THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1918.
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j MARCH CIRCULATION
66,558 Daily Sunday, 56,553
arrrafe circulation for the month, subscribed and iwom to br Dwtfht
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Snbacrjawr leaving the city ahould have The Be mailed
: them. Address changed aa often aa requested.
Buy your Liberty bonds today.
State-makers are working overtime, but wait
till the people get a crack at the output
The kaiser has made pretty sure that America
will have a part in making up the ew map of
Europe.
Omaha had many sore feet, but no downcast
hearts as a result of the big Liberty bond parade
on Saturday.
The legislature will make no mistake ' if it
puts the interest of the people ahead of trios of
the lessees in settling the potash land question.
Add horror of the war: The bolsheviki have
ordered that phonetic spelling is to prevail in
Russia hereafter. Imagine spelling a Russian
word the way it sounds! .
"Pa" Rourite is not trying to distract public
attention from the war, but is making arrange
ments to accommodate any who want to see good
base ball during the summer. '
. "Pawnee county folks set a good example in
volunteering ,to give up alltheir flour, if they
can be assured it willget to France. The food
administration ought to meet these patriots half
way. ' rf '
Senator-Thomas of Colorado admits events
of the last few days have turned him from oppo
sition to advocacy of universal military training.
Let us hope the influence spreads around Wash
ington. '. -(-
Lloyd George must have had a stromj "hunch"
as to what our president proposed to say in his
speech at Baltimore.'' At any rate, he hit a bulls
"eye in his prediction that within the next few'
weeks "the United "States would give the Prus
sian military junta me surprise 01 ineir lives.
- Chairman Hurley's! sharp admonition to the
shipbuilders would give one the idea that the
government Relieves the tinrfc has come to fish
or cut bajt. Promises and roseate reports are all
right until it comes to facing cold facts, and what
we need to win the war is action and not in
tention. .' . : ' - .
It is suggested for what it is worth that one
good way to checlc the growing habit of steal-
..Lit ..tj a. -1- .
inn auiuiiiuuiica wuum uc to piatc some respon
sibility on the purchaser of a stolen machine.
He may buy it in all good faith, but without
making sufficient Inquiry as to its history. If
buyers and sellers alike had to exercise due care,
"bargains" in machines would be inspected much
more carefully before being closed.
Demand for Cleaner Coal.
One expected angle of the fuel situation is re
ceiving consideration just now. It has to do with
the quality of the coal furnished qonsumers. In
Illinois the federal fuel director is threatening
penalize producers because of dirt and refuse in
coal delivered. From competent railroad author
ity comes. the assertion that 50,000,000 tons of
dirt and slate were hauled from the mines during
the last year. If this is true, much of this unsal
able material was disposed of to consumers. This
is referred to'as "sand in the bearings" of indus
try. When the coal mines were ' operated on a
competitive basis, great efforts were made to hold
custom by furnishing good coal. Under the pres
sure for fuel last winter, and with the laxity of
federal control, little, if any attention was paid
to cleaning coal at the mines. Demand is now
sharply made that this practice be reversed," and
that cars be not used to haul noncombustible ma
terial many miles, only to clog grates and inter
fere with economic use of fuel. Having divided
. and rationed the country, the fuel administration
can well give time to this most important phase
of the problem. ,
ON THE EVE OF THE PRIMARY.
The preliminary city campaign is right up
to the eve of the primary without developing any
sharp issues, or rousing the community to any
great pitch of excitement. In the perspective,
the race looks still like a free-for-all scramble
of 75 candidates to qualify for the second heat.
The conscientious voter, however, has a duty
to himself and to the community. It is at least
up to him to eliminate the unfit. Let him brush
aside the rotten eggs, the man who has served in
the "pen," and also the others who are likely
candidates for the "pen" the grafters, the de
serters, the crooked lawyers, and the ,ex-dive
keepers. Let him not fall for the self-praising
announcements of the candidates themselves. All
candidates always pat themselves on the back,
and they all profess to stand for justice, for
economy and efficiency, for a better and cleaner
Omaha, with the other usual glittering gene
ralities. What Omaha will want of its next city com
missioners is honest and faithful service, and
past service is the best test to go by. Not every
one can point to a previous record in public
office, which is the best evidence, but if there is
no such record, there should be at least a record
of active interest in civic affairs. What has the
candidate done in the past for the community?
Where was he, for example, when tornado
stricken Omaha rallied with its" wonderful relief
organization? Has he been visible in the fore
front of the war work? Has he been on the firing
line in any of the battles for the public welfare,
on one side or the other? Has anyone ever
known for what he stood befofe he became a
candidate for office?
The voter who will satisfactorily answer these
questions for himself will find something to guide
him, instead of being left to go it blind.
Our Strength in the Fight.
President Wilson's address at Baltimore on
Saturday has a clear ring of true Americanism.
It indicates that he has become convinced that
short of force we can not win the victory we
must have if we are to keep the world a decent
place to live in. For a year Mr. Wilson has pa
tiently proceeded along a line in keeping with his
own lofty ideals, his humanitarian philosophy
supported by a hope that reason's processes might
again control in the higher circles of the Hohen
zollern councils. Just as he asked far a declara
tion of war with reluctance, and only when no
other course short of abject dishonorable sur
render was open, so he has approached his pres
ent decision through an experience that has ex
hausted all other means of settlement.
The only way out of this war is through it,
and the only way, to win it is to fight. President
Wilson has from the first had the loyal support
of all true patriots. They have given him their
confidence in the highest as well as the simplest
form. The only criticism of his Course has been
because it seemed to some the war was not being
pressed with all energy. Now that the president
has spoken aso plainly, and that orders have gone
forth for the increase of our fighting' forces, a
new turn will be given to America's part in the
war.- ,
The kaiser's latest drjve is interpreted as his
contemptuous answer to all suggestions of a
peace inot dictated by himself. His challenge has
been Accepted by a nation that has firmly braced
itself for the conflict. Mr.: Wilson fairly counded
(the sentiment of his people when he said: "Force,
force to utmost, force without stintor limit, the
righteous and triumphant force which shall make
right the law of the world and cast every selfish
dominion down into the dust.'
The knell of kaiserism was tolled on Saturday.
s Illiteracy in the United States.
War time necessity has forced attention to a
condition, that peace had shut its eyes to, that of
illiteracy in the United States. A bill has passed
the house at Washington, and is now pending in
the senate, intending to begin a campaign for the
eradication of the danger. On Monday of last
week Senator Hoke Smith had included in the
record a letter from Secretary Lane,' in which
it is stated:
There are in the United States 5.516,163
persons over 10 years of age unable to read or
write in any language. Over 4,600,000 of the
, illiterates in this country are 20 years of age or
over. It has been estimated that if these
"illiterate persons were stretched in a double
line of march at intervals of three feet, and were '
to march past the White House at the rate of
25 miles per day, it would require more than
two months for them to pass. Over 58 per cent
of them are white persons, and of these 1,500,
000 are native born whites. If the productive
labor value of an illiterate is less by only 50
cents a day than that of a educated man or
woman, the. country is losing $825,000,000 an
nually through illiteracy.
The federal government and the states
spend millions of dollars in, trying to give in
formation to people in the rural districts
about farming and home making. Yet 3,700,000
or 10 ptr cent, of our country folks can not
read or write a word. They can not read a
bulletin on agriculture, a farm paper, a food-,
pledge card, a Liberty loan appeal, a newspaper,
the constitution of the United States, or their
Bibles, nor can they keep personal or business
accounts. An uninformed democracy is not a
democracy. , ,
In other ways Secretary' Lane illustrates the
effect of this mass of ignorance on the social
and industrial life of the country. . The disclosure
may seem appalling, but the condition has been
known and neglected for years.
"Pitiless Publicity'9 in the Senate -
Exposure of Deception Practiced by Committee on
Public Information
In the senate of the United States Sen
ator Wadsworth of New York called atten
tion to four photographs being offered for
sale by the cpmmittee on public information,
announced through the Official Bulletin, and
the tollowing discussion ensued:
Mr. Wadsworth Mr. President, it must be
apparent to every senator, as he listened to
that article being read, that those captions
which were attached to photographs fairly
bristle with misinformation. Furthermore,
the committee on public information has
been completely informed that those cap
tions are utterly inaccurate, and still persists
in publishing them to the American people
under the seal of the government.
On Wednesday morning last there came
into my possession a copy of this release
containing the four captions just read by the
secretary, eacn caption descriptive ot a pho
tograph to be sent to the press for publica
tion and to be placed upon sale to private
individuals or for collections.
I immediately called up the committee on
public information and discussed the matter
with the director of the division of pictures,
under whose charge this matter falls. I
called his attention to the grossly misleading
statements, particularly that hundreds of air
planes have already been shipped to. France
when we know that only one has gone. He
admitted the information was misleading. He
said his understanding was that these par
ticular captions applied only to training
planes. The committee on military affairs
looked that matter up and further cor
roborated the well known fact that no train
ing' planes have been sent to France.
We then sent for the director of the di
vision of pictures and had him before the
military committee. We called his attention
to this grossly inaccurate statement. He ad
mitted before the committee in open session
that it was misleading and flamboyant. This
was on Wednesday afternoon. He laid a
part of the blame upon one of his subordi
nates, a gentleman by the name of Maurice
Strunsky, who he said wrote those captions.
We had him, Strunsky, brought before us to
find out where he got any such information
as is contained in those captions, and he
could give use no satisfactory explanation
whatever.
. The chief of the division" of pictures in
formed the military affairs committee that
he would stop the publication of those cap
tions. It was to be done at our request, and
yet, Mr. President, here we are two days
later witnessing the publication of these
falsehoods in the Official Bulletin, upon
which the people of the United States rely
for correct information. 0
I do not know what the senate can do
about such things. We have no direct juris
diction over the committee on public infor
mation. That organization knew that those
, statements were misleading, to use the most
charitable term, and yet they persist in giv
ing this misinformation to the American pub
lic at a time like this.
I think it is well worthyof the attention
of the senate, and,.as I have said on a former
occasion, it is time that the committee on
public information was censored.
Mr. Knox May I ask the senator a ques
tion? . '
' Mr. Wadsworth I yield to the senator
from Pennsylvania.
Mr. Knox Is it not a fact that the justi
fication for the existence of the Official Bul
letin is that the public is apt to be misin
formed if itjelies upon the secular press,
and that they are entitled to the absolute
facts, and hence the Official Bulletin?
Mr. Wadsworth Of course that is the
theory upon which the committee on public
information was formed. I doubt if it is
conductld in that spirit. "
! Mr. i nomas Mr. rresident, I was ,as
much surprised this morning as was the sen
ator from NewJVork when I saw on the last
page 6f the Official Bulletin of March 28 this
article. The committee on military (affairs
had good reason to congratulate itself that
by the merest accident one of its members
secured copy of these so-called bulletins in
time to investigate their origin and to stop
their general publication. Immediately upon
his receipt of it, or very soon afterwards, the
committee on military affairs assembled and
considered it, with the result as stated by the
Senator from New York (Mr. Wadsworth).
The two men who seem tq have been re
sponsible for it are a Mr. Rubel, the head of
the division of pictures, and Mr. Maurice
Strunsky, whose business is to 'write bul
letins. These bulletins, generally speaking,
after they have been composed by Mr.
Strunsky, are submitted to Mr. Rubel for
his inspection before they are sent upon their
mission to the various newspapers of the
country. In this instance Mr. Strunsky acted
evidently upon his own responsibility, and
prepared and mailed the bulletins without
consulting his superior. Why, I do not
know, unless it be that they were of such
tremendous importance that it was necessary
to get them into the mail and on their way
upon the instant.
Mr. .President, the characterization which
the senator' from New York made of these
bulletins was extremely mild. With the ex
ception of some matters of detail which re
late to the efforts of men to perfect the air
plane engines and perhaps . some parts of
ships, they are absolute and unmitigated
falsehoods. I might go further and use
what was once known as "the shorter and
uglier term." The only justification for
them was the furnishing to Mr. Rubel by
Colonel Deeds of the aviation section four
pictures, which were evidently taken in the
factory rooms where machines are being
manufactured and which disclose the" as
semblage of a large number of uncompleted
and some completed training machines, en
gines, and parts of engines. The pictures
make a very attractive showing and justify
the assertion of the aviation section that it
has an abundance of training planes. The rest
is largely the work' of the imagination.
Mr. Strunsky, 31 years of age, says that,
when these pictures were received by him
and I do not pretend to give his exact words
he drew partly from his imagination and
partly from his construction of an announce
ment of the secretary of war upon the 21st
day of February the conclusions which he
places here as facts. It is all imagination,
showing that Mr. Strunsky has a very highly
imaginative mentality, partly Oriental and
partly American (lauffhter), the combination
of which results in bulletins of this character.
My condemnation of this incident I want
to concentrate upon its appearance in the
Official Bulletin after the positive assurance
of these gentlemen that it would not appear
at all. If an "official bulletin" is good for
anything, it should be because of its name
and what the name implies. That which is
official is generally considered to be reliable;
it ought try be reliable under all circum
stances. Those receiving this bulletin will
very properly regard the statements made
here as true, and very naturally their disap
pointment will be extremely great when they
learn that they are not only untrue, but that
the untruth is stated in an official document
which they are taxed to support.
Mr. President, there can be no justifica
tion whatever for this. The' Bulletin
spreads, in this instance at least, among the
people four statements upon an extraordi
narily important subject which are not true.
I think congress should have something to
say about publications, of this character at
this time. We are confronted at present
with a crisis of extraordinary magnitude.
Mr. Smith of Georgia and Mr. New ad
dressed the chair.
THie President Pro Tempore Does the
senator from Colorado yield; and if so, to
whom?
Mr. Thomas Just a moment The sub
ject of the statements is so interwoven with
success or defeat, one upon which the senti
ment and expectation of the people are so
keen, that the communication of false in
formation is bound to react upon ths morale.
Now, I yield to the senator from Georgia.
Mr. Smith of Georgia Did the senator
from Colorado bring out clearly the fact I
was diverted for a moment that the man at
the head of that bureau in the signal service
went before the committee on military af
fairs and admitted that this statement was
untrue?
Mr. Thomas He is not in the signal
service. ?
Mf. Smith of Georgia In what service
is he?
Mr. Thomas He is in the public informa
tion service. '
Mr. Smith of Georgia But he was the
agent of the public information service over
at the signal service .bureau, was he not?
Mr. Thomas No.
Mr. Smith of Georgia Well, who was it
that had charge of this publication, who ad
mitted that the description contained in this
paper was untrue; apologized for it, and
said he had never seen it, or else steps would
have been taken to prevent it being sent out?
Mr. Thomas Mr. President, this gentle
man, Mr. Rubel, admitted that the accounts
were flamboyant. I think perhaps Jie could
have gone further
Mr. New Mr. President '
Mr. Thomas Just a moment. But he
disowned "direct responsibility for their pro-'
duction. When we called his attention to
the facts he admitted their untruth; gave us
his word that the Bulletin should not be
published, and that he would instruct every
newspaper in the country to which they had
been mailed not to publish them.
Now. I yield to the senator froth Indiana.
. Mr. New Mr. Presidents the senator has
just, in effect, answered 4he .question I rose
to ask. I merely rose to ask him if he did
not th'ink that this was primarily a direct
fraud upon the press of the country?
Mr. Thomas Primarily, secondarily; di
rettly, and indirectly. (Laughter.)
Tenors Pass Up the Tenners
Caruso'si income tax of $59,000 is now
topped by the $75,000 which the Irish tenor,
John McCormack, pays the government as
its tithe of his income from public appear
ances and phonograph royalties. These are
prodigious sums and throw a new light on
music as a gainful occupation. When the
baritones and bassos and coloratura sopranos
have made their returns, when the virtuosos
of the violin and the piano have paid their
tax, thecountry will have occasion to regard
musical art with new respect as a source of
government revenue.
Certainly if there was any doubt about
opera as a war time industry these two pop
ular tenors have dispelled it. They are do
ing their part to help America win the war
and with an earnestness and patriotism
which is recommended as an example to
others whose income is earned under condi
tions of less publicity. But the point for re
mark is the fine appreciation shown by both
Caruso ancTMcCormack of their debt to the
country where they have won their great
fame. s As the latter says, "America giveth
and America taketh away. 'Blessed be the
name of America." '
That is, the spirit in which all should re
gard the tax which is at most only a small
rettfrn in the hour of need to the government
which has made the income possible. Freely
have they received, freely should they give.
New York World. -
People and Events
A small section of Hoboken beered up in
honor of the Hun. drive on the Somme. It
doesn't take much of a drive to plunge alien
Hobokeners into tubs of suds.
Chicago's Society of 'Industrial Engineers
estimates that the country will need 5,000,000
more women workers in industries in 1920,
but need none now. Eighteen months is a
long time to wait for a formal introduction
to a pay envelope. Perhaps the S. I. E.
merely sounds a note of preparation.
I I'QDAV
One Tea Ago Today in the War.
Austrian government severed diplo
matic relations with United States.
American steamer Seward reported
sunk la Mediterranean without warn
ing by German submarine.
The Day We Celebrate.
Edward McKenrle Wellman, law
yer, born 1870.
Frank H. Gaines, attorney, born
1863..
Charles H. Malllnson, grocer, born
1878. '
Albert, king of the Belgians, born
In Brussels, 41 years ago.
Dr. Harry B. Hutching, president of
the University ot, Michigan, born at
Lisbon, N. H.. 71 years ago.
Mary Pickford, motion picture
actress, born at Toronto, 25 years ago.
t . .I , i. .
Dr. Wlliam H. Welch, American
medical scientist, born at Norfolk,
Coon;, 8 years ago.
Thl Day in History.
1728 Lewis Morris, & signer of the
Declftratlon of Independence, born at
MorriBania, N. T. Died there January
82. 1798.
1881 The Board of Mhwlnnsi nf the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
was chartered by the Tennessee legis
lature. 1881 The beginning of tha second
rentursr of na tents in the United
States was celebrated at Washlngton.1
ivj convention signed at Feking
between China and Russia, the latter
agreeing- to evacuate Manchuria.
':..', '
'Just SO Years Ago Today
Ground was broken for the new
Armour building in South Omaha.
A. H. Penrose returned from Whit
ing, la., after a week's revelry among
- : i
the canvasbacks, mallards and red
heads. In four days' shooting he killed
481 birds.
Tonight at Boyd's opera house the
engagement of the two most con
spicuous of American actors, Edwin
Booth and Lawrence Barrett, opens
with a grand production ot "Julius
Caesar."
A tremendous crowd was at the
ball park to witness the second game
between the Omahas and Dubuquea.
Manager Boyd has made arrange-'
ments with the Union I'acino railroad
to have the 6 o'clock train held until
after the matinee performance, to en
able parties from out of town to see
Mr. Booth in "Hamlet" and return the
same niaJaA
Pointed Paragraphs
Wall Street'Journal: Prussian 70
mile gun. has inspired recruiting 3,000
miles away.
Minneapolis Tribune: "Even in
war," said Napoleon, "moralvpower
is to physical as three parts out of
four," which Bhows a handicap of
three to one against the kaiser.
Baltimore American: Every Ger
man is expected to be ready to die
for his country and the Junker class.
There is little patriotic mortality,
however, to be noted among the lat
ter. New York World: Let it not be
forgotten that Americans also are
guilty of war atrocities. Dr. Muck, in
Jail in East Cambridge, Mass., is for
bidden clgarets, but may have pipes
and cigars.
New Tork Herald: On the nation's
roll of honor stands the name of Mike
Standing Water. The "original Amer
ican" is doing his part by the nation,
even though the nation has not always
done its part by him. , v
Minneapolis Journal: Corn-land's
"desire to lean on the German em
pire" has been ratified by Germany,
which has assessed a big . war in
demnity on the leaner, after the man
ner of "the German peace." "
Brooklyn Eagle: The press 'today
Is filled with good farm literature for
amateur gardeners. No man need go
astray seeking the best way to weed
onions. The planting is glorious.
Success Is to him who holds the line
one-quarter of an hour longer than
the last bur to arrive tn the late tall.
"Over There and Here'1
A breeiy soldier of Caseyvllle will
combine business with pleasure over
there. He has contracted to deliver
to home sports a dozen buttons from
the kaiser's" coat r.t $100 each.
The parliament of Greece refused
to give the bounced King Constantino
a pension of 1100,000 a year. Getting
rid of Sister Sophia's Blacker might
be 'worth the price, but the country
needs the money for better uses.
Great Britain's dry goods trade, re
ports great prosperity and record
breaking turnovers. The chief factor
is the vastly increased earning power
of women, as a class, and the inde
pendence in purchasing which flows
from self-earned money.
Prussian militarism is no Joking
matter in Germany now as it was
when Winiam Voight, who has Just
died, became the "Captain of Kope
nick" in a stolen uniform. With a
forged order he commandeered some
soldiers and looted the public treas
ury of Kopenick. It is not known
whether he won an iron cross, but it
is a fact that the kaiser pardoned the
bogus captain. , - - .
Hun newspapers pay little atten tion
to the activities of Americans on
the west front, and that little is de
precatory. The tone ecomes the
source, and recalls the historic ref
erence to "England's contemptible
little army" of four years ago, Un
fortunately the megaphone critics will
not get near enough to the Americans
for a first hand view of Liberty's sol
diers In a mixup. , Distance in that
case promotes longevity .
Twice .Told Tales '
, Then the Lights Flickered.
One evening a young man. who was
a dyed-in-the-wool golfer, was intro
duced to a beautiful girl at a dinner,
and later in the evening when they
sat alone in a cozy corner he began
an exhaustive dissertation on his fa
vorite game.
"The only objection that I have to
golf," finally broke in the beautiful
girl, ia that at times it becomes a
trifle wearisome."
'"Why. Miss Jones!" exclaimed the
young man with a wondering ex
pression. " "I thought I understood
you to say that you dbn't play golf."
"I don't," sweetly .'eplied the
charming one, J'but I have a lot of
golf-playing friends, who talk about
It almost continuously. Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Philanthropy.
One afternoon a group of men were
talking about the fine donations ot a
couple of well-known philanthropists
when one of the. party broke into an
expansive smile.
' "Your philanthropists are all
right," said he, "but 1 think it is only
fair that my next door neighbor nhould
be included 1n the kindly disposed
class. For instance. I have never
known him to send a tramp away
from his back door empty-handed."
"You don't really mean it!" in
credulously returned the other.
"It's a fart." said the first, his
smile broadening. "lie invariably
gives them a letter of introduction to
me." .Yew York Mail
Bring Out Your Savings.
Omaha, April 6. To the Editor of
The Bee: On account of the high
price of merchandise every mercan
tile house doing a large business Is a
heavy borrower at the bank and prac
tically every Omaha business man
who 'buys Liberty bonds will be com
pell3 to borrow from his banker in
order to do so. The bank in turn
borrows the money from the branch
of the reserve bank, which means
borrowing money from the govern
ment to buy Liberty bonds. In other
words, borrow of the government to
lend to trie government.
The soliciting committees will be
tempted to go along the lines of the
least resistance, which means that the
business men as usual will be the
heaviest purchasers of Liberty bonds,
They will have to sell those bonds
when the banks no longer wish to
carry them.
In view of the fact that the busi
ness community expects to borrow
from the banks the money necessary
to pay their excess profit income
taxes you can see how necessary It
is to raise the money for the next
Liberty loan out of the savings of the
-people. -It is the turn of the farmer
and the man with savings in the bank
to come forward and take his share
and not lay down on the business
community who requires Its money to
keep business going. BANKER.
Name Yonr Man, 'Hotshot'
Omaha, April 5. To the Editor of
The Bee: Please print the following
message to Mr. "Hotshot" Murphy:
Dear Mr. Murphy: Tou have en
lightened us as to the merits and de
merits of some of the" candidates for
the .city commission in the coming
election,- and we have appreciated
your crlptic statements, coming as
they have from one who is evidently
an expert on the political subject.
However, you have not indicated
your choice of a ticket of seven, and
we would like to have you do so.
How many of the present city com
missioners do you favor for re-election,
and how many of the "out" can
didates, and what are the reasons for
your choice?
Your answer will be awaited with
eager interest by hundreds of voters
who have read your articles in these
columns.
' ONE WHO BELIEVES IN YOU.
Where Do They Stand?
Florence, April 5. To the Editor
of The Bee: I am asking through
the columns of your paper is there
a man running for city commissioner
that believes in the segregation of the
colored population of our city? I also
ask, is there a man running that be
lieves the city of Omaha ought to own
and run a municipal farm where the
garbage should be taken where a kill
ing establishment could be erected,
and municipal markets opened up in
the city ip connection therewith where
meats, fish, poultry, eggs, butter, milk,
etc., could be sold to the public at a re
duced rate? I wish to cast my ballot
for such a man, if there is any one
on the list. C. L. NETHAWAY.
important war material that is belnj
delayed Just because we have not tha
power and equipment to meet thes
unforseen transportation difficulties
that we are face to face with today,
I would like to sugg.st that the gov.
ernment put an embargo on shipment
of flour into cities that are now mill
ing flour. This would unquestionably
relieve the congested conditions in
freight traffic as well as it would re
lease many box cars for other shipping-.
This applies to all other similar
conditions. V. A. BRADSHAW.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
Her sweetheart baa gone to war.
"la she worried?"
"Dreadfully. She's afraid he may fall la
battle, but if he doesn't she's afraid ha
may fall In love with a Red Cross nurse."
Detroit Free Press.
"Excuse this small box of bonbons, my
first and only love. Tou know Mr. HooveF
advocates the conservation of sweets.-
"I agree with Mr. Hoover."
"Patriotic girl!"
"You get no kiss tenight." Birmingham
Age-Herald.
"I can marry any woman I please."
'Then I conclude you haven't pleased
any yet." Baltimore American.
THE OLDER I GROW.
Edgar A. Guest In Detroit Free Presa.
The older I grow the more patient I am,
And fonder of people I seem to become;
I find much that's real hidden deep In the
sham,
I know that life's Juices are under the
scum.
The eares that once fretted as trifles appear,
And the faults that loomed large in the
friend that I know
Seem to fade in a background of kindness
and cheer.
The older I grow.
Time was that I questioned the purpose ef
life.
In the mad way of youth I was quick with
my hate.
But I knew not the depth nor the breadth
of the strife
And I knew nothing then of the workings
of fate.
I judged from the surface and not from tha
deep,
I was wasteful with pleasure and fearless
of woe.
But I find that my Joys I'm more eager t
keep
The older I grow.
I chose all my friends with particular ear
And heedlessly wounded the truest anl
best;
To many a false god I sent up a prayer.
Then the real things of life seemed a sub
ject for Jest.
And the bad seemed the good and the food
seemed the bad,
I scorned in my haste what was splendid
below;
But I find myself longing to have what I
had.
The older I grow.
I have learned that men's folllea are not
printed deep.
That things youth mocks at are splendid
and fine.
And young people scatter the Joys they
should keep,
In the very same way that I once wasted
mine.
I'm more tolerant now, I am, slower to
sneer,
For I've suffered my griefs and I've
winced at a blow;
And money I find matters less and less her
The older I grow. "
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"Hotshot's" Closing Volley.
, Omaha, April 7. To the Editor of
The Bee: A few words of advice to
the voters before they go to the polls.
Don't be camouflaged by the hypo
critical records of the hypocritical
candidates printed In the hypocritical
yellow sheet.
Dan Butler, the camouflage re
former, heads their ticket. A fitting
standard bearer. But the Joke of it
air is their statement that; Butler has
opposed extravagance in municipal
affairs. This la rich. Dan's brother
and campaign manager. Joe Butler,
is enjoying a salary of $175 per month
on the city payroll for doing nothing.
He passes as gas commissioner, but
nobody knows what he is supposed to
do, exoept electioneer for Dan. This
Is an example of Dan opposing ex
travagance in municipal affairs.
As for Ed P. Smith, the candidate
for mayor, his campaign Is rapidly de
teriorating into a tragedy. The main
actors are the members of the Moss-man-Murray-Dunn
troupe of lawyers
who have aimed at power in the city
hall for a long while, and thought
they could put It over this time by
putting forth a clean, corporation
lawyer who has; never been success
ful in politics because he doesn't know
anybody but his plutocratic friends.
Smith himself, it Is reported, doesn't
think he stands a chance. Neither
does anybody else who can read the
handwriting on the wall.
For a bunch of power-hungry
lawyers to put i forth a candidate
whose very platform shows an ig
norance of what is going on about
him is the quintessence of 'folly.
Smith hasn't woke up yet to the fact
that there are social centers, and good
ones, too. being conducted in all parts
of Omaha. Neither has he found out
that the people of Omaha are going
to decide for themselves at the com
ing election whether 6r not they waht
to buy the gas plant. Somebody ought
to set an alarm clock under his ear.
As for Tom Reynolds, he is a Daily
News employe and the labor candidate
who "ditched" the other members of
the labor ticket to make "tieups"
which would gain votes for himself.
The other labor candidates won't for
get this for a while.
Ringer, Ure and Zlmman are not
so bad.
"HOTSHOT" MURPHY.
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How to Save Cars.
Geneva, Neb., April 4. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: We are confronted
today with a car shortage that has
never in the history of railroaddom
been equaled, and from the present
outlook there is no letup. Our brainy
traffic men of alf the railroads are
bewildered as they have not yet solved
the problem. However, a great deal
has been accomplished to relieve the
situation, and I will say a few words
that I think will, if followed out,
make available thousands of cars that
are now being unnecessarily used. For
example, we are Juggling thousands
of cars back and forth transporting
flour and other commodities from one
town to another. This practice should
by all means be eliminated and dis
couraged in every possible way; the In
consistency is the fact we have a flour
mill milling flour and shipping some
to other points, and in all probability
those towns have a mill doing the
same identical thing. It is certainly a
vast waste of box cars that could be
used for more important shipping. All
flour today Is made under govern
ment restrictions and the same for
mula used In the local mills as in
mills at other places. So why should
a car of flour be shipped, say from
Genoa, Neb., to North Platte, ' vice
versa. My tdea Is to use your local
mill products and everything that is
local cut out this unnecessary use of
box cars. The railroads will thank us.
The government and the people and
soldiers will be benefited, for we Have
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