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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1918. The Omaha Bee rwy UQBN1NG) EVENING SUNDAY . fOCMOtD IT EDWARD BflSSWATIB VICTOS EOSEWATEE, EDITOB " Pf H FUBUSHINO comfamt. fboprietob. i a Omaha pestoiflee M seoond-claas matter. r TEMU OF SUBSCRIPTION i ata M ahaaa f SdNs er tmcnunv wunn n v U Q SttfS PapStt M. 44 now nw" " REMITTANCE ' . . . RMS. OBIT x saa "-- easts, nmui act accepted. OFFICES " Chhiuft FlOFlSt On Bntldlaa, ,f,r,i, , ml V ic Km Trk M lift VTzEZKlt" uZm BL St Letts-He B' of Comas CORRESPONDENCE iMqa wmiimwnnni returns M aewi aad atlortl outta to f it Bet, Mltarwl Dopartaat. - APRIL COICULATION. DsUy 67,265 Sunday 57,777 sbeaJanes ft Ow Mft MbNrfbM aee steni to r BwUst OrawlftUoa MsMgsr f-Wcrra las the ejty stenle save Th B maJM , taw. AUmt ichaaga request. THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG I m m si II Over th top, but keep It up. Threi or tiunei have been added to the Jailer's record of warfare against women. ' No dilloyalty-breedini teachers to our schools ad no war-profiteering- miscreant in our ichool It ia very plain that the promiaed railway yetz Increase la not to include railway presi- It wovld be a relief if HWdenburg would only fct coniiderate enough to announce hia death Brewers anr bottlers ihould.be quick to arbi trate. Omaha can get on nicely without labor troubles.;7 , . 'ssssssssa' -;-' ' On way to help make a cleaner Omaha ia to it:? vifaf th streets as s dumping place for lit ter and refuse. - Conaternation did not hit thf railroads till the presidents wers depoied. But Uncle Sam ia giv in j the show now. '.':-.;- Jtt If t sorry day ior the kaiierl" aaid the .!;rss from Belgium, when they saw ho Crsts'ls preparing meata for. the allied armiei tct . .. ' If tiers Is .another city on the map that has r 3 tt?xt St, energetic, Indefstigable, aelf-aacrific C : ertw keoiting its Red Crow drive as has C . ;-Jtt, tt will have to show m. ' Tki Wirld-Hersld's present eagerness to pr.' f ' T ihl loldiers' vott ii matched only by its r;: :x (sgtrneii to preserve the vote , for six r-tsiJu' resident slien enemies in Nebraska, r Ur. MeAdoo can save more than the salaries tj Mtsral railway presidents by the simple ex. 5 f consolidating Omaha's two passenger t':,!jns, and it that'aervs the traveling public c;Ji batter with only one of thtm. Senator Hitchcock's hyphenated organ insists i:st th Senator is "exceptionally qualified by his tricing" for thi chairmanship to which he has ::9 advanced by ths rula of seniority. What i?eTssiA? Educated n the schools f Baden Ziitn, Ctrrnany " tays the official biography. V v furt One Reform Here, t : Whils ths reform spirit is on in Omaha let us truths attention Of our new police commission If to thl professional beggtrl who are capital ising their physical defects on our busiest thor evjhfsrss. This is not only in violation of the city ordinance, but thers is no-real charity in tol erating this sort of thing. Other up-todate cities ! pot do It. There is a way to take care of ,k;!sss, blind or crippled people who are de. ttrvinf but it is notorious that most of those i wpow themselves on the streets are m. ft;tsrs and, undeserving. Let the Associated Ct irltiss check up on these unfortunates and if Uzni worthy they can easily be properly pro. vkJed for, - But, worthy or unworthy, put them 3 the street corners. 'I5 1 . -ITALY'S DAY." ' This is Italy's day, to ciltbrate the third an niversary of that nation's entry into the war. It should be observed, as our president. has sug gested, with such emphasis as will leave no mis take in the minds of Italians anywhere as to the sincerity of our friendship. The gallantry of the Italian troops in the long struggle forward and the desperate stand they made against the -on-sweep of the Hunnishv hordes last winter form a part of the annals of the war that cannot be over stated. Whatever the cause of the disaster that overwhelmed Cadorna's army, the trouble has been removed and a united Italian nation now confronts its enemy. Misunderstandings have been cleared up, purposes made plain and Ital ians are now in the field to win again victory or freedom. The spirit of Garibaldi lives once more, and aons and grandsons of his soldiers are making good the defense of their country. None of our associates in this war has httd greater economic difficulties than have the Italians, nor' have any ahown more steadfast purpose than marks the armies now facing the foe along the Piave. Recognition of this fact by Americans will help to a better understanding on both sides, and assurance from us of appreciation of what they srs doing will greatly offset German fforts to further poison the Italian mind. This is the purpose of Italy day, and it is worthy. I Belgium's Military Mission. Omaha's streets have been the scene of many military parades and spectacles, but never did one of greater import go by than that which passed in the rain yesterday afternoon. Veter ans of Belgium, and France, escorted by United States soldiers and High school cadets, marched in the rain along the city's thoroughfares and received cheers of thousands. And what does this all mean to them? Is it not more than just a holiday jaunt? Does it not mean more than the applause of the crowds and the unfeigned admiration of all they meet? Surely it does, to them and to America as well. These men have seen a great nation putting its every power and energy into its war purposes. Theythave had more than a vision of its strength and its enthusi asm, They have had a close-up view of its re sources and the most convincing proo( of its sys tematic and efficient preparation, and when they get home their words will be listened to much more attentively than will any of the reports made by visiting statesmen. These men are of the people and will talk to their comrades on even terms. They will be able to tell what the people of America are doing, taking account of all they have seen in camp and field, in factory and workshop, and their message will be one of cheer and good courage. For this reason, above all others, the visit of the Belgians is important . fWalklnr Dead Men.- Russian prisoners of war, described as "walk ing dead men," are being sent home from Ger many under the terms of the Brest-Litovsk treaty. It is worthy of note, and quite charac teristic of the Hun, that the Germans insist they are to liberate only those who cannot work, while the Russians must provide in exchange able bodied Germans. Thus the kaiser foists onto ths conquered and submissive bolsheviki the maimed, the diseased and the disabled, forcing their care on a land unable to care for itself, while Germany receives and retains all who may be used for military purposes. Detained Russian prisoners may not be employed in the battle line, but their enforced labor in field and factory, on roads and elsewhere, will release Germans to do the fighting, and thus will the pretended treaty of peace be distorted into an enforced alliance to aid the Central powers in their battle to place the rest of the world in the. same predicament as Russia. The more the effect of nonresistance is studied, the more luminous becomes its folly, ., German War on Bass Hospitals. "If the British build their hospitals near the railroads, they must expect to get them bombed," according to a German airplane captain, who was captured comparatively unharmed while con ducting a raid, in the course of which'many wounded men, doctors and nurses were killed. The attack had been made with utmost delibera tion, coolly and carefully carried out, and terrible destruction visited on the helpless and their mer ciful attendants. It is the kaiser's way of retal iating for expeditions that destroy naval bases, such as those at Zeebrugge and Ostend, for the daring sally of the Italians against Pola, and sim ilar efforts, of the allies. No foe suits the Ger man raider so well as one who cannot defend himself; therefore, sleeping, undefended cities, base hospitals and the like are picked out to be assailed from the air. In this way the emissaries of kultur are seeking to carry put the Instruction 5iven by the kaiser himself to his troops in China, lat they conduct themselves like the Huns of old. Instead of terrifying the nations of the earth, as he sought to frightenvthe Chinese, his policy has added to the detestation and horror of ths world for kaiserism and its frain of abomina tions. Responsibility for the crimes against civ ilization and decency has been fixed and repara tion will be exacted, No man or nation may hope to indulge in such an orgy of frightfulness and escape, forever its penalty. Kaiser 's War Plot Confessed Herr Tkyssen, German Steel Magnate, Reveals the Crime Herr August Thyssen, one of Germany's leading steel makers, a man of vast wealth, who is personally known to many of the prominent steel makers of America and has been in the past an honored guest of the American Iron and Steel institute, has con fessed in pamphlet which has just recently been smuggled across the German border that he, with other big business men, were persuaded by the kaiser himself and his chancellor, at many meetings held between 1912 and 1914, to ally themselves with the military party and co-operate' in a vast scheme of world conquest which the kaiser and his advisers had determined on as neces sary to preserve and strengthen the Hohen zollern dynasty. The pamphlet ha,s been translated into English and will be circula ted in the . United States. It confirms and establishes the truth of the accusation made by the German ambassador to London that the Jtohenzollcrns planned, directed and per sisted in finding an excuse to make .war on every country that opposed the kaiser's am bitions. ' , : . , The pamphlet is too long to quote in its entirety, as it contains more than 4,000 words, but extracts from it constitute a damning indictment of the' German war party. . "j Thyssen owned iron ?and steel works, harbors, docks, huge mines in British India, other British possessions as well as in France and Russia, but they have been comman deered by enemy governments and his busi ness in Germany has been ruined.' He is described as the captain general of German industry and t sort of composite of the late J. P. Morgan and Charles M. Schwab. He tells how the world conquest scheme was broached to him and many other representa tives of finance and industry between 1912 and 1914, the kaiser himself and his chancel lor being the spokesmen at these meetings. . The kaiser spoke with the greatest elo quence and enthusiasm, promising great (financial rewards to his hearers if they would support him in the war as it ' had been planned. Thyssen himself was explicitly promised 30,000 acres of land in Australia and a loan of money to develop it as his share of the spoils. He says: , "Every trade and interest was appealed to. Huge indemnities were, of course, to be levied on the conquered nations, and the for tunate German manufacturers were, by this means, practically to be relieved of taxatioa for years after the war. .The emperor's speech was one of the most flowery orations I have ever listened to, and so profuse were the promises he made that were even half of what he promised to be fulfilled most of the commercial men of Germany would become rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Let me frankly confess that I am one of those who were led to agree to support the Ilohenzol lern war plan. I was led to do so, how ever, againstmy better judgment. The Ho henzollerns saw that the war had become necessary to the preservation of the military system, on which their power depends. The Hohenzollerns might have directed the for eign affairs of our country so that peace would have been assured in Europe for at least 50 years, but prolonged peace would have resulted in the break up of the military system and the power of the Hohenzollerns would come to an end. The emperor and his family clearly understood, and in 1912 de cided to embark on a great war of conquest. "But to do this they had to get the com mercial community to support them in their aims. They did this by holding out hopes of great personal gain. In the light of events that have taken place since August, 1914, these promises now appear supremely ridiculous, but most of us at the time were led to believe that they would probably be realized. I was personally promised a free ?;rant of 30,000 acres in Australia and a loan rom the Deutsche bank of 150,000 at 3 per cent to enable me to develop my business in Australia. Several other firms were promised special trading facilities in India, which ,was to be conquered by Ger many by the end of 191 S. A syndicate was formed for the exploitation of Canada. This syndicate consisted of the heads of 12 great firms; the working capital was fixed at 20,- An Error of Four Billions In these days of lavish war expenditures by each of the nations involved, we look upon a billion dollars with none of the awe with which the country many years ago (contem plated the fact that congress had in 'two years appropriated that enormous sum, an awe which did not altogether disappear even after Speaker Reed reminded us that this was a billion-dollar country. But still, when we break a billion dollars into parts that are within our comprehension, we realize that it is a vast sum and we can scarcely imagine any one making an error of $4,000,000,000 in an appropriation bill. But that is approximate ly the error accounts have discovered in the army bill prepared under, supervision of the house committee on military affairs. The figures now stand at $11771,666,847.86, instead of at over $15,000,000,000, as had been previously reported. Even Secretary Baker and Chief of Staff March had accepted the larger estimate as correct. But accountants checked ov'er the items in the army bill and those in the fortification bill and found du plications to the amount of approximately $4,000,000,000. It .was further ascertained that the appropriation for fortifications could not be expended within the legal time limit, so there will to another reduction. This will probably bring the aggregate of appropria tions for this session down from $31,000,000, 000 as previously estimated, to about $25, 000.000,000. . The error affords a signal, illustration of the necessity of budget system, which Mr. Sherley, chairman of the house committee on appropriations, and Mr. McCormick, one of the representatives at large from Illinois, have been urging, with indifferent success. But the house cannot very well ignore such a situation as this error makes apparent., St. Louis Globe Democrat. New York Financial World. 000,000, half of which was to be found by the German government. These promises were not vaguely given. The conquest of England was to be made the occasion bl bestowing upon certain favored and wealthy men some ot the most desirable residences in England.. Every, trade and interest was appealed to. I have mentioned the promise of s grant of30,000 acres in Australia to me. Promises of a similar kind were made to at least. 80 other persons at special interviews with the chancellor, and all particulars of thee promises were entered irt a bookrin the trades department. . These promises were made definitely by Bethmann-Hollweg on behalf of the. emperor to gatherings of busi ness men, and, in many cases, to( individuals. They were ponfirmed by the emperor, who, on three occasions, addressed large private gatherings of business men in Berlin, Munich and Cassel in 1912 and 1913. I was at one of these gatherings. The emperor said: " 'We shall not merely occupy India. We shall conquer it, and the vast revenues that the British allow to be taken by India princes will, -after, our conquest, flow in a golden stream into the fatherland. In all the rich est lands of the earth the German, flag will fly over every other flag. I am making you no promises that cannot be redeemed; he who refuses to help is a traitor to the father land; he who helps willingly and generously will have his rich reward.' "According to the promises of the Hohen zollerns, victory was to have been achieved in December, 1915, and the promises made to myself and other commercial men were to have been redeemed. But this is what hap pened in reality. In December of 1916 the chancellor, Bethmann-Hollweg, began to have interviews . once more with business men. Guarantees were asked from 75 busi men, including myself, that they would un dertake to subscribe 200,000,000 to the next war loan. I was personally asked to guaran tee a subscription of 200,000. I de clined to give this guarantee; so did many others. I was then favored with a private interview with Bethmann-Hollweg's private secretary, who told me that if I declined to give the guaranty, and subsequently the money, I would lose on a contract I had with the war office. I was threatened with the practical ruin of my business if I did not give the guaranty.4 I described this demand as blackmail of the worst sort and refused to guarantee a mark to the war loan. Two months later I lost my contract and the greater part of my business has been taken over at a figure that means confiscation. Moreover, I am not to get paid until after the war, but am to receive 4 per cent of the purchase price. Every man who declined to promise a subscription to the amount asked has been treated in the same manner. The majority, however, preferred to pay rather than be ruined, and so the Hohenzol lerns in the main got their way." Another German Lie Of all the lies circulated by the German government, the meanest and most malicious is that unleashed by wireless to the effect that from papers found on American avia tors who were shot down it ias been proved that for their own safety many of them cross ed over on hospital ships certified as mem bers, of the American ambulance service in France." Here is an imputation of craven coward ice which it is scarcely conceivable that even Germany would ask the world to believe, The British admiralty disposes of it in few words by" saying that "no hospital ship, Brit ish or American, has ever carried anybody but invalids and the necessary medical staff. Further, there are no hospital ships working on the cross-chaanel route," Probably the flimsy basis for this fabri cation of the German government is the fact that a few American aviators were in the allied ambulance service in France before the United States became a belligerent. But it is explained that even these men crossed the, Atlantic on ordinary ships and took their chances of being torpedoed. They did not hide behind the Red Cross flag. The most charitable construction which can be placed upon this latest lie from of ficial Uerman sources is that that govern ment, having itself indulged in such extremes of atrocity as the murder of women and children, the shelling of unfortified towns and the sinking of unarmed ships, cannot con ceive of a higher degree of honor and is ready to impute to its enemies the same base motives that guide its action. Germany has sunk to the abyss of dishonor; could it be expected to comprehend honor? Washing ton Post. Try This on Your Typewriter. Omaha, May 22. To the Editor of The Bee: Now Is the time tor all good Americans to go to the aid of their country, and Instead of trying to make money out of the war, do all in their power to make money for the war. BERT PLATTE. Keep Your Eyes on Bohemia. Omaha, Ma,y 22. To the Editor of The BeeS Hardly a day passes but what reports of some kind flash through our daily press, and nqfr once is It a report of suck nature as to give comfort to the Teutons, unless it is the reports, brmging sad news of Bo hemian boys shedding their blood on the western battlefield, where they hold their own on the side of the al lies, in the midst of the thickest fight ing. God bless their brave souls. There is something wonderful about this little nation. Dragged Into the war on the side of the Huns, they watched their chance and deserted the ranks of their oppressors in such numbers that now, together with vol unteers from the United States, they form and constitute an Independent army of such vast numbers, composed of men of such recognized ability and training that the allies seriously count on it on the western front. And there are over 60,000 of them left in Russia who are eager and anxious Xo be transferred to the western front just as fast and Just as soon as the means of transportation can be ar ranged. The last reports' have it that they are already on their way over the Siberian railroad, to crqss the Pa cific. If it is true, then within a short time trainloads of them will begin passing through the United States on their way to France. Their leader; who in his 70 years has undergone the same trip, arrived Just two weeks ago, and is in Washington paving the way now. Keep your eyes on Bohemia and its plucky inhabitants. If there is 'any thing that causes the kaiser to worry it Is the internal troubles, and the long-oppressed Bohemians will give it to him good and plenty although they will pay for it dear both In blood and worldy possessions. However, they are bringing the sacrifice will ingly, for it is the war for freedom freedom which they lost in the battle of White Mountain over S00 years ago, and for which they have been struggling ever since. In the victory of the allies Bohemia sees 1'. - own vic tory and freedom, and, therefore, the allies may fully depend on them, for their victories will be mutual. Bo hemians are not alien enemies; they are allies, and should be held as such, i SIMPLICIMUS. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. "Mechanics must get mixed sometime en natural history." "What makes yoo think that?" "I heard soma talking ths other day bout the horsepower of a donkey engine." Baltimore American. "That young woman who Just passed Is one of the politest girls in town." "Out with it." "At the funeral at her home the other day she asked the undertaker to call again." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Little Freddy had Just been put in a khaki suit with long trousers. "Mamma," he asked, "am f a man now like papa?" . "X suppose so," she replied. "Well, then," he continued, "I guess I'll take a dime out of my bank and go down to th barber shop and get shaved." Bos ton Transcript. Dolly At last I hav met my Ideal! Kind-hearted, modest, patient, self-denying. But, alas, married! Daisy Don't worry. No woman will live long with such a freak. You'll get a chance at him. St. Louis Times. People and Events It's all off with that projected tour of Billy Sunday to the fighting front. Passport regulations forbid permits to those having relatives in the army, and Billy has a son over there. Jimmy Hart, 86 years old, a Brooklyn Methuselah, has just married Kitty Wolf, 18. Wouldn't that beat ye? Perhaps. But, re member, great grandpas enjoy having the kiddies pull their whiskers. Cheyenne, St. Joe and Chicago have achieved dubious reputations as wet towns eager to break the drouth. But their wet ness rank as small affairs. The champion wet town of the world is called Cherapunji, India, where the average rainfall averages a foot a week. Local web feet show no desire to vote it into the dry belt. fin. n f ihm, amltnlni.. n n a -a stf T Nv Y., thought he saw a chance to soak the street railway company because an inspector kicked off the car a young tough who rudely jostled women and children at the entrance, in order Jo be one of the first to a seat A favorable decision in the lower court has just Deen reversed by the highest court of the state and the company sustained in its rule ot women and children first." The ambu lancechaser is left with a large bill of re pairs to settle. , . , Crs Xmr Ago TodAjr la ths War, CsssHl PsrShing conferred wKh Tt ttm Wilson st ths Whlta Houae. I MtMs 4rovt back Austrian line O lfmtls front faotng Trieste. JL.-T Admiral Bima, commanding Jt- naval forces in European jrav was mo vies sd mlral. T. Cftjr W Celebrate, "' ' : 3, V Adams, sales manager for the 7' ';lf . Implement compasy, born ) -Cc fsmsrs, prsettdnt physician, rrt Barnard, American .w. .bom it Bellefonte, fa,, SI i f V I OeUvlus Jlasen, president 1 Vlvrsit si Montana, sera In ."X 49 yrt sse. . Amur Wfftf Plnero, playwright, . s t issits, H years sgo. : t tif fa Wmm, ,, 'j-'h ',. ; UlSwftspns a Intro1, founder i of ( t csiisgs, bor ia France. Died '-'lphisu Peeemfcer II, Sltl. ,fmmir9Hn. Alexander Macomb f r :rtJ-in-chi of the United 'C.y. " --v ' : .4 -dtrls made their first ad. t St Virginia, three regiment v St Geergetewa, f ou at Wash i I ' I fs at Alexandria, V -t.'Mfcip Oregon completed .". . tr!j ground , Caps Jus! 80 Years Ago Today Phjl Kearney Pogt No. I, Grand Army of the Republic, held a meeting St its hold at Fort Omaha and four piembers were admitted to the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic, 4 O. Pantallonl, manager of the Westlnghouee Electric Light Company Of Pittsburgh, Fa., is in the city and : Pi endeavoring to perfect arrange mints for putting in an electric light )lant at a cost of half a million dol ars. Assistant City Engineer Lawrence has prepared the plans for the pro posed Q etreet viaduct, ( Thomas Trumble of ' Moline. III., who is the proprietor of a large boiler and iron plant at that place, ia in the city looking for a location. Twenty-two bright little boya, sons t old soldier, met at the Grand Army hall. ISIS Douglas street to be drilled for the purpose of acting as rguaranonor" -to the Liberty car on tentorial day. - - . Round About the State Rain fit (ha fnr-wlr hit thn right spot at the right time. - Fremont Tribune notes with come surprise the small percentage of Omaha soldiers who took the trouble to vote for municipal candidates, and ascribes it to the magnitude . of the tasks on hand. "When the boys come marching home from war," comments the Tribune, "they will be the whole thing in politics." -, . Beatrice and Fremont are facing raises in gas, electric light and water. In Fremont the gas . company slapped on a 25-cent raise without talking it over with the city. The raise makes the net 'rate, including els- count, $1.75 per 1,000 cubic feet. Like speed has not been attempted at Beatrice, the question of boosting the three mecessaries -water, gas and eiectnc ngnt Deing in tno debate Stage, with an investigation promised. Considerable applause in editorial columns Welcomes the Omaha an nouncement of raiding the haunts of the idle and making loafers work er get out. "This is right," exclaims the York Democrat. "Not long ago we saw several fine looking young men being taken to the army. Jrt front ef a pool hall stood a lot ot Allows, not one ot whom seined to have anything to do. They should either go to work or to the army-" In like tone the Beatrice Express commends the drive on loaferdom, and stamps idleness as treason to the country.1 "It's cither make your own way now or move over with the Hohenzollerns," ' Whittled; to a Poinl Washington Post: Complaints of a hemp shortage in the west so long before harvest time must sound a bit ominous to tha treason whisperers, Minneapolis Tribune: Germany boasts of having destroyed, or made unserviceable, 73 cathedrals and churches. A proof of "Gott rnit Uns," probably. , Xew York Herald: When a man insists upon trying to drive horse eense Into the halls of congress, where eje could he expect to land than in a detention ward "for mental observation?" ', Brooklyn Eagle: Washington has one real puzale now, whether "iIson or Bryan is the less pleased by the naming of Hitchcock of Nebraska as head of the senate's foreign affairs committee. Louisville Courier-Journal: Mr. Mc Adoo says the man who wears a pair of trousers with a new seat budded Into the old material is a patriot Maybe, but we peed men who are not afraid to march to the front to showJ their patriotism rather than men who must sit tight to hide theirs, i New Tork World: Berlin1 is a will ing liar, but neither a cheerful nor a skillful one. Danger makes her des perate. The official stqry of the Ger! man Kovernmem mat "grave cases of insubordination "Ocour daily in American training camps" and "were punished by - death, but this was stopped owing to the number of cases," is an example of lies that not only neutrals but Germans may check up at their leisure. Twice Told Tales Sure Enough Talker. A woman went into a pet store one day with the announcement that she wished to buy a parrot and was shown several promising specimens by the proprietor. "I like the looks of this one," said the prospective customer, designating a certain bird, "but are you quite sure that he is a talker?" "Oh, yes, madam," was the prompt assurance of the proprietor, "he is a talker, all right." "Some of them are very disappoint ing," continued the customer, "Will you guarantee him to talk a tot?" "I svrely will," answered the pro prietor. The lady who last owned him sold him because she couldn't get a word in edgewise," Philadel phia Telegraph. - ... ! Then Trouble J3rgajn. An esteemed party named Pat es tablished a livery stable in a' rural New England town, and wishing an appropriate sign, he had one painted that pictured a man riding a mule. Just after the sign was put up Pat's friends Mike, rambled along. "Oi see," pleasantly remarked Mike, lazing at the new creation, "thot yes have put up a foine soign." "Tea," responded Pat with some how of pride. "Phat do yes think av t?" "Shure, an Oi loike it." replied Stlke, with an txpansivs smile, "but who la the mon thofs on yes back?" Chicago Post This Corn Will Peeljiiglit Off! "Gets-It" Makes Corn's Come Off The "Banana-Peel" Way! Why hav to flop on the floor, aqueez yourself up like th letter "Z," and with bulging eyes draw your face up into a wrinkly knot while you gouge and pull at the "quick" of n tender corn? That's ths 2 or 3 Drops Applied in a Few Seconds There' no Fussing or Cutting. "Gets-H" Always Works 1 . old, savage way. "Gets-It" is th modern painless, simple way. Lean over and put two drops of "Gets-It" on the corn, put your stocking and shoe right on again, and forget the corn. Pain is eased. "Gets-It" has revolutionized the treat ment of corns. ' It never irritates the true flesh. You'U stop limping on th aide of your shoe, and do away with greasy salves, bundling bandages, thick plasters and pain ful methods. Use "Gets-It," it's common sense. 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Cor. l76Uowias STt ;4MC t-M VTaTWetflgSBlSl'. wrrouAS 4i uOver There and Here" A number of bibles printed iff Oeev. man formed a part of a waste paper cleanup recently pulled oft at Port land, Ore. 7 War woe appears in a new quar ter a diminished supply of wire) tor the manufacture of hairpins is said to have left only enough to last three months in England. Cardinal Bourne of England, an eweringv slacker insinuations, states that in the London diocese, out of leas than 300 priests, 62 are serving as chaplains at the front , . French food regulations now for bid the sale of fish, preserved meat, poultry, rabbits and game on Wednes days, Thursday and Fridays. Horse flesh is one of the few meaty eateep tions. One of the precious bibles stolen from a Moscow church during the revolution was a volume studded with diamonds and other jewels, and valued at $1,000,000. The bolsheviki know a good thing and show standard Hun speed in reaching for it One of the -correspondents on the spot reports that American troops at the front "return the enemy's fire two to one and give him back a double dose of whatever he sends over. That's our style. Americans in Europe are notorious spenders. Brigadier General George Carey has been promoted to the vacancy in the British command created by the recall .of General Gough. Carey is the boy who gathered together a scratch force of engineers, clerks, Chinese navvies and stragglers and helped stem the German tide sJter the rout of Gough. - . A war profiteer, boasting of his rake off in the Treasury department at Washington, drew down the wrath of an indignant woman clerk. A few whacks of an umbrella knocked oft his lid and mussed his coiffure. The wonw an has three sons on the fighting ' front and had ample reason for as sailing a mercenary filching coin out of American life blood. An Englishman recently out of Aus tria reports that almost everything in the way of supplies can be had for money, but quite a roll of depreci ated currency is needed to effect a trade. For example, butter may be had at 15 kronen a pound, boots cost from 200 to 300 kronen a pair, a salt of clothes 800 kronen and an overcoat 1.000 kronen. In neace times a kro nen equaled 20 cents m American money. - 3 DO YOU KNOW of any securities on the market safer and sounder than mort-t gages on new buildings which lie at the foundation of v Home Builders (Inc.) GUARANTEED SHARES 'Such securities are standard the world over. Home Builders builds only to order for ths owner thereby receiving the contractor's profit and a mort gage upon a modern up-to-date building for any money ad vanced. i Assets over $1,000,000.00 Sur. & Res. over $100,000.00 Mail Orders Solicited. Home Builders (Inc.) American Security Co., Fit. Agt Omaha, Nebraska. 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