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Do not fail to adjust your clock tonight before
retiring.
Thecolonel still is an asset when it comes
to pure Americanism.
Von Ludendorff promises t "strong German
peace" like Limburger, for example.
A few firing squads might do much to clear
the atmosphere in some parts of the United
States.
What is the matter down at Lincoln? Can
not the governor squarely face an issue he raised
himself?
How about getting up tomorrow morning at
6:30 and consoling yourself with the thought
that It Is ill Tight with the clock?
One year ago today the Nebraska legislature
spent its time over the wording of a resolution'.
requesting the president not to declare war.
Aren't thcVe any red-blooded patriotic Amer
icans in our Nebraska legislature? If so, it's
about time for some of them to break loose.
An exodus of swivel chair 1 warriors from
Washington is under way, but the delay wrought
by their presence will not be undone: for many
weeks. ,
. . , ( i
Camouflaging political gabfest by labeling it
"patriotic meeting" evidently fools nobody
whether 'the stunt is attempted by the "ins" of
the "outs." .
Does our poor deluded police commissioner
really imagine he can utilize the police pension
fund ! political capital in his quest for re-election
and get away with it? N ,,.
"Fee-grabber Bob" evidently does not take
kindly to the idea of a grand jury Indictment for
embezzlement to test out that new law requiring
him to turn the money intq the county' treasury.
STRIKE OUT THE "PROVISO."
'The proposed amendment to the constitution
of Nebraska relating to declaratory citizenship
has been presented to the legislature, presumably
in conformity with Governor Neville's peculiar
ideas. As drafted it pretends to disfranchise
first-paper voters, but in reality saves them by a
cunning "proviso" that it is not to be effective
for three years. In other words, if the amend
ment should be submitted artti adopted as framed,
we would stop alien enemies from voting in Ne
braska three years hence. If this is not the
height of absurdity, will not someone please tell
us how it could be more absurd?
The popular demand of the hour in Nebraska
is to insist on full American citizenship as the
prerequisite to suffrage, and to require full nat
uralization, not three years from today, nor next
year, but just as soon as the change can be
legally incorporated into our constitution. The
danger of our present system of first-paper vot
ing has been driven home by the condition of
war, which is immediate and critical' and is not to
be met by waiting three years. - . 'f
The absurdity of the "proviso", may be seen
also from another angle. The legislature will
meet twice in regular "session before three years
shall have passedso what need for an extra
session to do something for which there is no
more hurry than that? ;
Rather tHan submit the amendment in the
present form it wibe far better to'do nothing
at all. Before the proposed measure" goes any
farther, the fool "proviso" inserted to save dis
loyal votes for the 1920 presidential election (for
that is plainly th inspiration of the Hitchcock
Mullen hyphenated combination that is1 pulling
the wires on Governor Neville)-should be stricken
out.
,
' Our federal reserve district is given a mod
erate alldtment in the third Liberty loan, but Mr.,
McAdoo wilt be able to fill all orders, no mattep"4
how great the oversubscription, so do not hold
back when it conies to buying the bonds; ' ' " "
The Third Liberty Loan. ' - "''.
, . Secretary McAdoo's preliminary announce
ment of terms and amount for the third Liberty
loan comes as a pleasant surprise to the financial
worldr. Neither the interest rate nor the total
amountis as high as had been expected. A treas.
ury device in the form of a sinking fund is. de
pended on to keep the price of the bonds at par,
while the total is fixed by the gratifying fact that
yar expenditures have, not reached,the limit of
estimates. In these statements is evidence of the
soundness of our financial condition as well as
some proof of the sincerity with which we en
tered the war. Dollars alone will not win battles,
but money is essential. And just as the American
people took up their share of the conflict with a
whole-hearted devotion to its purpose, just so
they gave without stint of their treasure to its
support. That the stupdendous cost has not
swallowed up the sums provided is encouraging,
but the future must ba looked to. General Wood
advises that present forces be more than doubled,
and his words will be heeded. Americans must
furnish men and money 'alike to carry the contest
to the only end that will be acceptable to them.
Further revenue legislation will have direct
bearing on the task of financing the war, and a
consequent influence on the amounts to be bor-
rowed by the government to meet current expend
' itures. The terms and conHitions of the third
Liberty loan suggest the possibilities of the fu
ture and ought to encourage prompt response to
the request from the treasury. 1
Pershing'i Offer to Foch.
Something characteristically American will be
found in the reported visit of General Pershing
to General Foch, there to offer him the aid of
the whole American people in the present battle.
It amounts to a request that American troops
in France be permitted to share in the big work
that ia now going ahead there. That such a re
quest should be'nade is proof that our men have
not been engaged, except in small bodies and
incidental to other work. Until further informa
tion "comes we will not know what disposition
General Foch has made of the proposal, but it is
not reasonable to think Americans will npt get
some part in the fighting before the decision of
the battle becomes final. i
Proceedings of the ninth -day of the copilict
are conclusively in favor of the Allies. The
German advance has been checked, apparently
definitely, along its principal axis. In some,
places it has actually been thrown back. What
is undoubtedly a diversion by the Germans in the
neighborhood of Arras has been insufficient to de
tract from the danger into wiich the kaiser's
men have. thrust themselves at Montdidier. Ber
lin papers promise an even greater blow impend
ing, for which we may believe Allied stratf gists
havimade preparation. What form .this will take
can only be surmised, but it may be aAnotfe to
support the exposed flank of the lalieht pushed
out to Montdidier in the effort to reach Amiens.
Despite the boast of the Germans, the line "i Hot
broken, but is holding fin and growing strongffH
as the attack losea headway. - i
Observer are intent on the counter move
thit mtf8l eotne. y So far the replies to the Ger
man' attack '' have been chiefly defensive, and,
'while, aa auch they are of importance, they can
not be looked upon as in the nature of a general
assault. ' General Bell's disclosure of the fact that
the present move has been in conformity with
a" well arranged plan leads to the other fact that
sbme Iqually definite pla,n for countering nust
exist, and to its .operation Ainericans can look
forward confidently. '-; ' ' - . '
'When Cheyenne Was Young"
A Chapter Reminiscent"bf Border Life Forty-four Years Ago
"""" By William Francis Hooker in "The Prairie Schooner."
.' ' Spirit for the War. Jj'-y:fi
"-'"We must work in the spirit of Washington
ind LiricoJp.'Vsayi Cotonel Roosevelt, speaking
at Portland, Me., but talking to all his country
men, "and. this ..we can only do if we apply that
spirit, to the issues of the present day." Here is
an inspiration for the patriot,. In the spirit of
Washington, who through years of hardship and
discouragement fought on to victory; in the spirit
of Lincoln, who courageously faced a tremendous
crisis and by his calm devotion brought his coun
try back from threatened disunion, Americans of
today shrouid face their share of the war. Vic
tory will not come without effort, nor without
sacrifice. . It will be purchased with blood and
sorrow, tfhe mighty army of the German mili
tary machine looms' with terrible majesty, its
sinister, shadow fallipg over every home in Amer
ica. Unless it is crushed it will crush us. We
have chosen to resist that machine, and events of
the last week warn us that tlie task is no light
one. Any hope that might have been cherished
that peace could be established through negotia
tions, or quiet restored short of victory, is now
broken against the front of the kaiser's army,
rushing on o conquer or to die. Americans can
seealong the Somme what to expect from Ger
many. -The spirit of Washington and Lincoln is
that of free men willing to die for freedom, and
only in that apirit will victory come and liberty
be maintained. Justice is oura, and we never
can endure the peace of the conquered.
Let us' suppose this is the year 1872, and
that we are taking a trip across the continent
on the first railroad from the Missouri" river
to the golden gate. We have passed through
western Nebraska and its uninhabited -hills
and nlains, and we are entering Cheyenne, on
a vast plain, yet situated at the foot of-ar
range of the Rocky mountains known as the
lower Black Hills. We are in sight of Long's
and other Colorado peaks of the Rockies and
while apparently on a wide prafrie for several
hours we have nevertheless been climbing a
steep grade all the way from Sidney, the last
division point. ,
Cheyenne is (in '72, remember) a city of
boards, logs and canvas, but is beginning to
shake off the very first things of a "camp,"
and is entering the brick age, with god
prospects of acquiring fame as a substantial
city. . - .-
But there, are some hundreds of things
here that are strange to the eyes of an east
ern man. For example, in all his life he has
never seen a man, outside of a military en
campment, with a revolver strapped in a
holster to a belt around his waist. Perhaps
he has never seen a faro game in his life,
and chuck-a-luck is as mysterious to him as
the lingo of the broad-hatted men who rec
ommend it rb the fortuneseeker instead of
a gold mine or honest toil of any kind. He
has never seen, much less heard of, a hurdy
gurdy where the men, and the scarlet women
"waltz to the bar" to the tune of the "Ar
kansaw Traveler." . -
He used to see his Uncle Cyrus plow with
a slow-plpdding team of oxen among the
cobble stones of a Vermont farm; but this is
the first time in his ife that he ever saw seve"n'
yokes of oxen hitched together in front of
two big wagons and every team pacing a
gait that would bring praise from the judge's
stand at a county fair. I
He starts down the main street and he
sees "The Gold Room" in big, letters on a
big wooden building. "This is where they
keep it," he mbses, and he goes in. It is
where they sell ij "forty-rpd," "squirrel"
and the rest. But that is not all we see in
the "Gold Room," run by Jack Allen. We
also see a woman called Madam Moustache
dealing the game of "21," at which "Wild
Bill" Hickok, Texas Jack and a lot more
celebrities are "Sitting in." Then in another
corner is a faro game. Men here are so
eager to get their money on the c,ads that
some of them are standing on the back rungs
of chairs and reaching over sitting players to
put stacks of golden twenties on the table,
either "calling the turn" or betting that the
nine-spot" or some other card will win or
lose as the dealer slips the pasteboards out
of "his silver box.
It-is night, of course, and after a-while.
when the gambling begins to drag, the tables
are shoved a little closer to the wall and the
big floor is given up to dancing, even though
through it all dancing and gambling a stage
performance is going on. Some painted fe
male person of uncertain age, but positive
reputation, is either shouting personalities at
characters in the crowd or bellowing and
butchering a popular song in a male voice.
Smoke is thick and not fragrant to the nos
trils of the newcomer the tender foot. The
"Gold Room", root is also occupied that is,
the inside part of it with boxes crowded
wit.h men and women, the women being
known as "beer jerkers." In the early hours
of morning it is difficult to find a sober man
or -woman.
The same .thing is going on in "Mc
Daniels' variety,"" opposite Tim Dyer's Tin
restaurant McDaniels,-bald headed and also
smooth of voice, is circulating around among
his top-booted guests like a pastor among
his flock, and you wonder that such a fine
looking, well spoken man is not in a pulpit
instead of a dive.
But this is some of Cheyenne in 1872 to
1875. Go to Cheyenne today and what do
yoit find? Nothing like this, that's certain.
It is doubtful if you will round up more than
a handful of men who remember there ever
was such a place as Allen's "Gold Room," &c
the McDaniels' Variety, or even Tim Dyer's
Tin restaurant tin because the plates and
cups were tin when the big place was first
opened. But see Cheyenne today. There
isn't a city 200 years old on the Atlantic
coast that has more civilization, a finer lot
of railroad men, more culture and good or
der to the square yard.
Cheyenne had a bad reputation, but it
soon reformed when the natural resources of
Wyoming began to be developed, and today,
while we who pioneered it there so many
years ago spoke of it as a "desert metro
polis," are witnessing every little while
either in agricultural or horticultural shows
its progress in wheatfiefd and orchard.
(Book published and copyrighted by
Saul Brothers, Chicago.)
Germany's Huge War Debt
Limit of Safety Set by Home Financiers Now Exceeded
Ernest L. Bogart, University of Illinois, in New York Times.
It is impossible, especially at this dis
tance, to learn all the facts concerning the
financial conduat of the war by Germany,
for 'the government has thrown a veil of
secrecy about every vital point connected
with finance, especially the subject of ex
penditures. But there are two sets of figures
which it has been impossible to suppress or
probably distort andv from a study of these
we may deduce the approximate indebtedness
cf Germany at the present Ume.
The first of these is ,the votes of credit
by which the Reichstag appropriates money
ior the use of the government. As it -is
constitutionally necessary to have parlia
mentary approval before the money can be
raised or spent, these votes are a matter of
Rirblic record, and hence mufy be accepted as
accurate. Up'to and including December 1,
1917, 10 such votes of credit had been
granted, aggregating 100,000,000,000 marks
($27,250,000,000).
The following table shows these votes:
Amount. .
............. . $1,350,000,000
1,260,000,000
2,504,000,000
2,500.000,000
2,600.000.000
9,000,000,000
SO, 1016 8,000,000.000
23,, 1017 8,750,000,000
.......
3,700,000,080
8,750,000,000
No. Data of Vota.
1 Aug. 1, 1914.
2 Dae. 3, 1914..
8 Mar. 22, 1915.
4 Aug. 31. 1915
6 Dee. 24, 1915
5 June 0, 1916
7 Oct,
.S Feb.
9 Julr, 1917
10 Dee. t, "1917 '.,.
.Total ..! 827,250,000,000
.. An 11th vote of 15,000,000,000 marks wai
granted the other day, bringing the total up
;to' 124,000,000,000 marks. This refers not to
rthe debt, but to the expenditures. Inasmuch
as some of the expenditures thougli not
many have been met out of taxation, it is
obvious, that We shall have-to establish the
amotmt of the war debt in some other way.
Fortunately, we have one other set of
figures, which,- while not quite so unimpeach
able as those just quoted, are sufficiently
.trustworthy. These are the loans made by
the imperial government. 1 Down to October
last the public war loans seven in number
had amounted to 73,361,660,000 marks ($18,
340,415,000). These were as follows:
No.. Data of Issue.
1 September, 1914..
2 March, 1915
8 September, 1915.,
4 Marcfy 1916
v5 September, 1916..
March, 1017 ....
"1 September, 1917..
Amount.
$1,120,000,000
2,286,250,000
. .... 8,040,750,000
.... 2.691,750,000
2,862,750,000
S.192.500.000
8,156,415,000
Total
As these
.$18,340,415,000
loans have been made with
clock-like regularity every . September and
March since the war began,- it is evident that
an eighth loan must soon be floated. As the
loans are now 50,000,000,000 marks ($12,500,
000,000) less than the war expenditures, there
must be an immense floating indebtedness
which will have to be funded. Cash on hand
at the beginning of the war, together with
additional sums raised since by war t?x
cannot have amounted to more than 4,000,
000,000 marks, ($1,000,000,000), leaving .be
tween $11,000,000,000 and $12,000,000,000 as
the amount of the floating debt.- Even it.the
next loan be as successful. as .. either. j?f the
last two, each of which amounted to a little
over $3,000,000,000, it is clear that it will not
even absorb the outstanding treasury bills
and other temporary obligations.
While these figures make it evident that
the imperial debt of -Germany ha9 not yet
reached the sum of 124,000,000,000 marks, it is
evident that it has already passed the limit
of 100,000,000,000 marks which Herr Rudolph
Haverstejn, president of the Reichsbank,
thought was all that Germany could stand,
and which he was sure would never be
reached. If this figure be compared with the
modest debt of $1,250,000,000 which Germany
owed before the .war, some measure of the
financial -burden 'imposed upon the empire
can be gained.
The total budget of the imperial German
government in 1913-1914 was $830,000,000;
the interest on the existing debt is-already
$900,000,000, and the next loan will bring it
up to $1,000,000,000 annually, or more than
all the peace and military expenditures before
the war. .. . , v
The Battle Hymn in the Dugout
If any additions to the Battle Hymn of
tho Republic were permissible, they would
be such spontaneous additions as the soldiers
themselves make when they sing the hymn
in the trenches. These additions might be
of a rough and ready character, but they
would at least meet a want of actuality in
the hymn, which' the boys might feel, and
their amendments would be accepted at least
during the period of the present war after
which the battle hymn would be restored to
its historic integrity. Mrs. Florence Howe
Hall, the daughter of the woman who wrote
the hymn under circumstances closely corre
sponding with inspiration, if entirely right
in -protesting, as she has done, against any
purely literary additions to the poem. The
better the literary quality of .the amend
ments, the more impertinent they would be.
But it seems that the boys themselves do
not want any changes. In a letter to his
mother, written by a young Vermont soldier
in the New England division, under date of
February 12, which the St. Albans Messen
ger publishes, we find this inspiring passage;
it was written from the fighting front:
"Just after breakfast the other day we
hoard-a band, so a lot of us started out to
find it. It seemed to come up out ofthe
ground, and going over to a group of trees
we saw a large hole about 30 feet across and
60 or 70 feet deep. The band was dpwn
there playing the "Battle Hymn of ther Re
public. That is our war song. We then
went down the side of the hill and found
the entrao.ee. The place where the band was
playing was a large room with a big hole
overhead and tunnels leading out in every
direction, and large pillars supporting the
rcof.- In the center of the chamber is a large
terrace several feet high. The chaplain was
on the terrace, dressed in his robes. There
was a Marge cross that was carved in the
rocks." ' . - : .
And the soldiers, with their chaplain and
beneath . the cross, were singing the Battle
Hymn of the Republic in this cave 1 The in
cident proves the superb itality of the hymn.
Making its way under such circumstances, it
is capable of taking care of itself. Not alone
in the "evening dews and dampsVbut in the
bowels of the earth, they haye "bnilded Him
ah altar. Boston Transcript
One Year Ago Todnr In the War.
Russian workmen and soldiers de
manded confiscation of the immense
Romanoff possessions.
Britten occupied aeveral villages in
tha direction of Camiral and French
recaptured positions lost to the Ger
man in, Champagne. ....
The Day We- Olebrate.
David C. podds, railway mail clerk,
bom 1869. 7 u
G. W. Clabaugh, vice president of
the Oman Gba born X869.
Dr.. Alexander C Humphreys, pres
ident of Btevena Institute of Tech.
nolory. bom tn gcdtland 67 yearg ago.
Joseph Caillaux, .former French
premier, recently tried on a charge of
high treason,-born -S5 year ago.
Da Wolf Hopper, a veteran aetor
of the musical comedy stage, born in
New YotK City 60 years ago.
Joseph II. Rush ton, president of the
Fairmont Creamery - company, born
in Manchester, England, 1849.
Just SO Years Ago Today
' Leroytayne has, in consideration
of $5,000, , soW 'his : bay geldings
'Keno," Alitnn Junior" "Roan Hal,"
and "Wild AhV to J.H Schonlng.
One hundred arid -sixty saloonkeep
ers nsembled m Hornberger'g hail to
discuss 'the feasibility of complying
with the mayor's demands in requir
ing them to pay $750 on their license
Instead of the former, quarterly, pay
ments of 2fi0.-- - ---
Special' ear Na 1, of the Union Pa
cific, arrived from Chicago with Pre-
This Pay In HUtorr. ' ' loent ,j-mbi Auanw ot taw
i,i o . ..j ; t ton." " -"' - - -
d tTcen Miss Laura B. Grlffln. tha talented
rison for bia distinguished
service in the war of 1812
.1
.Jm,.,., elocutionist entertained ' the Young
i Men's Christian association people in
iio-Th. ai trial of Pn.iii ! tneir nan wua ner urama,uo ana
Johnson beran before the coifrt of i com, selections, '
impeachrneat I The first Issue of a new church pa-
J880 peeident Hayes opened the' per, to be called the Omaha Preaby
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New terian, comes out next week. It is
jVork City.. . . published by E. U Tiffany & Co., Jind
1803TInauguration ot a great will be edited by the, Presbyterian
strike ot textile workers at LoweU. ministers of this city, .
Melting Pot of War.
Australian high schools are now
giving insrtuctloa in the Japanese
language and it is also being taught at
the military school. ''- - '
It Is reported from Rome that
Italian women are giving up jewelry
and household silver In order to make
the fifth Italian war loan a success.
Cast iron shells, once thought ob
solete, are being . manufactured in
Franoe at the rate of 1,000,000 a day.
They are more effective against earth
works than those of. steel.
' To Strasburg belongs the doubtful
honor of having scored the world's
high price record, for- food since the
war began." In Strasburg market, re
cently a large goowt was sold for $70.
The 'wives -of ' navjr men were recently-warned-
by- Secretary Daniels
against social conversation .concerning
ship movements and. other informa
tion that, might be of value to the
enemy.- ' ..
To conserve material necessary In
war and used in the manufacture of
paints, leading paint' makers of the
country have cut their products from
100 shades to 82 colors lor tne dura
tion ot the war. .
A Russian moujik (peasant) is
quoted as saying: ' "We peasants don't
know how to plan together, and so
when ws meet to discuss the thing we
can get no decision at all because no
peasant before he talks knows what
he la solng to say.- He Just opens
his mouth and out it comes and when
It ia said, it is even worse than he
himself expected." ,
Peppery JPojints
New York World: Most of the
kaiser's sps huve titles before and
aliases after arrest; -'-
Minneapolis Journal: Th kaiser
saw the kaiserlne's Easter hat and re
marked gloomily, "Onwart mlt gott"
St Louis Globe-Democrat: ; But the
kaiser is not getting close enough to
the drive" to expose himself to sharp
shooters. ' . ' ' - '
Washington Post: " As the Lord's
Prayer is said to have been engraved
on a pin head, it may te that & rever
ent sentlmentwill yet "penetrate the
mind of Bill the Blasphemer.
Louisville CourlertJournal: Nowa
days your restaurant heck ought to
Knninin n i-nflf showing that vou
are entitled to the Croix de Guerre fo
having Taced tne waiter caimiy ana
handed him your tip after having been
snot to pieces oy me casnier.; r
New YerK Herain: ii.mere were
left room for any surprlBe over the
"logte" of the Boche, there, would
come up for consideration by psy
chopatlsU ythat claim made by Ger
many ! upon . the vFrench government
basea on aamages aone 10 wmran
embassy property, in Paris by a. Ger
man -tiomb dropped from a German
airship!
Brooklyn Eagle: A hyphenated
association which is fighting for its
charter in a congressional investiga
tion admitted, through one of Its offi
cers, defending the sinking of the
Lusitania. The hyphen under present
circumstances ought to be interned,
but when round Justifying that out
rage on American rights. ' ought to
face a dissolution firing squad.
Twice Told Tales .
V A Strong Argument.
Counsel for plaintiff was delivering
the peroration of ah impassioned ad
dre.v.rv'hlla thundering forth his
eloquence he was leaning for support
on the back of chair-in front of
him. He was a gentleman of-much
weight, in more ways than one.-whlle
the chair was" an . ancient one, and
gave way under the strain .-placed
upon it, with 4he result that the bar
rister fell prone to the floor among
the wreck. Quickly " regaining his
feet, ha remarked:
"That proves the strength of my
argument" r This was met with a
gentle ripple of merriment, all round,
which speedily merged Into 4 roar of
laughter when the "opposing counsel
replied? ... '.. . . ,-
--"My learned brother's- argument
may he all- that he claims for. jit, but
It fell ta the grc4ind."-T-PhiladelphIa
Ledgers ."V;"'.'. :
Bessie's Interpretation. ;
T.ltlla -Ross uhn in In thn second
grade, startled her parents by insist
ing that her teacher was all the time
calling for. cigarettes. Her mother
was so puzzled over this that she
visited the school one afternoon to
find out what the child meant by such
a charge. In a little while the mys
tery was solved, for the teacher,
glancing around the room, called out
to the pupils: "Sit erect sit erect!"
Bessie looked at her mother and
blurted out triumphantly!- 'There,
mamma, dldnfl tell you? Boston
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Fitzgerald Answers Qulnby.
Omaha, March 27. To the Editor
of The Bee: An item appears in The
Bee's Letter Box of March 25, under
the caption of "Burden of Taxation."
coming from the ever fluent pen -of
Single Tax Quinby, in which he
criticizes the county assessor for obey
ing the laws and rules laid down by
the State Board of Equalization lor
his guidance. . '
Mr. Quinby was orwe a member of
the state legislature add as such state
officer and law maker, one would have
thought he would beffamiliar with
that part of the revenue laws of the
state, which instructs county asses
sors as to how to arrive at values of
merchant and manufacturer, by de
manding of such merchant or manu
facturer an inspection of inventories
and all books of account for the pre
ceedlng year including the annual in
voice and inventory of stock of sueh
merchant or manufacturer last pre
ceding such assessment and the poli
cies of Insurance carried by such mer
chant or manufacturer."
J. M. FITZGERALD,
County Assessor.
Smith and Community Centers,
Omaha, March 26. To the" Editor
oi! The Bee: I am amazed at the Ig
norance displayed by Ed 1Y Smith,
the candidate for mayor on the "out"
ticket.
Mr Smith, In one of his campaign
ads. announces that if he is elected he
will favor the estabH?hment of com
munity centers for winter recreation.
If Mr. Smith is the student of civic
affairs' that his frieri;fswouTJMve'"u's'
believe, he should know-that at the
present time community centers are
being conducted in many parts of thV
city. The newspapers from. time, to
time have carried announcements of
the various activities of the com
munity centers, and only a week ago
The Bee carried a series of photo
graphs showing a number of groups
enjoying themselves at the centers,
For the benefit of this authority on
civic affairs, I wilt inform him of the
community centers, as I now under"
stand them from personal experience.
I myself attend 'regularly the pro
grams, lectures, concerts, etc., con
ducted once a week at .the community
center In my neighborhood, t also
attend the improvement club which
was started by the community center,,
My wife -is a member of the Red
Cross class which -meets -once a week
in the community center," and also
reaps the benefits of --the', women's
athletic class, which -Js ateo-conducted
one night a week. My oldest son
speaks of nothing at the present time
but the community center gym class,
and the big athlutic meet In which he,
with other members of his gym class,
is going to participate this week. My
daughter has taken par); in two plays
staged by the dramatic class of our
community center, and hef plrl chum,
who lives in another part of ,the city,
sings in the chorus of her community
center.
Perhaps It would be well for our
friend Mr. Smith to get around and
learn what is foing in this city be
fore he attempts to pose as an expert
on civic affairs.
"HOTSHOT" MURPHTV
see that the men that- voted- to p-
this loal over should be elected u
c-iv Vi.-imp- thpv nrp. too small to rui
this city. Wake up people, and elecf
men that are bif? enough for the Jolj
and men who will give us a real busy
ness administration and in the interes)
of the people and a greater city.
" " ONE WHO WILL HELP, i
"GOTT MIT UNS." I
(Living Church.) '
The kalaer'a recent renewal of hla ctalnj
to be in partnership with the Almighty, "thl
vnfid old German God,1' luatlfle reprinting
hrm sonnet Uy-v Harvard undergraduate, th
(irat appearance, oi wmcn, in. a univereuj
publication, roused furloua criticism front
those who felt tha force of Ita trenchant
No'oubt ye are tha people; Wisdom's flanU
..inn. ,..,im vmir nannort vea. from vouri
h3ywusi j -
alone. x
God needs your dripping lance to prop hll
throne:
Your gleeful torch his gtory to proclaim.
No doubt ye are the people; far fronl
shime, ...
Your captains, who deface the sculptured
stone
Which, by the labor s.nd the blood and bonl
Ot pious millions, calls upon his mime.
No doubt ye are the folk; and 'tis to prov
Your wardenshlp of Virtue and of Lore
Ye sacrifice the Truth In reeking Kara
Upon the altar to the Prince of Love
Yet still cry we who atlll in darkness ploj
" 'Tis anti-Christ ye serve and not our God.
not 1
- -VAwy1 v
Business is Ctood Thank You"
Two Kicks on Haze.
Omaha. March 27. To the Editor
of The Bee: I most admire the un
mitigated effrontery of Commissioner
Kugel in recommending the rein
statement of H. P. Hazo on the police
force. Everyone, at all familiar with
the resignation of this man Haze,
knows that the resignation was, not, a
voluntary one, and he resigned as
deputy sheriff under John McDonald
for the same-reasons
And now forsooth he has "only five
years more to serve " until', he." is
eligible for a pension. He has always
been a barnacle on the state politic,
and after five years, he will become a
perpetual burden on the future po
liceman of Omaha. JUSTITIA.
Omaha, March 27. To the Editor
of The Bee: Haze on the department
and why? He tried to do this same
stunt with tho police (Jomtnissioner,
but they turned him down and did
right. Its an outrage' oh the tax
payer to put this man on -the pay roll
for life and the people should not
stand for it', and, -by all means should,
C.othing -Specials
Men's $20 Suits, in all tflC
sizes, on sale P AJ
. Men's-Spring Coats, . tiJOA
$25 Valued on sale. .. . P&iV
Young Men's. Suits,. C
$20 value, on gale... P'
Boys' Suits, $7.50 frA QO
value, on sale. .... pteJ0
llMJ!-......$2.00
$1.00 Shirts,: CQ
Uf V
on
sale.
J. HELPHAND
C oth'ng Cb.
314-16 NORTH 16TH ST.
9
Hospe's
Player Pianos
The secret of keeping young is to feel
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Dr. Edward3 Olive Tablets, the substi
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ng the system of impurities.
Yotf will know Dr. Edwards' Olive Tab
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Special Sale
Saturday
Wonderful, bargains, in Player
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They are high grade pianos with
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Funeral Parlor, (Established 1888)
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DUNG
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1
ECZEtMMI
On Little Girl. Cuticiira Soap and
Ointment Healed.
. "Our little girt had eczema over her
body. It started on the hack of her
neck in the form of a rash,
and kept spreading until it
got on her head. It got so
bad that she could not
rest at night from the itch
ing and burning, and she
would scratch an that the
skin became inflamed. . It caused her
to be very cross and fretful.
"The trouble lasted about two
months. After using one cake of Cuti
ciira Soap with one box of Ointment
she was healed." (Signed) Geo. Col
iinson, 306 W.Winfield St., Morrison,
ILL, August 8, 1917.. .
If you have a poor complexion Im
prove it by using Cuticura Soap daily
and Cuticura Ointment occasionally.
Sample Each Free 'by Meil. Address port
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everywhere. Soap 25c Oujtmeot25and50c.
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ELMER E. GILLIAM
, Candidate 'for the
Nomiaatioo, - - .
CITY COMMISSIONER
PRIMARY. APRIL 9TH
CAREFUL - SAFE
. - ;.Bn and Raised la Omaha