
to find out if we have coal,' and 1 have a
hard time to evade her. This morning she
asked me pointblank Just how much vc
had."
"What did you tell her?"
"Oh, I told her we had coal to burn."
Baltimore American. .
Guest (In New York restaurant) What
day Is this wheatless or a meatless day?
Walter No, sir; this Is just an ordinary
day.
"Oh. I see. This Is the day when you just
make a regular profit." -Life.
Edith Well, If she accepted your flowers,
our bon-bons, your bracelet, your caresses,
she must have accepted about everything
of yours. '
Jaoft She did; she even 'accepted my
rival Boston Trancript. . .
"Sir, you look like an optimist. You have
a happy countenance. Lend me a dollar."
- "My friend, do you know why I look hap
py? It's because I haven't any wealth to
bother me." Boston Transcript.
Mrs.. Flatbush Is your husband pleasant
at breakfast?
Mrs. Bensonhurst No; he usually spends
a lot of time devouring' some paper.
"I hope It's not his napkin:" Yonkers
Statesman. .
DULL AND SHARP
SHOOTING PAINS
Michigan Lady Suffered Such Paini
In Sack and Head, Bat Says
Cardui Stopped These
Bad Spells.
O
Palmyra, Mich. Mrs. Chas. T. Ful
!er, of this place, writes: "In 1911 I
' got run-down, and I suffered great
1 pain... with both dull and ehanl
shooting pains... also back and headj
I was weak and could only drag
around, and should have been in bed,
for I really wasn't able to be up. At
times I would have spells that would
be bo bad I'd have to go to bed, and
suffered intensely...
I decided to try Cardui, and saw it
great improvement in less than a
month's time. I used 7 or 8 bottles'
and was stronger... I got bo much
better that my strength returned ana
my work was easy for me. Cardui did
me a world of good. It built me up iri
health and strength. I haven't had ona
of those bad spells since. I haveni
had to take any more medicine since
or have any doctors either and haTd
been able to do my work right along
I ...I recommend it to other womeri
highly as the best medicine I know
of for women who suffer from femaH
I trouble." A ,
' If you suffeTSfrom female trouMesi
follow this advice. Get & bottle -o
Cardui today and give it a thorough
trial. It should help you, as It ha
helped thousands of other women In
the past 40 years. At all druggists.
EB-U
At Oxford a boating undergraduate In'hw !
examination for ordination was asked: -"How
many persons are there Is the
Trinity?"
He promptly replied: "Four and the cox
swain"' ChrlstlanJfteglster. 0
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