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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 17, 1918
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f , Saving wheat is saving soldiers. Stick to it.
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Cheer up; you can have a hen for dinner next
Sunday,
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! Up the hill goes the tank as over the top
g;b the subscriptions.
! Two to one for the' bonds shows where
tmaha stands on the public schools.
: British commissioners report American labor
"loyal to the core," but we knew that all the
time.
! Giv
Give the land board time; maybe it has not
been able to figure out just where to put thepe J
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poiasu leases jrci.
A local coal dealer has shocked his patrons
by returning rebates In cash. The association
nw in session ought to make a note of this.
A little more action and a littje less talk will
be of real help in the aircraft muddle. The pro
gram has been weighted down with too much
press agent from the very start.
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f Storiea of food shortage are again coming
out from Germany, but we have been hearing
these since 1914. When they get hungry enough
,to quit fighting, America Is ready to feed them.
Get in on the "clean-up" drive. Any day is
good enough on which to remove rubbish and
beautify, premises, but when one Is set apart offi
cially for the work it ought to be generally ob
"Secretary Baker is safely home again, and
soon we may know what he has learned of war
by a close-up view. If he listens to the home
folks, 'he will be encof.aged to take vigorous
action. "
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Jf it will "suit the kalser'a sense of fitness to
know it. Nebraska is sending a respectable quota
of the aboriginal American to the front Liberty
for' all men Induces men of all races to fight
uittier Old Glory. ,
IShamrock, Tex., would seem to be the last
place where a pro-German would turn up, but a
preacher there is accused of christening a baby
"Kaiser Wilhelm." Just why a helpless infant
shbuld be so mistreated it beyond understanding.
Kaiser Wilhelm is valiant, and to prove his
intrepidity and dash on Sunday he approached
to .within eighteen miles of the firing line. How
th( walls of Valhalla mvet have shaken with the
sh6ut of th warrior souls who witnessed the
valorous exploit I
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I Everybody In for Liberty.
Omaha's Liberty loan drive Is being conducted
in the true spiritnot to secure the largest pos
sible aunt of money hi the shortest spaoe of
time, but to get everybody down as a subscriber
to fhe loan. Ho doubt ever existed that ,Omaha
would oversubscribe its q-ota. That was the
easiest cart of the iob.. What Is aimed at is
So get the largest number of names possible on
th list ot local bonaTtoiaere; every nousenoiaer
in ht community the goat sought The pur
poe of this ie plain, Our war is one of the
people, and only when att are 'interested has it
come to the point where unanimity is plain.
Differences as to points of Judgment may exist,
buf differences ts to the ultimate desire of all
:art not Conflict of opinion as to our war pur
poses is impossible. Thus it is all the more
iesirable that no one be overlooked m making
ip'ihe lists of owners of Liberty bonds. Secre
ar McAdoo hat asked for 20,000,000 sub
scribers; it is up to Omaha to go over the top
n this regard just as much as it ie to exceed
t amount of money apportioned to the eom
nunity. I
FIRING SQUADS FOR SPIES.
Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military
affairs committee, has brought in a measure of
stern importance. It provides that cases of
espionage be turned over to the military author
ities. ' Regardless of the assurance of the at
torney general to the contrary, Americans believe
that our country has been entirely too hospitable
to its foes. Mr. Gregory minimizes the danger
from spies, but his statement that "reports, of
enemy activities are grossly exaggerated" will
hardly allay public feeling. So far as the work of
the Department of Justice is concerned, few
criticisms are to be made, beyond the fact that
much leniency has been shown. This is perhaps
in harmony with the altruistic aspects of our
participation in the ar, but we have approached
if indeed we have not reached, the point where
some more drastic measures must be adopted.
In spite of the statement of the attorney general,
we have accumulated a goodly number of Ger
man spies in our internment camps, and under
conditions that would have ended in summary
execution in Germany, or even in England or
France. Senator Chamberlain points out that our
war can not be run on the 'basis of police court
practice. If his bill becomes law, it will greatly
strengthen other laws on the topic, and will
present at least cause for spies to consider before
they begin operations.
Germany Pledged to Conquest.
Germany at last has-dropped all pretene of
defensive warfare and stands out boldly now as
pledged to conquest and loot. Chancellor von
Hertling has vetoed the Reichstag's resolutions
declaring for peace "without indemnity or an
nexations," threatening to resign if the body in
sisted on its action standing, and has refused
to receive Mathias Erzberger, leader of the
Catholic center. Emperor Charles has been com
pelled to pledged anew his allegiance to the
kaiser, and Count Czernin is dismissed from
office, showing how absolutely Austria is under
German control. The original program of world
conquest, in all its details, is now fairly brought
into the light and the power of Germany is
devoted to its establishment. Russia already has
been reduced to powder, Italy is helpless, and
France, England and the United States are to
be crushed and vanquished in turn. Then will
follow the selection by the Prussian overlords of
creation of such territory as they care to occupy
permanently, the rest of the world to be subject
to the suzerain control of Berlin. Indemnities
at the pleasure of the conquerors will be collect
ed from subjugated peoples and the Huns will
find in victory solace for all-the sacrifices they
are making now. To this program all Germany
is now committed. Its defeat depends on the
United States, the one country that can supply
the needed man-power to meet the robber hordes
of kaiserdom. Our duty is as plain as the pur
pose of the Hun. We must win or submit to their
domination.
Solicitude for the Soldier Vote.
No reasonable objection can be raided against
Governor Nevjlle going to Camp Cody or any
other military post as often as his fancy wills
and public business permits. But why should he
camouflage his journey with the statement that
it is oft business for "the National Guard?" The
National Guard as such went, out of existence
months ago and is now merged in the army of
the United States. The new soldier's vote law
makes it the duty of the governor to provide
lists of the men in service for the use of the
commissioner. These lists should be available in
the governor's office at any moment. The law
required that a complete roster of the National
Guard be kept on file at the state house. Men
taken under the selective draft are registered also,
and the lists shoujd easily be available. National
Guard units sent out from Nebraska have been
broken up and their personnel scattered through
out the army. The same is true of the selects.
No distinctive Nebraska unit any longer exists.
Why then does the governor find it necessary to
journey to Deming to get information that ought
to be t his service in the state house? Is it
possible that all this extra solicitude for the
sold'ifr is going to have a reflection in the can
vase his excellency wift later on make for re
election? Perish the thought!
An Omaha-trained officer has been decorated
for gallantry under fire in France, which will not
surprise any who have closely watched the work
that is being done at the big balloon school here.
The truth; is that Fort Omaha has quietly been
sending to the fighting front a mighty fine lot of
well trained and thoroughly efficient specialists,
whose work is listed as among the most import
ant elements of modern fighting. The balloon
man may not be so spectacularly prominent as
the "bird man," but he makes a lot better target
for the enemy,1' who invariably tries to put the
'sausage" out of business, for he knows what it
means to his plans.
Ouaeiders are blaeing away a the farmer
again, calling him a slacker and other unpleasant
things. Just as soon as the farmer gets his
spring work along to a place where he can take
time to anflwer, some of these overwise critics
may hear a fev words from the men who are
now busy preparing for another big crop.
British Air Mastery in France
Perils and Thrills of the Cavalry of the Clouds
London Times Correspondent.
" What remarkable work the men of the
royal air force have recently been doing in
'France you already know from the figures
given in official communiques. Not long ago
there were those four days in February when
we crashed over 40 German machines, and
sent down over SO more out of control and
how many of those came finally to grief no
can can say. Now, in the late spell of fine
weather, we have again had a period of JO
days in which we have crashed only one less
than 100 machines, and have sent nearly as
many more down out of control, while our
own losses have been comparatively small.
And it has to be remembered that the
fighting goes on almost exclusively over ter
ritory in German occupation, not seldom in
sight of the enemy's home aerodromes. In
one fight alone the other day a patrol of five
of our men fell in with nine of the enemy not
far from Lille at a height of 11,000 or 12,000
feet. The enemy, as usual now when he has
no greater odds than nine to five in his fa
vor, bolted, and we chased him. There hap
pened to be another of our machines about
which was flying "solo." The pilot saw what
was going on, and joined in, so that we had
six machines in the field, though the "solo"
player operated as free lance "on his own."
Some of our machines, outmaneuvering
the enemy, got round to eastward of them
and between them and their homes; and
then followed what is known foy airmen as
a "dog-fight," where everything is all mixed
up in swirling chaos. By this time the fight
was close to the German aerodrome, and six
enemy machines were crashed within sight
of home, before the remaining three had
scuttled ingloriously to cover. Some of the
six fell actually on the aerodrome, and the
remnants of the rest strewed the ground
about it. What must be the effect on the
morale of a fighting squadron of such an in
cident? And it is far from being an isolated
case.
Twcl day later eight machines of this
same squadron were out in two formations
of four each. One formation sighted six of
the enemy, went for them, and shot down
two; whereupon the others bolted. Our men
gave chase, when eight more Germans, who
had been waiting up above, dropped down
from the clouds on our men's tails. Instead
of getting any victims, however, two of them
were shot-down by their" quarry as they
dived, and in the melee which followed a
third German pilot was, at ' close quarters,
blown clean out of his machine, so that sev
eral of our men saw him fall clear of it,
while the aeroplane went down whirling in
somersaults alone.
At this point our other formation closed
in and one of them got another German.
Then three more Germans came to join, and
two of them were crashed. Another flight
of seven or eight of the enemy were hovering
near, but apparently did not like the look of
what was going on. So that our eight ma
chines had actually only 17 against them,
though they were in the presence of 25 of
the enemy, all of whom might have taken
part in the fight. As it was, the eight men
shot down eight Germans beyond any
shadow of doubt, for each of these went
down in flames, or had it wings shot off, or,
as in the one case quoted, the man was shot
out of his cockpit, or, as in other cases, our
men saw their bullets actually striking the
other pilot, who thereupon doubled up and
the machine toppled and crashed down. Be
sides these eight, two others were almost
certainly crashed; but as their total destruc
tion did not occur till they were lost in the
cround mist below, they were not claimed.
It was enough that eight machines toqk on
17 and shot down eight, and all got nome
themselves in safety.
But, perhaps, the most extraordinary day
spent by the men of this particular squadron
was a week earlier, when three 6f them were
out acting as escort to some of our observing
and photographing machines. They fell in
with three of the enemy and at once gave
chase. It is a confmon trick, however, for
the Germans to send out small patrols of
three or four machines to lure our men along
for they know that we are fairly sure to
attack to where supposedly overwhelming
strength is waiting for us, this overwhelming
strength being generally furnished by one
of the traveling "circuses" which move about
the German front to spend a week or two
at one aerodrome after another.
In the present case, no sooner had our
three got well away after the three flying
enemies than out of the heights above them
two formations of eight each 16 new ma
chines 'in all came dropping down on them,
one flight coming directly out of the sun.
Our men let the original three go and turned
their attention to the newcomers three
against 16 and in the first collision shot
down three of them, one of our machines get
ting two and another one, while three more
went down, apparently out of control. The
Germans, in spite of their strength, drew
off, and our men, rightly counting it madness
to follow, swung off in another direction.
But they were still out looking for fight
ing, and near Douai they found it, in the
shape of a new enemy formation of eight
scouts. As the two parties were on about
the same level some pretty maneuvering fol
lowed for position, with the result that our
men, getting finally between the enemy and
the sun, shot down two of the eight one
bursting into flames and one having its wings
fall off while two more went down earth
wards plainly out of control. What were left
of the enemy succeeded in getting away.
The net result of the outing was that
three machines, going to act as escort to
photographers, fell in altogether with 27 of
the enemy, of whom thty certainly destroyed
five and sent as many down crippled in
greater or less degree. In all. the men of
that one squadron have crashed indubitably
crashed 63 German machines in the course
of the month, and have sent as many more
to ground lame and hurt, some, doubtless,
never to get home.
Most of last night I spent at the aerodrome
of one of our squadrons which specializes in
night bombing, and I saw the machines go
out each with its rows of "eggs" ranged
tidily beneath it and helped to welcome
them home, when their "eggs"had all been
dropped, cuckoo fashion, in places where they
did not belong. It was extraordinary inter
esting, if little can be told of it in print;' and
the man who has the hardest job, I think, is
not the one who goes to bomb, but the com
manding officer who sends them and must
eat his heart out in anxious waiting for their
return.
The Germans fall back increasingly on
anti-aircraft devices of every sort, so that
now. when our men ko over, they find some
new kind of "hate" almost every day. Ever
sort of anti-aircraft gun they have, with every
size of shell exploding in every sort of way;
with ''flaming onions" and "tracers" of va
rious kinds, and things which go off like
shrapnel, but scatter not bullets, but streams
of what are supposed to be phosphorus balls
to set a machine alight, if they hit it only
so far none has done so and a new pom
pom machine gun thing of caliber of an inch,
perhaps, which sprays the air full of bullets
up to several thousand feet. Then there are
searchlights everywhere, .criss-crossing their
stiltlegs in the sky, so that our men not
seldom must dodge and dip down among the
rain of bullets and fly below the interlacing
beams to see their objective on the ground.
The whole of German territory far back be
hind the lines now seemingly lies awake all
night waiting for our men to come, and when
they come the darkness blazes into fantastic
firework displays and the air hums with
f'hate." Our men drop their bombs in their
appointed spots, and come home after an
hour's or a two hours' or three hours' trip
to swap experiences of the amazing pyrotech
nics they have seen. And the official report
says that "anti-aircraft activity was above the
normal." Normality, however, is a thing of
changing standards.
The most formidable enemy which our air
men have to cope with is the weather. Apart
from the fact that, taking the year round, on
three days out of four the wind is westerly,
and therefore drifts the fighting farther and
farther over German soil, and makes it hard
for crippled machines to win home, the
weather is always full of traps. Sudden fogs
come up and engulf the airmen when far
over German territory, and so do snow
storms. .Recently one of our men flew for
45 minutes blindly in the snow; then came
to earth, not knowing in what part of the
world he 'was, except that he felt sure it was
somewhere in Germany. So the first thing
that he did on landing was to set fire to his
machine. The flames attracted people, who
came trudging through the snow and told
him that he was close to Calais.
Clear days and nights turn suddenly thick,
or ground mists hide the objectives, or white
layers of fleecy cloud spread over the moon
lit sky, against which an aeroplane is sil
houetted black to the anti-aircraft observer
on the ground. These things are worse than
any tricks the enemy can play; and, given a
return of fair weather, the Germans barring
something unforseeable have hard work
ahead of them before they will get anything
like mastery of us in the air. V
Children of the Desolate
When the sweet and wholesome human
side of this war shall have been written, not
the least thing of interest to Americans will
be the provision of a fund under the auspices
of the Canadian club of New York for the de
pendents of Americans who enlisted in Can
ada's forces. With the clear call for increas
ing and great aid from all quarters at home,
our Canadian friends resident here also find
a way to assume this further burden with
characteristic unrevealed sacrifices. .
Up in the north men from the start hid
age and defects to enlist, and they are still
doing it. Death has levied a heavy toll in
every township and hamlet of the Dominion,
among our good neighbors, related to us by
indissolute ties of race, origin, language, lit
erature, consanguinity. A fresh visitation of
bereavement is today's harvest of the last
bootless thrust of German militarism and
savagery. Greater exactions still may be ex
pected from private benevolence.
It is pleasing at such a moment to read
the announcement of a "drive" in Canada and
among Canadians here for a fund for de
pendent American families who are in our
midst. Quiet fortitude and just pride in duty
done reserve grief for tomorrow and the
days after this day's task shall have been
done. So. they turn out of the shadow of
self into the clear, purifying sunlight of help
fulness to others.
Many are the children of the desolate.
Wall Street Journal.
People and Events
Minnesota is likely to follow Nebraska's
example in convoking the legislature in spe
cial session this month. Provisions for sol
diers voting and measures to throttle sedi
tion are an urgent necessity in the Gopher
state.
The old bronze bell that summoned the
"embattled farmers of Concord" to arms 142
years ago pealed anew in Concord town for
the third Liberty loan. The lapse of years
did not alter in the slightest degree the bell's
higher notes of freedom.
Just as Greater New York settled down
to win the war for democracy the attorney
general of the state throws a wrench into
the machine. Women registering to vote, he
rules, must tell their exact age. The matter
of disposing of joykillers is bound to be the
first business for humanity after the war.
Kansas last week contributed five aliens
to the number put out of harm's way during
the war. William and Henry Lohse, two of
the five, hail from Logan, where they oper
ated a mill contrary to the Hoover rules and
talked like exiled junkers. The mill is now
running 100 per cent on the American plan.
EE3DSZ
3ne Yesur Ago Today in the War.
Riotous strikes on wide scale re
ported In Germany.
United States senate passed the bill
tuthorizine; a national loan of 17,
)00.000,000. First shot flred Jn war between
United States ana Germany In sub
marine attack on United States de
rtroyer Smith.
The Day We Celebrate.
. Dr. J. P. Lord, physician and sur
eon, born 1 860.
. Frederick C. Lage, dentist, born
US4..
Dr. George P. Wilkinson, oculist and
lurmt, born 180.
, William R. Day. associate Justice
it the supreme court ot the United
States, born at Ravenna, O., years
IgO. -
Willis Van Devanter, associate Jus
tice of the supreme court of the
United States, born at. Marion, Ind.,
: St years ago.
Wlllard SaUlflbury, United - 8tates
senator " from Delaware, born at
Msorgetown, DeL, 57 years ago. -
rhl Day In Hltrtory,
1837 J. Pierpont Morgan, famous
1 New: York financier, born at Hartford,
Cone. Died In Rome, March tl, 1913.
. ., ig6i Norfolk harbor obstructed by
'taking vessels, by order of Governor
tcher of Virginia.
188 Magdala, the Abyssinian
rtronghoid, wa burned to the ground
it fe British.
Just 80 Years Ago Today
Jost xnurty xears Ago Today.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien gave a formal
reception and feast at Maaonlc hall in
nonor or. ineir matrimonial alliance.
The following delegates left to at
tend the national meeting of Young
Men's Democratio clubs, which is to
be held next week in New Tork:
Charles Ogden, Joseph Garneau, Jr.,
John Dougherty, J. K. Riley and J.
P. Boyd.
The Omaha and Wyoming Coal and
Mining company, with Charles D.
Selden. Alfred A. Selden, James Mc
Crea, John H. Gibson and James An
derson as incorporators, filed articles
of Incorporation.
South Omaha merchants are cir
culating a petition to have N street
sprinkled during the summer months
at their own expense.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Crelghton,
who have been absent some months
in California and Arizona, havs re
turned to Omaha.
The Cable Tramway company is
now extending its tracks at both ends
of the line, -
Round About the State
Grand Island Independent lifts lta
hat and salutes Council Bluffs on its
record of oversubscribing its quota
of Liberty bonds at one mass meeting.
One minute after the Liberty loan
drive started in Buffalo county one
of the banks guaranteed the entire
quota. That tops Liberty's speed rec
ord and pulls down the red, white
and blue ribbon.
The funniest spectacle staged In
Plattsmouth, according to the Journal,
was that of a farmer in a butcher
shop, "Kicking on the high price of
meat. And he recently sold a carload
of high price cattle."
David City is not quite In the speed
class of Buffalo county, but it trotted
down the home stretch with Its Lib
erty bond quota subscribed In one
day. The capital of Butler county
quickly senses a good thing and hops
to it
Bradshaw Monitor fearlessly stamps
the local brand of yellow paint as a
symbol of personal spite. "Some morn
ing," says the editor, "we may wake
up with -our whole front painted yel
low. But. bedad, if that happens,
some one will sure have to answer to
our landlord."
Editor Adam Breede of the Hast
ings Tribune is bound for war's
bristling frnt, to, observe and report
to the home Tolks Just how the forces
of Liberty " are doing things on the
spot. When Adam comes marching
home with a grip full of the very
latest mental pictures of gory scenery
Ross Hammond will scarcely be in the
oratorical running. '
Editorial Shrapnel
St Louis Globe-Democrat: Intern
ment of all the alien enemies may be
come necessary to their own safety.
Washington Post: As soon as the
allies swat Hlndenburg the indigna
tion of Holland against America, will
quickly subside.
New Tork Herald: To all concerned
notice can be given right now that
the American people are too deeply
concerned with matters of Importance
to devote any thought to the ques
tion whether Mr. William Jennings
Bryan or Mr. William Hamilton An
derson is the Beerless Leader.
New York World: A strange thing
about this war Is the fact that the
men who tell us every day that deeds
and not words are necessary are the
most loquacious of all our people al
ways on dress parade at banquets and
always In the front rank among those
present at every other talk-fest
Brooklyn Eagle: Former Chancel
lor Michaelis gravely fears that Ger.
mans may yield to gross materialistic
aspirations if they demand indemni
ties from the rest of the world. He
is a humorist. The only spiritualized
German today is a dead German. Ma
terialism is the keynote of "effi
ciency." Louisville Courier-Journal: Little
Breeches, Count Czernin, the Austro
Hungarin foreign minister, declares
that Austria-Hungary will not go beg
ging for peace, "but will enfdrce It
by our moral Vlght and physical
strength." Y-a-a-s! He should tell
it to the marines. Sailors will never
believe it Neither will he when our
boys-in khaki get there,
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Twice Told Tales
Nothing Left
"Yes, we used to sit out in the old
summer house in the beautiful moon
light. Strange to say, Jack never be
lieved he kissed me as often as I ac
cused him of doing."
"Ah, and how did yom convince
him?"
"Why, the next night I told him to
cut a notch In the summer house each
time he took a kiss.
"How did the scheme work?"
"Very well for a while, but er
by the end of the week there was no
summer house left." Kalamazoo
Bugle.
Had Taken Treatment
He was a mine-sweeper, and, home
on leave, was reeling a wt groggy.
He called to see a doctor, who ex
amined him thoroughly.
"You're troubled with your throat,
yon say?" said the doctor.
"Aye, aye, sir," said the sailor.
"Have you ever tried gargling It
with salt and water?" asked the doc
tor. The mine-sweeper groaned.
"I should say so!" he said. "I've
been torpedoed seven times:" Lon
don Mail.
Duty Well Done.
He My dear, you must not be so
extravagant with the table. You must
contrive to make both ends meet
She Well, Harry, haven't I got
roast chicken at one end and porter
house steak at the other? Baltimore
American. v
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Look! Coal Man Pays Rebate.
Omaha, April 15. To the Editor
of The Bee: Seated at home this even
ing, my attention is directed to an
automobile which has drawn up to
the curb. From it emerged Frank
, a well known coal dealer. As
he approached the door I arose to
greet him, and invited him into the
house.
"Sorry," said Frank, "but I am out
on a little business mission. I find on
going over the firm's books that you
are entitled to a rebate on the last
supply of coal you bought from us.
As this is the last day of our business
year, I am balancing up the books
by delivering the rebates customers
are entitled tc according to the fuel
administration order. Will you please
sign this receipt."
The receipt was duly signed and the
rebate handed over.
No, sir, I am not dreaming!
To me this is a very hopeful sign,
for if the coal dealers begin that sort
of a business system, what may we
not expect along other lines In time?
So cheer up, the worst may have
already arrived and passed by.
SOUTH SIDE.
Osteopaths in the Army.
Kirksville, Mo., April 12. To the
Editor of The Bee: Will you do your
part to help correct a mistake which
is quite commonly held by the public,
as to the nature of the bill which the
Osteopaths are trying to have passed
by congress?
Many people believe that we are
asking for some special favor, but
the truth Is that the Osteopaths want
to be allowed to take the same ex
amination which drug doctors take to
get into the army and navy; to be
graded on their examination by the
same men who grade the drug, doc
tors; to go into service with the same
rank and pay as the drug doctors; to
take orders the same as other men
of the same rank, and to save the
lives of the nation's heroes.
The Osteopaths can pass the same
examinations which other doctors
pass. This is proven by the fact that
the drug doctors promised us a- chance
at those examinations last summer.
Twenty-five Osteopaths took the ex
aminations and were graded by med
ical men and not one of them failed
to pass. Then the drug doctors craw
fished and our men were not given the
commissions which they had earned.
The comparison of the courses of
study In our school with that of two
well-known medical schools shows
that our preparation is complete and
thorough; that our training includes
surgery as well as the general care
and treatment of all acute and chronic
conditions; and that an Osteopath
would no more try to set a broken
bone by spinal manipulation than a
drug doctor would attempt the same
result by giving a pill.
DR. R. D. STEPHENSON,
715 West Jefferson Street, Kirksville,
Mo.
Borcbum. "In these dan it map nas
only words he know how to pronounc
there ian't a chance of hie being able to,
keep up with the' war altuation." "iVaah
inf ton Star.
OUR FIRST FIGHTING FAMILY.
John O'Keefe, in Nev Tork World.
More than 108,100 persona named Smith
are In the government list ot eoldtere, sail
ors, and marin i and their beneficiaries.
News Item.
Talk about your stohe walla, your human
monoliths!
Can they match the army of the Smiths.
Smiths, Smiths? - .
There's Alfy Smith from Alabam',
And Billy Smith from Butte,
And Clarry Smith from Cofferdam,
As scrappy as a Ute,
And Danny Smith, who says "I am
One ornery galoot!''
There's Eddie Smith of Miasiseip.'.
And Frankte Smith of Maas,,
And Georgia Smith, whose dexter grip
No German can surpass.
And big Hank Smith, who loves to dip
His nose in poison gas!
There's Iuy Smith from old Msnhat',
And John J. Smith ot Maine,
And Kansas Smith from off a flat
And thirsty western plain,
And Larry Smith, whose habitat
Was mid the sugar-cane!
See Smiths named Moses, Matt ani
Mike, '
Napoleon, Nat and Ned!
Orestes Smith is on the hike,
With Patrick Smith ahead.
And Quintlus Smith, a chap I like,
By Rollo Smith is led!
Bold Sammy Smith of Skag-ii-ay
Ranks Tommy Smith of Troy;
Ulysses Smith of Put-In Bay
Greets Victor Smith with joy,
And Willie Smith's intense "Hooray!"
Shows he's no mommer's boy!
Here's Xerxes Smith, who, by his name,
A conqueror must be, '
And Yankel Smith, who left his dame .
. East of the Bowery,
, I V. 7-nh ci,u It. In ilia vam
For U. S., you and me!
Foolish foemen! think you freedom's sens
are myths?
Look upon the legion ot the Smiths,
Smiths, Smitl-.s!
Want Grade Crossings Guarded.
Omaha, April 15. To the Editor
of The Bee: Sunday, April 14, there
was another railroad crossing acci
dent at Florence, in which four people
were Instantly killed, and five seri
ously Injured two of them perhaps
fatally. This accident occurred on
Thirtieth street, one of the most
traveled streets, especially on Sun
days, within the corporate limits of
the city of Omaha. I have traveled
over the place where it occurred per
haps hundreds of times and always
supposed until now that the railroad
track at this place was a switch
track. As you approach the track
from the north It is concealed by an
old barn until you are almost on the
track. The only precaution taken by
the railroad company to warn travel
ers or pedestrains of the approach of
trains is a bell that sometimes rings
and sometimes fails to ring. When it
rings, a person In an open car might
hear it, while a person in a closed j
car might not. And one who heard
it might not know what it meant.
This is only one accident amongst
many of a similar nature which have
occurred where various railroad
track crossed various public streets
in the city of Omaha. My attention is
now more than ever attracted to this
reckless killing of people by the rail
roads on account of the fact that one
of my relatives was seriously injured
in Sunday's wreck.
I now recall that for the last 12
years this thing has been going on
from time to time, and yet our city
council, or so-called commissioners,
sit by complacently and watch the
dead carted away from the scenes of
the various accidents, and continu
ously fail to , pass apy ordinance re
quiring the railroad companies to use
reasonable care to protect people
driving or walking over the streets
from being run over by the trains.
The people of this city should rise
up now and demand that the city
council immediately pass an ordinance
requiring each and every railroad
company doing business within the
corporate limits of this city to have a
watchman stationed at all hours of
the day and night at every place
where a public street Is crossed by a
railroad track. In addition to this, the
people should demand of the next
legislature that it pass some law
imposing criminal responsibility on
the managers and operators of these
railroads where they kill people in
this manner. If the officers of the
Minneapolis & Omaha railroad who
are responsible for the absence of a
watchman at the Thirtieth street
crossing at ' Florence were required,
as they should be, to serve a term in
the penitentiary for these deaths that
have resulted from their negligence,
you may rest assured that we would
never again hear of an accident of
this kind occurring within the eor
porated limits of this city, or within
the confines of this state wherever
the Taw applied.
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