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.THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEs: MAY 5. 1918..
The Om aha Bee
.DAILY (HORNING) EVENING SUNDAY
FOUNDED BT EDWARD EOSE WATER
VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITQR
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. . . MARCH CIRCULATION
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v Suaacriaara loavtof tha city ohould hawa Tha Baa Ballad
U than. Addraaa chaaaad aa oftoa aa raquaatad.
, ; treparr to help in the "slate" smashing,
' The boys over., 'there got cheering word froitf
the Home folks last night
Military autocracy, either abroad or at home,
has no friends hereabouts. " '
v The Tan-lac-twin act if matched only by the
Hyphenated' attempt to hyphenate Mayor Jim
.nd Ed, P. Smith. :
The merry month of May is making good to
far, but the frost line will not be passed for it
Vast another week.
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VtA an awi tr pi remr rnf svr tUm wtrfta
JJCVI CIV ww (I ova tllW aiBVt T vaa Vf v aai vraavar
'ast night, when the full report from the Liberty
loan drive vjti sent out.., j
The slate makers are giving the postal clerks
nd mail carriers something to do, if nothing else
comes from their activities.
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The Red Cross asks your attention for a min
ute. It ought not to take that, long for you to
et.your, name aown on tne list. '
1 One hundred per cent of Nebraska counties
are Over the top, an? last year wa had sw-partial
:rop failure. What will the record be when Ne
braska harvests a ull crop?, ,
Missouri river ' boosters .have good grounds
for their contention just now and ought to make
in impression on Mr. McAdoo. If ever the Big
Muddy was needed as a commerce carrier, now,
j'ithe time, ('
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, Attack is made on the law creating the Omaha
Welfare board,;' bringing up the question of
whether this bodjr has served a useful purpose.
.The real answer may be known when it is dis
covered who is bacVof the mpve.
; SMASH AlL THE "SLATES."
" The just closing city campaign has been par
ticularly devoid of issue, as jvell as of spectacu
lar incidents. While it was to "Be expected that
people w6uld not be easily diverted from, the
all-absorbing topic of the war, the importance and
necessity of honest and efficient management of
Ideal affairs even as a factor in the effective sup
port by the community of the different war activ
ities, must not be overlooked. It must also be re
membered that the character of our city govern
ment is to bl determined at the election Tues
day for three yeaf to, come, regardless of the
prolonged or shortened duration of the war.
' ' That the people of Omaha want some changes
in ' their city hall was manifested by the sum
mary elimination of one of the commissioners
in the primary and we may be sure more changes
are to be decreed in the election.. This, in our
judgment, will be a good tiling all around the
management of the city should take in new men
with new ideas and new energy from time to
time if it , is to be really progressive and continue
responsive to the. changing conditions of the
population. , ' ,
Omaha will have the Jcind of city government
which its people demand, but the only way to
register and enforce that demand is to go o
the polls, smash all the slates and vote for
the best meri. v v .
Peace Drive on Great Britain
Following the concentrated
effort
of the
kaiser's army to crush the British forces in
Flanders comes the news that "amiable neutrals"
have started the expected "peace" drivi in Eng
land. A Dutchman of distinction, said to be an
accredited emissary of the kaiser, has landed on
the island and is working up to a proposal. Con
nection between the campaign in the, lowlands
and propaganda among 'the home -folks is easily
traced. It is altogether probable the Potsdam
plotters will find they have again overshot the
mark, British men have been dying for a prin
ciple since AugusJ, 1914, and it is not likely that
those who survive jthem are now willing to en
ter a compromise that will make their sacrifice in
vain.v German propaganda won in Russia and
almost wrecked Italian hopes, but it will en
counter different resistance in England. The
"hymn of hate," so lustily chanted by the Huns
until they were taught a different tune, is too well
kreniembered in homes made desolate. Moreover,
the disclosures made by Lkhnowski, the ex
perience of Sir Edwin Goschen and other his
toric facts are too fresh in mind to permit the
establishment of any illusions as to German pur
pose now. .' v ,
Please note that .The Bee gave the public the
rst information of the identity of the two vic
tims of the" balloon explosion at Fort Omaha,
thus relieving at the earliest possible' moment
inxiety and distress of parents and relatives of
Mher boys out there. In a 'case like this It is
the duty of the newspaper to allay tlhe fears, so
far as possible and as soon as possible, of those
vhose apprehension! have been aroused.
New Rule for Railway Damage Suit.
' Secretary McAdoo has issued an order that
ill suits' for damagcagainst carriers under fed-"
tral control must be brought in the district where
the plaintiff resides, or in the district wherein
the ause for action arises This is intended to
wipe out an abuse that has grown almost to the
itatus of a thriving industry within the last few
ears. Some four years ago The Bee exposed the
practice of a group of Minnesota lawyers ' and
their associates in various parts of the country,
whereunder personal injury suits were being
brought from remote points for trial in , the
Minnesota courts. Yerging on champerty, once
considered a criminal offense, but nowjegalized
itt some states and tolerated by most courts un
der the "contingent fee",, camouffage, the sub
limated form ft f ambulance-chasing practiced by
this groupf lawyers was extremely" lucrative,
while whatever element of justice it might origin
ally have contained had disappeared almost en
tirely beneath the traffic in choses. Whether the
executive order issued by the railroad' dictator
will entirely reform the evil may be open to
question, for his authority does hot extend to the
. courts of the!vcountry.Vut that he has found it ad
visable to issue such an order that the govern
ment might have reasonable protection' in its
operations of the roads justifies the effort made
by The Bee at the time it exposed the practice.
Steel for War Needs Onjy.
The announcement from Washingtofa that the
government had finally come to the point of tak
ing over the steel output of the country fOr war
uses ir not surprising. Dealers in the so-called
nonessentials had anticipated this move, and
have adjusted their business accordingly as far
as possible. For the moment the makers of pas- !
senger automobiles and building contractors will
be chiefly,, touched, but sooner or later the effect
of the change will be felt by all. It is one of the
progressive steps by which the war is being
brought home to 11. For the present our most
important business is to win the war, and tolhis
we have pledged all ourlresources of manhood
and wealth. That simply means that, material
that is needed for the war is not to be diverted to
private uses. For months the . government has
been taking over supplies of various kinds, and
consumers are becoming accustomed to the situ
ation. All private business will not be stopped un
der the new arrangement but "business as usual"
will have to give way to exigencies of war. And
just as the American people already have sup
ported some inconveniences, so are they willing
to endure even greater privations that victory
may be brought to our arms at the earliest mo
ment. Each day our ranks are bejng made more
compact, and the taking over of steel and iron
by. the federal government, is but a precursor of
greater concentration and further requisitions
yet -to come.
Third Liberty Loan Success.
A very commonplace announcement is made
In the news columns this morning, to the effect
that the third Liberty loan has been oversubscrib
ed. Only in'the inconceivable event of its failure
would there be occasion for surprise! Thc-elfort
has but repeated the experience of the first and
second issues, with the important difference that
the number of individual subscribers to this one
is much. larger "A bond, in every home" was the
slogan for the driye.vjind Secretary McAdoo ex
pressed a hope that at least 20,000,000'subscribeTs
Would be listed. On Thursday the announcement
'was made that more than 12,000,000 had bought
bonds, which sets ; the number of holders far
above either of the other twos and, almost equal
to the total of both. Out of the homes that sent
young men to fight is poming the money that is
to support them' in the caused If any doubt ever
-did exist as to the attitude of the populace
towards the war, the success of this bond drive
ought to dispel it. Americans have enlisted, heart
and soul, men and money, for" the cause of freedom,-
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Views, Reviews and'
Inside Story of thai Tariff Editorial " Break1 ' Which Bryan
xj , Tried to Capitalize, in the 1 908 Campaign
The death of William H., Hunter, better
known hereabouts as Harry Hunter, which
occurred in Minneapolis while I' was east,
has taken one of the best all-around work
ing newspaper men Omaha ever produced.
As a journalist Hunter, too, was essentially
a product of The Bee, in whose service was
laid the foundation of an experience that
continued with many of the leading news
papers of the country. Hunter came to
Omaha in the late '80s from' Iowa, start
ing in with us as a reporter, gradually work
ing up to be city editor. From The Bee he
went to Denver, where he became editor of
the old Denver Times: then to Washington,
first as a reporter and correspondent and sub
sequently as managing editor ot the Wash
ington Post. He came back to The Bee in
190eVaj chief editorial writer, staying about
a yearHe made another jump to Seattle,
where he had charge of a paper, again return
ing about three years ago as far as Minne
apolis to take the positioS of managing editor
of . the Tribune there which he held at the
time of his sudden death. Besides being a pe
culiarly likeable fellow, Hunter was one of
the most versatile, resourceful, well-posted
and speedy writers among all the newspaper
workers I havevknown. The fact that he
turned out so much good copy in so short
a time was, paradoxically speaking, his chief
fault, for he WQuld too often have, loafing
time on his hands which was not always good
for him. . v
The p&ssiiig of Harry Hunter furnishes
occasion to recal the extremely embarrassing
"break" he made while conducting the edi
torial page of The Bee for me during my ab
sence at Chicago, where I was serving as
publicity dirctor ir the republican presi
dential campaign. Just as things were Warm
ing up an editorial appeared in the columns
of The Bee taking a dull, sickening fall out
of certain remarks on the tAiff credited to
William Jennings Bryan, then delivering
rear platform speeches in his thifd-time run
for the White House. The ever-vigilant op-M
position at once discovered that the quota
tion which The Bee so deftly ridiculed and
i r -i .u: ir t
satinicu was iiui in tact aiiyuuiiK ivir. crvau , . t..t.
had concocted but the exact words of the H over itbut cannot see how anything can
which "v ""'A". ?r .:'
tariff plank of the republican platform
Mr. Bryan had merely read and commented
upon. Lould anything more awkward or hu
miliating happen to a paper whose editor wis
supposed to be laying down the party creed
for all other republican editors of the
country? .
As may well be imagined the joke was on
me, for I was held accountable for whatever
appeared in the editorial page carrying my
name in the flagstaff. Mr. Bryan himself
picked it up and rung the changes on it from
one end of Illinois to the other, which he
was touring, and it was exploited to the full
est by trTe democratic papers all over the
country. The Associated Press considerately
sent a, man to call on me at my Chicago
headquarters and ask me what J had to say
about it and I dictated this statement, of
which I kept a copy:
"It is possible that one of my editorials
writers may have made the break as
charged. The matter was only brought to
" my personal noticcin Chicago. Mr. Bryan
hano more right to charge me with per-
People and Events
New ' York heeds the semi-official rula
that nonessentials must V wait the finish of
the war. The projected widening of Mad
ison -fcvenuj is therefore relegated to the
peaceful future.
Rome turned the playgrounds of Ne.ro
into church sites and church plazas. New
York emulates Rome in a small way. A
saloon, property on West Sixty-second street
has been purchased as a site for a church.
Occasionally a supposedly Intelligent per
son accumulates a wad of money, hides it
at home and doesn't lose it in the usualay.
When the heirs of Dr. Robert S. Stedman of
Brooklyn searched his late home $180,000 in
stocks and bonds were found tucked away in
the premises. -
The governor of Missouri, in his search
for senatorial timber sounded the Cs, the Fs
aid Gs Clark, Francis, Graves and then
tobogganed to the foot of the alphabet where
Xenophon P. Wilfley waited for the light
ning. The successor of Stone is a farm pro
duct, a lawyer by profession and just over 47.
Shrewdly and energetically Minnesota
moves to get aheadand get all that is com
ing in the good roads line. War will not halt
the forward march, for good roads are essen
tials. Plans are matured for 2,000 miles of
improved highways this year, for which $4,
500,000 of state and federal funds are avail
able. The charwomen of the Massachusetts
state house recently staged a revolutionary
spirit, mocked the Sacred Codfish and threat
erd to rock the Cradle oT Liberty with in
dignation. Wherefore? Scrubby pay of 25
cents an hour. An ultimatum for .30 cents
an hour brought the Codfish to terms, and
peace once more abides in the halls xi an
cient greatness. y
The bearded patriarch of the scythe gath
ered in a shining mark in Louis A. Cella,
age 51, a multimillionaire of St. Louis. Cella
was not born with a golden Spofen, Nature
provided something just as good a talent
for money-making and unfailing luck. He
is said to have cleaned up $100,000 shooting
craps, and he left $12,000,000 because he
(couldn't lose it. " , '
May day marked the advent ot ANew
Hampshire into the dry belt, under statutory
prohibition. Viewed throught the "glass dark
ly, statutory prohibition is just as good as
the constitutional brand. Both look alike, if
enforced. The noveltv of the New Hamp
shire plan is making the author of the law,
Rev. Johnathan S. Lewis, a Baptist preacn-er-polihician,
field marshal of the booze chas
ing crew, His is a gubernatorial appointment.
sonal responsibility for everything that
appears in my paper than I would have of
charging him with being responsible as
editor of the' World-Herald' for the sale
in 1894 to the republicans of two columns
of editorial page space at-$75 a day, or
with responsibility for flaunting the A. P.
A.4 emblem under his name as editor when
the same paper championed the A. P. A.
it
cause - , "
The . Associated Pres representative
shortly Aeturned to me saying that, inas
much as there was some question as t the
personal character of this reply; my signature
was, desired for, verification and protection.
I -thereupon signed the statement, bah the
Associated Press people changed it without
my authority and sent it out in a garbled
form, transforming the last sentence into
the following meaningless verbiage:
"I do no;t think Mr. Bryan should
charge me with' personal responsibility for
everything that appears in -my paper any
more than r
should charge Mr. Bryan with
that happened while Jie was
everything
engaged in daily journalism,
I set this out in detail because it
will
throw a light on one pa of Hunter's letter
of explanation, which came duly, to handfthe
next day and reads: - - )
"Omaha, October 4, Sunday DearJMi.
Rosewater: So far as I am concerned it is
a clear case of theBoy that slept in the
middle there is nothing left for me to
saybut I may tell you- the details. The
A. P. report of Bryan's speech at ,Fargo
was a jumbled affair, but contained a hint
of peculiar utterance on the tariff. I wait-'v
ed for the fuller'report and got if from
the St. Paul DispatrMi about four columns
I clipped the reference to the taritt and the
'reasonable profit' and used it later in con
nection with other features of the demo
cratic platformr It muaf have been a quote
within a quote and I should have detected
it but I didn't. v
"As I have always had some little pride
in being accurate in news work and in other
lines I naturally "feel considerably cut up
connection however, it would seem to be
about time to protest to the A. P. against
its violation of rules by making it a Bryan
news service. C , who - is following
Bryan for the A. P., is simply bughouse
over Bryan and the officials higher .up
seem to stand for everything he sends out.
Yours cordially, W. H. HUNTER."
There is no question that Hunter was
"cut up" about it, but not half as much as I
was. If inclined to doubt what I had to stand
for, just read this sample appreciation which
appeared in the Indianapolis NewsS
"Poor Mr. Rosewater, busy at Chicago
in spreading vthe true gospel, can only
wring his hands and take the guying that
is coming to huti. Once on a time during
the civil war, after a hard battle and a long
march, a company, weary and dusty, halted
to rest. The men were tired of war and
homesick. One private who had climbed
to the top rail of the roadside fence sat
for some time vith his head in his hands:
Nobody had spoken for many minutes.
Suddenly the disconsolate soldier -burst
forth with: 'Say, men, I'm a d fool.'
How so?' asked a comrade on the grass.
'Why,' came back the answer, 'here I am,
far awa-y from home; haven't seen my wife
and babies for a year; hungry and dirty:
fightin' like h for the constitution and
I've never read itl'.Can- it be that' Mr.
Rosewater is fighting in the same way fof
the republican platform without ever hav
ing read it?" ' v s ;
Or this piece of poetry. in whTch Bixby
down on the Lincoln Journal sought to im
mortalize meiy ,
Stand up and do not be afraid,
Rosewater; v j
The foolish blunder that you made,
Rosewater, ,
Was not, when all is done and said,
Because your heart was wrong; in- '
. stead,
Ut was a blunder of the head,
Rosewater. -
- It was a, case of' someone lost,
Rosewater;
Some one had hisjuspenders crossed,
Rosewater.
If I wer$ you I'd put a ban
On these assaults a simple plan
I'd soak a saphead hired man,
Rosewater. V
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I'd say that he was "boiling tight,"
Rosewater; '
I'd show him up in his true light,
- Rosewater,
I'd swear the wretch was on a toot,
I'd brand him as a blamed galoot,
And then Fd make him shoot the
shoot,'" f v
' Hosewater. '
The break is hard to overlook, ,
Rosewater;
Somebody should be brought to
book,
Rosewater. -
Some hapless wretch must bear the
blame, -
The deadly brand of guilt and
. , shame;
Jump on the hired man he's lame,
I Rosewater.
But it all came out in the wash. Taft was
trimuphantly elected and Bryan decisively
beaten, even Missouri being brought. back
into the republican fold. The laugh, which
was on i me in October, was mine in No
vember '
Aromd the Cities
' Pittsburgh quotes dandelions ready
for the pot at 75. cents a pck. Like
quotations here would start business
with a yellow rush,
St Louis :s fortifying against a coal
famine, next winter. In six days fur
buyers poured ((,000,000 into the busi
ness coffers of the town. '
St Joe's school children in their
crusade against the dandelion last
ing two weeks plucked 1,000 bushels
of the yellow" nuisance. The prize
winner turned In 102 bushels."
Sioux City is up and" doing things
in the meat packing line. The Swift
interests, which took over ihe plant
of Stitte. & Co.. will start work on
a new packery. costing $1,000,000,
this month. , ' , '
During 1917 one-sixth of allthe
persons applying for chauffeurs' li
censes in New York City failed on. the
road tests. Applicants numbered 36,
596, of whom 222 .were women. P.S.
All the women passed.
The last ffrand stand of the Jitneys
up Winnipeg way surrenders to the
enemy. Municipal authorities en
cou; xged jitneers as a means of bring
ing the street . railway company to
terms. The latter signed u and the
authorities then banished the jits.
Kansas City street car managers are
pressing for increased fares and the
opposition is tightening its belt for a
finish fight" The state public service
commission assumes the right to pass
upon the merits of the proposed raise
and opens an adjourned hearing in
the city next Thursday. City authori
ties deny the jurisdiction of the com
mission and promise a legal fight to
the court of laet l-esoft'
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Darllnf, answer me," ha pleaded. "1
am on the rack." -
"So I ' your hat," came a deep voice
from" tho hall. Whereupon the young man
took the hint, his headpiece and hla, de
parture. Boston Trakscript.
' "Do yiou believe In infant damnation, my
brother?" solemn If asked Uhe horse-faced
stranger at the door.
"Not unless they're too young to take
a club to," replied Gap Johnson of Rumpus
Bidge, Ark. Kansas City Star.
Hostess I am glad your -children de
cided to come for dinner.
Little Josie We didn't turn for dinner;
we turn to hear' Willie's grandpa eat his
soup. St. Louis Globe Democrat.
I
"You must not eat that cake, my son.
It will make you sick."
"No, it won't father. Mother didn't make
this cake." Tonkers Statesman.
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One Year Ago Today in the War.,"
French captured 10 miles of Ger
man front line on Laon sector.
Admiral Sims of the United States
3&vy attended the allied war confer
, enee In Paris.
of tha British mission, addressed the
United States house of representa
ives. v., . .-)-,,. ......
The Day We Celebrate, i
" Charlea W. Sears, lawyer,
Eugenie de
born
MontiJo. former em-
of the French, born in Granada.
.-am. 92 yeara ago.
Cardinal Gaeparrl, the papa! secre
rry of rtatvborn la central Itaiyr6
I r ago. -. . ,. .
Thomas F. Kane, the new president
f the University of North Dakota,
?rn at Westfleld, Ind., SS yearn ago.
James Duncan, vice president of
American Federation of Labor
i tnemner or the Root mlasion to
Hon in Scotland, v year
-jala,
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" 'a Day tn Biatory. . ,' 1
1789 The atates-general of-France
t for the first time since 1(14.
1111 Karl Marx, the founder of
man socialism, born at Treves,
.. Died lxkjLondon, March 14
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IS "9 Isaac Butt, founder of the
H Ho-Jie Rule league of 1872. died
rJt',:a. . Born in County Donegal,
Ui
J ust SO Years Ago Today
- Dr. Galbraith left for Cincinnati and
will be absent about ten days.
iNTCftHATtAtAL
secte.ft
Educational , society, the object of
which Is the advancement of wirk
ingmen and their families by estab
lishing Irchoola, reading rooma and
the founding of a library. v
Mrs. Rev. F: F. Bond, of Philadel
phia Is visiting her brother, Mr. W.
J. fulllam,1 at SOS South Thirteenth
street r , I v -
Rev. Dean sGardqer- received 25
young men iato the membership of
St Andrew's brotherhood of the Epis
copal church at tha meeting In Trin
ity cathedral. r y -
TJte Union Pacific passenger train,
due at 6:11 a. m., did not arrive here
until 12:20, being snowbound in Wop-tana.
Odd Bits' 0 Life
Hunnemannla, the Mexican tulip
poppy. Is one of the finest in the fam
ily either for garden ornament or cut
flowers, . .. '
A well attended meeting in Metz
of an International Worklngman'a f A German woman spy was caught
trying 10 cross ins rrencsj ooraer
wearing a rubber corset and petti
coat, both filled with alcohol.
A few minutes a day in an electric
cafe giving high frequency waves
enables a man to get along with less
food, according to a Paris scientist
Before the advent of footlights in
Japan it was custornary for each actor
to have a boy with a candle illuminate
his face during the eatire perform
ance. , ;-,v '
Ranging frrftn Mexico down to Bra
ill and Peru Is a tropical, acacia-like
tree, Plthecoloblum eaman, known as
the rain tree. Its foliage and fruits
are sweet and much sought for by
stock, V ' ' -. '.
It all the seeds ot any one sort of
plant were allowed to grow they
would "eoon cover the earh to the
exclusion of all else. A single orchid
plant produced more than 10,000,000
seeds in a season, and many common
plants, as the foxglove, very nearly
equals' this remarkable record.
Warriors ot the Marshall Islands
sometimes wear battle helmets made
of the skin of the porcupine fish,
which Is very thick and spiky. It is
cured in such isruon as to preserve
the shape of tne fish, and. while af
fording protection - against a' blow
from a club,Jends an extra touch of
ferocity to the fighting man's aspect
'Signposts of Progress
. New Zealand is going extensively
Into the building of concrete roads,
because the cest of upkeep is so low.
Among sanitary, appliances for pub
lic eatjng places is a'spoon pressed
from paper that can be thrown away
after using. , '
Breaking the glass of a new lire
alarm box intended for hotel or office
building roims permits the alarm to
be sounded and trees a fire escape
rope and harness,
. Cuba offers an excellent market for
American cutlery. German firms for
merly dominated this market but It
is said thatv by efficient advertising
methods the trade can be permanently
secured by dealers in this country.
The United States is said to produce
over one-third ot the meat consumed
In the civilized 'world, exclusive of
China Argentina, However, has 4.487
head of cattle for every 1,000 inhabit
ants, while the United States has only
T39 a thousand.
The total of taxes collected through
out the territory of Hawaii for the fis
cal year endlne June 30, 1917, was
greater by 8660,114,000. or approxi
mately 1 per cent than the amount
for 19H. Tawanaxes for 1916-1917
amounted to 84,282,836.
The Pyrenees mountain region of
France, extending from the Bay of
Biscay on the west to the ooast of
the Mediterranean on theeast, has
proven a storehouse of. mineral wealth
to the country during the war, When
much of the mineral land la in the
possession ot the enemy
' . Right to the Point
Washington Post? There is 'a sus
picion that the kaiser talks briskly
in order not to have timeto count
his own dead. v
Minneapolis Journal: The" govern
ment Is going to have a powder plant
covering five square miles. (Here is
the 'home of the Big Noise we have
heard about ' r
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Baltimore American: The Rus
sians are protesting against, German
outrages and peasants of the Ukraine
massacred three squadrons of Uhlane.
The Hun peace is bearing its natural
fruits. .. ( '
Minneapolis Tribune: Now that
tne American army has' been pro-j
nounced by Surgeon General Gorgas
the healthiest in the world, It is up
to it to make things exceedingly un
healthful for the boches.
Louisville Courier-Jouftaal: 'If It Is
true that American army officers have
Issued orders thafrmen driving mules
shall ) t use profane language toward
the animals, how'a a war mule to be
gotten to understand that the job is
even more serious than plowing corn?
" :ew York World: Any estimate of
the number of men who have become
21 years of age since June 51917,
and may be called for service under
the amended draft law will necessar
ily require revision. Enlistments froi.i
this class of men have been -very
heavy, and the immediate enec or
the new legislation will be to stimulate
voluntfeerinj .
"Girls ara sll frivolous. Did you ever
knowone to give any attention to ab
stract reflections?"
"Well, I've seen a number of them take
stolen glancea at a mirror. vBaltlmore
American.
"My!" said Mrs. Comlef, Inspecting her
friend's house, "why do you have such a
high bed for your little boy?"
"So we can hear him if he falls out
replied Mrs. Housler. "You have no idea
what? heavy sleepers my husband and I
ar ."Truth. .
MARCHING THROUGH BERLIN.
(Air Marching Through Georgia.)
Bring the good old bugleboys, we'll sing a
. Yankee song.
Sing it with the spirit that will start our
line along.
Sing It as we always sing It, many millions
strong.
While we are marching to; Berlin.
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CHORUS. -"Hurrah,
hurrah! we bring you Liberty!
Hurrah! hurrah! the flag that makes you
free!" x
So we. sing the chorus, on our march of
victory,
While we are marching to Berlin.
t
Hearts Just like our Fathers wore the
kind of hearts we wear, ,
Hearts that beat for Freedom are the
hearts that do and dare-
Hearts that go across the Top, Old Glory
In the air, -
While we ara marching to Berlin.
"On and up and at them, boys Ilka our
dads , used to yell,
With the pluck that's Tankee, for Its
Tankee pluck will tell,
"Up and on nd at them," till we give
4he kaiser hell,
vWhile we are marching to Berlin. . 1
Fight on for our Allies, and the cause of
Liberty,
Fight, on for our loved ones and our homes
across the sea,
Fight on for Our Country, and a World
Democracy ' i
While we are marching to Berlin.
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